The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 7, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 June 1870 — Page 2

e Hational Banner, . "":'L,‘i A ?MV\A','\AM—VVVY‘, ,s,j».‘,l_;\.,-\,v,»a o ; g ARG ' e ally Vs et S e i il ‘Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God.’ . J. B. STOLL, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 135, 1870. S —— DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET For Secretary of State: Col. NORMAN EDDY, of South Bend. For Auditor of State: . JOHN C. SHOEMAKER, of Perry Co. ! For Treasurer of State: JAMES B. RYAN, of Indianapolis. For Attorney-General : 4 BAYLESS W. HANNA, of Terre Haute. For Sup’t of Public Instruction: - Rev. MILTON B. HQ%‘KIN;S, of Clinton. For Supreme Jndges: JAMES ‘L. WORDEN, of Fort Wayne, A. C. DOWNEY, of Ohio County, '‘SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, of Moproe C 0.,, JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette. = ; S TS T R O PSR A e AN o S F A S i TARIFF REFORM. Major Charles H. Shriner, of Pennsyl: vania, delivered a lecture on this subject last Wednesday evening, in Kann’s Hall, Ligonier. - Mr. Shriner quated many sta-tistics-to prove that our present high tariff ddstroys the farmers foreign market, reduces the laboring man's wages, and op-/ erates as a tax on forty millions of people for the benefit of a few wealthy monopolists. He advocates a tariff for revenue as the first installment in the direction of free trade.. - He proved that if" we carried out the “protective” plan of “manufactur. ing everything at home,” .we would still have forly farmers for every mah in a fac tory, and ridiculed the idea of ,:;i,q factory man making a “home market”/ for forty farmers! Major Shriner ventilated the record of our present Corgressman, Billy ‘ Willjams, on the tariffl. He said he was 1 glad to know that here in the West this was not a party question ; Democrats and Republicans fought side by side for free ‘ trade and tariff reform. “In-Congress the gallant Logan leads the Republican column for free trade; the most powerful | men in his party, as well as their great - organ, the Chicago Zribune, back him.— But where was Billy Williams, the Con gressman from this district? Out of eleven Congressmen from Indiana he alone voted against the Marshall resolution.— Your six Republican and four Democratic members stood gide by side in Congress to free lasor from the yoke of monopoly, but Williams voted to rivét the chain put by our’ present high tariff on labor, for the-benefit of capital. This man will come Dack here ina few days, and ask

you to vote for him for a re-election to Congress. lam glad tosee strong indications that the people will say, “No—with a breath we made you, and with a breath we will uamake you.'” \ " Mr. Shriner said, in his State the great ,monopolists had almost crushed out free speech on this tariff. ?“They used the ~immense wealth, Wrung from labor, 4o control "Congress and gag the people.— When the champions of “protection” want. votes for Congress, they print tickets on ' blue paper, and the “Operatives,” as they call their workmen, must v'ote’the‘m or be discharged!! — that is the * protection” American industry gets from these high tariffs. - It ibtye old doctrine of every tyrant from Nimrod down to Billy Williams — ‘let the government protect the rich, and the rich will p:r;ococt the poor.’” These are only a few points of Major .Shriner'sadmirable address. His remarks were listened to with the utmost interest: by the audience, and all seemed well pleased with the manner in which he dis.cussed the question of tariff. - We have known Major Shriner for many years, and candor compels us to say that he is one of the most effective stump speakers it has ver been our plcésure to listen to. . The | question of tariff, properly discussed, ref4guires many. refcrenc‘gs to statistics, and s consequiently more or less “dry,” to use 'a-common phrase. But the- Major has a happy fpculty of rendering the’subject both instructive and: entertaining—deal- : :xg in facts and figures, and the next mo~ment enrapturing’ his hearers with burnibg eloquence and brilliant humor. His style of speaking is very impx:._esé‘ive, and never fails to wield the most happy influence over a popular audience. His speeches on revenue reform- will go far toward awakening the people of the entire coun.-: try to a realization of the iniquities imposed upon them by our present. tariff laws, and greatly strengthen that growing . sentiment which will ere long sweep from power every advocate of oppressive monopolies, . - e

: A Just Tribute. . . No man, with perhaps the solitary exception of Andrew Johnson, has been more shamefully assailed by the radical press than Gen. Frank P. Blair, the democratic candidate for Vice-President in 1868;— Senator Morrill, of Vermont, has just put on record a very high compliment to that gallant soldier, which forcibly. illustrates the injustice and base ingratitude of these loil seribblers. Tn a speech in the Senate, Mr, Morrill asserted that but forthe un swerving valor, patriotism and gallant conduct of Gen. Blair, Missouri, in the early period of the rebellion, would have been arrayed with the Southern Confederacy in the attempt to dismember the Union, What a severe rebuke ‘or high -republican authority‘to the revolutionists of Missouri, who deny to this most gallant officer of the army the élective franchige upon.a frivolous technicality, whilst conferring it by, wliolesale upon illiterate negroes ! 14 A i Beath of Charles Dickens. Charles: Dickens is' dead. This brief announcement carries grief to almost ev_ery.household jn the English-speaking » wotld, The great master passed away at 815 o'elock P. M. Thursday, at his residenee; Gad’s Hill, near Rochester, in Kent. ‘He bad been ill but a few hours from an attack of paralysis. The news created a profound sensation ‘in Great Britain and this country. The Queen sent her condolences to the bereaved family, and the English press dw;m part of Its ’ spm"wqu the illustrious dead. ! I Americs; Rev. Henty Ward Beecher - wad MWW“PWWWM tice of the calamity, - Tho press unite in

e ettt et WHITTEMORE ONCE MORE, The notorious scalawag, thief and hypocrite, Benj. F. Whittemore, formerly a puritanical preacher in Massachusetts, but under the operations of the reconstruction laws, obtained a seat in Congress from the First District of South Carolina, As the reading public is already aware, Whittemore used his official position for the vilest of purposes, prominent among which is that of selling the appointient of a cadetship at West Point for a pecuniary consideration. Detected in this vile transaction, and his guilt being clearly established, he was expelled from his seat in ‘Congress by an almost unanimoue vote.— When he packed up his traps, and retired from the halls of our national legislature in disgrace, be boastingly asserted that he would be returned by his constituency. A special election was ordered by the Governor, and the result is that Whittemore is re elected by over eight thousand majority over his competitor, who is also a Republican,. He will, ere long, appear hefore the Speaker’s desk and ask to he sworn in anew, Who can doubt for a moment that he will bé readily re-admitted ?

It js well and fitly’ said Ly the World, that the return of Whittemore, a disgraced member, challenges attention _chiefly by its bearing on the fitness of the Soutliern negroes for #he political duties thrust upon them by the reconstruction experiment. The case of Whittemore has more notoriety than that of the other carpét-bag members; but the new ' Southern representatives are pretty mucli alike. Whittemore is a conspicuous-sample of the whole lot. The First District of South Carolina, from which he is eleeted, has a greater preponderance of negro voters than any other Congressional district in the South, and therefore furnishes & somewhat wmore striking illustration of the operation of universal negro suffrage. The experiment must be judged by its fruits ; and thus far ita fruits justify the opposition made to it by the democratic party. The experiment must indeed run its course; but it is to be hoped that it will not always produce results so scandalous as have thus far attended it. Relief is to be looked for, tor the present generation at least, rather in the political skill with which the negroes are managed than in the progress of their rude apprenticeship. The natural leaders of southern politics have been so fettered and repressed since the war, that we have not any sufficient data for judging what the neg;o voters may be brought te do under their guidance and control. That they can be easily influenced by local leadergis proved by the success of Whittemore; who has no difficulty in getting himself re-elected.in spite of the ban put upon him by the republican leaders at the federal capital. One discredited man in close intercourse with the negroes secures more of. their confidence than the whole republican party elsewhere. They have all the credulity of ignorance, and can easily be manipulated and practiced upon. g o -Tribute to a Martyr. That time works wondrous changes, and that a due recognition of the sacrifices on part of defenders of liberty cannot be obliterated from the minds of a grateful people, has again been beautifully demonstrated. K Twenty yedrs ago the Austrian government put to death Count Lajos Batthyany, the Hunigan ian statesman, on suspicion of being concerned in the insurrection of 1848, ~ Its resentment extended also to his wife and children, who were expelled from the country and deprived of their property. On Thursday free Hungary reversed the judgment of Austria of 1848, Extraordinary henors were paid to the nanes of Batthyany, in Pesth. The streets were filled with a vast crowd of people. ‘The fusicral prqcession, consisting. of a division of troops, and the national and literary societies of the city, occupied an hour.in passing a given point. The display, notwithstanding its sombre character, is said to have been brilliaat and picturesque.. ;i |

: Indian Chiefs at Washington. ; The great Indian Council was held in Washington on Tuesday of last week.— | Red Cloud, Spotted Tail, and the Sioux chiefs were present, while the government was represented by the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner for Indian Affairs. Mr. Cox addressed the red men, impressing upon them the desire of the government for. peace, and promising to protect them in all their rights if they ceased to make war on tha settlers. Red Cloud made a characteristic Indian speech inreply. He complained of the bad faith and aggressions of the white people, and insisted that the Indian reseryation should be unmolested by any of the inmovations of civilization. He said that he wanted no roads in his country,’and that Fort Fetterman must be rfemoved if there was to be peace. Little Bear also spoke and reiterated the complaints of the first orator. Mr. Cox promised tolay the speeches before the Great Father, and arrange another interview with him for the In dians B ) 3 il & A —eee '’ Gold in the House. During Mr. Cox’s remarks in the House one day last week, on the Currency bill, a laughable scene occurred. Mr. Cox said that, to his ears and to those of the Democratic party, the words “gold and silver were 48 the sweetest music ;”-and, at this point, Getz, from the Berks county, Pennsylvania, District, came over to the Speaker and jingled good-humoredly in his face two shining twenty dollar gold pieces.— Cox, thanking Getz for the dramatic eftect which he had given his speech, took the money, and holding each’ piece in either hand showed it as Democratic money, to which, said he, we must soon return— money which the good dames of Berks County and of the entire State ot Pennsylvania had hidden away in shot “bags and stockings. At the conclusion of Mr. Cox’s remarks, Paine, a Republican member of Wisconsin, openly presented “him with a beautiful bouguet of flowers, accompanied by a few words’ of compliment. ; . ;

Nearly complete returns show that ‘Wittemore, the energetic seller of cadetships, is returnd to Congress by about 8,000 inajority. The vote, as compared with. thut of 1868, when Wittemore was first elected, was very light—one half of the colored and one-fifth of ‘the white vote being polled. * e 1. The: World~ pointedly A remarks that ‘whilePresident Grant goes after trout in Pennsylvania, the Dembéracy have landed & noble salmon in Oregon.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. Treasurar Spinner has of late created ‘considerable uneasiness smong the monied aristoeracy by his vigorous attacks upon the national banks. These institutions ‘bave aroused the indignation of Mr. Spinner by their interference with Con. gress in effecting the defeat of the funding bill. It is believed that the Treasurer is acting under the direction of Secretary Boutwell.. ' , . At the Boston labor reform convention the other week, the following resolution was adopted: * , Resolved, That the refusal of Ulysses S. Grant to receive Mrs. Emmie A. Lane, who visited him in a respectful manner, as the representative of the workicg men of Massachusetts and the daughters of St. Crispin, was a-gratuitous insult. to us all, and we beglieve it so intended by Grant, and is another evidence of his want of decency in his personal and official intercourse with the people. . : How accurately people begin to learn the true character of our Jacobin Presidentli o) ; ;

To Tiie PrEss.—All papers in the fol lowing States, are requested to insert the advertisement in another column, headed: “Homestead and Preemption” one year ; collections made quarterly. And print this notice one time, under editorial and send marked copies to Daniel Scott, Sioux City, Iowa: Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Missouri, | i

The above appears in quite a number of our exchanges. Will some one who knows have the kindness to inform skeptical publishers whether Daniel Brown is “all sound” or whether he procures the insertion of his ads. upon fair promises?

“German Drunk” is the title by which that organ:of puritanical notions, the Ko komo Journal, designates the Great S@ngerfest now. being held in Cincinnati. Men whose judgment is not warped by intolerant fanaticism speak of these gatherings in a less contemptuous. manner. The Journal's sneermg epithet is quite in contrast with the following from the Evansville Courier, a democratic paper: The Germans have introdaced many beautiful customs wkich are becoming a part of American life, but none more beau tiful than these annual festivals of song. They lift up 'the life of the nation and give it a higher type than the rude horse race, or prize ring, or cattle show, of the Anglo-Saxon. Americans, in their contact with the gross elements of their won derful material development, stand in danger of becoming essentially coarse in habit and thought. Music is the remedy, and the Germans are determined that song shall save us from brutality. - =

A paper bearing the euphonious title of Copperhead urgently invites President Grant to. suppress its publication for advocating resistance to the fifteenth amendmént. The editor of the Copperhead is a ferocious, blood-thirsty fellow—on paper, at.least,—who fulminates in this style: . “Resist it in every form it may present itself! Resist it when a nigger presents himself 'at the polls! Resist it when a judge of election decides that according to the fifteenth amendment a nigger hasa right to vote! Resist it by seizing the ballot box in the name of liberty and smashing it over the head of any insolent scoundrel who dares to defend” the monstrous usurpation!” i Assuming that every editor is ready to give practical force to his suggestions, we anxiously, await the valorous editor’s experience in that little enterprise suggested bv the concluding paraeraph in the above. 'We could then tell whether the advice niight be generally acted upon with a due regard for the welfare of our party and the peaceand quiet of the countrvY‘ 3 o i 2 1

A more truthful remark has never been made than that of a contemporary who avers that “newspaper subscriptions are infallible tests of men's honesty. . If a man is dishonest he will cheat the printer in some way—say the money was lost by mail—or will take the paper and not pay. for it, or move off, leaving it come to the post office he lett. Thousands of protessing Christians are dishonest, as the printer’s books will tell fearfully at the final settlement—at the judgment.”

It is not often that we can subscribe @ the writings of John W. Forney, but when he gives expression to so sensible a thought as the following, we do not hesitate a moment to manifest our hearty concurrente:’ ; ph et ]

Let us not forget that we are forever making great men out'of small material, and that, if a very little share of the space given’ to assaults upon men of our own profession were given to the cultivation of a good understanding in business and social affairs among ourselves, the number of nobodies in office would dimirish, and the editor would no longer be disfranchised by his readiness to fly at his brother’s throat and his willingness to help icferiority Into superior position. L

We are pleased to notice that the democratic members of Congress begin to realize the importance of organization. On Friday night a caucus of the Democratic members of Congress was held at the capitol, Representative Randall, of Pennsylvania, in the chair. A proposition for an \effective - campaign orgamzation in the \close Congressional districts, with a view of electing Democratic Representatives nékt fall, was discussed, and it was finally sgreed to appoint a committee, consisting of Senator . Thurman, Senator Hamilton, ‘and Representatives Woodward, Beck, and Shober, to take the matter under advisement and prepare a plan. i

Republican editors are not called upon to record many victories.of their party the present year. With the exception.of an ‘occasional triumph in ‘the puritanical regions, the elections furnish the loil press very little materia! for exultation. Fhings are beginning to assume a hopeful aspect —for our side. i LT i

‘We this week publish the provisions of the infamous law for the enforcement of the fifteenth amendment. Every section of this crowning infamy presents an overwhelming argument for the overthrow of the radical party,. Itshould beattentiyely perused by every voter. . .

s The Campaign Opened, ‘The campaign in Indiana has been fairly opened on part cf the Democracy. .. On Saturday, the 4th inst., Col. Norman Eddy delivered a speech before" the democratic ‘convention ,g;f Fulton county, and on ‘the same day Hon. James B. Ryan, candidate: for State Treasurer, spoke at a simjlar as-, sembly in Boone county, Both' efforts are spoken of in complimentary terms by the press of these respective localities,

ANOTHER VICTORY BY THE ‘ ' DEMOCRACY !

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Crow, Chapman, Crow! THE STATE ELECTION IN OREGON. The election for State officers, members of the Legislature and a representative in Congress, took place on the 6th inst.,and resulted in a glorious democratic victory. The entire democratic ticket; headed by Hon. L. F. Grover for Governor, is elected by about four hundred mﬁjoritfand the Democrats have twelve majority in the Legislature on joint ballot. This secures the election of a Democraf to the United States Senate in place of the Hon. Geo. H. Williams, (radical,) whose term expires-in 1871. The indications are that Mr. Nesmith, formerly Senator from Oregon, will be returned. Oregon gave. Seymour one hundred and sixty-five majority. The present State government, elected in 1868, is radical. : i Washington City Election. One of the most hopeful signs of the times is the result of the recent election for municipal officers in Washingtor City. The more respectable portion of the radical party became so thoroughly disgusted with the corruption of the city government that they refased" to support the ticket nominated by the Bowen faction, and united upon a citizens’ ticket, beaded by Mr. Emory for Mayor. After one of the most animated. eontests, the latter was elected by a majority of 3,214. Two years ago Sayles J. Bowen was elected Mayor by the strength of the radical party and the colored vote, enfranchised under an act of congress. Now Bowen is overwhelmingly defeated by the conservative eandidate, at least one third of the colored vote being cast against him, and the conservatives have a large majority in the Common Council. Verily, chickens ecine home to roost !

Sale of a Newspaper Establishment. ~"On Tuesday of last week, the Indianapolis Daily Journal, together with all the ‘material of the office, the building containing the same, and the ground belonging thereto, was sold by Douglass & Con‘ner, to Messrs. L. W. Hasselman, W. P. Fishback, W. R. Holloway, and’ perhaps others, whose names have not been made public. The price paid for five-sixths of the entire establishment is stated at $125,000. Nine hundred dollars worth of ‘stamps were réquired on the document transferring the property to its new own‘ers. The Douglass brothers and Col. A. H. Conner retire from business, and their ‘places will be filled by Messrs. Hasselman ‘and Fishback, the latter assuming the chair of the principal editor, for which position he is said to possess every possible qualification. \ ;

A Deserved Compliment. At the democratic congressional convention of the Fourth District, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : . Resolved, Tnat the State of Indiana, and the nation owe a debt of lasting gratitude to Indiana’s distinguished statesman, Hon. T. A Tloudrioko, for hin imvaludDlE Service while: honored with a seat in’ the United States Senate, and for his bold, manly, and able defense of Democratic principles, and as one of tke noble, selfsacrificing few who stood shoulder to shoulder with histime-honored compeers, during ; the attempted outrage upon the late retired President of the United States, thereby overthrowing their base and insiduous designs.of establishing a kingly and monarchial government. | This is not only a déserved compliment to Indiana’s most brilliant statesman, but a’very appropriate reference to the base attempt of the radical conspirators to depose that sterling patriot, Andréw Johnson, from the Presidential chair. That traitorous effort should be kept fresh in the memory of the people, until every participant in the conspiracy is consigned to deep and lasting infamy. | - B— Sumner’s Attack on Grant. The developments of the SBan Domingo lobby and the Cuban lobby continue to fill the measure of all that is exciting and i'nttéesting in Washington. The violent speech 'of Senator Sumner in the executive session of the Senate on Friday evening against the vigorous efforts which the administration are making to secure the ratification of the San Domingo treaty is the subject of much commert among Senators, members, and other officials.— Mr. Sumner characterized the manner n which the President was forcing this question on the Senate as a co-ordinate branch of the Executive on all matters of this kind as simply arrogant in its exactions, and he further declared that it such a policy is'to be continued, the Senate will be forced to yield to a power that is already tending to imperialism. Of course language to this effect from so high and so loyal asource prompted 9uick reply from Messrs. Nye, Chandler,and Howard, and the President’s defenders, during which there was not a little said of the impending disruption of the Republican party. In the Senate Messrs. Sumner and Schurz, however, do .not intend to be driven from the position they have taken, but will insist im the next execu. tive session, that ' the special -committee raised to investighte General Babcock shall extend its inguiries into all the negotiations that seeured the San Domingo treaty. Thus far the Senate is about evenly divided in that regard. Friends of the administration make their confident boarts that official patronage will yet tri“umph over this defection among the Radjcal Senators) 7 12 o vy ke

Terrible Confiagration at Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 6.—Yesterday afternoon about _one o’clock. a fire broke out, which spread with alarming rapidity throughout the richest quarters of the city. A strong wind was blowing at the time, and the fire quickly communica‘ed to adjoining‘bnildings. 'izhe efforts of the firemen and citizens to stop the progress of the flames were - futile, and in a few ‘Tiours the residences of the English, American and. Portuguese Ambgssadqm andConsulates, Naoml theatre, many churches and mosques, 7,000, houses, and the richest stores and shops in ?thgicitly)_ were reduced to ashes, The loss of life by f,all;l;f walls: has been fearful, it having been estimated that at least 2,500 people were killed by this cause alone, The loss of property 1s estimated at §25,000,000.

. CONGRESSIONAL Pnocnnmas.{é ~ TuEsDAY, June 7.—lncthe Senate the ~consideration of the Indian Appropriation bill was continued. An amendment ~offered by Mr. Pomeroy to remove the ‘Osage Indians in Kansas, and provide for ‘the sale of their reservation to actual settlers, was, after a lengthy discussion, rejected. In the House of Representatives the debate was opened on the Currency bill, and Mr. Garfield, its author, made an elaborate speech in explanation and advocacy of its provisions. Mr. Cox, of New York, replied in opposition to the bill.— ‘Washington despatches express great doubts of its passage, and Mr. Boutwell is represented to be “well-nigh despondent." ! 3 o G % WEDNESDAY, Jung 8. —During a spirit‘ed debate on the Dominican question, in the Senate, Mr. Ferry savagely denounced his political associate; Zack Chandler. In the House, the bill providing that persons who 'lost/ the sight of both eyes, both hands, or both feet in the service; if so disabled as to require permanent aid or attendance of other persons, shall be paid the arrears of pension from the passage of the act of July 16, 15866,’ to the date of their -disability, at the rate of $22 per month, was passed ; alsoa bill for the supply of artificial legs to disabled soldiers. The general feeling against any legislation on the finances was most forcibly shown in the action of the House, in its virtual defeat of the bill to re distribute the na tional bank currency; to cancel the 3 per cent. certificates; to provide increased bankitf facilities, and redeem $40,000,OCO of legal-tender notes. Western members were desirous of getting a vote on Mr. Randall’s proposition (v substitute $300,000,000 of legal-tender notes for the present issue of the bank currency, but the matter was indefinitely postponed. TrURSDAY, June |{9.—The Senate diseussed the new apportionment bill, and voted in favor of-increasing the number of representatives from 240 to 300, with a view of guarding sgainst a decrease of representatives from New England. The House defeated, by avote of 102 against 62, the infamous naturalization bill introduced by Davis, of McFarland trial notoriety. : : . Fripay, June 10.—The Senate was engaged in discussing the biH to abolish the franking privilege. Mr. Sumner, in thé ‘course of a speech against the bill, advocated a reduction in letter postage to one cent. Such a rate would be so near free postage for all that it might be considered such practically." Inthe House of Representatives there was a scene oecasioned by the arrest and arraignment of a correspondenf of the New Yeork FEvening Post, charged with a libellous attack on Mr. Fitch, of Nevada. The correspond‘ent. was not allowed to make an explanation, and a committee was appointed to investigate the matter, with power to send for persons and .papers.. The House re ‘sumied the consideration of the Naturalization bill. A motion to table it was voted: down, and'then, at the request of its author, it was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. .. | | ‘SATURDAY, June 11. —ln the Senate, the bill übolishing the franking privilege, allowing newspaper exchanges to pass free, and providing for the free circulation of weekly newspapers within the county of their publication, was passed by a vote of 32 against' 13. The House passed the compromise bill to reduce the army, whereby the maximum of the army after this year is fixed at 30,000 men, and the arnual saving is estimated at $4,000,000. Notwithstanding the provision allowing one year’s pay. to officers who resign, the. regular officers are earnestly opposing the passage of this bill in the Senate.

Monpay, June 13.—The Senate continued the debate on the apportionment bill. In the House the naturalization guestion turned up again in an emasculated shape, and after a struggle, a modified bill was | nasseld by a_party vote. .The new measure leaves the system of bpaturalization just where it now is, in the State courts, but confers jurisdiction in the federal courts to . punish all frauds,” The term required for a residence preceding naturalization is not changed. The odious features -of the bill pending last week are ‘omitted. | The amnesty bill was defeated. The river and harbor bill passed as originally reported. The West gets $2,500,000 of the $3,000,000 given, of which Chicago gets $150,000 for: the construction of a refuge harbor. : Grant’s Message on the Cuban Question. ' On Monday last President Grant sent an insolent message to both houses of Con-* gress. 'Tlre Washington dispatches of the Chicago Times speak of the document as follows: - The special message of the president created a profound sensation, no less for the matter it contains than for the man‘mer in which it was precipitated. Tomorrow the foreign affairs committee reports on the Cuban question. It comes up in the shape detailed in last night’s \dispatches, hence the reply of the administration made this afternoon. In the senate Judge Thurman characterized it as a proclamation to the Cubans to lay down ‘their arms ; in the house Cox said it was the most impudent message ever sent tothe American congress. Senator Morton is reported as to fiercely assail it,and Gen. Banks jis astonished and indignant. Tt looks as though, between Cuba and 'San Domingo, the administration had gota pretty lively fight on band. It isasserted that Caleb Cushing wrote the message.— It has been prepared for nearly a week, and was signed by the president soon after his return this morning from Pennsylvania. ' : The report of the committee referred to above, and headed by Gen, Banks, holds that it Isithe right and duty of the . United States : ; o 1. To realize the existence of the con- | test in Quba. .. | |

2. To declare and maintain an impartial neutrality. . > : ' 3. To give both parties the same advantages of intercourse and trade with | ‘the United States. ‘ | - 4. To invite the president to remonstrate against the barbarous manner in ~which the war has been conducted. | | e B———— i ! The Indianapolis Journal has a wonderful disposition to attack Hon. D. W. Voorhees upon almost every occasion, and performs its task in { most vindictive manner. We do né suppose that the honorable gentleman gives himself much trouble in endeavoring te please the editors of that Radical sieet. If Mr. V, possessed the ;lm~ rity of an angel, and it was personally known to the editors, we presume that it . would make no difference. They would still seek occasion to repeat slanders that have been silenced. by ' positive " testimony long . since. To please the Journal editors, Mr. VoorEees,,wo_uld be compelled to sacrifice his manhood, and become the tool of others, such as we find in the person of President Grant.—New Albany - Address R. V. Pierfg, M. D., 133 Seneca street, Buffalo, N. Y., and get a pamphlet ‘on_Catarrh, free, or send sixty cents and ! ‘get Dr. S&éfs Catarrh Remedy. ' 'ssoo reward is offered by the propriétor for a case of | Catarrh in the: head -which he sm‘m;gtv: ??& Bold ,bg; ;u ,:;lz,iuggiggs,*—- : Out for coun 108 ar : ,?:?‘t.,aﬁon&”fi’ Tﬁogzeg:;ineﬁ»e mw%’ jerce's private Governiment Stamp on it Cut this out, a 8 you may never see it again,

! POLITICAL ITEMS, | Alexander H. Stephens has finished his story of the war. : - Butler wanta to be the next Governor of Massachusetts. , The Illinois constitutional convention cost the State $225,000. , Fred. Douglass says that if a colored man wants to vote Democratic he must be allowed to do 0. Generous Fred ! The Radical United States Senator Morrill gives General Frank Blair the credit of having preserved Missouri to the Union. 3 Senator Cain, colored, of South Carolina, says that thieves and robbers are destroying the Republican party in that State. .

Wendell Phillips is nominated by gome of the papers as a candidate for congress in the Massachusetts district now represented by Mr. Twitchell.. , Forney withdraws his name as a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, because he has been nnab{e to. find anybody. willing 'to vote for him. Schenck, rays the Chicago Times, calls Dawes “a d—d Yankee trickster.”” Dawes has searched the vocabulary:in vain for words which will ex-. press Schenck’s true character. - The brother-in-law of the President, recently appointed as Appraiser of the San Francisco custom-Y]ouse, didn’t vote for Grant, and it is therefore urged that he is not fit for the pliygy, - The Radical Cincinnati Commercial, in commenting upun the Now Yorlk election, says: ‘“With heavy taxes, rotective tariffs, land-grabbihg legisFation,and Sumner’s social equality bill, what other results are Republicans to expect 7’ fin . A small dose of ipecac will be neutralized by the nauseating bile of the stomach, and the whole putrid mass remain in the bedy to poison the whole system, while a good dose will produce such nausea that the stomach will forthwith empty itself of both bile and medicine, and leave the system pure and clean. Moral—An overdose of negro may have the same effect upon the body politic. dadet

The New York World states as a fact not generally known, but susceptible of proof, that when, at the trial of Wirz, Judge Ould, the Confederate commissioner of exchange, came to Washington as a witness under subpoena to prove the facts in the case, Stanton sent him word that if he did not return home at once his parole ‘would be terminated. He went away, and Wirz was hung. = - The telégraph announces that Senator Morton is preparing a new departure for his Radical friends. It is presumed that it will be the enactment of a law compelling respectable white women under the pains and penalties of fine and imprisonment, to ' accept the proposal of marriage from big buck niggers. This is about the only thing left, on the subject of the nigger, that has not already received the attention of the Radical majority in Congress.

The New York Ezxpress shows where the Radical party stood upon the ques- } tion of negro suffrage in the Empire State in 1860. While the Radical’ party gave 362,646 votes for Mr. Lincoln for President, it gave only 197,503 for negro suffrage. A majority of 165,143 against negro suffrage in the Radical vote of that State alone.— How long dvu themse lovolutivas and Impracticables believe thaf negro suffrage will be sustained by the people of the United States, if it fares so badly in the house of its friends ? _. § eel I — e e % GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. | A paper devoted to spiritualism is talked of at Kokomo. The committee on foreign relations, in secret session of the senate, reported in favor of the raiification of the British naturalization treaty recently negotiated by Lord Clarendon and minister ‘Motley. - : On Friday, an-old man named Wm. Riding, residing in Philadelphia, and charged with outraging his little daughter, only ten years old, was convicted in the court of Quarter Sessions, before Judge Ludlow, and sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment. . Brazil is evidently in no mood to abolish slavery. The Brazilian ministry. dodges the issue by informing the chambers that while they will take no immediate measure in regard to abolition, they are willing. to aid any private efforts for the “mitigation” of the condition of the slaves. -

Advices from Hong Kong state that the rebellion in northern China is increaging, and that the government troogs have been defeated in eeveral conflicts. = The rebels, who. are all Mohamedans, are said to- be moving u%on Orga a Mongolian settlement, which is under the protection .of the Russians. ; ; :

" ‘Among the fresh murders reported are those of James Eagan, an Irisiman, by a German fellow workman, near Union Hill, N. J.; and Mrs. Michael Welsh, of 61 West street, New York city, by her husband. The husband of the woman who was found dead at the foot of the precipie, in Hudson city, N. J., has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The heirs of Stephen A. Douglas “are raising a row in Chicago by attempting to recover possession of the “Douglas tract” in that city, now dis_tributed among several owners, and valued at $1,200,000, Some flaw in _the conveyance ig relied upon to accomplish their purpose, and the property owners have united to oppose ‘the claim. Robert, the eldest son of the celebrated Senator, is the principal plaintiff. e it ‘A strange and almost tragical scene occurred in Justice Dowling’s court yesterday. ' The case ‘of Miss Adah FMeyer against Robert Schroeder, a Beaver street hop merchant, for seduction, was being examined, when the somewhat 'notorious - Mrs. - Caroline Vreeland, the mother: of ' the plaintiff, drew alarge butcher’s knife, and made an attack on Mr. Schroeder, evidently with the intention of destroying his life. Lawyers and loungers scattered ‘in dismay, but Justice Dowling, with great coolness, ‘léig:d over the railings and caught the infuriated woman by the arm as she wais about to stab’ for the third time. *"Mr. Schoeder was not badly cat. The Justice immediately dismissed’ ‘the case,” requested . Mr.: Schroeder to make & complaint ' of felonious assault against the assailant, “and"lock hier up' with ‘hﬂ?’&mﬁﬂo‘f answer the charge.-N. Y, World, 11¢h.

b THE LAST INFAMY. |, . The act entitled” “An act to enforce the rights of citizens of the several States of the Union and for other purﬁoses,” passed both houses of congress y a strict party vote, and has been signed by tge President. * Sec. 1. Provides that all qualified voters without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, shall be entitled to the elective franchise—any law of any State or Territory to the contrary notwithstanding. = % Sec. 2. That when some act is nécessary to be done as a prerequisite or qualification for voting, and the officer charged with furnishing to citizens an ol;])portunity of dperformiug such_ act ghall make no distinction on account of ‘race, color, or previous condition of servitude ; and if he fail to give fall effect to this provision, he shall forfeit $5OO to the person aggrieved, to be recovered by an action on the case, with full costs, and such counsel fees as the court may deem just, and shall also for every such offence be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall; on conviction thereof, be fined not less than $5OO or imprisoned not less than one month, or more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.

Sec. 3. That if a citizen is requiredto perform some act asa pi-erequisite’,' or qualification for voting, and shall offer to perform the same, such offer ghall be deemed a pertormance in law, though it fail of execution through the wrongful act or omiseion of the party authorized to receive or permit it; and the officers of election must receive, count, ~certify, register, report, and give effect to the vote of such - citizen, the penalty of refusal, the same that isspecified in the second section. - Sec. 4 and 5. That any pergon who ghall in any wise, unlawfﬁﬁy prevent any citizen*from voting, shall suffer the same penalty. - ; R ‘Sec. 6: That if two or more persons shall conspire together, or go in disguise upon the public highway,or upon the premises of another, with intent to violate any provision of this act, or prevent any citizen from enjoying any privilege guaranteed by the constitution of the United States, such persons shall be fined not to exceed $5,000, or imprisoned not to exceed ten years, or both, at the discretion of the court; and shall moreover, be henceforth ineligible to any position of honor, profit, or trust in the United States,, Sec. 7. That if any other offense shall be committed while violating 'the two preceding sections, the offender shall, on conviction, be punished for such offense as the law of the State in which it is copmitted may direet. - Sec. 8. ng]t the District ‘courts of the United States shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes committed against the provisions of this act, and concurrently with the circuit court of the United States, of all causes: civil and criminal, under it—the jurisdiction to be exercised in conformity with the laws and practice governing the United States courts. RS R

~ Sec. 9. That all officers especially empowered by the President, are authorized to institute proceedings against. every person who shall violate this act; and the circuit courts of the United States, and the superior courts of the Territories shall increase the number of commissioners from time to time go as to afford a speedy and convenient means for the arrest and examination of persons charged with its violation. Sec. 10. That a Marshal or Deputy Marshal;, who shall refnse to receive or to execute a warrant under the- provision of this act, shall be fined $1,000; and the commissioners shall have power to appoint persons to execute warrants, and the persons so appointed shall have authority to call to their aid the bystanders, or such portion of the land or naval forces of the United States, or' of the militia, as may be necessary to the performance of the duty with which they may be charged. “Sec. 11. That any person who %fn-' ders an officer from serving a warrant ‘issued under the provisions of this act, or shall aid a person who has violated. this act in escaping from arrest, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $l,000, or.imprisonment not éxceeding six months,or both, at the discretion of the court. PN b i

Sec. 12. That officers, engaged in ‘a{;resting or prosecuting . the.offenders, shall be paid out of the Treasury of the United States.” - HL T

Sec. 13. That the President may call out such part of the land and’ naval forces of the United States, or_of the militia, as shall be necessary to aid in the execution of judicial process issued under this act. L R

Sec. 14. That where a person shall hold any office except as a member of congress, or of some state legislature, contrary to the 15th amendment; said person shall be proceeded against by writ of quo warranfo by the distriet attorney of the United :States, who shall prosecute the same to the removal of such pérson from office. S Sec. 15. That a person holding office to which he is ineligible under the 15th amendment; shall be imprisoned not more than one year, or fined not exceedinf $l,OOO, or both, at the discretionof thecourt. - . =~

See. 16. That all “citizens of the United States shall have the benefit of all laws and proceedings for the sécurity of life, liberty and property, and: shall be subject to the liﬂe punishments, taxes, and exactions of every kind. oA :

Sec. 17. That any person who, under the color of the law“of -the state or territory, subjects any citizen' to the deprivation of any right, shall: be punished by a fine not exceeding $l,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. LN wldociad G

Sec. 18. Re-enacts an act passed April 9th, 1868, to protect. all persons in their civil rights. ' et Sec. 19. That if any person-unlaw-fally ‘vote or register, ' or prevent another’ from ‘'voting or registering, or interfere with the officers: of ‘election or registration, so as o prevent them from iropeﬂy discharging their duties —such person shall be fined not' exceeding $5OO, or imprisoned not ex-’ ceeding three yeats, or “both,at thediscretion of the court. fandla - See. 21. That when the law of a state or territory requires ‘the name of - candidate for congress to be obtained on the ticket with other:candidatesto be voted for at the same election for ‘state, territorial, or‘local officers, it shall be sufficient prima facia evidence for, ‘indicting or convieting a person charg‘ed’ with ilhgii;fom;g‘,@ under the pro-. ‘vigions of the ‘prec in% “gections; ‘or: for, committing - either of the offénces ‘thereby ~created, ' to' prove 'that the person 8o charged or indicted attempt-

ed to vote ' such ticket, or ‘committed either of the offences named in the preceding sections of this act with reference to such ticket. e Sec, 22. That any officer ofr any election, at which a delegate or representative of Congress is to be chosen, who ‘shall refuse to perform the duties required of him, or shall violate any duties so imposed, or counsel and procure another to do any act declaren{ by this or the preceding sections to bé a crime, ‘shall be liable to the.penalty specified in Sec. 19 of thjkg‘]act. P - Sec. -23. That a person deprived of his election to any office, . except electors for President and Vice President,congressman and state legislators, by reason of the denial‘to any citizens of the right to vote, his right te such office ehall in no; wise be impaired by such denial, but he may bring a | snit to recover the oﬂﬁce.—C{)mmohef.- : e et A — e . STATE ITEMS, MRt * The Muncie Times learns that the- - pox has appeared in Grantville, in that county, and that fourteen per--gons are down: with it, and several deaths have occurred. % “ - Daniel McFarland is in Indianapolis, where he 'is ‘making efforts; through attorney, to.break the decree of divorce granted to his wife last year.— There.is a bare - possibilty of hi#‘ success. L A

. The rains of the past. two days seem to have been copious and éenera al. The prospects for crops are not as ! dublous as they were a week ago, and -the “heart "ur the farmor|io ne longer sad.”—lnd Journal. i i ‘McFarland, the map who shot Richardson, has been in ]l:)diaﬁnpolip for a few days end has been lioized by certain’ parties. There we:e:,gxlways‘ people who would honor a murderer and an assassin, and just at this time Indiana bas plenty of fools.—Kokomo Journal, ¢ LT e

" A valuable horse was recently killed by a hog in Bloomington. THe' two animals were grazing.in the same field, when the hog, becoming enraged, rushed upon the horge. and inflicted . snchi! injuries - that the owner had $6 shoot’ the latter. The horse musthave belonged to the non resistant species of equines. . s

A young man was arrested ‘a week or 8o -ago for stealing the sum of five dollars from H. D. Geiger, in Seward township, Kosciusko county, was arraigned on Monday of last week, and gentenced to the penitentiary for one year, ‘The Sheriff will take him to his new home as soon as the present term lof eourt adjourns. A year’s confinement at hard labor for $5. 'A valuable lesson for young men, briefly told. v ¢ ;

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