The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 8, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 June 1870 — Page 1

I'HE NATIONAL BANNER, Published Weekly by : JOHN B. _STOLL, LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND ; it i A AN e i et i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Strictlyin advanee.......iieeeviueriona.. .. .$2.00 ST hi i blished on the Cash Principle, il Dropor gt Dotiostig that 1o 1 ackt i toltfor ot to demand advance pay,as it i 8 for City publishers. §¥" Any person sending a club of 10, accompa-: nied with the cash, wllfi)e entitled to a copy of the paper, for one year, free of charge. ; ' WM. L. ANDREWS, } - Surgeon Dentist. Mitchel’s Block, Kendallville. All work warranted. Examinations free. 2-47 ] J.M. DENNY, . Attorney at Law,—Albion, Nobleco., Ind Will give careful and prompt attention to a business entrusted to his care. 3-6 Ri s st O ol R AR S s , LUTHER H. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publiec. ~ LIGOGNIER, - = - - INDIANA. Office on Cavin Strcet, over Ssck Bro’s. Grocery, opposite Heclmer House.' 41-8-ly

.+ JAMES J. LASH, General Fire & Life Ins. Agent, ‘" KENDALLVILLE, \INDIANA. .Oftice in Mitéhell’s Block. Représents all first-class corapanies in the United States. b G, ERICKSON, M. D, Will give s?ecial attention to Office Business, from »10 A, M, to 3 v, M., for the treatment of Chronic and ~ Surgical Diseases. Charges reasonable. Office in rear of Drug Store, No. 1 Mitchell’s Block, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. June 1, 1870, : J AMERICAN HOUSE, ' L BHATHAWAY, Prop'r., CIGONIER, © - - -/ - INDIANA. HELMER HOUSE, S. B. HELMER, Prop'r, LIGONIER, - - - INDIANA. ottt e ,Thig-Heuse has been Refitted and Refurnished ; " in Wirst Class Style. - A L. COVELL, ° Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, INDIANA. Office, 2d Floor in Mier’s Block, Cavin Street, DR. P. W. CRUM, LI , Physician and Surgeon, Ligomnier, = = - . Indiana. Office one door south of L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up stairs.. ! May 12th, 1869, | e L i | SAMUEL E. ALVORD, Attorney at Law, Claim Agent, and Notary Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. Buslnessiglthe Courts, Claims of soldiers and heir heirs, onveyancinfi.,&c.. promptly and carefully attended to. Acknowledgments, Depositions and Affidavits, taken and certified. o

E. RICHMOND, v Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, : Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana, Special attention given to conveynncing and collections. Deedg, Bonds aud Mortgages drawn up, and all legal'buginess attended to promptly and accurately, il May 26th, 1868. E. D. PRESTON, M. D., HOM@EOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, LIGONIER, INI‘)IA‘NA, ; Office une door south of L. Low & Co.'s Store, up stairs. Office hours from 9to 11, A, m., 2to 4and 7to 8 p.m. Can always be found by inquiring at the American House, 4.48 D. W. €. DENNY, M. D., Physician and Surgeon,—Ligonier, Ind. Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calls in the line of his profession—day or night—in town or any distance in the countrg. lgcrsons wishing his serviees at n:‘ght, will find him at his father’s residence, first door east of Meagher & Chapman’s Hardware Storé¢, where all calls, when abgeut, should be left. « 141 (¥ W. CARR, ® o 2y | Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND, =Will promptly attend all calls intrustedto him. Office on 4th St,, one door éast ef the NATiONAL Banner office, 8-43 F.W.STRAUS, BA NEER, B\uys and sells Domestic and Foreigu Exchange. Passage Tickets to and from all the ‘principal parts of Europe, at the most liberal terms.— Special attention given to collections. Money taken on deposit, and Merchants’ accounts solicited, and kept on most favorable terms. 42 SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. 4 Cavin Street, Ligonier, Indiana. Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., Choice Groceries, Provisions, Yankee Notions, &c The hi%hest cash price paid fer Countr% Produce May 13, ’6B-tf. SACK BRO'S. NEW FIRM AND NEW GOODS ’ — AT — L NOLE LAKE, TIND, . Notice is hereby given that C. R. Wiley and Samuel Beall have entered into a co-partnership n the Merchandise business, and that they have just unpacked a lurge stock of Dry Goods, Boots andS‘hP’eg, &c. Call and see for yourself. WILEY & BEALL. Wolf Lake, Nov. 8, 1869.-27tf B NEW MILLINERY GOODS, 3 —~AT=- ' Mrs. Joanna Belts, : 3 On Cavin Street, NEW STYLES FOR THE NEW YEAR; 1870, Just received from Baltimore and Chicago, Fancy Goods, Hair Braids, Switches, Wedding Bonnets, Mourning Bonnets, Baby Caps, &ec. ' Marc¢h 80, 1870.-48 i : JOHIN GAPPINGER’S HARNESS, SADDLE - And Leather Establishment, IHas been removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s New - Block, (formerly Rossbacher’s Blpck,) . KENDALLVILLE, - - INDIANA. " The highest Brlce aid for Hides, Pelts, &c., and ¢ the trade supplied w!l)th Leather, Findings, &c., at lowest negnres. : B i G L S B . J.BITTIKOFFER, : £ . DEALERIN : WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW'LRY,SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, &c., &c. &e., &e. ! 1 Allkinds of work done uflon the shortestnotice * and warranted as to durab l%’ Shop in Bowen’s new Brick Block, Kendallville, Indiana. ] 281 |

H. R. CORNELIL,, Who may always be found at his = | PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS, 1s rrepared to take all kinds of pictures in the U latest styles of the art. PARTICULAR ATTENTION paid to copying old Deguerreotypes and Ambrg':{vpen into Cards, and Enlarging: ork warranted satisfactory in all cases. . Ligonier, Ind., Feb. 23, 1870.-43 , ———————————————— et ittt el : A. GANTS, Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, -~ LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. ‘ ey Is pre;gnred , i | zodonn¥ hing & e . -+ intheir line. ‘ @ succesful prac--5 N T tic: rgfjog&rfllo T ——— P € ustifie O T e zhem innylu; 4) . & B ?ilvueten‘:freggg G Yy faction to all Gk T JOTM wiistay ve: sstow their 'aumuge‘. B@~ Office in my building Oavin Stree YL g 4 ELKHART - BOOK BINDERY, ~‘ e th!.omu.ofthe : ‘HERALD OF TRUTH,” ELEBARTY, =~ —iiiiiLeidiia ) IND, . Wetake pléasure so'inform our friends and the publicin %np_xgl, that we have established a ' ook Bindery, v } .our. I’ ‘and B compesin, St .1 28R e | i much asl , Pamphlets, Maga- : Al flnggfi asle, prompily and . apr, 9’th,’o@,-t_ ] FS JOHN P, FUNE,

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Free-and-Easy Ode—To the Goddess of L Liberty. b K&jestfi( maid! a priately dressed, E mantle Mped? P:;lotrstmmhroldered vest, ail to thy nightcap that, uplifted high, To “heavy wet” invites the wanderer dry, With hoge ‘of cocktails cheers the toper’s goul, " And guides his staggerh:ig steps from hotle to hole, I sigh-to think, great Goddess that thy cap Should thus be used to symbolize a tap, . Luring thé youth, who friendlgv counsel &corns, Into (filemmas with a hundre horns, And cause for mockers to exclaim, Lo! Liberty and ‘'License” are the same, Thy banner, too, that some poetic wight ‘ Declares was ripped from the blue robes of night, And, without hemmin%,ejust as it was riven, ; To th imperial eagle-bearer %}ven— The'af;ron_d of'herocs and the hope of slaves Now crowns the haunt of charlatang and knaves Nay, worge than all, the standard we revere, Wraps with its hallowed folds a ruffian’s bier. - See wherg it flaunts o'er Parlt(y’s rowdy halls Where bullies answer when King Cauncns callg, And waves its stars where pockets full of rocks Control the issues of the ballot-box, Seeming to sanction every flagrant lie That fools mistake for the Vox Populi. The %]orlous ensign in each crowded street, . Marshal the way to.some disgusting cheat, Thrice-gracious goddess, rouse thee from thy nap, Put on, oh ‘wise one, thy considerin%}eap, Devise some Flan to punish and to shame The many crimes,committed in thy name, Awe with thy glance each bribe-polluted rogue, Palsy the ton%‘ues of every demagogue, Sprinkle Truth’s seeds ameng the part{ press, Government expenses make some millions less; Rid the departments of official thieves, > And purfie the House of Representatives; Save us henceforth from Presidential dolts, Hurl at corrn})tion all thy biggest bolts; . Postpone all interests to the Pnhlic weal ; 2 ‘ Write on the treasury walls, ‘thou shalt not steal” Bless each inspector who a l)lessing earns, After election, by correct returns; J Cleans, if thou canst, corruption’s dirties den, The Railroad Ciiy’s Board of Aldermen. A conscience give each Justice of the Peace, And sanctify our Mayor and Police. To official sm‘aPp-ly the transmuting touch, ) Give a new deal, and pacify the Dutch. This do, sweet Goddess! if thou dost it not, Our great Republic must go to }yot; ¥ And when its doom the muse of History tells, She to thy cap will surely add the bells,

~~ THE ROBBER’S HAND. ~ «Let me see,” began Mr. Worley, -in response to a request to tell a story while we were aeated around the atove in Hill’s bar room, one blustering night last winter. “ Let me see.— Twenty-two years ago I entered sthe store of Day & Co. as clerk, and twenty-one years ago, on the night of the first of Febrnary, | had an adventure ‘which I ghall never forget.” We drew our benches nearer -the stove, and the retired merchant, who we knew had a good story in store for us. At my side, on the oaken settee, sat a man—judging by his silvered ‘hair—about five-and-sixty.: Ie was a traveler, and a stranger to our entire party, and during our conversation previous to the merchant’s narrative, had been taciturn and moody.— But when Worden began’ his story his eyes were fixed upon his face. “1 was not seventeen,” continued the narrator, “when I became a clerk, and it was a great event in my life.— The firm told me that I would have to sleep in the store. I felt proud of being ;allowed to do so; it showed that they had great faith in my honesty. So a lounge was brought in and placed under the counter, and there, after locking the door, 1 would lie and dream until daylight.”. ekt “ During the first part of the winter of '4B, our neighboring county (Herkimer) was infested with a gang of daring robbers, whose depredations were both bold and alarming. The ‘ good -people became excited; and well they might, for the villains scrupled not to take the life of any one who dared to defend his property. “Vigilance committees were formed, and the gang broken up. Several of the cases were tried and decided by Jadge Lynch. Those who escaped the committee went into neighboring. (§unties, and ours received a few,— uring January several bold robberies were committed in Dialton, which threw our citizens into the highest state of excitement; but all efforts-— and those made were strenuous ones’ —to catch the robbers were unavailg - 5

“Day & Co., during the excitement, sat back in their easy chairs laughing at the people’s scare. They fancied their store secure, and when I asked to be permitted to keep a gun at my bedside, twitted me at what they t&;med my cowardice. It was not cowardice, boys ; but I wanted to give the robbers a bold reception if they paid me a visit. I thought they would not fail to do this, for my employers held in their hands many sums of money belonging to other people ; in short, they were the bankers of the village. The money was enclosed in a safe which I knew would not resist an experienced burglar. But Day & Co. thought their safe secure, and refused o grant my request. A “T had made up my mind to arm myself, let the firm call me what it wished. I lived in Montauk then, a few mi'es from Dialton, and one Sunday night, the last of January, when I returned from a visit home, I brought along an old sabre, which my grandfather had used against Saraton, at Sander’s Creek. That Sabbath night; as I well remember, I did not retiré until near midnight, for I sat up polishing the old blade. At last, when the light shining upon it blinded me, I put it in the sheath and stood it against the head of the lounge and went ‘to sleep, feeling that I could overcome a dozen of the fiercest robbers that ever made woman or child tremble at the mention of their deeds. : il

-« The following morning ushered in the last month of winter, and I forgot to stow the old arm away out of sight of the firm. - 'When Dewees, the . junior partner, stepped behind the counter, my preparations for defense met his gaze. ¢ : «<Well, John!” he said, seizing the Revolutionary relic, ‘what in the world are you going to do with this? . #¢l intend to defend the safe and myself against the robbers,’ I answer-. ed),, blushing. ««T believe you are crazy, John,’ he said; I would like to see you wield this clumsy old thing. Take it home; or gell it as trash. Day and I will have a hearty laugh' at your expense.” i . ~ “¢T do not care for your laugh, Mr. Dewees,’ I answered, ‘and as for the gabre, it shall remain here.’ e

“ Do as you ‘[lflease, John ; and, if you gay go, I shall purchase a dozen cemetery lots in which you ‘ean enter your dead. But, boy, look at the doors ; sn’pfiooo‘ a robber should pick the locks, the strong bolts would. remain, and ten men could never remove them.” = “¢True,’ I replied ; ‘but breaking bolts is not the work of an experienc-

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'ed robber.” He would cut a hole l through the door, insert his hand, and push back the bolts.’ . “«No use to talk to you, John,” he _said, turning to rearrange some boxes on the shelves; but if a robber should attempt to enter, I'll increase | your } wages.’ . - “The old weapon was replaced, and when Day entered the two had a hearty laugh at my fears. Lk “ When night came I built jup a rousing fire, and sought my icou¢h beneath the counter. Outside it was very .cold, and the snow was falling in blinding flakes. 1 assure you I’ felt comfortable under the additional “coverlets Mrs, Day had sent me¢ that morning. Before I .retired T had unsheathed the sabre, go that in case of emergency it would make no unneces~Bary noise. Wl e “ It must have been near midnight when 1 awoke. The storm was still raging, and the room retained but a small degree of heat from the stave.— I was about to rise to replenizsh the fire, for we did not want our |large ‘stock of ink to freeze, when I heard a /noise as though a rat was gnawing for ‘dear life. 1 listened, and soon dis'covered that the noise was at the front ‘and double door. 1 rose and ca%&iously struck a light, and donned my pants ‘and stockings. The lamp 1 turned low, and grasping the old sabre approached the door.” ! ¢ Sure enough, the noise was agn the outgide, and 1 knew a man wag cutting a hole below the strong iron bar. The work accomplished, he could insert his hand, noiselessly remove the bar, and push the door open. [With batel . breath and wiltfiy bnta.ting heart I listened to the sawing; the gabre was poised above my héa&i, and alongside of the door. Plainer and plainer grew the noise, and at last a circular piece of the door was pushed a little inside. Then I saw twq fingers grasp and draw it out. (1 dy

I waited for the insertion of the hand, for I had determined to séver it -with the sabre. I heard no noise outside, and supposed the robber was alone. Not long did I wait, however, for the reappearance of the hand. It was thrust in, and the fingers moved ltoward the bar. T struck with all the ‘strength of my right arm. The robbei’s hand fell at my feet, and the bleeding stump was quiekly |withdrawn. 00l i “ Then above thg war of the storm, which seemed to increase at every moment, I heard words and a noise as of a. person forcing his way through heavy drifts:. . r “¢I can never use my right Ihand again,’ I heard the man groan. | ‘Oh, God! I might have known that that strippling was fully armed, urse myfollyle. - - . b g “1 picked up the severed member, and examined it at the light. It]looked as if it belonged to a man in the meridian of life, and the little finger was encircled by a heavy gold| ring’ with a solitaire diamond setting, It was a right hand, and the tip of the thumb was missing. 1 wrapped the hand in cotton, laid it in the desk, and replenishing the fire, watched the|door until through the fatal opening, 1 saw limbs bending under their load of BNOW. ' . .“1 opened the door, but saw no tracks ; it had snowed all night| and covered up all traces of the robber.— When Dewees came—he always reached the store half an hour bgfore Day—l showed him the hole and the hand. Of course he was astonished. “ ¢« By George, boy " he exclaimed, ‘your fears were not groundless. | You may keep that old sabre till it rusts ; and from this hour your wages ;]tand increased.’ L fii

“Of course boys, I was thabkful because he had knocked under tq me, and because my wages were increased. Great search was made for the rt?gber, but he was not found and I remained in possession of the ring and the hand. Five years later 1 left Dialton, which had not been disturbed by rol}»bers since that memorable night. T kept the robber’s hand in spirits for near fifteen years, when neglecting it, it spoiled, and I buried it in my lot/”’ | “ But what, did you do with the ring, asked the traveler, when| Mr. Worden concluded. 1. had noticed his agitation. : ; “Keptit. Nothing could have induced me to part with it.” L 1 “Would you not return it to the owner{’ | o “Perhaps “he did not come t)y it honestly—he, was a robber, you know ?” i ; The traveler blushed. s « He did, sir,” he said; 5 “ What do you know aboti't the ring and the robber "’ said Mr.ifWa'or- | den. 5 “ A good deal. Look there!r’ and turning up his sleeve he displa)red to our gaze a handless wrist. i | “ The robber?” the ex-merchant and half a dozen of our party exelaimed. 1, for one, could not keelj back the word “robber.” f “Yes, sir,” said the stt#nger;’ “robber. once, but one, thank Gpd, no longer. The loss of my rightf hand reformed me. Oh, never shall I- forget that night—my march throogh the dritts to my companions /in the suburbs of Dialton ; how I was compelled, to save my life, to hold snow upon the stump. While my comrades _in crime were binding up the wounded member, 1 swore by mg' God| to forsake my calling. ll.have kept my oath,” he went on. - “I sought em‘ployment when the wound had healed, am{ learning to use my left| hand, I was successful; I have amassed -wealth—wealth enough to enable me to spend my remaining days /in traveling for pleasure. And now; my .re-fou_ner.”-ie smiled, “I would ask you to return my ring. Did I come by it dishonestly, I would not make the request; but, as there is a -God, I did | not. 1t iy my mother’s, ?on.;h‘er | death bed, one year before 1, fell into ‘bad company, she gave it 14 me, and u%ldfl ?iet to- *‘wetifi‘:it ' ,'al‘v‘rs .. Si:: placed it on my finger, and |1 wore i Rl o Give me the r{njg, #ir, and name your price,” Sire e

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~ Mr. Worden raised his hand, and ~we saw the ring. 1t was very beautiful, and must have cost not a small amount of money. The merchant drew it from his' finger, upon which it had glistened for twenty years, and passed it over to its long lost owner.— The stranger drew out a roll of greenbacks. = Lt “Keep your money,” said Mr. Worden; “I have enough of them. The returning of the ring is reparation for the injury I inflicted upon you.” - lam sorry, sir, that you will not accept the money,” returned the stranger. “I value’ this ring above riches. Come, let us be friends. Excuse my left hand.” and laughing, the two men grasped hands in a hearty shake. “And now, gentlemen, step up to the bar and drink. Had I not abandoned the habit long ago I would join you.” : ' We arose, approached the bar, and in a bumper, drank the health of the stranger. : “Now, landlord,” he said, “show me my room. I can enjoy sleep to-night; for once again I possess the dear old ring. Good night, gentlemen.” 1 never learned his name. "

| : SCRAPS, . Bangor, Maine, has a mud turtle weighing 100 pounds, ; Counter-irritants—l;:eople who examine the whole stock and buy nothing. ; & : That which is not for the interest of the whole hive cannot be so for any gingle bee. ' ; : Virginia oysters are sent to Kngland packed in mud, so that they may reach there alive. . ik : ~ Large numbers are already securing board for the Musical Institute to be held in Chicago the last of August. . A man who sat upon.a paper of carpet nails the other day, said they reminded him of the in-come tacks. A Milwaukee paper says: “Seven daily, ten weekly, and three monthly newspapers are published in that city. _ The young lady “who fainted away,” has been told by her family that it would be more delicate to faint at hom'e.f 5l : A A man of little wisdom is a sage among fools; but himself is chief" among fools if he looks for admiration among them. | o A New York reporter says that the legs of Weston, the pedestrian, resemble two ordinary lead ‘pencils fastened to one end of a banana. - |

A San Francisco editor complains that when an Eastern Journal wants to locate a joke without truth or moral in it, California is always selected. Four experimenters in- illuminating gas, at San -Francisco, assembled the other evening to test it. Each left the room with a window sash around ‘his neck. i .: A candid saloon keeper in Brooklyn displays a sign, “John Doe, dealer in barley water and bad cigars.” His discription of his wares is said to be eminently truthful. : : Allittle girl, excited by the brilliant display of her aunt’s gold-plugged front teeth, exclaimed, “O, Aunt Mary, how I do wish' I had coppertoed teeth like you.” - The, officiak executioner of Paris suggests knocking ecriminals on the head with an iron mace as a pleasanter and neater mode of killing them than by tfie guillotine. ~ THe late John C. Baldwin, of Orange, New Jersey, started life a poor man, and during the last fourteen y®ars gave to educational and charitable purposes $670,000. - ‘Never owe a man more than you are able to pay, and allow no man to owe you more than ‘you are able to lose, is an excellent piece of advice given by a wise old merchant. - .

* An Illinois reporter, in deseribing a gale of wind says: “A white dog, while attempting to weather the gale, was caught with his month open, and turned completely inside out.” ; - A gentleman at Newport has just completed a monument in the cemetery, and a superior dwelling in the town. ' He congiders himself provided with residences for a coming decade.

“Come, Bob, how much have you cleared by your speculation ?”’ gaid a friend to his companion. ' “QOleared,” answered Bob, with a frown, “why I cleared my pockets.” There is a kind of . grim humor in’ the address of a devout deacon to his newly settled pastor as he gives him the usual welcome: - “The Lord keep you humble, and we'll keep you poor.” At “Why do you call me ‘Birdie,’ my dear ?” inquired a wife of her husband. ‘ SR ~ “Because,” ‘'was the answer, ‘‘youn are a.lfigays associated in my mind with a bill.” : o A young man aged twenty-two, whose term of three years imprisonment in the Cambridge, Mass., house of correction had expired, was recently moved to the State prison to enteron a life imprisonment. ; A picture broker in Wilmington, Del,, gas been convicted. of obtaining money-undér false prenses, for selling a painting as the work of the marine artist, Hamilton, which had never been touched by his brush. - T

This is a flattering peroration of a letter written to Governor- Stevenson, of Kentucky, by Congressman Jones, of that State : Hence from my sight and memory forever ! * G'o thon—shall I say liar,slanderer, coward ?--from the presence of honest men and gentlemen: and if before this unhappy strife shall end, blood shall flow, whether I or any other man may fall, I brand thy brow ‘with the blackness of Cain ; wan‘der up and down the ‘earth’; wear the .magk as long as thou livest; and when thou diest thou shalt surely so appear ‘before thy God. | S d

From the Kalida (0.) Sentinel. X msrogmnnc.u:p; Its Captare and Recapture--Its Return i 1o its Owner, Jefl, Davis, " The event of last week was the exhibition in this place of a historical cane, the -property of Jefferson Davis, which was “confiscated” during the war. There was a great deal of curiosity manifested to look at the venerable and valuable relic of the past, which was no other than the veritable cane presented to Gen. Jefferson Davis, by the Hon, Franklin Pierce, in the year 1856. It was presented to Mr. Davis for his bravery in saving our army | at the Lattle of Buena Vista, Curing the Mexican war, when the Indiana and Illinois troops stampyeded and the battle was about to be lost. Thecane was made from oek taken from the hull of the warship “ Constitution,” which was afterward known as “ Old Ironsides,” which was one of the oldest and most renowned ships in our navy. The cane is mounted with a | massive gold head, estimated to contain precious metal to the value of $6O or $75. “General Davis from Fraoklin Pierce, 1856,” dnd below it on the side are the words “Old Ironsides.” The history of how this cane found its way north and how it came to turn up in this part of 'the State] may be briefly stated by saying that it was captured in Georgia during the late war, and brought Lere by an individual who was in the fedcral arnfy. Some time since J. R. Linn, Esq., of this place, ascertained incidentally that Jeff. Davis’ cane was in the hands of a minister of the gospel residing in a neighboring county, and Mr. Linn having remembered reading at the time of the pres: entation of a cane to Mr. Davis, presumed that this was the identical one, and therefore made Inquiries in regard to the matter, and found that he was correct in his surmises. Mr. Linn regarding _the cane as of bemng (infinitely more valuable to Mr. Davis than to any other person, and feeling that it would only be doing to others as we would have others do unto us, wrote to Mr. Davis concerning the matter, -and qé the -answer of Mr. Davis is the shortest and best account of its capture, and at the same time expresses more fullythe feelings of the owner in regard to it, than we can, we feel it no breach of courtesy to publish Mr, Dayis’ own language, which is as follows: g 5 MewmrHls, Tenn,, May 16, 1870. J. R. LINN, Attorney at Law, ete. - Dear Sir :—Accept my thanks for your kind letter of the 11th inst. I had a gold ‘headed cane such as you describe, which, with others, was placed with my books at'a country house in Hinds county, Mis sissippi. g, M B h gy

The man who had charge of them represented ‘to me that the United States troops came to'his house, . broke open the boxes containing books, papers, the canes,_ and other things, and took away part and scattered the rest about the fields and woods adjacent. ' 8 ‘ The particular cane described by you was much; valued by me as the gift of my dear friend, the great and good Franklin Pierce. Itsvalue to me has increased by the death of the ex-President and the loss of other . mementoes of him, which were taken at the same time and in the same manner as stated in regard to the cane.— You will greatly oblige me by obtaining the cane, as you kindly propose, and send-« ing it to me. ¥ * * E o - Very Respectfully yours, | : JEFFERSON DAvVIS.

- Upon receiving this authority, Mr. Linn prepared the necessary papers to take thie aforesaid cane by a.writ of replevin, and proceeded to the locality, between Toledo énd Cleveland, where the property was said to be detained. Finding it in the ‘hands of a former acquaintance, who was a rather “well disposed minister, he was not compelled to' resort to legal measures to obtain it, although such a course had to be hinted at. The interview is said to have been in the highest degree interesting, the aforesaid minister claiming as authority for holding said cane the laws of nations ard the rules of twar, and the ~aforesaid - attorney falling biick' on the divine law for his authority. The rever: end gentleman insisted on retaining the property until the questions discussed between the parties could be referred to the Hon. Judge Lawrence, M./C. The attorvey denied the right of appeal from the ter commandments to Judge Lawrence. The minister no doubt believing the attorney to be about half right, did not take his appeal, but yielded up the contraband that had fought so nobly. el B—— s A Sitver MOllntaln—-lsult a Faet or a : Fancy? | . A Ban Francisco correspondent of the Pittsburg Chronicle says: s - A silver mountain is gaid to exist in ‘New Mexico, fifteen miles from the Arizona boundary line, . A 'mysterious expedition left the city two months ago. for that region, and the Bank of California was rumored to be the pro‘jector of it. Its members were sup~plied with arms, money and comforts, ‘that no private enterprise ¢ould afford, and it is an ascertained tact that the corporatiod named previously despatched a force to that neighborhood, to lay ‘claim to something or other, of ;whic{'wrdiuai-y mortals know not.— ‘ln connection with this matter, late Arizona papers mention the existence of a mass of silver rock in that terri tory, comprising 400,000 square yards (they give details), which assays from #s2so to $2,350 per ton. Tlt.is -_cgr‘ffin that from time to time this story of a silver mountain is repeated by travelers from that Indian;haunteg section but until the Apaches are extermina: ted, prospectors would reguire a small army to protect them, and then stand 'a fair chance of losing their scalps. . The Indianapolis Sentinel takes Judge Perkins through a regular course of sprouts, and shows that the learned gentleman has been on about all sides of all political questions, and ‘does mot n‘é%ect ‘to intimate that the ‘motives which have prompted him are nonothe porest.

. 'There is & convent in lowa where a vow is taken not 'to speak aloud for twenty years., It is scarcely necessary to say that it is made up.of monks, not nang, i

: MAKE HOME HAPPY. I was passing a few days in a lovely village. Coming in.from & walk I said to a friend, “How many fine residences you have.” : b “Yes! but how many of them .are haunted.” ' “Indeed! what form do the spirits take?®” ol A s “The worst of forms.: Those of dissolute, reckless, ruined, or, at best, ‘fast’ sons. ‘There have been a set here that have acted and re-acted on each other, and every step seems to have been downward.” : )

“But my boys,” said the aged father, “have turned out finely. Would you like to know the secret?®”’ : e

“I should very much.” “Come, then,” he said rising, and leaning on the cane, which fourscore years bad made his necessary and indispensable companion, he toiled slowly up the stairs, The good mother who had passed her three score and ten years, followed after. ~“I trust madam, you are not coming up from courtesy to me!” . “No, oh no, we love to come up here.” “What do you expect to see?®” asked the father. - : “Perhaps a bundle of sticks, on the ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’ principle.” | iy S . Both laughed outright, that chuckling, crackling laugh, which tells that “Old 'Time” has broken the voice, but not the heart. ' : I followed up the stairs to the very end of the long house. Before a plain door the old gentleman turned around. . .“You were so good at guessirg before, _suppose you try again.” - “That looks &ke a closet door, and this must be the end of the house.. Did you shut them up to meditate upon the dark deeds they had committed, and the darker prospects before them, if they didn’t reform?” : i : Again that cheery, chuckling, ‘warmhearted cracking laugh. - " | The door opened on a long, roof lighted, : plainly furnished room, with a stove at | one end, a swing hanging from the rafters, and a ten pin alley at one side. Scattered'around were a rocking horse, minus a head ; a rag baby, minus head and arms; a little doll with cracked face, and dress torn as if she had been raspberiying;*a wheelbarrow all but the wheel, an elephant who had lost his trunk, a la modern travelers; cotton flannel rabbits, some with one ear, some with one leg; and some with none; a doll’s cradle ‘with unmade bed; fighting cocks who had lost all the feathers they had, and whose frames marvellously resembled pumpkin seeds ; apple seeds yclept mice, but who in all the years had never reached the bag of “meal;” and raiséd turtles, whose cloven: claws did not seem to move them the least along “life’s pathway;” broken tea sets ; a bow all unstrung. What matter? since no arrow was left rankling in the parent’s heart. . - - “Just as the children left them,” said the mother, “we often come up here but never touch anything.” -~ =~ . . . “No,” said the father, “I like it asthey left it,” sitting down in an old fashioned arm chair, inside the door. - :

“This was my chair, where I used to sit and see them enjoy themselves. My wife coulda’t have the children making & noise, and running and littering up the house, so I took this back wood shed chamver, finished it off and gave it to the children. There were to be no play things too nice to play with or. break; no punishment for the natural outbursts of exuberant child life. The little friends might come up the back stairway and play with them. For children must have companionship, and noise is necessary to their happiness, and I'love to hear it.— No quarreling or cheatiég, or falsehood was allowed here, banishment for a specified time being the punishment.” . _ “Yes,” said the mother, *“‘and if you are a naughty child ‘you cannot go to'the play room to day, was often the only threat necessary. This room stood the children instead of many a whipping, was a great happiness to them, and a great relief to me.” A :

“And last year when the judge—my little.curly haired Willie only such a little while ago”—broke in the mother, with a touch of great sadness in her voice. “But now a strong, noble man!” ex: claimed the father, with an exultant pride in his voice. ' “Bnt no smarter than Edward, and Charles, and Frank. But, what was I saying? Oh! last year when he was home he came up here and said, ‘I believe this room kept us out of bad company and made us what we are. Look at A, B,and C, they were kept so strict at home that they had run off, and then were scolded, and whipped, and shut up for having sought some amusement and enjoyment, until they hated home and their parents. Who 18 to blame, if, as soon as they could, they_found their pleasure and spent their time away from home and howe inflyences. - Had my parents been Jiké\their parents; I, too, should have beek lost in this world and the next.'” _“A noble tribute to his parents.”. - " “But, I don’t think our boys were naturally inclined to be vicious.” | “Well, I don’t know, wife, what might have been, but I do know it never did them any harm to have their home the pleasantest place in the world to them.”— Mether at Home. - s —— ) -+ ——————— The New 'Albany Commercial says: “Evansville women, who bave feet like young grave stones, swear they won't wear those short dresses, but will stick to the old fashioned trails, which cover a good share of their heels. = That paper of the same date gives the following concerningthe failingsof their own girls:" e O - “There is said to be &n organization of young females -in this city, the- object of which is to intimidate men to discontinue the . babit of waxing moustaches.— 'They, tickle so. This is about the right time of year for young %ifl‘tfidgg:& glehood to be ‘.eiafig h poor dev with Oblfi )1 . Several cases are reported within a week.” - -

RRR I = ~ Pekin Comspondences;ifixi’gaeld Republican. HELL IN. A CHINESE VILLAGE. On Saturday, November 27, we arrived | at Renchiu; an awful place. I wrote in my diary “hell,” and, indeed, I had a terrible sense of being on the borders of the infernal regions. Little girls of 10 and 12 years came and rapped at my door.— “Might they sing?” *“Yes, sing.” " And they sang very sweetly for Chinese., But, alas the words! My eyes were opened; and I said: “QGirls, you.must go.” Before nightfall & number of prostitutes came before my door and with the most unblushing effrontery sought to enter.— They marched up and down the street in troops and filled all the taverns. One of them suddenly entered my room while I was shaving, sat down and inquired, “Had I any clothes to mend?” And so that word got into my diary. . Doyou wonder? Do not their steps take hold on hell *— When I léarned, at length, the history of those women, I did not detest them any more, - but grew sad and - pitiful. -They had been bought for a few dollars, or at most twenty or thirty dollars, at ages varying from four or.five to twelve or thirteen, and the rest of the story need not be told. If they ply theiritrade (?) ' successfully, they receive their food and clothes, and if not they are turned off to shift for themselves. Can you imagine anything good in' such a place?” I was ‘quite amiazed the next day to find in the very ‘heart of the city a temple with the representation of hell. This is intended to startle the people into goodness. If you can print ‘anything so bad, I will attempt a partial description. Seated in’ ' the centre, w'_ithg the appearance of repose, and no suffering, yet looking down’stern - 1y upon the prisoners, was King Yen.— Before his ‘majesty were men kneeling and praying for pardon. At one end of the long room a man was being trans- ‘ formed into a donkey. The gprite who - performed the job had got the man horizontalized, and standing upon what had ‘formerly been hands and feet, but were now hoofs, and” was then at work -upon the mane. (Rev. Edward Beecher should bave taken a trip to China, . where he would have found. the doetrine of transmigration of souls already worked out.— He might have been saved much distress: ful logic.) ‘At the other end of the build--ing a'man was climbing an almost perpendicular ice mountain, and another was; descending, head downward. In thecen-’ tre of the building, and a little to the left, stood a sprite sawing a man through the middle from head to foot, and’looking around at him with a horrid grin. A little to the right a man was climbing a redhod ppost—*fire post.” Near this last figure was a bridge, with some persons upon it ' whose sins had ‘been remitted, and who' were going—my informant didn’t exactly know where.’ Somé were thrust under the bridge and were lying there. One man I saw whose body was nearly gone, ‘being crushed within the folds of a serpent. Everything was nud¢, and everything was dreadful, though rot so dreadful as the living, moving panoramic hell I saw the night before at the inn. Istood, Sabbath morning, before this temple on'a raised plattorm. It was a fair day and 3 on every side were sales of articles large and small. | I commenced to speak and immediately. all business was at an‘end, and there was a hush. What did it mean? Perhaps it was the voice and manner of the speaker, for what I had witnessed had made me terribly earnest in rebuking sin dn}i showing its real and dreadful consequences. Not a. word- trom -the large crowd to theend. After preaching, a few books were given, and we separated; and that evening the old story. was repeated, God pity them, Three days after I arrived home, having been absent 17 days traveled about 330 ‘miles, all by cart. I. bad intended to write something of the | attitude of the Chinese towards foreigners, of which I have experience. But that | and other-matters must: wait another month. = i A e

Facts for Taxpayers. Mr. Dawes, Chairman of the Commif* tee. on Appropriations, and, therefore, posted .on all such matters, said in debate that ‘“the United States nayy, which consisted of only 8,500 men, cost $28,-205,-671 ; while the estimate of the. British navy last year, which consisted of 63,000 men, was only $49,000,000.. Evory vessel in the United States navy cost an avearge annually of $138,944, and in the British navy $69,000. - Every ton in the tonnage of -the United States navy cost $151.10 per annum, and in the British navy $72.60.. To keep the American navy afloat —to keep it in repair,— cost $6OO a man, ile the British navy cost but $6O a ah to keep it up to the standard. Tbe /Unifed States Navy Department has esti mafed for $6,975,000.f0r repairs, while thp estimate of the British navy for the y¢ar. ending March 31, 1870, for new maninery and repairs, was but $3,000,749. And following up the same line of remarks, Logan, Chairman of the Military Committee, said that “there were in the United States navy 1,409 officers and but 8,500 men—one officer to every six men, and a fraction over. The pay of the navy was a littie over $7,000,000 and of that over $5,000,000 was. paid to the officers. There were on the active list of the navy 759 officersat sea, and on shore 650. 'Why should this swarm of officers be kept without any necessity for them?” ‘And further, that “there were now in Treasury Department sixteen hundred employees more than were authorized by law, and six hundred more than were employed last year.” Such is the “economical” and “honest” administration of Grant which has been so much lauded by Radical newspapers. . g - A negro lately gave his idea of faith in God’s promises in the following words : “Dar isa brick wall, and de Lord he stan’ troo dat.’ . I ain't a going to say ‘Lord, i can't’ I got nuffin to do about it, all T Sued 0 doda fo bat aginet i, and ivs de Lord’s business to put me troo.” =

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NEGROES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. _ The State of Louisiana, has a constitution that was made by negroes and carpetbaggers, and, as a matter of course, it is® | ' document prohibiting distinctious on account of colur or race in all places of a.public character. One of its articles provides that “all children in the State shall “be admitted to the schools or other institutions of learning, sustained or establish‘ ed by the State, in common, without distinction of race, coler, or previous condition. There shall be no separate schools or institutions of learning established exclusively for any race by the State of - Louisiana.” The negro and carpet baggers' Legislature enacted a school law to carry out the 'said school article of the Constitution, and the State Superintendent of Schools — one Rev, Canway — is — enforcing that law by putting negro chil.dren. in the common schools with the--whites. A great commotion among white parents ang their children is the consequence. Several public meetings have been held by the whites, and arrange- - ments made to established private schools } for white children alone, leaving the com--mon or public schools to the negroes. . ° . The German citizens of New Orleans" are progressing in' a very businesslike ~way. ‘Their plan is to establish “one - | §rimary school in each of the six districts Bf the city, and one intermediate school" in the First and Second districts, the establishing of a high school depending on tlie reports to the committees on Finances and Teachers.” The enrolling of pupils has already commenced, and subscriptions are being freely made. . The future of the public school system ' . is assuming a serious appearance. The Catholics will not send their children to the public schools on account of religious . -gcruples. White Protestants will not send. their children to the pub%g schools that admit black children equally. with white. The result will be that the public schoolswill be left altogether to the negroes.—White parents, who are too poor to send their children to the private schools, rather than let their children go without edu- - cation, - will send them to the Catholic free schools. In:that way the Catholic free schools will secure as pupils pretty’ much all the poor white children.” Poor - people will prefer their children to be educated as Catholics, rather than educated as social albinos; Either that, or the Protestant whites will have to do as Catholics; tax themselves to esfablish free schools for poor white children, and be taxed at the same time to-keep up ‘the public schools used altogether by black and colored children. Such, it appears to us, will be the result of the general en- - forcement of the d.ouisiana school code, which is. embodied in Mr. Sumner’s bill now “before the Senate.—Cincinnati En--quirer. ; . £

i Andrew Johnson. é The following is an-extract from an-ar-ticle in the May number of the XTX (Century, from the pen of Gov. Perry, of South Carolina : - i President Johnson came to Laurens C. H., South Carolina, in 1827, and remained there two years, working asa journeyman tailor. He came from North Carolina, where he. was born, and served his ap prenticeship. “Whilst working at Laurens he.became engaged to a young lady in the neighborhood, anrd went out one Sunday - morning to ask her mother, who was a -widow lady, for the hand of her daughter: He told Gov. Orr that he saw by the old lady’s manner that she was not favorably disposed towards him. It was latein the evening before he could muster up courage to ‘‘pop the question.” < When he did - 80, the old lady‘told him very plainly that her daughter should not marry a tailor, and intimated, that she suspected he ‘wanted some of her negroes. The young tatlor boy and future President of the United States, was so much mortified at the rebuff he had received, that he had determined to quit Laurens, and did so. the next day, b 3 - How unfortunate for the daughter was the ill judgment of the mother. Had she given her consent, her daughter might have been the occupant of the' White House, mistress of ceremonies and fashion in Washington, receiving and entertaining foreign ministers.and their ladies, instead of being where she is, the humble wife of a poor and obscure man. On the other hand, it might have disappointed the high destiny of the tailor boy. Instead of being - President of the United States he might be still pursuing his hum: ble vocation. But this is not very likely. A man with President Johnson’s natural endowments, intellectually and morally, could hardly pass through lifé in this American republic, without elevating himself and acquiring honor and distinction. : . It is aremarkable and most wonderful fact, that President Johnson never, went to school a day in his life! His father, who was a most worthy and excellent man, filling the .office of town constable in Raleigh, North Carolina, messenger. of the bank and-sexton of a church, died when his son was only two yearsold. The family were left in poverty, and at 'the age of ten years, Andrew was bound as an ‘apprentice to the trade of a tailor.— Whilst - working as an apprentice, some one came into the shop with a book of speeches, and read one to the boys. This speech delighted Andrew Johnson so much that he determined to learn to read himself. The book wasgiven to him, and in this book, with the assistance of his fellow apprentices, he learned his letters and learned to read ; and afterthat, a book -- of some sort was ever his constant companion. His wife taught- him to write and cypher after they married, 1In: the meantime he must have had his mind well stored -with a great ‘deal of useful zoading .% - F Nks K % It has beén said and widely circulated that President Johnson was intemperate. ‘There never was, perhaps, less foundation for such a calumny. He has always been a most temperate man throughout his whole life. This will be testified to by all ~whe knew him intimately, whether friends. ‘or foes. Messrs. Burt, Ashemore and other members of Congress, who served with him for many years, assure me that no such thing was ever suspected whilst he was in Congress. Col. Williams, of Greenville, Tennessee, who has known President Johnson all his life, and resided with: him in the same villiage, and between whom there is a bitter fued, told me not long since that no one ever saw’ Johnson drunk, or suspected him of drinking toexcess. Tln allmy visits to the President, in the day time and at night, I am sure he was never under the inflaence of spirits or wine, in the slightest de« gree. When inaugurated ae Vice Presient, he was in feeble. health, and. just before making his speech, he was advised to take aglass of brandy. Not being accustomed to the use of spirituous liquors, it did effect him, and the effect was noticed. This first gave rise to slander. . . We were amused with the remark of an old lady, who was admiring the beautiful picture called “Saved.” ‘lt’s no wonder,’ ter pulliog that great laz sut of the | R LSR SRR Doy o Bewlng Machine Needles, of all kinds,