The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 15, Ligonier, Noble County, 10 August 1870 — Page 2

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‘Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God.’ - ~-~--——-—*—::'—°—:t*———‘~-‘—':——“":“" > J. B.STOLL, EDITOR. - —— e WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10, 1870, SRR RN A 08, NSR WSS T ) 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: - Sl .BAYLESS W. HANNA, of Terre Haute. . For Sup’t of Public Instruction : Rev. MILTON B. HOPKINS, of Clinton. : For Supreme Judges:. -~ — JAMES L. WORDEN, of Fort Waye, A. C. POWNEY, of Ohio County, SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, of Mornroe Co., JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette. { _ ANDREW ELLISON. This individual announces through the columns of his paper that he deems it a duty to become a candidate for Congress before thie convention which meets at Kendallville to morrow. His reasons for thus thrusting himself upon the convention are, that “two or three papers in the District” are opposed to him, that their y manhgers areactuated by corrupt motives, and- that his (Ellison’s) candidacy be: ‘comes necessary as a means of offering a. rebuke to the editors of a portion of the democratic press of this District. These, in brief, are the grounds upon which this man seeks a nomination. ‘lts like, has. never been submitted to the reading:public, and the author may justly claim’that he stands unrivalled in presenting the most remarkable “arguments” that ever emanated from a diseased brain, A refugee from a lunatic asylam could scarccly have indited-greater absurdities. We confess our inability to do justice to this Ellisonian . ebulition. The contewpt which we entertain for the fellow l is beyond description. His insolence is unmeasurable, and precludes calm discussion. His attack upon the Democratic press is infamous, his charges are a tissue of libel and-falsehood. The man who asserts them is a base falsifier and calumniator., We ™brand bim as such through these columns, and are prepared to do it elsewhere. Fifg Gl : Maniac-like thislrpan Ellison 'snaps at everyhody who refuses to' submit to his dictation. Besides his unjustifiable attacks upon the democratic press, be traduces such men as Capt. Mitchell, Mayor Wilson, Van Long, Gen. Slack and other staunch Democrats. His outrageous course can be accounted for upon no other hypothesis than that he ig bent upon creating distarbance within the democratic: ranks. Rule oz ruin seems to be his motto. According to his own manifésto, he secks & nomination to spite and annoy democratic editors—to place them in a position wherein they would eithee have to stultify themselves or bolt the nomination. - A man who thus seeks revenge for his pretended grievances is unworthy to bear the name of a Democrat,-and should be held in utter execration by all fairminded citizens. X iy

We make these brief: remarks in reply 'to an article written, or at least instigatcd, by this man Ellison, and published in the paper of which heis the owner. That article is an oatrageous yillification of democratiic Jjournalists, and more than deserves the rebuke administered in the above. The responsibility for the remarks rests with Andy Ellison; he invited them by his indecent aspersions upon the purity of the democratic press of this District. To have. remained silent would betray a spirit of cowardice to which we éan not and will not submit j.as long as wg can ' wield a pén or wag a tongue. L e . 'Young- Democrats. ¢ The Vincennes Sun says: “While 'we -are pleased to note the fact that in almost “every county in the State, that the young men in the ' Democratic ranks are .organizing for the campaign, by ‘orming clubs, scattering. Democratic documents, etc., we hear of nothing of the kind.in this coun- " ty. Young men, it is time to be up ‘and doing. Upon you rests a duty that you - should at once set about to' perform.— The old leaders are gradusally -passing from political action, and upon you must fall their mantles. The present campaign is one of vital importance to you a 3 well as to the nation. Upon your action to a great extent depends the success “of the Demociatic party in October next. You hold the balance ot power in your “hands, and if you but work as it is your duty to do, your efforts will be crowned with victory, Then at once fall into the line for action. . Let every road district | have its Young Men’s -Democratic Club, and Jet that Cl.lzb put its whole force into the fight with a determination to win the victory this fall. Aund while the young Lemocrats are at work, let those who have long been in the harness not forget to keep up their side of the fight. Let all act in unison and all will be well.” Why Booth Shot Lincoin. " The N. Y. Democrat says it has the proof to show that the reason why Booth shot Lincolii was that Lincoln broke his word to him. John Y. Beall, an intimate friend of Booth's, was a rebel, and was sent to Lake Erie to liberate the rebel prisoners on Johnson's Tsland, and was' ~captured, and tried by a drum-head court ‘martial, and condemned to death. Booth > interceded for his life with Lincoln, and * ‘extorted a promise from him' that Beall - should be pardoned. Beall was afterward - shot, and Booth swore eternal vengeance. on the betrayer of a solemn promise, andhow well he kept his oatb, is the history of the country, i i The attempt on Seward’s life was ow. ing to the influence'lie exerted with Lincoln for the execution of Beall, . = - We'give this statement for what it may be worth. It does not come from the ; ;mmimlﬁbiemm,m there may be some truth connected therewith, ' Verily, the deimocratic pyramid is assuming hugo dimensions. Connecticut, -~ Califoraia, “"Yﬂ?ﬁg”" Tennessee, | mmmm Carolina have spoken in tones of thunder. - Liet the Radicals take lieed that the end s igh!

STUDIED MISREPRESENTATION. - In arecent issne we took occasion tc expose the misre‘praentationigfe publican press with reférence toi heg leged discrepancies between the official figures of the New York Q-nq nand the report of the census takerB“—the ‘claim of the radical prints being that the vote in certain_districts of New York city far ‘ ou!,r‘u!nibcr_ed;opef actual population. We ¢ presented such facts and figures as would TedVE“ 16" "qoubt of the “falsity of their statéments, at the same time expressing a hope that those editors who had fallen into that error would have the honesty to freely 'correct their misstatements, and thus emulate the example of their distinguished contemporary of- the New York Tribune. ey ‘ : In this, however, we have been sorely disappointed, and in ‘order to still further expose the audacity and recklessness of the falsehood referred to, we give the statement of the N. Y. 7%mes which originated the charge, and from whese columpsotr radical coritemporaries gaiped their m\formation : : - : 4 Population,” May Election ‘ﬁz‘«tra‘ct.‘ S 1870. - Vote 9th Ward, IVth Di5trict..........3,200 3,998 9th Ward, Xth District .;...........2,700 4,028 15th Ward, Vth Di5trict,............1,670 3,270 Tth Ward, 111 d Di5trict............ 8,472 6,809 7th Warda IVth District ............3,800 6,997 17th Ward, XTV Di5trict............3,000 5,160 218 t Ward, Vllth Di5trict........... 700 ° 7,359 10th Ward, IXth Di5trict,........... 500 4,001 Ist Ward, Vlth Distriet...... /1] 0571 012 ISth Ward, Vlth District .. ... 12,500 6,041 TOtal, .. .o o apmene i piess SRAMD | 4,005 The deceit in the above table lies in the fact that the population given is What of the “districts,” that is, sub divisions of a ward, while the vote given is that of the whole ward. The World immediately ex posed the clumsy. falsehood, and the 77ibune (which bad copied the Zimes' statement) made baste in “utterly withdrawing its comments” and apologizing toits regders “for having trusted the ZTimes.” It would be unfair to hold the irresponsible creatures, whose thinking is done by others, accountable for this naked and transparent lie, but, they may do the reputation, of their. papers a service by copying the following correct statement of the population of the several districts named above, and of the vote ot the wards and districts above mentjoned, in May last : ‘ " Ward. Dist. Popof Dist. Voleof . Vote of i 4 inJ 1280'{)0. ward. sz’sg T 3. Z Ninth o el 2,700} OB oy ginee?hth.. s’; l’,ggg 3,270° _l‘?(: Beventn. .l 4 aoy | o®r I Seventeenth.. 14 3,000 5,160 117 Twenty-first,. 7 700 b 7,359 180 Teath: .l "9 500 . 4,001 309 Rivßt Loire. 016 957 3012 — 262 Eighteenth... 6 2,500 4,941 .. 165 © Total,..d | aae 38,768 2,917

Thus, it will be seen that the Fourth district of ‘the Ninth ward has a popula: tign of 3,200 and polled 289 votes. What the population of the whole ward is, we are unable to say, but the entire vote of the ward was but 4,028, which was very light indeed. The population of the several divisions above named i 522,499 and the entire number ot votes polled therein at the May clection was 2,917, being less than one voter to every seven inhabitants. ‘The whole vote of the cight wards mentioned above, was, in May last, 38,768.— It could not well bave ‘been less. Those wards embrace at least one-third of the whole vote of the city, and in a general turn-out are able to poll not less than 45,000 votes. After this exposure of the mendacity of the Z%mes, it will be neces: sary for the radical journals to invent: some other story on which to base their silly charges of “democratic election frauds.” : :

————— el & C—e i . { “PARTY AND THE PRESS,” ' Under the above caption, the Indianap‘olhis Journal, of the sth inst., contains an article to which, in the main, we most heartily subscribe. The editor of that pa: per starts out with the statement that he occasionally meets “a pitiful politician who deprecates the-idea ot an attack on any corrupt man in the parcy organization as tending to demoralize and weaken the party.” He avers that he bas “even been once cautioned against such attack, as tending to diminish the circdlation of his paper.” To this convenient method of silencing the press, the Journal replies: ‘“The unexampled increase, howev“er, of the circulation of this paper since “it has not stopped to spare men culling “ themselves Republicans ‘when they were « guilty of corrupt practices, would have “ removed any impression made by such a “ caution, even if we had not been resolv“ed to tell the truth for its own sake.— “ We believe that the way to give strength “to a party is to keep it under the con“trol of houest men. This can.not be “done if rogues are not assailed,. The “latter, if they may help sometimeés to “ win an election, do so by preparing de“feat for many elections to follow. We “ believe that the principles of a party “give it its strength or weakness, and “ that it can not hope for long success “ when its principles have becn corrupted. “To maintain the purity of its principles “it must keep at its head its best and “ purest men.” This is undoubtedly correct, and the sooner all parties recognize these facts, the better it will be.. The press, in order to.cominand the confidence of the people, must be bold, independent, and fearless in denouncicg that which is wrong. And .in discharging this plain duty, the editor must not confine bis criticisms to the op position, but he must have the courage to strike at bad men within the ranks of his own party. It is absurd to suppose that & political organization will be destroyed by exposing the short comings and cor ruption of such of its members as may -assume to control its action for selfish purposes; on the contrary, we hold quite to the reverse. “Independentcriticism upon public men,” the Journal argues, “is to “the party a measure of constant self-puri-fication.” Winking at most scandalous practices among public men as a tmeans of preserving harmony, 1s calculated te bring the party in disrepute and to fill honest men with disgust. Let the press guard -the interests of the -people, and ~sound the alarm whenever bad men show their hand. Let it pay its tribute to the wortliy, but never allow:false notions of policy to screen thé guilty. - : - We further agree with the Journal that “thie point of course to be observed alike from policy and rectitude is, on the one hng,)neyegiggpgy;v‘mgly to attack without good canse, though to be resolute when ‘the cause exists, and, on the other hand, always ‘to be prompt and hearty in cor’ recting any uintended iojustice.” . PB7 i {"7.%',". ‘ bU—' ‘ilNy ' - ErpreD's, in the P. O, Building, is the to purchase Drugs, Paints, Oils, Ci'mﬁrgmﬂu &e, o L

e —— | MURDER OF A MILLIONAIRE, ' 1 On the night.of Thursday, the 28t i 1 | timo, Mr. Benjamim Nathan kil E fotai w Yofk city, was faully -urdered l. ! a',‘;. Pu ""? #of Dr. Burdell, no 'mrdér has been com ! mitted in that city that has so horrified | and_ bewildered the mind of the ‘public | and the intelligence of the officesa of the law._ The decossnd was Jodgisg in bl i own reslé‘ence,f in_which were sleeping some half dozen members of his house‘hold ; and yet'the murderer entered tke bouse without disturbing any of the sleep- | ers, committed. the: deed; and - escaped without leaving a single mark by which ~hecouldbemced.,, 1 s * The object in entering theé house was undoubtedly plunder, as the body of ‘the [ unfortunate gentleman was found lying in ® doorway leading into his office from F the room in which he slept. -The key was found inithe loek of tie safe ; the contents of the latter were found scattered over the floor of the office, while the elothes of the ‘deccased had been robbed of a gold watch, diamond studs, etc. The circumstances ~swrrounding the mysterious affair go to show that the villain was at work at the safe when Mr. Nathan, having been awakened by the noise went to the door and entered. the room, where he was met and felled -by a blow with a ship-carpenter’s “/iron dog” in. the hands of the murderer, The only thing that may possibly lead to the detection of the murderéer that has been brought to light,is this “dog” which was left in, the house, near the front entrance. - The wounds on the bead of. the deceased show that some other instrument than the ‘“dog” was also used, as one of the ears was cat with the edge of a sharp instrument.. . . . i Mr. Washington. Nathan, a son of the murdered. man,on retiring at near midnight on Thursday night, saw his father quietly lying in bed; and went to his own room without fear or thought of danger. Shortly before 6 o’clock on the following morning he awoke, and immediately proceeded down stairs ‘to: the second floor to call bis father. On entering the receptionroom, he was horrified at the sight which met his gaze. The dead body of his respected ‘parent, whom he had seen in perfect health: but a few short hours before, lay before ‘him eold and stiff in a large poal of clotted blood, a ghastly spectacle. He immediately shouted for help, and his brother Frederick came to his assistance. They both ran down to the door, and obtaining the services of a policeman, returned to the room where the body was lying. The officer placed his hand over the heart, and imagining that he. felt a pulsation, sent one of the sons for a surgeon. One was immediately obtained at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and, on examin ing the body, he stated that Mr. Nathan had been dead for some bours. : “The entire police force of that city, under the direction of Superintendent Jourdan, are busily engaged in working up. the case, and ‘there is but little doubt but that their efforts will ultimately prove successful, notwithstanding the murderer covered his tracks so well. There is no doubt but that the carelessness exhibited at times by Mr. Nathan, in leaving large sums of monéy in his house,. led to his untimely death. Such carelessness among men of wealth is almost universal, and in many cases is thus made an incertive to crime. No person should keep money or other valuables in a safe at home, or carry any but the most ‘trifling amount upon his person, as burglars are not likely te be ignorant of his babits,

' Historical Reminiscence. In 1865, (says the State Sentinel,) after the conclusion of the War of the ' Rebe!l lion, an extra session of the Legislature of Indiana was fissembled. The Governor delivered'a lengthy message uPdn both State and National affairs. It wasa: carefully considered and deliberatgly expressed document. Here is one expression that has a singular sound at the¢ present fime, coming from the source whichi it did. The following is the portion of the message to which we refer : 4The snhject of suffrage is, by thc Nutional Constitution, expressly refeired to the determination of the scveral States, and it cannot be taken from them without a violation of the letter and spirit of the instrument. b “But without stopping to discuss theories or questions of constitutional laws, and leaving them out of view, it, would, in my opinion, be unwise to make’ the work of reconstruction depend upon a condition of such doubtful ability as negro suffrage.” w ; Governor Morton was the author of these sentiments. Do they not sound strange in comparison with his late utter< ances? As the Indian once remarked, “White man very uncertain.” A leopard canchange hisspots. . = ; | e — G B———— The Population of Germany. A statistical work on the German population of Europe has been published by Herr R. Boeck. The author fixes the entire number of souls at fifty-four millions, including German-speaking Jews, but, of course, this is only given as an approximation. Forty-nine millions inhabit a compact of territory, so that not more than a tenth part of the whole are scattered through non German Sfates, For» eign races in German-speaking countries number only about 1,240,000, and of these about one-half are in Prussia. The German language is epoken in Europe over a space of 12,400 geographical square miles, a territuty only inferior in extent to the vastly less populous lands through which the Russian and Scandinavian tongues -may be heard. = Five-sevenths ot the soil of Prussia and eight-ninths of her-popu-lation are included in this exteusive tract. The twenty millions of Germans in Prussia belong almost -entirely to the Saxon stem, the same people who, nine centuries ago, placed itself at the head of the other ‘German races and founded tlie national empire. . e e ‘ Mailrond Decision. | _ln the recent rilroad injunction snit in Tippecanae connty, Judge Laßue decided the railroad law passed May 12th, 1869, athorizing™ townships and counties 'to make donations to aid in the construction of railroads, unconstitutional, The ocase will go to the Supreme Court, and the docision by that tribunal' will be anxiously looked for. 1 Judge T.aßue's decision is sustajed, o 4 &, pimila¥ decision wag. austained in the Supreme Conrt of Michigan, the construction of several fmportant rajlroads now in progress will be materially affected, : S ‘

B = WA NOTES AND COMMENTS. h &Benhemy, the Frﬁih Minis er, it is sfated, is negotiating “wyith Be cretary Fish for the purchase of Bot 'our mon. sWe hope y h;*’iilg%gg ‘him,_a flat refusal. If they' are ‘worth anything they ought not to be sold to the French Government. So ssys the Wy. apdatt Unwon, .and. ;we,cor:iially_endq& its remarks, ‘ e : SR vAR RN Y B e S s One of the most remarkable events f the political campaign now -soon to open in full Yigor is an attempt. to revive the old Whig party. The, effort. to do. this Das not, s yet, extended, beyond ‘an inso: lated point of two in Tennessee and Mississippi, and: it - is there though that the move is simplya: Radical * device to keep the Conservative elements from uniting in'one solid mass against the party. Of course, this is the correct explanation, but must the enemy be hard pushed when thus going down among the deaa men for aid. . The Evansville Courier thinks the worst argument against the admission of the 'Chinese into this country must be in the ‘assertion, now going the rounds of the presss, that a Chinese poem, written three hundred years before Christ, proves that the existence of America was known to that people at that time.. The. -Courier says if the Chinese didn't have sense enough to come and take so good a country when tbey knew. it before anybody else, they oughtn’t to be permitted to enjoy it now. 5 : The Conservative Executive Committce of Virginia offers three sound suggestions to its fellow members : First, to avoid cntangling alliences; second, to postpone their Congressional nomination.until the State is re distrieted ; and_third, to support the. party which has always stood by the Constitution. CiEti

_ Of the manufacture of popular enthusiasm by the Imperial goyerument and of indications of a counter sentiment among the people of Paris, a correspondent of the London Daily-News farnishes the following information : A e ' “I have heard that the Prefect of Police has spent no less than four hundred thousand francs: within the last four days in payment ot bands employed to howl for war in the streets of Paris, * * There bave been counter manifestatinns, the repetition of which it was desired to prevent. Or Saturday evening as many as five thousand people, carrying a flag, marched in a body, crying ‘peace.”” The Terre Haute Volksblatt, a semi. weekly German publication, has thrown off its position as a neutral paper, and now comes out in favor of the Democracy. It hoists the democratic ticket, and promises to give it a cordial support. The changé was brought about by the transfer of the establishment to a “German Press Conpany.” The former editor is retained, although he distinctly announces that the proprietors - direct the political manage: . ment of the paper. : i

4 Gen. Robert C.Schenck of the Third Ohio District recently wrotea letter declining a re-nomination for Congress. Notwithstanding this fact, the republican convention - last week gave him a unanimous re-nomination.. He was elected in 1868 by 475 majority over C. L. Vallandigbam. It is believed that by making a judicious nomination, the Demoeracy ‘will be able ti redeem the District. e Hon.. Wm. Mungen, who gained a pational reputation by the* delivery of his-famous speech in favor of repudiating the national debt, failed to present himself as a candidate for re-nomination trom the Fifth Ohio District, He had considerable opposition, but it was generally supposed that he could be re-elected.— The inference is that the Demcracy of that District are not prepared to raise the banner of repudiation. . : The Boston Traveller, in noticing the adjournment, says: “Congress has adjourned, after a session of almost seven and & half months, in which time as much intapacity,” Imbecility, ignorance and impudence was displayed in its doings and misdoings and undoings as ever came from a legislative body, which is saying all that can be said in regard to its impudence, its ignorance, its imbecility and its incapacity.” This, from the leading Republican paper in New Englaad, should be conclusive as to public opinion in that asakion, ... 3l There is a vile story, originated by a New York paper: and now going the rounds, about an eagle up in the White Mountains. It is that Horace Greeley got asleep, sitting at the foot of a tree, and an eagle seeing his bald head, took it for a nest of eggs, and lit on it, and tried to lay another, and that. Horace wiped .his head and swore till the disgusted bird had reached his perch on an adjacent mountain. . -

The late estimates of the Agricultural Department indicate that the wheat crop will fall short of that of 1869 by forty.eight million bushels. The corn crop is largely above an average, while the cotton crop will amount to not less than 3,500, 000 bales, and with a ‘““long season,” but little short of four million bales. With ample crops: and high prices, resulting from the prevalence of a war in Europe, farmers will have but little cause for complaint. et g i .The Cincinnati Times, a Radical orgaq, in: reviewing -the politieal prospects in Indana, closes its article as follows: “We bave insisted that the Pmlican party must do better in its platform and on the stump than Congress has done.— Congress has great'lg strengthened the Democratic party. There are many Republican voters who will not' regret a change, under the conviction that a lesson is needed—that affairs ecannot be placed in a worse oonﬂ.!gﬁ.ian. and consequentlz some popular ideas may receive attention. g gires f £ s o TR T The editor o the Danville (Pa.) Amerdcan has finally come to the following conclusion: “No two or moré Hices of men can, for any length of timé, jointly and harmoniously control the ssme government." - The editor of the Amerisan being & rimpant Radical, his case will need a little Tooking into. In the language of “loyalty,” be badly needs ‘teconstruction,’ for his conclusion exactly coincides with what the democrats have all along been contending for, ) o

State me@ﬁong-l*!)emogratic VieT L | The clet ﬁr county offieers, il *Old“Kentucky,” €o6k place on the first insti— The inegroes went to the polls en masse, arid deposited their bullots without being “miolested. - “The Radicals expected to gain ‘largely én this’ dccount,” but ‘the result -shows that-they-were-badly disappointed,and that the Democracy was gencrally triuinphant, although their .majoritics were reduced io many counties by the negro Vote. The wbites voted. almost solidly for the democratic nominees., = | . _ Later and official returns show a\democratic majority of about 50,000, Sambo didr't effect so much, after all. 1 . L ‘ Temnessee. © . 1 Judicial officers were elected in this State on the sth. inst. Returns are very meagre, but sufficient to warrant the as. | sertion that the. Democrats have made a clean sweep. 'The Republicans, as usual, attribute the result to the intimidation of the negroes. bl it North Carolina. +ln this State, on the 4th inst., an election was held for a State Attorney Gen. eral, for members of the Legislature, and * for seven Representatives in the Fortysecond Congress, together with two mem- : bers to fill vucancies in the Second and Fourth Districts respectively, in the pres. ent House. Notwithstanding the fdct that an arrangenient existed between President Grant and Governor Holden to carry the election in favor of the republican candidates by intimication and force, the returns indicate that the State bas gone Democratic by from 5,000 to 15,000 majority, securing a’conservative legislatire, which will ‘return a consetvative United States Senator, ‘and a majority of the Congressional Districts. The importance of this great victory can scarcely be overestimated, andisa most withering rebuke to Grant's administration | for sending troops into the State for partisan purposes. The latest reports make the- conservative victory more complete. The Legislature will stand about as follows: Sen. ate,. conservatives, 32; republicans, 18.— House, censervatives, 75; republicans, 45. Congressmen, 5 conservatives; 2 republis cans. ‘The present delegation in Congress stands five Radicals to two Democrats. In the Legislature the Radicals had 33 majority in the Scnate, and 77 in the House. The revolution, it will be observed, is thorough. G

" THE WAR IN EUROPE, = _ The news from the seat of war in Europe is daily growing in interest’ and importance. Wednesdays dipatches brought the announcement of' a fight of three hours’ duration at Saarbruck, a Prussian town of about 9,000 inhabitants on the river Saar, and near the line dividing the territory of the belligerents. The French took the offensive and carried the heights which overlook Saarbruck. The engagement commenced at 11 o’clock and ended at 1. The losses were slight. Napoleon and his son were present at the fight.— The child of France then and there received his baptism of fire and was unmoved. #The soldiers wept at his tranquility,” writes his amperial father. Paris and Eugenie chanted a 7¢ Deum in Notre Dame des Victores for the success of the French arms and the gallantry of the young prince. The French were elated over their trifling success, but subsequent -events soon dispelled their glee. ' On Wednesday a large force of Prussians advanced between Weissenburg and Lauterbourg ten mlles into France, driving the advanced posts of the enemy, and destroying niiles of the Lauterbourg and Strasbourg railroad. The Prussians were commanded by the Crown Prince. The French torce belonged to MacMahon’s division. The French General commanding in the absence of General Douay was killed. The New York T-rizun'e’q special correspondent” writes from Mayence the following details : | The king on his arrival at Mayence called 8 council of war, and urged that the sooner the existing inaction ceased the better, and dpgege_i an advance. . His opiulolr was adopted, and an order tele.graphed to attac{ the French outposts in the neighborhood of Landauand Weissenburg. A Prussian force, about 9,000 strong, drove the French before them in to Weissenburg. The urtillery was then brought up and opened upon the -fortificdtions of the town. The town soon caught fire. = Seeing this and some confasion aimong the French troops, the Prus sians could no longer be Trestrained by their officers, who were anxious to reduce the town by cannonade. The soldiers rushed forward with bayonets and sur prised the French, who, not expecting an infantry attack. for hours to come, were barricading and entrenching. The Prussians lost heavily, but took 800 prisoners and the town. :The greatest enthusiasm prevails here; and there are immense crowds about the palace waiting to cheer the king.” . : On the 6th the Germans achieved a great victory over the French. The lat-ter-were found to the west of Saarbruck, in a strong position in the mountains near Speiliren, and were immediately attacked by the Gertnans, The contest that ensued was terrific. King William gives the fot‘low’i_ng' particulars in a dispatch to the queen: ;

“Good news! A great victory has bcen won by our troops. God be praised for +his mercy ! We captured 4,000 prisoners, 30 guns, two standards, and six mitrailleures. McMahon during the fight was - heavily reinforced from the main army. The contest was very. severe, and lasted from 11 in the morning until 9 at mght, when the French retreated, leaving the field to'ns. Our lasges are heavy.” NEw . York, Aug. B.—There are no further-advices from the seat of war than | telegraphed last night. = The substance of the dispatches, specials and all, is that the French army is badly beaten, with | heavy losses, and is in full retreat; that its centre is driven in, the right wing turned ‘and cut off; that the Prussians hiflve taken many prisoners, cannon and “Small arms, and flushed with success are, eagerly fclloging up their victory, and that Napoleon is | lling upon France to rise and save_the gountry, and burriedly preparing for 8 despearate defence. ~Qfficial Jispatobes received by the secretary of state from Minister Washburn confirm the news which has been telegraphed to the press, B e . JioNpON, Aug. B.—The Pall Mall Qagem;.ﬁﬂ%l khg result ‘of the recent battle means the triumph qmq ‘Prussigns in the war, The Germgn press generally consid: ‘er the Freneh loss irretrievable, but there. are three French oorg that' have not yet heen under fire. - A line of retreat for the purpose of concentration has been effected, and:a new line of defense taken up in the passage of the Vasages,! ; :

Y 2 4 'STATE ITEMS. o LY J, ‘ate twenty-one ' prisoners in. the North Tndiana prisoners “swho are sentenced for life. & | Oolonel W. C. Wilson, of Lagfays ette, has sold his elegant residenee to Hon. John; R. Coffroth for 14,000 -dollars. < - . “Enoch yAllgy, a resident of North Yernon, attempted to poison bis wife by putting arsenic in the tea, but was not successful owing to Mrs. Alley’s suspicions. i . There is a girl in' Fulton county who speaks four languages, chewsand smokes tobacco, plays the most diffi: cult music on:the piano, swears, dances superbly, and takes whisky “straight.” Two young ladies of Randolph co. recently waylaid and soundly thrashed: a young manwho, they accidentally discovered, was engaged to be married to both of them. He has emigrated. - Three naughty girls in DeKalb co. carried off theclethes of a dozen fellows who werein the water bathing, a few days ago. A very considerable muss inithat neighborhoed is the result. ) .

It is'stated that a line drawn from Leavenworth, on the Ohio,to Mitchell, and then following the line of the New Albany & Chicago railroad to the northern: part of Montgomery county, and then turning west to Danville, 111., will take in all the coal lands of the state. 4 T

There is a woman. in the Evansville lock-up, under sentence for drunkennees, who converses equally well in French, English and Italian; issaid to have an elaborate education, but is now so degraded that she spends most of her time in confinement for drunkenness. .

Mr. Owen Owns, who lived at Avoca, some three or four miles from Bedfor, Lawreace county, on the Springville road, has discovered a sulphur spring on his farm, the water ot which i 8 ‘equal, if not . superior, to that of West Baden, French Lick or Martin: county springs. o " While the Sheriff of Hancock Cof was making preparations to go te Indianapolis with A. B. Linebeck, who had been adjudgéd insane, one day this week, the maniac became excited, and seizing a shot gun fired it, seriousl{ wounding Mr. B.'T. Rains. Linebeck: was surprised after he had fired the gun, and was brought to the Asylum. A few days since, a convict named Joseph Kline was discharged from the Southern Indiana State prison, after three years of imprisonment, during which he thas behayed in a most'exemplary manner, but it seems that when convicted and sent there he was an escaped convict from the Northern State prison, and this fact having been discovered, an officer was on hand the moment he was liberated to take him back to serve out his time.

It is settled beyond dispute that there is iron ore in Johnson county.— 1t has been discovered at several different points in the neighborhood of the “mouth of Sugar Creek.” Several individuals who have examined specimens of the ore, pronounge it the best quality of iron. It is believed that this ore exists in vast quantities at the points discovered. A nugget of the ore can be seen at this office. — Franklin Jacksoniar. :

B. F'. McCabe, of Columbus,a young gentleman of wealth, went to N. York “an business, some three weeks since. Letters were received from him by ‘his friends announcing that he would start back on July 28th, since which ‘time nothing has been heard of him. A dis: patch from the hotel where he stopped states: that he left jthere on‘the 28th for home. As he had a large sum of money with. him, it is feared thas he has been foully dealt with. Bt eel W—— : !‘ POLITICAL ITEMS, ‘S,J ‘ GRS oSt % - ' Republican Senator Albert T. Morgan, of Mississippi, has married a negress. 'Senator Morgan, it is upnecegsary to state, is a carpet-bagger. in Kentucky, it is said, they want to. ran. Humphrey Marshall for Congress, but the objection.is that *there are no two districts will unite on him, and, if elected, he would need more than oune seat.” il : " The scenes of violence, intimidation, and fraud witnessed at the election in North Carolina were almost without paralled. The negroes were marshalled by the carpeibaggers_. The returns indicate immense gains for the Conservatives. : : The radicals of Illinois form a har‘monious crowd. It took 186 ballotings to discover in Jonathan Meriam, of Tazewell county, a fit and proper per—son to represent the Eight Illino’s District in the next defeat of the party. The convention remained in session three days. e i The Warren (Ohio) Constitution says: A congressman can be chogen from this district on this platform : Against the tariff robbers ; against land grabbers ; against the importation of rateating heathens to supplant American labor. Hundreds. andp thousands of republicans are already with us, on this platform. . Bt - Aradical official in Washington who was very appropriately ‘the city suserintendent of education, has: been ischarged because he could not read, ‘write, or cipher proper'y. The wonder is, not that the ra(fi‘cals fshould have made such a man superinténdent of instraction, but that they should have discharged -him. ' - ‘ The radical committee of Congress are squeezing money out. of the poor Washi-t:igton' -clerks t?uréhase campaign documents and send orators among the people. The “documents” they send to the people gf North Carolina are S‘prihg‘ﬁeld rifles. Bayonets are the only figures of speech employby orator ‘Kirk in convincing the peo'b{: of the soundness of radical princip_ e ¥ ’»'f: ! SOR Y &4 i

We learn from some friends from Henderson county, that the election .on Monday was conducted m the most orderly manner—the negroes voting first and the whitegafterwards. There were not fifty white men in the eounty who voted -the radical ticket. The €lection was a tontest entirely between races, without regard to any political issues. The . Fogt;maete'r. aus a few under his empley, the whisky ganger, the internal revenue collector, the whisky store keeper, and some under their employ, were all the whites - that voted the radical ticket in Henderson, —Fyoansville Courier,

' GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. lady Thorne, the famous trotter, fell from a bridge, and dislocated her h(ifv,ﬁiéhbli%!ier for the turf, it is fearedidguenge”. . o - An important law has been promulgated giving public cases a priority ot hearing in United States Courts in preference to private cases. . '« ~~T'he--Radical - manipulators have so arranged the figures asito make it appear that; New Y orkegbp%w only: increased 65,000 during she last ten -years. SRR Lk Sy Following the_ resignation. of, the Secretary. ofs the, Pgrk‘ég::b;rg .branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, comes the ramor that he is responsible for an oyer issue of stock to the amount of JUOU.OOO. . Fol ot e

- Senator Morton has received a private dispatch from Washington stating that it was generally believed that there would be an extra' session of Congress in _ September. The object was not made known. =~ . | | o

We are informed by bee raisers that the bees have been doing good work the present season, and the yield of honey will be very large.. F{oney is now selling at from twenty-five to thir-ty-five.cents per pound.. = . |

. A financial man offers’a bet of one hundred dollars that a general ' battle will not be fought within thirty days, one hundred dollars that gold will be down to 110 within thirty -days, and one hundred dollars that no battle will be fought at all. 10 5 - Rumors of the death of Emperor Nasoleon were Bent over the wires yesterday. Previous dispatches announced that “the emperor is\ill at Chalons, and that Drs. Nelaton and Richard have gone to attend him. Itis said that his attack is a return of the old disease, .provoked by equestrianism,’”’ "Turkey has called out her reserves, and is stripping for eonflict: Parkey is plucky. If, however, Russia takes it into its head to go for Turkey, durin the general confusion, it' will golibli her sol quick that she will not have time for a gobble -of .despair over ‘the result, ) sy

_The Commissioner of Pensions . has issued a circular to Pension Agents informing them that all soldiers or sailors disabled during thelate war by the loss of a limb, are entitled to an artificial limb or apparatus for resection, or in lien of an artificial leg to $75, and to; $5O fora foot, arm, or instrument for reseetion. .|

An enthusiastic young devotee. of base-ball in Bloomington, lowa, -the day previous to epgaging in a match game, attempted to commit suicide because' his mother requested him to split an armful of wood with which to feed the fire that was to boil his dinner.— He said that hard work did not agree with him, and besides he considered it degrading. fie : " Thel Union and Céntral Pacific railroads, that have been indebted to the government for some time for. more tha"a million dollars accrued interest, have been paying up, and each road is now in arrears about one handred and thirty thousand dollars. A geod deal of the interest has been paid by credit for transportation for the government. .

- Does the absence of a stamp on a legal paper;” as a promissory note, invalidate the paper? The Supreme Court of Michigan has just reiterated its' decision’ that the act of Congress making fnvalidity one of the penalties of omission of stamps, dpes not apply in any manner: to State Courts, and. whatever paper is valid according to State statutes must be recognized in State Courts. ; s Sagi s

- A London dispatch says the 14,000,000 francs seized by the police, in Paris, belonged to' Rothschilds, Hirsch; Ragael, Bischoffsheim, and other Jewish bankers. It is asserted that the seizure.was suggested: by the authorities of the bank of France. 'The financial circles of Europe are much incensed at what ' is deemed a great outrage upon some of their' members. ;

“Our newspaper hiograrhere-d«ispiayf ed great energy and skil -in writing up the life of ¢lie” Bonapartist wife of the Italian Minister, Ratazzi, on the .recent telegraphic report of her death in ‘Florence. |' It now turns out that the Madame Ratazzi who died was the mother, not the wife, of the ex-Prime Minister of Italy.” The biographers will serve for future use,while Madame Ratazzi can read at leisure, allthe pleasant and unpleasant. things that have been said concerning her. . The inquest of the Nathan marder was full commenced pn' Thursday.— All the witnesses on the,stand were searchingly examined. The rewards for the capture of the murderer have been doubled, and now exceed $45,000.. Itis said that a newsboy saw a man pick up a piece of paf’er' from the door-step on the morning of the murder. This man is eagerly sought for. -Some one has attempted the wretched hoax of ‘drop game’ by leaving in the streets a subscription book on which were marked the words:- “B. Nath.” The Paris dispatches state that the Parisians are paying fifteen hundred. dollars for sugetitutes,, and they are scarce at that. = Also, that the soldiers’ moving to the front get into the railway | carriages. w'th alacrity. This reminds us of the bounty jumping times of our late war. The 'msca{)ly ‘substitutes after getting their bounty and othor pay for enlisting, always get in. the cars with alacrity as long as veteran bayonets were prodding them in the rear. They :displayed the same alacrity “in jumpin'?fro_m the carg,-on their way to the field, and in runping away from the rebels in battle. * Prus--i:lians, have little to fear from such sok iers. - o -

/Emma Williams,".a notorious wo: man of Kansas City, does an act which should make her famous. She offers to give $5,000 to found a home for fallen women if thé Christian people of Leavenworth or Kansas city wiﬁ give $l5000. Whatever the motive/the aet'is a meritorious one. 'One is reminded by it that ladies of easy virtue : often do acts of gimilar generosity. There was a fair but frail and wealthy sister in st. Louis a few years agd, who promised to contribute largely'to the restoration of a famous hotel, and every ane has heard of the story of Phryhe who promiged to rebuild Thebes if the Thebans inscribed onits wallsa sentiment equivalent to this; “What Alexander eam Great - * destructed,” Phryhe, the loreite, “restructed.’ *— Bat the Thebans did not reeit,

- New NMethod of Ventilation. ' The first thing to be considered in ventilating any apartment is the introduction of fresh air. = But while a room is already filled with “air, an additional yolumé cannot be brought into it, unlese it.is forced in by machinery.— Maotion is necessary to perfect ventilation. All the air in a room must be romoved every few, hours, and an equal quantity of fresh air introdpced. So-long-as there is a draught to-draw out the foul air, a room may remain filled with an atmosphere that is poi: gonous to ‘animal life.”* i

The large room in Cooper’s Institute, where the Polytechnic -Society sud the Farmers’ Club are accustomed to hold their weekly sessions, was formerly so badly ventilated that peo?le who always want pure air recoiled rom attending. th meetings of thése soci ;I’:iés’;".,?-’B_nt'&l}d foom.may now be cai) acity for'a dity, and ng one will be able to pecelve.ang imparity inthe atmosphere ;ne a person git: ting in an tof the room pepecive a dtfugbt o¥e¥ﬁfﬂmeold or warm air.— The ventilation is as complete-as could be desired. About every hour the entire volume of airin the room is chang ed by the following arrangement : - . The rostrum or platform, was raised . bodily about three inches above the main floor, and a large apparatus was made in the chimney, through which foul air could pass out. Then one outside window was raised a few inches, and a box tube, about oné foot square, made of boards,swas éxtended from the window to the ‘nest’ of steam heating pipes employed to heat the room. The tube allowed ' a stream of pure air to flow directly to the nest of steam-pipes ‘where ¢very particle was warmed. Of. course the warm air would rise to the wall overhead, and flow to the furtherside of the roéth* By this means a movement in the air is obtained, and the equilibrium of ‘the air is disturbed. Consequently ‘a current of- foul air must be started immediately out of the flue beneath the rostrum. .- e -~ Carbelic acid gas, which is destruetive to animal life, is generated in eyery apartment where men or animals live and breathe. Of course this gas is not free, but mingled with the atmoe%iheric air,’and the apertures thro’ which this foul air is to escape should be made near the floor. »

“One of the cheapest and most: effectual ways to ventilate a schoolroom would 'be to have perforated base-boards, so- that the fouF air counld enter large spaces between the joists, _and thence pass away through a large l chimney flue. Then a current of fresh air could be conducted in a pipe to the stove, or heater, so as to produce a current. By this simple and cheap arrangement every pupil in a large room could always be supplied with | pure air of an agreeable temperture. If fresh air can be fored into. a room by any.means, where there is no flue, ‘the lower sash, of every window may be lifted an inch or more, to provide passage for the impure!air to escape. By this means any living room can always be supplied with pure air.at small expense. . ; SR - e —— - B—— . . ' -~ About Milking, " Five per cent. and perhaps ten, can be added to the amount of milk-ob-‘tained from the cows of this country,’ if the following rules are inexorably followed : - . ’ ’

Ist. Never hurry cows in driving ‘to and from the pasture. 2d. Milk as near at equal intervals -as possible: Half past five in the morning and six in the evening are .good hours. - ; Bd. Be especially tender of the cow at milking time. ‘4th. When seated, draw the milk as rapidly as possible, being certain to always get it all. : - sth, Never talk or think of anything besides what you are doing at the time of milking. : | 6th. ‘Offer some caress, add always a soothing word when you approach a cow and when you leave her. The better she loves you, the more free and - complete will be her abandon as you 3“‘&?l’9!’ widey. .. o o ik | e append the not uncommon pracity s ; ~ Ist. Let some boy turn the cows ~ away, and get them, who is fond of throwing'. stones and . switching thehind ones every chance he gets. : . 2d. Milk early in the morning and. - late at night, dividing the day into two portions, one of fitteen hours and the other nine. P 3d. Whack the cow over the back with the stool, or speak sharply to her - if she doeos not ‘so’ or ‘hoist.” 4th. Milk slowly and carelessly, and stop at the first slackening of the fluid. - sth. Taﬁk and laugh, and perhdps. squirt milk at some companion milkers, when seated at the cow. - : - 6th. Keep the animal in a tremble all the time you are milking, and as 80on as you are done give her a vigor--[‘ous kick.— Hearth anngoma. o - ‘Perspiration Odor; - This disagreeable odor, which is = i gource of great vexation to ‘those who~are subject to it, may be removed much ‘more -effectually than by the applica‘tion of such ungents and perfumes as: are now in use. It is only necessary to procure some compou‘mi spirits of ammonia, and, place about two tablespoonfuls in a basin of water. Washing the face, hands, and arms with - this, leaves. the skin as clean and fresh ag one could wish. . The wash is per--fecily harmlesd and very cheap. Itis recommended on the authority of an experienced physician, and it ought to ‘be tried at least by all whose pexsons are so offensive in this respect. : =3 ‘/' -.>~l . - AT -S AT : ~ The protective tariffites ih prevens, ing a~re£n¢tion‘ of the exorbitant duties on imported goods, at the late session of congress, on the pretext that a high tariff is neccessary to keep up the wages of ‘Ametrican operatives. l¥o'wémnch honesty there was in this pretense is shown by the fact that, since the ad- | Jjournment, the employea in the cotton mills at Fall; river have been notified that a reduction of_giffht per cent. in ‘wages, will be made. _lf the operatives object, they will, of course be gilenced - by 'a threat of discharge, and the filling of their places by coolies. Wonderfally iﬂé’i&dﬁfﬁ&hﬂﬁ _‘of :American working classes are thee‘? tariff monopolslel s 1 oR g ) - The Padueah Kentuckian, at Hlope ﬂ{,&q;&f:ﬁe ag on “‘the situ ?%?% dent and Vice President, we know of no Evnatioh or TR, for PRt fime Jobn_Quitcy Adame, of Massachusetts,