The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 17, Ligonier, Noble County, 24 August 1870 — Page 2

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‘B;;lstnice to Tyrants is Obedience to God.’ .J. B. BTOLL, EDITOR. : WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24, 1870.. (From the Address of Democratic Congressmen.] Let there be no dissensions about minor matters ; no time lost in discussion of dead events | no manifestation of narrow or proscriptive fecling ; no sacrifice of the cause to gratify personal’ ambition or resentment. DEMOCRATIC STATE TIOKET For Secretary of State: Col. NORMAN EDDY, of South Bend. For Auditor of State: . JOIIN €. SHOEMAKER, of Perry Co. For Treasurer of State: | - JAMES B. RYAN, of Indianapolis. ‘ For Attorney-General : Ir L BAYLESS W. HANNA, of Terre Taute. ~ ¥or Sup't of Public Instruction: Rev. MILTON B. HOPKINS, of Clinton. For Supreme Judges: ¢ - JAMIES L.-WORDEN, o%' Fort Wayne, A. C. DOWNEY, of Ohio County, | SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, ofvhgonmc Ca,, JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette. j o DISTRIOT TICKET. : . For Joint Representative, Noble and Elkhart: JOSEPH ‘%OLLIN GER, of ‘Elkhart. For PTS’S(zcutor, 14th Judicial Circuit: WILLIAM C. WILSON, of Elkhart. For Progzeiitor, 19th Common Pleas District : WILLIAM ‘G. CROXTON, of Steuben. . PERSON.AL. - At-a meeting of the Democratic’ State: Central Committee, the following was unanimously adopted : . - Resolved, 'That Hon. T. A. HENDRICKS, Hon, J. E.%}CDONALD; Hon. J. B. StoLr, and Hon. [PlioMas DowLiNe be, and they are hereby eaxfnestly requested and expcectcd to aid the Democracy in canvassing the State in the approaching campaign, and that the Secretary be directed to enmmunicate a copy of thisresolution to each of the persons named. S In accordance with the above, the editor of this paper will enter upon the political canvass on Wednesday next. From that time l_mtil the election in October, most of our time will be devoted to public speaking in different parts of the Sta&, and although our labors will thus be astly increased, our rcaders may rest assured that the editorial columns of the BANNER shall not be neglected. Competent persons will have charge of the bus: iness affairs.of the office during our absence.. :

OUR COUNTY CONVENTION. It is scarcely necessary for us to call at-. tention fo the fact that, on Saturday next, the Democracy of Noble county will mect in convention for the nomination of can: didates for the various offices to be filled at the October election. Personal observation enables us to say that a lively intercst is being manifested in ull parts of the county, and that every Township will be properly represented. - A A few suggestions may not be amiss.— Above all things, let us urge the importance of harmony and unity"} of feeling, with a purpose for the interests and welfare of the principles of the democratic party. Without a preponderance of that sentiment, the best directed efforts to accomplish the success of democratic candidates and democratic measures will prove futile, and all our labors will be in vain. “The next most important consideration is the.judicious selection of candidates for the various county officers to be filled at the ¢nsuing election. The salvation of Noble county from the hands of the radical party, depends largely upon the men who arc to be the standard-bearers of the Democracy. il : We beg of those who have the good of the county at heart, who are the friends of liberty, and who believe that’the triumph of the democratic party is the triumph of the country; to let no improper motive influence their action in theé: convention. A ticket can be presented to the people whichbwfll command their earnest, enthusiastic and powerful support. On the other hand, g ticket might be nominated which would disappoint the people, and

therefore fail to enlist their sympathies and support. This latter condition of things must be avoided. The democratic party hopes for success and expects it. " Mea of character and capacity must be called to the front as our standard-bearers. The time has come in politics, when the people will look to the man and his‘qualifications for office. Party lines will not and cannot be drawn so strictly as in for-. _mer days, ‘There is a large and respectable element in our midst, whose votes will be commanded by the man, and not the party to which he may belong. No one will seriously deny that a large portion of the ticket placed in nomination - by the Republicans last- Saturday@ys exceedingly obnoxious to many members of that party. Men who for years have voted - “the ticket without a scratch,” now boldly avow their . determination to erase the names of thosewhom they believe to be unworthy of their support. The duty of e Deémvvracy, 10 VIEW 0T these circum- . stances, is to nominate a ticket composed ~ of the very best of material; and if we discharge that duty, we have a right to bope that our efforts will be crowned with Snpcess: o v Y v Good men will be strong, stronger even than the party whose banner they carry. We ask the solid, thinking Democrats of the county, in view of the facts before us, to attend the convention on the 27th inst. A fair, honest and judicious selection of candidates will give us an important and powerful advantage in the canvass. Such “selections are due to the county of Noble and to the Democracy as well. The key . of success 18 in our hands, { g i } _— h b % The Democratic Pyramid. I ~The Btate elections of 1870 have al- - ready formed a fine pyramid of Democrato m‘mkw&'hifit Ijiae e 10 DeMOORATIC MAJORITY, OrOPOn, £) S iilin albin, i ovivilei: 20+ 800! g Coflnwfimt'; 'r Tt l":_' fr ey e 11000 -North Capolinty.. .05 . . iveic. 28,000 4 Keuwf,.‘ Uo it s o s iy, e s 00000, Tenneaseo,". 140 il il . Jo I 80,000, NOW-_YO!'kj. Gl Vil Mm i i kel Savde Suug ooy 881,800 by exoending 200000 vole. - Theso tri»*&M“J

RADICAL COUNTY CONVENTION. ~ The Republicans of Noble county assembled in Mass Convention at Albion, on Saturday last. At 11 o’clock Eden H. Fisher called the meeting to order, and on motion of Nelson Prentiss, Wm. B. ‘Dunn, of Orange, was elected chairman. Dunn ascended the stand, and was about to deliver himself of a specch, when: Ede gently pushed him back so as to be enabled to formally introduce the presiding officer. With the utmost grace, if not ‘with a suspicious smile, Ede spoke: “Gentlemen, T have the pleasure of introducing to you the Honorable Mr. Dunn, of Orange.” The distingunished chairman then proceeded to thank the convention for the distinguished honor, counselled harmony and wisdom, and awaited the pleas. ure of the assc;nblcd masses. C. O. Myers was appointed secretary. On -motion of Nelsop Prentiss, a committee on apportionment was appointed by the chair —Nelson Prentiss, M. M. Bowen, and John Strayer being designated for that purpose. A motion to adjourn until 1 v'clock was carried. :

. After dinner the convention re-assem-bled. John Drake bf Swan introduced a resolution favoring such reduction of fees of county officers as/shall secure fair compensation and no more, and requesting the representatives iu the Legislature to procure the enactment of a law to that effect. Tousley seconded the resolution, which was adopted, only one vote being cast in the negative. S - The nomination oéf a candidate for Representative was next in ord®r. © The names

vf D, IVonnun Teal, 1. IN, ITill of YOrkK, Samuel Ohlwine of Sparta, and Geo.-Har-vey of Jefferson were proposed. Dr. Teal ‘was nominated on the first ballot, the vote standing as follows: Teal 158; Harvey 20, Hill 1224, Ohlwine 6414. For Clerk, Col. W. C. Williams was re-nominated by acclamation ;' EBden H. Fisher was likewise nominated for Treaso R | For Auditor the following names were proposed : John D. Black of Jefferson, J. C. Stewart of Noble, Abell Mullen of York, E. W. Matthews of Noble, and Eli L. Schlotterback of Perry. The following is the result of the first and second ballots: | ‘ ; | Ist Ballot. 2d Ballot. Blaek,:.cousiena [ diB 12 170 1:2 Stewart, :v.. .00l 0 B 0 7.9 withdrew Muallen, .o aaill o 48 162 6012 Matthews, ........... 6 2-9 withdrew Schlotterback,.... ... 13 -6 John D. Black having reccived a majority of all the votes cast, was declared duly neminated. : At this stage of [the proceedings Col. Williams appeared on the platform, ;r},nd said it had been reported that compléint was made of the manner in which he and Mr. Fisher had been nominated—that he did not want the nomination unless freely tendered, and that he demanded a ballot in order to test whether he was the choice of the convention or not. Mr. Prentiss replied that inasmuch as no other candidate had beefn presented fer Clerk, he could not see the propriety of a ballot. With cries of “we don’t want a ballot,” the matter was dropped, and the Band struck up a lively tune, Candidates for Sheriff were then proposed as follows: W. N. Voris, Henry Wolf, L. B. Hathaway, all of Ligonier; Christ. Browand of Kendallyille, W. S. Hays of Jeffeison, and Jacob Niles and W. W.Johnson of Albion. After several ballots the names of Capt. Jos. E. Braden and Fred. Acus were also proposed. The following is the result of the balleting : i e S R T gldlz) 3 |52 oanamms{ e ‘ = ' 213 - Bl elE| B (8] 4 V0ri5.....|591-12/831-4}09 1.3 77 56 |ssg | 1381 W01f.....|431-2 148" [402-3|.csoe... [ic0.].n..12 Hathaw'ylBol-3 [/gaedfe (.71 Lo o s i, Curry.... ({2223 (17 17 Seßn o s VL Johnson . |162-3 |ll 1-2/11 l Wiles o 1 SERECL bl Lt Browand.‘fifl 1-4 .(591-2{68 ‘. \ o Hages e 4108.8 (i snllel st dl Lol Lo kol iy Ao L it a el 105 3-4 |9B 98— 8mden...1...... l‘__ 52 1141250 ‘....12 Voris was declared the nominee. A motion to make his nomination unanimous was carried by a feeble yea, an irreconcilable delegate exclaiming : “ Not by a d—n sight.” | During the balloting for sheriff, Ede Fisher appeared on the stand, and stated that dissatisfaction with his nomination had been expressed—the complaint being similar to that alluded to in the remarks of Col. Williams, He held a written speech in his hand, which had evidently been prepared some time before, and was tolerably well committed to memory. Ede was pale as a sheet, his eyes flashed with anger. His hand trembled like an aspen leaf, and he spoke with a vehemence that betrayed deep agitation. Said he was ready to make a full retraction in-all cases where he had dox‘ie any one an injustice ; would return ‘ten fold every cent wrongfully exacted from any tax-payer, and expressed his readiness to retire from the field it another man could be found who ‘might be able to fadd greater strehgth to the: ticket. - This had the desired effect, three cheers were giver for Fisher, and—‘the cartain dropped. T For County fommissicners a host of candidates were proposed. ~After several ballots, jand amidst general confusion, ‘lzsaac Tibbett, of Elkhart twp., was nominated for the Northern, L. G, Worden, of Albion, for the Middle, and John W}.pan, of Swanf. twp., for the Southern Pistriet. . 1 ~ E. H. Hawthorne was honored with' a ‘unanimous ré-nomination for Sutveyor, and the honors of the Coronership were thrust. upon an individual named Curt 'Kn“ppe e » : The convention itself may be said to lave been harmonious; but even the ' most ardent RE‘i)ublica.n‘ will not undertake to disguise the fact that the deliberations of the various township caucuses were at. ti'meani,te stormny, and that great - dissatisfaction was manifested over the ' nomination of sevcral of the candidates. The candidate for Sheriff, Mr. Voris, seems to have many bitter enemies within ‘the ranks of his party who boldly avow tieir determination: not to voto for him. ni;'grqm nomination for Auditor over 50 excellent & man as Mr. Stewart is also very. distasteful t;tfgzpmmber of Re- | publicans. Dr. Teal is geperally regarde 4 weak cand ‘mw firmg’afihi clearly manifested in bis excited speech. The candidates for the Board of Comis e e S olt Rl R Sra e e ST b it e e S T A AR BT od

| A MODEST APPEAL. | Hon. Henry Wilson, Chairman of the Radical Congressional Committee, closes ' the address to his party with a significant appeal to cling together, and strive “to ‘perpetuate their power until their beneficent principles shall become the accept- ' ed policy of the nation.” : o | It is well remarked by our able con- ! temporary of the New Albany ZLedger, that the admission of the above ought to be noted by the American people. The. power now retained by the Radicals, continues that journal, is not by virtué 6f the fact that it reflects in Its political action .the policy of the country. | The poliéy of ‘ the Radicals has never been the accepted policy of the ~country. The party came “into power by a minority vote of the people. No distinctive measure that it has inscribed upon its banners has had the support of the majority of the pcople of the United States. They have perpotuated their power by fraud and violence.— They have forced upon the people their measures by the bayonet, by corruption, by truce breaking, and fraud.. They forced upon the people a ' change in the organic law of the land in their amend ments to the Constitution. They have forced a levy of burdensome taxes upon the country. They have forced upon the people the infamous tariff laws that are ‘making the rich richer, and the poor poorer. They have forced the people to submit to the giving awsy of enormous amounts of public lands to railroads.— They have forced the people to stand by and behold the lobby thieves around the Capitol increase the public obligations by securing bills for subsidizing gigantic corporations. - They have forced the people to aid/in the establishment and‘ gupport of the National banks,a growing moneyed . power that may prove destrue(five, as it now is dnnggro‘us, to the liberties of the nation. “Their whole policy-bas been enforced by bayonets or by fraud and corruption. They have thus been retaining power so long, without thé consent of the peoplé, and Senator Wilson ‘ appeals to hisparty to stand together and struggle a little longer, in order that the American people, crushed, dispirited, and scrf-like may be induced to “accept” this policy. "The American people have neyer yet “accepted” the policy of the Radicals, and never will. It has been a - forced policy so far, and we trust the time has arrived in .which the people will arise in their might and overthrow this power that is sought to'be retaired. The peo ple have been robbed long enough. The public treasure has been wasted, squandered, long enough.. There has been enough arbitrary and’ unconstitutional governing in this country and it must now speedily end. -

Elkhart County. ' The Democracy of Elkhart county met in convention on Saturday last. The attendance was very large, and the utmost harmony prevailed throughouvt. Hon. S. B. Romaine was made chairman, and LaPorte Heefner secretary. The following ticket was placed in nomination: Auditor, E. Gortner, (by acclamation); Treasurer, John Cook ; Clerk, LaPorte Heefner, (by acclamation); Recorder, Lewis D. Thomas; Sheriff, John W. Egbert; Representative, Edwin M. Winegar; Commissioners, Wm. B. Garman, Christian Schrock, Luther Saulsbury; Surveyor, Geo. T. Ager; Coroner, Jacob L. Powell. The resolutions condemn the course of the county officer who loaned himself the school funds of the county, contrary to law. They demand of the candidates. for the Legislature to use their influcnce, if elected, to reduce the exhorbitant fees now paid county officers, and invite all persons who favor reform to unite with the Democracy. The ticket is conceded by all to be:a strong one. . 4 — The Census of 1870. The Superintendent of Census, Francis A. Walker, states that with the torce now employed in the work of making returns he will be able to give the population of all the larger cities by the 10th of September, and of the whole country b} the 10th of October. The latter he estimates at 40,300,000. The population of most of the larger cities, as appears from pres‘eut ‘returns; will fall’2o per cent below the average local estimates. ' This is especially true in the west. For instance, Chicago has an actual population of 250,000, against estimates of 400,000, and Cincinnati 200,000, against estimates of 800,000. The same falling off from estimates will be observed in a greater or less extent in’ the smaller cities and towns.

: The Cry of Distress, One Peter Clark, at a colored meeting 1n Cincinnati, a few evenings ago urged the necessity of a thorough organization of the Republican colored element, on the ground that large numbers of white Republicans, believing the negre question settled, are going over to the Democracy on \other issues. Mr. Clarkis not a fool. He recognizes a fact which is patent to every man of average intelligence. The Democratic party is every day receiving large accessions fiom Republicans who believe that the country has paid. dearly for the benefits conferréd upon the colored man, and that it is high time to look after the interests of the people at large. ' P — - B——————— fiéel) it Before the People. v That in twenty-two years in which the Government was controlled by Democrats there had been but one hundred and five cases of contested elections, or one and oone-half per year, all of them costing inthe aggregate but $150,000. In the nine years since 1861 that the Radicals have held the reins of government there had been cighty-nine contested election cases in Congress, or eighteen to each Congress, costing in the aggregate $750,000 —or $600,000 more under nine years of Radical rule than under twenty two years of Democratic rule. S ERe T b - The . Importation of coolies progresses, Two thousand have just been taken to Alabama-to be put to work on the con-: struction of railroads in that State. The new slave trade, under the auspices of radical manufacturers and contractors, flour : Ishes with much vigor,. il [ ~ THE New York Sun saya: “If the Re., ‘publicans succeed in carrying Tndiana in October, it will be 4 miracle,” Thers has not been a well authenticated miragle for eighteen hundred years, and we do not think one will be performed in this State In 100 7 i r el el

~ EUROPEAN WAR BULLETIN. ! The news from the seat of war in Europe, since our last issue, has been very conflicting, and no clear idea can be formed of the situation. The most important movement seems to have been made on ‘Thursday, when, after three unsuccessfal attempts to force back a part of the army of Marsha] Bazaine upon Metz, thée Prus‘sians finally succeeded in doing so. A London dispatch claims “that Bazaine is absolutely cut off from his resources.— The Prussians are between him and Paris. McMahon is also believed to be surrounded. Convoys with provisions have gone forward to supply both armies.” Another dispatch says that “one hundred and sixty thousand men have passed through Paris to the front since Friday morning. It is thought, however, that the march of the Prussians cannot be arrested before reaching: Raris.” i ~ From all the accounts it may safely be assumed that the German army still has the advantage over the French. The losses have been very heavy on both sides.— The Germans have captured a great number »f prisoners. : . ,

Not Entitled to Particnlar Credit. The New York Sun says the public debt was diminished over seventeen niil lions of dollars in the month of July, and the partisian press boast of the fact as a matter exceedingly creditable to the pres‘ent Administration. But what else could have been done with the money except to pay it out upon the public debt? It was in the Treasury, and must either be applied to this use or stolen. Becides, how. is the Admixistration entitled to partic ular credit. for having so large a sum of money in the Treasury ?) *The taxes which produced this sum were levied before Gen. Grant came into power, and it is no merit of his that they 'bappened to have been so much larger than there was any need of. The triith is that it would be much more honorable to the Republican ‘party if it had reduced the taxes, so’that instead of putting a surplus of two hundred millions a year into the Treasury, it bad I¢ft that surplus in the pockets of the people. Low taxes are more glorious to a Gov’er{gxment than an enormous revenue. extorted from the poor and suifdring:,?mqss' o:i : S 3 el E— : Johnson—Grant, The Indianapolis Sentinel saysthe Republican papers 'make a point of contrasting financial affairs under Johnson’s administration, with the financial affairs under Grant’s administration, and they try to make out that the latter was superior to the former in his honesty, fidelity and elficiency. Both Johnson and Grant were originally Democrats, and both were elected by Republicans. That far the similarity bolds good.. But how any difference between two Republican administrations can illustrate the superiority of Republican administration, it is difficult to see. It is charged that during a portion of John: son’s administration the public debt was increased some thirty millions. That may have been so. But the Republican papers are careful to conceal the fact that Johnson reduced the. public debt from its highest point during the first nionths of his administration when its Republicanism was unquestioned, by the sum of $232,226,311 on going out of office. e el 4 E—— Another Row. The Radicals in the Senatorial District composed of the counties of Carroll and Howard had a troublesome time in Hominating a candidate for State Senator.— They met in convention on the 18th inst., and on the twenty-second ballot nominated Samu¢l Woody. Great dissatisfaction was manifested over the result, and an independent cdndidate wilk'be put in the field to defeat the regular nominee. = Arraignment of Billy Williams. - The following are among the resolutions adopted by the Democracy of Kosc¢iusko county in ‘their recent convention for the nomination of a county ticket : 6. Whereas, Flon. William Williams, the representative in Congress, for this District, elected on promises of thithtulness and fidelity-to: the interests of the people, has proven false to the confidence, recreant to the trust imposed in him and in violation jof hisexpress pledges, has stood in the councils of the nation the champion of bondholders, *of railroad swindlers, of monopolists, of high protective tariff robberies, and the other schemes and intrigues of the Eastern aristocrat for the oppression of the men of his own district ; and . : P - Whereas, He has been charged by men high in position in his own party, with corruption in office, with neglect of duty, with violation of honorable pledges, with speculating .on public position, and as being unworthy of the support of an honest and laboring constituency, therefore, the people of this District owe it to themselves to displace him by electing in his stead, a representative, who will prove true to his pledges, and represent their interests with honor and fidelity, which becomes a just and faithful publie servant.

-~ Ex-Senator Hendricks. 2 The Boston Post of the 16th instant notices the presence of Mr. Hendricks in that city, and pays the following tribute to his moral and intellectual worth: The Hon. Mr. Hendricks, late United States Senator from Indiana, has been pdssing a few days in Boston, and was entertained at dinner by ‘a party of polit. ical and personal friends, at Parker’s yes: terday. The honorable gentleman ap pears to be in perfect health, expresses himself much: ‘gratified with his visit:to New England, and has a cheerful confidence in the general prevalance, at an early day, of those Democratic principles he soo ably advocated in the upper branch of Congress. He is one of the strong and ‘pure men of the country; the:respect of his opponents and the admiration: ot his friends are the. results of a: public carger marked by manly independence, unswerving integrity, and a- patriotism which secured constant devotion to the best interests of the nation, sl

The Young Demoeracy, . - | The Toledo Demverat, edited by Hon. : Geo. 8, Brown, formerly Senator ‘in;the Indiana Legislature . from - Huntington county, -meets the fogy cry ‘against the Young Democracy 'Wwith the °following pointed remgrk: =~ Objection is made in sdme quarters to the organization auxiliary to the Democratic party known as the “Young Democ-, racy.” We presume the same objectors’ would oppose the: Sabhath School. as an’ auxillary to the Church. : Any and all: organizations, haying in view: the redemption of the land _ifromx,?Rb\.diml ruin, are demanded by the people. The country can mot haye too much of Demgcracy, Fouty or 01l Lty DHAEBGES Oydic T 251 b it 1131 A The New York Standard, the organ of BenaßuiitLe'x ?nnd Sifi:fg] qogfiifiiflfil an, answer to this: “Has the Republican par. y & Presidant, o bflfi%‘?&f&; resident a party®” ' 5 Gl

| NOTES AND COMMENTS. The nominations for Congress, in this State, are now completed General Lew Wallace in the Seventh, and Hon. Samuel I. Anthony in the Eleventh District, were the last nominees. The campaign will now be fairly opened, and we have every reason to believe that politics will be “red hot” during thie next six weeke. : Hon. George H, Pendleton, before his ‘departure for Europe, délivered a speech in which be sook decided grounds against ‘the importation of Chinese. He spoke of them as being “an alien, an inferior and idolatrous race. They have not our tastes, our habits, or manners, or developments, or religion. They are not fit to become citizens, or to enjoy the riggt of suffrage. Amelgamation would injure both their race and ours.. Isolation will give rise to ‘great troubles.” : _ The Pittsburg Commereial says it has found out by reliable authority : that Simon Cameron has ordered that Alleghany ‘county be thrown into Democratic hands, rather than permit the Republican -Rcfnrr!?l ticket to succeed. Simon belongs to that class of politicians who are determined to’ rule or ruin. But inasmuch as his action in-this case will inure to the benafit of the Democracy, it is not probable that anyone on our side of the house will object.

The 'Democrats, of the Dayton (Ohio) District have nominated Hon. Lewis D. Campbell for Congress. The republican noninee is General Robert C. Schenck.— Campbell was formerly a Republican, is a most cloquent and forcible speaker, and’ will probably be elected. ¢

The radicals of Maine are not so harmonious as they once were. The same disintegrating agencies which are operating.to break up the happy family elsewhere, are also at work in Maine. The’ platform adopted by thé party in- that State does. not meet the approbation of Governor Chamberlain, and he is talked of as an independent candidate for reelection. In the First Congressional district there are serious dissensions and the Biddeford Journal, a radical paper, predicts'the election of a democrat. S

Amdng the many blunders made by President Grant, not the least is the one of appointing Quakers as Indian Commissioners. The Quaker move has been a terrible failure, and siuce their ‘positive inutility has been clearly established, why does not Grant have sense enough to remove them ? They are evidently incapable of accomplishing any gcod, and it is high time they should be called home and al\} end put to that ridiculous farce. :

The New: York 7ribune admits that the democrats in Congress “voted steadily for exery proposition ‘t'o'reduce or repeal taxes” The lesser lights of the radical press are not:possessed of sufficient honesty to admit this fact. 3

Many of our readers may no* have a fair understanding of the word * rentces,” ‘which occurs so constantly just now in the foreign dispatches, and whose rise and fall seems to constitute the financial barometer of Paris. They are the funded debt of France, not, however, in the form of bonds, but simply loans from the people. These loans are entered to the credit of the lenders en the government ledgers and draw a specified rate of - interest.— The holders of the debt are called ‘rerters,’ and the fluctuations in’ its value denote popular distrust or-confidence in the government. 551 ¥ i 3 § 5

The Radical Congressional Executive Committee have levied a tax of $5 to $lO upon government employes at Washington to assist in the fall campdign, Some of the clerks have refused to answer to the circular. - This tax is to be assessed throughout the'country, from which $300,000 is expected to be realized. i

A radical editor who prudently kept his “loil” carcass out of harm’s way during the late civil war, utters a cowardly sneer at the appointment of Gen. George B. McClellan as. Chief Enginecr of Docks in New York city. The brave men who fought at the side of the hero of Antietam ‘will know how to ‘appreciate this gratuaitous and malignant fling at the cherished name of their old commander.

' There lis a certain class of newspaper editors whose stock iln trade is bombast. Incapable of appealing to the sober judgment of the people, they indulge in highsounding; phraseg-and violent denunciation, substituting virulence for argument. Occasionally these boisterous chaps “run against a stump,”.as may be witnessed from the following little “squelcher” copied from the Louisville Courier-Journal - A little red-hot extingnisher over in Ihdiana, commenting on ax%rticle of ours, in which we referred to demtocratic victory, by means of peaceful a?pliances, proposes to resist Mr, Sumner’s equality bill “to the death.” Ah, we have heard that chicken crow before. Mr. B. F. Butler and Mr. Johin A. Logan crowed it in’ 1860, They told us' to “go in,” and we “went in,” and "whar was ‘Mr: Logan and whar was Mr. Buatler? -On the: contrary, qnite the reverse. - = i

- A contemporary thinks the most effectual means of ridding the Southern States of the carpet bag - vampires thdt have infested them since the war of the rebellion and the passage of the reconstruction laws, are now quietly in operation through the ballot box. ;| In North Carolina they: are ‘already beginning to pack their ‘bags for more genial climes, and similar deféats in Georgia ‘and ‘South Carolina will send them scampering from those States where the{'}ca‘n no longer ply their vocation of robbing the people' of their political libcrties and their pecuniary means. - A'Radical western journal itiquires: | ¢We wonder what the Democracy will charge us with next?” It is hard to tell.. The %adicafpfirty. has about gone through' the ¢alender of wickednoss, and it ishard to name thenext swindling invention in advance, - There is‘one thing, however, that the leadets; meed -not be afraid of ‘being ¢harged with, and that is—honesty. There is quite & dispute in Michigan as to whether.. Governor Baldwin of that Stateis in favor of State aid to railroads. Seeing the Goveérnor issued certain bonds to a railroad'in which he isa stockholder, after the Supreme Court of Michigan haddecided said bonds, g common with many" ‘bihfifi.fgnmalfifif‘“ jistitutionl, the question dops-

THECONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION | * The Congressional Convention at Ken- ] dallville, on'the 11th, was well atténded. With the exception of the foolish, unwise and dictatorial freaks of ‘the Chairman, an old gentleman from DeKalb couity, its proceedings were ' characterized by harmony and good feeling.. The convention decided by.a large majority that it was not thought politicat that convention . to make nominations. v - The conyvention neither nominated or recommended the party to vote for-any candidate, preferring to await the developments in the district during the canvass. |The feeling against Williams, the Radiedl high tariff, New England autocrat . candidate, was very bitter. If we’ ‘mistake not the resolutions of the con-, vention, the Democracy will be willing to vote for any man who will, if elected, by his. votes in Congress represent the people, without reference to party upon the question of Tariff, Finance, Railroad Monopoly, &c. 5 | e - Willjams, although representing a western canstituency is really the tool of every fing, to pluider the péople. We want a ‘western man, representing western intcrests. For such a man if he is honest, capable and worthy, nodifference to what party he has belonged heretofore, we, believe the Démoeracy will vote. The Democracy will not dictate, but the man ‘must possess these qualifications. The ‘party will preserve its integrity before the people. The interests of the people of this District demand that Williams must' be defeated. His course in Congress, his known corruption, makes it a| matter. of duty which every patriotic citizen owes to his country, to accomplish this result. He has an overwhelming majority in his favor in this District, and, to accomplish his defeat; all of us will have to foregosome party prejudices. The opposition to him in the District is strong - enough, if concentrated, to.send him into retirement by 1,000 maj,ority. .We want it concentrated?— Columbia City Post. g ; : i The Democratic Congressional Convention at Kendallville, ‘ » On Thursday last, the Democracy of this Congressional District met at Ken-. dallville, in Noble county, for the purpose of placing in nomination a candidate for Congress. Every county in the district was creditably represented, and the warmest interest was manifested in the suceess of the democratic party. On the ‘Wednesday evening previous, a caucus -wwas held, and a free and thorough interchange of sentiment had in respect to the situation. A protracted ‘discussion disclosed the circumstance that a disposition was prevalent to take a practical view of -the snomalous condition of politics in the district, and to pursue a prudent, conservative and conciliatory course in the business for which'the convention was called together. The question of nomination or no nomination was dispassionately, yet earnestly, discussed ; the advantages and ‘disadvantages deliberately weighed ; and the effects and results calmly considered. Tke district gives a republican majority of several thousand. The present Congressman; having voted for every langdgrabbing -scheme,” and every tariffl bill, comes back glutted with the spoils of his treachery to western:interests; and with an enormous electioneering fund, and an army of - federal officers throughout the district—postmasters, assessors and collectors, “terrible as ‘an army with banners” —backing him, secures a re nomination. In referring to this formidable opposition, it was vigorously contended it was|worse than foolish to place a candidate in the field. No good man desired the nomination, and‘ no inefficient candidate was wanted. Many other strong points were made. : L

" The convention, on the following day, declared it “inexpedient to nominate a candidate for Congress, ieaving the people frec to act as they may sée fit in this political contest.” ... . . So far as we can learn, Gen. Hascall will get'a formidable vote in this county, from the masses of the republican party, notwithstanding the tremendous efforts of: the leaders, who are all either officeholders or office-seekers. . And we should not be surprised at the democrats, choosing the least of two evils, giving him, -if not a full, at least a large vote.—Huntington Democrat. S

Billy Williains had plenty of his ring in attendance at the Kendallyille Corvention last week, dictating !to the Democracy -what they shounld do. Of course, they all insisted that the Convention should ~make a nomination.. Not only were they sent there to dictate, but they were the foremost in trying to raise a row. Whatever of confusion arose during the session of the Convention, may be directly attributed to their cheering, stamping, ete, - When the Convention refused to be dictated to, these interested parties were terribly chopfallen. Billy and his friends see the storm cloud arising, which will sweep them as {with a besom of ' destruc. tion from the District inf October. Wedo not wonder they wanted the opposition to Williams dis-united.—Columbia City oot iz 5 s 5 fh General Haseall Pitted against Billy : williams. The Congressional Convention of the Democracy, which was held at Kendallville yesterday, resolved not to make any nomination of a candidate for Congress, and thus leave the field open for General Mile S. Hascall: to take the hide off blathering Billy.. .Now let the. Democracy forego all else,than regard for principles, honor and integrity, and the suffering wail of a betrayed people, and the little windy corruptionist will have leisure to engage in the butter and egg: trade again —when he gets:a chance. — Fort Wayne Bemoeral. . v isahid ' : The Billy Williams Butter and Egg, Tariff Monopoly, Railroad Subsidy, Sutlership, Stealage Ring are at last thoroughly alarmed in this distzict. = Defeat stares them in the face.. Consternation already ]}))er,vades - their ranks.—Columbia Uity OB 55 Sy ireee ey ‘

. . It looks now as though half the RepubJicans of this County would vote for Hascall. - Billy’s. supporters look blue.— Columbia_City Post. R Sk - — % Now, that the Kendallville Convention, ~on the 11th inst, placed a gentleman in nomination to oppose Fim McGrew, for the prosecutorship; whom decent men of both parties taay consciously support—we patiently await the action the Christian community will take in this matter. We have_ been. J:gpea!:_a_,dlil assured, by lead.ing' Republicans, that ‘should the Democrats nominate 8 man whose morals were such as would justify thém to support ‘him, they would organize in' o’EpOsition ‘to McGrew for the purpose’ of defeating him. Do they mean:'what they say, is the question.— Warsaw Union. 3 :

A train on the Grand Rapids and Indi~ ana Railroad when:near Kendallville, col lided with a buggy, in which was seated .an old man. The top or bed of the buggy, and the man, were nicely lifted imto the' focomiotive; while the rest of'it 'was entirely demolished. —F¢. Wayne Journal: ' Mrs. Mamma Napoleon sent a special train tothe front to bring home the imperial so_n:z I A go,qd German thrashing took some of the blowing ‘gas ott of papa Napoleca, ‘and things. Eon't Took 80 nice as they did at first. He cries lustily for every Frenichman .to come to the rescue,and says he himself'is going'to take a position in the center. His Kfitfion,we,meg_how. ever;, will be in the rear center!<xSel.. insgrove Times. : Mo

l o ATATREITEMN, = o | Harrison township, Delaware Co., _hlls produced a stalk of flax over three feet high, which bore 375 seed balls, containing 3,375 seeds.. | . - Reports state that coal mines are being struck all over the state. We hope :fie’y will hit them so hard as to kiock e wind out of any chance of a coal famine. A e el ywenty-eighl; joint appointmerits lfip e been agreed upon between Judge Holman and Mr. Pritchard, candidates for congress in the Third District ¢om‘mencing at Kingston, lAugust' 3 - A man in Kosciusko County has three sons whose united lengths in name, joined to their fathers, make Jjust 2640 feet, or a half a mile. Eight furlongs make one mile, consequently four furlong’s make a half a mile, or 2640 feet. ! G

.. A general scarcity of hogs for fattening this Fall is complained of. The complaint is owing, in part, perhaps,to an actual scarcity, but mostly to the present fine prospect for corn throughout the country, and the consequent unwillingness of farmers to sell.

The Greencastle Banner refuses to publish applications for license to gell intoxicating drinks. It says saloons are the gate ways to perdition, and it will in no way assist in their establishment. The money 'paid for such advertisements would in no way obliterate the evil done; .. . st

There is on the farm of G.'W. Lee,fli of Clark county, a cow which accompanied Sherman’s army from Atlanta to Washington,and was brought thence by rail to Charleston. The New Al: bany Ledger thinks her' war record entitles her to a pension, or, at least, to a postoffice appointment. . -~ Samuel Newkirk, a-boy twelve years old, while flying a kite from the roof of his father’s house, in New Albany, on'Monday last, walked backward off the roof, and striking a fence in. his descent,broke the bone of his left thigh. He also sustained severe bruises, but it is thought he will recover. =~

From what we ¢an learn,the sickness throughout the country of the bilious tgpe, is entirely different from the same cfipss of disease of ten or twenty years ago. Physicians are often puzzled to know what to do in- many cases, the form of the disease have so materially changed from what it.was formerly,— We are glad to know that no fatal disease or epidemic is prevailing in any part of the country.—Kokomo Journal.

The ¥'t. - Wayne Democrat gives an account of a desperate struggle with a crazy man in that.city: on Thursday cvening, 11th inst. ' A" man named Zimmerman, “laboring under an attack of delirium tremens, attempted to cut hisiwife’s throat. Attracted by the woman’s screams, an elderly gentleman named Dr. Josse went to her assistance but was met at the head of the stairs by zimmerman, who dealt him two blows with a club, knocking him to the floor below, insensible. -Mr. E. Weber next essayed to protect the woman, but was also met by Zimmerman, this time armed with a bar of iron, and knocked down stairs. A third and successful attempt to reach the room was made by Mr. Stotz and the maniac was finally secured. Dr. Josse, though severely injuréd, is improving. . 2 e R — .~ WAR ITEMS. Sl - ~—DPrussia does not propose to patch up a peace with her needle guns. She threatens to let them rip. - ' «—Thirteen years ago our best engineers pronounced the fortifications of Paris impregnahle, and since 1857 millions upon millions have been lavished in bringing these works to the highest possible point of efficiency. —A. correspondent. of the Tndepen: dence Belge states that the inhabitants of the little town of Osterode have offered a reward of 10,000 thalers to whoever shall take the Emperor of the French dead or alive. - e

- —llt has.been apprehended that the most vulnerable point of Germany. was to be found somewhere on her North Sea or Baltic coast.. By late advices it appears that the ports on this front: ier are by no means-in an. unprepared state. The Prussian armies which have been sent to the coasts.are formidable in numbers, ‘and any - force of French soldiers. which might effect a landing would find ‘itself desperately resisted in a movement toward Berlin.. * .

. ——Strasbourg, ‘mow enyvironed and besieged by the Germans, is one of their own ancient towns, a town of which they were always proud, and whose loss they have never ceased to lament. It has a population of some 80;0(?0, and as many more German soldiers are now clamoring at its gates. It is strongly fortified. It is renowned for. iits great- Catholic. Cathedral, with its loftiest spire in "the "world—466 feet—bearing aloft the wonderful clock. Strasbourg will not probably hold out long enough to risk bombardment, and its capture will carry with. it the firm possession and control of Alsace and Lorraime.” ~ shvires Lo eaae sl

—The particulars of the row in the Corps Legislatif are more exciting than the general facts. Jules Favre demanded the recall of the Emperor, and Keratyr proposed that he should be treated as the chambers treated the First Napoleon in 1815. Then disturbances _arose, the deputies” being terribly en‘raged, and some actually struck each other. Theé ministers were participants ,in the melee. M. Chevanfi' g de Val‘drome had ‘a scuffle with {fin‘ember, during ‘which he received a number of deep scratches on his face. Affer the session broke up the mob outside eould not be dispersed, and bodies of the National Guard threw down their arms and fraternized with: the populace.— ‘Others remained ypas?ivq in the bar‘racks when ordered to charge the crowd. The London T'imes believes that- more serious disturbances are at *h&n(]. fogiea | 9 o e

- T s W T LT e ~_Dr. Cousins, a colored M. D. of Williamsville, Cass Co., Michigan, was’ -ghot by a brother darkey b: t%e name “of 'Bunn; also a resident 6,{ the, same place, on Tuesday last. Bunn first struck Cousins with-a stone and afterwatds shot two balls into him, one in the back below the lefi shoulder, and the othérin the chin upwards zh?:gh. the head, . Bunn then mounted a horse and made Constantine, twelve miles: (distant, in forly minutes, He was ‘arrested there'and taken to Cass connty jail.—Eikhart Union, o

© | | 7The Funding Bill. J - 'Under the Funding Bill, which has lately passed Congress, we (that is the ieople’s repregentatives) have surrenfiwd three things that now indisputably belonged to the Government.. . 1. The right of taxation of the bonds by Federal Govegpment. |- 2. The right @ redeem the” bonds, -at our option, and so stop the interest upon them. .~ . . e 8., The right of paying them in ‘greenbacks, or in gold at fifty cents on a dollar. This alone makes a differ.ence of $750,000,000 in the $1,500,000, 000,000 funded. = b . Now, for all this, what is the consideration we have received ¢ It is nothing .but the reduction of the interest’ from six to four and a half per cent. That'is, we save $23,000,000 a year in interest, but give away $750000,000 in principal, and nearly as ~much more in needless interest which -we have not the right to stop.. This is notall. We relinquish a prerogative of obtaining $30,000,000 a year from “the taxation of the bonds.: ,

This is a splendid bargain forithe bondholders. How came congress to - accept it upon the part of the people? It was evidéntly bought to do it.— When the bondholders were going to make at least $1,500,000,000 by the ‘chiange in the law, they could well afford to spend many millions of dollars to carry the measure through the forms of legislation. ' They coul% outbid the people.. Nothing but wholesale- cor-. ruption could induce even. the most depraved: of congresses to adopt such a measure ag this. Will the people_ submit to it? “Will they elect to the next congress a majority of the party which passed this monstirous measure? If they do, they will vote to sustainrascality and fraud ; they will vote to. aid in perpetration of robbery upon themselves. In such an event they will be stopped in the future from making any complaints upon the score 'of oppreseive taxation. How puerile and .contemptible is it to see men making “an issue in voting for their old republican organization, when it has become “the shield of such villainy ! "If there’ is ‘an honest man who .will conscien: tiously go to the polls and vote for the .candidates of that organization which -have done him such a wrong, he can only plead in his behalf an ignorance ‘aB m@nstrons agit is unpardonable.— i Cincinnati Enquirer. e—— <~ — = it Roast Beefvs. Roast Rat. A few days ago at a Democratic meecting in New York, the Mayor, A. Oakey Hall, expressed very clearly thei point at issue between the Amenican laborer and his threatened Chinese competitor, by the remark that it was ‘a struggle as to who should work the ] cheapest, between those who required -roast beef for their dinner and thoge who ‘were content with roast rat. It “is" not. difficult to see that the latter could underwork their rivals.” For the sake of defeating the force of the analogy, the New York Tribune tells us that the Chinese would, in time, require as good and desire as many comforts as his American competitor. Ah! Ain time, but ‘before - that- arrived, if it ever did, the American. laborer would have gone to the wall, and the Chinese would ‘be the arbiter of the situation. It was supposed that the customs and habits of many centuries are to be eradicated in a generation or two, or even in one hundred years. . The Chinese have been accustomed to live upon that 'wh’ic%w’on’ld cauge a-riot in an Ameri‘can penitentiary or workhouse. To the, ‘habit; which they would long practice here, the republicans would subject, in competition, the American laborer and. -the' European of like’ extractions be‘yond the seas. Itis a poor consolation to the latter to be informed that some:. ' where in the distant fature the Chinese, by assoeciating” with our people, may acquire the same |wants and civilization. . Even if he did, China would always supply ‘an unfailing source of rat and mice eaters every year to take their place.—FEnquirer. - T e $ _German Wealth in New York. ~The richest man in New York, in his day was a Gérman emigrated, who ‘never learned “th” but always said “tousands” instead of <“thousands,” and “‘dat” instead of “that.”” Hisson William and his grandson John Jacob [Astor,] are the chief landlords in America, but still refain the strong German aspect of their ancestors. Indeed; I thixifl that Colonel John Jacob, ‘Astor might be taken for a newly lan‘ded Prussian. Some important branches of manufacture have been for a long time in Grerman hands, and have brought immense wealth. Here are ‘the Havenmexers, the Ockerhausens, ‘and the Mullers, who haye gathered ‘immense fortunes out of the sugar re--fining business, which some of them yet control. The furniture business Is ‘stillin their hands. The richest manufacturer in oil. colors in this city is ‘Daniel F. Fernan, a German. The ‘stock exchange abounds with German ‘hrokers, and Geerman bankers are now among the heaviest menin Wall street. They have very strong natural feelings, and " will - not remain idle spectators of their country’s’rnin. The most ‘popular melody ‘to-day. among this. class is that famous national war song commencing with the words, ©“He ghall ‘not have the free German Rhine.”— “He” means eY,he Frenchman, and he shall not have it, even if our young German element: is obliged to shed blood in its defense.— New York Correspondence Rochester Democrat. - S T T A ARyt . ! Was There a Cause for War? _~ Most people feel more or less interest in the war between France ‘and ‘Prusgia, but too many :yield their sympathies to one side or the other for vgg insufficient reasons. Some side with France because ! they ‘think it is the most liberal government, and oth-' ers side with Prussia because they think it. the better {oyérfimeflt; . Some side with France because the French are Catholies, others side with Prussiabecause .‘tlhey“ are ,Prt‘_)‘tetfints. " Thege we regard poor grounds to eontrol one’s: feelings. As to the liberality .of the o gaveruments nd helr ulers thore can' be bu little mm add Bbas o the religious aspects of the case,that has really notbing to do with fudor tho war is not one waged on any religious growd. Tho quesion 3 fist o commenced the war? No one. will deny that Napoleon_commenced it.— The- only'remaining question is; had he a just and. su mom mence this war? . That any man in i %fi Tk ~1 ape %fi‘* M %‘e o = anbokes hig thiee }, DIRVIAVR D VALY WIRAT W(M