The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 18, Ligonier, Noble County, 31 August 1870 — Page 2

MY e o REEe T Hational-Banner, “'M*'”’*'t:?‘mmm--' 2 g\"—:p : s;‘:‘\. goy o : ‘ AWy Wi P ~‘~:‘:x:1:::::‘::~:::-—.g:.: Ret ‘Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God. J. B. STOLL, EDITOR. . WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, 1870. ; 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-Géneral: BAYLESS W. HANNA, of Terre Haute. For Sup’'tiof Public Instruction: Rev. MILTON B: HOPKINS, of Clinton. : .For Supreme Judges: 1 JAMES L. WORDEN, of Fort Wayne, A. C. DOWNEY, of Ohio County, SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, of Monroe Co,, JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette. DISTRICT TICKET. For Joint Representative, Noble and Elkhart: JOSEPH ZOLLINGER, of Elkhart. For Prosecutor, 14th Judicial Qircuit : WILLIAM C. WILSON, of Elkhart. For Prosentor, 19th Common Pleas District : WILLIAM G. CROXTON, of Stenben.

. COUNTY TICKET. ’ Representative : - HENRY C. STANLEY, of Green twp. g Clerk: ' W. R. KNOX, of Albion, : ... Anditor: | g J. C. STEWART, of Noble twp. ’ Treasurer: i i o 0 J 0 LASH, of Kendallyilld, ; Sheriff . DAVID HOUGH, of Perry twp. Surveyor: 7 . Wm. GREEN, of Kendallville: - Coroner: Dr Wm. H. FRANKS, of Orange twp. <Y Commissioners ; . North District—Wm, IMES. : Middle District—F. AMOS. BLACK. South Distriet—JONAS STRAUSE. {From the A:lldress of ,i)emocrm,ic Congressmen,] Let there be no dissensions about minor matters ; no time lost in discussion of dead events ; no manifestation of narrow or proseriptive feeling ; no sacrifice of the eause to gratify personal ambition or resentment. PARTICULAR NOTICE ! As the editor will be absent the greater portion of the time during the present campaign, it is requested that all letters referring to the business of the office be addressed to the NATIONAL BANNER; and that letters of a personal nature be addressed to J. B. StoLr. The addressing of business letters to the NATIoNAL BANNER will insure ‘prompt responses in all cases; but should they bé addressed to the editor personally they will have to await his return before receiving attention. oy o ST e —-— The Démoceracy of DeKalb County. On Saturday, the 20th inst, tbé Democrats of DeKalb\ county met in mass convention at Auburn, and placed in nomi. nation the following candidates: For Representative, Hon. L. D. Britton; Clerk, J. R. Lanning; Auditor, Wm, Mclutire; Treasurer; F. D. Ryan; Sheriff, Jerry Plum ; Surveyor, Isaac N. Shaf. fer; Coroner, D. W. Metcalf; and for Commissioners, First District, Daniel Gonser; Second District, Geo. Ensley ; Third District, Wm. Richmond. The proceedings of the convention were harmonious, and the resolutions adopted express what should be the sentiments of every Democrat in the land. With candidates well qualified for their respective positions, and such sentiments as are contained in the-resolutions to nerve the Democracy to increased labor, DeKalb county can be depended upon for a good report at the next election, : e —— - — : ; The County Convention. The Democratic: County Convention convened at Albfon, on Saturday last.— The entire proceedings were characterized with an unusual degree of harmony and good feeling, as was evinced (g%by the hearty applanse with which the announcements of the successful candidates were received. The delegates were inspired with the single purpose of placing in nomination for the several offices, none but men of entire fitness and of the most 'sterling in: tegrity, The ticket is conceded by the oppositior to be a strong one, and with proper energy and effort on the part of the conservative voters of the courty, ~will be elected in October by a handsome

majority. An extended notice of the personal merits and standing ot the several candidates on the ticket will appear in dietime. .. 1% ] O — A ; Billy William’s Speech. On Friday evening last asmall, and by no means enthusiastic audience assembled -~ at Kann’s Hall, to hear Mr. Williams’ ac- . count of his “stewardship at Washington.” His remarks were substantially the same as the speech he delivered at tke - Goshen convention, varying in substance and shade to suit the locality. The main - portion of the remarks were given to establish l?'lis position with the western peo“ple ona/western platform, while his votes in Congress show that he is a Protection- . ist, and| that he pampers to the wishes of a class, | The balance of Mr. Williams remarks were devoted to laudjng his own ~ “metious while in Congress, and are not worthy of serious consideration. i — ' Gieneral Haseall, . Independent candidate for Congress, will address hig fellow citizens at the following times and places: S Angola, Wednesday, Séptember 7th. Waterloo, Thursday, Sep‘ember Bth. LaGrange, Friday, September 9th. ' Kendallville, Saturday, September 10th. > Ligonier, Monday, September 12th, Meetings to begin at 8 o'clock, p. m.— Other. speakers of both political parties - will be present,and the Goshen Glee Club will be in attendance with songs prepared for the campaign. Let the people all turn ° out. : ; o ; B it 35 f 1 Jeoint Canvass. 1 ~ On the first page of to days paper will be found the correspondence between Gen. Hascall aﬁd’iﬁﬁ}&fwmﬁm in"regard to canvassing the Tenth Distriet, . The Radical party in Congress, prompt. o by s hatred to whita men of ororgn m b, _haye mpos 9 odious conditions . 1‘? ctions * in ‘our naturslization 'laws, thus making the attainment of citizenship a Wwamfvmms - matter; .. On the other hand the stolid, et e IO o ‘coives imediate citizenship, enforced by Federal bayonests. Judge Wilson is one

I ~ THE DIFFERENCE. ! |- At the close of the last Democratic ad- | ministration the charge of extravagance and reckless expenditures of the party in ' power, was made a strong argument for | its displacement by the republican party. | Whether the charge was true, or the ari'gl:ﬁlent one that should have found any to | assent to the truth of its conclusions, let | the following comparison demonstrate.

» From an elaborate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the government for the several years, ending respectively June 30th, from the year 1860 to 1870, ‘inclusive, recently submitted to the pub lic by Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, we extract the following fig ures : - The expenditures for the two years, 1860-'6l, were $129,675,916; from this must be deducted interest paid on the public debt in these two years, viz: §7,177,488, which will leave a balance of $122,499,428 expended to carry on the ‘governmeént luring the aforesaid two years. ‘ : ; §

Now, baving increased in the eight years since, say one-fifth, the expenditures should, therefore, be increased one-fifth, which, (being $24,499,855,) if added to the $122,499,429, amounts in the sum total to $146,999,314,° which, at the rate under democratic rule, would have been the expenditures corresponding with the two years, 186970, : Instead, however, of this amount, the Secretary’s table makes the following showing : for 1869, expenditures @321,490,597 ; and for 1870, $292,113,269 ; total $613,603,867 ; from this deduct, in round numbers: $240,000,000 interest on the debt during those two years, which will l¢éave $373,608,867 expended in carrying on the government; from this deduct for pensions forty millions, and the balange will be found to be $333,603,867, as against $146,999,314; or, in other words, for every dollar expended ExcLUSIVE of interest and pensions, by the gov ernment in 1860-'6l, the rulers under an “economical administration” expended two dollars and twenty seven cents, in 1869-"70! In viéw of the above facts, well may Mr. Dawes, chairman of the committee on appropriations, and a staunch republican, have charged the present administratio» and party with unprecedented extravagance and a reckless mismanagement of the public revenues.

In addition to the above statement the debt of the government of the United States in 1860 was, all told, only one hundred million dollers ; it is now more than two thousand millions - Again, from the beginning of the government, in 1789, to 1861, its whole expenses were $1,700,000,000 ; from June 30, 1861, down to June 30, 1870, the expenses were about $5,000,000,000, there being nearly three times as much expended for the nire years since the republican ‘party came into power as was expended by all the administrations for the preceding seventy-two years, alltogether,

From the foregoing comparisons and statements of facts and figures, we submit if the argument of extravagance in expenditures of the government under democratic rule, in 1860, was a gbod reason for the displacement of that party, will not the same argument, after; the above showing, be a stronger reason'for the displacement of the Republican party 1n 18702 Let the people answer.

- The Krupp Cast Steel Gun. This gun, which is to be nged on board the Prussian iron clad ships, is the inven: tion of Mr. Krupp, of Essen, in Rhenish Prussia. We find a description of it in the New York World. The gun, being made of the finest cast steel, has a weight of about twenty-five, tons, and by this weight cannot be adapted to land warfare. But, for the same reason, it is deemed very practicable for the arming of the iron clad steamships, and the following, viz: the King William, Crown Prince, Prince Adslbert, and Arminius, have each two or four of these heavy guns on board. It is a muzzle loader, and consists of five rings superposed, which construction is calculated to give it an e¢normous power of resisthnce, and guarantee it against explosions. The entire'length of the cannon isabout twentyfive feet, and at the muzzle it has a diameter of fifteen inches. The projectile is about four feet/in height, and welghs, without the lead mantle, 850 pounds.~— The Prussian artillery authorities say that, in givigg this enormous piece thirty or thirty-five pounds of powder, they ave certain of hitting the targets or any other object at a distance of nine thousand feet, about one thousand feet more than any other éun kown at present can do.

Figuring it Closely. The frequency with which we find our radical cotemporaries discussing the probabilities of there being a democratic majority in the next Congress, and a democratic President in 1872, only evinces the dread that pervades the leaders 1n regard to the future. If they were as confident of maintaining the supremacy of power for the term of gnother administration we should hear less of this matter and be regaled with more of the old braggadocio with which we were made so familiar during and sgbsequént to the war. But the day for this has passed, and the party that has had the ascendancy for ten years past feels that the sceptre of power is now slowly, but su'rely, gliding from its grasp, to be regained never. Hence it 1s that we find their journalists figuring so closely, and ptriving to satisfy themselves and their party that there is yet a hope of suc cess. e (il e~ W e The Georgia Muddle. Already -we have had Lawrence, of Ohio, and Cessna, of Pennsylvania, declaring that the aet to admit Georgia to representation, passed in the last hours of the late session, does not allow of an election for representatives in that State this fall ; and now we have Ben Butler, in‘'a letter, under date of the 20th ult., to his “dear Governor Bullock,” announcing that “I am clearly of opinion that the _congtruction of the act will not require any eclection to k‘isgbgld, in Georgia until the Legislaure’ choose to have one.” This isa queer sorb of act to restore the Union ; ’and_",' he' argument is made ‘on the stump fhils éanvass that the Radica) party has 4“,;» lorious work of re. consructon iﬁng Georgia to e rpfantqﬁog,t if% 8 8 good Demogratic question——@othﬁf you admitted the Btats o representation by an act which forbids the State to elect, représentatives? o A it SR

S THE FALL CAMPAIGN. - Northern and Western States bids fair to be lively and exciting, and is one which great public interest will be felf. 1t promises to be more s ‘contest of iddas than mere Portisan. et%h ~ There will be more of reason in Ib7mmfh:lgivﬂual action—more of a detetmination to give expression to the private sentiments and honest -convictiong of the voter than a blind adherence to party. This fact argues well for the success of the Democras cy. Upon all the issues that will enter

into the contest, the Democratic party 1s not only right, but the great masses of the people recognize and admit the fact. The principles they proclaim touch the popular heart and enlist the sympathies of men of all classes and conditions.— Upon the other hand, the Republican party, by its class legislation, its granting of special privileges, its disregard of the public interests, its outrages upon the rights of the States and of the people, and the notorious corruption of its leaders, has thrown itself without the pale of popular approval and support. No party bas ever adopted a policy and promoted legislation s~ utterly at variance with public sentiment, and enacted laws 80 unjust to the many and so discrimina ting in favor of the few, as has the Radical party, in its corrnptly acquired power and strength. {1 ' The Congress of the United States, which, as the representatives of the people, should watch and guard their interests with jealous eye, has betrayed its trusts, and corruptly sold itself to the monied interests. The land-grabbers, the national bankers, the bond holders, the carpet baggers and the negroes, and the organized “rings” and lobbies, have owned, and controlled it, and dirceted its legislation. The gold gamblers and gift-bear-ers have had easy access to the influence and patronage of the President. 'Fraud and corruption stalk through the halls of legislation in bold and shameless triumph, and stretch forth their hands-into every department of the Government. All confidenceis lost in: the intagrity of those’ now in power. The country is appalled at the sickening spactacle, and is clamorous for a change. The Democracy, arrayed as they are, against the plunderers and their schemes, and demanding such legislation as will bring relief to the interests of the country, will rally to its support new strength from all classes.— The restoration of ha»l‘fno‘ny, ‘of confidence, of economy, and of general prosperity, demands the reinstating of the Democratic party in power; and.ont of the coming conflicts of 1870 we feel confident it will emerge triumphant, while the prestige of the Radical party will be swept away, and the organization shattered. It is thus we confidently read the political horoscope, and the gallant Democ racy of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania will speak out such emphatic condemnation of the Ad‘ministration ‘and its servile and corrupt Congress, as will be no mean gecond to the sweeping utterances of disproval sent forth by New York and the other States which have already spokeo. 2 e el I ' The TAriff Steal. The Republicans claim that the tariff bill enﬁcted by Congress reduces the taxes very materially by taking' off the duties ona few articles. While Ttlxereitnay be a small reduction on a_few articles, the high tariff on others operates as a bounty to the manufacturer, which comes out of the pockets of the people. For instance, the high tariff on steel rails, will put a largé‘ sum of money into the pockets of four men: John A. Griswold, of Troy; a man by the name ot Winslow, of Albany, New York; Dan. J. Morrcll, of Pennsylvania; and E. B. {Ward, of Detroit, because these men ure the reputed owners of the patent under which the Bessemer steel is:manufactured. ' =

It is estimated that these four individuals will make $30,000,000 annually out of this operation: And it comes out of the earnings of the laborers and the people generally., They will pay it to the purchasers of Bessemer steel, with a large profit-added, and the purchasers will pay it to the manufacturers. And this is what the Protectionistssay is “protecting American industry.” But the laborers, the operatives, the men ‘whose brawny arms ' make the steel, are not benefited by the protection. The owners of the. patents or the manufacturers get'it. . Their profits, or incomes, are swelled by the operation, the rich are made the richer, while the wages of the men whose industry produces the steel is squeezed down to the lowest possible point. : They ‘reap none of the advantagesof the legislation that is known under the taking cognomen of “protecting American industry.” All such acts are like the one under consideration, and may be justly termed the Bessemer steal. Ll 4 A————— i White vs. Black, il In the Louisiana Radical State Con vention, recently held, Governor Warmoath and' Lieutenant Governor Dunn ’ were pitted against another—white Radi: ical against colored Radical—for President. 'The vote was by ballot, and, when it was announced that Dunn was elected by fitty-three against forty-threp for Warmouth, there were wild shouts of triumph, Members and spectators alike: joined in the hurrabs, which lasted many seconds, and might have been heard squares off — ‘Warmoutb ~arose and moved that ‘the election of Dunn bé declared tindnimous, ‘No heed was given to the. motion.” The ‘Lieutenant Governor said : “It is the first [ time, I believe, in the history of the Union, that the Governor and 'Lieutenant Governor of & Btate "have been tnembers of the same''Convention, and I am sure that is the /first time’that a Governor ‘and Lieutenant Governor have been candidates against''each other for - the'Presidency of a’ ﬁonveni_:@'o'ﬁ."”' “The " Lieutensnt Governor, turning’to the Governor and bestowing on him & smile, in 'which there was a strong flavor.of & stieer, ¢ontinued ; “Tlike the Governor yery well, I thank you, gentlemen of the:Conyention, for the compliment ,v%ba!&gdd me in electing mo over him. I shall endeayor to perform the dusies you haye assigned to me faifhfullyand impartially”

' The Georgia Radicals'dre very “mtich disheartened at the conservative position whieh Judge ‘Acketihati s taken on the Georgia questioni, and declife’ that the election this fall 'will hand'€lie State over to the Demograts with fat least -forty thonsand. majority. :.; it cov ilsd so

s A ~Aaccording 0 P Ousn ce, the DemNoble county met in convention sz, on Saturday, &ugust 27th — At %o'clock, the chairma of the Central. Committee, J. B. Stol!, galled: the conven§on to order, and, 1 »doin ' took S&; refer to the“g@v_oggg: agpect; of political affairs at the present period. He said that two years ago we were assembled at the same plaée and for a simi-. lar. purpose ~4that we were then, in our own county, confronted with a radical T TP b oT Tt thoce figures stood reduced to less than two hundred. If the elections that had taken place during the present year might be. taken as an indication of what was to follow in October, there was no reason to doubt that not only the State of Indians would wheel into the democratic line, but that Noble county, too, would be- redeemed. But, in order to ‘accomplish so desirable an object, it was necessary, above all things, that harmony, prudence, and moderation characterize the deliberations of this convention. Without that our efforts would be in vain —all our labers in that direction would prove futile.

After the conclusion of Mr. Stoll’s remarks, S. E! Alvord, Esq., nominated E: B. GERBER, of Ligonier, for President, which noniination was unanimously ratified. Mr. Gerber, in taking the chair, returned thanks for the honor conferred, and expressed an earnest hope that the action of the convention be larmonious throughout, and that its deliberafions might result in the nomination of a ticket that would meet with the approbation of every democrat and conservative voter of the county. =v - ..} 73 4] : On motion of Mr..Btoll the following gentlemen were elected.\Vice Presidents: James Skinner, A. Pancake, A. C. Fisher, R. B. Gallup, Jno. Young, Wm: Galbreath, Mcl. Sevmore, and Edwin -Randall, e ‘ou motion of Mr. Alvord, H. G: Zimmerman, of Ligonier, and B. P. Gray, of Wolf Lake; were appointed Secretaries.

Mrßtoll then offered a resolution that the nomination of candidates be made in the following order:’ = © 1. Representative, (5. Treasurer, :

2 Olerk, - ' |6, Sheriff, - = vuuis 3. Audi‘tor,x 9. Surveyor, 4, Commissioners, 18. Coroner, - . assigning as a reason for his motion that the office of Commissi@pef was one of vast responsibility and importance, and that the candidates should be nominated before the people lost interest in the deliberations of the. convention, which was usually the case after the principal nominations were made. The motion was unanimously adopted. =~

Mr. Alvord moved that the vote of the county beapportioned as follows —the basis of apportionment being one vote in convention for-every 10 votes cast for the democratic capdidate for_Secretary of State in 1868;ito wit : Washington township 5, Sparta 11, Pery 31, Elkhart 17, York 8, Noble 18, Green 17, Jefferson 19, Orange 20, Wayne 37, Allen 22, Swan 11, Albion 5 — Total 217; necessary for a choice 169. Adopted. ;

The eonvention then proceeded to the nomination of candidates.

The nomination of a candidate for Representative - being first in order, Judge Randall moved thet Henry C: Stanley, of Green twp., be nominated by acclamation, which was agreed to without a dissenting voice. ‘ 1 R

For the office of Clerk, the names of J. C. Stewart and W. R. Knox were proposed. - Before the various delegations retired, Mr. Stoll called attention to the fact that there seemed to be a misunder--standing ir regard to the position for which Mr. Stewart had been proposed, and that the matter would best be fully understood before a vote was taken. Mr. Stewart’s name was then withdrawn, and that- of Dr. Parker, of Ligonigr, substitat ed. “'The ballot resulted as follows: For Dr. Parker 88 votes, for W. R. Knox 124 votes. The latter having received a majority, was declared duly nominated. The nomination of a candidate for Auditor being next in order, the names of J. C. Stewart of Noble township, and John, A. Bruce of Jefferson twp., were proposed. The name of Mr. Bruce ‘was Withﬁtawh, when James Cunningham, Esq., of Green twp., moved that Mr. Stewart be nomi‘nated by acclamation, which was agréed to. with three rousing eheers. ' Qandidates for’ Commissioner for the North District were then-proposed as follows : Carr Green, William Irhes, J. W. ‘Leatned, Wm. P. Franks. First Ballot — Green 8515, Tmes 91, Learned 19%, Franks 66. No choice.— Green and Learnéd withidrawn.' Second Ballot—lmes 147, Frinks 65.— Mr, Imes having received a majotity, was declared duly nominated” - 7 - " For Commissioner for the Middle District, F. Amos Black and@ John Earnhart were proposed. M. Bléck was nominat‘ed by the foltowing vote: for'Black 13414 ‘votes, for Earnljai't"?é% votes 5 ““'For Commissioner fot the Sowth Dis“trict, Jonas Strouse ‘and” Mec. Seymore, were placed in nomination. Result: Sey‘iore 33, Stritset7e. 7 ¢ c " "For the office of Treasurer, Jas.J. Lash; of Kendsllville, was plaped in‘nomination, "which, on motfoh“of Rev., W.' Wattman, ' was made by acclamation. """ 7 vl _ Candidates for Sheriff were hext announced, asfollaws,Samuel M. Foster, David: Hough, Clark Scott, Wm, M. Barney, Josiah ‘L,ave, Hirsm H. Young, and IJokn Popbfoy. 1o misuonel ¥ = inucs "« First Ballot — Foster 1834, Hough 81, - Scott 47, Barney 3% .Lane 35%,. Young 4634. (Foster withdrawan.) .. . . -Becond, Ballot—Hough 34, Scott 8814, Barney 22, Lane 22, Young 4114. (Lane and Barney withdrawn,) ... ... ; . Third Ballot.— Hough 55, Young, 55, Beott 10% 1, M jontid sisdd § s Hinn +: Pourth: Ballot — Hough, 14, Seott 78, . Young 21, John R. Smith, of Wayne, 39. ‘3£me ‘ndsmith wmm)r-m: AW iMr.-Hough; having received 8 .majority of allthe! yotés cast, was declared dulynomingted;izataqs: 2o sdsmt o seorior Bes 4 Thie nominations of- Wm, Green, of Kendallvilté, for Burveyor, and Dr.: William : “H. Pranks, of Brimfleld, for Coroner; were »ﬁldaﬁﬂ.mltlﬂﬁ fodd alaiutlV | After tendering a vote of thanks to the forthelbdeasion, theiconvention adjourned. idod Dl i BYGERBER, Prasident. (mﬂ‘mm XM 2 i % ;”‘f ""“f! 'v[h} ‘Byron P-BBA%'}'U%‘.W& am;-.-i,l s T B R o i P A SSEER LV W ROl R e}

- NOTES AND COMMENTS. | BB ST B i o D W »...v/,.:x", Here is an item for farmers, mechanics and la%;)rers : Taxation for State purposes under ¥ emocratic rule from 1850 to 1860, roﬁted t 0525,077,826. During ten years of Republican ‘rule from 1860 to 1870, it ?laé reached the enormous sum of $87,611,986, leaving an excess of $62,434,104 to be charged to Radical misrule. The friends of General Schienck have been hoping that Hon. C, L. Vallandigbham, would take a stand in opposition to the election of Col. Lewis D. Campbell. To put a quietus on such vain hopes Mr. Vallandigham, ina private letter says “We shall give Campbell & cordial and g united support, and expect to elect him." — Ezchange. - : | Mr. Vallandigham does himself credit by taking a practical view of political . questions. Recognizing the fact that the /interests of the country demand a change, he does not hesitate,in welcoming former political opponents to unite with the | Democracy ina common: cause agaist radical usurpation and oppression. N

He who 1s by nature and habit an aristocrat, and has uo sympathies wifh the laboring masses, can never be a successful -politician or politicil leader. It is unsafe to follow such a man, for the reason thst he has nothing in common with the people upon whose shoulders he expects to ride into power, or direct important political movements. .

We are glad to learn of the probable nomination of Milton Sayler, Esq., of Cincinnati, for Congress, in place of Gén. P. W. Strader, who declines a re-nomina-tion. ~Mr. Sayler is one of the rising men of the country; an accomplished leader of the young Democracy who will assuredly' make his mark upon the times.

Our editorial friend, SToLL, of the Ligonier Banner, alludes to our presence, among other Republicans at the Kendallville Convéntion, as if we had no right to bethere. This isunkind. SrToLL was at our Convention at Goshen, and we, nor no other Republican editor objected in the leagt. ‘Turn about is fair play, you know - Warsaw Indianian faf

We made no objections to Republicans attending the convencion as Republicans, but we did objecti to your passing yourself offas a Democrat and stirring ﬁp the “irreconcilable” at the Kendallville convention. ‘

The Army an,él Navy Journal st.tes “positively and from personal knowledge” that early in our war, ‘\yh‘én prices were depressed, an agent of Napoleon came to New York and made’large purchases of real ‘estate in the Third Avenue and other parte of the city. " The Imperial speculation has resulted fortunately.

Tne New Albany Legﬂler, in noticing the canal bond swindle, "aptly remarks that a platform that opposes thie resumption of the debt, bestraddled by a manin favor of the State taking possession of the canal and paying the surrendered bonds, would certainly present a fine cartoon for general distribution among the people of the State. »

. Tue Louisyille Courier-Journal sayé an instrument of destruction, very much like a French. mitrailleuse, was on exhibition at Atlanta during the late war. A Texas Ranger offered to stand off a hundred yards and let the inventor turn-the thing loose at him for six weeks at two dollars and a half a day, butthe offer was not accepted. & 4 :

JUDGE FRAZIER, just elected Judge of the Criminal Court of thesNashville, Tennessee, District, is the man who was impeached by Brownlow’s Legislature and driven from the bench for issuing an' ordinary writ .of habeas corpus: ~He had been aUnion man of unquestioned antecedents; a jurist of undisputed character; a citizen of spotless integrity, But they ‘packed a court on him; and, without even attempting to perjure any witnesses, they turned bim out in spite ot the facts of. the case, the law of the case and the evidence. His prompt re-glection, at the first opportunity, is as honorable to the people as it must be gratifying to J ugge Frazier. The New York Sunibas the following concerning distinguished ¢itizens : “There bas been ' some talk of -running ‘the Hon. W. 8. Groesbeck, of Cindinnati, asa Demogratic candidate for the Presidency in 1872: He is a man of character, and ‘would mgke a President above the average. . But will he be willing, to run ? The Democrats,of 'the First District want to run bim for congress this fall, but he refuses to be'a member of Cangress, can: it ‘be hoped that hé will consent to be Pres ddent? 5 Lo

+lThe ‘New York: Post (Radieal),says: “Ignations Donnelley, who run as an‘inde. ‘peident candidate for Congress in the - Becond” Minteésota’ District’ in 1868, is ‘said to be in the field: again. ' The Republiean party is divided in the district, -and, asa consequence, it i 3 represented now by a Democrat, who bids fair to be reelected, notwithstanding the usual Republican majority of five or six thousand.” wll Liebreich,:of Berlin, asserts thit he ‘has digedvered a substitute for chldrofg:m, the usé‘of which 15 free from all the disagroeable sensations consequent upon the ‘use of that ‘drug. He calls it sethyliden. zchlom‘ﬁé "It .is a colarless fluid, of an agreealle odor and very volatile, = Sleep suddenly overtakes the inhaler, and he ‘wakens guickly and involuntary, as from a-patural 's’lum{ér. 'L o '. The Cleveland Plain Dealer ' says: “There is not a township on the Western Reserve in which there have not been thousands upon: . thousands of sheep slaughtered and- their carcdsses thrown away, because it was unprofitable to grow wool, by reasom of:.Republican legisla: tion,” e ‘a-'ni Bf A 1 ZIH L -._.‘;"—Y--:. 4 sogfel it io9yo L gaago i ilacgdh ol BRI £ Bty ‘ously “Boul Sléepers,” “Christadelphians,” «or 4 Annhilationists,” -They - preach the #econd . coming . of - Christ, after which sevent the. ri i’foﬂg are to be caught up %&} Ketthy hile the wicked shbaby ‘tant &%M«xw%ﬁ:&gﬁﬂ}gd t wm irwise’ p 7 L ERECY, ~,:h?mﬁsimf-wﬂlmgn.to. inbabit it~ K. tions; Then Demooratio eandidates, will ‘be, elected 'without oppasition—no: more Mortous .and Butlers to, fight, no mare -monopolies to oppress.the, people, . Who mwmbl}o to ssk.moret .oy 2 ¢ ’ b FAdshy a b i R

. TENTH DISTRICT ITEMS. - | The only reason we can give for Mr, William’s deelination of a joint canvass, is, he will havéito learn a new piece, gxe old one having lasted just ten years, This fact will also account for his studious and meditative appearance.— Warsaw Union. GENERAL Hasdarn addresséd the citizens of this place, at the Court House, on last Monday evening. The audience was very large, and the close attention given the speaker during his remarks, disp%ayea the interest felt by the people generally.. He stated the train of ecircumstances which had placed him before the honest voters of this district, and the purposes which actuated him to work against a corrupt and dangerous mat. He did not canvass the district alone from choice, buthad challenged Mr. Williams, who, fearing to meet the fuul story of his past poTitical and military record on the stump, ‘declined to meet him and defend the declarations he knew to be true. The honest and caadid manner in which he stated his position must have made a good impression. He pledged himself:if elected to labor for retrenchment and public economy in every department, believing that the present style of taxation was oppressive and unjust.— Columbia City Post. ’ e . The Lagrange Democrat, Andy Elli80n’s organ, comes out heavy against the Kendallville Convention. ‘The action of that body was only supported by threefourths of the entire number of the delegates. This is Ellison’s reason for opposition. He wanted to be the cindidate but no one wanted hiin.— Warsaw Union.: Tnre editor of the Indianian reiteratés ‘as a matter of political capital, what we stated subsequent to the adjournment of the Kendaliville convention — that the Democrats of the 10th District were without a candidate. : : Our much prized, but. politically reckless friend, Reuben, should at once retire ‘to his closet and" read a portion of scripture giving an account of some fellow playing smash among the rascally and corrupt “phillistines” with an implement borrowed for the occasion. He, it seems, was not overly scrupulous as to his selections, and in the end the infernal rioters found their rickety, quaking old house couldn’t stand the racket! Didn’t think of this before, crazy Rad, did he ? — tba.t our party is protected and upheld by bible precept and example of the strongest kind ? Billy’s old fabric begins to totter already—we've grasped the pillars. — Elkhart Union. = Lo ! N L

, The Hon. Billy Williams, who approximates the orthographical proficiency of the defendant in a celebrated divorce suit, when Le attempts to spell the name of our Savior, is a candidate for reelection to Congress in the Tenth Indiana District,'and is opposed by General Milo S. Hascall, who is running as an independént candidate. Williams voted steadily with the New England tariff robbers during his term, and the Republicans of the district indorse his course by giving him the regular nomination. Many of the party, however, favor revenue reform, and induce General Hascall, who is sound on that point, to run.as an-independent candidate. The Democrats, wisely recognizing the paramount importance of'the financial issue presented by the Democratic party, and satisfied with General Hascall’s views in that particular, if no other, have declined to nominate a candidate, and will generally: support Hascall, whose election is probable. .The vote in 1868, which was a full one, gave Williams a majorty of 2,323, but it is thought that the defection in the Republican ranks will be ample to overcome that,.and, with the aid of the Democratic -vote, return Hascall by a handsom.e majority.—Cincinnati Enquirer. . sit

The coolest thing on record is Mr, Williams’ declination of a joint discussion with Gen, Hascall on the ground that it might run into a personal warfare.’ When we consider Mr. Williams’ past course in that respect, we are really taken by surprise at such'a declaration. - We hope this canvass will be conducted in a respectable manner; we do not wish to engender any ill-feeling, on the contrary, let the issues of the day be discussed in a fair and honorable way.— Warsaw Union.

. From all portions of Northern Indiana we hear the most encouraging reports of accessions from the Radical ranks to the Democracy. The fact is that the Radicals of the 10th District are fearfully and terribly demoralized. 'All the Democracy want -now, to achieve a glorious and.decided success in October, is unity of action in their own ranks. In view of the importance of the campaign, we counsel the few in the ranks who seem to be dissatisfied, to at once grournd their prejudices and work for the common good.— Columbia City Post. | 2 - EUROPEAN WAR BULLETIN. The.news from the European war fields report fighting at Mouzon, on Sunday, and at Verdun on Thursday last, but it is thought that both engagements were the results-of feints made by the Prussians, ‘Thé ~ general situation around Metz, 'Strausburg and other beleagured towns remains the same as at the date of our last issde. The army of William of Prussia continues to march toward the French capilal, with headquarters at St. Dizier. The Landwehr is en route for. Chalons. Prussian corps are at almost every point east of Rheims. Half the road to Paris “has been traveled. - It is the belief in Paris, even with the government, that a Prussian army, ander the Crown Prince, is moving slowly and with some hesitation towards the capital. On Monday last, the French -conscription of 1870 was drawn throughout the empire. Paris, is 'ﬁreparinp; for a siege, now believed to be inevitable.— ‘The gunboats to be used in the defence of the city have arrived in the Seine. The Prussian idea of the situation, as telepraphed from Berlin, is that ' King William will remain below the city Metz, and hammer away at Bazaine, while the Crown Prince, instead of hastening to ‘Paris, will watoh MecMahon and strive talsever his commnuications and crush “him before marching forward. . Although the telegraph announces several engagements, the armies are evidently ‘maneuyering for position.’ , | A WOdMan, | ! The White Pine News says that the people of the northwestern part of Nevada are in a state of excitement over the supposed discovery of a wild white man in the densely wooded mountsin near the Utdh line. - A search was made; and’ at moonlight. a man, about: forty years of @26, was seen nearly covered with white hair. He ¢arried in ope hand a clubjand i the othér's rabbit. He instantly FOLeagEe TE ity s i stk mendous roar, he. attacked their horses with bis clab. The dogs of the pasty, although well trained, could not follow him. Throughout. the. night:the. party wag aroused by his tentible dries. He so injured dne of the horses that hehad to be killed: The party: fllowed: on his track il they éama bo o cavey whiere they found 4 set ‘of soldier's ‘butbons and a dime dated 1841, from which they came to the oconalusion that Lie was the man ¥ remor meommhmo, or ACHY Y 1 | 88 Janin 6ao T sty dsh Babys 00l kb BB o 0 Tha

o samsiir s AT I ... on ~ A doctor in Fort Wayne prescribed “‘seventeen yards of silk with a woman' dn it,” for a bachelor who had the ‘blues. He has takenit: ~ Captain Stephen D. Lyon, & brother of General Lyon (who fellin the battle of Wilson's creek, Missouri), | died at Greenfield on the 15th. ult. : A young lady in Greensburg, who has cultivated a taste for bitters, oversized her capacity a day or two since, and a glorious high drunk resulted. ; The Washington correspondent ‘of the Richmond Radical says, that the election of G. W. Julian to the last’ Congress, over Judge. Reid, cost Mr. -Julian just $2,000. b

A man calling himself H. A. Vinton at one place, and H. A. Langdon at others, has been beating the “people of South Bend, Elkhart, Mishawaka, and other places, by a pitiful story of losses by fire, ote. . . % L The Grave of Governor Jeénnings, the first Governor of Indiana, is on William S, Ferrie’s farm near-Charles-town, Clark county, and it is suggested that his last resting place should be adorned with a fitting monument: to his worth: R e

A man living in' South Bend, became tired of his wife-and decided tohave her sent to the Lunatic Asylum,. and reported to the proper officers that she wasabsolately insane. The officers called, but found the woman confined to her bed from overwork. - ~ There is trouble in the Radical family in Henry County. Some of the dissatisfied have started a second Republican paper, and the fight between the old and new promises to be more entertaining to outsiders than profita‘ble to those immediately concerned. The newspaper men in Terre Haute have a lively time. A day or two since a lawyer attacked -one of them for a fancied insult, and is now doing pretty well considering. ' It would be well for pérsons: “spiling” for a fight with newspaper ‘men to learn that it isn’t at all safe to “go for” them. - As tending to assist in the speculation as to the?robable price of hogs in the future, the Crawfordsville Jour-. nal mentions that a Lafayette gentleman with some experience in- trade, last week offered, in Crawfordsville; to contract \for the. delivery by him of five hundred hogs = averaging 275 pounds, in January next, at 7 cents. A dispatch from Kokomo, dated Aug. 26th, states that “Major Will. C. Moreau, Democratic candidate for Congress in the Bth district, was stricken'with paralysis this morning, at 7 o’clock, at the Sherman House. Hj entire left side was paralyzed, ‘,and{; is speechless. Doetor Mavity, the attending physicians, expresses doubts aB, to whether he will survive until morning.” e i ~ Sampson King has got, in Carr township, Clark county, thirteen ‘and a half miles from New Albany, a mineral spring that is likely to attract a good deal of attention. King is sure that he .will cure every form’of disease, and can back his opinion with numerous cases, The active principal in it is said to be Epsom salts. | Mr. King has some idea of a joint stock company, to bring the water through pipes ‘into Louisville, s R e

* A dispatch to the Terre Haute Express from Evansville, says that the negro George Washington, alias Rice, who was arrested for assaulting Miss Carson with attempt to commit a rape, has confessed the deed. He. struck her on the head with an ax, breaking her’ skull, but did not ravish her.— Great excitement prevails, but no violence attempted. %{[iss Carson died in great agony at two o’clock, Wednesday afternoon, from the effects of her injury. - ' s :

Speculation is alreay rife in regard to'hogs; The factof. a heavy corn crop gives confidence to the- dealer, while ' the expected heavy demand from Europe induce him to invest.— At Vincennes there is some stir among the hog men. Parties are freely contracting for hogs in that vicinity, to feed, fromB to 9 cents. Our exchanges from all over the State gay -that prices range from 8 to ®cents, which is very high for opening figures.— Indianapolis Journal.

A horrible ~murder, near - Newton Stewart, in Orange county, on Thursday Aug. 25th, It appears, from the statement which we find in the New Albany Ledger, that a man named William Watkins had -carried off a shirt belonging to James W, Foster. On: Thursday, the .two ‘men met at Eastridge’s . ‘blacksmith - shop, when Foster ask' Watkins when he intended to return the shirt. - The latter becoming enraged, seized an ax and -dealt Foster three blows with it, the first ‘two striking him on the shoulder, almost severing the head from the body,’ and the .thirf striking ' fairly in the left gide, cleaving his heart in two. Watkins wasarrested, and narrowly escaped lynching. . There is a general impression, that unless gpeedy justice is dealt out to the murderer, that the people will take the law-into their ownEands, as they cherish the remembrance of the murder of the Wordward family, ‘and the ultimate escape of the marderer, Sanders. - < i o

A miscegenating rad. ,of Henderson county, Ky., applied to the clerk of that county, the other day, for license to marry a regro woman. The document was refused him, but he was’ Hot thus to be cheated dut of his love; he went to a'negro preacher and induced him to marry them without the license, = The Henderson Newssays: “If the name of the white cuss is- wanted by disgusted readers, we are ready to giveit” . B

A clergyman in a recent sermon in New York; quoted an anecdote of an old merchant; who instructed his clerks: “When a man comes into a store and talks of his honesty, watch- him ;if he talks ot his wealfh don't try to sell him anything ; if ‘he talks of his religion, den't trust him a dollar.” Bl Fod ot Baab s glt

- -. o vice more -easily stupifies 8 man’s conscience than lying. 'He who tells lies frequently will soon become an habitnal liar, and: will soon: lose: the pewer of readily distinguishing between the conx; cartions of. the imagination - and the reciollectiond'of his memory. | A H . Tag Cleveland Herald thinks the marringe gervice s_honldjbe obang:g;_to read: “Who dares take this woman " And the groom ahall augwer, T dare.” " Shome on SR ML vt o 2208 otk T g A grivedigger in Kaneas City, who burleg':*imn,ndq;d‘ Button; sent'a bill to his widow, as.follows: “Ta ‘making one Buttonshole, §BBO% .

Bingham acct:lpta the nomination for congress in his district, but the people don’t accept him, and will gend ﬁobert E. Chambers to ocenpy his seat. - Mmes. Livermore, Howe, and Lucy Stone are going to take the stamp for’ Wendell Phillips. If they wait till he is elected goyernor they will never get their “rights,” - : o - The Secretary of the Intzrior has decided that the lands embraced in the gecond article of the Osage T'reaty of September, 1865, are required to be sold for the benefit of Indians. ' -

It is said that John A. Logan will decline to be a candidate for nomination as congressman-at-large in the radical state convéntion, which meefs | at Springfield, IL, on Sept. Ist. a The attorney general of Mississippi, | now in Washington, reports that the prospect for vietory for the republican party in Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas is not bright. fow _, It is authoritatively dehied that the :Dem‘ocrats propose requesting theGovernor to convene an extra session of the legislature to take into consideration the postponement. of the state elections. B

Peter Clark, a Fifteenth Amendment orator of Cincinnati, in a late speech to his sable brethren held that a propensity for stealing was ino disparagement to a Radical candidate. ; All in the brot’n up. R Under the last four years of Democratic rule in Indiana the public printing cost the state $87,000, - Under the last four years of radical rule the public printing hai cost the state $248,000. How “hi” is that.? -

_ Greeley attributes the defeat of the Radicals in North Carolina to the profligacy of the last Radical Legislature of that State. “If like causes produce like effects everywhere, the Radicals will carry but few elections this year: - e 2 .

-~ The officers of those State associations at Washington whose elections come off in October, have made arrangements with -the railroads running from that city,'whéré‘{)y government clerks may go home to vote by paying half fare. Lt A radical orater in Arkansas recenily gaid: “If we undertake to wink at -the crimes of republicans of doubtful residence and character, wewill doubtless blpdefeated; and in that event you and I'never will live to see our party triumphant in the state.”’— The radicals continue to “wink.”

. The OCincinnati Enguirer says :— “Grant backed Holden, and sent United States troops to assist him and his outlaws. = Notwithstanding all that, _Holden is in great grief, as the peo-' ple have larruped him badly. = Grant has not even the consolation of having ‘secured the election to Congress of-a single negro. He sent his troops to gather wool, and they returned shorn themselves. “The. people have triumphed, and arbitrary power has been rebuked. That the Republican party cari not be perpetuated exeept by mititary power shows” how un-American - it has_become, and that it is time for it to ‘pass in its chips.”” - - Again has the issue between the negro and the earpet.bagger been made in a Republican State convention, and again - has the. megro carried off the ‘homination against his white opposer. In the Florida Republican State Con--vention, Hamilton, the sitting member, was defeated for a re-nomination, and “a negro put forth as the official candi/date. So far, the republican party - South has nominated five Congressmen, and four out of the five are black. Having: the votes, the negroes think they ought to have the offices. In the exceedingly improbable case of a Rad- : ical victory this fall, how speckled the.next House will be.—World. = .-

The renomination of Hon. Charles A. Eldridge by the (%é,nocracy of the Fourth District of Widconsin, is a matter for congratulation all over the- - If the| democrats persevere in-the policy of returning their ablest congressmen, and the republicans persist in - re-electing only their feeblest and most corrupt representatives, the time is not far,cfistant when there will not only be a democratic majority numerically, but also a vast preponder‘ance in ability and experience, such.as will do much toward retrieving the nation from the evils of radical rule.— The re-election of Mr. Eldridge for a fifth term is a step toward this consummation, He is a. thorough statesman, a ready and forcible debater, and a gentleman . of ‘unassailable. integrity and great personal influence. = Again, it is only an act ofjustice that the democratic congreammsﬂmdgb constituting but a small minorty; have . stood heroically against the encroachments of the republicans, during the past eight years, should be kept there to enjoy the new and ecsfatic sensa-' tion of being in the majority.—ChieapoTumes, . e : T e e — L Capitat Panishment. : ' The New York Tibune ‘is very fierce. against robbers and thieves, and says that it is'possible to guard against these ruffians by bringing the crime heme to the oriminals and inflicting wpon them the full penalties of the law. Yet, with strange in consistency the editor argues ‘that the ecrime of murder, the extreme _penalty of which is the life of the [mur~derer, cannot.be restrained in the same way. A queer sort of philosophy. - The ~only . way to step crime is by educating the people to abhor it, and the best andspeedicst education that the people can be given is the certain ‘execution of severe laws, death . for ﬂmt@;z‘aﬁ: sooner‘or later the people will have to comménce learning the lesson, if they = value life to be worth saving to the good eitizen.— . New Albany Ledger, wUUhd ddil A NEW CAVE has been discovered in Boone township, Harrigon county, Ind.— - A correspondent writes to the: New Alba. ny Ledger; last week a m, consisting of ladies and gentlemen, fits .entered’ the 'cave;i;};e;%;h%y %?;aqurqd _the o?oeous remains’ uire Boone, & ¢dugin of Dan- - el Boone, -bnried!ia-l&l&? R s g.ioqee;r of the county, and was Isid i , .€ave at his request, il'.'m%_ year 1 ‘ 'Eastern relatives visjt@%hl{ tombandsaw ‘the remains, since which'time “nti now - :;brb: mohrt:: pt%umﬁ& “been-closed.=-e the big cave for sonns iebisive, sh MRS, S ‘beantifal beyon description. 1i o ol e S i ne thing, tnas it makes . - WO : put a fhﬂki to bed "thdﬁx“ to play with & kerosene lamp. 'The house was AT W .'".vﬁ g, ;;::a;.“:»‘k". «.\f;““:‘