The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 37, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 January 1871 — Page 2

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‘Resistance td Tyrants (s Obedience to God. . B.BTOLL, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, JAN'Y 11, 1871, ~ EDITORIAL CONVENTION, The menibers uf 'tbé":Editors_ and Pub. lishers Association of the 10th and 11th Districts ot Indiina, are requested to meet at Goshen, on' Tuesday, Juauary 17, 1871, in special session, ot As matters of the utmost importance will be submitted, « ful" sttendanee i sarnestly requested. : - ° J.B. BTOLL, President. C. H. CuasE, Secretary. ' CHINESE EMIGRATION. The question of the inundation of the United States by the * heathen Chinee” has become an absorbing one. Laboring men and persons who employ large num bers of workmen are deeply mterested in the Chinese quéstion, The scrvant girl ‘looks” with a jealous' eye on the pig tail representatives, and the wearied patience of the mistress causes her to extend a cordial welcome/'to the dacile and expert John. The laboring multitudes of both ~#cxes and of all classes natarally look up on the Chinamen as usurpers of their rights,, and employers as naturally turn to them for relief from the demands of Trade Unions and pericdical “strikes."— Tae subject ot r(,‘h-incse labor is at present more >f & bugbéar to the working classes than is necessary, and the fillowing sta tistics show that all emplogers will not speedily be able to gratify their wishes to supplant the Caacassian race with the tawny - skinned Asiatics. The figures, Lowever, show that some time 1n the fu ture the' influx of Chinamen jmay make the question one of vital importance to the whole nation. -An examination of the Custém Houose records at Ban Fran cisco/shows the teal state of the danger It aLpeum that in/ the three years from the Ist of January, 1862, to the Ist of Jan uary, 1865, 13,275 Chinese arrived at that port ;58 uf;thesc were females; the other sex being divided as follows: 11,417 In horers; 291 mechanics ; 163 merchants ; 144 cnrpenteré: 123 shoemakers ; 97 gro cers; 85 tanners; 65 miners: 13 tailors ; I travelers; 1 physician; 1 interpreter ; and 447 occupation unknown, In 1825 the artivals at-the same port were 2,901, divided as follows: 2,563 laborers; 186 merchapts ; 58 carpenters; 55 grocers; 27 shoemakers ; 5 (armefs, and § mechanies ; all males except 2. In 1866 the errivals numbered 2,150 males and 1 female. In 1867 there arrived 3,788 males, and 27 fe‘males.” In 1868, 9.863 males and 164 fe males. In 1869, 12,830 males and 1,542 fe males ; and in the first nine months-of the past year, 3,953 males and 633 females. — From January 1, 1862, to Séptember 1, 1870, there departed l;rnm San Francisco for China 18,904 Chihese. Dedvueting the departures from the arrivals, it will be seen that there are not over 18,000 Ce‘lestials in the whole country ; for it must be borne in mind that nearly all come by '}bc Pacific route, and flrst touch American soil at SBan Francisco. That city, to, remlné‘- the largest sharejof them, the census returns showing a Chinese population of 11,817, 9,777 of whom are mules and 2,040 females; 877 males and 271 females ‘are under fifteen * years of age, and 109 males and 131 females were born in California,

The Governor’s Melsnje. : The Governor delivered his essage to the State Legislature, on Friduj,‘the 6th inst. It is very long, and reldates princi pally to state matters. sll§ter;'img to the state,debt, the governdt says the financial | congtinu of the state, so far as the li- | quidation of our foreign indebtedness is concermed, is most satisfactory. . Practi cally all the foreign debt, except $178,000 of war loan bonds isbued under the legislature of 61, has been redeemed. The domestic 'debt of the state, including $3, 551,316 13 of non negotiable bonds given to the school fund, is $3.970,601 15.--There being no further necessity for an agency at New York, or for the board of state debt sinking fund commissiotiers, it is recommended that both be dispensed with, Thery will be no, injustice in re quiring the holders, of the few remaining certificates to receive their money at the treasury. The Wabash and Erie canul debt is referred to at length aud calls for tbe attention’ of the legislature to the renewal, and an effort, which is about to “be made by the stockholders of that stock, to induce the general assembly- to :éharge -the puyuieut thereof «n the treasury ot} ‘the state, and he .enrne'stly recommends the passage of a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the corstitution, so as to declare that no act of leguslation shall ‘ever take eifect or become a’ law whercby said canal stocks, or any part thereot, shall be recognized ae a debt ot ~ the ' state, or charged on the treasury thereof, by way of redeeming said canil or otherwise, till such act of legislation shall bave been ratified by the qualified electors of this state, at a special election to be. held for that purpose. He calls uttention to the glaring defects in the laws for . tlie assessment and taxation o’ railroads, through which great injustice _is done to the state and owners of other kinds of property subject to taxation, and repeats his ‘recommendation that provision be mude for taxing shares in na ‘tional and other banks, for municipal purposes, as other property is taxable. ; el e . .Bhe Kariff. E ~ The beauties of the Radical tariff is - shown to poor people by the plain fact ‘that every yard.of Sprague’s prints costs 334 cents more at wholesale, and at retail 434 cants more than it would bus for the duty. . Every sérvant girl, therefore, pags for the benefit of Bprague and other cali © co manufscturers shout $2.50.a year on " her dresses' alone.. This Is. our comparison' of an . inferior larticle of.. American ~ manufacture with the Manckester prints. - Were the-difference in quality accounted for, the- tax on our ‘servant girls for the - benefitof themanufacturers would amount * %o:abbut $5-a year | « Counting . the other ‘aten gouds neessary for & working-wy. classes would amount to $7 or-$8 a head ¢

A CHANGE BUT NOT A CHANGE. - The remarkably quiet condition of the geveral ‘Southern States since the late elections, would lead the observer to think that there- might have been some mistake about the report that-a score or more otnegroes, judiciously scattered over the rebellious territory, had been skinned alive. Everything is quiet and orderly now.— The Mississippi darkey’s hide adheres to his osseous system in primal pulchritade. The Texas Union man solemnly asserts that his habitation escaped the ravage ot | the Ku Klux's torch, and his noble heart still beats its accustomed tattog.@n his | loyal ribs. Untily informed n%tua tion by the northern press, the worthy gentlemen designated were in blissful and child like ignorance of the extreme danger that hourly encompessed them.— But most happily the crisis has pnssed, and the Ku Klux having retired, the innocent Union man and the loyal African votZ’ again perambulate their wuative heath in all the pride 'and glory of unrestrictéd liberty. The reader of Radical journals must certainly feel a great relief after the periodical southern elections.— According to these reliable journals the sword that drips with loyal blood the day Hefore the clections, suddenly leaps from its scabbard and performs the vulgar work ot the pruning hook, and it cheerfully does this irksome duty until the exigencies of another' election calls it to the performance of ita accustomed radical rvle. : ;

~ North Carolina and Georgia, each with its 85,000 Demociatic 'nminrity,) enjoys undisturbed quiet. The fire' and flaying business failed tlyis time,and now the Radicals are looking for some other means for an excuse to reconstruct these sisters of the great family of States.; President Grant plainly sees that the late elec: tions in the Northern States have fixed the seal of condempation on his adminis tration, and his only hope of & re election lies in his power to manipulate the vote of theseveral Sonthern States, That an effort to agcomplish this work is strongly contemplated cannot be doubted. Ru. mors are rife that the disgraceful work will speedily begin and be prosecuted by the wiliing toole of the President until the peaple of the Democratic States of the South are again bound hand and fous, and delivered over to the tender mercies of such men as Blodgett, Bullock, ana Holden — as precious ‘a’ trio of nahung gcoundrels as the ptiliti@:nl;world ever produced. Just whot schenies will “be de veloped to remand Georgia and North Carolina back to their unfortunate serf dom capnot now be told, but that an ef fort will be made by the .administration to retain this, its last and only hold on the lever of continued power, can hardly be questioned.. The extreme radical wing of the Republican party favor such an un dertaking, but the more discreet and mod erately reasonable members of the party feel that the game of reconstraction is proving. a losing one. The question ,mz'fy inangurate a vyir;in the paryy ranks, and a division mx{f,be the rdad by which ‘the Southern peaple will escape’ from the ‘hands of their persecutors. In any c¢vent further reconstruction will ultimately aid the Democratic party, for it will surely brisg the Radicals into greater disrepute both in the North and in the South, -

L eo —— EUROFEAN WAR NEWS. . - The inactivity of the Germansaround Paris appears to be at an end, and des‘perhte efforts are now made to reduce the, forts on the north-east of the city. Ever since Fort Avron wwasi occupied by the Saxon troops, an upinterrupted fire hag been kept upnnaFn;*ts Rosny and Noisy, and the reply of the French fire frum the latter forts is reported as being ineffectu al. There dan beno doubt but that the design of King Willjam is to reduce the forts ou the east and north east first, and on the south west next, and then by a com hined attack, carry the outer works of the city. The artillery of his army are already bombarding any of the outer forts with incessant fury, and in several cases haye succeeded in silencing the French guns. faN Skl o * While the great interest of the warnow _centres on Paris, it is well to bear in mind the German positions around the capital. In the south ot Paris they occupy Choisy, Thiais, Chevilly, I'Hay, Cucilly, and Co mart. -In the svest they crown the heights of St. Cloud, the wood. and Bfiightfi of Mendon, aS.t’.{Germa‘in,A and Versailles.— In the north they hold Bezon, Argenteuil, Houilles, Montmorency, Bondy, Gonesse, ! and lastly in the east Chevrvieres and Chelles. o ] Sl

The bombardment of the forts on the south, m}xr.th-east. and east front of Paris continues without intermission, and the German batteries on the south-east are in ‘position and ready to open their firg. . It is x‘lcpn'r’v.ed that thé casenates of Fort Rosny have been destroyed, and the guns of Fort d'[ssy silenced. The World's cor respondent at Brussels sends word that the German engineers expected to silence the forts by last Saturday. : :

The Duke of Mecklenburg occupies the lines between Blois and Vendonne, and Laloup and Verneuil, and is in sufficient force to checkmate any movement of Gen. Chauzy, who is reported advancing toward Paris in two columns —the main body of his army at Laloup, and the oth er at Vendome. o

Reports from Versailles, dated January Bth, say that the barracks of Fort Mon troude have been set on firg and destroyed,, and it is stated that som&hells havé ful len ip the gardens of, Luxembourg. The American Consul had been permitted to leave Paris, and has arrived in London. The Prussian guns could easily shell -the city. Several houses in Paris have been set on fire. . Oac hundred and fifty Ameri: cans remain in the city. The French re doubt at Notre Dame de la Morte, is occupied By the Prussians, and its fire turned against the Freuch. There are no appearances of a sortie. The Prussian losses are insignificant, The weather is favorable tor the siege operations, 6 gs ' The conference on the Eastern question. has again been postponed—this time until ‘after the fall of Paris In the meantime Hngland and Russia continge to arm with all possible speed. ' i . The New State Oficers,

‘The newly elected officers of the State will enter upon' the discharge of their duties, at the following times: Norman Eddy, Secretary of State, January 17th 5 John .C. Bhoemaker, <Auditor, of State, January 26th j.and, Jas. B :Ryan; Treasurer of State, February 10th. e

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE, .Iit"DIA!APOL'Is, January .9? 1871, When'l arrived in this city.on 'l‘l}nfrs‘day last, it reminded me very forcibly of the stirring events of precisely a yearago. T hen Democrits from all parts of the State flocked to the Capitol to participate in the nomin#tion of a State ticket'; now for the purpose of witnessing the opening of the Legislature, exchanging congratulations over the 'glorious results of the ‘October election, and participating in the distribution cf official patronage. It was a source of pleasure to me to take by the hand, 80 many staunch Democrats from every section of the State, and to torm an acqu_aintau&ship with many others which I have not Tifretofore had the pleasnre of: enjoying. » THE LEGISLATURE., : In accordance with the requirements of the constitution, both Houses of the Legielature met on Thursday —the Senate being called to erder by Lteut. Governor Cumback, and the House by the old Clerk. The organization of the House was completed without difficulty, the Democrats having ‘a working inajority in that branch of the Legislatare. The nominees of the d mocratic caucus, held the preceding evening, were’ elected by a strict party vote, as follows: Speaker —Hop. William Mack, of Terre Haute, | T : |Chief Clerk—S. W. Holmes, ot Seymour. Assistant Clerk—Fred, G. Williams, of Latayette. ‘ " Doorkesper—Frank M. Schell, of Jeffersonville, ; Mk

~ This selection is & most éxcellent one, all the gentlemen above named possessing the requisite abilities for the discharge ot their respective duties. Mr. Muck is a lawyer, & ,lngicfl speaker, and belongs to what is generally denominated the*You ng Democracy.” Mr. Holmes is also a very worthy gentleman, liberal in his views, a staunch Démocrat, and-an ardent supporter of Congressman Kerr. Mr. Williams is a higbly educated. young man, well yersed in politics, ‘and will prove a most excellent officer. He completed his edu cational studies in Germau'y, the language »f which country he speaks (ipite fluently. Mr. W. tonk,a very liyely interest in the campaign of 1870, and rendcred valuable service in the capacity of secretary of the Young Men's Democratic Coémmittee of lippecanoe county. Being the son of Col. John 8. Williaws, it would be quite anoataral if he did not exhibit marks of nsefulness and ability in his present posi tion, :

Tbe speech of Speaker Mack, in taking the chair, is spoken of in terms of the highest commendation by both Demo cratsand Republicans. His remarks were dignified, forcible, abd replete with good advice. If his suggestions are heeded by the majority, as we hope they 'm'ny, the Dcm()crzicy ‘of Indiana :will have every, reason to feél proud of its legislative ac'-% tion, and no fears need be entertained that the follies. of a tormer occasion will be repeated this winter. . : THE SENATE. It will be remembered that'the Senate was considered republican by two majurity, classing the sumewhat notorious Jim Hughes among the Republicans. With out him _the Republicans bad 25 Senators, the I emocrats 24, and the party of Jim ‘Hughes 1 (himself ) For months the po litical status of Hughes seemed to be in dyubt, although it was generally believed that he would avail himself of the oppor tunity of inflicting a serious blow:-upon the organization with which he has here wfore been identified. This- apprehen sion becate folly verified on Tuursday, s will presently be explained. When the pl"esiding officer ‘directed that the names of the newly elected Senators be’ called, and their credentials presented, the admission of John W. Burson, Senator elect from the Delaware Diut-rict:,, was objected to by Mr. Hughes, on the ground that his election was procured by corrup tion, bribery and fraud, producing & me morial setting ‘torth these allegations, 'signed by a number of Democrate and Re publicans of the District. The Lieutenant Governor decided that Mr. Burson's credentials were rog?lfifl that there was no authority to prevent his admission, and directed tliat he be sworn in, which was accordingly done, and Mr. Barson took his seat,

This little victory was of very brief duration, Judge Hughes immediately moved the sppointment of a committee to investigate the charges against Mr, Bur son.. In support of this motion Mr Hughes delivered a lengthy speech in which he ddnounced the conduct of Mr. Burson in bitter terms, saying that he was unfit to occupy a seat in a body com. posed of honorable men. - The discussion. became very snimated, and was partici pated in by Senators Johnson, Brown,. Williams, Scott, and Martindale, followed by a call for the previous question.— The roll was called upon the motion .to appoint the investigating committee, and when Mr. Burson’s name was reached; Judge Hughes interposed a written objection® to that gentleman's voting upon a question in the decision of which he had a direct interest. The Lieut. Gover. nor overruled the objection, when Judge Hughes appealed trom the decision of the chair. The raling of the Lieut. Governor -was not sustained, the vote s’mndiy\g e ayes 23, nays 25, whereupon the Senator from Delaware was informed that he would not be permitted to vote for the present. The appointment of a committee to investigate the matter was then ordered, and Mr. Burson retired with feel_ings that may be better understood than 'deseribed. - :

; The excitement duriog all this. time was intense. The Republicans, for the first time 10 many years, realized how “ uncomfortadle " it is to be stripped of power, and how bitter the contents of the cup they had so often presented to the lips of their political opponents, - i DEPARTED POWER. ! It now became apparent that the Radicals had lost control/ of the Senate. The Republicans had flattered themselves that the disaffection of Judge Hughes would not debar them of the contrel cf the Senate, 88 -the Lieut. Governor would have the casting vote in. case of a tie. Thig last hope was ruthlessly destroyed. Senator Elliot, of the Fayette and Rush Dis. trict, who_has heretofore acted with the) Republicans, joined his fortune with that of Judge Hughes, and steadily voted with the Democrats. , He 18 bitterly opposed to. ‘Lieut. Gov. Cumback, and has determined

to rebel against the dictates of his party sssociates. That the Republicans are bighly incensed over his “treachery,” will readily be understood, S i . ABSENTEES. = Two republican Senators are absent—A. 8. Case, of Lagrange, and Robert Dwig gins, of Renselaer. The former is detained at home by illness, the latter is strongly suspected of being “weak in the faith,” preferring the quiet and peace of home to the strife incident to a Senatorial care:r in these times of politicil revo, lutions. i ; _ : * MASTER OF THE SBITUATION, &Judge‘ Hughes is evidently master of the situation.” He holds the balance of power in the Senate, and all conversant with his political career will at once un-. derstand that he knows how to make use thereof. This was most forcibly demonstrated in the election of officers of the Senate. The Democrats, for obvious reasons, declined to nominate candidates for the respective offices, whilst the Repnblicans agreecd upon a full ticket in caucus. Before the meeting of the Senate, Hughes had fixed upon a * slate,"! contsining the names William R. Harrison, of Morgan, for Secretary : James Cole, of Tippecance, for Assistant Secretary ; James Cookerly, of Monroe, for Doorkeeper, all of whom

wer¢ subsequently elected. Harrison and Cole aré “ Retorm Republieans”—the former being’ a special frl_‘end of Hughes, and the latter maintaining a like relation to Senator Elliot, “Bolter No. 2 Cookerlyis a Democrat. The minor officers were about equally selectéd from among the democratic and the Hfighefi& Elliot party. G LE&ISLATIVE, BUSINESS, < | The indications ure that the work of legislating will be vigorously prosecuted. Quite-a number of bills have already been: introduced looking to retrenchment and reform, the reduction of salaries, and the’ repeal of obnoxious laws generally. The most important resolution yet introduced is one by Senator Brown against the assumption of the Wabash Canal Bonds, ‘STRIPPED OF AUTHCRITY, On Friday the majority in the Senate concluded to leaasefi the labors of Lieut. Governor Cumback by vesting the right of appointing the several committees in Senators Bradley, Glessner, Carnahan, Henderson, Scott, Martindale, and Gray — 4 Democrats and 3 Republicans. - A reso{ution to this effect was voted for, and carried, by the Democrats and Hughes & Elliot, S T : .. MODERATION. : The, prevailing sentiment among leading Democrats is decidedly in favor of moderation, fa'rness and justice. Arbitrary measures receive little or no countenance. Whilst a few! are‘clumemhs for revenge, the ofierwheln)ing majority insist upou strict impartiality. = Thiis applies especially to contested election cases, and if excesses should be indulged in, a great change must come over the minds of our friends. ! i :

THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE ! was read before a joint session of the Leg- | islature on Friday afternoon. It is a very lengthy document, and iz almost exclu--gively devoted to the discussion of State affairs, Its great length will deter many | from giving it a perusal, Taking italto | gether, I legard it a tair State paper, leav- ! ing little room tonft::riticism. o | CANDIDATES. - e . Applicants fofthe various positiéns in the gift of the Legislature are very. numerouis,and the contest wixes warmer every day. Tuesday eveniug has heen fixed upon as the time for making the caucus nominations, and Wednesday for the election, ‘ ' | J.B. 8. | e et} | . . The Flow of Emigration. : ! There is certainly nothing more woun- | derful in the history, nor anything more creditable to the character-of the American Republic ‘than the manner in which it has assimilated the most diverse ethnclogical elements into a compact and char-; acteristic nationality. The flood of emi--gration isabsorbed so quietly and so thoroughly that nowhere but in two or three of the chief centres of population does it announce itself asa distinct element at | all. The New . York World says the accnm{t of the immigration for the past | year shows that over 200,000 persons have accepted the political hospitalities and the’ natural advantages which invited ‘them here. This great number—enough to populate a city which might be the third or the fyurth in the United States—has been g 0 dispersed that it hardly con. - stitutes a' perceptible addition to the population of any single district. Anl even this great number falls off by some 40,000 from the immigration of the previous year. - The diminution, of course, affords no basis for calculations upon the future immigration, by reason of the events which have constrained so many heads of families and young adventurersin France -and’ Germany to stay at home when they might very willingly have joined -their fortunes with ours. The only decrease outside of these two nations has occurred in'Sweden, and the loss there is not rea’llyg a loss, since the -famine had raised the number of emigrants from the previous year to .an unwarranted and abnormal height. “The close of the European warwill pretty surely precipitate upon us _countless thovsands of needy but frugal ‘and ‘industrious persons, comprising the ‘best material for citizens. As it is a fig-' ure of rhethoric, aceording to Touchstone, that drink being poured from a cup into & glass by filling the one doth empty the other, we réed not fear that the,flow of emigration will cease or slacken until it has equalized much more nearly than now the density of European an the scattered condition of Agmericfln populations, ‘

Federal Troops.at Elesfions. The New York 7ribune says: *“ The remarkable passage in the message of Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the employment of troops at elections; is mainly remarkable for its resemblance to the kindred utterances of Governor Hoffman. That the presence of troops. is desirable nobody claims.— That it was desirable in Philadelphia, was perhaps a subject for consultation between the Governor and the President —hardly for discussion in this message,” Cob e R * 'The Episcopal churches of Philadelplia on Weduoesduy, December 28th, commem.drsted the hundredth anniversary of the ordination of Bishop White, the first' American Episcopal Bishop.. e

NOTES A’Nn-connmgm.t ‘ ': N : The fullowing is an exbibit of the balance in the Treasury for the year just end: ed, as compared with last year's eghibit: Currency, 1869, $7.868,409; 1870, $26,247,515. Gold, 1869, $70,000,000 1870, $82,000,000.. Total for 1870, \5108,247,515. - : 4 —_—— At the October election in Greene county the vite for Auditor was a tie. - "The Governor ordered a special election, which was held on the 24 inst., to fill the vacancy, and it_res‘ulted in the election of Hon. J. N. Conley, the Democratic candidate, by:a majority of 76. And the good work goes od. - SNy

Mr. Dawes, long chairman ot the Committee on Elections, says that during the fourteen years he has. been in Congress,. the amount of money paid to contestants for seats has exceeded $250,000. In the present House there have been 30 cases of contested elections, and there will probably be as many, if not more, in the next. In salaries and expenses, "flOO.OOO have been paid to men for contesting seats in this Congress, and the printing of the testimony in one case alone cost $7,000.

~ Itis WOédcrfnl how circumstances alter cases. Asa Major in the rebel army, Ak erman was a zealous believer in States

Rights, and thouglt it his duty to arrest and imprison all who thought differently. As Attorney General vnder Mr. Grant, Akermun now believes that State Rights is a damnable heresy, and says “ the public calamities of our cotntry for the-last ten years are traceable tothat poisonous fountain. - Ly .

The old members of the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana vacated the beneh, on Tuesday, the 3d Inst., in favor of the newly elected democratic Judges, who assumed their duties at that time. The new Judges are : Hon. James L. Worden, of Fort: Wayne; A. C. Downey, of Ohio county; Samuel H. Buskirk, of Mndroe county ; ahd John U. Pettit, of Lufiyette. The latter namel gentleman has been chosen Chief Justice for this term of the Supreme Court. ‘. | .

A Georgia paper desires the press of the North to note that at the recent ele% tion in that State it was enongh to par lyze a regiment of statisticians to not how many young blacks in voting atnounced themselves as having been born. in May, 1849. " Inone county “there could not have beéen less than five hundred of these 3ay pops.” The date was ihe one necessary to enable them under the State law to vote, and as the parrots were taught so did they talk: oo} :

The St. Joseph County Savings Bank hus declared a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per anpnum on, all sums which have remained on deposit for three or six months immediately preceeding the Ist inst, payable immediately, — South Bend Union. C When the above bank was first started there were misgivings as to its success.— The result has demonstrated the tact that savings banks may be supported in most towns of ordinary size, and much benefit be derived from them by mechanics and laboring men. ’ »

The Democratic members of Congress held a conference on Wednesday afternoon last, and decided unanimously to oppose the annexation project. They ad mitted that the manifest destiny doctrine of the Democratic party liad been the ac quisition of territory, but that the objec tions to San Domingo were too great to be overcome. Some of these were that the Dominican government represented only half the island ; that its population was a half civilized.and ignorant negro race, and that the scheme was shrouded in corruption, gl o .

A Washingten ‘despatch to thé Boston Journal says: “Susan B. Anthuny and her female siiffrage allies have their head quarters in one of the Senate committee rooms since the' holidays. Their arguments will be met by an organized oppo sition headed by Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren of this city, Mrs. Dr. Wheaton of Michi gan, and other well known ladies, who are opposed to enfranchising their sex. — This last organization is now considering the propriety of sending out female lec: turers to combat the notion sought to be spread among the ladies that the ballot is the sovereign remedy for all the ills to which cruel man subjects them.” el B————— A GENERAL JUAN PRIM. The death of the distinguished Span ish leader whose name stands above, ‘is just annonnced. He died from wounds received at the hands of a band of assis sing who fired Int@ his carriage ns he was riding from the Cortes to his residence. Juan Prim was born at Reus, Catalonia, December 6, 1814, He entered the army at an early age, became a member of the party of the Progressistas, was implicated in the Saragnssa insurrection of 1842, fled to France in consequence, was elected-a member of the Cortes in 11843, headed an unsuccessful insurrection in Reus tl%e same year, was made General. and Govercor of Madrid on the overthrow of Espartero, shortly afterward was tried for high treason and an attempt to asdas-’ sinate Narvaez and acquitted. In 1853 he joined the Ottoman army, on the Dan _ibe, and rendered valuable and distinguished service to the Turk against the Russ. After the termination of the Tur-ko-Russian war he returned to Spain, was again elected to the Cortes and served in that body until the breaking- out of the ~war with Morocco, when he resumed his sword and performed a brilliant part in some of the battles of that struggle. He ‘received, in‘recognition of his services, the title ot Marquis of Castellejos, and. was made Grandee of Spain. In 1862 he joined the French ard English in Mexico, at the ‘head—oof a division of Spanish troops, but re-embarked at Vera Cruz withous taking any part in the invasion of that countrg, In the autumn of 1868, the Spanish “revolution which drove Queen Isabella from the throng;/ broke out, and#in this movement of the people of his own native land, Prim became the central figure. He was made secretary of ‘war under the provisional government and wielded uabonnded influence. Rey‘olutionist as hefiw_ggf,’, he still preferred o beréfi;tai‘y'mgdi?cfiy : tos ré_p'li'hlic. His policy was adopted by the Cortes and culmioated in the election of King Amdens. He fell, at lust, & victim to, the ‘very apirit which ho hiad s 0 often himself nvokel, - : '

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 2 W EDNESDAY, Jan, 4.—Congress met today pursuant to ddj«m-rnmenfi before the holidays. The satténdance was. meagre, and the House' wag without a quirom,— In the Senate Mr. Sumner's resolution calling on the President for a full history of the San Domingd negotiations was adopted ; and Mr. Sherman's bill increas: ing che 5 per cent. funding bill’ from $200,000,000 to $500,000,000 was passed, with neither deoate nordivision in either case. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, introduc ed a resolution to tax office seckers, In the House Mr. Banks gave notice that the Senate resolution appointing commissioners to San Domingo would be brought up on Monday next, the 9th instant. M ¥ Fitch gavenotice of an amendment to the Senate San Domingo resolution to extend the investigation of the commissioners to Cuba. . f -

‘THURSDAY, Jan. s.—ln the Senate a new grab was introduced to aid the irrigation of deserts in Utah. Mr. Motton called for the latest correspondence *he tween Minister Motley and the State De partment.. Mr, Sumner moved to amend by nclading all commupications relative to Mr. Motley's reeall. Agrecd to, 20 to 17, dnd the amended resolution adopted. The President was declared to have pm.\'v er, under an cxis‘ting ’treaty,r to issue $250,000 i bonds to the Choctaws.— Messrs. - Thurman, “Hamlin, Trumbaull, dowe, and Willer appointed select committee to ‘investigute Senator S[‘)m*éne’s" alleged blockade ruaning. Mr, Trumbull's civil service bill made special order for Monday next, the 9th inst. =By a vote of 28 to 15, a Kéntugcky Unionist was voted $25,000 in payment of property destroyed for the benefit of the Union army. The'Senate then adjourned over to Monday next. _ S

In the House Mr. Schenck’s resigna tion was received. A majority report upholding Minister Wasbburne's course in Paraguy and condemning Admiral Gordon, and a minority report vice versa were ' debated.” Mr.. Brooks presented a memorial from the New York Chawmber of Commerce, asking Congress to facilitate the laying,jif a submarine cable across the Pacific Ocean. The Presutent was re juested to furnish certain official reports respecting San Domingo made under Presidents” Polk and Pierce, and $2,5G0 additional per annum were voted Mr. Schenck for an amaguensis on the Eng lish mission, I '

Fripay, Jan. 6. —The Senate was not in session Tuursday, having adjourned to Monday the 9th. In the House over the session was mainly occupied in dis® cussing resolutions’ reported from the Committee on Foreign Affiirs approving the conduct of Minister Washburn in the Paraguayan imbroglio with Dictator Lopez, and reprimanding Admirals Gordon and Davis for not moving promptly to the Minister's assistance, which resulted in- directing a court ot inquiry upon the admirals- A bil! to consolidate the ; Tudian tribes and to organize a system’ of government in the Indian Territory, was reported. - g

SATURDAY, Jan. 7.—=The Senate was not in session,’ In the House the day was set apart for “general debate)” i e, airing by honorable members of their eloquence and griefs. Arkansas politics were made darker than ever by Messrs. Rogers (Dem, Ark.), Smith (Rad., Tena. ), and others, and Ah Sin received scarification at the hands of Mr. Mungen (Dem., Ohio). '

Moxpay, Jan. 9.--The following bill was reported adversely from the judiciary committee of the Senate: “To provide for the clection for presidential electors and members of congress by ballot,”— Che house joint resolution, appropriating $2,500 & year for anamsa nuensis to Minister Schenck, was passed. The vice president laid before the Senate a messuge from the president, in response to tie Senate reso lution, transmitting the report of the secrem’ry of state, covering the correspen dence between Mr. Motley and the stute department, which wis ordered to Qbe printed. Tharsday next was fixed for the consideration of the bill to reimbarse the states for moneys advanced- during the rebellion. The Senate then took up, as the business of the morning hour,~Mr. Sherman’s bill ' revising the laws relative to mints, assay offices, coinage, etc. The bill makes the mint of the United States a bureau of the treasury, to be under control of a director, to be appointed for five years by the president, and consoli dates the laws on the subject. It pre scribes regulations for assaying and coin age, including the duties of assayers, refiaers and coiners, and the standard ot gold, silver and: copper coinage. ... In the House, the ¢committee on forcign relations agreed to report a substitate for Mr. Banks' San Domingo resclution, providing for tbe appointment of .commissioners. A resolution was passed referring all | bills, resolutions, petitions, and papers nmow . before congress or any committee of €ither House on the subject of ocean telepraph cables, tc a joint committee. of five members from the Senate and eight from the House, with power to send for persous and papers, and report. The rules were suspended,,an}_d the House proceeded to discuss the Senate joint res olution authorizing the appointment of commissioners in relation to the aunexation of Dominica. During the discussion, Fernands Wood, of New York, made the following remarks : g

“This is no time for the United States. to enlarge its territorial area at so fearfol acost. We bave as yet, unsettled and unproductive, hundreds of ‘millions of the finest agricultural and mineral lands in the world, with the largest sea coast of any nation, and debt and taxation larger in volume and heavier in hurthen than we can now readily and essily besr. - Before assuming new obligations, let us, by wise ‘legislation and a eautinus policy, reduce those existing already, and develop. resources which are at hand and undispuBOlgaur., oL Gl A bill was introduced to fix the num ber of representatives at, 275, and providing for the ¢lection of representatives oo the Tuesday t»'«v)llowipg_;thqfi_rst,__ Mon.. day in November, 1872, and evéry segond’ yoaviheresfier - T RoTT N

BRI TR I e : - Having been thorotghly beaten in the Southern States at the late ele‘étipfis, the Radicals now propuse 1o rgeonstruct all the obhnxi(;\i&Sfares. " Better not, gentle: men, The voiee of the ‘peaple is agninst you, dnd thé hore you ‘squirm against. Jour fate; the worse it _vgi_-l}g,tzgwt;ugjon in the final day of reckoning: = |

Indianapolis printers will celebrate Franklin’s birthday. i An order of Court. at the Capitol shufilcs off protessional jurors. A John Graham, ngßloumitigmn, hag been chosen librarian ot the Supreme Court. ol e T " - Tte value of improvements by private perrons at Indianapolis, for 1870, was $1,109.78. " s i ) + Over half a willion dollars’ ‘were paid out by the pork packers of Richmond daring the pasp season. o "A German Catholic };’_air ‘r.'éc"emly held at Lafayete, netted Bome seven hundred dollars'for the benefit of the church. . am e | The Gazette announces that aristocratic druvks were the _order of the day in Terre Haute on New. Years Mouday. B o . I The “tamily troubles” of Milton Thompaon, of Plymouth, were wiped out on Thursday night with a dose of strychuine. = o - :

- The Vernon Banner has passed from the eontrol of the Vawter Brothers. to that of A. J. Smyth, the present Mayor of Vernon. ' - i

The Mishawaka Furniture Company aceepted a 82 500 coutract week before last trom a St. Louis house, for ash and walnut school furniture. A

- Dr. J. C. Loop, of Galveston, Case county, went on a deer hunt to Blackford county, and killed six deer, being gone from home only a week, ~

The Goshen Times bids farewell to a number of its subscribers who have paid nothing for two or three years, as the:‘cash in advance” syatem has been adopted. . Jeo e

The Franklin Denocrat ‘chronicles the elopement, from Metamory, of Rev. R. B fin_y, with a yonug widow named Warner. Kay left a familv.of his own hind. R :

Last Wedneaday- night, ‘Milton Thompson, residing about three miles weat of Plymouth; took two doses of argenie, and died from the effeets of it at 9 o'clock on Thursday moruing. - An attempt was made to burn the old Fifih Street Catholic Church—the new opera house—at Lafayette, on Saunday morning of ‘last week. TFortunately the flames were discovered: before they had gajned much headway. Several young girls of New Albany took a notion to. attach themselves to some traveling show that happeued that way, and’ carried their idea int» exccution. In afew days they return: ed with their views - counsiderably changed. : T . . . E 0 Mrs. Kissbery, an elderly German lady, while returning from church to her residence on Fourth street, Evansville, fell and broke her leg, the accident being caused by a defectin the sidewalk., A suit against the corporation is likely to result. Sia e Four young men of Booneville recently enticed a respectable young lady to an uneccupied house, ‘and, on arrival,attempted to violate her person. Her cries, however, brought assistance, ‘ard the assailants fled. Two of the party have been placed under bonds for appearance at Couart, and the other ‘has not yet been arrested. i

Frederick Seisser, a house:painter of- Madison allowéd a comrad to snap his piscol in his face, because he “lkhew it- would not go off.”” . Result —:a badly - damaged jaw and a horribly disfigured face, the pistol having becn held ouly some two-or three iuchas trom Seisser’s face. Sympathy would be wasted on a man who deliberately allows another to snap a pistol at that distance from his face, - -

Six miles west of Coryden, Harrison conuty, is Wilsdu’s spring, sixty feet in ‘diamerter. It has been sounded ov.’ er four hundred feet, but no bottom has been found.. Tt rises from a solid vock in a level spot of laud, and at fords a sufficient amount of water ro turn a valuable flour m 11. Pittman’s cave, in the same neighborhood, has been “explorgd about two and a -half miles, and is trequently visited. -

One of the largest and most daring robberies that was ever commired in Boone county occurred at Lebanon, o the night of Saturday the 71h instant. The dry goods store of Fletcher & Jackson, on the public. square, and in the business/centre of towu, was.entered by .robbers and money to the amount of between $7,000 and 88,000, that ‘had been left in the store and clothing, dry goods, ete., to the amount of about 82,600 were stolen. . >

A boy by the name of Rossell, son of the. night watchman at ‘Rolling Prairi¢, brought home a half a pound of gunpowder a few days ago, and after spri_kling alittle on the stove from his flask, became unconscious. - When he came to his ,senses, the doors and windows -of the hounse were gone, the roof off, “and the boy lacked two of baving the usual number of ears; besides being blown several feet away. He since doubts the propriety of experimenting. L o

. About a year ago a wedding was to have come off at Booneville, and on the appointed night the wounld be husband appeared decked in his best store clothes, and with his groomsman. But the lady he hoped to make his wife backed out and refuse to have the knot tied, although the minister was present to perform the ceremony. The 15ih ult,, the parties having settled their unpleasantness, 'was the second time fixed for ‘their nuptials.. 'All things: were made ready at the residence of the expectant bride, even to the preparivg of s sumptuous supper. . But this time the bridegroom came not.— He remembered his former disappoint: ment, and to. spite the autbor of it run away jast -at the- “nick of time,”’ aund has not been heard of sinee. = . ' .

“A piece of secret history,”. publiehed recently;derdils the story of Colonel Jdmibn [Swan imptisoned for twenty years in the St. Pelagie, at Paris, for debt. The colonel arrived in - Paris shortly after Lufayette's veleass from ‘Olmuizi-and at.once imer,‘bstedlfhim'ae:lf -iu behalf of the royalists progecuted by the French Government. - Refusiog to. satiefy the claims of a judgment regarded by him as_ qs!‘jue,,vhe' was io--ourgrated 4 St Pelagie.in/1810, from ~which he was only freed by the revo. lation of 1830, He was' then 80 yedrs oldi The excitement of the change ‘atid ot hid interview with his old com. ’ng’-piOnf Tafayette proved tog‘nuc&k for im. : : S

| GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. . ‘Mul't'inéde‘s of peaple attended the faneral of Geueral Prim in };‘gjd' ; Meadville, Pennsylvania, is abont' o be lighied with na urgl gas, from a well 400 feet deep, : : " The legislatare of Nevada is democratic by a majority of 2310 21, and on organizing has ‘elected a deraocratic speaker. ;S : v oof ' _The aggregate shipments of gold and silver from Colorado for the year ending December 31, amount to upwards of §5000.000. : The Charleston News says several cages of kiduapping for sea service by press-gaugs have recently been report: ed o »Lhe courts there. e The. government commisgioners to examine Denver, Pacific, and Kansas Pacific Railroads arrived | at Denver; Col., on’'Saturday last. B - A plot has ‘been discovered among Swiss troops in the Dutch-Indian army to assasrinate the Governor General and seize the island of Batavia..

. The Labor Excbange, of San Francisco, have provided, during the last year, employment for'l4 306 persons, over half of whom were women. = O’Donovan Rosa and other Feniana were leleased at Cballnm.Salmday, when they proceeded to Liverpool, for the purpose of leaving the country.. - __The appeintment of the Marquis of Hartington as Secretary for' Ireland, is.likely to be popular iu that country as the Marquis is a friend -of mixed, education. = SR

. Colonel J: P.-Stevens has been nom: inated forthe short term in the United States Senate to fill the vacaney occasioned by the death of Senator Nor toni.of Minnesota. -, - -~ On'the 41h instant coal was discovered three miles South of Nephi, Utah. There are three veing — qgne 7 inches, anviher two and a hzalf feet, and the ‘third ten feet thick. )

The Legislatures of New Jersey Penusylvania, Deleware, Ohio, Georgia, and Louisiana convened and organized on the 3d instant, at their reEpective State capitals. S The Clerk of the House of Repregentatives has designated the National Virginian; ar Richmond, and the Press, at Lynchburg, Va,, for.the publication of public advertisements, o A number of counterfeit-rs were yesterday arrested in Pittsburgh, Pa., after having passed a large amount of counterfeit bills on the Merchants and Manufacturers. Nattonal Bank of New York eity. 7 4 - It .is officially known that negotiationsare in-prcgre s for the appointment of a joint commission by the Uunited States and Spain for the settlement ‘of claims avising out of the Cuban matters. e o -+ The reported capture of Maracaibo is confirmed. Gusman Blenco has uow full authority over the larger part of Venezuela, and there are hopes that this long distracted country will short1y enter upon arf era of peace. -

The emperor of Russia seems to be taking a great deal of interest in the ex-" ploits of the German troops in- France. He has _sent another batch of decorations to the German geuerals and princes taking part in the war. The Haytians have been thoroughly aroused by the recepti .nof Mr. Grant’s message. They have put forward a Mouroe doctrine of their own, that “annexation of.any part of the island of Hayti means war on Hayti.,””

There are five more democratic votes in the North Caro'ina state senate than the two-thirds required to convict Gov. Holden on impeachment. .On a strict party division the vote stands: Democratg, thirty five ; Radicals fifieen.

It is understood ' that Senator Morton, of ludiana, will succeed secretary Fizh in the Department of Stae after Ihe adjournment ot the Legislature in March: 'Theseatin the senate will be given by the governor to a radical.. -

Governor ‘Geary, of Pennsylvania in his message to the legislature, dizapproves of the recent military interference in state elections. 'He opposes free trade and the introduction of eool-

ies. He points to Philadelphia as the fittest place for holding the centeunial celebration of 1876. ’ Tk

~ Lord Nopier of Magdala has been anpoirted commander in chief of the British military forces, vice H. R. H. the Duke of Cam* ridge.. Lord Sirathnairn will take the porfolio of war, vice Cardwell transferred. Thus the British Algéria supplies the two chiefs of the army of Great Britain.

The transaction of the Uunited States Land Office in Denver for the year 1870. amounted to a ‘grand total of 274 517 acres. Of this large amount, 73.779 ‘were cash sales ; 27,778. Agvieultural College serip; 14,879 land “warrants ;- 75 171 homestead entries ; ande9.4oB final homesteads, -~ © - + The trial of Cadet Smith [colored,] at West- Point, is' continuing.. The ‘evidence is very damaging, and the verdict will probably be expulsion. — Three West Poiut cadets were recently,arrested at Poughkeepsie, They declare that .they were.dragged from their quarters by the first class and ordered to quit the post under pena'ty of tar and feathers. : : L e ——m - E— ' The Indian Confederation. . The Graud Councit of the tribes of the Inlian Territory, held at Ockmulgee, has perfected a plan of consolida--lion and submitted to the people for their. ratification a bill’ of rights and ‘cong'itation for the government of the Confederation. The constitution, the ‘main features of which are copied from the Constitution of the U'uites “States,’ provides. for three departments pt government—execuiive legislative aud judicial—each well guarded against ea?c_t_dés‘,h!!!aflt k; either of the'other departments. The "exéeentive powers is' 3 vgted ina Governo:-l,) : wl;:_se termlot ‘office is two yea rovigion is also mads for s Sicrétay, Abiordey Gener. al, District Attorneys and Marshals. The legislaiive pow:r econsists of a Senate and House of Representatives, ‘aud ;i&heg’pdie;ry is composed of a Supreme Court, ,tlulee,. Distriet Courts and 'such iuterior courts as may be pravided by law. No doubt this constitution will be adopted with great nuanisity, andthat all the tribes outside of'the ‘orgatized States and Territories will federati o i S