The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 March 1871 — Page 2

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‘Resistance to Tyrants is Obedienee to ‘God.’

J. B;STOLL, EDITOR.

C WEDNESDAY, MARCI 1, 1871

JTTHE' LEGISLATURE-DISSOLVED, Legislation by the General Assembly of Indiana was brought to a sudaen close by the resignation of thirty-four republican members ot the House of Representatives. The alleged cause of this extraor- ~ dinary and revolutionaty rproceeding “is stated 1n 4?11 address by the r;esii;ning_‘ rifembers totconsist in the attempt of the majority to re ._npportion the State for legislative and senatorial purposes, and the ~“dictatorial course” pursued by the demo¢ratic members, This address’ is an extremely weak document, and must certainly prove very unsatisfactory to reflect- ¢ ing minds in the republican ranks. < The course of these resigning members cannot +be justified upon the grounds set forth in. ‘their address, So far as-the unconstitu. tionality of the apportionment bill is con! cerned, the New Albany Ledger very cor‘reetly observes that if a majority of the Legislature should have: passcc a lasy,.in violation of the constitution, tHe Supreme Court of the State would promptly bave et it aside whep brought before it. Nor can the resignation * bejustified upon the “ same .gro\md‘ as when the Dewmocratic “ members of the Legislature resigned “{heir positions, rather than become a “ party to the adoption 'of the Fifteenth “ Amendment, without cé'nsulvting, their “ constituents. The people then endorsed “the course ibf their Democratic Repre “sentatives, and the action of the Repub-: “lican party at that time Was! one of the ¢ principal reasons for their overthrow in “ the State last October. The people were “opposed to the Fifteenth Amendment, “and if the Democratic members of the “ Legislature had quietly remained in their “platces and permitted the measure to pass, “there was no' appeal tolgthé courts that “could have reversed the action of the “ General Assetiblyt . o o The address by the joint committec ot the Democratic Senators and Representatives, published in to-days issue, arraigns the resigning\ members for their action tin preventing the enactment'of necéssary laws ; o commients are required. But we desire to present to our readers the views of an independent journal-—the Chicago Lepublican—which thus disposes of the flinasy pretexts upon which the Republicans seek to justify their “busting” of the Legislature: | g , = The bolting Republicans of the Indiana | Legislature have issued an address to the | people ot the State, ‘'which in the minds of all intelligent. men will weaken, rather than gtrengthen, their cause.. The burden of itfs thdt they have, as a minority, been “oppressed " by the majority ; that they were denied the.right ‘to be Treard ; and that an unjust apportionment was abowt to be passed, wider the operation of that pyriinmentary gag law known as the prad vious question. Now, it is _q_"l_ittlo too

. late in the day forthe Republican:party +-to plead the baby act against the * previous question.” llf our recollection serves us aright, examples of the use of that expedient for the more effectual suppression “of a minority’ are pretty thickly inters woven in‘ theghistory of congressional legislation dur’hélg. the past few years. It is very true thht 'the Democrats, in making use of it in the Indiana Legislature, have set at naught some: forcible objections which they were accustomed-to enter against its use in Congress. But it is still very apparént’ that thinwithdmwal Cof flie Republicans from the Indiana Leg islature was a:very cowardly thing, and iz not likely to prove a'source of future good either to the individuals who figured. . in it or to"ithe political party for whdse * Dbenefit it was done. It was prompted, as

we understand, by Senator Morton, who 1, fearedrthat the proposed redistricting of lthc State: would prevent liis re-election to the Senate. Mr. Morton is very much ‘mistaken if he supposes it willirequire any special legislation to keep him from being hig own successor. - The Republi- . sof Indiana can do much better, and ¢ Dave no idea of reinvesting in Morton.

After severdl days irregular session the

Schate finally adjourned sine die on Monduay, and the House on Tuesday. And thus endeth the XLVIIth General Assembly of the State of Indiana. ‘

The Test' Oath Repealed.

The bill to repeal the test oath has become a law without the approval of the President. Grant's reasons for withdrawing his signature, which he»'gllxve in a message to Congress on the- 15th ult:, are exceedingly weak. He says that while former rebels are exempted ',by this bill from swearing loyalty to the government, the truly floyal are required to do so before, assaming office. Are not all persons required to take an oath to sd,pport the constitution of the Unitrd Btates before entering on the duties ot public office ?— What more would tLe President have $— This bill completely restores to their rights of citizenship a great many persons of the South who have been under the ban of the government for nearly six years.

| Reduction of Freights. At & .meeting of the directors of the

trunk lines of railway, held at the Fifth

Avenue Hotel in' New York, February 17th, it was determined to fix the freight rates from New York to the west as follows ; First-class to Chicago, reduced from’ $lBO to $1.50; sccond-class, from $1.60 to $1.50; third-class, from $1.30-to $1.00; fourth-class,| from g 0 to 70 cents} fifthclass, from 80 to 55 cents. A number of “articles imported into New York, such as tin, carthenware in-crates, etc.,” were put irto a special class at 55 cents per hundred weiglit. All other western points “will be made to correspond with the above tariff to Chicago. * The reduced rates took! effect on Morday. | an

(Corporation License Law.

In/consequence of the resignation of the republidan members of the Legislature, no action can be taken by the Senate in amending the law relating to the power. of corporation trustees -for' the enforcement of the liquor license law. The House, as stated in our last week's Issue, took prompt action'to amend said act, but as the Senate; under existing circumstances, is prohibited from doing legislation, proprietors of saloons will have bhe pleasure of doing business without béing reguired to pay a corporation license,

STATE POLITICS.

', The Lawrenceburgh Register favors the nomination of Thomas A. Hendricks for President, and Gen. Henry W, Slocum, of New York, for Vice President. A good tickef, | but we think our ticket — Hendricks and ' Hancock — still a'dittle the strongest, e L

The Leéisl&ture is about t&'éreate a new State office, to be called “Insurarice Comg)issioner." Hon. Henry K. Wilson, of ullivan county, is spoken of to fill the Dnew position.—Foansville Courder. ; That “ bust” on the 23d has cooked Wilson’s goose. _ o

We can’t get the Indianapolis, papers to sreak' out on the Bird-Sarnighaugen casel, Why do they mat, ad faithful re porters, give some of the current rumors about the matter # Ifthey can't hear anything in the city, around the lobby, we would commeng to them, the columns: of ‘the Vincennfs"é‘un. Perhaps it may put sthem on the track,.—New Albany Ledger.

The Vincennes Sun pitches into “Jason ‘Bazoo Brown,” the Senator.from Jackson county. This'is the than who ence ignorantly alluded to negroes as “Hiberniank.” On another gccasion, he had the honor of being billed for.a speech along with Hon. T. A. Hendricks, but indignantly refused to attend the meeling, as “he wasn't going to play second fiddle to Tom Hendricks.”. — Daviess County Democrat. -

Both Houses of the Legislature had passed an act redueing the salary of the Agent of State from $5,000 to $5OO per anntm. The Governor wetoed ‘the bill, and the House havihg‘ been “ busted ” in the meantime, the ‘salary remaing as before. Pat. Shanhon will doubtless appreciate this * generots action” on part’ of Governor Baker, who argues that §5OO is entirely inadequate as a just compensation of that officers’ labors.

The Ft. Wayne Gazette, in referting to the action of the Republican Senators in votinig for the -expulsion of 'SenatorSarnighausen; says : e The Republicang seem to haye .labored under the misapprelension that Mr. Sarnighansen was committed to vote the Republican. ticket in consequence of being indebted to Republican votes for his election. This mistake may have embittered: Republicans against Mr. Sarnighausen, but we bear witness to the correctness of his statement that he was elected as a Democrat, and was not expected to act with the Republicans. : L

The Fort Wayné Sentinel, of February 20, nominates the Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks as the .Democratic candidate for President in 1872 ; and adds: : . “If the Dempcrats and Conservativesof the country be wise, they will, in our opinion, after nominating Mr. Hendricks for President, see to it that some man, not heretofore prominently identified with the Demoeratic organization, but known to be in sympathy with its cherished principles of constitutional construction, and with its immemorial and traditional policy in reference to the tariff and taxation, shall be put upon the ticket for Vice President. But perhaps the time has not yet come when it would be safe or prudent to designate a person for this.second place.”

A number of democratic papers in southern Indiana are publishing a complimentary. notice of Judge Niblick, from the pen of a Washington correspondent, who, among other things, says: '~ .

He sustained Mr. Buchanan’s adminis. tration on the Lecompton (Kansas) question, and was one of thefew Northern Democrats who'voted against the political heresies of Stephen A. Douglas, ' ~ As a friend of Judge Niblack we submit whether it would not bave been more condueive to that gentleman’s interests if the paragraph above quoted had been omitted? I would appear to us as being. rather a difficult matter to conyince an: overwhélmingg majority of the Indiana Democracy that popular sovereignty was a “political heresy.” Judge Niblack possesses other' qualities tbat engitle him to far greater claims upon they&ffections of the Demoeracy than Lis opposition to tlte great and noble Douglas,

Senator Bursph Pronounced Dlsqual;

. ified and His Seat Declared Vacant. .~ The warmly contested election case of “John W. Burson and William B. Kline, in' the State Scnate, for the seat from the. district composed of the counties of Dela-" ware and Madison, terminated Tuesday, February 21st, by declaring the seat va~cant. The following is the conclusion of the report of the:majority of the commit-

“In consideration of the evidence be fore the committee, the undersigned can not avoid conling to the conclusion that. John W. Burson, " during his candidacy for a seat in the Senate, did both offer and give bribes and rewards to procure ‘his election thereto. 'They therefore offer for adoption the following preamble and resolution, namely:, e : “WHEREAS, Section six of article two, of the Constitution ot Indiana, says: ‘Ev-. ery person shall be disqualified from holding office, during the term for which he may have been :elected, who shall have given or offered a bribe, threat or reward to procure his élection ; and, “WHEREAS, In the opinion ofh majority of the committee, the provision of the constitution as cited has been clearly violated . by John W. Burson ; therefore, | " “Resolved by the Senate, That the said John W. Burson is disqualified from holding the office of State Senator, and that the said John W. Burson is not entitled' to a seat on this floor as Senator from the counties of Delaware and Madison, and that the same be declared vacant.” ‘

This report was signed by E. Henderson, J. D. Williams, Jason B. Brown and James Elliott, 'On its adoption the vote stood ayes 24, nays 21, & strict party vote.

A Republican Paper on Bolting.

The Ft. Wayne Gazette is an ably edited paper. Its cditors have opinions of their own, and they kave po hesifaney in giving expression to their convictions. In the weekly isspe of the Gazette (Feb, 93) we find & lengthy. editorial, from which we make the following extracts : . " “Indiana has a legislature which meets but once in two years, when it holds a session of but sixty days. This seemq_ 8 short enough time certainly; but we'se riously think that we had better abolish it altogether until we learn to send men of common sepse and' moderation to Indianapolis, REmEL

“The true strength of a republican form of government ‘consists, in submitting, on the part of; the minority, to the will of the majority; . The evasions and technical flaws which are takep advantage of by pettifogging legislatures have g tendency to destroy the respect of the "people for their system of rale. §e A R wls L e gt g vhow "

“We liave no fear of ruin >oming upon this country by the fila.vation of any, particular party. .If its' governmens is bad the people will fiad it out quick enough and make a éhnnse. The immediate effect of & bad law will be felt, but its repesl will gome in due ‘time; and the ex--perience gained is folerably sure o prevent its répetition,” = | ' |

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS,

Tukspay, FEb. 21.—The feature of the proceedings in Congress was the pnssage by Phe House of the Southern Pacific Railroad bill, which provides for a single trunk-line from the castern boundary of Texas to the ship canal in the Bay of San Diego, California, pursuing the route known as the 32nd parallet. i

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22.—1 n the House | there were several lively passages. Inthe discussion on the, Deficiency bill Butler '| was charged witH little' irregularities in thg.uée of $lO,OOO mirrors belonging to the people, and with eomplicity in the “ Butler quarry ” job'of the Boston post office. ~Mr. Logan, of Illinois, denounced Presidential and military interference in State elections, . Mr. Fernando . Wood replied to some statements. regarding his loyalty during the recent war. =~ . ' THURsDAY, FEB. 23.~“1n the ‘Senate, ‘the follbwing amendment to the bounty law was passed: - i That all soldiers who wére mustered into the service of che United States for ‘three years between May 4 and July 22, 11861, and who were honorably discharged before serving two years by reason of disability -contracted in the service, are entitled to:$100 bounty. e | 'Mr. Pratt presented a joint resolution by the Indiana Legisiature in favor of the removal of the capital to the Mississippi ’mllcjr/. The remainder of the session was occupied in considering the Indian appropriation bill which was finally passed, when the Senate adjourned. : i Mr. Coburn presented a joint resolution | in the- House,- which was passed unani‘mously by the Legislature of Indianas, in-" stricting their nlembers in Congress to vote against-an appropriation for permanent improvements in the city of Washington and in favor of the removal of the | eapital: Referred. The river and barbor appropriation bill; after a lengthy discussion, was passed. < * ~ .

- Frroay, Fub. 24. —The Senate, at 12:30 P. M, took up the House bill to guard against | the purity of electicns, entitled

“An act to amend an act approved :May 31, 1870, to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of the Union, and for other purposes.”’ The radical members showed an inclination' to immediately. force a ' vote on the measure, but the Democrats were determined ‘that the passage of the'act should be delayed as long as possible, in hopes that it might in some' manner be defested or modified. Finally, at/1:30 a. M., after a protracted session of thirteen hours, a final vote was reached, whén the bill was passed by a party vote, as'follows: yeas, 39; nays, 10. L

°ln the House, thd biil usually designated the Omnibus bill, and appropriating $33,533,972 out of the public treasury, was discassed. Wearly half of the 55 pages of the bill were disposed of. SATURDAY, FEB, 25.—The House bill providing for celebrating the 100th anniversary of American independence at Philadelphia passed the senate. The fea—tures of the session was the discussion on the Southern Pacific railroad, and ‘the Post office appropriation bills. The income tax,and appropriation bills occupied the major portion of the time of ‘the House until adjournment, '

Ointing Jason’s Wounds.

Upon the termination of the Burson trial, the Indianapolis Sentinel magnanimously offered a feeble deferse of J ason Brown & Co., against the. attacks of the democratic press. - The Seatinel “regretted to sec..a disposition to impugn the iutegrity”fi(!) of that delectable tribe, and inquires: “ Would it not have been in better taste for'those papers to have awaited'results, instead of making haste to condemn, and as the sequel proves, upon a false assumption ?” Not at all, M 4, Sentinel. The fact that a bargain had been entered into between Brown & Co. and the Republicans, is pretty clearly established, and we question the propriety of the Sentinel's demand to screen, a self-con-demned “ villain and liar ” - frome public exccration for proving recreant to & most positive;pledge. No, 1n our opinion’'such wretched conduct only adds to the already infanous character of the man in' whose behalf the Sentinel applies for leniency. “The Vincennes Sun, edited by Genéral Kise, -hits theinail squarely on the head by

SAylng =’ - el i We entertain no doubt that there was a fair and square swap, and Mr. Brown would have complied with this part of the contract, had not the Democratic papers throughout the-State got . wind of the transaction- and made it so hot for him he was compelled to recant. #Ve give Mr, Brown all the credit he is entitled to for his vote in the Burson’ case; ‘but he mugt yet do a great deal to expiate and atone for his despicable treachery in vot:ing to oust Mr. Sarnighausen from, the seat to which he was fairly and honestly elected. All the Democratic papers in the State, so far as we have seen or heard, concur with us in censuring Brown's conduct in :the Sarnighausen affair, except the Indianapolis Sentinel and Mr. Bird’s paper at Ft. Wayne—we forget the name of it. 5 3

“Ka ;;'Klux Ountrages.”

As we sre gradually approaching a period when the public. mind is to be prépared for the great Presidential contest of 1872, the mAnagers of the radicsl party are already industriously engaged in circulating chilling tales of “horrible ontrages” alleged to be perpetrated by the Ku Kluxers down South. A just estimate of the truthfulness and reliability of these pericdical “tales of horror” may be formed by the following eclairecissement of a recent Ku Klux story: 'An engineer on a raflroad train in South Carolina, was recently shot by some umknown person, whereupon the radical press teemed with denunciations of the mysterious and mythical order which furnishes so much capijtal for the politicians of the party in power. . But it turns out that the virtuous indignation of “loil” edifors has been ‘utterly misdireeted in this instance. A lunatic who recently eseaped from the Btate lagylum has been arrested on the charge of baving shot the engineer and has confessed the crime.. He ‘declares that he thought, as he was standing on the trestle, the engineer “meant to run the'train oyer him and he let him have both barrels.”

Did the Senator from Jackson, the Senator from Allen, and the Senator from Oweén, ever say to anybody that they: believed no ‘¢ase had heen made againat Burson; and that they wonld vote to admit him to the full privileges of the Sen: ate? They failed to explain their votes yesterday, and we are ax}xiou‘s they shouid bave the o;portunity.,—& ndianapolis Jour-flalFfib-g"&d: R 2 A

.. The Senators above reforred fo are Jagon B, Brown; O. Bird, and Wesley E. Dittenjore. By all means, let these gentlemen explain, , Whenever they do, the modest; request of the, Huntington Demoerat will be cheerfully complied with.— In the meamime let Samuel be assured that po ong is “condemned,”

of a Joint Tommittée Ap--1 x ointed by the Demoeratic Senators | amnd Representatives in the General _Assembly to the People of Indians, - The forty-seventh sessionof the General Assembly was abruptly terminated on ‘| the 22d -of February by. the resignation of thirty-four members of the House.— The ostensible cause for this revolutiopaTy cours¢ was to prevent the passage of the amendment to the apportionment law ; | but they are without justification. We insist this was a fair, just and necessary bill, and that we had the clear ‘constituional right to: pass it, and considering he opposition it was likely to meet in the Senate, and the fact that but few | working days remained, it was deferred as long as prudence would dictate. But conceding it to be unconstitutional, unjust and iniquitous, and that it was pressed with -unwarranted haste in the House, the question then arises: Was it a sufficient ground for this revoluti{gnary faction to end the business of the Legislature? If ‘the bill had been passed in the House on the 38d and had gone toi the Senate, it: “éould hardly have been taken tpin that body before Friday, the 24th. Then as” it requires two-thirds to suspend the constitutional rule, which requires bills to be readwon three several days, and as that could not be doné, and if it had been treated in the Senate as a favored bill it would not - have been ready for passage till Monday, when, if important to defeat | it, seventeen Senators could have resigned. This would have given three days more time. But if the bill is unconbtitutional, | as /it is claimed, when it went to the Governor, he could have kept it three days and vecoed it.. This would have been six days more, and then if these members had desired to defeat. it they could have résigned, which ould have been as effectual in defeating the bill, and would have given six days more of legislation, in which time important measures could have been disposéd of, or they | might have remained and voted on it after the veto, and then let the Senators have resigned and Jdefeated the bill in the last ditch. ) C 3

- The early days of the session had been taken up in perfecting measures of importance, some of which have already been acted upon. We can not enumerate all, but will briefly allude to the gaost important. A fee and salary bill passed after great oppogition from persons in office, which cuts off constructive fees and county' allowances, and saves thousands of | dollars to the people. Also, an act dis- | tributing to the several counties of the State, to be loaned out for the use of | schools, $BOO,OOO which we found in the ‘hands of the State Auéito’r,-yielding no interest for the benefit of the fund, but from which that éfficer has been realizing annually from twenty to thirty thousand, | dollars " for his own.use. * Also, an act reducing the tax : levy for State purposes from twenty-five cents to five cents on-the $lOO valuation. \Other'measgr‘cs of equal importfimpg had been 'matured; and covld bavejbeen passed but for this unwarranted and revolutiorary course. We desire' to call attention to some that were defeated by this action, and for which the Republican members who resigned, and their advisers, are solely responsible. - ' " FirsT—An act to tax/the stock of banks | for manicipal purposes, had passed the tlouse by a large majority, and would | bavé passed the Senate. Heretofore, the, stock in banks, which are aH located in cities and towns, »a,n%shm-e the protection ‘ and reap the benefits®f municipal authority, arc exempt from any of the expensa necessary for their support. It was a | ‘measure that Governor Baker called attention to in his message as follows : ‘ " ' TAXATION OF BANK STOQCK. . | I repeat the recommendation made at the opening of the last Gengral Assembly, that provisiou be: made Efi‘ taxing the shares of stock in the Natibnal and other banks for municipal purposes, as other property is taxable, ; - The opinions then -expressed as to the power and duty of thus legislating remain unchanged. | i ' : SECOND— An act regulating insurance companies which would, according Ao the statement of Hon. 0.. M. Wilson, 'one of the members who resigned, made on the | floor of the House, have brought into the State Treasury trom eighty to one hundred thousand dollars per annum without any burden to the ‘people, and would al- | 80 have entirely protected;the people from wild cat and irlesponsible insurance eompanies of every kind. . i THIRD-- An act reducing the Governor’s house rent from $5,000 to $2,000 per ¢innum, which ‘is the rent actually paid by him, together with $5OO for the use of his furniture, thus saving the tax payers of the State $B,OOO per annum. Whether this had anything to do with inducing Governor Baker to go into the Republi can caucus and urge and entreat reluctant ! + : ot members to resign, -we will not say, but leave the people to determine. .But this we will say, that some members who have resigned have stated that under ne circumstanges would they have done it had not Governor Baker personally solicited them to do so. M - ; FourTu—A - carefully prepared act to remedy the existing divorce laws of the State to which the attention of the Gen--ergl Assembly had been especially directed by the Goizérnor, ic his message, in which the defects in the existing laws were stated at length, and said by him to have “brought réproach upon the State,” and recemmends certain amendments whereby “Indiana divorees would svon cease to be advertised in any of the Atlantic cities as marketable commodities, and that refugees and fugitives from the Justice of pther Btates would no longer come to Indiana in quest of divorces to be used on their return to their homes-as licenses to violate the laws of our sister States,” and which act was in accordance with the recommendatjons of the Governor on the subject, and had*passed the Senate, and in & day or two would have passed the House, - 1 ot men—"fiaz on Railroads.— In his me.% -aage the Governor says: ' e At the last special session, I called at--tention in 3 message, which, will bp found at page 122 of the Senate_Journal, and at ‘page 174 of the House Journal, to some very glaring defects in the present law | for the assessment and taxation of railroads, through which great. injustice is dong to bhe Braise, the owners,of other “kinds of. property subject to taxation. I now respectfully call attention to that‘communication, and renew the recommen- | \,fla-fiion. bt gl S Boanioh o o . A joint committee of both Houses gided by the Governor examined the question ‘and were astonished at theresult. Asan!

example, a road running through the northern part of Ohio and this State was found to be assessed in Ohio at $25,000 per mile, which was not near its value, while in Indiana the same road isassessed at $B,OOO per mile. In this case there should be added $2,500,000 to the assessment of a single road.’ A bill was introduced by Mr. Stone (since resigned), whichfwould bave passed and remedied the “glaring defects.” '

’ - Srxra—Railroads.—There was a general demand for a law regulating - local freight on railroads. A bill for this pur_pose had been printed and was made the special order of the House: for to-morrow. It would have contormed to the Constitution and would have passed both houses next week, and would bave ended the unjust discrimination which railroads have made for years against local freight. . SeveENTH—Patent Right Swindlers,.— A bill of the House would have "passed almost without opposition, giving to the person who signs a note for a patent the right to make full defence to it, notwithstanding it had been assigned and requirgd.suit to be brought in the county where the maker of the note'resides. This was a necessary law. . |

Eicara—Barnabas Hobbs.— A special committee was inquiring into the question Wwhy the printing of the present Saperintendent’s report costs about eleven thousand dollars, while the pripting of Profcssor Hoss’ réport cost but $l,BOO. The committec bad found af over payment of $2,000 and had not completed their investi: gations. ‘

NixTH— The Insane.— From - every county. and township in the State come up and appeal for provision for the poor and unfortunate insane. Governor Baker in Lis message states that not more than one-third of the insane can be cared for at the- Hospital, and it is'a .disgraceful fact that our jails and poor houses are filled with incurable insane, who ought to be in the Asylum: = = . " The Committee of“t‘Le House on Benevolent Institutions all sigued a report, of which the following is an extract : +“We find one ward not fit. for a horse stable. “It is an old dilapidated and dungeon like room, with low ceilings and no ventilation, which togethier with the hissing steam ‘pipes passing through to other parts of the house,'and’ about twenty-five Insane persors, very readily makes visitors apprehensive that they are near the infernal regions. Mr. Speaker, this ward should be abandoned and condemned as an improper place to put human beings, however insane. But this can not be done until room is prepared for the patients who occupy it.” :

Within the next five days a law would have been passed making provision for additional buildings, so as to meet the demands of the unfortunate and save the honor of the State. As the matfer now stands, these poor women must remain in their pandemonium, ‘or be sent home for confinement in jails with criminals.

All the ;De'moératic members except those who were absent on account of sickness, were in their seats ready to discharge their duty and pass the laws demanded by the people. But they were prevented from deing so by the Republican members in the House resigning their seats and breaking a ‘quorum. Upen whom the responsibility rests for this, we leave to the judgment of a candid people. B i

JaMes D. WiLLiAMs, JASON B. Brown, , HeENRY S. CAUTHORN, | WiLLiaM MACE, W. G. NEFF, ' 0. H. P. ABBETT, : ‘Committee.

The Fee and Salary Bili.

‘We have endeavored to obtain a copy. of the new fee and' salary bill recently passed by the Legislature of this State, but without success. There seems to exist quite a diversity of opinion in regard to the provisions of the bill, very few agreeing as to its probable effect upon county officers. The most explicit information 'that hds yet come under our obsprvation is the following from a letter written by Mr. D. McDonald, one of the Clerks of the House of Representatives at Indianapolis, and Clerk elect of Marshall county. That gentleman writes as follows : v -

A few dishqnest county officers have been stealing from the people by charging “constructive tees,” were the main reasons urged for the passage of the bill. Tt -was almost unanimously -admitted that a fair construction of the old fee bill would not pay officers more than they ought to have. According to the ‘constitution, all laws must be uniform, and to reach the dishonest officials the present law was thought to be the best that could be matured duzing the present session, and so it was ‘passed just as it vriginated in the Senate. Average counties, having a population of 20,000 inhabitants, will pay the clerk, sheriff, auditor, and treasurer, about $2,500 annually, including deputy hire. In case the clerk cannot collect the fees to an amount equal to this salary, he is al: lowed by the board of county commissioners only as ‘much as he collects, and, as it is a well established fact that not over 85 per cent. ot the fees taxed can be collected, it appears at present that there - will be a good deal:more honor than profit in performing the responsible dutiesof ‘clerk. The auditor is a little better pro_vided for; he gets the same salary and ~the same amount of deputy hire, and a few perquisites, whether any fees are collected or any work performed or not.— The auditor of Stark county, with her 8,808 papulation, receives the same salary. as does the auditor of Allen county, with | 46,000 inhabitants—the only difference between thetwo counties being the amount allowed for deputy hire. The treasurer receives the same salary and the same -amount for depaty hire ag the auditor.— While the auditor hag to employ one deputy constantly, and a portion of the time two, 1t is well known that the treasurer has no use for a deputy over three monthsin each.year. The sheriff is'to receive the same salary as the clerk, and the same amount for deputy hire; his salary, also, being based ou the fees he collects. In average counties, the amount received by the different officers, will, perbaps, enable them to. transact the business efficiently, while .in smaller counties they will get considerably more, and in the larger c’o?flts they will be greatly crippled.— County oflicers—althou%’b some of them are, doubtless, great scalawags — are not the worst men in the world, and why the members of the legislature made the fight against, them, while the burden of taxation was not degreased,’ hgs not yet been explained, Eoal

In consequénce of a recent, decision of the Supreme Court, our saloon keepers. are rejoiced at the prospect of the city havjng,tg refund the $3OO license exacted from them.— Wabash Republican. Able sttaiyieys give it as their opiniag that no such recoveries can be made—the saloon keepers baving paid the license’ without taking issue as to the constitutionality of the law under which the same was imposed. ' ;

The Enforcement Law.

'During the pendency of the so-called enforcement law, the Hon. M. . Kerr took odcasion to denounce this additional innovation upon the péqplé‘s rights in the strongest terms. He stated that he op--posed tbe bill for two reasons: first, because there was no warrant for it in the Constitution,- and, seéond, because even if there was power'to enact it, it was not - expedient- that it should be enacted. Elt was ‘demanded by no existing condition of thingsin the country. The Legislatures of the States were not.all corrupt and ‘dishonest and ignorant, and all sense and reason and. competence were not in Congress. The Democratic party held tlia§ in all matters of local and domestic concern the jurisdiction 'of the State ought never to be invaded by ‘Congress, and that the virfuesjand competency in every possible respect of State Legislatures and their members were just as high and as respectable as those possessed by Congress ae the:individual members of .it. He: therefore did not agree with the gentleman from Tennessee (Maynard) when he suggested that the Democratic mcmbers. were always resisting efforts to maintain the purity oof the ballot box. They! reslsted no efforts of that kind. The record of the Democratic party‘ contradicted all such assertions, and he wanted that gentleman to recollect what be well knew, and what the country well knew, that wherever the reconstruction laws had been established, ‘the laws controlling elections had, not only been below those! enacted By the States generally, but had been in their details, purposes, and p()[ily sfinply infamous and outrageous violations of common honésty and common decency, and hence it was that there were on the floor of the House to day so many members whom the people never elected and never would elect. -He believed that if the people did not soon rally against the invasions of Federal power, the autonomy of the states and the principles of self government in the country would be lost torever. If the Federnl government were allowed to proceed to make one invasion after another, to commit one aggression after another, where was the limit to be found ? The powers asserted in the bill, and by the majority of the House, simply amounted, when thoroughly and legally analyzed, to the assertion of a right on the part of the Republican majority to define their own powers-and prerogatives.

STATE ITEMS.

Another Democratic paper is to be started at Vincennes. |

A Richmond lady has been fined for emphasizing her arguments with the servant girl with the too frequent use of the boot jack -over the latter’s cranium. R .

The Plymouth Democrat says that Jacob Kelver, of Marshall county, has fallen }hefr to a fortune of $70,000 left him :by a deceased relative in Germany. : L :

A little ‘boy named Sharts, three years old,fell into a boiler of hot water, at Logansport, on -Wednesday of last week, and was so badly scalded that he died the next morning. Hon. Peter Kiser was the only man in Fort Wayne who could muster up enough patriotism to celebrate the 139th anniversary of Washington’s birthday, on the 22d ult. The Indianapolis Jowrnal claims the census of that city will show an increase of about eight thousand over the enumeration of last summer. The official figures will be given soon.

A new and incurable disease has broken out .among the cattle in Hancock county. A large amount of sickness, principally low fevers, is said to be prevailing in the southern portion of the same county. , .

Gottlieb Wachstetter, a saloon keeper of Indianapolis, shot jand killed another galoon keeper named A. Christy in that city at 10 o’clock on Monday night of last week. Both had been drunk and quarreled, which resulted in the murder.

Owners and keepers of houses of illfame at Lafayette have adopted a new dodge to evade the ordinance recently passed by the city council. Instead of running the establishments themselves and boarding the inmates, they lease out the rooms, the papers being regularly drawn up, attested, and signed by a justice of the peage or a notary public. b :

- In the christian county of Tippecanoe, we learn that Mrs. Bean, who regides at Oakland Hill, and whose husband was murdered a few months ago by Jean LaPange, gave birth to a child a night or two since without any medical assistance, or the aid of a single neighbor. At last accounts she was lylng in a critical condition,! without a stick of wood or the necessaries of life. - i

A correspondent at Lagrange furnishes the ‘particulars of rather a re: markable occurrence which took place in that town the first of thé past week. On Sunday Mr. John E. Bilbrough and Miss ’Klary Trowbridge were married in one of the churches, in the presence of -a large and fashionable assemblage. On Monday -the newly made wife was attacked’ with congestion of the brain, and died the same evening. The funeral took place on Wednesday from the same church from which she Lad gone a happy bride only three days before, ‘ ,

Is it & Skeleton ?

The Ligonier Banner comes to us this week containing an able editorial, denunciatory of the -action of the committee in ousting Hon. John Sarnighausen, from' Allen county, and admitting O. Bird, his opponent in the election, in his place. We are no admirér of Sarnighansen politics altogether,but no doubt it:is equal to Bird’s in honesty. But there is something deeper and more powerful behind this tfisgraceful scheming of the Bird faction. Oan it be possible that the gigantie canal swindle has anything to %o with it ? Seventeen republicans and four denioerats cast their votes to perpetrate this piece of villainly. 'We repeat the question, is it _possible that the canal bondholders have an interest in Mr. Bird’s election 7 'We are very reluctant to believe such a thing, but nothing is impossible. Let us watch the #uspicious movements of {Ljs skeleton. — Warstii Undon, Febi 17.

- —Vick's Illustrated Catalogue and Flo‘ral Guide for 1871, has been received. : It gives a full list of seeds and bulbs sold by the publisher, and is mailed' free for 15¢ - Address, James Vick, Rochester, N. Y,

The End of the Burson Case. - " Yesterday, according to the agreement made between the Democratic and Republican senators, the senate took np the Burson case. An effort was made to have injected into the record a sworn statement of . Burson, denying the charge of bribery “and corruption, but this was refused by the Democrats, upon the ground that Bur: gon had an opportunity to testify before the committee and refused to do so, and that it would be improper to permit his ex-parte statement to go on the record, after the evidence in the case had been closed. - S ar This matter being disposed of, Mr. Brown of Jackson opened the argu ment in a speeeh of an hour. Mr. Brown was bitter and severe upon Burson, He spoke of Buréon’s “putrid lips,"’l}is' “tainted soul,” 'and his “iecheréus hands,” and declared that such a mass of corruption as Burson wasg unfit to occupy a seat on-the floor of the senate. Col. Steele consumed two hours in replying to Brown, ;and, in closing his speech, made the remarkab]é statement, “That he (Brown) had sought him at his rooms to tell him that he£Brown) had examined all the evidences against Burson.and that it did not make a case of bribery and corruption against him; and that he (Brown) then said that he would vote to admit Burson; and that -if he did not voté to admit him, he (Steele) might denounce him in the sendte as a white livered, perjured villain,” = Col, Steele then askéd permission of the senate for the Hon. John R. Coffroth, who was present to make a statement. Colonel Steele also stated that it was upon these statements made to him by Brown, that he ' and other Republican genators voted to pust Mr. Sarnighausen. Mr. Brown in reply, saidithat he did not remember making the statcments attributed to him, by Col Steele. Here the matter ended, and Burson’s geat was decrlarud_.vac‘ant, twenty-four Dé¢mocrats voting for “the. resolution vacating it and ,ébyy'ent,y-on'c Republicans voting against the resolution” - ‘No doubt that Burson, by his bribery and corruption, which was fully edtablished, was rightly ousted, but from the developments made in the progress of this remarkable caee, it would seem that there arc other sena. tors who are dizqualified, if hribery and corruption is a disqualification, and might be unseated for the same causes that disqualified and unseated Burson. Itig quite possible that but for the corruption, developed in thi§ case, genator Sarnighausen wouldstill occupy a geat in the senate.—New Albany Ledger,; Feb. 22. I

The North Shore ERailroad Co.

Or rather their extension from the Detroit River to Chicago, have very nearly completed their preliminary survey. The line enters the state of Indiana very near the south east corner of Steuben county, making ncarly due course westward touching South Milford, Wolcottville, thence through the Hawpatch, through Millersburg, agrass the Elkhart river above - Bainter{s mill throngh Jackson, Union and Tocke townghip, passing tvo miles north of Wallkerton, and thence to' Valparaizo.. So far the engineers have found a gplendid line of road, in no instanee exceeding fifteen feet grade to the mile ; and over such a grade it is estimated that an ordinary engine will draw af train of 75 cars, containing 30,000 bushels of wheat.. Such a road would compete saccessfully with water transportation,and would take wheat to Butfalo tor ten cents per bushel: The line would be lopen the year round, and would save the necessity of the. great accumulation of grain in Chicago. It would enable our farmers constantly to avail themselves of the best prices of the New York market. It would prevent putting up freights in winter, and the consequent loss to manufacturers. Of all other roads-contempla. ted it will be emphatically the farmers road. Blessed be the people who live upon its line ! ' :

‘We understand the Canada portion of the line is to be completed the first, of Sepgember, 1872, and we presume the whole line to Chicago will be open by that time, The well known energy .of the contractors, Messrs. Garden: er, Wells, Goss: & Co., is sufficient guarentee for the success of the work. —Goshen Democrat, Sl

Alcorn’s Sham Patriotism.

The reazon. why Governor Alcorn, of Mississippi, declines his seat in’ the United States senate, is this: The state of Mississippi is ‘officeted by his appointees——many of whom are per: sonal friends of his, and a very- large majority of whom are toadies of his.iand he knows he can use them at will to forward his own interests, andzkeep them in place during his Gubernatorial term; whereas, if he occupied his place in the senate, Powers the lieutenant governor, and a carpet-bagger, would step into Gubernatorial shoes, and assuming the immense power which ig the'prerogative of” the governor,would displace numbers of Alcorns favorites, and huild himself and friends up upon the . foundations so carefully constructed by the aforesaid Alcorn.’ ‘ That’s. what’s the matter with “the patriotic governor of Missiszippi.”’— Toledo Democrat. Sy e T * ' The Sam Domingo Farce. . . . .

The New York Sun correspondent, who has just returned from San Domingo, is of the opinion that the part ‘being enacted by Grant’s éommissioners is a mere farce. - There is no particular desire upon the part of the natives there for annexation, and there is. nothing there that the United States need desire. . X o ) The- Government of Hayti, which occupies the ' west end of the island whicfl affords an abiding place for the lizards, centipedes, worthless negraes and degenerated Spaniards of San Domingo, is averse to the. annexation scheme of Grant, and unofficial dis: patches received at- Washington yesterday intimate that war with Hayti may be calculated upon in the event that the star of Republican aggrandizement shoots in that direction.— Z'oledoDemoerat.: i

The Latest & Steal.

. Last Tuesday the lower house of congress passed the senate bill granting about twenty-five million acres of the public domain to southern pacific railway, The corporators are John 0. Fremont and about 150 others. The bill was sapported by nearly every republican member, and opposed by nearly every democratic membeér. | - Let the _p.qule remember the promises made by the republican party last fall, that no more public land should be given to private speculators.—Ply-. mouth Democrat, AT S

. NMARRIED: S - At the Worden House, in Aibion, Februar 16th, 1871, by Rev, M.i H. Jones, Mr. THQ)}A% - S 8. DUKES to Miss ANN STAGE ; both-ofthis county, ) ; -y ST ‘) o DEBED, S RA A sS A A A A ‘At Ligonier, on Puesday, Fcbruar{.%th. 1871, at 11 o'clock, A. &, of Diptheria, CARRIE DELL, — danghter of L. T. and-M. E. Frsuex; aged 2 years and 10 months, FER : - "7 i ‘“Thou hast passed the shadowy portal; s v Thou hast borne the mortal strife;’ Thou hast-left this world of sorrow, v - . For a world of heavenlr life; ! & And our hearts ate griev ng for thee, : Grieving with intengesf pain, | o . Grieving that we shall not see thee— | ' YOur sweet Carrie !—hereagain.” * **! . *“‘Calm on the bosom of thy God, . - © - Fairspirit! rést.theo.now. . . . ; ) - - - . - . * - e - . é Dust to'its sarrow house beneath, R ~ &oul to its place on high! A ) They that have seen thy look in death, ... No more may. fear to-die.” E . In Braceville, Trumbull Go Ohio, February 12, 1871, BENJAMIN ' PALM ITER, father of *° Dr. C. Palmiter of this place; aged 79 years, 9 months sad 21 days. LIGONIER MARKET REPORT. : Wheat—whité, ... 140 sCorn,. ..ih....40 to 504 Wheat—Red,.:... T 25 ;Bec:s wax,....... 3@ Qats,. .5, ..., 42 i8utter........15 t 0.20 Potatoes, . ....... 75 1Lard,............ 10 Flax 5eed,....... 175 lEzgs, ceieshaeenas 15 W001,...i...n 40 to 42 [Feathers......... R 0 — el . KENDALLVILLE MARKET ¢ {CQorrected Weekly by William Crow:) . 1 Wheat—white,... 140 (C0rnf............ 45Wheat—red . ..... 1 22 |BeesWax,.... . 30 Oats, .. ...... s:-p 40 |8utter,.......... 18 Potatoes,. ... 175 {Lard,............ 10 . F1ax5eed,........ 175 |Boga,. oneeonne. 20 r Wool ..:......40 to 45 &Fc:ithers,)....... 90 Clover Seed:....., 615 (TalloW .e...,.... 07 i Pork... ... 00000 820 ‘liny ceeeviaaend. 6000 Turkeys, Live,,... -08 [Chickens, Live... ‘O5. ! - Administrator’s Notice. , ‘Notice is hereby given that I have been appoint-. ed administrator of the Estate of Joseph Foglef deceased. - Said estate is su;qu-»sed to be solvent. . S SOLOMON MIER, Adm'r. : . Lijonier, Feb. 14,1871, i - 1 ~lglllginistrnli()l”s Notice. Naticé is hereby given that the undersigneJl has been appointed,administratrix of the estate of John H -Howser, late of Noble county, deceased. " The estate is probably solvent. ' BARBARA ANN HOWSER, Adm’x: - -Mareh 1, 1871.t8%. . P Execntor’s Sale. By virtue of the suthdrity vested <n ‘me by the last will and testament :4»l} Francis M. Miller, I ‘will eellat private sale an or after the 20th day-of-March, 1871, the following real-estate,.situate in Noble-county and Siate of Indiana, to wit: Thirty acres of land off the south end of thd west half of the north-east qnarter of section thirty-three, in township thirty-four north ef ra; ge eight east.— Said real-estate will' be.so'd npé!u the foliowing terms, to-wit: The full amount of ‘the purchase mouey to be paid in hand.’ 1 __° DANIEL OBEWINE, Ex'r, - - February 13, 1871.-4 t

SHERIFI'S SALE.

‘By virtue of an execution to me issued b‘y the Clerk of the Court of. Common Pleas of Noble: county, Indiana, in the case of Margaret Shaffer vs. Samuel A. Reed and Benjamin M. Reed, I'will offer."for sale at public auction, at the Court® House' door in the town of Albion, .county of Noble and State of Indiana, . On SALURDAY, March 25th, 1811, Between the -hours of 10, o’clock A. M. and 4 o'clock, r.:ar, of said day, the following de: seribed real gstate, sitnate in said county and State, to wit: Lot numbered one hundred and twenty-two, in the Town of Albion. - AN DAVID HOUGH], . Sheriff Noble County. 8. E. Avvorp, Plaintifi’s Attorney. Albion, March Ist, 1871.-p.f. £5.50.

Sherifi™s Sale.

- DBy virtue of an exetution and order of sile to me Issued by the Clerk ofthe Courtof Corhmon Pleas of Noble count,y,ilndianu,in the case of saac E. Kuisely vs. Thémas Barnett and Christian R. Barnett, I will offer for gale at public auction at the Court House door.in the town of Albion, county of Noble and state-of Indiana,

~SATURDAY, March 25th, 1871, - Between the hours of 10 o’clock, a. M,, and 4 o’cloek, -p. M 3 of said day, the following decribed real estate, situate in said County and State; to wit: The north-west quiarter of the south-west quarter of section thirty-five, township thirty-tive north of range eight east. -

- e . DAVID HOUGH. Sherifl of Noble County. Albion, Ind , March 1, 1871 =6 -

Rare Chance to Buy a Farm. For salé, at less than its value, & farm of 145 acres, in'the Haw Patch, 7 milesmorth of Ligonier.” Contains 62 acres cleared, and 18 acres sugar camp. ' The remaining 40 acres are located about three miles from the above, all timbe{ed‘. Wil sell the two 'tracts separately, if desired. The Farm is undera high state of cultivation, well fenced, almost entively "elear ‘of stumps, and is ‘supplied with wever-failing .water, lucluding 1-2 acre pond.< On the premises are a two-story ‘dwelling, with wing 20x23 attached, good.cellar, barn, blacksmith and joiner shop, wood and wash house, and all oth‘er necessary out-buildings. Best orchard in the county : coutains over one hundred choice fruit trees. . B Terms and payments very reasonable. For particulars inghire of E. B, Gerber, Ligonier, or apply, oh the premises, to - .o ; < ELIAS SCHROCK. Februdry 1, 1870.-*2m B N

~ Notico to Non-Resident. L STATE OF INDIANA, ) o Cauxty or Nos Le. e - lu-the Noble Circuit, Court of Noble County, in the State of Indiana, April Term, a. p. 1871, . Be it known, That on this first day of March, in the year 1871, the above-named plaintiff by her attorneys, filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court, her complaint against said defen dants, in the aboye-entitled cause;together with an -aflidavit of a competent person, .that said defendant, Daniel McGlin, 18 not & resident of the State of Indiana. - . ’

-Said defendant is, therefore, hereby notified of the filing and pendency of said complaint against him, and that unless he appear and an--swer or demur thereto, at the calling of said cause on the second day of the next term of’ said Court, to be begun and held at the Court. House in:the town of Albion, on the third Mon:: day ‘in March, 1871, said complaint and the: matters and things therein contained and al~ leged, will be heard and determined in his ab< sence. Wm. C. WILLIAMS, Clerk. "WiLpyaAN & Stam, Att%)rney for plaintiff. Albion, March 1,'1871.p.f.58,10.. :

Sherifi’s Sale.

By virtué of an order of sale and execution to me issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Noble copaty, Indiana,in the case of WillianrH. FranKs Yersus Jeremiah J. Noel, Lucina M. Noel and Thomas W. Hall, I will offer for sale at public\auction, at the Court House door, in the Town of Albion, Count‘y of Noble, and State of Indiana, on ¢+ - .t

3 2 3 | - SATURDAY, Mayvh 25th, 1871, Between the hours of 10 o’clock, A. M., and 4 o’clock, p. w., of said day, the following de‘Scribed real estate, situate in the County of Noble and State of Indiana, to-wit: *Commeneing 21 63-100 chains west of the south-east corner of sectibn one, in township thirty five .north of ‘range nine east, and running thence. north twenty-one and 58-100 chains to the pub-. lic road, ninety-three links south, 63 © east from: a white-oak tree, ten inches in diameter ; theacenorth sixty-nine and 3-4ths degrees west, 14 95-100- chains; thence north 602 west, 5.75-100. chains, to the intersection of saidiroad and the 1-4 section line ; thence south on said line 22 97-100 chains; thence west 17 chains; thence‘south one-chain, t 6 the centre of the North Fork:of the Elkbart River; thence down said river toa point being south of the place of beginning;, thence north 16 chains, to :the Elacerof beginning—excepting sixty acres off the east side of the. foregoing =deseribed land,” containing eighty-fiée‘aeres of land, more or less. : = DAVID HOUGH, 1 ) . .~ Sheriff of Noble County. ' 8. E. Auvvorp, Aftorney for Platntiff. Albion, March 1, 1871.-p.f.813.10

Notice to Nom-Residents.

STATE OF INDIANA, | . . County.oF NoBLE, }-“'

David W." Squire, _ - : L VB. . . Mary Squire, James Squire, Andrew T; é&nm Ransom Squire,Johr(}Squire, Lydia A. Whit: man, Benjamin S. Whitman, gl‘vr‘aett‘ Barling, -Segmour S. Burling, Mary Vanhyning, Edward Van yning, Dayid Bussing, Catharine Bussing, Phebe Hobbs, Benjamin Hobbs, John Bussingland Oliver Bussing. ' - In the Noble Circuit Court, April term, 1871. It appearing by affldavit filed, that'the abovenamed defendants, Mary Squire, James Squire, Andrew T.Squire, Ransom Squire, Lydia A. Whitman, Benjamin 8. Whitman, Myraett Burling, Seymour 3. Burling, Mary Vanhyning, Edward {’anh{ninfi, David Bx;ssin%,i Catharine Busing, Phehe . Hobbs, Benjamin Hobbs, John Bussine and Oliver Bussing, are not residents of the State of Indiana, and that they are necessary parties to said action, which relates to real-estate: said non-resident defendants are notified to qp‘;)ear in the Noble Circuit Court, on the second day of said term, to he held at the Court House in the town of ‘Albion, in said. county, commencing on the third Mondsy in April, 1871, and answer the ‘complaint of said psg}i{l Ych squ;,re,~or the same will 'be determined in their-absence. £ N £l fra Wit 0.-WILLIAMS, B Clerk Noble Cireuit Court.. ‘B. E. Arvorp, Attorney for Plaintiff February 22d; 1871.-45t8-p.£.§10.80 i