The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 48, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 March 1871 — Page 2

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‘Resistancé to Tyrants is Obedience to God.’

J. B.STOLL, EDITOR

" WEDNESDAY, MAR. 29, 1871.

. 'SUMNER'S GREAT SPEECH. - No speech bas been delivered in either -lof the houses of Congrees since the impeachment trial that attracted so much attention as that of Senator Sumber on . Monday last,in arraignment of President * Grant,and his San Dom"ingov poiicy._——- . Washington ,dispatches agree in stating that the demonstration on the occasion was unexpected as it was most extraordi nary. It is stated that two hours before the Senate convened, the galleries over flowed with people, while the crowds out- . side pressing tor admittance were so great that'it/ required a police force at each ‘entrancg' to the chamber to preserve the ) pcacc/ and protect those who ha% obtained seats, It is estimated that 2,000 or 3,000 “‘werd unable to obtain admission. * Not ~ only aIM the aisles, slips and recesses of the public and diplomatic agencies were filled to repletion, but the teporter’s gal.lery was thrown open to the ladies, while ‘at last the %cnate unanimo’hslj granted " adndission for ladies to occupy the cloak.roomis and private corridors adjoining the Senate floor. It was net long, however, :M fore these cvcrﬂov@‘ed,”and,i for-the first time almost in tke history of ithe Senate, the floor, was largely occupied by unpriy- ~ ileged persons. e Tl telegraph further states that by 1 v, M, the House found half its’ members “absent, and it theréfore adjourned, and informally proceeded in a body to the Scnate fldor. lln the diplomatic. gallery, the ,French and Haytien ministers, and other members of foreign corps, with some portion of the Presidential household, occupied seats It was evident throughout _the day that the sympathies of three; fourths of this vast throng were with the Senator, and against the President, fdlf{ the galleries gave demonstrations of ap“rival until they were warned by the ~ Vice President that they would be cleared ifrdpeated. . bl a © *. Mr, Sumner’s speech was indeed an able effort. Tt'is utterly impossible to convey an intelligent idea of its contents by a brief review, hence we are reluctantly compelled to defer a synopsis of Mr. Sum! ner's qrowhiu_g effort ‘un\tlil next week,’ -, when we shall take pleasure in laying the mdin points’ of his argument, before our ~readers.' " - e e ; ¢ Victory—Prudence. :

In & lengthy article on the lessons furnished by the New Hampshire election, the Evansville Courier presents some excellent suggestions to our-political friends in these words: Lyt : _ While there is much just cause for rejoicibg in these encouraging signs and expressions of favor, we hope our Democratic and Conservative friends will not be misled into any false security. Their work has only begun, and must. not be relaxed untjl the Presidential election ‘shall have closed in victory. = ~ ‘ _The pridence and candor; and upright devotion to duty, which have brought to us the confiding judgmentfot the people, ought to we, and will be, followed congistently, throughout. = We have lived ‘down misrepresentation by eschewing extremes and faithfully pursuing right, withoutiany regard to consequences. Ambitions and impatient men, who aim to use political organization for personal ad--vantage, may have found {Ll;is steady and straight-forward course ibtonvénient.— But it has drawn‘to ghe Democracy the sound opinion of'theé country, and it is that contidence, won by discretion and good.sense, that will carry us, into power ancd-revive the purity and tntegrity of the TUnien. Let us appeal to moderatidn and reason, againgt fanaticism and folly. =

-. " Personal and Political. : Senator Sherman, of Ohio, has written _a letter in which he expresses a readiness 40 be re elected if that be the desire of the | people. b e : . It is again stated that Senator Morton will soon bgealled into Grant's cabinet. The President has appointed Col. John W. Forney Collector of the Port at Philadelphia. 0 - Tlon.D.W_Voorhees has returned home, ‘ad will not-go back to Washington dur‘ing the present session. . ~€ol. R. W. Thompson, of ll‘ex_jt_'e Haute, i} named as the probable republican can'| didate for Governor of Indiana, ' :

% Let there be Light. The following, ;from the New Albany Ledger, i 8 of importance -to every taxpayer.in the State: e i ‘We hope, now 'tha,t public attention is called to the matter, that a thorough ex amination will be €nade as to how the ‘money in the hands of the State Treasurer has been loaned, and who has pocketed the interest upon these loans. It is a “subject that the people, no doubt, have an, interest in. If, as the Indianapolis Journalintimates, $40,000 per annum has been received for interest, the tax-payers would be most happy to be informed who has “gobbled the $40,000 for the past ten years. It would certainly have saved them some~what on the tax . duplicates if it had been applied to the State debt. L

Negroes in Comvention.

The negro State convention was held at Indianapolis on Thursday and Friday of .last week. ' About one hundred delegates -from different parts of the State were in attendance. J.S. Hinton presided. The convention, after doing a great deal of talking, adopted a series of resolutions denunciatory of the Democrats, Southern people, and the Indiana Legislature; endorsing 411 mehsures- of re construction passed by Congress ; vindicating the administration of Grant, and requesting all negroes to voté the Radical ticket. During the coming mon'th elections will take place in Connecticut and Rhode Island. On Monday, April Bd, in Connecticut, a Governor and other State officers “and members of Congress will be choser, "and on Wednesday, April. sth, in Rhode “Island, State officers and members of the Legislature will be voted for. We predict the triumphant re election of Governor English and the gain of at least one member of Congress in Connecticut, and hand- | _some democratic gains in Rhode Island. . —Our Kendallville correspondent has an’ interesting letter in this week’s paper,

STATE POLITICS.

: The Ligonier BANNER has a lengthy editorial in favor of Washington C. DePavw, Esq., of New Albany, as the probable Democratic candidate for Governor in 1872. While indorsing all that the BANNER-says in favor of Mr, DePauw, we must not be understood as probouncing in his favor. | With this explanation we refer with pleasure to the BANNER's article, whiich we publish to day. = Evansville Courier. e

The Terre Haute Journal also publishes our article entire, and briefly calls dttention to'it in the fotlow ng words: . * An article on 'our second page this morning in regard to a Democratic candidate for Governor is wo_‘r.thz «f special attention. | | ¥ b S

- The Courier having heretofore spoken fayorably of Judge Niblack as a suitable candidate for Goveror, and the Journdl Likewise of Mr.' Voorhees, we csteem the publica)tion of our article in favor of Mr. DePauyw as an especial favor, and' as in: dicative of a desire ofi part of the conductors of these excellent papers to give all sides a hearing in theircolumns. Such acourse is mot only magnanimous, but gives assurance that thoughtful members of our party are determined to carefully consider every suggestion that may tend to adyance the political interests of the Démocracy and to promété the welfare of the people of Indiana. . ' -

In its comments on the proposed candidacy of Washington C. DePauw for Governor, the Goshen Democrat uses the following language : - Sl - The approaching State election in 1872 will be one of signal importance, not only to the State, but to the whole country, for the reason that the State of Indiana will have an important influence pn the Presidential election. ' For that reason it is of the highest necessity thaf the State Conyention shall give to the voters of the State, & man to head the next democratic’ State ticket of pure and unblemished character. The gallant fight made by the democracy 1n,1868 when the ticket was headed by the Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, when we came so near redeeming the State, shows what the influence of an able, ‘an incorruptible man is worth, buf it is the just expectation of the Indiana democracy that Mr. Hencricks will lead the democratic hosts of the' nation to such a-: triumpbant ygictory as will place him in the Presidential chsir in 1872. Itisa notorious fact that with probably the exception of one or two State officers, éye men elected by the republican party four years ago were of grossly intemperate and impure habits, and it is not to be denied that- men in our party "have heretofore filled, and again aspire to fill, places to which they will be no credit. The con-" sequence is that intemperance and corrup- | tion has infestea the capital. It needs a | thorough renovation, and the beginning of last 'fall must be continued until the work is accomplished. - st

.. The Goshen Democrat having named séveral prominent citizens of thattown in connection with the republican candidacy for Governor in 1872, the Lagrange Standard -is led to this ironica] observation: L e e

¢ The Goshen papers, not satisfied with the local demgand, are prepared to take orders* for. 'ﬁlrﬁishing the State with officers. Large orders desirable, and a liberal discount allowed in such cases. A few dozen more'or less of no consequence. Half a dozen splendid fellows are already spoiling for the Governorship, and any quantity (put up expressly for the trade) ready to fill minor positions. Send in your orders early (of course) accompanied by the cash. No ordersfilled in this ‘case on the c. o.'d. principle. The goods might spoil before delivery. i It strikes us.that our contemporary has “let himself loose” to a considerable more sarcasm than the occasion really demands.

"The Evansville Courier complains over the increase of the colored population in that city, and claims that voters are being imported by the Republicans for the purposp of controlling the coming municipal election! : b |s y

Got'aN OFFICE.—The country issaved ! Sol. D. Bayless, of Fort Wayne, has been appointed Surveyor General- of the Territory of Daketa, by the President. - Ham Connor declines to become Governor of Idaho, and Gen. Dumont, of Iddianapolis, has been appointéd to fill the vacancy.— Waterlao Press. ‘

The Ligonier BANNER and the Laporte ARraus announce the name of Hon. W. C. DePauw, of New Albany, as their candidate for Governor. - Mr, DePauw is a sterling Democrat, and would make an excellent race for'the Governorship.— Valparaiso Democratic Messenger.

The Northern Prison — Healthy Con- ' dition of the Finances. According to the report of the outgoing ‘Warden of the Northern Prison, the financial affairs of that institution are in a most flourishing condition, it now being more than self-sustaining, and yieldiug a handsome revenue to the State. For thequartei- ending March 10 the warraats drawn on'the State Treasury amounted to $13,007.81, and the receipts for the same tiwe from all sources were $14,183.45, leaving a balance of $1,176.14, which sum was paid over to Treasurer Ryan on Wednes: day. It will be borne in mind that this ig the result of a Republican administration of the affairs of the prison,'and it is only natural to suppose that under the néw disgensation there:will be a large annual deficit in lieu of the surplus. — Ind. Journal. o _

‘There is' nothing “natural” about such: a supposition. The history of the past ten years has certainly furnished nothing to warrant the assertion that republican officials are more honest than those of democratic faith. |We might add in this connection, that it would be more in ac cordance with the principles/of right.and justice to await results before passing judgment on the new ‘autborities. ;

. Vitra Temperanee, i The Terie Haute Journal says that the ultra temperance men of that city have adopted the.following platform for their future political government : g 1. Entire prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors as & beverage. : 2. The rigid enforcement of existing laws, that we may suppress the traffic in intoxicating drinks as much as possible, . 3. The passage and enforcement of th ordinance closing all saloons ‘in the city on the Sabbath, andsat ten o'clock at night on other days of thé week, 4. Honest; moral, able and temperate men for office. | o ; © 5. Btrict economy in the administration of our city affairs. : 6. Encouragement toall branehes of industry, so as to furnish employment, with competent wages, to the laborer and me. chanig, s i ¢y

Editorial Convention,

' The mext regular session of the Editor’ and Publishers’ Asociation of the Tenth and Eleventh Districts of Indiana will be held at Goshen, on _FmDAi', April 14th, 1871. The attendance of every member of the Association is earnestly requested, as business of the utmost importance will be subhitted, ~ J, B. STOLL, Pres'. C. H. Cuasg, Secretary, ik

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

" The late Indiana Legislature ‘in" its ‘wisdom, saw proper to cut down the fees for publication of Sheriff Sales to §l° per square, @8 a matter of retrenchment, we suppose. They themselves m:iy, feel a little cut up about it yet when pressed fora reaspn. Thismatrer should be well ventik ated at.the next meeting bt the Asseciation at Goshen, — Elklart Union., Sl

- ‘When any set of men, whether Democrats, or Republicans, think to advance their party interests by oppasing their county papers, we believe in taking a firm stand against all such old fogy fools, and placing them in a position that they are. capable of filling.-— Goshen Democral. We have been t.ol’d that publishers at Indianapolis and elsewhere. interpret 'the meaning of the law asallowing one dollar per square for every insertion. If this be the correct interpretation,and we are inclined to think it is, the newspaper fraternity will iave no reason to complain of the compensation fixed by tbe new law for the publication of Sheriff’s Sales.

Nine ont of every ten Republican newspapers throughout the country have spéken out-in condemration of Grant's contemptible course in causing the displacement of Sumner from the chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Relations. Even Horace Greeley, who has’befn clinging desperately to Ulysses, and charitably striving to mhke something out of him, begitis to show signs of weariness and weakening faith. In a late number of the 7ribung Horace puts himself squarely on the side of Charles Sumner, in)his grapple with Executive stolidity and assurance, backed by Senatorial venality and imbecility. The Galena tanner will kardly be able t 6 survive the unjted as saults of his party pr:es's, and may as well prepare to vacate the White House at the expiration of his present term.” . -

. Master John Colfax Mahin, by his next friend; Rev. John C. Mahin, pastor of the M. E. Church of this city, desires us to réturn thanks to Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States, for a copy of the Congressional Directory of the Forty-first Conress, addressed to “ John | Colfax Mabhin, eare of Rev. J. C. Mahin,| Goshen, Ind.” We would.inform Mr, Colfax that his name-sake here is just one day younger than the Vice President’s own little boy. Both will bs one year old in April negt.— Goshen Times. - That was certainly a very valuable and still more appropriate present for the little _voﬁngster, Should the V. P. now be thoughtful enough to send Master J. Colfax an Agricultural Report, ecstatic joy will doubtlessreign in the house of Ma- | hin. o e Spffall e

We regret to hear that another democratic paper, recently established—the Wabash Democrat — bas suspended publication. The Democrat was a well-conducted paper and should not have been permitted to “go under,” especially in view of the fact that it was owned by men of wealth, who caused the following announcement to be made through its. columns last, Decemibers . s iRTidRERe Lo Ee T

“The gentlemen constituting the officers of the association aré among. tha wealthiest men-in the county, and all are gentlemen of integrity and good business.qual fications. They are.men who will. give the Democrat stability and> permanency. In ‘their hands no one need have any fears of a failure.” . G

Wendell Phillips, who' has been the most blatant 'demagogue in the whole land:in favor ‘6f “uaniversal suffrage,” during a receqﬁ lecture in }}évy York on the “Promicent Questions of the Day,” made this declaration: S

Qo far as this theory of outs of selfgoyvernment, of universal suffrage, has grappled -hithetto with the problem of governing a great city, it is a failure.— You may put on your diamonds and walk on London Strand and be safe. You would not try it -on Broadway without making yoyr will; and Broadway is the unadulterated result of universal suffrage.”

_ Any soldier of the war of 1812 who served sixty days or more is now entitled to a pension of §s96 @ year. And the widow of any such soldier, who' was mar ried t 0 him before the close of the war and who_has not since re-married, is entitled to the same pension. This is very tardy justice; as the youngest surviving soldier of that war must be at least 75 years of age, and can bave but little time to live. However, the government gave them 160 acre land warrants fifteen or twenty years ago, which were worth ‘ﬁ-bqat $2OO each.” . Lays

- It is reported in Washington that the Grand Army of the Republic is making arfangements, through its various local branches, to present General Logan as the candidate in 1872 for Presiient. The General, however, denies any knowledge. of such a movement. We believe Logan to be not only Grant's most formidable competitor, but that he would also prove the strongest candidate whom the Repub.’ licans could nominate. | P

"Phe Commissioners of Vigo county have retained Hon. D. W. Voorhees to detend’ the constitutionality of the “Sinking Fund law ” now being comtested in the courts-of India#apolis, appropriating $250 for the purpose. The Commissioners. of Morgan county have also, appropriated & similar sum, and retained R. W. Harrison, Esq. Other ableattorneys have also been employed by other counties. . . |

The President on Friday issued a proclamation - warning all Ku Klux'Klans to disperse within twenty days or be dealt with by the military grm of the government. It is thought they will obey the ‘mandate. e e

A Rebuke from Massachusetts.

The following resolution has been introduced into the Massachusetts Senate and ordered printed ; Resolved, That every invasion by One department of Government of the prerogative of another, tends to defeat the fun. damental’ end of all’constitutional Government ; thatit shall be a Government of laws, and not men ; that the people of Massachvsetts view with alarm the recent attempt, unhappily suecessful, by- the President of the United States, not officially proclaimed, but notorious and avowed by its supporters, to dictate the organization and appointment of the Committee on Eo_reign Relations of the Senate of the United Statess; thab the acguiescence of the Senate in the djctation 6t the Executive of the appointment of the Committee on Foreign Relations, implies & subseryiengy which disqualifies that branch for the’ indepecdent performance of its constitutional dnties to supervise nominations and treaties laid before the Seaste by the: President, and threatens the removal of a, great bulwark against Fxecutive usurpa: PO T e il

=Qne of oyr rural exchanges has the siory of that famoys “California Nugget” for » “leader,” How is that for low?.. ..

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

[Undér this head brief communications on any ‘topic of public interest will be published. The editer wishes'it distinctly understood, however, that he dpes not hold himself responsible for opinions here expressed,] 2 ok ~ DEar Banser:—l see in your paper, as well as in a host of others, a published call upon the citizens of Indiana, together with those of the other Western States, to meet in convention at Monmouth, IIL, on the sth prox.,’ who favor an amendment of eur national constifution: “so as to acknowledge Almighty God as the source of all authority and power in-civil government, the Lord Jesus Christ as the gOVerßor ampng hations, and- his revealed will axuprqme authority.” ‘ .

5 Tlxis', 1 my op’ipio‘n; (and I give it while yet I have the right to.do so) is a scheme of the most astounding bigotry that has startled the people since the days of:the inquisition, and this in the 19th century. . We might as well set up the wooden God of any heathen natipn‘in the capitol at Washington, &nd compel the whole people of this free country to fall 'down and worship it. - Itis even less than one century since the blood of our forefathers dampened this soil to make. it & icou'n%i’y of religious as well as of civil liberty.} g {1 M _ Who is Almighty God, that He would thus care to be-indorsed by the constitution of the United States, or of any other country 2 These simple-minded bigots. certainly know nothing of what such an indorsement) would result in. Would it add anything to the power or glory of ‘God, sFould we elect Him ruler of all nations? Is He not already the Supreme Ruler of the universe? Such demearor of our nation is simply ridiculous. | Or do they wish to disturb th4t element that has made us what we feel so justly proud .of to-day—a free people ? . Can egotism ask any more than seek to wipe out with rude hands that clause that already guarantees to every one the right to his own religious opibicns, and thus proffered a home for the oppressed of all nations ? The Chinaman must cast aside his mode of worship and the teachings -of -Confycius, that smacks far less, in many iostances, of heathenibm than vaunted christianity itself, and well attested by its’ plagiarisimis from this Chinese philosopher., i 'The Jew is compelled to accept the Messiah that would be put in appearance for him, and pay homage to a triune God. The Mahommedan must cast aside his Alkoran, a’nﬁ learn to steal with, unwashed hands and feet. Then farewell to Mormonism and all other “new lights.” Close our ports to emigrdtion, while the Jewish: “Ya-hoo” reigns supreme. And, freedom so much ‘yaunted in this now : glorious Union wouldf_amount to the sheer end of all “discourse of reason. Away with all such clap-trap theories of civil and religious governments mixed. The nations of the world haye been gérged with them! The Republican party is full of these canting hypocrites.' that -would hasten the decade of their power in over-zealous-ness to. uiiite their religious creed with their political faith, and tarixl-ish the fair fame of the goddess of liberty, by thus staining a noble record. We have just passed ‘through a fratricidal war, that stands unequaled in its horrors and cruelties in the ‘world’s history, and that too with prayers to the same Almighty God for the success of both contending armies. But once undertake to foster any creed, or dogma, or any rehgious bantling at the same breast with our legitimate child ot liberty, and it will very soon produce an outbreak that will forever silence the claims of so-called christianity. '~

This spirit of religious intol:rance was well enoygh undlerstood‘,by our ancestors, the framers of the constitution. Witness the treaty between the United States.and Tripoli, concluded by the administration of George Washington, Nov. 4th, 1796, (which, in event. of this!new addition, would bave to be broken-and abandoned,) one section of 1t reads: Ry

“As, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1S NOT IN ANY SENSE FOUNDED CN THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, it has in itself no character ot enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Mussulmen (Mussulmans) ; and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.” As this subject has been brought into the political arena, it is, no doubt, within your legitimate province to publish anything that may be written, pro and con, in regard to it, and our.christian friends (?) may expect to see their pet theory handled without gloves, before they can have the constitution of the United States amended to endorse it. ; Yours for humanity, N.E.D.

i For the National Banner. . The Young Ladies of To-Day. . I have been wondering very much of late whither the young ladies of our dayand generation are drifting; wondering it the vast number that walk the streets, dressed in the latest style, ever have a thought that there is aught else to do duri? their precions existence but dressing, flirting, and the catching of husbands, My dear young ladies, you will never secure good, true, and noble husbands “in’ that sort of way.” You may possibly get what sometimes (I am sorry to say it) passes for a man, but there is no man that ‘will wed a bit of femininity, made up of paint, chignon, and all that go to make up: the fashionable young ladies of to-day.— 0! why will you squanc}er so mych valu‘able time in ornamenting that which perishes, while the mind, the immortal part, remains uncultivated. l?otggt’ not ‘that <you must giveea strict account to God for every moment of misspent time. Resolve, and strictly adhere to the resolution, that you will read only that which will be of lasting benefit; .and wholly discard the trashy literature with whish our land is flooded. Strive to fill your mission in life in such a manner, that when iygou are called from off thestage of action, it may be said of you, “she hath done what she could.” - Lo Ligonier, March 25th, 1871.

" MR. EpiToß:—As the time for sowing oats is it hand, and believing it to be the duty of one who has been humbugged to expoee 88 far a 8 possible the fraud, I will say that I have tried the Ramsdale Nor‘way oats and have demonstrated that they do not yield ag well ag the cammon black or white apts, in common use, and sre, in my estimation, no better in quality. My experience last year wag, that on ' better ground and extra cultivation, they yield 10 bushels per acre less than the common. Black Siberisn oat on inferior land with ordinary cultavatiop, . - A FABMES.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Maxrch 21.—The feature of Congress 'was the continuation of the Senate debate on Ku Klux mcidental to Mr. Anthony’s resolution as_amended in the House, pre-. scribing busimess for the present session and the appointment of a committee to investigate the alleged Southern bﬁtrages. A ‘motion to print from time to time the report of this committee was vﬁgorouqiy reéfisg.ed by the Democrati®Senators, especially by Mr. Thurman, of Ohio, who took occasion to stig.u;nf‘;ize‘ it as dn attempt to pick up and priat partisan electioneering documents, and not information for the usé of Congress. | In an extended reply he vindicated the Democratig party and Senators against Mr. Morton’s imputation that they were opposed 'to the; investigation. | Mr( Yilson (Rad., Massy thought the ixﬁvéétig}’iion could do no god. Mr., Nye ;.(Rad., Nev ) said “that it was a fact not admitting of contradiction that the powerful Ku Klux organizations existed in all|the States of {he South, and that in North Carolina there were 40,000 Ku Klux. He had received a carefully’ prepared statement by a citizen of Tennessee that there had been 50,000 murders com: mitted in the South since the war.” Mr. Ames /(Rad., ‘Mise.) also made a speech in whicli he dealt in the horrible outrages practised and unpunished 1n the South. On the other hand, Messrs. Sawyer and Robertsor, Radicals of South Carelina, advocated a general amnesty and the relief of 41l disabilities growing out of the late rebellion. . After agreeing to take the vote upon the measure the mext afternoon at two o'clock, the Senate adjourned. The House ‘was in session for about an hour and transacted no business. i

MAarcHh 22.—80th in the Senate and the House of Representatives petitions were presented from the American Free Trade League against the repeal of the taxes on tea. or coffee, on the ‘ground that their separate repeal would impede the repeal of the taxes onm iron, salt, &e. In the Senate motions regarding adjotirnmem» were laid on the table by 30 toi23. Aftter some further discussion Mr. Sherman’s amendment requiring Congress to sit to dispose of the Ku Klux \égislatioh, to be reported from the Judiciary Committee, was agreed to by a vote of 31 to 18, In tbe course of this discussion Mr. Poole bad the temerity to cross swords with Mr. Blair, charging that the Democratic party in tge South was supported by assassination and murder, Mr. Blair overwhelmed his adversary by pointing out that all the assassins convicted in North Carolina, by the proofs before the Senate, were Republicans.iaﬁnd‘that if .there were any Democrats to punish they would have been punished, as the offidérs and jurcre were all Republicans. ’ ]

~ In. the House, on the motion of Mr. Kerr, of Indiana, the newly elected members from New Hampshire, Messrs. Bell, Hubbsd, and Parker, were sworn in and took theid seats. Mr. McCrary reported that~the/ election held in Tennessee on Novemler 8 was legally beld. Several resolutidns were offered, fixing the adjournment- for Friday, but the Speaker ruled them out until the Senate acted on the concurfat resolution already before that body. - .

Marcu 28.—The session of both Houses was cousumed in.discussing Ku Klux and Sumner’s San Domingo resolution. No action on either. President Grant, after consultation with Senators Wilson, Pomeroy, Mortoag, and Chandler, sent a brief message to COngress recommending legislation in view of the disturbances iu the South. . S

MISCELLANEOQOUS ITEMS.

- Grand Master Newcomb: recently arrested the Charter of a Masonic Lodge in southern Ohio, because a galoon keeper had been elected W. Master. : ' :

Lloyd Britton, a colored man, was hanged at Williamsport, Pa., en the 22d, for the murder of Jacob Ray, a German, in December- last. He died protesting his innocence. , _ Speaker Blaine, Gen. Butler, senator Spencer, Mr. Degener, of Texas, and other Congressmen intend to spend the summer in Europe, and will leave soon after the close of the session.

Gov. Holden has been foand guilty. of gix of the articles of impeachment preferred against him by the North Carolina House of Representives, and an order was passed on the 22d in the Senate by a vote of 36 to 13, removing him from office, and disqualifying him from holding any place of trust or profit in the state. : ' -

Think of it that only thirty-four millions of acres of public lands were thrown away by the congress that ‘closed its session on the 4th inst., to the land grabbers. Thig is within a trifle of the entire amount of land contained in the states of Ohio and Indiana, with their four and a gnarter millions of population. - ! : Gov. Alcorn has carried his point in Mississippi, and preveated an election for United States Semator, He will watch the carpet baggers and negroes as (Governor, until after the state election in November, when he will resign the Governorship aud take his geat in the federal senate. :

The Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad has suffered to the amount of nearly a gquarter million of dollars, during the past month by hurricanes, burning of bridges, etc. The earnings of the road for the month of Fehruary were $328,000. On agcount of the large incregse of business forty-five new first class engines and a large number of new cars have been. contracted for, A Migsouri girl has not spoken to her parente for five years. Whenshe wants money or anything she writes it down on a slate and hands it to her father, and begins to load a revolver. He never failed to ‘‘come down” yet; 8o they don’t know reall whether she would shoot. or not. Sie is getting to be an old maid because no young man dares to take the chance. =

The Rev. John B. Adell, who was sentenced last week to two years in the State Prison, for an attempt to commit & rape gpon one of the memhers of the church, is the same l‘ogal individualiwho made the remark “that it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle-than f}())r a democrat to go to heaven.” We only mention this fact to show the character of the men who thus villify their democratic neighbors,— Winamae Democrat,

STATE ITEMS. : { ; ST | - Hamilton county i¢ preparing for the | erection of a new court house.© | ~'One sixth of the I,ndiané,pofié Jourim} i printing office was recently sold for | $lO,OOO. B | ~ In obedience to a numerously signed’ petition, the pric€ of billiards at Terre | Haute has been reduced to fifteen cents t per game. . 1 Two hundred maple trees have been i planted in the Connersville cemetery t this spring, and still the work goes bravely on. g g e oA e - Within t®e last six months the sa- ; loon keepers in Terre Haute and Vigo county have paid 82,400 into the treas- | ury as license fees. - . = = } 1t is reported that Mrs. Jerman,wife ! of John Jjerman, of Martinsville, has’| fallen heir to over $200,000 by the | death of a relative in California. l John S. Jennings, of Greencastle, bequeathed $20,000, to be paid out of the' assets of his estate to the Female College of Indiana, located in that city.- - Hamilton county never had a licen;' sed doggery, but a-person need not starve for want of a little whisky or beer, There are four brass bands in that county. . S Vigo is the fourth county in the state in: point of population, the three leading it being Marion, Allen“aina Vandeiburg, though the latter 1s only two’l ‘hundred ahead. s

An Indianapolis geutleman’s claim for divorceis based on the ground that when he married, four years ago, his wife’s hair was dark, but now it is red enough to entitle her to the front rank in a torch light procession. , It is said that' “a genuine mineral spring of excellent quality, unadulterated, and hugely nasty,” has been discovered about one*and a half miles east of Valparaizso. Saratoga will be nowhere, they say, in a short time.

The board of commissioners of Allen county having decided that a new jail is a necesgity, are now perambulating over the state examining the various structures of that character, with the intention of profiting thereby.

There is now not a licensed dramghop in Jasper county, and what is. thore, there is no immediate prozpect that anybody will obtain license to eatablish one while the present board" of commisgioners is in power. — Rens-'1 selaer Union.. - | &

~ Inthe U. S. Court, at Indianapolis, last week, Lewi Overholser, and involuntary bankrupt, was found guilty of violating the bankrupt law, in failing to include in his schedule:some $16,000 or $lB,OOO of cash on. hand, and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. This is supposed to bethe first conviction of an offense of this kind.. " In Terre Haute there iz an amorous old gentleman, past seventy years of age, who has been detected in sending very passionate love letters, of rather an infamous character to a respectable young lady in his neighborhood. The matter is now in the hands of the law, and something interesting may ‘grow out of this folly on the part of the old, rooster., . . ¢ ‘ Y

. The colored citizens of Indianapolis have held a convention and resolved not to support the temperance ticket, but stand by the radical party at the city election. After such devotion, we hope' our radical friends at the state capital will place one or two of them on the ticket, and let them reap some of the benefits-to bederived from the official positions. .- P A little child at Newpoint, Decatur county, has beenafflicted with a disease for the past six months that puzzled the attending physicians. Dr. Covest of Greensburg, was called in, and after examination was satisfied -that the difficulty was in the duct connecting the nose and throat; and upon probing them he found a hard substance which he dréw out and discoyered to be a cockle-bur. . el

Greeley, Grant, Chandler.

(From the letter of &8 Washington correspondent.)

- Last week the great and good Horace Greeley, whobelieves somewhat in Philosophy, Protection, and Profanity, was in the city, and he was tendered an ovation at the residence of Zach'- Chandler. Everjbody knows that Horace is a temperance man, and that the Michigan gentleman jsn’t.— Horace drinks Croton water, - and preserves a rubicund visage, while Chandler drinks bad whisky, and his face grows chalky. Grant attended the party, and, of course, there was gomething to drink. Chahdler wouldn’t tolerate a fandango .at his house without something strengthening. ~During the evening Horace was very much disgusted to find Grant standing be‘'side Chandler's punch-bowl, dealing out damnation to the company, anon helping himself to a generéus ladleful. ‘He was very liberal with Mr. Chandler’s soul-destroyer, and it is said that when he and the Dents, and a few others of thoge who dwell at the Presidential mansion, got back home that evening they were all very anxious to be placed iin their diminutive beds.— A correspondent who has been here long enough to know a drunken President when he sees him tells me that he has seen Grant . time and -again upon the avenue in a state of maudlin drunkenness. - When he mentions the fact in his letters his editor “cuts him out,” for the reason that the people won’t believe these stories about Grant, and simply attribute them to malice.

Qleander Tree Poisonous.

It may surprise some of our readers to know that the Oleander, so popular a 8 a house and yard plant, is extremely poisonous. A physician, in a communication to the Bellefontaine Republioan, says that he was called to attend to a child afew days ago who had eaten some fragments of an orleander hush that had %een clipped off. The symptons were sudden and violent,and tZe result nearly fatal. Deathly prostration, sunken eyes, great pallor, incessant vomiting, extreme thirst and purging were the predomjnating symptoms. An old medical work quoted by the Doctor, after describing the’ poisonous quali{ies of the plant, adds “When handled in a cloge room, when the. stomach is empty, it..canses a numbness,” eoming by degyrees, which shows that something poisonous belongs even to the smell.” o ‘The United States Dispensatory mentions the fact that it is used by the French peasantry as a rat poison, and that while the deadly principle exists both-in the leaves d4nd bark, it is more active in the latfer,

" THE PARIS INSRRECTION. | MARCH . 22,—Matters are rapidly | approaching-a crisis in France..' The | Thiers ‘government has officially announced that 1t “has resolved promptly . to re-establish-order,” while the insurgents have sent'word to . the President | that'if the Assemhly does not remove | to DParis by to-morrow at the latest, | the National Guards will march on Versailles and disperse the membersat - the point -of the bayonet. *This® will bring on the conflict at once. Paris is | completely in the control ofthg,“reds.”?% They have erected fresh barricades," ‘accupied the forts-in the suburbs, and | shut up the opposition newspaper offices. The confmittee continue to issueproclamations to the National Guards, the Parisians, and the people of Erance. They dizclaim’ responsibility for the murders of/Generals Lecomté and Cle-ment-Thomas.. The -National Assem. bly is" in session-at Verszilles, and is debating the condition of affairs i I’ju'i& Verzailles is belng fortified, ‘and the troops are disposed strategetically, so a 8 to -defend the place from attack. A force. of 20,000 regulars protect the Assembly.' The released soldiers - of Sedan” and.Metz poeuring’ into France are offering their services to the government for the preservation of ordep. 'Thie country.is ina deplor‘able state of anxiety and confusion. In the meanwhile victorious ' Germany } witnesses the reception of the Emperor William by the German Parliament, and neutral England gives an enthusi. - astic welcome 'to the Emperor Napoleon at Chisleburst:, =~~~ p ~ Magren 23.—The revolationists ofthe National Guard in Paris are having | a good time-of it. They see that:they I are paid reghlarly, that alms are distributed to the needy, that no landlord . l sthall expel/tenants for non-payment of rent, apdthat importunate holders of . compatreial paper must whit. They hofd all the fortifications on %,e west g4de of the city, are ‘watchful ®nd acive, but yesterday permitted -Paris to reNain quiet. A law and order party is rapidly forming. - Chanzy is held as a’ hgstage by the insurgents. = The depagtment promises to aid the gyvernment. \ Thiers has issued a.reassuring circular\ The army at his disposal is about fifty thousand men, and the gov--ernment and Assembly are rapidly becoming masterg of events. The great citics are tranquil. et - MARCH 24.—Ancther terrible tragedy was enacted in Paris.on Wednesday evening. A procession of citizens bearing a banner upon which was inseribed - ““Hommos' d’Ordre,” -was marching down'sthe Rue" de la Paix, when the insurgents troops stationed in the Place Vendome-fired into it, _causing a dreadful “slaughter,- The goldiers continued firing into the crowd ~as it ran.- People were killed in the .streets at the distance of a mile.- The Rue de la Paix was one pool of blood.e MARCH 25—A1l was quiet in Paris yesterday, but confidence i 8 by no means restored.- The insurgens hold one section of the city,” and several regiments of the . National :Guards, which are loyal to the government, the other. " The insurgents have been driven out of some quarters- without bloodshed, and these places-have been ‘re-occupied by the friends of ‘order.— 'How long this armed truce will last it is impossible to predict. o

Congress and the Ku-Kluax,

"The United States Senate laid upon the table yesterday the House resolttion to adjourn to-day, and then agreed by a vote of 31 to 18 to restrict legisfation during the remainder of the session to a necessary: appropriation bill and to the consideration of a bill to repress the alleged Kn-Klux conspiracy in the South, .The Democrafs and Revenne Reform Republicans proposed to include free coal, free salt, and the abolition of the income tax in the measures tos be considered, but the Radical majority voted the proposition down. Thus the dearest interests of the people are again sacrificed by these ‘Radical leaders to schemes for carrying the* Southern States by force for Grantdn the next Presidéntial election. it remains to be seen if the House, which has - been: so uncermoniously snubbed by the Senate; will consent fo this vicious' legislation. At the roll call yesterday 101 Democrats answered; the largest unmber that has been in the House since the Thirty-fifth Congress, which was in existence “du-. ring the first two years of President Buchanan’s-administration. The elections yet to be held will increase the: number to about 120. A fitting commeitary on the Ku-Klux legislation of the Senate comes to us this ‘morning from North Carolina." It is in that State that the majority of the outrage investigation' committee pretended that !r“loyal’.’ men have been murdered or ‘maltreated, and that protection is required for those who remain. = Yester--day ‘he Senate of North Cfarolina, after ' a long and patient trial, convicted the “Radical Governor, Willian H, Holden, of fomenting the very troubles about ~which the country has heard so much. 1t has put the responsibility ‘where it ‘belongs—on Grant’s agent, who, thro’ his lieutenant,Kirk-and others, has ‘striven to goad the suffering people of: ‘North Carolinia ‘into resistance, and thereby - furnish - capital for political purposes ‘at the North. Holdeén has been found guilty:of thesd high crimes -and misdemeanors and is removed .from the Executive Department and " forever disqualified from.holding any. office of honor or profit-in -the state. This is the first instance, we belleve, of the removal of 3 Governor of one of.the States of the Union by the process: of impeachment.—N. Y, World, 23d.

Death of a Journalisi,

* August Becker, one of the most noted Germau editors in this country, died in Cincinnatti on' Sunday last. He was a mative of < Hesse-Darmstadt, where his ' father ‘was .a Protestant clergyman. He was studying-theology in the university of Grissen in 1830, and joined one of the numerous: revolutionary. societies that sprung”up on the heels of the revolution -that drove Charles X. of France from the throne. He was arrested and kept.in prison five years, and when liberated went to Switzerland and - engaged - in literary purduits until 1848, when he went to his native land and published pamph--lets in encouragement.of the revolution, of that year. _gHe was eleoted to the chamber of “Hesse Darmstadt, and severed several years. Failing in his revolutionary schemes he.came to.this country in 1845 as Mme. Sontag’s agent, and soon became editor of the Baltimore Wecker, and “then of the New York Demokrat, and thén of ‘the Cincinnati Volksblati. - Ho served twoyears as chaplain of the 7th New York poßimoOtL . G o e g e

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