The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 52, Ligonier, Noble County, 26 April 1871 — Page 2

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J. B. BTOOLL, EDITOR

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1871

Adjournment of Congress.

. The people will be delighted to lcarn that Congress finally adjourned on Thursday last. - The ldst. business transacted -was the passage of the Ku Klux bill. A most commendable resolution was passed ‘on the day of adjournmeat, the particulars of which are stated.in the fo‘llowiugjz The House adopted, by an ovérwhehming vbte, the resolution -offered by Mr. Beck, asserting'the old doctrine maintained~ under the lead of Madison and Albert - Gallatin in 1798, declaring that -while the Senate- has, power, by a twothirds vote,. to. n’b.tjfy.'y treaty,‘yet that where' appropriations are to be made to carry them out, the House of Representatives has nower to grant or withhold,ap‘propriations, according as the best i&_terests of the country may reqruire in their judgment. Tﬁ)is isapplicable to the San Domingo job, which Grant has by no means relinquished.:. .+ e

ety 3 e b Grant at Indianapolis. ; ' President Grant arrived at Indignapolis on Saturday lgst; en route for St. vl?xouisf—-'-In the evening hie was honbred with a pubtic reception at the Academy of Music Gov. Baker presided. ‘As usual, Grant had nothing tc say, but stated that Morton would speak for- him. Of course, ‘Mm’!ﬂp delivered himself of a- partisan harangue. In the Inpguhge of the Chicago Times, “it was g speech full of false stateménts,: '3s’in'i,sterl - inferences, . demagogical assumptions, and electioneering twaddle. It was a speech beneath the dignity of an everace shyster lawyer, and would have shamed the protusrivncst o first.class bummer politician in‘a metropolitan city.~

Legal Tender Decision. . - Since the decision cof the Supreme Court, a year ago, declaring the unconstitutionality of the Legal Tender act, two new Judges have been dppointed, Strong ‘and DBradley. At the time these gentlemen were selected for the position whish they now bold, ssuspicions were rife that -they were appointed for a'certain purpose, and if the ﬁﬁm legal tendér decision is oyerruled, those suspicions will bg>confirmed.— Louisville Ledger. b Well, the former decision of thecourt has been reversed, and the yotes of Strong and Bradley did, it. The Railroad ‘monopolists have achieved the triumph they ‘go-anxiously desired. L g b e & W— e : : 'A’f M'r !il_yun’s Let_.@er-." o ;

Notwithstanding the fact that the letter from Hon. James B. R‘yaﬁ, in ‘anothét column, was not v@r'&ten' for publication, we deem it a duty to lay the same‘before our [readexs that they may fully understand the position of that gentleman on the sinking.fund distribution question.— The letter to which Mr. Ryan takes/exception was written by one of the purest and most talented Democrats of Indiana, who, we a_ro'quite certain, did not iftend to do*injustice to our excellent Trersurer of State.” " % 4 W

The, Battles Ground of the Next 'Cams $ . L st i paign. :

' The. Louisville Commercial gives it as its dpinion that Indiana wil be the battleground of the next campaign. The opinion 'seems to be well founded, from present appearances, and it behooves ‘the Democracy to govern themselves accordingly. ‘We must win in "72; and certainly can win, if we only act judic'ioiml'y._ With Hendricks for Presideat and DePauw for Goverior, victory will be'assured. _ .

' . For DePauw. g The Fort Wayne Staats-Zeitung of the 18th inst.,in a lengthy and very ably writ*en article, declares emphatically in'favor of Washington C. DePauw as the demoeratic candidate for Governor. .

. Indiana Polities. - (Special Dispatch to the Chicogo Tribumne.)

IxpIaNAPoLIS, April 17.—There 18 be-, ginning to be some speculation asto who wills be tlieé standard-bearerin the next’ campaign in this State. The only names prominently mentioned injgonnection with. .the Gubernatorial race are Vice President Colfax, Gen. Nathan Kimball;-and Gen. Tom Browne. Coltax will bardly run, Kimball will probably be nominated as Governor of Idaho ; Cu:ggck has just re: cewved an office worth $%0,000, and will stick. Gov. Baker is iw€ligible, leaving a clear track for Gen. Browne, In-the-Democratie party a %ugiet fight 1s going on between the ins and outs. The party is now controlled by the Brights and; the capital clique. An organized effort will be made; led by L. G. Matthews, of the New Albany ZLedger, ‘and Hon. John B. Stoll, of the Ligonier BANNER. They Wwill adopt the new departure dodge, with Wash. DePauw, of New Albany, as their candidate for Governor — as against Niblack, the Bright Hendricks candidate, |

~ We give the-above'for what it may be worth. These special correspondents frequertly form gueer. notions, and cannot always ;be'reg'ardqd as very exact or reliable in their statements. e .

The Connecticut Election—-Ofiieial. 2 HaRTFORD, Conn., April 21.—The can+vassers, who met to-day, to-officially canvass the returns ofsthe vote for Governor and other - State ' officers, will report the: “following i fignres to the Legislatlire :— James E.English, 47,492 ; Marshall Jew- - ell, 47,450; scattering, 17. This giyes English a_niajority ot 25, There was a manifest error giving English'-two-too many in Somers; which, if the Legislature +corrects, will réduce his total yote to 47,- ' 490. There are disagreeing rétyitns fromCheshire, - where a full investigation will no doubt add 23 to Jewell’s vote, making bis total 47,473, which, with 17 scattering, . would make 47,490, the same as Englisk. Of the scattering: three,and possibly four, , votes will ‘be counted by the Legislature . for English. : i | There is a statement, howevér, from the . New Haven Modrator, of 8 probablemisotake in the Foutith Ward count, giving 100 too many for Englisa, and irom Enfield of 24 too many for English. . These . statemernits will go.to the Legislature, and -; if a.mistake is &own there, 29 claimed; = Jewell will be declared Governor by about ' 90 majority oyer all othfer State oﬂxy"cers.-—' . Morris Tyler, Republican, is eleeted Lieu- . tenant Governor by a majority of 192 ; ' Dgvid P, Nichols, Republican, Treasurer, " by 256° majority. Owing to informality . n the returns, and incorrectly spelled & ballots, the canvassers ¢nnot d- zlare that £ any one has a majority for Secretry of ¢ Btate or Comptroller. The Legislature £ owill, hoogever, electdlﬁJ'am' Ai g‘gleﬁan Becretary of State, and Jamest W. Manniug Comptroller, both Republicans. Votes * “manifestly intended for them would give { Appleman 161 majority, and Manning 250.

LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, - [Under this head brief communications on any topic of public interest will be published. Theeditor wishes it distinctly understood, however, that. .he does no; hold him%elf responslb]q for op‘n;ong here expressed.] = & b [ o A Correction. * OFFICE OF TREASURER OF STATE, '~ Inpiaxapouis, April 19, 8871, $ f B. StoLL, BEsQ.— Dear Sir :—1 notice in your last igsue, a letter from Columbus, Ind., in which allusion is made to the Treasurer of State, in connection with the Auditor, concerning thesinking fund, &c. “X" writes as if the Treasurer had the holding of that money, as well as the Auditor. Now, friecd Stoll, every ‘man -should know that 1, as Trégmurer, have no morg to do with that money, than the Treasurer of your county has. The Treasarer of State nevér did have that money and has not-now, or any part of it, and has no. interest in it, only that it may be distribted, ‘accordibg to the law. Col. Eddy u%'d’éxysclf are simply Commissioners, to whom the Auditor reports. We sagreed, all three of us, to distribute the money.— Mr. Shoemaker made out a statement of the amount to be sent to each county and “was having the blanks printed for that purpose, when he was enjoined, &c.— ' Whether there las been any private work to retain *the money here or not, s more than I know ; but can say no one approach-. ed me, and dare not, on thé subject. Of course [ can not write to correct every thing that may appcér in a newspaper, and am not finding fault with you for all these things, as I noticed you disavowed being responsible for'the opinions express, ed by _c‘orrespohdenti ' T would not men-, tion if'now, only I'was sending ‘my’subscription, and not gor publication in the paper. lam, in faste, yours truly, e © Jas. B. RYAN:

The Poer Farm.

Mr. Epitor :—I have looked with considerable anxiety for some reference, in our county papers, to the recent purchase of a Poor' Farm by the Buard of County Commissioners ; but .nothing having appeared as to the propriety or the ddvantages'of the purchase, I take it upon my: self to offer & few remarks upon the subject—concetuing, ae it does, the interests of the people and affecting the paclots of every tax payer'in the county.

- In the first place, it is proper that we isquire whether the purchase of a new Poor Farm-was really necessary. If lam correctly “informed, , the Commissioners claim that the present Farm is inadequate for its pugpc')ses; thpt the number of acres is too limited, and that a sufficient quan. tity of water'could ot be obfained on'its premises. : :

As to the first proposition, I will meet it by stating that the soll of the present Poor Farm is fully as good as the average of land in the county, and that with proper cultivation it could be made to produce all the wheat, ‘corn, &c., required for, the support.of our poor. If the managemént of the “Farm” has been intrusted to incompetert hahds, as is freely charged and susceptible of proof, the fault attaches to the Commissipners who retain incompetent agents, and not to the non-product-iveness of the soil. & = |

The_plea - that the number of acrés is too small, is equally weak. The average number of paupers %is about . 20, and the area of the present “ Farm " 1271¢ acres. To an ordinary intellect it would seem that from this amount df land certainly a sufficient quantity of producé might be obtained for all practical purposes, if not a little more, and I venture the assertion that it will be quite difficult fo secure a larger yield on the trac‘turecgntlly purchased by the wise ment who now compose the Board of Commissioners. .. - _

The statement that a scarcity of water prevailed on the present * Farm " is certainly without foundation. Water has been obtained ay“a depth of 40 feet, and had the.two wells been properly taken care of, it is quite improbable whether the want of pure water would ever have been felt. But, admitting that during a dry season_the supply of water from thé two wells may be too small for all purposes, could not the difficulty ‘be obviated by keeping up a good cistern or several of them, instead of allowing the ene there to remain in a dilapidated and abominable condition? { :

. Having thus briefly réviewed the plea ag te. the necessity of disposing of the present Farm for the Poor, it now becomes necessary to ascertain in what particulars an improvemert has been wrought by the purchase of th¢ site selected. The new Farm consists of two tracts; comprising 160 ocres in one, and .40 in the other.-— The former tract is much inferior in point of quality ‘to the soil now in use, being mostly clay and comprising 35 acres marsh, The 40 acre tract is'not much better, the only thing that may be offered in its favor being the fact that.the timber is of greater value than that on the 160 acres, At present rates of land it would be difficult to find & purchaser for the. Bessett Farm at above $35 per acre, which \Yould make the cash value $4,000. Here the injustice of the Commissioners’ proceedings becomes glaringly manifest. - '{"gey agree to pay Mr. Weed $2,050, with interest for two years, and give him the old Poor Farm (worth at least $5,000) to boot. Or, in ‘other words, these sagacious financiers ~expend $7,170 of the people’s money tor 1160 acres of white oak openings. But this is not all: Mr. Peter Himes, of Ohio, gets $1,500 for his 40 acfe ‘tract, which runsup- the total cost ot this new Farm for the Poor to $3,670; #s one of the tax-payers of Noble county, Lenter my protest against this remark-able-system of financiering, and it is to be hoped tkat the Commissioners will.heed the voice of the people, who are highly dissatisfied with the entire transaction, by a reconsideration of-their action—if it be not too late. Sy :

Much more might be said on the subject, but I deferuntil some future time. If the Commissioners can be induced to ‘publish to the people an explanation of ‘their conduct, they will receive an impartial hearing, and thereby relieve the anxietyofa PuzzLED TAXPAYER,

JEFFERSONVALLE, IxD., Agril 19. Epitor BANNER:— In glancing over your valuable paper Judiscover that you have communications parties in different localities throu%he‘smte, but. have yet failed to see ang¥fom this point. Thinking it would not 'be amies, I will now hastily pen a few lines for your paper. Well, first our city election, which will oceur on the firet Tuesday in, May, is exciting considerable inferest. Both par-

ties have their ‘candidates out for the va ° rious offices. The Democrats are very ‘barmonious and; unless there are fraudulent negrs votes polled, our entire ticket. will be elected by a handsome majority. The negro voters in our city.alone number 360, and out of that number we cannot count a half dozgn that will vote the. democratic ticket. The States Pnsoﬁf , (South) 18 at this point,and recently the Board of "Directors have made some changes in the officers of that institution. Dr. Dayid McClare, of this city, and for many years a 8 member of the Indiana State Senate, has been appointed Physician, and & Mr. Lewis, of Lawrenceburgh, has been appointed Moral Instructor. Both appointments reflect great credit on the Board ; the gentlemen above named are thoraiigh-going reliable men, and no better Democrats could be found. : Asthis is my first communication I will come to a finis for the present. | : - Yours, &, e, L

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Argit 18.—The Senate took up the discusgion of the conference report upon the disagreement .of the two Houses upon the amendments to the Ku Klux bill—the great bone of contention being the Sherman améndment. The Senator made’ an extepded argument in its favor, inh which he said that.it was copied from the, cclebrated statute of Winchester, and that elementary writers_léd considered it the gréat conservator of peace. Messrs. Ste. venson, Thurman, and Casserly argued against Ku Klux legislation. The Senate, without disposing of the report, took a recess. In the evening session the conference report on the Ku Klux bill was adopted. - In the House the resolution offered by Mr. Bell (Dem., N. H.) on the 10th inst., and which was up before the House on Tuesday, on the subject of the reduction of taxation, came up for discussfon.. ‘Messrs. Cox, Niblack, and Brooks, of N.'Y: (Democrats), favored the immediate adoption -of the resolution, and Messrs. Coburn and Kelley (Radicals) opposed it. The Speaker announced the appointment of committees as- follows (Democrats in italics): On the joint select committeé-on outrages in the Southern, States-— Messrs. Poladd, Maynard, Scofield, Cook, Coburn, Stevenson, Buck: ley, Lansing, Cox, Beck, . Voorhees, Van Trump, Waddell, and Robinson, and ;on the select compmittee on the Mississippi levees—Messrs. Morey, Ketcham, McKee, ‘Getz and Duke, j : =

~ APRIL 19.—Both Houses of Congress were nccupied with their ditferences upon ‘the fO,!‘_(ie bill. -'l'ne wcclamation or indemnity clause of the bill, by which'the property of innocent persops was to be seized in counties where alleged Kn Klux outrages took place, wag rejected: by the House by a -vote of 74 to 106. Among the Repyblicans who earnestly opposed it were Messrs. Poland, Bingham, and Blair of Michigan. The House rejected the report and sent it back to the conference committee. -About 10 o'clock in the evening the new conference committee brought into the Senate a bill, stripped of the indemnity feature but retaihing the test oath for jurors. In thisshape the bill was again violently attacked by the ultras, and up to g late hour next morning the debate was progressing. The House in the meantime adopted the conference report on the Deficiency bill, and adjourned over until morning.” A resolution requesting the President to open negotiations for- the acquisition of Mexico and British America was lost by the objections of two members.- An objection:from Mr. McHenry also prevented Butler from making his personal attack upon Senator‘Garrett Davis, which greatly enraged him. ArriL 20.—The House of Representatives, whichacted in such aspirited manner on - yesterday, rejecting. by 106 to 74 the” Conferencz report oh the:Ku Klux bill, backed down to day. The Conference report conceded to the Senate, the most important points in the dispute, namely, that the Iron-clad oath should be applied. to Federal jurors in the discretion .of Jjhdges, and the Ku Klux law so shaped that by the trick of a recess it could be extended over theé Presidential election. The House was much opposed to the Sherman amendment. This was stricken out of the bill, ana a substituté incorporated really of no consequence. The Senate agreed to the report last night, aftera debate "1n which Judge Thurman spoke with signal ability.. Sherman was furious at- the loss of his bantling, and' ‘became insolent as usual. The debate in~ the House on the report to.day was brief.— Kerr and Be¢k denounced the report.— Beck declared that test oaths disqualified &8 jurors thousands of Federal officers and ~soldiers, and said-the bill was infamous in its provisions, and drafted with malice ‘aforethought by the Radicalsof the House 80 as to pack juries. Butler and Garfield, ‘ rallying tbeir party, the, result ;was the ‘ adoption of the report by .93 to 74—a strict party vote. Twenty:Beven Demo crats were absent—more than énough to turn the scale; and thus this vile measure is now' a law. . : .

STATE ITEMS,

Fully one-half of the children of Noblesville are down with the measgls. "The Warsaw Woolen Manufacturing Company, recently incorporated, has commenced the erection of its mills.

A shoe gtore in Bristol, Elkhart co., was robbed on Suunday evening 16th inst., of several hundred dollars worth of stock. : : _

From all parts of this and surrounding counties, farmers tell us the wheat and fruit prospects were never better. —Ft. Wayne Journal. : A band of regulators exists in Allen county, composed entirely of farmers and freeholders, the object of the organization being to bring criminals to Justice. : ; ' Joe Bowers, of Clark county, who ‘attempted to commit suicide, upon 'being convicted of cow stealing, is ly‘ing in a critical condition in the Floyd county jail. gy - The youngest daughter -of John ’ Reed, Orange township, Fayette county, was rendered partially insane by ‘an attack of brain fever. - She was a remarkably intelligent girl "before the affliction. , ' s >

About ‘sixtéen ‘miles north -of Fort Wayne, Tuesday afternoon, a young man named VV%liam Larraman aceidentally shot and killed himself while loading a gun he was cleaning. It is supposed his foot slipped off the trigger, discharging the load in his heas.

© A. W. Schlater, a merchant of Logansport, was found murdered in his store on Friday morning. He had four wounds on his head,and the skull was completely - crushed. = Mr. Schlater was known to have had about one thousand dollars about his person. Three suspicious individuals from Cincinnati have been arrested as the pro‘bable, murderers. e A lad fifteen years of age, named William Nathan Larimore, living with A. C. Dawson, at Spencerville, DeKalb county, came to a sudden death one day last week. - He was handling a gun, and it is'thought he wished to ascertain whether. it was loaded, and for this purpose held the trigger back with his foot while he blew in the muzzle. His foot slipping. the gun was discharged and he was sent to his death ina twinkle, = . i

THE CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE.

- APRIL 19.—Fighting was resumed yesterday on the western side of Paris, and the victory as usual was with the Communists, who succeedéd in carrying the whole of Neuilly and'extending their lires as far west as Colombes, which is three miles from the barriers of Paris.. At Neuilly they captured all of the enemy’s artillery, two flags and 500 prisoners. The loss of the enemy. iz put at 2,000 in killed and wo‘nndeg, and that of the communists is about the same. Marshal MacMahon now occupies. as his headquarters the village of Fotitenoy-aux-Roses, which is about three miles directly south of the Paris barriers, and near Sceaux. He. appears to be inactive at present, but is probably, waiting for reinforcements. The report is that the Germans are iassing heavy bodies of troops near St. Denis, and are giving other evi dences of an intentiyn tq interfere. — ‘Per contra, a Versailles despatch decclares, apparently on authority, that the ramors that the Germans threaten forcible intervention in the affairs of Paris are without foundation.

- APRIL 25.— A battle was fought on Monday, at Asnieres, which resulted disastrously for the communists. It seems that they were taken by surprise having had no cavelry to reconnoitre the enemy. - A tremendous fire was opened on them on the front and #ht flank from Colombes and Genneyilliers while two attacking colimns took thetn in the left flank. ~They made a desperate resistance, and were animated by the personal bravery of General Dombrowski; but, notwithstanding the arrival- of reinforcements, they were driven out of Asnieres and across the Seine, and ‘were forced to evacuate Neuilly. . Their loss was heavy, and many were drowned in congequence of the breaking of the bridge of boats. — General Dombrowski; was so badly wounded that the command of the army. has been transferred to Gen. Okolowit. These particulars come, mainly from Versailles. Negotiations for a. truce were agaip in progress yesterday, the basis being the dissolution of the National Assemply, the grantihg of communal rights to Paris and other cities, and amnesty for all offénces against the gowernment. B _

APRIL 22. — Paris. is threatened with @ revolution within a revolution. The Commune, becoming suspicious of the central committee, has caused its arrest on thd charge of treating with M. Thiers forthe surrender of Paris. The action has excited the indignation of the National Guards, and the Commune is now in danger of being deposed. The intestine trouble has matur ally created confusion among the defenders of Paris, and complete anarchy reigns. Fighting was still going on yesterday on the western side of Paris between Aenieres and Neuilly, The forces-of the assemb!y are being steédily reinforced, but the artillery of :he communists defend their position with tenacity. : . ' :

APRIL 25 —Another desperate engagement took place 'at Asnieres on Sunday. The communist were repulsed with terrible losg of life, A fearful picture of the horrors of the battlefield iz drawn by correspondents. The communists army is growing sengibly weaker. .- Prince Bismark has formally declared the neutrality of Germany. ' .

Constifutionality of Raijlroad Law.

. The Supreme Court of Indiana has rendered ‘its decision on the railroad tax law, on appeal from the Tippecanoe circuit court, sustaining the constitutionality and validity of the act authorizing counties to' subscribe for stock in railroad companies. The following is a summary of the leading points which the court has determined in the case under consideration :

The -court held that the Legislature possessed the power under our constitution fo authorize counties to subscribe for. stock in a railroad compan’y‘, on the condition.that the stock is paid for at the time of the subeription ; and that this grant of power carried with it, by necessary application, the power to authorize counties to levy a tax to raise the money to pay for such stock. - The codrt also held that the law did not conflict with' section 1 of article 10 of the constitution, which provides for equal and uniform assessment and taxation.: * ; ' ‘ The court also held that the railroad aid law did not conflict with that section of our constitution which declares that no act shall be passed the taking effect of which depended upon any other authority than the Legislature: The court also held that the acs in question did not conflict with sectivus 22 and 23 of article 5, prohibiting local and special laws. : ~ The court also held that the proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of Tippecanoe county were régular and valid. ! i

Fatal Affray at Greencastle.

Durbin Bowman, eldest son of President Bowman, of Ashbury University, was shot four times and mortally wounded on Saturday, at Greencastle, by a goung man:from the country named Henry Frank. It seems that Bowman mistook Frank for the person who had assisted the Marshal in arresting him'a short time before, when he advanced toward him and threw a glass tumbler which he held in his hand at Frank, hitting him on the head. Frank retreated and Bowman followed with a knifé; drawn. ' After Frank had retreated some distance he drew a revolver and told Bowman to stop or he would shoot him, but he did not stop, 80 Frank fired four shots at him in raEid succession, two of which missed im ; one simply grazed the right side of the abdomen and the other penetrated just above the cighth yib. It was goon seen thathe was mortally wounded. He was carried to his father’s residence, where lie.lingered, suffering greatly, till 3 o’clock Sunday morning, when death came to hig relief. Frank gave himself up to the authorities and waived an examination and gave bonds of $lO,OOO to appear hefore the court on the 54th inst.— Crawyfordsville Journal, 20, i ) T

A man named R. V.Kennedy, while on his way from Wyoming county,Pa., to Barlington, lowa, was compelled to stop at Elkhart in consequence of the serious‘illness of his wife. He took. a room at the Clifton House, and called a physician,but notwithstanding everything possiple was done the unfortunate lady sank'away until death relteved her sufferings at an early hour on Sundo:iy, morning, 16th inst. She was buried in the cemetery there, after which Mr. Kennedy returned to PennsylT 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The President. has called an. extra session of the senate, to°commence May 10, for the -consideration of the work of the Joint High Commission.

" A regular band of horse thieves is supposed to be prowling in this portion of the state. Ah application of cold lead or strong hemp might ehange its members, tuneto growling. — g(mth Bend Union. '

. The Illinoig papers are engaged in a somewhat excited discussion over the proposition to change the seat. of government. The contesteis principally between Springfield, the present location, and Peoria, ‘though several other towns are putting in their claims. . A woman named Pope was literally roasted alive about four miles from Niles. - She was subject to fits, aud it is thought fell in one of them while smoking, the fire from the_pipe coming in contact with her clo{l?‘ing. When found she was a:corpse,

- The Chicago. Times has had a verdict of $2,500 given against them for libel. It published a story setting forth that a certain man returning home from an absence of a year or more, found an infant:in his wife’s arms, and killed himself from grief. This is the third trial.: .

Even some of the radical newspapers are beginning io wonder how it is that the people of the south can produce a larger cotton crop this year than they did in the days of their greatest prosperity, whien they are in a state -of rbbellion and ‘outlawry. It is because the cotton crop is a reality and the: Ku Klux a fiction. - ~

THe closing scenes of Congress were enlivened by a sprightly passage betweeni Farneworth.and the Massachusetts ogre, in regard to 'tqui\latter’s management of the National Military Asylum. Mr. Farnsworth charged the cock-eyed patriot with having “gorged himself with, plunder,” in handling the four or five millions of dollars expended for the institution, and said that before any petit jury in the United Statés the evidence would convict him of ‘‘embezzlement and perjury.” ]

Who Would be Governor ?

Since Will Cumback has vacated “the officé of Lientenant-Governor by accepting the~ Collectorship of |the Fourth district, the question as to who would become the acting Governor in case Conrad Baker should die or regign, is an important one. The constitution provides that in cage of vaeancies occuring in the offices of both Governor and Lieutenant Governor, the President of the Senate would become the chief executive officer of the ‘State. But just at this time there is--10 President of the Senate; and as the House’of Representatives has, by the: ‘resignation of Radical members, been reduced to legs than a quorum, it would be impossible to organize the Legislature and chose a presiding officer for ‘the Senate until special elections could be held to fill the vacancies in the House. We don’tsuppose “Old Hon@sty,” whose sur-name is Baker, contemplates -such a rash act as dying, and he will certainly not resign until he sees his way clear to a better office ‘than Governor, with increased allowances for house rent, but then Conrad is but mortal, like the rest of us, and liable to surrender his checks on very short notice. Would it not be the better plan to at once order special ‘elections, and convoke the Legislature: in extra session, so that the legislation 30 much needed by the people, and which was prevented by the disgraceful stampede of Radical members last winter, may be taken up and finished. —Vincennes Sun. - ,

The City Council of Rising Sun has advanced the ligense for selling liquor to $5OO per annum. - -

HOWARD SANITARY AID ASS'N

For the relief and cure of the errln%and unfortun- * _ate, on principles of Christian P! ilanthr%py. . Kssays on the Errors of Youth, and the Follies of Age, in relation to Marriage and social evils, with sanitary aid for the afflicted. Forwarded free ‘ln sealed envelopes. Address, HowAßp AssoulawoN, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa. . June 16y

Fensions to Soldiers of 1812, ‘Onand after Mn{ Ist, 1871, I will attend to the collettion of Pensions to soldiefs and widows of the war of 1812, ! JAMES MoCONNELL. Ligonier, -April 26,1871, \ :

County Infirmary.

Sesaled proposals will be received by the Commissionerg.of Noble County, Indiana, for the building of an Infirmarv for said county. The plan can be geen at the Auuitor's Office on and after Wednesday, May 3d, 1871 ; also at the office of the Architect, A, J. Kinney, 122 Lasalle street, Chicago. Bids will be oPened on May 11th, at 2 o'clock . M. Proposals will be reeeived as a whole or separately and the Commissioners reserve theright to reject any and all bids. EDEN H. FISHER, ‘ : Connty Auditor. Albion, Noble county, Ind., April 25, '7].-3t,

Billiard Rooms for Sale.

The undersigned will offer for sale at a bargain the only Billiard Rooms in Albion, containing two Brunswick Tables, with Bar aad fixtures attached. . . -+ C.B.DICE. Albion, April 12, 1871, 4-w. *

Corporation Election.

Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in the town of Ligonier, at the office of James McConnell, on Cavin St.,on Monday,May Ist, 1871, for the purpose of -electing five Trustees, one Marshal, one Clerk, one Treasurer, and :one Assessor for the ensulnﬁ l{ear. s ] H. G, ZIMMERMAN, Clerk, ‘Ligoner, April 18, 1871, |

GREATSPRING STOCK

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BOOTS & SHOES.

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MEN, BOYS, LADIES & MISSES

Ever before

| 1) . 'EXHIBITED IN THE TOWN OF LIGONIER!

MY PRICES

o= ARE 80 =

LOW AND REASONABLE That All Purchasers Go Away Pleased !

IR POINT OF

Werkmanship and Variety, i S Style and Finish,

t I DEFY COMPETITION /

And I am determined to offer the ‘citizens bars gains‘in the Best Goods, - NEVER DREAMED O¥' BEFORE IN TOWN!

Call and Examine for Yourselves? ks | ‘- .. P.'SISTERHEN, Ligonier, Aprillg, 1871, -

AGAINBT ..

FORT WAYNE.

DOWN GO

THE PRICES!

“Wm. GROH'’S

Price List!

OFFICIAL PRICE LINT,

FOR CASH ONLY./

Young Hyson Tea, 50 cts Ib. ~ do. vdo 75 do. - do 80 do . dolloo « ' @ dol2y © Best é}'er impox_'t’d 160 ¢« - Y‘GUH})OW.déI‘ Téat‘ 125 = de do 160 . « Imp“erialé ~ 100« I o 150 ¢ - Golden Rio Coffee, 20 ctsié " Choice ¢ |59 Java, Genuine Old GOV.,t,);Q&SC.

Syrups of all kinds at the lowest prices. | Silver Drips, down to 81 a | gal. N. O. Moiz_xsseé, best made, $l. Crushed Sugar, 14 cts. per lb. Powdered do 14 -« Granulated ¢ 14 . « . Havemyer & Elder’s A Coffee Sugar, for 124 per pound: Bfown Sugar, good artiéie, Bc. Best DAemararé Sugar,- 124 c.

Pepper, very clean, 30c. ' Whi’cq Fish, 100 Ib. packages, ‘Warranted fresh and good, 87.75 per half barrel. Pickerel, Cat Fish, Trout, Cod - Fish and Mackerel, at very

low figures. e Fine Salt, $2.25 bbl. N. Y. or Michigan. Baby Wagonsﬁth:tt cannot be - beaten in price and qualhty. Fiue Cut and Plug Tobaccos, at greatly reducee prices. Liberal Discounts Made on Teas, ~ in 5 Ib. Packages. |

Also, GOODS JOBBED TO RETAIL

DEALERS AT LIBERAL RATES.

Eam also Selling the Celebrated

BUTTER CHURN.

- Oome and give me a trial and you will be satisfied, as all my Goods are warranted as repregented. -

- The above are Cash Prices, or to' eXvhenge for Produce. When sold on time, five per cent. will be added to the above prices, as I cannot sell as.cheap for long-winded paper asl can for Cash or Produce. . Wm. GROH. Kendallville, April 12, 1871, .

Queensware and Glassgﬁre 1! Queensware and Glassware !! Queensware and Glassware !!

At J. Decker’s, N . At J. Decker’s,

At J. Decker’s,

And Selling at Prices

And Selling at Priees

Which Defy Competition! Which Defy Competition ! Which Defy Competition ! Ligonier, April 12, 1871. :

CREAM YEAST. FULL WEIGHT?

PRSP | TH AN Fpuiini ‘oT Ec Nl LUXUR R NOMY < = CREAM YEAST BAKING POWDER

ﬁ roduces the finest Cookery kmown ta ence; makes all articlés mors tender, lightiand delicious; saves ono-third the Ehortening; takes less to do the work;:al ways reliable; full weight; bestinuse., ' ° - BOLD MEDAL SALERATUS. - (The_Universal choice of the best House, Wiyes in" America; stands without a rival Jor purity, healthfulness, economy and fine ®ookery. i Depot 112 Liberty Bt., New York, Westorn Branch, 170 North Water Street, Chicagoé

Agents! Read This!

W‘E WILZ PAY AGENTS A SALARY OF $3O: 1 per week, and expenses, or allow a large commission, tomell our new and_wonderfal inven%&gﬁ.ﬂddrm M. WAGNER & CO., Mgg&h&ﬂ.

40 WEEKS FOR ONE DOLLAR. THE AMERICAN RURAL HOME from April Ist 1871.—A First-class Eight-page Agnc’u]tuml'and Family weekly. Spgcimens free. W HOPKfNS m ILCOX, Rochester, N. Y.

DR. 8. 8. FITCH'S FamiLy Pivsiorax; 90 pages; sent by mail free. Teaches how to care all dis--eases of the person ; skin, hair, e{(es, complexion. Write to 714 Broadway, New York. i

FOR $6.00 PER LINE! We will insert an advertisement i ONE MONTH : In Eighty-two First-class - . INDIANA NEWSPAPERS _ Including Nine Dailies. We refer to the publisher of this paper, to whém our responsibility is well known. LISTSENT FR =lO ~ Address, GEO. P. ROWELL & €O., ) Advertisin%Ag‘euts. : Nos. 40 &41 Park Row, New York.

BLOOMINGTON (I1l.) NURSERY.

19th Year. 600 Acres. 13 Greenhouses. Largest Assortment— all sizes. Best Stock! Low Prices! Would you Enow What, When; -How to Plant 72— Fruit, Shade, Evergreen Trees, Root Grafts, Seedlings, Osage ()rauﬁe, Axa)le Trees, Early. Rose Potatoes, Shrubs, Roses, Greenhouse and Garden Plants, &ec., &c., &c. Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Finest, Best Collection-—sorts and quality. Send. 10 cents for new illustrated descriptive Catalogue of deeds, with plain directions—64 pages; bedding and garden plants-—-32 pages; and wholesale price list—24 imgee'. Address F. K., PH(ENIX, Bloomington, lllinois. y 047 :

8150 for Eagle Brick Hand Machine, 8500 for Eagle Brick Power Machine i Write to Frey, SurokLer & Co., Bucyrus, O.

QR r ?TQ — Canvassers wanted in bLLI‘ rßLLS'every county. Send 10c. for instructions. 'W. F. HEIKES NUKSERIES, Dayton, Ohio. . i o

PV’RE SANFORD CORN!—Seed af this wonderfully productive variety, grown on Long leland, where it originated, 60 cts. ger Quart; g 1 for two Quarts, post paid. By express; one peck, 341.50;—-‘ Half Bushel, $2.50; One ﬁushel’ $4.- HENRL W. YOUNG, Roanoke, Long Island,

QOE USE THE* VEGETABLE P 1826 pyLmoNaryY BaLsaw.»lB7o The old standard remedy for coughs,colds,consump tion. “ Nothing better.” CurLER I%Bos- & Co, Boston

Cleans Kid Gloves and all kinds of Cloths and of. Clothing ; removes Paint, Grease, Tar, Etc. instantly, without the least injury to the finest fabric. Sold by Druggists and Fancy Gpods Dealers, FRAGRANT SAPOLIENE CO., 33 Barclay st., N. Y., or 46 La Salle st., Chicago. 51 = e ee e Buy the Apple Parer, Corer and Slicer. Price §2. XTINEGAR, how made in 10 hoars, without any drugs, . Particulars 10c. . Sagr, Cromweli, Connecticut. ’ Agents, Read This!. \VE WILL PAY AGENTS a Salary of $3O & week 'V and expensges, or allow a large commission to sell our new and wonderful inventions. Address, M. WAGNER & CO., Marshall, Mich, ~ 1

AVOID QUACKS.-A victimof earlyindiscrefion, “causing nervous debility.dpremature decay, &c. having ?ied iri vair every advertised remedy, has a gimplé way of self cure, which he will gend free to bis fellow-sufferers. Address J. H. TUTTLE, 78 Nassau street, New York. | .

AGENTS For fast selling popular l ] subscription Books. Exj ' 7} trd inducements to agents Male and Female { Information free. Address Am. Book Co., 62 William St., New York. -

S O°CLOCK.

¢#“Couvent Life Unveiled.” By ' Edith O’Gorman, Escaped Nuh, Ahose dislosures are thrilllng & startling ] |&3 Price §1.50, Conn. Pub. Hartford Ct.3w4

DEAFFESS, CATARRH, SCROFULA. A lady who had suffered for years from Deafness Catarrh and Scrofula, was cured by a simple remedy Her gratitude prompts her to send the receipts free of charge to any one similarly afflictéd. Address Mrs. M. LEGGETT, Jersey City, N. J. - slwd

1 will change any colore dhair Th@ I\lﬂ glc Comb or beard toa permahent black or brown. It eontaing no poison. One comb sent by mail for $l. Dealers sapplied atrednced rates. Address Wm. Patton, Treas. Sdringfield, Mass. 43wd

THIS IS NO HUMBUG ! 35 ) By sending2J) CENTS with age, height, color of hair and. eyes, you will .receive, by return mail, a correct picture 'of your future husband

or wife, with name and date of marriage, Address Ww. FOX,_. P. O. Drawer, No. 24, Fnltonville, N. Y. $lO MADE FROM 50 CTS. Something urgently needed by everyhoey. Call and see: or 12 samples'sent (postage paid) for 50 cts. that retail easily for $lO. R. I. WOLCOTT, 181 Chatham Square, N. Y, T 3w

Pet neerny THEA-NECTAR I—J—W R BLACK TEA o) EREERIMAYSY With the Green Tea Flavor.— Warranted to suit all tastes. HRUBINREE N For sale. everywhere. .And for N ¥ ‘ sale wholesale only by The N /S %\ Great Atlnntlg& PacifR {ESELERIEY e Tea Co., 8 Church St., N. BEEF = Y. P.O, Box 5506. Seénd for “I'hea-Nectar Cig:ular. 43w4

WANTED—AGENTS, ($2O per day) to sel the celebrated HOME SHUTTLE SREWING MACHINE. Has the wunder-feed, makes the ‘‘lock stitch” (alike on both sides,) and is fully licensed. The best and cheapest family Sewing Machine in the market, Address JOHNSON, CLARK & CO., Boston, Mass., Pittsburg, Pa., Chicagr, Ills., or St. Louis, Mo. ¢ L " 43w4.

REDUCTION IN PRICES : TO CONFORM TO REDUCTION OF DUTIIES Great Saving to Consumers i BY GETTING UP CLUBS. 7 Send for our New Price List and a Club form will accompany it, containing full direc¢tions—making a large saving to consumers and remunerative to club organizers; ! . Great American Tea Company, ' 31 and 33 Vesey Street, - P. O. Box 5643, . NEW YORK.

Hné“?&sﬁ“?“’ii’i? “THE WAR IN EUROPE

It contains over 100 fine engravings of Battle Scenes and Incidents in the War, and is the only au-. thentic and offiecial history of that great conflict. | Published in Euglish and German. . - C AUTION 'lnferior histories are being ciri culated. See that the Qgg;yon buy contains 100 fine engravings and maps. Send for circulars and see our terms, and a full descriptionof the work. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING C 0.,; Chicago, 111., Cincinnati, Ohio, or St. Louis, ‘Mo. . ~ 3 - Slw4

WELL'S CARBOLIC TABLETS !

The late Euroysan war brought out new facts of the wondeful efficacy of L?a:m:g E:&cid"m hg;]v]ing and preventing diseases. . kL These Tablets present the Acjd ip,Combination with other efflicient remedies, in a popular form, for the cure of throat gg_d lgng disga:‘aes:. I

Hoarseness and Ulceration of the throat are immediately relieved, and statements are constantly being sent to the proprietor of relief in cases of Throat di ficulties of years standing, ; c A U T | O N Don’t let worthless articles be palmed off on you, be sure you get only WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS. + JOHN Q. KELLOGG, 34 Platt St. N. Y.; Sole ‘Agent. Sold by Druggists. Price 25 cents a box. 514

Scriptureand Science have met dogether, Genesis and Geology have kissed each other. g AND" N SCIENCE 72 BIBLE ~ A book of thrilling interest and greatest importance to every human being: Thé Papers, - Pulpits-and People are all discussing the sulject aud LOOK, every man, woman and child wantg to read it: The long flerce war is ended, and honorable peace secured.— Scienceis true, the Bible literal, pure and beautifal, both now satisfied, and firm friends. < God’'s work days, six actnal days, not long periods. . This book gives the very eream of science, maksn‘i its thrilling realities, beauties, wonders and sparkling gems a hundred fold more interesting than fiction. Agents wanted. Experienced agents will drop other books and secure territory immediately. Address for circular ZEIGLER & MCCURDY, 139 Race Street, Cincinnati O. . Sslw4

WHATISIT g It is a sure and perfect remedy for all diseases of the Liver and Spleeni Enlargement or -Obstruction of the Intestines, Urinary, Uterine or Abdominal Organs, Poverty or a '° Want of Blood,: Intermittent or .- Remittent Kevers, Inflammation -3 of the Liver, Dropsy, Sluggish Cir- " culation of the Blood, . Abscesses Tumors, Jaundice, Scrofula, Dyspépsa,. Ague and Fe--3 ver, or thetr Concomitants. s * Woells ;having become aware of the extraordi--1 nary medicinal properties of the South ‘ - American plant, called L

Sent a special commmission to-that country to procure it in its native purity, and having found its won derful curative properties to even exeeced the anticipations tormed by its great reputation, has concluded to offer it to the public, and "is happy to state that he has perfected arrangements for a regular monthly supply of this wonderful plant. He has spent much time in experimenting and investigating .as to the most efficient preparation from it, for popilar- use, ‘and has for some time used in his own practice with most happy results the effetual'medicine new presented to the public as ; ; Dr. Wells’ Extract of Jurnbeba and he confidently recommends: it to Lever{ family-as 8 household remedy which should bé freely taken as a Bleod Purifier in all derangements of the system and to animate and Iﬁ\}rify_ all weak and Lymghauc temperaments. JO. Q. KELLOGG, Platt Street, . New York. Sole Agent for the United States, ‘Price Oue Dollar per Bottle, Send for circular,

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The la"rges-t,ﬂ most varied and comprehensive col . lection of rare and curions Beasts & Birds.

Exhibition

Great Meral

OF THE AGE.

It Oontainsg

LIVING REPRESENTATIVES

Of all the rare, wonderful and rem=rkable types ofithe Zoological and Ornithological Kingdoms. Untiring zeal and indomimblg energy have been called into requisition, and capital-has been em. ployed, without stint, with-the most gratifying result. Each quarter of the Globe has severally added its quota to'this colossal and diversified collection, and a vast array of Living Wild Animals has been collected from the great re@rces of civilized

EUROPE,

The comparatively unknown and unexplored ) S wilds of Central =

ASIA,

And the arid-deserts and deadly jungles of

AFRICA,

Australia and New Holland have furnished spe- ) : cimens, and i .

AMERICA,

From the eternal gsnows of the Nevads, and the glens and crags and slopes of the Rocky Mountains—from her grand old forests and limitless Elqins' has also contributed largely from her ounteous store.” The result is

A Perfect and Complete Menagerie

All the great classes known to the science of Natural History willfind multiplied representa tions in this collection ; it being an orgauic and radical plan of the projectors of this gigantic enterprise to furnish for the insgectiou of the public, not only one but many. individual specimens of the different classes and genera. Thue the Quadrumanous, or Four Handed Animals, are not confined to two or three specimens only of the Monkey tribe, but living rglprelentati.ves of almost all the Apes, Babboons, Mandrils, Gibbong, Vervets, Pig-tailed Macaques, Chacinas, Coitas, Howlers, Marmosets, etc., will be found in the exhibition. Of the )

FELIDE, or Cat Tribe,

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The various collectors and agents have heen extraordinarily :sticcessful: in procuring the most diyerse antl multifaripus specimens, Lions and Tigers, Leopards, Jaguars, Panthers, etc., all a 8 wild and ferocious as they are beautiful, will be found in this collection many times multiplied. Among the varieties of the

~ URSIDE, Or Bear Tribe, Wit be found the Himilaya Bear, the Poonah, or Sloth Bear, the Black, and the Grizzly Bear. With the varied £

INSECTIVERE,

May be noticed the Ant Eaters and Coati ﬁnndal, Marsoupials, or Pouched Animals, The name of the class to which belong the White and Australian Opossnms, and Kangaroos, and-the Wombat, - Of the )

RODENTS, or Gnawing Animals, of the collection are the Porcupines, white Rats -an_d Mice, Prairie Dogs, Guina IPigs. Rabits, &c.

BOVIDE,

Several epecimens are an exhibition amdng which are the Birmese, or Sacred Cattle of India, The

~ ANTELOPE TRIBE, Of this large and important groupe of animals ill be found sg:;eral representa%irv‘)espt‘;om which ma be selected ‘for particular mention, the Rqebuciand the Gazelles. : -

o - Deer Species, gt 8 The Spotted Axis Deer is the most noted in this catalogue. Of the- :

' Camel Species, = - There are several magnificent specimens of the American Camel. - The public will bear in mind that all the animals in the Great Golden Menagerie are ¢ s LR sy B

-LIVING SPECIMENS. The Hunage‘ment also wish to direct attention to the fact that there are o i . No Circus Performances!

Or anything to offend a well=cultivated, dis¢riminating and order-loving taste, in any way connected with this. Mengf:rie. and, to the relect(ni, mind, it is evident no Zoological Exhibition of the extent of thig could :be trammeled by any such cumbergome adjuncts. Thisis theonly . .

~ EXCLUSIVE MENAGERIE! In America, ands the -only one traveling on this continent whose usefulness is not mu'reg—md the magnitade of which i 8 not eurtailed by circus performances. 'Will exhibitat . . . &5 .oE 8y

- Ligonier, Indiana, - On: TUESDAY, MAY 9th, 1871. ADMISSION, 50 CENXS,.... Children Undér 12 Years, 95¢,