The National Banner, Volume 7, Number 17, Ligonier, Noble County, 21 August 1872 — Page 2

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‘*We hive turned our backs on the past—we stand in the pregent and look to the fitare. " The past is logt to ng—the future is ours, let us make it a glorious one.”—Tuos. A, HExbRlO 5. NA'I‘ION@L REFORM TI(CKET. 7 . ‘ | FOR PRE§IDENTS - | ‘ HORACE GREELEY, Of New York., -gl v . . FOR VIGE-PRESIDENT: B. GRATZ BRO N - Of Missouri, ; DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. For Governor—THOMAS A, HENDRICKS, Lieut, Governor—JOHN R, CRAVENS. Congressmm-at-l.argt;} y&gg“sElv‘,? {{ﬁlﬁs Secretary of State—OWEN M. EDY. | | Auditor of State—JOHN B. STOLL. i . Treasurer of State—JAMES B, RYAN. - Supt, of Public Instr'n—-MILTON B.| HOPKINS, Attorney General-BAYLESS W, HANNA. Clerk of Supreme Court—ED. PRICE. Reporter of Sypnme Court- J. C, ROBINSON. .+ DISTRICT TICKETS, l Cungressman, 10th Distirict —E. VAN IQNG. , Common Pleas Judge, 19th Dist.— L. E. GOODWIN. Progecuting Aftorney—D. G, HUSSELMAN.

Morton-and Holloway. = A few days ago, one. W. (. Moreau, member of the Bourbon National Committee from Indiana, telegraphed from Indianapolis to many papers a| Bourbon pronunciamento, which closed thus: These Democrats should be heard from and a stinging rebuke administéred to the self constituted leaders who haye attempted to betray the democratic pa!ty intothe hands cf Its enemies. - ‘ " The Indianapolis Sentinel hL_s secured part of the manuscript sent tp the telegraph office. It is in the handwriting of Colonel W. R. Holloway, Postmaster of that ‘city, and Morton’s brother-in law. On the back ot it is this: ' OPERATOR—DPIease send tljis to the Ass, Press. I will be responsiljle that 'tis all right. 2. HolLLoway, Thie Sentinel dares Holloway to deny its statements, and promises to brihg forward ; o hundred witnesses to their truth, if he does. It ig plain that the Grant party 1s ‘doing its utmost to forward the Louisville side show. Probably half thd irrecondil ables who will gather ‘there will have their expenses paid out of the|Grant cam‘paign- funds, wrung, by political assessments, from poor clerks, ‘ Every Democrat in the country, who knows anything at all, knows that a “straight” democratic nomination for.the Presidency would stand no more show for election than a grasshopper would of being struck by lightning, and the only vbject any one ean have in urging a nomination at Louisville is to aid to reinstate Gen. Grant to the position which he has disgraced for ne(?l‘ly four years by his unprecedented conduct. * Every Democrat. who reads the papers and observes the drift of affairs, knows that there is not: a leading Democrat in the United States who will accept the nomination as a candidate for the Presidency or Vice Presidency, at the Louisyille Convention. Our leaders are all earnestly engaged in support of the reform movement,and they are ‘ men of too much sense and patriotism to listen to the empty pated charges of “de- 1 sertion of principles” by such pinks of propriety as DBrick Pomeroy, Duncan, Storey, &e., These men arc engaged in the interests of Grant and his hungry pack ot office-holders, and that is why the . broken down old hack, O. P, Morton, and Grant’s Postmaster, W. R. Holloway, and‘the lesser frys in the radical pa{rty are so anxious {o have democrats act the fool, aud urge a “straight” nomination. Democrats, if you love your country,and if you do not wish to be led into the traps set for you by scheming radicals, shun the blatherskite disorganizers of the antiGrant elemgznts, as-‘they are only playing into the hands of Moi-toh; Conklin, Ben. Butler and other. blatant supporters of ‘Grant’s 'un‘fmralleled incompetency and indecency. Will you take the advice of such ‘mea as Hendricks, Voorhees, Thur‘man, Seymour, Gen. Durbin Ward, Senator Stockton, and all the brave, true, pure and trusted leaders of the democratic .party, or will you give lieed to the corrupt henchmen of Grant, like Morton & Co.,assisted by such scavengers as Duncan, Pomeroy.and a few others. You are compelled to do the one or the other, and it 18 your duty to act rationally in this most imporant maiter.

The Prospect, We present our readers with the following statement of the vote for Secretary of State, in the following districts, together with the gains required to elect the nominees of the democratic-liberal ticket this fall : ' ' Joint Representative, Elkhart and No. ble—Dem., 4347 ; Rep., 4650. Total 8997. Democratic:vote required to elect (1872) 4499,—a gain on -the republican vote of 1870, of 3 3-10 per cent. ' Common *Pleas, 19th District—Dem., 6,832 ; Rep., 8017. Total 14,849. Democratic vote required to elect (1872), 7,425, ~—a gain on the republican vote of 1870, ot 7 2 5 per cent. : Tenth Gbngressional District — Dem., 12,722 ; Rep., 14,858. Total vote 27,580, Democratic vote required to elect (1872), 13,791,—a g?n.on the republican vote of 1870, of 7 1-5 per cent. L ; The vote for Congressman in the Tenth District in 1870 not. being a test of the strength of the respective parties, by reason of the partial support, by both parties, of Gen. Hascall, we have chosen the vote of 1870 as the basis of our computation, It will thus be seen that the small gain of seven per centum,on the republican vited 1870, for the democraticliberal ticket will elect Messrs. Goodwin and Long in October next. . - For joint Representative the gain required being only a little over three per cent., there can be no doubt of the com - plete deie%?tého radical candidate, whe. ever he may be, by a-handsome majority. In 1379% icy of Noble éqgnts; increased their yote by over ten per cent. Tone ol o2k o yoass preus, lor pecreiary ot 2, .and a sl largor rutio il on some of ooy : %*%m%ﬁ SRR N e RS TR LSR R M

WILL MR. GREELEY BE “DANGER- | ousr ' ‘Our Grant friends, now that their more rational arguments against Mr. Grecley’s election are found to be insufficient, have resorted to.misrepresentation and abuse. The leading politicians are taking up the charge, hitherto made by those only of a baser type, who have less regard for their political character, that in the event of Greeley’s election the rebel debt would be paid, &c. Inalateisiue of the New York Times (Grant organ) an intimation of this character appearing, the World takes the subject in hand and in its psunal able manner completely shows its falsity and absurdity. . The World says: “The capital dangers which the leading organ of the administration apprehends trom the elec. tion of Mr. Greeley are these three: - First. Payment of the confederate war debt from the federal treasury. Second. Pensioning the confederate soldiers. Third. A dishonest Secretary of the Treasury. ' ; . 2 “We suppose all patriotic citizens and all honest men must agree with the Zimes that if these dangers are real, the election of Mr. Greeley would be a national calam ity. ‘We expect to prove them chimerical. We shall explode these chimeras by arguments 80 convincing that, however often they may hereafter be repeated they will make no impression on any man capable of seeing the force of an argument.

. “We wil}ﬁrst dispose of the bugbear that Mr. Greeley and the party that elects him will pay the rebel debt and pension the rebel soldiers. The Fourteenth Amendment being a valid part of the Conétitution,,-tbe payment of rebel war expenses, or any part of them, wculd be impossible, even if Mr. Greeley desired it and a democratic Senate as well as a democratic House were to come in with his inauguration. - Nay, if Jeff. Davis himself were President with a Congress to match, the rebel debt could not be paid even un der his administration. In the fourth section ot the Fourteenth Amendment anybody who looks for it will find this unequivocal, stringent prokibition : “But “neither the United States nor any State “shall assume or pay any debt or obligal “tion incurred in aid of insurrection or “rebellion against the United States, or “any claim for the loss or emancipation of “si.ny slave; but ;ill such debts, obligations, “and claims shall be held illegal and void.” <‘What will the Zimes say to this? What excuse can it offer for its persistent attempts to practice on the fears and gul- | libility of business men, when: it must itself know that there is a constitutional interdict against the payment of rebel pensions or the rebel debt? If its editor wishes to bz considered a fair disputant or an honorable journalist, how can Le reconcile it to his scnse of the value of character to keep on printing the baseless and absurd chimeras with wbich he is seeking to alarm the business classes? - “We can imagine but ome rejoinder which the T'¢mes could make to this protest against its unfairness. It may say that under Mr. Greeley’s administration this part of the Constitution will be spurned and trampled on. But this would be said without proof,against probability, and in absurd disregard of the composition of the Senate. 'Who believes that if :Congress should defy the Constitution and pass an act to pay the rebel debt or pen sion the rebel soldiers, Mr. Greeley would sign it? He might more safely sign his death wariant. Who believes that t party electing him would pass, or attv# to pass, such an act? The CincinnaliBaltimore platform emphatically asserts ‘the binding force of all the new amendments as valid parts of the Constitution. If the Z'imes has so little charity or candor that it can credit neither Mr. Greeley nor his supporters with sense or honesty, it ‘ should at least trust the republican Senate. The Senate is republican by a ma. jority ‘of three or four to one; and as Senators hold for six years, one-third going out biennially, ‘the Senate will be certainly republican during.the first two and probably during the whole four years of Mr. Greeley’s Presidency. “No money "“ghall be drawn from the Treasury but in “consequence of appropriations made by “law.” In view: of tbis provision of the Constitution and the dominant majority of the Senate, how can the Zimes fear the passage of a law authorizing the payment of the rebel debt? Two thirds of the Senators who witness the inauguration: of Mr. Greeley will retain their seats till the close of his term. The twenty four (a number of them already elected) who are to be sworn in on the 4th of March will not go out until 1879, two years atter Mr. Greeley’s retirdment. Twenty-three “more who took their oaths in 1871 will (unless re.elected) retire with Mr. Greeley in 1877. The republican party must be in a desperate condition indeed if, with its present overwhelming majority and the long terms ot its members, it cannot keep control of the Senate for the next four years. Such antics asthe Times professes to fear from Mr. Greeley would strengthen the republican party, and restore its aseendency in nearly every Northern State, giving it a majority of the Senators to be elected in the middle of the ‘next four years. Wé ask the Times to congider how complete is the sateguard against reactionary legislation which ex - ists in the political makeup and: long terms of the Senate, and then confess that our reassuring argument admits of no solid answer. If it shrinks from so much ~of candor, let it at least stop harping on this unreal danger. o - “Against the appointment of a dishonest or dangerous Secretary of the Treasury, there is an equally complete guarantee. The- President can appoint no officer without the consent of the Senate. An opposition Senate will be likely to scru. tinize Mr. Greeley's appointments in o spirit of punctillious and perhaps rancorour hostility. If they should agree with the Zimes in thinking that Mr. Greeley has crazy fiscal crotehets, it will be their duty to take care that he does not put an unsafe man at the head of the Treasury, and refuse their consent to an unfit apWintmont.;-, SR b Ly . e “Does the Times imagine that the re: publican Senators will imitate the suicidal tactics of the secession Senators of 18617 Wil they throw up their places after the electfon of Grecley, as thie Southern ConL Poitint: Tiadola boatd Hikve bast led. e st e @x,m? %mgw@

republican Sensutors can restrain President Greeley from doing apy great mischi'e'f:ﬂ cither by the measures he recommends or the officers he appoints. He wil! be at the merey of & hostile Senate, and he can bear up against it and make his administration successful only ‘by appointments so eminently fit and wise as to extort the approbation of political opponents. 4 “Does the Times, holding. the opinion it expresses of Mr. Fenton, believe that ‘ the republican Senate would'confirm himsi as Sgcretary of the Treasury? Would it confirm him even if appointed by a Presdent whom they would have motives to \ embarrass and humiliate as often as they could find a good pretext? Or does it thiok that if Mr. Greeldy should name: Judge Church or Mr. Tilden for that ‘ office and Mr. Adums. for Secretary of S State, business men would have any fears of either foreign or financial trouble? l These, or men of like character, Mr. Greeley will be compelled to appoint in order to get his nomirations confirmed. The republican Senate would consent to any appointments by Grant; but only te fit ones by Greeley. Under his administra- ‘ tion we are therefore likely to have a higher grade of men in public offick than we have had under any recent adminis. tration.” i |

Grant as Secretary of War, Ad Inter- { » - dm, o ~ The New York Sun, of the 12th inst,, published a full expose, occupying nearly a dozen columns, of Grant’s corrupt conduct while acting as Secretary of War, The pith of these dedailed disclosures is as follows : —*“# hen, by arrangqrﬁeht with President Johnson, Grant displaced Mr. Stanton, and became Secretary of War, ad interim, entering upon the personal control of the War Department, he at once gave peculiar sttention to three objects, as follows: Paying in fu!l large sums of money, amounting in the aggregate to half a million or more wbjch had beent retained by Mr. Stanton on account of frauds in mixed grain furnished for the army of the Potomac, the frauds baving been detected and a part of the money restored by the immedinte agents of the fradulent cantractors, in whose hands it was. Mr. Stanton also withheld further sums which would have been due had the frauds not .been tound out and proved. These sums Grant paid in full. The sec: ond of Grant’s three objects was the transfer, toa ring of speculators in California, of a tract of land known as the Military Reservation No. 7, commanding Mare Island Navy Yard. This property, whose possession was essential to the military safety of the navy yard, was worth $70,000,000. Mr. Stanton had sternly repel - 'led and resisted every overture looking to its transfer, but Grant, after be became Secretary of War ad interim, promptly surrendered it, the government receiving between /$3,000 and $4,000 ‘only. The third object to which Gen. Grant especiaMy devoted himself, when he became Secretary of War ad interim, was the pro tection of his old associate and crony, Paymaster Gencral Brice,in carrying thro’ and concealing the payment of large sums of public money upon_ forged bdfinty claims. These forged claims had becn gotten up by a claim agent in Waghington, named Lowenthal, who presented them to Brice, from whom he had received variousggyments, and one of which had been p forgery before a committee of the Ifouse of Representatives, .to the amount of about $47,000.”

! More Nepotism, The New York Sun of the 9th inst. has the following fresh indictment against Grant for family favoritism: “Among Grant’s unscrupulous acts, therc are none more characteristic of the man’s intense selfishness than that by which General Dent recently became Colonel of the sth artillery. Two years ago, Brevet Brigadier General Joseph A. Haskin stood at the foot of the list of five Lieutenant Colonels of artillery. This amiable and accomplished officer graduated four, years before Dent entered the service. He lost an arm in Mexico, but, notwithstanding, has been since then constantly on the most actfivej, duty. Dent suddenly found himself by the operation of the law and in virtue of being on staff duty unassign¢d and in great danger of being, mustered out of the service altogether. A place was wanted for him at once. and, thereupon, Haskin's missing arm was rememmembered, and though he had never lost ‘a day’s duty on that account during the twenty-six years which had elapsed, he was forthwith placed on the retired list against his wishes, and Dent made the fifth Lieutenant Colonel of artillery. This scientific.corps thus lost a ripe and zealous scholar, yet in the prime of life and usefulness; as fit for duty as the day hé embarked for Mexico. Since the days of ‘Washington, no President has entered upon the duties of his office with more hearty good wishes from the army than did Grant, but when he leaves it, next March, he will have earned the undis guised dislike of the army officers beyond everyone of his predecessors.” ‘

“EvERY dog has his day,” and so with the “street politician.” From early morn till dusky eve, with coat and breeches pockets filled with the most pure, chaste, and savory of political documents, the street politician perambulates the towa, seeking whom he may devour. He not uncommonly —for he soon becomes very expert in his calling—succeeds, without much difficalty, in cornering his adversary, and sometimes drives him into “close quarters,”—n grocery, saloon, or barbershop, for instance—wkére the most ab struse theories in political metaphysics are discussed, and convertion or conviction of the adversary follows, as a matter “of course.” It is considered a very effective plan of making political pr'oglytee,-——by the street corner politician, Weare happy to inform our readers that, should Mr, Grant not be elected in November, it will ‘not(?) be because the street politicians of {i‘i%o'nier have failed to do their whole uty. _ N

_THERE is quite a fight among the Grantite committees in Washington over the question as to the proper mode of distributing the funds raised by involuntary subscriptions in the several departments, Zack Chandler's smelling committee holds that it is the proper medium thro’ which these fands should be applied, but the several Btate associations take aﬁﬂ;ﬁﬁiﬁ view of the matter, and one of these bod. ies, the Ohio association, has nade known vi:!qf desivg to disburse its proportionate BROYe, . v FhEs gL S

' BEARING FALSE WITNESS, - - Oan the 17th of July a creature, C. S. Carpenter by name, of Bingbamton, New York, went before a magistrate, made and signed an affidavit that he, Carpenter, had seen letters from Horace Greeley toa man named Carmichael stating that “he {Gree“ley) was in favor of paying the rebel “pension, rebel debt, and for emancipated “glaves.” ;

This affidavit was immediately copied and published by almost all the Grant papers thronghout the land—city and country, daily and weekly—as proof positive that Mr. Grecley was in favor of paying the rebel debt, &e., and that this was the reason wliy the South were supporting him, . , B “The young fellow (for it turns out to be a boy), who made such baste fo get his sworn lie-into print, and who expected to achieve the great honor of saving his country from impending ruin by his “sclf de. votion,” as did the Roman Decius, now awakens to the fact that all men are nei-'; ther tools; nor disposed to accept as trug statements made, even under oath, by go honorable(?) a young man ‘as Carpenter, without imquiring into their source and validity. /8o it appears they have done in this case, and Mr. Carmichael informs Mr. Carpenter that he never received such a letter. : o

Mr. C. 8. Carpenter, the truthful hero, now says: “I have been informed by sev-’ “eral gentlemen of unguestioned integrity, “residing in Unadilla (where Carmichael_ “resides), who have seen all of Carmicha—“Yel's letters from Greeley, and inform me “that no such letter was written by My.Gree“ley: I make this statement tßinking I “may have been mistaken, and hope for a “public production of the whole corres“pondence, until which time, I retract the “‘statements made in my affidavit. : P : “C. S. CARPENTER. ;‘‘Binghamton, N. Y., July 24, 1872.” " This being only ofie of the one thousand und one lies that the Grant party have,and will put in circulation concerning /Mcr. Greeley and those who support him, We offer it only as a sample—a specimen of all. The facts the people want; falsehoods never have served, nor can serve to promote the success of an honest party or cause. LB

When scurrilous abuse, misrepresentation and falsehood, purc and simple, are resorted to &s a _dernier resort, as isthe case with pBliticians, great and small, of the radica] party, to help prop up the fortunes and stability of a political organization, a more unfailing indication need not be wantéd in proof of its-approach-ing demise. “Truth is mighty and will prevail oo : : ‘

Meeting of the Central Committee of the Tenth Congressional Distriet. The Central Committee of this (tenth) Congressional District met at Goshen on Wednesday the 14th inst., W.S. Marshall, the Chairiman of ‘the Committee, presiding. ©n motion, J. R. Baker was chosen Secretary. The following resolution, wag and unanimously adopted : WHEREAS, The Democratic and Liberal Republican Convention, held at Columbia City on the 6th day of August, 1872, reterred the subject of the nomination of a candidate for Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit to the Central Committee, and WHEREAS, James I. Best is now a candidate for that position, and, * WHEREAS, It is believed by this Committee that the office of Judge should be kept free from politics and political influences, and all candidates for Judicial positions should abstain from political and partisan controversies. Therefore, ‘| Resolved, By this Committee, that no nomination be made for the office ot Circuit Judge. o : : 'On motion, the selection of a candidate for Common Pleas Prosccu—tor was postponed till the next meeting of the Committee. Several appointments were made for public speak--ing throughout the District, and the Com: mittee adjourned to meetwt Kendallville on the 27th of this month. It is desired that each member of thc Committee and the members of the press of the distriet Le present at all the conferences of the Committee. J. R. BAKER, Secretary.

TuE latest and meanest dodge yet fesorted to by the Grantites finds publicity through the medium of the New York Times. That paper, on Thursday of last week, published a card purporting to be an official call to Orangemen to mmeet in convention, in Philadelphia, Auglist 22d, for the purpose of taking such action as will preirent_‘, their old adversaries, the Catholics, from gaining asceridency in the pending campaign. The card set forth that the Orangemen as a body favored Mr. Greeley for President, and advised all so ciety men to support the man who has heretofore protected their interests. It has been discovered that this interesting card is a base forgery, it having becn written in a certain lawyer's office on Nassau street, by an old political trick ét;er who has more wit than honesty. The object of this forgery is to incense Irish ‘Catholics against Greeley. Lo

A very important pampblet, giving a review of Mr. Boutwell’s ‘management of the national finances, is now in press in Washington, and will be issued shortly. It will show, from the records of the Department, that the pretended debt reduc tion is false in fact,and the public accounts have been mutilated in crder to mislead the people. It will also show, from official data, that the public accounts are in a muddled condition, and that there has been a double issue of United States bonds, which is clearly proved by the fact that duplicate coupons, aggregating more than three millions of dollars, have been peid.* Complete notes will accompany every statement, go that reference may be made to the volume, page and date in verification thereof, LR ;

Another Greéley'nepubllean. At a liberal meeting held at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the 6th inst., Hon. D. Cromer, a leading lawyer of Ann Arbor, and a life:long Republican, made a speech’ in favor of Greeley and Brown. When we were'at Ann Arbor last-fall, we became acquainted with Mr. Cramer, and know him to be a man of ability and influence. The same meeting was adt%réssed by a: Mr, Burch, who isalsoa Liberal Republican. o ———— i — 4 . Tar Grant men in Texas have had bad luck with their Congressional candidates, Judge Lemuel D. Evens, at Large, and Dr. ByK. Smith, in the 1s; District, are suspected of preferences for - Greeley, and Judge James H. Bell, in the 4th District, ‘has withdrawn from ‘the ticket. The 4th Distriot: nomination was then offered to ex Governor A. J. Hamilton, and prompt: dydeclined, -~ ... .. o

' POLITICAL NOTES, : - Galladay, the Kentucky ex Congress. man, who traded in cadetships, is on. the domp ageiust Grecley. ! E.D. Mills, member of the Grant Steuben copnty committee, has signed a call for a Greeley mceting. T Ex-Mayor Wood, republican, of Brooklyn, New York, is now announcéd as a supporter of Greeley and Brown. : D. D. S. Brown, one of the proprietors of a Grant paper at Rochester, New York; signs a call for a Greeley meeting. - Five hundred republicans of Monroe county, New York, have signed a call for a Greeley and Brown meeting at Rochester. e £

William 1. Wcst, Suprewe Judge of Ohio, a republican for many years,says he shall vote for Greeiey, and advises all his friends to. : i Six bhundred republicans of Steuben county, New York, have signed a call for a Greeley and Brown county convention for August 30. o State Senator G. T. Harrower, republi can, heads the call for a Greeley county convention in Bath, Steuben county, New York, to take place August 20. b The Graot National Committee is daily receiving private appeals for money, the applicants asserting that they must have it immediately or all will be lost. There sre 1,500 republicans in the Fifth Congressional District of Maine who will support F. A. Pike, the Liberal Republican candidate for Congress, and, they say, elect him. ' 3 - dJudge Hoge, of South Caroliné,acarpet‘ bagger, at a Grant rally at Newberry, South Carolina, last week called. Senator Schurz “a’ rd whiskered Dutch puppy.” Perbaps this will win German votes for bis master. | . ; | Attorney General Williams, of Grant’s Cabinet, being convinced that there will be no’ use or employment for him after March 4, 1873, is now bending all hisen. ergies'to be elected United States Senator for the place of Corbett, whose ‘term expires this winter. =~ - -

-J. L. Morphis, member of Congress from the Second District of Mississippi, and who was recently nominated as an Elector for the State for Greeley and Brown, writes that the campaign.s progressing favorably, and that the liberals and democrats are- jubilant over their prospects. . : : The name of Henry R. Selden, of Rochester, New York, formerly Republican Lieutenant Governor,subsequently elected by the republicans to the Court’ot Appeals, and the candidate of that party for Chief Justice in 1870, and Thos. Raines, the present Republican State! Treasurer, head the call for a Greeley meeting to take place in: Rocbester on August 15. - Senator Doolijttle, who * has : been canvassing Maine, reports the Greeley party in that %tate active and enthusiastic, The defection from the republican party in Speaker Blaine’s district isat least thirty per cent. - Blaine’s defeat is regarded as certain ; also the defeat of Hale,; son-in-law of Senator Chandler. Clifford, liberal, ‘will probably be elected in the Portland district. - 1

It is undeistood that the administration, through its friends, expended be: tween $600,000 and $BOO,OOO in North Carolina.” It is reported that Jay Cooke & Co. bled freely for the cause. Many persons express surprise that such sagacious financiers as the Cookes should be willing to inyest the chances of the Northern Pacific Railroad in-an open and shut contest like this. The Territorial Government at Washington, the Northern Pacific Railroad, and’ Grant’s election cer: tainly involve a very large contract. The statement of General Horace Por: ter, Aid de Camp {o the President, that he was in communication with certain Dem: ocrats to induce t'hemq to sapport Grant, was received with incredulity. But the New York World states facts which seem clearly to indicate that Boss Tweed and. Tom Murphy have formed a fraudulent combination in New York. We heartily wish that all the scoundrelsin both parties would rally arcund Grant and make their harvest at the Treasury beggfen this and the fourth ofinext March® TFhen Lonest men will come into power and inaugurate a better state of things for the American people. ey A Long Branch correspondent gives out the following from the Government headquarters: “A igreat moye is contemplated to revive the drooping spirits of, the party. The leading spirits of the coterie have determined to issue a call for the indorsement of President Grant to the great ‘manufacturers, railroad and steamship magnates, bankers, directors of horse car railroads, and persons of like ilk, who eontrol votes. It is intended thig moye shall have a dovble end, that such prominent men shall be induced to give the moral weight of their public indorsement and influence tbe votes of their employes in favor of the administration. One of the great manufacturers told me himself that he had been .asked to sign the call, but declined.” ‘ Sk s :

Elkhart County Convention. The Democrats and Liberals of Elkhart county met. in Convention at Goshen on Saturday last, and placed the following ticket in nomination : Senator—S. B. Romain. Representative-—Albert Osborn, Treasurer—Chas. T. Green. ¢ Sheriff —John W. Egbert. ! . Commissioner, Southern Dist.— George W. Eby. b ! Commigsioner, Northern Dist.— —— Garman, £ : Real Estate Appraiser—John Harper, Surveyor—George T. Ager. . . ] | Coroner—Jeremiah Bowen.. " ; . Of the gentlemen placed in nomination, Messrs. Osborn, Eby, Harper and Bowen are Liberals. We hope that the men of these two united parties will thus unite in every county in the State. The convention was a most harmonious one, and the ticket will' be elected beyond the shadow of a doubt. L nsaE salie

It was telegraphed overland, July 28 that “ L. F. Lane, Democratic Elector in Oregon, withdraws from the ticket, 7efusing to support Greeley,” - The slower, but more truthful, mail ‘shows that Mr. Lane withdrew expressly that one of the three Electors might be a Liberal Republican, and be says : *ln this'connection, 1% ‘may not be improper for me tqnsa‘y that in the choice between Greeley and Grant, lapprehend Democrats ard Oregou cannot hesitate. It is quite evident'that the' ‘people, without distinction of party, demand a change; and a jstatesmin and = eslt glvili_sn. whatever | mlorggrp? ditical affiliations may lLiave been, is surely. - preferable to ean:a{,m}' e ?nrgy

. Notes by the Wayside. ' -We attended the ! Congressional Convention, which met| at Columbia City on Tuesday, the 6th inst., and while there we met many [il:asgnt.friends; some of whom we have been acquainted with formany years, and. others with whom we have more recently placed on our list of acquaintances and friends. Awmong the latter was: thrﬁt prinéé of jovial fellows, that embodiment of wit and mirthfaloess, Gen. Jawes R. Slack, of Huntington. The General did not have time to repeat to us the sdf)ry of the terrible duel, fought by the Kentuckian' and Obioan, while they were Crossing tne plains... be

~ We also met Sam Wimief, editor of the | Huntington Democrat, and was sorry to. sce him with his arm in a sling ; but still it is better his arm than his neck. Among - our old Kosciusko eounty friends, we inet Frank Zimmerman, of thi‘W_arsaw Uniox, ‘who is a lively ink-slin'ge{r, and is Greeley and Brown to the core. Frank will do good service in the conservative ranke, ‘We also had the pleasure of calling at the office of the Northern Int{mniaﬁn for a few moments and grasped by the hand ourold friend, Gen. Reub. Williams. Reub. is one of the livest newspaper men in the State, and barring the| fact that he 1s laboring under the terrible delusion that Grant ought to be re-elected, he publishes a viry readable pnfnr. We think, however, that after next November, the General will join in sag}ng that the defeat of (Gen. Grant was a most fortunate occurrence. We were @m, also, to meet | Mr. Hossler, of thesame establishment. Quin. is a good fellow, ﬁut he has “Grant ‘on the brain.” We think it isa mild ‘case, and will fully snbsﬁde after Grant’s political death. Remove the cause and the case will get well, we think. ;. We bad a pleasant chat with Dr. T. -Davenport, of Warsaw, iand was glad to find" him the same pleasant gentleman that he was whey belived with us in that place. The doctor is o?e of the live men of Kosciusko county, and enjoys an enviable reputation as a physician and sur- ’ geon. He is for Greeley and Brown, and of course has a clesr conscience. W. 8. Marshall, of the- same place,;a talented lawyer, bad the honor tJo give'us a friendly shake of the hand, and seemed as glad to sec us as if we had owed bhim a half dollar and wanted to pty it. Wood. is a “good egg,” and we wiéh him success. Dr. D. M. Maishall rode with us to Columbia City‘frdm ,i?ierceton, and we think he fully appreciated the honor; if he didn't, we can’t help it. Dr. M. and the writer hereof were !iormerly competi~ tors in the M. D. busn?ess, and where two doctors can practice in the same place for two years and “quﬂh?’ it friends, tkey must be models of excellence . and virtue. We are willing to -beai our share of the assertion, if somebody ;élsc will only make it. Come to our rescue, friends, for Dr. Marshall is equally as f-modc\st as ourself. M.J. Lorg, a lawyer of Warsaw, and a brother of E. V. Lmtg. 'is the longest ‘Long that we ever met. He isso tall that his head and feeit don’t live in the same climate, only whe{n he i sitting or in a recumbent position. Notwithstanding the fearful length of Mo'se, be is a clever, whole souled fellow. | e

: “Boys in Blue.” & ! . Senator Morton, oj Indiana, says the contest this fall between Grantand Greeley is between the “boys in blue and the: boys in gray.” Among the “boys in iblue” who are supp?rt,ing Mr. Greeley, we notice conspicuously the following : Gen. Hooker, Cal.; Qen. Mead, Pens ; * Hancock, Pa; ° '* Banks, Mass; “ McClernand,llL; ‘“ Slocum, N. Y ; « Kilpatrick,N.J.; ‘* Manson, Ind; “ Pleasanton,N.Y.; Burbridge, Ky ; _“ Blair, Mo.; * Sehurz, Mo,; - “ Ward, O Steadman, O.; “ Wiley, O.; |« Morgan, O ; * Burns, O; [¢ Heath, O “ Whitely, Il; “ McClellan, N. Y ; Y Bual O; " Bannihg O “ Moore, O.; # Tattle In; ¢ Hazen, O; - s Slaek. Ind.; * Hascall, Ind,; \*“ Kilby Smith, Pa. This list will do as a first instaliment. There are a great mapy more of the gencral officers whose names we do not at present recall. Of the officers below the rank of general their names are Legion, and would fill the entire paper. How does Senator Morton like these old fighting friends of hisgray ?— Cincinnati Com mercial. & irk : -

_ GENERAL FARNSWORTH's points illustrating . how, Presidential messages are ‘made under this administration will attrack much attention. Finding in the message & recommendation that Congress should authorize Governor Bullock, of Georgia, (since a defaulter and a fugitive in Canada) to recobnstruct the Legislaturc by turning out mest of the whites, 80 as | to leave only the blacks, whom Bullock could use to suit himself.. Farnsworth .doubted the power of Congress to do what the President asked. He says: | “Iwent up tothe president and said, “Mr. President, I find a passage in your message here which I do not quite understand. Will you be good enough to explain to me what you mean by it?”and I read him the passage I bave read to you. The President took his eigar out of his mouth, aftera deliberate whiff or two, and looked it over, and answered me thus: “Well, I really cannot say what that does mean. Morton put that in.” [Great laughter.] Morton put that in! The constitution of the United States provides that the President shall annually deliver to the Congress his message, but Morton put thatin!| I did not pursuemy inquiry in that quarter any further, nor did I go to Morton | to ask him what he meant, for I did not recognize his right to send his recommendations to Congress through a message of the President of the United States.”. ; It would be curious to have an analysis of ope of Grant’s messages, and find out exactly what Morton, Cameron, Murphy, Chandler, or Conkling “put in.” : We have still one more message to come from President Grant, and, in justice to the facts thus; revealed by General Farnsworth, Congress oufht to appoint 4 Committee of Inquiry to ascertain how much of each message the President can explain and how much ;“M#ton» put in” b George W. Naire?, one of the assistant door keepers of the House of Representa. . tives, has been informed that as he is an active supporter of Greeley and Brown, and b_ei_n% appointed by Senator Fenton, of New York, that his services will not be needed longer than September 1, i i —————%o.“;--————‘_—— :'l ; A CORRESPONDENT writes: 'Port Huron is safe. §”°§§ mthan%rm Brows. Thero has been but o elcction in sixteen years when the above number UL ot S W aoile o P P L&m commantoation or contribution of Bovc ke SR S e e T S T I L 2 e e 2 SRS N I e G e T AR R A

- LOcCAL Arb MISCELLANEOUS. . —Considerable enthusiasm on the street at a late hcur last Sa.tp:dgy‘f,‘nigh_t‘; . One arrest. Benzine, you know. . - - - —Hon. George-W. Julian will speak at Lagrange on Wednesday, August 28, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and at Angola, Thursday, August 29, at 1 ¢'clock in the afternoon. Let liberals, democrats. and radicals go and hear this eloquent speaker. —One of the happiest spéeches we have heurd during thiscampaign was deti iwe_l"r;?di by Capt. J. A. 8. Mitchel at the Democratic Convention held at Goshen on Saturday last. The Captain is a model man, and wields a great influcoce wherever be is known. g Ctnas el

- —The Universalists will hold a ‘grove meeting and basket picnic in the grove one mile south of Benton, Elkhart Co;, on Sunday wext; Aug. 25th. Preaching by Revs. J. P. Chaplin and A. H. Laing, at 10 o'clock A. M. and 2 o'clock P. M. All friends are cordially Invited. o

—The name of James N. Childs, a liberal republican of Wayne township, appears in our columns this week as a candidate for the office of Sheriff,subject to the decision of the liberal and democratic convention of the county. Mr. Childs is a farmer, and is well spoken of as a citizen. - -

| —The Porter County Vidette, al_fl',ti:x_-‘( having charged Gen. Jasper Packard with being the meanest man in the 11th Dist., and swearing tbat it would never support him, now takes it all back, and swallows the corrupt Packard in:: preference to Dr. Henricks. Don’t say anything more about eating crow, Mr. Gurney. .. . .

—E. P. Lash, of Kendallville, who is seeking the nomination for county recorder on'fhe republican ticket, ga’v’é’\i\jsb,‘ ca]l last Monday. He was the first to announce his name fbrﬂ_thég position, and we believe stands a fair chance to receive the nomination. That, however; will be Wit little satisfaction when the result is announced in October..: - - = ¢

—The Camp Meeting now being held: near the town of Lagrange, in Lagrange county, is a success so far as the number of persons in attendance is cbhcgrhed,a&nd‘ we presume in all other: i'eéi.)ectq.;.,();xif Sunday, during the morring excrcises, an. instructive discourse was delivered to a very large assembly by Rev. Greenman, of Huntington, Ind. The meeting, we are informed, will close next Thursday.

—The County Convention at Goshen last Saturday was one of the largest, and most orderly that we ever saw. The dem- | ocrats and liberals united in selecting a ticket, and they put & most excellent one in the=field. While the democrats apd liberals are everywhere working only for the good of the country, the raﬂi’c&tl‘!ﬂfé quarreling over the spoils of office, and discord is rupturing their ranks every day. Let the good work go on, and the country will be the better forit. = -

- —The Grantites will hold a mass con - vention at Albion next Saturday,to determine who shall be the vicﬁms’of*ir‘ doomed party in October :nexf.. - Quite a number of aspirants for the various offices of the county have expressed a willings ness to become martyrs for the failing cause. But if good men will cling to the sinking wreck, we cau't help it; they must be swallowed up by the tide of puhlic opinion. The radicals are in the wrong boat, and must go up the river next fall,

! errible Conflagratien. On last Thursday, while Samuel Simp—son, who lives near Millersburg, Elkhart county, was threshing his grain with & machine belonging to a Mr. Stiver, the cylinder became heated to such an extent as to set the straw on fire. Ina Vei'fy s'hért time, in spite of all efforts made to master the flimes, they bad enveloped the ma-~: chine and spread with lightning rapidity over the entire building, The men in their excitement ran ‘the machine down ‘upon the horsepower. ‘without detaching the horses, and some of them were badly burned. In order to extinguish the flames that bad enveloped the machine, 1t was drawn to the ‘well, to ‘be convenient to water, and from it the smoke-house took fire and soon the flames eommunicated to the residence of the ’unfogtingt?'e man, and in a short time his house, barn, pats',v_:corn'fi and wheat, together with & number of hogs'in the-pen, and all his household goods were consumed: -by the destroying element. The buildings were alli good, ard the loss will be $2,500 or $3,000, Ti;e:} occurrence was a most, unfortunate 6ne,;&_s'j_,J Mr. Simpson was just & beginner in life and did not possess much over and abnye his comfortable little home. Two men, who were in the mow, bad to kick some | siding off and jump down twelve or fourteen feet to escape the angry flames.” We are told that thi'g‘is.gh'e!ffouffh:'oc'qix,rz‘mcgof the kind in that nejghborhood within :the last three yeare, "+ .10 oo 00l

Trae Mayvilie (Tenn.) Republican, own= ed and edited exclusively by colored men, makes the following emphatic declaration of its intended. course in the pending Presidential campaign;: “After a most careful, mature deliberation, we have concluded to ynfurl our standard and hoist at our mast-head ‘the only candidate for President who represents the principles for which we have battled—Horace Greeley.” v B e S

SoME of the Grant blowersstand on the strect cormers ‘and cuss Greeley with aNew York Tribune sticking out of their pocket. They get every idea they possess politieally from H. G., and then call him an idiot. . “Goidpll e oot e

THE same organs which deny ,thatl Henry Wilson was - ever & ‘Know-Neth-ing, anq others which virtually say they “don’t care if he was,” are very anxious tohave it understood thiat Banks was & Knpw-Nobhing. .« ooad s 00 0 dia . Tom SETTLE, President of the Phila= delphia Grant Convention, and the ‘man who has had the delirium treméns oftener than any man in North Oarclina, has been defeated for Congress. Carry the news. gl T W have not seen any attempt in an orantamum estion of var city botweent m &-»s innatiCom: o Ll el “‘Viﬁ Hllinois by 40,000 mejoriby, . -

Lol TR, - . A garter was pumped from'the court house well, at Bloomington the other| day. The young men of that city hav been bobbing for the balance of the wo 3man,éVersince.' fiee e " A discousolate chap from Allen co.} has been participating in a pretracte bum for scveral days. His gal “went back on: him,” and now he is goin back on himself. . v - ; Kokomo has a hard headed man,He was walling a well recently, 204 feet deep, when a stone weighing 13 pounds fell from the top of the well upon his head and shoulder. Strang to relate, he was but slightly injured A couple of Newport females under took to dry their hair after their regular aonual ablutions, by using thg clothes wringer. The experiment wa very succeseful, making’ them wrin their hands in despair before they. g ‘their hair off the rubber rollers. = | - A child was born the other day in wagon. While passing through the town of = Alexandria, Madison county, -the mother was “taken sick,” the wagon_was stopped, a doctor was called, and a babe was ushered into the worl and went "Wag{z\x" on'its way. |- In Loganspert*Saturday afternoan of last week, two youths named David ‘Stedbecker and William Shannon wete throwing Stones angrily at each Otlﬁqr, : “when th!a férmer struck the latter on the back of ‘the head, from which he - ~died in ten minutes. A post morte]Fn _examination showed that he died from rupture of am artery and contusionOF; the brain.. S wame g At Plymouth, Wednesday evénij;g last, about 6 o’clock; a little girl, about 12 years of age, named Rouse, was. “horribly burned while trying to smrtf a fire with coal oil. The can exploded setting fire to her clothing, and bef%e‘ ' the flames could be extinguished, she was nearly roasted alive. She lingered ~until the next day about noon, w ¢n she-expired, suffering terribly. v The Ellettsville Republican says : The yield of wheat in this section was larger this year than it has been [for some years past. In the early ‘part of the season it looked as though |we | were to have a small crop, but toward the latter. part of the wheat season it loomed up and we have an excellent harvest, much to the joy of the'fagmer. Oats are also in abundance this year. The corn-crop looks good. 'This is pne “of the greatest fruit growing sections _in the couuntry, and this year we have an extraordinary . good crop of | all kinds. . ' . ;

‘We learnithat a sad accident hap-. pened to a man residing at Wolcpttville, while returning from Keundallville on Friday evening, the 9th inst., where he had been listening to [the speech of Senator Wilson. As near as we can learn he had an over dose of benzine aboard and was amusing [the the boys by swinging back and forth by the railing of the car while the train ‘was under motion. He swung out once too often, and by some means misging his hold, was dashed to,the ground, from which he rebounded and bruiping, his head and breaking one-of his legs. - From last accounts, he was doing as well as could 'be expected under| the ° circumstances. — LaGrange -IndeTendent. . - . (il - A —— 3 it NEWS OF THE WEEK. | Al the steamers o lake Tahoe, Ne‘vada, have been condemned by the United States Inspector, and tie up. - T. F. Biech, of Jersey county,| 111., aged seventy-one, was' married| one day last week to a child of seventeen. Newburyport, which ' formerly| sustained two hundred vessels' in| ‘the ‘mackeral fishery business, now, hag but thirty five. .= - % n AN Indian wagfound hanging in the woods near Oconta, Wisconsin, & few days ago. Whether suicide or m?n'der is‘unknown. S s

Near Eureka, Panoia co., Miss ssippi, on Monday of last week,two negroes ‘who were riding along the road, {were fired upon from an ambush, by two white boys, and one of them killed. Mrs, Eva Thompson, of Jackson Minnesota, was instantly killed by lightning the other day as she was taking her baby from a bed. The/child was uninjured. ‘ A terrible hail storm occurred in the vicinity-of Litchfield, Minn., on the 6th inst., doing much damage. Some of the hail stone measuring nine inches in circumference.. iiw

: A young son- of Daniel H. Wells, Mayor of Salt Lake, while trying to " shoot some pigeons with a pistol, the other day, shot himself in the abdomen and died the same da¥. . An insane woman— Mrs. C. W, Cook—while in charge of the Sheriff -at Webster Qity lowa, on the 11th, cut her throat, The Sheriff attempted to prevent the act and was badly cut ;in the shoulder. C ; = At Saybrook, Ashtabula co., |Ohio, last Saturday, whiler Mr. Sylvester Brown was at work on a scaffold at “his barn, the supports of the scaffold ‘gave way, falling upon and killing his - wife who was underneath it. They had ' been married but a few months.

: Horrible Accident. i*' Krom the Lima Correspondence, of -the /LTGrangc . _ Independent. ) A terrible catastrophe occurréh here on Tuesday of last week; Mie%Mary E. Shult, living' with John Taylor, was fatally burned by kerosene| oil.— : The oil being near the stove became heated and exploded; bursting the can and throwing the burning fluid over part of her dress and feet, It blazed up instantly, completely enve OFing her in flames. She ran screaming from the house threw herself on the ground and remained in that position until assistance arrived, when she was| taken into the honse and groper remedies immediately ap%{ied. She suffered intense agony until Thursday morning when -she became insensible of all painand .unconscious of what was passing ~around her,when she passed away with--3 ¥ ai iR Fas S T M oar ko - ‘out a struggle. She had just grrived a 4 the age of seyenteen ‘the day she ‘was burned, boré an enviable feputa- | tlon, possessed rare personal attrations . Pam el oo LR R STR Q& b y @il “:3 eg( '!as‘t-@\-' z"@ ried Bridevievenios sk ot & o'lock i ‘the Lima cemetry. Only one mem- - iG! R e e e @‘«%‘«:g e e 00l uf dataatiily: w 8 madh ki - SRR i b e RS SRR B lAS. R e e g = . LHOB \fw . reur ! :r‘; 4" A « "‘-ﬁ- ',»‘-;,,":; 0 m‘»iﬁ- J%Zﬂ Ei‘;,«%;; RO eL U R R S