The National Banner, Volume 7, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 27 February 1873 — Page 1

THE NATIONAL BANNER, ' Published Weeklyby : JONMN B. STOLL, LIGONIER,NOBLE COUNTY, IND. TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTION: telctl IMARYRIEO. 00l i i iviboriiiii v 39,00 y W‘Thispaferiapubliahcdonthe Cashl‘rhw?le. its Proprietor believingthatit is justasrightfor hym demand advance pay,asit is for City publishers ¥~ Anyperson sending aclub oflo, accompanied with the cash, willbe entitledto acopyof the paper,foroneyear,free ofchurgef }

CITIZENS’IBBANK, LIGONIER, ;7 INDIANA. STRAUSBROTEHERS, Receive monies on deposit; issue certificates with interest on specified time; dealers in government bonds, gold and silver. Draw drafts on New York, Chicago, Toledo, and all European cities. Issue pusua%e certiticates to and from all principal seaports in Enrope. ‘Agents for the sale and purchase of real estate; also, agents for the Imperial Fire Insurance Co., London, Capital $8,000,000. Special attention ﬁiven to collections in town and country. Discount Farmerg’ and Business paper. Grbidhaften und Paffage - Scheiue, Grofdaften in allen Theilen Deutidlands werden billig und prompt dburd) BVollmadt eingejogen. *Pai-fage-Sdyeine von und nad) allen Sccg&fcn Guropa’s jind ftetd bei uns ju haben. Straug Bros. Ligonier, Jnd., Oct, 23, '72.:26

‘Luke Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. On and after October 27th, 1872,trains will leave . Stasions asfollows: . : GOING EAST : Sp.N.Y.Ex. Atlec. Ex. Accom. Chicago...eeees. 950 am.... 535 pm.. . 700 am Elkhart ... co vl iopm, 20, 985 . ~.11 20 Goshen.. v i g 8 . lolb . .. 1140 Millersburg.,.. t 145 ...tlO3O ' ....1150 Ligonier...,.... 154 sy 044 . 1916 bro Wawakse,...... 1206 +4.110 57 s el 2 80 Brimfield ... 1210 Jetires [i11240 Kendallville.... 229 peall 80 . 0i1206 Arrive atToledos3o . ....250am.... 510 < GOING WEST :° T01ed0...:.....,1110 am.,..11 50pm....1100 am Kendallville , ... 229 pm.,.. 25l am.... 303 pm Brimtield«.;.../t2 44 4l T 3 06 vesv BRI Wawaka, ..o 1883 (.. 1315 L D4O Liﬁouier.}..a..‘. SOO e, 320 0. 80T Millersburg . ../t8%20 « ([, 1340, ... 417 Goshen .., ~.., 836 sOB sivs 438 *Elkhart........ 400 J4sss 400 e 010 ArriveatChicagoB2o ... 820 ..., 940 *Stop 20 minutes forbrealkfastandsupper. t+Trains do not stop. : ; Expressleaves daily both ways. ! Mail Train makesclose connection atElkhart withtrains going Eastand West., | ! | CHAS. PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleveland. J.N.KENEPPER, Agent, Ligonier. I ‘

Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and aftér December 23d, 1872. 'GOING WEST. : : y Nol, No b 5, No 7, No. 3. “ ' Fasthz. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Pittsburg...... I:4sam 7:loam 9:loam I°3opm Rochester..... 2:52am B:4oam 10:25am 2:4opm Alliance.......d:lsam 11:45am I:3opm s:2Bpm 0rrvi11e....... 6:slam I:4spm 3:o7pm 7:o6pm Mansfield..... B:ssam 4:22pm s:o9pm 9:llpm Crestline.. . Ar. 9:2oam s:oopm s:4opm 9 :40pm Crestline. ..Lv. 9:4oam 6:loam 6:oopm 9:sopm F0re5t.........11'05am 7:55am 7 35pm 11:15pm Lima..........12:08pm 9:osam 9.15 pm 12:17am Ft Wayne..... 2:4opm 11 :50am 12:05am 2 :45am Plymouth..... 4:45pm 2:35pm. 2:55am s:osam Chicago....... 7.50 pm 6:3opm 6:soam B:2oam ; GOING EAST, L . NoB, No 2, Noé, Nod. Muail. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. NightEzx. Chicago.,..... s:lsam 9 2am 5 35pm Y 20pm Plymouth.,... 9:lsam 12 02pm 8 55pm 12 50am Ft Wayase....l2:2opm 2 20pm 11 20pm 3 25am Lima. . ooeiie:234opm 4 07pm 1 18am & 15am F0re5t........ 4:oopm 5 oSpm 2 27am 6 28am Crestline .. Ar. 5:35pm 6 80pm 4 05amt:8 05am Orestline .. Lv.ll:3oam 6 50pm 4 15am B 25am Mansfield .....12:05pm 7 19pm 4 43am 8 55am 0rrvi11e....... 2:l3pm 9 20pm 6 37am 11 06am A11iance....... 4:2opm 11;00pm B:2sam 1 10pm Rochester...,. 6:57pm I;i2am 10 42am 3 39pm Pittshurg..... 8:10pm 2:2oam 11 45pm 4 45pm

Gr. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. . g & Ft. Wayne R. R. Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays. To take effect December 15th, T 2, GOING NORTH, Na&:1, N 0.3. N 0.5. Richmond ....cooeebiine ‘ 1120 am 330 pm Noewport, .. viiviveiiy | L4y . 3np Winchester . i.ivihiiv. . || 1240 p- 440 ** Ridgeville: siaiiilis s 14 106510 ¢ Portland gi i 00l {8 Igd 0 5l DecAatur. cuiiiisiciaial ] 250 * Fort Wayne, A...c0.0vs 835 ¢ Fort Wayne, D......... 700 am 840 pm Keondallville ciccaiiices 816 ¢ 455 ‘¢ . Sturgls. .oooliliaie ol B 8 ¢ 610 4. Menﬁ0n.......;........1Q0 W oan: v Kalamazoo, A.ce sseac 1110 ** 740 *¢ . Ka1amaz00,D..........1120 ** 4 00pm BBooam Monteith ..ot Geve s 1208 PM. 444 ¢ B4D v Grand Rapids.caieicil 140 %5 625 ¢ 1015 ¢ Howard Clty cosicoscs, 343 © 828 ¢ 1918 pm Up. Big Rapid 5........ 4 P3O 187. m ReedCitK..............5“ ° 19 " Clam Ninke.. L. vs it 700 830 * GOING SOUTH, N?.a. N 0.4, . N 0.6, Olam Laked.ciciiviiiss | *6ooam 1120 am Rced(}it{.............. i 723 ¢ 1245 pm Up. Big Raplde.ciiioii 4 308 m 805 ¢ - 1934 Howard City ... .iii. 53¢ 'Y 915 % 283 4 Grand Rapid 5......... 750 ¢ ills9am 500 ** Monteith..:.csssseasvas DO © 143 pm 620 ** Kalamazoo, Asoiioiool 650 ¢ 280 % 17.00 * Kalamazoo, D......... 1000 ** _-630am ! Mendon .ooiicel deigis cIIODB 8- (7D 1 ¢ Bturgls oo iskil L 8 TBy v : Ken&aﬂvi1]e...........]24- o 1 e Fort Wayne. Siici.ui.. 150 *°.1030 ¢ a Fort Wayne, i iviive .08 4 Decatur..iiuiiaii i 980 | [email protected] i 418 - 700 am ’ Ridgeville ~ ~ caes 448 %5 745 Winchester: |i il aBIOR & 814 ¢ Newport.;.oosicinna . Doe st 910 ¢ [(Richmond ;..iii i i 620" 945 s¢

Michigan Linke Shore Rail Road. Condensed time card, taking efiect Dec. 16th, *72. ;GOING NORTH, GOING BOUTI, N 0.3, No,l. STATIONS. No'o ™ “Nod. 400 pm 8 00am..Kalamazoo.. 950 am 700 pm 449 % 916 ¢ [lMonteith,... 908 ** 620 * bBBT ¢ 9065 W ilAllegand, ~ 898 ¢ 5387 « 647 1119 % Mollandl. . 715 ¢ 499 ¢ T 47 ** 1217pmGrand Haven, 616 ** 330 ** 830 * 1258 ¢ .. Muskegbn.. 535 ©* 250 F.R. MYERS, GeéneralPassengerand Ticket Agent. TRY THE NEW BROUTE. Indianapolis, Peru Glucangß.R 'J_‘HE Great Through Ling to INDIANAPOLIS, . Cineinnati, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, Chattanooga, New Orleans| and «ll points in thke south. Ask the ticket agent for tickets via PERU RAIL ROAD, : On and after January 1, 1872, two daily Passenger Trains will leave LaPonte as fqllows, Sunday excepted: Day Express leaves LaPorte at 9 45 am and arrive at Indiahapolis at 515 p m. 3 The Night Express will leave LaPorte (Saturday excepted) at 11 50 p m, and |arrive at Indianapolis at72%am : f Woodruff’s New Imlpmved i { PARLOR AND ROTUNDA SLEEPING COACHES Always on time. F. P. WADE, - © Gen’lTickdt Agent,lndianapolis | Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R ‘Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28thday of October, 1872: GOING BOUTH. STATIONS. GOING NORTH. N 0.2 No. 4 s No.l No.B 530pm111155m a.....Waba5h....1700am 200 pm 440 * 1035 am .Nor. Manchester, 745 * 310" ** 415 ¢ 055 ¢ . .BliverEake....B'lo ¢ 410 % 335 ¢ 850 L. s neWardaw,.....8560 % 510 ** Jls:¢ #2O % oy Ledsbare, .0. 910 ** 5404 1066 00 uite dMlltord. . . 980 ' 610 ¢ 238 780 % SiisNew Purle... 950 ‘¢ 688 ¢ 215 ** 700 ** ..dp.Goshen,ar..lolo “ 700 * 210 ..ar.Goshen, dp..1015 ¢ 140 % «.+o- 81khart,.....1045 ¢ Trainsrun by Cleveland time. ; . G. WELLS, Sup’t. FT.WAYNE,MUNCIE & CINCINNATI RAILROAL The shortest and most direct route to Indianapolis. Close connection with trains on the Cotumbus & Indianapolis Railway at Muncie. Departare and drrival of trains at Ft. Wayne: LEAVE, ARRIVE, Ex?reg5.......,. 500 am|Mail ............400pm Mail.i.ii.ooo... 1218 pm{Express..a......94s **

HIGGINBOTH{AM & SON, e ,».';jgf',i,;.’, y it '/Iﬂ"/// « g ; e “\\ :’.", it ' N % &Y ; PP ‘o—-? i £ : 50 }‘w ol ! Mme o) " " gy ,7//‘/‘;?// e Watchmakers, Jewelers, W tAlﬁnlALnaxi k atcnes OCKS. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS! Repairing neatly v:ml, P c;:‘;l_ptly executed, and arran . Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ Celebrated I-Sign.of th P T o i ‘ [ streets, lf@"ﬁm«.‘ifﬂ.’fﬁ. rner Caﬂﬁg fff’é‘s’.’& ‘ JOHN GAPPINGER'S HARNESS, SADDLE, And Leather Establishment, Has been removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s new Block, (formerly baqher's Block,) EKEENDALLVILLE, - - INDIANA, The highest price paid for Hides, Pelts, &c.,and he trade supphied with Lepther, Findings, &., at owest ﬂ&nm. ‘ April 6th, 1870,-49, i

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EXCELSIOR Ig‘S)DGE,iNo. 287, XSO Meets every Saturday evening at their New Hall, L.H. GREEN, Sec'y. E.W.KNEPPER, ¥. G. WASHINGTON ENCAMPMNT INO. B§Bl O O. F. Meets thé second and fourth Tuesdays in' each Month, at their New Hall. ; B, L.I. Goovsreen, Scribe. W. K, Worr, C. P. Dr. H. LANDON, LIGONIER, : ¢ * INDIANA. Office second floor Landon’s Brick Block, Nov. sst, ¢B7¢. . _ ‘. W. CRUM, - Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, « =« « , Indiana.’ Office one doorgouth of L. Low & Co’s Clothing i Store,up stairs, - ) - Maygc2th, 5869, . W. C, DENNY,M. D, Physician and Surgeon, t LIGONIER, INDIANA, 2 Will promptly and faithfully attend to allcallg n the line of his profession—day or night—iu own or any distance in the country. . G, W. CARR, ' Physician and Surgeon . ILIGONIER, - - - - - = IND,, Willp*omptly attend all calls intrustedto him. Dffice on 4u. St,, one dooreast ef the NAaTIONAL Banner ofiice. 3-43 C. PALMITER, : Sur \d Physicia sSurgeon an \ysician, Oftice at Residence, ; Ligomnier, = = = =« Indiana.

ALS. PARKER, M. D., EL O N B A DR TSS T Office on Mitchel street. Residence on East street. Office hours from 10to 12 A, M., and 2 to 4 r. M. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. : May 3, 5875. | ; :

G. ERICKSON, Fi. ~ ~Bpecial attention given to thejtreatment of - Chronic and Surgical Diseases. _flice hours from 10 o'clock A, M. to 2 o’clock, . m. Oftiice and residence (){posite the Gross House. - KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. Jumoeoebue, e 0 . JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. *- QOffice in the Court House, ; ALBION, &« = = - + IND. 615 I, E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, W LIGONIERG <« < INDIANA. - g~ Oftice in Mier’s Block, : 7-2 L. COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publie, ' LIGONIER, INDIANA: Office, over Beazel Brothers’ new Harness Shop, Cavin Street.

L. . GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGOCNIER, - - - - INDIANA. Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Block. ‘ - .W. GREEN, : Justiceofthe Peace & Collection Ag't i ’ ) Office with Dr.fLanond, second floor Landon’s Brick Block. : LIGONIER, - - INDIANA, 9 T JAMES J. LASH, AGENT FOR THE . '~ Continental Life Insurance Company, OF HARTFORD, OONNECTICUT, 5 Office in the Court House, Albion, Noble Co.,lnd E. RICHMOND, ' ' Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. Special attention given toconveyancing and collections. Deeds, Bonds aud Mortgages (ﬂ'uwx} up, and all legalbusiness attended to promptlyand accurately. - May 26th, 1869,

; “WHM. L. ANDREWS, M@=y Surgeon Dentist. LT ¥F¥9Mitehel's Block, Kendallville. Allwork warranted. Examinatiomsfree. 2-47 ~ J. M. TEAL, DENTIET, cemwemsmmn Corner of Mitchell and State Sts., one block east of Post Office, room UXYYYY¥over the Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallville, Indiana. j55~A1l work warranted. ‘l_icndallville, May 8, 1871, . : . Ay SANTEN, &0 Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. -y D Is prepared L L 2 to do anything o o N intheirline. A (e f i * succesful praceSS S ' tice of over 10 s SRR e e e (L e s Tasmsaiiaas - s him in sayiu f;'} G e §‘§s ==y that he ycaxgl K‘ AV BTREL SG Ry giveentiresatVool ¥ e i ’\‘- iefactionto all Sk e g BKOAAY who may bestow their patronage. §¥ Oflice one doornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St. GS e e TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. V.W.AXTELL, : : : Proprietor. Laporte, April 5, 1871,

BATES HOUSEKE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, G W.WESLEY & SON, - - PROPRIETORS. The Bates House is the largest and most commodious house at the State Capital. Indianapolis, Jan. 18, 1871.-38

LIGONIER HOUSE, LIGONIER, : ¢ s '¢ i INDIANA, i - LEWIS & KOBER, Proprietors. This splendid hotel has passed into new hands, and hasbeen entirelyrefitted and renovated, Good Sample Rooms. Free Buss to and from the Cars. April 10, 1872.-6-{‘)o' : : CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We sell Mr. L; SHEETS’ Wines.: Pure — Nothing but the Juice of : the Grag)e. s : ACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 38, "72.-tf / o STOPEPF A'F TFIE KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods from the L. S. & M. S. R. R. Deé)oti and four squares from the G, R. R. R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the princi&)al business houses of the city. Traveling men andstranscrs willfind this a first-class house. Fare $2 per al¥. J. B. KELLY, Pioprietor, endallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14 - 8 : . BANKING HOUSE of SOL.MIER LIGONIER, I&DIANA. Foreign and Domestic change bought, and sold at the lowest rates. Passage Tickets to and from all );&rts of Europe. Collection Department has special attention. Merchants’ accounts kePt on favorable terms. Money received on deposit. ‘July 27,1870.18 i i

C. V. INKS, v DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES : : LIGONIER, IND. . Aprill2, 1871.-50 ! e SR H. R. CORNELL., Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American Optical Company’s - MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for mnkin;iz 9, 18, 86, or 72 pictures, all at one sitting, the nation can now be supplied with first-class work at a trifling expense, within thercach ofall, Thefoilowing aretheprices: 7 Pictures forsl 00. 16 e B 8 LA s e vo X 80, 32 . B 8 i i s svie via 00, 70 9 W T e iR DO, PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE ! Ligonier,lnd., Nov. 15,1871, SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. CavinStreet, Ligonier, Indiana. - . Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., i g‘ﬁg’ﬁf‘,“:‘;?“",‘:'l’*{"'""’ﬁ‘g"%‘“"3““{:’“3""’ | cash price paid fer Country Produce [ myés.'oa-u. i X SACK BRO'S,

The National Banner.

GREA'T LIBERALISM ! LIBERAL PRI(;ES.

"1 . J»- Y i 5 A - T{IOUSANDS come and give us a call and carry away Goods by the load into the Country, our DELIVERY WAGON & ; : : - Is constantly busy Delivering Goods Thtoughout the City. Do not allow [yourself to think there will not be room for you for qur,

STORE ROOM | Islike the IRISHMAN'S SHANTY ! Still room for one more.2Come and : See How L.iberal - - dND - il GOOD NATURED i _ Our Clerks are, ‘ “ “Always a Snilé on Their Face, To think their Proprietors allow them to ‘

Sell so Cheap ! i v We kqep on hand A""'lj‘l'JLL ASSORTAIEI;J;I‘ OF EVEBv.Y'I‘;HvING . To be had in the | 'GROCERY LINL ! We also geep on hnnd a fulljsupply of - WINES AND PURE LIQUORS WEZDO NOT SPECIFSZ: ?RICES ; S . On all our ‘ A SUGARS,

Teas, Coffee and Syrups ! On acconnt of the i ENORMOUS PRINTER'S BILL, . And in order to sell 8o cheap we must do onr i business very ECONOMICALLY, We cannot afford to buy the BANNER OFFICE and hire J. B, Stoll to run it for our advertisement, but come and we will . i ASSURE YOU SATISFACTION. ' GROH & HIGH. Kendallville, Bep. 4, 1871, ey

LIGONIER, IND., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, IS3,

LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA, ; [Number Siz.] o SACRAMENTO, CAL,, Feb. 6. 'Friexp J. B. Stovy, 1 i Dear Sir :—Since my last letter to you I have been strolling about this city, and have taken notes of some things that I thought would be interesting to yourself and the readers of the BANNER,—the first | of which is its location. Sacramento is built on the east bank of the river of the same name, just south of the A'merican, which unites with the for- ; mer at this point. The city is mostly built of brick. The streets are broad, well paved, and bordered with nice shade trees throughout & large portion of the city. It contains numercus elegant public and private buildings, including the State | capitol and county buildings; is well supplied with newspapers, German and English, dailies and weeklies, among'the . best of which is’the Rescue, a live, vigorous and bold temperance paper—a thif)g ‘much needed in Califoria. This paper truly has to'war & good warfare against flesh and blood and gpiritual wickedness | in high places, Churches of nearly every denomination and both public and private - school houses are numerous, There are

two orphan, one“éétbolic, and one Proteéta‘nt, echools; 80 you see that orphans are well provided -for in this city. Masons, odd Fellows, Good Templars, and many “other secret associations, have lodges and hold regulat meetings here. The city ‘is lighted with gas and supplied with water from the river by the aid of two pumps, which have a lifting capsacity of about 90,000 gall.ns per hour. In Sacramento there is much of interest to the practical, observing traveler aside from what we have already mentioned which has heretofore been described by tourista to this country and of which we cannot speak at this time, but we cannot refrain from saying\a few words about the Capitol, the dome of which is the first object that ljlects the traveler’s eye as he _appmach‘c;s the city cn the cars. = This is indeed a conspicuous landmark, its lotty top towering up toward the heavens to the height of 230 teet, and .from the inner top of which we enjoyed a splendid view of Sac ramento and the San Joaquin (pronounced San Wau-keen) Valley, which extends far to the distant mountain ranges on the east and north-west ot the city. This immeénse building is situated in the center of four Blocks, with a tront of 350 feet and cov - ering an area of nearly sixty thousand gquare feet of ground, and measuriﬁg in all its angles abous twelve hundred lineal feet around it. . It is not only built on the most liberal plan but in the most extrayagant style, at the enormous expense to the people of two millinns of dollars exclusive of the decoration of the grounds, which wken completed as designed will cost the neat little sum of ten thousand more, g

Not wishing to epend any more tirme in Sacramento, and being rather anxious to see San Francisco, we bid good bye snd stepped aboard the_train on thé Central Pacific Railroad enroute tothe latter plaee; speedingaway along the lvery banks of the river through broad and well cultivated fields, passing Brighton, Florin, and other unimportant stations, until we reach Stockton, the county seat of San Joaquin county. Sk This place, which in importance is aboat the third in the State, is a nice town, with a population of about twelve thousand, and was named in Lionor of the old naval Commodore of that-name who engaged in the conquest of California. It is'built on a small bay opening into the San Joaquin river at what is'called the head of navigation,’ though sometimes boats run two hundred miles farther up the stream. It is situated in the center of an immense wheat growing region supplying a large trsde, the greater portion of which' is ghipped to toreign ports. Here I formed the acquaintance of Mr, H. R. Potter, a full cousin to our familiar friend, Judge Wood, of Ligonier, who owns a warehouse for storing grain, which is two hundred feet front, two hundred and two feet deep, and which he said when filled would pay him $20,000 storage in six months., Here wheat, and in fact nearly everything, such as coal, potatoes, cabbage, &c., is sacked when taken to market. = =

Stockton has many beautiful public and private’buildings—thirteen churches and fourteen public schools; is lighted with gas and well supplied with water, the lat ter being furnished from an artesian well over one thousand feet deep which discharges three hundred and sixty thousand gallons per day, the water rising tenr feet above the city grade. The State has here located her asylum for the insane, ‘which' is a very fine building with a capacity to' accommodate twelve hundred of this unfortunate class of humanity, and which is full to its utmost, and still there are many | more at its doors knocking for admittance but there is no room. It is perhaps not an extraordinary statement to say that there are one-third more saloons and insane people in the State of California in proportion to the number of inhabitants than in any other State in the Union.~ From this place we proceeded still farther on the line of the Central Pacific, till we reached SanLeandro, the county seat of Alameda county, eighteen miles from San Francisco. This county is noted for its peculiarly rich and productive soil, which seems especially adapted to the cultivation of all kinds of vegetables, the size and weight of which is truly marvelous. Carrots are said to grow three feet long and weigh twenty five pounds. Here in 1868 the great earthquake was so terrific as to rase, to the foundation, the court house and many private buildings, and so much alarming the inhabitants that numbers of them have left the place. But having an itching desireto see the great City of the West, we only stopped here one day, when we again stepped aboard the cars, bound for San Francisco, and speeding onward, via Oakland and the ferry boat, leaving Goat Island, near by, on our right, we shortly landed at the foot of F‘errg Blip in the city, on Tuesday, the 10th day of ‘December, 1878, "

- San Francisco has been so often described by tourists, who have preceded me, that I shall have but little to say about it, further than that it is to the Pacific const what New York is to the Atlantic, and is situated on the north end of the South‘ern Peninsula which, with the Northern one, separates the waters of San anéisco Bay. from those of the Pacific Ocean. Between these peninsulas is the Golden Gate, a narrow strait, one mile widé, with a depth of about thirty feet, connecting the bay with the ocean. _The first house was built in San Francisco in 1835. Here are to be found representatives of almost all nations, climes and tongues, with all their peculiarities, their perfections and imperfections, affording an ample opportunity to take a bird’s eye view of the world of mankind. The most noted and popular place of resort in'San Franciseo 18 Woodward’'s Gardens, a description of which we will not &ttempt to give, but can assure you that it is the greatest show for “two bits” that is to be found ou the continent.

But now to the Seal Rocks, the extreme western point of our journey. This is six miles west from the city. Horse cars run out two and a half miles, con‘necting with a regular omnibug line: the balance of the way. Having availed ourselves of this ‘mode of conveyance, we started early in the morning, which we had been told was the most propitious time for & visit, as.the coast: breezes com~ mence about ten o'clock, after which it is not so pleasant. Within the first two or three miles we pass a number ot cemeter - ies. Some of these contain beautiful monu?,nents_ and are very tastefully ornamented.. The principal ones are the Lone. Mountain, Laurel Hill, and Odd Fellows. Passing in on time, we arrive at the Cliff House, which is built upon & rock on the shores of the great Pacific. From this we had a splendid view of the Seal Rocks, which were covered with seal lions, some of them supposed to weigh from three to four thoushnd ‘pounds. But. this to be fully realized must be seen. * Here we must stop and again say good bye. Yours as Ever, ol : % @ W.CHAPMAN.

Father O’Connor on Temperance. Father P. Bede O’Connor, Vicar General of the Diocese of Vincennes, Ind,, recently delivered a lecture before the Total Abstinence Socicty of Evansville. Among other points advanced, the lecturer argued that drunkepness excludps from heaven just as much' as fornication, murder and other crimes, and quated St. Paul to the Corinthians, chapter v. verse 11, in confirmation of his position. He argued that old - men and old women, young men and young women should lead lives of sobriety. “Be temperatd in all'things.” If weare given a prey to in: temperance, we are easy victims to murderous action. He could read for half a year extracts from the learned St. Augustine, as well as other Fathers of the Church who wrote Chtholic ductrines directly against insobriety. “Once I set to work to philosophise this matter, and determined that wine isa natural production and will hart no man that does'not wish to hurt himself. Wine i« a natural gift of God like water. No man will drivk ooly as much as be_thinks!will do bim good, and if he goes beyond that he does violence to himselt.” The lecturer remarked that he had lived in Germany 13 years, and during all that time he never saw a single drunken man. He was going to say that whisky was ot a gift of God, but would modify that. He really thought, however, that it went through many - very unnatural processes betore it reached our tables. i

Repoit of the “Poland Committee.” The report of the Credit Mobilier Committee, headed by Congressman Poland as chairman, ‘was submitted to the House of Representatives on the 19th inst. 'lt recites facts in the cases of Messrs. Blaine, Dawes, Scofield, Bingham, and Keliey, and states that they were not aware of Ames’ purpose in inveigling them into the investments in Credit Mobilier stock, or of the means in which' its profits were drawn at the expense of the Government from the Union Pacific Railroad. They are not proved to have been influenced in their legislative action by their possession of stock, and the Committee find nothing in their ‘ccnduct which calls for recommendation. Mr. Brooks' - case is very different. He was nct only a mem ber of Congress, but a Government Direc tor. . Unlike his colleagues, he knew what relations the Credit Mobilier held to the Union Pacific, and what were the frauds which begot its profits. Although entrusted with the duty of guarding the Government, he let it be plundered, and shared in the booty. The 150 shares standing in bhis son-in-law’s name, were his property, and held subject to his control. ‘“The Committee believe the ¢crurse of Ames]to have been corrupt thronghout. They recommend that Ames and Brooks be expelled. Lo

HERE is an item that deserves more than a passing notice:—“The beet sugar factory in Freeport, 111., has now been in operation two months, and is turning out a good grade of refined sugar. It is run twenty four hours per day, working up sixty-five tonsof beets, and employing one hundred and sixty men. It is claimed that at the rate paid at the factory, the beet crop has paid fifty dollars per acre to growers.” Can't we start a beet sugar factory somewhere in this locality ? 1

The farmers of Will County, 1111.,, metin Convention, on the 19th, at Joliet.— Speeches weremade and resolutions adopted denunciatory of the conduct of the railroad companies. The Convention formed itself into a permanent Club, in which all but farmers are refused membership. | ’

- We gee by the San Diego (Cal.) Union that Jobhn D. Defrees, formerly of this State,but more recently government printer at Washington, is about to start a National Bank in that city.

ILLINOIS CORRESPONDENCE. : CARLIN.V&LLE_, 111., Feb. 18, 1873. - Ep. NATIONAL BANNER :—I am as ey ‘er on the wing,and jotting down now and then something that I have an idea may be of interest to your many readers ; and being a writer under some circumstances, concluded to résk the publication at any rate. L Lo " For some'little time I have been persecuting the people with my presence in the neighboring towns about the city of St Louis} and last’ Sabbath visited the city itself, taking up quarters at the Planters’ Hc’)tcls,‘which, by the\way, rather geriously affected me. ' Aboat sixteen years ago I stood before the bar (where they keep the register) with %o little mopey in my pocket that 1t would have taken a search warrant to have found over & quarter of a dollar—l was a typo then—having brought up- suddenly at that point from a tedious éramp, but this time I was a little hetter prepared ; and. thought how well adversity fits us all for evjoying a little prosperity. Lieut. Fred Grant was a guest at the Planters’ that day, and I amfpleased to say is a very pleasant, vnpretentious individual, whose personal appearance is not against him, £on Monday morning, only a few minutes after Thad reached the Illinois shore, the Mississippi commenced rising very rapidly, and the ice fiHed the stream so that it became very dangerous to attempt a-crossing, and the ferry boats were unable longer to run, making no further trips during the day.. The evening train on the Chicago & Alton R. R. leaving East St. Louis destitute of passengers, -

I have dincesvisited Alton, an old town in Madisdn county, on the Mississippi, which looks as if it had seen better days. A great many of themanufacturing establishments are lying idle, and some of the former principal attrations are going to decay. The old penitentiary, for instance, is no longer able to extend its courtesies to the unfortunate victim. * The walls crumbling away, it isa ruin, and looks just like the breaking up of a hard winter, The sceneryabout Upper and Lower Alton must be beautifal in the Summer, being rough, lying high, and overlooking the grand old Mississippi River., ¢ T

Leaving Alton, I came to Carlinville, where I have for a short time enjoyed the hash at the Loomis House, where, by the way, the traveler is well cared for, everything being in apple-pie order, This is a very pretty town, and is tha County Seat of Macoupin county. It is known. far and near for its beaatiful Court House, (& view of which I have sent you) said to be the finest ipiece of architectural design in the United States in the way of Court Houses. It cost, finishtd, I believe, about $1,500,000, and is as solid as a rock, being constructed principally of stone. Its finish is elaborate, ﬁand the workmen done . justice to the design. Let us hope as much can be said of those. who occupy the beautiful chair known as the Judges’ Seat, to those who depend on their decision. The chair looks as if it was made for Judge David Daviis,whose avoirdupois is about 300 Ibs,, and would make a good sofa for eome small families I know of. i I leave here in the Fnorn.ing, ang go'to congratulate another string of Suckers on their permanent improvement, and to perpetuate the name and interests of" the ‘old North America. M.

low Conductors Raised the Wind and ; Came to Grief, : - Ciocinnati papers publish detailed accounts of a ring of conductors and agents in the employ of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company, on the division between Cineinnati and Pittsburg, who ‘have been for about two years embezzling, by holding back tickets and selling them again. Be:twecng Cincinnati and Pittsburg two coupons are uscd—one from Cincinnati to i’Columbus, and the other from Columbus to Pittsburg. The conductor between Cincinnati and Columbus could take ap both cpupons from a passenger and give him nis conductor’s check, telling him that the. conductor on the other division would recognize the check. The ticket could then be sold to some outside dealer at low rates, or it could be put into tbe hands of sofhe agent of the Company who-was in the “ring,” and be sold at full rates again. . o Some time ago oae of the conductors of the road inforined the officers in Cincinnati that this fraud was practised. A detective was employed who set a number of men to watching the conduetors.— They were supplied with tickets the numbers of which-were carefully, recorded. — It whs ascertained that twenty one out of twenty-five of these tickets were withheld by the conductors and sold again. The detectives on the trains saw conductors take up coupons and put them in their pockets without punching them as they are required to do to indicate that they had been used. By careful watching it was ascertained that no less than six conductors and eleven others, including some agents, were implicated in this swindle. The detectives report that from their observations within the last month each conductor implicated averaged $lO a day in this illicit way. The officers of the road are of opinion that they have suffered within the last two years to the amount of $lOO,OOO. sl

Temperance in Ohio. The Ohio Prohibitionists, who, two years ago, polled over 4,000 votes for Governor, are first in the field this year, for the October election, having nominated for Governor, Gideon T. Stewart, of Norwalk ; for Lieutenant Governor, W, H. Foster, of Columbus, and a full State ticket. The Convention was held at Delaware, on the 12th, with about 100 delegates in attendance, It is popularly believed that their ticket will poll a much heavier vote this year than they did in 1871, > ' : .

‘The smow is twenty feet decp on the mountain side near Salt Lake City, and Little Cottonwood is in danger of elides.

Notes from the i!’athh}aji‘b@ha:i; 3 —Tlie Soldiers’ Bounty Land bill hag been adversely reported by the Senate Committee on Public Lands, - -~ ' —The frank ing privilege recently abol: ished by Congress,- flourished to the green old age ot eighty years, having been enacted in 1792, during Washing--ton’s first administration, - . ¢ —Oakes Ames is confident that he is in no danger from the report of the Cred: it Mobilier Committee. He says that o motion to expel the ,Co‘mmitﬁéeti'WOuld-; get more votes than their resolution for: his expulsion.= = . eel —The bill’ requiring prepayment of postage on pewspapers sent to regular. mail subscribers, has passed. the: House, The proposition is_so. palpably unjast and mischievous that it oug!it to be stopped in the Senate, . - iii s s —Senator Nye is _reported to have said that if he wanted to take out a pat§nt right fora fool be would take Senstor Patterson for his niodel, and another, Senator declared:that if he wanted to gef out an ifixprovcinmi—t he would select Colfax: : SRR T R SRS RBl e e

—llt is semi officially reported that the proposal of Phelps, Dodge & Co. to the Treasury Department to pay” $271,000-in licu of duties unpaid was made on condi. tion that they be relieved from all claims of the Government ‘on them because ofalleged frauds or otherwise for the past five years. | Ln T s e

. —The House Committee on Appropriations have approved,” with some minor améndinenf, the House bill paséed by t'hé‘ Senate withholdibg from the Pacific Rails roads all that they may earni from -the Government while in ;arr_éa'rq"' for interest paid, out of the United States Treasury on the bonds issued to them by the Government, o B et A R e

.—The America and Enast India Telegraph Company, mcorporated ‘the other day by Congress,. is. now €aid -to be. & worthless concern. “The p&rt;iéé]iﬂ. interest are believed to be.irresponsible, and to have sought the. franchise only to' make money out of sale. A 'tftjo.i:ion_,has been made in the Senateto reconsider the vote in theirfavor. @+ oot

—Under the instructions to the Postmaster General, Post Office authorities througout the country have B?’e’eh‘éx_a,c‘t_ing payment of double postage in cases where the full amount due was not prepaid: This practise, J‘the Att'pr{aéy‘GQnergl‘x sjays;i'g‘ unwarranted (by law,” which permits only the amount of unpaid - postage to be collected. Eoh G s R e

—Some journals talk as if ‘there ‘were dissension brewing be_twée_i;f; I_’»re's_idént'(Grant and Congress.” Not abitof it -If he can only get the country to looking at. the awful crimes of tae polygatmous Mor- - mons out in Utah, the: Credit Moblier men in Washington will all make solemn compact to vote for a_third term ﬁ;),..th'e'i:r-,; preserver. s el

—Another bribery: invesligé_tig.&';_hgq been setoa foot 'in Congress by th‘el_pé‘és;' age of"a resolution ordering the Committee of Waya and Mcans to iﬁn'd’_ipuf”t"‘“ihpt* ground there was fti}Legran'd LQ,(’_:kW(qdd"'s_i statement that a large ‘amount .of ~money had been spent on Congress to procure subsidy for the Pacific: Mail Steamship Gompany, :» i+ ¢ rhl B

—The special Committée of the.Senate, of which Senator MorriHl is chairman; to examine into the charges that Credit Mobilier stock had been: distributed among Scnatore, resumed their labors on the 17th. Dauring the examination .several curious facts wete unearthed, among which was that twenty shares of stock belonging to Senator Patterson, of New :'vH‘f_lmpsb'i-re,f had been found in the safe c_\f,Mnrmn, Bliss & Co., of New York, -:' i —Tlie report on the Louisiana casewas made to the. Senate, on-the- 20th, by, the Committee on Privileges and El'ecﬁ(?)xi;s,,-":—? The substance of it is, - that the State hag no real Government, and tb‘ét .fr‘ne}if.glection should be ordered to give Lidvisiana a repuplican form of government. Senator ,Trumﬁ@l dissents, on the ground that the McEdefy Government is legal, *a'nd Senator Morton dissents, as he believes_in the. legality of the Kellogg .Gbggrn‘médt{.;. e —The other day, a Senate Committee reportéd that to pay $50,000 ‘toan oppos: ing candidate for the Senate to withdraw was bribery, whereupon Mr. Jim Nye, of Nevada, who recently declined being a candidate for Senator in favor of Jones, in an excited manmer protested against any more investigations; 1f they were contmued any longer, he said, they __\iy"njtﬂd:i‘o#er}_’? turn the foundations of personal liberty.: What was it that excited Mr. Nye? =

—President Grant announced at the ' Cabinet Inceting, - last’ Friday, that the | press of public business which would attend the innuguration of his second Ad-’ ministratlon would prevent the‘visit-to the South he had hoped to: make in March. It is understood. that the delib. erations of the Cabinet.-were adverse to calling an extra session of Congress. The Senate, however, will be called on.to meat in extrabrdinary session on M,&réh dth. —There has been nothing discovered ; in the pool. of corruption st Washington 8o discouraging as the Jetter of Judge ‘Sherman, of Ohio, demanding a fee of $lO,OOO for services in inducing a Committee, of which his brotlier was Chatre man, to repeal a tax. The country has been pained to see Vice President and Senators and Representatives with un-. clean hands and false tongues, but this exposure of the. fact that men sitting on the bench of the National-Courts werethrusting their hands into the lobby, and’ demanding pay for assumed “influence in Congress, where their relatives hold high positions, is, beyond all doubt, the most disgracetul exhibition yet made. Judge Sherman is the first on the list of Federal judicial officers guilty of making pe~ cuniary demands for services which,if -rendered, were disgracefal, Now is the time to mbncfi% G &

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No. 44,

| POINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE., - The House has pasted a bill fising the | salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction at gan. - |- = Theindications_are that the ‘jpompulsory education” bill will not pr;Bs.either ‘House of the Legislature, | = eret— 3 . It isproposed to establish a reftylﬁ'matory institution for women and girls|in-con-nection with the Plainfield Hous% of Ref- | }Jge, & / S | . . - The bill authorizing and empowering ‘county commissioners to equalize soldiers’ boanties and issue 'bonds ther¢for ;has ‘passed to a second reading in th‘e% Senate-, . “The bill abolishing the Supervjsor system, and making each trustee Suprinten: dent of roads and highways in their respective townships, has been knocked in the head in the House, . % A seihe 5 s % L ' - The Senate hias passed the bill jprohib iting county officers from speculating in steel pens, lead pencils and papcr.gi Ii they do they will be put to the*incon_@enience of doctoring their quarterly statements, whichare likely to be required, i _ The House has passed & bill ph‘o:‘viding‘ for the election by Common Cokinéils of cities, and Boards of Trustees o»;f incorporated towns, in June of each %yegr, of three School - Frustees to- have| control and custody of the school fund; %mcl ex~ ercise gencral care of the schools

_ The Senate has passed a bill mi:endiug the town incorporation: act so #s to authorize incorporated towns to exacta license fee of $lOO ‘a year from linor sel‘lers, and fifty dollats a year fro? keepérs of public billlard tables. The House. has passed a similar bill, authorizing the collection of a $2OO liquor-liceny: fee. A bill was introduced in- tb%ﬁ House providing for semi-annual instea lofannual payments of taxes. This gjives the Treasurer the right to take the ]imperty ’ of a d"r_:liﬁquentﬂtothe county seat %’or such -place as he may; elect, or, take a bend for ifs delivery at such point, and alf)o'ws 60 cents for the publication of the deljnquent list instead of 30 cents, as at prese?pt‘ ‘ - Last Friday the* House took! up the Shoemaker Insurance Bill and diseussed the same at length. The bill provides ‘for a State Board of Insurance and Superintendent. Its two main teatu’resgare-the p'xjovisinh'reqt;iring lecal companigs to be composed of thirteen members with a paid up capital of $lOO,OOO andjthe. as. sessment of a tax of three per cent upon gross receipts in the State. ; .~ The question of & new State Ho sc came _iulp:agaip‘ one day last week, W£en‘tbc ‘ House of Representatives ‘decidéd by a vote of 53 to 28 that the/present’s ructure is ‘safe, and they will continue t'oii)ccupy | It-until the rats make it too hot ftfj them. . The important precaution, however, was taken of securing enlarged groumds for the State House. So the necessity ot a new building some time is recognqzed. - " The House, on the 20th, passcdg Senate bill ‘No. 6 coucerning the reguiation of freight and passenger rates, as pri'iously passed by the Scnate. The bill provides that passenger rates shall not exceed three cents per mile; and the rate local freight for distances not exceeding 20 miles, shall not be more .than 100 per ct. above the ‘rates on -through freight; for 50 m_iles,'not to exceed 75 per cent.; and -greater distances, not to exceed 50 per ct. more than the rate charged for the entire length of the road. : ]

Both houses have passed the| bill to amend séction 103 of the Praciice%act, m referenice to the order of proceedings in cases on trial before a court orjm*;y. The amendment provides that in crxmigfml cases ‘the Prosecuting Attorney shall I‘jfave the | opening and close, but he must disclose, in his opening argument, all th@ points “ipon which he relies;and if in his close he presents any new point or fact] the do- — fendant or his counsel shall have'the right to reply, which shall be the last afgument in the case. The casé may be submitted - without argument by consent of |parties. Af'the Prosecuting 'Attorney dedilines to -make the opening argument, “the defendant or his counsel may present lfis case, and the State shall have no right ﬁo reply. Impcachment—Narrow lj:seape?j of Col- . : : fax, ; I : On the 20th inst., the House qf Rep: . resentatives voted upon Femando;Wood-’s motion to impeach Vice-President Colfax. The vote stood 106 yea&f to 109 nays, being defeated by 'a majority of three, of‘'whom two were probabg:mes.' and Broaks, This the Chicago Zribune 'o‘bs}erves_., was & surprisingly narfow es‘cape for Colfax, and it indicates that the ‘House is in a much angrier mood fowards the Credit, Mobilier members ttﬁan was commonly supposed. Brooks-anfl Ames may well tremblein their shoes, iF indeed expulsion would be any additionii:’l pun-, ishment to them. It was only after two years of repeated effort that a majority vote was “obtained to impeach Andrew Johnson, in a Congress of his political ‘enemies: This vote upon the case| ot Col-fax;-in a Congress of his political friends, is equivalent to ‘a mora] impeschment, and we trust it will be so regardefl by the Yqﬁpg_'Me_n’s Christian Associations and the Temperance Societies. After the loss' of Mr. Wood's motion, Mr. Tynar, of In diana, a Republican, offered a resolution ‘of a general nature, instructing |the Ju. - diciary Committée to examine the evidence submitted by the Credit Mobilier Committee, and report whether it called “tor the impeachment of any officer of the government, or any further investigation. This was aceepted. ©= oo e 0 . The inhabitants of- Beaver Fylls, Pa, - are greatly excited because of th :%i‘é tation of the industrious coolie, who will, ‘they fear tako tho bread from theig mouths. Accordingly, they meet, spesk in disre: ‘i, sud in othe waza pout confempt on ellhispride R e