The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 January 1874 — Page 2

o : Y The lational Banner Aoy SRR . : I'}l\/\ k.: L) \\‘.\ <% ‘ s Wiy - —_— J. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. LIGONIER IND'A, JAN. 22, 1874. VIRGINIA is the mother of Presidents, and Ohio can now lay claims to the distinction of being the mother of Chief Justices. e — 0 BE— It seems to be pretty generally understood that the present republican State officers will be renominated without formidable opposition. ; : B} L [H—e - % Our exechanges throughout the' State express themselves favorably to the proposition of experimenting with the introduction of the Eucalyptus trée, or fever destroyer, in Indiana.

‘DISCARDING a true, tried friend in order to gain the friex;;déhil and support of a milk and w\a\ltferr advocate, may -answer for a temporary purpose; but in the long run it will be found a very unwise and unprofitable policy.

Tng disinclination of the Senate.to promote Mr. Williams. to the Chief Justiceship leaves that gentleman in possession| 6f the Attorney Generalship, but that ambitious Kentucky statesman, Gen. Bristow, is left out in the cold. ’Tis sad. f B

WE' OBSERWE thuf_; our excellent friend;John B. Moorman, of Brookville, is recomended as a candidate for State Senator from Franklin county. John is “chuck full” of good common gense, and has all the qualities for a faithful and industrious repesentative.

Gov. HENDRICKS and most of the other State officers are at Washington looking after the eclaims remaining due'the State of Indiana. Our Governor is reported as haviug slipped ovet to Richmond to make a few passing observations in relation to the next Presidential campaign.

THr APPOINTMENT of Morrison R. Waite as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is; in our opinion, one worthy of commendation. He is unqestionably a pure, upright man, and a lawyer of g}rmt ability. Strietly a non-parti-san, he-is admirably suited for the exalted position to which he is to be assigned. The Senate will doubtless confl'm the appointment. |

IT occUßrs to us that the malignant spirit which the Indianapolis Journal manifests in its references to Senator sSchurz is very unbecoming and unjustifiable. If the Missouri Senator's views do not suit the Journal, the proper course to pursue is to-refute them in a gentlemanly way—not to hurl epitliets or indulge in vile inuendos. e ¥

CALEB.CUSHING, in his letter of withdrawal from the candidacy for the Chief Justiceship, takes special paing to convey the impression that he has been “ﬁ'ullj’ loyal” since 1861, and that there ate no real grounds for ,»u’-.ljudgixf"g him anything else than a pure patriot. Granting this to be the exact truth, we nevertheless feel asSfured that the pedple rejoiee-over the {fact that Caleb Cushing is not Clfief Justice, The objections in this. particular are too numerons to mention.

-How 1T WORKS.—At Brownstown, Jackson county, Ind., there exists a ‘Building Association with a capital of $50,000, It has been in existence eleven months, during which time $2,450 were loaned to its members .in actual cash, at premiums ranging from 33 to 43 per ceunt., for which the association holds notes, amply secured by mortgage upon real estate, to the amount of , $3,700, drawing six per cent. interest. = $1,250 profit on $2,450 in eleven months is not a very bad investment. : }

Tue federal debt which decreased so beautifully every month just preceding the October election, has been increasing every month since the election. - During October $3,000,000; during November $9,000,000; and during December $8;000,000. Total $20,000,000 t How does that sound since the election ?—~Selinsgrove (Pa.) Times. It doeg seem strange, that the government can be run so much cheaper before than after an election. Or, is this singular circumstanée attributable to a peculiar method of book-keep-ing?

CHAGRINED, baffled and perplexed, by reason of the successful-manner in which we refuted his false statements relative to that little advertising matter; yet too selfish and stubborn to candidly acknowledge his error, the editor of the New Era squirms and whines like a school boy who has just received a sound drubbing. He conveniently skips over the facts presented by us — carefully concealing them from his readers — and then devotes about two columns to the display of his wenderful genius as the promulgator of innumerable sentences with precious few ideas. In genuine pettifogger style he quibbles upon'the distressingly intricdte problem: can three successive publications be made within fiftéen days? A school-boy might solve this problem in less than a minute, but the eminent interpreter of law at the “hub” requires weeks of time and columns upon columns of space to expound the “true meaning” of the statutory enactment. The fact that all the officers in the State having jurisdiction over the matter in controversy obserVe an opposite rule, dees not deter this self-righteous individual from ' charging us, and by inference the entire editorial fraternity of the - State, with taking greater compensation than the law contemplates. What a blessing that the nineteenth century has produced this paragon of honesty, this infallible expounder of law; and what a source of congratulation that 80 eminent a person abideth in the same community in which so humble an individual as ourself is graciously permitted to dwell! '

THAT UNFORTUNATE LETTER. o Th ‘om% last, brief mention was made of the letter written by Hon. Caleb Cushing and addressed to Jeff. Davis. | We also stated that the publication-of this letter had the effect of turning nearly all the Republican Senators against Mr. Cushing and eventually led to the withdrawal of Mr. Cushing’s name by the President. It now appears that while it is true that Mr. Cushing wrote a very imprudent letter to his old friend, Jeff. Davis, the copy published in the Washington Chronicle and read before the republican sepatorial caucus - was grossly garbled and scandalously perverted. In order to demonstrate the utter baseness of the forgery we herewith publish both letters—the forged one first, and the genuineyone immediately following. - THE FORGED LETTER. 2 W asminagron, D. C., March 21, 1861, Hon. Jefferson Davis. My DeARr FRIEND:—The bearer of this letter, Archibald Rowan, has had seven year§’ experience in the Ordinance Department at Washington, and has been an eflicient officer. He has been a contributor to Deßow's Reviero, where he has discussed the complications and causes which have resulted in the destruction of the American Union, and now leaves here for ‘the Southern Confederacy through loyalty to the South. I think you will find him of special service to you.— Your friend. CALEB CUSHING. WIHAT MR. CUSIHNG DID WRITE. WasuiNnarox, March 20, 1861. - DEAR SlRr:—Mr. Archibald Rowan, for the last six or seven years a clerk in the Attorney-General’s office, desires from me a letter of introduction to you; and he desires it not in the view of anticipating administrative favors, but that he may have the honor of your personal intercourse. Of this, I take pleasure in assuring you, he is eminently worthy. A Soutliern man by birth, family, and affection, he has carefully studied and ably discussed in Mr. Deßow’s Rewvieww and other Southern wotks the lamentableevents which have been gradually undermining, and have at length overthrown, the American Union. "Whilst a practical man he is also a ripe and accomplished scholar, with, indeed, predominant literary tastes and habits. In the discharge of his official duties he has continued in a singular degree the purest integrity and most enlightened’ intelligence with modest contentment in his lot, having more than once declined offices of more conspicuous employment in the public service. He now resigns his present office from séntiments of devotion to that which alone he can feel to be his country—namely, the Confederate States, from one of which (Texas) he was appointed. I most heartily com- | mend him as a gentleman and a man | to your confidence and esteem. And I am, with the highest consideration, your obedient servant. C. CUSHING. Hon. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States. - While we are far from being an admirer of Mr. Cushing, and heartily rejoice that he did not reach the highest judicial position in the government, we cannot refrain from expressing the utmost contempt for the parties who deliberately committed this forgery. It was a mean, dastardly trick, and furnishes additional 'evidence of the truthfulness of what we have often asserted ' heretofore: that for real, downright meanness a political parson cannot be excelled. = ' - The subjoined remarks by the Washington Republican will, we think, meet with a general endorsement: The animus of the forgery is apparent. As a simple letter of introduction to Mr. Davis of a clerk in the At-torney-General’s office Mr. Cushing’s letter was simply ‘indiscreet. It was necessary for the purposes of the Chronicle to make it something worse, and therefore its publishers have forged Mr. Cushing’s signature to a document which sends to Mr. Davis “an efficient officer in the Ordinance Department,” to be of “special service” to the Confederacyin the coming war —in other words . a treasonable letter, which was forged and published in the .Chironicle yesterday, and immediately sent by telegraph throughout the country. We cannot find language to characterize the dastardly wickedness of this inexcusable forgery. That Mr. Harlan, lately a minister of the Gospél and United States Senator, only recently called upon to defend himself: from the charge of having received a bribe from the Union Pacific Railroad of $lO,OOO, and Mr. Corkhill, who is presumed to be respectable, intelligent, and truthful, because he is the son-in-law of Mr. Associate Justice Miller, should have resorted to this attack upon the. loyalty of Mr. Cushing, seems incredible. Did Mr. Harlan: ‘write the forged letter? Did Mr. Corkhill write the forged letter?— Who authorized or inspired it? We await an answer. .

THE most sensible organization yet accomplished by any of our neighboring farmers, is that just effected in Perry township, Noble county. The object of the association is the “improvement in the theory and practice of agriculture and Horticulture; to promote the moral, intellectual, social and pecuniary welfare of its members.” The admission fee is but $l, and there are no degrees or secrets known—all are equal. It does not cost 80 much to carry it on as it does the Grange, and is just as effective in every way. Weshall publish the document for the benefit of our readers next week.—Butler News : The Waterloo Press also:speaks approvingly of the Club and promises to publish the constitution this week.

BILL GROH.—~Our = Osolo friend, Wm. B. Garman, visited the immense grocery establishment of the above noted individual at Kendallville one day last week, accompanied by John Thompson and Virgil Young, neighbors of Garman. The latter saysthere is no discount on the business of this mammoth advertiser in the local newspaper, and half a dozen clerks are kept busy all the time handing out goods to his customers. And he further says Bill Groh has a veritable illustration of the workings of the Baxter law, at the back end of his store, and his comrades, Thompson and Young, were much pleased with the arrangement.—Elkhart Union, Jan. 16, ~_Mr. Garman is a subscriber to the BANNER. The fact that he traveled such a distance shows that there must be extraordinary inducementsat Kendallville for purchasers of groceries. Why didn’t you stop off to see wus, friend Garman? . The long-talked of Southern Rail.road from Cincinnati, has a prospect of being built after all. The contract for tunneling King’s Mountain hag been let and there is a prospect that before many years Cincinnati will have a direct route South.

GRANGE---CLUB. . § ' Questions Asked and Answered. LAGRANGE, IND,, Jan. 12. To the Bditor,of the National Banner:— Will you allow me space in your valuable paper for the purpose of ask~’ ing Mr. Reynolds, the Club man, a few questions concerning the Farmers’ Club, which I see he is advertisingj extensively in Noble county? Ist. What is the object of the organization ? . e 2d. In what manner do you expect to accomplish that object? . 1 3d. You say it is not political? If an organized body of men, in the capacity of a convention, discuss the politics of the day, pass resolutions denouncing both political parties, severing themselves from all allegiance with the parties now in the country, and then do just as political parties do under similar circumstances, nominate candidates to fill various offices anr pass resolutions expressing their views upon the tariff and numerous other questions, as the Democrats and Republicans always do when in convention, do n’t it look just like a new political party? 4th. How do you expect to be benefited pecuniagily through the Club, that is, the modus operandi by which you save money in buying and selling, shipping, &c.? sth. If you have no State or national Club, how do you, or how.can you, have a uniformity of work?. 6th. ITow can you know your own strength? i ‘ - 7th. If each club has its own form of government, and can succeed independent of oether Clubs, what is the use of organizing at all? Bth. How close can your Clubs be together? how many clubs are there in the United States? and about how many members are there? What have you accomplished ? and by whom was it dome? -

9th. Do you think some postmasters read postal cards? ; 10th. What is the difference between the' Farmers’ Club and the Anti-Monopolists ? These questions I ask for information, and not in the spirit of faultfinding. Let.us hear from you. Respectfully -Yours, “W. COLLET. -

Mr. Collet says he asks for information. While he has seen and talked with me, taken a copy of: our Constitution and By-Laws for perusal, yet, he appears not to be satisfied. I may be mistaken in supposing he has a covt‘art motive in writing, but I ‘can see no reason other than that the BANNER has already given much of its “valuable space” to advertising our organization, why we should hesitate to state, even to reiteration, “the faith that ig in us?” : Ist. th{e object of our organization is plainly stated in our Constitution, which I gave Mr. C. to read, viz.: “to promote the moral, social, intellectual and pecuniary welfare of its members,” and I can make it no plainer to his comprehension. ' 2d. We expect to accomplish that object in just the same manner that ‘the Granges expect to accomplish theirs, with this difference, that we ask the co-operation of all who are of the same- opinion regarding monopolies, while the Granges invite only a certain part of that opposition, the farmers, and, further, we consiter our form of organization better adapted ‘to the end sought, for no person is excluded because of sentiment or: belief regarding that form, from participating, while a large moiety of the farming class alone, is precluded from that participation by the Grange form. 3d. It was not political in its inception, more than the Grange, whatever may be the result. He probably referred to the Illinois State Convention, which lately met at Decatur. It was composed of farmers belonging to both Clubs and Granges. It is nseless to deny that their course in last fall’s election proved political action on the part of both organizations. We have the advantage in this respect also, that we have made no pledge in our Constitution binding us to abstain from politics, whieh we shall break. It has already been broken in the West and there is talk of eliminating that clause in their Constitution. It will be impossible for them to desist: from political action, and they may as well look the facts in the face at once. 'So many have desisted in former years, for various reasons,| and left the control in all departn{lehm‘ to those so lacking in honesty and capacity, that the monarchical governments of the old world have pointed to ours as a failure. If we consider politics as it is, the science and theart of government in all its relations, and not a dirty pool, into which if one dips his hands he becomes necessarily tainted and corrupt, if this is a government in which each has an equal interest, then we assert/that no one, especially he who is honest, he who is capable, has ‘a right to abstain from his share in controlling or guiding' that government in the right direction. ; |

4,5, etc. We do, expect a- State, if not a National, organization, through which we look for a uniformity of work and sentiment, to find our strength in it, and to get all the pecu-niary-benefits which any large organization may obtain over a single buyer in the market. - 5 [ It does not seem to me necessary to notice the remaining questions: REYNOLDS, “the Club Man.” ) < ———— — Chief Justice Waite. All that is said of Merrison R. Waite the President’s third nomination for Chief-Justice, is so far to his credit.— He comes. of illustrious judicial parentage, his father having been ChiefJustice of Connecticut, and one of the most eminent jurists of New England. He is a graduate of Yale, and is 58 years of age. His assiduous devotion to the practice of law has prevented him from achieving a cheap popularity, but placed him years ago at the head of the Bar of Northwestern Ohio. He has commanded respectful public attention in the last two years for his services at Geneva as counsel for the United States, and at Columbus, Ohio, as President of the Constitutional Convention, over which he was presiding ~when he and the country were sur~prised by his nomination. It is sin- | %ular that his nomination for the Chief-Justiceship of the Supreme | Court should eome just a year toaday’ after his admission to practicein that [.Court.-. He ~been a Republican since the organization of that party.— ""Before that time he was a Henry Clay: - Whig.—Chicago Tribune. . “ The nomination of Mr. Waite has : been confirmed by the Senate.

4+ FROM WASHINGTON. ‘ = The franking privilege was called up and knocked down again on Monday in the House of Representatives. A motion to suspend the rules and | pass a bill giving members of Congress the privilege of zending official ‘ printed matter through the mail free | until July, 1874, was defeated by a | vote of 163t071. The dispatches give | the names of the 71 who voted ave. | . The House of Representatives on! the 12th, by the very decided vote of ! 221 t0:30, adopted a resolution declar‘ing that, in the 'opinion of the House, there is no necessity of increasing taxation or of making a public loan, if proper economy be introdeed, and also declaring that, in the opinion of the | House, the expenses of the government in all " its departments should be re‘duced to the lowest possible figure, and that they can, and must, be kept within the present revenue. This has a healthy ring, and will be wel'comed as the probable forerunner of rigid economy. - : : More speeches on the eurreney question were delivered in the Senate last Monday, but they only made darkness visible. Senator “Wright, of lowa, thought the course of the Government in the management of the finances had been one of “the purest morality,” and indulged in the conclusive metaphor that our currency had no more to do with our monetary derangement than “the balance-pole of an acrobat, or a last year’s bird-nest.” His advice was not to contract; but to go right ahead steadily, expanding the currency. Senator Logan thought the country ought to have about ' $850,000,000 of currency, or $22 a head, in activg circulation. i

Senator Sherman has followed Senators Schurz and Morton with a speech on the currency question. He thinks our paper.dollars ought to have been made as good as gold dollars before this. If one-tenth of the money-that has been used in paying an indebtedness that is not due had been employed in redeeming greenbacks, we could have achieved specie payments.. One of the greatest of our financial mistakes has been the payment:of $400,000,000 of a debt not due, while not-a dellar of the legal-tender debt that is overdue and dishonored has been met. Another mistake has been the inflation of the currency, to which $20,000,000 have been added in various shapes slnce June 30, 1860. The country has already more currency per capita than any other in the world, and, to add to its volume can have no other effect than to intensify the evils of our present situation. To the cry for “ more money” he answers that what we want is “more good money;” that is, money as good as gold. Senator Sherman considers himself to be “not much of a National Bank man.” He would like to see one system of circulation in the country, and that, issued by the Government and convertible into gold.— The greatest.financial mistake, according to his view, which Congress has committed was in the passage of the act of April, 1866. This has done more harm than any -other, in preventing the holders of notes from converting them into\e}mnds at par bearing interest. He seems to think that if some such. plan’ could now be adopted, it would prove the easiest road to specie payments, for a return to which the present is the most auspicious time. -

| Carpenter—Wood. , . We find the following illlast week’s Elkhart Observer : o ‘ * The Ligonier BANNER cannot find language too strong to employ in con: demnation of Fernandoi Wood and those who furthered his claims as a candidate for Speaker, but when it terms the re-election of Sen. Carpenter r as President of the Senate a direct in- “ sult to the moral sentiment of the country it states the question too strongly. True, he stands charged with an act of public indecency,.but has the charge been sustained? We think not; we think that his is'a case of a much slandered individual. We agree with the BANNER, however, in all that it says of the Senator condemnatory of him as a salary grabber.— Republicans cannot consistently say. much against Fernando Wood’s candidacy after Carpenter’s nomination and election to the important office which he now occupies.. It would be like pot calling kettle black. In this cdonnection we feel like adverting to Speaker Blaine’s appointment of Mr. Dawes, Garfield, Wood and otHlers to the chairmanship of the most important committees. No man in Congress has had so much to say ‘against the salary grab, credit mobilier, and all that| yet he appoints the very men who have figured most conspicuously in those measures, as we stated, to the chairmanship of important committees, and his excuse is that he regards the'men thus appointed! as capable persons, implying by such action that there are nomne others capable. This i 8 certainly a remarkable disclosure—that the most capable men in Congress are the most dishonest. J

+ The general tenor of the above meets our cordial approval. As to Mr. Carpenter being slandered, we have but this to say: The N. Y. Tribune made the charge in a manner leaving very little doubt ‘of the Senator’s guilt.— That journal repeatedly invited a libel suit to enable it to prove its charges before a judicial tribunal. "Mr. Carpenter has seen fit.to pay no attention to these repeated challenges. The reason why is apparent. ' g

The Eucalyptus or Fever Tree. One of the blue gum trees of Australia has been planted out at Kew, near the house, and is flourishing.— ‘We question, however, whether it will stand the severity of an English winter. But in the South of France, and more especially in Portugal, these eucalypti have been introduced and cultivated with extraordinary success.— We have seen as many as 200 varieties of them in the Botanic Garden at Coimbra, and the importatien of this tree is a national benefit to the Peninsula . It grows very fast ‘even in a dry: and hungry soil; it affords excellent timber; it acts as a disinfectant for unwholesome places; the bark contains an alkaloid febrifuge:; the leaves may be smoked; and its uses appear- to be innumerable.—Edinburgh- Review, v < THE DEPARTMENTS have responded to the request of the House of Representatives that the{,w_ou‘ld revise their estimates. The Postmaster-General finds himself unable to make any reduction. Secretary Richardson shows where $2,967,261 might be saved out .of the appropriations for his Depart‘ment, if Congress is willin% to refuse the appropriations for lighthouses and revenue vessels, which he doubts the propriety of doing. The largest saving is suggested by Architect Mullett, ‘who points out that the expenditures on public buildings can be lessened $6,000,000. © The State Department offers to reduce the expenditure on official postage to $50,000. The Signal Official has made its estimates with: siich careful economy that-no further saving is necessary, as also the Subsistance Department and the Paymas-ter-General. The O_ﬂ;dfimmca . Office gives up $348,834.79, and the Survey-‘or-General’s Office $38,000. The In-: terior Department has made no reply.

% STATE ITEMS. : At a festival given at the Methodist Church, in; Harmony, Posey county, a eake was voted at ten cents a ‘Vote, and brought $lB2. - A movement is being made to stock the lakes at Laporte with finer grades of fish, to be brought from the eastern hatching establishment. - The hoghdisease is prevailing to some extent in Johnson county.— Stock breeders .near Franklin have recently lost a number of hogs. by the disease. : ‘ John = Fellenzer, returning from church in Terre Haute, was waylaid and struck in the face with a “billy.” Mr. F. drew his- little pistol and the -assassin fled. - : : A gentleman in Terre Haute tried his luck at hanging a-horse shoe over one of the doors of the house. It fell down the same day and broke his lit< tle two year old girl’s nose. - ' A young man in Vincennes wrote an insulting note to a young lady, proposing a clandestine .meeting. The young lady met him and threw a cup of boiling water in his face. = - Mr. Jones left his horse and buggy unhitched in Terre Haute, for a few moments. He has found the place where he tied the horse, but 'the animal and vehicle have not yet Leen recovered.

A meeting of ex-oflicers and soldiers was held at Fort Wayne on the night .of the 6th, to make arrangements for a reunipi of the old soldiers -of the Tenth’ Congressional District on the7th of April, 1874, - | The Boonville Enguirer says: “The late Chief Justice Chase has & tract of land in Warrick county, that is adyvertised delinquent for non-payment of taxes, in this issue of the ZEnquirer. The heirs had best govern themselves accordingly. - _ it A The artesian well nedr Mt. Vernon has reached a depth of 768 feet, and has struck a vein of water much like Blue Lick, but odorless. , Boring will be resumed again in a few days. A flow of fresh water: within 800 feet from the surface, is what is expected to be found. : : ;

Frank Baker, a twelve-year old son of Colonel A. S. Baker, of South Bend, was shot_by the accidental discharge of a pistol, a few days ago, the ball taking effect in the cheek, but not doing him serious injury. When asked about the course of the ball, he asserted that he swallowed it. - | :

John Hughes, of Lake County, recently told the editors of the Crown Point Herald that he purchased’ $l.BO worth of geese the other day, and that besides the mieat he took out - $4.00 worth of oil. The aforesaid editors have since turned their attenrti_on,. to the geese trade, with what ‘results time alone will determine.— Valparaiso Messenger. - ~ Prof. Cox is in correspondence with a company-of English capitalists relative to their location in Indianapolis for the manufacture of Bessemer steél, cutlery, etc. The Professor is doing more for the interests of the State of Indiana by his untiring efforts in ma‘king known' the great value of our block coal than any citizen to whom official pesition has ever been given. His services are invaluyable. : The Northern Indianian,;which is certainly one.of the most successful and prosperous country papers in the West, says, in speaking of ‘advance payments, that it has tried both the advance and credit systems, and that the only way to successfully conduct a newspaper is to demand pay in advance. Like our contemporaries we ‘too have tried both plans, and have, found that no paper of any size can be sustained upon any other basis.—Valparaiso Messenger. = It would be well for Judges throughout the State to follow ihe example of Judge Hester, of the Bartholomew Circuit Court, who, at the last session of his.court discharged the grand Jury immediately after the examination of criminal cases brought before it, without giving them time to go into the examingtion ~of petty neighborhood quarrels. He ' gave; notice that this should be his rule in the future, thus avoiding much expense ‘and waste of time in trifling matters that do no good to anybody and keep up continual trouble between neighbors.

W ST T - - —— Cushing and Gov. Andrew. The following correspondence between Caleb Cushing and the late Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts, was made public for the first time -shortly after President Grant nominated the former for the Chief Justiceship. It will doubtless be perused with much interest by our readers : _CUSHING TO GOV. ANDREW. ' NEWBUEYPORT, ‘APKIL 25 1861 Sir: I beg leave to tender myself to you in any capacity, however humble, in which it may be possible for me to contribute to the public weal in the present critical emergency. I have no desire to survive the overthrow of the Government of the United States. 1 am ready for any sacrifice to arrest such a catastrophe ; and I ask only to be permitted tolay down myilife in the service of the commonwealth'and the Union. I am, very respectfully, .t C. CUSHING. His Excellency, John A. Andrew. Go vernor of the Commonwealth . i THE GOVERNOR’S REPLY.

COMMONWEALTH OF MARSACHURETTS, BRXECUTIVE DP'T BOSTON, APRIL, 27, 1861.} Hon. Caleb Cushing. Sir : Under the responsibilities of this hour, remitted both as a man and a magistrate to the solemn judgment, conscience and honor, I must remember only that great cause of constitutional liberty and of civilization, itself referred to the dread arbitrament of arms; and I am bound to say, although our personal relations have always been agreeable to myself, and notwithstanding your many great qualifications fitting you for usefulness, yet your relation to public affairs, your frequently avowed opinions touching the ideas and sentiments of Massachusetts, your intimaey of social, political and sympathetic intercourse with he leading secessionists of the rebel %tatea. maintained for years and never unless at this moment) discontinued, forbid my finding any place for you in the council or the camp. I am compelled sadly to declare that were I to accept your offer I should dishearten numerous good and loyal men and tend to demoralize our military service. How gladly I would have made another reply to your note of the 25th instant, whieh I had the honor to receive yesterday, I need not declare, nor attempt to express the painful reluctance with which this is written. Faithfully your obedient servant, y JoHN A. ANDREW, GovV. .

‘Relief for the destitute in our large cities comes from an unexpected quar’ﬁr. The Howard Association off “Mewmphis have very nobly resolved to return $30,000 of the 43,000. which they have on hand to the States which gave it to them. ' They modestly keep - $lB,OOO for their own sick and destitute. When divided up, this thirty thousand dollars will not make a very {ie‘rceptibl’e change in the suffering of he unemployed, but the spirit of the deed is priceless. ‘ '

. NEWS SPLINTERS. The Erie Canal is now completely closed, locking up about 3,000,000 bushels of grain which will have to remainall winter. In this amount is included nearly 1,500,000 bushels of wheat. Tue Detroit Free Press informs. its readers that “certain facts which have recently come to light concerning Grant’s nomination for Chief Justice show most clearly that the United States Senate will disgrace itself and the nation if it confirms him.” | In addition to its other troubles, ‘Cuba has got into a financial erisis.— 'The trades-organizations~are on 'a strike, the wharf-laborers are demanding gold. Meanwhile the Debt Junta are discussing all sorts of means to re‘lieve the situation, but thus far without any satisfactory result. ‘ Hexry CLEws & Co., whose failure was one of the earliest and largest in the panic last summer, announce that they are ready to pay all their obligations in full. In their circular stating this they attribute their recovery largely to the forbearance of their ereditors. t ‘

Liquor LAw.—This is the last case decided under the temperance law :— O’Leary vs. tlie State. Marion Circuit Court, Worden, J., indictment for selling intoxicating liquors to A. to be drank on the defendant’s premises, A. being in the habit of becoming intoxicated, as the defendant well knew.— The evidence showed that the defendant \i{as a'saloon keeper; that he had given-orders not to seil to A. any liguors; that the liquors sold to A. were gold by a bar-tender of the defendant in the latter’s abserice and withcut-his knowledge or consent, and against his express direction. - There was a'verdict of guilty and judgment thereon over a motion for a new trial. - leld, the ruling was erroneous. On the facts the conviction could ‘not be sustained. Reversed. : S eSTSARTBL AT m i T 2 LN , BIRTHS: j MILNER--Jan. 10, in Benton twp., Elkhart eo., a BpDn to the wife of Ed. Milner: weight 8% tha, SCIHITLOSB—Jan. 9, in Li;;nnicr,i'n son to the wife of Leopold Schloss; weight 10 pounds. STRAUS--Jan. 14, in Ligonier, a daughter to the wite of ¥. W, Straus; weight 14 pmmgs. o ENAPP—Jan. 15, in Ligonier, a daughter to the wife of Brice Knapp; weight 714 pounds. 1 - COOPER—In Perry twp., a son to the wife ot Jacob Cooper; weight 11 pounds. .~ KANN-—Jan. 3, in Ligonier, a son to the wife of ‘Meyer Jacob Kaun; weight T3¢ pounds. : ° Bully for Bunker! e MARRIED: ZlNN—WlRT.—January 1, 1874, at the resideénce of the brides father, Dr. Wirt, in Waterford, Elkhart co., by Rev. Peter Winebreuner, Mr. Erank Zinn, of Goshen, to Miss Ellen Wirt, of Waterford. e

‘This wag indeed a pleasant nccasion. not only ‘to the parties most deeply interested, but to thlo .many frinds who were in attendance from Elkhart, Goshen, and surrounding couutry. The bride, who is an intelligent lady, was supérbly and becomingly dressed: and, like all brides generally ‘are, was good-looking. ‘The groom is a gentleman in every sense of the world, and is posessd of a goodly share of this world's goods.— A gplendid double circlet, elegantly set with diamonds, was presentsd to the bride by the groom though the officiating minister. After the ceremonies all partock of a bountifal supper prepared by the Doctor’s excellent lady. A party of thoge. not invited indnlged in a sefhade on the outside, and the bride and groom appearing in the hallway, received the congratulation of the musicians, after which all dispersed in high glee with themgelver and the world in general. Sometime after midnight the guests repaired ‘te their different apartments to dream away the remaining hours; .rousing ourseives in the morning, in ti’me_: to partake of a sumptuous breakfagt ; eaw the principala safely aboa»d the train; hitched up the old mare and started for home. Long life and prosperity to the happy couple. M. E. W. DIET). et STULTS. —On Thursday morning, Jau, Bth. 1874, in Avilla, Noble Co.. Ind., Alice:L. wife of Rev. B. P. Stults: aged 23 years, 11 months and §' days. The deccased died as she lived, a consistent christian, an aﬂ'cctiuui;e wife and a‘true, devoted mother. She leaves a kind husband and two helpless children to mourn her departure. -She nnited with the M. E. Church at the age of 13 years. When her husband entered the Gospel Ministry, ‘for his encouragement and asgistance' ghe withdrew from ‘the M. E. Church and united with the Lutheran Church. Our bereaved and afflicted brother has the sympathios- and condolence of many friends. L. Riex.

. PEE M ARKETS, | | LIGOVIER. . Wheat—white..... 8113 Hogs—live/.-.......8. .. Amber—red .....c 139 Hogs-—dresged..:.;. 575 Rye oo 00l 0 80 Pnvkevhlives o 0 06 Oatee ot nTI ot Chiekensetlive, oo .. 3 Gorn,.. o:. . 4D@ - BOieeswhxoLoil oo 80 Potatoes, ..... To@ Ts{Butter...oveanai. 25 BlaxNeed ... .. 01 50yfard o 0 00l o 006 Glover Seed,... ... BlolHepst —o o 0 0. 128 Wooll. .- ....15@ 50 Feasherp... . ........ 7 Porlie oo iol il allowi bdev s o 06 5h0u1der5.......... 00;Timothy Hay....... 1200 Ham 5.......... @ 00/Marsh Hay........ .1000 KENDALLVILLE. ! Wheat—white.....sl 45 Live H0g5..........84 50 ‘Amber—red .Z..... I,4”!Dressed Hopd.. .. 660 RBye ..., ....c...g B 3 Liverbublieyn 2(. (06 Ot sl liive Gickens 00l 0 ©orn i . @ dbtrßeeswa L o o 028 Fotatoes:: .. uo .ol tapßatter i 0 0 Ry Flaxiieed . ... .0 FOOLEARd,coio o o 10l GO Clover Seed.. ...@ 500iEggs, ... .. .. ... €0 W 001......... @ d5/Pesthers, . . .:"7. 100 Pork 4.’.o%Tanow. e o gs 5h0u1der5,......... 08{Timothy Ifay.... s 00 Hama5..........00@ 10/Marsh Hay :00.....7 09 \ CHICAGOD. = . e Wheat..§. @ sBl2l3{|M P0rk....814 25@#14 30 Corn... ... @ 57%(Lard...;‘.;. 9 05@ ‘9lO Oate.... 41)4@ 413 |Shounlders,. ..@ 55 Rye..... --@ . TMRibe...... . 63%@ 6% 8ar1ey....5125@ 128 Ham 5...... 9¥%@ 10 i - TOLEDO. i Wheat.. ... .... 146%|C0rn....$ .. @8 66 Red * ..145@ 143 [Clov Seed @ 52 0ate........ @ 49% Hogs.... 650@ 650 P —— RED-LIGHT RESTAURANT. L i i 3 TR > J F COBBS & MUSSER, PROPRIETORS, : Schloss’ Brick Building, LIGONEER. INDIANA. H. & M. Oysters, Fer halfican.occoioiiica. 40 e Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, etc., ete,, in abundance. Oysfer Stewsfor U oo Lov i s s e OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE, Fresh Bread, Pies and Cakes always i on hand. : W ANTFD «__A female cook, whom good 417 «“wages will be paid. Apply at once. / COBBS &MUSSE&.‘ Ligonier, Ind.,Japuary 8, 1874-37 ! e COMMISSIONER'S SALE, TBE undereigned, appointed by the Noble Circuit Court, will sell at private sale, at his residence in Sparta township, Noble county, Ind’a, on or after the : \ 10th day of February, 1874, the ronowin%r,eal estate, to wit: The west halfof the fractional north-east quarter of section four, and twelve acres off the south end of the/east half ot the north-west quarter of section four, and fifteen acres off the north end of the east half of the south-west %narter of section four; all in township thirty-three, north of range eight east. -TrRMS OF SALE,—One-fourth in hand?one-fourth in twelve months, one-fourth in two years, and the remsinder in three years from the time of said sale, Deferred payments to bear interest and to be secured. . SAMUEL OHLWINE, December 31, '78.-37Tw3 Commissioner.

o Here’s a Chance! GEO. W. REED, ‘Cromwell, Indiana, | Has an assortment of v : Buggies, Wagons, Sleighs, ~ And Bob-Sleds, Which he offers the public at Eg 10 Per Cent. Below Cost. . WORK rui._x.gv‘wanumrnn. | Calla i heps and ot souraives

. ac A TP»ENT FAIR? SQUAREi . poAnING L :-rul:‘o'Nl;Y 'lf:‘xvl.‘lggl‘i:l"',::'j' : LOTHING HOUSP J. STRATS, JR. & CO., 11AS NOW ON TAND TILE LQ\“iRGES’!“ AND. BEST ?ELECTED 5’10@1\01“ =\‘ : - IYOUTHS| _ |&BOYS’ . REA;)Y-MADE . i ) (1 4 R BRR i ~. Ever br‘(mght"t; t;:q ‘t;)\v;rv(‘if; - i e BR ' : _.;—;(())b-—* g - ALSO® AN LAMENSE ASSORTMENT OF o ALL STYLES'OF o iiaig, Caps, Gents’ F‘urnish’i-iig G-opds . : . —Savcﬁaé"_ ;"_ : UNDERWEAR, = = . - WOOLEN SHIRTS, KNOTTED JACKETS, Etc., Etc., in cn;(llcﬁs \;l\r’:ety. 3 }I o S Jq . 131 un ke tS ~ DBufialo Robes = s Mude a specia‘lt)".:,, "i

'ERER £} £ B 3 B 24 FA, ¥ !‘?l“fr: ESFRVA pienß e 39 A RRLRRLELLORREREET LY l’?':\l] are cordially invited tocall and exum;‘g Eg~ine our st.ocl.; beforﬁbuyiug =a‘s yvia,gunr-‘e‘. e o ' antee the-best poode at . . L TeR ?g‘_B OB O M P‘R FC Es.:g l.__". '. ‘ ® ”.n‘:(.' [ niahAREERERSRENNEEN Our Merchant Tatloring Department Is filled up;wixh all the m.t_eét,gm&i of‘xﬁai. ! terial for : T .. Business, Dress or Wedding Suits. J.STRATUS, Jr., & CO. . Ligonier, Ind.. Oct. 16, "73-25-tf =~ = = WANTED: -

1,000,000 Feet of \VA%:(_SIQ BOX"BOA};;I;S,‘S,' 138 and 14 11 wide, 12 ftilong. 500,000 Feet of Hickory' _AXL]’_«:_S,“‘f_o.u_r by five and one-half inches, by: .« twelvefeet longs. - : Afldre!-'s : i - Ll v Studebaker Bros’ Manuf’g Co., s ) sprdG e - Notice to Non-Resident,

The State of Indiana, Noble. Ooguty;' sc;;.‘ FREDERICK W. S'I‘RA'US,]- ot e S JACOB STRAUS, Lol el vB. 2 S 0 et St . ARTHUR ADKINS. ) - e In the Nolle Circuit Court of Noble County, in the State of Indiana. March Term, AD 1874, Be it known, that on this 13th, day of January, in the year 1874, the aboye-named plaintiffs. by their attorney,-filed in the oftice of the Clerk of the Noble Circuit Court their complaint against said defendant, in the above entitled cause, together with an affidavit of a competent persen, that said defendant, Arthur-Adkins, is not a resident of the State of Indiana. i sl Ko N AR e e e Said defendant.is therefore hereby notified of the ﬂling and pendency of said complaint against him, and that unless he anear and angwer: or demur thereto, at the calling of said cansg on the second day of the next term of gaid. Couyft, to be begnn and held at the Court House. in thé town of Albion, on the second Monday in March, 1874, said complaint, and the matters and things therein contained and alleged will be heard and«determined in hisabsence. ST N el e "M C. WILLIAMS; Clerk. Isaac E. Knisely, Attorney for Plaintiffs. : Albion, Ind., Jan. 14, 1874-38w3-pf §B.lO ~ 'SACK BROTHERS, . 2 : _ I g A”' ) "’. Bakers & Grocers. : CavinStreet, L‘ig‘onier,'rlndiaﬁ;. e .i; B S Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., ChﬁiceGroceries,Proﬁiilons;ankéeNéti{iﬁa;&g Thehighestcash price paidfer Coumﬁy Produce Mayll3,'6B-tf. « 2 * SACK BRO'S.

* MANEOOD - 1 How Lost, How Restored, Just published, a new edition of Dr. » Culverwell’s Celebrated Essay on the radical cure (withoutmedicine) of Spermatorrhea or Seminal Weakness, Xnvolnnm{ Seminal Losses, I:l\‘puency, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marr!aFe_. etc.; also, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, indnced by self-indulgence or sexual ex~ travagance. : { g Y ﬂ"Prices in a.sealed envelcpe-only six cents. , The-celebrated anthor,-in this admirable essay, clearly demonstrates from a thirty years’ successful practice, that the alarming cons:&uencgq-qf self-abuse may be radically cured without the dangerdus use of internal medicine ‘or the, application of the knife; pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, certain, and effectual, _b{ means of which every sufferér, no matter \vl_lrﬁ his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. i Rte s Rar-This lectnre should be in the hands of every: youth and every man in the land. . - = LY Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any ad-~ dress, post-paid, on receilxl)t of gix cents, or two post stamps.. Address the jmhnahcra.' i) o b 2 CHAS, J. C. KLINE & CO,, . 127 Bowery, New York, Post-Office Box, 4586, April 17, 1873-60-Iy-BchB9 . == . =l o ) FOR SALE.—A farm’of 100 acres, eigli/444444 Tty acres under the plo(v)vd forty-two acres in wheat, a good orchard, goo buildings and fences in good repair; situated in the Hawpatch, on the, main road.. ‘Also, 8 House and town lots in the town qfli‘lg?nier.» Enquire of [vBn2] . . L. COVELL; Ligonier, Ind. Administrator’s Notice. = N OTICE is hereby given thiat the nnamtgne& has been wypo{nnd Administrator, with the will annexed, of the estate of Michael Kleindinst, late of Noble county, deceased. Said estate 1s supgosad to be solvent, LUTHER H. GREEN, nnugry Bth, 74-3'(-w3> Tl Adminjstrator.

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&c., and in faét everything pertaining to this line of business. e o 7 - Espeeial attention is called to the fact that he is now engaged 1o the manufacturing of all kinds of o TRUNKS, : s 4 Whieh, i i 2 Style, Finish, Durability & Price, ‘ Are far superior to those of eastern manufactare. Call, See and Buy. - October3o,"l3-27tf .. F. BEAZEL. — ~ Notice to Non-Resident, " The State of Indiana, Noble County, Bct. - CINDERILLA PEARCE} In the Noble Cirecunit vs, . ¢of Noble County, in the /. JAMES PEARCE., ) State of Indigna. : _ March Term, A. D, 1874, .+ Beit'known, that on this 13th ‘day of Janaary, 'in tfle year 1874, the'above-named &Igﬁg.-;;‘lg; sttroneyafled in the office of the Clerk of the Noble Circuit Court her complaint against said defendant in the-‘m entitled u,toxetiu’ er with an n&@q‘got hpgbn.v hat said deB sbesnac seont e ; defendant is notiftied of the filing mdmdcw {a id,eos:l% against him, and that unless gb&‘l’l i answer or dbn‘:f“ thereto, at the um said eause on the second ‘day of the next term of said: Caurt, obe begun “and;held at the Court Ho n-the town of Albio: on the seoad Monday 1n Matchy A6Ta. saifl gom: ,g.llh;g and the ma:.c‘euamd things . harels .con“tained and alleged will be heard and détermined in + his absence, - WM. O, WILLIAMS, Clerk = ‘l. E. Knisely, Attorney for Plaintiff. : =" Alblon, Ind., Jan, 16 1874-98w3-pr§7.39,