The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 15, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 August 1874 — Page 1

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CITIZENS BANK, : IGONIER, ;! INDIANA, DEPOSITS received subject to check’ without notice., { ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. MONEY loaned on loag or short 'time. NOTES disconnted at reagonable rates. : ORDERS for tirst-class securities executed on commission., - | ] : A+ENTS for the purchage and sale of Real Estate. INSURANCE POLICIES written infirst-clags companies. 5 b EXCHANGE bought and sold, and drafts drawn on all the principal cities of Europe, . AGENTS for the. Inman line, } : . Haniburg Line. ' PASSAGE TICKETS =old on allthe principal seapart® Of Euro,pe. . ; MERCHANTS’, Farmers’and Mechanics’ accounts solicited, and all business trangacted on liberal terms, STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind., Oct, 23d, 1872.-26

Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. on and after May 24th, 1874, trains will leave : Stacions as follows: . GOING KAST : . Sp.N.Y.Ex. Atlc. Ez. Accom. Chicag0.:.......920am.... §Bspm.. . Rikhart.......,. 120 pm.... 950 voe. 500 am Q05h0n,......s g 188 0 ilO3O. . ... 596 Millersburg.... tU:SB | ...tlO2B Ve UAS Ligonier...... . 205 v 01043 e 000 Wawaka....... 1215 ... 110 5¢ vea 614 Brimfleld,..... t 2 23 sen 1108 e 24 Kendallville ..., 236 Yes 624 Arrive atToledo 550 Vs 240 am. .. .1040 GOING WEST : : T01ed0.........:1110 pm.... 1125 prs.... 4 55 pm Kendallville.... 236 pm.... 244 am.... 850 Brimfleld ...... 1250 +es+l3 00 veve 906 Wawaksa....... 1259 ceea 1310 vive 920 Ligonier........ 310 Saangiel vine 904 Millersburg.... 1324 ... 1336 s 900 G05hen.......... 339 Vi 000 D 01 Elkhart. .. .....200 - ... 420 1006 ArriveatChicagoB 20 v 820 ¢ 0L 650 am -tTraing do not stop. ’ Expressleavesdaily both ways. : ‘ s CHAS. PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleveland. J. M. ENEPPER, 4gent, Ligonier; / AR Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after May 31, 1874, . GOING WEg'l‘. Nol, No 5, No 7, No. 3. FastEz. Mail. Pac Ex. A\'g/htEx. Pittsburg...... 2:ooam 6 00am 9:4oam X 00pm Rochester..... ....... 7 2am 10:50am 3 [opm A11iance....... 5:25am 11 00am . I:3spm 6 05pm 0rrvi11e....... 7:olam 12 88pm . 3:lspm 7 33pm Mansfield..... 9:o6am 3.25 pm 5:25pm 9 26pm Crestline...Ar. 9:35am 4 00pm 6:oopm 9:55pm Crestline...Lv. 9 55am 5 00am 6:3opm 10:05pm F0re5t.........11*13am 6 32am 8 25pm 11:29pm Lima.:........12:15pm R:ooam 9.43 pm 12:30am Ft Wayne..... 2:lBpm 10:35am 12:25ang 2:55am Plymouth..... +:24pm I:3Bpm 3:o3amy s:lsam Chicago....... 7.50 pm 5:35§m 6:soam* B:soam GOING EAST. : ; No 4, © No?¢, No 6, NoSBS. Nighth. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. Mail. Chicag0.......10:20am 9 20am 5 35pm 5 15pm Plymouth..... 2:loam 12 10pm 9 05pm 9 26am Ft Wayne.... 5-20 pm 2.38 pm 11 30pm 12 30am Lima.......... 7:2opm 4 20pm 1 33am 2 45am Forest ........ B:3spm 5 19pm 2 42am 4 (02am Crestline .. Ar.lo:2opm 6 45pm 4 20am 5 50am Crestline . .Lv.lo 30am 7 05pm 4 30am. -6 Tsam Mansfiéld .....11 00am ‘7T 35pm ‘4 57am 6 50am 0rrvi11e.......12 58am 9 32pm 6 45am 9 13pm A11iance....... 2 45am 11 05pm 8 35am 11 20pmRochester..... 4 49pm ........ 1042 am 2 10pm Pittshurg ..... s@ipm 2:osam 11 45am 3 30pm No. 1, daily, except Monday; Nos 2,4, 5,7 and &, daily except Sunday: Nos. 3 and 6 daily. : s 2 s . Gir. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. 3 ? - & Ft. Wayne R. R.

Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays. To take effect July sth, 1874, GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom. Richmond .............10 20pm 1025 am 4 00 pm Newport,.c.ceis i icalßL *Fu 10060 ¢ 498 ¢ Winchester... oo i 0087 " 1180 . 510« Ridgeville, J...........1201am 1151 ** 536 * Portland...ivieiiberi 1228 % 19 18pm 605 % Decatur.....ovisvifico, 141 7 100 ¥ort Wayne, D......... 300 am 240 pm ~ Kendallville .......,. .. qRD s id 0] Y SLargis. oo Sisabig ) G ALY GAO o Vieksburg....ciooiiol .0 644 ¢ 624 *° Kalamazooi...coio.oic T 2 715 215 pm Montelth poiiciac ot oo ROBW 7870 aop@ Grand Rapide....v...a. 980 *¢ 920 Grand Rapid5........d" 956 ¢ 950 * Howard City........... 11 54 ¢ 1154 ** Up. Big Kapid5........ 100 pm 1 00an Reed Lit{.......,...... Rae S 18t Clam Lake. ... . ... 890 ' 390 % Walton .. iiiiiate cit 408 f 6 Loy 1 Traverse City.......... bBO ** 1305 pm . . Pet05key................ 920 % 755 am | . GOING SOUTH. Express Accom. Express Petoskey.....iciici i 445 am 7 80 pm Traverse City.......... 850 * : 225 * Walthn ... 0 ..1010 % 11 06 * Clam Lake:....co. ... 11380 . Yooam Reed City..... 5&;""'12 52 pm L Boe Up. Big Rapide.?¥. .... 128 400 ** Howard City....i...... 290 ¢ Hhlo ** Grand Rapldys.....'..n.. 425 ¢ 110 ¢ Grand Rapid5.......d.. 4385 * 730 Monteith, .co.ccbi . .00 604 ¢ 1225 pm 883 ! Kalamggoo, . iin, . .02 7005 110 945 ' Vicksburg .... ...t . L 7828 1016 ** Sturgls ... iioib o 837 % 1119 Ken&d11vi11e............ 958 * 12 33pm F0rtWayne...,...... .. 12 olam Polß Rl Pecatur. ... vo.ido 0035 312 * P0rt1and............ ... 998 ¢ 6.40 am: 421 " Ridgeville ... ... i 5. 800" 7 09:*% 447 ¢ Winchester ... ..0..i . 330" 182 % 510 °* Newport...i.ial oo 00 427 14820 % 554 ¢ Richmond ..., "/ 7 500 % 850 % 620 * Exgress from Walton to Petoskey will run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridu%s Qng': from Petoskey to Walton on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only. | All other trains run daily, Sundays excepted. & F. R. MYERS. ‘Gen. Passenger and Ticket Ag't.

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road.

Trains run daily except Sunday. iy Condensed tiMe card, taking eflect Nov. 3d, 73, GOING NORTH. GOING ‘BOUTH. Bxpr. Mail, STATIONS. peo ™ “Mail 350 pm 8 10am;.Kalamazoo..1120 am 645 pm 432[*¢ 855 ¢ i.Monteith....lo97 * 5 56\ 1 515 % 937 vAo 050 Sﬁlé“ 605 * 1033 *¢ (. Hamilton’.. 910 ** 438 ¢ 637 ¢¢-1104 *“ | H011and..... 840 ‘* 408 ¥ 748 ** 1210pmGrand eHaven, 741 ¢ 306 ‘[“ ' 834 ' 1255 ‘¢ Mnskegon ~ 700 ' 2925 ‘ ; . . FE.R. MYERS, | General Passenger and Ticket Agent

Uincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R, lime Table No. 10, taking effect' Monday, May R “25th, 1874: %

GOING BOUTH. STATIONS. GOING NORTH. ""N0.2 N 0.4 . ! No.l TWNo,3B 510pm11200 m'a.... . Wabash....l'73oam 200 pm 415 “51105 am .Nor. Manchester 815 ¢ 300 ** 350 * 1080 ** ....Silver Lake.... 845 ‘¢ 350 ¢ 300 * 930 ** .i....War5aw,...,.930 ** 455 ¢ 240 ¢B4O ¢ .....Leesbm&g..g...(sso 59K 4 220 v 8§ 13_«." «v.... Milford.. ..1018 % 555 “ 155 740 ¢ .., New Paris...lo3B ¢ 625 ¢ ° 140 ¢ 720 ** _.dp.Goshen,ar..loso ** 650 J 180 s ..ar.Goshen, dp..1100 ** . 110 % oo SHikhaey L 1120 ¢ : . Traingrun by Columbus time, s foik ) : . A.G, WELLS, Sup’t. iR S AL T N - . . . Ft. W.,Muncie & Cincinnati R. R . © Taking effect June 21st, 1874, GOING 30UTH. Mail & Acc, Night Ex. Ind’sEax. Detroit..coveiiie < 540 pm 10 00pm Grand Rapids... 12 25 @ 1({ 30 Suginnw.....r.. . o e ! BL < PR e e e 7 20am Fort Wayne....... 10 Oam 2 00am 1 40pm 0p51an...........00.0 08 : 2 30 Bluffton ... ... 00139 315 300 Key5tene..........12 22pm 3 31 . Montpielier....... 12 34 3 40 Hartf0rd..........” 1 10 4 05 4 04 Baton....iiiiiai 1 40 424 Munele.......«.iii 204 a 4 7 ]5B McCowansg........ 2 47 5 05 . Newcastle ........ 4 00 5 50 . Cumbridge City... 5 00 Yue b 0 *) ‘| 8ee50n5........... 59 710 Connersville...... 5 50 7 Indiannyolic...... 650 645 650 TLouisville ..... .. "11 25 1 00pm: 11 25 Cincinnati........., 9 00 19 45am° ~-GOING NORTH. C& I Mail Night Ex. Munc.'Ace. Cincinnati....... 6 45am 4 30pm Louisville. ...... s 00 11 25pm Indianapolis..... ) 750 3 40am " Connersville.....lo.2s. 800 8ee50n5......... 10 40 8156 s Cambrld?: City. 11 00 840 Newcastle...... 12 00m 9 25 . McC0wan5.......12 57pm 10 12 Mune1e.........5 1 20 10 27 545 8at0n....c...i.i 900 4 6 25 Hartford........ 225 11 10° 650 Montpielier..... 2 55 T 2% Keystone........ 3 05 T 35 81ufft0n......... 3 4 12 05am 815 05e1an........... 420 LR -Fort Wayne..... 515 115 945 . Jack50n.........11 00 502 . 3 40pm 5aginaw......... 11 85 8 30 " Grand Rapids:.. 5 45am 4 45pm 915 Detr0tt........0. 830 8 00am 630 The night expgu will not run south of Muncie on Sunday mornings, and will run only from Muncie to Connersville on Mondays, All other trains * daily except Sundays. : ’ * _ Through sleoyln&can on nuxht traing between - Indianapolis and Detroit, ranning via Muncle, Ft, Wayne and Jgkpon. 5 " - W.W. WORTHINGTON, Gen. Sup’t. Roszer RuLuie, Gen’l Ticket Agent.

1868. EYE AN” EAR. 1874,

DR.C.A. LAMBERT, ~ (LATE OF OHIOAGO,)

OCULIST.and AURIST, 41 GOSHEN, INDIANA.

Drs. WHIPPY & KIRKLAND, HOMGEOPATHISTS. 7 Office over Wilden’s Bank. GOSEHEEN, - INDIANA. Calls from a distance promptly attended to.

dhe National Danner,

Vol. 9.

P. W. CRUM, ; Physician and Surgeon, " Ligomnier, = = « , Indiamna. Office over Sack’s Bakery. Mayl2th, 1874, GG, W, CARR, ' Physician and Surgeon, IGONIER, - - - - -'- IND, Willpromptly attend-all calls intrustedto him. Oftice and residence on4th Street, C. PALMITER, ’ ; i \ Surgeon and Physician, « Office at Regidence. ¥ _Ligonier, =« = = = Jdlndiana. ‘A.S. PARKER, M.D., HOMEOP-A':_E‘H_IST, fiice on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet. Office hours from 10t0 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 ». M. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. s H. A. MOYER, ' (Successorto W. L. Andrews,) SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. LIQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas adminigtered for the painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted. Examinations free. & Oftice, Second Story, Mitchell Block. | 8-14-1 y J. L. TEAL, BB N L LS D, Qorner of Mitchel) and State Sts., @one block east of Pest Office, room over the Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallville, Indiana. §@3¥~All work warranted. Kendallville, May 3, 1874. i : 1. E. KNEISELY, o ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, < - - ' INDIANA, . ¥ Office in Mier's Block. ] £ 79 | L. COVERL, -

Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publie,

- LIGONIER, INDI/NA. Offige, over Beazel Brotoners’ new Harness Shop, Cavin Street. [

C. N EINIS,

DEALERIN MONUMENTS, « Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES : ' LIGONIER, IND. April 12, 1871.-50

H. C. WINEBRENNER &'(30., ‘ HOUSE, BIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS, ‘Qrainers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. SHOP AT!SOUTH END OF CAVIN STREET : BRIDGE. ; : Ligonier, - « « - Indiana, Whitewashing and calsomining done to order. Bay-Give us a call before letting your work, and we will guarantee satisfaction. g-1. c.B-47-Iy. ‘ JAMES M. DEI‘\'NY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in the Court House, : ALBION, = = -« - IND. 815

ALBERT BANTA,

Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. . LIGONIER, INDIANA.

Special attention given to co'uveyuncini: and collgctions, Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, ‘and all legal business attended to promptly and accarately. Oflice over Straus & Meagher’s store, ; . . May 151873 15-8-3

D. W. GREEN,

Justiceofthe Peace & Collection Agt,

Office—Second Story, Landon’s Brick Block, , LIGONIEL, - INDIANA. 9

PHILIPF A. CARR, AUCTIONELER, Offers his services to the public in general. Terms moderaté. Orders may be left at.the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. Ligonier, January 8, *73-37 : — ey 01l YES !—All you farmers who have sales to cry will do well to call on ‘ JOSEPH S, POTTS, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. He is as good at that as he is at selling bed springs and up-land cranberries.. Office at the Agriculture Store of G. A, Brillhart. . 42-6 m e CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. ' We sell Mr, L. SHEETS’ Wines. ;o. Y g Pure — Nothing but the Juice of the Grape. : - . SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 8, '71.-tf S e

TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. ; Y. WIAXTEERL, @ : . Proprietor, Laporte, April 5. 1871.

STOP AT TEHE

BRICK KELLY HOUSE

! ' KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 8. & M. S. R. R Delg)ot, and four squares from the G, R. R. R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the principal business houses of the city. Traveling men andstraners will'find this a first-clags houge. - Fare $2 per say. ! J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14

A. GANTS, > Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. ‘ A Is prepared ’,z’f’(’ to do anything j{;"gn‘ B intheirline. A S A % = succesful pracWk ‘._,(\&- = tice orjoveirﬁlo s e = years® justifies 1y \*ﬁ‘m”‘@ iim in sayiug o ﬁ ﬁ?‘;ﬁT ;ﬂﬁ’r that he 'can RN e e giveentiresatN e *‘ﬁ isfactionto all )] who may big stow their patronage. E® Office one doornorth of Kime’s, Mavin St. i 7

GOOD NEWS TO ALL!

L. SCHILLOSS _ “ZOULD reeiuectfnhy announce to the citizens of Ligonier, Ind., that he has opened up the Bueinees, and is prepared to furnish anything you ; may want. ICE CREAM By the Dish. Ice Cn;gm};gmd General Refreshments furnished Partie®, Pic-Nics, &c., on short notice, and at very reasonable terms. { . WARM MEALS At all Hours. Day boarding by the week or meal CANNED FRUITS. The Freatest assortment in Northern Indiana, consisting of Peaches, Tomatoes, Corn, Whortleberries. lgine A%ples. Pears, Peas, Strawberries, Googeberries, Cherries, California Grapes, Green Corn, Apricots, . CONFECTIONERY L In abundance; Pranes, Currants, Figs, Raisins, Oran(f:es. Lemons, Smeked Salmon, Sardines, Almonds, Pea-Nuts, Hazlenuts, Cider, &c., &c , &e. TOBACCO. Cigars, Fine Cut, Smoking, PluF. Shorts, &c., of the best quality, and all other articles usually kept in a first-class Grocer% and Restanrant. POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS. I will pay cash for all kinds of countey produce. Remember that I will furnish you with ‘anything you may want, : Feb, 19.'74 42-tf S. A. HERTZLER JEWELER and WATCHMAKER, O PPN ‘HAS constantly SN e on hand alarge PPI stock of Ladies’ & E k 7N = Gent’s gold and sil--3L q"ﬁ‘ PREL - ver Watches, gold v & R A = and silver Guard ‘ 5 | ¥= and ‘{)th Chains, e | R Silver Plated Ware, P T~ Spectacles, Violins, oA g 2 & Accordeons, Gnitar = D = and H armonicas — = and will be sold n{ The Very Lowest Cash Prices, s A gpeclalty made of repairing the finest Swiss and American Watches.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Store Rooms in the Ligonler House, . 8. A. HERTZLER. Ligonier, June 11, 1874, tf,

AS TO THE CURRENCY.

The currency problem is destined to be the leading issue in the coming political eampaign. It is an issue which not only affects the honor of the nation; but the pockets of the people. The latter are therefore -entitled to inquire into the merits of the controversy. It is for them to decide what they will do. .The wealth of the nation is the property of the people, the product of their hands. The ultimate solution of the money question affects seriously the safety of this property. For the purpose of carrying on a war the Government has legalized for purposes of money a paper dollar which is commonly known as a greenback.— This greenback has no value whatever, and thege is nothing to give it value except the promise of the Government to pay at some indefinite period. It has been assumed by the friends ofthis currency that so long as it buys us clothing, food and the necessaries of life it serves all the purposes of a circulating medium. True, but can the confidence which the Government now commands be sustained? The five-twenties now outstanding amount to nearly a billion of dollars. It is proposed to redeem these bonds in greenbacks. As there is now an insufficiency of, currernicy to meet the needs of trade, according to this school of financiers, it follows that to redeem these bonds will require an additional -issue of a;billion of greenbacks. Setting aside the controversy as to whether the Government originally intended to'redeem these bonds in gold or otherwise, let'us study the probable results of this measure. Instead of a greenback curreney of 382 millionis as now we shall have an additional billion. More than this, the holders of bonds other than the five twenties would return them and we should have the market overwhelmed with bonds, and a general panic would ensue. Gold weould go up, up no telling where, and .would flow out of the country much faster than it does now. What could regulate prices in such an event? Who would have any confidence left? The country would be utterly ruined in reputation’ and pocket, and commerce would be prostrated. ' But supposing that the misehief were to stop at the redemption cof the five-twenties, the sum gained by the operation would only be about 17 miliions. In five years, by the pro_cess of placing the six per cent. bonds at five per cent., a process now going rapidly forward, this amount will be saved without any disgrace, or any appearance of repudiation. ‘lt js:astonishing £hat those who desire :én increase in the currency do not stop and consider that all such measures only put further away the day of specie resumption. = The price of gold does not truly indicate the depreciation of the paper currency. The government is interested in keeping gold down to the lowest possible figure. There is held in the Treasury a quantity of gold which can at.any time be thrown on the market. This is held up as a threat to speculators, and they serve their own needs as well as, those of the government, by keeping gold at a moderate premium. The fact is that gold if correctly quotell, instead of standing at 109, would be much more. Importers profit by this. They get American gold for less than its market price, and hence gold is our best export. This is why our gold leaves ‘the country as rapidly as it is mined. This is why the balance of trade.is against us. Let gold be quoted at ifs. true 'value. ' Let people know that. their greenback dollar is not worth much more than fifty cents instead of ninety, and they will think twice before asking for more money of the same kind. = When this is done, gold will be no more profitable than other commodities, and it will remain with us in large part. It is perfectly easy to resume specie payments, or rather to return to a sound banking system. We do not need any more money for the business of the country. If we had twice as much under similar conditions, each man would have two dollars for.the one he now holds, but prices of everything would be doubled. This is one of the very first principles of political economy. Ofr inflation(ists certainly know this, but they find it politic to seem to espouse the cause of the people by advocating a popular fallacy. We want a sound money system and a better and more equable distribution of the currency, which can oply be done by a better banking arrangement. The trouble is that wealth is' concentrated in centers.— Small operators eannot command capital. They are forced, therefore, to transfer their operations to o large city, and work in a subordinate capacity. This is not the true way to.rapidly develop the resources ‘of the country.” We want more small operators. Farmers should be able to borrow money easily at moderate rates of interest. = 'With a currency based on gold and silver, to make it cheap and staple, and a banking system which would tend to keep all the currency in the country constantly in rapid circulation, we should see such an era of prosperity as we have never dreamed of. Money, after all, is only a measure of value. Nobody cares to keep ‘money. The man who carries on an immense business rarely ever possess.es at any one time a large sum of money. The laborer works for money only that he may exchange it for food and clothing. It is necessary, therefore, that this medium of exchange should have a constant value. What would we think of a carpenter who should use a rule which was to-day 13 inches long, to-morrow 14 and the day after 11? Of what value would be his measurements? Our paper money is such a measure of values. We ex‘amine the stock market each day to find out what our dollar is worth.— This liability, and, indeed, certainty of fluctuation give employment toalarge class of men knogn as speculators. ‘They watch the market and win and lose large sums of money daily. This money is the property: of the people, and is thus kept out of the legitimate channels of trade. s

Where so much money is used by these gamblers, it naturally produces a scarcity elsewhere, and small traders find it next to impossible to secure the funds necessary te prosecute a legitimate business. Butsupposing we are able to bear - these ills indefinitely rather than fly to the unknown perils of contraction, what guarantee have we that our currency will remain as stable as itnow is? Simply the word of the government. Who is the government? ‘Where is the business man who will admit that the word of a 4 man or a government can serve asa standard of value? It costs nothing, or next to nothing, to print a gréenback dollar bill, and a thousand dollar bill may be produced as cheaply. It costs a definite amount of labor, however, to produce a gold dollar, and just a thousand times as much to pro- |

LIGONIER, IND., THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1574.

duce a thousand dollars. If greenbacks are made the legal-tender-per-manently, it will be nothing less than downright robbery on the part of the government, and every person who offers a greenback for a commodity possessing intrinsic value. The commercial value of a thousand dollar greenback is probably not more than one cent, and yet we have the effrontery to expect as much for it as if it really possessed its face value. The continental money of the revolutionary times was issued on the faith of the government, the best, the freest ‘government the world ever saw (see Fourth of July speech of inflationist,) and yet that money depreciated until it was worth nothing. = All the time the government remained stable and prosperous. We must have something Dback of our currency better than promises, something we can realize on, and that something must be gold and silver.—l't. Wayne Sentinel. . : Civil Rights at the South: A tragedy has just been enacted in Carroll county, Tenessee, which illustrates the average negro’s ideas of civil rights and what is apt to come of it. A negro residing near Maple Creek, in-that county, conceived the notion now not uncommon among his kind that he was as good as any white man, although his character was none of the best.. Indeed, he had thereputation of being a most notorious and dangerous person. This did not prevent his wishing to marry the daughter of a white man. Ie boasted that he would have her for his wife; and that if he did not marry her he would kill her. ' The father of the:girl, a Radical Republican, heard of the negro’s intentions, went to see him, questioned him concerning his threats, and administered to him corréction which, under the circumstances, he did not consider improper. This served only to exasperate the negro, who now swore that he would be avenged both on the father and and daughter. He armed himself with a view,of accomplishing his intentions, and awaited his opportunity. The father heard of his lying in ambush, and, with- the assistance of some friends, captured him. During the night, a party of masked men took him in charge, and executed Lynch law upon him. The tragedy occurred in a Republican district, and it is said that the parties to the tragedy were all republicans.— The action of the white men in this affair cannot, of course, be too strongly condemned. Butit proves,a moral which the ddvecates of civil rights, so called, will do well -to ponder. The negroes have been preachedto solong about their equality with the white man, both political and social, that their desire for it has reached fever heat. It is time that legislation abt least should cease to feed it. Such horrible tragedies as that we have just recorded are the natural outgrowth of the movement that started the civil rights agitation.—Chicago Tribune. : :

: Impudence. = The impudence of politicians is something astonishing. The republican organs of Ohio and Indiana denounce the resolution of the democratic convention of this State to pay the five-twenty bonds in greenbacks as repudiation; yet in 1868 the republicans of Ohio and Indiana planted themselves squarely on the same issue. The Ohio platform declared: .- . That the republican party pledges itfse.lf to the faithful payment of the public debt according to law; and we hereby express our conviction that, according to thelaws under which the five-twenty dponds were issued, said bonds shoulg be paid in the currency of the country, which may be a legal tender when the government shall be prepared to redeem such bonds. :

~ The Indiana convention was not far behind., Itsrepudiation plank was as follows: ; :

The public debt, made neccessary by the repellion, should be honestly paid and' all the bonds issued therefor should be paid in legal tenders, commonly called greenbacks, except when by their express terms they provide otherwise, and paid in such quantities as will make the circulation commensurate with the commercial wants of the country. , A In view of these resolutions, it may be marked that the virtuous indignation role which -our administration friends have so hastily assumed may as well be laid aside.—lndianapolis Sentinel. R

Lagrange County Items. [From the Lagrange Standard, July 80.]

Lagrange has aspirants for the military cadetship. | ; : The competition already commenced in wheat buying here, bids fair to put many extradollars in the farmers’ pocket. [ ¢ : o e A friend from Milford 'township reported on Saturday that the corn and potato crops were;about destroyed by the drouth. |

The Lagrange Ditching and Draining Association completed the excavation of their diteh in Etden township, last week. A debt of some $l2OO remaips to be liquidated. Justices who domnot like to pay other folks’ debts, must be careful about taking bail. "It.is not pleasant, as one has been required to, pay %22 for a straw bail. A bale of straw is hardly worth that. : e

Mzis. B. F. Parsons made us a present of six eggs on Tuesday, being the last six of an even hundred layed by one hen since the 10th of April last to the 27th inst. This is the champion hen so far. \

The Democratic county Convention has been called by James Kennedy, Chairman of the Central Committee, to meet August 15.

THE New York 7'ribune of the 21st says: “The officials of the Chicago & Canada Southern Railroad say that arrangements .are making which will insure the speedy .completion of that line’ to Chicago. The disposition of the €Canada people is‘to foster the enterprise, and push it forward to sueccess. In one section $125,000 has been given for the construction of a small branch road to the main line.”

SECRETARY BRISTOW has ealled in $256,000,000 United States bonds, issue ’62, interest to cease Nov. 1. This will be a staggering blow to the scheming enemies of free government and the rights of . the people who have becomeé latterly known as the bloated bondholders. These men bought in the bonds when the Government was anxious' to sell, and now | they are forced to sell when the Government de< sires to buy. ‘Sothe arrangement had its benefit for both parties, after all that has heen said and done.—Chicago Tribune, . : Aty

Social Fallacies.

We commit the still greater error of plunging into ice-water every morning, then serub all the skin off with a horse-hair brush, or a coarse, broad towel, sit down to breakfast of oatmeal sawdust; dine off a tablespoonful of wheat and two berries, and make a supper of catnip tea, then be put through a Russian bath of 500 degrees; sleep under an open window when the thermometer is at' zero; wear long hair; dress the women in pantaloons; make all our property over to them, then sit down in the kitchen corner and nurse the baby,and when it is asleep wash up the tea things and go. to bed at 9 o’clock to be “out of the way.” What will become of us men? Surely we have fallen on evil times. A better and truer mode of life is to have plenty of everything .that is good to eat and drink, which imparts nourishment and strength,and as mucle of it as you want. The idea ‘of'getting up from the table hungry is unnatural' and absurd and hurtful —quite as muchi so as getting up in the morning before your sleep is out, on the mischievous principle that “carly to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” , ~ Eearly rising in civilized society, always tends to shorten life. Barly rising of itself never did any,good.— Many a farmers boy has been made an invalid for life by being made to get. up at day-light, before his sleep was out. Many a young girl has been stunted in body,mind and constitution, by Leing made to get up before the system has had its full rest. All who are growing, all who work hard, and all weakly persons should not get up until they feel as if they would be more comfortable to get up than lay in bed; that is the only true measure of sufliciency of rest and sleep. Any one who gets up in the morning feeling as if he “would give anything in the world” to remain in bed awhile:longer, does violence to his.own nature, and will always suffer from it—not immediately, it may be, but certainly in later years, by the cumulative ill ‘effects of the most unwise. practice. In any given case, the person who getsiup in the morning before he is fully rested will Jlack just as much of the energy requisite for the day’s pursuit. i

. As a people we do not get enough sleep, we do not get enough rest, we will not take time for these things; hence our nervousness,our instability, our hasty temper, and the premature giving out of the stamina of life.— Half of us are old at three-score, the very time a man ought to Dbe in his mental, moral and physical prime.— Half of our wives, especially in the farming districts, die long before their time, because they do not get rest and sleep proportioned to: their labor.— Nine times out of ten it would be better for all parties if the farmer should get up and light the fires and get breakfast for his wife, she coming directly from her toilet to the breakfast table, because it almost always happens that she has to remain up to set things right. long after the husband has gone to bed, when really he has nothing to do after supper but to go to bed. This is a monstrously cruel imposition on wives and mothers.— Hall's Jourpal of Health. ‘

An Innocent Man Serves Seven Years in the Penitentiary. MabpisoN, Wis, July 30.—A pardon has been issued by Gov. Taylor to Jas. B. Carter, who has spent over seven years in Waupun on a life-sentence for murder, of which he was convicted largely on his own admission, at the LaCrosse County Court in 1867, but of which, it now appears, he was innocent. lle was living with a shoemaker named Ira B. Wheeler, in Pepin county. He and his wife differed,and she was regarded as quite loose. Quarreling about some shoe-pegs she brushed over with her dress while he was at work, she picked up a hatchet, struck him on the head and killed him. Carter, horror-struck, saw the: deed, and attempted to fly, but threats of accusing him of the murder and persuasion induced him to stay and help hide the body. Suspicion was aroused, and both were arrested. On & plea that by confessing the guilt himself he could secure Mrs. Wheeler's discharge, and ‘then her testimony, with other ‘influences, could be used to secure his release, he was induced by counsel to admit the crime. Both, however, were convicted: The woman’s discharge was secured by a writ of error on technical grounds,and Carter sent to State Prison. His brother has persistently labored to prove Carter innocent and secure his release, and to-day left for Waupun with a free pardon granted by the Executive on a mass of documents showing the above facts, the man’s good conduct in prison, etc. The official statement of the reasons for the pardon relates that the record showed the man was made a victim of the woman Wheeler and her friends,and pardon is recommended among' others by the Judge who sentenced him, the District-Attorney who prosecuted, and five of the jurors, several of the witnesses for the State, county officials, and nearly 600 eitizens of Pepin. ,

THE Conference of the Methodists of the Fourth Indiana District is enlivened by charges of heresy made dgainst the Rev.T. A. Goodwin, of Indianapolis, who has published a book entitled “The Mode of Man’s Immortality.” In this book he departs from the aeccepted orthodox views to the extent of the denial of the resurrection of the human body, the second coming of Christ in person,a general “Last Day” judgment, and the end of the world as it is commonly understond. He is also accused of plagiarism, in that he has stolen his thunder from an obscure English work and also from the writings of Swedenborg. Of course this is rank heresy and cannot be tolerated by a Congress of Methodist Ministers. It is to be hoped that the investigation of Goodwin, if one be ordered, will not be so extensive as the Swing-Patton controversy. We would welcome it in a duil time, but with the Beecher-Tilton scandal on our hands, and the political campaign opening out, to say nothing of water works, we enter a solemn protest against an investigation. —Ft. Wayne Sentinel. i :

How T 0 BE MISERABLE.—If any of our dyspeptic readers wish to compass an early and natural death, let them read all they see published on the subject of eating, listen to everybody’s advice concerning the same, then undertake to practice the whole of it. If they will only do this and keep their thoughts well fixed on their disease, a premature grave will be their portion. They can materially hasten their end from this world by liberally patronizing advertising traveling “doctors”and “professors,”’and by taking large quantities of patent medicines. _

The Temperance Platform.

-8, That the act of February 27th, 1873, commonly known as the “Baxter bill,” has proved a failure, and is in many respects of doubtful constitutionality, and is no more efficient in restraining the evils of intemperance than a judicious and well regulated license law, therefore we are in favor of'a repeal of the Baxter bill and the enactment of such license law as shall protect society and produce a large increase of the school fund. !

It was not to be expected that 'the position assumed on-this subject would be satisfactory to every mind. But we do think, that, waiving the mere form of words used, the position of the Democratle Convention isin substance right and constitutional, moral and conservative,and will tend to promote the good order of society, and the true interests of the cause of temperance mor¢ effectively than the present law has everdone. In principle,the Democratic party has taken its position clearly within the letter, and spirit of the Constitution. llt, therefore, in legal effect, denies the right of prohibition, and asserts the power of regula-. tion.of the liquor trafiic. 'The latter is unquestionably the only true, safe, and statesmanlike position. ' Qur Supreme Court denies the Constitutional power to prohibit it, and if it did not still the Constitution does, and so does sound policy and common sense. Successful prohibition 'is simply impossible, because there is no popular sentiment to sustain or' enforce it; but regulation is always distindtly practicable artd may be made effective and completely protective of society. The Democratie platform, taken in connection with the advanced and sensible views of Gov. Hendricks, denmiands the most effective and strohgest regulation, and the severe punishment alke of the seller,the drunkard, and of the minor who obtains liquor under false pretences, and the closing of saloons at reasonable hours in the éveéning,and the exaction of liberal, if not heavy license fees, so to “produce a large increase of the school fund.” . Another salutary effect of a severe license fee will be toimprove the char’*lcter of the men engaged in the business, and toincrease their sense of personal responsibility and self-respect, and to suppress the more mischievous and disreptutable saloon. ‘ The Republican platform lacks all these excellencies, and proceeds upon the principle of force, the -dogmatical assumption that the traffic is under all circumstances wrong, and ought to be prohibited, and not regulated. It seeks to arouse passionate hestility against it, and disturb society by for-, cible attempts to. destroy it, rather than by more lawful modes to regulate it, and form a better and higher popular sentiment in favor of more vigorous and effective regulation. It declares in favor of “Local Option,” whiclr is only another name for prohibition. If the Legislature can give New ‘Albany the power to prohibit, then the Legislature itself can prohibit directly. If the Legislature can prohibit the citizens from the use of beer, so it can of tobacco, or absinthe, or hard cider. In other words, it can enact and enforce the wﬁwle catalogue of . hateful sumptuary laws. . This is traveling-backward. It is not therational and manly way to develope the best. qualities of human character, or to malke the best men, or to foster the largest degree of self-respect, or to make men really self-governing. Itis an excellent legislative policy to make dependents, cowards, and sneaks.— Teach your sons to govern themselves, their appetites and passions, to use all things in moderation, if at all.-and to do right and be true to the inbred love of justice and truth, and these forceful and sumptuous laws will be unnecessary.—nN. 4. Ledger-Standard.

Mr. Beecher’'s Fortune. '|From the Brooklyn Argus.] .

Attention is naturally called to the ministerial and literary life of Mr. Beecher, and to the probable profits of his works. He came, a young man and poor, -to Brooklyn more than twentyfive years ago, and was glad to preach for a small salary. He made Plymouth Church. It is as much his production as in any child of his brain. There was a strong Congregational sentiment and feeling in Brooklyn, and this naturally gathered around the young and eloquent preacher. e “shook” creeds and forms. He contemned the trite ecclesiastical utterances which the ordinary orthodox pulpit mouthed, and he set up standards of his own. His was emphatically a “broad church.” It believed more in heaven than in hell. It advocated freedom and temperance, and spread a table at which widely discordant views had equal hospitality. So as the church grew and Mr. Beecher became its central figure, his salary went on progressing, and it now may be: stated at the sum of $25,000. He lectures frequently during the year, and at the highest prices. Probably from this souree he earns not less than $lO,OOO. His ordinary literary work should bring him in $5,000, and out of his valuable newspaper, the Christian Union, he may draw another $25,000. These sums aggregate $65,000, to which may be added marriage ‘fees into the lap of the popular preacher. Mr. Beecher’s works are the novel of “Norwood;’ the “Star Papers,” for many years enjoying an immense popularity; the “Lectures to Young Men;” the “Yale Lectures,” three volumes; “Fruits, Flowers and Farming,” and “The Life of Christ,” of which one volume has been published and sold to the number of ﬁftg thousand copies. It would have sol more largely had the second volume. been sure of publication within a reasonable period. But Mr. Beecher sends his work out by piece-mail, and can not be hurried. The second volume is two thirds printed. | The rest abides the event. Mr. Beecher was for many years the editor of the Independent, on a large salary. He now writes books for J. B. Ford & Co., edits their paper—the Christian Union, and supplies them the sermons which are printed in the “Plymouth Pulpit.” From all these sources—the industry of a busy life—Mr. Beecher ought to have made a fortune. But he is re‘ported to be careless in money matters, and not sharp in looking after the profits of his works, which go to his publishers. His writings are in great demand. Lol -

' GENERAL BUTLER has broken. his silence, which was somewhat ominous, respecting- Massachusetts politics, and predicts from:the headquarters of the Republican party at Washington that the next Governor of Massachusetts will be a Democrat, and that the Democrats will return three Congressmen. No doubt Butler, whois a pretty good political prophet, 4nd ought to know so far as his own State is concerned, means just what he says. Many people in the State believe that the General has spoken the truth.

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SPIRIT OF THE INDIANA PRESS.

These are goods: words spoken by the Rochester Sentinel :. “Itis rumored thg’t Andrew Johnson intends canvassing the State of Tennessee to secure his election to the United States Senate. The press may sneer at such an attempt on his part; but should he be successful, nobody :can’ doubt but that he would do honor to his State,: as. well as to himself. Andy is far more suitable to-a seat in the Senate than are some of the smaller fry that now have that henor. We for our part would gladly see him ensconced in his seat and dealing out a rebuke now and then to ‘some of his political opponents.” ' - ;..o Le tfas ‘ - Senathr Slater, of the Franklin Democrat, records this prediction: “No one now deubts that the Democracy - will carry the State this year by 20,000, and Johnson county will pile upa clean six hundred majority.”.. . - Ft. Wayne’ Séntinel: Two Tresi-. dential aspirants’are already-in the ring. We refer to Gov. Dix, of New York, and Gov. AHlen,of Ohio. The fatal objection to these men is that they are both in the heyday of a giddy and unstable youth. . We: want a: President with age about him. Mr. Barnum is now entertaining a select: ‘company from the pyramids of Egypt. If we could neutralize one of these parties, he tnight 46" . -oy . The Sullivan . Democrat thus com-. ments on the platform -of tlie 15th of July convention: “The enuneiation of principles is clear and unequivoeal, and meets our cordial endorsement in all particulars, except the reselution.on the subject of’ Temperance. We do not endorse the statement that the: Baxter bill has proved a failure. We know that it has had the effect of closing saloons in many places, and has not been long enough in force to have had a fair trial. -In many places it doubtless has proved a failure; and we are conscious that it has defects; which we hoped would be recognized in time and be cured by further :mind-f ments, One of those defects was in making the business of liquor selling free to any one who could procure the necessary number of signatureg to his application. Asthebusinessadds materially to the expense- of -the people in providing for its paupers and the prosecution of criminals, weé think: it eminently proper that the persons “permitted”. to sell should be required to pay for the privilegd, We believe in the doctrine of popular sovereignty irithe territories, and we believein the same doctrine in the %letegljmiﬁation of all local questions: If th \»geom’e‘ofax}y community wish.saloons.in their midst it is all right, and if a majority are apposed to having saloons we think they should have the privilege of controlling their local affairs in their own way. Ini all otherrespects the platform suits us exactly, and believing it the best we can do, and having” faith in the sincerity .of the pledges given on all points we shall cordially support’ the ticket. ‘ S SRR e .__,ﬁ_«*‘»_,—.v Delalb County Items. /- o [From the Waterloo Press, July3o.] = - A large number of dogs were “pizened” at the county seat last week. The Disciples have their, church building nearly - plastered, and will have it ready for the yearly meeting. - The great“independent movement,” judging from present appearances,will inot have a habitation in this county. A-reformed burglar held forth' to a small and unappreciative. audieiice, at Agrigultyral lall, last night. If, as he allégft, he has reformed, he ought to than}f*the Lord and keep quict.” The less satfd about the matter at this time the better. - e S

A case ofassault and battery,growing out of the vigorous manner in which a widow lady in Wilmington defended her blackberry patch, wasinvestigated by Justice Long, on Saturday:.-}a.s,t:—j The man wlho| was committing depredations. upon ‘the blackberries was fined $5 and costs, and the widow ten cents. 2 SRR e

While it is still the general opinion that the wheat yield is short. in the county, all agree that it is very nearly twice as large as any one anticipated early in the spring. .We hear of several farmers, who;hav’e their threshing dong, and they were agreeably disappointed in the number of bushels received. raiane el Bt i e

A few of the dogs about town are muzzled. ' Mrs. Ragan, the lady bittén by the rabid dog at LaPorte some time ago, died last- week. The physicians in attendance all pronouncing it an unmistakable case of hydrophobia.— So those who claimed:there was no cause for the excitement upon this subject, may be mistaken. = . | -

" THE Cleveland, Leader, speaking of the iefforts to have the case against Pomeroy dropped, says: “Though Pomeroy be ever so penitent, justice should have its course. Were he really repentant, he ‘would -stand up. before the peogle':_ and confess his guilt, thus paving the way to become in the future what he has been wrongly called in the past, a Christian statesman. No opportunity should be -lost, in such a time as this, to punish official venality, high or low. Will Kansas improve her oceasion ?” SR

- THE DEMOCRACY of Illinois appeax to be pretty unanimously ipfavor of hard currency, and a gerivention on that basis has led to meet at Springfield the Ist of September, A Hard CArrency, Home Rule and Free Trad¢ platform would be about. as near the correct Democratic doctrine as cauld be gotten up, and it would do us good to ‘fight for such principles. That kind of a battle cry would mean something, and it would sweep the country like a whirlwind.— LaPorte Argus. - - i

- If the druggist offers any kind of herb-flavored alcohol for dyspepsia, biliousness, or any: other ailment,tell him that you want“medicine,” not a a “bar-room drink.” Ask him for Dr. Walker’s California Bitters, the best regular preparation known,and which you know is free from “Satan’s Elixir.” Reject all the fiery “Tonics’ and *“Appetizers,” and cling to that remedy. There is no medicine that cdmpares with it. : : eDL

Tue number of delegates each county will be entitled to at the Republican Congressional Convention are as follows: Elkhart, 58; Kosciusko, 53; Noble, 47; Lagrange, 36; Dekalb, 87; Steuben, 37; Marshall, 87.. Total humber; 306, .~ e s ‘Noah Hays, of the Polaris expedi--tion, returned to his home in Newcastelgst week. . . o =OO 0 - A couple of Alligators, consigned-to Charley Frost, arrived in Connersville week beforelast. .~ 1§

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GENERAL ITEMS.

. A man_at Defiance, will donate 30 . acres of land to the 8., P. &C. vailroad, | in consideration of the machine shops being located at. that place, r - A well-digger is said to iave struek oil'at New Haven, Allen county. We shall need Prof. Cox inithis part of thé State, if this thing continues. - The Washington Chronicle says that the remains of Mr, Lincoln, at Springfield, were viewed a few days Since,, the spectators saying that the body is ‘as-natural apparently as the day it laid in the State House, with the exception that the upperlip is somewhat - swollen. o L : ~ The Néw York 77ibunc has a care- ' ful review of erop prospects in this - country and abroad, reaching the conclusion that there will pfobably be but a light foreign demand for our sur- | plus grain produet, and that during next fall and winter there will be a heavy decline inj the price of wheat in this country. . =

Bean, the railway engineer who had charge of the train on the Alton road, at the time of the Lemont collision near Chicago, has recently been released from the county jail at Joliet. Many lives were lost in the collision and the Illinois authorities threatened to make somebody responsible for it, but the whole matter has come to an impotent conelusion. : e

Charles Sumner and Horace Greeley understood the strength of the case against Mr. Beecher at the time of the Woodhull publication. Itis becoming easier to enumerate the pubdic characters who knew nothing of the scandal until the beginning of the present investigation than to name those who were in the confidence of Mr. Tilton from the start, o :

~Mr. Beecher’s counsel says that he will not submit a detailed statement ! in aﬁ)ly to'Mr. Tilton’s charges, for the reason thatnot an iota of proof in support of the accusation has been produced. If this were true, Mr. Beecher might preserve complete silerice and - quash the investigation at once.— Enough proof has certainly been adduced to place Mr. Beecler in a painful situation. = - 1o

‘A letter has been- addressed to the Allen County Agricultural Society, stating that in Smith and Blue River: townships, Whitley eounty, and near thesAllen county line, there'are more than two hundred acres well covered with Canada thistles, which are rapidly spreading to,fhe eastward. The loceal aut‘horitigs lave not the power to subdue them and the Society is called. on to take action on the matter. :

- Manufacturing chemists of Indiannapolis have an order from an Easttern houseifor 1,000 pounds of Colorarado potato bugs, which are to be used as a substitute for Spanish flies. Several farmers in Illinois have taken contracts to furnish the bugs, and it is stated that the price paid is such as to warrant the farmers in sacrificing their potato crops to secure the bugs, and may lead some to cultivating the bugs in preferéence to the potatoes: :

—The State Board of Equalization has assessed the capital stock of the Western Union Telegraph Company for the State of Indiana at $BOO,OOO, tge same as it was last year. 'The case decided by the Superior (Court, enioining . the Auditor from collecting. taxes’assessed upon the same stock for 1873, - will be appealed to the Supreme Court, and if the decision is confirmed, this assessment will not be placed upon the duplicates, but if the decision is* reversed the ‘assessment: will hold’ good. - L

This is rather rough on the average commercial traveler; but, like most of the Hartford Post’s utterances, it has a gospel like flavor-6f truth; “A good advertisement in a newspaper;unlike the “commercial” traveler,” pays no fare on railroads, costs nothing for: liotel bills, gives away no boxes of ci- -- gars to customers, or merino dresses to customers’ wives; drinks no whisky under the head of traveling expenses, but goes at once’and all the time about its business free of expense.” e

THE government must be divoreced -entirely from all banking operations and banking made free. To do this we must first'return to speeie pay-- - ‘ments. To return to specie payments ~we must first abolish the National banks, (which are generally opposed .to any return to specie payments) and - /issue greenbacks in the/ place of the bank notes, paying off about $400,000,000 of bonds. Then, we must so ad- , just the tariff laws, and laws relating to foreign and domestic commerce, so ‘as to have American produce ‘carried ‘in American ships, and have-a great - part of the profits of the carrying trade left in the country. = The legal tender - ~act must be repealed, so that for all debts hereafter contracted, gold and - silver shall ‘be the only tender, and take in the miserable rags known as fractional currency, and provide for retiring greenbacks as gold and silver accumulates, and in the meantime reduce the expenditures of the govern- - ment to the lowest possible figure.— By judicious laws passed to accom- . plish these ends, specie payments would be restored without any injury .to the country, but %}'ea’t],y to its benefit, whereas, should contraction be atégmpted, and specie payments resumetwithout preparation, the country would be ruined.—Seymour gemocrat. , E :

- TuE New York Herald: “The Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Registes fires the first gun in the campaign for the Presiden¢y by»nominating James G. Blaine, who, it informs us, i 3 “a Pennsylvanian,” and on “the great and vital question of protection to American industry is sound to the core, and in favor of American labor against the pauper labor of Europe.” The surest way to destroy a candidate for the Presidency is to nominate him prematurely. The horse who enters first for the race is rarely entéred to win. . The fact that a Republican mnewspaper has been found with courage enough to name a candidate other than Grant is a suggestive indication of an awakening and mutinous spirit in the party.” '

A MAN who attempted to wreck a passenger train in Minnesota has been: caught and now lies in jail’at St. Paul. It is a very sentimental thing, no doubt, for one-to be in jail on such a charge. We shall expect to hear that all the strong-minded women angd longhaired men in St. Paul have banded together to console the poor fellow and secure a mitigation of the punishment that will be inflicted upon him by an unfeeling jury, Just put yourself in his place; and, while the spirit moves ‘you, put yourself in the places ' of the passengers on the train that he attempted to wreck, : ;