The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 38, Ligonier, Noble County, 14 January 1875 — Page 2

: : 41 Fal &he glational Banner OSK A ; - "'\‘{,‘\4 ‘ £ ° J.B.STOLE, Editor and Proprietor. LIGONIER, IND'A, JAN. 14, 1875 JUDGE HORACE P. Bmixpn_took his seat, on the Supreme bench, vice Judge _ 'Osborn, on the sth inst. o D > EE— - A WisconslN editor's reason for preferring Mat. Carpenter to all other men: “We like the way Carpenter has of wearing his hair, and of letting - his shirt boil*out between his vest and ‘ his pantaloons, a feat not easily accomplished.” . . . . a

I 7 is said that Jesse D. Bright, who onee represented Indiana in the U. 8. Senate, is in a quiet way doing some effective work toward Gov. William Allen’s promotion to the. Presidency. ‘The Buckeye statesman is evidently

TuE Laporte Herald says in refer‘ence to the contest for United States Senator, that “It’s none of our funer--al” Pray, whose is it, if not yours ? And if it is not your funeral, it is the Jlatest illustration of whistling as you go through the graveyard. .

AN EPITOME of Gov. wl%dricks’ message is published on. the fourth page of this weeks’ BANNER. - Itis a plain State paper, dealing with various matters of public interest.. The Governor is very cautious in his recommendations, but what he does say is expressed in convincing terms.

EFFORTs are being made to effect a compromise: between the co'ntending factions in Louisiana. It would be a blessing to the whole country if Kellogg eould be induced to abdicate and allow the people of Louisiana to inaugurate a government in conformity with the real sentiment of the State..

- FlsH, BRISTOW AND JEWELL, the only members of Grant’s Cabinet who are fit to hold such positions, jfreely express their disapproval of Phil Sher- ¥ idan’s high-handed course in New Or-, leans. They are men of ability and. have not forgotten that ours is a republican fori of government, and not a military despotism. e

» THE PUBLICATION of a comprehensive " synopsis ‘of Senator Schurz's speech. relieves us of the necessity of presenting an editorial argument on the Louisiana question. The distinguished Missouri Senator exhibits the glaring usurpation ‘of Phil Sheridan in such vivid colors that no additional comments are needed from other sources. :

A staunch old Demoerat remarked to us this week, if he had understood the temperance question at the time of the ast election, as he does now, he would have voted differently.-— LaGrange Standard, e s

That “staunch old Democrat” should have posted him_ég,elf by reading the platforms of the rival political parties. It’s a mighty poor commentary upon his intelligence to come around with such twaddle at this late day.

- YESTERDAY President Grant, complied with the Senate’s request' for information relative to Phil Sheridan’s usurpationat New Orleans. In.obedience to the earnest entreaties of leading republican senators and congress#en, the President was induced to modify his response in many particulars. The original draft is represented as having been very radical, fully sustaining Sheridan’shigh-handed proceedings. Fish, Bristow and Jewell strongly insisted upon modification.

SENATOR THURMAN sent a radical Senator to grass, the other day, in magnificent style. A fellow named Wes", who by some means managed to have himself dubbed Senator from Louisiana, was blubbering about assassination, when Thurman turned upon him with this scornful remark: “The attempt of the Senator (West) to create an impréssion here that _assassination was in the air was about the airiest bubble ever found in an empty head.” Great ‘laughter greeted this pointed hit, and poor West ignominiously sub-

THos. E. BRAMLETTE, ex-Governor of Kentucky, died at his residence in Louisville on Tuesday of rheumatism of the heart, after an illness of several weeks. During the war Colonel Bramlette. raised a regiment of Federal troops, and rendered “efficient service to the cause of the Union. He resigned before the closé of the war, and -\}'asv elected to the Governorship of the StatB. ‘His Administration was one of marked ability. Asa lawyer, he earned considerable reputation by the clearness and soundness of his views. Since the expiration of histerm as Governor he has taken no public part in politics, but devoted his timé and talents to his profession and the management -of . the. Louisville Library Lottery. Socially, Col. Bramlette was genial, generous and kind-hearted.

THE PATRIOTIC LETTER of Hon. D. W. Voorhees, announcing his with~drawal from the senatorial contest,- ~ will add immensely to his popularity. There were considerations against his election at this time that could not be overcome; ‘but his voluntary. retire- - ment from an exciting contest will go very far toward obliterating unfavorable reeollections of the past. Mr. Voor- * hees hias been taught a wholesome . lesson from which, we doubt not, he will in the future draw large profits, natural and easy approach to statesmanship and the abandonment of dem-

- The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was established in 1867. The Post Office Department paid that.company $500.000 as a subsidy, forearrying the mails a certain nu%xber of trips, per year, between San Franciseo; China and Japan. - In 1872 an amendment

to the law -was offered and finally Dpassed, by which the Postmaster General was authorized to make a contract for additional trips, for. which the original amount of subsidy was doubled: . It is the manner in which' this additional subsidy came to be granted that has caused Congress to institute the ‘investigation = now in progress. ‘So far, some “tricks” in-' tended: to cover out of sight these transactions, have been found to be “vain,” while there are others thatare still “dark.” Wm. S. King, at that time Postmaster of the House of Representatives, it appears now, did reeive $115,000, though ip 1873, before the Ways and Means Committee.he testified that he had not received, di‘rectly or ‘indirectly, any mony from the Pacific Mail Company, and said ‘he had no knowledge of the payment of money to members of Congress.— Mr. King is congressman elect from. Minnesota, and up to,this time his testimony, even if it could be relied npon ‘;_ after- what has transpired, is unob‘tainable by reason of his sudden and vrolonged 'disappearance. Another amount has been traced to a New. York democratic congressman, J. G. Schumaker. It was testified by a Director "of the Mail Company that the President at that time, A. B. Stockwell, directed all the- movements of -the company and did what he pleased with the money. There was much mysterious book-keeping, an intent to ‘make figures lie, which has not all been unraveled. Unlesssome witness proves to be an Ames, itis doubtful if this matter can be sifted to the bottom. i ot

At latest accounts, Postmaster General Jewell has suspended the quarterly payment of the subsidy, giving asa reason the non-fulfillment of the con(tract on the part of the company, until an opinion is obtained from an official of the department. ;

-~ _T-“‘,____l,:,A, .THE RECENT COLD SNAP.

Last Saturday was the coldest day of the season, up to- this date. On Friday-the weather was mild, with a little snow falling in the evening from the south-east, Suddenly, between seven -and eight o’clock, the jwind: shifted, blowing a cold blast from the north-east, which continued all night and during Saturday,with slight abatement toward evening. Mercury was down to twenty-two degrees below zero in the morning and lingered near that point all day. At Goshen the thermometer stood at 22; South Bend, 19; Columbia City, 23; Evansville, 8.. In Illinois, at Chicago, Springfield and LaSalle, 26; at Ottowa and Peoria, 27. At Sioux City, Towa, the thermometer stood at 25, 80 at Ft. Randall and Des Moines, and was reported as low as 34 at Yankton City. Reports from different points in Wisconsin placed mercury at from 35 to 87. . ] - Dispatches from farther north-west are’ still more ehilling. In several places mercury is said to have been as low as’4o and 45. In many places persons were frozen to death, and ~when full reports are received probably the number of deaths from the extreme cold will be largely increased. Certain’ it is that a vast amount of suffering was caused by the sudden shift which “Old Probabilities” made last Friday night. i

PRISON DIRECTORS.

The democratic legislative caucus ‘at Indianapolis last Tuesday night nominated for Directors of the Northern Prison Messrs. H. E. Wadsworth, editor of the LaPorte 4Argus, Dr. Theodore’ Davenport, of Warsaw, and W. T. Pratt, of Ft. Wayne. These selections aré very gratifying to the numerous friends of these gentlemen throughout Northern Indiana. :

Col. James Keigwin, of Jeffersonville, and W. P. Hammond, of Sullivan, were mominated for Directors of the Prison at Jeffersonville. =

. The caucus was -unusually fortunate in the selection of candidates for these. positions. It indicates a disposition on part of democratic legislators to put none but good and true ‘men in office; e S

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Lycureus DALTON, of Lawrence county, received the democratic nomination for State Librarian on the fourth ballot. His principal competitors were Col. A. T. Whittlesey and Geo. Tebbs. The defeat of Whittlesey is somewhat surprising. Herendered -most efficient and effective service ‘during last year's eampaign, and was certdinly entitled to some recognition on the part of the Legislature, many ‘members of whicl are largely indebt‘ed to the Col, for their election. We ;%wmh‘&mﬂtoﬂmmméah ‘but rather to show that the hardest il s A SRR TR ST Wﬁm@m%w this i Ghac o ans somom, i cor

OUR COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM.

NUMBER THREE.

We have in a previous article likened our system of education to a very complex machine which has for its components all the elements that'con-. tribute to the'development of man—morally, mentally and physically. The prime factor of this multifarions machine is the common school, since it has for its object the fitting of laan for the higher and more remote components essential to his full development. = e Bk :

The common school system, then, being the root from which the stem of our civilization must take form, it behooves us, as a nation, to look well to the kind of soil from which such delicate fruit is to be produced. The | child born in this free country is surrounded by such a diversity of influences which tend to the formation of his character, that the utmost care and attention is demanded from those to whom his training is intrusted, in order that he may become a good and useful citizen. The common schools are regarded by us as the great bul‘wark of our republicanism, and justly so, for where ignorance has full sway, there tyranny in all its hideousness reigns supreme. If we wish to maintain our freedom: by fostering our republican form’ of government, we must educate; for the principles upon which is founded our temple of liberty will become. more deeply rooted in the minds of ‘all, as mental development becomes more enlarged. As the air abhors a vacuum, so an educated nation abhors slavery., Intelligence maintains liberty and perpetuates its blessings. To maintain a regularsystem of public schools many things must be taken into consideration, all of which it would be needless ‘to discuss; hence we will confine ourgelves to a few of the very prominent requisites. Suitable buildings are an ‘absolute necessity. Have we got them? That we are provided with many school buildings all must agree; but eZs»to their fitness for scheol purposes, there is a diversity of opinion. Fifty years ago the stage coach was considered good enough for the traveling publie, but it would not do today; 'so fifty years ago a ligtle log hut with a few panes of glass for windows was good enough for a school house, but such would not do to-day. But, in reality, have we changed much in this particular? Yes, we have changed much, buf progressed very little. The buildings twenty years ago did not present quite the imposing appearances that our buildings now do, but in form they were about the same then as now. Internally.the modern building is not 'much better, and in many the change has been for the worse. There are a-few honorable exceptions to this statement; but the exceptions ‘are inadequate. to invalidate the rufe. Almost any kind of a pen is considered by many as ample in which to close up our children six ‘hours a day that they may receive and digest the mental food poured out to them./ When a school house is to be built, the Trustee considgrs-.oh]y the cost. He fails to take into consideration. the distribution of light, ventilation or heating; four walls, with here and there a-window, and a roof to shelter the little ones, is. considered an excellent building. It matters not how dreary the inside or how unpleasant’ the surroundings. ' This is all ‘wrong. A school building should be tasty in its architecture; it should be constructed with'a view to the fostering of the good health of its inmates. Many school authorities, by constructing bad and unsuitable buildings, make themselves the instruments by which disease is generated and many a noble and promising youth is sent to a premature grave. - i '

" Drs. Cohn, Virchou, Guillaum, Becker, and others, have given this matter careful investigation, and report that shortsightedness (myopia) is traceable to the schools. : ; :

Commencing with the village schools and passing through all the intermediate schools until they reached the German University, they found that shortsightedness was gradually increased. Of those in the village schools about 1.4 per cent. were found affected with myopia, while in the Universities 60 per cent. of the students were shortsighted. If in the city schools we find so much-of which to complain, what might be said of ‘the rural school buildings which are ‘built without any regard whatever .for-hygienic laws? These gentlemen ‘have been enabled to trace to the same source headache, bleeding of the nose, ‘goitre, curvature of the spine; diseases of the organs of the chest, and ‘diseases of the organs of digestion. ‘Space will not permit the details of their observations in relation to the cause of thése diseases, and, therefore, ‘we must refer the reader to their reports for further particulars. Allow us, however, to state that out of one hundred deaths, between the ages of five-and ten years, 4.81 per eent. were from 'pulmonary eonsumption; ‘between ten and fifteen years, 12.96; and between fifteen and twenty, 31.88. It thus appears that 49.65 per cent. of ithe one hundred deaths are traceable to the school, and it is further stated _that deaths occurring after these ages from pulmonary consumption may be traced to the same source. =

When we take into consideration ‘that only typhus and cholera catise an approximate high rate of mortality among these ages, have we not many reasons to become alarmed at the extreme negligence manifested in the ‘building of school houses? -~ . ~ The prineipal’ injurious influences of the school toom are; 18t. Air in the school room, the condition of which is ‘affected by the size of the room, ventilation, dampness of the floor and ‘walls, heating; number of scholars, and dust intheswm %Hffah? in the #ahaol room, affected by the . pesic ion of the bailding and the room, the walls, the relation of the desks to the ey ings.of the building. .Bd. Seats in the

school room, the relation of bench and desk and the form of the same. When | We come to speakoﬁm“*ﬂfkwbwh‘ is done in those buildings we will have occasion to refer to other evils equally as injurious, No pains should 1 be spared to make our school rooms | tasty, healthy, pleasant, and comfort- l able. An unpleasant and dreary school | room is-one of the principal causes of truancy, from a habit of which, most | always, springs idleness, from idleness | comes poverty and want, from poverty and want vagrants and criminals. Thus school authorities are, in a measure, rqsp"ohgibl‘e" for illiteracy, pauperism and crime—a grave charge, no doubt, but nevertheless true. The old saying, that we'j udge a man by the company he keeps, is a philosophy in | itself, since we know thut the social laws are such that man cannef avoid the influences of his associations;that his mind, so to speak, is only the embodiment of his environment. If his Eysociations are with the pure only, his character will reflect their purity;. if with the bad and impure, the charter thus formed will be bad and impure. Suppose, now, the school,xroom in which the pupil is placed is cold and damp, dreary and forlorn, dingy and dark, dirty and dusty, unventilated and surroundings bad, what kind of character do you supposeé will be formed in such a room? As the home life of a child is readily read in his character when he first goes to sehool, so is his school life detected when he returns into society.. The dark and dreary character will desire a business suited to his dreariness. Bad characters gravitate toward each other.. The young man may. at tirst resist, but he cannot- overcome the laws of attraction. His mind becomes tarnished, his sensibilities blunted, his nature perverted. Had we but the power to turn up the soil and bring to the gaze of the world the roots of misery bro’t ‘about by disease and crime, many of ‘ our school authorities would shudder to see the works of their negligence entwined in the bark of the tiny radicle. We need not go far to find just such school houses as we have been describing. Would you lessen the number of prison inmates, erect cheerful school buildings; would you diminish crime and pauperism, construct .cheerful school rooms; would you have healthy children, make your school houses healthy; would you have your qhi]dfen - possess a refined. ‘education, let your school houses be models of reinement. Remember that education witheut some degree of refinement lis “worthless. Remember, again, that education is not to make money but to 'make soul. Remember, also, that first impressions are often most lasting, and hence greater care must be taken with regard to the silent elements of education with which the child comes in contact. Remember, too, that if your child’s health is impaired, its mind: will be -impaired in the same ratio. The physical functions of the child must be attended to, since the mind receives its strength through them. We must not think of making fine scholars out of broken down constitutions, for it canno} be done. ' Give us good buildings, properly constructed; buildings modeled’ with a view to health, and we will attend to the balauce. - Trustees, in building their school houses, too often construct such as the images of those in which they were schooled, thus again verifying our -saying that impressions made on pupils by the build- | ing is lasting and often injurious. Oh! how long, how long must generations suffer from such negligence ? . County Superintendents should give this matter attention; the State Board of Education ought to be empowered by the Legislature to obtain plans of model buildings—buildings that will in every instance conform to the wants of the times. It costs but little more to erect a-good building than it does to put up a bad one. We feel assured that if an examining committee, composed of physicians who are acquainted with the modern system of scientific investigation, would inspect our school buildings, that nine-tenths now-

erected would be condemned, those in the cities not excepted. - Look well, then, to the condition of your school houses. Having proper buildings for schools, the mext thing is to know what to do in them. This will recelve our attention in another article.

Columbia City Items. . Last Thursday evening, at about half past 8 o’clock, our little burg was visited by the fire demon—not Dibolo, but the real “devouring element.” It originated. in Meitzler’s bakery, and with the aid of our Hook and Ladder Company was soon blowed out. The Company did the most blowing, especially after the fire, The damages, 1 think, will not exeeed $5OO. ' :Several amusing incidents occurréd during the fire, such as falling in the fire, carrying empty store boxes carefully out into the street and throwing breakables in‘every direction.’ We had a false alarmi on the evening following, at about half past ten o’clock, but the fire proved to be only a chimhey burning outc: el Bes gl

. Wae had a little cold, also, with our conflagration, or soon after. Mercury stood at 23 degrees below zero. That's low enough. Several victims of frostbite may be seen here, including your humble 'servant, ‘who had one ear TR O i Pork harvest here is about over for this season. - i - The ‘man who killed Weaver was ‘taken to Fort Wayne and imprisoned, the jail here not being considered safe. Why should they fear, when a man is placed under bonds amounting to a whole thousand dollars? People’s tives are mot very valuable in_these degeneratedays. . ... . . Several.deaths oceurred in town and ,71%?‘{ Mmgl;.af“ aniga i N ﬁm Ve 0 ém'i‘”h‘mf’ ia town, and all are being filled with £ :g:“f ind of ige. No melting next PmmOEcif dos vill prevent it %ﬁ?i " HE ‘ " I‘L (}éw’h&‘ AWARINGE AQREMAFAVN. VY % b 0 have a new jail, B market house,

o THE E-,'S'..A-SENAT(’RSH[P. : | A Lively Contest for the Caucus Ece Nommatmn. i } McDonaid and bholi'nah; the Leading | .. Contestants. i' Sinoe the withdrawal of Voorhees (from the senatorial contest, a great deal of private caucusing has been going on at Indianapolis between the anti-McDonald members of thé LegisJlature. Judge Holman has been earnestly entreated to leave his seatin Congress and take personal charge of ‘the campaign, but he persistently refuses to abandon his official post for the advancement of his political for- | tunes. He has, however, a goodly number of warm personal and political friends who are untiring in their advocacy of his claims toa seat in the Senate. On the other hand, Mr. MecDonald is'ably supported by experi- | enced politicians from all parts of the State, and it is quite evident that he has stronger backing than any candidate yet named. Ifthe Voorhees men would transfer their ardor and enthusiasm to Holman, there is every reason to believe that the latter would come out of the fight with flying colors.— But this eannot reasonably be expected. Indeed, we chance to know that gome of Voorhees’ warmest friends are determined that if they can prevent it none of the hitherto prominent aspirants shall go to the Senate.

CAUCUS REVELATIONS. *

The-democratic senatots and representatives held a caucus:on Tuesday evening. = Of its deliberations the Chicago T'imes’ special dispatches give us this information: :

After two hours of hot debate, the democratic caucus agreed to postpone the nomination of United States Senator until Thursday evening. Senators: Slater and Dykeman opened their batteries in behalf of Judge Holman, maintaining that they would now be misrepresenting the wishes of the people if they should:ignore the Democratic State platform upon which victory was won, by electing McDonald, a hard-money man; to the United States Senate. - Senator Bell and others replied, but the Holman men were so determined in their resistance,even threatening to bolt, that, for the sake of harmény and to avoid an open rupture, the postponement was agreed upon. Many regard: iy as.ominous of McDonald’s defeat; but at this hour it is difficult to determine what will be the results. McDonald himself ‘s very cool, and maintains that the postponement was agreed to solely to induce ‘harmony ; that his friends had strength to carry his nomination, but neither himself nor his friends desired to be hasty. On the other hand, it is reported on reliable democratic authority that 15 Democrats have taken a solemn oath never to vote for McDonald; and if his nomination is pushed he will be defeated on joint ballot. There are 78 Democrats in the caucus, and on motion to reconsider the postponement, it was laid on the table by a vete of 44 to 34. The, McDonald men opposed its reconsideration, and they claim this as a test vote, showing ‘that- their man has a clear mnajority under the most trying circumstances.

A Sermon to Parents.

‘The .season is approaching when home should be made pleasant for the boys, and the home circle rendered the most - attractive place for them to spend their evenings. More mischief is concocted during the hours after: night-fall, more evil habits are contracted, more familiarity. with vice engendered by the mingling together of boys during a winter evening than can be counteracted by weeks’ of Sabbath school teaching, of hours of home discipline. IoL 00 el Leaiia © There need be no reason why boys should seek amusement away from home, if parents would endeavor to make the hours pass pleasantly at home. Cross words from fathers, impatient looks and gestures from moth-. ers drive many a boy out of the home into association with vile eompanioas, or into dens of vice. Inmany.a home the chief desire of father and mother seems to be to get rid of the care of the boys, and their absence in the evening is a grateful relief. It is no wonder that: the street becomes the evening resort for the children from many houses where it is but just to look for pleasant and inviting homes. Wealth and elegant surroundings do not. make home unless the father and mother add to these attractions a tender regard for the comfort.and enjoyment of their childrer, choosing their companions, inviting their mates %o their homes occasionally, providingthem witl? books and harmless amuse= ments, wearing chieerful looks, manifesting an interest in their pleasures, and soliciting their 'confidence. = ‘A few efforts inthat direction will bring immediate reward in refining the ‘manners of the boys who seék*thei street and loafing place in preference to home. It is easy to wean children from parents, and it is easy to geti their ‘affection if- the proper. method is acted upon.—Elkhart Review. 4

el A PR—— & Important Decision. Judge Lowry, of the Fort Wayne Circuit Court, has lately made a decision in relation to the collection of the second, or Nov. installment of taxes which, if correct, forbids the collection by distraint.; The case before him was a petition by J. K. Edgerton for a restraining order; against the Auditor and Treasurer to prevent the colleetion, of his - November installment, ‘which he had failed to pay on or be-. fore the 15th of that month. The injunetion was granted by Judge Lowry. upormr the ground, as beld by the Judge, that the last assessment and tax:law makes :no provision for the enforced collection of the last installment. This matter is one of great importance to tax payers and to the: State. . The case referred to goes to the Supreme Court. . Notwithstanding the flippant | and oracular utterances of the Indianapolis News and the other papers and the opinion of Atterney General Buskirk, we believe that J“MWS _decision is in exaet accerdance with the law. We have always contended that the act of March Bth, 1873, extending thes'time;-fmi?payment of one ‘half the taxes until November, really extended the time of grace to the following April, Thefanlt is in the law itself. . The new assessment and tax laws were in a fow pﬁrt,xculaga an im~ provement on . the old, but in nearly all. [email protected]%sgg% .far more . cumbrﬂ%% ye and inconvenient.— York to the West averages about $2, 000, .:i‘é.*f:. e he Lwo cities T oßnt '¢innati and Chicago are paying out E‘ i?f;«ﬁﬁ , al 3:*9l‘,!&{; *ﬁfﬁ Al é&%& e i, s»? o I o S R whlo 746 fack that money.is eisy and sianking She: Sergoaltig of. SUrmanEy

~ INDIANA LEGISLATURE. }"A Republican Senateand a Demoo | oorgtic Heuls, 0y An Avalanche $f I;Tﬂ;'m Billo-—,l;l. iill Go Y ' Repealthe Baxter Law. .. . Both houses of the Legislature met on Thursday morning, January “Sth. Queraxms*»‘were present in each —b;od'y» and an organization was promptly effected. The Republicans secured the organization of the Senate, with the assistance of the Independents. lln the House David Turpie, of Marion county, Democrat, was elected Spedk- | er, with a full complement of Democratic officers. ~ s The officers of the Senate are: Lieut.

Gov. Sexton, President: John ‘Overmyer, of Jennings, Secretary ; Wni W. Smith, of Cass, Assistant; E. H. Merrifee, of Delaware county, Doorkeeper.

The House eleeted the following officers: - Speaker, David Turpie, of Marion; Clerk, S. W, Holmes, of Jackson; Assistant, Tom Mays, of the Auburn Courier; Doorkeeper, Moses P. Lewman, of Putnam. - ok _ Bills were introduced in the Senate to 'repeal the Baxter law and to provide for a license law, to reduce: the pay of members- of the Legislature, and to cut down the Governor’s salary to $5,000. e

- A bill introdueced by Senator Hough,’ of Hancock' county, caused .quite a lively skirmish. It provides.that the pay of members of the Legislature be fixed at $3 per day. It was passed to a second reading under a suspension of the rules ordered by a vote of 42 to 8. The bill was getting along charmingly well until Senator Friedly, of Lawrence, offered an amendment providing that old members should have the excess over $3 received last term deducted from their allowance for the present term.. The adoption of the amen'_dmen_tﬁwas pending when. the Senate ddjourned on Thursday. = In the House also a number of bills were introduced providing for a reduction of salaries. Some excitement and a little discussion followed the ‘introduction of a joint resolution by ‘Mr. Havens, Democrat, of Vigo, relalive to Louisiana affairs. The resolution censures the administration for its action, in aiding and abetting with the army the designs of Kellogg and his coadjutors upon. the sovereign rights of the:people of that afflicted State and calls upon our Representatives in Congress to immediately.take such steps as would speedily restore to Louisiana her outraged soyeraignty and put a.stop to this great crime against the State government. - :

" A number of speeches have since been delivergd on this resolution, for and against. It will doubtless pass by a party vote. ey : Among. the most important proceedings in the Senate we cite the following: ‘Resolved that all legislative and other public expenses should be reduced to the lowest possible figures consistent with an efficient administration of public affairs. . A reSquti__on was adopted 'to dismiss’ any employe of the Senate found intoxicated. ‘A memorial was received from the association of veterans of the Mexican war, asking ithat our Senators be instructed: and :our Representatives requested to favor a bill granting soldiers of that war pensions of $8 per month. A joint resolution, introduced by Mr. Thompson in accordance with the prayer of the petitioners, wag passed. . e In the House, Mr. Reno offered & resolution directing the Committee on Temperance to draft a bill regulating the traffic in intoxicating liquors‘in conformity - with. .the ~recommendations -contained in the Democratic platform and the Governor’s message. Adopted—yeas 51; nays 42. A resolution declaring the House will take no step at present toward the . erection of a new State-house wias tabled; also, a resolution to instruct our Senators and request our Representatives in Congress to support Kelley’s 3.65 interconvertible bond bill.© The Committee on Temperance was instructed to inquire into the propriety of incorporating into a law to license the sale of intoxicating liquors, a provision that the license fee shall, until the year 1877, be appropriated to the erection of an asylum for the incurably iﬂnsa({ie. and thereafter to the school nwnd. i Sh s

THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.

Withdrawal of the Hon. D. W. Voor- : Y hees.

. An Eloguent and Manly Lyttér. . HoTeL BATES, Jan. 9th, 1875, The Hon. B. F. Havens: :

My DEAR Sir: The fact that Judge Holman has become a candidate for the Senate, at a late day in the canvass, divides the support I would otherwise have received. With three candidates in the field, and perhaps more to be added in certain contingencies, the contest is likely to be: prolonged, and may become bitter and injurious to the peaee and success of the democratie party in Indiana, both during the present session of "the legislature, and hereafter before the people. You are aware that I have been fully determined, from the first, that I would, under no cireumstances, be-a party to, a contest -which threatened such results. And now, when the most vital liberties of Awmeriean citizens, and the most sacred institutions of free government are openly assailed and destroyed by the liwless and atrocious tyranny of the party in power at Washington, the unity and consolidation of all the elements of tha democratic par fgi oMme “Mo; h:xormnt than ever before. . As iy contribution to this desirable end, an dii,_ﬁ@rder‘:%b promoteﬁi:‘ﬁ@#m;wa concert of action in ouf-@é&;&kﬂfiﬂ‘jiﬁha future I hereby authorize: you to withdraw my name from the genatorial contest. In d%igg%ﬁwmmss my sense of the personal courtésy so universally_exténded 4o e by Ehe supSote Eeamidiod o T o il Sl el porters of my distinguished opponents, ﬁm@mm hg inthis city: ' Ishall carry with me not a single unpleas- _ -To the generous and devoted friends ~who have gathered around me in this ‘contest; Fliaveno w srds sdequate to ‘through f“gﬁwww’“ rrabi fiyﬂf“‘%ﬂé‘” TN fi‘k, ) W fir g s!g‘w}:,,;‘. N L »;;“D{a Sk seionore RN e gty NE R

- THE LOUISIANA OUTRAGE. AN ELOQUENT SPEECH BY SEN- | .. . ATOR SCHURZ. | Ho Warns the People Against tho En- | oroachmients of the M. Utary Power.. | . ‘Aecording ‘to previous announce- | ment, Senator Schurz last Monday de- | lvered his greatspeech upon m;@% isiana question. Special dispatches agree in the statement. that the galTefies were filled Torig before -the. Senate was.calfed to order, and numi | - £ SRS R .;"‘.'; ;vf,«,_-‘»;?’ P A hers. went away @jgwm n.a heart | ing. The speech was deh’!ﬁﬁ‘i o ‘manuscript, but was marked by thé | ‘customary. fire and eloquence of the ‘speaker. Tlhe audience wag deliglited and spell-bound as the orator wénton. to portray the wrongs to Louisiana and the danger of *'tmsﬂz;g);‘amgﬁgﬂax@ . cutive usurpation. The speech was, however, temperate - in’ tone, and-it is. thought by Senators that.it was es-pecially.-caleulated ;to- appeal. to the judgment and reason: of the North.— A ripe seholar and publieist int €ongress who heard it alk through declar}l ed that it was simply an_oyerwhelming demonstration of the lawlessness of the Government in its course tol ward Louisiana, and was replete with thought, philosophy and the purest eloquence, pregented in phraseology l graceful and faultless, yet full of vigor. r. Morton attempbe@,!j:g_;re{ply, | but, Shough usually strong in debate, he was to-day conspicuously weak.— The whole’ tone of the debate was very unfavorable to the .adm inistra-: tion'and its defenders. Mr. Schurz opened his speech by declaring thathe approached the subject in no. party spirit. About to retire to private life, the success of no party would benefit him, nor the defeat of any injure him. The subject now before the Senate _was so great that passion or prejudice should find no place.in the breasts of Senators in diseussingit. = > He then reviewed the scenes in Louisiana attending the organization of the Legislature, the interference of the military, &c., and said: What provision of the constitution; what laws. are there on the 'statute book furnishing a warrant for such proceedings? It is said, in extenuation of the interfer: ence of the mﬁifary%ovver of the United States, that the persuns ejected from the Legislature by the Federal soldiery were not legally-elected members of that Legislatute. Suppose that had been so; but that is not the q1,1,%s- ‘ tion.” . The question is, Where is" the constitutional " principle —~where ' ‘the law authorizing United States'soldiers with muskets in their hands to determine who is legally elected a member of a State Legislature and who not?: It is said that the mode of :organizing that Legislature was not in.agcors dance with the statutes of that S:ate. Suppose that to have been so; bt that is not the question. The question is, Where is thé: constitutional or .legal warrant for-the bavonets of Federal soldiery’ to interpret the Statutes of | States, and to decide for and in.a Legislature points.of parliamentary law? Tt is said that the Governor requestéd the aid of United States soldiers to purge the Legislature of illegal members. That may be so; but that is not the question. The question is, where is the law authorizing United States soldiers-to do the bidding of a State Governor who: a,tt&mpt‘g' to;decide who are to be members of a Legislature _regularly convened at the place and at the time fixed by law ? It is said that trouble was threatened between the eontending parties: in Louisiana. . Supposeé that had beenso; but that is not the question. The question is, where is the law from which the National Government, in' case of ‘threatened trouble in'a State, derives its power to enter-a Legislative body by armed force; to drag out persons scated as members of the State Legislature, that others may take their places? Where is the law, T ask'?" You “will search censtitution and ' statutes invaine s od i v s e by ] 1t is: my * deliberatetjudgment, -con‘scientiously formed, that the deed done on the 4th of January in Leuisiana constitutes a gross and, manifest violation of the constitution and laws.— ‘We have an act before us indicatinga spirit in our Government which is eitherdgnorant -of ' the constitution or laws, or_so interprets them that they cease to be a safeguard of the independence of legislation, the rights and Jliberties of the people; and that spirit shows itself more alarming still in the instrument theé Executive has chosén to carry out his will. No American citizenr .can: have read . without profound regret, and equally profound apprehension, the recent dispatch of General Sheridan to the Seeretary of War, in which he suggests thatanumerous class of citizens should. by ‘wholesale be outlawed as banditti by 4 mere proclamation of the President, to- be delivered over to the Military Commander for summary punishment by a Military ‘Commission.-* Nobody | respects General Sheridan more than' I do for his brilliant deeds on the field: of battle, - The Nation has delighted in honoring his ‘na;me.‘and’pgg I‘Ta{ti%réi 1 would sincerely deplore:'to 'see’ the. hero of the'“Ride of Winchester” and. the “Charge at. Five-Forks” stain h‘ist .name by an attempt to override the laws and ‘lead a‘charge against the constitutional right of his country men. It is aa.-nqt;her_;-;i?lly‘striap'@;‘\,@ggf great a mﬁmayhe qﬁasoﬁt",? ( —hgggﬁconéfﬁ_@umisly‘ :unable to under.stand@ what civil law and a constitution mean; how glorious in_ fighting. “for you, but how little fit to govern you. CasießiE g LR | On all sides we hear qﬁesﬁéﬁ&?‘%‘g‘f ‘ed: ' If this can be done in Louisiana, “if* such things be Sustained by Con‘gress, how long will it be before it can be done in Massaehusetts and Ohio? How long before the. consti‘tational rights.of all.:the States; the | self-governmeng of all the people will will be trampled under foot? Ilow long before a General of the a;‘i;‘;gi nay sit in the chair you occupy to decide ‘contested elections W@m&ké a majority in the Senate, and before a soldier, will stali ingaithe House of the Nation's- Representatives, ﬁmgﬁ‘ﬁ‘ ing to mesmﬁg?mﬂtv’war ke | away that bauble?” ... 5 -1 Mt Schur: ﬁiﬂ‘glﬁth& Honat peineigles ol e gradialy ‘obliterated by repeated abuses of pow- | er, establishing themselves as prece- | dents, and that the machinery of the Wﬁ’”gm%% | shell of & republican’ form: of govern- ' ment will become: thie mere foot-ball o At i, mwm%ﬁwm | ot vt Cai A bl byt N ; wﬁ»g\@‘v% e VA U SRR s‘;};6%»':‘;%‘iﬂ(‘—ﬁy,‘:::}h&?y(;‘\,;;“’ ) or Vi X 5 .

himself entitled to aid from you, when rushing on to Congress with an outrage story. . The colored people be- - gan to - think that yon were bound to protect them 1n whatever they might. do, instead of depending upon the persistent and honest use of their own I,gohtieal.righta.m establish their posi- . blom. e N G s et

- The Federal office-Nolders in the ‘South becanmie more than ever: centers of partisan ‘intrigue and trickery.— W Wﬂﬁﬂ‘iﬁd‘i’bﬁ‘ RUAte SENaters on @ Unibed States rev§nue “dutter, and .shgt ,!v%dkb' % Repant can ﬁéﬂé}ﬁ@r in the ustom-house, “guarded by United States soldiers, to ; %eepmmmimMan ; fa%tio}x{x. 3 ﬂy,mﬁgﬂimﬂ 4] a y ”"'8"“ . 1 ,e: aQ Ps :;ﬂ&; ;@}fi;&fg@!;fﬁf{ﬂfaﬁéieﬁmampaign in Louisiana, being at the same time ‘Unifed States Marshal, and Chaizman of the Campaign: Committee of the ‘Kelloge pariy— minded nof oy the political campaign, but also the move‘ment of United States troops “to en‘foree the laws,” to Kéep hi,?ﬁf; political -opponents from intimidating his political friends: .We havé 'several Legislatures mueh in the: way of Mexican pronunciamentos, and rival Goy‘erninent caloulating upen sheaid they Jmay .get from the National :Govern--ment, and the Attorney-General of the United Sgafegféa’llﬁmeto make or unmake ‘State . Governments with a wave of hig‘hand, and the Department of: Justice at most appearing like a central bu!???;léﬁ- for the regulation of State elections; and still more than that, a F€deral Judge in Louisiana, by midnight order, uyiversdlly 'recogniz.ed as a gross and,most. injustiflable usurpation, virtually: making a State ‘Governor and Legislacure, the National Execufive, with the army, sustaining that usurpation and Corigress permitting it to'be.done, and now cul--minating in the glory of Federal sol¢icrs with fixed bayonents marching (into theLegislative Hallgof a State, dragging out-by force men universalIy ‘recognized as claimants for 'membership and having been seated—sol- . diers. deciding a contested. election case, and organizing a Legislative body; a Lieutenant-General suggest- | ing to the President o outlaw by proclamation: a numerous body of the - people by wholesale, that he may try them by Military Commission; and -then a Secretary informing the Lieu-tenant-General by telegraph that the Government has full confidence in his wisdom. And upon’ this the whites of -the South, gradually driven, look upon the National Government . as their jmplacable and unscrupulous enemy, and: the people iof the whole country are full of alarm and anxiety about the safety of republican institu--tions and the rights .of every man in the land. ¥e would hail the day as a ‘most . auspicious one for the colored ipeople of the South when they threw ‘off the scandalous leadership of those adventurers, who, taking advantage of their ignorance, made them'tools for “their rapacity. : s . . Mr. Schurz appealcd to Senatcrs to tutn back, for, said heé, consider that he who, in a place like ours, fails to stop or even justifies a blow at the fundamental law of the Jand makes -himself the accomplice of those who _strike at'the life of the republicanliberty of the people. = The people of the South were not murderers and banditti; there were bad elements among them, but the National Government itself 'was giving to tlf?ge glements a strength which they never would have possessed otherwise. By its unconstitutional proceedings it put every {-one of these bad men into the pasition .of being oppressed and pleading for freedom.: ' He argued that Virginia, ‘North Carolina and Georgia, where self-government . was unobstructed, were advancing in prosperity, while in Louisiana and other States where | self-government was obstructed theﬁre ‘wdg no prosperity. « He thought the lawlessness of power was becoming |“far more dangerous than: a mob. . .Mr. Schurz continued: I shall be the lagt man on earth to say a word of exeuse for th& Southern ruffian who threatens a'negro voter with violence. I know no language too seyvere to condemn him; but I cannot forget thdt the only act of terrorism and: intimidation I ever happened -to.witness ‘with my own eyes was the cruel clubbing and stoning of a colored man in North Carelina in 1872 by ten of his .own race because he had declared for the Conservatives; and, if the whole story of the South were told, it would be discovered that such a praetiee has mnot:been unfrequent. I cannot forget that as® to the discharge of laborers from employment for political cause, a most seductive and demoralizing example is set'by the highest authority in the land.’; While wé have a law “on our statute-beok imposing a penalty for the intimidation of voters by “threatened or actual discharge from -employment, it is the notorious practice of your Government to discharge | every one ofits employes who dares ‘to oppose the Administration party. “I' haye always condemned every species' of intimidation interfering with the freedom of political action, and ‘therefore I am for a genuine civilser‘Vice reform.. But while your National'‘Government is the champion intimddator in the.land, you must not be surprised if partisans of all sides profit from its tedehings. - ... ... The Senator advised the-people -of Louisiana not to allow any impulse of passion to carry away their judgment, .and said: “Be right; trust to the justice of your cause, for surely the time can not be far distant wheh every American who truly loves his liberty ‘will not fail to recognizehis own cause in the cause of Constitutional Government in Louisiana, when that spirit of a peaceful victory will bury the. ‘usurpers under a crt_&shi&g Joad of patriotic indignation,” ~ The ~nyav«a ‘lost confidence in +the truthfulness of those whoparade bloody stories of _outrages, because in. many instances it was too glaringly apparent that the ~blood and mupdeér ory WQs_gsedgsmn--venient ,p;al?.iﬁan - stage .thunder to cateh-votes... . I declare it here as my solemn convietion that the Conserva- , tigégt %p., sisiar d&fﬁirly‘ﬁg% .election by a cousiderable majority o | votess th & were defruided by L that election ; that the sbldiers of the United States, when they invaded the dieqigiastve hall of Kiotdsistia, did not Yindicate, but tramped undet the foo _peopic oL Louipiana, law ﬁm Wﬂﬁmuﬂ*@ No man ,mw{gﬁo gm ek flimsy sido dssues ;mgie ‘hopedLis,motion 0 ihstruct the Judiciary E‘;*‘ "ot xesult in | bill for & new elettion in Louisiana, | er and Puckarditor conduct the camm%w‘%v - | and preserve to the. State the right of z?.j‘.r.f%‘x.x“ 3 1 o 3 i J‘W 1A g, ],“ Sj‘ Y #