The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 21 January 1875 — Page 2

@he Fational Banuey i~ - % _ log - ( :’i\j; oL (.\f.. 2 T T RNy VWi ; -J. B. STOLL, Editor and Propvietor. 3 LIGONIER, IND'A, JAN. 21, 1875 MeDONALD ELECTED. : ' (Special dispatch to the Banner.) . -INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 20.~H0n. Jos. E. McDonald was to-day eleeted U. 8. Sendtor. Great rejoicing. ~J. D. S,/

NoruiNe would afford’ us'so much pleasure as to beenabled to record mgxe‘ election of Anidy Johnson to the U.S. Senate. - But, being an honest man, we fear the politicians Will be enabled to compass his defeat.’. - R

SAys the Plymouth Democrat: “If the spirits can reveal existing facts in this present world, why do they not tell us where Charlie Ross is.— Such a revelation would be of more practical utility than all the table-tip-ping that has ever been done.” = Just so, Bro. McDonald. - - By

~ FlveE members of the lower House of the Missouri Legislature had the good sense and patriotism to cast their votes for Carl Schurz’s;re-election to the Senate. The number is small, but these five'men represented the wishes of over two million freemen in thus casting their votes. :

JERRY. BLACK receivéd only two votes in the democraticlggislative caucus Of Pennsylvania. ' That is just about as large a vote as he deserved Though a man of brilliant mind, he is one of the most unreliable and unscrupulous men in America. His election to the Senate would have heen of little or'no benefit to the Democracy.

. TAXATION must be incréased, Mr. % Grant informs us. The revenues are not sufficient to defray cusrent expenses of government. An inviting picture, indeed. If we had statesmen at the helm, instead of scheming pﬁl‘iti—cians, their attention would be directed to cutting -down expenses. Millions of dollars are annually squander- . ed by a profligate administration ; and yet not aword is said by those in power in favor of diminishing public ex- - penditures. - Additional burdens upon the people and a continuance of exrravagance in public service, seems to he Mr. Grant’s motto. - - %

SENATOR SCHURZ'S eloquent arguineént in behalf of constitutional government and his fearless denunciation of the Louisiana outrage aregfavorably commeﬁe}}d upon by nearly all the leading journals of the country. Here and there some feeble organ'of the administration, kept. alive by government :pap, ventires a snarl atthe Missouri Senator £or his bold and fearless utterances. John A. Logan, a few days since, undertook to re-: ply to M Schurz, but the effort proved so lamentable a" failure that intelligent men generally treat his performance as a broad farece. - .

THE GERMAN'PAPERS of Indiana

unanimously call for some legislation requiring the publication of certain legal advertisements in the German language. The demand is a very reasonable one. ~Considering the large number of German tax-payersin the 5 § Noois e mßag -cities and counties wherein German papers are published, it'is strange that no such provision-as called for has long since been made, Ohio, Illinois, ' Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, &c. are far more considerate in this respect than Indiana. .If German publishers throughout the State will act upon the suggestions of ‘the Indianapolis Telegraph, the needed legislation will certainly be grantéd by the present Legislature. . i

WE INVITE particular attention to the summary of the report submitted to Congress by the special committee which investigated the Louisiana affair. Two of the three congressmen — Hon. Chgrles Foster, the most populaﬁt Republican in Ohig, and Hen. Walter W. Phelps, the pride of New Jersey Republicans—unite with a conservative Democrat, Clarkson N. Potter, in showing up the reckless character of the Kellogg misgovernment which Grant and Sheridan are trying to fastn upon an unwillingpeople.. If there, is still an honest man in the land who doubts that Grant has pursued an improper and unjustifiable course toward the: people of Louisiana, the report refegrgd to surely ought to disabuse his mind. - C :

- THE BEECHER TRIAL is;making good progress. ‘A competent jury having been obtained, and the opening address by plaintiff’s counsel being delivered, the principal witness, “mutual friend” Frank D. Mouiton, gave his testimony in a straight-forward manner. He made an elaborate state‘ment of all the facts connected with the ease, producing the most formidable ‘'documents to establish Beecher’s guilt. The cross-examination has been in progress during the past two weeks. So far, Beecher’s counsel have failed to extract anything that would _in the least affect the force of Moul‘ton’s testimony in chief. Beecher’s warmest and, nearest friends begin to admit that the outlpok is yery gloomy forthelr aos. . ...

THE In@ianapoiiﬁ, Tqugzjqpﬁ. after

_careful investigation, expresses the . opinion that the repeal of the Baxter iaw by the present Legislature is in“volved in considerable doubt. The - House, it states, will doubtless vote

_for repeal, but in the Senate the Baxterites seem to have a small majority. The votes of the few Republicans whe favor repeal will be neatralized by two or three Demoerats who have already expressed themselves favarable to the retention of the present law. The editor of the Telegraph is usually well posted on such points, and his statements may therefore be deemed relia‘ble. We trust, however, that he may be mistaken in 'this instance. An _overwhelming majority of the people of Indiana favor repeal and. the ”% = e s B A

2 CAUCUS FOOLISHNESS. ~ - When the nomination of Hon. Jos. E. MM‘forthGU“SW became aninevitable result, Senator M. R. Slater, of Johnson. county, introduced ‘the following resolutions (copied from the Democratie:. State Platform of last July): “1, We are in favor of the redemp‘tion of the 5-20 bonds in: greenbacks, ‘according to the law under whieh they were issued. ..~ | SR

%2, We are in favor of the repeal of the law of March, 1869, which™assumed to’ construe the law 5o as to make such' bonds payable exclusively infgay A ““"""’ o “3.-- We are ‘in: favor of the repeal” of the National Banking Law, and the substitution of greenbacks for National Banß eurreney,. — 1 e o i Weare inﬂwor.of a return fo speeie payment as soon as the business interests of the country will permit. “5. We-arein favor of such legislation from time to time as will adjust the volume of currency. to the commercial and ind,u'Ftrial ‘wants of the CONNIGEY Y e s

- A motion' was made to lay Slater’s novel proposition on the table; but.in order to appease the opponents of hard money, it was deemed prudent to allow the possage of the resolutions,— The majority evidently relied-upon the intelligence of the people in placing a proper estimate upon the signifieance which attaches to a “platform ” erected in such manner and under such circumstances. They . doubtless con‘sidered it a harmless, performance, to be laughed at and forgotten as soon as the seal of condemnation was placed upon it by the election of a hard-mon-ey advocate as the representative. of the Indiana Democracy in the Senate of the United States! .= .

Mr. McDonald hils time and again expressed his'unfaltering devotion to the Jacksonian doctrine of hard money. Every member of the Legislature understood his pési,tion. ‘His nomination by a democratic caucus must therefore be accepted asan acquiescence if not an' endorsement of his views. Toassume the contrary is to assume that his nomination was an act of personal favoritisin; utterly unworthy of intelligent representatives. ‘Weare not - willing to seé such odium fastened upon forty-three members of our legislative family. - * Practically, Mf‘.»McDon'ald is chosen to carry out the views which he espoused prior to his nomination. He need not take the least notice of Mr. Slater’s - senseless resolutions. They amount to nothing, signify nothing, and will pass for nothing, except as the handiwork' of a misguided politician.

ELECTION OF U.. 8. SENATORS. * In accordance with the act of Congress, the Legislatures Qf_aboht qixte’en States yesterday balloted (jointly) for U. S. Senators. Elections werée made only in a few States, the majority of Legislatures being unable to agree upon candidates... = . . o

Indiana elected Hon. Jos. E. McDonald, Democrat. {T}ﬁe Republicans voted.p;incipally fq)r Sen’atprf’.Pmtt;’; the Independents for the champjon inflationist, James Buchaman. .

- New York elected Hon. Francis Kernan, "Who" was tbe 'd‘gmocmtic-lgbera.l ‘candidate for Governor in 1872. He is a man of eminent ability and strict integrity. The Republicans voted for ex-Gov. Ed. D. Morgan. Kernan succeeds Reuben E. Fenton; Liberal. The choice of Pennsylvania fell upon *Hoﬁ‘. ‘Wm. A. Wallace, for many years a democratic State Senator. The republican votes were cast for a man named Allison. Wallace succeeds Jno. Scott, Republican. ‘.

. Missouri elected Gen. F. M. Cockrell, Democrat, to subd@eed CarHSchurz, who ought to have:been chosen his own succegsor. Cockrell was a Confederate General, but is said to be fully “recotistriptedlc |- o re _ Maine re-elected Hannibal Hamlin, a poor stick of a Republican.” . . In Rhode Island Gen; Burnside received the largest number .of votes, but not enough to elect: it ot In Minnesotaa strong effort is being: made to defeat Alexander Ramsey, Rep., by a-combination of Republicans and Democrars. Na:¢hoice yet.

Zach Chandler lacked four votes of being re-elected in Michigan. =

Wisconsin will ?:ect:eit_her Mat. Caipenter or ex-Gov. Washburn, both Republicans. i o o ik tng ~ln Tennessee Andy Johnson "is ahead, but a combination of his competitors may effect his defeat.

In Massachusetts the chaneces seem to be in favor of genry L. Dawes. | Nevadaelected a republican millionaire named Wm. Sharon, who is the wealthiest man ever elected to the Sangte. b sana Gy SR B

HON. JOSEPH E. M’DONALD.

" This gentleman was yesterdayelected U, S. Senator, to succeed Mr. Pratt whose term expires the ‘next fourth of March. Strong efforts were made by a certain - class of Democrats-and republican schémers to effeet a combination by which Mr. McDonald might be defeated, but to 1o ‘avail. He yeceived a clear majority on joint ballot.

_We need scarcely remark that, tho in entire sympathy with Mr. MeDonald on the finance. question, wé were not partial to his selection as the caucus noniinee of the democratic members of the Legislature. There are two distinguished gentlemen whom we would have preferred—Hen..Jos. K. Edgerton and Hon, W. 8. Holman; but when it became evident that McDonald was the choice of those who believe with us in a sound currency, we experienced no difieulty in transferring our allegianee to him, -

~ Mr. McPonald is possessed of a high order of ability, and will prove a faithful representative of Indigna's interests in the Senate of the United States, His refusal to disavow the eonvictions of his heart, even though that refusal ‘be tantamount to defeat,+has: raised him largely in our ésteem. It reveals & profound attachment to principle i lifts him far above the average political aspiranf, A man who oceupiés such lofty grounds asa emiaédate! may be trusted inghé couneils of the, ‘sation. FOr these reasons we say to those.-trho eleated Mr. MeDonald : You-

- OUR COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM. | oo L e 0 MBS we endoavorci o | ‘impress upon school authorities %% : importance of giving careful attention | }ihe ezgetion of sghool, buildings, go agto " good | s 8l a 5 inur to tho forma- | ofgneßencrs by of ¥ Lnement. It must be evident to every ‘thinking observer that without com- | 'Mﬂ%éﬁé’gix%mothinggot im- | portance can bé aéedmplished by way ‘of-mental traiffing. Before the mind ‘can be reaehed e -must cleai away the rubbish, so to 'speak, which consists of all ‘fhié hinderances to pure mental ‘development. We may not always be able to do this, but we would not be doing our daty if we allowed those to remain that come within our power to eliminate. “The school authorities, having done all ‘within their power to render.their school facilities such as they ought to.be, have a right to demand that the work done therein ‘shall be of the best quality. When a community: has all it can expect by way of “im- | proved buildings, it must look to its own responsibility, for then if failure follows in the eduecation 'of their children the people of the community are blameworthy. . They have their own burdens to carry, and if they fail in | the effort, they must strengthen their force, rather than sink under the pressure in a spirit-of fault-finding. ‘We have not time to disecuss in detail all the elements considered essential. to form a complete curriculum of education,.and hence must content_ ourself by ealling attention to a few of the most prominent. = The child’s education commences a few years_ before it is sent to'school. : The mother is the head teacher of the child’s first school. It very often happens that mothers overlook this important duty in regard to the early training?of their offspring. | It is a lamentable fact that few chil- | dren know . their' letters when they | first enter school, at the age of six .years. We believe that no greater shame rests upon American mothers than that which gives prominence to the idea that schools are the first elements of education. This idea leads them to eonclude that no responsibil- | ity rests upon themselves for their children’s mental training. They often regrét that their children are not born old enough to go to school, for it is a happy place to send them to get them out of the way ‘at home. We say shame on all such, and their num- | bers are legion who believe in letting their children grow up as the weéds of the field, unguided.and unrestrained. No mother should ever think of ask- | ing aschool teacher to teach her child its letters, for that is her duty. But where mothers fail to give attention to this matter, the teacher must perform 'the work. = The -child enters school, then, to be taught how to live. The old system of education aimed only to fill thé mind with faets. It was thought, to be educated, was only to-fill up the mind, as it were, with matter for future use, as we would fill -a granary for our convenience in sup- 3 | plying the necessaries of life. . Many are still laboring under the delusion that the best educator is he who can in the shortest possible time cram into the mind of the child thé greatest number of isolated facts; facts that are beyond the comprehension of the child. Thememory is thus constantly drawn upon, to the neglect, of jother faculties of the human intellect. Ie who would pursue such a course knows noghing about education.. To call him an educator is a misnonter. ‘The new system of education regards the human intellect as made up of eertain faculties; the development of which constitutes education. =

: We must always bear in mind that an organ unexercised will remain i weak, but in exercising that organ to give it strength we must not forget ‘that time is required to allow it to accumulate this strength. Nature must have her course. We cannot change her laws, but must conform our teaching to the requirements of nature. It offen happens, when the laws of natural development are set .aside, that an attempt to teaeh too much always follows. This is the curse of our common school education, not that we feel the ineompetency of our system to make good .scholars, for we know its beauties and ‘its efficiency, but a thing of beauty is “often marred by a little speck, and ‘our common school education is no ‘exception to-the rule. -In the attempt to teach too mugh, failyre in all generally follows, The desire op the part of some parents to have their chijdren study many branches, leads to superfiecialness. @ There is no roval road to learning; it must come by steady plodding and hard Jabor, But in our common schools shonld be taught reading, writing, spelling, langunage and nombers. It is, evident that the first ob_ject in the teaching of ‘¢hildren is to provide them with tools to work with, and by providing the child with cer-, tain tools we enable him to accumu"late others: for himself, as necessity makes his wants known. The tools’ of the scholar are words, We then must commence our work in the school room by introducing our. pupils to words, from words to reading, and from reading to sentence building. We must by gradual practice enlarge the pupil’s yvocabulary, for without words he can haye 5o jdeas, he can- ' not think, he can form no conceptionss Words are the wings of thought which carry us fopyard in'the goal of time, and there unfold to-us the jpner man. The great work, then; in the schosi | room Is, mot Grammar, or Avithmetic, ‘but the teaching of new words, | By-. mwnwﬂw&w%mﬁ%;s should know' Z;f gspell. Heshould | ing seript ltterss fox this puspose ‘ny parents object to this, buf their, TR R SRR S RT Tk g Y '«?;l‘ .-f’,:;_: = _~_ ’E ;f \jmgg;‘ .{é‘?ﬁ '::", |

new words and spelling them orally and_writtenly form the basis of our education, as well as the network through which all our knowledge must come. Therefore, much time ought to be spent in teaching words, reading and spelling; writing must go along with spelling. Make good readers of our children and we place in their hands, as it were, a powerful weapon which opens to them the doors of the house of literature and enables them thereby to ascend the plane of a higher life. . Language implies: the use of words, and in teaching children words they should be taught how to use these words correctly. No true educator would think of waiting till the child is twelve or fourteen years old before teaching it how to write a sentence correctly. Grammar as it is taught in our country schools, is a farce and time wasted. What is Gram‘mar? One author says, Grammar is the science of langunage; be it 50, what is meant by a science of language? Thousands of pupils memorize rule after rule without 'being able to apply a single principle in actual prac‘tice. To teach language, we must’ ‘commence early. Grammar is not a system of rules to which all language must conform, but only a statement of principles found to be common among those recognized as good speakers and writers. Then teach children how to use their tools from the first; and they will soon learn that to know language, they must study language; to know how to speak and write correctly, they muft know the usage of good writers. Take a child from 2 family in which language has been used in its purity, and it will be found to use the language with the fluency of the majority of our grammarians In short, it is just as easy to teach & child good language from the first-as it is to teach it ho'w to walk. .. ;'

Arithmetie follows in its order, but the child is supposed to know some‘thing .about the subject long before a text book is placed into its hands. The writing of numbers ought to precede the text book drill. When a book is given the pupil, care should be taken not to make:the subject so prominent as to subordinate all ogher studies. The four fundamental rules .should be carefully and systematically taught the children. Much time is wasted in Arithmetic that could be very properly and judiciously employed at something else. - Geography must not be neglected, but ought to commence ‘with the school room and school yard, instead of putting the pupil into a text book and commencing, perhaps, with Africa. The subject of Geography should engage the minds of the pupils several terms before there is any need of a text book on the subject. Most of the teaching done in child life should be done without a text book. By means of objects | in the school room and out of it, the , pupils’ observing powers may be developed, and by having them put on paper their observations, you will lay the foundation for composition writ‘ing. All the studies pursued should be taught so as to conduce to the highest development of the child’s. intellect. The laws of health-must never be forgotten. We must not wait for our pupils to commence the scietice of Physiology, but proceed’at-once to teach them how to conform their habits to the teachings of hygienic laws. Bodily exercise, intellectual exercise, punishm’ent,,_,_drinking water, and the means employed in instruction must. not be overlooked by the good teacher. The child is an active being; its activity must be guided, not restrained. It must be t&é:: from one thing to another gradnally in order to convert. its attention into application. Those who take upon. themselves the work of guiding and training the human intellect assume a grave re-. sponsibility, and that they may not be the means by which the God-given powers of. the child may be wholly dwarfed or perverted, they should be men and womien of noble principles, This topic wiH receive our attgntion in another article. oo :

Petition for Change of Assessment fneh § o Law,

Eprtor BANNER:—WiII you please insert the following petition, which is being circulated in LaGrange county ? Hoping that some one’ interested will see that said petition is cirenlated in different parts, of Noble county, and the names attached thereto be forwarded to our county representative, Iremain, Respectfully yours, ¥, To the Honorable House of Representatives of the State of Indiana: We the undersigned citizens of Noble county, Indiana, having in view the best interests of the citizens of our State, do hereby rgspeptiq}ly request your honorable body- to' examing and take into consideration the repeal of that section of the ,A_pgra,i_sement Law No. —, which provides for the appraisement of real estate every two. years, which, after due examination, we believe to be an ‘unnecessary ex-. pense without a corresponding inerease of revenne, - - We also request that the law be so changed that each township be allowed to elect its own personal property assessor, and that the real estate be appraised eyery five years by one or two competent persons, 80 as to gecurea more yniform appraisement, _The Roe Brothers, of whom many of our farmers have been purchasing groceries at 'lower rates than they could be bougxt by the cargo, have decamped, and left their creditors to hold u\?ibag for $lOO,OOO or more. When you are offered goods for less money -t%g.n,, they are worth, you may naturally coneluds that the man who sells them isa swindler, whe would not hesitate .to take advantage” of you ‘if ag opportunity presented itself. Buy of yoyr home merchants, that have been tried and found honest.—RochesSor Sentipel. . v o ey oL 3 5 4 i i oy "-',r, e ( - Tre ag Gospsl. Goods of all kinds can be sold at certain figures, at a reasonable profit. Tosell at cost, or bejiviho sy Saes gty ply menns thafsgoner of later the merrﬁwugﬁ g thereln will go wader, Bvery purchaser ought fo.be willing %?ﬁgn*fsg%am %’@W@ NG OMEE WOF: .o b Lo R T R S s A L SRR T LR SR ee P i 1 RN

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

anmmf‘ OF PROCEEDINGS. l -{" . SENATE PROCEEDINGS. ¢ “".Jan. 13.—A resolution was adopted 1 making temporary provision for the public printing. A number of new. bills were introdueed, among which was one by Mr. Sleeth to amend section 3-of the act to render taxation for common school purbeses uniform, and to provide: for the education of the colored people of the State. = Several new bills were introduced, one of which was toamend the law changing the time for holding elections in'the State, from October to November. - Jan, 14—A number of new bills were introduced, to provide against intoxication of public officers; to prevent exorbitant charges by railroad companies for the transportation of freight, and to proyide for the organization of camp meeting associations. A-memorial asking for the enactment of certain laws, having in view the general reduction of public expenses, was ‘presented by a large number of Patrons of Husbandry in Lawrence county. - ) ; ; :

~Jan. 15.—A message from the Governor was presented announcing that His Excellency has signed and approved the bill appropriating $125,000 to defray the expenses of the General Assembly. ‘Senate bill No. 68, amending the assignment act, was pagsed. Jan. 18.—The Auditor of State, in response to a request from the Senate, furnished a statemeng of the taxation on: dogs from the year 1865 to 1873, amounting in the aggregate to $1,371,283. Two hundred citizens of Wayne eounty petition for a law to protect themselves against intemperance, and’ that a majority of ladies in any district must be obtained to permit any person to engage in the sale of intoxicating liquors. A large number of citizens" of Spencer county ask that a law be enacted reducing the wages of public officers. The latter clause was discussed and finally recommitted with instructions. The Committee on Temperance reported favorable to the passage of Senate bill No. 26, empow‘ering the board of trustees of incorporated towns Lo prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits of such town without license or permit issued by said trustees, and providing that all money collected from the license shall go to the school fund. A o : - Jan. 19.—Senate bill No. 54 was discussed at considerable length. It increases the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace, so as to make it co-exten-sive with their respective counties, limits suits founded on contracts before them to $lOO, concurrent jurisdiction to $3OO, and provides that the defendant may confess judgment for any. sum not exceeding $5OO. The bill was finally recommitted to the Commiittee on Organization of Courts with instructions to so amend it as to provide that in all suits on contract, when the amount is not more than $lOO, Justices of the Peace shall have jurisdiction in the township where the debt was contracted. The Senate at 2:30 p. M. voted upon United States Senator, as provided by the constitution. A resolution was adopted instructing the Committee on Judieiary to prépare an amendment to the assessment act, so as to change the time of assesging real estatelso that it will be five years instead of two. ' i

‘HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

Jan. 13.—The House passed (yeas 59, nays 35,) Mr. Havens’ joint resolution condemning the interfergnce-by ‘the military in the affairs of the Louisiana Legislature. The House, on call of the yeas and nays, by a vote of 57 to 35, refused to table a resolution instructing the Committee on Fees and Salaries to report immediately a bill reducing the per diem of members, and it was then referred to that committee. During the morning and a 4 ternoon sessions twenty new bills were introduced, including one . by Mi. Twibill, reducing the number ofy Sena- | tors.to twenty-five and of Representa- | tives to fifty. , Jan. 14.—House Bill 30, providing for the:prosecution of criminal suits on information and affidavit, was re‘ported back from the Judiciary Committee, with an amendment, which was concurred in, and the bill ordered engrossed for a third reading. A large number of new bills were introduced, including one prepared by the party of Freedom and Right, for the licensing of the sale of intoxicating liquers.. ~Jan. 15—The Judiciary Committee was.instructed to inquire and report as to the expediency of a law limiting the jurisdietion of grand juries in the finding of indictments to felonies.— The door-keeper reported that he had hired eight rooms for the use of com- | mittees in the Hotel Bages, for the session, at $1;,000. The Committee on Fees and Salaries was instructed to report a bill reducing the per diq}p of membhers and salaries of all public officers to the lowest sum consistent with a faithful and efficient discharge ' of the public services. The Judiciary Committee was instructed to inquire whether this body has the right to redistrict the State. Also to inquire whether 3 law grading county officers in three classes as to compensation would be consitutional, and if not, that they vreport 3 constitytional amendment covering that emd. Mr, Dale, from a select committee, reported one engrossing clerk, one enrolling clerk; one fireman, one page and. a-cloak-room employe of theHouse in exicess of the number allowed by law, ‘and recommended their dismissal.— The report was concurred in. N Jan, 18.—Resolutions were . adepted directing the Judicigry Committee to report a new assessment la%m@ém structing the Committee on Ways gnd | Means to report a bill to re-appraise real property in 1875, and every six years thereafter. The resolution expressing regret at the death of Hon,, Milton B, Hopkins was passed.. - - Jan. 19.—At the opening of the morping. §essiop Mr. Kennedy’s bill auﬁhm*izil}% presecytion of criminal suits on information, came up en thiyd reading, and was defeated—y 9%?,?47, nays 48, The Committee on Temperance reported a subatitute for bill o, regulating the sale of intoxicating ligyaors. It provides for the licensing of ‘the sale of all liguors by the County Commissioners; tewreﬁi’thté‘a@vplmnt». for license 0 give bong in $2,000; af-| fixes a-penalty for selling without li~: cense, for selling to minors op-drunk-ards,for selling on Sunday or election days, for a&ult;eraﬁinsiiqf«)r& and for | the misrepresenting of | isagtaby al %@wx for the purpose of ob ,aiﬁﬁ., liquor; exacts & fee of $lOO fora 1i- | wwwgmmwaﬁsﬁmwwMt | liguors, and ngimx% ﬁ;mm salp ‘mentq nf #a) @ eﬁ% mg;%%éw bl % im CHEDR). Wl | reported back, with ap amendment | striking out the hat errors of | *mmf on, shall not_affect title to| Bt oonourred {.and bil ordered | ongrossed. At the niternoon session | ARG for Unitad States Senator was ! %gé@ﬁ‘*m"@”é%% : “adouted for a joint coi W,‘é?*ﬁﬁ‘%%ig s gl e “’k’@""’“’“f&’

The Trath About Louisiana, - A éong‘r‘t}g)sioxinl" Committee $ tes Graat’s and Sheridan’s Slanders. ‘The report of the épecial!cbmm&ee‘ of the House of Representatives on: the true conditiori of affairs in Louisiana, published in full Saturday, is pronounced the cap-stone of the. refuta-. tion to the long column of slanders and falsehoods by which the Presi dent, and more latterly his satrap, General Sheridan, have maintained the authority of the Kellogg usurpation.. The: character of the sub-committee is so highiin both political parties—‘Messrs. Foster and Plielps on one hand and Mr: Potter on the other—that no one has been found who doubts the absolute truth of their statements.— The report has had the effect to create ‘ quite a revolution of sentiment among ‘the supporters and adherents of the Administration who favor fair play rather than fraud and violence in the Louisiana situation. They find that there is absolutely no defence to be made of the Returning Board which cheated the Conservatives out of the control of the Liegislature by the fabricated accounts of intimidation: in the Parish of Rapides, while many of ' them now swell the tide of indignation at the course of the Federal troops in perpetuating the infamy by force of arms. The Administration is ex- ' ceedingly anxious that the rest of the Republican members of the committee should go to New Orleans and take testimony, t 6 see if this report camnot be impeached or ;mollified some way in the interests of the Radical party. | i . :

- The report of Messrs. Foster, Phelps and Potter leaves no doubt about the: following propositions: ’ G i © 1. That no person could enter the State-House in New Orleans on that dreadful Monday without the permission of Governor Kellogg, who controlTed the Federal army and the lecal” force surroynding it. : 2. That within the bar of the hall of Assembly were admitted only those certified by the Returning Board, the Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms of the former Legislature, ten persons admitted as messengers for the Conservatives, and a few others, like Messrs. Foster and Phelps, entering by courtesy. ) A mn 35. r Thata fulblegislative body would be 111 members, and 56 a gquorum; that the former Clerk called the roll and 102 answered, of which 52 were’ Republicans and 50 Demoerats. 4. That the instant the roll-call was finished the members who-had answered to their names, on motion of one of their number, and rejecting the authority or assistance of the Clerk of the former House, and on a popular vote, elected a temporary chairman, clerk, and sergeant-at-arms, and.the niembers were SwoOrn. |

5. That after this temporary organization the House seated the members the validity of whose election was referred by the Returning Board: to the ‘Legislature to decide. B 6. That then the House elected a ‘permanent Speaker by .the Clerk czlling the roll of names and keeping a tally of the names answering. . He reported 55 votes for Wiltz; 2 for Hahn, and 1 blank. { 7. Iminediately —after - declaring Wiltz ‘elected to be Speaker he was sworn, and 60 members eame forward and were sworn by him. i 8. Outside the bar and in the lobby were 127 persons by aetual count; the door of the hall was kept by 27 policemen, controlled by Kellogg; the Republican members started to leave the Assembly and the Speaker forhade them; a disturbanee then arose in “the lobby” which the Legislature, by ’resolution-,_,‘asked General Dé*Trobriand to quell, and the latter did by a wordsoEtwo, Pl e ' 9, Thdt thereupon the deliberafions of the House went on quietly for an hour or so: a committee on contested elections - was created; minor officers seleeted; and debate had, “when,” (we quote the. _committee’s: words) “at length Colonel De Trobriand returned “and stated he had orders to remove “the five members sworn in who had “not been returned by the Returning “Board; and, after the protest and resigiskance of Mr. Wiltzand the persons “referred to, and after General Camp“bell had been sent for to point them “out, they were removed by the Unit“ed States soldiers.” - : - 10, Then, as the clerk of the old House, Vigers (Wiltz Jeaving the Speaker’s chair after the arrest of the members,) began. to call the roll made out by the Returning Board, and two Democratic members had answered totheir names, Mr. Wiltz interrupted the Clerk and called upon the Conservative members to refuse to answer and to leave the hall. - ; . 11. The .interruption over, Mr. Vigers began anew his roll-call, and obtained only fifty responses, but as the two Democratic members had just answered on the roll-call which was interrupted, he assumed it right to announce that fifty-four members had answered to their names, which was legs than .a quorum of the whole Houge, = = . G b 12. Those who remained after Mr. Wiltz and his friends withdrew elected Hahn Speaker by acclamation.— There was no subsequent roll-call by which the number of those members whose names were returned by the Returning Board, and who still remained present at these deliberations, could be determined. -

_ Fox-Hunting. : ALBION, Ind., Jan, i7-—Our flour- - ishing village was the scene of one of the ‘most interesting and successful fox-hunts known for some time, which ‘was enjoyed by all sportsmen and everyone in general. The day was very favorable, although quite cold at an early hour this morning. Various parties from different parts were at their posts, and at a given signal all started - for one centre point. There were about 600 men in the chase, who ‘covered an area of'lB square miles. TFive foxes were started, and three of them killed, two" of them breaking through the ranks of their pursuers. There were no fire-arms used, and all parties were on foot, No accidents occurred t 0 dampen the enjoyment of ‘the hunt, and pothing occurred but the killing of one dog, who was mis_taken by one of the party for a fox.: The divisions of the different parties were under the able leadership of Joe ‘, Vermilie, John Singtey, Samuel Nenfer, and Geo. O. Kinney. «, The Trustees of the Public Library of Kentucky have apﬁointed C. M. ‘Briggs, Esq., to fill the place made vaeant by the death of Governor Bramlette, as Manager of tt;;a;ﬁ{th‘_ and last Gift Coneert. Thg also determined, b g Selal S sho eno further postponement, L thint the_drawing will postsively come off on the 27th of February, as Ef‘; et iQﬁ f m - EvERY DESCRIPTION of goods for ‘men's and boy's wear are being sold £LRrdur ol PR O&,a : A@*H?ﬂw“’“ﬁ@‘é& f«az%‘i? Rke e U RO TR SR e e

THE SENATORIAL PRIZE. | ~ Joseph E. McDonald the Winuer. _lNpiaNAroLls, Ind., Jan. 19.—An immense erowd attended both Houses of thel.egislature at half-past 2 o’cloek, - the hour set for the ballot for United States Semator. It was understood there could be. no election to-day, but the anxiety was great to see the combined vets for MeDonald. The result shows that ‘the Democratic disaffection was much less than had been talked about,—MeDonald has enough to give him 6 majority to-morrow, if the Joint;Convention has as muny ab~ sentees as there were in the House today. The Senate was full, but there were only ninety five present in the House, four Repuniicans and one Democrat being absent. : But one Democrat bolted in- the Senate (Maxwell), ‘and but three in the House,~Henderson, of Ripley; Hopkins; of Indianapolis, and Reno, of Owen,all of whom voted for Holman. The Republicans split up between Pratt, Col. Thompson (of Terre ‘Haute), ex<Secretary of State Curry, and Gen. Tom Browne, the last candidate for Gavernor. " gxatt received 41 votes; Thompson, 7; Curry, 2; Browne, 2, Mr. Buchanan received 13 votes in all,—the full Independent strength, as developed on organization. McDonald, having 76 votes, is generally looked upon as the winning man, though efforts to defeat him are still being made. « His friends, while jubilant, are far from satisfied, and ‘are holding sessions at the Occidental Hotel. ' o

' M'DONALD CATECHISED,: . Considerable of a flurry was created by the report of a letter signed by several Democrats who to-day: supported McDonald (embodying the cancus greenback resolutions; and asking for categorical replies), about to be presented to that gentleman, Gov. Hendricks and other leading Democrats were :called 'in, but the matter took the shape of an interview, which was prolonged till nearly midnight.. Me~ Donald stood firmly by hisGreencastle speech, and said he could not, and would-not, -abandon his principles even for the Senatorship. He expressed hims@lt as willing to vote and work for the best interests of his constituents, but he would not go back on his well-kngwn financial views. . After the interview broke up, 1t was learned that the men were generally ~well pleased with. McDonald’s talk and pledges, and agreed to vote for him tomorrow. Thisineludes Maxwell, who voted for Holman to-day. McDonald’s fritnds count on'at least 78 votes tomorrow, and probably 80. ~Republicans have agreed tonominate nobody, but allow members: to support: who they please. It it Were necessaryseveral Republican votes would .go for McDonald:, 0 e o

LYNCH LAW.IN OHIO.

Swift Work with-a Rapist at Urbana. . G. W. Ullery, who shockingly outraged the person of a little girl, nine years old, near Urbana, Ohio, on Tuesday of last week, and whose arrest was shortly thereafter procured by the' enraged people of that locality, was hanged last Sunday morning by a mob of about forty masked men, who went to the jail, captured and beund the guards, battered down the doors, took the prisoherout, and, after giving him a few minutes to prav, hanged him to a tree in front' of the courthouse. A largecrowd gathered on the scene, but ‘the. lynchers had posted a strong guard and- the -feeble. efforts magde to interfere with them were unsifecessful.. After;all signg of life had ceased in the® suspended man the lynchers quietly ; diSpersed, but the body hung an hour before it was removed by the Coroner. © Public-opin-ion is decidedly in favor of the IynchUllery made a full conféssion after his arrest. He was a citizen of Buchanan, Berrien county, Michigan, He was thirty years of age, and was at one time engaged in the grocery ‘husiness with his brother. Unfortunately he became a drinking man, which-in-capacitated him for work—hence he became a common tramp. - * ¥

Dan H. Bennet, Esq., died at Koko#no, last week of paralysis. He was well known throughout the State as an editor, at different times, of several newspapers, had practiced law; and during his early life had followed the profession. of a minister in the Methodist church. Mi. Bennett’s age, we believe was:88: = i melon o o

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SAVE MONEY ! School Books of all kmds sold at the Star Drug and Book Stare, - Ry L Go tolt‘u}nningha‘m’is for the ‘ Lancaster Dutch’ and English Almahaes i | Fies egd Goo Cuu'n:in;p;ham for sch(‘)o’l’f books, stationery, blank and . memorandum books. 31 - Ladies’ Purses, and Pocket Books, of all sizes, from 20 cts. to $2, at Cunningham’s. 34 - For (L'Lu—b'ins; and= othier fine Perfumes, . Hair Oils, Toilet Soaps, Lilly White Rouge and Tollet. Goods of every descrip»t_;ion, go toi Cunningham’s. 34 Foi,;:Vas;es,b Toilet, Wlne and . Smoking Sets, Tea Sets, Dolls, QOardStands,Shell Boxes,Mugs, MoustacheCups, and many other Goods for Holiday Presents, too numerous to mention, at very iow prices, at Cunningham’s Drug and Book Store. 34

TIME FOR

SETTLEMENT. n : e i - Can’t wait until it swits your, . convenience to sell ; T ﬁém& wheat! e - The Year 1874 is rapidly draw- . ing to a close, and it behooves all ‘to make settlement hefore the be- - ginning of the new year. Our customers. are therefore hereby requested to call between this and ‘the last of the ‘year to settle accounts. Prompt sattlements being beneficial to, both débtor and creditor, we trastall our customers willtake the hint. ind “render unto Crosar that which is Cresar’s.” - O e R R e . W.SHINKE & BRO. Linedisootsmadetoorder L. aslons slth the Bokdd vs* S o Lo cattang ab wes natablishment for WM»I%W