The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 40, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 January 1875 — Page 2

: i 4 v & s i ‘vv % =bt :\T =| “ = A : : ""\ .(\\. N - » ; . = J. B. SI‘OL,L? Ed‘tor and Proprietor. . LIGONIER, IND’'A, JAN. 28, 1875 ST RO R oy v g — ? " GEN. :&.\wnosn E. BURNSIDE was last Tuesday elected U, S, Senator by the Rhodeilslax;d Legislature, on the 28th ballot. Burnside succeeds Wm. . Spragde, whose distinetion is mainly traced to his being married to a daughter of the late Chief-Justice Salmon P. Chase. i i

IT APPEARS that the late Alexander W. Randall, once Governor of Wisconsin and ‘subsequently appointed First Assistant Postmaster General under ‘Lincoln, gobbled up, $85,000 of the Pacific Mail subsidy swindle. We always- believed Aleck to have an eye for such things. SEY i

Gov. WASHBURN tried hard to beat Mat. Carpenter for the Wisconsin Senatorship, but the latter had set his pins so adroitly that the caucus put him through "with -a whoop. Efforts are ’ﬁowever still being made to organize a bolt ‘which may. yet defeat the gay and festive Mat. P e

THE Indidna State Board of Agriculture, at their recent session, fixed the time for holding the next State Fair, or stock show, the Week commencing September 27th. Tne next meeting of the Board will convene on the 9th of February, after which the list of premiums and other matters in connéction with the Exposition will be announced. : e

", MATT. CARPENTER has been nominated by the Republican caucus of the Wiscodtit, 2 shiifiinre 205 e Slection te the Thied SnldnSenaie | e sides be.u;,; RGNV EYRABGE S ar S ea it in?)

a niee fitiae piac (Lot i) GCks to uphold the Kellogg usurpation, ~And then they tell some very naughty stories about his fondness for fast women when visiting Long Branch.* "

A WASHINGTON TELEGRAM Says the announcement of the election of Andrew Johnson te the Sehate accasioned much joy among the Democrits, while some of the Republicans said they were satisfied, in view of the fact that he had defeated an ex-Con-federate (Gen. Bates) who had contested the honor.. The election is the subject of comment everywheére, and not a few predict that he will be a lively menmber of the Senate. i :

Joux 'W. ForxEY, editor of the Philadelphia Press; and wlio has written ever so many articles in denunciation of corrupt practices, is proved to have pocked $25,000 of the Pacific Mail corruption fund. Forney, it will be remembered, was one of the leading conspirators in the Johnson impéachment villainy. - He believed Johnson- to be a traitor. ' Ifad Andy permitted Forney to run the machine, the latter’s opinion* would have been the very opposite. * S

. SPEAKING.of a probable conflict with Spain, an exchange observes: “ While we aré now at peace, and all the world is in the same condition, there are evidences here at home, and among the other mations of the world; that this state of things is not to continue long. Europe stands-upon the sleeping.crater of a volcano, which is liable to burst forth with terrible power at any moment. What moment this will take place no one can tell, but that it will come soon, all men believe.” = -

~ MicHIGAN has covered herself with eternal glotry by defeating Zach Chandler for U. S. Senator and electing Judge Isaac pl’ Christianey in his stead. - This gratifving result was brought about by a coalition of ten Republicans = with . the Demoecratic members of the Legislature. ~Christiancy. was formerly-a Demoecrat, but identified himself with the Republieans_on the slavery question. He is quite eonservative in his views, and will make a model Senator. The defeat of Chandler is an event over which every moral and patriotie citizen may well réjoice, -~ .. ¢ |oo

. JUDGE PERKINS, of the-Indianapo-lis Superior Court, Jast weék rendered a highly important decision under the Baxter Inw b+ wlie® alout forty. applicar. = =+ wern teimsed bz the eonii, “iy siiets oblained per-

mits to lﬁwx “aquer. Judge Perkins holds tha\ it is not necessary that the petition should contain the signatures of all those who' actually vote at the election, but a majority of the number of actual voters in a ward as shown by the poll books at the last election.*> It is also decided that in case of appeal by any citizen against making license if he suffers no injury in persen or property other than that which effects the public generally, he can;have no swit ineowrt. .

v o Y W - ~, A¥FTER . balloting several days for about a half dozen prominent politicians, the Nebraska Legislature last Thursday picked up a new* man and elected him on the first ballot. The

name of the lucky individual is Algermon Sidney Paddock, politically a very moderate Republican; - Ie 1s a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, and is about forty-four years of age, of Puritan ancestiry, distantly. related

‘to Gideon Welles, General and Senator. Sherman.” He has been a resident of Nebraska sinee 1836, living at Fort Calhoun a few years; removed {o Omaha, where he resided until last year, wheii he removed to Beatrice; was appointed Governor of Wyoming in 1868, but withdrew owing to no appro- . priation to defray the éxpenses of the Territorial Govertment. Though a ‘Conservative-Republican,Mr. Paddock is claimed to be full of sympathy with “the party” and will probably act and co-operate with it in the future. His election was secured mdinly as a com-

‘RIGHTEOUS AND UNRIGHTEOUS JOURgalk > o - NALISM, N - 'There is no country.on the m the earth which can to-day boastoff @ press as free as that of the United States. . Here a jéurnalist may advo_cate what political or religicﬁ'-priié’i—-‘ples he chooses, and no imperial seal +be placed on his issue. . And within. the bfoad bounhdaries of the law of libel he ‘may by ‘Hint and innuendo - make -what attaek -his-disposition-ins

duces on the character of any citizen. ~ While this breadth of latitude gives the press of this country an incalculably great power for good, it also lends it a mighty lever for evil. People read, and. what they read hasits influence on them in proportion to the extent of their own knowledge and the' clearness with which they perceive the relation of things. -Hence, there rests upon the: journalist a mighty moral responsibility to write nothing but the truth. The man who publishes facts for the people firnishes the data upon which are based the c’pliélﬁ%ans which regulate their @onduct, and he is ‘worse than a thief if he garble or distort facts so as to lead to false con< clusions. The:maxim that “all things are fair in wat” does not apply to journalism. The Jjournalist-has no legitimate warfare save with error;and ‘his only weapon should be truth. He ‘has no right to write for the gratification of his personal piques, or the aggrandizement of his personal friends; but he should. ignore all these and dare as a man to discharge the duty he has taken upon him, by assuming the editorial chair, .¢. write the trnth. In this lies his whole duty; and discharging it hé'is' hqnoregl‘ and useful, while by deviating from it heis contemptible and a eurse to society.— When 'the journalist descends into the region of chicane, misrépresentation and deliberate falsehood, and for any purpose propagaites _error, he directs his essays. to that portion of a community having the least power to diseriminate between the true and the false, and they often laud him as the champion of right, justice, and reform, for'in some such holy name he always ‘writes, ihen they' should spit upon him for the insult offered to their understanding. If in a small-social circle a'man be found who is a liar, he is rregarded as bad and dangerous, shunned like a contagion, tabooed, kicked out like a mangydog as he should be, and no man inquires the reason” why: he lied, to seek a justification; hut a journalist moving by his paper in'an immensely wider eircle,~ reaching many more ears than the private liar, casts out ‘hints affecting the reputation of men and women, invades the sanctity of meii’s homes, creates heart burning “and unhappiness, and false philosophy finds him a justification in the statement that it is.necessary for political purposes. It is ‘such men -and such actions ‘as these that bring parties and principalities to grief; that tend to curtail the freedom of the press,. and rob journalism of some of its real honors.. 'With men who write in this spirit we have no sympathy, claim no affinity, desire no communication, seek mno political fellowship. We claim to-advocate principles having their foundations deeplaid in truth, inseparably connected ‘with justice and right and needing no aid from fraud, falsehood or personal misrepresentations. < P et

OUR NEW SENATOR.

Hon. Joseph E. McDonald, the distinguished gentleman who ivas last week elected United States Senator to succeed Daniel D.. Pratt, after 'the fourth of next March, was born: in Butler"county, Ohio, August 29, 1819, and is therefore in his fifty-sixth year. He is described as being about five feet eight inches in height, robust figure’; full, round face; large round head, sparsely covered with gray hairs, set on a short, thick neck ; he bears a striking resemblance to Horace Greeley at first sight; a fluent, ready talker, but not a great orator. "His 1&gal attainments are reckoned as good as any in the State. “Mr. McDenald, to use the language of a correspondent, has those sterling qualities that ever maintain a hold on the admiration when *once awakened, but. more of a student than a public man, he has a reticent manner that many mistake for coldness, and he lacks that winning, royal manner in meeting people that distinguishes' Governor Hendricks or Hon. D. W. Vooerhees. He resided in But--ler county until ‘twelve years of age, when his parents removed. to Indiana, where he served an :apprenticeship 6f six years at the saddlery business; inLafayette, acquiring, meanwhile, the rudiments of .common school education. ‘He entered Wabash College at twenty, and spent, two years in that institution, defraying his expenses by working at his trade.. He spent a year. in Asbury University, Greeneastle; but did not graduate. , He began the study of law with. Zebulon Baird at Lafayette, and was admitted to the barin. 1843, and settled at-€rawfordsville, and the first year of his practice was elected Prosecuting Attorney. In’44 he married Miss N. R, Buell. In 1849 ‘he defeated Henry S.Lane for Congress, and took his seat as the young‘est member in the House. Ie served without distinction, was defeated for a re-nomination, resumed practice of General by the Democrats in 1856, re‘elected in 1858, and in 1859 removed o Tndianapollwhere he lus since resided. He formed atawpartnership ‘bu ] [ ‘atlve practice. THo was the democratic sundidate for e ‘man of the Democratic State Central ‘was born lucky, but he was born with aqauality infin y better than luck, ad public ife is the result of his - g..-' itak f»;:;%mg{ fﬁm La #‘“‘%ﬁé : st ﬁ"?’%@é L’“%i’ »: ’*'m; I G / 1 énf 6;‘s*s":': by mien of Tt graater paoßsel patte. T T A o Lo L e S T O\ L ot OB ot 1 Bl 30

‘OUR COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM. ~ NUMBER V. women for comimanders in this great L a “ who dz ily. énter our schools to battle against ignérance. No army is likely to have order and discipline where-the-commanders-are ‘incompetent. No Purswit, 'of whatguidance of unskilled managers. We have spoken of the complexity of the locomotive engine, and have shown that the moré complex, the more skill is required to guide its usefulness. The same is true of every algtor: trade. The more advanced, the gredter is the emand for competent and skillful men to place at the helm of progres'sion, . iy

The farmer who clings to methods known of old and'does not adapt his labors to the new state of things, will soon find that his profits gradually. decline from year to year. It requires a great effort to get him out of the old rut. To.tell him that-if all farmers were to pursue his course the world would grow poor, would scarcely move him to greater exertions; but” when he ceases to be a producer and commences to feel the stings of poverty, he may then learn too late the cause of his failure; he may then see wherein he might have bettered his condition. The same is true of the teacher. It seems that many adopt the old system handed down from generation to generation, and thus go plodding along under the guise of the exalted name of teacher. Like the old farmer, they cannot see that their old jcustoms must give way fo something suited to the times. Parents, too, seem to, think' that the ‘old-fashioned way of doing things is the best, and thus they are prone to education that will expand the mind and open to the scholar new fields of inquiry. “Such teachers and parents are stumbling-blocks in’ the way of education and true progression. - They are like the dog'in the manger, as they will neither educate nor allow any one else to do it. But, says one, are we not the most universally educated nation upon the globe? = Leaving higher education’ out of the question, we can.answer the interrogation affirmatively; but do we owe it to ofin: teachers in the common schools? We answer, no; not wholly... That we raak so high in’ education, is because the American people ate such a busy people; they, as.a general thing, have something to do,—~but pupils from school, if -they were not surrounded with agencies to force them forward to greater efforts, would often die in the darkest ignorance, i ‘

To these agencies are we indebted for our learned men who never had -the pleasure or opportunity of attending any school. We are safe.in saying that were it not, in many ihstances, for these external factors of education, the kind of, training derived from our common schools would be of no utility. Why is this? The only answer to the question is that children_ in many of these schools are SO badly taught that they never learn to know the value of education. They leave school with no foundation upon which to rear an edifice of culture. To know a thing without knowing. its use, or even how to use it, is only another méthod of not knowing anything. To think you. have something in store, without the ability to. unlock your store-house and show the usefulness of your garnered treasure is not-a very iconsoling thought. We can see the miser hoarding his gold and rendering it useless to himself and man. It is trash as regards the affairs of ciyilization. It moves nothing, it dees noth-. ing. It may now and then glitter to the eyes of him who removes its vaulted covers, but that is all; it still is as dirt to circulation. In the case of our common schools -we too often resemble the miser. “We Hoard gold and bury:it in the vaulted chambers of our educational labyrinth, from whence we now and then obtain a faint glimmer of its dazzling color. Should the miser succeed in drawing from'the land all the gold, or so much as to clog the wheels of. commerce, a raid into his vaulted treasures would not long be delayed. The world ‘would say, send out your gold that it ‘may render service in promoting our wants. The expenses of our common school system are in many instances becoming burdensome, 8o much 80 that people are asking where this money goes. They sée“hogguivalent returned and hence feel that civilization demands, that: the:coffers of this great safe bé opened’ that we may at least see the glittering gold, if still there.. It is this feeling that demands ‘more attention to our common school system. - If it fail to render to civilization an equivalent for the‘amount -expended, then there must be something wrong and instead of -growing richer ‘we are becoming peorer, ' The: burden becomes too much for us to carry and we must throw it off for a ‘better expedient. Now 'some -might think that we oppose the system as a “‘means of education, but this is not so. We Delieve it the most._economical system, ever devised. But’while so ‘thinking, we eannot help but confess that much money is squandered upon incompetent and inefcient teachers. There was a time when communities would suffer such things to pass without attention, but that day is past. ‘We now demand competent teachers. ‘of hones #iil Ly stdintecily Yo apy

. Many persons are engaged in keeping school who would:-not ride in a train of 'cars if they knew the engineer to be an ignoramus. 'lf they considered “him unfit 'to manage an’ engine, they would net risk their lives on his train. . The horseman who has a blooded eolt to train will not entrust it.to one whom he knows to be ignorant of the art of traifiing horses. But then it does not matter so much about the child, he must be placed in the school car to be pulled over the rough rond of education by an engineer unskilled in the simplest rudiments of his azt. Parents, only think

3t you will not ride behind an en-.i @ guided by ignorant zgjs, but you @u@lﬁyour children toé‘q_c} iswij }he“’sure,yﬁﬁx do not place them in a @’axn of ears, but you put them into a school"where the engineer in, manycases is unfit in every particular. You seem to mourn if your child’s life is ‘taken suddenly; but if taken by degrées, by reckless and -iiie“oni‘petehtf_“ chers, you attribute it to unavoida-. ble causes. You forget that your child has a mission to fulfill, a soul to be devéloped and guided. How strange it is that'the ability and character of the horse trainer is inquired into by him who has work for such a person, but that same man will rarely ask: s the teacher to- whom I entrust my child for training.a man of good moral | character and does he come well recommended? . 'ls he a man of education and well qualified?. ; - The first step to be taken in order to eliminate wrong from our schools is, to elevate public opinion by bring‘ing home to all the absolute necessity ~of having skilled labor in every art or profession. Many say the wages are tOO low to command the services of competent teachers. This in many instances is true, but it will never be otherwise so long as you stand with your hands in your pockets complaining. Many teachers cry low wages, but such, as a general thing, are now getting too mueh. The labor of &

teacher is much like' a commodity of commerce, which is of value only as there is a demand for it. ~Good teachers always gravitate where there is a demand for them. It thus happens too often that communities.are without competent persons to teach their schools, and should they value them anything, they make no difference between the good and the bad teacherj all are the same in their opinion. But it seems all take it for granted that the normal Schools are doing a great work. Well, some are doing good, but they are so few that may be termed normal that the good resulting from them is rather microscopical. We hear of normal schools in every county throughout the summer season, but as a general thing they produce more evil than good, because they actually lower the standard of education by holding out the inducement to teachers that all they need to teach well, is a little normal training: That is, a training that will in a few months make a competent teacher out of the poorest timber. Such schools may no doubt be very normal in form, but quite abnormal in system. Né man is a fit subject to study the philosophy of teaching, or theory and: practice, who has not first obtained a. sound education. In selecting your teacher let fhe question be, is he worthy and well qualified? And if so, employ him. Do not depend upon his diploma from some county normal ‘ school in the shape of 'a flaming rec- | ommendation, for these things are cheap very often, and are not worth the paver upon which they are writ- 1| ten. -Scholarship alone does not malke ! the good teacher: He must have.t.m}t‘{ and be gifted with -the power to im-. part what he kfows; he must understand himself before he can appro"xiz-‘ mate to the understanding of others. He should know something of the laws of mind, for how can he presume to draw out and develop the faculties of the child if he is ignorant of the lav}s pertaining to mental development? . oo

~ Above all, the teacher should pos‘sess good health. It .is a popular ‘opinion that whenever a person be- \ comes too weakly to do anything else, he is then a fit subject to become a ‘teacher. - This is all wrong. The ‘rschool room demands models of health. The teacher should be tidy in his ‘habits. The teacher with dirty shirt, and his clothes smelling of tobacco is & very unfit person to be /in the school room. Children are imitative creatures,. and if the teacher is not neat and orderly in his habits he cannot expect his school .to ‘be neat and orderly. As the teacher so the scholar, is a fact too often exemplified. Parents, visit your schools, and do _not fail to look at the teacher. Look at his feet, -his body, his head. - See whether his. habits and general appearance are such as to make him a _model for his pupils; whether he has _combed his head, by running his fingers through his hair or with a comb. Do n’t fail to examine his desk and f see whether that is in‘proper order or not; then observe whether he uses tobacco, and if so, whether he uses it in the presence of his school. You ’.-may observe many other things which “we have not time to pointout. & [ Would there be 80 many'incom‘ffé—» ‘tent teachers defrauding-school distriets of their money if county superintendents would do their duty? It ‘often happens that the County Superintendent is the ;jmost incompetent. person in the county when teaching is considered. He frequently obtaing his position by trickery, not by merit. But little hope, then, is to be derived from that source until ‘the law is'se amended that no man can hold the office of County Superintendent unless he passes a thorough and eritieal examination by persons who are competent to judge not only of his scholarship but, of his general” knowdge of the theory of our common school system, as well as of the theory of teaching, The fountain cannot rise above its source, mtich less can an ignorant, county_superintendent elevate' the ‘standard of education in his county. . The pulpit can do’ muclr by way of creating popular opinion, hut when it ‘comes to education in our common ‘sahools, the clergy seem to Shrug their shoulders. Tt o reat lmost to see & clergyman visit a public school, - 'The Queen of England & few years States to- ifivestigite ‘onr system of education, and in their Feport to Par, e ? Lt Py ;:,«»'4'r.;f:r;@},ﬂ;.;nw Vgﬁ was losing ground, and: ns the chief E“’ iy e W Lk R 4@: A-burns

ing shame to our clergy. Thislisa ‘world of practical life, and thogwho are wsww%nmm o this, wilk 'soon fall in the rear. }Efthe(?’urcit is to stand as an organization; it must keep pace with the times. It should take a high stand and endeavor to lift all up to it by a process of education. No pastor-does his-duty who neglects” foivisit the publie schools. ' The press ation of public opinion, and we must not forget that it has a duty to perform in the work of common school educhbion.. i .. N G il . Reform in our schools must come from without. Every man and woman has a duty to perform in this matter. This generation is sowing seed for the next, and if it wishes the succeeding to prosper-and progress in education and morality, it must look well to the kind of seed it is sowing. Men and women must be taught that it is an honor to labor for the well-be-ing of all. Our girls must be better educated, not by giving them a veneeréd education that will enable them to appear well in society, but that sterling education which will make them intelligent mothets. ‘ It has been our purpose in these articles to call attention tb the principal needs of our theory of education; not in a spirit of fault-finding, but with the best of feeling toward the schogls and their teachers. It is‘the duty of the press to attack all wrong of a public character in order that a better state of things may be brought about. We are a warm friend of the free school system, and believe that it can be made more powerful as a means of edueation by eliminating wrong therein as far as it is possible for us so to do. Let all, then, who have the welfare of their children at heart give this matter their particular attention. It is only by attending to a thing that good can be accomplished. -

CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS.

“The : Senate has been considering Mr. Morton’s proposed amendn¥ent to the constitution, providing - for the' election of President and Vice-Presi-dent by a direct vote of the people.— The bill contains several objectionable features and is not likely to pass.

- A resollition directing the Secretary of War to-furnish the Senate a detailed statement' of amounts appropriated since 1860 for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi river, giving the names'of and amount paid to each person, the date of payment, etc, has been adopted.. -.. .. . The House bill to provide an appropriation of $150,000 for containing the coustruction of the Post-office and Custom-house:at St. Louis, has passed the Senate. ¢ ' e

The report of the conference committee on the Little Tariff bill has been agreed to, and the bill now goes to the President for his signature.

- Senator Schurz’s Louisiana resolution was discussed by several Senators during the past week. = ' The Republicans in the ouse propose to revise the rules to prevent dilatory motions, as & means of muzzling the minority for the remainder of the session, and then bring in and pass a bill making appropriations for the support of the army for the next two fiscal- years, whieh, with a strengthened Enforcement act, will give General Grant control of the elections in the South in 1876. -~ '

~ln the House of Representatives last Monday an effort was made to muzzle the minority during the rest of the session by giving the Speaker power to refuse to recognize any ' dilatory . motions, but, after powerful protests from the Democratic leaders, joined in by a few fair-minded Republicans, the effort was defeated. General Butler made another unsuccessgulllattempt:tg get at the Civil Rights

“FOR GOD’S SAKE DON'T SEND ANDY.” . Mr. Roderick Random Butler, the Republican Congressman from East’ Tennessee, who sold a cadetship and swindled a poor widow out of her pen-' sion, a few days since sent a dispatch to Nashville in regard to the Senatorial election, which reads as follows:

“For God’s sake don’t send Andy here. - Would rather have the devil here than him. This is what we all say, from President Grant down.— Don’t put yourselves down as censuring Sheridan and Grant. . Sheridan and Grant are right.” If that doesn’t elect Andy (says the Cincinnati Enquirer) it will be because there is a stupidity or prejudice unparalleled among the members of the Democratic Legislature. The man feared by the enemy should be sent by all means. ‘Tennessee, heretofore, in her history has had ,dis‘tipgnishf-“ edmen who have given her character among her ;sister States. We have only to -instance Amdrew Jackson, Felix Grindy, Hugh L. White, John Bell, James C. Jones and Andrew’ Johnson. The latter alone survives, and is competent to.render the greatest service to his country. - We sadly neéd aggressiveé men in the Senate-men who possess the courage and ability not to be overawed by the Mortons, Logans, Frelinghuysens and Edmiund‘Ses, who for 80 many years bave controlled that body by their impudence and the want of pluck uponithe part of their opponents, -« - «. Laio TR L ap o - PRESIDENT GRANT some days since sent a speecial message. to. Congress: | asking a,n%appwp:iaﬁén'pbﬁsb,mto& commetice the’ manufaetiite of largo| guns, such as are required, to protect: our coast: This recommendation is‘interpreted as meaning war with Spain. - Wm: A. Weeks, colored, Kellogg's Assistant- Secretary of the State of Louisiana, was killed -on Saburday by Gmaeé’wwm&wost t. Patrick’s ‘Oliuren, in: Hattford, General of the ﬁm’éﬁﬁ}‘“ . gt%fﬁday EL T ‘t 'a'.‘;'.f..!n e 3‘::2‘_ i »';"— g p 08> - Ehnt oprust TR I SORIVI Y A TGS AGe, ‘ner, smuggled into the county inlarge eI L R e g T R i it tod A e e S o | tho Thirty-thind New Yol Distria,

mg;;:sﬁgme[swmma. ‘5. i Sehate Proccedings. P " Jan. 20.~Senate bill No. 73, &:@ thorize husband and wife to testify;g or against each other, was indefinitely postponed. The bill to subject a married woman’s property to the payment of her debts and contracts was also indefinitely postponed after a lengthy discussion. The concurrent resolu-

tion " designating™to-morrow for the election of State Librarian and other officers of the State, was discussed and amended by inserting “February 17” instead of “January 21.” = The object was to give more time in which to determine miore definitely the vacancies existing in the Boaxd of Directors of the State Prison South. Mr. Dykeman gave notice-that he was preparing a bill, having in view the reformation of the whole system of providing for the management of the State institutions. It will provide for the appointment by the Governor of two boards of trustees, consisting of three members eich, of which the Governor shall be ex officio meniber and president. One will have control of the reformatory institutions, including the two prisons, and the other of the benevolent inspitlltions; including the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home. v ‘Jan. 21.— A number of petitions: were presented protesting against the repeal of the Baxter law. A Senate joint resolution was adopted petitioning the Congress of the United States on behalf of the Mexican veterans. It Isks that ‘appropriations be made giving each: soldier whe served in the Mexican war and was honorably discharged, eight dollars a month during his natural life. A concurrent resolution was adopted providing for an investigation of fthe management. of the prisons north and south, An expert to examine the records and books is provided for at the discretion of the two committees on that subject who are to conduect the investigation. A joint resolution, offered by Mr. Gooding, was adopted, providing for the improvement of Qhio river navigation, asking ap appropriation from Congress for that purpose. A bill was introduced to provide for the establishmentéef a manual institution. The Senate repaired to the House of:Representatimes to ‘go into joint convention with that body for the purpose of listening to memorialsand addresses from the ladies of the Woman’s ‘Temperance Union. Addresses were made by Mrs. Gov. Wallace, Mrs. Avaline of Fort Wayne, and Mrs, Robinson, beseeching that no change be made in the Baxter law. e

Jan. 22.—~A committee was appointed by the President to devise a better system for the settlement of the decedents estates. A resolution was adopted directing the Committee on elections to report at the earliest possible day on the contested election case of’ Jeﬁries&:%st Baxter of Wayne. . b Jan. 25.—A bill introduced by Mr.: Chapman for the protection of wild game was engrossed. It provides that it shall be unlawful to shoot or kill wild turkeys and quails between the Ist of January and the Ist of October, or prairie chickens between the Ist of January and the 15th of August, or, water fowls between the 16th of April and the Ist of September. ‘ ki

House Proceedings.

Jan. 20,—The bill requiring county Clerks to give security for all moneys eoming into their hands officially, was ordered engrossed.” Mr. Fulk’ re’pqorted a bill for the minority of the Committee on Temperance, which provides for license, with local option, makes drunkenness a misdemeanor, and requires persons arrestéd for drunkenness to disclose where they obtained their liquor. A, lengthy debate sprung p on thé bill, which was ordered to be printed. A number of new Dbills ‘were introduced, inclading one to fix the salaries of judges, and another “to legalize the surrender of bodies under certain circumstances for purposes of disseetion. - 1.

Jan. 21.—House bill 3, amending the assessment law, was reportéd back, with an amendment providing for a reappraisement of real estate every six. years. The amendment was amended, on motion of Mr. Forkner, by providing for a reappraisement in 1880, and every fifth year thereafter. After various motions to amend and _postpone had been made and lost, Mr. ‘Forkner’s ‘amendment was agreed to,’ and the bill, so amended, ordered to be engrossed. ‘The House took up theconcurrent iresolution’ for a joint cons: vention to elect Prison Directors, ete., and concurred in the Senate ‘amend‘ments. The amendments change the time to February 17, and change the order of election 8o that the State Li‘brarian shall be elected last. -1. .

Jan. 22--House bill 42, fixing the. ~price for advertising lands delinquent for taxes at 25 cents for each: descrip: tion; 132, forbidding indiscriminate: ‘slaughtering of pigeons, by shooting into their roostsy 69, authorizing: coﬁx_it&_pqpmisﬁoners to - purchase gravel and other roads, were reported back from committees, and ordered eengrossed. . - A number of bills were. introduced, including .one giving jus+ tices exclusive jurisdiction in.all civil ,j ‘cases involving not more than $lOO, and,concurrent; jurisdiction when not ~more than 68500 is. i%volved..a Jg‘&gazper ve justices .exclusive jurisdiction. (t)%gri ’al'_lggsf'ffﬁihﬁf "%céées ’ ﬁﬁ%iish?éfe by ‘fine alone, and concurrent jurisdiction when the penalty in the county jail. Also a bill to gaut@x%{;ae general drain-: on B Y ber of memorial and. petitions were presented, including ;temperdhce Amet’itio‘ns ‘from ‘some 19&03 women. The Senate concurrent resolution. for an ‘investigation of the. affairs of theS i@e?%amsmeed oy 55‘9.69& ¢ mﬁt solution in relatidn to pensloning Mexloan War veter. i it the purchase of books, statianery and. supplies for oou_'_nt,y,fi‘ et AN ed . Bence to establish a' Board of Health. The Houseadjourn- | ﬁﬁw fonday, 9 ;. a 6 | o faien. fhrhinnse bl 183, mending. he judge, Was passed, . . -

e e i LR EF e R} ARGy = L RGN re ,‘_s,:vi.‘ e g Election of Andrew John--son tothe U.S. Senats. e 2 : o i s e g B ke e THE VOIOE OF ‘THE PEOPLE. OBEYED BY THE TENNES- % 3 29 SIS THE DEFENDER OF THE CONSTITUTION NOBLY VIN- .

v DIOATEDL ¢ it Unparalleled Enthusissm of the People for their Gallant Champion. GREAT REJOICING THROUGHOUT THE UNION OVER HIS ELECTION. .

~ The wiost exciting contest witnessed in many years was that attending the election of a United States Senator in Tennessee. I'rom the commencement of the balloting, all portions of the State. were, represented at Nashvilie by formidablé.delegatibné,, at-,,.traq!tedﬁo the State Capital by an earnest and determined desire to secure the election of the people’s favorite, ‘Andy Johnson, as the successor ‘of Parson Brownlow in the Senate of the United States, - rdn i el (e hy

It will be remembered that Mr. Johnson came yery near being elected four years ago. Hisdefeat then was aceomplished by .ghything but ‘fa;r.op'{;hb 01~ able means. He was .‘»the}_qn(fogié?f&“d# choice of the masses, but the politieians,—jealous, envious and prejudiced, —were implacably hostile to the election of the man who never faltered in his devotion to constitutional liberty and the. real. interests of the whole conntry.. " thas g

Incensed over the ﬂag‘ran_vt;dis;‘égggdr of thie popular wish, the sturdy sons’ of Tennessee quietly:resolved. that at: the next senatorial election: “there should be no repetition of ' the former: game: In the canvass of 1874, Mr. Johnson was an ayowed cgndidate for U. S. Senator. e made a thorough canvass, daily addressing thousands of his enthusiastic and devoted friends. In the meantimé: his old adversaries left nothing undoﬁ’e;'tossee'l"u'e”an anti- ‘ Johnson majority in the Legislature.

The first ballet gave Mr.. Johnson a' smaller- vote than eitheér he or his friends had anticipated. Buthe continued to gain from day to day, and his supporters stood: by him like a Spartan band.. The halls and galleries of the Assembly were literally packed. with enthusiastic Johnson men. Every vote gained f()r Andy was greeted with a perfect storin of applause. At one time his chief competitor, General Bate, came within one vote of being elécted. But on Monday Gen. Bate’s. name was withdrawn and that of Gov. Brown again placed in nonfination.— On Tuesday Brown'’s name was again. withdrawn, the anti-Johnson element having hecome demoralized in conse: quence of theinflexible:demand of the | people for the ex-President’s election.. "The tinal result is thus reported by telegraph: “On the fifty-fifth’ ballot | Johnson went to 47 votes amidstgreat applause. A half hour was spent, on the fifty-fifth ballot in mempers’ ex-: planation of their votes. . Every mention of Johnson’s name brought down the house. ‘Asthechangeof membets over to Johnson came thick and fast, everybody became so exeited thab all arose to their feet. When Johnson’s vote was aunounced, the audience ‘broke loose in'a perfect storm of ap--plause, the cheering lasting several ‘minutes. : The ‘ballet, as. finally an--s', nounced, gave Johnson 52 ; Henry,24; ‘Stephens, 23; 4nd Speaker Paine de‘clared Johnson elected. ' Another wild, ‘prolonged outburst ensued, -and the. ‘whole niass rushed pell-mell from the Capitol and into. the bﬁ%%%eexgg a 8 they went.. The rotunda of the Max~well House was erowded to overflow-' ing. Johnson was called on to make. 4 speech, but” appeared and bowed, saying that he would speak in.the. ‘evening. - Hundreds of people followed him into his room and congratulated him, many then calling him the next President: ‘l'he election of Johnson i 3 regarded as iﬂwnﬂ%f'fﬁweﬁ | for the Democrats in the Presidential | eléction,: as a united Democracy will:| beﬂre’restﬁt."“ "a t w;— o e Je P TeL e o R <y CoIbbtaTTRRTERS Victory: Dby ight there wio fromend- ; ¢ | - nonor. ot 1 our demonsiigon, in hgng of e

nearly the whole population turhed out, eseorting J ol;ygmf’frbmdfﬁ& Max- | well House to thp-place _Gf? wild huzzahs exeitéd+<£he mrawasand ‘réendered the occasiorosie Of thehost. ~memorable in: the_;_ 5-of Nashville. Arriving at the staiid, Johnspm was received with fuisuluous applsuse: He spoke about Half an hous andwas followed byotggmdkers /The @Bcusion was a so¥t of pelitigal love-faast, and’ carried as much significineg in: that: respect as: in-the:honopd phid. Johnson. Johnson’svigtney 1S regognized .as much 4 national’as a_Sate triumph. The following ﬂ‘m 6. bho ¥alient points of i,@ ? e 4.0 JOFNSON'S ADDRESST st & We have been too much dividédup in {artfes in this country, Party bit-. ‘ter mmwy has beeninduld-: Gd'inltio ;goo tgm-"""iﬁéﬁi”f he ‘time had come when the peopleshauld tgemi gside; g nd firrespective of party; should stand around. ihe altar of owr' all party differences. - We should - nise’ lﬂg;“* z ;:;MX; longer be ruled by mere partisans a party hacks. He wa $ 1O * f%g He wo "dﬁ dvocate those’ principles

e TRt ‘mote the country’s’weal and establish "its‘insti%utioxxlS';_on ;,,th_;&‘]ﬁﬂ;m\egb-foida- 4 tions. The election reflec ’ trinmph, b‘*lwd:}d?f 1 ﬁ‘;mgli?? *ﬁf Of the' State and ‘mation. ‘He 'was ' “elected on his ownr m%rits,f-and ‘not on ‘the ' demerits of any ‘ome/’ ‘Not* 6nly - Democrats have participated in’ hiselection, but Républicans. He tender- - -ed all alike his sincere thanks, . C{The time had come when the Democfacy should be nationalized. 4t had J.s ionalized. = shonld fhove on aingner and i““b:ﬁ er )e! ‘should bk frinofled beußidon i I Jopd the limits s e -the Hmits of, State. . The, Democracy. . “should be coextensive with the nation.” -1t should stand by the Constitution, and under it resist all encroachments,. ‘that may-be made upon it. He was’ for maintaining . the- rights of -the . States at thesame timewiththe rights of ~pn'eﬂa‘el%erm Goyernment, ® Excess- . ive regulation and -violations of the. organie _laws,broug_h,ﬁfgppgt disorders. * The time had come for first principles.: . - The country should not be run'into an Empire, Néither State nor nation ;m&d be-controlled by rings or cliques. :Thisl Government. was made for' the :people; not the, people . for the Goyernmenégkgﬂd‘w‘ ‘thef»‘ﬂoireﬂi’m%ﬁﬁ run the people instead of the people” running the Government. The people . Should take the Government in hand and‘make it reflect their, will through the organic law. He reviewed his :',c‘ounrse regarding = the removal of Sheridan from. Louisiana in 1866, and ~ _compared Grant’s aetion with his un- : “dersimilar circumstances. He (John--Son) had removed the little'man Sher_idan to'the frontiers, so that he could exercise his tylxgnnies in the wilderness or on thé ptairies instead of Louisiana. He was;a constitutional Dem‘ocrat: .- +oiidd . Johnson has received Lundreds of ; telegrams. congratulating him.on his election, ARy A e r it m\**b——“— L .(@:;, i - Gerritt Smith died possessed of $l,-/ 250,000. ' During his life-he gaveaway’ 'asmuchmore, SRR e TRk i

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