The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 22, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 September 1875 — Page 2

The Fatiomal Banuer

. - ' - S 8 Nly W ' J. B.STOLL, Editor and P"ropriet_or . . LIGONIER, IND,, SEPT. 23, 1875 I St % S = 11-is said that Storey, of the Chica- . go Times, favors Gen. W. T, Sherman - for the next Presidency. loF ¥ . e — ' Tue Cincinnati Enquirer finds nothing to cheer its soul in the resolutions’ * of the New York and Nebraska Dem- - . ocrats. At ol e e : ; Tt > D— £l Tae German press of the United , States is a unit on the financial ques- * ‘tion—not a_ single inflation sheet ~ among the wholé number. Recht so! ; e . B—— - : i i MANTON - MARBLE, -editor of - %he' " World, is ‘entitled to the credit of be- ., ing the best platform maker -in:the " . United States, He is the author of the * articles of faith promulgated at Syra- .- cuse last Friday. "o i R

_Carr ScmHUrz will deliver nine, «% * speeches in Ohio on the fina_nbé q,ixes-l _ tion. He goes there upon invitation " of leading business men of Cincinnati, ' in which city he will make his first -+ speech,/on the evening of the 29th. . ’

. Tuae New York Democrats are gen- . erally on the right side when it comes to . making platforms. They have ~ .among their numbers more ' clear: # “headed and sagacious statesmen than * can be found in any other State of the S TTnion. . ! Ea

- WirHIN the past week, or ten days the ‘equines of New York city haye been suffering from a serious disease resembling thé famous epizootic of two years ago. It 'is.estimated that ten thousand horses are effected, the symptoms Deing especially those'manifested when the epizootic first manifested itself. E ) .

' 'LATEST RETURNS from Maine place the majority of Roberts, republican ‘candidate for Governor,-at 4,775. The Legislatufe stands: .Senate—Republicans 19, Democrats 11; House—Republicans'ss, Democrats 63, Independents 2. ~This is a better showing than the Democrats have'made dwring the past twenty years. Another good and strong pull, and Maine will .be ours. - b i

-~ Now, begorra, we .don’t want any full-fledged inflationist ' or chickenhearted hard money fhan to raise.a muss over the platforms of the New York and Nebraska Democrats. No aid and comfort to the enemy, gentlemen! As good and loyal partisaps it is your duty to say Amen!to what‘ever is done by a party convention.— Stand up to. the rack, gentlemen! No'squirming!. : T e - Fraxcis W. Huenes, the chairman of the committee on resolutions of the late Pennsylvahia Democratic convention,. was not even a regularly “elected delegate. “He is in bad odor - with the :Demoeracy of his. county (Schuylkill), and succeeded only in Securing a seat in the Erie cori i*entton - by procuring a'proxy from one of the, chosen delegates. Asthe Ohio plank was adopted in committee by only one majority, this item is of some importanee. c Tk ' . THE FINANCE QUESTION is now the most important topic for publi¢ con:iside‘rat_i'c')n. 'Ever;y laborer, mechanic, _farmer, merchant, professional than—in short, everybody-—is directly inter~ested in a proper. adjustment of the - national finances. The leading daily ~papers contain from two to three columns of financial arguments in every issue. - In towns and cities these articles are not only read with eagerness, but they are discussed; with - warmth and great earnestness. This is right and proper. - Heretofore, most - people, in talking about affairs of the nation, confined their comments al-

- © most exclusively ‘to questions that are - no longer of public interest. A .~ knowledge of the finance question develops business ualifications in a de- ~ gree that few can now estimate.— .- Therefore, say we, keep on talking + .4 about finances. : . ;

~ MURRAY, of the Goshen Democrat, . Tecognizes in ourstatement that there are hard money Democrats and.soft money Republicans, soft money‘Democrats and hard money Republicans, a -concession that he has all along been - correct in his “Buncombe” dissertations! If wedid not know him to “be strictly abstemious, we would be " constrained to pronounce his remarkable discovery the result ‘Qf an acei- - dental meeting with King -Bacchus. As it is;we are obliged to say that .+ Murray. has perpetrated a joke, and a . huge joke at that. It is funny—lludi- . erous in the e%gt;'eme. Whatever else » may besaid of Charley Murray, no . one can J'ustlyf) accuse him of being a ' blotkhea®. He got himself into a - tight place by talking up Buncpmbe, . and, now, since there is for him no - - otlier avenue of escape but that offer- ~ ed by the epactment of a-broad farce, ~ a naturally forbearing disposition ~ prompts us to cease the further pur- - suit of a sadly demoralized foe. _lx ANNOUNCING the determination _ of Hon. Carl Schurz to array ,himself ~ against the inflationists “of Ohio, the = M Wayne Sentinel remarks:~“Mr. -, Sehurz, previous to the eampaign of 1872, identified himself with the great ~ independent reform; movement, whicl - was destined to be a flat failure. ‘He ~ was, repudiated by . his republican ~ friends who valued principles less ~ than party loyalty. Now that the - Republicans have annouriced & policy. ~ which squints toward resumption, Mr. ~ Schurz is with them againand wili fi*’? mploy his great talents in preparing » _ way for a republican triumph in Ohic __ The Democracy have deliberately re- . pudiated Mr. Schurz and his large ~ -German following, and forced them to 7§ take refage in the Republican camp. " Forit isa fact which cannot be gain- : %eflmi YO i ~ mearly all cases, be cast for the party shich is pledged to resture fLe motal il *' ot *fm m S R fi:gg%‘ S mg{, i S «*«w»*c“‘%»&wfffi“‘f&‘

FACTS VS. BUNCOMBE., : ¢ It isreally astonishing to behold the inconsistent twaddle of inflation journals. *ll’erg; for instance, is the Cin cinnati Enquirer whose publishers are the es_pefni‘ul'ch:‘lmpionfi of theinflation theory. Théy are building up an immense . circulation by bamboozling short-sighted people who imagine that, if the government presses were set in motion tO\va‘il_)_t -more greenbacks, ev‘erybody in the land would get all the money that one may need or desire.— In a_political editorial of‘that paper (August 12) occurs this paragraphWho says the currency is redundan at the present time? Liars! Letan ‘one . apply to a bank for accommoda tion, and he will be impressed with the idea that it is extremely scarce. This sort of argument is intended “for popular consnmption—for political l effect. Like all other daily journals, 'the Enquirer has a commercial department in which the markets and _cummer'c_i_al transactiqns are reviewed. Now, in the same issye- of the same Enquirer (August I 2), under the caption“ Financial and Gommercial,” appeared the following: . : "The condition of our money market is without essential change. There is -a feeling on the part of bankers gener- | ally/ that rates. of discount ought to .be higher, but the supply of money is too large and the demand for it is too small to justify an advance in- rates. The demand for money to-day was smaller than .usual, and the banks accepted about all the paper offered at 7@SB per cent., and if any was rejected it was not for want of means. . In the open market there was scarcely any prime’ business paper offered, while there was a good demand for it at 7@B per cent. The general supply of currency seems to be:increasing rather than otherwise. £

- Put this and that together, and then judge for yourself where the lie.comes

We know a good and industrious mother in this city who has sent her daughters away - visiting, not for the benefit of their health, for they are much stronger and healthier than she is, Dut to get a chance to commence house cleaning. ‘They will ‘be gone several' weeks, and on their return they will find all" the fall'work done. Performed by the shriveled hands and feeble limbs of their aged parent; and she, good, kind soul, will be happy at the joy they exhibit at finding every thing clean and in readiness tor their convenience.—Peru Sentinel.

We hardly feel like saying a word that might fall'’ harshly upon the ear of that “oood and _irjdust-rious mother;’ yet, a due regard -for truth and candor compels us to say that she is just as: unmindful of. her duty as a mother as are ler daixghtérs with regard to their filial duty. - If that “good and industrious mother” knew ler dyty she would set. her strong! and healthy daughters at work doing the very -things which stle"",COntenmplates performing herself during their absence.- " The probabilities are that these girls have been “spoiled,” to use a’ popular ‘term, by one of those . indulgent motllel;é who indoctrinate the absurd . idea A into their daughters’ heads that labor is no part of a young lady’s duty. We fully appreciate the fact that there exists among fashionable young ladies a decided repugnance to housework duties, but in ‘a majority of cases the cause may be traced directly to the mothers themselves.

DEMOCRATIC papers will now begin to abuse Carl Schurz as freely as they have ~praised him for the last three years, that gentleman having determined to take the stump in the interest of: the Republican ticket in Ohio.— Crawfordsville Journal. : * We hardly believe such will be the case, at least so far as the respectable portion is concerned. Carl Schurz is a thoroughly indepehd,ent man. He has decided opinions on the finance question, as was shown during the late Congress, When he so ably dissected the vagaries of Morton, Logun and Ferry. That he should go into the State of Ohio -to combat these same vagaries, as now advocated hy Allen, Cary & Co,.is not at all strange or unnatural. - If his”speeches should enure to the advantage of the Republicans, it will ‘be so-simply because the Ohio Democrats have taken to their- bosom -the identical rag baby whieh Morton, Logan ‘& Co. nursed in the Senate but which Gov. Hayes and this colleagues had the sagacity to disown. Carl Schurz simply stands by what he, in conjunction with Thuzman, Bayard and other Democrats, advocated in the Senate last winter.

AFTER the style of an ill-mannered and overgrown lubber; the conceited chap. who presides over the Syracuse Enterprise devotes something over a half ‘column: of spzice toa detailed statement, of his sad experience as an ill-fated champion of monetary lunacy. Hejumps about like a parched pea, and exhibits unerring symptoms of carrying a huge flea in his aural appendage whieh so clearly denotes his intimate relation with the-assinine species. ' Hopelessly destitute of argumentative resoureces; he puts to his heels and skedaddles. Like all cowardly and ignorant braggarts, he gives his narrative of the skirmish all the coloring which his egotistical nature is capable.of inventing, ~lf this process is susceptible of soothing his grief g;?.iwmfld certainly be cruel in us to miterfere. . oo auhEeT. R

Ir PRICKETT, of the Syracuse " Enterprise, had the perceptive faculties of an ordinary goose, he might have learned [that the appreciation of the currency, from 1868 to 1870, was mainIy due to the legislation pointing toward the payment of the nation’s debt-in gold and silver. ' The constriction whicli he attempts to place upon our former remarks on this point only_ proves that his knowledge. of national finances is about ona par with a hog’s knowledge of latin. y

The people are lieginni'ngito'under.stand the financial question. They like to hear it talked about. That’s all we'want.—Cincinnati Enguirer. That's all we want, too. As soon as a man gains a knowledge of the rudiments of the. finance question, he instinctively becomes an advocate of a spund cl__;xrency,g based upon gold shdsliver. o ¢ o oo

A frightful accident oceurred on the GFand Trunk Road last week. - A train was thrown from the track, and several of the employes on the train werg killed. The whole train was a perfect wreck, and to add to horror the cars took fixe. Wgemumhexs of eattle; which a:t‘:xt:l thu ed bfind{;}r thit; brands, were actually roasted alive, it SN fmposaibieto extanty them, SR o s g s

* CONSOLATION FOR THE FAITHFUL. There is so muelt good sense and honest truth in thesubjoined remarks of the It Wayne Sentinel of last Saturday that we transfer them almost bodily to ouy editorial columns: “In spite ot the prediction that the action of thie Ohio and Pennsylvania Democracy would compromise the party at large, New. York has had the courage to declareé most unequivocally for hard money. - There was no hesitation, no struggle between factions for supremacy, but with an enthusiasm amounting almost to unaninbity, it was declar‘ed that the money of the country shall Le ‘gold and silver,no inconyertible currency, and steady. steps toward specie payments. Honest payment of the public debt in coin. Sacred preservation of the public faith.” This is the finaneial part of the platform and is sufficiently explicit to suit the most fastidious taste. The Democrats of Nebraska assembled at Omaha and resolved ‘that we are in:favor of a ‘sound currency, coin or its equivalent,’ and ‘that we deprecate all attempts to commit the democratic party to a svstem of paper money, based upon an uncons‘tituti‘onal‘, exercise of federal power, as a crime against the common welfare.” Tlere are two States at least, the Democracy of which are not ‘influenced by the -extraordinary departure takep Dby the party of Ohio ‘and Pennsylvaniz. When we add i Maine, Minnesota, lowa, Wisconsin | and Maryland to the list of States -whose Democracy ‘has espoused the cause of an honest money, one 1s lost in amazement at the impudence of those newspapers of soft-money Demi ocratic persuasion, which gravely read | their hard money brethren out of the i party. New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and the western States we have nained, surely possess an aggregate influence equal to that of both "Ohio and Pennsylvania, even it we must add . Indiana to the latter list, If all the democratie newspapers ‘in Indiana or Ohio which dare to raise a voice in favor of a metallic currency are to Dbe prescribed -as Radicals and traitors to their party, it is comforting to'’know that the company of traitors has been augmented by the Democracy of New York. It mitigates ‘the grief of a hard money Democrat somewhat, also, to know that his faith was the faith of theentire democratic _party from its organization. until the. Pendleton campaign of 1868. lltis almost in the nature of a consolation to feel, after being sharply rebuked by arag money enthusiast,;to remember that all the fathers in the democratic party, whose names have always been used as watchwords in time of battle [ and whose potence has often brought victory.to the party, were all believers.in"the hard money heresy.” Amen!

i *“OUR ARGUMENTS."| -~ “But a few years since, when the volume of currency was much greater than it is at present, there was none too much for the legitimate wants of trade.”—Syracuse Enterprise, Aug. 5. “When the article quoted above was written, we were fully aware that in 1865 the money of the country amounted to something over $734,00,000, which was less by several millions than it is to'dzty.”—fiyra.cuse Enterprise, Aug. 19. 1« 7

“Once for all, let. it be understood that * * * we are, in no sense of the word, an inflationist.”—l bid.

. This is the style of “arguments” towhich the inflated ignoramus.of the Enterpiise has treated us during the past few weeks. Isn’t he a genius? How grateful a suffering people should .be that Jake has transplanted himself from his native dunghill into an editorial sanctum to measure out these| chunks of monetary wisdom! -1 . Gireat Storm at Galveston, Texas. The citysof Galveston, Texa§, was last week visited by & storm of great magnitude. From late reports we gather these particulars up to Septem“ber 19th: oo ! ' The storm which commenced: Wednesday. continued to rage with great violence-until late Friday night. . The water from the Gulf of Mexico overflowed half of Gaiveston Island, knocking down some huyndred small tene.ments, and fences, unroofing several churches and residences, knocking down signs, awnings, and other hangings. The water is on the principal streets: The Strand Marketiwas several times 2 feet deep. Three large schooners lying in the harbor were swamped, one steamboat and two tugs sunk, one. being completely demolished. Some ten men working on breakwater at the bar were drowned:. The Health Officer, Dr. G. W. Pette, and his grandson are drowned. Hishouse was carried off, and one negro woman ‘killed by the house falling after having floated 50 feet. The railroad track is' torn up in twenty places on-the island: Thebridgeis partially destroy‘ed,- Culverts on beth reads are washed out, and damages are variously estimated at froem #£slo,ooo to $20,000. The storm was a regular eyclone, but the wind ‘'was not very heavy though the water ' was higher than during the great storms of 1867 and 1871. At 11 o’clock last night the wind got to the southwest and began to leave both the bay and streets dry. To-day all is dry and pleasant in appearance. “A committee has organized for the relief .of the sufferers, who were principally residents on the Gulf side and the bay shore. All telegraph lines have been blown down till to-night. The storm extended to Hempstead on the Texas | Central, and Weller on the Great Northern Road, doing damage on its entire route, including that at Houston. -No mails have arrived for three days, and there has been no telegraph communication till this.evening, when one wire began work. The loss by the storm will not aggregate nearly s 0 large as’' was anticipated, the wind having been very steady. The shipping especially has escaped far beyond expectation. : :

Later accounts present a far more ‘gloomy aspect of the storm. Galves--ton did not suffer alone. It now appears that the town of Indianocla; also in Texas, was almost literally swept away. Of all the houses in the town, ‘containing some 2,000 inhabitants, but three ' withstood the fury of the terrific wind and angry flood. All the business houses and . wharves shared ‘in the general ruin, the steamer which brings the intelligence of the catastrophe being obliged to refurn to Galveston for want of a place to land her _cargo. The loss of life is not yet fully known, but most of the estimates place the list of victims at from 100 to 150. Thé shores of Matagorda Bay, on ‘whieh the town was situated, are lined with the bodies of the unfortunate beings carried to the shore by the resome time carried on quite a thriving R S e s coa SSETN P e i

POLITICAL GOSPEL. The New York Democracy Re- - pel the False Doctrines and assert the True Faith BY ADOPTING A GLORIOUS PLATFORM AND NOMINATING AN UNEX- " CEPTIONABLE TICKET. . The Nebraska Demoerats Inseribe o théfi Same Truths Upon % Their Banner. 5 The Democrats of the great State of New York assembled in State Convention in Syracuse on Thursday of last week. Considerable deia_‘v was occasioned by the investigation of the claims of various contesting delegations, chiefly from New York city.—An entire day was thus consumed, so that the convention’s work proper could not be completed until Friday. ! THE PLATFORM. The committee on resolutions made the following report, the reading of which was frequently' .interrupted with continued applanse: . ' | The Democratic party of New York renew their pledge of fidelity to the principles adopted and affirmed unanimously by delegates representing the Democrats of all the United States together assembled in their latest National Convention, and since reapproved and indorsed by Democratic majorities in fifteen States, comprising more than one-half of the total population of the Union. : [From the National Democratic platform, adopt- “ ed at Baltimore, July 10, 1872:]

“7. The public credit must Dbe sacredly maintained, and we denounce repudiation in every form and guise.” 8. A speedy return to specie payment’‘is demanded alike by the highest consideration of commercial morality and honest:government.”

To these authentic declarations of Democratie,principles and policy, the time gives proof: that the present depression of busiiiess is caused by the reaction from the 'unhealthy stimulus of an excessive, depreciated, and irredeemable currency, by enormous and ill-adjusted municipal State and Federal taxation, and by extravagance, waste, and peculation in the administration of public affairs. The remedy for this evil-1s not to be found in the renewal of any of its causes. In the face of the fact that the ‘existing volume of currency is greater than can be absorbed by business; in the face of the fact that recent falls of prices have followed repeated inflations, any attempt to increase- the currency would be worse than ineffectual to revive .prosperity, for it would interrapt the leading processes of industry. Tt would. be worse than futile to restore confidence, for it would create distrust,-and new uncertainties in business, ‘paralyze the beginnings of enterprise, rob labor ot its too scanty employment, and, while- stifling the progress of- administrative reforms, would inflict lasting dishonor upon the credit, the intelligence, and .the character of the country. i The Democratic. party of New York also reaffirm the’ prineiples set forth in. their platform adopted last year at Syracuse, indorsed by 50,000 Democratic niajority at the election following, in a poll-of mearly 800,000 votes, and vindicated before all the people of this Republic by the illustrious administration of Samuel J. Tilden.

{From the New York Demodratic platform, adopt- - ed at'Syracuse, Sept 16, 1874.] “1. Gold and silver: the anly legal tender;no eurrency inconvertible with coin. - S 0 a ~ “2, Steady steps toward specie payments; né step backward. “ “3, Honest payment of the public debt in ‘coin, and the saered preservation of the public faith. ] “4, Revenue reform, Federal- taxation for revenue only; no-Government partnership with protected “monopolies: Feeg : “5. Home-rule to limit- and localize, most jealously the few powers intrusted to public servants,—municipal, State, and Federal; no centralization. “6. Equal and exact justice to all men ; no partial legislation; no partial taxation. - . .

“7. A free press; no gag-laws. “3. Free men;a uniform excise law; no sumptuary law. = %9, Official accountability enforced by better civif and criminal remedies; no private use of the ‘public funds by publie officers. - : “10. Corporations chartered by the State always supervisable by -the State in the interest of the people. = - “11, The party in })ower responsible for all legislation, when iu power. “12, The Presidency a public ‘trust, not -a private perquisite; no third term. Yk S f :

“13. Economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened.’ The Democrats of New York, in convention assembled, pledge themselves, their nominees, and their representatives in the Senate and Assembly, to follow.where an homnest and fearless Chief Magistrate has dared to iead in reforming the administration of the ‘great ganals zo long ‘despoiled in their construction, maintenance, repairs and revenues, to carry on with unwavering purpose and fidelity the wise measures to increase the efficacy of all departments of the public works and service, and to persist. in' reducing our State -tax, 1n which burdens - have aiready been lightened hy the retrenchments and reforms of a single year, to the amount of nearly $3,0£0,000; and upon this, paramount, immediate, and practical issues of administrative reform, we cordially- invite the co-operation of every true Democrat, every Liberal Republican, and all-our fellow-citizens, of whatever party name, who are willing, in the coming Btate election, to unite with us supporting .reform candidates upon a reform platform. \ These resolutions were undnimousIy adopted by a rising vote. = = : NOMINATIONS. : Nominations were then made as follows; | ‘ John Bigelow, by acciamation, for Seeretary of State; Lucius Robinson, for Comptroller; Charles 8. Fairchild, for Attorney-General; Charles. N. Ross, for State Treasurer; and John D: Van Buren, for State Engineer; Christopher H. Walrath for Canal Commissioner; Rodney R. Cr,ow-i ley for State-Prison Inspector.” :

Repudiation of the Ohio Rag-Baby by the Nebraska Democracy. :

OMAHA, Neb., Bept, 17.—The Democratic State Convention held at Fremont yesterday was the largest ever held in the State, and composed of the most . influential men of the party.— The following resolutions were adopted unanimously: ' _ 1. 'That the Democratic party of the State of Nebraska is in favor of retrenchment and reform in the administration of all departments of the C‘rovernmegt, both State and National. 2. That we are in favor of 3 sound currency, coin or its equivalent, as essential to stability in. business and a restoration of prosperity; steps towards specie payments, but no step backwards. SR ; 3. That we deprecate all attempts to commit the Democratic party to a gystem of paper money, based '}f«"“ a 1 jngondiclonsl excrolsg of the Faderal power waggfw _agaiust the common welfare, 41d’ a wanlgn yiolafio: Efigm&wwa © Defnel el s T seTG T

GOSHEN CORRESPONDENCE. . GOsnEN, IND, Sept. 20, 1875, To the Editor of The National Banner: : The temperance cause is still agitated in this city with u zeal which ounght to produce good fruit, but it is to be feared that the great indifference of many temperance people more than counteracts all the good that may have been; or is accomplished by the regular?s tenipprance meetings. We feel confident in saying that many are earnést in this great work of reform, and by constant perseverance will accomplish a good. We have- heard the constant boasts of the Church as being the great lever of reform, and for once we question their pretensions. Let those who will look over the field of this great temperance movement and note the prominent parts taken by the clergy, and it will be found that the spots occupied by them, are very few indeed. We belineve in the efficacy of theChurch as a moral agent, and as the eliminat-or-of vice and crime, but that its leadership in questions of great moral reforms is nd;‘]on‘mr recognized, is ‘a lamentable fact. i

Why is this? Some may say that! the Church is not given to fanaticism: and that the bands of temperance reformers are all fanatics, and hence the Church cannot join hands with them. The history of the world proves | eonclusively that in "all great moral | movements fanatics and fanatic¢ism abounded, but for all that no one will deny that ‘the good accomplished by those reforms was a great lever of strength by which paganism was sup- ‘| planted by c*hristia,nity and civilization raised to a higher plane of sound moral ethics. Ibis no excuse for zmy?" one who recognizes a giant evil in the land for him to withdraw his aid in removing it simply .because a few fanatics are engaged in the reformatory measures. We have heard it said that the clergy of Goshen were with and for the'whisky men, and that they (the clergy) did not have the moral | courage to come out mantully and array themselves on the side of temperance. It issaid that some draw salary from the fruits of thesale of whisky, and for thenr to speak temperance would cut off that support. Be this | as it may, we do not, believe’ that our ministers are opposed to temperance. We know a few who have veuy decided opinions upon this matter, and who are ever ready to yield a helping hand in all measures of reform; but, while we admit all this, we must say. that the very indifference of others gives force to the rumor of their untagonism to the témperimce cause. The témperance question is a moral question, and in this, as in all other n: ralreforms, the people must be brought to a higher ‘ide‘ul of moral feeling’ before the legal aspect;ean be ‘tiken into consideration. The enactment of | a law_will not and eannot produce a moral reform unless the.law is the outgrowth of the. moral feeling diffused among the people. That is, the law must grow out of the will of the people, and not the will of t;he people out of -the law. The law that comes into existence with & moral lever Dehind it will enforee itself by the great ‘powér involved in the popular opinion which gave rise to the law, while, on the other hand, a law designed to force public opinion ‘cannot be eiforced because »i,t' lacks the springs of action essential to ts existence, and because of such want the law itself remains a dead letter upon our statute’ books. If, then, the (temper{ ance cause is to be. benl\,fited_ by ‘ legislation, the temperance: people must make sure. that such’' legislation is the true reflex of popular opinion, for it it is not their efforts in’ this direction will prove fruitless and injurious to the catse.” The people, then, must be educated tb a proper standard of temperance views before they can have a popular idea upon which to found a law in support of the temperance reform. This being true of all moral law, as related to legal enactments, it follows . that all questions of morals hinge npon education—the great -eliminator of all ethical wrongs. Now, if the people are to be led to think upon this matter at all, it is evident that the question must be constantly agitated and kept before the public. With()utthink.-‘ 'ing no result will follow, without agitation no thinki’ntgv in new channels will diffuse itself. among the masses. Let then the question ‘be agitated from the pulpit, from the rostrum, by ‘the press, and by all other means that are honest and legitimate, and:in a few years a healthy tone of moral sen--timent will be found throughout the land. We have.heard many hard things said of the saloon-keeper; we have heard him called thief, pick-:

pocket and murderer, - Ie is treated by some as if he were not a .man pos"-:~ sessed of soul and spirit as other men. He is called brute and outlaw, The argumentum ad hominem in this case ‘seems to have lost its- force, and for ‘ the good of the cause ‘wez‘ would advise tempemnce speakers to exercise their intellectual powers upon something more lofty and more noble. It seems to us the worst of nonsense for ‘one to contend that the saloon-keeper ‘ who sells whisky as a beverage is.a murderer, becayse much whisky will in the end destroy life, 'We have heard of people' buying poison from .druggists with the express motive of committing suicide, but whoever heard of calling the mah who sold the poison a murderer? The argument carried to its logical consequences would prove nearly every salesman and manufacturer, in every department of trade, murderers and thieves. The true moral aspect of the quesfion is not reached by regorting to epithets, Nor does the mere®act of selling decide the motive involved which is essential to establish the criminality of the act. We will not enter upon de- | tail at present, but in a future letter we may have occasion to notice this | phage of the question more fully. - Respectiully yours, JOHN.

At a drill of firemwen in New York in Rutger square with the aerial ladder, a ninety foot ladder broke while at an angle of seventy-five degrees and precipitated a half dozen men to the ground, killing the chief engineer and two others and severely injpring sev‘eral more. Lo e ek 4 pricelist in another column of

. LATEST NEWS ITEMS. { A St. Louis wants to be counected with the fast mail line {o New York. Joseph Louader, the furniture man who libeled or lied about Mr. Beecher, has been admitted to bail to the feeble tune of $2,500. : . During the storm Saturday twelve inches of snow fell in Quebee, and much damage was done to. fruit and ornamental trees. g ; Goldsmith Maid will trot ab the southern Ohig Fair association grounds on the 29th; iind will there meet ler rival, Lulu. This trot will be the greatest of'the season, or indeed of the world, as the contestants have made the best time on record. j Later advices from Galvestion say that the recent cyclone lasted three days;-unroofed some hundred houses and drove the water qf the Gulf on to the island till the main streets were two feet deep. The telegraph HMnes have been replaced. : s ' A revolt has broken-out anew in two towns in Herzegovina, and the insurrection, is said to be spreading in West ‘Bosnia, where it is rumored that a general revolt is to take place. A turkish victory is reported at Vishegard from Constantinople.. The ninth reunion of the Army of the Cumberland took place at Utica, New York, last week. The ecity was tlecorated in honor of the event, a large turnout of people occurred, and the usual -Speeches, banquet, &e., contributed to theé enjoyment of the oceasion. .

Mr. Beecher declines the proposed public reception at the Brooklyn A cademy of Music. "He thinks that sugh.a demonstration would be certain to “renew discussions of public transactions which should never have had an existence,” and which he would: prefer should lapse into obscurity. -~

Messrs. Moody and Sankey are now. together at Northfield, Massachusetts, ‘the home of the former.. They are in communication with prominent divines and laymen in difterent parts of the country, preparing a.plan ot operations for next winter, when it is proposed to attempt the inauguration of a general religious revival throughout the country. S )

- On Saturday, Sépt. 11th, Hon. Henry T. Blow, of St. Louis, died at saratoga, of congestion. Mr. Blow was one of the leading men of his State, and’ occupied various public positions in the service of the general government, He served with great credit, through the 38th and 29th« Congress, in the House of Representatives.' He was appointed by President Lincoln, minister to Venezuela, iu‘ul by President Grant, minister to Brazil.. The President also appointéd him one of the Commissioners of the Distriet of Columbia in 1874. Ile was anable, scholarly .and upright man, and his deatl entails o great public loss. =

A condemned man in Missouri had « liberal curiosity to see the secaffold built on which he was’ to be hanged. He was granted this indulgence, with the added benefaction of an arm-chair and a bottle of wiliisky, in the former of which he sat and from the latter of \ which he drdnk, “bossing ‘the . job” - with the utmost tury and the liveliest paroxysms of profanity till the sun went down and the calm and deep peace of " eomplete intoxication des scended upon him and he fell from Jhis chair over the Dbalcony, nearly blotting out the executioner, who was lounging around beneath, and rendering almost useless' the reprieve which the next morning restored him to a renewed lease of life and a possible new triak |1 Lot e

e ] < TR g 4 'The Maine Bleetion.

JThe result of the election in Maine is most ‘gratifying to all" Democrats and Liberals, and cannot fail to satis{y the most exacting. . Thé State _h:fi_(s been Republican so long, that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. ILast year the Republicans carried the State by 11,500 majority; this year, upon a largely increansed vote, and the moststrenuous exertions on their part, they barely ecreep through. -~ i : Their most prominent speakers traveled over the State; even Fred Douglass “lent his presence,” but it was of no avail. There are one hundred and twenty-two towns and plantationts to hear from, and thé Republicansare only about faz;r thousant ahead, 8o their “victory” is by no means assured as yet. Granting, however, that they have carried the State, the result'is all that could be asked for. : b

1t shows that the defection and the dissatisfaction weith the Republican party extends all over the whole eountry. We hayve heard from the Golden State, and now comes a voice from the “piney woods” of Maine, speaking in no ungertain tones of retribution that is to come. The Democracy has the situation in its own control; there is no question in regard to it, It canuot be beaten by the Republicans; only. the folly ot its own members can destroy its own opportunity. |

The temper of the people is ripe for a change. It is only necessary that the platform rest upon those corner stones/of pure Democracy, Hard Money and Home Rule, to sweep the nation in its centennial year. We appeal, then, to all Democrats, to spgak out for Democratic principles. Let the rag money heresy be buried. The elections in Maine and California, fought upon hard money! platforms, show what ¢an be done. Do not, we entreat you, throw away a great opportunity, for the pleasure of following after a theory of finance, whieh is’ as false and delasive 88:it, I pernicious.— Kalamazoo Gazette., - !

e A Xquv Cattie Disease. - ~ The ¢ nose and mouth disease” that is making so much havoe among cat» tle in England, having reached proportions of such: magnitude that the privy council has been called upon to adopt measuresto %n'event, it possible, the further spread of” the disease, is beginning to make its appearance in this country, having already spread to an alarming extent in Massachugetts and othier Eastern States. The system of quarantining has been dopted in these States, and is thought to work well. The disease hag, it seems, also made its appearance in the southeggtern portion of tlis eounty, and has affected the herd of Jerseys belonging to Mr. ¥. M. Churchman. The disease commences with dryness of the nose,accompanied by fever, finally swelling of all the mucous surfaces of the mouth, and diphtheric exudation upon the upper cupion, which becomes so tender as to prevent the ‘animal biting. The mucous; drops from the mouth and nose, general debility occurs and at the same time all the discharges become bloody. . +This . alarming disorder is being investigated, having attracted the attention of all the' farmers and stock-men ‘in Mr. Churchman's ‘neighborhood.— Indianapolis Jowrnal, | . | s S T e : ~_The Indianapolis exposition up to Thursday, September 16, the close of the first week, was a flat failure, A yisit on \’%eg}negd@y ;;eveale?, 8 very _poor exhibition and an insignificant “attendance. Not one third of the space on the second floor was filled.— The art gallery was altnost empty. . %‘l}; dis‘plfigf on gjfi’é‘ firgt fl%@‘t{‘) ga:gisfle tion égféo!is{ia : fumgg%g”b? msfi ' Geologist, and a_creditable display of Fhiata was littla & Ve Sann. ‘l'3?9‘,?”s‘ ‘exceed 200 a 6 any timeduring hie day.

~ THE TWENTIETH ‘ ;2 : i S 2 5 5 o eFmme ' NOBLE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY S —Willbe heldat—= "~ . . LIGONIER,' Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 1o and brday, - OCTOBER 12. 13, 14 & 15, °75, The Premium J"ist"lms Ixeen doubled over those of I‘qgme_l; years, ag,d' in... some»cases they are t_rebléd. ’ 4 B ] “ .» & .o ' f Trotting & Running Races To come‘dff‘_'-ion the third and fourth days, promise to bev,zt-most Drilliant teature of the Fair. Some very fast horses are exvected to be I)l'esent.'

&o) e ’ f A Firemen’s Tournament - . Will be the nmin") feature of the . gt third day! ‘ Additional Stalls and S{t\a}ulihg for .~ Horses and Cattle. : ‘Have been erected at & grentexpens_e.. Ler ALLORioUR ‘. FARMERS, Mannfacturers, and Stock Dealers And all t)tlle-l's_ who. dre‘int‘ereste,d,; : - TOUORN OUT! And br‘ing' their families with them on this oceasion. . 520 F.BEAZEL, ; o.‘ ' ‘Mannfacturer of J o is L | a 9 3 CEROT NOO Saddles, Harness v » :o=— AN ‘)'—; ___‘ r FIN | FRUNKS. J ,‘ : v .l !=z ‘ ‘ v : LIGONIER, INDIANA

{ The proprictor will be pleased at zlnyflme to WI! oun all who may wish nnythinginithe line of -~ HARNESS, | I ~ SADDLES, | BRIDLES, } . WHIPS, T f ‘ . COIILARY o ~ FLY-NETS, i .~ BRUSHES, E | . CARDS, g &c., and in fact evergv-thing‘i;ertainixig to thl; ! ‘. : ofrfis‘ineas,. b i:. | : Ez;pen‘.nl attention ig salled to tlie fact that; he is now'gugaged 1n the manufacturing of all kinds o Whictin = N | Style, Finish, Durability & Price, Are far sunérior_to those of éaemrq ‘manufacture. ] Call, See and Buy. l October 30, '73-27tf % £, BFAZRL. i CABINET SHOP 44' ! i 5 b 5 . b ‘t » ] ~ AND = ? y : { s , adey CABINET WARE ROONS } ) (,‘ < J ; v ) ' e L ; Woixldl'espeotfully ABROHBGx tokhe vitizensof Noble county, that he ba:constantlyan - handalargeandsuperiorstock of CABINET WARBE, Wl gfionaiati:qg.ip pavigf- o DRESSING BUREAUS. i ?~ WARD-ROBES. i B TAREE : G . mANnE Sl i § 1 . LOUNGES, ; G e e e CrGE b A OUPSROARDR, ev e 1 MQULDING gt et sk sl ST e bt e - CHAIRS AND BEDSTEADS, ‘Andin‘fact evesything usually keptina First slueOabiziet B P rticular attention paid. Popiihe Sbt

iU DC FOR T SHALL SELL ALL GOODS IN THE i AWFEUWIELIR Y NIINE Positively at cost, for 30 days only, (from September 16th to October 16th,"187531b-maike‘room for Fallrétogk. * Read the Price List below, retail and cost, the prices I'am selling goods for during the 30 days. T e e e | o e | Swiss“W;g'tc]_les;'-in;coin' silvercases......... $15.00 to $25.00{510.00 to $20.00 Ladies’ Gold Watches... ..... Leev. .. c€aCh] 30,00 o, 75.00) 25.00 to 65.00 Ladies’ Rolled Plated Guard Chains, .. each| 12.00 to' 25.00/ 8.00 to 18.00 Ladies’ Rolled Plated Opera Chains. ...each| 12.00 to 25.00| . 8.00 to 18.00 Ladies’ Rolled Plated Necklaces.......each| 250 to 1000/ 1.50t0 7.00 ‘Ladies’ Rolled Plated Sets of Jewelry..each| 6.00 to 12.00| 4.00 to 9.00 -Ladies’ fine Solid Gold Sets of Jewelry. .each 10.00 to 35.00| 7.00 to 25.00 ~Solid Gold Plainand Band Rings......each| 3.00t0 7.00/- 175 to 5.00 | -Solid Gold Amethist and Topaz Rings..each| * 5.00 to 30.00] 3.00 to 22.00 Solid Gold Cuff Buttons. ... ..........each| 4.00t0 15.00/ 3.00to'12.00" . Solid Gold 5tud5:.............0 .....each|, 200 to 12.00| 1.25t00 9.00 . - Rolled Gold Cuff 8utt0n5....... ~..... .each| I.ooto '5.00] - .50to °B.OO _Rolled Gold Studs: ... ...-...... .-/....each| I.ooto ‘4.00| .50 to - 250 Gold Pens & Holders, E. S."Jolinson’s Manuf.| - 2.50 to 12.00 /1.50 to 9.00 - ‘Gold Tooth Picks and Pencils, * i « A 250 .t 0 10.00] 1.50 to . 7.00 “.. . ‘SILVER PLATED WARE. ; s , Castors ... .0..v0 /oo De i Ll eachf 8.00.t0 218:00) 1.50.t0 15.00 ; Cake Baskets. . .0 i 00b 0 eachl' B.ooto’lB.oo] 6.00t0 15.00 Card Receivers... ... i... 00 00 % . each| 250 to 10.00|. 1.50 to | 8.00 ~ Butter Dishes .. ........0000.0 /- 0 leach| 8.00 to. 15.00| :6.00 to 12.00 ‘Berry Dishes . 0500 L vdwihl o Jeach] . 8.00 to 20.00] 6.00 to 15.00 ~Tee Pilchers ..o oo 5 cigeniiioc oo each| 15.00 to. 35.00) 12.00 to. 25.00 " Goblets. .. ... ceßEenl ere ooy L elieh] 2600 - 8.001. 1.50.t0° 4.50 Pickle Castors: ... ... 0. .0..0. oo ... .each| B.oo'to 15.00| 6.00 to 12.00 ‘TeaSpognss. 1. .c. ./ L. dperisett] 2.00te 8.50! 1.25 to® 250 Dessert and "Table 5p00n5.:.... .. per sett| 4.00t0 6.00| 2.50 to 4.50 Dessert and Table F0rk5....... . .persett| 3.50.t0 700 250t0 5.0 Dessert and Table Ku01ve5.......s " .per sett‘ 5.00't0 10.00{ 3.50 to - 8.00 And all'other Goods in that line too pomeiel o - ey -/ oustomention. - b e o b : ‘ e G OTOCRE, | L i c Welghtestrikeotday oo 000 0o 8 b 475 to 9.00| 350 to 7.00 —Weightstrike, Siday, ©.O ... 000 0/ v 6.00 t 0 " 12.00 [ 5,00 to 16.00Spring, atrike:d day 00l LS S G| L 500 b 10.00| +4.00 to . 7.00. Spring, sbrike, 8 day... (il 0N s 0 \ 6.00 to 12.00{' .475-to "9.00 -~ Spring me Iday. oo o b el 300 to ) 5001 2,00 to - 3.25 = e List contains'dl_tiy a fe(v of the numerc}ué goqgls‘l hav;;;l‘land i that will be sold for the cost price, for:3o days only.. Take advantage - of this opportunity, as you will perhaps névef be so lucky in the future; oo VRGO I lON W ON, Ligonier House Block, Ligonier, Indiana. e e —————— T e ENGEL & CO'S ADVERTISEMEBENT. LARGEST AND LEADING ‘CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN 1% L 0 NOBLE AND 'ADIOINING GOUNTIES, .. .. =

- BENGEIx & CO. —V—AIF\T()\\RP(]IVIN(T IIII«IR—*—— 3§<)xxx\\\\xxVX\\\\:\i\xxxxxvm\\\X}\\ .\'xxx%xxkxxxxxxxxxxxxxkxkxxx;f | :)(XX)IXXXXE(XXXXXX‘.‘(X_X“XXX’XXXXXI(AX‘XXXXX XXXXX?(XI(XX.\ZXI(XX_X):(EXX}(‘XXX)(,XXXX ~ Men's and Boys’ Wear!. To which they call the attention of . their Patrons and the Puboo lic generally] - 0 - Prices Always the Lowest. ' . ENGEL&CO., e aas e MRt e Tase e - Kendallville, Ind.

TEN COMMANDMENTS . STIRAUS, JER. « I.—Thou shalt have no other Clothing, only from i STRAUS, Jw’s, for = | I sellithe best.and cheapest. *.. |« .. 7l . e : _ i 2.—Thou shalt not make any graven image or any likeness of Clothes, for . you can buy them of J. STRAUS, Jr, cheaper than you'can ,’make them. ; . 3—Thou shalt not take the name of other Clothing Stores in vain, Toradi e STRAUS, JRr., sells!2s per cent. cheaper than any other House in Ligonier. = ' - 4.—Remember the Sabbath day, six days shalt thoun gome in and purchase your Clothing, Hats ahd Caps, &c., of J . STRAUS, J&, and on the seventh . : day examing your bargains. =~ . . ' L i : s.—Honor the Clothing House of J. SFRAUS, Jr., for he will save you ; woney by buying of Bl e 0 o 0 : : e o , 6.—TLou shalt not kill.your time loeking in other Clothing Houses, for if " 1 I can’t-sell cheaper than they do, ¥ don’t wantiyow to bwy. - * ' . . 7 . T—Thou shalt steal away from all other Clothi‘ng'_Ho‘_u'g‘es, and come to J., ' STRAUS, Jr.’s Clothing House for bargains. b : | B—Thou shalt not bear false witness against J. S’l‘ij& Ix., for I will,” can and do undersell any other Clothing House in Ligonigr, : - 9.4-Thou shalt not forget 'thz_zt”_J.vSTß‘A‘US,'J}:.’S‘, Original Boss Clothing : : Store contains the best and cheapest Clothing in Ligonier. - o : 10.—Thou shalt 'noti‘;‘forget‘thatiJ». STRAUS, JR., welcomes the public to =, conie and examine his stock, whether they buy OLmok. | ! _ : 1 Bvervhody's Interest It is Everybedy's Interest o teelos ey BN AR o 3 G G ‘et P ‘: i r x:_ "‘x . J, STRAUS, JR’S inal “BOSS” Clothing Ho ~ Ihs new and Elegant Stock is simply immense. No use in t,rym%;?enumeratew ~We cani meet five'ry demand of the fi“‘* , lic. We have Suits for Old and Yotung, Big and Little, Rich and Poor! We sell at Bottom Figures! All we ask is that Everyhody in Noble and VLY ROELY. Ll dNERNHE Al s e e Bt T R Lok Re e L e e e R b - Adjoining Counties . ‘ o z;‘ ~,_‘/,‘ & 'ntfv-_ S*" R ”N)(’.;‘-; os, he ;' .:‘;F R CALL and TAKE a LOOK at Our GOODS. Lol et ee g S e B eL i e e Gra el Gee NN B e T R OENL Y eRI L e e A Splendid Assortment of Hats and f Ol' Mien anda noys; .Latesv