The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 38, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 January 1876 — Page 1

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e e£k Forior Py (L 8t . CITIZENS’ BANK, LIGONIER, . INDIANA. , First-Class Notes wanted ‘at a Low’ Rate of Discount. = | ALI parties having Pablic Sale Notes.” will do well to see us befora disposing of them else- | where. i : : Euhaggge Bought‘aml Sold, €rd Fc!'re{gn Drafts drawnon _all the Principgl Cities of Europe. ) ) i - Agents for First:Class Fire and Life - Insurance Companies. , . STRAUS BROTHERS. i M. M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. E Ligotx}er. Ind., Dec 16, 1875.-6-26 JAMES'M., DENNY, i = Attorney.and Counsellor at Law. Otfice 1n the Court House, ALBION, - - - - '-.- IND. 815 " L.COVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public | Garrett, Indiana. - Office in the Seeley Block, west side Main Street. ... W. GREEN, ‘ . E . i 1 ’ Justiceof thePeace & Collection Ag, pmcdf—Second Story, Landon’s Br‘u;k Block, - LIGONIER, - - 'IND]ANA. 6 | D.C.VANCAMP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, . Ligomnier, : ¥ : Indiana. Special attention given to collections and conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages; and contracts. Leégal business promptly attended to. Office over Jucpbs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50 H. G. ZIMMEIRMAN,j Attorney at Law & Notary Public, Office over Gerber’s Hardware, Cavin Street. ;. : : Ligonier, Indiana. Ty January 7, 1875,-9-37 e

X : I, E. KNISELY, ) : e \ : - ATTORNEY AT LAW, E LIGONIER, - - - 1;\:/)111;’\‘.4’. g~ Oflice on second floor of Lande#'s Block. 7-2 p s A & e —_— .2 WM. B. McCONNELL, ' Attorney at Law ahd Circuit Prosecutor, - ANGOLA, :° : @ & INDIANA. All professional business promptly and satisfactorily attended to. . k 3 - 9-39 - : ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peaee & Uonveyancer, ; " _LIGONIER, INDIANA.. : Specialattention given t¢ conveyaneing andcol- . lections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up and all legal basiness aitendéd -t0 promptly ané, __ accurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’sstore,” o ) . ) May 15187315-8-3 | © HL. WAKEMAN, I 't &Justice of theP TnsuranceAg't &Justie of thePeace, "KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. Office with-A.' A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Will receive subscriptions to THE NATIONAL BANNEE. _D® B DEPPELLER, . i ~ UROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC = ~ . PHYSICIAN. Office over Cunningham’s Drug Store, east side ot Cavin Street, _Ligou,ier.lndiaqg. : - 410-2 . P, W.CRUM, Physician ‘and Surgeon, . LIGONIER, :° INDIANA, i Office over Baim’s Grocery Store. * v 9 nS-Iy. i < G, W.CARR, ~“Physician and Surgeon, ' LIGONIER, - - + -- = IND, _ Willpromptlydttend all ealls intrustedto him. ¢ Offeeand residence on 4th Street. “ ol

g J. M. TEAL, - DENTIST, Rooms dver L E. Ptkes Grocerv, Corner of Main and Mitchell Streets, @oppoeise‘ the Post Office. Kendallville, Ind. @ All work warranted. <8 - Kendallville, May 1, 1874. ) ol Laghing Gas! ; %'y N 1"\ -\ .= A} "‘} ~FOR THE- : ~, D PAINLESS EXTRACTION e “": "7:‘,\‘.’ (i i —oF—ey s ‘}, 1% . TEETH e D bants Ofee. . /o> v Filling Tem IS’peci;lty - Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 11, 1875, 1-1. TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. ™ : V.W_AXTELL, : : : Proprietor. s Laporte, April 5. 1871. ) . s ; CONOORD & CATAWBA WINE. We keep-coneiantly on hﬁu;i and sellin large or small %ud.uLiLies. to suit customers, : Wine of Qur Owa Manufacture, Pure — Nothing but the Juice of ; . the Grape. | By i SACK BROTHERS, | Ligonier, July 38, '71.-t{ . o

Winebrenner & Hoxworth, . HOUBE, i_lGl! A'Np ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS, Graimers, GlazierB and Paper-Hangers. Shop near corner of Fourth and Cavin Sts,, opposite Kerr’s Cabinet Bhop. v Ligonier, - = = - Indiana, : KE'.VDALLVILLE;fIIVDIAA'A. NBW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK “Hotel,only ten rode trom the' L. 8.& M. S. R. R. Depot, and four sqnares fromthe G, R.R R — Only ive minntes walk to any of the pﬁncl&pnl businesshousesofthecity. Traveling menandstran:etl willfind this a firsi-class houge. Fares 2 per ay. . ) -J. B KELLY, Proprietor, Kend#llyville, Aug.3.1870.-14° - i PHILIP A. CARR, : AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the publicingeéneral. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoestore of P. Sisterhen,. * 3 ) Ligonier, January 8, 7337 . 1 O.vV.INES., o, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, ‘AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND. g " Aprill2, 1871.-50 . 4

~ W.A. BROWN, Manufacturer of and Dealerin ail klndepf = FURNITUR E, EPRIN_'G‘ BED BOTTOMS, ! - WILLOW-WARE,. ~ ' BRACKETS, &c COFFINS&CASKETS Also: L‘PIES’ SHROUDS of various patterns, Alwayson hand, and will bé farnished to order l‘nn;:;:: %t::ed with hel:r'n when dnllreda ote Igonier, in CQf Cavin and 2nd ﬂt;r.}Au".g, . mf_e__l 5. - 2 R 9 YB7 i i : Lo\ INIMENT '|IODIDE OF AMMONIA , Fave Ache, : e e e lrdulqt’lnludqo} everykind inman or &n mal. afitant of 2St SO e e e e grest pain and trouble. Girzs’ h&m lovine or Auuoxia effected a cure. ADAM ENGEL,

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BANKING HOUSE ;o Lop—= 11 SOL. MIER, Conrad’s Néw Brick Baock, LIGONIER, IND’NA, i, Money loaned on lonig and short time. [ ‘Notes discounted at reasonable rates. | | i Monier received on depogitand intereet pllowed on specified time, . SR . Sk Exchangebought and sold; and Foréign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Europe. . -2 TO THE FARVMERS: YOU will please take noiice that T am ‘et,i'i):en- - %aged.in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market.price. . T Ff you do mot.find me on the street, cnll before sellinig, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. - % ... SOL. MIER. Ligonier,lndiana, May Tth,lB74.—lf | -

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This Liniment possesses great curative powers for varieus ailments. For asthmatic cor iplaints, difficuit breathing tightness of the bigusi; and ailments of the Juugs, it is.applied exterhally.on the breast, and between the shoulders. |ln case of snarp pains in the back and limbs, hepd-ache, | ear-ache, affections of the throat, or in capes ofiuternal injuries, whether resuiting from (a severe stroke, falilor bruise, this Liniment is e pecially efficacious. - It relieves ulcers, .open woands, salt rhenm, white swelliog, milk leg, an WOrKks charmingly on corus, chilblains, froste hands | feet and ears. Nursing mothers suffering from swollen breaxsts, resulting from a staghatioa of the lacteal fluid, will find ‘this Liniment|of incalcalable benetit by way of separating the pwelling, allaying the fever, and healing the breust. " By several applications per day, highly satistactory results may be obrained from the use’of|ibis Liniment in the treatment of tumors, fistula, cancer, piles, and like diseases ; also, for woundsrésulting from scalds, burns and cutg, and from |the bites of wasps, snakes und mad dogs, 'or poisuning from noxious plants The French Liniment|will also be found a veluable household remedy in cases of rhenmatism,eronp, scéarlet fever, dipmhélria, quincy, bronchitis, scrofula, erysipelas,—for external applications. Cholera, cholera ‘morbus, celic, cramps, spasams, flux, diarrhea and gnpings in the bowels.may be effectually checked by the internal uee of this celebrated Liniment, as follows: One-half * teaspoonful four to five times within a.period ofifrom one-half hour to twg or thre¢ hours, according ta the severity of the ¢ase. - For colic, take one or two doses, For finx or'digrrheea, infants, one year:of age, require [from 5 to 6 drops; two years oid, from 10 to 12 drops, given in sngar, - Rub the abdomen with the Liniment. For inflammation of the buwels, use the Liniment internally and externally.. ;

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Is Delayed and Life Pralonged by using R, & T. Tonie Ellxir and Liguid Extract of Beef. This medicine canl;mt! under any cireumstanee fail to cure -Indigestion (:mmgnaﬁun,,by,,. : pepsia, Headache, Neérvou ness,_fmss of Btrength and v;u‘AFpetice' Lun{; Liver, ladder, Kidney, Stomach, Blood, and Chi dren’s l’)isguea. All Female diseases - and ‘'weaknesses this medicine will positively cure. -All dases of Piles arising from natural causes or by the use of injurious medicines are permanéntly - cured. - The pure Beef Juice and Blood prepared from ' raw meat furnishes stfength and nourishment. . Prof. B 8. Wa{he, Chemist and \Pmident of Cineinnati College of Pharmaey, says: ; e { CrserNwart, April 2, 1875, ~ Mzssms. Ricuarpson & TuLLDGE 7 s Grxts—Having been made sgﬁm\inted with the com= ggsition of your R, & T. Tonic Elixir and Liquid B{trm of Beef, woyld say that it pos. sesses valunble medieinal properties, as all the ingredients. emerimi into its compesition have well-known and tpo’“ ve medicinal value, which combined together must form an excellent ~tonie, cathartic, and nutritive medicine, and one well suited 1o relieve many complaints incident to our . climate. . Respeetfully, E. 8. WAYNE. If you donot find this medicine af ona drug store, eall at another, and if it is not on'sale in-your place, . have your druggist order it, or send diréct to us. - " Price, $l.OO per bottle. Bent on receipt of price. - RICEARDSON & TULLIDGE, Cincinnati, 0.

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~ CHAPTER.XXXI., . : OLD CORKSCREW AT MADAME GERDY’S. - Although, in military language, Old Corkscrew had been “repulsed with loss” by the magistrate, and terribly harassed by the enemy, yet he wouldn’t own himgelf beaten. i “I’ve only lost the scent,” he repeated, sniffing the air in the way peculiar to him. “T've got my duty to do. Is this the wume for me to give way, when: 'the life of a man hangs upon a thread? If I don’t stir myself, .who will? I pushed 'this young mart inta the abyss, and T'll pull him out of it. - "Alone, too, I’ll' do it—that ig, if no one!will help me.”" : ~ The poor old boy was nearly fainting with fatigue. The fresh air-was-a sort of tonic to him, and he remembered that Eince the night before he hadn't eaten a morsel. He dashed into the first restaurant that he came to, and ordered a dinner, consisting of soup, chop to follow. with fried potatoes, a pancake, and a pint of claret. - | e " “Qur friend the Daddy left the restaurant a very different’man from when he had entered it. The elouds were dissipated. Hadn’t he time before him—a whole month? What can’t & man in earuest do in a month? His only regret was that he couldn’t warn Albert that he had a friend working for him, who was morally sure of his innocence. - The first thing he did on returning home was to mount to the fourth story, and ask atter poor Madame Gerdy, the'woman he had once intended to make his wife! . Noel opened the door. -, i A

Thiz rather disconcerted the Daddy. He only meant “kind inquiries,” and now he was obliged to enter, if only for five minutes. ) The fact was, he distrusted himself, and would have paid down a five-pound note rather than have been draggedinto a conversation about the Widow Leronge. Be¢ides, he was nervougly afraid that Noel—the futave Viscount de Valcourt—might dizcover-that he was connected with the detective police.. ’ On the other haud. he was “eager to learn what had passed between the young: barrister and the old Count. Noel beckoned his: friend to follow him into Madame Gerdy's’ room. S “Whai does the doctor say?’ asked Monsieur Tabaret, in that whispering voice which we instinctively use in a sick chamber. < . “He has just left,” answered Noel, “and gives no hope.” i y The old man, walking on tip-toe, ad. | vanced to the bed-side, and looked at the dying woman with eyes that were dim with tears. o ; “Poor thing! posr thing!” he murmured. #“God has been very good in taking her away before she knows &ll! She has suffered much; but what would her sufferings have been eould she have known that her son—her real son—zwas in prison under the awful charge of murder!” “That’s what U'in always saying,” said Noel, “to eonsqle myself as I sit watcling her by that bed. For I love her still, old friend. I can’t forget that I have ever considered her-ag a mother. I know that I was on the’ point of cursing her once, but you stopped we. * I.thought I hated her; but now—mnow, when I am to lose her —II forget the wrong she has'done. me, and only remember her tenderness and devotion! Yes, death will be a blessed release for her; and yet why? for I believe that her son is innocent!” ; “Not guilty, eh? And gow, too, think 80?” : ‘ . Daddy Tabaret put so much warmth, so much vivacity into' this execlamation, that Noel looked at. him with stupefaction. The old man felt that he was blushing l.ili?,a. girl, and hastened to explain himself. : . | '

“1 said, ‘You think so, too?” Whatl meant by that was, that I coincided in’ our opinion. I, too, am convinced that Ke is innocent. It’s.so improbable'that a young man, brought up as he has been, should have contemplated such a cowardly business. I've talked with alot of people about it, and everybody agrees with me. The publicisin his favor; and that’s a great point gained.” : : “No,” said Noel—“no, Monsieur Tabaret. - Albert hasn’t the public with him as yet. As you know very well, the French go on an entirely different principle to the. English. Here, when a poor devil is arrested—innocent, perhays of ‘the 'crime imputed to him-=we are all eager to throw stones at him.! We reserve our pity for ‘the guilty one, who, probably, will betray himself somewhere in his eross-examina-tion. ; Whilst Justice is . doubt, we are with her, heart and soul, against her scapegoat; but the moment that it has been ‘thoroughly proved that a man is an out-and-out scoundrel, we sympathize with him heart) and soul. Now that’s what public opinfon means in France. Albert is in prison;.but as I told my father, the Count de Valeourt. I will undertake his case; I will defend him; and, with Heay‘en’s‘hell_v,_l will save 't]im:f’ 3 ;

~ The old man felt, inclined to clasp his arms round his young friend’s neck, but by a strong effort'he restrained himself. “I'll tell him all about it by-and-by, if things take a wrong turn for the poor boy in prison.” p He contented himself by shaking the barrister by the hand, as he rose to leave, saying, as he did so, “Bravo, my child!— you've got a good heart. I was afraid it might have been spoilt by all the riches and grandeur that it is coming into. I know your kead is all right, but I confess I trembled about your heart. .Thank goodness, it’s in the right place! Good night, my boy—good night!” oOld Corkscrew closed the "door softly behind him, and, ereeping down the stairs, endeavored to gain his own apartments with as little noise.as possible. "The fact was, he was afraid to face his housékeeper. He had been twenty-four ‘hours away from home, and naturally expected “a scene.”. e : Marie was in a temper, and no mistake —«off her hinges,” as she said; and intended to give her master warning on the gpot, if he did’t keep more regular hours, 'All the night she had sat up shivering and shaking with fear, listening at the kéyhole for every step she heard upon the stairs, and expecting each moment to see her master brought in upon a stretcher. To make matters worse, the whole house seemed to have gon‘e mad. Nothing but running up and down stairs—one in search of the doctor, another for medicine—such “goings on” she couldn’t stand; no respectable woman could; and if her master could spare her half an hour tomorrow, she’d give him a bit of her mind. - : :

She burst out in reproaches whilst she laid the supper. - old Corl’c‘;prew never answered a word; but the moment she had finished her pre}mrations and pl~ 'ed the wine on the table, he rose, and, aking her by the ghoulders, turned her out of the room, double locking the dooribehind her, | |“Phew!” muttered the old man; “if she had remained ten minutes longer, I might have committed a desperate deed myseff.” S CHAPTRER XXX " OLARE PLEADS FOR HER LOVER. . ~ Monsieur Daburon, the magistrate, had his work before him, and passed all Saturday and Sunday examining witnesses, :tra?&; the village where the murder had been. committed, and its nearest town, Sogutegy, - L 0

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1876.

- Whilst he snatcheéd & half hour cizéu. for his meals, he had “audiences” with the various agents of the detective force, whose investigations, however, were anything but satisfactory. ; ; ~ They had heard a great deal of talk about a woman, who asserted that she had seen the murderer coming out of the widow’s cottage; but nobody seemed able to give them a description of thfs mythical woman, or even to furnish them with her name. 5 ! '

| But they all thought it their duty to inform the magistrate that an inquiry was being conducted by a “private indivirgual;’f’at the same time as _theirs, This person was sparing no end of money, and had about a-dozen men under him, who were ‘ﬂlwaf's‘coming across them, and forestalling them in everything.. - ' . The magistrate looked somewhat startled. sies : “You have, of course, discovered wﬁo: the party was—:" L “old Corkscrew, of couige, who was asnifling and a-prying about the place, in an old gig, harnessed to a young bay mare, as knew what work meant, and no mistake. - He must have got up very early in the morning,” said the disconsolate detective; “for wherever we went, we found he’d been there afore us. I met the old Deggir once,and he had the impudence to speak to me. “What,’ says he, ‘do you mean by showing'them photogruffs about? Before the end of the week, you'll be crowded with witnesses, who, for a fivefranc piece, will dye their hair and beards to any tint, pull out. theis teeth, and even maim themselves, to swit whatever portrait you present them. At last, he finished ' off by telling two of the police agents, who happened to be in a wineshop in the village, that he had spotted his man. - Three persons had seen him—two railway guards, ancG a third person, a woman, whose evidence would be decisive; for she had spoken tohim,and she remembered quite well that he was smoking.” 3 < %\lonsiem' Daburon loat his temper on the spot. W “I'he officions old idist!” he muttered between his teeth. *Herz! get me my hat and great coat! Il start. for Bougival tonight, and I'll bring him'back, with a flea in his ear!” S Caealiiages

The journey was uselegs. - Daddy Taba- | ret, the gig, the swift bay mare, and the twelvé mren had vanished. s On returning home tired and dispirited, | the magistrate found a telegram on his table, from the chief of the detéctive force. ‘ | It contained these fow words: ] “IWe have found the wman. Leave for| Paris this evening.. Valuable evidence. . | . _ “GEVROL.” | % % % W ke ! At nine the next morning, Monsieur Daburon was preparing to start for the Pal-| ace of Justice, where he expected to meet Gevrol and the man he had entrapped—perhaps also the meddling Old Corksgrew’ himself. ; cith He had collected his papers,.put on his | coat and hat, when 'his servant informed him that a young lady, accompanied byi an old woman, requested to see him. - She wouldn’t give her name, saying tha,t! it was entirely unnecessary, as it was ab-' solutely imperative that the magistrate should spare her a few minutes of ~hins‘ time. 2 S i ! ““Show her up!" said Monsieur Daburon. He thought it was probably some relation of a prisoner whose case he had un‘dertaken previous to the murder at La Jonchere, and - made up hig mind to dismiss the unwelcome visitor as soon as possible. : < Heé was standing beford -the chimneyplace, with his back to.'the door, looking over some letters. ¢ | - The noize of the opening door, the rustle of asilk dress, and the sound of a light‘ gfootstep behind him, did not disconcert ‘him in the least. Lt o | He didw’t even turn Lis head. Whenl ‘he had finished reading the letter he had in his hand, he condescended to lift his, }eyes and cast a rapid glance at the new-' ‘comer: : : ol | Héd started back, as though he had seen‘ a ghost. The leiters fell from his nerveless grasp into the fender at his feet. .~ “Clare!’?” he gasped. “Clare!” ;- | And ‘then—as if he believed himself, and . hoped to believe-himself, the plaything -of some illusion of the brain, and yearned to see the jembodiment of her whose mame he had uttered—he turned slowly, and leaned heavily against the chimney-place. i

Yes, it was Clare! Sl What? . This young girl, at once o proud and yet so shy, had summoned up suflicient courage toicall upon him, alone? —for she had left her old governess outside. Monsieur Daburon felt puzzled. Some great sentiment or powerful motive had annihilated her natural timidits and‘ aristocratic reserve. | - Despite himself, his heart gave a great throb of happiness. He knew she was lost to him, but he loved her still! It was such a luxury to look on ‘hersweet face again! b He said nothing; only looked at her with a wistful gaze, almost sad in its intense affection. - : . / He thought- her more beautiful than ever. ‘Her sweet, pale face, and . large dreamy eyes, usually veiled in a melancholy that was. habitual to them, now flashed, and gleamed, like-a summer-sky that threatens storm. ~ He felt that she had made up her mind ‘about something; and whatever that some-. thing was, that she would carry out her %purpose with. all the noble resolution ‘that belongs to simplicity #ind truth. ‘ ~ She advanced towards him with a guiet dignity, extending her hand in a pretty, friend{y way, that some.women do with a grace that is intuitive. ; . . “We are still friends,.are we not?” she said, with a tremuloussmile; - . o

The magistrate felt like a great awkward schoolboy. He looked at the little white, ungloved hand, and only touched it with the tips of his fingers, «Friends, of course,” he murmured. “You know that I am devpted to you.” Mademoiselle d'Arlangef) subsided gently into a vast arm-chair—the very same armchair in which Old Corkscrew, only two nights .before, had argued the guilt, and ;ucceeded in effecting the arrest of Alert. - g % i

Monsieur Daburon remained standing, leaning against the chimney-piece. " “You know why I haveicome?” asked the girl. ' . * With a bend of the head, he made a sign which meant “Yes.” e He was }gattlin%' with himself. Could he resist her? Could he refuse supplications when they came frqm such a mouth? “It was only yesterday that I knew all aboul it,” continued Clare; “they kept it from me; without my dear old governess, I wouldn’t have known it even now. = Oh, what a night I have passed!! I was quite overwhelmed at first; but directly I heard that it was you who was directing all inquiries, my fears were dissipated.” Then ghe added, in a tone of confidence. “You'll get him off, of course?”’ S ; ~ The magistrate was silent.. He half-ad-‘mired, half-pitied her girlish' simplicity—‘her pure faith, that doubted nothing. . “And if Itell you, Mademoiselle d’Arlange,” he commenced, “that the Viscount is not innocent?” * : . She half rose, with a gesture of protestation. Sl o o :

“If I tell 1};‘011 that he is guilty?? \ Clare looked at the magistrate in wide eyed wonder. Had she understood him rightly—or had the sorrow of the last day or two dazed and stupetiéd her?t. Everything of the most imposgible jand improgable sort seemed natural now, after those last terrible words of his. He, not daring to raise his eyes, weni on speaking, in a voice that trembled slightly, but thatincreased in strength as he went'on. ; 4 i I cannot tell yon what I feel in speaking to you now; but, cruel as it may seem?ﬁ ‘vstifl’ feel it my duty to tell you the bitter truth. Muster up, then, all that courage that I know you possess, and meet with a noble firmness the greatest misfortune that can fall apon a true-hearted woman. Theman you love s guilty!”. . o ~ Like s phgaician who pours out a dan?geroua ‘medicine—calculating it ﬁi‘ope% drop—Monsieir Dabaron pronounced slowly, word by word, thia lasf sentence,

‘He"watched™ her out of the corner of his eye, expecting, in prison .language, that she would “break ont,” or faint, or scream. o e - He was entirely out in his calculations. She did nothing of the kind. i She rose, as if galvanized, strong in her youth and energy; her usually pale and delicate face crimson with excitement; and her beautiful eyes, that had before been dim with tears, sparkling with indignation. * o “It is false!” she cried; “and those who have put swch an idea into your head have lied! I ean’t mince words now, because I'know I am speaking the truth! I know Albert—l know that it is impossible for him to do &cruel or an underhand action! Were Be in this room at this very monient,” shel said, vehemently, stretching out her ars towards the magistrate, “and werse he on his kneas before me, confessing his guilt, I would push him back, and tell him he was dreaming!” “He hasn’t.confessed 7yet,” said the magistrate; greatly upset; and wiping his moist forehead with his still moister %xa.nd. “It doesn’t matter whether he does or not —the evidence against him is as clear as the noon-day sun! Facts are stubborn things, Mademoiselle d’Arlange." g “I deny that they 3!’ said Clare, now thoroughly at bay. *I repeat—nay, 1 swear to you!l—that Justice is entirely on the wrong tack this time! Yes!” she ingisted, with a little ;stamp; of her foot, catching a gesture of pity'on the part of her listener; “I am : as sure of it as I see you have made up your mind to the contrary! I know Albert better than he knows himself!” o 5 Monsieur Daburon was about to make a timid objection; but she waved him impatiently aside. el “It is now four years that we have loved each .other. Since that. time I have had no thought that has Leen hidden from him, and—yes, I will answer it before Heaven—he has had nd*secret from me. Alag! he was, as I am, alone in the world. His father never loved him—oh; never! and it was for that reason, I suppose, feelg our loneliness.in the world, that we trusted so much and clung so close together, We had but one heart, or, rather, two hearts that beat as one. And will you tell me: that' Albertis criminal—that a goul, which I know to. be as pure as an angel’s, is sullied- and stained by se base a crime as murder?”’ |

{ “Desperate positions have long ere now driven better ‘'men, or as good men 38" — 2e hesitated a moment what name to call. nim, then added-—-“&% this one, to do cruel iand desperate acts® Suddenly he finds that neither the name or the fortune of the De Valcourts belongs to him.. This ‘secret—this terrible secref, which was to hurl him from the topmost round of Fortune’s ladder, to be spurned and trampled ‘on in the mud, was known; to but one person—but one, an old woman!” Sdes . The girl was listening to him with dilated eyes. He fancied he could almost hear the beating of her heart. ' ’ ““This woman,” he went on, “held his fate’ in ‘her hands. His hope of a union: ‘with you, everything that youth and ambition:could desire, was hanging upon an ‘incautious - word—a spiteful breath. -'To ‘ke‘ep all, he dared all, found out this wo‘man, and-—rkilled her!” G

“What an infamous calumny!” eried” Clare. | “As shameful as it is stupid! Why, he has alréady told me this ‘terrible secret’ you speak of about his fallen fortunes. He told it me the very day he kunew it himself. 'He did’t think of his. own position; he.only thought of me. He' wag broken-hearted at the tiought that T might- grieve and fret—that the golden future hislove had made for me was now mere dust and ashes. I grieve and fret! What was his grand name and great fortune to me? - I owed to them the only real sorrow I had ever known; ‘and =0 ¥ told him. He became quite happy after that, and said that aslong ds I'loved him, he cared for nothing else. Then I gave him a severe scolding for having ever doubtedime. Then we made it up, and we were so happy; and after that he left me, and cruelly murdered a poor old woman! The idea is preposterous! I'm sure you will never dare to repeat it!” . . | - Mademoiselle d’Arlange stopped, with & smile of triumph upon her lips. ' = | This smile gignified, “At last I have convinced him—at last I have gained the victory!” And he hasn’t a word to-say in replyiten. pogli e | “You are, perhaps, unaware,” said the magistrate, shaking his head sadly, “that sudden fits of frenzy will drive the best of men to deeds of the most fearful ferocity. How can you tell that, after leaving you, whether a feeling of despair, approaching madness, did not make his reason totter and render him unaccountable for his ac!tioné? ‘This is the only way I can explain the crime.” .

The face of Clare became ashen pale, “Mad! he must, theén, have been mad!” she murmured, with a look of intense terror; £ ; . i “Perhaps,”. answered the magistrate. “And yet all -the ' circumstances of the érime denote the most careful and subtle premeditation.” Then seeing the agonized expression of' her -brow and eyes, he changed his tone of cold analysis to one of eritreaty. “Oh, Clare!—if you will let me call you so—listen to me. I'm a man of the world—you are a mere child, inexpei*ience%in its ways. You havelost your father and. your mother. You'told me once you looked upon me . as a sort of elder brother; listen to me, then, forl speak to Iyou in all'the sincerity bf a pure ‘and unselfish affection. Give up this man; ‘he i§ unworthy of your love. I know that this sorrow will go nigh to breakiyour ‘heart. The ordeal that you will have to go through is a terrible one. It would kill an ordinary womanj+but you are not ‘an ordinary :woman. You are young—youare strong——you are,brave. . You have a bright life before you yet.. In the tinje to come, you will look back upon this portion of your life as upon some dreadful ‘dream, and thank Heaven that you were. ‘awakened from it!” ! , ' He spoke with passion and deep sin- | cerity; but she didn’t understand a word: ‘he said. She heard his voice; but the 'meaning of the words he uttered entirely ‘escaped her. She felt confused—dazed—|and utterly misérable! : o | ¢l don’t quite comprehend your mean/ing,. she said, after a pause, pressing her |burning hand .tor hér aching forehead. |“What is it you advise me to do?” «I advise you to wipe all lﬁmory_ of \Albert de Valcourt from your heart. Pray on your knees every night forgetfulness for a love that was thrown away. In the {eyes of the world, by the verdict of his i’)udges, this young man is guilty. . Peraps, fir certain considerations, his sentence may be commuted; blit the moral effect wileg the same. The stain of blood is ‘'upon him — that, nothing can wash away. Try to bear it, Clare, and closg your heart against him for ever!” ! The young girl stopped Monsieur Daburon, with a fook_ of almost savage anger. ' ! / : “So I am to understand,” she cried, in a voice that trembled with passion, “that you coungel me to desert him in his misfortunes! All the world is agginst him, and you prudently advise me to follow, its‘exampﬁ! Men do these selfish things, 1 have been told, women never! - Look around you—however unfortunate, however humiliated, however falden ‘a man ‘may be, you will always find some fruehearted woman near to console and sustain himj; when the last of his friends sneak off—when ‘the last of his relalfiions bave turned their backs on him—still the woman remains!”’ : The magistrate felt that he had gone too far. "ﬁe excitement of Clare _fr%ghté éned him. He tried, but in vain, to interrupt her enthusiasm.. ’ ok «I may be timid,” she_ went on, “but 1 never was a coward! I chose Klbart of my own free will, and, come what will, I ‘won’t renounce him! He would have gliared’ with me his ’{mbsp‘en“ty and his Iglory! ‘1 will take, whether he likes it or imot, the half of his shame and misery! You counsel mé to forget—teach me firs! where forgetfulness is to be found! T for | get him! :‘Xi couldn’t dg if, even if Iwﬁ ; 5%&';%@6}; l‘k gﬁft,.;,~_map-.* I love him *‘l’m‘i | Nothing shall separate us—nothing bu | death Wxn@ifm hw«i’gdgﬁﬂeﬂ | fold, 1 know I shall @Ffmmww | blow that steikes him!? 1. Monsieur Daburon had hidden his faee AT MRS NASRG. AIR SRk R T

see the deep emotlion he Telt. . . “How she loves him!” he thought—é&‘how she loves Lim!”. . s

|- CBAPTERXXXIIL Slass s AW ALIRI _ The deathless silence that reigned through the room recalled the magistrate to his senses.- ; ' Sl Clare hag fallen into an arm chair. Her eyes were closed, and through the pale, parted lips the breath came quickly. He thought she was on the point of fainting. He stretched his arm out eagerly toward the bell | that was on his c}esk, and was just about to strike it, when, by a quick movement, she stopped him. =~ - . “What are you going to do?” she asked. i « thought you were ill,” he stammered. I was intending to call your governess.”, - Shr “Oh, it’s nothing!” she said, smiling. “I’'m only a little upset; that’s all. I don’t look strong, you know. People think I'm very delicate, because I'm so pale; but 1 am strong. What I.feel the hardest to bear is; that I should be forced to make the confegsions I have just made. I feel degraded in my own estimation. 'A man iike Albert dé Valcourt requires no defender; he only requires you to prove his innocence.” . i She rose as she spoke, and advanced to the door. Monsieur Daburon stopped her by a gesture. o . . The fact was; to use a common phrase, he had lost his head. In his aberration, he had thought.it his duty to tell the poor girl the whole truth, and thus destroy all the false hopes' she had conjured up. - A surgeon (he argued to himself), who has commenced & terrible operation, doesn’t leave. it unfinished because his - patient screams, and kicks, and eries, “It’s extremely painful for_me, Made moiselle d’Arlange—’’ he commenced, but she cut him short. { I

“You have said quite enough, sir; any further remarks from you will be quite 'thrown a‘wag upon me! If you'were really my friend, I would have asked you to help me in saving a poor forlorn and shipwrecked brotier; but I see you are too busy—you have doubtless a score of other shipwrecked wretches to attend to. Good-bye!” i 3 The magistrate turned crimson. He felt very angry at this last insult. / Again he stopped her departure; this time by laying his hand upon her-arm. “Stay, for one moment!” : : She turned, and leaning her back against the door, stood listening. i i “If you knew ‘the undoubted proofs that I have in my hands,” he said, in those cold, concentrated tones, which announged that, whatever | provocation she might give him, he was deté)r—’ mined not to Igse his temper—«if you will allow me even to mention a few of them, I am certain that the false hopes that you are weaving will fade away into thin air.” “Speak, then!” said Clare, imperiously. ~ “You have given .me leave; mind, you must not blame me afterwards,if I pain you mnow,” he commenced, nervously. ~ “(3o on!” said the girl, with an impatient stamp of her foot. ' : | “Well, amongst the thousand and one proofs we have against the accused, there is a-special one, which, to my mind, is decisive. The murder was committed the evening of Shrove Tuesday, and he abso-. lutely Tefuses, or rather pretends to forget, how he passed his time during that evening. He was absent fron home, how!ever, and did not. return till two in the lmorning; his clothes wereespotted with ‘mud, and torn’'in various- places; w.uilst lhis gloves were scratched and split, as ‘though he had been engaged in some fight, or struggle.” = ‘ _ “QOh, stop, stop!” cried Clare, breathlessTy, her eyes beaming with a.sudden gleam of joy. “You said, I think that it was the ievegir}gpf Shrove Tuesday?”’ 3 :

“T eid.” ; - “Oh, I knew I we« right! Didn’t I tell you he was innocent?” - e i ‘ She clasped her hands as she spoke, and {then raised her eyes, agin-prayer. £ ' MThe expression of the most fervent devotion and faith, caught by some ofi<the Italian painters, radiated her: pale and lovely face, whilst she thus stood, in a sort lof ecstacy. rendering thanks to God in lth?i overwhelming effusion of her gratitude. - .

The magistrate was so thoroughly put out, that he forgot to admire the pretty picture before him. o : . “Well?” he said, impatiently waiting an explanation. e “Monsieur Daburon,” answered Clare, “if that is' your strongest proof, it exists no longer. “Albert. de Valcourt spent the whole of the evening yow mention with me!” “With you?” stammered the magistrate. “Yes; with me.” : i : He was astonished—almost stunned. ~ “What!” he? asked; “the Viscount spent {the. evening at your house? Your aunt—your governess ——ftl;e servants, spoke to, }and_saw him? s “No; he came and went in secret. He wished that no one should see him. He wanted to be alone with me.” i “Ah!” said the magistrate, with a sigh of relief. j i dNe

~ This sigh signified, “I understand it all | now. It beats everything I've come across! She intends to sacrifice her reputation, in order to save him. Poor child! poor phild!” SEaiabing : g This sigh was/ however, interpreted in . quite a different way by Mademoiselle d’Arlange. She thought that Monsieur Daburon/ ‘was surprised and shocked at her seeig Albert without witnesses. = . «Your surprise is an insult!” she said.: : “Madqmo_is'elle_(}iAxllang‘e!"‘ -

«A girl of my blood and education, can receive her betrothed lover withotut even a whisper being-raised against her, unless she so far degrades herself as to have=to blush that such an interview should have taken place at all!” : : : These were the words she said, but at the same time she was crimson with shame, with grief and rage. . "If 'a look _could annihilate a man, the unfortunate Monsieur Daburon would have been annihilated on the spot. = | «] didn’t intend to insult you, mademoiselle,” he said,anite'humbly. “I only, meant that I couldn’t quite understand why the Viscount shonld wvisit you in se cret, when his approaching marriage gave him the right to come and go in the most" publi¢ manner, at all hours and at all times. I want to know, also, how he got himgelf into such a dilapidated condition on this ‘particular visit in question; I should like to ghow you the condition of his clothes, for inktance—’* e (Clare was more jndignant than ever. ““This man doutts my werd,” she said, * The sneer and the tone of her votos annoyed her listener. ¢ ! ' How dare sheispeak thus? Did she think 'he was going to make Lim her 1 dupe? . “Once and for ull, Mademoiselle d’Artange,” he said, sternly, “I must remind ﬁou that you are speaking to a man who -has his duty to fulfil in the eyes of the: law. A crime has been committed, and all the evidence I have collected tends to | prove that the Viscount Albert de Val|'eourt is‘the guilly man.. You come here, and tell me that he is innocent—all I ask of you is to prove it.” 5 ' “] have given you my word—" f “Prove 1t!” . ! 3 The girl raised her head and ‘advanced towards him slowly, with! eyes full of pained astonighment. ; : s “Is it possible, then, thati it would be a %}easure to you. to find Albert guilty? ould you feel a gratification in condemning him? Do you hate him? Remember, his fate is in your hands! What about your impartiality ¢ Certain memories come back to me—how will .they tell against ﬁrpu? Are you sure that in perse- | enting this man you are not revenging K_om-self upon a rival; whilst you hide behind the ghield of tho law?” | “Oh, Clare! Clare!” said the magistrate, ‘hig fack quivering under the nervous pain be suffered; “it is in vour power to wound ~it is not in mine to answer!” .= . “But you must answer! You wp’ﬂm the law!” She saw the emotion in th | magistrate’s face, and her tone softened, | for there was no doubling the genuine|pess of his tears. “You will help met” Be WAL setasding e IBlirink R, AL Livmsn el o | Tewns by an effort, yet with the fim-

hess of a man resolved, that he -answered, “You may trust me!” Ve .Then, with clasped hands and streaming eyes, Clare to{)d the strange tale that was tOzgrove the innocence of her lover, Albert de Valcourt. St o [To BE CONTINUED.] :

Nominating Prebl_dentlal»C_andldutes. It is about time for somebody to suggest a new.method of nominating Presidential candidates. It might be possible to improve upon the present system under which a candidate is apt to be strong in proportion to the general ignorance about him, as shown in the nominations of a Polk and a Pierce. A large convention, like all mobs, is very apt to be carried away: by sham sentiment or falsé enthusiasm. The system is by mo means aged. At first there were no formal npminations. This was true of Washington and John Adams, though in 1797, when the latter was chosen President, some intriguers within his own party, headed by Alexander Hamilton, nearly isucceeded in defeating him by diverting electoral votes to the nominal candidate of the Federalists for Vice President. Then a system of nominations by State Legislatures came into play. Jefferson was nominated for a third term by the Legislatures of three New England States. But this was soon superseded, by. mominations made by a caucus .of Congressmen. The latter system prevailed in turn until 1824. The caucus of that year nominated ‘William H. Crawford, of Georgia, one of the forgotten worthies of our past. Meanwhile, nominations by State Legislatures had been resorted to in the case of Adams, Jackson and Clay. Crawford was beaten by hoth the former, and this was the end of the ‘Congressional caucus system ofmomination. The/first regular national convention—or rather the first two—met in 1840, Both parties, whig and democratic;, adopted the custom at the same time. 1

A Good Word for Judge ’l‘u_xfple. 2 (From the Warsaw Union.) | Among the names mentioned for Governor on the democratic side isthat of Hon. David Turpie.. Mr. Tur-. pie is a man well known in this State, and many of our readers remember his brilliant campaign for Congress. ‘with Hon. Schuyler Colfax,/some years ago. His services in the House at the last session of the Legislature entitle him to some consideration at the hands of the people of Indiana; indeed it is due largely to. his keen foresight and vigilance that that body carried out the will of the people as. well as it did, and fortunately did not fall into as great blunders in Jegisla~ tion as was imminent at the commencement. of the session. As a speaker, scholar and debater Mr. Turpié occupies a front rank, and if nominated, will make one-of the finest races for that position; ever made‘ in thé State, and if elected, will make an eflicient and able Governor, We have no intention of speaking disparagingly of the 'abilities of. honor of any other gentleman mentioned in connec= tion with the nomination, feeling satisfied that the Democracy will place a standard-bearer in the field wolthy of our entire support, and whether Mr. Turpie is nominated or not; in or out of the field, he has always been not ~only one.of the most faithful but also one of the most brilliant compaigners of the Democracy in the State.

Bishop Haven—Striking From the. Shouider. : 2 To the Editor of the Indianspolis Journals ~There is no question that.the late Boston movement of Rev. Gilbert Ha-~ ven will be and is repudiated by his own church. As ohe who has a right to feel an interest, while I fully endorse, what has ‘been said by others in your columns, I think they fail to. reach the bottom of the case. It is not: enough to-argue the third-term question and enter a dissent. The offénse ig higher than that. Theintroduction 1 of the subject by him at all on the | occasion, and under the circumnstances, if correctly reported, was wholly unjustifiable. In such a, case I think silent acquiescence criminal. i: It is. my deliberate conviction that for several of the public acts, as reported, of this official he should be called to ac‘count by the authorities of the church within whose bounds these acts have been: performed, as providediin the. Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal ‘Chureh, paragraph 816, For any issue growing out of this utterance:l hold ‘myself personally and officially responsible in my place. i = Wi H. GOODE. RICEMOND, IND., Dec. 14. -

A Woman Sells Her Clothing and Steals for Money to Buy Opium.: One of the most notable. of the inmates of the Indiana Prison for Fe‘males, is Mrs. Fannie Morris, who has been an opium eater for twenty years: Before being sentenced to jail, she sold everything iin her house- for opium. Even the bread upon the table, the feathers in her: pillow, and the very clothing upon her back were sacrificed. Her husband was. compelled to abandon her and take the children with him.. When all was gone, she began to steal articles of clothing and sell tlem. | So terrible was her appetite that for two weeks prior to her arrest for grand larceny she swallowed 100 grains of opium ver day, which far exceeds any of De+ %}uincey"s exploits in this direction. Mrs. Morris is now ‘in good health, but the wrinkled, shriveled features, the sunken eyes, the shattered mind, show how' thoroughly disease got in its Work. She has been well educated, and in lier youth was very pretty. -

: The Maintenance of Health. : The maintenance of health is often more difficult thap-its recovery., Vitiated conditions of the atmbsplere,’ aunhealthy occupations, extremes of heat or cold, and constant. exposure to rough weather, ‘are all so many provocations of disease. There is but one sure way of effectually guarding the system when thus subjected to Influences prejudicial to health, and that is to establish, by judicious tonic: and alterative, medication, vigor of the body and - regularity ef its functions. The properties ofan invigorant and’ecorrective .are happily combined in Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, which, at the same time that it infuses unwonted vitality into the system, overcomes all tendency ;of the stomach.. liver, bowels and -urinary organs to deviate from regularity in the dis-. charge of functions?upon which the welfare of the entire-physical organization is dependent. Health carinot be more effectually maintained than by using the Bitters. , ~ "37-w4. .

If it should be found upon -trial that cutting down the army to ten or fiftteen thousand men is too laige a rednction nothing will be easier than to repair the error by recruiting. Buf if twenty millions of dollars in excess of any actual military necessity is expended yearly in feeding and furnishing an idle force of soldiers, to get the money back again will not be so easy MR

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CROOKED WHISKY_HOW IT IS e R a 5 ¢ In: connection ~with this crooked, matter about crooked whisky it would be ‘as well to endeavor to make the' ‘reader understand some of the multifarious checks and hedges thrown. around distillers, and to show how the Binghams are alleged to have been “able to defraund the Governnient.— When any one desites.to go into the distilling business a thorough éxamin--ation of the premises is made, and a ‘survey taken; the capacity of all the stills and of the fermenting vats, and whether itis to be a boiler heat or furnace distillery are noted, and, in fact, a complete -plat of the building, | different rooms: and macliinery is ‘made. The distillery is'then registered by its owner and a bond- filed, which covers double the amount on which they would pay tax in a month. Nogice is. then given that they are ready to run. Then the Government. assigng them a storekeeper, whose duty itis to weigh all grdin used in the | distillery (the law allows as the average to be made, three and a half gallons of liquor to & bushel of corn);. ‘he keeps a book in .which is registered the number of -barrels ‘distilled each 'day that.go into the warehouse; the storekeeper: has keys to everything about the establishment; pipes, tubs, stills—everything about the cistern into \which the liquor is run. After the appointment of a storekeeper a gauger fis assigned, on request of ‘the distilleT®plt is his duty to gauge the liquor fand .put on a warehouse‘stamp. This contains the name of the collectod,. gauger; and distiller.— This stamp N then ‘cancelled by a. brand of wave\lines.. Jheliquor then’ goes into the wareiruge, and when it goes in it is enterelgdn a. warehouse, book kept by a’ warehouse keeper appointed -by the Government, which ‘hook shows the name-of the producer, the several numbers ‘of the package, number of warehouse stamp, gauger’s mame,: de ttsn s BN Y ‘

*| |l CONTENTS OF THE BARREL, both in wine and proof . gf&lldns,"fund ‘the specific:gravity of the liquor. The: next process is that the distiller pays tax on theTiquor, at which time a tax paid stamp is’ put on, which- shows the name of the produeer; collector’ of the district, name of gauger, and date of the stamp, which is then cancelled just as the warehouse stamnp. was by a stencil of waved lines, When the | tax paid stamp is put.on, the head of the barrel is' branded to -show ' the name of the producer and the number of the tax paid stamp punched cn | the head, and the name of the liquor known to-the trade stencilled on. The | liquor is then sold to a rectifier, atwhieh. time. the producer enters en a’ government book the eapacity of the. Dbarrel, number of stamp, name of the liquor and, date: of sale and the retifier’s name. On:'the receipt: of the' liquor. by thie rectifier he enters on as government book the date of the receipt, from whom received, where 10+ ‘cated, name of the ‘inspector, date of Jinspection, number of wine and prooft gallons, name of the liquor-—generally highwines=number of packages, nuunber'of tevenue stamp and the number of the tax paid stamip. The mext the -gauger gauges thut: liquor which is reported on . blank: No. 57, which sliows the same as- the book above mentioned, at which. time -or-No, 122 (the *dumper,” so called from the fact ‘that ag the authority by which the rectifier dumps:the-liquor from barrels into the rectifying: vats) is made “out, -'which , must agree. with the gauger’s report.. The liquor is. then poured out into :the rectifier’s vat, is “dumped” in the preseince of the! gauger, whose duty it is to-see that, ‘the marks and brands on the barrels destroved, at the same tinie the gauger certifies the*“dumper” or 122, s having seen . the liquor dumped, barrels emptled’and i Jo $ SE TITE STAMPS SCRATCHED OFF AND DE-

WL O USTIRONIRIR Dre s e R After the rectilier draws off the liquoy from the vats for the market, he notifies the collector of the-district.that ] “he thas “withdrawn -the’ liquor anud, “wants a gauger. ‘The collector then is3ties an” order to the gauger on a. - form made for that purpoese, to go and gauge the liguer, which is done and.a--rectifier’s stamyp placed on’ the head of ‘the barrel, whiehstamp shows the name of the gauger, number of gallons; name of eollector, from whem - gauged and the date. 'This stamp is, then cancelled the same as the others, at which time a steneil is put on, giving the mame of the rectifier: at that time th’%;wil‘le and proof gallons, any outs thére may be,in the barrels is then cut on the bung stave, together with the prootf of the .whisky. The liquor .is® now -entirely out of the hands of the Government, but a trace of it is ‘yet kept, for wlien the rectifier sells he must keep in abook the naine of the ‘purchaser; and the- purchaser must keep in & book-——both- books open to the officers of the revenue—the name of the rectifier from; whom he purchases. It will be seen by the foregoing that the liquor is ‘measutred - and gunarded from the corn and mash | tubs to the wholesale dealer, who sells it to the retait man, and no fraud can be consummated without the ‘connivance of the ‘Government officers. ‘Where the. dishonest distiller gets in ‘his work is in having the gauger cer-. tify on the “dump” that bLé has des'm?ted “the stamps, wlien he has not, and in having the slorekeeper allow. ‘him to runliquor out without its going into the bonded warehouse. * Stamps are- also “raised, as, for vil‘_)vstgmce, a | stamp for la ten gallon package is: - lowed and is raised to 80-gallons and. sl s i e e el

| Map Irci.—About ten days since a valuable cow belonging: to Mr. Dayid T.. Martin, of Middleburg, was tak-* en sick and acted in such ucuripus . manner as to attract the attentjon of himself and neighbors. On examination it was discovered that the “one side of her lpower jaw. was bared. of hair for aboub two inehes, caused: by ; the rapid friction from rubbing oh. “the fence, and that her neck was very | much swollen, The cow acted as if crazy, and continued rubbing her jaw ‘ “on the fence for several hours, When she suddenly died. Mr. Martin at’ once proceedetl to haul her carcass to: the woods, and. was followed-by his - wateh dog, who frequently smelled of the dead body, and shortly after re“tarning home the dog was taken with the disease, acted in-the same manner as the cow, and died in a few hours. “Mr. Martin became” alarmed and ealled in a veterinary surgeon toexaming the dead bodies; who Jitgnounced ;the disease “mad iteh,” which is fatal to all anhnals that contract it. 1t is very. rare in‘the United States, and these ave the lirst cases that have’ evet occurred %fg _this part of the eountry, and we hope the disease will end. with the defunct animals,—@resmcaso) Belo, AR e X Dutehman being advised 4o rub ‘his limbs with brandy for the rheuadve but ad ad: “dosl hetter as d: G | T 8 e b a brandy, der N el L drk the prancy, A 6 1 sob %

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0 ¢ How Not tode It: | ; . Acting Vice President, Ferry is re_ported by our- Washington correspon- ' dentas saying that “people are studying this problem (of specie payment), ‘aanjd; every, day shows that tHe true ‘policy of the government, if it wants ‘no return to specie payments, is to displace the National Bank notes with ‘le‘gal tenders.” . It. is\ possible that there are persopis coming to such’ a ‘conclusion, ‘but they are not those who think, much less study. If a wagoner whose team had made ineffectual efforts to start the load to which they were attached, was told that the proper way to make a start was to take one of the horses and put him- on.the load to ride-instead of draw, the giver of this advice would be regarded as something akin to an idiot. AL The proposion to. substitute Treasury legal-tender notes for National Bank notes is nothing more or less than doubling, the load éf the Treasury—that load having already proved heavier than the Treasury can carry. If|the Treasury cannot redeem $350,000,000 of demand debts it; aought to be clear that if these debts are in‘cr‘egseki to $700,000,000, its power to redeem is diminished rather than increased; and yet so high an - officer as thelacting Vice-President is fapab]e. of such a suggestion, and furher, of the intimation that this is the conclusion of 'people who have been “studying this problem.” . : The only demand. debts of the "Treasury are its own: notes, these by the legal-Tender act having been ‘made a substitute for money. National Bank notes are not demanded debts .of the Treasury, and can only become its debts af f‘l]l in a certain contingen--cy; that is, avhen the bank issuing the notes fails to payithem, the Treasury .. is bound to sell the bonds on pledge of which the notes were issued and out of the proceeds pay which . the bank has failed to pay. In other words, the Treasury is an endorser who holds collatéral security, the market value of which is always il éxcess of the,amount of the éendorsement.; - -When [Treasury. notes are at par ‘with, gold which will be when the Treasury is preparéd to pay gold for . them, bank notes will be at par with gold, for!/they are!redeemable with Treasury notes. If National Bank notes were displaced, with Treasury notes—that is to say. if there were seven, hundred and odd millions of the latter—it is safe to say that specie payfnent Ly the Treasury would be indefinitely postponed. Senator Ferry ought to know this and we cannot - belieye that he does not.—N. ¥, Post. R _‘_;-.;'__"\co-v‘rw%:—-.v; ! .| . A Non-Phrtisan Judiciary/ | L (From the LaPorfe Argus.) : In the strong and probably bitter partisan struggle which will oceur in Indiana next year;the better elements , of both parties -should strive to keep ! party feeling from influencing their votes for Supreme Judges. . . All men are-interested in a pure and able Jndi‘ciary, and the election ot Judgeés ‘should be taken from the mire of partisanship .and placéed on a higher plane of ability,integrity and honesty.

Judges should be free from the most remote infliences resulting from political support, but this is hardly pos--siblg when a man owes his elevation .. to partisan friends and. while human nature remains as itds now it cannot reasonably be’expect{éd. There probably never has been, seriolis cauge for ‘complaing in this respect in the courtsof this State, but there certainly is a chanece for it while the present style of electing Judges is in use and it is as likely to effect, oné party as another. .The only way of avoiding it is for both parties to unjte on the best men for the position and elect them without contest. This should be done, and we belieye it can be done. If the Republicans, wlio hold their convention first, will take the proper course - id makilg these nominations, we have but little doubts that the Democrats will ratify the work, and the matter. will then besuccessfully inaugquated, ‘and ‘there is no doubt' that thereafter strictly ‘partisan nominations for Supreme Judges will.be a thing of the past-in Indiana. The Supreme Court is now entirely Demo_cratic, and it is highly probable/ it will rLamain so for the eoming four years, but, as the democratic .party is the spejciai advocate of brotherly feeling ibetween all jsections of tlhie country and an honest, ¥hbiased administra&on,’ it %is meet' and propet that it should show its generosity and fair--Iness by giving the Republicans one or two Supreme Judges. The Centennial -year should be turned into a political jubilee by the Democracy of the whole country, and badnegs should be replaced by goodness wherever {tis possible. - Y .

- laj Colored Man’s Testimouy. Ex-Senator Revels, of Mississippi, _the first colored man who ever sat in the United States Sénate, a strict republican, in speaking of the recent “election in his State, says: = “My peo“pla are naturally republicans; but as they grow older:in freedom so do they in’ wisdom.. A great portion of them | have leariied that they were being used as mere tools, and, as in the late election, not.-being able to correct the existing evil among themselves, they determined by casting their ballots against these upprincipled adventurers to overthrow them. My people q ‘have been told by jthese schemers, when men were notoriously corrupt. and dishonest, that théy mugst vote for” them; that the salvation of the party . _depended upon 1t; that the man who scratehed: @ ticket was not a republi~ ¢an, ' This [is only one of the many ~means these malignant demagogues have devised to perpetuate (he intellectual bondaga of my people. Ta'de-; feat this policy -at the late election men, irrespective of race or party affiliation, united and voted together. against men known to be incompetent and? dishpnest.” = Senator . Morton shonld read Mr: Revels’ Jetter to' the SROALE S L p e o v Lo | v S ,»,* e /To wiAT the blind railroad bwld-" ing fever leads, which raged here a few years a%o,‘ and was the chief eause .ot the panle, is shown by the situation of affairs in Ilinois, No. less . than ‘thirvteen railroads are, in: the: hands of Receivers. These bankrupt roads represent a length of 2287 ‘miles, and are indebted for State and local taxes alone the _gﬁsm of one ‘milTlioniand a half of dollars. It isto be ‘hoped that these facts Will for the future put an end to the desire to buil railroads ‘wlt!}’out sl;avni_gt,\ thﬁ' ‘ isz he f%ﬂ that the xgp,sgfnn x?&ﬂTod s:.'am“:btgg‘éti? : g},‘ék a eB, on | none_of fth@,i;wf~==’ls?'ff | corrupt purposes. _The Directors are ek LU C _L‘”,».‘, g Hig' “&, R . S SeIME TG {~‘u 3 ?f‘-«:ﬁ /» .;,‘,“—l' ‘- | money in thefr own hands. Altogeth. R A R e Sty e