The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 38, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 January 1876 — Page 2

x 2 A S The Aationa)l Banney eAk T e it e st e L } ‘.“3' é 7. S i ,'2\"_ S (\.\ P ] S B ‘ a;" : > ’ £ - - k ; : Y J.B.STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. -LIGONIER, IND. JAN. 13th, 18786. Ex-COXGREsSSMAN Jaspar Packard, of the LaPorte Chronicle, has been appointed Special Revenue Agent, vice _T..J. Bryer, of Logansport. -|,

| - JupcE _HoLMAN'S final and imperative refusal to becorne a candidate for Goyernor, Wwill greatly enhance “the chances of Judge Niblack, fer + twelve years the faithful and. upright “representative of the_Vincennes District in the Halls of Congress. The Democragy of Indiana will not com- - mit a blunder by bestowifig that honor upen Judge Niblack. -~ . '

Tne Evansville Courier, which is perhaps the most persistent and outspokeén “advocate of -the greenback theory among all the democratic pa--pers of Thdiana, has reached the wise eonclusion that it would be inexpedi- ~ ent ‘and impolitie to urge the adop“tion of a soft money plank-in the na- * tional platform, as.such a poley . would be apt to alienate a large portion of the democratic vote Which . cannot be spared in the great contest ‘of 76. - Thatlissue, the Courier says, . must be deferred until some later period. Yes, Couriet, a remote period.

~ AND now we are told that confidentidl carculars are afloat in Washing‘ton urging the claims of Chas. Francis Adams -.for the -Presidency. ‘His friends do mot propose to nominate him as a third candidate in the event of thé nomination by the Republicans of such a man as either Blaine or . Washburne, or iy -the Democrats of Hendricks, Tilden, or Bayard, but in the event of a nomination by the regular parties of candidates who cannot control’ the vote of their parties, the ~ Adams men see a chance for their candidates. We rather like that sort Tof aprogramme. It affords such a magnificent’ opportunity for the discontented to throw away their votes “for a respectable candidate. °

THE POLITICAL SITUATION is thus tersely described by the Louisville Courier-Journal: -“To sim up the situation in a few words, it is reverse from the “fair outlook of -this. day twelve months ago, and can be’ only \impro‘ved‘ by the Democrats thems: selyes, who need to go back to theifi principles and - traditions, putting a vhar‘d-monev, free-trade, and home—ru‘lfi candidate upon a hard-money, homerule, and free-trade platform. Nothing less will give'us the ghost of a - chance to beat the Republicans, be- - cause nothing less is consonant either with our duty or with the facts of contemporaneous history.” THE BANNER needs no preparation for a contest upon those issues. It has long since demonstrated that victory must .come from that direction. X

- WASHINGTON TELEGRAMs decldre the general current’ of conversation at the Capitol to be that Mr. Blaine has got- the best of Randall on his amnesty measure, and that the -latter will be forced, for political reasohs, to accept Blaine’s amendment to exclude Jeff. Davis. Senator Gordon is reported as being opposed to granting an amnesty except where the parties come forward and ask for it, Hesdys it is not right that men liké himself who ask for pardon, should be held up as a target for. _Soi}tilern Lrebé@ls, like To_ombs, who refllse to ask for pardon; and will go upon the stump and declare that they still entertain sentiments of hostility to the Union and were pardoned without askingfor it. THE BANNER cordially endorses this yview of the eloquent Georgia Sehator._-k bAT

BY TELEGRAPH this bit of start- ~ ling information is sent broadcast, from Indianapolis: _“The Grangers trom different sections of the State - are gathering in the city to attend an adjourned session of the State Grange, which convenes to-morrow (Jan. 11) . at the State House in the Haill of Representatives. Although the workings of this order are carried on with the utmost secrecy, still the fact cropped out this morning that one of’ the -principal objects of ‘to-morrow’s ses- ~ sion is to receive and act.upon the report of the special committee appointed to inquire into alleged irregulari- _ ties in the grand secretary. A ver} considerable ‘amount -of money ¢ passes through the hands of this official and his books-are said to be in - bad condition. Nothing definite can - be known before to-morrow, as every - Granger is: hefmetically sealed.”— Well, now ! if the Grangers, too, are troubled with ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, what is to be- . come of this “crooked” nation ?

THE BANNER agrees with the Morgan County Gazefte that a new road :law should be enacted by the next Legislature, and we are glad to learn - from that journal that one is under econsideration with provisions fome- - thing ’like the t'oll,owi_ng:"fi All road - tax to be paid in money, The road ‘tax to be fixed by-a vote of the people in their respective townships. The - appointment of a Board of Managers, to make plans and specifications for all. road work, and to have control of all public reads; and that each town- - ship elect, annually, two Supervisors of roads, ane of g¢ach political party, who shall let the work out by con‘tract, in pursuance of the plans of the ~ Managers, and pay foF thesame whén approved by them, and receive for their' services a per diem allowance. ~The object of the proposed change is not to increase the amount of money appropriated to public roads, bub to

provide for its judicious expenditure pon scientific and common sense Principles. If alkthe money and labor _ expended upon roads, in Noble.coun--ty, duriag the last 20 years, had been - properly applied, we would now ‘enjoy the comfort of perfect road-ways., As it i at present, we have to slosh Phrough mud and mire and taitle Over clods daring a greater portion of the year. WOMQ*L&@to\‘Wfl%}om some of our farmers what they think

: BAD BLOOD IN CONGRESS, . The evil of partisanship .in Jlegislative assemblies has been vivfidly portrayed in the lower House of Congress during Monday’s and Tueséayls sessions. - An exciting. debate sprung ip on Monday over the bill siome time’ since introduced by Mr.; Randall granting a general amnestyfi.‘ without exception, ta all participants in the late rebellion. Mr. Randall moved the previous -question, 'thé_reby';- intending to cut off debate and amendment, and then forced the House to a yote. Failing to receive the twothirds vote required by the constitution, Mr. Randall’s bill was lost, whereupon ex-Speaker Blaine, with the aid ‘of his parliamentary "skill, succeeded in getting-a motion before the House to reconsider the vote just taken, with a view to moving an amendmeént. It appears there has been a gelgeral rule

in Congress that no person shall be relieved of 'his political disabilities -unless upon appliéationvbyt_hat persén, and no person making such applica‘tion has ever been refused, = There is ‘a class of persons at the Southi, including Davis and Toombs, whospurn the amnesty, and deride those who have sought it, they claiminga certain superiority over those who have Idyally and in good faith accepted the situa- | tion and resumed theit relations of citizenship. Mr: Randall’s’ bill dispensed with this application and granted amnesty without condition. Mr. Blaine’s Vam)eg‘l'dmjen_t _contemplated the exclusion of Jeff. Davis from amnesty. As the chieftain of the great rebellion he was to be made: theé solitary exception. In support of this proposition, Mr. Blaine delivered ‘astrong, fiery, and in some respects, bitter and vindictive speéch—one that is likely to obtain extensive circulation throughout the Union. : Mr. Blaine .Degan by a detailed statement of the course of the republican party upon the siil_bj,éct of amnesty,'dwedl'ilfg upon the leniiency shown towards the rebels, and clalming that no such liberal policy had ever “been exhibited before by a victorious party. He estimated the number of men disfranchigsed by the ‘fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, and showed how great masses of théxp were from time to time restored to citizenship until less than a thousand who-had, as he expressed it, added: perjury to | treason, remained unforgiven.- He ‘declared that he was willing to' grant these men also the rights which they had forfeited by rebellion on due soHeitation and after proper guarantees. “This story of mercy and magnanimity was told with telling bitterness, and every word of the L'ecitéii was launched asan insult at the sixty or more ex-Confederates. who sat on the floor of the House listening with studied ‘calmness to the fierce deninciation. There was one person, however,whom Mr. Blaine was unwilling to pardon His ‘clemency was not broad enough to include Jefferson Davis. With cutting irony he remarked that it was not as a tribute to the bl'onlineilcé of Davis in the rebellion, or to his dan-

gerous abilities that he sat him upon ‘the bad eminenee, It was simply because he' was responsible for the slaughter of the Union prisoners at Andersonville, On this point as on a hinge swufig the whole jof Mr. Blaine’s ‘fiery speech. -He calléd to mind the persecutions of Alva, the massacrée of 'St. Bartholomew and thé horrors of the inquisitions, and p nounced them .innocent in comparisoq with the harg rowing barbarities of the prison pen. ‘He quoted testimony t¢ show the sufferings of the Union sqldiers, he quot‘ed the declarations of jthe cqmmittee that had examined intp the abuses at Andersonville, and after pa_inting the picture in colors as dark as the black “and bitter x‘éalgty, he{ -assumed the responsibility of Jefferson Davis for the accumulated infa}y, and lifting up his arm solemnly alled upon his 'God to witness that he|could not con'sent to grant apinestyf; to the. author of such calamities.: The effect of the speech was intense. l{t. thrilled both -sides of the House with all the ani‘mosities of the war périod, as it was designed to do. The Reépublicans enjoyed a moment of uixdisgu‘rsed triaumph as Mr. Blaine sat down. Sunset Cox obtained |the floor after Blaine, and replied ‘with marked effect to some of that gentleman’s arguments. He said the Republicans had hanged a man (Wirz) al being the one responsible for the ,c{;me at.Andersonville, and had allowed Jeff. Davis to go scot free. -He lp‘}a‘ced the responsibility of our soldier’s sufferings upon Edwin M. Stant(l, who,through

cold-blooded -policy, cut’ off the exchange of prisoners. flle also attacked the n_!alfce_, dishonesty and hypoc'risy of Mr. Blaine and his party in dealing with the *amnesty question. He dénquneed some of the pardoning which ‘his oponent had boasted of as the price of the apostdsy of Southern men, .who were rewarded. for.aiding in the plunder of their own section. Finally, he showed how publie opinion 'had progressed go far that the very measure. of general amnesty now proposed by Mr. Randall was adopted by a Republican Housg. .= He -related how it was reported by a committee of, which Mr. Blaine was a member, wiftk unanimous -ap robation, and passed without one drd of opposition' from that gentleman, and then he contrasted with bitter irony the past action of his adversary with his ‘solemn attestation of God as a witness ‘that he could not consent' to such a measure. -As an .answering argu‘ment, Mr. Cox’s rejoinder mnaturally lacked the plan and compactness of the speech to which it replied. - But it abounded in points and. varied from lofty declamation to irony, invective, wit, and even burlesque. The ‘Speaker carried the House with him, and a low laugh of exultant satisfaction rippled among his associates and over -the galleries at every stroke he gave. Sl

Tt matters but little to the country whether Blaine or Cox developed the ‘most power on this fruitless topic. Tre BANNER regards the whole dis‘cussion as a waste of valuable time, and as calculated to excite animosity and strife that can only result in mischief and vexation. Instead of fostering reconcilistion and fraternal feeling. designing demagogues and excitable politicians will seize upon this oppartunity to rekindle the fires.

of sectional hatred, crowding into the background ' such measures as the wants *of the country most urgently demand. The injury which the c¢ountry is likely to sustain from this departure exceeds a thousand-fold any importance that may attach to the ex-chief of the rebellion. The name of Jeff. Davis’ ought not for a moment impede the practical work of Congress.. And.we are firmly of opinion ‘that, whatever theorists: mayisay to ‘the .contrary, amnesty should never be tendered Jeff Davis until he, like other penitent rebels, asks that act of mercy at the hands of those whohave the power to grant it. _ :

THE GOV,ERKORSHIP--JUDGE HOLMAN’S g : REFUSAL. ‘ It has several times been stated in explicit terms, upon the authority of the gentleman himself, that Judge Holman would positively refuse to pm'?mit,the use of his name in connection with the nomination for Governor. Notwithstanding this fact, the many friends of%: the distinguished congressman, tliroughout -the State, still "hoped that he might possibly be induced to yield to the popular demand, so earnestly manifested, and thus insure a sweeping democratic vietory next October. ‘Judge Holman, hewever, has finally decided upon an unqualified ‘and imperative declination of guberunatorial honers, as will ~appear from the subjoined- article quoted from Mr. ITolman’s home organ, the Lawrenceburgly Register L ~ The Wabash I'ree Trader, and other iDemocmtic papers; are speaking in very complimentary terms of Judge ITolman in connection -with the race “for Governor in 1876. -~ While Judge Holman and his_friends appreciate very highly the.honor thus conferred, ‘we are authorized to say that under no circumstances whatever will he accept the nomination” and make the race for Governcr. He informs us lie has reached this determination after the most careful consideration ;of the- subject. “His present term.in Congress will not expire until the 4th of March, 1877. 'To accept the ofiice ‘of Governor he would be compelled to resign his seat in Congress prior to - his inauguration in January next—a step he cannot afford to take, as he is fully satisfied with his present position, believing that he cught not to accept another during the term to which the people have elected him. /While this will be a sotirce oiregret‘ ' to’ many friends, yet all m¥st see “that the views he takes of the matter are correct. It is proper that the announcement be made thus early, §o that hisifriends will not be embarrassed by his declination at a later period in the campaign. o , ‘

,While THe BANNER regrets this determination of Judge lolman, it readily concedes to that true ahd faithful servant of thie people the right to,determine this matter for himself. ‘We have every reason to believe that he would prefer to retire to private life at the expiration of his present term in Congress; but it may be assumred as reasonably certain that the people of his Distriet will insist upon retaining his invaluable: services in the halls of Congress. The facts are, men of Mr. Hohnzm{’_s_ staunch integrity and fitness {for ofiicial station are so scarce that the popular demand for his services in various branches of the public service is quite natural.

NEW FINANCE BILL, i : The indications now are that Congress will at an early day proceed to the consideration of the finance question. On Monday last, three bills were introduced for the resumption of specie payments—one by Col. Morrison, chairman of the committee on Ways and Means; another by Judge Payne, of Cleveland, and the third by Fernando Wood. The following is the text of Col. Morrison’s bill: Be it enacted, etc.,, That from the passage of this bill, thé Secretary of the Treasury shall return in the Treasury for the ultimate redemption in coin at par of all United States notes, coin'reserve from all sources in excess of the requirements of*the public debt until- the coin so retained shall amount to 30 per cent. of the United States notes outstanding. - SEec. 2. That from the' passage of this act every National Bank shall be required to retain the coin” interest payable to such bank -on its bonds deposited as security for its circulation to the amount of its legal reserve now required by law, and such sum in-addition thereto as, together with such legal reserves, shall equal 30 per cent. of its circulation, which amount —3O per cent. of its circulation— shall thereafter be retained by every National . Bank as security for redemption in cein of such circulation. - SEc: 3. That all acts and parts of acts making any other legal-tender than coin are hereby repealed, such repeal to. take effect from the day when the amount so to be retained in the Treasury, and by the National Banks respectively; equal said sum—--30 per dent. of the outstanding United States and National Bank -ecirculation, and so much of the act entitled “An act to provide for the resumption of specie-payments,” approved Jan. 15, 1875, as provides for redemption in ,coin of United States notes from. the Ist day of - January, 1879; and all other acts or parts of acts in- conflict herewith,"z}re hereby repealed. 5

There is no’ longer a doubt of the repeal of the Sherman- resumption act; neither'can it be doubted that the’ hard money men lave an absolute majority in the’ Heuse, and that the new act will be passed in consonance with that sentiment., :

. In some localities in the' Eastern States, the girls bundle. But here in the West, theéy burn a half-cord of wood every Sunday. night, to keep their fellers from freezing. Nothing like progress in civilization. ‘Stealing by officials, in highlife, frauds in crooked whisky, aristocratic courting, and extravagant weddings, at the people’s expense, such, seems to be motern virtue—=Btark County Ledger, - < Now, Bro;‘MUSSelmun, we ask you to rise and explain. *You seem to regard “bundling” as preferable to “arisitocratic courting,” and yet not a word ‘isrsaid il explanation of the system which you would have substituted for that in vogue among western girls. Show up its advantages over the prevailing style; in fact, tell us all about ity and if-the cause of morality, economy and:virtue can be promoted by its adoption, those most vitally interested in the matter will not, in all probability, turn a deaf ear to your reformatory - suggestions. ' Speak out, Bro. Musselman., | : Lo

_ Aceording to Mr. McDonald, Speaker Kerr is deeidedly in favor wof the repeal of the Resumption act. How will this suit the New York World ?— Indianapolis Journal, : , - Very well, we should say. The World denounced that hungling concern from the very day it was introduced -into Congress. The Journal ought t 6 be familiar with "common e e e T

. STATE POLITICS. ~ The Logansport Journal regards it “as possible that Gen. Ben. Harrigon may consent to reconsider :his declination of the Republican nomina- | tionfor Governor, and sacrifice his private interests for the public good.” Gen. Harrison has of late developed far greater stréngth than the Mortonites supposed him to possess, Being prominently mentioned in connection with ‘the Presidency, the Morton faction may yet find it-nécessary to “coerce” Gen. Harrison into an acceptance of the gubernatorial nomination. Says the LaPorte Herald : L“Judge W. B. Gardiner, of Daviess . county, will. be before the Republican State Convention, for the Attorngy-General ‘candidacy. "He has a very strong home indorsement.” Mr. Gardiner was a pronounced Liberal in 1872, and ‘camé within a few votes of being nominated for Reporter of the Su- } preme Court by the democratic convention.

' The LaPorte Herald perceives a strong “indiéation that Indiana will be the grand central battle field, in the great campaign of 1876.” ‘lf Morton and Hendricks should be made opposing ‘presidential candidates, Indiana will witness-a “red hot” political contest. . o

Several républican pipers have expressed a decided preference for the nomination of Hon. J.S. Frazer, of Warsaw, as the republican caididate for. Governor. Judge. Frazér would prove a strong candidate in this part of the State. g ;

The Huntington Democrat exspresses a belief tliat HHon. James F. McDowell, of Grant county, *“would honor the democratic party as its candidate for Governor in this year’s contest.”

Senator Samighausen expresses t}],e utmost eonfidence, through the columns of his Steats-Zeitung, of the nomination -of Senator Bell, of ‘Foit Wayne, for the office of Lieut. Governor on the Democratic State ticket. After Capt. Mitchells Mr. Bell would be the BANNER’s next-choice.

" The Fort Wayne Gazette nominates Hon. Jesse L. Williams, of that city, for Governor on the republican ticket. The nominaticn is probably ‘intended as merely complimentary. .

A HON. LUCIUS Q. C. LAMAR, i ~ We are rejoiced ‘to be able to anmounce t_l’_\is week that the-democratic members of the Mississippi Legislature have unanimously nominated the distinguished gentleman whose name heads this article, for United Statgs Senator. The Democrats having a large majority in the Legislature, Mr. Lamar’s election is an assured fact. TuE BANNER has on several occasions spoken in terms of commendation of this gentleman, and- its readers will doubtless remember the eloquent and prudent speech delivered by him at the democratic congressional caucus which noginated Mr. Kerr for Speaker. The New York 7Z7ibune thus editorially notices the ‘selecti'onl of Mr. Lamar for the Senate: L The election of Mr. Lamar to the Senate will do much to redeem his section from the unworthy position it has occupied in the higher branch of the National ILegislature since the close-of the war.: In the old times the South had in the Senate men who commanded at least the respect of their Northern associates by their brains, if not by their polities.” Of late Southern Senators have rarely been above contempt. ~ Mr. Lamar is a splendid specimen of a ré-construct-ed Rebel. lle fought us bravely, submitted honestly, showed us in his manly eulogy on Charles Sumn%r how well he appreciated the virtués and comprehended the moral elevation of some of the léaders on the side that won in our great conflict, and throughout his seryice in the House behaved like an honest” man, a patriot, and a capable legislator. We welcome the day when the South begins to place such men in her highest positions. .

Marshall county has one oméér, who, being too stingy, or in his own estimation too pure, to take his eounty paper, labors to get up clubs for Pomeroy’s, Democrat. It may be that Pomeroy, in return for his kindness, will furnish him the votes to secure a re-election.—Plymouth Democrat. * Pomeroy and editors of: foreign sheets will have to furnish the votes to elect one or two such fellows in this county if they ever.get into office againi—Rochester Sentinel. _

If the editors of the two excellent ‘journals from which the above paragraphs are quoted. do not attend to the permanent retirement of the officiuls referred to, at the end of their respective terms, we shall be strongly ‘tempted to look up the vocabulary for astring of spicy epithets. @ -

The Democratic f)ress of Mississippi are strongly urging the adoption of a constitutional amendment providing that no citizen shall be entitled to suffrage unless able to read and write. The proposed measure would disfranchise almost all the colored voters of the State and nearly ten thousand whites. © The Democracy never advocate an educational test, where its application is likely to impair the party strength.- The enforcement of such a test ‘in most of the States, would put them:in a hopeless minority.—LaPorte Herald: = %1 :

. If you are confident that such would be the résult, we would respectfully suggest that you “go ahead and try it on.” The Democracy, we can assure you, will fiot grumble. They have nothing to fear from that source.

. GEORGE H. PENDLETON’S popularity in the South is alarming the friends of (Gov. Hendricks. George has already captured Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, and proposes to take in Mississippi on his return'trip.—72'oledo Sunday Journal. - After our amiable Governor has made his contemplated trip down South, you will find that “capture” to have been of a purely temporary char~ acter. - Gt ey

In private conversation, Mr. Pendleton said, at Atlanta, Ga:, that the democratic party was in fayor of hard money, in spite of all that had been said to the contrary. There were in‘dividual members of the party who wanted the currency ir{lated, but the great mass were opposed to it.—Few, A few more such expressions of solid truth and good sense will put Mr, Pendleton in line for promotion. 4 —«——-——~—-9+P-—-——--———-Tue Stark county ZLedyer wantg Winfield 8, Hancock for President and John B. Henderson for Viee-Presi-dent. Bro. Musselman’s .selections are first-class,— Vglpardiso Messenger _ True; but the signs of the times rather point to Hendricks and Custin

THE CAPITOL }GAME-.. How the Players Are Playing . the First Moves. - What the Two Parties ,Have Donei ‘a_nvd Are okl

i (From a Special Correspondent of the N. Y. World.)

‘WASHINGTON, January 7th.—Boys often test each others’ courage by venturing out along a thin sheet of ice toward the extreme verge, where the current runs rapidly and the dangerous water is, just visible, deep, clear and cold. Sometimes the hapless urching venture too far on the bending surface and there is a break, and the services of -the Coroner are ‘called in requisition. The parties in the present Congress resemble the venturesome boys in some respects. They are perpetually daring each other to vote o delicate questions, each in the hope of seeing its rival come to grief. For this chilgish ‘policy the Republicans ‘are responsible, and they will probably get enough of the game before the session closes. A few instances will serve to illustrate this point. Blaine introduced his school amendment to the Constitution, ‘which obliged the Democrats to sac‘rifice some of their State rights noj tions or seem to oppose the security of popular education. The retort _came in the shape of an amendment, providing a single term of six years for the Executive and forbiding re-elee-tion. This presents to the Republicans the di/lemma 0f " appearing to support the third-term project, or confessing the subservieney of the party in' renominating Lipcoln ‘and Grant, The resolution’ against a third term’ was amrother stinging retort.. Fort made haste to introduce & resolution setting apart the offices in the gift of the House as the rightful spoil of Union soldiers, and couched it in terms very unpalatable to Southern members. Cox answered it with a neat séntiment about the fraternal feelings of the Centennial year. Randall proposed universal amnesty, and Blaine, aware that his party dare not oppose it, directly suggested an amendment excepting Jeff. Davis and saddling an’ oath upon the favor. Cason on Wednesday presented a resolution setting forth the .glory .of the defenders of the Union and the gratitude due them from the nation, and the Democrats who served® the Confederacy weré obliged to swallow the bitter dose; but the next day New, of. Indiana, submitted a resolution lauding the happy state of peace in which we. | live and rebuking.the men who seek to disturb the patriotic concord by wantonly reviving the bitter memories of the past, and the Republican brethren were compelled to accept the ungilded pill without a grimace. In‘the Senaté- Morton put forward a series of resolutions so carefully arranged that it would be difficult to vote against them and avoid the stock imputations cast upon the Democracy. To answer, this movement Senator McDonald has written a set of“declarations to be submitted next week, as a substituté, which Republicans will: find it equally unpleasant to accept-or reject. But it is on the currency question -that the greatest -efforts have been made by the Republicang in the spirit of brayado to overreach the Democracy—thus far without any great success. When:'we consider the fear and trembling with which they: venture upon the ereaking ice, it is impossible to regard their temerity with anything less than wonder.: ~ : z 521

' In a general way it may be said of legislation conducted with the design of putting a party fairly on the rec‘'ord and making political capital, rather than for the purpose of providing good laws, that it is dangerous in the extreme. Edmund Burke says that the most disgraceful system o penal laws ever contrived was the result of a contest between king and Parliament—to .appear zealous in persecution. Each kept suggesting new pains and penalties to make the code odious, in~the hope that the conscience of the other would revolt against sanctioning it. But both loved popularity more than justice, and the result was the miisery of millions.! : It must be confessed that the plan of the Democratic ; majority of the House for conducting the serious business of legislation is not only simple but wise and generous. At the risk of repetition. I shall set forth the most important feature of it. . When Congress assembled it was generally { assumed that the greater part of its time would be taken up with the investigation of the various departments of the Government, with the design of utterly destroying the reputation of the Republican garty by révelations of the dishonesty of its leaders. . Administration papers en-. deavored to forestall the results of investigation by proclaiming that it would be made as a partisan manceuvre. It is rather a surprise to the en- | emy to find that the Dergocracy has not rushed headlong into the business of exposing Republican shortcomings. No charges have been made, and no smelling committees have been ap--pointed save for the investigation of the affairs of the Freedman’s Bank. Thus far no suspicjon of frauds has been manifested, and no ostentatious effort. made to discover them. Special committees would be costly, and it appointed on every mere rumor of mismanagement in some department, their labor would often be wasted inthe pursuit of imaginary crimes, and the majority would incur! the odium of malicious prosecution. Nevertheless the necessity of a thorough examination of all the details of government was felt, and steps were taken to make it searching and unpartisan. By Mr. Morrison’s resolution, which was referred to the Committes-on Ways and Means, and will be reported and passed on Monday, the standing committees of the House dealing with all the great departments of the Government are directed to inquire into “any errors, abuses or frauds in | the administration and execution of the existing laws affecting said branches of the public service.” The minute instructions given: for the committee cover every possible point in regard to which their vigilance should be exercised, These resolutions will secure reform without evoking contest: or scaudal. They. will also breathe the breath of life into some committees ' that have long been practically defunct. It is a standing joke here that the Chairman of one of these bodiés . maintained heretofore for show, had never seen the clerk of his committee throughout the session; and Mr. Morrison says that-he served in a former (gongress’ on the Committee on the Expenditures in the State Department, which never met while he was a member of it: To carry out such a programme of reform entails an immense amount of labor, and if the present Congress worthily performs the task thus marked out it will earn the gratitude of the country. The affairs of the Administration haye been carried on for fifteen years without criticism, scrutiny or responsibility, No railroad man will run a train ahundred miles without tapping the wheels with a.hmumer.,i) see that “they are sound, but we are more reckless in regard to government, and think it safe for yeurs without test- | AN e o e e e When abuses are found it will not,’ ip some cases, be easy to provide and. enforce 4 remedy. Vo instance, the advocates of the reduction . of the | army. are- already anxious lest the Taeasure gl w 2 defeated, There | ‘are two sourves of danger: Onelies in the potent influence of good dine e A (N NN, RN L G N

ners and social coennections over the average Congressman. . The other is found in the possible defection of some of the Southern members, whom the ‘Administration will endeavor to gain by the promise of troops to guard’ the Texan frontier. These gentle-' men should remember that the soldiers who are stationed along the Rio Grande to gain their good will may. be removed to Louisiana or Mississigpi hereafter’ to aid in preventing the exercise of the. rigli"t of self-govern-ment. e : . The tariff reform already alluded to in The World specials may be considéred as the fixed purpose of the De--mocracy, but thus far no: financial policy has been adopted, and the currency, question may -be set down as the great unsolved problem of the present Congress. In the opinion of your correspondent it would be a fair statement of the situation to say that the determination to repeal the Re~sumption act is general, but the best - of the Democrats are resolved that no such repeal shall take place until something better can be devised -to -replace Sherman’s. measure. ;! The scheme which has already been telegraphed has been:the subject of a great deal of discussion here, and its adoption 'is said to be probable. Its advantage and defects need not be set forth in a letter. _ il P—

INDIANA NEWS ITEMS. © Judge Frederick P. Lucas¢f Huntington, died last week. . | o The next regular term of the Whitley circuit court will be convened on the first Monday in February. . - By the atrest of! Gib. ‘Silbert at Franklin, this State, the last of an extensive gang of horse thieves and house breakers is‘in a fair way of going to the penitentiary. _ ; J. D. Hange, Sheriff of Allen county, died on Thursday morning of last week. His life was insured in the Masonic Mutual Benefit' Society, and his family will get about $4;300. 5 Over at Warsaw, on New Year’s, Stephen ‘Phillpot had both his arms blown off by the premature discharge of a cannon while firing a salute. His recovery is impossible. ' Luke Funk had his thumb blown off by the same discharge. ‘ i ¢ ¥ld. A. Walker, of Kokomo, Ind., has discovered a marble mine on Big Pipe creek, a short distance above the falls.. He and four others have purchased it, 34 acres of landfor '52,000. They intend to open a quarry in the spring. It is said by those who have examined it that it is of the finest quality. o _

~ The St. Joseph, Mich., people are talking of a ship, canal from that place to Detroit. The proposition is to use the St. Joseph river as far as Three Rivers, and dig the canal the rest of the way. Elkhart is considerably interested’ in such an undertaking, and the subject should be agitated: —Elkhart Review. - | A farmer drew $1,555 from the Warsaw Bank for one of his neighbors and started home witly it wrapped in a paper. DBefore he got out of town he-lost it, but did not discover his loss until nearly home. e returned to Warsaw and made diligent search for it and finally found it in the middle of the street pressed down in the mud by a.passing wagon. A feeling of joyousness crept over him. ; Reports have just reached Indianapolis, of another attempt at foul play at the Long Point watering station on the Vandalia road. ‘Saturday night as the Vandalia express was:slowing down to take water at Long point, the fireman, who was on the tender, discovered ' several masked men at the tank, and, therefore, without stopping, the engineer pulled out for Terre Haute. | Act the first cross roads this side of Long Point a wagon and two men were seen, evidently in waiting, and a little further along the bell cord was pulled, and the train slowed down, when two men jumped from the platform and ran into the woods. These men: were identitied as having boarded the train at St. Louis, and employes of the road believe another attempt at robbery was in contemplation. : . ;

¢ Last Friday afternoon Mrs. Shufflebotham, a lady living on- Railroad St., attempted suicide by taking nearly an ounce of laudanum. She had been left alone for two or three hours, and ‘made this attempt during that time, As soon‘as it was discovered the physician was sent for,’and by premptly administering an emetic she was relieved” of the poison, and by careful attention and hard work the effects of it were worked off about midnight. This ,we understand, is the second time she has made the attempt. 11l health produces a sort of insanify, and.she affirms that her desires to end her life'is beyond control when these spells ‘are upon her. - She is a most estimable lady and her, relations with the family are such as to make it certain she is temporarily insane when she makes these attacks upon her life, —FElkhart Review. e

'WE are highly gratified to find in the editorial columns of the Vincennes Sun the following well-deserved and _very*’ truthful reference to the ablest democratic journal in the United States: ‘ . There are a few men, especially in the West, who are in the habit of underrating the value of the New York World, the organ of the Democracy in that city and State of New York. It is asserted, and we presume without ‘a word of truth, that it is under the .influence and is controlled by the money rings of Wall street. We have failed to see anything in its columns which would indicate any such a policy. ; ¥t is Democratic, and sound to the core ou the subject of 'the finances, while its views on the question of the tariff are in the interests of every poor man in the land, who is a consumer. It is opposed to all classes of ‘monopolies and deals them such heavy blows, in straightforward and plain terms, that they atre within the comprehension of the humblest citizen. To be sure, there are some things in the history of; the World that we do not entirely approve, yet take it all in all, we have no.sounde‘r or more fearless advocate of genuine Democracy. ‘ it ; o

. Another Sensation Spoiled. - SoutH BEND, Ind, Jan. 7.—Kaelly and Ulrich, charged by J. McDeriott, of Chicago, (editor pro tem. of the Herald) with an, assault u]r){on his person in this city on the night of Nov. 25, with intent to commit murder, were promptly acquitted at a late hour last night. McDermott swore to the identity of the two men, but they were total strangers to him, and he saw their faces, according to his statement, only during a momentary flash of light, and moreover both defendants proved an undoubted alibi. The general impression has come to be that MecDermott’s Thanksgiving turkey was too highly spiced. e

Gone to a Higher Court. An Evansville dispateh says that Gordon Byron Bingham, of the Bingham Brothers, who were so heavily implicated in the operations pf the Whisky Ring in this city, died at his regiden¢e at Patoka Monday afternoon at 0 o’clock. His death was caused by apoplexy,superinduced by extreme nervous depression. He lingered, un‘conscious, from 4 o'clock a. m., till his death. He was to have appeared at Indianapolis on Thursday as a witness for the pr,osgogfion. and he spemag,d,_t?‘feq,y. that i ,gyofilfl' cauge his im‘mediate sentence. He was évidei;fily ‘insane the day preceeding his death.

b : 3 : & ‘!' ' i x i ~-7~‘ The black measles have broken out at Jackson, Michigan._ Rl A Grand Rapids woman is in jail for stealing a $135 ring. i Gen. Logan appeared in the Senate for the first time this session last Thursday. : SaaE

~ The business portion of Sidney, la, was burned on Thursday'of last'week, loss $20,000.

Dr. Henty Dale, a prominent dentist has been arrested at Danville, Ills., for dealing in counterfeit money. Gov. Tilden has.decided not to pardon Stokes, Jim Fisk’s assassin, and he will have to remain his full sentenea..' . . o

Fully 10,000 people of all ages, sizes, and colors, witnessed the hanging of Frank Scott at' Memphis, Tenn., on Friday last. ke i

Tweed’s bail has been declared forfeited. It will be worth it to make the collection, as a strong resistance will be made. e n i

~ A man named Hans Class has been arrested at” Davenport, lowgt, on ;the charge of committing incest with his two daughters. = . : ‘

Tt is rumored in Washington that Col: Fred Grant,.son of the President, and Orville Grant, brother, are implicated in the St. Louis whisky cases. William Williams, colored, for thé murder of Joe Fields, also colored, was hung at Bartlett, near Memphis, on Friday last, and Milton MeLean, white, at Jackson,Tenn,, for the murder of Thaddeus- Pope, white, on the sume day. i e

It is reported that the’ Union' Pacific railroad company isgabout to declare a dividend of two per cent., The company can afford it with the money belonging to the people of the United. States, which it has obtainod through the decree of the Supreme Court. . . A very rich deposit of gold has been struck in Centennial lode, near ILaramie City. At a depth of 100 feet a large body of quartz was found, showinig ah amount of free gold thought never before to have been seen in rociji. A large solid mass of this rock will be . sent to the Centennial at Philadelphia.-

The wholesale trade of Chicago for 1874 amounts to $702,228,000, [being an inerease of $20,000,000 over that of the previous year. During the same period more than ten miles of new buildings . were erected at a 4 cost of over §10,000,000. And it is e¢laimed that less property is under mortgage, than was a,year ago. - =~ :

At Osborn, Mo., on the Hannibal & St. Joseph! Railroad. burglars on Thursday night broke,into a drugstore, stole a quantity of chloroform with which they drugged the whole town. They went through both liotels, all the stores, and many private residences. They secured. several thousand dollars and escaped. f .| Anton Hagenwnight and wife, of Decatur, Illinois, made a visit;to some friends in St. Louis. Whilé going from the depot to their friend’s house in the suburbs of the ecity they were set upon by some roughs, terribly beaten, their bodies laid on-a railroad track and the scoundrels sat down to watch their vietims until an expected train. would finish their work; but people approaching frightened them off and rescued the two victims.

The organization of a new church society is noted at Henry, 111, a town which has of late achieved some notoriety as the scene of: the spiritual ministrations of the Rey. Glendenning. 'The new church is broadly and mutually independent, the pastor being free to preach what he likes so long as he sticks tothe New+Testament as his *“basis of author 'y while his hearers are equally free to believe him oz; not, just as they prefer. The only condition imposed upon the minister is that. he shall live a moral and uprightlife, and do the work of an evangelist in visiting the sick and caring for the poor and ignoraat, e < DE—— : How Reub Wiliilams Got an Appoint- : ment. Vo

A Washington telegram $o the Chicago T'imes states that Reub. Williams, of F't. Wayne, Ind., who has been.appointed Deputy Second Comptroller in the Treasury Department, received the office through an accident, as his | name had never been mentioned 'in connection with it' previous to the time when he.was published as ap|'pointed. Mr. Bristow did not know him and no one recommended him. It is the most peculiar appointment that has ever been made, and it occurred,through the accident of a newspaper paragraph. =On Friday night it was telegraphed from here that in the list of appointments made in the places made vacant in the Third: Auditor’s and Second Camptroller's offices Williams’ name appeared. It appears that the statement about Williams was rather premature. <Mr. Morton saw the paragraph the next day in one of the Baltimore papers, and, taking it for granted that it was correct, telegraphed to Reub. Williams and asked him if he would accept the of- | fice. = Mr, Williams bounced’ back a reply that he;was that sort of a man, and that he was. ready to sacrifice himself for his eountry in just that way, Mr, Morton went to Mr. Bris- | tow and asked him how it"was that Reub. came to be the chosen one, Mr. Bristow disclaimed any knowledge of him. La‘t& in the day, when' Reub. ‘Williams was informed of the mistake that had been made, he became; “very angry ‘indeed, and wanted to know whether he was to be insulted: in that way by having an office offered him for nothing.. To appease him, Morton actually had to go.to work and secure Mr. Williams the appointmentg, : : | pr ey —lf it be true, as the Chicago Times amusingly asserts, that General Reuben Williams, of this State, is indebted for his appointment to a misz" take of the telegraph, we may expect ‘3 lively business to/spring up at Wash- | ington in the matter -of: subsidizing telegraph operators. - This opens up an avenue to office never _dr’eamed.fo,_f, before. However, the statement'ofg the Z'imes is doubtless a canard.—lnd. Journal. il 1 : i

~ THE SUSPICION, current for some weeks past, that Chicago -had: been shifted to the latitude of Florida, was removed yesterday afternoon. with great suddenness and violence. From a delicious atmosphere like that. of June, with windows open and stoves and furnaces unendurable, two hours brought us’ back.to January, and the geographical muddle was solved. . In that brief time the thermiometer denoted a change of 60 degrees in the temperature, and the day which began with the warmest winter weather ever known hereabouts closed with a [bitter, intense “cold snap.” Tt was a ~weather achievement of the highly sensational order, and the gensation none the pleasantest either.—Chicago T'ribune, of Monday. e

The Hartford T%mes tells of asmart Connecticut stump speaker who was. haranguing a crowd in Fairfield ¢ounty, when the effect of one of his strong: points was terribly broken b¥ a bawling exclamation from a ‘half-drunken. fellow in the crowd, who sung out:i—: “Oh, you're a demagogue!” ' The orator fixed his eyes upon the fellow and, pausing just a moment to fix the at-. tention' of the audience and give his response the more effect, merely answered, with one of his own unapproachable grins:—“And put a wisp of straw around your belly, and you'd be & demijohn!” It brought down the house and extinguished the bibus_ lous offender. = Gl e L o P R R L e el e R S S

- -ANDY MATTISON, = - DOUBTS AS TO HIS HAVING PERISHED | . IN THE CHICAGO FIRE. ~ Fallure to Eealize on a Life InsurU emee Poltey, T . (From the Indianapolis Jowrnal, Jan,B.) - " On ‘the evening of the day before the great Chicago fire, A.J. Mattison left Fort Wayne, his heme. He stood ndt on the order of his going, but de_parted for reasons. Mr. Mattison had been accused of inflating the currency of the country-in a ‘manner not authorized by law, and it -was to relieve the. Government of ‘the trounble of _prosecution:that he hid himself away. In a few days news came that he had been burned to death in the Tremont: House, in. Chicago, and the widow ‘made a pilgrimage to the “burnt-dis-triet” to search -for ‘her ‘husband’s bones. - She-next endeavored to collect $4.300 insurance held by Mattison ‘in the Masonic Mutual 'Benefit’ Society, but being unable to bring sufil-. cient proof of his death to satisfy the- - sectretary. the ¢laim was refused and she institufed suit.on the' policy: About this timé she removed - ‘to Noble, 111, fand -the ‘suit: has. not been pushed® in the eourts at Fort | Wayne, though she has recently placedherself in communication with Col.J. 0. Martin, in this eity, with a view to. pressing a settlement. From various and sundry circumstances not expedi“ent to mention here the Colonelis satigfied ‘that Mattison was not crémated ‘in the Tremont Houge at.the time of the Chicago, five, oriany other fire. He

i, in fact, firmly ‘convinced that. he never was cremated, and that in case of emérgency he _could. point eut the spot where his bones repose, and could perhaps produce them materialized in the halls of Justidé. ' The correspondence that has passed; and is' now passing between the Tady and the officers of the society is a taodel of diplomacy, the fair claimant evidently possessing talent and'tact of no.mean order. In the meantime the officials are waiting the course of events patiently, appar--ently not much afraid that: Mrs. Mattison will'ever bring the bones of her ‘husband forward in: proof of his demise, though: the case may develop with age into'a real sensation. =

' Gov;"Henilriek‘s ~will " deliver the opening address. at ' the. Southern States -Agricultural and Tndustrial Exposition, to be held at New Orleans on the 26th of February. . Our Southern friends may rest assured that they will listen to a masterly address from Indiany’siforemost statesman. =

. Anton Junker, a Chicago distiller, admitted to the Grand Jury that his firm at -one time got away ’ with 700,000 gallons of “crooked” whisky, thereby defrauding the Government out of $650,000 in revenue taxes. - i

Castoria is i perfect substilute “for Castor Oil, without any of its objections, for itis pleasant to take; and doed not niuseate or gripe. For. ‘Costiveness atany age, but especiully for Sour Stom ch'Wind Colic, Worms and the Disordes ed Bowels of Children, itis the most. effective remedy in existence. -Itisharmless, itisreliable, anditis sicheap. (i e ‘ o

'Ehere nés ' bé no.pain where Centaur Linimentis nsed. Burns.gnd Scalds ‘are healed without a scat: Rhéumatism, Sprains, and most flesh, bone and muscle aijments can, be absolute'y cured. There are two kinds. The White Centaur Linimen isfor family use, the Yellow for horses and animals, “Qné trial will convince vhe incredulong.: 3iy s iiom AN

A MAN OF A THOUS AND.

© A Consumptive Cured. . . When Dgaath‘w:xq"lh'{jufly;iéxpécted’,frojm CONSUMPTION, all remedies having failed, aceident led to widiscovery whereby Dg. H. JAmes cured his only child with a preparation of CANNABISINDICA. Hemnow gives this recipe fre€ onreceipt of two stamps to payexpenses. There isnota single symptom of censumption that it does'not dissipate—nightsweats. irritation of the nerves, dificalt expectoration, sharp paingin the luugs, nauses atthe stomach,maction ofthe bowels,and wasting of the muscles. ‘Address Craddock & Co, 1032 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa , giving name of this paper,: r e ndTor e Sok e K erivwps

- ({0 CONSUMPTIVES. »The a&is’e&', having been'permanently cured of that dread dis¢ase; Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow suferers the means of cure, To all who desire it, he will send.a copy of the prescription used, (free -of charge), with the directions for ‘preparing and | using the same, which they will find a sURE OURE for Consumption, Axthma, Bron¢hitis, &c. - Parties wishing the prescription will please address, .15 7= 00 T Rey B, & WILSON. T s o g_en‘n St., Williamsburgh, New York. -34m6-Abbott-nctrm -0 ; i 'ERRORS OF YOUTH. _& GENTLEMAN who-suffered for years from XX Wervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all ‘the effects of youthful indiscretion will, fur the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and direction for making the' simple remiédy by which he was'cured.' Sufferers ‘wishing to profit by the advertiser’s experierce. rcan do 8o by-u‘ddreuai'ug,'in, perfect confidence, o ~JOHN-B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar St,, New York. 34-6m-Abbott-nctrm’™; T o To live on the fat of the land with= . out work is the aim of Trav- . v leling Agents, o | . ~ Wedon’t employ them, but sell toj the user at factory prices. - Send for oar’fre€ price list which will. give you the price. Freight paid by us to your nearest R R., 1o be paid for afier you have . tesied: anid found satisfactory, so that the purcnas“er absolutely runs no risk whatever. This is the way the bestdcales in the world are sold by JONES of Binghampton, N. Y. _ s 38-ml-hac

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. EMPIRE Ten-Pin All en-Pin Alley ok B.HATHAWAY, Prop'r, Basement Q'nii‘ne_rfl!lo‘ek».‘ 4 i 3 Ligenmier,lnd. Tobacco and Cigars, Candies, Nuts, CHICAGO CIDER & FRESH LEMONADE, All lovers of a'nice, quiet game of biiliards or tenpins, will ,flnd:th‘;s to be just the plase . i 24t f

~ LIST OF LETTERS -REM&I‘NING. in the Post Office at Ligonier ‘b Indiana, duringthe pastweek: [ | oo Arnal, Ohas. He 00 - .+ Denton, Miss Molly =~ =~ . :Burens, Wm.—Canada Cenig A . Fuller, Miss Aagusta -~ = - "~ Fisher, Mrs. Katied, = 4, o oot da, - L . Kimes; Jobn A, . AoaMaxwelly Ao i .. Soowhsll, Mids Ida. . L ‘,n.-{-fsmt—th,a.]fdhq%" L e i Wooßlworth, T W o “Persons calling for any of the abovelstters w’:f,%n?&%g“'l dpe sDL L HUMOGOODSPEERD, POM.: _: Ligonier, Ind., Janusarty 18,187, - ¢

SLUINOYRIOR Yt - et - i - 3 > HAVING incurred considersble expense In oy» . erhaulinig and thoroughly repnfling the old mill, we fow feel obliged to call upon our creditors to settle their accounts. Wecapnot do business without capital: ‘M Sy we o ELL &LAPE. September9dth, 1875.-20tf ' | i ¢ -+ Mrs. Joanna Judd, TATLORESS. “'All Kinds of Tailoring Done to Order. * Having Teftjthe store of J. Straus, Jr., Itake this ‘method of informing my friends that I can. befoun in the first house east of the new school bui{diug or the north side of the river, or all or derp left at the store of Stansbury & Son, willreceive prompt attention. 3§lB e 34-m3

- Mrs. Joanna Belt, s ; 4 ta e i : DRESS AND MANTUA-MAKER, 'R'o‘,oms over Denny’s Dm& Store, in the dld Piorce ey . . Building, e . . LIGONIER, INDIANA. | o ‘AI. work done iipélt’and faéhionuble styles.— Prompt attention given to orders and satisfaction guaranteed:, CHARGES REASONABLE. Pablic datronage respectfylly solicited. - 129:-8m HIDES WANT&D! X will make it an object for & 7 | i . , | | i ¥ { farmers to call on me, in the .:o " A Banner Block, before selling ol i - | ’ | q their ides. Momey can be made by following this advice. ashe.. 0 g i /. " 'Clemens Kaufman, ~Ligonier, Ind., Sept. 23,°75.-tf i ; . ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE v 5 ___p F__‘ v o o REAL ESTATE. NOTICB is hereby iziven that, by virtue of an order of the Noble Cou‘nt{ Circuit Court, the undersigned Administrator of the estate oflsaac Lantz, deceased, will offer for sale at/public auction, on the premises, on " Friday, February 11th) 1876, ‘the undivided two-thirds of the following Real Estate, to wit: Twentygm))Acr'os off of the Sonth ‘end of the East half of the North-East quarter ot Section two (2), Township thirty-four (34) North of Range eight (8) East. o Teams: One-third cash; balance in Nine and | Eighteen months, with interest—notes and mortgage to be given to secure deferred payménts—without relief from valuation laws. Sale:to be .4t 11'o'clock a. M. . ; ¥ The Widow will also sell her one-third at ‘thesame:time and on the same terms. 37-3 w = C. HOOLEY, Adm'r.

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Saddles, Harness "TRUNKS!

TLIGONIER, INDI:ANAR e - %Th,e proin'ictor will be pleaséd at :iny timetow . | l, _on al who,_pay wish anyfihing in t;helfng.of (| HARNESS, . | . i t SADDLES; .- - | /o .. BREDIWs, -o, | t e T WHTPS, o N e COLLARS, | \ o ; FLY-NETS, \. o ; ; BRUSHE&. e L : ‘CAR ‘S. ‘t &c. ,‘-'l'.nd inTfact ev"rerythl‘ng p_zrtain'lng tothis /- L of business. : Especial attention is call .té t t.that he is now enggged 1n the mnu'f‘ uring of all kinds e . TRUNKS, - A Which, in fio - Style, Finish, Durability & Price,Arefar superior to those of eastern manufacture. Call, See and Buy. ' Osetober3o,’7l3-27tf F.BEAZEL.

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