The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 9, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 June 1876 — Page 1

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- CITIZENS’ BANK, |.”| |\ LIGONIER, , INDTANA, First-Class Notes wanted at a Low ‘Rate of Discount.” ~ _ . All parties haviug **Public Sale Notes,” will do well to see us befora disposing of them else- + - where. £ o : Exchange Bought and Seld, and F;u-eign . Draftsdrawnon all the Principal Cities |- of Europe. : . #Agents for First-Class Fire -and Life ¢ Insurance Companies. . e STRAUS BROTHERS, M. M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. | . Ligup.‘.er_glnd.,l)ec 16, 1875.-6-26 - JAMES M. DENNY, 2 ~ Attorney and Counsellor at Law. . Otfice 1n the Court House, - ‘ ALBION, - - - - - --IND. 815 — ; { D. W. GREEN, . * Justigeofthe eaendCollection ', Justiceof the Peace & Collection Ag't, ‘Office—Second Sfory, Laalqn’s Brick Block, | LIGONIEE, - - INDIANA. ¢ T D.C.VANCAMP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ¢ Ligonier, : : : Indiana, ¢ Special attention given to collections and convey- . sncing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and ' ¢omtracts. Legal business promptly attended to. Office over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50 Te e S ; H. &. ZIMMERN_IAN, B - Attorney at Law & Notary Public, Office over Gerber’s Hardware, Cavin Sfreet, :@ : :Ligonier, Indiana. ul January 7, 1875.-9-37 | : S LR, KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, - -'.- INDIANA. g-Oficeon second floorof Landon’s Block, 7-2 T ALBERT BANTA, Justiceof the Peace & Conveyancer. T . LIGONIER, INDIANA. 3 : . _Specialattention given to convtgyancin f andc¢ollettions. Deeds, Bonds and Morfgages drawn up and all legal business attended to promptly and sccurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’sstore, May 15 187315-8-3 . H. WAKEMAYN, ‘i ' ™ . TnsuranceAq't &Justics of the Peace KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. . - - Office with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Will réceive subscriptions to Tue NATIONAL BANNER. . . : . "\V."GRUI’I, SN T ’ Physician and. Surgeon, = LIGONIER, : -INDIANA, = ‘Office over Baum’s Grocery Store.’ v 9 n3-Iy. ‘ G, W. CARR, ] Physician® and Surgeon, " ! LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND, . Willpromptlyatiendail calle intrustedto him. OfFice and residence on 4th Street:

Dr., G. E. LONG, ) Homeopathic- Physician, Ligonier, - - - - Indiana. . Sargical and Medical Aid promptly and carefaliy attended to. “Diseases of Femalés and Children a specialty; Office and Residonce gver Sol. Mier's Banking Honfg‘; 1044 " J.M.TEAL, RN M TS, Rooms over 1. E. Pike’s Grocerv, Corner of Main und Mitchell Streets, opposise the Post Office, Kendallville. Ind @ All'work warranted.<&f Kendasllville, May 1, 1874. : - - genrdit o bodlit BPsetT gl Sl A Lgoß Laghig (as! L@ Laughing Gas! iy 7 h - ~FOR THE- ; O TR AIN 710} M‘f‘gf PAINLESS EXTRACTION 4F s b N\ TEETH - NSRS AL s N ; ' ’[]m : s> /D Gants' Otce ' V \ £ — ‘ oo Filling Teeth a Speeialty Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 11, 1875.' . . g 2 TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. V.W.AXTELL, : : : Proprietor. Laporte, Aprils.lB7l. - - . CONQORD & CATAWBA WINE. ‘We keep consiantly on hand and sell in large or £ - small quantities, to snit customers, R k Winof Our Own Manufacture, Pure — Nothing but the Juice of ‘ .+ the Grape. : ; SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier,July3,"7l.-tf - Winebrenner & Hoxworth, | HOUSE, 816 N AND_»OBNAMENT'A’L' PAINTERS, Grainers, Glaziers and- Paper-Hangers. Shop near corner of Fourth and Cavin Sts., oppo- ) site Kerr’s Cabinet Shop. i | zbgomier, -- = - Indiana, 7 . STOP AT THE [ : KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA, o NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK ¥ Hotel,onlytenrods from theL.B. & M.S.R. R. Depot, and four squares from the G, R. R R Only five mintites walk to any of the principalbainesshousesofthe ¢ity. Traveling menandstrangers willfind this a first-classhouse. Fare $2 per day. | .J. B. KELLY,Proprietor, Eend”~lrville.Aug.3.lB7o.-14

3. 9 7 Boarding! Boarding! I htvi‘e opened a place for the accommodation of Boarders in the building known as the Commercial Hotel, on Cavin Street, on the north side of the Eikhart River, and am prepared to accommodate ail those wishing board at redaged” prices. GIVE. ME A CALL. April 6,1876.-3 m E McDANNEL, Prop‘r.‘ - PHILIP A. CARR, AUCTIONEER, Ofers hiis services to the publicingeneral. Terms moderste. Orders may be left at the shoestoreof | P. Sisterhen.. : ; U | Ligonier, January 8,’73-37 s - : “,'G-V-I;:N'KS, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND. Apri112,1871.-50 : R . Manufacturer of and Dealerin all kindsof FURNITURE, SPRING BED BOTTOMS, . . . WILLOW-WARE, -3 - BRACKETS, dc COFFINS&CASKETS Also: LADIES’ SHROUDS of various patterns, Alwayson hand, and will be farnished to order Faaerals .Bt.;e;g?d w?th'hem:ao when desired, - Cus. Gavinand snd ste.} ngo.me?’ Ind i ~ August7th,lB7B.-8-15. : Lo o e gt SRR f §ooeiie 4 B " B oy AAR RS L INIMENT 10DIDE OF AMMONIA Cares Yeuralgia, Face Ache, Rheumatism, Gout mtuc,ﬂub::l’u,esk::o‘l'h:::t,ﬂrnl ias - lriqg{cg_'ndw!eng;ykyhdp,m@ormm& . hﬁﬂlﬂﬂs}oﬂo hs‘SVQßkz_?Qßnd Lamps pe DE OF u-ana{hibnuy SOTeness. and famps dis ed. I fell and cat my hand on s nail, wl‘a:m, healing’ i.lu:'i: f & ot - o ‘ =e " . F £ |by ali Druggists. -Depot 451 S| ve. R e Sy T e

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.h g - BANKING HOUSE b e 1 SOL. MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Brock, LIGONIER, IND’NA. ‘Money l.os;:ed onlong and shorttime. Notes discounted at reasonable rates. , Monies received on depositandinterestallowed on specified time, . - Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafte drawn on principalcities of Europe. 8-2 'y TO THE FARMERS: YOU will please take noticé that I am still engaged in buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price. ’ If you do mot find me on the street, call before selling,at my Banking Office. in Conrad’s Brick Block. . SOL. MIER Ligonier.lndiana, May 7th, 1874 —lf Bakers & Grocers, CavinStreet. Ligonler,lndian 3 Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes.&c. L ChoiceGroceries,Provhidné.YankeeNotiona.& ThehighestcashpricepaidforCountry Produc ~ Mayl3,’6B-t1 : SACKBRO’S . EMPIRE Billiard Hall ‘, . - AND———— ) T Ten-Pin All Y Ten=-Pin e | L.B.HATHAWAY, Prop’r, Basement Banuer Block, ; : : Ligenier,lnd. Tobaeco-and Cigars, Candies,Nuts, | CHICAGO CIDER & FRESH LEMONADE, All lovers of a nice, quiet game of billiards or tenpins,will find this to be just the place 24tf WM. CULVEYHOURSE | s o/ : Has again'moved into the building formerly occupied by himg@lf, {lately occupied by T. E. Casey & Co:,] and is prepared to do all kinds of REPAIRING ~in hi_slihe. suchas ' Parasols, Umbrellas, Sewing Machines, Guns, and Revolvers, ~ Keys Fitted, &ec. Fishing Tackle of all kinds kept constantly on gnnd: B R I manufacture and. keep 6n hand J. R. Baker’s B ; celebrated e . ’ FHish . .amps. Gunsand Revolvers, Powder, Shot, Caps, Lead, ) and all kinds of i { )= { Ocll Sporting Goods kept in stock. ' Fly Brush Handles of every description. April 27, 1876, t-f, © WM. CULVEYHOUSE.

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FERGUSON’S AVENGERS.

“This for the gallant Ferguson.” The foregoing five words had instituted a reign of terror in one of the loveliest districts of the Palmetto State—a district. watered by the Catawalba and Pacolet Rivers and their

l gentle tributaries. In the month;of September, 1778, Cornwallis detached the notorious Col. Ferguson to the frontiers of North Carolina, for the ostensible purpose of encouraging the tories'of that region to take up arms for the King. Ferguson’s force consisted. in part of the most profligate and abandoned characters of the partisan days, and his march was marked by atrocities of the most shocking description. - The tardy men of the Carolinas, Kentucky and Virginia, rose against the maurauders, and, led by Boone and other backwoods worthies, gave them a decisive deféat at King’s Mountain. Ferguson was slain in the battle, and his fellowforagers; numbering about 1,000 were nearly all captured or killed. : ‘The conflict revived the hopes of the Southern patriots, and forced Cornwallis to return to Charleston. discomfited and cast down. =~

“We shall have rest now,” the patriots said, after the battle. “Ferguson, the dreaded, is dead, and the few tories who escaped : with their wrétched i]ives are not strong enough.to do us arm. - :

} Everywhere ‘in the vicinity of the battle-field the Americans breathed freer, and the loyalists in whose interests Ferguson had marched to his death, curbed their loyalty, and in secrecy swore revenge. ' g But the' settlements were soon to ‘learn. that the victory at King’s Mountain had nerved the arm of a foe more terrible than any which they had hitherto known.. The existence of the new terror was discovered by a boy one moruning about a fortnight after the battle. He found the family of Archibald Mettson murdered in their own house, and to the; ‘corpses had been pinned a paper bearing these words: e “This for the gallant Ferguson!” This terrible atrocity aroused the country, . and' the- excitement was heightened by the finding of the body of another murdered patriot. On the cold breast, whieh had been pierced by pistol balls, was the pallid paper and its words of terrible import, and the country knew that a fearful vengeance would- be taken for King’s Mountain. |

During the week-that followed the discoveries I have mentioned, the work of the Avengers was terrible. They fell upon patriot houses at the dead of night, and left on the bosom of their victims the five words which had already-terrorized the country. Tt ‘was in 'vain that the patriots summoned their cunning and energy for the capture of the band of demons, which, as it had been discovered, numbered six men, masked and mounted on black horses. They came and: went-—‘ like ghosts, but'always left behind the terrible sentence which had made their existence execrable. At times they fell upon their hunters, and left them upon the roadside marked with the sign of vengeance. " Fear began to paralyze the Carolinians; many abandoned their homes for the sake of their families;! and it | is. probable that the entire district { would have been depopulated in a short’ time, had it not been for the courage of one woman. ‘

And her name was Alice Beauchampe. - _ : : It was a dark nightin the last week of November, when the heroine-of my story left the house of a friend.” Her own house, which had been deserted for several days, was not far away, and she determined to return to it for the purpose of securing an article of apparel she had left behind in her recent flight. : : Betore she set’ out.on her journey she was warned of the dangers that environed it; but she smiled and declared that she did not fear them. She could enter the old home through the kitchen, in the rear, find the garment without a light, and return safely to her friends. :

The path she had often traversed was barely discernible; but she made good headway, and reached her home without incident. The silence of the grave hung abouftthe forsaken place, and thelifting of the latch sent a chill of terror 'thro-ug\h the girl’s: heart. Through the Kkitchen, across the deserted parlor, and up the stairs, she crept to the room where she had left the object of her nocturnal quest. The drawer of the old bureau yielded without noise, and Alice was drawing forth the garment when the voices of men fell upon her ears. . She started, dropped her prize, and with her heart in her throat crept to the window that overlooked the porch in front of the house. i

She could see nothing, for the night wasg too dark; but the voices of men, mingled with the champing bits; continued to salute her ears. .

“This 'is old Beauchampe’s house,” said one. “It has been deserted for several days. The daughter, frightened by the manrnerin which we treated her father, has fled somewhere for protection.” LS These words drove every vestige of color from the listener’s face; they told her who the men below were, though she could not even see the outlines of their persons. One week prior to her visit, her father, one of the King’s Mountain heroes, was found dead in a Palmetto grove, and the words of Ferguson’s Avengers lay on his'breast. Then she had deserted her home, knowing that the hand that had struck the father would not spare the daughter. it | Well might the poor girl tremble when she found -hers¢lf so near the scourges of the country, and she did not move until ghe heard the front door opened by a kick, and heavily booted feet in the room below. . . |

Then a calm ‘thought of her situation drove fear from her heart, and Alice Beauchampe prepared for ane of the most daring deeds of our Revolutionary War. : : The noise in the house increased, and oaths and rude jests preceded and. followed ' the lighting of a fire on the hearth. 2 ¢

+ Alice, who had longed for a sight of the dreaded six, crept to a spot near the bureau where there was a crack in the floor. Then applying her eye to the pepe-hole, she saw six wild looking men directly beneath her. '

‘They were, beyond doubt the avengers of Ferguson’s death, for several masks lay on-the tfable, along with thyee or four bottles of wine which they had taken trom some patriot’s cellar, Tall, rough, devil-may-care looking fellows they were, armed with pistols, carbines gnd sabers, the kind of men who never court the smiles of mercy or listen to the pleading of innocence. Just such fellows as they were, Alice had supposed them to be, for she had seen many of the prisoners taken at the King’s Mountain and she longed for the presence of a band of patriots. There were true men in South Carolina at the time who would huve'given their right arm for a chance

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to exterminate the Avengers, and Alice knew where a little party of patriots lay, but alas! they were not_Very near. S 5

“We’ll rest here and finish that .wine!” said one of the leaders of the band, whose face told that he had already imbibed freely. “Bring in the poultry, and on old Beauchampe’s hearth we’ll prepare,a feast.,” At his command, one of the men left the house, but soon returned, bearing ‘with him a duck and several chickens, from whose freshly-wrung necks the ‘blood was dropping. e “How’s the horses?” asked one of the Avengers, as the man flung the poultry on the table. ° ‘% : “Standing like rocks,” was the reply. “Such horses as them don’t need watching, and, ;beside, there isn’t a rebel within twelve miles of this accursed place.;. - ¢ : “Yes, there is, there’s the Widow Hartzel.” ! S

“I didn’t think of her,” was the reply. “How bitterly old Hartzel hated us, but we caught him at last.” “And; presented him with a breastpin!‘ Hal'hal? | SRR And the laugh- went around the room. ; g

Alice Beauchampe did not wait till the laugh was ended; while yet it filled the house with its devilish echoes, she glided across the room to a window that looked out, upon the dark Palmetto grove, behind the building.: There was no sash in the window; and the cold wind of the night kissed the pallid: cheek of the partisan’s daughter. - For a moment sbe tried to pierce the darkness beneath the window; but, failing in.her endeavers, she crept over the sill, resolved’ te “trust to fortune for,success. The distance to the ground was not great, and the daring girl alighted without injury. . : Now ‘she was free to make her; escape to the friends'she had latelylef§; but immediate flight in that directiohs was not her intention. 3 £ “Heaven aid me!” she murmured:as she glided alongthe old house and approached the ‘horses which the tories had left tethered to the small trees a few yards from the door. e A glance into the room revealed the forms of the Avengers discussing the wine with oaths and jest,or watching the roasting of the fowls. ° They dig not fear danger, tor their horrible: deeds had completely terrorized the country, under the sway of their lawlessness it was becoming a desert. . Alice counted them before . she touched a single rein;. and then in a brief period of time she loosened, the horses and quietly led them into a small copse not far away. The steeds did not refuse to obey her guidance, and when she reached the copse she struck them with a whip which she found beneath a saddle. "It was a smart blow which she administered, and the horses started forward and disappeared in an instant. , . Thus in a few moments Ferguson’s Avengers had been deprived of their horses. ; ’

ﬂ}fg{lh‘s’hed with triumph, Alice Beauchampe returned to the house, and again looked in upon its hilarious tenants., : e

She now held a pistol in her hand—a weapon which a hostler had granted her—and she crept to the edge of the porch before she halted. There was a flash of vengeance in the dark eyes of the partisan girl while she gazed upon the party beyond the threshold. Once or twice she raised the weapon, but lowered it again,-as if playing with the life of the leader of the six, whose burly form was revealed. by the light of the fire. - 7 g

She saw. the fowls smaking, and well burued, placed on the table, and watched-the greedy men crowd around for their‘shares. Their tongues and movements told her that stolen liquor was doing its accustomed work on all save the giant, who had superintended the cooking of the late repast. This man appeared perfectly sober, and the angry glances which he oftenicast at his comrades told that he did notsanction their bacchanalian conduct. :

“Come! enough of this!” he suddenly cried, rising from the table, which had been dragged to the center of the room. “Get up boys, and let’s be going. I told you at Wiley’s that you had wine enough, but you must bring some here and drink yourselves stupid. Tom Scott, and you, Blakeson, I .am ashamedof you! What would we do if a gang of rebels should catch us in this,condition? You:know the merey we would get, and yet You sit there as careless as statues—drunk as old Bacehus himself.” Then an expression of contempt passed over the man’s face, and,stooping, he cried: : - : “I‘J-pl up! the rebels are surely coming!l” ; f : But his éry of alarm did not infuse much’ life! into the men at the table. One or two heads were raised, but the drunken leer that made the faces hideous was enough to provoke a smile, even fromthe mad tory. “Men!” he sneered, contemptuously. “Dogs! every one of you. I've a mind ‘to ride down to.the Pacolet’swamp and tell the rebels hiding there that the men they hate are in their power. I have thought that I commanded ‘men, not drunkards!” and he struck ‘the table with the butt of h(iﬁ pistol, but could not rouse his stupi %followers. ! - The next moment, with an oath on his lips, he strode to the door, which he jerked opeg’and stepped upon the porch. 2 ' “Curse such dogs as Ilead!” he hissed. “I suppose I mustlead the horses up and tie each fool in the saddle.” He was stepping from the porch for the purpose of attending to the horses . which he supposed were still tethered at the trees, when a form rose befoxe him and he started back with a gasp of terror.: ; g o “Who in the mischief—"' °

“Alice Beauchampe!” was the interruption of 'the apparition. “The daughter of the old mnan basely murdered at your hands! Down on your miserable knees, Godfrey Lang, and’ beg for the mercy you 'have never granted others! Down, I say!” = | Perhaps the shadows of the window sash did not permit him to see the pistol that was clutched in “the hand of the fearless girl, else his rashness might have been curbed. “Kneel to you? Never!” he cried. The weapon that he raised dropped before the flash that followed his last words, and with a groan of pain he staggered back to drop dead among his drunken comrades. s ; Alice Beauchampe, amazed at her own courage, stood silent amidst the smoke of her own pistol. She saw the bacchantes try to shake off their torpor at. the sight of their stricken leader, and one rose to his feet to fall ‘as soon as he needed support. T “Now for the sWamAp!”‘ she. cried, with triumph, and the next minute rushed from the disgusting sight. ~ An hour passed-awdy, and the drunken tories began to recover;their chief, who had dropped to the floor, seemed to sober them with his cold face and staring eyes, and when they ‘had almost recovered their scattered zvhm the foe they dreaded was upon fhem. :

Alice Beauchampe's voice fired the hearts of a patriot band for vengeance. On her way to the swamp stie had encountered the . partisans . who had captured some o’f,t»gé ,%*ing horses, and were following the trail. - The conflict between - patriot and tory was brief and almost bloodless, ° - The five Avengers were made pris~ongrs, and sued ‘like' cowards for the -mercy they had never granted to a living being. Gl ok ~ I need not describe the seene that followed. : Suffice it to say that.the -trees in front of Alice Beauchampe’s home bore 'the strangest fruit that ever hung from living limb. e The vengeanee of the patriots wds as complete as terrible, and when the glorious sun rose again the dreaded men of the lovely district had eeased to frighten people with their name. -+ Alice Beauc&ampe, whose courage had led, to the extermination of the avenging band, became the heroine of the day, and, after the termination of hostilities, wedded a Lijeutenant of Marion’s men.. Her heroism is venerated, and her gallant exploit narrated daily by hundreds of her descendants insthe Bilmetto State. = -

Republicaj'.Ng.tmmi]! Con-

vention.

The Platform for Hard Money, ~ but Evasive on the Tariff ‘ Question. =~ .|

Nomination on the Seventh Ballot, - of Gov. Hayes for President.

Congressman Wheeler, of New York,

for Vﬂse President.

The permanent organization. was completed Wednesday. afternoon by the election of Hon. Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania, (a strong supporter of Blaine), as President." ‘He returned thanks in an unusually brief speech. > :

Thursday’s session was mainly devoted to the reception of reports from committees and action thereon. There was’ considerable discussion over the admission of the contesting delegation from, Alabama, resulting in the final rejection of the Spencer delegation: (Mortonites) and the admission of the Warner erowd, who favored. Blaine. The Fregﬁ Douglas -delegation fré)m the District of Columbia (Conklingites) was also rejected by the admission of Blaine delegates. A female suffrage shrieker named Sarah Jane Spencer appeared before the convention and delivered a lengthy address in favor of female suffrage. But little attention was paid to her remarks. The committee on resolutions reported through its ¢hairman, Gen. Joseph R. Hawley. A minority report: was submitted on the financial plank, recommending adherence to the Sher: man resumption act, but the substitute was voted down by a- decided majority. A defermined effort was made by the New England Radicals to strike out the 11th plank, relating to Chinese'immigratjon, but the convention decided by a vote of 532 against 215 to stand by the report of the committee. The followingis =~ = ; . THEPLATFORM. = + - When; in the economy of Providence, this land was to be purged of human slavery, and when the strength of government of. the people, by the people and for the people, was to be demonstrated, the republican party came into power. Its deeds have passed into history, and we look back to them with pride. Incited by their memories to high aims for the good of our country and ‘mankind, and looking to the future with unfaltering’ courage, hope‘iand purpose, we, the representatives; of the party in National Convention assembled, make ttlxe following dgclaratio‘n of . principies: 4 Sp i

1. The United States of Americaisa. nation, not :a league. By the combined workings of the National and State Governments - under their respective Constitutions, the rights of every citizen are secured at home and protected abroad, and,K the common welfare promoted. ' o 2. The republican party has preserved these governments to the hundredth anniversary of the nation’s birth, and they are now embodiments of the great truth spoken at its cradle—that. all:men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certaif® inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that for the attainment of these ends GGovernments have been instituted among men, deriving their just powers Jfrom the consent of the governed. Until these truths are cheerfully obeyed, or, if need be, vigorously enforced, the work of the republican party is unfinished. ‘ 3. The permanent. pacification of the southern section of the Union, and the complete protection of all its: citizens.in the free enjoyment of all their rights and duties to whieh the republican party stands sacredly | pledged. The power to provide for | the enforeement of the principles em- | bodied in the ‘recent Constitutional Amendments is vested by those amendments in the Congress of the United States, and we declare it to be the solemn vbligation of the Legislative and, Executive Departments of the Government to put into immedi.ate and vigorous exercise all ' their constitutional powers for removing any just causes of discontent on the part of any. elass, and for seeuring to every American citizen complete liberty and exact equality in the exercise of all civil, political and public rights. To this end we imperatively demand a Congress and a Chief Executive whose courage and fidelity to those duties shall not falter until these results. are placed beyond dispute or recall. : i -4, In the first act of Congress signed by President Grant, the National Government assumed to remove any doubts of its purpose to discharge all just obligations to the publie creditors, and “solemnly pledged its faith’ to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.”: Commercial prosperity, public morals and National credit demand that this promise be fulfilled by a continuous and steady progress to specle payment. i o Lpas g e 5. Under the Constituﬁonghe President and heads of Departments are to make nominations for office; the: Senate is to advise and consent to appointments; and the House of Representatives is to accuse and prosecute faithless officers.” The best interest of

the public service demands that these ,distitnctions be respecteds that Senators and Representatives who may be judges and accusers should not dic‘tate appointments to office. :The in.variable rule in appeintments should ‘have references to the honesty, fidelity and ecapacity of the appointees, giving to the party in power the places. where harmony and vigor of administration require its policy to be repreqented, but permittiug:all others to be ‘filled by persons selected with sole reference to the efficiency to the public serviee and the right of all citizens ‘o share in the ‘honor of rendering faithful service to the country. ' 6. We.rejoice in the quickened conscience of the people ¢oncerning political affairs, and will ~hold all public officers to a rigid responsibility, and engage that the prosecution and punishment of all who betray official trusts shall be swift, thorough and unsparing. . = o 7 3

7. The public school. system of the several States is the bulwark of:the American Republic, and with a view to :its security and permanence, we recommend an- amendment- to the Constitution:of the United States forbidding the application of any public fund or property for the benefit of any schools or institutions under sectarian control. el R

| 8. The. revenue necessary for cu® rent expenditures anﬁ the obligations of the public debt must be largely derived from duties upon importations, whieh, so far as possible, should be adjusted to promote the interests of American labor and advance the prosperity of the whole country. ] 9. We reaffirm our opposition to further grants of the. public lands to corporations and monopolies, and demand that the national . domain be devoted to free homes for the people. 10. It is the imperative duty ot the Government so te modify existing treaties with European 'Governments that the same protection shall: be afforded to the -adopted American citizens ‘that is given to the native born; and that all necessary laws should be passed to protect’ emigrants in' the absence of power in the States for that purpose. P ' 11. It is the immediate duty of Congress to fully investigate the effect of the immigration and importation of Mongolians upon the moral and material interests of the county. : - 12. The republican party recognizes with approval the substantial advances recently made toward the establishment of equal rights for women by the ‘many important amendments effected by republican legislatures in the laws; which concern the personal and - property relations: of . wives, mothers and widows, and by the appointment and election of women to ':}he superintendence of education, harities and dther public trusts. The honest demands of this class of citizehs for additional rights, privileges and immunities should be treated with respectful consideration. 18. The Constitution confers -upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of ‘the United States for their government, and in the exereise of this power it is the right and duty of Congress to prohibit and extirpate in the Territories that relic of barbarism—polygamy; and we demand such legislation as shall secure this end and the supremacy of American institutions in' all the Territories. =~ .

14. The pledges which ‘the: nation has given to the soldiers and sailors must be fulfilled, and a grateful people will always hold those who imperiled their lives for their country’s preservation in the Kindest remembrance. 2 Pty

15. We sincerely deprecate all sectional feeling and tendencies. Wg’ therefore note with deep solicitude that the democratic party counts, as its i chief hope of success, upon the electorul® vote of the united South secured through the efforts of those who were recently arrayed against the nation, and we invoke the earnest attention of the country to the grave truth_ that a succe,ss , thus achieved would reopen sectional strife and imperil national honor'and human rights. 16.; We charge the democratic party with being the same in character and spirit as when it" sympathized with treason; with making its control of the House of Representatives 'the triumph and opportunity of the nation’s recént foes; with reasserting and applauding in theNational Capitol the sentiments of unrepentant rebellion; with sending Union soldiers to the rear and promoting Confederate soldiers’ to the front; with deﬁ\ber-" ately ‘proposing to :repudiate the plighted faith of the Government; with being equally false and imbecile upon the overshadowing financial questions; with thwarting the ends of justice by its partisan mismanagement and obstruction of investigation; with proving itself, through the period of its ascendency in the lower House of Congress, utterly incompetent to administer the Government, and we wasn the cou&xtry againsu trusting a party thus alike unworthy, recreant and incapable.’ SO

17. The National Administration merits commendation for its honorable work in the management of domestic.and foreign: affairs, and President Grant deserves. thejcontinued hearty gratitude of the American people for his patriotism and his eminent services in war and in peace. . ! The chair announced the next business in order was the ;

' NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES. . ; | * A motion to adjourn was made; and vociferously abjected to.: The question was put to adjourn till 10 o’clock Friday, and lost. oy e i . Mr. Kello%g, of Connecticut, instructed ‘by his delegation, présented the name of Marshall Jewell for President, and briefly stated his record. [Moderate applause.] b 12 R. W. Thompson, of Indiana, said he was insfrueted by the entire republican party of Indiana to put before the convention the name of O. P. ‘Morton, as a suitable nominee for President; /They knew him to be a worthy representative of principles on-which the Republic has ever stood ‘and must stand. [Applauge.] = -/ Mr. Pinehback, of Louisiana, seconded the:motion in the name of the loyal people-of his State. [Great applause in the galleries.] -

Gen. Harlan, of Kentucky, came forward amidst the greatest applause exhibited in the eonvention, to nominate Benjamin H, Bristow, in obedience to instructions of the entire republican party of his State.. The annonncement of his namé was the signal for another tremendous round of applause.: From his earliest manhvod {he has been true to the great principles dear to the heas of every Republican. He ‘was reared in a schiool which taught -him .that the United States did not constitute a league, but anation. [Applause.] Instantly when the Rebellion. ‘broke out he announced his determination to stand by the Union, come ‘what might. He followed his words by actions, entering the military service, and subsequently supporting the cause with equal zeal in the Legislature. General Harlan gzoeeeded at ‘some length and foreibly tostate Bris-

tow’s 'public life and record, being frequently interrupted by cheers. | George Wm. Curtis, of New York, next took the platform, amid long applause. On behalf of that vast body of Republicans 'of New York who have seen that reform is possible within the republican ‘party because they have seen'the heavy arm of the Government drawn upon the thieves, he rose to second the nomination of Bristow. He pointed out the great occasion, for reform, and Bristow was the one;man who could, more than.any other, at this time, embody. the sentiment of the country in behalf of such. reform. The condition of:the continued ascendancy of the party is that it 'shall discharge its duties to the peo‘ple. ' [Applause.] - .He proceeded to. eulogize Bristow’s record ‘from the ‘beginning of the Rebellion, when he took his life in his hands, to the pres-. ent time. In'conclusion, he said that this was not to be thelast convention of the republican party; it must go into the canvass with fhese cries: 1. Absolute protection of -all the rights. ‘of citizens everywhere; 2. The hard-, est kind of hard money, and the earliest return to it; 3. Neo rings, no cliques, no combinations. of personal interests, the good of all the people, no personal government. (Applause.]’ Richard H. Dana, of Massachugetts, also seconded Bristow’s nomination. He knew no other name that was sure to carry Massachusetts -next November. [Applause and hisses.] e When Maine was called, a scene of the wildest enthusiasm' ensued, the delegates and spectators rising to'their feet, waving handkerchiefs, cheering long and loudly,’and closing with three cheers for Blaine. g

R. G. Ingersoll, of Illinois, took the platform. - He, too, was satisfied with the loyalty of Bristow, but if Massachusetts can’t/ carry any nominee of this convention, he was not;satisfied ‘with the loyalty of Massachusetts, if he can’t carry it by 75,000 they better sell out Faneuil Hall for a democratic hall. [Applause.] Mr. Ingersoll then, in an exceedingly brilliant and eloquent speech, formally placed-in nomination Hon. Jas. G. Blaine, of Maine, ‘as the most suitable candidate to receive the nomination for President. . - Ex-Lieut. Gov. Stewart L. Woodford, of New York," placed in nomination the Hon. Roscoe Conkling. His Speech was one of great eloquence and power. He'complimented Morton, Bristow and Blaine, but believed the suc-. cess-of the-republican party demanded the nomination of Roscoe Conkling. Linn Bartholomew nominated Goyv. John F. Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, paying a high compliment to his reeord as a warrior and as an executive officer. § R N e

- Ex-Governor Noyes presented the' name of Gov. Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, as the most available compromise candidate, against whom no one could say aught, and -who had ‘suceessively defeated ‘Thurman, Pendleton and Allen for Governor. 'Old Ben Wade seconded the nomination in a characteristic speech. James, of Missouri, and Davis, of West ¥irginia, also seconded the nominatio of Gov. Hayes. rots : i An adjournment wasg then agreed upon until Friday forenoon at ten o’clock. This was fatal to the Blaine intérest. Had 'his friends insisted apon a ballot'on Thursday, at which time the anti-Blaine element. had hot yet effected a coalition, Blaine would, doubtless have received the nomina-‘ tion. Sl Jastegs

{THE BALLOTING ON FRIDAY. - _Friday forenoon the convention proceeded to ballot for candidates for President.. Intense excitement prevailed throughout the ‘balloting. The Blaine men felt confident of success up to the fifth ballot. As Governor Hayes began to gain, it - dawned upon the Blainites ‘that a comhination had at last been effected against their chief and that the “great unknown” was embodied in the lucky Buckeye Governor. The following is the result of the balloting{ = e , m—'—.;:i?—“w—;ﬂ———?‘.——; . P &P el S Bl B BB oaxpmaTEs. ¥ I El E‘ :gl‘; g:‘ E|E| g M0rt0n................)1?0‘11111m wsl 95| 85/... 8ri5t0w............... [1141114,121{196/114 111} 21 C0uk1ing.............. [ 93] 93, 90) 84| 82} 81]..%. Mavesiii vl E64‘ s}l fgrl &8 lo4|na 334 Hartranfte...Looeao.o 1163) 631 68| 7L 69| 56)... Wheeler'... ... 0. 3] 3 21 8. 2 s Washburpe!'.....,.z. 0 1] 21 1} 1 3:___4___::‘ Amid the wildest confusion and cheering, the nomination of Governor Hayes was made unanimous. e Bl VICE PRESIDENT. * ' = - Hon. Wm. A. Wheeler, ex-Governor E. D: Morgan, and ex-Lieut. Governor Stewart L. Woodford, all of New York, Postmaster-General Jewell, of Connecticut, and Hon. Ered. T., Frelingfuysen, of New Jersey, were severally placed in nomination for the VicePresidency, but before thé ballot was more than half completed the: nomi-: nation of ,Mr. Wheeler was made by acclamation. = ] ek

. After the appointment of a National Executive Committee, the convention adjourned) . E 7 ; Rutherford B, Hayes. .~ - Three times eleeted Governor' and twice a Congressman, Mr. Hayes ‘has never yet carried either State or district by a'heavy majority. ; A native of Ohio, Mr. Hayes gained his academical education within the limits of that State, commanded an Ohio regiment during the war,-and has passed. his entire professional life at the bar of the State. He is now fifty-four years old, having been born at Dela‘ware, 0., October 4, 1822: He graduated at Kenyon College, Gambier, 0., -and obtained his professional educa‘tion. at the Cambridge Law School. The practice of his profession beganin Cincinnati in his thirty-fourth year, when lie received . his first official position as City Solicitor, which he held till the war broke out in 1861, Very near its opening he enlisted in the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers, and served with the regiment until he received the command of a brigade in 1864, His first appointment was as major, his first promotion came _within less than a year, and in September of 1862 he held a commisssion ' as licutenant-colenel, and was in com-. mand of his regiment, which he led 'into the battle of South Mountain. _The Twenty-third Regiment formed ‘at the time a part of General Reno’s division—its command devolving up-. on General Cox, who afterwards pre‘ceded General Hayes as Governor, after the death of General Reno. in action—soperating as the right wing of the Army of the Potomac. During ‘the uction Colonel Hayes received & ‘severe wound in the arm, but ren?ed with his regifent to the last, and was the first officer whose> com= mand established a position at South | Mountain. Two years later he had when he Ireceived ithe Resqh% nomination in the Second Ohio District a part of mmwmm

| er, 3,098 majority over Jos. C. Butler, the Democratic candidate. “The Qhio delegation to ‘the. thirty-ninth Cong{GSS::m which General: Hayes took his seat December, 1865, was . remarkable Tor its ability, and included . an unusual number of men who have sinee gained marked and unusual distinetion’ in .the Republican party, { Robert C. Scheunck, Columbus Delano, - John A Binghgm, James M. Ashley, ‘and” Samuel Shellaberger were - all members of this delegation; ‘and the extent -and. variety of the talent by which - Mr. Hayes was .surrounded doubtless had much to do with the ob- | scurity in%vhich his term was passed. |/ He served on the Committee on Pri‘vate Land Claims and on the Library -Committee, and - passed ‘through the importani . reconstruction - legistation the session with no greater distinetion'than a vote given uniformly and on all oceasions for hisparty, and up- | on the most liberal of the measures which was presented in this' Congress | by Mr. Stevens—the resolution relat- | ing toattorneytest oaths— Lgi'._ Hayes’s: vote :was ‘recorded in the negative, In the fall of 1866 Mr. Hayes was a second time nominated for Congress, ‘and, running against Theodore - Cook, was elected by a somewhat smaller, majority than two years before, The - Fortieth Congress ‘had, however, held ‘but.one session when Mr. Hayes -was ‘nominated as ‘Governor. b"s_rf'tthg_ Re- | publican party, and accepting the candidature, was elected over: Allén G. | Thurman, by a majority of 2,983 in a total vote of 483,000, a close and inarTow éscape from defpat, which. Mr. Hayes successfully repeated last fall. Mr. Hayes was a candidate for. reeleéction at the close of his term of of- | fice, and’ . in:" . 1869 he = was a second time: placed at -the. head of the Republican ticket in Ohio, Meanwhile he busied himself in politics and made -friends by various means. .He entered ' the campaign with strong odds in his favor. Genéral Roseerans was nominated by ° the Demiocratic Convention which met in July, of that- year, and at which Mr.' Pendleton’s name: was ; peremptorily withdrawn’; the expected candidate refused the nomination, however, and a late date Mr. Pendléton-was induced to take the Democratic ‘nomination. Suceess was - scarcely possible . under the eircumstances, and General Hayes carried the State by a majority of 7,518, or about one-third that ef the -year before on thie State ticket.: The | next ~appearance of Mr. Hayes as a ‘candidate was -last fall, when he was nominated on the public sechools plat- } form, after a sharp contest with Judge Taft, now -Attorney General of the United :States. - Mr. Hayes became-a ‘candidate, ‘accepting the nomination by telegraph the same day. .In the bitter and hard fought canvass which | followed, Mr. Hayes ‘was ‘successful, | receiving a majority of 5544 . over Wm. Allen,” The duties ofithe third term ‘to ‘which Mr. Hayes was thus raised’'on an anti-third-term platform, like the two terms that preceded it, have been so-far successfully executed | by. Governor Huyes, without affording the slightest ground for cominent, for observation, or for réflection, and Mr.. -Hayes enters the Presidential contest the best figure head which the party conld furpish, 0 i 3 S L 0 William A. 'Wheeler, = ', Mr. Wheeler was_born ‘in Malone, Franklin. county, N. Y., June 38, 1819, and is; consequently now in his 57th ‘year. He represented his‘ native county. in both branches of the Legislature, and in the lower House of | Congress. -+ His public. life extends. oyer the past twenty-five years, the | _greater portion of which has been devoted rather to private than to public life. -A. common school and an academic education in his native town was followed by a: short _course ‘of a year or two in the University of. Vermont, | _an obscure -college which has had a Lingaring existence of over half a century. He %eft aTuﬂ. @ _y‘far:’p obudy, and making up in a lawyer’s office the seven.years’ study then required before admission to the bar, he began the practice of -his profession in Franklin County. He had been prac‘tising but a few years when he was elected as a Democratie candidate to the office 'of " District Attorney in Franklin County, the election' being the first held -under the new Constitution. --At-the: close.of his term of office he was eleeted to the Assembly, this time as a Whig, the county hay‘ing cast a tie vote at a previous State election ‘between the Whig and Locofoco candidates, bub, having ‘at this time taken its place -among the Whig, counties of the State. A re-election to thie Assembly followed, and for a time Mr. Wheeler retired. from public | life. His practice as a lawyer soon ceased to:be.an engrossing. pursuif, and he beeame first cashier ‘of his | local bank, a position he.held for fouritebn years, and at a later date became ‘President :of = the ©Ogdensburgi. and ‘Rouse’s Point Railroad, continuing ia the supervision of the road for eleven years. » With the rest of his party he. passed-out of Whiggery into Republi‘canism, and Mr. Wheeler .reached the ‘State Senate in January, 1858, to take liis seat-in the first Legislature fully controlled by the Republican party. ‘He was elected President pro tem. by that-bedy. ..- HoeHe o ‘ ' Through the sessions of 1858 and. 1859-Mr. Wheeler served ‘in the Sen--ate, and in the fall of the last-named 'year he was elected to a seat in the | Thirty-seveuth Congress. Through the long sessions of this War Congress Mr. ‘Wheeler voted with his party, and | with that constantly 'Y%W duty exhaunsted his usefulness i Congress. 'Of the measures ‘'which came before this Congress and which were of srict1y peaceful interest, the act apprépriating lands to the Union Pacific passed the House April 8, 1862. " For this bill Mr. Wheeler voted, ©~ With the close of the Thirty-seventh Congress another, interre%nm “of four years in his _pubHclife followed., =~ . o O " In April of 1867 Mr. Wheeler was ‘elected a member of the Constitution- | al Convention which ‘et in the fol{lowing June, ' The republican party had a majo;i‘ty of the delegates, and ‘Wheeler wasnominated as the caucus _candidate for the position of Chair‘man. As chairman of the con- | vention, Mr. Wheeler’s position re‘moved him from the debates on the | floor, and bis record in this body pre- | sented few salient points. = His open- | ing speech on taking' the ehair dealt ‘principally with the question of hegro- | suffrage,-and the committee which he | made up at 4 later date in the inter- | ests of this : &emtm o 1 the agenie | law reported an article cartying out | the change, which the people after-. | wards by a heavl{.;ma_d_oﬂ&v-: refused to. | ratify. . The fall after mmﬁ ‘ment of the Constitutional Gonvention | : §rﬂhﬁ%@¢%ﬁwﬂ* 4 ~; 3 g‘_;:;a .\:».;;‘4 P’u‘ v’ e S ‘ gmﬁfn d. %mwg es. | —and elected to the Forty-first Con{'gress, in which fe h%&hmmmm | Mareh following. ~When ﬁ*!ﬁ-#;"?w |€ 3 ', pm {: r- g% 13"2"1 & ,4';§-tu' 3 iﬁ“}ﬁéﬂsmwﬁwéw‘ ‘name. | avpeared as Chairman of the Commit- | appeared as Chairman of the Commit: | prominence as he WG{:‘!‘W . WS e e ess n e e

'. HOUSEIN NOBLE COUNTY 4 JOB PRINTING Cards, Bill-Heads Circulars, Posters ! &0., &0, EXECUTED TO[ORDES IN THX] | Neatest and Promptest Manner AND AT REASONABL E RATES. g‘@pply Here Befor-e—o'rderlnz Elsewhere, &%

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with thé,_ljegm%m on this fruitful ‘subject. | Mr. Wheéler held the same| : positi’og also in the ensuing Congress, to which he was elected with llttle‘ ! opposition in the autumn of 1870. In the next, the Forty-third Congress, he B was spcceeded as chairman of this | committee by Mr. Sawyer, of Wiscon: | | sin, and in the present Congress he is on the Committee on Appropriations. - Including the present and still un- | expired session,Mr. Wheeler has there- |- fore had over seven years’ continuous. | service in Congress, beginning March | 4, 1869,-an unusually lon% term of ser- ' ; vice. . He hag made few' speeches in that time, and such influence as he has ‘ exerted upon current legislation, has | ‘been almost exclusively in the com- 1 mittees with which he is ¢onnected. : His votes have beenin the main party votes, but his measured have often ‘ be,ex* non-partisan, and it was due to this®fact that he was recently able to take a long appropriation bill through a Housé in which his party | ‘is in.the minority. Subsidy bills from i first to last he has consistently sup- | ported. The Texas Pacific land-grant of' 16,000,090 acres received his vote in | the close of the Forty-first Congress, | when a little earnest opposition would have saved the nation from spoliation. i Earlier in the same Congress he voted for the supplementary legislation l asked by the Northern Pagific, and 'when Senator Ramsey’s ‘resolufions: with reference to the Northern Pa- | éiﬁcég.‘qd-grant was before the House | Mr. Wheeler voted for the resolutions | and consistently ' voted ' down amendnfents requiring the sfe of | lands' . only to ~actual settlers and a proviso exempting past grants as well as one freeing | the Government from any claim that | the action then should be held a guar- | antee of the bonds. 'Another amend- | ment , giving the Government the | right to regulate freights on the road was - also voted down;, with Mr. - Wheeler’s help, and the resolution was at last passed as the road wished - | it. The extension of the time within

which the St. Croix & Bayfield Railroad was to be constructed asked for in February, 1872, by the North Pa-. cific road, was another scheme which received Mr. Wheeler’s vote and ‘attention for the bill and against ‘all amendments thereto, down to - the last which - General Banks ob- - ‘tained, and which rendered it useless to its projectors. - Upon the question of Civil Service Reform, Mr. Wheeler “has‘ consistently followed his party, and ended the dreary farce by voting to kill Representative Willard’s bill making it a misdemeanor for Con‘gressmen’ to . solicit office. On the tariff Mr. Wheeler has been inthe_. . main ‘a protectionist, although he voted against .pla%cing tea and coffee - on' the free list in 1872. Beyond voting with the majority of his patty, Mr. Wheeler’s' action on. financial ..o questions calls for little comment. Pérliaps the most creditable act of Mr. Wheeler’s congressional career is his action as a member ‘of the com-l-mittee sent_down to Louisiana for the «: adjustment of the long-continued difficulties of that unfortunate common- - wealth. He was the author of what has become famous under his name as the “Wheeler compromige,” whereby the hostile factions in Louisiana were conciliated, and a:condition of peace and comparative ‘good feeling was:brought out of what threafeneda new civil war, This conciliation was bro‘_ufht .about by Mr. Wheeler’s per'sonal‘activity and judgment, and his final adjustment of affairs was con- | -ceded on all sides to have been judi- - ‘cious, fair and honorable. It will be . _remembered that the state of things was chaotic, that parties were implacable, and the whole country seriously - ’ disturbed. = Mr. Wheeler’s efforfs resulted in the permanent establish'ment of the Kellogg State Govern- ' . 'ment,-and the reorganization of the '~ State Legislature on a basis representing the honest %101)11161‘ vote as nearly as wmight be. Mr. Wheeler was at the time roundly abused by the more radical portion of his own party . fori the, conservatism which governed his action in that important-matter. = «

. A Sweet Boon of a Brother. A Brownsyille young man cal'ed on - his intended the ether evening, and while waiting for her to make her ap-. . - pearance he struek up a conversation with his prospeetive brother-in-law, After a while&he boy asked : “Does galvanized niggers know much?” | ; ! ¢I really can’t say,” answered the amused young man, and silence reigned for a few moments when the boy again resumed: s il ~“Kin you play 'chequers with- your nose’ .G- i 4 : “No, I have not acquired that accomplishment.”. ' I Gl “Well, you’d better learn, you hear me?” : | . v “Why " ; e | “Cause, Sis says that yer'don't know as much as a galvanized nigger, but yer dad’s got lots ofi stamps and she’ll' marry you anyhow, and she : said when she got hold of the old man’s sagar she was going to all of the Fourth of July perceshuns an’ice cream shows, and let you stay at home to iﬁlay“oheguers with that pollywog nose of your’n,” . i, ' \ e And when #Bis” got her hair banged. and came in she found the parlor degserted by all save her brother, who was innocently tying the tails of two cats together and singing. L

Tat Sunbury Amerfcan man has iniereased his subscription price fo $2 & year. Several years since he reduced . the price to $1.50 with the intention of slaughtering the Qazette, but he counted without his host. To any one who appreciates it the American is certainly worth' $2 per annum.— Sunbury - .Demecrat. .= . We observe the Shamokin Z'imes al = so put its subscription price up from™ $1.50 to $2. The fact is that unless & publisher has a very large subserip“tion, or some office or other husiness to keep him up, he eannot afford i 3 publish a paper at less than $2 a year, Some subscribers think it too much, but our experience shows that no mat--ter-at: what price a paper is published there are always those who think it too much, and that if some one would publiska paper at twelve cents a year some subseribers would iusist that it - ought to ‘cost no mere than ten! Before the war when we used to charge only $1.50 a year we had more growl= | ing, two to one, about the price than we ever had since at $2, as many who thought they understood our business . better than we ourselves msisted that $1 was enough, - The man whonow F’rgmn'd.a» to publish 3c%un.ty‘ Wﬂ% : em $2 a year don’t understan % his ness ‘or does it ‘at somebody \e& expense, as is 100 often thecase. 8 m#rove Tooe, . oot Raian R, e - able. an % xe'n . ;;:;" bll ey o“‘_ nad Tttt Bodthnn ﬁ of the Btate, loudly calls upon Mr, Orth to with,dtauﬁbmkthamhﬂiﬁkz n State ticket. The Journal announces that unless: {paive very fow voios I O P