The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 35, Ligonier, Noble County, 21 December 1876 — Page 1

The Hatiomal Ba ¢ . L i-cnusgr.nn _h ; : ~ JOIIN B. STOLL. LIGONIER NOI?LE COUNTY IND. : = i‘érmsvof Snb§cflp;lon: ) : ! 0neye5r.inadvance,..........\.....’........ §2OO Six months, in AdVANCE. -....iicoiocaamaonaes 100 Eieven copies to one address, one year,..... .20.00 #~Snbscribers outside ofi Noble county are hareed {lO cents éxtra [per year] for postagé, swhich isprepaid by the pablisher. = 5 : 5 iz CITIZENS BANK, ‘| LTGONIER, ’ INDIANA.

?irst-Cla.sQ Notes wanted at a Low Rate of Discount. : i

Al par;irs having **Public Sale Notes,” willido el to see us beford disposing of them else‘where. .

Exchange Bought and Sold, and Foreign Drafts drawnon all the Principal Cities of Eniope. . . i )

Agents for First-Class Fire and Life Insurance Companies. i

~ STRAUS BROTHERS. 3. M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. - lizonier, Ind., Dec 16,1875.-6-26 N el e R . " FAVMDS M. DENNY, | Attorney and Counsellor ‘at Law. L Udic= tn the Court House, : |- - ALBJON, - - -z - IND. 8-15 "D. W.&GREEN, Justiceorthe Peace & Collection A, Ofice—second Story, Landon’s Brick Block, LIGONIER, INDIANA. ¢ T BD.C. VANCAMP, ' ,ATFTORNEY AT LAW, sigzonier, : : : fndiana, ‘Special artention given to, collections and conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and coui-acts. Lezal business promptly attended to. Ofice over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50 -EE. . ZEMLVE ERMAN, - ‘Attorney at Law & Notary Publie, Office over Gerber’s Hardware, Cavin Street. : .: Ligonier, Indiana. : . January 7. 1875.-9-37 2 1. B, KNISELY, I ATTORNEY AT LAW, i LIGONIEE, - - - INDIANA. r—Officc on sccond foor of Landon™s Block. 7-2 e e e ——— . ALBERT BANTA, | Fastice of the Peace & Uonveyancer. LIGONIER. INDIANA. Specislattention given toconveyancingandcol- | _ections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawnup and al! lezal business attended to promptly and accurateiy. Office over Straas & Meagher’sstore, - . May 15187315-8-8 | e % ] HE. %"Ai{u&))l‘lﬁ, . { 3 3y ' msaranceAy't &Justics of the Peace 1130ranceAr t &JSHCE 01 L 0 6ac6 o " KENDALLVILLE,INDIANA: Ofce with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Wwill receive sgb:c’ripnons 1o THE NATIONAL BANNER. - i T P, W.CREM, Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, © INDIANA, ' Ofice over Baum’s Grocery Store. v 9 n3-Iy. ‘ &, W. CARR, Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIEE - - - - - - IND, “Willpromptiyattendail :alls intpustedto him. Ofceand residence on 4th-Street.

S - F. ¥, TEAL, : PN T TS T, . Rooms over L E. Pike’s Grocery, Corner of Main and Mitchell Str.e%s, opposise the Post Office, Kendsilville- Ind ¥ Ali work warranted.<&B Kendallville, May 1, 1874. et e LG, |, Laghing s ! s NN } é ‘~FOR THEL SN2 PAINLESS EXTRACTION B -g G i —OF— - S%\ TEETH it O = / . —AT—--5 k’.”/ f. A)’% ! 3 oo ) . Gty Offee. AV/h jing Toriha. : ' Filling Teeth a Specialty . Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 11, 1875/ 1-1 -~ e sy TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, .. Laporte, Indiana. . V.W.AXTELL, : : : Proprietor. Laporte, April 5.1871. ) CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We kesp consiantly on hand and sellinlarge or - small’quantities, to suit customers, . Wia >ot dur Swn Manafaciure, ; Pure — Nothing but the Juice of : ' the Grape. : Py SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier,July 3,’71.-tf . - e Winebreaner & Hoxworth, - . 'HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL N PAINTERS, . tirainers. ttiaziers and Paper-fangers, Qhop uear corner of Fourch and Cavin 3ts, oppos site Keérr's cabinet Shop. U [Eamemtée, - - o g Seßegn. | STOP AT THE 5 BRICK KELLY HOUSE KENDALLVILLi, (NDIANA, \‘lgw :OMMODIOUs PHREE 3TORY BRICEK <N iotel, onlyten rods tromthe L. 3. & M.S.R.: 2. Depot, and four squares from the G, R.R R — Unl_vg':e minutes walk to aliy of the principal buimesshonsesofthecity. Traveling menandstran. ! zerse willfind this afirst-clase honse. Fares 2 pe; day. -~ J. B. KELLY,Proprietor K-’:nd.""lﬁlle»,,&ue..’i.lB7o.-14 I PHILIP A. CARR, ATUCTIONEER. Off+r= his services to the publicin general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoestore of P. Sisterhen.. ) . - Ligosier,Januarys,’73-37 ! i L CLVLINEKS, | DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES . .. .~ LIGOXNIER, IND. ' | - RAorill2 1871.-50 . : AT AVILLA »‘ or Sale < Bargain ; < D » The sabscniber offers for sale..on favorable terms, ‘A HOUSE AND LOT,. favorably sitnated in the town of “Avilla. The House was built two years ago, gnd is a yery substantialand conveniently arranged dwelling. Any person wantingz to procure a comfortable honse at Avilla willfind this a rare opperfunity. v For terms &c . sldress the subscriber ,or call | apon LEONARD S. HERSH, at Avilla, who is daly anthorized to sell the property. - ‘ P | J. B. STOLL, 17f il | Ligonier, Indiana. TN ' 3 HIGGINBOTHAM & SON; t //’/V . 7; ‘\\\\ L ] » 4 W%% ; Y ‘ o ! 8 & | /. o’ B & = = ‘ = Bt o 3 % .‘ 7Ni \ | ! 3 ‘/"; ;\lﬁk\ @‘? oot ‘\x‘ g | s =] o ! - WL~ ¢ )=1 7g ; / Ly ' =@, -\‘ : ﬂ/ﬁ“"’) '/,‘ - il lﬂ oz = S PO T /: - 'WATCH-MAKERS, . JEWELERS, 3 —and dealers in— ' - Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, ol : -—A'D"—- ‘ i - Fanecy Goods, L BEPAIRING ; Slneies - - T o o Sic /5;).,: 3 g

dhe Xafional Banner.

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BANKING HOUSE C 2 iO P : ) L . ; s i | SOL. MIEIR, | Conrad’s New Brick Biock;, LIGONIER, IND’NA. Moneyloaned on long and shorttime. : Notesdiscounted at reasonablerates. Monies received on depositandinterestallowed -on specified time, k . Exchange bought and =old, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principalcities of Europe, - 8-2 TO TIE A RN],ERSQ: _ Y.'OU will please take noiice that I am stillengaged in buying- wheat, for which I pay the highest market price. . [fyou do mot find me on the street, call beYore selling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. ) - SOL. MIER:. Ligonier‘.lndiana.May‘(_th.lB74.——tf : Bakers & Grocers, , CavinStreet.L‘igonicr,lndjrar:' “ Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes.&e. s Choichroc'eries.Provisiohs,Yanke«th_ions.& ThehighesteashpricepaidforCountry Produc May13,’65~1: i SACKBRO’S YGe T e T - N . EMPIRE N . . 1 O - [ 11har | . 3 5 —-—-—— - ANY?———-Ten-Pin Alley en=-11 li€ L. 8. HATHAWAY, Prop'r, " IiAS DEEN REMOVED TO THE ‘ . g ' 01d Pierce Bullding: 3 ¢ ¢ Ligonier. Ind. ’ : o] L . N Tobacco and Cigars, Candies. Nuts, CHICAGO CIDER & FRESH-LEMONADE, All Tovers of a nice, quiet game of billiurds or ten--pins, will find this to be just the.place 24tf e e e —— T Q? - DR, GEO. CLEIS : - - s | L T - a ‘a : | ' : 2 |e. — . 2 \ " This Liniment posscssesg{‘ear curative powers for various ailments. For asthmatic complgints, difficult breathingttightness of the breast, and silments of the lungs, itis applied externally on ~ kelt -east, and between the shoulders. lln case ¢.sparp painsin the back and limbs, head-ache, eat-ache, affections of the throat, or-in cases Ol;u--ternal injuries, whether resulting from a severe stroke, fall or bruise, .thix Liniment is especially eflicacious. ‘lt relieves ulcers, open wounds, salt rheum, white swelling, milk] leg, and works charmingly on corus, chilblaing, frosted hauds feet and ears. ~ Nur§ing mothers suffering from swollen breasts, resulting from a stagnationa of the lactéal fluid, will tind this Liniment of incalculable benefitby: way of separating the swelling, allayirg tne féyer. and healing the breast. By veveral applications per day, Ahighly satisfactory results may be obrained from the use of this Liniment in.the treatment of tumors tistula, carcer, piles, and like diseases ; also, for wounds resulting from scalds, buras and cats, and from the bites, of wasps. snakesand nfd dogs, or poisoning from noxious plants The French Liyiment will also be found a viluable household remedy in ¢ases of rheumatist,croup; scarlet fever, diphtheria, quincy, bronchitis, scrofula, erysipelas,—for external applications. .- Cholera, cholera morbus, - colic, cramps, spasams, flux, diarrbea and .(%ripings in the bowels may be_effectually checked by the internal use of this.celebrated Liniment, as follows: One-half teaspoonful fourto five ttmes within' a period of from one-halt hour to two or three |- hours, according to the severity of the case. . Feor colic, take one or two gdoses.” For fiux or diarrhea, infants, one year of aze, require from sto 6 drops; two %;mr,s old, from 10 to 12 deops, given in sugar. Rub the abdomen with the Liniment. For inflamation of the bowels, use the Liniment internally and externally.

Erice 50 Cenis per Boitle. Prepare(f and manufactured exclusively by . S e . i ) : N ¢ g, Dr. Creo. Cleis, 10-14tf - ) | GOSNHEN, IND, —— e G, W, CHAPMAN. o J. B. STOLL Chapman & Stoll, - T AGENTS. - Office in the Banner Block, LIGONIER, - - - - - INDIANA. “ZE have a large hst of preperty for sale, consisting of dwellings; choice town lots, farms and westeru lands.” Those wishing to bay or sell will find it to their Jadvantage to call and see us ‘at our office, - ‘April g, 1876, A TRACT OF LAND, situate one mile west of Ligonier, cougisting of 12 acres more or less. The lapd is all improved excepting one acre. There is a good hewed log house, smoke honse, spring house, cabin stable, a splendid well of water, &c¢, on the property. =", A FARM-OF 170 ACRES, 15¢ OF which is under improvement, in Washington twp.’ Fifty-tive acies are in clover, and all isin good condition. On the property is the best orchard in the county, & good two-story frame house wirh 9 rovmes, good cellar. well and cistern, 2 springs of sufficient volume to water stock; good barn and out-baildings- &c¢ Between 45 and 50 acres of wheat were seeded in the fall, - 24 LOTSIN WELLMAN’S ADDltion to the towisuf Ligonier © The above are allin one sluck and are coruer lots, fronting on Martin and Union streews. =~ - A CONVENIENT IQUSE. — A Frame House .13 storiégs high, containing six rooms, iu good condition,_in viller’s addition to Ligonier, oo reasonable ferms. . . A NICE LITTLE TRACT -OF Land, coutaining 30 ‘acres, lying one mile from Ligonier, 14 acres cleared ready forcorn. A very de=irable-home for any one who wishes to live near a thriving town, <+ AGOODSMALL FRAML HOUSE in Chapmaif's addition, with six rooms and good cellar, situate on a corver lot hus good well of water and cistern, on good and easy terms. A NICE DWELLING HOUSE on Cavin street, one-and a half stories high, containing 8 rooms, good-eellar. well and cistern, and is the handsomeést loeation on the styeet. . One-half, down; palance on long time with interest, 5

A FARM, containing 320 acres, lying four miles south east from Ligonier, on the Albion road, the most desirable farm for raising stock and grain in the county, well known as the Diamond Lake Farm, for sale on good terms,

- VACANT LOTS in Wood’s addition to Ligonier for sale on ifiviting ‘terme; also, four Vacant Lots iy Miller’s addition to Ligonier. Now is the time for bargains. - . L

‘A LARGE FRAME HOUSE, two stories high, containing 10 rooms, with closetsy wardrobes, and outbuildings, such as summey. kitchen, wood house, barn, corn crib and hog pen, abont one acre of land, a good orchard—apples, peaches, cherries, currants- and grapes The most desirable sitnation in the town of Ligonier or a retiring tarmer who: wishes to*educate his children. For sale on terms easy fo purchaser. CHAPMAN & STOLL,:

% % 2 BoR & # BEREEPEFEYNG o the working Class.—We are now prepared to farnish ull classes with constant employme it at’hume, the whole of the time, -or for their spare moments. Business'new, light and profitable. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50 cents to $5 per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the business. Boys and - girls eara nearly 48 much’as men. That all-who gee this notice may send their address, and_test the business we make this un« paralleled offer: To such as are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for “writings Fall particulars, samples worth several dollars to commence work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, one of the largest and best Illusirated Publications, all sent free by mail Reader, if you want permaneat; gmﬂtahle work, address. Grorer Stinson & Cou., Portland, Me. . 11-8-mlB

Can’t be made by every agent . ; every month in the business we furnigh, but ‘those yvinin%r 10, . work can earn a dozen dollars % Gay Flgol - u Lueir own localites. Have no room to explain here |, Businesspleagant and honora-, ble. . Women, and boys and giris do as well ag men. We will furnish you a complete outfit free.: The business pays better than auything else, We will bear expense of starting you. articulars free. . Write and see. ~ Farmers and mechanics, their sons aod daughters, and all classes in need oi paying work at home, should write ¢to us and ‘Jearn all about the work at once. Wow ijs the time. Don’tdelay. Address Trur & Co., Augusta, Maide. | F Gt 11-8-mliB

- } a i A YEAR. AGENTS WANTED. Owirg to the wonderful snceess of our : great 50 Boek Combination, we huave be‘eu induced to enlarge it, and now offer a grand Combination Prospectus representing |

wanted everywhere, 1t is the biggest thing ever tried. Bales mude frony this when all other books fail. Also agents wanted on our Magnificent Fam ily Bibles. Superior to all others, and our complete Bible Encyclopedia, with 3000 Superb Illnsteations, also -

~ AGENTS WANTED for the STORY OF CHARLEY ROSS, Written by his father, Thesebooks beat the world. Send fo: circutars, INGRAM & SMITH, 751 WaLNUT STRERT, PRILADELPHIA, 28-wi2

CENTAUR

LINIMENTS.

So nearly perfect are the reccipts of these wonderful pain s_oothing'and healing Centaur Liniments, that we can coufidentially sagthey will alleviateany pain arising ;‘romf" esh; bone or musc'e derangements. We do not pretend that they will mend & broken leg 0. exterminate ‘boils, buteven in such cases they will reduee the inflammation and stop the pain. Nor can we guarantee the proper, resnlts where the body is poisonied by whisky. Temperance is as necessary to a proper physical, as mental condition. |« St < ;

'The White Centaur Linimeat isparticularly adapted {o all cases of Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuralgia. Erysipelas, Itch, &prains, Chillblaing, Cuts, Braises, Stings, Poizons, Scalds, Sciatica, Weak Back, Pains in the Side. Wounds, Weeping Sinews, Barns,, Frosted Feet, Palsy, Ear-ache, Tooth-ache, Head-ache, Ulcers, Old' Sores, Brg)lzen Breasts, Sore Nipples. Sore Throat, Croup, Diptheria, &c, The most of these complaints the Centanr Limiment will cure; all of theni it will venefit. It will extract ihe poison from biteg and stings. and will care burns and sealds Withont ascar. The following is but a sai_nnle of a thousand similar testimonials: " AnTrioom, ILL., Dec. 1. 1874,

My wife has, forla long -time, been a ‘terrible sufferer from Rheumatism She bhas tried many physicians aifd many remedies. The only thing which has giveo her relief is Centaur Inniment. I am rejoiced to say this has cured her. .

- © W. H. RING, Postmaster. - It is an indisputabie fact that the Centaar Liniments are performing eures mevesr defore effected by any: preparation in existence—like Chroric:Rheumatism of thirty years® standieg, rtraightening fingers and. joints which had been stiff for six years, taking the soreness from burns, &c. . =

. Oue dollar, or even fifty cents, invested in Centaur Liniment will be within reach when sn aceident geeunrs, and will do more good than ‘any amount. of money paid for medical attendance. When uhysicfaus are called they fr?quen‘t!y use this Liniment, and of course charge'several prices for it. 8 : . ’

The Yellow Centaur Liniment is adapted to the tough skin, muscles and flesh of the animal creation. Its effects upon severe cases of Spavin, Sweeny, -Wind-Gall, Big-Head and Poll-Evil,.are little Yess than marvelous.

. Messrs. J. McClure ‘& Co., Druggists, cor. Elm and Front Sts., Cincinnati, 0., says: '

In our neighboroood a number of teamsters are nxing the Centaur Liniment., They pronounce it superior to anything they have ever used. We cell as high as four to five dozen bottles per month to owners of horses and mules. :

" We have volumes of testimonials deseribing cures of Sprains, Kicks, Galls, Poll-Evil, BigHead, and Founders, which are little less than marvels. No owner of ap animal can afford to be without a bottﬂe of Centaur Liniment, which any day may prove worth twenty times its costs. Sold everywhere, but prepared only at the Laboratory of J. B. Rose & Co., ) " 46 Dey St., New York. i

Castoria!

Cross, sickly babies and children may'enjoj health, and mothers have rest, if they will use Castoria. Worms, teething, wind colic, sour stomach ‘and undigested food make childreq crosg-and produces sickness. o 2 o

Castoria “will- assimilate the feod. .expei worms, and correct all these things. For 20 years Dr. Pitcher experimented in his private practice to produce an effective cathartic and stomach regulator which would be as effective ai Castor oil, without its unpleasant taste or‘re’-_ coilz 3 :

The reputdation of his-experiment exténdedf. Physicians and nurses rapidly adopted his.remedy, to which he gsve the name ef Casforia, | Castoria is as pleasant,to lake as honey, reg."ulates tl.e &tomach and bowels. and does not gripe. It is adapted to all ages, contains no alcohol, aud 'is absciutely harmiess to the most tender infant. - Pl |

Try Castoria once, and . ydu will’ mever e without it. ! *1 |

Prepared at the Laboratory of J. 8..-Rose & Co., 46 Dey street, New York, . * . .-ch qr-I’y-Q-Lcs

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

PIHLADELPIIIA, PA. S

T[IIS GREAT INTER-NATIONAL EXl'lSltion, designed to commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence, opened May 10th, and will close Noveniber l‘Utbl. 1876 All the Nations of the world apd all the States and Territories of the.Union are participating in this wonderful demonstration, bringing 30gether the most compiehensive collection of art treasures, mechapica! invedtions, scientific discoverles, maunfacturing achievements, mineral specimens; and agricultural products ever exhibited. The grounds devoted to the Exhibition are situated on the line of theé Pennsylvania Railroad and embrace four hundred and fifty acres of Fairmoui:t Paik,all highly improved and ornamented, on which are erected the largest buildings ever constructed,—five of these covering an arer of tifty acres and costing'ss,ooo,ooo.] The total number of buildings erected for the puiposes of the Exhibitjon is near two hundred. During the thirty days immediately following the opening of the Exhibition a million and a quarter of people vi‘sited it. ’ . 3 |

The Pennsylvania Railroad, THE GREAT TRUNK LINE,

e AND) FAST MAIL ROUTE OF THE UNITED STATES, is the most direct. convenient, and economical’ way of reaching Philadelphia and this great Exhibition from all sections of the country. 48 trains to and from_ [Philadelphia will pass throngh a GRAND CENTENNIAL DEPOT, which the company have erected at the Main Entrance to the Exhivition Grounds for the -accommodation of passengers who wish to stop at or start from the numerous large hotels contiguous to this station and the Exhibition,—a convenience of the greatest value to vigitors, and afforded exclusively by the Pennsylvania Raitroad, which is THE ONLY LINE RUNNING DIRECT TO THE CENTENNIAL BUILDINGS. Excursion trains will siso stop at the Encampment of the Patrons of Husbandry, at Elm Station on this road. The Pennsylvania Railroad is the- Grandest Railwav Organization in the World. It controls seven thousand miles of roadway, forming continuous lines to Philadelphia, New \ork, Baltimore, and Washington, over which luxurious day and night cars are run from Chicago, gt. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Collln‘nbus', Toledo, Cleveland, and Erie, without change. . Its main line is Jaid with double and &hird tracks of heavy steel rails upon a deep bed of broken stone ballact and its bridges are all of iron or stone. Its passenger trains are equipped with every known improvement for comtort and safety, and are run ai faster speed for greater distances than the trains of anly line on4he continent. 'The company has larfely ncreased its equipment for Centennial travel, and will be prepared to build in its own shops locomotives and passenger cars at short notice suflicient to fully accommo: date any extra demand. Théunequaied resources at the command of the company %narantee the most perfect accommodations for all its patrons during the Centennial Exhibition. | THE MAGFIFICENT SCENERY for which the- - Railroad is 8o jusily celebrated vresents to the traveler over its llperfect, roadway an ever-changing panorama of river, mountain and landscape views unequaled in America. I THE EAIING-SPATIONS on this line are %n—--surpassed. Meals will ‘be turnished at sunitable hours and ample time ullowed for enjoying them. _EXCURSION IICK ETS atreduced rates, will be sola a. all principal Railroad Ticket Offices in the West, North-west, and South-west, 'BE sURE THAT YOUR JTICKETS READ via THE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 10 THE ChNTENNIAL, ; | i FRANK THOMSON, D. M. BOYD, Jz.; | General Munager | Gen'l Pass’r Agt, : ALL EINDS = | . FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1876.

. CHRISTMA_S.;. . : 'ltiscomﬁ‘xgl_“' : iy I can see along the street, : In the eyes of all [ meet, + - ’ i Curious glances, looks inquiring, Seeking something— still desiring; fdl +ln the searching, never tiring, fi § 1 can tell the coming. = . o : ‘ Itiscoming! = - : i i Toy-shop windows show it; ; Boys and girls all know it, : ' © And they lay awake o'nights, - % " i Thinking of the gorgeous sights - . And the many new delights That are coming. ; x It is coming! G i . e l By the loads of evergreen e ‘ In the market places scen ; ! : By the cakes and pies now baking, * "', And the preparations making; > By the turkeys that are quaking, s . 1 can tell the coming. | : It is coming! - 5 | Tender notes have been indited, | Guests from far and near invited— : | And &1 hearts are wildly beating | With the pleasure of the meeting, _ ‘\ And the joyous, happy greeting a i At the coming. , ‘ ~ “Hail the coming! : - Let it he a merry season,i - i Full of pleasure, mixed }irilh reason, ; | May the heavy hearts be lighter; i ’ | And our house be al] the brighter | | Byits coming.' | M ' SLANDER'AND SLANDERERS. . We received a communication signed “X” which we would publish were it not that it was of too personal a character. Its main ebject is to: Seek a remedy to stop the slanderous gosslpwhi‘ch so commonly is the pest of all communities, and the correspondent wishes us to throw some light upon this subject, and if:possible, mark out a course to pursue towards this foul vermin. That the evil exists here as it does in herhaps every other community, we are free to admit. The man who ‘would invent s{ome system by which society could be purged of this devouring’ parasite would “prove a public 'benefactor. However, we must confess that we find' ourselves unequal for the task, but in the language of a worthy contemporary, will give what is our opinion of the matter. - il

| Slanderers are of three principal classes, and while they need different treatment.stand npon the same scale and should be held in equal contempt Ly the publie. = The wealthy slanderer will sacrifice money to avenge his especial hatred upon a personal enemy, hire witnesses, who, like himself, are ready to swear away his wife’s virtue, should any woman be so unfortunate as to be that. To bring this reptile to justice, a strong arm and steady nerve. i 3 necessary, and the sight of a selfprotector, . and manly or womanly courage will make the pup yield, and find him as ready to retract as he was to use his foul tongue, provided, always, you fasten him down so as not to permit him to cowardly crawl out of it. A slanderer of this class, either & man or a woman, we regard as the most dangerous. The, devil should cdll and get his own as soon as possible, but as he is always sure of his game, he is often slow in demanding it. | % -

The second class of slanderers is that from whom satisfaction ean be obtained at a court of justice, and in such cases the law which protects in-nocent-persons, should be resorted:to, and these-difficulties can ‘be adjusted and justice obtained in a law-abiding manner, ‘| LA 1o

The third: class belongs to the disreputiable portion of our community, loafers, idlers, both male and female, who, by their vices and low instinects, have degraded themselves.to a level where no decent person can recognize them without humiliation, who never permit,intentionally,a respectable conversation to -escape their lips once in a year, who, in fact, have not a single elevating principle in- them, whose minds are a sewer of filth, through which nothing passes, but what is low and mean. This class, however annoying, are not dangerous, and the least you have tosay apd do’'with them, the better you are ofg. With the majority of this vermin it is ¢onstitutional and hereditary to be low, and the only redress is a wide berth; They are irresponsible, cowardly creat- ; ures, who, as a ‘general thing, spend their time in idleness and end their days in'the penitentiary. | - In nearly all cases a slanderer, especially one who assaults female virtué, is a coward.. He will receive a man’s spittle in his throat and choke it down like a whipped spaniel. - It is ‘ not because he is suspicious of the charaeter of his neighbor or that he ‘ has an interest of any kind to protect, but he is of that inclination, he culti- | ‘vates himself'in this particularly vice, but outgrows or discards every noble. attribute which nature has placed in: him at the period of his first discriminating between right and wrong. | Our corréespondent concludes by asking us how and in what manner to get rid of the “foul-mouthed slanderers,” as he “calls them. We have no ‘ remedy, society has none, and in com-/ mon with our people, we must bear the affliction, These pestslive among us, assume the form of both men and women; they are here, and until they die and are called befor the bar of God, to render an acecount of their wickedness, the community will be cursed with them. There is no effective. remedy, legally, or otherwise, that we know of, but right-minded people can, if they want to, greatéy lessen the influence of the slanders circulated by professional slanderers, and that is, to wholly discountenance them 1n public and private; to treat them as obnoxious beings, wherever and whenever they make their appearance; close your door against them, they are worse than thieves; receive their professions of friendship with suspicion, and listen not to their pretended disinferested love, they are treacherous and villainous. The people, to a very greal extent, are themselves to blame for the wrongs they suffer at 'the hands of this disreputable class, they have permitted them to come about ‘them, tell their stories and play confidence generally. - : |

More of It, ; When a man jumped into a Cass Avenue car yesterday, says the Free Press, and nearly mashed a passenger’s foot, the vietim cried out: : ““You are a blundering ignoramus, and 1 know it.” Bara g el am LY o , i “Yes;you arel” . e “Will you be kind enough,” continued the big man, as he took a seat, “to tell me whether your opinion is based on the returns of 1872 or 18747” 1t is announced in San Francisco that all the parties litigant in the Lick trust and estate have arranged to com‘promise their dificulties and make an ‘amicable settlement. The result is i no doubt as good for the beneficiaries as it is bad for the lawyers, B

SHREWD WIT OF A JEW.

Nine persons sailed from Balse down the Rhine. A Jew, who wished to go to Schlampi, was allowed to come on board and journey with them, on condition. that . he would conduct himself with propriety, and give the captain about. eighteen kreutzers for his passage. ; o

Now, it is true, something jingledin the Jew’s pocket when he struck his hand against it, but the only money there was a twelve kreutzer piece, for the other was a- brass button. Not‘withstanding this he accepted the offer with gratitude, for he thought to himself: Lo ' ’ - “Something may be earned upon the ~water, There is many young man ~who has grown rich on the Rhine.” = During the first part of the voyage the passengers were very talkative and merry, but the Jew, with his vallet under his arm—for’ ne did not lay it aside—was an object of much mirth and mockery, as, alas! is often the case with those Of his nation. But the vessel slaijegonward, and passed Thuriugen and St. ¥Velt; the passen‘gers, one after another, grew silent, and gaped and gazed listlessly down the river, until one cried: : “Come, Jew, do you know any pastime that will amuse us? Your tathers must bave contrived many a one during their journey in the wilderness.” o

“Now is the time,” thought the J ew, to shear the sheep. : He then proposed that they should sit around in a circle, and he, with their permission, would sit with them. Those who could not answer the question any one proposed should pay the one who propounded them a 12kreutzer piece, and those who answered them pertinent should receive a 12-kreutzer piece. « Lhis propusal pleased the company, and hoping to divert themselves with the Jew’s wit or stupidity, each one asked at random whatever chanced to enter his head. Thus, for example, the first one asked:’ Fal ey

“How many soft-boiled eggs could the.giant Goliath eat on an empty stomach ?” : i

All said it would be impossible to answer that quescion, but the! Jew said: o | ;

_“One; for he who has eaten one egg cannot eat a second en an empty stomach,” and the asker paid him 12kreutzers. : i

“Wait, Jew,” thought the second; “I will try you out'of the Neéw Testament, and I think I shall win my piece. Then he said, “Why did the Apostle Paul write the Second Epistle to the Corinthians?” : * “Because he was not in Corinth,” said’ the Jew, “otherwise he would have spoken to them.” - . L So he won another twelve-kreutzer piece, - ety

- When the third saw the Jew was so well versed in the Bible, he tried him in a different way. . “Who,” said-he, “prolongs his work to as great a length of time as possible and completes'it in time?” “The ropemaker, if -he is industrious,” said tlie Jew. : | In the meantime they drew near to a village, and one said to the other: “This 1s Bamlach.” 7Then the fourth Baid, “In what month do the people qf Bamlach eat the least?” i

“In the month of February,” replied the Jew, “for it has only twenty-eight days.” ; i cinb “There' are .two natural brothers,” said the ‘fifth, “and yet only onse of them is my uncle.” * P “The uncle’is your father’s brother,” said the Jew, “and your father is not your uncle.” ' ', : A fish now leaped out of the water, and tlie sixth man asked the question: “What fish have their eyes nearest together ?” : “The smallest fish,”. answered the Jew. Lol i i

The seventh asked, “How can a man ride from: Balse to Berne in ‘the shade in the summer when the sun is shining ?” vl o : : : - “When he comes to.a place where there is no shade, he must dismount and go on foot,” said the Jew. The. eighth asked, “When a man rides in the winter time from Balse to Berné, and has forgotten his gloves, how must he manage so, that his hands will not freeze ?”’ 5

“He must make fists of them,” said the Jew. ' : The ninth and last. . This was asked: G i |

“How can five persons divide five eggs so that each one receive one, still one remains in the dish ?” G “The last man must take the dish with the egg, and he can let it lie as long as he pleases,” said the Jew.

And now it came to his turn, and ke determined to make a good sweep. After many preliminary compliments, he asked with an air of mischievous friendliness: : S

“How can a man fry two trout in three pans so that a trout'may lay in each pan?” - gt No one could solve this, and one after another gave him a 12-kreutzer piece. And when the ninth desired he should solve the riddle, he rocked to and fro, rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. : “Now, Jam a very poor Jew,” he said at last. ) : “What has. that to do with it ?”’ said the rest. “Give us the answer.” ! - “You must not take it amiss,” said the Jew, “for you see I am a very poor Jew.” et el

At last after much persuation and many promises that they would do him no harm, he thrust his hand into his pocket, took his 12-kreutzer pieces he had won, laid them upon the table and said: '“I do not know the answer any more than you, Here are my 12 kreutzers.” e

‘When the others heard this they opened th?ir eyes, and said this was scarcely according to agreement. But as they could not control their laughter, and were goodnatured and wealthy men, and as the Jew-had helped them to while away the time from St. Velt to Schlampi, they let it pass. x e < W— True Merit Will-Win. o A few years since the proprietors ot Dr. Morris’ Syrup of Tar, Wild Cherry and Horehound introduced it here. 1t was not puffed, but sold on its merits. Our people soon found it to be reliable, and already it has .become the ‘most staple and popular pulmonary remedy in the market, | It quickly cures the worgt coughs, colds,’ croup, bronchitis, asthma and incipient consumption. . Nothing acts so nicely in whooping cough,and it is so pleasant that children readily take it. Containing no opium, or other dangerous drug, it is as sufe as it is sure. Trial size, 10 cts; large sizes, 50 cts. and one ~dollar. Sold by C. Eldred & Son, Ligonier, Ind. Also agents for Prof. Parkers’ Pleasant Worm - Syrup, which never fails, Pleasant to take, and requires no physic. Price 25 cts. o s Q‘QOWA i .~ e o i The Brooklyn Argus which so vigorously opposed Mr, Tilden’s election, now comes out and opposes the conspiracy of the Radicals and declares that Gov. Tilden has been elected and should be inaugurated. S et T

An Honest Man’s Opinion

g’l‘lie “Counting In” Process Re- | pugnant to all Fair-Mind- 7 . , : § ’ : .ed Men, - ’ ' (From the N.Y.World, of Dec. 6) = A reporter of the World yesterday had an interview with Mr. Morris K. Jesup, of the banking firm of M. K. Jesup, Paton & Co., and Treasurer of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Hitherto Mr. Jesup has been a staunch Republican: how he feels ‘now may beiseen by the following ‘conversation which was had with him:{e. .»..ef i g “Mr. Jesup,” said the reporter, “what do yvou think of the action ofthe socalled Returning® Boards in the dis-! puted Southern States ?” | o “I think,” was the reply, “that any action of the Returning Boards of the Southern States ‘that does not bear the unmistakable stamp of strict honor and honesty will not satisfy the people. Politics sink into insignificance by the side of this one great consideration. The pcople demand an honest | count and an honest return, and will be satisfied with nothing less. *As a Republican, I will say that I will have | nothing to do with the republican party if I find that it countenances -aught that is unjust or unfair.”. - “Have the Returning Boards acceded to this demand—does their action bear the stamp of strict honor and honesty—have the requiréments you mentioned been falfilled ?” asked the reporter. .= .. L )

“No,” replied Mr. Jesup emphaticaly. “No, they have not.” . . “Suppose the election of Mr¥. Hayes, then, is secured by the vote of Louisiana .given him by the Returning Board, in,the_facje of all that has been said ahd shown<eoncerning;it, would the. people of'the, United States be satisfied with suel’a result ?” -

Mr. Jesup replied: “No,:the people certainly would notbe satisfied, unless there were very good evidence forthcoming to support the action of the board. Still Ido not see what is to be done. It is most unfortunate that the votes of the States of Louisiana, South. Carolina aud Florida, always more or less doubttul, and always more or less under the control of the Federal Government, should be required to elect Hayes. M 7. Tilden having so much larger a popular majority,and needing only one wvote, his - election would be|altoyether more satisfactory to the country, in my judgment.” “Do you think, sir, that if the Federdl »Government had kept its hands off in the South, since the election, the action of the Returning Boards would have been different qnd‘ more satisfactory 27 Sl e s e B

“That I'cannot say,” was the reply; “but it was certainly a grand mistake on the part of the Government to interfere with its troops in f outh Carolina. I am no lawyer, nor amll a State Rights man, but if there is any one thing that is dear to the American people 1t is .the non-intervention of the Government with their State affairs’ i £

~ In regard to the feeling among business men, Mr. Jesup said: “There is a settled gloom among the merchants, owing to the utter uncertainfy of the future. The outlook is gloomier than at any time during the war. Business is positively at a standpoint.” Mr. Jesup added that he did not anticipate dny disturbance of the peace anywhere; the peeple wanted quiert, and the merchants a settled state’ of affairs above all things. e said: o doubt if there would be any violence even if Hayes should be dishonestly counted 'in. : What I should fear would be an unwilling . acquiescence on the part of the people during his 'administ,ragion, unless it can be clearly shown that he is fairly elected. I have great confidence: in Governor Hayes, and-1 do not pelieve that he ‘will accept.the office unless he is satisfied, beyond a doubt, of his election. But I do believe that some of the present leaders of the republican party would insist upon, his going in, right or wrong, if they -could have their way.” : Gt /

Three Children Burned Alive ina _ Shanty. } "Our New | Carlisle correspondent sends us meagre details of a horrible affair which occurred on the farm of Mr. Frank Reynolds, on Rolling Prairie, yesterday morning, in the pburning of a Polander’s. shanty and three small children left alone in it, while the parents were chopping wood in the forest at some distance away. T'he sickening details of thé holacaust have not yet reached us, but on inquiry we find that: several Polanders live in that section of country, rent small patches of ground from the farmers, erect a shanty, and pursue their labors on the railroad or in the woods, while the women and children cultivate the “patch” and take care of the home.— Often; as in this case, the robust wife goes into the forest, ax in hand, to aid the husband in earning out the common livelihood and common fortune. In the present terrible instance the parents left their home in the morning to labor for the day.in the woods, cutting and cording it on shares, with their landlords, leaving it in charge of the children. The house was a rough board structure, easiest Identified under, the name of shanty, and comprised:but one room, 1n which the family, cooked, ate, and slept the balmy sleep of alabiorouslife. ‘Tlreir food, of the simplest character, is cooked, and the shanty heated by means of a fire-place constructed of sticks, mud and rough stones, with an ‘earthen or stone hearth. When the father and mother left their humble hearth a bright fire crackled and shed a genial heat from it, and around were gathered their little family of rosy ¢heeked children. When they returned their home was reduced to a pile of cinders and beneath the ruins lay the blackened remains of their three children. How the fire which - caused such heart-rending destruction of human life originated can only be conjectured. It issupposed, however, ‘that coals trom the fire-place rolled out upon the floor and not being extinguished by the children soon wrapped the light material of the shanty in a blaze which was not long in destroying it and with it jthe lives of the children.—South Bend Daily Register, Decenyber 14. - 4

A slow fellow of a lover asked a young lady to whom he was feebly paying his dilatory attentions, what form of marriage she thought the ‘most beautiful. “Oh, never mind the form!” she exclaimed, “the substance is what I care for.” - ‘

Newspavers printed in Indian take just as much interest in politics as. any other kind. A Sioux journal says: “Wicasta catl;-atanha owapi, he R. B. ‘Hayes eciyapi, he republican kapiee; Qa unman, he 8. J. Tilden eciyapi, he demoerat kapiee”” Shouldn’t wonder.

DEATH FROM A CAT'S BITE.

A Peculiar Case of Hydrophobia in a Ten-Year Boy. . (From the New :York World.) 2 DeWitt Clinton Lewis, about fen years old, died at 3 o’clock on Saturday afternoon, at 208 Sullivan-st., of what Dr. Henry S.Downs, the attending physician, thinks was hydrophobia. Two months ago he tried to pet an old black cat that had been chased by’ boys of the neighborhood, and was bitten on the right wrist. The wound healed, and he was as well as usual until last Friday. At 3 o’clock A. 3. |he rose from his bed and iffsisted on /being dressed. During the thirty-six ‘hours that ensued before his death he did not have his clothes off. Ie was extremely nervous. Whenever a door was opened and-he felt a draught of cool air he went into spasms. When | water was offered to him he had a ‘Spasm in-the throat; but he was able to take doses of bromide of potash in coffee and milk. On Saturday he exhibited symptoms of St. Vitus’ dance.. Frequently as he lay on the loun'gef:in_ the parlor he rested entirely on the back of his head and his heels, so that a hand could be passed under his body.! This was the result of a rigid contraction of hisimuscles at the back ‘of the -body. It is a premo.itory symptom of lockjaw, of which, Dr. ‘Downs says, hydrophobia patients usually die. The bby was in possession of hig senses, but at times fell into a dreamy state. Aboutfive minutes before his death he turned over | on the lounge and, rising on his hands and knees, ejected from the air passages of his throat a quaiitity of mucuous matter and foam. He then laid down and passed quietly away. - . Dr. Downs says that he related thesefacts to Dr. Wm. A. Hammond and Dr. Austin Flint,and that both con- | curred with him in the opinion thatit. wés a case of hydrophobia. The-cat-has not beep seen since the bite was | given. Dr. Thomas C. Finnell and Dr. Cushing, who made the post-mortem examination,, found no foam ia the air passages of the throat, and no evidence in any organ except the brain. The brain substance was not injured, but the blood vessels in the membrane that covers the brain were gorged with venous blood, and were almost b?ack.; It was, therefore, agreed that death resulted from congestion of the brain, and a verdict was rendered by the Coroner’s jury yesterday afternoon in accordance with the testimony. Dr. Finnell afterward said that he was . sure congestion of the brain caused death, but was not sure that the congestion was not causéd by hydrophobic blood poisoning. : Young Lewis was. a remarkably handsome boy, with a highly nirvous* organization, Af the Wooster street public school he was the finest reader in his class, and ‘ln@ made rapid progress in arif}ykk%c.‘ He used to study or read everylevening at home from 6 o'clock until ‘9., Two years ago his father promised te buy him a velocipede. He looked forward to its pos- | session vszit_l} extravagant expectation of pleasure. It was bought for him | on last Wednesday. On Thursday afternoon he toek it to Washington square and rode on it until after dark, This, it is urged by some of the neighbors, was the indirect cause of death, | and not the bite of the cat. 1

The Man YWho Will Make a Speech. A man wearing passably - good clothes and a look ¢f mental anxiety entered a produce house on Wweodbridge street yesterday mnoon, and, finding only a. clerk in possession, asked: .. . vy e “Say, are you purty well posted on big words ?” i o “I know quite a large number oﬂ big-words,” .replied the clerk as he ﬁnis%ed footing up a column of figures. “Well, then, heére’s the situation.” continued the stranger. -I live out here a piece and am something of a big gun around home: When anything is going onithey call me out for a speech. 1 made ?nq’ on election day, another that night, and another next morning,and now I'm laying the sleepers for a speech to eclipse ’em all.” “What sort. of a spee¢hi ?” inquired the clerk. San ) S

“Political, of course. My other speeches were political, but were very plain. This.time I want to get in some old sockers—a few regular old twisters. For one thing I thought I would declare this country in a state of—what do you' call it?” fhi

“Peuce!” : S “No, sir; I mean confusion, excitement and so on. There’s a word to signify it, but I can’t speak it. = “Abject terrorism ?” suggested. the clerk. ! : ;

-~ “Neo—no. It's archany, or something of the -kind.” S . “] guess you mean anarchy, don’t you 27 ‘ : W

“I do—l.do!. Bless me if I haven’t been trying for a whole Lour to get that word! That’s the very thing. When called out I wanted to lead off with: Fellow-citizens, the tyrant has shown his hand, and arnica reigns supreme. I guess that will knock ’em,” “You don’t mean arnica—you mean anarchy,” protested the clerk. | - “That’s what I mean, of course, but; every time I think of anarchy I gét it arnica, and 1 don’t know but I'll have to give up the speech.” | i “Write it down,” said the clerk. - The m,anhtook up the pen, scratched - his uose reflectively, and wrote: “A-r--k-a-n-y.”. Holding up the paper he waived his hard and began: “Peace has fled and arkany reigns dn the land.” - g i J

“I told you it was anarchy,” called the clerk. : L . “That’s so—that’'s so. This susperise is telling'on my memory likea fit of sickness. Now thén, a-n-a-r-k-y, and don’t you forget it. You needn’t say anything abéut my calling in hare” 31 . P EGE “OQh, that’s all right.” replied the clerk. - “Over seven-eighths of the best speakers in town have come to me for big words.” - : b e ' “Many thanks; and now, fellow-eit-izens, peace has fled far, far away, agd arkany reigns——. lold on! Is that ‘the right word ?” o i - He halted at/the door to examine the slip of. ga;iel', and after repeating the right fvord over several times he wenbon: oo o S “A gtate of anarky is upon us, and where will it end ?” ' A He seemed satisfied with that until he reached Woodware avenue. At that point he appeared to become in‘spired again, and said: M “Arnpica! Arnica! and where will it end ?"—Detroit Free Press. | D A B S e i S

“Hark! I hear an angel sing!” sang a ' young man in exhibition. “No ’taint!” shouted an old farmer in gne of the back seats; it’s. only my old mule that’s hitched outside.” The young man sat down. - s

RRt Ry AT - &= L - When the Rhode Island militia paraded the other day; you might have heard the efficers thunder forth ‘theér command; “Guide right, steady men; du;::t push anyone over into Connecticub” . s e

NO, 35.

Intimidation''as an Ele- .- ment in Politics.

To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune,

~ CHICAGO, Dec, 7, 1876.—A few | words more on the subject of “Intim-idation-as an | Element in Politics” |'seem to be called for. . - e . In a previous article I laid down the proposition that it'was only necessary to adopt the Louisiana precedent as a general rule for" the, whole, country in order to dispensé with popular elections entirely and to substi- | tute, in their place, the views of thir-ty-eight Returning Boards—that this would-be a subversion and extinction’ ‘of ‘the. processes by which our institutions are maintained, leading infallibly to anarchy and despotism. ‘ I will now go-a step farther,and assert that there has been no evidence presented as yet—no evidence that would be accepted in alawsuit involying s2oo—that any parish or any precinct in Louisiana has been carried by intimidation, ‘This remark is not modified by the report of the Sherman Committee sent to Congress by the President ?este;'day. There have been certain ex-parte affidavits . submitted, which the Sherman | Committee dignify with thé name of “proofs.” /I will not stop to inquire whether the ‘parties making these affidavits are credible wipllesseé; whether the affidavits are signed with, the namés of the- deponents or with a mark; or ‘whether the “deponents possess sufficient intelligence to know what they haye signed, or put their marks to. It is sufficient that the affidavits are ex-parte; that there has been no opportunity to cross-examine the wit: nesses; that in the only case where cross-examination ‘was attempted it was summarily ‘checked and refused by the Returning Board. < Every lawyer knows that such affidavits are not evidence, and that they would not be | accepted in a case involving the value of a pair of "boots. Yet in a case involving the Presidency of the United | States—yea, involving the whoele char- | acter and future destiny of our Gov- | exnment—it is ciaimed that intimidatibn has been clearly inade out, such ‘intimidation as warrants’theﬂthrowing out: of 16,000 votes' legally polled in Louisiana on'"the Tth of November last! .7 e = e

There being, as I have: shown, no legal evidence of guch a fact, what are the presumptions ?° I will proceed to shows £ 7

+ On the 14th of .January, 1875, the Hon. George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, presented to the National House of Representatives the report of a sub-committee appointed to investigate the last prey‘-iéug ‘elgchi'oti in Louisiana.: | This report s signed by Charles. Fosteér, of Ohio; William Walter, Phelps, of New. Jersey; and Clarkson N. Potter, of New York, two Republicans and one: Democrat, and was adopted by the whole Committee before its presentation to the House, I make a brief extract from this report,and ‘invite /particular. attention foil o anh . |

When the papers of the Returning Board - were produced before your committee there was found among them, an affidavit by Mr.. Wells, the President of the Board, declaring that intimidation had existed ‘at certain polls in that parish (Rapides,) and that the returns frem ‘those: polls 'should thereforebe rejected. The counsel for the demoeratic committee testified that they had no opportunity to contradiet the statements of this paper; that | they had never seen or known of it. before, and that upon an examination | of the papers before the Board, when the proofs closed, it was not among them. The counsel for the Republican Committee reserved the right to make explanation ugion-this point, but offered none. The affidavit was dated — day of December, 1874: Itlappeared that Gov. Wells was not himself in the parish on the day of election, and’ though at the opening of their first session your committee declared their intention tﬁrexamine ‘into the action of the Returning Board, Gov. Wells never came forward as a witness. At the close’of our proceedings leayve was | asked that his deposition might be given.in. This we declined and Mr. Wells was invited to appear before the committee, but he never came. Leave: was also: given for taking his testimony: by a commissioner, if he declined to appear; .but this was not availed ;of. ~ ~ Your committee are therefore constrained to declare that the action of the Returning Board in the rejection of these returns in the parish of Rapides, and -giving the seats for that parish to the republican candidates, was arbitrary, unfair, and without warrant of law. . . - .'lt so happens that this parish was taken as a sample parish of intimidation,- many witnesses of which, of both parties, were examined with reference to it... They show beyond question that there was a free, full, fair, and-peaceable election and registration: there; there was no evidence of any intimidation of voters practiced on the day of election, although it Wwas asserted that intimidation of ‘colored mers before the election had been. effected by threats of refusal to employ them or to discharge them if they voted the republican ticket. No evidence, either of discharge or of refusal to employ, was produced. Certain witnesses; themselves every one officeholders, testified generally to such action; but hardly any one swas able {»to speecify a single instance in whipli ' he heard any employer threaten to.dis* charge any voter, or knew of any employe being so threatened or discharg--ed. Not asingle colored man throughout the entire parish was produced to ‘testify either to such a threat or to the execution of such a purpose, —.whetheli _before or after the election. - ‘The action of the Returning Board “in the parish of Rapides alone changed the political complexion of the lower| House, and their action in the other parishes was equally objectionable. The report from which the foregoing is extracted may be found in the Annual Cyclopedia of 1874, pp. 786-742. It appears, therefore, that Mr. Wells, President of the Louisiana Returning Board, was found guilty by a commit- | tee of Qoﬁg;ess.m“ x@ﬁé{it{ of whom | were Republicans in good and regular e of having sworn to a state of intimidation which did not ) Ui ik . 48 st gnon 'the parish where and when the alREe T e, :;3%_'_’“ ; .: i t_’; : v i :

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leged intimidation was practiced ; that

when these grave facts became known to the Committee, they invited the said Wells to appear before them, or, ' if he preferred, to go before a Commissioner ' for further examination, and that he declined to do either. It appears also that the throwing out. of certain returns of the Parish of Rapides in this instance, on the em-parte and false affidavit of Mr. Wells him- | self, gave a majority of the Legislature to Mr. Wells’ faction, and that | without such throwing out of votes the majority would have been on the- - side! / Lo *

Now, if ‘the affidavit of Mr. Wélls was false in a similar case only two years ago, what are the presumptions regarding the ex-parte affidavits of his underlings in .the present case? The Committee tell us that the Parish of Rapides was chosen as a sample parish of intimidation in the election of 1874, and that they found there had been no intimidation whatever; it was all a lie/from beginning to end. - .

| It is worth notice here that the Sherman Committee, while furnishing a sketch of the'life and public services of Mr. Wells, omit to mention this interesting fact in his record,’and, while indorsing the characters of two'mhembers of the Returning Board, fail to give us any voucher for Mr: Wells in this particular. Presuming that they were not ignorant of the report of the Foster-Phelps Committee of last year, this appears to be a remarkable case of the suppressio veri. Assuming to give the public facts worthy of consideration and attention/ in the pastcareer of the President of the Louisiana Returning Board, they have suppressed the only really important fact bearing upon the ca.s‘(a. Bt . There is something almost grotesque in the cheers that are sent up since the latest decision of Mr. Wells and his Returning Board. Albeit they have a hollow sound, one cannot help asking what they signify and what \ meaning they carry to the breasts of _intelligent citizens unbiased by the’ Vth’b‘ught or expectation: of official preferment. The questions such citizens are asking themselves everywhere are these: Is the American plan of representative government coming to. an end? Has universal suffrage proved a failure? Is:it decreed inthe book of fate that the Centennial of our nation shall inaugurate its digsolution.and decay? Was the Union in as great danger when Lee was marching on Gettysburg as it is to-day,? If I were. an enemy to the Union; if I desired to see its flag torn to shreds, _its honor tr#iled in the dust, and its name blotted out, I shduld rejoice at what has been done in Louisianaand pray that the action of Mr. Wells’ Re- | turriing Board might receive the sanction and support of a national party organization. For with that precegdent established, with that lie thrust into the delicate and many-wheeled machinery of our Government, 1 should feel sure of its early destruction. In place of public discussions and the other time-honored processes

of ascertaining the popular will, we should soon'have only the competition of rival Returning Boards and hostile affidavits. Only a few days ago we were threatened (with the throwing out of votes in Cook . county which would have resulted in glving certificates of election to candidates who were in amixi’ority! of more than 2,000 votes. If the Louisiana transaction had then been an accomplished fact and had received the sanqtion ,and acquiescenice of the republican party of the nation, who doubts that the votes would have been thrown out? [And would not the act have been justified

by the highest possible precedent,? Even now we see the Democrats moving héaven and earth to cast out Republican Electors, undeniably chosen by a majority of . the’ votes, in Vermont, in Nebraska, and in Oregon, seeking to recover by a technicality what has been wrested from them by —let us say by the man Wells, his character having beea already sufficiently defined, And so it will go on —each party exclaiming: The villainy yeu teach me I will execute, —until the principles and processes of our Government are wholly submerged and lost sight of. . What kind of a spectre may be discerned - in the distance I leave to the reader’s imagina_?i()n.x : : 1 * Returning to my original proposition that intimidation in elections is a matfer of opinion, uncertainty, and guess-work, and that in no event can it be made & good reason for throwing out the votes!of those who have taken no part in the intimidation, I repeat thiatthe Louisiana precinct—this being its third appearance in our polities—

substitutes the views of Returning Boards in place of elections by the speople, and therefore involves the subversion of the processes by which our institutions are maintained; There is no reason why it should stop with Louisiana; there is every reason for it to spread and . become general, till everybody is “bulldozed.”” Has the negro in the South, in his ignorance and poverty, anything to rely on, pres‘ent or future, except his {numerieal strength? Cut from under him the fact that he counts one every time he puts a ballot in the box, and you have taken from him everything you supposed you had given him when you enfranchised him. And this is what you de¢ in every Southern State the moment you substitute the opinions of Returning Boards in place of the votes legally.polled. Tbga who have devised this, system are apchitects of their country’s ruin, and, those: who sanction it are accessories after the fact. . THorAcE Warrs, | weather prophet is asked er it is wﬁze‘ﬂj‘b‘; : “‘l - hard ' winter, 'tg ‘shuts one %'l3,' oks at ﬁm with | the other, digs upa clump of grass | don’t know,” Hag is Wm&