The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 41, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 February 1877 — Page 2

e & o : The Fatiomal Banuey - 5 “ »” N ¢ e Go —- =4 - "s\.@ P L, Xl 4 F %4 B.STOLY., Editor and Proprietor . W LIGONIER, IND., FEB. Ist, 1877 AR AN AR ﬁfm . fui the carpet-bag Senators voted sgainst “The Plan.” | Lo | i ! —.— ; Gix. Bristow urged the adoption of “The Plan.” Ben is in favor of a fair count. Ve ———— ~onE of the republican papers now ' +xpress the opinion that the outcome «f *The Plan” will be Tilden apd Wheeler. Waitl o - Jgmmy BLACK reconsidered his obsection to “The Plan” and becomes an advocate of its passage. eis one of Tilden's coh}nsel TR : e el — it did not take TiE BANNER long to decide in favor of “The Plan.” THE Baxxer is always ready to endorse a inst, wise and patriotic measure. 5 e & e . - Xaow, boys, let’s have no more bet_tinz foolishmess over the Presidency: e patient, and await the decision of the great tribunal that will decide the matter. ; z e 't;«-:-;k‘\vl‘w:.;;;lt;l;l'ﬂ_‘;lh Qn:h(in Cameéron’s home organ, is savagely “mad” over the passage of “The Plan” and says it will result in the inauguration of Tilden. , i £ et e o Tux Vincennes Sun is among the ely small number of democratic pa- . pers that opposed the adoption of “The Plap” It wasn't very tenacigus in its opposition, however. _ - : —_— e ’

Tae Democrats of West Virginia iast Friddy elected H. G. Davis U. S. Semator for the long term by a vote of #0 to 27 seattering, and F. Hereford for the short term by a vote of 70 to 3 meting. VG eIl L

Tae Carp of Congressinan Baker, pyblished in another portion of this issme, verifies THE BANNER'S estimate of that gentleman’s “non-partisan” position on the presidential question. So does his vote against “The Plan,”

©Or the Indiana delegation Fuller, Hamphries, Hamilton, Holman, Haymond, Hunter, Landers and New votd for the compromise bill, and Baker, Carr, Evans and Robinson against it. Mr. Casson was not present. Hunter 13 the only Republican of the Indiana delegation that voted for the bill; and Carr the only Democrat voting against

JGov. HAves has become vely con‘siderate. In referring to the electoral il sevleral' days before its passage, ‘the Governor is reported as having <aid: “I want it distinetly inderstood that Ido not desire to influence the aciion of Congress one way or the other in the matter of the electoral bill or ~any other matter relating to the Pressdential election; the whole thing is in the hands of Congress, and I shall b cortent with its action.” = | -

EvEX sp radical a republican organ as the Indianapolis Journal is now ~omsirained to admit that “reasonable * reasoning Republicans could not ~close their eyes to the fact that we ~ were inx‘o]\:dﬁgl very \serious com- = plications, that no undisputed “road out of them was prescribed by ‘.-sﬂag cunstitrution and laws, as they “{liave been universally construed by “Congress; and that republican pre*cedents could be found to refute the “¢laim for the inauguration of Gov- = ernor Hayes on the mere declaration “%y the Viee-President, and that no ~man filling the place of Vice-Presi- + dent could make that declaration in *the face of a majority of both Houses “of Congress, and command respect ~either for himself or for a President ~inangurated by virtue of it. There = was, therefore, a case far reference.”

‘THE In’di:m’apd‘lisl ournal,with great propriety and \fairmindedness, vremarks: “The adoption of the compromise bill furnish§ tothe world a striking proof of the conservative temper of the American people and of the willingness of both parties to settle the most opposite differences by peaceable and lezal methods. - Perhaps there is not,

another country in the world where so mmportant and . vital a question togghing the control of the governm'gr\xt “could be settled without a resort to arms, and although the proposed plan is irregular and &xtra constitutional, it is in acecordance with the genius of our institutions which requires the ‘settlement of all political questions by peaceable methods. Tn fhis view of the case it is probably true that our - form of government and the national character will be elevated 1n tne eyes of the world by the adoption of a plan which; though a departure from previous political usages, is still a legitimate form of political action and very far Femjn"ed from the lawless methads sometimes resorted fo in other ~onntries.” e

“THE PLAN,” or electoral law, provides that the 'counting of the votes . shall begin “on the first Thursday in _February,”which will be to-day(Thurs-day.) This changes the former law, which required the certiffcates to be opened and the votes to be counted on the second Wednesday in February. Previous to this each house is to appoint two tellers to do the clerical partof the work. On the day named both Houses of Congress will meet in the hall of the House of Representatives, the President of the: Senate presiding, and the counting will begin, The votes will be opened by the Pres “ident of the Senate, in alphabetical order of the States, and, if no objections are made, will be counted. - If bat one return hasbeen received from. any State, and any objection is raised to counting it, the two Houses shall separate for consultation, and-the vote of the State shall on]y‘beal?éjécted by the affirmative vote of the two Houses. If objection is raised in counting the vole of any State from which double’ certificates have been returned, such eértificates and all the papers connect«d therewith shall be referred to the

~ EXPENSIVE STATE INSTITUTIONS, From the legislative proceedings we learn that in response & a Senate resolution introduced by Judge Dykeman; Prof. Alex. C. Hopkins, President of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School, recently submitted a report relative to the expense of conducting that institution of learning, as follows: President, $3,600; four teachers, $1,500 each ; one teacher $1,400; two teachers $1,200 each. In the training school, four teachers, reeeiving $2OO, $l5O, $5O and $25 re‘gpectively. In response to the same resolution, the President of the Trustees of Purdue University reported that in June, 1876, the University was. reorganized with three departments, designated as the University Academy, the College of General Sctence and the Special School of Applied Science, all under the supervision of the President, Hon. E. E. White; salary $3,500. Three Professors, Wiley, Hussey and Herron, receive $1,800; two, Dean ‘and Chase, $1,500 each’; two, Morris | and Oren, $1,200 each; one, Professor - Weyher, $5OO. Other employes, $1,200, $BOO, $6OO, $4OB, 390, $156, $lO4, and $76, respectively. So far as concerns the State University, the Crawfordsville Journal says_it'is daily becoming more and more apparent that a majority of the Senators, personally, are decidedly of the opinion that the institution is’ a heavy tax upon the people of the State, and it would take ~wv uvuc W lDauce them to, shut it ‘up. Senator Dykcwan clalms That the '515,000 annuity ought to be repealed at all hazzards, and such biennial appropriations made as seem absolutely imperative for the welfare of the institution. Too much money, in his opinion, has been granted them inthe past. They have become allogether too extravagant, and are now unwilling to be cut down to an economical basis. ;

e Y @ BRE—SHERIDAN RIGHT FOR ONCE,

Gen. Sheridan was right about ex-: Gov. J.. Madison Wells, and yet not ‘more than half right, after all. He did not give Gov. Wells half so bad a cliaracter as that worthy .has just given himself. His testimony given before thé House Committee ‘was such as - could only have been given by a rogue who feared that he might feel the halter draw if he told too much. He was asked by the members if he could state the total number of votes c¢ast in: Louisiana, and he said that he had not charged ‘his memory with it! On other points 'he was just.as marvelously ignorant. ' He did not know whether the action -of the Returning ﬁl}bard in Louisiana “had changed thé; result of the-elec-tion” or not; he did not know whether the Returning Board “threw out 10,000 votes” or not; he did not know whether they threw out “a hundred or a thousand votes.” He, the Chairman of the Louisiana . Returning Board, testifying under oath, declares that he does not know- things which are perfectly well-known to every intelligent newspaper reader in this country.. He presided over the throwing out of votes, and yet does not know how many were tlirown out. He counted- out. Tilden and counted in layes with his awn hands, and yet’ he does not know whether “the result of the election -was changed.” This is bald perjury, and it is this accomplished rascal, who assumed to rob the people of the United States of the_ right to choose their own President! | -, E—— : THE GREAT TRIBUNAL. . Both louses of Congress ‘on Tuesday last elected thieir members of the commission .which is' to decide the presidential dispute according to “The Plan.” The nominees of the respective democratic caucuses ‘were ratified by the two houses. The Senate has thus selected Messrs. Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, Thurman and Bayard—three Republicans and two Democrats. On' part of the house Payne, Hunton and Abbott, Democrats, and Garfield and Hoar, Republi‘cans; were selected. ‘The four Supreme Judges designated in the bill ballotted on the same day-—Clifford, Field and Strong voting for David Davis,and Miller for, Ward Hunt. It is reported that Judge Davis has expressed a determination not™to serve, in which case Judge Bradley, of New Jersey, islikely tobe chosen as the fifth Judge. The Democrats are very mueh dissatisfied with the selection of Morton and | Garfield, who are unsuited for arbitrators by reason of their intense party prejudices’ and their hostility to “The Plan.” Judge Trumbull, Jerry Black, Mat. Carpenter and Ben But- ' ler havebeen employed as counsel for the Tilden side, while Wm. M. Evarts and Stanley Matthews will appear as counsel for Hayes. The count begins today. -1 ¢ .

JUDGE DAVIS ELECTED UNITED STATES ... SENATOR. - on I‘lxu:x;sllu_y vf. last wool Judge ‘David Davis, of the United States Supreme Court, was elected to succeed John A. Logan as U, S. Senator from Illinois, upon the fortieth ballot of the joint session of the Illinois Legislature. Judge Davis on the day of his election occupied the Bench of the Supreme . Court at -Washington, d@nd after its adjournment he was called upon by friends of Illinois who congratulated him upon the result. ‘He stated that he had not been consulted regarding the use of his name' as a candidate, and had not authorized it. His friends among the Democrats say the election.of Judge Davis was not a partisan act, but was a marked compliment, by the State of Illinois, and as both parties had their candidates in the field and were unable to elect either of them, that Judge Davis was selected because of his intrinsic merits and fitness for the position. Mr, Davis will, doubtless, occupy his position on the Supreme Bench until the 4th of March, when the senatorial fernt beging. .. . - -

AFTER a severe struggle, the Georgia Legislature finally (on the 26th ult.) elected Ben Hill U, 8. Senator for 6 years. The-old man is very much elated over his success. He will now have an opportunity of meeting hig old foe (Jim Blaine) in' the Senate, that is, after the fourth of March,

GENERAL GRANT has liberated another one of the whisky-ring thieves. This time it is in the person of General John McDonald, of St, Louis. “Birds of a feather,” ete, 2

; “THE PLAN.” J IT IS ADOPTED BY BOTH . HOUSES. . ~And Signed by the President, 22g - 2 ; A FIERCE STRUGGLE IN THE ; .. SBNATE. [ -1 Conkling's Great. Victory Over Mor- ‘ > ton. ' ‘ The debate in the Senate on “The Plan” for deciding the presidential controversy lasted from the 19th to the 25th of January. The opening speech was delivered by Senator Edmunds, chairman of the committee having the important case in charge, JHis" speech is generally pronounced an able and exhaustive argament. But the great speech of the occasion was evidently that of Senator) Roscoe C'onkling, of New York;- who fail_‘ly immortalized himself by his powerful and unanswerable argument. Ie devoted two days'to its delivery. On ‘the second day (Wednesday). before entering upon the discussion, he read a telegram signed by 33 prominent Republicans of Indiana, including Conrad Baker, formerly Governor of {liv Stevbuy wiad Gtoise XXz lovn, tho vandidate for Governor in the late canvass, approving the bill; having read it, he handed it to Mr. Morfon, amid greatlaughter. : . MB. CONKLING then proceeded with i his argument. - He denied that in any ‘ instance had the President of the Sen- | ate ever attempted to.do anything in ipresiding over a joint convention yo count the- electoral vote, except by command of the two Houses, and cited the.great name of John Marshall as favoring and recommending some salutary mode of settlement of disputed questions. | The two Houses of Congress had always determined whether an electoral vote was good, bad or indifferent. He denounced the assumption .of Morton and Sherman that in the absence of legislation the President of the Senate must count the vote, and characterized Morton’s bill of the last session as “a political hell-gate, paved and honey-combed with dynamite.” He denied that the pending bill was a compremise; an honest, fair ascertainment of the result was not a compromise. He then ~urged that the proposed comn}ission’ was constitutional; it was simply a committeg of the Congress, and Congress kept the reins of the matter ~closely in grasp, and finally decided the matter. Speaking of the princi‘ple of arbitration, he referred to the fact that one of the greatest emperors on earth had acted as umpire in the - Geneva commission, but the $15,000,000 awarded was valueless compared with the tranquility of our land for a single day. If he who ruleth his own spirit is greater than he who ruleth a city, what should be said of the millions who, by an act as noiseless as the wave of a wand, settled this vexed question in an hour. S

. SENATOR BAYARD, Democrat of Delaware, spoke at length. in favor of the bill, citing instances in which justices of the Supreme Court had acted in a manner similat to that now proposed. He took strong ground against the right of either House to reject the vote of & State without the concurrence of the other, and characterized the doctrine as utterly dangerous. R .

SENATOR CHRISTIANCY, Republican of Michigan, said that all ‘the Amerjcan people ever demanded was a fair, legal, and therefore satisfactory determination ' of the result, in the mode established by the constitution and laws; and. now, at the close of our first centennial year, we were met by a difficulty of the most serious character. Grave apprehensions of trouble existed in the public mind; capitalists d;xre not -invest; business men will not risk what they have; laboring men are thrown out of employment and alarm has seized upon the people, 'who are looking to Congress to devise 'some mode of settlement of-the presiidential question satisfactory to both ‘parties. He hailed the measure now. | under consideration as a bright bow of promise in our political sky, as the “harbinger of peace. He congratulated ‘the committee who framed the bill, -and who so nearly approached to un- ' animity, and he congratulated the American people on the fact that ‘ whatever party feeling may exist, they are earnest, zealous, patriotic and truehearted citizens. He was not able to discover any objections to the bill on constitutional grounds.. It had been said that the judges proposed to be appointed by the bill weuld be officers of the United States, and would, there- | fore, have to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. This bill only devolved new duties upon persons in office, and did not create any new office. It had been argued that the judges would be governed by political feelings without regard to the real merits of the question. ‘While this might be true of Jere politicians he protested that ‘such suspicion would not be entertained against lawyers and jurors of high attainment. The bill was equally and obviously fair to both parties. The party that shall reject it without offering something which would accomplish the end in view deserved to go down. waiiia : MR. MORTON claimed that the VicePresident was not bound to open any fraudulent certificate from a State; if there should be half a dozen packages from a State in his possession he was not required to open them all, but was only required to open that package which came from the electors. , As an officer of the United States he was bound to take notice as to who had been elected electors by the States and act upon his intelligence, just as othé)xj public officers. There were two certificates from Louisiana in the hands of the Vice-President. He was not required to open them both; if he refused to open and present the second return, how was it .to be got out of his possession? 1f he refused to open such return, was that cause of revolution? Did he understand the l democratic party threatened violence or revolution if the President of the

Senate withheld begus certificates? This bill eonferred upon th? tribunal it created power to legislate'unless its ‘action should be overturned by thé action of both Houses of Congress. This commission could not carry out the bill without going behind the returns from the States. It was sprinkled all over with very white, pretty meal, but the democratic cat was reposing beneath it. He argued that the bill was unconstitutional. ‘After the case had been made up he did not believe in adopting a new plan which would throw away one-half of the chances of the Republicans. That he had been inconsistent in some matters was entirely probable; he did not believe that there were any .popes in this Senate who were infallible. He ‘accorded to every other Senator conscientious motives, and he ‘claimed for himself some consideration. He believed the republican party had saved this nation, and the greatest ‘considerations of humanity and politics demanded it be continped in power. At this particular é\lmct,ure it was not the duty of republican Senators, it was. not -their interest to depart from the practice followed for seventy-five years. " MR. HowE (Rep. of Wisconsin) denied that this bill was framed in the -interest of the democratic _party.’ He had not been conspicuous in the service of that party, and he did not propose to embark in its service now; but after all he had heard, he was not able to see that this bill of itself promoted the-intereést of the democratic party. Nothing could be done under 1 the bill to promote the election of the 'democratic candidate for President iunless, under the execution “of the ‘law, the opinion of five picked men of ‘the Senate, five picked men of the j House, and five pi:ckedw judgesof the ‘Supreme Court, could be secured to that end! The Senator from Indiana (Morton) had argued that no legislation was needed; that the Republicans had a sure thing, and it was best ‘not to give away part of it. He (Howe) thought if the result of the late‘preéidential contest was not left in doubt, it was certainly left in dis= pute, and somebody ,must decide that dispute. He thought the bill reported by the select committee and now before the' Senate was the proudest instrument in our country, the proudest tribute to American statesmanship which had been prepared since the convention which framed the 'constitution adjourned. He. would have been glad if this bill had received the unanimous approval of the committee; then he would have felt like one greater than himself felt when looking upon the infant Savior. He would have felt that he had seen the salvation of his people and of his counfry. . :

" The bill was further discussed by ‘ Senators Blaine and Sargent in opposition, and by Thurman, Burnside ‘ and Edmunds -in support of the measure. Eaton, of Connecticut, was the. only democratic Senafor whe spoke and voted against the bill. ‘ THE BILL PASSED. The bill was then read a third time and passed —yeas, 47; nays, 17, as follows—(Democrats in Italics): Yeas.—- Alcorn, < Allison, Barnwm, Bayard, Bogy, Booth; Boutwell, Burnside, Chaffee, Christiancy, Cockrell, Conkling, Cooper, Cragin,Davis,Dawes, Dennis, Edmunds, 'Frélinghuys‘en, Goldthwaite, Gordon, Howe; Johnston, Jones (Fla.), Jones (Nev.), Kelly, Kernan, McCreery, McDonald, MeMillan, Maxey, Merrimon, Moxrill, Price, Randolph, Ransom, Robertson, Saulsbury, Sharon, Stevenson, Teller, Thurman, Wallace, White, Windom, Withers and Wright—47. 5 Nays.—Blaine, Bruce,Cameron (Pa:), ‘Cameron (Wis.), Clayton, Conover, Dorsey,‘; Eaton, Hamilton, Hamlin, Ingalls, Mitchell, Morton, Patterson, Sargent, Sherman and West—l 7. | 1T PASSES THE HOUSE. } The House discussed “The Plan” for two days. The debate closed on Friday evening, : The principal speakers were Lamar, Ben lill, Watterson, David Dudley Field, Payne, Hewitt, Townsend and ILawrence. During the discussion and vote on the final passage of the bill, the galleries and floor were crowded, and-liufge numbers were unable to obtain admission. Littie interest was manifested .in the debate, except during the last two hours, when solme pretty good tenminpte speeches were made. .The debate was closed by Mr. Payne at five o’clock in a speech for the bill, and the previous question was ordered, thus preventing all opportunity for amendment. As. the. 1011-call proceeded it became apparent that the bill would pass by a large majority, but few persons expected, however, that it would receive more than a two-thirds majority on a vote only lacking 14 of the full membership of the House. The vote shows that 158 Deémocrats and 33 'Republicans voted for it, and 68 Republicans and 18 Democrats voted in the negative. President Grant sigred the bill on Monday. It is therefore now a law. - : et~ ————— < Hon, John M. Baker and the Oregon s ‘Vote. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: . I clip the inclosed paragraph from your valuable journal: - | The Chicago Times gives currency to an apocryphal story that Hon. J. H. Baker, member of Congress from this State, believes that Cronin’s vote will have to be counted, and that Tilden will be, elected thereby.: We do ‘not believe it. Mr. Baker is too.good a lawyer and fair minded a man to be caught with such legal chaff as is necessary to make out a case for Cronin. ) The Chicago T'imes is mistaken,— "While I consider the Cronin vote sur-. ‘rounded by an artful armor of democratic chicane and fraud, I have no doubt that truth will penetrate this armor and defeat the unparalleled infamy of counting that vote. Hence I do not think Mr. Tilden will be elect--ed by the Cronin vote. I think Mr, Tilden will be declared defeated because he cannot secure that vote, though his friends sought it for him earnestly by shameless corruption and a bold and wicked disregard of the will of the people, as well as the laws of Oregon. The vote lacking I think will defeat Mr. Tilden and elect Mr. Hayes. Asking space for the insertion of this note, I am, ete,’ = , e - Jonxy H. BAKER, Washington, D, C,, Jan, 22, =

FROM WASHINGTON. " THE FOURKNAVES. = | The House on Saturday, by a party vote, and amid much general excitement, declared the Louisiana Returning Board in contempt, and ordered their imprisonment. Four members of the board were marched by Ser-geant-at-arms Thompson to the bar of the house at half-past 2 o’clock. Speaker Randall asked them separately what reason they had for disobeying the summons of the house. All responded by requesting time for consultation with each other ‘as to\what answer to.give. A compromise was reached by which the members of the board were to -hiave 30 minutes for consultation. They then retired, and at the expiration of half an hour resumed their seats in the open space fronting the Speaker’s desk. Their answer, a lengthy document, was read, but, singular to remark, nothing was said about Itg sufficiency. An attempt will be made on Monday to get them out upon a writ of habeas COTPUS.. :

The members of the Louisiana Returning Board are confined separately, 80 as to prevent them from consulting about%he evilence yetto be demanded of them. e . KENNER CORNERED. : - Kenner, the ILouisiana Returning Board negro, wag hefore the House Committee on Powers and Privileges on Saturday. Wkhen asked whether he would recognize any or all of the original parish returns, he said he should ' identify any of them if produced. David Dudley Field then drew from an inside pocket a package of papers, and, greatly to Kenner’s ‘surprise, produced the original return of the Presidential and State vote from Vernon parish, Louisiana. Field asked the witness to examine the return, and the latter did so, acknowledging that it was genuine, and that it bore the indorsement in his handwriting on the back. \He explained that this memorandum signified the approval of the board, and was generally placed by some member of the | board upon each return approved. ‘ Field then asked him to examine three places in the summary of piecigcts one, seven, and-‘ten, and say whether any changes of totals had taken place. He thought in one instance a difference of 500 votes had been made in favor of Tayes and the local republican candidates by changing one figure. He did not pretend to account for the change, and said' it had been done by some’ person without his assent or knowledge... The witness was then shown a certified copy of the vote of Vernon parish as certified by the Returning Board, and asked to explain why this return showed the republican ticket to have,received 178 votes at one of the Vernon parish polls, when the original return of the board by Thos. Franklin, supervisor of registration, reported but two republisgg; votes at the poll. He utteriy disclaimed any knowledge of this discrepancy, and.could not account for it. ZACH. CHANDLER'S TELEGRAMS.

“We cannot carry the State for Hayes- unless we have troops and money immediately.” That was the muossazo whivk the operator at Tallahassee testified on Thursday Governor Stearns, of Florida, sent to Zachariah Chandler, and then he swore that he remembered the telegram which Mr. Chandler sent in reply:' That he had seen the Secretary of War, and was authorized by him to g‘i\y that troops and money would be furnished. This tells. the Florida Radical conspiracy concisely, and yet the witness, J. B. De Berry, was enabled to go on and say that there were other telegrams which Chandler sent to Stearns to send couriers throughout thie State to look: out for returns and that William E. Chandler would leave for Florida on November 8 on “important business,” ete. " Mr. De Berry said that Chandler only preceded the arrival of the troops by a few hours, and that the ﬁr‘oops cawme promptly.after Zach’s telegrams. The witness then gave the contents of a telegram communicated to him by a brother operator, who isa Republican, but whose name he declined to furnish. This was from Chandler also, and addressed to Gov. Stearns, and read to this effect: “The Republicans must have Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina by fair means or otherwise.”' After those dispatches were sent, the telegrams between the two Chandlers, the one in Tallahassee and the one in Washington, were in cipher.- The evidence is fully corroborated in dates and facts obtained otherwise, and is regarded by the committee as of startling importance. : o | THE LOUISIANA QUESTION.

The President has decided not to interfere in the Louisiana case,except to keep the peace, until after the presidential question has béen finally settled. He says the settlement of the latter question will, in his opinion, render clear the question as to who is entitled to the Governorship of Louisiana. He also says that both parties in that State are behaving remarkably well, and he has no cause to complain; on that score. He has no doubt that the status quo will be maintained until a final decision is made, but should it be otherwise, and should either party break the peace, he will order General Augur to take charge of the State until the dispute is décided. : ‘ b

THE Senatelast Friday passed a bill declaring that congressional school lands which have been sold by the State and for which deeds have not been made shall be,taxed as other lands, and that the ﬁaxe_s heretofore paid on such lands shall not be refunded. This, the Indianapolis Journal declares, is an important bill, though its importances does not appear on its face. A large portion of these congressional school lands have beécome very valuable, and it is understood that a strong combination had’ been formed to proeure the refunding of the taxes which have been paid upon’ them, and which amount in the aggregate to several hundred thousand dollars. In many instances it is said that lobbyists have undertaken to secure such refunding, taking one-half as their compensation. . The bill refer- | red to is intended to legalize the col- I lection of the taxes already paid and to provide for collecting the regular tax on such lands hereafter. The measure will doubtless become a law,: as it ought to, o

Indiana News Items.

The Hillegass family—numbering something less than seventeen, hundred persons— had a reunion recently at the residence of the Senior Hillegass, near Huntertown.

The Elkhart Review readssome of the fast young Misses of that town a severe but merited lecture for the unlady like habit‘of smoking, to which many of them are addicted. The Studebaker - Manufacturing Company, of South Bend,have presented all of their employes with a year’s subscription to a weekly newspaper, every man choosing his own publicationt

A meeting of the Trustees of the several counties in Northern Indiana for the discussion of matters relating to schools,; township affairs and the poor, is to be-held in South Bend, February Bth. © v / The family of Chas. Shetlock, a German, residing in South Bend, has been severely afflicted. Three bright children have died of diphtheria, within ten days, and the fourth, an infant, is dangerously ill with the same dread disease. - -

: WAWAKA IN_KLINGS. Hark! Hear, ye! Be it known to the dwe}lers in. Noble county, . and round aboqt the Elkhart river, that the M. E. Church of Wawaka has got a new church organ, and if anyone has any objections let them make them known now or ever hereafter hold their peace. We will praise God here, and we opened the Bible and read: “Let everything that- hath breath praise the Lord; praise Him upon the stringed instruments, and upon the organ.” . Our organ is a Burdette, with all the modern stops, attachments and swells, and was furnished by Mr. Wilson, of Goshen. - We all have the Gospel Hymns now but Uncle Isaac Tibbott, and he-is almost persuaded, so we will all sing. v . Evangelists Dodge and Boler are still “holding the fort” at Springfield, and the people there continue to inquire, “What shall I do to be saved ?” Last evening five more made‘a public confession, and one young man, Mr. Swank, was baptized the same hour of the night. Among the reclaimed wanderers were our venerable friends, ‘Uncle Billy Golden and wife. It was an interesting feature of the meeting when Uncle Billy arose and said, in his happy way, that he could compare his past life to the careless farmer who gets a good crop nicely to growing then leaves gaps down in’the fenlces all over ‘his farm and lets in all the stray cattle to destroy his crop, and. with sad tears of: regret streaming down his furrowed cheek, said that to-day he might be a giant in the land, yea, a preacher of the Gospel, had he not let the whole world ‘into his heart. Abh, yes, you are not the only one who has made the same mistake in life. Heaven bless these humble confessions. Vlcr.

- Signed by the President, * On Monday last, President Grant, in a message sentto the Senate, thus indicated his approval of the electoral bill: . : For the first time in the history of our country, under the constitution as it now is, a dispute exists with regard to the result of the election of the chief magistrate of the nation. It is understood that, upon the settlement of the disputes coneerning the electoral votes cast at the late election by one or more of the States depends tﬁ,e question whether one or the other candidates for the presidency is the lawful chief magistrate. The importance of having clearly ascertained hy a nracadura ragnlatad hy law which of two |citizens has been elected to the presidency cannot be overestimated. While the history of our country irr its earliest period shows that the. the President of the Senate has counted the votes and declared their standing, our whole history shows that in no instance of doubts or disputes has he exercised the power of deciding, .and the two Houses of Congress have disposed of all such doubts and disputes, although in no instance heretofore have they been such that their discussion could essentially have effected the result. Tor the first time, then, the Gqvernment of the United ‘Statesis now brought to meet the question as one vital.to the result. He approves the provisions of ‘the bill, and says: :x[ g : I think this orderly _methﬁd -‘has been secured by the bill, which,/ appealing to constitution and law as the guide, ascertains the rights and provides a means of deciding questions of single returns through the direct action of Congress. The bill purports to provide only for the settlement of questions arising from recent elections. The fact that such questions can arise demonstrates the necessity, which I cannot doubt, will before long be supplied, of permanent general legislation to meet cases which- have mot been contemplated in the constitution or ‘ laws of the country. The bill may not be perfect and its provisions may not be such as would be best applicable to all future occasions, but it is calculated to meet the present condition of questions of the country. The country is agitated and excited ; it needs and desires peace, and quite and harmony among all parties and sections. ~ Its industries are arrested, labor unemployed, capital idle, and enterprise paralyzed by reason of doubt and anxiety attending the uncertainty of a double claim to the chief magistracy of the nation. It wants to be assured that the result of the election will be accepted without resistance from the supporters of the disappointed candidate, and that its highest officer shall not hold his place with a | questionable title of right. | : ~_Believing that this bill will sqcure these ends, I give it my approval. (Signed,) 'U. S."GRANT.

- Just, see how they are drawing in their horns—we mean the fellows who maintained that the President of the Senate has authority to decide the electoral counf. If they keep on crawfishing at therate they havebeen going it duriyng the past week, there will be precious few left to acknowledge that they ever advocated that vicious theory. ‘

' THE N.Y. World thus reports “our Congressman’s” speech against the electoral bill : L

Mr. Baker (Ind.) could not see the necessity of creating a commission outside of the Constitution and foreign to the institutions of the Government. e e So! : ; ;

Private despatches of the 26th ult., from Sandusky, 0., states that Rush R. Sloane has obtained the controlling interest in the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland road, and will in a few days have control. Senator Hudson will act as general manager in Slone’s interest. This will throw out President Farlow and the whole force of employes. . ey

Last Thursday a boiler in the sawmill of James Goff, four miles from Eaton; exploded, Killing two men instantly, and wounding two others so badly that they have since died. Several other men were badly injured. The saw-mill iis located in a very retired place and the names of the victims oculd not be learned, -

Foreign Items.

A fire broke out in' the Sténe Hills Colliery, near Bolton, England, on the 23d, and was still burning at last accounts. Fifteen miners are known to have perished, ok :

It is reported that the Russian overtures for a common interference of the Powers with Turkey have been rejected everywhere, and it is believed that if Russia makes war on Turkey, she must do so alone. - ;

~And now China and Russia are making up faces at each other. Mysterious Russian movements along the Chinse frontier has aroused the suspicion of the heathen Chinee. Commercial intercourse £etw’eeu the two nations is at a standstill. ‘

On a panel in a church wall in Valparaiso, Chili, is a painting representing the Emperor of Germany and Prince Bismark squirming in the flames of hell, while the devil is poking the Imperial Chancelor in the back with a red hot fork. :

A Berlin digpatch of the 17th says the German Ambassador at Constantinople has been ordered not to sign the final protocol, to be submitted to the Conference, without having previously submitted its text to Bismarck and received his endorsement. -

. A Vienna dispdtch of the 19th says communication between Vienna and Trieste had been suspended by a tremendous Jlandslide. Over 200,000 cubic- meters of rock and earth had fallen on the track, destroying the road and burying several families. ~ According to Constantinople telegrams of the 18th, the Grand Council of the Empire had met on that day and unanimously voted to reject the ultimatum of the Great Powers.— They forbade discussion on the rejected points, and declared that the Turkish. counter-proposal only could be. considered.

. The Indiana Liquor Law, INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28.—1 n the case from Vanderburg County in which damages were received under the Liquor law of the State for the death of an intoxicated man injured while riding in a wagon, from a salt-barrel rolling over him, the driver and dead man both having been made drunk by liquor sold by the same saloon-keeper, the Supreme Court held yesterday that “defendant, in causing the intoxica-. tion of the deceased, could not have anticipated that, on his way home, he would be fatally injured by a saltbarrel. That was an extraordinary event, not naturally resulting from the intoxication.” The Court compared it with adrunken man lying down under a tree and being killed by a falling limb or struck by lightning, both being acts of God, for which the liquor-seller could not be responsible. The decision was rendered by Judge ‘Worden, and is sharply criticised, the fact being undisputed that the driver of the wagon was made drunk by the same saloon-keeper, and the barrel rolled upon the dead man by reason of careless driving. ]

' THE struggle in the Illinois Legislature over the election of a U. S. Senator to succeed Gen. John A.; Logan ended on Thursday by the elegtion of Judge David Davis, of the Supreme Bench. Th(b Republicans had it in their power to Irave chosen the Senator but they refused to use it and they have the mortification of seeing a Democrat chosen instead. It was evs ident from the beginning of the struggle that it was Logan’s policy to rule or ruin. He was successful in the latter—Crawfordsville Journal.

~ And the Journal is well aware that this has been Logan’s policy for years, not alone as to party, but as to. country also. - :

~ Signor Blitz, the celebrated wizard and sleight-of-hand man, died'in Philaaelpuila, last Sundnyd < His ronl nameo was Antonio. - ] |

. BT SHADE.—In Ligonier, January 22, 1877, a danghter to the wife of Geo. M. Shade. : JUDY.—In Benton: township, Elkhart county, January 27, 1877, a danghter to the wife of Alfred Judy,. ¢ ey ‘ SISTERHEN.—In Ligonier, January 28th, 1877, a daunghter to the wife of Geo. W. Sisterhen, - ' Notice of Election. THE stackholders of the Ligonier Building, Loan and Savings Association are hereby notified that the third annual election oiga Board of Directors will bg held at the office of the Secretary on Monday, February sth, 1877, at 7 o’ilock' T, M, D.. W. GREEN, Sec’y. ' Ligonier, Ind., Feb. Ist, 1877. : - 7 :

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] ] 9 il SHERIFF'S SALE. : ! BY VIRTUE of an EXECUTION on TRANS- - cript to me directed by the Cleark of the Noble Circuit Court of Noble county, Indlana, in the case of Solomon Mier vs. Abraham Beanblossom, I will offer for sale at gublic auction at the door. of the court heuse in-the town of Albion, county of Noble, and State of Indiana, on

Friday, February 16th, 1877, Between the hours:.of 10 o’clock, A. M, and 4 o'clock ». M., of said day, all of the right, title and interest of the said Abraham Beanblossom inignd to the following described real estate, to= wit: g Seta

Lot number Three in Richmond’s Addition to the Town ot Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana: = NATHANIEL P. EAGLES, . Sherifl Noble County, Indiana, 1. E. KnIBELY, Attorney for Plaintiff- 3 Albion, Ind., Jan. 22, 1877,-40-4w-pf $6 25 :

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EXECUTORS’ SALE! NQTICE is hereby given that the undafﬂ‘xgned, : "Executor of the Will of Christian Solenberger, deceased, by virtue of an order of the Jndge of the Noble Cirenit Conrt of Noble county, Indiana, made at the January term of said court, 1877, will offer 'at private gale on the premises h&relnafter described, on 2 Saturday, March 24th, 1877, at 10 o'clock, a. m., the following premisesin Baid County of Noble and State of Indiana, to wit: Al] that part of the north-west quarter of section ten, in township thirty-three north, of range eight east, iylng north of the highway leading from Wolf Lake to Oswego, being.one hundred and fifty-seven acres more or leks. 3 If said land should not be sold on sald day pro?oaa{s will be received thereafter until the same 8 80I1d. ;. . TERMS :—One-third cash, one-third in twelve months, and one-third in eighteen months, with interest and purechase money secured by notes and mortgage, waiving valuation laws. January 29, 1877, | SAMUEL OHLWINE, 11 41-3¢ Execntar, A N N 7 LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING in the Post Office at Ligonier, : Indiana,duringthe past week: ¢ ; Browns, Edwin Depgclier. Mrs. Alice Bowman, Jac, Janking, Matthias Canedy, Robert Trumble, €, B, .. White, Mrs. Elizabeth ‘, Persons calling for any of the above letters will please say *‘advertised.” § oo H. M. GOODSPEED, P, M, —Ligonier, Tnd., Fehruary 1, 1877, | P . 8 % 30l s

SNGEBEL & CO'S ADVERTISEMENT. | LARGEST A‘;D LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN ’. " i« Oﬁ‘er ‘Baf_llgilca of I}lleir‘lgarrge S_téck of . CLOTHING! | . ANI) OTHFR GOODS . —FOR-—— o . MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR, T ) FAtaGrﬁat |IP i ' Do Not Buy a Dollar’'s Worth of . Goods Before You - SEE THEIR STOCK & PRICES. ~ 7 ~ENGEL & CO,, The Popular CLOTHIERS, HATTERS & TAILORS, YAy Kendallville, Ind. 'l‘lle‘ Urit;lersigneé_—\;;i:l—: ])ﬁring- Ihe Next 100 DA, » Sel;l Anyt‘h’ing,in his Li:ne,_‘ Su‘qh »as, | 18 U i, Gents ,F‘ur?nishing Goods, HATS AND CAPS, &e., . Wlthout li’egard'fto COSt, o L As I Have Got to Sell : ‘

$5525,000. Worth of Goods within that time, on account of making a S _change In. my business position. . Original Boss Clothing House, LIGONIER, INDIANA. : ol Ligonier, November 30, 1876 -47-tf J. DECKER Is still 'in:-thé Fie‘ld with 611 e of the I.argLt vl lest Mtocks of " : - Table ‘Cutlery, | : L ,-Wh'ic‘h he offers for sale at'_ : b ; Y . . 5 ; ,b - . L T : GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! The Greatest Bargains in ' That‘h_avre evéi‘;beéll offered to the people of Northern Indiana. | o I am offering a _ , Japan Tea for 50 cts. per Ib. ‘whiéh;canno@be bought .élsewherz\ for less ‘;than 5 cents per - ,poun‘d." - Hundreds of my customers can attest to this fact. lam Making a Specialty in Tobaccos. . ————o———-—— | X} . v i MY STOCOKR O [ PUEENSWARE & GLASSWARE I the most complete in this section of the country. . ICanSave ¥ uMoney, By calling and exumining my goods before buying elsewhere L e Ly RORER, LIGONIER, IND, NOVEMBER 98,1870, ... .