The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 February 1877 — Page 2

‘i«.u’“— - “‘g,:n s '_ un"l agu - x E e e : P I~ ; { O, I it R 5 Y - Y WMAINY g 0 .o- s i : s. B.STOLY., Editor and Proprietor . LIGONIER, IND..FEB. 22d, 1877, ATTENTION, HAYES! ' Just after the election in NovemHer. when the result was still in doubt, General Grant telegraphed to Senator =herman as follows: , ~Should there be any grounds ef saspicion of rsndulent connting on either eide, it shounld be ~swted and denounced at ouce. = ~Xoman worthy of theoffice of President should : ¢ willing to hold it if counted in or placed there «¥ xoy frand. Either party can afford to be dis»@painted in the result, but the country cannot . 5.4:4 to have the result tainted by the suspicion «¥ liiczal or false returns.” e ok We recall these wgrds for the bene@it of our republican contemporaries who seemed at one time to approve tive sentiment. It will be gratifying o Mr. Hayes, perhaps, to find pasted «n the door of the White House this «¢lcome, in Grant’s own hand-writ-ing: . “No man worthy. of the office of President should be willing to hold it if connted tn or placed there by fraud.” = hien ;—-—-‘o-(—- s i LET's SEE, what is it Mr. Hewitt . <aid Baker was guilty of when charging Lamar with a design to filibuster ? - Tur Lagrange Btandard, Waterloo Pyess, and Plymouth l)em.om'at do not contain a solitary “déad beat” adverrisewpent for eastern sharpers.

.. W presume Mr. Baker.requires no oihér proof than that furnished by Mr. Hewitt that it wits nof Mr. Lamar’s design to filibuster! 0 ¥ M‘:L lewrTT wants some inforsuation relative to John 11. Baker’s

sobiting qualities, he can probably be ;Lxmmmlabed by addressing Judge Wm. \. Wooeds, Goshen,; Ind.

CONGRESSMAN. BAKER is evidently in search of a little cheap notoriety. ile came very near being accommoGated last Saturday—by almost coming in contact with Mr. Hewitt’s fist.

WoxpEß what sorf of a figure John H. Baker would cutin aduel? Hehas some experience in the handling of a chair, but we hardly think he is skilled in the use of more dangerous weapm7- . i .

CONGRESSMAN BAKER ought to cultivatq'a faculty for whispering while occupying a seat near Mr. Hewitt. %hmr seems to be possessed of an exceedingly sharp ear and a still sharper tongue. N _

. EvERY .time it was proposed to go behind the réports of the Returning Boards and the cértificates of the Governors of Florida and Louisiana, the Republicans would ery out, “Oh, that will elect Tilden!” Do you see the point ¥ " Lt

“iT IS QUITE. PROBABLE that U. S. Sepator Simon . Cameron, who has reached his 78th year, may conclude 10 resign before the adjournment of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Should he conclude to do so, his son Don, the sresent Secretary of War, will be elect‘=l as his successor. ,

Ex-Gov. STEARNS, of Florida, testified at Washington last week that no troops were necessary in that State Jast November—that there was no time when he (Stearns) could not quell any disturbance with his own militia, and he gave no intimation to ‘the authorities at Washington to the contrary. i e —— e — - WaEX the Goshen Zimes gets its par for advertising for Holloway & ©o. Ash & Robbins, “Rev.” Joseph T. luman, the St. Joe .\merican Medicine Co, and Dr. G. W. Frazier, the pablisher of that journal will confera ZTaver upon the publishing fraternity #,¥ a public announcement of the happ¥ evenl. e

- SEXATOR CONKLING did not vote on the question of confirming the Suppressing Board’s Louisiana decision. ile was indignant at the outrageous decision, and intended to denounce it, Lt the party managers imploréd him not to throw this stumbling block in the path of their nefarious fransactions. It is to be regretted that the New York Senator.allowed himself to be dissuaded froem his righteous intention. k : g

“Just see what a bad effect large majorities have on publicmen. While Baker was simply a 58-majority Congressman, he was noted for his deco-

rous conduct and creditable bearing

n the Hbuse. Since he has been endorsed by 2,000 majority; he has not only tried te out-Morton Morton, but even placed so amiable a gentleman ' as Mr. Hewitt under the necessity of

telling him that he lied! How true that some men can’t let well-enough

* Gov. WELLS of the Louisiana Returning Board said to one Maddox, in substance as fcllows: “Go to Washington and explain the situation. Say that I would like to return the State for Hayes, :,aﬁd' thus save my party, but I will not take the risk unless I am paid for it. The majority is-very heavy for me to.handle, and I do not know where to begin to ‘throw out wotes.” This is the testimony of Maddox, before the House committee, This ‘Wells, the Martinsville Gazette reminds us, is an honored and trusted representative of that high moral organization, the republican party.

ELsEWHERE we publish a number of extracts from some of the leading papers of the eountry in review of the “Electoral Commission’s decision of ~the Florida case. In one or two instances thesé comments are exceed- - ingly severe, notably so that of Don Fialt’s Capital. 1t is to be deeply regreited that the Commission, directly in oppesition 1o the intention of the at -giving it existence, decided to shut out that very light which fairminded mea of all parties desired shed upon the exact facts that would tend to show which way the people of Florida voted last November, The doctrive that there is no remedy in this country for coprecting fraud is so moustrous as to awaken the direst apprehensions of those who believe that the maintenance of republican institutions is indeparably linked with the validity and supremaey of ap honest

* THE SITUATION. . - - The indignation over the outrageous decision of the Electoral Commission for the Suppression of Facts is so intense in all parts; of the country that the democratic members 08 the lower | House have, in a measure, receded from the caucus declaration of Satur- | day last, in order to gain time for giving due weight to the various propositions for checking the consummation of the great outrage. v The :Senate, on Monday, by a strict -party vote of 41 to 28, affirmed the Louisiana decision of the ‘Electoral Commission. Earnest speeches were ‘delivered in denunciation of the Bradley infamy. Senator Thurman said -the decision would- have the v;ejf-! fect of a proclamation to dishonest 'Returning Boards to perpetrate whatever villainy their ‘interests might dictate, with the absolute certainty that they would be successful. Séna-_ tor Bayard said, as a member of the Electoral Commission he had given all that ‘he could give of earnest study,’ patient labor, and devotion to secure a just execution of the law under which he was appointed. His labors and his efforts had been crowned by | failure. He mourned his failure for his country’s sake, for it seemed to hilm not only did this deeision of the eight members of, the ('Jo,mmszlong level in the dust all the essential safeguards thrown around the election of a Chief Magistrate, but it announced i‘ to the people of this land that truth }i and justice, honesty and ‘morality were no longer. the central basis of { their political power. The House did not take final action on the Louisiana decison until Tuesday. As in the Senate, the Bradley decision was characterized as a great outragé upon law and justice. We are pleased to say that several righteous. Republicans joined the I)emool'2l{s in aepl‘ecating the- partisan decision %&l}éﬁdley’s branch of the Commission?; Garfield and Hoar made frantie endeavors to quiet down Professor Seelye and Mr. Pierce, both of Massachusetts, but these gentlemen declined the party | whip and came out in tlie most-em-phatic condemnation of this decision. They did not want the State counted, at all, and Pierce said any- party which’ rode. into power on any such 'title would be overwhelmingly repudiated by the country at the first opportunity. .He produced a great deal of uneasiness among the republican members by his outspoken denunciations and prediction of certain doom to the cause. M. Crapo, another Massachusetts Republican, also -spoke in deprecation of the injustice -done to Louisiana; still he eould not see how the judgment of the Returning Board could be set aside. - S _

~ Charley Foster, of Ohio,laid down ‘the radical policy of the new adminis‘tration in stromg language. = He pledged Hayes to a pacific and generous policy towards the South, and it is supposed the pacific referred to is the. Texas and Pacific. It was a very ‘broad and wholesale bid for conservative southern,support. They will .hold out inducements‘in the-shape of subsidies for internal improvements and divide up the patronage, and begin by recognizing both Nicholls and Hampton. To accomplish this, great efforts will be made to control the organization of the next House, and replace Randall by Garfield.- The southern members, however, seem to be loth to be caught with ‘such chaff. . Though the impression that Hayes will'de inaugurated seems to be general, the Republicans nevertheless feel quite uneasy. - The Louisiana outrage is so flagrant that the average republican politician can see nothing hui disaster -in the future. Even if Hayes should coitie in, the House will be “dead-set” against him from the start, and the Senate will pass from their control two years hence. ConkJing’s open’ denunciation ‘of the Louisiana infamy also worries them. It 15 very evident that ‘Hayes’ Inauguration can be prevented if the Democrats of the House so determine. The 3d of March is close at hand; by judicious delay the time for declaring a result can ‘easily be passed by. In order to frighten Democrats into humble submission to the great outra'g'e, the Chicago Trz'?mne of yest,er? day threatens the election of Morton as President of the Senate, with a view to placing him in the presidential chair un’tilﬁnext Fall, that he might use federal bayonets to overcome thel popular will in a sufficient number of: Southern States to elect a republican President. We hardly think Democrats can be subdued by such threats.

, WE are told by certain wiseacres that the dem’ocratfic members of the Electoral Commission are dcting in a partisan spirit just as much as the Republicans. ‘Ah!that willnot do. The democratic - commissioners, says the Harrisburg Patriot, make and support propositions having no other object save the ascertainment of the honest and lawful vote of the people of the disputed States and the republican commissioners, by “a strict party vote,” ‘defeated them. Is it a partisan act to ipropose to inquire ‘into the honesty ‘and validity of the returns. from the ‘disputed States ? If so, the democratic commissioners may.be justly accused of patrtisanship. DBut is.it not a partisan act to oppose inquiry into the Jhonesty and validity of such returns,? Most assuredly. Because an effort to eover up the truth is a sinistér thing and can certainly not -be calculated to inure to the public good, but on the contrary must be simply intended to aid 'in securing party ends. Cham‘pionship ‘of the truth is not' partisanship. It is patriotism of the loftiest Scriptlon. . sk

NEARLY all_of our Indiana exchanges are publishing the advertisements of a new patent medicire firm styled Holloway. . THE BANNER was “favored” with several offers from the same firm, but demanding pay in’ advance, no- contract has been consummated. ' The reason why is thus explained by an eastern exchiange: . The New York correspondent of a Philadelphia colleeting firm writes them in conclusion: I have nothing more to say only that if you had a load of claims’ vs. Holloway I would not give you a drink for the lot.” Publishers ﬁg]l please note that this is the swindling concern that one Haydock claims to be “general agent” for in the United States. He is 4 swindler.and a scoundrel. © el R

The Sufppresiimi‘ Board.

The Electoral CUemmission Decidesto Exclude All Evidence ~ of the Monstrous Louisib ana Iniquity, And Then Falsely Decides That the ' ‘Hayes Electors Were Elected. The Fraud, False Courilting,. and Perjury of | the Infamous Returning Board Sanc-

tioned by 8 to 7

At 8 o’clock on Friday night a decision in favor of the fraudulent Hayes electors from Louisiauna was given by the Electoral Commission, by a vote of 8 to T—Judges Bradley, Strong, and Millér voting with the républican commissioners — Morton, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Garfield and Hoar.

Ordered that the evidence be not reczived.. This was the order adopted—--8 to T—in the afternoon, on the motion of Hoar of Massachusetts; and it practically carried with it the decision which was given at the evening session. It excluded all the evidence offered in support of any and every objection made to the counting of the Hayes electors. Upon the introduction of Hoar’s grder, Abbott of Massachusetts offered a number of substitutes for it, one after the other, covering the various objections; but they were each and all rejected—B to 7T—as soon as offered. The first favored the reception of evidence to show the unconstitutionality of the-l{éturn‘ing Board ‘and its acts; the second, to show "it" was not legally constituted; the third, to show, its alleged frauds; the fourth, to show it had not jurisdiction to canvass the votes for electors; the fifth, to show that it acted upon false, fabricated, and forged affidavits.in the rejection of over 10,000 votes; and the sixth, to show-that it was guilty of false pretences in the compilation and canvass of the vates. When all of Mr. Abbott’s substitutes had been rejected, Senator Bayard offered a resolution to take evidence regarding the ineligibility of certain Hayes elecfer's; and finally Mr. Justice ‘Field offered a general resolution in favor of admitting evidence upon the several matters whichthe Démocratic objectors had offered to prove;.but these also [were rejected—B to 7—and then the Hoar order against all evidence was passed. - The report of the Electoral Commission was on Saturday sent to the joint convention of both Houses of ‘Congress. i

FROM WASHINGTON

"A CAPITAL HIT. George Bancroft went in to hear the arguments before the Commission on Tuesday of last week, and fell asleep’ while Senator Howe was defending the Louisiana Returning Board, whereupon Randolph Tucker neatly remarked to a companion: “See that, histoiy sleeps while fiction speaks.”” i WILL NOT INTERFERE. It is staled on trustworthy authority that President Grant will not interfere in Louisiana affairs during ‘the remaining two weeks of-this administration further than to preserve the peace and the status quo. His idea is that he ought not to do anything in the closing days of his administration to embarrass the policy of his successor, but ought rather to turni the whole problem over to the latter, to be dealt with as may he deemed best. )

WILL WAIT AND SEE HQOW OREGON GOES. = :

The House caucus on Monday was well attended and the party, favoring all delay possible, has gained strength. Messrs. Payne and Neil are the only Democrats from Ohio who want the count to proceed, Mr. Jones, of Kentucky, wanted the. Democrats on the ‘Commission to withdraw. Mr. Randall was very violent against allowing the conspiracy to succeed. A motion finally passed providing that the caucus take a recess until after the Oregon decision. A motion providing for peaceably proceeding ‘with the count was tabled by a large majority. This leaves the ‘programme still in doubt. : . CONKLING ACTS THE COWARD. Senator Roscoe Conkling came near making himself immortal last Monday. He announced the night before to several friends that he could not allow the decision in the Louisiana case to pass without his earnest protest, because he believed the frauds there were too palpable for a party to carry. There were six others prepared to follow his lead. On going to the Capitol on Monday he was still of the same opinion, but absented himself in the Committee room until after the joint convention. Before the deDbates began in the Senate at 1 o’clock, Matthews and Evarts went to him in great alarm, seeing that Edmunds, Blaine- and three other Republi%,ans ‘were absent, and by urgent entreaties changed his purpose. He did not appear to protest. Had he done so he could with six followers have turned the tide against the Louisiana infamy by a majority of one. ' Asg it is he will Jose caste with his own party and the respect of honest and fair minded men generally. : i %

“EiGHT TO SEVEN.” . “A strict party vote.” The vots of Florida and Louisiana is given to Hayes and ‘Wheeler dishonestly, fraudulently, violently, shamelessly, by a partisan majority of the Electoral Commission. Nevertheless a majority of the people, according to the testimony, voted for Tilden and Hendricks. Figures will not lie, but technicalities can be made to cover a lie even by Judges cf the Supreme Court of the United .States,

For Mr. Hayes the Radical papers claim asingular amount of virtue, because ever since the election he has held his tongue. As well mighf they say that the boy who puts anothﬁlr boy up to stealing apples on shares; and patiently waits in silence just 31““19 the orchard fence fo get the: spoil, merits praise for not yelling *Stop thief!” when Zmeh puts the fruit in his poeket.-—~N. Y. World. -+

RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.

Emphatic Denunciation of the Commission’s Perfidious g T

No Respect for the Recei?ver of Stolen Goods.. :

’ A Propheey. [From the Indianapolis News (Ind. Rep.).] . Although not in the prophecy line, put us down for a little one. The Returning Board business will come back ¢0 plague the Republicans. It is an idea the Democrats will improve on. They never fail to adopt such means and take out patents for novelties about them. They will use them some day to the awful disgust of the country. Mind that. : ; The Duty of Congress. ; w 4 (From the Cincinnati Enquirer.} This practically ends the work of the Tribunal.: It is incapable of decency or honesty. It will be worse than useless to argue any further question before it for any purpose save delay. It has no longer a title to respect or'a right to exist. It is a mockery. Two things alone remain to be done by the Democrats. It-is the imperative duty of the seven members of the Commission to immediately withdraw from it. Their selfrespect commands this. Next, it is the duty of every democratic member of Congress to object to every electoral vote that shall hereafter be offered, and, by delay, prevent the consummation of the intended and attempted infamy. We can afford’ to go before the country having by any lawful method stopped this advertised outrage. No More Comprommses with Satan. (From the St. Louis Republican.) i * The Democracy should faithfully perform their part of the contract. They are the victims of a miserable cheat, but it is better to be cheated than to break plighted word. They have promised to abide by the decision of the Cominissién, and the promise must be fulfilled no matter what the sacrifice, No sacrifice is irreparable which does not involve the loss of honer, ! and democratic honor is pledged to stand by the result, whatever it. may be and however reached. Therefare let the game be played out, and let the owners of the marked cards walk off with the stakes. Better to lose by honesty than to win by scoundrelism. - :

One consolation there is, however. There will be no more compromises on political questions in this country. A presidential dispute will never again be submitted {to arbitration. Republican perjury has put an eternal quietus upon that kind of business. Deceived and outraged once, the people will not be a ‘second time. They know the enemy with whom they are contending, and, henceforth will act 'in accordance with the dearly purchased knowledge. | .

The Nation’s Dixhonor. (From the Louisviile Courier-Journal.)

© These times are furnishing to history the record of the triumph of fraud and perjury and scoundrelism tricked out in the garb. of law. They are furnishing the pictures of our greatest judges and our leading statesmen prostituting their position, their ability, and their personal honor to give validity to fraud that was never before, under any judicial system, beyond the correction of the hand of justice. No' personal or party gain will- ever wash away the stain that will disfigure these men who have proved themselves' so unworthy 'of the honorable trust that has been reposed in- their integrity- They will merit the contempt which;they will receive from every man who values honesty and honor, unless, indeed, they are forgotten in the heartier contempt® that will be meted out te the man who will accept pdsition through such means. The country has been reviling the louisiana Returning Board as a set of arrant knaves. They have their equals on the Electoral Commission, and -they will find a familiar spirit in the White House when all this miserable fraud is consummated. And for all this there appears to be mno remedy. Though the Democrats have been deceived and tricked, they will not violate the honor they. pledged to the country when they agreed to arbitration. :But while they honestly submit, they can, with dignity, wash their hands of the dirty proceeding and not give that decency to it thav the participation of' h:“ nest men might confer. ¥ Let lllh Be Anathema. (From the Indianapolis Sentinel,)

The decision of the joint commisgion to count Louisiana for Hayes makes it certain that he will be counted in‘President of the United States. Every intelligegt man in the country knows that he' was not elected, and that he will become President by virtue of fraud and villainy of the deep: est dye. In' monarchies, kings arg said to rule by the grace of Gud; in republics, the executive is supposed to bé chosen by the people; but Rutherford B. Hayes will become President, not, by the grace of God nor the votes of the people, but by the act of the corrupt Returning Boards of the States of Florida and Louisiana. There is not a man in the United States of ordinary intelligence, not blinded by political prejudice, :but knows that Mr. Tilden was fairly and honestly elected President of the United States in November last. He knows equally: well that Mr. Hayes will hold office by reason of the success of fraud and perjury; that this is the case, Mr. Hayes knows full well himself. Under such circumstance, what is the duty of every honorable man in the country? Itis to denounce him as a receiver of stolen goods; ‘as the President of Returning Boards composed of rascals and "thieves, and as a man utterly unworthy of the respect of the American people. His name will go down ito posterity as that of the first American who became President through rascality and‘fraud. The people who have been so foully wronged will ‘teach their children to loathe his very mname. They will tell them the story of the great wrong that/has Jeen committed against constitutional gavern: ment in giving him aa office after the people had elected another to fill it, and that he consented to accept the stolen honor. ° . When he becomes President no nmian who loves honesty and fair dealing ouglit to extend to him the aménities of social life. He goes into office in a way which gives him no title to the respect of the people. A man who will accept an office. which he knows rightfully belongs ta apother Is no better than one who takeés property that belongs to another. If fraud is tolerated in legislative and judicial circles it will not be by the people, and they will ostracize socially any man who puts upon: himself stolen robes, whether he be JPresident jor private citizen, : : © Simply Damunable.-: (From the Chicago Times.) After the National Returning Board made up its record .in the Florida cage, there was no reasonable ground for expecting a different conclusion in the matter of the Louisiana electoral vote, Nevertheless, the decision of the caurt in this latter case—is so coldsblooded, so undisguised in its recognition of fraud and forgery as

legitimate factors in elections, that the moral sense of the people will rebel against it, and demand that all legal and constitutional means shall be used to prevent tge consummation of this iniquitous decree of the eight shameless © champions of political swindling who compose the majority of the commission. It was proposed | by the counsel to prove by competent evidence that the aet of Louisiana establishing the Ret uéni‘ng( Board is unconstitutional ; that even according to the Louisiana law the Board was not legally constituted, its members having ‘deliberately refused to obey the statutory requirement of representation lof both parties; that the Board had no jurisdietion, under the laws of Louisiana, or of the United States,] to canvass votes for electors of President, and that its acts are therefore void; that the Board deliberately falsified the returns; that the affidavits upon which sixty-nine precincts 'were disfranchised weve false, and many of them forged under direction of the Returning Board; that two of the Hayes electors were ineligible by reason of holding federal offices; and that the Tilden electors were appointed by a clear majority of the legal votes cast at the<election in November. The offer of evidence on each: of these points was separately made,: and was rejected as soon as made by a vote of seven to cigiht. It will be seen that the ground thus proposed to be covered embraced the legal existence of the Returning Board and the legality of all its proceedings in relation to presidential electors. The “allegation is, in a word, that four men, without lawful authority to act at all as canvassers, made outa false and fraudulent return of votes, and that upon this false return certain persons usurped the funefions of electors. There is no question that this aliegation and all its constituent parts could be established by ample evidence; but the Bradley Commisiion, solemnly sworn, to-examine all the evidence, | deliberately refused to teceive or ex-| amine any of it, and resdved that the votes of the Hayes electars, stamped «with fraud at every step, shall jbe counted and shall in fact appoint the next President 'of the United . States. In effect, the Commission have decided that if a canvassiny officer makes a false return, and all the world knows that it is false,it must be nevertheless accepted as wue because he holds a color of autherity to act as a canvassSer. 'For all practical purposes, according to this most infamous decision, fraudulent votes fraudulently returned count fo:r as much as if they were honest votes lawfully counted. Words -hat imperfectly characterize the] scoundrelism of this decision. It I 8 simply damnable. Xy

A MODERN JUDAS.

Edn{undb the Vilest Sinner of the 5 Rascally Gang. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The Democrats are' beginning to get it through their .skulls that the arch trickster of this conspiracg is Edmunds. . Before the bill passed the Senate he assured numerous democratic Senators - and members of the H¢use whose support he wanted that it was designed to probe things to the bottom and settle them on their merits. The democratic members of the first electoral/committee also say! that just as the committee were completing their labors a resolution was introduced providing for going behind the returns from the disputed States, bu; Edmunds said this was altogether unnecessary, as the bill contemplated such an investigation. Now he boldly goes back on his record and breaks faith in a most brazen manner with men’ who patriotically supported him. e Hoar is also accused of the'same infamous conduct. He will be thoroughly exposed in ‘due course of time. ' BRADLEY SHOWS UP MEAN. When Bradley began to read his opinion in the Lousiana K case the Democrats on the commission felt sure that he would decide with them, but he wriggled out of it on technicalities. His hand trembled violently and he showed much agitation, and finally staggered to asofa, and there completed the reading of his infamous verdict in nervous tones. b

‘_‘ OUR” BAKER ON THE RAMPAGE! : Mr. Hewitt Gives Him the Lie Direct. From Monday’s Chicago Times AN APOLOGY FOR THE TRUTH. . There was a lively little passage at: arms on the floor of the house, Saturday afternoon, wlgch, however, was of ‘a wholly private nature, and did not attract the attention of many persons. It illustrates the. intense state of feeliing that prevails in the house. Mr. ‘Hewitt, of New York, and Mr. Baker, of Indiana, the latter beiug a republican member of the red-hot variety, have seats next to each other, near the front row on the left of the main aisle. When Mr. Lamar offered his resolution to postpone the resumption of the count of the electoral votes until Monday, somebody near Mr. Baker asked, “What is that?” not understanding the meaning of the resolution: “It is a little piece of filibustering,” replied Mr. Baker. “That is a lie,” said Mr. Hewitt, who heard the remark. This explosion on the part of Mr. Hewitt was heard by several members, and caused a sensation in the vicinity. Baker at once retorted by calling Mr. Hewitt a liar, and for a minute there was a prospect of fisticuffs. Mr. Hewitt, who was very excited, got up from his seat and walked! away. He soon cooled off, however, and returned, whereupon the Indiana Representative demanded an apology. Mr. Hewitt declared that there was not one word of truth in Mr. Baker’s statement that the’ Democrats had begun to' filibuster, but finally con: sented to apologize for having given Mr. Baker the lie direct.

; Attempt at Assassination. - ‘An attempt to assassinate “Governor” Packard, of Louisiana, was made last Thursday about noon. W. H. Weldon, a stray lunatic from Philadelphia, Pa:, sought the Governor in his room in the Louisiana State House, and, in the presence of half -a dozen witnesses, leveled a pistol at his heart. Packard struck the pistol down, and the shot entered his knee. A Dby-stander promptly returned the greeting by shoofing the assassin in the arm. Weldon’s explanation of the affair is that he and four others had formed a deliberate plan to release Packard from his -earthly cares, but his contederates all deserted him at the State House door.. The motive that inspired this adventurous Philadelphian to don the: m&ntle of J. Wikes Booth was “patriotism,” Packard sustainef only slight injuries.

The Would-Be Assassin of Packard, ’ Bethlehem (Pa.) Dispatch to Philadelphia Press, © William H. Weldon is % 'son of Rev. C. F. Weldon, a Lutheran minister, fox;merl%( of Hethlehem and now of Philadelphia. Young Weldon was educated at Bethlehem in the home school, of which Charles H.Schwartz was the superintendent, I.ater on he wasin a dry-goods store in this place, when he removed with his father to our city, where he was employed at Sharpless’s, Eighth and Chestnut streets. After leaving that firm he went West to Cincinnati, where he held a responsible position in a large. establishment, e then drifted to Mobile, Alabama. -He is about twens ty-eight years of aga. : &

. LEGISLATIVE ITEAMS. i P T Gleaned From the Daily Reports of the Proceedings, ~ —A bill has passed the House by a vote of 69 to 6 which provides that in all expenditures of money exceeding $30,000 the county commissionersshall first secure the consent of a majority of the people by a vote or petition. ~ —House bill 125 by Mr. Cook,amend- ; ing section 2 of the act to discourage the keeping of sheep-killing dogs, by allowing men to keep one dog free from taxation, was not passed—ayes, 18; noes, 59. :§ = ; . —House bil} 244 by Mr. Zimmer‘man, to amend the act providing for township elections. It fixes the time of such elections on the first Monday in April in each alternate year. The bill was not passed for want of a constitutional majority —ayes, 46 ; noes,32. —A Dbill has passed the House authorizin{ County Commissioners to appomnt¥tudents to Purdue University. - The bill provides that the Commissioners appoint if they deem'prop: er, two students, who shall attend without charge, and have prior right in the selection of rooms. \—.'—Se.n‘utor Dice has offered an amendment to the constitution so that Clerk, Auditor, Recorder, Treasurer, Sheriff, Caroner and Surveyor shall be elected for four years, and the Clerk, Auditor, Treasurer and Sheriff shall not hold oflice to exceed four years in any period of eight years. S

—The game law passed by the Senate and which will probably be passed by the House, forbids the killing of deer except in October, November and December; quailsand pheasants except in N ovem_ber and December, with two dollars fine per bird. for killing 1n any other month; prairie chickens 'may be killed in Oetober, November, December and January, with same penalties attached; forbids killing at any time the small birds, wrens, sparrows, etc, or molesting in any way their eggs;. and heavy 'penalties are enacted against express 'companies transporting game killed in violation of the act. -

—A bill has'been introduced in the Senate amending the 'séhool law in regard to the appointment; of county superintendents. The ‘gprincipal amendment is that after being appointed by the township trustees the superintendent shall be examined by the. State Board of . Education, and shail not act without the certificate of the board as to his qualifications. This provision, the Indianapolis Journal thinks, “if carried into effect, will insure good county superintendents, which is a great desideratum in the school system. = The county superintendent feature of the school system is an excellent one, but as the law now stands some very incompetent persons are appointed. The bill referred to is designed to correet this evil, and should pass.”

Indiana News Items.

Gov. Williams has isigned eleven bills passed by the Legislature. As there are no vetoes this sums up the work of that body up to that date. The hogs in Benton county are dying in large numbers of 'a disease somewhat similar to' lung fewver.— Many farmers have lost from twentyfive to one hundred ang fifty head. A maniac by the name of John Alexander, living with his brother near Lag(])untaine, ‘Wabash county, recently killed his brother’s wife by cutting her throat and afterwards took his own life. ;

Last Friday afternoon Mr. Charles G. Pfeiffer, who lives three miles north of Fort Wayne, fell from the haymow in his barn to the floor, a dis 4 tance of twenty feet, sustaining injuries.of a serious nature. | ; ~ Rev. N. S. Ragsdale, moral instruetor to the State Prison at Michigan City, has been bounced for visiting a house of ill fame at Indianapolis, ‘and ccharges of moral Irregularities not becoming a minister of the gospel. The evangelist Brown has closed his labors in LaPorte. The Chronicle estimates the converts as, the fruit of his preaching at 600, embracing many prominent citizens. He is now at Mishawaka holding a series of ‘'meetings. : ! ' ' " The ﬁgianapolis Sentinel says: “A new us 25 cent piece has made its appearance and deceives even the tellers at the banks, but when jingled on the counter it has a very dull sound, so it is not as‘available for purposes Of liquidation as counterfeit serip.” : :

The Indianapolis Sentinel says: “Alexander Stewart, an employe at Root’s foundry, killed a goose yesterday weighing 96 pounds, from which he got five gallons of goose grease. He brought the liver, which weighed 10 pounds, to the foundry to show it to the boys.” : R. T. Taylor, the defaulting cashier of the First National Bank of Franklin, was taken to the Insane Asylum, at Indianapolis, a commission having declared him insane. The amount of alleged embezzlements is $lBO,OOO, which is $48,000, more than the capital stock of the bank.' | .

The bill in the Senate-providing for the purchase by the State of the Fair and Exposition Grounds was tabled one day last week by a nearly unanimous vote. The Board offered the lot, which includes 36 acres, for $90,000. In 1873 it refused $240,000,— Some idea may be gathered from this of the great depreciation of property at Indianapolig, : ; i Fort Wayne’s water supply for fire purposes was suddenly cut off last ‘Sunday night, by a break in the Wabash and Erie Canal, four miles and a-half west 'of that city. The dam was re-built last year at an expense of $lO,OOO, and it will require that sum of money to replace it. Fort Wayne will be without water for fires for several months to come.

, | Dr. M. M. Wishard, Superinténdent of the Soldier’s Home, at Knightstown, mysteriously disappeared from his home two weeks ago, and nothing could be ascertained of his whereabouts until Wednesday of last week, when a dispatch was received from' New Orleans announcing the fact that he had committed suicide in that city on the night previous. A letter wag found on his person attributing the cause to the habit of eating opium ' The town of Franklin was considerably agitated the other week, by the defalcation and flight of R. T, Taylor, Cashier of the First National Bank of that city. - During the past few years he had been appropriating the funds of the bank and by a system of false entries made it appear that all was right. Gathering what ready cash he could, he fled for parts unknown, leaving a letter explanatory of his eriminal course. Last Friday a week he returned barefooted, crazed and almost penniless, and claims he took no money with him but was driven wild by remorse. He is now in {;‘ﬁl waiting the action of the law in his case, An investigation into the affairg of the bgnk shows that he has squandered more than one hundred and fifty thonsanddollars of its money.

WELLS’ PRICE.

What He Wanted for an Honest

: ; Count. v ‘ The c:znmittee on the powers, privileges, and duties of the House, Saturdap morning eqamined.Duncan P. Kenner, of New Orleans, who said Gov. Wells told an untruth in testifying that Kenner offered him a bride to test the vote of Louisana for Tilden. The witness stated further that he met Gov. Wells on the street Nov. 17 or 18, and said he wished to see him at his (witness’) office. Wells replied that hé was perfectly willing to talk frankly and' freely on the subject of the election, but that he was a poor man. This allusion led the witness to suppose that he alluded to the loss -of his office, and the witness asked what office Gov. Packard could offer that would compensaté him for the hatred | of his people. ' Wells replied that he did not care for the office,’but that any compensation he might receive for his coursé must enable him to re‘tire to his plantation in Rapides parish; that this was a big thing, the biggest thing he ever handled, and promises would not answer this time, ‘as he was determined to make it tell. The /'witness urged ''Wells to .name some amount, but he refused, saying he must first consult with TomzAn~derson.. ‘At another interview, Wells said he doubted whether he could do i anything because Anderson doubted his (Wwitness’) ability to raised a large enough amount. Witness asked how much Anderson wanted, and Wells replied half a million.' The witness said this was perfectly ridiculous, and and if the demand was insisted upon, they might as well drop mattérs. After the promulgation of the vote they met, and the witness. expressed his astonishment and ‘regret at Wells’ course. Wells said, “what could I do? You had no money.” The witness said he hoped Wells had made himself safe, and Wells replied, “You bet,” or words to that effect. The witness, on cross-examination, said he had hired a room in the City hotel, in which they met and named several persons to whom he spoke’on the subject of raising money. He himself proposed to give $5,000. - ’

“The course of the so-called Electoral ‘Tribunal calls to mind a horse race out on Long Island years ago. Farmer Brown boasted of having the fleetest mare in Suffolk county, and a Brooklyn sportsman, who also owned a fast trotter, was induced to make a match. - The city man toolt his animal to the country and saw at a glance that it was superior to Farmer Brown’s, They measured off a mile in the road. Two men were .selected to start the horses and three to see the finish. The Brooklyn man accepted the services of a bright boy tos ride his horse, and then perched himself on a fenceto see the race. He saw his horse cross the line two lengths ahead, but .to :‘his astonishment Farmer Bro‘w}n’s horse was declared the winner. “Who judged thefinish ?”- .roared the Brooklyn man. Dan’l Brown, Nat Brown, and Tom Brown,” was the reply. “Who started the horses?” “Morton Brown and James Brown.” “Who rode my horse?” “Why that was little Jimmy Brown.” And then the judges voted that there was no going back of the returns.—New York Sun. . - ]

In Januyary, 1875, some men bound and gagged the cashier of the Northampton, Mass., bank, and stole $72,000. The work of the detectives has just resulted in the arrest of Wm. Connors, who was arraigned at the Tombs police court, New York, on the 14th, and committed to await the'arrival of a requisition from the governor of Massachusetts. Two of the same ‘gang named Jim Dunlap and Bob Scott were arrested at Philadelphia, they having left. New York with the intention of going to Richmond, Va,, where a burglary was contemplated. . T

THE MARKETS.

G LIGONIER. - GRAIN AND SEEDs.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 65¢; Oats, 33¢c; Corn,4s@so¢; Flax Seed, $1 25; Clover Seed, $8 75; Timothy Seed, $2 00@2 25. Propucer.—Hogs, live, ¥ cwt $5 00, dressed 85 76@6 00; Shoulders, ¥ Ib, 08c; Hams, 10c¢; Turkeys, live, per ib, Te; Chickens, s¢; Bees Wax, 25¢; Butter, 15c; Lard, 10c; Eggs, # doz., 10c; Wool, ¥1b,35@40c; ?eachers, 6¢; Tallow, 6¢; Apples, dried, s¢, green, {3 bu. 25¢; Potatoes 75@90c; Hay, ton, marsh $B, timothy $lO. . i KENDALLUVILLE.. | | GRAIN AND SEEDS.— Wheat, white’ $1 48, red $1 45; Corn, 45¢; Oats, 38¢; Clover Seed, $8 75; Flax, $1 50; Timothy, #2850 | L : OTHER PRODUCE.—Hams, @ b 12¢; Shoulders, 08c; Lard,llc; Tallow,7c; ‘Wool, 35¢; Butter, 15¢; Beeswax, 25¢ 5 Apples, dried 414¢, green, ® bu., 25c; Potatoes, $1 00; Eggs, @ doz. 12¢, CHlCAGO—Fébruary 20. 1877, GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $145; Corn, 4114 c; 0at5,3315c; Rye,6Bc; Barley, 55%4¢c; - Clover Seed, . $9 00@9 30; Timothy, $1 60@1 80; Flax, $1 55@160. ’ ; . ,

PropucE.—Mess Pork, @cwt, $l4 20 @l4 2214 ; Lard, $lO 55@10 60; Hams, green, P 1,734 @9 c; Shoulders, 734 c; Dressed Hogs, Pewt, $6 00@7 25; But= ter, fair to good, 16@17¢, choice, 25@ .28¢; Eggs, § doz, 13c; "Potatoes, 90c @%sl 10, ' / A PouLTßY.—Turkeys, dressed, ¥ Ib, 11@12¢; Chickens, s@loc¢; Ducks, 8@ 10¢; Geese, T@9c. , ; (}‘OLEDO.—February 21, 1874 - - GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, $l5O, No. 2, Wabash $148%¢; Corn, 44c; Oats, 39%4c; Clover Seed, $8 90. ' Dressed Hogs, very dull, only one lot sold, at $6 50 ®¥ cwt. ; » LIVE STOCK MARKETS. CHICAGO, F'eb. 20.—Cattle, ext heavy, P cwt, $6 00@6 50, good to choice $480@5 25, common to fair $3 90@4 20; cows and heifers, $2 75@3 75. © Hogs, extra heavy $5 75@6 00, common to choice heavy $5 26@5 60, light $5 20 @5 50.. Sheep, good to choice heayy, 1 cwt, $4 00@5 00, fair to medium $3 00@38 5. i J ! ~ BurrLo, Feb. 13:—Cattle. Moderately active, good shipping(l3oo to 1500 1b) $5 @5 'is, butchers’ $4 40@4 90, stock cattle $3 90@4 00. Sheep, prime choice: 1001bs, $5 60@6 50, medium to good $4 50@5 75. Hogs, light $5 50, good heavy $6 40.- - o

PIMPIL.ES.

I will mail (free) the recipe for Yreparing a gimi;le VearrasLe Banm that will remove TAK, RECKLES, PIMPLES and BrorCHEs, ll:avlng the skin, soft, clear and beautiful; also instructions for producing a luxuriam growm of Hair on a bald head or smooth face, 'Address, Ben. Vandelf & Co., Box 5121, No. & Wooster St., N. Y. - . . ERRORS OF YQUTH. A GENTLEMAN who suffered for yedqrs from Nervous Deblli?f. Premasure Decay, and all the effecte of youthful indiscretion will, for the sake of suﬂ'erln{g humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and direction for making the simple rémedy by which he was eured, Sufferers wishing to profit hy the advertiser’s experience can do 8o %{ addresslng.ln perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar Bti, Now York. * 37-6 m-a and oo e e s i it i NSUMPTIVES. - T 0 CONN VES. . The advertiser, havipg been permanently cured of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple remedy, is anxious to make l.rinown to his fellow sufferers the means of curg. 71'o all who desire it, be will gend a copy of the Prescription used, (freg of charge), with the directions for preparing and ﬂuhbg tﬁe game, which they will find a suaE OURK for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONOHITIS &e o ~ Parties wishing the g{eecriptiqn ill g}]eue addareas‘ . Rey: E. A| WILSON, i 194 Pénni Bt., Williamsburgh, iaw York.

L Ei\_’;qz::;. & CO’S ADVERTISEMENT. : LARGEST AND LEADING OLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IR | NOBLE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. ' . ENGEI: & COO. Oﬁ‘er,;:Balla.ntce of ,their Large Stgck of LOTHING! CLOTHING! - ‘;ANDSOTI‘IE-R\G'OFO“DS; | J BMEEN'S AND BOYS® WEAR, Cies oo At 8- Grest R heduction From Regular Prices! Do Not Buy a Dollar’s Worth of . :.iGoods Before You . | SEE THEIR STOCK & PRICES. oo s lENGEL & CO. Thel Popular CLOTHIERS, HATTERS & TAILORS, !z‘;:;{g%ﬂ'iﬁg@;ﬁ;‘ﬁf‘ﬁi‘éé‘:f'f"},4 il Kendallville,-Ind. GREAT CLOSING OUT SALE The: ﬁnd'ersig'nedf;-ir; ])urxng tl:lve\ IVe;Lt g 0 DANE ' sell }kl‘mything 1n his Line, Such as 1 | ‘ ‘Bl | ; - Gents’ Furnishing Goods, ~ HATS AND CAPS, &e., L , i ' . Without I{egardé to Cbst, - -ee L . . ITY VY VY R e s 1 ol AN ,'l"."[-la-véf Got to Sell e 25,000 Worth of Goods within that time, on account of making a | change in‘.my business p(_)siti‘_on. L Ortgint By (ocuing House ZIGONTRR, ZUDTANA: " J:«. DECKER

)fls still in the Field with one of the LargB 2' est Stocks of : - Table Cutlery, - | Whleh he offers for sale at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! The Greatest Bargains in 'l‘haf have .év_ei' ‘bee;x offered to the péégle of Northern Indiéna. e e _,flamoﬁelprglfa L " JF a,pan;"'fl_‘iea for 50 cts. per Ib. Wllidh; cannof be Boughf éls‘é\":#h%ere- for less ‘t'han 75 cents per - pound. ‘ﬁuﬁdreds of my customers can attest to this fact. b e e : ;o lam Making 2 Specialty in Tobaccos. e ____o..,(,__ i :. g MYST()CK o | DUEENSWARE & GLASSWARE By czil}ihé andexammxng my gédds' before »buyiﬁg ‘eléewljxe;he . LIGONIER, IND, SOURMMERNIBMTR & o it