The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 49, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 March 1877 — Page 2

- The Pationa]l Banwey e | 7. 'd!!;bl-l:.mg-d Proprietor. ILIGONIER, IND., MAR. 29, 1877. " <N man worthy of the office of Pres- | ademt sghould. be willing to hold it if ~oumied wn or placed there by fraud.”— TS GmayT. Ex-Gov. CHAMBERLAIN'S wife and «&i)d, with seven or eight large trunks, have mrrived at Washington, a fact =3ich is supposed to indicate an insemizon of abdication. '

“Tus latest from. Washington is to the efiect that Wade Hampton will undoubiedly be recognized as Governor of South Carolina, and that in 1 ouisiana the withdrawal of the fed«r=) tromps will perform alike service 20 Gov. Nicholls. - Rl

By sviTATION of the President, Governors Hampton and.,Cfiamber'iuin sre baving a little conference in the White House this week, to agree ‘sorhe arrangement whereby &m may step down and out ~ith somd degree of dignity. Chamheslain arrived ' at Washington on Tuesday, and bas already poured his ~erievances” into the presidential ear. Wade Hampteon will arrive to-day.

DETVASTATING FLOODS are ?laying sad ‘havoe in some localities 'in the “ew England States, AtStaffordville, Comm, on Tuesday a dam gave way, sweeping nearly everything before it. Tihe railway, freight houyse and all the oS at Staffordville were washed =was. | The national bank, congregasimal choreh, and 15 or 20 buildings huve been destroyed. Damages and Joss very heavy. About th're"l.fmi'les_ «f railroad track were destroygh.q No sites are reported lost as yet. The probable loos in Staffordville alone is estimated at $2,000,000.

Ex-PresipENT GRANT left WashJingtom last Saturday night for Cincinmati, where he will remain four or fwe days, going thence to Chicago and Galena Returning East, he will stop

it (Harrisburg to enjoy trout-fishing in the vicinity, and then proceed to > Philadelphia, where about the 10th of 3iuy be will take passage on an Amer- _ 3cam vessel for Europe with the mem- * jwers-of his family, While at Cincin- ' myti, Grant was the guest of Wash McLean, of the Euguirer: He was . hwmored with a serenade, and respond- . «d in one of his lcharacteristic short " speaches. o L

PRESIDENT HAYES (well put, it tisms 1o gratify our friend Lon Poyser) %as been trying to get a- number of 3-alifiu;lns of both parties toserve on 2 “commission” for the purpose of puiching up a compromise in Louisiamna, but so far he has met with very poer saccess. | The “commission” busimess has become so-odious that few dare 1o expose themselves to criti<ism by serving in that capacity. Pablicsentiment isagainst the scheme. The solution of the southern problem Jies in the withdrawal of federal troops. That done, there will be no Iremble about disposing of the preten- - . A — em— - T=E REPUBLICANS have of late given us so little oc¢asion for commending any of their actions that we are 211 the more ready to avail ourself of the first opportupity to give them gredit for a-praisef“;vorthy act. WereFer to the eledtion of Stanley Matthews as United States Senator from i It is true, he has exhibifed a =ood deal of inconsistency during the past four or five years, and has even been Fuilty of several shabby tricks, 3t on the whole he is not a- bad sort «f a fellow. As compared with his predecessor, John Sherman,'it must be confessed that Matthews is a saint. His zeal to rid Louisiana of her Packamd and South Carolina of her ChamIserlain is worthy of the highest com-

Mz Haves, the World remarks, is zoing 1o juggle with the Southern waestion as Mr. Grant juggled with the guestion of civil-service reform. Mr. Grant appointed a commission which drew up the most exhaustive Teports and codes of rules that anybody ever read, and when they were Lianded to him! to put into effect, calmIv said that he should —or, rather, he might—do $o when tliey didn’t come into conflict with his prerogatives and preferences. Mr. Hayes sends out his Jittle commission on a similar quest #Tter pigeon’s milk but it is only just %o state that he announces ingadvance That the 'Co!nmi?sioners hav‘g no legal status, and that their conclusions and recommendations will in all likelihood receive no attention, i

"TworeH we have but little faith in men of his stripe, it affords us pleaswre 3o give 'due credit to Bob Ingersoll for reminding the ‘American people wof the dangers that threaten the exist-s ence of our republican institutions. - #n his recent speech in the city of " New York on “political questions and amswers,” Col. Ingersoll said in substance that the outlook for the Ameyisan Government was anything but cheerful; that unless the defects in our National Constitution as shown~wip By the late Presidential imbroglio are remedied, our present form of government cannot endure. He condemned the frauds in the ballot and gave it a 8 his opinion that unless laws were enacted to prevent these that 'seom all respect for elections would ‘Wedest. Legislatures and Judges are ‘crested by fraud, and every depart_sment of government has become corrupl. He favored an improved gystem of rvegistration, whereby one wesss residence should be required, =ith a revision of the registry list 60 days before election, and qurliqation; of Uhe names thirty days before, and' wo msn to be allowed to vote whose mame was not registered. Unlesssome uhiscountry. Where fraud is imputed, wur kighest tribunals will be held in

. LOUISIANA AFFAIRS, ~ The dilatory policy of the Hayes administration is beginning to bear its legitimate fruit in Louisiana.- Uncertainty is fast leading to exasperation. Business is prostrated, and commercial interests are steadily on the detline. Nobody feels like embarking in new en_terpriSes under thb ‘present unsettled condition of affairs. Packard’s attempt, last week, to provoke a disturbance of the peace has intensified the critical.state of publie sentiment, and, unless something is soon done to Trelieve an_ oppressed and shamelessly persecuted people, it may be difficult to restrain.the masses from making short work.of the usurpers who are trying to maintain a bogus government-at New Orleans.

Advices from various portions of the State leave no doubt as to the determination of the people to sustain the lawfully chosen (Nicholls). government at all hazdrds. The tax-pay-ers are determined to submit no longer to robbery and usurpation. A-fair index to popular sentiment, and that, too, among the substantial and solid men of the commonwealth, -is given by the-proceedings of a general meet-. ing of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, held on the 23d inst, being the largest ever convened. At this meeting the Nigholls government was’ strongly endorsed. - The preamble pronounces the statement that the business men of New Orleans are willibg to recognize Packard as utterly falsey and the members *and adherents of both political parties.feel called upon, in the interest of peace and good .drder and lzm\\zffil government, to solemnJy ‘protest’ against any credit. being gi&len .to such assertion. The resolutions cite the ready obedience yielded by all classes to the authority of the eourts, sheriffs and other officials acting under Nicholls and thie voluntary, ‘payment of taxes.in advance of the time fixed by law; protest against the right of any power . outside of the State to set up or recognize any State ‘government other than that of Nicholls, and against any. attempt to im-. pose Packard upon the people as Governor of the State, expressing the firm belief that. such ‘an -attempt would le%@fie-seifil strife and to a resistance which would speedily assume such formidable proportions as would"endanger the peace and prosperity of the’ entire country. The preamble and ‘resolution were telegraphed to President Hayes. -~ . - |

- A New Orleans dispatch of the 23d states: I B

It is preposed to hold a' monster mass-meeting of all classes of citizens to affirm the determination of the people to support thelegal government under all circumstances and against all combinations, as Packard has telegraphed Hayes that the Nicholls Legislature is ready to fall to.pieces and the merchants willing to recognize him. Organized boards of trade denounce this as false. ~Quiet will probably reign here till the special commission arrives. - i

What a shame, what an outrage, that such a state of affairs should exist simply' to gratify a set of unscrupulous politicians' who assume that the people of Louisiana havé no rights which'they are bound to respect. '

The Benevolent Association of York hired a stone quarry near that place, where a large number of otherwise unemployed laborers have been kept at work, at ten .cents an hour, during the winter. The result of the work is estimated to be about three thousand perch of broken stone, ready for piking streets or roads.—Penn’a Exchange. - "~ If men of;capital throughout the land had been equally thoughtful and considerate; much of the distress thayfif ~we hear and read of might have been averted. But the facts are, we have toeo many heartless men among the capitalists of this country. They, or ‘at least a large majority of them, care only for themselves. ‘Thev lock up their filthy lucre rather than permif: it to stimulate -trade ‘through the agency of men of piuck and energy. A rare exception may be found in an honored citizen of Indiana—a millionaire, by the way (the mnoble-hearted ‘philanthropist, Washington -C. De- \ Pauw,)—who not only put his capital in circulation but kept his numerous ‘manufacturing -establishments in operation .at an actual pecuniary loss, Solely and_exclusively with a view. to furnishing employment to several ‘hundred of laborers and to save their families from actual want. ~ All honor to such a man! Would that there were-more just like him. =

For THE BENEFIT of those of our Indiana contemporaries who have taken the contract of doing considerable gratuitous advertising for Dr. Robbins, of Syracuse,-N. Y., we reproduce the following from- the wide-awdke publisher of the Selinsgrove (Pa.) Times : . : : ;

Dr. Clark A. Robbins, of Syracuse, again sends us his adv. of a “free cure” for “consumption.” This great cure was discovered by “a venerable missionary physieian who was/ long a resident of Syria and the East,” What a happy coincident in the names of Syria and Syriacuse. It’s a clean case of alliteration. None but a “venerable missionary” could possibly have made such’'a discovery. And now the Doctor says he “feels it his sacred christian duty to impart to -others this wonderful invigorating remedy.” He offers to send the “original recipe free.” What a kind and good hearted soul Dr. Robbins is, and_the people of Syracuse, N. Y., must be unpardonably stupid if shey do not appreciate their distinguished fellow citizen.. What a powerful “christian” he mustße! The Dr. will excuse us, as we are too busy to fool away any more time with such frauds, having had too much York State “improvements” about here for several years past, = -~ ° & ‘

" Hundreds of millions have been lost in the United States during the past two years by the depreciation of the value of stocks, lands.and other properties. These are partly-the results of the extravagance, thieving, and~bad management. of the party that has had control of the government for the last sixteen years.—EHz.

‘Judge Skillen maintains that it is contraction which has wrought all this mischief. The greenback men generally entertain that opinion.

TABULATED RETURNS from all but twenty towns and wards in New Hampshire show that nearly all the constitutional amendments have been adopted, including -the one abolishing the religious test as a iqualification for office. 'The one which proposes to strike out the word “Protestant” from the bill of gights is probably defeated by a few hundred votes, , |

ALBION RUMMAGES. s o = .Our court 18 steadily grinding out and preparing the “boys” for Michigan City., Already three have donned their caps and are only awaiting the signal to start. They are L. T. Fisher who will take up his abode for three years, Chas. Adams who will remain twoand a half years, and Owen Loughlin whose stay will be but a year, and each paying one doliar rent. Others are looking ahead for positions which no doubt will be awarded to them tomorrow (Tuesday). The Grand Jury has done its work for this term. It was in session five days, and more than likely has one indictment for each day in session. A few other cases have passed off the docket, but they were of a quiet nature and, consequently, ‘but little excitement 'is manifested. - A few evenings ago a divorce suit was brought into court, and after a few words, directly in opposition to those spoken by the minister two and a half years preivious, the Judge said, “it is as if it never were,” and they were happy, we suppose.

Is the Auditor’s voice, 'as he calls out “$275! $276! $281.10!” ete,; selling school lands, a sign of hard times?

- Last Friday' the township trustees of Noble county, appointed H. G. Zimmerman to thé County Superintendency. “One good turn deserves another,” and we think our teachers will be pleased with the .“'_newly appointed. Denler & Frazure keep the best eating house known in our town. for quite a time. (il

If the old adage, “the| early bird catches the worm,” is true, then we can pre:_s{ant to you a candidate for all the worms ‘of this season, in the person of a wWee chicken which we found perambulating about in the snow this morning. :

There is a{ present about eight hundred miles'of good sleighing in Noble county. | ‘ That pound party is at last a thing of the 'past. The third evening set for that purpose was nearly as‘bad as the other two, biat John aaid, “We'll have it,” and they had it.- o Wednesday?/will bé a day of emigration. ; J. C. Wolf ‘gave an exhibition at the close.of his school, last Friday evening. . A good time is reported, with the exception of quarreling among those who are old enough and ought to-know enough to do better. But no doubt it was meant for a biblieal scene, representing the little unpleasantnesséhat,at one time sprang up between Cain and Able. I JAP.

FAIR VIEW ITEMS. ; To the Editor of The National Bafiner: As this part of the moral vineyard has, not been represented in the col-’ umns of THE BANNER, we thought we would represent it. i We, as citizens of this place, have no reason to complain so far as health is concerned. ‘ : Still we have plenty of snow, We surely | ought to take advantage of this, for it will go some of these days and may not be expected to return. We hope we will have a good wheat crop, as we shall need it under the Hayes administration. We wonder how our republican fricnds liko our ex-rebel - Post Master-General, appointed by Hayes ? : One case of matrimony last week. Mr. William Sparrow -and Miss Adaline Mawhorter were joined in marriage by Rev. David Ber. . Suctess to the happy couple. May you do well, ‘William, and get. as rich as Vanderbilt, '« L i

School closed here last Friday.. The weather being stormy prevented the pleasant time that had been anticipated. -Mr. Charles Wolf, the teacher, is a lively boy and taught us a good school, At the close speeches were made by Mr. Joseph DBer, John Calbeck and the teacher. :

Religious services were held at the school house last Sunday. ~ Owing to the inclemency of the }yeather,'ihe turn-out was small, - :

New. neighbors have moved in on the Winstead farm. i

" Mr. Cress is ereeting a new dwelling on the corner.”, Wes. is a lively boy and we wish him success in his new house. .

There is some rumor through this vicinity of a gentleman getting a situation at cutting wood for a widow. Now Pete, make the chips fly. R ¢ VINC.

[The writer of the above assures us in a. private letter that he is one of out subseribers, but fails to give his Teal name. Though contrary to our established rules, We,publgsll the communication for the news it contains, but must still ifisist on knowing who our correspondents are.—ED.) ‘

e = Bank Robbed. The Indiana National Bank, at Indianapolis, was on Wednesday of last week robbed of $25,000. At about noon a man entered the bank carrying a lemon ‘box carefully wrapped with paper and tied with cords. This he set down to one side of the teller’s window, and mounting it reached over the screen, grabbed an armful of packages of money and ran out. He dodged in at an entrance on Washington street, which proved to be that of .a stairway, hagtily ascended the stames, and passed down another in the rear from which he gained Court street. In passing through this building he was lost sight of, and is still at large. Because of the suddenness and boldness of the act, he was not seen with sufficient clearness fo be described, and- he will most probably ‘make good his escape. In passing from the bank he dropped two $5OO packages which were recovered. Three .of the officers of the bank were present when the robbery was committed, but none saw it until after the robber had secured the money and was stepping ifrom the box. He was immediately pursued but ineffectually,— Several arrests were made during the afternoon and night which followed, but the right man was not found.

TuAT intensely loyal sheet, ® the South Bend Register, is constrained to remark: : :

Seme of the Republican papers are criticising Hayes’ views of civil service reform sharply, . ‘They don't see any chance for office in the change. Let a campaign "be conducted on “principle,” and it would dwindle down pretty thin, for thé candidates are generally the leading spirits.

. A New York special, March 26th, says yesterday afternoon Alfred Pickard, in a fit of jealousy, bound his wife to a chair in which she. was sleeping and then cruelly disfigured her face by the free application of vitriol, : ' =

Lee Executedat Last.

Shot on the Scene of the Terrible Mountain Meadows ~ Massacre. : His Confession and Expiation 20 Years After the Crime : in Which He Led. . ¥ ___+ . s " SALT LAKE, U.. T.,, March 23.—At Mountain Meadows, the scene of the massacre, John D. Lee was executed to-day at 11 A. M. A company of soldiers from Camp Cameron formed an escort to the scene. On the road from ‘Beaver, Lee was taciturn, preserving a-monotonous silence to all questions asked. They arrived on the ground, and then he became more communicative, and declared that he was innocent of all offense. Brigh%‘m Young he' declared had gone back on him, and that he was sacrificed in a cowardly and dastardly manner. At10:30 ‘Lee’s coffin was placed twenty-five feet in front of a corral formed by three wagons, behind which were five men armed with needle-guns. After Marshal Nelson concluded readingthe order of the court at10:34 A. M., he asked Lee if he had anything to say before the execution was carried into effect. Lee said: -“I wish to speak to that man,” pointingto Mr. Fennemore, who was fixing the camera near to take, Lee’s photograph, preceding the ~shooting.’ Lee then called to the artist, who replied, “In a second, Mr. Lee.”” When Mr. Fennemore signified his readiness to.listen, Mr. Lee said, “I want to ask a favor of you. I want you to furnish each of my tlgree wives a copy of the photograph*>{meaning the -one being taken,) a eopy to Rachel A., Sarah C. and Emma B.” Mr. Howard responded for the artist, “He says he will do it, Mr. Lee.” Lee carefully repeated the names over again, saying, “please forward them.” He thenaroseand said: I have but little to say this morning. ¢ Of course I feel that I am-upon the brink of eternity, and the solemnity of eternity should rest upon my mind/ at the present. I have made out, or endeavored to do.so, a manuscript and an abridged history of my life. = This will be published. Sir, I have given my views and feelings with regard to all these things. I feel resigned to my fate. I feel ascalm as a summer morning. . I have done nothing intentionally wrong. My conscience is clear before God and man,. and Lam ready to meet my Redeemer. That it is that places me upon this field. I arh notan infidel. Ihave not denied (%od or his mercy. 'I am a strong believer in these things. The most I regret is parting with my family. - Many of them are unprotected and will be left fatherless. = When I speak of those little ones they touch a tender chord within me. Here Lee’s voice faltered perceptibly. Hecontinued.. I- have done nothing designedly wrong in this affair. -I uded my utmost endeavors to save these pecple. I would give worlds, were they at my command, to have avoided that calamity; but I could not. = I am sacrificed to satisfy feelings and am used to gratify parties; but lam ready to die. I have no fear of death; it has ‘no terrors for me, and no particle of mercy have I asked for from Court or officials to spare my life. = Ido not fear death. I shall never go to. a worse place 'than the one I am now in. I have said it to my family and: I will say it to-day, that the Governnrent of the United States sacrifice their best friend, and that is saying a great deal; but it is true. lam a true believer in the gospel of Jesus Christ. I do not believe everything that is now practiced and taught by Drigham Young. Ido not agree with him. I believe he is leading the peopleastray. But I believe in the gospel as taught ‘in its purity by Joseph Smith in former days. I have my reasons for saying this. I-usedto make this man’s will’ my pleasure, and did so for thirty vears. See how and what I have come to this day! I have beén sacrificed in a cowaxrdly, dastardly manner. There are thousands of people in the church—honorable, goodhearted —whom I cherish in my heart. I regret to leave my family. They are near and dear to me.. These are things to arouse my sympathy. I declare I did nothing designedly wrong in the unfortunate affair. I did everything in my power to save all emigrants, but I am the one that must suffer.! Having said this "I feel resigned. I ask’the Lord my God to extend his mer? to me and receive my spirit. = My labors are done here. _After the speech, Parson Stokes (Methodist) made a prayer commend‘ing the soul of the condemned man to God. Marshal Nelson bandaged the miserable nian’s eyes as he sat perfectly motionless. Preparations having been :completed, the Marshal, in clear, unfaltering voice gave the command, “Make ready.” “Aim.” “Firel” The .prisoner had requested the executioners to aim well for his heart. He fell back over his coffin on the discharge. of the pieces, and died without a struggle.. The execution took place one hundred "yards from the emigrants’ monument. lee was six~ ty-four years old, and leaves over a ‘dozen wives and fifty childrén unprovided for. -

The body is now on its way from the scene of the execution to be delivered to relatives at Cedar City.

The Story of the Massacre. LEE’S SHARE AND REWARDS RECEIVED FROM BRIGHAM YOUNG. . Nearly 20 years ago a large train of emigrants set out from -Arkansas for California, taking their way through Utah territory. They numbered, with the women and children, about 140 persons, and had with them a large quantity of personal property, besides cattle and horses to the amount of $800,000.. When they arrived in the Territory: the Mormons refused to sell them provisions or fodder, peremptorily ordering them to break up their camp and move away from Salt Lake City. Surprised at this treatment-and sadly inconvenienced by it, they mov.ed on by the southern route toward California. They were preceded by. George A. Smith—afterwards a leading man in Brigham Young’s council—who. gave orders at all Mormon villages that no food or grain was to be supplied them. While the band of emigrants pursued their way a Mormon council was held, at which George A. Smith, W. H. Dame, 1. C. Haight and John D. Lee determined the manner in which their victims should be mas- | sacred, Just where the California road crosses the Santa Clara Canon, about forty miles southwest of Cedar City, are the Mountain Meadows, and here the emigrants encamped to rest -and recuperate.before traversing the desert. Suddenly, at daybreak of Monday, Sept. 10, 1857, the camp was attacked by Indians, who, at their first fire, killed seven and wounded fifteen of the whites. : The latter returned the fire, and quickly 'drawing up their wagons made a -king of Intrenched camp, from within which they defended themselves, Then a runner was sent into Cedar City by-the attacking party, and Lee came out in command of the Mormons, with orders, as Haight said, from headquarters to “massacre every damned one of them.” The number of Mormons was from time to time increased, but | they were unable to drive the emigrants from their shelter. = They clogely surrounded them, however, and the begieged party were suffering

tortures from thirst. Some women. tried to reach tlie little brook that ran near at hand, but were shot down. Then two little chjldren made the attempt, and they too fell, riddled by bullets. And while the emigrants were falling one by one, the Mormons outside were revelling with their friends from Cedar City. In their extremity the besieged drew up a petition describing their position and praying any one this might meet to send them aid. Three of their members volunteered to run the gauntlet, and in the dead of the night made their way through the Mormon watchfires and out into the dessert. They were seen, Indian runners put on their track, and one by one they were slain or tortured by the Indians. In the meantime the Mormons, finding the encampment could not be carried by force, resorted to stratagem. A qua-si-emigrant train, guarded by a company of soldiers marching under the Stars and Stripes, was seen coming down the valley. Lee, who was a smooth-spoken scoundrel, persuaded the intrenched emigrants that he had come as their friend, that the Indians had ceased to fire upon them at his command, and that the soldiers would guard them from molestation. All he required was thal they should lay ‘aside their arms; then they could come out and obtain food for their wives and little ones. ‘i'hey came out, and then at the word from Lee the massacre began. The Mormons shot the men, leaving the Indians to massacre the women and children. Only a few children who were too young to remember were spared. Some children clung to their parents’ dead bodies, and were torn from them to have their throats cut by Mormon leaders. Lee is said to have_ shot a girl who clung to-his son f&¥* protection. A young mother standing by the body of her murdered husband seized a knife and was defending herself and her child against I.ee when one of his associates stabbed her to the heart, and then with the knife pinned the child to its father’s body and stood by ‘to enjoy its death struggles. . A little girl knelt and clasped the knees of a Mormon dignitary called “Bill Stewart,” but he taking her by ‘the -hair threw her on the ground, and-setting his foot on her body cut her throat. ‘The bodies of the murdered emigrants were then left where they had been slain for the wolves to feed upon. .Some time after the massacre Mr. Lee spread the report that the Indigns had massacred a ‘train. of ‘emigrants, but suspicions were aroused, inquiries were made by the'relatives and bit by bit the truth leaked out.. In 1858 the Government sent Brigadier-General Carlton to bury ithe bones, and instructed Dr. Forney, the IndianA gent, to collect the suryiving children. Several were found, some of whom had been wounded on the day of the massacre .and who vividly remembered the scene they had gone through. The cattle and property of the emigrants had been distributed and sold among the Mormons, and dresses were recognized in the possession of Morton woman. A monument consisting of 'a‘heap of large stones was raised over the burial-place of the slaughtered emigrants, but was torn down by the Mormons. Another was raised by |U. S. Soldiers, surmounted by a cross ! bearing the inscription: “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.” ~ After the massacre Lee wag treated. with great consideration by Brigham Young. Fresh wives were sealed to him, and he received a portion of the ‘property plundered from. the emigrants.. He was also raised in his position in the Mormon Church. - But when the massacre became more ‘widely known, and cries for vefigeance were raised, Brigham Young and other Mormons became alarmed, and prepared to sacrifice Lee, if that should become necessary. Lee was cut off from the church to begin with, although Brigham told him it was only for a time and that he would be quickly reinstated; and when further clamor led to the arrest and trial of Lee, Brigham’s thought, as shown in his remarks, was how to fence off the _danger from:himself. lee, however, through an error in the proceedings, wasl not found guilty at this, his first trial. |

Some time after the first trial, Mr. Howard, the present District-Attor-ney, determined upon again trying Lee, and procured certain necessary documents from the church authorities. All the important evidence was givert by Mormons and the jury was largely Mormon, but the conviction was nevertheless secured, and the impression thereby ' strengthened that the Mormon priesthood desired to make Lee their scapegoat. e himself never believed that he would be convicted, and since his conviction the impression has been general that he would not be executed. About a fortnight ago he was taken over from Salt Lake City to Beaver City, accompanied only by the District—A}torney and United States Marshal, and since that time has not been permitted to see any one. He has busied himself wiiting his life and his confession, while some of his friends outside have endeavored, but ineffectually, to organize a rescue. Of his eleven wives three have remained faithful to him; the others left when Brigham Young cut Lee off from the church, as they were then at liberty to do. Of the three who remained, Rachel has been actively co-operating with Lee’s numerous sons and grandsons in trying to gecure his rescue, but the general feeling of the Mormon people is that of disgust with Lee or apathy-concern-ing his fate, and of their leaders a desire to cover up their own doings in his sacrifice. Besides this, the presence of the United States troops precluded any hope of a mob rescue. It has even been affirmed that had Lee effected his escape he would be surrendered by the first who would capture him. He has, however, made no. attempt to escape. He gave his parole to those in charge of him on condition of not being, ironed, and he has not attempted to break it. He always reckoned on being pardoned. Brigham Young had sent to him to say that “Not a hair of his head should be harmed.”” He had been accustomed for many years to regard Brigham as the all-in-all, and in his present position was not careful to examine too closely the strength of this last straw. It had been all-powerful hitherto, and he- did not realize that it had become weaker, than the water that flows by the gates of Zion Housge. So he sat himself down in prison and began to write th e history of his Mormon life. While -in custody at Salt Lake his prison was & room in the warden’s house outside the old abode-walled | Mormon penitentiary, six miles south of Salt Lake City. This place was ‘built many years ago by Brigham Young for Gentile prisoners, but the tables have been turned; Brigham himself has been there incarcerated as the prisoner of Gentiles, and it was theoretically the prison of the leader of the massacre before he was removed to “Beaver,” though practically it was not, as he occupied a room in the warden’s house outside. Some strenuous efforfs were made to procure a petition for a pardon or commutation of the sentence, but eyen the Mormons believed, or affected to believe, that he did not deserve it, one leading Mormon declaring that rather than T,ee should escape he himself would be the executioner. Wheu sentence of death was passed—Lee had elected tobe shot instead of hanged—application 'was made for a firing party to execute him, but on reference being made to General Sherman he refused. The troops should attend as a guard, but it was not their duty to execute %rrisoners: condemned under the civil aw, I B e

— Pay your taxes before April 16th.

-f Indmna'flews Items. Tk‘e Hikhart Review says that Aleck Carpenter, the young man that tried to kill Miss Reese, of that city, is dead. He died at half-past five Monday morning, from his exposure in lying out in the barn. Ly an Cilumbia City Post: Quite a~buzz of excitement, was created in town on yesterday, (March 21,) over an elopement on Monday night, the parties being the son and daughter.of two prominent citizens. From what we could learn the parents of the boy opposed the union for the reason that he was not of age.. Love dares parental authority. | - The Steuben Republican tells of a runaway -collision which ocecurred in Orlq.nd recenfly. A runaway. team attached to a bob-sled encountered another bob-sled in their flight. In the second sled were seated a driver and three ladies. The team attached to this/sled swerved to one side, out of the way of the runaway team, which sprang over the other sled and its occupants, doing no damage to either of tf;e persons in it, though both sleds were badly wrecked. Ai bold robbe}ry‘ was committed at Indianapolis on{ Wednesday of last week. At noon, a stranger walked into the Indiana National Bank, carrying a large box, set it down by the -counter and then suddenly jumping upon it reached over the iron railing which protects the cash department, grabbed a package of bills, roughly estimated at $25,000, and lit out. The attaches of the bank were behind the counter at the time, "but towards the rear end. . They gave pursuit to the thief but he succeeded in making his escape. o : e

Recently a young man pamed Elmer Knoff, who resided ;nea/rn Otter Lake, Stenben county, was.engaged in- reshingling a house. In attempting to tea{' off the old ridge-board it split, so as to leave a sharp point at one end. It was thrown to the ground but landed against a clothes-line, leaving the pointed end upward. A few momepts afterward young Knoff lost his footing and fell. The sharp point of the broken board struck him be= twten the eyes and penetrated some three inches. He lived six days after the accident, retaining -his senses till the last. { o = ;

The young man who was last week mentioned by this paper as converting his/taxable property into that not taxablp (greenbacks) in anticipation of the call of the assessor, for the avowed purpose of evading taxation, says in his| own defense that neither from a ,mo'Fal nor a legal standpoint can he seel apything wrong in_such an, act. His theory is, then, that a man may hold taxable property for eleven ‘'months in the year, and by converting it into non-taxable property for the other month, escape taxation forthe entire twelve, without moral or legal wrong. -But many people differ with him.—Columbus Democrat. - it

The crazy cashier of the Franklin National Bank, R. T. Taylor, last Sunday night escaped from the State Insane Asylum at Indianapolis where he was placed under treatment some weeks ago.. His insanity is believed to |beifeigned, and it is believed: his friends aided the escape. Appearances indicate that he. had 'help from outsidersin making his exit from the building. The belief is strengthening that Taylor was not alone in his operation in the Franklin Bank, and it looks as though his accomplices wish to get him as far away as possible and out of the hands of the authorities, probably being fearful that he would *“peach” upon them. If Taylor is not insane he!has done some very wonderful acting. It will be remembered that a large sum- of ‘money taken away by him in a sachel is still unaccounted for. : .

. Disappearance ot Ex-Mayor Hall. { {x Oakey Hall, ex-Mayor of the clty of New York, and for years one of its most noted men, has been missing since Friday a week ago. His friends fear that he has either been murdered or committed suicide. For somé, months-his mental condition has been a matter of -anxiety to his friends. Hall was a man of marked ability and versatile talents. 'An orphan boy, he educdted himself, entered college at the age of 14, studied law at Harvard, became a favorite with the New York bar by his g'gnial and fascinating ways, was made Assistant DistrictAttorney in two years, and remained a shrewd and generally successful pol# itician till the disruption of the Tweed ring, with which he went down. He. did .not partaketof their plunder, the arrangement being that if he would kJe‘p quiet and let them steal he sho’d be the Democratic candidate for Governor of the Stat¢. Afterward he took a fancy to act upon the stage—having been highly complimented for the part he had taken in private theatricals. In his public stage career he made himself the butt and ridicule for the entire city press. Lately he has been under financial pressure, and has'had family troubles, on acconnt of hig fancy for Miss Ada Byas. :

The Charleston Merchants, CHARLESTON, 8. C., March 26.—The Chamber of Commerce held a large meeting to-day toitake into considera* tion the propriety of sending a delegation of responsible men to Washington to confer with the President on the Gubernatorial difficulties. Inopening the meeting President Tupper ‘said: “Our business is languishing, capitalists have become timid and are withholding their substance, property is depreciating in value, and a feeling of uncertainty and gloomy depression pervades the State. It is believed that President Hayes has not been properly informed as to the true condition of things in South Carolina. Too many politicians, too many candi?da&ggefor office, and men claiming to be in“effice, have been interviewing agd supplicating him in their own behalf, as well as in ours. It is ‘time for the merchants, bankers, and business men of Charleston, who want no o%ce and will accept none at his hands, to speak for Hampton and South Carolina.” \lt was then resolved that a Committee should be sent to Washington to represent to:the President the trne "c?gldition of affairs here, and the terrible effect the political complications a?e exerting on the businessintere’g‘ts of the State and city. ‘ : j ] ———— ! {ls Charlie Ross found at last? John arford, of Wyalusing, Wis., took a boy strongly resembling the lost child from some half-breed Indians last eek gnd sent a photograph of him’ to Mr. Ross, who telegraphed back if the boy had a scar on his right side to bring him to: Philadelphia. A. subsequent telegrgm ordered him to be brought on. at Mr. Rmss% expense, S 0 r. Harford started with him. : The child’s hair is brown, not fair; the only difference observable, -'

“'The unemployed workingmen of seranton, Pa., called in a body upon he city council recently with cries of 'We will have bread or blood,” and lemanded an appropriation of $20,000 or public works to give them employent. They threatened tqg helpthemelves from the stores. The Mayor adIressed them sharply, and the meeting yroke tip in wild disorder. E

{The elegant passenger steamer Gar nd was destroyed by fire on Thursay of week before last while on the wer. Mississippi about forty miles .Efove'the mouth of the grkansas iver. Nearly one -hundred excited assengers were on board, and througfi o calin exertions of the officera al ere saved. 5

- THAT BARGAIN. / The Democrats Charge Stanley Matthews and Representative Foster With an 5 Act of Bad Faith. ot (Washington Special to the Indianapolis Journal.) The friends of Hampton are not satisfied with this action of the President. ' They charge that their confidence has been violated, they allege that they were given pledges that if the Southern members of the last House would unite to defeat the efiortis of the filibusters to prevent the 'com pletion of the electoral count that Hayes would direct the withdrawal of the troops from South Carolina and Louisiana, and leave the people ‘of these States to settle their local difficulties. : ; '

They charge, with some show of authority, that during the excifement attending the electoral count in joint convention of the two houses 'of Congress a formal agreement was signed by Stanley Matthews and Representative Foster, of Ohio, pledging that Hayes would direct the troops to be withdrawn from Columbiy and New Orleans if the Democrats would permit the count to be completed. A copy of this agreement is said to be in possession of a prominent Demo cratic Senator, now here, and a pressure is being made to have it published. This charge creates considerable comment, and some excitement among ‘the politicians of both sides. The Republicans' allege that Matthews and Foster were not authorized to make such agreement; but the Democrats reply that, even if this be‘true, it does not alter the fact that they perfornred their part of the agreement in good faith, and the Republicans, having -profited by it, the Democrats have a right to expect that the contract made -by the representative men like Matthews and Foster should be respected.

—Gen. Reub. Williams, Major'N. N. Boyston and Captain C. W. Burket, the committee of invitation for the coming soldiers’ reunion at 'Warsaw, on the 6th and 7th of June, announce that preparations have been made for ane of the most complete and attractive affairs of the kind ever held in the State. The first day will be spent in the reception of visitors. The second will ‘be devoted to competitive drills for two prizes—the first $lOO in gold and the second a $75 banner—an oration from some distinguished exgoldier, a grand review, a parade of Knights Templar, Knights of Pythias and the fire department; and a banquet at the opera-house in the evening will wind up the festivities. Many distinguished persons are expected to bepresent. ™ = . ke e -

The 'powerlessness of the Turkish government is again illustrated by another series of revolting outrages. This time the scene is laid in Bdsnia, where the Musselman population is being supplied with the most improved arms for the alleged purpose of providing for their own detense. The recipients of these arms are evidently ,unfavorably disposed toward the European reform policy, and are determined that their weapons shall not become rusty from'disuse. They therefore hunt in bands indiscriminately among their Christian neighbors, and the result is a long list of horrors in which the sufferers who meet with instant death at the hands of these roving assassins are the most fortunate of their. vietims. . = o :

There is great financial distress in Germany. The $1,000,000,000 taken from - France is all :gone, nobody knows where. Work or bread is the demand, and the time is near at hand when it will be changed to something more terrible if relief is not afforded.

t THE MARKETS. b 2 EIGUNIER: 'GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 55¢; Oats, 35¢; Corn,4o@4s¢; Flax Seed, $1 50; Clover Seed, $8 50; Timothy Seed, $2 00@2 50. - i PropUuCE.—Hogs, live, ® cwt $4 25, dressed $460@4 75; Shoulders, P b, 08c; Hams, 10c;, Turkeys, live, per ib, Te; Chickens, s¢; Bees Wax, 25c; Butter, 15¢; Lard, 10c; Eggs, ¥ doz., 1215c¢; Wool, Ib, 35@40c ; Feathers, 75¢; ‘Tallow,o7; Apples, dried, s¢, igreen, @ bu. 30c; Potatoes 70@75¢; Hay, {3 ton, marsh $6, timothy $B. e : KENDALLVILLE. GRAIN AND SEEDS:—Wheat, white $1 46, red $1 43; Corn, 45¢; Oats, 37¢; Clover Seed, $8 50; Flax, $1,50; Wim‘othy, $2 50. : L OTHER PRODUCE.—Hams, § b 11c; Shoulders, 08¢ ;-Lard, 10¢; Tallow, 7c; Wool, 85¢c; Butter, 18c; Beeswax, 25¢; Apples, dried 414¢, green, {¥ bu., 25c; Potatoes, 90c; Eggs, 1 doz. 12c¢. CHICAGO—March 26, 1877. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $127; Corn,39l{c; 0at5,31% c; Rye,63¢c; Barley, 5414 c; Cloyer Seed, $8 50@8 60; Timothy, $1 50%1 65; Flax, $1 45@1boes . e PRrODUCE.—Mess Pork, cw&&l.‘s 70 @lB 75; Lard, $9 20@9 27.%; Hams, green, 2 b, 614@7c; Shoulders, 43c; Dressed Hogs, Pewt, $5 85@6 10; Butter, fair to geod, 13@21c¢, choice, 25@ 31c; Eggs, @ doz., 16¢; Potatoes, '7s¢ @sl 10. L : »

- PourLTrY.—Turkeys, dressed, {® b, 12@14c; Chickens, 09@10c; Ducks, 8@ 12¢; Geese, T@9c. -

TOLEDO.—March 27, 1877. : - GRAIN AND SEEDS.— Wheat, amber, $155, N 0.2 Wabash, $1 53; Corn, 145¢; Oats, 84145¢; Clover Seed, $8 60; Timothy Seed, $1 70. i LIVE STOCK MARKETS. CHICAGO, March 26.—Cattle, heavy, B cwt, $5 25@5 75, good to choice $425@5 50, common to fair $3 10@3 25; cows and heifers, $2 75@3 'l5. Hogs, extra heavy $5 00@5 50, common, to choice heavy $5 10@5 20, light $5 00 @>s 25. Sheep, good to choice heayy, P cwt, $5 50@6 10, fair to medium $3 26@3 35. e BurrLo, March 26.—Cattle. Ship’g, $5 00@5 40, butchers’ $4 40@4 90, stock cattle $3 75@4 10. Sheep, fair to good, W cwt., $5 00@5 75. Lambs, averaging '75 Ibs., $6 40. Hogs, light $5 00, good heavy $5 70. o THEENEMY OF DISEASE! TO MAN AND BEAST ~ Isthe Grand Old MUSTANG LINIMENT, WHICH HAS STOOD THE TEST OF 40 YEARS, : i ; THERE is NO SORE IT WILL NOT REAL, NO LAMENESS IT WILL NOT . CURE, NO ACHE, NO PAIN THAT AFFLICTS THE HUMAN BODY, OR THEBODY OF A nons& OR OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMAL, THAT DOES NOT YIELD TO ITS MAGIC TOUCH. A BOTTLE COSTING 25¢., 50¢. or $l.OO, HAS OFTEN SAVED THE Ll!-‘lg OF A NUMAN BEING, AND RESTORED TO LIFE AND US!}FUBNESS MANY A VALUAB‘LE HORSE. :

. EBNGEL & co’s A)nyz%.vfzszmz:m’;". L LARGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN (“ - NOBLE AND ADJOINING OOUNTIES, | | BENGELD & CO. ~ Offer Ballanceof their Large Stock of - - CLOTHING! L AND OTHZE]R‘;GOO])fS‘- E o e MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR, e AfaGros b b Do Not Buy a Dollar’'s Worth of e Goods Before ¥ou. o - SEE THEIR STOCK & PRICES. ENGEL & CO., The Popular CLOTHIERS, HATTERS & TAILORS, et Westatde mnia sireer =} -+ Kendallville, Ind. EXCLUSIVELY TO THE LADIES! IJUST RECEIVED § e Ladies’ Bazaar, . (Inthe Bann®r Block, Ligonier, Ind.) . A LARGESTOCK OFELEGANT | Spring Hats and*Bonnets, Silk Nle‘ck-"Tie’s,"Lace Bibs, Latest Style Neck and Hair Bows, Fan- - o o b." o ¢y and Cheap Embroideries. "'i Also,a Ne*sv Invoice of . . Elegant Silk Handk'rehiefs ~ and Ladies" Back-Combs. A FULL. ASSORTMENT OF LADIES FANCY __GOODS CONSTANTLY KEPT ON HAND. J« DECKER

Is still in the Fieldlw'irith' one of the Larg- : G _." ‘es_t Stocks of- . | 'HR ) 'R | 'R o - Table Cutlery, e : Which he offers for sale at L k | GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! “ o < . —‘——o“‘— . . The Greatest Bargains in That ll]a;‘\?e' ever bee;n 'oiferjed t;é_ the people o_f Northern Ifi(iiana. ‘ e | ; ;I am offering a | . Japan Tea for 30 cts. per Ib. ,whi;z’h~ ca'nleét,‘beT_ bou.g'ht.":elSev\vhere far less than 75 cents per - pound. | Hundreds of my qustolnél's can attest to this fact. | lam Making a Specialty in Tobaccos. . - 1 MY STOCK OF | 5 Is_' tli_fe m;qgt égfixpléf,éjin' this @_gct_iOn’of the co’untry. T | xCanSavo Youlloney, By calling and examining my goods before buying elsewhere] _ LIGONIER,IND.NOVEMBER 3, 1870. ~~ /i "7