The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 52, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 April 1877 — Page 2

- - F - A 4 AN T . 1. B.STOLT., Editor and Proprictor. - L.IGONIER, IND..APR. 19th, 1877 - =No mmtkyofm%ﬁedmﬁw o ident should be wpilling o~ hold it if counted w or placed there by fraud,”— TS GmaNT. PSaaßt - | WmERE is the editor who fsn’t Hear+ily glad that he will soon be relieved «f the mecessity of dishing up a el wmm o $o each week re ative to; the status of affairs in South €arolina and _ Prrxce BiSMARCE only resigns work ; . e retains his position. The Emperor | has reguested that his :resignation: shall be held in abeyance during his propased year's absence. lis said .13t he will pay a visit to England. -/

“Ex-PresipDENT GRANT “commends “highly the action of the Hayés Ad“ministration in removing the troops “fvosii the South Carolina State-House,” #hich goes to show that Mr. Grantis 4 much better citizen than President!

- TuE Chicago Inter-Ocean says it has a sort of respect for a plausible and expert Har, The selection of the south- < correspondents of tﬂe”lnt@f—Ocea@ <hows that it gives substantial encoursement 1o gifted liars, thus baeking i;;'p its preferehc&'with its cash.

Tur zlready extensive shipments of American beef to Europe have had the «Heet of r’aising»the-price of choice fueats in the city of New York.' Our wsitropolitan cousins do not seem to dajth to this, _bovgver, in consideratien of the fact that the riseis benefi«<ial 1o stock-raisers of the West. That is meighborly. e TR

THE STREST WAY to populai‘ize the Tlaves administration is for the raving fanatic, Wendell Phillips, to hurl lis anathemas at the man in the White Jiouse for doing the fair thing in his ireatmert of the southern question. The fiery Wendell will do for Hayes what be did for Lincoln—give him sirength among the masses. .

" A CORRESPONDENT of Jay Gould’s X. Y. Tribune, writing from South Carolina, says that all the carpet-bag-=ers *who have been actually engaged -3y politics think that they will have

<lO leave,” but he.does not- believe

“amy man with a good conscience will _ =0 . What the correspondent meant | %o say was that he doesn’t bélieve any | of them will go with a good conscience.

Jomx J. PATTERSON, of Juniata county, Pa., -for the time being U. S. Senator from South : Carolina, has semewhat suppressed his indignation over Haves' “betrayal” of Chamberlain

and the carpet-bag gang generally. e mow declares that he is not going to ! make factious opposition to Hayes’ soenthern policy, but like a good many sthers is willing to wait and see. John -is'an accommodating rattler.

. THE ATTENTION of all our readers is fﬂl to an article headed, ¢ The : pending Confict.” It Is a state\rt tof the views entertained by Gen. 'Sherman and Admiral Porter in re- ' =ard’ to’the relative powers of the _Rassian and the Turkish empires, now about to engage in a violent-and bloody ' conflict, and the probable effect of this _struggle upon American_industries.— ~ The article will repay an attentive ‘ and thoughtful perusal. Bicsts

. FEams are entertained . that a gen- - eral Earopean war may have the effect of running up ﬂ{e price of gold in Ihis country and thus retard the proeress of specie resumption. Apprehensions are also rife that a large num- _ ber of U. 8. Bonds held by Edropean | eapitalists may .be thrown upon the | New York market—the money 'invest- | & therein finding more reunerative - emgployment neaver home, . THE BAN- , >Em regards neither of these appre- , hensions as being of'a serious charac- . b, S < :

. Daxa, of the N. Y. Sun, is authoritr for -the statement that not long since one of Hayes’s most intimate personal and political friends, who %:ad made more speeches for him during the Presidential campaign than perhaps dny otherindividual, asked for a foreign appointment. - Hayes, =ho desired to gratify him, suggested that he should name some other place, #nd gaveasareason,that“the missions were held back until after the settlement of the South Carolina and Louisiana cases, as it might be necessary. to use some of them in solving the problem.” Come, Chamberlain, make your selection before Packard makes She Sewtpick! -| i b

AFTER all the telegraphic mutterings of anew railroad war, it is not to . The five or six gentlemen who mmake war and make peace,on the part of the great railway companies, have ‘wisely resolved to forego a contest and to charge harmonious prices for the services of their corporations to the public. . This, the Harrisburg Patriot corredtly observes, is really good news. The people in the long run are the twest served when the carrying compawies get fair wages and pay fair dividends on their stock. The winter seasom is over, and the railroad lineswill have enough to do to compete with the matural channels of transportation, which invariably keep down the m on buiky goods to low rates.

Bex BuTLER was receﬁtlj interwsewred by a reporter of the New York Hiéraid. Although somewhat reticent inu bis observations, it is quite evident that he does not take kindly to the order of things about the White House. Among other sarcastic allusions he “thus disposed of the saintly Garfield’s ‘aspirations to the speakership: - “Be‘img am Ohio man, I do not know but thit General Gaxﬁ;%d »'fatggg;‘gi to be e by ot e o i wlection that they ought to get whatTt 3 would be nwwzw give shat. Ohio s a pretty big State and

T ERRRBUSADE. | }g Having pretty well saceeeded in LdnYincing a large portiohiof the: South s g Lo Tescy Re, Fgrfdm that- they oughtt to guait t% ‘use of intoxicating spirits, the now. famous temperance lecturer, MiFs. Emma Molloy, has ’de? d itexpedient to, bpen her batteries #pon smokers and chewers of tobacco. She delivered an nddress to the South Benders the other evgp;ng,,igépe course of which, ac‘cording to' . Register’s report, she Lxemsnkzadw T a o m “That,tobacco possessed a mil W | pr*o%‘six?tﬁgicﬁb%%ﬁgﬁ&%ﬁmf%ﬁ&%%%%ﬁ criminals used tobaeco than drink, for @ man that drank was notadmitted as askillinl man. bub negilyall, the cunning thieves smoked.. She read in.a paper a few months ago, of a murderer whose' cigar was' choked out of his mouth. - HHe said that in all her prison experiende, ‘she had foundmore wWho ‘smoked thandrank, Tobaceokills the' moral facnlties and it makes a.man loose inshis morals. . She.was teld to be careful about attacking the tobaceo, habit for they could not expect a man to drop all his habits at otice. - Tobact €0 is-"an expensive habit: There is: over $15,000 a year spent in South d3end for tobacce aleuie. That would build. yon & elub. room, . You wonld mot haveto ask the citizens to help you furnish it. . She told of all the vices that were connéeted “with ‘this in ! any way'ahd 'told how it degraded a‘man, and then said that sheévadstated this. matter as plainly. as she ‘could with the time she had to ‘prepare her BRGEERID.... gt i ‘We do not care about gnterin&g into a discussion of the erits or demerits ‘of this sweeping ar}d unsparing denunciation) mar aven inqniva infa +hn anw rectness of some of the statements | therein presented; but rather to sug- { gest to Mrs; Méllgy,_in'the most friend- t ly spirit, that it is not the wisest plan to undertake too mughat once. Allzu ) scharf schueidet nicht, is an old - German adage, the force of which it weuld be well for that worthy lady to' carefully consider-in her zeal for reforming all things that to her notion are bad and to be despised. If shie wants to make the temperauiqé; issue 4 suc: cess, as she doubtless does, it is worse than folly for her to couple with it several other issues, upon which there is-and always will'be a great diversity of opiniofi. Tifteen thougand dollars per year expended for tobacco in South Bend alone ‘doubtless-affords a theme. for plaintive exhortatiot, but are there not much larger sums “fooled away” for other things just as useless and (perhaps) reprehensible as tobacco? e 2O— - e ’: ~ ON THE RAMPAGE. - . . - At'arecent session, Held in the-city of Boston, of. the.New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a ce;",t‘a'in ‘Dr. Mallalieu raised ‘quite a hullabaloo by introducing res‘olutions which dénounced in a violent ‘manner the southern policy. of Mr. layes, and supported the, same in a bitter and most unchristian harangue, during the course of which lic declared that instead of Wade Hampton being received into friendly eommunion: at'the White House he “ought to have been hung” The malignant character of the resolutions and the violence of Dr. Mallalieu’s speech di’ew forth some severe but just comments from, ‘the press, both democratic and repub--lican. The malevolent and unchristian spirit of Dr. Mallalieu’s resolves is ‘BO apparent (using the language of a contemporary) as to“éhoek the sensi‘bilties of any one at all imbued . with the peaceful and gentle doctrines of the New Testament. When at last the sad and long continued estrangement between the northern andsouthern sections of the country is about to ‘be replaced by the old fraternal affec- | tion, when after weary years of waiting the nation’s wound received in civil war is at length being healed, comes this politico-religious zealot with no other aim than to relume the smouldering fires of :faction and with apostoli¢ blows and knocks to revive the " differences and hatreds which have too long divided the people. If such a spirit were that of christianity, _paganism need not W,aitfupon the colonization of this country by the. Chi--nese. But it must be said in'justice to the New England Methodists that they rejected Dr. Mallaliew’s vindietive resolutions and: substituted for them a - series heartily endorsing the peace policy indi¢ated in the inaugural of Mr. Hayes. THE BANNER, however, fully agrees with the arrisburg Patriot -that if these clergymen had attended to spiritual matters and let temporal subjects take care of them‘selves, they would not only have actedin closer conformity with the teachings of the Master, but would proba“bly have accomplished quife as much political as well as religious good, |

IT REALLY begins to look as if Jim Blaine, of Maine, meant to wage an open war against the Hayes administration: In a republican exchange of recent date the statement is made that “a gentleman who is inthe confidence of Senator Blaine. states that the latter, will throw down thie gauntlet to Stanley- Matthews at the opening of the session, and will attack the Southern policy in the same spirit as he did last session. . Mr. Blaine will not attack the President, but only his policy in this particular, .It is also stated that the Republican press of Maine is so violently opposed to the policy that the friends of the administration are raising a fund of $50,000 to start an administration newspapér organ atPortland.” Blaine may succeed in arraying the ‘bloody shirt, element against the administration, but he will be disastrously beaten in ‘thé end. . The masses of the people are sick and tired of ‘exciting agitation — they want peace, order, quiet, and prosperity. As Blaine’s poliey tends diamet’x;ic’ally!_tﬁo the opposite, his war talk will amount to precious litfle. = - i

—-Mr.'J./Z. Kabrich, of Lima, LaGrange county, in a letter to us writes as follows: “I saw considerable in the BANNER last summer concerning the cost, and profit of raising wheat in which I became interested to the extent ‘of keeping an exact account of the cost of putting out 34 acres of summer fallow, in the best possible manner, as also the cost of putting out 20 acres of wheat”stubble. If you will give them a place in your columns 4 Wil 3o the Ggukes, and afier harvest 1 will give the finalzesult. . By these means I will' be able" to ‘tell whas every bishol gs“codt.” Send them along, Joghua, .

b - s Sk e ?"‘ “@@ﬁ%}“‘”} - What s Thongi in Wodhnston B bk oo ma AR U o ___of the Prospective Eurgpean ;% i& (P iree ‘g b oy © > ¥ 9 ~Admirel Porter.and General Shers . man’s Views. TiH @ﬁf’ﬁx‘”'fééaﬁw:v:';.;:»}v,; SN S S I, WasniNgzoN, April 12.—The news 'of yesterday and to-day that the war “was certainly:impending bet ween. Rus-> sia'‘and Turkey has for the time overshadowed all other questions, foreign’ and domestic, in Wzishingti)'r_)f:i’l"h'e; Russian Minister has no’ offiéial advices which lead hLim to express am opinion as.to whether war will be de-~. clared at ‘once ‘or not,> but judging from the pabli¢ ‘despatéhes and his knowledge of the situation, he thinks that it is inevitable. The President and Secretary of State both sayto-day. that they Lhave no.oflicial despatches from Minister Maynard at Constanti-! nople, or the American Legation at St. . Petersburg, but judge from the. press despatches that war is probable. Ad-. miral ‘Porter and aneral" Sherman, who have been looking into the'situa: tion, as well as 6ther_ civie and military officials, have ‘the same opinion. Admiral Porter was found in his office to~duy examinjng charts and maps. of the probable scenes of conflict, and LICIUPLY LU GuiE ALV ULy ieeata . . e

This war prowmises to be thé most gizantic and important toXurope, and even-to the United States, that has takeu place. |lt will e, a great religious ‘'war, and the congequenges c¢an. only be surmised. The idea of some of thenewspapers that Turkey is going 1o be wiped out in a day is a mistaken: one, -The Russians will never cap-. ture Constantinople. It is notin the power-of their army or navy to take the place. : As for their navy, it is of very little consequence in -eontrast with what itlslequired to.accomplish. "Phey have about thirty iron-clads and 244 vessels of - war. of other kinds. They have 40,000 men in their navy and about fifteen hundred and fiftyfive. guns. . oo = “He'then read off a list of their ironclads, showing that tive of them carry: from sixteen to/twenty-six guns,and the rest from two to eight guns apiece, and continued: s All these iron-clads are of the very best material, and ‘their guns are of the latest pattern and heaviest ealibre. The other ordinary vessegx"are all reported to bein good condition. ' The larger portion of this navy is now about getting free from the ice of the North Sea, near St. Petersburg. Thpose vessels of the Ruassian Navy that are now in our ports ‘came here to get rid of the ice there this winter. § The navy, however, makes little!difference on either side. ~ This war, as between Russia and Turkey, is going to be in the main a land fight. The Turks have twenty Splenc}id iron-clads, with eighty-four other good. and substantial -war vessels. = They ‘have 1,218 guns and 34,000 men. - For Hﬁe defensive this is a 4 good navy. - They have the great forts of, the Dardauelles, all along from its mouth upjto Gallipolis. Here they also have chains, torpedo. boats, their iron-clads, sunken hulks, and other obstructions. The Russians have to pass through these to Gallipolis, thence into the sea of Marmora, and then they will-have to fight their way up- tlirough the torpedoes, ironclads, &c., to the Bosphorus. As they pass by Constantinovle up the Bos,phorus, they have twenty mileg of -forts to encounter, and, having passed these, they are in the Black Sea. You see, sir, the fight is by po;means to be all on the side of the Russians.. They have no fleet in the Black Sea. * When Sebastopol was destroyed and their great fleets blown up and sunken, and their navy yards: destroyed’ on' the Black Sea, that settled their fleets in that locality, and the Eurogean powers have forbidden them ever since to. rebuild in thatlocality. The Rissians have afine army, well disciplined, well officered, and 'doubtless their arms, guns and supplies are of the first class. They are not commencing this fight tor sentiment sake. It is the hope of their lives; and they are now arrived at that point when the Emperor will be able to get every man - and every dollar his people have, so as to win the greati contest of the nation. It willibe no use, though, as it will end in disaster. The Turks are thoroughly aroused. From one end of their vast empire to the other, the Mussulmans are crowding together by the tens of thousands, and already the religious tanaticism of the Turks is discernible. Just think of 40,000,000 of people! They will give every dollar and every valuable they have to aid theirside. Theyhave the best arms in the world—they were malle by our own people, and Europe heas no better. The large guns the Turks get from Krupp, and, of course, these cannot be excelled. There is no doubt that both sides have plenty of arms and ammunition. , After' the Russians get very much weakened, and the Turks have worried them a good’ deal, then the Austrians, and, perhaps, the Germans will have something to say. France is not particularly interested, and—mark what I say—she will not engage in this conflict.” She will go on with her exhibition, and it promises to be a grand success. The war will not affect it in the least. Austriais the:country that is most interested in the contest, excepting England, and just how Aug tria is going to act remains to be seen. She will be in the fight, however, be- | fore the war has gone on six months. England is. the -grand puzzle. You can depend on: it she does not intend to allow Russia to take Constantinople; evén if she could, and her time to enter into the contest will be marked by the circumstances of the conflict. The great good that this war is going to have on our country cannot be computed. We will not only sell flour, wheat, corn, pork, clothing, arms and ammunition to the contending parties, but we will sell all these things to the ‘other great nations, especially our cereals and provisions. If the war continues two years, and my prediction is that it will, we will have to plant for the whole world. ‘The entire agricultural pursuits of the great grain country of the Black Sea will be stopped. It was so in the Crimean war. I was alieutenantin the navy and commanded the Supply, then in the Mediter‘ranean squadron, and ~well do I remember, the rich harvest our merchants reaped during the war. This war will bring back again to us the ‘commercial supremacy we lost during our war. If Congress legisl%%?; prop--erly in June, so as to_allow Vessels to ‘be bought and placed under our flag to remain there, our gommercial marine will be. revived. We have not time 6o build ships; we must buy fhem. '* Bl o

Admiral Porter went on tosay that there probably would not be much blotkading and that our supplies would be in demand by other - nations danyevent < oo wean e

_ General ‘Sheriman on being intetviewed said “that neither Russia nor Turkey ever had larger or better disciplined armies than now: They have, said e, dll the advantages of many improved arms and modes of warfare, and the result will be that the world

‘win:wi’tpf',?m/ st lAes ever: fouglity fo far xa #he degiction of; concernefl; i 1 beliey 1S Strug-, ‘gleis goingite.co & a min of lives, ‘andthe jf' 11 nofbe alyssians and. C4fE Al |1 g 0 Dliove Wt/ vk gan [thotand_ the ‘shoc¢k. TTiey ““"“*ﬁfﬁ 5 Constantinople, but if they IogeATY other point ‘what_good will th/A0 them? Gen-. pral Sherman algrook & porble View of the effect? this country. - e ’mimm ey’ :m%mw”’é@ - olt wil ~ o .Deople-at work dayard dfljg"},’f e&p gvidef')%o*t 'ﬁu%%‘e, I%‘ there shiould » 2 geheral war, and that now seed inevitable tome. I believe ull t great powers will be directly oritirectly: :involved before the year is/ut. |ln the parts of the country in.-vhic]& the field fights wili certainly ke place a. ‘halt million ‘meén on Aher sidecantand will be used. e Russians will have to pull along vy fast through!the summer, for the getall their siipplies by their railross, and in the'winter these are’ mre]_,avanm_)\e. B 4 sAI Gderual'Sherman said ‘he was in fuvor, ,f, allQ\y;ng some of our’ urmy.of—figes Lo Visit either army withous-pisy ape Serve on staff duty. i | ol . CROMMWELL ITEMS. | i o

Those spring showers are refreshing. -Ground billiards is again resorted to for am’usemenh 44 e e | _Two butcher shops and a fresh fish market twice a week in our village. Miss "Salliq‘ ‘Smith has our sincere thAnks lot furnishing us with that h%mk of wax siched for last week. We’ll remember you, 'Sallie. o Port. and Gil. Baker left for Valparaiso last Saturday to attend the Normal School for the spring term. Once more themogquito dotltappear, Singing sweetly in my ear, LS i Cousip, cclizin, how do‘ypu do? ; ! Pray, lét me sip some bigod from you. M. L. Hussy last Saturday returned from Walkerton, wlere he has, been engagediin invoicing a drug store pur®ased by. Mz, Jones, formerly of 'this Plice. s Lo Lo attend Sabbath school, and see how much each one, both large and small i interested in laying up a store of kmyledge and edncation fou the soul. Ny Fopbedvie v e s 38 Waaln

- H. Gipucker is now selling ‘a No. 1 article oMlime at Ligonier prices. Give him a eal, ' , FAD,

"W. B. MMeans and lady were suddenly callel to Albion last Thursday on‘aceount \f Mr. MeM’s mother being very sick Since they left, we are informed thatthe lady has died. We extend to the bereaved our fullest sympathy. . S i

‘School openél this morning, and the rd:pr_ri!”was well lled, About seventyfive scholars put an appearance, and we think Mr. Husey will earn his money this time, ' ° o faanas

Messrs. Barnes & Xnjer; of thie flouring mill at this plae, returned last Sabbath from Mt. Venon, Q,, where they had been to purclage [some’new mdchinery which ‘they will ‘add ' to their mil”l, and will ,sooﬁ.};;{\?eij@ne of the best mills in Norther) [ndiana. - Miss Sanderson will clow her first term of writing school _Qtlxi!\(y,[oﬁclay) evening. She has given goo satisfaction so far, and made vast improvemenﬁs in several of our lady ind gent scribes. . -Owing to an unexyected trouble, she will not visit Ligonier ag stated last week; buf will on'Tuesday start for her home. at Lima, Idiana, where she will remain some tine. perhaps during the summer season’

“Wanted to bé admitted,” ;s. the language of “Jap,” of Albion, irSpeaking of one named J. C. Galloray last week—a man who is infesed with devils to such an extent fiat there could be seven cast out ¢ him and not be missed. Be this a‘it may, after having a trial befre Suire Oswalt about a week ago, in shich his son swore his life against fim, but failed to produce sufficient eydence, the fath|ér was acquitted andpermitted to run at large. Since thaftime he has been roaming our streetrand picking quarrels with any awyl everybody that would countenasee him, rendering ‘himself liable toprosecution in several instances. - /ftér wearing himself out among ou’ citizens he once more proceeded hoae, and ;on last Friday evening wen'to the barn to take out a horse belmging to his wife. Supposing thathis intentions were to get the beast rway, and then ;d'ispose of it to thé bet advantage he could, and taking pssession was nine-tenths of the batte, she forbid him taking the beast alt of the barn, which caused an altercition between husband and wife. ‘The ight, however, lasted but a short | tim/ before one of the sons made an appearance and, walking up near the beist, the father (suspecting the son’s ijtentions) demonstrated to the young pan that he (the old man) was a shoulder-striker, by planting his “right duke” in the son’s face and knocking him down. No sooner had the son fallen than the old gentleman drew his knife and made a dash towards where the son lay, declaring with an oath that he would kill him now.’ But hismurderousintentions were brought to an end while thus proceeding; the ‘mother, and wife dealt him a blow ‘with aiclub which felled the would- ' be-murderer to the ground, and help was immediately summoned. Theold gentleman cooled down and concluded to change the scale. He came to town last Saturday morning and had .all concerned in keeping him from his rash act, arrested for assault with intent to kill, But the charges wete 50 thin that no sooner had the deféndant’s attorney got hold of it until he knocked the bottom out of ity and the prisoners were set free. = But the la,f@ defendants were not content with this. They reversed the operation and had the old man put under arrest for same offense as before. -He was examined and found to pe a man incapable of enjoying the free air, and that the son had sufficient cause to believe m?:‘giie,in, danger while the old gent wus frde. Consequently he was condueted to the county jail by Constable Barcus, where he was admitted to sojourn until the next term of court, |The, %il is the only suitable place ioi sneh characters as he. . Aprillgth, - | ~ . MQLLIS, . P. C. Tabell ¢ we&mﬁéﬁmﬁw@tﬁ in regard ﬁofaﬁtﬁamf nature that he wentﬁwe&mﬂensow ”é“hﬁ' for its correctness: .. @@ Pefoand name of Min% , living'in Concordtowushéﬁ;? mﬂfgw white sow that gave birth to e g black A%Wh pigs, a tﬁeg lowing Mond ‘ i 3 Wﬁ“bg R T ok o s ‘woll—Rondaiileandnrd, = =

ML TUROES vy VAI Jrg ob N o 9 ke # 4 2 o mend T G . 'The-Goniflict Abont.io Opeit. STI Emitllme, April I’;‘-I%&* | Czar lpaves for the army almost inme[diately. He, will %ﬁma ' -sélrﬁ%%@ “inspecting ‘the troops, and will not take partin the campaign. The order of the day anngancing the declaration {of -war-has-nob yet beci.issued...ln. -official quarters.it is represented that /e present. situation compels Russia, ed, Russia alone among the Great Pows ters having mobilized. - v 7 : T.oXDoN, April 18.—The Post’s Berlin ‘correspondent says the statement .that war bas been definitely decided ‘on‘is not yvet confirmed. A fresh ecircular from Prince Gortschakoff to the Powers has been dispatcehed from St. Petersburg. ' o “Ajdispatch from St. Petersburg says { the note to the Powers has been con- | fided to special messengers for the different capitals, and will probably be | presénted Monday,, . . . | A Vienna special reports that Count Andrassy entertains no further hope lof peace, but trastythat the campaign may be short, so tlat the neutral pow- " ers imay foree Tukey and Russia:to “'stop in time to pieveri the struggle { from becoming geverul. o

.- ,THE LOUISIARA QUESTION. ~ . The Controvers‘y I"mcr,cally Settled—The Dem- 3 . ~ ocrats Tuke the Trick. = * i .~ NEWORLEAN, April 16.—The Louisidna ‘controvesy is practically’ settled, but it maytake twoor three days more to arrangethe details. Thé prop- | ositiors substanally agreed upon proceeds from the lichols party,and the delay in its adopgon is occasioned by the difficulty inthamonizing the members of the eommission. The plan is to constitute a legisliture of the members elected on the fice of the ‘parish returns, the action ) the:Returning Board being throwr aside as unconstitutiondl and voi(; the legislature thus ratified will met in' odd Fellows: hall and go on withbusiness as a con-’ tinuation of the Nchols legislature. The question as to who is the legal Governor will'be stil open, but as the new legislature will have a majority of‘conservatives this is of no practical importauce, as Governor Nichols will be recognized at onte.’ o The Nichols’ legistature will to-day passi-the resolution ‘giving effect to the programme of settlement, and ‘will also pass a resolution ‘covering’ the following points: Confidence in and -suvport of President Hayes; a guarantee:to: accept the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution; the fullest protection of ‘the colored people .in all their rights and privileges of person and' property; ‘equal edueational advantages; amnesty for past political offenses, so that peace and order may prevail and a union of all in restoring the material prosperity of the State. i "

" oudt LATEST DEVELOPMENTS, - .The hopeful. outlook for a compro‘'mise and settlement in Louisiana is once more converted into a dismal prospect of prolonged disagreement. Packard flatly refuses to aceede to the terms ; proffered—that the Nicholls Legislature shall. take in saven members of -the rival body, and by ‘this means complete a legal quorum for the decision of 'the contest aceording to the provisions' of the State law. Packard is stiff-necked and ‘defiant, having lately received back Warmoth to his support and confidence. . The latter adventurer was unable to mqke a satisfactory bargain for election by the Nicholls, Legislature to the United States Senute and the control of Federal appointments which he .aspires to obtain, and straightway returns to Packard, who welcomes the renegade wigh ‘the delight of a man greatly in ueed of any kind of support. Warmoth -carries SLW SpkNe M i Legislature by so much farther from a legal quorum. The next stepin the wretched business ought to be the departure of the disgusted Commission, with the recommendation to the President: that the troops be withdrawn and Packard permitted to try the experiment of playing Governor in the absence of military support. If he declines to be “let down easy,” he should be let down hard, and that without/further nonsense.- Yesterday’s: Chicago Tribune. . .

Private information received in administration circles in Washington enables one of the President’s Secretaries toiprophesy that “an’ adjustment will “be completed in New Orleans before “the close of the week that will satis“fy all right-thinking people.” The basis of the adjustment is supposed to be the reorganization of the Legislature on the ba§is of the returns from the parishes, as they appeared before Wells. & Co. had an. opportunity to bull-doze them. That would not by any means satisfy the Packard gang, but . the Secretary probably does not include that crowd among “rightthinking people.”—Yesterday’s Chicago Times. :

NOBLESVILLE NARRATIVES.

I notice in last week’s BANNER that your Albion correspondent takes issue with me for advocating our justrights in regard to farmers taking hay and straw in their wagons and sleds when going to his clay-capped town to pay annual or semi-annual rent. “Jap” rises to inquire, “Have we not a right to own cows?” Of course you have, but your people also have the right to keep them well stabled and supply: them with feed during the cold and roughfweather, Itlis to be regretted that your people do not avail themselves more fully of these rights.— “Have not our cowsja right to live?” Most assuredly they have, but not at our expense,l answer. Shall our horses be.cut short of their feed for the benefit of the cows of the hub? Nay, verily, Mr. Jap. If you can make it appear that it is our duty to fill .our “racks to the brim” that your cows may live, let the fact be publicly and officially proclaimed, and perhaps we may conclude to contribute to their wants without, however, depriving our own animals of their intended feed. ‘We may divide; but, by the eternal, we protest against being robbed outright. : L :

“Jap” says he will bet that it will snow again. Woell, I don’t doubt that; if it doesn’t snow mext winter the almanacs all lie, i

Health is not very good in this logality. .. i . e

The wheat looks as well as T eyer saw it-at this time of the year. If nothing further happens, it will be a SQQQ CI‘ODS. b . Our farmers are busy plowing for® oats ‘and corn, and, if the weather holds out gosd, there will be a large ﬁcre‘é’%‘d,pﬁ oats sown next week. - . a%i tile child of Joseph Bitting got ba W‘“ﬁ%}fiﬂ' one day of week hfifswﬂ last by Pu;-;nmove,r 8 tub,qg:f)) m% water, from the effects of which { died last qudaiy.. b el 5 Qur assessor is busy taking in the i I sl i Gy .. Another shoe shop in town.. . .. At some future periud I will give a . 801, Mier went through our place at. lightning speed; one day last week, without taking time to stop and give us a cajl, NEW LEATF, j

~ @Hﬂ%ﬁn;s HORROW. ﬁgprmﬁﬁﬁsﬁ:‘ ofthe Brrning- " ofthe Sonthern Hotel. . S e A T o ¥ w e i e B e COUTSE “&-mere matter of conjectures Some persons think that twenty or twenty-five may be found, while othLers belieye that none will be discover-. sed, Persons who went ggm % xgﬁrioug ‘partsofthe hotel before liell‘l% began -to fall say that the Wmas cleay, ‘of living people. Still there may have been a number suffeeated ahd lying on the floors in rooms orin the haljs. | Many grossly exaggerated reports haye been sent from here régarding the loss of Mfe, some of them cruel in the exI tre,:i,lle,‘and they should not be relied upon. While the calamity’ was afrightful one, it was by 16 means as | great as has been reported. ' It is ap‘prehended that several of the female domestics of the hotel ‘are buried be- | neath the debris, as a namber. of them have not reported to the proprietors ‘and® no account has been received of thenr. Kate Claxton lost everything she possessed,’and is suffering from nervous prostration. Her‘ﬁscape from the building was, obtainell with great difficulty and much suffering from smoke'and fright. = s . Prom sixty to one hundred men have been put to work on the ruins by order of Mayor -Overstoltz, and this force will be increased to 150 or 200. 'The search is now progressing just undex?g@tﬁh the .rotunda, which was a rallying-point fora great number 6f the terror-stricken ifnmates of the hotel, and«it is expec,té;a that some bodies will be found there. Several of the interior walls which were unsafe have been pulled down, and -all'wiil be leveled, so that the men dan work all .over the ruins without danger. Mr. Morrow, agent of a New Yeork jewelry house, lost a large sample trunk containing $lB,OOO. worth of jewelry.” This morning’ the remains | of the trunk were unearthed and be- | tween' $4OO-and $5OO worth ¢f thecon- | tents recovered in a damaged condition. The remainder of the jewelry is melted, and is' valueless except as 1-old metal. Some manuscripts and pa- | pers belonging to Kate Claxton were | also found. e . :

“Of the 200 employes of the hotel 150 have reported, and others are expected to report to-morrow. Itis not believed that many of them are lost. ; St Louis, April 14.—J. X Russel, chiéf ‘engineer of the hotel, has made a statement .of his‘' experience the hight of the fire which throws some lighton'"its origin.. He says he left tlie engine-room about 11:30 o’cloc}c, leaving an assistant in.charge, and went to his room on tée fifth floor, near the baggage elevafor. - He was aroused about 1:05 o’clock by shrieks of women. He hurried out, and found the hall filled with smoke, which came from the freight elevator, but saw no fire. ‘le started forthesouthern part of the house, with A view todescend by the servant’s sairway. 'He waus obliged to craw} on his hands and knees to preventsuifocation,the smoke being so thick. /There were a number of women on tfe fifth floor crying piteously forhelp whom he told to follow him to the lower floor, which some did, but oth#'s were too distracted, apparently, 0 do as he direeted. ' Finally he reacied the dining-room floer, passed int¢'the kitchen #nd déscended to the bagment. Here he found the smoke very dense, and that the pumps ‘connectel with the engine had' been iin operaion, and some of the'employes had befn throwing water on the fire, which/atfthis time was raging fariously in'the store-room. - A nozzle had been tlown off before he reached the asement. Another was put on, and Ee then ‘put the pump at work again and tarned a stream on the fire. This was continued. until' the fire became so hot and spread so far that all were ovliged to flee for their lives. The mwade theltl calt vLLOUZH LIE b&smyen%’ under the rear part of the building and emerged on Elth street. ' This account does not state how long the fire had been burning before the tirs-alarm was syunded, but it does show, and vconclux‘lvely, that efforts, were made to subdue' it before the guests of the ‘house Yere aroused or any attempt 'to notify them that the building was burning. ‘lt seems *o be very certain —at all erents it is extensively believed—tha& the hotel was known to be on fire bithe employes from twenty minutes o half an hour before the Fire Departhent was notified. - Russell alsostates that there was a ‘pile of mattnisses in-one corner of the store-room and a lot of loose hair, and abol five feet from them on the ‘floor wada box in which the stock of matchvs were kept. He thinks the mattreses and matches had a good deal to do ‘with the origin of the fire, but dves gt know anything definite abont it = \ = o

To relieve the anxety which seems to prevail in some sections -of i the country respecting Ihw many ‘and who were Kkilled the night of the fire, or may since have diedthe death list is reported as follows: Rev. A. R. Adams, of England; George Frank Gouley, Henry Hazen, Mrs. W. S. Stewart, Charles Tiena), Andrew Eitman, H. J. Clark and Yyife; Kale Reilly, Kate Doolan and M&y Moran, servants, and Wm. Felix Mynster, of England., : e Mrs. Seott, mother-in-law btﬁ&ndrew‘ Eitman, and Frankie McClelan, the actress, who| were dangerously injured, are slowly recovering. There are two or three others who had legs broken or were otherwise more 0z less hurt, but the above list.comprises all who are known to have been Kkilied, and it is'not believed that this number will be materially increased. The Coroner has selected, six well-known and responsible citizens who will serve as his jury, and he will begin his investigation on Monday next.

- Philadelphia is moved from centre to circumference by‘the recent deci:io;x} othhe Supliime (IDﬁurt restoring o the Treasury the million an - of dollar;s athaf;vCongress ?oa.ggg él'ohﬁ}g Centennial Exposition on certain positive conditions, and which the com‘mossioners sought to grab for the benefit of a ring of stockholders. Having been defeated before the tribunal of lass resort, they now propose to appeal to Congress, where, in view of the state of the public finances, uagd the actual merits of the caseitself, the reception of ‘such a petition is likely to be cool and discouraging. The times are propitious for a raid on the Treasury, and Philadelphia will have fo be content with the millions she pocketed last summer and fall. i

An explosion occurred, on the &th, in the office of Messrs. Jewett, white leadymanufaeturers, in New York, by which George W. Jewett, thé head of firm, and O. D. Jewett, his nephew, were killed, and Joseph A. Dean seriously injured. One accoant states that a misunderstanding existed between O.D. Jewett and his partners, and: that he was about 0 withdraw from: the firm. He came'to the office crazed with liquor, whei angry words -passed and he pulled a/ hand-grenade from his' pocket and threw it.on ‘the floor, an explosion foliowing with the result above stated, ;,Atgother account states that young Jewett was insane. It was believed thgb Dean’would regover, | A e v e, R - The Reading, Ph.:, railroad company “ordered the discharge of all engineers “belonging to the ‘brotherhood,” unless ‘they withdrew from the association. They don’t withdraw and the company. is filling fheir places with fireanen or any oy they can induce to take their pl ..jﬂ;s;a;@&%'fbxﬁhﬁ@hﬁ,bd”f stand by the fischarged engineers and ‘will providefor fheir support. .

. ZEEEGRAPHIC NEWS. _JOIRCINNATIL, 0., April 16e+=4 fire in. - Ash ai‘nﬁg;?(;, has burned five Hliree< | gbory - brick houses- it thaéﬁfm part of town, and greatly d: agﬁﬁi the Miller house. The fire commenced Beér & Co.s ’hardwargﬁwjmaf_hpqsg# “and was the work of an incendiary. PARIS-April 14.—'The defiant attitude of Turkey isexplained in private “Tetters from Constantinweple. - The Ot~ rtomans are rendered confident by as‘surances that the Caucasus, Persia, -and even-dlndia, wiil furnish.-mexal-and matpgtial aid against Russia in the course of the ‘dmpending war. % ' CONNERSVILLLE, Ind., A pril 16.—Jagper. N. Bﬂl%?E gommitted sufcide last night in- the -county jail by hanging. He was eharged by his daughter with ‘rape, and his frial was to take place to-day. - This act of=self-déstruction ‘prévented the damning disclosures -from coming to light, as the proof of hig gt was:posibive. i« Caavia e

[ For? WAYNE, Ind.,, April 16.—To‘day a leading citizen of Van Wert, 0., C. Knapp, committed suicide by shoot~ ing himself in the head with arevolver. ITe hagbeen ill several days with ‘neuralgia, which. greatly depressed }",him;; but this morning he was able to ‘oo to his store. About anbour after his - arrival he committed the deed which ended his life. i 5

ScrANTON, Pa., April 16.—The forests on all sides of the city are blazing fiercely for miles away, and although they are far enough from Scranton to be perfectly harmless, they cat@e considerable havoc among the small settlements and the narrow, clearings among| the hills. TForest fires have not been so fierce in the-neighborhood of ‘Scranton for many yeats as they are ab present. © ; o

; : i i - Fort Scotr, Kan, April 16—It is now as certain.beyond a doubt that the grasshopper eggs in this section are unproductive. Careful éxperiments lrave beenr made, and in addition; the weatlier of the past few days hag béen warm: enough to have hatched them by the million had the eggs been good, but not.one of the pests can be found. Farmers aregenerally jubilant, and a big crop of everything is looked for in Southeastern Kansas. .. .

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 13—Two children of John Price, were fatally burned last night in the absence of their parents. While the ‘mother had gone to the river for driftwood the children poured coal oil on the stove, gausing an explosion and setting-fire to their clothes. The elder ciied for help, but it came too late to 'save it from death. The younger was discovered [in a crouched attitude in the house. It will die from its injuries. CINCINNATI, April 12.—At Pomeroy, 0., last night, a fire, starting in the wareroom of D, Gryer. & Son, idin thé main business part of the city, spread rapidly in every direction, and was not checked until twénty-five business houses, offices, and residences were destroyed. The First National Bank building is the only one remaining on the west side of Court street; and its third story was gutted by ‘the flames. The total damage, .at a low estimate, will reach $lOO,OOO, - o CHARLESTON, S.C. April 13.—The heaviest wind and rain storm known since 1854 has prevailed here during ‘the past twenty-four-hours. -Considerable damage was done to wharves, but the-damage to shipping so far is slight. The tide is very high, and mueh of the lower portion of the city is submerged. Allrailroad trainshave stopped in consequence of damage to tracks. Accounts from all sections of the interior give gloomy reports of the planting prospects. The cold and excessive rains of the past'two weeks have delayed the work'of the planters, ‘and it is feared that te-day’s storm, which was general throughout the ‘State, has inflicted serious injurys '

—A correspondent of the LaGrange Standard writes that paper that the “farmers of Newbury organized a *Farmer’s Club” about two months ago, called the “ Newbury IFarmer’s Club.” “ They, with their wives and young folks, meet weekly at the Shipshowanna school house, and discuss farm topics. Among the subjects discussed have been, “Does farming offer superior‘inducements over other occupations to young men about to enter into business for themselves ?” “Isit profitable for farmers to I{Gep more stock than they can pasture on their enclosed land¥” “Which is more profitable, stoek or grain raising ?” “Corn Culture.” “What is the right time to. sow clover seed, and the proper quantity per acre?” The discussions have been both interesting and profitable.” Now, this seems to us to be a most ex: cellent plan for comparing notes and extending information on agricultural topics. Ifieverytownship inthe State had a similar club, vast improvements would soon be discernible in farming.

THE MARKETS. G LIGONIER. . GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 65¢; Oats, 37¢; Corn,4s@so¢; Flax Seed, $1 ;; OuClover S‘eep, $8 00; Timothy Seed, $1 00@1 20. i | . PropucE.—Hogs, live, {9 cwt $4 50, ‘Shoulders, per pound, 08c; Hams, 10¢; Bees Wax, 25c; Butter, 13¢; Lard, 10c; Bags, 9 doz., 8¢; Wool, 1,20@ 30¢; Feathers, 60c;-Tallow, 06c; Apples, dried, 4c, green, {3 bu. 25¢; Potatoes, 1 [email protected]; Hay, 3 ton, marsh $6; timothy $B. ol ¥ | KENDALLVILLE, GRAIN' AND SEEDs.—Wheat, white $1 70, red $1 67; Corn, 48c; Oats, 42¢; Clover Seed, $8 00; Flax, $1 00; " Tim;otl(ljy,;s2,2s; : L : THER PRODUCE.—Hams, ¥ Ib 11c; Shoulders, 08¢; Lard, 11c; Tallow, 6¢; Wool, 33c; Butter, 15¢; Beeswax, 25¢; ‘Abples, dried 4c, green, ¥ bu, 25¢; Potatoes, 1 00; Eggs, ¥ doz, 10c. © CHICAGO, April 18th, 1877. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $140; Corn,4s%c; 0at5,38% ¢c; Rye,79¢c; Barley, 62%5¢; Clover Seed, $8 65@8 85; Timothy, $1 40@1 80; Flax, $1 40@150. s o ProDUCE.—Mess Pork,Bewt, $l5 00 @l5 67; Lard, $9 87 @ 9 90; Hams, green, § 1b,8@8%4c; Shoulders, slgc; Butter, fairto good, 16@21, choice; 24@. ’300; Eggs, B doz., 11c; Potatoes, 1 00 @sl 20. ' e el | PouLTßY.—Turkeys, dressed,# I, 12@14c; Chickens, 13@14¢; Ducks, per doz. $2.25 for canvas; Geese, T@lo¢.. e g ; - TOLEDO.—ApriI 18th, 1877, . GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, amber, $179, N 0.2 Wabash, $1 73; Corn, 61¢; Oats, 41 Clover Seed, $8 50, LIVE STOCK MARKETS. . OmIcAGO, April js'.-%—éb.ttlé. Zaegvfy, ) R cw_?&é*%@, 5 85 good to choice $415@5 10, common to fair $3 25@4 253 cows and heifers, $2 50@3 00. Hogs, ‘extra heavy $5 50@b ‘75, common to choice heavy $5 40@5 50, light $4 50 | %&w Sheep, gaod to choice heayy, P ewt, $4 50@6 00, fair to medium $4 @AW Burrno, April 18,—Cattle. Ship'g, 85355 15, butohers! §4.85@5 00, StOCK. cattle M‘*ﬂé‘}@ﬁﬂ.éﬁh@ b, fair to good, P cwt, 86 1000 8¢ ﬂgmw goodFheN¥y $5 60 v - i : g * : “ S i .YW;; S s;‘ ﬁ ~4 1

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