The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 8, Ligonier, Noble County, 14 June 1877 — Page 2

e P “ﬁ\j@*ﬁ;?fﬁg’iﬁ;x P W e i~ © 4. m_STOLX..Editor and Proprictor. b . - | 13GONTER, IND,, JUNE 14th, 1877, ' *»Ei”mﬁyoftheoﬁioe of.l?reg; #dent should be willing to hold it & .S Geast. : et Bditerial Convention. ' The regular annual éonventio'n of w 3 Editorial Association of Northern indiana will be held at Auburn, Dehaih county, on Thursday and Fricay, Jdme 21 and 22, 1877. It 1s the request «f the aditors of DeKalb county that «ft membersbein attendance on Thurs<day afiernoon, as they have made ar- | namgenents for a moonlight excursion ‘ wm Thaorsday evening. .DeKalb countr has had'a representative at every mmestine of the Association, and it is the desire ‘of the members from that " esunty that each paper in"the District | % pepresented. By order of = ! J.B:STtoLL, President. Hezeenr S. FasseTT, Sec’y Editorial \Association Northern Indiana. =

“¥r is now believed that Charlie Ross =il be restored to his parents on or et the Ist of July. The stolen boy :s*;saamsuitso be secreted somewhere in Westarn Pennsylvania. v

. ¥3ax VoeoruEEs stated rather plain- ¥+ im his Indianapolis, speech that he intended to be heard next year. e =il be after Morton (and his seat in el Semate) with a sharp stick. Go s Ddamsel. You have our best wishes.

Srxpay and Monday last fast trains were put on the Toledo & Wabash, Vamdalia, Penpsylvania, Pan-Handle, und ather Toutes, The time is, from <t Louis, thirty-five hours; Ghicagq, twentysix; and Cincinnati, twentyfonr 6 New York. ) Ny

| ’I“m: Trexs claim to have won sev- . ery? vicloriés over the Russians, but . Zkemearly everything else telegraphed freim the seat of war, these pretended ~ wicgeries lack confirmation.. The al- ~ mmest incessant rains during April and ——afs have greatly interfered with the ——ﬁm of the Russian army. The ' whele basin of the Lower Danube. is sverfiowing and all .the Roumania rivers flowing into it haverisen, interruptiMe travel both on railroads and public highways, ek

sExaver BeCK, of Kentucky, was suterviewed by an Znquirer reporter, «m the political issues. BMr. Beck opases a reopening of the Presidential guesiion; and intimates that the South s boo well pleased with Hayes’ policy ia faver guoe warranto proceedings. ¥« says be doesn’t believe in getting ¥ of the democratic platform becsmse the republican President has got om %o it, but favors making the fizhi wpon the living issues of money, lariff reform and popular justice, as exprnessed in the St. Louis platform. He denounces bitterly what he terms ihe cowardice of the New York politiciams, who, he says, failed to come to %o the front when ihe Presidential

firddt was r?any at its hottest, and “hms lJost the day. ' But he does not now thindf it best to reopen the fight =pon the Presidency or the questions srowingontofit. . .

AN IwPORTANT financial transactiem occurred 3t Washington last Saturdsy. TheSyndicateagreed that day with the Secretary of the Treasury nal eniy to take the last $25,000,000 wf the four-and-a-half per cent. bonds but to take $35,000,600 of four per oent. bonds at par in coin. The éon#iien was accepted bv the Syndicate tiszt these bonds shall be put upon the market in this country for thirty days ut par,so that“our own people may subscribe for them. ~ At the end of That i3me the Syndicate will be at lib--Ity $o offer themi wherever they may gheass and at whatever premium-they will command. This gratifying redactipn n the rate of interest ought i exercise a healthful influence in mmare than one respect. Itis a sign of returnipg health 1n the body politic &nd of réviving faith in our institutiems béth abroad and at-home.

Te= X. Y. World of Sunday thus fmetsﬂae announcement of the refumding of the public debt at4and 414 per eemit: “A piece of news comes 3» us frem Washington this mornsng which will be hailed with unfeigno2 jor by all who have at heart the . homor and the prosperity of the Uni%ed States, and who understand the - owp@itions on which alone-honor can . B pm’niamedand our: prosperity re- | =stabiished. The operation of refungiug our national debt at a low rate.bf ‘uicrest has been advanced -beyond The expectations of many even of the minst sanguine friends of the republic, ¥ part by the unsettled political con- ~ ditich of Europe, in part by the wide _ Wistrast of private and corporate in: * grestments which has been excited on . %woith sides of the Atlantic during;’. the ~ past two or three years, but mainly ¥ the visible revival throughout this - mountry of a spirit of nationalism and wf between the great sec-

" H=smy Waep Beecuer dwelt on . VSeagpersmoe last Sunday. “The temm question,” Mr. Beecher said, | *has many aspects. Certainly, no ' mmore zeal is needed to miake success _ ware. Broader wisdom and charity in ~ Sisadvocates are needed. They should . mat be vindictive, or try to exclude . These who do not agree with them . frem vespectable circles. The real . trouble is the comstant tendencysin - Sammsn mature, founded on the war- . Sare beftween reason and the beast. _Wsis warfare mast last 5o long as thie _ zmce shall endure. There is no short . uft 9 victory. Have patience. Use & Tell the Germans, who would . mabe Sumday a beer drinking day, \met thut they are free, thinkers and “lrying to pull down our ino= betler stndents than we, yet that ﬁgﬁw : ,4

. Tho tenor of tho press, aid thg utterances of public men, plainly #dieato that the financial questigllywill ‘again be brought into_ promingie in said that the issue has already been made up, and that it only requiles the -assembling of a few State conventions to give it due prominence. = The fight will, this time, not be be‘tween soft money men and hard money men.” That issue hag'passed out of yde; the paper inflation theory i§ practically defunct, in fact almost forgotteng & . o ! S i The bone of contention is this:— There is one class, chiefly represented by bondholders, which maintains that gold alone shall be the standard of values; that silver is to be tolerated only as a substitute for frattional currency—as & legal tender in sums of five dollars and no more.. The advocates of the silver dollar aredivided into two classes; one, represented by the Sherman school of finaneiers;, who agree that the silver dollar shall be re-invested with its former legal tender features to a limited extent, so as to bring it into use for the liguidation jof comparatively small debts; while the other, and, as far.as we are able to judge, by far the most numeérous, insists that the “silver dollar of the fathers” shall be made an absolute legal tender for the payment of all debts, public and private, without limitation whatsoever: |

- That our readers may gain a clear understanding of the points involved in this controversy, we submit a few facts which will enable them toreadily form an intelligent conclusion as to the 'true merits of the respective positions occupied by contending factions. e o

© The silver dollar was a -legal tender without Jimit from 1792 to. 1873, a period of eighty-one years. - It circulated in perfect harmony with gold, and gave universal satisfaction. The gold coinage of eagles and fractional eagles, and at last, (in 1849) gold dollars, brought' about no conflict with the silver dollar. It . had been-the unit of values, the center of our moneta{i, system, down to 1873, when by cuiing and deception, in ‘a dark way, it was demonetized, or, in other words, deprived of its legal tender features. It is claimed. that the bill which wrought this change was literally smuggled through Congress, that exeept by its title it was not even read in the House; in short, that the demonetizing of the silver dollar was one of the most shameless tricks ever enacted in the history of American legislation. No open defense has, to -our knowledge, been made of this dis‘reputable proceeding by the champions‘ of an exclusive gold standard. - | It should always be remembered, in considering this question, that. the silver dollar was the eriginal unit of the country, and; as the X. Y. Sun expresses it, fell into disuse only because gold became relatively cheaper. But it has never I\)\ee/n formally .}\.,ban-‘ doned, and not until 1873 were the provisions for its coinage. repealed. Had-the mint act of 1857 been suffered to remain in force, the dollar of 41215 grains of standard silver might still ‘be coined to an unlimited amount, and beas available as the gold dollar in the payment -of. debts. Its champions, therefore, merely demand the undoing of the legislation of 1873, and," the consequent restoration of the law as it then stood. ~They do not deny that the practical result of compliance with their demand. will be . to‘ enable debtors to pay their debis:at a eonsiderable discount; but this, they linsist, is a risk which the creditor al- ‘ 'ways took, and he must abide by his bargain.. The law says that his claim may be discharged either in silver or. in gold, and now that silver has fallen' in value, he should not, they contend, be protected” at the debtor’s ‘expense by the neglect of Congress to provide Tecessary coins. | T

The “gold men” ‘urge’ in opposition to this argument that the silver dollar had been so long discarded that all existing contracts were made with exclusive reference to gold. These “gold men” are forced to admit that the bonds of the United States are made payable in “coin;” but in‘support of the assumption that gold alone was intended they cite the fact that these bonds have all along been paid in gold, principal ds well as interest. They also point to the fact that in advertising U. S. bonds for sale in England, the Rothschilds expressly informed the English capitalists that these bonds were payable .in gold; that the government collects its duties in gold; that, for all purposes of foreign commerce, gold is the universal standard, and that the purchasing power of our paper money is measured by it. - To substitite silver, thes gentlemen argue, would in- effect Ise partial repudiation and -result in defrauding publie creditors. A

We are particular in thus st:ting minutely the objections urged af sainst remonetizing the silver dollar. ! Their weakness is apparent at a singie glance. The fact that Uncle 'Sam has been paying his_obligations in gold argues nothing against his right to pay in silver if he so chooses or deems it expedient; and the assummances of the Rothschilds certainly eannot be held of greater force tham the provisions of the law authorizing the issue of the bonds in question. If silver happens to be cheap just now, that is an advantage of which the debtor has a clear right to avail himself. It ig ‘his luck, not his fault. He stipulated to pay in coin, which at the time meant gold o 7 siver, and so long as he holds himself in readines to comply with the conditions of his contract, it comes with exceeding bad grace for these modern Shylocks to be prating about “partial- repudiation” or:- “defrauding public creditors.” Tur BAXNER is unequivocally and unreservedIy in favor of remonetizing the silver dO*HOl‘., ; : Bty

~ UNcLE SAM now invites capitalists to invest their surplus funds in four per cent. bonds, All the thigher per ‘cent. bonds are closed out. The four per cent., bonds run thirty years.— They will be of the denomination of $l,OOO, 8500, sloo,and $5O, thus bringing them within the reach of small investors, and giving them all the advantageous features of a popularloan. The interest is payable quarterly. |

-~ ROME CITY ITEMS. On Sunday last a large delegation of Israelites from Ligonier, accompanied by a few of the Gentiles, made our town a visit. They brought with them: the Ligonier 'String Band, con‘sisting .of Homer Miller, George and Christ - Sack, who are all first-class musicians, and Doctor F. L. Hathaway officiated as caller. They arrived on the island ready for business about li-o'clock, A. M., and immediately the exercises commenced. Daneing, such as cotillions, quadrilles, waltzes, schottishes, polkas, &ec., &c., were kept up almost without intermission. A revolying swing which has lately been plaplad upon the grounds was very liberally patrpnized and afforded oceans of fun. The croquét; grounds were all continually occupied by those whe indulged only in light and inuocent sports. The day being cool, boat ¥iding ;was almost entirely dispensed’ With.f Parties from Kendallville, Albion, Lagrange, Brimtield, .and many from the couhtry round-.':‘ixrdvabout,. were visitors on the occasion; but! none except those of the Hebrew na-; tion and a few of the Gentiles who came with them by 'spécial* invitation took any part in the exercise of daneing. Those who got up the party conducted the matter and had everything their own way. Aill went off smoothly.and quietly, and those who participated seemed to enjoy themselves hugely. The exercises ‘continued at the—park until about 5 o’clock, 2. M. when the party adjourned :to the Lake Side: Tfouse. where Mr. Tompkins, our genial landlord, had their supper in waiting, which all seemed to erjoy with 2 good relish. After eating s'upper and pronoulecing a blessing u'pon Rome City, all retired to their several homes, declaring as’ they departed that this would not be their last wisit to Rome City. : v

“Brick” Pameroy will orate.here on the Fourth of July. It is admitted by all thszz’;he can make the American eagle “sqeal.” : The wedther was so coolion Sunday last that our lake steemer was not able to be out. . The editor of the Wolcottville Gazette 'was present and took notes of the doings at the park on Sunday last. ~ The Universalist pic-nic at -the park on the 3d of June was a grand affair. About seyen hundred persons ‘werein attendance. Dancing, croquet playing, I)oat riding,. fishing, &e., were the order of the day/. .The exeursionists were a fine '.ooking, intelligent and well;—hehaved lot of people, and with many it wa s theiwr first visit to Rome City. All wenre filled with admiration &t the. nattiral advantages and beauties ar;d romantic sceneries of our very poy jular swmmer resort. The South \#hitley ‘Band was here on the 3d inst ant and made music for the pic-nicer s. They are good musicians, and are very gaudily dressed, resembling - very much Major Generals in full 1 miform. ° =

'The G. li. & X. R. R. Company have putia turoing table here. Hereafter locomiotives cemy “abowut face” without running back ¢o Kendallville.: Telegraph wire;s now unite different portions of ‘our eity. A‘good rhany of oilxj‘boys ha'lve got it pl‘e}éty bad. x

Fifty-fives hedd of horses were stabled an d fed at the Lake Side barn on Sunds.y Jast. - - -George Gibson, of the Hawpatch, played circus-ridingz at the park last Sunda'y, 1 Geoisge was furnished with a criy)pled nag and got badly frightened. Tt made "ots of fun for the boys, but -George , could n’t see where the laug:h came i n. g George' Cc sper,” of - Brimfield, and Owen Black ;, of Albion, “presided” a portion of 't he time during the exercises at the park last Sunday. | S. W. Doc Ige, of Lagrange, found a beautiful s iring of fish here on Sunday last. S. W . used to bait with green gl‘{lSéll’Ole HIS. 4 :

A Four’ /i ef July dance af the Rome City park js worth double as'much as a dance at; any hall in the cdl{mtry. i Albion .celebrates the Fourth of July eve xy year. There is so much samenes s about their programmes that If. they I;'hd any old bells left over from 17 .st year they would answer for presen fuse. Why not have a change ? ~ Exc arsion trains at half-fare will be rmr |to this place from Fort Wayne and I [glamazoo on the Fourth of July. Pe! g 1: St. Mary has taken out license tose I beer and wine to be drank on the j we:mises. ] 1,

De et or Yarnell has got his bathing tubs adjusted and in working order, ancy we; can now say that our waterCu re is in operation and ready for patients.” ‘ .

Froin the moani‘.ag‘ of the Wolcottville G'azelte we wonld infer that that journz.l is in its death struggles. We «do not. want te be torced to write an'other obituary, as we were called upon to do about a year ago, over the death of the Rome City Review. We call upon the citizens of Wolcottville to look after the afflictions of their sick organ. s T. P. Kessler, of Brimfield, was one of the visitors at our park on Sunday last. T. P. has invested largely in tife Missouri lead mines and is somewhat afflicted with Missouri fever. Henow owns a large interest in the Colorado silver mines, the Missouri lead mines, and “the cattle on a thousand hills” around and about Briuafield belong to him. He owns nearly: all the land adjoining him and has bargained for more, and we would like to know what is to come next. :

| 'Selig and Loeser, of Ligonier, are good at riding the wild horse and .snatéping.the ring from the hanger. We are informed by tho Ft. Wayne Gazette that there will sopn be soveral ‘new boats put upon our lake, but it ‘doesn’t say who is to do it : . Ede Fisher last week caughi;a pick‘erel weighing eleven pounds. ,

~ Our meat marlzet is “ausgesphelf.” Couldn’t keep cool without ice, was the cause of its clise. :

Decatur (Indian a) pic-nics here to-| day (Tuesday,) bu bt as we send to press | to-day we can not ;zive any particulars. The livery stock: of Ligonier was on exhibition in our ;own on Sunday last and made a fine a ppearance. Charley Holmi:s informs us that Lagrange will m ake no pretensions, but that all will come and celsbrate the Fourth at Ro me City. S ‘We hope to be ' able to give the programme for the Fourth of July next week, = : n New potafoes are served up at the Lake Side House., ALEXTS, |

HENDRICKS’ HEARTY ADIEU. How His Neighbors ‘Parted With ~Him and What Was Said. .- .r ; L v ' INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. June- B.—}-The public demonstration here to-night, ‘made as a mark of respect and esteem to ex-Governor Thomas A. Hendricks upon his departure for Europe, was rather a general manifestation of popular regard than a formal:tribute. The occasion was honored by the presence of distinguished Democrats from all parts of the State, and was in every way worthy of the eminent character of the recipient. A delegation of 200 Democrats from Shelbyville, the old home of Mr. Hendricks, arrived early in the evening, and was received by him at the' office of Governor Williams, when a formal 4nd friendly exchange of courtesies tdok place. Gav. Hendricks and. his political friends were escorted to the hall by delegations from the various local .Pemocratic organizations, and his entrance was, greeted with the \v‘ildcxst applause. Senator McDonald presided, and said on taking the chair that this was a spontaneous outpouring to pay a tribute ‘of respect to the distinguished. citizen who, if the popular will could obtain, would now occupy the second place in the councils of the nation. :He then requested the orator of the occasion, D. W. Voorhees, to step forward, and that gentleman responded in an eloquent and graceful address. He briefly reviewed Mr. Hendricks’ public services, saying that they had met the full measure of every honest man’s expectations. Mr." Hendricks had met with respect in hostile quarters, while he has possessed the love and affection of those of his own party. ?

Governor Hendricks then came forward, and, after the cheering had subsided, said that after u)eé close of the contest of last, year, and of his official term, he found himself worn out in physical strength, and thought to take at least six month’s rest and see other parts of the world. Upon his departure he was overcome by, thiis demonstration of respect on the part of his fellow-citizens. .In reference to his publie life, he said his rule had always been to do the best he could, and if any success had attended his course in life he attributed. it to that rule. He said that as he turned his back fof a short period upon his home and his people, to look upon other countries, it was a pleasing reflection to know that he had the good wishes of those he left behind him. = The thought that he enjoyed thie respect and esteem of the people of Indiana, was the richest gem of his possession. Thoughhe had passed through very earnest and determined party contests, he had not carried with him' a personal and bitter prejudice to those of the opposite side. The presiding oflicer,'Senator McDonald, had stated a fact when he said that had the/prular‘ will obtained, he_(lleudricks) would. to-day be Vice President. lle was as certain that he had obtained a majority of the popular votg as he was that Mr. Williams was elécted Governor of Indians. Had the:decision been left to the people, the decision at- the Dballot-hox would not have been reversed. THe. knew that it was a subject of regret to-thousands of gentlemen whordid not vote for either himself or Governor Tilden that this blow had been struck at Amwmerican institutions.:— “Hereafter the man who is elected President of the United States by the voice and the:will of the people must and will be inaugurated.” The declaration was loudly cheered. .

Governor Williams was called upon and in a few words bid good-bye to his honored predecessor, and then, in response to a determined invitation, Wm. S. Ilolman -delivered a ibrief speech, coneluding by saying that he knew Governor IHendricks would return with devoted. attachment to our form of government, and to accept the high honor the people are to accord him in the early future. =D. S. Gooding also spoke for a few minutes, and then the assemblage again called upon Mzr. Voorhees, who briefly but stingingly denounced the fraudulent settlement of the .#residential contest, and pledged himself to work early and late in the nextcanvass, in which the Democrats of Indiana should try to improve on all past ones. \ : The assemblage then filed upon the stage, and the closing quarter of an hour was spent in hand:shaking and wishing him good-bye. Later he received his more immediate personal friends at the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks leave for New Yorkat 4 o’clock to-morrow morning, and will sail on the Scythia next Wednesday.

Gov. HAMPTON’S course toward the negroes of South Carolina has been of such a character as t¢ évoke comy mendation’ even from su'cli papers as the New York 77ibune ‘which was recently impelled to state his position in these words: He says it is. the true policy to.conciliate and educate them, rather than to oppress or intimidate tiiem. He believes equal appropriations for the education of whites and blacks -should be made, but he is opposed to ‘co-education because ithe two races ave on different intellectual planes and do not study together advantageously in the, same classes. He thinks the young negroes are more precocious ‘than the whites, but as they grapple with advanced studies they have, as the jockeys say, no staying pbwer. He has no objection to negroes occupying any ‘position for ‘which they are fitted, but thinks the North must be convinced that as legislators in South Corolina they are ‘more than a failure. - He said that he knew them through and through, had always been their friend and they knew it, and, while théy made excel-. lent laborers and skillful mechanics, he had'yet to see the first negro. who ever originated or invented anything.

. THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS of the London papers, having exhausted-the natural scenery, architecture, and social customs of Roumania, ‘are now turning their attention toagriculture. One of them observes that the soil is obviously very fertile, and nearly every acre is under cultivation. The industry of the peasantry is intense; it is a pity their plowing is not a little deeper. The villages are embowered. in the white blossoming fruit trees, and the folk make clean at least the outside of the platter. by painting the exteriors of their houses a dazzling white or a pale, delicate blue, The fields ‘which are uninclosed, are of huge size, and . in one a conple of dozen teams, oxen in the traces, ponies as leaders, may be seen plowing; in the next, a far reaching line of sowiers,! moving forward abreastin open order. The more one sees of the prineipalities the more ciearly is it a'ppér-?‘ ant ‘than if their finances are in an mnsatisfactory condition it is from no ‘ dack of natural wealth and fertility of production in the soil. hio

«Gov. HeNpRICKS had a magnificent reception in New York last Tuesday. The pringipal speeches wete delivered by Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hendridks, the former speaking sharply of the base presidential conspiracy of 1876. Gov. iiﬂg'hdricks started for Europe yester-

- . . DAN VOORHEES. Ringing Sentences from his Hendricks Farewell Speech at Indianapolis. ‘T have followed the banner of the democratic party through many and many a hard fought contest. I' have never for one moment faltered in its support, because I believed it sheltered the best interests. of this country. I looked upon the democratic party as the party: of the people, the party of the interests of the country, the party to build up enterprise - and give labor to those out of employment by foster-: ing enterprises of an industrial character. I look upon it'as the party of equality, as the natural foe and enemy of monopoly in all its shapes and terrible forms in which it has cursed the world, [applausé] and for that reason, heart and soul, 1 have gone .with you -and struggled with you. I have gone down in defedt, in gloom, in darkness,. bitterness, and almost death at times. I bave again seen it come up to triumph over its enemies. I followed it last year in a contestithat will be mémorable always.in the annals of the State of Indiana. - With the gallant Governor of the State, who has been in your midst to-night, we triumphed. We beat them 'on the stricken field of Indiana. It was the pioudest day of my life. We triumpikd all over this nation, and instead of our friends being. in'the minority, and instead of it talling into the power of our enemies to say that we did not represent. the majority ot the people of the United States, the people of the United :States, by aquarter of a-million. majority, said that Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hendricks were President and Vice President, ¢f ‘the United States. [Ap‘plause.] Fraud and falsehood, chicanery ‘baser than I can find words- to express, cheated, robbed and defrauded the American people of.their right to the choice under the, constitution as certain as there is a God in Heaven to-night. [Cheers.] | :No such wrong can go always unredressed; the hour approaches” when that battle is to be fought over again.. Wrong has triumphed, -and I know how the hearts of the Democracy: feel on this subject by my own. It was sore and full of a .sense ‘of bitter disappointment. ' But ~do not be discouraged, do not be, demoralized,—as. your enemies: suspect you to be. Do not-feel like the soldier who has been driven from the field of battle. Once, just once in a’hundred years of American history —just once in one entire century—have fraud and ‘crime invaded the judiciary of your country :and cheated the American people of their choice of their:publie |officers. _ It has been done but once in a hundred years of American history, and it seemed to come at the Centennial year as if it was to emphasize the fact that it took 100 years for' human depravity ‘to accumulate ‘and concentrate itself into a climax ¢f such crime against the rights of the people as was perpetrated last-year. But what'l want to say more than anything else i, Stand steady, men, this thing is to be fought over. Once in 100 years have they done this' thing—never again in 500 years shall they have an opportunity to repeat theé wrong! [Applause and cheers.] Evéry man is on his guard from this on. Let there be no mistakes about this. llenceforth every man will do picket duty most vigilantly to see that the verdict of the people passed in the ballot-box shall be counted—whether it is done by Supreme Judges, Electoral Commissions, or anybody else—by honest men; and in the long run good will come of this evil. Itis a warning for all the years that are in the future for the American ‘republic.. It is a warning hung up in blazing letters in the vault of the sky for all future generations to be on their ‘guard to-see that in the name of liberty, so long as;liberty is worth preserving, that no suéh crime is suffered again to be committed while the pillars of the republic endure. I say, be not discouraged, be not dismayed, benot, demoralized, for the time approaches when this con\cesb between the highest interests ofimen, Democrats as iell as Republicans, who know how that election went, and fraudis tobe fought overagain. Truth is styonger in man’s heart than falsehood, and every Democrat in the land and every conservative man will feel strengthened and nerved by the truth in his heart to set things right ‘and correct thismighty injustice that has been done, and in our sphere we will doour duty in Indigna in the next contest which takes plhce,: and the beginning of which will be sounded in the next 12 months from now, ' 0 ! I am lét making a political speech to-nmight, but I'will promise you this: I have made some severe canvasses in my day. Whenthe roll is called a year from now expect me toanswer promptJy to my name. TApplause.] And if I do*not meet the people of Indiana in as nearly every ' country as-any man. -ever did, and present as carefully the 'facts 'for their considerations about the public service'as in my power, it will be because life, and strength are: not granted me. I may not make many more. canvasses, but the next one, gentlemen—the next one—we will all try to-improve on the best ones that have yet been made. I thank you for your attention to me. .

SENATOR JOE MCDONALD, of this State, arrived in Washington city last Sunday. In conversation he is reported as saying that g Indiana the Democrats approve and the Republicans acquiesce in Hayes’ policy, neither with enthusiasm, political feeling being at a low ebb. ' A large majority of the voters in the West unité in opposit_i'on to Sherman’s financial policy -as outlined in the contraction of the currency, but he is doubtful! how far this popular sentiment will go in rousing opposition in Congress, where he looks to see the South and West united against the East. So far tlle,business of t;:his State has not felt the contraction, and the crops are unusu- ' ally good.! Morton’s letter, McDonald %hinks, is not a fair index of republican sentiment. In McDonald’s opinion, one of the most impottant subjects of legislationsnext winter will bs the revision of. the. electoral system. He favors a.pro rat;n system—a popular vote by Stateés, the electoral vote of each State being appointedto the® candidate upon the proportion of the votes cast. Yoo TLagle Brgdge, N. Y.. has a new coat of arms—a madman with a carvingknife, gules, rampant, regardant, on a house-top of the first, proper.. His name is Lafa?rette‘ Witheral: He induced a neighbor’s wife to let him have a $7 calf for $4.50, converted the balance of trade into rum, and displayed such symptoms of madness that the neighbors were fain to bind ‘him to a bed with seven new ropes. WWhen he became, as- they thought, calm ‘they untied him, whereon he seized a carving-knife, ‘drove them out and stabbed one of thém, Henry Eadie, thrice. The ma,dlgan allowed them: Lo ;;rengove the .body, but intrenched himself in the house and | bade defiance to the authorities, who have fearlessly encamped round the .building and are waiting till he is ‘starved out or has the good sense to cut his throat. iy i .‘4“"'——? Y\E ks .':.i? &

According to a late decision of the Supreme Court, the policies of insurance companies doing;business in Indiana contrary to law are void. The .S\t?te/Auditor is now taking in a lot of 'loose ones that cannot comply with the requirement of the law, '

General Items. The people throughout the country will be pained to learn that Senator T. W. Ferry, of Michigan, is lying dangerously ill of congestion of the brain. LATER.—Ferry is improving. - Leading bankers are urging Secretary Sherman to make an authoritative announcement .of his financial policy and let the country know exactly what he intends doing. Ie has the matter under consideration.- ' -

Peter B. Sweeney, the brains of the Tweed ring, has been 'squeezed out of $400,000 on a suit for $3,000,000, by the people of New York. And now Oakey Hall wants to come back. He would pay $400,000 to compromise. Both these men have been known as public plunderers since 1871. ° _ Charles Stringer, a Philadelphian, was arrested in- that city on the 10th inst. by the agent of the society for the prevention of cruelty to children, for placing his grand-son upon a hot stove and burning him badly. for assaulting his §e and another grand child with! a'hatchet and knife, and for setting fire to his house. Pl

John Zoerb, of Potter county, Pa., a few days ago went to his bed room, after having knocked his son down with a pi'%ce of iron, placed the muzzle of a rifle to his mouth, pulled the trigger with his fingers and blew himself into eternity. It is thought he was partially insane, domestic trouble having preyed on his mind. He was sixty-four years old. : Sl

Francis' Fohnahon, a German resident of New:-York city, was committed on the 10th, at the Harlem Police Court, for having’ debauched Lis two daughters, aged 15 and 12 years. The eldest girl gave birth to a child ashort time ago, and admitted that her father was its parent. The eldest girl was held as a witness against her father, and the other given in charge of a benevolent institution, .= - . : - The Cincinnati Cowfmercial, a day or two ago, published crop reports from two hundred and eleven points in #hio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Of these, one hundred and seventy-nine indicate a good -crop of wlieat, thirty-one a fair crop, and one a light crop, if any. Of the fruit forty-seven reports promisé a good crop, seventy-four a_fair crop, and ninety a light crop, if 'any.

A London Times correspondent with the Turkish army in Bulgaria says the infantry are well equipped and ready for the field at any mhoment, but the artillery is woefully deficient'in horses, and the money with which to overcome this great disadvantage is not to be had. The correspondent estimates the strength of the Turks, -of all arms, between the Danube and the Balkans at about 200,000 men.

« Ex-Governor Andrew G. Curtin is credited with expressing the opinion that one of the most sanguinary wars of modern times has begun, one that Will be exhaustive ‘and of long duration. lle says that Russia was; preparing for it when he was in' that country, and has for that matfer been preparing for it fifteen years.” The Russian people will enter upon the struggle with enthusiasm and great unanimity. -i, Down in the coal regions of Pennsylvania there are new disturbances and prospects of lively times. The efforts of the coal producing and transportation comganies to reduce the price of anthracite at the sea-board have resulted in the reduction of operatives, wages on the railway lines; with the prophecy of another shortening on the New Jersey Central, The employes are agitating petitio&s and threatening strikes; while the dealers are consummating arrangements for cutting gach other’s throats. Terrible faccounts of panic and devastation come from Michigan, where forest fires are again sweeping down the timber, destroying lumbering séttlements, besieging towns, and calling miners from their- work to fight the flames. It is to be hoped that this scourge will not be as fearful asin 1871; though the fires are reported to be raging in 12 counties of the lower peninsula, and to be doing savage work in the upper peninsula also. The high winds which often prevail in the Northwest render. these forest fires peculiarly destructive. . The rains of last week seem to have been general throughout the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys. In 48 hours there was a fall-of 13 inches of rain in the vicinity of Memphis, while throughiout Missouri and Kansas there was a very heavy fall of rain, causing oreat damage to crops and railroad and otlﬁr property. A small town opposite Lieavenworth, on the Missouri, is six feet under water, and is likely to be destroyed. All along the Missouri -bottoms .the inhabitants have been compelled to remove to the bluffs, the country being flooded. - The venerable Peter Cooper has addressed a‘letter of thanks to President Hayes for his general policy, and tendering him some finahcial advice. . Mr. Cooper urges the intercenvertible three per cent. bond-green-back currency, which he believes would be more valuable than all gold mines on the continent: Silver should be withdrawn from circulation and used in the purchase of foreign bonds, the subsidiary coin to be replaced by the reissue of fractional currency. Mr. Cooper is a friend of the silver dollar of our fathers.—lndianapolis Journal. e

Further information regarding the extent of thedestruction on the Southern Pacific coast, caused by earthquake and tidal waye of May 10th, has been received at Panama, though but few particulars are known regarding the details of the disaster. The tov’vns of Antofagasta, Iquiyue, Arica, Tambo, DeMoro, Pebellon, DePica and 110, were almost entirely destroyed, and other seaports along the coast of Chili and Peru suffered great damage. The sea in some places rose to a height of over 60 feet. There was undoubtedly great loss of life, but the destruction to the telegraph lines has rendered it impossible to get any more exact information. | Sk

A special dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette, dated 'Washington, June sth, says: Secretary Sherman has adopted the curious civil-service rule that where two brothers aré in the service of th? Treasury Department, although each may be the head of family and living apart, one of them must be dismissed, ' There is a painful rumor afloat to-night to the effect that the President -has adopted this rule for the whole Government service, and that as a result he has notified Secretary Sherman and General Sherman that. they can arrange the matter be-. tween themselves, but that under the rule one or the other of them will have to retire to private life. . ~ln the Charleston district, near Boston, Charles Fagerstrom, aged 3 years, was killed by a boy named Welch, only 214 years old. Whether the children were in the habit of quarreling does not appear, but a sister of Mrs. Welch instructed her daughter Lizzie to drive away the Fagerstrom boy ‘whenever he came there. This display of hostility doubtless made a strang impression upon the Welch boy, and last Wednesday evening, (the 6th inst.,) he picked upa fragment of brick having a sharp edge, and going up to the Fagerstrom boy struck him on the head with it just above the left eye, fracturing hisskull. He was taken home, and died on the morning of the Bth from the effects of the blow. Coroner Bradford was called upon, but decided that an inquest would be unnecessary owing to the irresponsible age of the Welch boy,

The High Water in the West. 81, Lours, June 10.—The Missouri ‘River at and below Kansas City is still rising and doing great damage. The water is higher than at any time sinee the flood of 1844. The town of Harlem, opposite Kansas City, is about six feet under water, and likely to be entirely destroyed, and the railroads in the vicinity are greatly damaged by washouts or submerged tracks. The people living on the bottoms along the Missouri ‘River are, moving to the bluffs, taking;what property they can with them. . ’fhe members of the Missouri Press Aspociation, who were on an exeursion, are waterbound at Hot Springs, Ark., there being an impassable break on the narrow-gauge road between the Springsand Malvern, on the St. Louis, (Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad. Ll

Crop Prospects in Michigan. KArAMAZOO, June 9.—The ravages of the fly in this section arelvery great, and a few days ago- the feeling was that the :wheat crop would be practically a failure. . On nearly all fields of early sown white-wheat the fly is playing havoc¢;’ but since the rains there is an improved feeling, especially in Barry, Van Buren, St. Joseph, and some parts of Kalamazoo. But, about here there is ai poor chance for a big crop. It may be said the crop will fall tar below the average on this account alone, and other causes make it still worse. Corn has suffered from drought and the worm, and the potato bug is-dealing destruction.. It is now raining.. The long drought has cegsed. %

IHigh Waters In The West.. @ ST. Lours, June 9th.—Despatches from all points West indicate that the railroads are geneially obstructed by washouts caused by the heavy rains. The Missouri has overflowed its banks below Kansas City on both sides and the destruction of crops is very greaf. Wolf river, at Memphis, is higher! than was ever known, and $30,000 worth of logs and lumber has been lost. All the roads running out of Memphis except that to - Louisville have suspended operations. At Omaha the river 1s sixteen feet nine inches high and still rising. | ] ! e T g (e - A Judge Impeached for Drunkenness,

CoLuMBUS, S. C,, June 6th.—ln the House to-night a resolution agreeing to impeach Associate Justice J.J. Wright, ijﬁr drunkenness, was passed by a,twothirds vote, and a ,committee, will be appointed to prepare articles of impeachment. 1n the mean time Judge Wright is suspended from the exer-, cise of the duties of his oflice. Wright is a darkey. i

Florida has but 200,000 inhabitants, and yet the area of the State islarger than that of New York,, ° ;

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S3lO. 000 - CASH IN GIFTS. New Organization, - , Entirely New Management, Farmers’ and Drovers’ Bank, Lou- ~ isville, Ky., Depository. Drawings Legalized by the - Courts of Kentucky. The Kentucky Cash Distribution Company has been re-organized, and its franchises and privileges transfer: red to an Entire new Company. On the 18th of May, under a Quo Warranto Suit; brought by the Attorney-Geuner-al, their Charter was sustained by the Court, and DECLARED LEGAL BEYOND QUESTION. ity :

| . READ THE LIST OF GIFTS. ! 1 GRAND CASIE GlFT.cunussvsionsnns-onche-$50,000 1 Grand Cash Gift......icco.oieannlnia i, 26,000 1 Grand Caßh Gl oo o coiie oo lodo i 15000 IGrand Cash Gt ... ... .ccoiiiircanssris 10,000 3 Grand Cash Gifts, $5,000 each.....,..... 15.000 5 Grand Cash Gifts, $2,000 each....{,..... 10,000 20 Cash Gifts, $l,OOO each.......... ...... 20,000° 40 Cash Gifts. $5OO each....0..........c..: 20,000 100 Cash Gifts, $2OO each.................. 20,000 800 Cash Gifts, $lOO each....c.viyuerennns.. 30,000 500 Cash Gifts, $6O each . c.co.ooiinl ooive 25,000 6,000 Cash Gifts, $lO each.........;........ 60,000 E,-G-S(};lsh Gifts, amounting foo iy .8310.00‘0 Whole Tickets $lO, Halves $5, Quarters §2.50. ‘ 11 Tickets $lOO, 3314 Tickets $3OO, 563 . i _ 1 Tickets $5OO. : All' Prizes paid on presentation after the Drawing, and Lists furnished promptly. ! Whole Tickets $10; Halves $5; Quarters $2.50; 11 Tickets $100; 331 Tickets $3OO. 567 Ticketls gl o o { All cotﬂmtnicatlons and orders for tickets and application for agenties ghounld he adc{eased 1o G. W. Barrow & Co., . GENERAL MANAGERS, 78t Courier-Journal Building, Loulville, Ky,

LoDl e R ary R LARGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN '/ NOBLE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES, IMPORTANT! Mo all who wish to buy good I‘)’.‘ : q Bir ; | )}I. ,vVVe can sh(v)vwv'&th’e‘Lai'gest-z;nd I\’l[().ﬁ;t ; ‘ Complete : Stock of Men’s, Youths’ ~ and Boys’ Clothing of all Kinds, AND AT PRICES WE IO ECETY COMPETITION, We Let Our Goods Speak For Thomsolvm o CALL 'AI\TD‘II\TSPECT ougfé‘ﬁoc‘K.. el Ciothng:to ORDER Our Specialiy sedmtmagiarte) o Heldallville; Ini.

- The following.dispatches have been received at the home office of the Walter*A. Wood M. &R. M. Co.: ’ o . oodlh THE FIRST WORE OF THE e, . i si ’ Kis ‘. . il .. . ae : . ‘ ! Walter A. Wood Sglf-Binding Harvester. ST FOR THE YEAR OF ISOe. - |- o - } (BY TELEGRAPIL) 71, - : : e DALTLAS, Texas, May 16th, 1877, WAILTER A, WOOD, President: « . i i ol We have-two ]Aiindférs/pumling in barley—iost too green to cut—some ! heavy and some very thin.” Both doing well, . i [Signed| B VI TOMPKINS. 1 : ; L. Nmw ]§RAl}NFl:«;LS,‘T,éi'hs,i{ay 18bh, 1877. . - 'WALTER A. WOOD, President: | i e N " Hurrah for the Wood Self-Binding ITarvester! (01. Cunningham; who bought Binder last year, bought another this. Put it up himself., ITas been running the past five days with perfect satisfaction. . - i _., [Signed]- * T (TIPS, CLEMENS & FAUST. e : DALLAS, Texas, May 24, 1877. I'have reports to-day from seventeen Binders sold this season. All doing spllendi_(].;.. e : a 2 e IV ROMEPRINS, L o o NEW BRAUNFELS, Tcxas,.M:ly 04, 1877, . 1, g Tour new. Binders started, All domg well. | g . GG : TIPS,CLEMENS & FAUST. : Hlog oA s STIERMAN, Texas, May 24, 1877. | “Started one Binder in barley to-day. Doing well. e P e L O EORBES & CO.~ - The above are.only a part of the favorable reports that come’ from Texas, where the Machines have heen in use the : . past two weeks, but is sufficient to give an idea : - iof{the wonderful operation of this year’s . e -2 .. Harvesters and Binders. = , : One of these Machines can be seen in working order by call5. . Ing atmy warehouse. ' Every Machine Fully Warranted. j 1 i [ = } = . For terms and prices, call on or address . by 0 JOHIN WEIR., - gatp b ~ Lidgbnier., Indiana.

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NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO., | | Battle Creek, Mich, The{ ot ‘any oftheir regular anthorized Dealers, furnish Illustrated Pamphlets, Price lists and full pnruiculau,v f(‘ree‘, on a’ppl_ica_tion. 6-2 m, . LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING inthe Post Office at Ligonier, Indiana,duringthe pastweek: . S Baily, Mrs. Sarah Loly, Miss Rttie = Felt, Mrs, Lizzie . . |[Niles, Miss Ig‘ﬂa A, Fisher, W.* Osborn, W. F.. | Korn, Geo, | , erfm. Mrs. Sarah | ; i -'Yaney, Miss Katie = ¢+ - Persons . calling for ax;g‘ of. the above letters will please gay *‘advertiséd.” i : < y H. M. GOODSPEED, P. M. _Lifronier, Ind., June 14,1877, ==~ ¢ J

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