The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 13, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 July 1877 — Page 2

The Patiomal Banner S L O : RBRY Vi ) J. B.STOLT, Bditor and Proprietor ~ _ LIGONTER, IND,, JULY 19th, 1877. “No man worthy of the office of Pres- , ‘tlent should be willing to hold it if sounted in or.placed there by fraud.’— U. S. GRANT. ‘

- It is sdid that of the 20,000 men constituting the regular army of the United States, 8,000 are of German nativity.

> Tue Chicago ZTribune is waging a noble fight against the gold ring.. Its editorials on that subject are exceedingly able, - ¢ - L

. REV. J. A, KAy, of Buffalo,has been awarded $lO,OOO damages for injuries isustained | in' a sleeping “car on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway. : S

~ Tue American hickory is nowbeing extensively cultivated in Germany. This kintT, of timber is in great demand by!wagon-makers and handleEabotles. | Pl e ey

BEVERAL of the St. Louis banks have suspended during the past few weeks. = The liabilities of these “busted” institutions range from - $150,000 to $300,000 each.

_ Sawver J. TILDEN, accompanied by Secretary-of-State John' Bigelow, started for Europe yesterday. He is in excellent health, and expects to return by the middle of October next.

' 'CROP REPORTS from France indicate an unusually heavy yield fhis year. In the central pgrtion of that country ,the erops are reported to be better than at any timeduring the past pixty yéars.. o

.. LiFE insurance companies are still trembling, The latest bust-up is that - of the Charter Oak of Hartford, Conn. " A recent investigation shows a good ~deal of roftenness in the management of that concern. . e {1

- AccorDING to careful/ estimates, Philadelphia has no less than 12,000 empty houses, which is about one-tenth of the total number. Several of the smaller cities of PeﬁnsylvanFia make an equally bad showing in proportion to population:: . 0

SENATOR SARNIGHAUSEN'S Staats: ‘Beitung, hitherto published tri-weekly, ihas been converted into a daily. We .can see no godd reason why a wellconducted German daily in & German city like Fort Wayne ought not prove remunerative. 7 .

. 'THE ORGANS of the bondholders and gold ring are beginning to feel that the people of the country are thoroughly aroused on the silver question, and that. the demonetization swindle of *73 is certain to be undone at the next session of Congress. - - . |

Tie N. Y. World is ominously silent on the silver question. The 7%¢bune, T'imes, Evening Postand the Nation are working zealously for an exclusive gold standard, while the Herazd and the Graphic stand up for the “dollar of the fathers.” b

BLAINE, it is said, freely admits that a democratic victory in 1880 is inevitable, but hie thinks if he can have his way he wi]_llbvble to put the republican party in shape for a vietory in 1884. There must be a“heap” of comfort in that caleulation. e

- THE PEACH ¢ROP in little Delaware is said to be.immense, and we wight, ‘calculate upon low prices for that delicious fruit if it wasn’t for-the fact _that the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R., which has no compe- . tition from the peach region, is.exacting rates of freight which are deemed i unreasonable. : Efforts are being made 1o secure a reduction, : :

It is asserted in anti-Hayes republican circles that Carl Schurz virtually shapes the policy of the adrhinistration; that he has more influence over Hayes than any other Cabinet officer, and that it is the fixed purpose of the wily Jaﬂto deal out punishment to the men who made themselves particularly ‘conspicuous by persecuting the Liberals of 1871-2. Revenge is

. Amou'r the middle of September an dimportant election is to take place in France, New members of the legisla- . tive chamber (or what in this country would "be called Congress) are o be ehosen. . The canvass is quite exciting. The MacMahon party, which aims to establish a monarchy, makes it the - daty of all government officers to lasbor for the success of administration - candidates and expects thusto obtain'a majority over the Republicans,

THE MOST HOPEFUL SIGN of greater business activity and better times is the appearance of the “Bulls” in the markets of the large cities. [The designation “Bulls” is applied to parties -who “bull” the market, 7. ¢, run up prices.] They appear only when there 48 an indication of a more heéalthy state - of trade or a promise for profitable in- _ Vestments. This period seems at last to have been reached, and idle capital I 8 once again seeking investment. Let _ the good work continue, 2 | 1 W N ey wmown thst . Ir 18 Nor generally kn a Wb something of a [ S %ﬁmﬁ;&- the fact. German, the last term under a Gere e s ;J RO TR s N ‘dm | R T ‘ R wvmg A,

. It is announced that several of the m“mow“ ~and savings ‘banks are beginning to lend money ai, ‘six per cent, The significance of this -announcement is very great. It isito ' be remembered that the insurance interest, measured by the capital invest--ed in it and controlled by it, is one of the greatest in this country, next, we believe, to the railroads. It makes a ,diﬂerence of some $BOO,OOO annually 'to one insurance company in this city ‘whether it receives six or seven per cent. on its surplus. It is not to be supposed that the trustees of an institution will sacrifice such a sum as this, even for one year V@n‘t the most mature consideration. Andsuch a sacrifice cannot be made for one year. - A well-managed and durable corporation of this magnitude is not turned about by every turn of the stock market. It does not expand its businiess when there is a flush feeling in Wall street nor contract i¥ when Wall street' is dull. It has and must have a permanent policy which is not lightly to be changed. When, therefore, the acknowledged leaders of their business, the largest and most prosperous life insurance companies and the oldest and richest savings banks, volunteer to give up a large portion of their income, the surrender means much.—Salurday’s N. Y. World.

- We copy the above for the purpose of reminding money-lenders in our own neighborhood of what is going on in the money markets of the country. The tendency everywhere is to reduce the rate of interest. There are many cogent reasons for this, which capitalists would do well toconsider. Rents have come down to a considerable extent, and profits on all kinds of ‘manufacturing and merchandizing have experienced a very large reduction. As the Indianapolis Journal foreibly stated several weeks ago, “the rate of in“terest that obtained during and since “the close of the war, when every“thing was profitable, cannot be’paid “now, and those who agree and at“tempt to pay it fail. Whenever cap“italists are ready to. recognize this “fact and reduce the rate of interest “to a figure:that’ will enable business “men and manufacturers to pay it, “there will be a revival in business “and industry. The rate of interest * will have to come down to something

“like -six per cent.; otherwise the “bankrupt courts will continue to “drive a brisk trade. If capitalists “and bankers fail to recognize these “facts they will have to let the money “remain in their vaulfs, or if let out “atthe exorbitant ratenow demanded, “take the property in payment. In “either event it is bad for the people.” The Journal further remarks that “there will have to be a refunding, “too, ‘of the private indebtedness of * the country at a lower rate of inter“est. At the close of the war the gov“ernment was paying 7 3-10 per cent., “and had as much difficulty in getting “its bonds bearing that rate taken “then as it has now in getting the “four per cents taken. These laws “must be recognized in ‘private in“debtedness, or much of the property “of the country will change hands.— “Those banks and heavy financial “corporations which are first to rec“ognize these inevitable facts will be “the most prosperous. The policy “ghould be to reduce the rate of inter- .: gst’ and thereby increase the securi- - y. »Lt 5 : _' :

NEeAR Philadelphiaand in the vicinity of other large cities may be found certain i‘nstf%utio‘n's wherein infants may be placed “to be brought up” ata comparatively moderate expense.— These institutions are extensively patronized. Facts haye recently come to light showing ttgt the death-rate in these institutions is simply immense, and that in many instances the desstruction of little innocents is directly planned by the persons in charge of these so-called “baby farms.” It has also been made apparent that unnatural and soulless mothers place their offsprings in these institutions for the express: purpose of having them put out of the way. The authorities are beginning to look after thig devilish business. . ¥

. UncrLE SAM is not going to war ‘against Mexico. .An understanding 'seems to have been reached whereby ‘Diaz is to' be recognized as President ‘ of our unruly “sister republi¢,” and he ‘in turn promises to use his best en‘deavars for putting a stop to the dep‘redating raids which Mexican bands ~have during the past few months ~made upon the Texan border. For this purpose Mexican troops are to cooperafe with the forces under com~mand of General Ord. Mexico is the happy possessor of large and valuable silver and gold mines which American capitalists evince a disposition to ‘operate as soon as the internal strife in that-badly governed country is sufficiently subdued to justify the underg o

- Itis learned through a dispateh from Michigan City that the prison directory have decided against Charles Mayne occupying the position of warden of the northern penitentiary any longer, and to that end the directors have elected Charles J. Manning, at present wuiqh depot marshal, in this city, as arden. This may be a compliment to Mr. Manning, but in the event of his ‘accepting the proffered position a sharp lawsuit will be the result, as Mr. Mayne will contest his removal in court, and will not leave unless compelled to.— Indianapolis Bentimel, = As Warden Mayne was elected for the period of four years,and has nearly two years yet to serve before his term expires, the ‘dix}ectoxs will havea happy time in trying to divest him of his office: Charley is a man of nerve and has the courage to stand up for hi‘s:right;a. £oa g T _

'Ex-PRESIDENT GRANT is to-day not near as popular in England as he seemed to be when he first put his féet upon British soil. The popular demonstrations in his behalf, as now appears, were largely mnde to order through theexertions of Edwards Pierrepont, our snobbish minister to ‘%‘a court of t. James, and fofmerly ttorney General - under Grant. The Britaing hate discovered that Grant's “Wm“ rmr*"’ g ‘*‘W«f»

Indiana News Items. Messrs. Hallenbeck and Cassaday conducted their first temperance meeting in Wabash last Thursday evening. Much enthusiasm prevailed and over 175-s:iignatures to the pledge were secured. .

It is said that Tellis, the man now waiting for trial at Muneie,on a charge of embezzlement, has instituted proceedings against Mrs. Sol. D. Bayless, of Ft. Wayne, for false imprisonment, placing damages at $5,000. Prof. Straub, of Chicago, assisted by Prof. Havens, of New York, and a corps of four other noted instructors, commenced a musical normal at Plymouth on the 9th inst., and are meeting with very good success. ; There is likely to be a contest for the Goshen )x;ostoﬂice. Wiil Ellis, son of the late F.- W. H, Ellis, i§ now acting. A few dissatisfied republicans want to crowd him out for themselves. We understand Will makes a good postmaster, and hope to see the “reform” rules applied right here.—South Bend Herald,

Sunday morning at about 8 o’clock, Charles Rotharr, of Fort Wayne, was, engaged in washing his horses, 1n the St. Mary’s river at the bend, some distance weést of the McCulloch mansion, when one of the horses upon which he was seated stepped beyond his depth in a deep hole. As he went down young Rotharr slipped from the horse, and not being able to swim he was drowned. @ -

A’ case of scandal, in which the namgig) of a prominent member of the legal bar and a respectable widow are suspiciously connected, has been exciting the attention of Plymouthites fer the past week. On the night of the oth inst. the attorney’s residence was fired into, nearly shooting his wife, and the widow’s house was rendered destitute of window sash by sticks of stove wood and shots by unknown villainous miscreants. No.one was injured. Haen

On Monday 'afternoon, July 9, dutring a heavy thunder storm that passed over Fort Wayne, a young girl, Miss Lizzie Poehler, living about four miles from that city, was struck by lightning while in the yard milking a cow. After the storm had passed the young girl was missing, but was soon found in the yard in an unconscious state.— She was taken to the house, restoratives applied and life restored ; but the poor girl is hopelessly insane, and had to be bound with ropes to prevent doing herself and others injury. ;

A Terrible Voleano. Adyvices from South America report that the famqus volcano of Cotopaxi has again .been in a state of violent eruption. Showers of ashes have fallen along the coast in quantity estimated at nearly 1,200 pounds weight to the square mile. Fortunately the ashes are found to be free from acids, and in consequence less damage will be done iin the destruction of crops and cattle than on occasions of former eruptions. The fertile valleys of Chilo and 'Tumbez, however, are desolated by the discharge of lava into the streams which water them, and which have their origin on the mountain side. The eruption, as on former occasions, was accompanied by detonations resembling the discharge of cannon of heavy caliber. There has been no violent eruption of Cotopaxi since 1803, ' Its first recorded eruption occurred abouf the time of Pizarro’s invasion of South America. The eruption of 1698 destroyed the city of Tucumga. In 1738 a remarkable eruption took place, during which the flames rose to a height of 3,000 feet above the brink of the cratey. In 1743 the fires burst forth from several new apertures near the summit of the mountain,followed by torrents of water which flooded and desolated the plains below. In May, 1744, the internal fires again opeyed new passages, and in 1767 an eruption occurred,during which smoke and ashes were emitted in volumes so great as to darken the air for many leagues to such an extent that people 'were compelled to find their way with the aid: of lanterns for nearly the ‘whole day. In January, 1803, the snows upon the summit of the mountain began suddenly to melt, and in a single night, the heat increased to such an extent that by morning the outer walls. of the cone were entirely bare. Humboldt records that he heard at Guayaquil, 130 miles distant, day and night, the continuous roaring of the explosions of Cotopaxi, like a fusilade from a park of artillery. As an evidencé of the immensity of the eruptions of the volcano, it may be said that the scorie, lava, and rocky fragments thrown from itsecrater cover an area of sixty square miles.

In Debt Ifead Over Heels. | Indianapolis Jouraal. | Debt is what ails this country.. The mercantile firm of R.G. Dun & Co., which has made as careful an examination of the subject as practicable, reports that thefigures most accessible show that the national debt amounts to $2,200,000,000; that the States’ debt amounts to $375,000,000, the municipal debt to $1,000,000,000, the railway debt to $2,800,000,000, the discounts . and loans of national and other banks to another $1,000,000,000, and the loans by insurance and other mortgage machinery may be safely estimated at: another $500,000,000. Grouping all these together, the visible indeg’ted-‘ ness of which some finanecial conception may be formed amounts to the vast sum of $7,275,000,000. Seven thousand million dollars is simply an inconceivable amount of money, Eyen the interest on this enormous indebt- | edness at six per eent. a year amounts j to over $430,000,000. The history of the world may be searched in vain for l a parallel to this financial picture, which points to a long career of overtrading, overborrowing and general recklessness. That the country wilh] eventually emerge from beneath this mountain of debt ig quite certain, but when and how-'%axiﬁjtlzrrouﬁ’wnat tribulations are questions to be solved in thefuture. e W G b

L ey - B—— A Washington special to the Cincinnati Gazette says that Secretary Sherman has modified his views on thé financial question to the extent of recognizing that there is a very strong anti-contraction sentiment in the country, and that he will probably not press his plans for the rapid retirement of legal-tenders. Herein he will show financial wisdom, as well as a very préper disposition to listen tothe voice of the people.—~lndianapolis Journal. The trouble is, John Shérman can’t be trusted. He may pretend to "‘ljsten to the voice of the people” and yet, secretly, carry out his selfish schemes. The amount £ai.ﬂ in commissions by the Universal Life Insurance Company to Messrs. Furber, Bewley and Mon--tague is $433,075.11, The-deflciency R g o Blsgorgement ok thels posued o Rl i »‘ “w‘«"imff%‘ _4 : *’f&‘”ﬂ:f{f h;é‘?

mtﬁewwms%n :- if the latter retire into the Balkans,as Jo simias feeiatile “thok Wi AN have annoying delays because of their excellent position for d‘efensa-ﬂ”“'ﬁ is a degree of non-committalism abont this that rem}indq of Capt, Bunsby. It is reasonably certain that a e&nj siderable body of Russian tréops,probably Cossack cavalry, have succeeded in piereing the Balkan range by an. unfrequented pass, and are now seour= ing the country south of the mouuntains. Constantinople is greatly exs, cited, 'and the usual predictions of foreighl interference are now the order: of theday. ’ Sl The gross inefficiency of the Turkish_officers of high rank in the forces in Bulgaria, wheieby the Russian advance has met with scarcely more resistance than from wooden soldiers, is to result in a crep of court-martials. The commandants, civil and military, at Sistova, Tirnova, and Osman-Bazar have been summoned to Constantinople, and it would not be surprising if a taint of treachery should be discov+' ered in the investigations. o Advices from Constantinople state that the Turks under Eyoub Pasha have given Battle to the army of the Grand Duke Nicholas, north of Tiernova, and defeated him with ailoss of 12,000, and that his army is surrounded. The same dispatch states that the bridge at Sistova has been destroyed by two Turkish monitors, one of which was subsequently sunk by a torpedo. Although this is given as an official announcement it is likely g, be.toned down by future advices. |

. It is now thought to be more than probable that the Roumanian army will not take an active partin theßulgarian campaign, but will serve the double purpose of guarding against an invasion of Roumanian territory and covering up the line of the Danube, thereby protecting the Russian rear and base of supplies. There is also every reason to believe that Servia will maintain her present position of armed neutrality. If these reports are correct, two very troublesome questions will have been removed from the field of diplomacy, and Austria can find no pretext for intervenition in this direction.

Special cable dispatches of Tuesday give a very interesting and circumstantial account of the brilliant vietory achieved by the Russians in the capture of Nikopolis. 'So quiet and rapid was the advance that the Turks had their first notice of it in the attack it~ self, and the Russiang appear to. have conducted their movements with a degree of bravery and spirit .?Ch_ as has not been equaled heretoford in the war., They succeeded in capturing 6,500 priSoners, among whom were two Pashag, Achmed and Hasan, besides two Turkish gunboats. The affair is by all odds the most important of the campaign thus far, and an advantage has been gained by the Russians which will cost the Turks dearly to overcome. fio :

The Harvesti o - The wheat harvest is about completed. The yield has been yery satisfactory. IHow to dispose of it to the best advantage, is now the serious consideration. There is sometimes danger of expecting too much from the ‘fluctations of the market, and thé farmer who has safely pocketed the proceeds as soon as possible after harvest, and at a price that gives him a good profit, may look serénely at the ups and downs of a.very irregular speculative market. Itissomething tohavepeace of mind, and this the farmer who.is ever trying to reach the very top of the market, never enjoys, and he often fails of reaching the highest price. It should not be forgotten that, from the moment wheat or other grain is harvested, until it is sold, a number of active and dangerous enemies are biusy destroying it, or reducing its value. Besides the ordinavy shrinkage from drying, there are ravages of rats, mice, weevil, the grain moth, mold, and the danger of heating; all’ thiese are to be guarded against, or. suffered, and at the best, the ligss from one or more, or all of these,is considerable.— ‘Daviess Co. Democrat. bodes

- TEE OLD MEN IN HARVEST.—Our exchanges -are filled with inotices of very aged men working in the harvest field this year. Among them all we have not seen any which beat Elkhart county. Out in Harrison township, Mr. Joseph Kaufman, who is 81 years old, assisted in gathering and binding sheaves. and in Benton (%)wnship,i our venerable friend, Mr. Conrad Smith, who is in his 83d year, cradled and aid other work the same as any hand.— Now, gentlemen, if you have any old stagers in your neighborhood that can beat these gentlemen,trot them out.— ‘Goshen Democrat. ! i

One Dr. Charles F. Winslow, who died a few days ago at Salt Lake City, left a will directing that within fortyeight hours after his death his heart should be removed, embalmed and buried in the grave of his mother and father at Nantucket, MasSachmtts, while his body should be cremated, and the ashes buried with his wife in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Boston. Shortly before his death the deceased exacted a promise from his attending physician and friends that his wishes in this regard should be faithfully executed. : i ot

Louisa Simpson died not long ago at Allegheny, Pa,, and in her will directed 50 cents a-week to be expended in the purchase of meat for her three dogs, in accordance with which e~ quest the executors deposited $433:33 in a bank, the interest at 6 per cent being devoted to the mﬁpporb of the curs. One of the dogs has jus’tdi?d, and the executors are sorely puzzled whether to divide his portion between the survivors or to reduce their weekly allowance to 835 cents. There is a precedent of English cats, to which we refer them.—2nN. Y. World. =

Heavy Wheat Contracts.. = NEW YORK, July 14.—During the present week about 2,000,000 bushels of wheat haye been taken in this market on England and continental orders, and applications have been made to two of the largest steamship lines for a month ahead, for all room they ‘have unengaged for grain. In one instance the offer has been declined at current rates. - can e R THE co,untry\gound about Philadel~ phia is scoured by the vilest, most brutal men that ever lived. Deeds of lawlessness, murder, robbery and of the grossest attacks. upon women,ure daily reported,” Incenﬂiar%ﬂ&e*m of nightly oceurrence, catt] |sﬁ9§§§dfﬁ ;ﬁﬁ ‘;“‘;‘;‘;‘“' ;{g‘nﬂs»fg; m§ are ‘robbed of all fruits and vegetables.— The farmers are M& £Miﬂd " henceforth catch on their premises. b hiabiar daa ts il RN, TN e e 0 P

. General Items. The Lexington, Kentucky, Gazelte Says that probably in all the history of that State a finer or more bountiful harvest has never gladdened the hearts ~ The beach at Galveston, Texas, for miles is strewn with dead and decaying fish. An epidemie of some sort is killing them by thousands. No reason for this has yet been given,

. The Mississippi Republican State Committee announce that, in their belief, it is inexpedient to hold a State Convention and nominate a republi_ean State ticket this year. Next. | Forty-five Thousand South Carolina | Degroes are reported by the Liberarian commitiee at Charleston as ready togo b 0 Africa; They are waiting the “wherewith” to carry them ?:crossf - Secretary Schurz has taken another measure of economy for the Govern‘ment in directing the stoppage of sur_veys of deserfregions into townsand ‘Sections. He expects to save a million in this way. - -

- A sudden draft of hot air passed through a cotton field and peach orchard in Western -Texas, a few days -ago, scorching and killing every.green thing it touched for a space 140 yards wide and 400 yards long. A Texas letter to an Indianapolis man reports large yields of -oats and wheat—the former in some counties giving 10315 bushels. per ficre, the lat‘ter 20 to 40 bushels. Corn and cotton also promise better than ever before. -y It isnow understood that Bristow s anxious to give his version of ‘the v iisky thief war and the part Grant "blayed to help the thieves. The St. ‘Louis Republican has information from authentic sources that Bristow is anxious to put in an appearance, and when the story is told Grantism and radicalism will take on @ still darker and more infamous shade. Heretofore it has been a custom- of long standing to allow the department clerks at Washington ten days’ leave of absence at election time to go home and vote, in addition to the usual leave of thirty days during the year. Hereafter it is stated that no clerk will be allowed to leave his desk at election time unless the time he is absent be deducted from his annual leave. 2

A general suspension of operations is anticipated in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania, the operating companies having, it is said, determined upon closing all the mines very soon in order to restrict-the coal supply.. Thousands of miners will be thrown out of employment, and-the outlook is gloomy for the preservation of peace- and order in the districts where the mining population is preponderant. S

It has been decided by, the Corporation Counsel of New York City that ale and beer sellers are not affected by the Court of Appeals decision .providing that liquors shall not be sold on premises other than inns and taverns. This is based on the hypothesis that the fluids are harmless and not intoxicating, and the venders hail with rejoicing their release from the necessity’ of establishing thfee beds in a seven by nine beer-shop\ * - i A recent hail-stormneayWatertown, N. Y., did great damage, It left a track one mile wide througk the town of Rodman, stripping the leaves from the trees, and cutting off wheat, barley, and other grains entirely. Cattle exposed to the storm were, afterward found bleeding. The damage in that town alone will exceed $50,000. Hailstones nine inches in circumference were found, and many remained on the ground until the next day. .

' ¥The fertile valleys of Chilo and Tumbaco, in Ecuador, havé been devastated by a terrible voleauic eruption, followed by a flood which lapped up what the, volcano left. The eruption occurred on the morning of the 26th of June, and the City of Latacunga was almost swept out of existence, many lives being lost Dy the sudden inundation. A curious feature of the affair was the transportation of ashes to a point 600 miles from the voleano. : 22

Lancaster and the adjoining counties in Penngylvania are completely at the merey of tramps.” The outlaws have effected an organization, established a depot for the receipt of plunder, and their forces radiate in all directions, robbing and murdering the simple-minded and law-abiding farmers, and outraging women remorselessly. Train-wrecking is a pastime, and they do not consider they are attending to business unless they are at murder or rape. ,

In regard to the severity of the Indian famine, a dispatch to the London Z'imes from Calcutta says the latest accounts from the famine districts of Madras are somewhat worse. The rainfall has been slight over portions of the affected area: The numbers of natives on the public works and receiving gratuitous relief haveincreased. There has been great mortality from disease, especially among children. The situation in Mysorse is also critical. The prospect in southern India is far from reassuring. i

The successful placing of the four per cent. thirty year loan will have two good results. It will reduce theannual jinterest on the public debt onethird, thus making the load that much easier to earry, and by extending the time of payment will place part of the load on theshoulders of posterity,where it properly belongs. This generation has done and suffered enough in the work of preserving the Union and es~tablishing the government;- it is meet that posterity should help foot the bills.—lndianapolis Journal. 7 General Howard telegraphs the War Department that' he has had an encounter with the hostile Indians un--der Joseph, putting the band to flight after a sharp fight, and capturing most of their camp property. The losses in killed and wounded appear to have been pretty {early~< equally divided between the troops and the In--dians—the former having eleven kill‘ed and upwards of twenty wounded, while of the Indians only thirteen ‘were known to have been killed.— ‘General Howard is pressing the hostiles with great vigor, and speaks.in high torms of the courage and endur- | Master Thomas Kelly, described in*b&ﬂmﬁcwwmwébamha ﬁa&iﬁmggw or murder, s leaped into sudden fame by con- .~ A e b e ‘ﬁ Snir Tudand Bafliat ke Tt b g e e e o b s e el %wma%w%% “Ww“ﬁw*w?‘"m%ww%ww% Adniiad ¢ “‘*’;fwwﬁw%‘ﬁms@% %L”::i‘g-% ; 7.»i*{%’&:&{u‘{!i\m;"z.:ﬂr}%g;;’ “'}-: ’é‘f‘&*’%‘%ﬁ% g b i e RO

FEaglishmen Puzzled about Presidon- . The evidenea muitiplies to show ‘that General Grant and Mr, Pierre‘pont and Consul-General Badeau between them have contrived to put the -ex-President into rather a false and. absurd light during his London. visit. ‘A privateetter to a friend in this city from ah English member of Parliament, well-known for his good-will towards this country, comuments rather sarcasfically upon the subject as follows:/ “Some ridieulous and preposterous things have happened during Grant’s visit in connection with the awful question of precedence.— In the innocence of our hearts we had. fancied the Presidency of the United States a sort of Cincimnats business,. and that, after joyfully laying down .the sceptre of authorit§, your republi‘can chief magistrates @ladly returfied to the condition of citiZéns and yoked their horses once more & the plough; but it -seeths we were %1l mistaken. Your ex-President has insisted upon the highest royal honors; wanting to walk before princes ifinot before kings, which would all be Yery wellif you had only let us know it was in the programme. As ‘nobody understood about it the results have been rather comical. At Mr. Pierrepont’s Grant and Mrs. Grant, Pierrepont and Mrs. Pierrepont, and Mr. Badeau, all stood in a semicirele in one room, after the manner of the Queen and roy‘al family at a drawing-room to receive the guests. A Tory friend of mine chaffed me frightfully about it, and said he had supposed a President was a grander kind of personage than that—more like a Lor%Ma;yor of London or the High Sheriff of a county—the chief man during his term of service, but ready afterwards gracefully to retire to the higher dignity of private life. AR 0 o

“Seriously, I am afraid that General Grant has not made a good impression upon the most sensible people whose good opinion is best worth having, and lam heartily sorry for it. It is hard to make people who have not been in the United States understand how an ex-President may not be after all, a representative American or even a fair specimen of his countrymen.”

It Will Liberalize Republicans, Selinsgrove (Pa.) Times. | i ~_ The liberal administration of President Hayes will greatly ftrengthen the democratic party, and for this reason: The majority of men are almost entirely governed in both religionand politics by an educated prejudice, which they are slow to abandon even after they have come to a knowledge that leads them to different conviction. They have been so traiued in their prejudiee that a selfish pride or vanity stands as a stumbling block in their way to an honest confession that they were in error. The prejudices of these men against the Democracy will cause them to cling to their own party at the first shock of a conflict of opinions, rather than abandon what they were educated to believe in and uphold. They will stand by the President of their choice. His views being liberal and democratic, they will gradually become trained in them, and finally believe in them. In a few years more they become liberalized and will sooner or later be ready to vote with the Democracy. Many from motives of self-interest will do the same thing, their feelings and thoughts gradually yielding to the master mind and spirit. For these and other reasons the administration will amazingly help the Democrats.,

e - E—— @ There Just be Somethidg in theWind. S\gnday'qgsr, Y. World, ‘ i "A. Western contemporary -has al--ready noted the inereased demand for cured meats which has ‘lately sprung up, for which the condition of leading markets offers no adequate explanation. We have now to supplement the matter with the report of large purchases of new wheat for August and September delivery in this marketf, tinderstood to be for shipment to the Continent: These purchases are at comparatively full prices, and it is to be noted that contracts require September deliveries to be made in season for shipment in that month. There is .nothing in the reports of Continental markets and crops to account. for this urgency, or even to explain the suddenness of the demand; and the genetral inference among the merchants is that France orGermany, or both, must be preparing for war.

Rand’s New York City Business Directory for 187%7.

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The report of the British Board of Trade for 1876, compiled from official sources, shows that during that year the emigration from Great Britain into ‘the United States was 54,654 and the immigration into Great Britain from the United States during the same period was 54,897, showing that more persons returned there than came to this country from Great Britain., ' This is doubtless attributable to the general prevalence of hard times in this ecountry. The labor market in the United States is fully stocked if not overstocked, and it will probably be some time beforé foreign emigration will reach its former proportions.

THE strike of the coal miners is virtually ended, and the price of coal was never before so low as it is at present. Our correspondent. at Pottsville informs us that the cost of mining and placing coal in cars at the breakers, including the royalty of 50 cents, is only 85 cents per ton, and that it can be delivered at Perth Ambby at a cost of $2.26 per ton. From the present temper of the miners, it looks a 8 if the old combinations were thoroughly broken up.— New York Sun. g A Nashville boy who has been addicted to going to the theatres.to see’ the heavy drama, called his parental relative to supper the other night by shouting, “What, ho, there, base craven! Come hither :wsm;sm;peziw Dash ! When that boy and thab father came together, it sounded as &Wh« batt had slipped off a twenty-foot fly | aeal. 0 o FONDERSMITH,—Tn Ligontet, Jaiy 18, a son fo | iy T “*rfm ith; welght 134 D porfect hoali, bat o changeset o and rosur-| e ennas _ residence of the bride's parents, in Stafford, De. | ~ Kalb county, by Rey. T, P, Statton, My, B D, |

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