The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 33, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 December 1877 — Page 2

Tlhe FPadiomal Buanner ST | T Uy P J.B.BTOLY:, Eg/uor and .Propr{etor,. s S e e s LIGQNIER, IND., DEC'R 6th, 18717. “‘No man worthy of the office of President should be willing ‘to hold it {r counted in or. placed there by fraud.”— U.S. GRANT. : g Uncle Toby’s article’ on the dollar of the daddies contains some very important.facts and figures.

5 ey & ’..__,__:_ i « DoN'T fail to read the masterly ‘speech of Gen. Ewing. You will find 1% on the fourth page of this week’s BANNER, = R e

Ex-GOVERNOR ALLEN, of Ohio,publishes a card emphatically decliningto be a candidate for the United States Senate. Says he is not a candidate and ' will not be in any contingency that may arise.’ , :

| LAFAYETTE has a huge sensation in the closing of the Second National Bank, the suspension being principal1y due to the fact that the cashier, Mr. Chas. Mavo, is a defaulter to the extent of at least $57,000, aud possibly much more. .

TURKEY is plucky. Notwithstanding her war with Russia, she finds time to get angry with Italy for alleged filibustering expeditions into Albania; and what is more admirable she stays mad. The “Sick Man of Europe” has a mighty hard way of dying.

KELLOGG,.‘eruincaxl from Louisiana, and Butler, Democrat from South Carolina, were sworn in as Unifed States Senators at 2 o’clock Saturday morning. - The struggle has therefore come to an end without an advantage being gained by either party.

- Dr. . J. BEYERLE, one of the editors of the Goshen Zimes, was married on the 26th ult., at Bryan, Ohio, to Miss"M. Ellen Taneyhill, a sister to Mrs. W. M. Starr, whose husband is the:senior proprietor of the 7%mes.— The Doctor and his bride have our fcon'gmtuTat,io‘n's and good wishes.

WEhave neither timenor inclination to waste much space in reviewing Mr. Ilayes’ message. The- . Indianapolis Sentinel, Cincinnati Enquirer, and Chicago Post, from all of which extracts are published elsewhere, do this for' us in such 'a handsome manner that we can not undertake to iniprove upon theirwork,: @ 0 /. .

. ONE of the miserable tools used by Morton in'Lis attempt to ruin Senator Groyer, of Oregon, has just had his trial for perjury. The jury disagreed, standing eleven for conviction and one for acquittal, There will be another trial. Meanwhile. Higby, another of the conspirators against Grover, is to be tried for subornation of perjury.

. Louis A, Gopey and Sarah J. Hale will retire from the Godey’s Lady’s Book after January Ist, 1878, Mr, Godey is 73 years-of age and Mrs. Hale ig 90. Mrs. Hale hag been the Editregs for 41 years, and Mr. Godey the publisher for| 48 years. The world probably never before had a lady of 90 years ‘of age editing a magazine of fashion. ; e

~'THE CHICAGO Times says that orders have at length been issued for the concentration of a respectable body of troops on the Mexican frontier, and the cattle-stealing Aztecs of that re- - -gion will doubtless soon be surprised . by a show of something like martial vigor on the part of our;government. If the Mexicans are itching for a fight the chance should not be refused them ; and even if the advent of a considerable American force on the Rio Grande should suddenly abate their warlike ardor, the present dppOttunity to pun—ish the marauders and put them out of the way of any future raiding should not be allowed to pass. - . iy —————— - C—'THE 816 struggle in the Senate over the admission of Kellogg and Butler ended last Friday. Both claimants were » admitted by the votes of Conover and _ Patterson. Senator Davis, of Illinois, . the great “Independent,” voted againgt Kellogg and dodged on the question of admitting Butler. Before the vote was taken Senator Patterson deliver“pd a speech in which he. vigorously assailed the Hayes administration, Kellogg being a Republican and Butler a * Demoerat, neither side has gained an advantage, i

- THE FOLLOWING, from the Chicago Post, states the case fairly and squarely: “The President can not expect and will not receive Western support in the stand he has taken upon the - silver question. He has had time to -study the temper of the people, and upon that point has cast his lot with thoseswho desire tocontinue the fraud " of 1873, It is likely that he would veYo a bill upon the subject that did not meet his views. It is possible that| his veto may delay the remonetization - scheme for two years, since there does not appear to be a two-thirds majority of the Senate in favor of the proposal, | . But the action of the President will ~¢ausea strict division upon the finan- ~ clal question, and the Congressional ~ elections next fall will be largely in- ~ fluenced by the position of candidates upon this subject. The people of the - Mississippi Valley are united, and will R - vious to tprgr . oMo it whs preM“WW“ again, and. - lerribly exhiausted physically, he still / tality enough t 0 'lﬂ’ymtﬂﬂﬂ R A R Dracidant ? and late | R R e Fhite Houds, e 75?’”{ ",u»""lr g . "‘""%%m,;?g o T e T g e '%gmw

SYNOPSIS .OF THE PRESIDENT’S o MESSAGE.

Mr. Hayes Re-echos John Sherman’s Sentiments on Forced Resumption.

~ Mr. Hayes transmitted his message to the Forty-fifth Congress on Monday last. * The document is of the usnal length, occupying about seven columns of space in theleading journals of the country. It does not trsat of many new subjects. After the customary introduction the President immediately enters upon the discussion of the action of the Administration with regard to the withdrawal of troops from the Southern States, and to the present. Administrative policy. The facts in the case of South Carolina and Louisana are briefly recited. ~The President justifies. his action both on the ground of its necessity and constitutionality. Mr, Hayes considers that the effect of his Southern policy has been beneficial. The Southern States are at peace. There have been no political murders. The material condition has improved. Credit is better, and manufacturing industries are developing. It can hardly be said that the President defends his Southern policy, for sucp is not the tone of the message, but he states its origin, and calls attention to its success. ° '

. The next subject treated in the mesgage is the e e

.. . FINANCIAL QUESTION. - | Upon this subject the President’s position .ig very positive. He considers the resumption of specie payment of the first importance, and as essential both to the development of our internal trade and the extension of our for: eign commerce. The President, after thorough research and careful study, declares that he is fully confirmed in the opinion expressed in his letter of acceptance and inaugural, that the resumpticn policy must be maintained, and that no legislation that would hinder it should bLe enacted. Ie thinks a contrary course, instead of relieving the country from embarrassment and distress, would aggravate existing distrast ‘and result in serious disaster and national dishonor, lle considers that, while the injurious effect of opposition to speedy resumption would not. be restricted to one class, yet that it would the most seriously affect the working masses. _ i With regard to : i ' THE REMONETIZING OF.SILVER,

the President is equally positive. Ile pronounces -himself for a double standard, and thinks that silver and gold'should be utilized in the currency of the country. But he does not fayor the remqnetization of silver so that the silver dollar shall be a full legal-tender, Ile considers that the national debt was contracted in gold, and that it should be paid, principal and interest, in that coin. (Nonsense.) He does not approve of any legislation which would compel the creditors to accept payment in'silver coin. The President beliéves in the policy of using both precious metals, but is opposed .to making the silver dollar a legal-tender® for public debt or imports. (Humbug.) He would not give that dollar any higher function than that now exercised by National Bank currency. (Folly.) . The President desires the remonetization of silver as subsidiary coin only, with a legal-ten-der somewhat larger than at present. But it appears very evident, from his message, that he could not approve a bill which would make the silver dollar an unlimited legal-tender. (Wall street influence) . . -, UPON THE CIVIL SERVICE QUESTION, the. President again states, in substance, the opinions of his inaugural address. In consideration of the fact that his views on the question are generally known, he has evidently. tho’t it unnecessary to discuss the question at length. ' No allusion is made directly .to the differences which have existed between the Senate and the Executive with respect to appointments, nor is there anything in the message which shows the dispositiom on the part of the President to quarrel with the Senate, or encroach in any way upon the prerogatives of that body. His message is positive and explicit in the language as to Civil Service, but extreme advocates of that policy will not find 4s much as they expected. The facts are Mr. Hayes is weakening.

ON FOREIGN TOPICS, questions relating to the Mexican bor der are given the most prominence The condition of .affairs on the Ric Grande as shown by official réports is briefly reviewed, and the reasons ‘which caused the order to be issued tc Gen. Ord are stated. The President appears to appreciate the delicate position im which the Government has been placed by issuing that order, and evidently is conseious that it possibly may lead to serious international diffi ‘culty, but he defends it on the ground that the lives and property of the bor der citizens could not be protected ir any other way, and disavows any in tention or desire to provoking hostili ties with Mexico. From this portion of the message it appears that the Adminigtration is determined on a vigorous foreign policy, one which will not seek difficulties with other nations and which will be ready to accept. the consequences of any act necessary fos ‘the protection of the rights or proper. ty of American citizens. e o . |RESBUMPTION LEGISLATION., ~ Secretary Sherman, in his report does not ask for any additional legis lation to enable him to execute the resupption act, and the President, in | hisfaw.hzftmwim the Secretary 1f Congress was disposed to defer re. sumption, some additional laws might be gﬁm but, under the circum. stances, the President and Secretary both think none should be, and they will stand by the act of Jan. 1, 1870 Mm Zﬁfﬁﬁaﬁf%ﬁ*'ﬁ“ﬁ{ﬁ“&*@i ik e

The aﬁgirsof,tl:if W WAR,NAVY, AND POST-OFFICE DEPARTreceive brief meﬁ;;n. The recommendations of thp chiefs of ‘departments are generally approved. In treating of the subjects which come under the Interior Department, special prominence is given to the Indian question. 'The President ingists that good faith should be preserved with the Indians. He'is very emphatic on this point. The first step towards civilizing the Indians recommended,is by the discouragement of hunting, allowing them onlya small supply of arms and ammunition, and persuading. them to exchange ponies for cattle.— This, the president thinks, will destroy or keép -in check their warltke spirits. As fast as the Indians aban~ don hunting, the President believes' they should 'bé collected upon a smaller number of reservations and taught agriculture and herding. In teaching them peaceful pursuits their natural taste should be considered, and those preferring cattle-raising to farming should be permitted to choose their occupation. - Ibis recommended that the jurisdiction of the United States Court be extended.to protect the Indians, and that Indian police, composed of Indians, be established.

COMPULSORY EDUCATION is I'e"commend;ed for Indian ghildr’en,‘ the farms supported by the Government to be used for the instruction of youth in the schools, and the farmetg themselves given necessary advice. On reservations Indian labor alone is recommendeq. The President refers to Secretary Schurz’s Indian Investigations, and speaks of their good results. Legisiatio‘n is asked providing for. the more certain discovery and prevention of abuses in the Indian service. T-l{e message containg paragraphs concerning the District of Columbia, the Agricultural Dé[)&tl‘t;nerlt;,_ the W'ashinfftou Monumént (recommending its| completion,) and on several other :#ubjects of minor importance. o s

S i S o UNCLE TOBJY ON THE “DOLLAR OF ; THE DADDIES,” ' Editor of The National Banner:

In my last communication I endeavored to outline some of the evils of the resumption| policy of Mr. Secretary Sherman. This week I propose to discuss what i 3 sneeringly called by the gold leeches “the dollar of the daddies,” and shall attempt to show that it is neither repudiation nor injustice to restore the standard silver dollar to its proper place among our coin, and that ! it shall be.in the future,as in the past, a unit of value, and legal-tender for all debts. 'Washington, who was one of “the daddies,” as President of the United States, was authorized by resolution of the first Congress to procure artists an apparatus and start_a mint, Early in 1892 the mint was put in operation. The Federal Congress re-in-acted the law of the Continental Congress in respect to coins, which were . .the eagle, half eagle and quarter eagle in gold; the dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, dime and half dime in silver; the cent and half cent in copper. “The daddies,” by actof €ongress, April 2d,! 1792, declared the dollar to be the unit of values. The silver dollar was first coined in 1794, and weighed 416 grains, of which 3?371,14 grains were puresilver of 892-4000 fineness. This was “the dollar of the daddies.” Theactof Congress‘of April 2d, 1792, fixed the ratio of gold ‘glﬁsilver as one to fifteen. But the dollar was the unit of value and the silv% dollar was its actual, legal representative; all other United States coins ar¢ either subdivisions or multiples of ?he silver dollar. Under the act of ril 2d, 1792, the coinage was carried on for forty-two years, with but veryslight amendments. In June, 1834, the Coinage Act was amended so as to reduce the eagle from 270 grains in weight to 258 grains, and the parts in proportions, but “the dollar of the daddies!” remained unchanged. In January, 1837, Congress enactéd‘a code of mint laws, adopting the French standard of fineness for both gold and silver. Under this code the weight of gold coin was not changed, but the silver dollar was reduced to 41214 grains in weight, and. the smaller coins in proportion.— In March, 1849, the twenty dollar gold coin, or double eagle, and the gold dollar were added to the gold coins. Up to Tehruary, 1853, silver equally with gold, was legal-tender for any amount, but at the latter date a change was made in coinage; of silver. At the ratio of silver to gold of 16. to'l., the silver was undervalued in this country ag.compared with Europe, and as 'a consequence silver coin was export‘ed. To remedy this the weight of the Psilv}ej‘ half dollar was reduced from 120674 grains to 192 grains, and smallor 'chins in proportion, and gold was thus alone legal-tender for all sums o’v_g,rjﬁ\]re dollars. In 1858, someé furth--er changes were made in the coinage, but the silver dollar was not included,’ Its weight still being 41214 grains. In | 1873 the various coinage acts were consolidated, and therein were named | the several silver coins, including the ‘trade dollar, but omitting the stand-| ard silver dollar. In 1874 an act was smuggled through Congress. making. t the '@ﬂ;@ilﬁﬁmnfﬁ_it@frwpié.:; The. history of these two bills is a disgrace to the mation. President Grant,. at Toast u:ﬁﬁwﬂﬁmﬁwﬁm@m& S o i aow B V“%;ﬁﬁf’édﬁm and that the gold dollar was the.unit gﬁm%m o more shame 2o President Grant. He should have) S?’ﬁ; proving. bHat as he was cheek by Towl % 543%% Mipviags mvﬁ*«mawigﬁww{*w lp TR e s e s }'»w}#,ﬂ { s G '»~’»“> s , e

and the unil and measure of values—‘With these outrageous acts upon the records their game was secure. Their bonds‘could be paid only in gold. Having traced the silver dollar® from its cradle to the time of its shameful putting away at the bid of the bondholders, let us now inquire if it really is the dangerous thing the gold nabobs declare it to be. Of one fact there can be no question. The demonetization of the silver dollar largely reduces the amount of metalic money which otherwise might be in use in thecountry, and in a corresponding degree - enhances the value of what money is left. If resumption 1n January, 1879, is to be still the policy of Secretary Sherman, and the silver dollar is to be kept out of use and.circulation, then gold alone must be relied on for payment, of not only the government bonds, but of all other debts as well. The metalic money will be decreased at least one half, and a corresponding scarcity will ensue,and what there will be, wiil be:wholly inadequate to the demand. If gold alone is to be the only ‘money with which to pay debts, then the creditor will simply confiscate the property of the debtor, for it will be impossible to ggt the gold. Such a condition of affairs would increase the power of gold probably forty per cent. As the value of gold increases all other values go down. The tarmer could not lift the mortgage from his farm; the mechdnic and laborer could not save their little homes, but each and all would be forced to'give up all to saﬁisfy the remorseless stomach of; gold. :

But the gold advocates tell us that the remonetization of the silver dollar may enhance its commercial value, and that in the ratio of 16 ounces to 1 of gold, the silver dollar might be worth 103 cents; but suppose such ‘should be the case, and the silver dollar should be worth more than the golddollar, what then ? If gold should be worth 97 cents on the dollar, would the bondholder say. it would be dis# honest to pay him in gold? Up to 1834, our debts were paid in silver; from 1834 to 1873, in gold. And whose right is it to interfere, and to edntrol as far as possible, and prevent the | fluctuations in money values, the creditor' or the debtor? Both have an equal interest, and it is dishonest and infamous that the ecreditor should seek to gain the absolute control. Suppose silver is the cheaper metal—what ‘of it? llave we no 'right to pay our debts withit? Bubit is dishonest, say the bondholders, to pay in the cheaper 'money. What then must we say, when they insist that they shall themselves be paid in the scarcer, dearer money ? '‘How then can it be truthfully said that we seek to pay the nation’s debt in depreciated money? If the bond‘holder felt himself secure in this matter, that gold cc’)fn only was legal-ten-der for his bond, why has he made such a persistent and noisy attack on the silver dollar, if he had no misgivings as to its being a legal-tender? These misgivings haunted him. He. _could not sleep. He took no rest un<bil the silver dollar was put out of his sight. This makes a great scarcits of -hard money, and the scarcity largely enhances the value and inecreases his gains enormously. This is old Shylock all over. But grant it, for the argument, that the silver dollar would be 6 or 8 per cent. lsss in value than the gold dollar, what then? Why this: Let the bondholder stand the loss, as everybody else would have todo. And is this a violation of the contract? ‘The_Refunding Act was approved July 14th, 1870. At that date it will ‘not be disputed that the silver dollar was legal-tender ‘equally with gold.— All bonds, ‘therefore, sold after July i 14th, 1870, are payable, at the option -of the government, in gold or silver, Both being of standard yalue and le- ! gal-tender for all debts. Indeed, such ‘bonds have on their face these words: “This bond 15 redeemable at the pleasure of the United States in coin of the standard value of the United States on ‘ said July 14th, 1870.” Ve | Now here was adilemma. The bondholder saw that the government might see proper to pay the bonds in silver, as well as’in gold, and how to change the contract wasthe question. Ihave shown how it was done, and when.— Yot these innocent gentlemen tear their hair and . whine around and express great fear that they are to be--swindled by the remonetization of the. silver dollar! Notso. The bondhold‘ers have themselves swindled the i‘countl‘y.l The people demand that the ‘silver dollar be brought forth, and put ' where it has been since the fathers ‘made it, and that the bondholder shall [ receive it.for his. bond, just as the plowholder shall receive it in paymeut for his' work. But the bondholder tells us again that if the vqlve'r dollar should be remonetized it will be worth only 92 or 93 cents, and that he will ‘thus suffer a great loss. Vepy well, let him suffer the loss. Everybody else will suffer as mucn loss as he.— Bondholder and plowholder, mechanic ~and laborer, pensioner and profession‘al man, each and all will suffer alike. This is fair and just. But that the ‘Shylocks sj}xeg’ld escape, while all oths suffer,is simply infamous, Is the ‘contract impairec W%mdﬂ -preciation of the silver dollar? If on_ }§fhﬂ 13th of éggémwﬁveiage ‘lar was worth 100 cents, and on the L4th of July, 1670, (the date of approv. al of the Refunding Act) It was worth mummszm%gwr&m ‘bonds was entitled only to a sum 8 per eenwmmwﬂdhhwmmme, st oh et T geine in this? Admit that it would boa, S O bnutindts “And, us T have alteady shown, theloss | wliich the hondholder #o frol h dreads, | e e Rl R e ey S v o' b siter dliss | ‘The people demand that the silver dol- | g ot Sgan Sl o i %TE | e L S iy, a 8 St hAR 'r“i; ‘.’r wgeis i :‘«?aé,, . B ;' : ~w‘k;'@vj@@:ig | v - ‘:ﬁ ¥ ; “ * 1‘ ‘ ¢’ ”";i;* Bomallon: Sniet xa oo o WL ~J‘ E

Gen. Ewing’s Great Speech. (Editorial comment by the Chicago Inter-Ocean.) Men who have been cast down from competence to poverty; menwhohave been driven from employment, and almost to starvation, by a policy that destroys values and threatens worse, ‘are apt to pat a troublesome interpretation on a bank failure, and to grow. still farther disheartened. : The business men as well as the laboring men of Chicago have been sorely tried, Were the experience of this city exceptioned, Mr. Ewing’s array of facts would strike Chicago with peculiar force. But the experience here is the experience of every city in the country, is the experience of the people everywhere; and hence there will bea response to Mr. Ewing’s utterance from eyery part of the land. ;

- When he characterized the resumpflon act as a confiscation by law of hundreds of millions of property, he but, stated succinetly what thousands of honorable and capable men have learned through bitterest experience. When he said three-fourths of all classes of people of this country were debtors, and that it was their hardearned accumulations that were being wrested fiom them by this law, he touched a point that comes home to three out of every four men one meets on the street. :

Mr. Ewing’s argument in favor of the repeal of the resumption act was effective, because it was made with the interests of the whole people in mind. After meeting the arguments of the resumptionists, after showing that, were, this country entirely free from debf, specie’ payment could not be resumed without contraction of the carrency by one-half, and after showing how much distress the effort to contract'the currency had brought, how much loss it had inflicted on industry and labor, and asked the question that is in every man’s mind: What is to be accomplished by this loss of productive industries, by this unjust transfer of wealth from debtor tocreditor, by this unjust increase of taxation, to get back simply to the banking ?syste_m that existed Dbetore the war : |

" The resumptionists speak of Mr. Ewing’s speech as eloquent and able. It was better than that. It was the truth. It was the expression of the ‘sentiment of the western people. All ‘they ask is that their representatives .in Congress shall remember that fact, and vote accordingly. s : -+ The Message, : We lay before our readers to-day Hayes’ message to the regular session of the Forty-fifth Congress. * * * The vital questions discussed -are the repeal of the resumption law and the remonetization of silver—legislation demanded by every consideration of ‘the public weal. - These measures Hayes gives assurances he will oppose by his veto. No other conclusion can by any possibility be arrived at after the most careful analysis of the declaration of the message. John Sherman’s; policy is indorsed. Contraction is to go forward. Bondholders are to have gold in spite of the contract made with them/%ery industrial and bus--iness interest is to be crusbed, and, if _necessary, annihilated, to promote the welfare of bondholders and money sharks. Fvery measure of relief demanded by the people is to be tabooed, and only the moneyed interests are to be considered. The conclusion is inevitable. The thousands and tens of thousands of people who will read the message to-day will be forced to the conclusion that the infamous fraud practiced upon the country by the demonetization of silver is to be perpetuated, and that the relief sought by the repeal of the resumption law will not be secured if a veto can prevent it. The people may ‘therefore make up their minds for a continuation of business prostrations, for a f urther shrinkage of values and for an indefinite postponement of an era of prosperity. The money power is'still in the ascendency. Fraud sits in the high places of authority, and the.people must submit a while longer. The country is now reaping bitter fruits of military despotism and returning board perjuries. But the curse will not last forever. The people in due time will change the aspect of affairs. The democratic party is pledged to bring about a change:. The country is ripe for a ‘new order of things. Radicalism is playing a desperate game, but the edict ; of the people is that the reign of fraud | must cease. With one or two more “elections and the infamous heresies of Hayes and the bondholders will disappear, and the rights and interests of the people will be respected.—lndianapolis Sentinel..

Hayes’ Message and the Finance Ques- . tion. .

Criticism by the Qrﬁcinnaii Enquirer. : In the discussion of the silver question the absolute subjection of the President to the money-lendersis painfully apparent..- The upshot and issue of his argument and recommendation ‘may be found in the single peremptory command (for it must be construed las such) to Congress that, in any legislation providing for a silver coinage, ‘and imparting to it the equality of le-gal-tender, there must be impressed ‘ on the measure a firm provision exempting the public debt heretofore is- - sued and now outstanding from payment, either of principal or interest, in any coinage of less than the presenf gold coinage of¢he country. That is nearly-all there- is-in the Silver bill as it passed the House and is before the Senate from the Senate’s own commitiee. The Issuance of the bill is to make silver once more money. To coin the old silver dollar, not a new one, and to make it money is the remonetization of silver. To that the President announces his determined opposition. Hecousiders but one class, the lenders of money. He forgets the American people who were compelled to borrow and the men of toil who are compelled to pay the debt. The President says “that the power of the United States to coin'money and regulate the value thereot ought never to be exercised for the purpose of enab‘ling the Government to pay its obligations in a coin of less value than that contemplated by the parties when the bouds were issued in the name of the people. We say that the power of these agents to coin moneyand to regulate the value thereof ought never to be exercised for the purpose of robbing the people. "::716'fewg‘£‘tl;inev6t to be exercised for the purpose of paying the obligations in a coin of greater ‘value than that nominated in the bond. That is the obligation contemplated by allparties. .« 0 a 0 - The extraordinary feat completed at London, en Baturday night, by Gale, the Cardiff pedestrian—walking 4,000 quarter ‘mi wmﬂ@wmve periods of ten minutes each—is without parallel in athletic annals. Compared with it, Capt, Carclay’s historic. 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours—a feat frem plicated since, and lately, / an English woman R SR Y Dinor per ' ’f*’ ‘%:g*“‘m%“ as | Nt r B B atitear Lniass At % o R L :&r‘;ﬁiﬁi‘?&jﬁz t%*:;:@é’ﬁ‘ gf:"ﬁf {}«» Yy t«i ‘3}:,l. m(- &;«,’ynwé*z.'gﬁui(*',, - "f AP S '\ lﬁi:gn;,%%

- General Items. The Boston School Board has decided against the co-education of the sexes in the schools of that city. Sixty-fivefamilies from Pennsylvania and New Jersey have emigrated to Navarro county, Texas, and purchased 10,000 acres of land. Sl One Kentucky farmer appropriates the yearly product of one acre of his farm to the purchase of reading matter for himself and famiiy. Geo. Jones, of Grand Ledge, Mich., has shipped 4,000 cabbage heads to Cincinnati. Mr. Jones’ crop of cabbage exceeds 10,000 heads this season. A New York telegram of the 19th says counterfeit bills on the ‘'amaqua National Bank of Pennsylvania are in circulation to the amount of over $lOO- - -

_ Schuyler Colfax has written a letter to say that he has no ambition for re-entering polities. Colfax finds lecturing more profitable and congenial to him. ¢ e

Gen. Franz Sigel has purchased a farm at Blooming Grove, Pike county, Penn, where Le will place his three sond; two of whom are to hecome {farmers. : ; ;

The first census of the Tunkers, or German - Baptists, now completed, shows that they number about sixty thousand. In Pennsylvaniathey have sixty-nine churches and 14,861 members. :

The managers of the Philadelphia Permanent Exhibition have yielded fo the strong pressure brought to bear upon them, and ahnounce that hereafter the exhibition will be closed on Sunday. i =

Samuel Bowles, editor of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, who has been ill for several weeks, suffered last Saturday paralysis ofthe brain, and his physicians say he cannot'recover. Ie 18 nOW unconscious. ; :

Goldsmith Maid has been retired by. her owners, leaving, the throne of queen of the turf vacant. Her time (2:14y is the fastest on record and her total winnings are upward of a quarter of a million dollars, . Shh

QUITE a celebrated physician of Chicago says that a large per centage of the mortality of that city is due to the organic poisons émanating from slaughter houses, glue factories and other suppressable nuisances.

The Republic Trust Company, of Newark, N. J., decided to discontinue business on December 15. Depositors were notified to draw balances in full. The reason for the action is the difficulty in making safe and profitable in- . vestments, : . e

The New York 77ibunesays: Everybody in Pennsylvania seems to be happy: Aduministration Republicans, because the Camerons were rebuked; Cameron Republicans, because the Fraud was rebuked, and the Democrats, because they won. - i

THE latest idea for paying off & church debt comes from Milwaukee. A bird concert, given by the birds belonging to members of the church, was eminently successful. The out of date oysters can now make room for the bird cage. Thisisbut the prelude to menagerie exhibitions, = ¢

A lady of New York has deposited in-the Philadelphia safe deposit and insurance company $lOO,OOO in trust forthe American Sunday-school Union. The interest of this is to be spent annually, partly in missionary and benevolent work under the auspices. of the union, and part to the development of a Sunday-school literature of a high merit. e The conviets of the house of correction of Philadelphia are employed o make and repair streets, roads and bridges. Thus laborers, carpenters, masons and stone- cutters can be put at work for® which they have been trained, and it.is said that they give the highest satisfaction, and seem to take pride in the correctness and durability of their work. e . THERE are in San Francisco over forty men whose fortunes éxceed four millions of dollars each. Then there are forty more who have from one to three millions each. These men are yet ip the prime of life, made their 'own fortunes, did not inherit them, and are full of business and pleasure. And they are what gives to San Francisco the name of the gayest city in \&be United States. !

General Todleben, the Russian engineer, is a Jew. Before he could receive from the Czar the promotionm which it was desired to give because of his great services in the Crimea, he had to renounce the faith of his fathers and become a Greek Catholic. Though he made a wry face at the necessity, he knew there was no alternative, and rather than lose the gift he became’ a member of the national church of Russia. : .

Myers, the Auglaize County Treasurer, with theaid of his friends, stole over $30,000 of public money, and tried very hard to have two innocent men convicted of the crime. He was sentenced to five years in the peniteutiary. A few years ago two young men in the same county stole some axes, cooking utensils, corn, etc, amounting altogether to about $3OO. The same Judge sentenced them to ten years each in the penitentiary. Moral:. Never steal on a small scale. —Bryan (0.) Argus. - P ‘The opponents of Bible reading in the public schools have received a .strong reinforcement at New Haven, where the Board of Education’s Com-~ mittee reported on Friday in favor of abelishing all religious exercises in the high-school, : This caused a lively discussion, some of the Board, including Gen. Francis Walker, urging the abolition of these exercises in all the schools, on account of the disorder at‘tending them, which made them merely a farce. Decision on the question was postponed to the next meeting, The municipal authorities of Philadelphia state that the small-pox epidemic in that place in 1871-2 cost that city $20,000,000. The commissioner .of health of Chicago, in restating this, ‘adds that small-pox is hanging like a menace -over Chieago. In the last. three months 43,000 school echikdren have been examined by physicians, and 22,000 persons outside of the gchools have been vaccinated by the health officers. And yet the disease is spreading through the city, and with diphtheria @&nd scarlet fever, all fgreventable?_ digeases, threatens to bring sickness and death to the people, especially to the children. =

Last week a regular flogging day occurred at New Castle, Delaware. The sight was sickening and brutal, and yet nearly two hundred people crowd--ed to the place to see the lash laid on.. Four men, all colored, were beaten.— Three were whipped lightly—that is, according to the whippver’s idea—but the fourth was obstinate and was not gpared at all. He had been confined | in thirty-six different prisens, was a _hard character, and used to all kinds .p:pnn}shmenﬁ- - He trembled a little after the first blow, but bore the rest ‘without flinching. He told the warden ‘he would kill him, giving him a bullet for every blow he had redeived at his | Tndee e P e T

et R %g% The FarmersGuaeryt 0 - Everybody’s Grocery! | umAQUAwERS ron sTEALE AWD BineY ~ Cured Meats, Provisions, o e e Tt the Maskis Ml An immense stock of STONEWARE and CROCKERY just - received. Extra bargaing. Extremely low price. Motto : FRon sTN A e pns, Y L o "—-o‘-'"—‘ B : B S DEOCEER Sells Groceries cheaper than any otlier house in town. e Sells nothing but first-class poads, iy - ' Keeps the largest and Best stock to select from. .~ © Has constantly on hand a full line-;Of-FANC‘Y”{%OODS,Such as candies, toilet soaps, money.purses, pocket-books, table-cut-lery, pocket-knives, dic., &e.. = b o - Sells a CIGAR for & CENTS as good as you can get elsewhere forlo. -el e Rl : 0w Buys for Cash and seils for cash; hence his low prices. Country Produce Wanted. _J. DECKER, Ligonier, Ind. Ligonier, Ind, Sept. 27,1877, = =~ =~ s o : 1 e MN - : RTY R S R SR . BNGBIL & CO’S ADVERTISEMENT, : LARGEST AND LEADING CLOTHING AND HAT HOUSE IN NOBLE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.. - - - ‘OUR STOCK o . Men’s, Youths’, Boy’s & Children s Cloths, Coatings, Cassimeres, Furnishing Goods, HATS & CAPS, . Isverylarge and complete. © @ OUR PRICES BEYON D'COMPETI’;TION. Liothing to ORDER s OurSp prially. . Evéry one bl’iﬁng.goods for |0 : MENSor BOYS' WIEAR, will find it to their interest to examine our large stock e o Bslore purchaiing elsewhere. |~ . __ ENGEL & CO., e ai nide Maiw strontil Kendallville, Ind. August 8, 1847,-11-37 s 7t . =S e,

Tk B s -~:;ﬂ P e e N O e o I XS BRN A N e N v AT C R N E R S S el B 1 5 e %;“é%i%‘ 'm,;{zp; B SRR e, o ol e AR ) s | SN e e * RS e e , VORGUSIEASHEERS. ThefGreatest Medical Discovery since the Creation of Man, orsinee the- - o6f tlie. Christian ‘Era. £ _ There never has been a time when the ‘healing of so many differeat diseases hasbeen caused by outward application &s ‘the present. It is anundisputed fact that over half of the entire population of the globe resort to the nuse of ordinary plasters. : : S St Dr, MELvin's CApsioum Porous PLABTERS are acknowledged by all’who have used theém fo.act quicker than'any other plaster they ever before: tried, and that one of these plasters will do more real service than a hundred of the ordinary kind. All other plasters are slow of action, and require to be worn continually to effect a cure; but with: these it is entirely differént: the instant one.is applied the patient will feelits.effect. * ° - Physicians in ali ages have thoroughly 'tested and'well know the effect of Capsicum ; and it has’ always been more or less used as a-medical agent for an outward application; bat itis only of very recent date that jts advantages in a porous plaster have been discovered. Being, however, convinced of the wonderful cures effected ‘by: Dr. | Mervin’s Carsrouyn. Porovs PrasTErs, and their superiority over all other plasters, they-now. actually prescribe thent, in their practice; for such diseases as rheumatism, pain in the side and back, | andrall such cases as have reqnired theus® of plas- | ters or liniment. -After you have triedother plasters and liniments, and they have failed, a’mi{ou want a certain cure, ask your d-uggistfor Dr, MELvin's CApsiouM Porous PLASTER, You can hanllg believe your.own convictions of its wonderfal ef< fects. Although {mwerful and quick in its action, you canrely onits safety forthe most delicate person to wear, as itis free from lead and other’ oigsonous material commonly used in the manu?acture of orﬂlnar‘y plasters. Oue trial isa sufficient gnarantee of its meritB, and one plaster will sell hundreds.to yonrfriends, . =~ . o . Ask your druggist for -DR. MELVIN'S CADSIOUM | Porovs PrAsTER, and take no other; or, on receipt | of 25 cents for one, $1 for five, or §2 for a dozen, the;{.}will be mailed, post-gaid. 1o any address in the ‘United States or Canadas. . PR S MARUFAOTUBED BY THE = . Lowell, Ma;g;, ,-gr;_s. Ao G. E.MITCHELL, PROPRIETOR, Manufacturer of Plasters and Plaster Compounds. FOR SALE BY C. ELDRED & 50N,12-3-1y g™ Madison D_,l,sg ensary Sz 201 So. Clark B¢, Chicago, I, z €\ DE. 0. BIGELOW, AN Sl Who has been engaged in the treatment.of - * o SEAOY uﬂ&xﬁ&nmﬁ%ﬁqwtx&h SN Sagoor tweniy ey xawm QL) i i RN D B ST b SEB I nd IMPOTANOY. a 3 ' the result of selfabuse or sexual excesses in mﬂwm | rendering MARRTAGE: mm!%:mw ured; Pamphlet ma;qu)uwmm e, sentin s guhb.g EEs AR SR e MARRIAGE GUIDH . f ) :;:;-n.-‘,-,',_«01,t EXUAL PATHOLOGY. el / 3| or CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE. ILLUS. Yime T NG everything on the snhjectof the P 7. GENERATIVE SYSTEM thac {s worth knowS3sy ] 2 e S .‘N AL sy & ‘T"'i‘ DISPED e | S@¥duman Misery.| Just Pubilished, in a mﬁwmcwm : A Lectnre o 8 ety Kreniment, | cure of Seminal Weakness, or Spermatorrha, in- | ;}mg@n. ity Hetvens e % s and Tmpediments | to Marrlage generally: Uonsumption, Epilepsy, | ;{!&%ﬂi ‘‘Green Book,” &re, &:’“ ok . ‘The w%wﬁwh n this 3 }W, IR e o s effectna.iy removed without - ‘Wi “4‘%‘;%‘”,¢ ~out dangerous surgieal oper: ,&L”*%,%X 8, ine | strumenty, 1.2, oF cordials; patating ontn mods | e o e Bk GlOO SCEMCR AIG. Rsehilnk BY - WiHCh | -gvery sutierer, no matter what his condition may | Ca Nt TR WA OO WV IR SRORRANGE | and tho “l‘”%’**j}ﬂ’%&wf?*’@i@r*i&f " g S R S R By e T R SN S Ry AN ?‘;“z;,%v‘. . on LY P r:“,:’, o s o

ALY £ P ~ i haduei Drs. PRICE & BREWER EAVE %m v 3 b % . - % . M ]:IAVE met with unparalleled success in the - treatmentofall . Chronie Diseases -.1-mv > @ . T OFTHE R e ___ 4 5 % THROAT, ' - LUN: | oy . G-s" : ‘ - ] i - STOMACH. - - LIVER, cecb g o R, | Nerves, Kidneys, Bladder, Womb, and Blood Affections of the Urinary Organs, Grayel. Scrofula, Rl_:e:jmagsm,()atarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dysepsia, &c. = - . (gur,rePutatlon hasbeenacqairedby candid,hon~ ‘est dealing &nd yearsofsauccessful practice. Our practite, not one ofexperiment, butfounded onthelaws of Nature, with -years of experience and evidence to sustain it, doesnot teardown, makesick to make well; no harsh treatment, no trifling,; no flattering. We knowthecauseandthe remedgy"needed; noguess work, but knowledge gained b’g years of experience in the treatment or Chronic is‘easesexclu‘sivél‘y: no encouragement withouta progpect. Candi in our oginions. reasonable in our charges, claim not to know: everything, or care everybody, but do lay claim torea|'sonand common gense, Weinvite the sick, no matter what their ailment, tocall and investigate hefore they abandon hope, makeintermg&tions and decide for themselves’ it will costnothingag consgultationisfree. -~ = i : | Drs. Price & Browercan be consulted asfollows: | Warsaw, Kelley House, Friday, Jan-. , uary 4th, 1878.. . o v - Ligonier, Ligonier House, Saturday, January sth, 1878. = . LaGrange, Brown’s _l_lotel, Monday, J.anuary 7311,13878‘ f"*;"’f;f,i'r ‘»‘_'l Fae - e | . Visits willbe maderegular ‘r:foréu' 8, o Residenceand Labblf::gry': 6& JKEGAN,ILLIROWL: oo e e 1878, NEW YORK. 1878, _:,.As.th_e%lm!»fom&ﬁmﬂm; of subscriptions, THI SUN ouid raaind fes Prienda :anﬂ::wengv;;qhmsgygy@%m., e, that it is again o ‘candidate for their consid t&ﬁén;{nd_‘mnpm._ g v&n %m&dhr the past ten years it relies for _a continuance of the My;mgg.hy and gener-: ous_co-operation which have h ‘ﬁwﬂn extended to it from mrr:q?a.myt: Union. ~_ The Dﬂ%ﬂnmg:‘ 9@3@);«:@0: 28 col;u_xmgu.gﬁ%ﬁ y?:?' ost-paid, & mﬁghqntb,;j or $O.OO per year. Ranus vl S e R The Sunday edition of Tux Sox I 8 an eightDD ehosy of .‘@g&gw?‘lﬁhﬁmg i hgwy of t ag?. 1t also Tontains a large amount of litXY anc & cobiiNncats ) Stlef spect m : - Who does fiot know Tz W EExLY Sun? I circulates throughout the United States, the Canadas, and be d;lf tousand famllies greet eT R A T e L Eﬂ“ IRI AT Iste s S T, - Taake 1 oalontaly o Jouruas o e R the gide. Terms: One Dotlars year, postS o oo B ags Tl i, el :%M'é« 'UBLISHER OF THE Sty W R e SRRy 10 the south werteUDl S O Woshl s . ] }*M@@w*&*“”ﬁ’er GKR on WhibE thars le Botes, £ood bares Wl ST waten b feib e ““*‘“"Rf‘a bor ohe stock farm, and the ral ng By biane e s b UL e