The National Banner, Volume 12, Number 45, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 February 1878 — Page 2

The Fational Lanner NN N SA SAN ‘ g = s J. B.STOLI., Editor and Proprietor , LIGONIER, IND., FEB’Y 28th, 1878, “No man worthy of the office of President. should be willing to hold it if counted in or placed there by'frand.”—U, 8. GranT. Loy LEr us all be National —Demoerats. A COLORED democratic club is one of the fixed institutions of Cincinnati. Why not ? Ty o """’——_—_锑—‘"—,-_‘—' THE Whitley county ' resolutions came right handy in’ framing a platform for the State at large. .. - HADN'T Gus Belmont better proceed at once to the organization of a gold party? ILet us have a home for all. ;

- Now let thé good ladies resurrect their silverware and have it coired into venerable“dollars. We feel like making John Sherman happy. :

«THE editorial fraternity fared very well at the hands of the Indiana Democracy last week. - Shanklin and Fleming are both newspaper'men, and good onesat that. . v P

THE SCHOOLMASTERS generally favored the renomination of Prof, Smart for Superintendent of Public Instruction. They believe in letting well enoughalone;, |', 1

- ‘THE PLATFORM of the Indiana Democracy, to use the language of the ancient lorlacher, is “broad enough and wide enough” for all patriotic citizens to stand upon.

To pITRIBUTE things around, we have concluded to credit Prof. Smart, onee’a temporary reéidg?t‘ of Fort Wayne, to Indianapolis.— In this way the claimg of Marion county gain recognition. e L ‘

IT REALLY begins to look:as if the people Liad about made up theirminds ‘that the national banks shall no long"er draw an annual bounty of $22,000,000 for putting their notes in circulation at 10 per cent.interest. @~

For one who has .been extensively ‘advertised as 4 “mild lunatic” on the finance question, Hon. Frank Landers carries ‘a mighty level head. If we had kiaown him in 1876 as we know him to-day, his nomination for Governor wouldn’t have been near as bitter a pill as-we then imagined.

Cdr. BEN: C. SHAW has been elect- . ed c¢hairman, and Jimmy Rice secretary, of the Democratic State 'C%htral Committee. As the gallant Colonel is & skiiled commander and Jimy an , active campaigner, we are in; hopes that affairs at headquarters: will be managed a little more lively than in the past. - ' .

IWitH about six hundred millions of gold and silver and an equal amount of greenbacks, Uncle Sam woéuld be in pretty fair condition to keep house.— As it will take some years to run the supply of coin up to that figure, we must necessarily depend upon a little ‘larger.su‘pply of greenbacks. 'Beltween_ seven and nine hundred millions would be about the right figure;

. AS AN INDUCEMENT to nominate “Bill” Fleming for Treasurer of Stdte, the Allen county delegation pledged ’Wthem‘s'e'lve& tq increasg ‘their already ‘handsome " majority to 5,000. That promise must not be forgotten, gentlemen. With asilver-lined and greeni

backed platform, and candidates pret_ty much of your own selection, there i be-no serious difficulty about redeeming the pledge. i 4 :

' GILSHANKLIN, the democratic nominéd f(n‘-Se_}cret;a.r-»)'7 of State, leaves the editorial tripod for the purpose of ascending the rostrum. We have a vague recollection of having taken a - similar step about the year 1872, and of being afforded an opportunity to “resume” shortly after the second | Tuesday of October. But this episode . ‘meed not discourage onr Evansville | contémporary. He probably wasn’t ~ born in an unlucky month. -

SoME of our silvery brethren felt disposed last week to speak in harsh . terms of Tom Ewing dnd Ben Butler, . for opposing the Senate amendments ‘to the'silver bill. That wop’t do, gen- ~ tlemen. 'While we favored the adoption of the bill as it: came from the Senate, simply because it was the best thing we could hope for at the immediate present, we object to Ewing and Butler being scolded for insisting up‘on‘a full recognition of the popular dé¢mand. o

WEFULLY AGREE with our contemporary of theSouth Bend 7T%ibune that “the President has done himself henor in gsending to the Senate the nomination of Bayard Taylor to be United! States minister to Germany. Mr. Taylor is aprofound jscholar, and while entertaining strong friendliness for Germany and the German people,withal speaking the language like a native, is still thoroughly American. He is moreover a man of character, dignity, honesty and capacity, attributes not always collectively embraced in the persons of our representatives at forsigncousts” . . . :

« FEAR is expressed in some quarters that the silver agitation may lead to ~ unlimited inflation and eventually result in repudiation. If these lines should meet the eye of any one who seriously fears such results, we beg leave to suggest that we know of any number of parties who are ready at any moment to exchange on reasona- ' ble terms choice farming lands or other real estate for bonds or silver dollars. Indiana farms constitute valuable and desirable property, ard if our _bondholding brethren feel anyways ~alarmed about their bonds, the way is _ovens £os ay. equitable amd safs. ox- l

THE SILVER BILL,

. Last Thursday the lower House of Congress, after a six hours’ struggle, Passed the Senate aflmbfl!'withonfi amendment. The most determined fight was made against the bill by a few greenback-silver men and the opponents of silyer, but at every stage they were defeated by a vote of 204 against 72. After a vigorous little parliamentary struggle the previous question was ofdered without difficulty, and an hour’s debate followed.— Probably there never were so many speeches in one hour. At the end of the debate a desperate effort wasmade by the opponents of the silver measure to defeat it by sustaining Mr. Hewitt’s motion to table. The result was to show their complete helplessness, the vote standing yeas 72, nays 204, The 72 votes were almost exclusively cast by Eastern men. Voting then proceeded on the Senate amendments. They were -all concurred in, in rapid succession, by about the same majority cast in the final passage.— The amendments having been disposed of, the bill was put to a vote and passcd—yeas, 204 ; nays, 72. ;. On Monday last the bill was. presented to the President. On Tuesday the subject was elaborately discussed in Cabinet meeting. Sherman, Devens and Evarts were decidedly in favor of the interposition of a veto. Key, fhompson and McCrary favored Executive approval, while Schurz kept aloof from expressing any positive opinion.. Without indicating what his action would be, the President adjourned the council. Itisstated quite positively that Mr. Haves intends to veto it. The belief is, too, that the bill will not be returned to the House until Friday next, in order to give the. President time to put his objections in writing, and which he will submit to his Cabinet on Friday. A number of télegrams have been received by the President from Western bankers and business men, beseeching him to sign the bill, so that agitation on the subject can bße hushed. I

ABOUT THE PLATFORM, All the talk in the papers about Dan. Voorhees being the author of the platform of the Indiana Democracy is mere guess-work; yea, moonshine,— Not a line thereof came from our distinguished Senator, though his wellknown views are doubtless embodied in the platform. Quite a number of planks were furnished the committee by prominent citizens and politicians, but While giving them all ‘proper conside::&,on- the committee constructed a platferm in accordance with its own judgment.. The major portion of the resolutions on finance emanated from Judge Holman and Frank Landers, and ‘the interest and anti-presideritial-fraud planks are to be credited to Whitley county. Nearly, if not all the members of the commitiee “took a hand” in constructing the platform. What little difference of opinion may have prevailed was chiefly in regard to phraseology. On cardinal principles the committee was substantially a unit. : :

TuE bondholders have had everything their own way for fifteen years, and they have got the country into a pretty bad fix, Now let the people run the machine a while and we’ll see whether they can’t do better. ' - : - —

CoME, tell us,” Bro. Sarnighausen, couldn’t you make a pretty strong speech in defense of the principles enunciated through the platform upon ‘which Bro. Fleming will ride’into the Treasury department at Indianapolis ?

WELL, yes; it wassomewhat stormy about the time the Democrats selected the future State Treasurer. But then you must consider what a splendid set of fellows were after that position. Every one of them was worthy of being fought and bled for. ;

" The Democratic State Ticket. - (Columbus Demecrat.) We present to our readers to-day the ticket nominated by the Democratic Convention held at Indianapolis on ‘Wednesday, and the Democracy must not only elect the ticket, but al--80 /a majority of the Representatives, so/that the. State may be redistricted and a democratic United States Senator elected. The platform adopted, which we give in another place, 1s 'in all respects an . excellent one. The ticket is composed of the Hon. John G. Shanklin, for Secretary of State, who is a natiyve of Indiana, having been born at Evansville. Heis a graduate of Kenyon college; is one of the partners in the publication of the Evansyille Courier and a life long Democrat. ; | General Mahlon D. Manson, the old war horse, for Auditor of State, was born at Piqua, Ohio, February 20th, 1320, which made him 58 years old on the day of his nomination, ' He has been a citizen of Indiana for 36 years, all of whi¢h time he has lived in Montgomery county. He was captain of: Company 1, Fifth Indiana, in the Mexican war. He has been a member of the Democratig State. Central Committee for about four years, three years of which time he has been chairman. He is a gentleman of firm integrity of principles and has always tlz')'een a Democrat, and is a good selec--08 il o

The Hon. William Fleming, the candidate for Treasurer of State, is 49 years old. He was born in Ireland, but has resided in Allen county for more than thirty years. eis a man of high standing and undoubted integrity, and will add great strength to the ticket and will aid materially in securing the next legislature. Judge Woollen, nominee for Attorney General, is a citizen of Franklm, Johnson county. Ie was born in 1830, and has been a resident of Indiana for thirty years. lle has served in the State legislature for two terms, and is in every way qualified to fill the office to which he has been nominated. James H. Smart, of Allen county, the candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, is aman well qual‘ified to fill the office to which he has previously been elected for two terms, There has never been much opposition to him, as the office is one in which politics should not be allowed to exert an influence, and no better choice could have been made. .. Taken all together I:%g ticketis one 'of the best that could b ,v,aktggig nominated and will be elected next October by an overwhelming majority, qa 0888 over o thousand dollgrsa day to clean the streets of New York, ‘The work s only half done even at e, . 0

ROME CITY ITEMS.

‘We will now give notice that Col. Wm. C. Williams, of Albion, will address the Greenback Club at the Baptist Chureh, in this place, on Saturday evening, March 2, at 7 o’clock. Let every friend of the silver-greenback cause turn out and hear this able and eloquent speaker. Freemen, turn out ! Bring your wives, your brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers. We have gained one glorious victory. We have. forced congress, in spf'g.e of Hayes and_ Sherman, to restore the dollar ef our: daddies. This is a step in the right direction. ILet us continue our good ‘work until we get an increase of greenbacks, and then we may expect to see | P erity return to our now impoverismuy. : |

J. C. Geisendorff, of Indianapolis, now is and has been shipping ice from here to Cincinnati. This gives employment to quite a number of hands about town. It is a pity this enterprise had not been commenced earlier in the season. s :

* Tha steamer “Maple Leaf,” we understand, has changed hands. It passes to parties in Ft. Wayne who will hereafter put it in thorough repair or transfer the machinery to a new vessel. 4 Our winter term of school ends this week, and Prof. Abraham retires to Pennsylvania. The spring term will commence with the first of April, under the management of J. P. Chapman and Mrs. Gault.

Prof. Fertich, of Muncie, Ind., lectured at the Baptist church on' Monday evening last.. Subject: Manhood. During the lecture he said a great many good things, but still there were a great many good things which he did not say. lis lecture on elocution, the second evening, we were unable to attend. s ¥ ;

~The Glee Club will be in attendance at the meeting of the Greenback Club on Saturday evening with/one or more new greenback songs. They sing well. " West, Sunday & Co. eaught over 30 rabbits in one forenoon last week. The mode of catching them is a new and novel one. They have a trained mink which they send into the burTow; the mink goes for the rabbits and drives them -out, and the hunters catch them as they emerge from the holé. . The mink is then pulled out by meauns of a chain made fast to a strap around his neck. It issaid to be very exciting sport, enjoyed by the hunters and the mink,but not so much 80 with the rabbits. A weasel may be trained to the same trick. So says West. There is a disease prevailing in this vicinity which threatens to become epidemic. It is seemingly very contagious, and, strange as it may seem, it attacks none but qualified voters. Searcely a voter in this vicinity has escaped, and it seems to be determined to make aclean sweep. No cases have thus far proved fatal. Secretary Sherman calls it “a mild form of lunacy.” Itis said 10, have made its appearance in Waterloo, Ind. Will the editor of the Waterloo Press please take notice and flee before he is taken down? ' The Albion New Era says it cannot ‘endorse the Rome “Qity resolutions in Sull. We are sorry for this, but can only say that it makes it bad—for the New Era. : i

The Woolen Mills will soon be in full operation again. Sup’t Ede Fisher has been to Chicago and purchased asupply of stock with which to put the machinery in motion. So much for the passage of the Silver Bill. -

Doctor Fitch has started a new shoe shop. Mr. Taylor, of Wolcottville, is his workman. Mr. T.seems to understand his biz. and we: predict that the enterprise will befa. success. . STRANGE PHILOSOPHY —to hear men arguing that hard times are caused by over‘production, and almost in the next breath hear them cursing the tramps for not going to work. If overproduction causes hard times will not a lack of production pmdgc&prosper—ity ? Queer philosophy, this!

There should, and perhaps will, be a Silver-Greenback Club organized in every township in the county befotre the April election. ‘Organize! Organize!! and show your strength. Give us twice or three times the amount of circulating medium that we now have in circulation and we awvill show . you prosperity. And this will not be half what we had in 85 and ’66. More greenbacks we must and will have. sl 0

' The April election comes on the second day of the month. The nominations ‘for Orange twp., will probably be made on Saturday, March 30. Due notice will be given. Feb. 286, 18. . ATEXTS, | T e .The Platform of the Indiana Democracy. (Indianapolis Journal, rep.) The platform is ingeniously constructed. So far as the workmanship is concerned, candor compels us to say itis well put together, and shows much less than the usnal amount of verbiage. “There is not quite 80 much of an attempt as usual fo conceal ideas with i words, and something like an approach to an expression of principles, at least in spots. On every phase of the money question the platform goes the extreme length, so far, indeed, that no ~other party need attempt to compete with the democracy on that line. They have crossed all the Rubicons there are, and burned the bridges behind them. ; o .- (Seuth Bend Register, rep.) : 1t is denied that Voorhees wrote the “Indiana Democratic platform; or any part of it, although he was consulted, and it probably expresses his views. (Cincinnati Enqnlre;.) The general impression seems to be that the platform adopted by the recent Democratic State Convention at Indianapolis was sent on ready made from Washington by Senator Voorhees, This is a mistake. The platform was drafted by the Committee on - Resolutions, and we are confident | that Senator Voorhees himself will not consent that a Committee embracing such men as Holman, Landers, Coffroth, Stoll and others of that clags, shall be deprived of the.credit that attaches to their labors. . ~ © ~ Jealous of the MaumeeCity, The fact that the National party was born again at Toledo is fatal to it. The idea that any thing hailing o mmeg!rmé s country is. absurd upon Its iace, The managers w Mt&m U again, at some SSREe a e

Roads and bondholders need attenMog ol e Too much rain; that cannot be said of money. S e I wonder how Washington appreciated the celebration. = - . ‘Time never flies slower than when we wait for a train or dinner. : No matter how good the times are, chickens must scratch fora living. Mr. Nehemiah Brooks, who went to Ohio recently, returned last week and 1s a widower no longer. ‘Those mutton-chop dogs are still following that nefarious business of “shedding innocent blood.” : - The Swan schools, under the super; vision of B. F. Simon, are progressing satisfactorily, = Ben. is efficient as a teacher. : ; s

We infer from what the Avilla correspondent says that that is certainly the champion cock which roosts near the Fryer House, e - Shout aloud, gentlemen, for Voorhees and all others who aided in'the passage of the silver bill. And now, another cheer for “Alexis’” greenback song. i

Be careful how you speak to children. Thousands of tender-hearted little boys and girls are imposed upon every day by rude, unkind and unsympathetic persons. i Pythagoras said to his followers:— “ Either be silent or say something thatis better than silence.” Suthsay~ ings are immortal and will always be worthy of following. £ g -Rev. Moore will preach a sermon :on hell, which he believes to be a reality, next Sabbath. We venture to say it will be good, and not at all favorable to anti-brimstone men. i

Great commotion in Swan at present in consequence of several fights and a protracted law suit. “It must needs be that offenses come, but woe to him from whom the offense cometh.” - Did you ever see an individual who acted the part of a tyrant at home and when among strangers tried to' make them believe that all he lacked of being an angel was wings? Such consistency is a true hell.

If you are desirous of finding out whether women have a temper or not, enter the house, shorfly after it has been scrubbed, with real muddy boots. Be careful when you try the experimént or. you may come in contact with a broom or rolling-pin.” e

When you meet a man who has just shaved and put on an entire new garb, and his looks say: “Don’t I look well; ain’t I a beautiful type of humanity!” you can make up your ‘mind at once that you have met more impudence than brains. : - - Wisdom is at the_foundation of all substantial happiness. There are thousands of pleasures and indulgences which furnish the sources of content of the great masses of mankind which are not prompted by wisdom, but by the inferior man, and henee are not beneficial but injurious and transient as the morning dew. Go where wickedness reigns, where anguish and indescribable woe exist, where libertine, tirief, Yiar and robber hold forth, and you will not find wisdom tHere, he-

cause “wisdom’s ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.” “Go into the domestic circle where love is wanting, where conteation and envy fill the heart, where wife and children weep, and husband tells by his appearance that within is a stormy heart, a heart that is desperately wicked, you will not find that pearl of great pricethere. Go into society, where pride and arrogance predominate, where sneers and epithets are hurled at poverty, where those hypocrités move who desire the uppermost seats in synagogues, and who would have the whole world bow the knee, and praise and adore them, although their hearts are as black as midnight; you will not find wisdom there. Go-where fickle and false women meet, who worship at the shrine of fashion, who spend more time in worshiping bracelets and outward adornments generally than in the culture of the heart:; you will not find wisdom there. Go wherestrong drink is dealt out and where brains are mad‘dened, where profanity constitutes the bulk of conversation, where man cheats man, where the crack of weapons is heard, where the drunkard falls a corpse, where man is dragged to poverty and disgrace, leaving his heartbroken wife and dependent child_rénf]‘ destitute; you will not find wisdom there. Go into the halls of congress; where men labor to gratify their own mercenary aims, and aid in oppressing. those whom they have solemnly vowed to help and ameliorate, where men are bribed and for the sake of money vote for measures which fling the country into the lo§west depths of depression, where prejudice is stronger than_

reason, where party affiliations conquer justice, where selfishness is more abundant than patriotism, where pride is greater than humanity, where immorality is stronger than virtue; you will not find wisdom there. All the evils we have mentioned, and innumerable others, are upon us because we lack wisdom and understanding; because we neglect the inner and better man and develop theevil nature.. Now, is-it not our duty to learn wisdom and drown the corruption and vice which threatens our land? All who have a desire to rise higher in the secale of ‘humarity, 1o augment solid happiness, to better our country’s condition, and gain the prize which is prepared for the faithful, learn wisdom. In your search for wisdom remember “That the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and to depart from evil that is thy understanding.” : Feb. 25.18780 + s " ‘Ho A- Ro

ONE of the best siaeeches delivered during the discussion of the silver bill was that of Senator Cockerell, of Missouri. In the ceurse of his remarks ‘he referred to the daily prayer of the | gold bugs, quoting as follows: | God, we thank Thee that we are not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, repudiators, or even silverites. We fast twice a week upon im-| ported wines and delicacies, bought ‘with gold, and give tithes of all we possess, our untaxed gold bonds, o gratify onr own pure desires,

Seie s Lo S D A flnance s the chief topie of discussion L of course, must have someOfltfi% ‘subject. A well dences of progression in the arts and sciences, must be preserved and protected. It must be secured by the liberty of its citizens, and not by a ‘moneyed aristocracy. If we oppress the farmer and theé ‘mechanic until all the ‘ambition has died out of their souls, and until they follow their avo--cations as ‘a slave does his master’s bidding, small indeed will be the protection. From one year’s end to ano- ] ther there is scarcely a word spoken in Congress in defense of the rights of {--the farmers and mechanics. Why? ‘Because the bond-holders, the mon--eyed aristocracy of our country, have taken - possession of the country, and. - We, the farmers and mechanics are too ' cowardly to assert our rights. Brethren, let us arise in our might, and say that the farmers and mechanies are the base, the foundation upon which our republic was established, upon which it subsists. . If the nation ever ‘ reaches a brilliant future it will be through the fertility of its soil, and the enterprise of its farmers and mechanics. Now, there are nearly two hundred stock holders and managers of niational banks in congress, legislating finance in the interest of whom ? The bondholder, the moneyed aristoc%oy' 'lf there should be no more legislation upon the subject of finance, particularly for some time to come, the people of this republic would be more happy, unless it shall be to issue a few more greenbacks, which are at par with gold, and thereby save the flooding of the country with silyer. With a monopoly of gold in the east, and a monopoly of greenbacks in the west, when can there be' any hope, in the future of the farmer and mechanic, without -allying themseives with one or the other? Certainly, then the. exigencies of the times demand that we, the people, demand that a small volume of original greenbacks be issued, until silver shall have taken its place on a par with gold, as in days gone by. . Now, brethren, let us arise and assert our rights, - . . ; John Rendel will probabvly be the -nominee for trustee in this township. ‘We say amen to it.. . - Watts Denny, a son of James Denny, of Albion, is pedagogue in one of our schools.” Watts has a brilliant future before him, as one so young, with mind and habits of the old, must be successful. = . . - :

A protracted meeting has been held in Wawaka for two weeks past, with good results, considering the bad going and equally bad weather. - Quarterly meeting next Sunday. - - Wheat looks better in this vicinity than it'did at this time last year. . This is not all I can say, but it is Feh, 25,"8. ‘ So.

[Come down and let us have a little talk on finance. Must not get things mixed.—ED. BANNER.] o

ALBION RUMMAGES.

Hurrah.for our State ticket. Now laad us to-a BUGER P e - Several of our townsmen went to Auburn on the 26th inst. to hear Tilton dispose of the “Problem of Life.” The literary department connected with our public school is doing a good work. The members there seem to delight in that particular branch of training,consequently successis theirs. Last Friday was their regular election of officers. Their selection upon this occasion was good, having chosen the following officers: President, J. O. Denny ;. Vice-President, Alton Baughman; Secretary, Alba Love; Treasurer, Lutie Prickett. Surely this work will result in a great deal of good.

After looking about us for some time, and being unable to see aught but mud, and also finding that the Ist of April falls uponi Monday, we reJjoice in the goodness of the spirit that led “Alexis” to choose from the three hundred and sixty five days which compose the year, that cne, viz: tha Ist of April. Now, let usall be there, ‘or send a hand. : :

" There are a great many tracts of land conveyed by deed at present.— There are about two deeds recorded to one mortgage. This was not so a

year ago. On! if we were a poet, .. You bet, now, we would goit; | For spring is just beginning, !And the roads are nicely thinning.

The blue bird is a singing, And nature is a flinging Her bounteous stores about us,

And sadness must go out us,

- Railroad companies should be careful about the character of their depot loungers, and keep their waiting rooms within the bounds of decency. Charles Aichele, one of Kendallville’s best men, gave our town a call JdastPuegday. o L JAP.

INDIAN VILLAGE ITEMS.

‘When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for us to take up our pen in self-defense, we shall rush to the front and fight until victory shall perch upon our brew, and look abroad with a triumphant “beholdhow -the: good - vanquisheth-the-evil” Iook. . ; :

“Jap,” we think that little article of yours calls for war —war to the knife. When we first read it we said in our heart “‘Jap’ is a lunatic.” Observe -the rashness of first thought, for after the usual sober second thought came this conclusion: to become a lunatic one must first be possessed of a little sense; therefore, etc. Unto “H. ‘A. R.” we would simply say “judge not, lest ye also be judged,” for “vengeance is mine, I will repay,” saith “Trash.” - -But to “H.” we will say that 4s we have always been of a peaceable disposition we must decline io follow up. that little “onpleasantness.” But we “don’t wish it understood that we “give ‘up the ship.” Never; so long as the ‘earth shall last! We expect soon to. leave the scenes of our labors here, and as we shall not then be able to ‘take our own part, you will proably ‘never hear from us again. Further‘more, the whole village can be searched, but there will he nomore . Feb,25,1878. . TRASH,

i THENATIONAL FARTN. ~ The convention last Friday held at Toledo for the organization of a new party was attended by about 700 delegates from 28 States of the Union. ‘Wendell Phillips,‘: ,Peter Cooper, Ben Butler and other renowned greens backers-whose presence was assured, failed to put in an appearance. Gen. Sam Cary, “Plan” Buchanan, Judge Fravecis W. Hughes, Brick Pomeroy, and Allys, the late Greenback candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, were the most celebrated individuals among the attendants. lfihe proceedings of | the convention are not very interesting, as the princibal work was doubtless _-;bransacted in‘tcommittee. Below we publish entire the platform drafted by Sam Cary and| unanimously adopted by the conventfion : THE PLATFORM. WHEREAS, Throughout our entire country the value of real estate is depreciated, industry paralyzed, trade depressed, busine#;s incomes and wages reduced, unparalleled distress inflicted upon the poorer Emd middle ranks of our people; the land filled with fraud, embezzlement, bankruptey, crime, suffering, pauperism and starvation; and, WHneREAS, This state of things has | been brought about by legislation in the interests of, and dictated by money lenders, bankers and bondholders; and- R ¢ { | WHEREAS, ‘Wr}file we recognize the. fact-that meén in Congress connected with both the old political parties have stood up manfully for the rights of the people, and met the threats of the money power and the ridicule of an ignorant and subsidized press, yet neither the Republican nor the Democratic parties in their national policies propose remedie?‘ forthe existing evils; and, oo

WIIEREAS, The Independent Greenback ' party, and other associations more or less effective, have been unable hitherto to make a formidable opposition to’ old| party organizations and;:- . : WHEREAS, TQe limiting of the legal tender quality |of Greenbacks, the changing of currency bonds into coin bonds, the demonetization of the silver dollar,the exempting of bonds from taxation, the contraction of the circulating medium, the proposed forced resumption of specie payments, and the prodigal waste of the public lands, were-crimes against .the people, and as far as possible the results of these criminal acts must be counteracted by Jjudicious legislation;

- Therefore, we assemble in National C'Ol,xvent;ion,ania make a declaration of our principles and invite all patriotic citizens to unite in an effort to secure financial reform afnd industrial emancipation, ; _The organization shall be known as: the National Barty, and under this name we will perfect, without delay, National, State and local associations to secure the election to office of such men only as will pledge themselves to do all in their power to establish these principles. - | S

First.—lt is the exclusive function of the Genergl Government to coin and create mo%ay and regulate its value. All branch issues designed to circulate as money should be suppressed. The circulatin} medium, whether of metal or paper, shall be issued by the Government and made a full legal tender for all degts, duties and taxes in the United Sts{ttes at its stamped value. sz

Seca_nd—-—ThEre shall be no privilegad elams Uf crofditors offivial salarivs, pensions, bonds and all other debts and obligations public ‘' and private, shall be dischilrged in the legal tender ‘money of the United States strictly according to the stipulations of the laws under which they were incurred.

Third—That the coinage of silver be placed upon the same footing as that of gold. | - : Fourth—Cangress shall provide said money adeQLll_Fte to the full employment of labor, the equitable distribution of its prfiducts and the requirements of business, fixing a minimum amount per ¢apita to the population #S near as miy be, and otherwise regulating its volume, Ly wise and equitable provisions of law, so that the rate of interest will secure to labor its just reward. = . Fifth—lt is inconsistent with the genius and spirit of popular Government that any species of private property should be exempt from bearing its just share of the public burdens, Government (bonds and money should be taxed precisely as other property, and a graduated income tax should be Jlevied for the support of the Govern= ment and the payment of its debts. Sixth—The public lands are the common property of the whole people, and should npt be sold to speculators nor granted to railroads or ' corporations, but should be donated to actual settlers in limited quantities. Seventh—The Government should, by general enactment, encourage the ' development| of our agricultural, mineral, mechanical, manufacturing and commercial resources, to the end that labor may be fully and profitably employed, but| no. monopolies should be legalized. Eighth —Alll useless offices should be abolished, té most rigid economy enforced in every branch of the public ‘service and ievere punishment inflieted upoen public officers who betray the trusts reposed in them. - ’ Ninth——A%heducated labor has devised means for multiplying producsion by invexttion and discoveries, a%d. as their use requires the exercise of mind ag well as body,.such legislation.. should be had that the number’ of hours of daily toil will be reduced, giving to the working classes more leisure for mental improvement and social enioyment and saving them from premature decay and death. - Tenth—The adoption of an Ameri‘can monetary system as.proposed herein will harmpnize all differences in regard to tariff and Federal taxation, reduce and equalize the cost of transportation by land and water, distribute equitably the joint earnings of capital and labor, secure to the producers of wealth the result of their labor and skill, muster out of service the vyast ‘hordes of idlers who under the existing system grew rich upon the earnings of others, that every man and woman may by their own efforts secure a competence so that oxergrown fortunes and extreme poverty will be geldom feund within the limits of our aepnblier o L __ Eleventh—Both National and State Goyvernment,should establish buregux of labor and industrial statistics, clothed with the power of gathering and publishing the same. - . | ~ Twelfth—That the contract system of employing labor in our prisons and | reformatory fnsti WW*M& s _great g iasifi:gggo gwm nd arti- | _ Thirteenth—The importation of seryile labor into the United States from | vmfiwmwfixfi .4 Ad pe 2 ’ “; v A J“FN%& ‘:;‘;f:flflf!“’}%“';‘i’ ;’ég '

: TRICHINA TORTURES. An Entire Neighborhood “Afflicted With ; Xt in South Bend. =~ =~ SouTH BEND, IND., February 23.—A. good deal of excitement has been created and still exists here in regard to trichina, reported in the press some three or four weeks ago. ‘The illness of a family, caused by eating Wiener Waurst, was attributed to trichina, but that belief did not ebtain general credence until quite recently, when the head of the family mentioned, August Schaeffer, died and a post-mortem ex-. amination of the body and microscopicinvestigation of the flesh established beyond a doubt that the disease was really trichina. = Schaeffer died last Sunday. and on Tuesday night his mother-in-law, Mrs. Michael Tesmer, also died. A piece of the muscle taken from Mrs. Tesmer's fore-arm, in size the merest ‘wafer #naginable, was to-day placed under a microscope, and about fifty well-defined specimens of trichina spirals were counted. It is believed that there must have been millions upon millions of the worms in the bodies of Sehaeffer and Mrs:. Tesmer.: - SN e

~ The disease in their cases began with diarrhea, a swelling of the lower limbs, followed like dropsy, while the muscles were powerfully contracted, in the case of the arms drawing to an akimbo position, from ‘which they could not be straightened. This paralysis effected the wholebody, making the sufferers helpless to move in the latter stage, a light rasping cough supervened with full symptoms of severe preumonia. . . LR

In addition to those already dead, fifteen others who partook of the pork —neighhors to whom if was given and two cousins of Schaeffer," who were here visiting—were more or less seriously affected. The latest cdse is a little girl'in the family of Mr. Leibell, who, it is thought, will' die:soon,: and others are not expected to live. Mrs. Schaeffer and her three children are badly affected by the trichina, but are all likely to survive except the eldest daaghter. ; & s

Anti-Free-Trade Demonstration.

Correspondence of the Indianapolis Sentinel.

BraAziL, Feb. 23.— A grand demonstration, in which oveér 2,000 persons (mostly miners) participated, took place. here to-day, to protest against free trade in general and against the passage of the tariff bill now pending before Congress in particular. A larger and more demonstrative procession never paraded.the streets of this place, Upwards of 25 mottoes. were borne by the procession, on: which were inscribed terse denunciations of free trade. Among many which went directly to the heart of the question, the following were : noticeable: . “Protection Means Death to European Monopolies ; Free Trade Death to American Labor.” Again: “Less Imports and more Exports.” After the procession had paraded the streets of the city, headed by the band, it-repaired to the.court house, where a number of addresses were made. The stccess of the demonstration greatly exceeded the expectations of every-one, and clearly indicates how odious the free trade doctrine is to the people of this district . 0 S o

Anderson Sentenced--Two Years in the ' ‘Penifentiary. = = - - NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 25.—Thomas Anderson was called before the ‘bar this morning. - The motion in argest. of judgment was overruled,and when asked if he had anything to offer before sentence, Anderson said that he considered his case a cruel persecution under the forms of law; that he was in the power of the courtand ready to receive sentence. . 7 . S SeR e

Judge Whitaker answeéred that the accused had had a fair trial before an impartial - jury, and that the verdiet was fully justified by the evidence. He then sentenced :Anderson, in consequence of the recommendation of the jury te the mercy of the court, to the lowest term under the law—two years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary, and costs. B S A suspension appeal was granted, returnable on Wednesday. A motion to transfer the case of Wells, Kenner and Cassanave to the United States Court was filed, and will be heard on Wednesday, March 6. o

Experts Entitled to Pay.

ForT WAYNE, February 25th.—A few weeks ago Judge Borden, of the Criminal Court, committed Drs. T, J. Dills and A. P. Buchmann to jail for contempt, their offense being refusal to testify as expert ‘witnesses in a rape case. They were taken before Judge ILowry, of the Superior Court, on a writ of habeas corpus,and by him remanded to jail, he giving an elaborate opinion. The case was carried to the Supreme Court, which has just rendered a decision reversing the rulings of Judges Borden and Lowry, and sustaining. the position of Drs. Dills and Buchmann. The court holds that no physician ean be required by the State to give expert testimony without receiving proper . .compensation therefor. The opinion was written by Judge Worden and concurredin by Judges Perkins and Howk. Judges Niblack and Biddle dissent. =~ =

Sherman Promises to Play Fair.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—~1n eonversation to-day with Allison, who had charge of the silver bill in the Senate, Secretary Sherman said,very decidedly, that he should carry out' the provisions of the bill when it became law, and would be ready to begin coining' at once. Without saying so, Sherman ‘hinted that he regarded the bill as of~ fering an important means by which metallic resumption could be secured. Allison thinks that this can not be done by hoarding silver, but by paying it out,and then accumulating what is paid in for duties. His conversy, tion with Sherman leads him to believe that thirty millions will be coined Bhisyear.” =0 v b e

Rande, the Desperado.

GALESBURG, 111, Feb. 23.—~The jury in the Rande murder case brought in a verdict of murder, and fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the ‘penitentiary for the remainder of his natural life. Rande was taken immediately to Joliet, as trouble was anticipated when the verdict would become known, A great many feel that justice has not been done. The- Gilson people are considerably excited,.as ‘they were confident that he would be hung. His able attorneys are what sayed his neck. - When the jury went to their rooms they stood six for hanging and six for manslaughter, buf af-. ter 40 hours decided upon : the above verdiet, - . P Tragedy at Bourbon. = BouURrBON, Ind, Feb. 28.— To-day ‘intense excitement was created in our usua‘\illy \qulilet;t:ow:lh’by» Ghalrkllts_.‘ li?[ay.-' -ward, a photographer of this place, ‘who shot his wife: three times, and two shots taking effeet in her abdomen, one causing fatal results, and: ‘then shooting himself in the head, -causing srinstgtgg' tigeam; - The- matter Was unexpected to any person,ashboth lived happily together, having been -married over a xaur.a;awxéfi;gzg 8 §pocially devoted. -They leave a babe a few monthsold, = 0 ~ —Candidates for county offices begintothrowhints, . '

~ CUBRENT TOPI(S. . The ack to remonetize silyér shot through the House sorapidly that it - ‘might be called a quick-silver bill. ‘Garfield is to go to New Hampshire for the purpose of sitting down on William Chandler. He will represent ‘the administration ig_ his speeches. Two of the jury that convicted An- ‘ ~derson were colored men. A verdict by colored men ought surely to be ac‘cepted as just by Republican politicians. o

~The tide of battle is. turning in favor of the people anq against the contractionist plotters. Let the fighting proceed until a man can fill his stom?cll)x and clothe his frame by honest abor. : . =

Director Linderman says the Phila.delphia Mint can, with two weeks’. preparation, coin two hundred and “forty silver dollars per minute. They ‘will be served hot, like pancakes at a breakfast table. =~ - e

A man is sent to Congress to represent his constituents and: not his conseience. It is to be hoped that the people of Georgia and Mississippi will burn this truth into the brains of Ren Hill and'Lamar with a red-hot iron. - -Bill Chandler is out again in an attemnpt to prove that he is the most shameless politician in the United States. This is a very hard thing to prove on any man, but Chandler will succeed if he keeps on.—{St. Louis Evening Post. e It is understood in Washington that @ mild administration pressure isto be exerted upon the Governor of Louisiana, to procure the immediate pardon of Anderson. There are intimations that if this is. refused more stringent measures will be taken.- :

If good, old Peter Cooper would take his congressional son-in-law (Abe Hewitt) out to the glué factory and hermetically and forevgr’seal up his mouth, the: world would lose no wisdom and the proceedings of Congress would be less obnoxieus to the charge of damphoolery. 7 ¢ 1 - The evidence against Door-keeper Polk, of the House of Representatives, shows that he was constantly in the habit of neglecting his legitimate business to engage in lobbying. Like Fitzhugh,Polk’s predecessor,the “biger man than old Grant,” he will have to step down and out. i John Sherman and followers claim that Gen. Anderson did not have a fair trial, that the jury was packed. The facts are that the jury contained two negroes and four men who! openly proclaimed to be Republicans; ;‘%ts foreman was a Union man throughout the war, and very conservative afterward. o R

One of the last literary works of Hon. Gideon Welles is an article on the “Opponents of Lincoln in 1864,” published in the current number of the Atlantic. It contains many facts, not usually known, of the secret cabals of those radicals who combined with the democracy to defeat the martyr President. It is a valuable contribution to political history. -

Blaine coquetted on the silver ques= tion, firet making a pretense of favoring the double standard, and then when his 420-grain amendment was’'so badly defeated, endeavoring to curry favor with the single-standard advocates. He waked Senator Thurman, of Ohio, to wrath, and was characterized by him *“as an active young harlequin, jumping in the. political ring, and as a born actor full of tricks.”~ ‘Prof. W. G. Sumner has turned his attention from the financial situation long enough to sound in the March: Seribner a note of warning to parents on the subject of “What our Boys are Reading,” being a presentation of the contents of some of the flash storiessn widely current among boys. The code of conduct inculcated by these stories is condensed by Mr. Sumner into a few terse paragraphs, and the parent is Tleft to draw:the moral. - ©

The Tariff Laws Need Revising.

The revision of the tariff is a difiicult but necessary task. There are now more than two thousand dutiable articles, many of which are so complicated as to perplex the best experts in the customs service, and . constantly lead to unprofitable litigation. Others invite smuggling on an extended scale, and destroy ligitimate commerce. In fact, smuggling has become an organized business, as has béen shown by recent developmentsat . this port. Others, again, represent special interests procured by corrupt legislation. To simplify this confused mags, and reduce it to an intelligible, easy, and economical system, whereby - the consuming population will be benefitted, and the cost of collection will be diminished, is a work which cannot. be absolutely perfected in any single measure. But a great stride in improvement may be made, and,after . that, experience will demonstrate what other changes may be needed.— N. Y. Sun. e . ' ; ————— . .+ A Labor Victory in Seranton. .

. SeRANTON, Pa., Feb. 19.—1 n the ¢ity election to-day Bowderly and Von Storch, the labor nominees for Mayor and Treasurer, were elected-by a ma- . jority of about 500 after a very sharp contest. N. Kiefer, the nomines for Comptroller; had no opposition.: : THE MARKETS. |

LIGONIER.

. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, red, $l- - Rye, 50c; Oats, 25¢; Corn, 80c; Flax Seed, $1 10; Clover Séed, $3 75; Timothy Seed, $1 25. . 42 PropucE.—Hobgs, live, § cwt $4 00, Shoulders, per pound, 06¢c; Hams; 08¢; - Bees Wax, 25c; Butter, 14; Lard, ‘obc; Eggs, P doz.,ll¢; Wool, b, 25@ 35¢; Feathers, 50c; Tallow, 06¢; Apples, dried, s¢c, green, ¥ bu. $1.50 ; Potatoes; 25 ; Peaches, dried, §® 1.08 c; Hay, marsh, $4; timothy $B. - -

‘ CHICAGO, Feb: 27, 1878. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—Wheat, $108; Corn, 425 ¢; Oats, 24¢; Rye, 66ic; Barley, 44c; Clover-Seed, $4 20@4 50; Timothy, $1 15@1 25; Flax, $1 25, PropUOE.—Mess Pork,® cwt,slo 20 @lO 32; Lard, $7 25 }é@’? 42; Hams; green, 0634 @o7%e¢; - Shoulders, 514 c; Butter, good, 22@28, choice, 12 @ 18; Eggs, B doz, 11c; Potatoes, 50@55¢. - Flour, per bbl, $6:00@6 50; Bran, per ton, $l3 [email protected]. ° -~ PouLTßY.—Turkeys, dressed, §§ 1, 10c; Chiickens, § dos. $2 15@$3 50. o TOLEDO.—Feb. 26, 1878. GRAIN AND SEEDS.—~Wheat, amber, 'Mié,‘his‘an, $1 28; No. 1 white do $1.22; extra do $1.261¢; Corn, 44}4c; Oats, 27¢; Clover Seed,s4Bo. . . i < L v",;""‘"-;'. e 2 : ‘ 3 ‘: » ~ _LIVE STOCK MARKETS, CrroAaco,Feb. 27.—CATTLE, graded, steers, $4 Ts@s 25 ; choice beeves, $4wOl 59~;mesiinms’°0;' butchers’ stock, $325@53'50; stock cattle, 83 co@#B7, . . - Hoas.—Bales of light weights were at $3.05@4 005 common to choice-hea-HoOQ heaty Bt T 8 okt Raka P S ot o s iR MR R G LR