Ligonier Banner., Volume 14, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 February 1880 — Page 4

6 4 . () The Ligonier Banner, J. B STOLL, Editor and Prop.riétor. ei bt e e R THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1880.

‘BiLLy WILLIAMS i 8 still occasionally mentioned in the Warsaw Indianian as a candidate for Governor. We fear Billy’s boom is about to collapse. “Wet the ropes, wet the ropes,” Billy! WONDER if the time will ever come when publishers of country newspapers will have sense enough to decline doing two dollars’ worth of advertising for a 25¢c. magazine? We are beginning to despair. : e ‘ GEN. MiLo HascALL thinks if it wasn’t for “that blasted Bill” (Judge) Woods,-he would stand a pretty good chance of being set up (to be knocked down) for Auditor of State. You'll never make it, Milo! . 'BLAINE is far from being an angel, but he is a thousand times preferable to the man who «vouched for the “respectability and hodesty” of the Louisiana returning board—“which his name” is John Sherman.

EvERY VOTER of this State should . for the next few weeks devote thoughti ful attention to the study of the proposed amendments to the constitution, 80 as to be prepared to vote intelligently at the April election. Toe ‘Warsaw Undon unfurls at its mast-head t&e honored hame of Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks as its first choice for the Presidency. The-many virtues and unquestionable qualifications of Mr. H. are fitly set forth in a.-half-col-umn editorial on the presidential issue. ir BLAINE sh&u&Q succeed in capturing the republican nonination for the Presidency, the great State of New York will from the very beginning be hopelessly lost to the Republicans.— Neither can he carry a single southern State nor New Jersey and Indiana.— This Insures his defeat beyond perad- ' venture, : ot i SENATOR MCDONALD’S outspoken opposition to Mr. Tilden will in all probability prove an insurmountable * barrier to our senior Senator’s nomination for the Vice Presidency, should the first place be. accorded to Mr. Tilden or some other eastern man. The field would then be pretty clear for Mr. English. Do you see? - i

THAT the Indiana Republicans are for Blaing and decidedly opposed to Grant and a 'third term, is evidenced by the proceedings of their county conventions held last Saturday for the purpose of appointing delegafes to their State and congressional conventions. We do not know of a single county where the Grantites were in the majority. THERE are those who affect to believe that Don Cameron is playing ’possum with the Grant movement. It is assertal that at heart he is a Shermanite and will, when he sees that there is no chance for Grant, throw his influence ic favor of the “Ohio Icicle,” as the Secretary of the Treasury is now ‘designated. The principal foundation for this conjecture is the fact that Cameron is married to a niece of John Sherman. Whatever Cameron’s -hidden schemgs' may be, we deem it entirely safe to predict that Sherman will not be nominated. - i

- IN IMITATION of the Cincinnati Enquirer the Chicago T'imes has made a’ pretty extensive canvass of the presidential preferences of Illinois Republicans. Out of 8,475 persons interviewed, in thirty-six counties, 4,282 were f_og Blaine, 2,895 for Grant, 1,064 for Washburne, and 234 for Sherman. A canvass of counties showed Blajne to be the first chioice in 37 counties, Grant in 21,and Washburne in 5. . The fact that both Grant and Washburne are citizens of Illinois and that, Blaine has more “votes” than they combined, isl somewh‘a;t significant, to say the least.

- JUDGING from the numerous ex-| tracts republished from papers friendly to the supposed presidential or vicepresidential aspirations of the Hon. W. H. English, the Indianapolis Sentinel is not averse to getting up something of a boom for that gentleman. The Sentinel, which flies at Its mast-head the name of Hon. Thomas A. Hend- ~ ricks as Indiana’s first choice for the Presidency, probably does this to in-: sure a recognition .of Hoosier states-' manship in some way: 1f we ean’tget. Hendricks for the first place, English may come in for the second. It’s al pretty shrewd manoeuver, and may result in Mr. English’s nomination for the second place on the ticket. Mr.. Hendricks" repeated declaration that ‘he does not intengd to permit the use of his name in connection with the VicePresidency has thrown the doors wide open for a sagacious gentleman like Mr, English. The more we think over the matter the more firmly are we convinced that there is a good deal more behind tliis Bnglish “boom” than is ap- | _ parent to the naked eye. @~ = =

SENATOR BLAINEK is reported as having said in a recent interview that under no circumstances will he allow the use of his name for Vice-President with General Grant or any other person. We thought all along that'a man of Mr, Blaine’s activity would not conent to“*stand in”for such an office as the Vice-Presidency. He can do better by sticking to what he now has.

The Memphis papers now wantthe South to spin the entire cotton crop into yarn.— This would double the cash value of the crop. It would also revolutionize the industry and double the population of the Southern States.—[Cleveland Plaindealer. That’s just what the South wants to do, and without unnecessary delay.— Let them invite northern capital and enterprise, and in a comparatively few years their country willenjoy unbounded prosperity. kb e s e

IF You don’t believe that the Grant boom has petered out in Indiana, read this editorial paragraph clippéd from Monday’s Indianapolis Journal : At the Republican ward meetings in this city, Saturday night, twelve wards out of twenty-five pronounced decidedly against a “third term,” land many of them instructed their delegates to the State Convention to vote for no man as delegate to the National Convention who wassnot opposed to that principle, n

JupGE JOHN MOoRRIS, Fort Wayne, Ind.—Dear Sir: Won’t you be kind enough to reconsider your determination not to accept the republican nomination for Congress? The republican editors of this district affect to believe that you are a h— of a fellow when turned loose, and that it would be the easiest thing in the world for you to wipe out that 1,800 of 2,000 democratic majority. 1f you in any manner or form share this belief, be pleased to pass the word all along the line, put on your war paint, and sail in. The 17,000 Democrats of the T'welfth District will give you a hospitable reception at the polls. ’

Ever since the Indianapolis Sentinel, a month or two ago, spoke of the Hon. John H. Baker in unmeasured terms of praise under the impression that it was bestowing merited encomium upon a good Democrat, several of the Democratic papers of this Congressional district have been particularly bitter and venomous toward that gentleman, They fear that the justice done him 'by tke Bentinel, while the editor of that paper was laboging under its provoking hallucination as to his politics, will increase his popularity apmong the people, and will be taken in evidenee o 3 his true worth., Therefore they must make an extra effort to counteract the good so innocently dene, and malign him with redoubled fury.—[Goshen Times, s

A greater amount of toadying bald-/ erdash than the above has probably never before been crowded into the same space. The very fact that the Sentinel’s reporter (not its editor, mind you,) did not even know Mr. Baker’s politics shows how little he knew of that gentleman’s reputation and achievements as a member of Congress, and completely destroys what little comfort the 7'¢mes affects to derive from that reporter’sstupidity. The idea that “several democratic papers of this congressional district” became “particularly bitter and venomous” toward Mr. Baker because some uninformed Bohemian unduly exaited him in the personal column of the Sentinel s too absurd even for a paper which seemingly has for its chief mission’ the glorification of that wonderful statesman. If Mr. Baker’s friends have no other foundation for the hope that his “popularity among the people” will be increased than that afforded by the “soft solder” of a befuddled city reporter, it is high time for them to draw in their sails.

| THE BLAINE MEN in Pennsylvania are raising a deal of trouble in the republiean eamp by holding indignation meetings over the action of Cameron’s convention in fixing ap a solid Grant delegation. They charge that a majority of the delegates to the Harris-: burg convention were Blaine men and that Cameron bought, yes bought, a, sufficient number of them to turn the scales in favor-of Grant. That this is 80, 'scarcely admits of a doubt, but why| Pennsylvania Republicans should raise -a fuss over the aatter at this late day | is somewhat strange. They have seen the like done before, more than once, and yet from year to yeax they blindly ratify Cameron’s edict at the polls, In the year 1866 a large majority of the republican members of the Pennsylya-f nia Legislature were supporters of Gov., Curtin for the U. 8. Senatorship, nom-! inated and elected as such, and yet wher it came to the point old Simon Cameroa eaptured the Senatorial prize by the judicious expenditure of his ducats. Everybody at Harrisburg knew just how this result was broyght about; the names of bribed members were publicly paraded in the corridors of the! capitol and hotels; but Mr. Cameron’s power was not broken, though such men as old Thad. Stevens, Col. Mc‘Clure, Galustia A.Grow, and many others of prominence weze hitter in their, denunciations of the outrage. The| long and short of the matter js simply this: the Camerons will control thel politics of Pennsylvania just so long | as the peaple allow themselves to be m«mmrm

- THE POWER OF MONOPOLIES, . Tuesday’s mail brought us a letter from Avilla, written by one of the most intelligent young men in Noble county, from which we extract the following: o “Inotice the newspapers are making war on the paper combination, which is right. Every combination for the purpose of extortion should be broken up, but most of these newspapers don’t have anything to say about the railroad combination which extorts money and the very life out of the producer and merchant. These very newspapers are trying their best to cover up the wrongs of the railroad by stating every time they say anything about the subject that speculators keep the warehouses full of grain and are responsible for the blockade. Now, I am in position to know that the statements are all without foundation. Every farmer who is able is holding grain. Every merchant and grain buyer is holding -grain, and what are they holding for? Why, FOR LOWER JFREIGHTS, of ®ourse. The price .for grain on the sea-board is good enough, but instead of a 20 cent rate, which would be plenty, they are compelled to pay 48 cents, which nobody likes to pay and very few do pay. Railroads alone are responsible for the all-winter blockade, and they should be held résponsible, not holders of grain. ~ Very truly yours, g “SoL. BAum.”

That the writer of the above states the exact truth in regard to the matter discussed scarcely admits of a doubt. But admitting its entire truthfulness and accuracy, we beg leave to ask, whas is the remedy? We may hold railroad corporations ever so much responsible for the grain blockade, and denounce them for it week after week, the remedy will still be found missing unless we succeed in pointing out just how and through what agency they are to be compelled to do justice to producer and shipper. A And while on this subject we may be pardoned for calling attention to a few points which we fear are almost entirely overlooked by those mainly interested. , - That many of the leading newspapers of the country never have a word to say in opposition to the extortion practiced by railroad corporations is not a matter of surprise with those who understand the influences that govern these journals in the treatment of questions connected with railroad interests. As has frequently been stated in these columns, the managers of the most prominent and widely circulated journals have neither soul nor conscience, They are mere writing machires in the hands of large capitalists who haye inyested their money in such journals foy the puzposs of promoting their gpecial schemes, ‘There are, as a matter of course, honoravle exceptions; but take the principal New York journals as an example,and you will find the 77{bune under the direct control of Jay Gould, the 7imes under the influence of C. P. Huntington, the World governed by Tom Scott, and the Herald always ready to serve either of these railway kings for a moneyed consideration. These widely circulated papers are bound to do the bidding of their masters, and inasmuch as a very large proportion df the Awmerican people hardly ever subject themselves to the inconvenience of thinking for themselves, the plausible theorieg of the “d—d literary fellows” (to use one of Caperon’s favorite expressions) employed on these jdurna]s are only in too many instances accepted as the convictions of thousands upon thougands who, if they could only be indueed to think and investigate for themselves, would readily perceive the fallacy and sophistry of their wellrounded but woefully deceptive sentences. i .

l Then, again, what inducement is there for public men of acknowledged ability to throw themselves in the breach to protect the public interest ? Are the efforts of such men properly { appreciated, or appreciated at all, by i those mogt vitally interested? We | wish this guestion copld truthfully be | answered in the affirmative. But can [it? We fear not. Senator Thurman, it will be remembered, fought a desperate battle in the Senate of the Unij-. ted States in the spring of 1878. He boldly insisted that the Pacific railroad { companies faithfully carry out their agreement with the United States by! the payment into the federal treasury of whatever may have been stipulated o be paid on account .of the liabilities incurred by the United States in the construction gf these roads. No one, #ave those directly interested in the attempt to dishonesfly withhold what legally and justly belonged to the United States, denied the absolute justice of Senator Thurman’s bill, yet fierce’ opposition was raised to its passage in and out of the Senate, and but for the skillful and exceedingly able and earnest management of that important measyre op part of Mr. Thurman, it would douhtless baye been strangled. But how did Benator ®hurman fare for making his grand fight in behaif of; the people? Jay Gould gaye the distinguished Senator from Ohio to understand that though he had triumphot ip this memorable contest, he (Yay Goyld) would have his revenge. True| to that threat, yay Gonld & Co. put 1879, and, by using t

ty machine, accomplished the defeat of that same Senator Thurman wholabored so zealously and successfully for the rights of the people—a man against whose integrity the breath of suspicion ‘had never been raised during the long period of his judicial and legislative life. But for this righteous and courageous act Mr. Thurman would doubtless again have been elected his own sucecessor. = Let us cite another evidence of lack of dppreciation. In the State of New York Gov. Robinson continued the reforms inaugurated by his distinguished predecessor, Samuel J. Tilden, by. way of reducing taxes and State indebtedness and diminishing canal toll, thus directly benefiting the farmers and producers of that commonwealth. To accomplish this, a formidable canal ring, composed of men of vast influence in both parties, had to be antagonized. Did the men who were thus benefited and in whose behalf the great reform wasinaugurated, manifest their appreciation of Goy. Robinson's efforts by upholding and voting for him when a candidate 'for re-election? The answer is, “No!” Instead of manfully standing by their protector and defender, they chuckled in their sleeves when they discovered that the chiefs of the republican party, who are always on hand when schemes for plundering the people are to be concocted, had entered into a bargain with Tammany Hall to insure Gov. Robinson’s defeat. John-Kelly, who was selected by the republican managers to make successful this vile plot, is now receiving his reward, in addition to the cash already pocketed, by an enlargement of official patronage—an overwhelmingly republican Legislature voting him with princely liberality a reward commensurate with the infamy of his treason to the party which made him what he is, and which he now seeks to punish because of its unwillingness to be bullied by the autoerat of a secret political society. :

Now, let us inquire, in the light of the facts above enumerated, how many republican farmers could there be found in Mr. Bauw’s neighborhood, and for that matter throughout Noble county, who would cast party prejudices aside if some distinguished Democrat would devise a plan and give it legal force whereby the extortions complained of could no longer be inflicted upon an injured people, to a sufficient extent to cast their votes for such a man in preference to some shrieker of loyalty 4nd howley for speiling nation with a big N ? ~ We cannot close this article without calling attention to a significant declaration recently made by a republican Us 8. %enator (Sharon of Nevada), to the effect that the aseendency of the republican party was assured by reason of the pecuniary interests which railroad} banking and other corporations had involved in the success of that party; that their safety if not their very existence depended upon keeping in power the republican party. Such a declaration, coming from such a source, surely ought to open the eyes of all who view with well-grounded alarm the steady growth of the gigantic corporations that have been created and fostered under the class legislation of the republican party. While the democratic party makes no war upon corporations so long ag they do not operate injuriously uf)on the public welfare, it is but stating a historical tryth when we asgert that with its congsent oy approbation monopolies have not been permitted to oppress the laborers and producers for the exclusive benefit of stock jobbers and capitalists. And if greedy, grasping corporations are to be checked in their mad effort to absorb still. greater proportions of the reward of labor, the republican party must be hurled from power and its leaders punished for their reckiess disregard of the sacred rights of the people. . 1

OF COURSE, it's a]l g *democratic electionegring "dodge” to charge that the negro exodus is engineered by republican politicians for partisan purposes, yet a republican paper will now and then gleefully “acknowledge the corn.” Here is the Vincennes Commercial, a red hot republican organ printed in Knox county, which recently declared: ; / :

The colored people trom the South Who want work can get it in Indiana. Letthem come with a boom. We believe the negroes beve the right under the conmstitution to move into Indiana, and we hope they will cothe here ’1’31"15}13}@(@11!; numbpers to redeem the State from‘démettatic Tule, As an appropriate commentary on the above we cull the following from the Logansport Pharos: - :

Nobody denies the right of the nefro to ‘move where he pleases, but it is the infamous radical plot to ‘redeemr Indiana’ by alluring the darkies from' their homes in North Carolina and bringing them in rags and poverty to Indiana for pelitical purpo&es, that is just now receiving the con(femyatix‘)in. of the {)eople, and Senator Yoorhees sh?..ld gqv,g.ge thankg %f his colnsgtuents for hig great efiorts imthrowipg light u'pgn the’ fastgrdly ;%ofl{g G} A 0 A ¥ Yor A . : | INDIANA once had a registry law, about ten years ago, and the opposition to it was so intense that scarce a dozen of its a@dvocates could have been replected at the succeeding eleption.

- THE LaPorte Argus truthfully declares: “The man who imagines that Samuel J. Tilden is without an abundance of ardent friends in Indiana is wilfully blind, for he has but to open bis eyes in any community in the State to be convinced of his error. Mr. Tilden is, at least, the second choice of three out of every five Demoecrats in Indiana and it is absurd to report the contrary.” Do you hear that, Joe?

POOR GENERAL SHACKELFORD, the 1 man who aspires to-the unpromising‘ and thankless position of a republican, candidacy for Governor of Indiana! He couldn’t get the endorsement of his own county (Vanderburgh),all because he is an ardent temperance man and wears the red ribbon. It is said fully one-half of the Vanderburgh delega-? tion isopposed to his nomination. Considering the fact that the Republicans lay claim to pretty much all the piety and morality there is in the country, this treatment of Gen. Shackelford partakes strongly of the ungenerous. . —— e The Ligonier BANNER wrote item after item, asserting that through Mr. Baker’s influence Mr. Lockhart was appointed Supervisor of the Census of this district, and censured him for it, while there was no foundation at all for such an assertion.— [Goshen Times. : We wrote “item after item” showing up the hypoericy of Baker’s professed love for the soldier as manifested by his uncalled-for and wholly unjuastifiable hostility to the appointment of a legless soldier. Our information that Baker had procured the appointment of Robert Lockhart came from a memsber of Congress who had received his information from Sup’t. Walker. That Lockhart’s name was not sent to the Senate simply denotes the fact that Baker & Co. became aware that Lockhart’s nomination would not have been confirmed. ! ,

It is our private opinion thatthe BANNER is doing Mr. Baker much injustice in respect to the supervisor business.” We doubt whether the BANNER has any definite knowledge as to whom he recommended, or whose defeat he secured, except that of Mr. Seymour. And we judge that he had as little to do with the appointments that were made as the BANNER editor himself, —[Lagrange Standard. We beg leave to inform our es eemed contemporary that THE BANNER is not doing injustice to Mr. Baker. It doesn’t mutter whom that gentleman recommended, whether ILockhart or Griffith. We ecriticise his conduct because he “bulldozed” the President into an indecently hasty withdrawal of the name of Dr. Seymour, for purely partisan reasons, when it was ‘well understood and agreed that Democrats as well as Kepyblicany weré to be gppointed supervisors. And wecriticise Mr. Baker still more sharply because he offensively protested against the appointment of a legless soldier whose qualifications for the position are second to none of the gentlemen named in connection therewith, When Mr, Baker went before Superintendent Walker and told him that rather than consent to the appointment of Capt. Eden H. Fisher, a straight Democrat should have the place, he not only displayed the utmost littleness but also gave the lie to his oft-declared love for maimed soldiers. ; ;

’ = WOLFE ILLAKI. Parties from Albion are erecting an ice house a short distance north-east of town.... Hamilton Baker is moving his saw mill into Whitley county, where he has secured sawing for two years. The people of this vicinity will igreatly miss the cheerful hum of ‘his ‘busy saw. The family will move in thespring. We wish them guccess and ‘happiness in their new home. Their Bociety will be missed, as they are extensively known in this vicinity, and will leave a large circle of friends.... ‘The Seventh Day Adventists protracted meeting at this place held by Elders Lane and Bartlett, has closed. The interest was good from the first to the last. The turn-out was large. The meetings are considered a great suecess. Eleven united with the church, and several besides these began the observance of the severth day as the Sabbath., This is the first series of meetings ever held in their beautiful new church house. The new meeting house will be dedicated in the spring....The Baptists expect to hold a protracted theeting soon.... George Williams is ‘ receiving’a large supply of new goods from Chicago. ... Five and tén cent counters are all the rage here now.— Tin seems to be yery cheap, and it seems as though “tin weddings” should be liberally patronized.,,.The citizens are highly &ease.d when they coutemplate the fact that in a few months we shall have a daily mail. REPORTER.

Senator McDonald on the Exodus. Speaking to the Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Senator McDonald said, on Friday: “You can say that the Indiana Democrats have been importing white vo- { ters ever since she was admitted to the | Union in 1816. 'We have ‘irade Indiana the most' degirable State in the Union for them to locate in, As for colored voters, the Indiana Pemocrats have not encouraged them to come.— The thirteenth article of our constitution, adopted in 1850, prohibited the bringing of negroes into our State, and we would have maintained it only for the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to the United States constitution. The Unjted State %oi a nnn?b'el‘ oF two afiead of I‘ls ‘%‘l4 1 say this: * After the next election the Republicans will think we’ve been importing voters.” o __ “Got any hay to sell?” is a qfu:flmfg frequently propounded to the farmer, |

Notes from Gieorgia and Florida. - ORANGE CrTY, Volusia Co., Florida, ! ¢ H _ Febraary 2, 1880, } On our way from Chattanooga to Atlanta, with the words of an ex-con-federate Colonel ringing in our ears that “ through Georgia we should see nothing but corn and cotton,” we looked eagerly out, expecting to see vast areas covered, as in the north we see wheat, grass, ete, but nothing of that kind met our vision. Vast tracts of uncultivated lard. with here and there alittle patch of last year’s cotton stalk-—-an acie or two—then a tract of ground little harder to subdue covered with two or three years’ of wild growth, small pines, wild grass, etc., then a pateh of cotton again—this was a cultivated field in southern style. - But most of the lands seemed to have been cleared and cultivated betore the war, but are now grown over with this. resinous pine. Before:réaching Chattanooga the evergreén trees were all cedar, then, once in a while, you would see a bright, fresh looking pine, till at last, after reaching Dalton, Ga., we see no cedar at all, but all pine. - -~ Every house, in country or town, seemed to e the residence of negroes. It seems as though there were 9 negroes to one white man, of all sizes, form and color, from ivory black to almost white. Children, whites and blacks, barefooted, and the happiest lot of mortals I have ever seen. When ‘we arrived at Atlanta it was raining and ‘blowing fearfully, so we p:sied thro’ that city without‘ssoppli,ng.‘ 1t is, how‘ever, a most beautiful place, and he people are very enterprising. Situated 2,000 feet above the level of the sea, it i a great resort for invalids from’ the ‘north, and especially was this the case ‘this winter, which, so far, has been the ‘mildest of any known. After leaving Atlanta there seemed to be less interest displayed both in town and country. Little one-story buildings at all depots; four or five horses hitched, upon which men or women had rode into town to get mails or supplies; a great crowd of darkies in all styles of dress and undress rushing down to see the train, until we reach Macon, where we stop for a day or two, and the sights we saw there will conclude this letter. In the morning we took a stroll through the city, and found it to be a very rambling, disjouinted place. Every person seems to have plenty of room, and the ‘whole city reminds us of some long forgotten era of industry. which has never been revived, We found here a fine hotel, depot, and some good business houses, but the whole place seems to be run on tlie style of fifty years ago. The inhabitants feel themselves above the people of Atlanta, as they have no northern men, carpet baggers, ete., but their old society of southern aristocrats and wealthy southerners, But with a kinder and more polite people we have never met. - We visited the Bibbs Cotton Manufactory where they claim to manufacture the best of yarn and cloth. The proprietor had been a Colonel in the Confederate army during the war. His views were that “the south was very much. misrepreseated. Werse it not for the carpet-baggers everything would’ b on 4 pleasant footing’ - Pho majority of the southern people, were they allowed to have their old slaves back again by vote, would not take them on any terms. ' The southern people were the gainers—the negroes the losers. - Northern men are the bardest and most croel of all masters; they are the negroes’ enemies to-day; they would not work with them or have them about. Was shot in the cheek with a minnie ball; every man was in arms, but now they were, 7. e. the majority, and had been since the surrender the next morning, ready to lay them aside, etc.” .He was intelligent, kind and polite, and brought up men of note in the city to substantiate his statements. 1 began to understand what southern chivalryand politeness meant during my two days stay in the city. I could bring up a good deal to substantidte his.views by their treatment and génerosity to us and theirkindness and feeling to the negroes, who dq their work: while they stand listlessly looking as if watching for something to happen. MRs. F. BEAZEL.

Gov. Williams :fn: the Exodus. Governor Williams has views on the negro exodus, which in the following letter he expresses in a clear, forciblg ‘and sententious manuer. The letter was written in response to a requesat that he use his official influence to secure encouragement for the negro paupers who have overrun the State: Elizabeth L. Comstock, Topeka, Kan.:— In reply to your letter of the 26th inst., I have to say, with due respect to your opinions, that many of our people do not believe there can be no politics in the work of turning a tide of colored refugees into this State, anid they have reason to believe that not only politics but inhuman disregard of the comfort and happiness of the colored race forms a part of the conspiracy of the leaders of the movement. The immigrants now coming into our State are 6f the kind which during the history of the State has not only been undesired but' dis! couraged by positive constitutional and statutory provisions. Itis not improbable that gross deceptions has been praeticed upon the black people whe have come here from North Carolina, and it is clajmed Ly manK that their condition at home wus much better than any at their command here, Offieially I ean do nothing to aid their movements, nor is’ there legislation authorizing any action of officers of the State. As anindividual, I believe that the dictates of common humanity would impel those who have brought the deluded creatures here to return them to their homes. - Respectfully, ~ J.D. WILLIAMS.

Fees of Doctors. The fee of doctors is an item that very many persons are interested in just at prese ent, We believe the schedule g‘or visi% iy $B.OO, which would tax @ man confined' te -his bed fora year, @hd in heéd of & daily visit, over $l,OOO a year for medical atton. dance alpne! And one single-bottle of Hop Bitters taken in time woulg save the $l,OOO and all the year’s sickness.—ED. 44-2 w, - Horatio Seymour has written a letter pesitively declining to be consider-- - ed a'candidate for the Presidency. : - WATERLOO, lowa, Jan, 25, 1879, I was taken with an acute attaq%e, f Rheumatisi }afit {ll, gid contined to b a ‘ At first %mp oyed & %hmqiga, nwwgng ; benefit: thetf sent.fo. 4.@?4‘%&%‘%1%‘%’3? Pug store, and obtainad a_battle of .St Jagoby Oil, the use of which soon gave mer@n%l, and cured me of the attack. I can safely recommend :wmam;mn‘erwgwm;_»..\»_;r;: tism. ‘Respeotfully, - o oabea i . MATT. MCDERMOTT. I. C. R. mfi&hg