Ligonier Banner., Volume 15, Number 16, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 August 1880 — Page 2

E S * v ~ ‘ The Ligonier Banner, ) J. B. STOLL, Editor and Prop’r. SAGONIER,” : ': ;i INDIANA, A e f ag amn 'NEWS SUMMARY. : & v T Important Intelligence from All Parts, : Domestic. % - A vALsTOrRM at Cape Cod on' the 20th ult. was so heavy that large quantities of ‘hailstones remained on’ the ground the next morning. B . APTER considerable parleying and with considerable reluctance forty-eight of the chief-men of the Utes on the 30th ult. signed the treaty presented by the: Commissioners at Los Pinos. The ceded lands will not be open to settlement until all the arrangenments in regard to removal are perfected and a proclamation to that effect issued by the President. - ; THE jury in thé Seawanhaka case submitted their verdict on the 30th ult., substantially exonerating the United States Steamboat Inspectors from all blame, but severely censuring the crew for their lack of. discipline, . Lo ‘_

A LARGE crowd of excited negroes surrounded the jail in Jonesboro, Ga., on the 30th ult., and demanded the bodies of four white prisoners who were under arrest upon the charge of killing a family of blacks the night before, The sheriff placed a squad of fifty men around the jail, and up to the evening of that day the expectedlynching had not taken place. S - |

It is said the hop crop in New York State this year will be twenty-five per cent. greater than the crop of 1879. ARIZONA has a population of 41,580, exclusive of reservation Indians. /

. FHE nearly completed census returns for Kansas indicate a population of about 1,009,000. Wisconsin’s total will be' about 1,305,000—a gain of 251,000 since 1870. Colorado has a population of 195,161—an increase of 1-55,297!in ten years. . - THE Bank of 'Colorado, at Leadville, has suspended, the cashier having absconded with the entire available funds of the concern.

A Nortu CAROLINA boy, six years of age, recently threw his infant brother into a well, where he was drowned. : ~

- DEs MoiNgs, lowa, has a population of »22,696—-—2 l gain of 10,661 since 1870, A Horst at Wytheville, Va., is said to have committed suicide by lying down in a river, out of which he could not be coaxed or driven. | 2

- A TRAMP, who went to sleep in a freight car at Hornellsville, N. Y., a few days ago, was accidentally locked in and sent West. Four days later the door was opened at Detroit, and the fellow was found in a famish_ing condition. He was removed to the hospi-tal,-where he was given proper treatment, but he soon died.

REv. T. B. MILLER, Dean of a Philadelphia Medical College, was arrested on the Slst ult. on the charge of forgery. The alleged offense consisted in ante-dating lecture tickets and writing the names of Professors on them. . : . 5 ,

THE wife of William Fishel, a wealthy farmer living near Latrobe, Pa., was kindling a fire'in the cook stove the other morning by pouring coal il upon the wood, when the can containing the fluid exploded, saturating her clothing and that of her two children. All three were soon wrapped in flames, together with the building. ' The mother :and one child succeeded in_getting out of doors, and jumped into a. cistern of water. Their “recovery ywas very doubtful. The other child was burned to a crisp. The house and con-, tents were destroyed. The oil was such as is commonly used for illuminating. purposes. ~ THE news received on the 31st ult. left no doubt that'the man and woman who were recently arrested .at Fremont, Neb., are mernberg of the Bendér family, on whose farm in Kansas the remains of the murdered York and ten other bodies were discovered in 1878. The woman of the party said she would confess all about the murders, and in‘sisted that, although she is not a Bender, ‘the old man is, and that she knows every-thing-concerning the murders. A resident ofngggont, who lived near the Benders, recognized the old ‘man. It appears from the woman’s statement that the Bénders fled’ from their place in 1873 when it became ‘apparent that the relatives and friends of Mr. York began. to suspect them of having béen instrumental in his taking-off. They have since lived among the Indians, and have encountered such great hardships that they determined on returning East, one of the objects being to obtain some money hid away on the -Bender farm. With ‘the itwo persons arrested came two other Jmembers of the family, who traveled with a ‘team by another route. They were to meet /in . Jowa. Officers were on the lookocut for them, and there was a good chance that the murderous pair would be arrested. . THE complete census returns of the State of New Hampshire show a total of 347,2115 ‘a gain of 29,011 sinee 1870. The six cities of the Btate stand as follows: Manchester, 82,458 €oncord, 13,841; Nashua, 13,453: Dover, 11,693; Portsmouth, 9,732; Keene, 6,786. Two TRAINS on the Long Beach, New York, railroad came in collision on’ the evens+ ing of the 3lst ult. One engineer was killed and several persons were injured.

Personal and Political.

THE following Congressional nominations were made on the 238th: Sixth Mis-

souri District, Congressman Waddell, Demo- . crat; First Wisconsin, Congressman Charles G. Williams, Republican; Fifth Texas, Seth Shepherd, Democrat; Third Kansas, H. P. Mitchell, Greenback. : THE Democrats of the Fifth Maine Congressional District have nominated " Thompson H. Murch, the present Greenback ' Representative in Congress. e TaE West Virginia Democratic State Convention met at Martinsburg on the 28th. Colonel J. B. Jackson was nominated for Governor and Colonel Thomas O’Brien for State ?reasurer. : : I TaE Ohio State Greenback Convention met at Columbus on the 28th and nominated a full State ticket, headed by Charles A. Lloyd for Secretary of State. The National platform adopted at Chicago was accepted as the State platform. e ' .~ THE Kansas Greenback-Labor State

- Convention was held it To peka on the 28th, . about one hundred delegates being in at- . tendance. Judge Vrooman was nominated for zieovembr. : s ; ~~ THE Republicans of the Second Vermont Congressional . District have nominated . dJames M. Tyler for Congress. . TaeE Massachusetts Prohibitionists vhll hold their State Convention at Worcester September 8. The Republican Convention

will be held on the 15th of September at the same place. '

THE following -Congressional nominations were made on the 29th: Tenth Illinois District, Colonel Robert Holloway, Democrat; Fourth Michigan, Congressman J. C. Burrows, Republican; Thirteenth Ohio, Congressman A. J. Warner, Democrat; Twentieth Ohio, C. B. Lockwood, Republican bolters; Sixth Jowa (Weaver's District) John C. Cook, Greenback; Bixth Ohio, J. M. Ritchie, Republican; Eighteenth Illinois, G. W. Rutherford, Greenback; Third Ohio, H. L. Morey, Republican;:Eighteenth Illinois, Congressman John R. Thomas, Republican. Tuar Democratic State Convention in Massachusetts will be held on the Ist of-Sep-tember.. : ) i

- THE Republicans of the Sixth Pennsylvania District have rencmifiated William Ward for Congress, and the Democrats and Greenbackers of the First . Maine District have nominated Samuel J.” Anderson.

THE New Jersey Democrats will hold their State” Convention at Trenton oun the Ist of September: . Gl o :

THE letters of acceptance of Messrs. Hancock and English were given to the pubeon the3oth-ult. =~ -+ ¢ E

THE Prohibitory State Central Committee of Illinois. have ‘issued a-call for a Mass Convention to meet at Lincoln on the 24th of August, to put.a Dow snd Thompson Electoral ticket in the field. The members of the Woman’s Temperanece Christian 'Union and of the ,Woman’s Suffrage Association have been invited to -be present and participate in the proceedings. ' - THE Democrats of the Fourth Olio District on the 31st ult. renominated John ‘A. McMahon for' Congress. He declined the nomination, /but the delegates.again woted for him and then adjourned the Convention. The Greenbackers of the Twelfth Missouri District have nominated John M. Loudon for Congress, and the. Democrats of the Seventh Ohio District have” ‘ /hominated John P. Leedon. - It took 559 ballots to nominate the last named. : T

Foreign.

A CONSTANTINOPLE telegram of the 28th says the famine in Armenia was: rapidly spreading and had .‘si:‘ssum’é()\hqge‘ proportions. Ipat S ks N -

THE Montreal Harbor Commissioners have resolved to use.the electric light.on the wharves of that eitv.. . e

THERE was an_earthiquake shock at Sm}’rn;ﬁ on the 29th. - ‘Some damage was done to buildings, but no lves were lost. -

THE Paris- Temps of the “30th ult. says France and Mgxico had agreed-to tesume diplomatic Felations,and would appoint “their réspective ambassadors on the sth of October, * Ay o . I was reported on the 30th ult. that’ ‘heavy mifd continpous rains: in @L&ndlﬁf _caused irreparable dgmageto.grain crops: . ~CARDINAL FRAI§CISC(}A§PFUZ/0, Aréhs bishop of Capua, is dead, «S G ke A Loxpox telegrant of the 30th ult says Roumania had’ ordered 20,000,800 cart ‘ridges and Servia was mobilizing her army. s: | CONTlNENTALpoliticians remark that, since the (jiSa_stng to General Burrows’ uﬁm-,a mand in Afghanistan, England’ has been legs: active in‘the affairs of Turkey. e

PLEURO-PNEUMONIA has broken out améng the cattle’in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire, England. = . .

“TaE Turkish Goevernment has expressed its willingﬁéss to surrender the assassin of Colopel Commeroff to the¢ Russian Governmept for .execution, but the .proposition has been declined.”. = '~ *

A DusLiN “telegram of the Ist says the corn and foot crops ‘of the island promised more than an average yield, and that the general outlook was very cheering. -

A Capbr telegram' of the Ist says the defeat. 6f General Burrows in Afghanistan was not. so overwhelming: as at first reported. “It.seems-that Ayoob.Khan did not follow up the advantage he-had gained, and the British Commander was enabled to bring into’ Candahar the larger portion of his troops. e v g ¥ ——-——.\——-k—\‘v' 5 , | TATER NEWS, . It was stated on /the 2d that the last of the Cuban insurgent chiefs had signified to the Government of the Island their intention to leave it, if permitted. They would be allowed to go. i L CoLONEL BODINE, the Captain of the American Rifle Team, reached Néw Yigl‘k" on the 2d. The customs officers searched his gun-cases as he landed and found concealed thereinfnany dutiable goods: It was said in his behalf that the articfes had been placed- in: the gun case without-his knowledge by some of bis friends, who inténded them as presents for his wife. g b ;

* EX-SENATOR 'DORSEY, Secretary of the Republican vNational Committee, was prostrated by heat at New York on the 2dThe weather continued very: warm in that city. o C ’ THE census returns received up to the 2d indicated a -population in Missouri of about 2,200,000, a gain of 500,000 in ten years. ‘THE election in Alabama on the 2d passed off without disturbance, and resulted in the Democrats carrying the State by a claimed majority of about 50,000. = . ForeleN gold coin to the amount of $525,000 was brought to New York on the 24, by the City of Chester. . MRgs. JoHN G. SAXE died at BrookIyn, N. Y., a few nights ago, aged sixty years. THE ‘coinage at the various mints during July amounted to $4,276,500. THE public-debt statement issued on the 2d makes the following exhibit: Total debt (including interest of $15,890,600), $2,185,486,646.. Cash in Treasury, $198,890,405. Debt, less amount in Treasury, $1,936,59,241. Decrease during July, $5,576,053. ' A NUMBER of Greek and Armenian ‘emigrants recently attempted to land at Movoressisk, on the Russian shore of the Black Sea, but were fired upon by the troops and the leader killed and others wounded. The remainder were imprisoned. -

THERE were ﬁfty-otgb deaths from yellow-fever and thirteen fyom small-pox in Havana during the week ending on the 31st ult. : 2

AT the electioni to the French Councils General on the 2d 804 Republicans and 825 Conservatives were elected. Eighty-one gecond ballots would bé necessary. .

AX International Exposition will be beld in Rome, Italy, in 1885. 7

- Dr. TANNER completed the thirtyfifth day of his voluntary abstinence from: food on the 2d. On that day, forthe first time since -the commencement’ of his fast the Doctor admitted that he felt very weak; said his stomach was in a bad condition, but he expressed confidence in his ability to accomplish the undertaking. When he began his fast he weighed 157 pounds, and on the 2d his weight was 12714, showing a loss of 2914 pounds.© e i

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

TaE State-House Commissioners have ‘determined to lay the corner-stone of that structure Tuesday, September 28, State Fair week. There will be ‘an elaborate programme. | | o . : ~ INplaxA| shows an extraordinary increase in her wheat acreage, occasioned by the two successive beavy .crops previous to the<harvest just closed, whi¢h induced many farmers to sow wheat upon fields that years “ago failed. Tle¢ grain is §hort of weight, but the increasedtri.creap:e places ‘the product far above that ‘of any previous year. The crop was saved {ip fair condition. TrE Lafayette Jowrnal says that drunkeénness among females is rapidly increasing in that city, as well as in others. “Some peoplé would be pstonished if they only knew what amount of liquor is drank in that city by the so-called softer sex.”” 0 : Tue following is the total value of taxable property for 1880 by counties in Indiana as reported by the county auditors to the State Board of Hqualization. The list is complete, with the” kingle exception of Floyd. County, which is gfi_ven the figuresjof last year: = COUNTIES, | Valuation. COUNTIES. Valuation. Adams.s... $3.446,525 Lawrence ... $5,743.230 A11en_....L4 . 18,996,495 Madison.... . 9282220 BarthoPm'w. 9,779,622 Marion ..... .. 66,759,255 Benton. . li.. 5,241,303 Marshall..... 6,479,771 Blackford.).. 2,058,419 Martin .... .. 1,833,831 800ne....i|.. 8885230 Miami.,...... 6,684,737 8r0wn....;i.. .1,)44,780 Monroe ... 5,1384965 Carroll. ;... 728348 Montgomery 1:3492,935 Cass .ii.oi.. 9,123,863 Morgan .... . 5,186,010 Clarke....|{«« 7,670,671 Newton...... 2,885,665 Clay . ¢i.. ¥z o+ 5,104,641 Noble ... ... 7,306,222 Clinten.. li.. 1719.005/0hio; ........0 1,702,480 Craw ..n‘d%. 100 11,944,114 Ovange, ... .. 3,437,135 Daviess . .i.. ' 5,337,199 0wen........ 4,941,555 -])(,‘{ll‘b‘()l’ﬂ/‘. {l, 8147040 Parke. ....... 9188467 Deecatur .pi,. 925787 Perry »....... 2,282,110 DeKadb. L., °5,769,934 Bike 5 ....... 3,172,854 Delaware.... 8,543,299 Porter. ...... 6,348,950 lguhois.. J-b-. 2,880.00% Posey. ....... 17,164,348 Ikhart. 1‘ L. 12,890,667 Pulaski...... 2,534,134 Fayvette...... 6,841,182 Putnam ..... 11,687,659 Floyd. ... .. 964558 Randolph.... 10,702.3% Fountainl.. .. 7.283,107 Rip1ey....... . 3,887,710 Frankling.[;, 7,510,215 Rush. ......... 11,952,830 Ku1t0n...i.... 4,882,355 5c0tt.......... 1,467,451 Gibson.. J... 9,210,851 5he1by........ 12,071,360 Grant... 1, ik 1,872,100 Spencer...... 4,761.561 Greene.., i... 5,090,633 5tarke........ 933,714 I[amilltmﬁ.{; s 8,977,205 st. Joseph. /.. 13,824,506 Hancock}j... 7,478,475 Steuben...... 3,740,145 Harrisonli... 3,931,776, Sullivan...... 6,411,840 Hendricks.... 10,178,942 Switzerland..: 3,154,745 Henry..... ... 11.494,023 Tippecanoe.. 19,837,535 Howard.).l... 6,051,541'Tipt0n..:..... 2,898,989 Hnn_t'ingT(m.. 7,084,085 Union’... .5. 5,025,410 Ja(:ksoni».'...’. 5,705,925 Vanderb'rg.. 20,931,105 Jaspear....i... 2678814 Vermillion... §,053,609 Jay ol 5688535 Nigo, .o 21980670 Jegﬂ T50N..... 65140639 Wabash...... 10,079,215 Jenningg.; ... 2.952,251 warren. . . ... 5,562,020 Johnson|..... 9.865.010:Warrick...... 4,495,675 Knox.. lﬁ cioe 10,099,255 ]’W ashington. 5,536,847 Kosciusko.... 9,522,807 Wayne....... 23,003,242 Lagrangel.... 6,344,685 We 115......... bi56,14> Lake....1{.... 4,792,185 White......... 4,721,719 Laporte .. .. 12,195,570 Whitley...... 5,994,341

- At Crothersville, onthe Jeffersonville Rail“road onlthe afternoon of the 27th the passen‘ger trai ] lgoing north jumped the track and Cran int‘F; a freight train on a side track. ‘ﬂrge {Guss, a train man, had his arm \gjﬁ@k\ ken. | Mrs. Oswald, of Jeffersonville, was “éonkiderably bruised, and Matthews, the “fieight fireman, wag severely, and several _Bhers slightly, injured. .~ s"’4} J\lﬂ[;named Brewer went to thée house of {@Zékiel ijt-ewart; néar Fairmount, for the the purpose of killing him, but Stewart zot the “drep on him and Brewer fellin a dying condisMion.. Hefore he died Brewer said that the f"?fﬁ“t%f’sh t, was accidéntally fired from his own Erevolve vgzand by his own hand at the time "’;',Ss'éwarg fired. He said Stewart’s ball'missed “him. Brewer disliked death very much, but could l,)}ame no one but himself for the affray. JEssg D. '\VOOD\\"&RD, an old and respected citizen [pf Hendricks County, was recently struck %}s’ a train on the 1., B. & W. road at a public |erossing near Jamestown, Hendrieks County, | and received injuries which terminateil fatally. He was crossing the track and h% got fairly over -it when his hdrse became unmanageable and backed the wagon 80 thatlit was struck 'and totally dernolished by rtlle{vfengine. Mr. Woodward was thrown high into the. air, and received his injuries by~thefﬁall. 2 i

A FEW ddys ago while Dan Lyons, a young man li\_"ingi at Kemp Mill, was engaged in a dispute with his father, he drew his revolver to s_,‘hocft him, but his mother rushéd between them, |preventing it, whereupon he placed the reyoiver to his own head an(ivﬁred, the ball entering near the right temple and passing entirely through his hesd. - : :

L. RoueN’s harn, six miles south-east of Plymouth, was struck by lightning on the 27th, qrx;d wholly consumed. Loss §3,000. AT Cbxford on the morning of the 28tha man name&' Wilbur shot and fatally wounded \Villia_hl Harman. : :

Joni‘t SHAY, nine years old, was run over by a train passing through Indianapolis on the night pfithe 29th, and so badly injured that he died ;%,Wo hours later. : o

.. Tag brick flouring mill of Stephens Bros., in Lojzi’nsport;, was destroyed. vy firé on the 29th, | Loss, $lO,OOO. 3 " - oy L‘A'i'L]f on'the night of the 28th some.unknown parties blew up with powder and destroyed the dam across the Wabash River at Lagro. The dam cost $60,000, and was a feeder to the old Wabash & Erie Canal. The perpetrators of the outrage are unkwown. Frenp KRO ENBERGER, twenty-three years old, while at work on his father’s farm mnear Naplés-on the 28th, was, struck by lightning and igtxstan’tly killed. "Both of his horses wére kmoclf;ed downbut not otherwise injured. 'WiLLiAM BERRY, a residenf of West Lebanony was instantly kilkéd on the evening of the 2fth by a passenger engine on the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacifi¢ Railroad, about half a mile west of that place. Berry. attempted to cross the track in advance:of. the encine and, it was/supposed, had succeBsfully done 80, until his hat was seen to fly in the air. An examiination showed that ' he had been thrown against an adjoining car ¥ith such force as to crush his'head into a pulp.

TaEvecent work of the Iddiana State Board of Equalization, which willbe the basis of taxation for the ensuing five years will, it is said, greatly reduce the assessment and relieve the ,pgo;fle of a¢great burden. : :

: T}ﬁE’RE are within a radius of ten miles of Madison more than 250,000 bearing peach trees, and the present crop in that locality, thb\:bgh by no means a full one, will exceed 150,000 bushels. e

T]*u?. Indianapolis .grain quotations are: Wheat, No. 2 Red, 90@90%4c; Corn, 35@36c; Oati 24@26¢. The Cincinnati quotat ons are : Wheat, No. .2 Red, 9@9lc; Corn, -40@+lc; Oﬁ,\%@%c; Rye, 70@75¢; Bailey, New Fall, 90@%4c. : P S 5

A GEOGRAPHY recitation in Nevada mu%t be interesting. Just i?a;gine a schpol boy standing up and gravely rattling off the following before a Committee of the Board of Education: « Buttermilk Canyon is in the Paradise Mountains, northwest from Eden, about ten miles from Gouge-eve, on the road leading from Limburger to Whoop-em-up, by the way of Bell-town, Lay-'em-out and Hungry, and just over the mountaing from Bung-eye and Knock-em-stiff.”’ . :

~ Taere are 12,500 doctors in Russia, and yet the country continues to keep pretty healthy. o e

Letters of Acceptance of Messrs. Hane cock and English. . < . : GENERAL HANCOCK. - : . NEw YORK, July 20. - The following is General Hancock’s letter of acceptance: L . GOVERNOR’S ISLAND, NEW YORK CITY, | . : : i July 29, 1880, GENTLEMEN ;—I have the honor to acknowl - edge the receipt of your letter of July 13, 1880, apprising me formally of my nomination to the og"xce of President of the United States by the National Democratic Convention lately assembled in Cincinnati.. I deeépt the nomination with ,grateful appreciation of the contidence reposed in me. . The. principles enungiated by the Convention are those I have cherished in the past and shall endeavor to maintain in the future. THE CONSTITUTION AND/ AMENDMENTS. - The Thirteenth, Fourteenuth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, embodying the results of the war for the Union, are inviolable. If called to the Presidency 1 should deem it my duty to resist with all my power any attempt to impair or evade the full force and effect of the Constitution, which in ‘every article, section ‘and amendment is the supreme law of the'land. The Constitution forms th%hasis of the Government of the United States¥ The powers granted by it to the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments define and limit the authority of the General Government. Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution.nor prohibited by it to the States belong to the States respéctively, or 'to the pegple. The Geuneral and State Governments, gach acting’in its own sphere, ~without trénchirg upon -the lawful jurisdiction of the' other. constitute ‘the Union. This Union, i¢pmpricing a General Government with general:powers, and State Governments with Stafé powers for purposes local to .the States, Isa. polity the feundations of which were latd in the profoundest wisdom. -This ijs theé Union our fathers made, and which has been ‘soréspected abroad and so beneficent at Home. Tried by blood and fire, it stands to-day a model form of free - popular government, a political system which, rightly administered, has been, and will continue to be, the admiration of the world. - May we. hot say, nearly in the words of Washington: ‘‘The unity of the Gov.ernment which constitutes one people is justly dear to us; it is the main pillarin the edifice of our real independence, the support of our peace, safety and prosperity, and of ‘that liberty we so highly prize, and intend at every hazard to preserve.”’ L THE : ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMEXT AND : P LAW. i But no form'of Government, however carefully devised—no principles, however sound —will protect the rights of the peoplé unless its administration is faithful and eflicient. It is a vital principle in our system that neither fraud nor force must be allowed to subvert the rights of the people. Wthen fraud, violence or incompetence controls, the nioblest Constitutions and wisest laws are ukeless. The bayonetis not a tit instrument for collecting the votes for freemen. It is only by a full vote, free ballot aund fair count that the people can rule iin fact, as required by the theory of our Government. Take this foun~ dation away, and the whole structure falls. . “Public office is a_ trust, not a bounty bestowed upon the holder. No incompetent or dishonest person should ever be trusted with it, or, if appointed, they should prompt1y be ejected. | . e i Our ‘material interests, varied and'progre;‘%‘g’{é? ive, demand our constant’and united etfortss A sedulous and scrupulous carer of the pubs lic credit, together with a Wise and economical management of our Governmental expenditures, should be maintained, jin order that labor may be lightly burdemed,-and that all persons may be protected in their right to the fruits oiltheir own indpstry. o The time has come to enjoy ‘the substantial benefits of reconciliation. As one people, we have common interests. Let us encourage harmony and generousrivalry among our own industries, which will revive our lan&g_ﬁshi’ng merchant-marine, extend our com“merce with foreign nations, assist our merchants, mahufacturers and producers to develop our vast natural resources and increase the prosperity and happiness of our people.

CONCLUSION. If elected, I shall, with Divine favor, labor with what ability I possess to discharge my duties with fidelity, according to my convictions, and shall take «care to protect and defend the Union, and to see that the laws be faithfully and equally executed in all parts of the country alike. I will assume the responsibility, fully sensible of the fact that to administer rightly the functions of Government is to discharge the most sacred duty that can devolve upon an American cifizen. - : I am, very respectfully, yours, W.. 8. HANCOCK. To the Hon. John W. Stevenson, President of the Convention; Hon. Jonn _P. Stockton, Chairman; and others of the Cpmmittfce of the National Demd&cratic Convention. ' .

. » WILLIAM H. ENGLISH. ° . %7 | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 30. ~ Hon. Williant H. English transmitted the following letter of acceptance of the nomination of ‘candidate for Vice-Presi-dentito the Committee of Notification to-

To the Hon. John W. Stevenson, President of the Convention: the Hon. John H. Stockton, Chairman. and other members of the Committee of Notification: S . GENTLEMEN: I have now the honor to reply to your letter of the 13th inst., informing me that I was unanimously nominated for the office of Vice-President of the United States by the late Democratic National Coiivention which assembled at Cincinnati. As fore--shadowed in thewverbal remarks made by me at the time 'of the delivery of your letter, I ‘have now to say that I accept the high trust with a realizing sense of the responsibility, and am profoundly grateful for the honor conferred,iiw vy : THE PLATRQRM—GENERAL HANCOCK—ETC.

¢ Taccept the nomination ~apon.the platform of principles ‘adopted by :the Convention, which I ‘eordially approve,®and I . accept it quite as myich because 'of my faith: in the wisdom and-patriotism: of: the great statesman a?gw&ﬂ nominated, on the same ticket: for Tresident of the United 'States. His eminent services to his country, his fidelity to the «Constitutien, the Union: and the laws, his clear perception of the corre¢t principles of government s taught by Jéfferson, his scru{iugus care to keep'the military in strict subordination to the civil authority, his high Tegard for civil liberty, personal vights anq rights of property, his acknowl»e(&ged ablliti in _civil as well as military affairs, and his pure and blameless life, all point to him‘as 2 man worthy of the confidence of the'people. Not only a .brave soldier, a greaf commander, a wise statesman and a pure patriot, but a prudent, painstaking, practical man of unquestioned honesty, trusted often with important public duties, faithful to every trust, and in the full meridian of ripe and vigorous manhood, he is ‘in. my judgment-eminentl{‘ fitted for the highest office on earth, the Presidency of the United States. Not only is he the right man for the place, but the time has come wheén the best interests of the country reciuire that the party which has monopolized the Executive De-partment-of the General Government for the last twenty years should be retired. The continuance of that party in power four years longer would not be beneficial to the public or in accordance with the spirit of our republican institutions. - The laws of entail have not béen favored in our system of government. The perpetuation of property or place in one family or set of men has never been encouraged in this country, and the great and .good men who formed our Republican Government and its traditions wisely limited the tenure of office, and in many ways showed their disapproval of long leases of power. Twenty years of continuous power -is long enough,-and has already led to irregularities and corruptions ‘which are not likely to be properly exposed under the same party that perpetrated them.: Besides, it should not be forgotten that the last four years of power held by tbat party were secured by discreditable means and held in defiance of the wishes of the majority of the people. It was a grievous wrong to every wter and to our system of self-goverment which should never be forzotten or forgiven. Many of the men now in office were put there because of corrupt partisan services in thus defeating the fairly and legally expressed will of the majority, and the hypocrisy of the professions of that party in favor of civilservice reform was shown by placing such

men in office, and turning the whole brood ogederal officeholders loose toinfluence the eféctions. 'Bhe money.of the people, taken . out of the public Treasury by these men for services often’ poorly performed, or not performed at all, is being used in vast sums with the knowledge and presumed .sanction .of the Administration to control the elections, and l7‘v'en the members of the Cabinet are strolling about the country makixi% partisan speécheshinstea‘.d of beingin -their Departments at Washington discharging the public duties for which they are paid by “the people; but, with all their cleverness and ~abiiity, a discriminating public will ‘no doubt/ read between the lines OF their speeches that . their paramount hope and aim are to keep themselves or their satellités four years longer in office. Perpetuating gle ‘power of chronic Federal officeholders four'years longer will not benefit the millions of men and women who hold no office, but- earn their daily bread by Lonest industry. This the same discriminating public will no doubt fully understand, as they will also that it is because of, their own industry and economy and God’s bountiful harvests that the country is comparatively prosperous, and not because of unvthing done by these Federal ofticeholders, The eduntry is comparatively prosperous, not because of them,; but in spite of them. : THE CONTEST - - -s, in fact, between the people endeavoring to gain the political power which ' rightfully beJongs to them and to restore the pure, simple, “economical Constitutional Goverument of our fathers on thie one side, and 10,000 Federal - officeholders and” their backers; pampered with place and power, and determined to retain them at all hazards, on the other. Hence . the constant assumption of new and dangerous powers by the Gene al Government *under the Republican pariy; the effort to build up what they call a strong Government;the interference with home rule and with the administration of justice in the ‘courts of the several States; the interference with 'the elections through the medium of paid partisan ofliceholders “interested in Keeping their party inpoweriand caring more for that than - lairness in e}@gﬁons; in’ fact, the constant encroachmentsywhich have been made by - that party upg}“}&%g,e clearly-reserved rights of . the people; ¥ the States will, if not ~checked, subvert the libertics of the people and the Govérnment of limited powﬁgs created by the fathers, aud end in a great consolidated; coneentrated Government, strong,- indeed, for evil and the overthrow of repubiican institutions. The wise men who framed our Constitution knew the evils of a strong Government and the long continuance - of political’'power in the same “hands.” They - knew there was a tendeney in this direction in all Governments, and consequent danger ! in republican 'institutions from that ecause, - and took pains to guard against it. The ma- | chinery of a strongicentralized. General Gov- - ernment-can he used to perpetuate .the same" _set'of men#n power fromterm to term until if, ceases to be a Republic, or such only in Tdme, and the tendency of the jparty now in “power is_in that direction, ag shown in varibus ways. -Besides, the willingness recently: Jmanifested by alarge number of that party to peleet a President for an unlimited number of “terms is° quite apparent, and must satisfy ,;stihinking people that the time has coine when At will be safest and best for that party to be retired. ; : “STHE RIGHTS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL 8 GOVERNMENT. : < “But in resisting the encroachments of the } General Government upon the reserved rights _of the people and the States, I wish to be dis--tincly understood as. favoring the proper ex“ercise. by the General Government of -the powers rightfully belonging to it under the &-’Constitution. Encroachments upon the Con- | stitutional rights of the Genaral Government, - or interference with the proper exercise of itspowers, must be carefully avoided. The Union of the States under the Cdustitution must be maintained, and it is well known that this has always been the position of both the candidates on . the Democratic Presidential ticket. It is acquiesced in everywhere now, and finally and ?ore‘ver settled as one of the results of the war. It is certain beyond all ‘question that the legitimate results of the ‘war for the Union will not be:overthrown or impaired- should the: Démocratic ticket be elected. In that event proper protection will be given inevery legitimate way to every citizen, native or adepted, in levery section of the Republic in the enjoyment of all the rights | guaranteed 'by the Constitution and its amendments. Y . - | FINANCIAL—THE INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS ‘ INTERESTS. | e ! A sound currency of honest money, of a | value and purchasing power. corresponding substantially with the standard recognized by the commercial wor.d, and consisting of gold and silver, and paper convertible into coin, will be maintained. . e The labor and manufacturing, commercidd | and business in'erests of the country will Le] favored and encouraged in every legitimate 1 way. The toiling of our own people will be protected from the destructive competitionf of the Chinese, and to thatend their® immi ération to ourshores will he: properly re tricted.= The public credit will be serupulously maintained and strengthened by rizid economy in public expenditures, and the lib-, erties of the people and the property of thie eople will be protected by a Government of Faw and ofder administered strictly in the.interests of all the people, and not of corpora--tions and privileged classes. : ! : . CONCLUSION. v Ido not.doubt the diseriminating justice | of the people and their capacity for intellii gent self-government, and, therefore, do not doubt Ihe spccessof the Democratic ficket. Its‘success would bury beyond resurréction the sectional jealousies and hatred which have so long been the chief stock in trade of "pestiferous ‘demagogues, and in no_dther way can this be so effectually accomplishbed. It " would restore harmony aud good feeling be--tween all the sections, and makKe s i fact, as well as in name, one people. The only rivalry then would be in, the rage for the development of material prosperity, the elevatioi* of labor, the enlargement of human rights, the promotion of education, morality, re%igiong liberty, order, and all that would tend to make us the foremost Nation of the earth in the grand march of human progress. T am, with great respect, very truly yours,” 3 WILLTAM H. ENGLISH. :

His Welcome from the Old Folks.

Ex-Governor Duvall, of Florida, was the-son of a poor Virginian, a stern, strong, taciturn man. ;The boyv was a. huge youth of fifteen. .At the cabinifire at bed-time, according to the custom of putting on a back-log. the old man said, - between the whiffs of his silent pipe: «Tab, go out and bring in that gum: back-log, and put it on the fire.”’ le‘ﬁb ; went out and surveyed the log.”. He knew it was of no use explaining- that it was too heavy, nor prudent for him to return without having it on his shoul-: der. His little sister, passing, was: not" surprised that he requested her to bring out the gun and powder-horn, asa’pos- . sum or coop might have passed, or the brother might ‘have seen 'bear signs.. She brm:ight the gun and Tab started. He found the way through the :woods into Kentucky in 1791. After an absence of eighteen years.he was elected to Congress. A man of immense size and strength, he started for Washington, going by the way of his old home to see the folks, who had long since given him up for dead. Entering the little cabin door near bed-time, he saw the identical - gum log. He shouldered it, pulled the latchstring, and with his load stood before the old man, pipe in’ mouth, quiet as usual. ‘‘Here js the gum log, father.” “Well, vou've been a long time getting it. Put it on the fire and go to bed,” was the reply.— Florida Union. , o

Mg. M. A. VEDDER finds that water is not freed from org;a,nic impurities in freezing, and that the germs of animalcule are present in very much of the ice taken from stagnant water. This ,being the case, considerable risk must attend the use of such ice in drinking water. , L

A Few Overworked Words.

. 'Mark Twain, after. his first course in German, has discovered some. exceedingly useful . words in that language. Schlagy-for example; and Zug. There are 'a*éﬁ’ee-quartem of a ‘column of Schlags in the dictionary and a column and a half of Zugs. The word Schlag means Blow, Stroke, Dash, Hit. Shock, Clap, Slap, Time, Bar,- Coin, Stamp, Kind;. . Sort, ~Manner,:. Way, Apo-glex:iy;’-r }Vdod—()utting,‘ Inclosure, Fieldy ‘ofest-Clearing. This is 4ts simple and®. exact meaning—that is " to to say, its restricted, its fettered meaning; but there /are ways by which you can set it free, so that it can soar away, as on thie wings of the morning, and never be at-rest. - You can hang any word you please to its tail- and make it mean anything you'want to. You-can begin with Schlag-ader, which means artery, and you can hang on the whole dictionary, word by werd, clear- through the alphabet to-Schlag-wasser, which means bilgewater—and including Schlag-mut-ter, which means mother-in-law. . 5

Just the- same with Zug. Strictly speaking, = Zug® ‘means Pull; Tug, Draught, Procession, - March, Progress, Flizht, Direction,, Expedition, Train, Caravan, Passage, Stroke, Touch, Line, Flourish, Trait of Character, Feature, Lineament, Chess-move, - Organ-stop, Team, Whiff, Bias, Drawer. Propensity, Inhalation, Disposition: ‘but that thing which it does not mean—when all'its legitimate pendants:have. been hung on has not been- discovered yet. i

One cannot overestimate. the usefulness of Sehlag and Zug. Armed just with these two, and the word Also, what cannot the foreigner ‘on German soil accomplish? . The German word Also is the equivalent of the English phrase ‘“You know,” and does not mean anything at all—in talk, though it sometimes does in print. - Every time a German opens his mouth ':l,n'quso falls out; and every time he shuts™t le bites onein two that was trying to- get out. i % AR

~Now, . the foreigner, equipped with these three noble words, -18 master of the situation. Let him talk right along, fearlessly; let him ‘pour his indifferent German forth, and when be lacks for a word, let him heave a Schlag into the vacuum; all theé chances are that it fits it like a plug; but if it doesn’t, ‘let ‘him promptly heave a Zug after it; the two together can, hardly fail to. bung the hole; but if by a miracle they should fail, let him simply say Also! and this will give him a moment’s chance to think of the needful word. =ln Germany, when you load your conversational gun it is always best to throw in a Schlag or two and aZug ortwo; because it doesn’t make any difference how much the rest of the charge may secatter, you are bound to bag something ' with them:. Then you blandly say Also, and load up again. Nothing gives such an air of grace and elegance and unconstraint to a German or an- English conversation as to scatter it full of ** Also’s’’ or ** You knows.?? Lo B 0 s

: - Supporting the Family, - A pleasant subject came up for dis--cussion before the convention of County } Superintendents of the Poor, in session’ in New York. It is: ** How shall men who refuse to support their famiilies be punished?” - ‘The question is an intricate one and syggests-grave possibilit res. There are so many varieties and egrees of family support and of failure to-support, that even the Superintendent of a Poorhouse might™ be troubled in trying.to draw the line .in the right ‘place. As to the shiftless and indolent person who spends his time in gin mills linstead of working for a living, there can be no two opinions. - It is through his ‘laziness and ill-managemeut that his family- becomes a burden on the -the public.. But there-are families who ‘do not consider themselves supported unless the husband and father is able to: keep them in all sorts of luxury. One woman will live on what would net af-. ford pin-money ' for - another.: One thrifty lady will do.as much housework with her own hands as her neighbor may accomplish with the aid of two or three servants.” The lady ‘who lives on servants “ﬁ)uld consider-her unfortunate husband guilty of the sinof not supporting the family; if the ' pressure on his pocket became so great that the servants -had to be dismissed. Total destitution of diamonds, India shawls, opera tickets -and carriage - rides ‘would lead some ladies to believe thatthey were not supported -at all. Some complaining wom-. en have the habit of saying, whenever the appropriation for dress goods runs a little short, that they are on the road to the poorhouse. ' Then they belabor their husbands with rebukes ‘and faultfinding, which make him regret that he, ever took-on his hands the eontract for - supporting - -such querulous - people: ° These women would take -oathi before a justice, either of peace or ‘war, that; they were not properly supported. It is to be hoped that the Superintendents ~will pay some heed to. the condition of. the luckless man who ‘would like tosupport his family if he could find a way to do it. - There - is. many a man who has lost his situation. - Perhaps he was incompetent; perhaps he was sick. Per=: ‘haps he was a nervous soul who hadfallen into a state of discouraged dumpishness because of continued showers of domestie scolding. Some consider--ation is due to the poor fellow whois _crushed under any of these evils. Every‘thing seems to be against him and he wishes he were dead. ' There are cases in which a wife and children do not listlessly 'sit down and ask to be supported. A spirited woman and a group: -of ambitious boys and girls are often -able to do what a disgauraglgd father may have totally failed in. The people--who can do this, but sf?md on their dignity, refusing to'do it:and claiming their right to be suppqr?’&,[are quite as deserving of punishment as is the neglectful husband. There: are thousands of unfortunate and almost penniless families, who.are as they are because d¢he women and~ children either know nothing about how to work for a living or, k’nOwi-n%-hoW;uaire‘ too proud to put ‘their’knowledge to practical use. A ‘husband is a good thing to have in the ‘house if he is in working order.: If out. of repair'or permanently disabled or in~ competent somebody must come to the rescue. If the Poorhouse Saperintendents will show us. how to prevent the ‘evil they deplore, rather ,tﬁa;‘riv how to- '_ _Eiinisfh it, -they .will do society a valua‘ble service.—Philadelphia Lvmes. =