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5KnostnHr JotmtaC" A WBBKLY HCreMilCAl |KWIP*P|. c. BARKER. Editor and Proprietor, X. K nrnrr %f rw«sc KXO.VV U-i*. JVH-J. ltiritoN iMMfK. two iv,n#n pnr tnt, „t th- «iimr nite for Inr )»«»I a i-»r. In all r»*» MrirtiT in artvauct 4 y irt»nt» LodfeNo *1 Knoxvtll* tu«et* I Yr» on or bef'»r» fall uM.»R ,, 1 DMi trk Ti.Vp«»*1«KR- J. R. CRAVPLRB. aieath. lv AHEAD 113,254. 1INQBR SEWING ACII1N BS—No. sold in 1673, 212,444, being 113,364 mora n*n were sold by any other Company is sine time. Now is the time to get the Bert nd men Popular Sewing Machine in the arid. I keep on hau4 a good supply of eedlet, attachments, Ota. ftorth side of jtilie Square, KnoxvilU. NOTICE iLr.. w. m. OliAPTKR. Ko IS.K. A Knoi»ille. Min Kve. ob or beferr »»ch full wooo ,KKXCn.to A. V, WKt'HKKBLI.. H, f. f.—KnnXtUI* Lod«» m»-t« »T«r» Tii-edsy K*»nl«c VWtlBf brethren coraullr 1av»-d. jl, ft IOG.JJ"-'* J- *'K»•••*)* N- O- ^roffssiotul J. K. CASEY. ffORNIY AT LAW, KaaxvOt^lowa, oflicaeast sile ot Public £qunre, and uair* over Outdl'i Hardware 8tore. 11 uractice in Marion and aujoining Coun- («f.) *.W.WILBOB. WINSLOW & WILSON. TTOKNEYS AT LAW and NOTARIK8 rfBLIC, Newton, Coonty, Iowa, II stteudthoConrtsof Marlon Ceuniy. 4«tt 6. K. HART, TTORNEV AT LAW and Notary Pub lic Special attention given to coIIot- and foreclosing mortgages. Office, Welch A Welch'* itora, V. eyars Block, •Jirillt. Iowa. (689tf. J. C' b. CoLMBB. ANDERSON & COLLINS, TT0RNKY3 AT LAW, Knoxville, Ma rion County, Iqw», tf. A. Q. HAYS* TTORNBT ATLAWand Notary P«Mlo, M«Dr04i Iowa. Will also attend collections, and to Baying and Sailing ,d. ,C*0 -iii_ g.STOBB. STOWt 4 t.B.ATBBS. AYRES. TT0HNEY8 at Law,Claim and Real B« tale Agents, Knoxville, Marion Count j, ». Willatund to allbnainestontrnsted totbafr r«,in Marion and adjoining Countioa. Will icticein the State and federal Courts. 8,ltf. W. K. FBKBUIOX. CHANDLER & FERGUSON, TTOKN S AT LAW, AM» COLLKC- Uob AraiiU, Winter set, Itadison Co., *a. 1 E. R. HAYS, TTOENKY AT LAW, Kr«x»ille Iowa, at land promptly to all businea* eotrnat to bis bauds T-i6tf HUGH THOMPSON, M. D., BNTIS1.—Ofloe over Fraaland A Thomp son's Bakery, east aide Public Square, coxville, Iowa. t( I.YARQBR. t. E. CONWELL. BALER in Stoves, Tinware, Shelf and lleavy ilardware, Reapers, Mowersand gricultural Lmpleuients geuemlly. Agent M. W. Warren's Patent Atmospheric Port- i« do da Fountain. Old Stand, ea»t side juare, K no** ille. ,Jt( A. UNGLES. Plasterer. AltKINDS OP PLASTERING BOWS in the neatest and moat substantial manner, and on (ho shortest natioe. Terms «. W. HUNGATE, TOE NOTED STOCK AND CHATTEL Auctioneer, of Indiana, Illiuoi/i and ksDiaa, has located three tuiies west of Ked lvrk, in thi* county, and will attend all ulliiit any distance. Terras reasonable for crvice rend»iod, and satisfaction guaranteed. AJirtsj him at Ked Hock, Marion couny I»wa, or leave orders at Clark's store. 19-26if BLACKSMITHING. ROBERTS AND JAMES have opened Biaekstuith Shop in the building for* a,.rly occupied by J. R. Robert*, just west of tiie New Bank building, and are prepared to all work in their line in the be»t manner and at fair rates. Will alio build wagons, 'lriDg wugons and baggies to order. Orders limited. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. ILLHR k BELVILLB a.e prepar ed to do all kinds of work in their lina aburt notice and oa reasonable terms. MVE THKM A AIL at their shop, £sr northeast earner of Court Houise Square, Kaoivilij. (lli-24 if) BARBER SHOP. W. BORKN, Fairiionable Barber, in i Reaver's Ll'ck, went side of Public tjuare. Experienced workmen employed, *LdaatsfaatioB gumnteed. FURNITURE. D.YOUNU would respectfully inform Ij« the oitnens of Marion County thai be opened a Cnbinet Shop on Robinson roet, west of tho Treaiont Uouse, up stairs, rooui formerly occupied by the Office, where he will have on hand all nd« of Furniture, and Coffinsot allsiaos, *iieb he wlllseli Low for Cask. (tf.) KNUXVILLE NATIONAL BANK. 1/ NOXVILLB, IOWA. c*r v*». $K'0,0ei IV Gold, hilvcr, (ioverniuent and other ~f" uritie» houghl aDd sold. Interast allcwwd tiu»e deposits. Special atton iou given to ''Isctious. usept Sundays. DtaaoToaa, A W.ColIina, S. L. Collins, L"'l« 1 I.t.OaM»(- A. J. Korr, Jackson Ratu«y, fl. K. »"»iny, J. Bittanbondor. W. BaehOor. K Woodruff. orriiBBB. '••W. Collins, President. S. CuMiiNaaAH, Vice PresidMi. 1 TO T*H BUILDERS. UN DBK8IUNK! is row prwparod tn take eoatracts for all kinds of work in his linenf bueinea*. sarh a* Britk ait! wtonc Plaetertlif alNl Cittern and Klar Building. All of which I propose to do with dispatch, and in good mirkmanllke manner. I war rant snt'. Miction. ATKKIAL8 furnish*t (f required and a CRKT'IT till Christmas will be gives par* tie* doeire iu (•4«ly) U. J. EOWtFltLD. MANTUA*MAKIN8. MRS. A. WANOAUOII M. has removed te her residence oft Cbarch Mtreet. wast of the B. Charrh, where she ran be found at all tints, prepared to do ^Dress and CSrk making at shortest possible eotiee. She will be g'ad te raMive the pstroaags of the ladies of aad vietelty. (13-2Stf.) KNOXVLFLE MARBU'WWKS." R')BINSON BRO'?, Maoat'acturers and Dealers in Monuments and Head stones, and Gr»ve-yard Work of a»ary de scription. Near northwast coruar of Public Square, Knozville, Iowa. tf Some twenty Inpectorn, wpighers, RuagerM, etc., were removed from the Boston custom house on the 2Vth ult. fthd their office* ftKolMie*!. Three hundred female clerks were dibclmrge.1 from th. U. 8. TreMury, ,|le Department on Monday of last week, In consequence of a reduction of work in manufacturing revenue stamps, a contract having been let to New York parties for work that had hitherto bean don* III depart ment. There WM a slight frigidity in the average Iowa atmosphere on Tuesday of last week, when the mercury touched ten degrees below xero but up at 'llreck en ridge Minnesota, it swooped to lower depths of place in the Union. After the morn aii by the sun's ray ridge mercury indicated below zero. Tho name of a flre-eating southron could not avail to temper the breezes of that latitude. A battalion of United States caval ry is in hot pursuit of the gold hunt ers who recently invaded the Black Hills country. Tho Indians, with an amount of cheek that would do credit to their white brethren, de mand that the equipment of the gold diggers, when captured, shall be turned over to tliern. The Hawk eye, in cruel vein, says It would be better to turn the Indians over to the miners, who could then use the cov eted equipments iu the way that would do the most good." The Page County Dcmtjcrat accuses Sam Evans of the ttum wa Dewocrai of assuming to carry the Democratic party in his pocket. It wants Kvaiui "to work more and assume lea*." Evans retorts upon the Pagecoanty concern" and a few others of the kind that do not favor the reorgani zation of the Democratic party by calling them "light draft newspa pers barnacles clinging to the skirts of the Democratic party and on occasions claiming to be Demo cratic." lie says "they injure the cause by their utter worthlessness, by filling places which brain# Hiigki occupy." Monday, over oue hundred members being present. Party spirit was shown at a b'gh Green-1country, The Louisiana Legislature met last Ijteh cause Jt'-puili- Open fruwt tf A, M. to 4 P- M. conflict 1 OMhitr. .Mil, ancl intense excitement prevailed in the House and throughout the city. Wiltz, Democrat, was chosen Speaker, the Republicans not voting, and protest ing that the organization was In formal. Many of them left the hall in spite of tbe opposition of the Speaker and Sergeant-at-Arms. (hie of this aetiou was that a num ber of Democrats were admitted to Heats who hafcl not received certifi cates of election from the Cuuvaosin^ Board. The Metropolitan forces surround the State Hmwe and admil or pre vent the passage of persoua at their own option. Eighteen huudred United States troops were fn line under arms to protect arid sut4an the State govern ment. There was strong hope that a might be prevented al though a slight indis -retion on the oart of individual.* was likely to pre-, ei pitnte trouble at any momi i .: am:i i VOL. XIX. KNOXVILLF., IOWA, TITTIISDAY, JAXTATIT 7, 1875. Tbe Difference. In ftlliMliiig to the Seoatoriftl vote 41 th« Bnrllngton Hswktye. Tbe Carpet Haggtri. Col. Miller is a warrior who testi fied before tho Congressional Investl- stated that no federal officer of high instruction of the committee, a rank will be permitted to reach New!gloomy picture of the condition of Orleans if the White League at Jack- affairs at the South, and especinMj* In son, Miss., can prevent it. land depravity than at any oilier .cos ne\'cr had been and never would will receive jo", and jou shall be place in the Union. After the morn-1 have been brought out by Southern my PJM** and .laughters, saitli the tag air had be»»'80TftewhA*4M«r»~! ffortbiTB ifi-i ted by the sun's rays the Brecken-, to that country all tbe money there! men Iwed ineconnsftl 0Tth* ATl-wtee was in it, who built mills, who ok- iod, and come out from among them tablished business, who made the anl ft»rm neglected plantations blossom and gers" by a lot of poverty-pinched wretches who beg the tobacco they chew. If tbe great mass of North ern men who went South had been actuated by no other or better mo tives than supreme and unalloyed selfishness, they would still have most earnestly ami lu'ailily desired were hidden mines of wealth in the resources of that country, only wait ing for industry, enterprise and per severence to uncover tbeir treasures. They saw that a -o«ntry which would supi*rt and keep alive the lazy, shiftless and indolent popula tion which existed in it, with less work in a year Uian the Northern farmer does In a month, would yield not only a living, but a fortune to a man who went there and worked, and they went thcro for that pur pose. They robbed no one they took the bread from no man's mttath they worked hard, develop ing the resources of the country, while the natives spent their time organizing White leagues, and ex pressing tlseir contempt for "carpet baggers." It *Hem» hardly possible that the South should be ho blind as not to see that it cripples itxelf by thus repell ing northern immigration. It is wun(jerful it- moment-' that one heetio Winntry U?'s.wopd astfl"the I)epo11ujcnt. barbarians. In the north almost1 pany are working as many men at etery Sttto, and this is the ciwe es pecially in the northwest, has organ- on the Finance Bill, the Albany ization9 or commissioners whose u* Journal uses the following language: The vote develops two conspicuous and controlling facts. In the first place, all the Republicans of the 8en ate supported the bill. The Iirptib I icons thm make (he restoration of a sound currency, with tpcrie remmptian, the aton ed, dUtinct attd accejtfed policy of the llepublican party. In the sec ond place, all the Democrats of the Senate voted against the Mil. The Democrats thus declare thetnselves against a sound enrrettcf/, and agaitmt an available measure far the resump tion of qtecie paimienft. These two contrasting facta mark the difference in the character, spirit and sincerity of the two parties, and carry their own comment." Jject is to invite, attract and encourage 1 mmigration to their respective States. Only in the South do we see immigration repelled, and the immi grant looked upon as an invader, and chased out of the country%by mobs of the native*, who appear to be capa ble of anything under the heavens except work. And so long as the South pursues this suicidal policy, so long it will le what it is, and stand where it does, to-day an undevel oped s»ndl-wilderness, lagging along I far in the rear of the march of pro gress, content to exist in a state of make-shift poverty which is more deplorable than abject destitution. We Want all the "carpet-baggers" who are driven out of the South, or anywhere else, to come to Iowa. If there Is any man, of any race, creed, colorjor politics, who can worry two dollars out of a patch of Iowa ground, or an Iowa mill, whore we are now gating committee at Vicksburg yes-. only getting one dollar, we want him The Legislature of Louisiana met Uti wiunwnUctf ft l)Rr* of to wtO'1.'f ho Is the most blatant cop-' last Monday, and of Course will soon! the mob which drove the sheriff of! perhetd (hat ever voted a Democratlo kick up a row, If It has not already done so. A recent telegram, speak ing of the probability of trouble, Warren county from his office re- ticket. And until theHouth can learn eently, and murdered a number of to feel l« tbto way, its fulurt l» very colored citizens. lie drew, for the dork. And It loos not nlfogeilier appear that t^ie "carpet-bagger" Is the in stigator of all the*e troubles between Mississippi its financial distress, its the colored people and the whites, as social troubles und conflicts, and ite Colonel Miller charges. While he Is testifying in this way before the political unpleasantness. Ho cited f„.t lh w|lkl, be- fore the war were worth $100,000, would sell now IB*,'00 If they could And buyers, And all this dis tress, Col. Miller charged directly to tho carpet baggers." A potent term, that, without which the South would bo bankrupt in argument. The term Is applied indiscriminately to all wen who went from the North to the South. Men who went down into that deso- late, poverty-stricken, war-swept, commlttee, another southern man publishes nt Memphis a pamphlet, in whieii l*e claims, and labors to prove, ttiat. whose undeveloped resour- —3d Corinthians, \i, 17, and \, 18. to see tlve country proper and gmwi plnttsaut.. We have had but very rich that all political and social «li«- sensions might cease for in the peace and prosperity of the South lay the safety of theso Southern In vestments. These Northern men had invested their money in the South, and they naturally desired that all the conditions essential to realizing something from that In vestment, might be attained. And they knew that their business would not prosper while the country was unsettled and governed by mob law. Nothing then could be farther from their minds than to foment discord. These carpet-baggers were men who had never seen the South until they went down there during the war in the character of "knapsack ers." They saw the South then in its most forbidding aspect, but they were Hhrewd the negroes are not men, but beasts, and should not be offend ed whon they are so called. Ami he says that Vicksburg has only acted in mlnhtare what the Southern States Qil have to act in full life come stature up to the color line, Touch »Kt, handle no1,, the unclean thing.'—Col. xi. 21. 'Rut come out from an»-»ug them and be separate.' A1 WUl Iny 0011 ntry" th"« KPPRr®te bring forth fruits and abundant har-| °llt »n(' believe this stuff, go out and vests who infused all the life into| *l,oot' Jittirs enough to see that there ili/i w'0"" I In*, and be And people who spell n^roes the country it has ever known, are- ^on they would beasts of the field, sneered at and called carpet bag- ^,uI then Colonel Miller testifies that .. i a. «.11 the "carpet-baggers" make all this with as littleeompunc- trouble between the colored men and white people, in the South. Letter from Coloradto. CAKIBO, Dec. 1G, 1874. ED. JotmxA k:—The weather has for the time of the year, !een very stormy weather so far, but )M»W long our sunshine will last, will be hard to tell in this mountain region. When storms do come they are very severe, accompanied with violent winds, strong enough to Mow the snow through an inch board. I do not admire the place for a habitation iu winter, but iu summer it is very pleasant. The population of Caribo is still on the increase fn spite of the late ness of the season. The rich mines of this section are attracting people from all parts of the country. There are not honses enough here at pres ent to supply the demand, but build* ing is going on co»thiually, and two sawmills are kept constantly run ning, though they are several weeks behind their orders. The Caribo mi**, under charge of Mr. Samuel CusJwaan, last month shipped $10,000 in bullion the ap pearanee of tha ore that they are now raising indicates that the yield will be as large or larger this month, The main shaft of the Caribo is now down feet, ami tho ore is nearly half pure silver, and improves as the shaft is sunk deeper, Xhe Sherman and Poorman com panics have rebuilt their shaft houses, and resumed op erations. Oa vUiting the Slierruan mine recently, I was shown a pile of ore of several tons thai had been pre pared for sbbpurii'tit the ore looked as if ready for the eagle without any further trouble. I never saw such rich mass of ore before in all my mining experience. The Sherman company nhip. their first-class ore to Hill's Smelting Works, Black Hawk. The Poorman company are sink ing their irmin shaft, but the pros jM'ct at [vren^nt is not very flattering. They got mmii« very good ore, but not in paying quantities. From -"'hiZ: ttiHt have b«-en run each way or tnis. f,.om u,Hj„ sbaft should be Inhabited by such excellent ore. The No Name Com- they are taking present as usual. They are sinking their main shaft, which is now sev eral hundred feet deep. They are raising several tons a day of No. 1 ore. Tbe water in the mine is ex hausted entirely. They have to haul water to supply the engine. Alexander A- Co., proprietors of the native silver mine, have rented a large shaft house, and are putting up a tt'U-horse power engine for the purjwwe of hoisting their ore. The main shaft is now down 100 feet, with a good sized veiu or crevice, and showing good mineral. A drift run fmm the main shaft to the west a distance of 70 feet, shows a tine body of mineral the entire distance. The Top Sail lode, owned by Tyre A- Stewart, was discovered last fall. They are clown 40 feet, have a good sized crevice and ore that mills from oo to MOO ozs. per ton. I predict for tbe Top Sail a good future. Many other lodes that I could mention where good prospects are obtained, have been laid over until spring, the owners preferring to wurk when the weather is warmer. Our markets are now well sup plied with wild meats, such as buffa lo, venison, antelopf, prairie chick ens, grouse and rabbits. Several mountain sheep were bagged the other day by some of the Nimrods of Uribv. VIMS Uic AKFK A V. Nlwton, Iowa, Jan. 1, 1875.— Alxut eleven o'clock last uight, ftvott llibler stabbed aud killed Ike Becker. Such was the startling account which greeted the ears of our citi zens this morning. About 10 o'clock llibler met Becker, when a fight en sued, iu which llibler was whipped. He then went to a barber uhop, had his wounds dreiwer) and himself gen erally cleaned up. He then went to Becker's rooms, over Meyer's gro cery, as he says, to apologize." Becker's wife answered his call, say ing 1 ke is not at home," ami then ordered him to leave. Becker then came to tho door ami also ordered him to leave, which he soon did. Itecker followed at the foot of the stairs II ibler turned and said, You had Iwtter not follow me, you will get into trouble." llibler went down the street alsuit half a block, aud was just entering a store, when Becker caught him aud jerked him down, where they fought again till Becker sprang up saying: "He's stabbed me, I'm dying." He then started to Ills room, which, with the aid of ills wife, he reached, to sink on the floor and die. llibler then went to the Elephant Bakery und said, People say 1 killed a man, but I didn't." He then went to the lious" of Captain R. H. Becker, fath er of the deceased, and bld about the gimef-t ry to the horrified parents, made bis escape to hisown borne und told his own wife the mine story. He was afterwards- avjested, and is now iu jail. An inquest Is being held and facta will be elicited. I'rowds visited the remains from the time of the affray to the Hitting of the jury at 10 this morning. The clouds tliat darken the scene this New Year's mornint are mg niflcuntof the darker clouds of sad ness resting upon the hearts of our citizens as they contemplate the re sults of the dissipation in which too many of our r*spectable young men have been indulging. lew Orleuus Mattel*. "Whfle it Is earnestly to he hoped tbe difficulties at New Orleans will tide over without any conflict be tween the White Leaguers and the Federal authorities, there is no ques tion but that at Washington there is serious apprehension. Telegrams from New Orleans of an official na ture seem to indicate that the White Leaguers intend, peacibly if they can, forcibly if tli"y must, to have th^ir own way, and seat their defeat ed candidates in the Legislature, re gardless of the decisions «f the RATES NO. 31. HKNKY DW&SKL. H«iiiu*r. u lust. Murder at Isnftc Becker, a yotng iimn al*»ut 2(1 yetvrs of sge, was killed in a fight with Scott Hihler, at Newton, about in o'clock Thursday night. The dif ficulty originated from an insult giv en to Becker's wife by llibler. Becker hearing of the insult follow ed Hibhr up, and meeting him on the street knocked him down and pounded him pretty severely. Half an hour afterwards, llibler started out to hunt linker, swearing that he would be revenged. They met again in front of the bookstore of C. Oilman, and a second struggle en sued in which Bin-ker threw or knocked llibler down, when llibler drew a large sized pocket knife and stabbed hcckcr on the right side of the neck, the knife passing clear in to the hone, down to the collar bone, severing the jugular vein and arter ies, into the lungs. Becker immedi ately started home, half a block distant, and was met by his wife, who helped him up stairs and into the room where he fell dead with bis bead in her hip. Becker had been married hut a few week*, and the blow comes all the more terrible to the young wife from the fact that her husband lost his life In reveng ing in insult to her. HiMer was immediately arrested and lodged in jail, where he awaits the prelimina ry examination. A coroner's in quest was held Friday and a verdict rendered in accordance with above facts. Whiskey was the iouudation of the tragedy. A NKWTON ACCOUNT OF THE OF ADVERTISING- wwjafc* 1W. 1*. Slf. SW. fY.j| $75$ 200 $ 4 00$«*$80| 1 25 3 50 6 00 «rW 6 00 8 00 f2 00 350 SOO 120ft M00 0 00 12 00 16 00* JTJ 00 10 00 16 00 I'JOO 3*00 1 Inch O tt Column 1 75 *k 3 50 6 00 10 00 12 oi lK0f 22 Of So n# 60 Speeial Notices, er Advnr?ts»-Bieats of d»«kl»»tdt4 or extraordinary dlnplay, 10 per o»mt addiiM-nal to the above rmtrs. LOCAL N0T10B8. TEN CBND8 PKK LI KB, EACil INSBB310*. Returning Boardf. The President evidently fears a crisis, from the facl that he has sent one of the highest officers iu the army, Gen. Sheridan, to this Southern field. This is prob a y n o e u k e o e i e o u s General Emory has been pursuing at New Orleans, and which may hav# been the best policy—but one highef in authority, more directly represents ing the President, who by virtue o#-'1 his office is Comin«Nder in Chief of the Army, seems needed at New Or leans.—Tho selectiow of Gen. Sheri dan seems pre-eminently the proper one to have been, nindc. A conclu sive proof of this is rn tho very dis satisfaction and alarm the announce ment of his coming seems to produeft among the White Leaguers aud their newspaper org»n«. It is understood (Jen. Sheridan will not supeiced® Gen. Emory, hwt by special request of the President,, not by order of thf* War Dejmrtment, visit New Orleant to use his lnffnence in connection ,wlth (Jen. Emory, and his nuthorit# If need be, to quietly allay the troub les or fight them out. Tosliow the feeling at New Orleans, a private letter from an army officer who is stationed there, received n|$ Washington on the 2f»th, says that in his judgment another conflict is in evitable and cannot long be averted. The military are constantly subjected to insults, and there Is not an officer on duty there who fn anxious to. I»e transferred to sonoe other station."* This condition of things cannot be permitted to exist. We predict the military there will not be subjected to insults from the moment Gen. Sheridan plants his foot in New Or leans, or else somebody will bo hurt. He will take command in case of emergency, and that emergency will arrive speedily if United States offi cers aud their commands are not treated with proper respcct, port Gazette. i New Orleans is quiet. The pres ence of General Sheridan aud 4,000 Federal troops has a soothing effect upou tbe White Leaguers. Oeucral Umory 1ms not been displaced, nor will General Sheridan assume com mand except in case of actual hostil ities. A rumor was current yester day to the etfect that it was proposed to organize an atwwssinatiug party tu meet the Lieutenant General upoa lus arrival. We have uo-vury goo# opinion of tiie White Leikgi,*»rs til New Orleans, bu.t there in ittilf prob* lability that they are tU»|o»ed t-wutfcf^^ dertaka the job of killing the hero of Shenandoah Vaflwy. fliey f»refer ti 'operate against di«feneli-H negroes anil white Republicans as at toil shatta, Grant Parish and Vicksburg. It is believed now that the organi zation of the Legislature as returned,, by tho State Board will pr veed without interruption. The Seiuvta is Republican but the UotiMe ia doubtful. Some Republican mem bers of the House fcoiu North Louis iana have notified their friends that they dare not proceed to New Or leans for fear of assassination. This fact HIIOWS •. that tho threats of the Shreveport Times have not hcetl without effect.—Inter-Ocean. Our friend ('lark of the Gate City, is the most persistent advocate of li cense law we know of. He never minses an opportunity to argue the question, it is useless to plead for a license law in Iowa. The moral sen timent of the people revolts at the suggestion to throw open e*^ry town, and village of the State loth* bmiii seller. We can see iu good to come out of this agitation now. Our pres ent law Is a good one. While the moral sentiment of the people back* the law thorough prohibition is the result. We know men get drunk here. That is frequently used as an argument against temperance law. Men will always get drunk and do a great many other foolish and crimi nal things, but that is no aigta»ifiit in favor of legalizing such thing ss selling rum. Now some will send off and get liquor, b«it a license law would have it un every street corner, and increase the evil a thousand fold. —likit/infield llepidtlican. The Ottumwa Democrat tayf: Negro suffrage has proven a fallura in Louisiana, South Carolina, Miss issippi, and everywhere else, as well as in the District governed by Con gress. It has provoked civil war, In cited insurrection, has been a curse tt» whites and blacks, and if continued will end in the annihilation of th£/'• negroes. Tho amendments were fas tened on tho people through fraud and iu violation of the Eternal De crees of Nature. It was an attempt to make white men out of regrors, intelligent voters out of beings who can never be made to understand th* principles of a safe government wicked and* unholy desire on th#' part of the Republican party to r«» vengo themselves on the Southern people. The beginning of the new will certainly bring better times, fn New York alone, it is estimated, a total of not less than ll-Ti0.000,(Mj|f will be distributed iu dividends o||\ government, railroad and other ««ectK. ritles during the first weeks In Janu ary. Including other business cen ters, the total will reach an sggretratif of several hundred millions. All i«» dications point to a decided Improve ment In business from and after !h# beginning of the new year.—--®. Lwi~ Jortrna',