Indianapolis Leader, Volume 3, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1882 — Page 2

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12.00 1.00 .50 .20 1.75 1.60 M - BOBttaa i m s moDtbi Olito of tlx I jr, Mcb copy. M M tea, 1 year, each copy. THIS PAPERS iSÄi lUwipapar Advertising Bareau (10 Sprue St ) where adTartialna; coatracU may be mad for it la NEW TOES Safcserltev rr tli.Lder. Let every colored man who favors the elevation of his race subscribe for the Lead r ; and letevery white J nd tKt it u tha dutv of the ruline race to aid the Negro in his struggle for moral, social and inteuectuai elevation ao likewise. i We are under obligations to our conOTessman, Hon. fetaunton J. l eene, ior valuable public documents. . .... . i . . .. . Ksowrso ones sav that the present session of Congress will run into the doff-iays, unless the work of legislation . . J - - . - . . is dispatched with more than usual rapidity in the future. It is very generally believed that Secretary Folger will be appointed to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Bench , . ... s retirement win r is eminently fitwhich Judge Hunt make. Judge Folger ted for the position. Congress appropriated S 15,000 for the immediate relief of Mrs. Lincoln, and has increased her pension from three to five thousand per annum. This is an act of tardy justice to the wife of Abraham Lincoln. A proposition is before the Virginia legislature and will undoubtedly become I a law, to erect a colored Normal School

at a cost oi a nunurea mousanu uouars, me careiui reading oi me mosi stcepand to make an annual appropriation of tical as well as the most devoutly refifteen thousand a year for its support, ligious. The February number of the Senator elect Riddleberger made an Review also contains articles on the eloquent speech in its favor the other following important subjects: . day. The measure will undoubtedly be- "Do the Spoils belong to the Victor?"

n i , l.i 1 1.11 come a law, as it has received the en-1 dorsementof the Readjuter caucus. The recent discussion of the Arrears of Pensions bill has brought out the fact that the heirs of colored soldiers are not on the same footing with the heirs of white soldiers. A measure has been itnroduced to remedy the matter. It ahonld speedily become a law. Surely no one will attempt to give a reason whv the heirs of deceased colored soldiers should be discriminated against in the matter, of pensions. We clip the following from the Sentinel, the Democratic organ of the State: "There are about 100 papers in the United States edited by colored men. This is worthy of note and creditable to the race. It demonstrates an inherent ability in the colored man for rise and progress which it will be difficult for i i ... t i ..i 1 . thefew living .Bourbons of the last generaiion u realize, ine cenunei uuserves and notes the fact of the rapid plevatinn and nrooress of our citizens of color with pride and pleasure." - . - - - - Some who claim to know, assert that the National Democratic party has made its last campaign. The breaking up of the solid south takes away the last remaining vestige of hope of future success, and the leaders are talking of disbanding the party. It is not unlikely , , . , , TT lua-fc uu iuc rewmcuuauuu ui uic uuu. . 1x1x11" craucpany nave aaopieu mis insiuious method of attemntinfr to kill the Renublican party. Let the democratic killing go on and we'll see about the rest. Of all the assigned causes of the late "onpleasantness" the latest and most unique is that advanced by our esteemi t i- l- it ed contemporary the Indianapolis he. view. Ti i ti "i ". .in.. It saddles the entire responsibility on our valued though much abused fellow ... ' i i rri T

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' i laeory 11 correct accounts, in a large j i I measure for the turbulent, dyspeptic statesmen with whom unhappy Southland has been cursed for so many years. ; ThQ Review says. But, after all, it the hog was only oi local or sectional value, and even that is a j t ) subject of debate and doubt. First driven to the slaughter houses on the Ohio river, it was prepared; put into bar rein and shipped south to exchange for cotton or other products. Now mark the influence: The whites of that country were not an industrious people, or at least they were of sedentary hab- '. : wlt hd the eating of this article, which can only be digested by violent out doorexercis

propagated dyspepsia, and dyspepsia begot treason hence the waj of the rebellion. m The signs of the times are ominous of political changes at the South. A great political revolution is now in progress in that sectiou. The splendid success which has attended the liberal movement in Virginia has encouraged fair- . minded men throughout the South to 'h'oce that its benefits may be extended jv i., i i tö their. section.;; The liberal element ... i .1 is not only encouraged to hope tor tnese , , t - - i a u good results, but, in almost every boutnern State the work of organization for

a determined contest has already been commenced. The Carolinas, Georgia, Maryland and even old dyed-in-the-wool Kentucky, are moving. The administration favors the movement and will give it all support jossible. It is worthy of note that the basis of this movement is the avowed purpose of the liberals to secure the colored people in the enjoyment of the constitutional rights and privileges, of which they are now systematically deprived in manv sections of the South. This fact

will, of course, induce the colored peoj ! 1. nrf f tlio TtinvAi it . . i ,-fi meui as mvy um iu . t judicious management and fair dealing it will be successful in all States that have a large colored vote. Let the leaders in these movements le iust in their treatment of the colored neorde. The colored people will ex1 t pect and demand and equitanie snare 01 11 1 .111 1 I the honors and emoluments which be- , ... rni :n 1 lonn" 10 me vicLurs. Aiiev 111 ui content simply to transfer the offices r - I from one set ot men t another. Ihey w:n furnish in most cases the bulk of . 4 lue vuicrs reason expect cial recognition, liiese mings joubtless be carefully looked after by - -i the leaders. The colored voters are hnn lwfnr Thpv "ia4 """" J have learned much from the trying experiences 01 me past. Aney nave suiin t ii it. iT C I iereu mucn irora me persecuuuu ui euemies, and they have suttered not a littie from the treachery of pretended . . J 4 tnends. They will le true to the men who keep their promises, and they will call ; their lncuo- . In the February number of the North r - T-f tr. i v:oV.QAmerican Revmc, 1 'rof. Ueo. 1 . t isher 1 t- a u 1 -i of the 1 ale Divinity fechool contributes an able defense of the Christian Relig . . 1 ion asrainst attacks of modern doubt and infidelity. Prof. Fisher disclaims any desire to enter the list as a combat ant in the debate which has been waged by some of the contributors ro the Heview, but his article is well worthy of I l.i l ! iil i 1 J by President Andrew D. White; "A Remedy for Railway Abuses" by Isaac L. Rice; "Repudiation in Virginia" by Senator John W. Johnson; and "Tha Lacuet and the Law" by Henry Bergh Scissor Editorials. The largest body of colored Presbyterians in the state is at Springtiield, where they have a church membership of three hundred strong. Gate City lres. There are six hundred thousand colored people in South Carolina and only four hundred thousand white people, yet there are six white men in office to one colored man. Mobile Gazette. Two citizens of Toronto were refused admittance to the skating rink because of their color. This is just like Canada, however. It is about as rotten with prejudice as Dixie. Conservator. Alex. R. Coutts, a colored man, has been nominated bv the Independents of the 7th war.d fh" ! Jrtjf. fofu Common Council, against Alex, okilton, the regular Kepublicn nominee.-.W. Trenton .V.J. I Several colored gentlemen have bought properties this month. As near a we can I i .1.- ! . 1 1 - 1?4.1ascertain, me iiivesimeuis nave ueeu a nine over four thousand dollars. This is a right step in the right direction. Denver Star. A schoolmaster in southern Oregon has resigned his place because two of the directors would not sustain him in his efforts to stop urchins from souirting tobacco juice on the stove during school hours. Gate City Press. The Detroit Free Press, a religious paper, lnne f 1 iw years over 4,uuu peoI Pe have been burned up in theatres, and in i the same time over B.OOO have oerished in church accidents' Where is the good of v- 11 lurtinff cti of niic4 !vi9 T oAAma Tx 4 I oiAwofcivs. mruiii iiiut there is everything to shake one's faith. MubiU Gazette, Kev. Dr. Ilaygood, of Georgia, recently delivered a lecture in Boston, on "The New South." He soke in terms very nattering to the colored population. In Georgia 12,000 of this class are owners, of farms, many of them quite large, bix of his neigh bors own 1,000 acres each, all paid for and well tilled. The tendency in this direction. he said, is very strong, and is becoming a greatly elevating power. The colored peopie are not dying out nor lapsing into baroariam They are now estimated at mi millions, and are increasing at a rate unheard of since the palmy davs of the land of uoshen. Jlawkeye. Mrs. Catharine Perry, a colored woman, nearly 70 years old, complained before Justice Walsh in Brooklyn yesterday that David II. Showery, a colored Methodist class leader in the Atlantic Avenne Colored Mission, stole $50 from her bureau drawer at 921 Atlantic avenue while she was temporarily absent. Showery claimed that Mrs. Perry was anxious to have him marry her, but as he is only 30 years old, he did not want her. She offered to loan him $50, and he gave her hit note. A witness swore to having seen the pote in Mrs. Perry hands, and another to having been told by Mrs. Perry that she was going to marry Showery. Justice Walsh discharged Showery. Xew York Sun. In his sermon in Plymouth church, Brook lyn, last Sunday, Mr. Beecher made a marked sensation by denying the existence of eternal punishment. He said; "I believe in a future state of retribution, but I believe it is remedial. What the end will be I do not know, for I can't see the beginning; bat that punishment will continue after it can no longer do good, c r that it will be made everlasting, I do not believe. God do so to me, and more, if ever 1 preach that . a. ! i t . or countenance u in anv way wnatever. f or God's own sake, for the sake thrt every thing that reason, conscience and benvolence justifies, I would clear God's skirts of every L . ! Ti 1 1 . "P"mi. umsnmeni, mo long as continues to do good; the anuihilation, if you believe It; but eternal punishment, never." Ex.

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WASHINGTON LETTER.

Haytien A flairs Attempted Hov olution The Indians Wilde Oscar Mis c el 1 a n cm u s Personal Notes Etc., Etc., Etc. Krora Our Special Corresoiident. Washington ü. C, Jan., 23, 1882. Hay ti it seems, is again in the throes of revoluton. Risings have oceured in different parts of the island, and an unsuccessful effort has lieeu made to assasfiliate President Salomon. Thus tar it appears the government has been more tnau amaicn ioruie iiiaicoiiu.uu., which fact nay be taken as a sign of the growency towards stability among ti,e Latin-American countries, which has already reached Mexico and someot the bouth American countries. It balomon maintains his authority to me end 01 nis lesnii lerm ami is men . 1 1 i i . 1 a 1 I. quietly succeeded by his legally chosen successor, then indeed will it look as if unaries Dimmer s views vim reiercnce Sil 1 O . 'it I to mis stormy isianu were oeing yenheil, it will ue remembered mai ne .miwuoi ilia annoratinii t J Snnrn I IAfor the reMon thftt he (legiml the Negnes of this island, isolated as they are from other countries and nations, to (im;ttl W and supporters of General Grant's plan . .... f of annexation that this island ot liayti affords the best iwssible optwrtuuity in a 1, A' vm natiomUitv It is the 0xnly countr7 in the New WorId excillslVely inhabited l . .11. 1 l. . 1. . t and couirouea uy a peome 01 pure, or ueany im eK 0U1 "W" fnn H ij:" ent existence, and the two distinct lte.,1,1 I iUUll.i3 ilVJH LAICIIU UU 1111 iriUUU as tiiey 0f course will in time, the name of Charles Sumner should le enrolled high amougthc patriot saints of the national calendar; for to h.m more than ,IT1V nt ipr rosin jsItipp TnnasjiJnt TjOiiver ture is attributable the separate inde pendent existence of the ieople of Co . , Tr. . 11 lumbus Hisinola. T V4rtlIrl ;a thir Wnali .nrtnn bn but ' ..v, r ' Sumner is their Lincoln and Grant combined. Representatives of the Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee Indians are in the city, fighting against railway ex.1 i i t . rn ?i tension mrougu me Indian .territory. I rf ho Choctaw legislature some time ago granted rteht of way to the St. Louis, I iL . ' and San i rancisco road across the Ter ritory, though not without strong opposition. Most of the Indians now here are representatives of the defeated faction, and are trying to influence the Secretary of the Interior against the railway intererests. They are men of education, influence and experience among their j)eople, and their reasons for fighting the railroads arc, doubtless grounded in the fact that they know the coming of the iron track and the steam engine means the downfall of their petty nationalities, as well as the rapid settlement of the territory by eastern people. The aboriginal people, however, might as well recognize the inevitable and prepare for their own early absorption into the current of American aggressive progressiveness. Their feeble opposition, far from staying the onward march of the latter, but gives it time to pause and gather additional force with which to hurl itself resistlessly against each and every impeding opposition. The idea that a few thousand mission-

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aryized Indians can rmanently stay han(Jed a derk ft rf -the onward march ot American civil- dollar and fifteen cents'

ization into so fair and inviting a region as the Indian Territory, that region situated almost in the heart of the Nation, too, i? quite too utterly preposterous to merit much consideration. The Indians have been long enough made the subject of game laws like our squirrels, rabbits and quails. Let them be forced by the logic of events as they soon must be to adopt the habits of civilized people and enter the struggle for life, fortune and fame just like the Negro, Caucasian, or Mongolian, prepared to submit to the inevitable and eternal fitness of things as embraced in the law of the survival of the fittest. It will probably le well enough to give them a little more than an equal chance as regards the acquisition and tenure of real-estate, and then the territory should be thrown open to immigration, railroad building and progress of every sort. This is the only legitimate outcome of this question that any reasonable person can hope for, and it might as well come now as after awhile. The Indian has leen nursed long enough. Let him go to work now and live and die by his own efforts like other people. Oscar Wilde holds the boards here just now. To-night (Mondav) he lectures on the English Renaissance, at Lincoln Hall. He will doubtless have a large audience, as the public is alnays anxious to ray homage and money, too, to eccentricity or 'crankiness," eeeially when of the English type. Wilde 13 doubtles a man of some rythmical genius, but his sense of the beautiful, the good, and the true, seems to Ik; very liberally leavened with the speculative foresight of the money making sharp. This accounts for his affectation of lillies, knee breeches, daffodils, etc. He is aware of the existence of a prurient taste among a large class of people for any thing foolish, just so it comes under the head of esthetic culture, and he means to turn an honest penny for Wilde by satisfying this nonsensical longing. He no doubt thinks his game is superior to that of marrying an American heiress, for he can make a fortune off of foolish people here, and go home and marry "a real English lady," Hon. J. T. Kapler, of Alabama, is in the city on public business. Hon. Robt. Smalls, Congressman elect but counted out, from South Carolina, is reported as favoring a fusion movement in his state. Mr W. Allison Sweeney, of Indianapolis, is spending a few das in the city, learning how the business ft done by our National Solons. It is truly, a pleasure in this distant land of wicked and un-

holv nolitical intrisrue tomeetso renial.

w A CJ - ' witty, unsophisticated, and ever ready (to stir two cocktails round and round) Michigan Hoosier, as W. A. S. May Ins shadow never grow less. J. I). Kenedy, of New Orleans, late Republican candidate tor fcec v ot btate, of roiuslnnn hns Iron nnnointed sixhs ial agent of the post office department. , A 1 . 4 The a.assiu Guiteau delivered his harangue to the jury, Saturday, and .fudge porter is now closing for the prosecution. Ere this reaches you the villain will doubtless have received his sentence. Mrs. Fannie Jackson-Coppm,of Philaueinnia, tienvereti uer icciuie, cuuuw i.i.i i i i i .. :i 1 "Labor and Victory," to a large and apnrecia amiKUiQtiva nn.l inlp of tli Vii trtll a uiifVVIUill UUIUUVV V ..-. - -------.-- Street Presbyterian Church, last Friday evening. YVdii no-ton so fkr is llieved to le PiPilr of amallnox. but the disease has wn . P(. iami Pl) ,iem c throughout the .. . . . C0Untry by the National Board of Health and rimd stens taken to prevent - lts introduction here. . 0 1 lr. J. H. Baker, a prost)erous mer chant of Bay City, Michigan,was in the city last eek, returning from an exten sive southern trip. Mr. Baker was accompanied by his mother who has leen living at Richmond, Ya., but who will Ith her sou at liay . . 1 . . 11. vi uic mxyi mucin..e iL. 1 1 I geuce 01 me serious, uuu (icriiaps iami 1 woundniL' of Samuel Archer, ot lerre Haute, bv ljeing run over by a switch engine, fram was a liberal, wnoie souied. free hearted, crenerous man. who would "tro his lensrth for his friends. I sincerely hope the character 01 his wound may be exaggerated, and that he may recover and thus le enabled to care for hi wife and family. K. It. B. TABLE GOSSIP. Two hundred and fifty widows pay taxes lhnofiM will thia? books. Atelegraph man went toaconcert The violinist playea very nicely, holding his audidience spell-bound, until suddenly a string snappedrThe telegraph man shouted" "Wires down, by (ieorge!" We are sometimes so impressed bv a fel low-man's estimate of his importance that we tremble at the mere suggestion of what might have been if the Lord had forgotten to make him. Konie Sentinel At a recent trial in France the foreman of the Jury, placing his hand on his heart, and with a voice choked with emotion, gave in the following verdict: "The accused is guilty, but we have our doubts as to his identity." A full-blooded negro was with the China men who lately arrived in Denver; he wore the clothes, spoke only the language, and hac nil the ways of his Chinese companions. He aad lived twenty-one years in China, having been captured in youth by pirates. Some men are born to bad luck. A New Hampshire man went through three years of the War and wasn't even scratched or sick a dav. while his next neighbor got a wound in the only battle he was in that entitles him to a big pension, while the first poor fellow has to work Ior a living. Uoston Tost. "Oh, I tell you. you can't abolish the Jury system. It's one of the abutments upon which rests the structure of freedom and eouitr. and all those things. If you bust the Jury sys em you'll have to abolish also three-card monte and other games of chance. I tell you Americans will not be denied this kind of mental relaxation. It s about all the fun we have." Boomerang. The New York Hour calls attention to the tention tO the fact that greater care is taken of young fish ihr, nt rhiMrpn in that oilv For wlnU v -. . ----- - --w uurc; tuau una iuc tuiiuicu uicu uciuu- tue ace Oi live, lue r isn vominisaioiiers say mai "i a. .i i - e c a i t- i ; : ' that . only aooui 2 i er ceuu ui me spuwn ui snau or salmon are destroyed. Perhaps-- this is owing to the fact that so many New Yorkers like shad or salmon much better than they like children. Detroit Free Press. An out-of-town druggist yesterday entered one of Boston's apothecary stores, and pie receipe. "One said the latter, as he handed the medicine over. "Isn't that pretty steep?" asked the customer, adding, "I'm in the business myself, and know something about the cost of these ingredients." "Oh! that alters the case," was the response; "seventeen cents, pleas." Iloston Globe. William Story maintains now that in the glare of pure white marble half the modelling is lost, and that part of the effect of the antique is due to the toning down of the marble, although the color is worn ofT. lie has a delicately tinted semi-nude "Helen" in his studio, a noble seated "Saul," and intends to stain his great "Sard ana pal up," which has been purchased by Mr. Morgan, the banker, who married a daughter o Kev. John Pierrepoint, of Massachusetts. It is said that the last New Hampshire Legislature passed a law requiring Selectmen of towns to cut off the ears of such hawks and crows as may be presented to them for the State bounty, before paying it, the same as in the case of wolves, etc. As the town officials', after diligent search, have failed to find any ears on the prescribed birds to cut off, the boys who have been after them will have to wait for their pay until another Legislature amends the work of its lamented predecessor, which can not be until the summer of 1883. ''The human brain is much clearer in the morning than at any other time of day." That depends on the quality and quantity of beverages imbibed the previous evening. Great statesmen who made our country illustrious always cleared their brains o' mornings with gin cocktails. George Alfred fownsend uses Hathorn water. Gladstone sticks to breakfast tea. The New England farmer slyly tips a bottle which he keeps hidden in the haymow. The Southern fl anter believes in black coffee. Boston lerald. That the schoolmaster is vanishing from the land is a too well grounded complaint. From the old-fashioned fellow who instructed boys and girls, and paid attention to the individual Ulents and capabilities of his pupils, there is substituted the teacher of a grade, who crams the youth of the period with so much arithmetic, so much spelling, etc., and passes the youngster on to tne teacher ot the r.ext grade, who repeats the process.- Teachers are nowadays merely wheels in a huge educational machine. Boston Herald. There is trouble thead for President Arthur, the North A dims Transcript thinks, if he allows the old bosses to have too much to say. If he should put Sargent in his Cabinet, the Transcript remarks, "against the protests and warnings of his wisest friends, he will only increase and intensify the present movements toward division and revolt They mav try again the strength of patronage and the machin against the people, but they will be beaten. Politicians come and go, but the people go on forever." IJalfbreed exchange. "The landmarks of our fathers," writes Steele in 1710, "are removed and planted further up on the day. In ray own memory the dinner hour has crept by degrees from 12 o'clock to 2; where it will end nobody knows." In the rdgn of George II. the fashionable dinner hour was 4 o'clock; and, during the reign of that pattern of propriety, George IV., 7 o'clock; and If we could get embalmed for 200 years we should see it come back to 10 in the morning. It is but fair to add that our continental neighbors have not yet overtaken us, for Ticknor mentions in 183. that the Kin of Sweden dined at 1. and I bdieve the Emperor of Germany still dines at 5 o'clock. Temple Bar.

SKEPTICISM AMONG NEGROES.

BY REV. WM. WARISO Read before the Literary Society of Uetliel Uiurch January 8, 182. Sunday Item, Washington I. (', rr-i i ........ ... , me term kkcjhicisiii in us niouern use as applied to theological inquiry, embraces the views of all who do not lvlieve in the inspi ration of tht Bible, although they may differ in the degrees of their skepticism and in the terms of expressing it In approaching the subject of "skepticism among Negroes by first determining the cir cuuistances tinder which it is uttered and the character of its growth, we find that much of It does not set out with rejecting an inspired Bihle, and scarcely stands in onpo sition to the gohpel itself. Among colored people in this country the utterance of skeptical opinions is confin ed almost exclusively to our most intelligent classes; hut oftener than otherwise, those who utter such opinions couple them with the unfaithfulness of the white American church on questions affecting their political and social weitare, aim their object has always plainly been to express hostility to the church rather than to the Christian system. The intelligent colored people of the United States have been a unit in the opin ion that the organized church of this coun try has promised to them but little more than good things to come after death, while it has offered to other men rich fruits to be gathered in this life. The same nuluits that taugnt wiuie men to lay down their lives, if necessary, for the preservation of their liberties and for the happiness of their children, taucnt me iseeroto wear the bath of si. 1 v. 1.1. .11 1 . 0 ery uieeKiy in mis wona, ana to wait pa"enuy ior me nine wnen lie would wear a fmwn nf irrild in tha "ju-of h. nn,l lv.. n o ... v v . w 1 v cti IVA m t . The same religious teachers that taught their hearers the doctrine of brotherly love and the oneness of Christ's family on the earth, whimpered confidentially ta the Xegro that he was an horn rable exception to this rule, and that while ia the nesh he had better Vi. i; i.rnii.i.i u: l : v "1, ua.-.uiinj!; him nevertheless that, when we become anKeis we noum an i wnne, ana tr en we

could live and love together through the discussion to sav in conclusior , that I beundying eternities. lieve the true battle-ground against skeptiIt u always just tosay, however, that there cum is within the walls of the church. In

were a few pulpits Ähwin, 1 and gd m .11 tow, that preached and a few ivteii i lie gostel ot love 11.1 . ard.o men. but everv iKKly who h old enough to remember the 1.1 vs In'fore the war. knnu't flint tha uliitu Inän w1() attempted to carry that doctrine . t cti u fell Uf.d u h f hi f- .. , ,f, . . " "l friem,1 ai d. h mc1 ameanobjt of aversion. Ami to this day the difference between the white church and the black church is so marked that in practical religious inU'r M 1 1 - . course me one scarcely remembers the exist ence of the other. Intelligent Negroes look ing ujxm this state of things with unmixed disgust, have despised the church as heartilv as the church has despised them, and seeing in its prejudices one of the most formidable obstacles in the way of their advancement. they have not hesitated to denounce it in the most vigorous terms. With bitterness in their hearts and anathemas on their tongues, it is 4 ... .1. .. 1.. C . I 1 . ll hoi Mruuge tum some oi iiicm nave found their way among those who are fighting the Christian religion itself, lint it seems clear enough lhat they have not r a.-hed this position through the elianiu-l ofdislelief in the inspiration of the Kihle, for if this question has come to them all, it lias Uen only after they have taken ground against the church because of its failure to extend to them the hand of fellowship and love. This class of Negro skeptics, if thev can properly be call ed skeptics, are further strengthened in their practical antagonism to the Bible by what they regard as the inability of the colored churches to furnish them with a religion suited to their needs. And at this joint we find a strong tendency among intelligent colored people, esjeei ally among our voung, toward skepticism Ti 4 e .l.i i i Auey mm away iroiu me COIoretl CtllircllCS on account of the re.il cies of th organization. nd th,.r.. " .t,.... ..,.,, .cn- i n. i B-iAt.r u-ii Oinu l.j-tv ...I. . ..1 I m c. . . . i . .. . , 1 and ilnrt mtn n Kt.ito of i t i . u i mill i rät i wriiu niH.k I V . "iiiuiia .uitinuagc 1 r. I ... . ...... ......... I 1 1 " 1 .1 : ; . . : ... .....j ...i mt Ptily by expressing contempt for Negro ilium, which tnev v ..iu.iy uiniS iu vAjut7 umiiiiiijii for theCJosieI itself. Much of our churchgoing is at host nothing more than the pursuit of intellectual food, and when our intelligent negroes im io nini mis ai coioreu churches, ana Knowing that they are not exitected to 11 look for it iu white churches, they seek meniai sustenance in some oiner uircciion. e poor, much-criticised, and sometimes abused colored preachers, have indeed, shown won derful capacity for keeping behind the times ...1 1 . . . r in our ttiucauouai acquirements, yet U our hearers breathe the same intellectual atmos phere that we breathe, our preaching- satis fies them; but the intelligent Negro hears our tangled expositions of law and doctrine, our bad grammar and worse logic, and measures the Gospel we preach bv our uncultured manner of preaching it, which, bv the wav. is not a very high compliment to the intelficentre oi mose Aeeroes: Dill tins is what thev do, notwithstanding, ami the consequence is they grow com ana inuitierent toward us. Indifkrence toward the ioor and ignorant

church rapidly rijens into indiflerence to- flict, the latter heat a retreat, with Simms in ward the holy cause that it represents and pursuit. The pursuer stopped when Thorn pthe wanderer soon reaches the ground where- son went down into his pockets and produced

on contempt for the ignorance of colored churches and contempt for the (iosjiel itself, can stand without jostling each other. But in this case, as when the .Negro protests against the unseeming attitude of the white church, his skepticism is an -afterthought, his divergence having begun with his rejection of the Negro church on account of its inadequacy to kiipply a religion of as high an order as he thinks he needs. There is still another kind of skepticism among Negrocs'that has one feature peculiar to itself. There is no getting away from the fact that a very large proportion of American Xegoes at least like to do what white K?opIe do. We love to dress like them, to live like them and to go through any showy performances that are common among them. I do not know that this is necessarily wrong since the white people are ahead of us in wealth, culture and all things that make a eop1e great and strong; but a good thing may be overdone, ami when a Negro in his efforts to lie like white men does not stop to find out whether white men are right or wrong, we have a case in point: Skepticism has become eminently respectable. It has among its adherents some of the brightest intellects of our day, and people who occupy the highest social jiositions. It would be strange, indeed, if in this particular alone there were no Negroes who aimed at being like white people. And especially would this be strange when we have so many among us who are thirsting for that kind of notoriety that comes from mental attainments. I have met colored skeptics whose skepticism, I felt sure, rested on iust such a foundation as this; but I always nave found vanity to be their prevailing characteristics, and the best medicine that can be administered in their case is to give them a chance to spread their feathers and then to pass on in silence. Having identified, as nearly as we can, those Negro skeptics whose skepticism apparently falls short of open hostility to the christian religion itself, we are confronted by those who are skeptics pure and simple. These are opposed to the doctrine of an infcpired Bible, either in connection with other Juration, or stripped of all other questions, ike white men who are skeptics simply, they have considered that subject and have rejected the Bible And of the character of their skepticism I see nothing unlike skepticism in general. Perhaps confirmed skenticg of all classes have left behind them their footprints as they have journeyed towards the realms of unbelief, and these footprints can probably be traced, bnt I confess my failure, so far, to discover any pathway to

oten war on the gospel itself trodden exclusively by Negroes.

If it be said that the attitude of the white church on questions vital to the happiness of uie -egro, and tn lamentable ignorance of the black church have launched the Negro on the shoreless ocean of skepticism, it can be said with equal propriety that white skeptics have uniformly inveighed against the churc h indiscriminately, on account of what they have regarded as its criminal in difference to the claims of humanitv. 1 he skeptics of Europe, especially, have always charged that their church establish ments were the enemies of human liUrtv and progress, and in this country cvervbodV knows that the anti-slaverv army of the last generatian was made up largely of skeptics who were fierce and licrv m their denuncia tions of a pro-slavery church and of a minis try that they claimed were afraid to take a step in advance of their people. I think it safe, therefore, to say that if the Negro who rejects the Bible can throw the retionsibirity for his skepticism on the church, white men of similar views can do the same. The sim ilarity between them of which I here sjteak, however, relates to only one thin? the fact that both criticise the church alike. In some other direction white and black skeptics mar be steadily unlike each other, ami some one better qualified for the ta.sk than mvself may Ik? able to oint out a permanent distinction letween them; but with my present light on the subject, I lind it difficult to speak of them as separate classes, seeintr. as I do no uniform difference between them except the color of .u.,:.,.i.:.. 4 1.,. ........ -I 1 1 men sKin, me texture oi uicir hair, and jssibly the average ability witli which they defend their opinions. It is not tue p'irjose of this pajn-r, as I have understood it. t meet the arguments of skeptics, either black or white, yet it may not ie out ot place to make this one remark: mat sKepticism can never nvsiiiv itseii in mistaking the church as an organization, for . 1 . . . the uospei itself. Lliurch organizations have at times been as bad and a.s rotten and as detestable as it was possible for anything human to le; but meanwhile the iosi l snone wim uminumeu lustre, and 110 man, could mistake the darkness of the one for the brilliancy of the other. Let men who have a skeptical tendency keep this distincI.. . . . J uon cieariv tKiore them and it mav prove a beacon liKht in the temiest of doubt. it is in harmony with the c.biects t.f this proportion as the church becomes the livintr etnooiiimeni oi me iiospci, skepticism ia 11 e . t j . crowded out of the arena. the highest idea of social happiness will be reached only in tne fullest realization of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel has for its central figure the in-rfect m:n:- terled mentally, morallv, spiritr.all , and all oi us icacnings icai on aim up to the same supreme idea of manluMHl. Just as the church, by word or creed, falls short of this conception of its work, it givis skepticism its opportunity; for skepticism alwavs apitears as the professed champion of human progress and development. liut occupying its true place, the church Ihcoiiks the leader in everv good thing and the opitoser of everv evil tiling, and then the occupation of the skeptic is gone. skepticism in those form - a ne 4cgro cuurcn in us name wun egro n. v ..1 i ? . i .i .i -v s that confront it. can fight the battle nowhere else than within. It must have an enlightened nunistrv, it must raise the character of its worship; in an oi us appointments it must keep pace with the demands of the hour. The old 11- ! 1 . r time nign pressure, mianignt stvie ol wor ship must give place to a worship suited to these times and this higher civilization that we have reached. The startling, extrava?ant and unnatural experiences that have so ong taxed our credulity to the utmost, must give place to the dignified, earnest and ihw erful teachings of the New Testament. I say these things must be changed, and I want to say further to the skeptical world that they will be changed. The gospel itself will change these things by its silent, but irresistible influences, for it i a gospel of intelligence and progress and it brings into us service every means necessarv to carrv out its high designs. I go a step further and A 1 A A I 1 say mat iiiecnange IS going on HOW. J-.verv 1 XT 1 . I t 1 . a . " 'i . ;o ; " - '"p i . ,1 j . . . ; a " w 1 I iiue ami is looking lorwani to possliu lines I f 11 ! . . . . i oi wiucn a lew vears aco ho lil nut lrr.im ji uu-it ,i icn u-ms ai;u nt- uiu not ureaiii. As these possibilities are realized, that kind I oi uuoeiiei wnicn nas lounu lis excuse in the mental and social novertv of the NWr., church will be left without support and will be forced to confess its error, or take its place in the ranks of ojien hostility to the gosiei, wnere u win go down lielore the i i . march of the ISazarene, toward the victory trat hnally awaits llmi. RAZORS IN THE AIR. t-tlllur vlltiii Ilutween Two Colored Men at Crawfordsville Journal. Two colored men of Ladoga, Julius Thompson and William Sim ms, quarreled nn i .i 1. 1 t-i w 1 1 ft flint tnirn rtri VTiumu ) n iabout aduskv damsel. Finallv Simms nunc. I tnnOn! n vigorous remark with a lil- nt. Thompson, and then the former drew a ra zor, the colored man s favorite instrument of war. and when t.iis was unfolded for cor. his pocket-knife for combat. The contending foes met again in a very short time after the first conflict, and Simms made a second attack. Thompson came m well for the de fense and put in his work on his adversary nrst. i ne resuu was mat inonnisoii siaibed Simms in four places twice in the arm once on the chin and once in the neck. Thomson was arrested and taken lieforv 'Squire Willson of Ladoga, on Thursday, and acquitted on the plea of self-defense. Simms's trial occurred lefore the same Jus tice on Thursday afternoon at .'J o'clock. Railroad Horrors of the Past. 1&12 May 8. 53 passengers buine.1 to death near Bellvllle. France. 1853 May . 46 persons killed, 30 Injured at open drawbridge, Norwalk, Conn. ISM October 21. 40 passenon killed on the Great Western iu Canada. lSTfl Julv 17. 02 persons, momly children. burned, and 100 injured, on North Pennsyl vania Railroad. 1857 March 17. 60 persons killed on Great Western of Canada at Des Jardlne Canal. 1857 June 2S. 11 killed and 100 injurel near I.ewlshan, England 1S59 June 27. 30 persons killed and 40 wounded by a washout on Michigan Southern near South bend, Ind. 1859 August 2. 13 persons killed on Albany, Vermont and Canada Railroad in Tomahau nock Creek. 1859 December 31. 11 persons killed at a bridge near Columbus, Ga. 1861 Aug. 25. 23 persons killed, 100 Inju-el at Croyden tunnel, near London, England. 1S62 Oct. 13. 15 persons killed, 60 injured near Winchburg, Scotland. 1862 July 15. 50 persons killed, CO Injured on the Erie Road near Tort Jarvli. 1867 lec. 18. 41 persons burned to death near Angola, Lake Short ; Dec. 11. 15 Uvea lost at Han lan bridge, Vermont Central Railroad. 1868 April It. 20 persons killed. GO injured at Carr's Kock, near Port Jervis. 1868 ti(r. 20. 33 persons burned at Abergale, North Wales. 186S V tie. 20. 21 persons killed, 60 injured, on Northwestern Hallway of Bohemia. 1869- Jnly 14. 10 persons burned at Mast Hope, N. Y., on Erie Road. 1871 July3. 15 persons killed, 2) Injured at Harpeth River, Tenn. 1871 Auir. 26. 30 persons killed, 50 injurel by collision at Revere, near Boston, Mass. 1371 Feb. 6. 22 hvea lost by the burning of an oil train at N. Hambursr. N. Y. 1872 Dec 24. 19 killed by a train falling into a ravine at Norwich, Eng. 1874 Vpt 10. 24 killed, 40 wounded by collLson at Shipton, Eng. 1874 Sept 20. 34 drowned by a train plunging into the Cherwell River. Eng. 1876 Jan. 21. 13 killed by collision on the Great Northern Railway. Eng. 1876-Sept. 3d. 25 killed by accident at Block Lick Station, r. 1876 Dec 26. 80 llyei were lost by the disaster at Ashtabula, 1879 Dec, 28. 200 drowned by a train breaking through the Tay bsidge, Scotland. 1881-Sf arch 1. 40 emigrants killed in collision at Macon, Mo. Wrecking train proceeding to scene ditched and 9 persons killed.

CORRESPONDENCE.

ICorreapon.lmlt will ple.ae make their cujuiudIcationt brirf ud cuucieo a. josniM-. Owing to our limited spac, we are fri)otly compelled to lea out matter that we would like to publish, tut cao not for want of space. Ail letten outside of Id(UaDapolia itboiild r-ach qi Thari.Uj.. All commaideations writteu ou both aide of the paper mill b refused. J Si'KixoKiKLi, t., Jan. 21. NV are of the opinion that some of outmmI citizens made a Kud mistake in the m:uiin r in whiHi they r'. sentel the lK-titioii for school fjullil i.-s. it is well enough in it.st-lf, but the urv which has been pinxiied to bi'liit; iiIxmiI thelvsirel re sult, we feel will never work; for we learn that many have refused tocountenance such meatores as are put forth in the et it ion, but I" think the iK'tition tihould have been sent direct to the Kuprt me Court, ml allowed to le decided on its owiOucritM. I tli ink the result would havebe n Im nelicial; but now I fear for the result. The prizes which the Alpine proprietors have been ottering for several w eeks were eoiittttttMl for by Miss A I lie HasNaiul Mrs. Nannie Ham ilton, hut lat Saturday it was won bv MisH Hass Willi a majority of tl vol en. The prize is a very handsome silver pitcher, mounted on a silver stand, with two goblets set in holders on either side. The monster Death visited our city and bus taken from our midst several of our very dear friends. We learned that all welcomed death but one dear soul who rejiu-ted the prayers of her friends to ceae, a.she had sinned away the day of graee; we pray that others may take heed and act wise, while it is alle! day, for now is the day of salvation. The churches of this city are now doing a great work in the way of leading sinners to the Savior. At the services of the A.M. K. Church Sunday evening 42 attended the seat of prayer. The schools began on Monday morning with n full attendance, and I believe that so far no memlter of our school has been detained by the small-iMjx. Tuesday morning we were greeted with thpleasant face of one of our young lady student k ore Hish School returning after a vacation of 9 months, namely Ioreiila Conner. Soon our city will be favored with a journal by Mr. 1). A. Ku ld. Ki.m. (i roenouHtle. (kkkncasti.k, Inu., Jan. 24. Rev. Mrlhui-l-ls lias lHen holding a M-rirs of mctiiik;s which has duly repaid him for the interest liehas iiianifest-l In our city, and we arts prout to say that we believe that he Is the right man in the right place. There is au -rtort lK"inu niadeto organize a ladies court in our city. Oueof our rising young luirbers went on the pond the otlu rday, and we judge froin the number of falls he hud, lhat he is a rising young skater. There was iiite a M-nsation created at the South dejNit the other day. A certain young lady went to lM one of her lad v friends good bye, and while she was still talking, the train moved off, and when the young lady found it out she called to some one to stop the car. which could not be done, she at last deter mined tu jump, which she did effectually, and judging from the numlH-r of somersaults Khe maile from the steiw to the ground, the by standers thought that one of Coup's tumblers had come back. Ere the eve of election approaches, the col ored man's friends increase, but if the colored voters of this city will only think ot the iast doings of our white brother in rIitles, thev will take no council w ith them, but will come together, pass resolutions deuouncing the actions of the present School Hoard, and the place set apart for their children togo to school and let It be made known that we will not support any party or parties w hot hink the First Ward basement is good enough for our chil dren; and never forgtt that "l'iiited we stand. divided we fall." Krt. A Connecticut Fox Hunter. I Hartford Con rant, Mr. Thrall, one of Foq uon nock's celebrated fox hunters, whose hound had started a fox, y-nt forth to shoot the same, lie, having stationed himself in a favorable position, waited patiently far his game. Reynard soon made his appearance, coming tin iu an unlooked-for direction, lie stopped within easy range of the hunter and barked. The hunter turned, and, seeing the animal, exclaimed, "Whose d n little red dog is that? Reynard did not stop to explain, bnt bounded oll'out of range. Our hunter discovered his mistake too late, and went home. Extract from a young lady's letter: "And, do you know. Maud and I are quite sureCaptain Popple had taken to much champagne at the ball, for be took out his watch and looked hard at the liack of it, and then muttered, 'Bless my shoul! I hadn't any idea it was that time o'night,' " Doston Star. . RAILROAD TIME TABLE. Oa aad after Sunday, Dee. 1, 1SH1. Indian 'nlln A St. Lonlt. Depart. I Arrive, Day Express rc- 7:25 am X. Y. Ex 4:25 am Local Kx press... 7:00 pm IndlanapTs Acll:00am N. V. Ex 11:10 pm, Day Express 7:00 pm Indiana, Bloonili-Kluu V Hentern. Depart. I Arrive. Pacific Er. 7:4Um East AS. Ex 4:10 am B. & R. I. Ex.ll:00 pra Cincinnati pec.l0:30 am Craw ford' vie Ac 3:50 pmiAtlautic Lx.iM. 5:40 pia K.&T. F.Line-1:15 pm 111! Pit tabu ra;, Cincinnati A Ht. 1a1m. 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