Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 14, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 February 1872 — Page 2

Political Sotes. riWIilMW Chant's daugkfer,

Nellie. u "coming out " nxt W .SO DM father The Cincinnati Comme.eial, in referonce to Grant's treatment ot Hamock. calls tin- President moti excellent hater." The Detroit Tribune, having doubted the fMn of renominating President Grant, has had ita Government advertising taken away. A new synonym for ''retiring"' h heen invented. Parents now, instead of admonishing their offspring that it is bed time, observe tenderly, "My darlings, it is time you Colfaxed." A Radical Tammany on a small scale is being shown up at tue United State Laud Office at Fo t lodge, Iowa. E. C. Bvan. the rezist. r. is also the senior partner of a real estate firm, and man- . ft 1 T . . ..ft - . age thing in the Lan I Office greatly the advantage of said nrm. All the citizens arrested at Newton, Miss., sinne time since, by the federal military authorities, and dragged to Jackson to be tried for Ku-Kluxery. have Lee a sent homo. Nothing could be proved against them. Tue paternal progenitor of tho President, although to disabled by disease that a special agent has been employed at i salary of $l,tKX) per annum to take charge of the Covington post office, still continues to draw his own salary of $3.400. making that pot office cost the goven inent $.'.0OO a year $1.000 more than is paid to the postmaster of Cincinnati. Chicago, rr Philadelphia. Thf I .'jncinnati Knquirer, commenting upon Senator Chandler's remark in the Senate that "although God might forSive an unrepentant rebel, he (Chanler) never would," observes that " this is not the only difference with the Almighty that the Michigan Senator will probably be called upon at the bar of the great judgment day to answer." Under the existing provisions of the Constitution, which the Radicals are so ! anxious to perpetuate, the German and Irish are lower than the negro in ihe political scale. The mulatto Pinchback may become President of the United Stater, but Carl Schun cannot. A Fol? Wjitm correspondent of tho Cincinnati Enquirer has thrown a flood of light upon the extraordinary and mysterious pleasure which President Grant seems to take in the fortunes of George Keller Let. By this correspond?nt's statement, it would appear that the sail Leet is no other than a cousin of the President's wife. At the recent dinner in Boston of the American Academy of Dental Science the imperial present taker was toasted in the following styl-: "The health of the Presi-Dent of the United States, General Ulysses S. Grant, who from his numerous Dental connection and his great admiration for the family as evinced by bis marrying a Dent and appointing so many Dents to otfice may be fairly considered as the most distinguished Dentist in the land." Since Tammany has reformed and changed its name, the Louisville CourierJo'irnal calls for like action on the part of the Republican party. Grant's friends assert that he is always very careful of his official rela-ti-in-. If his friends mean his relations in office, they are undoubtedly correct. The Washington Cmrt Circular persists in announcing that Grant's "receptions" re held fortnightly, when everybody knows that he is ready to receive at any hour and at all times. j ji colored people of the South are gewiß lheir eve Pen 49 10 tne cr acter of i rpetbag element of that section. M. B. ul.KnJ has resigned his rjosition as Aid-de-Camp, w'th the rank of Lieutenant General, a 1 a 8t"fi f H ! General Scott, r .uth Carolina says : " For- the most palpable have develop e(i themselves to such an extent that i cannot, with respect to myself, 'id justice to the cause of my race, and the people in general, longer continue the relation without a compromise of principle. The Democratic State Convention of Connecticut. New Haven, ("onn., Feb. ft. The Democritic State Convention to-lay nominated Richard D. Hubbard, of Hartford, for Governor, by acclamation. The platform was adopted with great unanimity and enthusiasm. The first resolution recognizes the late amendments to the constitution as deserving the support of all good citizens. The second demands with equal suffrage for all complete amnesty for all. The third demands a genuine reform of the tariff" and no discrimination in fanr nf mnnonolists. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh are as follows i Ruohtd, That the shameless ahuse of Government patronage for the control o I conventions and elections, whether in the interest of individual factions, or of a partj, with its consequent corruption and demoralisation of political life demands a thorough and genuine reform of the public serviee. Those who wonld superees investigation forget that they owe a higher duty to the country than to any party. We honor those (u..i whn mnruioiia count hu com pelled the disclosure ef gross misdeeds, and they deserve the thanks and hearty support of all good citixens. Retolved, That local self government.with impartial suffrage, will guard the right of all citiaens moro securely than any centralised authority. It is time to itop th a-rawine encroach nionts of the executive power; the ue of coercion or bribery to ratify a treaty ; the packing of a supreme eourt to relieve rich corporatien ; the Beating of member of Coneress not elected by the people; the reiort of unconstitutional laws to cure tho Ku-Klux dUorrlers. Wt demand for the individual the largest lib-

erty consistent with public order; for the Suit self govei ument, and for th nation the return to the method of peace and lh limitation ot federal p.iwr. Ktsovtd, That it s alike th duty of honest men of all parties to expose corruption, denounce the nturnatiou of power, and work fer reforms necessary for the public welfare. The time demands' an uprising of honast eititens to sweep from power men who proatitute their official positions to selfish interest. Retolvcd, That we repudiate with acorn the oft-repeated slander of our opponent) that the Democracy of Connecticut are in favor of repudiating any portion of the national debt, even so much as haa been fastened upon us by extravagance and fraud; and that we are for paying that debt to the last dollar. The eighth sympathizes with tho Cubans and denounces their oppressors. The ninth favors a liberal system of free schools, and denounces any interference of the (Government with the sys tem. The last resolution indorses English's administration and pledge, support to Hubbard, The following i the full ticket nominated : For Governor Richard G. Hubbard, of Hertford. For Lieutenant Governor Cha. Atwater, of New Haven. For Secretary of State .lohn W. Stedman. of Norwich. For Treasurer Milo B. Richardson, of Salisbury. For Comptroller Tho. Sinford. of Redding.

Plundering the Treasury. The Radical prejecls la plunder the Trea-ury are increasing daily in number. The latest one submitted by Perce a note 1 carpet-bagger from Mississippi eclipses anything of the kind yet heard of. In the first place it is proposed to take two millions out of the Treasury to give the landless citizens meaning, of course, the negroes to be dispensed in this wise: Those desiring to fettle on the public lands shall be transported there at the public expense, and on proof that they have no means to open the land, shall be fur nished with the following articles, to wit: $."0 worth of building material, lumber, canva. ox other building material: 1 plough, 1 pick ax, 1 hoe, 1 shovel, 1 ax, 1 hatchet, 100 pound assorted cut nails, 400 pounds of flour. 50 pounds of bacon, 10 pounds of coffee. 5 pounds of tea. 100 pounds of corn meal, 100 pounds of salt, II bttiheh of seed wheat, 5 bushels of seed corn. 4 bnshols of seed potatoes, and $1 worth of assorted garden seeds. The third section declares that the fund for this appropriation shall be derived from a tax upon an equitable assessment of all the money and other property of the people of the United States. This extraordinary measure is now before the Committee on Public Lands. Grant's Sandstone Quarry. The Seneca sandstone from Grant 's quarry, which has been used in the foundation of the new State Department has been very much injured by the frost, so that it is considered unsafe to build upon it. It is suggested th t Graat and his associate stockholders can reap a benefit from this apparent misfortune by selling the stone over again to be used as paving material for the street of Washington, and ordering a new lot for the foundation. The stone was used contrary to the orders of the committee having the supervision of the new building. Effect of Radical Oppression. Martial law is having its legitimate effect in the nine persecuted counties of South Carolina. Large numbers of citizens of that district are emigrating to Gecrgia. Texas, and Arkansas. Scarcely a train passes that does not carry several white families away, and the exodus of colored men is even greater. Tho Union City Timet says that every white family that leaves is followed by at least two coiorea iamuies. uaw hum u w prolific land in that section will not be cultivated the coming season. Thua the law which, as the Radicals assert, was designed to protect the colored people, has driven them from their homes. How to Bring the Wicked to Repentance. In one of the Western States there resides a family consisting ot an oia man by the name of Beaver, and his three sons, all of whom were very wicked. They had often laughed to scorn the advice and entreaties of a pious, though very eccentric, minister, who resided in the same town. It happened that one of the boys was bitten bv a rattlesnake, and was expected to ,!;.. urhft.n the minister was sent for in (trout baste. On his arrival, he found the young man very penitent, and anxious'to be prayed with. The minister Uncled down and nrayed in this wise i "0 Lord, we thank thee for rattlesnakes ; we thank theo because a rattlesnake has bitten him. We pray thee send a rattlesnake to bite John, send one to bite Bill ; and, O Lord, send the biggest lrin.1 of a rattlesnake to bite tne oiu man. for nothing but rattlesnakes will ever bring the Beaver lamuy to repen.anee." The Lion-Tamer's Death. McCartv. the lion-tamer, met his death in a terrible manner, at Bolton, England, as was narrated not long since. But some particulars have been given that furnish a key to the whole tragedy. When he entered the cage for the last time be was deeply under the influence of liquor ; and it was the smell of his potions, driving (as the stuff always does) the animals wild with rage, and the difference in look with which he had been wont to rule them, that oecaainnnl hissnccdv destruction. A drunkMxl i not and can not le a brave man.

Yon and I. If we tould leave this world kehiuJ It sains and loss, it praise and blame. Nor eeking place, nur fearinf harne. 5. 'iiie fair land quite trciten tinJ, We mifht be happy you ami I. And let this foullsh world go by. No rnradie of love and bliw. No dream of youth in Kden bowers. But some dear home of quiet hour Where all of life we would not tula. But find some day iweet ere we die And let this cruel world go by. It will not be we are too weak To snatch from Time and Life one day ; But. when they both have pasted away. 0 Lov : we will each other seek Where none can part n. noae deny. This world and all its woe (one by.

Farm and Garden. Cart cf Hortet' Ley. The Nertk Britith Agrieulturitt says : " Few men who handle horses give proper attention to the feet and legs. Especially is this the case on farm . Much time is spent ot a morning in rubbing, brushing and smoothing the hair on the sides and hips, but at no time are the feet examined and properly cared for. Now, be it known, that the feet of a horse require more care than the body. They need ten times M much, for in one re- ! spect they a e almost the entire horse. All the grooming that can be lone won't at ail anything if the horse is forced to stand where his feet will be filthy. A.t this case the feet will become disordered, .nd then the legs will get badly out of fix and with bad feet and bad legs, there is not much else of the horse fit for anything. Stable prisons generally are terribly severe on the feet and legs of horses ; and unless these building can afford a dry room, where a I horse can walk around, at down, or roll I over, they are not half so healthy and comfortable to the horse as the pasture, and should be avoided by all good hostlers in the country.'' Smoking Meat. There is a prejudice in the minds of some against the use of smoke in preserving meats, as smoke has unpleasant associations connected with it. .Smoke, certainly, is not pleasant to breathe, but taken into the stomach, in the small quantity found in smoked beef or ham, it is harmless, and to most palates aereeable. Care should be taken, however, in smoking meat, not to let the temperature rise too high, and to use the right kind of fuel. If the temperature rises above 140 the albumen of the meat is coagulated, und rendered hard and indigestible. The fuel also communicates its peculiar flavor to the meat, and this may bt pleasant or disagreeable. The famous Westphalia haras are smoked with jiniper wood. In this country we more commonly ose birch. Somer aowever, prefer hickory, and others corn-cob. A few winterpreen leaves thrown upon the fuel while the meat is stroking gi e a flavor highly relished by some. Cost of Keepi-f Cowt in JKi-Dairies An u Oraage Ce-nty" milk-producer :n Lone Island Jhus feedr his cor i namely, tew potrads of hay four quarts of corn or eil-mexl, and ore bushel ! brewer's grains, daily. The xtl of this is, for hay 15 casts, meal1 15 cent, grains 18 cents i total 48 cents. The average yield is tea quarts daily, whie.l' retails at ten cents per quart Cslculat -hrg for inteneet oa cost of .icock and' other expenses, and a proper munera tson for the uncomfortable- and un seasonable labor necessary, if an " Orange county" äairvman honest. he is far from being a "bload aradocrwfc,r' or one w4io dows'not wc'4 enrn. his money. Shucu'w Jht. A corresp wiJent of the Chautavqva Farmer says : hav a fla of ground that raeasures .' t f et, one section of my garden) frcaa- which I raid. in 1S1. & ewshels potato, IJ U.iaVftl. Anlnn. ' ' hutfcels tom.'.ioee, half' bushel beans,. 40 good cabbages, o M buskel beets, 6 good Subbard quash s, had two hills cucumbers, four hi m- don that yielded we.l; one peek swe et potatoes, "beside a strip two fjt wide, the length of the plat for gren pes s; also two rows of pars aips. 10 ft long not dug yet. A part-of the a ve p: o due- was row or peerless poratc-es that weighed 98 psenids frcn thnjefourths of a pound. Harnes Chilled to Ifeath by COppInc Mr. Bergs has issued the following : The Society for the Prevtkn of Cruelty to Jnimals most feelingly and imuresftsiveVr invites- the humane con sideration of all persons owniag horses to the crufl and disastrous cl wing and siageing them. Scientific men jave long 1 . I a ila A niein an1 area a ra known that the skin and lungs are joined in one and the same Function j and vet trap senseless custom J oecoming daily more peroral, and that, too, at the very period of take year w'n nature manifests her wiidom by presiding theanimals with additional covering, anJ mankind put o their furs-and oveicoats. But the ,yoom protests that it it impossible to drx a thick-coaJed anima. Youatt says: 'Asto the practice it clipping and sharing the hotae, it occasions chilling of the framay exhaustun of vital power and dangerons reacticas of fever." A horse thus iorn as Mtyhew says, " is a deformity. The color is unnatural, the coat is dall and stubborn lookine. most unlike that polished surface which is native to the beautiful quadruped." It has been ascertained in Boston that a horse thus shaved or clipped veill not live over three years. A famous veterinary surgeon of Kingston told me, a few days since, that three fine horses had just died, owing to clipping, and 1 will conclude this appeal to all humanely inclined people, who continually feel how indispensable to themselves are furs and cloth, to aid in putting to an end tho abominable practice. Respectfully, Henry Bkroh, President. " Assault sane," i the tacks now. with intent to become inway they put deadly-

Novel Fish Experiment. Professor Baird, United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. iue a circular as follows i An alleged decrease within a few years past in the number of the food fishes of the sea coast and great lakes of the United States, induced Congrtss, at the session of 1870-71, to order the appointment of a commissioner to inwsti gate the subject, and report the facts in the case, together with the supposed causes ad remedies, should the assertion be substantiated. A satisfactory solution ef the problem, however, requires the co-o;eration oi persons interested in the . ubject, especially in determining the habits of the species more accurately :han at present possible-, such as their times and routes of migration, rate of growth, actiors during the breeding the season, etc. In connection with this inquiry, metallic tags have recently been distributed in large numbers to fishermen, at twenty points around Lake Michigan, by dames W. Milner, of Waukegan, Deputy Commissioner, numbered to correspond with the localities. These are attached to Ihe living fishes, which are then released ; and, when subsequently taken at other places, the examination of the

number they bear will show, at least approximately, the distance and route traversed in the interval. Should any fish be captured in your vicinity, having affixed the numbered tag referred to, you will aid materially the investigations in progress by enclosing the tag, at the earliest possible moment, in an envelope directed to the "Secretary of the Treasury, Washington. D. C," indorsed " Inquiry Respect ing Food Fishes " (without affixing any postage), and accompanied by information as to the following points: 1. Name of fish. 2. Date and place of capture. 3. Whether taken in pound net, gill net, seine, or with line. 4. Number of the tag. 5. Name and address of correspondents. All communications wilt be promptly acknowledged, and full credit be given ior cooperation in tue report ot tue Commissioner. Spencer . Baird, United States Commissioner. The numbers represent the following places: I I'alumt-t. 111. 2. Waukecan. III. a Ratine. Wu. 4. Milwaukee, Wit. . Port Washington, laconaln. 6. Two Bivtra, WU T.Wuhingtou tiarhc, wE . Praaaakre, Wir 9. 1 tn. Mefcomlner. Mich. II. Little asBJSJMf Inland. Mich. IX Bwer lalaaid. Mich. 13. fhrborna. Mich. 1. MM Trene Ba , Mich. IV Fox Ulan 1, Mich.' I. Mrti.it. ii I-'JmhI. Mich - ft- I, . . ft j ft I ... m iuKi 1 1, I In Grand HaTri.Mirh I Sautatut k. Mich. I v. at. Jutt-eu. Mh. 'Only a Poor Pawner whom akody Owns." From the New Trk Iltrald. Fifteen days ago a poor foreigne? an Italian, who could not speak our language applied, in company with m interpreter, to Dr. Ceccanni. of the Board of ttealth, to be sent to the honpitai, as he had been unable to- work then, and for a long time previous, havingsufleTed with ihronic dysentery. He t sid the doctor bis pitiful story ; that he lived at 2ö Marion street, supported and prolonged existence by contributions from his fell w-coun try men, who wer- almost as poor as himself; that he was ill, without money, without home, w4tlWi friends. His wretched condition and his supplicating stnry convinced the doctor tl at he wa.s tell:ng the truth. Dr. Ceccarini, seeing taat this mai iTuust immediately have medical attendance and nourishment to MM nun life, immediately wrote to Gecrge Kellock, Superinteiidenof the Outdo w Poor, thi "the beaier was an id Italian, a-resident of New York a Yc?ar and a half, dangerously ill with dysen tery, pocrr without friends or home, and begged :t a special favcr not to delay in sending t'e bearer to the hospital." The poor man, with a companior, delivered the letter to Mr. Kellock, and was informed that they could not give him a MWJ to the hospital because he had not keen long enrugh in this oouri try. rrom Eleventh sreet and I bird j avenue b was sent to Castle Gar-Ion to I the Commissioner of Emigration. On j applying there to be sent to .he Kmv l grant Hospital on Ward's Island ha was j asked th . name of tha vessel he came i to this country in ; o-t being unable to j tell he wa informed that they could not rend tr bis. any saeistance L M from j the Battery he draggsd himself back to the daxuo, dingy I asemeut, where be ! lay down on the pallet of staaw, and a. . a . a shared with his room mates the refuse i from tbe swill, ash, savd garbage recoptacles which line tl curbstones o the street. This kept body atd soul to gether mtil Mond m j.orning. Assoon as life had departed from his emaciated frame the in in a tos of tho same room notified. Ih. Ceccanni, who gave a certificate of death : and thoje who would not aid and assist him when living were obliged to take care of bis body when deaei. His remains wer e committed to the cfev of Potter's Field. Wanden alls. A little matter curiously illustrates the inanence of tae opening up of the Far Kast upon the nations of the West. Wtjoden nails, as everybody knows who Las ever knocked a tea-chest to pieces, I or carefully examined any piece oi j Oriental joiner-work, are in common use in China, Japan, and Hindostan; and now. with the increasing intercourse of the United States with the two former countries, the wooden nail is actually, to a certain extent, driving the common iron nail out of use. It seems remarkable, now that machinery has been so perfected as to pour out the metal fastening in unlimited profusion, that this should be the case, but manufacturers in the Ea-tern States are said to bo striking up quite a tra'e iu wooden nails with the Far West.

Current Items. "The Pig's Ear Oil Com pan f" la the romantic style adopted by n company in Western Virginia. It depends on the capacity of th wall whether they will make a silk purse out of it or not. Om Wednesday last, in Pekin, III., a woman named Clara Kirk committed suicide by taking strychnino. She is supposed to have been goaded to the act by the persecutions of one Kennedy, her divorced husband. At Louisville, on Tituraday, in the City Court, a negro lawyer appeared for a colored client, and examined a witness of the sa ue hue an event hitherto unknown in the annals of Kentucky jurisprudence. In Dade county, Ga., recently, Mr. John D. Ashers was married to Miss Kate Ashers. The proper thing for the paragraphers to say in this connection is Ashers to Ashers.

A Boston man has preserved all the narodies unon tho noem of "The Heathen Chinee" that he fonnd in the papers, and has 43 of the Ah Sinine productions. A survey of the country between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi has demonstrated that the highest land be tween the two is the spot on which the .State Normal School at Whitewater, Wis., is located. Mas. C. M. PrrwA. of Washington, takes advantage of the lucrative position of W. I. Davis, as Indian Agent, and sues him for $8,000 for breach of promise. A heart-broken maiden of Syracuse did not apply to the law for a balm for her lacerated affections, but, watching her opportunity, gave her fickle lover a good, sound thrashing. Ma. John MiThii-lii-s, a blacksmith of Montgomery, Miss., committed suicide last week by placing the stock of a loaded gun in his fire, taking the muzzle in his mouth, and blowing the fire with the bellows till the gun went off. New Jersey has a population as large V.l . ft t . ft I pis mat oi iew loracny, uui nang ber murderers. I be consequence is that Jast year only six men were killet! in 3ew Jersey as against one hundred and forty-six killed in New York. Thr Mesaawla (Montana) Pioneer, for De. 9. was printed on a half sheet of wrapping paper. Theeditioa consumed all that was left in town, and the editor announced that the next issue would be printed on gunny bags, unless it stopped snowing Wm. THonrso-v formerly an Adjutant under Oeneral Ackson. and once the wealthiest banker in Nr Orleans, was found recently in Broadway, New York, in a smal3 office, sick and half starved, and taken to the hospital by the police. Howajd, the R ehester negro who was so summarily dealt with for brutally ravishing a little girl, wa recently interviewed in jail by a Jooheater reporter. He 'still protests that he is innocent .and says M entered the plea of guilty to avoid being lynched. He says he has no desire to regain his freedom, inasmuch as he would again undoubtedly be seised by the nob. An Ohio man has had m dose of mother -ir.daw that should commend him to the commiseration of a sympathizing world. He has been married 75 years, and has had his mot her-In-law as a boarder during the whole time. Although :he is now 10 years- old, there seems to te no prospe-d of his immediate relief. The Paje (Va.) Cowrimr says Mm. Isaac Jenkins oi that county, "on Tuesday last had three live girl babies, one weighing only four pounds, the other two weighing six pounds eaih ; and stranger still, one of them ha" lx toes on each fsot. All three, together with the mother, are eloin as well could be extiected. The Hon. George- Bancroft United States Minister at Berlin, has foirwarded to Harvard College the first instalment of a permanent fund which he projiOKes to establ ah, the ine eme of which is to defray the expenses of a traveling fellowship. The incumbent thereof is to be selected from eaah graduuting class, and is to travel ix foreign countries. under iastructioos from the college, tor the terra of one year. A iivTAL mup'ter watt committed at Stillwater, Minn., on Friday evening. A quarrel occurred bettwen Henry Lach'.ell and Fr:wk Johnson, the latter striking the former with a slung shot, cracking his sk'all, from the effects of which he died on Saturday. Johnson left for the pineries on Saturday, bat was. arrested and brought back to St'.1!waWr. Darkness and Snanll-Pox. The London Lancet says i If a patient, in the beginning of the attack, be Hit in a room from which absolutely all light is excluded save that of a candle, the effect is to arrest the disease in t. e papular or vesicular stage ; the skin between the vesicles is never inflamed nor swollen ; the large scabs of matter never form over the face ; there is no intense pain, and only trifling itching. and the smell is either very slight or altogether wanting. Herman E. Uascall, editor and halfowner of the Kalamazoo (Mich.) TVgraph, committed suicide on the morning of the 2d inst., by shooting a pistol ball through his brain. He was forty years of age, ami had been a resident of Kalamazoo for fifteen years. He was a son of Judge Hascall, of Leioy, N. Y. He had shown unmistakable symptoms of insanity within a lew weeks of hi death.