Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 36, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 September 1878 — Page 1

Jasper

Weekly Courier. JASPER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1878. VOL. 30. NO. 36.

PUBLISH VKY FKIUAV, AT JASPKK, JJUBQM OOOXTV, INBIAXA, T CLBXKNT DO AXE. OFFICT.-I Courier Buildix ex

yfMT Skxth Street

- -kick or tiimacxirfiox

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to be paid im auvaucc. ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.

prti. TnwRHliin Officers, each $1.00

For County " J 50 ntof itnt HtrniiU. or State. o.W

rl isir. w-- j '

HAYES.

W. R. OSBORN, rHYSlCIA.l & 8BKOEON

TTAS loeMM hi Jt.r, mm! otrr- .! prff-loil

tfaare 6i patronen.

atfrnMeflH KIkRIIi trwt,lH thffim for.

h Ike ch-hit tf 7th and Ncwtmi twSept. U, '77 If.

C. H. MASON, HOCKfORT,

W. S. HUNTER JASI'KR,

attorneys at Law.

WHI alwiatlUKl Circuit Utm in -inrri, i

ami rrry llr.

HON. JOHN RAKRR. Vn.nv.XMH.

CbKKKKT POANK. J.frcft.

vittorneys at Law. WIIX wractfre In ihr CHft f 0toli cmmiy. and att4 faUhrtillr thulHM ntruttd ti. thm OUct la the Onager " WhIMJhc. Wt Xln Street.

T Wil.I. A. TMAYLOR zittorneyat Law, .USVKK, I.VniANA, - - . . ji . - ... t. -1 . . I . .i 1 !i .

V l. firtjnlir atteutinH uittl) ltt Col-.R OCIOW

''MTbftk . .lMr Ktet fif tha St. Charlm' Htel. juut m, iM.-tr.

The Presidential Frau Deceptioa

JiUowu Up. President Haves hae not ben repre

wilted, even by IiIh warmest adherents, as bcinsf a win of research. The Ad

vertiser once described him with no

particular enthusiasm after that fashion, or indeed after any other. Dut it was

mistaken. The preeiiltHt is a mucn srreater man than those who know him

best would have ereiiueu. ue is now on oub of his annual tours of adminis

trative executive labors, wherein lie trots out his cabinet and government of-

tlotals much as Mr. Ikriimn doos iiispaid

freaks of nature and extraordinary wonders. At St. Paul, Minn., tlte show assumed a new character, and the prcsident entertained his audience with

'facts and figures," to show the maguiu cent condition of the country under re

publican rulo. lie made many com-j

parativc stjitemeniscoucci-mnjf uiu ucui, the currencv. exticnditurcs and taxation,

0 , !

but unfortunate v tney were an rose

colored, the years being carciuiiy sciccti'A for the occfttdon. Thus, reforriuir to

the debt, the president took the year

165. w hnu t was at us Highest, aim

compared it with what it now is. The;

comparison Is ot no consequence cxcupi

to Riio w the ansum noncy Hiirsucu uy

the treasury department of buying bonds-

at a iircnitum, wni-n oy wnmng mini

tlieir time of issue liad expired they

could have been purchased at par. To

slniw tlic enormous increase in the debt

we present the following table, showing

trie ui'Ut a it was in iouw huu wui, hu hs it now is: Total debt.

18C0, - . - 64,842,367 88 1861 - - 90.580.873 72 178', - - - 2,035.&88,324 85!

Total increase since '60. 1,970,738,036 97 Total increase since '61, l,U4fV0SI,45 1 13 The interest charge upon the debt is now $W5,IH 1.007,50, or thirty-one millions more than the entire debt in lritiu, and five millions more than the debt in 18H. What a picture of extravagance and reckless waste tiie figures of the tabic show! What a stride to make iu

eighteen veara-from a debt of sixtyfour millions to one or two thousand uiHHmiM ! And vet the uresideut would

have the people believe that the parly . . ... i . i

1 840 Total Import 1810-Total duties

1H1 Total imports 161 Total duties 1878 Total import 1878 Total duties

The great increase is evident. In 1860, also, the customs receipts consti

tuted the main source of revenue, where

as now are added the internal revenue

3QS.166,S64 one from Pike, and one from Green el RESUMPTION AND

na,iof,u yapi. jieuiy whs attending court, Uen.

VR.l. . t 1 " o . . f

t336,M60,l63 89,S82,I6 4O.G17,48f

128,333,304

wopie to his daily business, and all were bfrrMHn'M ScheiHe mt Locking hi WaltillV fnv Ilia I.

r.--....B aw nuui nmvi a ere i uiu

they found no ign of a convention at

mai nour, at the court house, or elsewhere iu the ciiv.

From the palcoaoid days, " whereof

me memory oi man runneth not to the contrary," we have been attending Whig

taxes, and in 1877 these amounted to Rl,d Jtepublicau conventions, and this is

f iiB.ow.w 83. on dutiable articles . o arsi time w ever met

the per cent, taxed in 1860 was 19, and

in lbtsi ih.14. while iu 1877 It had In

creased to 42.88.

The president then passed to the cur

Vb in l bark room

to nominate a candidate for Congress. If Republican principles are onlv ut to

he aired in a ''back room," wc iiavo been mSuluknii l.al'. ..II fP .1

rency. If he can lind any comfort in it "J akc,V VtU rif.11, J? UH' lie? ho is welcome. Allowing all that is '?,c TU!b,lv ,lhe CoiumerciHl will said about it being a war measure, it has ""PP.01"- Dr. HTHwwi, becauste he is a

taken the republican party 1J years of om ' consistent Kepublicaii, but he peace to approach resumption, and if ","st 4l , ' .unction to now. oratativtimn rfifliim.itloti lenrhaa l''8 80."l that he is martyrinir for the

been assailed it i resnousible for it. "ep'ucan cauae. inis calling a eon

ctnpn nnnnin MAininiin.i itminsrai. i... mention to take l) see at a certain hour.

ation burdens and continued "hard ?,,,rt 1 ,cn lecipita iiif action two or

times" are alwavs sure to adont specula- " , ,s nK w",slll"K lo tiveand rash mbasurcs rather than those Kotyour eouwK 'P when going to war,

of slow and well-tried "finance.

on

ear

tion

a

time previous the renutilicau tar

jt is and capitulate a surrender to the enemy

Coin liAtroH t JBhmI news.

Raam C.leb. I In proparing (he countrv for the resumption of specie payments. Secretary Sherman is pursuing a policy which, while hoarding coin in the treasury, in

constantly increasing the funded debt, of the nation. When hu entered upon his duties as secretary of. the treasury in March, 1877, the total funded, deb't

of the nation was oMcially slated at

ii,w,wf,wu. tin the 1st of the present mouth it was officially stated at S1.8IK.-

B70.500. showing an iuuieane of $120,f73,0'0 sinee Mr. SIici ihhh has Imjcii at the head of the deimrttnetit. The in

crease during the past live months i exhibited iu the following table:

Principal of coin debt. Increase 1 mo.

lv within the past year or so thaf,H:,UI.0 ,un "" uc,ei nml- 'inouom-

nest efforts to bring about resump- "yj"' "iM'"8"-- , ciijiuiisuou on

have been made, and for sustaining "."r" :H? i-11"8-. Aiieenemy is strongly

u irredeemable currency for so long a ''ro"iea in this District and it we

ri to ia MAiivenwi f O ni V III 1(11 Ul ll IIIUfiL lllu

tenonsible. rind it nlaeail thn Hhhh nr "Rrveki oriinance that can be brought to

tho country iu charge of any respectable bJHr 011 ,,w strong-hold.

flnnnuicr, instead of such quacks as!

Iticliardson, Boutwell and the rest, ro-1 rer the Jwpcr Cnrim.

sumption would have been brought Auswera to tlie Blind Iimtiirer.

btboiit years ago. . Tho Jasper Courier of the 13th inst.

. 1 .1 A -I I . T f t . " . "

ins iiruMuumniuscH ins review oi inc brings forth a lew vcrv Ignorant and

siiimiion by pointing to the gi-cat in- ppiialnl.lit.il iiwiiil.r.. i.i-i.fv.0i...r i...

tercaso i in exports and the "balance of from Ferdinand. Indiana. Said iutpiirer

iniue. socauci . iorine year cmiing would have set liis name to his inoiiirie Juiih 30, 1878, there was a balance in our If ha were not a dunce. An honest mat

permiH condition then? Do we not all lln.l out whether I did not rosign my unfortuiiately known that it was not? office as Post Master before I had taken Our exports arc iirinr.itiallv of natnrnl ii

. - i iiv 'ni r vviiiuiii,riiiri g. villMl

prouucis. ana not ot manuiactnrei! have naturally rominitted perjury ir I goods. Of the latter wo do not export ,d not liceii better versed in law. So one hundred millions, whereas Great, supposed the inquirer.

favor ol i422.851.l3l. hut will tho nresi-

dent have tis to understand that the

.4.1 . a

oiifinoss oi rne country was in a pros

will not disguise his name to the public. In answer to his first question. I refer

him to the Tost Olllcc Department to

Britain of five tnanufiictures (cottons.

woolens, linen, iron and steel and ma

As to the second question, I will sav j . 1 111 1 .M a

mat i oiuy nan been in omcc nine

tduuery) exjiorted in 1876 628.399,860, Imoi.ths, and did favor the petition, from nd the United Stales for the same time the fact that the petitioners were taxkxpnrted ot these manufactures 21.- imi-pm m tin. vicitdtf r k.,u, i.-m,..

37,710. It is iu manufactured goods wfiich showed tint the bridge was ifn'

that our export trade Is Important, par- safe to cross: and aner a thorough ox-

ticuiariy to this the manufacturing sec-'-niinnlion by the County Hoard.it was

31 Utrth,

3 April. 31 Hijr. ; Jhh. 31 July, 31 Aujaft, IserciM,

IsTH, 1M7S. 1S7S, 1WS. 1S71. 1S7I,

tl,73l.7MHM l,7i.7.-a.UM UW.73A..Ve 1.7n.7a.SM 1 ,(, 77,ywi i,-u,s;e,sw

1S.M4.SW W mum

Here is an increase in the funded debt.

of tho nation of cigiity-fivu millions since last March, ami of one hundred

and twenty millions since Msrcli, 1877. It is not pretended, as the Pl.itadclphi i Times observes, that the government has been run in debt to that extent, or i any extent, by the excess of actual expenditures over receipts; but the peculiar financial policy of Secretary Sher im.i exhibits xtich increase of the funded

debt as ins achievement in preparing the country for resumption. With over $300,000,OU) of coin and currency in tint vaults of the treasury, practically drawu

from the business of the t'tuiiitrv, and only 34C,743,25S of greenbacks 'to re

deem, the problem of reNiimptioii is a very simple one. lie has but to keep on drawing Iu a million a day by I.h four per cents, for six wte!cs more ami

ie will havi dollar for dollar of the is

sue of greenbacks behind his counter. ltcumptioii must of necessity be an easy thing lor the government if 'it ha little nr nothing to redeem ; but how business will thrive under Mid. a coustructivu policy is I he question that new frets the nation. Mr. Sherman h gradually

teaching his cow to live without fodder, but will not the cow die about the time

ie works his system out iu its- oer-

(CCUOII

v. nu ruiuicu in inn !. i iiiat i mi mfcni'di . m

exports of the mod nets of the soil, but'

an to show that the interest payments m,u ?" " M, uu, ut m all qnlrer holdmertsponsibre fort beact on uaaiineM. SwoteoS ,h0 ff Commissioner, ? I U4t. ainoV$9M8l,it)7 60;b.itletus com28ttS& i:W ,,,0"-,,t ,,c kww JlHi ,,,ero we,c lwo Among the noted guests at the How pare thc.nVith those of I860 and lMlJ? more men on the n..ard liesides hip. but land hotel is an old gentleman with a

-j I i i uvii ifiiiiil iiii eni'd linr ill mr u inn r mil ti im ttiit i. itwtit ak iitiiji i a i una u we iia uimnn

"WOW SW UVIUII 41JUIIIV fn I.V iCJ miiiiiati

BRUNO

liU BTTNE it,

1860, IRtil, 1878,

Total interest payments. $ 3,144,120 94 4.034,167 30, -, - 95,181,007 0

to the aales?

it that so ma

If here was, how comes Maudiug thev were older members of ny failures have occured ? the Hoard than I. Whv is this? If tho

I All VUV I f I UT President Hayes would evidently take! All UlliliV 1 A 1 A1 Vt.eAt c edlt to his administration con-! " - A . . f - .. ..

And Notary TabUc, JaarEi, Ihbias,

j. r. DILLON.

C. II. DILLON.

Iillon &. I3illon, ATT0KNBY8 AT IAW. OPriOB RT-r TrtMiler! Rmdater Shep. JAIPIR, INDIAHA.

vV

cerninsr the reduction of interesi accom

Iplislicd. Since 1876 it has been reduced ifrom 100.243.271 23 to $95.11,007 60.

t .... . ... u-f .t.. i..

or sav nve mi ions. im in wic in-

Wiu, prMtw- tii u tk- Ce-rt. t iH4 8d lemt amounted to 117,357,839 72, and rry cmly.. lmii.n. Jn9.ts74. he followinsr year (1873) it was re-

duced to $104,750,688 44. or say thirteen

millions. And there is no excuse 101 this small reduction of interest, for thenare now outstanding and redeemable

600 millions of 6 per cents, that can and should bo renlaced bv bonds bearing a

lower rate. When tho president touches

upon "taxation" he Is as false as in the mittcrs of debt and interest. To make

Iris picture beautiful lie carefully selects the spot- He would have the people believe that their burdens of taxation; are light to what they have been in the, past, and for that purpose be selcclSj years when taxation was highest. To

show the true situation we bubuift the

following table: '

IU. praUe hi the Crt of Ttthl awt (Uo!ti

NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP

M. GASSEE, Ktrta Rata Beret, pPt,a tta ?MV 0Me. Jafkr, Indiana, HAS bulk arwt iieH4 a new fhep fnr all klnitn n( mlth wnrk. HU Iofik ae)HalntAne with the clt nf DnbnU eeuntr. ail the well ktwwn ewvl char

arler of hl work, he (rMd.wlll elvelilm al.lieril har' .... .. . , . .

of a.triuu.. lit. ..... -ni i.. ..i. .uii ii,. lie iBrrenJP in inaunn unre i i or patronage. HUprke will be made to (HlttlietlmM Thewrme In Untie-, ilnre lt I

,fW"Hra rteInc amt IronUK of waKn nr tu ljr preiaftly atten4e4 to. Wm. OASSKR. Noemher 13th, 1S74. ly

lSas.CmtotH, IS1, "-

H,U!HS

13 1

I Internal revenae,

I1M.1T0.SSO M US.&S1,M( 74

a M,1R7,R11 M

t -

i . .ive . prouiaoie export tratie tlie olliera are not to blame, why should I navigation laws and the tarifT must be bo blamed ? radically changed. The prcsidejit said Mr. Frank Q.mnte, County Surveyor nothing about these great evil. He. and bridge-builder, was ordered by "the i.cmiip to his audience every lime tisr i.ni,..,i i viv tut,t

I'viti a x t nniw Vla U II li:u mill L M

tires to delude and humbug the people.

KEPUBMCAX CONGItESSIOX-

AL CONVENTION.

take measurements, and mnho plans and

specmcations lor a new bridge.

t As to repairing said old bridge for

I seventy-five dollars, it would have been

I f..ll.. I.... .il.tll... CJ..1. 1 If,

The Slngnlnr Manner in which It ""Il 3 3 J;rt,T

wna Coiidiieted. bc!nr Uvo fcct (oo ,ow to H(llU t, '

remiB8 lwK.,e..itHpoAUKM3i. ,)HfiSHge 0f flatboats at h proper stage of

district was hold in this city on Wed- I am u0 aulhorind hv the CrSi.niv

nociltii- luci 11 at fit fliA Iw.iii O . . .. .

MVCKII I however

r last, not at the hour advertised, Surveyor. Frank Quaiife, to sav that no or, nor where it was suunosed it I'nenniifitliln limn pnnlil tin

j a . 4 i w wttitft aitrnvu i vimnrti

nuu.u utj-iu uc coon iiouse-aiiu mU old bridge at any price to last five where, at tlie hour advertised. anro von

numbers of Republicans assembled and Aw tn ti. cnj,i i,,.t,in M..t..u

lifatliproil durimr the fni imnii ln tin,,. .... i . .. A , .r

" ,. . ; ""-r iiiuw, as jii. inquirer taics, l uenv 11 were disappointed, for the caucus-not as the books of the Auditor will show

oi less man that it cost about $3,900.

convention consisting

iweniy-nvo persons, met

" up in a nacK rem. beyt,

wp in a iuck rwwi."

I In answer to article S, the Hoard np-

iiuniiiMi n i.uiiiiiiticiii. im.'imhi hi llltiKe H

Tho ostensible reasons, as cxnlained survey and estimate the cost of said now

by (ho Chairman of the District Com- bridge, which Mr. Inquirer iu article 4

mittce, for this premature action, was Answers l.iinsell. Iu article I he states that one man from Orange county, one l'mt ,nc cslliiiato was made at $3,500. from Greene, and one from Pike. want. All four questions show evidently the

ed to leave before the hour set for the Kiuradco of a blind man who seeks

NAt. HeMAXX. N. M. aOFFMAK. "Tfce ON RcliMfclc"

Thero were no internal revenuo taxes

nriortol863. That is an invention of

the republican parly, with its annoying

system of placing stamps (that will not stick) on numerous articles of trade and hiiliNtrv.

The customs taxes are most burden

some. The following table shows the

total imports ot Great Ilritain and the receipts by duties therefrom for 187f

(the latest yeas for which we imvo the

?io.7MaA9i'i:onvcntioii(as if the destiny of the party Hpl't. m.Mw,7s3i;jiir the 2d district rested on their pres- Mr. Inquirer, ",,nem ,1eencc, and their power could not lie del- citing tue to the

BO DM A UN'S Lent Tobacco

fwy a r- -w- -w-w -m-w m . . niiia miwi jo3 lur n iiiuh i is iiaiu uiu, W AREHOIJ SE ! nKuies). Hud iho8e of 1,18 United .Slates:

STABTJSHKl) 1851. Nos. 57. 89. !ot inUorts-;. llritaiii $ l-H7A.773.MB

SI, and 83 West Front Street, foot of l .,"-u""n. . MEfZM

1 "'(VI I U I 4 145,178,00a

Thus, with ini polls alKint one-quarler

t those of the United Kingdom, the

E

Suspension Bridge. fMnclaHatt! ni,i. ?otH! inports-U, States

Seed Leaf Attcflnn H.la ....... a. uj.. iTolal duties U. Stales

The ohIv Tobacco Warehoase in C1hciunali that lias a Seed Leaf trad. Krnr.

ge on Tebaeco free for three wont I.h. United Stales received in duties nearlv

lut. cllrB? ''finable M eonsisteiit fifty per cent, more than the former, with fair dealings. Liberal advanees And te atlll further akow the immense

KaTuia. JlT1!!11- Mpo" f,oPt.1bHdeii of taxation Rpn the peeple, w

wn, tt ctmj atiimuao circulars.

01IAH. BOIM ANN CO.,

Feb. 22 T7s-Sni.

Cluvtimati.

preeeut the following table, hewing the!

total imports ami veoeipts by atttm tor

19WJ, i8 i ana 1177:

I am very thankful for

tno sec oils of aw.

cgatcd.) To tho average thinker it would now, Mr. Inquirer, slionld what appear that if these gentlemen could not ' navo written be insi.mcieut. I refer you

wait until uto nour uxeti for the con- "cticr iignuo u.e rost umco Departvcntlon, thoy had as well have staved at! ment and Auditor's oftlce of Dubois

home. The world would have moved. county, where you will bo able to irei

your eyesight restored. ltespcctfully John B, Gohmann, ComV.

The world would have moved

all the same.

lion. It. (f. Evans, in a few well-timed

remarks), opposed this precipitate movement, hut tho Chairman of the District

Committee had his "head set," and there

was 110 escape. The vote stood 11 for nominating then, and 7 against nominating then, two not voting. And then otno one put iu nomination Dr. Wetman of Dubois county, and he was nominated, We remark here, that snnh

Republican wheel-horsee as Capt. Geo. G. lleily, as Gen. Laz. Noble, as Col.

win. si. Denny, m Nam. Williams, as Willis Tyler of the Vlneennes National Dank, as Dr. Beard, r Dr. Kabb, as M. P. Ghee, and dozens of ethers we eeuld

Hame, were not invited te this private 4 feiwt f fat things." of nolltksal win

Um the lees," eet oat ibr the especial ao-

The Republican Congressional Con venlion, held at ViiiRennes, nominated I)r, 11. M. Weiman, of Dubois, as Mr. Cobb's opponent for Congress. The Doctor will feel like anything else but a Well-man after the rubbing dowH lie will get from that Cebb in Octolmr i,laell Newg. Kasner, being told he leoked seedv nnd asked what business he wae in, replied, "The hardwear hRsinees; leek at my wardrobe,"

In lft?S we ex nor led onlv lroonona

r ' . . r 1 -

connnodfttlon of one nan fro rirV. lon9;. JMr Wi ex

iwriea uijVAWjiw yartis,

square, a pair of small black eyes, with Imzol lights in them, with short white hair, giving with the nose an aged gladiatorial look to his generally moving fijfiire. He suggests iu a slight degreu tin well known appearance ot the late lleverdy Johnson, a Roman fiimnesa inn king his mouth and profile. He is not more than five feet six or seven inches iu height, iu that respect, as welt a in the face, suggesting Ids distinguished sire. It is Hits sou of Alexander Hamilton John C. Hamilton. He was born iu 1792, and was iu his twelfth year when Aaron Burr killed his father. This event he has a tolerably distinct recollection of. "1 recall a single incident about it with full clearness," be said, "My father's residence was in Ihe country.

toward the north of New York Island.

His law office iu the city was rather a

shabby affair. The day before tho duel.

I was sitting in a room. when, at a slight

noise, I turned around and saw my

father iu the doorway, standing silently (here and looking at me with a mos't

sweet and beautiful expression of coun

tenance, it was full of tenderness, ami without' any of the business pre-oecu-

pation he sometimes had. ''John." ho

said, when I had discovered him, "won't you come and sleep with me to-niglTt?" Ills voice was frank as if .lie had been my brother instead of my father. That Might 1 went to his bed, and in ll.n morning very early he awakened inc.

and taking my hands iu his paints, alt

lour hands extended, he said and told

mo to repeat the Lord's prayer. Seven.

tp-five years have since nassed over niv

head, and I have forgotten many things, but not that tender expression when ho stood looking at me in the door, nor ll.n prayer wc made together tlie morning before tlie duel. I do not so well recollect seeing him lie Rpon his deathbed, though 1 was there. Of conn I saw him, but that recollection U only general. I went to his funeral at Trinity church, and vaguely remember that." "Less bhcuifftud more liquor." said the Englishman who was going out camping with some friends, when tho bill of supplies was shown him, 011 which five pounds was charged for

Honors auit three sinning mtyinwu.

raama

; 'tit

,1

1 ... . 1. T''.j' ji..i

i HtaiieioHR pamgraiMier say ru

Stanley Matthews will not s'.vuj in. a

'room withum inkstand In It