Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 23, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 September 1881 — Page 6

TW Ertr Bays of srtslsa.

Considerable surprise Mid not little aauoyamo are manifested bv Republican newspapers at the statement 9 Judge Ma k, recent!)' made public la releienoc to the attitude of e-rrosi-dent Bucbanan and uis Cabinet toward the screes on luoremeut during th-i period intervening between Ui meeting of Cou;res tu December, 18 4K aad the 4th of March. 1H6I. These Journals have been ko ;u mutoined totniouustruo the motives 01 the deoeasj'd eK-l'reat-acnt and so assiduously engaged in m rwprenting the views Had actions Of his Adraiuitraton is regard to the Incipient rebellion that they are astounded to find that their distorted ana Malignant accounts of what occurred in tfa- session of the Cabinet dorii.g tbal ttontiul period are utterly without foundation in fact. Judge Black was a member of the Buchanan Cabinet dor lug all that time and U therefore oae of the few men yd living, if not the only one, who ie a competent historian ol the views and acta of the Buchanan Administration during the last throe month of iu existence. Kx-Goveraor Philip Francis Thomas, of Marylaul, -was associated with Judge Black in the Cabinet a Secretary of the Treasury after the resignation of Howell Cobb, and hit recollection of what transpired in the Cabinet meetings while he was a member of the Administration is also entitled to belief. He has lust added his testimony to that of Judge Black and so far as it goes it corroborates the statement of the latter in erery partic The marrow of Judge Black's state ment consists in his assertion that be favored the reinforcement of Fort Sumter from the beginning, that Floyd, the Secretary of War, failed to carry out the undemanding of the President and Cabinet to that effect, and that after the reconstruction of the Cabinet with Stanton and Holt as members. General Scott failed to send the necessary rein forcemeats. Judge Black was so emphatic in his expression of the opinion mat Sumter should be reinforced that during the discussion of the subject in Cabinet meeting he declared thus "there never was a time in the history of the English Nation when a Cabinet officer could propose to give up a fort enable of being defended without being brought to the block." Ex-Uov-Ornor Thoum states that he was present when these impressive words were spoken, and also declares that Judge Black used erery effort- to dissuade Jefforeon Davis and other secession leaders from the course they had chosen to Bit-sue. So far. therefore, as Judge auk's position on the subject of secession is in question, and, indeed, so far as the attitude of the Buchanan Administration toward the proposed reinforcement of Fort Sumter is concerned, the allegation of Judge Black must be regarded a proved. That Ceneml Scott desired, to avoid the neeess.ty of sending re nforeem nts to Sumter is not at all incredible. Nor Is the statement that he endeavored to evade the responsimT'y in that regard to bo taken as a reflection upon his patriotism, whoa considered in the light of all the cirra instances by which he was surrounded. Until the overt act of war was committed by the Secessionists hi firing on Sumter there was strong hope of a peaceful eolutioa of the dimoulties which threatened the integrity of the Union. At the very time when General Scott was expected to send troops to the relief of Major Anderson the Peace Commission was in session at Washington and Congress was busily engaged in considering the Crittenden Compromise" as a basts for the settlement of the slavery question. It was almost a universal belief then that if war came a final dissolution of '.he Union would certainly follow. Stephen A. Douglas, in the United States Senate, voiced the general sentiment when, in the course of debate on the Crittenden res dutions, he gve utterance to the memorable wonts: "War is disunion, certain and inevitable, unal anil Irrevocable.' ' General Scott no doubt was in due need by the prevail fug opinion that war would be the certain precursor of disunion. Besides, hi" political association with the Ultra free-sotiers M of the Greeley and Sumner school, who openly encouraged secession In order that slavery might he taken out of the Union, unquestionably teeiined him against armed ooer-, eJoa of the incipient insurrection. His famous expression in regard to the seceding States, " Let the wavward sitors depart in peace' proves that during the early days of secession he preferred peace without slavery to a Union restored bv military conquest. But when war did come, when the whole country was hnried by the psssfon of the time into an Irreconcilable conflict, be proved his fidelity to the cause of the Union and died as he had lived, a blue subtler and patriot. HmrrUtmrg (At.) ImVfof. Fba Recagultleu sf Colored Voters, ' The gtoat phenomenon of oomte-1 peltoeieen fat Philadelphia continues to attract the attention of the aooutry. It sxcttos ntufoood interest throughout tie Worth, act only bsoause it is. In itsM, a startling change from the Kepnblicsa practice, but for the further reason that H has agitated the Republican of IWadelpbla Jn a most rema. ksV.-; muimt. The quartette of colored appointees of a Itonooratie Mayor, arrayed in blue and brass, armed with the customary hauMt, and with pistol in reserve to be when ooustebumry duty hi to be dene,'' have been stand at by thousands of protruding eves with as muek ' as the stomal red men 4o Io ka nU fciWen mmmmt mms"! nsomsmjjwmj Ms me i mm tsmMI ttsj '

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ment of this curious interest, but that these sable guardians of the public pence, as they walk their respective beats in the cUr of Brotherly Love, ate followed by raping crowds as if they were a Ilaverh Mastodon procession or Itanium's Only Greatest Show on Karta. The appointment of these colored men to office, aa aa act of justice and good faith on te part of a Democratic magistrate. 1 a signilieant event. Heretofore, in ad Uie Republican strongholds of the North, thore has bet-a no official patronage for the blact Keub!icaa'. Tiiev hae been expect M i do the r full aU.treor caaihalgu work, and they liavtt fully met this expectation. They have been expected to voto their party's ticket unscratched, and they have done it. Damon was not more loval to Py thias, Jonathan more true to David, than the black voter has been to toe Republican party. And when the campaign was over, and the fruits of victory gathered, there has been but feeble recognition of the black man's fidelity, no chance for him to share in the honors or emolumentsIn many northern towns and cities the colored voters bold the balance of Kwer. In many localities, where the publioan party has long ben dominant, there are numeoous colored citizens who are educated and well-to-do. But these men. whose votes were necessary to each and every success of the party, have been systematically snubbed when they have presumed to hint at an equitable distribution ' of offices. Hereafter thut will not be the . "7 " . ,Vmf.vmm T j.ne oay is past or usuur toe otacx votTJ-.; k. . , 1 -r?I , k- a; ers to wm battles, and then driving them awav f;otn the oublic crib. We shall see the colored men of Providence, of New Bedford, of Salem, of Cleveland, and a hundred other cities demanding and receiving; their share of offices. Holding the fate of their party in their own hands, realising the? power to make or unmake it, and hating the Philadelphia example to point to. they will assume a confident and , independent tone. They will not beg as a special boon that which belongs to them of right. All this Is going to be a severe trial to those great III' publican leaders who have professed so much friendship for the colored race while persistently discriminating aa'nrt them. But they will be eompe.led to yield to the inevitable, while the beneficiaries of the change will hare to admit that they were indebted to a Democrat for the inauguration of the work in the most intensely " loval" of all Republican cities. M a UiUvjlon ibsf. A henuhtiean Ua. The statement widely published in the Republican press thnt Major Daniel, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Virginia, advised in a speech the burning of the school houses to escape the tax for common schools, is simply Republican fiction. 'J 'he speech to which reference hi made occurred when the Legislature was seeking to readjust the debt of the State. A proposition came up which set apart the entire public revenue to pay. first, the interest upon the public liability and secondly, to defray the expenses of the State Government This proposition was amended so as to exempt, first, the school fund, second'y. the aylum funds, and thirdly, the par of members of the Legislature, from the operation of this law. This amendment Major Daniel opposed, and in the speech which he made in opposition to it need thee widely-quoted words: I would rather see every school-house ia the State burned, and every asylum mil mx mm , iswn win we, re- , fuse to rn-et nrst of all thtnrs oar hon- ; est obligations, and maintain the honor of the State," If there is any discredit 1 in this utteran -e, the HcnU fails to , perire it. But it is needless to say that the Journal wht h aw widely cireuiaimg me statement mat Major imnt .vor of burning the public . school houses of V irgmia, foil to quote the actual utterance or to state the cir-cumstanc-e, under which it was made. ftren a toe nsa 01 njaorwm ng enure y - tneir monsTrons isMsenooo, uiey aeep in the background the m.ignificent fidelity to honorable duty which animated the first citizen of Virginia when, with sp'endid courage an( almost alone, he sought to stem the tide of repudiation, humiliation and shame which had been turned loose upon the Stole. Instead of falsifying hts utterance, and stlgtnatiaing his sense of honor with unjust reproach, thsy should lavish praises upon a heroism almost without example in the history of the country. (mass BtrmUL Aoolored "school-marm" at Bu Vtui.SJi tXm la mil m lanmlasis tf MSsass iL tl aaJft t I htmm f hw ea sswwiwvi sssvou and one of the first to reeeive the rod of correction was her landlord. 12 lilJC. tiTto iirtSi 1 was tow nis asxt Mtiure w snow nut ' Ummi wna Id hrlm u Kin, K mA ! weeks ago the fort r-y ear-old student lesson would bring upon him "the rod certain." lie says she is right, and if while he attends her school he disobeys her commands or fails to comply with her regulation i, that she ought to whip hint, and hut dt:tv is to submit to the chastisement without complaint. A man recently sold the timberright on a tract of land in Cambria County, Pa,, for 949,090. He bought the land and trees a fow years ago foe $1,000. ass voosa w iiaisiiis swamp, m Hampton Cwusty, 8. C., aiiuportsd to v nifmg up IV WmWfmif Wmm QfMamnfWM mmf flUifi sfosst mLJLHto JBLttdMmaMhsssst Isms' Laaaifi wm smmi OmrW swwWn UMrxreu"Pw mTn snwsBmmvmmrs

Coal Taw ea taw

The attention of our readers hat frequently raited to dm value of coal , tar ontne farm, espeeiallr In the ' ervatkm f w.tods, and wo are i forcibtv impreesed with its value as our ; experiments begta t atsunie the nu1 thortty of a dimaosstmtioa. Mack has been written of its alantatka to the needs of the farmer as s cltap paiat ; tor out-buddiug; without detrsctin; t from its value for suh purpoNM, we : are to believe that this i une of the i minor cotikieratas in it praetir-d ' um. and that the great uirpoe to whi h it will be an;lid w.li be in the preservation of timber and the coarersion of woods, liabie to dnav from ex KMure, to material ra uable for all mrpoees. That coal tar does almost perfectly preaerve our soft, woods has been fully demonstrated. s that it dues not belong to the speculative. j LaVt year, to teat for Iowa the value ' of our soft wood, when properly treated, we boi ed posts of jrreea bues-wood, water-elm. euttou-wood, white willow I and oak, in coal tar, allowing them to ; remain in the tank ten minutes each; : then they were drained and piled up, i exposed to tbo aun uae mouth; afterWard they were set in the fpoend a , ordinary pouts. At this date there is no perceptible differeuoe in their durability; alt are aa sound as when set. ! What is more remarkable, the bearwood , holds a aaU apparently as well as the oak: In cutting a croe section, the tar f seemed to penetra'e unite a distance, ' filling the pores and hardening the ; an inH.H.vtn u-hir-h w like nni mml imperrioua to water. Much de;.eud, i doubt I.hu uiwtn tht mh. f nrn. r. ' : ; . v r 5 tion. The m oo I should be green to oh-1 Urn the bct results. Farmers are fo. miliar with the de Kied imnrovement in the character of wood when cut green and seasoned under shelter. Poplar. cotton-wood and white willow thus pre - nmA A...n..i ...! u.i. other woods for me hantrsl pirpoea. when the greatest soliditv and tenacitr of liber aiS quired. are"dresed green and oiled, thin are dried under cover. Th ,hrr, nf w.rf .t. mllv l.. iuJSWh.litr. d tr ... all' these conditkms. When the vreen post or board U iA I in Innling tar rnil kthe tar to some extent: tieeoer nrntkma are affected a hv rmil reason nr. The vat for beatinx the Lr mar be made itee an ordintry sap pan and of any length; mi in a barrel of tar and dip the whole pot or a much as desired. The most particular part to be; covered is that just above ami below the surface when cr. Where great dura- : bility if desired the post bonld be boi ed thirty ra nut or more; ten min-. ntes will answer 0: board'. ! A. barrel of coal tar. cos'.iogr 1, w:U 1 cover 1.50 posts, if boiled, or if dipped one half length. The cmt of boilhW lamheriu tafia estnamxed as A pef thousand feet, sad this prepared, sreu iwss-wooa is p-act caUy inde - strnrifble. Treated with coal isr the long, slim white willow poles, so aVjndant in the Wed, be onto as valuable as oedar and are the read- solution of the qoestioe, what shall wo do for fence posts? As a paint, one coat of hot tar worth more than anv known pre ai tion of oil for the preservation of wotL 'it a ." ,m ii.ii.., 'TJZZZ?.ZS. Z " " Partsrhnaw-M-ak. comer table ia tbo restaurant. " 1 es -w wm, . "" the same He a thousand times a dn., "fiorterbottse steak, sir, same as you ordered, sir."' "Do you cut porterhouse steak from between the horns uis year? asked the sad -i.L'.L. , wboaaat'a t .l. TS, Tv mTT JZi JITiT . M. i k- a !mtJ the ir of a tired laan iaduleiitw ut rem ninces d "the rmKt- .. t nmembBr mw. . . t-i a ,sJ. 1 n ear you cut your puiorfcouse steaks j 'the curl in the forehead, and the ' . trow the mux. Hat I think ! lhu from beiweei ween the horns. I they out the porterhouse between the i horns, and this one reminda an of , them. Animal dead this steak I frosnf' " IW.1' eetMMMl iImi uin ished waiter; "coaise. sir. He was ImWrhered. sir." " Batebered to make , !a Roman ho1idav,M aighed the sad i innsjenser. -He would be more liketr to make a Roman swear. WelL it was time he was kilted. Ho hadn't man,more years to lire on this earth. Ah, ts the Drsas up ironi one 01 nis j Dropped rato the ateak, aov jouot, wnae What do 3 00 you were slicing: it oC do with thesteokswben 5 re through with teem' I L ammM tW MWInr-sl the guests are through with them?' ZJlr Jvlr. The waiter looked aerrous. " Whatr' ' bs id: tbe custom eat them P n.- - J-. ia.i ,l . " psnmgW WOOUM Hp Wfttt 1 "-I L. ' air Of interest. " lncrextibie, he elainted; cannot accent your ment without proof. They may hide thsui under their chairs, ot secrete them in thok- napkins, or ther may earry them away ia their pockets to throw at burglars, but I cannot believe thsy oat, thorn. lasts, lot me see one of them sat this, and I will believe you. Trust me, good waiter, I But the waiter poiated to a pieeard inscribed: "los.tvsly no trnst," and wont to the eashlrs donk to toll the bom to look out for thsst mast at the eorawrmbte. m ho ddn't saosn to ho asnsSHM with his for

Our Young ltadm.

BdT MUKX8 A BKALLT CBJMM. On tMie I SMt UHtr M era aw ur mmm - A etia-uun Uttle wniSVw sM ft. Aunt MwBea whmnrmmBm, Ioo4r rS M ,-rirSWMiP Wm tfct esrt wna tam nw mm mn tmi14 Ink. un MMISI Tesaurmr, Auat "H-MiiMl4ai Tom anaviMte caii 'ShMiviMtrlawaaaiQM, u a ssw shmi asnvv aa ae Afarce4. Henmuaweja 1 ' mni SMmety rea Ttaanawef plawri ewitsal w hbmmm watira were eaa tm tt'a Uran mm tmtm." ma tkn. MOW Srsr ttXTKB NKRSILP. ' s "1 on are too little, daugbter; you ' nut U yon are a big girl before No SiZSSLiSl it fins- waen yon are older ton eaa f "No. dear: it ia not m . H When yon are older jou i It. It seemed to poor little Soar she was t atwavs bearing something bke this. She ' chW in the family, and ' , ,7a T? "T1" to wf what 1 big folk dtd. And sue got very tired ; '.b,.n ke too little to do ! this thine-, or thai thisw. 1 f V, "You are not quite bag ; vnem to nde the nonyyet. dear." Mammasaid. WssjniMslhh water ail the plants on the stand. Sear." ! Auntjr said. " Pd like to take her I k" but she's so litUa shew be to,deata." ... i irranoma said. Thnt swelmiat is Grandma said, -That 1 ntreiV tow rich for the 1 ouum not to touch It," Deny ineu everyuune; aae nad ever heard of v make little girts grow fast. She was told that going to bed early would do it. and one bright, summer afternoon she went to bed at tire o'clock. It seemed about a week to br usual bed-time. and. a'teruu. when she looked in the glass in the moraineshe coujd not see that she was one bit hit talkr. She had hoped that when aho wont down stairs her numma would raise her hJbd and ami 1 . !r " aft the rufnes , 4r doW? grow so 1 . . , . She that rain and sunshine J"4 grow and .be sat out m one and then mthe othr ; , .SP "ip and a Mmsuosa. ami auu no one ever exelamet. How that child does grow: Onenravniag Uowed her an early followed about the aarden. "Bow woaderfulty fast this oraasm we grows: saM nsnm "Look. Suay.ai those freh shoots: I do betters j they have grown three indnw sinfis yesJ trmm m tm ... grow so fast. a ... . .. . . . . aaaus amwu HwusjBanop, vv III III III I II I Ism. Wm waitoi till she gave the tree a rood sprinkling and went into the house. Then .Susvrsn to the root-bouse and i out a fle, whn she i placed at the rna m use nsci porctt to which the orange opposite stood. " 1 be growing at one end and the " With , her hum spate she haa lMVin n. the sofMuuth. When abehad kwsened ap what sue thought enough she to on ner snoes ami stockings and stepped into the pot Her plump little feet hardly had room enough, but she crowned them in side by side and shoveled son.e earth on thesa. It was very hard work. She came sour toppling over several tunes and then found she had not enough earth "P. "ld not dfo fJ h nower-noC It 100 to W a0 . od.tbea begin over ?f'- . f tosae that she had filled r,J . mtted the " fcw" P001" wm?r,mz mmvm9 ? stnugnt up. iselins; f'TP0 PPy ol1B ." I wait for to come and sonakle me. and then shnU begin to grow. She will ' pour water on my feet, too. Dear me! I wish she'd hurry." It was not eay standing there. Her foot were cramped sad aching, and the sua wa getting very hot. Tbu orange tree did not seam to mind ft at all; its bright, shining leaves nutiisd back at Soar, looking as a! they had lived on sunshine aUuWir lives and Kkod ft. If L only had somothmg to lean agntnstr' ssid poor Susy. "All the vines lean against the trelHs -that's be-

they set tired of standing alone. with shells ia such denuand as at -1 1 was asar a treUw-but plants sat- Dssfors think that. ne year they

it walk. I wtm asamma'd and sprinkle ma I know Td fool better then-' She had been planted only about half an hour, but R stain a J like half a dar. Cic wandorsd how hmsr bars to stay tkors before saw m. wismr On mmswnrnji A 'bmBPmJmjmjmjjjJaj mmnwl

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mm iwiii snwaig noma, ant I know they would if their backs h4 like ana" She ahnuet topphMi ov n try teg It hot at last maaaffed u eat aerself and rest her tired little head on he step nwxt above. More than aa hour latter, nvtmnw began to wonder what kept bu,y H , long, and went into the garden to "why. Susy! she cried, a she st, her. what in the world are you Join petf '" Susy rubbed her sJeep-, e-.ei &n4 teoked anuad. Then she was td minute, nn.l gt herseit iirnlgbt up scaia as ..nieklvas aa. leOuM. I'MwwmgE. laanisna! Look, am 1 janjHper yet? Am I three iuche Mamma lamd ttu Susy's head srated away down. Coaao, naughter." ahesald, take your dour mtle feet out of that earth; you'll eaten eoU." But I want to grow, mananuv I'm V ! and I want yon to aurtnkle use. "I think you will mad H aieer to be a tittle ghH, huay and let fM make yot grow in His own wny. It's tune to got ready for dinner, uW.n l'd like to sty hero a little longer, please, mamma. Couldn't yon let Nora bring me seiaething to eatr "Why, Susy, phwta nevsr get anything to eat but water sea aanahiM i and earth, you know' I bad aevor mostgntof tok She wa aoagry. She had had onite seough ""uJ nlready, and taoajrht water t bhe aat down on the ateo. ami eirt her feet a jerk, was a Utile girt agam in a mtiowea ner mamma to the bath-room. YimUT Ompumw. Srlhsk and CnseMsh I IHd you ever think that a person mav e?itoh 4t Fer' fldi the ; m w very fond of maktatik Kdth or Nannie admire aworktox. a book. or a penesi of hers, h m at her ervice. delights to surprise her school: w,h j'' Md 0 n Mu tonds a bunch of violets m ner desk. ; wnica nave come irom JKtaet s coatervsdied icmnie s ittacneos, anm tt M si sure-to have been brought from Fkrida bv Kthel's t'ncie Tim. Ethel is fall of kind thoughts, and is at libera' an 1 generoa-i as poasibM with things Mat cost her nothing. But stilt 1 do n. regard her as unselfish, and I wilt tell foil why. SI She to not tb least bit oblhrtnr. If he he is seated in her little rocker br the south arindow, and mamma or anntie eonses in. ever so tired, it iloes not occur to Ethel to ofer her chair, that either of the hwlies mar rext. Indeed. if yon bint it to hr, she shaks her head and says: "There are plenty ot chair ia the room; wbr shoa 4 1 give np mice? Not kmgsincet'ousin Polly and Uttia Agnes Lee arrived unexnectedlr, and as there were other guests in the" house, mamma was compelled to ask Ethel to gire np her preuy room, aa l sleep for the night with her younger sister. Would you believe it, Ethel wm so vexed that she posted sad sulked m Cousin Polly's face, would take no astice of the child, and nnalir cried berfeb! to sleep? Not one of the family ever dreams of asking Ethel to ma np stairs or down on aa errand, to mead ripped glove, to carry a message, or to do the slightest thiag whirh will pat her oat of her usual way. The know that she ia not an obliging girl sad. strangely enough, the very schoolmates who accept her Sowers aid oranges, are much more fond of Mary Aan. a plain, dumpy little bod v, wh never has anything to give away, bat who k always greeting everybody with kind looks sail word, and who, wherever she goes, is helpings along- 6wper lovnj i topte. I A Thsnler S,4tt Teat M. 1 xfo, of the excavstioas Eptdaurus reports that ho is unearthing a t Mater in the forest ot A.siepwa which is, with one exception, the largest of all yet found ia Greece which belong to antiqaitr. It i mid to be a masteriweoa of the architect and scalptor Polycletus, and there is every reason to believa thnt it is so, since Paossaius mentions Polrcletusa the greatest architect of his We and the bni der of the Epfdaariau Theater, finer thaa any in Rouse or any other in firetceItis. theretore, nearh twenttr-four hun dred year sold. The Ariaxal Society at Athens will also soott set awiot I the excavation of the Temple of Cetej, having pnrchased the groand which , covers it at Kteusis. There has been a brisk demand fee oyster shells at New Haven. Cona. mtelv for use in. the ovster-bols. s the spawn adhere; to them readily after being bleached on the land. They bare become so indispenabfs that large quantHiss are being brought from Kb" lslsnd. where they oace threatene.1 to emornptbo State, and the price w Providsaoe has risen from imt t cre cents per bushel. The aceumulatioB ot shells sround New Haven wai formerly; - mA tk ahll ruaU ! bsmg cefehrsted for their hard, smootk But no mors w ll be made wiM have to bring shells front Aeopy of of DlensM, earlisst 'These Wars of by TWithy Spars the msisM ear ha Nssjcsusw nlw tlwowmm mmwj m RUUsf for abeut tanrtr i

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