Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 27, Number 12, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 January 1885 — Page 6

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1M m4 hr Wjr w Ma Hto4 U 1MOM Vp. Xnw Vows, Pmc Jn. At ts dose of hie ssrmon yasterdnT Itev. afonry Ward BaeefcK made IfonaI alatawnt. H mM that for th ftrai iat m iWrty-rigbtysaw ofhknwnudrym ytrmosth Charck, Umt wm na of dtiagmiiunt m the chares, to mw4 IMHto. TW dtOBlt WH not OH aOMMiat Ma ministry, Jwmsm W charged Mm with mttodtietag polities bate 10a ttnMM. H had dkcasssd slavery from tha palpU becaas It was TOsVSd UM MOOMitT Of education; W. the present qoosttoa was a small m Ml wonld of ltaatf soon pass away, and taarefore b bad not thought it Mr to VAX tbOM among tbsmwbodlffarsd from hk views by allmllag to Um amtter in the pulpit. Bt as fstt whoa Mm grait Republican party bad 1111 to orowm K career by bringing la a nulty of Mtiwwt north and South Out liko Moses, be who had helped bring Um MOfk within stent of the Promised IjumI, was to die wltheot entering it. He -woM gladly bare given his life if tho Bsfmbttean partv could have given sach a woleome to the South as to have made i of the great candidates a soutaern Ifeenng as he did, alter long ooaoidoratioa, be went into the canvas. Tbsy knew very well be never went Into anything by halves, f Apptanse. He threw his IMe, bis reputation, hk influence to tbe winds. Tbey were notblng to httu If only the conatry slight live anain in ab)late harmony, lie would not say that be bad not said things during the campaign that be ought to bave said dinerently. Bet after he bad baon with them forty years, they should have bed1 conndence enough m bint, and manliness enough not to take an lmpetu oh speech and draw it out Into every base application. It was a shame for tboni to bave done It. Applause. As for himself, it was a nanw lor mm to nave mid anything that should lead them into jmeh a mistake. On no other point was be so'setttiittve as that it should be supposed tkut W m aar war undervalued toe saneti tr of ebestltv and the purity of honstfboid life On that subject time would do him jnsUee,and he baa a ngat to expect uuiareat treatment front them. As to his potkal judgment he looked back upon it ' with approval. As to wbatvbnd been said about nersoos intending to leave taw .church, if any preferred other ministry . tbey sboultl bave fits txeeeing w,'erevi.i- i .tbey ebose to go. So far as pew rerAtj j was concerned, all be cared was that : oharHable workof the church might not bave its revenues curtailed. Tbey could act rebuke him by reducing the ineome. i Applause, lie came to the past-rate on I, M6 a year, sod could live bappUyon tbatnow. But if be supposed that even , a large minority felt no longer benentted by Me preacbing be would resign. II tbey wanted bint to stay tbey must receive bfan with open bands, lie regretted if any one's feelings bad been hurt, and for any mistakes be bad made be apoiogiaed. Bat they should remember that in speaktag to a crowd one addressed a jury rather then a judge, and used less formal language. They should not lay the Attic rule of their measurenseat too severely apoa a apeaksr who was seat out to counteract Ben Butler. Laughter, Ue was their servant for Christ's sake and for love's nake, and be trusted in their love for him. If any of them would soon be with hire in the other life, where tbey would smUe in remembering bow they let the grandenr f life go by while thinking of little in deUoittes and slips. 1'or the sake of men rperieblag in ignorance, let them bold on their way, all tbe purer and stronger for the slight misunderstanding that bad oome among them." Mr. Beecber was ' -warmly congratulated by a host of friends at the close of tbe services. THE WHITE HOUSE. mjauaratc TrtmmrmAUH rrtbe w Teara neM MjT ttte PreWt All fwwr Bfltarta t Me 11 m the nase. iWASHUfOTOK. I). C. Oeeember . Mrs. McBlroy, the Fresident's sister, U preparing a list of the ladle who will he Invited to assist tbe Pre Went at tbe 3ew Year's reception. It is expected hat from thirty to ffty ladles will take yart in the ceremonies. The indications warrant the belief that the Executive has deoldtd to make bis kst New Tear's re(m the most rand of any ever beld J tbe White House. Tbe noral decoraHons wlR be very elaborate for m, public reception, but the greator pains will be bestowed m the red. blue and sreea parlorx, awl the rooms upstairs assigned t Mrs. Me Kirov's ladv assistant. In Hhe East room only tbe mantels will be decor a ted with flower. Xo piantM will be placed on tbe floor? of the room, or tit iiariors. but in tbe main corridor, palms of even- variety will be eonpk MOM ornaments, toxether with tropical Teliae niaaM. loweriac plants and baakcts of flowers will adorn tbe manrku of the tfaree imriors. and -the 'muUi windows of tbe Blue room twill be almost obstructed by 4ata. The Ked Boom of the Kx iecutive Mansion has been further beautlJWhI bv the addition of a handsome 'maatel and a imlr of norceialn vases. On aart of the screen. naiBted an a dark -plush back ground, is a, bunch of golden red and thistles: on another wlm roses; 'while the center-piece is an exquisite bit jof color representing a katlseape, In the baekemundof which isatuxuriaRttroww f vrUd crasses. out of which a startled screen w about five feet high, and all who I bave seen it nronounce It worthy of a ptaee in tbe WhKe House. On each side ef the magnificent inlaid mantel of this reem there has been placed a new vase, aad the centre of tbe room eontaiaa MtX mhte of Maxlean anvx. deskrned at Hi stand for a dally bouquet of aut lowers

WA9HMMTON O0MIP.

The 1-r Inh mm Wmni jamMa amF raa wm iMrxsmiHmMt, 1). C Pieemtur Ml The Senate Committee on Foreign Keia Uom is uadorstood to be nearly equally divided on tbe Van Wyek resolution to tbe Spanish treaty in open eTbe Chairman of tbe CosnmHtee, (Mr. Miller, of California), and Sena tors Sherman and Lapbaat favor open ses- , wbtlnt Vkse-Vr-wWest Xdmunda trongly opposes any deviation from tbe old phut of dicusii$ttg treaties with closed doors, and Senators Morgan and readlelou are said to side with Mm. Of the other members of the Committee, Senator Vance Is absent, and Senators Brown and Wilson are non-committal. The workloffniau of the committee m Senator Morgan, of Alabama, and be, it hi believed, favors letting the Spanish treaty wait, and giviag precedence to te A wa rs ague canal project. A leading idea wltb Mr. Morgans ts to nsaxe American diplomacy ielt in tbe councils of Europe. It was be (tocttea tnereto oy ex-seigMa Minister Sanford, tbe American member of toe African International Association, presided over by the king of the Belgians) who put through the Senate last ine resotnuon reeogauraa; hk sovereignty of tbe African Association over the Congo regtoa. x aai aeuou was a wide divergence from past tradltloas of tbe Government. Its immediate elect was to defeat tbe Anglo-Portuguese treaty, dividing tbe control of tbe Congo region between ngtand and Portugal, sd it was tbe direct cause of tbe present Berlin Conference. Mr. Morgan, it is staled, desires to adopt a similarly bold line of poliey with regard to Nicaragua, and tbe annulment of the Cwyton-Bulwer treaty with England, and It is possible he may carry tbe Committee on Forebrn Affairs with bim. If so, there will be lively times In tbe Senate, and a discussion too important to be smothered behind tbe closed doors oi an executive Bcseioa. Meanwhile Mr. Vest's resolu tion, ordering a saspensiou of Secretary Chandlers proposed survey of the canal route, sleeps In the pigeon-holes of the orei Committee's room, and tae surveying party is on Hs way to its destina tioa. Another land forfeiture has been added to tbe list of those nut down for discus sion bv the Senate under special orders This time it is tbe -Vew Orleans Baton Bonce k Vicksbwrx (better known as tbe ! "Backbone") Railroad, whose land grant .it is uroaoeeti to Jorleit xweive or mieen years ago a principality, valuable enough to bulla tae roaa twKe over, was zraaieu to tbe eompaay out of the public domain, but tbe time la wMcb tbe roaa was to bane been built has kmtc since lapsed, aad the road exists only on paper. With regard to this and other laud grant forfeitures, however, there will probably be a great deal of talk, and no anal action. Tbe two houses ot congress Having at the but moment agreed to a holiday reess, the capltol presents quite as deserted an appearance as during the dull summer months. A few members remaining in the city, visit tbe bunding once or twice a day for their mall; bat there is a lack of visitors during tne aottaay ieuvities that reduces the number of persons about tbe balls and corridors to tbe lowest average. The only committee at work is that on rivers and harbors, m tbe House, uae one bill tnev have la charge Is an elephant of large dimensions. On it they bave worsen wita as mnca aseiuwiy as any committee of tbe House. Their work b of such a nature tnat nam ine mu ordered td be reported, no item in it is sure to stand an set down. There are so maay conflicting Interests and so many pressing demands for this and that im provement tnat it becomes auy as iae committee progresses more and more a question what shall be Ielt out or retrace thaa what shall be put in tbe bill. ANOTHER RECRUIT For the Cat Ian t A ray eC Iberti maa IjOCISvjllk, Kr Deeember is. Christmas Day, C. It. Simmons, Local Treasurer of the Louisville XasbvlU Baliroad in this city, was about the oflwe as usual, but Friday be failed to ap pear, aad It was stated be was at home, sick. The same evening a note signed by Simmons was received by Comptroller A. W. ijuarrier, statin? that be was short with we company about 9M,O0O and bad left tbe city, owing to his inability to make good the deficit. Tbe note did not state where he was going or bow the money bad been used. The Comptroller at onee entered Into an investigation and found tbe exact amount of the steal to be !,fS.. It is onkially stated that the company will lose nothing, Simmons having flled a heavy personal bond, and also being Insured by the Guarantee Company of North America. Tbe amount la either case could not be learned. Simmons has been Treasurer of the . a. eomnanr since I87f. navinc oeen apnolated bv II. L. Aewcomo, and ai umc time gave a personal bond for 50,000. Tbe belief is this has lieen reduced since then. It Is not known now long tbe necttlations hare been soinc on. it bas lieeu learned that he bas been specu lating extensively 1n New York, and no ;4 doubt exists that the money has been lost tn tnat way. Simmons w fifty years of ae, very pleasing and gentlemanly and has always borne an excellent reputation. He is a man of famllr aad lived In very unpre tentious stvle at 306 Kast Broadway. At the residence no information as to his wborMlmiiU eould be obtained, bat tbe general impression is be bas made bis way to Canada. It is known be left the city Christmas nbrht at eight o'clock for the Kast. Comptroller Qnarrier eould not aav nooiUVMr hew Simmons carried on his stealinc without dtoeerary. II m - counts ware examined monthly and hart

always balsas ed.

MietHMIPrt NEGROES.

An H fa 14 mf M Orsat SunUorH Joaouia Miller, in a recent letter to the New York ImUptmdetU descriptive of a journey through the State of Mbnbmlppi, speaks very plensanUy of tbe State and it material nMouroas, and indulges in onte hopeful specnlations to m prosperity whoa its waste places shall be occupied and cultivated. and the immigration, which the peoida dnsire and expect, shall bave become an ncconqdisbed fact. With respect to the social question Mr. Miller says: Here is a State with a tremendous majority of negroes. Ami yet this State insist on remaining tremendously Dem ocratic Ami because it docs, tbe jhU-tkrian-i, tbe political pris, the North. almost in a body, insist that the Imsck man is buttled; and eryo tnnre m a race of bullies here. This foolish aecttsation does tan black man a greater injustice than it does the white man. The negro is not bullied; and what k a most important fact be is jrettinr to be too much of a man to be bullied. As for the white man here, L Mml them a race of gallant Christian gentlemen. Let me call your attention to one fact. I have sat at many men's tables here. I have been at dinner in a great number of houses here in the State of MississtpiH. that of the Governor in the Mansion House included: and I have sat at no man's table where the bead of the houe did not offer thanks. Of couie I suppose there xrw exceptions to this rule; but cruet? at Uu table is the rule here. In the North it istlie exception. Tell me. Senator, how it is that tbe negro votes with you, who were his former master." 'Well, sir, it isbeeaose he U an affectionate and well-tlfeposed fellow-man." He m,t be. else he had burned you out during the war." "True, sah; a fact, suit; a great fact, sah, ami we will never forget it. Tbe Southern men went to war and Mt their Homes their wives ami their children all behind them, and at the mercy of the black?. This trust was never betrayed. A for my own slaves, one of them was wounded lighting at my side, ami there is not one of them living to-day that will not vote for me. No; you wen of the North do not do the netrrb justice. You think him a treach erous ingrate. You think he ought to turn from us and aerainst u. He will never do H." "And you tell me here at your own table that the black mas votes entirely as he pleases." Entirely. Tree, we tell thena how we want them to vote. Tbev often k u-i. But we do not persuade them; because, vou see, our majority k so great we do not need to do so. If tbey wanted to outvote us and turn us out and put in the oaqiet-bagger again they could do so any day. Iso danger of that, sah. They have Itad enough of it. Why, sah. when Governor Amos the HMi-in-law of General Butler, was here nearly half of the State was deserted. Enough of thk State had htised lmck to the Government on tax forfeitures to make another Massachusetts; and the negro was wjatcbed. But now. after we bave driven the carpet-bagger out, we are all prosperous together. "And you fed confident that the negro will always be with you?" "Confident. "He b chit friend; and we are hk. Hk children go to school; he k industrious; he has a little farm, in many cses a mule, a oow, plenty of pigs, chickens, turkeys, and k hap))'." "And hornet?" "Stop a minute. In the general up setting of thing- here he got an exag gerated notion oi liberty, ine iieerty to take other peoide's property came within tbe scope ot tate and made mucn trotMMe. in our State s prison there are more than a thousand convicts. Eight hundretl are blacks." 1 give tbe above as an example of the many talks I have bad here in thk cora- - -1 1 C. I . !-1 ami polftjcal order of thing.-). And were it not for the awkward dialect of the uneducated negroes I would here set down conversations had with some of them: for I have broken bread with them often, and .een much of their simple and tranouU way). But it wotiM OC a wwh ot um; ior ine tinu lh mru talk k after the same fashion. The negro h a hero worhiier; he must look iin to some one. Ami Uuu jkww ohc I think you have the social ami polit kal iirobiem here in a nut-shell. A ne pro likes a rood white man letter than he doei a good negro. He has more confidence in him. He tliiaks him more honet and lietter able to help Him. Ami you may set it down as a fact, that if a negro and a wbite man. botn good, honent. and of even ability, were can didates to-morrow, with everything fair and even ami eotial, the white man would come out a long way ahead. So we of the North had just as wel Mick a tin here, and set it down as fact to be remembered that the black man down here, ai long as he U wel treated, k KOitur to vote for and with hk ohl master and lik okl roaster's children for manv a year to come. An it k wrong to disturb them in their trustful faith; foritonly brings strife ami trouble, and does no rood to any one, I talked to some black men nix wit the late Presidential election here in the capital of thk State. They were wel informed, and told me, what 1 never knew before, that Blaine ami Logan had both lived in this State, one as clerk and the other in some other ca lHtckr: 1ml tbev did not vote for them Ami when I asked why, they gave the curious reason that the State was uem ocratfe, and they thought they wouli go with the State.

SLOW AND SURE.

tv - i.i . mi '-11111111 Am- Ml UauuMti mm w aj 1ajuJ lsaaaLsa. snrajrTsra j awnua m,rwwmwmmi wvtwuta The German jiroverb says: ''Speech k tdlvern; Kltenve k golden." Some of Governor Cleveland'; critics affected to regard him as a stupid sort of person during the campaign. Yet 1m bas sense enough to recognino the wisdom of Um German proverb. Before hk eWctioH he reerved a golden silence. He wrote no impolitic letters. He uttered no impolitic words. Slander could not divert hint from the cottr.se be had determined u)khi. Wlten Hi forked tongue iHnick him he met the blow with three simple words: " Tell the truth." Since hk election Governor Cleveland's eech has been silvern. Everything he has said has 1mm conspicuous for sincerity and good sence. When questioned a day or two ago as to what he contemplated doing after hk restsrnation of hk present ollice, the Governor said: " On laying down tliu duties of Governor I slmll lUten to whatever my Democratic friends have to say. I shall divide my time between Albany and Buffalo mitifthe day arrive to go to Washington. I intend to give due consideration to the counsel of our party friends. It may 1ms that when I enter the Presidential otlice some things may not move as fast as some Democrats wish. But I think it will be better to go low ami lie sure. We can not hope to avoid mktake, Ixit if wo lit t m proceed slowly we wm inaKe tewer mistakes thaa if we go with a rush." Thk k sound, sensible, afe. The peoEe electeil G rover Cleveland, nol that imisrht merelv .eiwj upon the public offices ami wrccl them out among hk friends, but that he might cheek the spread of public corruption, restore the Government to Democratic simplicity ami imrity, reform abuses anil by wise and honest administration relieve the business of the couutry from its present depmwion and the people from unnecessary burdens It will be his duty to prevent tbe dangerous growth of greedy monopolies amf coqwrato power which have attempted to control elections and to corrupt the jmblk; service by the use of money. Thw k not the work of a day. lt"k a task of difficulty requiring time for its accomplishment "Go slow and be sure," is a good motto for tbe Democratic President to adopt. He may not, as he modestly suggests hope to avoid mistakes altogether, but with caution and prudence to back honest intentions he will make noae of a serious nature. X. 1' World. AN APOLOGY DUE. Why the I.atr KrpHhllottH Candidate .Shnalrf Apolexl for UM AHKHt ftteeli. It i declareil with a marked degree of vehemence by hk friend.- that the health of Mr. Blaine was never better. that hk eye k bright and hi cheeks ruddy and that lie bears hk defeat with a nhilosonhical calninoss. AH this, it must be acknowledged, is fortunate for Mr. Blaine and ileains to hk friend. Everything does seem to indicate that tne .Maine siaiesmau is m kwu umci ihvsicallv. and the blessing doubtless Mine to nun as soon as me wurry ui . . . ' tle cannmign was at an end. But if lie is resiiomi to menial eciuiiiuriuiu, ii. ia the result of later influencu. When the defeated candidate deliv ered hk notoriously fake screed agah.st that larffe twrtion of the public which voted against him he gave indication of a dktresinr lack of mental iowr. Manv of hk closest friends recognized thk fact and deplored it sincerely. But if Mr. Blaine is now in good physical nd mental condition he k perhaps willinp: to eon less, 10 nunscu at iea.si, umi in hk Augusta speech he wai? botli unfair and untruthful, while at the same time . . l . 1 ..a at...he demonstrated a lamentable ingratittu?t tnwsnl.4 tin manv loval ltenublic ans who voted for him in the South. It will lie remembered that his re marks were very general, and while he falsely arraigned the uemocraiK parry mocialh hk party which hcliwd to givd to tlw iinnLn ll5 VUllflE Ifunoi naivii . " - - C7 II iir. liiame i in goou nenim. there seems to be no reason to doubt, he .... l 1.1. .... shnuhl lie frank enough to confess hw error, esneciallv as it'was glaring and untvasonable from beginning h end. JlnrrMturg (Ph.) mricl THE INDEPENDENT!. Aa HmtArra4lHC QhuhIU y t the RepHh llean KrjCHlarn. The gentlemen who in the recent campaign came out from the Bepullican irty to tho extent of opposing its candidate for thu Presidency, seem to be a very emliarrassing quantity to tho . . . cituw, and otner organizaiion oi reg ulars, now that the smoke of battle ha lifted and they arc ablo to look about them and see how they stand. Tho smart of defeat is still on tho beaten and disappointed Republicans, and they now feel as though they wanted no further communion with those who wbth recently more true to their conscienoea than to the humiliating dicta tion which their party attempted While their status k under discussion, in Independents can afford to wait complacently for the result, for what ever that result k they need not accept it Unless they wish to. The Independents can afford to do without the kcnubliean party far letter than the KepuMlean party can afford to in without them. They counted tha cost lefor they wont in and tin not yet feel that they pahl more than

th iiueeess ot their action

worth to thorn. White we regard k m very short-sighted policy on the part of the Republican to take such action as shall tend to still further, perhaps ermanenUy, alienate the lndopendanUi from Uhmt former political attachment, we are nevertheless very willing that they should jmrt oonqwHy with them, if they so desiru and decide. The Ieniocrats have found tli IndeiwndeiiU very intelligent, very effootive and very pleasant allies, who, now that the camjmign k over, exact nothing for themselves, but only ask that the Democratic party shall live updo the spirit of its professions during the campaign. Wo confess that we desire to see the good opinion of these gentlemen retained as far as k ymssible. They have not assumed trusteeship of the Democratiu conscience or the'Democratic judgment, but tbev contended for certain principle when they threw their strength in the Democratic side of the political balance. We believe that the ImleM!mleiits wHl bo justified and well satisfied if the Democratic party k true to its better impulses a thoy were illustrated at tho Chicago Convention. Beyond tho best expression of itself it can not go. It can not bo another fmrty to please even the best of allies, and we see no signs that those allien will ask it. It ought to strive for nothing les than its best, even with these nines out of the question. Thoy are an additional monitor to keep Democrats up to their highest standard, that k all. Let the Kepublicans Hout and jeer them if they will. We hope to sec tho Democrats follow a line of duty that shall comjM!l their respect if it does not always cnlkt their eo-operatiou. Bos ton iW. A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. Th Kgret r UwrrrHor ClrTlaHa KlecHoh North Hnd South. A Southerner recently remarkwl that iie was glal tlie Democrat had carriwl the country for the reason that it would enable the people of the South to show that tliey were good and loyal citixons. It will put at rest a great many lies about the Southern eoplu. It will in that way remove- prejudices which have been created lor pontic! purjKises, ana it will go far toward ending the sectionalism a to jwrties which has become so dangerous. The black of the South have been taught to believe that if tho Democrats came into power they would be sent back to slavery, and tno terror thereby created, has brought damage to a great deal of Southern property and threatened a great many Southern live. At every election effort have leen made to create a war of races, that the prejudice of tho Norlh against the Southern white might be vindicated and encouraged. With these outrage in vogue it has been imKstdble for the South to ostabIish the fact that it means to lie fair, lad politics have subjected it to a continual misunderstanding, and one that with all it loyalty it found it impossible to remove. We doubt if there is a large amount of political ambition in the South at least uiuro i noi mora than it lias a right to entertain. Th6 desire of the Southern injople i natu rally to live peacefully, for they have had war enough; and in ordor to livo tKfaeefully they know they must live honorable lives. Under the administration of President Cleveland there will be that good un derstanding lictwecn the JNortli ami the South that bustnesi ami justice utf mand. If there k to be the grand outImrst of Southern malice which ha Iwen predicted; if there k to be any imiisiir orovMlinir for such absurdities as the payment bv the Nation of Southern war debt?, which have been pre dicted by RejHiblicans a a result ot Democratic ascendancy year m aim vear out: if the blacks are to be per secuted and if the ballot k to be trod den under foot, tho Democrats will g out of jwwer a great deal faster than they went in. nut mere wm imj ing of the Kind, i nere win supi Know CUCII OUHT ububi, aim ivi Iks such progres and prosperity as tho country has not known during the past twenty years. -X Y- Graphs Ilnn. Wi P. Morton. United State Minkter at Paris, leads the subscription fund now beinff raked for tho purchase of a miniature bronze copy oi irw Statue of Liberty to bo presented ') Americans to the city of Pans. Iho fund ha nearly all been secured, and it k expected to present the statue to the citv on July l next. It will be thirty 'feet in height, and be placed m thu Placode Ktats Unw, rans. wjo Tribune. .Prof. Ililev. the entomologist, told tho Philosophical Society of Washingmn that Science, no matter in what lino sounding name wo clothe her, or how high above the average understanding wo stilt her. is, after all, hut common sense, cmpioyeu hi uwi"ing the hidden secrets of tho universe u,,.i tumble- tlmni to man's wants, whether sensual or intellectual." Crippled boys'are taught by the Now York Children's Ami society to make a living by making lirusho. 1 hev i.u Vno-nlar ltrlcu for brush hands, and in a short timuiiavo learueu the trade, becoming useful members oi society Instead of begging or atonling., a they might do if left to themsolve. A', jr. 'IrUtum. t tu-.llo.l in ConnecUWRIinttJ aivvjaj . I cut aged.twenty-llvo year n unusust length of time. .Just a iew- ua n It (loath it sang sweotly.-iferrf