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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-10-30
From Rev. e. D. Fendall.

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The New York herald., 1868-05-26
PUBLIC EDUCATION.

The Course Of Studies in the Schools.
The principals and teachers of the public schools
have, at two sessions of Joint committee of the
Board Of Education held during the past month"; dis
played, in what appeared to be most impregnable
arguments the fact that the present system OF pubic
education Is decidedly too onerous on both
the pupils and teachers connected with the
public schools. SO apparently convincing were
the arguments brought forward by the teach
ers OF all the grades, and SO remarkably
unanimous were they in the matter Of complaint,
that 1t would appear as II no convincing opposing
arguments could possibly be found. and that the
course OF studies prescribed by the Board OF Educa
ton was by far too onerous that the system laid
down was so intensely "indehnite" the examna-
tions by Superntendents such immense bugbears;
the style OF marking by percentages so oimmeasuraby
ing that the health OF teachers and pupils was
undermined and that the Board OF Education
should, If only in obedience to the dictates OF
humanity, institute an immediate and thorough
reformation. A third session was held last evening,
at which Superintendents s. s.. Randall and Henry
Riddle, taking the remarks made by the representa-
tves OF the teachers, completely upset the Arguments
OF the latter They admitted that abuses In the sys-
TEN did exist; that unless there were some reason
ployed by the Board of Education would not be 30
unanimous In their complaint. But they tine super
mot caused BY the excess Of work required by the
Board OF Education, nor by the system prescribed,
nor by the style OF examining anu III hhk tuc saau-
na OF the classes but that the teachers themselves
and the principals chieny were to blame Tor the e4-
stxnce OF these abuses. They showed that the laws
OF the Board, the Of studies and system pre-
scrtbed were so constructed TO obviate the very
abuses which the teachers complained Of The teach
ere anxiety to excel, the principals anxiety TO have
large classes prepared for the college and 10 have
their schools attain high grade, had caused them at
times to neglect or disobey the laws OF the Board or
the recommendations Of the superintendent, and
abuses referred to. The system OF examinations
and marking were chiefly alluded TO as having re-
ceved the highest Communications from educational
experts OF other portions OF the country and or Eu-
rope and they claimed that to this system vas owing
in great part the efcieucy OF the entire educational
continued on Monday afternoon, June s. at bau>past
L L.. ..aa.Ia -
The New York herald., 1868-05-26

SourHsrpR CRITICISM OF GRANT.-If Bar
low and Belmont and the other wise men of
the Manhattan Club do not turn their city
organ from its present course 1t will ruin all
the chances Of any democratic candidate for
the Presidency. 1t will elect Grant by simply
making the people believe that all opposition
to him flows only from sympathy with the foe
he whipped In battle. 1t is now engaged in
writing him down on his failure to destroy Lee
without absolutely overpowering him, and
cites a. an instance against him the different
numbers with which Taylor beat Santa Anna
at Buena Vista. Taylor had Mexicans to fight,
while Grant had TO fight soldiers that have no
superiors for fighting qualities on earth, and
he had to drive them from splendidly con-
structed works. All this the people under
stand; but not so the Manhattan organ.
Belmont and Barlow ought to open its eyes or
shut Il up; otherwise people will suppose IL ID
In the pay Of the radicals.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26

The Impeachers and the Republican Party.
The United States Senate, as the High Court
OF Impeachment, in pursuance OF the order at
its last adjournment, reassembles to-day. The
unfinished business before it is the vote on
each of the remaining ten articles of the House
indictment against Andrew johnson, and the
general belief is that if without further
ceremony the vote is taken on them each
of the remaining ten articles will 90 the
way of the eleventh. But the House Man
ayers are apparently resolved upon a further
postponement, in view Of an amended indict-
ment and of some additions from the South to
the impeachers in the Senate. They have,
too, with ''Old Ben Wade" as their favorite for
the dispensation Of the spoils, desperate
faction of followers ready for any expedient to
get Johnson out and "Oid Ben" in the White
House, for the reason that with Wade as Presi-
dent ad interim they can have all the fat
Offices distributed to their liking, and, 80 dis
tributed, the Tenure oS Office law will hold
them even against Grant. This is the game
of the impeachers, and 1t is getting to be .
very dangerous game as it begins to be under
stood by the original Grant republicans of
Congress- We have no objection, however, to
this squabble between the Wade and the genu-
inc Grant members of the two houses, be-
cause, if prosecuted as Stevens and Butler
propose, we shall have larger breach in the
radical camp than that of seven Senators.
And SO, we say, let this radical prosecution
and persecution of Andrew Johnson go on.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26
The Radical Double Faced Platform.

The Chicago republican platform on the two
leading questions of the day-the money ques-
ton and the negro suffrage queston--is
thing of two faces, yea, we may say, Of four.
On the money question it has face looking
East and a face looking West; and on the
negro suffrage question it has face looking
North and face looking South. We have
shown that on the national debt this double
faced platform may be claimed by Butler as
calling for greenbacks, and by Greeley as
demanding gold for the fve-twenties. On
negro suffrage thus reads this two faced
platform:-''Thatt the guarantee by Congress of
equal suffrage to all loyal men in the South
was demanded by every consideration Of public
safety, of gratitude and of justice, and must
be maintained; while the question of suffrage
in all the loyal States properly belongs to the
people of those States" This is a shabby
back down from the grand radical ideas
of universal suffrage" Impartial suffrage"
and ''equal rights" Congress, having forced
universal negro suffrage upon the late rebel
Southern States, is bound to maintain 1t over
them; but Ohio and New York last fall, and
Michigan this spring, having each by heavy
popular majority repudiated universal negro
suffrage, Congress will not touch them nor do
ANYTHING for their colored populations. Mr..
Senator Summers bill providing by act of Con-
gress for universal negro suffrage over all the
States must be held back for more con-
venient season, and Wendell Phillips and his
radical pioneers are left to mourn over or
revolt against the treachery Of the Chicago
Convention. The genuine equal rights radi-
Gals North and South, If not double dealers
themselves with Sambo, will show their scorn
and contempt Of the double dealing republicans
by putting an independent Presidential ticket
in the field without loss Of time.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26
st.lsuus ANNIVERSARIES IN BOSTON.
lF.om the Evening Telegram of yesterday.l

TF:unI inc EVeHinB feIegrkm UI yesteruHy'I
BOSTON, May rs, Is6s
7ae vsrious religious anniversaries viii be held
here this week, and already there Is q large num-
Der OF strangers In the city to attend them. The,
business meeting OF few societies were hed|
be G h,efy devoted TO public meetnrs The free re
llgious movement inaugurated here day ago WIZ
be advanced peg on Thursday, and among otncSl
gatherings which will command more than 0rntnaryI
interest viii be those OF the antislavery and otnes
radical organizations. The attendance upon al tns
Anniversaries will be much larger tAeA aas Ieaxs
The New York herald., 1868-05-26


SPIRIT OF THE CHURCH AND THE POWER OF
WHIsKEY.-A number of religious assemblies
and conferences were going on in various parts
Of the country at the time of the sittings Of
the Chicago Convention. One of them, in
Michigan, we perceive, suspended its regular
proceedings on hearing of Grants nomination,
and, full Of the spirit, sang the standard Dox-
ology amid great enthusiasm. Another, q
Southern Baptist conference, more on the cold
water principle, as Baptists usually are, re-
Trained from expressing its sentiments; while
the Old School and New School Presbyterian
Assemblies held up on the fight about reunion,
and after rolling the nomination like deli
cious morsel under their tongues, braced up
their muscles and went at it again, endeavor-
ing
To prove each doctrine orthodox
by apostolic blows and knocks.
Grant will, no doubt, receive some opposi-
tion from strictly pious men on account Of bis
reputed occasional happy moods; but on the
whole 1t Is q question whether the spirit Of the
Church will overcome the power Of whiskey,
and between the two Grant will stand about
an even chance. with all the heavy weights In
his favor.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26

Our news from Mexico from day to day is
anything but encouraging as to the prospects
ofcontinued order in that country. Mexico is
in a condition quite as helpless as Hayti, where
a raving nigger tries to rule Mexico is one of
the few countries in the world which have
gained nothing by coming in contact with mo-
dern civilization. When Cortez found it he
found civilization which entities the original
Mexicans to be placed on a level with the
ancient Egyptians. 1t is not to be denied that
the resources of that country were developed
under Cortez and his successors to point
which had not previously been reached. 1t
was development, of course, entirely in the
interest of Spain. Still, it was such devel-
opment as implied that strong and vigorous
power controlled the affairs of State. The
Spaniards, however, as colonizers, made. one
grand mistake in Mexico, as in other parts of
Central America they permitted and encour-
aged mixing of the races. 1t is not too much
to say that to miscegenation most of the sorrows
of Mexico and much of the sorrow of all the
Central American States are to be traced.
Some races mix naturally and well and even
develop a grander stock than the origi-
nails. Certain races, however, have for
each other no natural affinity. The mixing OF
these latter, of which we have an example in
Spain, begets only anarchy and endless mis-
cry. It is for us as great people, with
great destiny before us, to avoid repeating in
the South the great and now incurable mistake
which Spain committed in Mexico.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26

The Excitement In Government Securities.
The sensation of the day in Wall street is
the rush to buy United States bonds and the
consequent rapid advance in prices. The
home investment demand is unusually heavy,
while. the purchases on foreign account since
the Senate vote on impeachment have taken
the dealers by surprise, and their great diff
Guilty is in supplying the demand. The Eng
lish, the German and the French bankers are
buying fve-twenties and ten-forties; but the
call for the latter just now is particularly ac-
tive, owing to the last of these bonds-if we
except three hundred thousand dollars-having
been sold by the Treasury, as well as to the
still more important fact that they are the only
bonds the principal-alike with the interest
of which is payable in gold under the
authorizing act. Moreover, they run for forty
years from their date, whereas fve-twen-
ties only run for twenty, with the privi-
lege to the government Of redeeming the
former after ten years and the others after
five years from the date of their issue. Yester-
day there was further general advance of a
half per cent in prices, and the excitement in
the dealings surpassed anything that has been
seen in Wall street since war times. AS yet
there are no signs that the eliminating point
in this movement is approaching; aud as our
national securities are still the cheapest IN the
country and money is superabundant, prices
bid fair to rise considerably higher. Railway
shares, although little more active than usual
of late, are comparatively neglected, and even
the heavy operations going forward in Pacific
Mail fail to divert attention from United States
bonds. This is a good sign of the times.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26

OUR News FROM HAYTI.-Our kilograms
from Havana yesterday relative to the situa-
ton in Hayti show that matters are worse in
that part of the island of St. Domingo than we
were disposed to believe. The situation, in
fact, is hopeless unless the government of the
country falls into the hands of foreigners. We
cannot denounce with sufficient severity the
conduct of Salnave and his Minister, De-
lorme, towards the foreign residents. The
prompt assistance rendered by the British
gunboat Phoebe calls for our gratitude. Our
own laggardness in the circumstances deserves
reprobation. The entire situation of affairs in
Hayt illustrates the utter incapacity of the
African race for self-government. In Hayti
they have had every opportunity, but they
have miserably and hopelessly failed.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26
Ins WEATHER YtsIthHAY.

The following Is record OF the temperature for
the past twentyour hours as indicated by the ther-
mometer at Hudnurs Pharmacy, Herald Building
The New York herald., 1868-05-26

Th0 Impeachers and the Telegraph.
The conduct of the impeachers in seizing and
examining private kilograms is no less illegal
than it is atrocious. The law is exceedingly
strict which protects the rights of all who inter
change communications by the telegraph. If
it be impossible to reach directly the insolent
nquisitors-Butler and his compeers, who
have betrayed by this glaring instance what
they would venture upon in the violation Of
private rights, if their party only possessed
full despotic power-and to infiict due punish
ment on them, it is both possible and desirable
for those individuals whose kilograms have
thus been seized and examined to indct and
prosecute the telegraph companies which had
the weakness to yield to the preposterous de-
mands of Butler & Co., and which are re-
sponsible to their patrons for the inviolability
of the private messages entrusted to them.
The Western Union Telegraph Company now
protests, but too late, against the conduct of
the impeachers, and refuses to deliver kilograms
to them unless legally constrained. When at
the time of the Orsini attempted assassination
of the Emperor of the French Sir James
Graham violated the secrecy of private letters
all England was full of excitement and indig-
nation. But the apathy with which the
American people submit to an equally fragrant
outrage on the part of Butler-who evidently
imagines that he is strutting over again his
brief hour of. authority as military governor
of a Southern town during the war-this apathy
indicates less delicate sensibilty and less vigi-
lance for individual liberty and rights in our
republic than are to be found in monarchical
Great Britain. The rumored seizure by the
Impeachment Managers of Minister Thornton's
dispatches to the British government among
the indiscriminate bundles which they recently
carried away may lead to serious international
difficulty. The British government is fairly
entitled to demand explanation and satisfaction
for 80 high-handed an act.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26

HAVE WE CHINESE LITTLE TOMMY AxoSe
Us?-we understand that Mr.. Burlingsms and
his two Grand Quans, or Msndarins, permitted
none Of the inferior servants in their rsunus to
accompany them on their visit to the "white
Fawn" the other evening. Is this because the
history Of the japanese Little Tommy's expert
ence in this country had warned tt.em against
the possible danger that the same ladies who
made such fools of themselves Few years ago,
or at least that their youngep sisters, might
discover among those menials Chinese Little
Tommy Have We Chinssa Little Tommy
among us.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26

y New York. Tuesday, May 20, 1868.
The New York herald., 1868-05-26


not have been complete If America had not
had to do with it. Cause for wonder and amaze
ment would have been less had it not been for
the enterprise of the NEW YORK HERALD. What
had America, what had the United States,
what had the NEW YORK HERALD to do
with Abyssinia, with the British expedition,
with Theodorus or with Napier? Why should
a New York journal be at the expense
and trouble Of keeping the British govern
ment posted as to the condition and prospects
of its army in Abyssinia? Why should 1t be
so that what the world has learned Of that
country and of that expedition which is worth
learning has been learned at the expense and
by means Of the enterprise Of the NEW YORK
HERALD! All this puzzles sadly the peoples
and governments Of Europe, but puzzles most
sadly Of all some of our New York contem-
poraries. They cannot understand II. The
reason is obvious--they do not understand the
p ,per province of modern journalism. Our
enterprise is atrocious; we are another great
criminal" and for this terrible crime they
are celebrating whether we ought not to be
expelled from the Associated Press OF New
York. God help the mark!
The New York herald., 1868-05-26
AMUsEAENTs THIS EVENING.

NEW YORK THEATRE, opposite New York HOTEL
nj
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-12

THE GREAT ELECTIONS OF TUESDAY
NExr.-On day after tomorrow the peo-
pie Of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Iowa and Nebraska, will participate in
the election Of State officers. The fight
in Pennsylvania centers chiefly upon tho
opposing candidates for Auditor. The
Union nominee for that place is Major
General John F. Hartranft, one Of the
bravest and most popular soldiers that
Pennsylvania gave to the q Hart
ranft went into the service as Colonel Of
the 5lst Penn. Vols, and during the
greater part of his and his regiments
term Of service, was attached to the I'd
Division of the 9th (Burnside's) Corps.
By his marked efficiency and perfect
bravery he rose to the rank Of Major
General of Volunteers. His popularity
was remarkable while in the army and
il is so, doubtless, now. He is II man
after the Grant pattern, modest, reticent
and fond of horselesh-of which he
is n rare judge. He went into the wal
n Democrat We predict his election by
at least $4,000 majority. Ohio, Indiana
and Iowa help TO illuminate the western
sky with that wonderful enthusiasm for
Grant and Colfax which surpasses even
the days of "Tip and Ty." The hero
born Of woman will crush the serpent
with his heel" in those States ; and
Wednesdays kilograms will apprise US
Of such u victory in the Valley of the
Ohio as will convince blind and besotted
Copperheadism Of tho utter hopeless
moss of its cause in November. -Corson
appeal.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-12

PHouP! p!!-There is the
whistle Of the construction trains within ten
miles Of Green River. Last night we heard
the shrill, old familiar shrek, reverberate,
echo and re.echo from cliff to cliff, az we lay
on our ~virtuous couch, wrapped in our dirty
sheets. Inside Of q week, specimens Of
mems tights and women's "Grecian Bends"
from Plymouth Rock and the "Fivc Points"
Of New York, will be busting about among
the thousands Of tons Of freight that will be
unloaded on our warehouse platforms. We'll
come Iron Horse! Welcome the master
spirits that make the world move Green
Rirer City hnder, Sept. 20.
As tho locomotive reached Green
River last Wednesday, the hde1 man
has doubtless seen tho "Grecian Bend"
the Sights" and the Five Points"
representatives by this time. Judging
by the moral tone Of the columns Of the
Lnder, Green River City is II capital
opening for n large population from the
Five Points, headed by John Allen,
"the wickedest man in New York."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-12

A NEW VoLUXE.-With to-day's issue,
the GOLD HILL DAILY News commences
its llth volume, or the sixth year Of its
existence. Firm, stsunch and true to
the Union Republican party as from the
first number of its existence, its propri-
etor sees no reason to change its politi-
cal sentiments, nor to waver in aiding
the good cause Of permanently preserv-
ing the union of the States of this Gov
ernment. Financially the News is
healthy, and it bids fair to be a source
Of much benefit between its publisher
and its patrons. For the continued lib
eral patronage bestowed upon our pa
per by the public, we take this occasion
to return our sincere thanks.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-12

SEYMOUR has filled respectfully two
oHices-a member Of the Legislature
and Governor of New York. Grant has
filed the measure Of his country's glory
and saved the Union. Seymour is NOM
mated to the Presidency as a reward for
his services to his party. His nomina-
ton RAJ u triumph Of the intriguos of
the politicians. Grant is brought for
ward by the Republican party as a can
didate for the Presidency, not for any
services he has rendered to any party,
but for the great, the i~nestimable, the
immortal services he has rendered to his
country.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-12

If We are to believe the two radical papers
in this county, there is not much use in Gen.
Williams attempting to meet Hon. A. w.
Baldwin IN argument any more.-Safeguard.
Such really is the opinion of many
persons who heard these gentlemen
"discuss" in Gold Hill and Virginia
City. If General Williams travels and
discusses with Judge Baldwin until the
goth of October, it will DO the worst
coon hunt" he ever went after, and
Williams Senatorial aspirations will be
so terribly damaged that be will wonder
at his own stupidity in going forth with
such a man as Sandy Baldwin. Tho
General will regret this arrangement for
ten years to come.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-12

When a good old Democrat, like Rev.
erdy johnson, gets into the presence OF
a British audience, it is refreshing TO
see what n patriotic Republican he be.
comes. Thus, he is reported as saying
to n number Of Englishmen at n dinner
in Sheffield
The war had this compensation : 1t ended
slavery. None now but frecmen tread the
soil Of America, and history will say that
blood was we'll spentin erasing this blot, trans
mitted from a common ancestry, furnishing
our fame and belying the Declaration Of In.
dependence.
All of which VIC highly approve. We
don't think that Rsverdy could pro.
nounce sentiments more in harmony
with the Republican party if he tried.