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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-08

BY II. W. EAsTERBROOKs.

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PIrTER-pATTEg Oh the caspet
Comes the sound oil tiny feet,
And the blending of their footballs
Makes melody complete.
can hear il in the sunlight,
Then it seems u carol gay;
And they enter with the moOn-beaIns,
But their Joyous fairy lay
Changes to a soothing nOcturn,
AS the night succeeds the day.
Other people can not hear them.
II is granted me alone
To discern precious presence
In each timid tripping tone.
Some have listened but my wee ones
Shrink from strangers. So, you see i,
Outside cars have never heard them !;
They but come to comfort me.
alone may know my darlings
BY their footsteps melody.
Ono was taken while he studied
How alone to cross the room;
And ! hear his timid stepping
Out into the midnight gloom.
Now he tottcrs. Insccurely
Dimpled feet have touched the floor,
And he falls, but angel brothers
Lift him, as in days before;
And again he ventures forward.
Pit-pat! pit-pat! DER and DER.
So recognize each stcppingy
And though dear ones all have flown
From beyond my longing vision,
am never quite alone.
Old and deaf to earthly soundingS
can yet discern a strain
Keener hearings ne'cr discover;
All their listening is vain.
And know by every football
Earthly loss is heavenly gain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-08

"MorHER," said little girl who was
engaged in making her doll an aprpn,
- believe shall be duchess when /
get grown" "How do do you ever cx-
pcct to become duchess,m daughter? 2
asked her mother. "Why by marrying
a dutchman, to be sure" the girl replied.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-08

GA Southern newspaper describes
the daily life of the freedmen: He gets
a melon, cuts il in two and scoops out
the inside; onc-half he puts on his hcat.,
he sits on the other half and eats the
middle
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-08

or William Vanderbilt, Vice. Prcsi.
dent, and some Directors Of the Central
Railroad, ran an express train, lately
from Rochester to Syracuse, 81 miles in
|61 minutes 1.-THE fastest time, it is said
lever made in America.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-08

rs We recently met graIn,narian,
says California paper, who had just
made a tour through the mines, conju-
eating, or rather cogitating, thus: ''Posi-
tive mine; comparative, miner; super
llativc, minus!"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-08

ora YOUNG lady who was rcbukcd
by her mother for kissing her intended,
justified the oct by quoting the passage
|" Whatsoever We would that men should
do unto you, do ye so to them."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-08

Ar Cuba, Illinois, two young ladies
went in bathing and were drowned
Girls should not 60 in swimming with
out a buoy,or something that would not
let them sink. Where's the buoy that
wouldn't serve as lfc-prcscrver?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-07-08
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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29


fHt wfHief ll5
eHa
a-a wae
iheaa lanaa no malIet
hn had aaalaired - fha
Who Waa ever willing
fhen. n1alf oilefH t0f remove
20 msttu bow tempting "a
TIE lHsnFtahla aaaW ri9s
easy here. We can catch ash. eAat
Wild fowl false hogs. nnd wintnrna
cattle without cost and make an
bread after The water goes down. at
tho rate ofB bushels 0f c8fn ta
acre, with sometimes ghfea ass
lers Of q full crop Of eottnn afa
some years the wafer does not coma
over our lands, aud then No make
an overwhelming crop 81 cotton
and corn. Better DO ovsr1nand
two years out OF three harn than
plant IN the hilis.7f This Il Tie AZ
most atereotyped auswer Of The
freedman TO Ell propositions for
him to leave his Eden. Besides.
with the levee up, comes drainage,
and with i the expulsion OF lhe
miasma that engendeFs chlils and
feYers ; and thus Il beeOmes a com.
Portable abode for the Caucasian
race. The cotton supply is a prob.
lem engaging. the attention 81 Che
civilized world. Europe and Amer
RIGA require annually 6,000O00o az
bales, while the pr0dnet of thia
year I860l will be only 100000.
leavihga deficit In supply OF the
raw smateFial" Of 100000 baIes.e
How to furnish this needed amount
ofc0tton is the great question that
taxes the energies and ingenuity OF
European nations. BY the census
Of 1860 II IL a~seertained that the
American cotton crop OF 1880
amounted to 5,196,4A bales, more
cotton than Is now produced IN
the entire world. Since 1861 the
largest production was last year,
amounting to 2,4S0S03 bales not
one half Of what was produced IN
l850.60 In 1860 the single State AZ
Mississippi raised LOO 607 bales Of
cotton, more than one third AZ
which was grown on re alluvial
lands. Protect the Yazo0 delta
alone, and you secure III ave wears
an addition of 100000 bales e The
American cotton cr0p.t
The world win have more cotton
and at cheaper rates, than Il has
now. Lancashire must and viii
have lie supply Of cotton, and az
lower figures. This we may depend
on. Too many immense interests
are involved for US 70 d0nbt that
this question Of the cotton supply
will be settled In q few years, either
with our aid or without Il twill
be q sorry day for America should
the problem be solved without our
assistance.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29
THE CHINESE LEOrUnR.

Paul Baglcy, Missionary, leo
tured In Hunts Hall Monday night
on the Chinese, dressed IS one Of
them, queue aud all. Unexplained
their government as highly arhitra.
ry and severe, Went through their
attitudes and incantatiOns Of woF-
ship showed that everything COM
Ceivable is to them an idol. Dis.
cribed their country as highly cult.
waited and productive, The far vest
ern provinces especially rich and
beautiful. Stated that they cast
their young children out TO die like
we do kittens that we don't care 10
keep.
Said he had seen q child drifting
down tho river In the City Of Can.
ton, and no more attention paid to
1t than the carcass Ofa dog that we
have our crimes, but have laws to
restrain them. Thought they would
make patient cotton hands but that
the Fifteenth Amendment kills the
idea Of controlling their labor that
they would soon become voters and
landowners and DO established IN
their little villages all through our
country, serving their idola and
working their denominations, and
asked what prOAtit would be 10 Us.
Declared from long experience
and observation, that they are
not ct TO be Incorporated into our
body polite; that they are not the
class Of immigrants thai Ne desire
and yet that Burlingame has made
u treaty sending them and their
idOlatry to our shores. oa -a
Submitted II to his hearers and
the country, whether Or not We
want them, and If we do nOt,showed
that 1t you'd be extremely difficult
to prevent their coming.
Thought the only way to dissn.
null the obligations Of the Burlih.
game treaty aud keep them away
would be to insist on the right Of
trading and purchasing lands IN the
interior Of China-righta guaran-
teed by China to other nations, and
to us by that clause giving to eUsrg
treaty power the rights conceded
to any treaty power.
But these rights have never been
carried out, China refusing to al.
low trade and residence in the inte-
riOP. Therefore lot us insist on our
rights and II she refuses, thore's
the end Of the obligations imposed
on us by the Burlingame treaty
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

"THE first intimation we have
had that Senator Yates, of Illinois,
is in the city" says the M%ontgom-
cry iii. Advertiser, ''is to learn
that a stranger, wrapped in cloak
but without pants or coat, walked
up Commerce and Market streets
yesterday morning with much dig
nifty"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

HERE is q "straw." At the city
election in Middletown, Connccti-
cut, on the 10Th inst, the Demo-
Gratis elected their candidate for
Mayor and a large majority of the
City Council for tho first time since
1861. They also elected their can
didatCs for Sheriff, Assessor, Col
leCtor, and all but one of the Con.
stables. Samuel BabcOok, for
Mayor, had sixty-fve majority.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

THE administration Of President
johnson asked $500, 0O0,O00 TO run
the Government during the fiscal
year lSG9-D. The economical
Congress in view of the fact that a
Presidential election was at hand,
cut down the appropriations to
2Sl,llj,2SS, which was made up by
deficiency bills. The administra-
ton of President Grant now ask
for $33l, 97,S2j, fifty millions more
than was appropriated for Prcsi-
deut Johnson aud his associates
when a Presidential election was
coming This, in face Of the con-
slant assurance, Since March |, that
expenses were being cut down by
millions.
The Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Gazette (Rsdical),
referring to this subject, admits
that "the Government estimates Of
this year were evidently made out
by persons who thought the Re.
publican party pledged to eXtrava-
gance instead Of economy" at is
not pleased" he adds, ITO say this,
but the truth must be told. The
aggregate of the estimates is aston
ishingly, not TO say outragcously,
large, and it would be wrong in
Congress to make corresponding
appropriations for the next fiscal
year.
Fifty millions morel and to this
increase the people will be able in
due time to add twenty or thirty
additional millions, provided for
quietly by deficiency bills which
nobody Is expected TO notice.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

~ ~ wv
bill by which Virginia is to be 70.
stored 10 the Union. Itisa part
Of the bad faith everywhere and
on ell occasions manifested by
tho Radical party. Every require
mCnt Of law, of justice, Of right,
Of the Reconstruction acts was
complied with by Virginia. She
acceeded without a murmur to ey-
cry demand made upon her
There was nothing in her conduct
to which objection could be made.
She accepted the situation in
the best, possible good faith. All
upon which she seemed at
all anxious was that she feared
she had not the full instructions Of
her heartless uask-masters. This
was exceedingly humiliating to
her proud and sensitive people.
Yet they were willing to accept
and suffer almost anything 10 be
relieved from the horrible tyranny
of military rule. Her people were
even foolish enough to think that
there was honesty and good faith
in the Radical party, and that all
which was required was to con.
vince that party Of the honesty of
intention on the part Of Virginia.
But the result has taught the world
another lesson as to the duplicity
of the dominant party. After
having complied with every de.
mand, Virginia came seeking all.
mission into the Union. At once
opposition was raised to her adj
mission. One Radical urging that
in all probability the Fifteenth
Amendment would in time be set
aside by the Courts, and therefore
he desired to see Virginia so sit
uated by her own act that she
could not then reap the benefit Of
this decision.
Such political dishonesty tends
greatly to the weakening and the
final destruction Of the Radical
party. 1t disgusts and hor-
rifles the really honest and
truthful men of the party and
they will in time flee from and
seek political shelter within the
folds of some Other party. Even
Horace Greedy, the father aud
founder of Rcpublicanism, in the
New York Tribune dehounces it
in most unmeasured terms. He
says such acts will result in the
dissolution Of the party. They
atc madly drunk on power and
success. The members Of the
Radical party are almost %conyinc.
ed ofthe idea that they r earthly
Gods and cannot err. With such
creatures it is only necessary to
give them u sulIlciency of rope
and they will ole long hang them
selves. There can be no greater
National blessing than the entire
overthrow and destruction Of this
party, There was never one so
corrupt in this country. The
Constitution and laws Of the land
are no impediments whatever in
their way. But it is just such
high handed acts that will destroy
the party. Good Lord let the
hour hasten.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

ACCORDING TO the Herald, Gen.
Butler declared the other day in
New York that there is no use for
the Republicans 10 commence lay
ing pipe for the next Presidency, or
any other Presidency, unless they
radically change their financial
policy. The General thinks that
eventually the colorcd population
will 60 for population. They have
sense enough to sec, he argues, that
it IS not to their interest to help
pay an enormous National debt
which they had no hand in Great
ing. Ingratitude, thy name is
ebonyI
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

planted Iast Decaabea 81 mrIv
spring they grew R-igrtaaa.m Mat
s0on failed, end ever aaats lave
merely keptaliYo.
"a SunsodmEa
HemingioH p. o, 5. Rlas sou
tembor, LS6D.
We have no facts 10 decide the
budding question, bat can see 40
reason Why a.little wood being loR.
should make such great difference.
a little wood Is often left attached
to the bud, TO give moro substance
toll and increase the certainty Or
its growing. Cannot some OF our
Florida readers decide tho natter.
for us.-[Eds. So. Cult.
Coon WAY TO Cook ORTOna-Tt.
Is a good plan 10 boil onions Ia
milk and water ; II diminishes the
strong taste Of this vegetable. 1t
Is an excellent way Of serving up
%oniOns, to chop them after they are
boiled, and put them in a stew pan,
with a little. milk, butter, salt and
pepper, and let them stew about
fifteen minutes. This gives them
a Zine flavor and they can be serv-
ed up very hot.
The Chinese Tea plant Is an ever
green shrub, which, II permitted
will attain a hight Of s to 10 feet
and spread out so as to measure the
same distance across. 1t flowers In
September and October, tho seeds
ripening the following September,
or one year after Towering. These
are about as large as Post Oak
acorns, and are produced in great
quantity. The plant Is propagated
very easily either from seed cut.
tings or layers. II by seeds, these
should be planted early In the fall,
soon alter ripening IL kept dry until
spring, they do not come up well.
The quantity Of tea which NAV.
30 produced from an acre, e accor.
ding to experiments made By Us,
hAAL
from $50 to 500 lbs, aud analysis OF
our home raised tea, shows that It
contains more "Theln," (the aka
lOid substance to which Il owes its
stimulating affect than the Chinese
raised article. Its flavor is also pro-
nOunced by good judges to DO ex.
cellent. The tea plant may be Cul.
tivated successfully from North
Carolina to Texas, between tho seth
and 18th degrees Of latitude. We.
have had them growing at Athens,
Ga, for more than two years. Dur.
ing that time the ThermometOr has
been as low as IL deg. Fab, but
the cold has not injured them at all.
Plant 8 feet apart each way, and
cultivate as you would apples or
peaches.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

A Frenchman of Montmorency
has solved the problem of aerial
navigation by constructing a ma.
chine which can be guided through
the air as readily as a cab on land,
and by means of which he conf
IDENTIFY expects to 90 from Paris
to Marseilles in four hours.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

Salnavc is in the list with Lopez
now. His whereabouts" is doubt
full. His soldiers arc being captured,
by the hundred, in a state of semi.
nudity, which is tho natural condi-
ton of the negro when he is sup
posed to be living in q state Of civil
lizatiOn. The Haytien revolution
is successful, and now We shall
have the successful fellows talking
about selling the Island to us.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

The preliminary examination
of witnesses in the case of Prince
Pierre Bonnapartc, charged with
the murder of Victor Noir, com
menced on the 18th inst, before a
police court, and will probably
be completed this week. NJ. Roche
fort has been summoned to ap.
pear before the court as q witness
in the case. The High Court Of
justice will be convened at Yer
sailles in a few days to try the &C.
cused. The same High Court will
take cognizance of Prince Murat,
who is to be tried for slapping the
laws ola magistrate.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

Mr.. WILSON, Chairman of the
Senate Military Committee, has
reported q bill which was intro
duced last session, and which is
of considerable Importance. 1t
provides that no retired army of
tlcer shall be assigned TO any spe-
cial duty. This bill, If passed,
will not only take away all chances
Of office from a large number, bat
will throw out many who are now
filling civil positions. This law
is one of special Importance TO
the South, for by it 4 great many
unpleasant and disagreeablc men
now here in civil positions will be
taken hence, It is said that the
President favors the passage Of
the act.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29
nnBVrrIEa.

three Chicago sermons lalt sun
day, were, the Modern Dance
"The Strength Of Zlon," and "Dis.
charged from He'll"
The Horaces Of New York are q
lively set, such as Horace Lingard,
Horace Cooke aud Horace Gree.
ley.
Parepa's mother was the only
music teacher she ever had, and the
warmest affection existed between
them.
A New York reporter says that
ten thousand people go to bed
drunk every night in that city.
Sydney smith says somewhere
that correspondence is like trows-
ers before suspenders came IN
fashiOn-hard to keep up"
AT Rheims recently a robber was
struck dead at night by appoplexy
in the Cathedral, into which he had
broken for the purpose Of carrying
of the sacred vessels and orna-
ments.
The Governor of Ohio has par
doned a young man who was sent
to the State Prison for manslaugh.
ter, OH condition that he drinks no
liquor during the time for which he
was sentenced.
Unimproved real estate in White
Pine, which one year ago was held
at inordinate prices, can now be
had in many cases for the taking,
few caring to 90 to the expense of a
deed or to expose themselves to pay
taxes upon it.
A young gentleman at Charles
City, Iowa, sent scventy-flve cents
to New York recently, fora method
Of writing without pen Or ink. lie
received the following inscri
in large type, on a card : "Writ@
with a pencil"
Mrs. Stanton's advice about
choosing a wife: always look for
a girl with good teeth, for the teeth
arc a sample Of every bone in the
fair one's body
In San Francisco the heads OF the
principal Chinese companies have
decided to make another ciIovt to
suppress the importation Of
Chinese women.
The next Texls Legislature will
have 1--WE negroes in the Senate and
seven In the House.
a Ncwhaven paper says: "Nol
n pound OF ice has yet been gather.
ell 10y the Hartford Ice Company,
though usually, considerable has
been housed in December. Same
here. The oldest inhabitant cannot
recall such unreasonable weather,
There is no frost in the ground in
this section.
The opposition papers in Paris
have 10000 subscribers; those o
the Government side only $4,000.
The late Marquis of Wcstmin.
stcr left about Sj,00O,0OO in person.
al property. The value of his rea.
estate has never been estimated.
An Illinois farmer having l,40C
acres of land derives his entire in.
come from ~pasturing cattle for his
neighbors, for which he receives 81
per month per head.
"A little girl lost in London
streets, on being questioned as Il
her ~parentagc and place of birth
replied that she was the ''child Of
SIM and was "boru In wrath,
"A little threo-year.old girl IL
New Orleans recently astonlshed
her mother, who attempted to cor,
rect her, by motioning her away
with a chubby little hand ant
sconrully saying, "Shoo, fly, dom
boddcr me-"
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

The MECHANICS AND A~GRICULT-
URAL FAIR ASSOCIATION OF LOUIS.
IANA.-We see it annouRced that
the next Grand State Fair will be
opened in this city on the 23d of
April, to he continued for nine
days. Premium catalogues can
be procured at the Office of the
Association, or through the Post
Office, as desired.-N. o. Plea.
yune.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

TROUBLEs Of every character
are racking Spain. Disturbances
and riots are continually occur.
ring. The whole country is in a
state of anarchy. Gen. Prim,
once an idol among the people,
has been accused of conspiring
with Queen isabella.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29
OFFICER

OFFICER Minnie had charge
yesterday Of man by the name Of
A. Halligan who had received sew
eral severe stabs from a knife in
the hands Of II. MulrOOny, on
Wednesday night OF Delta. Both
of the combatants are levee men.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

TRAUPPMANN the murderer Of the
Kincke family, near Paris, a short
time since, was executed on the
10Th inst. His last words we're
II persist / have accompliccs."
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

Mn. BENJAMIN Roach KILLID.-
A painful rumor has reached this
city that Mr.. Benjamin Roach was
shot and killed last Wednesday, in
Yazoo county, by his brother
David Roach. The cause of diff
Guilty We have been unable to hear,
and in fact We have been unable to
hear any OF the particulars. Our
YazoO City Geographic correspon-
dent Is evidently as uniformed as
are we, since he merely announces
the killing, as viii be seen By refer.
onCc TO the t~clegraphic column.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

II is estimated that by the end Of
the year 1860 there will be laid
in the United States, In round num-
bers, 10000 tons of steel rails,
equal to LOO miles Of steel road
and of this amount about $1,000
equal to 800 miles) win DO laid
during the present season.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

WE were pleased to meet yester-
day with Mr.. WIN Glass, . farmer
citizen Of this, county, and a most
estlmable young man. About two
years ago Will applied to The late
Hon. Judge Shall Yerger FOR q
sheep skim" having received Il he
soon cot out for Arkansas nd upon
arriving at Fort Smith IL tat
State, hung out his ashlnele.R We
are glad 70 learn that Sc has e good
deal Of practice, and NO doubt not
that with close apnllealisa to bic
studies, Of which No 4 capable. ho
viii come day m q shining
mark IN TIE proipwpn IA
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

Railroads in South Carolina
have reduced their fare to immi.
grants to one cent a mile.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

AT the time this was written
last night, the weather was quite
cold.and growing colder rapidly.
Il Is time VIC had some cold wealth.
CT. This has possibly been the
most pleasant winter within the
memory oftho oldest inhabitant.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

LOPEZ HEARD FROM AGAIN.
The latest cable dispatches from
Lisbon via London, state that the
regular mail steamer from Rio ia
metro arrived there on the 18th,
bringing dates from that city on
the 18th of December. The news
is important but contradictory.
President Lopez was last heard
from at Panadcra. lie had a few
followers with him, and threatened
to keep up guerrilla warfare.
Owing to the termination Of the
war, the Armies of the Argentine
Republic and Brazil had been
placed on a peace footing.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

The negroes arc DYING very
rapidly Is the noiahbnrhoc4 Ell
Columbus nom menonge1