The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-06-22


Fifteenth Amendments 20 the Constitution
in their spirit as well a. their letter. He
also said that he had directed every POST
master and Postmistress whom he had ap-
pointed in the South 70 see 20 II that the
claims OF cclored applicants be duly re-
spected, and that colored persons be APP
pointed 70 positions In such Offices.
The Government has completed an impor-
iant contract with the members Of the pres
ent Syndicate for the sale Of the IL per
cent. bonds up 10 seoo.ooo,0oo. the abandon-
ment Of the remaining Sloo,ooo,ooo au-
thorized BY law. and the substitution In
place OF II Of the entire per cent. loan an-
thorizcd by the act Of Congress Of 1870.
The most important feature of the new
agreement Is the proposed sale of a large
number OF bonds Of both loans under the
Resumption law. This Secretary sherman
regards a. a great step towards the appre-
citation of legal tenders 10 par. The new
agreegemcnt was the subject " aprotracted
special Cabinet meeting, at which there was
general accord ia favor Of enforcing the Re-
sumpsion act, and resuming under IL.
Four steamers sailed for Europe from New
York on the 9th, fully laden with fresh meat,
grain, provisions, etc. Among the cargoes
We're 10000 bushels OF grain. 5.90 boxes Of
butter. and 1880 boxes OF cheese.
The President on the 9th removed j. X. q.
Pifkin, United States Marshal for Louisiana,
and directed 4 commission 10 be made out
for Jack Wharton 10 ill the vacancy.
President Hayes has accepted an invita-
~.sa - a.. IL
reunion At Providence.
Senator Gordon l. 10 receive gold medal
from the citizens Of South Carolina in COM
memoration Of his services TO that state in
Washington last winter.
Hon. John A. Kasson, Of Iowa, has been
rendered and has accepted the mission to
Austria, while the Spanish mission, TO which
Mr.. Kasson was originally appointed, has
been te3dered to Mr.. james Russell Lowell,
who has also accepted. II l. said that the
change was made with Mr.. ka-~on's full APP
proyal.
Two delegations from Alabama, repre-
seniing respectively the ultra and moderate
Republicans Of that state, had separate in
feryiews with the President on the Ilth. In
response 70 their representations, the Presi-
dent said In substances, that whatever changes
were made in Alabama officers would be in
the interest Of what he considered the
Union Republican sentiment OF the state,
and that he would make no changes except
for inefficiency or corruption. He further
said, that in making appointments he woulG
select men who have a material interest IN
the State.
Jasper Smith, now Consul at Funchal and
chief ofthe Consular Bureau Of the
State Department, has been promoted TO
take charge of the commercial agency al
Nottingham. England.
James Lewis, colored, has been commits
stoned naval officer AZ New Orleans.
A Washington Associated Press dispatch
n the I2fh gives the following apparently au-
fhorized statement 81 the Presidents finan-
rial views: President Hayes. although In
former years prediSpo~ed. like many other
hard-money men, 10 adhere 70 the prevalent
doctrine Of finance writers IN favor of sin
gle gold standard, has materially changed his
Ficws during the progress Of the general
discussions regarding the wisdom and pro-
priefy of the act of 1873 which demone-
lied the old legal-fender silver dollar.
He l. now in favor Of IL remonetizaiion and
u the readoption Of the double standard OF
gold and silver, or in other words, he fayors
! full return 10 the condition On things, in
relation TO these subjects, which existed
previous 10 the legislation of 1873, being con-
'inced that such a return 10 the former syg-
EN- will greatly promote the resumption of
'pecie payments, an object that he
'egards of first Importance. While, howev- |
n, he considers the legislation
n 1873 ~ have been hasty and uncalIed for
with the legal-tender powers Of /
! large portion of our circulating medium.
lc has not yet formed any determination to
ring the subject officially 70 the attention Of
congress, although il il by no means inn
'robable that he may hereafter conclude
hat some recommendation on his part Of
he nature above outlined will be advisable.
II J. said that the unpublished portions
4 Lees confession regarding the Mormon
Massacre NJ Mountain Meadow, now on file
a the Attorney Generals Office in Washing
On, directly implicate Brigham Young and
ther high members ~ the Mormon Church
4 that horrible massacre. The chief ohsfa-
'e 70 efecting conviction upon Lees
'atement arises from the difficulty Of pro-
nring witnesses, now widely scattered.
The application Of the Onion Trust Com
any, Of New York, representing the Barring
rothers Of London, for the appointment Of
receiver for the It. Louis, Iron Mountain
nd southern Railroad, which was recently
rgued before Judges Miller and Dillon, al
eokuk, Iowa, has been denied BY the Court. /
The Manhattan Club Of New York City, a |
cmocratic organization, on the evening OF
'e 18th gave a grand reception 10 Messrs.
ilden and Hendricks, the Democratic can
dates for President and Vice President At !
e late election. Both gentlemen made brief :
,peches. Mr. Tilden said.