The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-10-28
the SOUTH KEMTUCKIAN.
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fclnnrKj tne HnuuOilicu Ic"'''' ~ -
"a dirty, thieving rascal, whose moral
sensibiliIies, if lac ever had any, have
been corrupted by long association
with bad white men. Reservations
for such elements, loco ted in rich
mining or grazing regions, have bee"'
land always will be, n delnsion2 and
snare to both Indians. aud while man.
Mai. Carson, who has just returned
from The Vest, says that while he is
not an expert in Indian matters the
origin of Tie present difficulty pre-
seuts no mystery to him. He esaysthe
excitement in aipparts of Colorado
over the mineral Development Is al
most inconrevablp. Everyone hss
the mining fever, and stories of sud-
| denly acquired wealth are on every
tongue. The daily arrivals at Den-
yer number from 500 to l,OD0 intiir
viduals. People scarcely stop to talk
Of profits amounting 10 anything less
! than millions, and, more significant
Tran All else, 10 tho fact that hiyster-
lots rumors are circulating OF mines
in thu Ute country richer than have
vet been found in TIN" .Beadville sreg-
ions. Tie Indians know as well ~
Others that all this means expatrlatinn
or determination for them tiilless'fh9'
| Federal Government holds its word
as sacred when il pledges i. TO thu
red man as II docs when it pledgeslt
to the white man. Maj. Carson fears
that an army ten times the strength,
of that OF the Federal Government
could not long protect the lndi,ns
under the circumstances. "i =,
4 After all thst has beoii said about
| our Indian policy, and all lhe evil
/ that has come from the -doings OF fas-
daily agents, tho trouble is not SO
much the result OF that as OF an ihhcr-
ent bad system. The reservation sys-
! TEN has been productive Of i'll results
under whatever policy IL hasbeen adj
! minislered. Indians will not stay, on
! their reservations, and white mch
| will not stay OIL OF them. Year after
year the army has been engaged in
iputting Indlans- on and white men
4 off: and one has cursed the army
| while the other has fought j, If the
hunting is better off the reservation
THAT on it, the Indians viii. 90 oil I"
hunt, and trouble begins. II there N
d goida or silver on the reservatioiis,
4 real OF suspected, white men will go
there 10 delve and dig, and agmp
], there ii war. And, 70, if the alndiail
1 Bureau cannot take, care of the redi
Eskins without the army, the army can
take care. OF them without the aid OF
the bureau, and by the transfer all it,
tcrest would be as well served, whil6
several millions woud-be saved an
uualIy to the Treasury, The fellows
who hold .fat positions" )" with stcal'
Jugs, in the bureau would be the only
sufferers by the change. l2.l
The Post-oiIice Department is max.
, ing some lively times lately. In his
war on the lottery companies, and re-
| tusal to deliver mail to them, the Post
master General will be sustained by
public sentiment; but In one Ut his
| lhte orders about impcrfectiy-a,l
: dressed letters, Deacon Key has raised
q very large sized hornets nest about
his ears. Under this order all post
masters are forbidden to forwa:d let
:. tiers not addressed to the exact dcsig-
!, nation of the Office and State for
: which they are intended. Arlcttci
addressed to a certain number and
streets. New York city, or 70 Boston
> or Chicago, will not DO forwarded.
= but must bet returned to the dead-
letter office. or to the writer, If he is
. known. The postal clerks know thas
r Boston Is in Massachusetts, and that
/. Chicago Is in Illinois; but Mr.. Key
thinks II is better that they should as
\ sumo not to know anything aboutit il,
!. aud that the writer should bepun-
q ished for omitting to put'the'State on
his direcion' IIeretofore letters so
Is addressed, that the destination was
9 we'll understood have been sent along,
but hereafter postmasters and clerks
are to be just as ignorant as they can.
i The Post-ofllce Department Ia main
I. tanned for tho convenience OF the peo-
. pie, but Mr.. Key thinks II is simply
4 kept up for himself and employees 10
: draw their salariesg 1t used 10 be tho
! pride lcOf this Department that ever,
d badly yor) ;mpcricctly, :, addressed let
a, ters promptly found theii' destina-
l .ion. Now the Z. 81. G.. fIattcrs him
y self that It takes pretty smart man
II to so address letter that the au-
4 thoriticsa can 4 not find some excuse
4 for sendinglit to the dead Office. II is
: stated that, this new system causes
= the accumulation in such Offices as
= Boston and New York of from 500 to
3 1000 letters per day, which forascrly
Il there was no trouble in delivering.
I BY the way, this reminds inc of the
singular history or alctter which,
+ seven years ago, Mr.. Albo Il. PAT
II sons, a resident of Nashville, Tenn,
l. wrote to Miss Julia Mays, of London
A England, which, from marks on the
! envelope, certainly reached London
- On the 9th oflast month twas found
J very inysterously in u street letter
d box in Lonisvillc, Ky. From that
Is city, the pos,msrk being Nashville, II
,a' was sent to the latter place. and thence
y to tho desd-leite Office, where it was
W opened and returned TO Nashville for
70 delivery with request for an expla
AZ nation The Nashville postmaster
y. ascertaining that Mr. Parson was re-
T siding in Denver. sentthc letterNo
y him. TIE therefore, got his origiifd
st manuscript seven years after he go
il, and when Miss Mays. tho lady toi
whom. the lctter WAS intended, had
o, been his wife for six years The
mystery is how tho letter got back tt
this country. moi being marked un