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The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
Postal Telegraph,

WASHINGTON, April 4-The House committee
on postoffces and post-roads, by vote of to 2,
adopted the following:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this committee
that it is nexpedient for the government either to
construct postal telegraph purchase any existing
line of telegraph"
Messrs. Bingham and Peele voted in the mega
tive, and Messrs. Money, Reese, Ward, Cos
grove, Riggs. Rogers Jones of Texas, and Wake
field in the affirmative. Bills authorizing the
Postmaster general to contract with the Postal
Telegraph Company, or other companies will be
considered on Tuesday next.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
Bridging the Chasm.

New YORK, April 4-General Grant, being
invited to preside over meeting to be held
here under the auspices of soldiers of both
armies in the late civil war; to raise a fund to
build home for disabled ex-confederate soldiers,
writes General J. B. Gordon promising his sup
port financially and otherwise General Grant
adds:
II am in hearty sympathy with the movement, and
would be glad to accept the position of presiding Off
Ger if l was able to do so. You may rely ON me- how
ever for rendering all aid l can in carrying out the
designs Of the meeting"
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
PROCLAMATION.
MAYORS OFFICE,
INDIANAPOLIS. April 4. 1881.

Section 209S of the Revised Statutes makes it
unlawful for any to sell barter give away, to be
drunk beverage any Intoxicating liquors upon
ton. The penalty for the violation of said
section is fine of not more than $50 nor less than
$40 to which may be added Imprisonment in the
county ai. of not than sixty less than ten
days.
Therefore notice is hereby given that a Township
election will be held Monday the 9TH day of April,
1884 and that the police force have been instructed
to arrest all persons violating the provisions of said
section Such offenders will be dealt with according
to law
Witness my hand and the seal of the city of In
danapolis. JOHN l.. McMASTER,
[sEAL.l Mayor.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
A Plot of the Invincibles to Blow Up Mount
JOy Prison Frustrated.

LONDON, April 4.-The recent removal of the
convict Irish Invincibles from Irish to English
prisons is attributed to the discovery of con
spiracy to destroy the Mount Joy prison by the
use of dynamite The following particulars
have been learned concerning the plot. The In
vincibles in prison were engaged in clandestine
correspondence with the conspirators outside.
Letters were found in James Mullett's cell
which disclosed the plot The prison warders
were to be bribed with money from the O'Dono-
van Rosa fund to convey the internal machine
into the prison. One letter contained an order
for the murder of Patrick Delaney, one of the
Phoenix Park conspirators, by throwing him
over the balcony as he should leave the prison
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
POPLAR SUFFRAGE.
Objection to the Adoption of the System in
Ireland.

Ireland.
LONDON, April An the Commons, this even
ing Justin Mccarthy moved that the Irish mag
stracy conditioned as it almost entirely is of one
religious denomination and one class, is often
sivo and injurious to majority of the people
and calculated to destroy confidence in the ad-
ministra ton Of justice
In supporting the motion, several speakers
urged that the magistrates be elected by popular
suffrage.
Lord George Hamilton, Conservative, said the
experience in America, and especially in the re-
cent riots in Cincinnati, were sufficient argu-
ment against the system of popular election.
Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, declared
the system of popular election could never be
adopted. The Irish Chancellor, he said, would
impartially exercise his power in regard to the
appointment Of magistrates.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
THAT ANONYMOUS CIRCULAR.
Tariff Reformers Attribute Its Authorship to
Randall and Converse.

Special to the indianapolis Journal,
WAsHNGToN April 4.-Whether that card is
sued to the Democratic members Of the House,
on Wednesday, and demanding that tariff legis
lation be postponed until the next session of
Con gress bore the impress of or indorsed
by any considerable number of that party or
not it in a measure pointed out the condition of
the party at this time in regard to one of the
most important issues it has ever had to deal
with
Ever since the card was issued there have
been strenuous efforts put forth to ascertain its
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05

Fort Wayne Gazette.
Colonel James H. Rice stated to gentleman
of this city, who is prominent in city politics,
that Hon. Joseph E. Mcdonald could not posi-
bly, receive the nomination at the Chicago Dem
ocratic convention Mr.. Rice regards Mcdonald
as being very weak. When asked who he
thought would be nominated, he very en-
Enthusiastically remarked that the old ticket
would be put in the field
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05

WAR DEPARTMENT,

w AN DEf fAhlMArii
OFFICE OF THE CHEF SIGNAL OFFICER :
WASHINGTON, April ), l A. NJ.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley-Fair
weather, followed in the west and south por-
tions by local rain during the night, light
variable winds, slight fall of temperature in
the Ohio valley, nearly stationary temperature
in the Tennessee valley.
For the Upper Lake Region-Fair weather,
northeast to northwest winds, slight changes
in temperature.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
Relief for ohio River Sufferers.

PHILADELPHIA, April 4.-The committee of
citizens appointed to raise funds for the relief of
sufferers by the floods on the Ohio river met to-
day and announced the balance on hand
amounted to 81 600 The committee decided to
communicate with the mayors of towns the
Ohio river and adjourned to meet again at the
call of the chair.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
One Thing the French Commission Could
Not Do.

Anderson Herald.
1t could not make thepostal clerks of the Fifth
division respect a mean and petty tyrant. A
hundred commissions could not do that Mr.
French may be very competent postal official,
so far as knowledge of his specific duties go;
but he has not now, nor will he ever have, the
sincere respect of his subordnates. The public
service would be improved if he were to take a
walk"
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05

after mass Delaney still remains at Mount
Joy for safety. Many warders have been dis
missed.
A Dublin correspondent denies, upon the high
est authority, that there is any truth in the
statement that a conspiracy has been discovered
20 blow up the Mountioy prison.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05

New YORK, April ARRIVED: Rhneland,
from Antwerp.
SOUTHAMPTON, April 4-Arrived Fulda,
from New York.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
RiOtous Miners,

PARIS, April 4-Three thousand miners ex-
cited by tie arrival of Rochefort, editor of the
Paris lntransigeant who came to Denain to lee
ture on the labor question, assembled in the
streets of that place tonight, uttering seditious
cries The police are powerless. Troops have
been sent for.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
Opposition to the Chinese D ynasty.

SHANGHAI, April IA riot occurred at Cam
ton the 7th of March Three thousand
Chinese declared agaist the present dynasty, and
demanded the reestablishment of the Ming, or
pure Chinese dynasty.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05

the States which shall be apportoned among the
eral States according to their respective members.
Adjourned till to morrow.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-04-05
Perry. the Express Robber.

BosToN, April 4-Theodore A. Perry, the
train robber, arrested in this city, was sent to
Wabash, Ind, tonight, in charge of officers of
that city.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
NEGRO LEADERS.


The Negro leaders Of North Carolina
(many of them) have never been anything
more than cranks in the hands of machine
men, by which the masses of the colored
voters have been turned to suit the BOSSES"
And while North Carolina has credit for
having q greater number of what is com
monty known as eminent colored men than
any other State, she has had less recogni-
ton in the distribution of federal patronage.
This state of affairs is to be attributed to
the fact, that as soon as a Negro accepts a
federal position, he is understood to be the
slave Of his chief, and he (the Negro) like a
trihing CUT. oringes and wags his tail when
his mastsr speaks. IL ever he had any man
hood, he looses it-forgets his ~race-forgets
that the Offices held by their superiors be-
long t. the people, and becomes a catspaw
for those who would ever own him as a pc.
litical servant.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
HON. j. K. U'H4RA.

The unanimity by watch this gentleman
was renominated for the 10th Congress at
once places him in the lead as a representa-
tive Negro, in whom his constituents at
least have unbounded faith. He has, by that
bulldog %tenacity characteristic of ''our own
Ulysses" sturdily paved his way to the
front, against the almost combined efforts of
every shade of politicians. The Negro rep
resents about one-seventh of the population
of this country, and, holding the balance of
power as he does, should demand y Cabinet
portfolio Of the party with which he acts
most solidly. We nominate lanes +. O'Hara,
Of North Carolina.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31

TION Us. IGNORANCE.

Since Congress have been considering the
Blair educational bill, we have noticed that
several of our contemporaries seem to be
bent on proving that education. or book
learning does not have q tendency to lessen
crime. The latest effort in this direction is
made by the Wilmington Star, in the follow
ing manner
SIN the South Carolina penitentiary there
are $40 c~onvicts who have been to school
and 25l who never went to school. This is
another evidence that mere "book learning"
does not necessarily elevate character or
prevent men from crime. We have before
given much evidence in the same direction"
Perhaps it does not but if this be adj
mitted, it must also he conceded that edu-
Gated rascals in some States escape justice,
while the Ignorant pay the full penalty Of
the law. In 1882 there were 4G2 commit
ments to the North Carolina penitentiary.
or these, 3l6 we're illiterate; IS could read
9 had an ordinary education, and not single
one was educated. The report also shows
that one in every 1884 Of the i~liiterate popu-
lation is sent to the penitentiary, and one in
every 1884 of the reading population is
sent. viii some Of our better informed
contemporaries explain?
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31

THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.

In our last issue there appeared an article
editorially endorsing Senator Logan for the
presidency. Had we been at our post it
would not have been so. We admire Gen
Logan. We endorse in toto both his mill
tary and civil records, hut our object has
been all along to steer clear and to take no
part in the profuse enconiums heaped upon
the various aspirants by their friends. And
we now think that if Senator Logan should
fail to get the nomination, the almost unani-
nous support of the colored press will be
one of the most potent causes. Aside from
this, We have to say, as regards President
Arthur he stands, as the Chief Executive
Of this Republic, the peer of any who have
preceded him, and whether or not he be
nominated for the presidency, the impartial
chronicler Of political events will record
him as one OF our best Presidents and the most
successful leader Of any party. Out of chaos
and confusion he has consolidated and uni
ied the Republican party, which is attested
by the endorsement of his administration
by every Republican convention thus far
held. But what cares the colored man who
wins the race! HIS only hope is to so con-
duct his business as to place him beyond
want, and then any party will be glad to re-
cognize him.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
D UNIVERSITY LAW DE,


The Commencement Exercises of the Law
Department of the above school was held on
the 26th. OF the fourteen graduates, three
are from this State, viz Messrs. A. B.
Lind, of this city A. A. Owen and A. T.
Jackson. We regret that the programme
was received too late for publication. Mr..
A. r. Bridgers, of this State, is a member
of the Junior Glass reception committee,
and Mr., Lind on award of prize. We re-
turn thanks to Messrs. Lind and Bridgers
for invitation tt be present.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
GEO. M. CRAPON, Agt.,
McGuffey's Readers.


The Board of Education has adopted McGuffey's
Readers, as will be seen from their notice In To-
days paper. After experimenting with two other
series, they come back to McGuffey's with the con-
viction that in all essentials of a Reader, they have
never been surpassed, and never will be. In this
they are sustained .by the action of Richmond, Pc
~tersburg, Lynchburg, and the largest cities in the
United States. Charlottesville, Lexington and
S~tauntan, the great centres of High Education in
Virginia, have adopted McGnffey. Along the Mid
land and Western Railroad, county after county
has come back to McGuffey with a ~unanimity that
would be incomprehensible did we not know the
book.-DantHe Register,
''This action is based in every instance on the no
commentator of The professional teachers of each
county, without consultation with those Of any
other. Side by side with McGufey's Readers,
Harvey's Grammar, Rays Arithmetics and the
Eclectic History of the United States have been al
most universally adopted in this State. "-Freder-
ickS5urg Neus. 1
These books lave been adopted and are now In
use ID the schools Of Charlotte and Salisbury.
The McGufcy series is easy of Susceptibility,
yet progressive, and when once adopted 10 consid-
cred almost indispensably necessary. We give the
prices below and trust that educators and parents
will avail themselves. of the opportunity of supply
ing their schools and families with good books at
reasonable prices.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
= - =
VOTE ron THE NOMI&EE.o,

The above injunction ia now considered
among the old and haggard phrases, and well
it is, for it is evident TIA. as long rs that
rule is in vogue, parties and their admins
t%rations will be corrupt. Trickstcrs and
wire-puIlers and Bosses have hitherto SO
manipulated affairs as to secure through
their henchpcn the nomination Of their
choice, and then forced the rank and file of
their party to support the ticket. This, we
are glad TO know, can no longer be done.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
EATING CROW.

Much stress is put upon the fact that the
Democracy swallowed Horace Greeley, and
that if that could be done, Republicans
ought to cram down anything. This, how
ever, is not Il tangible reason for Republic
cans to depart from principles. There are a
plenty of Democratic fools yet, and their
stupidity got q respectable setback. The
very next campaign they elected their Presi-
dent (Tilden) on principles, though by qHs-
tionable means.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
g.. M.
JESSE LAWSON.
Secretaries

Chicago has a coIorcd Catholic priest.
The next Qnadrennial Conference Of the
A. NJ. E., Z. Church will be held in Whining
ton, n. G.
There are 1884 colored teachers in the
United States now, against 4 few hundred
twenty years ago.
The Louisiana Legislature elected j. b.
Eustace, to succeed b. F. jonas as L. S.
Senator, on the Goth inst.
Gen. B. +. Butler has been nominated by
the Anti Monopoly and the Greenback Con
v%entions for the Presidency.
Bishop Hillery has been recently stripped
of his official robe by the A. NJ. +. u. Con-
ference, in session in the city of New York.
Robert Shaw Wilkinson, a young colored
man of Beaufort, S. c., has been appointed
to a cadetship at West Point. He is only
10 years old.
The largest collection ever taken up in a
colored congregational ,O2O-was made BY
Rev. Alexander's First Baptist church, West
Washington, last Sunday.
Tarboro, N. c., has two students in the
law department of Howard University.
Messrs. J. II. Camper and Aaron r. Bridgers.
Mr.. Camper will graduate in June.
The Governor has ordered the holding of
two special terms of the Superior Court one
of Rowan, June the 9th, by Judge .Gilmer;
the other Of Randolph, June l4th, by Judge
Graves.
A call has been issued for a convention of
the Masonic fraternity, to convene at Sa-
vannah, Ga, on the Goth of December next,
for the purpose of consolidating the Order
in that State.
The greatest amount on hand in the Freed
mans Saving Bank at any one time was
$50, 900 900, belonging to colored people.
Certainly they were not thriftless nor alto
gether spendthrifts.
A fire at New Orleans, La. on the goth
inst, destroyed 573 hogsheads of sugar,
1882 barrels Of molasses, cotton seed oil,
&c. The loss ia estimated at $3.50, 900, which
is covered by insurance.
The death of the late John F. Slater is
received with much regret by the colored
BNOlbS bhlOhHhOuO II NOahbi1s H iNdNNS
an estate valued at ten million dollars, and
yet he was q great philanthropist.
1t looks as though two of the Methodist
denominations will effect a union. The GEN
eral Conference of the A. NJ, E., at Balti-
more, appointed a committee of ten, and in
formed the Quadrennial Conference at New
York of it's action, which was heartily re-
ceived and a committee appointed to consult.
In Central Africa, instead of tea, coffee
and whiskey, the natives use a stimulant
called kola. This kola is nut with q kernel
about two inches in length. When the kerr
mel is perfectly dry it is chewed as if it were
tobacco. 1t s~ustains the system under great
hardships, and even supplies the place of
food. Kola sells at various prices, from
twenty cents a pound to dollar for a single
nut. The Africans believe that this stimu-
liant is almost a %cure-all and we may expect
to see the patent medicine men introduce it
in various shapes into Europe and America.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31

Denlocratscarriedt he Stately nearly 20,O00.
Under the same party, four years later, they
carried it by 5000. a gain Of about 10000 or
l3, 900. The. vote was, in 1880, for Jarvis,
(Dem.) l2l 1921 for Buxton, (Rep.) h.
$40; majority for Jarvis, G,257. Two years
later, (lsS2) with the Liberal move, the vote
was for Bennett, (Dem.) III TAB for Dock
cry, (Rep.) nI,gg5; majority Tor Bennett,
44s. This shows d fail of on the Demo
cratic side Of l0,0S4 votes, and on the Re-
publican side of only 1926 votes. 1t is
generally known that on off years the Re-
publicans come nearer polling their full vote
than do the Democrats ; hence the difference
In the fall off, But what we desire to know
is-where is the Liberal vote? According to
the vote of $50, we still have q reserved force
of 1926. Add to this I0,OS4 OJLiberals
and the Democratic party would certainly be
shelved this year. These figures are pre-
sented in all candor, with the hope that they
will furnish food for reflection. Who will
vouch for even five thousand Liberals?
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
THE CALL FOR A COLORED NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
ATLANTA. GA. April %, 1884.

ATLANTA, GA, April %, 1884.
To the Colored People Of the United States:
In pursuance of a resolution passed by
the Colored Mems National Executive Com
mittee, held in the lily of Washington, De-
cember 10, 1888, l hereby issue a call for a
colored mems National Convention to as
semble in the city of Richmond, Va, July
8, 1884, at 10 o'clock a. H., for the purpose
of considering the material, educational and
political interests of the colored people of
the United States OF America.
Each State and Territory will be entitled
to one delegate for every twenty-five thou
sand eolored population and fractional part
thereof. And where there are not twenty
five thousand coiored population in 4 State
or Tertiary, that State or Territory shall be
entitled to one delegate.
W. A. PLEDGER, Chairman.
G. NJ. ARNOLD,
JESSE LAWSON,
Secretaries.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
SELLING OUT.

The colored nal whose opinions in poll
and who dares to express his views contrary
to their wishes, is usually charged with
"%selling ont" "a traitor to his race" &C.,
while the white man may, for the sake of
office, change his position (not views) a
dozen times without having his motives i'm
pugned. Colored men are now thinking
loudly and the echo is rcsounding through
out the country.
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31

The New York 0ls5s, jastly styled the
foremost Negro journal i fhisEeopntry, in
its issue Of the 18th inst, has an able and
complete summary of its We've rudpcsition
respecting the leading Issues Of the day. 1t
is opposed to BOSS" and Machine" meth
dds believes in q fair vote and an honest
count @fsvors a. thorough system Vof lciyil
service reform; Believes ip 4 thrift for feve-
nue. and CALLS proteetiSatasi4-a- rank mo-
nopoly, and charges the Republican party
with protecting robbery, and the Democratic
party With being too timid 70 champion the
free trade theory. ii, closing il says:
at will thus be seen that upon the vital
questions presented we are neither thor
oughly Republican or Democratic, but about
half and half. Ne. are, not hide bound. We
want the people and the country to prosper,
and therefore favor such polices and party
as favor the peopic."a @asf4F aAE9''t
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
MUST CONE DOWN.

W. P. Williamson, Esq, who was nomi-
mated by the Republicans Of the second dis
trict for presidential %elector, is postmaster
at Tarboro, and is therefore Ineligible to the
position. Whether in his eagerness for a
multiplicity Of positions he forgot this fact
or never knew it, We are unable to say but
we do say that such blunders on the part of
parties to confer all OF their honors on a few
men, do not have a very savory effect. Mr..
Williamson has one too many rounds in the
ladder, and must come down." Which of
the two morsels will he let go? The cleo
ton of a President may this year, as in
1876, depend on one vote. But then we
heard a Republican say the other day that it
was not the intention of the Bosses to carry
the State if they could help it, and the ticket
nominated points in that direction. Bring
out another horse!
The banner-enterprise., 1884-05-31
ALABAMA NORMAL and THEO.
L0GfCAL SCHOOL.

We are in receipt of the programme of
the Commencement Exercises of the above
school, located at Selma, for which the Pres.
ident, Rev. E. NJ. BraEley, A. NJ, has our
thanks for an invitation to attend. We sin
ccrely regret our inability to do SO. The
graduating class Of 1884 consists of eleven
persons. The exercises commenced on the
23d and closed on the 2Sth. The card is the
finest we ever saw.