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The South western news., 1888-03-21
RESEETiAC LTGELLS'S INSULT,
Grand FRAY Nea Ttafk Senator Rirct
burn fer Defending Hancock end
KcCieicH.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March -
Genelal Robert Patterson Post,
No, 225, G, a. r., met this eve
ming at its headquarters, Broad and
Ellsworth streets, when the follow,
ing preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, a bill is now pending
in the United States senate called
the dependent pension bill, and
though this pest teels thankful to
a grateful country for its remem-
brance of services of her soldiers,
yet we learn with regret that the
memory Of loyal and brave veter-
ans has been publicly insulted in
the national congress in order to
advance the measure in question
therefore, he it
Resolved, That the thanks of
this post are rendered to Senator
Blackburn, of Kentucky, for so
ably defending the memory of those
tried and true patriots, Generals
George B Mcclellan and Winfield
S Hancock.
II was ordered that . copy of the
above be sent to Senator Black,
burn.
The South western news., 1888-03-21
Extract from Senator A n coIoyjtt,s
Speech in Congress on tire Tariff

In his speech Mr.. Colquitt said
Mr.. Giles Gland, in message, hai
reduced the issues before the coun,
try into two selfevident truisms
l. Taxation should be limited tc
the sum necessary for the econo-
mical administration of the gov.
eminent; 2. That in efecting the
reduction the taxes should be tax.
en- Oft the necessaries rather than
Injuries and superauities. Under
these general heads he discussed
tho surplus and the great evils it
threatened TO bring on the coun-
try; the tariff, the most burden
some and oppressive of all texes;
the Internal revenue, the least OBJ
jectionable OF all taxes,and, finally,
the duty of the democratic party
towards the administration and
country. On all points the speech
was clear and forcible. The enor.
nifty Of the surplus was shown by
illustrations. 1t was huge enough
to build three state capitals as
magnificent as that now being
erected in, Atlanta in every state
in the union, and still leave a sur.
plus This huge surplus was pill.
ed upon the top Of the trightful
expenses Of the government, and
the still more enormous tribute
which protection levies upon the
masses. The disastrous effect of
the high tariff on the exchange of
production, the distribution of wa
ges, prices and expenses was fully
shown. The fact, not very geners
ally known. was revealed that the
tariff OF the United States, 8. coun.
try of all others least in need of
protection, is greater than the
combined tariffs of England,
France, Germany and Austria.
The discussion of the internal rev
en- re taxes was full, and was un<
answerable. The sOcalled argu-
ments in favor of their repeal we're
taken up aud demolished. If
they be "war taxes" they are 20
be used to meet war obligations,
by distinct pledge of the demo-
cratic party that they are not uns
democratic, found in the fact that
no national democratic platform
has ever so declared, and Jefferson
and Madison both favored taxing
whisky; that they are peculiarly
harsh in execution, is disproved
by the official records; and the OBJ
lection that they lead to the i'm
prisonment OF citizens of Georgia
at Albany, New York, as an ar
gument for the repeal, was met by
showing that Twelve times as many
Georgians were imprisoned there
for violating other federal laws,
notably postal laws.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

Americas Republican
We learn that Mrs. NJ A Cams
mage performed quite a heroic act,
one day last week. A large oak
tree grew near her house and a
dead limb projected over the kitch-
en chimney. A spark frpm the
chimney lodged on the dead. dry
limb and was quickly famed into
blaze. Sparks fell from the
burning limb to the roof OF the
kitchen, which was in turn tanned
into blaze. Mrs. Gamr age dis
covered the house on fire, and there
being no man on the place, took a
ladder, put it up to the house and
hravely went on top, extinguished
the flames and forgot % faint after
she descended to the earth, in fact
she forgot to tell of the occurrence
until it was discovered by other
parties and inquiries made.
The South western news., 1888-03-21
LARCENY AFTER TRUST.
- VIE
Is the Charge Upon wbjch Parts BfGck
burn is Reing Tried.
Atlanta Journal,

atlanta J6urnd',
An Interesting care came up An
Justice LanJrum's court this mofti'
ming. :.
Parker Blackburn, a young boy
was working for Mr.. G Glass on
! MARKETS. street for two. dollars q
week, and on Que pay day Mr,
Glass took out Of his wages Sl-25
for apples aud gipgefsnaps,., which
he said Parks had eaten up dur
ing the week. Mrs. Blackburn
went to see the grocer and a Ster>
my scene ensued, az she owed Mr..
Glass. some money and told him
Parks had eaten only a few half
rotten apples and she would take
his money out Of what she owed
the grocer. -.
Mr.. Glass was sonce What nettled
at this, anil informed her if she
did he would have the boy afrest-
ed tor stealing fifty APPLES, two
quarts of pickles, lead pencil and
a dime,
Mrs. Blackburn claims that Mr..
Glass damaged her sons characs
ter by making this assertion and
it was soon known to every one
in the ,neighborhood,' and, conse--
qsently she sued Nj. Glass for
5000.
He hit back by having her son
arrested on a charge of larceny
after trust, and it is this case which
came up this morning.
Mr., w A Loring represents Mr..
Glass and Alexander and Turn-
bull appear for the defense.
The case will probably he finish
ed this afternoon.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

The Farmers lub of Randolph
county, Ca, having decided to en-
ter an exhibit tor the prize offered
by the State Fair for the largest
and hest county display, the other
counties will have to stir themselves.
Randolph is splendid agriculture
al region and her farmers are men
of snap" and intelligence. They
will give the farmers of Sumter,
Bibb, Talbot, Putnam and Monroe,
the most conspicuous contestants
in the pasts a pretty lively aud
sharp campaign. The livelier the
better for all concerned.- Southern
Cultivator.
The South western news., 1888-03-21
Stick to the Party.

Clay County Advanced
Stand by the. democratic PARTY,
cost you what it may. Stand there,
if you are alone in your position.
Let no breeze from any shore shake
you. The consolation you will
find in having stuck to principle,
will more than pay you for all the
hon6rs you may acquire by allow
ing Yourself to drift here, there
ahd yonder. Mere principle viii
stand firm and finally succeed
all things. Christianity has had
conflict, and especially was it
ground deep and hard under the
heels of the church and state of
Rome-the light appeared almost
extinguished; but the sparks of the
old fire were kindled anew By the
stroke of Luther and others, and
to-day the world is all ablaze with
the true light of the eternal day
never, it appears to us, to become
the least dimmed again. This is a
fine example of the result OF true
principle-then stick to the dem5,i
cratic party,
The South western news., 1888-03-21

In an address before the South
ern society, in New York, Mr..
Horace Porter told the follow
ing:
From the solidity Of this audi,
ence | should Judge That the southS
ern states are fully represented. /
may say here what a man in a
Vermont regiment said one night
on the picket line during the late
scufle. He wa" posted well in
advance, with orders to give
prompt information of any advance
on the part Of our friends, the en-
envy. About midnight a quarter
masters horse il their army broke
loose from wagon and started
straight for our lines. Half a doz-
en- men shouted at him and tried
to head him off, but on he came,
with hoofs gathering, traceehains
rafting, and the remains of a de
moralized whiflietree swapping over
the stumps OF trees. Our man
came in and said, with all the cool.
ness OF Vermont winter 'They'er
a comm" "How many OF them?"
" all, | didn't stop to count 'em,
but from the solidity ov the move.
men. should jedge it's the hull
Suthrin Confedracy.N
The South western news., 1888-03-21
ALEED or c0RA.
Macon Te7egraph.)

Macon 1elegraph.)
The figures of last years crops
in the South are, on the whole, very
gratifying The most encouraging
fact they show is The largely ino
creased productions of corn.
Southern farmers have for sew
eral years past been rising toward
Independence as to food supplies,
and that most desirable position is
now clearly in sight.
Ten years ago the grain crop of
the south besides its cotton made a
very poor showing. Last year the
value of the. corn raised in the
Southern States crept up to an I'm
precedented figure. The total val.
ue OF the cotton crop is estimated
at 1854, 1852, 900, while the corn
was worth 1913, 1852, 800. The
combined value OF the corn, wheat,
and oats produced in the South
last year, in all probability exceed.
ed the value of the cotton crop.
The South need no longer look to
the granaries of the West tor her
bread.
The result of last years work,
which produced a very. large cot
ton yield and the biggest grain
crop in the history of tbs section.
will encourage the farmers to con-
tinue the same policy and to do
still better this year.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

In the name OF reason why will
the repeal of the tax ON smoking
tobacco, manufactured tobacco and
snuff endanger the loss of Virgin ia
and North Carolina? They sure
ly don't want d bounty on every
pound of tobacco they raise like
Northern protectionists want a
bounty on every article they man
ufacture. The earth aud the full
ness thereof could not satisfy
some people. ALBANY News.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

Jones Il say, Smith, 1 saw a
great magician last night. He
could give You lemonade or any
drink YOU wanted out Of white
hat
Smith-'That's nothing; we've
got a grocer on our corner who
can give you thirty-fve, forty and
torty>five-cents butter out of the
same tub
The South western news., 1888-03-21

1t is a curious fact that one out
of every nine persons you meet on
Broadway isa Hebrew. They num-
Der in New York City about 100
600, and with their wealth and in>
telligence, it ever organized
politically as a party, would exert
strong, if not controlling iuflu>
ence, on local politics.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

An Iowa woman placed a pan of
gasoline on the hot stove and star
ted to wash her hands in it thinks
ing it wash water. Her husband
iftends to rebuild as soon as the
funeral is over.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

The young folks of West Deer
Isle, Me-, have organized the
Tongue Guard Society, whose OBJ
iect is to guard against saying any
thing improper to or about any
one. Each offense is punished by
fine Of one cent, to be placed in
a box in the church, the fund to go
towards buying a circulating IL
brarv 80
The South western news., 1888-03-21
MASONIC.

s.PT schley Lodge, No 229 F A
NJ. j NJ Simmons, w NJ; II S
Bell, Secretary; T r Hannah,
Treasurer. Meets Ord Saturday
night in each month. :.
4 Wrench R A cHi4PTER, NO 40.
EBelfower, H p.
King; W D urray, Scribe; J &
+ Clark, Secretary. Meets End
Saturdaynightin each month.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

The Rev. DR.. Dix thinks that
the press promotes crime by giving
it publicity. The press thinks that
DIR. Dix promotes crime by keep
lug it covered up, 50 far as he is
able. The press and DR.. Dix are
not likely to mix.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

The Brooklyn tabernacle, the
Rev. DIR. Talmage, pastor, now
has the prodigiQus total member
ship Of 4,1o4 souls. Last Sunday
was a red-letter day, 1873 persons
uniting by profession and letter.
The South western news., 1888-03-21
KNIGHT OF HONOR

Dawson Lodge, No 125S-J M
siHmons Dictator; Fl s Bell, Re.
porter: T r. Hannah, Financial
Ranrter; A j. Baldwin, Treasurer.
Meets End an5' 4th' Friday night
Nv each month
The South western news., 1888-03-21

1t il said that Atlanta has lost at
least one million dollars on the late
decline OF cotton. The well known
firm OF j. W. Harle & Co., have
failed receiver asked for.
The South western news., 1888-03-21
COUNTY OFFICERS

Ordinary. H S Bell
Clerk Superior Court-J c F Clark
Sheriff. Il G Marshall .
Tax Receiver G Harris
Tax Collector. j H Crouch
Treasurer. u u LANG
Hurveyor-J f Waller
Coroner John Daniel,
County Farm supt.-W H Cams
mage.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

CITY GOVERN Emf
Mayor. VIM. Kaigler,
,Joanci!men. VIC .Kendrick, W
B Cheatham, G Deubler, J A
,Horsley, T r Hannah.
Clerk. j L James.
= Treasurer. F w Clark.
! Marshall L A Hatcher. -.
Deputy Marshall. John b Roberts
Street Overseer. Nick KenDey
Council meetsfrst Monday night
q each month.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

ON and after Friday. Sept 10Th, 1895
" passer2 ertfafAa VII rrn as follows
FOR THE WEST, E0kTH q SOUTH.
The South western news., 1888-03-21
DR.. q. A. CHE1THAM.

REMEMBER.-That Won can save
the mileage and visits hv calling on
0ld br. q. A. CHFATHAM at his
Office, for a Prescription and Med
Iclne, and in most cases do as WELL
as if he saw the case.
hSF Wben necessary, he will viisit
Patients By day or night.
The South western news., 1888-03-21
LEGION OF Honor.

Leel Council, . No, 795. C l.
Mize, Commander; j G Dean, Sec
Rotary; Mrs, q L Mize, Treasurer;
Meets End and 4th onday night
in each month.
TERRELL COUNCIL, NO SOL,
Royal Archanum Chas Deubler,
Regent; 7 r Hannah, Secretary
Meets LIST and 3rd Friday night in
sach month.
The South western news., 1888-03-21

0AOANo IL ~ w - = 'fasCcN
COMMODATION.
Stopping at all Stations,
Leaves Brunswick ............. 100 N
Arrives Wa, erOEs.... :. 49,. 70 m
RETURNING.
Leaves Way oross.......... flop ~
Arrives Brunswick ........... 10 Is pm
Purchase tickets ut the station, and
extra fare collected upon the train.
The mail train stops ~ all & W
ti0ps
Conn, ctions made at WAyerOs
from all points on Savannah.
Western Railway.
Pullman palace Sleeping snd Mann B
donr cars upon ia, kson lille ann Chi,thf
through trains. j. A. McDUFFIRs
i FW Angler, G.
IA A SAD ~. AGE
&GMi
The South western news., 1888-03-21

lllyas til.
ool)le of
to visit
! found
hem in
mum f.
ECkWOP7l
The South western news., 1888-03-21

An Interesting Gaze came up An
Justice LanJrum's court this mofn'
The South western news., 1888-03-21

Pre- scarce.
who wrii..
Etland, N
p inform
Fy can do
will pay
~ Some
n d..
Cani+.I
The Progress., 1888-02-04
The Progress.
Gus. H. Beauheu, Publisher.
Theo. H. Beaulieu, Editor.
White Earth Agency, RIinn.

HeA A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER de-
voted to the interest of the White
Earth Reservation and general North.
western. News. Published and man
aged by members of the Reserva.
tion.
Correspondence bearing on the In
dian question problem. OF on general
interest, is solicited.
Subscription rates: $500 per an
nun. For the convenience of those
who may feel unable to pay for the
paper yearly or who may wish to take
it OH trial, subscriptions may be sent
us for six and three months at the
yearly rates. All subscriptions or
sums sent to us should be forwarded
by Registered letter to insure safety.
Address all communications to
. -...... THE PROGRESS, ...
White Earth, MINI.
The Progress., 1888-02-04

desire the removal Of the Mile
Lac Indians to this reservation
without their fullconsent; already.
they have begun to find fault with
US, and last week they wrote a
letter to the Great Father asking
him to sell this reservation. Now
they have as much right to ask.
this as we have have to ask the
Government to remove them here.
lam anxious to have the Mime
nesota Chippewas consolidated on
this reservaJlon DuJ Jne1r consent
should be necessary, otherwise their
consolidation here would be fol
lowed by much discord which in
the end would probably lead to Sc
IlOuS JTOuD1e.
The Great Father at Washing
ton should send for the chiefs and
leading men Of the tribe and talk
the matter over with them"
The above is a. fair sample Of
h 4 II r. /. +
Of the feeling prevailing among
the Chippewas Of this State rela-
tive to the so-called agreement.
There is no doubt that the Indi-
ans who did sign the so-called
treaty were duped into doing it by
Misrepresentation. The object
Of the commission being evidently
to secure the signatures Of as ma.
ny Indians as possible without re-
sorting to means too dishonorable.
In response to a.question sug-
gested by one Of the chiefs to the
commission in relation to the 9TH
er portion Of the Mississippi bands
residing at White Oak Point and
Mile Lac, Mr.. Larrabee said in.
exactly these words, which can be
found by referring to page "A of
the commissioners report, 'sthis
agreement will amount to nothing
unless we get the consent of the
other Mississippi Indians. It is
impossible to misconstrue these
words, hence we say the Commiss-
ion has broken it's pledges with
the Indians upon this reservation,
and have also deceived the Gov
ernment by making it believe that
a majority Of the Indians was OBJ
tanned to the so-called agreement
The Progress., 1888-02-04
PART vi.
MEDA-wE-w1N--aRAND MEDICINE.

Observation-Disclosures MEDICINE.
It is we'll known that among
some Of the aboriginal tribes Of
North America there exists an or
der which has by many been con-
sidered as being similar to free.
masonry. Not being sufficiently
familiar with either of these or.
ders we are unable to say however,
ID what manner the similarity ex.
lists, neither have we ever learned
definitely the grounds advanced
for such a proposition. We are
informed that 'freemasonry is a
secret order, and from the meagre
knowledge acquired by us thus far
regarding the order existing among
the Indians, and which is known
as the Meda-we.win or Grand Med
icine, we can not form any just
conclusion that marked similari-
ty exists. It was not until re-
Gently however, that the general
impression which existed regard
ing the secrecy Of the MEDIA
win, did not exist with us. But
the apparent willingness displayed
by the Medicine priests and patri.
archs whom we have consulted to
give us such information as we
desired, regarding the origin Of
the rites Of the Grand Medicine,
has assured us that it cannot be
considered, strictly speaking, a
secret order. With this number
of the Progress we will commence
a treatise on the origin, custom,
ETC., Of the Meda-we-win as given
us by Day.dodge, Say-coss-e-gay,
and other Media priests. Say -coss-
e-gay's statement being clearer
and more readily understood than
the other priests we have consult
ed, we give it to our readers ver-
batim. At the conclusion of this
narrative which includes the several
degrees taken by those who wish
to become members Of the Grand
Medicine some explanation will
necessarily be given, as the Ian
guage used in relating the Media
rites to us were to vague aud OBJ
scure to properly translate it with
out loosing some Of its originality,
SO we allowed our narrator to pro-
ceed without interruption deem
ing it preferable for the interest
of,our readers to give them the
exact language used by the Media.
| We however, sought explanations
OF certain statements that ap-
peared vague to us, and will event.
ually give our readers the benefit
Of them.
TRADITIONAL STATEMENT OF THE
| ORIGIN OF THE GRAND MEDICINE.
''At the beginning Of the big
Earth there existed on it only four
persons, two men and two women,
who had not the power to think,
or to discriminate between right
and wrong; the Great Spirit
finally gave them the power to see,
think and to learn the duties
which have been imposed upon
mankind. When they had acquiir.
ed a knowledge Of these duties the
population Of the Earth began t.
increase, and it soon became quite
Numerous. It was at this time
that the Great Spirit observed
that his grand children, the I'm
}ish.in.ah .bayg spontaneous men
OF Indiansl were in deep distress,
and He frequently saw them cry
ing, and some Of tl,eiir numbers
The Progress., 1888-02-04
U1hl1e Cloud,
HlEAD CHIEF OF The MISSISSIPPI
OJiRNkAs, OBJECTIONS I

10 the So-cQiied Agreement MQde by
the Northwestern Commission
| Nth His Tribe.
Head. Chief White Cloud. Of this
reservation was visited by a Prog
ress reporter during the past week,
and requested to give his views re.
galding the agreement which the
Northwestern commission endeav-
ored to make with the White
Earth Indians two years ago.
Without hesitation he declared in
the strongest terms his opposition
to the so-called agreement, and he
was bitter in his denunciation of
the commission. He said:
I am strongly opposed to the
agreement for many reasons, and
principally against the common
fund plan. l consider that the
Commissioner took undue advan-
tage Of the Indians. In the first
place a sufficient length Of time
was not given them to consider a
matter Of 50 much Importance as
the agreement was to them. It was
q big thing. The commission
made certain proposition to them,
and they had no alternative but to
accept or reject them, seemingly
having no voice in the matter oth-
er than to do this.
bishop Whlpple said unless he
made a treaty with us we would
loose our reservation within six
months, and after only five days
Of counciling, he urged us to sign
the agreement, saying, unless
you sign it, the commissioners will
depart tomorrow, etc. And in
this manner undue persuasion was
used to get many to sign the So
called agreement who bitterly re-
gret it to-day. Out of the Miss
issippi bands who number about
three thousand persons, and who
own this reservation in comm on,
LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED
PERSONS SIGNED TT!
Without the consent Of a ma
jority Of the Mississippi bands we
were made to DISTINCTLY UNDER
STAND that the agreement would
be NULL AND VOID, and also, that
it would not be binding If the Red
| Lakers did not consent to consoli-
date with us.
There is nothing satisfactory
in the agreement, and if it is rati-
fed and enforced it will bring
trouble among US.
What we desire is to secure a
mutual agreement between the
Great Father and ourselves. The
White Earth, White Ooak Point,
and Mile Lac reservations are
owned in common by us, who are
called the Mississippi Indians, and
fif a majority Of these Indians con.
sent to an agreement there will be
no trouble among US.
We do not wish to have the
White Ooak Point reservation dis,
posed Of without the consent Of
that portion Of our band residing
there, and who number about sis
hundred persons, neither do -,
The Progress., 1888-02-04
The Indian; Right and Wrong.

J. !, hold these truths to be self-eyident.
mat ALI. Men are created equal: that they
Ate !. endowed by their Creator with certain
hnalenabls IIpn rights that among these are
LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT. or HAP
4th, l778. Wy
The Progress., 1888-02-04
tCopyright.)
The 01z5zvas,
THEIR CUSTOMS AND IRA
D1T1oNs,
As Handed Down for Centuries,
From Father to Son.
ETC., etc.
by The Snees,

Also from the Grand Sachem and
Medicine Seer Of the White Earth
Ojibwas.
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