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i t TT r 1 IE J SU- 0 $2 00 PER YEAR. A-r Eq.ual Olianoo rtXAd. HT'jxjLr IlPlcty. SINGLE COPIES, Ö CENTS. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1879. : No. 3. Vol. 1. LB AIM V FAFFLIN J The Grocer, Indiana Avenue. FOR BOOTS -AND SHOES !. not forget that the Occidental Hotel SHOE STORE Is tli.e Clieapest Place ! Iu the City, and has rriIK LAUGEST HTOCK. Ladies9 Shoes n apttiml nlzat ruuniig to 8 and 9 in front and miu lace. Men's Shoes as low as $ 75 Men's Heavy Boots as low as I 75 Men's Calf or Buf. Boots at 2 00 Ladies' hhocs at 7c, sc anu I 00 Washington and Illinois Sts. Koro Wo Cornel WITH THE BEST AND CHEAPEST FLOUR In tin iii.irk-t. It will cot you nothing to try it. as fvrv i.arrel is warranted, and money refunded ill lot :it if:ltir v. I 1 als. make iciiiltr or all kinds of feed in lance I and small (uaut itities. Frt JtcUceru. I IteUtery , H. WAMSLEY, 17S Indiana Avenue. lm3 Indianapolis, Ind. RUSSELL & JACOBS, Sltini Jfaitic & cRtiiaulanl, 56 Indiana Avenue. ;.hmI meals 15 to 25 cents. All persons vlaitlng the city are uiTiteU to gire us a call. lull Mr. v. ri;pi' OUST. R08BKBO W. F. RUPP & CO., MerchantTailors 23 E. Washington St, Indlaaapalls, lad.. W. H. POTTER, PHOTOGRAPHER, Cor. Wash, and 111. St ltM'IaMhil lll.uk. Indianapolis. Ind. - - hi PETER ROCKER. Itealer in all kinds of Y FLOUR AND FEED, 234 "77"cst 2lTort!j. Street. And 292 West Maryland St. O'BRIEN & LEWIS, Blacbmitlis ana Wap Haters ! GENERAL JOBBING SHOP. COR. NORTH AND FAYETTE STS., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Joe C. Morris, 1 Healer in Staple and Fancy Groceries, 41 WKsr MICHKiAN ST.. CORNER bOUOLASS Ituliaiiapolis, Ind. Chas. Smith & Emily Ballard's lTo. 27 Indiana. Avenue, Where I lie best meal in the city can le ha J for the small sum 01 15, 20 and 25 Cents. Edward Matthäus, Wholesale and Retail ICE CREAM, The ruriiiliiii) of Weldings and Festirsls a Special ty mi .short Notier, 192 INDIANA AVENUE. A. 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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Single Copy 1 year, ..$2.00 ... 1.00 ... 50 ... 1.75 ... 1.60 K mnntha " 41 3 months Club of six, 1 year, each copy, ten, l year, each copy,.. ....... .... To every club of ten, an extra copy will be sent. All orders must be accompanied by the cash. Notice. We do not hold ourselves responsible for views expressed by our correspondents. Short communications on all current topics will be gladly receiced and published, if accompanied by the name 01 the writer, we will not, however, publish any slanderous communication concerning any one. Money may be sent by Postoffice order, draft cr registered letter. All communications should be aidressed to J. D. BAGBY, Lock Box 60, Indianapolis, Ind Haytian affairs are still in a very com plicated condition, though the outlook at present seems favorable to peace. The provisional government recently oreanired with General Lamotte, of the National Part a8 Pident, has gained an import I ant VlttiWW rXT tVtA T ikAvnla A rrl 4 Vi a numerous opposing bands are submitting to the established authority. There is no telling, however, how soon the followers of the liberal claimants, Bazelais and the exile, Solomon, may rise up, and declare one or the other president. The Ohio campaign is being pushed with great energy by both parties. Indi cations, however, point very clearly to a Republican victory. It is reported, in fact, that the Democrats have given up all hope of electing Ewing, and are concen trating their forces on the legislative ticket, with a view to securing a United States Senator, to succeed Mr. Thuiman. The Republicans are thoroughly united. The western reserve is aroused, and the colored candidate sticks in Hamilton county, it these things cannot secure victory, then we shall resign our claims to prophetic inspiration. An interview with Captain A. D. Mor gan, ex-snenff of lazoo county, Miss., shows Dixon to have been one of the in ventors of the Mississippi plan, rnd a bull dozing murderer of the first water. He no doubt richly merited the fate he m it, but this makes the crime of those who murdered him now the less heniousin the eyes of civilized people. Right here Dem ocratic papers err. They state the facts regarding Dixon's career as a bulldozer as an anolocry for hid murder. Let it be j born in mind, however, that Dixon was killed, not in punishment for his crime, but in punishment for his renunciation of them. If he had been true to his bull dozing record, there would not to-day be a bigger man in Mississippi than Dixon. We are glad to note, however, that the Atlantic Constitution and some other lead ing Democratic papers are denouncing the Yazoo ruffians roundly. We are only I sorry they are so late. Tho Colored Candidate. I We a-e airain compelled to call the I attention of our readers to the political situation in Hamilton county. Ohio. The Pharisaical deacon, Richard Smith, editor of the Gazette, continues his fight against the colored candidate for the Legislature, George W. Williams. To a fair mind, there can be no doubt that the cause of Mr. Smith's opposition is the color of the skin which Mr. Williams happens to wear, t . 1 1 I in mis connection, nowever, we are giau to note mat tne lutewarmness wnicn at nrst seemed to cnaracterize me jommer- cial, has given way to enthusiastic sup- port of Mr. Williams; and we enjoy rather it..nntw;uMr TToi-foorT'a bpvptp hut. I .icnf f .ilnn for his double dealing' and inconsistency. Mr. Smith cathers up a lot or exploded V5trVian aoanrlala oVrmi Tr Williams onrl I uses the editorial columns of .the Gazette to o-iv Tn vtiirtiioitw- Tr, trnno-uttpr to the Sunday Commercial Mr. Williams completely refutes all the charges and proves the editor of the Gazette to be a I slanderer. Commenting upon Mr. Wil I liam's letter the Commercial says: "The conclusion is inevitable that the card of Mr. Williams thorougly disposes of all the charges except that he is a colored man. That he is not able or disposed to deny." Finally we commend to Mr. Smith and his kind for careful study the pertinent I inquiry put to him by Mr. Halstead, the editor of the Commercial-. "Why should there be a more vehement inquiry into the virtue of a colored man running for the-1 Legislature than in the case' of a white man?" I - : I CUBA. - . I We do not want the United States Gov- eruuieiii nor uie cuiureu ieui-iie ui mis country to forget that in the island of Cu- ba, just a few short miles from our own tree shores, negro slavery still exists, in all . . -.1 the inhuman and horrid barhanty which Spaniards only know how to make it. American slavery was bad enough, but by the side of its twin brother of Spanish birth, its victims were reclining on flow- ry beds of ease. The Spanish race, who were the origina-1 tors cf all forms of slavery, Indian, Afri- pun and ntliprwisp on lb fa rnnrinpnf nro a I blood-thirsty, and in many respects, a bar- barous people. The fact that bull fignt- ing is the principal national amuswrient, " ' , is a nffimVnt. inrlimifon nf ihe hint . .. . . I taatia nf tho mot I ht a1rlit irn I ' foM I that the old iDqüMttörrttm holds its court and has its victims, is a further in- dication of the barbarity of the nation. mineral wealth of great vah.e tru found to exist, in nearly all parts of the contr ... . . I nent. The Spaniards, bent on accumula- ting great riches and returning to Spain to enjo7 it, were quick toutilUe the native, for mining purposes. Whole tribes and nations were enslaved and made to toil hard, day and night, in the gold and sil- ver runes of Mexico, West Indies, and Peru, to the end that licentious Spanish debauchees might return' home to revel and riot in the laps of luxury and ease. But the aboriginal race of America was not a hardy one; and their ranks were so fearfully decimated, that one by one, tribe after tribe, nation following nation, they dronnpd out of existence: until fmall v the blood-thirstv monev-eettinir Spanish pi- rates, were confronted with the fact that ' "-' they were without laborers to produce their wealth. A robber however from his instinctive traits .of character, is the quickest of men to devise means to extri cate nimseil lrom a dilemma. Jt was so it m m 1 -v. with the Spanish robber in this case. He knew that to the South of his own native home, lay a large continent, teem ing with a people of a robust, hardy and long-lived race, who, steeped in a degrad ing ignorance centuries old in existence, would be an easy prey to his barbarous de- signs, witn a ourgiar, to tnink is to act. one follows closely upon the other. Without delay the piratical galleys of Spain were off for "Africa's sunny clime," to rob her of her dusky sons and daughters, for the purpose of carrying them across the ocean, to take the place of the unfortunate and ill-starred aborigines, who had been exter minated by these cruel adventurers, in their beastly hunt for riches. rr a lit . ' me a mean came ana toot tne natives place, in the mine and on the plantation The rigors which had destroyed the latter' far from being relaxed, were increased, the burdens from being iightened were made heavier; but the negro, constitutionally prepared to undergo hardships and priva tions, thrived under the deep and dire lead of oppression which he bore. Instead of sinking to the earth and disappearing. as had done his hapless predecessor, he liv A ?-rao,1 m.,1t?r,i;Arl onrl WnmA .,. , 1 " " merous. - Other nations joining in the reckless and piratical scramble for wealth, both the newly discovered continents and the adjacent islands were, in course of time, supplied in large part, with laborers drawn from the fertile African tribes. Not one nation which sent emigrants to the new world escaped the contaminating influence of human slavery. All fell victims to its seductive wiles. i But as civilation grew apace, thinking men of the most highly ; enlightened na ! 1 1 L. : 1 uyus iv-guii mj we me enormous anu mon - strous iniquity of the ulave system. They human to the blacks, but degrading and I demoralizing to the whites. They saw that it was fostering all kinds ot villainous and outrageous crimes, lhey saw that it went hand in hand with murder, theft outrage and rapine; they saw that it was a contradiction to al! religion, morality, law, truth and libery. They saw further and finally that its existence engendered an irrepressioie connict Detween ngnt ana wr An cr an A Vi on ra tViov r?rlrl rvn flip? r I &, -- - w ba5C w 6 "'l"'""-3 iuu"-j' tal combat. Agitation began. England led off. The iiDerai-minaea people 01 vnai country, always in the vammard of reform, de- their abhorence of the system, members ot rariiament became interestea in the matter, until finally steps were! taken to stop the importation of slaves. This was the enteriutr wedere. Act after I act followed; nation after nation joined in tne grand movement in favor of human I "ghts, until at last only two powers thatl mate pretentions of being enlightened I nations Spain and Brazil tolerate this I foul wrong of man agamstman. I Kecent steps were taken in the British aruameai 10 compel opain to put an enu at ODCe to the system in her colonies. tven m fcpam eüorts have been made to I 1 . . , . tue same end; and in tne United States I Congress, Hon. S. S. Cox recently declared I tnat fcpain must take some action to liber-1 ate tße enthralled slaves of Cuba immedi-1 ately. .It is well that this action should I e taken. The rotten and tottering fabric of Spanish corruption should know that it I has reached the end of the rope in this I matter. They must know that to persist I longer in their favorite brutality, is dally-1 iu6 .Uv uwhuui. I Tkn must know that while the days of white nuibusiering are prooabiy over, tnat black I . ! 1 1 .1 11.1 men can tae 11 up ana spread tne torca 01 insurrection iroin one ena 01 tne lertne 1 lsIe 01 Cuba to the other, lhey must 1 know that to tolerate Negro slavery any longer, is a direct insult and defiance to one-eighth of the people of this country, They must know that the five million Negros in the United States will not sit idly by and see their kindred brutally I hoiltrht and sold almoKt within a stnnp'sl O 1 throw of their own liberated shores. Let our government take action; and let the Spanish tyrany take warning and govern irxelf nrrnrrUno-l v. I . A Froman, Esq., . of Memphis, Tenn., I lia3 been in the city the past week in the i. - . interest of tke colored people of stricken I JMemphis. In an editoncl two weeks asro I tatea onr pwium w tn regara to the t.nnt.nr. in I .Xl F 1 w m Pms ny lQe cllv aumoniies. . it is at- saw that it was not only oppressive and in- ( tempted to force into unhealthy camps in see our girls, and they will never make eta.-pmxtalty to the great MfSuSSull wnose "oxious gases are no uoubt the most Pent causes of yellow fever. The colored people say they would be much more liabls t0 tate tne Iever in tnese camps than at their homes; besides being exposed to miasmatic diseases scarcely less I to De dreaded than yellow fever. We re-1 I Pe1 our Iormer statement. Ihe voice of I I tue lard of health speaks the skve dri-1 ver's views; the colored people give utter - ance to tue vews tne humanitarians I uPn this question. Mr. Froman will or - ganizea committee here, which will re-1 I. 1 .....I. .. I ceive contributions ana iorwara direct to lüe commiuee ai P18' wr 'Oman's I business being only to lay the matter be-1 xore ine PUDUC- ir- roman comes well recommended, and we bespeak for the suf - fprpr whom Ii rpnrpsfnt irnprnna rharl. . , , . . . . .1 Ä u a e u 1 table treatment at the hands of the people wr of Indianapolis. It is announced that sixty-three thous - and colored and ninety-six thousand white children attended the rmhli unhnnln . r 1 I. L Ul auitiiii uuiiug tue j'oaii J cai , tuiu that the schools are supported wholly by a poll-tax; the amount paid by whites and blacks being applied respectively to the support of white and colored schools, This is a discrimination which disgraces the statute books of others States than all T . I .ntthsn innnrniW,WnfWnMN possession of the property, resisted and Bourbon flame. In the rural des- .:wp Tt,.i nA i. h. n inrational nAvtnt Wftrtu mentioning. In Louisville, and a few ether principal cities, the city eovern - ments have provided good schools for colored people, but you have only to ad - vance upon a cross road, to find, in all its offensive rankness, tho brutalizing senti - rnent which prefers ignorance and vice to intelligence and virtue. TtP-t. nrfvidp infüoütA that Trrl C.hplmsFord a announcement of th nrl rr I trw 7llll Wr W mPm9tnr Potv. I J J , it appears, has a strong force of cntlmsias- tic adherents, who would count their lives I a trifling sacrifice iu defence of their leader I and their country. The British are trying 1 to bribe various tribes to engage in the at- I tempt ttx capture Cetywayo, five thousand I head of tattle having been offered to one I tribe for the head of the Zulu chieftain. I All of which goes to show that the British pronunciamentoes regarding the end of I the war were simply whistling to keep the I spirits up. Nearly all the principal - 1 nations of South Africa, having had a I. t 1- 1 !". t 1 taste 01 xvriiisn ruie ami nrmsn justice, I seem to be rallying to Cetywayo's stand- ard as the forlorn hope against a ruthless invader. Unless we are very much iais, taken lively times may be expected in boutn Africa. EDITORIAL NOTES. The author of the Impending Crisis, II. R. Helper, lives in St. Louis. The Louisiana ReDublican Central Committee refused to pass a resolution endorsing General Grant for President. Misa Carrie Lewis, of Cleveland, has en- Chicagodur- ing the summer. Miss Lewis returns to Washington in the Fall. The death of Mrs. Nellie Grant-Sartoris 13 autoratively denied. It was a cruel ru mor set afloat by some newspaper pirate, r """" r-t The "Eastern Association of the Anti- Slavery Baptist Association convened in Zanesville, Ohio, on th 20ih inst. Rev. Poindexter, of Columbus, preached the in troauctory sermon. Douglass Jerrold said that there are some people in the world whose friend ships are so warm that they no sooner take them up than they put them down again. Chat. N. Y. Herald. John P Green a colorcd lawycr of Cleve iand, Ohio, is 2 contestant for a place on the Legislative ticket of the vicinity f Cuyahoga. The Republicans of Cayahoga can go farthe, and do much worse than nominate John P. reen In another column we present some of the many good things said about the Leader by our exchanges. It shall be the highest ambition of the proprietors of the Leader to merit the good opinion of our patrons and contemporaries. According to Edward Everett, a teacher .... . . ougnt to know everytning much more tuan the learner can be expected to ac- quire He must know things in a master .w ly way curi0usly, nicely, and in their reasong. In which opinioa all educators must concur. Bachelors are advised by the Paris newspapers either to marry a woman who is beautiful enough to live without a for tune, or one who is rich enough to do without beauty. The latter are in very . , prnanri h prpaho uts. fTM T. ' i Ti t 1 ? n the r of the Naüon (big N and reading between the lines we judge that it also believes, at least, in the American Negro (big N. also Brother Basrby). Peo- Eight Brother Cromwell, the Leader iuj a r -n a rvnn twins. jw. Ihe Indianapolis ieadek says - -".. "r ";r" f,'"" "w " J L v j;he country, except Indianapolis. Let Messrs. Bagby & Co. visit our city and Ten Commandments. Louuwlle Bulletin. John Quincy Adams, we do hereby solemnly pronounce you another. Ed. Leadek. v The many frjends of George C. Harding, Esq., editor of the Herald, are glad to see him again on our streets, much improved in health, by his trip in search of ozone and the strawberry. The letters written 1 by Mr. Harding while on his Northern I trip are among the best productions of his 1 facile pen. As a reader of the Herald we welcome Mr. Harding back to his old post, I and as a cotemporary, tne deader wisnes 1 mm and tne excellent journal or wnicn he is the founder long life and prosperity, I if the Washington correspondent of the 1 Indianapolis leadeb is "neither to eat, I sleep nor drink till Trof. bampson is cor ralecl, and it is ascertained whether he is u a u our handsomest man, we pity that corre- spondent; for J. P. gave our city a wide berth years since, but as he lately caugnt 1 one of the prettiest of Washington's I daughters way down boutn and too k ner Ior ms wiie, ue may cair anu sc us some I mnro nna Ar t h ma rf ova t-'Mnf M Aitvn , i cate. A colored family- of Philadel phia, named George, recently brought suit in the courts of Richmond, Va., for the purpose of recovering a valuable estate I 1 -ft n L.m :n Tha'v lot Y,A.r a "UCi" " T . , 3 ""-VÄ"""' " I nUlLO 111 J11 1- A UCll T AAA. WW 1 VIM Vi VS - n UV their claim and whe the mattr came "P I in court, a compromise was effected, by wh)ch the property was equally divided between the white and colored claimants. l Prof. John M. Lanpton, minister to I Hay ti, has come home on leav& of absence, 1 to recuperate. Having recovered entire I ly from his attack of Yellow Jack he wil 1 now have time to ponder the excellent J obituaries with which the papers teemed Ion the premature announcement of his de&ta 80100 months ago. No doubt these " I .11 v . e : r. U flB IS IU6 pUBWSUI It ii -1 1 s iv . t I 1 ' 1 . i.t e V.-V. l. u . w im8 ume Deeu m nse ignorance. I California, it would .seem, needs a little reform. De Young, leader of the Bilks party, for mayor of Sari Francisco, abused I the father of Kalloch the workingmen' candidate, ,and rovive a scandal abou Mr. Kalloch in which" there was more truth than ficticn. Kalloch retorted by slandering De Young's mother, whereupon De Young proceeded to, Kalloch s resi dence, called him cjtt and shot him Kalloch will probably ( recover, but the til JahV A M. tl nla.tirkn In auair wm, .wuuuuv, uawp snvv. . favor of the workingmen. THE COLOR KD FAIR. A Grand Success Spdexdid Display of Industrial Products Racing of all Descriptions and a General Good Time. The misgivings which many entertained as to the success of this initial effort of our race at a display of industiial products are now dispelled. Nothing wins like success, is the old adage. Judged by this standard, the colored fair wins. Five hundred people came from Lovisville, and many lrom the various towns of Indiana. The crowd Wednesday was not quite so large as was expected, owing to the fact that Indianapolis was holding herself back for the great day, Thursday. And right royally did she redeem herself. Many of our white fellow citizens of all ranks and political persuasions turned out to enjoy a day of sport and sight-seeing with their colored neighbors. We have yet to hear one regret the time spent. The display of lace, needle, patch and numerous kinds of fancy work by the ladies was One of the principal attractions, and creditable alike to their taste and skill. In the matter of canned fruits, jellies, preserves, etc., the exhibit was very good. In no department, however, did your reporter take a deeper interest than in that of cookery. Here we found nearly everything in that line that could be exhibited, in excellent style; cakes of such exquisite and tempting appear ance that it required tbe appetite of a chronic dyspeptic or the courage of the ancient stoic to pass them by unharmed. The pacing and trotting races of Wednea day afternoon attracted quite a crowd, and were very much enjoyed. The track was in excellent condition, and the weather fine. Thursday was the great day. Among the colored people business was entirely suspended and nearly everybody repaired to the Exposition Grounds. The ehibit was greatly iucreased and the crowd was absolutely immense. The great attraction of the day was of course the races, of which the 300 trotting race was the most important. The entries for this contest were Fred Douglass, John B Nellie K.f Elsie Wood and Polly Wishard. The race was one of the most exciting and interest ing ever seen on our course. Jollity and good feeling prevailed. There were five heats, John 1$. coming out ahead in three heats; Fred Douglass being head to neck with him on the last, having pressed him closely in each, winning two heats. The name of the latter won for him a good deal of enthusiasm, and if he had passed John B. on the last heat, well, there woul dhave been a scene. John B.' time was 2 30, Lilly B. won a running race. Mrs. Wm. Brown took a prize for graceful riding, and George Hopkins and Miss Sarah Douglass took the prize for "best turnout lady and gent in buggy." There was an immense crowu in me nan at night. The dancing hall was brilliantly ighted, and a jolly crowd tripped the icht fantastic till the we sma hours. The grounds were visited Friday, the last day,lya large number. Mean time the 3 1 1: : r juuges were uusjr arum juiz-cs. e go to press too early to give the names of the successful competitors. In our next issue we will publish a complete list of the en ries and premiums awarded, with partic ular mention ot many of tbe more import ant articles, with the names of the owners. Thus endd this successful enterprise, which reflects great credit on Messrs. Braxton, Hill, and their associates of the board, as well as upon their race, and the enerous white friends who aided them. WHAT THEY SAY. Crawfordsville Journal. The Indianapolis Leader, the colored people's paper, appeared first last Satur day. It is published by Bagby & Co., and ably edited by Prof. J. D. Bagby. It is worthy of a living support from the col ored people over tha State. iNoblesTille Led!-. We have received the first number of the "Indianapolis Leader," published by I. D. Bagby & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. The Leader is published every Saturday for two dollars per j'ear, and is the special organ of the colored peopld, though from i J : i -1 1 1 . : il.. Its euiuinais you wouiu not recuniAe tut fact. The Leader is conducted from an elevated standpoint, as it recognizes fully the policy which will advance the interest of one class of American citizens will also advance all classes. The interests of the colored and white elements are bo inti mately interwoven that they cannot be separated without equal detriment to both. We trust that the time is not far d& ...t when all will alike share the hon ors as well 'as the burthens of government. We speak for the Leader a liberal pat ronage among our citizens, regardless of color. In politics, the Leader fails to see any reason why it should support a party whose whole lifetime has been devoted to enslaving its race, and which sought a de struction of this government, that on might be established whose corner-stone should be negro slavery. Terre Haule SaturJay Courier. The Indianapolis Leader is the name of a new paper started at Indianapolis, last week by J. 1). Bagby & Co. It is published by clored men in the interest of colored, people. Iu the salutatory the editor savs, "In volitics the Leader will be Republican, believing that the best interests of the colored people, and the whole country, will be best conserved and advanced by the success of the Republi can party, and tin; grand principles upon which it is founded. It believes in a ra tion commencing with a capital N. This paper should receive the hearty support of the colored people of Terre Haute, if it follows out ihe plan of con duct foreshadowed in its initial numher, and so long as it does so, no doubt will be supported. The motto of the paper is "An equal cl ance and fair play." So say we. Give every race and nationality a fair show, and reach out the protecting hand to those who are and have beeu down-trodden and oppressed. 3 1 - - V .r