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THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 15. 1875
Tf. J. MURTAGH Editor and rroprletor.
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MONDAY MORNINO:::8::::FEBBUARY 15. 1S73.
THE DISTRICT BILL.
Mr. Morrill did not succeed in holding
the Senate to final action on his bill Satur
day night This was the more unfortunate
since it had been reported from the Com
mittee of the Whole, and its passage was
morally certain if a vote had been reached,
and also because Mr. Morrill had given the
assurance to the Senate, on taking up the
bill Saturday, that if a final vote was not
reached he would not again press it upon
the attention of the Senate. Inasmuch as
a conclusion is so near at hand we trust
the Senate will not hold Mr. Morrill to the
rigid observance of his promise. After all
the labor he has bestowed upon this sub
ject he is" entitled to the verdict of the Sen
ate, and it certainly is not his fault if Sen
ators "play at cross purposes," as Mr. Ed
munds remarked. As the bill stands, an
amendment for the election of one com
missioner by the people is pending.
Though suffrage has been defeated on
every vote thus far, this compromise has
commanded more votes than any other.
The House will most certainly insist upon
a recognition of the suffrage feature, and it
will help to insure the passage of the bill
in that body if the Senate shall concede
this point. It is very desirable that the
principle of tbe bill, which gives the Uni
ted States Government preponderant con
trol in District affairs, should be se
cured; and yet it would be very
unjust to deny the people of the District
all representation or voice tn the matter.
They are entitled to be heard in the selec
tion of either a member of the Board of
Commissioners or in the person of a Rep
resentative upon the floor of the House.
We are sincerely desirous of securing a
permanent form of good government in
this District, and are satisfied that Mr.
Morrill's bill brings us nearer to that end
than any measure yet proposed. It will
be disastrous to the best interests of the
District to have it fail. The best exposi
tion of the theory of this bill was made in
debate by Senators Allison and Morrill on
Friday, in which the relation and responsi
bility of the General Government to the
District was clearly set forth. Mr. Allison
put the suffrage feature exactly right in
advocating the election of one commis
sioner, and Mr. Morrill's remarks testified
anew his determination to serve both the
people of the District and the General
Government with courage and discretion.
DISTBICT SECUBITIES AND THE HEW
HEW YOBK STOCK EXCHANGE.
In a recent issue of the New York Jour
nal of Commerce an inquiry and reply were
published as to why the Congress "guaran
teed 3-63 bonds" are not to be found at the
New York stock board. Those in whose
behalf the inquiry was made, and who de
sire to know the true cause, have deemed
the reason given by the above journal as
insufficient and unsatisfactory, and have
submitted the question to The Republi
can. TVe have devoted much time and
space in our financial column to the Dis
trict securities, and the files of the past
month will show to any person conversant
with the New York Stock Exchange laws
why it has been impossible to place the
guaranteed 3-C3's on the official list of the
Exchange.
When the bonds first made their appear
ance, half a year ago, some New York bank
ers and brokers after examination found
that the guarantee was equivocal and in
sufficient, and decided not to touch the
bonds until the guarantee was strength
ened, and they depreciated the bonds, for,
strange to say. New York even governs
the price of District securities. Others
whom we could name gave tbe matter a
more thorough investigation going to the
Constitution of the United States; to the
lepert of the House Judiciary Committee
of the Forty-third Congress, and to certain
bills which have afterward been pending
before both Houses to prove "only to
their own minds" that the bonds are worth
something. These gentlemen, without ex
hibiting any undue anxiety, scooped every
bargain they could find. Another element
in the interest of parties who are purchas
ing largely congratulated themselves that
they were buying to better advantage in
a private way than they could do were the
bonds called at the board, their absence
liiaking it appear tuat tncrc ,vas no market
lor them.
The New York Stock Exliangc requires,
among other things, that the eict issue of
bonds to be placed on the list m't he
given. If the certified copy of the la"1"-'
iiau been furnished the Exchange, and the
proper effort made, it would have availed
nothing, as the issue is merely estimated,
and the amount cannot be ascertained until
after the report of the Board of Audit is
made. And even then it will be a question
or doubt that the bonds will be placed in
the Exchange. Those who handle them
in New York will not be anxious to have
them put in, as it would narrow their
chances for speculation. Tl.e Stock Ex
change and operators in Washington may
also find a disadvantage in placing them, as
it might eventually carry the bulk of the
transactions to the New York market.
DISCUSSION
CONCEBHIHQ
DISTBICT AF-
FAIRS.
"On Friday last, the District hill being
under consideration in the Sciv.tc, Mr?
. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, said
"IthaSbeeomeahaUittoai.-as(. nd k
,Shl ?CeTU? WL '"had an thinS to
do with the Distr,- covcrnmCnt for the last
,nvT.w0Ur -.. I would like Senators to
c attention to what this District was,
uat this city was fifteen years ago and then
contrast the condition of affairs now. Then
the much-abused people of this city had here a
parcel of straeglinS villaes, eery one of
whlh was unfit to represent any part ot tne
t capital oi this country; and now they
l,. ' " '- it one or the most beautiful cities
Jn JhVVii,, If tU F woric. has cost a
l?m . -' money, it has ad Jed to the
weinh?rmnt'U & n,an "ho had a
fi?LCVS7 "'ly- The price for which
fi pety ln ,his Di- ah-aa or what it
ahead, tome millions much-abused
'"" "Sl-t before tfc. I have no
people took charge or the tit,. -nbodybc-interest
fa them; I hardly know a 'v duty
longing to them; but I think it Is k. ''ms
when 1 see men become as It were the vte
or common scolds to Hand up and defend the.
it,. lmn J"re nencS some of
these men, and amomr them the much
abused Governor Shepherd, will be alrnntt
canonized In this city. lie I yet a jotm man
aD2 hre wlU Probably live to overcome all this'
and I have no doubt in after years he will hi
pointed at as tbe master spirit who had cour
age, tatennce and vigor enough to combine
.. """..". ' mm town in layer or its pros
Tnly. IKvtevD patience with people who
havejot rich here through the iritclilt:nce and
the vigor of the roenwhotook charge or this
work, and who nojr jrrumble about taxation.
Men and women who talk about taxation
.nrt"rhaJd OJ are thelasfwh.0
hVto do' rJ r W . Joor
talking against tax--ttW- It is the rich that
always quibble about taxes. I remember once
alorirwhile net) a very rich man was talking
to jno against tbe t8 of the trough in
which I lived. I said to him, 'Mr. Hummer, I
wish to God I was taxed Ave time6 as much as
you are, because I am sure It would represent
sonietbingwhich I ought to pay.' We all ought
to Lave a pride in this city, and espucially I as
an old man who have been here off and on for
more than fifty years am entitled to feel some
pride In it, and if there have been some wrongs
Leielwould oterlook them, In consideration
of the great good that has been done."
In reply to these just remarks, Mr. Thur
man, of Ohio, said:
"Mr. President, I am quite sure that my
friend from Pennsylvania has nerer read the
testimony taken before your committee of last
year, or he would not have made tne speech
v e have just listened to. lie says that these
contractors expected to be paid in good.hoaest
money, as I understand him, whereas that tes
timony shows that allowances of from 15 to 25
per cent, were made in letting contracts be
cause of the depreciated medium In the form
of green certificates and yellow certificates, and
every other sort of colored certificates, In which
these persons expected to receive their pay.
This whole subject was considered at the last
session when the hill was passed. It was
brought more particularly to the attention of
Congress by a message from the President upon
that subject ; and It was on a fall explanation
and. after the report made bythe committee, a
report in which the committee were entirely
unanimous, that the provision remained in the
bill as originally reported the provision for
the conversion of the floating debt Into the
bonded debt provided for by the bill ; and that
bonded debt was fixed with the rate of interest
of 3.C5 per cent upon a computation made with
the utmost care that such bond would fully pay
the contractors a fair and reasonable compen
sation for their work. And now the Senator
from Pennsylvania says that they expected to
be paid in good money when they made their
contracts, whereas the fact Is directly the re
verse, and the contract price of the work was
enhanced from 15 to 25 per cent, because they
were not to be paid in good, honest money.
"One thing further while I am up. My
friend from Pennsylvania says, as I understand
him, that In thirteen years from this time
Shepherd will be canonized here in the Dis
trict of Columbia. My friend forgets that In
that grand old church which canonizes the
saints, a hundred years must elapse, a full
century after the death of man or woman, be
fore he or she can be made a saint; and al
though this is a fa6t age, I do not think we
bac become so fast that in thirteen years
from now Gov. Shepherd will be canonized as
a saint in any part of the United States. Mr.
President, I am quite sure that five years from
now no member of the Board of Public Works
will be a saint in the District of Columbia.
When the flfty-two miles or wooden pavement
in this District shall have rotted, as" it will In
less than five years from this day and become
worse than an old corduroy road across a
swamp, and when the people" of this District
or the Government of the United States will
be called upon to expend some 10,000,000 or
$15,000,000 to replace that rotten pavement, I
do not think that any memler of the Board of
Public Works which laid it here, and wltich
taxed the people of this District to lav it;
which imposed on the Government or the Uni
ted States an expenditure of millions of money
to lay it, will be canonized as a saint in the
minds of any part or the people or this Dis
trict." To this Mr. Cameron replied as follows:
"I am sorry to consume a moment of time
longer. I only desire to say that my good
rriend, the Senator from Ohio, was, I believe,
one of that committee which investigated all
these bad doings in the city of Washington.
Was he not ! In looking over the report or
that commitlee I did not see a word which
spoke derogatory to the character Tor honesty
or Mr. Shepherd. Not a word or that kind, I
think, is in that report. I said that in thirty
years he would be canonized, not in thirteen;
but I think it will be in a much shorter time
than thirty years, for wo move faster in this
country than elsewhere. A man who showed
himself so superior in the ability required for
the post to which he was called will not have
to wait many years before he is appreciated.
"The Senator talks about the wooden pave
ments here. At the time they were com
menced there was a rage all over the United
States to build wooden pavements. They had
long been used in ltussia, and their failure
there was not known here until we made them
a part ol our system of paving. They have
failed in Cincinnati, and they have railed, I be
lieve, In Columbus, Ohio; they have railed In
San Francisco and they have failed in Chicago,
but they had not failed when the experiment
was tried here.
"But everything that is created perishes. A
pavement no more than a man or a woman
lites forever. Pavements have their day, and
they are useful in their time, but they die. All
the improvements which men project die anl
gic place to something else. The wooden
pavement already has given way to the con
crete, which proves itself better than wood,
and after a while that will perish and give
place to something else. But in all time, with
the lmprovemcnts'begun here, this city will go
on and prosper, and every year become more
beautiful. I havea pride in believing that
in a very few years this will be the most beau
tiful city in the world. Look at this capital
now ; there is nothing like it in any part of the
present civilized world. It is more beautiful,
more grand, and more convenient in all its ap
pointments than any other building of tbe kind.
Look around these streets everywhere. You
can ride ocr them without being jostled or
hurt. How was it before Mr. Shepherd took
charge here ? The Senator from Ohio and I
came bere alout the same time a great many
years ago, and he will remember what a set of
straggling and dirty villages there were here ;
how difficult It w as ordinarily to get from the
Capitol to the White no use or the public
buildincs beyond. It Is no t.THiule to do that
now. What has all thiscost? Comparatively
nothing. As I said some time ago, i',c assessed
value, and the real value of this city .I many
hundred per cent, more than It was bv"'ore
these expenses began, and the grumblers a."6
getting the advantage or thera. We had bet
ter act liberally, and wc had better act so that
in the future our acts shall be approved of.
"I know the Senator lrom Ohio is one of
the most humane, one of the most benevolent,
and one or the most just men In tills body, and
yet he is a little governed by politics, I am
sorry to believe. Laughter. He cannot
heiiete that anything which comes out of a
Republican head or heart is quite right. It
Mr. Shepherd had been a good Democrat, I
dare say my rriend Trout Oliio would have pat
ted him on the shoulder and said 'that is very
nice." Laughter.
This brought Mr. Tlrunnan again to his
feet. He said.
"Mr. President, I would not say a word in
prolongation of this discussion upon the point
suggested by our venerable friend from Pcnn
sylvania ir it were not for one remark that he
made, and that was that he had looked Into
the report of the investigating committee last
year and found no condemnation, as I under
stood him, of Governor Shepherd."
"Mr. Cameron. Yes."
"Mr.Thurman. Well, sir, I have heard a
great deal of that sort ol thing heretofore by
people who have not looked into the report
with their glasses on, although they ought to
-e worn glasses u tuey could not sec other
lfc It is very true that in that report I
believe u'-10 ls no specific charge against Individuals-
au1 why not? Thc report was made
toward the clo.1 of thc session. The com
mittee felt that th ,Y h"1 a ffreat duty to per
form to reliee this District from a govern
ment that was uttcnj" bankrupt and had
protcd itself totally inehcient and ill-suited
to rule over this people; anu with the patriotic
purpose or passing a bill tha.- should relieve
the people from that government, we deter
mined to aioid c try question that could excite
discueon or excite passion on the floor or
cither House or Congress, and to put our report
upon public grounds and public considerations,
so that it might be the unanimous report of
thc committee, no member foregoing his own
convlctioa cither as to thc guilt or Innocence
or individuals ; and that accounts for that
report.
"We did not consider ourselves a grand jury
to find an indictment against particular indi
viduals. We (onsidtred ourselves a joint com
mittee of the two Houses of Congress to per
form a much higher dnty than to prefor indict
ments against individuals to perform the duty
of reporting to Ongress whether the then
government of this District was the-best gov
ernment for the District, or whether another
and a different government ought to be inau
gurated in its stead. That was our highest
duty to perform, and we performed that duty.
Had we taken tbe other course, had we
brought in indictments against individuals,
even though w e had reported them by thc vote
of thc entire committee, we should have had
such a contest in both Houses here that no
measure reported by us could pass. We knew
that, and therefore wc avoided accusations
against Individuals, and reported simply upon
public considerations a bill that we asked Con
gress to pass. There is no Inference from the
silence of that report as to the opinions of the
committee, or of the members of the com
mittee, as to the guilt or Innocence of indi
viduals." In this connection it may be well to re
produce the language of thc able, brave
and truthful young Senator from Iowa, Mr.
' Mison. Shortly after thc adjournment of
a. -ess last year Mr. Allison addressed
Cong.. Ing crisp aDd ringing words to a '
the follo-w "m sorry that Shepherd was
friend : "I v -ificcd, as he has done so
" temporarily sau.
le can afford to wait,
m eatt upon his
" much for the dtr. '
" however, as no tlain
IXVESTIOA-
"honor or integrity Br-riu.
tios orreportl" ' ""uer,
Mr- Allison was, as all win remeu.
chairman of tho District Investigating con.
ujiilt;. ii care conicni inattac case be
submitted to the future upon tlit above
quoted statement of Mr. Thurman, the
wary fox of the Democratic party on the
one hand, backed up by the pirate DiM
and thc libelerWhitelaw Reid, and on thc
other side Mr. Allison, chairman of the
committee, and the testimony taken before
thc committee, which fully sustain him.
"PEETEHSE OF LEGAL AUTHOBITY."
After stating that under the constitution
of Arkansas registration is a prerequisite to
voting, and that thc election held for the-
purpose of ascertaining thc sense of the
people, on the subject of calling a constitu
tional convention, was held without regard
to the registration laws of thc State, and
that thc eleventh section of the act provid
ing for a constitutional convention was in
derogation of the constitution of the State
in this, that it destroys the secrecy of the
ballot, and after stating that thc courts
were closed and that the question could not
be litigated, Judge Poland, in his report in
the Arkansas case, gives as the reason why
the Garland government would bo sus
tained that " thc election held for ratifica
"tion was under the form of law, and thc
" officers who conducted it acted under ap
"pointmentand under official oaths." This
is a most remarkable statement, and it
strikes us as being inconsistent and contra
dictory with other assertions contained in
the report.
It must be borne in mind that the elec
tion' held for thc ratification of the consti
tution was held under an ordinance of thc
convention, and not by virtue of aHy law
of thc State. In speaking of thc power of
the constitutional convention to provide
the election machinery and thc officers to
conduct the election for thc ratification or
the constitution, Judge Poland, in another
portion of his report, says: "This conven
' tion had no legislative power whatever.
" It must now be regarded as settled that
" no legislative power is inherent in such
" conventions, and none can be delegated
" to them by the Legislature." Continuing,
he says': "Thc convention might doubtless
" have fixed a time for thc election, and
' made any other mere regulations in re
" gard to it, but if they submitted it to the
" people for ratification, they should have
" done it under the existing law, and to be
" conducted by tho existing officers
" of thc law. There was an ex
" isting registration, there were existing
" officers of registration and election, aHd
" the convention had no power to dis
place them and provide others." Here
wc have it asserted thc convention had no
authority to pass an ordinance submitting
thc constitution to a vote of thc people, or
to dispense with registration and election
and registration officers, or displace them
and substitute others in their stead. Not
withstanding this denial of power, the con
stitutional convention of Arkansas did dis
pense with registration and displace the
registration and election officers of the
State, and substitute others to hold the elec
tion for the ratification of thc constitution.
Not only this, but the officers or persons
thus provided for by the ordinance held thc
thc election and declared thc result which
put thc constitution in force.
In thc face of these facts and admissions
Judge Poland says : " The election held, for
"ratification, was under theom of late,
"and the officers who conducted it acted
"under appointment and under official
" oaths." We arc unable to see tho "form
of law," nor are wc able to comprehend
how it can be claimed that any thing was
done " under thc form of law " when thc
body attempting to create the ' law or forms
of law " had no legislative power. It is
doubtless true, that the persons who acted
as election officers did so ' under appoint
ment and official (?) oaths." But the
question is, who appointed them, and from
whence was the authority derived to ap
point them? The answer is, that the au
thority to appoint was conferred by thc con
vention, and Judge Poland says it docs not
possess any such power, and that thc Legis
lature could not confer any such power on
it. It may be that the election officers
were sworn. If so, thc oath was adminis
tered in compliance to the command ofan
ordinance of thc convention, which, Judge
Poland says, it had no power to pass.
These things being true, thc question fol
lowing these premises is, arc the acts of
persons, assuming authority to act, from a
body that has no authority to provide for
thc exercise of power, entitled to, or of the
same force and effect, as those of persons
acting under thc authority of unquestioned
power? Judge Poland seems to think there
is no difference; and that a body having no
authority may designate persons to perform
certain acts, and that if thc thing be per-
rmed the execution of the thing en
jo'JnrJ curcs all Illegality. In other Words,
that an executed tort is not tho subject, or
review, or redress, and that what V'as
wrong in me ursi instance, from the
moment of its consummation, begins to and
docs crystallize intc riht ere thc setting of
the sun.
Judge Poland and his aWclalcs admit
that thc election held for the ratification of
the Constitution was an unauthorised elec
tion, that it was held without authority of
law. If not authorized by law. then it ws
not an election at all. But in response to .'
our answer he says "thc officers who con
ducted the clectionacted under appoint
"rnent and fofficial oaths," and that such
elections "are entitled to be regarded dif
ferently from mere voluntary meetings."
Why? Is this so because the officers of
election were deceived as to their author
ity, or because the electors were deceived,
or because both were deceived as to the
authority of the one and the acts of the
other? Does the fact that persons assuming
to act as election officers at an unauthorized
election, although "sworn," were mistaken
and deceived as to thc absence of power
in thc convention to appoint them,
change either the law or the facts? or does
the validity of an election depend upon the
belief of cither the voters or persons assum
ing to act as election officers? Does the
fact that either or hoth were mistaken le
galize anything? Before what tribunal
was the elector responsible for illegal
voting, or the election officers amenable for
making false returns, if the election was
held without warrant or authority of law?
Will the Congress of thc United States
allow a State government to be overthrown
by a vote obtained under circumstances
where the elector could not be punished for
illegal voting, or thc officers of such elec
tion punished for making false returns?
Why there is not a court in Christendom
that would recognize a county subscription
to a railroad corporation as legal or valid
which had no other foundation than thc
vote cast at an unauthorized election, no
matter by whom the judges of election
were appointed, nor no matter how often
"sworn."
The legal proposition submitted by Judge
Poland to Congress, and what he asks that
body to declare, is that participation in an
unauthorized election carries with it tho
same force and effect as an election held
under and in compliance with thc law.
His proposition is that thc declared result
of an illegal and unlawful election is just
as binding on thc people as an election held
in compliance with law, and this he claims
may be done in a manner at variance with,
and in direct conflict with, two provisions
of the constitution of the State. In what
docs an unauthorized election differ from
"mere voluntary meetings?" Is there not
just as much authority for holding "volun
tary meetings " todctcrminc the policy and
fate of a State as there is to hold an unau
thorized election ? What is the difference
Nitween an election held under " pretense
legal authority" and ono held
such "pretense?" What has
' to do with thc administra
without
"pretenw
tion of thc affairs of a government
that is administered by laic T Judge Po
land will place us under obligations if he
will explain to us why it is that an elec
tion held under "pretense of legal author
ity" stands upon higher grounds than ono
held without "pretense of legal authority."
Wc can readily understand how one of
these election officers might, if he was
being prosecuted for usurping the office of
judge of election, plead in mitigation of
sentence that ho thought he was acting
under authority of law; but to be acting
under "pretense of legal authority" sounds
much like thc act of one who personates
an officer. Who ever heard the acts of
such persons being sustained, or who ever
before advised it ?
Senator TnuruiAN Saturday proved
himself a pure Bourbon. He insisted on
striking out the personal damage feature of
the excise section ot thc District bill,
though the Legislature of his own State,
which re-elected him, had not the courage
to repeal a similar law of Ohio. When
the compulsory educational feature was
reached he moved to strike that out also,
thus making, for one day, a pretty com
plete record in favor of illiteracy, pauper
ism, suffering and crime in this District.
Senator Thurman, we dare say, would not
undertake to conduct a campaign for re
election in Ohio on such issues.
IHE MISSION INDIANS OF S0UTHEBH
CALIFORNIA.
The report of ft- A. Wctmore, Special Com
missioner to thc Mission Indians of Southern
California, which was filed ln thc office of In
dian Affairs early in January, has been pub
lished ln pamphlet form by the Department.
The recommendations contained therein in ref
erence to the remedies for existing evils souht
to be overcome were foreshadowed in the pub
lished reports of the conferences which Mr.
Wctmore held with the people of the sections
most affected by tho difficulties growing out of
the present condition of Indian vagabondage.
The general outline of a plan to settle these
difficulties was publicly submitted, and called
forth a free expression of opinions, both from
thc local and State press, and from public
officers, county, State and Federal, whose offi
cial experience had qualified them for the ex
pression of sound opinions on the subject.
Without exception tbe plan proposed was in
dorsed in a most emphatic manner, and strong
appeals to thc Government and to Congress
have been signed urging the adoption of thc
recommendations, and prompt action by Con
gress in carrying them Into effect. The offi
cers of the southern counties of California,
where the remnants of the once prosperous
Franciscan Missions are now to be found, are
about equally divided as to Democrats and Re
publicans. This cIrcumstance,together with the
fact that they have nearly all volunteered let
ters Indorsing the acts and plansof Mr.Wetmore,
Indicates that the report now published eon
tains material of practical value. We com
mented on thc subject quite fully when it was
first brought to thc attention of the public, and
commended thc policy proposed. Mr. Wet
more was called upon to investigate a most
complicated condition of Indian life, and he
has not only reported upon thc condition and
necessities or the present time, but has traced
thc history of the Mission Indians back to the
time when thc Franciscan fathers first camo
among them ln ITC'J. His report contains a
valuable outline sketch of thc origin of the
Missions, their object and wonderful success
during a period of sixty-four years; the subse
quent devastation caused by tbe destruction
of the Missions by thc act of the Mexican Con
gress; thc consequent scattering and partial
degradation of the semi-civilized Indians, and
finally the vagabondage and demoralization
which has been incident upon the recent occu
pation of the country by white settlers, who
have, under thc operation of laws under
which tbe Indians found no shelter, seized
upon the lands and forced the Indians into
vagrancy. No provision has jet been made
to secure rights of settlement for these out
casts, notwithstanding they constitute i. val
uable working force in the country, and are
now considered indispensable to its develop
ment. They are now in conflict with pre
cniptors on the public domain and tresspassers
on private land grants, where their presence
stimulates strife on account of the conflict of
title; and worse, many of them are living lives
of tbe worst kind or vagrancy not only be
coming a nuisance, but a great pnbllc evil.
How to settle these difficulties with justice
both to thc whites and Indians, who are mutu
ally interested, Is tbe problem which Mr.Wet
more, ln thc opinion of the whites and the
champions of the Indians, has successfully
solved. Congress will he called upon to decide
what shall be done to complete the work par
tially accomplished, besides suggesting a
practical method of settling thc Indians in
homes without forking them upon reservations,
but leaving them secure in their own deter
mined rights to labor with the rest of man
kind. Mr. Wctmore discusses, in connection
with tbe lessons taught by tfce history of these
Indians, several important questions involved
in tbe Indian question, and has expressed some
of his deductions in a no el and forcible man
ner. e hlnks that, to Insure continued prog
ress' or even justii for domesticated Indians,
their righjs must be determined and fixed, and
their titles to homes vested beyond the power
of changing polit,.'esor advancing civilization
bonds; but these titles
to make them va?i
should be nested ina u1"- IIIs rcPrt ls
worth caicful consideraHC-"
IHE TTHIOH PACIFIC.
Comments of the Freis.
The followln extracts frem cv rexehangeimay
be accepted as a reliable tail. ul0n fPQtII
opinion regarding the proposition f e"lement
of tbe differences existing between W 0Tern
ment and the Union Pacific Compairj;
rFrom tte N. T. Commercltl Atfvtrfi, "' j
The president of the Union Facile rah.
has written a letter tothe Secretary or the Its. ,
nry for a settlement of the matter In dJspute- V
tween the company and the Oovemmeat. TH
latter stands pledged for t27.000.ooo. and ! , .
cured only by a second mortirageon the rovd. At
maturity, thirty years after lssae, the Bonds,
with Interest, will amount to T7,O0O,ooo,
road claims that none or this i linn
The
due untlVthu
bonds mature, but the company propose to yield'
a point and to pay 500.000 annually for twenty
years, beginning with July 1 of this year. ARer
ioj me uajmeus is to oe increased to 750,ooe.
It ls further proposed that the money shall be
kept In the Treasury, as a sinking fund, to thcr
credlt of the Union Pacific Company, and when
It Is equal to the amount of the mortgage, with
six per cent, simple Intereit added, the Govern
ment ls to release the mortgages. Six per cent.
Interest Is alto to be allowed on the sums paid
into the Treasury. The proposition seems to be
fair to all concerned, and apparently meets with
favor at Washington. It ends a doubtful coatro-
versy. secures
settlement, and puts money In
the public purse. There
is little doubt of Its
acceptance by the Go vernment.
From the N. Y. Tlmcs.J
The proposition of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company was brought before the Cabinet to-day
by Secretary Brlstew, and discussed at some
length. It was determined that the Secretary
should endeavor to secure from the company a
modification or the proposition as to the amount
to bo paid annually, which the Government thinks
ought to be larger thin $500,000. Secretary Bis
tow will atk the company to increase the amount,
and H tbey accede the proposition will be sent to
Congress with a favorable recommendation. If
the company decline to Increase the annual n
ment the Secretary will then consider further
whether he will accept the proposition as made
In the first Instance. There are many reasons for
favoring It if no better terms can be obtained, but
tnat question is held tinder advisement. The
Government now has only a second mortgage
security, and will have no security for the pay.
ment proposed by the company, except Its good
faith. An equitable compromise Is regarded as
desirable lor both the Government ana tho com
pany. From the New York Graphic
There ls much to be said In favor or the propc
sltlon of Sir. Dillon, the President of the Union
Pacific railroad, to settle, the somewhat compli
cated accounts of that road with the Government
by paying t$O0,000 a year for twenty years and
,,60.000 afterwards, until "the amount to the
credit of the company In the hands or the Secre
tary or the Treasury shall be equal to the full
amount ol tbe Government mortgage reckoned at
simple Interest to same date." It will be recol
lected that the Government advanced 17,263,512
towards the building or this road, which was to
be paid by the year 1900, when It would amount,
with accrued Interest, to over $77,003,000. and the
United States Circuit Conrt has decided that the
money cannot be required by the Government till
that time. It Is a question whether the Govern
Txcnt bad better accept the proposal, and thus
prevent all future litigation and difficulty, or
leave the whole question open for future compli
cations and efforts at adjustment. Certainly the
offer shows a good disposition on the part of the
company, and a road that Is ahls to nay $500 003 on
a claim It has successfully resisted Is abundantly
the end or the century. And It would seem to be
much better for both the country and the road to
settle the question ln dispute at once onsojie
such equitable basis as this proposed by Mr Dil
lon, than to keep it open for endless llUjaVcn a
quarter of a century longer.
rFrom a New Tork Exehant e. I
Mr. Sldnep PIHon, president of the Union Pa. -
cine railroad, has certainly written a very band
some letter to Secretary Brlstow, and evlnees a
sincere and honorablo desire to compromise tbe
claims of the aovernnieat by paying over to tho
Tre-orr bir million annually for twenty
years, and 75O,OO0 a year tver alter, until the
whole Government loan on behalf of tbe road U
paid off. It so means are taken to meet the prin
cipal and Intereit on the t27,000,000 before they
bernnie doe. In 1000, they will then atnonnt to
117,000,000. which It wonld be Impossible for the
rotd to meet at once. It is certainly tbe part of
wisdom to begin to mike provision for the re
ctinptloD or the bonds. And If the Union PoIno
can et apart 4&00.000 a year for this purpose the
t'cntrsl Fad Bo can equally well, and (he Kansas
raclfio next.
MARRIED.
TIKITTLE-LIOHTFOOT.-On the lith of Jnn
rr. by tLeUer. FaiherDeWd e, Wm. ItiUTrLi.
el A ktralla, and Miss Uiar A., eldest dinihter
of Lianiel Llchtfoot, til., of Tennallrtoirn, L). C.
DIED.
MASON. -On the Nth Instant, Sl'eTvh;!, wife
ofBev. James U. Masin. .
The flnetsl if i vices will take place at thi Sforth
rresLyterlan church at 7:mo c ocfc this (Momlay)
evtntiir. 1'rlcncsof the fairl yre respectfully
Invltnfto attmd. The remalas will be carried to
Tennessee for Interment.
Star:
EEACft. On the nornlnaTOf the ltth lmtant,
Mrs. Elizaiiitii Kbach, wire of Mr. K. P. Kea:h.
Funeral on Tuesdty afternoon, at 2 o'clock,
from her late residence. No. 9J0 Twenty-second
street.
IIUKTER. At tbe residence cf Samuel T.IIawk,
esq., rorner or Myrtle and Flr.t street east. ats:W
o'clock, a. m., on February 14, 1S73. of consnmp
t'on. at the advanced ace of sevinty-two year,
Jm Q. IIUKTxn, reUcter Jesse II. Hunter, of
rennsjlvanla.
Funcnl wll tafce plare on Tuesday, Tehruary Is,
at 3 p. m., from the residence of Mr. llawk.
(Pennsylvania papers please copy.
1IOTT. At Toledo, Ohio, on thc morning; of the
ltth Instant, HAnur iilaxchahd Boit, only
child or Nellie B.and George B.Uojt.sgcl twenty
two months.
McDANIEL.-On February 12. at 9:J' p. m.,
Gioitr.K McUamel, in the flfty-nlnthyearof his
ape, aftiraplalnful and Unbelief- Uimssof con
sumption. ItlLEY". On Thursday. February ll,Dr. JOSIICA
1 he "funeral will take place from his late resi
dence, 91 Gay street, Ueorgetown, ouMonuy, 13th
Instant, at 3 o'clocs , p. m.
JDNDERTARS
RICHARD W. BARKER,
CABINETMAKER AHD UNDERTAKER:
HO. 11 ELEVENTH STREET NOBTHWE3T1
Between F and B.
The Celebrated Stein
sradn variety or otber Casket and Oof i
Una of Use latest patterns.
Robes and Shrouds.
49-Bodles EMBALMED and prepared for trans
porta tion at the ahortest notice. my3
JECJSTICES.
B-TST- THE MEMBERS OF GET U.N EH-
Ids' ANE COMJIANDEKY, No. 3, K. T., are
notlflrri to meet at their Asylum nn MONDAY
EVEN1NO, Febroary 15. at rjJo'clnck, to mke
arrangements to attend the funeral of bir Knight
Charles W. Stewart. By order of the E. C.
feMS' WM. II. BhOWN, Recorder.
s-tsr THE MEETINU OF THE HEV
aWSf ENTII IIOIMJINO ASSOCIATION, of
Ucorgeto n. will be held ln Goddane's Now Build
ing, on Rrldge street, opnslte the Union Hotel,
on JIUAUAI, tueiium msiini, aua ou an suosc-
quentoecafcleus.
WM. KING.
ieoi
Secretary.
TST THE MEMBERS
OF EUREKA
M.. are rennested
las' LODGE. No. 5. V. A. A.
to meet MONDAY EVENING, February IS. atTao
o'clock, to make arrangements to attend the fun
eral or our dtceased brother. Chas. W. Stewart.
BvorderoftheW. M, DAVID 1IEN80N',
ftblS Secretary.
MINNESOTA SOCIABLE XOTICE.
Arra nceroents hare been made to convev
S artles to and and from the Minnesota Sociable at
fty cent ercb, by sending orders immediately to
:. T. WIDSTRAND. chairman. Architect's office.
Treasury Department. fets-3t
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT A
Meetln? of the Board of Directors of the
rOTOMAC 1NSUKANCE COMPANY, or George
town, D. O.. FEBRUARY 13, 1873.
Ruolcid, That this board has listened with pro
found regiet to tbe announcement lust made of
the sudden and unexpected death of lis late presi
dent. Dr. Joshua Rllry.
Ruolrtd, That ln the death of Dr. Riley the Po
tomac Insnrance Company has lost a most falthfjl
and efficient oarer, whose long experience as a
director of the company, and whose well-known
cautions and prudent business habits had eminently
sited him for the responsible position he HUeU at
tbe time of bis tieath.
Xttolted. That wctenderto the family of the de
ceased our profound and sincere sympathy and con
dolence ln their affliction for the less they have sus
tained ln the desth of one wnose private worth and
firofesslonat atltltywUl be recognized br the en
Ire community ln which he has so Ion: lived be
loved, respected and admired.
Rtiotwd. That a copy of these resolutions be
transmitted to the tamlly of the debased, and be
fiubllited ls tbe papers or this city and W asbtng
on as a Just tribute ofrercect to the m-mory of one
with whom we have been to long associated.
J. W. DEEBI.E, Sesretary,
Gxokoltowx, D. C, Feb. 13. 1875.
K" TO TAXPAYERS OF THE DIS.
fc7 TB1CT OF COLUMBIA.
Collector's Orricr,
DlSTMCr ofcolcmbia,
WariiiC'"v- D c-i ? IJTlSTS. i
The act of Congress approve. un6z?. iT4. Im
paling taxes upon real estate ln the District of
Columbia fortne year ending June 33. 187S, pro
vides that "It shall be tbe duty or the Collector of
Taxes to prepare a compute list of all taxes and
property uron which the same are assessed In ar
rears on the first day of March next, and shall,
within ten days thereafter publish tbe same, with
(be roth e of sale, ln a newspaper published In said.
District,"
1 his provision, toy the terms of said act, applies
to unpaid taxes of the icar 1874-73, as wellas all
other taxes ln arrears.
Four per cent, penalty Is added to the 1871-73
taxes during this presentmonth.
On tbe flrat day or March the penalty will be Ave
per cent.
All who have taxes to pay arc admonished by the
facts ahote stated to pay them this month, and
thus sae one per cent., and also save the costs In
creased by advert Iemcnt and site.
JOHN F. COOK,
feblS-dtfebB Collector. D. C.
KJ3 PUBLIC LIBRARY OF HEX-
l TUCKY.
CONCEIT AKD BBAWLNS, FEBRUARY 27. 1875.
Information andtUkets at J. Brad Adams', book
seller, corner Ninth aud F northwest.
feto-lf a. C. EMERY. Agent.
TREASURY BFPARTMEYT,
OFFICE COMPTROLLER OF
THE UU1CUKHU1,
Washixotox, I), c., February 8, 1373.
The circulating notes of "The First National
Bank of Utah." r-alt Lake City, and "Th.Gl.son
County National Bank of Princeton," Inllana.
will be redeemed upon presentation at the Treasury
of the United SUtts In the city of Wathlngton,
D C.
JNU. JAY JvNUA,
fc9-3ft
Comptroller of the Currency.
I R VI NO CIRCULATING LI-
BRARY and Readlm- Room. No. 920 F
street northwest, Washington. D. C. Tbe pitron
age of the public Is respectfully solicited. Jaao-lm
ak-TAT.T. THE PATENT
AND PRO-
l prletary Medicines for sale at COUGH
JUOH
Janlz LIN'S TEMPLE DRUQ STORE.
N O T I J E .
TiiiHn th Intprrnntlnn to navigation of the
Potomac river totratns.wlll leave the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad depot at 11:38 p. m. run
ning through to Richmond and points South.
ED. 8. YOUNO.
Jal2 tf General Passenger Agent.
PRESCRIPTIONS
CAREFULLY
romnonnded at rOUGHLIX'S TEMPLE
:mpli
Janra
iibuu STUKK, Masonic Temple.
EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS
nursuits or civil service postttens can oe
sreurea as tne nasiunKiuu uusiuch uitcc
While scores of Incompetent persons In this com
munity ran scarcely procure brea, and hundreds
can earn only a slttanre.lhe demand for the valua
ble services of practically-educated youths or men
and women far exceeds the supply. A large num
ber of students arc making arrangements to enter
the Business College for 1875. For particulars call
at the Institution, corner of Seventh and L streets
northwest,or address for clrcular.U.C.SPENCER,
Prtsldent. deg-tf
i"
DK A. PRATT, GRADUATE OP
Ohio Collere of Dental Surgery. 411 Sev
enth street east side, bet. D ana E, a few doors
4sinor oadireiiows' nau. vtaaaiugion. uhuhu
l extracting aeetn, Teetna7aae,eiinerj".
II I LB URN'S
ORIGINAL TOLAS SODA,
nnsylvanla avenue, near WClard'a,
ICTF. T roK MINKBal WATERS.
DB3&
apivtr
" VT. C!lTTf3TT HrEnUTIIlVH
'A!1?;1??' Oils, Troches, Ac . at the Tern.
Cod Littr navl
pie Drux Store.
- wrvs nativx wirwsirosi
'CXTRRBNtTA .jrr Wxxklt Natiosai.
ofthe DAICS . rrl eminent, nnhnnh.
JtlFUBLICAK, and ill. .jtx DAMS, SUtloner and
talned from J. BRAD: . ud hotel, comer or T
News Dealer, under St. CI feU-tr
idu .ninui airecu.
LS, PERFUME-
est rates, at TEMPLE DRUG Sit.
FOB SALE
KJ3-WBAPPING PAPZB
i? atthlsotSce,
W faTVK
HOMEOPATHICSXEBeeti -TrroRR:
anrrlnra at the TEMVT.E VJTrTfk """
' T RFS
K3-IIGALANB OIRKlt llBt .w
tf
atthe REPUBLICAN JOB OFFICE. nutj-
NEW
ADVERTISEJflBNra
TV1SSULUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP".
XJ WASHijtcTox, D. C, Feb. 12, lSTS".
The nartneishln luretofore eils'lnsr i
luretofore eilsMng uxulfer the
firm name of 1IELLEB & iioDUKlNS Is this
day uissma.
feblS-St P. II. 11ELLEH.
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON
THBOUUII LINE TO UALTUIOUE,
PHILADELPHIA.
NEW YOCK.
posrov.
ALL TOINTS IN THE NEW ENGLAND
9TATS
TUrtOUGH BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND
EW YORK
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CABS.
Thc enilpment on this line It new and of the most
ele.ant aad Improved finish.
TKAIN LEA VINO AT SU3 A. M. IS PULLMAN
PAJSLOB CAB TRAIN EXCLUSIVELY.
PULLMAN PALACK HLLEPING CABS ON
IIIUIIT XKA1HS.
On and alter FEBBUAKYlf, 1875, trains bythle
line will leave Depot or Baltimore and Potomac
Itallroad, corner or Sixth at d B Mieete as follows:
8:13 a. m. Express for Philadelphia. New York and
a. hi. .caprcss tor rnuaaeipuia. ji
points Katt dally, except Sunday.
a. m. Limited Express-Pnllmau
for Philadelphia, New York and
3
fTar Train
ipbla. New York and points East
itxnnltT.
dally, fxcepf Sun:
1:13 v., m. Exprers for Philadelphia and New York
dailv. elnt hnml.v
:M lin' ElBICS for Philadelphia and way points
8:08 p. m." Express for Fhllaaelphla, New York aud
nnl.t. V... il.il.
nolnts East dailv.
PULLMAN PABLi
(lit CABS on all Day Train.
PULLMAN PALACE BLEEPING CABS on
Aiffltiiaifli.
Tickets and Information can be procured at the
V "- VI 1UV IUIID1J,
Bsggate called for and checked at hotels and prl-
ate residences On orders l.ft at thn nfflrea orlhf
comfany, ncfiheast corner Thirteenth street and
FenTsrivanUaienh, and on tfeo northeast corner
oi eiatu sire, i ana irennsvivani avenue,
Depot BALTIMORE A POTOMAO RAILROAD,
corner blxlh and B streets.
D. 51. BOYD. Jb., ,
General Passenger Agent. Philadelphia. Pa.
fehi:
Superintendent, Baltimore, lid.
UE.U. v. nuiv.
DRY GOODS.
FIRST-CLASS
FANCY AND STAPLE
DRY GOODS.
Offered without Rejrnrd to Value, ns
my- Stock Must lie Sold
by April 1.
JOHN T. MITCHELL,
931 Pennsylvania avenue.
febl-tC
D
BY GOODS. CLOSING OUT.
Fast Colored Mourning Calicoes. Weill.
Best Merrlmae Prints. I cents, worth 12 cents,
bbeetlng Cotton, Yiii cents, worth is.
Heavy wide sheetings, SS. so, 37.S cents.
Fruit of Loom Cotton, mi cents, worth IS.
Androscoggin. 12H cents, worth 15.
Yard-wide Cottona. 8 cents, worth 10.
Shaker Flannel, very cheap, 25 cts. up.
XAQin inoufnia underwear, tjcu.
The Woolen Stock must be sold for i
no,
money.
Table Linens. 37S.50, CS. TSeents, very cheap.
Double Damask Towels. 25 cents, worth X7ja.
uressuooas. .nameiaiiycneap
Double-width Serges, 25 cents.
Serges, 25 cents, worth .
Alpaca Poplins 25 cents, worth 50.
rods down 20 percent.
Double-width Alpaca
All Winter Hood down 20 Tien
Dress uooas, is ana 3) cents, worm w.
mark Cashmere, ai, worth II t.
Black Alp-css, 23 cents, worth 31.
Pure Mohairs, 50 cents, woith.5.
Black Silks at wholesale price.
Black Urap-K'te, Merlnoes. Tamlses. chap.
Blankets and Comforts at wholesale rates.
French Silk Poplins. 75 ceau, to close out, sold
everywhere at $1.25.
T. N. NAIXDAIW.
709 Market space, between Seventh and Eighth sts.
10 PER CENT. OFF 1
BOG-AN
AND
WYLIE,
1018 and 1020
Seventh Street
Northwest.
FOB CASHI
ON ALL BALES OF
WINTER DRY GOODS,
Many Raving Been
Already Reduced
Greatest Bargains
In the City
TO GET 3IOXEY.
ONE PRirE TO ALL
EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTION IK.
POBTANT TO CLOSE BUVERS.
BBODJJEAD A CO.,
1205 F street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth,
Now offer their large and well-selected stock of
beautiful Dress Goods, Shawls, Waterproofs,
Flannels. Cottons. Ked and White Table damask.
Towels. Boulevard Skirts. Hosiery, Gloves, Hand
kerchiefs, Silk Mufflers, Neck Ruffling, Ribbons,
Buttons, Ladles' and Gents' Underwear, Tles,Ac,
Ac, at great bargains.
We quote a few of the Innumerable articles ln
our stock with prices :
Blue and Black Striped Poplla, 20 cts., reduced
from 30.
Twilled Cobcrgs, (27 Inches wide,) Sets., re
duced from 37,S .
English Pop'lus ln Brown, riumb and Navy
Blue, 25 cts., worth 30.
Extra heavy all-wool Diagonals, 50 cts., reduced
Aom 75 cts.
Double-width Black Alpaca, (best makes,) 25 cts.,
other grades to tl per yard, enually cheap.
lng Gnlnet A Bellon's Goods, many grades of which
isiacx Ayons aiik. iu o. per jiu, iw.
have been reduced full 20 per cent.
cr cent.
lack French Cashmeres,
splendid doubie-wiatn no
Oft tsr snit nn
Lyons Silk-faced Velvet, from K and up.
Paris Kid Oloves,65cts.,(j-buiton.l.as,) and op.
All-linen bemstlched UandkerchlUs, u .u. to
'25.
Linen Towels, 93 cts. per dozen and up.
I.luen T;ble Damask, 50 cts. per yard and up.
White Flannel. 20 cts. and up. Silk Clocked Bal
brirgan Hose, 3.25 (reduced from $.501 a box.
Prints, 8 cts. and up. Androscoggin Bleached
Cotton, 12k cents. Hip Gore Corsets, In boxes,
50 cents. Beit makes. Paper Cambrics. Best
makes Canton Flannels, 1C i cts. and up. New
Tork Mills O-tton, 17 cts. Unbleached Cottons,
6'? cts. and up. 6-4 Waterproofs. 65 cts. and up.
Now 1. the time to .0D'f'D'4 co.,3.
1305 T street between Twelfth and Thirteenth.
JanSVtf . .
DBY
gooadmsd
CARPETINGS
GBEAT
PEICES.
Ten Per Cent. Taken O IT nil Cash Sale
or Winter Goods,
such as Black and Colored Cashmeres and Merino
all Camel's Hair Goods, Satlnli, Serges
Diagonals and Reps, Plaid Poplins
and tfaney Worsted Goods of
every description.
Blankets, Shawls, Cloaks, Flannels, Casslmeres,
Tweeds andCloths, All-woolen Hosiery and Gloves.
Ingrain and Three-ply Carpets and Druggets.
Also, Black and Colored Silks,
All Domestic Goods will be sold at reduced prices.
Our stock ls large, full and complete, and we
hare determined to sell
Choice and Desirable Goods
cheaper than auction or tankrupt stock prices.
All Goods warranted to be as repre
sented by tbe Salesmen.
W. W. BURDETTE & CO.,
No. 923 Seventh street, and No. 70S K street
Northwest. JalS-S,Ta,Thtr
CHINA ANDGLASSW ARE.
ODD FaLOWS'llALLr
GLASSWARE, QJ
h HOUSE FUBNISHING.rJ
AND n
PLATED GOODS, H
. . . r;
q anaaes lor wax r lowers. g
W1LS0X, BB00KE &.C0.
J" W. BOTELER & RO.,
IMPORTERS DIRECT OF
CHINA,
CROCKERY
GLASSWARE,
TABLE CUTLERY,
AND DEALEBS IN
House-Furnishing Goods
OF EVEP.T DESCRIPTION.
Our stock ls now complete. Parties wishing
HOUSEKEEPING ARTICLES
Should examine oar assortment and prices before
purchasing.
J. W. Boteler & Bro.,
933 PEXNSYIVANIA AYESUE.
febll-3m
w
EBB O- TOEVEKIDUE,
IMPORTERS Of
FINE CHINA,
CBO OJCEXyScT,
GLASSWARE,
CTJTLBB-Z",
PLATED-WARE
AND
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.
Wlthonrlccrcased facUltleswe are prepared to
furnish tbe above goods to our customers as low as
they can be purchased In Northern cities.
WEBB & BEVERIDGE..
1000 PENKSTLVASIA ATEXCE,
Bet. Tenth and Eleventh sts. fell-tat
VALENTINES
WARDEN CHOATE & CO.'S
BOOKSTORE,
Vor"non H.o-cy,
COOKER
th t3
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE A'.?
TIN Ml SI BEET.
WATCHES.
LONDON,
GENEVA, and
AUTERJOAjr
1XT-A.KCCJ TTF!8
Every VnxVefy ornll tbe Newest Styles
nt Tery low Vrlccs.
M. W. GALT, BRO. 8c CO.
fepis-tf
WEDDING PRESENTS
ALL THE NEWEST PATTERNS IN
PAH0Y 8ILVEB WABB.
PAEIS AHD VIEHHA,
TAHOI GOODS, &&'
DESIGNED ESPECIALLY JOB WEDD1NO
PRESENTS.
M. W. GALT, BRO. & CO.
jang-tf
a wuipras
J-a-j
.'And ivnlnff frame. naunfae.tnrMl h 3. n
uuuan, 7is jiarxet space. Awnings ror stores,
public buildings, hotels, and private residences at
.w.j j4ivca, mi
flags and camp-meeting tenta for
saie or reus.
Sole ao-ent fbr the o It renulnA ariM.w.nw.
Awning Uoodi, leu-U
FOR BENT
TTOK KENT. BY THE 1ST OF SSPTEM.
A? BEE, ln the most desirable part of T street, a
store and dwelling with 11 rooms; all modern Im
provements. WU1 be rented separate. If desired,
for one or more .years, to responsible parties. A p.
ptytO fUVTABD UUUIK,
.Utir street. apZ-tf
FOB BENT ELIGIBLE BOOKS, CON.
grese street, Georgetown Heights a PAR
LOB and two BOOMS on the first coor, ana three
Chambers on the third floor: all choice rooms and
suitably furnished. ocS-Tu.ThiStf
qnn INDIANA AVENUE. FOB BENT
0iJ Handsomely furnished Booms, at No. CO
Indiana avenue. octt-tf
FOR SALE.
F
IOB SALE IN-ONE OF THE MOST DE-
alrable locations on Capitol Jill, a lure e-st ory
and mansard roof dwelling uf 10 rooms, has every
modern ronvtnlenee; t 2.000. No. 1W1 S stri-et
Fur IV rooms, ns, ercrv
0C0. No. tut S street
northwest, a two-story br:ckCof s rooms, gas and
water: $1,110. No.lC4 M street northwest, conve
nient to streetcars, a three-atory brick ot 10 rooms,
havlnggas, water, latrobe, bath. Ac. SSSCO. No.
CCS Thirteenth street, erntral location, a three
storr and mansarJ roof, brick, of 11 rooms, modern
conveniences: io,ooo. THUS. E, WAiAMAN,
519 seventh street. re DIM f
FOE SALE OR TRADE. A FIKST-ULASS
resltfeuee. containing sixteen rooms; every
modern convenience; Doe stable (two-story brick
on rear of lot. Location No 1. Lortbwest. Will
take a sm Her house ln part par. DYEK A DA
VIDSON, H2J Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
feb9-t
FOB SALE ON LONG TIME A VERY
nice new two-story frame, la northwest sec
tion: six rooms and bath-room; 43,200; $3uorasa,
balance ln ten j e rs. E.J &WKET,
febi-iot iMarJ No. sit Seventh street.
FOB SALE. HOUSES, NO. 938 P STREET,
E,soo; 913 P str.et, J,SC0; 810 11 street.
$3,3ro; 917 H street. $IS.CO and a large number of
othr In all paru or the city. E. J. SWEET,
fe4-tf 511 Seventh street.
BAKE CHANCE TO OBTAIN BUSINESS
TBOPEBTV ON SEVENTH STREET
AT A GREAT SACRIFICE.
I am authorized to sell STORE and DWELLING
No. 1321 Seventh street northwest at a great sarrl
nce. If applied for soon. Owner letermlneit to sell.
M. M. KUHREIt,
fW-ia 513 Seventh street.
F
OB SALE.
I have for .ale all classes ofBBICK and FRAME
I1UUSES, situated ln some or thc most desirable
locations on Capitol Hill, at prices to suit those
who may desire to purchase.
Squares and Lota of all aescrlptlonscanbe bought
at reasonable rates.
Houses for rent: loan? negotiated; bonds and all
classes ef District Mcnritles bought and sold;
rents collected; lnprotedand unimproved prop
ertywanted. ...
jons J. EVANS
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
No. 212 Pennsylvania avenue east,
Ja30-S.Tu,Th6m Capitol Hill.
FOB SALE I -W.LL SELL, ON BEASON
abl,. terms, the stock In trade, goodwill and fix
tures of the old anM well-known store of the late
Poulus Tbyson, No. 614 Seventh street northwest,
established ln 1830. For further particulars In
quire at No. 491 street northwest.
JanS-tf P. TllYSON, Executrix.
FOB SALE ANEWCOTTAQEHOUSE.AT
Le Droit Park, containing seven (7) rooms and
eellar, water and gas. House 30x32. Lot contain
ing 5,443 feet; front, eoxsi deep. Price 4,500. Ap
ply at JOHN C. CALLAHAN'S Paint Store, cor
ner of TweHlh street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. Ker to be ha 1 next door. no27-3m
WANTS.
WANTED-ASMALLFAMILYOFTHREE
persons want to rent a furnished house, six
or seven reoms, centrallv located, wltn modern
conveniences. Address "W. N.," tblsoflce.
fcbl5-3t
TXTANTED. A LAHU-E BLACK HORSE
TV suitable for a Coupe. Address Box 10 at
this office. febS-6t
-TIT-ANTED. EVERY LADY AND OEN-
W TLEMAN having wearing apparel of any
defcxlptlon which they wish cleaned or dyed ln the
best msnner. rpsn sjort nottce and mnwe
terms, to bring or aend them to W. II- WHEAT
LF 'S. or. tf tbey cannot do that, to send their
address and they will be waited upon at their resi
dence. Work called ror; and delivered at any place
ln the District.
W. H. WHEATLEST'S,
PremlM steamDyeins asi Sconrins iMMiat.
Office: 49 Jefferson street, Georgetown, D. C.
fe4-tf
NEW AND SECOND-HAND ONE PBIOE
only. New clothing sold at very reasonable
prices. Selected stockof second-hand clothlng.verr
cheap, at JUSTH'S. 619 D street, between Sixth
and seventh northwest. Branch store, 1215 K
street, betwean Twelfth and Thirteenth N.W. iya
TTT ANTE D SECOND-HAND FTJBNI
T V ture. Bedclothes, Second-hand Clothing, and
Boots and Shoes. Will pay the highest cash prices.
Orders by mail promptly attended to, by H. COLE
MAN A CO., No. 938, corner of Tenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue. ap25-ly
EUREKA EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. 1S
T street. Besldence, Eureka House. 1713 K
street, between Connecticut avenue and Eigh
teenth street northwest.
JanlS MBS. LOUISE C. BUTLEB.
FOR SAIsEOEJlENT
TJIOB SALE OB BENT OWNERS OF 131
U Tirnverl or unimproved REAL ESTATE on
to Uelr interest to ea.. upon TKK- HICJt
LF Y A CO., at their Bear Estate effice on Capitol
Hill. Earnest and vigilant attention will be given
to all sales that may be Intrusted to their cuitodr.
The lnteret of the property-holder will be faith
falljcareU mvnaXT Co.,
Keil Estate, Notepad Money Broken,
110 first st. oaiist, Capitol HliU
FOR SALE OR RfcNT FOR SAfcE OR
Bent, eeven substantially bnllt Brick llcru3es-iwo-Btory,
Mansard loof and basement llnlsii, wttU
all the modern conveniences, on R. between Thlr
teenth and fourteenth streets Also, two flrtclass
Brick Houses on 6. between Ninth and Tenta
streets (Nos. 9 '.5 ani 917) northwest, for sate. Ap
ply at lit,on the i remtsis, or the undersigned, 1018
or 113 New Jersey avenue soatheast.
Jann-ThJtTuHn A. A T. A. RICHARDS.
FOR SALE OK RENT. FIVE THREE
story and basment BKICK DWELLING
llOUoEs, corner Seventeenth and V streets north
west, for tale or rent. Houses havejust been fin
ished ln btatstjlebya Philadelphia contractor;
elsht rooms, gas. hot and cold water, marble man
tels; water closets, with sewer connections: ranjre
and Latrobe. Terms of sale, only $1,0 u cash; bal
ance ln one, two ami three years, with wien per
cent. Interest on deferred payments. "Will be rented
low to good tenants. MILLS IEAN
458 Louisiana avenue, opposite City Hall,
JanlS-lm
FIRST-CLASS BLACK DRESS COATS,
almost new. for tale or hire, at "JUSTH'S,"
619 D street northwest, between Sixth and Seventh
streets.
N. B.-Costly Silk Dress, very cheap.
del&-tjan31
LOST AND FOUND.
LOsY YESTERDAY EVEmNOBK
tween Adams Express Office andcoraerot
Tour-aml-a-half street, l'ennsylvanla avenue, a
Inker's ACCOUNT-BOOK, leather cover, marked
No. 13 outside; of no u-e to any person but
owner. A liberal reward will be paid fjr Its re
turn to Mo. 315 Thirteenth street northwest. fcbl3
LOST ON O STREET SOUTHEAST. F
streetcars, or Ninth street, a ;oM BAND
BBAtil.KT. A liberal reward wilt be paid for
ltsrttuin tolSUrantl'iace. fbll-3t
PERSONAL.
T
O LOAN THREE THOUSAND DOL
LARS on liond and Mortgage. First llort-
gate. Anply to J.u.DAVibUA, lsni street.
JfO;'
Qf flflfs 3.0. S.W0 TO LOAN ON
iDLJJyJJ. rial estate. Security must be
ample. ' DYEK t D.WIOaON.
ftlS-6t 13 rennsvlrania avenue northwest.
SPEIIIL ntPROYEHEST TAXES
will be pill at the
LOWEST RATES,
JIX
J. F. Brodhead,
333 Fifteenth Street.
fe3-Im
STOCKS BOUQUT AND SOLD ON MAR
GIN : Stock rrlvilegrs. Tuts, Calls, Straddles
sold oahtoewsat -New " 'WILLIAM,
JalO-lm En fourteenth St.. Washington city.
B
OUNTY LAND WAh RANTS
Rnnffht br
TYILLIAjf J. JOnjMTON,
Attorney-at-Law. 637 F street.
JaS-lm
"fiATIS!" ACTION"
CURES WITHOUT
internal Medicine, si: at Nairn's, corner of
Ninth street; Stott's. rennsjlvanla avenue;
Cougblln's, Masonic Temple; Dooleys, Capitol
Hill; Shreeve's, I'nloutown. and Dr. Darby's,
corner of Four-and-a-half street and Pennsylvania
avenue, (Colonization Building.) It ls equally
good for female, weakness. Janl'J lm
MONEY TO LOAN. 2o.O50, 10,00o, 5,000,
92.5CG, also, several small sums, to loan on
long time, on first-class city property. Money
to loan on real estate. .
B. H. WARNER,
de3-Sm Corner Seventh and F streets.
FURS.
XUJrL&:
xiijnjs:
Seal Sill n In Sncqnea, SnDV, Boas and
Caps.
MINK SABLE IN MUFFS AND BOAS.
afanj other kinds of
Furs
AT REDUCED TRICES.
Girls' and Boys SCHOOL CAPS, 5cc. to 1.
STINE1IITZ, Hatter and Furrier,
feblO
123T Pennsylvania avenue.
Carriage Robes.
FOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE USE IX
BEATER.
BEAB.
WOLF AND
FOX SHINS.
HATTEIt AND FURRIER,
133? Pennsylvania avenue.
feblO
STOVES.
EMPDffi HEATING RANGE
The Greatest Success of the
flge!
This Range has been iathe marl l.'ff "P.tBiS
ve years, and that It Is a SPLF.N.n,'D,sHCCEa3
we are prepared to prove or hunir. 'f witnesses.
There are other srAealleo heatluVra yes, now In
market, which have been 'irled i 5iTt "ml want
ing" and taken out tolnate room for th- EMPIRE.
When you can get tne best-whT ererSVi xoat nd
eas-im ennyTanIa Avetine.
'"en cents per bushel, eartajre extra. Ordtrslefs
No. .t.,.?A5UOI1t OFFICE.
&.2?lK!?eU m. Wrststrett. soathwest.
eSS?.11 ad streets, or UOBridK atree
Wto1iirmjra prompt? ailed. HaaSS
atrta. n. itn -.- .. . -
- nuiu. n.wh
-k
CLOTHING.
FINE CLOTHING
MADE lO OBDBK
i 3xr
3NT"V7- YorH,
DEVLIN & CO.
'tTiraasSli.lzs.'stoxx. OfQoo,
1106 F STREET,
Manufacturers
jv X'St.cE.
jam
LOTTErES
OPPORTUNITY
TO INVrST A FEW DOLLARS, WITH POSSI
BLE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS, IS OFFERED
BY THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE PUBLIO
LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY TO THE Stii OP
FEBRUARY NEXT OF TOEIR FIFTH AND
LAST CONCERT AND DRAWING. THE MAN
AGEMENT ABE PLEDGED TO THE RETURN
OF THE MONEY IF THE DRAWING SHOULD
NOT COME OFF AT THE DAY NOW AP
POINTED. One Brand Cash Gift
One Grand Cash Gift -.
Une Grand CashGlft
One Grand Cash Gift
OneGrand Cai 6!...
5 Cash Gifts, raoooeaen....
10 Cash Gifts, 11,000 each...,
15 Cash Gilts, I0,000eaeh...,
20 Cash Gifts, MbOeach....
IS Cash cms, s.OOOeach...,
SO Cash Gifts, (.oooeach....
EOCashGlfta. 2.eeeaeh....
...... t3O,00C
TOO.0OC
75,0OC
...... SO.OOC
2S,800
...... 100,000
...... 140,009
.-.. 150,000
.... 100,000
...... 100.000
, 96,000
100,009
100,000
110,009
50,000
86O.0O3
100 Cask Gifts, LBOeacb..-
wiaanums,
too Cash Gifts,
19.000 Cash Gifts,
SfDeaeh..
lOOerch..
sOeach..
Whole tickets, S3); halves, 5; tenth, or each,
coupon, 13; 11 whole tickets asoo.
For Tickets or Information, Address,
THO. fc. BRAMLETTK, Agent and Manager,
Louisville, Ky.
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
Dentb of Uov. Brs mlette Action of the)
Trnttces A Successor Appointed No
More Postponements Drawluc Cer
tain February 37.
At a meeting of tbe Trust'esof the ruhllc Li
brary of Kentucky, January is, 1875, It was re
Folvedthat C. M.brlggs. esq., who under the late
Hon. Thomas E. Bramlette was the real bnslneu
manager of the gift concerts already given ln aid
or the Puillc Library of Kentucky, be, aud he Is
hereby, aut'orlzedtotake the place made vacant
by the death of said Bramlette In the minaze-n-eni
of the affairs of the firth and lasVlftonc-rt.
and that the drawing announced r-jt t , b.-uary 37.
1S75. shall positively and unenunroeilly take place
on that day, without any further postponement or
delay on any account whatever.
,. T. DUBRETT, Presldeat.
Jotts S. CAls, Secretary.
Hereafter all communications relating to the
fifth Concert should be addressed to the under
signed, and 1 pledge myself that the drawing -hall
tome off February 73, or that every dollar paid for
llcketa shall be returned.
C.M.BR1GGS. Agent and Manager,
Erlom -C Public Library Building, LouUvlIle, Ky.
febl-TbiMtr
BRANCH OFFICE
Public Library of Kentucky,
e o 9
B ROADWAY,
M3'OS7- rSsTOHC
FOR TICKETS,
APPLY TO
THOS. H. HAYS & CO
609 BroadTo-ay,
jan30-lm
NEW YORK CITY.J
INSURANCE.
T?HODE ISLAND ISSUBANCE ASSO.
XV CIATH, OF PROVIDENCE, B.I.
CA;" r APJTAL...
ASSETS
,...tl,0CO.OI
....1,500,000
YOUNG MIDDLETON. Agents.
19 Market Space. Board of Trade Rooms.
rvs-ict 819
CHARLES H. MOULTON,
Fire Insurance Agent
Jfo. 6231F Street Jforlbw et, Wathluj;'
ton, D. .'.
Represents the following companies!
ORIENT INSURANCE CO., of Hartford, Conn.,
Cash assets V00.0O)
OSW ECO AND ONONDAGA, Of Phurnla, N. Y,
Cash assets asOCa
jsnlz-Sm
LEGAL.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA, PECIAL TERM,
PROBATE JURISDICTION, FEBRUARY 6.
1S75.
In the matter ol the Will or Maria! H. Williams:
Application for Letters Testamentary on the es
tate of MarlalH. Williams, of the city of Washing
ton, District of Columbia, hts this day been made,
by Alexander E. Soper. All persons Interested are
hereby notloed to appear In thlscourtonSatarday.
the 6th day or March next, at 11 o'clock, m., to
show'causcwhyLctteisTestvnentary on the estatei
or the said deceased should not Issue as prayed;
provided a copy orthu order be published once a
week for three" weeks ln some one newspaper pub
lished ln Washington. D C, previous to the saht
'tX,.. A. WEBSTER,
reVjiit Register ot Wills.
DENTISTS.
"r.j
DR. M. S. BROWN,
D B 3NT T X S V,
ISIS Xauaebnietta ATenne, betweea
Tnlrteentn and FonrteenUi Streets.
Tullupper or lower set of Teeth. ....-....411
Partial " " " " "-.. to til
Teeth extracted by the use of pure au, an M
Zach additional Tooth, same sitting., .
mhli-tf
COME! COME1
COME1
FOR YOUE FURNITURE AT
Nn. 313 Eighth street, near Pennsylvania avenue.
Handsome furniture or etery style, at cxsee.l-
lnrlv low prices. Come and (-.-
fete-tw H. F. ZIMMERMAN A SON.
TabuO. OleraTi nno,
r,rtTm1iontT anil T.timlMf In r'h !
C- B. TrrmTTTAVn w-otit.t
B. IMTt T.l'W lWTrTiiT
. V. i4.ilA
ffVillr fnflntF Indian w .
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