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W A SHIN G. I @ N.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL II, 1874

Van Buren's opinion of the present Tariff.
The letter published by the Richmond Enquirer places
this opinion on record without equvocaton and is well
TO keep it in mind
@My Dear Sir IL thank you very kindly for your
friendly letter HAVE AT NO Time, NOR ANY
WHERE HESITATED TO EXPRESS MY DECI
DED DISAPPROBATION OF THE TARIFF ACT
OF THE LAST SESSION, AS WELL IN RESPECT
TO THE PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH 1T is
FOUNDED, AS TO ITS DETAILS In good time
you will have my in respect that and other sub
iects before the public
In the mean time, believe me to be, very sincerely
your friend and obedient servant,
MARTIN VAN BUREN,
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Mr.. WALKERS LETTER.

Mr.. Senator Walker, of Mississippi, has writ
ten letter which has found it's way into the
newspapers, the object of which is to contradict
the rumor that he is deeply interested in the
question, as the owner of large body of Texas
lands, or land warrants. He denies the whole
charge in every form.
Mr.. Walker states further, that he is the owner
of large quantity of Mississippi cotton lands,
which it is estimated will be injured in value to
the amount of 100000. If such be the case, it
is certainly satisfactory evidence Of the Hon. Gen
tlemans disinterestedness but at the same time
initiates with irresistible force against annexa-
ton. For if that measure is to cause SO great a
depreciation in the value of one estate, its efiec,
upon the whole South must be ncalculable, and
its impolicy manifest The evidence, therefore,
Of MI. Walkers selfsacrifcing patriotism, sweeps
away the foundation upon which the propriety Of
annexation is defended.
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New York PRINTERs.--A new scale Of prices
has been agreed upon by the Journeymen Prin-
tiers Of the city of New York, and adopted gene
rally by the employers. without the slightest in
corruption to the good feeling which exists be-
tween them This era Of good feeling was
celebrated by discharge Of artillery in the Park
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FISH & co.'s SPRING AND SUMMER HITS

rIoH y CO'O SPRLNG .fJND SUMMER HATS.
M are now prepared to furnish our customers.
w and all who may desire them, with the follow
ing description of Hats, suitable for the present
warm weather, viz
Fine Pearl and Drab Cashmere Hats, Panama
Hats (very wide brims,) Florence Braid, Palmleaf,
&C., &c., Black Cashmere and Short Mapped Bea-
vers, of very light fabric.
Also, an assortment of Children and Youths Leg
horn and Tarleton Hats, Summer Caps, &C., &C., sc.
FISH s. CO.,
APP 1876 Fashionable Hatters Browns Hotel.
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mr. .JOHN T8BL ER 4 co

MERCHANT TAILORS, west side 9Th street,
one door north Of HI. Carter's Dry Good Store re-
turn their thanks to their friends and the public GEN
orally, for the liberal encouragement they have re-
ceived, and respectfully beg continuance of the
same All orders entrusted to their care will be ex-
ecuted in the latest and most fashionable STYLE, and
at the shortest notice Prices moderate to suit the
times. an l5-diw 4
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WING VICTORY IN PORTLAND, MA1NE.-Elpha-
let Greeley, the Wing candidate for Mayor Of
Portland, was elected ON Friday, by handsome
majority. The following are the returns, with
the exception Of part Of the First Ward, (the
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FLoRrDA.-Lieut. Montgomery of the U. S.
army, with a detachment of soldiers under his
command, who went in pursuit of the Indians, re-
turned on Thursday morning last. We under
stand that they came upon the Indians and fred
at them, without effect and that the Indians took
to swamp and escaped. The troops destroyed
their canoes, &c.--Pensacola Gazette, 3OtA alf. &
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THE GLoBE.-The Editor of the Globe having
commented with much severity and coarseness Of
manner, upon a certain extract from one of the
letters of "Peguod," addressed to the Boston
Courier, that writer in reply gives the following
graphic sketch:
The editor of the Globe has been one of those
few fortunate persons who have made the sacri-
fee of principle the immediate source of wealth.
Starved out of Kentucky, where he was pining
in want and cbscurty, till by an act of political
turpitude, he had become painfully notorious, he
achieved translation to this place by means of
the very act that rendered his residence there in
toerable. He came here lean, to feast upon the
fat of patronage, which no acquired by the most
sycophantic arts and nauseous toadyism. He is
plant of that parasitic growth, which feeds upon
garbage, and fattens upon refuse. His early res
dence here was sickly--he did the dirty work of
a party and was rewarded by its dirtest pay
Leakngs from the public crib, unaudited accounts,
undisputed charges, and forced contributions, nur-
tured his early career. He grew the richer as he
became the less scrupulous, and the more conse-
quential, as the more condemned.
Nature, who never mistakes, as man some-
times does, has given him purposed hideousness
of aspect, to repel confidence and inspire con-
tempt; and he has avenged himself, by endeav-
orng to render odious and ridiculous what man.
kind most respects and venerates If more than
his sinister countenance is required to prejudice
the honest and worthy against him, let reference
be made to his writings By such indicia will
leave him to be judged.
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A General Convention Of persons friendly to
the abolition OF capital punishment is to be held
in the city Of New York on the 9th OF next
month k
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CHIcAeo.-The Albany Evening Journal, no.
ticng the many recent charter elections which
resulted most auspiciously for the Wing cause,
thus speaks of that which took place at Chicago
(Illnois) few days ago:
"In Chicago, too, where only a month since
the Locofocos were rejoicing over barren vic
tory, an overw helmng reverse has already over
taken them. 1t will be recollected that the Loco
foco candidate for Mayor succeeded by the meagre
majority of votes Chicago has given several
hundred) over his Wing competition The Wings
their case so conclusively, that the new Locofoco
Mayor resigned, and consented to stand another
election. The second trial came off on the I'd
inst, and instead of majority of z Lscofocoism
and its candidate were left in a minority of l43 !!
So runs the tide. Every day adds to the strength
of the popular current for Clay and the Tariff /"
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SUPPOSED MURDER.-The Columbia (Pa.) Spy
says that the body of drover, supposed to be
named William Hager.y, was found on the 9th
inst lying across the track of the Pennsylvania
railroad, near West Chester. 1t is thought that
Hagerty was first murdered, and his body then
dragged and placed across the railroad that tne
night line might pass over him, and thus LEAD 10
the inference that the cars had caused his death.
Unfortunately for the murderer the cars came
down on the other track, and the body was dis
covered in the morning just as it had been placed.
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"Perverts best things
"To worst abuse, or to their meanest use"
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of this table would supposed that the Committee Of Ways and
would be much better supply ourselves with cheap foreign
has Great Britain the products Of which poured into
al
foreign fabrics the coarse
woo 40
pnss treble grain from 81 30 per cent on cotton baggng from 50 30
BY e from 65 80 from 81 to go
from 6t So cent? lead from Sc 80 &c
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IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES.


nonRa Iron
will be that the planter pro-
Tariff 1912 the duty brown should
and burdensome and partial the Northern
motive for opposing the new Tariff should find ample
searches
objects dve The humber pursuits which small
numbers will
the
theail AM the III q 81 H Il
which
possible
of refuse English
rdomest estab y 3 q s. 4 800 . .
will will follow
of the solemn this
porant branche of American industry
table will further illustrate the effects OF this Tariff me-
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WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY gs, 1914.

fabric of good quality
The duty the present Tariff this
branch of % national production.
Of
Tariffs
entirely with British rail- Wehaye about eight thousand miles railroads.
mile of which taking $50 the each
whole would
country while
the material and skill make the article home Instead Of
stages In producing they
forced
exngush their fires The duties the Tariff Of 1912 imposed
shall railroads laid with American
will that the OF Fulton and Whitney have
Kingdoms power applying
navigation
the enlightened Europe In
mechanical skill intellectual
in which
E -5 4.
Europe will find pride seeing
of the locomotives steamboat machinery from En-
steamboats, English
bearing Austrian French and Ottoman flags such has been the
all that relates the application of that
the product Philadelphia skill which,
daugh speed strength has been equaed British
and the prudent that should not
the fabrics Why should
dependant article OF which
States Of the Unon and
nexhauue
pae fgelh? No gentleman this floor will be bold
enough manufacture railroad beyond the capacity his
until tested
afforded the and the
difference of the former:
..a# IMPORTED THEUN sTATE
1Nnnrem
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SPEECH
E. JOY MORRIS, OF PENNSYLVANIA,
IN DEFENCE OF

E. JOY NORRIS OF PENNSYLVANIA,
The Tariff 1884, and the Protective Policy and american Labor
a. 1874
Nh srEAHnn there called for by Of
SESSION. s he was @ e @ R country Ws 5 s scene eo d s.
s epsp 5 se ,. our 5 @ :. Not
debt which
1912
from @ year Of the General General jackson and mr. Van
Dg ss s saps ag sssss
IS: t
below the the
Wing
any ds Of ena sI a" Th
% G Fsds S ss was vas,
M w d goT up 5aaeI wf s Tariff needed protection
s1ssSgS ,Is :.ss
@ 4 [ SS Is, ,s;s Is
also 800 deserved the fostering care Of Government =
S % fly s' s 's %
5 ss
Yea $25 600 900 and which whom
That o body would s s, e +! high IS sa n. s.a ss
% rss system
its i, S ! u,;, \. ,nr I'D
policy Washington pursued
s
e a. ss sss e b
foresight and enlightened patriotism Of Wing Congress Of isE n
the the country restored prosperity and vesse national debt
INJURIOUS
opposed Tariff until have practical evidence
influence manufactures
G1se %hh one
about 40 the best quathe duty
proposed 80 cent ad yalom . #- !. !, XIII
cheaper American workman receiving dol
lar which the paid. twenty oS cents 9S
posed French could be sold this country an average ten
rea ae while es the Any American s
would French and Germans of our markets the American manufacture
branch industry yearly production and value and which engages ITS
will millions
% he Ssho and So p
by among
e s and u a' spp ' fas an the iron
s y 81 R 1 A si the 5ep s h Ss he
~hs t was w ss d 1sf
se h ms ted a h the p 1
prices kept such the English
When apprehended or the spirit of
had market ds % s n E h ] journal T
1882 informed that the present state the iron trade very
gradually the affairs
ANY ss ss i 5 S s @ g s h % SS d s1 as
than could possibility otherwise have been expec and resumption
common This est s shows he order
for the benefit Of the BRUSH producer
the foreign and because affords sufficient
profit Under me nar Sas there nave oesn gea IN S
hO a nj h n hpn made
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flourish under lower protection wooens have,
@ hs
@
continued for period Of American bado,hs will be pro-
importation Of in 1856 was and Il
1912 $ss57s5 less $a7o4 dmnuton whic very clear
influence of protective duties n .ss. ff 7 NJ II
dences Of this new ba bill which, rumo Be- credible was framed
in accordance with the views Of the British whom the
ue s esa sn r.
ity Of his ellow-citzens. FIJI.
FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION COMPARED. i4f
bill before the declares tina.
after September 1916 twenty-five per is the
@ my b s
the preservation balance Of trade The committee
dsd Without osS any public
ssag s Of s as f. ns
drain Of guard against frequent excess
ports and to preserve fair equality Of q the
How object attained by Of DO
population will obvae the dangers # large The
its operations the stimulus gives trade distribution
wealth and como hatt promotes deserve the q
fs w
shs WSa wn out
The Colonies allowed Great Britain in any
the ss os
goods nsedno. refer t. the mi sd
suppressed the dseaa e Lord chatAsn thai ~ aa
hos Hp Of England t. American industry was ons Il M
ancestors the war q
alike for personal liberty and commercial and manufacturing M
What the history of the Colonies was under this SYSTEM would
tines when IN operaon drained the country
% s
sa caR y sssss @ &
cd
you raised the dead hundred
Sa1e ssa dfs1 the
leaving sfasse IF
The bs, q pero we're
this selfsacrfcng policy . ~. a," ssal llia.5. 5
absence duties disastrous that Of the
s n ssss sa
Brazil entirely supplied with its fabrics the raw material for
system Portugal was aoushng kingdom with balance
hy' rs @ 'ssf
% %eos sa
England After i had annuabaanes i a.
q s M $
woen that brought thence gold nor but
s SILVER as n 5 @
ss % sssa 10 e ss
almost great curiosity as our medals :.
Speaker uniform policy England from the time Of Edward
ill., when She brought her woolen into existence under
pohibitory down modern times shall down
the long line her history her adherence the protective
we'll known require extended comment The de-
fence against India bcs will illustrate u
6cnty for In 1887 she had $4,000 600 invested in cot
and large product The prosperity business sud
checked BY the oraons o East India go0d wn S.
OCCASION practically adopt the maxim of her great aPosG
Trade? .Ifa foreign country supply with q con0 NY ~; n
ourselves better buy OF nen ~ s az
Parliament Immediately passed m aae East india coy
ton manufactures according The pce al wncH
public of the company s5adng 20 sn s
NO &c h ina duty virtually prohboy The effect
nnO manufacture and in its rapid progress
1854 when cotton wool did not amount 70 tour
,ons ~ mounds whereas exceed the prodgous amount
S Of four hundred and fifty millions Of pounds. .t
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JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ.,
DEAR SIR:-
am totally at a loss to give you any adequate
idea of the loneliness and beauty, magnifcence
and fascination, which reign supreme at this pre-
sent moment here at Washington. II is the univer-
sal remark that such day at this season of the
year-such NeW Year's-was never known, even
by that veteran chronoogis, the coolest Inhabi-
tant." 1t is warm-the thermometer cannot be
much below So or Uncomfortable out of doors
either with an overcoat or without-not a cloud
obscures the heavens, nor any part thereof-the
sun shines forth In all his effulgence and glory,
speaking to the people, in language which canno!
be mistaken, IL wish you all happy New Year,
The air Is sweet and bamy, like young June, with
breeze so gentle scarcely to m've the plume
upon ady's hat, and far too gentle to move the
dust And then every, body, together with his
pe ana all tae emdaen are h SO happy d re
much Joy, so much dress so much beauty, so much
galantry, so much fashion, so much Intelligence
nor heard so many sweet and cheerful voices, all
wishing you the Compliments of the season." or
perchance, so far forgetting father Miller's men-
mum to 'wish you may live a thousand years.
/, The grand, and | may say the only feature OF
the day, was the Presidents levee. And, Judging
from the multitudes who called upon him, should
think it safe to say that all Washington, George
town, and Alexandria, with smart sprnkng
from Baltimore, turned out to pay him their respects
They were most emphatically The young ladies
were1 out, the mammas and madonnas out, those
who had beaux out and those who had not beaux
out the little girls and the old girls
out and they were all out and all went up to the White
House, and wished the President happy New Years and
if is mt the happies in Washington to-day he IS
not the man take him to be-
At II o'clock the palace doors thrown open. and
the throng Of fashion and beauty legislative, dploma
cal naval military, and Heterogeneous, began to pour in
The crowd was immense The like of has never been
since the days of Gen. Jackson if it then
II altogether out of the question TO tell you who
there could easily tell you who not there provi
ded knew one, or had heard of any 1t was court
day and all the foreign ministers and "dplomacs"
dressed "n costume and gay and beautifully did they
look Higher than all the rest could be the waving
plume Of Gen. Scott rivalled only by the towering
height Of long John Wentworth, M. C. from Illinois.
Dixon Lewis ploughed through the like a
"a full rugged. Diminutives followed in his wake
All the Secretaries of departments " at home y
and were very numerously called upon.
Mrs Madison also received company Every one re-
marked that she retains her years wonderfully She ap
peared in excellent health and spirits with pretty little
bouquet in her hand like in winter
John Quincy Adams also threw open his doors usual
to all who chose to call on him.
These the leading features of the day which not
yet finished More anon. SB.
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Foreign Importatsous

HAvsr-ship 81 Nicoas-.ll pkgs Ggnoux-ia II Gull.
sume coz Payen-t Becar. Gsrron co.. A II Ward
CO l. De Forest-2 o Varet-l5 Dupre--s A Soac-I
Berthoud-5 Rozst co-75C Mee ia A Vo,s,u co
"a Remer X Mckee x Warbnrg-27 Bossange-S
Benkard luon-3O Brusen, Koop co.'s Pillevuyt-i
Kahcan-lF Dandele-l Fontane Aiue-5 r. Il L Droz-3l
Gay, Lussac X Noe-4 A q A Kends-I j f. HYDE < CO.
6 u Corbitt 4 COZ Owen-2 @ b 81 B Engsh-i GV
de Llrac-l Prontant-3 Sheldon CO.'S M Dayis-l
sill Thompson-l2 Spies Christ colo II Chevrost co
Il Saml Cochpn- II Babsd-5 st Fer-3 Lewis Fair.
man-2 Renard coal * Curtis 4 co-8 Lane Lsmson
co-l00 Woe-9 Breithaupt Il Chun--t Booeau Rusch-
GoIdschmidt co-32 CottenetI q Berteau-2 Plat
Broihn-8 Zimmermann--3 Gilbert Feres-I Denismes
g Meyer-2 Moran elin-7 II Hennequin- Fanieno
Il T. D Strange-2 A T Stew'rt-s VIZ Ph,pp, CO. s
ia,kell1s II Bodmer-l II d Cotheal col feyser
Sieber- pouchet-22B O Wslnwright-2 Edwards Stod
diId-3 y E9sers.2 Tets,el Blam-i Bern Keese-
ale an MelberT5 II Hs,ght eo-,3 Doris War
hurg Dsnne-5 L Gmneuthsl < colt Bouny d'vernos-a
2 Ills. Hss.snberg CO Wiley Putns@,l , Msgnn col
EreTot-l Cook, Anthony seo,t po5d-i Houd, qun-
gnez-; Milhansns wsrkmeser-3 BALM sand.r-is
Dnrand Sco- Du ois yacot col Lu Frees-3 Harrison
! sol ,Lsnniss ThoTspseken co- iesIdt-5Dr
DO BOIL Th,yer-i Devill.rS col Vgi.hop,a Um.
hs Cols,InJ II Will!,p.Ils Resegsaria 6s9n,s-s
Bailey ktehsonl Desuoy col Remand CO.. Bernard
Il Eckhardt & Merke-i Martin Lawson-- strubex-i
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re recent decision Of the Vice Chancellor,
@lch places large amount OF assets in the hands
d the Receiver that had been assigned TO secure
liability of an officer for which the company is not
advance in this stock. The stockholders ought not
sell at the present rates-for they far below
the actual value OF the stock The assets of the n.
A. Trust have increased in value very much within
the last few months. Illinois and Indiana stock,
which short time ago found few purchasers at
SIS, now sells readily at SAC and $I7 per 500.
The efforts made by these States to meet their liza
bies guarantees OF the further Improvement
of their bonds, and with money begging investment
~ per cent per annum the stock of States making
every effort to pay principal and high interest,
must soon approach par. When money few years
ago was three per cent month, and the resources
OF these States not so good their bonds were much
hsher than at present. A large amount OF Indiana
and Illinois bonds are held in London az security
tor claims Mr.. Horsley Palmer has gwen the
committee appointed by the stockholders OF the n
A. Trust Co. assurances that they shall not be sold
) for two years,-a course which will leave hand
some surplus after paying all the claims against
them. The rapid Improvement in the value of
real estate has favoraby affected this company,
and, without other causes, would warrant the adj
vance in the value of its stock. The stock of the
Farmers Loan, and also the ~ Y Life and Trust
have advanced, owing to the Improvement in value
OF their bonds and mortgages; and the stock OF the
N. A. Trust must soon feel ths same action Hold
ers ought not to sell at present. The stock at the
lowest calculation is worth $35 per share, and lit
tie hrmness will enable them to realize it.
The writer's interest i'm the stock at present prices
ton the manner in which the assets were hypOthe-
Gated to secure claims that violated the laws, he
feels assured that the Chancellor will decide that
many OF the claims against the company must be
looked upon individual liabilities of the officers
and that the stock is actually worth 1886 per share
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MONEY MARKET.


ALI the fancy stocks one four per cent
The State Stocks all down. Long Island adv anced
per cent Mohawk Harlem II; Norwich y; Canton l.
Farmers Loan !; Reading Railroad North American
Trust Kentucky down !; Illinois Indiana /, Ohio
6s were very firm at previous prices with very moderate
sales The operations at BOTH boards all descriptions
were very limited and denote disposition to hold if pos
ble for better prices the brokers can retain the FACT
tes from the banks they present have quotations
advances the other hand they deprived of those
resources being unable to keep than trng amounts
prices cannot be sustained Several the fancy stocks
that have been inflated by the management of some
very ingenious operators have reached point so far
beyond their greatest value that requires the strongest
nerve to induce holders to keep it than a day.
The Merchants's Exchange Bank has declared a semi
annual dividend of three and half per cent on
the sth instant
The Bank Of Commerce has declared advdend three
per cent, for the past six months
Inc New York Insurance Company have declared a
semannual dividend Of five peri cent and an extra dvi
dend Of five per cent.
The Albany Exchange Bank has declared dividend of
three per cent, payable on the 9th inst
Spurious twenty dollar notes on the Commercial Bank
Of columba South Carolina printed from an old plate of
the Commercial Bank Of Macon, Georgia, an institution
long since defunct, in circulation at the South
The Bank Commissioners Of Illinois have determined TO
pay no further dividends of specie or certificates until all
the notes are in.
Inc railroads of New England daily giving evidence
oil their great value and profit. The Lowell road earned
about nine per cent but declared only eight The total
cost OIL double track whole length-wenty six
miess 81 s63 O0A short time since we gave table of
the capital and dividend of the Eastern roads We have
received additional returns making the report more com
pete.