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ImPORTANT NOTICH.
ON and after TUEsDAY, March Is

IN and alter TUEsDA1, March Ist, Me
~ Trains Of this Company viii be ~ follows;
The Mall Taln win leave Rich nond Depot daily, q GO A ~
arrive Hsnftons st 1880 A. Returning, will
Itons at1i:s0 A. n, and arrive In Richmond 81 tlSP
The Accommodation Train, between Richmond and Milford
will eAFs Richmond daily SUNDAYS s1sepsd) Al $50 r.,
rive At Milford at ESQ p Returning, viii ssvs Milford q
ts45A ~, and arrive In Richmond 81 9:05 A. n. -
rt ReEh Trains ril leave Richmond III vesily Tass
days. Thusdsys and Saturdays Rstunlns vn arrive In Rich
nS "so o. r rs. te,s 90. M AoIh: PA
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RloHnorD, Feb "A, 1854.
THE Currency

[TNHR Currency Act Of the Government makes
Necessary notify parees ofths IAN
be compelled 70 pursue.
currency VI. be received 70 The h Of March, 1874 ~ so
affsrrdyds.
sd Thss ell parties whom made anal sdyaness
on hand the option will be granted their
CO arguments Give the present ey hold unI
sne. Bat where have made heavy advances
So Consrsors AID other creditors arc noae hereby ia.
funds remaDnsn hands after The above spscdsd tine iii
be invested heir account 10 The sur per cent bonds
fe25-dA fARDY WILLIAM
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NuRnEa o. JUDas N .ALABANA---A hn nanoss
Of the Montgomery lIa Democrat contains state
mont of Mrs. Curtis Of the ciTcvmstaDces connfcted
with the death Of her husband, Judge rrt;', OF Win
ston county Her object is to induce the Government
to take step, for tie discovery and punishment Of her
husbands murdeIers:
'She represents that on the 18th OF January Caps D.
II. Whailey, with enc hundred men, part Of COL X
o. Picketts command, came 70 Houston and s:restcd
her husband without assigning any cause whss Add
in the rudest The next dar he started
q mule barsb.ckcd and carried on under guard Of
armed men. The last seen Of him, except By these
having him In charge, at the house Of David Me-
Culers in that county, In company with hvs men AIMED,
travelling O small unfrequenied trail, towards Clear
Greek. riding muls wish on,y blanket Scr hin
Shorty Afterwards the report of Two guns was distinctly
ard by Mrs. AcCulcrs Nothing further was seen O.
heard Of Mr. Curtis until the 3%h OF January, whom hs
was found dead and frtssn about quartsr OF mile
South of Clear Creek in narros branch near ths blsR
When found he leaning In sittng posture against
the bank VI the branch with bullet hole IN bis right
eye and wcu.d Just ab,vc ihe right eye Near the
place there was bluff about thirty feet high, on The
brcx of which there tracks Of mon and horsss-
His Commission Probate Jadgs was found torn "a
pieces on the bro~ of the blsR His mule, his blanket
his hat his pocket bacdksrchief and his money, abcu
- 600 gone. Mrs. Curtis denies the charge Of
disoyay against her husband that bsvlng been one o
the grounds she sspposes he arrested on but she
inmates that the amount Of money on his psrson VA
| great inducsment 70 the taking of his hs.'
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CoNussIoSKRs OTFIcE, Tsb. 70 1854
IUALTHALliS Trustee " al, vs.. Friends

w Administrator - q. In Henrico COany Court.
In lhlt the IN OF December,
ls 81 0ouny COa Of Henreo one Of ne Con soners
al Ms Court directed audit and settle the aeeonais OF
Iohn Friend administrator Of Charles Friend, deceased
ana % TIE PerlonA assets and o. All NE ma
bdss on DE ssAte Of the decedsnt ChAsf FeDd and for
l DuSs 10 convene before him the creditors Of Aid estate
An parties concerned hereby nouhed that have nxtd
Win-sdAy ne S0 DAY March. 1894 a. 10 o'clock NJ ~
NJ oaes, sy u RehnOnd, he time and lace % ex
sus ne AID dssrer directed thereby
All persona hAvak claims against the a. Charles T.
Psni deceased or h estate will prsseat the With the
rHCs. }. EVANS,
Commsnouer u ChsncerV
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"How can the Union nov BE- savedf'
(The Yankees cty) "Oh, do you know how ~
And from tte Southern eli AID crass
Ten thousand echoes araswer-nohOw!
atlanta Rsgissr
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Pssa OHA.L ,sron-Yh. Mercury, Of Oh. asi, says =

PACK CHARLRsToS.-fhs Mercury, OF shs ase, says
There has ben very material Iminution Of late in
the number Of Yankee tents Norris and Ooss Idands
The eoemy has been busy modifying Ihs construction
of the embrasues OF his batteries the site Of Battery
Gregg. 90 a. 70 give him greater facilities for working
his ssns against any attack that might be made upon
bis position in bargs.
The Yankee blcckading steamer the sinking Of which
was noticed Ia our last issue, large hieemsstsd
propeller sh, now lies OF Mshhs North Channel, 10
,hc direction Of ihe buoy formerly known - the Gum
mines Point buoy, and Il sunk apparently in about i've
a.homs Of water II ganes be able 10 ttAte that
still another blocksaer missir gone 10 ihs bottom,
,oo vi trn,t'
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tory. and viii make tee e'untrys place in hS'V'',
icy may now acquit themselves, well or ILL IN the us
charge Of their duties.
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EXCHANGE AND BANKING HOUSE % d. 7. WILLIAMS
RICHMOND FEB. IS 1854.
A LII persons holding my checks on any bank
IA notified present the for Immediate payment
checked on The u1ds there Tor the eheekA
Cheeks held Tor Payment Ia April viii ret entirely visa the
holiess and The respective banks
Depostors With ny notified - hdraH their rePse
tvs 0aancss advise disposition make OF the
fiais before the l., APd the old notes a. viii be laid
aside r she respective amoua 10 The colt Of each eesosilor
kz5-diW d. WILLIAM
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Old noes Is. April. :. -. Ale. 600, OOO


OF the $40 900 left in eirculAtiOO thers viii still
be gas OOS Of the 800 notes, BY this estimate
shieh vii have failed 70 be funded IL will scarcely
notes which may be lost destroyed before the LIST
nuaIy next which will be taxed out Of existence
~ allure to be presented before that me at $2S OOO
UOO The amount OF notes which viii be presented for
rehAnge FOE DsW issue, may be estimated, them as
fogoHs:
Amour. Of notes IL. April, -. SAFE. OOO, 900
800 notes, not exehAngeAbe, S25, 100000
% her notes, lost, &C.,. 2bOOOO0O
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sSO,OOO.COs
Amount exchanged,

Tuo-thirds in new issue, ......... t24O 900 OOe
Ia addition to this amount the sum of the small notes
ct affected By the act is about $40 600 600 which will
the amount Of currency settle down $3.50 900 OOe
which, We understand is the point at which the act
con emplAted limiting it Can Our worthy Secretary
keep il within this limit We think he can But will
he
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OF CIIY SALT-The

i ISfKlBUIIUN OF CITY SALT-Ihe
IL dtrbuon OF salt obtained b. city from the state
RkIDAY, the Goth instant A. the
warehouse SPOTS Harvey IAN APPe aust
make an av, hereto stating Ai they residents Of
chmold and The number persons Ia ther families who
rtsdeL (ne udlng all and cclor Refugees
ued salt They state In their Andav that they ref
ugees county, solcurning Rehn ond and lhAi they
received 10 distribution any other tiy
county person H pouns 10 esnts
per 10 thai applicant make The calcu
lation And bnng the right change and Bag.
DAVID J. BUR-,
HILL
L. w. GLAZEBROOK
fs2S-6t Committee 81 the CounriL
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Oorros IL EoYPr-A letter from Egypt 10 the Sal~t
Public Of Lyons, gives the following account Of the cot
ton trade in ths. country:
IA traveller proceeding by rail from Alexandria TO
Cairo, sees nothing before him but On immense plain,
watered by sna CANALS which interssct IL In every
part, During the last few years the cultivation Of cot
ton has tai en- the lead Of every other Bages camels
and donkeys laden with cotton may be ssen In all d.
rcctions The Arabs convey it to Agarg for sale,
WHARF the railway station is completely encountered
u,h it, aud that town having become tho great cotton
mart las acquired considerable Importance Four years
ago it only contained about four taousand inhab
ATT the number has increased to twenty thousand
Almost all abe Bedouins and farmers have abandoned
their mer cultivation and devoted themselves 70 that
of cotton A. Bena, another small town the line 70
g,gaiig, saw number OF Arabs who had returned
IRON Alexandra, literally laden with bags OF gold and
lvsr, whoa they lad received for their cotton all Of
which they lad sold 10 English and French merchants.
When the fresh water canal Of the Suez Company shall
be completed, immense plains now unprodustive will
for the most par be planted with c,son. The wealth
OF the county will increase, and this fine prospect
cites the most sanguins hopes Of gain The farmers
still engaged in geing In the crop Of cotton, The gath
efing OF which coHmsnced in October last
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NOTICE.

THIS Subscriber will be prepared with blanks
Il for those % AFFIDAVIT obtain salt,
Distributed By Aessrs. sPOtts Harvey
J. B. MACAURDO,
fel6 -sEFa Notary Public, a. Bank OF Richmond
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-27

FRIDAr, Feb. 10Th, 1854.
The s.uate met at noon-Lieut PsrcE in the
chair - Al.
A number of bills we're communicated from inc
Hou,e, which were twice read and appropriately re-
fnrr
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ID We have in store lev packages prime Fre,h Batter
fs96-& aT0KEs, WILLIAMSON 90.
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RssHL oRUIsERs.

The Washington correspondent OF the Herald, says
Something of sensicn was oecasiOned in the senate
n d,v nv ,he statements made by Mr. CONFESS, relative
10 The imperative necessity Of sending fact OF war
steamers % the Pacific coast without delay The au
thordes haze positive information 70 the ehee' lhS'
.bsi Seamsrs nave le Asia for that coast, and fears
are entertained that injury may not OILY be done our
commerce in the Pache, but that San Frsnciieo may
be nensced before our navy Afford the requisite
nrotection"
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(fhe Drama entire)
The utterly popularity OF hs Tieketot Leave
Man. even when Boston, has been presented at three
Theatres NJ the tme(sll unning)-n New York, where
Il has already nearly
ONE HUsDRRD NIGHTS,
fs.il ru,tInr In London where Il has
THREE BUNDRKD NIGHTS,
tsull Neutrality-suspicious. It, beyond doubt The
Dramatic
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27
RAILROADS.


-
&4l %
Old and only Reliable Route East.
From Burlington 10 Chicago, Detroit, Toledo
Pittsburgh. Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York
and AL other Eastern and South Eastern Cities
Passengers leaving Burlington on the 500 a
~. train connect ct Mendota with the Illinois
Central Railroad North and South and at ChicY
90, both the Noon and Evening trains. Both
trains connect with Al the great Eastern Rail.
roed routes, to-w1t: n. G. r. r. via. Detroit; II
s.R r via Toledo andP ittsburEh and RI. Wayne
~ VA # Wayne. Of which passengen can
Only twenty hours from Burlington 70 Toledo
Thirteen hours ahead Of any other route leaving
Burlington.
Haggage checked through to Detroit, Niaenra
Ealls and NeY York, Boston, Toledo, OunkiIk
B9nelo P1ttsburgh and Philadelphia.
Tickets for this great Eastern thorOughfaro III
aale ct Ottumwa, Fairfield, Mt. Pleasant, and
the Ticket Once corner Front and Water streets
Burlington. .ss 8.
Sleeping Cars attached TO the Night txaiua
Fare - low - any other route.
~ -. r. +. HO6EORD
Janl-bpt4 Gen. Agent G. B. 4 Q. r. r.
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r. abroad.

sHao o IEsT, 9g1cKEsT AND EnS BEST go ROUTE
PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE;
TO ALL POINTS In ILLINOIS,
INDIANA, MICHIGAN, OHIO
AND CANADA
On and After August 18th TWO DAILY TRAINS
win leave and arrive a. follows:
LEAVE OTTUAWA ~ ARRIVE AT CHICAGO:
is $3.50 osio;ck 4. = KS o ocloek, an
Connecting at Galesburg with the NORTHERN
CROSS RAILROAD for Quincy; ut Mendoza
with the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD for
Galena, Dunleith, for st. Louis and Cairo; at Bur-
ltngton with fast sailing Packets for
MONTROSE, KEOKUk and ST. LOUIS.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Passengers from Southern and Western Iowa
BY taking the B. 4 II. r. H. r., reach Chicago
twelve hours ahead Of any other route
BUY POUR TICKETS VIA THIS ROUTE
To Shipper u 1--we 0toek.
Stock Trains will run regularly, leaving daily,
Sunday excepted. These Trains have all the
rights OF Passenger Trains, thus insuring des-
patch and consequently avoiding all those vex.
atinus delays that are constantly occurring On
NE NEW STOCK PENS have been built on both
sides OF the Mississippi, close by The Ferry; and
for the accommodation Of their stock.
%aisgEs S'~
Gen. Western Agent. G. b. 4 q. RR
OC47.wtf.
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NIFTY MILES STAGING SAVED.
BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAIL ROAD.
N0tO Open to Ostumsuu, 50 Miles farther WeH Ghan
any other Railroad IN IosCa.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
CHICAGO. BURLINGTON q QUINCY
ii - Z, = n q
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A SOLDIER CANT STAND IT.-At Cop
perhead meeting in Vevay, Indiana, last
ers, denounced the soldiers as Lincoln's
hirelings, whereupon, says the Madison
county Courier, the veteran Captain Andy
Stapleton, Of the 22d Indiana, arose and
denounced Porter and his whole posse a.
cowardly traitors, and drove the speaker
from the stand. Stapleton says there shall
be no more rebel meetings in Vevay while
It il evident that the views Of brother
Staplet0n, respecting the liberty Of speech
and the rights Of rebels in the North, are
somewhat loose.-CN, Gax,
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once have carpeted and furnished the ed
1torial sanctum with new rig, probably
becoming ashamed Of the appearance of the
s'den."
The editor Of the vinton Eagle suggests
m Iowa Editon' and Publishers' Conven-
ton to M scale Of prices. It 10 useless,
Every puhnsher win fix his own scale a
any rate.
Lieut.. Col. J. n. Hedrick. who v.. -.
vekely wounded In the battle before Atlan.
= On ~ -, reached his home in this city
20 ~ ~ cfaay. coming by way Of Louis.
- well - could be expecfef1. n e. z,
course, confined to his bed. - he viii M H. -
some time longer. but IN doinc -~n
Capt. T. 81. Hedrick, brother az r., n
who va Wounoeo IN the arm, In the nm.
sngagement, come = flr = Inr;.v I'M ..s
him. and vent INTO the hospital there
the pFeeent.-O twMao0 Courier. ~
Missourians in large numben ara oo,.,
ing into this State and settling IN eva .,-
neighborhood, In the lower ties Of oountie;
We hear Of them In all parts Of this cos,,,
~. several in this city. The fact Of ~ = !.
ny emigrating to our State from Misonri
one Of the richest States in the Union. !
such time as this, il calculated to attn.
the attention Of our citizens, and to prs
woke the inquiry, as to who these men q
and for what purpose they come to lows
From what We hear, We are inclined to Il
belief that it 10 from no purpose calculate
TO gpromote the quiet and peace Of OF
state. Prompt measures should be take
to guard against the Inauguration j,
scenes similar to those which have for q
long . period deeolated Missouri, and ron
dered the lives and property Of her either
insecpre.-l1id,
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RELICS OF BArTLEFIELDs.-Thes shistory
Of sword il now going the rounds, show
ing how . trusty weapon. taken from a
loyal officer, when captured BY the rebels
1t Shiloh, was lately returned TO its orig
inal owner by loyal volunteer, who re-
took this Union sword from rebel officer
who had been using itfof eighteen months.
The inscription showed that IL had been
presented BY his frien0s, to Maj. Stubs,
Of the 6th Iowa, when he first entered the
service.
The freshly erected cupola browning the
Church Of the TRANSPORTATION at6t Peters
burg, fell on the 18th ult. The loas of life
would have been comparatively limited
had not crowds Of towns-people forced an
entrance into the edifce beyond the con-
trolof the police or military in immediate
attendance. The concussi0n created by the
falling dome in . short time brought down
the whole structure, overwhelming hum
dreds in the ruin.
LAST Sunday while : train filled with
rebel prisoners was en- route to Elmira, n.
Y, it stoppedAA few minutes 1T Oswego,
where quite number of sympathizera
went among them 70 console and supply
them with tobacco, cigars, &C., and they
were 20 much interested in their friends,
that they did mot hear the whistle, and
were carried along to Elmira. where they
were, in. spite of their representations
marched out under guard with the pris.
loners, and locked up In the barracks. The
best thing of the war, but it il to be hoped
that the prisoners will be soon relieved .
tho miserable COMPANY of thea0 Connor
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ties for its federation 20 long - certain
States should see 1T to uphold It. Hence
the provision that the slave trade should
be- permitted for twenty years longer,
backed by the sharp alternative, "No slave
trade, no Union" A majority succumbed
to that ultimatum. The clause under
which fugitive slaves are reclaimed owes
its adoption to . similar requirement,
though perhaps not SO clearly expressed.
by Gen. G. G. Pinckney In the South Caro-
lima Convention his chief reasons for vo-
ting to ratify the Constitution.
Mr.. Clay, in 1874, though upon other
grounds opposing the Annexation Of Texas
urged that : permanent acquisition ought
not to be refused on account of tempOra.
~ institution like slavery.
The Northern Democratic politicians
have q single nostrum for restoring and
perpetuating the Union-further cOnces-
sions, lower prostration to the Slave Pow.
er. Slavery renders the South their rotten
borough, always certain to give them 9
large majority Of its votes in Congress and
for President. No matter though 1t sc0urg.
es and devastates the South, it nevertheless
brings plente0us grists to the mill Of De.
mocracy.'
This policy feeds and strengthens, while
protesting only to placate, the Unions on.
" formidable, inveterate enemy. 1t il
paths down to perdition.
Such is the policy which the Democratic
politicians are being drilled to re- establish
at Chicago and in the ensuing Election
Should It prevail, the experience Of two
generations will have been ignored, and
seas Of blood and treasure lavished in vain
IN. Y. Tribune.
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We desire to ny to the public that We ecna1s
our Attention to the retail business IN Thl5
CITY, and consequently keep . BE1TEh so@
LARGER assortment, for retail trade here tns -
fer our customers nrst class goods IN BurlinS!eno
cleaned nom every market, ard sold D ~ ~
LOWEST PRICES. This win Be denoon90eyee
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would long since have been run out OF the
South, to the great profit Of all concerned;
but the institution has defenses In the laws,
the habits, the mobs, the bowie-knives and
revolvers, of the South, which Free Labor
has not been prepared to overcome. There
never yet has been day when New
Highlander buying great South Carolina
plantation at public sale, and proceeding
to work it theoretically by free labor,
would not have been regarded and treated
as dangerous public enemy.
Our Revolutionary sages cOmprehended
and deprecated the deadly antagonism, the
''irrepressible conflict" between freedom
and slavery; but they deemed the latter q
blunder 80 palpable, wrong so gross. that
it must speedily vanish. Roger Sherman,
In the Federal Convention of 1857, observed
that 1.-THE abolition of slavery seemed to be
growing in the United States;" and that
"the good sense Of the several States would
probably by degrees complete it." Oliver
Ellsworth remarked-''Slavery, in time,
will not be speck in our country" and
no one dissented or demurred. Nearly all
the great men Of that Convention de-
nounced and reprobated slavery; no one
attempted to justify it.
Still, the, extreme South-0eorgia and
South Carolina-clung to the abuse, insist
ed on Its maintenance, demanded guaran-
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial to 'fimes.l
Washington. j

Warrington, Jan. Il.
Prominent Germans from the West
have arrived here who represent the Ger
mans have resolved to put in the field for
the Presidency q candidate irrevocably
committed to the destruction of slavery
The House Committee will to morrow
report bill establishing substantially the
postofice system of England.
II is said Gen. Anger will 90 to the
field and Gen. Sickles be commander Of
the defenses of Washington.
The President to-day restored General
McCiernand to his rank aud ordered him
to report 10 Gen. Banks.
Washington, Jan. 26.
a continued stream of deserters 10 pour
ing into our lines from the rebel army
Sunday evening 80 came in, and to. day
TUESDAY 80 more.
The naval committee of the House are
in favor of a navy yard for iron clads At
League Island, Delaware river.
The Herald's Army of the Potomac
dispatch reports General Meade, Who has
been III in Philadelphia, is RECOVERING
and will soon resume command.
1t is said the firing on Saturday las,
across the Rspidan was caused BY an al.
tempt Of . regiment D. two to desert
None Of our forces were out at the time
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CINCINNATI, Jan. u.
A public reception was given to the
veteran soldiers of Indiana yesterday.
A dispatch from Bridgeport. Ala, says
the number of rebel deserters is unusually
large.
The last ballot for Senator in the Ken
lucky Legislature yesterday stood-Guth-
RE 81, Bell AZ, Burnham 38, Buckner
withdrawn.
Louisville specials say the steamer
Fitzhugh, from Nashville to Cincinnati
was sunk by ice on the 29d at Skintown.
Total loss. Had on board lS3. bales Of
cotton for Cincinnati.
The ice gave way at Louisville yester-
day, sinking Eve coal boats and carrying
"a barges over the falls.
Capt. s. Black, Quartermaster, was
sentenced by court martial at Louisville
to be dismissed the service with loss ofpay
and allowance due, to pay 6ne of ten
thousand dollars and be imprisoned two
years. The charges were neglect and
violation of duty and conduct unbecoming
an officer, making false reports, &c.
In the Louisville circuit court yester-
day the suit against Adams Express Com
pany to recover money seized by John
Morgan at Cave City, the court decided
that guerrillas are common enemies and
rs such common carrier ia not RESPONSE
Bile for goods seized by them.
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Government Printing.

Washington, Jan. 81.
The report Of John D. Defree, Super
intendent of Public Printing, shows the
following result: Paper and binding from
October LIST, 1869, to September 3O,h,
1868, amounts to 81, ass ,0OO. The year
preceding it cost $4,000, the excess
being principally for blanks for the va
rious departments. The amoun. of print
ing and binding executed The last year, if
paid for at the prices established by the
law OF 1852, would have cost 1878, 900
more than has been expended for that
purpose by the government The gov
eminent printing Office was established in
March, 1861, since which time, up to
September 3Uth. 1868. the printing and
binding has cost S5s4,OOO less than it
would have cost at old prices. The re-
port concludes as follows: The character
Of the printing and binding, in material
and workmanship, is superior to that fur
nished under any system which has pre-
ceded the present. The experiment of
the government doing its own work, both
as regards its quality and economy, may
be regarded as completely satisfactory.