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adopted by the Portuguese crown in 1870,
in 1647, and in 1884, these unfortunate
natives remained in servitude until l755, and
would perhaps have been held to this day had
thew not proved very Improbable. Negroes
were accordingly imported from other Portu-
ouese dominions, and a slave trade with the
African coast naturally sprang up, and is only
inst ended, Portugal bound herself by treaty
with England, in 1885, to abolish the trade.
Brazil renewed the obligation in her own
name in 1926. Yet in 1889 it was estimated
tbat So 600 blacks were imported every year;
and. ten wears later the Minister of Foreign
Affairs reported that the brutal traffic had only
been reduced one-fourth. The energetic action
Of England, declaring in 1945 that Brazilian
slave-ships should be amenable to English
authorities, led to a long diplomatic contest
and threats of war; but it bore fruit in 1850 in
a statute wherein Brazil assimilated the trade
10 piracy. and in 1852 the Emperor declared it
virtually extinct. In the meantime, an oppo-
sition. not TO the slave trade alone, but to
slavery, too, gradually strengthened itself
within the Empire. ManumissiOn became fire.
ouent. and the laws made it very easy. A
society was organized under the protection of
the Emperor, which, every year. in open
church, solemnly liberated number of slaves;
and in 1856 the English Ambassador wrote
home that the Government had communicated
to him their resolution gradually to abolish
slavery in every part OF the Empire. The
grand step which they have now taken has no
doubt been impelled by the example of our
own country. 1t is one of the many precious
fruits which have sprung, and are destined
yet to spring, from the soil which we watered
so freely with patriot blood
Six years have witnessed the emancipation
of 25, 600 600 serfs in Russia, the liberation of
1900, 600 slaves in the United States, and the
virtual manumission of 100000 negroes in
Brazil. 1t is a glorious six years. work
$1,000 600 of men restored to freedom, and a
curse taken off three of the largest empires in
the world! The little that remains to do can
not rest long undone. The miserable relic OF
barbarism fingers now only on few islands
belonging to the Spanish crown; and the slave.
holder who, in the face of the events of the
last few years, hopes to retain the right to buy
and sell his fellow-man, even in those islands
must be sanguine indeed.
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Condition of the national Banks.

From the Herald.
The declaration of large dividends by seve
raj of the national banks, in addition to the
large amount carried to their surplus funds,
shows the enormous profits of these establish
ments. The First National Bank of New
York, for example, has just declared regular
semi-annual dividend of ten per cent, besides
increasing its surplus fund sixty-fve per cent.
All the banks, in fact, that are managed with
ordinary ability and honesty, are making i'm
mense profits out of the public, which are
altogether out of proportion to those of every
other business. We do not conclude that
generally the gains are as large as forty, fifty,
sixty or more per cent, which some of them
show; but we think we do not overestimate
the aggregate at twenty five to thirty per cent,
The capital on which dividends are paid to the
stockholders is over four hundred and eighteen
millions so that we may fairly calculate the
total profits for all the national banks over
hundred millions a year. Probably they
reach hundred and twenty millions. While
this exhibit is extremely gratifying to the few
favored capitalists who hold the stock of the
national banking associations, the mass of the
people might properly inquire whence these
| excessive profits are derived, and whether they
indicate a healthful state of things for the
| OOunlIy dI ldIBe' .
These profits of a hundred to hundred and
twenty millions are drawn, of course from the
productive interests of the country, and go
into the pockets of few, comparatively. 1t
may be said that capital has its rights and
privileges the same as labor or skill in bust
ness, and that all have a right to make the
most they can from their accumulated means.
inns is undoubtedly true as a general princi-
pie and as regards individual action. But in
great national organizations or institutions, in
institutions which are legalized and fostered
Dy the Government, there should be a limit to
shelr power Of absorbing the products Of in
uuSIry ana the wealth of people. The prin-
eol restraining the grasping power OF capi-
tal Is recognized everywhere. 1t is embodied
III usury laws and in laws prescribing the rate
OF interest on money. The general welfare, as
against special interests or privileges, should
be the object Of government.
But in the case of the national banks, what
do we see We see gigantic monopoly over
shadOwing the whole country, absorbing all
: the profits of industry, and threatening to ex-
ercise the most dangerous power both fnan-
cially and politically. 1t is far more DANGEROUS
= than the old United States Bank or apy other
Q moneyed institution ever was. We see The ma
r tional banks not only legalized and supported
) by the Government, but, strange to say, In
Q addition to the large profits which could be
= made IN the ordinary way of banking, and in
the race Of enormous dividends, the Govern
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f9B7 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
- - an application will be made by the UNDER
signed to the
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS,
for contract to pave Hancock street. from Norris to
BeTks Streets and all persons interested will present
any objections they may have to such improvement,
on or before y O'Clock MONDAY, May 20.
The following named persons have signed agree
ment for the paving of the street aforesald:-
Joseph Roates, Hugh ODonnell, j. IL. Sibben q
Co., Warner Justice, j. 5. Smith, J. N. Moore,
J. l.. Hanes, Pooley Howard, E. Marks, Marx
Devine
543t& s. A. MILLER.
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ESB7 NOTICE-THE NEW ORLEANS RE-
~ PUBLICAN olics the patronage of all loyal
in the North who have business interests Ia the
South. Having been selected by the Clerk of the
House of Representatives under the law of Congress
passed March O. 1867 as the paper for printing all the
Laws and Treaties, and all the Federal advertise
ments within the State OF Louisiana, IL will be the
best advertising medium In the Southwest, reaching
a larger number of business men than any other
paper Address MATTHEWS IL HAMILTON, Con-
veyanceIs. No. 7O7 SAMSON street, or S. l.. BROWN
d Co, New Orleans, Louisiana. 420 I'm
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SHIPPING.

,eFEF&A STEAM TO LIvERPoOL-CAII,INc
SS2AA1sasska ct Queenstown-The Inman line sailtns
seml-W weekly, carry ing the United States Malta 'e
CITY OF SALT MORE. ... a.. aturday February "a
CRY 6F FFsSVSTy FsSTasTy
S1iT11 ~ fEM nVhh March
and each saturday and wednesdSy SsFSS AZ
RATES OF PASSAGE
Payable 10 ola ''"S PSYsbIs IN GSrrenov
frsI C9pm ........ss0 Steerage.
10 10 london on.......... 95 10 London .......... 95
Passage BY the Wednesday csbn 40
$50; steerage $50 Payable In United States
passengers also forwarded TO nAvre, Hamburg Bre
steerage passage from Liverpool or Queenstown s37
Tickets can be bought here by send
For iurther information apply at the Company's
SIS No. Ill WALNUT Street Philada. ]
EHSlEA FOR NEW YORK.-PHILADEI,
delphla Steam Propeller Company De.
leaving daily at II NJ. and P. NJ, connecting with III
Northern and Eastern lines. ~ -
For freight, which will be tax upon accommodatins
IIS No. 1872 s. DELAWARE Avenue.
fHFs, STAR LINE FOR NEW ORLEANS
SSAaAAlkass The New York Mail Steamship Company,
hne UCean Steamers win leave Pier o. Is North Rive
at Soclock + NJ as tollows1the
HAVANA, on SATURDAY,
MISSOURI, on SATURDAY,
MERRIMACK on SATLROaY,
AL bills OF fading signed at the Office upon the pier
@. K. GARRISON, President.
No. BOWLING GREEN. N. Y,
Fl. LEAF, Agent, Adams Express,
NO. $40 Chestnut street.
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J.VAuGHAN hERhCk, - WILLIAM H. AERRIoK
SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY, FIFTH AND
= WASHINGTON Streets,
PHILADELPHIA. ...
AERRICK q SONS,
ENGINEERS AND MACHINIBTc,
manufacture High and Low Pressure steam Engines for
Land, River, and Marine Service
Boilers, GasOmeters, Tanks, Iron Boats, etc.
Castings OF all kinds, either iron OF brass
Iron Frame Roofs Tor Gas Works, workshops, ano
Railroad Stations etc,
Ketorts and Gas Machinery of the latest and most i'm
Every description of plantation Machinery ana Sugar
Saw, and Grst MUS Vacuum Pans, Open Steam Trains
Defecators Filters, Pumping Engines. etc.
sole Agents Tor N. BtleuX's Patent Sugar Boiling
Apparatus, hesmyth's Patent Steam Hammer, and AS
pinwai Woosey's Patent Centrifugal Sugar Draining
Machine. 630S
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mRBolAL REPORT FOR THR EVENING TELEoRAPH.l
In all communities there are those who are
loved and respected by all. Such was the case
with the late Rev. s. Y. Monroe, whose obseques
we're solemnized yesterday morning at the Third
street NJ. Z. Church, Camden. The deceased
was possessed of more than ordinary talents,
and as a minister of the Gospel ranked among
the FIRST in the State. The particulars of his
death are fresh in the minds of the public, and
there is no necessity for a reiteration of them
here.
Rev. Samuel Y Monroe was born in Mount
Holly July /, 1916, and was the son OF Hon.
Clayton Monroe. He was IN business in Phila-
depha previous to entering the ministry and
for several years was local preacher He
entered the New Jersey Conference in April,
1s43 and has consequently been in the ministry
nearly twenty-fOur years. The Swedesborough
CircuJt was his first appointment. His next
was at Salem and subsequently at Paterson,
Princeton New Brunswick and Newark stations,
the Iatter twice, Camden, and Jersey City, He
at the time of his death Corresponding Secre-
tary of the Church Extension Society, OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He was mem
her of three General Conferences in succession,
and at the last one stood next to the highest for
Blshop in the vote of the Conference.
The coffin in which the deceased was laid was
a French double-top one, lined with cashmere,
fringed at the top, and had six silver handles
and three rows of silver moulding: The outside
was covered with black cloth. The deceased
was dressed in black dress pants and vest and
a black cashmere wrapper, with heavy cord
tassel. On his breast were chaplet of cypress
and a heavy cross of japonca. A wreath OF
the same encircled the plate on the lid, IN
which was the inscription:-
REV. s. Y. MONROE. d. d.,
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OBsEQUIEs IN CAMDEN.

e,bsequIes Of the Late Rev. 8. r.
monroe, DID, In Camden, Yes
6erday-Addresses by Bishop
simpson and Others
The Funeral Proces-
sion, Etc. Etc.
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HNO CONTRACTORS AND MINERS.-THE
l. Commissioners on the Troy and Greenfield Rail-
road and Hoosac Tunnel acting for the state OF Mas
sachusetts, invite Proposals, until the l0th aay OF
March next, for Bxcavatng said Tunnel at three
different sections OF that work. a,
This Tunnel, when completed, VIII be ABOUT 20
miles In length, extending from the town OF tlOrlua,
through the Hoosac Mountain, 10 the town Of North
Adams -. -
grade of the Railroad S50peet 240 feet of which con-
sist of opening of about 10 cubic yards TO each
nea foot, the same TO be enlarged 10 sectlon con-
tanning about cubic yaTs to each FOOT the remain
ing 100 feet being heading-now measuring upon an
average cubic yards per running foot-to be enlarged
TO the tu secton making some 5000 cublc yarus 70
be removed. 80 -.
successful bidder for the above-named enlargement
If satisfactory terms shall be offered . - 81.
The Western End Is worked from smart $40 leet
six cubic yards each nea foot-extends 100 feet
and Is to be enlarged to section containing yaras
per foot requiring the removal of 1900 cubic yarus
Bids for that amount and for an extension In eJner
direction of the heading and enlargement at THIS
point, Will be received. -.
The Central End of an eptica form, "a to 10 feet
from the surface requiring the removal or about sOOO
cubic yards. -, 60. -.
will require neither masonry nor supports OF any
Buildings. machinery and of ventilation, all
of the substantial character have been PROVIDED
and will be furnished to contractors.
Ample sureties will be required from parLes VINO
may be contracted with, and the CohnlsSloners re-
plans and specifications may be seen on appica-
,,on 10 AI,VAH CROCKER at the Engineers Otice,
North Adams Massachusels; ana 3n95 TIT S
~ No. Is Exchange street, Boston, to whom pro-
posals may be directed 1AnrUs NJ sTIrrrr
4. ALVAH CROCKER,
CHARLES HUDSON
Commissioners
roag
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THE NEWSSTAND. S. W. CORNER
SPvENTH and CHESNUT Streets Is open daily
LIN q r. NJ, Tor the sale of the leading Morning,
Evening Weekly Sunday ana lusrStedY Y YSsEsPsPers
Of this city ItOseenet win wv wv" A''A 5o'Ss 10
weekles, etc'i
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OttIy ~ SHdNGLE ROOFS (FLAT OR Steep COVER
AZ ADd " LII ddA JOHNS ENGLISH ROOFING CLOTH,
D TINT coatsq with LIQUID GUTTA PERCHA
ar TnaSing them perfectly waterproof LEAKY
80 III HOOtss repaired with Gutta Percha Paint,
ana 4nd warranted for five years IEAKY SLATE
sor COATED WIN liquid which becomes as hard as
3inNvia IN, COPPER, ZINC or IRON coated with
frona Suta FeIcha at small expense Cost ranging
Sbing 70 two cents per square foot Old Board or
I'oos ten cents square foot all complete.
I ISEIaIs III constantly on hand and for sale by the
INC cS1Itb..i ~ u II IA AND PENNSYLVANIA ROOF
II . Sn, Nni AN l. - GEORGE HOBART,
Otn NO, $50 N. FOURTH Street.
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.IFEFBA TO SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWNERS,
sARA4ss&- The undersigned having leased the KEN
bINGToN SCREW DOCK, begs 10 Inform his frienos
and the patrons of the Dock that he is peuared with
increased facilities to accommodate those having vessels
to be laised or repaired and being Dractca
penter and cauker VIII give personal attention TO the
vessels entrusted to him Tor repairs
Captains or Agents Ship-Carpenters, and Machnists
having vessels to repair, ale solicited to call.
Having the agency for the sale of "Wetterstedt
Patent Metaic Composition" for Copper paint Tor the
alton ofvesses botto MS for this city am pre-
pared to furnish the same on favorable terms.
JOHN II. HAMMITT,
Kensington ScrewDock,
lis DELAWARE Avenue above Laurel street.
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GROUP.

We copy an article on this disease which We
commend to the special consideration of mothers.
1t is from Halls Journal of Health, and may be
read with advantage:
''Croup seldom comes on suddenly. Generally
it has at first no symptoms than those Of COM
mon cold but the very moment the child is seen to
carry his hand towards bis throat indicating dis
comfort there, it should be considered an attack Of
Group, and should be treated accordingly. When
a child is sick of anything, no physician can tel
where that sickness will end So it is with cold
it may appear to be very slight one indeed, still
it may end fatally in Group, putrid sore throat OF
diptheria. The moment mother observes croupy
symptoms in child from two to eight years, the
especially croupy age she should keep the child in
her own room, by her own side, day and night, not
allowing it for moment to go outside Of the doors,
keeping it comfortably warm, so that no chiliness
or draft of air shall come over it. Light food
should be eaten, no meats, hot bread or berries
The whole body, the feet especially, should be kept
warm all the time. Rubbing twenty drops Of sweet
oil into the skin over the left breast patiently with
the hand, two or three times, or more times day,
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\ -T -. -
Hon. W. W. BoYcE-We find the following
brief extract of letter from our former Repre-
sentative in Congress, in the Clarendon Ress. It
is addressed to Mr.. Galuchat, of that District:
"a word as to the public matters. I think our
people ought to register and participate III the
elections, To do nothing, Will be to commit sui
eide. think the great point is to carry out Gen
eral Hamptoas ideas, and show themselves there
by the friends of the colored people. Our people
should recognize what is inevitable in regard to
the legal and political rights Of the blacks, and
grant, of their own voition, what viii be given in
spite of them By this course, harmony between
the two races will be maintained, and political
power in the State will remain in safe hands, All
expressions through the press or otherwise against
the dominant party here, should be avoided. 1t
is impossible at this time for the Democratic party
to help the South. The great object with the
South now should be to get established in their
political rights. Then feeling of confidence viii
take the place of present insecurity, and capital
flow in from the North. .4.}i..,
feel intensely for the unhappy condition Of my
Southern friends. You must not be discouraged
struggle on-afairs must improve.
With kind wishes, your friend, -
WILLIAM w. B0YCE.,
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Ex-vice Consul for Fl. B. NJ, at Shanghai.
THE FUrURE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATE

The FUTURE CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
St Louis, with present population of 200, ,0O0
and the prospect Of reaching five times that mum.
ber by the close of the present century, aspres tc
be the capital of the United States But she may
find herself distanced in the race by some unknown
lat present. little place, hundreds of miles further
west-for example, Junction City, Omaha City, OF
some other almost unheard Of village on the great
Western plains. 1t takes away ones breath to
read how the States are pushing out their popula-
ton westward, and how all kinds of improvements
are working their way across the great plains to-
wards our Pacific Empire. Think of railroad be-
ing laid on that route at the rate of almost two
miles day for thirty days in succession, or fifty
miles of road in thirty days. There is story told
of race between these Pacific Railroad track lay
ers and an emigrating party in teams, in which the
track layers beat at the end Of some days trial
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AlistelIanenns &eadina.
STRENGTH OF SOUTHERN ARMIES.

The following interesting statistics in reference to
the strength of the Southern forces during the late
war, is taken from the New York Commercial Ad
uertsser, made up from statement of the New
York Tribune Richmond correspondent, the lat
ter having, he says procured his facts from Official
Confederate sources. 1t win be noticed that the
Confederate armies reached the numbers Of about
100000 men in 1868, force which was probably
greater in proportion to the numbers Of the white
population within the Confederate lines, than was
ever put forth in any struggle:
Among otherdocuments unearthed at Richmond
were the muster rolls of the Confederate armies,
which have fallen into the hands of Tribune cor.
From these it appears that $1,000
Southern troops participated in the battle of Fail
Oaks, fought on the 3lst of May, 1862. Johnston
having been wounded, Gen. Lee succeeded him.
The following figures indicate the number Of troops
in his command until the final surrender.
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CoNTRARrEs. wrote e1cenently On tenn
erance-when sober; Johnson's essay on polite
ness is admirable, but he was himself perfect
bear; the gloomy verses Of Young give one the
blues, but he was brisk, lively man the Com
forts Of Life, by B. Heron, was written in prison,
under the most distressing circumstances; Mise
ries Of Human Life, was, on the contrary, COM
posed in drawing room, where the author was
surrounded by every luxury; al the friends Of
Sterne knew him to be selfish man, yet as wri-
ter he excelled in pathos and charity, at one time
beating his wife, at another wasting sympathies
over dead monkey. Seneca wrote in praise Of
poverty on table formed of solid gold, with mil
lions lent out at usury some Of Hood comic effu-
sions we're written in bodily pain and mental dis,
tress 80
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How 10 Do GooD.-Dr. johnson wisely said,
''He who waits to do great deal at once, Will
never do anything" Life is made up of little
things 1t is but once in an age that occasion is
offered for doing great deed True greatnesscon-
sists IN being great in little things. How are rail
roads built? By one shovel Of dirt after another;
one shovel at a time. Thus drops make the ocean.
Hence we should be willing to do little good at q
time, and never wait to do great deal of good at
once If we would do much good. in the world,
we must be willing to do good in little things little
acts one after another speaking word here,
giving tract there, and setting good example all
the time; we must do the first thing we can, and
the next, and then the next, and so keep on doing
good. This is the way to accomplish anything
Thus only'shal we do all the good in our power.
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methods in Cincinnati, and so superb is the drain

methods in Cincinnati, and so superb is the drain
age that outside of the abotor not drop of blood
is ever seen upon the sidewalk or in the cutters,
nor is the hot summer made stencil by the breezes
from the shambles. These buteheries were pro
jected by the first Napoleon, and finished in 1918.
The horse butchers is new institution here,
and it has, until of late, been established in the
a5aaon of La Villette, just outside of Paris. A
bout forty horses are killed day; knocked in the
head, their throats cut, and they are made into
quarters, shins and ribs in no time. The perform
ance is legal, and government encourages the con-
sumption of;the horse .."'