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HrArqR's Firth MILITARY DtsTRICT,)
OFtI,G CuEF lrMNiFsARN OF srBsIsrEsCE, }
ArsrIS, TENAs. Sept. -, ISIS
S,alod proposals, which must he made in trpli.
cate, will be- received at tn" Office IT the Depot A.
II 1885, for suppl ing the UEt,i State troops and
others drawing ratInu~ al
Austin, TracI. comfy, iunr CompGE!esi
B",tun, Bel county, nu" company;
y#lla-, Dallas county. on" company;
Pilot Grove, Hraysun cuHn'y, Dc conn AAy'
sulphur Springs, Hopkins county, two Compa.
MES;
W0odlaul, Flce-toue county, ono CompauyI
Fort Grifhn, ShscklcfUrd county, four c"mPa-
niles;
Fuit Ric4ArlsuR, Jack county, Ave companies /;
with .uCh Fresh Beef ~ may be required.
The contract t. commence January !, l-H, and
to Cputinu" Ia force until December 81, lSN, Or
such les time ~ the CoInmissary hcu"ral ul sub
sistruC- may direct.
Each bid must be accompanied by the written
guarantee OF tive Responsible persgn-, who must
be prepared 20 enter into bond In the sum Of one
thou aud dollar. for each company stationed at
the post they propose to supply.
BIDS must be made ont separately for each post
No contract " i'll he awarded until the bids have
been submitted To the General Commanding FUN
Military District
Conditions Of contracts and b.d- -aruc - In pre-
Viuus adveTt.s0meat-
Proposal, Iaust !" plainly cudor.ri, Proposals
for Fresh Beef at -, Texas, sud addressed to
the Acting CulHIaissATy VI Suh-ist"LCc At Austin,
Texas.
BY order Of Drcvet Major General E.ynail..
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Proposals,
SuspgYsrON OF GoyERNMENT SALES OF
- CONDEMNED ORDNANCE STORES.

SUspENsrON OF GoyBRHMENT SALES OF
- CONDEMNED ORDNANCE STORES
UNITBD STATES ORDSANcR A0Bscr,)
CORNER OF HOUsroN AND GRBKsR STREETS, 7
NEW York, Sept. Is, 1868.
Notice is hereby given that all sales Of condemned
ord uluce stores, now advertised to take place at
the several arsenals and armOries Of the United
Statez, have been suspended, by authority OF the
War department, until further orders
.c2s.R Brevct Col U. sA Mai Of Ordnance.
DEOpOSALS FOR LIGHT-DRAUGHT STEAM
/ SNAG-BOAT
OFFIcr oE wEsrGgS RIykG lNPEoyENeSrs.l
No. iPCBLtC BCILnIS0, J
CISCfNyArI, ONO, Sept Is, 1865
Scaled proposals will be received at this once
until IL IN. on SATURDAY, October 10, ISIS, for
the construction OF one htdrauEht Stern W heel
TOw-Boat,
Bach bid to have the specifications attached Of
the work bid for, and stating the shortest time
within VIII eh the work will be executed, aud be
accompanied with two approved sureties for tho
proper performance Of The contract.
Printed forms, on which bids must be made out,
and copies of the specifications to accompany
same, can be obtained at this Office, where also
model Of the boat and samples Of the stores to be
furnish shed can be seen after Saturday. septem-
Der II.
iect any aud all bids j. N. MACOMB,
Col. Engineers, Brew: Col, L. 1, Army,
sCp23-id Gen. Sup't u. $. Snag Boats.
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Financial.
FIRST NATIoNA BANK

FIRST NATIONAL BANK
WASHINGTON
Il. D. COOKS, tof Jay Cooke Il Co. y President.
W. y. HUSrIsuros, Cashier.
GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY
FINANCIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
NrH STREET. Opposite rHE rKBAsrRr pSPART-
nEsT.
Government securities with Treasurer United States,
aeoNB MILLION DOLLARS. ga
We buy and sell all classes Of GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES at current market rates.
FURNISH EXCHANGE and make Collections on
ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES or THE UNITED
STATES.
We purchase Government Vouchers on the MOST
FAVORABLE TERMS. and give CAREFUL Asp
PROMPT ATrssTIoS TO
ACCOUNTS OF BUSINESS MEN AND TIRNs.
and to any other business entrusted to Us.
FULL INFORMATION In regard to GOVERN.
ARNT LOANS at all times cheorfuily Furnished.
W. 8. HUNTINGTON, Cashier.
wAsHiSdroS. March %. 1855 mhH-dh
IAT COOKE SCo.,
BANKERS,
FIFTEENTH STREET, OPPOSITE THE
TREASURY,
bay and sell at current market rates and keep
constantly on hand full supply "
GOVERNMENT BONDS,
sEvEE-THIRTIES.
and
COMPOUND INTEREST MOTIFS.
Orders for Stock, Bonds, &c, executed, and Col
l4etiops made on all accessible poiGts.
sspl-du
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UEApyr NRTER- DEPARTMENT or rms SOrTH,)
CHlEF QrARrERAAsrBR' OFFICE,

UEApyrN RTERs DEPARTMENT or rms SorrH,)
CHEZ QrARTERMAsrRR's OFFtcE, J
ATLANTA, GA. Sept. -, 1855,
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until u in, Ust9boE u, ISIS, at which time they
will be- opened, Tor furnishing material aud erect
lug a Dry Stone Wall In and around tho National
Cemetery, al Anderson, Ca, As fnllOwss
one Interior Wall, enclosing the different sec.
t'ons, I've thousand eight hundred and eighty
l,ss linph frpt said wall to bC four l feet high,
sixteen no Inches Of same To b. below tho surface
uf the ground, twenty .lUuf CA nChrs ut the base
and twelve 90 inches at THO top Ala, gne kN.
terror wall, to enclose the Cemetery, l"Tib .IW1
hundred G21O lincal feet, said wall to be tye 90
fat high, Thirty (S) inches at the la.e, Aud litSTn
ujl inches nt The top, and to extend tyelNe ~
inches below the snrfacr Of the ground. All Of
the above specified wall 10 be laid dry, OF good
granite stone, and in good, wurkman!'ke man
ncr.
Proposals will also be received q the same time
for furnishing ten thousand and thirty-uuo llO,u)
cubic yards Vi Earth, aud tling The 'amH Win, Z
tn. SECTIONS enclosed by interior walls. Tho oatth
To- he laid Twelve tl2l inches deep aud lCSullcd
The usual requirements for bids, Nc., Will he
pNaCtcd. q,
Proposals SHOULD be ind"rs,d "Prnp9sals for
erecting Stone Wal, Sc, and adore ed 20 this
nice. . X sAAIuNi,
Department # the south. sepatd
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AL p"rsnns iuteres ted either as debtors or Creli
turs'i said estate, are requested L. call m my At
Unrth, between seventh aud Eighth streets Wr-'.
WHO Is authorized T." act III my behalf
c A. wIL~uS,
Administrator Of De Wit c. wi-ou, d"era. Il.
WA-HISuruS CRY. Aug. u, ISIS.
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DROpOSALs FOR SUBSISTENCE STORES
Prop aaI,, In duriicltr with copy ~ this alvrr.
u,rmruI attached, viii be received by the undrr-
september, lsfs. Tor furnishing the following Sui
sln'"nC" htur"r luT the msr al the troops At his
pot Tor tn next TX mouths TIL" contacts To b."
'ulJC"t To- lur approval Of tho Commanding G"nu-
ret, Department II tbs Eat.
50 puuud- NJ Ham,
- barrels uI our,
luU pounds II Bean,
TO pounds Of RtCr,
l,iu pounds Of ur"ru Coffee,
ban puuuds 1T Drown sugHr,
!, Az pounds u White sUgAr,
2, puUUlz Of Soap,
IUl nuunds uf Table Salt.
dozen both" quart! "' Pickle,
gdnyrn eau, 81 Fresh Mack ,rel
10 dozen can, UI Peaches,
u duLra cans Of Tomatoes,
7dOEru cans Of Green Peas,
lU ease ul failure or d, hClrucy In the quality or
quantity Of the supp!ies to be delivered, then the
COMMITS sAry At Fort Warren, MAssAchu.rtts, shall
chase, aud the contractor will be- charged with
lir q. lh'r'uCr OI CuEt.
Iur contractor will he required I" cutter into
I"ud- irr The -Um Of hyr hundred dollars, siguud
H- IS Two rspJusihir surrtlrs, whose names " III
be- m"uiIuHrd Ia the iIds.
Small -hmpl", OF the stores, printed in Italics
VIII be furnished with the bid
The aforementioned stores to be- supplied at
rurh lIAvS and IL such quantities ~ tho Acting
LVmml''Nry snb'istence At Fort Warren, Massa
chu'"tI;' may rrIrire and To DO delivered free Of
bidders ar" requested to state in thOiT prupUgAls
thu price, for the old and new crops nf meats.
The Government reserves tho right to reject an
or all ui the bids received.
Pr"ro,alH will be- marked "pTuuusals for sub
r'.i"gC" stnv-, and adiT, ssvd to
JAMES u BURBANK,
Fact Lieut. 81 Ar a. G. : fou Warren, Mns-
1NthhN'll' hvpb I'd
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
- No, u, ,DECEMBER TERN, 1857.
JoSkrH q. WILLARD, Appeal from tho Su'
appellant, pTome Court OF the
nf

BESJAMIY OGLE TAYLOR, biR.
Mr.. Cnrhing, IN behalf Of Mr.. Poland, Of conn.
tcl Tor the appel liant, suggests the death OF BEN
jamin Oglu fRl uo, tho appellee u this cause, aud
moved lhu coat for an order, under tho 18th rule
Of court, to ke the proper representatives par
ties. On consideration whereof L Is now hero or
dtred by Ih1s court llht unless the proper repre-
ceased ~ ai"resaid, shall voluntarily become par.
Ties within tho hrst ton days Of tho ensuing term OF
!hc record in said cause, aud to have the Same
heard, aud the degree thurrin rendered reversed "
erroneous: Prpriini, That u COPY OF Inc order
shall DO rrlnttd 10 some ncwsTapcr ~ the seat VI
g1NTrnmolI IN which the laws OF tho United States
weeks 1T least sixty days before tho beginning VI
April.
Test: D. W. MIDDLETON,
aug7 .dS,ys
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Architects.

A LIVE Lord and member Of Parliament has
neen nlayinE on the London stage.
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4latiuaal Aepmblima,

BEIrIsn FLuNKEYs Spectator, after
reporting the Queens arrival in Paris, and he
departure for Lucerno, adds:
After stay Of some three weeks at Lueern",
the Queen proceeds to Germany, AID will hrI
subjects hope, benefit as much by her hull
day as IL she were the wife Of any ordinary
Member of Parliament. She will not beneh',
however, if watched and hunted and crit
ciscd, ms her sons have lately been. Tho con
duct Of the British public, and particularly
the wei. fed section It, in this matte, is
utterly di.graceful to them, not only as indie.
pendent citizens but rs worshippers Of rank.
If they must he nrrksys-and they must be-
or they would cease - he Btitish-lot them
sh Nv their lunkeyism by reverent regard for
the Queen : wishes, and let Her Majesty enjoy
Mount PLATE without hundred opera glasses
directed on her face.
TUE late General Poncelet has bequeathed
to the Academy Of Sciences IS, 900, the annual
interest on which shall every year be given %
the author Of the best work on applied or pure
mathematics which shall have been published
in the ten years last preceding the award of
the prizo.
THE London Tunes has been published
every day, except Sundays, since January l.,
l7SS
A LIVE Lord and member Of Parliament has
been playinE on the London stage.
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Railroad Routes.

WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA,
until further notice, Local PASSENGER Trains will
run between Washington and Alexandria as fol-
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THE SISTERS OF CHARITY,
Corner OF Second street east aud D street south.
Capitol Hill,
INGToN CITY.
The new building Ia now ready for the reception
ofpatcnts Of every class, both medical and surgical
Patients will be received Into tho wards at 10
por week, payable In ADVANCE. This includes Med
iclue and Medical or Surgical attendance, .
Private Rooms eau be had at advanced rates
MEDICAL STAFF ATTENDING.
PHYSICIANS. ...
D. R HAGNER, N. D.. No. 900 Ii strssi, b..
JOHN c. Riley, n D., New York aveuuo. he.
WE WI r &HrEiBrGE n3 f''a!s f' siSts
J, =. THOMPSON, NJ D., corner Ninth stree
Euj hlssH chusttt, avenue.
&. n. FORD, n, +, - Esst Capitol street.
G9AFTON TYLEE, NJ, D., corner Of Washing.
'oS rnf o JXofHiiESGEo Gsrs35owPs .,s0,n .,r,o, No.
J. H6WIRb, NJ D., VS. + street.
THOMAS VI LLGR, 2!5 = street
JOHNSON ELIOT, iUs L street.
G. II. LlBkRMAEN' i59 ThiTlesuth street
Application can DO made at the HOSPITAL or 10
other OF the ahove-IRmed phy-icisna. Physicilns
sending patients TO the Hospital who may occupy
private rooms have the privilege Of attending he
Ss-No persons with contagious diseases admitted
oel7 Superior,
COLUMBIA DISrEESAkY, FOR WOMEN AND
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THE London Tunes has been published
every day, except Sundays, since January |,
l1NS
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pHILADELPHlA, WILMINGTON, AND BAL.
i TlMORE RAILROAD.
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IT," mud r-iEIrI. i"-Id,ngat---. Stutrut--,
HHIriIUkr that, Of tho foregoing bid for carry tug
tur m.ul gu route No. 1877 b- accepted - tue
Postmaster General, the bidder shHll, prior To she
l- 'Iy VI January, ls5l cutter iuIO the required Z, o
sHl.5n, ~ contact, ~ perform ia" service Ir"-
lwr-.i, Will good aud sufficient uIuur-.
IN,- W do understanding distinctly the ublign e
r..lu. aud Liabilities assumed by guaTanIur. under
l' 21,h section Of the act VI COngres, 81 July .,
.sG
Dated
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WASHINGTON, d. e.
DR.. HARBurR: Permit me to tender You my sin
cero thanks for the extraordinary care your ALI
Healing Lotion has performed.
For several years have been afflicted with the
Neuralgia, with but temporary relief from the doe
tors. had given up ever recovering, until tried
your All.IIealing Lotion, which, in four weeks,
produced u complete cure.
Your obCdlcut servant,
J.. J. JACOBS, Baitim"rs, Ill.,
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The many thousspjs cnrei Al this i1,tIt,,,,r
With the last eighteen years, and the numerous
wsS y he rtporsf Of q <. p ami
many other papers, notices Of which hPpearrd
again and again before the public, besides his
standing as gentleman Of character aud respOnhi.
bility, y sun Client guarantee q the afflicted.
Persons writing should be particular In difoct.
Ing their letters to bis institution In the following
manner: JOHN NJ JOHNSTON, NJ D.,
Baltimore Lock Hospital,
jes-ly Baltimore. MARYLAND.
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LETTER FROM HON. W. W. EATON.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Aug. 7th, 1865.
GENTLEMEN: Yunr esteemed favor, irvit-
ing me to address the people of Edseilsld
District WAS received several days since, and
the answer delayed in the hope that | should
find myself able To give II favorable response
My engagements, however, are such that It
is quite impossible Tor me to command the
time necessary for u journey to your State
l deeply regret it, and beg to assure yVu that
it would give me great pleasure again to yi>it
South Carolina-not so much however 10 adj
dress her people during the coming canvass,
as personally to observe the horrible effect
which the misrule OF Rnl;ca!ism has brought
upon them.
My heartfelt and arrest sympaihies are
with your deeply suffering people, my friends
AMI Lr, thren. In the whole history of our
Race since the Norman invasion, no people
have been so oppressed and ground to the
earth US have yours.
But rc,ribu,' on is sure, "Thc mills Of the
Gods grind slow but sure" Bide your time,
for with Coils help, the true men of the
Mouth, will in November, strike such blew
fnr the right as will hurl yonr and our ene-
mics from power, and give back to your pco-
pie, that greu, principle which is the common
property and the common birthright Of us
all -" The power Of self government"
beg TO be remembered 10 M vain. Il
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LETTER FROM HON. H.F. PERRY.
GnrrxvILlE, s. c., Aug. 18th. 1858.

GnrrxvILLE, S. c., Aug. 18th. 1858.
GENERAL BUTLER, Chairman, &c.
My Dear Sir Il shall have to forego the
pleasure of being with you on the ID Sep
tember next, as my professional engagements
in the Federal Court, now sitting here, will
not allow Of my absence. l thank YOU kind
ly for the honor Of your invitation TO be pres
cnt and address your meeting on that oc-
casion.
Let me assure you, however, that | am
with you, heart and soul, in the effort tue
good people Of l5dgefield are making, in com-
mon with that Of the whole Democracy of
the United States, 10 hurl from power and
place the most inscriptions, usurping, des-
p,iic aud oppressive party, that ever diagraced
the annals Of history. / Luvc no doubt ci
our success in this great struggle. The whole
North. East, West and South are in bluzc
of cnthusia,m since the nomination Of Scy-
,nour and Blair, and the adoption Of the Dom
ocratic Platform. State after State has
wheeled into the Democratic ranks, sirce the
Radical party have openly avowcd their prin-
ciples of universal negro suffrage, negro SUI
prcmacy in the Southern States and one cur.
rcncy in gold for the rich bond holder, with
out taxation. and another currency, in de-
precisted paper, for tue poor, with an over
whelming and crushing taxation.
Two year! ago the issue in the elections
North. was the Constitutional Amendment,
and negro suffrage with the currency question
was kept concealed Embollened by their
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LETTER FROM GEN. HAMP ron.
ANDERSON, Aug. Goth, 1868.

ANDERSON, Aug. Goth, 1868.
GENTLEMEN would afford me very
great pleasure 10 attend the meeting to which
you nave done ME the honor to invite me, il
it was in my power to do so but l am quite
unwell, md am forced reluctantly to forego
this qualification. There were many reasons
which made me particularly desirous of meet
ing my friends Of Edgefeld District, and if
ven will allow me to do 30 shall regard this
as only postponement of that pleasure as !
can on my return from the mountains, consult
With them on the grave issues presented to
US. IknpS flat the men Of old EdgefrId
require no aid, and need no encouragement
in this great contest; but should like to
make my Acknowledgements to them Tor the
many and great obligstiohs Under which they
hare placed me, by giving to my command,
during the war, sumo of its most devoted sol
diers, aud most distinguished officers. Iwish
to ask my old comrades ia arms to enlist
agai: with me in this great fight for Consti-
tutional Liberty, which is now going on, and
to adjurc them to be as good soldiers in the
cause OF peace as they were in that Of war.
I hope to have the opportunity Of doing this
ut some future day, and until then, 1 am.
Very Respectfully
Your friend and fellow citizen,
WADE HAMPTON.
Mn0.rs Rrr1 Ed Rosmr11 aud nrxnnr- Conn
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A SwIEDLE IN PBILADELpHIA.-An out
rageous stock> swindle WAS perpetrated on
Monday, on the Young banking firm Of Whe-
len & Brother, Third street, Philadelphia. 1t
seems u stranger to the firm attempted to buy
of them $1,000 in gold, for which be offered q
check in payment The delivery Of tho gold
on this, unless it was marked good, was de-
cliued, when the buyer said it was no, matter
s.to the gold just now, but he would leave
IN order to buy for bia: $4,000 ofgoverument
bonds, to be delivered at his Office, No. ZIG
Guild street. The Messrs. Whelen g. Brother
bought the bonds and sent them to the ad-
dress named, wh're the Luycr received and
examined them. AID, saying, "yes, they are
all right" put hem in pigeon hole Of case
stnndin., against The partition 10 M adj ';ning
ro III. c!,sed tl.e door of The case, and begged
the mvS enger To- wait moment and he would
give him the money. With this be passed
into t!,r adjoining room, and at the latest ac-
counts had not returned. On investigation
of the premises, it was discovered that hole
had been made in tue partition opposite the
pigenn.hole in the caseinto which the bonds
had been, placed in presence of-the person
who had delivered them. A small door on
hinges had been mic. ly fitted into this hole,
and through tIis the bonds had been 40
sfracted aud tho fraud eonsummated while
the young gentleman who had taken them to
make lie delivery thought be had his proper
ty under his immediate eye.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
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For You.
DY PEARL RIVERS.

A thought! thought! for the rosy morn,
That comes thro' the gates Of dow
But III keep kinder, hnrpier thought
For twilight and for y"u.
A word word for tho hummins BIRD,
A tilt on the jassapine new!
Will my lip let slip, but my heart will keep
It's softest words for you.
A song! song for the mocking bird,
Tn an .wer to bis 80 true
Du: You knaw right we'll VI II always keep
My sweetest song for you.
A kiss kiss for tho sweet red rose,
and none for tho violet blue J.
But landing here at the garden gate
I'll keep buck one for you.
A .igh sigh. for my pale white rose,
That tho chilling night wind slew!
But answer you when the lilies say
lam sighing most for you!
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friend, Gov. Bonham. Be pleased to say to
him that the political skies look bright in the
East, the West, and tie centre of the Union;
and while confidently anticipate favorable
issue in some of the Southern States, as
confidently belirve that we in the North can
carry Seymour and Blair to success by our
votes alone.
Accept my thanks for your kind invitation,
ard believe me, very truly:
Yours, DC.
W. w. EATON.
To NJ. C. RurLEn, Esq, aud others.
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"FArnER, Why DoN'r You SAY SoME-
TuING."-" Oliver Optic" in Ills l'fe Of Cen
eral Grant. tells the following story:
When the g"lr medal which was roted BY
resolution o Gu grc.s to Grant, ater the
ca,np.i.n 'fNhai,anongA was finished, a ccm
mi,lec from The Two Houses of Curg;es, went
to City Pon: To present it to tue General.
There were pr. sent t., witncs9 the ceremony,
the Generals wif., son and daugi'er, his staff
and several civilians. The medal was pre-
sentcd in neat lit,le speech by the chairman
OF the committee.
When General Grants turn came to reag
he was greatly embarrassed. To Sse tas words
of bis historian:
"He began to tumble about his pockets
Just Us a school-boy dee, on the rostrum. He
was evidently looking for something and he
could not find it. The delay b.camc painful
and awkward in The extreme, not only 10 The
General but To the syLlp.thsing aulienc,.,
and little Jesse, his son see.nel to suffer the
,aost in this prolonged interval. AT last his
patience was exhausted, aud he cried ort {:
Father, why don't you say something 2"
That is the question the people OF the Uni.
tea States are asking to day" General, why
don't ynn say something p" Tho "sLip Of
State" is rolling IN threatening saa, and the
man whom the Radicals otfer u a. captain
still has no CHART no policy" General
Grant, why don't you say something s-Troy
Press.