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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

Distance from Mobile to points on the Alabama river
shall be considered "a followsi go. -
Mount Vernon Arsenal and Montgomery Hill, 100
miles
To Claiborne, 800 milss.
To Selma, 100 miles.
To Montgomery, 800 miles.
Transportation 70 be furnished whenever called for
by tho u. y. QuArteTmaster,
p9od aud sufhcient bonds viii be required for the
faithful performance Of the above contract,
The srnment reserves to itself the right TO reject
are requested TO be prsssu, At the opening Of
the bids-12 m. January II, 1865
Proposals to be endorsed ''Proposals for Hiyer
Trsnspor taiion, and addressed TO the u9dsrsigned
,By, order Of Breyes Btgsdisr 0snsral \. saIton,
CHARLES A. REYNOLDS,
ja9-2t Bvt Ii. Col. and A, o, n, 0, ., A,
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

THE receipts from internal revenue yesterda,
amounted to 434O, 570.0e.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
ny W I'LL AN WALL 4 CO..
ID AUCTI0NEERs. ="
Stores SIS and ST. southwest corner Of Pennsylvania
avenue and Ninth street. . : -
cHAScERr SALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY


BY virtue Of the decree Of the Supreme Cout Of the
District Of Columbia, In ehapocry sitting, bearing
date December ~, 1857, and passed In the cause OF
Mcdonald ct al, Us Prathor," mo, l0e5, shall
offer for sale at public auction on THURSDAY, the
sd day OF January, 1865, commencing at clock, D.
m In front OF the premiser all those certain pieces
parcels Of ground, situate and being In the city Of
Wsshington, snd known and designated Is the east
half OF Lot No. 4, In square No. as, with the i'm
proyements thereon, consisting Of conyenient brick
dwelling house. and the east part Of Lot No. 0, In
square No. SIG, bcginnnG for the said part at point
on " street north, at the distance Of IL fcet inches
from the southwest corner Of said lot, and running
thence east, with the line Of said II street, 10 feet
. inches thence north ia feet inches to public
alley In tho Of said lot thence west by aud
the line q said alley. feet inches, and thence
consisting Of q convenient brick dweliing house,
The nrst mentioned piece o. property Ia situated on
I'M street north, between Sixth and Seventh streets
west The last piece fronts on ~ street morrill, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets west.
Terms Of sale: Ono third cash, the residue In tn
equal instAlnents Of six twelve and eighteen months
the purchaser flying notes for the deferred
satisfactorily endorsedi and bearing interest from the
day OF sale Title deed to be retained unl the whole
VI The purchase money 10 paid. ZEN,
All eonveyaueing and stamps at the cost OF the pur
chaser.
SdSPG: q sO WI :; ,sap,sd {. sS sold
AsBuRY LLOYD, Trustee.
isstd ". L. WALL Co, Auctioneers.
(Star eotd,
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

Col. BENTON, OF the spi ingaeld (Mass.) ar.
mory, was before the Ordnance Committee YES
terdAy. His evidence was mainly In relation to
conflict OF claims in regard to certain improve.
ments Of a breech-loading gun. To-day the COM
mittee will continue the examination of Col.
Benton, and also examine Col. Bailer, in charge
OF the testing Of projeetiles at Fortress Monroe.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

The report Of the Indian Peace Commissioners
was presented to the President yesterday. He
win immediately transmit It to Congress.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
COTTON CULTURE IN rHE soUrl

shAs de,esauen had arrived In washington
from oharieston, south Carolina, and that these
Sentiemcn mad been In consultation with dcn-
eeas Sraht and Howard In reference to the con-
eition OF anAirs In the South. The plan 10 to In
ducc thedovernment to loan to the cotton States
Sooo'ooo o. sh per cent interest, the principal,
when paid, 70 be In currency, Whatever that may
be at the time, whether gold or greenbacks. The
Government 10 to take a. security mortgages
upon crops and lands This plan, when fully
matured, is to DO laid before Congress.
Nn not likeiy that In our present financial
condition, Congress Will undertake any such
scheme as this. The Government cannot carry on
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

AsoTHER RUMoR ia started that James Gordon
Bennett 10 about to sell the Herald to certain
persons belonging to the Tribune association for
81 200, Ooo We doubt II.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
DRoPosILs FOR FRESH BEEF.


e.,., UNIos, WFsr Va, Deeembff Y, 1SL )
until tho 10th q January 1879, at the once Of the Post
Ccmmissary, Union, West Virginia, for the supply
tho sig months next ensuing.
The right reserved to reject any or all bids, and
the contract 70 be governed by the rules and regua
tons Of the United States army. and subject to the
appToya, o. the commanding general. Department Of
by order Of Brcvet Brigadier General N. r. Small,
Cumberland. JOHN y. GUTHRIE,
jAo.N flTst Lieut. 9th U. y. Inf, A. G. 3.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

PnRESoLooisrs aver that some are deficient ID tho
faculty Of renemberins numbers, but whore interest
prompts natural defects mar DO overcome. and we
think II to the interest Of all 70 remember that st os
Seventh street, gentleman get fAsbionAble Hat
or good pair Of Boots vory reasonable terms Our
stock Of Hats, Caps. Boots and Shoes Is varied and
complete. Come and rs. and don forget the
ber eis Seventh street. opposite Iuteiligencer BALD
Ing. J. r. PETTY co. sc
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
PoIiticnl AHAirs In Mississ

JACKSON, MISS, Jan. s.-The day was con-
sumcd cfccting the permanent Organization Of
the convention.
D. b. Egglcston received for president 80 votes,
and J. W. @. Watson, the opposing candidate,
IS votes. T. p. saycrs was elected secretary.
All the oficers are white.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
Steamboat Lines.
NEW MERCHANTS LINE OF STEAMERS.

JohnSS ESHfISSss6G N.
VIII regularly during the winter months between
ssw fork, alexandria. washi9gtsn. and George
East River at the foot Of Roosevelt street, every Sat-
nrdsy o. I p, m. Georgetown, from wharf foot Of
fmday, a Am: For freiEhf Or passage apply Al The
nS 81 W. company corner q seT YORK avenue
dessltf ''Js% '' TfH6afs6SS, Prssiasnt.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
New Advertisements.

DEN v Al.
A. GREEN has removed his old -ostsbl ished Paper
Store 70 Haryeys Old Stand corner Of Elcyenth and
streets. where he will Be happy meet his old
tomerr, and IS many new ones a. will call. ja9'S
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
Prom Alsska VIA CaIifsruts,

sAS FRANCISCO, Jan s.-Alasks advices to
January 18th state that the weather IL intensely
cold and scarcely any snow has fallen.
The health OF the Inhabitants Of Sitka 10 good.
The Indians were discovered after night in the
vicinity Of the powder magazine with lights.
They were ared upon and one wounded.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

Pacific railroad Kansas branch subsidies equal
to those enjoyed by the Omaha road; that II may
be extended through New Mexico, Arizona, to
San Francisco, also from the junction with the
Union Paclne to Colorado.
|As3eRs = lArylasa-The LsgislAture.
BAArr.6en, Dan. s.-oden Bowie, dsSsfbn..
sleykof ~ seAte, took lhe oiBsaAi eaeh to-day
D ~ prtuen<.o f 10th Houses Of tho Lcgisls.
tuSs and Jrsss>A oft Tic supreme Court,
There was - immense assemblagc of ladies'
and gentiemeh present to witness the eeremo-
mics.
After these were concluded the members Of the
Legislature repaired TO the residence Of Gov,
| Swami, where the uovefnor elect held . recep.
tion, at which Admiral Porter and other distin.
guisbed ofhcers were present, and many promi
nent eitiscns. T4 T.Eg.4a.. rsrB
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
Fire in Chieago-L.sss snzS, 900.

CHICAGO, Jan. s.-Two Of the largest buildings
owned by the United States Clock and Brass
Company at Austin, six miles west Of Chicago,
were entirely destroyed by Are last night. Loss
tlTS,ooo. They were fully insured.
Over one hundred persons are thrown out Of
employ ment.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

BARSun manufactured mermAIds and other hum
bugs to deceive the people, but " 80 Calf Boots
for sentlemen Is no myth and % Boot 10 genuine
article made 10 own order. Of superior calf skin
Wo have full line Of Boots. Shoes, Hats and Caps
for gentlemen sad boys At ls Seventh street. opposite
In.ciiixcnccr Building. ,. r. PETTY co. sc
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

UANTEp-A GOOD CHANG. TO CHANGE
w your Horses and Carriages for Patent Hight
useful patent Just offered for sale. sAlss room No.
49, Sixth street. Terms made according to location.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

The oRIoiSAL FRANC. the Cheapest Man in this
city. Good Merino Undershlrts and Dnwsrs. cents
90 cents, % ccnts, 70 cents, % cents, and " Good
White shirts from % cents up. Good Paper Collars
loccns boz or three boxes for % cents Imitation
Linen Collars, two boxes for % cents. Bo.t shats-
pearc Collar, . ccnts boz. Best 0ray's Collars,
Is cents q boz. tnotc, De GHy's.) Good Cotton
Socks, ccnts pair. At Francs Popular Gents Pur.
nshing Store, +et Seventh street, between and Z.
four doors above ODD Fellows Hall sj.f ms
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

We are authorized to announce that the ladies
Of the Executive Mansion, Mrs. Patterson and
Mrs. Slower, will be hsps On Monday evenings,
commencing on MondsS next. and continuing
until further notice. The, eveains has been
were last season. ...
Mrs. PosTxAsTKR GKxERAL RANDALL wfll
hold her receptions on Wednesday afternoon Of
each week, at No. tc7 L street, corner Fourtceath
and l..
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

Hotel Failure In Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Jan. s.-Crittendcn l. Sargent,
proprictors Of the Clarendon Hotel, have failed.
Their liabilities are 100000. The hotel will be
closed tomorrow.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

1.-THE skafinE Park, Season and sin.
gle tickets for the Washington Skating Club
skate Depot, ga d street, near Tenth-sign Of
the Big Flag. dellu
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

ATLANTA, Ca, Jan s.-Quite . large Consetv.
ativc meeting was held here tonight, and much
enthusiasm prevaiisd. John B, Gordon, VINO
was . lieutenant general In the Conftdefate
army, addressed tho meeting. lie said, In the
course Of his remarks, that he hsd met General
Hancock % an enemy, but 1.-The was to meet him
now he would cstecm 1t privilege to take his
hand 40 q iriend. The sentiment was loudly
cheefcd.
Governors Patton and Jenkins isft here this
morning. H .L- lH .I1r. t ~
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

Mr.. CHARLEs DIoKxSs.has determined to give
four readings In this city during the week con
mencins February ., 1868, and Metzerott Hall h
engaged for that purpose. The number OF aight
cannot be extended. Due notes will Be- given Il
the press about tho price and sale Of tickets.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
The Csnveusssn IN RiehmeuA.

Ricnxosp, VA, January s.-After long de.
bate the convention, At eleven o'clock tonight:
adopted q substitute for the second section Of
the bill OF rights. p.
The substitute makes moro explicit recogni-
tion ,of the fact that allegiance 10 the United
staies is paramount TO the allegiance Of the
State. .
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

~ Lscssre ~ II. Clay Prsuss, Esq,
the Workinsmen's Assembly, will be delivered
18th instant. suhjecti Labor, in relation to hu-
Tickets, 10 cents. #t jas-wsatu
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09
Skates,

SKATESl
. CRoNIN's
sKAT0RIAL EMP0RIUMi
SKATES FOR THBMILLIoNi
CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY!
LATEST STYLES OF SKATES.
FOR LADIES. GENTS,
- MISSES, AND BOYS,
AT THE LOWEST NEW YORK PRICES.
Buyers would do we'll TO cxAmiuo my stock before
purchasing elsewhere.
CROEIN's,
2S PennsylyaniA avenue.
Gas Fixtures.
GAS fIXTuRRs.-wR HAVE, IN ADDITION TO
" our regular business OF Plumbing and Gas Fitting
Ninth street. between and Streets adjoining Union
Hall wh..s may 30 found the largest and most com.
CHANDELIERS, BRACKETS, PoRTABLgs. &C.. &c
BROWN X POWER,
Nos. tJ7 and esq Ninth street,
ly0.t bstwssn d aud stseets.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-09

We respectfully call the attention Of carpenters and
the public generally, to large stock Of seasoned
~, 600 feet ~, 81, and 81 select White Pine.
loo, 900 feet A. 81 Southern Pine flooring prime
100000 feet Spruce and Yellow Pine Joistr. all
lengths.
Also largo quantities Of Southern and other kind.
Of Timber, &c, as we'll us small quantity Of prime
jssDWfSsw FRANCIS MoHUN 4 SONS,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-20
A New Phase of demonstration

From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser fRen
1t seems that Congress has already take,
the first step in the direction we nointed On,
last week, and has commenced the wort .,
reconstructing reconstruction. In otbe,
words, 1t IS seeking to patch up its old work
and to throw up new entertainments to nro
tect its policy. On Saturday, the Recon
struction Committee, after long discnssion
agreed upon bill, which will be reported tr
the House to-day, and which, it is thought
Will De pushed through under the 'previous
question" gag. 'uS
In substance, it squarely affirms the de.
structlon of all civil governments at the Sonta
ana deliberately forbids the other Coordinate
branches of the Government-the execn,;ve
and the Judiciary from recognizing them
as possessing any vitality. It also nronosss
to confer upon General Grant the sole eTe'
cutive power OF the Government in ali mat.
ters pertaining to reconstruction. bv o;n;na
MIN exclusive command of all m;,;tars %;
GERS IN the South, and comforting mon him
powers coordinate with district commanders
ana provides that any interference by the
7 Ilesioent or the Supreme Court shall be
nlgn mlsdemeanor, punishable by fine and
Inns new device upon the part of Con.
sress seems to US to be 40 monstrous as n
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-20
Sheer Military Despotism.

The country has waited three wears tc
nave the mon made whole, neither section
offering the least opposition. The party in
power have been obstructed by the imposi-
ton of no conditions by the people. They
have had everything their own way. After
long labor, the reconstruction act made ;ts
appearance in our national legislation. II
has been subjected to repeated amendments
and alterations, and one after another Of
the bulwarks of constitutional authority have
been thrown down to give it unobstructed
operation. Upon its success the republi-
can party has deliberately staked its exis-
tence. Ard all who have criticised, or in
any way opposed it, have been denounced
as opponents of the Union itself. A meas
ure that carried such precious freight might
be thought of enduring value, in the eyes of
those who projected it.
How valuable it is may be inferred from
their readiness to throw it entirely aside be-
tore 1t has had chance to establish ITSELF
Congress is about to substitute for it anoth-
er scheme, whose leading features are the
consolidation of the FIVE military districts in
to one, the investment of the general of the
army with entire and unrestricted military
power, and, as the fit elimination of the
whole, the giving up of full civil power into
the same hand. Nothing more monstrous,
as an open usurpation, has been witnessed
in modern times. This spectacle, in repub-
lie, too, whose citizens point with consistent
pride to the sleepless jealousy they have ever
of military as well as foreign
aggression. To take the names of the Fa-
theirs of our system upon our lips, while con-
senting to such an outrage on liberty, is too
much like sacrilege to deserve pardon.
Let us pause and think twice of this uu.
paralleled proposal in our history. A sin.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-20

throw its previous acts entirely into the
shade. We could hardly credit the evidence
of our ewes when we read the telegraphio
| announcement that Congress deliberately
proposes to usurp all constitutional power,
and to muzzle both the President and the
| Judiciary. 1t seems that the proposition
| was too much for even Thad. Stevens, and
that he voted against its adoption in com.
mlttee. 1t really seems as if the majority in
Congress were bent upon accomplishing the
political ruin of themselves and the party
they represent, and that this last act is an
evidence of the insanity which, we are told,
preludes destruction.
Congress should restrain its aggressive
and usurping disposition; and, above all, II
should keep its destructive hands on the ma
tional Judiciary, for that is branch OF the
Government so deeply grounded IN the est.
nation of the people that they Will regard
Congressional interference with 1t AS semi
saerilege, and resent it accordingly.
From the Cincinnati Commercial (Rep.)
Congress is still tinkering the reconstruc
ton law, and is daily doing something to
show the Southern people that it is without a
rly-understood and settled policy
Several schemes are afioat to confer addi-
tional power upon General Grant, but no
law of Congress can make make the General
of the army anything but subordinate of
the President of the United States. Con-
gress must go back to the constitutional
of the Thirty-ninth Congress,
which received the endorsement OF the people,
and associate with impartial suffrage univers
al amnesty. An attempt to worry along and
patch up the ragged places of the reconstruc-
ton law will prove failure.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, (Rep.1
The last Congress deprived the President
Of prerogatives enjoyed without question by
all his predecessors from the beginning of
the Government. The present Congress,
thought to be less aggressive than the last,
threatens to emasculate the Supreme Court of
the United States. As sure as day succeeds
to night, this aggressive, vindictive party
legislation will, like an overcharged petard,
hoist the engineers" Radical leaders will
no more believe what we say than Ben
Wade would have believed it possible for the
ground to sink under his feet. But it did
sink, unloading one Senator, and endorsing
TWO Presidential candidates. For every bad
act like this, impairing the independence of
he Judiciary, Congress makes ''handwrit-
ng' on more than one "wall," the reading
If which will make the knees of modern
oelshazzars "tremble"
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gle man, the general of the army, is to be
set up as the irresponsible ruler over the
people of ten American States /; to hold them
all in the hollow of his military hand; to order
| military courts when he chooses to appoint
and remove all military subordinates who
shall do his will to even set up and remove
the civil officers in every state,-Governors,
Judges, Sheriffs, and other magistrates. 1t
is the most stupendous piece of tyranny ever
attempted on this continent; the autocrats
of the old world might well rejoice at so re-
volutionary subscription to their doctrines
in free America.
If the American people have voice for
freedom, they will cry out with terrible unan-
Unity against such a tyranny.
This is the last fact and phase of revolu-
tionary fanaticism which we are summoned
to meet No such issue was ever presented
to us before. If the country does not rouse
itself at this, then there is no hope left for
republican INSTRUMENTATION Post.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-20
Democratic State Convention.
RooMs OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
CENrpaI CouMTTrEE
Springfield. Jan. 9Th, 1858.

Springfield Jan. 8th, 1868.
The democratic state central committee met N
the executive committee. A full representation
from every portion of the state peing present. the
political situation and national future was the
subject of earnest and careful consideration The
facts which this consideration brought to the no
tice of the committee we're, that the entire people
of the United States are laboring under a burden
federal, state and local taxation such as ha.
never been laid upon any people before. The
financial policy OF the dominant party is such
that these burdens must inevitably increase il
the power OF that party is continued. The OBJ
vious effect of this policy is to create q monied
aristrocracy. In addition to this general system
OF oppression, a large portion of the sovereign
states OF the Union are not permitted to enjoy a
republican form of government, but are crushed
into the condition of dependent colonies, by mill
tary rule. This system of government is pursued
by the dominant party for the purpose of thrust
ing upon the country the suffrages of iateiy
emancipated slaves. The entire policy OF the
dominant party is therefore confined to an effort
to retain the patronage of the government by
means of negro suffrage and the influence of the
influential corporations OF tne country. These
facts being paipable and undisputed, the central
committee directed their executive committee to
call convention of the democracy of the state of
Illinois, to be held at Springfield, Illinois, on
Wednesday, April 18th, 1868, at IAN.
The democracy of each county are therefore
notified to send delegates to said convention tor
the purpose of declaring the principles which
shall actuate the democratic party in the next
presidential canvass; for the purpose of appoint
ing delegates to the national democratic conven
tion nominating electors for the state of Illinois,
for the nomination of candidates for state officers
and for tie transaction of such other business as
may come before the convention.
Each county will be allowed one delegate for
every three hundred 5000 votes cast for George
b. Mcclellan for president in 1864, and one dele
gate for fraction of $50 and over of said vote
JOHN "A. McCLERNARD,
Chairman.
r. E. GOODELL
Z. B. HERNDON
Executive Committee.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-20

Wells street, chicago, III. On remittance Of p
cents in postage stamps. it will be sent free by
mail Also, for sale by Charles Some, ~ SOsth
LaSalle street. DIR. J. Lubsrch, author of the
Mirror Of Youth, has, since 1855, treated all dis
eases os a privase nature according to the new
method introduced and practiced by him for over
twelve years with the most brilliant sucdess.
oct2QdIy.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-20
Wednesday, April 18th, 1868, at IAN.

We omit the table of counties for the
state, on account of its length, but will state
for the benefit of the democracy of this region
that Rock Island cou nty is entitled to del
egates; Mercer 4, Henry 5 and Whiteside 3