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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05
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Sta - .'.. "LUTING. AND PINK
"a DEPOT,
HAS JNo,S22 y STREET. BETWEEN
ELEVENTH STREETS.
SAl Teamed ORDNANCE AND
a.. 45 EGSEEs iA SEN GTs II L AFf!
ST. LoUIs hRsESAL. Mo,
W.T. NJ ale at public auction, com.
mencins cock, a, m. October 0. lSts, u
large a tat. 'dImned Ordnance and Ord.
nance stores Al" rtoles, consisting u
Balls, Artillery implements aud qupnents,
Cartines. ,Muskets. Rifles. Pistols. Shot Guns.
!pfautry and Cavalry Aceoutrements.
Horse Equipments for Cavalry, consisting Of
Saddles. Brides, Halters, &c.
Artillery Harness and parts Of Harness.
Leather, Brass, Copper, and Iron scrap,
Cannon. Mortar, Musket, and Ride Powder. and
miscellaneous articles,
towns and other associations and individuals TO
purchase guns and carriages which may be used
for salute purposes
a catalogue OF the articles to he sold will be fur.
nlshed upon Application At this Arsenal or at the
o5dusnee once, Washington. y. g.
Terms cash ten per cent gu the day OF sale, and
the reinhlnder when the property Ia delivered.
Thirty days will be allowed for tho removal
" heavy ordnance. All other store. will be re.
CURED to he removed within ten days from close
uf sale
Packing boxcs to be paid for at a stated price. to
he deterinued by the commanding Oticor.
The officer making the sale reserves the right to
bid In aud suspend the sale " heneyrr the bidding
does not come up 10 the limit that may he liked by
proper authority on some Of the articles. or whom
ever tho Interests OF the United States, III his upu
Ion, may bo subserycd by 50 doing,
y. D, CALENDER,
BreYUt Brig. Gen u. :. 4
lit Col uI nrduauCG, commanding Arsenal
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

WAsnINGTON CITY GARDEN.

The proprietor OF this well known and popular
place resort desires to call the attention ~
Citations, schools and private parties wishing 10 give
WASH iNGTON CITY GARDEN.
u IL located the corner Of New York avenue and
First street west, Is easy OF access, aud Is shady
cool, aud pleasant It's supplied with shooting
freshmCnt- Of all kinds Of the best quality. ful
nished "' . = vest rates. There Is also "A hns
dancing in the Garden. The manager
pledges please all " DO may apply.
2S-tf Manager
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05
United STATES rArgNT OFFICE.

H.. WAsHEgroS, u. C.. July %, ISIS.
william Porter, U'w iiIiainsburg, N. Y. having
pCtti"ucd for an "Ytrnsiuh OF the patent granted
him the 2iib day Of October, 1854, for an i'm.
pruycmrnt in ''tecuTng lamps to lanterns;
II Is ordered that said petition be- heard at this
Office an the 18th day Of October next Amy per
may oppose thl-pXtenEiun. Objections, depo-
-itnnr. and other papers should be filed In this
office twenty days before the day OF hearing,
ELISHA FOOfE,
Augl1-wSw Commissioner Of Patents.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

TINTED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

~ WASHINhTON, August II, 1873.
GEORGE CROArTuS, Of Worcester, Mass, having
petitiOuud for Ru extension II the patent granted
him the liih day OF November, 1854, for an i'm =
pruvement In Looms for Weaving Figured Fabrics ::
It's ordered tnat said petition be heard at this
ufhC" on til" 2dlh day Of October next Any person
may oppose this extension. Objections, dcpusi-
tons aud other papers should be filed III this u1co
twenty days before the day uf hearing
ELISHA FOOTE.
RU17-WIW Commits ,nnrr Of Patents.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05
Excursions. Pic-Nics. &c

I OOK OUT FOR THE ANNUAL EXCURSION
~ AND PICNIC OF THE JoukNEY
WHITE HOUSE PAVILION. THURS ffffN
DAY. September I'd.
The above place has recently been fitted up In a
manner superior to any other place OF resort In the
vicinity OF shiugton. which, added to the repu
the affair Of the season.
The hno large steamer WAwA ASSET has been EN-
gagged Un this occasion, alsU, Professor DUughDr.
ly's Brass and String Band Boats win leave the
foot Of seventh street Al o'clock II, M aud .
"'clurk p III,
The following grHtlrllun cnmpus. tho cnInnlitt'e
nf arnngcmnn!: james u Bush. James T. Blake
n"y, Geo; W. Fisher, TLus, q. May, ThOs. ElwUod
aud Jas. T. McGnwan.
Tickets, admitting gentleman and ladies, So,
To- be had Of any member Of the committee. or on
the boat. RuV.Ei-n"td
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

MUSTERED OUT.-Brevet Brig. Gen. George
W. Balloch, commissary Of subsistence, aud
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Edgar U. Beaman,
commissary Of Subsistence, have been mustered
out and honorsbly discharged on account OF
their services being no longer needed. Gen.
Balloch, for some time past, has been on duty
In the Freedmen's Bureau, corner OF Nine
teenth and / streets.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

origin,i Ersnc'ss sah ssven,s .ts.et hstwenn
ID and L streets: Good white shirts, s16pi 80;
fine white shirts, s26S2, so; good undershirts
and drawers, b0c., 75c., and tlj A No. fine
cotton socks, 10, Is, 20. and rs cents; best
English half hose, d and VI. so per dozen; good
paper collars, three boxes for 20 cents; white
handkerchief, 10, 20, and rs cents; linen col
lars, cuffs, ties, bows, toilet articles, 10, at
popular prices. Remember the place-Isi
Seventh street, large plate.glass front, six
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

A GRAND SwINDLR.-Our city 10 being
flooded with circulars purporting to come
from Hallett, Moore T. Co, 5J5 Broadway,
BY order Of the New York Jewelers. Co-opers.
tive Union. This swindliug concern, for 1t 10
nothing more nor less than that, by means per-
haps OF Washington City Directory, or by
the means OF " stool pigeon" or agent In this
city, addresses many Of our citizens to the ef-
feet that they have drawn valuable prizes,
and that by paying in advance q certain per.
csentage this valuable gift would be forwarded
A circular now before us announces to we'll
known and respected citizen that his " ticket
No. Ss1, tthe gentleman never having invested
q copper In bogus jewelry or lottery scheme
In his life,l has drawn a gentleman's diamond
pin, valued at 600, and that the percentage OF
i've per cent. must be paid before the "valua-
bic gem" will be delivered to him.
We take II for granted that every city an d
county post ONCE are alike deuged with simi-
lar circulars, for 1t 10 simply dropping lines''
through the post office to catch stupid fish. !"
We hope our worthy city postmaster will
keep tan eye open" to this fragrant swindle,
and thereby protect our unwary citizens.
1t was Toney Miller" we think, who said
that "this 10 fine opening for an enterprislng
young man, as the juvenile said when he fell
downs hatchway.n And let US say to those
who receive similar circulars that II they
know not how better to bestow their loose
change, to throw II In the nearest sewer, and
by thus doing they will discourage similar
| swindles.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05
GOVERNMENT
ARMY WAGONS.

have on hand Large Assortment nf ARMY
WAGONS, with ar Without Bodies; alsu, Extra
WHEELS aud AXLES, which | am selling yer,
cheap Tor cash h, u. WHEELER,
seventh street aud Canal Bridge,
,,Iu. n,y
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

TURNED OvKR TO THE OwNER.-SeTgcHu t
stuart OF the Fifth precinct, turned over 10 the
owner, Richard PaulsOn, residing At No. lGI
NJ, between Twelfth aud Thirteenth streets,
one horse with family carriage attached, which
was found estray In the street.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

ESQ, who was elected at the last joint meet.
Ing OF the City Councils aa superintendent OF
sewers, ohrriageways, so, has entered upon
the basement Of the Uity Hall, Mr., u. was
for a number of years connected with the
United States Coast Survey, and Is a very in
telligent and clever gentleman.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

Hon q. O. Uox, Commissioner of Pensions,
n Ma lad, >, who 10 In delicate health, go
S north to.dsy,SRd will remain away about two
weeks,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
NO. 49,.

H t.fs
runs from place hitherto dry and near
which no water was supposed to exist
ACCORDING to the statement of DR..
Letheby, the daily consumption in London
is about 1900 tons of fish, $500 sheep, ZOO
oxen, 80 COWS, 1000 pigs, 5000 chickens,
O00,0 900 of oysters, and about 100,000,000
of loaves of bread weighing one pound
each -t-t
NEWLY set trees may be protected
from the heat of summer by covering their
trunks with ropes made of freshly cut grass
or clover. 1t lis good plan to moisten the
wrapping occasionally if the weather is
very dry, lssa.3l &. f.gaasa,a
Z CHINESE printers are employed at the
compositor's cases of the two English
papers published in Hong Kong, and at
tain wonderful rapidity and accuracy in
their work, setting both reprint and manu-
script with facility, but without under
standing word of what they are working
upon.
PEOPLE say that they shell peas when
they unshell them; that they dust furni-
ture when they undust it, or take the dust
from it; that they husk corn when they
unhusk it; that they skin a calf when they
unskin it; that they scale fish when they
unscale it. Many men say that they weed
their gardens when their wives do it for
them s -
AN old painting, which an American
tourist at Paris purchased, a few weeks
ago, for few scudi, turns out TO be one of
Pietro Peruginos ter-pieces, which
was supposed to have been destroyed at a
confagration in the sixteenth century. 1t
is worth, at least, thousand times as
much as the American tourist paid for it.
A GENTLEMAN of Vineland, N. j., has in
his garden grapevine which was set two
years ago last spring, and has made q very
remarkable growth. 1t is more than fifty
feet in length, with tendrils running in
every direction. it is estimated that there
are on the vine more than one thousand
perfect clusters of grapes. The extra
growth is supposed to be from the fact that
sink water has been applied to the roots
from day to day ssigr
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
An IrisElman's View of the Bond
Question.

THE Decatur Gazette reports the follow
ing conversation that occurred between
prominent Democrat and an Irishman of
that city, recently. For convenience it
designates the parties as Jack and Pat:
Jack-How do you like the Democratic
platform -
Pas-I can't understand it; would ye be
after explaining it to me-all about the
Bond question? -
Jack--Oh, yes, with pleasure. You see
the rich men own all the bonds and the
poor men have to pay for the bonds.
Pat-The divil We say is that the way?
Jack-Yes; and now the Democratic
party propose to pay off the bonds with
greenbacks, and thus everybody will be
treated equally
Pat-Is that in yer PLATFORM
Jack-Not in SO many words-but that
is what it means; and now, Pat, | want
you to do all you. can for our party bring
all the boys out to all the meetings and.
Pat-Hould on, jack will yer paying
the bonds off in greenbacks make the
poor man as rich as the bondholder
Jack-Not exactly the bondholder will
have his in greenbacks, where we can tax
them.
Pat-Thin there will be all greenbacks,
and money will be plinty, and we'll git
gould for our greenbacks, if we elect Say
mour?
Jack-No, not exactly; there is not gold
enough in the country.
Pat-Thin we are not to have gould at
all. How in the divil are ye going to pay
off the greenbacks?
Jacl-A part of it will be paid off by
taxation, the money we take from the peo-
pie for revenue, and stamps, etc, and as
the greenbacks get worn by constant hand
ling we will print new ones.
Pat-I see; you propose to take the debt
| now carried by the rich bondholders and
divide it among these people, rich and poor
alike, by forcing the bondholder to spend
his money for property.
Jack-Exactly-you are learning fast,
! and you see
Pat-Hould on-an idee strikes me. If
the government debt is all in greenbacks,
\ and thin in circulation, how many cords
of 'em will it take to buy cord of wood?
Jack--I cannot exactly say what they
would be worth-that will regulate ITSELF
But, by the by, Pat, could you pay me
| that little note you owe me? 1t was
due yesterday, and | need the money very
much
Pat-Yis, know the note is due, and
I'll pay ye according to the Dimmecratic
platform. " = w
Jack What do you mean ?
Pat-I name I'll give you fresh note
for the one ye have.
Jack-There's nothing about giving
fresh notes in the Democratic platform.
Pat--Yis, ye said we'd pay the bond off
in greenbacks, and both of them are prom
ises to pay of the same government. Yes
| give enc promise to pay for another one,
end III give you fresh promise TO pay for
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
i7e' Something that Chinks."

THE paper mill and printing press
otherwise the greanback-plank IN the
Tammany Platform,-is sadly demoraliZ-
ing the Democracy. 1t is no longer the
bond of Unity, but the apple of discord.
1t has begun to be found out that the peo-
pie have some sense, and are able to un-
derstand that the reason. that greenbacks
are not worth as much as gold is because
there are too many of them; that when
the paper mill and printing press are put
in motion manufacturing more greenbacks,
for any purpose, the value of the whole
will be lessenei, so that you have only to
pursue the process to destroy their value
altogether-9whichw will be an effective way
to repudiate the debt into which it is pro-
posed to convertthe greenbacks. The de-
moralization on this subject has already
made such headway as to defy the skill of
the doctors of the party. For instance
Thursday evening last, in Brooklyn, was
a Seymour and Blair ratification meeting,
which, according to the Worl6, was a
"triumphant" affair. The principal speak
er was Hon. S. S. Cox, formerly of Ohio,
a personal as well as political friend of
Mr. Pendleton, and prospective candidate
for Congress in the District where he re-
sides in New York city. About "the
finances" he had little to say, but that little
was emphatic and significant, the following
being the choicest part
But 1t (the debit should be paid. 1t
should be paid by an extension over a
fair period of time, according to the
letter and spirit of the laws under which
it was contracted" Iwould (as the Demo-
cratic platform says) pay it in "lawful
money" Lawful money, to Democratic
memory, means something that clti1akS; and
as that part of the debt about which
there is much useless logomachy in
Congress, and such lucid equivocation in
both platforms, is not likely to mature for
some time-I would not anticipate. Ger
tainly for its payment as for other, reason,
I Mould ne0er issue another. dollar at TIRE
deemo5Ee, debd1ching, elastic green6ack cur
rea1cy. Moving on toward gold and silver
as the standard of all values, and in the
interest of labor and commerce, we should
do as Horatio Seymour proposed in his
speech of the 11th of March last, "De--
mand policy of peace, order and
economy, and by gaining that, lift up the
National credit. Help the taxpayer, and
do Justice to the bondholder, and thus
make our currency as good as sterling
coin."
A fairer or squarer backing out from
the greenbaek idea with which the party
started out with flourish, there certainly
could not well be. Mr.. Cox is not re-
pudiationist, evidently, for he says distinct
ly that he "q1otsld me0er issue another
dollar of sqYedeenab1e, debaucling, elastSc
oyssnback currency "-a position in the
yery teeth of that taken by Mr. Pendle.
ton only week before, In favor Of sn
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
What a Southern Man Thinks.

WE are permitted to make the following
extract from letter written by one of the
ablest men in North Carolina and indeed
without superior in his department in
the United States Hislogic is irresistible.
When the author is known, it will add ten
thousand votes of peace-loving men to the
Grant and Colfax ticket: 1- @ s292'
Many say rather than submit to let the
negro vote and hold office, we are for war.
| say no, tlet us have peace The last war
nearly ruined us another will finish the
job. The New York Convention proelaims
the Reconstruction acts of Congress un-
constitutional, revolutionary, and void,
omitting the word null, lest it should raise
unpleasant "reminiscences of the days of
notification, when it required the strong
arm of Jackson to keep us out of war. If
the acts of Congress are null and 0oSd, SO
are the reconstruction measures OF Andrew
johnson, and it still follows that the ne
groes are slaves. But it is said secession
and slavery are dead issues. How or why.
Admit, however, that the only purpose is
to deprive the freedmen of the right to
vote and hold office, can that be done with
out civil war !? History furnishes no in
stance in which four millions of people
have been reduced to yassalage and de-
prived of all political rights. 1t is against
the order of nature. They say we are
going to do it by the ballot, not by the
bayonet. How? The freedmen have
now the right to VOTE IF they do vote,
the Constitution cannot be amended. To
keep them from voting it will be necessary
to act practically, on the doctrine; the Re-
construction acts are unconstitutional,
null and goad Those who advise such a
course are nullifers, and their success rem
ders war inevitable. 1t is absurd to talk
of the peaceful success of their schemes,
which require the colored man to resume
his shackles and the existing State govern
ments to surrender to the reyolutionists."
North Carolina Standard.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
Blair or BIare.

THE name Blair" belonging to the
Silver Spring family, of which the Demo-
cratic nominee for Vice-President is just
now the most distinguished member, is
evidently misspelled. 1t should be "Bt0re. .
This is found in the dictionaries, and, re-
ferring to Webster, we find that tits verb,
intransitive, derived from the old Belgic
U0re7 Teutonic Hdrrea1: Latin 6I0rO, to
cry out, to brawl, to weep; Irish 6lor, or
qlor, a noise, voice. We are also in
formed that "The radical sense is to
shoot, or drive forth, or to spread" The
definition of the verb to Blare or to
Blair are given by Webster thus:
81. To roar to below. Little used. ]
johnson.
"2. To sweat or melt away as a candle.
Bailey"
There is also in Webster's Dictionary,
substantive Blair or Blare, as roar,
noise. Little used. AS and sigh for
battles blare' Bo7loao"
The reader at once will see how nicely
the genealogical characteristics of the
word Blair have been preserved in the
persons and characters of all the Blairs,
or Blares, from Francis 2. senior, who
used to figure under Andrew Jackson, to
Francis P junior, who now figures under
Andrew Johnson. There is as much OF
noise and roar among the Silver Spring
Blares as there could have been when DIR.
johnson gave his definition of it; and
it is fairly to be presumed that when old
Joe Barlow, author of "The Columbiad, y
and the " Hasty Pudding" wrote the line
'And sigh for battles blare,'
he had prophetic and poetic vision OF
Francis p Blair, Jr., as an object foy
which future Democracy would be one
day signing. The Diiares, however, both
noun and verb, are spoken of as little
used, even in the time of Samuel johnson
The Blairs, or Blares, are likely to be as
little used, except for partisan roar OF
below, by the people of the United
States, in the time of Andrew Johnson. =
PHILADELPHIA Bulletin.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14

the oneye have now. The note you have
now says ten per cent interest; the new
one will say without interest, ana no time
set for its payment.
Jack-But this is an Individual matter,
and the other is a government matter.
You honestly owe me, ana promised 10
pay me yesterday. Your proposition isto
cheat me out of my money
Pat-An' its cheatin' ye out of your
money, is it? An haven't ! as good a
right to chate We as the government has to
chate the widdies an'orphans whose money
is all in government bonds. III pay ye
on the Dimmecratic platform
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
gustry.
fc4NPAIGN SONG-TLTE BOYS IN
BLUE ARE COMING.
BY j. M. ROE, JR.


t From the Cincinnati Chronicle.
THEY are coming, Mr.. Seymour, host of boys in
Fresh from hundred fields of war, the battle
Not now with cleaning bayonets and roll of mar
But armed with ballots for the right, in peaceful
To shield the starry flag they love, from traitors
They are coming, Mr.. Seymour, host of boys in
blue.
They are coming, Mr.. Seymour, the loyal boys in
From Maine and from New Hampshire, and the
! saaa Bay State ever true
From the Green Mountains of Vermont and Lit
From The homesteads of Connecticut, the hardy
sAs,iate when flashing DER the land, the news of
They are tsS Coming Mr. Seymour, the loyal boys in
They are coming, Mr.. Seymour, the loyal boys in
From New Jersey and from Delaware, and Mary
And from the grand old Keystone State, man an
swering for man.
With pledges for the Star Brigade, the ballot in
w the hand;
To yield the soldiers need of praise, to worth
They are ta coming Mr. Seymour, the loyal boys in
blue
They are coming, 1T. OeyluVuf, Luo OdiuOob Doys
in blue,
From shop and mill and forge and field, the stead
. fast and the true,
The heroes of the Empire State, despite her
recreant son,
v no turns to shame and mockery the good that
mas been done;
To spurn with wrath the devils faults, the faith
=, q less devils, too,
They are coming, Mr.. Seymour, the earnest boys
~ in blue.
They are coming, Mr.. Seymour, the veterans of
the West,
From their grand prairies and their lakes, the
finest and the best,
From the broad rivers, whose strong waves bear
joyous to the sea
The treasures of the continent, and the tribute of
the free;
To speak once more, in thunder tones, peoples
r'" high behest,
They are coming, Mr.. Seymour, the veterans of
the West.
They are coming, Mr.. Seymour, a host of boys in
blue,
Fresh from hundred fields of war, the battle
worn and true;
Not now with cleaning bayonets, and roll oI
i' martial drum,
But armed with ballots for the right, in peaceful
ranks they come,
To guard the starry flag they love, from traitors
hands anew,
They are coming Mr.. Seymour, a host of boys in
-la blue.
PIQUA, Ohio