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RY WIN. l.. WALL & co, Auctioneers.
ID Stores 315 and 81
Southwest corner Penn's avenue and 9th street

BY virtue OF decree eff the Supreme Court of the
District ~ columbia, passed in q cause No. Leg
Docket No 6, in hch 5. c. Smoot is plaintiff, and
VIM. Mocabee and 9th, RS defendants. will offer
al Pu' lie sale, on MONDAY the 10Th day Of pril
at The hour of5 clock in the afternoon, all that
part oil Lot No. g. in square No. 559 in Washington
city. The said part of Lot intended to he sold
fronting 10 feet north street. between LIST and
I'd streets and extending back 100 feet to an alley
With the frame building sthereon.
Terms One third cash; the balance of the pur
chase money IN and IL months; the purchaser
giving bis notes, with approved endorscrs bearing
tn'erests from the day 81 sale the whole Of the
purcl ase money may he paid at the ratification of
the sale by the Court. All conveyancing and
stamps at the expense Of the purchaser
IL. p. JACKSON, Trustee.
ap9 W L. NALL co Ancts
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ID Late Clerks with J. o. Mcclure o.
South WNeS corner Pa. avenue and llth street
(StAr Once Building :
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PROPOSALS FOR FORAGE.

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NlIED STATES ENGINEEk's OFFICE .DAvENFo
Iowa. February a 1853 nh atA o
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In letter received few days SINCE from
J. O. @. Mhalsy, Esq, president Of the Ma
tional Labor Congress, he says:
''In your issue Of the s0th ult, received to-
day, noticed call from frevellick for nemi-
mating convention, and letter from Tucker In
relation to the Presidency, and also an editor
paragraph in relation 20 the convention, sug-
costing that those who want il ought to call on
me to issue q call l write you merely 10 say
that any call sufficient in numbers to make Ii in
accordance with the constitution will, of course,
be respected and Immediately attended to-"
Y v
81 have been very anxious TO do something,
and not having received aay encouragement
from outside, have concluded to invite q num-
York, on the And of July. to take counsel what
and, of course, you'll be among them. / have
got item little stirred up in the Senate, on
the eight hour question
We trust our friends Interested in the sue.
cess Of the labor movement will make note
Of this fact, especially the officers Of the Ma
tional Labor Union. As matters stand the
hands of the president are virtually tied, and
we trust the requisite authority TO call con.
vsntion win be immediately granted. A,
that conference We hope to see our friend,
Sylvis, Trevellick, Krepps, Aylward, Prin
die and Kramer.
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on trade disputes 10 this district would b.
conducive alike to the interests Of employers
and employed"
The stokers Of the Iron Company Of Montig-
near Chartered, have stru;k
work In consequences Of IN intimation Of low.
eg wages. The woskthen were offered five
ffancs per day insteadof six. They declared
they would not work. The next day .
plscard, posted on the walls Of the ss-
adjustment, announced an increase Of Eve
per cent. on the sum proposed, but work has
not been resumed. No disturbances having
taken place.
THr Efsus IN ran IRoN TsADx.-Not-
withstanding al the assertions from day to
day, made In the Birmingham daily papers
and other local journals in the interest Of the
masters, that the strike was at m end, and
that the puddlsrs were resuming work ut the
reduction In oil directions, the strike is still
in full force. A manifesto from the Central
COMMITTEES Of the United Associations to the
ironworkers Of the kingdom has been issued.
II 10 OF great length, and goes into details Of
the struggles Of the past few years IN the
| iron trade. and refers 10 the hard labor q
puddler has 10 20 through before he can earn
moderate income, even by working full
time.
| THE LIVERPOOL BRIcKLAYERs.-We hear
from Liverpool that the strike is still going
on. Some men have been obtained from
London, and steps are being taken with the
hope OF getting more.
SHRswsBURY BnIcKLAYkRs.-The bricklay.
ers in Mr.. Barlow's employ have struck for I
rise Of Is. Q week in their wages. Mr.. Bar
low offered the men an advance Of Is. bu
they refused that.
TIE LoNaroN PAINTERS. Painters here ar,
on strike. They publicly request their Eel
low-workmen in other parts not to come Il
L0ngton.
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FROM VERMONT.

AsSAAA-'Dy ~AA~ " ASSOs
To the Editor Of the wOaKISGsASs ADVOCATE.
have been expecting for some time past
to see q statement in your paper relat-
ing to the recent difficulties at the Rutland
quarries. Not seeing one, however, have
concluded to. send yoG few lines myself,
every one Of which coats,r Gods truth. 1
am emboldened to do o. rom the fact that
we have received assurances that the western,
and particularly the Chicago bosses, have
sympathlzed with US and deemed our de-
mand just one.
Up to the time of the strike we were re-
ceiving but $3.50 per day for tweE5e hours
labor. At this rate Of wages we found it i'm
possible to feed our wives and little ones.
And ! aasurs Jon there are men among us
who have worked hard and honestly for ten
long years; men too who have observed the
utmost frugality, who have not dollar to
their names. The tyranny to which We have
been subjected viii scarcely be credited.
The huts in which We lived being the pro-
perty Of our employers, We were unceremO-
niously elected from them, because We re-
fused longer to work for starvation prices.
Fifteen hundred Canucks have been import
"A to take our places, at the old rates. A
curse, say, on the country which produces
such things.
In the west, we are told a common labor
er is paid $3.50 day, but here it was reck
oned a crime for q good workman to ask for
two dollars. We have one cons olsti0n, how
ever, and that is, that every quarry boss in
this section, has lost from $4,000 to $780,
900, and also that they have lost a great
amount Of their western trade, and all this
because they refused to pay fifty cents addi-
tional to their workmen.
Before concluding, permit me to state,
what thousands can corroborate, that no
working for one employer was re-
ceived at the establishment OF another, I'M
der any circumstances, without the permits
sion Of the boss he had previously worked
fer. If this Is freedom and the good time
hoped for, God grant may never know it.
Trusting you will give this an insertion In
your noble advocate Of labor,
remain yours truly,
A RUTLAND QUARRYNAN.
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LADOR ITEMS.

TIE plasterers Of indianapolis are on
strike for $3.50, and the painters for $500
per day.
TEE Newark shoemakers have succeeded
in having their wages returned TO the stand
ard OF last summer.
TEE New York iron moulders have secured
an increase to the rates paid previous to the
reduction last winter. One foundry refused
the demand.
THE three cooperative building societies.,
OF New York, organised some months since.
are reported as getting along swimming
ly."
WIZ H. SPLvIs, Esq., president Of the Iron
Molder's International Union, took out the
first heatnin their new foundry, ut Pitts
burgh, on the 18th ult. Everything looks
promising in connection with this enter
prise.
A FIRE broke out in the dry kiln connect
ed with the cooper department Of the state
penisentiary, at Joliet, on Wednesday night
last, destroying some barrel heading and
roof of the kiln. The fru was soon got IN
der control after its discovery. The total
loss will not exceed $500.
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mined 10 rsssevs The wrongs complained Of
win find wars and means to do 90, without
injury 70 10 the state.
The question We desire 10 AK ID, .
right, is Ii just, that honest. hard wcrksng
mechanics sbould Be thas dsfranded, On he
State Of Illinois enriched by such ascheme r.
II, % we feel setisfsd, IL IL not, may we In
woke your aid in the coming election to help
us demand that the convicts shall no longer
DO employed on WORK Of such ehasactes, q
else the products Of their labor shall b. dis
posed Of only at current market rates.
Tim CooPKRs' UNION or CHIoA0o
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FROM MARYLAND.

DAAAA LEVERS " INV w AOVoe
fHs couscrL KLHcroS-DsvsAg ov sHn WoaKns-
Ksxs CAHDIDAss-wAsr or oHeAEIEArToH-A LEs.
soE-THn PnEsIBsHcS-fRADs AFFAIRS, 40.
To the Editor Of the WoRKmsnAx's ADvocAss.
rae COUNCIL KLRcTIoN
Game or sooner than was expected by the
friends Of the labor movement in this city.
June 4th was the day fixed for the election,
and the proclamation calling it was published
but few days before. The only issue made
was in the 10th ward, the time being too
short to effect anything in the lower wards.
In the 10th ward VIM. II. limerick, the reg
ular nominee Of the Democratic party, was
elected, by o large majority. The vote,
however, was small, there being but little
over three hundred votes cast, Of which John
v. Stembler received but 81. The defeat Of
the workingmen's candidate will give to
the enemies Of labor reform a chance to
gloat over their triumph, but they must re-
member that the defeat was entirely owing
to the
WANT or ORGANIZATION.
There was no organization in the ward
and the candidate was sprung upon the peo-
pie without any notice besides it was AZ
forwards ascert aimed that MIR. Stembler was
q clerk ut the meeting which nominated Mr..
Limerick, and this fact becoming known
MANY suspected it As trick of the disaf
fected Democrats to defeat the regular nom
inee. The time Of voting also tended to de
feat the workingmen's ticket, even admitting
that the candidate was otherwise unexcep-
tionable. The hours for keeping the poIli
open are, from A. NJ. till 5 p. M, just one
hour before men go to worL, and one hou
before they quit work. Were the polls opel
after six in the evening, there is no doub
but that there would have been q large vot
polled. Taken all together the experienc
in the l9ta ward should be
LESSON
to those engaged in the movement, and it |
to be hoped that they will profit by it in th
future. They must some time or other lear
that nothing can be effected without system
attic organization, and the sooner they learr
and admit the force Of this fact, the soone
they will triumph in their cause.
THE PREsIDEEcY.
/ see by your last issue that you call 70
an expression from the people of the severs
States, on the propriety OF running cand
date for the Presidency. As Tar as | ca
learn, or have heard an expression a. th
part Of the workingmen in this city, they al
opposed to any such step at the preser
time.
/ TRADE AFFAIRS
are in the same condition as at last writing
Trade, in all respects, is dull. The weathc
has been exceedingly unfavorable for ali ou
door employment this spring, and As a con
sequence, all who are depending on sue
employment have Jared very poorly.
! Yours, &C.. VRRIrAs.
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FROM NEW YORK.
New YoRK, June 4, 1865

NEW 1OhAy june ~ AcOcs
70 the Editor Of the woAkHGnAxs Advocate.
Conformably to your request to scores
pondents" (and felt that the coat fitted
pretty closely MYSELF will be as brief "a
can be in the rest Of my letters, which win
make a. few as possible, though there are
many subjects which would like to consi-
der before closing, IL permitted.
1t might be said that there would not be
the splendid uses Of capital that there are If
wealth were to be more nearly equalized.
This would not necessarily follow, but it
would be better than to have the suffering in
the world that there is. Capital would be q
good thing if 1t improved men, morally
speaking, but the reverse 10 the case. Capt.
tai Is used for base purposes many times-as
in buying elections, and 20 corrupting voters.
The laws, az high protective tariff laws, that
may be passed BY purchased votes, may not
be good for the country at large. It rs true
that If the rich buy votes, the poor sell them,
but what has made the poor Of such stuff rs
to sell their votes las l have said) but the
oppression of capltalf or what has helped to
do it more
There ID m obtuseness to suffering in the
world. The sight Of It makes no impression
on many. Those who grind labor cannot be
looked upon with either love or respect
nay, they are rather to be looked upon az
wild beasts behind bars National govern
ments which Cypress the poor, cannot be
10. ed or respected, and can only be looked
upon a. an enemy to the laborer. The mar
row spirit OF capital 10 well illustrated in the
story Of the man who pretended sickness that
he might have to himself all Of q plate OF
dumplings (rather hearty eating Cor . sick
many instead Of sharing them with his little
son who had importuned him Sor part
Go away, sonny" replied the greedy and
unnatural parent, "Pa Ia sick The CAPT
talBt lives upon the (not golden) rule Of
"Leave me mine and give me youra"
admitted in former letter that capital
was not the enemy Of labor any more than
. man IL tho enemy Of him horse. Bot inas-
much as the laborsr ID the capitalists fellow
man he ID his enemy il he grinds him down,
and that the capitalist does 70 the lAborer.
Adam Smith Is reported to say, "MAstws
are, always and everywhere, in SORT Of To-
cit hnt uniform combination ros To RINSE
wages above their actual rate. Masters, zoo,
y times entsr into particular coubinations 70
ink wages sven bslow this rata" How
Ixns this Il any one knows who has applisd
lnywhsrs for plaea. Or far work-ths lsw-
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snes. and eonnAnd . rsspsssto watch they
are At present strangers.
In conclusion, we insisi that the questions
Of political, social and financial reform, .
thorough investigation Of which Ia essential
TO the welfare and soeress Of the produc-
ing Glasses, and to the Ignorance Of which
may be aseribed the menial position cccu-
pied BY them, must be understood and In
telligibly discussed by our labor associa-
lions. That in fact, trades unions are worth
less, 70 all insenss and purposes, unless they
lead to such advanced action, and u they
are unable or unwilling to carry ID out,
the sooner they disband the better for
themselves and the community at large.
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est salary and the lowest wages, are invsria-
bly, named by the employer.
"A writer in the English Portability Re
Uieao Of, 4 think, May 1867, Tor about that
date) after saying substantially the same, as
Mr.. Smith, as above, concludes bis article
with what may be a hint TO the working
men. lie says that as artificial arrangements
keep wages down, It may be ssuperseded"
by other artificial arrangements to keep
wages-and that combinations by employers
may be met by "counter combinations by
laborers.
Ira Stew art, Of Hopedale, Mass, in an ar
ticle in favor Of more equal distribution Of
wealth, published in the Philadelphia Tri-
bwne OF last lear, forcibly says, that the low
rate of wages il not from the Cooperation OF
hunger simply" Mr.. Steward places the
beginning Of the more equal distribution Of
wealth IN the reduction Of the hours OF labor
He holds that sin reducing the hours of Ia.
bOr," there is "set in motion train Of NOR.
al, social and material causes, which gradu-
ally increase wages"
| Lave you ever seen boys going whistline
through the streets dehantly, and putting on
airs OF defiance in many ways : Ut 10 the
boys Of poor parents aud not the boys Of thu
VI
misery somewhere. II tells Of misery tha
may eliminate in force that It may TAKE
war to put down (Not war bypermissiOr
or your correspondent, his rule being tn
cure Of injustice by m appeal 70 reason, O
common sense What il 4 makes devils .
men frequently, but oppression somewhere
What makes our drunkards in many cases
but the views Of life that men frequently ar
forced TO take from the oppression Of capita
who take to drink as a sort Of relief frou
this oppression upon themselves or Others
There is distraction in drunkards. Their
are drinkers tyrannical in their natures, wh
want only rum to bring oat these natures j
acts OF violence upon poor and defeuceles
women. For these-though II does not tx
onerate capital-there should be a law Z
some sort, q law, say, to deprive them Q
. her rum as well as some law 10 punish o
restrain rum-selling. Yet, kindness, | be
lieve, would 90 great deal farther toward
J reforming this class Of drunkards than any
! thing else. There are those too, not roug
10 their natures, who instinctivey perceivin
things going wrong in the world, Hy to ruI
AS some sort Of relief. But if these 90 30 Il
As 70 be drunk In the streets, they have gor
TOO far, and if they cannot be dlssuaded frol
It, the law should take gently hold Of then
and rather more roughly hold of the me
!, Who have sold them the rum after they wei
intoxicated. However. prosperity in then
selves and the rest Of the world, would )
either OF these classes Of drunkards on the
feet and make happy men Of them, and Il
dispensers Of happiness to those srouI
them. A SEEKER AFTER TRUTH.
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THE VERMONT STRIKE.

We trust no patron of the Advocate will
fail to read the letter of our Vermont cor
respondent. Nothing would give us greater
pleasure than to publish the names Of those
scoundrels who preferred importing a lot Of
soulless scabs to paying American mechan-
les the scanty pittance Of $3.00 for q days
work Of twelve hours. Yet we are told work
ingmen are dltoGys in the wrong Let those
who talk Of the viliany of Irish evictions,
look at home, and .ney will find enough to
engross their attention. We are glad to
state, however, that the western employers
have, almost without exception, denounced
the viIlianous action Of those slave drivers,
and intend in future to depend on some
other vicinity than Rutland for their supply
Of marble.
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Address of the CoOpers.
To the Voters Of Illinois

FELLow CIrIzsNs - After many futile at
tempts on our part to effect . reform in the
system Of convict labor, a. practiced at the
Penitentiary at Joliet, and to enlist the
powerful AID Of the press in its suppression,
we have resolved to leave the beaten path,
and present our grievances TO the voters Of
the States irrespective Of party, believing
that when the facts are known, they will
cease to countenance the continuance of .
system which places q premium on crime
and robs the honest mechanic Of his daily
bread.
As matters stand at present, il is sheer
impossibility for any cooper in this city, to
earn in twelve hours labor, sufficient to sup
port his wife and family, se.a5 having been
for months the maximam ages which the
best Of Us coald earn. For time ell redress
was refused, the only answer being "if you
can't work for theec wages, the conBicts at
Joliet can" Thus the products Of their Ia
bor-the products Of the outcast and out
Law, were thrown upon the mnFkss, On terms
which presented the alternative Of working
for starvation wages, or soaking employment
In other channels.
This, We claim, inflicted q wrong On the
honest employer and the employed. Because
no man could pay bis jonrneyman, under
such circumstances, what they were entitled
to, and successfully compete with these who
patronised the penitentiarY. Necessity, con-
compelled the employing coopers
Of this city, who favored the smploymsnt Of
honest add skilled mechanics, to reduce the
wages to the sssudard named.
Now, we DO not comphin because thu Vi
cious and depraved are taught useful ard
occupation; BY no means. " bat
We protest against is. that the products Of
heir labor should be thrown upon the mar
ret. ut q Dcminal figure, to the injury oflAw-
abiding citizens, more especially a. there are
plenty ways and means By which their labor
may be made pro6iabis to the state. without |
'esorting to such fraud.
RelloW-citizens, We appeal to zen TO take
his matter into careful considerations. We
70 aware lie ssccsnsful solasIon IL sttendsa |
nth difIcaItisa, and Wills we DO NOT viii |
. dielats. We bslieve lsgislatuzs dstsr-l
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losers-thongh not one out of = thoueand
may be 10 any considerable degrees the favor
cd recipient Of the advantage thus unIussly
secured. Yet, the possibility Of such gszn
keeps the governing class in line. TO fe',in
the advantage. Another dificulty 10 the
want Of an accurate knowledge on the part
Of the governed elass-nOt merely as 10 the
form Of these laws, but a. 10 their powers,
and the practical mode whereby they ns
robbed BY them 90 stsalthily that they can
not perceive how it Is done. The laborlng
classes have been looking after .ss robbery,
and are trying to catch the thief, without
however, distinctly understanding how Il was
done. Instead Of ferreting out the cause,
they have let the financial class make the
laws /; they have done the work, and when
they have not detained their rights they
have quarrelled among themselves, or beat
en- their brains out against this iron wall Of
class legislation, without attempting to dis
turb its gnoble base.
This class legislation, which il SO invi-
dious In its character and 50 destructive Of
human rights, has fair exterior--it has q
general semblAnce Of equal and exact justice
to all men, but is full of all manner Of spe-
ciaI privileges and exemptions, extorton and
excess.
Orders Of nobility are created, rot by spe-
cial patent, under the great seal Of the State,
but by an absolute and unconditional sur
render Of the peoples sovereignty in the
form Of corporations. By these means the
masses are compelled to work longer and
harder, not to supply their own pressing
wants, but the demands Of monied and 9TH
er financial and commercial corporations
in the shape Of interest on bonds, express,
insurance, telegraph, railroad and other tar
ifs, hxed not by the government, but by a
soulless corporate power. These measures OF
justice are not fixed by the Law OF use or Of
right, but by this arbitrary sovereign corpo-
rate power. Thus government has become
not dispenser Of justice, but the creature
of a vast, complicated system of human
slavery. The grant Of this sovereign power
Of the people to corporations for their ri
vate gain, is the invention Of governments
whose sole object and aim was to take from
the masses all the fruits Of their annual toll
which might be distracted without pro-
ducing revolt or revolution
Formerly this eVtortiOn practiced upon
the labor class, was enforced by tiihing, now
through ingenious devised systems Of state
and corporate tariffs and taxes.
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Having published the examination Of
MessrS. Allen 4 Applegarth, next week we
shall commence the publication of the evil
dence of Mr.. Alexander NJ Donald, President
Of the Miners National Association, before
the Trades Union Commission Of Great Brit
ain. We bespeak for it . careful psrusal.
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present standard, think they will gain their
point, and IL 10 very desirable they should,
for they are . very ill-used class Of men.
Lee then only stand firm, and new era bas
began In the bake house. MECHANIC.