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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-04
TNOTICE TO COUNTY TAX PAYERS.

U - ~ 0ooNii IAN rAi1HS'
at tb" nee ting Of the Levy Court held on VI an
day. ar let, $50 the following resolutions were
s'o.t. that the rate of tax for the year 1856.
shat lie a, follows
Der County Tax. 40 cents on 500:
FOR school Tax. IS cents on SlnU.
Eos Police Tax. Is cents on 500:
and that discount Of ten per cent shall be al
loved the tax of 1859 If paid bet. re the lst Of
May next and hve per cent. IL paid before the first
day Of June providing all arrearases are paid no
abatement will be maze after the lst nf June
JAMES PILLING. Collector
once over National Metropolitan b ank 18th ct :,
opposite Treasury Department marlin
0-sTkhNGERS SHOULD TAKE HOME
LI3 Copies Of the PRESIDENT GRAND
MARCH and the INAU8URATION GRAND
MARCH, 40 cents each; finely embslished; lust
published. JOHN ELLIS,
3O6 Pa avenue.
four story Iron Front,
ma2-it Mugi, ST )re
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IOBCH-LIGHT DEMONsTRA-
S TON.
BOYS IN Blue
MIUG URATION NIGHT.

The BOYS in Bill K" of the District OF Co.
iumbia, aided by their Repu plican fellow citizens
rejoicing In the triumph Of the eternal principles
81 right secured BY the Inauguration of GRANT
and COLFAN, will parade in Grand TorchliRht
Procession en- THURSDAY EvHNING, cIosine
up CHARACTERIZATION day c, remonies
IL 10 ordered that for this occasion the entire
command be coneolid attd. and formed, Is nearly
as may be dnelusive Of citizens as in the morn
Ing psrade-Ward and othfr friendly organi1a-
fions being assigned and nsoldated In the order
they report TO the rrsimeptal mmsndnz OF.
torches. ~ ~
The line OF march will be formed promptly, at
o clock p m, on the upper side Of Franklin
square. street. the right resting on 18th street.
sIteSding toward the Capitol. and will move in
torch liza III proct scion ever the following route
Out street to C,nnecticut avenue. and thence,
passing the west side of Lafayette Square, to the
Executive Mansion; thence again. passing the east
side of Lafayette Square, To street; along III
street to 4th street, down lIth strest to Penus 4.
yanir avenue; aud thence, on south side of the
Avenue. to Capitol Rst. II dismissal
1t is earnestly requested that citizens along the
line Of march illuminate their dwellings and dis
play hsRs and tan:psrences; let there be here, at
the National Capital, from home organic ations,
out-spOken triumph; let this Jubilee Of inaugura-
non De made memorable BY bon fires ati ons,
and general rejoicing. A. GRANT,
Commanding Boys in Blue. District of Columbia
I'M
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CHARACTERIZATION RECEPTION.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Tfcks to OF admission to the ReceDtieu win be
taken At the door, and no checks or return tick
cts will be issued during the evening.
m3ft THOMAS L. TULLOOK, Sec.
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~YOUNG MINIS CHRISTIAN ASSuCi-
N ALTON Fab,
OPEN EVERY EvkNING, AT 20 O'clock,
IN THE INV RJ-IInINn

MT1OCNG MINIS CHBISTIAN ASSOCl-
uS ALTON FAIR,
OPEN EVERY EvkNINs, AT 7 10 O'Clock,
IN TIE NEW BUILDING,
COkNEk NINTH AND SHEETS.
Admissiop-Adults. IS cents; chi Idren, Is cents
Season Ticket, admitting one, 81 %; admitti NJ
gentleman ana sdE 81 50 No charge for admiss ion
10 tie Dining Rooms, which will b. open daily IL
T. o clock Z, Lunch. and from 70 9 CLOCK for
supper The roc ms will be handsomely decorated (:
the tables will be filled with variety of fancy
articles and Refreshments and 70 pains will be
spared ey the la les and gentlemen onnected with
the FAR TO secure the enJcyment Of all
The stelnwaY Piano used at the Fair 10 kindly
Cbickering by Mr.. John T Ellis. e23
0@BANKBUP roy The last amendment of
S the Bankrupt Law provides that in all pro-
ceedincs meDced after the first day Of anu AIRY
ls.9, LO discharge shalt be granted to q debtor
whose assets shall not be equal to fty per centum
OF he claim rrored against mis- estate, pom which
does net. however shut out from the beneh tot the
law al poor debtors, for it further provides tn at
CERTAIN petitioners. aud all VINO comply with Ger.
tain conditions, can receive their discharges
though they may have no assets. Notwithstanding
the provis in view of its limitations and excep
tons. debtors without assets are still applyinR for
the beneft Of the Law in all parts OF tine country
Persons In this District vho still wish TO avail
themselves of its benefit, and who have no assets
cluded in the terms Of the limitation The sub
scrber will give fnformaticn this subject ct all
times without charge.
Attornsy; Law and Solicitor in Bankruptcy,
City Hall. 70 8
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4 rNITRp STATES PATERT OFFICE.
" WAsHnsroE. ID: v. Fsbrasry IL, n

on the petit,on Of THOMAS J kEAPP, OF
PhilAd. lphia, Pc praying for the extension OF :
for az Gnproyenesf 10 Adjustable fenonis s Tool
u 70 ordered that said pentfoa be heard q
person Dsy opRWe this extsnsion. Objections.
ceHoslfons, and other pAp.rs should BE- ne1 10
fLtsHA FoOTU
hHitw,v Commissioner OF Psteu6
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18
THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOUTHERN
ia ND0

The greatest drawback on the prosperity of
the Southern States, and one of the main
causes of all their troubles, is the fact that
the land is mostly in the hands of a few own
ers, and the impossibility that has hitherto
existed for small farmers to obtain possession
of their own homesteads. This state of affairs
raised up a wealthy and aristocratic class,
who sought to rule the country, and who pre-
cipitated the Rebellion when they found that
they were unable to do So Since the war
practical men have seen clearly that the surest
way to raise the Southern States out of their
present impoverished condition was to en-
courage settlers who would cultivate mode
rate sized tracts, and constitute a class of inde-
pendent land owners, who would have incen-
tlVes to labor that the large planters of the
olden times lacked. 1t is particularly impor-
tant, too, that the freedmen should be fur
nished with homesteads, and encouraged to
work upon their own ground, with the assu-
rance that they would be able to eniov the
| fruits of their labor
TO further this object the National Colored
Labor Convention has presented memorial
to Congress, through Judge Kelley, praying
| 'A"V VAS ouRNoySu puDAlC LtllClS IN the South
ern States may be subdivided into tracts of
forty acres each, and that any freedman who
shall enter upon one of such subdivisions.
and cultivate the same for one year, shall re-
ceive patent for it, the title to vest in the
settler and his heirs, and to be inalenable
for the period of ten years from the date of
entry. They also propose that the forfeited
grants of land to railroad companies be en-
braced in the operations of the same scheme.
These suggestions are in tho main
judicious, and it would certainly be
advisable for Congress to make such
disposition of the lands The expediency
or propriety, however, of making any discri
mination in favor of the freedmen il ex
tremely doubtful. The poor whites need just
such encouragement as this quite as much as
the negroes, and any homestead act that Con
gress may enact for the special benefit of the
Southern States should apply equally to all
taking care of course to protect the freedmen
from injustice and giving them fair chance
with their white neighbors. 1t is also inn
portant that measures should be adopted tc
keep their lands out of the hands of mere
speoulators, aud TO offer as many inducements
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

regulated by uniform laws that will apply to
every State and Territory in the same man
ner. 1t is one of the oversights of the
trainers of the Constitution that the regula-
tion of these matters was left TO the States
themselves, and the trouble required TO pro-
cure the necessary amendment to that instru-
ment will initiate greatly against any speedy
reform. The time is at hand however, when a
reform must be instituted, and it isimportant
that the voice of public opinion should be
heard ON the subject in O decided manner.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

That WORLDS FAIR.-The proposition that
Congress should appropriate million dollars
or so out of the national treasury to enable
the cheap and nasty boarding houses of Wash
ington to fleece the whole world, was SO glar-
ingly outrageous that the Senate Committee
on the District of Columbia has stricken from
the bill incorporating the Great International
Fizzle Company the sections which proposed
to make an appropriation out of the peoples
pockets and the franking privilege. The COM
mittee has permitted the section which
authorizes taxation of city property to re-
main, and to that action Washington alone
need object. If the capital insists upon ex-
hibiting its weak points, it's boarding house
extortioners, and its magnificent distances, to
the world at large, it should certainly have
the privilege of paying for the luxury in any
way that appears feasible.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

CovoDE VS.. FosTER.-Ihe contest pending
between the Hon. John Covode and the Hon.
Henry D. Foster over the seat in the House
of Representatives for the Twenty-first Dis
trict of this State, will soon come up for set
Element, and there can be but little doubt of
the result. In this district the Democracy
last year resorted to their time-honored
devices in such wholesale, reckless, and
open manner, that the ostensible election of
Foster was too glaring a fraud to stand the
test of ordinary scrutiny. Mr.. Covode has
proved beyond a doubt that he received a
majority of 4i9 votes, after the polls of cer-
tain districts in which the fraud was of so
glaring a character as to vitiate them en-
tirely are rejected, and a majority of 50
votes at least even without such reflections
We hope the Committee on Elections will see
to it that the will of the people is not trifed
with in the shameless manner which the
awarding of the seat to Mr.. Foster will neces-
state.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

To THE TEMPERANCE MEN who are making
such earnest endeavors to ruin the cause to
which they profess devotion by intermixing
it with politics, we commend the warning
which comes all the way from Maine. The
Bangor Wing states that less real temperance
work has been accomplished by the radical
advocates of the cause in that State during
the past year than for a long time previous
The reason is found in the fact that many of
them have entered into the strife of politics
with enforced abstinence as the primary plank
in their platform. The same result has fol-
lowed this course on the part of the tempe
rance people all over the country, and
wherever temperance has been made political
issue, the good work has been seriously
impeded
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

The CLAIMS of the Tehuantepec Ship Canal
and Mexican Pacific Railroad Companies
against the Republic of Mexico are quite
startling, amounting as they do to
1892, ,907, 1889. In fact, we scarcely know
which is the most startling, the grand total,
which makes mere bagatelle of million,
or the remarkable precision of the arithmeti-
cal process by which that grand total has been
arrived at, and the strong emphasis which is
laid upon the one-third of cent which rounds
it of at the little end. These claims are to
be presented to the Mexican Claims Commits
sion, now in session at Washington, and of
course, if they are allowed by the commits
sion, they will be promptly paid by Mexico.
And Immediately after, we may expect the
United States to establish a commission for
the purpose of ascertaining the precise
amount of damage inflicted upon loyal people
in the Southern States by the Federal army
during the war, which, together with the
claims of the Rebel bondholders in England,
will, equally as a matter of course, be
promptly settled.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

WHO Knows ?-The New York Her0yd en-
ploys man who closes every article he writes
with the pertinent query Quien sa6e' Some
body ought certainly to enlighten this genius
on the leading political and social questions
of the day. Will any one do it? Qujea'
Sd6e2
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

elizabeth OApY STANTON ''detests petty
wrangles" At least, she so informed the
woman Fighters who were recently in CON
cave at Cleveland; and being, moreover, fear
ful that her presence might give rise to them,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

&RRIAQE AND DIVORCE Ii VS..
Richardson tragedy has attracted the at
Jon of the public, in very forcible man
to the very imperfect and unsatisfactory
of affairs now existing in this country
ccount of the different laws on the sub
Df marriage and divorce that are in force
e several States, and to the necessity for
b measures of reform. 1t is scandaIous,
in the highest degree detrimental to pub
and private morality, that the marriage
bonds should be dissolved with the facility
fthat they are in Indiana; and the fact that
some of the other States refuse to recognize
such divorces only serves to make the COM
plication worse. This condition of things is
no less censurable than the scandalous dis
parity that exists between the laws on the
subject of marriage in England, Ireland, and
Scotland. 1t opens the door for innumerable
frauds that not only affect the perpetrators,
but that encourage, in the most direct manner,
RIGHTEOUSNESS, produce low toneof morality,
and sap the foundations of religion and
virtue. Marriages and divorces affect the
whole United States, and they ought to be
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

wrote melancholy apology for her absence.
1t may be chat Elizabeth slightly overrated
the inAammatory tendency of her presence,
but the offense was pardonable one, and
if all the other old women who are in this
business would cultivate similar vanity the
woman question would soon be solved by
dropping out of sight
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

as possible TO actual settlers. iudicious
homestead law would do much to repair the
ravages of war in the Southern States, aud
we hope that this matter will receive the ser-
Gus and candid consideration of Congress.
''BY THEIR FRUrrs, Fro, Two gentlemen
from Germany recently appeared before
New York police justice, each one claiming
the custody, care, and comfort of a certain
lady who bore them company. One of the
contending Teutons was the husband of the
lady in dispute; the other was her "admirer"
only. The husband was unable to oontroYert
the charge of poverty which his antagonist
preferred against him; while the ''admirer"
in turn succeeded in establishing the fact that
he was i'll position to support her moro
respectfully" The Daniel whose Judgment
in the matter was sought thereupon ques-
toned the lady, and, having been informed
that cher affections" inclined to the sad
mirer' rather than to the husband, che de-
cided accordingly" This is just what we
might expect after the promulgation by
Beecher and rockingham of the new code of
marital rights and obligations. The explo-
sion of the old doctrine that men and women
are, or at least should be, welded ''for better
or worse, ," could not have happened more op-
portunely.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-18

LOOKING GLASSES. ETC.
The Portland daily press., 1869-11-12
Il Obcrt j. Walker.

Hon. Robert J. Walker died at his resi-
dence in Washington yesterday morning after
long and painful illness.
Mr.. Walker was born at northumberland
in the State of Pennsylvania, in 1901. He en-.
tered tue University of Pennsylvania, in Phil
adelphia, where be graduated in 1919. On
leaving college, he settled in Pittsburg, stud
led law, and was admitted to practice in 1921.
He interested himself in politics at a very ear
ly period, and became Chairman of Demo-
cratic Co inl.tee, during State election,
when onl. twenty-five years of age. A year
or two later he took part in the movement in
favor OF nominating General jackson to the
Presidency, and was Instrumental in bringing
about the action of the Harrisburg Conven.
ton, which nominated Jackson for that office
in 1912. In the spring of 1926 he moved tc
the State Of Mississippi. He uniformly refus-
ell political office until 1885, when he was
chosen Senator in Congress, serving until
1916. In that body he was enc of the leaders
of his party. In March, 1916, on President
Folks accession to office, he was called upon
to take charge Of the Treasury Department,
which he administered for four years. he
subsequently visited England, where he met
with flattering attentions. After having been
Tor some years out of the pale of politics, he
was appointed, by President Buchanan, in
1857, Governor of the Territory of Kansas,
which Office he resigned.
He was voiuminous writer upon financial
and kindred topics and an early and enthusi-
astic friend and advocaee Of the various Rail-
roads leading to the Pacific. He was man of
ability and learning and his death is public
loss. He was 90 years and months old.
The Portland daily press., 1869-11-12

THE Vanderbilt Statue in New York was
unveiled yesterday, Mayor Hall delivering the
address. After the ceremonies grand COLA
ton was INDUCED IN. Large numbers of dis
tinsuished persons were present. Mayor
Hall euloglzed the industry, honesty and per-
severance which has characterized the life of
Mr.. Vanderbilt; his riches have been employ
ed in beneftting his country and mankind.
In behalf of the city and his tellow-citizeps
Mayor Hall thanked the originators of the
memorial, and hoped that it would forever
stand to tell those whose industry has been
crowned by wealth, that honor follows those
who make the world better for their being in
it. While these ceremonies were being en-
acted at the Hudson River depot, the brokers
in the Long Room of the Stock Exchange I'M
yelled mock statue of the Commodore. The
railroad king was represented by gaunt
member OF the board, draped in a sheet and
standing erect with watering pot in his right
hand labelled POI, representing the watered
value of the stock of the New York Central
Upon the unveiling of the statue a masked
face was disclosed not very complimentary to
the Commodore's personal charms The
choruses were sung by body of ten choris-
tiers in full dress, the verses being composed
expressly for the occasion; and speeches made
dwelling upon the virtues of water as slim
ulant to the value of railroad stock-Aduer-
fjspr
The Portland daily press., 1869-11-12

THE SToNEwALL.-The statement of Cap
tain Washington, Of Steamer Submarine,
who has been accused of inhumanity in pass
ing by the burning steamer Stonewall, with
out attempting to rescue those on board has
been published. He says that when they
rounded the point and saw the burning vessel
they mistook her for the Colorado; and dis
covering another and larger steamer beyond
supposed it to be the Stonewall, naturally con-
Guiding that she had rendered all the assis-
lance necessary. He denies that he heard
any calls for help, and moreover says that if
he had desired to render assistance it was al
most impossible to do so, as the wind was
blowing gale, and the place where the acci
dent happened was very narrow and between
two bars, where he could not round to. His
boat was loaded with hay, and there was un-
usual danger of the destruction of additional
property and lives by fire. He further says
that he passed the burning wreck at 9:3O,
fully three hours, after the time when the fire
is alleged to have broken out on the Stone
wall,
The Portland daily press., 1869-11-12
The Lime Quarries of M~ine.


The great lime quarrles at Rockland, Maine
are described by correspondent of the New
York Evening Post as follows:
Formerlv anv norcon With hut ,;tt,o oou;to,
could "nS ls VIII VII oIe n.''ie &c oapl,al
rn Which bo o hIli liz o~ ,Jsn naai ~ " sue
nna ofhs nei9hhor and az vmsap ia;e' or nre9
sold if for what he cnuld oct R1t 'i NV 'n III
tbs is chanaaJ Tho Inc eunrrios O rn INV al
~ .ui' 40 tuo Hihe guaiiies are owned
o;ven WOW to tha ,m o,ou4 ont , kiln nas
everv.h;no is done nn snoIa i'ai I'LL anu
con;toI ~ N'No oi' 9 'e"'e WHICH, oeiiianos
r. ,,;,,s ana s;.,,o.os A.,
non;nsn Nn' d., e S s.uau Vi. the snOre OF
- 20 ,n y uT Tl ohe we give an
e uea oe aneln ai. ING Kun IS located at the
LII. VI Jam nesl Tue neau oI wharf IL is
be e " Tha ra, ieee s9usre anu oO ieet IN
the insda iS ,;mnd ,+t VI g. saieh eIahi1e, anu
banl tbe Iims rnc fr win ,h n,t h uIlo n. ieas
of the kiln down which the t ron =; ~ t lne uop
The Portland daily press., 1869-11-12
The Shiverins Season,

1t is impossible to suppose that any human being
can consider an attack of Fever and Aeue a light
visitation. And yet thousands act as ii such a ca
lanity Was of no consequence; while thousands who
actually suffering from the distressing omplaint
neglect to adopt the certain means ofcure. 1t ought
to be known in every locality subject to this scourge
or which is infested with remittent fever, or any
other epidemic produced by malaria, that HOSTEL
TER'S STOMACH BITTERS taken in advance or
at the commencement of the unhealthy season, will
fortify the system against the atmospheric poison
which generates these distempers. This admirable
nvigorant-harmess, agreeable, and possessing rarer
medicinal virtues than any other tonic at present
known will break up the paroxsysms of intermit-
tent or remittent fever in from forty-eight hours
to ten days. Such is the universal testimony from
districts where periodical evers have been combat
ted with this vegetable Choogogue. In thlevsh
neighborhood wise men bar their doors and windows,
yet strange to say if the neghborhood happens
to be pervaded by aerial poison they seldom take the
trouble to put their bodies in a state of defence
against the subtle enemy. ShiverDg victims endeav-
oripg in vain TO your blue hands the fire,
or consuming with the fever that follows the chill,
remember that HOSTETTER'S BITTERS is an
absolute, speedy and invaluable specific for your dis
tressing malady. nov8eod&w1wsn