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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-17
The Ninth Census,

The Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
tives has announced a standing committee to
report bill for taking the rinth census,
consisting Of Messrs. Stokes, Garfield, Banks,
Allison, Latin, Cullom, Wilkinson, Haldc-
man and Schumacher. There was similar
committee In the recent session, who had
nearly maturcd the details of u bill. As
four of the old committee arc rcappontcd In
this they will be able TO use the labors al
ready performed, and will no doubt be ready
TO present plan without delay for the con-
slderatlon Of Congress. We understand that
1t has been carefully prepared, and, In the
Judgment OF those who have seen it, Is per-
fectly adapted TO the wants of the occasion.
This great national inquiry always possesses
much interest," as showing our condition and
progress as natiOui but the census OF 1870,
coming so soou after the recent war, and
going thoroughly Into the condition, dis
tribution and business. interests ofthe whole,
and equally into every part, will he received
with extraordinary anxiety. 1t may and
should furnish us Il vast amount of informa-
ton, for the instruction of business men as
well as for the basis Of representation and
legislation, II should be managed with In
teNlgehce, skill, economy and fidelity, II
should not be allowed to subserve local, spe.
cial or partisan cnl., nm, should aim to prc-
sent the truth, the Whole truth, and nothing
but the truth.
II Is needless to suggest that the present
session will be short, that the measure I, one
Of immense importance, and that il /. one of
those that should he Immediately In hand,
in order that the vast amount Of detail In
VOWED In the preparation may be in process
Of organization. In England they have n
permanent system Of officers for the regis.
Ua'on OF births, marriages and deaths, to
Wh'chtc cousu. may I've referred. In France
thcy have municipal organizations of small
districts, and thorough as we'll as uniform
system OF supcrNi.lom In Sweden the whole
population IL registered, amt every ,baprcis
recorded, so that the Ccu.u, /. hut AN ,hs,roct
ofthcsc parish registers. In most other Flu.
ropean countries they have Convenient sub
divisions Of territory, aud, above all, A CON.
centratlon of population within a comrnr,.
lively limited area. But the Unlcd state.
has some forty millions Of Inhabitants. scat.
tered over vast arca-frOm Maine to Cali
fornia and from Alaska TO Florida. What
Is still more embarrassing, VIC have no con.
venicnt and uniform subdivisions. Ia one
State Il Is towns and counties, In another
counties only, aud in another part of each.
Our land surveys would afford convenient
unit of subdivision, but these embrace only
the newer portions. We have a vast amount
Of preparation needed, and time Is precious.
we trust that Congress will realize tho ne
csSslty Of prompt and judIciOus action upon
thls subject. Lastly, hut not least, let us
nave II JhShed and pubii5hsIlu the least pos
nine years afterwards.
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w,,.,E psrasr sssIrs q 4! SIZE is,5 ,

Information has been received at this De-
partment from Mr.. J. II. McColley, the Con-
sui of the United States at Callao, Peru, Of
the death, on the 18th and 10th of November
last, at sea, of WILLIAM HAuKr and Will
LIAM WILSON, on the 10th of November, Of
WILLIAM wooD, at the hospital, Callao 3;
and on the 9th of December, of CARL Nell
son, who fell from aloft.
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A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Tri-
buHe devises the latest plan to get rid of
the surplus population of New York city.
He proposes that the Common Council shall
acquire, by gift or purchase from the Gen
eral Government, large tract of land in
the far West, and there found II colony, to
which shall he transported all the petty
criminals, drunkards, loafers, out-and-out
paupers and mGupGis TJsts generally of the
metropolis.
The Tribune thinks this might be a relief
to New York, but II would cost too much !
and 1t suggests better and more effectual
way of getting rid of the drones, Wis to
tie them together, neck and heels, and
throw them all into the East River.
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Personal.

Secretary Borie returned to the city yes
terday from Philadelphia.
1t is stated that Gen. schoacld will leave
this city to-day for Mississippi.
VIM. A. Cook, esq, Corporation Attorney,
has SO far recovered from his late illness as
to be able to attend to the duties of his office.
On dit that Gen. Sheridan has declined n
sercnadc rendered him by the Grand Army
of the Republic.
Among the appointments talked Of rs likely
to be made is that of Gen. Dent, In place of
Francisco.
Gen. James Longstreet, the recently ap-
pointed collector of the port of New Orleans,
had lengthy interview with Commissioner
Delano yesterday.
Hon. Thomas Swami, of Maryland, went
to Baltimore last night to attend a working
mems anniversary In old-town. He will re-
turn this morning.
The friends of J. NJ. McGrcw, esq, the
efficient chief clerk Of the Sixth Auditors
Office, are quite sangulne of his appointment
| to one OF the Assistant Postmaster General
ships.
Hon. F. Stone, of Maryland, has obtained
three days leave of absence from his duties
In the House of Representatives, for the pur-
pose of attending to some cases pending In
the courts OF his district.
The resignation of Brigadier General John
A. Rawlins as chief of staff Of the General
Of the army has been accepted, to take effect
on the 18th inst. Gen. Rawlins' resignation
was necessitated by his acceptance Of the
position of Secretary of War.
Colonel James O'Beirnc, register of wills,
has resigned. He will probably be succeeded
| by Colonel Amos Webster, late of General
| Grants staff. Colonel Webster has every
qualification to enable him to fill the position
acceptably.
The friends of Mr.. Hartley, Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury, will learn with re-
gret that he received intelligence of the
death, at Valencia, Spain, on the ?lst ult.,
of his daughter, Martha F. Colt, wife of the
United States Consul at that port.
Mr.. D. NJ. Kelsey, late a clerk in the First
Auditors office, Treasury Department, but
| who, It will be remembered, was removed by
Mr. Cooper, of Tennessee, while Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, is an applicant
for the position of First Auditor, now held
by Major T. L. Smith.
The resignation of General y. l.. Jefries,
Register of the Treasury, and of Hon. John
Wilson, Third Auditor, have been accepted
by Secretary Boutwell,. Mr.. Wilson will re-
main In office until the qualification Of his
| aurcrssor lint General JCfTrlcs will retire i'm,
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-17

THE DEBATE upon the 18th amendment
will commence in the New York Assembly
to-day, and the Democratic and Republican
leaders have agreed to discuss 1t thoroughly
and tremendously, the speakers on each
side being limited. 1t Is said that at least
one Of the New York city Democrats will
vote for the amendment.
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~. NATIONAL FAIR AssoCIA.
wAsHINGroN CRY. D. c.

r~s NATIONAL FAIR AssoCIA-
WASHINGTON CITY. D. c.
National fsS Ss;SSsi;iioS Eli {, sc% S.s on
when there will b four days set apart for Tretting
~ ss ;asf VIII be SPSSsa S
po q. i. Esy... H.. MAY a.g.s s.., IN
,n public, mile heats: three In Ave. to harness;
SECOND, RACE-sAME DAY.
messy free o al horses cwaCd 10 the p'ite! d Co.
lumbia prior to the LIST day OF April, that never
peat SECOND DAY-rUBspAY. MAY IL,
Purse q fIOo; mile heats three II nys; IN hHr;
LIST day of ssESal55sp RAcE-sAME DAY.
q he ist o. April! Us q he purse to second
THIRD pAY=wEDNEsDAY. MAY ~
Purse OF 800, mile heats. to wagons for double
teams oWn ssdoN Ms PRHi.6tssHessS SSY person
Purse Of $500, two mile heats. In harness. SO Of
tue PgFcitD R Il ii'f Pi%sYe@SFI iHiURspAY MAYp
Grand Purse Of y, go mile heats, three n aysi
statesGsso1 % The ars, $50 10 the second and $50
to the third horse in tbs rsce-three or more to
w SECOND, RAcE-sAME DAY.
rs!if ss q B Bn Ss s SaFnE nest
the second horse In the race to receive 80 Of the
purse, .,
namsdi entries - close on the LIST Of May.
SPRING MEETING FOR THoRoUGHBREDs,.
| Commencing TUESDAY, the 18th day Of May, and
FIRST ' 1RY"FyfE ST. aST.'aArl
Sweepstakes, for three year olds, mile heats 80
entrance; ? 2, ~ add three or more to NIL to
close on 81 sE lSsA ~ R 4 tAEP!sA DAY
| Of the purse 10 20 70 the second horse. w
SECOND bkY-WEDEEsbkY, MAY 10
Purse Of $50, single dash Of one mile free for
SECOND RAcR-sAME DAY.
Hotel Purse, 600. tvo.mile heatsi fee for all
Third DfY-THURsDAY, MAY %.
Purse Of $40. dash Of one milo and a hAlfi free
SECOND RACE SANE DAY.
Association Purse, 500, three mile heats; free
for all ages $50 Of the purse to 80 to the second
FOURTH DAY-FRIDAY,. May 81.
Parse Of $500. mile heats; for all horses that have
| SECOND RACE-SAME DAY.
heatsi weights to be announced tn, evening pre-
| viOus to the race
on all purses run for over the Course Of the Ma:
| tiouAl Fair Association there will bo required
| an entrance fee OF ten per cent on the amount
| Entries to close on the 10th day Of May.
| In no ca will purse be giveu for 4 walk over
The races will commence on each day punetually
In the event Of the non Of any OF the purses
named. liberal purses will be offered to those Who
may bring their horses 70 washingion
All e0mTH NbbSSR % Rf hfSs.ea %r.s,u.
mhl7Sl9'
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District NJ Columbia, IYdshinO tDn county, TO I0H
u the case Of ANNIE q. GAsroN, ad mil nj stratTiX
OF Albert q 0astOn, deceased, tue ad 10 sITatriX
aforesaid has. with the apprObat on Of the Orphans
Court q Washington county aforesaid, appointed
settlement and distribution Of the personal estate
Of said deceased, aud Of the assets in hand as far
as the same have been collected and turned into
money! when and where all the creditors aud heirs
OF pAid deceased are notified to attend with their
claims properly youcbed, or they may otherwise
by law DO excluded from all bGucHt in said do
ceased y eStAtsI provided copy Of this order be
published once week for three weeks In the Ma.
TIOEAL REPUBLICAN previous to the said day,
Test: JAS. X. O'BElRNE,
mhl0-Wiw Register Of wills
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-17

THE USDERTAKERs of New York are form
ing protective association similar to the
one recently formed in this city. The New
York undertakers, like ours, think man
has no business to die or allow his friends to
die unless provision is made in advance for
the funeral expenses.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-17

To all the creditors Of S. II. swEErLASp, who
have proved thor claims:
You are hereby notified to appear before the SUI
breme Court Of the District Of COlumba sitting In
Bankruptcy, on the 81 day Of March, lSD, al 10
o'clock, n. ~, at the City fall Washington city,
70 show cause why a discharge from all his debts
should not be granted to said bankrupt You are
also notified that the 81 aud Sd meetings Of said
Bankrupt creditors will be held before the
Register at the same time and place,
By order Of the Court
DAVID S. uOODING,
y 5, MaTshal VI D. c. Rs Messenger.
Test RI, MEIus, CleIk. fel7S2
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u'HIs Is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE SUB.
sCRlBRR has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Washington county, In the District Of
Columbia, letters testamentary on the personal
estate Of Thomas HoLLIDaE, late Of Washington
city, D. G. , deceased. All persons having claims
against said deceased are hereby warned TO exhibit
the same, with the vouchers thereof, TO the sub.
scTIbeT, on or before the 18th day ofPEBRUARY
neEtj they may otherwise by law DO excluded
from all benefit Of the sad estai }.
Giyen under my hand this ISL day ofFebruary,
1900, PHEBE llOLLlD0E,
feblb- h3W' ENecutriX.
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[oFFICIAL.1


WNHIN1ToN, d. q, March 70, 1863.
The President will hereafter receive menu
bers Of Congress only from 10 to l2 a. IN.
daily, and general visitors from to p. M,
except on Tuesdays and Fridays, Cabinet
days.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-17
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

WASHINGTON, March 10, ls69.-Jay Cooke &
Co. furnish the following quotations of Gov
eminent securities
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DIED.

TUCKER. On the 18th instant, ESOcH TICKER,
10 the 74th year Of his age,
Funeral services at Wesley Chapel, corner OF
Fifth aud Y streets, to day at p. N. Friends and
acqua intances are invited to attend
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New Advertisements.
by GREEN & WILLIAMS, AUcTIoYEBRs,

by GREEN L WILLIAMS, AUCTIoNEBRs
On SATURDAY, March 20, at 8 o'clock, y. m. +,
We shall sell, on the premises,
TIE WOODEN BUILDING
recently erected for the exhibition OF the Nam.
m 9TH White OK "Geueral Grant," on the reserya-
ton, corner Of Pennsylvania avenue aud Seventh
street.
Terms cash.
The building to be removed within one week
from the day Of sale. -
mal7'td tStarl Auctoueers.
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NOTICE To FRE.EMPTION CLAIMANTS.

NOTICE TO PREVENTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right Of presumption
to Of the lands within the tow nships aud parts
Of tow nships above enumerated, ~ required 10 es
tAblish the same to the satisfaction Of the Register
aud Receiver Of the Land OhiCe, and make yment
therefor as soon as practicable after seeing this
notice, and before the day appointed for the com
mencenent Of the public sale u the lands embracing
| feited. JOS. B. WILSON,
Commissioner Of the General Land Once.
NOts.-Under the regulations Of the Department.
no payment can be made for advertising pToelama-
tons, except to such publishers as are speciallyAu
fsbl5.Ml9I
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Dry Goods.
Stables.
COOKS BoA AR ". st, S$TEAIgIhJEss,r

between D and Z, No i57.
Particular attention paid to Boarding Horses
Large, airy and comfortable stables, The pToprie.
tor Is known Of the best &c ders u this
District, Owners Of poor horses can have them
attended aud well cared for.
CARRlAGBS can be had at all hours for PartieF,
Weddings. and Funerals ia2.W
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-17
The Northern Lights.

The beautiful exhibition of the Northern
Lights witnessed by the inhabitants Of Man.
haitian Island on Thursday night last covered
q vast extent of land and sea. From Nova
Scotia and Canada northward, and Maryland
and Virginia In the south, we have reports of
the splendid heavenly display. We have no
definite report Of its eastern or western boun-
Diary. Within the Arctic Circle it may have
belted the globe. On our line of latitude
(forty-one north) the exhibition appears to
have been brightest In this Metropolitan
district; but even here II ''paled in its ineffec-
tual fires" before the more brilliant display at
Montreal. We have no doubt that the exhi-
bition was one Of surprising splendor and
sublimity within the lattudes of Central Green
land and Alaska. These wonderful lights
come from the icy regions round the Pole
They are, we may say, phosphorescent and
electrical, and although they rise above the
earth's atmosphere they reach to the earths
surface, and in q strong current or q success
sion Of waves, as In the air, they run along the
ground. We have the evidence Of this fact In
the working Of various telegraph lines on
Thursday night for several hours without the
aid of the usual artificial batteries.
Our idea Of this celestial illumination is
that to us II was but the outer edges Of great
electrical cload drifting down to us from the
icy laboratory round the Pole. Yet within
this city, as an observer near the Cooper
Institute informs us, at near eleven o'clock
z. NJ, the central point of the display was
exactly overhead. Right overhead there
appeared to be circular opening in the
luminous vapor which otherwise seemed to fill
the air, and the color Of this opening may be
described as deep invisible green"
Radiating from this opening, like the rays Of
light streaming out from the setting moon be-
hind hill. or like the spokes from ''tbe hub OF
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-17

SINGULAR OMISSION OF THE GossIPs.-
When Colt committed suicide In the Tombs at
the hour appointed for his execution for the
murder of Adams a story was Immediately
started that the suicide was a sham and that
the dead body of some unfortunate wretch who
had died In prison had been substituted for
that of the condemned Colt, who had been
carried out alive in a coffin and had thus
effected his escape. There are parties who still
believe that Colt is alive as others believe that
the assassin Booth still lives Is it not strange,
therefore, that some incredulous individual or
reporter or prison gossip has not started
story that Twitchell's suicide was a humbug,
and that he went abroad among the friends
who attended his last levee in his cell like
"any other man." only little disgliseda
Such yarn would bear the impress Of proba-
bility far more naturally than either Of the two
reports before mentioned. Here is fine
chance for new sensation by some Philadel-
phia sheet.
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The New Dominion.

On Thursday, at three o'clock, the second
session of the First Parliament of the New
Dominion was opened by the Governor Gene
raj in person. The speech was not wanting
in common sense. The Governor General
rejoiced in the prospect of the consolidation
of the New Dominion. The prospect of q
final settlement W it'll the Hudson Bay Com
pany was referred to in becoming language
1t was cause of rejoicing, too, that the New
foundland colonists had of their own accord
expressed desire to be incorporated with the
Dominion. All this, we say, is well. We
shall be glad to hear that the oubles In Nova
Scotia are ended. Unity of purpose will
develop the resources Of British North
America These cannot be too we'll de-
veloped. The more the wealth of the Con-
tinent is developed the better for all who live
on it. We shall be glad to see British North
America become a completely homogeneous
unit. We cannot have too many agencies at
work TO hasten the day when the wealth of
the New World will rival the wealth of the
Old. The time is coming when the various
sections Of the North American Continent will
be one. The wealth of the different sections
will determine the wealth of the united whole
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-17

Our OF THEIR Own Mouths. is very
neat in Mr.. Summers speech that he so clearly
exposes England's wrong in the Alabama
case by the use Of English utterances. From
the law lords he quotes that the fitting out Of
the Alabama could not have been justified but
by the concession of belligerent rights. This
refers all to the act Of the government; and
then from Canning he quotes that to concede
belligerent rights on the ocean to govern
ment not possessing belligerent power on the
ocean is without warrant in the law of
nations. Thus the wrong began with the
government
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-17

Senator Summers speech ON the Alabama
claims question, delivered before the United
States Senate, embracing his powerful aud
lucid expose of the animus and action Of Great
Britain towards our government and people
during the war of the rebellion, is producing
its effect ON the American Continent. We
publish to-day opinions Of the Boston and
Canadian press on the subject, the Boston
newspaper endorsing his position, while a
Toronto organ of the British Grown wakes
furious in its loyalty, and endeavors to shift
the entire blame of the whole affair to the
door of the New YORK HERALD as Q
RECKLESS journal" The colonial caterer
asserts that ''brief and rough synopsis"
of the address had reached him, which proves
conclusively that he had not read the HERALD.
which contained Ver6Gtin report Of the
speech. The "Blue Noses" are terribly ex-
cited, but their insignificant agitation is nothing
In comparison with that which will move Eng
land proper when our report reaches London
and calls out the big guns of the press. Canada
had better come into the Union at once, as her
people will then become accustomed to elO-
quent and patriotic parliamentary addresses
and ashamed of the legislative funkyism pre-
vailing at Ottawa.
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the universe, were numerous luminous lines,
and bars, and rays, and lights and shades Of
different hues, but chiefly of phosphorescent
Wilderness, which feebly famed till faded out,
like the trace of lucifer match on the wall.
The changing combinations and dissolving
views Of this wonderful exhibition were rapid,
yet 80 soft and delicate that it was exceedingly
difficult to mark any passing Transformation.
The radii from the hub were comparatively
short on the south side, extending less than
thirty degrees from the zenith, while north
ward they descended to the great bank of the
transparent but still dense electrical vapor
which lay around the horizon.
The radiation referred to shows that this
luminous vapor at the time was all above the
winds Of the earth's atmosphere for otherwise
1t would be driven In parallel lines across the
sky, or in irregular lines with the battling
currents of the upper air. That which we
have described as an opening in the sky over
head was perhaps dense body Of electrical
elements from which the rays indicated were
supplied. At all events the display was
exceedingly interesting, and its solution has,
80 far, puzzled our profoundest philosophers.
In fact,
There are more things In heaven and earth Horato,
Than are dreamed OF In our philosophy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-17

STRIKERS LAw.-Strikers generally care
very little for law, and the car drivers now on
strike cared so little for it the other day that
they were ready to prevent by violence new
drivers doing their duty. But there was a
point of law that seemed in their favor, and for
this they had great regard. This was the
requirement that drivers should have licenses,
and they wanted the authorities to stop the
cars till all the new men had gone through the
license mill. This was not done at their
demand, and now they hate the law as much
ma ever
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-04-17

SHOCKING IYGRArIrUDE. Dana was APP
pointed the other day Appraiser of Merchan-
disc for the port Of New York, and yet this Is
what he proclaimed to the world yesterday,
in the way Of thanks to General Grant 1--WE
must recollect-Congress should recollect--
that we live under an administration, the first
administration of that character in this coun-
try, which has openly recognized the pro-
priety Of Official discretion being influenced
by the payment Of money TO the officer to
whom the discretionary power is entrusted. {"
In some parts Of South America the profess
sional beggar goes his daily round on horse
back, and the gift Of a few pennies which
would be thankfully accepted by footman in
the same line Of business, is an insult TO this
consequential horseman. Dana, we fear. Is
done for