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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-19

TAX on sTPpULDERs.-Actin Commits.
sionerJ. W. Douglass has addressed the fol.
lowing letter to NJ. Wledrich, assessor of the
Thirticth district of New York, at Buffalo,
N. Y, relative to the liability of ship build
era to tax on their sales;
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-19

WAsHINGToN, July IL, 1sdg. y
SIR; In reply to your letter of July f4th
In relation to the liability of ship builders to
tax on their sales under section 4th of the
act OF March 81, 1868, have to say that
upon a careful consideration of this ques-
tion this office is Of the opinion that ship
builders, or parties engaged in the building
of vessels, are liable, under the section
above named, to tax on their sales In excess
of 81, $50 per quarter. All decisions on this
subject not In accordance with this decision
are hereby revoked.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-19

oPPicr. DEror ConarssARr or srssisrErcE,
SAsiIIsuToS, b. e., July II, lsig I
wsntri-5I b,Trel. bs,t Family add IDJ barrel.
No. !. flnnr. I" he delivered at the Sub.
si.nleo st'ts hols". Monument Or uld. Pour.
tn"nth strtet UthSr eUuitibbs ma'O kuUwu "
he nnl1r-tgued ,I,po-al, received antll 10 IN =,
the llSt OF August, 1879. o. BELL,
iyls-t C.s., U. 8. A.
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POLK COUNTY Uowa) has the best paying
poor farm In the United States.
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SUNS OF $1,000 AND OVER AT az PER CENT.
nraN ENERY DAY tSUNbAYS RXGEpTED)
FnOM "a " Tu0rN

.n-TgE0%LY CHRISTIAN Loan OFFICE
IN TiIE DISTRICT iyiI'tf
LIMITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
" WAsHIEdIoN.D D, c., Juue %. 1853.
On the petition OF SAMUEL VAN SYCKEL Of
TitusyillH, Pa, , praying for tho extension Of a
Pateqt granted to him on the 9th day Of Octuber,
Bars:
II Is ordered that said petition he heard at this
may oppose this extension 6hi""tiuns, 2Cposi.
lions, and other papers, should he filed Ia this
ONCE twenty days before the day Of hearing,
8jOO. wsw GommisSi 'ner VI paisats
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-19

A ~EyEUE HALL STORM visited the South
ern portion Of Burr Oak Prairie, Wisconsin,
on the 9th Instant. The track Of the storm
was about half mile wide, and within II
scarcely green thing is left standing. Some
OF the grain was literally pounded into the
earth. A Mr.. Toynee had rye field con-
tanning forty acres, and not a spear or blade
Is len standing. Other fields are in the same
condition. Hardly pane of glass was left
whole In any house within the limits of the
storm. The oak grubs and saplings have
their leaves and great part Of their bark
whipped VII.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-19

There Is ROCK In tho Androscoggin
river, Just above the toll bridge at Brlns.
wick, Maine, which rises some fifteen feet
above the water, and will weigh fifteen to
twenty tons, but which was never visible
there before this spring. It is supposed that
ID became frozen into the Ice last winter, and
was thus transported to Its position, or else
that Il has been lying heretofore near where
ID now Is, and was merely turned up by the
Ice freezing TO Ii and the force OF water.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-07-19

The GERMAN PKEss.-In private letter
l mentioned the confscation of certain
issue of a humorous paper, the Cologne
FiO.kcn (Sparks) for publishing a pquant
satire In the form Of German letter from
President Grant TO Count Bismarck, In reply
TO the latter's toast at the Berlin banquet.
Grants alleged letter was, ms will be rcmcm-
bered, an amusing comparison between the
two systems of government. The paper was
seized by the authorities. The Minister of
Justice, however, determined that there was
no cause for prosecuting the editor, and he
dismissed the charge. The Government at
torney, nevertheless, carried on the further
proceedings against the publisher, Muller,
asking for the obstruction OF the copies
COnisoatud on account of their penal con-
tents strangely enough, the court de-
cided to uphold the coniscation, and ordered
the destruction of the copies, the cost of the
same, however, to be adjusted. 1t Is very
striking that the destruction of the copies
could take place at all, after the highest
judicial authority In the land had said that
a criminal procedure should not take place.
The prosecuted Funken, however, does not
appear TO have had all its satire conlscated
At the same time.-FraHkfoH Correspond
Y ngf
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TUE AMOUNT of fractional currency shipped
from the Treasury Department last week
was as follows
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.af-NOTICE, SOUTH WASHINGTON
..T BUILDING ASSOCIATION. The sub
scriptior books for stock to his association will
be el sod after the 2ith lust Persons DESTROYS Of
suhSeri Ing rtoyious to that time can do so at the
Office OF Church Co, cprnsr Of Mary land avenue
and Eleventh street; Harley. Clarke H. Oven,
coruer Of Maryland avenue and Thirtseuth strc"''
.CeJ,iGea,ss q stock --'9 y Issued a the psxs
FIRsT THURsDAY IN AUGUST. Pines will he
charged aftsr that date
ny order Of the Board Of Directors.
jyI4-eotd W. J. SrEPHENsON, Secretary
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OFFICE or MAJOR AND scr'r MIR, PoLicE.l
July II, lsdD
The mslnbers of tho police force are hereby In
structsd to enforce TITO prov sons Of tho foregoing
notice by srrcstiug ths parties guilty Of Il. VIOLA
ton. A. q. RICHARDS.
jyl5.lI Major and Superintendent.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25
More DenmeiatiOn of Grants Appoint
mpnl.

The two Chicago rival radical nowspa-
pers continue their mischieyous attacks on
Grants appointments. and they will not
shave peace" The Tribune assails there
appointment ofRusscl Jones rs minister TO
belgium, after he had been rejected by the
Senate, and styles il not only n very sob
iectional appointment, but n ''deiianco of
the Senate" IL suggests and advises that
Jones be rejected by the Senate, and adds:
II can hardly DO expected that Mr.. Jones
should now be confirmed, or that he SEN
ate should stop short of rejecting him ont
right-in which event the country will UNI
derstand that the President has to be hui
initiated. In any controversy growing out
of the second nomination of Mr.. Jones,
the advantage will all be on the side Of the
Senate; and Il Is singular that both the
President and the Secretary of State do not
see the pitil before them.
The Chicago Republican has also q
chronic gowl Mt the way the administration
is managing affairs, and speaks ofthis Jones
affair as follows:
We believe the popular sentiment in Chi
cago aud the Northwest, is almost unani'
nous that the nomination was an improper
one in the first instance, and became
doubly 10 upon repetition. The cordially
of Il mans relations with the President
should never bo made a test for his fitness
for any other Office in the gift Of the
Executive.
We only slip in query, partly by way Of
comment. Should u man who IL fit toi
President, have cordial relations" with
menwho are so unglaringly untitled for even
the minor posts in the governments Az
for the balance, this isl radical quarrel
let them fight IL ont.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25

not vet be too latel Some clue may be left
in her room by which we may trace the
criminal | Come, %neighbors, and let us
search the premisis."
And Lyon Berners leaving the hudde
ing women of the party in the room with
Sybil and the dead, and followed by all the
men, e to search the house and grounds
COR traces of the assassin.
But the senrch proved hruitless. No
trace of an intruder could be found, nor
was there any evidence of robbery. Fur
thermore, all the windows were fastened on
the inside. There had been no ody Of enter
ina the murdered ,ooman'S room trcept by The
staircase leading from SPILLS chamber.
Captain Pendleton, M old lover of Syb-
lis. and q brother of Beatrixs saw that
there was no safety except i'm instant flight.
He whispered Lyon to take Sybil to her
room, and then TO meet him on the back
pinzza. This was douc, and then h cap
tain uhfol6ed his already matured plans.
Lyon ndopted them rs once; and.under the
| skillful management OF Captain Pendleton
and Boatrix, they got out Of the house nm
seen, and were soon on their way towards q
place of concenlment, known as the Haun-
tied Chapel, where new and unexpected hor-
rors awaited them. 90
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25
The AutOcrat of the Household.

There lies the little Sovereign, with I'M
perinl sleep upon her brow. Her tiny
mouth, that ton minutes since was terribly
stretched in q white squall, " is daintily
parted by the soft robin-breath; the pcarly
dimpled hands, that were just now clenchod
in doubtless n righteous indignation, are
lying like bits of matchless sculpture upon
the gay cradle.quilt; and under some skirts
embroidered with all the fondncss and
ioolishness Of maternal love, / catch "A
glimpse Of rose-tipped toes that have for
gotten their stormy assault upon the Of
ionding cradlo-fOot and now nestle to.
gether in enchanting reposc, Slumberiug
little volcano, lullcd tempest, sleep-con-
quered tyrant there you are
How she lords il over us Talk about
monarohies and olignrchics-does not this
little unconscious queen WELD n more
rigid and absolute sccptrc than was ever
waved from throne or palace If her
ladyship Wills ii, are va not to rise before
the day has even thought Of coming up in
the east, aud make her comfortable with
trOttings and warm milk aud n Journey of
n mile or so back aud forth across the
chamber loorY And it she decides to be
sleepy at that most ~out-door-able part OF
the day, sunset, are we not 10 hush all gay
and cheerful sounds, and HE away 10 the
dim, religious light OF the nursery aud as
sist her capriciOus nerves into luxurious re-
poser And then her forenoon maps: do We
not rise from back-breaking posturvs -
where We have "stooped TO conquer her
wakelulness-as b~reathlessly as il
we were playing ip~ok'stones, lest the
rustic OF u garment Or the creak of n
Rl..R N..aH a.a.LNw.N. H. Al a
Of her first sleep! With what t%repidation
and with what consciousness of future do
we ply her with playthings, ON bland af
%ternoons, when there arc calls to be made
or jobs Of shopping TO attend 10, and with
what serene contempt does she fling them,
one 10y ono, behind her She sees througl
artiice at n glance. She will have none O
II. She knows you are planning an escape
Though you might sit beside her half III,
afternoon and receive scarcely q glanc,
from her imperial eyes, you undertake tC
put on yOnr bonnet aud You become sud
denly dear. You arc cried after, and tina
settles the business. You put the bonnie
away and come back 10 your allegiance.
Terrible Baby .H
But mist There is n perceptible quiye
in toes and fingers. There is an indication
of disunion in the eyelids. Let ever
breath be hushedi Rock, rock softly nm
gently as n zephyr rocks the topmostbong
of the willow; and sing in your tenderes
voice the flintest dream of a lullaby n
60. Her Majesty win hko only a cat-na
this morning. Her left car tingles an
tells her somebody is saying bad things 4
her. One of her many attendant Gairie
twigs the little gold curl lying upon he
forehead and tells her that her subjects ar
going TO steal away and DO the marketm
before she wakes, and at that she starts. D.,
Two bright eyes suddenly fly open, A d
minuiiye hand thrusts itself upward.
small voice distinctly aTtieulates "Ah
dab - and the great ~autoorat Of tho house
hold is aWake.-EUeniaq Wisconsin,.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25
CHAPTER II.
nv FiRsT pATAL nAI1ow EVE


II was All-HallOw Eve, a night long an
ticipated with delight by the whole neigh
borhood, and much longer still remembered
with horror by the whole country.
II was the occasion of Sybil Berncrs'
mask ball; and Black Hall, the Black Val
ley, and tho town of Blaokville were all in
n slate of unprecedented excitement; for
this wasthe first entertainment of the kind
that had ever been given in the locality,
and the gentry of three Contiguous coun-
ties had been invited TO assist ut il.
The thron9 al Black Hall wns great, and
the characters sustained by the maskera
we're varions and woll sustained. = o
But far tho most beautiful, far the mcsi
terrible figure in the pageantry of the even,
ing, was that Of Sybil Berners ! She had
chosen for her character the unprecedent
ed part of the approximation of tho
Spirit Of Fire. 1t suited well with hel
nature. Her costume was but the outward
sign of the inward teryor.
Sybil Had oonfided the secret of her cos
tune to no one bat her husband, who wa,
himself attired as 'HarOld the Saxon
while Mrs.. Blondelle assumed tile oharac
ter of 0Edith the Fair." =. .I Htl ~
Sybil had not been in'the room long be
fore tho ooquotting Of her husband ant
Mrs. Blondolle drove her nearly TO distrac
ton. Observing that whenever she cam,
near them they were IN their guard, Sybi
exchanged DISCUSSES with ono Of her guest
and intimate friends, Beatrix Pendleton
and was thus enabled to watch her hus
band and his companion without the leas
restraint. N OF ni." t I. H.
Sybil observed THAT a masker, represent
ing Death, whom nobody seemed TO know
watched Mrs. Blondelle as closely as sh,
did herself; and she subsequently had 90
casion TO remember and shudder at tina
fact.
Seeing the watched couple seat them
selves on q small sofa in one corner of Tia,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25
Uottrn.
THE ORGAN.


Obi temple by Gods breath inspired
who arst contrivcd your wondrous frame;
Whence voices Of all living thing
Together praise Jehuvah's name2
How wailing m~isereries shed
A heart appalling groan abroad,
Then plaintivo flute and cymbals clang
With martial claron's blast accord:
The hauiboy's scream blends boldly with
A natiou's shout OF Jubilee,
Whilst over al the trumpets notes
Exultant tell Of victory.
r,om p,plpo reed tho strain ascenda
To trimbrels thunder Hank The deld
Arc stirring, graves are opening
It's the last judgments trumpet drcadl
How lowering hang the expectant tones
on all Creations outsprcad wingal
Jehovah cOmesi His thtnder's roll,
Before him how al living things.
Now, in soft breathing words he speaks
Tohuman hearts, which troiabling- awed 70
Bow dawn I'm prayer, tlen with one voice
Shout Hallclujah's to the Lord
The son Of NIaia strung the Tyre,
Apollo tuned the Joyous iuic.
while iron the Hlcphcrd's simple reed
Pan formed the swccily plnintivc hule.
A greater Pan was he who gave
Creations glorious song o voice.
And bid the ycaruing human soul
Hear Earth with Heaven rejoice.
Disdaininp music of the strings
Ce~cilia-nohlcst Roman maid
That ahc might hear Creations song
nccp In her heart with tCrvnr prayed
90. let me hear that SONG OF Praise
Those Holy Three sang I'm The fircl
Oh let my iongiug soul drink In
The musicnf the Heavenly chuirl'
Ioi b, her Iidr lI angel stands
Who on appeared IN her IN prayer,
III touched her ear-Cutrancud she heard
Great ou's song roll through the air.
Stars-Sm and Moun-hc Heavenly Host
The rolling Sc~asous-duy aud night
The ice aud snUw-tho frost and storm
The dew aud rain-larkuOHs and light
Mountains and hills, and al Rrcou things
Fountains and sircams-Hras, rocks aud wood
The souls In Heaven, aud tribes Of Earth
Praised God, the mcrciful and good
In alteration she sank down.
and now, o. angel. let mo hear
The echoof this supg," She cried,
an music meet Tor mortal ear"
With speed an artist then he sought,
whom Bazalccrs rlpt soul insptredi
Measure and number In his hand
In silenco placed, aud then retired.
An odihcn Of harmoni's
Cathedral-likc. he reared, whence rang
Ia one according yoicr Of praise
Tho gloria which the angels sang.
Then, all great Christcndom iutoncd
Her lofty boie, blessed tie
Together binding human souls.
But when ut Sacrament the cry,
ole comcsi 10 comcs!" rolled through the air,
The spirits OF the saints above
Came down. aud iu devotion took
The offering OF Eternal love.
Earth aud Heaven became one ChOirl
The sinner at the temple door
ghodk. when he seemed 90 hear the trump
Proclaim the day when hope q o'gr.
Cecilia gratefully rciuiccd,
For she had found tho saints communion,
The Christian Unity, desired
By all who sock the Spirits Union.
what shall 1 call, +" said she, "this stream
OF harmony, which hears the soul
Upon it's waves 10 that broad sea
Where all Eternity doth rOll2'
MARY BAYARD CLARIF
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25
CHAPTER ". q
TIE RoBBER cHmFTAIN.
Ito was the mildest hammered man
What oYor sentiled ship, or out q throat.

AAN MAM NV NNi wv NNNA
That ever scuttled ship, orout a throat.
Sybil had passed the day in the robbers
den with her strange companion, who as
tonished her by stating that the captain Of
the band had been present Mt her masquer-
ade. Late in the afternoon, dinner was
announced, Mt which several of the robbers
appeared, with Moloch, n gigantic %rufian,
ut their head. MOlOch was the lieutenant
of the band, and in the absence of the cap
tain, ruled with brutal sway. Becoming in
famed with wine, he took a seat by the side
of Sybil, threw his arm about her, and at
tempted to imprint n kiss upon her lips.
Sybil struggled in terror, and the gypsy
girl cried ont;
'Afen why don't you intorfore2 He Is
rude to the lady r
ave never NEEDLE between other men
and their sweethearts. Do We, mates2'
called out one.
mo, no, no " answered the others,
ooh, if Satan We're here y cried the girl,
in despair. RI
rsoian Is here = responded a voice close
by A. ~ ~ 4. L-
Aud the robber captain stood among
them as il he had just risen from the earth,
Moloeh dropped Syhil and covered in tho
most abject manner,
Sybil looked up and turned cold from
head to foot; for in the handsome, stately,
graceful form of the brigand chief, she
recogni2edt the finished gentleman who,
in the character of death " had danced
| with her Mt her own mask ball, and-the
probable murderer of Rosa Blondelle.
While the walls of the cavern seemed
whirling around Sybil, tho robber captain
calmly came MP TO her, lifted his hat aud
said:
spirit Of fire, / am happy to welcome
you TO your own appropriate dwelling
/ place. andthen, without expecting an an
sTef, he turned TO Moloch, and said in his
smoothest tones;
'Be so good as to give me this seat, sir"
But Sybilsaw that the giant turned pale
and trembled like the tabled mountain in
labor, MS he left the seat by her side, and
skunk into another at some distance.
The wine passed freely at the robbers
table, and the men grew merrier, wilder
and moro uproarous. Sybil became very
much alarmed; but not 30 much by the
noisy orgies of these rude jewellers, as by
the dreadful gaze of Moloch fixed upon
her from the opposite end of the table
where he sat, and the offensive Language of
Satan's eyes whenever they turned towards
her. " iH iflfH H.f .r..t
Atlength, unable to bear the trial long
en-, she arose from her seat and courtesy-
ing TO these brigands as she would have
done to any set Of gentlemen of whom she
was taking leave, Sybil left the cavern, fol-
lowed by Gentiliska, the gypsy girl.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25

The General O'Donnell, who died re-
Gently while speaking in the Spanish Cor
ties, was not tho Marshal ODonnell, Count
of Lueena and Duke of Tetuan, who fig
ured 80 largely in all the revolutionary
movements in Spain for some forty years,
Neither could he have been the Marshal's
son, for he left only one child, n daughters
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25
Virginia Elections.

The state executive committee OF the
conservative party in Virginia have issued
an address to the electors in Wow OF the
coming election in that state, The party
propose to defeat such obnoxious proyis-
ions of the const tuition; framed by the late
convention at Richmond, ns may be pre-
scented separately, and TO secure the cleo
ton of proper persons TO the legislature,
who will frame laws 10 benefit the people
ut large, and not only q few Interested in
diyiduals. The principal fight will beupon
tho test oath and disfranchiAlng clauses of
the constitution, A victory for the con
servatiycs upon these points, in the lam
guage of the address, will ''foreyer secure
TO the virtue, intelligence and property in
]terests of tho community their legitimate
influence. II will empower those who pay
the taxes TO levy and eXpend them, thus
frustrating the organized spoliation which q
combination Of negroes, paupers and
worthless adventures would otherwise
have inflicted. II will confer the power of
change or repeal over the constitution it.
self, which, under the system OF exclusion
il designed 10 perpetuate, would have been
forever impossible" The address express
ses tho purpose of the party to be TO allow
the blacks their rights and protect them in
the exercise Of their privileges, but TO resist
the proposed cncroachments upon the
rights of the white citizens.
The RADICAL newspapers secuted Rev.
erdy johnson, II late minister TO Eng
land, and drove him from Office, because
he proved himself as good q diner out ~
n was n diplomatist. Now their darling
j. Lothrop Motley, who parts his hair il
the middle, has begun his ministership by
the same course, started Off with q dinner
and speech at Liverpool, the day after lii
arrival, and has been following il up since
This fact however, is noticeable, Hi
speeches arc such scholarly twaddle as
might be expected from an Atlantic Month
ly Essayist, while Johnson's were adapted
to the occasion, practical, and inspired b,
good common sense.
THERE Is A little unpleasantness in tn
happy family Of radicalism in Georgia
For some time the negroes and ~scalawag
have been numbering tho carpet-baggers
and trying 10 charge their work upon TIN
nebulous uncertain myth, the KukluN an
now the factions have fallen TO calling eac
other hard names. The Atlanta New Err
lately complimented tho fellow who run
! the Macon Republican. as "the most faitf
full liar and blackgumd III the United State.
which is TO say the least, slightly extraU
, CANT, considering tho immense number {
/ people of the same general character, an
, apparently equal attainment, s%cattere
| through the State. ."'H
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25

. -Hendiicks County (Indiana) Poor Asy-
lum has q bright old lady who was 10l
years old last Friday. Her memory is ex-
cellent concerning events of her early life.
She remembers wildly the scenes of the
Revolution and of the war of 1912, stands
straight, and walkeda half mile on the 9th
inst.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25

Jonathan Mingo died at Albion Mich,
a few days ago, aged seventy-soven years.
He belonged TO the Narragansett tribe of
Indians, and was u linel descendant of
King Philip; and, at the time Of his death,
had in his possession the powder-horn
which was taken from the body of that
noted Indian chief, when the latter was
killed.
In the races Mt Rochester on Friday
last, between Mack and Buckskin, the
former won in 2.33. On the same day
another race between Sleepy Fred and Flo.
m, single dash, mile, for a purse of 5000,
was won by Sleepy Fred in n seconds
Another between Limerick Boy and a Roch,
ester horse, half-mile heat, for a purse OF
500, was won by the former in SO seconds.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25

The Convention called blythe Evangelist
clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
10 take action in regard 10 the present d.
yided condition of the church, commences
It's session nj o O'Clock this morning, in
Chicago. The convention will continue
through. Wednesday aud Thursday, and
possibly Friday, and its action will be
looked for with deep interest. The attend
ance promises to DO very large both from
Chicago and abroad. Among those who
will be present from the East are Rev. DIR.
Tying Cprobably both father and SOM, Rev.
DIR. Newton, OF Philadelphia, the editor OF
the Episeopalian, Jay Cooke ESD, and
many others.