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The national Republican., 1869-01-27
PROPOSALS FOR CORN.
HEADa'Rs FIRsr MILITARY DISTRICT,
o STATE OF TEXAS,

OPRIcB or CHIEF ouiRrERsAsrgR,
AUSTIN, TsxAs, Jan. o, 1852
sealed proposals., in duplicate, will be received
at this once until FRIDAY, February s, Is6n, AT
IN ioI furnishing the ouartertnasteI's : Depart.
ment al Fort Stockton, Texas, with such quantity
o. Corn as may be required until May 81, ls1
,Corn to be Of good. clean, rchaniable quality,
inspection s'
Delivery to commence on award Of contract,
and continue In such quantities and at such times
as may be required BY the Post Quartermaster,
blda 70 be plainly indorsed "ProposAls for Corn
undersigned. w '"'
BY command Of Brevet Major. General Caeby.
B,,syet Brigadier General, and q. a. NJ. finh
Military District isn2i Id
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Builders and Material
CLATE AND MARBLE MAN

extensive Slate Mantel factories in the country,
have on hand S,sRK lRnEEs E .TR ;TgRgpply G%IrRpss q
from the lowest TO the highest grades, Of
SLATE MANTBLs,
at my warerooms attached 10 my stoneyard, , on
street north and First street west. Also, large
supply Of -
MARBLE MANTBLs.
respectfully invite the public to give me call
aud examine my stock before purchasing, as I am
satisfied that can sell at lower rates than can be
purchased elsewhere, and guarantee to give gen :
eral satisfaction.
Also, ali Kinds Of Building Stone Work, manu-.
facturcd 10 order al the lowest cash priees
Corner Of street north and First street west.
The national Republican., 1869-01-27
TINTED STATES MAILS.

FObT bIFINk DEFAkIhENI,t [
wAsHiSdTOS, January 2, 1862.
Proposals fnr rco9yeyiRg the Mails Of the UniIst
SiSwiaS POSSs @ in The Slate Of "IS GSuIna % viii I'll E.
received at the Contract Oiice Of this DepaTtmen
until Up; m, Of March 81 next, to be decided By
500 Prom FrsaEiinton to Shady Grove. 2j mile
Leave FrsSkI nten Wednesday ats m.
Leave shady Grove T6afsdiy stsam.
o7 fTGn fSI GTnna r. GsEs, SR GSdoF. Caledonia
Grgye, aud Vista Ridge. 10 Floyd. 81 niiei
kssSs ksS Hifsi afsiil IfSf Gsss ESs. MSndpy szam.
hhrsirs hssNs fdyS n ri2yS WsSns.Sy 5sS. ssy SySP%
Arrive at Grand Lake next day by5pm.
SOaS From New Iberia, BY AHbsyille. 10 Perry =
kkrIiyo q fsF!yR,s, II 5BTidEs BY n
5000 From WashlpgtSn. BY Hickory Flat, tc
Leave wsshInglqn Monday at fam.
Hrriys A. LsES GSS Gharlss ar next day BY ppm
oo kT1iSI !. %s;s1soP Al, Is! RR RSS, daE
Leave LAKE Charlie: @edaesdsy1 1 atsam.
favS fsys 5s.4ss s. SiSnfFf fdsy isy' dfT by m
,,o, Arrive q Lake Charles next day by 4pn.
Sol fSS% sS Sss Unds Grand
fs.Ss ys dsI5a Il S5iS$ S$sass FS:y AZ
Arrive at MeImentou next day BY 6pm
sl02 From Mermentou to Lake Charles, 80 miles
and back, once week.
Leave MerInentou Monday at a M,
Leave Lake Charles Wednesday ats am,
Arrive at Mermentou next day by 1 ip m.
NOTES.
Proposals must be to carry the mail with 'ce :
lerity. certainly aud security, using the terms Of
sponsible persons, certified to as such by u Post
master or Judge Of Il Court OF Record.
No pay will be made for trips not performed and
for each Of such omissions, not satisfactorily eX
aueted For arrivals so behind lime %s io break
connection with depending mails. and not sum
ciently excused, one e-fOuTth Of the compensation
for the trip il subject to forfeiture fiues will be
imposed unless the delinquency be satisfactorily
into post oihcei for suffering ii 10 be Injured,
destroyed, robbed. or losti and for refusing,
after demand, t. convey the mail as frequently
Us the contractor runs, or concerned In running,
vehicles on the route. The Postmaster General
oniee laws, or the distinctions Of the Department.
He may alter the schedule Of departures and arri-
walls, and also order an increase OF service by al
lowing therefor pro rata increase on the onract
pay. He may also curtail or discontinue the SER
vice in whole or In part at decrease
one month : extra compensation on he amount Of
service dispensed " lth, and pro rata compensation
for the ervice retained and continued.
Bids should be addressed to the 'sec0nd As
sistRnt Postmaster General" superscribed Pro
posals, State Of Louisiana. y and sent by mail,
For forms OF proposals, &c and other infoTmA g..
ton, see advertisement Of October 81, 1866, and Of
this date, In pamphlet form, At the pTinelPal post
Offices. ALIEN. W, RANDALL,
jy23.Sit Postmaster General.
The national Republican., 1869-01-27
LOCAL PAH5ENuKR TkAIN5,
q m , a

AZ Trains leaving baltimore and Ohio Depot AZ
Manassas Passenger Trains at 81. Asaph Junction,
for all points on the line Of th2t road between Ma
Trains leaving 81. Asaph and King streets at 2325
7. IN. connect At 81 AsaPh Junction with train
arriving at Baltimore and Ohio Depot at :2Op. N. !,
and in time for p; nj, train for BaltlmoTes
w J PHRLPa Gen i Manager, deeJl-f
The national Republican., 1869-01-27
Medical.
Bookbinders,

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WRAPPING PAPER FOR SALE AT THIS
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The national Republican., 1869-01-27
MARBLE MANTLES,

AND BRowNsToNR
Work executed In the latest style and best manner
yACoUBs JoUvENAL's Marble Works.
Cor and New Jersey ave., squares north Of
nov74-eou Baltimore Depot.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
A scaIy Curiosity.

The st Louis Republican, of Tuesday,
says; The good people o: Alton were
thrown into high state of piscatory
excitement ou Saturday last, by the ar
.IEaI Of tremendous fish which was
caught opposite the city, on what hsh
ermen call "trot line" The monster
ls"t the alligator gar species, and meas
aIes seven feet five inches from tip to
UP, with u circumference, when taken
out of the water, of four feet, and
a weight of one hundred and
sixty pounds. OF course, no or
Slnary hook could have held
,4.4 . large and lively specimen Of
aquatic vitality, and its capture is
owing to the fact that the liHe became
'Tlsted into moose and fastened itself
around the jaw, by which it was drawn
70 the surface and dispatched with q
An'ie The scales upon the body of the
lSh are about the size of silver quar-
LNr aud almost as tough, while the long,
pony snout is fitted with a set of teeth
.nafp and strong enough to gnsw a
Man leg of in short order. We learn
Suat Professor Marsh, of Shurtleff Col
.ese. intends having it artisticslly
IS'uned' decorated with glass eyes, &C.,
~ ~. and deposited in the museum OF
tG4t Sit institution. 1t is altogether the
o.ggest tsh ever caught in the vicinity
" alton, ifuot any VII ere else in the Mis-.
SlsSippi river.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
0uH LeRialaIion-

Correspondence Parkersburg Times, RadJ
The men who have had every thing their
own way at Wheeling for the last six
years, have done nothing to perpetuate
their mem Ories, except keeping them
selves in and the opposition out of office;
and whether this was for veal or woe,
look at the condition of the State at
this hour! No money in the Treasury,
no credit abroad, no confidence, no i'm
migration, no roads, no bridges, the bal,
anee of trade against us; everything
dull, drowsy, dead, the people and State
fast sinking into Oblivion, unhonored
and unsung, for not paper in the
Uuion devotes paragraph to West Vir-
ginia affairs once in month. Where is
the proud position, the brilliant future,
predicted for our gallant, glorious"
young commonwealth in the buncombe
speeches and messages of 1868, Gel
After going up like a rocket we are
coming down like a stick, the scott and
laughing stock of surrounding States.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
Bioxraphy Of an OF.

| was born in Nebraska. The farmer
to whom l belonged paid tax on me
as a part of my iucome during my veal
hood. He sold me when / was three
years old, and paid an income tax upon
what l brought. / was nicely fstted
until l weighed nearly ton, by Dem
ocrat on Weeping Water, who paid the
Government eighteen cents for the
privilege of selling me to a butcher,
who pays tax for the privilege of sell
ing meat to the public. The butcher
sold my tallow to a chandler, who
made me, by paying LICENSE
as a manufacturer, into ohandles
for tbs poor people, who pay FIVE per
cent. taX on candles to read by. My
horns and boots are made into combs
and glue, and pay another tax. Ny
hide goes to the tanner, who pays a
manufacturers license, and is made into
leather, upon which is an cd rGloreR
tax of Eve per cent. The tanner will
sell the leather to a wholesale dealer,
who pays a mercantile license and an
income tax, apd he will sell il 10 the
shoemaker, aAd the shoemaker will
make boots for the laborer, farmer and
mechanic, and charge enough for them
to cover all the taxes enumerated, u
gether with his own manufacturers tax
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
Why We Grow Heavy Wool.

Wool growers are very generally
blamed for making heavy feeces. The
burden of the song of spectators and
commission men, is heavy tieeces,"
too much rease,"-and the refrain Isl
accompanied by the one.stringed instru-
mcnt that is played upon by all Wool
Buyers Associations. The well posted
wool grower has never attempted to
conceal the fact that he makes his wool
heavy because it pays him to do so'
That this is SO is no fault OF his. ln-
competent men are sent out through the
country 10 buy wool at an arbitrary
price. They can't pay above such
price; but will take any thing that is Of
fered below or within their limit. Is
here premiem upon heavy woolf
But suppose the grower concludes not
10 sci to this man, but ships his clip to
Chicago, hoping TO have it sold upon
its merits, hsw does he fare ? / have
before me the circular of one of the
largest commission houses in Chicago,
ldated July 9th, in which find these
figures.
Tleece XXX good condition. light. - to 43c
Fleece XX bad condition, heavy Is TO 4Oc
Fleece x good condition. light. 40 to 42c
Fleece X bad condition heavy. .35 to SIC
Fleece medium, good condition. light. 40 to 43c
Flesce ued,lH bad condition, heavy. .35 to 3sc
Here We find hrO cents per pound diff
ference IN price between good condi-
ton, light" aud bad condition, heavy"
Now, a well grown Merino fleece of four
pounds weight, would be in good condi-
non: asd one of FIVE pounds would not
BE rTV heavy. But take the two for
vEampie. | send to the commission
house my four pounds fleece, in good
condition, light"-sheared as soon after
washing as dry, and it is sold for 40 to
l1c-Say il1c. My neighbOr allows his
sleep TO run two weeks after washing;
then shears, and sends to the same house
bis five pounds fleece, in "bad condition,
heavy Good coalition means some
thing more than light. 1t is free from
tags, and surplus strings, and is every
way sIghtly. Bad condition, of course, IS
the reverse of this. My neighbours wool
get for my light fleece Sl.66, while he
se's for heavy fleece Sl.@o; in fact, 29c
per fleece premium for making his WOO
heavy, and in bad condition generally.
Wool growers will put up their woods
light, aud coed conditioned, when 1t Is
made their interest TO do so. II two
Seuts or two and half cents is the
value light, good conditioned wool has
over bad conditioned, heavy, to the
manufacturer, he must content himself
with the heavy; for the grower can't
afford loss of 25c to Soc on each fleece,
Just to tickle the pocket of his customer.
Such iberality is not found in any 9th
eT class of producers, and need not be
looked for among wool growers until
manufacturers are ready to furnish No.
dOeskin at the same price per yard as
an ordinary sarinet.-A. N. Garland,
Chatham, H., in Testern Rural
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
Regi.trars a. Candidates.

A Lincoln county correspondent of
the CabeU County Press writes to that
paper as follows:
Times ARE exceedingly dull in Lin
coin; however, there is some excite
ment among the Conservatives and
Democrats over the long lists of names
that will be noticed before the
Board of Registration to show
cause, &c. Among the number
are voters, who have undergone
trial before a former Board, and wfo
like Daniel of old, came out unScratched,
1t is generally understood here that
Wilkinson and Holstein will be the op-
posing candidates for the Legislature.
Holstein will receive only the votes of
the most ultra Republicans, but as he Is
a member of the Board of Registration
for this county. his advantages over bis.
competitor will be two fold, if lie is only
unscrupulous enough to use them. WI.
kinson is immensely popular, and II
elected will labor hard to bring about a
better state of things.
So the work of disfranchisement aud
prescription still goes on. After three
years of registration law, prescription
and gouging, the lists are found to be
still too large for ''loyap comfort. Men
who have stood successfully every test
applied by the meanest proscriptionists
in their county are to be hauled up and
stricken off by "main strength aud
swkw arduess," for the simple reason
that their votes are dangerous to the
aspirations of few local dsmagogues,
The point in the above paragraph
which strikes attention most forcibly Is
the candidacy Of a Lincoln county reg
istrar. When Governor STEVENSON
first announced that no would remove
any registrar who became candidate
it was thought the effect weuld be to
deter such officers from coming before
the people for their suffrages. Now that
they have ascertained that his policy
and his pledges mean nothing, they are
rushing into the race for Office in full
force. Whence do they derive encour-
agementi From the Executive office.
They know that the Governors threat
of displacement means nothing-thati it
is a mere concession to conciliate the
liberal Republicans, and that there was
never any design on his part to carry 1t
into effect.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
To the Democratic Voters Of Ohio
County.

The Democratic voters OF Ohio county are re-
quested to assemble at the usual places Of meet
ing in sheir respective townships on Saturday
October 9Th, for the purpose Of nominating
township tickets and selecting three delegates
to represent each township in the Democratic
County Convention.
The Committee recommend that the delegates
to the Convention and the candidates fer town.
ship offices be chosen by ballot, by a majority oil
the voters present at the time of bahottng. Inc
meetings in the city townships will be held at
7P NJ; those in the lntry townships at P. NJ.
The Democratic County Convention will meet
at the Court House on Monday, October lith' al
/ P. NJ, for the purpose of nominating candi
date for the Office of County superintendent OF
Public Schools, and three candidates for the
House of Delegates.
By order of the Democratic Executive Com.
mittee. A. J. SWEENEY, Chairman.
w. w. MILLER, Secretary,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
Dimeulrie. Of Learning Chinese.

A writer, giving "Notes of Tour in
China" dwells on the great difficulty of
learning the Chinese language, from its
hieroglyphic characters and legion of
dialects and tones. The speaker may
have the right word; but, unless be give
the right tone, he either says nothing,
or says probably the opposite of what
he intended. A missionary, on one oc-
casien, when preaching, wished 70 say
"God is angry with SIM" To his
utter astonishment, the whole con gre
CATION jumped to their feet. He had
got. the right word; but, minus the tone,
that word meant "stand spw On an
other occasion the preacher wished to
say, idols shall be utterly abolished"
but, not giving the right tone, he
found to his CONSERVATION that he had
actually declared. "Idols are absolutely
necessary" India, where there is no
such difficulty, absurd bluuders are
made. Who has not heard of the Bengal
missionary who meant to preach from
the text, 81 am the Light of the World, !"
but substituted aloo (potato) for alo
Qight.) The writer once heard mis-
sioHsry by error of asperate declare that
st. Paul made a monkey ~
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02

now masters of the situation. After
their thorough acceptance of recon-
struction, Congress would not dare to
deny them admission to the Union.
Neither party nor public sentiment
would tolerate their continued exclu-
sion. To choose Senators at GRANTS
dictation would show that they have
forfeited their manhood, would lose
them all popular sympathy and would
accomplish nothing more than the
tickling of the vanity of the President,
who. If contest should come, would
not be able to control five votes in the
Senate for the admission of yirginia's
representatives.
We are glad to see that the Richmond
Enquirer stands up manfully to the work
in this matter. Its candid and respect
able position is all the more noticeable
by reason of the sycophancy of some of
its contemporaries. In its issue of Sep
tember 90 that paper says:
We are just as anxious as anybody to
have the State reconstructed; but We
have complied to the dotting of an i
with the reconstruction laws up to this
point, and if we shall send Senators to
Washington laboring under no aisabili-
ties, we shall have met the equirements
of the acts in every particular. We do
not, under such circumstances, fear that
the State will not Be admitted, They
will be compelled to admit US. A con-
trary course wsuld damage the Repub-
lican party too seriously. The whole
country is clamorous to have this Re
construction business closed up, and any
tamperiDg with the matter by Congress
would occasion universal protest from
the organs of public opinion at the
North. The State will uDQuestionably
be admitted. We cannot consent to
have Judge Rives, Mr.. Paxten, or the
President 10 dictate our Senators to us;
for as much as we have submitted to,
we oaly submit to orders which we
know can be enforced if we do not sub
init: and the Reconstruction acts do not
name our Senators.
We revolt at the idea of any interfer-
ence in this matter, for surely when we
pass over all of our leading men as dis,
qualified by the ironclad oath, and Sc
lect from the dozen men in the State
who can take that oath, or who have
bad their disabilities removed, we do all
that can be expected or desired-and
more is display of sycophancy that we
will not give In to.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
lndepeudent.

The Mineral County Gazette announces
ABRAHAM w. SMITH, as an independent
candidate to represent Grant and Hardy
counties in the next House of Delegates.
The apparent indifference of the Dem
ocrats to political matters seems to be
prod uctive of vast crop of these inde-
pendents. So far, we believe, a majority
of them are pledged to vote for the re-
moval of political disabilities.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
Virginin.

If man were compelled to accept
crow or carrion as a regular article of
diet, it might be the best thing fer him
to submit philosophically and to be as
comfortable under the regimen as pos
sible. But he would hardly be expected
to banker after that sort of rations.
And if he should deem it expedient to
assure the public that he was fond of
it, that crow was the choicest of dishes
and carrion the sweetest Of viands, no
body would ad mire him. He would be
regarded as carrying his alimentary de-
basement beyond all bounds of decency.
Iu general, there is limit to toady-
ism. Beyond that limit it cannot be
tolerated. So long, for example, as the
Virginia people and press quietly ac-
cepted the reconstruction acts, which
they were bound to accept whether they
wanted them or not, there was no room
to criticize their conduct, The neces-
sity was upon them. There was no
escaping the degradation. They could
not be blamed for acquiescence. But it
seems that having been forced into the
line of standardization, some of them
now want to adopt it as habit. Craw-
ling has become so comfortable that
they absolutely refuse to walk erect.
From pitisble abasemsnt they propose
to pass to contemplate boot-licking.
The chief manifestations are in the
matter of Senatorial election. Some
of the prominent journals of the State
are demanding the election of any men
whom GRANT may name. GRANT, be it
remembered, violated his pledge to them
in the matter of submitting the Consti-
tution, threw his influence for Wells,
and labored to continue Virginia under
carpet bag Government. Every act
which his own free will prompted, has
aimed at the disgrace of Virginia. Every
act which possessed the appearance OF
generosity was forced from him oy the
pressure of public sentiment, Although
he has ever been the active enemy or
Virginia's interests, some of her leaders
insist upon a game of "make believe
that recognizes him as asort OF defender
of the traditional honor of Virginia.
Now all this sort of thing deceives no.
body, effects nothisg at headquarters,
and simply disgraces those who are
concerned in it.
The election of GRANTS brother-in-
law to the United States Senate would
not capture the President and would
20 very far toward conviHcing the pub
lie that the people of Virginia are what
the reconstruction. acts declare them,
lunft for sslf-government. They are
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-02
,sheelins gegister.
Saturday, October ,.
NEWS SUMMARY.
RY TELEGRAPH.

CoId closed in New York yesterday
at 1905.
p,mor places the liabilities of Lock
,rosd at thirty TO thirty-five millions of
dollars.
The Lake Shore Railroad, yesterday,
aid the interest Oh the bonds OF the
Rntalo and Erie branch.
csrye r Curtis declires the nomina-
.;on oF the New York Republicans for
.bs office of Secretary of State.
1obn Swinton, for many years one of
~ editors of the New York Times, has
resigned his position on that journal.
The Chairman of the Irish Republi-
,on Association, at Philadelphia, Off
o;aiIv coptradicts the reported call tor
oCony.ution in New York October 30th.
The National Bank of Norwalk, Con-
uscfieut, was entered by burglars on
Thursday night, and about $50, 900
stolen. The loss to private individuals
is immense, but the amount is not yet
known.
In the United States District Court at
Raltimore on Thursday, John Rummels
man. on trial for conducting brewery
and neglecting to make proper entries
in his books, was found guilty, and
fined $500 and imprisoned for one day.
On Thursday while a party of men
snpa,ed IN work on the bridge at ST.
Louis we're rolling heavy timber over
8 temporary trestle, the trestle gave
way and ten of their number were
wounded, several of them seriously.
An explosion in an oil refinery at
Utica, New York, on Thursday evening,
resulted in terribly burning Philip
Rodrick and rhe destruction of the main
refinery building. Loss, $4,000. Haw-
lev d McLeere's foundry was partially
burned. Loss, $4,000.
The races at Mystic Park, Boston, on
Thursday, were attended by four thou
sand persons. The race for 2:3O horses.
unfinished on Wednesday, was won by
Mcclellan. Best time, 2:29. The double
team trot for $1,000 was won by Honest
Allen and mate, in 2:3l, 2:32 and 2:29f,
the fastest time on record for double
team of trOtters.
About one hundred of the Golfer dams
on the upper rapids on the Mississippi
river at Moline, broke away Thursday,
entailiDg a loss of about $50, 200, and
DELAYING the work one season. The
work on the Rock Island rapids has been
suspended and the Golfer dams flooded.
Some eight hundred men have been
thrown out of employment.