Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-18

| on tue NoTu0T OF INHuNleku AND
streets, was entered about 10 o'clock OF
Monday night BY burglars, but the approach
Of the police caused the thieves 10 decaml
without obtaining any booty.
An Irish Republican club Of the First ant
second wards was organized on Wednesday
evening. -. 1aa ...
The articles Of agreement between tn,
National Junction Railroad and the AleIan
drla Canal, hqueduct aud Bridge Companlei
as 20 the tariff on Passenger and freight
passing over the aqueduct ~ Georgetown
were dgned, sealed and delivered yesisrday
The contracts for Furnishing Hrlting paper
to the Treasury Department have beer
awarded TO MesBrs. Blanchard u Mohun
Philip h Solomons, John q. PaVker, Of this
city, and peyoc, WasterSon 4 Co., ~ New
York, CO.. o.. .s.l. 90. ~ .E5ir D.
Mr.. Bella Martin entertained nutnber oil
gentlemen at hls resldonce on Wednesday
evening. Among those present were severn
Senators. The subject Of establishing thu
Nep Era Of this city as the national organ
Of tho eolored people was dlscusaed at som'
length. -. ...l.s III
An upholsterer, named Charles Hortlg
while at work at q house In the First ward, on
Wednesday, fell from his ladder and broke
his leg. Medical assistance wah rendered
and he is now doing well. 10
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LrFn TN TuE CoTToS MnLs.-The audi
ence which greeted Mlis Jeannle Collins al
lecture upon "Llfe In the Cotton Mills, 81
was NOT a. large as the reputation which
the fair speaker earned upon the occasion Of
her former ylalt 70 our city would seem 10
have warranted. Those who wsre present,
however, were highly entertained, and many
| at the close Of her remarks wont forward TO
congratniatp the lecturer. .iiiEI
Miss Collins . a nervous, lmpulsivo little
creature, and did not get warmed up to her
subject as she does when addressing n
crowded audience. ft..-N lT'T
WeaTe pleased 70 see II announced that
shells to speak again Tonight, and trust that
there will be q good attendance.
Mrs. 7. @. spurgeon presided, aud intro.
dueed Miss Collins 10 brief but very neat
speech. .. II =
Miss Collins said she had alwaya been n
warm opponent ofslaVuy In any form, and
she held that the men In the North who
oppressed aud ground down the laboring
people and the former slave owner Of the
South were twin despots. The combination
OF capital 10 the large corporations Of New
England operated to prevent competition,
and thus crushed labor. She reviewed the
operations Of some Of these establish ments,
from the manner In which the charters were
obtained, stock taken, officers chosen, &C.,
tlons" were stuck up In the nooms Of the
factory, saying the regulations were Of
character that would hardly bear to be
printed. ..u. sy.AfFr
She said that, in the old times Of the
Whlgs and Democrats, the latter wore tho
champions Of the working classes, and the
girls Of that day were happy. As good
ladies as there were In New England worked
In the mills. They went there to earn
money to pay of mortgages on tho farm, 10
educate brother, or 70 support aged parents.
Then the girls were treated kindly by the
oyerseeTs, and there was courtesy between
them. But there came the Kansas and Ne
braska question: the Anthony Burns excite
mentj the difficulties In Kansas, and other
kindred subjects TO occupy the public mind,
and tie labodng classes were overlooked.
The overseers said to the stockholders. az
can get more work out OF these people with
out paying them as much, !" aud they turned
the screws tighter and ughtar. Bo they
commenced and added another loom 10 the
two the girls had before, and Gu. down the
pay. Then they added another and stIll cut
down tho pay, AID so on until they had
seven put upon them. The war broke out,
and where the girls had to pay Two dollars
for board they had to pay sir. Then the
cotton supply failed aRd the mllls stopped.
There were then three classes Of femaiss-
one bold and heroic, who braVely struggled
for a subslstencei ono which suffered poT-
erty and priVatlon, almost too much TO bear,
and third which went down, Lost TO so,
clety and the world. Who was to blame
because they went down.
She was very severe In her remarks about |
tho course pursued BY the Cochico mills,
and said the working women Of New Eng. |
land had agreed not to wear their goods. |
Miss Colllns gave a graphic account OF the |
TFnat glFiER nf tho fanfnRw nrIEIa L.
Der and Its failure, which she said was due |
% the fact that tbs wages were so low that |
he girls must work every day or Atarye.
Al Libby prison they had dead line, and In |
bar soldiers crossed II they were shot. In
three man dared TO present = 1
petition to the tLegiGlature, and they were |
discharged. What was that but dead linel
The factory girls. were worked and taxed
to dress tho daughters ofAthe stockholders
In silks and satlns 10 hide their deficient In.
telleets, while their father took thstn around |
10 the different watering places as a farmer !
look his stock % the cattle shows. Zap |
planse. |
She dwsit some time upon the autagonlsm
between capital and labor, and said she had
'een wealthy ladies urangle with q con.
'umptiye sewing woman over twenty-five
cents to save i've dollars 10 put with her
name to a charity List. She dipped into pol. |
tics fayorlng the taxatlon OF bonds, and CD.
posed the Chinese emigration, the effect OF
which WOuld be to degrade labor, to degrade
he brothers, Elsters and orphans OF our dead
She closed with an alhusion to tho election
o take place hoItmOnth in New Hampshire,
where she felt quite Rangulno OF the sue.
'ess OF the labOr-reform ticket.
Il will be seen elsewhere that tonight tho
will be In the form OF a debate
lPon the suffrage questlon, Miss Collins
aking the affirmative against all corners.
The prospects, for spicy time are good.
GERMAN VETERAN USIoM.-A special
nSeting Of the ofiiceTg OF the Natlonali
Veteran Union ofthe United States was held
u the hall Of the Union, on Seventh etruet;
he president, Meyer Frederick, IN tho chair.
communication from tbs German Veteran
Republican Club OF the State Of Louisiana,
applying for admission 10 the National
Union, was laid before the meeting. The
GLOWING resolutions were then unanimously
Idoptsdi q .I.. .t...I'
Rel0lpsd That the German Veteran Repub.
cAn Union ofthe State Of nOuisIAnA Ne, and (
hetsby, admitted a. = post Of the German \
'eteran Union OF the Union. tf.l''R
heSolptd, That Capt, n, Yoh weTthern Is
eTewith appointed commander Of the south.
rn depATtnsn / OF this Union. loot
The National Union then adjourned.
A meeting Of tho Warrington Union was
len called, and after a short address the
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