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THE HODGE COUBT-MARTIAL.
WASHINGTON, October Q, 1S71.S
synopsis Of General Court-Martfal
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,

WASHINGTON, october 8, 1871
Orders, No. 2I.
Before General Court-Martial which con-
yened at Fort McHenry, Maryland, September
War Department, Adjutant Generals oAice,
Washington, September 10, 1871, and of which
Major General George G.. Meade is President,
was arraigned and tried Paymaster John Led
Charge L-"Embezzle element, in violation of
the act of Congress entitled AN act TO prevent
and punish frands upon the Government OF the
United States, approved March 2, 1sss.'
Charge II.-"yiolation OF the Thirty-ninth
Article of War"
Charge III.-'violation of the act of Congress
to The prejudice Of good order and military dis
cipline.'
TO which charges and their specifications the
accused, Paymaster John Ledyard Hodge, U. s.
The court having maturely considered the
case, confirmed the plea of the accused, and
cations, and sentenced him {" To be cashiered 70
forfeit all pay and Allowances that may be due him
at he date Of the PRONUNCIATION Of uis sentence to
ee iPrisored at hGrd labor for he term Of ten lO)
moy direct, and thereafter TO be further Imprisoned
an such peuiteRttGTy until he shall refund 10 the
United States the amount Of his embezEiement-fo
hundred and forty fire thousand, four hundred and
siS dollars and sizty cents (Sii5, so y and that
me crime, name and place Of abode, and punishment
# the accused be Published in TIE newspapers in
the city Of Washington, ID. c."
The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the
foregoing case having been submitted to the
President Of the United States the following are
his orders:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., October Q, 1871.
The proceedings, findings and sentence in the
foregoing case of Paymaster John Ledyard
Hodge, United States army, are approved.
The President is pleased to remit so much of
the sentence as provides for the further i'm
prisonment Of the accused after the expiration
of the term of ten years.
The remainder Of the sentence viii be duly
executed.
(Signed) q. s. GRANT, President.
The penitentiary at Albany, New York, is
designated as the place OF imprisonment under
the foregoing sentence as mitigated by the
President.
Major John Ledyard Hodge, Paymaster q. S.
army, ceases to be an officer of the army from
the date of this order.
BY order Of the Secretary of War.
L. ID. TOWNSEND, Adjutant General.
NorE.-Paymaster Hodge was a resident of
Washington, ID. @.
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England is in a ferment. Bradlaugh, the re-
publican agitator, declared at q monster meet
ing held in London Monday night that her
Majesty was iRsdEe, and that a regency should
be intrusted with the care of the government
until the republic should be declared and
accepted. Then agein, an address has been
issued by representative workingmen demand
ing separation Of church and state. The address
announces that meetings Of workinymen will
be held throughout the country in support of
this movement. Next, and more sensational is
the story Of the alliance which Is alleged 10
have been lately formed between the aristoc-
racy and the artisans as against middle-cIass
rule, or the capitalists without title. The Lon
don Times thinks this matter serious enough 70
treat il editorially, and ridicules the attempt ON
the part Of the '.poor, unfortunate peers to
prolOng their dguity, from which the power has
departed by an alliance with artisans and Ia
borers- a letter in the TINES says that the way
TO account for these and other manifestations
OF the alarming spread Of republicanism in the
" tight little island" is 80 to remember that mil
lions Of our fellow-countrymen have unsatisfsd
wants, and are bowed down by unjust burdens
The comparison in this respect between Emp
Land and America is 30 favorable to the latter
that the wonder Is that English workingmen
should have remained so long content to adj
mire the advantages OF Brother Jonathan under
a republic without desiring to share in them,
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The NEW YORK CITY FEAUDs-Sqte Ia,sr-
ference Asked-The subcommittee OF the Com
mittee Of Seventy called upon Governor HON.
man, Of New York, yesterday, and detailed IN
that gentleman how the city government has
cen plur dered, and demanded that he shoutd
a. &c his constitutional right of seeing the
eerS ted and interest himself in brifsyino
laws exec and oust the plunderers. Cow
about a reform. Tred the committee that anv-
ernor Hoffman o.. "ould be done; that "a Re
thing he could do s.-- the military should
would invoke the aid On of the asked Tor
serious complications arise ol~ "~r. He Also
~cmoval OF the treasury plundea> O'Connpr
said he would consult with Charles remi-
Sad aseertain what power he had in the y
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LOST AND FOUND.

0ST-In Georgetown, on Monday morning, 18th
IL instant, either on West street, or on Con- ~
gress, between West snd Bridge streets, EA1
finder viii be literally rewarded BY leaving Il Al
100 West street, between Congress and Washing
ton. ocH-Nf
90 building, small black TRRRIER,
nsmed Jack; legs yellow; short esrs and
tail; throat whits. Reward paid on d."
livery at 10 LIST street, Georgetown. oclSsost'
CERTIFICATE No % Oh CENTRAL BUILD
~ ING ASSOCIATION OF SRORGETOWU The
public are cautioned not 10 receive It. FocI6
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a PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IN JAPAN.-Our
cable dispatches mentioned the fact that the
Mikado Of japan had by an edict stripped the
powerful Princes of that empire of their au-
thority by abOlishing the ancient feudal terri
torisl divisions, and consolidating them all into
his imperial domain. The feudal system thus
abolished IL centuries old, and civil war was
apprehended, but Yeddo correspondent writes
that there will be no opposition. The Princes
are first commanded TO report at the capital,
with the majority OF their retainers. They will
then be called upon TO deliver up the right and
title to their estates, with all their arms, NUM-
tons OF war, ships, &c, which, under their par.
ual Independence, came under the head of
State property. Such Of the Princes as are
considered able and fit to fill Offices under the
consolidated government (and who it will be
necessary TO conciliate) win be provided for.
and those who are not will be pensioned. But
all will be obliged henceforth to reside in
ieddo, the capital of the empire. This is a
precautionary measure against their creating
trouble by coalitions with disaheeted retainers
In the meantime the government assumes all
the debts of the Princes, and holds itself liable
for the paper currency which they have issued.
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Memphis has a show of ''high moral tone" in
which the can-can is danced in shaker costumes,
and the bruisers, Joe COburn and Dwyer, appear
in set-to between the scenes OF the panorama
"a Journey to the Holy Land,
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President Grants proclamation of warning to
the armed kuklux disturbing the peace OF South
Carolina, having been disregarded, he has is
sued another proclamation, which we publish
to-day, suspendIng the writ Of AdJeas corpus in
nine counties of the State. The suspension ap-
plies 10 all persons who may be arrested by the
United States Marshal or any of his deputies or
military officers acting under his direction.
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c,-orxp1TIvE MOVEMENTS IN ..tss.c

co-orxRATIvE MOVEMENTS IN saAssAcHr-
.xTT..-Threa cooperative club stores have
been successfully started in Danvers, Mas. The
articles sold are groceries and provisions; Each
T.niIv mon ioiring the club Is required TO pay
a. xfo Pork sold elsewhere at IA cents per
pound retail, the families obtain at 10 cents, and
tea. costing elsewhere sl-25 per pound, Is sold
for % cents The stores IN the Town nave put
sibIe, in order to break mp the club stores, but
unsureeSsfullv
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WASHINGTON, d. O., Oct. IL, 1871,
john o BrtoH, John MeNGmaIa Theodore FTts6ss
and others:
GENTLEMEN II acknowledge the receipt OF your
Communication Of the 18th inst calling nv attention
10 certain charges now being circulated in regard TO
my course in the Legislative Assembly. The above
charges dec are to be false in every particular and
- Dase he, ana defy any person or persons in the
DISTRICT OF Columbia 70 prove them 10 be true You
state that Hon. W. W Moore anti Ate IN oss
charges In accordance with your request I call
upon Mr.. Moore TO explain his connection with IT, of
which feel confident he will have no hesi tation in
doing. Respectfully, yours, &C.,
JOHN HOGAN,
.,so. Delegate Hineteenth District,
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TIE DxLAwARK EARrHoUAKE. - Bayard
Taylor, Who SAYS that he has frequently expert
enced earthquake shocks in other countries,
AYERS that a in no instance were they accompa-
MED with such loud and long continued rever-
ration" as the shock last week i'm Delaware
BE adjacent counties of MARYLAND.
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Building associations on nearly every plan
hitherto suggested have been very successful in
this city, both in affording good investment for
capital and in providing many men OF moderate
means with houses Of their own, who without such
agency would have continued to pay high rents
out Of their scanty earnings. As our people
have been prompt In adopting all the latest
practicable ideas for the management of such
associations, We commend to their consideration
a"Boston notion, !" which seems to have some
good features. It Is an association of WORKING
men to secure for Its members cheap houses on a
sort Of cooperative plan. Mr. Josiah Quincy,
who Is at the head of the association, says they
propose to build fifty houses OF a class, which,
II erected singly, would cost $1,000 each
or 100000; and assuming that there would be
discount OF twenty-five per cent. as builders say
would be the case, II contracted for together,
the cost would be $1,000. OF this each member
pays down goo, or $4,000 in the aggregate.
reducing the amount required on mortgages to
$4,000, or about twO-thirds of the value of the
houses If erected singly, assuming that the
money Is obtained at seven per cent. interest,
and that interest is received on the deposits.
This is briefly Mr.. Quincyis plan. At the end of
seven ye2rs-the owners meanwhile paying at
the rate of se6o per year rent-the entire in
debtedness would be cleared off and surplus
left to the credit Of the association of sl3,2
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Vl] JOSEPH J. MAY. 13

IMPORTER OF LYONS BLACK SILKS, SILK
NhipnEt hTtR RAf fH ZIP ZIP SELtSSHns s AND
FJREiGN AND Hbf DoMEsTfo Vf
DRY GOODS,
$50 PENN. AVE, BETwE IN srH AND 10Th SIS.
~Mr. shaokelford, our agent in Europe, keeps
rs constantly supplied with
LYONS BLACK eros GRAIN SILKS
rem the best manufacturers, and we have now in
store a splendid assortment at sI.5O, Sl75, 400
81 Is, S2Ito, AID up TO SIS per yard
SThose in want Of good BLACK sIL rs for sui,s
should in justice 10 themselves inspect stock,
take samples and compare them with any N this OF
she 6.de Of Ehsy T tS Rd hf SIN
chase them elsewhere.
BLACK ALPACAs and MoHAuRs,
The " Buffalo" and {" Beaver brands.
We are Agents for he sale Of Mss-rs. Peake,
ofdycke a &c eelehrated brands "BlFfAIOn
BLAck PtRF M6HAIRs, and have eonsta1 SSn On
hand all qualities Of these very EXCELLENT and Justly
81 Purchasers will know these goods, ticket
Buffalo and Beaver. None others genuine.
PARIS KID GLOVE DEPARTMENT..
We offer today a larger stock Of the bes; quality
them Of our owa importation. One. two, three aud
.ul GoOd D Gloves and Sa H to match
MOURNING DRESS GOODS.
A large and complete stock now in store Of
nLUPINSn unrfvalled fabrics. Also, best quality
kerchefs, SC, &C.
H-ONE PRICE ONLY in plain figures
on each article.
oc9-tr7 JOSEPH J. May:
NEw GOODS TO-DAY.-DREss GOODs-BiacR
All Wool Delsines, 50, 81, 81 &C. and Black
Australian Grape, 50 and eoc PoPlin Alpacss 2so.;
New Bright Plsids, Is soc. aAd 81; also, Fine Nor
sa s B and , SSCs SSP Black s1
5TS% s sSs :, sSssSs sis PAT
PROFIT. FLANNELS, CASSIMEREs, Hoo
slkRf GLOVES, NOTIONS, and FANCY GOODS
y oHf PEicr.
! sel3tr l0le and 1920 TN street, n. W.
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UwAsHiNGroS' D. G., o., -. -,

Mr.. John Hogan
SIR We, the undersigned citizens Of the 10Th Dis
trlct beg leave to call attention to the follow
ing charges now being extensively circulated in this
city, as follows First. You are charged, with
others, Of having received certain srm of money In
consideration OF your vote upon the four million
bill in the House of Delegates. Secondly OF having
sold out the Democratic party of the l9th Dstrie 10
the ard OF Public Works Ii is also asserted that
the above charges can be sustained by Hon. VIM w i.
sir, that you i'll give your honorable colleague An
opportunity Of explaining himself upon this subject
at bis earliest COIN enieDce; and resting assured that
you viii exOnorate yourself from those charges
JOHN O'BRION,
JOHN MCNAMARA,
THEODORE FRIEBUS, :
And others.
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Catholic children arrived in Gin
~ from Chicago, committed To
ire labor reform State
@g the record OF B ut
'catiOn Of their
new party
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THE ARLINGTON STABLES,
1724 q STREET, NEAR WAR DE,ARrMEar,
r. CRUIT, JR, Propristor.

Constantly on hand and for hire By the month,
MOST FASHIONABLE CARRIAGES for ~
parties, weddings OF receptions. Polite andZSN
boarding houses. oci0-6m
THE AMERICAN SUBMERGED DOUBLE
L ACTING MOUNTAINEERING FORCE PUMP,
The simplest and most powerful IN use.
CHARLES WOOD,
sus6D Corner 9th and d streetsi
WILLOW PINE LUMBER,
Wholesale only niIls eut TO order.
orders solicited, - y -''' AA'i a1si.lys
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WA NEW S SafF4SG H AisHsG2olArIoN ON
new Building Association will be organized at
Dooleyb Hall, corner pennsy lyania avenue and 81
street east, on THURSDAY NIGHT, October 10th,
att O'Clock.
Constitution will be adopted and Officers elected
at that time.
The following committee are authorized to receive
SUBSCRIPTIONS for Stock:
COL. J: A TAFT, No. 22l Pa. ave. southeast.
y; GlLICK, cor. N. j. ave. and south B street
W. I. JOHNSON, Penn. ave-, corner Sd street
east. ocl4-5t
TEOTInE.- The stoc kholders Of the Rockville
~ and Wasf ingtnn Turnpike Road Company
are hereby noticed that final distribution of the
money on hand will be paid on demand at the Bank
Of Washington. g. B. BOARMAN
&C OF TT. r. and W. I. l.. Co.
7 ADIEs WISHING DRESSES MADE IN THE
latest style, at low prices, would do we'll to call
AZ Sxf L ct. Waist Trimmings cut to fit, Is cents
Cutting taught by the lesson. ocis-Sts
THE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EXIST
Il ing between WILLIAM McNEIR and JAMES
II RUSSELL has beer dissolved.
oct. IA, l71. locls ST. JAS. +. RUSSELL.
MISS ,.HARRnYERS SEMINARY for Young
w Ladies and Children will reopen on MONDAY,
yet 21 For circulars apply at the Epiphany
school building. or address the principal, Miss NJ
NARROWER. ocI8-lrn
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Largest Circulation in the District
Matter on Every Page.
WASHINGTON CITY:
EEDNESDAY........ October Is. ISL.

There is great danger that, on account of the
overwhelming calamity which befel Chicago
about the same time, the sufferings of the VIC
tins Of the late extensive CONGREGATIONS in
Michigan and Wisconsin may be lost sight of by
the charitable, who under other circumstances
would promptly respond to the slightest call for
help from any quarter. This should not be al
lowed; for, while the losses in money value by
the fires which prevailed in the remote sections
of those States have been far less than by those
in Chicago, it seems to be equally certain that
the proportion of personal suffering and depri-
walton has been much greater. And this deplOr-
able state Of things is aggravated by the fact
that the sufferers are in the main widely scat
tered, and difficult of access. 1t seems proper,
therefore, that some organized effort should be
made, both here and elsewhere, toward afford
ing relief TO those who have been so severely
visited, not only in Chicago, but throughout the
other portions of the northwest which have been
go fesrfully devastated.
SO far as we know, no regular steps have been
taken at this point for procuring aid for any
other quarter than Chicago; but we venture to
suggest that the Associations representing in
Washington the two States from which such
heart-Tending accounts come, could not do
better service than to set on foot q systematic
movement for aiding their sorely-afiicted fell
iow-citizens- Notwithstanding the heavy drafts
already made upon their Hberality in behalf Of
Chicago, we are sure the people of Washington
would warmly respond to an appeal OF this kind
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BOARDING.
PROFESSIONAL

N0TICE-N. p. CHAPMAN has retired from the
firm Of CHAPMAN, HOSMER & CO, SO far a.
lts business embraces the prosecution of claims
against the Government
The Land and Patent business will be conducted
rs heretofore. That relating 90 Law and CLAIMS
kER d 60. n p. CHIPMAS
A. A. HOSMER.
oc5-lm q. d. GILMORE
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I" THk CHICAGO BELIEF COMMITTEE
S are urgently appealed to by the Mayor OF
chicago Tor Clothing for WOMEN and CHILDREN
sd such Is the nature Of patches received thai
the Committee again appeal to the citizens OF Wash
ngto 90 come to the rescue In view of this second
sPpeal DR.. Newman has kindly consented TO omen
his chureh for general meeting OF the citizens 10
De held THIS "Wednesday EVkNING, October Is
az Q el2cs. Addresses viii be made by distin-
guished citizens on the occasion.
. T. MERRTCK
IL Chairman Committee,
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IMPORTER OF LYONS BLACK SILKS. SILK
NEINEIS, PARIS KID GLOVES, AND
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
DRY GOODS,
$50 PENN. AVE, BETwE IN 9rH AND lorH SIS.
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nv NOTICE "A meeting Of the REPUBLICAN
uS CLUB Of the SEVENTEENTH DISTRI0T
VII be held At Island Hall, THURsDAY EVEE
ING, October 18th, at ia O'Clock
All Repnblc in the di-tr 4 ara rtSr.<.ed N he
present as business of Importance will lie transact
sd and candidate for the House of Delegates nom
mated. Cor PERkY ChRS0N
OclS-2t rep, Chron Vide President.
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- Il q V L.
H Dk.yOHE u. DARRALL has remoyed@
hls DENTAL Roo Ms to 227 Pa avenue -
over Franklin Co., Opticians. ocl-Iy ILL
l.. WOLF, MD,
SURGEON DENTIST, *
ld29 Pennsylvania avenue, between 18th ~IlIO
ana iotb streets. ae23-6mr
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-05-12
Late Hours.

Henry Ward Beecher preached re-
Gently on Late Hours and the I'm
| fruitful Works of Darkness. tNa as
{" If you want to make the ruin of a
child sure give him liberty after dark.
You cannot do any thing nearer to in
sure his damnation than to let him have
| liberty to 90 where he will without re-
str4int. After dark he will be sure to
get into communication with people
that will undermine all his good quail
ties. do not like to speak to parents
about their children. Their child cam
not, will not lie, when his tongue is like
bended bow he will not drink, when
there is not saloon within mile of his
fathers house where he is not as well
known as one of his own decanters ;
he never does iniquitous things, when
he is reeking in filth. Nineteen out of
every twenty allowed perfect freed ON
at night will be wounded by it. There
is nothing more important than for a
child to be at home at night, or, if he is
abroad, you should be with him. If he
is to see any sights or take any plea
see that you should not see with him.
1t is not merely that the child should
be broken down, but there are thoughts
that never ought to find passage into a
mans brain. AS an eel, if he wriggle
across your carpet, will leave his slime
which no brushing can ever efface, so
there are thoughts that never can be
got rid of, once permitted to enter; and
there are individuals going round with
obscene books and pictures under the
lappels of their coats that will leave
ideas in the mind of your child that will
never be effaced. There are men here
who have heard a salacious song and
they never will forget it. They will re-
gret it to the end of their lives. | do
not believe in childs seeing life, as it
is called, with it's damnable lust and
wickedness, to have all his imagination
set on fire with the flames of hell. No
body goes through this fire but they are
burned, burned and they can't get rid
of the scars .... .t.i ..
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-05-12
Dangers Of Long Ocean Steamers.

The fashion for building long ocean
steamers recalls to correspondents
memory the following story: r
| am reminded of the loss of the
steamer Home, many years ago, on a
voyage from New York, l think, to
Charleston. She broke in two at the
moment when the bow and stern of the
vessel were raised by waves so high as
to deprive the center of the steamer of
the support of the sea, and many lives
were lost. The defence of unseaworthi-
ness was made, and perhaps proved, but
the counsel for the owners SO complete
ly described the character of the de-.
fence in his opening sentence, that
scarcely hope existed that it would be
maintained. 1t was old George Griffin,
as he was then called, who summed up
for the prosecution. "May it please the
court and gentlemen of the jury" said
he, "you have heard the tragedy of the
Home for the benefit of the under
writer's" Mr.. Lord, the counsel of the
insurance company, has just concluded
a powerful argument to show the dam
ger to human life if such vessels were
encouraged, and the opening remark of
Mr. Griffin was so truly descriptive as to
occasion a smile throughout the court
room. The jury found that she was
seaworthy, but she undoubtedly lacked
the strength necessary for rough voy-
age. But the danger from great length
is of another sort. Occasionally steam
ers of that kind get in the trough of
the sea and are greatly embarrassed to
get out until the storm is over. .a rl.