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a Letter from Prof. Lang.tou.
The CIvu Rights Bill, &c.
Howard UNIVERSITY,
LAW DEPARTMENT.

Howard UNIVERSITY,
LAW DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, ID. O., Dec. 20. 1871.
10 the Editor ofthe Chronicle:
In so far forth as your article is an indorss
lnent OF Mr.; Summers supplementary civil
rights bill II has my cordial approval In ss
tar forth as you would teach in this article,
either by word or inference that ANYTHING.
even education, as ordinarily understood Ia 10
precede the possession and enjoyment of o;vil
rights, as defined and described in thu hill az
Mr.. Sumner, cannot agree with YOU Indeed
the colored man cannot be educated in snv
proper sense, however numerous may be the
school-houses to which he is invited however
oountllul the school endowment put within his
reach, however admirable the school system in
accordance with the methods of which il i.
proposed 20 educate him. if he is not made TO
feel In the common school, the academy. the
college, aud the professional school, that his
manhood, his civil and social rights. are re-
cogniZed and respected. This certainly in
true oil an American whether white or black
10 attempt the education of a person in the
midst of tolerated and justified system Of
caste, is sure to dwarf rather than draw out
and make useful his powers. 1t leads enc so
far to feel himself inferior TO those of the
dominant class in the midst of whom he moves.
10 wv VI tC' W ucCtpt pdtTOhlZlnB treatment Ter
recognition of his manhood and his rights
to accept edlbles kindly given from a basket,
while he TAILS TO make demand of suitable re
cogntion of his rights at the public hotel. |
Tear that the colOred man. of whom YOU speak
so highly In your article, has in a large mea
sure lost his manhood, and in consequences of
the very thing of which | speak.
would have no colored man Thrust him
sell upon white people" | would have white
people and black stand upon the same legal
level. And, as far as cOlored men are educated.
learned, virtuous, and influential, | would have
them recognized and treated legally and sooi
ally according to their worth Otherwise.
education, learning, virtue, and influence pos-
sessed by colOred persons, must be considered
well nigh valuelcss, while they render their
possessor sensitive TO neglect and abuse, and
thus ever unhappy.
While, then | would have our schools in the
North and in the South largely endowed by
grants OF public lands and the iudicious expsn
dture OF large sums OF money from the nations
end State treasures, wo1ld first OF all have
Summers supplementary civil rights bill passed
by Congress, and believe that il is the duty of
all Republicans, as it is the duty of all colored
men In this country, TO insist upon its passage
and enforcement without delay
| am glad that this matter is before the couu.
try for consideration and decision. Let tha
Republican party crown its noble work of our
emancipation and acknowledgements with the
Pa.S"Se OF summer supplementary civil rights
Dill, a bill containing full recognition of our
legal rights. With sentiments of highest con.
slderatlon, yours truly,
JOHN NJ. LANasToS.
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New England Sound on Protection

In reply to statement in one of those New
ork " Economist" publications which are
devoted to proving that it is "cheaper" to buy
other peoples silks than to weave your ewn
home-spun, the Boston Advertiser gives some
interesting information concerning the present
attitude OF the New England manufacturers on
the question of Protection. AS to the me-
moral from some of the fine wooden manu-
lecturers Of Rhode Island, asking for repeal
OF the duties on foreign woods, &c, the Adver.
tser says:
This memorial was signed by the repre-
sentanves OF forty three establishments eleven
OF whom subsequently withdrew, giving as
their reason that the memorial appeared in
print very different from what il was repre-
sentsd to be by the person who presented it for
their signatures and further, they were in
iasor OF protection to home industry and support.
ers OF that policy which gives American markets
10 American producers We have good au
thority for saying that half Of those remaining.
who signed under the same misapprehensiop,
were restrained from signing the protest from
Willingness TO seem to stultify themselves
IN print. And IL is perfectly safe to saw tba,
nine tenths of the wool manufacturers of New
England do notsgree with the rest in opinion. -
The same paper then refers to protest Of
boot and shoe men against the duties ON
leather, webbing, and hastings:
This protest was signed by about four hun.
dred persons and firms in Massachusetts, and
New Hampshire, and large proportion Of
these were dealers and not manufacturers.
There were at the time of the last census ], 329
boot ana shoe factories in Massachusetts alone.
anu the number was larger last June when the
circular went about for signatures. The Sc
vetest ooarge was made against the duty on
hastings The most intelligent mann factnrsrs
know that the effect Of that du,v in : s;n9is
year was to bring about so large a reduc,;on IN
the price Of hastings as to create cons,ano.; -,
among the Yorkshire manufacturers. who snh
mitted to reduction quite eouiyslsp, - SUI ~
increase by the tariff Of 1867. The comm "a.
usually made on the boot and shoe nro,a..
abroad was that interests in New England Vas
utterly crushed. The fact that in fifteen years~
from 1855 to ls70-the annual product had
increased from 37s millions TO IS millions. or
nearly two hundred and fifty per cent. with
corresponding increase in the general pros.
psrity Of the shoe manufacturing communities.
It was not thought worth while to mention
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Trial Of Gov. Scott,

In the South Carolina House of Representa-
tives on Thursday last, the debate on the i'm
parchment of Gov. Scott was resumed. Mr.
Bowen spoke two hours. He said great pres
sure had been put upon him to induce him tc
withdraw his charges. He stated that State
stock in the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
was sold at 1915, while other parties would
have given IS, and that Gov. Scott refused to
slgn the transfer until his brother- law was
gwen S4o, 600. He exposed the transaction oil
the Land Commissioner, showing that lands
were bought at five and six times their value
tie said the agricultural land scrip was reported
as sold at 728 cents, but he knew men who paid
81 cents for it. Mr.. Bowen was followed by
several members, who denounced his motives.
Mr.. jones charged Mr.. Bowen with perjury,
and read q dispatch sent, last summer. by Mr.
Bowen in New York, begging Gov. Scott to
revoke the authority given Judge Barrett to
proceed against Financial Agent Kempton. II
votes TO insure Bowen's expulsion. Determine
efforts will be made in that direction.
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To the Editor ofthe Detroit Post:
BY the Western telegraphic dispatches of
yesterday, / see that w. G. Wynn, a young
colored lawyer, has been murdered at Lake
Village, Arkansas, because of his political
opinions. This is another evidence of the dev.
ilish spirit of the Ku-Klux who inhsbit that
region. | knew young Wynn we'll. He was
born in Virginia, and after attending school at
one of the best seminaries in Ohio, he came to
Detroit to live. He lived here several years,
and was here when Col. Barns was authorized
to raise regiment Of colored troops. He i'm
mediatey enlisted, and was made quartermas-
ter's sergeant, which position he held during
the lifetime of the regiment, and greatly to the
satisfaction of every officer connected with it.
When the regiment was disbanded he went to
work at his trade in this city, but he chafed
under the restraints of his position, and feeling
himself capable of something BETTER he sought
and obtained clerkship in the Freedmen 9
Bureau at Washington, with the privilege of
studying law at Howard University. This he
did, and two years ago he graduated from that
institution with honor to himself, and went to
Richmond, Virginia, to practice law. He was
induced, however. through the influence OF
Senator Clayton, and others, to 90 to Arkansas,
believing it to be better field for usefulness
for men of his kind, and one in which he could
be of more service, both to his race and to the
hePuphcan party. lie was young man oil
much more than ordinary promise. With q
mind naturally quick and active, he had Oh
tanned much information and having q ready
but deliberate tongue and a brave heart,
thought he was destined to become an orna-
ment to his race. He was an ambitious young
man, desiring to excel in his profession and win
good name among those by whom he was
surrounded. He went to Arkansas from a
sense of duty and with the hope of being use
full. But hot political contest came on be
felt called upon, as an honest and true Repub-
lican, to do all he could for his party; and be-
cause he was brave and Incorporating in
the utterance of his sentiments he was brutally
murdered. A more fendish outrage was never
committed in this land. We are told by Dor
ton Of the Congressional Committee that wen,
South last fall that men are not murdered in
that section for being Republicans. Oh, shame,
where is thy blush JOHN d. RICHARDS
Detroit, December II, 1871.
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From tina Golden Agsl
A Monument to ThaddelIs stevens.
To the Editor of the G0Llen Ane.

To the Editor Of the Golden Age:
Your account of recent visit TO the ne
elected grave of Thatdeus Stevens at Lancas-
ter, Pennsylvania, recalls what may, perhaps.
account for the present condition of the LAT
resting place of the grand old ''Commoner''-
that prince of Radicals, whose acts always
seemed to his time-serving contemporaries, the
echo OF DantOns L'dUddCe, tOujours, Pduddce
1t was his wish, believe, that no monument
should be erected to his memory, until all yes
tiges of caste, as well as slavery should be
swept from the COnstitution-until eyery clt-
zen throughout the country enjoyed equal
rights. He evidently did not consider that
fourteenth amendment and civil rights bills
unenfOrced, accomplished all but doubtless
looked forward to the passage of some such
bill as that proposed by Mr.. Sumner, supple
mentary to the civil rights bill. For without
this q Revels, though he be a Senator a Dunn
though he be Lieutenant Governor and O
Douglass, though he be the most eonsummate
of orators, is still slave. Negroes were hu-
man beings with human rights before they were
citizens.
There are many reasons other than Mr.. Ste
vens' advocacy Of Abolition and commoa
schools, which render his memory peculiarly
sacred to the colored people. He probably
thought, like Emmett, that at his death, GER
tainly his enemies aud scarcely his friends were
wholly able to do him justice. The colored
people If Pennsylvania, with the cooperation
OF their brothers throughout the country, pro-
pose TO erect a suitable memorial to the mem.
DRY of their staunch friend. The movement
has already been begun in this city. We have
now the promise of lectures from some of tho
most prominent men, and hope to have your
own among the number. A monument 10,
perhaps, petty tribute, when compared with
the work Mr.. Stevens did. As an Indication,
however slight, of the esteem with which he
was held by us, we know that it will far
transcend its intrinsic value.
RICHARn THEODORE GREENgR
PHILADELPHIA, NoremJer u, 1871.
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THE OMAHA LEGAL ENTERPRISE, in aid
# the Mercy Hospital at Omaha, where the
.;ct and destitute Of all nations are cared for
Nv the Sisters of Mercy, free of charge, is truly
!. charitable undertaking, and is sanctioned and
iudorsed by the Governor and best business
man of the State. The tickets are So each, or
two for s.. The drawing takes place January
3Oth. The highest prize is $4,000 in gold
Full particulars can be had of Messrs. Potter
& Gardiner, Managers, Omaha, Nebraska.
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Ohio.


Something more than week ago, Mr.. David
A. Wells, in passing through Cincinnati, stop
ped to deliver his funeral views on the financial
prospects of the United States. On Thursday
last just one week after Mr. Wells had left,
the Hon. E. D.. Mansfield delivered q stunning
reply, from which we extract the following com
pact summary of the benefits which have al.
ready accrued from our present protective
tariff:
/. We ask. what is our experience under our
present tariff Has it injured industry, OBJ
structed commerce. oppressed any man or any
interest? Let US look at it fairly. The simple
truth is that no act Of legislation in Great Brit
ain or America, under Pitt or Peel, under Ham.
ilton, Madison, or jackson, has ever been so
signally efficient in promoting revenue, indus
try, and commerce, as the tariff of 1861 aud
its revisons.
The gentlemen who, with most wonderful
misnoner, call themselves Revenue Reform.
ers,' say they want a revenue tariff. This is
signally revenue tariff. Look at it?
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A VoICE FROM SwEDEN.-AmericaR Cheuists
and their Production appreciated 6y the Rofes-
S0rs at the celebrated Universities IN Swsden-
MIR. Sachs-Sir: At your request, have tested
Hall Vegetable Siciian Hair Reviewer, in my
practice at the SERAFIMER Hospital" and can
say 1t will restore gray hair to its original color.
1t is entirely harmless, and is valuable remedy
TO use in such cases.
y. II. MALMSTEN,
Professor of Chemistry and Medicine.
STOCKHOLM, July 6, 1868.
From the highest medical authority liz See
den..-As | have had occasion TO see several
persons, who, for some time, have used Halls
Vegetable Scilian Hair Remover, AMI know that
it has restored the original color ofthe hair, ss
well as being efficient in removing the itching
and dandruif that accompanies the falling of OF
the hair, | consider it my duty to acknowledge
the same to Mr.. Sachs.
VINCENT LUNDBERG,
Physici0R-in- Ghetto the King, and
PreSerper Of his Ire.
STOCKHOLM, July 6, 1868.
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PETITION
10 the Honorable Senate and House Of Representatives
of tie Tnitod .St1tes IN Nonnress 1nssss.l1

Of the United States IN Congress assembled
we undersigned citizens of the United States travel
steamboats, or stages without being subjected to nconva
~ anu prescription; being denied the enjoyment rights and
privileges that citizenship and manhood ene s TO- m
constantly made to suffer in and body by the ttt :
ed us by railroad companies hotel propeo v other n
school commissioners and common carriers generally These
prescription and treatment inflicted upon us because m
color and previous condition of servude we therefore prav ~
oable body pass the bill you known rs the s
mentary Civil Rights Bill"
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A rapid penman can write so words in q
minute. To do this he draws his pen through
the space of rod. He makes, on an average
l6 curves or turns of the pen in writing each
word in day of five hours, this amounts tc
Ia, 900, and, In year of 300 days, to AZ, 200.
600. The man who makes l, 000, 900 strokes OIL
the pen in month is not remarkable. Many
make 4, 600, 600. Hence we have, in the aggre.
gate, mark 300 miles long traced in year by
single writer.
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60 Don't fail to send in your petitions to
the Senate for the.passage of Senator SUMMERS
Civil Rights Bill. You have one more week
before the re-convening of Congress.
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Mr. Henry Williams, assistant cashier of
the Freedmen's Bank at vicksburg, arrived
here on Wednesday last, under orders from
Washington, ID. c.. and will assume charge
OF the Freedmsn's Bank at this place until
such time - another cashier is appointed in
the place OF Major Kilbourn, deceased. Mr..
Williams ID thorough business man, and we
advise our friends who desire exchange at
cheap rates. to not forget the Freedmen's
Bsnk.-Natchm New South
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Thus the aggregate commerce of 1901
(current year, is $3.50 100000 beyond that of
1859
3. What is the effect on the manu- facture and
labor Of the country2 The manufactures of
Cincinnati have doubled in ten years and we
have reason to believe the whole manufacture
ing industry of Ohio has doubled. Even in that
branch of industry which is represented as 80
much deprecated ship building-the number
of vessels has increased 60 per cent, and the
tonnage 81 per cent. The production of coal
has doubled, and the pig-iron made has nearly
doubled-going from 900, 900 tons to l, 700, 900.
The premium on gold is now but III per cent. 4,
but the wages of laborers are thirty per cent.
in advance Of what they were ten years ago.
These facts show that the industry of the
country is now on the rising tide Of successful
progress. Why should we turn it backH
4. The exports of the country are thought to
be one of the tests of prosperity. Well our
exports have been rapidly increasing, and in
the present current year will reach S420 OO0,-
900. Our agricultural exports have largely
increased in the last two years, aud as the sgi.
tation of Europe continues they will probably
be greater.
5. How is it with wealth The destruction
of slave property took from the assessment
mot for the reality 100000, 900. But the
assessments of 1870 show only loss of 81 ,00O,-
OUU,U'O consequently tu6r6 mas D66n d large
actual increase of property even in the South.
In the whole country assessed the increase of
valuation is s., 000,000,000 aud that after
four years war, in which we lost 800 600 men
and 81, 100000, 900. The increase of wealth,
considered in this light, is enormous.
Now, here we have the effect of the actual
tariff, taken as a whole, on the revenue, indus
try, commerce, and wealth of the country.
What is it? The customs revenue has been
quadrupled from $S3OO0,000 to 100000, 900 !;
foreign commerce, in spite of all the cutlery
about American shipping, increased 20 per
cent. American manufactures increased 30 per
cent; the wealth of the country increased
$4,000, 100000! Is there man who would
change state of things like this for untried
experiments
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VNHE SUBSCRIBER BEGS LEAVE MOST
l. respectfully to inform his friends and the
public generally that he is prepared to give in
structiou in
FRENCH, GERMAN,
andsITALIAN LANGUAGES.
He also gives instructions on the
VIOLIN, FLUTE, and GUITAR.
Also. Vocal Music, together with the higher
branches of Thorough Bass, Harmony, Compo-
siton, and Counterpart Translations aiso
made from legal documents, and business letters
from French to English, and from English to
French.
TERMS: Moderate.
Apply to JOHN A. NEWLY,
de 28-st No. 6l2 Eleventh ct.
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Two-thirds is enough to carry on the Gov
eminent, public debt and interest, and not
one dollar of it levied on American produc-
tons. 1t is the most successful financial
measure ever adopted in any country.
2. What effect ON commerce
ExpDrts nd Imports
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-06-29

Another member ocue Stock Exchange
has died ia the prime Of life Mr.
Charles Spear, for manly years Il highly
esteemed associate of that body. TX
tracts from resolutions adopted by the
Board arc as follows:
Htg5'rcd, Tina, wc the members of the
New York Stock Exchange, Lave heard
with profound regret, OF the death, after
% lingering illness, of one of our old aud
most respected associates Mr. Charles
spear
Resolced, That This anljcliug dispense
ton ha, tHemaiurely closed The lie ct
ono whose career has been aliku honor
able, and successful Mr. Spear was IA
mau Of marked character. lie was calm,
,ell-poised, and ,agacigus. tie bad bold
ness without rasmcss; decided opinions
without obWsiycncss and seErespcet
without arrogance ilewas suaight for
ward IN his dealings exact ia his business,
and in his Intercourse with his associates,
gentlcmauIy and obigiug. lie coveted
Heither popularity nor prominence, but
challenged the respect Of all, by the
soHnducss OF his views, and the unsullied
purity of his life.
Mem lofb St0ch ErcbaHge, Juue II.
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A fire occurred III Rutland on Thurs
day evening last which destroyed barn
owned by Mrs. G. -. Mann Oh West st.
and nearly destroyed the house Of Albert
Landou, and smc other buildings were
considerably damaged Total loss about
5000, insured lor two thirds that
amount
Rutland is to hage O celebration on
( thc ith Of Jnly, and tbe sum Of $500 has
T been offered IN premiums to fire com
+ pauics. \ largo delegation Of liremen
{ viii be present from all parts ofthc State
I and from without I've State. Holfmrc is
allowed by the railroad. to parties aiien-
ding tbc celebration.
Rutland Is greatly exercised over The
Town HAN question. MANY oflhc people
opposing il on tlr ground Of economy.
Take, are already high AND the town i.
considerably iu debit aud Hey say 81
would % sheer i5oli.IHcss to incur such
8 great expense as tie proposed building
would ucce.siialc,
Chm q Dewey, E.1 reccnnr prom
tueut lavler ofIutaud. ditd al Hartford
Coau., ou Sunday morning. from q
uheof af8FeNy lie wa. f5r a short
time mf9ge4 as Editor of tho Rutland
HaaM
About two miIc. south 81 Bennington.
go pownal road stands the o.3 tavern a
uhteh Gen fs stopped VI get dIuE
o. b.s was tbi.HrI Il tlee lHsi 81
maae Doe m9a baa8 tHajh Waa'I la-
feat lhe cuHg before fbeueu Night or
MoIg STARK would 81 a.3aa Ibo
ola house ). uow aaaeI going =. lf
a meeting of,he frIads q DE pro-
posed Nouam Vermont d iaLe
Ihampai8 rltna connecting ia I
.m8Ge yaeg wHh Burlington 81 miI.
fau Claa Is Es Junction pss
lel ID Jerlelo WalHssda 81 HhiH
s8rgu Wete exhibited etma, ihe
es. bF HaY 81 lH8eth,l Center at
about t S8.1fi sea me arid
u lha creek Hte : 8fa. Cd Eer
@le BHeaglgu ]. 81 le8 To ieHd =
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P 1 T rgasa army
system ha ~ h
I Tie m m y
i Sc Thursday Rt A great
@ being Ee u aataa
la, iE la llH
He hic9a committee m publish eos
ilH asis 4i N te
Assembly Gamlc8 arrived t Bar
srx sunday aa B hEfy drs
IIsera - Thereon a taa So
France Eealarr o. thc views 60
Louis b'sHe
N Ilao - Tire Iaru m
As reply % tUt Address 10 sympathy
tJam tae French Catholics praises che
taey gyHh.tin laa gtasr so the
e.aah saa NbmsaI aal 1HauHaes
I.atrai Catholicism ag aH as t8uila.
ble asrcgoiulIaaor tde Commune.
pama june ~. Noau. II. e Central
l.gPaa,eu Committee has prepared
ta Disc Of candidates ta DE SUPPORTED st
the election On the aBtb Of July The
hsi is kuaNH t5 he beaded. hv pemis.
siaa, with tire name cd Gamhetta.
NtsmNaga< June 2I--lt Has brpn
asearlaincj um official sources tbal
lEeu is Ha basis cd evidence to sustain
tia statement 81 detectives that hera
afe ten millions OF dollars ia counterfeit
notes of the National bank ia cirula-
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s uew 800 .insuarlY fatal disease has
made is appea auae among ihe lar.e in
New York itis estimated tat 81 least
thousand hate Used wlthh nr RESORT
in4 ID extreme Remedies, fa h4Ye te.n
saved aHl i.as dista.e !, a5aUue
The NolhHsl,st E1os Concern ablal
lsas again broken gut Ii New loIk wltI
uaeWcd kifaeuee los true tie scrip.
taee pr5rtr0 lhai lie children of tlls
world arr wiser "a t5aif day aul genera
tan ilan TIE children Fl lsbt
ia He deaA d Rsianlieaam lle
democrat. have host oae 81 their strouetst
leadgn Anj eHe who IL thc head e ,he
Ae nerarHsc night t4te agueel PROM.
neuilF b lie ne&i Presidential eleetiun
i - ptobabls tia. b democrats win en-
aeator d carry oui to- Dew movement
Witch he uaaeurAted