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THE JUBILEE.

.Tnhiiee "a as s follows: So the Jubilee is to
pay expenses after all. Well, we are
heartily glad of that. 1t would have been
a great pity if all the enterprise, all the
public spirit. and all the admirable Or
ganizatlon which have gone to the making
of this festival had been unrecognized by
the people. Whatever we may say of the
m usic, there can be no question tina THE
jubilee has been from one point of view
the most successful affair of the kind ever
seen. 1t has been marvel of good man
agement. Fifteen thousand chorus singers
have daily passed in and out at one end
Of the building from five to twenty five
thousand spectators have daily passed in
and out at the other, and there has been
no more confusion than if this multitude
had been little church congregation.
Think of the elaborate preparation at the
ticket Office, the drilling of the ushers,
the good temper and presence of mind of
the mind of the officials, which all this
presupposes. Then think of supply ing
fifteen thousand singers and two thousand
| players with their music. Think of the
problem of getting them promptly into
their seats. Think of the trouble which
Osgood, Niles, Durham, Payson, and their
good colleagues must have had in satisfy
| ing the four thousand more or less genuine
representatives Of the newspaper profes,
sion who shared the Inequalities of the
press room, where the extravaganza of a
correspondents claims for attention was
always in an inverse ratio to the i'm
portance of his paper. The average num-
Der of seats assigned every day to journal.
lists was over eleven hundred, and one day
as many as three thousand eight hundred
tickets were issued to the press. Yet
everything was done quietly and in
oroer. The Coliseum was not very easily
accessible so they made streets to reach
it by. 1t was at the crossing Of two steam
railroads; so they fenced in the tracks,
built five or six huge bridges across them,
and graded the approaches. The more
one thinks of the festival, the greater it
seems to be. And there is probably no
city in Amerioa-perhaps there is none
IN the world-Where so great an enter
prise could be so decorously and happily
carried out, except Boston.
--%WS--
The cost of Pullman palace car is SIC,
OCO to $4,000.
The survey of the route of the Memphis
and Kansas City Railroad through Ar
kansas has been completed.
It is proposed to construct narrow
gauge railroad from Minneapolis by way
of Rochester to LaCresent, opposite La
Crosse. iH1r
Hon. Fred. Mott, of Winterset, Iowa,
has been rendered the Presidency Of the
Des Moines University. s1 Id
IN Eia ag o5 g8 HuDa ii ft
Last Monday, man named Charley st.
John and his wife, were arrested in Mil
waukse, on charge of forgery B a
A poor hupch.backed young man fell
dead in O street In Milwaukee, last None
day evening. lie had for a season past
found refuge at one of the station houses
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AN OLD MAIDS sOLILoQUY'
BIZ L1BB1E e. JONES.

BIZ LIBBIE e. JONES.
I'm feeling rather blue to mig hit,
My lamp gives out feeble light,
My heart is wondrous sore
sit and dream of "Auld-lang-syne"
And all the past,-Tm thirty-nine,
An old maid--nothing more.
Each year seems shorter than the last,
Each day and night flies swiftly past
The same thing DER and DER
And as the time goes racing by t~
The thought comes DER me, What, am
An old maid-nothing more p
/ might have married years ago,
For then had full many beau
In the palmy days OF ycre
But now they choose younger mate,
And am left disconsolate,
An old matchmaking more.
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MISS NELLIE GRANT.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HER AMI
QUEEN VICTORIA.
The following letter, written by Miss
Nellie Grant to Queen Victoria, previous
to her recent visit to Windsor Palace
has been published.
LoNGLEY's HOTEL, May, 1872.
Ny dear Lady and Queen:
] am embarrassed at the homer of an Of
fetal request given through high Off
GER, (your lord Chamberlain, tkink,) to
be presented to your majesty. [ should
dearly love to see you, that I might tell
my mother and father that I had been
thus honored. am but simple Amer
lean girl that am the President's
daughter gives me no claim to your recog-
milton as a sovereign. If with the kind la
dy who is acting With me as my chaper0n,
[ might visit you, should be very glad.
Our Secretary of Legation hints at some
political significance in this opportunity
cannot SO interpret it, and would not
wish to be SO received, because it would
not be right, as [ am nothing in Ameri-
can politics, and I am sure my father
would not desire me to appear other than
as my simple and very humble self. II
with this explanation, your Majesty will
allow me to visit you, shall be greatly
honored and very proud.
have written this note of my own no.
tion, and because think it The right
thing to do.
lam your Majesty's very obeiient ser
want and admirer.
NELLIE GRANT.
The reply is equally refreshing, and be
trays spirit which does more honor t.
the British Queen than multitudes of 9th
er actions for which her subjects applaud
ed her.
WINDSOR CASTLE.
Mss NelJio Grant:
have instructed Lady ----- -
to convey to you this note, and we shall
receive you as the daughter of your hon
Ored parents, without the intervention OF
our high officer of State. [ shall accept
your visit as an american girl anG
there shall be no other significance in the
fact than your kindly expressed desire te
see the lady and not the sovereign.
shall find it pleasant to forget that [ an
Queen in receiving you Tomorrow after
noon at our Palace of Windsor. VICTORIA
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Do YOU think I could forget it,
Five and twenty years a.gone
On a beautiful May morning.,
Flowers were blooming on the laWb,
An5 INV heart was filled with gladness,
And nv cheeks were flushed with pride
While I waited for your coming
I was soon to DC bride.
Rive and twenty years, my darling,
Since that morn have passed away;
Let us count them, looking edward,
Till we reach our wedding day.
Do YOU see the sun above US,
And the blue and clOudleSs sky,
And remember how that morning
We were happy, you and
Do you see the low rooted dwelling,
With its white and shining floor,
And the hewed logs matched so nicely,
Ard the rose tree by the door
And the wedding guests, l see them
Through the five and twenty years,
Sitting quietly around us,
Smiling tondly through their tears.
They were only those who loved US,
AS we stood there, you and
Looking forward to the future,
Through a clear and cloEdless sky.
All, today, in looking backward,
I can see you standing there,
In your pride of youthful manhood,
With your brow unmarked by care.
And [ stood that day beside you,
o. In my robe of simple white,
Without gems or costly jewels,
Flashing in the morning light.
Just a loving heart gave you,
AS our hands were clasped that day,
With no cloud upon our future
Only sunshine in our way.
Five and twenty years, my darling,
Through the sunshine and the shade,
We have walked beside each other,
In the path our love has made.
But the clouds have gathered DER US,
Drifting down the stream of life,
And our hearts have throbbed with sor
row,
Since you claimed me as wife.
But tonight, in looking backward,
Looking backward all the way,
Through the clouds, the storms and sur
shine, ..
That have gathered since that day,
p There is more of good than evil,
Though our feet have tined grown,
Five and twenty years, my darling,
Since our wedding day has flown.
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Tie name of the Iowa Southwestern
railroad Company has been changed to
the Chicago. Omaha & st. Joseph Rail
road Company.
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Work has been commenced at Mare
Island on the Pacific coast upon plans for
stone Cry dock of a size to accommodate
the largest naval vessels.
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The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad, and the Kansas Pacific propose
building large freight depot and ware
house at LeaVenworth.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-07-11

The Lake Superior and Mississippi
Railroad has recently been leased to the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company for
term of 900 years.
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By MAUD MANNING.

ALONGING FOR DEATH.
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THE SILVER WEDDING.

BY MRS. G. M. STOWE.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06
Political Wisdom by the "Capi.
tal.''

1t is now beginning to be pretty well UNI
derstood by the supporters of the Cincinnati
candidates that they have no reason to ex-
pect an endorsement by the Baltimore Demo-
cratic National Convention, and, moreover,
that such an endorsement, even if it were
possible to get it, would do them great deal
more harm than good. What we said in
these columns, five weeks ago, as to the effect
of Democratic endorsement of Greeley,
comes out now in the Capital, the Greeley
organ in this city, as new lesson of wisdom
which politicians are invited to study. 1t is
always pleasant to the teacher to see himself
surrounded by apt pupils, and We confess to
have felt not little fiattered to find the views
and opinions of this paper caught up by the
Capital, and brilliantly rendered after only a
months study of them. The style of the
Capital is all it's own. We lay no claim to
that, but the ideas presented to its readers so
ably are so identical with those written by
the editor of this paper five weeks ago, that
we can account for the circumstance only
upon one of two suppositions; one is, that a
stray copy of the New NATIONAL ERA has
by some means gotten into the hands Of the
editor of TIE Capital, and the other is, that
there is but little difference between the
intellectual faculties of the negro and the
Caucasian, both easily reaching the same
conclusions when employed upon the same
facts. Whichever may be the true explana-
ton of our cOincident opinions, the reader
will perceive that no damage is done to our
well-gromded selfcomplaccncy. The Capt.
tai now sees very plainly that any endorse
ment Of Mr.. Greeley by the Democratic Ma
tiOnal Convention at Baltimore will make
him simply the Democratic candidate, and
leave the race for the Presidency between
the two great parties as heretofore, with the
certainty that the Republican party will be
victorious
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06

general good. The present system is exceed
ingly bard on the poor men of this District,
and, if not changed, will be the means OF de-
priving them of what little property they may
be possessed. The colored people here are
especially interested in Mr.. Gray's bill, many
Of whom, after toiling for years under the
scourge of the STAKEHOLDER, found themselves
freed by the war with the result of their toll
in the possession of their masters, have man
aged, by dint of hard work and economy, to
save up enough to purchase a little home for
themselves and families. BY the law, as it
now stands, they may be taxed by the Board
of Public Works to an unlimited extent for
special improvements, costing, in many cases,
more than the property before which the im-
prOvements are made will bring at sale.
Mr.. Gray's bill makes the payment Of special
taxes by installments at such intervals as
will be alike Of benefit to the District and to
the property-holders. The Council took up
and promptly passed this measure, and the
House, elected by the people, if they have
the peoples interest at heart to the extent
claimed by those opposed to the appointing
of one branch of the Legislature, they must
certainly look after the interest of their con-
stituents in this matter to the same extent
of the body not directly responsible to the
people. A meeting was held in the Seventh
District last week, passed resolutions urging
the House of Delegates to pass Mr.. Gray's
bill. We trust that it will become law.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06
The Residence Of Freak Douglass
Burned.

1t will be seen by the following taken from
the Eceaiag Star that the editor of the New
NATIONAL ERA, has met with serious loss
in the burning of his residence, in Rochester,
New York. The loss has not, up to this
writing been fully ascertained, but the follow
ing is an approximation:
The house of Frederick Douglass, at Roch-
ester, New York, burned on Sunday night
last, is described as an elegant mansion, with
barn and Outhouses, on Douglass Hill, in the
suburbs of that city. The building was erect
ed by Mr.. Douglass twenty-one years ago,
and has been occupied by him as Il residence
since that time. 1t was built of wood, and
was an easy prey to the devouring element.
Mr.. Douglass was in this city, and the house
was occupied by his son-in-law, n. Sprague,
and family, who had narrow escape from
death, so rapid was the progress of the fire.
The furniture saved was but of small value,
excepting the valuable library and private
papers. A COW, worth Si00, and the coaches,
buggies, harness, &C., in the barn were con-
sumed, but Mr.. Sprague succeeded in res
cuing the horses. The fire originated in the
barn and was undoubtedly the work of an
incendiary, as there has been no light used
in this Building since last winter. Mr.. Doug
lass residence was surrounded by a beautiful
grove, which was entirely destroyed sll 200
in United States bonds, which was in the
house, were destroyed.
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Exhibition Of WayInnd Seminary,

The annual exhibition of the students of
Wayland Seminary took place on the evening
of the Goth ult., at the Nineteenth Street Bap-
fist Church. The exercises were opened by
prayer by Rev. ID. w. Anderson, Of the Nine
teenth Street Baptist Church. Our readers
have already been informed of the excellent
character Of this institution. The exercises
consisting of singing and original oratons,
were equal if not superior to those of some of
our institutions of learning making greater
pretensiOns. The original oratiOns were
original, and not culled from encyclopedias /;
these were upon subjects near and dear to the
young men who treated of them; they were
consequently able to throw all the enthusi-
asm and eloquence of their nature into their
treatment. 1t was evident to the audience
that the young men, whom the vile slanderers
of the negro race, charge with incapacity to
think, were men Of thought, of earnest study,
and of strong will to learn.
This institution has as yet no fine build
ings, and does not make grand appearance in
outside show, which probably accounts largely
for the absence of those from their exhibitions
and examinations who would otherwise be
attracted. What is lacking in outside show
and display is better filled by genuine study
and learning. The orations of VIM. Henry
Scott, of Virginia, on the Future Glory of
America" of Vim. G, Costin, District of
Columbia, on the I" March of TRUTH" and
that Of James Wigs, of South Carolina, on
Great Men," were especially excellent, and
would have been creditable to men of more
experience than they have had.
Among those present at this exhibition
were General Eaton, Commissioner of Educa-
ton, Hon. Ginery Twitchell, of Massachu-
sets, Hon. M. H. Donnell, of Minnesota,
Hon. A. M. Clapp, and Rev. DIR. Parker.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06

DAN VOORHEES, charges Horace Greeley
with favOring civil rights and the abolition of
caste in schools. The New York Tribune
(Greeley's paper and organ) rushes to the
rescue of Greeley and quotes from his Pough-
keepse speech to show that the charge made
by Voorhees, is incorrect. AS this charge is
the only portion of the Voorhees, speech that
Greeley's paper considers dangerous to his
interests as candidate for the Presidency,
the Tribune makes hot haste to show to the
world that Greeley is not opposed to caste,
but on the contrary, thinks it better for the
blacks to keep to themselves and the whites
to themselves. Poor Greeley, how easy it is
to see the hook covered by your bait for
Democratic negotiating votes.
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4 Fatal Omission.

Congress has postponed the time for adj
journment to the third of June. 1t is per-
haps too early yet to recount its shOrtcOm-
ings. But there is one meas re which seems
to be buried beyond reach Of any action this
session. This is the civil rights bill intro.
duced by Senator Sumner, and which only
last week was 'amended" in playful mood
by the United States Senate by striking out
the provisions for equal rights in schools and
churches. This was done by Senator Matt.
Carpenter, of Wisconsin, and thought at the
time an excellent joke. The Senate sat up
all night to pass the general amnesty bill,
which received an overwhelming vote in both
Houses, and was promptly signed by the
President. But the civil rights bill, after
having passed by the Senate as good joke,
had no such fortune. 1t was placed at the
foot of the list in the House, and there it will
remain until the next session Of Congress.
Only q two-thirds vote can put it forward,
and this it is almost certain cannot be OBJ
tanned.
And yet it is certain that the Republican
party cannot afford to go into the Presiden-
tial canvass without the civil rights law or
its equivalent, not only resolved for in the
party platform, but enacted by the Republi-
can Representatives in Congress. We must
have some distinctive principles or the Re-
publican party will not rally. Amnesty is
no more part of Republican than of the
Democratic or Liberal policy, and our Sem
ators voting overwhelmingly for general am
nesty, have not gained single vote for the
Republican nominee. With civil rights, it is
different. Such bitter and determined OPP
ponent of Grant as Senator Sumner is waiting
for the Philadelphia platform before deciding
whether to support or oppose Greeley. If
the Republican party would indorse the policy
of equal rights for all citizens everywhere,
there would be ground on which even SEN
ator Summer could support the nominations
of the Republican Convention. And Sem
atOr Sumner represents an immense constit-
uency. The cOlored people of the South look
to Congress and the Republican party to
protect their rights, and if Congress and the
Republican party fail in this duty, there will
be trouble when the negro voter comes to
the polls in November. There have been
already meetings of cOlored men in Washing
ton to denounce the failure of Summers bill.
If Congress adjourns without even passing
Carpenters substitute, the result will show
how great a mistake has been made
Rochester Express.
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him the fruits Of the war, and are becoming
benefited by The seizure, is composed of the
whole county, his lfadueers not excepted.
A good reply 10 Horace Greeley's organ
(the n. Y. 7iitu,s) Is Horace Greeley him
self. In n speech made before his madness
for the Presidency set in, Mr.. Greeley says
Of President Grants administration:
AS to the administration Of Gen. Grant,
/ recognize no one as Republican who is
not grateful for its judicious, energetic, and
successful efforts TO procure the ratlhcation
Of the fifteenth amendment, that keystone
of Our political arch, whereby the fruits OF
our great triumph over rebellion and slavery
are assured and perpetuated. That the
President has made some mistakes in APP
pointmcnts is obvious. Ii would be strange,
indeed, If one so inexperienced in the con-
duet of political affairs had wholly escaped
them. While asserting the right of every
Republican to his untrammcled choice OF a
candidate for next President until q nominal
ton is made, l venture to suggest that Gen.
Grant will be far better qualified for that
nlomcntus trust in 1872 than he was in
1868"
The above are the honest sentiments of
II. G. and of the n. Y. Tribune. The Tn
buae of to-day is laboring for the election of
its cditor-in-chief to the place filled by Presi-
dent Grant, and blinded by ambition falsifies
all its former utterances with the hope of for
warding IFS editors interest in the race for
the White House.
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with blood and slaughter in 1868, and the
South with Ku-Klux Klans since the war.
He has flung himself into the rapids and will
go down with them. James Buchanan was
a kindhearted man, but what was James
Buchanan against the bloody treason which
struck at the life of the nation. George b.
Mcclellan was kind and amiable gentleman
and an excellent mathematician, but these
awaited nothing against the. rebellion. The
occasion then demanded more than amiable
qualities. U. s. Grant was needed then and
is needed now. His even, well-poised judg-
ment which never loses its balance, no matter
what elements of excitement may surround
it; his courage, which is equal to any re-
spOnsibility his firmness and decision, COM
bined with respect for law and the just wishes
of the people, make him the man for the hour.
His reelection will hold the nation in peace,
will continue national prosperity, conserve
the great interests snatched from the perils
of civil war, strengthen respect for the Re-
public abroad, maintain the national credit,
and encourage the spirit of reform.
1t is not, however, only in the grand quail
tiles of the man that we find reasons for his
election over any others named against him.
The great party which supports him is in
sympathy with the man. That party is the
party of law, freedom, and progress. 1t
came into being at the call of no personal
anmOsities, no disappointed ambitions, nor
any mere personal grievances, such as are
now sought as the basis of new political
party, but at the command of philanthropic
and patriotic ideas. Its foundations were
laid in the deepest convictions of the under
standing and the heart, and it has steadily
maintained these convictions. The candi-
dates it now offers to the American people
are fit and faithful representatives of this
party of ideas and convictions. There are no
stragglers, no opposing "rings" no plotting
and counter plotting. In solid column this
naturally organized party marches forward to
the great objects which called it into exist
ence. How different in the opposing camp
Mr.. Greeley has no consistent following.
His party is an Ishmaelitish crew made Of
men and rings, each against the other, united
in nothing except in hatred to U. S. Grant.
In such contest it is easy to see where VIC
tory will perch in the end.
The nomination for the Vice Presidency of
that long and well known abolitionist, earn
est and untiring in his devotion to liberty
and equality, Hon. HENRY WILSON, Of Mas
sachusetts, will add strength and popularity
to the ticket not second to that given by the
nomination of Gen. GRANT. Those Repub-
licans who might have been tempted to vote
the Greeley ticket cannot turn their backs
upon Senator Wilson, and We predict that
the more respectable of the boilers will re-
| turn to the support of the regular nominees
of the Republican party in consequence
largely Of the nomination of this true and long
tried Republican. This nomination reaches
us just as We are going to press, and we
in consequence have only time and space to
chronicle the fact.