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African Colonization.

Colored people Of the United States, you
have an enemy in this country waging a war
against your best interests, without meeting
with that stern resistance that you have the
ability to make. The American Colonization
society is deluding and seducing, unto death,
unfortunate and unedueated people of our
race. Our educated young men, our briefess
Young lawyers, our talented young graduates
can do an incalculsble amount Of good BY
organizing. pretty much as the abolitionists
lid years ago, and by waging an irresistible
warfare upon that willy band Of murderers
yclept the American Colonization Society.
Our broad and fertile prairies are to be titled.
our rich mines are to be opened and devel-
oped, work for millions On millions is abun.
dsnt in this country, there Is nothing in
reason why any one should leave this land
# progress and enlightenment and seek a
Aone amid the death-dealing malaria of a
Darbarous continent. Westward, the star 0.
empire takes its way as well for the black
man as for the white man. VIII our able
young men organize an anti-Aiiican Colonial
Ion Society at once:
All over the North and South are ernisss-
.ies Of tie Colonization Society, in tie one
lection begging money to carry ont their dig
oolical scheme Of enticing from this LAID Of
lrogress TO a land Of barbarism, useful and
l.eeded population OF workers; in the other
section giving encouragement 10 negro-hate By
lmpress;ng the people with All idea tina, the
black man has no right here as freeman,
l his must be met Oh our part with earne.:
effort in the work Of showing up the sopl,istry
Of the Observation-Disclosures whose preju-
dice and hate would drive US 10 instant death
il in their power to do so.
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Death Of Osborne II. Anderson.

The last survivor Of the only army Of
freedom ever recruited in the United State I"
as Robert Purvis Esq, so truthfully speaks
of John Browns noble band, died in this city
on the 10th instant. Osborne T. Anderson
was truly noble and devoted lover of free
dom for all mankind and proved his devotion
in a way that many other decided and earnest
friends of freedom really had not the courage
to pursue, or Of which they failed to see the
utility. Yet the course pursued by John
Brown. and Osborne =. Anderson, was the
entering wedge to rive the chains from the
Southern slave. Mr.. Anderson had been
suffering a long time with the consumption,
engendered by the privation undergone while
he was escaping from Harpers Ferry, and
while here unable to perform work OF any
kind he has been, in the main, cared for by
the family Of Prof. A. N. Green, at whose
house he died. During the past few weeks,
Mr.. VIM. E. Matthews and other young men
have endeayored TO assist Mr.. Anderson by
appealing to the colored people Of the city
for pecuniary aid to ray physicians bills and
for such necessaries as were required.
The funeral obsequies Of the noble Ander-
son took place on Friday last at the Fifteenth
street Presbyterian church, and were particle
DE- ted in BY the Rev. Mr.. Reeves, Rev. u.
w. Anderson, Bishop A. X. Green, and
Robert Purvis Esq. The turnout Of citizens
was not as large az the occasion merited,
owing, probably, to the fact of not sufiici-
emily extended notice Of the time and place
Of the funeral. The exercises at the church
were highly appropriate. The remarks made
by the different speakers were full OF just ap-
rrec.ation Of the great service performed by
John Brown and his co-laborers, among
whom was Osburn p. Anderson. The aged
father Of the deceased was present, and was
the recipient Of the sympathy Of all. The
remains wee followed to the grave by many
who had became acquainted with Mr.. Ander-
son during his brief sojourn in Our midst.
The pail bearers were Mr.. VIM. r. Mat
thews, Robert Puryis Esq, DR.. G. b. Purvis,
d. A. straker Esq, Hon, j. T. Walls,
George T. Downing Esq, Prof. ". j. Will
son, Z. II. Murray Esq, and Hon. Lewis
II. Douglass.
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tara few editors outside OF Washington
rant keeper liable to the penalty under the
Legislative act regulating restaurants &c,
for refusing to accommodate respectable and
well-behaved persons, that it is necessary to
prove the refusal to be on account Of race,
color, or previous condition OF servitude.
This is not SO. The penalty IS for refusing
to sell to respectable and well-behayed per-
SONS, without regard at ali 10 race, color, or
previous condition.
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1t will be seen from this statement that the
Money Order Office has not only supported
itself, but yielded net revenue to the Gov
eminent, above all expenses, Of about one
hundred and six thousand dollars.
Judge Martin, the Sixth Auditor, and j.
NJ. McGreen, Esq, Chief Clerk, are not only
competent and faithful, as this report and the
results it gives of the operations of the
Bureau prove, but are most popular officers.
There is probably no part of the Govern
ment service that can show more gratifying
condition Of affairs than the Sixth Auditors =,
and none in which clerks, as well as chiefs,
more efficiently and honestly discharge all
their duties.
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To Our Agents.

Now i. the time to be up and doing. We
are drawing near the close Of the present vol
ume, and the time for renewal OF subscrip-
tons approaches. Our agents should see to
it that they retain all the old subscribers, and
procure as many more as possible. Twenty
per cent Of the subscription is the fee to any
who sends subscriber, with the money.
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Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves agent re-
ports that Professor Stowe, her husband, Is
lying at the point of death. All her adver'
tisements of readings have been Withdrawn.
The population of the United States anu
of the German Empire is about the same
SO, 500. 900 each.
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Public Defamation.

The students of Wayland Seminary are 10
entertain the public with declarations on
Monday evening at the 18th street Baptis'
Church. We can assure all who may go, an
enjoyable evening
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Public Meeting.

Tonight will be held public meeting Of
the citizens of the. District Of Columbia, at
the Fifteenth street Presbyterian Church, for
the purpose of appropriately recognizing the
services and sacrifices of the late Osborne 2.
Anderson. Let there be large attendance.
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Another COlOred Messenger Ar.
rived.

4. X. Davis, Esq, one of the electors from
the State OF Mississippi, arrived here on Mon
day, bringing the will Of the people Of that
State as to who should be our next President.
Mr.. Davis is the second colored man who has
brought to Washington the vote Of 4 State
for President. Hon. Frederick Douglass be-
ing the first. The world moves.
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so=Thc exhibition and concert OF the
Union Bethel Church on Monday and Tues
day nights of this week, though somewhat
secular, was highly creditable to the intelA-
gence Of the participants.
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by the board in their efforts. The .enti.
mcnt Of the above song may not accord with
the ideas Of morality entertained by the Rev.
erend gentlemen of the weekly meeting, but
plain common sense people cannot fail 10 see
in it the highest morality. Do these minis.
tiers declare that the sentiment Of the abova
song, or the singing OF it, endangers the
fundamental principles Of Christianity
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GENERAL CHIPMAN made an able, bust.
nes.-like speech on Saturday last, in the
House of Representatives, in favor Of Con-
gressional appropriations in behalf OF this
district. An extract Of the speech taken
!, I'm the Rsputlican will be found elsewhere
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Col. ROBERT HARLAN, one Of the active
and influential colored politicians of Ohio,
has been appointed special mail agent, Win
headquarters at Cincinnati.
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JAMES NJ. SwANK Esq, the energetic chIei
clerk of the Agricultural Bureau, has resigned
for the purpose Of editing paperin PennsyI-
vania.
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Number and amount
of certificates of de-
post registered,
compared, and en-
tered during the tis-
cal year endedJuns
80. 1872 ..........'
Number and amount
Of certificates ofde-
post registered,
compared, and en-
tered during the
fiscal year ended
June 80, lSIl.....
Increase %.
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Increase .............

Number Of paid money-orders
received, examined, check
ed, and filed during the fis-
cal year ended June so, 1872
Number Of paid money-orders
received, examined, check
ed, and filed during the fis-
cal year ended June 80, 1871
Increase
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Increase ...........

Aggregate ofmoney-orders is
sued and paid during the fis-
cal year ended June 80, 1872
Aggregate Of money-orders
issued and paid during the
fiscal year ended June 30,
1871 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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l57,706 sil,l20, 100 II
l25, G36 80 $4,000 81
% n-n ~ go nna ~
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the people don't know them, nor does the
President know any moro of them than he
learns from others. And however favor
able this information may be, does it furnish
any better guarantee that they will discharge
their duties without fear, favor, or affection
thanlthe reputation Of the President, his Sec
retaries, and members Of Congress furnish
that they would make wise and honest selec-
tons?
Without meaning to cast the slightest i'm
putstions Oh the members Of thet,e examining
boards, Or to insinuate any doubt az to their
integrity, We may say that a tremendous
power IS placed in their hands, and that they
may much more safely abuse it than the
President, his Secretaries, Or IN smbers Of
Congress could If they were disposed The
former are utterly independent Of the peo-
pie. while the latter owe their positions
directly to them.
For every vacancy that occurs tbers are
an average Of ten applicants, and n many
more for every promotion. Each Of these
applicants would, to each MEMBER Of the
board, If the brine would be accepted, will
linply pay liberal fee for fav' rable report,
and indeed with the bare hope Of thus in
foencing the board in his favor.
Of course no member Of the present board,
or either Of them, would accept bribe. But
the time may arrive when less incorruI t.
ible set of men will ill the r places. Our
readers can understand what temptation to
favoritism viii be presented
There are from fifty to an b undred applicants
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Number and amount
of transfers and re-
transfers registered
and filed during the
fiscal year ended
June 80, 1872. -.
Number and amount
of transfers and re-
transfers registered
and filed during the
fiscal year ended
June 80, lo7l...
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Number ofmoney-order state
ments received, examined,
and registered during the fis-
cal year ended June 30, 1872
Number Of money-order state
ments received, examined,
and registered during the
fiscal year ended June 80,
1871
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Number and amount
of drafts registered
during the fiscal
year ended June
30. lS12......
Number and amount
of drafts registered
during the fiscal
year ended Gune
30, l81l..-.......
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Democracy In Texas.

Governor Z. J. Davis, of Texas, tried the
conciliating process among the Democratic
hell-hounds of that "iron cage" and he is
probably satisfied by this time that he "wish-
es he had forgotten it," However, he had a
couple of tricky little bipeds who advised the
"soft' policy, and he is reaping the conse-
quences. We clip the following from the
State Journal as a sample of how Cancellation
worked in NacOgdOches as told by cores
pondent: "You would be surprised to be
with these people a short time; they I'M
agine they live in miniature cOnfederacy-
they have no idea that the South has ever
lost any of the prestige of its former glory,
and any man differing with them in politics is
in danger. OF all the lawless counties in the
State this leads; the sheriff with a mob
thinks nothing of taking all freedmen's arms
from them and breaking them up. have the
names of some twenty freedmen who were so
treated. Gen. Goodwin has arrested the
sheriff (Ogden) and carried him to Rusk
county to stand trial for false Imprisonment,
The prisoners, Hazlett and Grayson, are here
in jail. The rebels here are bowling with
rage because they cannot take them out of
Jail and hang them. The whole enmity and
hostility against these men exist in the fact
that they are Union men, and have been
since 1861; they know the doings of all the
villainous Ku-klux since that time; hence
Grandmother "Collocation" will inform us
that there is no longer any political feeling"
in Texas, as well as in this State. But we
assert that wherever the Democrats have the
power, it is unsafe for Republican to at
tempt to live and not only in this State, but
in every State South.--LiHte Rock (Ark.) Re
publican,
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What MIR. Greeley Knew About
President Grant Last Year.

" He (Mr. Greeley deems it too soon by
year to discuss the claims or chances of Gen.
Grant or any one else. So far as he can
judge, the Republicans are generally satisfied
with Gen. Grants administration, and in
clined to renew his lease of power. If there
is not much enthusiasm in his behalf, there is
very general conviction that he is a safe and
prudent Executive. Not hearing of any for
midable or serious effort to prevent his re-
nomination, it seems to us unwise in those
who favor it to agitate the matter. The meet
ing of Congress next December is quite soon
enough for that. Gen. Grant has been not
quite two years in power. During those two
years many war-clouds have doomed on the
horizon, yet peace with foreign nations and
with Indian tribes has been happily preserved
The taxes have been largely reduced, yet two
hundred millions of the national debt have
been paid off and cancelled, though we are
paying one hundred and twenty millions per
annum for interest, and thirty millions per
annum for pensions to the widows and Or
phans OF our great struggle. We doubt
whether any Government ever before de-
voted so large proportion of its annual in
come to the payment of debt. He misunder-
stands human nature who fancies that these
facts will not tell in a Presidential contest"
NeW York Tribune
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r. II. Barnum's World, Fair.

Inns colossal exhibition, so extensive that
two trains of cars and four locomotives are
required to transport it, will open in Wash
mgton next Monday, May 9th, for two days
only.
Combined in this vast collection are seven
distinct shows, all of which can be seen
Tor the price of one ticket or fifty cents.
Castello's double circus troop, Barnum's
Museum, the largest collection of living wild
animals in America, in which are several
rare specimens to be seen nowhere else in
this country, little Admiral Dot, the smallest
man in the world, woman born without
arms, the wild FIJI cannibals, besides
giants, and other curiosities for which Bar
mum has always been famous. Nothing to
equal this grand exhibition either in magni-
tude, variety, or magnificence, was ever
organized, and crowds are attracted wherever
il goes.
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Loyal Men for ONCE,

The Cincinnati Convention will. no doubt
endeavor to present conservative platform
with conservative man to stand upon it
Its leaders are known to endorse the policy
OF opening the offices of the country to the
loyal and the disloyal, drawing no line of dis
JUNCTION between the two classes. Trumbull
ana Schurz have already endorsed the cOnser-
vatlye policy. Once in practice, when will it
END? II line is drawn between the loval and
disloyal applicant for office, why draw line
between the heirs of the Union soldiers and
the rebel? Why draw line of distinction he
tween the loyal and disloyal claimantp Why
repudiate the debt ofthe defunct Confederacy.
and insist on the payment of our own? The
same principle that applies to the one applies
to the other. Once permit the conservative
wedge to enter our political policy, and the
payment of the rebel debt, or the reputation
OF our own, are certainties which stare us in
the face. A few dislOyal men in office could
do us no harm, but the admission of the prin-
elple which placed them there, would, in the
end, destroy the Government. We trust the
loyal millions will put their seal of condemna-
ton on this fatally unwise policy. The loyal
element, which saved the nation, should be
the element to govern it.-LyHch6ug Press.
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What Is Thought Of the Arms In
vestigatiOn ia Massa huseits.

There is no installing the drift of public
sentiment in this State, in reference to the
investigation of the sales of arms. The almost
universally expressed opinion of the Republic
can press is that the real object of the inves-
tigatiOn was to defeat the denomination of
President Grant. The movers in the matter,
it is well known, are the bitter personal enc
mics of Gen. Grant. To their personal hos
tility we make no objection; they have per-
feet right to oppose the Presidents renOmi-
nation; but they should not pretend to be
Influenced by regard for the purity of the
Administration and the honor of the country,
when there was no good reason for question:
ing the one or defending the other. The
Worcester Spy, one of the most pronounced
Republican journals in the State, has the
following decided comments upon the investi-
CATION at is now admitted that there is not
a shred of evidence to show or suggest that
anybody connected with the Government was
guilty of fraud, or seemed capable of it, in
selling the useless and surplus arms. 1t is
shameful to pursue the Administration i'm this
way. 1t is an abuse of place and power
which nothing can excuse. IfSchurZ and the
wonderful Upton would resign, go out of the
Senate and constitute themselves general
preparing and hunting committee of the pro-
jected Missouri mass meeting, we should
watch their movements with very different
feelings. We might laugh at them, for the
great Upton seldom fails to provoke laugh
ter but the Senate would then be allowed TO
give due attention to its legitimate business"
NeU Bedford (Mass.) Mercury, March %.
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SClurZ and Bismarck.

When Senator Schurz entered upon his
present crusade against the Administration
in regard to the French arms sales he antici-
pated that his course would be warmly APP
proved by the German press. He was, there
fore, disagreeably disappointed by the con-
temptuous manner in which Prince Bis
marck's official organ, the Nordde,dsche AL
gemeine Zeitung, denounced him as a mischief
maker; and in his anger he now revenges
himself upon the Chancellor of the German
Empire by prOclaiming to the world that, in
his opinion, Bismarck is by no means the
greatest statesman of our times. In an elab-
crate article in the last number of his own
paper, the st. Louis Westiiche Post, Senator
SchurZ says that Prince Bismarck's present
attitude in regard to the French arms sales is
nothing but a weak attempt to hide the hui
initiating and damaging fact that he has been
grossly duped by the Government of the
United States. We have no doubt that when
the Emperor William hears what Schurz
thinks of Bismarck he will at once remove
the latter and offer the position of Chancel-
lor of the German Empire to his old friend,
the Senator from Missouri. At any rate, Mr..
Schurz has earned the gratitude of his new
allies and admirers, the Ultramontanes and
Feudalists in Germany, by the discovery that
their bitter enemy, Bismarck, is no great
statesman after all.-N. Y. Times.
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The south Carolina Ku-Klux.

The following dispatches, received at the
Attorney Generals Office and at the War
Department, give statements of the shooting
Of MINOR PARIS, "A noted Ku-Klux, in
South Carolina, and other matters of interest.
BY the Southern and Atlantic telegraph,
April IL, the Adjutant General of the War
Department, received the following from
LEWIS MERRILL, major 9TH cavalry, at
South Cardinal:
Friday last Minor Paris, indicted for Ku-
KluX murder, was shot and killed by troops
acting as posse to United States marshal,
while he was escaping the efforts of the mar
shall to arrest him on bench warrant of the
circuit court. kilograms to newspapers to
create sensation, headed Diabolical Out
rage are totally false"
Also the following to the Department of
Justice:
"William Lowery and Miles McCulloch,
charged with conspiracy, were found guilty
ON Monday; on Tuesday Leander Spencer
and William Smith, charged with conspiracy
and murder, were put on trial, case given to
jury, which remained out all night and till
this afternoon, when, having failed to agree,
were discharged. The foreman stated that
the jury agreed except as to the murder part.
John Robinson and Sylvester Wright, charged
with conspiracy, plead guilty in open court
yesterday. Minor Paris, indicted for con-
spiracy and murder of Tom Romdtree, was
arrested in York county on Friday last by
deputy marshal, aided by United States
troops. He afterward attempted to escape
and was shot by the troops, and has since
died