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T ETTERS, LETTERS, LETTERS.

7 ETTERS, LETTERS, LETTERS
- Letters written, literary articles fur
nished for newspapers, publishers, or indi-
yiduals lessons in letter-writlng, plain and
parlor readings, dramatic reading, Shaks-
pearian Rotations, music, drawing, and all
the elementary studies up TO the very highest
English branches. Prices SOC, Soc, 81,
slO, and upwards; but there will be no
reduction to her dHisdiieidn patrons who
have learned her worth. Miss W, 34s
East Seventeenth street, Stuyyesant Square.
We do not charge Miss W anything
for the above advertisement, clipped from
the Tribune of the 5th instant. We are at a
reflection on her patrons, who know her
worth, or desires, in a modest way, to put
her age down indefinitely
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Rights Of Sal0On.Keepcrs.

\ suit brought under the Civil Rights law,
was decided in Yonkers, n. Y, last week.
On Saturday colored man named William
Jackson, brought suit before Justice Baird,
in the City Court, against Josephine Lewis,
keeper Of an ice-cream saloon, to recover
$500 damages by reason Of the defendants
refusal to sell plaintiff and other friends, ice
cream, on the evening of August Il. Ralph
f. Prime, counsel for Mrs. Lewis, argued at
some length that the defendants saloon was
not vehicle Of common carriage, or a
licensed thcater, or public place of amuse-
ment, common school, or institution of
learning place for the interment of dead
bodies, or hotel or tavern, or in any way
coming within the construction of the Civil
Rights bill. John w. Graham, counsel for
plaintiff, argued that the defendants saloon
came within the meaning of an hotel or
tavern. Judge Baird gave judgment for the
defendant. dismissing the case with costs.
How the judge could give such decision
can only be explained by his prejudices. II
saloon does not come within the bounds Of
a hotel and tavern, then we are no Judge
of words. In this way Cvil-Rights is
thwarted. The good sense of the people
will some day rule.
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In supporting Senator Ames for the Gov
ernorship Of Mississippi, the Cotton Plant, a
Democratic journal, speaks as follows, and
it will be grand event for the United States
when all the papers Of the South become as
sensible:
In supporting Ames we do not don Repub-
lican uniform or abandon our Democratic
garb. We shall cling to the Jeffersonan
creed while we live, and if we are found diff
fering in sentiment from our Democratic
friends, who claim to believe that a majority
should govern, the difference will be found
in our recognition Of the fact that the colored
people are folks, people part of those gov
erned,. and, so far as the election returns
show, majority of the people.
1t is probable that the sooner we all recog-
nize this fact, and govern ourselves accord
ingly, the better for ourselves and the whole
country.
II is clear to every one that the wrong we
have suffered at the hands OF the Republican
party is not chargeable to these people, but
rather to bad white men who have controlled
them. Nor do we insist that all white Re-
publcans are bad men, for we know to the
contrary. But it is a fact well known to all
that while the black race have been con-
trolled by the Republican party, that in all
the investigation fixing fraud and corruption
upon Republicans, in no single instance has
a colored man been implicated.
General Anes for Governor and II. C.
Carter for Lieutenant Governor, are the
unanimous choice of the colored race, who
are in the majority, and who should be enti-
| tied to their choice if we recognize theiI
| rights, without distinction. Ames will be
our next Governor unless the wire-workers
defeat him in convention. We believe he
will get the nomination and be elected, anC
we would make him the friend Of our people
and of the interest Of the State. In this We
ask no one to follow our lead, we follow the
dictates Of none, where reason and truth are
not in the van. Let every man be governed
| by that monitor within his own breast, ant
he will have even in defeat the best conso
lation which is found in an approving con
| science
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Miss RebeCca wright

Yes, the very mention OF the lady whose
name stands al the head Of this notice, car
rics u back to childhood. Where /, there "A
boy or Girl, resident of Winchester, Va, it,
teen years ago that does not know the beau
tiiul little Quakcress that passed and re-
passed to the Friends meeting house on the
suburbs of that town? Not one. She wa
too pretty and modest not 30 be noticed in
her plain attire, rs she passed up and down
the streets of the city since rendered histOri,
by the thrilling events of the late war. AT
that time she was loved and admired, bat
aftcrward she was hated. For what? Be
cause she adOred her aged aud honorcd
father, and could not bare the sight of hi
I being dragged oil to prison. At that time,
we are sale ia saying that tii5 gir did not
have the first principle OF romance in her
composition. Her style was different
from that Of Belle Boyd, the beau-idcaI
Of the army of the shenandoah. who would
ride or walk, day or night, for the pur-
pose of getting inside the Federal lines, aud
there for the time being play the agreeable,
and then return to the Camp-rcs Of heI
friends with the valued information she had
acquired. Yes, we say her style was differ
ent, for she was prompted TO play the part 81
spy only on account OF bad treatment melted
out to her father. And well 10 we rcmcmbci
the old, gray haired gentlemen, with head
u
horse wagon, without springs, ready @" h.
jolted up the Valley Turnpike, on hi, WAY q.
the lOathSOmc prison wcll-kuOwn to ever,
soldier in the land rs Libby, and simply hy-
cause hc was free to express, his opposition
to the struggle then going on between the
North and the South. Many were the friends
OF that gentleman, who stood and looked %
with tears streaming down their check, hul
dare not open their lip IN hls favor, for !esf
Of being considered d!-.oyal, aud taken .I
10 prison with him. This va, an awful
sight for Mis-, Wright to behold, and one
that she could never forget, and N once 81.
became enIbittercd against the Confederate
cause, and did all IN hcr power 10 defeat q,
and right nObly did she carry forward her
plans and to-day We have no doubt but
what Gen. sheridan D.. indebted 20 her iOI
much OF hi5 success ii not h., life And tho
Government, besides is grat.tudc, owes her
that which would render her cOmFOrtlh..
through lie.
In conclusion, Ne vii state that Il doe,
not afford u ;he least pleasure - call the
attention Of our readers 10 an account u.
Miss WriSht's unhappy marriage, published
IN another column OF this paper, ~ fur
nshed BY the NcwYork H,,all, because she
Is more 10 be pltlcd than blamed Tor her mis-
fortune, and We are certain that she W.. 90
ceiye the sympathy OF every Federal soldier
connected with che army Of the great Sheuau-
dOah Valley, for she wa T. them o. an auge.
sent from heaven - Carroprt Va Repat'.-
can.
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s-S-As we 90 TO press the announcement
of the denomination Of Governor Washburn is
received. General Butler, SO much maligned
and so 'ready, as his enemies assert, to do
mean things, gracefully declines, as he did
two years ago, and falls into the ranks like a
good soldier. The respectable Boston Ad-
rertiser advised bolt in case Butler was
elected, and the Rev. James Freeman Clarke
publicly advocated it in the convention.
Nothing shows more clearly the temper of
Buffers opponents.
In the convention one reads the usual
names that control the inside ring of Massa-
chusetts politcs-Rice, Hoar, Bullock, and
Loring. All that they do to accomplish their
end is right; all Buffers efforts, as earnest
as they may be, are wrong. There is nothing
like time, and Ben. may be Governor of Mas
sachusetts yet; at any rate We hope to live
to see IT,
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The fullest development Of the negro will
find him engaged in all the various avoca-
lions Of business life according as ability,
taste, and special fitness may suggest. Tn
til he is to be found with some representation
in each Of the numerous callngs Of life until
he is given opportunity, on discovering the
bent of his genius, to follow it with no OBJ
stacles or hindrances encountered by other
citizens he will not have reached, in Ameri-
ca, that position or standing which he earnest
ly seeks. AS long as the presence Of col
ored man or woman in any given pursuit ex-
cite. surprise, comments, and criticism, so
long will there be need Of earnest effort in
clearing away American prejudice. To us,
it appears that the business houses of Wash
ington offer fine opportunity for advance
ment in the direction above indicated. The
colored people compose one third OF the
inhabitants of the District. Their trade in
dry goods, groceries, shoes, ETC., is by no
means small. Business houses could well
afford to employ some young colored men
and women as statesmen and clerks. We
invite attention to this matter, with the hope
that some of our enterprising business houses
will take the initiative in giving us such OPP
portunity. The colored people will give
large increase to the trade of any firms that
will favorus. Merchants of Washington, who
Of you will be the first to extend the invita-
ton: The suggestion herein contained is
made upon pure business principles. En-
ploy colored salesman, notify the colored
people of the District that you are fovorlne
us in their regard, and your business will be
| LARGELY increased
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Bas- The election of Senior CASTELAR,, as
President of the Spanish Republic, by a vote
Of 1873 against 60, is a triumph of no uncer-
tain magnitude for the friends of true Repub-
licanism throughout Europe. CASTELAR, is
now known in Europe and America as one
OF the most eloquent men of the time, fin.
ished and scholarly writer, patriot without
blemish. and one who is likely, if any one
is able, to lead the once proud Spanish peo-
pie from their political and religious bondage
into the light of civil and religious liberty.
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S0- The September number OF Wood's
Household Magazine is on our table. We al
ways have a good word to say for this publ
cltion-it is such a whole-souled book-sO
wide awake, SO lively and entertaining, yet
always so chaste and refined. 1t is regu-
lar little go-ahead, too, as comparison be-
tween its numbers will prove. We learn
that the firm Of S. 5. Wood Il Co. dissolved
in March last, the go" Is. L. Shutes,
Mayor Of Newburgh,l retaining possession
Of the magazine, and recalling II. V. Osborne
tTenoroon) as editor. So, though the pub
LEGATION really changed hands, ii has not
suffered from the management OF new pub
Usher or new editor, but under the redoubled
efforts of Its energetic proprietor, has gained
new force and new attractiyeness. Price
only one dollar year. Address
WOODS HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE,
Newburgh, y, Y.
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Organization of COlOred Men In
Virginia.

The Richmond Wig Of yesterday endea-
vors to prove that there is no occasion for
the colored men of Virginia organizing on
"the race line, :" and assures them that not one
of their rights is threatened by the Conserva-
tive party. The colored men of Virginia,
after the experience they have had with the
constituency of the Conservative party, will
hardly accept the assurances of the Wing and
rush pell-mell into the meshes of the enemy.
| 1t is true, as the Wing says, that the Con-
servatives have not denied to the colored
people the privileges and franchises conferred
upon them by the constitutional amend
ments but even for this negative service the
Wing cannot claim any credit. So far as the
Conservative party of Virginia is concerned,
it is not the love of Justice or veneration for
| the law that induces them to accord to the
| colored race that to which they are funda-
mentally entitled, but rather the fear of the
penalties imposed under the law. There is
no distinction de jtTe, as regards race or
color, in Virginia, but de fdctO there is, and
none know this 50 well as the victims them
| selves.
The organization of the colored men of
| Virginia is not meant to be threatening and
aggressive towards the whites, as the Wing
charges, nor was the organization prompted
| by any such feelings or motives. 1t was the
natural growth of events that are daily trans
prlng in Virginia-events that would place
the coiored men in a state of political degra-
| dation as bad as that from which they were
rescued by the Republican party. The coll
ored men organized for defence, and not for
aggression, and the Wing and its party
| friends have made this organization neces-
sary. They have learned that union gives
strength, and that strength inspires conf
dence in themselves and commands respect
| from their enemies. They know from expe-
rience that the Conservative party tolerates
them because the penalties Of the law stand
before them; that they heap contumely upon
them upon all occasions because they are
colored men that they have no sympathy
whatever with their strivings to elevate them
selves, and that all their efforts are directed
to pull them down, rather than encourage
and build them up. The colored men have
no schemes looking to the consolidation Of
| political power in their hands. They simply
want TO be treated, under the law, as other
men are treated, and when this is done by
the party now in power in Virginia the ne
cessity for the organization Of colored men
on "the race line" will have passed away
not till then.-Republican, Sept. 10.
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seThe thanks ofthe NEW NATIONAL

70 ne lIIauks OF Inc NEW NATIONAL ERA
AND CITIZEN are herewith rendered 10 the
President, j. c. Jackson, Jr., and Henry
Scroggins, Secretary Of the Agricultural and
Mechanical Association OF Fayette and
other Counties, Kentucky, for an invitation
to attend their fifth annual Fair, commencing
September 23rd, 1873. The encouragement
OF such progressive enterprises is one of our
duties. We perform it in sending Mr.. Fred
erick Douglass to address them, and regret
that our duties prevent our presence.
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se5- Senior Luis DeA brisqueta, Phi. D., eN-
Professor of the University of Havana, pro-
poses giving instruction in the French,
German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and
Danish languages at his residence, los Third
street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In adj
dition TO these, he audits and adjusts ac-
counts, collects accounts and judgments,
prepares legal documents, negotiates loans,
and reyises and prepares manuscripts for the
press
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s1cThe New York Times is making raid
on the Erie railway. 1t has all the dash Of
its famous attack on the Tammany Ring.
Some Of the Developments are very start
ling. Even the company's own estimate Of
earnings gives chance for fearful amount OF
stealings. The y. Y. Eseaiag Pod Is
naturally alarmed at the vigor OF the attack
OF the Tuner. 1t was alarmed at the Tam
many raid at tirst, 80 it don't amount 10
much
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kEEWe have RECEIVED the first Nh

GJWe have received the first number of
the Atlanta Ner Era, the only Republican
paper in Georgia. In appearance and edi-
torial matter, general news, good selections
and spicy locals, it is just the thing that is
needed in that State. We wish it all success
in its efforts for the triumph of tife Republi-
can Party and its principles.
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rUMr. Richard T. Greener will accept a
limited number Of engagements TO lecture
during the coming fall and winter in the
Middle and Western States. He will speak
on political and literary topics. His address
wall be al this office.
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y LAUDABLE AMsIIIoS / homo. TIE
man whose ambition il j. no, % w.n laurel
IN tho state or the army, not % De a ilr.'.
OF naturalist, not To BE- II poet ora CJu!lnan-
der, but 70 be master o! living we'll, aui -
administer the Offices 90! master or .sr,all,
oihusbdud, father aud friend EltNrc44!r,
az much breadth Of power for th.s rs FOR tho-T
other functions, as much, or more, and the
reason Tor the failure Is the same. JhuA
TIE vice Of our house keeping J., tina: b, does
not hold man sacred. The vice o. govern.
ment, the vice ofcducatiDn, the W" r!re..E %.
- one with that Of private i.e-EAsrS.'s.
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S1r There is a prospect of redeeming
Delaware. Wilmington has gone Republi-
can, Mr.. Joshua Maris carrying the city by
$50 majority over M'Cauley, Democrat.
Nine out Of eleven councilmen are Republi-
cans.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER II. 1873.
sUBsCRInERS TAKE NOTICE!

WeWill present each person, subscr bing
for the New NATIONAL Era one year, a
fine photograph of Toussaint LOuvreture.
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II you cannot bc river bearing z.-H.
vessels Of blessings To the world, YOU ,an u'
a little spring by The dusty wa,s.dr Of life,
singing merrily all day and Al. Il .hI, and
giving a cup OF cold water % ever, wclf'
thirsty one who passes by.
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meets at Raleigh on the 18th October, and
holds five days.
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AMBITION Is like choler, which b., a hun
that maketh men active, earnest, il.. q.
alacrity and stirring, il i not be- stopped
but II 1t be stopped, and cannot have u WAY,
II becOmeth fiery, aud thereby mal--'n al
YenOmous BACON
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rorHon. Lewis II. Douglass arrived in the
city to-day after n pleasant vacation IN west
ern New York.
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All Communication, for publication in the NV NATIONAL
IN, must be Addressed TO Levi. II. pouglsss
Business letters from subscribers and advertisers should
be sadre.-~i 20 Freserick Dougls.' Jr Lob BOZ 81.
Th. paper responsible for the views expressed BY
Correspondents.
sssub.criber. chansiDg their residences. and desiring
10 have the NE~ N,rros.I forwarded them should
he particular in writing fully the address
.mbraeog town. county and STATE. well the town,
county and State which the change to be made
Attention 10 thi. will saw. much trouble.
LEWIS h. DOUGLASS. ........-. Editor in chief
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-01-17

required 10 Rfvhhail u few days since, she took
up the lag and could nnd nothing hut che or
him. she inquired why they held her, as there
was nothing In the law that bore upon her case.
CoNUNDRUN,
The only question to be settled was are women
pcrsons7 She did not believe that any would
sS y WERE Rs TO se S ne nSS n
the ballot then all else shall be given thee" was
now the political Injunction. American Citizen
ship without addition o. qgallncatlon means
noble judges and congressman helping them IN
the majesty and dignity Of attaining their citl-
zenship. Hon. Ben. Butler hal toldthe speaker
that the women were fighting their way through
nObly, and when they got up to the Supume
Court he would be there 10 help them. She as
serted that by the adoption Of the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments the rights OF citizen
ship had become universal, and she invoked the
aid Of all good citizens in carrying them out.
In the court IN Rochester she was asked the
question! "Dld she knowingly cast an illegal
vote :" to which she replied, "No; that she
knowingly cast legal VOTE What they wanted
was Congressman and Judges to study the laws
Of the nation and become posted In the laRal
points Of the question.
Mrs. LILLE DEvgREux BLAKE
was next introduced, and said they had come TO
plead for their rights, and II could be seen that
their cause gained ground with each succeeding
year, and now has thousands Of advocates
throughout the breadth and length Of the land
Miss Anthony had inaugurated = revolution
which the speaker hoped she would live To see
successful. The question was not so terrible II
deliberately and seriously considered. She then
brieny alluded TO the family relations In the do
nestle circle, Anl said that n had been urged
that by granting women suffrage these happy
homes would be broken aud the Gre OF life be
eNtingulshed, But such would not be the case,
for each would purity the other and make them
better.
This Government Is only ruled by men, and all
the gentle influences that woman could and
churches their prayers ascend to Heaven for the
weak and oppressed. Certainly the ballot placed
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BOARD OF POLICE.


The Board OF Metropolitan Police met Sestcr-
day and transacted the following business:
Private Benz. j, Simonds, Geo. 7. TOOmey and
Joseph Stone having served on the force sixty
DAYS were ordered 10 he commissioned.
The following resolution was adopted:
Reso'poi, That hereafter any member Of the
Metropolitan police force Of the District Of Co
lumblR who shall be on trial before one or more
OF the commissioners, IN accordance with tut
laws and regulations OF the Board Of Police Com.
missioners; and II shall be clearly proven that he
lid drink sptrituous liquor, or was under the In
nuence OF intoxicating drinks, or was In state
Of lntoNlcatlon AZ any time, shall be dismissed
ton shall not Apply TO any member Of the force
who may have been guilty Of Its violation prior
to the date OF Its passage.
Commissions were ordered TO be issued to De-
sectiyes George McElfresh and John l. Sargent.
During the session Of the board, the burglars
who entered the store Of Mr. Shuster were exam
med by several Of the members. one OF the
three, who appeared to be the spokesman, en-
deavOfed very ingenlousy 10 convince the mem
hers present that they were innocent strangers
IN the city, on their way TO Richmond, and were
beguiled into remaining In the city over night,
and mysteriousy found their way In front Of Mr..
Shusters building about the time Of the alarm,
and were arrested without any reason; Two OF
them could not repress a smile at the fertile
Imagination OF their spokesman.
THE LiEuTESAEr
OF the police force were before the board during
Its session. The boarl took occasion 10 impress
upon them their determination TO enforce rigidly
the Sunday law and all other regulations relative
to the sale Of liquor. Their attention was also
called TO careful examination OF all the appll-
cations for liquor licenses referred TO them In
order that no person could obtain license who
had been found guilty Of violating any Of the
liquor license laws.
Applications from the following persons for
liquor licenses were approved: Jeremiah Me
Carthy, Arthur Flynn, John Elsenger, Richard
Walker, Oliver z. Chappell, John Chills, ThOs.
Those OF Conrad Eber and Redway Wander.
GRIT were recOnsldeTed and approved.