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Winnie Ream's Farrasut.

Miss Reani's model Of the statue Of Farra-
gut, which was SO nearly destroyed by tho
stupidity of worknen while conveying it to
the Capitol few days ago, has been entirely
restored, and is now visited daily by scores
and hundreds Of members CT Congress, citi-
zens, and strangers. Though it was almost
literally broken into fragments, by her in
domitable energy and wonderful skill, work
ing at it night and day, hardly eating or
sleeping, the effects Of what seemed ire
parable ruin, is entirely remedied, and it now
exhibits what all who personally knew him,
a perfect likeness Of the great Admiral, Of
heroic size. We do not know what the COM
mittee, upon whom the duty IS placed Of
selecting from the many models presented
comparatively, may decide upon. But if the
object Of Congress be to secure faithful
likeness Of this greatest of our naval heroes,
and keep alive with his country rcmem-
brance Of him as he really was in life, not as
the fancy Of an artist may model him, Miss
Ream will be the fortunate competitor. And
this, We are sure, would be the decision Of
N1SL h1ajctA'S VI h'iS kSSI-SJ "A-0@tS'NA a. ~
we're classical test, such as conceived Green
ough's Washington, might demand. Il is
fashionable, we know, for q class Of critics,
whose chief abilities lie in fppant use of
disparaging epithets, to dccry Miss Kearu's
works. Most of them have not even seen
her Lincoln or any other Of her works, and
if they had would be incompetent to judge
of their merits, either through prejudice Oh
ignorance. They think it brave to make
them q subject Of their small wit, because
she is woman and attractive. One Of our
exchanges dev0te5 an article to the ridicule
Of Miss Ream's statue of Farragut, under
the impression that it is an equestrian model.
1T would be bad enough" says this sapieut
critic, who shows his capacity to judge Of
work Of art by mistaking n heroic figure,
standing on the deck Of his ship with a spy
glass in his hand, for IA equestrian statue,
''to be chiseled by Miss Ream in any con-
ceivable style, but to be exhibited to future
generations seated On a war horse" &c. This
is undoubtedly smart, and about az just and
intelligent as most Of the criticisms by those
who have never seen one Of her statues or
busts. We believe Miss V. will triumph
over her enemies, as she already has over SO
many obstacles. And We rejoice at heT Sue
cess not more because she has shown herself
a brave, resolute woman, than because she
is sn artist Of eminent merit
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Outrage ON Thaddeus Steven-'
Memory.

In commenting upon the villailou, and d..
gracefully wicked attack upon the memory 0.
Mr.. Stevens, one Of the purest and most in
couuptlbie men God ever made, Ia connec-
ton with the Credit Mobilier affair, and the
zeal with which certain disreputable journals
have circulated the vile SANDER, the Roehes-
ter Ezpress, as we do, demands, in justice to
the noble patriot, that the widest circulation
should be given TO the positive testimony
put In by the Hon. Mr.. Diekey, the succes-
sor OF Mr.. Stevens in Congress, and By Or.
Dlrant. Alley, whose testimony has through
out been uncertain, declared that Mr.. Ste
vens got ESQ, 900 Of stock or bonds, and that
Mr.. Durant SO informed him. This Durant
denies explicitly and totally. He never paid
Mr.. Stevens the money, or said he paid il, or
heard that it Was paid. Mr.. Dickey ia one
Of Mr.. Stevens executors, and Mr.. McPher.
son, Clerk Of the House, is another. and
both say there is not the slightest Truth in
the report. This they are pre- pared TO peove
by Mr.. Stevens check book and the lnven.
tory Of his assets.
Delighted as these opposition journals have
bssn 20 ses the apparently soccessful assault,
which have been made upon the regulations
Of some Of our living public raen, nothing has
Afforded the most Of them greater gratisca-
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The Capital and COlOred People.

The Capital says: ''Pinchback is aptiy
described as a negro gambler and eH-peni-
Tertiary inmate" If the Capital thinks it can
aid bad cause by singing mud at its oppo-
nents in this style, We have no objection to It's
method. Immediately upon the heels Of this
statement follows another to the effect that
Gov. Warmoth is one of the best OF men.
IfGoy. Pinchback ever had any reputation for
gaming no possessed it when Gov. War
moth exerted the whole weight OF his official
patronage and favor to secure Gov. Pinch
backs election rs Lieutenant Governor. If
Gov. Pinchback was ever penltentiary in-
mate his constituents who elected him to the
Senate knew it before his election, and if he
had not shown by ten years OF devotion to
the interests Of his race and party that he
was worthy man, 1t seems strange that the
Fusion party was unanimous In its desire Tor
him to run on Its ticket as member OF Con-
gress at large, aud stranger still does 1t seem
that this gambler and penitentiary convict
should actually have been elected first mem-
Der Of Congress at large and then United
States Senator by party OF which but
short year ago Gov. Warmoth was the dis
tlnguished leader. But We have undoubted
authority for denying that he ever was
a penitentiary convict. The only ground for
such statement resulting from short lm-
prisonment in the city Jail as the penalty Of
an encounter wherein Gov. Pinchback had
defended his life.
l., IL of no al trIIp
Gov. Pinchback has shown wonderful re-
formatory results Or tremendous force OF
character ia overcoming the evil effects OF
his vices, or else the conclusion must be
reached that his constituents are even worse
than he. If they have only the color Of truth,
aud we suspect this is the case, the accusation
furnishes curious commentary upon Demo-
cratic journalism, when it is remembered that
the greatest Of Democratic fortunes were
carved out by the ow.e-knite, and that some
Of the greatest of Democratic statesmen like
Benjamin, Quitman, Pierre SoUle, and the
rest were !nveterate poker-players. Were
these gamblers and are the pardoned Ku-klux
cx-penitentiary inmates?
But We have said enough on the subject.
Gov. Pinchback's present claims have little
OR nothing to do with his personal character.
He claims his seat in the Senate Of the Uni
ted States because the State Legislature Of
Louisiana elected him to it. If the Legisla- !
ture did wrong the fight Of the Capital should
be with the Legislature and not with Gov.
Pinchback; but in that case the Capital
would have to fight itself, because it en-
dorses Gov. Warmoth- who has over and
over endorsed the late Louisiana Lesisla-
ture, composed Of no better material than
the present ons.
We refer to this subject not In the interest
Of Gov. Pinchback, who Is abundantly able
to take care OF himself, but rather because
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What the Fran. WAS NUIiG o.

A member OF The House has taken pains -
have all the books and documents printed,
for distribution By members Of Congress each
year, carefully weighed. with view Of SScer-
tanning the postage which will have to be
paid thereon. if sent after the abolition Of the
ranking privilege takes effect. lie ilnds that
il will require an expenditure OF : 81 by each
member, and this does not Include speeches,
bills, or other matter sent out under frank,
but only the matter printed under authority
Of law or joint resolution. Cor. y. J. ItrlsS.
II this statement be true every pound Of
paper used at the Government Printing Of
fee for printing public documents land none
are printed anywhere else) must have been
made into bound books, and every volume
thus bound be sent oil annually under the
frank of member Of Congress. This state
ment &C an expenditure Of s132 for each men,
Der yearly would pay the postage on $3.50
bound volumes, weighing each ore pound and
two-thirds, at ono cent per ounce, which Is
the legal postage on hound books. For the
3GG members it would amount to an aggre-
gate Of a2G7, 9l2 and 933, $50 bound volumes
yearly, requiring 900 tons Of paper. Now
the truth is that not more than 900 tons Of
printing paper is yearly used for public docu-
ments, including the Congressional! Globe,
and not more than e-iourths, or less than
700 tons, are bound at all. And Of the docu-
ments that are bound, not moro than one
half, or $50 tons, is sent Though the mails
frankcd, the postage on which, at cent an
ounce, would be 3ll2, 900 in all, and about
$500 to each member.
But it has not cost the Government any
thing Ike this amount. And we very much
doubt if it has cost it single dollar, for con-
tractors have eXacted no more from the Gov
ernment On account Of the free matter they
transport. These .flcts, for they are facts,
show how wild and absurd is all the rant and
defamation expended bymen who never take
the trouble to investigate the matter upon
what they call the "iranAing privilege abuse"
The New York T.oges has shown 50 much
practical common sense in other matters that
we are surprised that it has permitted itself
to he so humbuggad by dcnlagogues On this
subject
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blatant fsyporEites.

We are often disguised by certain South
ern member. Of the House OF Representatives
who owe their election in many cases to the
preponderance Of colored voters in their dis
tricts. With very rare exceptions, these
members have brought forward no measure
Of interest to their colored constituents, but
are often loud-mouthed in dclunC.ation Of
the Hon. Charles Sumner as an .mpracticable
theoGist, because Of his Civil Rights bills and
and his fJss-school measure. These mem
bers have palmed themselves OF On the col
ored people Of the South as believers in
equality before the law and in a common hu-
mainly, but when they are n Washington
they forget the negro and give lin the cold
shoulder, keep aioof from the meetings held
here to further the cause O. humanity, and
are always behind IL pressing for equa! and
exact justice for their constituents. We
shall give ouc reader IA the South through
these columns "a review Of the conduct Ct
those they have sent to represent them, and
who have really done nothing for them. We
feel that it is due to our friends in the South
that they be enlightened as TO tho character
of the men for whom they vote, and We shall
endeayor to do cur full duty in this work
1t Is time that the blatant hypocrites who,
through shamming friendship for the negro,
become members Of Congress, are shown up
10 their true character. For two years has
there been an endeavor to enact Law for
protecting colored people in their civil rights,
and the white members OF Congress from the
South have, with few exceptions, said never
a word in behalf Of the measure. The Hon.
Charles Ii. Porter, Of Virginia, is rare ex-
ception to some Of the Southern members
who have been elected by colored votes.
He has been true all the way through. Our
Southern friends must not forget the recre-
ants who have once deluded them by false
pretences, but remember TO substitute ether
and more faithful Representatives in their
stead.
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Raids Upon she Treasury.

At the last session Of Congress the Presl-
den: vetoed bill to pay one DR.. Best, Of KY,
Cancellation" tribute Of s25 900 for Louise
destroyed BY our troops during the rebellion.
The loyal people Of the North who pay the
taxes, the great majority OF the Republican
party, and most patriotic people everywhere,
warmly approved tho act. They looked upon
il as precedent that would logically lead to
the payment by Congress for all property de-
stroyed BY our troops, which belonged TO
loyal men, amounting 10 many millions Of
dollars, and would lead TO endless and snor-
nous frauds upon the Treasury. DR.. Best's
claim was 10 stronger than that Of tens Of
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Bohemian Consisteney,

Tvo years ago two Bohemians attached 10
the New York Tribune, who had By some
dishonorsble or corrupt means procured
copy ofthe Alabama Treaty, were Imprisoned
BY order 81 the Senate for contempt 10 retus-
ing 10 disclose from whom they obtnined X.
The act raised terrific howl all over the
country among the independent AID Cop
perhead papers, and many self-rishteous
Republican editors united their voices with
them to swell the outcry. But the most
deafeniug clamor was raised by the Bo-
hemians who gather about this city during
the winter a hungry and noisy as carrion
crows about 4 dead carcass. The Senate
was denounced in all the vilest terms IRON
their rich vocabulary Of abusive epIthet-.
To read their daily philpp.cs one would have
supposed that the liberties of the people had
received blow from the Senate from which
they could never recover. Such asonizlns
walls Of distress and alarm as they poured out
were painful to hear.
/ Now look on this picture. \ few days ago
| one J. B. Stewart, lawyer of this city, was
arrested By order of the House OF Repre-
| sentatives for refusing 10 testify to whom nc
! paid a certain sum of money received by hun
from the Credit Mobilier or the Pacific Rail-
road Company, though he swore that not
dollar of it was paid to any member oil Con-
gress. Still hi, plea that the confidential
relations always recognized as existing be-
tween attorney and client were disregarded,
and he was arrested and is now in the Con-
gressional Bast;le.
Another tune is now sung by these LIB
eral' Republicans and Copperhead dema'
gogue Bohemians, and Mr.. Stewart Is the OBJ
ject of their vituperation. He is denounced
as bitterly as the Senate was two years ago
All their alarm for the liberty Of the citizen
is gone, and they are glorifying the House IN
the most fulsome terms for the punishment
they are dealing out to Mr.. Stewart for doing
precisely what the contumacious witnesses
did two years ago. Then twas resistance to
tyranny" Now it is treason to the House
Of Representatives. This Is editorial mag
nanimity, justice, and consistency!
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Anti-COiOniza.iOn,

On Tuesday evening OT this week large
meeting Of colored citizens was held ia the
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church Tor the
purpose Of denOuncing the base attempts Of
the Colonization Society to induce free COL
cred American citizens to leave the land Of
theis nativity, and 20 to the deatl-dealing
shores Of Africa. The speakers were em-
phat.c in their denunciat!on Q? the negro
hate inspired Colonization Society. Want Of
space prec!udes the publication ia ibis issue
Of the fall proceedings OF the rneetin. The
meeting was presided over By Cornelius
CLARK, Esq, with Prof. Storin a, Secretary.
Speeches were made by .. A Straker, Geo.
7. Downing, Robert Pdryis, j. Sella Martin,
Prof. ". J. Wilson, Hon. J. II Ra.Eey, AID
Dr. Puryis
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Hampton students.

Last week the largest and most iashioha-
bic hall in Washington was literally PACKED
with a refined and cultivated audience to
listen to the singing Of the colored students
Of Fisk University, known as the Juo"ee
Singers. So great was the desire TO heN
these sinners, that hundreds went away
unable TO get even standing room. The
songs of these singers are those peculiar to
the late slaves of the South and the Singing
ability Of the colored race, which Is now be-
inc admitted, makes the attraction to The
performances Of colored singers so great IN
this city that, in the language Of one oil The
CITY papers, ANY well organized troupe Of
colored singers will be certain to draw large
houses here"
Like Fisk University, the Hampton Nor-
NAL and Agricultural Institute. devoted to
the preparation of colored teachers for the
coIored race, have an increasing demand for
facilities 10 accommodate the eager and
thirsty applicants for knowledge, and, Ike
the people Of Fisk University, the Hampton
folks have organized a band Of singers to
travel throughout the country singing the
Songs peculiar to their race in the South,
hoping thereby to earn 81 sufficient amount
by which they may eularge the.g college and
increase their work. The work Is a needed
one, after the two hundred and fifty years o.!
law enforced Ignorance upon the coicred
people OF the country. Hampton Institute
Is doing Its share Of the work, and il doing
IL :, 10 Of la
pie of the country, as does every institution
or organization that assists in placing upon
the road Of progress the late outraged and
enslaved people Of this nation. The singers
from Hampton are helping themselves by the
concerts they are giving through the country.
This Is a much better way than begging
help. In this way they give return for the
money amounting 10 a full equivalent. OF
the Hampton singers It il said that their
music has an intrinsic value and power
which can scarcely fail to attract attention,
for the training they have received has de
veioped and haEmonized their voices without
detract!ng from their originality, which IS
their chief charm
We believe it IS the duty OF the people Of
The United States to do everything that is
necessary to repair the injury done the col
ored people Of the nation by slavery and race
prejudice; and the most potent instrument
in this wor!, Of repairing is the school and
the college. They need money to carry them
on. The colored people have been robbed
of the result Of their toll, and consequently
have no money; they look to those Of their
late oppres5ors, who have repented, for as
istanca, and they come "a 30 the Hampton
singers, to charm them into helping by their
sweet and beautifully rendered songs. Shall
they come in vain? We trust not; we hope
to see Lincoln Hall crowded to oyerfowing
to hear the colored singers from Hampton
Institute sing their genuine plantation songs,
and we have not the least doubt but that the
hall will be thus Glied. We advise our
friends to secure reserved seats
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Cabinet Changes.

Notwithstanding the frequent AMI conf
dent predictions Of several changes in the
Cabinet after the 4th OF March, Secretary
Boutwell, is probably the only member who
wil! Withdraw from il. And he will only re-
sign TO enter the United States Senate. q
p0sitiOn 70 which we have hardly doubt
and sincerely hope, he will be elected. In
that case Judge Richardson will be nominated
as his successor, Se have even less doubt. A
correspondent Of the New York Tim.s states
s.thoc; qualification that The President has
determined on liz appointment 10 the yasan-
ey. Ia this he will receive the cordial APP
prevail CT The great majority Of the Repub-
lican party, and Of all candid men. There 10
q fitness in it that will commend 1t TO the
country
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the Copadl seizes ,r1ry occasion to deal IN
fairly with our race.
!. The party Of which ii is in some sense
the representative, BY systematic robbery,
usurpation, aud cruelty fastened upon Us the
vices over which the Capital makes merry 10
every issue and still clogs the pathway Of
reformation among Us. While the CapR0!
with heartless criticisms and cruel jibes in
tended 10 stir up the lower passions OF it,
lowest readers against us, scorns the sus-
gestons OF fair dealing and yields to the So
licitations Of more material considerations for
distorting facts and garbling testimony; ne
gro talent which faces all odds and beats all
combinations against it is dashed into moth
ingness by an epithet. Negro fidelity upiitt-
ing member OF the race to honors and TO
power is met with ridicule and clothed with
sneers-a whole race Of people struggling out
of bondage which was none OF their choos-
ing aud through enemies they would gladly
avoid, amid difficulties which none know save
the victims, are met by the Amalektes who
forbid them to pass through their country,
to speak their language, or to worship their
God
Surely the negro instinct was right y hen
| it recoied from the terms Of fellowship pro-
posed by the late Democratic wing OF the
Liberal party. The reputation of the negro
since defeat has been too strong, clear, and
sweeping to admit Of belief in Democratic
sincerity when the bargain was proposed
and until the Capital and its party change
their tune, the negro has a patent right to
his sweating hilarity as he sings, "Shoo fy,
| don't bodder me-"
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African Colonization.

The Colonization Society IS one Of those
institutions which, through its officers, IA
rsdes its accidental virtues rs n compensa-
ton for an originally lad intention. There
we're, beyond question, among its founders
and early supporters seine honest friends CT
the colored nan who thought that slavery
was worse than expatr!ation, and who felt
,ysteuaaGzed tyranny fed by the church and
cursed by national interests involved more
syiI than occasional hardships to be encoun-
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schuyler CoifaN.

Every eolored man and woman la tho Cni-
ted States will rejoice over the fac; that Vice
President Coliax has fully explained the
IL 200 matter which seemed to connect him
with the Credit Mobilier scandal. Mr.. Col
fax's devotion to equal rights has endeared
him TO the colored people Of the country, and
1t was with more than shade Of sorrow tha,
these people contemplated the charges
against him.
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lion than to insult the memory Of the dead
lion Of Republicanlsm. They car do ii no"
with IMMUNITY, for those lips, whose Sa!tas's
sentences blistered the traitors in Congress
ana the country with whom he dealt whh
living and the leader Of the House, are nov
SCALED and silent
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MORE HEARTIN THE WORK.

1t is hardly possible for one to do per.
feet work whose heart is not in tsis scork.
We gather the following from the Penn
sylvania School Journal:
We hope every teacher will read it caro-.
fully. Teachers should have moro heart
in their work. Broad culture and thorough
preparation will do moro than anything
else 10 bringing about this desideratum.
Holland says: The work of teaching
should be done ty men and women Of tn,
purcst motives, the noblcst enthusiasm,
the finest culture, tho broadest charity
and the most devoted christian purpose /;
The worth of such teachers cannot b,
estimated this side Of eternity. They
will never be accused Of lacking heart in
their work."
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TEACHING.

Wo notice marked change in the
methods Of teaching. The teachers atc
at work to prepare themselves for Tho
school room. We often hear inquiries
about school journals and works on tho
art Of teaching school. The manner of
calling and dismissing classes has under
gone complete change. We 6ud order
quiet in the school room while the classes
are being called and dismissed. The old
way of calling and dismissing the classes
promiscuously was very Objectionable.
Nothing but confusion was the result.
The pupils would stamped over the room
in such boisterous manner that the
teacher would be compelled to wait un>
til the uproar had subsidc before he
could do any thing, or call another GLASS.
We are glad to see the change in their
shools. ....