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a Chance fOs fare "COnc:Iia-
tlOGs.'

Congress, or the Court Of Claims. is likely
to be presented with a rare opportunity to
prove its wonderful liberality with the public
money, and thereby further to conciliate the
old slaveholding and rebel element Of the
South. enc or the other, or both, it is
stated, are to be presented with a demand
for further payment of the services Of GER
tain slaves pressed into TIE public service
during the rebellion by General Burnside.
There were about eight thousand, belonging
to Kentucky masters, thus impressed, and it
was supposed that the services Of all belong
ing to loyal masters were paid for. No doubt
this is the fact, and the probability is that
many rebel owners were also paid. Those
that were not, having had time to find wit.
nesses to their loyalty, are to come before
Congress, or the courts, for compensation
After eight or nine years the btterest rebel:
among then will probably be able to prove
that they were most jealous Unioni,ts
Their claims amount to about 5000, DOC, 900
No better chance will offer for more ICON
Citation" than this.
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Nowadays, if the parents Of
young lady receiving the attentions Of
young man happen to come in the room after
the arrival of the visitors the young men no
more think Of rising from their seats to pay
their respects than if they were not present;
in fact the old gentleman or old lady arc in
luck if they get spoken to at all. In the
scarcity of male produce in the matrimo.
NAL market, the young man considers him
self the only object worthy Of the regard,
first of the girl whom be is always vain
enough to think wants him, and next of the
mother, who wants husband for her daugh-
ter and lastly Of the old man, whose fogy-
ism it is supposed can do naught else but
worship the rising genius Of Sir Scipio African
US.
The first mark Of social delinquencIes, with
rare exceptions, is an unerring clue to all
that follows from courtship to housekeeping,
and from tho beginning of family life down to
the grave the children who are born and
brought up under such parents can but treat
their parents as their grand-parent were
treated.
Its useless to reply that white people have
discarded the old strictness and boring con.
ventionalities Good and sensible white
people never discard anything till they get
something better to put in its place; and
anyone who mistakes social freedom among
! them for mannerless license, has not yet
reached the first lesson in refinement. But
were it true that the majority Of white fami-
! lies are more lax in their manners than the V
should be, il is enough for all good men and
women to know that the great men and wo-
men Of white society are not recruited from
such careless and culpablc parentage, but
! from those who realize that the amenities of
life are as necessary in their place as the
duties Of life are.
The cOlGred men and women of the last
generation have left behind them healthy
descendants Of robust physical existence,
they have transmitted some of their business
tact and given in training their business hab-
its, but the greatest bequest they have left
is the good manners which characterize their
immediate descendants. Modesty, public
spirit, and independence, are the traits in the
sons of the fathers ofthe last generation, under
the guidance of good manners, these have
helpedto create the possibilities of the present
day, and nothing but these traits of character
in Young colored men will save them from the
failures begot by egotism, the guilt Of selfish.
ness, the disgrace of sycophancy, and the
disgust which ever waits on bad manners.
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Post Oairc Savings BANKS.

The proposition Of the Postmaster General
to establish 4 system of post-ofiice savings
banks similar to the one which prevails in
England, has met with much favor from the
public, and the disaster which has Overtaken
SO many of the savings banks in operation
when the panic broke out, has seemed to
enforce upon the people the necessity for
some such plan for protecting the hard earn
inys of the working classes from such calam-
tiles. We suppose it is understood that these
post Office banks are not to do any banking
business, discount notes, or lend money.
They are to have no capital Of their own,
and are not only not 10 make loans, but not
TO buy or sell exchange like other banks.
Neither are they to run the risk of losing
their deposits IN un,ound stocks or other
securities. They are merely to keep the peO-
pies small savings III trust, paying them a
small interest. There car be nothing incon-
sstcnt with the Every limited powers of the
Government in this, we think. From the
beginning Of the Republic we have done the
one, may we not now offer the other. Should
not the small savings Of the poor be as sa-
cred, and Of as much consideration to Il really
representative government a. the larger in
vestmeuts Of the rich" y republican gov
eminent should regard it as one OF its chief
it should not be outdone by the monarchcs
of Europe in consideration for the convent
cncc of the working people.
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The yirginius Affair.

The capture of the Viryinius by the Span.
ish war vessel Tornado are aud the subse.
quent shooting cffour ofits passengers likely
to cause serious difficulty between our Govern.
ment and that Of Spain. 1t is our hope thai
this Government will go the full length of its
rightfGl power in furnishing the cowardly az
sassins-!or such must every lover offreedoni
deem them-vho hays murdered the men
whose aim was the liberation Of Cuba from; a
control that unjustly holds it under the
tyranny ola foreign power. Freedom for the
slave will follow the success ofthe attempt to
free Cuba from the Spanish yoke. and if this
seizure ofthe Virgiuius and the murder Of its
passengers will aid the strugglers for liberty
in that isle, though we deplore the loss of the
brave men, We feel that they will not have
died in vain.
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Rel GSiicin Rule in Louisiana.

Official facts and figure, As they are per.
mitted to see the light, are giving the lie to
the food Of misrepresentation that tine rebel
Associated Press agent at New Orleans has
sent North daring the last year or two in
regard to Republican management in Louis
lana. According to an authentic statement
recently published we learn that when the
Republican party came into power in that
State there were fifty schools in New Orleans
and fifty in the State, outside. Now there
are ! 100 schools in the state, with 100, 900
scholars attending. During July the deposits
in the Frcedman's Bank were IL, l7G 1924.
The gross receipts since the Organization Of
the bank have been $50, 500, 40j. sc. Of the
annual products Of the 3l2 ,000, 600 are owned
and controlled By the colored men. And
the freedmen, who, when emancipated, Of
course, did not own dollar, now represent
property to the amount Of $50, 100000.
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II hayin. come to our noticc that persons
claiming TO be stockholders in the NEW Ma
TioxAL ERA AND CITIZEN Company arro-
cate 10 themselves the right to make colicc-
tons of money due this corporation, respect
fully give notice that none but authorized
agents are recognized 1t his Office. Some
imagine that the editors of he paper are the
proper parties to do business with. This is
not so, theirs is separate department.
The business department IL conducted by
Frederick Douglass, Jr., who is secretary OF
the company.
This arrangement does not interfere with
our friends securing and sending us subscrib-
ers, deducting twenty per cent. for SO doing,
but has reference to collections for job-work,
advertising, &c. LEWIS II. DOUGLASS,
President.
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Wise FOretiiOnght.

Senator Sprague has proved that he has
been careful not to deserve the Scripture OPP
rrobrium cast upon those who don't provide
for their own household. Whatever censure
the failure Of his firm may bring upon him,
ii can't be charged at any rate that he is
",corsc than an infidel" in that respect, il we
are to believe the statement we have seen
as to his provision for his offspring. 1t i,
said that besides the marriage portion settled
upon his wife, the daughter, it is known, OF
the late Chief Justice, each child "born unto
them has received a gift Of half million OF
dollars, being million for the two with
which they have been blessed. There is,
therefore, no serious danger of the family
coming to want, with reasonable economy.
The forethought displayed by the Senator in
thus providing for a rainy day while the sun
was shining, proves lin to be more pru-
dent husband and father than financier.
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Mississippi Rrpudiaiess EaGi;ed

Some time ago Gen. Butler addressed let
ter ofinquiry to a Mississippi official as to the
amount ofthe debt of the State which has crea-
ted good deal of excitement amongst the old
repudiating and rebel Democracy. They al
feet to see covered up under the inquiry for
information scheme affecting The old repudi-
ated bonds Of the Union aud Planters bank.
The letter was published by thousands pre-
viOus TO the elections and scattered all over the
State, with alarming comments. 1t created
so painful an excitement that to relieve their
agony Gen. Butler has humanely published
an explanation with view to relieve there
troubled minds. He says that having occas-
ion to make an examination Of the statistics
Of the public debt of the several States, to
learn the total indebtedness of the country,
and finding no compilation of the debt in a
printed form since 1870, | addressed 4 circu-
lar letter to every Governor of the United
States in the same terms that did to the
Governor Of Mississippi, and have received
from most of them courteous answers, send
ing me public documents giving the several
depts. III Is amusing, II not amazing, TO see
how an innocent, and as l supposed Il COM
mcndable, desire to obtain information to
guide my action as n public man, can be
made vehicle of electioneerng Islander and
folly" In connection with the publication
Of this letter, it is authoritatively denied that
either Gen. Butler or Gen. Ames is interest
cd in any way in the repudiatcd bonds OF Mis-
sissippi, or any scheme looking to the pay
ment of any Of them.
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Grapes Rnd Vinc Is Gaiifo. min.

ON the grapes and wine crop Of California
the present season the san Francisco Eplis-
fin thus speaks The wine made in this
State last year fell considerably sEor: pf the
esiim atos. which had early in the season set
down the probable PRODUCTION nt 1880, GOO
gallons. whereas, the actual amount was, ac-
cording u the estimates OF wine makers well
up in the business, not much above 5000.
600 gallons. From the same source ~"
learn that the most careful estimates TT the
present year do not place the yield much above
5000, opp gallons. Two reasons arc assigned
for this shrnka-c First, the frost,, witch
were the most severe that had occurred in
the State for many wears The irn>ts came
late in the spring, ju>t al the transition Com
blossom - fruit. second, the excessively
hot weather OF the summer months ha>
thickened the pulp Of most the wine grapes,
making them ''flcshv,' and while The quality
has really been improved, the prices have 5..
mnishcd. The price Of the better sort ol
grapes has advanced moderately this YEAR.
the average for those in bulk icing abuu;
two-and-a-hllfC But irrigated Mission
grapes in Los Angeles county have brought
/ not much above thrcc-fpUrths uf C"ll Ter
+ pound, while Sonoma Mission --.Vc~. not
( irrigated, have brought about one cent per
B pound. Considering the number %, Sew
vines which were expected 20 come into
3 bearing this wear, the crop must be set down
a. a very small one. Probably 50 many uu-
toward Influences may not combine aglin~ Z
the G;alr crop again in ten wears. The =
uuu.uoO gallons. which were the more mo-
drratc estimate Tor 1873. hay, settled down
T. about 3,oGn,ouJ, with a Tropnytionatc
/ ~!T!Hkagr in taE.c-grapcS. liu, they ave
good, and that has been the principle rHu-'-
!ltluu o. the g-Ipc-yTDWeT>.
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Personal.

Il. d. Ruin, graduate of the law depart
ment Of Howard University, has been elect
ed Sheriff of Alexandria County, Virginia.
Rev. George Williams of the Twelfth Dap.
fist Church, Boston h as been spending 4 few
days in our city.
Hon. II. NJ. Turner, Of Georgia, is in the
city.
J. W. PurnelI, Esq, Of Philadelphia, in
spector of Frcedman's Banks, left this city
yesterday for Shreveport, Louisiana, to look
after the affairs of the branch there. The
cashier fell victim to yellow fever, leaving
the bank safe locked with combination
lock-
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Deacon Perkins brother JLmy-. vhr is
one OF the old school Kind or fellows h.rl.~
the Po,t-Cllicc and store down in tie VII
LACE and rs he has some ValUal,,~ ou
hand u~ally IN the way Of stamps. books
and money, lie bought one ot the fire
proc! safes with a paticn; combination lock
on II. The lock was \ "Yalc," aul could
be set on a gre at many Thousand different
combinations There was Il printed cir
cular came with ii. Tuesday nigh, he
closed his store, pat his books and thing
in the safe rs usual, and retired. Tie text
morning when he went 10 unlock it he
couldn't remember how il was set. Here
was a hN. All Of his books, papc">, and
stamps III the safe and the days h,i,.ur>,
ready to commence; but he thought he
would say nothing about il until Ligh,
and then he could probably cXrclimcutun
| ii and get il open. While he was think
lug ot II, one Ut his customers against whom
he had an account of long stdudinE and
which he had given up - Il bad Cucl cuur
III, and wanted to settle. But it was no use.
| There was the safe just rs it was, 81 he had
to tell him to call again, as he hada' got his
books iiNedup. During the day nearly every
doubtful one he had on his books called g.
settle, but he had to tell them all the same
story; and after they went ont lie would
lean on the desk, and bending his gaze in
an absent manner on the lock, hum Il hymn
the last line Of each verse Of which would be
Hang the thin%,' But every dlv has an
end, 50 did this one, and as soon as nc had
locked the front door he went for that safe
bald-hcadcd. First hc read the instructions
which told him 10 take OF the cap on the
inside OF the door and insert the KEY, when
the combination was lost. But how was he
to get at the inside door, and his key that was
inside too? Then he thought OF Il mcmOrau-
dunn he made when he set it, and that wts
inside also; then he resigned himself t. his
fate, and commenced tryiT; the lock. He
would Try one way and then another; then
he would stop and think and gruut then al
ter taking Il long breath aud rrplckins his
wind, he would - at her again, shaking her
UP lively, but 1t was no u-c--sClcucc wa, too
much Tor strength; and after working un it
two hours and Il half lac was about To- aban-
don 1t, When Lis wife, vino bal been
looking over his shoulders at the pert ~
nance, happened 10 take hold ut the handle.
when the sale opened with perfect ease i.
hadn't been lOcHcd at all. There are
times in the mems liyu- whru the heart i,
too fall for Uttcrancc. This was one oc
them. He closed that safe door, took W
his lamp, and started for bed, not even OPEN
ing his mouth when his wife asked him II he
had fastened up everything all nLbt-l Pfa-
JH-y Mars.
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Mr.. G.. L.. MADISON.

This Young gentleman, who in this section
of tn" state Is well known As rising youuE
Colorcd lawyer and senator from this county ,
made Il rcmarkabl" line speech in defense at
his client, Jimmie Anderson, at the murder
trial. lndrcd, il Is probably OWN. in great
measure I" his cloqucncr that the hoy, whom
every enc knows was present at the murder,
was acquitted. This IL the second capital
case IN which Mr.. MADISON has appeared, aud
Er has the satisfaction of having gained both
lii casts. We have hrl;cl his lorucr speech
delivered IN the defense IF Wesley Nixon in
Id@"c"nihr county, very highly spoken Of by
tn.'>" who were fortunate enough To hear ID ,
and ~" think he deserves praise for his sue
cess. II is no small undertaking FOX a col
"rrdm (" ciurltc and quality himsc't .,
be- admitted to the bar, hut he has labnlr,
hard Tor many years and il now on the road
10 ucrcNS. lie Is ganinga fair practice uad
has many friends. We desire also To call at
t"ntipn 10 the fact that We failed to observe
any Withholding Of that pro!r- .ional courtesy
!"r which the bar is so noted among the at
;DTncys present, which is "a lpuy stride To-.
ward peace and comfort in orr midst. II Nj
MADISON will labor Tor the next five years a.,
hc has in the past five, he will take front rank
~ IL. North Carolina htr.-U haiHgtpu Pet,
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S;Eai! Cause for JOY.

Notwithstanding the shout Of triumph
raised by the Copperhead Democracy over
the election Of antediuyian Allen as Gov
ernor Of Ohio, he lacked nineteen thousand
Of ma iOrity Of all the votes pollcd, and re-
ceived smaller Cote than any Democratic
candidate since 1865. lie is, therefore, a
minority candidate, and was elected, not be-
cause he was the choice Of the people, but
because the majority opposed to him were
not united. Many Of them foolishly threw
away their votes upon candidates that had
not the shadow of a chance to be elected.
those who directly supported Allen, WAS to
defeat him. And yet they took the very best
course to secure his election by voting for a
third candidate, or not voting at all. But
the Cincinnati Gazette says that now defeat
has come and the course pursued has brought
about what none of them desired, there will
probably be an exhibition Of common sense
that will result at the next election in a union
OF all who are honestly opposed to restoring
the old Democratic party to power. Then,
it says, they will carry Cincinnati, Hamilton
county, and the State of Ohio by q sweeping
majority. 1t should be mentioned that the
Gazette says in another article that the gen.
eral result in the State should be taken as a
notice to Congress and the Administration
that the lack of a healthy opposition party
does not suspend the activity of the Rcpubli.
can mind, and that it is quite as severe a
judge of its own party as Of the Democratic.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1873.
INDUCEMENTS.

ANY one sending us $3.50 will receive
the New NATIONAL ERA AND CITIZEN and
Woods Monthly Magazine for one year,
together with IA beautiful chrome of the
Yosemite Valley. or ETe photograph of
either Frederick Douglass, Esq, or Tous-
.aint L'Ouvcr:urc, - thcy may choose.
Thi. chrome i, a iine copy Of piece of
natures grandc>; work, and is not presented
in the usual limited s,yle-its dimensions,
l4x2O make, picture Of very desirable
size.
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: For the information and convenience OF
our readers, We publish the following abstract
Of tie postal laws Of the United States. We
advise our readers to cut this cut and pre-
serve il for reference:
Postal cards, one cent each, 80 without
further charge to all part- OF the country.
All letters to all parts 0: the United States,
three cents per hall ounce.
Local, or drop letters, that is for the
city or town where deposited, two cents ii
delivered by carriers, and one cent II there is
no carrier system.
For newspapers and magazines. regularly
issued and sent to regular subscribers, the
following rates per quarter OF three months,
PAYABLE in advance at the office where re-
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sly The Cincinnati Times takes lssua With

s<J- The Cincinnati Times takes ISSUE with
the Commercial q to Hon. f. b. washburn's
availability for candidate for President. Its
first reason for thinking him out Of the ques-
ton is that the rival candidates for that honor
in his State viii defeat him, a. they did each
other before the Liberal" Cincinnati Con-
venton last year. Davis, Trunbgil, and
Palmer are all as rrivates for the nomina-
ton or a nomination, and each has about as
strong a claim as washburn. OF course
nejthsr Of them will yield to him, and as
neither OF them has any chance, they will all
Get in concert TO def, at him.
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The FIRST Response.

W. W. Tate Esq, Of Santa Fc, New Mex
leo, sends us the first petition to be present
ed to Congress asking for the recognition of
our equality before the law. What State or
Territory will next fall i'll line? We have
only three weeks before the opening of Con-
gress.
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Republican rule in Louisiana la, been
% generally E!isrePresented that i, Will no
d'uot hurpr.se many . learn that when the
republicans assumed control Of the state
tEere were ouly loo sc,rools, Of which -
were IA New Orleans; that there are noX
LOO schools, attended Jy over 10000
Inndfbai tia: the deposits in the Freedman
DanE since its organization haze reached 40
2Vo'i 40 30. the deposits for tie month Of Ju!y
.a't 1eing sl,IG,s3D q; taG: the cUlO.ed
pIop'e "ho, on The dag II emancipation, did
ppt even own the clothes Of. lkci! back., now
represent property u the amount 0: s5y.Vyo.
v9 and Of the yearly lrDducls OF the state
slZ,one, 900 are Owned ani controlled by CO..
Orsd n,eh
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II i stated that a ton Of gold, avoirdupois,
is worth sso2,779.2l, and a ton Of silver
worth ssI ,7os.s4i that forty-thrce ounces Of
standari gold is worth $500, or $3.50 an
ounce, and that eleven ounces of standard
silver Is worth sl2.s0, or about ls.IG. an
ounce.
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For t,e gumy J., school in which ia. u D..
eard.y b"come r"ncrou. and the gcncr.a.
lrodi-ai; aud If tfcrc are some ,nl!c,,
r,rcl, - C, '.I,'.' 20 ''' ''''' out ''f'
lie latest Hover "a the garden OF creation,
% tie influence nr L',i,~ ,,...i,' -.
hclil,ropc turn, itS sw.a, Ill, ., 80.
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age of euucri9r.tic.. the 40. of ,,ri,fr., ,.'
and the age Of ylnitics hayipo ,,.,.I ,.,,
Of The first degenerate. INTO The mi .,,.i
d'c, lSay in Tie third
III. t-,...,.t p,.,
III, ~ i-D,.'' l"I.''.'"'J '''@a'aT -aj
tLr.,,ri"J ,rr,,,. - -. 90 sl'i reason VIII
so. 'i.,' ~ '"iN',- ana property III good
perpetual"
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ing touches on hi, lie Of .Jcn.t.,u r,r ,T,,....