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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-14

1t is rumored that the Senate Committee on
Indian Affairs Of which Mr.. Harlan Is chair
man, has agreed upon the Territorial bill for
the Indian country that Mr.. Rice, Of Arkan-
sas, introduced into the Senate few days
ago, with some slight amendments. The
large majority with which the Oklahoma
bill, for the same purpose, Of Mr.. Parker, Of
Missouri, was laid on the table on the 10Th
ultlmo, In the House Of Representatives, It
was believed would be a final disposal Of
this question for the present Congress. But
II seems that efforts are to be persisted In to
force this measure through Congress ln some
shape or other. As an expression Of the
Indians to be affected by this Territorial
organization, we insert the following protest
Of the General Indian Council" Of the
Indian territory, already established four
years ago, under the provisions OF their trea-
ties OF 1896 with the Government, by the
Executive department, and indOrscd by Con-
gress every year since, by making appropria-
tlons to pay Its expenses, according 10 said
treaties. This protest was made In June last
by the council, In which were represented
the CherOkecs, Greeks, Seminoles, Choctaws,
Nh'Nheo""oi Sh"Nh'Net DtluN"tht SuCh anu
Foxes, Cuddos, lones, Wlchitas, Comanchcs,
Osages and others. As this General Coun-
ell" of Oklahoma Is already established, with
the Indian treaties as Its organic act, II
occurs to us that the only legislation author
lied by Congress under said treaties should
be for the establishment Of United States
courts In the Indian country, and an amend
mcnt to our Indian intercourse act, to meet
the necessities, II any, In the Indian country
1t has never heretofore required the cstab-
llshment Of Territorial governments to create
judicial districts, nor TO amend our Indian
intercourse acts, and why Territorial gov
ernment is Insisted on in this Instance looks
rather mysterious. The protest referred to
Is US follows;
Your mcmolilllsts, the Cherokees, ChoctaWs,
MuskOgees, Semlnoes, Shawnees, sacs and
Foxes, Senecas and other tribes owning lands
In the Indian Territory, and represented In the
general council Of the same, assembled In June,
1872, would molt respectfully show; That the
country commonly known and designated the
'lndlan Territory" was set apart for permanent
homes for red people, where they might live In
peace with each other and with all men. (See
icts Of Congress, May 2s, ls3Ol
That their right and title TO this country were
.cts OF Congress, and patents In fee simp from
he United States. (SGe treaty Of 1923, les 1885,
$40, 1865, with tho CherOkeeS 1890, with Choc-
avs; lsG5, 1860, with ChOctaws and ChlcEasaws; |
ieminOles; 1865, with Muskogeesi 1855, with
That he Cherokees, ChoctawS, MusEogeel,
'hiekasAws and semlnOles but lew years apoJ
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Inc Richmond Dispatch, one OF the leading
Democratic papers Of tho South, SAYS ON the
proposition to increase the Presidents salary.
"The President does not receive as much as
sone ralIoaH ptes,uen's: p,n, Two In th,s stsIe os
taSes,2 get fuliy as much pef annum as the Pres.
llent IL i shame that IN thls great cOnI Try
tbSn N was AZ tbs foTn1atIon OF tho tioyeTn.
ment."
While advocating IN increased compen'a-
tion to the President the same journal opposes
gress and other high officials, In which, we
think, II makes mistake. Members of Con-
gress who arc blessed with families cannot
live upon their salaries In this city unless they
are so fortunate as to possess private incomes.
II they could live In the city from one end Of
the year to the other, II the tenure Of their
Office was sufficient to warrant an investment
In a house and lot, furniture, &c, they could
do II; but as II Ia they arc driven TO the hotels.
IL may not be known to the country gcner-
ally that parlor and bedroom at one Of our
leading hotels cannot be obtained for less than
three hundred dollars month for one person.
Members OF Congress cannot afford to bring
thelr families to THIS city and support them at
thcse rninous rates, ana, as consequence,
are compelled to leave thcm at home. I'M
married men manage to get along by hiring
rooms and merely taking their meals at a
hotel-leading dreary, unsatisfactory sort
oil an existence.
But there Is another side to the question.
lhe majority ot Congressmcn are fairly en-
titled to additional compensation upon the
ground OF their services alone The people
have very little Idea what an immense
amount OF business the most obscure member
has to perform In the course OF year. First
OF all he Is expected to attend to the Inter
ests Of his constituents at the Departments,
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Onke- Ames In the Investigating Committee
Hmm

MARY Clemmer Ames In the Indcpcndentl
Oakes Ames, sitting In the investigating com.
mittee, Il study. lie does not shrink with air
Of one ashamed. Nor does he wear In the least
the brayadO Of guilt. lie hls the broad arm
chalr TO It's utmost capacity, and leans back In II
chairman OF committee, and Ia the most un-
conscious man al the table. Ills head Ia not
markedly intellectual, his Jaw Il heavy, and he
has an immense frame. Ills nose IL very long
and somewhat hooked, and when he smiles It has
a trick OF running down to meet his chin. His
mouth Is long, and when he smiles II runs out
nearly to his ears, His face Is decidedly shrewd,
kindly and goatish. lie does not look an atom
like Pagan, Mephlstopheles or 4 tempter OF
any sort but like not oyer-sensitive, q kindly
hearted, sharp Yankee, by very instinct looking
ever since he was born.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-14

49,, I-IcTItyT In the BOetOn Journal
The joint Committee on Public Printing have
agreed TO report bill giving the reporting and
printing Of debates for the next three Con-
crosses, or six Year,, TO WIN. j. Murtagh the
proprietor OF the NATIONAL -REPuHLICAS, pro
ylded he can give a bond OF 800, 900 within ten
days after the enactment OF the law that he can
carry out his proposals. The committee have
asceTtalned that the debates OF the last session,
which cost for reporting and printing s2I6,sS5 al
the Giobr ONCE, could have been reported and
printed under the proposals Of Murtagh for
tl'o 81, ana the Congressional printer estimates
pip $50 ''~''
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-14

lncfc Il no question before our country To-
day 50 essential to Its prosperity as that OF
when shall we place iron steamships Of our
own construction, under our own flag, upon
the ocean, Until a solution Is given to this
question, by the actual fact OF providing the
facilities for building such vessels, we shall be
declining in commerce, in influence in ma
Nondlity; for foreign influences will he shap-
ing our policy in trade until II Is absorbed by
them.
1t is folly to talk Of wooden ships for trans
Atlantic trade folly to contend against the
wcl-cstablished fact that iron steamships Of
foreign build have driven our well-bult
wooden ships from the ocean. Wooden sail
ing ships can and no doubt will always be
used In our cOastwisc and fishing trade and
also In long voyages In distant seas but 1t IL
only the establishment Of American iron
steamship lines in transatlantic service
which can give the basis Of the business to
support our cOastwisc or our long-voyagc
sailing vessels.
When our own official returns show that
nearly two millions Of our total tonnage has
disappeared, nearly one fourth Of which Is Of
our coastwisc tonnage, and when this can be
traced directly to the driving Ii of by iron
foreign steamers, 1t should make every Amer
lean jealous to secure the remedy as carly as
possible, and that remedy exists only In cs-
tablishing iron ship-huildng yards. These
would have been created long ago but for
the fact that private capital cannot be masscd
in sufficient Gums for this purpose, and hence
some aid must be given to the matter by the
Government, or our progress will be- as IL
has been for the last ten ycars, doIrHrdrd In
all that relates to our commerce.
The assertion that wood Is better than iron,
that 1t Is more economical and more durable,
need not be taken up longer to delude our
people. The fact, stern fact that iron for
steamships has superseded IT, driven II from
competition upon the ocean, renders that as
sortion an absurdlty, and makes doubtful the
sincerity Of those who make Ii. There are
few who do, and those are only theorists, or
working for struggling interest, which
might become profitable one, II directed to
two Objects-nrst, the re-establishment Of our
occan-carrying trade by iron steamships, and
the enlarging To an almost unlimited extent
our country and long adventurous voyages by
thoroughly wCll-built wooden sailing vessels.
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lOFFICIAL.l
UNIFORM CIRCULAR.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, February !, lsi1
Hereafter, whenever 1t Is considered con-
ducivc to comfort or health, white caps of
the regulation pattern, or white linen cap
covers, may or shall be worn by officers on
shiP-board within the tropics, or elsewhere
In very hot weather. with the permission or
by the direction, as the case may be, Of the
commanding officer Of the vessel or station.
Gro. VI, RoBEsoS, Secretary.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-14

During the rrintST, IN order 10 facilitate business
eomiRg btorr him as much possible, The President
triM, from ten 10 tnsirs O'Clock each day, er-
cspi Sunday TrsSirr Senator's aud Representatives.,
aAd IRON, rrtiUc O'Clock until tiro each afternoon,
srcept Tuesdays and Fiddys, uhsn, Cabinet mrtings
being held, he tcl recsire by card. The btisinss'
hours u his Office riH b from tsn O'Clock a. ~. 10
three O'Clock D. M.
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obviously desirable that the authority to col
lect the information in question should be
made full and explicit. This the bill already
mentioned docs, and It also properly defines
the title and legal status Of the chief officer of
the bureau, whose position has teen In some
respects anomalous since the passage Of the
act by which provision was made for legls-
lating Mr. Delmar out Of the Office
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-14

Mr.. ARTHUR SHEPHERD, the managing
c clitor Of this paper, has resigned his position,
to accept another appointment. Mr.. J. P.
Foley succeeds him in the management.
During his connection with the paper Mir.
Shepherd, by his energy and capability, has
contributed largely to Its prosperity, and In
his retirement has the best wishes Of all con-
nccted with itfor his success.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-14

The news Of a civil war In Spain, folio wing
the abdlcatlon Of King Amadeus and the tlecla-
ration of republic, Is only natural. Spain
was in q condition Of semi-rcbclllon and revo-
luton when the late King was called to the
throne, and the fires Of insurrcctiOn have been
merely smouldering throughout his reign.
Indeed, there Ia at the present time little
rebellion in the interior In the interest Of one
OF the Bourbon factions; but II has never
been anything more than mere guerilla war
fare, scarcely demanding the serious attention
Of the army, and calling only for the interpo-
sition Of the town constables. II, as the cable
tells Us, the army has divided upon the ques-
ton OF the form of government, a portion
declaring In favor of the monarchy, with the
Prince OF Asturias as King, and another por-
tion adhoring to the republic, the condition of
affairs may for time become somewhat eni-
harrass!ng; but We have no doubt OF the
ultimate triumph Of the present Government,
II the gentlemen who compose II only have
the courage and the patriotism that the sltu-
alton demands. This whole Spanish question
Is an interesting problem, the solution Of
which will be watched with interest all over
the world. II Is Of vast moment to Europe,
to peoples as well as Kings and Emperors.
The SENATE CREDIT MoBTLIER COMMIT
TEE held It's first session yesterday. Senator
Logan appeared and declared that he had
nothing to add TO that which he had already
said to the committee Of the House. Scna-
tor Patterson was not ready, while Senator
Harlan underwent lengthy examination
relative IN the nurant ton ihnnaand- -dnlia,
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BOARDING.

poARDING.-BoAI,D, WITH on WITHOUT
ID ROOMS, In good locality, convenient TO tn
Executive Departments, Apply at sl6 Twelftl
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TTNiTED sTATEs pATFNT oFFicF,

LIMITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
" MAsHiSpToN, d. O., February a. is5a
ON the petition Of JULIA nEHR and HEsRY O.
MhNgELai q brooklyn, N. w.. administrators of
sion Of patent granted 70 the said Edward Behr
on the 10th day Of May. 1852 for an Improvement in
lt Y ordered that the teutimony in ihe case be
time for Ming ArHunenle and tho report
be limited 70 the 18th day of April neIt, and That
next ''
Any person maj, ,oPPCsss,, ihls !, extension.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-14

I ARGE INTEREST on MONEY.
CHiCL ao
TlIR MUTUAL FAUST CO.,
Capital, SSOO,OOO,
Especial Charter Of the State OF nlinols)
President, THOS. u. BRYAN, founder Of the FL
dehty safe Depository, Chicago.
yi6e President JOHN q. HAISEs, oE Mayor Of
Chicago
This Institution invests funds in purchase Of Chi
cAo real estate also In loans at ten Oj per cent In
efeet net 70 the lnanerr aud executes other trusts
Sums OF not lees than VI go received aud invested
Fortunes have been made for clients by the above
named ofioera; and Of the millions invested by them
or capitalists both IN loans at 10 pcr cent net and
IN purehAsea, not dollar of either principal or In
person or by letter TllOS III BRYAN.
During Winter at lto7 Massachusetts, avenue, Wash.
ington, u. o., and during summer At Fidellty Say
inss Bank aud Safe Depository, Chicago de5Sm
OTlCE-TllAT X. S. JUsTlI, 6i9 d sTREET,
1N between sixth and seventh streets northwest,
sells custom made second hand Clothing at less than
hAlf the cyst Of ready made new ones. N.B-Second.
hand c9thng OF all kinds bought At fair cash prces
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TEA

NJ DARN TEA,
Nl luTe, heAlthful and fragrant, Mime Domorest
prust, ", T. Co, e9s BrOadws View York sold BY
Mrs wheelock. sl5 STR mort west and George
Bpyden, - fourandA- ah str ct northwest; At
Wholesale and retail by IA ... ,eAvcr, 1850 Tenth
.treet northwest Price Sl.bO pound, or pounds
by mail. nc gLtf
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LIMITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE,

" WAsHINoToS, u. O., Feb g. Is;a
On the petition OF HENRY q. LKoNARD, Of Tnun.
ton. Mass., praying for the extension OF a patent
granted TO him on the 10th day Of May, 1850 Tor an
Improvement In Cooking Stoves
IL Y ordered that the testimony In the Gaze to
closed on the sth day Of hpri nsIi; that the
1e smited 70 the 18th day Of April next and hat
sMd petition be hoard gu the 23d day Of April
Any gSr'On m1S ORp9sss .his |, ss,cnsion .4
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~ wAsHNoroN, d. O., Jan y, is7a
Orleans, Ia, praying for the extension OF patent
ranfd 20 him on the lIth day OF May, is69, and re
pr2Nemeni In Maehinsa for Rolling Fabrics
~ Y ordered that the testimony In tho case To
closed on the 18th day Of April NEXT that ne
tm9 for nling arguments and the EIamineI's repott
be limited to the ebth day OF April neIt, and Ina
said Petition be heard on the 10Th day Of April nei
htny Esrson may oppose this !! eIiension.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-14

~ All communications, whether on Business
for publication, should be addressed TO WN J. MUIR
TAoH. Proprietor NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. Washing.
ton, d. U.
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LIMITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

LIMITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
~ WARRINGTON, ID. O., February 4 Is7a
On the peuuon OF H. W. RAHDLE, OF Selma, Ala,
IN ihs 81 asn ~ Max ~ q latent granted 70 him
CItton pressesi
IL is ordered that the testimony in the case he
closed on the lat day of April next; that the lime
ior & nlipg Arguments and the EIAmincrs report be
petition be heard on the 10Th day Of April next
Any Any RSn on may opp9-s thi, eItcnsion.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-14

REEORE MY ANNUAL STOCK TAX
ING I shall offer great Bargains in
sHAwLs,
CAssAiERRs,
siying an Opportunity for the purchaser 70 say;
hlsc opening line Of GENTS WHITE SHIRTS
Of best material, cheap. D.
,., T. n. NAUDAN,
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the head Of For Sale or Rent" wanted Lost and
Found" and Personal" twelve and half cents per
i'm
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

rl&5L q. o. F.-nTETROPOLIs LODGE
-, No B.The visiting Phalanx will ray a frs.
ieTnai VISIT the above Lodge on FRIDAY EVEN.
iNul teRruhry H. att 30 O'Clock, on which occasion
brother II. y. Grant will deliver . lecture The at
Wnuance q every member is earnestly requested
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KNIGHTS TEN.

Hpons. CoLuNpn CoNNANpERy, No a.
Gsnsrai Ordsrs No, I.
Extract v. Sir Knights Of Columbia Com.
mAndery arr hereby commanded 10 appear Al their
Asylum, In fatigue dress, on FRIDAY RYENiNa,
February y, and WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feb
ruary VI At O'clock, for the purpose Of drill.
~ order OF the Em, Commander.
feltSls " NJ. MARSHALL, Capt General
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cents per mouth.
Mall subscribers, ssOo per year; $40 for SIX
onthB and sl0O for three months, invariably in
advance
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Lysy MAINLAND REPUBLICAN ASSOC
Msry,,D6p 6phtnIgpM:.An ionrped meeting q the
Clarkee HAl, No. 90 Pennsylvnnia avenue THIS
HTidayl ENENlNa, February 1tisfs, az 90 o'ClOck
All the membcrH as well az all citizens Of MARYLAND
residing IN the city, are respectfully requested 10 he
present, aA important business will he submitted
Ihe Committee on Inauguration Ceremonies will
meet at O'Clock IN IL HRIAN pres
q, ". DAVIS, Rec Bee feIii
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EoR sALE-A FARM OF TEN ACRES AT
l. falla Church. Va, improved by q new Got.
uon. NIL exehanye for city property. Price,
sevo; sS9 cashs balance eO per month. Apply to
EOR sALR-A TwO-sTORY AND BACK
between futh aud sixth streets. Eight rooms,
bath foom, Nestbule, wide Passage Folding Door
Lots y by ion feet Price. ssso SsOo cSah balance
~ per month 3, AIply 20 GRO. Y. CLARK, Real
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MERCHANT TAILORING.
H. KOPPEL,

having been burned out at the recent hre at the
National theatre has taken parlors at No Eoq Four
teenth street, opposite ward's hotel where he will
eru. febltf
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f55y TERRITORIAL SAVINGS, LOAN,
- AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION will
bold Annual Meeting for election of ofiicsrr Ec .
on flIDAY IAN instant at 20 .. M, In the Lee.
ture room, " n, =. A building corner Ninth aud D.
Auditlne Comnittee. Stockholdcra aud all others
daily invited TO be present. " W.
Ihe books for subscription to stock in the Fifth
series no BACK Dues, are now opon at tile office Of
the ,ApsociAtion. No. 6i street, under SeeSnd
National Bank. NJ H. lriiIIDCK sssss
H. w. D. iiASsM Sssrs,.rv Pr,sidsnt
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
THE KEYsroNE STATE.

I, sAs goes Pennsylvania, so goes the Un-
ion," has passed from a proverb into an
sxiom almost. Fully sppreciating its
force. the Radical party last fail massed all
their powers Of fraud, corruption and open
briberg uron this central field; the ways
and means through which the preliminary
struggle of October was carried, were un-
blushingly notorious. Its boughtup legis-
latures have been bye-word among sister
States for many years. 1t S the hot.bed of
rings and mcnopolies, powerful, rich and
far reaching in their baneful influence. In
no State is corruption more barefaced, and
the need for reform more pressing and OBJ
yious. Therefore good men everywhere
look to Pennsylvania for the most earnest
struggle, and hope for the early overthrow
of the self-eonfessed corruption that domi-
mates every department of its public affairs.
We find the following correspondence in the
New York World:
PHILADELPHIA, June 4.-The State
camp9ign next fan promises to be the most
closely contested that has taken place for
years, and from toe indications thus early
observable a breach may confidently be
looked for in the ranks of the Radicals that
will tend to mS Ike the times lively and the
CONTEXT spirited. The Democracy will en-
Ter the lists untrammelled, and not hanging
upon the skirts of a nondescript organiza-
ton. Last year not a half Of the real
Democratic strength was brought out, al
though if a fair election had been given and
an honest c. unit publ shed, the figures that
now lie would have astonished even the
most sanguine who believed that the State
should have been ours. There are but two
places to fill on the State ticket this fall
that of Treasurer and Judge of the Supreme
Court. As yet the Democrats have not
brought out any candida es for these posi-
lions, but the places may be conceded TO
prominent men in the interior. The Radi-
calls, in their wild stampede for offices, have
their slate already ''fxed up" Bob Mackey,
the present incumbent, is out again and
in the 'hsnds of his friends" O for a re-
nomination for State Treasurer, and Judge
Paxson, who is on the local bench in this
city, is prominently named for the Supreme
bench.
Butcher Swope, the great criminal lawyer
and the United States District-Attorney of
the Western District of Pennsylvania, is
publishing the Daily Telegraph in Pittsburg
and is waging bitter warfare against what
he styles The "rotten Treasury gang of the
State" SwOpe was the most vehement sd-
vOcste for the success of !he whole ticket
last fall. he stumped the State aad came
all the way from Pittsburg here to defend
Hugh Mara, the assassin. The ticket as
now fixed up by the Radicals will be OBJ
noxious to the best element of the party in
the State. Col. Forney will undoubtedly
continue his crusade against it, and the
Press will hammer away as it did last fall.
The war of the Press has not yet been for
given or forgotten, and aided by other Re
publican journals in the interior that are
already beginning TO growl, the fight will
prove a most bitter ore.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-12
THE ASSESSMENT LAW.

from Ine ayeIINlue Express.
As great al has been said recently in
regsd to the ass ssssment law now in force,
l will take occasion to remark that the law
is good one, based upon similar principles
with the one heretofore in existence, only
there is more responsibility resting upon
the tax payer. The labor of the Assessors
Is ma alerially increased and their compensa-
tion is so small that they have to work day
and night to earn the wages Of an ordinary
day li6orer. The trouble lies in the COM
plication of the assessment list. Now,
after all the complaint that bas been made
Of the law and in regard to the tax payer
having to subscribe to an oath, have not
met man who failed to cheerfully comply
with all requirements, and every tax payer
has been courteous and willing to do his
duty when called upon to make out his list.
ASSESSOR STH DIST.