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National Republican., 1873-06-26
IMPROVEMENT OF MOBILE HARBoR

UsrrEp srLTrs ErcIrIER ovyIcE,J
Northwcst COT g Louis and Joachim sts.J
Proposals for dredging ao,eiS cubic Sards. more
o. le.s In Mobile Bay, Alabama, will be received
~ M omSe until noon July l, ls7s, and opened
Printed bfanf forms of proposals and guaranty,
slred Information can be had On Application II this
omoHi msis " DAMRELI-.
National Republican., 1873-06-26
BY order OF The Departmeni Commandcr
JOHN u. HATCH,
Lieut. Colonel 9Th Y. s. CayAiTy.
y RoPosAIs FOR STEAM sLooPs-oF.wAR.
NAVY pErAnrnrrrl


Sealed proposals will be received At this bureau
until y o'eioch noon August !. isI9 for the con
live oak timber, Of the hull Of q steam slonp of.vAr
Of about ~ tons measurement, complete for sea
seryice Plans and apecihoations in detail for the
hull: showing the work 70 be done may be seen and
shamlned Al this bureau, aud at the Comma ndant's
0ihoe a. the Navy Yards at Philadelphia, Brooklyn
July next '0' ' "' VI
Ths hull must be completed in all respects &C.
oordinF to the contract aud specihcations; the ma
teTis T.. mnst Re q The best Quality, and The work
deiTered ~ such Navy Yard on the Atlattie coast
the date and signing Of the CONTRACT.
Paymenta will be made the work proareaaea IN
prOpOrt0nAfe amounts, rescrvtnH the usual per-
OF the vessel,
The bids must be accompanied with the guAran.
tee required by law, that u the contract IL awarded
y viii be promptly executed, and the names Of the
parties who are to become the nurotiea 10 ths
stated. 49, ~
The Department reserves the right TO accept or
tsisct any 9r ~ Sid. which, In It's opinion, are not
Bids will only 6e accepted irop parties who sre
facilities for doing the work JeaaMtdS
National Republican., 1873-06-26
pRoPosALs FOR SUPPLIES.
OrTIcE CHIEE oUARrERnAHrER }
DEpAnTNHNr or 1ExAH.

OFTIcE CnnF ouARrERnAErERl
DErAnIMErr OF 1ENAH,
-. BAN ANIoHIo. TKxAs, May o., Is7l
bcaled proposals., IN triplicAte. under the usual
conditions heretofore publiahcd, will be received
q this once, and also II the Ofiees o. the United
bel2y untl y m on the auth Of June, is7l for fur
nizhins Charcoal for the fsch year ending June
y. ~, a. the following military posts In the De.
fSTt BIiss, Tssas lOo bushels; Fort CLARK, Tes.s,
bn bushels: Fort Davis, Texas boO buahels, fort
0rifhn. e1as, 40 bushels; Fort Mcintosh, ferAs,
g. 6nshe,sL Port Qui,man. Tetas, 216 bushels!
Ie1As, % bushels; lort Bfovn, TeIas, IIoj
Duncan, e, Ies's, ep 6g.hels; FORT qi6sPn. { r,
fort hlehard.on, TerAs, - bushels; FORT STOCK.
tonI IstAs, lboo bushels ban Antonio, TeIAs, aooo
The above are the estimated quantities that win
be required at each pOst accorGing to the present
distribution Qf TROOPS, but the Government re-
serves the right 10 noieAse diminish the sarna
atany time during the jntinuance of the contract
BlAnk proposals and AIy additional Information
can be had on Application TO the nnderaigned OF
named.
by order Of the Department Commander.
JOHN p. HATCH,
Lieut. Colonel 9Th U. 8. Cavalry,
In charge Of o0ice
National Republican., 1873-06-26
s EN- ECA STONE.
PROPOSALS.
pRoPosALs FOR WOOD.

orr1or or ourrr ouAnrEnnAsrEnl
DnPARThHrf or TEE GULF, y
NEW ORLHAFs, La, May III, 1s7a
se.lsd proPo.,ls n triplicate, with copy o. this
plying the post o. Jsotson, -Mlsslssippi, monthly,
s required from July l. 1sia. 10 June d. is1t, with
foo cords OF hard wood, Innreor ess
Al necessary Information in reward TO bidding.
tequ rementr, etc, With blanh forms Of propoaals
describing the quality Of the wpod, will BE- fur.
nished on application to this once, aud bids not
viii OF BE- considered
PrppYssls % be addressed 70 the undersigned and
hppL" WILLIAM n HUGiiFB,
National Republican., 1873-06-26

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National Republican., 1873-06-26
DRoPosALs FOR SUPPLIES.

OTTIcE CHIEF QuAnrKnMAsrER,l
DEPARTMENT or TExAs,
BAN ANroEIo, 1ExAs, May 90 1873 \
Sealed proposals, duly indorsed a. such subject
% The psn. eonditions will be received 81 this Of
noe and al the ofhces II the United States
masters At the several posts named below excerpt
Galveston Teas, and Saddo Station. Indian Ter.
% supply Frain at places and In quantities. more or
National Republican., 1873-06-26
PROPOSALS.
pRoPOsAIs FOR rREsH BKEF.

oFytos AorIso OoNnfssapr or Bupsrirttcr,)
DAVIES IstaHD, hnw lonK HAnBoR. I
Bealed propos.i. In apriio... ,s x, r..eiv.a.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05
Horace Gserlcy and Ills Slanteyers.

DuIing the folsom" months Of last
year. when we we're doing our hest to
urge the claims nf Horace Greeley to
the s,Ifiagrs of his runntrymen, we
We're CONSTANT, told that Mr.. Greeley
WIS Il man So nnski'le'l in financial
economy that his election would dis
tnrb the m'nrytd classes, Henry
flewS & Co.. JAY Cooke & Co.. Fisk
& Hatch, aud other firms made them
selves conspicuous by .iiSc,tdiling Mr..
Greeley. "n the gvnnnd that his rlcc-
lion would nnSetiie the money market.
Under President Grant," said they,
tive shall have pr"snr,ity aud ease"
But Grants election has been inl-
lowed Ivy the very panic which it was
expressly designed t"prrvent. More
over, the very firms that trusted to it
for safety are The chief victims to their
"wn false prophecy. Furthermore,
the conspicuous capitalists who last
summer atlvora td Giants election
we mean surl. men as il"racr Il. Cl;C-
I'm. Henry ClrwS William Ort"n, and
others distinguished themselves an !.
recent Sunday morning Ivy urging
Grant to vinatr the law Of the land in
'rlrr /" relieve them from IL Pinch and
nrrS-,.rr which they were u,,cc SINE
r"nl.l rrm" only Though the election
Of Grams rival!
Tie campaign SANDERS which these
n"irS>r,l rx|"nrntS ut the business
community uttered against II hi,lnr:rSs
uIana Year ago. have u"w been h,nuglIt
home, II! II SOFT "t avrnging poetic JUS
lee, I" 'heir own d"rs, an'! tin,i II
strange commentary in their own mis-
fortunes. 'i"Iuen Age.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05

A CHANDLER WHO DIDN'r Know
THE FRENCu FOR CANDLE. - Nor Il lad
stony is current among Ann,ianS in
Europe in this connection concerning
our great Miri,iyamdrt. Senator ClEau-
der. While making his grand tnnr of
Europe he encountered our friend Gen.
lie F"vrr, Il distinguished linyuist,
then United States Cons Il at Nuiem-
berg. The conversation turnin. 0n
bills presented bv landlords. the Scna-
tor said he c"u.d not complain II
bills. compared TO those he had to pay
III Washington, were reasonable
rnnngh.
"l'nt there Is one thing that puzzles
me-" he continued; wherever | 20, if
but for one night, am charged with IL
buggy. Now, the charge is low
enough if ever had the buggy; but I
haven't seen ii buggy since | left the
States"
Our Consul was bothered. He asked
at last To Innk at the hill. and foand the
learned Senator Ii III mistaken t o
French word bonyie for he honest
American one. ',nn.gy.- Dom Pitts
Letter 10 The Capita. sfsas
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05

A GRAVE CHARGE.-'rhe New York
Tribune charges that the amount If
2 30 bonds of the call of March 1883,
rnnnted on the last debt statement as
not redeemed, is SlO. J9D,35O These
bonds have all been redeemed, aud
were in the possession of the govern
men, in Jnl" last, but no entry ut them
has been made on the books of the UNI
led States Treasurer, hrcaasr this would
amount to il confession of the truth or
the Tribune charge that the Secretary
has, for over two months past, over
stated the amo,,ni ct coin in. the Treas
ury hy more than ten millions of dol
lars; and thai for the purpose of asSis-
ling a gang of Wall street gamblers.
The gamblers have gotten things pref
tv well under their thumbs, when the
Treasury ofthc United States can he
Induced to falSity its books in their
interest. g.... g-.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05
ALEXANDRIA, La, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1873.

direction OF physical science, aud Will
W" plead for II thorough stnlv of Ian
gUige, W" lo not omit to ask that on
girls my also be lei into the won Ter
which >ri"nc" is daily revealing. An
insight into the great unalterable law $
OF nature, which, like the ear of Jur-
S"rnaut, crush down merciless!v him
who opposed his Individual will to t',cir
reSistlesS force, will he Il valuable los
son to HE arbitrarineSs with which wn-
nun is often justly charged. and les
>nnS m,v be tlrducetl whic, will be val
uahIr in other spheres when our GIRLS
r"lllZ" that man can ntliy, even the
obstructive forces of nature BY ranriur
llinS 1t on their side, and thus annro-
pria5in~ their powers to himself, The
r'cr"ati"nS Of botany ana! zonlngv will
lead their thoughts healti.luly and
pleasantly up into the m rSlerips of ere.
a,ivr life, where women more than All
should walk. always with reyeren,
tread.
Bnt. meanwhile. he time is not al!
appropriated Ivy direct school work, ant
reading as well as study must b dircc-
tr,l: for children are It anl. t, c,,nns,
tor themselves. Much goo srhoo'
work may be more than u utraliZ .l\h,
/ the mills rim;natr reading alInw"l nj
home. Surely there are hooks r,,ou"',
of I'll kinds which are good. 1.-THE "irl
is living tIrou IA the Imaginative star,
when she Graves fairy stories. sl,
should have them It's her natural foo |,
hut always only The true fairy stories,
not the miserable limitations, withon
l~@inninr nr end, am'l with no nnsSihl
meaning. whirll flood chil,Ircn's libra.
ri There ar II" people wAo hay.
made Il study of children, as such. 81
thoroughly as the Germans, and the,
will bring us ont OF their rich II w,
can demand. Let the fairy st rirs bt
what we may call the woriI'> nursvr.
songs, those never dying myths which
clothed in different poetic forms reap
pear in all ages and all countries. b.
cause they bear in their bosom tue m"rn
of everything truth. Children shonl,
read the literature of the worlds chill
drrn-the nations of the East. This i:
pure ami quiet, simple aud not involved
THE very worst rpa,lin for Il child i:
that litpratur" which treats of The com
p'iraions of our modern life. 1t is i.
vain for the b"st teachers tn try to max.
true women ont OF girls unless their eff
forts are aided by ararciul home snper
vision over their reading, aud not,i,l.
Is more surprising than the Indifference,
wi til which parents allow their ch.!
'ren. whom they guard carefully from
even too strong a drauyht of air. to rea'
whatever may come TO hand. The kin,
of reading they need will differ will
their age; and all kinds they sl,onl,
: have, but it should always he the bes
of the kind.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05

ROYAL CAKE.-On the occasion of
the marriage OF til" Duke of E,linbnr.
I" HE ""l' daughter IF the emperor %
Rn>sia, the wedding feast will he ra-
rrd Ivy brides cake, of which the frl-
low ing desc: intinu is given: The cake
towers t"a height of seven feet six
inches, and weighs upwards Of 23O
pounds. II is in six tiers. and rcspm-
les the famous porcelain tower OF
Nan>in. The cake is covered with a
trrtwnrk vi flowers and shells of snow
white purity. while gracefully Deepen
ding from Il vase %: exquisite design y,
the summit is Il rrot"sinn IF orange
blossoms, ctr.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05
G!)e 0emoerat,
TER Ms:

TIE De IOcRir ia Published Week
IL. ~ Four DoLLAHS per annnm--
Two DDLLl Is ,Sp FIFrY CENTS in,
six ~ ,uriIs, PAY ABLE IN AID
V\NHE! No sri,Srript"u taken
f,r il less prri"d than six months.
ApvEgrt,MuHTrS inserted ut the rate
If DtE DOLLAR per square for the
first il<prti,n aud FIFTY CENTS TOT
e,ci Subsequent one.
EI'IT lines "r less, (E1EviEn) con>ti-
titr II squire.
OHru>HY Notices, Marriages. Pablo
Meetings, Caihs "f Thinks. etc.. ii
h.r,ii for a. advertisements.
- pEaIovIL CARDS, When aimis-
s,i,.. ch IT. ,e,t ln,hl. ti,.. usual advrr-
ti<in. rates.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05

FALSE DEMCACY.- The friends q I
those who are troubled with bad h,1ntl,
aud. Iiil"nIh Her-squramiS.inrSS. dis
like t" refer tn it, commit Il positive
and cruel mistake, especially if the, are
aware # The merits aud great efficacy
"f the fragrant SoZ>D INT. This is .hr
trll" and only remedy far the difficulty;
there is II" valid "Sru~r tor II bad hrrat!
now. Sp.ldns's Glue mends every
thing.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05

A CONSCIENTIOUS COuNTY.-On til"
22.!. he Federal Treasury received
sos 25 from the Treasury of Lake
C"nrfy. Ill.,. being the prn"otinn Of
Rrp,r>"ntivr FarnsN o;tI''s back pay.
which fell to the. share of that corrty
when he divided his spells among thr
conntI's of his district. Lake county
through its affects, declined to- receive
it, anal returned it TO the National
Treasury.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05

MA, There are rebels in the Repnh.
iirnn party: Tue Cleveland (Oh,n)
Lrdg catching the spirit nf he l'o~
ton Ahvrr'izr,. drcIa,rS that its party
s.,unni hon ,er aft nd "rHr,v the dead
weight ot the gan. that is led hy Cam
rrnu aud B !tler. In Tie one case i'm.
mrus" wea til, nnsr'umlinnS ariari'y.
.nh sllnnr'esS dnpliriIy, in the other
unparalleled et1rnn'rrv. in>atiatr ana
bition, and utter disregard of deccucy
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05

~ The following is hy an Irish
.Clerk of the Weather.
DIRTY da,s hath September,
Aprnl. jane. aud November.
From! January up "a May
I rai':-il rainrth every day.
All the rest have thiltl-olie
Without blessed ;.lram az sun.e IN
\: A"' iia'y ct them had two anl.il.irtr.
They'd be just rs vet, twice as as d I !
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05

s:gT A letter recently passed through J
the post office addressed us follows:
B">tnIastrr, plese 10 send him strait.
BrnS- syl- vanl is der Stalaht .ets
OH Vernauco, t,at's der county, We're
oil bn',.rs ont nit Hrfrn'S bounty;
E.ankiin. she. - d"rgnnnty seat, Der
host lice is on l.lhe!dy Shtwet;
Sha,ly Taylor, he's der man;
Send dis yuSt SD quick yon can.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05
EVERY DESCRIPTION
such AS

LAWYERS BRIEFo.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-17
MISCELLANEOUS

Kumors were prevalent at Madrid of a
Crisis in ministerial affairs, in consequence
OF recent events in Cuba, and also of the
resignation of the Captain-G General Of
Cuba,
Five thousand persons visited the New
York navy-yard on Saturday. No secret
IS made of the fact that orders have been
received from Washington to prepare all
the available vessels in the yard for active
service as soon as possible; and we'll
informed parties say orders have been iss-
ued to prepare for sea at once every vessel
in the navy. The frigates Minnesota and
Colorado, each of fifty guns, will be ready
for sea within twenty-five days.
Already several prominent gentlemen
who were officere Of volunteers during the
late ''unpleasantness," and others, have
addressed the President and expressed a
desire to be commissioned officers in an
expedition against the Spanish authorities
should war ensue. One Of these tenders is
said to have come from an ex-officer of the
Confederate army.
A large and exclted me, ting of working
men OF New York was held at Cooper In
stitute on Saturday evening, and infam.
matory speeches were made, demanding
that the city officials take some action to
give workingmen employment.
The New York Express says that Alon.
20 B. Cornell will be sent to the United
States senate, and Senator Conkling will be
made chief justice of the supreme court.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-17

THE BLACK CRooK.-This renowned
spectacular drama will be presented at the
Richmond Theatre for the last three even.
nngs of this week. In this presentation Of
the Crook Manager Watkins promises a
representation made attractive by beautiful
scenery, exquisite music, supurb costumes,
charming singing, magnificent effects, and
unequalled novelties, together with hand
some corps de ballet, aud perfect swarm
Of coryphees, who will appear respectively
in new dances and grand marches. The
performers, costumes and effects for this
representation of the Crook come from
Ford's Grand Opera-house, Baltimore,
where the piece has had most successful
run. Among the specials" engaged for
Its production here are the wonderful jap
anese, the peace jubilee, the vocal somer-
sault, Madam Parepa. Rosa, Baby Benson,
and Hernandez troupe. AS this represent
tation of the greatest of all leg dramas has
been prepared for an extended exhibition
in other cities, much care and money have
been spent in its production, and it is pre-
sumed that it will surpass any spectacular
piece ever seen before in Richmond.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-17

No FEATURE of the Centennial will bs
more interesting than the presence of oul
fellow-citizens Of the southern states, in.
cluding those who fought in the Confede.
rate service. Brave men never remember
the quarrels of war, and there can be no
more fitting occasion to celebrate the vic
tories and the humanity of peace than the
4th of July, 1876. Hence we copy the
following with pleasure:
A meeting Of Union and Confederate
soldiers was held at Fernandina recently,
to consider the propriety Of initiating a
celebration by the soldiers Of both armies
of the anniversary of Washington's birth
day. Prominent men of the north and
south addressed the gathering, among them
General Finnegan, of Savannah. and the
following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, The soldiers of both sections,
who were engaged in the late war, are
anxious to bury all asperities of feeling
engendered thereby, and with a purpose
and object to unite in commemorating the
birthday of Washington, the father of our
common country, and to inaugurate an era
of harmony and fraternal feeling, there
fore,
''Be it Resolved, That a committee Of
seven be appointed to make suitable ar
rangements, having in view a reunion Of
the Federal and Confederate soldiers now
residing in Florida, to take place on the
22d of February, 1874"
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-17
oc l4-Tu3w
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI i.
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of vir

TN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE UNI.
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of vir
ginia
In the matter of Henry Berger VS.. G. II.
Brautigam, bankrupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, this Goth day of October, 1878
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that a petition
has been, to-wit: on the Goth day of Oct'r,
a. d. 1873. filed in said District Court by @. H.
Brautigam, of the ci of Richmond In said dis
trict, who has been heretofore duly declared
bankrupt under the act of Congress entitled "An
act to establish a more uniform system of bank-
ruptcy throughout the United States" approved
March I'd, 1867, for a discharge and certificate
thereof, from all his debts and other claims
provable under said act, and that the 18th day
of Novber, o. d. 1873, at 10 O'Clock n. m, before
W. W. Forbes, one of the registers of said court
in bankruptcy at his Office in Richmond, in
said district, is tho time and place assigned for
the hearing of the same, when and where yon
may attend and show cause, If any you have.
why the prayer of the said petition should not
be granted.
You are also hereby notified that the second
and third meetings of the creditors of said bank
rupt will be held at the same time and place.
W. W. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for
| oc S0-Th2w the Sd Congl Dist. of Va.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-17
Gueuiag State gultrnat
STATE NEWS.

DR.. James May, well known citize
Oh Petersburg, died there Saturday, age
| The Leesburg Washingtonian pomi
mates Colonel Robert Il. Withers as I'm
ted States senator from Virginia.
The grand jury of Prince Georg
county have presented Mr.. George Wi
liams and wife for picking cotton on Sun
day. -
Colonel r. A. Claybrook, prom
nent member of the Westmoreland bar
died very suddenly on the night of the ! It'll
instant.
MIR. Charles H. Anderson, printe
employed at The News office, and an ex
cellent young man, died Friday neal
Lynchburg.
The night trains on the Orange rail
road will be discontinued this week. The
trains connecting with them on the Virginia
and Tennessee railroad were discontinued
t week.
Rev, Charles Goodrich, D. D., of Bal.
timore, has accepted call to the Episcopal
churches at. Abingdon and Goodson, and
has already entered upon the duties of the
double charge.
Two porcupines have been killed in
the mountains Of Craig this fall and winter.
We did not know that these animals in.
habited this part of the country, but there
seems to be no doubt that those killed
were genuine porcupines. So the Fincas-
tie Herald asserts.
We find the following singular obitua.
ry notice in the Marion Herald: "In
Knox county, Ind, on the 18th of October,
1873, Mr.. George j. Ryars, formerly of
Smythe county, Va, aged SO years and 16
days. A notice received by us from bis
brother states that he was poisoned by his
wife,"
The hunting party who passed through
our town short time ago returned, giving
thirteen deer, twenty-seven wild turkeys,
three bears, seventeen raccoons, and !. one
pole-cat, as the result of ten days cruise
The snow of fourteen inches on Salt Pond
Mountain somewhat embarrassed them, or
they would have exhibited better book.
-Cha1stiansburg Messenger.
On Tuesday night, the 1lth instant,
while Mr.. Mitchell, who keeps store at
Fairfax station, was absent at supper, only
for short time, the store door at tho sta
tion house was opened-with. false key,
it is supposedly some unknown person
or persons, who entered and rifed the
cash drawer of its contents, amounting to
$500 in money. An envelope covering
5000 ready to be expressed, and lying in
the store, was not touched by the robber,
he or they evidently not knowing it con-
tanned money.-Fduta1 Ne,os.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-17

The Milwaukee papers are talking
about an unsuccessful merchant who went
from Wisconsin to Illinois. Tney say the
last state OF that man was worse than the
first.
"A Pekin, ILL.,, coroner's jury rendered
verdict that a man, whose body was found
in the river, came to his death by blow on
the head, switch was given either before OF
after drowning"
Nothing new concerning the Virginius
has been received at Washington from
Havana since Friday. A conference is to
take place this week between United
States Minister Sickles and the Spanish
minister at Madrid.
Senator Morton is credited with saying
that the recent massacre at Santiago dc
Cuba is in perfect accord with the history
the Spanish people for the past five centu.
ries that the question might, and proba
bly, would have several aspects, but that il
Is his opinion that the entire difficulty
would be adjusted by the usual course O
diplomacy and without resort to hostile
measures.