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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-30

TO-DAY nearly five hundred clerks and
other employees are to be discharged from
the service of the Government Simple as
this announcement reads, it is pregnant
with serious trouble, disappointment and
mental, If not physical, anguish to many
deserving men and women. But 1t is idle
10 treat the matter in any other way than
as an incident which shows plainly, very
plainly, the instability of public employ.
ment, and it should teach those who aspire
20 fill positions under the Government that
If the post of honor Is not the private sta
ton, the latter is certainly themost reliable
The most tenable and, in the end, the most
satisfactory. No one who has ever held an
eppointive place in the civil services will
deny the assertion that the influences sur
rounding 1t are, to great extent, demoral-
izing, and that they tend to dwarf
natural and commendable ambitions, as they
also tend to encourage the sycophancy Of
the courtier. A constant fear of discharge,
either on account of q reduction of ex-
penses-as is the case to-dsy-or on account
of political emergencies, is the curse Of the
civil service. and it is'a curse which appears
20 have no remedy under our system Of
government. 1t Is true that hundreds Of
people have retained their positions under
changes of administration, and that hun.
dreds of others have maintained their self
respect while in the Government employ,
or have become invaluable as public ser
wants because of some special knowledge
and ability; but it is also true that the aver
age Government clerk is a creature Of an
other kind, constantly fearful of his tenure
Of Office. We are led to speak in these
plain terms because we feel it to be sn i'm.
perative duty to discourage both old and
young men from seeking Office in the De-
partments, and because we believe that the
average citizen of this country is better cal
culsted to win his way to comfort, compe
tency and responsibility in hspriyats walks
Of life than In tbs precarious and unstable
employ of the Government.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-30

WE copied from the Madison Owls. }
Democrat yesterday an extract in which
the farmers were frantioally advised to tear
up the tracks and burn the depots of one Of
the railway companies. The Democrat is
the organ of Governor Taylor, whose sd-
ministration is, it is charged. in corrupt
collision with the railroad companies. Il
the farmers can be induced to resort to IN.
lawful measures the advantage which will
be thereby gained by the railroad compa-
hles is obvious to every one. The St. Paul
Presa In commenting upon the subject,
says: ''This attempt to excite the farmers
'to make war on the companies is simply
sdiabolicaI
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-30

Id blythe Secretary of the Treasury in
the execution of the distribution clause ell
speculation must be idle.
The facts known are, that the absolute
inereaseof circulation authorized over that
Of last September Is the sec. 600, 600 Of the
reserve now added to make the maximum
of $685.. 0oO, 900 of legaitender notes. The
release of the circulation reserve amount
ing to something like sc, 600, 900 more
would apparently add that amount to the
| availabls circulation but for the known fact
that the most of this sum was simply de-
posted with the city agency banks and
loaned by them upon "cal to street
operators. By this means it was never
practically Withdrawn from circulation.
Five per cent Of this must now, how
ever, be deposited with fhe United States
Treasurer a. q redemption fund, and will
amount to s17. 800, 600 Country banks
must necessarily keep considerable sum
on deposit q the money centres for ex-
change tsSdraw against that-the sale of
exchs-se- being onevery important branch
Of, sfeir business, 50 that the liberation Of
lzheir reserves is not likely TO divert large
portion of the funds from the Eastern cities.
It may be considered probable, therefore,
that the Eve per cent. redemption deposit
and the necessities for Eastern exchange
win about equalize the release Of the circu-
lative reserves, which, as before shown,
have heretofore been made to serve. the
double purpose of reserve and exchange OF
draw against.
The next point to be considered is the
manner of redistribution. Win the Secre-
tary call in circulation from the ba nks hav-
ing an excess more rapidly than the circu-
lation Is required by those States which are
shortf l. so, the contraction Of the circu-
lation to the amount of several millions per
annum is practicable, but In no event from
this cause to exceed the sum- of $39 000, 900
during the mex fiscal year, to which amount
the call is restricted by the law.
But there is still another feature of this
new act which may work q depressing
affect upon Government securities. The
reserves released are legal tenders. If there
should be plethora of money the banks
may deposit their own circulating notes to
keep good their exchange account, and de-
posting their legal tenders with the Treas
urer release portion of their bonds. They
can then put these upon the market, realiz-
ing the present high premium. There may
be possible danger Of putting so many of
them a1oat as TO depress the price. By
depositing $1,000 legal tenders they may
receive SO. 900 in bonds, which, at present
premium, would bring them $t2, 900. or an
advance Of fifty per cent above the amount
deposited. Some of the sharp ones are
already doing this in the expectation of
again repurchasing their bonds at decline
of five or ten per cent in the event Of q
rush at this business. But 1t is believed
that the Secretary has still sufficient power
remaining to prevent these stock gamblers
from running the credit Of the country.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

Senator Morton says that the Republicans OF
Congress separated In the best Of temper and
spirits. There never was q stronger oetermi-
nation to keep the organization and principles
Of the Republican party intact and to make u
pre-eminently the party of the people. All
admitted that the party and the principles
which It represents sre Of far more Importance
than the personal success of any man or set OF
men, and that the first duty Of every true Re-
publican is to labor for the harmony and unity
of the party.-IndiGpdpoli Journal. 49,.
A correspondent of the New York World
writes thus of the approaching campaign In
Tennessee: "Judge John L. I. Sneed, q bellies
sttrss scholar and lawyer, now Of the Supreme
Bench, VIII possibly be the candidate Of the
Democracy for the Governors place. Chan
ceIIor Morgan and John 8. Kerr are his com1
petitors, both winning strength and Of de-
servedly great personal popularity. The
Changers are for Dorsey Thomas, an erudite
tanner who lives quietly at Jacksonville, on the
Tennessee river. Nothing Is said Of his caud-
dsture outside Of the Changers. They are
potent in Tennessee, and Judge Thomas is an
admirable gentleman, honest and capable. En-
President johnson b an irrepressible candidate
for the Federal Senate. Very certainly he can
make the Senator. If he be not himself elected
no one can enter the Senate without his assent.
Ex-Governor Isham G. Harris and many Ike
him win wage, It 10 asserted, Q relentless Yer
against Mr.. johnson. If this be persisted in
10 living man can foresee the result Of coming
conflicts in Tennessee. After the local cleo.
a -
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at rs THOUGHT"

Whenever Washington correspondent
wishes to invent falsehood for which he
is afraid to take the responsibility, he al
most invariably wells 1t under some such
phrase as cit Is understood" it is "gen-
orally believed, ''the opinion prevails. it
is currently reported in well-informed cir
eles," &c. Paragraphs sent from this city
with introductions similar to the above it is
safe, in nine cases out Of ten, to set down
as without any foundation. except the
imagination Of their authors. The CORE
spondent of the Chicago Tribune is ex-
tremely fond of this style of INTRODUCTION,
and the phrase we have quoted viii be
found more frequently in his dispatches
than in those of any. other man in the pro-
fession here.
To prove the truth OF the assertion that
dispatches written in this way are for the
most part untrue, it is only necessary to call
attention to one which appeared in the
journal to which we have referred last Fri
day. at is thought" says the correspond
ent, 'that Postmaster General CreswelTs
/" resignation was fastened somewhat by
" disappointment at the treatment given his
Z" postal telegraph scheme, as well as be-
!" cause the report of the House Postal
" COMMITTEE did not fully indorse him as
"entirely without blame under the abuses
!" that may have grown up under the straw.
:. bids system. at Is thought r. By
whomf We viii venture to say that no
one in Washington has Thought" anything
about it, except the correspondent of the
Tribune. The whole story is improbable,
and for the following reasons: In the first
place, it is known that Mr.. Creswell formed
the intention TO resign some time ago, and
in the second. that he spoke to the Presi,
dent about il before the investigation to
which allusion ID. made was thought Of In
the House. Mr.. Creswen feels no chagrin
whatever that Congress has not adopted his
ideas in regard to the postal telegraph. He
believes that It is only mere question Of
time, and when the ideas which he has 90
long advocated areas they will be-
adopted, the honor win belong to him, and
to him alone. Mark all the 'ftis thoughts"
and the 'ft is understoods" as upon their
very face spurious coin. 49, Z
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A DENOCRATIO REFORMER.

The majority Of politicians and careful
Newspaper readers will remember the -four
ish Of trumpets with which the Democratic
reform administration of Governor Taylor,
of Wisconsin, was ushered in some months
ago. The event was looked upon as full
Of significance Of political character. The
opposition press Of the East told US in well
rounded sentences and with the utmost en-
phasis that the people Of the West were
tired of Republican corruption and mis-
management and were satisfied that so
long as it was permitted to hold power it
would be impossible to reform existing
abuses, to check the power of the monopo-
lies, to emsncipate the people from the ills
and evils they were enduring. A letter
which is now going the rounds Of the press
of Wisconsin shows the real character Of
this Reform Democratic party and admin
istration in that fiourishing State; how vain
and hopeless are the expectations that were
formed Of it.
The letter in question was written about
two months ago to Governor Taylor, by ex-
Senator Satterlce Clark, politician of large
influence in Wisconsin. 1t seems that Mr..
Taylor, upon divers occasions, sought the
influence of Clark in the furtheranee Of his
political ambition. This Mr.. Clark was
good enough to give-to use his own Ian
Cuage, he worked" for Mr.. Taylor con-
stantly and aSsiduously, in consideration of
which the said Taylor made several prom
Uses, which he has since seen fit to break,
hence the letter in question. the mere
breaking of his promises by Taylor is d
trifing matter in itself; the disappointment
of Clark is equally unimportsnt; but there
is phase to the whole question which az
fords an excellent illustration of the fraudu-
lent character of the so-called reform move
ment IN Wisconsin. Among the offices
promised Clark by the Governor was the
position of canal commissioner. The i'm
portance Of the place, taken in connection
with the Potter railroad law, is apparent at
a glance. Clark says that in conversation
with this reform Governor upon the sub
ject he hesitated and delayed and finally
asked Clark to get the Endorsement of the
railroad companies, or q majority Of them.
Here is what Clark writes: "You said if /
could get the railroad men to say my ap-
''pointnent would be satisfactory you would
appoint me, and that you greatly desired
''to do SO. = = You wished metz get
filled letters from three out of four railroad
companies expressing their satisfaction
with my appointment. Having done
''what you required me TO 60 / was such
'simpleton as to suppose would get the!
appointment but I did not get it. and the
'fArst notice that received that was not
appointed was in the public press The
Governor, doubtless. fond some one more
acceptable to the companies than Clark.
This will be sad news for the Changers
and the Resormers generally who have
been anticipating such nagnifcent perform
ances from Taylor 6 Co. The whole re-
form movement in Wisconsin is evidently
q palpable sham and fraud, and the
Changers have sold cut TO their worst enc
mics. So much for Democratic reform.
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DIED.


INSTRUMENTATION Sunday morning, luna
n WHILE D. BRASDEsBURG, aged seventeen
Yesrs an tT. nv ,Siiy are resnectfu,Iv invite, .,
attend his funeral from his fathers residence,
Pennsyivania avenue, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets northwest, this afternoon, at
HERMoND.-In Georgetown, June q. after 8
short nes o Of tao sus da 81 Sa
Hermond. aged three months.
Funeral VIII take place this afternoon, st O'Clock,
street - between Bridge and Gay, Georse,own.
Friends Of the family respectfully invited TO at
MoRAN.-on June =. ARTHUR BEVERLY, infant
son OF William P. and Lizzie Moran, aged four
months.
Eleventh and streets northwest, after short hut
painful Illness: JENNIE. beloved VIII, o. w. G.
Green, aged sixteen years, eleven months and
Fnnerai Viii take place at PIsesh church, corner
Sfternool. at o'cio:k. Reiatives and friends Of
The family are respectfully invited to attend.
Dearest Jennie, thou hath LEFT US. % syr
But lis i God Cd that hath bsreftus,
He can all our sorrow. heal. .. g..
Yet, again, We hope toinsst thee,
There no farewell tear Is shed sc
RioDEs. I'm This city, June 2, CaARLEs :.
aged two months and eight days. .--s- :
est son q i. K and easssndri LInser, aged one
Faneral viii tase place from MS residence on the
Mariboro' read, Tussday IS eo,eioek.
Shall surely burst open fofey er 10 bloom.
KERR.-On sunday afternoon Is. at 2
o'cloek, Miss JULIA KERR, In the seventy-hfth
M,y she res Ia peas; ~. r, :, 9, New.
church .Aisxsndris. Va. wednesday, juiyi, az
Il O'Clock m. ~, .-sss
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loFFICIAL.1

NAVY DEPARTMENT., [
WASHINGTON, June Il, 1874 s
Circular. -l,--. ...a ...-s.r.
The class Of Midshipmen who graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1872, and all sub.
sequent classes, will, upon their final examina-
ton preliminary to promotion, be examined BY
the Board in NavGi Tactics, in addition TO the
usual subjects, GEO. NJ. robson,
Secretary of the Navy.
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ONE Of the strsight-out Democratic papers
Of Virginia wants q property qualification for
voters in the Southern States, 50 Is 70 dis
franchise "four millions of ignorant blacks"
II the Democratic party could only get into
power, who doubts Whst It would DOT
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THE EATTONAL CURRENCY a

THE NATIONAL CURRENCY ACT.
Considerable speculation is being in
dulged in BY the press ssto the effect Of the
national currency act Of the late, session.
Some aver that the tendency Of its opera
tons win be to expanson, and others to
contraction. In the absence Of definite
knowledge Of the course which win be pur-
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GORDON = sPENcER.-On June q, At s..
| Johns church, ohestertown, Md. BY Fee. D..
Arthur j. Rich, J. WORDSWORTH Go"UOS, OF
Georgetown, u. c., and MARY G. SRI NcER, Of
| CheStertown, Nd. e.. r-r ..
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READER OF TE.NNTroNAL RErUBLI-
CAN IedUSEA az city for the summer can
haze the paper mailed to their address for
sizty-siE cents per month, in dduanes
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NoTICE ~ pER

- SONS OWING STATE AND COUNTY
TAXES IN PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY. Md
The undersigned Tres surer aud Collector Of Sf4tt
and County Taxes for Prince Georges County wih
be ct Messrs. Jackson Bro. Co. - Pennsylysnfa
ton, ID. o., on MONDAY and TUESDAY, June
resdns IN he oF ndSoen %so
owe tsSss ~ said county, and giyiEg them an, Or;
paid on thst day. My agent, j. w. MEDLEY, for
the collection or taxes due the Huntington City
lots the year 1874 will be st No. 81 Fnur-ans-a-
half street, opposite the City Hall, on SATURDAY.
MONDAY asd TUESDAY, the 9Th, ?th and th Of
June, 1874. Owners eff lots who have not paid their
on him. ~, VIM L. JARROE,f n
County, Nd. lSfarl je22-td
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RATES OF ADvERTIsrNe:
TUESDAY MoRNINe.::.l.,::.::...J %. -

PERSONS leaving tom for the ssg'n'e'
"t3 q sOsH to consult the pGtsrs.g5 psace
0doerf'SNqsents in eaotAer csse-sA.
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STATE LOTTERIES.
$5,OOO,OOO
ENDOWMENT SCHEME.
FIFTH AND LAST CONCERT
IN AID OF THE
Public Library Of Kentucky.
JULY 81. 1874

In announcing the Fifth and last ofihe series oil
Gin Concerts given for the benefit Of the Public
Library OF Kentucky, the Trustees and Manager
refer with pride and pleasure to the four which
have been already given; The 1rst, December le,
@ l7a and the fourth, March 81, 1874.
~, undsr their charter granted b. special act o.
tees are AUTHORIZED to give ONE MORE, and ONLY
ONE MORE, CIT Concert. With the money arising
from this Finn and last Concert, the Library,
Musenm, and other departments are TO be enlarged
and endowed with a hxcd and certain annual In.
come. Such an endowment fund 10 desired. as viii
secure beyond peradyenture, not only the main
tensnce OF this magnificent establishment, but IT:
CON sfant growth.
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the ElEIH sIEr CONCERT

For he purposes mentioned, and which Is post
lively and unsquiyocally announced IS THE LAST
WHICH WILL EVER BE GIVEN UNDER THIS
CHAkTER AND BY THE PRESENT MANAGE E
MENT, will come OF In the Public Library Hall, at
Louisville. Ky. H
Fsf1day, July 81S 1874.
At this Anal Concert everything win be upon a
The music will be rendered by an orchestr con-
sstipg OF one hundred performers selected for their
sum OF -
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-:r.EEsLEY CHAPEL sAaRArH

rrwEsLEY CHAPEL SABBATH
~ School Picnic and Excursion, TUESDAY,
June 20, to the Washington Grove Camp-reetiry
and comfort Of all WHO attend. Croqust, patent
swings, baseball, quoits and other games. Re-
grounds. Fare, round trip :sAdults, o.; children
Under 10 years. 50 cents, to be had OF the officers and
teachers of the school, and at Warren Ihoate e
Co. Is book store, 81 pennsylysuia avenue. Cars
leave the Baltimore ard Ohio railroad depot at q.
p. m. Je2s-Th.s&M
OF THE CHESAPEAKE
- and Ohio Canal Company, Annapolis Md.
June II, lG4.-Notice Is hereby given that the cou-
pom due january. ls59 on the preferred constrnc-
ton bonds OF this company Will DO paid st the bank
ing-house Of Messrs. Alexander Brown soma Bal
tim0re.. on and after the 9th Instant
je23-td A. p. GoRMAN, President.
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THE Galveston Ns,cs says so frequent change
Of Congressmen is bad for their respective con-
stituencies, and bad for the National Legisla-
lsture OF the country. A Congressman OF
native capacity and force constantly improves
in efficiency with bis continuance. This was
the secret of the extraordinary weight which,
at former period, Virginia had in Congress
and In all the affairs of the General Govern
ment. Hers were the best working men In
the committee, hers the brightest adopts in par
liamentary strategy" The closing sentences
like the postscript to lady's letter, contains
the most important point in the article, as fol-
lows. "No better example than hers, 10 the
important particular mentioned, can be COM
mended to adoption by . State which has 30
much reason as Texas has for wishing TO pro-
ject herself, through capable representatives,
as q power In the national councils" Texas.
we are afraid, WIN have to keep her present
delegation in Office until doomsday II she
wishes to ''project" herself rs power IN ma
tional councils. There Is not much prospect
that they win be all the Nsrs fondly hopes to
see them much before that time.
soMs of Gen. Logan,s enemies In the West
have revived that oldlstory about his having
endeavored to raise Confederate regiment, to
which the Omaha Rspsolean replies as fol-
lows: "Therei. gentleman residing in Omaha
who knows John A. Logan intimately, from
the fact that he was on his stat during the
war. he knew all about the charges made of
the raising Of the Confederate regiment, and
he pronounced them all libelous. We refer to
that dyed-fn-the-wool Democrat, Major James
W. Davis. He knew Logan, knew the pressure.
brought by his friends and relatives to bear on
him to influence his decision toward the South,
and he knows how indignantly they were
thrown of. and with what superhuman energy
he went to work to raise aregimcnt Of boys
in blue for the Union army. Major Davis
pronounces, from intimate knowledge and per-
sonal observation, the story a. untrue Ia every
particular, and the people of nlip1is- Re
publicans Of that great Stste-have branded
the allegations rs infamously false by electing
and re-electing him to the best Office within the
gift of the people. A drawer man, q truer pa
triot, q more courageous soldier never stood In
the Union ranks than John A. Logan"
THE Nashville Onion prints a fine old
fashioned political editorial, as follows: The
action of to-day's convention makes or mars
the success Of August. It determines the fate
of the country for four years." &C., &c. Our
readers can imagine the rest. Isn't 1t aoont
time that political clap-trap of this description
were splayed outP' -
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

TsHE FoToMa0 RTTER SPRINGS ARE
= now ready for the reception of Bosrders,
HAVING MADE IMPORTANT ADDITIONS
FOB ACCOMMODATIONS.
F0rparticulars, as t. price. sc;s sddre.s
jen-sw. Miles Town, 81. hsryis c5aniy, Md.
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TO GAS CONSUMERS.

on gas consumed after JUNE 30, the price wifbe
reduced FIFTY CENTS per 1000 cubic D,es<s sel-
Gross price. ............ 10
Discount IL paid within sey<a days. .......... Is
c.B. BAILEY, Secretary.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

rIs soUTHERv REPUBLICxN AssO-
-, CiATIOS.-Th' Association will mset for
important bnslness. st sfsrk,s Hal, 40 p, nnsyl-
ss1ia avtnue. TaIs Cruesdsy) EVENING, at Q
0j jeSs chAs' Mip,E rssIa 81.
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DENTISTS.

nENTISTRY.-O. B. FOSTER, N. D., FOR
II thirty years Dental Practitioner In Philsdei-
phai and New York, attends TO all branches OF bis
profession at No. l1os New York avenue.
Beautiful sets Of teeth on platina gold and other
materials on the most reasonable terms. noo-n
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S2,5oo,ooo
LIST OF GIFT

DIVIDED into twenty thousand gifts, Will be dis
tfibuted among the ticket-holders.
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LIMITED STATES Z ArENT oEFloE, .

Golden, m. sdnin.strstor Of Thomas N. foster,
granted 70 the sad Thomas n, Foster, on the ID
DAY OF Oetebsr, 1850, and reiss1ed In two divisions
ber 1879. for an improvement IN Haryesiers:
IL y ordered that the testimony 10 the case be
time for hling arguments and the exsulner's re-
port Be limited 20 the 1ith day q septemnsr next;
OF September next. -
MAJ GDpigsss az SfEisS Gossnsr
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