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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
A LADY VILLAGE.

The long talked of woman's community
within the limits Of the town Of Woburn,
twelve miles from Boston, was actually begun
last month, by the raising Of the frame Of the
first building. In this community all the land
is to be owned BY women; and, so far as the
management Of the affairs of the village is con-
cerned, woman suffrage is to prevail to the
utter political disqualification Of men. The
members Of the community are obliged to as
sent to constitution which is to govern It,
but further than this they are not restrained;
except, that they are expected to attend, at
least once q week, upon the unsectarian rea-
gious service to be held. This village is to be
called Aurora. Each house is to have its gar
den. The main reliance for moneyed sue
cess Is to be on cooperative schemes. One Of
these Is the establishment Of laundry where
full faculties are to afforded for doing work on
a large scale, and competing with the famous
Troy lsundries. Men are not to be excluded
from the village, nor from some ownership Of
property, nor from the opportunity Of work;
but widows and maiden ladies viii likely be
regarded as preferable to married women, even
though the husband be only kind of inferior
adjutsnt to the woman.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

GOVERNOR BUCKINGHAM, of Connect
cut. is the subject of an editorial in the
New York Tribune. Dividing the public
life of Mr.. Buckingham into two parts
that while he was Governor, and during
his Senatorial term our Contemporary
awards to the one all praise, and to the
other condemnation. Of course, Mr.. Buck
ingham has been as faithful, as honorable
and as true in one position as in the other,
but the Tribune cannot see it. The Tribune
has changed, not Senator Buckingham.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
BouYD 70 GET MARRIED..

From the syracuse Courler.t
On the 10Th Of March last, wedding came
Of I'm Adams street, where Miss H. married
9 gentleman, from Hamilton. The young lady,
aged twenty-four years, was as attractive as
any in our city. She was accomplished, well
educated, refined, and came from q respectable
family, who, however, did not possess sufh-
cient amount Of filthy luchre, commonly called
greenbacks, goods, chattles, &C., to rank
among the upper tendon. The father had
once been farmer and deputy sheriff of this
county. The young lady had once been mar
ried, but from incompatibility of temper, or
some other Of the many excuses so prevalent
at the present tins, had obtained divorce
from her husband and moity of %, 900. This,
however, only filed the void in her aching
heart for q time, and she cast about for q
lover.
Fortunately, or otherwise, gay young bank
cashier then formed her acquaintance, which
soon rpened into an engagement, we cannot
say love. Now this young man enjoyed the
reputation of having Tilted other fair young
damsels, and this came to the ear of his be-
trothed. She determined she would not be out
done by him in case he failed to come to time.
The night for the wedding was fixed for the
25th. But few days previous to the ap-
pointed time q mysterious dispatch comes from
Pennsylvania calling our gay cashier to that
State. Rumor says that It came through the
influence of the relations of the young man,
who, being rich and arisocratic, are opposed to
the match as natural consequence. We have
understood that 1t is q rule among the nobility
~ L., L. 80 a.
Modes and Persians, that none of noble or
"blue" blood shall mate with plebeians. In
the estimation Of our cashiers blue-blood rela-
tives the expectant bride was plebeian and the
law must not be transgressed.
Inamorsts is shown the dispatch and in
formed by the lover that he will surely be
back before the day named. He bids her q
fond ~ farewell, and with treachery in his
heart and his love in his coat-tail pocket, he
HES him away to the lord of the "dusky
diamonds" The fair lady mistrusts her
Leander, Chat is not his name, but It is near
enough and accordingly telegraphs to Mr.. H.
of Hamilton, to be on hand on the evening of
the 26th, and If the absent lover does not ap-
pear, she will make him { Mr.. Fl. } happy. The
Pennsylvania lover soon telegraphs that the
wedding must be postponed-that he cannot
reach home in time. But the wedding didn't
postpone. The guests assembled, the bride
waited patiently - the hour arrived the
minister stood waiting-friends were anxious
to congratulate her, and she was anxious to be
congratulated. Mr.. H. takes the place of Mr.
T. Ooh, Mr.. Cashier, we mean,) and all went
merry as marriage bell. The happy couple
were congratulated and went off on their we'd
ding tour, the old shoe was thrown after them,
and quiet reigned supreme. Now the absent
lover whose love was conquered, can return
and prepare for other and more brilliant con-
quests
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

A GRANGER orator, who seems to be
somewhat popular with that order, gave
his opinion of lawyers in recent speech as
follows: ''The instincts of lawyers ore to-
ward knavery; they extort immense sums
from their clients which, if they are hon
Efest men, makes them beggars, and, if
'thieves, makes it necessary to rob or steal
again. The lawyer works for the party
chat pays the best and none but rascals
can ever afford to fee lawyer. As a
''class they are destitute Of honor, .gener,
costly and the first principles Of morality
''they arc guilty Of corrupting the youth by
'their examples, and of prostituting the
Government to the basest purposes" 1t
is not at all improbable that this granger at
some time in his life narrowly escaped the
penitentiary. O..
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
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CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES


SECOND PAaE-Distrct Investigation, CONTINUED
from first page; Painting in
Rome; A Western Man; Real
Estate.
THIRD PAGE-Rondeaui Arrest Of Fugitive;
Concrete Pavement; Napo-
leonIc Pretender; Warehouses;
Auction Sales; Legal Notices;
Household Furniture; Business
Directory, Wood and Coal;
Building Materials, Painting,
sc.
SIKH PAeE-Spirit Of Congress; The District; a
"Reminiscences of Senator Sum-
ner: Personal and Political
News Paragraphs; Gre
ceries; Wines and Liquors; Pro-
fessional and Business Cards;
Financial; Hotels and Res
taurants; Books and Station
cry; Groceries and Provisions;
Railroad Time Tables, &c.
SEVENTH PAaE-Foreigu Notes and Gossip
Child Murder; Rice Planting;
The Bengal Famine; Future
of Washington; Old and New
Plays; Dry Goods; Ice Cream
and Confectionery; Merchant
Tailors Bankers and Brokers;
Groceries; Insurance; JOB
Printing; Steamship Lines
Pianos, sc.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
CoURTsHIP OF SAVAGES.

Among the aboriginal blacks Of Australia,
courtship as the precursor to marriage is un-
known. When young warrior is DESTROYS of
procuring wife, he generally obtains one by
giving in exchange for her sister or some
other female relative of his own; but II there
should happen to be no eligible datnsel disen-
gagged in the tribe to which hs belongs, then he
hovers around the encanpment OF some other
blacks until he gets an opportunity Of SEEKING
one of their leubras, whom perhaps he has seen
and admired when attending one of the fessts
or corrobories. His node Of paying his ad-
dresses Is simple and eficacious. With blow
of his war-club he stuns the object of his
Affections" and drags her insonsible BODY
away to some retired spot, whence, as she re-,
covers her senses, be brings her home to his
own gunyah In triumph.
Another method with wife stealers is to as
certain the campfire beside which the girl
whom he covets, sleeps. When he gains the
knowledge he requires, he creeps close to the
camp on some dark, windy night, and stretch
ing out his spear, inserts It's bsrbed point
amongst her thick, flowing locks; turning It
slowly around, some Of her hair becomes en-
tangled with It; then, with asudden jerk, she
Is aroused from her slumber, and as her eyes
opens she feels the point Of another weapon
pressed against her throat. She neither faints
nor screams; she knows well that the slightest
attsmpt at escape or alarm viii cause her In
slant death; 50 like sensible woman, she
makes virtue Of necessity, and rising silently,
she follows her captor, to begin life of toll,
from which she IL not released till death.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

MISS LYDIA THOMPSON has kindly given
the services of herself and troupe for q
matinee performance in aid of the charity
fund, on Wednesday afternoon next. This
generous act does credit to the lady's
womanly feelings and will tend still fur.
Their to increase the admiration already en-
tertained for her by the public Of the Capt..
tai. Miss Thompson is given the praise Of
being one of the most liberal benefactors Of
the poor in her profession. Possessed of q
warm heart tender sympathies and gen.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

erous nature, che has never said no to the
appeals of the needy, and, although not by
any means wealthy, she has yet to begrudge
a benefit performance for the cause of char
lty. Miss Thompson may be sure of
hearty welcome from the public of Wash
ington next week,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

THE fremen have taken hold of the work
of selling tickets for the charity entertain
ments with an energy that speaks well for
their generosity. Our firemen are big
hearted fellows, and this last generous ac-
ton will still further increase the esteem in
which our citizens already hold them.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

THE votes of the House yesterday upon
the currency bill indicate diverse opinions,
not only upon the bill under consideration
but also upon the principles of the Senate
bill. 1t is evident that the House is decided
upon the Reputation of the Republican
doctrine of a speedy attempt to resume
specie payments. Beyond this all is chaos
Who is the man of sufficient genius to re
store to order these chaotic elements9
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

A DISPATCH from Key West brings the
intelligence of another outrage upon two
American citizens-one a United States
consular agent-by the Spanish authorities
in Cuba. All the facts in the case are not
known, but in the light Of the mcagrc state
ment presented, it would seem that the
Spaniards have not profted in the least by
the lesson of the Virginius.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
VICTOR HUGO.
philadelphia Telegraph. ]

Hugo is to romance and the drama what
Theirs or Guizot are to history. His career has
been most extraordinary, almost unexampled.
he was famous before the majority Of men now
living were born; he Is more famous now than
any other period Of his career. Between these
two extremes Of ardent youth and revered old
age he has done at least as much as any Of his
cotemporsry brain-workers, and has covered a
greater variety of ground, gathered more con-
Trajectory and opposite successes, and occa-
stoned more Jsrors than any of his co-worksrs,
II not, indeed, than any literary man Of modern
times.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
Approved, March 8, 1874.
TGESERAL, SArURE-No. Isl

AN ACT to amend the fifteenth section of an
act approved June eighth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, entitled Gan act to revise,
consolidate and amend the statutes relating
to the Post Office Department"
Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
ssntatires Of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That section fifteen of the act
!" to revise, consolidate and amend the statutes
relating to the Post Office Department" ap-
proved June eighth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-two, be amended to read as follows:
"SEC. Is. That before entering upon the
duties, and before they shall receive any salary,
the Postmaster General, and all persons en-
ployed in the postal service, shall respectively
take and subscribe before some magistrate or
other competent officer authorized to admins
Their oaths by the laws of the Tinted States, or
Of any State or Territory, the following oath or
affirmation: -.s.. =
"T, A. B., do solemnly swear Cor affirm,
as the case may be, y that will faithfully per-
form all the duties required OF me and abstain
from everything forbidden by the laws in rela-
ton to the establishment of post-ofices and
post-roads within the United States; and that /
will honestly and truly account for and pay over
any money belonging to the said United States
which may come into my possession or control;
and also further swear Tor affirm) that will
support the Constitution of the United States,
so help me God.'
"And this oath or affirmation may be taken
before any officer civil, or military, holding a
commission under United States, and such
officer is hereby authorized to administer and
certify such oath or affirmation"
Approved, March 5, 1874.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

The May Atlantic wiz contain poem by Mr..
James Russell Lowell on Agassiz, written In
the measure Of his Commemoration Ode. The
length Of the poem-elevcn pages Of the mag
azine-snd the range which It takes VIII at
once invite very general attention. It Il to be
hoped that this Is only forerunner Of PROBES
sor Lowell, and that when he returns 10 Amer
lea in the summer It may be with more contri-
buttons to American literature, which has missed
him too long already.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

THE Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections will in ali probability report in
favor of the abolition of the Electoral Col
lege in the election of President and Vice
President. The present plan of election is
exceedingly cumbrous and unsatisfactory,
more calculated to defeat the will OF the
Deople than to ratifY il.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

Mr.. JOHN T. FORD proposed to Mis-
Cushman that she give her share of the re
ceipts for one performance for the benefit o
the poor of Washington and he would MOI
only donate his own share, but give the en-
tire gross receipts to the cause of charity.
Miss Cushmsn emphatically said mo- Il
the proposition. We publish this fact with
out Mr.. Ford's knowledge, feeling that thu
public will contrast the action of the partie!
mentioned with atleast no ill-feeling TOWARD
Mr. Ford
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

An INTERESTING case was tried yester
day before Justice Walter, areport of which
will be found elsewhere. The question in
volved the right Of the Board of Public
Works to assess private property for i'm
provements in front of church property
While the law remains as 1t is, exempting
church property from taxation, the action
of the board should be sustained. Whether
church property should be exempted is
another question. The jury disagreed.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

ONE of the Committees of the House has,
it seems, agreed to report a bill incorporat-
ing company to bring immigrants to the
United States and locate" them. The
whole thing has, to say the least sus-
picious look, and should be carefully ex-
amined before il is acted upon.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

OF such fact BY two credible Wttnesses receiya
his or her patent for said hoknesteaH
Sec. 5. That no land acquired under the pro-
visions Of this act shall In any event beeoma
liable to the satisfaction Of any debt or deftS
contracted prior to the Issuing Of certificate
therefor.
Sec. 9. That the COMMISSIONS Of the Gan
eral Land Once Is hereby required to prepare
and issue such rules and regulations, consis-
tent with this act, as shall b necessary and
proper 10 carry It's provisions ineo effect; and
that the registers and the receivers Of the sew
efal land Offices shall each be entitled TO re-
eeiye two dollars at the time Of entry, and the
same sum when the claim Is finally established
and the final certificate issued.
Sec. 2. That the ffth section Of the act en-
titled "An act IN addition 10 an act to punish
crimes against the United States, and for other
purposes" approved March third, eighteen
hundred and ffy-seyen, Ihall extend TO all
oaths, afirmations, and aftldavits required or
authorized by this act.
enteries under the act approved March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, Of which
tnls = amendatory, shall be permitted to COM
Pie.e the same upon full compliance with the
provisions Of this act.
Approved, March 13, 1874.
IGENERAL NArURE-No. I'll
An ACT to amend the act entitled Gan act 10
prevent the determination Of fir-bearing ami
mails In Alaska" approved July first,
eighteen hundred and seventy.
BE u enacted By tie Senate and HOUSE of
Representatives Of The Unttsd States or A,n<rieG,
in Congress assembled, That the act entitled
"An act TO prevent the exterrlsnation of FUR
bearing animals In Alaska" approved Julv
first, eighteen hundred and seventy, Is hereby
amended 30 as to authorize the Secretary Of
the Treasury, and he is hereby authorized, to
designate the months IN which fur-seals NAV
be taken for their skins on the islands of Saint
Paul and Saint George, in Alaska, and in the
waters edjacent thereto, and the number to be
taken on or about each island respectively.
Approved March p, 1874
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

J. b. Lippincott & Co. have nearly ready
volume Of "Memoirs Of John Quincy Adams,
comprising portions Of his Diary from TBS to
1s4s." Edited by Hon. Charles Francis Adams.
aThs Heir Of Malreward; or, Restored" A
Novel. By the author Of "son and Heir, !" etc.,
(svo. cloth and paper;) and "Plato," being
vol. xix. Of J. B. Lippineott 8 Co.'s Ancient
Classic Series. By Clifton W. Collins N. A..
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

THE unnaturalized English editor of the
New York Times can scarcely write line
upon national matters without betraying his
ignorance of American ideas and usage.
Yesterday, for instance, he says, In regard
to the currency bill: ut Is plain from these
'facts that it may be in the power of the
opponents of the Senate bill to maintain a
'1ong struggle by parliamentary tactics
against the measure, and possibly to de-
'feat it." This is exactly Jennings idea
of hemncratic rnrnrnrnnnt
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NArURR-No. Q. /
JOINT RESOLUTION explanatory of resolution
approved January 81, 1868, entitled "a reso-
luton limiting contracts for stationery and
other supplies In the executive departments
to one year"
Resolved 6y the Senate and Hoase Of Rsprsser-
tdtiDes Of the United States Of America, IN Con-
gress assembled, That the resolution approved
January thirty-frst, eighteen hundred and
sixty-eight, entitled "a resolution limiting con-
tracts for stationery and other supplies In the
Executive Departments to one yea" shall not
be held, or construed, to apply to, o. include,
mailbags, mail-locks and keys, postal cards,
postage stamps, newspaper wrappers, or
stamped envelopes.
Approved, March "a, 1874.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

FULL accounts of the progress made in
the charity undertaking will be found in
another column. The work goes nobly for
ward, and complete success is fully assured.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
SEVENTH PAGE

The postage on the DoUBLE-sHEET
DAILY national REPUBLICAN is taco
cents. II only q Ona-cent stamp is afizcd
the paper t1iU remain in the Washington
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

TICKETS for the charity concerts are now
on sale and may be obtained at Ford's the
National, Wizards, the Ebbitt and the Ar
lington house, and at the principal music
atnras
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

Miss CLARA MORRIS, in a private letter,
remarks: LET US try to get up an enthusi-
'tasm in Washington and make thousands
'for its suffering DOOR"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
TGEyERAL NArURE-No "A I

AN ACT to establish bonded warehouses for
the storing and cleansing Of rice intended for
expectation.
Be it enacted By The Senate and HOUSE, Of Rep
reSentGtiUss Of the United States of AnsrieG IN
Congress assembled, That from and after the
passage Of this act importers bonded ware
houses, to be used for the storage and cleansing
Of imported rice intended for expectation to
foreign countries, may DO established at any
port of entry in the United States, under such
rules and regulations Is the Secretary Of the
Treasury may prescrihe.
Approved, March "a, 1874.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11

The 'loot" obtained BY the English troops in
Ashantee, when equally divided among those
who took part in the campaign, win amount to
7s. Cd. per man.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-11
GENERAL NArURE-No. Is.
An Act to establish certain post-routes in the
State of Arkansas.
GENERAL NATURE-No. al
An ACT creating an additional land district in
the Territory of New Mexico

IH6 ItTfIsOry OF NOW M5XICO.
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
ConqreSs assembled, That all that portion of the
Territory Of New Mexico lying south of the
principal base line of said Territory shall con-
stitute separate land district, to be called the
La Messilla land-district, the Office of which
shall be located at such place In said district
as the President of the United States may d.
rect, which may be changed from time to time
as the public interest may require.
SEC. 3. That the President shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
register and receiver of public moneys for
said district, and said officers sail reside in the
place where said land-office is located, and they
shall have the same powers, perform the same
duties, and receive the same emoluments as
are or may be prescribed by law in relation to
land offices of the United States in other Terri
tories.
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loFFIcrAL.l
LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
FoRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
2 GENERAL NATURE-No. ID.
AN AcT changing the times for holding GER
tain district courts Of the United States, for
the State of Iowa.
Bsa enacted By the Senate and House Of Rep
reseztafives Of The United States of America IN
Congress assembled, That instead Of the times
now fixed BY law. the terms Of the district
courts Of the United States for the district Of
Iowa, to be held In the city of Keokuk and the
city of Council Bluffs, shall commence at
Keokuk on the third Tuesday of January and
on the third Tuesday Of june, and at Council
Bluffs on the fourth Monday Of March and the
fourth Monday Of September In each year.
ARc 2. That all causes, processes, suits, and
proceedings now pending or commenced for
said terms Of court, or hereafter to be CON-
menced, shall be continued or returned In and
to said courts at the several times herein
specified. =
Approved, February Q, 1874.
GENERAL NArURs-No. 49,
An Act to establish certain post-routes in the
State of Arkansas.
Be Ct enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives Of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That the following are
hereby established as post-routes From Little
Rock, via Argenta, Reeds Landing, Eagle
Landing, Wampoo, Plumbayou, Adamsburg,
and Pastoria to Pine Bluff. From Pine Bluff,
via Carson, Rob Roy, New Gascony, Green
Back, Cooper's Landing, Willamette and
Sarassa to Arkansas Post. From Watson Sta
ton on the Texas, Mississippi River and North
western Railroad, to Red Fork on the Arkan.
sas Diver. From Bath Station, on the Texas,
Mississippi River, and Northwestern Railroad,
to South Bend on the Arkansas River
Approved, February "a, 1874.