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National Republican., 1874-05-16
NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL
HONOR.

The uuwil!ingness to provide for the re-
dcmption of Treasury notes in coin which
is manifested by our National Legislature
is sad comment upon the notions of COM
mercisl honor that rule in the minds of its
individual members. One might naturally
be curious to inquire whether the anti
members would feel justified in
making practical application of the same
principles in their own private transactions.
Is it not fair to presume that what they
deem honorable. just and equitable in na-
ton would also seem fair, high-toned and
justifable in individusls3 What do we say
of men and corporations who, being abun-
dainty able to pay their demand notes, con-
stantly refuse to do so2 They are pro-
nounced trifers and swindlers and conf
dence men, and their paper first depreciates
in value and is shortly utterly
refused-not because the author is
not good, but for the reason that
it is not available. We cannot realize for
it anything like its face value. And then
we force them into bankruptcy and compel
their property to pay their notes. If the
Government were amenable to such treat.
ment would it not be found able to redeem its
Treasury notes in coin? Because the major
ity of the men composing the Government
Just at present hold these loose notions of ma
tional honor and have the power to vote
that Government irredeemablc paper is
equivalent to gold, and therefore should not
be redeemed in gold, is no good evidence
that the whole community is thus demoral-
ized-that as individuals we are either in
sensible or unmindful of the requirements
of mercantile and commercial honor. Low,
indeed, would be the credit Of our mer-
chants abroad if such were the case. 1t is
with the blush of shame that we are obliged
to acknowledge that the delinquencies oi
many of our railway and other corporations
as well as those of some of the sovereign
States of this Union 60 far to prove that we
have one kind of honor for the State or cor
porate authority and another for the indi
vidual.
National Republican., 1874-05-16
OPERATION OF THE CURRENCY
BILL.

During the discussion of the currency
bill in the Senate on Thursday Mr.. Wash
burn, the new Senator from Massachusetts,,
made few pertinent inquiries and some
practical remarks upon the probable effect
of the provisions of the bill upon the banks
and the business of the country. Speaking
of the reservation of coin interest in the
vaults of the national banks, he desired to
know II there was any similar provision re-
quiring the Government to accumulate coin
in the Treasury, preparatory to the redemp-
ton of the Treasury notes. Being
answered in the negative, Mr.. Washburn
said that while he did not object to this
particular feature so far as the banks are
concerned, he could not see that any great
benefit was to be derived unless the Gov
ernmeAt is also prepared to take the same
step in the same direction that is required
of the banks. --,-.--. - p,
The Senator made an objection to the
proposition that the Comptroller Of the Cur
rency should redeem count cancel and
detroy the notes Of national banks without
giving the officers of the banks an oppor-
tnnity to exqmine their genuineness and as
certain for themselves the amount. He said:
" No national bank ought to De ling =
have its notes taken possession Jf Nd
g destroyed without passing through its own
hands" They ,hould not
"be charged with the destruction of S10.-
National Republican., 1874-05-16

THE Philadelphia Press, speaking for Penn
sylvania AMI Philadelphia, announces that the
Centennial will go ahead, and bids defiance to
q niggardly Congress, as follows: "From this
time forward the Centennial will proceed with
out interruption from any source or authority.
Its success no longer depends upon the pccu-
mary assistance of Congress. Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia, whose hearts have from the
first been enlisted in this great work, were
never suppliants, and are no longer appellants.
Their strength is sufficient and their courage
equal to the great work which they have VOL
unfairly assumed. The nation has given the
enterprise its indelible sanction and that is all
that is needed. Its legislators, in Difference to
the icy sentiment of the times and their own
fears, may rehlse to appropriate one cent from
the public Treasury, but the fact that the ex-
hihition with which the Centennial anniversary
Of our liberty will be commemorated will be
international in charaetar cannot be effaced."
1t is certainly no honor to the country that q
single State should be allowed to face this
work single-hsnded and alone. The paltry
considerations which induced timid Congress
to vote down the appropriation certainly have
no weight with the people.
National Republican., 1874-05-16

e 900 of their own notes, not a dollar or
/" which they have passed upon and per-
:" sonally know anything OF Before these
g notes should be destroyed every bank
g should inspect them and be satisfied that
g they are their own notes and not the notes
SO Of some other bank. k."\ -, ~ -
Expressing the opinion that the first re-
suits of this bill would be considerable con-
traction, he said "there can be no question
" that when you take five per cent. to place
"with the Treasurer you take some S17.-
900, 900, which contracts your greenback
" currency to that amount in the first step.
" No one can deny that when you take
"your reserves from the commercial centres
"and place them in each individual bank,
" if the argument be true that these com
mercial centres are using these reserves at
" the present day for loans, the effect of tax
"ing these reserves will be to contract
your currency to the extent that the
" banks in the commercial centres use
4" those reserves to loan upon.
Referring to free banking and the proba-
bility of banks organizing under this bill to
take up the circulation, Mr.. Washburn re-
marked that he believed in free banking.
when you have specie basis, when you
"have commercial centre of redemption,
"when you have all your provisions. made,
'1et your banking be free, and let every
''State and every community have the same
''chance and the same opportunity. But il
"this bill passes and hsc?mesa law banker
''yill examine 1t and say: If I organize
ga bank under this bill, Imust 90 and pur-
&" chase my bonds and pay 10 or l6 per cent
"'premium for those bonds, and Twill get
"'my SOC, 900 of circulation on the 800, 000
'1n other words, he must pay $4,000 pre-
"mium for 800, 200 of circulation to start
with. - g.
''Now, l ask the chairman of the Finance
Committee, as bank man, If he would
"advise any company, any corporation,
"under this circumstance, to organize new
"bank? Would he not say as business man
"that he could not advise such step? He
"would rather advise to wait two years and
"a half, when instead of paying $4,000
premium for his 500, 900 of five per cents
che can get them at cost, and therefore he
"will not organize bank when the whole
"interest on his 500. 900 of bonds during
"the two and half years is less than the
premium. Would not he as a business
"man. would not you as a banker, say, 4
"'will take my S1GO, 900 which have and
"'my $4,000 which have got TO pay as
." premium, and will invest it and take
"'my seven per cent. interest, and when
the two and a half years roll around I
"'can take that money with all its accumu-
I" 'latiOn and subtract from it the 500, 900
"'and have left some twenty five or thirty
" thousand dollars. and with tho 800, 900
"'I will take my bonds, and then l viii
Commence TO bank with it. Is it not
"naturalf Can business man do diffor-
cent from that if he looks to his own in
"tcrest %
National Republican., 1874-05-16
Tnn San Francisco Eysn,no Posi- of The ,,

THE San Francisco Evening Post of the 7th
instant says:
"Ths Call Of this morning reprints edItorial!y
two extracts from the Alto Cali fornfa on the Su-
tro tunnel and adds:
:! There are legal points Involved in the claim
which Sutro sets up to ie ComstGck mines, which
will have to be settled by the cOurts.'
"That Is Just the point. The miners want to 20
to the courts on the merits of the contract, and
Sutro wants, by Congressional aid, TO shut them
out. The present law compels the miners, II they
apply for patent to accept It subject to the rec
o3nition OF Sutro's claims, and Negley's amend
ment to tho Senate mining bill compeis the miners
to apply for patent within six months or forfeit
their property. II the Negley amendment passed,
their threats to go to the courts The Coll proba-
bly, meant to say. Thcre arc legal points involved
mipes which ought to be settled by the courts
and not by Congress.'" .--
National Republican., 1874-05-16

E1GHTY-FIvE EDITORS of the Indiana
-EditnEia& AsHseiats0nrr among the distin-
guished visitors to the Capital this morning.
In another column will be found an account
of their arrival, the names of those present,
together with the programme Of their move
ments while in the city.
National Republican., 1874-05-16

THE leading Democratic organ in New
York says: 1T was the general opinion of
''the gentlemen who met the other night
'at the Manhattan club that the Republi-
''can party is dead" We have no doubt
in the world Of it; but then it is more than
probable that the gentlemen in, question
were not in condition to form a sound
opinion upon ANYTHING.
National Republican., 1874-05-16
NFWSPAPFPg

Too low an estimate Is apt to be set on thf,
domestic value of newspapers After reading
them, and putting ourselves, through their :
agency, In. mental correspondence with the
world, they are thrown aside and forgotteR3
But to suppose their usefulness bounded byY
their news columns and the ,waste-bag Is q.
thriftles mistake.
In the first place, there. are the household.
recipes to be found in stray corners, often exs
ceIlent, and deserving refuge on the hy-lsAfT
of the family cookbook. Then the. brief
biographies and "reminiscences which, pasted
in q scrap-book, are source of neYer-ending'
pleasure, not only to those who. do not care,t
for richer intellectual food, but to those who :
have only odd minutes for reading.
Notwithstanding the squibs joeular, Journal 4;
lists have pcnned on the use of newspapers, for :
bed clothing, we know from experience that
these are not to be despised. They may not
be as comfortable as your blankets, but GER
tainly they keep out the cold. Two thick
nesses of paper are better than pair; of hlan-
kets, and In the case of persons who dislikethe
able. A'spread made of q double layeF-of pa
pers between q covering of calico. or chintz is
desirable in every household. The papers
should be tackled together with thread, and
also basted TO the covering to keep them from
slipping An objection has been made On ac-
chosen the noise will not be annoying, espe-
cially should the spread be laid between
blanket and the counterpane.
- As protection to plants against cold, both
In and out Of doors, nothing Is better. If news
papers are pinned up overnight at window
between pots and glass, the flowers will not
only not be frozen, but will not even get
chilled, as theJ are so liable TO. be IN the win
ter season. In the same way, II taken to cover
garden-b beds, on the frosty nights Of early au-
tumn, they will allow the plants to remain
safely outdoors some time later than is COM
mon.
One of the oldest services, to put our Jour-
nails to is the keeping of ice In the summer.
An ingenious housekeeper recently discovered
that her daily lump Of ice would last nearly
twice as long when wrapped in newspapers,
and placed In any kind Of covered box, as when
trusted solely TO refrigerator. This is very.
convenient, since it is possible to have the best
and cheapest refrigerator constantly at handS
To polish all kinds Of glass after washing,
except table glass, no cloth or flannel is half so
good as q newspaper aud for bakers dozen
Of other Uses, quite foreign to its primal pug
poses, it is without rival.-SerioHsr's. -
National Republican., 1874-05-16

THE Democrats of New jersey intend to
nominate George B. Mcclellan for the
Goyernorship of that State. The last
platform upon which the hero of the PENN
sula ran declared that the war was a
failure. Wonder what the next will be? ?
The same old crowd is beginning to come
out again.
National Republican., 1874-05-16

lowed to account OF George =. L EImunds for
amount due per settlement amounting to four
hundred and twenty-five dollars and slxty-hVe
cents. ]. y. LAY, Auditor
ssas.aS.
That was brought to me as the form Of set
"A. neut, and that there might be NJ misuuder-
ing about It, signed the following paper:
=, 'nent: Massachusetts aTonuo, square al3
lnd Nd sub IS.
Of s. s-N~ zuR
National Republican., 1874-05-16

Fos the honor and credi. Of the country e is
70 be hoped that the widow and family of the
late Captain Hall, of the Polsris expedition,
WIN be amply provided for BY Congress. The
deceased gentleman did a great work for
science, and great country should show its
appreciation of It In some substantial way,
National Republican., 1874-05-16
PLA Y.


Play is to be distinguished from Eaasesttzr sr-
sreise. This is necessary to health, but it alone
is not play and cannot supply the need,af it,
A working man has all the exercise that he
needs; but not the less he needs recreation.
That comes only from play. Wneps the old
Puritan says to the young Puritan, "If you
want recreation, saw wood !" he coufounds two
different things. Saving wood is good exer-
else, but it does not supply the need Of recrea-
tion.
Play is TO be distinguished also. from physical
trGiIsing. Gymnastic, military or calisthenic
drill Is not play, bat work. Il fsa part Of phys
ical education. The action 3, not from thu
spontaneous impulse to act for,the pleasure ef
acting, but Is for the Interior end Of physical
development. ANY Of these exercises may be-
come play; persons may engage In them. at
times merely for the pleasure of the exercise.
But when the drill copes as q part OF the pre-
scribed duties Of the school, II cezsss TO- be
play and becomes weEA,-AdpG'Iee.
National Republican., 1874-05-16

AcoRREsroNDENT Of the New York Tribune
Is evidently not q believer in turkeys. In answer
to the question, "Why were Jobs turkeys
poorp he says: because he had no neighbors
upon whose crops they could get fat; and
thereby hangs tale, many tale in fact.
For turkeys are Ike bees-you cannot keep
them at home. Where grain is raised, turkeys
are an intolerable nuisance, and for every dol
lar they bring into the farmer's wife's pocket
they take Ave dollars out of the farmers or
his neighbor's. Upon grass fields where grass
hoppers are plentiful, or upon tobacco fields
where the frightful tobacco worm is abundant,
turkeys may pay for their feed and depreda-
tions upon the grain fields at all seasons Of the
year; but | do not believe that oven at 81 .
their cost.--Hss Eng and Farmer.
National Republican., 1874-05-16

"scRIBNER's MONTHLY " discusses the i'm
portant question: 'Tn walking, which arm
should gentleman give ladyl" The editor
decides in favor of the left, and thinks "the
habit of changing arms, so as to place the lady
on the inside, Is awkward and absurd"
National Republican., 1874-05-16

Mr.. j. R. MCCULLOUGH, the young editor of
the St. Louis GloJs, has written an interesting
article upon the expenses of the fast young
man of the period. There is no editor in the
country who is NOSE thoroughly capable of
speaking upon this than Mr.. Mccullough, and
his figures appended Below may be relied upon
as strictly accurate. In introducing the table
the editor of the Globe gives the following
chapter from his own. experience: "Almost
every other Sunday he goes out driving either
with friend or partysof friends or female
companion. Once g. month, probably, he
takes hack to go rodud town-he wouldn't
walk, even If he were able to, upon such
solemn occasions-snd thus gets rid OF S120.
Female society has its charms for him. He
may, possibly, derive. a revenue here, but in
the majority of INSTANCES these ilisons will be
found rather a source of expense, even If he
do not aspire to maintaining a mistress in a
cottage Grnee. Presents AMI few bottles of
wine, whose badness is only equaled by its
dearness, must be counted in this item, and he
will be fortunate if he escapes by paying $500.
Then three very ordinary cigars per diem-he
probably smokes six oP seyen-will account for
S110. He gets away with an early cocktail
and another at IL o'clock, and at least two
more in the evening, and he goes upon spree
say twice a month, beside imbibing pretty
freely when at the theatre, or playing billiards
or cards, or when he meets a couple of drouthy
souls of his acquaintance. We shall call this
item 5000, and allow him 500 a year for
pocket money, lunches, charitable and religious
donations, doctors bills, ETC., etc. and now
what is the deranIt on totalp ia b..
The ''demnhion total" Transcribed from
Mr.. McCuIlough's memorandum book, is as
National Republican., 1874-05-16

An Internal machine was used with fatal effect
In Melbourne, kustrafis, recently Que Of the
partners In q business hrm, on Arriving at tho
Office one moEning, found q snlah box directed 70
him. On attempting to remove the I'D Rn explc.
sion took place, which INSTANTLY KILLED the unfor-
tunate recipient and wounded another member of
the ccq. who vas present lH the fQOm o. the
National Republican., 1874-05-16

n thsy all refuse to testify fNsu lean, under
the laws Of this State, send theU 70 Jail until
ons does.s This looks Ike business.
National Republican., 1874-05-16

TIE REPUBLICAN, HAS A LARGER CTRCU-
Ia TIOE THAN AYT OTHER MORNING PAPER
IN TIE DISTRICT OF COL UABLA.
SATURDAY. MORNING:::::::.:::::;MAY~lS ls4.
National Republican., 1874-05-16
Demnition total

nemnition total So, feS
J "Mack" is evidently . pretty fast young
man. He should reform, and thus set an ex-
ample to all the other "young bloods" of St.
Louis. ......r Gee -.-'
National Republican., 1874-05-16

!. Gov. AMss, of Mississippi, is winning COM
mendations from friend and foe alike for his
manly stand against dueling. Hssing been re-
Gently notified that q jail full Of duelists was
at bis disposal. he wrote: al propose to have
them all indicted and punished as an example,.
am going not only to find true bills against
them, but also against the participants. viii
ISSUE requisitIons and have them brought here
and tried. They need not think because It is
the custom In Louisiana that 1t Is or is going to
be the custom In this State. II I can't get
sitnesses against them Twill have some one to
;trn States evidence and convict them on that
National Republican., 1874-05-16

THERE is good deal OF demagogism in the
current newspaper aud oratorieal attacks upon
railroads. From the way some gentlemen
write and talk one would suppose the millen-
mum would be at hand If the from rails could
be all torn up and steam consigned to the
lost arts. Railroads have accomplished more
good, and done more to civilize and ch,.si.n-
ize the world, than perhaps all other modern
agencies put together. 5 an
National Republican., 1874-05-16

The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN is published every
morning Csundays excepted) at the southwest cor
nerofThirteeuth street and PennsylvaniA avenue,
and Is furnished TO subscribers (by carrers) At fy
cents per month.
Mail subscribers, ss.oo per year; SA.oo for six
months and 500 for three months. Terms in
VariAbly in advance.
RATES OF ADVERTIsINGt
twenty-five cents per line. Advertisements under
The head of 'sFOr Sale Rent, " ''Wanted Lost
and Found, " and Personal" twelve and = half
cents per line.
THE WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
fspubllshed every Thursday morning, and is fur
nished TO subscribers at the following rates: One
copy one year, e; three copies one year. Is; ten
copies one year t5i single copies in wrappers, Eve
cents each.
~ All communications, whether on business or
for publication, should be addressed to WN. D.
MUHTAGH, Proprietor, NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
Washington, d. c.
National Republican., 1874-05-16
WASHINGTON. November Ill

...r.. WASHINGTON, November Ily-lS12.
GENTLEMEN: Contrary to my expectation, de-
rived from conversation with members OF your
board before 1 LEFT w. in the sprinssl ind, on
my return, o huge canal dug from Fourteenth to
sixteenth streets In Massachusetts, avenue;
grades once established, and sewers and water
pipes once laid and paid for arc destroyed --and
the line of houses rising toward the west left
perched on the edge Of gulf Descending tothe
west.
As citizen and taxpayer, and as sslegislntoT
having some responsibility for the proper progress
oil affairs, hasten to protest against the change
described as an outrage alike upon private rights
and public property. It seems plainly wanton
destruction Of property and waste Of money or
to iow from the dctatiOn OF some person pre-
tending to be an engineer, who had, for public
interests, better far be in some other calling.
Now, as IL to add insult to injury. over and
over, am told this and that must attend to- at
my private and sole expense, in reconneeting my
sewer, water, gas, &C., which have been displaced
and thrown out Of joint by the vandalism OF the
performance, apd the whole connection seems to
be left entirely broken unless make il myself as
the work now goes on.
have felt 1t due to both Justice and candor to
express myself freely, as l have done. i am
bound from my knowledge Of many OF you to pre-
sumo that you have not personally promoted this
wrong, but with somebody there must be responsi-
bility, which In this world or the next Will be
reached.
Yours respectfully, GEO. T. EpMuNps-
The Board Of PuJlic Works, WaShington, d. G.
To which letter received reply, of which
this is a copy:
National Republican., 1874-05-16

temperate language which follows gets the
utterer into trouble. And. perhaps, there
Is snno other phase Of intemperance that
leads to so much misery and trouble in the
world as that Of language. Hot words lead
to hotter rejoinders, and these to personal
reflections The latter possess little or no
interest for the public. and should be forced
upon its attention as rarely as possible.
Journals should WELD influence in what
they teach, and not because of the great
reputation of this, that or the other popular
writer who is supposed to contribute arti-
cles to their columns. The day is rapidly
approaching when personal Journalism will
die out and be forgotten. 1t is only kept
alive now by sort of mutual admiration
circle, which will soon disappear
National Republican., 1874-05-16
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBfA.

DEAR JUDGE: Your letter Of yestardsy, rela-
tive to the Improvement of Massachusetts, avenue
much feeling. The matter was we'll weighed by
each member OF the board and consultation had
with tho engineer In charge Of pnbiie buildings
change, and my belief Is that when finished you
will say 1t was the right thing 10 be done. Had
Il not been for the horse disease, the block In
which you live would have been completed; such
was our intention and determination, but "Man
proposes and God disposes." The connections of
gas water and sewer shall be made at once, and
are paid out OF the general fund.
Very truly yours, ALEX. r. SHEPHERDN
National Republican., 1874-05-16

OFFICE AUDITOR BOARD OF PUBLIc WORKS,
WAsHTNGToS, ID. e., pecsmhsr ID, Is75,
] hereby certify tina. aays apditst and al