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For RENT.

For RENT.
Fifty acres of choice prairie land, near
this Guy. FORT & JACKSON.
Waco, Jan. 90, 1874. jan30jtt
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CURT RIDDLE

CURT RIDDLE
Now occupies the old Lady Gay saloon
as market house. lie keeps the best Of
good, fresh meats. ianl6dtf
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NOR SALE Oh, RENT

The HOWE DRUG STORE, on the East rid,
OF the Public Square. Apply 10
jansd2m FLINT 4 GRAHAM.
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FOR RENT
A good residence, on Sd Street. Also, a
iirst-class Brick Store House. Apply to
ah4d&Wtf WIN. A. FORT
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Two hundred

Two hundred
Bales OF cotton were shipped yesterday.
-Four box cars of genera! freight AMI six or
lumber received
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FRED. AxLING
Has now on hand large lot OF the very
purest liquors of all kinds, and ic you do not
believe this, Fred. says, cone and try them.
He also sets first class lunch, daily, from 10
a. m. TO II m. Call. dtf
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HERE
We are, or ought TO be, if we want any
cast iron goods around ,kelly's House, N. L.
corner Public Square.
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l'ATRONIZE

PATRoNIZE
Home manufi cture, especially when il ia
chea per aud better. IT,
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drummer is looking after Texas trade
in our city.
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SCoUTER PLows
For 90 cents-work splendidly anywhere
At Kelly's house. If,
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COryelle County

COryeIIe County
Sent great deal Of cotton 10 Waco yes
lei day.
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KET.Ly's TEXAN
Cook Stove is a beauty; go and look at
IL
The New York herald., 1874-11-09
A AUCTION Tt ESDAY NovEMBER TO-
IA AT II O'CLOCK, ny
VAN TASsELL 4 KEAKNlf, AT THEIR
MAkr. 40 AND ll2 EAST T1iLRTfEETA STREET

-GENTLEMANsS TURN OCT-TRUTTINQ HORSE
Gray Eagle, is hands high, old ku and true In
all harness; free from vice; supcrior roadster; ha )
trotted 2:3l has not been driven but once Hyc
weeks but il ranted TO trot III minnes sale
free and pleasant driver and can be driven sJ any
HARSEss--s.T FINE CITY MADE aARNE $ AND
ROAD WAOON-TOP SIDE BAR ROAD WAGON
nearly new. built by styers. Can be seen at our Mart
I'm iii time of sale.
BAY TEAM-TEAM BAY HORSES, SIRED BY MIL
ler's Morgan, dams htdaiah mares; they are hah
in all harness. fast trayclIcrs first
road or family carriage team.
SET GOLD MuOSItD HARNESS AND ~
WkSTCEESrEk ROCKAWAY, IN PERFECT ORDER.
built BY T. B. Brewster CO., OF Twenty fltth street
BAY ROAD HORSE i6,s HANDS HIGH. WEARS
old kind true in all harness: tree from vice; fast
traveller ysh aad spirited drivers perfectly gentle
and warrante sound.
Also SET HARM :SS AND
TOR ROAD WAGON. IN GOOD ORDER, BUILT BY
J. Il. Brewster 4 Co., OF Tweuty-hfth street.
SEVERAL OTHER HORSES AND CARRIAGES.
Descriptions time Of eae.
The New York herald., 1874-11-09
HORsEs. CARRIAGES. sc.

A SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT sale,
q OYER s sHsaa N5s4G tSprs2k es s2saAsr HORSES
4oMoAs2M r. ". fTssSSS SSESSf s$ssssrH sSssS TO-
aHRoks As % SsltSaS TaylhssY fsteYS AND
ri. Ell F 1Hx fstK qtss@t4or sS5Et
ny CHARLES q y /. iAks, DuY5, ssstorosEss,
nelssans bsaGipl ard fas, :ssn Of bay 0eldngs ,s
i.eIy Is. Ess s.s sss .sss y fs
Sass ia and .siIs Es isir nssss ssssii,ssas
SSsS o
isana; thsy wsrrsa;ea sound Eina and true IN IN
h.sa;sss ssy sss ss!as s
yssr s old wps S nssna dam y
tais city iy James Terdon for Nc Earl ho rottss at
s: % y IN ss sns sS
good 60 s @ c ns ycs I
Is gooa srsakar hns Srlvsr AFRAID OF nothing and
s,nsI asn ola = " y dan y
e X s to sSs and =, n9 2 ~ - nnS
ss ons sud wsrrsa,sS scsna ANT "i ','es'
o e rs Is s ss s h.aSs Es
be ss pun cs 5G,d wagon 5 I. is ,, ssty and
and wsrraniea SOUND mn sms Ra .'n '"0 ~
"a A s g bay sy Is bands S
ladies OF children. and iuily warranted.
paao TOP sS open ~ wasop al n
Sydsr .singls and Double Harness, Biankets Robes,
hPoEa hAf xr9 HE SINE
0x EEsEnvxlT0N. STOCK WILL EE oX KxHiBi.
kboy AI fok ataES 4fA aSS sA
q 4 ss1 aSs1as sAssss
ESreAsds fIsS SSS MEss q s3n sesfws IN
AzsxS sEsSs 4sS sEs'S sssrn
M u @
sH 4 iya eys s.ss .s:4 ss S:ss @:ss
s'aass asy s sd ss rs n gn
snn true in ether h double Gr single harness
M sa ssrss G ~, so 81 81
H so
wen sis ied driving seiains na. superior road
Ss and 81 e aSS sun .oa o.
n; R-A.y aea.s@an WHO Wishes good. Kind true
hs sFanD F sss MN n 6; 81 rs sSsi alton
# s e Re sna sos sSs s:
81 sssis s e
the stock farm Of senator Weaver; they i5s hign
md yea old are finely but proud 6rm, Elegant
sppeIs wa ha snao scon can srot mil miles & per
fault btcmsh ana are warranted sound Kind. good
md true and Of the stable IN OF locomc
vc have been used at Saratoga the past summer wncre
they wcrc aS.credhy att
Also fne Victoria nv Wood Brothers.
1ss wssS 3 3 Ass ss a
fney trimmed, good as iieSs-r
Two straps Befs one fine Saddle and Bridle.
Three pairs Kersey 6aIkots two full Suits.
Dunscvmb L Stlllina's douplc aud sinslc Harness
Ali exhibition till time OF sale. Cali and examine
aud get bal rgains.
aafs positive regardless of weather. Coachmau who
is familiar with the stock in attendance to give in0r
nation. 1H
The New York herald., 1874-11-09
MYLLINERY AND DHrssrlAKING.

NEMR NJ g. BoNdRAND Lass BROADWAY ~. -
M pcrer and msnufacnrer O. Ion ,Sn ,soms ascr
mont from Browns OF Bond street am novc' ~
OF ST acorgcs place, Hyde Park, ienue. in ifI Rim
sess az Wses and rlcna ai riincs lenisc taffisse
aui Watkiue Bnts aDi Riding itabtts
The New York herald., 1874-11-09
DRY GOOt,n.

AT SMITHS PATTERN BAZAAR. NO. eis BROAD
n war, between Twentieth aud Twcnty 6tst streets
rg line Of Fai and Wn,cr s,yes ius. mporea rne
"Bep Bolt" "HOrther,n Ac., arc wvfb seei0g rne,ns
with cloth nodols. now ready. Patterns hted 70 tnc
form warranted perfect Cutting and bassias done sn
stNnuY.
The New York herald., 1874-11-09

DY r. MlTCAELL MISUNDERSTANDING. Ac.
ID turcr's sale OH account OF removal-The Taunton
Silver pste Company w sell auctQn. ct their sales
ROOM No haidon Lane daily nnHi further nctiNe i( at
plated Ware Table Cutlery. &c The attention OF the
trade hotel propretors called to this
SALE BY order OF Tauaton Siivcs Plate Qompany.
JOHN II. SWAIN,
Treasurer
The New York herald., 1874-11-09

U,goe 0AFPN.Y, ,UCrIoNEER, OFFICE, iS EoRTH
William street. sells tins day, at II O'clock the trst
csss Cigar Htor 735 Futon street. Brooklyn consisting
al xcnllc Eixiu Stock
The New York herald., 1874-11-09

vxyM. Writer'S. AUCTION EsR-wiLL SELL THIS
w day at O'Clock, t5i Canal street, large assort
n cnf nj no,,sehold Furniture OF description
sstne Farlor suite ouca and pain m cps and hair
sofss OUNCES, &c, hne french plato mantle. pier in
other Mirror sidebcsrd. ttagcres ourled hair excei
4 or and common Mattresses, Featherbeds Pillows,
Quilts, comtorers sheets &C. STOVES orcckery, Glass
an Woodwsrc, kitchen Utensils. OIL Paintings and Rn-
glavings fno yc.vct, TAPESTRY, Brusses and lngrain
csrDaLA oiiliolhs Runy. Matungs. 20.
The New York herald., 1874-11-09

MARRIAGES AND sl.EIars FOR SALE: THE OLD
" est established nanufsctory, 10 Nevins street
Ercokyn all styles ami second hand ~ rsr% % 2, ~
iess tlan New York prees u "iisl a y"
The New York herald., 1874-11-09

& HERMAN, sHERIrrS AND oENERAL AUG
-. uonccr
Mortgage sale Of Stock and Fixtures OF rs class bar
and sainpe Monday, November q at II o'clock,
No. avenue corner Of Third street-rnss STOCK
Wines Liquors. Brandies IN casks and bottles also
Counters, empty Casks ana standing CASKS uotttes.
Pumps Measures. ono Iron sa!c. &c; sale positive
Dealers invited MAA MVnE , rsq.
The New York herald., 1874-11-09

at the elegant private residence
. ytu West 2ist St. near 7th av.,
rich and asctal Household Furniture Decker Bros 7
octave Vi1noiorte Ste Sons 7octave Piano. ex
gusitc PAINTINGS hnc Bronzcs Parlcr sus in aud
uT"Gascd; gm. rrcntre and Console Tables. Turkish
Clocks ilorary. Soerctarc and Dwarf Bookcases; Lii
brary Tables Turkish SUIT, Writing Desk, Ex Ta
bic Buffet Dining Chairs. silyorware rocsery.
MoOd and walnut Bcdsteads Dressing CASES, Bure u.s.
Wxshstanis. 35 hair ann spring Mattresses Rockers
thcr Pillows rep plush and haircloh sn, Hall sand
n R-seie positive. Take m, 9th or 9th avenue
Competent men to pack and ship goods city or country
ROBERT y. CAStI1N, AucfiJueer.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-07
DUTCH BEAUTIES.

writer in the JegiSh Messenger, speaking of
LeeuWarden, a town in Holland, says: 1.-THE
women Of LeeuWarden deserve a paragraph to
themselves. There is primitive air about them
which is refreshing after the starehed-up and
msde-up-to-order beauties that are elsewhere
visible. They have a sturdy, grand look. They
are generally tall, with high forehead, aquiline
nose, lips closely set, and Well-develOped chin.
The skin is white, the cheeks delicately tinted,
with eolOrs from natures GtelieT,) the eyes are
large and piercing. The young girls have lost
mucn Of the Tristan bearing, for their heads are
the foreign dressmaker and milliTer. As among
the Quakers, the younger generation are losing
their reverence for the distinctive dress which
should be every fair Frlsan's pride to wear. The
matrons, however, adhere to the fashions Of their
ancestors. They have almost a masculine face,
but the sterInsss IS relieved by the beautyof the
eyes and the iafr skin.
"In Southern Holland q distinctive costume is
worn by many, but 1t is not so quaint as in North
ern Holland, In which Eriesland is situated. Take
a Woman's head-dress, for instance. A bread band
Of gold, Of horseshoe shape, spans the forehead,
aiding to keep the hair back. The sides Of the
band are adorned with large oval gold rOsettes.
Of the best lace, with edges or complete wings
dropping to the neck. The ears glitter with rings
Of gold and gems. These ornaments, which are
either OF gold or silver even among the poorer
classes, are regarded with great reverence, and,
treasured as sacred heir-looms, pass from mother
to daughter for many generations Inc bands
give sOldierly aspect 70 the women, VINO are gen
orally full-faeed, not sunken-cheeked, and walk
with q firm tread. Their stout, large shoes are
in pleasing contrast to the baby shoes which are
considered the style among our bellies OF the Ian
guild and languishing type"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-07
PARAGRAPHs ABOUT WOMEN.

Janausehek is known in private life as Mrs.
Fred. Pilot.
Eugene has a sewing and does all her
plain sewing herself.
Bishop Hare, Of Sioux CITY is a possible sue-
eessor Of the late Bishop Lee.
Which are the four most eorpuIent letters in the
alphabet D, B, @, T (Obesity.)
A mother-in-laW is not heavenly body, but she
mas been known TO eclipse honeymoon.
SeYenty-fve ladies Of Rochester New York.
are out in card denying that they sleep In their
eorsets in order to keep their forms graceful
Miss Barto, young lady living in Oseeols,
friends pockets. She drew out a revolver. the
hammer Of which caught in the cloth, and she
was shot dead.
Mrs. James Knex Polk, widow of the tenth
President Of the United States, lives in an old
fashioned mansion in Nashville, Tenn. She is a
slender, graceful old lady, with snoW-White hair,
girls.
At NeuiIIy, in the suburbs Of Parish, there is a
harem, which the police have inquired into and
LEFT alone. 1t is in the home Of Turk. He has
one hundred and sixty wives, but keeps the mass
Of them at ConstantnOple, and only brings twelve
to Paris at time
Before AIbani's arriValmanager Max Strakosch
tried to make the opera successful the strength
Of fairly good en- SembEe. He found his own
purse suffered in consequence. Since Mile. Al
hani has been singing the tide Of fortune has
turned, and he has now every prospect Of a re-
munerRtiVe season. The ''one-Woman power" is
still paramount, and will, doubtless, always re-
main SO.
One must take care how he takes pity. In
France farmer found q little gypsy girl Of
eleven years in the road. She said her sister
had deserted her. Out Of pity he took her home,
and two weeks later she ran away with his baby,
eight months old.
On the Champs Elysees an Englighman riding
beautiful horse threw his hat into landau in
which were two ladies. Greatly surprised, they
looked a. him closely, saw his head fall, screamed
Policemen came, and the Englishman was dead
in the saddle with apoplexy.
ding party from church to the breakfast, recog-
niZed in the bridegroom man who had once had
him put in prison for debt. Once fairly on the
way he whipped up and drove away from the
other cabs and landed the bride and bridegroom,
badly damaged, after an hours hard drive, in q
desolate rural district on the wrong road. They
got home at midnight.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-07
PET OF 4 WEE.

"Sman siZe"-this is the echo Of most mems
wishes. They want some one to pet, to fOndle, to
protect, they say; and this Is truth when they feel
good natured. Cynical women say they want
some one they can tyranniEe over, but am not
inclined to take cynical view OF the subject.
believe very few men Willfully tyrsnnize over
their wives and children but the tyranny is there,
nevertheless, and Intellectual men such as the
world admire are most prone to exercise it. They
are so wrapped in their own plans, theories and
speeulations they do not even discover the fact
that their own households are furnishing for the
bread Of love- and fanting for the gushing springs
tion abroad that the simple home affection seems
tame and spiritless; as the purest water Of the
deepest well is tasteless to one accustomed to the
sparkling and burning, but poisonous, draughts
OF inteIieatiOn. In our zeal to vindicate the
"lords Of creation from the charge Of willful
tyranny We are leaving our two bachelors and
their imaginary wives too long neglected.
Small size is a mans fancy, not the dictate Of
physiological knowledge. It Is an almost univer-
sal fancy. The larger, rougher, more buTly the
man, the more sure he is to prefer smalLsized
woman. ~ am determined to have wife whom
can pick up in my arms and carry her over all
soitest tones sounded like a clap Of thunder. As
he spoke he snatohed the largest and heaviest
girl in all his acquaintance, and lifted her over
the brook. His words are echoed in the selection
made by most large-sized and stentOrian-Yoieed
men. Their ideal Is Of something the reverse OF
themselves, and thus fragile figures and low tones
are to them the perfection Of feminine attraction.
My solution Of the problem lies in the suppOsi-
ton that IT is an uneducated action of philopro-
genitiveness, shown in the desire for some small
creature to pet, to fOndle, to caress. Those who
have watched the world for fifty years know how
often is enacted the sad tragedy which may be
named, ! he Bride Of a Year. Those young men
who are not specially desTous of enaeting the
part of the bravest husband Of a buried wife, the
helpless father Of a puny babe, will be wise
enough to let their phiiOprogenitivenes wait IN
til healthy, happy, full-siZed wives give them
that best blessing Of the Lord, good supply Of
healthy, happy little folks to pet.-FTOm the
PhrsnOI0gicGI Journal for NOUembsr.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-07
LN0ENDLARIsH IN MARYALND.
BARNS AND DWELLINGS BURNED IN
MONTGOMERY lnIINTY

BARNS AND DWELLINGS BURNED IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
The barn and out-houses on the farm OF Mr..
VIM. R. Smith, superintendent Of the Botanical
Gardens, located in Montgomery county, Nd,
were burned on last Friday morning by an ineen-
diary. At the same time two Vfllainous efforts
were made, through the use Of coal oil and paper,
to burn the dwelling house, in which q eolored
man and woman and three children were Sleep
ing at the time. These attempts were frustrated
by the col0red man, who was aroused seasonably
and through the exertions Of Mr., W. M Rapley
who has country residence in the same neigh
borhood, the dwelling house was saved, also from
taking hre from the burning barn. Albert Smith,
colored, being suspected Of the deed, has been
arrested on the charge, and the evidence secured
tends to prove that the intent Of the accused was
in burning the house, to kill eolored girl sleep
ing In It, to destroy her testimony in case In
court. 1t is stated that son Of this hend com
mitted rape On this colored girl some weeks
ago, and since the IRE colored man living in the
neighborhood testifes that Albert Smith offered
him $50 to aid him in burning this witness up by
the use Of coal oil. This eolOred man told his
mother and others of the offer made to him, and
they came forward before the magistrate and tes-
titled to the fact.
This dastardly act is but one Of a series of in
eendiarism in that part Of Montgomery county,
and the citizens seem to think it is about time
active measures ito suppress this IaWlessness,
which is doing much to harm the reputation OF
the county. The Mount .Pisgah Methodist
church has twice been destroyed by incendiarism;
The old jackson mansion, now tie property Of
ex-Secretary Hugh McCulloch, was fred in the
Rame manner, and the house Of Colonel Sands In
the adjoining neighbOrhSod, has twice been
burned, and he has been deferred from rebuilding
by the insecurity to property through the un-
checked reign Of the incendiary gang. No at
tempts, or none that amounted to anything were
made in these instances to bring the criminals to
Justice. But the promptness Of Oficer Baker, OF
Rockville, in ferreting out and arresting the per-
petrators OF the recent crime gives encourage
ment to believe that the county authorities are
at last aroused to the necessity for dealing with
the evil with some energy.
CHILDREN's OvERCoATs, at A. SAKs Co.'s,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-07
SOCIETY GOSSIP.

Mr.. and Mrs. Sartoris will return to Washing
ton in January next.
President and Mrs. Grant give State dinner
party at the White House next week
NJ. and Madame de Sanza Lobo, nee Alien,
have arrived at their residence OF street for the
winter.
private entertainment was given on last Sat
uIday evening in honor Of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
+. ID. Grant, at the residence OF a prominent eltl-
zen on Fifth avenue, New York.
Ladies' receptions at the New York Union
League club are to be resumed next mORth- four
TO be given prior to Lent. The clubhouse has
been improved.
Hon. Fernando Wood and the Misses Wood
viii take possession Of their house on Fifteenth
street in few days. Mr.. Wood and family VIII
sail for Europe next April.
Mrs. Evans, the wife Of Dr. Thomas W. Evans,
the distinguished American in Paris wears some
Of the most beautiful diamonds to be seen on fste
occasions in the gay capital.
Queen Victoria returns this month from Scot
land to Windsor Castle, which has been Fedecor-
ated and improved during her absence. She
gave dance TO the servants and gillies at Bal
moral recently in honor Of the birth Of the Duke
and Duchess Of Edinburg's son.
Nine. MacMahon attended the recent represen-
tatlon Of Les Huguenots,n in which Patti ap-
peared for the hrst time as Valentine, and as she
was dressed in black lace over red silk and
adorned with many eolored roses, looked IN
usually well Madame did not carry out the
adage Of handsome does" however, never ap-
plauding once, although the performance was
under her patronage, and rising to leave in the
very middle Of the last act,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-07
THE COURTS
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
FRIDAY, Nov, G, 1874
On motion Of Mr.. P. Phillips, Edward Boyd,
esq, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was admitted to prac-
tice as an attorney and counselor of this court
On motion of Mr.. J. A. Grow, Lewis s. Wells,
ESQ.,, of NorristOwn, Pa, was admitted to prac-
tice as an attorney and counselor Of this court
No. SO. TheO. p. Howell ct al, appellants, VS..
Ichabod W. Dawson. On motion Of Mr.. q. H.
Hill, dismissed, with costs.
No. l. Original En- parte ]. ]. House. The petit
tion and motion for a rule to show cause in this
case was argued by Mr.. ]. D. Mcpherson in sup
No. sf9. H. H. Raymond, plaintiff in error, vs..
cause was submitted on printed arguments by
Mr. W. W. Boyce in support of the same, and by
Mr.. p. Phillips in opposition thereto.
No. 4g4. Horace b. Claim, plaintH In error, vs..
advance this cause was argued by hr. VIM. h.
ARMOUR in support CT the same.
thaniel NJ. Whitmore. The argument ofthis cause
was continued by Mr.. Artemus Libbey, of coun-
sci for the appellee, and concluded by Mr., A. q.
Stanchheld for the appellant ,.,-.,r-
ror, VS.. L. T. Glenn ct al This cause was sub
mitted on printed arguments by Mr.. N. P. Chip
man and Mr.. A. A. Hosmer, OF counsel for the
plaintiffs in error, no counsel appearing for the
No. So. Samuel V. Mays and O. W. Homer,
plaintiffs in error, vs. Fredriea Triton. This cause
was argued by Mr.. T. J.. Durant, OF counsel for
the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr.. James H. Par
sons and Mr.. H. V. Parsons, for the defendants in
g rror.
CRIMINAL CoURT-MR, JUSTICE HUM
PHREYS.
In this court yesterday, in the case OF the Uni
ted States VS.. VIM. Morton, Holle PT0sequi was
entered. This was an appeal from the Police
for a longer period than he was sentenced in the
court below.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-07
CONTAGIOUS Ass00LATToM
OFFERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF BONDS
At SIXTY-EIGHT CENTS.

OFFERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF BONDS
AT SIXTY-EIGHT CENTS.
The Contractors Association held a meeting
on Thursday night at their new quarters on Four
and.a-half street; Mr.. Joseph Williams in the
chair, and Mr.. Henry Himber secretary.
Mr.. Finley, from the committee to provide
rooms for the winter, reported that satisfactory
arrangements had been made for the two large
rooms where they were assembled, with furni-
ture, gas, fire, &C., which would always be at
their service.
Mr.. Birch, from the special committee on consti.
tuition and bylaws, reported that sufficient
number had been printed for the use Of the men,
bers, together with blank notices, sc.
Mr.. Finley, from the finance committee, stated
that gentleman in this city was willing and
anxious to make advances to all contractors who
desire money, and would take their bonds at eight
per cent. interest. He would advance sixty-eight
cents on the dollar.
A member here reported sale which had been
made at seYenty-tWo cents. This, It was ex-
planned, was not made at the Washington Stock
Exchange.
Mr. Lucas rected his old grievance about not
sioners funds to reimburse him for payments to
his laborers. This led to a discussion between
himself and Messrs. Hussey, GrOat, Himber,
Birch and others, in which Mr.. Lucas severely
critised the manner in which contractors were
treated in their intercourse with the District OIL
cials.
The Chair stated that the remarks were not in
order; that the association have no business 10
dictate to the Commissioners or to Lieut.. Hoxie
about official management. The association is
not formed for that purpose, but rather for mu-
tual protection. If injustice or pecuniary loss is
sustained by any member through the District
officials, 1t was their province to send committee
to them and represent the facts, and respectfully
ask for relief.
Ar. Finley thought both eulogy and criticism Of
the District officials was out Of place.
Mir. Lucas moved that committee be appointed
to wait upon the Commissioners and ask that the
work be divided up by the old legislative coun-
Gil districts.
Mr. Himber did not think the purpose of the
commissioners was to give out new contracts.
Mr.. Hussey was opposed to the project of going
to the Commissioners with such complaints; they
the contractors to shape their course to suit the
action Of the Commissioners. He moved to lay
the motion on the table; which, after further dis
eussion, was done.
A committee of three-Messrs. W. H. Buck,
Owen O'Hare and Mr.. Grant-Were appointed to
investigate charges against q member Of sup
planting felloW-member.