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But [ trust the colorcd representatives will
scorn the idea! We have been taking bones
too long. FIVE do not get the long term, we
ought not to get either Of them. There are
MANY colored men in the State who would do
honor to us in the Senate. | have no pref
crcncc in the matter more than 4 desire 10
see one elected who supported the Republ-
can ticket in the last campaign. Let us give
the cold shoulder to boilers specially those
who are experienced as such-but reward
those who faced the music, and stood by Us
in the tbickcst of the fight. Many white Re-
pub.icans will be with us in clecting colorcd
Senator, and | trust our colorcd members
will not allow themselves to be tempered
with. but will vote in manner that will re-
fleet credit upon them.
Mississippi took the palm in sending the
first colOred man to Con@rcss-cycn 10 The
United States Senate though it was for an
upeSpircd term; but our sister State, Lou
isiana, has tried to capture our palm by
electing our good fricnd-lIon. i. Il. ).
Pinchbacl the doors are barred against
him, (ony for 4 short time, sincerely
trust.) Now let cur own dear Mississippi
again assert her majestic glory and elect a
colored man with such 4 clear majority that
there need not be any doubt, but let him
claim his scat with as clear Il record of his
election and qualification as sumner or Car
penter. Both Revcls and IinchbaCE had to
knock before being able to get admission.
We have now an opportunity Of sending one
whose certificate of election will he sufficient
10 cause the doors of the Senate Chamber to
spring open for his admission.
Will it be done? CIviS.
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The Mobilization CT sise Russian
Army.

Inc GotoSS publishes long article on tbe
steps taken by the government at st. Peters
burg to insure rapid mobilization of the
russian army IN case of war; "Since the
campaign of lS7O-7l," the writer saws: "the
russians have again improved and COM
pieied thelr system of mobilization, and il is
10 be inferred that in future the German
army VIII DC even more rapidly modified
IMAM before. This circumstance makes il
important for us Russians to know what has
pcen done by cur military administration to
make The army ready for the field when war
breaks out. The experiments
made since 1871, by order of the Minister of
war, Tor the purpose of ascertaninr in how
short period the reserves could be called
IN, furnish sufficient information on this
point. The period fixed for calling in the
reserves and giving them q certain amount
OF superficial drill is twenty-one DAYS, and
ana the troops can only be made ready for
the held at the expiration of that period.
But in the Prussian army twenty-one DAYS
are sufficient, not only for assembling and
Grlilng the troops in each district, but also
tor concentrating them on any point at the
frontier. Moreover, during actual warfare
even the limit of twenty-one DAYS would in
hussla have to be exceeded. In the eyperi-
mental notifications which have hitherto
taken place the authorities have been care
tul W INFORM every man who was called i'll
Tor service that he would only be required
Tor few weeks. Under such circumstances
the men liable to serve leave their villages
without delay but in case of war thew would
not throw up their ordinary occupations
without making arrangements which would
necessarily take up some time. 1t
should also be borne i'm mind that both the
civil and the military authorities will be much
more busy in time of war than during peace.
and that they will consequently not carry
out the notifications with such rapidity
besides which they will not be able, as now.
to furnish the men with conveyances to the
place OF meeting, as these will be required
Tor other military purposes. The
above circumstances will probably render the
period of mobilization in Russia twice as
great in time of war as in time of peace.
The percentage of those who either come too
late or at all would also be greatly increased
during war" According to the official re-
port in the Russian lnralid of the experiment
tai mobilization in the government of Saratoil,
the men assembled at the headquarters of
the district in from three to eight days, and
eight per. cent of those called in were miss
ing. In all probability this period would be
extended.
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Civil Rights.

Our paper is well-filled with the speeches
made by our own representatives in Con-
gress on the Civil Rights Bill. The able
argument of Mr.. Elliott in reply to Alex
andcr H. Stephens, and the good speech of
Mr.. Walls, who was confined to the short
time of fifteen minutes to express his views,
are to be found on our first page. They
should be read by all they are utterances
which elevate the race and prove its hui
manity with a force that cannot be with
stood
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The Resolution Endorsing Senator
PlnClabAcI.

The almost unanimous vote by which our
General Assembly has just rcailirmed it's
Endorsement Of Senator Pinchback, may be
considered by Congress as an indication of
the sentiments of the dominant party in this
State upon the subject. 1t proclaims, in the
most authoritative form known to our insti-
tutions, that our choice for United States
Senator last winter is our choice how. That
in case Of his rejection by the Senate, on ac-
count OF any supposed informality, he would
be instantly rechosen. The representatives
OF the people have committed themselves in
the most emphatic manner. This has been
done, too, in compliance with universal
and expressed desire of the Republican party
throughout the State. There has scarcely
been meeting of the clubs in any Of the
parishes during the past six or seven months
without the adoption of resolution indors-
ing Senator Pinchback and urging the Senate
to admit him without delay. The Senate,
therefore, has, during the first month of this
session, turned deaf ear to the simple re-
quest OF the State. 1t is a request, too, that
has been made in pursuance of constitu-
tional rule, in compliance with an lrrepeala-
BILE, irrevocable provision of the organic
law-no State shall be deprived, without its
consent, OF equal representation in the SEN
ate. 1t is certainly violation of the spirit,
if not the letter, Of this section to hesitate
an hour beyond the time actually necessary
to an understanding Of the case, to keep
Senator knocking at the door. For if they
may refuse him admission at one time, they
may at any other. If they may keep him out
or day, they may for year, and may finally
INFORM the outlying province of Louisiana
hat no Senator from the State will be ad- |
nitted at all. 1t is stretching the rule too
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THURSDAY, JANUARY Is, 1874.
INDUCEM BNTs.

Any one sending US $3.50 Will receive
the New NATIONAL ERA AND CITIZEN and
Woods Monthly Magazine for one year,
together with q beautiful chrome Of the
Yosemite Valley, or fine photograph Of
either Frederick Douglass, Esq, or Tous-
saint L'Ouverture, as they may choose.
This chrome is fine copy Of piece of
natures grandest work, and is not presented
in the usual limited style-its dimensions,
14x2O makes picture of very desirable
size
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na% The Board of School Commissioners.
for the County of Washington, claim the right
to demand from colored children fifty cents
per month for tuition fees over and above
the taxes paid by colored people for the sup
port OF schools. The colored people are
taxed equally with the whites, and pay no
inconsiderable amount of taxes either. The
claim set up by the Board is grossly unjust
and is in keeping with the movements being
made by our enemies to deter the negro from
obtaining an education,
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John G. SAKE declraed an invitation to adj
dress temperance convention but sent the
following:
'You have heard of the snake in the
grass my boy,
OF the terrible snake in the grass:
But now you must know,
Mans deadlest foe
Is snake of different class,
Alas!
IT'S the venomous snake in the glass!"
Those who are old enough 10 remember
the eldest speiling-books will remember the
child-staitling assertion that
In Adams fall
We sin-ned..all.
The parody on this has began long COM
iag, but Josh Billings has finally drawn the
h lad after this fashion:
In Adams sin
We alljinedin.
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Hon. H. II. 8. Pinchback.

Senator Pinchback returned to Washing
ton on Monday after brief visit to New
Orleans. He is in excellent health and spirits,
and enjoys the satisfaction of having the
support of the most prominent men in his
State, and the vote of the State Legislature
re-indorsing him for scat in the United
States Senate.
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sasH A black man has been elected sheriff
IN Alexandria county, Virginia. He could
not be counted out, and has been declared
elected. Rebel hate, after rebels have been
amnestied, takes upon itself new energy, and
trumps up charges Of perjury and illegal
voting in order to send the colored sheriff to
the penitentlary as the only means of Kidding
themselves of such an official. We await
further developments in this matter before
comment.
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to EHen. Frederick
Douglass.
ST. JOHN, n. t., Jan 6, 1874.

ST. JOHN, n. r., Jan 6, 1874.
Hon. FRED. DOUGLASS
Respected Sir: In cOmmcmoration OF your
visit to st. John, n. b., and in token OF the
admiration and esteem in which you are
regarded by the few of your race who have
found homes in this section of British North
America, we, who are here assembled, beg
to express to you our hearty approval OF the
manner in which you have for number OF
years so manrully laborcd in the cause OF
freedom and philanthropy; and ut the same
time we solicit your acceptance OF the accom-
panyinc testimonial as q token of our regard
and admiration, and as a S0Urcar of youf
visit to this country.
Hoping that you may long be spared TO
witness the fruits of yonr labOrs, and to advo-
cate the cause of liberty, and that your every
good effort may be crowned with an immeas-
urable degree Of success,
We are yours, very sincerely,
&. SPARROW,
GEO. SPARROW,
J. r. RICHARDSON,
Committee.
The cane presented bore The following i'll
scrption:
Presented to Hon. Fred. Douglass
From few friends.
st. John, y. IL.
1874.
Mr.. Douglass, who was very much graft
fed, replied in fitting terms. expressing the
extreme qualification which he experienced
at seeing his countrymen so prosperous.
Rev. Mr.. Carey made a delightful address,
recalling some old "reminiscences of Mr.
Douglass.
Mr.. Gilbert Murdoch and Mr.. S. 3. Patter-
son paid some well mcritcd compliments to
the industry, order and morality of many of
the colored people of the city.
Mr.. Washington spoke of Fred. Douglass
as the man whose example would mould the
colored youth in all coming times.
Mr.. Wetsel tried to speak, but his emo
tiosp were too strong for uttcrance, and he
gave Way to Mr.. George Sparrow, who GOT
off a very good thing. He said he felt like
the aged Simeon, all but the dying part!
Mr.. Cornelius Sparrow spoke with great
dignity and effect, and he was complimcnted
by Mr.. Douglass on the signs of prosperity
which were seen around, such as fine mir
rors, books, a piano, marble tables, pic
lures, &c.
The dinner table was a splendid affair, and
literally Sroaned beneath the weight of roast
turkeys, geese, chickens, beef, boiled hams,
oysters in every form, and other dclicacies
TOO numerous to mention. Everything was
on scale of great prodigality-H. Johns
Telegraph.
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Pay up, Pay up!

Our delinquent subscribers will be doing
good service by paying up their subscriptions
to this paper. We endeavor to make good
paper, and only need encouragement Of
those in whose interest it is published to keep
up to the mark.
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sssr Our young friend, Henry O.. Wagner,
IT,. sails to-day from New York for Paris, as
an attache of the United States Legation in
that city. Our friend, w. f. Matthews. Esq,
accompanied him to New York to "sce him
off ,,
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Rates Of Postage.

For the information and convenience Of
our readers, we publish the following abstract
of the postal laws of tho United States. We
advise our readers to cut this out and pre-
serve it for reference:
Postal cards, one cent each, so without
further charge to all parts of the country.
All letters to all parts Of the United States,
three cents per half ounce.
Local, or ;" drop" letters, that is for the
city or town where deposited, two cents if
delivered by carriers, and one cent if there is
no carrier system.
For newspapers and magazines, regularly
issued and sent to regular subscribers, the
following rates per quarter OF three months,
PAYABLE in advance at the office where re-
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pas. The rcappolntment of Judge Edmunds
to the postmastership in this city is we'll
deserved recognition of his ability and his
services as a Republican and an officer.
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COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE
STATES AND TERRITORIES.

THE New NATIONAL ERA docs not hold Itself responsible
for views expressed by correspondence Well written anu
in terestng communications will be gladly receved'l
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There is still vacancy in the Supreme
Court of the United States. NO ChiefJus-
tice having been appointed as yet.
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Our friend VIM. f. Walker, of New Jersey,
is in the city.
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~ Lucius Harrod. Esq, has our thanks
for copy OF the Tribune Extra Scientific SO.
ries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-12-21

Thee attempts TO fire Sing Sing prison were
made by convicts Friday night, but were iortu-
nately frustrated, although condderacie dam-
age was done.
Frederic Hesser, coroner of Mountaineering
county, Pa was murdered Friday night CIT
liens have organized q committee to lnvesu-
gate.
A Liverpool despatch says the steamers Gte-
lie and Celtic are announced to sail during Jan
Uary and February, ON regular days, 10 NeH
York, which leads to the belief that they nave
been purchased as alleged Tor service between
California and Japan.
The Eagle WOODEN mills at Gallatin, Tenn,
were burned Friday Loss $3.50 900; nsur ance
$1,000 divided between the Hartford, Etna
and Phoenix companies
The Herald's New Orleans despatch says that
Gen. Heron denies the report that the state
militia is to be reorganized, aud that he is to
take command, A member OF zen. Lung
streets command also contradicts H.
The iron works of the Great Western railway
at Reading, Ont were burned Saturaay'thro"-
ing 400 men on. of work.
A despatch from Providence says the three
masted schooner Mary SlusInan, OF Great Egg
Harbor, from Boston for New York, IN Daiast,
is ashore on Conanicut. She had lost her
kedge anchor and eighty fathoms OF line. nne
will probably come OF at the next high "a'ei'
Weston has won a race at Newark, n. ..
competing MS oJo Hiies 20 iiiin"o'0 "'
time. .-..,.t.
The bodies of two men were found on the
Missouri Pacific railroad, five miles east OF
Kansas City. Saturday. They were thou ght to
have been Pinkerton's detectives who have
been there end were murdered.
The New York Tribune says that j. Q. 5
Colby of Missouri. who was Friday. confirmed
as consul to Chin Kiang, is the missing witness
who was so badly needed in the safe burgla ry
case, and who was then on his way to San
Francisco to take passage to China, with the
above appointment in his pocket. GFE
Geo. Abbott, % years of age, brakeman on
the Lowell branch of the Boston & Name rail.
road, was instantly killed near the south depoe
in lawrence. Saturday. He was on the top of
car and struck an overhead bridge. Hew
unmarried and belonged in Wilmington, Mass.
The extensive tannery of Seigler & Co. in
Cincinnati, was burned yesterday. Loss $7O.-
600; insurance $4,000
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MINOR TELEGRAms.

/ At Nashua. n. H, Charles E. McKeen COM
mtted suicide Saturday morning by hanging.
! Two boys were drowned in the Morris canal,
near Newark, Friday. while skating on thin
+ ice. .l. t.
I Steamer Great Republic, from China and
japan, with IL cabin and 5l1 steerage passeu-
gere, arrived in San Francisco Saturday. '~
( A meeting CT the 'Lopgshoremen's Union,
Friday night,twas SO turbulent that 30 police
men were called IN. ,-.-.... he ....... .. anna
I The argument for the Beecher-Tilton bill of
particulars has been again postponed till alter
Christmas. ..-a ...r';'t e-lf.i) aa
The pidgeon shooting match between James
Gordon Bennett and Mr. Livingston, was stop
ped, Friday, by the police.
2 John johnson was arrested in Lowell, Satur-
day, for bgamy, having one wife in Lowell aud
another in Biddeford, Me. e.t ,....
The Bismarck Reichstag crisis is reported as
entirely over. but Bismarck has received police
warning of fresh plot against his life. .'.1
A plot to cut their way out tof Jail by Carl
Vogt and other prominent criminals in New
York, was discovered Thursday night by the
wardcns and frustrated
1t is now thought by some that the body of
the child found in Newark Bay on the 18th of
November, was that of Charlie Ross, as it was
there that the sloop of Mosher was anchored
frequently last fall.
An Easton, Pa, despatch, states that George
Leonard. a fireman, and Mr.. Clark, messen-
GER are under arrest for robbng the express
safe on a railway train on the Lackawana road,
on the 10th of November. About $4,000 have
been recovered. H
On the 18th ult. disastrous fire occurred at
Talks, Japan. About 1000 houses were de-
stroyed. r..f...-
The fisherman who discovered the body of a
child in Newark Bay, was shown photograph
of Charlie Ross, Saturday, and says the body
found bore no resemblance to it.
" Rev. DR.. Huntington of Worcester, has de-
cined the Iowa bishopric.
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MASSACHUSETTS,.
A Dam Breaks.

n Dd" nFthAss
BosTeN, Dec 19-Hayden, Gere 81 Co. 3
new dam ct Haydenvile, gave way this morn
ing, the water demolishing everything IN lts
course. The ice was covered with skaters at
the time, but no lives were lost.
The new dam was built to replace the one
.peted. 1t was built by John Delaney q Sons
of Helyeke, and was 140 feet long, ID feet vide
at the base, feet at the top, and cost about
$500 Ii was built of granite. bedded IN the
solid rock, and furnished with Gaping OF
cut granite each stone OF when was ice
long and Is inches thick. a' Ir'.
But five or ten feet of the top OF the dam
was damaged The engineer attributes the
breaking to the frost, as the dam has STOOD
steady pressure of IL inches OF wafer, aud
there was no water running over the dam ex-
cept little at one end. The cost is but $4,000,
the repairs will cost but $1,000.
liza Fiendish Outrage.
The twelve years old daughter of a promi
nent citizen and Judge of the U. S. Court, was
brutalIy assaulted this afternoon near her IA
theirs residence at Chestnut Hill, few mics e
from this city by negro about 20 years ola,
who attempted rape and by the aid OF a
knife partially accomplished his purpose.
After robbing her he left her to her fate She
had been skating and was returning through a
piece of woods when she was waylaid by the
rufian, She managed to drag herself to her
home and relate the horrible story. Inc case
vas reported to the police and the fellow was
arrested at Melville, IL miles from this city, az
a late hour this evening. His name is Am.
brose Williams, age 90, and has been identified
as the perpetrator of the outrage, and articles
were found in his possession that were taken
from the girl. He is now in jail. 1t is Thought
that the girls injuries are not fatal though Sc
~ - $50 Crime and Casually. "-"
Lizzie Cochran, an unmarried woman of II,
was arrested in Lynn this afternoon for
drowning her babe two weeks old. The father,
young man of 10, was also arrested tor 1orni-
cation. Both will be arraigned Monday, .l
Edward Gallon, switch tender at Lowell, was
knocked down by runaway horse and Killed
this afternoon. -. 800. ... -,
VIM. Miller, late in the employ Of Geo. W.
Hindell, fur dealer, was arrested to-day Tor
robhing his employer of $1,000. en-, t..nf. ~.
Various Matters. ll..Y t...
BosToN, Dec, 2O.-The change having been
affected to the new post-offce on Deyonshire
street, mails will commence to be distributed
there to morrow morning.
The police of Chelsea made raid on faro
bank which they found in full blast this after
noon. The proprietors and ten visitors were
arrested, handcuffed in two's and taken to the
station, They were bailed for appearance at
the police court tomorrow l*fl = -
John Donnely alias Dyer arrived in Fall
River to-day from Cairo, ILL.,, in charge OF an
officer. He is charged with the murder OF
Joseph Abby there two years ago. tr 900.
The store of Michael Kahn in Lawrence was
burned this evening by incendiary. Loss Vs.
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shade lower; high Mixed at Tic cash and seller for
January old Use cash; 75!c seller May; low MlXeu
70ic; old 73c.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 19.-Wheat is firm; No Mill
waukee at 9ic; No Milwaukee sole cash S91c seller
for Jan; cole seller Tor Feb Corn steady singh Mix
ed at 65Ic Oats quiet No 2 at 4Sac. Rye is quiet;
Receipts-50OO bbls flour. Ga, 900 bush wheat
Shipments-430O bbls -four, % 900 bush wheat.
DETROIT, Dec. -Flour-nothing doing; White
Western at 25 a 75 Wheat is very quiet: extra
White Michigan nominally at Is; No White II;
No Amber 90. Corn-nothing doing Oats steady
No Mixed held at 55c.
Reeeipts-12O1 bbls flour, $3.50 bush wheat, 1874
bush corn, 522l bush oats. ,o, ..,-
Shipments -160U bbls Hour, 46S6 ousb wheat, GIL
bush corn, 2693 bush oats.
OswEGo, Dec. 19.-Flour steady; sales of No
Sprino Is; Amber Winter 90; White Michigan at
725;XX7 Wheat unchanged; No White Mil
Yankee at %; extra White Michigan at 40. Corn
is dull; new high Mixed at &c. Barley quiet; prime
Canada offered at / 49 q 90. -FEEesTrU
Receipts-none.
CHARLESTON, Dec. TO- Cotton is quiet; M!ddling
upands 13sc.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 19. Cotton is dull; MddlinR up
lands at 1890. - -.'.a-f o.
MOBILE, Dec. 19-Cotton is dull; Mid1ling up
lands 1899.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19.-Cotton lower; Middling
upands at 13Ic. t- a-tl- p"
European Markets.
FRANKFORT, Dec. 19-a.0o P. M.-United States
5-20s, 1862. 90. .F...-t -" f7trA
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INDIANS.
Trouble Mt An Agency.

aH A World special from Bismarck, Dakota
Territory, says Gen. Gustav arrested an Indian
murderer two days ago. 1t caused great ex
element among the Indians, and some 5000 Of
them threatened trouble but they have quietsd
down for the time being. a1i
This morning Gen. Gustav was hurriedly ap-
Piled to for troops as Indians were removing
their families, had killed many cattle and
meant mischief. A detachment of the 7th
cavalry was sent to Standing Rock Agency to
protect it. The despatch says the arrest of the
trading store ~ rnta. nlI fH