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POLITICAL NOTES.

As last resort, HoratIo Seymour Is urged BY
the newspapers OF Central New York - the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
Governor Parker Is . fAvorite for the Demo
cratic Congressional nomination in the Third
New Jersey Congressional district.
Private intelligence from Senator Morton, who
is now At the Arkansas Hot Springs, leads his po-
lItcal friends at indianapolis to hope that he will
be able to return to the State in September and
join sgAin in the political canvass.
A policy Of "rstrenchmen. and reform" has
been lnaugurated by Coke, the new Democratic
Governor Of Texas by borrowing 1928 900 In cur
rency. under promise to pay $4,000 in gold.
Such is Democratic retrenchment.
There is considerable backing down among the
rural journals on the subject of the peoples
ment. They are not denounciny the Globe as
badly as they were, and they can now contem-
plate the editor OF this journal without conJuring
up the imp Of darkness as q companion picture
81. LOTig Globe.
The most smusing spectacle In politics Just now,
says the Tribune, is the position Of the Demo
cratic journals upon the currency question. The
hard money advocates. confined mostly to the
Middle and Eastern States, scramble up on their
free trade, hard money and home rule platform
turn their backs upon Indiana, Ohio and Nils
souri,, and shout themselves hoarse with ''Han
Illinois !" LOOK at Pennsylvania ~
Senator HRmIinis certain of his reelection, and
the country now recalls with pride in his services
that he was member Of the famous Senate Of
1850, body that numbered among its members
Daniel Webster, Stephen A. Douglass, Henry
CLAY, ReTerdy johnson, Lewis Cas-, Thomas H.
Benton, John P. Hale, William L. Dayton,
Daniel S. Dickinson, William H. Seward,
Thomas Corwin, Salmon p. Chase, John Bell,
Sam Houston, and others of scarcely less note.
Things political are becoming mysterIously
harmonious In Nevada. Senator Jones and Mr..
Sharon have Joined the right hand Of fellowship,
and Charley belong also seems to DO q member
Of the happy family. Now, If Sutro could also be
"harmonlEed" the millennium might be inaugu-
rated In Sage Brush Land. But then what would
become Of the organs3 Journalism would lose its
present tone Of playful ieroclty, and the fighting
editors occupation would be gons.-NsVGdG En-
teTpTise.
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IS He SLCRP

The young men especially trained" to
educate the people through the columns Of
the New York Tribu1s are becoming ex-
perts at fault-fnding. They believe they
are nothing if they are not critical, and the
disease has spread until it has developed in
a chronic form in the smiable and usually
intelligent Washington bureau of that
journal. One day it is General Spinner
and his redemption agency that is attacked
for being here at all, and the next 1t is the
President for being at Long Branch, when
theseat of Government and the Tribune cor.
respondent are in the District Of Columbia.
These criticisms would not be worthy OF
notice if they were well founded. But
when false premises are erected upon which
to base them they indicate an indigestion OF
bad temper from other cause, or else mex
cusable ignorance In the bureau, and pre-
sent reasonable grounds for alarm lest the
country should lose confidence in the state.
ments of its chief
i Ifthe latter individual had carefully con-
suited the columns of The NATIONAL Re-
PUBLICAN he would have observed recent
letter from General Spinner to the national
bank officers. declining to receive from them
their own notes instead of legal tenders
for deposit in the redemption fund. he
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might also have learned that the Treasurer
is making daily calls upon those banks
whose notes have been redeemed for the
necessary amounts in legal tenders to keep
their fve-per-cent redemption fund good.
He would further have been made aware Of
the fact that the redemption has now ar
rived to that degree of efficiency that en-
ables it to assert and turn over to the Comp
troller of the Currency for destruction can
celed notes with such rapidity as to insure
the operation Of the agency upon the basis
of five per cent This has been accom-
plished to the great establishment Of the Of
ticers of the Suffolk bank of Boston, who
aver that it formerly required larger force
in that institution, when 1t acted as the re-
demptionsgency ofthe New England banks,
to transact the business, than is now en-
ployed by Gen. Spinner to perform the
same Office for the two thousand national
banks of the country.
The redemption act went into effect from
its passage, and Gen. Spinner was called
upon to redeem currency under it without
any time for preparation, and without the
benefit of Inexperienced assistants especially
trained, &c. 1t required over month to
provide the necessary appurtenances and
educate his force. These things have now
been happily accomplished, and the
work is going forward smoothly and
promptly, greatly to the admiration of all
observers except the representative of the
Tribune bureau.
If the same astute correspondent would
devote few hours to the search, he would
find that the offices attached to the seat of
Government" are still ain the District of
Columbia, and not elsewhere, with their
seals and executive heads, and have con-
stantly been and are still being exercised
here. The Executive seal is at the State
Department and is there affixed to commits
sions. 1t matters not where the Presidents
name is signed, if the paper is sealed and
recorded at the seat Of Government The
President is commander-in-chief of the
army and navy as well as chief executor of
the laws. Suppose these duties called him
to q distant field. Could he not from thence
legally issue instructions and directions to
the heads of the Executive Depart
ments at the seat of Government
Most undoubtedly. The dull times and the
hot weather and the dearth of news go far
to excuse little fault-fnding on the part
of the can't-get-aways, but the Tribune
representative seems most unfortunate in
the selection of his objects Let him read
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN and keep
posted.
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MARRIED.

r. EoL,kRER.BAXTER..on seEtembsr 1, By th'
more, and VIRGINIA BAXTER, OF Washington.
BOZELL-BUNNELL.-On Sund ". August q
in this city, by the Rev. C. r. V. kOnlondt, Mr.. X
D. BoZELL, Of fredericksburg, and Miss 7. II
BUNSELL, ofSpotsylVania county.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Tuesday even n e
September l. at O'Clock, in the Flfteenth-stree
Presbyterian church, Mr.. JOHN B: COLEMAN, o
Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss AMELIA A. T. HICK
MAN, Of this city. The muriage ceremony wa
performed by the keV. George Van Deurs, pastor
Of that church.
DUBANT-BRAEDNER.- September g. by
the Rev. Father McCArty, st the Church OF thj
immaculate Conception. WIN. Z. DUBANT AMI
Miss ANNIE THERESA BRANDNER.
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fGilure. The new plan said to have been
agreed upon by this committee seems to have
some merit; but Congress should consider well
before abolishing entirely the right Of the
people to have voice in the management Of
their municipal affairs"
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ami quiet

= A BIOGRAPHICAL sketch of the life Of Cap,
tain Thos Carberry, an ex-Mayor of Wash
ington, which was read at the last meeting
OF the Oldest Inhabitants Association, and
printed in other columns this morning, will
be found of interest and value in a histori
cal point of view.
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H. c. SPENCER, President.
aufs-Tm
MILTONSOHOOLF FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
WI ''SEATON MANSION"
7Os Z street, opposite Post 0tiSe Department,

THos. STATION DoNoHo, Principal.
The attention Of parents who appreciate the true
interest o. their children s respectfully invited to
this new and improved school, Its system, practi-
calIy Tested, rendering more pleasant, rapid and
reliable the progress OF pupils. By their advance
ment the teacher would be judged. A native or
Washington, he Is we'll known 70 large portion Of
Its citizens, and here and elsewhere recognized
the author Of 'IvywaIf,n ''Moena'i and other
volumes.
A number ofpupIls being slready engaged, early
application is important, as the school Is limled
and hose who 'begin at the beginning will have
a great advantage. The Principal will balm CAily
attendance at the school from the pr sent tune,
happy to furnish particulars to his friends and the
public, and sOlicitous OF obtaining and deserving
their support.
Refers BY permission to Rev. DIR. John @. Smith,
Hon. Richard W allach, DR.. j. W. Marin, MessTs.
VIM. J. MurIsgh. REPUBLICAN; John W. Magill,
OF Lewis johnson 4 Co.; VIM. b. Webb, .iOhn
Carroll Brent, John z. Norris, II. W. Gait & Bro.
ThOs. G.. Connolly, Jos. 4. h. Plant, j. Colds
borough BrIh, and many others.
Win fStarl
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TEE New York Tribune of yesterday says:
''Mauy rejecting people have long ago ar
rived at the conclusion of Senator Morrill's
committee-that every form Of government yet
tried in the District Of Columbia has proved p
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THE COZ UMBIAN UNIVERSITY.
WASHINGTON. D.

The Preparatory Department opens September Q.
The Columbian College opens september u.
The Medical college opens Octcberb 5.
The Law school opens october u. -
For Catalogues, e5utainng full partlculars IN re-
gard to terms and courses ofils:ructlon. address
JAMES c. WELLlNG- l.L. D.,
IyI3-MWFtoei PRECEDENT, sc.
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TIM recent advance in the price of iron is a
healthy indication, and an evidence of return
ing prosperity to the country. The prices Of
1872 were unreasonably low, and less than the
actual cost Of manufacture.
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TIE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, HAS 4
LARGER CTRCULA TTOE TEAM ANY OTTER
.KoRHIEG PAPER IN THE DISTRICrOF CO.
LUKBIA.
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pared with the Government leGal-tender notes
is thus alluded to by the Baltimore Sun: ''The
authorized issue by Congress of $1,000, 900 Of
bonds bearing S.65 per cent. interest in liqui-
dalton of certain Indebtedness Of the District
OF Columbia, and which will be shortly coming
out, has led to some discussion in Washington
as TO the value of such bonds. Though local
tax is laid for the payment of the interest," 1t is
yet held that the faith Of the Government is
pledged for their redemption. 1t is very rea-
sonably urged, therefore, that they areat least
equal in value with the greenbacks, and If they
be issued in any extent in denominations Of $50
ard 800, may be used very largely as currency
in tho District in ordinary transactions. 1t would
certainly seem TO the advantage of trade and
business in the District, in the present embar
raised condition there, that merchants and
others should thus receive and pass the small
bonds. The operation, would appear to be
very much like that which used to take
place with the Governments compound in
terest notes - they would circulate freely
when first issued, but as the interest began
to accumulate upon them they were held
until It was collectable - and so It might
The amount of IS, 900 900 is merely an esti-
mate of the sum that may be required TO fund
the present liabilities. 1t may be less or slightly
overgo that estimate. But whatever the
amount found to be due by the board of audit
under the law, and the additional sum deter
mined by the Commissioners, to be necessary in
carrying out existing contracts for work al
ready commenced, it is fully guaranteed by
Congress. There are but two denominations
authorized in the issue of these bonds-ifty
and five hundred dollars. A fifty dollar bond
will draw interest of one half cent daily; five
hundred dollar bond will draw an interest Of
five cents daily, whereas greenbacks draw moth
therefore, the accrued interest can be readily
calculated by the most ordinary mind. We
have no doubt that, If encouraged by our trades
men, these bonds will soon become 8 popular
currency, and in the near future favorite
means of investing small sccumulatlons tenn
porarily. When their reputation shall have
been fully established among the poorer classes,
there Is little doubt that they will prove dan
gerous rival TO the saving banks for small
sums because Of the readiness with which they
can be used as money or exchanged into prop
erty Of any kind. Although the interest is
little less, the security Is unquestionable, and
the holder is relieved from all anxiety on that
point. Besides, If he wishes to use his money,
be can do so without awaiting the expiration
of thirty or sixty days notice, which Is re-
quired by the savings banks.
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centuries, and notwithstanding the bitter
hatred sown by the war, their people have yet
many common ties. There seems no reason
why legislative system on the plan OF the
Australian colonies of Great Britain should
not be attempted. Its failure in Jamaica Is
not sufficient argument against it. In Jamaica
there were few grains Of whites to bushels
of blacks; In Cuba there are 700, 900 colored-
of whom only 900 are slayes-to about
l, 400, 900 whites.
ave have no doubt that Spain, If the proper
pressure be brought to bear at Madrid, would
not dare to refuse arbitration. For years that
country has been promising and not perform
ing. Performance seems with her the result
only of compulsion; and If this really be so,
she must be compelled. So far as Cuban
affairs are concerned she has had ample In
diligence st the hands of ourselves and Great
Britain. Every reasonable chance has been
given her. She has failed to avail herself of
her opportunities, and cannot complain II she
suffer accordingly. 1t Is not in the nature Of
things that this country should look calmly
for all time on the just struggle Of an en-
thralled and down-trodden people dwelling
within few hours Of our own mainland"
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FRANK LEsLIE's this week erdeevors
analyze the character and abilities of Roscoe
ConklIng from an independent journalism point
of view. "He is the most powerful because he
Is the most able politician In the Republican
party, ambitious, fond of power, antagonistic,
self-conscious." he Is Capable of wagtng
steady and relentless warfare. He has a faculty
for convincing adherents, though he makes
few friends. he is good judge Of character,
and . vigilart, untiring, exact organizer"
These estimates are, to 9 certain extent, true;
they are st least valuable. That Mr.. Conkling
is the ablest politician in the Republican party
Is very far from being true. That he is pos
sessed Of no craftsmanship, or very little Of it,
Is also incorrect. To our mind Mr.. Blaine is a
far greater and ADLER politician than the New
York Senator; so is Mr.. Morton. In point of
statesmanship he is their superior. But Sens-
tor Conkling is too vain and proud and "self-
conscious" to be an able politician. He is
judge of character and 9 good organizer, and
makes the most of his opportunities. But men
must come TO him; he will never 90 to them,
and IN that sense is inferior to Mr.. Fenton,
who is certainly an ideal American politician.
That Mr.. Conkling is ambitious is undoubtedly
true. The article closes as follows THAT
Mr.. Conkiing has brilliant future before him,
is something of which he is himself apparently
confident. He has put aside, with unhesitat-
ing hand, the silk robe of the Chief Justice
ship. No man living can say as much. 1t is
reasonable 10 believe that he did not do so
without calculation, because politician and q
lawyer on the shady side Of forty-hve does not
toss away such prize lightly. What is the
prize for which he still struggles we need not
say. No Senator ever yet won It, and Mr..
Conkling is not likely to be the first exception.
But in his efforts to attain 1t he will be sure to
leave on the history Of his party, and perhaps
Of his country, a considerable mark. 1t is ru-
mored, on some creditable authority, that he
has given in his adhesion to the third-term
project. In that case the mark he will leave
will not be to his credit, and 1t will be, as his
own career must be, brought to a sudden end
in 1876. Let us hope better things.of him."
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WHERE SHALL SEND MY BoY'
- GI.ENMooD INsrITI1rE-

School select an prominent for It's beautiful, re-
tired and healthful location, Its perfect discipline
and home comforts. Expenses klq2 per dnnu1l.
For circulaTs address PROF. l.. o. MATTHEWS,
A. NJ, Glenwood, Howard county, Maryland.
REFERESOES:
James g. SpriEg. esq, Petersburg. Va;
Col. Chas. Gtlpin, Surveyor Port CO Baltimore
Charles P. Manning, s5q., IL 81. Paul street,
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JEFFERSON DAVIS has been making speech
down South. He still believes that the negro
Is the inferior of the white man, and asked his
audience to hurl the red-hot bolts Of their ven
geancl against the incsndIaries who had dis.
turbed the relations Of the races. Said he;
'Eyer.. Southern man In his memory runs
sack 10 the negro woman who nursed him; to
the bo' who hunted and Ashed with him. to
the man who first taught him to ride and swim;
and, as he grew to manhood, the cordial well
come given him by che Old nurse, with ten
dernesc scarcel; inferio. tc that Of his own
mother" all of which he generally repaid BY
selling tbs old woman for two hundred and
if." dollars, or putting her up as gambling
stake the next night.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

s~f. o. o. +. CHOHRSTHE REGG.
~ lar reheATSAls OF the odd Fellows Choir
will be resumed on SATURDAY EVENING. Sep
TENDER S, at 1880 O'Clock. By Order Of the presl-
dent. J. II. SEIFEERT.
L. D. CLAPP, Secretlry. se4-2t'
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CT. JOHNS COLLEGE.

CT. JOHNS COLLEGE.
= ANNAPOLIS, ND,
JAMES NJ. GARNETT, III. D., PrinciPa'
Opening OF session and examination ote infiis.sS
for admission MONDAY and TUESDA1S sep en- en-:
Der p and a The terml for board and tultioa 20
per snnum, payable semi-Annu4lly 10 advance, seE-
tral State Scholarships vacant. FOR eatAlOsue''
O~'Ne A4'A P~' 'PROF W. X. HOPKINS,
se.retary OF the Faculty.,
suii-TnThstsen,l Annapolis, Nd.
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The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN is published every
morning Sundays excepted) at the southwest cor
nor ofThirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
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Variably in advance,
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Unpublished every Thursday morning, and Is Iur-
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for publication, should be addressed TO WIZ. J.
MURTACH, Proprietor, NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,,
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THE New York Express advises the Southern
people that "neither lynching nor any kind of
lawlessness will result in any good to them,
their States or the country. The negroes are
to be protected in all the law and Constitution
allows, and the white citizens, as the stronger,
wiser and more experienced portion of the peo-
pie, should see that this is done. The two
races cannot do without each other, The
labor of the one clasa Is as essential as the In
telligence and means Of the other. Where
there is violence upon either side It should be
met by law, with no breaking of iails, lynch
ing or other crimes. Violence will beget vio-
lence, and such q war once under way, It would
last long and end in the destruction Of thou
sands of lives and millions of property. As
friends of peace and stable government, let the
Governors of the SouthernStates see to 1t that
the Federal Government has no excuse for In
terfering to maintain order in the States" 1t
is to he hoped that the Democratic papers Of
the country will follow the example of the
Express in counseling peace and concord be-
tween the races in the South, and that the
Southern whites will have the good sense to
follow it.. So far as we have been able to see,
our New York cotemporary is the first Demo-
cratic journal which has told its party in the
South its duty. Let Us see how 1t will take It.
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BUILDING MATERIALS,
VIKINGS AND IRON AzNTvo
"a FRAMES FOR STORES ~ y
HEANUFACTURED by NJ q CO.farr A Nh

.eSs Louisiana avenue.
pAMnlngs Tor Stores, Public Bandlngs, Hotels
NV kesldences Iron Frame for Stores a. fae-
Flags and canp-msetiug Tents for sAIe or rent
Agent for the Improved niIdsa-prO0f Awlinr
Oooos' Iaha
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VERNON INSTITUTE. 1880 STREET:
MI French and English Boarding and Day school
for Young Ladls. and Little Giro. Mrs. gHAS.
homme, resident teacher Of French. Third annual
Session commences September q. For terms ana
sioTes auio- MWFlms
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R~THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN
~ have been designated to receive sUbscTip-
lions for shares in the NEW CQ-OPERA TIVE
BUILDING ASS0CIA TON, to be permanently
Organized MONDAY, September 7, 1874, at 7iaD
o'Cl ck, at Marini's Hall, street, between Mini
and Tenth streets:
DR.. =. Howard, 617 F street; @. z. PrentIss,
crshier German-American Savings DAM, corn T +
and Seventh streets; A. L. SturtevHnt, Treasury
department.; Charles B. Bailey, secretary Gas
COMPANY, Tenth street; Thomss Sorneet. corn T
Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue: II. II,
Bower, General Land once; II. II. TWomblev,
Government Printing Ohice; William 2. Allen, So
Sixth street, Navy Yard; William Dickson, 26
FOur-and-a-half street; John Z. Thompson; NJ. Z.
CAllan. 6l5 seventh street; w II. b. Klts0n; A. 8.
VOse, AdJUtant Generals ONCE; W. II. G. Bay;yS
gas works, TWenty-siXth and q streets; George Il.
Thompson, corner Tenth and streets north; G.
W. Fisher, CniOntoWn: James Fraser, coal dealer,
81 street; n. Ashford, attorney law, opposite
DR.. FLODoARDo HOWARD, TEN. Pres.
LCHN 10y EDISON. Tom. Sec. ae4-E.SM
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY INSTITUTE
u fTAIF ! MECHAEIC5BURGl Pa, located
eSbi-dIstant IRON Harrisburg and Carlisle, an ae9-
dtmic commercial and e9eEs PrspaF3t0TS 'Snoqi
rate Twenty-seeond year, September z. Circulars
A. Keryand 4 Towers bookstore References, Post.
Muster General James Marshall, VIM. W oodTard,
80 Rev. b. Eye Son. aulo-lm
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FLOUR-DOwNI
WEIGHS BEST FAMILY, per sack ...S2.56
GOLDEN HILL FAMILY, per sack. .e2.45
BURNT MILLS FAMILY. at lowest rates.
ISAAC wENGER'S FAMILY,
A. ROSS RAYS FAMILY
EXTRA FLOUR, parsa 81, S2.25 and sass