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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

PRESIDENT GRANT and family left st. Louis
on Saturday morning for Texas via the Missis-
sippi Pacific and the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas railroad. Generals Sheridan and Auper
will join tie party at Sedslia. 1t is expected
that the Vinda and Caddy delegation of Indians
will meet the President and have talk on bis
return trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

Mr.. EDWARD HAYES, of this city, hss been
appointed stenogrsphic secretary to Hon. j. A.
j. Creswell, counsel of the United States before
the Court OF Commissioners of A Aiabama Claims
Mr.. Hayes held similar position under Judge
Hale, the agent, and counsei of the United
States before the late mixed commission on
American and British claims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

AN APPLICATION from ChIang-Q a
Chinaman, OF San Francisco, for patent for
improved overalls-the first application for
patent that has ever been made by a subject of
the Chinese empire-was filed at the Patent
Office to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

IRFoRMATIoN FROM JAPAN received at th :
Navy department, dated September 4th, is that
the difficulties between that country and China
were still unsettled, and both parties are con-
centTating their forces on the island of For
mOsa, and at stTatgetic points on their respec-
tive coasts. A settlement is thought to depend
on the result of the negotiations Of the Japanes,
ambassadors sent to Peking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

DECF :. R. G4WECNsKI will give LES
n >CEs ~ EAktIkG ~ the residence OF those
hr o. sire - rtc'Ne private lEstTuC ii Ons-a
system uEivfTsaily established 6moNg the hiRhes.
Fu-~ Essa ciety. Applications IefE a. the Mns'c
ttcTss y jli fe after ird 70. oCss-e .2S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

a BOARD OF ARMY OFFICERS, ID consist OF
Majors S. CrispiB, L. j. TresdweIl and i. g.
Baylor, ordnance department and Capt. Geo
Mckee, judge advocate, U. s. A, have been
appointed to meet in New York city on the 2lst
of October for the consideration of ordnance
subjects, the trial of experimental guns &c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

GONE TO SPRINGFIELD, Ill The Secretary
Of War, General Belknap. with General Beck
with and other prominent military and naval
officers, left here this morning on the sos
O'Clock train Oh the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road for Springfield, ILL.,, TO be present at the
uBveiliDg OF the Lincoln statue at that place on
THURSDAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

~ Rev. br. Deems says choir singers should
be as moral as clergymen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

THB NEW YORK HERALD BUREAU, which
for nearly thirteen years has been located on
14th street, has been removed to the new build
ing 1918 L street The Old quarters were va
Gated to-day. Ii is the intention Of Mr Willard
who owns the property, 10 tear il down next
spring ana extend the Ebbitt House In conform
uy with the new Improvement on l4th street
so that the front on this street will extend near
ly TO the Associated Press building, on the cor
ner OF the avenue and l4th street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

RUSH BURGBss OFFICIALLY RRCoey1zsp-
Judge j. Nj. Edmunds, secretary of the repub-
hcan Congressional committee, has written a
letter to the chairman OF the republican COM
nittee, third district OF Virginia stating that as
executive of the CoDgr essional committee be
mas no hesitation in accepting the decision of
tie Virginia state com mittee az conclusive that
Rush Burgess is the regular candidate for Con-
gress in the third district, and 1. entitled to con-
sideratiOn as such.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-12

SATASTA AND HIS BAND DIsARnsD.-
Friend Miles, sgent Of the Cheyennes and
Arrspahoss, Indian Territory, under date of
the 5th inst. writes TO the Commissioner or In
dsan Affairs as follows: "I have to report that
he twenty-four lodges OF kiowas under atlanta
went into camp near this agency on the even
Ing Of the Sd inst. Yesterday morning Gen.
Nell proceeded 10 their camp and demanded
The surrender Of all their arms This was read
ily and with apparent willingness acceded TO-
Al enTe'ment was ut once made, with the fol-
lowing results: Men capable OF bearing arms,
90; squaws, 40; children, 66; total, rs. The
party is headed by Satsnta, Big Tree, ,woman's
Heart, and Strong Bear. Satants and Big
Tree are TO be Aeld in close Confinement as hos.
tsges until further orders; the remainder viii
be permitted to 90 into camp near the agency,
and will be required to answer daily roli-cafl
Complying with this requirement, will issue
rstions TO them until further orders. The twelve
young Cheyennes have been held in close Gus
tody until to-day Gen. Neill permitted eleven
Of the party to 90 to the camps of the friendly
Cheyennes, we holding Two Grows, the leader,
Sc hostage: In addition to the holding OF T 40
Grows, wbirlwind, Little Robe, White Shield
and PawDee agreed TO be responsible for the
appearance of the eleven at daily roil-calI."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-25

bearer ts value received THERE want the which
You promise TO pay" " But do not pay, reloined
the teller; "the banks have suspended payment
ION, stopped payment Then let me tell you what 10
do Take the hammer out OF the hand that hangs
over your door. and IN its place put a razor"
NV friends, II Congress should he moved by ms
the condition OF whose existence is 70 be dshon9rea
may we not hint from this anecd0fe what butl
ness will the king OF birds-the eagle, whose hight Is
above Of all the other fowls OF tue arhave ON sn
escucheon which this policy will disgrace In the eyes
OF the world Let his image then be blotted OUT,
oberate also the stars OF heaven escc the stripes OF
morning light which should be the PROMISE OF dy Oh
glory aud honor aud those emblems, let the
Inner draw on the broad sheet the image OF rasor
huge enough 10 be welded by the Giant Despair
gentleman with whun II this demand for more paper
money be granted, are destined 10 scrape closer
acquaintance than we have enjoyed yet-and on the
enormous blade let the words De msertpcu ~ starring
letters Warranted 10 Shave"-and let the Two sup
ers-be Morton OF Indiana, and Kelley OF pennsylvania
or perhaps Butler OF Massachusetts, may sustain Tue
charge alune. ----- - - -
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THE NATION lMPROVIDENT.
9n,.eh If Hr q n rhilt,nd<E

Mr. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CITIZENS: The
speech brought with me tonight was prepared yester
day amid the exgencios Of my business and before the
roar Of the deluge Of imitation heard and before the
abyss had opened. feel that 1t is tame and poor fall
ing far below the demands OF the hour. would, II
dared throw 1t away and trust for words to the grand
inspiration of the occasion. But full of feeling,
my blood Is hot and Quckened by this vast assembage
and may not safely venture upon that experiment
Unless am very much mistaken, there is no mystery
at all IN the present financial condition OF the country
will there be any insuperabe difficulty applying
proper remedy whenever there Is tho will to do It,
We had great war lasting nearly five years, with great
havoc The moment the was over we went OF on q
grand roc with pretty paper money, TO make the
world believe that cost nothing but on
the contrary had made US Immensely rch After traR-
ing the people TO little work and much pay and after
covering ample homestead with airy castles for the
idle and wasteful, big bubble burst and airy
coming In for payment--they look bad-we turn from
them In disgust; but there is nothing gained by that
We are prodgas but We are honest and must pay them
to last cent. The we do It. the more honor
the longer delay the more penalty. II we examine
correspond exactly with that Of all the paper money
decisions which have vexed mankind-only that we had
electricity and steam to intensity our folly. When the
crash came, six months ago, meaning Of It per
feety understood by everybody and for while II was
the American people could be trusted with il In
en- honest way. was also confidently predicted that
yiding line between long epoch Of restless gambling
and the gradual return OF solid prosperity
throughout our whole country
NEW FOUNDATIONS TO DE LAID.
Three months of the new year have passed, and what
nowi Disappointment, distrust and perplexty are
visible on oil Sides and In oil streets, In the
highwa ys Jay Gould and his followers. know Of
other than walst business which has been prosperous
this rear There have been the usual number Of cOSn
they able to buy. and have occasion
to buy, than threefourth the amount OF goods
the comparative scale will be descending as the
year advances let Congress do what IL wish 10
tell you, fellow citizens plainly and very earnestly that
II my tniry-two years experience In NowYork IL o.
any value 10 me or 70 You We now about 20 resdst
things We have either reestablish the nctiticus
values TO support the wild ventures and reeuforce the
scandaous spirit OF gambling which ragged 1t its climax
last year. by . new imitation Of our currency.
have TO lay new foundations and call upoa tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-25
ALE AS A STANDARD OF VALUE.

The word bring from Massachusetts is this.
discussion of the great fiscal questions which the
welfare of the people much depends call together
such an assemblage the before me. II Is time,
indeed that the rule OF rectude and probty should be
applied to the dealings Of the Government
with the people; without which, o. we who
are merchants aud manufacturers well know,
no commerce, either among men or between
nationsnot even social order-can possibly exist. Tho
Government itsei IL to-day the great example Of dis.
honesty and OF aud vicious Insolvency: hence 1t
Is no wonder that s agents. Its Spies Its inormers at
tempt to cast obloauy upon those except for whom
the utter anarchy OF mutual dstrust would prevail
Were not the merchants the traders the people far bet
ter and more honest than the laws their rulers
made for Thorn, the nation itself would cease to
exist. At the door OF those misguided or deprsved
legislators who have enacted base statutes.
lies the responsibility OF most OF the real frauds
made against honest men. The employment by Govern
ment Of spies In the administration OF its affairs Is
evidence OF weakness and the degree OF their
employ always that OF Its imbeciity and
shall apply the simple rule OF equity 10 the trans
actions Of the nation that apply 70 doings with
other 1t needs only the plain ordinary, aud true
that honest aud upright merchant would take.
that he could not help akingto rescue this country
from tho expressions aud dangers that are upon us.
In the dark time Of civil war, when the fate Of the
nation stake many acts done for which, In
time OF peace. there could DO no Justification among
them the Legal Tender act, whereby the Govern
mont levied forced loan. The danger OF this step
we'll understood by those who gave IL reluctant vote.
Not until Mr.. Chase had himself gone down TO the
naaaLo GhAWseS aud had aAd that without u 10 could
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-25
FORCED LOANS WITHOUT WAR.


FELLOW CITIZENS: The object OF this meeting
and Of the resolutions that have been read as know
by our presence and by our words to emphasize aud
enforce the sentiments which have already been urged
by memorial and petition to Congress to declare our
hostility to the exercise Of doubtful powers tending to
the advancement OF business throughout the country
and TO tho decentralization Of the public mind to resist
the regnactment Of war measures" In time OF pro-
found peace and continued issue OF irredeemable
paper money which bears the character OF "iorced
loan"
we not 80 familiar with the daily utterances OF
certain Of our Senators and in the halls
Of Congress- IL would be hard believe that In about
ten years marked o change In the opinions Of our
public could have taken place that TO which the
debate In Congress- from day TO day and week TO week.
bears witness. When recall the circums tances under
which the first bin authorizing the ssue OF Of
legal tender notes passed. first by bare majority
of The Committee Of Ways and Means and then by the
House Of Representatives and the Senate OF the United
States in obedience 10 the stern law OF necessity and
not through choce with what evident reluctance the
Secretary OF the Treasury his approval TO 80
irene measure; how 1t was "unofhcialy" sustained
by tho Attorney General, and only sanctioned by the
people the Of sustaining the life OF the nston
saw when We recall the language OF wise and prudent
statesmen in those dark days Of OWL war; aud
with what Is nov openly said In favor OF imitation.
Of Increased ISSUES Of papes money We discern tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-25
ONLY ONE WAY TO REDEEM PROMISES.
Speech Of Mr. Eliot c. Covdtn.

Spescs OF MY kVtOf Z. COtodtn,
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CITIZENS: Be-
fore submitting to the meeting the resolutions Of the
Committee. beg leave TO make few observations
which necessarily be general in their charac
ter shall speak as business man business men,
who have assembled to deal with the subject under
consideration IN spirit Of sincerity and frankness.
We stand 10 presence OF great embarrassments IN al
branches OF business aud unusual distress among the
working classes How differently their conditions may
have been sometimes regarded by theorists both capital
sndlabor In tina country have come TO halt on
common ground. The present occasion affords me no
opportunity refer Of this state OF affairs
except In the most summary manner. They spring
manly from reckless speculaons, overtrading, high
prices lavish penditures, redundancy Of trredeem
able paper money and mortgagine to an unparalleled
the doubtful earnings of the future the
extrxyagant OUTLAWS OF the present IF you say that
our only the natural results Of the
receut owl war; reply that this only pointing to the
main source whence the causes already mentioned
sPrsne mo, % consider the means q, re,s, from an,
difhcuites Prom what quarter and IN what form can
relief be obtainedt The teachings Of the years
ms ks AZ quite natural that people should turn the
Pederai Government for aid. During long series Of
great events our business and nnancai Glasses have
having passed into history Is 1t not time that We re
sumed the policy Of better days when anita bank
aud all Industrial classes reneu onieny uPon 'neln
selves for SUGGEST 20 F..
NO MORE PArER-REDERa OLD rLEDoEs
Whist she country now asks OF the Government is e
proclaim Immediately that docs not intend 70 do one
thing. that intend TO do another thing We
ask Congress- In the nrst place 10 declare that vii
not st further sggravate the financial embarrassment
of the nation by swelling any extent and In mode
and under psete1t existing volume OF iredeem
able paper currency, In tho second place We ask Con
gave 70 the country IN the March s 1859
n was enacted IN express words that "tbe United
States soemny pledges It's faith to make provision al
he earliest period for the redemption VI ths
United states notes In coin
Tnis is not the to any discussion Of
the abstract qualities OF paper cnrreDey. 10 lon,
bean used more OF less by all commercial countries IN
limited extent au when convertible Into COIN IL IL
oonyonent and safe Instrument OF exchange Bu
whea II eau be Aaasd W Qpsa4.Is' aqj wy SsejEeiad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-25

A. faA aRElnHl III EI4lFlDl
~ ~ 90 IA iat the TWO snI
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HcLry Il. Dawes,
Jonathan otUIsis' I'd
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Henry trinhei''
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William LlepY'
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Jesse Sengmah,
George haiKer,
Geo. W. Qllilt''ru'
Johh "a l. arsons'
HoWaru rottor'
W .Iiiam arihs.rohg
William DO"u,
Sheparu Iau'y.
william M. Evar's'
George a. Fellows,
john u. Dale,
u. ID. Mum,
shepherd Knapp,
John IL. Morris,
Parker Handy,
Cyrus IL. Mccormick,
Charles III. Isham,
Abram =. Hewitt,
Rufus Hatch,
Luther Il. Marsh.
Robert II. McCurdy,
George Shea,
Luther Il. Wyman,
A. A. SelOver,
John A. @. Gray,
Isaac Sherman,
Henry Oelricn,
ID. W. Russell.
WIN. 3. OpdyEe.
Robsr; IL. R0Ose welt,
Wheeler ii. Peckham,
Alexander Shaler.
WIN. g. Prime,
Roswell Skeel.
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Jaines Low,
1itiIy 1n- nlorris'
Johu Donner'
henry M; Day,
MIuiain "oou'
H. ii. BaAStef,
James II. BANKER,
William Il. Curtis,
William Barney,
Joseph Stuart.
JOhu f. Burrill,
James A. Garland,
Sidney Webster,
Q. Godfrey Gunther'
Thomas IL. Rodman'
EnOch IL, Fancher'
John h: Hackett,
Edward La MOntalghe,
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-25
THE OFFICERS.

THE 0
(Rsad al ne oiost d
'+ PREsmEST. WILL
fsr.Ia vTcR-PR
q Alexander T. stewart.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Peter Cooper,
Moses 11iviOr.
Wiiliam ii. AspiRwall,
within B. Aston,
James Brown,
Whitelaw Reid,
Robert ii. Robertson,
Noah DAVIS,
: John Taylor Johnston,
Charles y. kirkland.
Erastus Brooks,
. Charles L. DAILY,
John ID. Jones,
John X. Porter,
Charles y. Allen,
Charles III. Marshall,
Cornelius k. Garrison,
Henry Sicbert,
James BoOrman johnson
Ray al Paelps. Ir
Samuel J. 11iden.
Charles Day,
. Houry Bergh,
John X. Brady,
Pam. Aymar.
James MInsiOw.
John j. Cisco,
Hiram Barney.
b. ID. BaDcOck,
Geo. b. De Forest,
Abraham X. Llwrence.
Nicholas J.. Cort,
ID. Willis James.
George Law.
Ricaard X ely,
Ferdinand MOtz,
Ad IN Norrle,
Oswald Oltendorfer,
Sinclair TOusey,
Allen Campbell, r.
Marshall o. Roberts,
ElwOod Walter,
Elijah Ward,
Beverhout Thompson,
II. A. L. Barnard,
Robert COigaie,
II. I. Camman.
Walton Ii. L Gkham,
Edwards PlerrepOut,
Frederick DoPey ster,
James NJ. Mclean.
Samuel sloan,
Thomas l.. ThOrneu,
iJOhu g. Green,
Thomas 5. Moore.
James Emott.
Daniel +. Appleton,
l.. ". 6tOughtOn,
Washington Il. Vermilye,
Joseph Seligman.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Wm. White wright, IT,.
George G. Collins.
james NJ. Constable,
l.. DelinODlcO,
j. Warren Goddard,
Jonathan Edgar,
Hugh j. Hastings,
Wilson G.. Hunt.
Emerson Foot,
Peter MOller.
Adrian IseilD,
John G.. Hamilton,
Charles L. Loverich.
Scion Humphreys,
John McKcOu,
Fletcher Harper,
William K Martin.
William ii. Lee.
Benjamin III. Hutton,
George N. Miller.
Henry Il. Rowland.
II r. Spaulding,
Henry l.. PtersOn.
William X. Trayers,
Arthur y yes,
Fletcher Westray,
Samuel Il. Ruggles,
Charles l.. Tiffany,
j. ID. Vermiiye,
RID. N. Prltcnard,
Otis ID. swan,
George Watson. jr,
IA. A. Hurlburt,
WIN. IL. F0gg,
FredCrick. Chsuncey,
George ID. Arthur,
George 6. COe,
A. l.. Beach,
Joseph ii. ChOate.
John w. BigelOw,
Edward Mitchell.
Erastus G. Benedict,
William Bradford,
Charles A. Peabody,
Elliot +. Shepard,
James W. Beokman,
III. G. ID. Borden,
James 3. Warren,
Naldron Ped,
John S. Dickinson.
Alexander :. Webb.
Burr W. GriswOld,
Lemuel smith,
John 7. ARnew,
John CarnOchan,
Andrew T. Bates,
Charles Dennis.
William Allen Butler,
Charles Duggiu,
Walter s. Gurnee,
Richard Butler.
William X. Garrison,
Oscar z Jllicoffer,
John X. Garland,
Joseph w. Patterson,
George A. Halsey,
&. T. Raymond,
Robert Bonner,
HeUry q. 6tebDins,
Nathan Chandler,
Henry A. Smythe,
III. A. Smalley,
Henry Dwight Sedgwick,
JOSIAH III. FIske.
Alexander stuart,
Theodore +. Allen,
Cyrus Clark,
Henry L. Davies, IT,,
Bernard Casserly,
Bradley Martiu,
J. Il. M. GrOsvenor.
Sigismund Kaufman,
Charles q. JudsOn,
James I. kilbreth,
Cephas Brainard,
George G.. Williams,
Charles Wager Hu.l,
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(Read al ne cos, Of Mr.. Bryaass SpenJA)
PREyIDEST. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
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carry the Government. did our lamented sumner
and others OF his associates yield their consent Why
did, they hesitate It6gas Tbceause these men who
then urged heavier taxation rather than recourse
10 forced loan knew that nation had ever yet re-
deemed the promises sned as money under the stress
az war Every nation without exception that has ever
issied debt TO serve money has ropudiatad IT, and
has returned 70 specie pay ment through national bank
They dreaded Leaf the glorious enthusiasm Tor
liberty should fail which bad then brought the nation 10
the temper which thepeople would have given prop
erty life all but honor To the tor which they
fought. They dreaded such failure when the stern,
hard duties OF restoring the losses OF the war should
have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-25
i Hope, till hope creates,
From It's own wreck,


We must organize forces OF truth and righteous
ness we must the moral OF the uaton which
never vet failed to respond, even TO the voices OF the
few and the feeble who had Gods truth and justice be-
hind them; and the nation continues TO exist,
will IL what is needed and do it, cost what 1t may
and hurt whom will. In the OF truth, In the
name of right, Ia the name OF common sefiuter-
est let keep our courage and here and now begin
to organize that force which ought to- and soon VIII,
include every honest In the nation and smite hip
and thigh each high and low who dares continue
yraaI
The Hickman courier., 1874-02-28
A Bark Attacked by a Whale.

The bark Kate Williams, Capt. Hale
of tbe regular packet line between Bos-
ton and Fayal, which arrived at Boston
on Friday last, had a remarkable escape
on her passage. The Boston Journal
fins describes the incident: About
7 o'clock one morning a seaman aloft
cried out that there was a whale on the
nort bow. Capt. Hale stepped TO the
mort quarter, and almost Immediately
could have laid his hand upon the
ul,per law of sperm whale, which had
Maid an unwelcome visit to the vessel.
ItGras a COW whale, about sixty feet IN
length. which had set upon them, and
had she struck the vessel little further
under. the Kate Williams would proba-
bIv never have been heard from after
leaving Faval. AS it was, the vessel re-
ca;ved n prettv good shock, and lost a
nortion of her mizzen chains. ms
monster had seen the bark about the
time the sailor discovered ber, for she
i,nmediately sunk and came mp with
GREAT force right at the yessels stern;
Can't. Hale thinks her mouth measured
ot least fifteen feet, and her under ld"
was felt to scrape the bottom OF Tue
vessel as she glided swiftly away ron
her unexpected enemy. The whaie
| Jared as badly as the bark, no uouosi
for the quarterback was covered Sltl
m;eces Of the leviathan's outer skin ane
the ssmud" that is found between it anf
the tougher hide. The Kate Williams
wns WINS sailing rapidly at tue time, and II
ahont fifteen minutes the fish was on
Of sight. While the latter could o o
seen. she appeared swimming~ abon
looking for the vessel, and evidently Il
| rage"