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PLATE PRINTERS BALI.

A SCENE OF REvELRY AND MIRTH.
The last grand ball Of the gay season was hold
last night at Masonic Temple, under the auspices
OF the Plate Printers Union, and was at once Q
fitting successor to its predecessors, credit to the
association giving 1t, and worthy event to pre-
cede the Lcnten season.
or course, the numerous lady guests had been
on the tiptoc Of exIectation for the past two or
three weeks, and had uadc great preparations for
the event, but tae manner in which they turned
OUT and the elaborate toilets they were surprised
even the most sanguine Of the managers, and
proved that tho annual ball OF the Union 10 an
event in the history Of the year. $50
The incidental preparations were Of the most
finished character. the tickets and ladies' invita-
tons being tssu.iful specimens Of engraving we'll
worth retaining as sourenirs Of happy evening,
and the programmes were OF unique pattern, and
fine specimens ,.,
hall, with its four squares, will not admit Of any
innovation in the custom Of festooaed flags, mir
however, The centre Of the floor Was occupied With
q grosto. which contained an eyer-foIing foun-
tain Of cologne, and on the platform was q beau
ished brass and platina. At either end Of the
hall, IN evergreen, were the words, "Plats Prin-
toilets OF the ladies, in many cases, most superb.
The several committees were on hnnd early, and
used their best endeayors to make the ball the
The music was furnished by Pistori, and ex-
ceeded any Of his previous efforts, which ia saying
a great deal. 1t may seem rather late in the day
to find fault with anything, but 1t can with all
propriety be said that the gentlemen who keep
the saloon below, and enjoy monopoly of fur
nshing supplies, should either be more accommo-
dating to guests and supply better suppers, or
mail .kouid s8h0unce mo ...- ..lrw.,. be served.
With this single drawback, the seventh annual
ball of the union was grand success and all who
attended departed we'll satisfied to forego similar
pleasure for the ensuing forty penitential days,
and appear bright, refreshed and vigorous on
En- sfer Monday
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REpoRTED. DEArH oF a pRAKEMAN.

REPORTED DEATH OF A BRAKEMAN.
A report was m cffcslssioa last night to the
effect that . brakeman On tp Baltimore and
Potomac railroad had been KILLED near Benning's
station, caused BY the coupling between two elrs
breaking, throwing hin 70 the grcand, end the
wheels Of the same passing over him. Up to
O'Clock no information In regard to the matter
had been received ct poles hsadqea!tera
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would like the public TO know that he has not Just
returned from Germany, but has lots OF old Rhine
Wines ct his old stand, No. 35T Peupsylvania ave.
nue, and has Dot opcped ~ No a. D street.
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W. q. IXCTTT,
non On. ainnER AND PAPER-RuLER,
Me- :.d Esees.sH sss., s sesi Side.
caisand nsvspspers carefully attended 10.
LIMITED STATES MAIL.
Posr OFFICE DrpARrNrxr,
WASHINGTON, December I, ls73.
Proposals will be received ut the Contract ONCE
maiis OF the United States from ist July, is4, to
the
400 From Winchester to- Capon Springs wv. vs..)
IN miles and back, sig times q week, fron,
18th June to Dth Of September only in each
Leave winchester daily, except Sunday, At s:su
Arrive at capen Springs at $50 M;
Leave Capon Springs daily, except Sunday. II
Arrive at Winchester bysam.
za From Aide, by sudley Springs, to Manassas, %
Leave AIdIe tuesday and Friday at $50 am;
Leave Manassas Wednesday and Saturday Ut
Arrive At AldIc by4pm.
Proposals Invited e Seg! n. at sudley Springs
1a From Hampstead to Fair Haven, 10 miles and
Leave ha%pste.d Wednesday at cam;
I ArriSe AZ t a .v HsySn Gy II
Arrive At Hampstead by : pm m.
shop. Glenn. ia s.iSds. p UrOana, % miles
Leave Wet Point Monday. wednesday and
Arrive q Urb.na By ]: M;
Leave Urh.na Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
arrive AZ " IVES. Poln. by7p. m.
rs4 From stevenville, by Cartons Store, to New
Prospect, 10 miles and back, twice week.
Leave stevenvils "wednesday and Saturday AZ
A11!:s Sss R,s:pss. = y So mi s.,n,,.,
AariV " . Il 81 st;:v.nville sy.p. m.
Gss From Rural Retreat to- Clem's Branch, 8 miles
Leave Rural Retreat Saturday at sa. m.;
fsi;s ]: III: S; s:;i.ss 4
Tss% g. y md y s.s.n: s.es
Cabbage Farm, 70 miles and back, once .
Leave St. Tammanx's Saturday at .. M;
Arrive st Cabbage Farm by u M;
ts;. G L g. 1.am s.
S1 %.. S.e s
A; IA sc 4 liI. q 8 mi oy,pn;
Leave waiker,s Church Monday, wednesday
A 1aS s: 4 Fssyp 4 Dspo. sy.pn.
ner,s store, 10 Fork. Of Buffalo, is miles and
Leave ssit Greek Tuesday and Saturday at Q
Arrive e gors; :; q 4, Buffalo :, By ma s.,,,.,,
A1.ilss AZ s.l. Greek eyspn. -
90 From C.rsonyi1e to Err Greek, 10 miles and
rsSs ,C.rsonvi;ie Tuesiav. Thursday and Sat-
t::s: a, a.; fs..s.ys Hi...s., and s....-
Ae SsS :: !. ! ee. Can; syspn.
az From Poplar I'm. BY st.nord.y,lle, to Eesle.-
Leave Pepiass ai i wednesday and ssiufass .;
k:.S: sp1SDss
Ar aTsss 4 * PopSi ar HIN pyspm.
III From Hansonville, by HAWKINS Mills and VIII
low spring, to Nickollsvilie, Is miles and back,
Leave Hansonville Tuesday and Friday at q
Arrivc at Nlckollsvirle by I'm; ~.
Leave Nlckoilsvine Tuesday and Friday 1t J
Arrive Nv: at Hansonville by7pm.
E: :Ssn q sass q Brad
g afsnsy nile: and hack o z, week.
f::Ss $:sz!;.sii;: III;
' 'ssa sss;Rss! 5ts'y Sis. .ns
ts: :si fs:sI sg:s: 1sS;;s:, "'."'
Leave Peerysviiie wednesday at Gam;
t s.s: 4 sss:;sc fsssl.sgHy nj
f fs:;s: !: ssSiSas; SSassS. 4
Proposals invited g end Il Pserysvile, reducing
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VALUABLE SECONDHAND BOOKS
from public sales and private Libraries, in good,
clean condition, and ut low prices ct -
AMsLIM's Antiquarian Bookstore,
7 and Fifteenth streets, near the Treasury.
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TAX ELLIS

for special improvements and for sewerage set
tied at discount Of twenty -nve to thrty-fve per
cent. BY the Rogers Banking Company, SIS Sew.
enth street.
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PROF. TRIP
c. p. GAUrTCR

ber,us . course Of his descriptive series tn the
Methodist Protestant church, Alexandria, thia
aveninG. -
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THE xARKErs
FINANCIAL.

INV I0HK sTocH ExcaANGE.
f9rnfsAedby L<.ofs yoAnsoa Co., Baakers, Vernon
1cga northsass corner Psassyy0uRta GueRse and
1sneS ared, Washington.
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E,RANKIN LODGE H OF r.

Tenth annual social entertainment of franklin
Lodge, No. 2 X. p will take place at Odd Eel.
lows hall. (Navy Yard,) TUESDAY, EVENING,
February IL, lss4 commencing at So'clock- Preyious
70 the dancing Knight d. A. psrhharst,J who has
kindly volunteered, will give humorous reading,
after which knights Smart and Miller will sing "a
vorite comic ballad. car will leave the han to
convey parties 10 the city At the close OF the
and ladlea. Gaia-ef
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ENGLISH COMIC OPERA,
At Regular Rates Of Administered.
NO INCREASE IN PRICES.
IMMENSE Al"rRA(srlOy.
SECOND WEEK Or
II u h. j A 3. A. q ATKR

COMIC Opera CONF Any AND CHORUS.
rhe only complete Musical and Comedy Organiza-
ton IN America. ?
flrst time in this city Of tharics 70 Coc9,s Famous
Comic Opera, La Fllle Dc Nine AnE0t,'' now
pressly for Nrs. Gales, by IL: J. Byron. OF LON
on,and entitled, M me kngot's CIid lairette
AnSot the child Of the market, Mrs. Jas A. Oates.
ACT. l. Market Place AZ beIivii:e. Act. II. kpart-
ments OF Nile lanye, the female frieud Of the Di.
rectory: Act. III. Garden At BeIlviIie-Aadame An.
COTS Child. In active preparstion-..Boiemian
Girl and '.Child OF the krRiinent.r,
Mime AnROt MaiIuxo S1fur,inv
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HAT MANUFACTURERS,

CPRING STYLE SILK HAT BLOCK JUST
y received, and Hats made to order. BEST SILK
HATS, silk lined, -. Sold elsewhere for .. Sec
ond quality es. So sold elsewhere for o.. Old style
SILK flats remodeled. Fashionable aud every branch
Of Silk Hat repairing done on the shortest notice.
BRESNAN, the Broadway Halter,
ja31-1m 101l street northwest.
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BUILDING MATERIALS
LUMBER, LUMBER
c. B. CHURCH & SONS,
On SUCCESSORS TOY
C. B. CHURCH & CO.,
CAT their new Yard on Maryland avenue, near Sew
enth street s0uthwest.)
Hsve for sale all kinds Of Lumber including
Walnut, Ash, Oak, Hickory, Cherry, Cypress, &c.
febI-1m C. u. CHURCH & SONS,
Lumber! Lumber!

CORNER OF SEVENTH AND Q STREETS
NORTHWEST, AND
No. q WATER STREET, GEORGETOWN, D. c.
mySl-tf
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"ASHINCTON SCHCEIXEN vEBEIN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY9. 1874
GBAND NASoCERADE HALL
AT THE BANQCETrx HALL OF THE PARK. ,
Passive members cnn obtain iadlcs' tickets at
Chr. Xanders, sii Seventh str,st northwest, daily
frrn II 10 II M. AND frJin TO D. M.
None but mcml ers are admitted. ss
frlS-2t -r---g- THE COMMITTEE.
SEVENTH GRAND ORGAN CONCERT
fONGREGAriONAL cIiCHCH,
COnNER or TENTH AND G STREETS.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feb. IS, 1874. T
GREATLY INCREASED ATTRACTIONS.
The celebrated e. ..-- =
JOHN W. BISTOFF, -
The Blind organi-t fthc West; =
THE SUpERR QUt itTEreE. :. - =
EVER, ca Sc, BURNETT AND EOTIR:
prot 8. :HNEiQEt, Leader Of the Marine Rand:
PrVr scliNEiyER, Banlmx-ler 10 The Ming Of
Italy, one OF thc LEADING .CLARIONET
lEKS OFEURUPE.
Admission; q cents. Tickets 1t Metz-ro,t-s,
Su"s'e ana Ems feI-td
EORD'S OPERA HOUSE.
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at Metropolitan NJ. E. Church., THURSDAY
EVENING, February 10, 1874.
Admission, 50 cents: secured seats Is cents extra
Tickets to be had ut Metzerott's Music store,
Parker's, Bsliantyne's. Warren Choate 6 Co..
Bookstores the principal hotels and at the door.
The sale OF secured seats will commence on Mon.
day. February l6, at Metzerott's Music store.
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ElOR MOUNT VERNON,

| The Steamer ARROW, Captain Frank Hollings-
head, having been rebuilt and entirely rshtted by
her present owners, will leave her wharf,
| - FOOT OF SEVENTH STREET.
DAILY esundays sHfsSsP'eTaRl k AL * O'CLOCK FOB
he Tomb Of VI ashing AND Int rmesiiate Land
ings. JAMES SYKES,
feb10 Gen. Sup't Steamer Arrow.
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No. go Seventh ST., between and streets eight
doors above Odd Fellows Hall.
| Choice OIL Paintings, Engravings, Chromos, &c.
Also, largest stock Of Ixperhsnsings, Window
Shades, Pictures, Frames, Picture Cords and Tas-
sells. Rings. Nails, &C., In the District,
ArTEENS CASH.
| Piease RENE mber Name and Number. ie2s-1ys
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News Briehcts.

Boston 10 threatened with water
famine.
Ed. Griffith, o crncl paricnt Of Troy,
New York, sbct and killed his son.
Tom Allen, the prize fighter, gives
notice that he'll fight no more.
The snit of Tilton vs.. Beechcr has
been set down for December s.
John w. James was elected Mayor Of
Chattanooga last week by 2l7 votes.
Portcr's majority in East Tennessee
is 2,0l3.
The official returns from the Second
Congressional District give Thornburgh
$50 majority.
The Methodist Episcopal Board OF
Missions New York, has appropriated
SS2l.900 for missionary purposes.
Investigation into the accounts OF the
Brooklyn Charity Commission shows q
deficiency Of $4,000.
Four men boarded an express train in
Canada few days ago, captured $780,
000 and made good their escape.
Washington county, Tennessee, has
failed this year 70 mako pork enough
for home consumption.
Matilda Dempsey Is the name Of an
Indiana woman now IN jail for taking
the conceit out Of Mr.. Dempsey with a
flat.iron.
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Odd Crumbs,

Never wait for anything TO turn up,
but go and turn II up yourself.
Constitutional liars are to bo pitied- -
they can't help II,
Tho difference between an educated
ass and a natural born burned fool is
slight.
No man ever worshipped brazon
image who had tusslcd with q book
agent.
Temperance societies flourish best in
towns where whisky Is mostly sold for
medicinal purposes. l
Gods boun,ics and goodness are as
broad as creation, but idlcncss 10 an
abominatioa In the sight of heaven.
Gold and silver one rarely secs nowa-
days, but brass 10 more abundant than
ever before.
Short dresses are coming into fash
ion again, aud young ladies are expo.
riencing the old difficulty Of getting q
Nc. loot into No. a shoe.
II you want TO know whether your
grandmother was cross.eycd, or your
great uncle was hung for sheep-stealing,
just run for Office.
The term hide out" don't mean that
as fast as you accumulate litllo pro-
perty you shall place II beyosd the
reach of your honest creditors,
Men who profess christianity and
charge ten per cent commission for pass
ing round the hat in church, are styled
eighteen. carat frauds."
A man who will 90 TO the cemetery
with his wifo on Sunday and weep over
hor first husbands grave and walk home
without cross word shall have our
vote every time he comes up for office.
From tho Chattanooga Commercial
In Tennessee we arc constantly talk
ing about devising means TO secure i'm
migration, but when we look over the
State we find that many Of the people
VIC already have are out of employment,
and but few are proftably employed.
Will some social or political economist
favor us with an article showing us how
10 employ profltably those We already
have, aud then an article TO secure i'm
migration will be more appropriate
Give your philosophy upon this subject
TO the readers of the Commercial.
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The Republican Party.

The New York Tribune is giving the
dsmoralized Republicans some whole
some advice. Ii says 10 one article
Two years OF administration yet re-
main TO those in power. Whether these
are TO be the la,t depends entirely up
on the way In which they are employed.
Wise and careful government; economy
in appropriation and equal economy IN
expenditure; fearless Investigation OF
abuses and equally fearless reports due
regard for the rights OF States and in
dividGals; prompt cessation of the op-
preston Of the South which has done
much to make the name Of Grant infa.
nous; moderation Of the bitter parti-
sanship which 10 characteristic of third.
rate intellects such as compose the
Grant party--these beneflcent reforms
might do much TO regain for il the pres.
tige II has lost and enable IL TO present
a confident front In 1876. Here lies It's
opportunity.
Its peril first thrusts iteelf forward.
IL any one thing can be said to have
been decided by the elections, IL Is that
the people will no longer tolerate that
strange political essence detested In
Massachusetts, as Butlerism, In Pennsyl.
vania as Camcronism, in Michigan as
Chandlerism, aud known generally ev-
cry .here as Grantism. Tho Rcpubli-
can party as now constituted needs not
so much reform as total reconstruction.
Grantism has been repuditaed at the
polls IL must now be rcpudiated in tho
caucus and the convention, IL Repnbli-
canism is TO establish any further claim
10 existence. The leaders who have
been condemned by the people must be
deposed by the politicians, or the latter
may as well abandon their calling
New men and new measures must show
themselves. But II, on the other hand
there Is TO be no change either In the
policy or the leaders Of the party; If its
notorious corruptionists arc to be sus-
tanned and encouraged; &c sovereign
States are to be governed by telegraph
from Washington, and usuiping dcspo-
tism made permanent by Presidential
caprice; if venality Ia ~ be concealed,
defended. extenuated, and denied; if,
in short, Grantism Is still 10 masquc-
rade in the dress Of Republicanism, tho
election of two years hence will be de-
cided long before II takes place. There
is only one way for tho Republican
party out Of its present peril. Gov.
Morgan and the other bcwiderCd lead
ers, who are talking In dazed way
about reorganization on broader basis,
may as we'll take notice. Tho reorgap-
ization which includes Grant or Grant
ism Is reorganizing for destruction.
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The lIermapI,rOdltes.

The Memphis Appeal says: This
class Of politicians are running the
gauntlet Of kicks aud curses. In every
part Of the country both parties are adj
minis,cring the rebuke which the her
maphrodites deserve. The Democrat
ic party since the war has been tho sole
defonso of the people in their efforts 10
stay the fool Of Hadicaism, with It's
ignorance, its c0rruptions, robbery and
expressions. But tho independents,
consulting their own vanity and avarice,
have warred upon Democracy, endeav-
orc2 day after day TO show that Il was
dead, powercss for good. But the re-
suit shows that thoy are not prophets,
and tho people will spurn their advice
for the future. The triumph Of the
Democratic party, in spite Of the organ
lied opposition by the Republicans aud
tho guerrilla warfare OF the independ-
cpts, show its recuperative powers; that
it is the party of the people, and Is
again destined 10 rule tho nation. We
predict that IN future elections the indc-
pendents will be treated as people for
merly treated q scolding vrag6 Ey-
crywhere they are denounced by the
press
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VOL. XXI---N0. 365


There is Que man In the procession.
however, who does not possess these at
tributes. lie is the last man, Its said
that there must be last man 10 every
procession but II must always be SO un-
Ill some mode 10 discovered of making
up the procession In a circle. and then
giving Il motion like a rotary shell.
turning Its own axis and going straight
ahead also. The last man IL a weary.
worn, pathetic creature, who looks as II
life was burden TO him. lie is a rusty.
seedy biped, without any good clothes.
No stars blaze on his breast. No ban
ner shields him from the fiery sun
His ear never hears the inspiring notes
OF the band. Ho catches all the dust Of
the procession. Bystanders rush Ia
front Of him with impunity. lie has
no pride nj all. There Is no pomp
about him-no majesty Of mein. Hc
always looks sick, tired, dishevcled and
forlorn, Small boys jeer at him. Bus
drivers contemptuously order him ont
Of the way Reckless young men make
desperate efforts TO drive over him. He
gets mixed up among ncwsboys, boot
blacks, yellow dogs, advertising wag-
ons, fan-sellcrs drays and frantic wo-
men rushing after erratic children, and
loses the procession; and by the time
lac regains IL he 10 poor harrased, de-
jected man and brother, and an object OF
universal pity. The chances arc that II
be does not go of with sunstroke, or
get run over by an ice cart and have 10
be taken home In an express wagon, hc
will, as the result Of his pathetic sl,ua-
ton, get drunk with remarkable dis
patch before sunset. So long as there
must be a last man In every procession
there shoHid be some compensation.
lie should DC made attractive. Let him
be handsomely decorated aud caparis-
oned. Let him carry banner aud have
an American flag IN his hat. Lot him
also have a drawn sword with which
to keep off the small boys, and thus
the last man in the procession will
cease to be the most wretched object IN
existence.
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In commenting upon the failure OF
newspaper manager, the st. Louis Globe
tolls plain truth in the following
words; e.
"Tbe business Of journalism will con-
tinuc TO bo an inviting field for expert
mcnt to those who have q large amount
Of cgotism. A man, who having edited
q newspaper until he was forty, should
suddenly announce himself as a lawyer,
would be regarded as fool by tho lc-
gal profession and yet we often hear
of lawyers OF forty making sudden pre-
tensions 10 Journalism. There IL an
idea that the business OF editing re-
qures no apprenticeship; that editors
come forth from law Offices aud colleges
fully armcd for the profession, like Pal.
las from tho brow OF Jovo. IL is mis-
take; there Is not In America to-day
a single journalist OF national reputation
who has no, devoted moro time and
more application TO his profession than,
with equal fitness and application,
would have made him n great lawyer
or good doctor. And yet ninety out
of every ono hundred men you meet on
the street will hesitate about carrying
hod or making pair OF shoes, whereas
there will probably no, bo one In tho
hundred who cant, according 10 his
own judgment, edit any newspaper IN
the couhtry better than II IA edited, no
matter in what manner or by whom.
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white County.

Not Radical vote has been cast In
the Second civil district Of White coun-
ty for six years. The Sparta Index says
that the African patriarch Of tho district
Abraham Austin, aged ITO years, walk
cd eight miles TO voto the Democratic
ticket at the late election, and induced
every other negro at the polls TO follow
suit lie says that any colored man
who isn't Democrat Is q fool.
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From tue Knoxville Chronicle.

IT is to be hoped that the people OF
our State, and especially those Of this
portion ofthe State, will learn some
thing by the experience Of the last two
years. IT Is not manly for ms TO be COM
planning about "hard times" year in and
year out, without an attempt TO discov-
e. the source Of our misfortunes. There
must be some reason and there 10 some
reason for such a state of affairs. There
isenough surplus wheat in East Ten.
nessee, which If put into the market at
fair price, would for the time being
make money matters easy with us
There are thousands Of bushels of corn
now waiting a remunerative market.
The thing for US to do, is to inquire il
cur labor and industry can be invested
IN the production of these articles TO
any greater extent with a fair prospect
Of permanent returns. If not, we must
produce something else. We must see
if the changed condition Of affairs in the
cotton growing States 80 affects Us that
we must make change In our indus
trial pursuits. We do not at present
undertake to say how this is, but mere
ly throw out hints for others to think OF
and Investigate. We are satisfied that
our condition is not rs favorable as Il
should be, aud we believe with little
practical systematic thought it might be
vastly improved, and that the talk abont
bard times would become less general
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from the Cincinnati Enquirer

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tennessee and the South have been
80 long represented In the Senate by
fourth and fflh class men that many
persons cannot become reconciled to
the thought OF change. Before the war
the South was mighty power in Con-
gress, because men were kept at the
front whose. mental force the world re-
cognized. or all the men mentioned,
|or likely to lie mentioned for the United
States Senator from Tennessee, only
enc If elected, could take q rank above
nediocrity. That one is Andrew John
SOD, whose ability, courage aud vigor
would at once single him out as ,ead-
ernot Of pigmies, but Of giants. Ten
nessee owes il to the South, to the con-
servatism ofthe country, TO give the na-
ton during the next six years, the ben
eft OF the great intellect, the honesty,
the coursee, the industry and the vast
legislative experience OF Andrew John.
son. While everywhere else ignorance
and corruption arc being weeded out, let
us not continue TO prove TO the world by
replacing nonenti,ies with noacntities
tha. we are determined the South shall
remain blank in the National Legis-
lature This is question that rises far
above mere personal or political parti-
,anshiD.