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National Republican., 1874-06-01
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

The Dashaways held a large meeting at the
Eastern Park Of the Capitol yesterday after-
noon. Addresses were delivered by prominent
advocates of the cause, and several persons
signed the pledge.
In the evening the regular weekly meetingof
the Dashaways was held at Temperance Hall.
After the recitation of"A Warning to Ladies'"
by Captain Barth, and the singing of tenn
perance ode by Mr.. Bullock, speeches were de-
hvered by Messrs. Gooch, Poler, Peck and
McLaue. There are now upwards of one
thousand names on the pledge-boOk of this
National Republican., 1874-06-01
aIRIp RERoRM ScnonL

Tomorrow, after the morning hour, the girls,
reform school bill, which has been approved by
the Comrittee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
will be considered In the House OF Representa-
tiyes In Committee Of the Whole. The discus sion
VIII ptobably call out the philanthropic ladies Of
Washington who have been 50 long struggling
aoafnst fearful odds tossye the vagraut girls and
children OF the streets from their reckless career
There Is general good feeling towards the bill,
too long been neglected In the capital Of the re-
public. Amendments TO the bill have been. made,
striking out the section approPriating the whole
from this fund . sufficient amount 10 copstyuet
the main building. itf
National Republican., 1874-06-01

Certified to. ADOLF CLuss,
Ensineer,in charge, April 2I 1874.
q 2 BOARD or PUBLIC wopxs
---- DISTRICT or COLuMBfA
.0rFICE OF CHIP OF ENGINEERS,
NAsHISdToN, ID. c., May g 1874.
SIR: In i6okihs over the List Of contracts fnd
that upon l3i contracts FOR grading, crossseeions
wore mads and used In -ths calculation -
ny sssssssts yssss
ing.
\ Twenty -contracts vhe.e. cross-sectionb -were
taken but mot used to- Ascsrttin the aIAount 6f
5 1pOa nearly an ether streets upon thioh no
work has soeea doas srQss-seqsiOns have. bean
PrincIpsl Assistant Engineer.
H9N. a. r. SAspksrd, Governor District " Co.
The importance Of having cross sections be-
fore beginning work was early appreciated BY
National Republican., 1874-06-01

the unusual labor apd sssidous at 'ention which
he gave to the work. The price was based
upon careful Preliminary ssttmste made by
ths chief ensineef OF the board when the sub
iect was first under its consideration, as fol-
lows (See testimony, p. 1SS4,)
An estimate Of this fence foots up % follows
TheTs is r reGaiTsi for panel feet long
post long. ~ By ~, dressed, &C., ct cts, % 30
9 linear feet Of bar, ~ BY 90, at cents, 80
A mortise through post, So, 30
u feet OF BIO wire, at cents, 90
Painting In three coats, 30
O. Is
10 per cent contingent, q
40
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MIR. STANTON'S ARGUMENT.
BOARD OF PuBLIc WORKS,
-. 49, sV....V.
CHAs. S. JOHNSON,
inued from second pass.l

WASHINGTON. December Il, ls-3. a..
Respectfully referred 10 H. Oertly, deputy en-.
+glneer. for examination and report.
Llr. L. ~ -
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the board, and every exertion, consistent with
carrying on thu improvements with sufficient
rapidity, was made to obtain them. This is
pages 2346 and 2347 Of the testimony:
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-02-10
Rival Anecdotes.

DR.. Robert Chambers tells the
following story, which he had from
the Rev. w. McGregor, Sterling.
"Mr. Finlayson, Town Clerk of
Sterling in the latter part of the
seventeenth century, was noted
for the marvellous in conversation.
He was on visit to the Earl Of
Monteith and Airth, in bis castle
at ITALIA, on the Loeb of Monteith,
and was about taking leave, when
he was asked by the Earl whether
he had seen the sailing cherry tree
No said Finlayson. What
sort of thing is it 2 at is" r.
piled the Earl, "a tree that has
grown ont Of q goose's mouth,
from a stone that the bird had
swallowed. and which she bears
about with her in her voyage
round the Loche. 1t is now in fun
f'uit of the most exquisite flavor,
Finlayson," he added, "can you,
with all your power of memory
and fancy, match my story OF the
cherry treol" perhaps can
said Finlayson, clearing his throat,
and adding: "When Oliver Crom-
well was at Airth one Of his can
non sent ball to Sterling, and
lodged it in the mouth of a trum-
pet which one of the troops in the
castle was in the act of sounding"
WAS the trumpeter killed 2" said
the Earl. mo, my Lcrd,' replied
Finlayson. determined to Guido
the Earl in drawing the long
bow :" she blew the ball back, and
killed the artilleryman who fired
it,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-02-10

him a sham defense. But before
her testimony, falsehood was scat
tered like chat. The little child
for whom mother had prayed for
strength to be given her to speak
the truth as it was before God
broke the running devices of ma
tured villany to peices like a pot
ter's vessel. The strength thai
her mother prayed for was giver
her, and the sublime and terrible
simplicity-terrihle, ! mean, to the
prisoner and his associates-with
which she spoke was like revela-
ton from God himself.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-02-10

A young lady upbraided an adj
mirer for his flirtations during a
long absence. "You are too bad to
he pardoned," she said, "but if / dis
card you i shall punish myself
most, and so / will ignore what is
past, and enjoy your society as
much as / can while live, for when
| die | shall never see you any more
i am going to heaven
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-02-10

Odd You ever take an oath p
inquired the Judge. The little girl
stepped back with Il look of horror
and the red blood mantled in a
blush all over her face as she an
swered:
"No, SIR
She thought that he intended to
inquire if she had ever blasphemed.
II do not mean that" said the
Judge, who saw her mistake, Il
mean were you ever witness be-
fore ?"
"No, sir; I never was in court
before, was the answer.
He handed her a Bible open.
"Do Won know that book my
daughter ~
Sine looked at it and answered,
"Yes, sir, it is the Bible"
ado you ever read it ?" he asked.
ayes, sir, every evening"
"Can you tell me what the Bible
is :" inquired the Judge.
ut is the word Of the great
God" she answered.
"Well, place your hand upon
this Bible, and listen to what |
say :" and he repeated slowly and
solem lly the oath usually admins
tered to witnesses.
Now said the Judge. "You
have sworn as a witness. Will you
tell ne what viii befall you if YOU
do not tell the truth! ?"
Il shall be shut mp in states
prison" answered the child.
Anything else y asked the
judge.
Il shall never go to heaven" she
replied.
"How do you know this ?" asked
the Judge again.
The child took the Bible and
turniugrapidly to the chapter con
tanning the commandments, pointed
to the injunction "Thou shall not
bear false witness against thy neigh
bor." II learned that before l coul(
read"
HAS any one talked with yo'
about being a witpess in. court her
against this MANI inquired tn
Judge.
"Ye7, sir" she replied. MY moth
or heard they wanted me to be
witness, and last night she Gale
me to her room and asked the t
tell her the Ten Commandment
and then we kneeled down togetl
er and she pryed that l might III
derstand how wicked it was t
bear false witness against m
neighbor, and that God woul
help me, little child, to tell Il
truth as it was before him. Al
when 4. came up here with fathe
she kissed me and told me to +
member the Ninth Commandment
and that God would hear ever
word that / said.'
"Do You believe thisT askt
the judge, willie a tear glistened
his eye, and his lip quivering wi
emotion.
eyes, sir" said the child with
voice and manner that showed h
conviction of its truth was perfeC
"God bless you my child" sa
the Judge, "you have a good mot
or. This witness is competent"
continued. "Were / on trial f
my life and innocent of tie 'har
against me, / would pray God I
such witne. SIS as this. Let her
examined"
She told the story with the sii
plicity ola child, as she was b
there was a directness about
which carried conviction OF
truth to every heart. The coun
piled her with infinite and niger
Gus questioning, but she vari'
from her first statement in nothin
The truth as spoken by this iit'
child was sublime. Falsehood al
pur;ury had preceded her tes'
mony. The prisoner had intrenc
cd himself in lies, till he deem'
himself impregnhble. Witness
had falsified facts in has iaVo
IL ,illanv hal manufactured II
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-06
MR.. CORCORANS CARD.

u.
I'm other columns this morning We repro
luce the card Of Mr.. Corcoran, which was
printed in the Baltimore Sun of yesterday
IA reply to the memoi al of Gov. Shepherd,
md what he calls the attacks" which
have been made upon him. We do not in
Tend this morning to specifically answer
Mr.. Corcoran SO far as the District is con-
eerned. Indeed, it is unnecessary to do so;
Ior his whole argument is weak, pointless
and Illogical. His lecture to the press is q
piece OF impertinence, and comes with very
Dad grace from his lips when it is recollected
that he supported journal in this city
every issue of which contained the grossest
flanders and abdse of men who were en-
ieavoring to advance the interests OF the
sity and of the District.
In his card Mr.. Corcoran says: 'This
payment was paid with my check, payable
IN the instant in current funds, and with
HE allowance of the thsn legal discount Of
Xix per cent; a-d that, too, after I had
aeen appr.ached by an editor and rrnp-is-
,or rome of the daily papers Of this Dis
rict, and prominent in the late assault
Upon me, with request that he be allowed
70 take my general tax bills and return
them to me receipted, asking for that gen
srous and patriotic service the amount of
she account, less sixteen per cent. +" &c.
We do not know that there was anything
positively wrong in the offer that was made
10 him, If it was made We do not know
hist it is matter in which the public have
any interest; but that there may be no
doubt upon the subject SO far as this journal
Is concerned, we wish to say that the offer
alluded to was not made by its editor and
9rODrietor
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-06

AAystA pa,itiea..s q d. IN = Coz
AectIcm sshsve deasrninsa - stiek to z
name Whethse II means aaytAhg q not
Pie aitidsm b trus of tn DenocrsEc pod-
tcals ofths whols coIntry. In whatever
|direc&son ks aook-North, South East OF
West-tAere Is nothing Of Democracy IN
The Democratic organization excepting the
mere name. t,has no principle and no
policy outside Of = factious opposition to
the Republican panty. In Ohio it means
one thing. and in virginia another. Penn
sylvania and Georgia Deuoculs are q wide
apart as the poles upon the leading ques-
tions of the time. Governor Allen was
elected in Ohio upon platform which is
an anachronism, and which would lie re-
pudiated by the Democracy Of Virginia as
absurd and nonsensical. The one holds
Federal control of The railroads and the
canals to be . political hcresy; the other
would write 1t in the Constitution. No
wonder hat the Post asks the question we
have loted. &
Duringt, st three or four math cer-
tain journals and politicians have en-
deavored to make It appear that The Re-
publican party is losing In hoM upon the
country and the opinion has been ex-
pressed In private, and for that matter in
public, that the Democracy will certainly
come into power in . few years. Fit doea,
it will be entirely the fault Of the Republi-
can leaders. The party b as strong to-day
as ever 1t was. notwithstanding all the
efforts that have been made to destroy It.
The people see and know it Is the only
party. which ID honestly endeavoring to
deal with the issues of the present-the
financial, tariff, transportation and other
problems which touch the vital interests Of
the country. The opposition has mot con-
tributed single idea, q solitary suggestion
upon any one of these points. Before Con-
gress assembled we had some magnificent
promises from that party. The New York
World pompously told US that, with Mr..
Cox in Congress, we should have intelli-
gent discussion and clear ideas upon free
trade and the finances. But Mr.. Cox,
so far from playing the magnificent
part that was assigned him in the
bills. is devoting himself to the study Of
bugs and beetles, and the " shoo-1y" crea-
ton generally. Republicans viii not be
very likely to object to the course which
he, :the leading statesman" of the party In
Congress. has seen fit to pursue but the
masses, who pay the taxes and who are
anxiously looking to the Capitol for sub
stantial relief. should not fail to note the
difference between the leao1rs upon both
sides.
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The business Office of The REPUBLICAN for
the present VIII continue at Tenth and d
streets, at which place all persons having oss'-
ness relations with the paper will call. Duo
.otice viii be given Of the removal OF the
business department to the new REPUBLICAN
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QUE FOREIGN COMMERCE..

1t is the '.mcat and drink" Of a certain
slass of persons to indulge in dismal fore
bodings regarding the prospects of the bust
ness of the country. Cracking is with them
, disease that has become chronic. They
assert that We are going "to the dogs" and
point to the annual expectations of specie
and bullion in confirmation of their allega-
lions. The balance of trade l. everything
with them, and they insist that such balance
q measured against us by the loss of the
precious metals which we export They
say we should export agricultural products
and manufactures sufficient 70 balance our
importations of foreign merchandise, in Or
der to make trade healthy.
rnvs1 HIGH are the politicians and politi-
cal economists of the old school. They
learned their political catechism before we
became a gold-producing nation. Then
there was much force in their theory. The
precious metals were not at that time pro-
ductions of our soil. But since the dis
covery of California gold We have been
regularly producing a large crop of the
precious metals annually, and that produc
ton became, and has continued ever since
to be a legitimate article of export arising
from the labor of the country. The sane
amount of labor expended in the proiuc- |
ton of breadstuffs and provisions for ,hip- |
ment abroad would have been considered |
by our croakers most excellent thing, and
would have redounded to the hoKor and |
prosperity Of our commerce. But wherein |
lies the difference in the character of the |
production Of that labor exported go long
as it is something which is exchangesble
for those articles which we desired to i'm
porf We exchanged the gold for railroad
Iron, and steel, and coffee, and tea, and
silks, and fruits sugars, molasses because
we had more need for those than
we had for the gold and silver.
Since the war we have lost from eighty
to one hundred millions per annum profits
upon our carrying trade because of the de-
Struction of our ships by the rebel cruisers.
Great Britain has paid us fifteen millions of |
indemnity for this, and she has gained from
five to seven hundred millions increase in |
her carrying trade. The President has
several times pressed this subject upon the
attention Of Congress, and urged that body
to devise some means for the resuscitation Of
our dilapidated commerce. The multiple
city of matters demanding legislation have,
however. kept this highly important branch
of national industry in the background, and
Its recuperation has been exceedingly slow.
This apparent dereliction on the part Of
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-06

IN THESE DAYs, when 1t Is 30 fashionable to
hunt up and print old records Of public men,
the following letter, written by Senator Zach.
Chandler, of Michigan, ia February, 1881, will
recall the patriotic feelings that animated all
true Union men of that period. It is but just
to say that the Michigan Senator has never
since faltered from this text. He, for one, has
always refused TO compromise with EARNED
traitors" whether in the cabinet or field, In the
Senate or in private life. This letter, Ike old
wine, improves with age, and now seems to
have been written in the spirit of prophecy:
wAsHINGToN, February IL 1874.
". A. Bacon, A. n:
MY DEAR SIR: The great agony is nearly over
and II no uutOward event happens TO Mr. Lincoln
before the 9Th OF March. the Union 10 saved
Never was It in greater peril than during the
past two months. In the bands Of traitors and
imbeciles In all Hs braResss, Is II not strange that
our old ship has weatsered tne storm, oa, u ads;
and now there will Ne no compromising with armed
traitors have hut two arguments to offer them,
hemp and lad, and am willing to let them select.
Truly yours, q. CHANDLn.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-06

THE BILL rs. 3eol of Senator Logan, ito in
crease the pay department of the army" which
was reported from the Committee on Military
Affairs few days since, without amendment,
in point Of fact reduces the number Of paymas.
tiers now authorized, and does not repeal the
sixth section of the act approved Sd of March,
1859, which prohibits appointments or promo
tons in the pay Department.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-06
DIED..

wILLIAMs.-Ont the morning Of Fehruary L in
the thirty-sixth year OF her age. MARTHA JANE,
beloved wife Of Thomas q. Williams, and daughter
OF J. v. 7. Rawlings Of Prince Georges county,
Maryland.
Sleep on, thou heaven born soul,
TIN Christ shall bid thee rise,
To Join the throug OF angels,
Triumphant in the skies. 81.
noon. from her late residence. ON Twenty-fourth
street, between 9 and H, at O'Clock.
HURDLE.-ln Georgetown, on Thursday morn
Ing. a O'Clock, EoDt4 HUaDLE, In his ninety
fourth year.
HIS funeral will take place on Sunday. at $50 p.
m. from the Methodist Protestant church, Com
gress street.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-06

"Cyoy. Shepherd sent N counter. petition, pray
inv the Congress not 70 make any investigation
Alas Tor the hopes Of these willy and wiry thieves
Tbs Congress has srtisred an investigation. and
shcphcrI and his dock are supposed to be sha king
in their boots III 10 rather pm irregular figure,
shoes. btE We once heard eminent orator Of this
city alluie to tadpoles trembling in their boots.
The above is copied from an editorial in the
heightened, chivalrous sheet that rejoices in the
hybrid cognomcn of htder-4ppoal, printed at
Petersburg, Va. In the first place, Governor
sheperd does not praY Congress not to make
any investigation" Would It not be just as
wei for the Petersburg editor to read a paper
before criticising it, And also to confnc hir-
sfafto the truth, instead Of calling names and
descending to unyentlcmanly blackguarlisms I!
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