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PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE
l. GOVERNMENT or THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA,
OFFICE or THE COMMISSIONERS or TIIEl
DISTINCT or IOLuMnIA, ,
WAsHINGToN, y. O., March Is, 1873.
ssHleH pE9p9SAls Si r W TeeeiVea o. ms ONCE
for furnishing all the supplies used In each OF the
until December 81, 1875,
Forms Of PFC possls, classIhed schedules OF artI-
Giles required, and other Information will be fur
pished on application ut this ONCE after u O'Clock
Proposals. should be Endorsed proposals for
Supplies for District OF Columbia, " and should be
directed 10 the Commissioner, ID. C.
by order. WA. TINDALL,
arl6-Gt Secretary,
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NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.

REGULAR POST STEAMSHIP TRAVEL
BETWEEN
BREMEN AND BALTIMORE.
VIA SOUTHAMPTON.
WThe steamers OF the North German LLOYD OFF, so
LOns, have been newly furnished with all the modern
improvements.
BALTIMORE.....- Captain LillienhSln.
BERLIN ........,..,.... " PutsCher.
OHIO-................... Never
LEIPZIG. ........... " Hoffman.
BRAUNSCHW ZIG &c. 4" UndnetsCh.
NUREMBERG, 600 tonsl - Jaeger
Will run regularly between BREMEN and BALT1
MORE, As follows:
From Brrmsn. From Baltimore.
LEIPZIG --...,,.. --- VI tTrh -, 1876
NURNBEEG..... March 49, April Z 1875
BRAUNsCiW April : Nay l. 1875
RALTIMbkE.... April H. Nav s, 1874
LEIPZIG Gee. zee. A .rii p. Nav l.. ls75
And hearefOTth every week.
Inc steamer Will taxa passengers to Bremen,
SOUTHAMPTON, London and Hayre and return.
fkiCE or PAsSAGE.-ln gold, from Bremen 20
Baltimore: Cabin erO gold; steerage ga currency.
From Baltimore TO Bremen, Southampton, London
ana hayre; Cabin, 50; Storage, 90 in currency.
return tickets, in Storage. ~. 50. Children be-
tween one and ten years, half price; children not
over one Year. 8! currency.
Al other arrangements are he same as the New
Further information can be Gscertaiued by apply
by letter to our General Agents.
A. SCHUMACHER 4 CO.,
No. SSouth Charles street, Baltimore, Nd.
CHARLES WALTER,
4Also' B.hs OF Exchange on principal place.
IN Europe. mVls-n
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AUCTION SALES.
NoIoONHSNSo-OINSoSc sOOoOO-O.No~1oSOSN
To-Day.
RYwAsH. y HILLIAMs, Auc.'r.
NOiETe.t eof n TIT fSniE AND .irosts

FINE WINES AND LIQUORS AT AUCTION
On THURSDAY, March Is, ut ~ O'Clock, y.
M. shall sell At ny Auction Rooms, corner
OF Terth and - Atfeets, the remElnler Or Il q
Son. This ~ positively the finest part or his
oek. These llluors are eeyput MP In u rss
Terms cish. WASH. b. WILLIAMS,
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Epzsign Markets.

LIVERPOOL, March II, $50 ,. m.-CottOn-mid-
ding uplands, seller March, at T1Sd. Corn SSs-
Cd. q 33s. I'd. per quarter.
LONDON, MaEch17, $50 p. nE-Sugar, 28s. 81. a
24s per eWt. for No. II Dutch standard on the
slot and U.s. Sd. for do. ahOst:
ANTWERP, March lT.-Pesroleum 3OE for fne
pale American.
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1O7d GREAT 1879
1S6 H. PENNSYLVANIA 1870
ROUTE
To THE NORTH W EST, SOUTH AND
SOUTHW EST.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
On and after FEBRUARY l, 1873, trains will run As
Washington. 5:85 a. n. Baltimore. $50 a. N.
- ....ll:55 a. ID. - go. l:I5 D. m,
" 7:l0 p. m. - go. s25 D. m
- ...l0:I5 D. IN. - I'LL 20 n m
THE GREAT DOUBLE TRACK ROUTE
with ELEGANT SCENERY, Palace Staie-rOOm,
day and nj ht cars with modern improvements.
Two hundred miles saved to Western and Central
New York.
5:S5 a. m. daily, except Monday, to Baltimore,
and daily TO Elmfa, except Sunday and Monday,
making connection with Erie Railway for Buffalo
and Niagara Falls.
HISS 4. in. daily, except Sunday. West and North
to WIlliamspOrt aud Lock Haven.
7:lO D. IN. daily, Ter Pit lsburg Anu tine West.
l0:l5 p. daily, except Saturday West and North.
On Saturday, at :CS p. M for the West.
Through from Washin gtOn TO PittsburR, Chicago,
and Rochester without change.
Tickets by this route can be procured al the Of
1ccS, northeast corner Of Thirteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue and sixth street and PENN
syiyanla avenue, where reliable information VIII
Passenger procuring tickets at these ofdces can
secure Recommendations in Palace cars for Pitts
burg, Chicago, and Rochester ~
General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ge2S-tf
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The MARKETS ElseRhsrs.
eeorgetown Cattle Market.

TIE offerings of cattle ct DrOvers' Rest to-day
numbering about 800, Waze Of remarkable good
quality, and, taking this fact into consideration.
the market was the poorest for q psriod OF six
months. Mr.. Hahn, who Is inclined to be face
tfOus Speaking Of the manner in which the mar
ket was sustained, says that 1t started dull and
held its own throughout, Most Of the sales were
made at SAGE, some at 7-lOOc. and at &c. and
lower but there were very few at extreme fig
uTes. The general uarket was &c. lower, aad
closed with So head lsft over, which will be iOr-
Harded to the Philadelphia market.
Sheep active Al moderate prices, ranging from
&c. 10 re.
Hogs brisk, under small offering, at last weeks
quotations, from Sc. to lOc.
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BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERs,
rars Vernon Row, cor. Pa. ay. and Tenth st.
, 1875-02-28

make any objection to the Legislature
because it has not passed 4s2 bills, OF Isl, 600
bills, or ten bills. It is not looking at the
ts cumulative value ct all, but at the TACT
that nothing Of any value has been done;
that not one bill, worth the price OF the paper
it is printed on, has been seriously consid-
cred. Up to this point nothing has been
done, and over seven weeks Of time and over
s1oo, 900 of money have been squandered
that no bad lava have been repealed and no
defective laws have been amended; that the
few obviously necessary bills have not been
either mEtured or enacted; and that, so far
as usefulness is concerned, the Legislature
might IS we'll never have met Il the out
come Of this Reform Legislature is simply to
be the adoption Of lot Of t.ash.-if it hasn't
sense enough to distinguish between polt-
icsl hunbug started by the acephalous con
cern as sensation and the Legislation needed
for the State,-taen it had better quit where
it IS and 60 home.
, 1875-02-28

The "long Grand jury" oloeed its lebors
yesterday, and, sitter receiving the thanks Of
the Court, WIS discharged The Jury made
report containing several recommendations
l. Tint the Jail is wholly insecure; and they
detail the particulars wherein it may be
strengthened, snd they point ont several
changes and reforms that ought to be made
in its management. :. It seems that various
Indefinite and vague charges were made
against the official integrity Of States Atto1-
ney bed, and this Jury undertook the work
Of hunting them down. After long search,
the Jury could find no.hing-to substaatiate
ths rumors, which arepronouuced groundless.
g. The jury point out certain defects in the
Law against gambling, which defects operate
as protection to that business and they
advise remedial Legislation, SO that the police
may have unrestraioed power to suppress
eanning-honses, and that owners Of premises
used for gambling, permitting them to be oc-
cupied for that purpose after the conviction
Of the tenants, be held responsible rs Keepers
uf gaming-houses. The recommendations
ara pertinent and substantially agree with
those Of previous Grand Juries who have in
vestiea.ed the seme matters This Grand
Jury hns had long session, and deserve the
thanks Of the community for their personal
sacu;dcs for the public welfare.
, 1875-02-28

The Senate Committee on Finance fGiled to
agree on the bill increasing taxes. MORRILL,,
Of Vermont, FEazr, Of Michigan, and scor7,
Of PENNSYLVANIA, voted for it, while SaEn-
NAN, Of Ohio, WRIGHT, Of Iowa, md Bay
Ann, Of Delaware, opposed it. FEH7os was
absent. SEKrxAn declared he could not ap-
prove the bill, and would not report it.
Finally, MORRILL, was authorized to report
it without recommendation There never
was q clearer case Of overresching than this
tiil furnishes. The bill proposes to raise
thirty-four millions Of revenue By tar to
be p1id almost exclusively by the people
Of the West and South. and it then provides
for fifty millions Of other ta1 to be paid as E
bounty to manufacturers and holders Of large
stocks Of whisky and manufactured goods,
Western Representatives permitted them
selves to bs overreached by these Eastern
crabbcrs The only concession was vote Of
20 Cents gallon to ell persons holding stocks
Of whisky on hand. For this miserable
bribe, this bill imposing nearly sishty mill
ions Of unnecessary tax, mostly in the form
OF grab, was voted for and passed BY men
representing Western constituents The
stand taken by Messrs. a9ErMAx and WRIGHT
gives some hope that the abon1ination may yet
be defeated-
, 1875-02-28

The very demon Of hscord seems to have
seized upon the extreme partisans in LOU
isiana, represented On tie one hand BY
MoExznY and Wnw, and On the other by
ANTOINE. a day or two since, everything
looked favorable for the adoption Of the
WHEELER compromise proposition, which
would have reversed tho action Of the Re-
turning Board: resented the elected Conserva-
tive members in the House, and recognized
KELLOGG until tho end Of his term, the mem-
bers Of the Committee named rs arbitrators
in the WHEELER proposition having already
reported in favor of this action to
Congress. Nothing more reasonable could
have been asked; in fact, it was surprisingly
liberal upon the part Of tho minority, after
the evidence they hod taken from public and
private sources. to concede as much as they
did. But now come the White Leaguers and
the MOP Of New Orleans, headed by McEs-
zRx and Wn1z, .and the black bsad, headed
by Ax7o1xz, md do their best to defeat the
, 1875-02-28
Ube Gbsfauo GI1lbus1t.
Sunday Morning, February u, 1879.

Mr.. WILLARD, of Michigan, and Gen. H&w-
LEY, of Connecticut, both Republicans IN
good standing, and men in every way entitled
to respectful 'hes-ing, have made argu-
ments on the proposed Force bill which
puzht to induce the Republican minority IN
Congress to abandon that measure. Both OF
them mede earnest and thoughtful protests
against the invasion of constitutional pro
visions and the extension Of the military
power, with particular reference to the South
ern States. 8fr. WILLARD held that the
policy Of the Republican party should be
that Of Cancellation and not menace, end the
remedy for existing evils is to be found in the
announcement Of local self government and
the industrial improvement Of the whole peo-
ple, Gen. HAVLEx's ideas were Of the same
purport, and he announced that, though a
Republican from the outset, he could not act
with the party in enlarging the powers OF the
President in IN extra unconstitutional manner.
It is worthy Of note thst both these gentle
men a7o journalists. Gen. HAwIET, formerly
Governor Of Connecticut, is tho editor Of the
Hartford Courunt, and Mr.. WILLARD the edi.
tor of Battle Creek journal We hope that
their wise counsel, along with that OF other
good Republicans in Congress, will lesd to
the abandonment of the mischievous bill
, 1875-02-28

The appetite Of the Centennial COMMISSION
for Government funds has been whetted py
the S5oo,ooo appropriation voted by the
House few days ago. The Phllsdelph'a
1xlewam modestly asks for 81, 500, 600 more:
In support Of this proposed grab at the reve-
mes. ct time when taxes have to DO H.
creased in order to keep the Government run
ming, it grayely remarks: ut is fact TINT
the Government, while refusing to benz one
ao,,or of tho cost of the Exhibition,
has vet taken the management Who'll
" into its own hands, invited tue
e1,csts. and laid ont the money" This
sounds like sarcasm, but the Telegram
asserts it 1--WE cannot insult its knowledge ny
saving it believes it, to be true. The Gov
ernmont has not taken the management into
its hands ; it has had nothing to do with tho
management; it has not even decided the
nature Of the show. Again, it has not invited
one guest, much less I'll OF them. On the
contrary, Secretary FISH took the pans to
issue circular calling attention to the fact
that the invitations we're not given by the
nation! And, finally, the Government has
laid out precisely cents of the money. The
Teeoran's "fact is as falee rs its beggnry IS
absurd The people are taxed enough n
ready for the benefit Of Pennsylvania
, 1875-02-28

from its herstic father BY squad of soldiers
a2d 50 .sbaptized st the point Of the bcyo-
net" All these ridiculous customs have
csased to exist, thanks to recent enlightened
legislation, but the end is not yet Tha
State still supports ministers and priests,
and still taxes the whole people
Lutherons, Catholics, Dissenters, Jews, Free
Thinkers that purpose, and still teaches
seetarianism in its schools. These things,
too, must pass away, before the divorce be-
tween the civil and the religious power can
be complete. 4 Church which depends on
the State is no glory to God. The effect Of
IN ~ ssEstabished Church is seen in TIE ma
terialism, rationalism, and skepticism which
peryades Germany, rs well as France and
Italy, today. The main evil, however, is in
the schools Dogmatic instruction is out Of
place inside tho doors Of State school
house. At present, it is often farcical in its
nature. Two years ago, youthful saxons
were being taught religion III State schools
after most o11ginal fashion 4 boy learned
that CHr1sr,s miracles were al explainahle by
natural causes, while his sister was instructed
tha. they were miracles indeed! When the
State Church shall have been put On per-
feet equality with all others, and when the
State schools shall have been secularized,
then Church end State -il be divorced.
United, they are apt to fall; divided, they
1rill stand
, 1875-02-28

It is about as easy to furnish house in q
beautiful as in m ugly way; but very few
people know it. So the young housewife, II
she has money, goes downtown and buys
various hideously shaped and Highttully-
upholstered things, which she sets at right
angles in right-angled room And thls sne
calls furnishing house. The money pad
for the carpet which sprawls over the whole
room, gathering dust and dirt under every
piece of furniture, and cleanable only by
making the room uninhabiteble, would have
bought rug in bright Persian colo1s,
and have paid for periodical polish'ngs OF
the planks left uncovered. Then the
loor and its covering could both bo
readily cleanscd, and the gny co1ors OF the
carpet would be relieved against the dark
CLEAN Of the polished boards,-an effect Tar
more beautiful than any omnipresent carpet
can give. The price paid for the furniture
would more than defray the cost Of some
thing mora comfortable and more beautiful
There might not be as many pieces, but mod
ern ROOMS axe usually oyercrowded with
sawed, turned, end chiseled ugliness. There
arc two OF three men in this city who can de-
sign and mike really artistic furniture, and
who do their work eheaply as well as beautl-
fatly. Then there are the household art
stores of Boston and New York to draw
upon. In some ways, it is absolutely cheaper
to furnish a home in good taste than
in bad. The ponderons cornice which tops
most curtains is not en1y ugly, but costly. A
slender wooden rod, just strong enough to
bear the weight Of the curtain which hangs
from it on wooden rings, painted some color
which harmonizes with the general tone Of
the room, is far less costly and far more taste
fu1, A marble mantelpiece is rarely as be2u-
tful as one of square-cut wood, relieved with
tiles and chiseled in color but the LITTER de-
mands only about half as many dollars
Good paper, Of dainty device end hue, usually
costs little, but only little, more than the
stiff and glaring patterns which spoil most
walls. It is cheaper than frescoing, and is
better adapted to home, which should be
warmly aud cheerfully tinted.
It is needless to pursue this enumera-
ton, The iterature On the subject is
quite full, end is to be found IN
any public lbrary,-or should be. The
display in the Household Art Depart
ment at the recent Hospital Fair was q
potent educator Of taste in this city. 1t
should be followed up. The Art Depart
ment Of the Exposition Of next fall would be
the richer for room devoted to household
art. II would be more effective, simply as
IN educator, thnn, the same space filled with
paintings; and art never docs better work
thnu when it refines the home-life Of the peo-
p1c. If the world had to choose between
WILLIAM Moaa1s' 't Earthly Paradise" and
his 80 earthly-paradise chair, " it would err If
it did not take the latter.
, 1875-02-28

acceptance of the proposition BY intlm1da-
ton, threats, corrupt coalitions, and the
pressure Of public meetings. In the event
that these turbulent ma1contents OF both par
ties succeed IN defeating this equitable COM
promise, there are only two resources $
left: First, to let the "dead-lock "
remain until the expiration Of the Presidents S
term and continue the use of the bayonet; !;
or. to withdraw tile troops, advise decent
men to get out of the State, and let these
Kilkenny cats fight it out. The law-abidlng
people Of the country are getting disguised
Mt the miserable psrtisanship Of the two hot
headed factions. IF this compromise Is de-
feated it will show that this iznbroglo is sim
ply wranglo between two factions OF pot
house politicians.
, 1875-02-28

Matter, in which Prof. TxypKLL discerns tht
potency aud promise Of every Eosm cnd quality OF
life, has often been put by him to very satis-
factory use for the preservation Of Ife- One j
his MANY discoveries discussed at recent meet.
ing in London, will be apt to convince his enc
mics that he is not mere visionary apeculator.
His experiments to obtain pure air, in connec"
ton with scientific investigation, ehovod him
TINT cottonwood was one Of the most effective
Of air-filters. To this he added glycerine, and
found that the usefulness OF the cotton Was
greatly increased By an ingenious combination
Of pulverized charcoal, cotton, and glycerine,
Capt. SHAW, CHIEF Of the London Fire-Brigade,
and Prof. TrsDALL together have constructed q
mask for the use Of fremen, accoutred with
which they can breathe for an hour, without dis
comfort, air i1nptegnated with carbouic acid,
azote, aulphnrized hydrogen, dre-damp, or any
Of tho poisonous rapors which would destroy
them in few minutes without tho respiratof.
The helmet is worn over the mask, which Is
said to impair: to the wearer an expression 80
hidcous that flames seem to BE- his uatural at
mosphere- And this monster asks no fee OK
patent for his invention!
, 1875-02-28
0HuRcH AND STATE IN GERMANY.

The complete secularization Of marriage in
Germany is great step towards the go1 to
which the Empire is hastening,-the conf
plete divorce of Church and State Former
ly, the religious ceremony was essen!ih to
marriage, and the civil ceremony was op-
tional- The present law exactly reverses
this. No marriage is valid unless performed
by the civil power. The employment Of
priest or parson is optional 1tadds nothing,
in the eyes of the law, to the validity of the
contract. Since tho new law took effect it is
said that only 30 per cent Of the marriages in
Prussia are celebrated With religious rites.
Under the old system, no man or woman
could be lawfully married without present
ing certificates Of baptism, vaccination, and
confirmation. To be confirmed, it WIS nee
essary, Of course, to take the communion,
and thus the holiest rite of Christianity
had to be taken by en- unrepentant sinner
before he could get married Avowed in
fdels took it, and justified themselves ON the
ground TINT they wanted to be married, and
the State therefore forced them into profane
mockery. Confirmation, moreover, WINS not
the prerequisite for marriage alone, but
for any occupation Licenses to practice
any kind Of business were grant
Cd only to holders Of condrme-
tion-paper. So far was this carried,
at least in Berlin, and probably elsewhere,
that no bad woman could ply her wretched
trade without first taking the communion and
then getting the requisite permit! As if the
denial Of marriage and employment to the
unconfrmed were not enough, they and their
parents vera liable to heavy penalties. A
Prussian parent who did not hE7c his child
baptized By minister or priest, on failed to
have him confirmed before his sixteenth
birthda7, was fined and imprisoned. There
is case on record in which baby was taken
, 1875-02-28

and expe} members who nave 10In IL -e
trinity. and who look forward to bodily
resurrection. The succeeding majority may
ba Protestant and orthodox, and e2-
pel Catholics upon alleged ldolauy' pe-
couse they believe in Transubstantlat'on ana
ths Real Presence in the sacra1nental bread
and wine. The complications likely to gro"
out of "God in Politics" are countless ana
+he action of the North Carolina Legislature
shows that, whenever the Deity IS made q
part of party platform or constitutional
project, itisnecessary to define HIS attr1outes'
aad it is probable that such q definition
uou1d involve a discussion stretching from
the Council Of Trent to the latest sprltoahs-
tic Convention.
The expulsion of Mr. THonEE may have
arisen from q confusion Of terms altogether
too common, whereby an tinfidel us thought
necesserilv to be an Atheist, and true
believer necessarily Christian Here ara
WEpsrEH's definitions Of God, CHRISTIAN,
Atheist, and infldei:
Gop-, An object Of worship; divinity; deity.
2. Tlre Supreme Being; Jehovah.
cua1sr1An-1. Ono who believes or Is assumed to
belis7e in the religion Of Christ. T. One born IN q
Christian country, or OF Christian parents
A1uEtsT-Ouo who danics d!sbtlievcs tho exat-
ence Of q Supreme Being.
1SF1oE1-Oue who il without faith, or unfaathful,
hence d1sbe;iovcr; freethinker; ons who d!sbe-
cyes in Christ or the divine origin and authority CT
Christianity.
Now, blr. TnoRsE may be an intidel and
still not an Atheist, may mott be a Christian
and vet believe in God. But tha North
Carolina Legislature chose to regard ell these
terms as interchangeable and meaning the
sa1ne thing. The only religious dlsquab hca-
ton for ofice-holding in that State applies to
ssaI persons who deny tho existence OF Al
mighty God"; but they expelled Alr. lHonNE
because he did not believe in God OF three
persons in one, which is the common belief
in Christian countries, though he expressly
declared his belief in Supreme Being, "the
maker Of al things visible and invlslble-one
living and true God"
Perhaps the expulsion Of Mr.. THoRSE
from the North Carolina Legislature may be
useful inf teaching that it is better to keep
creeils out of constitutions and out Of poll
tics, and permit every man to worship the
Supreme Being in his own temple, and
! according to individual dictates Of conscience,
faith, and reason.
, 1875-02-28

4 curious snit will cou1e up in the May session
Of the County Court at Milford, Pa It is q
twenty-year-old affair, and grew out Of an elec->
ton bet. During the BucHAyAx-FREuoST Pres
identia1 campaign, Mai CoLvIx L. SEExouR bet
with ApRAaA,1 WEs7FAI1 several hundred acres
Of land that Fremont would be elected TlIs-
deeds to both pieces Of property wore placed III
tho hands Of DANIEL YAM AuKES, Dia:1ics At.or-
ney Of the county. OF course sExaoun lost
The property has now risen IN value tremer~
dously. Several famous atono-qusrriea have oesn
in operation there, and Mr- SEYMOUR repants bis
bet. He br1ngs suit against WzszrA1L. on tue
ground that the whole transaction was illegal.
Betting dcbts being usually Chased By civilized
nations among "debts Of honor" the attempt to
evade one nearly twenty years after its paYnert
should characterize Mr. SzrMoUR's suit IS N a2-
ton Of disnonor.