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northweslerly 10 norlhestcrly Winds
and partly cloudy weather viii prevail,
with generally lower temperature In
former hut followed by falling Ia-
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latter
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NEW YonK, January iS,--A special
from Washington indicates that the
president has placed company OF
troops NJ the disposal Of the Governor
OF Mississippi, and that Sheridan re-
cognizcs Crosby ny the rlghtiul sheriff
AT Nicksburg
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A package Of papers, patents, desds, ETC., n
the name OF William Mckinney. very much
damaged by water were found Is miles n.
Of the Greenville road. The owner can hers
the same by applying ~ thlso0ee sn1 AZ
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WATERFOWL, N. Y, January 49,
Paddock Il Co.'s bank suspended to.
day. Liabilities moi over S5OO, 900; M
setse, trlne over 100000.
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New YoRH, January ls.-Mouton
In his testimony to-day said "Beoch-
or never wronged me, but no asked me
10 lie for him, which | did,
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Main ana Lamar streets, over fiTsi
Satlonai iianh, business Onioe--
Front noom, second story.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

THE New York World aud Sun are
Fastening to convict General Babcock aud
Others OF the intimate friends OF the
Presidentofcomplicity with frauds upon the
revenue in advance of trial. They are
careful TO take no notice of the challenge
which General Babcock sent to the prose-
cu,ing attorney at St. Louis to put him
upon the stand, and also ignore the fact
that the President has been actively and
empbatically seconding all the efforts of
Secretary Bristow to punish all the guilty.
The Herald also falsely accuses both
General Babcock and the President of
81 ence with reference 10 this business,
when the former has challenged the fullest
investigation, and the latter has persist
emily urged that those who might boast of
having protection in high quarters should
be prosecuted with the utmost rigor.
These hasty judgments and false accusa-
tions are exceedingly Ill-advised, because
when exposed they are sure to recoil upon
their fabricators. The people cannot be
deceived into the belief that these parties
are guilty sf fraud, or the connivance at
fraud, without legitimate proof made upon
q fair and impartial trial before properly
constituted tribunals. The Tribune,
more sagacious than its cotempor-
aries, os well as more just and truth
fu in its read on of facts, gives the
P,esident credit for earnestly pursuing the
guilty, and demands for General Babcock
the opportunity for self vindication that
be demands and which is manifestly his
due
National Republican., 1875-12-02

have sworn to love and protect men
with one foot in the grave snd
the other lifted to follow. Preten,ious men
have married dashlng widows, who, beguiled
into the belief that they were rich, satiated
their anger when learning the truth by
breaking tea pots over their heads or draw
ing them around the room by their FORE
locks. It has purchased many bushels Of
green fruit that has succeeded in filing our
nurseries with cries from collie pains. and
thus helped to depopulate the Garth of many
diminutive items of mortality. We ven-
ture to predict that more than one
quarter of dollar In this vast pile
could, If 1t were possible for it to arise and
explain, tell tal:s to Mrs. Anybody who
is interested that would make Mr.. Any
body who is interested bald-headed in less
than three minutes. 1t might take few
moments longer, but of course that de-
pends greatly on what the quarter should
be pleased TO say. And yet with all this
knowledge.and wide experience with the
world this great bulk of living. brislling
history-a sort of mystery animated-must
pass mutely away to furnish material upon
which to print the current deeds of an
other are
National Republican., 1875-12-02
AFTslp-pIssE TNriaIoAroR.

Major Allen belongs to the army of the
United States and is stationed at jackson,
Miss. Why he is C major in the army We
are not prepared at present to explain.
Why he is stationed at jackson is so clearly
evident as 10 require no explanation at all.
To be at Jackson in the capacity Of major
two months ago, or even a shorter period
than that, meantnot little. Mississippi was
on the eve of a revolution; we may with
candor say that she had already merged
into the very twilight Of revolution. Two
elements were bitterly pitted against each
other. One was black; the other white.
One demanded the constitutional right of
exercising the franchise privilege; the other
openly and threateningly denied that right
Men who called themselves the sons of
chivalry, whose interests were closely
bound up in the selfish phrase of 1--WE want
a white mans government, fashioned
their ends to secure the prize. Blood was
now and then spattering the streets of
many towns in Yazoo and other counties.
1t always proved to be the blood of black
men; blood let by the knife of the White
Liner, TO accomplish White Line end.
Murder, rapine and plunder inaugurated
by this element of white snobs
soon became general in many
paris of the State, and threw society into
condition of continual unrest and confusion
Amidst these scenes of hwlessness when
every influence bearing the potent force of
peace in lis essence should have been
welded in the interests of good govern
ment and social order, we find number of
the constabulary power of the country con-
niving with riotous mob in a system of
massacre and pillage. Major Allen, at the
request ofthe Opposition. yielded up to them
the use of United States field piece,
which weapon they manipulated as an in
timidating instrument with wonderful sue
cess. Althou Oh the nature of our laws do
not facilitate the punishment of these mob
instigator themselves. yet there is satis-
faction in the knowledge that when a
United States officer aids and abels them in
their nefarious schemes to fetter the fran
chise and destroy the force of constitutional
laws, his case can be readily reached and
summarily punished. As soon as the De-
partment of Justice discovered this crimi-
nal act on the part Of Major Allen 1t took
the proper measures to secure his punish
ment, and already court-martisl is inves-
tigating the facts in the case, which. for
the sake of the future peace of Mississippi,
ought to be thorough and complete.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

tory In 1876 upon the issues as now 10. 'ued
with the Confederate Democracy. ny
change of issue, therefore, either In the Cuba a
or Mexican question, would weaken the Re-
publican party before its own constituency,
and open a new chapter of possibilities and
chances in favor Of the Opposition.
Again, the judgment OF the influential men
OF the Republican party is against any forcible
Intervention by the United States, either In
Cuban or Mexican affairs. The annexation OF
Cuba or Mexico, or both, by force, would be
the greatest evil which could befall the Union,
while the attempt to carry out such policy
would destroy the usefulness and hopes Of the
Republican party. Time will settle the Cuban
question and the Mexican question, and slime"
Will add Cuba and Mexico to the United States.
The idea is therefore absurd that the Presi-
dent Will sacrifice the now assured scertainty"
of Republican success in 1876 In order toinvolve
the United States in 9 foreign war, and q for
eipn policy which can only add to our national
debt, cripple our commerce and weaken the
interests which are needed TO bind our own
Union firmly together. The President and his
Constitutional advisers Will, with the appro-
baiion of the leading men of the Republican
party, pursue a moderate and wise COURSE on
the Cuban and Mexican questions. We shall
not sacrifice certainty for an uncertainty.
We shall make good our own domestic tran
guilty before courting foreign war. As 10
the "third term, that will also take care OF
itself. If the Republican party has a truer
friend, more popular standard-besrer, or
wiser commander than General Grant the fact
will be discovered and utilized.
National Republican., 1875-12-02
A HUNDRED roNs OF RAG MONEY.

Mr.. Hill. the well-known paper manu-
facturer of Georgetown, has recently pur-
chased Of the Government one hundred
tons of greenbacks and script for the pur
pose Of manufacturing them into printing
and other marketable paper. There is
something Undressing in this announce
ment that win at ono, attract the mind of
the reader and bind 1t TO reflection. OUe
hundred tons Of money, the actual where.
with we buy our necessariGs and our luXu-
ries of life carted TO paper mill to be
transformed into paper from which one
day we will read the morning news 0ne
hundred tons, weight that would require
ten dozen wagons and two hundred and forty
horses to move at one timeI In one dollar
greenbacks laid with one thickness they
would cover the surface of a whole town
ship, and leave enough for a goodly por-
ton of Rhode Island besides. As William
Allen would say, ''this is money with much
Inuchness. Speaking of William Allen,
by the way, what would the old gentleman
think of this huge weight of his pet script
being rolled away from the Treasury for
The purpose of being transformed into
printing paper When this enormous bulk
of money shall have been manufactured
into paper and the paper placed upon the
market, it win not be long before many of
our people will be reading newspapers
which really contain the substance Of
perhaps, hundred and possibly thousand
dollars, all of which can then be purchased
at the paltry price of three cents each.
Building q base two hundred feet square,
and then constructing upon it pyramidal
pile until this vast quantity Of condemned
money shall have been exhausted, you would
have q monument of shinplasters much
higher than the Goddess of Liberty
on the Capitol, and of such ample
proportions as to make the heels of the
editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer snap
wildly for joy at the sight. What history
is bound up in the foldso Of this condemned
script What mystery lies hidden there
Some of it money that has paid for SIN
darker than the shades which per-
petually linger on the Plutonian shore.
Much Of 1t has time and again satisfied bills
created at the gin-mills, the dance-house
and the grave. 1t has purchased mems
souls, and bartered away their happiness.
It has brought comfort into desolate places.
and driven care and wretchedness away. II
has brought the wolf to the door through
lavishness. and turned him away by fru-
gality. Statesmen have felt the potency Of
its influence, and politicians yielded to ID
temptings. II has made men marry ugly
women without love, and caused girls to
link their lives to grey hairs. Through It's
immutable power maidens, with the
bushes of sweet sixteen still lingering
with wondreus beauty in the face.
National Republican., 1875-12-02
RETIRShtNr OF JUDGE ADVOCATE GEN.
RRAL HOLT
WAR DEPARTNEST,
ADJUTAET GENERALS UPPIoE,
WASHINGTON, December /, 1875.

AR DErARTNENT,l
ADJUrAET GENkRAL's UPFloE,
WASHINGTON, December i, 1875.
General Orders No. os;
By direction of the President, Briyadier
General JoseIh Holt, Judge Advocate Gen.
Cral, having served faithfully until he is over
sixty-two years of age, IL, at his own request;
retired from active service, in conformity with
December /, 1875.
By order OF the Secretary of War.
E. ID. TOWNSEND, Adjutant General.
Thus is formally announced the separa-
ton from active service of an officer who,
since 1852. when he entered upon the
Office of Judge Advocate General of the
army, has been one of the most marked
and distinguished figures in the military
community. 1t has probably never hap
pened in the history of any army that 1t
has included among its members one who,
before entering the military service, had
been not only an eminent lawyer and
great statesman, but also chief war min
lister of the Government. But Gen. Holt
has been all this and more. Before being
called to the position of Secretary Of War
at the momentous crisis of 1S60-'61 he had
uclu OLlCC vi SOuullsolOuCI vi dl-
ents, and afterwards that of. Postmaster
General in President Buchanan's Cabinet,
and it is well known that while Judge
Advocate General the Office of Attorney
General was urged upon him by Pres
ident Lincoln, aud declined. This
eminent and exceptional record, while
it has added dignity TO his military
office and increased weight to his
legal opinions given in its exercise, has also
been tower of strength for the army, be-
fore both Congress and the public-each
forum where, after all, solid intellectual
power, when united to personal integrity,
insures.. the highest consideration, not only
for its possessor, but for the profession
which he represents. The army, when it
hruTs of his Tetircrneet, will be most thank
full to General Holt that he has consented
to serve as the head Of one of its depart
ments during the past thirteen years-thss
for term which includes the most event.
full period of its existence he has been will
ing 10 contribute TO its administration his
learning, his wisdom and his rich and
varied experience of public affairs. In his
case, indeed, it Is the incumbent that has
honored the Office, not the Office that has
honored him. The place certainly was not
equal to the man; but all the more will the
army feel toward this high and noble char
acter in now taking leave of. him from its
active life deep and afectionate gratitude
and reverence.
1t is but fitting to add that his successor
is worthily chosen in the person of General
w. Mckee Dunn, an officer of eminent
ability, distin uished urbanity and uuques-
tionsble integrity, who is both respected
and beloved by all who know him, alike in
military and civil life, and by none more
highly than his wide circle of acquaint-
ances in this city, which for years has been
his home
National Republican., 1875-12-02

The contrast between the pending con-
test for the Speakenhip and those which
occurred during the period of Republican
supremacy in the House is, to say the least,
very striking. The pool-selling, the spirit
ual demonstrations of candidates and their
strikers and the everything in connection
with tho current excitement, is 50 different
from what we have been accustomed to
since 1857, when the Democrats elected
their last Speaker. that the Capitol appears
10 be thoroughly revolutionized. Eighteen
yssrs Of forced absence from such scenes
has only served to whet the sppetites of the
Unierrifed for the excitements they fur
aish and while they spend their money
lfocly in anticipation ofrealizing some per-
sonsl benefit they seem to be utterly obliy-
National Republican., 1875-12-02

VIZ PRESENT 10 our readers this morn
ing such ofihe Anrual Reports of the Off.
ceIs af this District as are in readiness for
publication. Those of the Commissioners,
the Engineer and Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund, as well as those of the Conn
trcller, Auditor and Board of Audit have
not yet been completed But as the docu-
ments here presented must In great meas
ure form the basis ofthose above mentioned
that are to come after, we have deemed it
of the first importance to place them before
the citizens OF the District for their exam
insiion and criticism. To do this ia a
manner favorable to preservation for future
reference the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, is
Issued in double sheet, and forms the
largest qutro in the world. The superior
facilities at our command enable us to do
this upon special occasions without the
slightest Inconvenience or any inter-
ruptoE 10 the usual routine of
affairs of The Office. The documents
printed TO day exhibit the opera
tions of the most important branches Of the
District Government in detail. The re-
ports of the Water Registrar and Com
missioner OF Charities are full, comprchen-
sive, and contain some most valuable sug-
gestions. That of the Inspector OF Buildings
affords birds eye view of the improve
ments which have been made in the way of
new and costly edifices, both of apublic and
private character. That of the School
Trustees possesses vital interest forall citi-
zens, ,snd should be thoroughly and patiently
scanned by the parent and the guardian.
1T il to be regretted that it does not recon-
mend some deliveraRce from the "text-
book" tax, but as this tax is not levied d.
rectly upon the community. but indirectly
upon the parents and guardians who are
Obliged to pay it or withdraw their children
from the benefits of public instruction, we
suppose the trustees did not consider it
worthy their consideration in their report.
This tax, however, amounting to thirty or
forty thousand dollars per annum for the
benefit ofthe school l-book publishers, is one
of the most oneSous, tyrannical and useless
in our Government 1t is levied by the
trustees, and what is worse, they have the
power TO increase or diminish it at pleas
ure by either changing the books required,
or continuing the old ones. But all the
reports furnish food for thought, which
we know will be appreciated by the pub.
lie. We shall take some future occasion
to call attention to special features of the
operations of the several branches of the
District Government
National Republican., 1875-12-02

THE English bankers, Brown Brothers,
are represented here in the person Of Clark
son b. Potter. Potter is one of Mr.. Kerr's
most persistent supporters. The connec-
ton between the interests of Brown
Brothers and the Democratic party is not
quite apparent but as Mr. Potter, while
serving as the attorney for his brother
Major Potter, receiver Of the Atlantic and
Great Western railroad, managed to pocket
afee of $50. 600, it is not to be presumed
that he is here 'for nothing" Another
brother is member of the firm of Brown
Brothers. Strange brotherhood this newly
developed Democracy brings forth.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

GRAND AND GLOOMY John B. Haskins,
ablest Tammany sachem, pulls his wires.
and the uninitiated watch for the mystic
rious developments which may indicate the
purpose OF his presence in Washington at
this juncture. Meanwhile the Southern
Democracy are fishing for small favors, and
for policy's sake are allowing their North
cru 'brethren" to carry off the main prizes.
Hsskins doeH not lack Kerrage to take ad-
vantage Of the situation in the interests OF
rTammanv
National Republican., 1875-12-02

ious Of the fact that only one in thou
sand Of them can reach the object of
their ambition. Ten d. .ys hence, nineteen
twentietbs Of them viii start for their
homes sadder but wiser men. Meanwhile.
the saloon keepers and the pawnbrokers
will reap never to-be-repeated harvest.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

AND now Jimmie o'Brien comes to the
front John Morrissey, Jimmie o'Brien,
Alderman Purroy and others Of the same
kidney sre in the city. Opponents to each
other as they are, it seems that the Tam
many and anti-Tammany squsbles ol
New York are to be revived in Washing.
ton over the complicated contest for the
Speakership.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

JoHE MORRIssEY, Democratic ex-
'ipoHnder" of the Constitution, insugu-
rated Democratic customs in Washington
yesterday by offering to wager $40, 900,
or any part thereof that his candidate for
Speaker would be successful. This is
unfortunate for Mr.. Randall.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

The last resort of the opponents ofSam
Randall last night was the offer of money
fsr the corruption of the Washington press.
II will, perhaps, be worth while to notice
this morning how effective that resort has
heen.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

TEE FREE TRADERS are at work. Mr.
Cox cannot afford to become their candi
date per %, but it is not improbable that
Their influence has been felt in many ways,
possibly in his behalf, and possibly for the
defeat of Mr., Randall.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

A prominent politician, particularly one
while candidate for somc great Office, can
scarcely turn around without some one picking
flaw in bis action. The fact is, Samuel Cox
says, that ''if it wefc possible for him to lay
an EGG, he verify believes there would be some
one on hand to suck it,"
National Republican., 1875-12-02

IT IS A noteworthy fact that Morrissey,
O'Brien, Purroy and the other leading
Democratic lights now in the city for the
purpose of managing the organization of
the next House, have not announced their
nreference for Chaplain.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

WHY it is that the New York World, a
professedly anti i-Tammany sheet advo-
oates Mr.. Kerr, pFOfessedly the Tammany
candidate for speakership, is lone of
those things that no fellow can find out"
National Republican., 1875-12-02

A Detroit dispatch TO the Chicago Tribune
says that within few days the friends of Gov
error Hendricks have taken series of adroit
steps which promise TO secure him the Michi-
gan delegation to the next Democratic na-
tiopal convention
National Republican., 1875-12-02

life of the Republican pariy-the one issue
which. If won. beats the life out of the
Confederate League.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

Emperor William escaped all the photo
grsphers in Italy, and they are taking q
porter who looks like him, and taking in pur-
chssers of the pictures.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

Notwithstanding the report that smallpox
is raging in tbis city, the candidates for the
positions in tho Democratic House are focking
in like graHeer-bugs attacking fresh field OF
Kansas corn.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

''Let's take q speakership, is the name for
It now when politicians gather around and
lead you of to drink.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

William seitz, of Cincinnati, is doubly dis
tinguished. In the first pace, he is the SON
Of the first male child born in Cincinnati; in
the second place, he has killed two men
Nineteen months ago he stabbed the first at
railroad depot, for which he was sentenced to
years imprisonment, and now he has
killed the second with beer-mug. 1t is pro-
posed to hang him at the Centennial.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

Gen. j. 2. George, prominent lawyer of
jackson, Miss, who was conspicuous in ssor-
ganizing" the late Democratic victory in that
State. and who has the almost unanimous
support Of the Mississippi press, is reported to
be certain of the election to the United States
Senate from Mississippi should he desire it,
National Republican., 1875-12-02

The Republican ward and city committee of
Boston have nominated for mayor Halsey J.
Boardman, present chairman of the common
council. The nomination receives Importance
from the fact that the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis have united on Cobb for the last two
years.
National Republican., 1875-12-02

The recent election in Minnesota gives lit
tie cheer to the advocates of woman suffrage.
The people adopted the constitutional amend
ment which provides that any woman of
twenty one years Of age and upward may vote
at any election for choosing officers of schools,
or any measure relating to schools, or may be
eligible to any Office pertaining TO the manage
ment of schools