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National Republican., 1876-09-05

Quite a number of Democratic clerks are
trying to protect themselves by the indorse-
ments of Republican Senators and Representa-
tives. This should not save them, as in many
instances they were given to get rid Of impor-
tunities that had become upbearable.
National Republican., 1876-09-05

The news from Colorado is very encourag-
ing to those who have allowed themselves to
apprehend that the first vote of the new State
would be in support of the Democratic ticket.
A gentleman well acquainted with the political
situation in that State writes: "You can
count Colorado as sure Republican, with two
good Republican Senators in Congress"
National Republican., 1876-09-05
EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.

None of the heads of the Departments need
fear that the public service will suffer because
of the discharge of Democratic clerks. Re-
publicans fully as competent can be found to
fill the place any Democrat is discharged from
because he adheres to the enemy.
National Republican., 1876-09-05

Randall, ceases It's work. "Let our errlng
brothers and sisters 60 in peace" is our ad-
vice to the leads of the Departments.
National Republican., 1876-09-05

Mr.. Horatio Seymour has burned the bridge
behind him by the publication OF his declina-
tion of the nomination of his party to candi-
dacy for gubernatorial honors. It is probable
that Mr.. Seymour's health had much to do
with his refusal to allow the use of his name
in the approaching canvass, but had Mr.. Sey-
mour's health been ever so good it is doubtful
if he would have allowed his name to be
coupled with that of Tilden's since his two
oaths in relation to income have been given to
the public, side by side, and to the present
time remain, and seem likely to remain, unex-
planned.
National Republican., 1876-09-05

There is nothing that was during the war
more distasteful to the Confederates than an
exhibition of the power of the General Govern
ment to 'preserye a republican form of gov
ernment," and that they and their Northern
allies still entertain the same feelings is
plainly shown by the hostility eyinced and
clamor raised about the proposed review and
inspection of the vessels composing the North
Atlantic squadron at Port Royal. There can
be nothing improper in such an inspection, ex-
cept that it be an exhibition of the power of
the Government in Southern States.
National Republican., 1876-09-05

HvASSEsSORS'O OFFICE,
~ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
August 36. 1876
Notice is hereby given that on and after the lith
day of September next the Board of Assessors of
the District of ColumbiS Will, in compliance with
the act of July II, 1876, imposing tax all real
and personal property in said District, assess the
pers onal property of all persons who have failed to
make return of such property required by said
act In section 10 of said act of July Il, 1876 1t is
''PrOuided, That If any person, firm or corpora
ton shall fail TO make the list of mis- or its said prop
erty, in this section provided for, the assessor
shall. from the best information he procure,
make assessment against such person, firm or
corporation to which he shall add fifty per centum
thereof
GEORGE A. BOHRER,
Il. BRACE,
WN. DIXON,
ISAAC LANDIC.
B. ID. CARPENTER,
aues-dtd Assessors,
National Republican., 1876-09-05
FOR SALE

A two-story brick with rooms S4.O0O
A two story frame with rooms. 81, 500.
Apply to Is. Ii. WAKNEK, seventh and r ST
National Republican., 1876-09-05

The latest news changes the aspect of affairs
in the East, and opens the field of conjecture
as to the final result to new speculations
again. 1t may be that, having shown her
strength and achieved a significant victory,
Turkey will b more ready to listen to propo-
sitions for peace than she was before the
battle of Friday, while the result of that
action can but be to give greater impetus to
the movement of the Powers for securing it
through their friendly mediation.
National Republican., 1876-09-05
we MUSICAL C0NsERvAToRY
egAssEsSORs' OFFICE,

AN
MUSIC HALL, 432 NINTH STREET,
so pays for sixty lessons in the First Grade.
EB@ Send for circular.
au2s-lm o. b. BULLARD, Director.
National Republican., 1876-09-05

Our large Iife-like STEEL EN-
CRAVINGS of the PRESIDEN-
TIAL CANDIDATES sell rapidly.
Send for circular. N. Y. Engray-
ing Co., 3j Wall street. Box S28,
N. Y. st4-et
National Republican., 1876-09-05

U,REMoNT HOUSE, COR. OF SECOND
l. STREET AND INDIANA AVENUE.
"a Tabe boar per month " fhts iaRorite hotel
has recently been improved, newly furnished and
house TO and from the Capitol No liquors sold.
de2s-u =. p. HILL Proprietor.
National Republican., 1876-09-05

- bE.-"L
~ Just received (besidcs our ordinary stock of
secondhand and new Guns) a large consignmr mt Of
very fine English breech and muZZle loading Guns,
which must be sold within thirty days. We there
fore offer them IS per cent less than they cost to
import in gold. Each is fully warranted. Some
samples have been shOpworn, and will be sold very
low. Among the assortment are W. W. Greeuer,
Claighbour Sons, ltheir latest make, with all mod
Crn Improvements, from 10 to IA gauge 2S to 80 in
barrel; from G1i to S1s pound,) London fine twist,
lamenated and Damascus barrels, reboundng and
trIple-wedge locks. Pistol and other choice stocks
Also, fine stock of gun findings and reyolvers, at
3. GOLDSTE1S 6 CO.'S,
LOAN AND COMMISSION BROKERS,
au3I-tf Corner Tenth and ID streets.
National Republican., 1876-09-05

EOR SALE.-A HOUSE, SEVEN ROOMS,
II on Fifth street east, near Cars; new and ~
nice. For sale ut so per month. NJ
r. NJ. HALL, IN
my5-u 515 Seventh street. -
ENOR SALE-HORSE, BUGGY AND HAIR
II NESS, in hrst-rate order. Horse Is
kind will stand without hitchIng, and Is N
. fast road horse. Inquire at HA
kELEHER'S STABLES,
se2S-u 4N Eighth street. -S
National Republican., 1876-09-05

t~DELICIOUS FRENCH CHOCO.
~ LATE and VISTAR CREAM SYRUPS,
with IMPROVED SODA and IRA NULATED ICE.
jy2l-2m kOLB'S, cor. Seventh and streets.
hPS6 PER SET, EITHER JAW, By
~ DR.. A. n. c. Weisenborn, Dentist, 45 Four
teenth street northwest; also, gold filings done at
reasonable price and satisfaction given. apl2-f
National Republican., 1876-09-05
BOARDING.

N~.~~~~-~~-o%~~N~oONo oONoNON.N%H(((N@
HAMILTON HOUSE, FOURTEEN III AND
LII X streets northwest opposite Franklin square.
Desirable rooms for permanents and transients;
also table board. aul6-lm
National Republican., 1876-09-05

A LII KINDS OF GENTLEMEN'S CAST.
"a OF wearing apparel can be sold to the very best
advantage by addressing or calling on JUSTH 6ls ID
street, between Sixth snd Seventh northwest
Notes By mail promptly attended to. ossh paid.
National Republican., 1876-09-05

CEWING MACHINES OF ALL KINDS
= for rent, and all attachments without extra
charge. MCKINNEY q CO.,
se4-6tE 427 Ninth street northwest.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

1t is somewhat strange 10 trace back the
origin and antiquity OF most of the symbols
which Christianity vaunts TO the world as
possessing a peculiar character, and being
identified alone with its own faith. Fore
most among these symbols is the cross, the
antiquity Of which is of the most remote
kind, and its use very far different from
that with which 1t is at present identified.
The exact meaning OF this ancient HERO
glyphic is lost in the mists of the past, al.
though VIC can trace it in the earliest litera-
turo OF India and the sign itself on the
most ancient remains. 1t is also 10 be seen
on most Of the Obelisks Of Egypt, as well
as on the Stats of Isis and Osiris. The
Rev. Mr.. Shelton is hard pushed 10 find
some Christian reason for such and says
"How it came 10 pass that the Egyptians,
Arabians and Indians, long before Jesus
came among US, paid such a remarkable
veneration to the cross, is to me unknown,
but the fact is known"
In DR.. Clarke's travels is an engraved
copy of Ph9nician medal found in the
ruins of Citium, and proved by him TO be
Ph@nician, on which are engraved not on
ly the cross, but the rosary or string of
beads attached to it, together with the fig
ure of lamb. "The principal pagodas of
India, at Benares and Mathura," says the
Rev. Mr.. Maurice, "are erected in the form
Of vast crosses" Mr.. Moor, in his "Orien-
tal fragments" says that the cross, placed
ia circle, was an emblem of eternity,
having equally neither beginning nor end.
Again, the signing of the cross on the fore
head, as token OF security for life, is also
Of the greatest antiquity. 1t (the cross)
was emblematical in The ancient world, of
at least four things-eternity, generation
IA Phalic symboD, the crossing of the equa-
tor by the sun, and of The vernal and au-
tumnal equlnoxes, besides its allusion, in
Egypt, to the rising and falling of the Nile.
Surely Christianity is under deep debt of
of obligation to the pagan world.-Je,Oish
World
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

George Mcdonald has a faculty for pre-
senting thoughts in remarkably striking
way, simply because he writes as he would
talk. He says: 'There is great mistake
in teaching children that they have souls.
If you do they think their souls TO bo
something which il not themselves. For
what man has, cannot be himself. Hence
when they are told their souls 90 to heav-
en-, they think of themselves as lying in
the grave. They ought to be taught that
they have bodies aud that their bodies die,
but they themselves live on" We cut our
hair once month, we cut our finger nails
once in day or two. Do we feel any re-
gret at parting with those portions of our
body1 Do we even once think OF them af-
ter they are cut? We trim our beard aud
throw 1t in the fire or let 1t be swept up in
the dust pan. Do we sentimentalize over
it, or feel horror at thinking of it mingled
with dirt or blown to the four winds?
Yet they are part OF the body as surely as
is an arm or hand, the heart, or the eve.
Why then shall not the attitude of the
mind be the same 10 the whole of the body
as 10 part7 We think 1t must be so after
we nave thrown u on. IL IL pity we can
not think SO now. That feeling wonld en-
tirely do away with the wistful, half
frightened question: 'Shoud not you
think that if memory is still perfect with
in us after death, we should bc very un-
happy to know our bodies were lying
mouldering to decay2" We should then
care no more for it than TO day we do for
cut finger nail. Literally separated from
it, and yet consciously existing in some
shape or state, we should so feel ourSelces
in whatever form we should be, that any
past form would be alien. Having worn
garment for long time, until 1t has be-
come faded, rusty and worthless, do we
not put OH fresh, beautiful piece of cloth
ing with satisfaction and pleasure? So
must ii he with the soul aIler we have
passed. How exquisite may not that gar
ment be! The corruptible shall put on iu-
corruption. "Clothed in white sanite,
mystic, wonderful" we may be thrilled
through with light and beauty. Every de-
feet and blemish smoothed away, our coun-
tenances grown wonderfully fine aud clear
in that heavenly atmosphere, who shall
then say regrefully, "My body is dust"
Golden Rule.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

A NEATLY Won WAaER.-A gentleman
was seated before the Cafe Richie, in Paris,
when young artist passed with compan-
ion. 81 will bet you," said the artist TO his
friend, "I will drink that gentleman's eof-
fee, and he will thank me for doing it,"
"You are crazy" "You:will see." "You
know him, them" "Come and see the pro-
seeding for yourself" Very solemnly they
approached the gentleman. "Sir," said the
artist,'I am an inspector of the board of
health. If ask for coffee they will give
me without doubt a very good cup, for they
know me. You, sir, whom they do not
know, are served like the rest of the world.
VIII you permit me TO taste your coffee ?"
"Certalnly," said the gentleman. "This is
really good. The government has great
care over the public health" The artist
drank the coffee, and having finished it
said politely, "rhey do things properly at
this cafe; this is excellent coffee" He
bowed, and left the gentleman to pay for
the coffee he had not had, but profoundly
grateful for the care of the government.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

In the Buffalo Medical College, Pro-
fessor Mason performed an operation on
the 9th of February, in illustration of the
TRANSMISSION Of blood. Two dogs were rem
dered insensible with ether. One end of
thin rubber tube, filled with bicarbonate
of soda to keep the blood from coagulating,
was then inserted into the carotid artery of
the larger ono, and the other end into the
jugular vein of the smaller dog. The tube
was securely fastened. A vein was opened
elsewhere in the smaller dog and his blood
drawn of until respiration ceased and the
dog was TO all inients and purposes dead.
BY the aid of an alr-pump artificial respi-
ration was kept up in the body aud the
blood turned on through the tube from
dog No. /. In few minutes when about
four ounces Of blood had been transferred
into the carcass of the dog he began to
breathe. His respirallOns gradually re-
turned aud In short time were nearly as
strong as before the operation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

Sebastopol is only Just beginning to
emerge from the dependency Of the last
| twenty years. The docks are still will
derness, overgrown with grass and weeds,
with old guns and anchors imbedded in
tho earth, showing that the work OF de-
struction was we'll carried out by the allies.
Fresh docks and arsenals, meanwhile, have
been erected at Kertch and NicolaieT; and
no attempt has until quite lately been
made to develop the commercial resources
Of Sebastopol. In many places you may
pass through streets silent and desolate as
the streets of Pompeil; houses shattered
partly by bombardment, partly by the de-
struction wrought by the Russians when
abandoning the place, principally perhaps
by the want of firewood felt by the allies
during the occupation Of the winter 1856.
Add TO this that the sun beats down upon
the arid rock with frightful force, that there
are scarcely any trees to relieve the eve,
and that the dust is at least ankle-deep in
all the streets and squares, and II follows
that Sebastopol is scarcely more desirable
as place of residence in the summer than
in the winter. There are, however, not
wanting signs of life and improvement.
The old barracks at the head of the harbor,
between that and the dockyard creek, still
stand up against the skyline ghastly row
of empty windows and roofless walls four
stories high; but there are new barracks
farther north, between the old locks and
the roadstead, where a large garrison is
now accommodated. A railway station is
now open at the head of the harbor, from
which you can go direct in three days and
two nights to Moscow. Fresh houses have
been built during the last two years, and
more are building. Churches are spring.
ing up again with all the glittering orna-
ments that mark the Russian style OF arch
itecture. Tho high ridge in the centre of
the town, from whence, according to King
lake, the Russians first marked the Eng
lish deliling across the heights of Mcllen-
zie's Farm, is now laid out as a boulevard,
with a cafe and clubroom. On Sundays
this clubroom is devoted 10 dancing; and
the sight of this boulevard, thronged with
people, whilst the darkness conceals the
ruins Of the houses round about, makes
you fancy that you are in the midst ofa
thriving and populous town. The most
thickly Inhabited part has indeed strayed
down from the eastern to the western side
of this ridge, away from the Man-of- War
Harbor towards creeks which Kinglako
calls Artillery Bay and the Quarantine
Harbor, so that traveller on first landing
is more perhaps struck by the appearance
of desolation than is strictly fair. The
great sea forts, howeyer,-Fort Nicholas,
Fort Alexander, aud the Quarantine Sea
Fort-which guarded the entrance to the
roadstead on this side, are an indistln-
guishable heap OF ruins, and their site was
marked only by some surveying posts re-
Gently set up.-Bldckwoods Magazine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

A NIGHT IN THE MooN.-At last, how
ever, night sets in. Gratefully it comes az
Ter the sun has gathered up his smiling
beam and gone down to his rest. All at
once we are plunged into comparative OBJ
scurity, for again there is no twilight to
stay the steps of departing day. At one
stride comes the dark. But, looking up ln-
TO the sky, we behold vast orb, which
pours down a milder and more benefcent
splendor than tie great lord of the system.
1t is such moon as we terrestrials cannot
boast for 1t is not less than thirteen times
as large and luminous as our own. There
it hangs in the armament, without appar-
ent change of place, as If "fixed in its ev-
erlasting seat" But not without change OF
surface. For this great globe is painted
panorama, and, turning round majestical-
ly on its axis, presents its oceans and con-
tinents in grand succession. AS Europe
and Africa, locking the Mediterranean in
their embrace, roll away 10 the right, the
stormy Atlantic offers its waters 10 view
then the two Americas, with their hugo
forests and vast praries, pass under in
spection. Thon the grand basin of the
Pacific, lit up with island fires, meets
the gazer's eye, and as this glldes over the
scene, the eastern rim of Asia, and the up
per portion of Australia, sail into sight.
The Indian Ocean, and afterwards the Ara
bian Sea, spread themselves out in their
subdued splendor, and thus, in four-and-
twenty hours, "the great rotundity We
tread' turns its pictured countenance to
the moon, and grandly repays the listen
ing lunarians by repeating to the best of its
ability, the story OF its birth. Nor is the
sky less marvellous in another respect. For
the absence OF any atmospheric diffusion
of light permits the consultations to shine
out with distinctness which is never par
alleled on earth. They glitter like diamond
points set in a armament OF ebony. Stars
and clusters, which We never see by the
naked, eye, flock iuto view, and crowd the
lunar heavens.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10
Miscellany.

Lines
sUooEsrkD on HEARING YOUNG LADY SAY, IL HAVE
AHoPE"
You say you've hope. Is It founded on Christi
We read, he's the way and the door.
Have you drank Of that water,-the water Of life,-
Which when drank allays thirst evefmore7
Have you a retreat, q sacred retreat,
And Is II oft hallowed by prayer7
Can you in humility bow at his feet,
And get o sweet foretaste while there9
Do you take great delight in reading Gods wordf
Can you call each sweet promise your own7
Are your sins blotted out-Are they oil washed away
By th. blood Of the crucihcd Lamb?
II 80, my doar friend, go chcerfuly on,
In the path that is narrow and straight
You've sion prepared al the Sayiours right hand,
And glorihod spirits there wait
To welcome you home, and place on your head
crown far more bright than the sun,
Aud h you with cheer these words greet your ear
"Enter in, faithful servant, well done"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10
CaStOria.

Cross, sickly babies and children may enjoy health,
and mothers have rest, If they will use CastoriA.
Worms, feverishness, teething wind collie, stom-
ach and undigested food make children cross, and
produces sickness.
CastoriA will Assn.iate the food, expeI worms,
and correct all these things. For twenty years DR..
Pitcher experimental in his private practice to pro-
duce an effective CathArtic and stomach regulator
which would be effective Castor OIL, without its
unpleasant taste recol
The reputation Of his experiment extended. Ply
sicians and nurses rapidly adopted his remedy, to
which he gave the name Of CaStOria.
Castoria is as pleasant to take honey, regulates
the stomach and bowels, and does not grippe 1t is
adapted to all ages contains alcohol and is absO-
lutcIy harmless to the most tender infant
Try castoria once, and you will never be with
out is.
Prepared at the Laboratory Of J. b. Rose Co., 10
Dey Street, New York. 81
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

The Powers THAT BE ORDAINED OF
GoD.-Men talk about the authority of the
Bible, and imagine that, uAless you believe
every word from Genesis to Revelation to
be inspired by God, the Bible will lose its
authority. But the real authority of the
Bible is its power its power to bring Us
near God; 10 arouse our conscience; to
make our duties clear aud commanding;
TO make goodness beautiful, and eternity
real to make God our Father, aud man
our brother Immortality our Inheritance,
and heaven our home. So long as the BIZ
BILE has power to do this, as no other book
has the power to do it, so long will ii seem
to men power ordained of God, higher
power TO which every son shall be subject.
Aud can wo doubt that other great works OF
piety and genius, which have come down
from the past, and which the world will
not willingly let die, are, also, in less de-
dree, powers ordained OF God. The sacred
books OF all nations; books which have
lifled whole races from an animal life TO q
mora. aud spiritual condition-are not these
also, higher powers ordained of GodI
Here are the words OF Plato, which have
fed the noblest souls with visions OF beau
ty; stimulated mans thirst for an ideal
good, created hopes OF a better life; is not
this, also, power ordained OF God2 These
great souls, 80 great that time cannot touch
them, and decays eHacing fingers cannot
obscure or destroy a syllable they have
uttered in thousands Of years have not
these. also, some divine power which Sc
cures their immortalityf Like the Sab
bath, the church, the state, the school, they
were made for man, and their power is that
thoy feed the higher nature OF man. Some
may be greater, nobler, better than others,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-10

dor, that stepped his soul in mad sweet
hope.
Laura stopped one moment TO whisper to
her mamma, and John gasped out to Mr..
Steele,
"If dared-if only dared tell her"
"IVe told her mysefr' said the mer-
chant.
"That was a pauper without home or
friends9"
81 told the story in my own way, JohD,"
continued Mr.. Steele, land flatter myself
told 1t successfully; don't spoil it II you
please. I have msnsged the past and the
present; do you look out for the future,
John"
And John did. Laura walked through
the parlors that night, the envied Of all the
pretty and sympathetic women and brave
aud appreciative men that congrcgated
there.-Hd,per's Weekly.