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National Republican., 1876-01-12
NR. HILLS SPEECH.


Tac elimination Of Mr.. Hills speech in
tie House yesterday was an effort to prove
thai the Andersonville prison-pen was
delightful place as a summer resort during
the war. With certain portion of his
aGdif"ls he may have succeeded in this
c4oTt i, he did with the attempt to por-
tray the horrors Of the Spanish inquisition
as something indescribably mild when
compared with the treatment received by
rebel prisoners at the hands Of the United
States; but with the majority Of his hearers
his defense of the utterly dcfenselesS cruel
ties prscticed by the Confederates upon
Union prisoners was simply revolving. Mr.
Blaine exposed the emptiness of his pre-
tenticns by calling attention to the fact that
he (Hill) had offered resolution, while
member Of the Confederate Congress, pro-
y:ding in effect that officers of loyal colored
troops should be shot as soon as the for
tunes of war made them captivcs to the
rebel arms. There were those in the gal
ieries however, who remembered that
Fort Delaware was prison in which rebel
officers were allowed to enjoy the comfort
of the presence of friends and Iear rela-
tives, and that in Libby, at Macon. Sails
bury Florence, Belle Isle, Charleston,
Columbia and other Confederate prisons,
innocent and defenseless loyal soldiers
were starved to death, and not infre-
quently murdered by the prison guards.
We say murdered because the unfor-
Oh
keepers upon the slightest cxcuSe-a near
approach to the dead-line, or, as in Libby,
when attempting to get q glimpse of the
blue skies by pecriDg through the CRATES
OF iron barred windows. Most assuredly
Nr. Hill made a great bluuder in adopting
this line Of argument, because, in doing so,
Le stirred up long forgotten memo ries and
the biiterest animosities. Mr.. Blaine may
navc t.npted him t. pursue this course,
bu: a. 4 political manager and one Of the
Acknowledged representatives OF party
already handicapped with The crime OF
treason he made 4 sad mistake when h
added 20 that haldicap the weight of those
memories and animosilies. But his argu-
me1t was unfortunate in another point Of
view. because If disclosed the fact that the
ex Confederate, with all their bOastful for
g;veness-as if they had the right to for
give, instead of the privilege of asking
forgiveness-hsvef forgotten nothing of the
teachings of such men as JEFF. Davis,
Windcr, Wirz and Turner, who undertook
with great success, TO make the Southern
peop,c believe that they were angels Of
mercy. and that the North was given over
to barbarism: that Lincoln was a tyrant,
and that Gen. Grant and his fellow-officers
were red-handed nurderers. In this Cen.
tennial year, this year Of Gush, when the
Democrats Of the North are engaged in
the work OF conciiiahon, Mr.. Hill had no
excuse .or the shortsightedness OF which
lie has been guilty. shortsightedness
which will compel the Democratic press of
tie country at large either to denounce
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him as falsifier of history or to take up
arms in defense of the atrocities for which
he has become the leading apologist.
There were. other featur of his speech.
including his illusions o President Grant
and his feeble attempt TO show that MIR,
Blaine was actuated by unusual partisan
motives in assailing JEFF. l. wis. which were
simply demagogical. His presentation of
statistics was weak, because it was Incor-
rect His quotations from so-called rebel
authorities were foolish, because when
que STONED closely he was compelled to
admit them to be apoCryphal. But he
laGorCd under great restraint. Those who
have heard him under other circumstances
al his home, Georgia, when his surround
ings were congcnial, and the necessity of
pursuing a conservative policy did not
weigh upon him, will admit that he did
did not do justice to his great rhetorical
powers. Although his voice is not alto
gether agreeable, he is a natural orator, and
is entitled to rank as the leader of the DEM
ocratic side Of the House. His legal ac-
quirements are unquestiOned, and if he did
not acquit himself with credit it was be-
cause his arguments were based upon false
assumptions, and because, as we have init
mated, curb was placed upon him which
hampered his thoughts and crippled his
every step. He, nevertheless, did better
than we expected. Bat the Republican
party will not have occasion to regret his
success. Messrs Garfield, Wheeler, Frye
and others will enter the list to do battle
in behalf of the gauntlet thrown down to the
Opposition by Mr.. Blaine. They will be
met by men who are not so cautious as Mr.
Hill has unexpectedly proved himself to
bc, and the result can only be a general
revival of the spirit which in 1861 aroused
the country TO a full appreciation of the
dangers of Southern Democratic trcachcry.
We cannot refrain from the suggestion
in this connection that some of the Repub-
lican leaders who will take part in this
debate before it is over were numbered not
long age among the weak kneed elements
of the party. were among those who in
sisted that the "war is over and who were
willing to give, and 10 some extent did
give, inc COntEu Ol lliC OOuLutTn okaLeS
into the hands Of the Democracy. They
were then afraid of the cry of Bloody
Shirt" because they believed their con-
stituents would not sustain them IN the
urgent, if not extreme, measures required
to keep such men as Mr.. Hill in the politi-
cal or official background. We think,
however, that they have now discovered
their error. They may dismiss their fears,
and replace them with an unerring assump-
ton that their constituents will support
them in the most determined opposition to
the cX-Confedcratc Democracy. From
Mainc TO California. and throughout the
East, West and North, there can be bat
one scntimcn: regarding the developements
of the past two days The Democratic and
assistant Democratic press Of New York to
the contrary Notwithstanding, that senti-
ment will respond only to the leadership
OF pure patriotism, and will condemn any
compromise with traitors or their apollo
oiStS.
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BE> IIIII electrified Tic Confederate
House on yesterday with his thrilling re-
C..a.> Of rebel pruwcss and Southern gener-
osity :" Union sol:,iers. The clap
PIN .:aLds and glowing checks of the
Sol!G:, rs cTinCcd :neir love for Hills ''an-
mas Ui chiValry' and the days that tried
their .n@!S 1t Hi! and his cohorts rave.
A.:ca"y ll.c tramp, tramp, tramp of the
Union hoys can he Lcatd from the ice-clad
mountains OF She f1sl and the waving
pEa:.;c- ot the West, and 1876 will witness
anotht: AppomattoX-the surrender of
wrong 10 right-;he covering of blather-
siitcs before wave Of liberty that will
sweep al who oppose before it.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

tn National Union Republican Gen
erai CommIttee will meet in response to
the cali Of the chairman, cx-Gov. Morgan,
Of New York, at the Arlington, in this
city tomorrow (Thursday.) Members
are already in the city from Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Chicago and other points West
and North. The object Of the conference
ior National Convention of the Republi-
can party to nominate candidates for Presi-
den: and Vice President of the United
State and fixing the time and place for
holding the same
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CENTENNIAI. YEAR was ushered in at
Decatur. A1., with Il big processson and
firing e, euus Al night the United States
Tag h,Gne II, the procession was rIddled
with hujl,.s nd cut in shredS The Hunts
vie U,,,or,at says good citizens deplore
the nc 0 course. So they ''deplored"
ku. KluNj>m and the numbering of inno-
cent Il .i,uhlcams, .'but still the slay
went "u The adage of the ''straws
and tho wrud" is very apropos to AL
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LITTLE ''ALECK STErHENs pale. ema-
c!a;cd, but utdetermined-a year or two be-
fore the war challenged to mortal combat
Ben Hill, the Confederate hero of yester-
days debate. Mi. IIill declined and
wouldnt fight When the war came on
Mr.. Hill went into bomb-proof," and
again refused To fight. To-day, when ''our
boys are Tor peace, Hill is for war. OF
such stuff is this hero made
National Republican., 1876-01-12

A - O'clock to-day the polls will
open Tor the election of directors of the
Washington and Georgetown Railway
Company. Let all those who prefer the
present competent management over that
OF Nr Hart, as formerly experienced, be
prompt in their attendance and energetic
in their efforts TO secure the success of the
District ticket. The polls are to remain
open till : o clock p. M. Mr.. Hart has made
cye:y effort 10 scCur" the success of his
'Skcni- Per Shent" policy. To-day will de-
te.n;.:v ais influence and power. :
National Republican., 1876-01-12

THi> E,ENINC the adjourned meeting of
tne executive committee Ortwenty-five Gp-
POINTED ny thc citizens meeting to take the
necessary cps to secure if possible the
holding OF the two national nominating
C0nycntiuas iu this city will be held at the
Arlington. The several sub b-committees
VII sc prepar, d to report, and it is to lie
hoped that every gentleman named on the
committee will be present TO aid with his
counsel in securing The much desired OBJ
.icCt for which they were appointed.
National Republican., 1876-01-12
WEDNESDAY MoREINe:::JANUAKY l. .s7G

Still another United States Senator
from Louisiana When will the D4moc-
racv Of that State learn that the country Is
tired of their continuous efforts to clnipli
cate affairs in that section: They agreed
last year to abide by the Wheeler compro
mise, but they have, with Characteristic
treachery, repudiated it in letter and spirit.
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fi,e-seekers are once more on the wing. 1t
bids fair to be memorable year.


1t would have been just as improper, and
quite as ridiculous, for the American Congress
to have pardoned Benedict Arnold and taken
him back into its confidence as it Is now to
place jefferson Davis in q position where he
can again WELD an influence in the councils of
the nation. They are men of the same kid
ney, same impulses, and both have made
record of infamy, which the Government
should allow to stand plain and clear on the
pages of history, as an example for Iosterity,
and not by any legislative act or expression
detract from its odiousness.
An Andersonville veteran prisoner, bearing
traces of the disease contracted and the hard
ships suffered within the narrow confines of
the dead-line of that odious prison pen, said
during the speech of Congressman Hill yester-
ca that had he an audience of ten thousand
o" the skeleton soldiers who are now dragging
out painful ard wretched existence in the
North, he would soon ascertain how much they
appreciated the wild and baselesS statements
he was making respecting the humanity of the
Confederate authorities as exhibited toward
those starving and dying men.
A man while pettng a cat in Brooklyn some
six weeks ago was bitten by the creature, and
died yesterday in great agony of hydrophobia.
There was noise and dust and trouble in john
NIix's dining room when he heard of this sad
catastrophe, for he is timid man and it wor-
ried him. He owned n cat, and the feline was
purring the happy hour away on the hearth
rug, and he disturbed her. He said she must
go away and not tarry longer meath his roof,
and he arose to 10 her bodily harm, but the cat
went under the table and, curving her spine,
said, "Sis-s-s sputspu And when last
heard from Mix was in the other room waiting
for the feline TO como out from under the table
and behave herself.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

The New York Sc, says that preparations
for war between Spain and this country are
going on Going on to where: If prepara-
tiOns for war are going on the people of these
United States would like to know where they
are going on to. But the san never will tell
the half il knows.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

len Hill says That the South forgises the
North for what i. did to it during the war;
This is refreshing. The North with about as
much grace can thank the South for the
S3,C0o, ,OG0, ,OGO national debt, the 10000 pen
sioEers, Tie 200, ,OCO widows and orphans and
our JcJ, eco slain.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

RUTTER COMMISSION HOUSE,
- Co ner Tenth and streets.
Ten thousand pounds. Fresh Rolls,
from New York. Ohio and VI glnia. 4S5A
Also Sd seieGti%1s n Of Choifs pouI Rairies aI In
and Dried Fruits, Arr" Gaily and for s.Ie at
lowest rates. ID. Z. DUTROW.
iAll-6lS
National Republican., 1876-01-12
LOST AND FOUND.

7 OST-A PAIR OF EYE GIL ASSES, At
II TACHED by ribbon to Chatelaine Pin. A lib
cr reward will be paid on return to BRODHEAD
& CO., l205 street. jazz
o1O OREWARD.-LOST OR STOLEN, ON
0lO the 18th instant, one large brown paper
ENVELOPE, containing papers Of no value ex.
cept to the owner; also - Physicians POCKET
RECORD for 1875. The above reward will be paid
on return to the Chronicle office. de2I-tf
National Republican., 1876-01-12
w. NJ SH USTER q BRO,
ial2-WFSM3t gI9 PENNSYLVANIA avenue

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS.
L TRICT OE COLUMBIA. HOLDING
SPECIAL TERM, JANUARY, ISIS.
In the case OF A. s. PRATT, administrator
W. a. Of II. II; HAM, deceased, the administrator
preme Court of the District of Columbia aforesaid.
appointed TUESDAY, February s, ls76. for the
final settlement and distribution OF the per-
sonal estate of said deceased, and of the as
sets in haud, far the same have been COL
lected and turned into money; when and where all
the creditors and frs of said deceased notified
to attend, with their claims properly vOuched,
they may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit in said deceased's estate: Provided, copy
of this ord0r be published once a week for three
weeks in the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN previous to
the said day.
Test: A. WEBSTER,
iaI2-w3t Register of wills,
National Republican., 1876-01-12
MINOR TOPICS.

Alfonso still insists on having his mother at
home, tut the hcartless little wretch never
saws word about his father.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

Austria is preparing to occupy Bosnia, in
fact has already pushed large military force
across its borders. This has set Russia to
thinking seriously, and Germany spurs her
self into activity, and taken all in all the in
gradients of war are mixing faster than patient
peace desires.
National Republican., 1876-01-12
SELF RELIANCE,
MUSICAL ACADEMY

Principal. seIs-tf
TlHEoDoRE ingalls, KING, ORGANIsT
L St.John's Parish, Teacher Of
PIANO, ORGAN, ETC.
20 lessons, sl2;lor go. Address, P.o. box 81. II.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

The telegraph says that Tweed was seen
yesterday in Havana and Montreal We
cam Havana faith in such an impossibility.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

Mr.. Bcrgh says a man has no right to
throw a coal-hod at a singing cat. Mr..
Bergh has our best respects; but the very
next feline that attempts to sing Come
Where My Love Lies Dreaming" under our
window, or any other sentimental and noisy
song, the coal-hod is hers, and that's meant.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

An animated strife is in progress between
the Frence war Office and the legal authorities
on the question of mustaches. An officer must
wear enc, and a barrister is strictly forbidden
the privilege. In the fight it seems reasona-
bic to believe that the barristers have the
vantage ground. A man can very readily
keep mustache from growing out by cutting
it off, but it is very difficult to make one grow
when nature is not inclined that way. This
bly.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

The editor of the Cincinnati E,tq,tirer was
asked the other day whether he thought the
resumption act would be repealed or not, and
he put his doubled knuckles down on his edi-
toriaI desk and exclaimed "Repealed' Re-
pealed Why don't you ask me can duck
swim! OF course it will be repealed, else
there is no justice or judgment on this spheri-
cal footstool and no common sense in the
House." and he dipped his pen into the paste
box and swore because it did not write black
National Republican., 1876-01-12

ENUR RENT OR LEASE -t'ED1ETUOD,'
II the elegant suburban residence OF the late -x
Chief Justice Chase. Partly furnished, eigh- siIS
teen rooms, and every modern convenience; sad
beautiful lawn and grounds, stable, carriage-ss-S
house, barn, &C. This Is one of the hAndsOmest
burhan residences around Washington, and will be
let to responsible private family only. For terms
and permit to see the premises, apply to WM. Nc
NEIR, Real Estate Agent, 500 Seventh street y.
". seS)-tf
National Republican., 1876-01-12

Mr.. Hill spoke under great restrain. ycster-
day. If he had come out frankly and said
the North was wrong, the South right: the
Lost Cause is not lost; the Government mus.
pay for those slaves; Congress must pension
the Confederate soldiers; the Southern war
debt must be paid; the Grays are on deck now,
with fiddle in hand, and the North must
dance, he would have given utterance to the
genuine feelings of his heart.
National Republican., 1876-01-12

1t is said that Won Bulow play cd so sweetly
In Brooklyn the other evening that the rats
left their dark hiding places and came forth
upon the rostrum, apparently charmed with
the melody Of sound. One ofthe audience says,
and he appears to be a man of truth, that an
old bald headed rat smiled, nodded an approy-
ing nod and clapped ap-paws.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-25
DAN WEBSTER'S PLOW.
How He Felt When He Had Hold
of Its Handles.

In Section E 20 of Agricultural Hall
is an age cracked plow made, a label
says, in 1889 by Daniel Webster. II is
exhibited by the College of Agricul-
ture, and is known as the "Webster
plow." There is peculiar interest in a
relic TO which the Demosthenes of
America referred in saying: "When ]
have hold of the handles of my big
pillow, with four yokes of oxen to pull it
through, and hear the roots crack and
see the stumps all go under the furrow
out Of sight. and observe the clean, mel
lowed surface of the plowed land, feel
more enthusiasm over my achievement
than comes from my encounters in pub
lie life at Washington" 1t is, indeed, a
"big plow," and Daniels muscle must
have been as big as his brain to manage
it. Its extreme length is 13 feet; length
of beam, 9 feet inch; length of land
slide, feet 2 inches; width of mould
board, 20 inches; width of share, 1f
inches, and length from point of share
to farther point of board, unlike that oi
more modern plows, is formed of owe,
half dozen separate pieces Of IRON
Philadelphia Times.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-25
How the Sioux Fight.

Fort Fetterman Letter in New York Times.
1t awakens in every lively interest in
the typographical features Of the coun-
try, when you know that any hill or
ravine may conceal party of the ene-
my. There is little rear or front in the
usual Indian fight. In fact it is all
front, for they circulate on all sides, and
shoot from every point which offers
place Of concealment. When the Sioux
attacked General Crook in the valley of
the Rosebud, just before the Custer dis,
aster, the firing opened in rear, front,
and hanks within FIVE min utes of the
time the first shots were heard. There
are no non-combatants in such affairs as
this. One place is rs safe or unsafe as
another, and every man who has gun
goea in to use It if he wishes to save his
scalp. 1t is entirely mistake, how
ever, to suppose that only the cavalry
are of use in Indian fighting. The in
fantry carrying rifles which shoot closer
aid further than the cavalry carbine,
have driven the Indians from positions
which the cavalry were unable to carry
These savages understand the difference
between the infantry and cavalry gun a.
well as the men who carry them; but
they will make a bold stand against
both. Artillery, however, is the thing
that demoralizes them. Let a shell ex-
plode among lot of rocks in which
they have been making a stand against
the musketry, and there will not be an
Indian remain a moment longer than is
sufficient for him TO jump and run.
Brave as the Sioux are, and they are the
bravest of their race, they will never
stand against field guns; but with small
arms alone, it is the opinion of officers
here who have fought them, that it re.
qnires man to man to thoroughly thrash
them. This may seem strange talk tc
people who have been accustomed to be.
lieve that one white man was equal tc
any three Indians, but / give the opin
ion of gentlemen of unquestioned cour
age who are Thoroughly acquainted with
the Sioux.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-25
A Mans Life Saved by a Dream.

Early on Friday morning last Mr.
Hall, butcher, of Franklin, Massa-
chusetts, went into his ice chest to in
spect the premises, when the door acci-
DENLY swung back, operating the spring
lock, and the man was a prisoner in a
very small room of icy temperature, and
without means of escape. A speedy and
frightful death stared him in the face
He shouted, and thumped upon what
promised to be his coffin, but all in
vain. Now comes the marvellous part
of the circumstances. When Mr.. Halls
son arose on that morning he was deep
ly impressed with dream which he had
during the previous night. He dream
ed that his father had been caught and
suffocated in the ice chest! Not finding
his father on inquiring for him, the son
at once proceeded to the ice chest, and
found it locked. On opening it the ap-
parentlv dead body of his father was dis
covered end rescued. So near death had
the unfortunate prisoner come that il
was hours before he came to q state OF
consciousness, and is still in an enfee.
bled condition. To those yourselves
among the number) who have no faith
in dreams and visions, it may be diff
cult to account for the connection be
tween the sons dream and the father,
accident. Who can give reasonabl.
theory concerning it?-[ Woonsocke
| Patriot.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-08-25

Sixty years ago occurred that year
without a summer" Frost occurred in
ever month Of the year 1916. Ice form
ed half an inch thick in May; snow fell
to the depth Of ten inches in Vermont,
seven in Maine, three in the interior of
New York and alec in Massachusetts in
June; ice was formed of the thickness Of
common window glass throughout New
England, New York and some parts #
Pennsy lvania on the 9th of July; Indian
corn was 40 frozen that the greater part
was cut down and dried for fodder in
August, and farmers supplied themsel-
yes from the corn produced in 1915 for
the seed Of the spring of 1917.