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National Republican., 1876-12-28
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POLITICAL NOTES.

This is pesceable and happy country when
Congress is not in session.
Tilden hopes to come in without paying his in .
come tar.
Hewitt is expected to start new paper called
the Daily Proclamation.
Sam Bard has determined to Settle in Florida,
which is decidedly rough on Florida.
for the Senate by the Georgia Legisiaturs.
The House is expected to decide whethsfor not
Morrissey was right In declaring all bets of.
Morrissey assures Mr.. Abe Hewitt that three
per cent barely pays man for his loss Of honor.
Speaker Randall has evidently given up the
resurrection Of the twenty.second Joint rule. 1t
was too great q job for one man.
watterson, Lamar, Bayard, Gordon and RAN
dali all parsed their Christmas In New York.
what means this gathering Of vorthiesf
Aiexanderl II. stephens, who lie too weak 70 lit
white handled raxor was carried into the House
and there took solemn oath that he would never
take up arms against the United States.
The country for some unsccountable reason, is
in broad grin over the fine spectacle Of the Hon.
S. S. Oox stfll-hunt for Democratic frauds In
New York city. There seems 70 be no suspicion
that he may fnd enough to give the State to
Peter Cooper.
Its the lasting shame and reproach Of the De-
N9Is and South that l. has asaSys
supremacy Of the law and the sacredness Of the
ballot up TO the edge Of rebellion. 10 there 10 be
another vain attempt to repeat the experisnss Of
the pastf .s.f -
Speaking of Jefferson Davis, the Handsboro'
Democrat says: No man living Is more highly
esteemed or more greatly beloved in the Soeth
| than this noble and gallant gentleman, and We
shall ever esteem q visit from him an honot." /"
| The new love for Tilden does mot overshadow the
| love for the old chieftain. -
1t Is O curious fact that all of the so-called
"citizens'" meetings, called To protest against
| the alleged counting-n conspiracy" turn QUIT
| be as purely Democratic as Tsmmany Hall
| council. This does not signify, Of course, that
1 there Is no difference OF opinion among Republi-
cans, but II does Indicate profound dislike for
protests issued through the Democratic fog horn.
National Republican., 1876-12-28
The Future of silver.

DR.. Lndermsn, In the course Of an interview
which is fully reported in the San Francisco
Chronicle Of December l3, attributed the rise Of
silver to the heavy purchases Of coin which the
United States Government has been making in
London and on the Pacific slope, and to the
enormous demand for silver In China. The future
of the silver market would depend, he sad,
mainly upon the legislation Of the United Staees
and Germany. "There is now," he continued
''about o. 900 worth of bullion at the mint
waiting to be converted into trade dollars. The
Government will need hereafter about 81, 500, 900
in silver monthly, and II is probable that no more
purchases will be made abroad From sl2 oo0, 900
TO SIS 900 900 is likely TO suce for the silver de-
mands Of China. Ifthe market continues as good
in China as for the last four months there Is no
doubt that much Mexican bullion will come TO
San Francisco and be shipped hence TO Chinese
ports. India is likely 70 consume t35, ,00o. 900
yearly or about half the annual silver product Of
the world. do not think the double standard
would be q good thing for this country. I think
we should keep the gold basis, with subsidiary
silver for common use, fixing the amount for legal
tender at $lo We have now. as l estimate In
this country Sl5o,000 900 in gold and less than
sioOoo,oOo in silver, exclusive Of plate, Of THIS
amount there is from IS 90 900 TO $50 0oe0o0 In
subsidiary coin, and from s 900 900 to 900 at
the mints. To raise the price 0f silver as COM
pared with gold above It's value in other coun-
tries would be to food us with the poorer metal
and drain the land of the more precious"
National Republican., 1876-12-28

Up HILL woRK-Ben's open letter.
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David Crawford, q leading banker OF New
York, died on Sunday. He was q member Of the
firm of Clark, Dodge q Co., and had been direc-
tor Of the New York Central and Of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroads, and one of the
organizers and most active directors Of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railroad.
National Republican., 1876-12-28

WRITERS Will now practice penning 1877.
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Girls Betting ON Elections.

Girls should never bet, and more especially on
politics. A Youngstown (Ohio) girl has got her
self into mess, and the Tindieaior, Of that city,
thus tells the story: "The girl being o Tllden
man and her lover a Hayes man, she made the
following proposition which was perfectly legiti-
mate, this being leap-year: II Tilden was elected
the young man WAS 10 marry the girl, and If
Hayes was elected the girl was to marry the
young man. The couple are in o terrible state Of
suspense Every night they each get q daily
paper sustaining their political belief and COM
pare notes. They cannot decide who is to marry
which. 1t appears to be a very complicated case
on the face OF the returns.
National Republican., 1876-12-28

MARIHI's HALL,
For rent the above beautiful edihce, delightfully."-
situated the centre of city, and Is accessible
by all the lines OF city cars.
AS A BALLROOM
II surpasses in elegance and general convenience all
others in the city.
AS A MUSIC AND CONCERT HALL,
and for
LECTURES, PARTIES AND WEDDINGS,
tits wonderfully perfect in acoustics, and affords
elegant accommodation for eight hundred persons.
A GREAT REDUCTION IN THE RENTAL
has been made.
The hall is open daily for inspection. For terms
and par ticulars, choice of nights &c, apply at the
hall. l.. g.. AARlNl.
oc3-3m
National Republican., 1876-12-28

Mr.. HENDRICKS desires martyr tom.
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LOST AND FOUND.

T OST-ON MONDAY EVENING, DECEM-
II Der 2s, is7s. Russia Leather POCKET-BOOk.
containing certificate Of Lake Shore Crude OH
Transportation Company stock, of Cleveland,
All persons are warned against purchasing said
certificate, notice Of loss and application for
reissue has been made to the proper officer. A
suitable reward will be paid II returned to Room
lO4. second Auditors Office. de21-3ts
National Republican., 1876-12-28

Mr. BANNING said that hts side of the House
demanded the reading and printing of the petit
tion an act of justice. Their side Of the House
would not be deferred from doing their whole
he then referred to the Congressional report OF
1872, In which the Louisiana Returning Board
was denounced, and also had read the report
mace by Gen. Sheridan, when he removed Gov.
Wells from once In 1857, when Sheridan de-
nouuced him as trickster and q dishonest man
And, after this denunciation, was Wells the man
10 put his hand IN ballot-box and count the yotef
! All that he INT. BANr1No1 wanted was an honest
count and . settlement Of all our diftcultics- He
hoped that Republicans and Democrats rare
alike N fsFor Of that Hsonfy wanted 70 fnd on
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IL the Returning Board reflected the sentiments
of the people OF Louisiana. II you call that Re-
tuning Board good, you must give them better
character than Sheridan gave them in 1851. This
Cincinnati petition should be printed as from the
people, and as an evidence that Tiny believe their
lin rfi iaa anrn tn a asrlhr "a
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GENERAL GARFIELD REPLIES.

Mr.. GARFIELD, of Ohio, said he was glad we
had on this floor gentleman who could speak for
all the people; who could tell the House of their
wants and desires, and what they proposed to do.
He had been trying In a feeble way, by reading
and by consultation, to get at the general phase
Of the public mind on the great questions now
aware that all this information could be obtained
from gentleman here, who knew all about It,
ana, and also of the returning board in Oregon,
he supposed who knew exactly the condition OF
all sealed packages, and who knew Just what the
people wanted and what they would do. His COL
league [Mr. BANNINGl talked about returning
boards and the perjury Of the ballot-box, InOhio
there were
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FOUR THOUSAND BALLor.BoxEs,

purEB
them, but they send them to . general Returning
Board at the capital Of the State, where they are
purged; and does the gentleman say that that
each poll whether It Is true or faIsef He could
saw alter q careful study of the Louisiana ques-
tion. that there were ballot-boxes there
ALL COVERED WITH FRAUD,
and If his colleague would put his hand in them
1t would come out all leprous with fraud and red
with blood In view Of this fact 1t was early in
the day for his colleague to set up his cry Of
ecstate virtue. His virtue means no vote at all
in Louisiana. He regretted to hear his colleague
speak Of what the people would do when each
member required all bis equpoise in this emer-
gency. He was surprised 70 hear his colleague
talk about the people resisting the plain pro-
cesses Of the law. At Q time like this those who
infiame passions should be most censured by the
people OF the United States.
Mr.. GARFIELD then alluded to the state
ment of Mr.. BANNING that he (Mr. GARDIELD)
had desired the printing Of the Presidents mes
sage on Louisiana Affairs and objected TO this Pc
titinn. There was no analogy between them
Under the rule the message OF the President was
always in writing and was always read.
The SPEAKER said the paper now before the
House was presented with others by unanimous
consent.
Mr. GARFIELD admitted the unanimous con-
sent so far as the Executive communications
The SPEAKER said that could be prevented
in the future by the exercise OF more wstchfulness
by the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr.. GARFIELD replied that If the SPEAKER
desired them TO take the position that they must
watch him 10 see that in his budget there was q
paper which should not be presented, they should
ac TSe * spf sPEAKER said the petition was on his
table, and be bad 70 do something with 1t. He
could not have properly withheld IL.
Mr.. GARFlELD said there was box at the
Clerks dcsk in which members usually placed
The SPEAKER replied that the document was
| addressed to him as Speaker, not as q member
from Pennsylvania
National Republican., 1876-12-28
BOARDING.

O1O STREET NORTHWEST-FO FOR
O1 q RENT, with BOARD, suite OF very
handsome PARL0HS. well adapted for receptions,
being 1sx40 fes In dimensions; two and two
Pier Mirrors: furniture nearly new. House hrst-
class in every respect. de2s-6t'
,slrs .ad y.e
furnished Rooms for rent. F-street cars pass near
the door. de.S-2ts
TNREMONT HOUSE, CORNER SECOND
and board 4z.5o per day; so per week; so per
month. Table board. so. The fremont is
newly furnished, heated with steam, and Is the
fayorite hotel OF " ashin gton.
df22 y. p. HILL, Proprietor,
MOURrEN HOUSE, sa2 AND s24 ST.
NA porfhwest-Elegant rooms and excellent
board, by the day, week month. noy2S-lm'
lTR PENNsYLvANIA.AvE NEAR
" sfxth-street Depot-first-class board,
with room, nom . 70 90 per week; transient n.a
per day. fel4n
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FOR SALE.

E,OR SALE.-AN OFFER WANTED FOR
II one to twenty shares pald-up National Capl-
tai Real Estate Building Association Stock. Must
be sold II not sold at private SALE will be sold at
public auction. j. w. STARR,
Corner Fifteenth st. and New York avenue.
dep-tf Safe Deposit Building.
National Republican., 1876-12-28


the ocean and strayed into Maine has been taken
hback by the rlgi1ity Of New England preIudices.
He called with a lady at the ONCE Of the city
clerk Of Lewiston last week and obtained Q mar
rage certificate. On Monday he made n second
visit '.Mister, want to get another wife; this
first one go back on me-" The clerk explained to
him why second certificate could not be given to
him, and urged him to make peace with his first
love. "0h, Mon Dieur exclaimed the BRIDE
groom: "I am all ready for mine wedding. 1t ish
too bad to djsappolnt one feller dish way. will
curse dat woman and never look on her no more" !"
When he announced that he had not married his
frst sweet heart and OF with the old love be-
| fore he was on with the new, second certificate
was made out.
Mr.. Duffey, of Oakland. CAL. went to
| masquerade ball recently in the character of q
giraf ffe. His costume created much amusement,
Especially ut the supper-table, where he remarked
that he must drink three bottles Of champagne In
order to wet his throat all the way down. On his
way home at an early hour In the morning he
was extremely fatigued. and, lying down under q
tree box. fell fast asleep. timorous policeman,
seeing the strange figure from distance, and
copc,uding rather hastily that tiger or some
s<her wild animal had escaped from the menagerie
that was exhibiting IN the next block, fired four
| ifshgts into the recumbent giraffe, one Of which
perforated the padding and Is now imoedded In
M Duifcy The Eeirs- Letter, sTeaking on the
l a0lhorify Il the wounded Dufey, announces that
mfutuxs he will be sent home from fancy balls u
3 push Qg furniture wagon
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CRIME

We have never thought it best to give
much space in newspapers to the details
of crime, but brief mention Of passing
events is a necessity with the conductors
of the press. The present winter has
been noted for the vast number and
enormity of crimes committed. We have
our opinion of the cause. Nine-tenths OF
the crimes committed can be traced di-
rectly to the insanity caused by intoxi-
cation. That drunkenness is increasing
fearfully all over the country, can not be
doubted.
We will notice few cases during the
past week, where we have had opportu-
nifty to learn, from hurried examina-
ton of our exchanges.
At East Lyndon, Vermont, Silas Wild
er murdered his father, aged 70, and his
mother, aged TO- cutting them with an
ak. He then cut his wife's throat, and
hung himself All are dead but the wife.
At Louisville, KY, on last Sunday,
John Bond and John Tiernan were at a
saloon, and both drunk. when Tiernan
stabbed Bond and killed him.
At eleven o'clock Saturday night, at
Georgetown, Colorado, desperate char
acter named Jack Jones, shot and killed
Barney Rounds.
On Sunday morning, at q saloon In
Cincinnati, two negroes, named Charley
Marshall and John Williams got into 9
fight, when Marshall stabbed and killed
Williams. On Sunday night, near the
same place, Thomas Anderson, also {
colored man, stabbed Denny Taylor il
the neck, from which wound he will die
At Ransom, Michigan, last Sunday
Horace A. Burnett walked into the hous,
of Jacob Sleveck and shot him through
the head and killed him instantly.
The Cincinnati papers on Monday al
ways contain accounts of crimes commit
ted on Sunday. In Mondays papers o
this week are accounts of the robbing o
the saloon of Andrew Glaeser. VIM. Fl
Mead and Abe Rhinock robbed and bea
H. R. Wolf, leaving him by the road side
Joseph Denninger, German, cut hi
throat with a razor. Rudolph Heenar
another German, hung himself And s
on
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BREAD OR BLOOD

Something over a week ago the Cincin-
natl Enquirer had q dispatch from Ports
mouth. stating that terrible bread riot
was raging in lronton-that hundreds OF
starving men were parading the streets,
crying bread or blood" This was
nuts" for all the Democratic papers, and
they elevated their voices and howled
that this all arose from the election oil
Hayes. That dirty dog, Cooper, OF the
Portsmouth Times, went up to Irontonr
and then wrote up two or three columns
of sensational lies about the matter.
From the Ironton papers we learn that
the whole thing was based upon the ex
istence of peaceable and lawful organi
zation of laboring men, who are endeav
oring to aid each other. They have vio
lated no law, and do not propose to dc
so, whereupon the aforesaid Democratic
/ papers are sad
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every faction of the Democratic party in
Ohio, and his hold upon the confidence
of his fellow-citizens is plainly very
strong Three facts show that he is al
ready among the most prominent of the
probable candidates. First, the date of
the Ohio State election and the immense
advantage of q Republican victory at
that time; then the meeting of the con-
vention at Cincinnati, which will give
him, what has been shown to be very
advantageous, the pressure Of local pub
lie opinion and of personal influence in
his favor and then the frank declara-
ton Of leader like Senator Sherman
who is usually overcautious. His prompt
and positive expression Of preference
must be considered not as his own only
but as that of powerful opinion in the
Western States-an opinion which We
have already had private intimation from
other States than Ohio. The Senator !
letter will be of great service if it should
encourage other leaders to speak al
frankly and forcibly.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-02-10

Our readers will remember the notori-
GUS Van Pelt, the whisky seller of Will
mington, Ohio, who two years ago abused
the crusading women for long time,
then became converted, "got religion,
and lectured on temperance, then went
back to selling liquor, then commenced
stealing. He ran off, and a reward was
offered for him.
We see by tine papers of last Saturday
that Van Pelt has been sent to the Peni-
tentiary in Missouri for five and hall
years for stealing horse, harness and
buggy. He had young negro woman
travelling with HIM. She was disguised
as boy, and passed as the servant oi
Van Pelt
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Letter from Texas

BELrox. TExAs.
Jan. 30, 1876.
To tie Editor Of tLc Standard:
Feeling confident that Bell county is
the best farming county in Texas. will
give a brief description Of il. Perhaps il
will be interesting to the farmers Of Jack
son county.
Bell county is situated very near the
center Of the State, on the 3lst parallel
Of latitude, and about 200 miles from the
coast. The eastern line Of the county
runs within from 20 10 30 miles Of the
Waco Branch Of Houston and Texas
Central Railway. Waco, the present ter
minus Of said road, is about 20 miles
from the line Of Bell county. On the
south il is about 20 miles to Rockdale,
the present terminus Of the Information.
al Railroad, and this is the point from
and to which the farmers do the most OF
thei. shipping. The south west corner
Of the county is about 35 miles from
Austin, the capital, and terminus Of the
Houston and Texas Central Railroad.
The climate is such that almost any
thing Of value can be raised that 10 raised
in farming country.
The land will produce almost as much
cotton as the Mississippi valley lands
OF a good season cotton will yield from
I to 1 bales per acre Corn yields from
80 TO rs bushels per acre. Wheat from
Is to 40 bushels. Oats from SO to 100
bushels.
Bell county contains 100 square miles,
fully three-fourths Of which is tillable
land. This is the finest body OF land
taken altogether that | have seen in the
State. The great majority Of the land Is
a black, stiff prairie soil, sometimes
| - II
Land ranges in value from e. TO IS pei
acre, in proportion to situation. quality
quantity, amount Of improvements and
timber. Fruits Of every kind seem TO be
doing well. Peaches, plums and grapes
have turned out very well in the last few
years. Apples are young yet, but where
they have been tried to any extent they
have given good results. There are sev
eral kinds of wild fruits, some very fine
in quality. There is great abundance o
fine limestone water all over the county
fine springs that never 60 dry. Th'
Leon and the Lampasas rivers. and sev
eral smaller streams, flow through tn,
county. As a stock country this hai
been a success They have good rang
here all the year round, so good in fact
as to have fat beef at all times withou
feeding any. Several sheep ranches hav'
! been established in the last year or tw'
by men from the old States, and all ar
doing a good business The population
OF Bell county Is about 10000. the ma
jority Of them are farmers owning farm
! and doing their own work. They ar
very hospItable to strangers, ever willinI
to lend a helping. hand TO those who tr
to help themselves. Bolton. the count
seat, is a city Of about 1000 inhabitant,
and is improving very rapidly. As 70
salubrity Of climate and richness Of sol
Bell county cant be beat.
Those desiring further information ca
get il by addressing Gen. J. B. Robert
son, Houston, Texas.
J. IL. WHITMAN.
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The public debt statement for January
is very encouraging to the country, and
hattering to the Administration. The
reduction in the public debt during the
month 10 over one million and a half,
and the aggregate reduction for
tho last seven months exceeds ten mill
ions, while that OF the corresponding
seven months of the previous year iell
below one million. The customs re-
ceipts for the month of January, were
over eleven millions, exceeding those of
December by two millions. The internal
revenue receipts for January were nearly
nine millions, exceeding those of January.
1875, by $l3S,00o. These are cheering
indications of q general revival in bust
ness.
Such truthful articles as the above,
from the Cincinnati Times. will not be
copied by Democratic papers to any
alarming extent but let a furnace COM
pany fail, because the iron business has
been overdone, or let some lousy, drunk
en- loafer threaten to break into some
body's smoke house and steal meat, and
the little rebel papers will be in high
glee, and be filled with flaming head
lines.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-02-10

We mentioned short time ago some
of the tragedies being enacted in West
Virginia. From a lengthy account in
the Kanawha Chronicle, of the matters
at Charleston, we make the following
extract:
William Dooley, an industrious and
peaceable colored man, while at work in
his boot and shoe shop on Anderson
street, last Tuesday night, at five clock,
was assaulted by an Irishman named
Hines and cut in the neck fearful gas h
severing the jugular vein and causing
death in one hour. The murderer was on
spree and yesterday attacked with the
first symptoms of delirium tremens. He
entered the shop and pounced upon Doo-
ley with the fury of madman and struck
him down and at the same time inflicting
the fatal stab. Dooley recovered him
self and fought like tiger, wounded as
he was, and severely beat Hines. But
his strength soon began to fail, people
interfered and Hines was to ken to jail a
bloody, battered remnant of his worth
less self
Two hours later when the crowd came
down to take Estep and Dawson, and
opened the Jail, = body of colored men
took out the murderer of Dooley, and
turned him over to the mob and he was
hung with Estep and Dawson, the muir
derers of Thomas Lee. This all occurred
as we are ready for press, and we can
give no details this week.