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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.

IT1EPG8 LICAN GENTHHL CON-:
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Pennsylvania avenue; Prompt attendance Of Al
~ nGE6ReE HOLMES, Chairman;
e~eo PER SET, EITHER Jaw, By
sessons se PRICE and sstisfsctic6 given .pistf
w THE T TspEssIaSS 1IS II M Ia
places or business, situsted in this section, At
e. s,G Also. notlfy he conmanfS Of same
1hrO9Eh ths sgE 5y and Critic COM
signed by Jas A. RePsttl. d S Gdn N.
S; Biissr. N. Blum, 7. samstag. A. e. Bright.
az SPECIAL NOTICE.
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,
Corner Ninth and d streets.
The report of the Delegates to the Young Mems
Christian Association Convention held at Toronto,
July Is and I6, will be given at the O'Clock meet
ing, SUNDAY, I'D.
All are invited to be present. jy1s
ewMETROPOLIs SAVINGS BANK,
- WASHINGTON, ID. g.. June 30 1876;
The third semi-annual dividend OF interest To de-
positOrs will be payable and after July 2o 1876,
At the rate of five per cent. per snnum on all sums
LETT on deposit one or more calendar months during
the half year ending July 1876. Interest not called
for will bear interest Ike the principal from July
SAMUEL NORMENT, President.
NICHOLAS ACKER, Vice President.
iySM&1h3w tStarl
eO~ON ANDAFTER AUGUST I, 1876,
~ the business hours of the German-Amer-
lean Savings Bank will he from 10 \. m. to p. m.
Open on Saturday evenings, to receive deposits
jcS-FTutani O. E. PRENTIss Cashier.
e%NOTICE.-ONA AND AFTER AU.
s GUST l, 1876, the hours of the Metropolis
Savings Bank will be follows: From april
l TO October l from 9 8. IN. to p. M; from
October to April from 10 n. M. TO p. IN. Open
on Saturdays from p. IN. to p. m to receive de-
posts only. J. A. RUFF, Cashier.
n(SPSPECIAL NOTICE.
s Cigars Sold Retail at Wholesale Prices
Clear Hayanas-Henry Clay keIna Victoria; $40
per Leo: 2 for CSC. Clear ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONNIE IL Fault 600 per Loo: 1Oc. each. Clear Ia-
Clear Havanas-Domestic Flor de Nurias: SO per
loo; for sc. Clear Havana Filling-Domes
The U. ). Boss $50 per l.OoO for 2c. Cigarettes
Caporsl, Vanity Fair: $50 per Loo: 15c. Cigar
ettes-St James and Fumaristos; $40 per 900: l0c
W. T. Blackwsll's Durham Smoking Tobacco, 6Oc.
per pound only, st NJ. GOLDSTEIS'S California
Cigar Store, No. GIL Pennsylvania avenue, under
METROPOLITAN hotel. je3O
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-19

The Brooklyn Argus, Democratic journal
of high standing, refuses to eat the crow pre-
pared for it at st. Louis. 1t says: "Reform,
reform, reform rings out In all of Governor
Tilden's campaign documents, from the open
ing advertisements to the speech OF accept
auce. But, very singularly, wheu,rF3 look for
his expected or'er t. arrest the thieves who
stole - ,O00, 900 from the new Capitol build
ing, for the impeachment of the officials who
liberated Tweed, and for the punishment of
the men who have stolen s15, OOO, 900 from the
people of this city, We find nothing OF the
kind"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-19

CPECIAL NOTICE.
To bu16ne WATCHES, CHAINS, DIAMONDS,
and all Other fine JEWELRI cheap, for cash, so TO
S. GOLDSTEIN co.
II YOU need GUNS, REVOLVERS, SILVER and
valuable present. for or ornament, go to the
LOAN OFFICE, CORNER TENTH AND ID STS.,
To sell valuable Goods, to negotiate Loan. to
obtain liberal allowances Commission, reason
able terms go the oldest, largest and most rella
BILE house In this country.
8. GOLDSTEIN & CO.,
LOAN AND COMMISSION BROKERS,
je2O-tf Northeast corner Tenth and ID streets.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-19
"And shall retrenchmcnt die!
And shall retrenchment die?
Then forty million honest men
VIII know the reason Why"
-S6mmy Cor.
And must Sam Cox still roar?
And must Sam Cox still roar.
Then forty million decent men
VIII ask, "Why such bore ~

When Mr.. Merrimon in the Senate yester-
day charged the Republican party with
enormous expenditures from 1851 to 1866,
Gen. Logan quietly arose and inquired off the
cause of these expenditures could not be traced
directly to the attempt of the Democracy to
destroy the Union!" Mr.. Merrimon did not
like to answer, SO he shouted, "You can't
draw me into side issue yer l'' and generously
proceeded with the centre issue, much to the
amusement OF those present.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-19

Re H o i N A MS
Fever and Ague and Liver Pad
CURES WITHOUT MEDICINE, SIMPLY BY
ABSORPTION.
The Best Liver Regulator I'm the World
The only true cure for aud preventive Of malaria
I'm all Its forms:
Liver Complaint, Jdundfce.
Dyspepsfd. RheumHtism,
fsllOto Fever Sed-Sicknsss,
Neuralgia, Bilious Disorders, dc, dc.
None genuine without the Trade Marx and SlguA-
ture OF the Inventor on the wrapper.
Ask your druggist for It. For certificates, read
Lit tie blue bOOk-Enenly in the Air.
W. r. KIDDER d Co.,
SOLE PRoPRIETORs,
No. 50 John street, New York.
Sent by mail on .eceIpt of e. Jea-FMw6u
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-19
~- SPECIAL NOTICE.
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,
Corner Ninth and ID streets.

The report of the Delegates to the Young Mems
Christian Association Convention, held at Toronto,
July Is and 6, will be given at the O'Clock meet
ing, SUNDAY, I'D.
ted IN hp Wis
National Republican., 1876-05-15
THURSDAY, the Goth day of July, 1878,

At Harper's Ferry, W. Va, on the several respec-
public auction the following valuable real estate,
with the water power connected Herewith.
river, as held by the United states under the coac
yeyanees to George Washington, President of the
United States, In 179i and thereafter by the de-
yisees of Robert Harper and Others, existing and
held by the United st9tss m on the Sth day Of No
under direction of the Secretary of War. This
S OF etory @ M BTrnes vi @ isand aSd
A, and z, In the Potomac river and all the strip
and lying between said river and the streets and lots
of the town of Harper's Ferry. as laid down on the
All Rs Si vsaaPep Se o b
Sseed aHa IN o Se T as sad a msp @
road bed of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
Second-All Of the valuable water power entire of
the Shenandoah river, at Harpers Ferry as held by
bracing the site of the rifle factory with all the ap
purtenanees thereto belonging, designated as lot
,Thlrd-Two lots, situated in Harper's Ferry, in
block A, on Shenandoah street, as Laid down map
by direction Of the war Department IN IsSs, being
lots and q Of 2 said prSRerty; In said block A. each
through to the Shenandoah river. intersected by
These lots are situated near the intersecton of the
Shenandoah with the Potomac. near the business
portion of said town, and are considered desirable
TERMS OF SALE; Ten per cent; of the amount
the respective purchasers on the day of sale. For
the residue of the purchase money a credit of one
and two years will be given, the purchaser execut
ing bonds, in equal amounts, with good personal
security bearing interest from day of sale lien
the property sold will also be retained to secure
the payment Of the purchase money:
The above suits were instituted by the United
States for the purpose of subjecting the property
hereinbefore described to sale, and applying the
proceeds of sale to the discharge of the bonds
cuted by defendants in said suits, at the sale of said
property made by the United States In 1859.
Any additional Information as to this property.
its situation condition and purposes which Il Is
adapted will be furnished by the undersigned who
sOlicits correspondence on the subject.
Copies of said map of sale, referred to above, to-
gether with additional description of said property
and of the surrounding country will be furnished
application. This property Is considered among the
most valuable in the country for manufacturing pur-
poses on account of its remarkable water power.
If said sale is not completed on said 18th day of
July, 1876 the same will be adjourned from day to
day and time to time until completed.
n. GOFF, Jr., Commissioner.
National Republican., 1876-05-15
United STATES MARsBAI,s SALE

- In virtue of writ of feri facias, issued out of
the Clerks ONCE Of the Supreme Court Of the
District OF Columbia, and to me directed, I
will sell at public sale, for cash, in front Of the
Courthouse door Of said District, on MONDAY,
the I'd day OF May 1870 at Il O'Clock m, the follow
ing property. in Old Georgetown, In said District
conveyed by William ]. Dyer to Eliza L. NJ. Boucher
February IS 1854 and recorded in N. e. T. q, folio
f2S to wit: Beginning at point on the south side
of twenty-foot wide alley, laid of by said Dyer
Duck lane, distant about feet inches, more or
less, easteriy from the Intersection Of said south
side with the line dividing lots IS and 81 and then
running nortn SJ degrees east by and with said
south half degree east to the towpath north line
degrees west 81 feet more or less BY and with said
be intersected by line drawn from the point of be-
ginning and parallel with second line OF the parcel
herein described, and thence by and with said line
reversed north half degree west to the beginning,
being the whole OF said property derived from said
Dyer through the deed Aforesaid lying between said
alley and towpath, together with all and singular
the improvements thereon, in the city of George
town, In said District seized and levied upon the
property OF Eliza N. L. Boucher, and will be sold to
satisfy execution No. l4@5, In fayor of Elizabeth
Rhodes. ALEX. SHARP,
my2-d&ds U. 5. Marshal, D. @.
National Republican., 1876-05-15
DIED.

FLETCHER.-At her residence, No. III Rhode
Island avenue northwest at O'Clock p. m. yester-
day, LOUISE r., wife of Edward s. Fletcher.
Her remains Will be taken to Chester, Pa, for in
terment, this afternoon, at $50 O'Clock.
RICHARpS..In Asheyille, n. G., on Saturday
morning, May 8, lS16, MARY ANNA RICHARDS, aged
Twenty-Five, daughter of William and Helen NJ.
Richards, of Washington, d. G.
BARKER.-On the 18th of May, 1876 MARGARET
BARKER, wife Of the late VIM. Barker, aged sixty
years.
BLACK.-May 10. 1875. JOHN HENRY BLACK
nine months.
The remains will be taken to Philadelphia this
morning. ~
KETCHUM.-At 712 K street northwest May T.
1876, after short Illness, JESSE j. KETCHUM sex
ton Of the First Congregational church, aged forty
years and four days, native Of Bermuda.
SANFORD.-On the 18th of May, 1876 JULIA
ELLIS, aged two months and fifteen days, daughter
of Charles t. and Sallie Z. Sanford.
STOERZER.-On the morning of May 10, 1876,
JULIUS SToERZER, aged thirty-fOur years and ten
months.
Funeral this afternoon, at O'Clock from his late
residence, 1913 Vermont avenue.
CRUIT:-of paralysis. at 1l:sO a. m. on the 18th
instant CATHARINE relict of the late Robert Cruit
aged seyenty-nine years.
Funeral from his Late residence, on Monday. 18th
instant, at $50 p. IN.
National Republican., 1876-05-15

- STRAW.
OFFICE ASSISTANT QUARTKRMAsTER
FORT MONROE, VA, May l. 1876.
Sealed proposals, in triplicate subject to the
usual conditions will be received at this offce or
at the Office Of the Chief Quartermaster, Military
Division Of the Atlantic, New York City, until Il
O'Clock noon, on JUNE s, 1876, at which time and
places they will be opened in presence of bidders,
FOR furnishing and delivery at Fort Monroe Va
s,74S,04o pounds Anthracite White Ash Coal, egg
size.
4le cords Wood, 4 Oak, Il pine.
20,00O pounds Corn.
$4,000 pounds Oats.
10000 pounds Hay.
10000 pounds Rye Straw.
Proposals for a less quantity will be received.
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals
A preference will be given to articles of domes-
tic production.
Blank proposals, and full instructions as to the
manner Of bidding, conditions to be observed by
bidders and terms of contract and payment, will
be furnished on application to the Chief uarter-
master, Military Division of the Atlantic New
York City, or TO the Q Quartermaster at this post.
Envelopes containing the proposals should be
marked, proposals for Fuel, Forage or Straw"
and addressed to the Chief Quartermaster, Mill
tary Division of the Atlantic, New York CITY, or
to the Quartermaster at the post.
JAMES CURRY,
mySst 1st Lieut. 9Th Art'y, A. A. Q. NJ.
National Republican., 1876-05-15
MARKETS RLsEwHRRY

NEW YORK, May 13.-Cottoa dull; sales of 500
bales at L 3-l6@12Hc. Consolidated net receipts
2s0I bales. Exports-Great Britain, 4,T2l bales
Flour less active, and prices generally without
Southern, S5.T5Gs.50. Wheat dull and in buyersS
favor; Continental demand decidedly less active;
sl10@1.12 for No. Chicago; sl.146L22 for un-
graded spring; 81. q for No. Minnesota spring;
s1.29@l.31 for No..1 spring; sl249l2 25 for winter
red Western. Corn 199lc. better; active demand
for export and home use; 5745Sc. for no grade
mixed; 6o14c. for graded low mixed; 6014960zc for
@62c. for ungraded newWestern mixed; &C. for
new white Maryland. Cats rather more steady;
SeG4Ic. for mixed Western and State; 4565Sc
for white do, including New York No. mixed,
S911G40c-; do. No. mixed. 4i1Ic.; No. Chicago,
4014G41c. Pork decidedly frmer; new mess, s2i.l5
62120 Beef quiet. Lard eNcited and decidedly
higher; prime steam, sll959l3. Petroleum dull;
scarcely so hrm. Sugar quiet and firm. Ricedull.
Molasses quiet, Spirits turpentine heavy at 354
3514c. Resin unchanged. Freights to Liverpool
quiet; per sail, cotton, 7-32d.; grain nominal at
1g5l1d;; per steam, cotton, Nd; grain nominal
BALTiMoRE, May l3-CottOn dull and heavy;
middling, n74@nTc.
dull; No. Western red, s1-35@l4O; Maryland
red, Sl.1E@L45; do. amber IL 5O9l. SO; do. white,
slS5@l.4s. Corn = Southern steady; Western
fairly active and firmer; Southern white, &C.;
Southern yellow, &C.; Western mixed, 6314c.,
spot; 63c. May; 6114c. bid June. Oats dull and
unchanged. Rye dull at 72G75c. Hay dull and
unchanged. Provisions dull and unchanged. Pork,
quiet and unchanged. Petroleum excited and
higher; crude, s149S4c.; refined, 14c. Coffee
steady and firm; Rio cargoes, 151I3lS1Ic; Job
bing, 16@l914c. Whisky dull at s1.11H.
National Republican., 1876-05-15
PRoPosALs FOR FoRAGEAND STRAW.
lEPoT QuARrERNAsrER,s ORPIcR. D

DEPOT QUARTERNAsTER's OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. O., May ], 1876.
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, subject TO the
usual conditions, will be received at this office
until Il o'clock noon, June L 1875, at which time
and place they will be opened in the presence
Of bidders, for delivery during the fiscal year
commencing July /, 1875, and ending June 30,
1877, of all the Corn, Oats, Hay and Rye Straw
required at the various corrals and officers quar-
ters in this city and Georgetown, d. o.. Soldiers
Home, ID. C., and Fort Whipple, Va.
The right is reserved by the Government to re-
ject any and all bids, and these proposals are in
vited under proviso that appropriation shall be
made for the supplies by Congress; but, If other
wise, the Government will not accept any bid or
enter into contract.
A preference will be given to articles Of
domestic production and manufacture conditions
of price and quality being equal and such
preference will be given to articles of American
production and manufacture produced on the
Pacific coast to the extent of the consumption re-
quired by the public service there.
Printed circulars, stating the kind and esti-
mated quantities required at each post or place,
and giving full instructions as TO the manner Of
bidding, conditions to be observed by bidders, and
terms OF contract and payment will be furnished
on application to this office.
Proposals should be marked Proposals for
Forage and Straw at Washington, ID. o." and
addressed to the undersigned.
A. F. ROCKWELL.
my1-6t Depot Quartermaster
National Republican., 1876-05-15

NAVY PAY OFFICR
No. % Broadway, NEW YORK, April % 1876.
Proposals, sealed and indorsed on envelope,
"Bid for Supplies Advertised, will be received at
this Office until Il o'clock, 18th May next for the
following supplies of the best quality, to be de-
livered free Of expense at the Navy Yard, New
York, Immediately upon the award being made,
subject to the usual inspection, viz:
BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS.
16 pieces sawed yellow pine, 10x15x4O feet.
16 pieces sawed yellow pine 9xl2x40 feet.
100 pieces sawed yellow pine, 6Xl0x24 feet.
625 pieces spruce plank, 3I10I15 feet
2,400 lbs. 7-inch iron cut spikes.
LOCO lbs. X-inch round iron.
1000 lbs. G-inch round iron.
All of the above material to be Of the best
quality.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
that may not be deemed advantageous to the
Government, and to award each article or item
separate, as may be most to its interest.
Responsible security required for the prompt
and faithful delivery Of supplies awarded within
the time specified.
Blank forms will be furnished at this ofice, and
bids opened at the hour above named, when par
ties interested are invited to be present.
GEORGE f. CUTTER
ap22-td Pay Director u. s, NAVY.
National Republican., 1876-05-15
PROPOSALS FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES
OFFIcE @. @. M. FIRST @. M. DISTRICT,
DIVISION OF THE ATLANTIC,

OFFICE Q. @. M. FIRST @. NJ. DIsTRIcT,)
DIVISION OF THE ATLANTIC, \
NEW YORK, April %, 1875.
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, subject to the
usual conditions will be received at this office or
at the Offices of the Quartermasters at the fol-
lowing named posts until II O'Clock, noon, on May
80, 1876, at which time and places they will be
opened in presence of bidders, for furnishing and
delivery Of Military Supplies during the fiscal
year commencing on the LIST day Of July, 1876, and
ending on the S0th day Of June, 1877, as follows,
viz: Fuel, Forage and StrLw, or of such of said
supplies as may be required at Forts Wood,
Wadsworth and Hamilton, N. Y. harbor; Fort
Adams, r. l.; Fort Trumbull, Conn, and Platts-
burg Barracks, N. Y.
Proposals for either class of the stores men,
toned or for quantities less than the whole re-
quired, will be received.
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals.
4 preference will be given to articles of domes-
tic production.
Blank proposals and printed circulars, stating
the kind and estimated quantities required at
each post, and giving full Instructions as to the
manner of bidding TO be observed by bidders, and
terms of contract and payment, will be furnished
on application to this office, or to the Quarter
masters at the various posts named.
Envelopes containing. proposals should be
marked proposals for - at -" and ad-
dressed to the undersigned, or to the respective
Post Quartermasters.
@. G. SAWTELLE,
my2-ht MaiOr and 0uartarma
National Republican., 1876-05-15
NREEN q WISE, Alexandrfa, Va,
NJ RGal Estatn Anl:Lts and AIictinna..rs


VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN ALEXANDRIA
COUNTY, VIRGINIA, FOR SALE.
x Under the authority of the decree OF the Cir
II the suit of Roach's executors VS.. ROach's de-
nv visees, passed at the May term, 1875 of said
court, the Undersigned, who was appointed COM
ton on TUESDAY, The 18th day OF May, is7s at Il
NJ, at the east front Of the Market House, in the
city OF Alexandra, Va, the property, IN said coun
ty, known Prospect HILL late the residence of
Hngton turnpike, and on the west side OF the Alex
andria canal. binding on both containing about
two hundred and twenty-four acres.
About 10 acres of IL Is rich bottom land. valuable
for agricultural purposes. and especially valuable
for its rich deposits Of brick clay.
The remaining 81 acres extend to the top of the
bluff and front on the county road from AleNan-
dria TO Georgetown. On this Is a large brick man
the site being unsurpassed by any in the county. or
its vicinity.
The estate has been surveyed and divided into a
number OF parcels, one OF 80 acres, embracing the
Mansion House, &c, another Of n acres in the bot
tom, with frame house. barn. &c.; another of 3j
acres, in the bottom, with no buildings.
number of small lots, binding on the canal,
each containing about acres, and other parcels.
Inaddtion tOithe foregoing also, tract OF land in
said county, on Four-Mile Run, on the county road
from Alexandria to Georgetown, about equi-dlstant
containing about 5 acres and IL perches. This
place has valuable Water Power, for either mill
or factory, and the land Is Of fair quality.
Also Twelve-acIe lot of ground near the last
mentioned tract. lying south of and binding the
Washington and Ohio railroad.
Terms: Twenty per cent. of the purchase money
cash: the residue In three equal nStallmeuts at six,
twelve and eighteen months respectively, with in
good personal security. Title to be retained until
full payment of purchase money. and land to be re-
sold at purchasers risk default in meeting bonds
at maturity. 5. FERGUSON BEACH,
National Republican., 1876-05-15
PRoPosALs FOR MILITARY SUPPLIES.
1FFICE OF CHIEF QUARTKRMAsTKR,

OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTKRMAsTKR,
BUFFALO, N. Y, April 2, 1875.
Sealed proposals, in triplieate, subject to the
usual conditions, will be received at this ofice or
at the Offices of the quartermasters at the follow
irgbameG posts, until II O'Clock, noon, on June l.
1S76, at which time and places they will be opened
in presence of bidders for furnishing and delivery
of such supplies of Fuel, Forage and Straw as
may be required during the fiscal year commenc-
ing July ], 1876, and ending June 30, 1877 at Buff
falo, N. Y; Detroit, Mich; Forts Brady, Macki-
mac, Wayne and Gratiot, Michigan; Forts Porter,
Niagara and Ontario and Madison Barracks, New
York.
Proposals for either class of the stores men,
toned, or for quantities less than the whole re-
Quired, will be received
The Government reserves the right to reject
any or all proposals.
A preference will be given to articles Of domes
tic production.
Blank proposals and printed circulars. stating
the kind and estimated quantities required at each
post, and giving full instructions to the manner
Of bidding, conditions to be observed by bidders
and terms Of contract and payment, wifi be fur
nshed on application to this office, to the quar-
termasters Of the various posts named.
Envelopes containing proposals should be
marked, proposals for or-atr@," and ad-
dressed to the undersigned or to the respective
post quartermasters. q. B. DANDY,
ap2etf Major and Chief Quartermaster