, 1877-09-01
pi. I; Ohio. =; IoHa, /: Illinois. l: Indians, Q;
Michigan, !,

The following states haze never had 4 repre-
tentative In the Cabinet: Rhode Island, West
vfr9tnts, Alkhama, Arkansas, FlortdA, Texas,
California, Minnesota, Kansas. Nebraska, aud
Ncyaua.
EEaho WASHINGTON.
It Is estimated that IN tile District Of Coium.
hta. 1slt Of 15o,0W population, 10,000, or QUE
tltrd are blacks. ca',s,ut lc said ti!at since
phys!cal nr moral condition. sclionls Ilnye been
equitably out Of the eencral funi. There ccr.
tanly Is very considerable growth of
appear to be acco,npan'cd by a cor.
responding physical ur iuosaf improvement.
THIS condition caunot tc traced by persons. for
rotittcal purposes to thu result vi suffrage; fur
District, my vosc in tlational, Or even in local,
affairs. The civilization of tic negro, here vs.
elsewhere, Is almost solely duo TO the result Ut
i!!s contact with the white people. Emalistpa.
blacks 10 live more by themselves thur they did
before tho War. Tho result seems to bc that,
i1i some respects. tley arc gol1lg backwards In
stead u fUrward. Some vi the physicians sny
stnce thu War arr not physicaly Us strong ur rs
promising as tl.e!r parents. There Ii Ltldoubt-
sd!y rsaay explanation tur this. in tile days
when tha eo3reu M1an wns property. lts Aealth
WAS certai1ly better guarded.
NEuno MAUNrs.
A stroll along :" llcl''s Dutiom," "Loisc
Al!ey," and tllc other lunIitira with equally
fragrant na'nes} mostly devoted to n.9ruc. liv
tng here would convil'ee il!s 'nost prrIudcr,i
arc nut the why's Vi lcalth Their quarters s,re
aaualhl; au.i, eyen where the l,rallts is suSl,
thut they cbuld live with remarkable drgrce VI
health, their natural ncst[, With they scerI
unable 70 overcome, prtvenss then, from paying
tue slightest attention to tic simplest sanitary
conditions. rliers ato ,Io trcv pl,yslcfa,s
for them, and tllcy otten undoubtedly
suffer Ironl lark Of proper Iueltcal attention.
Uesldcs. they arc |gnorass of the stlnplcst Laws
Of l,callh, n,li Disregard The p|aItcet rules "f
sanitary science. 1'lfe lnurtalty alnuits thu
younger classcs Is very large. One wuula al.
most think It was encouraged. as tic dcnth vi i
negro ID ma1e an occasion Ut rejoicing III tho cir
Gle wherc the death uccurs, al1, be tlIe parents
mud relatives never SO poDr, the deceased lcrsun
must always be buried to thu accompaniment Of
brass band, aud hke l'ageantry.
Az to tie morality Of the negroes In tho low
est grades, IL would he well tu draw veil.
sinyy tho tst u last January, III this city, lUJ
dca1 negro babies have hec!l FUND hy t!ie po-
beyond question. all Of then, tur,I out Ut we'd
luck. Chastity Is not au Ethiutlian virtue.
It ts tair 10 say that the negrucs work we'll
when they can get work to do, ald afa vers
pcaceablc and orderly clttzvns.
: QUIT uKANT.
OrFil Grant Is still about Washington, driving
good horses, looking a. n,uch like Ills brother
~ ever, ailu having an air ot comfort aIi thrift.
You can hardly take strol through tile corrI-
dors of the Interior Department, at any hour of
my day, but TINT Orvll Grant can 30 seen,
b,lsily comforting. In Bone yerY sccrct aud inys-
ferrous mnuuer, with Homc OF tho clerks, whom
be llas called frou, THUR work.
they say that QtYll still has good many
1nla,l contracts to look aftcr, continuing Ir0ni
tho t4ys when ho was SO successful IN operating
with lnliun tradcrs; anu that, While so,le Of
these contracts arG in tte nulnes Ut other pcu-
pie, lo Is tho principal beneficiary.
NEW HrATE-atAKlN0.
The movement for tho admission at New
Mexico into tho Union will b. renewed With
redoublcl vlgor this winter. Delegate Elktns
has been gathering frcsh strength for his
schcme this summer, on the top III the Due
Ridge, ut tho llouIo vi Ills !athcr-Iu.luw, Senator
Davis, Of West Virginia. Elktls th,tks tint,
now tint the Presidential election Is over,
aud tho Electoral vote Ut New Mexico could DO
uoth!og to atfert tho result, thcre Is a better
CHANGE for his scheme. 4 bill for that purposc
once passed thu uuusc by large tliaiufity,
about tho same time that the Colorauu bill
passed.
GEN. HANCOCK.
Gen. Hancock Is obtaining more consfdern-
ti0n under this Administration thnn hu did un-
der thu last. Grant's hatred of Hancock WIS
Intense. liancock's friends used to nalst thut