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National Republican., 1877-07-24
The Good Enect of Employing Rcguia,
Troops.


4 body Of citizens, taking the war path with
umbrellas, walking canes and squirrel guns, would
nave been TO all outward seeming as much OF a
riot ~ the strikers whom they went out TO put
down. Resides the object Of the Governor was not
so much to shoot down the unfortunate and mis-
guided men who were engaged In the riots as In
dtspcrsc them by the moral effect Of military dis
play and arms The citizens could not have
carried any such awe in their front. They might
have killed and been killed and In the end have
scattered the strikers; but their tumultuouS array
could not have had the effect which Is always
made by the even limos and deadly weapons Of an
o ginized military body
National Republican., 1877-07-24
The Question at Issue Well Stated.

II the strikers" so called, will hold out
and at the same time infict no injury upon prop
er,y, they will not be interfered with. They have
q right to work or not, and none can molest them.
But Il they follow the precedent set by other com
binRtions, and proceed TO Interfere with others
who are willing TO work. and, moreover, do any
thing TO injure or destroy property, they will be
seized and held TO answer.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
Better Military Force Required.
From the New York Herald.

II seems to indicate that nearly everything
Is better organized In this country than the power
protect property In the presence Of great combina
tons Of men the ordinary police is useless the
militia Is uncertain by natural sympathy with
the disturbers and because II fires In q spirit Of
panic and ere the force OF the General Government
can be brought TO bear the trouble may reach such
proportions that the revolt could defy the force Of
the limited States
National Republican., 1877-07-24
Mako No Terms with Rioters with Arms In
Their Hands.
From the Baltimore Evening Bulletin:

Tr0HI IIIV bt10I1IIVFF u VTTEIFe I'7IIIVEIH'
Let the strikers submit to the law at once,
~ they will have to do eventually. Let them con-
slider thcir wives and children, and reflect upon
the consequences Of persistence IN disorder to
them. When order Is again restored the commu-
nifty will be able to hear and consider the grey-
anCes of the strikers. But the public will hear
nothing from them In their present attitude and
can make no terms whatsoever with rioters with
arms in their hands.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
An Impossible Undertaking.
| From the Boston Post:

The pity is that women aud children should
20 hungry, and that men should be shot and killed
In the foolish endeaSur to accomplish the impOss
bic. for II is truly impossible ID compel corpora
ton to pay out in wagcs more than II earns or in
this country, TO effect the transfer of authority
hOm the Government 10 the hands of a mob.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
Not the Strikers, but u Mob.
From the New York sun:

Thus far the strikers themselves have had
regular troops or the militia. Wa must also notice
that the strikers have done but little damage to the
property Of the railroads with which they are at
loggerhcnds. The tremendous destruction of rail.
road property in Pttsburg was the work of the mob
of that city, hlled with madness after the firing Of
ha IN ilitia
National Republican., 1877-07-24

PARTY politics, civil service reform, the
Southern policy, the speakership, and all the
subjects with which the newspapers were busy
q week ago, have been lost sight Of, in conse-
quence of the excitement about the railroad
lxxtaI
National Republican., 1877-07-24

SPECIAL efforts should be made to arrest and
punish the ringleaders Of the rioters. They
would generally be found to be idle, vicious
fellows, who have never worked much them.
selves but have spent their time preaching
communistic doctrines, subsisting meanwhile
of the labor Of more honest men.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
The Question Of the Hour.

From the New York Tribune:
The present duty of all good citzns Is very
plain. No discussion OF the relations between
labor and capital IL Of all pertinent to the imme
diate crisis. The question Of the highest import
ance, the one that overshadows all others, Is
whether we shall have order or chaos.
National Republican., 1877-07-24

If CONGRESS should assemble in the present
condition of the country It would seem like
mockery to maintain old party lines. The
very existence Of all property and society itself
Is at stake, and the best men should be put
forward for every position Of trust and respon-
sibility, Let us know NO parties in this hour
of peril.
National Republican., 1877-07-24

A WEEK AGO the country seemed to be
about entering upon new career Of peace and
prosperity. The sudden change which ha,
taken place affords u striking example Of the
ncertainty of all human affairs.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
TuE IpEA has been snpgested that the Ge

Tue IDEA has been suggested that the Gen
railroads which are affected by the strikes and
run them as military roads until the local an.
thorities shall he sufficiently strengthened to
take charge of them again. The plan would
be wise one for then the rioters would un.
derstand that they would have the disciplined
forces of the National Government TO deal
with
National Republican., 1877-07-24

TaE communists are very strong in Chica-
90, and will almost inevitably make trouble
there. The most dangerous and revolutionary
doctrines have been preached openly there for
several years.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
What IL Means.
From the ph,ladelph,a T,mest

From the Philadelphia Times!
It is declaration that henceforth our labor
must depend upon our own inadequate capital,
and II most sensitive to the distrust that Is bred by
disorder. 1t Is n sad sud wrong that labor inficts
upon labor, and the whole nation must share the
penalty of our present widespread and consuming
iuNl lasat
National Republican., 1877-07-24

IT Is to be regretted that the General Of the
Army is now absent from the capital. His ad.
vice would he Of great value in regard to the
military movements which are daily growing
more important and extended.
National Republican., 1877-07-24

THAT Government Is best which governs
best, is the maxim for these times. If we are
TO have a country we should have q Govern
ment sufficiently powerful to protect it.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
The Remedy Bad.

From the Petersburg Post;
But while their grievances are g eat and
their complaints well sustained, their remedy il
bad and will prove unsuccessful
National Republican., 1877-07-24
Seeking = Remedy in q Wrong Way.
From the Montgomery Advertiser.

| from MOHtgoHl'Iy
If they have grievances, they undertake to
provide a remedy in the wrong way, The whole
matter should have been arranged between the
Gontending parties without one set taking the law
into their own hands, interfering with commerce,
and putting public sentiment against them.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
What the strikers Cannot Do.

From the Hchmond Dispatch.
In the present state of the labor question,
the employer must be sole judge of the price he Is
willing To pay, and the laborer the sole judge of
| whether he will accept OF continue in his employ
at the offered price. It is Il matter Government
| cannot reu1,latp
National Republican., 1877-07-24
Real Working Men Not In sympathy with the
Pittsburx Rioters.

From the New York Times:
1t would be gross injustice to what are or
dinarily called the working classes'-that is to
the portion of the community who live by weekly
CT daily wages-to suppose that they have any gen.
cral sympathy with the spirit Of the PttsburS mob.
National Republican., 1877-07-24

makes such recommendation because Of the eriti
cal condition OF the prisoners health. The Prcsi-
dent has also issued pardon TO Edwin g. Cross,
who was recently convicted Of petit larceny, and
sentenced to six months imprisonment In the jail
Of this District
Executive Appointments
The following appointments were made by
the President yesterday Chas. II. Bleus, to be col
lector Of customs for the District Of st. Johns,
Florida, aud Joseph Morphis, TO be United States
marshal for the Northern districto Mississippi
Navy Gazette.
The Navy DEPARTMENT is advised Of the ar
rival of the United Steamer Supply al the Boston
navy yard on the 2ith instant
Return Of Mr.. schurz.
Secretary Schurz, who left Washington Sat-
urday on a brief visit to New Jersey, returned to
his official duties yesterday morning.
National Republican., 1877-07-24

No ONE would now dispute the proposition
that the army ought to be twice as large as it
is now, in order to properly meet the perils
which threaten the nation in SO many quar-
taKc
National Republican., 1877-07-24

IT SHOULD not be forgotten that the blatant
leaders of m0bs will always quail in the pres
ence of physical force and moral determine
ton.
National Republican., 1877-07-24

ARSON, robbery, riot, stopping the United
States mails murder and treason are some Of
the crimes which the strikers have already
committed
National Republican., 1877-07-24
HIRRIED.

Richard Norris At the parsonage, WAsHISaroS
BRApBrRN and Miss ELIziBETn X Crows, both OF
Washington ID. &.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
Executive Appointments y
Navy Gazette.
Return Of Mr., Schui
The Strikers Have Forfeited all Claim tc
Sympathy.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer

We but record the overwhelming public SEN
timent Of this community, and the belief 0f every
respectable citizen everywhere, when we declare
that, whatever may have been the merits OF the
strikers cansc at the outset and 70 long as they
Trained from violence. these men have by their
own criminal folly forfeited NIL claim to sympathy
and raised against themselves the hand Of every
honest man.
National Republican., 1877-07-24

Not Now Question Of Right or Wrong.
From the Brooklyn Eagle:
II Is not a question now either Of right or
wrong. 1t will become that hereafter. II is now q
question of force against force Capital has called
on authority. Law has been invoked by business
to display its thundes. The organlzed military
has been set against the organized strikers.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
Firmness and Wisdom, with Power Behind
Them, Required.

Prom the ChlcAgO Inter-Uceahi
Blood calls for blood In the unregenente
code and there win now enter into the contest q
desire for revenge. Only firmness and wisdom,
with power behind them can possibly bring mat
tiers 10 o peaceable conclusion.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
LawIessness Must he Put Down.

We repeat there is no choice but to put
down. by the promptnst r,eans the lawlessness Of
the strikers There Is no time f6r hesimtion The
rights of all must be respected and the majesty Of
the law enforced.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
It Must be Settled by the Laws of Supply end
Demand.

From The New York World!
There is no such guarantee for fair wages
as u reliance by the individual laborer on the
tural laws OF demand and supply. So long as every
man is len free to grt the best terms he can from
employers every man will get as he can in no other
way possibly get the full market value, whatever
II may be, OF his work
National Republican., 1877-07-24
NJ o 7 l c E

N Office.
The undersigned have this day formed n limited
partnership In pursuance Of the Revised Statutes OF
The unheI States relating to the District Of Columbia
concerning limited partnershipr.
The name or hrm under which said partnership IA
to he conducted Is WEIGH BROTHERS; the bust
to he transacted II the Manufacturing OF Flour ut
the COLUMBIA Mills" In Georgetown, in the District
OF Columbia, and the selling the -four and the buying
grain from which to manufacture the same. The
nanPs and residences OF all the general and special
partners Interested ,herein are as fooMs. Edwaru "
WEIGH, James II. Welch and RoHia W. WEIGH, each Of
whom resides IN said Georgetown, are The general
city and State Of New York Ia the special partner
The said special partner has contributed, In c1,sh
We thousand dollars capital to the common
stock The partnership b to commence on the ID Of
July, is77 and to terminate on the ID Of July ls7p
EDWARD r. WEIGH,
JAMES II. WEIGH,
ROSIA W. WEIGH,
EDWARD q. JONES.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
POLITICAL NEWS
AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION AND
THE DEPARTMENTS.
Assistant Secretary Mccormick.

HE HAS DECIDED TO RESIGN FROM THE Ma
TIoNAL CoMMITTEE-No VACANCIES IN
THE TREAsURY-REsIGNArIoN OF MINISTER
MOVES FROM THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
1t was yesterday announced that Assistant
Secretary Mccormick had, amer consultation with
Secretary Sherman decided to resign from the
National Committee Of the Republican party, and
retain his present position. lie was mpelled TO
this course not only by the personal solicitation of
Secretary Sherman, between whom and the Gov
ernor the most cordial personal relations exist but
by letters ofmembers of the National Committee
themselves, who strongly urged Mr.. Nc
Cormck to retain his Federal position, as
they believed that he could be Of more service
to his country in his present position
than as member Of the National Committee.
In this connection We are requested by Secretary
sherman to state in the most positive and emphatic
manner that there are vacancies In the Treasury
Department and thHt 1t is impossible to make any
new appointments without dschargng some ctIi-
Client employee that since his connection with the
Department thorough examination into the eff-
cheney Of the employees In every department has
been made, and none are now employed except
those who are pronounced efficient by their re-
spectivc bureau officers.
To ask for an appointment at this time is equiva-
lent to a request to turn somebody out whom the
secrelary oeheNes competent ana worthy bS'ueS
Mr.. Mccormick ex-Gov. Noycs, Of Ohio, our new
Minister to France, has resigned his position on the
National Committee. Mr.. A. b. Cornell, OF New
York, who by his indiscrcet utterancos and we'll
known sentiments respecting civil yervice reform,
has not been heard from, II Is alleged that the
reason why he docs not communicate his decision
to the Department Is that he Is absent in Canada on
official business. He will probably be heard nom
IN few days, and ffom present indications 1t Is
likely that he will retain his position upon the
Government payroll, as that will give him a
greater opportunity to work against the Admins
tration than as privpte individual.
National Republican., 1877-07-24

Il EAK Y RooFs.
LEARY ROOFS made thoroughly water tight both
10 rain aud snow water DAMP WALLS also made
dry, by thoroughly applying IRoN-cLAp PAINT
and iRoN.CLAD CEMENT.
II has been used by Mr. Ed. Clark, architect United
states Capitol. upon the public buildings for eight
years aud Is pronounced by him to be the best and
most durable paint IN the world. II Is also used BY
National Republican., 1877-07-24
Lawful Force win Put Down Unlawful Force

From the Ptttsbprg Leader:
Widespread as is the sympathy with the
strikers Il is fallacy to suppose that lawful force
will not be found to put down unlawful force.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
SPECIAL NOTICES.

ss- A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION Of the District OF Columbia will be
on WEDNESDAY, 2Sh instant, Al o'clock p m
' 'IoWis MACRALL, JR, MD.
y r. sowERs, NJ D., secretary. tstarl jyE3St
pILLIARDS.-SEAT0N HALL
- Corner Ninth aud streets northwest
1FEverythng First Class-dn
mhiou SCASLON CO., Proprietors
OLD No( ON EXHlBITIoN (NEw No.
9TH ST. AT tE 81. n. W.
ARKRITER'S,
Free Art Gallery and store, No. Go y street north
west.
Choice on Painting, Ensravinss, Chromos, &C.
Also, largest stock Of PaperhanRings, Window
Shades Pictures, Frames Picture Cords and Tnssels
Rings, Nails, &c, In the District
es.TERMS CASH.
Please remember name and number. je2su
National Republican., 1877-07-24

The following are the opening and closing rates for
the active Stocks telegraphed to H. ID Cooke, IT,, a
Co.. from the New York Stock Exchange:
National Republican., 1877-07-24
w. ID. KeIIey's Warning.


HIS LETTER ON THE GREENBACK QUESTION
WHEREIN lie PROPHEsIEs FINANCIAL RUIN
AND BANKRUPTCY IF sPEciE PAYMENT Is
RESUMED IN 70.
The following letter was recently written
by Hon ". D. Kelley, Of Pennsylvania and reflects
his opinions Oh the financial policy Of Secretary
sherman:
WET PHILADELPHIA, Pa, juno o. II.
Rer. H. C. MtnsOH, Skoiratout, Ne!
DEAR SIR: am this moment In receipt Of your
kind note OF the "a inst, inviting me TO attend the
Grccnback convention to be held In skowheSan on
the 18th inst, and cannot tell how sincerely re-
greet my inability to accept the invitation.
The Importance Of the money question cannot
be exaggerated as It is related to the interests Of
every member Of society and the people have no
Just apprehension Of Its subtle but alleontrolling
influence Apart from the ruinous effects Of the
sudden expansion of the money of nation, Of its
sudden contraction, Of process Of very gradual
but long continued contraction, Of which history
furnishes striking examples, there IL the enduring
question Of a sufficient or contracted currency,
which Sir Archibald Allison, the historian and
philosopher has discussed with more thorough
and amplitude ofhstoric illustration than any
writer know. but which our statesmen and the
doctrinaires who control them have for the last
eleven years almost wholly ignored. The policy in
herted by the present ADMINISTRATION IRON thosc OF
Presidents Johnson and Grant and which Secretary
sherman is enforcing with the zeal of one who is
not only convinced OF the correctness Of his
views but Is fInatical in his faith viii predict
without hesitancy or doubt, II persisted In until
the LIST of January 1879 produce, not resumption OF
specie payments, as he believes but bankruptcy so
wide and general and want and suffering 80 acute
and almost universal as 70 result In financial and
social anarchy Impressed as ! am by these sad
convictions, you will believe me when say that
rejoice that any considerable number Of the people
InF do. taksa nd
discuss the question and that It would give me
pleasure TO he among them, and that the circum
stances that preclude the possibility Of my doing
| cause sincere regret 10 yours, frnternally
National Republican., 1877-07-24
TRAHEL ERS, GUIDE.

UNIVERSAL r. r.. TICKET OFFICE
RAILROAD TICKET to or from all points bought
exchanged or sold at a reduction OF ONE DOLLAH
upon any other Office depot in this CITY,
Tickets good till used. baggage checked through.
Apply to N. u. wHITESIDE,
mhi9iys eos Pennsylvania avenue Shoe store
National Republican., 1877-07-24
State bonds auiei.


The allowing are the closing rates for sate sscur!-
ties tcle8raphed nom the New York Stock Ex-
change:
National Republican., 1877-07-24
tn. Solicitor Of the Treasury.

EXPLANATION OF HIS DECISION IN THE CASE
OF THE RICHMOND AND pANvILLE RAIL
ROAD.
The dispatch to the New York Ere,,ing Post
from Washington, July 90 regarding an opinion Of
Mr. Raynor, Solicitor Of the Treasury, is incorrect
in all It's particulars. Mr.. Raynor decided in the
case OF the Richmond and Danville railroad that
the decision made after mature consideration by
the Quartermaster General, the Secretary Of War
and the Second Comptroller, allowing that road
for transportation Of paroled prisoners after the war
four and half cents per mile per man, for which
amount Congress made an appropriation, could not
Be reopeped by q new Secretary Of War, new Quar-.
termaster General and new Second Comptroller
and rejected by reversing their predecessors upon
a mere question ofjudgment and compromise and
without any new evidence Of fraud or mistake
affecting the correctness OF the balance certified by
the second Comptroller to be correct The whole
question was, When the Quarternaster General,
the Judge Advocate General, the Secretary ofWar,
the Second Comptroller and the Auditor have al
lowed claim at certain rate, and the balance as
then fixed is certified to Congress, and Congress ap
propriates sum 10 pay It, can RelU officials after all
this open and reverse the opinion OF all their pre-
decessors, without any new facts or evidence, and
refuse 10 pay the sum appropriated? The SOlicitot
decided that they could not The Ersaing Ipa's
dispatch states the opinion exactly reverse from
what il was. The decision can have no relation TO
other claims.
Troops for It. Louis, Louisville and Chicago.
Orders have been issued from the War De-
partInent directing General Pope, commanding the
Department of Missouri who has his headq uarters
at Fort Leavenworh, Kansas to send all the avail
able force from that place to st. Louis for the pro-
lection of public property there and go to that city
himself II he deems It necessary. General Rurer
commanding the Department OF the South, Eas
been ordered TO send three companies Of infantry
To Louisville Ky, and Jefersonville, Ind, The six
companies of the I'D infantry en- route from tho
Sioux country TO the Department Of the Lake.
have been ordered TO stop at Chicago, and are now
National Republican., 1877-07-24
FINANCE AND COMMERCE..
Finance.
WAsIIISornAr Inly n iar1

wAsHIsoTos, July q, 1877.
Tne sub Treasury balances AT New York yesterday
were follows: Gold. s6iis0 currency ftoli700.
The sub-Treasurcr paid out on account OF interest
snsGn. for bonds, tSgOoa Customs receipts. tJssmo
In New York to-day money wnS more active at
:s63, Exchange dull and steady at go Gold strong
and higher nt 1861. Rates for carrying, 26b1.
Government bonds lower h the following quota
tions:
ISIS, coupons.."...ils 1855
ixpiss NOW IOfH New nyeS
National Republican., 1877-07-24
Presidential Clemency.

A pardon has been issued to Reuben Heron,
convicted In Georgia Of Illicit removal Of distilled
spirit Heron " parioned upon the reeommen-
dation Of the United States District Attorney, who
National Republican., 1877-07-24
The Treasury Guard.

The reports In the newspapers that eItraordi-
nary precautions have been taken by the Treasury
to protect the public money In Its vaults Is not
borne out by the facts. The Treasury guard con.
sists Of sixty men, and we regret 10 say that the
majority Of those sixty are in reality men In
buehraIn; in other words, they consist Of one
legged one armed, one-eyed and crippled soldiers,
who in the, event of an attack upon the Treasury
by mob could not be utilized against them
except probably In sections. We do not, Of course
argue against the appointments OF men who have
lost limb In the service Of their country, but II
Is urged that:t oughtto be provided with other
positions not requiring physical strength that may
be required Of them IN an emergency.
The United States Cable Company.
The Secretary Of State in pursuance Of the
consideration at the Cabinet meeting to-day tele.
graphed to Minister Pierrepont as follows: Give
notice to Direct United States Gable Company that
the meditated arrangement, as understood by this
Government, whereby that company proposes 10
release its cable from the obligation Of the funda
mental clause Of its organization, prohibiting an
amalgamation with or participation in the profits
Of other trans. Atlantic telegraph companies, will
be regarded by this Government as just cause fol
terminating iu assent to the laying and working oi
the company's cable, and for seveFing It's connec
ton with this country"
National Republican., 1877-07-24
ION Guard at the White House.

Charlie Chapman, Of the Presidents force o.
executive clerks, Is preparing to defend the ap
prOaches to the White House. The President in
sists that Chap. shall not FIRE until he secs TIT
whites ofthe enemy's eyes.
National Republican., 1877-07-24
"ORlENTAL CREAM.

June c,, ls77-1nThSstw&1il