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National Republican., 1878-05-06
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to The saniatlon Of the Ola wofid ii this NJ
speck BpA will tAey do M n
Ifscne n thess political or Personal pcts,
aftcs DOING tho local wonders Of Paris outside
as wsn ssihside ths Exposition, should happen
to enter the agricultural congress, and werc
thereupon inquired Of rs to the capacities Of
the United States to feed tho armies Of peace
or war In Europe, or as 10 her natural agricul-
tusl resources, would he be ablo to respond
with tho tr,ie factst We fear not He would
probably bo moro surprised than his better
informed questioners st the actual figures as
devslopcd by the last census oven, 10 say
nothing Of the statistics more currently fur
nished by our Agricultural Department.
Would he be prepared TO state the case as
stated belowH That he may have some little
preparation for doing this, we reproduce the
following figures with feeling akin to pride.
believing that thoy will be read by others, at
any rate, with something Of tho same satisfac-
tion which their contemplation has afforded
ourselves. ...
Here are some Of the proofs Of our wonderful
agricultural progress, to which we desire to
call attention: From 1867 to 1877 our corn
| crop increased from 78s, $4,000 bushels to
$40. .OOO, 900 bushels or nearly doubled itself
in the ten ycan. The hog crop, which Is
mainly sequence Of the corn crop, reached
for single year, Just closed, 9,04s, $780, show
ing an increase In nearly the same figures
given by the corn crop. The yield Of wheat
for the past year was $50, ,0O00 600 bushels, OF
50,0oO.0 900 more than was ever before produced
in any one year. Deducting from tho wheat
figures what has been found necessary for the
sustenancc Of our native population, and the
too often alf.starvcdNemigrsnts from the Old
World, upward Of 100000 bushels is left fol
export. In horses, cattle, and sheep, includ
ing the best blood and strains known any
where, the Improvement as to numbers and
weight, or speed, and all else constituting
desirable live stock, has been amazing durini
the last decade. The same Is true Of poultry II
all the attractivencss Of form and hue that tn,
raiser for profit or the mere fancicr cauld de
sire. Let the unrecognized Commissioners a
least enroll themselves in the intcrnationa
: agricultural congress. Let them therein us
the foregoing figures, IL they have no fulle
ones, to show the material greatness Of q coun
try whose marvellous advantages all Of then
have enjoyed, while some of them Ito our re
grot and their shame we write it) have sought
in the as yet not forgotten past, to destro.
after they had been permitted to enjoy them
National Republican., 1878-05-06
ANOTHER WOOD TARIFF.

The following schedule, by one Of the
woOD family, is an illustration Of the dis
tinguished financial ability of the illus
trious Tammany ring that is chosen to
regulate our national commercial affairs.
Whether men who have been dabbling with
lotteries and wild cat schemes are flt ex-
ponents of the statistics of the country re-
JAMIN wooD are an average exposition Of
what your Tammany fnancier calls capital
and credit. 1t consists Of dealings with
unknown ladies, saloon keepers, DUBLIN
TRICKS, ex-prize fighter, policy dealers,
gamblers, brokers, sheriffs and deputy
sheriffs, stable keepers, and politicians.
Among tho latter class we find the great
tariff patcher FERNANDO WooD, tabulated
as nulcted 5000 showing that he loaned
money for carrying on business pro-
hibitcd by law. And the City Of New
York Is down for $4,000. It would be
quite interesting to know what member Of
the Democratic party that owns the city
of New York loaned the policy-lottery man
$4,000.
Recently in the Ohio Legislature they ex-
pelled man who had been guilty Of tricks
that are dark. As the chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee Of the present
House Of Representatives was once Mayor
Of the city of New York. It would be well
to know when BEN run up this debt Here's
richness for your GLOvER's to dip in during
the dog days; not that we want to insinu'
ate that Congress has any right to pry into
Tammany's records or to put any imperti'
nent questions to any of its members, who
are now prominent in the national councils
but it has about as much right to do this Us
to poke its nose into many other mems af
fairs. What is sauce for the goose is sauc,
for the gander. The people of the Unitet
States, however, will question the sagacit,
Of the Hon. FERNANDO when they see hin
put down, side by side, with pimps gamblers
lottery beats, and such cattle and, they
will naturally say, is this the sort of maj
we can safely rely on TO shape our foreigr
trade2 Ought we not to have one who ha
not dabbled in such murky pool? TIL
following is BEN's schedule filed with Reg
lister FITCH in New York:
MABILITTiEs.
National Republican., 1878-05-06
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
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TRAINS LEAVE WISH MHshhIsSTSs, tsis from Depot, cor
ner q sixth and streets, as foliowsi ,.,,. ,,,,
For s4 ssss5s "a sss %s 'qs .:pas % S:y s
Pittsburg 10 Clncinnail. St Iouis, and Chicasoi
lsifaSsk Ss asSsk sb T'S fs,fss * 4
For nsas'ss sss ssss q x % sss
lss ySf xis "A Fs.ss tsis S Il: a ~ s
press Of pullman Parlcr Cars, va a N. daily er.
For XS.s al rgSss ,Er,n' scn.s
ins douSls iSrrisse and Journey across New York
sunday SSS yoI WIN nP siespns iSs Rom
ssS p g. s,, M ass ffnGss %sss fGe Ts
Aoeommoisiion Tor Ialiimore o5S, s0s IN. and 80
For PoPes Geek Line. S5S a m. and 90 .. m. daily
For xSS,spoi,.. sii . m and a 'n m daily except
ALEXaSDR1A AND pPREDERrcKsBgna RAIL
ToN Mn RAfifa6hb. ''N "'D " 49,
For AleisndIia, I. s,sio 10 H. Al n "a Ia at1sS"
For ihe M aooth, Sh s' VIA Richmond. s % m. daiy and
rra % d.s assaSsG. saSs sqna.s oS Washington a. so
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VI eess inSi%stion. $ sI.@pna % and psIorar
ss s 'hs sS
soInss q ssh ss and s u
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hotels and rs-,dencsss 49,,
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RALTIMoRB AND OHIO RAILROAD:
- THE GlEAT, pouBIHsn ,t isni,L THASh, SSh,rrS a
NORTH WET. SOHTnSEsr sR.ssr, ssP sST5HErS5 X it,
,oo m p.,lissy. hnsy. .Sl %t,%ysdsEi w, s;s;iSn.
s,SasSare ~ wineRestef, and way stations Va Relay.
siS % M. Sas Fsa%Ss sitssssSfg winchester Haxe
SsIs sss ssw 70 aaa
Louis g. SnfGns cslsass ed Fy,;Sip.y ysi.yy
Psica saf s1ess e sSaas LOUIS
willie, Cincinnati Columbus, Chicago Junction. ana
$3.50 a. M. baltimore. Annapolis and way stations.
isi0 :: M, baltimore. EIcott city. Annpsol's and
.i.S p. M, New York and Phnadslpha Express
On sunday e baltimore only stoppng ut ~ s.s,,oas
'1a ssc :. m baltimore, Bladensburs. and Laurel Er.
SSss. sss .s .ss
bs,G SsssDs A1ssPo sslSS saS way ssn$ s'isGs s;mo.
n ss car. a.rsss Y BOA, al Canton. No connection on
e"naSy .SsS =, gr m! Baltimore and way stations,
.6.55 b. M. Chicago and Columbus express. sLEEP'
ING CAR TO Chicago.
s7;3o p. M baltimore expres. - =
ss25 j. m, 81 Louis, Cincinnati and Pntsours ex'
press. SLEEPING CAR to st. Louis aud Plttsburg
No connection for Pittsburg on Sunday.
.8p p m,, New IoIk, Phiadeiphla and baitimors nor
| ClAL SLEEPING CAR to Philadelphia.
| TrAina marked daily. other trains daily etcfp>
Sunday myi9H
National Republican., 1878-05-06

OUR Sunday cotemporaries are unani-
nous in deserved praises Of Congressman
BLACKBURN, of Kentucky, for his effective
interference in behalf of our public schools
in the House last week. 1t is true that Mr..
BLACKBURS's course rescued his party
from the infamous responsibility of closing
the doors OF those institutions of learning at
the Capital Of the nation but it would
have come with better grace from him il
he had acted with more promptness-ior
example, before the public spirited teachers
had agreed to keep the schools open with
out pay, and regardless Of the Democratic
neglect to make appropriations for their
support
National Republican., 1878-05-06

SINCE The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
rendered to the Democrats plane of inves-
tgation broad enough to develop all the
frauds, intimidations and outrages incident
to the election of 1916, they have become
more careful and docile in their expressions
ofopinion regarding this topic. They dare
not enter the field that we have indicated
and hazard the consequences of u full,
sweeping, and thorough investigation
Some of them have hushed their cries OF
fraud " and "fraudulency," and are rapidly
taking to their holes and drawing Their
-holes in after them" If we do not secure
m investigation We shall silence much
Democratic noise.
National Republican., 1878-05-06
The Fortunes Of War.


Editor Nutiondl Republican:
SIR: Understanding that the Confederate men,
bes of Congress propose reducing the salary of tho
Treasury watchinen from s72O per annum TO 5000
per annum, would ask them why they do not
reduce the large salary OF the Capitol watch and
police force. Are their duties more responsible
and ard uous than those Of the Treasury watchmenY
Or is It because the Capitol watch and police
force is In part composed of men who served in
the Confederate army, and the Treasury watch
force Is mainly made up from Union veterans and
loyal citizens that the former should receive q
much larger salary than the latter There Is not
the shadow OF a reason why the employees at tho
Capitol should receive larger salary than those
Of The same grade IN any other department.. Give
us fair play, gentlemen-it is all We ask. Do not
taruish your record for gallantry by prosecuting
those whom the fortune Of war made your viCtorl-
Gus opponents upon the field ofbattle.
National Republican., 1878-05-06
wild, wild Western Journalism.

To The Editor Ofte NdttOnai Republican:
SIR: notice in the issue OF your morning CO.
temporary Of this daya dispatch concerning the
murderer priest BlaSius Pistorlus, which purports
10 como from Philadelphia special dispatch TO the
Post" That dispatch appeared bodily word for
word, In the New York Herdid OF yesterday MAY
81 and was bOned and imposed on the Posts readers
terprlsc, and TO such enterprise they point with
pride" and on 1t claim public patronage. In the
good old times such assertions were caledby another
name, and the peddlen Of such purloined matter
were styled -. But that In about as reliable as
the Pod usually is, and its questionable methods
are plain enough 10 any one who
READS THE PAPERS.
WASHINGTON, May 1
National Republican., 1878-05-06

THE selection of an appointment Clerk
in the Treasury Department, made vacant
by the appointment of General SMITH as a
paymoster in the army, has finally been
well settled. Mr.. WILSON J. VANCE, Of
Ohio. who has been, until recently, cor
respondent Of the Cincinnati Commercial
from this city, was appointed on Saturday
to fill the position. Mr.. VANCE is q gentle
man of the highest rcspectability and Of
unquestioned integrity and qualification for
a proper discharge of the duties Of the
place, and his appointment is a just re-
cognition of the claims Of the State OF
ohio-a State which has been greatly over
looked in the dispensation of honors and
emoluments by this Administration.
National Republican., 1878-05-06

TIE thirteen Democrats who met last
Friday night as u joint caucus of the party
in both Houses, solemnly resolved ia
squelch LOCKWOOD, KIMMELL, SPRINGER
ELAN, HARRIS (Va.), and others of theil
cO-partisans who are determined to reopen
the electoral count. 1t remains to be seer
how their resolution will be accepted. Mr.
MONTGOMERY BLAIR, possibly, has NOR,
influence than they have with the rank anc
file of the party In the House, if not in til,
Senate.
National Republican., 1878-05-06
AMONG the imported leeehes on the Dis
trict of Columbia nav roll are:

Captain 7. L. SHEPPARD Of Virginia clerk 81 200
Per year; General JANE TILroN, Of Oregon. Chief
RAIsALEw MORGAN, Of Virginia. sup srimtemdent Oi
Permits, sl,iOJ per year Colonel 7. &. wAsHISG.
TUS, Of Texas, As,ltant Engineer q 30 per year
gineer, 81 AV per year promoted doorkeeper Of the
House,
All of the above are ex-rebels. SHEP.
PARD, MoRGAN, WASHINGTON, and FELL
deserted from the United States service tc
enter the rebel lines. How many non-resi'
dent oolonels, majors, or generals of the
Union army would be allowed on the pay
rolls of any municipality in the Southi
Will somebody tell us?
National Republican., 1878-05-06

MAJOR J. b. COLLINS, late of the Fourth
United States Infantry, is an applicant for
reinstatement In the army. His record ap-
pears to be of the best, and he probably de-
serves favorable consideration Of his ap-
plication But his methods are devious-so
much so that THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
in its news columns last week inadvertedly
alluded to the bill now pending for his re-
lief as an improper measure. The bill, as
we have it reported, is to authorize the
President to reinstate officers of the army
I" who have served more than twenty years
continuously, and served also during the
late rebellion" We submit that thin
round-a-about way of doing things is, tt
say the least, suspicious. If Major COLLIN
had made a blunt, outspoken demand fo
his restoration he would have had no rea
son to complain Of the characterizations o
his bill that follow from a natural miscon
eeption of its evasive title. On the con
trary, he would undoubtedly have received
earnest support and commentator.
National Republican., 1878-05-06

EVERY CLOUD has its silver lining, and
bad as the times are and have been, there is
one good that will result from them. The
protracted depression has had the effect to
bring to light crooked business transactions
and expose crooked business men, who
might otherwise have escaped detection
When trade revives business circles will
have been freed in q great measure of this
dangerous class Of operators.
National Republican., 1878-05-06

THE IDEA that Mr. TILDENs friends and
the Observation-Disclosures Of the Re
publican party have coalesced in an effort
to displace President HAYES Is about ex-
ploded now. The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
as they are called have done all the work
that has been done thus far to oppose the
TrLDEN conspiracy to reopen the Presi
deptial title Investigation,
National Republican., 1878-05-06

and no violcnce would hnve bsen done 3
the truhfulness of the attempted repse-
sentations. At Che sAme time the Ma
rroSAL REPuBficAN furnished the news
seeking public Of Washington all the cur
rent information of the day, including an
exclusive account of the proceedings Of
Saturdays Republican Senatorial Caucus,
and better and more complete account Of
tho proceedings Of the joint Democratic
caucus held the same day than has yet been
printed
National Republican., 1878-05-06

A COLUMN AND A HALF of caricatures
upon Senatorial noses aptly illustrated the
journalistic energy and taste of our uncul-
chawed, wild, wild Western morning cotem-
porary last Saturday. Its capacity for
nosing about after inconsiderate tribes is
undoubted, and this instance demonstrates
it's reliability, for amy one Of the noses might
have been substituted for any other one,
National Republican., 1878-05-06

THE Music Trade Rsriew published at s64
Broadway, New York; of May has come
to hand with an array of biogophy, corre-
spondence, and incident of special interest to
the musical world. Among its attractive con-
tents we find "The Laryngoscopc and its use,"
by DIR. WARD Programmes Of Easter Music
at the New York Churches" Musical Charls-
tanry," "Heroines Of Opera Bouhe, ," Singing
out of Tune" as Music Natural Gift" &C.,
&c, &c,
National Republican., 1878-05-06

THE Graphic ticket, THURMAN and TIL
DEN, continues to attract attention. The
Cleveland Leader asks Of it =" What does
susufruct Sammy say to playing second
fiddle to an Ohio man?' To which we
answer, he must be getting accustomed to
that role now. The balance Of the Ameri-
can people are ANYWAY
National Republican., 1878-05-06

THERE ARE revenue troubles" even in
peaceable Virginia. Collector RrvEs, from
whom reports Of these troubles come, is
well known in Washington as q reliable
and intelligent gentleman, a capable officer
and withal native yirginian. No one
who knows him will doubt the correctnes,
Of his statements, or that he has ex
hausted peaceable means in attempting u
inforce the laws
National Republican., 1878-05-06

IL stupidity and pcrveseness were wis
dom, the Louisville Coa,ier-Journai would
be eminently wise. 1t says:
"If the Northern lakes overfowed their
shores for twenty, thirty, forty, or fifty miles
back every year or two the people along the
banks would never undertake TO build levees
to do the work."
your uncle had been your aunt-then
what? If the Northern lakes overfowed
their banks for forty or fifty miles back, the
people would know enough to move upon the
higher land beyond the reach of the inval-
ing wnves. The people along the Missis-
sippi, having little or no moving capacity
either endure the food, or ask the Govern.
ment to protect them by constructing
levees- The Northern people ask no such
protection from the Government.
National Republican., 1878-05-06
MIRRIED.

BALI-BEALL-OnD December Is, 1877, by the Rev.
Mr.. Pollock, c, TIBBs BALL TO NJ CATksBY BkALL,
both OF Virginia
McCARTNEY-CRAGIN.-o Tuesday. April 30
1875 Al GIrst Church. Georsetown. by the Rey J, A
McKenney, ID. D., great uncle OF the bride, Ensign
CHARLIE MAcKLiS MtCARTSEY, U. =. n. and
ANNETTE FOxALL CnAGIs. daughter OF Dr. Charles
H. CnsSln, Of 8eorgetown, ID. C.
ALIAST-BELL- April 30 1875. at the resi-.
denoe OF the bride by the father OF the groom, Rev
q. ID. VaiiaiiI assisted by DI. J. r. Murray, u. d.
THEODORE q. VALIANT to KATIE " BELL, both oil
Georgetown, d. q.
National Republican., 1878-05-06

II TILpEN were in the White House on
such Himsy tenure as the Democrats de-
scribe President HAYES title to be, does
any one suppose the Republicans, if they
had power in the House, would hesitate to
attempt to oust him? There ore two IFS,
it is true, in this proposition; but the Put
Yourself. in His-Place logic of it is con-
elusive
National Republican., 1878-05-06
Score Two for the Siums.


II Is q remarkable fact in the history Of politics
that two men who were looked upon by the com.
munity generally as types Of the bascst and most
dangerous clemens Of society-John Morrissey
and benjamin Wood-were never known TO have
traffcked In legislation or were even suspected Of
corrupt practices while representing their con-
stitucnts in Congress and In the State Legislature.
two for the lnms.
National Republican., 1878-05-06

III the putting Of o couple Of inconvenient
questions to Mr.. RANDALL by Mr.. Will
LIAMs, OF Wisconsin, has thrown the DEM
ocratic organ into state Of mind, what
would have been its condition had Mr.. W.
made q formal attack? Our neighbor
thinks Mr.. W. is a "pigmy," and that it
was very considerate in the giant RANDALL
not to demolish him then and there. We
have known other giants to run against
this same pigmy and wish they hadn't
Mr.. W. is not unknown in the West and
when a member of the Wisconsin Senate
several notable partisans found to their as
tonishment that the demolishing business
had two sides to it. The same thing has
occurred on more than one occasion in the
House. Just as the record and the issue
stood we are inclined to think 1t quite ~
well for Mr.. RANDALL that he decided tC
forego the demolishinG process for that once
National Republican., 1878-05-06

In rendering rcparation for this transparent
wrong Position and power afford no jusu-
acation for the act, or immunity from II
consequences, in the Judgment ofa free and
honorable people - n. y
National Republican., 1878-05-06

TILDENs unpopulsrity with his fellow
Democrats adds to the hesitation they ex-
hibit in adopting the proposition to re-
open the Presidential title investigation.
National Republican., 1878-05-06

RIDICULE is an effective agent in political
warfa re-a fact never so clearly illustrated
as in the manufacture, or rather the repres-
sion, of public opinion, through use Of it in
opposing the enlargement" of the Agricul-
tural Bureau to be an Executive Depart
ment, presided over by Cabinet Minister.
The cry of granger" and "hay-seed," and
even less sensible epithets, are hurled at the
advocates Of this measure, while its real
merits are ignored and the substantial rea-
sons for and against il are lost sight of in
noisy derision Of thoughtless scribblers or
babblers, whose only aim in life seems to be
to create reputation for wit, even at the
Bile extent this remark applies with equal
force TO the criticisms of Commissioner LIE
Dues administration of this much-abused
bureau but that has nothing to do, as we
have said before, with the real question at
issue Let the farmers, the planters, and
every citizen interested in agriculture, and
their representatives in either house of Con-
gress, rise above the influence of these
puerile assaults and demand u proper and
serious consideration of the subject. If the
proposition is rejected, let 1t be done for
good and Substantial reasons. Mr.. SAN
Cox has been called upon for display of
his abilities, in the line OF 6ippant derision
in an attempt TO kill this bill. Who among
the numerous members of the House from
the agricultural districts will essay the easy
task of answering his light-witted ridicule
National Republican., 1878-05-06
On the Side of Every Rebel Grab.
fRostnn Trayeler1

People who know that the Southern statesmen
declaring tho untruth Of the opinion that the
South Is pushing large amount OF claims against
tho Treasury, will keep their eye on the Congres.
be found steadily arrayed ON the side OF every rebel
grab Acts are more eloquent than the most Horid
rhetoric.
National Republican., 1878-05-06
CrvIL-sERyICE REFo RM.

An effort is being made to displace In
ternal Revenue Collector HOLDEN, Of Cow
ington, KY The President has asked for
his resignation, and Mr.. HOLDEN has ap-
pealed to the President for the reasons that
have led to this action on his part. The
matter was referred to the Treasury Depart
ment, and in response thereto, hr. HOLDEN
has received the following letter:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE INTERNAL REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, May 2.
IT.. 8. Holden, esq, Collector Sirth District Ken
tucky Washington, ID. g.:
SIR-I have your letter of this date, re-
questing that YOU be informed by letter in re-
lation to your official standing rs Collector OF
the Sixth District Of Kentucky. In reply, l
have to advise you that recent examination
Of your Office and inspection of the officers OF
you district, show that the public funds are
properly accounted for, and the Affairs of your
district are in good condition. Your standing &
in this Office is that Of an honest capable, and
efficient officer Very rcsppscsIully, AVA,
Commissioner.
or not Mr. HOLDEN was asked to resign Oh
account of incompetency or dishonesty
That question being authoritatively settled
in favor both of capacity and honesty. Mr.
HOLDEN does not propose to resign, but tc
give the President another opportunity tc
test his own sincerity regarding his rules O.
civil service. 1t is intinated that the Presi'
dent has asked for this resignation at the in
stance of Justice HARLAN, of the Supreme
Court of the United States, thing which
he should never have done at the expens,
of his own consistency in matters of civi
service.
National Republican., 1878-05-06

THE Democracy wants to-but Is afraid
to-reopen the Presidential title question.
How long will desire wait upon a fulfill
u,ento
National Republican., 1878-05-06
No Other Man In sight.
fst Iouis Globe.Democral

SO louis GI0bc-DemOcratJ
Grant in 1890 is all the nge In Republican circles
now. There is no other man IN sight who would
ll the bill so well. pledged to fight communism In
the North and rebel claims in the South.
National Republican., 1878-05-06
Wholesome Advice.

utica Daily Republican,
II the President had stuck to his old Republican
friends, instead of iorsaking them iu the hope OF
making friends Of the Democrats, his Administra-
ton might have been grand success. The school
marin once gave us q ticket bearing the follow.
ing:
Remember well, and bear In mind.
A constant friend Is hard 10 ind;
And when you find one Just and true,
Change not an old one for new.
The school.marm aught to have given Mr. Hayes
such ticket.
National Republican., 1878-05-06

For what purpose did Mr.. CLARKsoS N.
POTTER, of the House Judiciary Commit
tee, 20 to New York on FridayP