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National Republican., 1878-06-17
Personal.

GOVERNOR FLETCHER, of Missouri, is at the
Ebbitt
GENERAL JEFF C. DAvIs, U. s. A., is at the
Ebbtt.
JOE PULITZER, of st. Louis, Is at the Riggs
House.
HoS. T. C. PLATr, of Oswego, New York. is
at the Arlington.
Ex.CoLLEcroR SIMMONS will arrive home
from Europe next month
Ex-CoSGREssMAN HOPKINS, of Pcnnsyl-
vania, Is ut the Ebbitt.
SENATORS LAMAR aud Bruce were at the
Post-Oflice Department on Saturday.
CAPTAIN PEARSON, U. S. N, arrived in the
city yesterday and located at the Riggs.
Mrs. HAYES will likely go to the White
Mountain next summer with Mrs. Secretary
Thompson.
Mr.. HENRY W. RAYMOND, son Of the late
Henry J. Raymond, has recently gone through
bankruptcy in Chicago.
WALTER MORTON, son of the late Senator,
has written II book upon the South Pass Jetty
Improvement" which will be published
shortly.
APARTY from Wheeling, W. Va, including
Governor Matthews, Dana l.. Hubbard, esq,
DR.. K. T. Harvey Randolph Stalmaker, jr,
ard a number Of ladies, paid flying visit to
the capital on saturday, and spent the day in
sightseeing.
Mr.. GEORGE n. ACHER, son OF tho late
Nicholas Ackcr who has been in Europe for
the past three years. finishing his education,
returned home Saturday night in perfect
health. Mr.. Acker was in Europe ut the tine
Of his fathers death.
AMONG the callers at the White House Sat
urday were Senators Dawes, Conover, Nc
Creery, Mitchell, Rollins, Christancy, Bailey,
Booth, Patterson, Kellogg, Allison, and Morrill,;
Representatives Dwight. Hubbcli, Brewer,
Smith of Pennsylvania Rice of Ohio, Bisbce,
Mckinley. Townsend, Bell. Dsuford, Clatin,
Jones Of Ohio Maish. Pound, Hazlcton, and
Bundy; Judge Wilson aud Hon. j. r. Trent.
At three o'clock there was session of the Cabi-
net.
GENERAL SHARP Is quoted by the Kingston
FreeH,dn as telling this story concerning the
recent army meeting at Springfield Henry
| Ward Beecher was the orator and X. ii. Stod-
dard the poet. Mr.. Beecher arrived in the
morning at the Massasoit House, and in the
afternoon came Mr.. Stoddard and his wife,
who had ordered new dress TO attend the re-
| ccption. The dress, of course, did not reach
Mr.. St0ddard's house until after his trunk had
been packed and sent by the expressman to
the cars. So when the poet entered the hall
of the Massasoit House, he was struggling with
an enormous paper-box containing the new
robe with all its nOuuces and furbelows. Mr.
| Beeeher,' said General Mcmahon, this is Mr
StOddard, the poet Glad to see you, sir
said Mr.. Beecher; and then, pointing at the
box, he inquired: Is this your poem?' Part
Of it, replied Mr.. Stoddard. 1t Is needless tC
remark that the question and the answer made
| lively laughter for few moments"
National Republican., 1878-06-17
JmsilCe o. q. 5. Wall.

10 he Editor Of The National Republican:
The attack by Sunday paper on o. S. b.
Wall betrays a malignant disregard of truth.
He is a gentleman OF unquestioned integrity !;
he has acceptably filled several places of trust
is far past the average in literary acquire.
ments; he eau "read, write, spell, aud even
cipher" correctly, as some of his revilers know
to their sorrow, and his nomination IL a mer.
tied recognition of his fitness for the position.
'fhs Endorsement Of him is made without his
procurement, and by one who has long and in
tinately known him, aud withal bya
DEMOCRAT
National Republican., 1878-06-17

SOME o: Senator STANLEY MATTHEWS
friends are foolish enough to defend HIM
against the assaults of his enemies Oh tho
ground that he was hoodwinked into rccog-
milton of ANDEEsoNs so-called political SER
vices, aud then bInckmailcd into seeking re-
ward for thcm This is simple NONSENSE lie
did nothing Of the kind. AS soon Us ADDER
soH began to threaten the Senator with M
pleasant exposures, he wrote to Appoint
mcnt-Clerk SMITH that no one WAS under
obligations to ANDERSON Of any kind what
ever. In other words, rs soon as he found
he dropped him. This is all the defense
that eau he made in the premises, and ii is
q sufficient one.
National Republican., 1878-06-17
Den B,rTIEWs MENTAL DECAY

The suggestion in Saturdays NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN that General BEN BUTLERs
present course in the POTTER investigation
may be explained on the theory that his
mental abilities are waning and have lost
much of their aforetime viyor is sustained
by comparison between his methods now
adays and his conduct of the Impeachment
that he is as tyrannical and cruelty unfecl-
ing in his treatment of witnesses now rs he
was then but IL is evident that his mind is
now attracted by small matters and that he
pays exaggerated and unwarrantcd atten-
tion to tritles; that he exploits his abilities
as cross-examiner oil the slightest provo
cation, and that he flies his arrow at small
game. This is not BEN BUTLER Us he was
ten years ago, when he stood giant along
side of THAD STEVENS, and in grand intel
lcctual contests with such men AZ JOIN A.
BINGHAM came oil the victor. That BES
BUTLER has passed into history, and the
person who fills his place is a man barely
capable of q weak imitation Of his vigorous
style of political warfare-of repeating his
"shoo-ny" witticisms until they become
stale from repetition. No wonder, then
that his physicians forbade him not long ago
after he had suffered several attacks of yer.
tico or something worse, to indulge in mem
tai strain. Alas! poor man! He is living
on the reputation Of the past, earned When
his physical and mental abilities were in
their prime, when he would have dared tc
speak boldly the opinions and beliefs con.
sistent with his past record, Us he did moi
dare to speak them in his recent Gettysburg
Grafton, when his very demagogism had some
qualities of adroituess that commanded ad,
miration, and when his courage inspired
him to seek contests with leaders instead Of
pursuing pigmies like BowLns BAKER and
,JoHN Pool. There is such thing as menta
decay, even fora BUTLER.
National Republican., 1878-06-17
DIED.

wESTERN-On SATURDAY., June Il, 1873 at O'Clock
q. H. LOTTIE beloved vie Of Clement Western, and
daughter u Mrs. Hannah Miller In the Nth year oi
her nge.
Funeral will take place nom the residence OF her
husband, No. l2tO seventh street northwest, nt
O'Clock r. to-day. The relatives and friends Of ths
family are invited 10 attend
T0rTES. -Lieutenst EBwAnp II. ToTrEN, U. 3.
A.. accidentally, at Cold Spring n. ", ou Friday
the lfth instant
Fureral .sdAy Monday at the house OF General
Hunter. L. :. A., No. l1aH street, at D. Friends
are requested not to send flowers
Ellison Sunday. June 10 ts5s, RITA MAnIE,
akrd months aud days Cn,y child OF John II Ellis
and NJ. T. Zacharie.
Sweet little rosebud gone from our bower,
With 'rpd away like u uOSsaner flower;
SOt sIau meet thee ln bright Lands above,
There to renew earth sundeTed love
New Oreins (La.) sIprrs please cUpyl
National Republican., 1878-06-17

WEinvite attention to the interview on
our Erst page, wherein Mr.. HALLET Kill
BoURN states, in very comprehensive terms,
some Of the bright prospects which he 50
enthusiastically repr scents as likely to fol-
low the proper enforcement of the new gov
ernnicnt for the National Capital. The
beneficial effect of this new me ,sure can be
greatly accelerated by tho selection of live,
energetic Commissioners Of administrative
ability, or, on the contrary, sadly marred il
the Presidents choice should unfortunately
fall upon weak OF inefficient men.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

EX-SENATOR CHANDLER has been placed
at the head Of the Republican State Exccu-
tive Committee of Michigan, and every
Dem editor in the country is having
chill over H. They should take something
warrl and lay down.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

Why doesn't the New York Sua turn its
column rules and put on mourning over the
action of the House, which settles the Presi-
Dental title and dampens oil its revolution
ary powder. It has not met such M ad-
versity for long time. 1t can now put
away as dead property that image which it
paridcs occasionally with Fraud" " embla-
xoucd on its forehead. II is out Of fashion.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

s. y Cox, who voted for revolution on
Friday, is not debarred the right to get one
up Oh his own account il his enterprise
leads in that direction. He will probably
start IL among the graves of his ancestors in
New Jersey. They were marplots and dis
contn,,.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

AMONG the puppies of the press who
have been baying in chorus Bounce
HAYES" I" none are more meek or put their
saud,l appendagcs between their hind legs
Or their noses closer to the ground as they
sneak away in humility and silence than
the Baltimore GcseHs. The public will not
Democratic House has confirmed the title
Of President HAYES
National Republican., 1878-06-17

TIE New York T'ijnm refers to the Sc
lection of ex-senator FESrONas the head of
our delegation to the monetary conference
as Il weIl-dcscrvcd compliment 10 linn, hut
expresses doubt as 10 his accepting the
position. 1t would lie fortunate for the
strength Of our representation If he could
be persuaded 70 do so. His studies have
tended largely in that direction, and there
eau be no doubt that lie would impress his
views upon the conference. Throughout
his official career Mr.. FENTON has paid cs-
pecial attention to all subjects affecting
commerce. New YOrl; has not had SEN
ator for . quarter Of century who gave
such careful attention to the business mat.
terS of the metropolis, especially to lcgisla-
ton affecting customs.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

THE promotion of WILLIAI L. SPENCER,
to he Chief Clerk of the Senate, rice Ma
jor MCDONALD, deceased, is deserved and
wcli-earned recognition of the merits of an
able, faithful, and efficient officer, whose
long service in the Senate has been pre-
eminently satisfactory to that body and to
the country. As journal Clerk, and pre-
viously in other subordinate capacities in
the Senate, Mr.. SPENCER gained the benefit
OF valuable experience, and may be said to
have worked his way up the ladder" to n
position where his superior intelligence
and acknowledged abilities will sustain
him in familiar, though new and RESPONSE
bic duties.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

THEIOxford Miss Falcon is published at
the home Of Mr.. Lamar. Here is Il suggestive
sentence from its editorial page: ut is pity
Mississippi hasn't Congressman or two like
Mills, Of Texas who, when he thought the
opening Of the Presidential muddle was bad
thing for the South had the courage to got up
and say so, and then vote against IT."
National Republican., 1878-06-17

WArrERsoN is here, looking after his
100,G0O unarmcd lambs, who left on Sutur-
day, like those of little Dopeep, with their
tails behind them. Has he . Mississippi
River levee model aud a specimen bottle of
Mississippi water with him to present to
Congress? IL So he should not have been
excluded from the Democratic caucus on the
army bill on Friday. This was au ungra-
cious act toward one of Kentucky's bravest
and hest warriors, who limps through the
worli ,from the wounds he received while
defending the "stitrs and bars
National Republican., 1878-06-17
Exit Dnn Bniierl.

philadelphia Inquirer
The electoral fraud investigation has been grow.
ing rapidly ridiculous ever since Il begun, aud
Yesterday II received lis quictus from the President
The inquiry will no doubt BE- closed up as soon as
q convenient opportunity Is sighted by the chair
man to-day. SIC transit IOrid Ttttcri.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

Iris something more than laughable, for it
Is both aludcrous and a sad fact that at the
mass-mceting of tho workingmen at the
Capitol last Friday night the managers US
well aS the speakers were one and all moth
ing Icss than sympatlizcr3 with the audi
managers, although they wcro ready and
willing then and there to wash the CRIME
and sweat of labor oil the honest forns of
the horny-handcd sons OF toll who stood
before them with torrents of tears, sym
pathetic tears, tears Of coincidence, and Hl!
kind of tears. AID the Saturday night
meeting was of the slau kind.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

which was a Just tribute to his faithfulness
as public servant aud to his character as
a Christian gentleman. He will receive the
unanimous support Of the party, and his
election is not even questioned. Mr.. Shall
LENBERGER's constituents have in this
acted wisely, for, though this is his first
eairee to Congress, he has shown himself to
be prudent, sagacious, and efficient Rep
rcsentative, whose highest aim has been to
promote the welfare of the country and to
guard carefully the interests of lis constit-
uents. 1t IL of such men that wise and
just Congress Is composed.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

POTTER continues to invcstigate-and
what fer? Is IT to give General BUTLER
an opportunity to work OF steam The
Jury have rendered their verdict.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

SO LONG as the abuse OF the Richmond
Dispuieh is more to I've courted than its
praise we shall take no offense at its un-
couth words and manners.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

VIZ have rubbed our specs" and find that
the star is right and we were wrong Cor
once We owe you one.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

VIZ are gratlicd to nctice by the Wash
ington pa Reporter that the Hon. ". S.
SNALLESDERGEG has been nominated for
10 election 70 Congress by aoclaInatiOn,
National Republican., 1878-06-17

WILL the fourteen Revolutionists have q
torchlight procession before they leave the
city? Oh, do!
National Republican., 1878-06-17
A Political Bourbon and Tramp.

ITHIThVtINTITW IfIItF.I
The title resolution had the cordial approval ofev
cry Democrat on the committee but Proctor Knot
q Kentucky Bourbon, nnd every Republican bu
tramp.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

WE oil have our preferences; but no one prefers
to hear u crying baby when the fnct is so well
known thai DR.. Bulls Raby Syrup would at once
quiet It. % cents.
National Republican., 1878-06-17
SUMMER RESORTS.

WHITE SULPIIrR AND CHALYBEATE
w SPRINGS, At DoUBLlNi GAP, PA; NOW
OPEN. These spnngs are In Cumberland County,
Pa and ssbie by railroad from all the EIst-
and southern cities. NAre mountain retreat.
The water highly beneficial Terms very moderate.
j. " THELER & CO.,
National Republican., 1878-06-17
ROOMS FOR RENT.

ROOMS FOR RENT.
FoR REST-WITH F1RST-CLASS TABLE
l. Board, at sS per month, for Two persons, q large
cool, and airy south front room; also a hack room
suitable for two persons al so per month. Apply ut
6u3 y street northwest leiJtoIylH
EN0R RENT - THREE NICELY-FURNISIIED
Il rooms two communicating at the following very
low prices g, =, and 80 per month-tO gentlemen
only. Brick house. all modern cOnvenieoCes. Small,
quiet family. No. 80 Thirteenth street northwest.
my1-n
FURNIsHED ROOMS AT S26 INDIANA AVE
II nue.. myl.2ms
National Republican., 1878-06-17
SHENANDOAH ALUM SPRINGS

sHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA.
Alum, Chnly beate and sulphur Waters; no bar; els
walton ?CoJ feet excursion tickets VIII B a. q. H. r.
Terms ;D tn s four weeks special rates TO anit
lies. For terms and pamphlets address
jei0-Im A. J. MYERS Proprietor.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

Ldrgcst legitimate morning circu-
fGttOu Ia the District.
National Republican., 1878-06-17

MONDAY, JUNE II, 1878,
National Republican., 1878-06-17
SPECIAL. NOTICES.

~IffD DOPlNfON OF DR. WILLIAM II. STOKES,
~ Physician Mount Hose Retreat, baltimore 1:
- have prrRt l ], asirt IN adding my test.
noIy 10 u virtue OF to'uen's Iiebgs ENiratt O'
Beefanl To c lnvigoru;or ns TIE very hest prepnIa
on Us d, nad tl-creiore confidently rconm nd II 10
the ne iicai profession blbdt
National Republican., 1878-06-17
TURCO-RUSSIAN AND
SULPHUR BATHS,
AT soJ r sTREkr. NEAR NINTH ocis.ly
HOTELS.
FREMONT HOUSE.

Parties who dssrp good hotel hoard, with cool and
airy rooms, can locate at this fhvortc hotel for the
summer months at the foiowing rp'iuccd rates; Cen
tlsmRn and wiie 80 70 tG pcr monihi single rooms,
IS to to month. and IS 10 SO per week Table board,
sO per month and sj per week. Jclu
National Republican., 1878-06-17

s1.ass 81. IUSEPHS ORPHANS Picnic Will
- take pl.cc l lhs Sc,uctZen rmk; near the
Admission, - cents. Please hcip the orphans.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-17
How to Write for n Newspapers.

DR.. Smith, of Tennessee, says to all who
send communications to the press:
Write upon pages of single size;
Gross your Is and neatly dot your is.
On one side let your lines be scon-
Both sides illod up announces vordant
green.
Correot--yes, rocorrect all that you write
Aud let your ink be black, your popor
white;
For spongy, foolscap Of a muddy blue
9}etrays mind Of the same dismal hue.
Punctuate carefully, for on this score,
Nothing proclaims tho practiccd writer moro.
Then send it of, and lest it merit lack,
Enclose postage stamp to send it back;
But first pay all the postage on it too;
For editors look black on six conts due,
Aud murmur, as they run the offusion O. er,
IA ahabby fellow end wrotched borel"
Yet, ere it goes, take off copy clean
Poets should own oapy machine;
Little they know tho time that's spent aud
care
in hunting verses vanishod-who knows
where2
Bear this in mind, observe it to the end,
And, you shall make tho editor your friend.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-17
Correspondence of the Jacksonville (Ala.,>
Republican.
a Terrible Story.
How Two CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WERE
BURIED ALIVE.

In yonr issue Of tho l7th instant, notice
an prticle, the first sentence of which asks:
"Can persons hair turn whito within q
short timeW Having seen such an instance,
and Que that can be authenticated beyond
all cavil by persons now living, l will
give you and your readers tho circumstances
as they occurred, Whcn, where, and whom
they arc.
When Grant sprang tho "mine," or
"blow up" as many call it, in front of
Petersburg, Va, at twilight on the morning
of the Both Of July, 1864, the point immo.
diatcly over it was occupied by a Virginia
battery. Tho ditohcs on tho right, immc-
diatcly next to tho battery, wero occupied
by tho Twcnty-scoond South Carolina
Volunteers, Col. Floming On the left Of
tho battery tho ditohes were occupied by
the Eighteenth South Carolina, Colonel
w. II. Wallace (now Judge Wallace, Of
South Carolino) of which regiment [ was
surgcon. All along our lines our soldiers
had dug out small homb proofs, as they
called them. These bomb proofs were
generally about four feet broad, threo feet
high, and soyen feet loug--large enough
for two or threo mon to crawl into and sleep
with comparative comfort aud safety, which
thoy did when off duty, during that never
bo.forgotton siego by every man who
participated therein.
In ono of tho bomb proofs on tho extreme
right Of tho Eighteenth South Carolina
Volunteers, and lust to the left of tho Mino,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-17
[From the Columbia Register, Octobor g..
56t Hayes tl n New Role,

It appears that Mr.. Hayes has concluded
to try his hand at tho management of local
affairs in South Carolina. The dispatch
may not be literally true in every respect,
SO far as Mr.. Hayes is concerned, dhd yet
there is sufficient evidence that il is tho
purpose Of the administration at Washing
ton to test its power in this State. 1t has
been arranged to hold Republican meeting
ia Sumter on Saturday next, under direct
instructions from Washington, which tho
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-17

twenty-four hours before was black, without
single gray hair in it Gas ho was only
thirty years OLD, was now almost as white
MS snow. Whether it turned from horror
at his condition, or tho dcathly heat of his
subtcrranean bed, or both, do not pretend
to say. l simply give tho facts, not as I
beard, but as [ saw them, and he still lives
to verify that this is no romance, but one
of my experiences in war whose first gun
| heard fired, and the last gun of which
sounded the requiem of the lost cause whom
l was at my post of putty.
.,.."a,~ HUGH foLAND, No d. !. f.
(, $685.. -.--~--.z-
Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR ON THE
PonTroAL SITUArIoN.-Ho Hon. Montgomery
Blair hos addressed letter to the editor Of
the Crisis, Groenbaok organ printed in
Philadelphia, in which he indugcs IN some
observations on the political situation.
Mr.. Blair contends that the present oondi-
tion of the country is duo to the fact "that
the government has beou perverted from its
legitimate object of protecting tho people
and mado tho instrument of pluudering
thom," and says tho workngmcn aro clearly
right in specifying as one Of the modes "in
which the dominant party has perverted
power to their injury, their fostering of
monopolios by which so great portion of
the earnings of labor have been dcvoured,
and especially the national banking system
which is justly abnoxious. Nlr. Blur says
the most significant result Of the working
mcn's movement is that ''it has brought tho
Dcmeesatio organization to its old.time
attitude of opcn and determined antagonism
to the money power, with which too many
Of our chiefs have hitherto been in secret
alliance" and concludes:
"At this moment, therefore, tho Demo
cratic and Workingmen's organizations
substantially agree in opposing subsidies
of money or land, in reducing expenditures,
in exposing and detecting fraud, in substi-
tuting greenbacks for national bank notes,
and generally in relieving labor from taxa
tion. The Democratic organization does
not accept some other idoas Of the Nationals,
but its thorough acceptance of tho anti
monopoly creed places it in entire accord
with tho nationals in opposing the money
power whiol, now holds the government, to
which all tho sufferings of the Workingmen
arc ooufsssedly due, during whose oont.
napee. leeu power aq prosperity whatever can
be expected, Ind whose overthrow is there
fore necessity first, alike to Democrats and
Nationals"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-17

NEWSPAPER Bus1NEss.-W suppose
many people thiuk newspaper mon are per-
sistent duns. Let a farmer place himself
10 similar business position, and see If he
would not do the same. Suppose he raised
1000 bushels of wheat, and his neighbor
should come and buy o bushel, end the
prico was small matter of only two dollars or
Less, and the neiebbor says: 'sI will hand
you tho amount in few days" AS tho
farmer did not want to be small about the
matter, he says all right, and the mnn
leaves With the wheat. Another comes in
the same way until tho 1,000 different per--
sons, aud not ono of tho purchasers concerns
himself about it, for it is small amount
that he owes tho furmor, and Of courso that
would not help him any. He does not
realize that tho farmer has frittered away
oil his large crop of wheat, and that it's
value is due hin, in thousand little drib.
blets, and that he is seriously embarrassed
in his business because his debtors treat it
as little matter. But if all would pay
him promptly, which they could do as we'll
as not, it would be very large
amount to tho farmer, and enable him to
carry on his business withoua difficulty.
Th above comparison is too true of the
difficulties that the newspaper man has to
oontend with.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-17

WASHINGTON, October 10.--Tho request
Of tho Collector of Internal Revenue at
Little Rock for troops to assist in destroying
illicit dstillerios will be considered by tho
Cabinet tomorrow. Tho war department
officials express the opinion that to furnish
the aid asked for would be violation of
tho posse consitatus clause in the recent
army appropriation bill.