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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04
The ChisoIm Murderers.

The 9Th of February is the time appointed
for the trial of the CHIsoI.a murderers II
is a trial in the Federal court under the
laws against intimidation for political pur-
poses-Ku-Kmx laws, generally called. II
q Mississippi jury should find tho murder
crs guilty Of the crime Of intimidation
the offenders could be sentenced 10 five
years in the pcnitentiary! II the judge was
timid and wished TO "conciliate" the muir
dcrcrs, their penalty could he made very
light.
few days since Mrs. CTIsoLM, now in
this city, received an unexpected summons
to go to Mississippi as a witness for the Fed
cral Government in this case, which was nm
attempt upon Judge CnIsoLM's life sew
eral months before the actual murder was
committed. She called upon Attorney
General DEvENs and asked him what pro-
lection the Federal Government could give
its witnesses, in case she went to the trial
His reply was that, unfortunately, we
have no laws that could protect citizens
| there. but after nm overt act had been COM
mitted against them prosecution could be
instituted" We do not know that he stated
that no punishment could he inflicted un-
less Mississippi jury would first convict.
The Attorney General advised hrs. CHS
oLM to 40. She is brave woman and,
although in DeKalb there are those who have
sworn that not one Of the name of ChIsoLM
shall be allowed to live, she decided to 20
TO the court which is held in Jackson, eighty
miles from DE Kalb. There is no purpose
on her part to shrink from amy effort which
will tend citherto punish the murdercrs OF
her loved ones, or to bring the country to
see the necessity Of better laws for the pro-
lection of its citizens in every corner where
our flag floats.
Those who are proud of the model Re-
public" and boast that oars is the best Gov
eminent on which the sun Shines, SHOULD
hear the story of the CHIsOLM mIrders
from her own lips. They will think they
never heard II before, and from their hearts
they viii lift n prayer that our lawmakers
shall yet find ways by which such horrors
shall not go UNPUBLISHED, or they will hang
their heads in shame and blush for their
country.
After making arrangements to leave this
city and go to Jackson, Mrs. CHIsoLM re,
ceived telegram from friend there advis'
ing her not to make the journey, as it would
only be labor lost as the defendants would
not even trouble themselves to appear in
court, and nothing would come of the trial
such is the great respect which the Missis-
sippi people have for q Federal court! What
else could be expected when there were OF
the grand jury that indicted them trco Of III
prominent murderCrS.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04
DRorosAIs FOR ARMY WAGONS, AMDU
l. LANCES, AND HARNESS.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
orARrEEMAsTkRGrsreALs oriCE:

QVARrERMAsTERt3fSERALs OffNE
wAsHISgroNl January II, 1873
Sealed proposals in rplicale will be received at the
office OF each, the Depot luartcrmastcr at Washing
ton. D. @; Philadelphia Penn. Jacksonville. Ind;
and Fort ieavenworth Kansas, until twelve o'clock
li:45 a m. at Jefersonvllle' and 1850 a. m at Fort
Ienvenworth. February II, 1873, at which times and
places they Will he opened In the resence OF bidders
ons my t5ol Wagons for two and four horses or
mules, twenty-five lgD Ambulance Wagons, army
pattern, hundred and my lO sets OF six-muie
Army. Wagon Harness complete and seveniytlvc (75)
cries to be made at Their the Philadelphia Jefferson
willie, Fort Lraycnwort dCpUts, may be required
Bids will be made accordingly.
Deliveries aro To cOmmc within thirty DAYS nom
date Of cOnrnct and be completed within sixty days
from date thereof The Wagons Amhulnncer, and
Harness TO he In exact accordance with the prescribed
specih cations therefor of hrst-class material ana
workmanship. and be subjected to rigid Inspection
guired standard to be rejected and removed ut con-
tractors expense within ten days amer notice Of such
rejection. Proposals Will bs received for any portion
The Government reserves the right to reject any and
all proposals.
A preference will be given to articles Of domestic
production and to articles Of domestic production and
manufacture produced on the Pacific coast to the eS-
tent OF the supplies required for the service that
coast, cundtio Of price and quality being equal
Blank proposals and printed specifications rs well "a
any further Internationally be furnished On applicl-
ton. by either Of the Depot Quartermasters herein
Proposals should be addressed to either the Depot
Quarterinaster ut Washington, Philadelphia, Je1cr-
posals for "SlI-mul- Army Wagons Wagons for
Two or fur horses or mules :; "Ambuancesi" six
mute Army Wagon Harness." or -Four. mule Ambu-
| lance Harness" as the chs. may be
Acting oudrtermasterGeneral,B vtAisJ. Gen. U. s. A.
ja1f6t
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04
PERSONAL.


KING l.UMRERT is u FreemasOn.
GAMnETTA's tour in Italy was AN ovation.
SAMUEL BowLEs had $4,000 insurance on
his life.
CONGRESS is to be asked to give Ida Lewis
pension.
Mr. JOHN T. RAYMOND sails tor England
this week.
OEFENBACH makes Don Quixote the hero of
his new opera.
RosE EYTTNGE is preparing for an extended
Southern tour.
MONTAGUE is ready to appear in "All's Well
That Ends Well"
The date of Mr.. and Mrs. Lords reception
has not been fixed.
M.JULEs BRAME. Senator of the Department
of the NOrd is dead.
LINK" is the appropriate name of New
York sausgge-maker.
Tom THUMB, they say, is worth million;
and yet, he's always short
COLONEL BARON Won VERsER, of Germany,
| is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel Now York.
Joaquin MILLER says that he himself is the
original Of Billie Piper in the "Dsnites."
The ibretto Of Herr Wagners new opera,
entitled "Parsiial," has appeared in London.
VICTOR EMANUEL is to have statues erect
ed to his memory in a large number of Italian
| cities.
ONE of the "expectant grandsons" of Mr.
Lord the gay old bridegroom, is student at
Princeton College.
A LADY in Mount Sterling KY, now but
eighteen years old, has been married six years
and has three children.
The President has approved the joint reso'
luton accepting the painting rendered to Con
gress by Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson.
MENGoNI, the famous italian architect, was
killed few days ago by falling from the TOT
of new arch on the Milan Cathedral.
THE autograph of David Garrick Is worth
81 that of Ms. Siddons brings $40, Rachel;
s., Handels S2l0, and Edmund Kean's Sl5.
CAPTAIN WILKINSON, of GENERAL o. o
Towards staff, and for the LAST few year,
stationed at Portland, Oregon, Is In the city,
DEMOCRATIC candidates for nomination fol
Governor Of Texas include the names Of Con
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

as the tomb of the first President at Mount
Vernon. No word of recognition for the
distress of the hour-no whisper of recon-
mendation in the way of relief has come
from the Executive Chamber. A dreadful
silence has reigned there, with no signs of
breaking. And yet contraction goes on,
without beacon light set upon the dreary
shore Of disaster and bankruptcy. Neither
the President nor Congress manifest any
active interest in the circumstances attend
ing this ruinous period, and we must say
that We regard this spirit of content and
indifference as mn alntming symptom of the
case. The people desire relief at the hands
of the Government, and they should receive
it without further delay.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04
The Present Aspect.

1t now looks as if the truth connected
with the Louisiana muddlc would come out
soon without the confession of BURKE or
information. The Washington correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Inquirer says: .
II is understood that MADISON WELLS has
opened communication with some Of his po-
litical friends here, and that he docs not in
tend to go TO Jail again for persons who profess
indifference to his fate. II there are those
who suppose that this prosecution Of the re-
turning board is matter of no material con-
sequence to any but the board, they are making
p great mistake. When the bargain was in
process of negotiation last February, 1t was
originally stipulated by SHERMAN, MAT.
THEws, FOSTER Co., that there should
be amnesty by the NICHOLS govern
ment for all political oiTenses but that
after the row in the House, when Mr..
| BEEBE, of New York, undertook to make the
speech standing on his desk land II looked like
a big row and the breaking mp of tho court
| NICHOLS, through BURKE, decided to exact
harder terms, and modified his part 50 as to
| strike out the agreement to amnesty Republic
cans for any olienscs for which the courts
| COu i take cogniZance, and continued his prom
Uses to the cessation OF killing of negroes aud
bull-doziug. This then and there gave MICH
OILS full authority to prosecute all who had
aided in giving the electoral vote to HAYES,
and to this the friends of Mr.. HAYES acccded,
trusting to luck 10 enable the Republicans to
escape; and now there Is no longer any doubt
but that under this part of the bargain it is
| intended to inICt SHERMAN aud MATTHEW'S
| the very men who supposed that the only men
who would he pursued would be the returning
board. The interest in this matter is growing
hourly, and some very important Developments
may be evolved before long.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

THE dilatoriness of the Senate in its action
on tho finances is q matter of serious COM
plant in all parts Of the country, but more par
ticularly in the commercial centres. Messrs.
TRAsK & STONE, of New York, in their EnaH-
cial Circuiar of Saturday, hold the following
language The discussion of the silver bill
in Congress has not contributed to business nc.
tivty, and the whole commercial community
are awaiting the decision of the Senate, which
will not be known until next week. Hence
the stagnation at the Stock Exchange per-
vadcs business here and elsewhere throughout
the country"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04
DIED.

HUNT-On the 81 instant. in the sixty.seventh
year 81 her age, Mrs ENELiSE HuSr, widow of the
late Henry Hunt, chief Engineer, U. =. n.
tuneTal from the residence OF her sOninlaw, George
W Mckee, No. Ii Twelfth street southeast, Monday,
the 9Th instant NJ Two o'clock y. m.
lrhiladelI hn a Brooklyn papers please copy.l
.TIOMAS.-In Washington. February l. Brevet
Maior-Genernl CHARLES THOMAS, Unit states
army.
Funeral from his residence coll street northwest
on Tuesday the bth instant. ut three IN. Friends
are rcsp~ tfuly invited tn attend.
Louisville 20 TieI-jouIndi please copy ~
HOPKINS February 3, on board the U. s. s. Wy
Oning, WILLIAM A. HOPKINS, agei thirty-three
years brother of Commander Alfred Hopkins, U.
S.N.
Remains will be TAX, to Cleveland Ohio, for inter
mrnt
FORFSMAN.-In this city. Friday February I, 1879
ut twenty minutes six D. m after Illness OF bal
three DAYS. of spsmodic Group, CuARLrs EDGAR cid
ct son Of II. A. and Ella NJ FOrsenan, aged two years
six months aud twcnty-three days.
HAISLIP.-At Havana, Cuba, November 0, 1877, a
tw"ntr-ive minutes TO sven y. M, HESEY REESE
HAisLp, youngest son rthe late MaryC. Haislip, Ia
| tho tSenty-seventh year OF h s age.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Is published
a. business enterprise-tO supply its pa
irons with interesting, instructive and use
full reading-ior pay-nOt for gratuitOus cir
culation. Its growth in popularity under
its new management has been steady,
healthy, and satisfactory, and its aim is to
ill respectable niche in journalism. 1t
has not as yet had to appeal to any extrane-
Gus aid by sc king contributions through an
attempt to force itself upon any one by per-
sistent appeal for pledges of II given num-
Der of copies at any price. What circula-
ton it has-and the extent is exceedingly
gratifying-is honest. 1t is not inflated by
gratuities or the sowing of seed in hope of Il
future harvest. 1t is not run in the inter.
est of jobs hut as legitimate business en-.
tcrprise. Those who desire it as news
supply take it. Those who prefer another
paper are at liberty to make Il mistake that
time and reason will NO doubt correct. Thi'
is all we have to say for The NATIONAI
EEPUmLICAN and its present prosperity
We honestly believe it has II paving circu
lation equal to any claim set up for it, bu
if we chose to initiate it by the concealmcn
Of truth in figures that only represent theil
own inaccuraCy, We might make its cirCu
lation appear greatly in excess of what il
really Is. That is not our way.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

AT the special session Of Congress an appro-
priaton was asked for to repair the ratCnt-of-
flee building, in consequence Of the damage to
it by the great fire. 1t was not acted On at
that session, nor thus far has there been any
disposition shown to make an appropriation so
that this necessary work may be completed
and employment given to many hundreds of
mechanics, la6orcrs, &c, now idle and suffer-
ing for the lack of the necessities of life. The
spirit of seliishness and domaguguery Is in our
land, and it will be happy day for the coun-
grcss.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

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GEORGE CRuiKsHANK, tho well-known
Iit au x, a''i . ~ uuu ,S IN
,as' W h'""o"' III '"e e'sn'y'sA'" s'"' VI "''
'so
SINGER sankey dropped into the Connecu,
cut legislature the other day, but saw u woula
DC no use 10 sing ior no one cou'o nave n'"''
awful At,
MR.. LANCASTER HODGES, oil Brownnci,,
malne' ccicbrated ms one hundred ana seventh
nirtnaay on thursday, january 2l-or believes
ne ala.
RER. J. A. THAYER, pastor Of the Disciple
Church, of Warren, Ohio, having been charged
with drunkenness has demanded an invcsti-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04
DRoPosAIs FOR cAR-FAsTENINGs AND
l. LEAD SEALS.


TREASURY DEPARTMENT, january 2, 1873.
Sealed proposals are invited until u o'clock M on
MONDAY, the 18th day Of February, 1873, tor fur
nishing the Treasury Department for one year with
suitable hgtenfnf-l for cars transporting dutlabfs
goods In bond, aud also for lead seas for use In
curing packages of dutinble merchandise In bond.
Proposals Will be addressed to the Secretary OF tho
Treasury ard marked, Propos lis for Car
or Proposals for Lead Seals" the may be.
Separate proposals must he presented for each OF tho
crosses Of the articles named.
Samples of the articles offered must accompany
each proposal and be referred to therein.
The Department reserves the right to reject any or
tsignedj JOHN SHERMAN.
jazz Secretary.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

THE failures reported in the city of New
York are larger for the month of January
than for any one month since the panic OF
ls73 The liabilities amount TO over
S7,OOO,OOO, which is really larger than for
December, the amount of s. ,COO,OOO for that
month being swelled by the failure of banks
and trust companies to the extent of over
s4,c50,00O. There were numerous failures
in the drug, grocery, hat, fancy goods, boot
and shoe, and produce trades. And yet none
of these things move the Government in
the direction of relief
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

THE st. Louis Globe Democrat says: "If
Mr.. PULITZER had received permission
from Congress tohave the FROST METCALFE
ballot-boxes sent to Washington, he would
probably have volunteered as a guard of
honor to accompany them and protect them
from violation. The idea OF putting in u
few hundred votes for FROST en- route would
have been resisted by him, even to the
death, if necessary
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

THE Albany Erening Journal, in review
ing the present condition of the country,
exclaims with much apparent fceling-"Oh
for an hour of GRANT, To this the
country will heartily respond-amen !!
And it is not improbable that they may de-
sire, at some future period, to extend the
time from an hour to four years.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

THE national banks in Kansas City are
suspcnding. The alleged reason is that people
have withdrawn their deposits. Is it true
that when the national banks quit lending
the money of other people they must quit
business ?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

SENATOR CHRIsTIANCN is opposed TO the
silver scheme, but he is willing to make an
experiment with dollar of i3i grains for
one year, and no longer, without reauthori-
cation, the coins to be issued at the rate of
not less than S2,OOO,OOO nor more than
$4,OOO,00O per month. The Senator does
not seem to attach any importance to the
snperscription of the Government which
indicates the value of any coin. The value
of either gold or silver is conventional, hui
the Government superscriptiOn is arbitrary
in fixing the value OF coins. When eithel
is forced above or below the fixed STANDARD
OF value, it is through commercial anC
speculative influences, which really hav
no proper application to coin as money. |
is desirable to emancipate our coin from
such dilemma.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

bill, shat naval officers shall DO detailed
as inspectors Of the various stations" now
filed by civilians, seems to fill great de-
sderatum in Mr.. Cox's bill, and we trust
will be adopted. His bill provides that
officers of the Revenue Marine shall act us
inspectors and the adoption of this would
I've no improvement on the present force.
The truth is that Revenue Marine officers, If
enough of them, are poor seamen. To splice
four-strand rope, turn in dcnd-cye, or
find the proper soundings in shallow water,
when blowing gale of wind, we doubt
But naval linc-ollicers are Possessed of all
the attributes of seamanship, and there are
at times hundreds on leave or waiting
orders. Their life positions as naval
officers would be dependent upon q proper
iulillment of their duties ms liie-saving in
spectors, and then the experience of great
majority of them in landing with boats in
heavy surf everywhere throughout the
world would be of incalculable benefit in
the dark and gloomy hours of shipwreck
and disaster.
But other things are needed to make the
service efficient. There are not enough
stations From Sandy Hook TO Hatteras is
the terror Of the mariner The jersey coast
has a sad reputation for marine calamitics
and while the coast from lIenlopen to
Cape Charles has not so dire record, the
low, sandy beach from Cape Henry to Hat
teras could tell of many, many bowling
tempests and gloom and death and mid
night horrors.
This latter piece of coast line is one hun
dred and two miles long There are ten
stations, each ranging ten miles Why not
make them twenty? The great loss of life
on the Huron and Metropolis could have
been much lessened, if liic-saving station
had been nearer. And then, too, the absence
of horses to drag the boats along the beach is
serious drawback to quick work and these
should be provided for. But the principal
item in the bill should be the detailing o
naval officers to act as inspectors. Their
should be no more political appointments
When it comes to matter of life and death
| H'i''N' ShbNiA '' lrh'iNl ''hA 'aN p''P'
men placed in their proper places. Mr.. 5. {
KIMBALL has made a very excellent super
intendent, but he may have had incompetent
subordinates lfso, let those men he replaced
by competent parties aud the other matter
referred to corrected, and the life-sayin!
service of the United States Government
WI be known in the future as a worthy
laudable, and efficient organization-not Il
a myth and mockery.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04
MIRKfEID,

ETTER-PETrERSON.-On the 18th ot December,
ls77. by Father Alick RpRERr NJ. ETTER. Of Phi a.
d"lphla to Miss EMMA Peterson, daughter Of the
lae Mrs. Cohen.
MiLSrEAD-BEAN.-on Wednesday evening, Jan
uAry q, 1874 Mt hrs Church. nv tho ev. Charles d..
Andrews, EDWARD NILsTyD OF Charles County,
Md to CARRIE V. BEAS, OF " ..shington. ID. q.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

GREECE is going to war to save life. Her
troops are being pushed across the frontier
that they may occupy Thessaly, Epirus,
and Macedonia. This is being done osten-
sibly to save the lives of the Christians from
the scimctar of the ruthless Turks, but the
movement is made now prccipitouSly under
n sense of evaporation produced by Grecun
hardness, while Russia has been pushing
the Porte to the wall. This may complicate
au early settlement of the question, and
peace may be more remote than has been
OF late anticipated. The muddle is extend!
ing, and England may yet have an oppor,
tunity to mix in the bloody iray-that is
ifshe is ready for land campaign. Her navy
is always in readiness, This sudden move
ment on the part OF Greece looks little us
if it it was more ready to pitch into q
slllen foe than to take the brunt of war be-
IUrc the sick man was down.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

VIII De known IN the future as worthy,
laudable, and efficient organzation-nOt as
myth and mockery.
Our .Eeuther-Dus:cr Cotcm-
POrnry.
The "ErcninJ STAR the recognized organ
of the anti-suilragists seems to have but
one Argument against the exercise of the
elective franchise in the District of Column
bia, namely The clause in the Federal
Constitution which cOnters upon Congress
exclusive jurisdiction over the seat of gov
eminent. Our contemporary paradcs this rs
an all-cOnclusiye and unanswcrable reason
against our own citizens in their attempt to
obtain some slight acknowledgment that
they are not, because residents of the Dis
trict, to be denied the rights, privileges, and
immunities claimed by, and allowed to,
their lellow-countrymen in the regulation
of their own local affairs. The fact, how
ever, is patent that for probably seventy
| five out of sevcnty-eght years Of their po-
litical existence the people here have, under
various FORMS exercised the right of sui-
irage in the selection Of their municipal
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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04
PROPOSALS.
pRoPosAIs FOR MATERIAL.

OFFICE or THE PUBLIC PRINTER,
wAsHIsUroS, January %. ls1S
Proposals will be received by the Public Printer un
vi the 18th day OF February, US, at 10 o'clock o. m,
for material" for the use of the Government Print
ing Office from this time TO the Goth OF June. 1878.
Schedules of materials desired md such Instructions
relating TO quantities, terms Of bidding &c. rs may bs
deemed expedent, will be furnished on application 70
this Office. Address
-. JNo. ID. DEGREES, Public Printer,
jan3ptf Washington, ID. @.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-02-04

THE surpri.c of Hip Van Wrinkle when awakin9
from his long slumber, could not have been greater
than that of the patient who had been troubled with
bad cough for weeks upon finding himself entirely
relieved after few doses ofDr. Bulls Cough Syrup
Price twenty-five cents.