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National Republican., 1878-05-25
DrroT orAmIknMATTER's orrIcS.

DEroT QUARTERNASTER's OFFICE
wNSHISUTOS, u. G., May l. 1873
Sealed proposals IN triplicate. vi cory OF this
Advertisement attached. will be r. ceved nj this office
until O'Clock y. M. June L. ISIS at which time and
place they will be opened In the presence Of bidders
for furnishing and delivering as required during the
fiscal year coInmenc ng July l. 80. and ending June
this city anl Georget1wn, j., T.. and at Fort Whpple
Va, about 80 cords Hard Wood sawed aud split: 10
cDr,'s OF oak Wood, In the stick; 80 cords OF Pine
Wood, sawed and split ~ cords OF Pine Wood In the
stick 100 tons White Ash Coal 30 tons Red Ash
toal 80 tons lykens Valley Coh, Of size may be
,nei for tree from slate, dust or Dirt and - tons Of
BltuminOus Lump Coal. All tho Wood and Coal TO
be OF rst class nerchantabie qualify Coal to weigh
22b pounds to the ton.
! he lowest aggregate bid for Wood Coal, or both,
will be entertained.
Also for furnishing and delivering during the same
period, all the Corn, Oats, Hay and Rye straw re-
quired tho various corals aud officers glarterS In
this city and Georgetown, n. G., Soldiers Home, d..
C.. and Fort Whipple, Va
The right Is resefred by the Government 10 reject
any all d. and these propo ais are Invited under
les by Congrsst; II fotherwise, tho Government VII
not accept any bid enter into contract prefer
ence will be given to articles Of domestic produc-
ton.
Printed proposals. guarantee, md circuiars stating
the kind and estimated quantities required at each
post place. and giving null Instructions as to tho
manner Of bidding conditions TO be observed by bid
ders and terms Of contra and pay yment will be iur-
nshed on application to this office
and Proposals for Forage and straw and addressed
separately rs Indicated u the unirrsvned
A. 4. ROCKWELL,
Depot QuartcrmaSter.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

WHILE ALEX II. STEPHENS is still re-
ceiving an unlimited amount of praise for
his opposition to the jug-handled POTTER
Investigation, it may not be amiss to recall
the manner in which he yielded to the Sc
cesson movement in 1861. A correspond
ent, commenting upon an interview printed
in these columns last March, writes as fol-
lows regarding this matter:
I noticed some time ago in your paper the
result of an interview between your reporter
and Hon. A. II. STEPHENS, in which Mr.. $,
maintains the right of secession, and that his
opposition to that hcresy in 1861 was based
upon its inexpediency, &c. Now, in order that
your readers may know how mildly he opposed
the secession ordinance in the convention
will give you the substance If not the exact
words Of his speech before that body, of which
he was n mcmber. Mr.. $. arose, with his hat
in one hand and small rattan cane in the
other, with which he toycd Us he spoke in n
low, mild voice: Gentlemen of the conven'
tion, you all know my opposition to the passage
of this ordinance. If ii is to be done, however
1t were well 1t were done quickly" and he
took his scat amid the cheers of the most VIC
lent supporters of secession, and his advice wa'
followed by tho passage Of the ordinance
uuickly
National Republican., 1878-05-25
PERSOS.fL.

JUDGE ROBERT VI. HUGHES Is at the Ma
tiOnal.
COMMODORE NICHOLSON, U. S. ", is at tho
Ebbitt.
QUEEN vIcToRrA celebrated her sixtieth
birthday yesterday.
ASSOCIATE JUsTIcE HARLAN is visiting his
"O!d Kentucky Home"
PosTMAsTEE.GENERAL KEY will speak at
Memphis OH tho Fourth of July.
SPEAKER RANDALL will return from Pitts
burg, via Philadelphia, this morning
THOMAS J. CLAY, n grandson OF Henry Clay,
is a soldier in the regular army in Texas.
IT is said that General BeIuregard expects
TO leave Louisiana soon, to live in some North
crn State.
SPEAKER RANDALL will go to Paris II he
can close his Washington exhibition in season.
New Ocl~u~ Pcayu.e.
Miss ELLA STOCKTON HORROR Is at present
soiourning at Philadelphia, but will spend tho
summer ut Atlantic City.
SUBSCRIPTIONS have begun in New Orleans
for monument to General Robert L. Loo,
which Is to be lO0 feet high
GENERAL SHERMAN and sixty lesser gene
rails will parade the streets Of New York in
full uniform on Decaration Day.
The President and party returned to the
city ycstoreIy morning about eleven o'clock
from Fortress Monroe and Hampton.
d. W. THOMPSON wishes to marry his
mothcr.n.law, but they live in Greenwood,
Miss, aud the law Of that State fOrbids such a
union.
| The Augusta Chronicle says Colonel NJ j.
/ OBricn, superintendent Of the Southern Ex-
press Company, is the immediate heir of tho
late bonanza king.
! PROFESSOR WILCOX, Gover's expert in the
/ Treasury Department. was yesterday quite ILL.,
/ His labOrs huyo been too much for him. Take
him away" rs Tcnnie Claim once remarked.
MRs. \. r. STEWART owns u solitaire dia-
mOnd worth s35,OJD which is said to be the
largest in the United States. 1t would make
a splendid pin Tor the clerk Of the Working
wUmun's Hotel.
I GESERAL RUSSELL HASTINGS of Rockford
County, H., formerly u marshal of Northern
Ohio, and during tho war lieutenant -c0lUnrl
Of President. Hayes regiment, and Miss Patt,
niece OF President Hayes, will be married at
the White House the lattorp part Of next month.
GENERAL JOHN $. WITCuER, formerly Rep.
resentative from the third West Virginia dis.
trict, and George W. Atkinson, csq., editor ul
the Wheeling Stdndurd are in the city. Mr.
Atkinson is taking II lively hand in fight
now going on in the Post st-OifCe Department
over one OF tho West Virginia post.oihccS.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

debris before the veteran hero of Appomat-
tox shall again set foot on his native heath.
But they forget that the American people
have not gone abroad. They are here and
are watching the movements Of these con-
spirators with vigilance that will prove q
safeguard against an accomplished revolu-
tion.
Tho chief trumpeter of the Greasers now
endeavors to assure them with the idea that
their nefarious purposes can be accom-
plished. II acknowledges that TTLDEN Is
q coward and mistook the beating of gongs
for the roar of artillery and beat re-
treat "Now," 1t says ave have other
leaders who are not to be scared out of
their boots by any Chinese strategy"
The Greasers become suddenly brave when
they lay aside the habilments of American
citizenship and don the forgery and practices
to Mexico. A braggart is always brave when
there is no danger, and hence this show Of
courage when II is safe to be courageous
The Greasing trumpeter proclaims that
the Democrats will so straight ahead to
obtain by peaceful aud legal means the
Government which belongs to them
This announcement is exceedingly gratify-
ing, for it assures the country, If reliable
that the scheme now on foot is to prove q
magnificent fizzle The Greasers will never
capture this Government by peaceful and
legal MEANS" for the law and the people
are opposed to them, and woe to that junta
which confronts these in their Vaccinations
of evil to the nation. They arc rs near the
seat Of power now as they ever will be, ii
peaceabc and legal means only are to BE-
resorted to in this raid upon the Govern.
ment. Neither the law nor public senti
ment afford them any standing ground fol
their revolutionary plottings and machinery
When this Government passes into the
hands of these marplots against the nationa
welfare, it will be after the best blood Of the
nation has been poured out in its defense
The American people love their country. it:
Government, its peace, its prosperity, and
its pcrpetuity, and they are neither braS
CARTS nor towards. They will not stan'
lstlcssly or peacefully and witness th'
Mexicanization of their nation without in
terposing the popular power to avert such {
! calamity,
National Republican., 1878-05-25

sees that the Electoral Commission guar
ranteed to the States many Of the rights in
dependent of the State government, the
concession Of which has hitherto not been
yielded. lie says very plainly:
II revealed clearly to every house In the
land that there arc still sovereign States, and
that the great rebellion did not obliterato our
institutions.
This view Of the case, II appears TO us
should have some weight with tire dovotees
of the Lost Cause in and out Of Congress
At any rate 1t is being quoted extensively
by the Southern Democratic press rs an as
surance that all hope for the future has not
yet departed. But Mr.. ScoTT LORD and
his fellow-Copperheads fortunately are as
powerless to enforce their ideas regarding
States rights as he is unfortunately in his
opposition to the sweeping force Of the PoT.
TER iniquity. The day has passed when the
masses Of American voters looked to either
Mr.. POTTER or Mr. LoRD-representing
as they do two distinctive elements o
modern Democracy, both, however, being
devoted to revolutionary ends-for advice
or counsel
National Republican., 1878-05-25

Mr.. JoHN G. THOMPSON, of Ohio, thinks
the Democrats can afford to be called rev.
" olutionists," and adds that the result of
the POTTER investigation will justify the
wisdom of the inquiry. Let us take these
men at their own words. They are, then,
self-confcsscd revolutionsts, and defantly
accept the responsibility of having pro-
tractcd the political disquiet and the COM
mercial distrust consequent upon this in
vestigation. Mr.. THOMPSON is leader
among the Democratic leaders, and speaks
by the card
National Republican., 1878-05-25

A CORRESPONDENT who signs himself
" Hereto" writes us a letter Of some length,
calling attention to the fact that the Metho-
dist Church is not, as the Democratic Wash
ington organ charges, the established
" church of Radicalism," nor is it " the most
aggressive religious denomination in the
land" nor does ii seek to revolutionize
" our form of Government" The more is
the pity, we add, for the Methodist Church.
The Democratic organizations within its
membership, and they are numerous, in
Guiding pro-slavery congregations right here
in the District of Columbia, are its greatest
bane.
National Republican., 1878-05-25
PROPOSALS..
DROPosALS FOR FUEL FORAGE, ANT
l. STRAW.
OyptCg or AsatsTASr QrApTpRNAsrFR.


PRorosALs FOR FUEL FORAGE, AND
OFFfCR oF ASSISTANT QuARTERMAsrER,
BALTIMORE, Mo, May ~, isia
Sealed promo ais, In tr,pcate, sube,t to te usual
conditions. will be- received at this office until y
o'cork. neon, on June lS 1875 at which tn Q and
place they will be opcn'd IN the presence OF bidders
Tor furnishing and delivering the Fuel Forage, and
Straw required at the following mentioned posts dur
ing the It's year cbmmrning July !, 1873, and end.
Bsliimora, Ma fort McHenry, Nd. . Fort Foots,
Md, Washington Arsenal, u. G., and Carlisle Bar.
racks, Pa
A preference will bs given TO article, OF domestic
proinctiOn. Tine Government reserves the right 10
ieject any or all proposals.
The requirements OF section Tti, Revised statutes
may be apple to Coat and Wood delivered rndor
which the wonder Will he required 10 pay duly:
appointed inspector for ln,p, cling, weighing, and
measuring the ,nal and Wood ty' MY cents tor each
ton OF coal q lp poundS) weighed aud nnc cents :or
each cord Of wood rs cube f'.,l m"aue by him;
and per cord OF wool. both In the event Of those
qulr RENE ents being applied and not being applied.
Hank proposals and iu Information rs Tn the ma n
ner OF bidding, conditions to he observed by dd re-
and terms OF contract and payment will be fuf nish
on application to this Office.
EnvrlOpes containing prono ais should he marked
proposals for Fuel Forage. or straw. as the cas-
may be- and aildr, sscd 10 the undeIslgned.
]. NJ MARSHALL.
NIB Captain and A. a. NJ.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

THE Cleveland Herald thinks that 1t
would be interesting to know tho private
opinion Mr. HAYES cntertains of those
Southern politicians who told him last sum-
mer that he was the best President since
WASHINGTON and are now trying to kick
him out Of the White House. When he re-
fleets on their behavior he no doubt calls to
mind the saying of wALPoLE, that "Grati-
"tude is lively sense of future favors." "
That was the sort of gratitude the South
felt for him last summer
National Republican., 1878-05-25

THE New York Grdphic has awakened to
the fact that there is conspiracy on foot
" to bring about civil war " in this country,
and that the conspiratOrs have in view the
" reinstatement of the Southern COnfedcr-
" ate officers in the regular army OF the
" United States further that they propose
to allow the discontcnted wOrkingmen of
" the North to dictate to the capitalist
class" Now let the Gr"phic be impingcd
upon the pointed drnunciution Of Demo-
cratic ridicule along side Of THE NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN, the Chicago Inter- OcsaR, and
other sO-callcd Bloody-Shirt sheets. The
Graphic is getting to be a sound paper pOliti-
cally; it was right on the silver question,
and it IS now coming around to the side of
loyalty in this McxicanizatiOn scheme which
it fifty describes TO be not only an attempt
to question the title OF President Hayes but
n sectional effort TO reduce the army and
place the Government under the complete
control of the Southern Confederate Dcmoc-
raCy.
National Republican., 1878-05-25
DRoposALs FOR PINE AND LATHs.
NAVY pay lIRiCR

NAVY PAY OrFicp,
wAsHTSoTuS, u. C., May Is, 1873.
Scaled proposals, In duplicate to b. lndorsed Pro
poss for Pine and Laths" will he received at this
Ofce until u m. the 5ist day OF May, ISIS for the
low-de-cribed lumber, 10 I've delivered at the navy.
yard. Washington rre OF any expense 10 the Govern
ment and subject to the usual inspection and approval
BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS.
10000 feet NJ. No. white pine, inch thick not les,
than IS inches wide.
5000 fect u. II. No white pine, Inch thick.
Go0) ioet H. N. first qualify Virginia yellow pine
3NINln feet In length.
1000 feet u. NJ. first quality Virginia yellow pine
INiNlO feet In length.
1000 feet u. VI. first quality Virginia yellow p!no
ix0x2D feet In length.
1000 feet II. N. first quality Virginia yellow pine
sNsS2O feet In length.
5000 feet u. NJ. first quality Virginia yellow pine
SSi2S30 feet IN length.
1000 laths.
The right reserved to reject any all Of the offer.
II not deemed advantageous to the Government. Rc
sponsblc security required the bids for the promp
aud hthful delivery OF the above. Blank forms FOL
bids to be had at this Office - -
W. W. WILLIAMS.
mys0 pny.lnspeCtOr United states Navy.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

IF anybody wants to know what the
Boys in Gray think of General GRANT, read
what Senator WITHERs, of Virginia. said
during the discussion in the Senate on the
question of placing General GRANT on the
retired list of the army: 'lf he was in need
" of assistance undertake to say
" that if that time should ever come the
soldiers of that army who were treated
with such generosity at AppOmattoX
" Courthouse, and who were told to take
" their horses home with them to cultivate
their crops, will not forget that act OF
kindness on the part of General GRANT,
and will vote as liberal contribution TO
secure him from want as any Republi-
cans-the best of them-on the opposite
" side of the chamber"
National Republican., 1878-05-25

THE Burlington HdTkcys sometimes looks
at things with very peculiar squint.
Take the following for instance:
General GRANT hopes none of the Union
soldiers will ever feel disposition to apollo
gize" for their efforts in saving the country.
They never will, but sometimes when they
see what kind Of y country they saved, they
must feel awfully tempted to apologize to
somebody for something. For saving tho JEFF
DAVIS and SAMMY TILDES part of it, for in-
stance. And CRoSIN; what man can look an
old musket in the face and not blush to think
that he fired it to secure CRoSIS mileage
clear across the continent and back. And ABE
HEWITT. Aud KEY. When General GRANT
himself thinks that he fought KEY four years
to make him Postmaster-General,d doesn't he
feel little like apologlzing himself? For
surely either GRANT or HAYES was wrong
and HAYES says ait wasn't him"
National Republican., 1878-05-25

SOME of the papers credit ALEX. STE
PHENs with an honest attempt by opposing
the POTTER inquity to prevent revolution.
Perhaps the credit is due him. But there
is suspicion that his opposition was tinged
with selfish and unpatriotic desire to COB
BILE up the Administration by placing it un-
der obligations to the auti-TILDES wing OF
the Democracy for the preservation of its
official safety. He is n schcmer, is ALEX.
National Republican., 1878-05-25
pOLITICIL NOTLS.

GENERAL MORGAN Is mentioned as a Demo-
cratic Comp rcssiOnal candidate In Ohio.
THE Cleveland HeraH proposes TO run Char.
lie Foster for Governor of Ohio next time.
EX-GOYERNOR CARPENTER is candidate
for Congress in the ninth Iowa district. This
is positively assorted.
Is Hayes really coming into the Republican
ranks If so, We await the shifting OF his jib-
boom Lticd Republican.
THE West Virginia papers are beginning to
intimate that Governor Mathews has aspra-
tons to succeed Senator Hereford.
TIE Indiana Republicans are w!do awake,
National Republican., 1878-05-25

IT is a noticeable fact that the portion OF
the southern Democratic press opposed to
the ripping up of the settled past" and
oustng President HAYES, is also opposed to
Mr.. TILDENs anti-Southern-c claims letter
The patriotism or the Cancellation, or what
ever you may call it, of these Southern
Democrats, never amounts tOanything more
than love for the old flag with an appro-
1riatiUn concealed in its folds.
National Republican., 1878-05-25
Senator Salisbury and the Poor Man.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
Senator Salisbury said a sensible word on Thurs.
day In protest against Determinations lin favor OF
the poor man. The senator looks ut the question
with the eyes Of a fosSiliferous Democrat from an
old negro.hating State but he may DO more than
half right In his suggestion that there would be
less industrial disorder in the land IL Congress had
not pandcrcd TO the mistaken demands Of working.
men for eghthOur laws and similar legislation
LIKE beautiful jewels In brazcn settings are hand
some features upon Il mce murrcd by signs OF blood
poisoning The great purifier Of tho blood is Dir
Bulls Blood Mixture.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

tion of the interests of great State to the
grasping power of sclfshncss. The people
cannot be made aware of the situation at
too early day; neither can they be too
vigilant in guarding the interests of the
State against the most serious consequences
to the public welfare. The Republicans
must emancipate the State from this rule
by securing the success of their ticket in an
emphatic majority.
National Republican., 1878-05-25
pRoPoSALs FOR STATIONERY.
WAN DEPARTMEST, WA

WAR DEPARTMENT, WAsIISGTON CITY,
May -, 1914.
sealed proposals, addressed to the Secrrry II War,
VIII he received ut THIS department until ~ O'Clock
noun On Thursday the 2th day OF June, ls7S for sup
plying le stationery for the War Department and It's
Bureaus 4 T Tho fiscal year ending June ~, 1879.
schedule Of The RTtiCli required, and blank form
Of proposal will he furnished ON ~ plluuIlUn 10 the
Chief Clerk.
The Stationary must be OF the best quality Sam.
plOS must accompany each bid.
The successful III iluT will he required to give bond
with approved snrrics FIR the faithful luiIlmcnt Of
hls CONTRACT and the Department viii reserve the
right TO order the articles II may deem proper and
schedule
Articles not named In the schedule are to be fur
nShed NJ the option Of the Department. NJ the lowest
market pllce. GEO W. MCCRARH,
myH Secretary OF War.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

THE Democratic party Of Pennsylvania
has fallen gently into the arms of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and have allowed
Mr., SCorr to dictate their nomination for
Governor, This alone should be sufficient
to insure an overwhelming Republican vic
tory. The better portion of the Democratic
party throughout the State regard this re-
suit as boding no good to the welfare of the
Commonwealth The election of Dill will
cnslave the State to an overshadowng
corporation and monopoly, whose grasping
and soulless character promises nothing
better in success than the utter subordna-
National Republican., 1878-05-25
pRoposALs FOR CAVALRY HORSES.

DEPOT QUAnrERNAsrER's OFFICE,
WAsHISVTUS. d. c, May . lS73
Sealed proposals are invited, and will be received nj
tins OiiCG until Il oClOk June L. ISIS, for nT.
nishlng for the QuHrrrnaStcr's Department Mitepn
lijI Cavalry Horses. ~ follows;
The horses to be sOuUd In nl particulars well
In lnII hs and good condition, from hfteen Q5) TO
sixteen l6l hand, high, from five @ 10 nine ) years
old and well adapted In every way to cavalry pur'
poses.
A thorough nsI ertlOn Of each horse will he made
by tho Veterinary surgeon OF the Department, aud
those tlmt do not conform to the above description
will lie rejected. Tho United state, reserves the right
10 elect any all bids and the acceptance Of any
bid viii depend upon the previous favorable ilspeC-
ti n Of the horses offered un hr the bid.
Proposals should be marked Proposals for Horses
and addressed 10 The undersigned. -
4. 7. ROCKWELL.
MY Depot QuarleI master.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

THE New York Erprc" uttrrs a growl of
encouragement to communism in this
wise:
General SHERMAN thinks that he has an
srmy large enough TO shoot down few thou
sand hungry workingmen, should any Amcri.
can wOrkinZuen he 50 foolish rs TO be melted
to insurrcctium by handful of halfcrazy Eu.
rOpCan communists. But Congress will have
something 10 say Us to how far the Unitcd
States army ought to bo used for any such pur.
pose.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

THE Utica R,pubiicd", q stalwart among
ministmtion, rushes to the defense of Prcsi-
dent HAYES title and opposes the threat
encd Mexicaniation scheme with con-
sistent yehcmcncc. 1t believes, however,
that the present is good time TO make the
following remark:
To have a Republican Administration we
must have a Republican Cabinet as well q, a
Republican President. 4 Republican Admin.
iStration run on sthe Democratic plan is a
fuiluru
National Republican., 1878-05-25

THE Baltimore Gdsette promises i'm
provement. 1t finds that an old press and
young and ungentlemanly editor do not
add much to the respectability of its ap-
pearance or to the decency of its utterances
1t must live and learn.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

TILDES dreams, when his income -thiev-
ing, Misunderstanding, and stOck-jobbng
conscience permits him to sleep, of remod-
eling the Executive Mansion here in Wash
ington after the style of the Hall of the
MonteZumas.
National Republican., 1878-05-25

THE Nashville american, referring to the
allegation that President HAYES thinks the
Southern Democracy are ungrateiul, remarks
very bluntly:
Mr.. HAYES ought to know that there is no
gratitude in politics. 1t is plain matter Of
business. man who does his duty will gen.
orally be sustained, not as q matter of graft
tude, but rs a matter Of cSpedency 1t pays
to have agents who do their duty. While we
do not regard the policy adopted the wiscst
policy, Mr. HAYES has no ground for complaint.
That's it, exactly. Such thing as chiv'
alrous gratitude, except in the way of a
lively sense Of favors to come" is un-
known to the average Southern Democrat
All their dealings with Republicans are
plain matters of business. 1t is to be hoped
this ungratetul insult will not pass un'
needed in the proper quarter
National Republican., 1878-05-25

CARTER HARRISON, the real humorist,
engaged in getting private or personal
pledges from his Democratic associates in the
House to support the sacred irrefragability
Of President HAYES title. When will he
let mp on this funny business?
National Republican., 1878-05-25

EX-CONGREssMAN SCOTT LORD, who
favored the Electoral Commission COM
promise in the Forty-fourth Congress, is
now among the Democrats who consistently
oppose the POTTER iniquity. He sustains
the decision of the committee mainly be-
cause it assumed the final right of the
States to fix things to suit themselves as re-.
CARDS election returns. In other words, he