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National Republican., 1878-08-21
WHAT WILL TIEY DO wIra nIMg


The Potter committee, which has proved
an utter failure except in the development
Of premium pcrjurers and mnntics, having
run ashore for any ything else to do have re-
solved that STANLEY MATTHEWS is in con-
tempt, aud that they will report linn so 10
the House. This reminds Us OF the old story
OF the daikey who was fishing beneath q
bridge, and u mischc'0us boy, who was
playing above him. dropped a quid Of to-
bacco 50 that ii lodged IN the fisherman :
protruding lower lip. what yc do dar -
exclaimed the irate darkcy; Now yc mind,
Il shall jus lcl him dare aud take him
home and show him TO your ladder.
| This Is what Mr.. POTTER and General
BlrLER propose to do with STANLEY
MATTHEWS. And what then; Congress
meets in December, and when these gentle
men report senator MArTHEWs in contempt
| the senator will be in his seat clothed with
his mantle Of privilege, under which many
Il senator and Representative have COM
mittcd .ict- that they would not have done
but for that guaranteed protection from re-
spnnSihiitv. He will then, no doubt, hold
the POTTER committee in Us much contempt
a. they possibly entertain toward him aud
| the House will perceive that the traditional
parliamentary privilege lwill protect him
| rOm any more serious consequences than
Will fall upon his offending head from IL
contrmpibl" expressions.
This piece Of spite on the part of BrTLEI
! h in
TER bcronc, an accomplicc, is beneath con
! tempt, for il ,hows petty malignity of dis
position uuhrcOming great men, 1t is boy
i,h and puerlc, and reflects, perhaps, NOR,
clearly the true inwArdncss' Oithc>c dwarict
statesmen than anything else could. Sena
tor M,rrmEws knew perfectly well thai
BUTLER would take advantage of the occa
sion, should h" appear before the'cOmmittec
10 insult and 0ppTc,s him with his insO
lcncc, and he did not care TO subject hmscl
to such an ordeal In this he was clearly
right. BUTLER only wanted to get hin
within his power that he might
gratiiy aEpetty tyranny of bearing
for which no other opportunity would be a,
favorable Senator MATTHEWS cOnsultet
his own self-rcspcct and his personal com
fort, and concluded not to crafty the petty
piquc of the valiant general who never ac
cepts battle unless he can select his own en-
trenchmcnts. BuTIER and POTTER hOlC
Senator MATTHEW'S in contempt, and NJ
doubt there is free interchange Of thi
emotion between them, for if they hold hin
in any higher contempt than he does then
they are no doubt welcome to the balance il
! the exchange.
National Republican., 1878-08-21
PERSONAL

CAPTAIN EOYSToS, of swimming fame, is
in Paris.
TmE late Cardinal Franchi was n confirmed
smoker.
THE heart bowed down by weight Of
"WhOa, Emma
THERE Is u strong suspicion that the Qucru'S
speech was written by King Dsraeli
HENRY SMALL has returned from his North
crn.trip apparently much benefited.
GEoRuE W. DEvmBIss aud wife, of West.
minister Nd, are guests at the Imperial.
GEORGE BRIGHAM aud S. W. Tecmc aud
wife, of New York, are at the Imperial.
INDIA IAN.kmaidcns on the reservations in
Northern Nebraska have begun TO carry par
asOls.
GovERNoR MCCLELLAN is going to spend q
few days at Oquaga lake, Delaware County,
New York.
ameteur of music, and is able to sing mass with
fine effect.
TIE house wherein George Eliot lives and
writes stands in one of the most secluded
hooks of London.
60 NORTH young man." says the Boston
Post to Mr.. Bennett, go north aud freeze up
with the country"
Mr.. DAVID DUDLEY FIELD is In Paris with
credentials as a member of half u dozen inter
national Congresses.
W. l.. ALDEN, the New York Times funny
man, has sailed for Europe, intending to spend
SIX months In Italy.
GREAT preparations are making in Cincin.
natl for the reception of General James Shields,
who will shortly lecture.
DAN MCNEvASs, a lNborer on the dam at
Phillips, Wis. fell heir last week to Sg7,OOO in
gold, that is in Glasgow, Scotland.
PRECEDENT HAYES has gratihed the Virgin
ians by accepting an invitation to visit Orange
Court House some time In October.
4 SEASIDE belle left her bathing shoes hang
ing out of her hotel window to dry, and the
National Republican., 1878-08-21
JonnERs M LnnnING.

The objective point Of the Posts opera
tionS has been proclaimed by its own
brazen trumpet. II lives and make,
valiant battle in behalf Of the overthrow
OF the Government Pruting-Onicc, that its
patriotic proprietor may share the unclean
, drippingS Of fat contracts for the Govern.
ment printing and binding II strikes us
that this is rather lofty aspiration. The
Government has determined. rs a matter o
| printing and binding. II has invested
largely in buildings, machinery, type
DC, in fitting out one Of the
most perfect aud most extensive
| printing and binding establishments in the
world, and except with those who hunger
and thirst for the spoilS which are hidden
therein 10 tempt the cnvious eye Of the
patriotic contractor. the business of tn,
Government Printing Onice has been con
Quoted TO the satisfaction OF all concerned
. The Government was never 50 well nor as
economically served with printing and
binding of like excellence in quality as il
has been by its own agencies, and II never
will be again if 1t should surrender to the
hungry and clamOrous contractors and pro-
fcssiOnal iobhers who now demand the
overthrow of the Government Office
1t is boldly threatened by this hungry
crew that the next Congress will throw
away the property of the Government and
yield all these advantages 10 glut theii
greed and give up all the conyenicnces and
henciits now shared through this important
bureau TO satiate the rapacity of men who's,
hunger has long been whetted by adyersity
This one declaration should admOnsh tn,
people OF the danger OF clecting u Demo
cratic House which will have the power ant
partisan disposition to crafty the greed that
now clamOrS for safety.
If such sacrifice on the part Of the Gov,
eminent is due 10 philanthropy, or some
thing generous is due to the fostering o
Western enterprise, then perhaps 1t should
abolish useful, convenient, and ecOnomi,
bureau to meet the case. But We Nentur,
the prophetic opinion that if the Dcmocr iti,
organ depends on such contingency Us il
nov seems to contemplate to vitalize it,
enterprise and prolong its days, the soOnc
II abandons TO the underwriters the better
for it has no prospect Of such piece o
good fortune,
National Republican., 1878-08-21

next day the local paper announced that such
q hotel had put up new awnings Of an unique
design
HoN. II. q. DAVIS, Senator from West Vir.
gnia, who has been on visit to Europe with
his hmily, rcturncd.homc last week.
THE skull of Captain Jack, the Modoc chief
hanged for General Cauby's murder, has been
Lockport, y. V.
WADE HAMPTON has sent to Mrs. Custer, at
Monroe, Mich, her husbands feld-glass
which had been picked up by Southern cav
alryman at the battle of Brandywine.
MARTIS NEhVE, Charles II. Eaton, Of Gin.
cinnati; Warren w. Yates, of Kentucky, ant
William n. Waters, of shop Spring, Tenn.
have been appointed storekeepcrs, and Rober
i. Dalton, of Georgia, gaugcr in tn,
internal. revenue service
National Republican., 1878-08-21
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

\ number Of newspapers of all political
shades, which have been suddenly shocked,
as it were, into an expression Of opinions
regarding the prospective war with Mexico,
have fired them Oil. at the hali-cock. They
say there Is no prOvOcation or reason or
valid excuse for such II war. Therein
they are sadly mistaken. If the out
RACES that are Of constant occurrence
on our Southern boundary were committed
on our Canadian border, these same journals
would be alive and rampant to the indmity,
not to say the injustice, thereby heaped upon
the Government and its citizens. Isolated
rs the Tlnchers Of Texas are from cOmmu-
nicatiOn with the North, the details of the
outrages to which they have been subjected
tardily make their way into the public
prints. Meanwhile, the idiotic yclp OF
jOhbery has been raised because some OF
these outraged citizens have attempted Ia
obtain just reclamation for their losses. Ol
the extent of these claims Senior ZAMACONA
the Mexican Mnistcr-gOOd authOrity-ad.
mits that between ISIS and lsGS
they amounted, US adjusted by the
Mixed Convention, to Sl,l25,G!2. But
he fails to add that since 1sG-
another installment has been presented
which will amO unit 10 at least SlO,OOO,OOO
although the clai mants figure the aggregate
as high as SiO,OOO,OOO. 1t should be under.
stood, however, that the mere money value
of these claims is not the principal question
involved in the controversy between the etwo
governments The value of the lives and the
peace and prosperity Of American citizens
living on or near the bank OF the Rio Grnnde
National Republican., 1878-08-21

JUDGE TYNER, Acting Pnstmaster-t;em-
cral, has adviceS from Indiana that the
friends of G0DLOVE :. ORTIZ have aban-
doncd the movement to withdraw him from
the Congressional canvass in that state this
fall. Mr. TNNER says the charges against
Mr.. ORTIZ have only had the effect to rally
his friends more firmly to his support, and
that Mr.. ORrH will he elected to Congress
by handsome majority. The only draw.
back Is in the opposition of the people oil
Charlottesville to nominee from Lafayette
but this dislike he believes will bc over
looked rather than risk defeat in the dis
tiict by the election OF Democrat. Tho
general tenor Of advices from the entir,
state are very encouraging.
National Republican., 1878-08-21
TIE SIOE-sTKING DISTRICT" OF
MiSSI~SIPPI-HOS. J. IL. CUAIMEI,s.


1t is the purpose of TIE RLECHLICAN to
give reliable information concerning the sit
uation Of political affairs not only in all the
States of the Union, but, 80 far US possible,
in the various Congressional districts OF
which those States are composed With
this purpose stoadiastly in view. we have
sought to obtain such data us would enable
US to write intclligcntly, truthiully, and
undcrstandingly with reference to the
" Shoe-String District " OF Mississippi, and
the gentleman who represents that district
in the Congress of the United States
1t should be understood at the outset that
a Democratic Legislature, installed by
means of fraud intimidation violence and
murder, gerrymandered the State in such q
manner as to almost preclude the possibil-
ity of the election Of n Republican, except
ing in the district referred to, which cX.
tends from the Tennessee to the Louisiana
line q distance of about 800 miles, and
which, in some places, is not more than iif'
teen miles wide. This geographically, most
extraordinary Congressional district wa'
created for the purpose of massing the
colorcd voters into one, and ii wal
uni versalIy conceded that the Re
publicans, if not the colored
people, with their majority of about l5,OOC
voters, would certainly send at least one
Representative from Mississippi, a Republi'
can State to the United States Congress
and that one from the "Shoc-string District,
so called because OF Its extreme length and
narrowness. In this district the men who
National Republican., 1878-08-21
senator Barnuin's Successor.
New York Trlbune.l

II dues not make 30 much difference whether
General HRwlry or Marshall Jewell or Henry e.
Robinson or Henry u. Harrison OF Oryile II, Fiat
or any other Of dozen or more that might be
nnmed, be elected To succeed Mr. Banum, Any
one Of them would represent the state cTeditably.
The main point Is 10 prevent Mr. BaTnum succeed.
ing himself 4 campaign which begins with the
assumption on the part Of General Hawey's friends
that the sole object Is TO send him to the Senate
that he has any prior right 10 or lien on the nomi-
nation, Is not likely to he success There are sew
cral uthfproninent Republicans in the State, aud
some Of them will not enjoy being denounced as
tricky politicians" because their friends have ex-
National Republican., 1878-08-21

OF course Postmaster-Gcncral KEY is on
an electioneering tour. At any rate the
Opposition newspapers say 50. Meanwhile
the interests of the public service, as re-
CARDS the Post-Oficc Department, are safe
in the hands Of Judge TYSER. Now let
some newsless scrhblcr rise upon his
elongated ear and say that Judge KEY
went away for the express purpose Of per-
mitting Mr TYNER to run the machine v
in the interest of the Republican party
With some people it is impossible that n
public officer can do anything free from 4
politiCnl motive.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

Is the paramount question at issue.
Whether the raiders arc Mexican robbers"
Us Senor IAMACoSA Describes them, or In
dian dcpredators, they have not only
plundcrcd, but murdered citizens Of that
section, and the Mexican government has
failed, either from inability, indifference, OF
sympathy TO punish them for their crimes
On the assumption of its inability to pm
ish them, the United States authorities have
notified the Mexican government that they
will take the matter in their own hands.
This is what General MACKENEIE's raids
have been attempted for, but they have al
most invariably ended in simple attempts.
His failures have been Occas0ncd by the
Intervention of the state and local authori-
ties and by the opposition of symraihizing
residents on the south bank of the river.
! They have naturally resulted in the encOur-
agcmcnt of other raids aud boldcr rObberics
until lorbearinCc has really ceased to he u
virtue, aud the present Administration
| has determined TO resort 10 vigorous
measures, whatever that means. No one
who knows the facts, or who reads them Us
here presented, will hesitate to inhorSc
those measures or will fail to hope that
they will be successful Meanwhile the
Government should not be backward in the
matter Of explaining these facts. Among
other things 1t might make public the de-
tails of the massacre of forty-one Americans
as late as last May; the ravishing of women
and young girls, and the stealing of 100
horses by band OF Mexican marauders
who have thus lar escaped capture and
punishment
National Republican., 1878-08-21

TIE Bourbon press t. still lighting indie
Montgomery .ldryiis,r says, it means the
resurrection Of the Republican party
We hope the Bourbons are right in thi-
opinion; but are afraid they are not. The
Independents of the South may be tired OF
Bourbon rule; but they are at the same
time 50 blindIy prciudiced against negro
suffrage that they will never go over to
tho Republicans. As We have repeatedly
explained third party movement is i'm
minent in that section, aud that is all, The
Eourhons are heightened at the dcsertions
from thcirrankS to this movement, and may
National Republican., 1878-08-21

GIVE us Chicago woman to stand up
for her rights, and to have peace if she fights
for it. A Mrs. SHELLEY, of that city,
meekly desired her husband to 20 into
court and swear that she had peaceful
disposition, and when he refused. she vndi-
Gated her meekncss of temper by beating
him over the head with tlnt-iron until his
life nearly departed. This is the subIimity
of milduess.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

THE Philadelphia Tine. will have il, in
the face Of facts TO the contrary, that rre,i-
dent HAYES has not contributed anything
TO the Republican campaign fund. Very
well; the country is safe the fund is in
creased, and the Tim" still enjoys the cx-
elusive use of an untruth for its customary
paragraph on that subject.
National Republican., 1878-08-21
DusIrr Nnm,h..IIcc.
LAm NL.erynnl ENchnnlc.

An bbsCfNunl EXCHANGE.
The libeTality which our fUrrign-bOrn agtatrrs
show toward other persons of foreign birth i HPlly
illustrated by the supprscd dialogue between
RuarnCy and u heuthCn ChiuuU, as follows;
KearIlcy-By the heavens above and the stars
that are liz IT, by the moon, that pale empress Of
the night; by the sun that shines 10y day; by the
earth aud all its inhabitants; and by he'll beneath
Us. the Chinese must O..
Heathcn Chince-iou no Mclean man, dustec
Nnu' salfnp
National Republican., 1878-08-21

THE New York Graphic says: Prom
licing to lunacy there is but one step"
ii that he true, q regular line Of ambu-
lances should be established between the
Insane Asylum and the office of the daily
Post for the conveyance Of prospective pa
tients, for they are there.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

THE Republicans of Mississippi will pre-
sent ex-senator ALCnRS rs their choice for
Nice-President on our ticket in l-~O. The
favoritc SON business will develop itself
in that particular in the convention very
largely.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

THE endless, self-imposed task of Miss
JULIA \. MOORE, the sweet Singer of Michi-
gan, will prove to he an elongated illusta-
ton of linked sweetness long drawn out e
She is engaged in writing all the campaign
songs the Nationals can use between now
and the time they elect their candidate for
President
National Republican., 1878-08-21
The lngrntrimI =" rnsi."

Anderson, the famous Louisiana witness. has u
new grievance lie has been discharged from the
Wushngtun.ia, where hrsccurrlH situation after
the Philadelphia h"Hh Im,Ti'u bounced him lie
finds his rrOfCs'"n is uncertain Tvs politics, and
newspapers a. uuEmiCnIl ~ republics.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

THE Cincinnati Gn.'h' proposes to abol-
ish our navy altogether Let it severely
alone and il will abolish Itself. Either this.
or rebuild it entirely, for the present array
Of thidrate vessels We call navy is little
less than a national disgrace.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

be compelled to moderate the pace with
which they have been travelling In the di-
rcction Of restoration of the post-Jeil""'
situation. This is about the only benefit
that will result from II.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

MISNENrbLI@und St Paul are qunrrcling
~ to wh ho shall have the honor of entertain
ing President HAYES during his projected
visit to the Minnesota State Agricultural
Fair.H, It. Paul insists that he 'hull be hci
"pryntc property during hi, stay. 1t j,
really To b" hoped, aye, earnestly, that they
shall not rcnd him in pieces during III,
struggle. Wait, gentlemen, until he arrives
lie will Concilatc things, and probably sue
coed in making both cities dissatisfied. /
hC does not, it will be the first time his con
clintory rllurts have resulted satisfactorily
to any interested party.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

SEVERAL years ago Senator THURMAN
made speech eStoling the Democracy and
its administration Of the Government. in
which he said Then we had currency
" of gold and silver, or their equivalent; now
:" W" have only rags \ change has oc-
cured in his sentiments since then, which
places him in the attitude Of an mconsst-
.nt triier u wrathcr-cock, and the latest
disciple of the Ohio ideC.'
National Republican., 1878-08-21

THrRMNY is another Greenback leader
who thinks it is oppressive to pay the inter-
est on our national bonds, and then draws
the interest on those lie holds without COM
plant.
National Republican., 1878-08-21
Ihn NnlInM IrArr.
Mrs. rurlingtnn's Ideas.
na. ..r,,f,,.. ,..,...,.+ ~.

NIT, iutllilgl'hls = llths'
Ike reading the morning paper: Many towns Hni
Villages IN Louisiana aud Mississippi have Iuarun-
tined the mails.
Mr.. lhuingtOn: Sakcs alive! Qunmntincd the
males! Aud what nrc the nOOr'rlrlS to do for hus-
bands? That's what Cuncs ui Hayes removal Of
the lIUOp,.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

IIoN. GOLDSMITH W. HEWITT has been
bounced by the Democracy of the sixth dis.
trict Of .ilahama and cN-C Congressman Bur.
WELL Il. LEWIS has been nominated in hi,
grcss was the MrXicnn pension bill, where
by he hoped TO enable rN-Contclcrates, in-
rIudug JEFF DAVIS, 10 get their fingers
into the public treasury again. His CON
stiturnts do not seem to have appreciated
hi vilUrlS.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

Tue pnrdOnng Of criminals, or. What j.
the same thing the suspension OF sentences
passed upon Illicit whisky distiilcr, has be-
come prominent feature Of the business oI
the Government recently. "" have already
called attention 10 the iwt that this len
icncy i, especially rou!insl {" tho South -
more particularly TO south Carolina
the result is 4 natural increase Of appIic,-
tions for parlons from the inm tcs Of North-
cru prisons The question Is, is Cancellation
sectional.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

EN-ArroRNEY-GENEWAL TAFT is pos>i-
bic candidate for Congress in the first Ohio
district. Why not?
National Republican., 1878-08-21

SENATOR MATTHEWS belongs to the ma
jority party once more, lie is I'm contempt
of the BrTLER-PoTrAW committee.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

THERE is very little or no danger of yell
low fever in Washington. Don't get
alarmed at shadow.
National Republican., 1878-08-21
Horn InrrptluluIIg.
Lnaylnn nnhInl .Innrnnl.

Dayton lOhlOD Journal
Iii Very mkimd Of Democratic papers tn say
that Thurman ia topper. NullRudighum used To
say ~. aud we couldn't believe him. II Is II sad
thing To be- born mCrduluus
National Republican., 1878-08-21
The SagucityI of Insects.

I'ialN CsiDE News.
Now that II New Jersey m,IsuIIitu tried his hill uu
Ben Butlcrs check, We don't want 10 real anything
more about the ssguCily al insects.
National Republican., 1878-08-21

ercistd the sane right that General IInwlcy'
friends have u considering them possible candi
dates for Senator. Connecticut may he carried for
the Republicans as against the Democrats; that II
could he carried upon direct issue for General
Hawley for Scuator no one believes who knows
ANYTHING about the State,
National Republican., 1878-08-21

pRoNIsEs kept inspire confidence; and Or. Buls
Baby syrup never promised relief In the diseases
Of childhood without at once eicCtng IT, Hence
the popular reliance upon II. Price - cents Il
g1A
National Republican., 1878-08-21
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST n, I.7s

Persons leaving the city during the sum
mcr month, eau have THE NATIONAL RE-
PUBLICAN mailed to their address by or
dering IT at the couutinE-room Of this Of
flee, either In person or by letter. Terms
my cents per mouth, including postage.
National Republican., 1878-08-21
0yRent.

ENOR RENT-CALL AND SEE OUR LIST OF
4 property for rent. JOHN SlI EIlMAN,& co,
jy3l-ly St. Cloud Building.
TOR RENT-A SlcEIY-FCRNlSlIED SUITE
II of rooms fronting east and west with awnings;
slS per mouth Also two single rooms, d and 80 per
month. No. ~ I thirteenth street northwest. Jylbtf
National Republican., 1878-08-21
For Sale.

EOR SALE-tALI. AND SEE Orr LIST OF
Il property for sale. JOHN SHERMAN Il CO., ~ .
Cloud building. Real estate and loans Jy1iy
ENOR SALE-STEAM PRINTING ESTABLISH
l. mcnt OF Charles Harvey ~ Co., corner OF South
aud German streets, Baltimore; thoroughly over
hauled aud IN complete running order; open TO ~.
sprct on Inventory sent by mad. Apply to ROBERT
BALDWIN Attorney -It-I Law, corner of Calvert and
Fnyettn streets baltimore, Nd. au2lWFMI
EOR SALE-EIGII1-ROUM BRICK HOUSE,
l. new, all modern improvements. near line Ninth
street Cnrs, northwest. Monthly payments no lncum
bran'e; no commissions Address W. NJ. r., Republl
Office audit
National Republican., 1878-08-21
BOARDING..
Wanted.

WANTED-A SITUATION As WAITER OR
w driver IN a private family. Apply 10 W. =
MILLER No als u street sOutlwGd. Hn!7+M
WANTED-A MECHANICAL DRAUGHTsMAN
w and copyisi. Address A. J. AMBLER, u,Ubu
Honse, corner Twelfth and streets northwest.
wv ANTED-BOI 'NTI LASD WARRANTS AND
w soldiers Additional Homestead Certificates.
J.NANIE L,wlS,
Room ~ lie Druli SLildng,
Jrii-am Washington, u, e.