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NlqsD NOTfCE-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
ny the members of the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company Of tho District OF Columbia, for the election
OF seven managers 20 serve the ensuing year Will be
heid nt the olhce OF the company, on MONDAY. tho
J. tth day OF April, 1879 Polls open from o'clock o.
j. WESLEY BoTELER.
marJAIWF5w Secretary,
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Largest legitimate mOi7ItlD Ctrcu-
idtiOn in the District.
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WASHINGTON, MARCH Q2, 1879.
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SPECIAL NOTLlE0.
s(aBs OFFICE OF TIE COMMISSIONERS OF
w. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
WAsIftNaTDNg- March 4. tST0.

TO ALL ARCHITECTS
Tho Commissioners Of the District OF Columbia offer
q premium of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the
best design OF u PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING. with
drawings, specifications, and detailed estimates to
contain twelve (l2) school-ronm with capacity TO ac-
commodate not exceeding sixty (60) pupils eacn with
necessary and convenient coat and hatrOoms said
building TO have basement aud three ( full stories,
alton nhd physical exercise, for janOrs office for
heating apparatus, water closets, &c, with ample
provision for light and ventilation Cost not to ex-
Ceed $4,000
All plans to be submitted on or before the list day OF
said District to be used and disposed of rs the Com
missoners may think best
All drawings 10 be made to n scale of fourth Of
an Inch to the foot.
By order of the Commissioners.
WILLIAM TINDALI, Secretary
mar29-3t tStar and Crilic1
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WANTED.
BOARDING..

ROARDlNG. - ONE HANDSOMELY FUR
- nished room. second floor, with tTstcass table
oOard at i2O New York avenue northwest.
mchls-6l+
I7E PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NORTH
~ west.-Frst-class Board. with large airy
Rooms, from g ito siO per week. transient, $3.50 per
day; baths and gas MRS. o. q. HOWARD.
10 connection Gih NE RoiCdId House
ly
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A NEW READING.

There is an emblem to be found in the
Masonic charts which represents broken
column, virgin weeping, and time with
his scythe and hour-glass, standing behind
her. The mystic brotherhood have their
own explanation for this emblem, but seeing
them it seemed to us that another lesson
than theirs might be read from it.
The broken column could well represent
the Constitution of our country broken by
bloody-handed Democrats Of the South, who
deprive citizens of their rights aud force
them to surrender the high privileges guar
unteed by the Constitution under penalty
of the grave or exile.
The virgin weeping might stand for the
genius of America, weeping over the
degcncrocy of her sons, some of whom were
initiating the despots who drove the found
ers of the Republic from their homes beyond
the sea, and others of whom seem to have
forgotten the heroism of their fathers and
submit to see their fellows wronged and
oppressed.
Time, with his scythe and hour-glass, is
marking with the latter the minutes that
will be allowed TO pass ere he will use his
scythe TO NOW down the oppressors and
rescue the oppressed. We commend this
new reading of an old emblem to De.
mocracy.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18
APOLirICAL RENIISIsCESCE.

In JOHN RUSSELL YoUNG's historic inter-
view with General GRANT at Paris, printed
not quite year ago, the General is reported
as having referred to the Third Term propo-
sition, as ii was presented in 1876, as fol-
lows:
Then came all the discussions about the third
term. gave my views on that in my letters
to Senator WHITE, of Pennsylvania. 1t is not
known, however, how strongly | was pressed
to enter the canvass rs u candidate. | was
waited upon formally by distinguished man.
representing the influences that would have
controlled the Rcpsbicans in the South, aud
asked to allow my name to DO used This re-
quest was supported by men in the Northern
States whose position aud characterar unques
toned l said then that under no circumstances
would ! become a candidate.
Mr.. YOUNG's further report of what Gen.
eral GRANT said on the occasion referred tC
when the distinguished Southerner in ques,
tion waited upon him, tallies exactly with The
statements of that gentleman, who-it is nc
violation of confidence now to eXplain-was
no less a person than the Hon. THOMAS
SETTLE, then of North Carolina and now oI
Florida. As an ex-Contederate, but never.
theless an earnest and consistent Republi.
can and a warm personal friend of General
GRANTS, Judge SETTLE came to Washing.
ton for the express purpose of seeking the
truth regarding his intentions or desires
in the matter of the nomination in 1876
He came simply because he felt that Gen
eral GRANT was then among the most avail
able aud what is now known as) Stalwart
Republicans, and believed that he would
in the event of his election, fulfill every re.
ouirement of patriotic duty in third as ht
had in his preceding terms. lu beginning
his conversation with General GRANT al
that important interview the Judge re-
marked, in effect that he had a persona
object in ascertaining his designs and de
sires in the promises, for if GRANT intended
to run for n Third Term, he (SETTLE) woulC
instantly resign from the bench, he beint
then a member of the Supreme Court Of til,
State of North Carolina, and begin an actiy,
ante-convention campaign in the South tC
secure his nomination. lie went on theI
| to explain that he had never mixeC
| in politics while on the bench, and
to emphasize his desire TO serve hi
country and his friend by exchanging hi
| judicial robes for the freer though not les,
patriotic, habiliments of q partisan manager
In return for this unrestrained expression
of confidence General GRANT was equally
frank, His subsequent remarks in tn
RUSSELL YOUNG interview on this subieG
were, as we have remarked, a simple reiter
alton of what he then said to Judge SET
TIE. We quote therefrom as follows;
Even IL nomination and an election wor
assured would not run. The nomination, |
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ran, would be after struggle, and before Il
had been unanimous the election, IL should
win, would be after struggle, and the result
would be far different from what il was before.
If succeeded and tried to do my best, my
very best, l should still have a crippled Adj
ministration. This was the public view per.
sonally was weary Of office. never wanted
to get out of place as much as | did to get
out Of the Presidency. For sixteen years from
the opening of the war IL had been q constant
strain upon me so when the third term was
seriously presented to me l poremptorily de-
clned It,.
THIS concurrent testimony regarding Gen
eral GRANTS feelings in 1856, pending the
discussion of the Third Term proposition,
will be accepted as authentic. But Judge
SETTLE, as it now appears, kept his own
counsel and no definite public explanation
was made OF those feelings other than that
contained in the letter to General HARRY
WHITE, alluded to above. The result was
that, without any fault resting upon General
GRANTS shoulders, q discussion of the
Third Term proposition was kept up, despite
his determination not to be q candidate
This discussion had the effect to draw the
lire of the Opposition upon him and his Adj
ministration in such way that his friends
cannot fail to appreciate the character OF
the contest that will be waged against him
in the event of his nomination in 1880
They are thus forewarned and forearmed,
but are nevertheless as eager for and conf.
iient in the success of that nomination as
they ever have been.
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but concession only produced further assump-
tion. Will any impartial American who is con-
versant with English history deny that the
Long Parliament, by its assumptions, widely
overstepped the bounds of justice aud right
am no apologst for King Charles and his Min.
isters who were obnoxious to the people, but
in Justice to even tyrant am convinced that
the balance of wrong and bad government was
on the side of the Parliament in the events oi
that time.
cannot imagine how any thinking man oil
to-day who notes the self-adulating arrogance
of the majority in Congress can doubt theil
WILL If they can only master the power to rule
with tyranny that would bear but too close
comparison with the government of the Eastern
Khalif Haroon-El Rasheod in his angry robe
of scarlet. Tho spirits from the graves filled
by Ku-Klux, White Lcagueis and Rifle Clubs
give CHASTITY confirmation of their will May
tho intelligent American people see to it at tho
proper time that the power will be wanting.
w
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Eqalization of Bounties.

To the Editor of The National Republican:
SIR: Please grant me sufficient space in your
paper to inquire why it is that the bill to equal
ize soldiers bounties does not pass Congress.
Many of us enlisted ms early as April, 1861, and
received S1O2 less Government bounty than
those who enlisted in 1868 Your journal ad-
vocated the arrears .of.pcnsion bill, for which
you have received the kindost expressions OF
the soldiers. VIII you not throw in word on
the equalization .of-bOunty question. Should
not the Government grant us an equal bounty
with our fellow-soldiers, who held back till
1868 before going into tho army. 1t will
scarcely require more money to liquidatC
this just debt than has been appropriated in
some instances to ditch out unheard-of "wet
season" rivuets, WM. WORDELL,
Private lOith n. Y. Inf
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the superior tactical ability, or rather great
er volubility in promises of one of the TAIL
would to-day be Speaker of the House.
The utter incapacity of the Democracy has
become so glaring in the four weeks session
that every one sees it, They see IL them
selves and are afraid to attempt legislation.
They dare not present any measure to the
people and ask their judgment upon it.
Another, and still smaller mouse has been
born from the mountain of Democratic
promises-a mouse so in1nitessimal in its
proportions rs to be invisible to the naked
eye. The Democrats have acknowledged
their incapacity by refusing to offer any
issue to the country. They have acknowl-
edged their incapacity by falling to offer any
of those measures which they have for years
boasted they would offer rs means of re-
lief for the country. They have aclSnowl-
edged that they obtained power under false
pretenses and through unparalleled menda-
city. And the people know now the truth
They know that, under the guise OF the
friends of the people, the same old Consti-
tution-hatng, slave-driving Democracy is
now in control of the Capitol, and the peo-
pie will do as they did in 1860, as CHRIST
did i'll the Temple at Jerusalem-they will
rise in their might and drive them from the
temple of liberty. Eighteen hundred and
eighty approaches As it comes nearer,
climbing the hill of Time from the East,
the silent man on horseback, the peoples
man. comes from the West to meet it; and
when they meet the Democracy will be
buried under the mass of lying promises it
has for years been making.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18
PERSON.iL.

THEODORE n. VAIL, of Boston, is at the Riggs
House.
GENERAL n. NJ. CURTIS of New York, is stopping
at the Arlington.
RoBEnT W. WILLIAMSON, of England, is sojourn.
ing at Wizards.
PROFESSOR 5. S. lIALDENAS, of Pennsylvania, is
q guest at the st. James.
Mrs. GENERAL JoHS HAMMOND, Of Crown Point,
n. Y, is a guest at the Arlington.
ED. AND MRs. MOTLEY. Misses Motley, Miss Cool.
idgc, Aug Ilcmenway and Fred. Il. Sears, jr OF
Boston; C. r. huntington Mrs. General Thomas,
and Miss Kellogg, OF New York, are registered at
Wormlcys.
W. II. IIAsAM and daughter, of South Carolina
W. Ii. Allen and wife, Elmira, n. T.. j. H. Bur
ron and wife, Concord n. H. Mrs 5. X. Copeland
Mrs Trcbon, and Miss Blanche Trebon, Boston
arc guests at the ST. James,
H. 5. LATAwErH, OF st. Louis; W. C. n. Swift OF
Massachusetts ". 5. Idly and wife, of Ohio Il. J.
Guinneson, of pcnnsylyonia; DR.. J. NJ. Bynum, OF
Mississippi; a. A. Nicholson, L. =. ~; j. L, o Brien
of Kentucky; J. Selden, Of Connecticut; L. Wise
of Cincinnati W. $. Blakelcy, of Virginia, and W
c. Lester, of Pennsylvania are booked at the Ebbit
House,
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Tint old Engll,lr Precedent Again.

To The Editor of the National ReDUJiican:
SIR "rhat Old English Precedent" which
appears editorially in your issue of to-day has
been used as a subtle argument by Democratic
Senators and Representatives to mask or sugar
coat actions which an honest majority of the
people cannot approve. Cannot the same chain
of argument be taken up by tho Republican
minority, and by connecting the links of his
tory, convert the loud wOrd-weapons of the
Democrats into a formidable boomerang?
The comparison Of the Democratic House to
the Puritan Commons in tho time of Chalos l.
will only deceive those unfamiliar with English
history. If the monarch refuses to accede to
the will of the people,ns expressed by the Com.
mons, supplies are cut of. So far the analogy
holds good but tho Commons hazards its own
existence by cutting off supplies, for the mon.
arch can dissolve tho House and send the RoD.
resemtatiyes back to the people for reelection.
The House of Commons is thus kept from
the exercise of arbitrary power by u wholesome
dread of its dissolution. This power of dis
solving the Parliament Is in the English con.
stitution what the veto power is in the Ameri
can Constitution,
Every schoolboy who has studied history
knows that King Charles l., in the first two
years of his reign, dissolved the Parliament
twice. But Charles being of q harsh aud ar.
bitrary temper aud blind to the state of the
nation, found the sovereign will of the people
against him. Is there the least appearance of
analogy IN temper or actions of the two Execu-
tiyes that now calls for cOerciOnP That old
English precedent so loudly trumpeted with Or
atorical display, and
Taflhta phrases silken terms precise
lhreopiled hyperboles, spruce atieclotlon,
Figures pedantical,
to catch tho ears of les sans ouloites is no blind
to tho intelligent American people
But history also teaches US that Long Parlia-
ment which the King had assembled advanced
every day IN their demands on him. The
King, though reluctantly, still yielded tO them,
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fColton (Col.) semi.Tropic,l
Lo our Congress has assembled
And where floats the stripes and stars,
Sits host of rcbel,leadcrs
Who once cheercd the stars and bars: :"
Time It's said, makes all things ovcu,"
And in fifteen peaceful years.
Lo our Capital is taken
by the rebel Brigodlcrs!
Vast for this we scaled the ramparts
Surging with the smoke of hell?
Vast for this we marched and laborcd?
Vast for this our heroes fell?
Vast for this they starved in prisons
'Dcckcd ten thousand crimson bicrs--
That the Nation now pay honor
Nineteen rebel BrgNdiers?
Down within the damp morasses
Fought we long aud fought we we'll,
While the booming of the cannon
Rang the soldier hcro's kncll;
High upon the heights we rallied
Rent the heavens with our cheers,
That the South" might send TO Congress
Nineteen rebel Brlgadiers.
Twas for this we trampcd OH picket
Through the night and through the rain;
Twas for this the country laborcd,
Heart, and hand and throbbing BRAIN
Twas for this that friends were parted
Wives and sweethearts from their dcars--
That to-day our great (?) law makers
Might be rebel Brigadiers.
Though we won the hard fought battles,
Though we gained the laurel CROWN
Still the blue" is way "oif color"
And our flag hangs "Union down."
It's the gray" that now is honorcd,
And this hard fact burns and sears
That the sum of all our victories
Are these nineteen Drigadicrs.
And the ghost Of treason once more
Stalks across the saddened land
While the life blood of our brothers
Drips from either bony hand;
And the Goddess of our freedom
Shades her eyes to hide her tears,
As the country crieS-"Go higher
Nineteen rebel Brigadicrsw
llANK WAGoSER.
MARCH 81, 1879.
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4 Us EN- Ey1S.

MARCH 81. 1879.

"The sorccrer," Gilbert and Sullivans latest sue.
cess In the way of comic opera, will be produced
next week at Fords opera.House beginning
Thursday the oath instant The performance
Thursday evening is for the benefit of Professor J.
Remington Fairlamb Friday evening for Mr.
Frank NJ Pearson, Saturday matinee for Mr.. Sam
w. Denham. The opera viii be produced by NJ,
excellent cast including MessS. George W ben
ham, Frank NJ Pearson, John III. Garner Samuel
Miss Marie Lambert, Miss Jcannic Bryan, and Miss
Blanche Thompson
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The Star of the Sans.
Inter- Ocean.l

The star of the Sans of Democracy Is just now in
the ascendant. They may be mentioned as Sam
Tden, sam Randall, aud Sam Cox. They all claim
to be ncphews of Unce Sam, and no prohigate in
hertors of an estate ever exhibited more intense
desire to administer upon the old mans elects
than do these Sans of the Democracy upon the
estate of their uncle. They might further be de-
fined as Old sam, Brainy sam and Joker sam. Just
now they are as one sam. Old sam, having pur-
chased Brany sam. and he in turn has bought the
Joker and the star of tho Sans rises aud sets with
The hero OF GramercY Park
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or the Broad western Type.
kansas City Journal.

The Baltimore Herald, in summing UP the quail
iicatons Of General Grant, says among other things:
"Hc is n thorough American, devoted to American
ideas and institutions This is one of the reasons
for the absolute confidence of the American people
In General Grant, and they have had this feeling
intensified by his frank, out-spokcn loyalty to the
ideal of his country on every proper occasion dur
ing his visit abroad. lie Is instinctiyely American
in everything, and because 1t bred in the bone
from childhood. And what is still better, his Amer
icanism Is of the broad Western type
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

LitelrS Living Age of April commenced a
new volume 1t contains choice selections on
various subjects aud by eminent authors-the
Quarterly RGvicw, the Fortightly Reriew, the
Saturday RcrieV, the PdN DfdH Ga=e'te, and
Blackpood. The new volume starts of under
favorable auspices. The number of April 12
has equally rich aud interesting contents.
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National Thentre-"H md. $. pinnfore.n

The rain of last night did not interfere with the
performance of" Plnaiore" The sails were trimmed
for storm, and the good ship scudded along mer.
rly. Miss Chapman, owing to indispositlOn, did
not appear as Josephine last night, but she will posi-
lively appear tonight. Her place was filed very
acceptably by Miss Marie Lambert. Only three
opportunities remain WITNESSING PinafOTe" and
those who have not heard 1t sung by the present
company should take advantage OF one of them.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

GARFIELD is credited with having struck the
Republican Lyre.-pos.
Yes, and it made music for the Union. If
lie had struck the Democratic liar his blows
are so stalwart that the post would have
been driven into the ground.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

THERE is report that JEFF DAVIS will
soon visit Washington. No one has ever
doubted that he would do so about the time
Senator BRUCE's term expires but it now
appears that the distinguished "honor" of
his presence is to be conferred upon us be-
fore he is ready to resume his Senatorial
robes.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

If the Charlotte IN. C.) Observer cannot
be able it can at least be decent, perhaps, in
its controversies. Personalities are not the
material out of which respectable journalism
is coined.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

TIL. MAST could not find better subject
for his pencil than would be a picture Of the
old, reviviied Bourbon slave-driving De-
mocracy now in the possession of the Cap
itol. It's tail of Northern doughiaces
would be required to make the picture
complete,
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Disgust of Nearly Every One.

New York Hcrald.I
Fort Pillow renppcared In Congress again yester-
day 10 the apparent disgust of nearly every one
The national legislature is not proper place In
which to fight over old battles, no matter who is to
be killed or rescued
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

TIE Democratic" State of Maine will
experience sensation of temporary relief
next month while Governor GARCELoN alb
sents himself thereirom to attend medical
convention in Georgia. When he returns,
duly impregnated with the influences of
Southern hospitality, one more sycophantic
doughface will be added to the list of Yam
kee mudsills.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

THE Democrats keep on insisting that the
Okolona (NIiss.) Southern States is edited by
an Ohio oarpot-bagger The truth is that
Colonel A. Y. HARPER, the political and
managing editor of the States, was born in
the South. He is a graduate of the Misss-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

THE beginning of general business in the
House next Monday seems to be foregone
conclusion.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

TWICE within year we have been WIS.,
tied by Southern statesmen, each having a
sore toe, which had been inflicted by THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN in its stepping
around promiscuously, and perhaps rather
carclessly, among our fellow-men, and in
each case we have been applied to for n
healing salve to amcliorate their sufferings.
In both instances we notice they have taken
occasion to come fortified with friend,
while We ply our vocation unattended,
peacefully, and SOLITARY and alone" in our
elevated and sequestered sanctum. The
first case cured itself The second was that
Of Mr.. ACKLEN, of Louisiana, who called
yesterday, bearing grievance up our rugged
stairway, and it was n grievance which
we readily recognized and sympathized
with. Those who handle the news depart
ment Of this journal during the last stages
of its making ready for the press appropri.
ated an article from the Augusta ChrORicl,
relating to Mr.. ACKLEN, and introduced il
with few words, into which was injected
an epithet which we do not care to repel 1t
and which, in our deliberate opinion, should
not have been used, for the reason that il
involved questionable taste in journalism
and is insulting to the party to whom it wa:
applied. 1t was not new, either in structure
or application, for it has been in use 70,
some time, and hence was quoted. Blu
that fact did not strip it of any of its often
siveness in the application, We therefor'
take this occasion to withdraw the epithe
rs highly improper in its application, ant
to make whatever reparatiou this disavowa
will bring to the injured feelings of the ag
| prieyed
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

MIR. THURNIAN's Democratic predecessor
in the Office of presiding officer of the Sen
ate was JOHN c. BRECKINRTDGE The diff
ference between the devotion of these two
Bourbons to the fallacy of State Rights was
forced upon them by the circumstances of
the war, during which Mr. THURMAN hap
pened to live in q loyal State.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-18

ALI the world over baby governs. Yet often dis.
will overcome the baby, and then II Is that Dr.
Bulls Baby Syrup proves It's worth by Conquering
the disease. Price % cents Il bottle