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99-CENT STORE.
A T THE 80 CENT STORE.

The entire stock Of CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES
reduced to prime New York cost. One or two
are slightly injured, but they are the bargains of
the season.
have received this week
Bargains in PARASOLS and UMBRELLAS;
FRENCH CHINA CUPS and SAUCERs, $3.50
per set;
All sizes FEOWER-SPRTNKLERS;
Full line BIRD-CAGES Of all grades, both Brass
and Painted;
WATER COOLERS, ICE-TONGS, ICE.PlCKs
and CRUSHERS, &C.;
LUNCH-BASKETs, RUSTIC BASKETS, RUSTIC
STANDS, FLowER-BAsKETs &C.. &C.;
GLASS GOBLETs-Engraved, Plain, Figured, and
Common.
NEW GOODS FOR THE 5-cENT COUNTER
by every steamer.
Catalogues mailed free. W. A. ST EvENs,
my 81 E ta 500 Groad street.
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THE HYGEIA HOTEL,
i OLD POINT COMFORT. VA,
SITUATED 100 YARDS FROM FORT MONROE.
Open all the year. Equal 10 any hotel III the
United States rs spring, summer, or autumn re-
soft. Send for circular. -
HARRISON PIIOfHUS.
my lO-4m Proprietor.
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MARRIAGES,

Married. fs Pensacola. Fla tiay %. s79 ny the
T,cp rather isarg rafh.s ORA DWYRE.0f Rich
tisond, To- WILLIAM WARE, Of JenersonsiIle,
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apl,ECrArs soTHayEs.


se7-BARGAINs IN TOWELS OF ALL
kinds; 49,
Bargains in LINEN LAP-RoHEs;
Bargains in NAPKINS and DOILIEs;
Bargains in TABLE-cLoTHs and TABLE-CoV-
ERs; Il
Bargains in CURTAINS ana W1NDow-sHADEs;
Bargains in QUILTS, TIDES, and LACEs;
Bargains in PIeUEs LINENS, and DRILLINGs;
Bargains in FANS. RIBBONS, and LAWNS;
Yard-r1de CALICOEs at sc. per yard;
Yard-widc PRINTED CAMBRIcs at exc. per
yard; " g.
WHITE CAMBRICs at 81 10, l2s and 15c. per
yard;
SWISS MUsLISs at st5, 10, Icy, Is, and Csc;
VICTORIA LAWN at sil, 10. II, 12k, Is, 90,
and csc. lie 12I LEVY BROTHERS.
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IysURayCE sTaTEmEyTs.
S[PuDLIsHEu PURSUANT TO ACT OF IssEMDf
/. AprROYEp. FKpRrARY 22. 1871


A NNUAL STATEMENT FOR THE
IN FIsCAfr YEAR BENDING THE 31sPDAY
of DEC MBER. 1878. OF THE ACTUAL con-
nITiyN OF THE NORTHERN FIRE-ASsU-
RANGE Nc: {, G9MP !: 7 Y UNDER THE
MADE TO THE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC &C
COUNTS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIR-
GINA, PuRSUANT TO AN ACT OF THE CEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY REGULATING THE RE-
PORTS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, APP
PROVED FEBRUARY 22, 1878.
Name OF the company In full, NORTHERN As.
sURAyCE COMPANY.
Home or principal fices OF said company, hBEI-
DEEM. KING STREET, and LONDON, l MOOR
GATE STREET.
Character OF The pany-whether fire. fire and
marine. or marine insurance com paDy-FfRE.
Chairman, Sir WILLIAM MILLER Barr.
Deputy hartman, DUNCAN JAMES KAY.
General Manager, ALExASDE PEARSON
FLETCHER.
United States Manager. X. ID. ALLIGER.
Organized aud incorporated, 1886.
Commenced business. 1886
Name Of The General Agent In Virginia. How
ARD SwISEFORD.
Residence Of the General Agent IN Virginia, HOS
MAIN STREET, RICHMOND.
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dpmDt 3S6,S4U IS
Leaving to be expended for all pur- o., no
poses the sum OF 80. So12'otf 80
And that Of this sum The City Council
appropriated 10 schools. 5o,7ol ~
or nearly one dollar in every nine dollars OF
available income for expenditures.
This is indeed an extraordinary exhibit
Of the liberality of the city towards the pub
lie schools, and far exceeds DR.. Rufner's
demand OF one dollar and quarter for
every twenty-three dollars OF income.
But besides this, the city of Richmond is
paving annually about $4,000 Of interest
ON its bonded debt incurred in building
school-houseS.
l know that for the present fiscal year
every effort has been made to cartail what DR..
Rutfner is pleased to term the "long list OF
| city expenditures, in order that the public
| schools may still continue to receive libe-
! raj support; and judicious friends of the
| public schools are highly gratified at what
| has been done for them. Dr.. Ruff'ner init
| mates that he does not desire any increase
| of the taxes. This is consoling, inasmuch
as every well,informed man knows that the
real estate Of the city is now subjected to
an annual tax on its real ualue amounting
to at least two aud Il half per cent, inclu.
ding city aud State tax. In many instances
the tax on present assessments will amount
to 8 per cent on real values.
II more money is to be appropriated by
the city to public schools, additional taxes
must be laid upon property already over.
burdened, or so much money must be taken
from other departments Of the public SER
vice as to endanger their efficient operation.
There is, indeed, another way. LetsDr.
| Ruffner return to the city q reasonable pro-
portion OF the large sum collected from it by
the State every year exclusively for school
purposes. eef s3sr2f
A MEMBER OF 1HE CITY COUNCIL.
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Mt COHEN BROTHERS HAVE PUR-
CHASED The entire stock or MATING OF New
York commission house. and ready to offer these
goods In large or small quantities at entirely new
prices. They comprise every variety Of WHITE
and FANCY. je1
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NOTICE-TO EXCURSIONe4lsn
~ AND PICNIC PARTIES. Ssr.ssu,.sssssS
The barge NEW YORK. with capacity for 600
passengers has just been fitted up. be char
tered 10 any point on the river.
For terms. &C., apply Oh board or at Philadelphia
Steamship Shed. ..s-esl my l9.im
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Under the auspices Of the OLD DOMINION
FISHING AND YACHT-CLUB, there VIII be an
excursion on the Ariel 10 Old Point, Norfolk, and
Portsmouth on
=. JUNE THE 14TH.
FARE FOR ROUND TRIP. 81.
TICKETS GOOD FOR WEEK.
=: REDUCED RATES AT HOTELS,
TAKE YOUR FAMILY.
WHIFF THE SEA BREEZE.
,..... COME WITH US!
TICKETS MAY BE BOUGHT SATURDAY MORN
ING AT THE ST. CHARLES HOTEL.
No tickets sold at boat. Remember that.
The steamer, by special Arrangement with Mr.
Tatum, will leave The wharf at a. NJ.
Tickets for sale by CARRIER. S2G Main street. An
drew Pizzini, ID. Columbus, DR.. w. III. Scott, Watt
TAYLOR, NJ. G. Crowds, George SchCen, w. II. ZIm-
norman. and at the hotels. Names Of The Commit
D aces. ie2
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dc.

2.Oae SACKS ENGLISH GROUND-ALUM,
I 500 TONS AGRICULTURAL,
way wharf and The Richmond dock, for sale by
je 10-l4t DAVENPORT s. MORRIS.
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SUMNER RESORTS.

OPEN FOR THE SEASON.-The
" GROVE HOTEL. WEST POINT. VA. + now
open for the accommodation OF REGULAR and
TRANSIENT BOAeDERS.
The house has been newly furnished: bowling
alley and cr0Quet grounds. Oysters, crabs fish, IN d
lunch-counttr on the grounds.
Bar and Ice rt am Saloon,
Excursion nariies will note The above
Rates, f150 per day special rates ty the week or
month f. X. FRtI.EY.
my 1o-1m Proprietor.
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VI. The income Of said ""'uranv
dusluS the preceding t"r.Ic
months, and i.um wHa.
source s!"riSci
5. Net cash actun'ly rScgiYcd
for Ir,............r...:
7, RCcpivcG Tor interest on h"u'i,
and mortgages. GtEidcntIs
on Stock - an huUhs. crtiat-
cral iunns.Nud from Ili other
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EVERY YARD WARRANTED IN PRICE
AGAINST ANY HOUSE IN THE UNION.
In BLACK they are selling good quality 1T 60 and
Csc; heavy at So, 9Oc. and 81 superior Satin
finish ri Tl.15. They offer The finest SATIN
FINISH SlLK OF Bonncrs. Guinetl'S. Parsons,
Tei!ard's, and others of The most noted French
manufacturers.
In CULORED SILKS they offer every shade and
u,iaIity-among them large stock OF EVE
MING TINTS.
Also. just received full line OF fine SlLh GAUHro
ut very great sacrifice. Jeo
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A Councilman on DIR. Rufner.
n The Editors of The DISPATCH:

10 the Editors of The DtSpdtch:
Gentlemen, the report OF the address
of DR.. William II. Ruffner, Superintendent
of Public instruction, which appears IN
your paper of this morning, and which ad-
dress was delivered at the Theatre on the
night of the 11th instant, are some state
ments rejecting upon the Council OF the city
OF Richmond which demand notice.
| read with amaZement the statements OF
DR.. Ruffner that the income OF the city Is
about million and'a quarter-say 81 ,25O.-
O0O-and that the amount appropriated by
the Council to the public schools OF the
CITY is less than one dollar In every twenty
three dollars Of the income OF the city; and
upon the strength Of these statements DR..
Ruf1ner proceeds to read lecture to the
Council.
1t would have been we'll for DR.. Ruffner
to have been certain OF his figures before
giving to the world these erroneous state
ments, which may be read by thousands who
perhaps will never see this correction.
The following are the official figures from
the annual report OF the City Auditor, Show
ing the total receipts and expenditures of
the city OF Richmond for the fiscal year end
ing January 81, 1878:
Receipts of 1878.
Total from all sources. ,2llC4l SO
Deduct this amount re-
ceiyed account OF
temporary loans. .$352,O06 ~
Deduct this amount.
received from sales of
s per cent. bonds
culverts, and CHM
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EXCURSIONS.

EXCURSIONS.
FOURTH OF JULY saSSsIsssI
L OLD At POINT. ~
NIGHT TRIP DOWN AND BACK.
GRAND DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS.
LEAVE RICHMOND JULY Sd AT sP.M
ONLY ONE DAY NECESSARY.
ARRIVE HERE on THE RETURN AT A. NJ.
ON THE 9TH.
ROUND TRIP,s2.
Tickets good to include the following Monday. 7,h
SPLENDID STEAMER ARIEL.
The trip under the auspices Of the HoWITzER
ipt Of HE az
THE TRIP OF THE SEASON.
Tho most convenient schedule yet offered, ena-
LADIES SALOON reserved for their sole use.
Perfect order insured.
DucED RATES. w
Tickets to be had of the following persons:
From the Howitzers: Guard Of Common
Cant r. G., Workman, wealth.
Lieutenant F.. j. Bo4hcr, Captain NJ. J.. Sposwood,
Sergeant T. A. Kirby, t. Dallam l3arksdale.
Sergeant +. FL Mcclure, Lieut. enant u. y. wren,
Corp'I Lewis Rawlings, Sergeant j. H. Grafton.
CorpI +. NJ. Whittle. Jr. sergeant Robert Harold,
Private w C.. Ammons, Private ". Perkins,
Private D. Fl. King, Private ". +. McRac.
Private G. II. Hardwick, Private Carter Harrison,
Private A. 6. Kellogg.
Also at the steamer. 1e IA
TyKAND ExCURsION Toeat
" OLD POINT, NORFOLK. and essstSsssIae
WASHINGTON. under the auspices of the LADIES
OF THE GRACE-STREET rEESBfTERIAN
CHURCH. Leaves Richmond TUESDAY, June
l7ih at $50 A. NJ. on tue ARIEL, arriving III Old
Point at p NJ. connecting with the superb steamer
Lady of the Lake, arriving In Washington at 6 A.
N. on the 18th, in tine for The Convention OF the
National Division Sons OF Temperance and the as
Round-trlp ticket. good for seven daysl: Norfolk
or Old Point, So: Washington, SO. Tickets for
sajc by Dir. Charles Gennel. Sleight &c ii, ward, D..
Il. Suit, CARRIER 4 Co.. and j. NJ. Thompson & Co.
No excursion tickets will be sold al the boat. II
you buy there you will have to pay full fare .
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I. CAPITAL.

I. CAPITAL.
|. The amount OF subscribed cap
Ita stock Of such corpora
II. The amount cf said capital
stock paid up in cash. 100000 90
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Actual irconc or 1878,
Appronriltrh on &C
count Of interest. .S292.19S %
Appropriated on ac-
count OF redemption. 44,645 81
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Cost of all other depart
ments, 1S7S..........
OF which amount the
School Board expend-
co..
Less this amount from
State...................
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Mt AT COHEN BROTHERS THIS
WEEK NEW SILKS! NEW PRICES!
THEIR STOCK Is THE LARGEST SOUTH OF
NEW YORK.
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DEyGs. NEDaCENEs. &c.


SECT-POWDER-the sure and speedy DESTROYER Of
flies, reaches. bugs. anls, &e. ALLAN'S FLY
BRICK and FLY-PApER SOLD by
je11 Sixth and Broad streets.
DOPOMA, IMPERIAL GRANUM,
i and all the best DIETETIC PREPARATIONS, at
MEADE 6 BAKERS Drugstore.
NATION HUNGARIAN WATER
POPULAR EUROPEAN fHe =; Il, MINERAL WATERS
sold by the bottle or case at
MEADE & BAKERS Drugstore.
as. S. So AND CUTICURA at
MEADE & BAKERS Drugstore.
PEARLS OF ENGLISH MINT,
for relieving fatgnc and nauses In hot weather. At
MEADE BAKERS Drugstore.
DURAND'S CASTILLON ELIXIR,
for chronic diarrh9a. at
MEADE & BAKERS Drugstore.
EMsER PAsTILLEN
direct from the springs. at
MEADE & BAKERS Drugstore
LAMPLoUGH's PYRETIC SALINE at
MEADE & BAKERS Drugstore.
IMPORTED FAkINA CoLoGNEs a,
MEADE L BAKERS Drugstore.
yITALIzED PRosPHATEs,
for loss of nerYe-power and general debility, &C.
MEADE Se' Z r ErAKEKs Drugstore.
TURKISH BATH soar AND OLD ENGLISH
TOILET SOAPS
MEADE { BAKERS Drugstore.
ALL POPULAR REMEDIEs AND MEDICAL
TO be had of
MEADE & BAKER, Druggists.
jclI 0l9 Main street. Hichmond, Va.
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$512,S44 90
From the city Of Rich

From the city OF RICH
Observation-Disclosures. S55,701 70
These figures show that the actual
Receipts Of the year were but. S849,6S5 80
That of this sum there belonged to the
creditors of the city, aud under the
charter was set aside W meet The In
terest on the public debt and for c. ~
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rafsTTY DIVISION OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHfAs.--
pm, .rc-scHooL ExeRcIsEg- ADDREsshs By
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS PER-
soNAr ST. rae sgTT AGAINST M asCHEsTE R !:
rxaNYS sgYoS OF WITNESSES STILL II PRO-
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10. ACGEEGA AMOrNT OF
I>COnE ACTUALLY RE-
CEIVEU DURING 7 - E.
YEA I..... ....,..s.s.t.~
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]
!. The amount of Subscribed
capital stock Of such curpo-
s.IN l,
H. 'rh" amount Of said capital ''' va
stock pad up In ca.h...... $500 orn IL,
The amount sllii unpaid for. ( ..0u u.u 49,,
The National tribune., 1879-10-01
The Peculiar Case of Man in the Army.

There are on file at the War Departments
papers in the case of private United States soldier,
W. II. Wurdeman, who enlisted from this city about
two years ago The papers filed request his dis
charge from the army account of physical disa-
bty growing out of injuries received in the service
Wurdeman served three years and six month during
the war, and only re-enlisted two years ago out of
necessity. He is now in the hospital at Wiletts
Point, New York, where he has been for eleven
months His company commander and the post
surgeon both recommend his discharge but Post
Commander Abbott declines to approve their recon-
mendaton. Wurdeman, it seems is mechanical sur
gca instrument maker and reparer of great genius,
and during his term in the hospital has done great
deal of work in that line for not only the surgeons
of his own post but for those stationed elsewhere,
instruments being sent to him account of his
perior Workmanship. Post Commander Abbott fit
ted up shop for Wurdeman to work in and claims
that he did at great expense, and he thinks there
fore it would be detrimental the service if Wur-
deman be discharged. Wurdeman receives no addi-
tiona compensation for this work, drawing only the
private soldiers pay Sl3 per month, which goes to-
ward supporting blind daughter and son in low
state of consumption. The will be laid before
the Secretary of War
The National tribune., 1879-10-01

section of the country by hundreds if not thousands
and through the use of money by intimidation and
other means control voters in the interest of the
party in power Those who are posted as to the
ways and means of winning votes can readily un-
derstand how all this horde of Government officials
would be lever of vast power to lift any man
into the Presidential chair The Sixty Surgeons
and their hundreds of satellites would be SO
many Express Companies bearing political docu-
ments to every soldier who served in the Union ar
my and the idea would be held out IF YOU want
any pension you must go with our party Is any
one so dumb as not to observe that this is one of
the purposes of the bill. There are but objects
in it, the one Is to cheathe soldiers ou of Hei, just
dues and the other IS 10 retain political podcer
The National tribune., 1879-10-01

estly fought for what they esteemed to be their
rights, we freely admit it, and they may also be en-
titled to our sympathy but are not so charitable
as to believe that men of culture and education the
most prominent of whom were nurtered at West
Point, directly under the flag and all its patriotic
teachings, thus entitled to our respect Off, in
deed must have been the bitter reflections of such
soldier as Gen. Lee What has this Government
done against me that should seek to destroy it
Educated and honored by it, now command an
army fighting under another flag and against my
country" We are led to these reflections by re-
Gently perusing an admirable letter, written by
Gen. w I. Sherman to parties in North Carolina
who invited him to attend a reunion of Union and
and Rebel soldiers In his letter of declination he
says
There is of my mincing terms Whenever and
wherever the honest of North Carolina to aay
sectional and party anmostes and to cultivate feelings
of fraternity and respect for their fellow citizens of the
United States, it will be to most tempting
Salisbury would far prefer to alone than be
fore with vast army, leaving desolaton behind, but
must not be construed asserting to the proposition that
Confederate and Union alike worthy of celebia
ton for the terrible history of lS6165 All soldiers in
their social reunions gorfy their deeds of heroism and
this reunion will hardly be exception 1t would be
very strange sight for Gen. Sherman cheer the
of his enemies and respond to the claim that because the
soldiers of North Carolina brave and their
state and section, their sacred
which finally trumphed and made Union more glori
Gus and more resplendent than before. ~
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The Philadelphia Address.

The discourse of John A. Bentley, Commissioner
of Pensions, recently at Philadelphia, before the
Grand Army of the Republic, contains. such unwar
ranted-to use no stronger observation-disclosures
that one is almost startled at the audacity with
which he announces them.
Leaving out his stereotyped cry against claim
agents who are respectable lawyers, scattered all
over the country engaged in looking after the inter-
ests OF their soldier clients he boldly brazenly
serts that his infamous Sixty Surgeons Bill has no
opponents except these attorneys
Now what are the facts in the case well
known to Mr. Bentley, he is posted in the multi
plication table I? Why, that when he was proposing
to drive his pet measure through Congress last
spring the Grand Army of the Republic, by eeeon-
Snsous vote repudiated it. and petitioned Congress
to reject it.
The following is the resolution passed by the
Grand Army:
Rssolcsd. That in the Judgment of this Eneampment
be scheme proposed the Commissioner of Pensions in
House bill No 2766 the division of the United states
into sixty districts and the appointment OF surgeon ana
clerk as Pension Court liz each district is mpractica
BILE in its details wrong principle and must of neces
sty expose applicants for pensions to grievous delays TO
protracted and unnecessary expenditures to nous costs
and expense amounting in many cases TO the denial OF
justice That ace are therefore opposed % sso 9 oco
ina q3e and that copy of these resolutions oe sent TO
each of our Representatives and Senators IN Congress
from the State Of Pennsylvania
In the Senate. through which he cunningly ex-
pected TO push it without discussion 1t met with the
most strenuous opposition That late noble old soldier
and statesman, Gen. Shields, denounced 1t as bare
faced attempted swindle upon the soldiers and said
Its author deserves a leather medal, and hope
the soldiers of the country will give him one."
The National tribune., 1879-10-01
+" Mark Time"

You all want our beautiful little nickle-plated
clock, and you can secure it and the paper for 81 rs
Remember that if you already subscriber you
can have it sending Sl25. We have sent out
hundreds of these clocks from Maine to California
and they give universal satisfaction Every house
with even three roons could well afford to have two
of them Don't forget that if you send us fifteen
subscribers with $3.50, you will be presented with
this little gem. There may be little delay in send
ing these clocks. They are being made at the rate
of one thousand per day at the factory anu orders
are filled as received
The National tribune., 1879-10-01
A Special Political consid Grafton.

From recent report of speech made by Com
missioner Bentley at Philadelphia. we perceive he
has not abandoned that ridiculous monstrosity
known as the Sixty Surgeon Bill and again pro-
pesos to bring it before Congress- hence it
becomes the party now out of power, but who so
ardently seek to gain it, TO observe the vast patron
age for eectioneering purposes, which this bill will
afford The Sixty Surgeons named are but the nu
ceus of body of officials who will penetrate every
The National tribune., 1879-10-01
Soldiers Prepare for Action.

Within seven weeks, from now, Congress will
again assemble and it becomes YOU, and we call
upon you, to prepare for action. great battle is
to be fought, to secure the passage of the Equaza
ton Bounty Bill You have but to say with unan-
unity, all this Republic that you will it to go
through and your will Congress will obey. Go to
work then, laow at once, immediately, and get up
petitions, for the prompt passage of the bill Have
them ready by December first and then forward
them for presentation by your Senators and Repre-
sentatves Let there be constant flow of these
petitions Let there not be a county in the Union,
but from whence one will not be sent Do not wait
till hundred soldiers sign petition-send it on
with twenty names if you cannot do better We
impress it upon you again, to go to work no,c, at
once, insmediotely The following form of petition
may be used;
PETITION
TO the Honorable Senate and House of RepreseR-
tatiues ia Congress assembled:
The petition of the soldiers who served in the Union
Army during the War of the Rebellion respectfully rep
resents
That whereas is conceded that the passage of what
is known the Equalization Bounty Bill, is of
justice recognized already by its passage several times in
the House of Representatives, and that the present is the
opportune time pass this bil for the Treasury
flowing with funds which could be devoted to nober
purpose than to discharge obligation the who
in its hour of need stepped forward TO it from de-
sructon therefore beg of your honorable bodies
respectfully yet earnestly and without delay pass this
bill and thus perform act for which you will merit
thanks and gratitude. And your memoralists will
ever pray.
The National tribune., 1879-10-01

On forwarding stamp, we will send you one of
these forms printed.