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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04
"1F NOTHING nErrER.n

General ALLAN b. RUTHERFORD, of North
Carolina, ex-Third Auditor OF the Treasury, is
u man of opinions, and one who does not hes
itate to express them on occasion. During
recent visit to Wilmington, his Tar-Heel
home, he was interviewed by the Post of that
city, from the report Of which We reproduce,
without comment aud especially without iu-
dorsemcnt, the following extract:
Editor Past We'll, General, what do you think
Of the Slulhern Republican association here in
Washington
General R.-Thlnk of II? Why. think the same
Of II that every other ubseryant Republican in the
country does; that II majority Of the association
Rre made up of lot OF Oihce'scckcrs and Office.
holders who have been rcpudated at home aud
disc luntcnmced by the leading Republicans Of the
country, who have no financial or political stand.
ing either nt home or abroad. Many of them could
not control Il township election in the States that
they pretend heta to represent II has henppcaruuGc
TO every outsider rs an attempt 10 bulldOzc the Re-
publican party Of the Nation.
Editor lOSi-Nell. General, what is the intention
Of the organilauOn2
General R-lt looks Ike II scheme TO loist them
selves upon the President and his Cabinet, TO give
them some Of the official crumbs from tie kitchen,
If nothing better.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04
PERSONAL.

n G. puuAN, Of England, Is Nt Willards
MAGGIE MITCHELL has parlors at WillRrd's
CArrAINJ. y. MILLER L, $, NJ is quarIercd at the
Ebbitt House.
NIR. RUSH proprietor Of the Rush House Of Pitts
burr, PA. Is Rt the 81 James.
Mir. u. l.. WHITE, the New York tribune cores
poudent has returned To Washington.
MRs MAnY CLnlNEH has returned to the city
and Is at her residence ON Capitol llill.
LEROY r. NouMASs Of South Carolina; Robert
smith and Alrs. Ltary Virginia, Ore at WOmleys.
j. C. PAENINsoS. Of Cincinnati, Gnd l.. A. Tate
ANA wife Sew York, arc booked at the Ebbtt
Huu.c.
Miss c. l.. RANsoT the Cleveland artist, will
leave that city mis- week for Washington, where
She viii spend thy wiEter
dos BuuoCAulG the actor ana dIamGtist, Is at
present in Washington intending 20 spend month
here and rgcun' ate his health,
c. RIPLEY, OF Bost,u, Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Frost,
Brooklyn, and H,B. Cox q "a wife, Philadelphia,
are Stopping at TIE itlgg House
T. H. ELLIOTT ofNcw York, A, NJ. Fuliord, Baltl.
more; j. H. Bonucll, New York. Mr. aud Mrs. s.
osborn, Boston, are guests NJ the Arlington.
]. FRANK ROBERTS Boston; s. Is. Sexton, H. and
wife, Maryland NJ, NJ. Weleh, Richmond, Val y
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

quently of late for the express purpose of
detracting from General GRANTS popularity
among "Pap" THOMAS old soldiers. But
even if the very worst phase that has been
put upon it were true 1t would serve to add
another and a most effective reason why
General GRANT should be present on the
occasion in question He is too great man
and too much of patriot to hesitate on
personal grounds to do homage to the men,
ory of his iellow-ollicer
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

In less than four weeks Congress will be
upon us. The excitement over the fall
elections will barely have time TO subside
before the most interesting and important
session of that body since the war will begin.
Meanwhile the public-spirited business men
of Washington are astir, as the increasing
patronage bestowed upon our advertising
columns fully attests, and our people gcner-
ally are preparing themselves for the enjoy
ment of the social and other advantages of
"long session.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04
THE NEWS TONIGHT.

Returns of to.day's elections will be re-
ceived by THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,
tonight, and read to the public in our busi-
ness Office and at the front of our publica-
tion building. Republicans, Democrats and
good citizens generally are cordially invited
TO attend. The earliest definite reports will
begin to come in about 8 or 10 o'clock p m
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

THE exact amount of popular sympathy
to be extended to GEORGE WILLIAM CUR
IT'S tomorrow will not be measured by the
buslel, peck, pint orgill. 1t could certainly
be engulied in the infnitesimal proportions
of his mean and stingy soul-case but even
III that limited area it would rattle about
like mustard seed i'll hogshead.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

PREPARATIONS for the Reunion of the
Army of the Cumberland and the attendant
unveiling Of the statue Of General THOMAS
have now progressed so far as to assure the
managers thereof in the belief that it will
he the grandcst and most successful affair
of the kind ever attempted in the country.
As we have all along asserted, the proba-
Mlities are that General GRANT will he
present to do honor to the occasion. Not u
few of his political enomies, including
Democratic journals and journalists, have
attempted TO impose upon the public II
ridiculous theory that he will purposely
absent himself or decline to accept the in
vitaiion because Of some alleged ill-leeling
between him and General THOMAS during
the war. The facts undoubtedly are that
it was intended by the ropernuthortes ia
remove General THOMAS from his command
about the time of the battle Of Nashville
but that battle was fought and won before
this intention was carried into effect, and
he WAS consequently retained at the head
of his victorious army. This bit of history
Las been lalsiied aud twisted about fire.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

The New York Times, in reviewing the
canvass in that State, sets down as fore
most in the list of orators in that State the
names of JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary of the
Treasury, and WILLIAM NJ. EvARTs, the
Secretary of State
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

Our West, in the East, up North and
down South the Republican tidal wave is
booming to-day. 1t is an off-year, to be
sure, but the Democrats seem TO be the
farthest off.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

THE political powder-boat of American
politics will indulge in harmless strabis-
NAL explosion in Massachusetts to-day.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

CvIL-SERvIcE-R REFORM is being effect
ually vindicated in the Empire State to-
day.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04
vrcE,PREsrDENr WHEELER said in recent

YIcE-PREsTDENT WHEELER said in recent
speech;
THE South is more solid for murder and yio-
lencc than the savage Uies, who, on their part,
spared the women and children at the agency
When Mr.. WHEELER goes into the United
States Senate and offers his hand to the repre-
sentatives Of the people whom he has thus
publicly r!aligned and insuted, will they take
itP-Chdrieston NetrS aud Courier.
This is bull-dozing extraordinary. 1t
would be terribleif bloody-handed South
erner should refuse to take thepure hand of
the Vice-Prcsident. 1t would be perfectly
awful.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

w Mason and two daughters, Chicago, ILL., and
Edward Burton, Philadelphia registered at the 81.
James yestcrdav
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

VIRGINIA will discard Reputation to-
day.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

THE death of Senator CHANDLER has
spread rich feast for the Democratic
ghous, and they are enjoying it with un-
common gusto. When MORTON died it was
the same thing. 1t took the Bourbon and
ex-Confcderate Democrats months to work
oil their bitterness of spleen aud hate to-
ward Senator MoKroN by heaping insults
upon his memory, aud no doubtit will re-
quire more time to discharge the bile of
that class under the death of Senator
CHANDLER, as their gall is more bitter and
their hatred more intense. However,
though MORTON aud CHANDLER both sleep
in death, the principles for which they are
hated still live and will continue to live so
long as the Union endures and the Repub-
lie stands
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-04

THE New York Herald stands amazed
that Senator CONKLING has borne so in
conspicuous n part in the canvass in that
State, which closes to-day; and it seems
astOnished at another feature of the cam
paign. Mr. CoNKLING is personally re-
"sponsible for no part of the ticket except
"Mr CORNELL, and Mr.. CORNELL is the on Y
part Of it which seems reasonably certain
I" to be elected This state of affairs seems
to coniound the Hadld, and it no longer
comprehends the situation rs viewed from
its standpoint 1t is in fog.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-10
How &c strikes Outsiders.

TSut cial 10 the Baltimore Aueitca"'I
wAsu1NGToN, November 6.-Final returns
have not vet been received from Virginia,
hnt the indications are that the State which
nrides itself on being the Mother OF Presi-
dents. aud with being the restinS-place. OF
the ashes of the Father OF his Country, mas
decided by popular vote to cheat its cred
itors. The hopes which were founded on
the first returns from Virginia that The cleo
ton had resulted in victory for an honest
nayu,ent OF the debt are not Justified by tue
later returns. There now seems 10 be ilttle
doubt that the Repudiators, under che title
al Forcible Readausters, have carried the
election by a considerable majority. One
of the leading representatives OF the
repudation party in Virginia sald
to-day that the only practical question was
whether the State should pay 5 per cent. Oh
q per cent. interest, and it was decided that
IL should pay 5 only. Bcing asked whai
right the State had to steal l per cent. Oh
the interest from its creditors, no answer
could be obtained except the old. political
cry about carpet-bag rule. The truth IS
thereis very large party in Virginia, as IL
most ef the southern States, which think:
that;the highest duty is to reDudiate any
debt which is mainly held in the North. ant
to eldeaYor to recuperate the wzr losses
the losses by emancipation OF the slaves
ant all the penalties of rebellion, by repu
d,eting duties which are justly due The
usrthern and foreign creditors The Ole
iEhominion seems to haVa cast its lot will
the party OF dishonor.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-10

SMOKING IN PUBLIC CONFERENCE.-THE
question has been asked, Have the managers
OF public conveyances the right and power
to put off OF their vehicles people who persist
i'm smoking? The answer is that the right
and the power generally exist in such man.
ayers to make and enforce reasonable regr-
lations for the comfort OF the general pub
lie, and the prohibition of smoking comes
within the rules, until it can her!oved that
tobacco-Smoke is not noXiouS nor Often
sive, and that the great majority OF per-
sons are smokers. Smoking is an indul-
eence, not necessity, and no man
has right to procure his personal
pleasures at the cost OF mountaineering
and annoying Others. But underlying all
this the point OF gentiity comes up. Will
any gentleman insist upon smoking in a
public conveyance when he cannot help
knowing that IN doing so lie is annoying
both women and children, and often caus-
ing them serious trouble and nausea? Some
flippan1 reasoners try to draw the line at a
cigarette Or mild cigar, but the offence
against good manners Is the same, differing
only ia degree. Tobacco-smoke is tobacco
smoke, though some may make lady
sneeze, while some is strong and rank
enough TO upset delicate stomach entire
ly. A gentleman is known not by his style
OF dress. but by his consideration for
the feelings and comforts of others. The
same applies to tobacco-chewers, who dis
tribute their saliva in pubic places, to the
injury of women's dresses and the annoy
ance of all people Of delicate sensiblities.
The difficulty, however, in talking about
these matters with an eye 10 the public
comfort lies in the fact that persons who
are guilty Of these baDilual breaches OF de-
corum are not likely to heed any remon-
strances, no matter how pointed and EN-
phatic.-Bottim0re Sun.
How strange that men who would not
blow their unperfumed breath in your face
are so impolite or thoughtIess as TO blow in
your face their breath freighted with To-
baccO.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-10
The clacinpati people are again agi.assns
1.-The subject Of railroad 70 bls s,saos
connect with The Chesapeake and Quo.
wna. q Canvasscr says.

RfeHMeND, November =, ~ ly:,-.
H Ed;tors Dispatch: Ii vexes me mucn'y
40 henr men oh sense, or rather rien VINO
should possess that article, pr, Claiming
TINT e a eneral Malone IS the smr.rtest man
in The worId.,'a Now, OF that a. ticIe have,
.only limited amount myself, but looking
over the Held Of battle as Calmly as possi-
ble. recognize nothing brit Republican
victory turned TO account hg 70 shrewd party
leader; and for fear that the CONSERVATION
that seems to have seized some poor, feeble
Conservatives, driving theu into the bosom
OF the Regulators, think it "ousu W
a good idea to scan with careful
eve the list Of ReSN usters eiecten ~
the next Senate and House OIL De'e-
gates, and class them properly as De-
tween the Cons 1reatiVe and kepeoiican
party. do rot know, but venture tue
prediction tbat seaSng out those electea
from the Val ey Of Virginia, there cannon
be found in the FIST ten Simon.fase Cohser-
natives. The fact is, believe that the par
ty has su cceeaca By either terminating OF
endorsing tile somination OF Republicans
in many Instances / know this to De the
case, tnS it would not surprise me very
much. te in tire next Assembly the Kepuoi'.
cans oysnuniAer either party. AS you are
PERHAPS in a position to give as tne STATUS
of each member, will you please puei.sn
t.ne list, and put dowe none as CohseTSa-
tiyes whoever wavere6 in the falih oeioTe
this Question was sprung upon us, aho
! In,.rb nEEoc \ CONSERVATIVES.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-10
,r,ss Caua,dsx. we Must Have.

TUESDAYS result in New York demon
strates beyond allquestion that II "e nonl-
natep man in 1850 who can uaale all t!se
rohfurtinc elements OF The party there IN
SUPPORT OF his candidacy we c&a CARRY tne
Srate and elect 4he President.
III NAV be considered certala that tue ~.
nnD Democrats who cast their votes lor oIr.
LEelIy on the 4th would not support MI.
TiIden il Nominated. Therefore he would
he beaten lathe State as isessnson has oeen
|neaten, and through the loss oil New YORK
fine Democrats would be dcSeated In the na-
tional contest. 1t is just SIS certain that the
.Tilden- Robinson Democrats 10 the STATE
would not support cahdlohse OF mf;
fKelly's choosing. II such AN lndfVldunt
were nominated the State Wouidstiii peiost'
The pomlnee, therefore, must be one 'eh-
tirely acceptable to the latter Iactlon, ana
not inimical TO the former. There IS Dutohe
man in New York, The State from which
every question OF party policy demands that
the nominee be taken, who ful6lls these
conditions. and that man is Horatio Sey-
mour.
The elections of 1878 and 1870 have re-
auced our chances OF success next year to
this limit. We must carry New York. We
must c.rry Indiana. We must carry the
South in its entirety. We have nothing to
hope for in Ohio. Pennsylvania and Con-
necticut have declared finally against us,
and the States OF the Pacific slope are doubt
full, at least, and notto be relied upon. New
jersey we shall undoubtedly carry next
wear. but while its electoral vote will go to
Increase our total nal opity, it will not make
up for the loss of any one Of the eighteen
States we have here roielred to.
1t simply becomes question now as TO
whether Governor Seymour can be induced
to run. We speak entirely within the
bounds OF facts when we state that he can
have the nomination unanimously conferred
upon him if he will accept it. Simply have
it understood that he is ready to take up
the party standard il called upon to do so,
and none OF the Democratic aspirants now
considered to he contrasting the prize would
allow themselves to oppose him. They
| would all be only TOO willing to yield to his
superior claims and acknowledge his pre-
eminent fitness.
AS 10 Mr.. Seymour himself, we have the
deepest Of faith to believe that if, as we
limited in former article, the matter 1inaaty
resolves itself inte q question OF the party's
succeeding with him Tor its leader, or beia
defeated without him, he wall not refuse TO
meet the emergency.
He must not decline. lie cannot decline.
WuShingtOn Posi-.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-10

The canvass which has for the past few
months been carried on with so much aAll-
ity and energy throughout our State, and
which is destined 10 mark one OF the most
momentouS periods of Nirglnia's history,
was brought TO g close on Tuesday aast.
That the result throughout the State has not
been what the friends of honesty and good
government desired we need not attempt to
conceal. With the assistance OF Ignorant
negroes, upprincipled white men. together
with few honest 5ut mistaken Conseara-
tives, the Reppdiators have succeeded in
securing the triumph. in some sections, OF
principles utterly opposed TO society and
order, and carrying with them the SWELL
ing germs OF Communism and Red-Repub-
licanism. 1t is indeed q sad day for
Virginia. when William Malone, at the
head Of his gang OF Communists and De
structionists, can raise the black flag OF Re
pudatiou over the yerdant meads and
groves Of our once henored old Common
wealth, and befoalied the fair name and
fame OF State, to preserve whose escutch-
con pure and unsuilied the blood Of thou
sands of her sons have been freely split on
many hard-fought field OF battle. TO Dam
willie and Pittsy lvana we point with pride;
for the maintenance Of law and order,
the observance OF contraets-priUQte and
pubHc-the preservation of our credit,
and the faithful payment OF our obliga-
t:ons-she has spoken in thunder tones.
We confidently expect that in few
years, the sound OF the Regulators voice
will not be heard in the land, and thus,
while we would extend the charity Of silence
to such of our citizens as unwittingly en-
gagged in this crusade against the honor Of
our State, yet for the leaders who, with the
artsaud wiles Of demagogues, conspired to
lead the people from the paths of rectitude
and duty, we would say, let their crime
never be forgotten or condoned by the Vir-
ginia people. let the fearful charge that in
the hos.r of their country's need they turned
against her ever stare them In the face, and
let the. stamp Of reputation be branded
upon them so indelibiy and distinct that
throughout the coming years Of their exist
ence they will, "like rotten maekerel in
moonlight, SHINE Us they stink. Chatham
Ts.Sh7Tnp
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-10
RaAherY by Authority.

There seems to be little room to doubt
that the people Of Virginia have set their
seal to the shame OF the State. Immediately
after the election better things were hoped
for. The returns received indicated the
success Ct tine Debt-Payers, and honest peo-
pie everywhere were glad to think that it
should bc so. Unfortunately the latest news
dashes the expectations that had been
raised. Although the result is still in doubt.
and win he for some days TO come, the
chances are all in favor Of the people who
call themselves Readj usters, but who should
be known, if things were always called by
their right names, as robbers and swindlers.
They claim to have gained majority in
both houses of the Assembly, and it seems
to be only too likely hat their claim is we'll
rouaded. Nothing now stands between the
State and utter disgrace but the Governors
veto, and it is some comfort to know that
this will certainly be interposed. =
1t is a bad business, and, the worst Of it is,
it reflects certain discrerlit upon the whole
c3untry.-Phuadelph North american.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-10

The LOTTERY BCSINEss.-The Postmas-
ter-General, under whose instructions the
several postmasters of the principal cities
have been instructed to collect statistics
concerning the lottery traffic IN order to
submit then: to Congress, says that the pub
lie have but very inadequate information re-
garding the extent OF this business, aud that
they will be astonisbed when the official eX-
hibit Is spread before them. In his opinion
the root of the evil lies in those newspapers
which publish the advertisements OF the
lottery companies, foreign and domestic.
If the newspapers would throw out this
class Of advertisements the lottery business
would soon anguish and die, and il Con-
gress will enact the legislation to be recon-
mendcd by the Department., excluding all
Journals from the mails which publish lot
terry advertisements in any form, the Post
master-GeueraI believes that, rather than
suffer such exclusion. the newspapers
would decline to publish lottery advertise
meuts. -BdItinOre american.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-10
uFrom fhe Chicago TTues.1

How il ibe South out-Herod Herod and
i:n>i>t that there shall be n strong" man at
the head Of tic Government, and that strong
9,an Grant, There is already talk OF max
ing him geae=ai-in. chief for life, with a
Gandng army 80 strong that the creature
who may happen to be President will rot
dseam Of ASSUMING the authority implied In
the. constitutional provision that he shall be
com nander-in-eI,isf OF the army. There is
talk. in the SoMth. too--the solid, Demo-
cratic South -of making him its nominee
for the presidency With an invitation to let
the Constitution ta&e care OF itself while he
takes. care OF the country. ,~ !,
9he Atlanta Consultation, Democrat
OF DeRocrats, says that there Is q
,wel-detised movement Of that Kind
,aIts object Is, by nominating Grant and
Offering h;sa support in the assumption OF
extraordinary powers. to utterly break
idoWn all the barriers Of lsaetionaijsm, and
leave no ,rOam for prejudice a3d SANDER.
ia other woods, there are those OF the
South xi.os hopeless OF any contest based
90 constitutional grounds. are seady and
anxious 10 foiesall and reap the political
results OF the Asntraiism tORaTG which
There may be but little In this. There
OF sstrGrgn Iaan unless he can exercise
that strength unhamppred by any written
IaWa The New York 1gmeS says:
! By thus recognizing 1he conn scti0n be-
tween General Grants election mi. a the
assumption OF extfaordi nary powers, the
southern DE InocFats who talk Of nomsnatin s
General Grant eviEeea correct approximately
al the real al2n ldcance Of the ssErSDgs man.,
egy The professisnuf politicians who be-
gaati,e cry ere in keen ot spots,
ssspt ps snpDosiHgs fhat sfIey csn ,use Mn
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-10
nEaTHS.

Died. at Norfolk, Va: on Saturday the 9Th IT.:
slant, n. OBERSDORFER, in tie ninety-sec5nd
year or his age tEtI. -. -
THE friends and acquafntsnccs OF Zoe family are
fnsf,p I'm meet tbe~reBains Mt the residence or hts
sor.in.law NJ. MiIIhiser. 1905 en- st Marshall street,
on SUNDAY Che eth Instant ut LIS O'Clock A. d..
Died. on The 9Th Instant. % the residence OF her
mother, E.na HILL. Chesterfield county. Va, RO-
SALE {. BRUMMALI., in the thirty. fourth year
The funeral will take plnce at 2 O'Clock SUNDAY
the 9ih Friends Of The family respectfully invited
to attend.
Died. ut his residence. in GAINESVILLE. Va, on
Tuesday the 2Sth day Of October. 1879. at 81.
o'clock A. NJ. of paralysis. EDWIN AN DERsON
WILLIAMS aged seventy three years elk months
ami fourteen days.