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rHANCERY.sALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
~ REAL ESTATE AT THE NORTHWEST DOR
ENfR of PENNSYLVANIA AVANUE AND
SEVENTEENTH STREET NOR Cd VEST,
PRINTING FIFTY FEET ON THE AVE

By virtue Of a decree OF the Supreme Court IL
OF tie District of Columbia passed the 7th
dsy Of June, 1881, in cause wherein James ~
n Towers is complain Ant, and Williams and othe.
are def.n dants, the same being equity cru NO.
7G9 chancery rules 6, will offer for sale st pub
lie auction. in front OF tn, premises. on mon
DAY, lHE 2GTH DAY OF JUNE. 1881. AT HALF
Lowing described real estate situated in the city OF
Washington, District Of Colu nbis, namely: All
that part OF Lot enc a. in square numbered
enc hundred and sixty six N66,) bounded
and described as follows: BEGINNING at the corner
OF PenDsy lvsnia avenue aud l7th tt-Pet west and
running theL NORTH with the line of said streat
ninety eight (9Sl feet four a. inches to six-ftbt
all. thence west with the line of said alley twen-
ty-seyen t27) feet thence south. snd .ralel 18th
said 18th street, thirty two (32) feet; thence in a
stIsieht Ice to Pennsylyania avenue At q point
easterly with said avenue to the begnning together
with the buildings and improves ents thereon
The property is neary opposite the new State,
War and Navy Department building, aud ia inn
proved by q thu e-story brick mouse. with store
loom. The property win bs sold free fro.n taxes
Terms Of sale prescribed by the decree: One
third OF the purchase money in cash: the balance
IN two equal instruments Of oae and TWO years rom
tie day Of SALE with interest, to be secured oy the
notes Of the purchaser; the title being retained by
Trustee until the hole purchase money 10 paid; or
the wht Ia Of the purchase money nay be pa'd in
$3.50 win be required when the property is struck
of, All convey anciDg at the purchasers cost.
WILLIAM P. YOUNG,
1920 New York avenue. Trustee.
THOMAS J. FISHER CO.. Auctioneers. 8.
les 3taW&dbs
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AUCTION SALES.
THOMAs BOWLING. Anouonesr.


TVHOAAs BOWLING. Anouonesr.
fSE "a. a 5SH Fsa f1STEES aAEPs H5sg
And GENTLE Driver "A At V a1urt6 n,H'A
he above Will be sod on SATURDAY., ~
JuSE iiTa AT II O'CLOCK, in froAt of my
WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO., Auchoaeers.
HsT TGks s a.npE Is EyRs
TOMORROW, JUNE llTH. AT 10 o'oLoCK0
A. NJ: at our talssroom, corner 10Th AMI DE
Alec. by order Of the executor Of the late ]"
r steever. one Gold Watch, 2. s. Bartlett
II WALTER B. WILLIAMS co. Aucts.
WALTER q. WILLIAMS CO.. Auctonesrs.
TWO nTWo-sT9RY FRAME pwE5L1Ss
sRss4s + zSsrios
Premises, Lots NOE IS and &c. IN Maaon's
and i6 IN square $50, hsytne GOOD 'front.' Is and
depth. improved by two rwo-s DRY frame dwell
ie4-d WALTsR 5. WILLIAMS co.. Aucts.
<. SAN + s2
sane hour aud place. 1e Cd
T,HoMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.
SALE OF TW2sT Eo 90 BEIek PwESIISs
SsRThMhshi, 4S All I; The Tor = ON S WafdH
On FRIDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF JUNE. -
1881, in front OF the premi es, 1T the boar fmX
II o'clocse N viii offer at public sale !I,0.
he he north haf part of lot No -, in squsre No.
the ed hsf part Is feet 50 inehss 'e %
ON street northwest and running back sane
width 81 feet inch. Iieie in6s pui able.
Terms OF sale une-;hird cash, the residue il
six sid uelve months, the purchaser giving his
notes bearing interest," secured by deed Of trust
or 81 the purchase money can be paid A eepo,it
of $50 required when the property is struck off.
X. JACKSON,
je6-dts Attorney for the Devisees.
"THE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED, in con-
sequence OF the rain, Until MONDAY, JUNE 18TH
came hour and place. By order Ct the Attorney.
jeln-d&ds
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HHANCFRY SALE OF FRAME DWELLIN9,
" NO. 459 II STREET NORTHWEST, AND
VACANT LOT ADJOINING.
by virtue OF decree of the Supreme Court ~
IT the District of Colulnba. in Equity Cause 81
Nc. 6. 1873 the undersigned Trustee. viii sell 4@A
at phblic auction. in front of the premises, on
FRIDAY, The 18th DAY OF JUNE, 1881, AT 6
O'CLOCK M. the west half of lot IA, square ST.
improved by house N. i39 II street and inmedt
atey afteHsale of the west half, the said Trustees
Will tei the east half of said lot IA. Tue whole Of
lot IA has front Of 80 feet by depth of 100 feet
TERMS OF sale: One Thu d cash, the residue In
ole and two years. with Interest, and secured by
ressrv. lien or d. ed Of trust TIE property will
be sold clear CT all taxes. $50 deposit when each
bid is accei ted.
" z :: ElDMAoNsTON. Trust,es.
1HOS. f. WAtiG ANaN, Auct m3l-d&is
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BOOKS, &c.

NEW MEDICAL BOOKS.
Drugs That Enslave by DR.. H. II. Kane. :. 81 so
Br1ghls Disease and Dis betes. by DR.. Tyson g. 80
How Pereons tfficted With Brieht's Disease
Ought to Live, by Or. Edwasds.. rs
Cor sf1patien Panty Treated. by Ur Ed
Lou: ................ LOO
dren..: Observation-Disclosures. so
American Health Primers. each. ............. 80
At VIM. BALLANTYNE IL SONS,
ie6 AS Seventh street.
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NHANCERY SALE OF THAT VERY V.LU-
ABLE LOT ON STREET NORrHWEST,
BkTWEEN VERMONT AVENUE AND FIF-
TEhNTH STREET. FACING MCPHERSON
By virtue of decree of the Supreme Court -
tf the District Of Columbia, passed in Equity fhl
Canse No. 4. 657, in which Ellen Butler and I'LL
rtf.ndants. will sell at pubic saction, on FRI
DAY, JUFE 10Th, A. %. 1884,, AT O'CLOCK in
three tS) i'll square 2l6, Washington city, d: O.,
With the mpr vements. OF fronts as feet and has
. depth Of 100 feet 20 an alley.
Terns Of sale: One fourth cash. OF which $3.50
be paid at IL time of sale; balance in equal
insteln ents at six, twelve and eighteen months,
with interest to be secured by dsed of trust on the
property sold, or al cash. at the option OF the pur
chaeer. II terms not complied with in tel
dsys the property will be re-sod at the risk and
cost of the defauItinR purchaser. OooveyancIng
and recording at cost of purchaser.
ARTHUR A. BtRNEV,
$50 40 street. rs.,
J TARBELL DYER, Arussees.
Cor. 7th at and La. ave. q. W.
THOG. j. FISHER h CO., Aucts. je1 -dEis
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AYTKKNOON.
VNHONAs BOWLING. Aucteneer.
CHANCEEY SALE OF VALUABLE REAL Es-
TATE IN UHk CITY OF WASH NOTION RI ri


By virtue Of a err.e of the Supreme Court -
OF he District Of Cohumbt passed toe 18th -
day q Novem Der, A 1880, IN cause JJhn -xn.l
W Wrlsbt ct al VIZ. Cnas Walter ct ais, No.
5.775. Equity doc. II and affirmed by decree in
General Term May 20 1881. shall sell at pubic
auction to the highest bidder IL front of the prem
ifet. on FRIDAf, THE lUTH DAY OF JUNE, 4 D.
1881 AT O'CLOCK P the followins describ real
estate. situate in be ty OF Washington District of
Oolumbls, to wit: be southeast corler OF lot num-
ber.d five (5). in block two co. in Brown aud
Iodo's subdivision OF Pleasant Plain and Mount
Peasant, being the ssme property conveyed TO
Mary Z. Riggs by Irwin B. Wright tand j. w
Wusht by deed dated on the fourteenth day or
July. A. ID. 1871 Said lot fronting on irwin street
forty feet: and running back one hundred .nd
fifty feet toEether with the improvements thereon
consletiug OF thres story Brick yelling House
81 d ether improvements.
Terms OF sale: Ore-tn ird Of the purchase none y
10 cash {of which i00 must be paid at sale), and
balance inone and two years in notes Of pu rchsser
bearing interest from The day Of sale. secured by
lea upon the said property; or all cash at the op-
ton Of the purchase. Terms Of sale to be COM
uhed with within seven days after the day OF sale
IN default OF which the Trustee shau read vett Sc
abn ~ Sc the above property at the risk aDd 90 It
OF the defn ulting purchaser. All cOnyeyancing aud
recording at purchasers cost.
JOHN W. HUNT, Trustee,
1eI,3,6 B. I'D Irwin street north west.
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NHOMAe DOWNING. Auctloneer.

TfHUMA6 DJWLINCf, Auct1On6ef.
REGULAR SALE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS.
At salesroom. JUNE II. 1881, AT 10 o'cLK,@
en braclng two very hand some French pla e ~
"altel Mirrors, Farlor and Chamber Furn- t<Sa
iture and about zoo pieces separate from
sete. THOMAS DOWNING
ir0-9t An
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B. WILLIAMS Il co, Auc.s.

ROSEWOOD CASE PIANO. HEAVILY CARVED;
BRoaN REp: HANDs a''' Halt hAkEp BACK.
M5ERoH E ACE I'M, MAs GRI BASE Easy
OAK COTTAGE SUITES; GILT FRAME
M 1pb IS + D, WALNUT =, T. y, WARDRnBEs;
WIFE WOVEN MATTREssES; BRU sSELS
APP lS SCR ~ e 9AnPETs Ono BRgssELS
RIGS AND MATS; OH PATNTINas AID
CCHTKS0MoS; LACE ACE op KTASyoA AND Coz:
AND DINING CHAIRS: REFRI4ERATJR,
HAIR, HUSK AND COTTON TOP MAT
SThRS: CHINA, GLASS AND CROCK cry
WAKE: KITCHEN UTENSILS. &c.
On TUESDAY. JUNE 14TH, 1881, AT 10 ~
o'CLO' A M, we shall sell at the residence VI
q gentleman declining housekeeping, No. f620
S2l East tlaIitol street, between 80 and 4th III
siretts, ths above collection of household effects
IN good coalition and worthy the attention of
buyers.
jes,d WALTER b. WILLIAMS CO.. Aucts
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4 I AUCTION.
Cur entire stock, cont istilg of
MEMS, YOUTHS, BOYS
AND
CHII.DkH Ma GT.OTHING

will be sold at auction. commencing
MONDAY, JUNE THE 18TH.
At 10 O'CLOCK AM ard PM.
Goods sold at private ssle at auction prices.
TIE "FAMOUS,"
400 7th street nc rtilwest, corner
3ePft FOLEY, Auctone>r
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Harper's Cycioraaia oi British and American '|'O0
Womsn's HsndSort. IN Modie-n; uora 80
Bsrtt olow's Medicsl Electricity .......e 30
Matter OF tsct Girl: Leisure hour. l. 90
Agony c5Innn Of tie Times. 1900 is7o..... 90
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LEWIS JOHNSON Il Co.,
BANKERS,
Corner Of Pcnna. ave. and 10Th street.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE, BONDS. STOCKS
GENERAL BANKING m24

LYME OLD RYE WHISKY,
IL FINE OLo Rye WHISKY.
FINE OLD BYE WHISKEY.
Warranted pure-warranted pure for Medicinal
and Family use, Is cents per bortIe-76 cents per
bottle. ARTHUR NATTANR, PaARnAcisT,
Cor. 18th aHd SITS. and I'd and ID SITS.
AOrShN est. MID
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First Cabin, $50 $40. I'd Cabin $50 Storage,
SS26; r. CAZaUX. General Agent. q South VII
IAN ST., New York For passage apply to " e.
MkTZERO1T 90 925 PennsylfaniS avenue.
pEtOn, or +. II. JOHNSON, Agent National
Sate neI olS Bul!dins, corner New Yo.k ave. and
1okn tt- d. r,4Te6t. tan17
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VNRUbTERs' SALE OF TWEN1Y-ONE VALU-
Il ALE LOTS ON T STREET. BETWEEN
AN4 e.
BETWEEN 8 AND T STREETa, AND on
OREGON AVENUE, CONTAIN tN4 IN ALL
OVER 42.gOO SQUARE FEET OF GROUrD.
By virtue Of decree Of the Supreme Court kvA
Of the District of Columbia, passed May 9th, f:3
the undersigned will offer for sale st public auc.
tor. in trout Of the premises, on THURSDAY,
JUNE 9TH, 1881, AT 30 O'CLOCK P. NJ, Lots num-
bered eighteen (ls), nineteen QO aud twenty (2G),
tlb2 These Lots have been subdtvded by the
Trustees into twenty ore CD Lots six OF which
have each front on T ST., between 1Tth and 18th
streets, If 20 feet II inches by depth of 81 feet
feet on u b street, between and streets, by
depth Of 100 feet Blk of said Lots have each
front Of 30 feet II inches On oregon avenue. by
depth Of 81 feet inches, aiia tbs TematDlnY four
between 18th and 18th strestE, By . depth OF loo
feet
Ire decree directs that Bill taxes and assessments
shall be pad ont of the purchase money.
paid in cash. and tbs balsnc. In equal parts at
six, twelve ard eighteen mouths for which the
notes Of the purchaser shsii be tsken bearing in
terest from day Of SALE and q lien reserved upon
the property sold. A DEPOSIT OF $50 will De re-
complied with In seven days. All conveyancins and
,n~,s. w111,.S IS h street. Trustees.
458 Louisiana avenue.
DUNCANS0N BROS, Aucts. m28
sw- THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED, On
DAY OF JUNE 1881. at same hour snd place.
WM +. NATTINGLY, Trs+
ieI0 dSds IRVING WILLIAMSON. trustees
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CONSULT DIR ROBERTSON every Wednesday
" and Saturday ut his Office 456 Q street north
visit. near ~ street, from to 8 p. m, who. with
fifteen years experience, guarantees Q cure in all
diseases OF the Urinary Organs Nervous and Semi
nal Weakness. Nocturnal Emissions. Impotency. &c
SonorrhGa Or Syphilis, recently contTacted p2si,
strictly private, and separate ofhces for ladies
Refers TO the leading Physicians OF Baltimore.
moderate. feb7
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V0YAGERs TO EUROPE.

,. ". BOTkLER & son
Are tie Asef "a for the sale Of Ytcse.a In thia DIT,
tricf Of the
iSMAN STEAMSHIP co.
k3yreB Pr rosinR to visit Europe can obea.D all
Information 6y applying to
spl-Sm J. W BOTELER 4 son
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MEDICAL, &c.

MEDICAL, &c.
MADAM De. FOREST HAS REMEDY FOR
IH1 Ladies'. All FEM ale complaints quickly cured
Can be consulted daily st 924 TIN street northwest
Office hours from to p. N. ielO-9ms
nk. LEON, the Oldest established snd most reli-
~ able LADIES' PLY SICTAN In the city, can be
consulted daily at 400 Massachusetts avenue from
TO and to9. al Female Complaints aud IrreS-
ular.ties quickly cured. Prompt treatment Sepa-
rate rooms for Ladies. js9-lm
MO CURE NO PAY!-To all afflicted with private
IN diseases come at once and you shall be rewarded
by speedy cure without mercury. DR. BROTH
Frs, quo street southwest. Milan
nR. MOTIFS FRENCH POWDERS : Certain
IL cure for Kidney Diseases. Gravel and al Uri-
lazy Diseases. Nervous Debility Seminal Weak-
ices, Imgetency elect. scrot9is, SYPHILIS and al!
Blood and SKIN diseases speedily cured. Gonor-
rhosa cured il IS hours. For sale by WI. b. IN
IMISIE, Druggist. corner 18th ct and Pa. ave.
cetpt Of price. m6
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WALLER B. WILLIAMS & CO.. Aucuoaeers

JEsKIN TaOMsa
Executors and Trustees OF Peter VouEssel
btNCAcSON BROS. Aucts. ieI-dkds
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until p III. 0N
The Steamer will extend her trips to GEORGETOWN
every Monday, stopping at Hartiey's wharf
Tickets sDi Staterooms can be had, and tnfor-
nation Cte6 fully furnished, 1T b. W Reeds
Pa ave- " Roose's cigar stands at principal
hotels; II. PoIkinhorn, next to City p O. and
ut CompaL! : OfiSe e, foot of It'll street
". p. WE Oh, Agent. $50
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-16
Spring CaSsimeres


For Gentlemen's and Boys wear, very choice
goods.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-16

Recently, the streets of New York
city beingin a deplorably filthy condition,
and the municipal system insufficient to
remedy the situation, a mass meeting of
citizens, called without respect to party
lines, but composed in the greater part
of Republicans, asked the State Legisla-
ture to enact a law investing the power
to clean the streets in Mayor Grace. But
he being a Democrat, and a considerable
amount of patronage being attached
to the Street Cleaning Department, the
New York city Republican ring,
of which Vice President Arthur is a
leading member, ordered the defeat of
the bill, aud the Republican legislators
obeyed the command. The matter af-
fords another proof of the fact that,
wherever ''spoils" are concerned, the
managers of the Republican party are
utterly constituencies. In this instance
the health of the metropolis weighed
nothing in the scale when balanced
aAdluSL IL was kAC PabAOAaSC VI LAO
Street Cleaning Department.
The New York papers are pretty gen.
orally united in denouncing the course
of the Legislature, which for parti-
zan purposes proposes to take from a
million and a quarter of people a right
enjoyed by every municipal government,
and compel them to submit to distasteful
and forced regulations. The Journal Of
Commerce says that the Gar of Russia
does not NEEDLE with the management
of street cleaning in st. Petersburg /;
nor does the Emperor of Germany in.
terfere with that of Berlin. Local
-Guthorities have the management Of this
city business, as they do in Paris, Lon
don, etc. But more despotic than the
Car or Emperor, the Legislature at
Albany puts its foot upon the necks of
the people of New York. The Herald,
World and other journals demand that
the Legislature shall not Cypress the
city, override its local authorities and
leave the streets in filth while appoint
ing partisan favorites to decide impor-
tant questions and quarrel owe the
spoils. Even the Times RadicaD strongly
demonstrates against the arbitrary inter
ference of the Legislature with a matter
clearly within the jurisdiction of the
municipal authorities.
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DEBIL.ITATED DIGESTION.
HOw VOItaIre Cured the Decay of
Hls stomach.

In the Memoirs of Count Segur" there
is the following anecdote: my mother,
the Countess de Segur, being asked by
Voltaire respecting her health, told him
that the most painful feeling she had
arose from the decay of her stomach,
and the difficulty of finding any kind
of aliment that it could bear. Vol
taire, by way of consolation, assured
her that he was once for nearly 3 year
in the same state, and believed to
be incurable, but that, nevertheless,
a very simple remedy had restored
him. 1t consisted in taking no other
nourishment than yolk of eggs beaten up
with the flour of potatoes and water"
Though this circumstance took place as
far back as fifty years ago, and respected
so extraordinary a person as Voltaire, it
is astonishing how little is known. and
how rarely the remedy has been prac-
ticed. Its efficacy, however, in cases of
debility cannot be questioned. and the
following is the mode of preparing this
valuable article of food as recommended
by Sir John Sinclair:
BEAT up an egg in a bowl, and then
add six tablespoonfuls of cold water,
mixing the whole well together; then
add two ~tablespoonfuls of farina of pota-
toes; let it be mixed thoroughly with
the liquor in the bowl. Then pour in as
much boiling water as will CONVEX the
whole into a jelly, and mix it well. 1t
may be taken alone, or with the addi-
tion of a little milk in case of stomachic
debility or consumptive disorders. The
dish is light and easily digested, ex-
tremely wholesome and nourishipg.
Bread or biscuit may be taken with It
as the stomach gets stronger"
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Typhus fever is again on the increase
10 New York. Last week there were 55
cases. DIR. James, of the Health Board,
says: "These all come from the lowest
class of tenement houses and lodging
places where tramps are found in the larg-
est numbers during the winter months.
Many Of them are reported first from
Bellevue or the Charity Hospital. l do
not know what we can do any more than
has been already done to prevent the
spread of the disease, unless it is posi-
bic to quarantine all tramps, and then set
fire to all the lodging houses" The Doc
tor makes even a more d~isagreeable rev.
citation. namely, hat "at the Riverside
Hospital there are no fewer than 70 cases
of typhus and 100 cases of small pox.
-Four new cases were reported up to
noon today"
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Mr.. WINDOWS Policy.

The press Of the country are, with
scarcely an exception, busy discussing
Secretary WINDOWS proposed substitute
of the 1896, 800, 400 six per cent. bonds,
maturing in July-or such portion OF
them as the holders may desire-for new
bonds bearing 81 per cent. interest. In
other words the Secretary proposes, since
Mr.. Hayes would not permit the matur-
ing bonds to be funded according to act
of Congress, to start of on an independ-
emit refunding operation of his owl. 1t
is further generally believed that in case
the Secretary of the Treasury succeeds
in this financial operation, he will try
the same experiment with the $3.50. 00O,-
600 five per cents, maturing after May
1st.
The question exciting the greatest de-
gree of interest in connection with this
operation is. rs it legal?' OF this grave
doubts generally prevail. 1t is true that
it is stated the United States Attorney
General and various Treasury lawyers
have expressed the opinion that Mr..
Window has a right to carry out his
plans; but eve they only agree that he
has q negative right-that is, that he is
endowed with the proper authority for
his proposed scheme. only because there
is no law in force which prohibits it.
This, it seems to US, is very unstable
ground for Mr.. Window to stand upon,
and the following questions naturally
suggest themselves: First, if a Secre-
tary Of he Treasury can, in this way,
without the consent or authority of Con-
gress, scale the interest on government
bonds. and, virtually, issue new bonds
in their places, where is the necessity for
Congress even occupying its time and
attention in future with funding billsf
The whole matter might at once
be left to the Secretaries of the
Treasury to settle at their discretion.
In the next place, if the Secretary has
the right thus to Sc lie the interest on the
public debt at his own volltion, has he
not an equal right when he thinks that
public policy demands it) to advance the
rate of interest on that debt? The power
to do one certainly implies the power to
DO the other, and if this is so, it will be
seen that the interest on the national
debt, which should be fixed and clearly
understood, will become subject to vacil-
latiOn and the whims and caprices of any
man who may hold the Treasury port
folio.
For these reasons, while Mr.. Windows
proposed course is doubtless dictated by
motives of public welfare, and will
prove, if successful, vastly beneficial to
the taxpaYers-as it will save them mil
lions of dollars per annum-we think it
a very dangerous precedent to establish.
Certainly it is a power which no
previous Secretary of the Treasury
has ever dreamed of possessing or of ex-
ercising. At any rate it opens the eyes
Of the people more widely than eve" to
the necessity of funding bill such as was
passed by the recent Democratic Con-
gress, and to the great burden which was
imposed upon them by the foolish veto
Of a Republican fraudulent President.