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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

A dispatch to the New York Graphic
says that the supervising inspector.general OF
steamboats, will insist upon the correction Of some
gross evils in his bureau when Congress assemblies
lie has discovered some Of the most fragrant viola
tons and evasons ofthc law on the part OF certain
supervising inspectors that smack strongly of cor.
ruption in the interest of the steamboat men aud
Mt the peril of the travelling public. The abuses
exist chiefly in and about the port OF New York,
where the steamboat men seem to have exercised
authority over the inspectors superior TO that
OF the Government One species of violation
of the law has been to inspect vessel and mark
the papers Us Inland, requiring only the equip.
ments and style Of architecture demanded By law
for navigation Of inland waters. Then the inspec.
tors would use their discretion and indorse on the
certificate permission TO carry u large number of
additional passengers. The copy of the certificate
forwarded to the Department would only show the
original number, and the collectors of the ports OF
the district TO which the vessel belonged would not
be notified ofany additional allowance, so that no
superior authority had any knowledge ofwhat had
been done. In the case OF one New York excur-
sion bont the number of passengers was thus In
creased from 1000 to 1900.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

In consequence of the alarm caused in
rome portions Of the West by the reported spread
lug Of smallpox, Acting Postmaster. General Hat.
ton recently issued the following order "WherC
the health officers of village, town. or city by
official action declare that mail matter from any
other village, town, or city Is liable to communi
cate contagious disease which at the time is pre-.
yHiling IN the place whose mail II is thus sought to
quarantine, and such health officers shall furnish
70 the postmaster certified copy Of such decarn.
ton, II shall be the duty OF said postmaster 70 re-
fuse 10 accept said mail matter from any carrier OF
mail messenger, and he shall furnish such carrier
or mail messenger with copy of said declaralio ion
20 be delivered by him to the othce thus quarpu.
tined with the mail matter 80 refused, and the
fncis shall AT once he reported 10 the First Assist
ant Postmaster. General. IN the absence of board
OF health officers the. declaration Of the regular
county or city medical society may be accepted
and falling such organization the opinions Of such
physicians us the postmaster may regard us most
reliable may be acted upon. The mail returned
shall be held until the prohibition is removed, anC
shall, aiter being properly fumgated under IN,
direction Ofthe medical authorities, be forwarded
10 The place Of original destination"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30
BOURBON RAsCALS.
Their Triup,ph In mIqaissiPPi-Deno'
cratic Organs Contrasting.

In no county did the Democracy have
more to contend against in therecent election than
In Holmes. The colorcd majority pds u'ree 70 ono !
and the opposition ,cds peu organized and yea by tro
Of he largest taxpayers in ttG county. Nothing
daunted, the Democrats went into the contest with
straight ticket, and won the victory III a ialr
fight. The color-lino was broken nj every oox.
Men Of Holmes remembered how they had been
prosecuted for opinions sake at the previous cleo
tom and repaid their adversoIies with !ilte
more more grape, Captain Bragg."-Jdcsson (h'S'')
Clarion (Deia)
Just before the closing OF the polls at Lexington,
on the evening OF the Sth inst, somebody OF
s0mebodies-for we don't know whether there was
more than one person engaged in the pastline-
fired n few pistol shots, either In or about the
courthouse, where the voting was going on and
then, while good many persons remained upon
the ground and refused TO be stampeded, among
others there was hurrying to and fro ana lively
running for safer quarters. At such times every
lady In hearing distance of the shots, II she has
husband OF relative cup town." has dread
that her lovcd-one has become, oil OF q
sudden food for powder" and is on the qui
ritN for news from the scene of action. so II was
with the wife of n friend of ours she was out In
front of the house anxiously looking toward the
square, when negro man came riding by az q
high rate Of speed. and eyincing considerable
degree OF terror. Our lady friend hailed with the
query: whats the matter d? what's the matterY'
aud the fellow, without Stacking his speed, an
swcred: "Oh, nothing missus, nothing-only
shootn off dc pistols to close dc polls The lady
was satisfied that her husband was not then IL
danger, but still she had an idea that 1t was
queer way of closing the poll,.-LeriRgton (foima
lOttIlU MissieSiDDD I,uilgfiD (IDeHi1
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

The Chicago Times comments on what
It calls the grim humor" of an incident recently
occurring at funeral in that city. The deceased,
1t seems had died from drink and when the coffin
was about being screwed up, the corpse's wife
arose and placed within II n bottle of whisky. If
that Is the Times idea OF humor perhaps II would
like to copy still more worthy illustration OF that
style Of iun from this vicinity. The celebrated
brgnnd and highwayman, Joaquin Murietta,
Killed on this coast some years ago, was III the
cheerful habit OF inconllnently disembowei-
ing any one TO whom he happened TO
take dislike. Que day, up In McndoCino County.
he waited all day behind a bush on the roadside
In order 10 waylay mail agent with whom he
had gotten into quarrel the hight before. Finally
he heard footsteps approaching, and, jumping
from his concealmcnt he drew his knife across
the stomach Gf his victim. The head of the cx-
piring nun fell Into the moonlight however aud
The bandit saw he had killed the wrong person
Taking bit Of paper from his pocket, the MUIR
dcrer pinned 1t to the dead postal officials coat
amer scrawling upon IL: "opeued by mistake by
joaquin. "-LfIriok DOdd.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

Bill Herndon is pauper ut Springfield,
Ill. lie was once worth considerable property.
His mind was the most argumentative of any of
the old lawyers in the State, and his memory ex-
traordinary, For several years before Lincoln
was nominated for the Presidency Herndon was,
in some respects, the most active member of the
firm, preparing the greatest number of cases
for trial and making elaborate arguments in
their behalf II is said that he worked hard with
Lincoln III preparing the memorable speeches
delivered by tho man who aiterward became
President during the debates between Lincoln
and Douglas in 1858, and In constructing the
Cooper Institute address, delivered by Lincoln n
short lime before the war. Hcrndon, with all
his attachments, was man who now
and then went on spree, and 1t was no uncom-
mon thing for him to leave au important lawsuit
aud spend several days in drinking aud carOus-
Ing This habit became worse after Lincon's
DEATH and like poor Dick Yates, Herndon went
down step by step, till his friends and associates
fIUN JournnI
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

Mr.. Alfred j. Dobson, formerly of New
York, but now Of London, arrived in this city n
few days ago. bearing with him the plans of Il CO.
lossal hotel to be erected in London. These plans
were submitted to Mr.. Charles T. Leland, and he
was asked to assume the management of the build
ing when 1t Is finished. Yesterday that gentle
man slgnfcd his intention of accepting the offer,
and the work of erection will rapidly go on. Tho
new hotel will stand upon one of the most COM
manding and attractive sites in London The sit
untiOn is upon the Victoria embnnkments, short
distance from Charing Gross station, and within n
Westminster Abbey, and the fashionable theatres
OF the city. The building will face partly upon
Whitehall Place and partly upon n new road soon
to be opened by the Government. The rear Is
upon the Victoria cmbankment, and from the
windows of the house magnificent view will be
had both up and down the Thames. Adjoining
the site the residences of various wealthy peers
and the gardens attached TO their palaces viii be u
most pleasing feature. Between the site selected
for the house and the Thames River is n beautiful
park, adorned with fine statue of Sir James GU
iran. The hotel will occupy an area of 1900
square feet and its dimensions will be 400 feet
upon the river and 800 upon Whitehall Place. II
Will be nine stories In height, and VIII contain
about 900 single rooms and suits, furnishing ac-
cOmmOdations for 200 or 800 guests To fulfill
the terms Of the contract upon which the land was
secured, terrace of thirty feet In width and the
In the rear. The cost of the structure. when flu
ished, will exceed 81 900 900, and the furniture
SID,nO IL will be the only hotel in Europe
strictly American and II is Intended especially for
the accommodation of visitors from this country.
Mr.. Leland will take with him his Chef burkeeper,
Of eighteen or twenty mouths. The architect is
Mr., Il, q. ii. Blake, of IOndon.-4ibdnD drgus.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30
AT THE COURTHOUSE.
Scenes Daring the TriaI--w when the Assns-
ain Arrives aud Departs.

The court room at the City Hall is about sixty
feet from the curb, against which the van which
carries the assassin Guiteau backs up. At the
hour Of adjournment three O'clock an immense
crowd springs suddenly into existence and stands
In two lines, each about fifteen deep from the
door 10 the van. Between these two lines, the
inner edges Of which are lined with police, the
poltroon must pass. All vehicles in the broad
street come to stop; the occupants reinforced
by any whom they will permit to climb up TO
their elevation; the throng in the courtroom
pour out and ill every available spot the porti-
Goes and steps and ratings Of the
Of the adjoining houses are occupied
as on gala day; opera glasses are plentiful, and
all are intent on seeing the march from the ground
door to the door of the van. Five minutes pass.
All Is still There is no levity. The crowd has
none, and the wretch dare not indulge in his
poltroonery except In the midst of the court
room. The van waits with the door wide open.
SIX mounted police are close Mt hand cycling the
crowd. All necks are cnned and all eyes fixed
on the spot whence he Is TO come, The door opens,
an officer comes out aud sees that the wayis clear
three more abreast appear; then scoville, who is
bound to keep the wretch safe for the present ut
least; two more, with the prisoner between, come
next; then rear guard OF three more walking
abreast. In this way Guiteau Is completely sur
and hangs his head The bravado exhibited
in the courtroom Is all gone, and only
the bringing coward remains. He walks
hurriedly, constantly In front of and dragging his
side guardsmen. lie does not look up or respond
for an instant to hoOtlngs and cat calls, groans
and mutterings OF the crowd, but the very moment
his foot is within reach of the van step he leaps
and disappears like a flash. It's grave pity that
this part Of the days spectacle could not be
omitted. The bringing the van close up to some
back door, where n temporary fence could be
spectacle. At present there Is but one consolation
| tue trial promises TO be of short duration.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

Senator Malone will, as soon as Con-
gress meets, introduce resolution directing the
Committee on Finance of the Senate to inquire
whether any State of the Union has repudlated or
attempted to repudiate, in whole or in part, any
of its bonded debt, and whether any of the trust
funds invested by the United States IN State bonds
have been lost or impaired by the action of any
State. A similar resolution will be introduced by
one ofthc Virginia Readjusers In the House.
near friend Of Malone said this evening: "Mahono
Is determined to get back at some OF his honorable
colleagues from tho Southern States, who entered
Virginia last year In the presidential campaign to
demouncc the Rcadjustcrs rs no better than swim.
oilers, and who have been so solicitous for the
honor of Virginia ever since He will see that
particular attention is paid 20 North aud South
carolina, rs Hampton and Vance were particularly
invited TO stump Virginia against him by the
Fundcr committee. South Carolina has scaled a
debt of SlG,OOOD00 down to less than 100000 and
North Carolina has gone even further IN the same
direction in dealing with her bonds. Senator Ma.
hone will demand also in his resolution that the
Finance Committee shall ascertain II possible upon
what theory the rcpudiating states have dealt with
their obligations, and TO report whether there Is
any remedy len to the United States in case its
trust funds have been impaired or lost. 2pcinn uii
I.yUD DlTgri1l
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

was formed on the 10Th of September
nj ogdensburg, n. ". and consists of J. f. Bell Il
Co. and Thomas II, Evans 4 Co., Of Baltimore,
Nd, strang 4 Tucker of Washington, D. G., and
r. NJ. Rainsiord, of Millers Corners, Ontario
County New York. The combination is managed
by Messrs. Rainsford AMI Tucker, with hcadquar.
lers At Ogionsburg Theirtransactions in potatoes
are unqucstionably the largest ever made in the
Emitted States or Canada, rs the following facts
ALL show. They purchased At Prescott, ont, over
eONO bushels, and their entire purchases 10 tho
nth of November amounted 10 3S00OO. They
loaded seventeen canal bouts along the Canadian
ihOrc Of the -. Lawrence River between Montreal
and Prescott, Rggregating In the bnnis S9,iU
bushels, These Cnrgoes passed the custom hous,
NJ ROuse's Point IN one entry and Oh one day. II
vas the largest single entry oil potatoes ever made
I'm the United States. The duty on them amounted
10 SlSil0. The syndicate have loaded several sal
Fessels for Western lake ports. One schooner
cleared from Prescott for Cleveland, Ohio, viii
H,lSi bushels. In addition TO the large shipments
by water they have shipped over 900 carloads Il
points East West, and South, and havclaTge guam
blios now in cellars In Canada, which they vii
move in lined carr with stoves during the WINTER
IundHddtguu ~ ~ JOUIIal.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30
A Rig Opcrn Hat.

A newspaper man well known in this
city, upon arriving home after weary hours "
hard work. and in no very happy frame of mind,
discovered that his wife had purchased one of
those horrible idlocics, big opera hat. Now the
newspaper man to whom we refer had been writ.
ing hard hits on this the latest and most non.
scnsical style Of head gear and to his wife the
possessor Of one almost drove him crazy. He pic.
turcd to himself the man who would be unforlu.
nate enough to lit behind his wife ut the theatre
and he dDuld almost hear him swear. lie was n
man who had suffered the torturcs Of the damned
when sitting behind such broad EXPENSES of black
cloth, fur, or feathers of which the
hats are made, and he knew how 1t
was himself lie arose in his might and
told his wife that "bf all that was great and
holy, IL she didn't take that hat back she would
not get a theatre ticket In two years" She didn't
wait an instant; she thought not upon the order OF
her going, but she Went rs II she had disagrcea.
BILE job on her hands and wanted to get It done ~
soon rs possible That newspaper man is ono OF
those rare specimens who believe they can dc
more good In the world by stopping profanity by
taking away the cause than by purchasing tract.
on the subject and putting them Into the hands o
the unfortunate fellow who swears because II |,
both wicked and II relief lfall husbands would
refuse TO allow their wives to wear such hOmCly
ungainyn and idloic hats In places of amusement
| they would confer upon suffering humanity
| boon which should entitc them to front seat ii
| the kingdom Of heavCn.-fRter ocean.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

climate not necessarily unhealthy often proves
80 TO those unaccustomed to IT, Tho accllmatng
process seems unusually slow in some constltu-
lions. There Is, however q medicinal means Of
acclimating 1t of which residents and sojourners
IN unaocustomed or maarious climates have not
been slow TO avail themselves Hostelter's stom-
acl BitteFs Is medicinal safeguard ana acclimat-
ing tonic OF standard reputation, which travel.
ers, emigrants, tourists, Mariners and others
whose tastes and pursuits entail exposure, sulJec.
ton 10 changes Of temperature, unusual or UNI
ant upon long Journeys by land or sou, concur In
prOnounoing II reliable, agreeable. ana safe; As a
remedy for disorders OF the liver, stomach, ana
bowels very prevalent in malarious regions and
the tropics a. a preventive OF fever aud ague,
rheumatism, and kidney troubles, and as restor-
alive OF yigor, IL Is also held In The highest esti-
ton MWf
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30
The Fugitive bridegroom nepcns..

Weller, the young man who deserted
his expectant bride almost at the altar unex-
pcctedly returned recently to wilkes. Barre, Pa.
lie was assailed on all sides by the indignant
friends of the young lady, who was lying quite III
ut her residence Weller went to the home of his
afianced and asked to see her. The mother fur
babe his entrance but he forced himself into the
house aud WIS met by the disappointed bride,
who arose from her sick couch at the sound Of his
voice and rushed into his arms Subsequently All
interview took place between the mother and
Weller, at which the daughter was present He
protested that he did not know what urged him 10
the wedding should take place soon. The mother
would listen to no proposition from him, and he
LEFT the house, Weller explained to his friends
what he had done. He said that he requested
that the wedding be postponed for II second time
and the mother Ofthe bride bluntly objected. This
nEgcred him, and his subsequent action was more
a retaliation upon the mother than AN oiiense
against the BRIDE Philadelphia Times,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

Again the echoes come from the Cana
dian hills and they seem to carry no uncertain
sound, The question Is getting terribly alive and
Is destined TO grow rapidly, OF course England
would dislike extremely TO lose 80 large part OF
her possessions and, being aware that the United
siaIes has no idea ofpaylng large SUN, when, by
little patient waiting, she can have them any
way Great Britain Is doing one or two things
that show certain degree OF nervousness. As an
example, a, tariff so called, requires that all
settlers shall purchase their farm utensils aud
other goods At Ontario, This Is not an easy thing
for the Maniloeians to do, They can step over 70
81. Paul ana save several hundred miles
Of transportation They can as they
have in the past rub shoulders
with their cousins across the border aud II Eng.
land whines and tries 10 cOerce, why. she viii
lIsc, she has lost already In several things Some
of her railroads are under American control aud
more are likely 10 be, ana her great international
road Is already rendered useless by shorter routes.
30, then the echoes are sounding, and in few
yearh we shall have the state Of Quebec" the
STATE Of "0nueal, Manitoba" Ontario e a..
TINE Il coming, AL let II come.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

Some months ago Acknowledgement
George L. Beal received a letter from William II.
lInrton, mayor Of Newport, KY, asking for In
formation as to the whereabouts Off certain Cap.
tain II. S. Aver, OF the old Fourth Maine The
writer stated that In 1863 he soldier Mt WASH
ngon and while there, getting in rather strnight-
ened circumstances. borrowed sl0of Captain Aver.
lie was unable todischnrgc this obligation before
he len Washington, and nfcrwnrd lost truce of his
bcnefnctor. lie made repeated attempts TO dis
cover his whereabouts, but they were futile. Gem
wrote several letters, and finally discovered that
Aver was III Montville. lie communicated the re-
SUIT OF MS investigation to Mayor Harton. Thurs
iutant- generals Office. II contained n box Of the
choicest Kentucky cigars, check for 5000 for
Captain Aver, and n letter Of thanks to General
Bcnl for his exortions.-1H1ttstd (Me.) Journal
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

A woman rode down town in an Ave-
nue. car yesterday with party of friends and made
man so mad that he growled in italics. She had
bye all around and made q few remarks about the
WCnthCr and n new bonnet sine saw up town, aind
then started for the door. she happened TO thank
and kissed three ladies and sweet little girl nd
looked rs If she wanted TO tackle bald headed
man before she was ready TO start again. She go
oifcarcfuy and then the man referred 10 began
growing. Some mon are awiully bad tempered.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

And so MacNeagh has gone at last.
What time he has had of 1t, tearing himself
loose from the Government lie began as soon MS
Garfield died, ana II was not until a week ago
that he finally succeeded I'm getting out of the
sitting atmosphere OF Washington. We shall
miss him, Of COuSc, for he was unique in his way,
aud had fashion of scattering himself around
that was quite cntertuiniug still, we shall be able
10 worry along without him. we fancy, MS soon as
we become a little accustomed to his absence. IL
Is very solemn thing TO see such man vanish
from the horizon, but happily our planetary sys-
TEN can stand n considerable shock aud we may
reasonably believe that even the sudden censing
Ofa MacVeagh will not bring chaos back again,
aud old night.-G'Obc- DcHDcrdI.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

The post-ollice existed in America from
It's earliest settlement. At the beginning 1t wa,
merely receptacle IN the coffee. house. Their,
and then taken bv those to whom they were adj
dressed. or delivered by neighbors. In the rccOrd
of the General Court Of Massachusetts for 1859 W,
find " that notice begiven that Richard Fairbank.
letters which are brought beyond the seas, or ar
to be sent thi lher, 10 be LEFT with him; aud he Il
every letter a envy, and must answer all mScar
rages through his own neglect in this kind
(UiclgO IlltfT- DgSIjI
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

A novel auction took place few days
ago at Armenia, Dutchess County, New York State,
when the Van Amburgh circus and mem gerie
property was disposed Of An inofensive looking
elephant was knocked down for S7,l00. mild
eyed camel for s6l5, and rhinoceros for g.. 400.
robes and irnppings of all sorts were among the
thugs sold. zone mnn.iish wagon" brought n
fair price, though 10 mention Is made of the "man-
fish" He has probably returned to his firmer
vocation of stnbic-b0y or something of the ,rt.
The buyers of the property were men connected
with CiTCuses and mcnngcrlcs
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-11-30

The young girl smiles and raises her
eyes TO his. Beautiful eyes they are large and
black, with aycllow fire smoldering in their depths
like the CLEAN Of topaz, and MS Funk looks
into them he cannot hut think of the night he fired
his fathers boot jnck NJ werd.loOkiug cat IN the
back yard whose eyes had the sar e general APP
pcalance. Pressing kiss on her ruby lips Frank
said 10 Myrtle: "Wuud you like TO 20 to the
matinee Saturday afternoon, my ppt?" "Yes. dar-
Ing" replied the girl, II glad smile ripping over
her features. "Then." said Frank, cold, cruel
sneer slowly crawling over his countenancc, " you
am married man," and with hOarse, demon. like
laugh he started for M Avenue and rode rs fur
as the Metropolitan Here he got of to go into