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National Republican., 1881-09-01
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TO the Editor Of TfE REPuBLIcAN;
The spirit of our institution does not
presuppose that every man is competent TO govern
Or TO take part In the Government. II does not
prcsuppose that all are qualified to choose rulers
Or, II 1t does admit this principle as general rule,
Preserves the right TO determine the exceptions to
Ihe rule. Under this reservation two classes Of
citizens are especially and wisely prohibited from
nking part In public affairs even from the right
10 vote-namely, idiots and convicted felons. The
former are declared TO be non compos merts, or
mentally incompetent; the latter are declared TO
R2Is,,y iasS@RsssnS ss The idiot may possess
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(AlrIMoRE AND ONO WAlLRoAD
THE MODEL FAST LINE AND THEoNtY LINE
BEIME ZEN THE EAST AND THE
WEST VIA WASHINGTON.
Schedule to take effect sunday. May ., 1881.

S-EIIIGAG3bS ETsr ySfN%HSTf1' SND ST. LOUIS
hGliTPgG EilGoii city: and Way stations
C;S-Raiiimorc Ann5Ndlls mnIlltIS ana wov fploamon.
S,rNnH6grs' SIR Winchester, iIagerstOwn, and Way.
sS-EIGi & a%Gi fHS fy SF1 S'9ST &STk AND nos
t'IT VHGLEY tx PRT ots 5con.
nSc,s Tor liagersiown and at Point of Rocks for
teco-on sunday only, for Baltimore Annapolis, aud
iOOO-ilN t;rIMoRE EXPRESS (stopsat uyattsvillc,
College, Bellsyle, laurel, Annapolis Junction,
,,o. N Jn;gm4,s And Hanoyerl; ,,,,,,,>,,,,,,,
kNDsr' LoUis EXPREsS 'N '-'''Al' i
i2;io,lBSInmorc, Elcott City, Annapolis and WAY
jlIl-3g ignG9y 29ny e, baltimore and Way
| teoo-nA LTtMohE, E,PHtLADELPHIA. .ANDNEw
SsO-Bellinore aud Way Stations winchester Fred.
.16 srrck .HtsHgEcrSiown ~, e and Way, via Relg)
REL 4I EXpRl:ss @ tEredcrick, via Relay. stops at
tti5-Ioini OF IIocEs Frederick, ITagcrstown, Win
S4 chester T"GI and wy Ss,Gns oH spndayto Point
ER1Eg%S Eg%Pfs us WfG SisrnsSGrs S1riSan and
Nay, Way, via Relay stops at nyNtsvillo and
soi-Point Of Rocks and Way Stations
,IN, ALTINM9hE, IL nun hTATTsvfLLE, AND LAU-
t"''-f{iESb[,Eiifh iGtis EE%hr,1.N ,c1INcrNNArr AND ST.
to'O- i;li, -FllI[A DEtPniAs NEW YORK, AND nos-
;PfSTl sSepISg pI Sfr 8! RIaaelSGSb SSb LAu
REh EXPRESS stops on signal or to let on
passefA Agers az any station between Washington
tpOiHyYd iHyd fsns only other trans daily, except
For S hTtheT % imPormS apply At Tie baltimore and
Ohio tickct Offices, WasfrSg station and Olo aud
WI Where o4yIy M ES 5r be
and received at any point In the ecty'~~>..------
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DAILY EXCURSIONS TO QUANTICo,
via Excelsior, W30 Il. III. ana $50 y. III, On SUN
DAYS NJ y. III, only ,
Round trip tickeis,..,' M Cefts. ~,
nshed ut u. W. feeds Sous. 1916 street northwest;
Cooks Tours, 1851 Pennsylvanln avenue ST., marc
h. PolkinhOTn, neat b. CITY POst-picc ana Ut COM
'""' NS' ''N' GEORGE MATTlNGLY.
General superintendent.
wM WEIGH Appnt les
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actions till one o'clock, by which TIM Nm
4 TO > lower than at yesterdays close. Extft4e>
dullncss then set in and the fluctuations were
small q slight rally occurred near the close and
the market shows q decline for the day of "A to1
per cent The principal causes OF the weak
ness were the activity in money, which was in de-
mand at per cent, with some business at 1-32
and 1.l6 closing at per cent Also, the fact that
the Secretary OF the Treasury took no action with
regard to bond call.or purchase, and that British
consols were lower, in anticipation Of an advance
in the Bank of England rate OF discount, as men
toned by us before The action Of the Secretary OF
the Treasury Is awaited with interest, as is also
that Of the trunk line managers. Until something
definite Is known on these matters the market is
liable to fuctuate within narrow limits according
70 the rumors aHoat from day to day.
NEw YoRK STOCK QUOTATIONS.
National Republican., 1881-09-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
stock and Bond Quotafions-Baitimo mors
and New York Produce Markets..

The following observations on the trans
actions in the financial market yesterday, together
with opening, highest lowest, and closing quota
tions, furnished by the banking house OF II. ID.
Cooke, jr., Il Co, 1920 street, Washington, d. c.:
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 81, 310 r. m-The market
National Republican., 1881-09-01
NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.
pl,o Ctaonnar Indy nf the Lake


leaves her wharf foot Of sixth street every Monday
Wednesday, aud Friday, AT $50 D. m, touching az
Plncy Point, Point Lookout and Fortress Monroe; -
Round trip to Fortress Monroe ana NoriOlk,-,,"'J "
FlrstClRss fare to Fortress Monroe ANA NOriolk' "
Second class round trip ,,,.,. W
Round trip to Plney Point and Point LOOkOut",., ~
nciurnng, leave Norfolk Tuesdays, Thursdays aud
Saturdays nj y. m. al, a.,
Fifteenth street or AT tile office sixth street wharf
THE NEW YORK STEAMEltS, -, !.
John Gibson and T.. G, Knight, leave PIER H. East
River, New York, every Saturday AZ 4 p ~ nliI @
Georgetown every Friday ut u, M, For particulars
apply 10 Agent, Cl Water street, ueorBeiown, or
''' ALFRED WOOD, Secretary,
je2T dl3 Fifteenth street.
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DRoPosALS FOR PAVING STREETS IN THE
II CITY OF GEORGErOWN, DC.
ESGINEER DEPARTMENT.,

WAsHINaTOS, August 3o 1851.
BY direction of the Board of COMMISSIONER sealed
proposals will be received at this Office until II o'clock
IN. on TUESDAY. September o. 1881, for paving the
cArriageway of Thrty-iirst street. between n and T.
Ihirteth streets, Georgetown, ID. G., with asphalt
blocks.
blank forms of proposal and specifications can be
obtained ut this olice upon application therefor, to-
geher with all necessary information, and bids upon
these forms will alone be considered.
The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids or
parts of bids II. V. GREENE,
aug3l.Gt Lieutenant Engineers, 4, s. A.
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&ropoeafa.


DROPoSATS FOR SUBSISTENCE STORES.
OFFICE PURCHASING AND DEPOT
COMMIsSARY OF SUBSISTENCE
WAsHlSGTOS, ID. C., September !, 1881.
Sealed proposals, In duplicate, with copy OF this
advertisement attached, will be received al this Office
until II o'clock M, oh WEDNESDAY, September z,
1881 for the delivery nt the u s. Subsistence Depot In
this city OF the following subsistence stores, viz;
100 barrels Flour, made from spring wheat. 1900
lbs. Soap, hard laundry; not TO contain more than 10
per cenum of rtsin and TO he reo from other adul-
teratlOns. 1900 lbs salt fine In bags. 500 lbs Table
salt In s.lb. pockets. 90 small boxes Table Salt.
a standard sample OF flour can be seen at this
office samples of the articles proposed to he doliv.
cred must be submitted with the proposals. The
stores to be delivered by September l2 1851. EnYel-
opes should be marked proposals for -" For
further information apply to the undersigned
w. III. BELL,
sei-2t Capt. and c. -, U. y. Army
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f&Jrapelers' SuiSe.
THE GREAT

1891 THE GREAT 1861
.ro Ty,,, PENNsYLyANrA ROUTE 1901
sPLENbTD scE;NERSy AdEiFiidEANs+I AdiShli hAsI routp.
TRAINS w yfEwshsh WISH fMdT fIaTcS q Ii,I y6 poD
For p9sis nSr oi sixth and hstreets, as follows
Sleeping Cars to Ptsburg and CHICAGO: ioy a. ~.
Sinnc, wv ~ Sleeping In s9rs from iarr burg Cn
BxITIaI6iS,fE BITIIS ~ t2 9P pip.sgnTg{ p1pnTg{t p.upo,r
For IMnnaldalgna, ~ Rochester Bulihlo Nagarn Falls
win Parlor Car 10 Watkins aud tie North at sod
cert saturday, with Palace Cars to Canandagna
For wlliamsport, Lock Haven and Eimira atiag1
For !" Nn, ~; oSSiiyi Wy eSeept sunday "A
nnu NM lO'l5p mon Sunday 2cj D m', lGO0 and ioij
Limited Express OF Pullman Parior Cars, go a. m.
, daily, except sunday,
Jersey City with boats of Bro5i,Iyn A1n"SS
anording direct transfer to Fulton street, avoiding
For Philadeip6G 500 iGSo A. M. 400. s. n. 1000 and
iiGGiig p M On Sunday. 200 p m. $40 1000, aud
Limited Lin q Exprcss, gao q; M daily, except sunday
go, $50; go. 1000 and lol5 D. m. on SUNDAY, SOB
For fopcs Gfeck Iii n@e @ S SC m az SnS n9 @ Snd 5 m IBID Pin
For Annapolis, DO a. m. and tiop, n daily, except
ALEXHNb bRIA ANp FREpERtcEsnuRa rail-
TON RAILROAD.
For Aiexandria, 200 72o, ooo a, m and 1850 a. M,
- sundays. 70O, 300 and 1880 o. M. and 500 u. m.
For Richmond and the SOUTH 7tJ M. and ti:l1n IN.
,- daily, and5O0p p m, daily, except sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington. 900. sos
aud lGO a. M, 1870, 300, 500, 200. aud RIO n M,
and l2n midpght. SUNDAY, ~ S;Uj aud 1000 H. ~,
Tickets aud information can he procured at the Office
northeast corner Of Thirteenth street and PcnnSyi-
Nanin avenue. and ut the station where orders can
len for the checking of baggage to destination from
hotels aud residences
-, ]. II. WOOD, General Passenger Agent
FNNNE TllOMSpS, Gcncrii Manager.
BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILROAD
THE MODEL FAST ~ Nj, E,ANDTHEoNLYL LINE
BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE
WEST VIA WASHINGTON.
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new EXPRESS STEAM PACKET LINE

PHILADELPHIA, ALEXANDRIA, AND
WASHINGTON.
Leave PHILADELPHIA every saturday, >,''' u M
Arrive la WASHINGTON every MOnday" H. IN.
Leave WASHINGTON every Monday ,,,,,s,,,,1 n' m.
Arrive In PHILADELPHIA every ThuTsday"GA A IN.
Through aud prompt connection with NyW hork.
Boston, FAN River, and all points North, llrousn
Bs Laden given, Freight ieceiysd ana I.iiVe'eu
daily until y. M w, l., CLYDE CO.,
j. II. JOHNSON q Coz Gen, M1ungers. =.
Agents, i2th and 18th NJ 81. wharves - W, iall
ST. N W. Washington ID. O. nlAltly
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COAL AND WOOD

The experience OF the past winter must impress on
the minds OF all prudent housekeepeIs the npOr
tance OF laying ih good supply Of COAL aud
WOOD for the coming winter. Now Is the time 10
buy, and the place TO get II isat
GIL New York Avenue.
A. B. SMITH.
June !, 1851 ie2Qtf
National Republican., 1881-09-01
New Summer Arrangement.

W. W. CORCoRA-N,
CAPTAIN l.. L.. BLAKE,
VIII make daily trips (SundAys excepted to all
points the Potomac River, As far down as 0lymout.
Fare round trip, 25cents, to all points except Mount
Vernon Boat leaves wharf, foot OF seventh street,
ut ten n. m. and returns about 330 y, IN. On
SATURDAYS
the COrcOran will make two trips, boat leaving whhri
at ten M and six .. m respectively, thus allowing
passengers to stop over AT any point until the return
second trip reaching Washington about $50 p, M,
making II desirable for Pcnics aud Fishing Parties.
Families wishing 10 enjoy n ride on the Potomac
during the warm summer months viii find II to their
advantage to take the safe and COmmodOus steamer
COrCOrAn. where every accommodation aud facility
will be afforded for comfort and pleasure.
SUNDAY TRIPS
Will be made 10 Marshall Hall and Indian Head every
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, boat leaving wharf AZ
three y. M returning about eight ~ m. Fare, round
trip, so cents leltf
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STATE BONDS.
FOREIGN Money rtnrl.rt.

suR.rRKAsuRY BALANCES.
r".-........ ss5 1928 90 Currency. A3i555i o.
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Steamboat >Sinca.
Potomac Steamboat Co. S Advertisements.
ItXCIinSIONS

To Richmond, via Norfolk, or to Norfolk via Rich
mOnd, and return 10 Washington. James River by
daylight. \ delightful trip.
p. M, TO richmond vim Richmond, Fredericksburg
Steamer George Lenry TUESDAYS, THURS
DAYS, and SATURDAYS, TO Norfolk, connecting
at Richmond and Norfolk with the James River
steamers each way. ..
Round trip W
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Sotteries.
Goth
POPULAR MONTHLY DRAWING
OR ruE---
Commonwealth Distribution Co.,

in the city of Louisville, on
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1881.
These drawings occur monthly Sundays eScepted)
under provisions ofan act Of the General Assembly
OF Kentucky
The United States Circuit Court, on March 81, ren.
dered the following decision:
First-That the Commonwealth Distribution Com.
pany Is legal.
Second-Tts drawings are fair.
This company has now hand large reserve fund.
Read carefully the list OF prizes for the
National Republican., 1881-09-01

on account Of his mental imbecility. On the
Dther hand. the felon may be man Of superior
mental ability and refinement of education, yet
he is disqualified In consequence Of moral imper-
, 1881-07-16
THE STATE OF AFFAIRS II
L.
From tic Spectator.)

There have not been wanting nu-
merous signs during the present year
that the state of affairs in Egypt is
very far indeed from being complete
~ satisfactory. No Eastern country,
and certainly none where Turkish
Pashas retain the governing power,
can be said to possess an incorrupt
public service. Egypt is no excep-
ton to the rule, and the ~rottenness of
its administration is fast becoming
a fact as notorious as the pecuIatioD
prevailing among the Cairo Pashas.
Yet people have been content to dis
regard this generally admitted ele-
ment of weakness, because the coun-
try has made some PROCESS in mate
rial wealth, because the population
continues passive, and, above all, be-
the B~ondholders duly receive
their dividends. Within the last few
months, however, a fresh danger has
appeared on the horizon of Egyptian
politics, and the fabric of society, as
it at present exists, is rudely threat
ened by the overweening confidence
OF the many-coloured soldiery. Al
ready more than one collision has
taken place between those who repre-
sent the palace and the Ministry, and
those who speak in the name Of the
Army and as is. usual in countries
where the force of public opinion has
little or no weight, the advantage in
the discussion rests with the side
which wieids. the argument of the
sword. While this domestic struggle
is in progress at Cairo, a w~ar-cioud
bangs heavily over the Abyssiiniiaan
, 1881-07-16
Luz CHURCH III.

On Sunday the 18th July 18th Sun
day after Trinity there will be Di-
vine service for both congregations,
and the Sacrament Of the Lords
Supper will be administered to the
Danish Congregation in Christian
sted's Lutheran Church.
, 1881-07-16
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, 1881-07-16

Lie dttlluuc NC dSSUIlcu leu To COH-
siderable unpleasantness, and, al
though Baron de Ring undoubtedly
always had the interests of the Eel
laheen at heart, there was a sense
of relief when he was recalled by
his Government. M. de BIignieres.
the French Controller General, has
more recently been transferred to
Tunis, and thus greater authority
than before happens to be vested
in the hands of our representative,
Mr.. Malet. 1t is ominous of the fu-
ture, however, that those who are
seeking to establish the military
caste in a position of supreme power
III Egypt are averse to either Euro
pean advice or restraint. A straw
sometimes tells how the wind blows,
and the resignation of Sir Frederick
Goldsmid, n of the Commissioners
of the Daira domain, the other day
eve though he may withdraw it
shows sufficiently clearly the nature
of the counsels put forward by the
party that is for the moment the
strongest in the State.
Nor is the outlook in the foreign
relations of the country without
clouds The one question of exter.
nal policy, over which the Khedive
possesses virtually unchecked con-
troll, remains unsettled. On the
Abyssinian frontier nothing has been
done either to satisfy the just de-
mands of King John, or to show the
injustice of those that are unreason-
able. The seaport which he has
long coveted, and of which, despite
what has been said to the contrary,
he very well knows the value, both
rs q place OF trade and also as the
means of obtaining improved wea-
pons for his soldiers, still remains in
the hands of his enemies, Ahyssi-
Man subjects continue to be carried
off into slavery, and his rebelIlous
vassals are encouraged and assisted
to appear in arms against his autho-
rity. With the object of dishear-
tening his friends at a distance, a
rumour of his death was recently
circulated but the latest authentic
information proves this report to
have had no foundation, for the
Abyssinian monarch was then en-
gagged in collecting a large army
from the contingents of the vassal
Princes whose fiets compose his
kingdom. Egypt does not possess
a military force capable of success
fully coping with the Abyssinian
army and King John can easily
overrun the territory adjacent to his
own, SO long as he is able to pre-.
serve tranquility within his realm.
In 1876 the Egyptian troops met
with a succession of disasters at the
hands of the Abyssinians, and there
is every aso to believe that, un-
der similar conditions, the result
on the next occasion will be, the
same. In these causes of uncertain
ty and danger, which promise to be
aggravated rather than mitfaated
by the action of the Khedivel and
his advisers, present Oh prospective,
there is more than sufficient iustii-
cation for suggesting a little scep-
80 y. -, - Z
, 1881-07-16

Iy tilaC EgypClan craft mas WTeSLeu
from his ancient kingdom of Ethiopia.
Any approach towards wal increases
the power of the Army, and war is
approaching.
No many months have elapsed
since a mutinous spirit suddenly re-
vealed itself in that portion of the
Egyptian Army which might have
been supposed to be the most attach
ed to the person of the Khedive. On
February LIST, in the present year,
there occurred at Cairo a disturbance
which, in any other capital, would
have been considered military revolt
of the gravest kind. Two regiments
of the Guard rose against the consti-
tuted authorities, and forcibIy released
M of their Colonels, who, whether
justly or u~njustly, which matters little
so far as the min point is concern
ed, had been placed in confinement.
The excited soldiers marched with
fixed bayonets through the streets to
the prison and if no blood was shed,
it was due solely to the fact that no
resistance to their illegal conduct was
attempted. In face of this military
demonstration, the ordinary guardians
OF the law were powerleSs and the
Khediye, who in person endeavoured
TO bring the soldiers round to a better
sense of their duty, failed T. obtain
any result beyond loud, but evidently
Ilttle-meaning, pr~otestations of their
des otion to his person. The sol
diers returned in triumph with their
Colonel to their quarters, and, as if
10 heighten the Significance of the
occurrence, d Nubian regiment fra
ternised with the Khediye's Guards.
he Military class thus, for the
first time in the present generation,
learnt IFS power; and during the
last four months, the government of
the country has only been carried
on by the suffcrance of these new
di~ctators. by a course of events
simple in themselves, Egypt is thus
threatened with q return of the days
of the Mamelukes. II appears,
however, that although the soJdiery
have thus forcibly expressed their
wishes, the Khediye has not vet
given up his preference for Circus
sian over native oficers-a prefer
Pnce which constituted the chief
grievance of his mutinous troops
and we are warned by those on the
spot to expect, in consequence, an
early repetition of the outbreak.
The mex time the military take the
administration of the law into their
own hands, they are less likely to
abstain from insisting upon a COM
plete redress of their grievances, for
they will no longer be adopting a
line of action to which they are
unaccustomed. To give still fur
Their Importance to the incident of
February 1st, the discussions that
followed in official quarters at Cairo
revealed unpleasant differences of
opinion among the accredited repre-
senfatives Of France and England.
Baron de Ring, the French Consul
General, held strong views on the
subject, and wished, by indirect
means, to set his diplomatic autho-
rsk,y oto,o H. ..1:..i c~- e
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
THIEVES DIALECT.

Among thieves there is distinct class
of slang which is in quite common Use.
They denominate sentence ofimprison-
ment as "air and exercise" and call a
drunk "ball." A penitentiary is known
as boarding school," and surgeon
is termed a "bone-setter. Money Is
known among them as "chink," and a
policeman as "cop.' "Darbies' are
handouts "earth bath" is a grave,
and "eternity-box" is the proper name
for a coffin. Hemp is denominared
'neck-weed ;" slungshot is called a
nediy," while the head is known as
the "dimple." ="
When man dies he is said to have
croaked," and when he is buried he Is
said to have been PUT to bed with
shovel"
By means of this slang the thieves o
various countries can talk to each othe:
undertandingly, although ignorant C.
the language Of the country in Taict
they happen to be
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-10-22
CINDIU MRN. LAFITTE.

The death of Ms. Lafitte, the
daughter Of the late Commodore Van
derbilt, iii Paris, calls to mind some pc
culiarities Of that truthful woman.
Her first husband was a favorite OF
her father, and when he was stricken
with consumption old Vanderbilt felt
worse than his daughter about 1t. He
sent the pair down to Florida under the
care of a Mr.. Lafittc. and Mrs. Barker
took a great fancy to the gchtleman--a
fancy the sick husband was not slow in
discovering.
"Well, madame, >" he said one morn
iug, "where have you been this hour p
Walking with your successor" an
swcrcd the bold lady.
And then and there size told him that
as his complaint WIS pronounced incur
,ble-and she dislilcd n lengthy widow
hood-she had selected Mr.. Lafitte as
her second husband.
The sick man wrote post haste to pa
in-law, who was greatly incensed, hut
before any actual steps could he taken
| the widow and her prospective husband
were bringing poor No. l home to bury
decently in the family lot. Then in
| very short time---a matter of weeks
the lady became Nine. Lafitte. and
went OF to live i'll Paris.
| Old Vanderbilt stuck to his dislike
he left 100000 to Madame, at tel
death to revert to the children by the
first husband. So Monsieur Latitte was
not pccuniarily benefited by his con
nection with the millionaire's family
.NtU York litter.