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The Evening critic., 1884-12-16

The Presidents mounted guard held an en-,
thusiastic meeting at the National Hotel last
night. Colonel Daniels presided,
Letters were read from General Beverly Rob.
erteon and Mr.. William Dickson, regretting
their inability TO accept the ofiices OF captain
and frst lieutenant rendered them. A new
election was held and the following gentlemen
III eIeeted Teotge a. Ar ines,
tenant; ID. W. SUNNY, second lieutenant; u.
d, Bradford, brevet eecond lieutenant, ana
Ohapin Brown, secretary,
The non.commissioned oficers will elected
on the 18th instant when uniforms will be
selected and arrangements will be made TO
turn out on tho odd OF February,
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16

The comedy, ga Gentleman from Ireland"
was rendered last night at willard Hall 10 a
very pleasant audience. The principal char
acter, Gerald EnzmduTice, was very admirably
performed by Mr.. Robert NJ. Dobbins, one OF
very good, HIS voice being peculiarly clear and
sweet. The other parts were sustained In a
very oreditable manner, particularly that OF
Lucy CIOyeT, by Miss Bessie Horner, who, in
addition to being very graceful, has an ex-
tremely melodious and distinct pronunciation.
The play Will continue during Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16
CHESAPEAKE G. OHIO RAILWAY

LEAVE b. q p. DEPOT, SIXTH AND b SITS
$40 9, m;-For all Way Stations Lexington, Ky.
Daily except Sunday. " ''
lli0S a. m:-For. Williamsburg, Va, Newport
except Sunday. -'
5;l0 p m.5For Louisville, Cincinnati, st. Louis
and Chicago, connecting for all points West,
Northwest and Southwest, East Express
ldaily) doen not stop for local buslnesg
Cincinnati, $50 ~
For tickets and Information apply ut O. s. O,
Railway office, 5i3 Pennsylvania avenue under
National Hotel, Va Mid. Railway oiiice col
Pennsylvania ave. and Is. d p. station.
=. - , II. w. FULLER,
W W. shIIb, So, Gen. PasS. Agent.
FRANK VRIGG, N, IL. Passenger Appnt
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16
WASHINGTON, OHIO & WESTERN RAIL .
ROAD COMPANY.

TWO TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN ALEX.
ANDRIA AND ROUND HILL.
Leave Washington NJ 025 q. m. and 425 u. m.
ana Alexandria at 0S5 q. m. and 4:S5 D. M Pass
Leeshnrg, going westward, at 1880 q. IN, and 6i9
7:2g p. m.
:, Leave Round Hill at $50 a. m. and 4:35 p. m.
Pass Leesburg, going eastward, at 6:12 q. m, and
6.7 p "a, and arrive Mt Alexandria at 1903 a. IN.
and 7'l7 p m. and at Washington at Sis q, m. ana
7;26 p. M
SUNDAY TRAINS leave Round Hill at 5;90 u.
m. and 1896 p. M Arrives at Alexandria At SOB u.
m, and 7:H p. m, and Washington at Sis q. m.
and 7;25 p. nj. Leave Washington nj 0;25 q. m.
and S'05 y. M, Alexandria at 035 n. m. and 8i5
p, MI pass LeeAburg, going eastward, at 6:l2 "A.
m. and b;l7p. M; westward, 1885 q. M and 1919
8. NJ. TROPHY. snperintendent. .
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16

''There is one clause In the Spanish treaty
which the press seems TO have overlooked, and
which is very Important" said Mr.. Hewitt
IN. " to a CRITIC man. ''It IS thie," he con-
tinued; "The treaty provides that spaniards
shall pay one and a half cents pound for the
tobacco we ship 10 Cuba, while our dealers
ehall pay seventeen and half centsa pound for
tobacco they get from Cuba. Now, the practi
cal operation OF that Will be- decidedly agalnst
our manufacturers. The Cubans willnaYe SIX
teen cents the start OF our dealers 10 manufac-
turing, and with the difference there Ia In
wages in Cuba and the United States, they can
drive our goods out Of tho market."
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16
HAHRDADS.
YINHE GREAT
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE.
10 THR N0lTH, WEST AND sOvTHwEsT.
DOUBLE TRACK, SPLENDID sfrrrc rro,-

TENnoILtAftiH ROUIE,
TO THE NORTH, WEST AND sOyTHWEsT.
DOUBLE TRACK SPLENDID sUENERy
Steel IN "a EFF EN- SIv EM Rn EegsfMENT
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON, rom Station
corner OF Sixth and b streets as follova, ~"
Express % Pslaco, sleeplng. Cars at 90
Cincinnati and 81. Louis, with sleeplnn Sa 70
from Harrisburg TO Cincinnati. and Hotel Car Car
western Express, $40, p NJ daily, with P SisSSUsi
cago with Sleeping Car Pitsbnreh 10 d JIL oni
Mail Express, 10 r NJ. daily for PITTSBURGH anyS
he Meat, With Palace Sleeping Car from Wash.
BALTIMORE q POTOMAC RAILROAD
For Erie Canandalgna, Rochester, Buffalo, Eiae.
Paaee Ca Cars from WssSnstgo I s 70 RsSs Tiih
FSSr, WlMia99 s Lock Haven and EnirS at
For New York aud the East, 7.i5, $40 and
1oc Al io a. oSa 4 iq Hpd IiiSP; A. On Sunday,
pnllaman PArlor Cars, $40 a. NJ daily exceUt
dsy on sunday eaaPfs zoo p M every
SSt h sfssy tS viii al through .rsns connect
niioTTai5S direct transfer TO Fulton street avoid.
For s PHSGeipbIa. gSrO s new eTd York city
aud lib p. NJ; on Sunday at T. o. 10 and II Il
y; N; Limited Espress, 1904 M. daily except
Fpg 4 BaJt%ofs SsS 7I5. $40, 20 and A, NJ,
and Ills r. NJ ' WV NV '''VV
daily except Sunday. ~ - ~
For AnnapolIs e35 A. NJ. 1906 and 40 +. M. daily
exceDt Sunday. A' :
ALEXANDRIA, d TREDERIuKsBURo RAFT.
Ma, AND ALEXANDRIA, q WASHING.
For -Alexandria, o, 4 g.2s. 1lol and i1.a5A. Mr..
2o5, 40 40; Q, sos and 4, rs p NJ, On Sunday
For Rchmond and the South, o and II. OF A NJ
ITALY daily and i4s y M. daily, except Sunday.
800, 1000 and 1910 a. NJ, 1, 3,05, a23 10 Z05 and
iu1V y. ~ and 1910 midnight, except Monday,
Il. M. and IL 10 night. - ~ ~ AVN
Tickets and information at tho office, northeast
corner OF Thirteenth street and PennsylvaniR a 10.
nue. and Mt the station, where orders can be ef Tor
and residences. -O'e''
J.R WOOD
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16
A TaIls ON Roofs ana shoea...

Our SO custom.made boots, a parsSet at. s5
stitched boots, can't IA ttSAt. $3.50 prime
cali pegged boots, durafeH $3.50 fne hand
sewed CATERS for ceeltsl va ladies. ~ button
and lace galterag6f ladfi6 and gents. Extra
tight rubberboots andIhrktIcs Young's Shoe
House, 1oeseventh street. Look for the old
WomapD1n the window.
bs9--Our celebrated $3.50 "Electric Shoe"
ossfes rheumatism, sore feet and corne.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16
EXCURSIONS.

MT. VERNONi MT. vERNONi
STEAMER w. W. CoRCoRAN ulaeaNsS
Leaves seyepth.street wharf daily, except Sun.
reaches W Washington about $50 p. m.
l.. L. BLAKE, Captain.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16
STEAMBOATS,.

II OW FARES
IL ToRTRhSs MONROE AND NORFOLK
FihsI.oLAss FARE $l:a9i ROUND TRIP -.
wednesday and Friday at $3.50 D. m.
G, Pgssage and rooms occurred at General ONCE,
POTOMAC RIVER GANDINdS,-6 Steamer
THOMPSON Monday. Wednesday and Friday at
"a. M nOi3
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16
The "CIeveIand orange,

Mfr. Armand Jardin, OF Laurel, Prince
Georges County, Nd, has left an orange Mt
the Smithsonian Institute which weighs 20
ounces. He calls It the "Groyer Cleveland
orange"
HOusekeepeFs WAL Save MOheY
by purchasing their sfApnltufe, carpets, &c,
Smiths, 4AHNow Jersey avenue northWest.e
Scr6y Pants 60 oIssEassF Hanburser'S.
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16

the signal Corps at Harper's Ferry reports
O two-foOt rise over night
The Evening critic., 1884-12-16
CONFECTIONERY.

FADELX sc BRO.
422-21 Eighth st., between d and n. W.
CLOSE carriages for weddings, calls and re
captions. Boarding and Livery Stable.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

Mr.. HsSpRICKs' laborous attempt to make 1t ap-
prr that he in favor of the for the preserva
ton Of the Union may be charitably construed to
imply thai ne would c9Sngs nan e J beSgT i ~ s feFecs
is painfully wanting in to suppose that
established and i1refutSbe facts of history can be
reversed just to enable him to make peace with an
accusing conscence.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
IF it is well to control labor-and it s-it is equally
well to control capital The one is as much entitled
Ia respect rs the other The one is able however
stand lockout a strike without any suffering, and
the other is such helpless flesh and blood that it must
necessarily submit to great deal of injustice rather
than cry out behalf of its dignity perhaps its
life. A depreciation in dividends is sad, but the
necessity of working for sxty-fve cents day is
agony and if the pittance is removed it means sarva
tion.-Hew York Graphic
The Spanish treaty is. in fact, good bad
thing precisely it affects business interests and
that can be determined only by those working in them
The notion that treatyhs in this Republic and in
times sacred matter with which only the peculiar
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
The Revised History of the War.



The indianapolis Journal of this morning has
an admirable satire on Hendricks, Voorhees, g.
Co, under the caption Revised History of the
War" 1t goes to show that the real heroes of
the late war were not Morton, Grant Sherman
and their confreres, but those ilustrious and
batte-scarred warriors, Generals Hendricks and
Voorhees,, with their allies beyond the Ohio
Persons who are in the habit of looking on the
dark side of human affairs used to predict, dur
ing the war. that the glory of its heroes would
be shortlived. They said that in the next gen
Grafton thereafter the descendants Of the quar-
termaster the hospital steward and the camp
followers would be more highly honored than the
sons of the veteran fighters. These pessimists
agreed with Jack Falstaff that all the glory in
the world was not equal to beef or dollar
Their predictions seem to have come true. To
have been knight Of the Golden Circle in the
dark days, or to have led tine assaulting columns
at Gettysburg are now sure marks of distinc-
ton and badges of preferment in the State
General Logan. who was the hero Of scores of
actual battles, has been distanccd by a man not
noted for any kind of battle except war of
words. Though invisible in war he has proved
invincible in peace
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
A SKETCH ON THE GROUND.
Listening to Rebel Talk-Hearing Rebel YeIls
and Seeing Rebel Flags.

and Seeing Rebel Flags.
Rochester Post Express, CRep.)
A letter has just been received from School
Commissioner F. NJ Thrasher, who left Rocheg-
ter for an extended Southern trip October T.
The Post Express is permitted to make the fol-
lowing extracts from the letter in question,
which is dated at Macon, Ga, November 19
II am now within few miles Of Anderson
vile and Millen, two places where so many Of
our soldiers We're confined and died during the
war, and but little way from a monument
erected to the Confederate soldier who so glorb
ously did his level best to divide the Union.
There is no trouble down here to be feared by
any Northern man so long as he keeps a quiet
tongue in his head l actually sat down at the
dinner table at rebel brigadiers house and
heard fine, gentlemanlylo looking fellow say he
would go good way to kill Republican 10
was only the thought of my family that kept me
from splitting his head open. l never felt SO
mean in all my life to think that had fought
three years for my country to be insulted in one
of the socalled progressive States of the South,
twenty years after peace was declared and at q
time when we of the North think that the Union
is safe and that freedom of thought, of speech
and of action is tolerated througout the land
son the evening of election in New Orleans
one of the United States inspectors of election
told me that he had kept tally of the vote in the
precinct and that, though the election was in
differently attended bv the people, the vote stood
$50 Republicans to IS Democrats notorious
character named King was the Democratic super
visor. He was known to have killed seven or
elght men already lie ordered the United
States inspector out of the Office while the vote
could be counted, and they actually closed the
doors to the public and went through the count.
making the result $50 Democrats and 10 Republi.
cans This is the solid but free South We of
the North have heard these stories so much, and
our Democratic papers have done everything in
their power to discredit them, so that we had
begun to soften the asperities of the past and
were inclined to throw the mantle of charity
over it; but am now satisfied that we were
always right in our opinion. believe that the
old rebel sentiment is only asleep, and that
while they would never fight for slavery, they
would fight for Southern independence, and
that as soon as they could do so successfully.
have heard the same old rebel yell. since l came
here that heard at Antietam, Charlottesville.
and Gettysburg have seen a rebel flag flying
at the celebration over Ceveland's election; and
| want to tell my Republican independent
friends that darkies take part in these rejoic-
ings, reports to the contrary Notwithstanding.
No, indeed but it is true that they view all this
with much alarm"
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11

only as things. The peace and
safety of France depend upon the
maintenance of the republic. Prince jerome
must be kept where he is. He is the enemy
alike of the government and the mob. He
would use the latter as q club to beat tho life
out of the former, and in turn grind down
the masses in order to the establishment of
personal government, He failed when he
sent out his pompous pronunciamento at the
death Of Gambetta. He will fail in
his present attempt and he ought
to fail. The exponent of selfshness
and tilted snobbery, the people should spurn
his pretensions and spit upon his proclama-
tions His love for them is put on for the oc-
casion, to be thrown away as useless mark
when his end is reached and the claws are un-
sheathed from the velvet paws. Jerome is the
enemy of France, and all that keeps him from
being dangerous man is lack of ability and
opportunity.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
PLON-PLON,s "RBsTORATIoN. y

Jerome Bonaparte, the imperial mounte-
bank, again bobs up serenely. He imagines
that he sees an opportunity for 'the restora
ton" in the discomfort now manifest in Paris,
and TO less degree throughout France.
Trading on the distress and unrest of the peo
pie, hoping to use them as a stepping stone to
his own aggrandizement he again appeals to
their passions and expects TO suggest the way
to anarchy, from which the unhappy victims
of political plotters will naturally turn to a
Napoleon for deliverance, as twice already has
been done by the people of France. But
France Of to-day is not the France Of 1898,
nor is 'Plon- Pon" the Little Corporal. The
denizens of Bellevile, of Greenville and of
Montmartre are desperate and destructive
really to slay and to burn. Many of the men
and women OF those quarters who fired the
Tuilleres and the Hotel de Vile fourteen
years ago, are still living and ready for repe-
tition of the scenes of the commune. Let
the signal be given. and petroleuse will strike
hand with communist to burn and to slaugh-
ter. But after the fever subsides-as sub
side it must-what then? Will the relic of
the Napoleonic dynasty find himself elevated,
or will the organized popular govern
ment triumph as it did in the
bloody days following the Prussian
occupation The French republic has had
taste Of freedon-not long of certainty,
but fourteen years 1t is enough, we think,
in this age of popular education and love of
equality, to insure that no empire can long
endure, even if once set up. The days of the
Louis will never return. The royal orgies in
the Trianons at Versailles can never
be repeated. The people of Paris
even would never consent to such
fragrant indecency. Nor will they, we think,
favor an empire, though there are thousands
Of imperialists throughout France. Every
year that passes makes imperialism less pos
sibility. If the canaille are restless under
government in which they have a voice, how
much more turbulent would they be in
one tn which they would be rated
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
One Woman who would Vote for Arthur.

correspondents hVIaHIH OOIIsIIIUIIUH.
] once heard girl tell, with glowing gratitude
ofhow she met President Arthur. She found
herself at one of the great charity balls in Wash
ington without single acquaintance except the
old lady and gentleman she came with. She
was just out of school, timd trembling, with
the madenly terror of blooming against the wall.
By chance she was introduced to President Ar
thur, who, passing near them, paused for mo-
ment to speak to the old gentleman who had
brought her The President. perhaps perceiv
ing her embarrassment and her evident loneli
ness, asked if he could have the privilege of in
Producing her to some friends of his In mo-
ment she was on his arm the most observed and
envied girl in all the brilliant gathering He
made her feel at home among the most elegant
people present and inquired several times during
the evening if anything could be done for her
pleasure. That girl is a bourbon Democrat gen.
orally, but she is ian Arthur man" all the time.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11

One of the DEGREES of the Baltimore
Plenary Council is published, which circum-
scribes the authority of the bishop over the
priests of his diocese. When the, DEGREES
come to be officially pronounced it will, more
than likely, be seen that the church has
aligned itself more with the genius Of the
American government than hitherto. 1t will
be recollected that such leniency was the
purpose of the work of Priest Corrigan of
New Jersey, which Cardinal McCloskey inter
dicfad
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11

THE report that El Mahdi ordered his fol
lowers to walk acrose the Nile. and lost 3. 900
of them by drowning, has not yet been con-
6rmed but is by no means so improbable as
some of the romances which come from that
historic ground. 1t is difficult however, for
the cautious reader to decide from the mild
ness of the tale whether it inclnes to the
truth more than the usual cable dispatch, or
whether the imaginations of builders Of
specials" have so failed them that they are
forced to produce variations of the Red sea
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
General Buffers Granite Houses Sold.

Washington Post.
A deed of transfer placed on record yesterday
was the first public intimation of the sale by
Gen. B. F. Butler of his granite houses on New
Jersey avenue. Capitol Hill The purchaser was
Mr.. John Cassels and the price paid SIS, 900. Mr..
Cassels is wealthy gentleman, owning consid-
era BILE property here, and for many years asso-
ciated with Gen Butler in prominent law cases,
The houses, three in number, were erected about
ten years ago of granite from Gen Buffers Cape
Ann qual ries, and he still occupies the central
one as his Washington residence The northern
house was rented to Senator Jones, of Nevada,
and was President Arthurs residence during the
first few months of his administration, whee
the White House was being renovated and re-
mttees. The southern house is occupied by the
Coast Survey
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11

REUBEN r. SPRINGER, the well-known citi-
zen of Cincinnati, whose munifcent gener-
osity has done so much for the Queen City
died suddenly yesterday morning While the
Music Hall is the principal gift of Mr.
Springer, he used his large wealth
IN various other directions in the
beautifying of the city, and in adding to
its useful and educational facilities. Mr..
Springer had just been named by the Balti-
more Plenary Council as one of the committee
to have in charge the preliminary steps look
ing toward the proposed Catholic university,
ior which Miss Caldwell has given $500, 00O
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
ST, Johns Price,
WashIngton Critic.

'Do you know anything about the truth of
the statement printed this morning that st.
Johr offered to withdraw if paid 500, 600 by
the Republican national committeei' a Critic
man inquired of Senator Plumb. of Kansas, TO-
day.
mo, do not, '" replied the Senator, 81 was
never told anything about it by member of tne
national committee"
From what you've heard and observed, do
you believe st. John would have withdrawn for
prceP
Il would not like to say what I believe, for
men sometimes arrive at conclusions on very
slender evidence"
1t was learned at tho Capitol this afternoon
that the statement that ST John wanted tos sell
out came from member of Maine who got his
information from a member of the Republican
national committee.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11

AS an indication of the modesty of the
Southern States, it is announced, in certain
mugwump exchanges, that Texas has aban-
doned the idea of securing for itself a Cabinet
position, and also that Alabama, Georgia, North
and South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee
have decided not to press their respective
claims in this direction. An explanation of
this may lie in the discovery by the hungry
Southrons of the States named that there are
in all but seven Cabinet positions, and that it
will be the wiser part to ask for all the other
offices in order to have enough to go around.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11

THIS seems to be bad season for popular
amusements. The Olcott company went to
pieces in this city last week. and Hazel
Klrke," No. l. is stranded at Aurora, Ill.
Callender's Minstrels joined the pale caravan
at Chicago. And so it goes all over the coun-
try. The experiment of reducing prices
might be tried. People are tired of paying
war prices for very cheap amusements, when
the price of almost everything has been
greatly reduced.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
A Singular Fact.


Detroit Free Press
1t seems, according to the dispatches, that
Miss Mackey, WHO'S to marry descendant of the
tifui Her features, her complexion and her
figure are absolutely ravishing But. then did
anybody ever know man as rich as Mackey to
have daughter whose beauty and form wer5
not ravishing2 Homely rich girls are as rare as
stupid and vulgar senators wives in Washing
ton. If one may trust to the Washington cor
respondents, senator's wife is always intelli-
gent full of tact, and the real author of her
husbands greatness.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11

THE Philadelphia Times wants to see Gen
ual Grant put on the retired list and says it
''would be graceful and manly if the move
ment should come from his political oppon
ents and from the House, where SO many of
the men he met in battle have now found
place and honorable position" Just 50; but
it is not likely that the movement will orig
mate with his opponents.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11

IL the absence of anything ike police pro
tection-a fact to which the journal has been
compelled to call frequent attention-people
will be forced to rely on the law and
right of self-defeuse. Within our recol-
lection there never was time when
the police force of the city WAS more
inefficient, more valueess, so entirely without
restraining influence upon the criminal
classes. We think it entirely within the
bounds of truth TO say that the existing
police force and system are as farcicnl as they
were in the days when "'the best the city ever
had was the current jest upon every lip.
Tho foot pad Is now added to the burglar and
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
Advice to tho weI-To-Do.

Boston Herald
The best service which the well odo can per-
form in times of depression is to spend money
freely 1t is better even than charity, If judi
ciously laid out The unloading of the mer-
chants shelves means the starting of the mills,
and that means employment, wages and spend
ing again by the working classes Needless
economies in one direction enforce needful econ
olnies in another What is extravaganza in one
is mere libemlity in another Let those who
have the money ''make it fly" little, and the
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11

THE Washington Post notes with some ap-
prehension the unusual influx of thieves,
pickpockets aud burglars into that city, and
remarks naively, that while the opening of
Congress has attracted some. others have come
to secure quarters for the Inauguration. 1t is
little hard that Democrats can't go to the
capital without being met by insult from
their own party papers.
The Indianapolis journal., 1884-12-11
"what Are We Here For?"

Philadelphia Press.
The President has sent to the Senate the NOM
ination Of D. Webster Flanagan, of Flanagan's
Mills Tex. to be a revenue collector Now let
Colonel Flanagan take his cake. retire into
corner and quit asking foolish questions.