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The Washington bee., 1886-11-06
AUGUSTUS DIGGS FILES A
SUIT.
AN ILLEGAL DISCHARGE WHICH THE
COURTS ARE CALLED UPON TO DE-
eide.

Augustus Diggs by his attorney
E. M. Hewlett has filed suit in
the court of claims against the sec
retary of the Interior. The circum-
stances in the case are as follows:
He was appointed as a laborer in
the Department of the Interior un-
der contract with the United
States, made for and in behalf of
the United States by Carl Schurg,
tn n secretary Of the Inter or. He
worked under said contract until
the 11th day of January 1881, he
worked until June "a, who receiv-
ed a circular over the signature of
A. Bell, then acting secretary OF
said Interior aud in accordance
with the request made in said circu-
lar, he sent in his resignation and
said Diggs continued to work as a
laborer in accordance with the re-
quest contained in said letter of
resignation, until Congress made
an appropriation for the volunteer
service mentioned in said last
mentioned circular, and that after
SAID appropriation by Congress the
said DIggs continued to work as
laborer in said department under
contract partly expressed and
partly implied, the fact in relation
to the last mentioned contract is
as follows; viz:
The name of said Diggs was car
rled back to the regular roll, which
roll contains only the names of
those regularly appointed. He con-
tinued to work uuder said last
mentioned contract until the 21
day of March, 1882 on which day
said Diggs received a circular sign
ed by one Burr, then acting chief
clerk, stating that his services were
no longer required: and in cOnse-
quence of the receipt of said circu-
lar Diggs ceased TO work as labor
er in said Department; that the
pretended discharge contained in
said last mentioned circular, was
without sanction or authority of law
in consequence of said pretended
dischalg ge he claims pay under and
by said contract at tie rate of $40
per month.
This case has created quite an
interest, and as there are others
who were discharged under simi-
lar circumstances, they are watch
ing the d, cisiOn of the court with
great anxiety.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

w. Edgar Easton, editor of the
Texas Blade has had correspon.
dence with the State Department
relative to the arrest or kidnap>
ping Of Albert Stephens, c)lored.
a citizen of Texas who it is alleged
is nov incarcerated in the COM
mon Jail At Chihauhau Mexico
without due process of law and
deprived of a speedy trial for the
ofense alleged against him. The
acting secretary of State has in
stru eted the United States Minis
ter to bring the complaint to the
attention of the government OF
Mexico to secure for Stephens a
fair trial and procuring all The de
tense to which the accused is eu-
ti'led. STEPHENS is represented to
be a respectable, law abiding citi-
zen and the action of the State
Department in interfering in his
behalf will have the effect not
only to relieve Stephens from
persecution, but will be an assur-
ance that all classes of citIz rs In
this country, irrespective of color
are to share alike the protection of
their government.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06
THE COBB TICKET ELECTED.
CoLORED MEN RECOGNIZED.

Tarboro, n. c., Nov. Sd, 1886.
Mr.. Ld.-The official returns of
yesterdays election have not come
in yet but it is already conceded
that the ticket known as thessCobb b
Faction" in this county is elected
by a surprising majority.
The following colored men were
on that ticket for the Senate: Hon.
R. S. Taylor, for the House
Hon. Dred Wimberly }
r. G. Crenshaw.
For the Register of Deeds Frank
NJ. Hines, for the Surveyor, Victor
E. Howard; for the Coroner, Char
les W. Lewis; for the Constable
George Lloyd.
Will write again when the returns
are thoroughly canvassed.
Yours,
M. G.. PITTMAN.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

The political upheavals as dem
onstrated in the late elections
throughout the country indicate
the mutability OF political parties,
how they can be shifted by the
impulse of public sentiment gov
erned by new and living issues
The Labor party is IA standing
menace to the old political parties
!or the question of bread aud
butter is paramount to all other
questions when the cou try is at
peace with al the world and no
internal commotions threaten its
perm anence. Hence in New
York city tie poorer classes in
jhe hope of lettering heir condi,
ion have abandoned former party
aft lation. And the sentiment
mong the lab ring classes has
sweet over tie country like tor
nado and organized as it is at
present lis power may well be
ieared by the political leaders of
otie er parties.
The prohibition element in the
country is also aggre s,ve and te-
eous in the effort to annihiIate
he rum traffic. No one can with
certainty prophesy to what lro-
portions this little party may yet
attain.
The party of civil service reform
which processes to want the man-
agement OF the governmental
machinery run SO that the great
est good may be secured to
the create st number and which re
CARDS political opinion as trivial
consideration and now sustaining
tue present administration. is also
beiLg felt in tie current history oi
the country. These contending
fac ions battling for the supreme.
cy of their ideas cannot but have
wh"lsome effect on the public
In the clash and clang, or the
strife and tumult it is probable
that the Survival of The tittest'
ideas will be the result. If sec
tional rancour and race prejudice
will be forced to the bottom, the
struggle will not have been in
vain.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06
THE CAPITAL CITY GUARD.
Col F. C. REVELL'S GRAND RECEP-
TON. THE NEW COMMANDER
TAKES CHARGE AND MAKES A
SPEECH.

Tie Capital City Guard held a
special meeting, October 18th for
the purpose of eIecting a Lieut.
Colonel, the nominees being Cap.
Perry, Lieut.. j oyce. Capt. Mere
dith and Mr.. F. g. Revells The
first three having declined the
nomination, MIR. RevelI's was
unanimously elected. Capts.
Campbell and Meredith and Lieu
tenants Chapman and Joyce with
Capt. Perry as spokesman were
appointed a committee to inform
Mr.. Revells of his election. The
committee waited upon Mr.. Re-
wells at his parlors at the Phila-
delphia House and was c,rIiaIly
received and banquetted. The
following letter OF acceptance was
handed the committee for presen-
tation to the corps:
Washington, D c., Oct. q, '86
To the Senior Captain COM
manding, Officers and Members
of the Capital City Guard,
Gentlemen:
Having been notified
by your committee of my election
as Lieut.. Colonel of your Corps, 1
beg to tender you my sincere
thanks for the high honor you
have been pleased to conf upon
me, and accepting the position, /
assure you that | fully realize the
responsibility, as well as the hon
or the Office bears. / shall rely
upon your cheerful soldierIy sup
port for success; and hereby ap-
point Thursday the 28th inst, at
8 o'clock p. M, as the time | will
be pleased TO meet the entire COM
mand 10 make known my othc al
accepta c., aud to formally enter
upon the discharge of my duties.
Hoping that it will be your
pleasure to be out In full numbers
on such an important occasion, !
am very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
f. &. Revells.
Thursday, October 28th the
corps turned out in full uniform
to receive the new Lieut.. Colonel
the hall being crowded with hon
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

At the late state convention Of
colored men In Texas resolutions
were passed taking notice of and
denouhcing the violence, lynching
and assassination that has been
recently going on in that state
and recommending that commit
tees be appointed IN every organ
lied county to report all outrage>
upon inofensi,e persons to the
Governor. 1t would look by this
as if Texas is plodding along We y
slowly in the route of civilization.
The strong arm of the civil law
should be powerful enough to
protect all persons in every state
IN the Union. L is discourage ng
to think of the barbarities prac-
ticed in many parts of the United
States, country hoasting of pop
uIar liberty and Christian civit-
zatlon.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

to the attainment OF this condition.
The more independent he bee mes
financially the more indepent he
becomes politically. AS individ-
uals we can be the equals of any
individual OF any otner race or
people; but as a race, We will be
inferior for some time yet to
come x Even when it comes
to dropping a vote into the
BALLOT BOX.
For should an employer say to
his Negro employees, "You vote
this way or that else l cannot en-
ploy you, the Negro, if he has
little ones at home dependent up
on him for daily bread cannot re-
fuse to comply. Messrs. Powder
ly, Burk and others are the Ne
groes true friends, and allow me
to say that their encouraging
cheering words are fully appreci-
ated by the Negro. For
Mr.. CLEVELAND
to have kept his promises to the
Negro, as he has done in the face
of the known and alleged tradi-
tions of the democratic party
south, for MIR. Bandmann to have
invited Mr.. Ferrell, a Negro of
dark hue to occupy front seat in
the orchestra chairs of the princi
pal tleater in the ex-confederate
capital; for Mr.. Powderly to have
invited the same Negro, Mr.. Fer
rell to introduce hlm TO a conveu,
tinn of representatives of Knights
of Labor &C., [ say takes more
th IN ordinary moral urage. \
In conclusion, let me LAY, b.
steadf.sl and true, true to your
selves, to those with whom you
will come to be respt ctab,e in due
time, as woltI'y deserving race
of people
Mr.. G o H. Richardson paid a
high compliment to the paper anil
thought the audience should
heed it.
Mr.. Leftwich took exception to
The rebuke Mr.. Albert gave col
lege Greek and L tin students.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Arnold, as usual
eleclrii, d his audience by giving
90, d S, und advice. He de-
cIined to receive any applause
Mr.. Bats took exception to the
Taper and did not telieve that
the republican party should so
soon be forgotten.
Mr.. A. S. Richardson, who
seemed to be the tavorite of the
sisters in the amen corner was
asked where he stood. He made
good points.
The society adjourned to meet
at the Line lin Memorial church,
cor. IL b and Il sts., Il. w, Wed-
nesday Nov. 10th.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

orary members, members of the
g. A. K. aud others. At 8 o'clock
the line was formed and the Lieu
tenant Col. escorted in by Lieuts
Joyce and Chapman.
Capt. Perry introduced the or
ganizatien and welcomed the Col.
with few but choice remarks,
such as he usually gets off or Oc-
casions ofthe kind. Col. RevelI's
reply was quite lengthy and full
of eloquepce. Am)ng other
things he sad: "That he would
expect the untiring support of the
entire corps, as he himself was a
disciplinarian and that he would
expect to make one of each men,
Der of the corps, from the low est
to the highest, that lie would
hold every off er strictly respon-
sible for the strict performance of
his respective duty. He would
be attentive and with their assis-
tance would make the organiza-
ton second to none in discipline
and drill. He complimented the
organization as being one of the
finest in the country and promised
that they should lose no ground,
while under his command" At
the conclusion of his remarks,
the Colonel and friends assembled
were invited by Capt. Perry to
partake Of a banquet which had
been prepai ed in his honor, on
which OCCASION addresses were
made by Messrs. Ananias Her.
bert, }. K. Roy, and Maj. w. q.
Cox aud others. After an hour
or two spent in disposing of the
delicaeies prepared by Quarter
mas 'er Joyce the assemblage dis
pers d feeling highly gratifed
with the reception rendered them.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

The night schools to be opened
soon in this city supplies want
| ing felt and is wo thy of being in
ltated by other cities. There ale
many young people and adults,
who have been forced to leave
school with their educa ion far
from being finis' ed to 60 into The
world as bread winaegs. The
night schools lately inaugurated
afford facilities for such to tiuish
the common English branches, at
least, which may be instrumental
in preparing them for higher
graoes of labor 1t is step III
the right direction and We hole
the public will show just appre-
citation of the enterprise 10y patro-
nizing the night schools. There
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

All the Literary societies in the
city are invited TO attend and par
ticIpate in the celebration. The
pastors Of the various churches
and their congregations are also
respectfully Invited as well as the
public. The program to be car.
ried out will be entertaining. Col.
Geo. w. Williams, the Negro his
torian Of the United States, has
accepted an invitation to deliver
the Grafton and a literaty treat may
be thus assured. The Orpheu>
Glee Club have been invited TO Ell
liven the occasion with their re
nowned vocal selections and a
lady has been assigned the task
of reading an original poem appli
cable to the occasion.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06
EMANCIPATION OF CUBAN
SLAVES.
ARRANG EMENTS COMPLETED. A BIG
CELEBRATION ANTICIPATED. DIS
TINGUIsHED GUESTS TO . BE PRES
ENT &C.

The committee of arrangements
for the Celebration of the Emanci-
patton of the Cuban Slaves has
completed all the necessary arrange
mentS for the exercises which will
be held in the Lincoln Memorial
church Wednesday evening Nov.
10th, under The auspices of the
Philomati n Literary Association
of the 81 Baptist church. Hon.
G o. w. Williams the colored His
tolian of the United States will
pronounce the Grafton. Prof. A. S.
Richardson will read the edict of
the Emancipation, which the Span
iSh legation has kindly furnished
and who will he present.
Mr. w. Calvin Chase will preside
and Miss Lizzie Mason, will act as
secretary. Rev. Geo w. Moore
will act as chaplain. Invitations
will be sent to the diplomatic rep
r-sentatives, the president of the
United States, Recorder j. G. Mat
thews, the ministers Of all the col
ored churches and other distin
guished people. The Orpheus
Glee Clnb and the Asbury choir
has been invited to render music,
also solo by Mt. j. L. Johnson,
accompanied by Miss Mary Nalle.
Admission will be 10 cts, which
will be for the benefit of Lincoln
Memorial church.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

ats an i'll wind that blows n
body good" Que thousand Ne
groes have joined chur,hes Q.
Columbia since the eartI quake
All through the south where tn,
earthquake was telt the prea hen
have had little trouble ia calling
up mourners TO the anxious sc II
or mourneTs be- ch.
"Wien the devil got sick,
"The devil a monk would be;
"When the devil got wei,
"Tbe devil a monk was he."
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06
MAKE MONEY!

Fortunes are yearly made by
succt ssful operators in Stocks,
Grain and Oil.
These investments frequently
pay from $500 to $4,000 or more
on each $100 invested.
Reliable correspo; dents wanted.
Address for circulars,
WILLIAM E. RICHARDS,
Banker aud Broker,
SO. 40, & AZ Broadway, n. Y.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

The melancholy days are come,
tn. tinted and seered leaves are
falling thick and fast, the sky is
growing dark and gray, the wind
Sighs through the tree tops. All
these signs points to wintry winds
IN the near future and the dude is
employing his strategy to redeem
his pawned overcoat.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

are three cplored and three white
school buildings and a corps of
competent teachers will be glad 10
welcome all Nho may see proper
to take advantage OF the induce
ments offered.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06

The celebration of the late Eman-
cipation of Cuban slaves will be
held under the auspices of the Phi,
Jonathan Literary Society on
Thursday evening Nov. IL, at Lin,
coin Memorial church, 11th and R
sts., "Wednesday evening, Nov. 10.
The Washington bee., 1886-11-06
THE PnILOMATHIAN.

THE NEGRO AS AN INDEPENDENT.
Mr.. A. P. ALBERT OF NEW Or
LEANS GREETED WITH A LARGE
HOUSE III DISTINGUISHED GRE
OLE DISCUSSES THE QUESTION.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EMANCI-
PATTON OF THE CUBAN SLAVES.
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Our aim in life is to sell fine cIo,l
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-26

low coming up deliberately takes hold Of
the thin portion of the wing of the devil
fish, and throwing his body entirely out
of the water, his tail just missing the boat,
he cuts a clean half moon out of the fish's
flap. Our shark lines are rugged, baited
with some small fish found in the bottom
of the boat or piece cut from the devil
fish, and thrown overheard They hardly
touch before they are grasped as il
another man was at the other end, and a
trial of strength begins. But man brings
mind to bear, and the shark is allowed
rope and is played; gradually his
strength fails him, and ten foot mon.
ster is brought alongside. The lance
plays a second part in dispatching the
shark. We take nine of these fellows
before we land, averaging from six to
ten feet long.
We land at last toward sunset and are
met by all on shore. The fish is hauled
as near the beach as possible, and when
the tide recedes is left high and dry.
We measure him and he proves to be
eighteen feet from tip to tip of wings,
eleven feet from nose to base of tail. and
and four and half feet through. The
next day he is cut up and sent to Elliott's
place for manure Forest and Stream.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-26
King LudWig's GrOttO.

A writer in the Gurtenl0ube tells of
King Ludwigs mysterious grotto in the
ia the Bavarian highlands.
"It is spacious s,alactitic cave with
many offshoots, secret inches and obscure
recesses, before which you stand. From
all corners, inches and clefts, of the rock
from many recesses covered with col
ored glass to right, to left, above, below,
streams sea of light, now yellow, now
green, now violet, rose, red or blue,
sutfusing all parts with an indescribable
splendor, Above all this flaming beauty
rain bow spreads its lovely light. The
principal cave Is about fifteen metres in
diameter and ten metres high From the
background rushes like liquid silver, gilt
tering and breaking into spray, beauti-
full waterfall, which falls in bubbling
cascades down the face of the rock. 1t
feedsa little pool, occupying three-quar-
ters of the floor Of the cave, whose clear
surface reflects the blending lights with
enchanting beauty. On the lake is a
golden skiff, covered with rose orna-
ments, the hinder part of which enlarges
into a shell. Standing on the bow of
this diminutive boat is Amor, spanning
his bow. Right and left the boat is
adorned with red coral A pair of doves,
whose bills are united in kisses, are shown
in the act of alighting upon the left side
of the boat Two golden oars await the
appearance Of the mariner. Above on
the rock rests the bewitching siren, comb
ing her golden waving locks with gold
en- comb. On the wall of the cave, too,
is Hackle's beautiful picture of Tannhaus-
er Slumb oring in the Lap of Venus.
There is also a mirror three and half
metres high and two metres broad, Three
plates were broken in transit before this
one was safely affixed to the rock. Near
the place where the mirror stands a small
stair with wooden rails leads to the kings
seat. 1t is seat some two metres in
length, the back part of which is formed
out Of giant she'll, while roses and
rushes entwine it all around. Here King
Ludwig II. loves to sit and gaze at once
on pictures of life, love and beauty"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-26
VOL. XIV.

Most people are not aware that Rev. T
Dewitt Talmage, the weu-known Brook
lyn divine, has three brothers also in the
ministry. In recent letter to the New
York Tribune, DIR. Talmage ge-the Brook
lyn Talmage-says: "Some one in youi
columns does not understand how the
kev. DIR. Talmage can preach in so many
places so far apart on the same Sabbath.
The fact is that there are and have been
several DR.. Talmlges: the Rev. DR..
Samuel X. Talmage, of Georgia; the
Rev. DIR. James r. Talmage, of Kingston;
the Rev. DR.. J. V. N. Talmage, of
China; the Rev. DIR. Goyn Talmage, of
Port Jervis, N. Y, four of us brothers
in the ministry. My brother at Port Jer.
Wis is the one whose church steeple was
blown down recently, making an interest
ing article of news, but with the true re
ligious grit for which that people are
celebrated, before the hurricane had
folded its wings, they made arrangements
by which this discrowned church shall
again put its hat on.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-26

A German paper quotes Ranger Ge-
rucke, of Breslau, as saying the story of
German forest trees reaching 1000 years
of age is fable. Even the age of the
so-Called "historical" trees--700 to 800
years-is not established, while no Ger
man tree has reached such an age In a
sound condition. He says that the great
est age is reached by coniferous trees and
not by foliage trees. The Oldest found
tested by the annual rings-have reached
an age of from 500 to $40 years, these
trees being the red pines of the Bohe.
mian forest and the pines of Finland and
Sweden. The silver frs in the Bohemian
forest showed an age of 429 years. Tho
larch, as found in Bavaria, has given an
age OF 274 years. The oak appears to be
the oldest of leafng trees, the oldest ex-
ample being found at Aschaffenburg-
viz, 410 years. The oldest red beeches
are 245 years (Aschaffenburg) and 226
years (Weiswasser). The maximum ages
of other trees are as follows: Ash, 40
years; elm, 1870; birch, 160 to 200; asp
tree, 210; red alder tree, AS; maple
tree, 224.