YÖLUME YI. WASHINGTON CITY, D. C., FEBRUARY 25,1877. NUMBER 52.

and Job Stevenson fairly howled. The State THE CAPITAL, with hurried summons' to the constitutional burglary—for we sought to break the peace. was immediately handed over to Hayes, and PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY advisers. They respondea at once, in old de- Cox asserted that it was constructive arson, for LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. thus Eliza Pinkston became the mother of the THE CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, partment landaulets, in hacks, carriages end on we attempted to fire the patriotic heart. incoming administration. foot—the seven wise men of Washington. Fox's Theater Burned. 927 D Street, Washington, D. C. Each sub. had a different statute and a different PIIILADELPIHA, February 2a.—At 12:50 a. m. a fire Now, who is Eliza ? In answer we quote First appeared Don Cameron, the educatedstu- construction. JfPoor old Daddy Taft, he studied broke out on the stage of Fox's New American Thea- DONN PIATT. Editor. fror^ the report made by the sub-committee ap- pidity of the Camerons. ter, and at this hour, 1 a. m., the whole place is 1» each and all, until his venerable head got so con- flames. Myriads of burning embers are flying in TERMS: Per year, (including postage) 82.50; pointed to get lier life, character and adventures, Then our beloved old Sardine of the State fused that he could not tell his nearest and best every direction, and the neighborhood is lighted for six months, SI.SO; three months, 75 cents—in as follows: Department put in an appearance. It was a squares. The fife spread with great rapidity and is friend whether he stood upon his intellect or communicating with Rogers' wagon warehouse advance. Single copies, five cents. " The character of Eliza Pinkston, as developed be- rosy appearance—the gathered vintages of eighty CLUBS; Ten copies to one address, $20 in ad* the broad foundations of his elongated extremi- The Mercantile Library building is in danger as fore your sub-committee to the fullest extent, was summers purpled in his intellectual face. He ties. is also the New York Mutnal's new building at the vancc, with one copy free. Twenty copies to one such as to render her a fit instrument in the hands # corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets. A general address, $35 in advance, with one copy free» takes on more and more' the appearance of a re- of designing men. She had been charged with the In this extremity a happy thought struck alarm has been sounded. Fortunately all hands tired butler, as the time approaches for his re- had left the theater before the fire broke out The murder of the child of persons with whom she had Poppy Taft. He would go to Thompson, the 1870 was n 1,andsome one and was erected about CIRCULATION OF THE «'AI'ITAL. but recently quarreled. The child died of poison. turn to the family vault upon the Hudson. druggist, and take a mild purgative. He had At two a.m. the fire is still burning at Fox'» Eliza Pinkston, then known as Lizzie Finch,in After came the paternal Taft, his smooth, be- Sunday Edition February 18,1877, Printed discovered in former vexed conditions that a theater, but owing to the confusion no estimate of Morehouse parish, was arrested, and acquitted only nevolent countenance beaming with gentleness, mild purgative relieved tbe bowels, opened the the loss can be made. The theate» was opened on and Circulated (14,400) Fourteen Thou- because the main witness to the crime was too the evening of December 17th, 1870. It occupied at with themild calmness of a eowpen in an early pores, stimulated the circulation and; cleared the least 100 by 177 feet, with an entrance from Chest- young to understand the nature of an oath. The sand Four Hundred Copies. summer morning. He strode in on his long nut street through an arcade 14 feet wide, and hafi a general impression was that the was guilty. When brain. There is a curious theory prevalent seating capacity of 3,000 persons. legs, and hinging on his legal center, clasped his -Di&htdcl Columbia, Washington county,'to wit: residing in Union parish she had shamefully beaten among the heathen Chinese that the soul lies in On this 24th day of February, in the year of our Lord an old woman living wilh her, death ensuing in a hands upon the rounded digeBtfcee apparatus one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, before the stomach. If this be so—and the case of Poppy Louisiana. me, ilffi subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the few days after. She had abandoned one of her that is so marked in his judicial figure, and began Taft is singularly striking in its support—what NEW ORLBANS, February 24.—In the NiohsUs saia conBty and District, personally appeared John P. young children, leaving it to starve to death in a legislature to-day, Mr. Mr Kidd of Jackson pariah Clao&son and made o&th In due form or law to the fol- twiddling his thumbs, which movement always a soul Poppy Taft must possess! for, as Shaks- offered the following declaration of the house of rep- lowing statement, viz: That he is foreman of the press fence-corner. Another she made way with shortly indicates that the paternal Taft is reflecting. peare said of Cardinal Wolsey, he is a man of resentatives, State of Louisiana: rood» of THB CAPITAL Publishing Company: that aft.er its birlh. She was a habitual abortionist. We, the representatives of the people of Louis- (14,40.(1) fourteen thousand four hundred copies or THE The burly Zachariab, th e great Michigander, CAPITA®. 1877, She was in perpetual quarrel. Her testimony had unbounded stomach. In this instance the pur- iana, duly elected by and direct from the people ofTebruary IS, were run off bv him. fully aware from positive knowledge of the feeling JOHN P. CLARKSON. been so effectually impeached in the courts of More- rolling in, sat down on Senator Hamlin's old gative and the investigation worked well. To Sworn to and subscribed before me, and determination that impel and control them, da JOSEPH T. K. PLANT, J. P., [SEAL.] house parish that the Republican district attorney hat and upset an inkstand. When Z. Chandler favor both Poppy Taft retired with the statutes declare that under no circumstances will the peo- refused to call her as a witness. Everybody who sits on a hat or upsets an inkstand notice is to a very secluded place, and at the end of an hour ple of this State pay tribute to any other State gov- District of Columbia. Washington county, to wit: ernment than that at whose head stands the man of Oil tlrts 24th day of February«»« the year of our Lord knew her considered her a desperate character. given that he is ready for business. came out with tbe statutes and a conclusion. He their choice, their endeared and truly elected govar- one thousand eight hundred and Jeveoty-seven, before Eye-witnesses proved that the lived with her hus- me, tho subscriber, a Justice or the Peace In and for Tyner the simple came in meekly, with a dep- found us guilty of inciting to rebellion, insurrec- nor, Francis T. Nicholls; and do further declare tbe the said county aniDlstrict, personally appeared B. A. band upon very, bad terms. She was about to kill utter Impossibility of gathering taxes by any other tion and riot, and forthwith we were indicted authority, and that any attempt to gather them hr Safford,, }r .WIlliantTl. Scrlbner and FrankPadgett. and him at one time when she supposed him asleep. recating air, as if he wished to apologize for be- sevfcr-ally made oath In due form of law to the follow- other authorty than the Nicholls government will ing statement, viz: That they are engaged by THE Upon another occasion she assaulted him with an ing alive. and arrested. not only prove abortive, but lead to lamentable civil CiSMTA® Publishing Company in distributing the axe, intending to kill him. He was in perpetual The Rotund arrived last. He had been tack- strife, if not to bloodshed and actual war. issue ot THE CAPITAL ; and that the above statement We were arrested by a tall, handsome, well- of Clip- circulation of THE CAPITAL of February 18,1877, dread cf harm, as the witnesses testified. ing along in a heavy sea and headwinds. He is correct and tr'ue. mannered gentleman, who, calling a hack, car- Important Mexican Items. rolled heavily, seeming to be top-heavy, and 8. A. SAFFORD. JR., "She was ugly, vulgar, indecent and lewd beyond ried us and our bail into the dread presence and BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, February 24.—Gen. John WILLIAM C. SCRIBNER, the worst.. In the midst of twenty men in the cot- when he came to anchor he threw out a long N. Cortina was arrested in Matamoras this after- FRANK PADGETT. majesty of the law—jolly Arthur MacArthur. Sworn to and subscribed before me, ton-field she would poll up her clothes beyond her noon ats o'clock, and placed in the military prisoa. breath, as if he were blowing off steam. It is believed that he will be court-martialed and JOSEPH T. K. PLANT, J. P., [SEAL.] waist and turn herself around completely. [Here is We felt relieved, and believed that Providence After th^ aged party from Maine had extri- shot for not obeying the orders of President Diaa to a fact in the report so vile we cannot reprint it.] So had his eye on us, when we found that it was not present himself at fhe City of Mexico to answer for IMPORTANT. quarrelsome, so dangerous and so disgusting was this cated his crushed tile from under the Interior the venerable Pumpbries or the weeping Olin. his conduct on the frontier for the past ten months. Department, and Don Cameron had righted the G-eneral Corales, governor of the State, is outside We learn as we go to press that the pressure creature, that upon two several occasions she was We humbly submit, that for so grave an of Matamoras with 1,500 men, and will aid General driven by her employers from the plantation upon inkstand, the Administration pushed THE CAPI- upon Congress from all parts of the land against offense against the peace and dignity of the Ad- Blanco in suppressing any attempt on the part of which she was working, at the express dem «id of the TAL towards Don Cameron and said, " Read the friends of Cortina to rescue him. There is great the iniqaitous returning board and in favor of ministration, the bail was entirely too low. We excitement in Matamoras, and the partisans of Cor- colored men and women with whom she was engaged, that." -Don, much amazed, opened and began expected to be called upon for at least a hundred tina are flying to the Texas side of "the Rio Grande. -another election is so intense that the Demo- they stating thatif she remained they would leave on the social gossip. "Not that," roared His The authorities express themselves thoroughly pre- in a body. And this wretched creature, this misera- thousand, instead of pitiful five thousand. The pared to maintain order and execute the 1 aw in case Alcoholic Majesty, "not that!" The startled cratic Congressmen have wheeled into line, and ble prostitute, has become a saint in the political court was evidently derelict of its duty. But of any attempt at violence. calender of the Republican party of Lonisiana! Don started in on "A Breakfast with Ray- we now feel assured that the infamous attempt we submit. Who'll go for Whitlows ? Upon these points we refer to the testimony of Fred. mond," and would probably have been dismissed to steal the presidency will be arrested. And now Poppy Taft, aided by his assistants, PHILADELPHIA, February 24.—In the suit agaiast McNeil, Garrett Richards. Robert Eccles, R. A. from the Cabinet bad not the solemn party from the rector and wardens of St. Mark's church of this Folke, C. C. Davenport. Frank Vaughan, William Maine, still at work trying to restore the cover- are hard at work to find the insurrection, or re- city, to restrain the ringing of the chimes of the Rhodes, W. A. Bumpers, E. A. Dawkins, C. W. Tid- bellion, or riot that we incited. When found church, on the ground that their ringing was a ing to his senatorial intellect, came to Don's nuisance, the opinion of the court was delivered this PEEMIIXM FOE CLUES. well, Alex. Williams. Alice Bunkley, Oyiena Harri- rescue and pointed out the objectionable edi- we hope he will favor us with an affidavit, so morning, granting the Injunction as prayed for. The son, Judge Ruffin, J. N. Head, John B. Simms and court, however, expressed an earnest desire that The Brand Steal—Bow an Administration that we can issue a subpeena duces tecum to J. P. Montgomery." (Report, page 28.) torial. counsel will come to some agreement by which a was ¡Stolen—A Truthful History of tlie fetch said insurrection, rebellion or riot into moderate tolling of the bells on Sundays before His Fraudulency, Rutherford B. Hayes, will Don is not a bad reader, and he did full justice court. morning and evening service may be permitted. Gravest Crime Known to Humanity to our article, reading in a cigar way, with proper ride to his inauguration with this proud pater- Are we a vassal or a peer ? Say ? Illustrated—Çnts of the National Return- emphasis and choice intonation. When he ended Foreign News. nity written all over him, blazoned as upon a BRUSSELS, February 24 The Le Nord publishes a ing Board of Thieves—Correct Acconnt banner : " The bastard offspring of an illicit the Administration said, between puffs : letter from St. Petersburg, declaring that England WE WERE sorry to read the valedictory of the will obtain no concessions from Russia short of an of the Parents of the Kew Administration. union between J. Madison Wells and Eliza "What do you think of that?" daily Union. Washington needs such a jour- agreement for the coercion of Turkey. Incase the Wo have in preparation, and shall shortly Pinkston." j " Not a bad imitation of Junius," said Fish. Porte persists in its refusal to execute reforms, Eng- publish, a history of the great steal that ended nal, and we hoped that it would beoontinued to land's present attitude might evert precipitate In this work we shall give a full and particu- The Administration never heard of Junius, Russia's decision to abadon an attitude which is in tho inauguration of a President who was not that success which was in store for the enter- lar account of the High Commission, from the and evidently thought him some disreputable neither peace nor war, yet it imposes on Russia all •elected by the péople nor the electoral college, prise. The Hon. Montgomery Blair has no war's sacrifices man who rose on medicated steam to a position newspaper fellow, but said nothing. Evidently CONSTANTINOPLE, February 24—An agreement need to be ashamed of his short term as editor, but by a rotten returning board. on the Supreme Bench, to the little advocate who an opinion was expected; so Don Cameron said: between the Porte and the Servian envoys was con- while our former associate, Mr. Lovejoy, sus- cluded to-day Prince Milan will address a letter "Washington has been known as the father of was pushed in by a lobby to pack the court. "Poor stuff." Chandler remarked, "Damned to theSultan accepting the Turkish conditions, ex- tained the reputation he won for himself on THE his country. We will give full account of the Also, biographical sketches of the learned advo- rot." The Rotund blew off more steam and said cepting those claiming equality for the Jews in S»r- CAPITAL. We hope Mr. Polkinhorn, a gentle- via and the right of the Porte to be diplomatically father off the new administration, J. Madison cates, with portraits. nothing. The paternal Taft only twiddled his represented at Belgrade. The Saltan will grant thumbs, and looked as if he wanted to donate a man identified foryears with the.best interests Prince Milan a new firman determining the future Weirs, and the mother, Eliza Pinkston. Here To each club of ten paying subscribers we will relations of Servla and Turkey. nickel to a colored beggar. But Tyner, with of our city, may be induced to continue a publi- are specimens of our history : present a copy of this rare, spicy and valuable The Persian minister has communicated to the cation so necessary to Washington. A Sultan a dispatch from the Shah, explaining that IBB ®AMEER OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. truer instincts, his eyes fixed on the Adminis- book. Union the assemblages ofAroops on the Turkish frontier What Phil. Sheridan said in his report of the tration, said, in n deep, sepulchral voice: The originated in the pluck and public are solely meant to prevent the depreduions of a " Treason !" spirit of Mr. Corcoran, whose stout heart and nomadic tribe. These assemblages have b»»n or- author of the new administration : dered to cease. THAT INDICTMENT. patriotism make him in these revolutionary "Wolfed conduct as governor has been notoriously • And the Cabinet started as if subjected to an The Administratis has had a panic. The corrupt. He had illegally appointed a board ol levee electrical shock. times a marked man. Large as his worldly pos- The Weather To-day. Administration has had every other disorder Por the Middle States, rising barometer, cooler cora missioners, who were authorized to hold over by "Cameron," said tho Administration, lighting sessions are, he holds them of less account than known to humanity, and the panic closes the north and west winds and cloudy weather. an act of the legislature, and a conflict of authority another cigar, "order out a file of men and ar- the smallest right trod under foot by these mis- ensuefl, and in the meantime the Mississippi over- catalogue. rest the fellow." Then, rising from his seat, he creants in office, and he has bravely jome to the Obituary. flowed and great damage was done to property. At about twelve minutes past ten a. m. last front, where rich men are rare,'to give his influ- At San Francisco, California, on th« "th Ioli tan". In There was an appropriation of $4,000,000 made by the gave, in his usual manner, intimation that the the thirty-first year of his age, CaptJjiLEiiw.irO ,fc Har- Monday—we like to be particular in our dates—a ence and means to aid a cause that is the cause of legislature for repairs of the levees, and Wells audience was at an end. As the members, bid- rington,late or the Ciy of Washli^aj|H|<:. hack was observed to stop under the portico of wanted to finger some of this money. General ding good morning, at which the Administra- humanity. We have said some ugly things of Captain Harrington was well knflMHnis oltrarni the Executive MaEsion and from it emerge the highly esteemed^ Entc-iag the army *™n cirly age Sheridan, In aletterto Secretary Stanton, dated June tion only nodded and grunted, moved from the this brave old man in the past. We ask his asasslstant-adjutant-gen'ral United States volunteer*, venerable Senator Hamlin. The hack, that is 3, 1S67, explaining the action in removing Wells, said: room, Cameren touched the elbow of the pater- pardon and take off our hat to him. he was selected by the late Secretary of War, E. M. '"After thé adjournment of the legislature the •known as a night-liner,«being a cheap convey- Stanton, for duty in Ills ofll-.e, and at the close of nal Taft and asked in an undertone: the war of the rebellion he was on duty w.tli his regi- governor of the State appointed a board of his own ance and therefore within the reach of the vener- IT IS NOT the first time that a cry of assassina- ment (First United States Cavalry) on the plains. The in violation of this act, and made the acknowledg- "Got any law for me in this ?" monotony of Inactive army-life losing its char-ins fi«» able Hamlin's personal economy, moved on, tion has been heard from these conspirators and Ills active spiri', he became an attache of Journalistic ment in person that his object was to disburse the "Not a law," responded Daddy T., smiling as and the senator ambled into the White House. thieves. It will be remembered that in Grant's lite, and made Ills mark as a quick and appreciated money in the interest of his own party by securing if lie were giving the War Department his bless- member of that corps to which Ills talents so nntty The venerable senator was evidently agitated. confidential talk with the Hon. Abram Henritt fitted him. As the correspondent of several of the for It the vote of the employés at the time of the ing. most prominent journals of the country hi- won the ron- election. The board continued in office, but the He carried a copy of THE CAPITAL, and it he complained that the New York Herald had ;] eleni.-« ot those whose Interests lie served, »ml cloukiSi "Well, I can't interfere through the military himself about with the friendship of everv one with legislature refused to turn over to the governor's shook with the nervous twitching of his invited¡i«->«in ''ion, putting his sacred person whom, he was brought In contacr. The Brief which the without some authority. Martial law has not •board, and each side appealed to me to sustain it, hand, while his aged swallow-tail flapped Its 4-"'mmin.-r p<- •!. By referring to the obnox- friends of Captain Harrington feel in lils dcin'.-e will yet been proclaimed in the District. It belongs be borne across the feas to the honored father, whose which I would not do. The question must then forked extremities with unusual violence. i-us Uou!>!(•-iiaauii article in the Herald it will heart is torn by this visitation. have gone to the courts, which, according to the to your department, Taft." be found tlr*t. that journal was about as near In- governor's judgment when he was appealing to me The venerable Solon asked for the President I suppose it does, if it belongs anywhere. I The lunngfiirailon. citing that <" ime as we were. The fact is, these •to be sustained, would require one year for decision. with a husky, trembling voice, and when shown don't like it. Piatt's got to going for me any- The following circular has been sent to a large num- fellows feel that they ought to be killed, and ber of our citizens. It explains Itself: Meantime the State was overflowed. The levee into the presence of the Administration he was how, and I'd rather have spinal meningitis. boards were tied up by political chicanery, and start at every unusual sound. We intend pu b- WASHINGTON, IV a, February 23, IS". evidently startled at its calm exterior ; for the Besides, all the newspapers of the country will SIR: SOU are r«siw-cCfully invile.« to meet a number nothing was done to relieve the poor people, now Administration stood buttoned in a broadcloth lishing the Herald's double-leaded editorial next ol your fellow citizens > t Tailmadge Hall. D'jtt K street ' fed by the charity of the Government and charita- bounce us like bricks." on Monday evenlug, at tew o'clock, to take measures frock and smoking a huge cigar, as usual. The week, also one from the St. Louis Times and for the proper observat.ee of tilt* inauguration of the ble associations of the North I say now, unequivo- That's true enough; but the old man has I resident elect. ancient half of senatorial Maine wiped the per- about fifty from country journals. The govern- cally, that Governor Wells is a political trickster set his heart on it and something must be done. Asthe citizens of the District are all brought into spiration from his dome of thought as he laid ment will have its hands full If grand juries are close lelations with the administrative branch of the and a dishonest man. I have seen him myself, when I wonder who started the damned thing. Grant Government, similar IilvhaiJous have been sent to all I first came to this command, turn oui all of the aside his old silk plug. to be called on to limit free speech. prominent reelikm'B. irrespective of party faith, be- never reads anything." lieving that local pride wpmU prompt them" to unite in Union men who had supported the Government, this mat ter. " Mr. President," he asked, "have you .seen and put In their stead rebel soldiers, some of whom "Why, old Hamlin. Didn't you see him Very respectfully, 1 IIE COMMITTEE. CAPITAL T" THE MAN who kicks at a little dog barking at had not yet dropped their gray uniform. I have yesterday's pointing the article out. He got the newspa- It Is to be hoiied that a very full atte lui iim-e will be his heels, or allows himself to be drawn into a present on tlie occasion, as the time for preparation for seen him again, during the July riot of 1866, skulk " Never see the damned thing," responded the pers down on him by raising the postage, and the Inaugural ion Is very short away where I could not fiud him to give him a Administration, puffing a volume of smoke into contest with a skunk, gets deservedly laughed at. he wants an editor killed." Ma. GEORGE DAY, well known In guard, instead of coming out as a manly representa- the senatorial countenance before him, that To those, then, who use the only offensive weap- hotel circles as Daddy-long-legs, as the clerks of the Departmeu lanrtlord of the Lafayette House, anl I wlktefe uian-dge- tive of the State and joining those who were pre- caused the aged " Be-it-enacted " to sneeze and ons nature has given them, there is no response. ment has given that hotel an en vial, s reputation, has of Justice endearingly style the paternal Taft, re- sold tbeleaee and furniture to Mess- • s. M. H. Beans ft serving the peace. I have watched him since, and cough in the most violent manner. There is, even in this day of intense partisan Co.. for five thousand dollars cash. nd the new pro his conduct has been as sinuous as the mark left in turned to his office and summoned all his force prletors are duly Installed. Tlie firm consists of M". If " Well, Mr. President," continued the venera- bigotry, enough sense to know that abuse from Beaue & Son. The senior proprietor lias bad much ex- -the dust by the movement of a snake. I say again and stated his trouble. He wanted some law ; known black-mailers and persons hanging upon perience In hotel keeping, both In Washington and that he Is dishonest, and dishonesty is more than ble party, as soon as he could wrestle himself out New/York. The firm Is fortunate in securing a well- but he wanted also a CAPITAL of the day pre- the ragged edges of the penitentiary is the high- esiabllsbed and prosDerous business, and the patrons of must be expected of me.' of the suffocation, " this thing has gone far vious. But such had been the demand no CAPI- the Lafayette House are equally f-rtunate in securln« enough; this has got to be stopped." est praise. landlords who, like their predecessor, will spare neither "In communicating with General Grant on the re- TAL could be had. A messenger, disguised as a pains nor money to promote the comfort of their guests. moval of Wells, General Sheridan said : "Louisiana ?" asked the President. countryman and armed with revolvers, was sent M. A. Drlscoll, the popular and gentlemanlv clerk o IN 1801 there were thousands of Democrats the Lafayette House. st-Ili remains at the desk and wHl " *He has embarrassed me very much since I oame "No, sir; worse, sir—perfectly damnable; I to our office. He returned with four, being all probably continue with the new management.—Die who abandoned their party to save their coun- Washington Hotel Gazette- into cómifeand by his subterfuge and political chica- may say, Mr. President, without being open to that was left of an edition of over fourteen try. Is it possible that we have no Republicans nery. This necessary act will be approved by every a charge of profanity, that this is damnable." thousand, and the Department of Justice went THE loud New York spring styles at Keen's, 414 Xlnth cla»s and shade of political opinion her e. He has in Congress willing to follow Seelye and Pierce street. " Well, bowl on," said the Administration, to work. Hot one friend who is an honest man.'" now, in this hour of peril, in demanding a fair Notice. with that terseness of expression so peculiar to There are few things more entertaining, if not To leave no doubt as to the peculiar character count or a new election, and again save our - Tbe great auction sale of plated ware will be c on tu- it. instructive, than an old lady who adjusts her ned the present week. This will be the last opportu- •f this father of an administration, Senator country f nity for our citizens to secure any of these eelebratâB Whereupon the aged and excited party sat spectacles and fetches her feminine Intellect to goods, as the sale will be positively closed on Batnrdw -John Sherman and James A.. Garfield both in- next. These goods are all from the celebrated Tauntoa down, opened THE CAPITAL and read with husky the study of some mysterious question. Of this WE HAVE to apologize to our readers for a lack Silverware Factory, and those of our citizens who have debted him. This were enough without any- not been fortunate enough to secure any of these gooife voice our editorial headed " The Beginning of sort was Poppy Taft in search of the law under of variety in our Issue of to-day. The coup d'etat should not fall to attend the sale at Shepherd's bulMte» tîffag else, «orner Twelfth and Pennsylvania avenue. the End." As he read the countenance of the which we could be indioted and punished. To of the corrupt national returning board, with the ŒHB MOTHER OF THE ADMINISTRATION. A dminrstration darkened. His brow corrugated aid him he had Dutton—known, lo ! these fifty indictment of our leading editor, have absorbed BLACK ALPAGAS and Mohairs, from auction, at JSlfza Pinkston, our readers will remember, TOWSON'S, 63S until it resembled a galvanized iron roof. He years, as the yellow-hammer, a bird so called too much of our space. We promise to do better Pennsylvania avenue. vj&s brought before the returning board of pulled at his cigar like a locomotive on an up- because of lfts plumage and a disposition it has hereafter if Poppy Taft will let us alone. Billiards. Xifmîâlana on a sofa. She was apparently in a grade. He rung the bell until the cord snapped, Passing Séaton Hall last evening, we were attiacted to be forever pecking away at rotten logs for by a brilliant light, and dropped in. On entering wis dytng condition, being wounded all over; and, and when it was answered, said: were welcomed by " Mike " Scan loo, the genial pronfc- imaginary worms. Also, the Hon. Joseph Cox Handsome Spring Overcoats. ctor, who informed us that the radiance which attraeUS uñar Showing her wounds, told in tearful tones, " Fetch my Cabinet 1" of the Ham. County Common (very common) lis was caused by the fact that all his tables were soins, Largest stock, lowest prices, best goods. A. Saks and assured tas that hard times had not as yet entereS between feinting fits and sobs, how the Demo- This order, uttered as if he had said " fetch Pleas, volunteer adviser, and half a dozen subs, A Co. 319 Seventh street. his cosy billiard palace, f»r players had to .wait their láis Irafl murdered and mutilated her husband, tnrn In order to Indulge In the pleasant pastime. my carriage," "turn on the gas," "order of the Department of Justice, whose qualifica- NEW YOHK HBRALD, Sum, Times, Worca ana E»cti fcw baby and cut her all to pieces. The dinner," seemed to be the usual style, for tions for place were found in the fact that, like Tribune can be bad at Brad. Adams', 812 V street, until Spring OTe»coats. toarfl wept ; Garfield fell on Sherman's neck and 1 p. m. to-day; also New York Botning Pott. New, nobby and stylish, the servant only bowed and hurried out. In a necessity, they knew no law. * street. A. Saks & Co., m Seventh *tíe8 tana; Judge Trumbull wiped his glasses few mlnates couriers were dashing over town ' Dutton said it was constructive burglary—flat SRNINO DBESS SOOES just opened at ^-h'onable spring styles can be found at Keen's «. B. Tcrwsos & eo.'S. 4M Aflata street. 2 THE CAPITAL.—FEBRUARY 25, 1877.

For THECAPITAL. fluttering with flags and thronged with an eager a beardless youth, who enjoys everything MISCELLANEOUS. HUNTED. populace, saluted him as the son of the Czar on heartily, and who laughs and chatters without LADIES' GOODS. O, worse than dreaded, more than feared! that fine November day five years ago. Gone interruption from his senior, who condescends You cross my path agair. BEAUTIFUL 0KR0M0 FREE. And waken with your hateful face though is A. T. Stewart, the great merchant ' to smile gtavely at his remarks, after Ihe man- 1107 A half- forgotten pain. millionaire, who was among the foremost in ex- ner observed by big grand dukes who are con- You come again with flattering speech tending hospitality to him, and the syren voice versant with the world to little ¿grand dukes THE TREASURE, And calmly smiling guise* of Nllsson no longer enchants fashionable mul- who have yet fo learn the grew unknown, was A Monthly Journal and Housekeepers' Magazine. MRS. J. P. PALMER, But lurking devils, ill-concealed, titudes in the Academy. The songstress with the only prominent member of the party who Thirty-two Columns filled with the Choicest Read- Glare from your cold gray eyes. ing Matter. the forget-me-not eyes and the tones of crystal directed his attention chiefly to the stage. IMPORTER OF FOREIGN MM.MfiSCty, _ Devoted to Bclntiflc, Intellectual and Instructive in- Go where I will, haste where I may, stood on the balcony of the Clarendon, on the There is a reason fbr everything, and there was formation, Fashion, Literature, Art, Ac., supplying a No. 1107 F street northwest, Even o'er the distant sea, day of the entree, and waved a welcome to the a reason for Alexis' air of pre-occupation. The necessity long needed by every family. Also contain- I cannot And a spot so drear ing splendid continued and short stories, sketches hero of the hour. Santley, the baritone, who representation of The Danicbeffs is most inter- poems, wit and humor, useful knowledge. Games, Puz "Where you will fall to be! zles Ac., &c.—combining intelligent and Interesting Will, for thirty dajf, sell her WINTER STOCK at» was then singing here, has now deserted our esting from a pantomimic standpoint even, and matter, relating particularly to the duties of dally lift large discount to make room for her Hunted, and tortured, and pursued, and of the home circle, with valuable receipts for There's no abiding rest; shores; but Mile. Aimee, whom Alexis heard even had the Grand Duke not understood a every housekeeper. This Journal has for its object the Improvement of morals as well as the health of society No waves of sweet oblivion, the other night, was then, as now, a favorite, es- word of what was going on, he could scarcely and as such cannot fall to be considered a valuable ad- SPRING IMPORTATIONS, Sweep to my mad behest. tablished in the little music-box of a theater dition to every household and an ornament to every have failed to be attracted by the magnificence home. Bright, Cheerful, Earnest and Progressive. It Of which she will have the finest assortment ever ia Even in my sad and troubled sleep known as"Lina Edwins'," and now gone the of the scenery and appointments and the elo- is on the side of Temperance, Christian Morality and this city. all true reforms. Whatever is hurtful to society It ag»2*lys I find no sure escape, way of all tinder. quence of the actors' expression and action. The condemns without fear or favor, and makes Itself felt For all the phantoms of my dreams In tbe community as a power for good. Handsomely Alexis indubitably affects the opera-bouffe, fact probably is, that while he seemed to be" printed, profusely Illustrated, emphatically a paper Assume your hated shape. for the family, the business and professional reader, Miss E. A. McCormick and wasted not a moment in paying bis devoirs absent-minded the play awoke painful memories, and for all classes who desire a thorough sparkling, In- O shade of death! 0 grief of griefs! to its prima donna. Deaf to the voice of and he was endeavoring ti conceal by a sem- dependent Journal. O blackness of despair! HAS OPENED 0 crown of woe! O sun of hate I Tooker, the charmer, who has seldom lost " the blance of outward indifference the sharp emo- Terms per Annum. Single copies, postage paid O scorn beyond compare I first go" at a celebrity, he hied him direct to the tions that the story inspired. A will as in- $1.00. CHOICE ASSORTMENT « Flvft " » ». 4.00. Turn back, turn back, pursue me not, Eagle Theater, where Mr. Maurice Grau received domitable as that of the dowager Countess Dani- Twenty" i " " 15.00. OF And at tie same rate (75 cts. per copy per annum) for Lest in a frenzied hour him with effusion, and where Mile., Aimee sang chefl' has separated Alexis from the woman of any additional number over twenty. Subscribers at 1 smite the spoiler with the spoil in his honor the tipsy song of La Perichole in his choice, and virtually exiled him from Russia different past offices can Join in a club. French Bonnets And flee your taunting power! Russian. Like an oasis of noble melody in a for a time. The story of the Count Danicheff's A NEW AND ELEGANT CHROMQ PRESEN MATTIE E. FUNEY. TED FREE AND desert of Offenbachian strains (literally, (strains, preference for one beneath him in rank is the to each subscriber, which Is of Itself worth doublé the came the national anthem of Russia, and a salvo story of the Grand Duke's passion for a young amount of subscription, entitled FROM NEW YORK. ASKING A BLESSING,. Round Hats, of applause greeted the Grand Duke as he seated lady attached to the imperial court. Their mar- a masterpiece of the Dusseldorf School of genre paint- ing by Prof. Jordan, size 20i x 15Ì. Retail price $5.00. WITH Commodore Vanderbilt's Son Cornelius and his himself in his box just as the orchestra began riage and the exile of the bride have been re- A copy of a beautiful descriptive poem for framing Is Papa's .'Money—Alexis' .Week in the Metrop the anthem. Alexis inquired during the even- lated circumstantially in the public prints, and furnished with each cliromo. Novelties in Feathers, Flowers, &c„ &c. Agents, male or female, can matte more money getting olis—The Story of Aimee's Failure to Sing ing about Mile. Belocca, whom he called by her it fias been stated, too, that Alexis' extensive subscriptions for this paper than anything else. Large cash commissions allowed and exclusive territory 523 NINTH STREET, (St. Cloud BoUtllng,) Before the Grand Duke—A Free Lance in un-Italianized name of Belokh. This singer has, journeying is consequent on the displeasure of given. Agents will save time and secure territory by aprS-lyl sending SI.00, for which we will forward prepaid com- Journalism. by the way, reached her home in St. Petersburg, the Czar, and his desire to wean him from an plete outfit. certificate of ageDcy, specimen ehromos. where her father resides, and will remain with alliance that is deemed unworthy of his rank. &c„ Ac. Remittances should be made by draft or ARKED DOWN PRICES. (New York correspondence of THIS CAPITAL.) post oflice order. Addre&s M him during the absence of her brother, who has How far the hèroine of this mésalliance has been THE TR($A8URE PUBLISHING COMPANY. NEW. YOKE, February 23. feb25 lye ( 49 Cedar St., New York city. „S^JS0 ncxt THIRTY DAYS we offer «to.-. CELE- gone to the wars. Alexis also spoke of Mme. forgotten may be judged by the existence of BRATED MONOGRAM kid gloves in streeSma opera "When Cornelius J. Vanderbilt appears as shades: contestant of the late Commodore's will, as he is Essipoff, who is.likewise his countrywoman, and good grounds for the suspicion that when Alexis 3 buttons, 81.00; 3 buttons, »1.25; 4 buttons, £1.50; to do very shortly, he will make public a curious whom he might have seen at the same theater, sat the other night and reviewed The Danicheff's 6 buttons, SI,75. had he been there a night or two earlier, in- he rehearsed in his mind his own corresponding letter which has considerable interest attached ^i-HL.®1;"1'6 st0.ck -,of HATS, FLO WEES and specting the performance of La Petite Mariee history, and, perhaps, condemned in bitterness FEATHERS at a great reduction for cash. A to it. This missive is voluminous, covering Particular attention given to orders, and Ml -work some six pages, and was addressed by him to through the double eye-glasses now fashionable— the pride of birth and station that would tear executed in an artistiivmanner. a proceeding which gave her the appearance of asunder his: father as a last resort, to the end that he MHS. M. J. HI NT, should not be deprived of what he considers bis rather looking at the actors than of lending her " Two souls with bat a single thought, musical ear to the singing. She might have birthright. The letter is plain-spoken to a de- Two hearts that beat as one." ocl-ly6 621 and 623 » Street. counteracted this by employing an ear-trumpet 1 gree seldom found in a communication from Offenbach's hook on this country, or rather on Alexis, to return to our mutton, (or, to speak & DRY GOODS. son to a parent, but is couched in adroit lan- himself in this country—America being placed la RuBse, our mutton-tallow,) loves, as I have guage that would seem to have emanated from in the position of revolving around him as the said, the opera-bouffe, and he proved his affec- a legal pen. While rough in its "great truths," axis—is viewed as a decidedly flippant produc- JOHN H. KENNY, tion for it by visiting the Eagle Theater again is delicate in their expression. It states thatfor tion by those who have read it. Some one said on the second week-day night after his arrival. thirty years Cdrnelius Yanderbilt had suffered to a French nobleman visiting here—You Had there been a representation on Sunday eve- from an affliction that usually makes a man in- know the Marquis de Talleyrand who—" Giver, away as a Special' Premium to the (Late lace buyer for A. T. Stewart & Co., New York,) ning he would have, beyond the shadow of a capable to the verge of idiocy—epilepsy—and " Who wrote a very stupid book on America?" subscribers of this paper. Silver Goods fur- doubt, been there. As it was, heedless of the Has just received per that during that period he had never received was the reply. Just so a great many people will nished under this Premium Proposition are notes and envoys of managers of other places, from his father one kind word or one demon place and class the opera-bouffe composer, now from the well known aiul reliable Union STEAMER ADRIATIC blandly ignoring even the claims of ce cher stration ef affection. He had struggled through that he has come out as an author. The fact is Silver Plating Co., Cincinnati, O: Tooker, he alights at the Eagle Theater, and is A Choice Seloction of TARLATAN EMBBOIDERE» this barren period without losing his senses that if M. Offenbach had only related some of hi3 Under a very favorable proposition froir, immediately confronted with the announcement and bad finally gained health and entire freedom actual experiences, suppressing the eternal first the above well known house, all regular that Mile. Aimee was ill and would not be able «from his previous affliction. He thought that person, he might have made a very entertaining patrons of this paper can secure a useful to appear. After listening politely throughout / his father should entrust him with the manage volume. The best of the anecdotes of his so- and beautiful, as well a very valuable Pre- EVENING DEESSES the first act to the estimable but commonplace ment of some portion of his estate—more, he journ are, however, more likely to be told by mium, in the shape of a handsome set of substitute, the Grand Duke departs from the demanded it as a right. In this letter the writer others than himself, since they were either illus- Extra Plated Silver Spoons, war- scene of La Grande Duchesse—not absolutely IN ALL THE NEW SHADES, WHICH WILL actually goes so far as to spy that if his father trative of his vanity or the ignorance of the ranted equal to the best article of the kind BE OFFERED AT A SMALL ADVANCE pouting, but a very disappointed Alexis indeed, should refuse to make .him bis heir the effect country which foreigners cannot be blamed sold in this country for $i per set. And in ON THE COST OF IMPORTATION. and one who looks, as he treads the parquet of would be to cast a doubt on his legitimacy for, but which they are sometimes the'last per- ' addition, cacli spoon will l»c hand- Also invites special attention to his stock of the foyer heavily, brushing his whiskers with a The man must have been desperate indeed to sons to acknowledge. M. Offenbach had charm- somely engraved with your mono- hasty hand, a Grand Duke who was not made LACE DRESSES, OVERSKIRT8 AND BASQUES. have used such a weapon. The Commodore lis- ing manners when he was pleased, but he occa- grant f::!fial. to be trifled with. All who are entitled to receive tbis ele- tened silently to a small portion of this letter sionally did things which the French would 915 Pennsylvania Avenue, between Siuth when it was read to him by Cornelius Jeremiah, Why did Aimee not appear before his Royal characterize by their favorite Anglicism of gant and useful Premium can do so on and Tenth streets. oct&l^7 who had gained access to his presence; then the Highness Alexis when he did her the honor to 1 " shocking." For example, one evening, after compliance with the following conditions :— Send your name and post-office address, to- stern face *>f the great railroad king grew sterner, forsake all others and cleave only unto opera his concert at the Garden, he was entertaining TO U. S. SENATORS, and he peremptorily declined to hear another bouffe for the second evening in succession? two or three friends at supper at the Hotei gether with your express office, to the Union syllable of ''such trash." Cornelius Jeremiah, Thereby hangs a tale, and not the tale of Aimee's Brunswick, and, during the discussion of the Silver Plating Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, together with. the following Premium and, indeed, one or two of his other children, pet dog Didi, to whose loss her absence was ices, deliberately helped himself with his spoon MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Coupon, and inclose "with your order 75 cts.. were virtually excluded from communication publicly but mistakenly ascribed, and who has to a bonne bouche of pistache cream from the to pay cost of engraving your initials, ex- with him for some time previous to his death, served for "meat" torhymsters and writers to saucer of one of his guests. ASVD OTHERS. press charges, boxing, and packing, and you any transaction that he would have a hand in thfe extent of columns of prose and verse since the The gentleman, who knew M. Offenbach very Will receive by return express (or mail, if FOR being through a third party. Cornelius accord night of the Grand Duke's disappointment. The well, immediately ordered another dish of cream, you have no express office) a full set of extra ingly sought out this official go-between, and he fact is that Mile. Aimee possesses not only Didi> and again the maestro repeated what from a ca- plated Silver Spoons, free of any, charge. succeeded in reading to the Commodore the but Baireyr . Didi is a blaek-and-tan terrier, price had become a conviction. Very coolly his FÎME DRESS SÖSTS All express and packing charges are covered whole of this letter. Dar. EVANS, boy who made that memorable entree into the bouffe. SAPHIR. No. 703 Fifteenth St. bet. G and ». T. Ave metropolis of the great republic five years ago. The night that Alexis visited T he Danichefls Attorneys & Counsellors-ai-Law, At that now distant period we were very differ- he seemed somewhat distrait, and tugged at his AN exchange says: " O. B. Lewis of Detroit has (ONE Y been elected vice-president of the American Para- Çor. Fifth and D sts. n. w., opposite City Hall, long golden-brown whiskers and turned his blue M SAFELY INVESTED P. O. Box 104. Washington, D. C. ent in our celebrities, if quite the same in our graphers' Association." Who is O. B. Lewis, any- AT SATISFACTORY INTEREST. SPECIAL IM- streets and buildings. Alexis is able to see little eyes in every direction through the house far how f "—Detroit Post. The reporters of the Post have PROVEMENT TAXES paid at a discount. U. S. Supreme Court, Court of Claims, District Courte- no trouble finding him when they want to borrow Money to loan at KENNEDY'S Real Estate Office, more than usual. The Grand Dulse Constantine, Local Collections, Internal Revenue Cases. change in this great Broadway from that which, money.—Free Press. Fifteenth street. ' feB18-2t3 ; oct8-ly2 3 THE CAPITAL.—FEBRUARY 25, 1877.

TOIGUESED GLASS. robbed him of his strength by cutting off his COURT-BOOM "SASS." MEDI0AL. MEPIOAL. hair. The mythological conflicts between the Lawyers Occasionally Find Foemeu How it is Mode Kvery.Day in Brooklyn—A sun-gods and the demons of darkness, and tbe mythological story that roses sprung from the Poet Among tbe Glass Blowers. Worthy of Their Slecl in the Witness- bloed of Adonis and anemones from the tears of Box. It is not generally known that the new pro- "Venus were next related, and the lecturer con- "VEGETINE," cess of toughening glass, recently invented in A quick and ready wit is an almost indispensbale tinued : " Looking at all these deities, what are endowment in a good cross-examining counsel, bat France by M. A. de la Bastie, has already been they but figment^ of the human brain, tolossal the quickest and readiest sometimes finds his introduced into this country, and is carried on images of ourselves cast upon the mists of tbe match. " Oh,you say this gentleman was about Says a Boston physician, "has no equal as a b!o»d every day in Brooklyn. Mr. William Cullen unknown? If horses and cows could draw their 55," said Canning to a pert young woman in the purifier. Hearing of its many wonderful eures, after- OP witness-box, " and 1 suppose now you consider your- all other remedies had failed, I visited the Laboratory Bryant, the venerable poet and journalist, and a own gods, says an old philosopher, as horses and and convinced ray self of its genuine merit. It is pre- number of pther gentlemen, recently visited the self a pretty good judge of ages, eh? Ah, just so. cows they would draw them. So with these Well, now, how old shonld you take me to be ?" pared from barks, roots and herbs, each of which is DR. CHANDLER, F.R.S.A., Ea Bastie Glass "Works, in Delevan street, near highly effective, and they are compounded in such a gods ; they are like us, with human passions, manner as to produce astonishing results.11 Van Brurit street, South Brooklyn, at the invita- human failings, human longings. The gods of " Judging by your appearance, sir," replied the Lato Physician io Si. George's and St. Bartholo- tion of Mr. A. de la Chappelle, the proprietor, witness, " I should take you to be about 60. By mew's Hospitals, London, Curator to superstition are vain, false, vindictive; they St. Elizabeth's, etc. to examine into the operation of the new pro- love, they hate like us. In the image of God did your question I should suppose you were about 16." cess. ' "Whether counsel had any more questions for this he create man, it is said ; the reverse is true. lady is not recorded. After years of the most laborious re- Up to the present time it has been applied in In the image of man do we create gods. "Now," began another learned gentleman, rising VEGETINE search and investigation, and, after the practical application in treatment to thou- this country chiefly to the toughening of lamp slowly from among his professional brethren, and Is the great Blood Purifier. " The gods are cruel ; they demand blood. A looking very profound, " now, are you prepared to sands of patients, Geo. Chandler, A.M., chimneys.- These are first made in the ordinary few years ago a waterman on the Danube refused M.D., now presents to the American pub- way, complete and ready for use, but as brittle as swear that this mare was three years old ?" to help a drowning man because he was afraid " Swear ?" returned the stableman in the box, lic the following remedies, his sole dis- common glass. A workman then takes them, " yes, I'll swear she was." VEGETILE covery and property, the efficacy of which to anger the water—' the Danube will have its is attested in the voluminous quantity of one by one, upon the end of a long iron rod, and own,' said he. In Africa men are sewn up in "And pray, sir, upon what authority are you pre- Will cure the worst case of Scrofula. plunges them into a furnace. The chimney is testimonials, the unsolicited offerings of sacks and thrown into the ocean to appease the pared to swear it ?" suffering and discouraged patients, who not allowed to fall from the rod, but is held " "What authority?" echoed the witness. sea-gods. In the Fiji Islands boats are conse- 11 have not only received relief and benefit upon it in plain sight. It grows redder and red- Yes, sir, upon what authority ? You are to give crated with human blood to avert shipwreck. me an answer, and not repeat my question." VEGETILE from their continued use, but have been der until it has assumed a tint which the skilled The connection of human sacrifice with sun- '' I don't see as a man can be expected to answer a Is recommended by physicians and apothecaries. radically cured of ailments and chronic eye recognizes as indicative of the proper tem- complaints, which have been adjudged by worship may be seen from tbe great festival question before he has had time to turn It over." ' the most eminent physicians as hopeless. perature—a temperature which the courteous which was kept every fifly-two years by the Nothing can be simpler than tbe question put to you. Upon what authority, I repeat, do you swear and clear-headed foreman stated to-be 1,500 de- Mexicans. The human victims were slatn at VEGETILE grees Fahrenheit, to this animal's age ?" midnight, and flames started from their blood " On very good authority." Has effected some marvelous cures in cases of Cancer. The chimney, still upon the end of the rod, is were used to ignite brands which were placed " Then, why this evasion ? Why not state it at now withdrawn.from the fire and plunged into burning in the temples. It is estimated that at once ?" the oil bath close at hand. This is a circular least 2,500 human beings were sacrificed yearly Well, if you must have it" •VEGETILE iron vessel, perhaps three feet in diameter, "Must have it?" Interrupted the man of law, " I in Mexican temples." will have it." Cures the wdrst cases of Canker. HD9IAR. standing ripon the floor of the works and heated Dr. Adler then spoke of the superstition, not " Well, then. If you must and will have it," said from below. It is nearly filled with melted tal- This incomparable DEP URATIVE is yet quite uprooted, that the gods are jealous of the hostler, with deliberate gravity, "I had It from a powerful ALTERATIVE, TONIC, DI- low, at a tempature of about 420 degrees. human happiness, and of the consequent custom the mare's own mouth." VEGETILE URETIC, DIAPHORETIC, and. APERI- Around the edge of the bath, and standing in the A particularly witty reply was once made by a of anticipating misfortunes by the sacrifice of Meets with wonderful success in Mercurial diseases. ENT, combining virtues which render hot oil, are ten or a dozen small upright vessels, well known English architect, who had been giving it invaluable and never-failing, and Xfoj some precious object. In this connection he an important opinion, and whose professional status its continued use will thoroughly eradi- each with a horizontal handle, and all resem- spoke of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, and, referring Mr. Sergeant G-arrow, the opposing counsel, was bling high saucepans with flat bottoms. The cate all diseases of the blood. Its ingre- to the frequency of human sacrifices among the anxious to depreciate. dients are of a purely harmless extrac- lower part of each one of these vessels is pierced " You are a builder, I believe," began the sergeant. VEGETINE Jews, instanced the sacrifice of Jephtha's daugh- Will eradicate Salt Rheum from the system. tion, the products gathered from remote with large holes, so that as they stand in the " No, sir, I am not a builder; I am an architect." Egyptian Provinces, and where there is ter to Jehovah and David's sacrifice of the sons " Ah, well, builder or architect, architect or buil- bath the oil comes up to the same level in them of Saul. " We find in the Bible," he continued, the slightest taint of disease in the sys- as in the body of the bath. Each one is intended der, they are pretty much the same, I suppose." tem, it never fails in ejecting that disease " explicit commands that no devoted being shall " I beg your pardon, sir, I can't admit that; I con- VEGETINE through the medium of the shin, or ex- to receive a chimney fresh from the furnace. sider them to be totally different." go free, but shall surely be sacrificed. After hu- Cures the most inveterate cases of Erysipelas. pelling it through the many and various As the chimney falls from the iron rod into man sacrifice came that'of animals. Another " Oh, indeed ; perhaps you will state wherein this channels of the body, thereby alloiving, great difference consists?" and, indeed, forcing all the organs into the oil, a great flame goes up from the ignited form of this usage was the mutilation and dis- "An architect, sir, conceives the design, prepares fat, the chimney being so much hotter than the their proper normal and functional con- memberment of the body, designed to show that the plan, draws out the specifications—in short, sup- dition. A very brief space of time wiM oil. This, however, is only instantaneous, and VEGETINE the person thus mutilated really belonged to God plies the mind. Tbe builder is merely the machine; Removes Pimples and Humors from the face. convince any patient using it, of its un- dies away, leaving the chimney invisible in the and was allowed to live by his mercy. This was the architect the power that puts the machine to- doubted reliability and wonderful cura- blackened contents of the bath. When a chim- very common. Among the Indians it is the cus- gether and sets it going." tive properties, it being, most unquestion- " Oh, very well. Mr. Architect, that will do ; an ably, the very acme of medical triumphs, ney has been placed in each of the high sauce- tom of thé young braves to cut off joints of their ingenious distinction without -a difference. Do you VEGETINE pan-like vessels, all are left quietly in the melted fingers to conciliate the gods. The so-called rite and the greatest discovery of the present- happen to know who was the architect of the Tower Cures Constipation and regulates the bowels. age, in the treatment of every disease tallow some fifteen or twenty minutes, and are of the convenant, which is kept to this day by of Babel?" where the blood itself is primarily the then taken out by the numerous small boys who the Jews, owes its origin to this, notwithstand- "Tnere was no architect, sir," replied the witness, seat of the lesioji or disorder, such as hover about like little fire demons, to be by them ing the many modern and ingenious explana- " hence the confusion there." SCROFULA and the thousand and one conveyed to the boiling and washing room. tions given of it. Taken as a religious usage, it VEGETINE causes that lead to this terrible affliction, Witchcraft in Algierr. Is a valuable remedy for Headache. of which all civilized communities are When they are thus removed from the bath, is simply barbarous in itself and utterly barba- cognizant, for Biblical Truth has assert- after having been treated with the hot oil-, the rous and contemptibie in its origin. (Applause.) [From the London Times.] ed that the " Sins of the fathers shall chimneys look just as though they were made of It ls'one of those superstitions which disgrace The curious trial of an Arab for the crime of mur- VEGETINE visit even unto the third and fourth gen- gutta-percha. They are completely coated with the very name of religion, and if all thosfe who der in the French courts of Algiers is an illustration erationsf>> and to BROKEN-DOWN AKJ> Will cure dyspepsia. a thick, brown, fatty substance» This Is cleaned practice it but knew its origin it surely would of the difficulties which a civilized race must always ENFEEBLED CONSTITUTIONS it is a find in its attempts to be just to a primitive people. powerful rejuvenator, causing the, wreck off first by boiling them, and subsequently by not continue." (Loud applause.) In this particular instance All Ben Athar was of man once more to assume the God-I ike hand washing. The process of toughening is charged with the murder and mutilation of a wo- VEGETINE In conclusion, Dr. Adler said: "The old idol- form of manhood. then complete. man named Fatima. He made no attempt to deny Restores the entire system to a healthy condition. For CUTANEOUS DISEASE^, URIX- atry still rears its head, the wrathful, vain and the charge—nay, he justified his action, and when ARYDISORDERS, CONSTIPATION 011 The comparative cost of glass which has been vengeful god is still preached ; we have not yet he was condemned to death he merely said,11 It was COSTIVENESS, LIVER AND KIDNEY subjected to the La Bastie treatment was stated overcome the age of barbarism. The masses, written!" He had done what the belief of his class VEGETINE COMPLAINTS, GENERAL AND NJiJ't - to be about forty per cent, higher than that of and race told liim was right and proper; but in the OUS DEBILITY, RHEUMATISM. the rabble—aye, the rich rabble and the poor book of fate it was graven that the French, Cures Pains in the Side. ordinary glass. The comparative toughness and rabble—are still steeped in ignorance and gross- GLANDULAR ENLARGEMENTS, I f I- durability were illustrated by the written state- courts would take a different view of his conduct THELIOMATO US CANCER, St UJH TY, ness, more like brutes than men. To help these, All Ben Athar had long been on affectionate terms AFFECTIONS &F THE BOXES. INlJ O- ment of two of our city railroad companies, ex- to give them the hand of aid and support, is no with Fatima, who was tbe widow of his uncle. But VEGETINE LENT ULCERS, E EM ALE COM- hibited by the manager, that since they had used unworthy task. Ifnot we, who shall do it? If the time came when All thought of marrying, and Removes the cause of Dizziness. PLAINTS (and to the gentler sex it is a the toughened lamp chimneys they lost but one Fatima did not hear the news of his engagement boon long sought for by sensitive, suscep- not now when the hour calls, when shall the with resignation. She declared that she would be- by breakage where they had formerly lost eight deed be done? Let us not abandon the enjoy- tible, and delicate females, as it takes and ten respectively. Further illustrations witch him unless he promised to wed her, and All, direct action \ipon their ailments) ANJ> ment of life ; our ills we will bear like men—in like many a peasant In England who has displeased VEGETINE ALL FORMS OF CHRONIC DISEASE were given by practical experiments in the silence. What the law without commands we some harmless old woman, at once discovered that, Relieves Faintness at the Stomach. IN WHICH THE BLOOD IS THE SEA T presence of the visitors. Eight of the toughened will obey, what the law within teaches we will in point of fact, he was bewitched. OF THE TROUBLE, it is invaluable. chimneys were placed over burners and allowed fulfill, that we may be» pure with the pure. So perseverance with this remedy w>ll j yeve to become very hot. An attendant stood by with Ali was obliged to come to Fatima to help him. VEGETINE a positive andI permanent cure-, fur shall man grow to the full stature of manhood, "Wbit my right hand is done my left hand will . a pail of cold water and a brush, and showered CHILLS and FEVERS and all MALA- and stand, at last, uplifted, god-like, himself undd," said Fatima, " but you really must marry Cures Pains in the Back. RIAL POISONS. the chimneys with the water. Only one broke divine, and see in the distance an ever-nearer me; so go forth and slay alamb. and we will make Thousands of Testimonials attest the under this severe test. He did succeed in break- golden goal of which the dreamers dreamed, of our wedding feast in the house of my father." Ail truth of these claims. did not see the matter In this light, but he grew VEGETINE ing another, but not until he took it off the gas which the prophets spoke." Price, One Dollar, in large bottle, ov and plunged it hot into the cold water. The worse and worse, till .he was like to share the fate Effectually cures Kidney Complaint. six bottles, $5. _____ of the too imaginative New Zealander. In this rest stood firm through all the shower. strait he returned toFafima, who now explained the Fancy Balls in England. nature of the charm by which he was to be restored A more striking experiment was performed [From the Court Circular.] VEGETINE by the foreman, who, with one of the chimneys to his usual rude health. DYSPEPSIA. During the last few years the class of enter- Nor could he marry Fatima with much satisfac- Is effective in its cure of Female Weakness. as a hammer, drove a sixpenny nail its whole tion after t.he charm, for, alas! before her left hand OA STEON. length into a thick plank. It was repeated by tainments known as fancy balls have gained could undo the elf-knots the laws of magic decreed much popularity in general society. At one VECETINE G A STRON is a safe, speedy, and posi- one of the visitors, who doubted what he saw that she must sacrifice three of her teeth. If Ali tive cure for that most depressing of ail- until he had done the same thing himself. As time they were confined to the very rich or the did not care for Fatima as she was he was still less Is the great remedy for General Debility. ments, and a brief course of treatment will vèry artistic circles, but now there is hardly a likely to adore her when she had reduced herself to restore the digestive organs to thei»' pris- yet Mr. de la Chappelle has made nothing but the condition of poor Fatima in the novel. With chimneys of various sorts on a large scale; but country town that does not boast of its calico VEGETINE tine strength, and promote the healthy sterling good sense, too, she deollned to m'fke the action of the stomach and intestines. 'Jhe he is testing the applicability of the process to ball, and some of those lures to' the unwary, alarming sacrifice till he had led her to the hymenlal known as fancy fairs, have become opportuni- Is acknowledged by all classes of people to be the best nervous irritability of literary an ? oil other objects,'such as plates of different sizes, sau- altar. At last, one night in the fig-garden of Mo- and most reliable blood purifier In the world. persons 'pursuing a sedentary life, is cers, bowls and window glass, with a view to ties for grotesque costume and the impersona- hammed-an-Kwei. Ali lost his temper, and, as VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. speedily removed by this agent. The tion of fanciful characters. The fashion of fancy Fatima still declared that he must either peak and fel)25-lmo3 stomacn is restored to health and the key- their economical production. Specimens of pipe" or marry her without her front teeth, he these were shown in his store room. Thin costume has become so common that tbe more note of the system will once more respond select members of society find some difficulty in stabbed her to the heart. JOSEPH BOSS, in the performance of labor. and delicate plates were allowed to fall to the He then robbed the dead woman of her teeth and masquerading in any way unlike the herd ; every Price, One Dollar, in large bottle, or floor and even violently hurled upon it, from the a lock of her hair. He has been sentenced to die for 431 Ninth street, between D six bottles, $5. height of a man's head, without breaking; a fall ball boasts a dozen marquises, Marie Stuarts, a crime common, or common not long ago, in remote E northwest, Dolly Vardens, etc.; so the fancy of the artist or parts of India, namely, witch-killing. of ten feet on to hard brick failed to fracture PRACTICAL TRUSS-MAKER, some little glass butter plates whitened with poet is put into requisition to originate some- -cryolite, so as to look like ordinary china ware; thing for "my lady" which shall be a mystery Disraeli Gone to the Bad. SOLE AGENT FOR THE [Jennings' London Letters to the New York World.} and the severe shocks sustained by the panes of and a marvel to Mme. la Bourgeoise. Disraeli was a parliamentarian of the most suc- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE BEST ELAS- ground glass which were exhibited suggested Of course, too, the small people must follow cessful type—he might be advocating an unpopular TIC TRUSS, WITHOUT METAL SPIRNGB. the value of tMs glass for covering greenhouses. the fashion, and now no child hostess feels that cause, or speaking for a hopeless minority, but when, TEllMM. No hail could break it. , her party is comme il faut if her guests are to be he rose the House was always glad to hear him.' Patented 18J3. Manufactured by the Pomeroy Truss He amused it, he humored it, he brought it round Company, 746 Broadway, New York. A, slight so-called cold will ofttimes The la Bastie process is protected by several clad in nineteenth century attire; they must A complete assortment of Hard Rubber and all other lead to a serious cough, w!e(ch, -uncared from suilenness and ill temper into calmness and kinds or Trusses, Elastic Silk Stockings, Shoulder patents. The nature of the change it effects in come as Bo-Peeps, as Red Riding Hoods, as gayety. Many an angry personal controversy he for or badly treated, must have but one Braces, Supporters, &c., constantly on hand. result—it must eventuate in a settled case the glass is not thoroughly understood—unless, Little Boys Blue, as tin soldiers or fairies, or, has laughed out of existence. "Unluckily," as he Ladies will be waited upon by Mrs. Ross. as many children now appear, in tbe guise of a said on one occasion, " it is not always possible to of BRONCHITIS, or what is worse, the indeed, by the inventor and a few highly-trained 1e25-lv2 deadly CONSUMPTION. To all suffering flower, the face and upper part of the drapery keep our tempers." -I have seen a house which was experts. One curious fact was mentioned by Intensely hostile to him, crowded to the doors, cheer 1)1?. ROGERS, from harassing cough and expectoration, the foreman of the Brooklyn works—that frag- representing the blossom, the skirts the foliage. him as if he were the most popular man In England, TRACHEON offers a sound, reliable, and ments of tbe toughened glass have not the The attiring of a child in fancy dress gives great and wave their hats as if they would never leave off permanent relief. It augments expecto- ration, and enables the patient to expel sharpened edges of ordinary glass when broken, pleasure to its owners ; but it is one of the many applauding him. His patience, his wit, his good vanities of the day that are so injurious to the temper, his ready adaptability to the quick chang- Consulting* and Practicing Medical Electrician, that terribly septic deposit, which, if left and are much less likely to inflict bad cuts. without judicious treatment. must com- moral tone of childhood, one of the many inno- ing tone and spirit of a large assemblage, conquered everybody and everything. Mr. Gladstone Is not a NERVOUS DISEASES AND DISEASES municate its poison to the vesicular sub- cent follies that seem to be created only of youth- stance of the lung, degenerating and de- ANCIENT SUPERSTITIONS. man of this sort—he does not pretend to be. He OF WOMEN A SPECIALTY. ful conceit. says, and his friends say of him, that he is "too con- stroying that most essential of organs, scientious to study to please any man or any party." and ultimates only in an early and un- Professor AUIer's Startling Statement Con. The greatest merit of this rage for fancy dress OFFICE 809 NINTH STREET N. W. timely death. TRACHEON has no equal, is this, that the skill and insight into the pecu- Let them take that explanation if they like—the fact feb4-iy cerning an Ancient Jenisli Bite. remains that Mr. Gladstone is not, and never will much less a superior, and its use will not liar fitness of certain attire to certain individuals be, a successful parliamentary leader. only remove the deposit, thereby affording [From the New York World.] which a fancy ball brings out can often be ap- great relief, but heals the membrane and Professor Felix Adler of Cornell, who it will plied to ordinary clothing. A festival of this As for Disraeli, we must look for him on the open- SQUIBB'S PREPARATIONS leaves the patient in p^session of healthy be remembered was educated as a Jewish rabbi, ing day under an altered name and disguised under AND lung tissue. • nature always gives rise to great and serious Price, Fifty Cents per bottle, or six lectured yesterday on " The Second Stage of Re- discussions on the toilet. Male advice is asked a big red cloak. When he committed that Inexcusa- ble crime against his past llf-e of raising himself to ENGLISH EXTRACTS I bottles, $2.GO, m_BSjmmmm ligion—the Religion of Force." Hecondemned for and is freely given. jEach individual may the peerage, I wrote to you that the step was tanra- the crude an 1 repulsive superstitions of this sys- With full line of Pharmaceutical Products. hear lavish comments on his or her peculiar raount to his extinction as a great political power. Special attention given to compounding Physicians, tem, and asked who would wish to revive them. merits or defects, and a certain amount of lati- And so I still believe you will find it. Henceforth he can only be a mournful shadow of the great Prescriptions. Also Soda, Vicny and Klssengen on PILES. Hemorrhoids. " The object of our meetings," he said, " is at tude is accorded to personal remarks at such a draught! JOS. N. HODGKINS, PILON. least aecuperation. Topics of interest in busi- time. A girl will have a special dress chosen leader who held a foremost place In England. Upon 2006 Seventh St. N. W., three doors above Boundary St. him descended the divine gift of genius, but it was ap2s-8 ness and political life engage our attention dur- for her, n® t, as usual, by a partial mother or -ervile coupled with human vanity—and a vanity capable Many causes tend to produce this pain- ing the week, but on this, the day of universal costume monger ; she will hear what many in- of being satisfied with a British peerage. "But the ful and distressing state. The blood is rest, we are permitted to follow the streams of different persons think of her good or bad would have died had he kept to the House of Com-, DR. MARY PARSONS, retarded in its return; the too frequent mons." Well, why not? Death would have been use of drastic purgatives tends to produce- sentiment, and from some free eminenee of points, and what the general verdict may be congestion of the bowels, torpid action of thought survey the haunts and habitations of no disgrace to him; the coronet of an earl is. He about her peculiar style. In this way the more has done so much to expose the wortblessness of the the liver, and numerous other causes are men. The culture of nobleness is what we aim elegant of the old fashions become grafted on the - the source of this complaint, and hitherto peerage as it now exists—the make-shift and trum- «sa.1 B * na tM a _ i«r. ^vv- at. Therefore we should be careful not to peer new, for the effective modes of wearing a gar- pery families who now fill the places of the old lords nothing effectual has been presented to to deep into the human heart. We cannot dwell of the soil, the hucksters and adventurers who now the public, which would rapidly alleviate ment, or of dressing the hair, are copied by those symptoms and ultimately prove an effect- too long upon vice and folly without finding our who admire them, and the style outlives the sin- bear honored names to which they have no more claim than the beggar who walks the street—for ive cure. In PILON we have a remedy tranquillity of mind disturbed and our moral gle evening for which it is revived. It is to OFFICE HOURS: 8 to 10 A. M., 3 to 5 P. M* which not only acts almost instantly, but this man to go voluntarily with head abased, to join octl5-lyl integrity deteriorated. Is it not well, then, to some of these costume balls that we owe many their ranks 1 History will cast ridicule upon him will remove the largest tumors of the parts cease for a time from thinking of men as they of the pretty fashions of to-day ; for although for this act as long as his n ame is remembered. And (Piles) by absorption, and many who are, and tbink(of them as they may be, and as yet they talk of death. What would that have been have received not only benefit, but have the stage and the paintings of the old masters been radically cured, have been assured they will be, when our brightest hopes for the alike show the world how picturesquely its an- in comparison with the Irreparable wrong which he ^BARGÄTNSTf: has done to himself and his entire past life? (prior to using this treatment) by emi- future of the race are realized ? But many of cestresses clothed themselves, they had no nent surgeons that the only relief they the real evils of the past still survive, and these power to set a fashion. It has been the attiring PRIOR TO ever could expect i/n life, would be by an we must consider and grapple with, whether we of some of the quiet gentlewomen who lead the operation, and removing it or them front, will or no. As the physician analyzes loathsome AMBLER S M IT the body by a procedure which necessitat- better part of society, in these quaint old dresses, REMOVAL! ed the knife. This remedy has been hailed bodies to detect disease, so let us examine these that has created a fashion ; periods and an- with delight, and is now prescribed by hoary superstitions which have so long affected achronisms are forgotten; the sole ambition is to ATTORNEY AT LAW, many practising physicians, who are cog- the mental health of men and undermined the knot a kerchief, poise a hat or drape a mantilla, March 1st, 1877. nizant of its merits, as the only known vitality of society. not like the original wearers of the graceful gar- sure cure for PILES. 713 Fifteenth street northwest, Washing- Price, Fifty Cents per package, or six "Man worships the great freely and from nat- ments, but like this or that lady who leads the for $2.50. ton of to-day. ton, D. C. ural impulse—not from fear but from admira- Intending to REMOVE March 1st in the new building, tion. The first tyrants were strong men, per- SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CLAIMS BE- (around the first corner above our present locations: In THE ABOVE REMEDIES ARE E STREET, ONE DOOR EAST OF SEVENTH ST., thorough in the eradication of the differ-- haps beautiful men, too. The gods were origi- Br. Wist ar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. FORE THE DEPARTMENTS. We shall, until removal, offer our large stock of ent and various maladies denominated, nally such tyrants, enveloped in mystery and The standard remedy for the cure of coughs, colds, and are the result of patient, searching, credited with unlimited power and innumerable influenza, bronchitis, hoarseness, asthma, whooping Paper-Hangings, laborious, and scientific investigation, graces." Dr. Adler went on to speak of the cough, croup, soar throat, diphtheria, difficulty of REFERS To: Hon. Lott M. Morrill, Secretary of embracing a period of many years, in sun-gods, and said that the attempts to explain Treasury: Hon. Z Chandler, Secretary of Interior; Window Shades, Europe and America. breathing, quinsy, phthisic, pain in the side and Hon. J. M. Tyner, Postmaster General; Hon. R. Hol- If the 'specific directions are complied meteoric phenomena in connection with the breast, spitting of blood, liver complaint, bleeding of land Duell, Commissioner of Patents; Hon. <)'• €L Smith, Picture Frames, with, thousands of patients will bear wit- heavenly Pantheon gave birth to the so-called Commissioner of Indian Affairs; General J. A. William- the lungs, and all diseases of the throat, lungs and son, Commissioner of General Land Office; ness to their relative merits, and corrob- myths. He gave a few specimens of myths thus chest, Including even consumption. It seems hardly Pictures, Etc., orate every assertion. Where there are -originated, as follows: Two old ladies, the sun necessary to dilate at length up,on the virtues of this ALSO TO MEMBERS OF FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. many complications of disease, and pa- febll-tf5 tients so desire, DR. CHANDLER will and the moon, had a great number of children, favorite remedy for all diseases of the lungs, throat At Greatly Reduced Prices for GASH! be pleased to give all information, and more than they wanted, so they agreed to kill and chest. It was Introduced to the public by Dr. treat by letter if necessary. them. The sun did kill hers and ever after dwelt "Wistar nearly half a century since, and by the wonder- Descriptive and Explanatory Circu- in solitude. The moon, however, broke her POTOMAC PAPER MILL, ful cures which it performed, gained an immediate and FIFTEEN PER CENT OFF lar of the above remedies sent on receipt word and kept her children, the stars, thereby enviable reputation, which to this-day it has fully sus- GEORGETOWN, D. C. All Porcelain and other Paintings, Chromos and Fancy of stamp. If the PROPRIETARY incurring the enmity of the sun. To berevenged Articles. A call solicited from those seeking goofls in MEDICINES are not on sale at your tained. From the gulf of the St. Lawrence to the shores our line particular druggist's, send orders to she started in pursuit of the faithless moon, and of the Pacific, and ill many countries abroad, there are has been chasing her ever since, but never over- Orders for Paper-Hangings, Window Shades andPjc- few villages or hamlets without " living testimonials " GEORGE HILL, Jr., ture Frames punctually filled and satisfaction' guaran- DR. CHANDLER, takes her. Sometimes she comes very close; to the rapidity and certainty of its curative effects. teed, at then there is an eclipse. Another myth is to The proprietors, mindful of their responsibility to the Manufacturer of and wholesale dealer in 1479 Broadway, New-York City. the effect that at a certain season of the year the afflicted, exercise the utmost care in the selection and MARKRITER'S, sun-god becomes bold and leaves his country compounding of the various ingredients of which the No. 439 Seventh Street. SOLD BY ALL DEUGGISTS. jan7-ly-« to dwell among his enemies, being lured there ALSAM B is composed; and the sick are assured that PAPER. Between D and E Streets Northwesli LL KINDS or GENTLEMEN'B CAST OFF WEAR - by some fair enchantress, and to this Dr. Adler the high standard of excellence on wliiph its popular- A attributed the origin of the Bible story - of Sam- ity is based, will always be maintained. Warehouse. 432 Ninth Street Northwest, lng apparel can be sold to the very best advantage son, which means the Sun, and Delilah, who CM?em-»»».» Casli. by addressing or calling on JUSTH, «19 D street, be- SETII W. FOWLE & SONS, Proprietors, Boston. &bll-4ts tween Slxtb and Seventh northwest. Notes by mall «enH-tfî WASHINGTON, D. C. promptly attended to. Cash paid. marll-tf) 4 THE CAPITAL.—FEBRUARY 25, 1877.

We are urged to submit for the present, has eaten out the foundations of our social MINOB NOTES. BY HIS eight-spot business Mr. Justice Brad- and political structures. ley has lowered the Supreme Court to the same THE CAPITAL. and bide our time for an appeal to the polls. level as the infamous returning board of Louis- There are certain reasons for success in this THEKE are two views of the thing. If we hold But to what are we to appeal? The ballotis iana, and so sinjilar have the actions of these two WASHINGTON CITY. usurpation of power that it would be well for to the ancient, but somewhat dilapidated, theory organisations became — the one oiiginal, the no longer free, and the people who came up that there is such an element as conscience in our brother editors to consider. Much is other indorsing its original sin—that hereafter politics, then we must conclude that Mr. Hayes SUNDAY MOENDÍGr, PEBEÏÏAEY 25,1877. to the Capitol with half a million majority, counted on the innate love held by allEng- they will be in a manner mentally identified and- has no title to the presidential office, except that indicating their choice, find the defeated lish-speaking people for free speech and a free synonymous by induction. 1877. 1877 which is conferred by the perjured majority of ADVERTISING KATES press. To Mr. Justice Bradley supremely belongs candidate elected. What hope is there that in an unconstitutional tribunal, sanctioning fraud It is believed that any attempt to muzzle the disgrace of this prostitution. BEs actions the next four years some miracle will loosen by misinterpreting law. If, on the other hand, THE CAPITAL. or enslave in that direction would be met with have changed the name of the time-honored The t'ollowlne rates for advertisements -will be we admit the view of Garfield, that politics is a the hand of power and allow us, through its an open, violent and, if necessary, armed bench on which he sits from a- religious rever- irjctlv adhered to, and .so DEVIATION WHATEVER game in which to win the pot makes the deal WELT, HE MADE. . ,. ence to mocking contempt. His actions were own gracious permission, to freely express resistance. We must not be too sure of that. square, then we must hail Returning Board Local notices so cents per 1 ne natural considering the circumstances of his ex- City Hems 25 cents per line our will? They who build on such hope The freedom of the press in this country has Hayes as the duly anointed. (We hope Grand- altation to the eminent office he fills, considering L time. 1 ino. 3 mo. 12 mo. been so abused, its unbridled license has been mother Taft's powerful legal mind will not dis- know little of human nature. That which that the dust of the lobby was still fliicic on his $30 00 1 inch $1 50 $4 50 $12 00 $20 00 and is so fearful, that there is a growing be- cern the ghost of assassination between these 3 00 0 00 24 00 37 60 72 00 now holds its own through fraud, dreading feet when he was cloaked with the mantle of the 2 Inches 55 00 1(10 00 lief in the popular mind that it would be 3 indies— 4 EO 13 50 35 00 lines.) judge, and the hands that placed it on his shoul- 4 inches .... 0 00 18 00 45 00 75 00 130 00 violence, will then laugh at popular indigna- well to have some sort of legal restraint other 5 Inches 1 50 22 00 55 00 90 00 106 00 We said there were these two views of the ders so smutted with fraud that they ^figured 25 00 GO 00 120 00 200 00 6 indies.... e oo 25* 00 tion and defy resistance. The fear that now than that which now exists, behind which pri- matter. For ourselves we have to say that we 4 eolninu ... 13 50 41 00 90 00 150 00 the ermine by their toueh. 2 column.... 35 00 Ï5 00 175 00 300 00 fi 50 00 vate, inoffensive citizens may find a refuge. hold to the first-mentioned view- We are happy restrains the executive hand in South Carolina There is in Venice an ancient palac^ and »a in the belief that we are not alone in our theory. I Qviing to the unprecedented demand for and Louisiana, and leaves Packard and We, are not arguing in favor of such re- its panels are perpetuated the portraits of the But when we read such telegrams as one recently TEE CAPITAL, the office will be kept open until 11 straint. We are only giving the fact and the doges of that city of the dead. In viewing the Chamberlain in doubt as to whether the lamp- sent to Sayler and Banning by certain " business •Vfoefc a. m. Sundays. Persons who are unable reason for it, that our merry friends of the array of fitces graved in the majesty ef time and men of Cincinnati," we are forced to admit that to procure THE CAPITAL from the newsboys and post or the governor's chair is to be their fate, press would do well to consider. Of course romance the eye is startled as it rests on one there is opposition to our view of the case. hotels will be supplied at this office, 927 D street. will not then restrain nor influence. such power of restraint in the political arena vacant space. He who should have Booked out These " business men" declare that the country given the Government would be, as it ever from there in that »acred list was found guilty We have seen States held by the military cannot stand any more political excitement, but THE ALARMED CONSPIRATORS. has been, extremely dangerous. of a disgraceful deed, and the keen soot of the plundered by official thieves. We have seen that it will acquiesce in any decision which may These men go through their work as burg- The first move made in our case indicates Yenetian biotted his face, If not his memory senators and members of tlie House returned be reached by the electoral commission. We from the records of their history. His absence lars go through a house—in fear and trem- the despotism that lies at the very threshold. detect in this utterance the true ring of that to Congress with no other constituency than is his darkest shame. So in the portraitjianels bling, lest some noise may wake the sleepers. We have been extremely obnoxious to this spirit in description of which mercantile and of this country's future the face of this eighth "Hush! don't speak above your breath; that found about the Executive Mansion, administration. We have attacked its cor- mercenary are interchangeable adjectives. What man will be eternally ignored, erased, oblite- employing their spare time, from obeying the ruptions and held its ignorance up to ridicule these " business men " mean to say is that they rated as enstamped by too dark a sin to hold a we might have violence." until members of its Cabinet have gone out can stand Fraud ; for that Fraud is a thing with brutal orders of their master, in plundering place, or to be remembered in association with And why? more or less intoxicated, (its ordinary condi- which they are familiar and the processes of these generations of men of justice whose names For nearly a century, in times of peace and the Treasury. We have seen Cabinet offi- tion,) pistol in hand, to end our exasperating which are known to them. But they cannot »re written with golden characters of honor in stand the turmoil incident to a conflict between war, orators and editors have appealed to cers escaping indictment, and the indicted career. This had to be borne with, however, the chart of their nation's once fair reputa- escaping conviction, through political influ- until the publication of an article that held Right and Fraud, because in such a conflict tion. arms with impunity, and amid much ap- one sentence that, by a violent construction, Right is wont to advance with crushing tread ence. These, and more crimes than we can and to strike with destructive hand wherever plause. Wliy is it that any reference to armed could be tortured into an offense against TOE SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS are certainly not resistance revives a statute that it took the catalogue, we have seen; but the spectacle popular feeling, and immediately this popu- Fraud stands in its way. (At this point we de- priding themselves upon the vain hope of jus- remains of a man repudiated at the polls in- lar feeling was seized on to drag us into sire to reassure Grandmother Taft that, while tice fron/the hands of his Fraudulency. Ruther- paternal Taft four hours to find—a disused we may indicate violence, we do not refer to as- augurated President of the United States. court. Within twenty-four hours after toe ford B. Hayes. For this gentleman to recognize and dead statute, not at all applicable to our sassination.) order was issued by the President, the-ready Hampton and Nicholls and the claimed Demo- If this can be done and nobody hurt, we We need not amplify in this direction. We case, that makes an appeal to arms against and subservient district attorney forced an cratic result in Florida would be to acknowl- gravely mistake the temper of the American have only to say that the original theory of this edge, in such recognition, that his title to the the Government a penitentiary offense ? indictment through a body where the Presi- people. Government was that the rights of the hod-car- presidency was as void as his party's alum to The reason is the same that caused the dent's creatures, even with Congress as a rier are as sacred as the rights of the merchant decency and honest conduct. Not only this,, President, for the first time in the history of THE WOEK ACCOMPLISHED. prosecuting witness, charged with the most prince. These merchant princes of Cincinnati but he would shiver the Republican patty into- The wicked scheme of counting in a de- fearful crime known to the calendar, rest se- ask their representatives in Congress to surren- fragments with the smallest amount of good dy- tlie republic, to concentrate troops at the na- cure and will probably go free for lack of a feated candidate for the Presidency, on the der the rights of the hod-carriers of Cincinnati namite. Admitting that Rutherford is all that tional capital to enforce an inauguration of a punishment. The same power that makes a in order that the wealth of the former may not is claimed • for him, and his accession tO' the Candidate not elected by the people. Penn- vote of Madison Wells'returning board and grand jury subservient will of course control be'disturbed as to its value. We presume the presidency is only setting a new hen on a nest sylvania avenue is to be lined with a merce- Eliza Pinkston's testimony, was accomplished the court. voice of the merchant princes will be heard and of rotten eggs, as the Western granger happily heeded, because the voice of the hod-carriers is pu ts the case. No, gentlemen, your forbearance nary soldiery, while the terraces of the Capi- upon last Friday. The party in place re- While not in the least intimidated, as our still. The latter cannot afford to pay the tolls on o nly creates dissatisfaction among your constit- tol are to bristle like breast works with double mains in power against tlie will of the people readers will find in the end, we are not blind numerously signed telegrams, as the former can. uents, and continues the weary war through shotted artillery. solemnly expressed through the ballot-box, to the danger that threatens us. But it is a But the hod-carriers can pay five cents for news- which you have struggled these many years- danger that threatens the free press of the While we write, John Sherman, whose body is A spark cannot explode a magazine unless and the official agents under the Constitution papers, and two years hence their votes will land; and if these people succeed in their as free uf red blood as his soul is of honor, ar- have become. our masters in the ruin of the count one for one with the votes of the merchant there is a magazine to explode. A word vengeance, and we find ourselves within the princes—unless, haply, in the meantime a re- ranges at Columbus the incoming Cabinet and cannot fire the popular heart unless there is Constitution. walls of a penitentiary, we shall have the turning board should be established in Ohio. policy. Blaine, Morton, Chandler, Cameron,. European monarchs sit firmer on their grim satisfaction of meeting there these very We presume that at this point we shall be con- Garfield, Logan & Co. will continue, and the a keen sense of wrong smouldering in its old oppression will go on as in the past. depths. Therefore one sentence spoken on thrones, writes Conway from London^ for gentlemen who are now so merry^t our ex- fronted with the pet argument of capital,-which pense. is, that the intelligence and wealth of the coun- the floor of the House, that said the people our centennial sees the shameful 'end of self- try should rule. To which we reply: Very THE New York Times says the young editor would resist to the last these usurpations, government. The men tainted with well; if that is your theory act up to it honestly THE DREADFUL DAJJER. of THE CAPITAL would do a much better business and disfranchise labor and poverty at once. created a sensation as if an earthquake had fraud and covered with infamy, repudi- i. killing moths than in an attempt to kill a Presi- That would put an honest face on the issue. It ated at the polls, are our masters at the Old Taft got scared, that good old man: dent. We acknowledge the compliment while touched the foundations of the Capitol, and would be infinitely more decent than to steal His hair r I z np with fear, recognizing the wit. We would gladly avail Henry Watterson's call for a hundred thou- capital. They mock at the people and, in He thought he smelled a brimstone plan your way along under cover of forms of law. ourselves of the suggestion, but the old firm of And direful sounds did hear. It would be the substitution of highway rob- sand Democrats brought forth a cry of horror the elegant language of one of the high Grant, Ingalls & Co. is broken up, and we have rt 11. bery, which has some savor of manliness about and alarm. commission, we are told to grin and bear The ladies of the Ebbltt House lost the powerful aid of Brother Garfield, who it, for sneak-thieving, which is the last depth of Therefore is it that the President not only it." Did jally round him true. has gone Into the better-paying business of steal- For Taft was scared all at a mouse the contemptible. Try,the issue squarely, if at ing a Presidency. We might apply the process concentrates his troops, but attempts the con- Whether we grin and bear it remains That gnawed the ceiling through. all. Then watch and see where you will land. to the New York Times, that is horribly moldy,, centration in secrecy and under falsehoods, to be tested. "Should a presidential elec- HI. mildewed and moth-eaten, but that our process They patted him upon the Bead, is also water repellant, which is entirely uncalled lest the people hear their measured tramp tion occur," said the prophetic voice of Sen- •Caressed his ample ear, WHILE firing at the camp of fhe enemy we for in a concern that gets its inspiration where ator Carpenter, when he forced a Republican Then tucked htm in his little bed happened to drop a shot into a coral of jack- and awaken to an armed resistance. And called him Taffy dear. this Administration finds Its constitutional law— The fact is, this is no Ordinary contest be- Senate to reject Pinchback and pronounce asses, and the consequent consternation and bray- in a jug. IV. ing have been more terrific than the ram's horns this returning board a fraud—" should a Then Taffy dreamed a dreadful dream tween two political parties for the presidency. that brought Jericho to a sudden capitulation. All of a hellish plot. THE impertinent, patronizing airs of the Bal- As between Samuel J. Tilden and Ruth- presidential election occur, with the State of His nightmare saw a dajjer gleam That a sentence of our editorial should be tor- timore Gazette would be offensive were they not erford B. Hayes, between Republican and Louisiana situated as it is, an attempt to use In the hands of Dion Pott. tured into a proposition to assassinate Ruther- ford B.- Hayes rather humiliates us, even when so amusing. A journal built up on sensational Democratic parties; looked at in the light of its electoral vote so as to return a President v. A cold sweat oozed from erery pere, we consider the source. That a donkey should rot accuses us of the same sin. And while it,, past elections, there is not enough to create would cause a civil war." His face grew ghastly pale, consider us fitter for a lunatic asylum than a in the midst of the late presidential election, ad- And he woke the echoes on that floor criminal is not pleasant. That Is the meaning of vised an armed resistance when the ballot-box an interest, let alone cause an alarm. But Senator Carpenter was not indicted for in- With one blood-curdling wall. the violent construction. Governor Hayes is a was open, an appeal as shameful as it was the truth conies home to us that it is the last citing a people to insurrection; on the con- . VI. man heretofore singularly pure of character, pos- silly, now calls us a lunatic for making such ap- trary, his warning for the time was heeded, The ladles to the rescue sped peal, when that is our only remedy. 3?he bril- effort in behalf of a free choice and any elec- All in their robes of white,\ sessed of many lovable traits. What would be tion whatever. and the very board now relied upon" was The murderous mouse prudently fled gained in passing the Administration from his liant corps of bald-headed young men, who are And calmed was Taffy's frUht. evidently preparing to swing into the support of The history of down-trodden and oppressed repudiated by the men who, at this moment, hands to that of William A. Wheeler, one of the VII. worst of this conspiracy to steal an administra- a party it once wished to riddle with bullets and humanity teaches us that popular rights are with shameless audacity build their usurpa- They fed him with a spoon of horn tion ? Wheeler, the man who accepts office from puncture with bayonets, had better attend to tions on its rotten foundations. And soothed him with morphine; the very returning board he denounced as rotten their own business—such as it is—»nd let us ever gained through violence and are ever So Taffy slept anon till morn lost through fraud. The waves dash in vio- Deprived of the ballot, there remains to a In slumber all serene. through and through. alone. lence upon the shores only to be broken and proud, free people only an appeal to the bay- VII It may be that Hayes is a mere figure-head; When morning came for Wells he sent THE ISSUE joined between the Administration onet. At the end of a hundred years we re- his acceptance of a stolen, office indicates a lack of dispersed, while the sanire silently and stead- And Simon's Son called he, force of character that argues badly for his suc- and ourselves has developed some facts that have turn to the place of beginning and cry out, in And said to them, " Here's fell intent, struck us with some force. One of these 13: ily encroach upon the sea. Were not the As yon can plainly see!" cess in the tainted place he is called upon by thieves to occupy. Nevertheless he is a saint by that while the press of commercial centers either iron hand of despotism gloved in velvet it the language of the patriotic fathers of the IX. abuse, sneer at, or ignore us, the journals of the would be feared and resisted. It is, alas, revolution, "no taxation without representa- Last night as in my bed I lay the side of the men who encompassed his injury I dreamed a dreadful dream, - and our ruin. The idiots cannot comprehend agricultural districts and those representing often courted; and the people who have tion." The honest citizens will stubbornly That Dion Pott had come to slay, that the war in behalf of our constitutional labor give us a hearty support. The reason of given their lives fto secure their rights too refuse to contribute to the support of the I saw his da jjer gleam. rights is not against a man, but an organization. this is obvious: the one represents the people, X. the other the property. We believe that THE frequently welcome the usurpations that rob usurpers ; a House reflecting their will must The death of one or the death of a hundred or Come hither, come hither my trusty Wells, a thousand would be no relief so long as the CAPITAL is the only journal published in a large My District Attornee them of their freedom. refuse appropriations until the conspirators system eats like a cancer through our entire sys- city that gives honest utterance to the wrath of Something unto me plainly tells Time was when any one of the infamous are choked off their ill-gotten possessions That hell soon raised will he. tem. Let any part remain, and the poison con- a nation. It is a comfort for us to know that the tinues to corrupt and destroy. rural press represents the power that makes and and the people permitted once again to ex- XI. outrages that have marked this administra- unmakes governments, and lies close to the Xow draw you up a paper 6trong • Nothing was farther from our intent than the tion, through its eight years of power, would press their will through the ballot. magazine so much referred to and so dreaded. And seize this wicked man ; crime with which these loud-mouthed fools have have aroused the people to such violence that A subsidized press will pronounce this Yea I bind him witii a good stout thong And foil his brimstone plan. charged us. Assassination is not only foreign, "raving." of course. The Declaration of but loathsome to the American mind; but open the perpetrators would have been forced to XII. THE IMMORTAL EIGHT ended their infamous de- flee our shores, to escape with their lives the Independence was so stigmatized by the And Simon's Son, I charge thee too, and armed resistance to usurpation, that robs us cisions by swallowing themselves. The draught By me steadfastly stand; of all remedy through the ballot, is,a part of our was nauseous enough, but it was necessary. Nor popular indignation. What would have been English and Tory press when first promul- Go order out your henchmen true, nature, and to that we appeal, and, that there did the Hon. George Hoadley, by his masterly Likewise the Marine Band, t he fate of a President previous to the late war gated, and any utterance now that threatens may be no mistake, the indictment to the con- use of the court's decisions against the ooort, in vah.es.is regarded as insane by those who XIII. trary, we appeal again. an argument that, for close, clear, Incisive state- who would have dared disperse the legislature Bring out the warlike signal corps, of a sovereign State with mercenary soldiers, rate their property above the rights that in Cry " Female clerks to arms I" ment was without parallel, even in this war of legal giants, help the unhappy lot of old steam the eyes of the patriot give worldly posses- Retired List call to deed6 of gore, or attempt to manipulate a corrupt returning Old Probs to war's alarms. JAY GOULD'S young man of the tall tower doctors and lobbyists that for the nonce disgrace board, hedged in by bayonets, until he se- sions their only value. XIV. sneers at THE CAPITAL, and says that we court the ermine; nor did Richard Merrick help them Then Wells drew up that paper strong persecution as an advertisement of our journal. —our Dick—in bringing the disgrace home to cured the .electoral vote of a State ? What And went for the bad D. P., PRESS PROSECUTION. Jay Gould's young man of the 1.1. is a living the charlatans so clearly that they shrunk, for a. ' Who for arrest did fondly long would have been the fate of a Chief Magis- moment, from their vile task. ,We would advise our friends of the press And would a martyr be. illustration of the efficacy of the coat-tail. He trate, in the purer days of the republic, to has swung Into success—such as it is—by cling- who are disposed to make merry over the in- XV. ing to the nether end of this garment as a bot whose door frauds were tracked, until they dictment found at the dictation of President When D. P. went before the court THE HON. SAX, RANDALL has proven himself fattens on a horse. He first fastened to the coat- radiated over the land like the spokes of * Grant against us, that they may be paying Alt on his way to jail, one whom the people can trust, as the people The jedge did spoil Old Taffy's sport tail of the late Salmon P. Chase. He loosened his dearly for their laugh. It is vastly entertain- By fixing a small ball. will love, when they come to know the noble wheel? hold there only to seize on the ill-fitting extrem- ing so long as we are the only victim to the struggle, amid trimmers and cowards, he has In the impunity with which these outrages XVI. ity of the late Horace Greeley. When death wrath of a hostile Administration; but that Now when old Taft beard one by one made to save our constitutional rights and seoure made that unavailable he seized on the gaberdine have been perpetrated, as well as the dead These things of Dion Pott, a recognition of the will of a nation. The nest laugh will end rather abruptly when they find of the money-lending Hebrew, and clinging , apathy of the people with which they have He wished he'd ordered Simon's Son Democratic House will be as untrue to itself as our case a precedent for the incarceration of i To shoot him on the spot. there, he grins and chatters at men who live the present Is untrue to its constituents if he is been received, we find the most alarm. But their editorial bodies. Whether we go ac- without collars and exist without talis. While quitted and they remain free depends entirely not returned to the post he has honored. while fraud is silent, insidious and apologetic, THE absurd story is afloat in Cincinnati that searching through the Interior of Africa for upon the purity of the tribunal before which violence is insulting and defiant, and arouses Mr. William M. Corry is the author of the edi- Darwin's missing link, scientists neglect a live THE YODNG EDITOR of the Washington Nation we appear; and the late corrupt conduct of torial for the publication of which we were in- specimen to be found in the tall tower, where the manhood of the people. And herein lies is a candidate for the office of hangman. This ia three justices of the Supreme Court should dieted. This is not true. We made that edi- it is fed and preserved by the cynical Jew, who a laudable ambition. Indeed anything is better the secret of this terror at the talk of armed teach some of our brethren at least that our torial up from our own head and heart, and buys the souls of men and rots the soul of a na- tban being editor of the Nation. resistance. courts have suffered from the same decay thai now indorse every word of it. tion with his money. THE CAPITAL. -FEBRUARY 25, 1877. 5

quisiteln their decorations, that we sighed to think we in thHr admiration of the Hon. Job, and freely ex. • tftX-iuas the decorations wrought by her deft fingers LOCAL ITEMS. A WEAKER of Congress from a "Western State had only one head to cover. Rarely have we seen the pressed the helief thur. tan would shine In the ballet. were beautifully fashioned from the tender green of yesterday received a communication sighed by cypress and cedar fringed with the hoary moss which styles so tasty in design and so elegant in their combi- "CONGRESSMEN" get your trunks repaired at Mc- Governor Palmer exhibited great skill in turning grows In such rank profusion. The little chapel was nation of material and shading. The Normandy cap MUrray's, 805 Market Space. some fifty or sixty solid farmers. The first two corners. At the most critical moment«, when it was and Gypsies promise to be equally popular, though crowded with visitors of every faith. There was flue SILVER, Nickel and Gold-mounted Harness, at F. sentences are as follows: feared the honorable eld party would be lost, al- music, some of New York's most celebrated amateur« this can hardly be believed, when we repeat what Mr. Scum's, corner Ninth and F streets northwest. [fS54t " Wo learn from tlie correspondence of the Chica* though rolling excessively, lie would suddenly fetch lending their voices for the Gloria in Excelcis Deo. A Wllllan told us, that there are fifty patterns,each more beautiful thau the other. Tnscan and Dunstable straws go Time* that the bankers and business men of the UP with a readiness and f>klll really surprising. friend who was present said the scene was most impres- are the favorite material, although Chenille sllks,moss- MCMURRAY'S trunk factory is located Eighth country want you to submit to the count of the Tri- The Hon. James A. Garfield declined the dance sive." At oúnd the hotel are highly ornamented grounds, faced gauze, faille and diagonal silks are extensively street northwest; salesroom 805 Market Space. bunal and let Hayes be inaugurated. We say, d—n irora religious scruples He secured a small au- In which roses, pinks and geraniums are now in full bloom. A few miles from this spot so enchanting, used. The moss-faced gauze Is very new and presents Opening of French Good«, Monday, Feby. 26. the bankers and their bonds—we want our rights, dience in a corner and Indulged in a high philosoph- General Sanford has his plantation, Belalr, a feature of a l'eatheVy appearance similar to down. There are I am prepared to show my first importation of Pattern ical talk anen*. the origin of man. This greatly en- propose to have them and expect you to insist on which is an orange grove of one hundred acres; many many new shades, of which we will reserve descrip- Bonnets, Flowers, Straws, Silks, Novelties, and a gen- lightened nnd entertained his hearers, who expressed eral and beautiful assortment of Mtllenery Goods. The them In Congress." of the trees lie imported from Italy. With them he has tion Until nearer Easttr, for, during this so holy a their admiration by cries or "good enough," "dat's time we are taught Mthat all is but vanity;" "this Bonnets, Suits and Wrappings (principally Dolmans,) There te something of the riug of Lexington been so successful that he is now experimenting with from the celebrated French houses, record their own de truf," "fore de Lord," "ain't he grand," Ac. the olives. He employs a large number of Swedes, who world's a fleeting show;" "man's days are but as eulogy and need no description. There will be no in- and Concord In this kind of talk. " The em- We regret that our tpaoe will not permit a live in picturesque Cottages built by the General—cot- grass," and that "our days vanish like Bmokc," but vitations issued. M. WILLIAN, 7 City Trevise. 907 Pa. Ave., Washington. battled farmers" fought the war of the Revolu- more full and detailed account of this festivity. But, tages well lighted and well drained. Due of the curios- when the day of great joy draws nlgli " we w 11 rise, tion. Most of the " business men and bankers" how pleasant it'fs to see such reconstruction, ities on this plantation is a lemon tree said (under- put on our new dress," and go into the church. THE sale of Sldonie is dally increasing. Parker, 527 such a t-haking up in a cheerful manner of old stand, we only repeat, not assert) to liave ten thousand Seventh street, has them for sale. All new books are of that day were Tories. General Robert Williams is in town, and brings bones, such, a clasping of hands over the" bloody lemons on it.; Visitors to this spot, where life is a pléas- on his counter as soon as Issued. And it is this sort of moral support from the *re, can have the privilege ol entering any of the nu- pleasant memories of his still beautiful wife. timsm. Instead of the eminent old cocks being 1 merous groves and gathering the luscious, golden WHY not try Dr. Wells Eureka upon your teeth > farms and workshops of the country which the ashamed of the performance, they ought to be The community was greatly shocked by the terrible oranges from the trees by paying a royalty of one cent average Congressman needs to produce rigidity accident to Miss Radford, who, at the present writing, INTEREST paid on deposits by J. H. |Squ(er & Co ., proud—yes, sir, proud. each. Sanford has its social lions. A Russian count of spimfl column meet for the crisis that is upon is In so low a condition. She is a young lady, the beauty bankers, 1416 Pa. ave. je?-tf Simon's Breach. was so charmed with the climate and the picturesque of whose face Is fulfilled In the lovely character which us. That is a good sentence, albeit a trifle too From the Cincinnati Enquirer we clip the »follow- surroundings that lie bought land, has a lovely vine- is best known to those who call her friend. Amiable, RECEIVED, Washington, D. C., February 17, 1877, of the Washington Life Insurance Company and Savings profane to meet the views of THE CAPITAL,which ing sweet thing : covered cottage, and thither comes from his frozen charitable, unselfish and cheerful; what wonder that, country every year to live near what he calls the Lake Society of the District of Columbia, Office, 509 Seventh is a «AJgtous journal: "D-n the bankers MOTIIBIT GOOSE MODERNIZED. when to these virtues are added every social accom- street northwest, one hundred dollars in full of clatm Simple Simon Como of America. Great regret Is expressed by the plishment, she should be reckoned irresistible in her by the death of my late wife, Martha A. Kolllns, who and their bonds—we want our rights l" We MAI Old Hymen "colony"' at the absence of General and Mrs. Sanford, fascinations? It was a cruel accident, and great cen- died yesterday, (February 16,) Insured under industrial With a widow fair; Policy No. 532. presume the.solid farmers could not have given but we would console them by mentioning the truism sure is deserved by the man who sent so unmanageable Sa^/d Simple Simon that their loss is onr gain. JOSHUA ROLLINS, Beneficiary, adequate expression to their feelings without Unto Hymen, an animal for a lady to mount. Residence, No. 1709 G Street northwest. Let me taste your ware. By John J. Meding, jr., Attorney in Fact. febf8-3t7 employing startling language. But, in all seri- Ope of the most charming spectacles ever witnessed Miss Rle Oakerson of Philadelphia, in company with ousness we say to the "business men and bank- And Hymen said was that of the author's carnival held during the past her aunt, Mrs. Moore, Is stopping at Willard's Hotel. DR. WELLS' Eureka for the teeth costs but 25 cents.91 To Simple Simon, week at Masonic Temple, and participated in by the ers" of the country: "You are trying the pa- Show her first your penny. Aside frontier dark sty*e of beauty, Miss Oakerson is a ladles of the Evangelical churches. TO attempt more MESSRS. TAYLOR & HUFTY will open to>morrow a tience of an animal which, when he once gets Said Simple Simon fluent conversationalist and already an established fa- large assortment of ladies' colored hose, which they Unto Hymen, than a hasty sketch of the principal characters would vorite in Washington. offer to the public at fifty cents per pair. These goods tired of trifling, will make short work .of you. " What kind of a hair-pin do yon take me fori'/ be out of the quostlon In the limited space allowed to were purchased at a great sacrifice and are worth social news, and we must select those ainong the char- double the money. They will also offer a fine lot of "faby will you not heed his warning growls Jones Discourseth. acters who were made known to us. Whittier's 8now The Chesapeake. Misses' fancy half hose, wnlch they will sell at the same Society In V ashlngton, says Jones,"will not undergo price, and are bargains that are seldom seen in this while it is yet time? There is no telling how Bound was aptly done in a cottage covered with snow To the thousands of straugers who will shortly visit many modifications under the new and fraudulent city. Also a very elegant line of ladles' and men'K soon you may feel his fangs." and ice; disclosed through the opened doors were the our city we would recommend the Chesapeake, 928 and handkerchiefs, in plain and colored borders, which regime. Frauds are no new things in Washington so- 030 Pennsylvania avenue, as the resort they all should poets, mother and elder and younger daughter. Mrs. they will sell at twenty-five cents each. They have a ciety. Neither Is counting in unknown. Why, says visit Under tlie management of Finley A Supplee Gallaudet's sweet face never looked more attractive this famous old restaurant has resumed its old time large lot of remnant percalo shirtings which they will Jones, I know of a case where a venerable Congress- sell at one half their yalue. This week they will re- than from beneath the white cap of a "Friend," and the place, viz: The best in the city. Every luxury oan be A FAULK.—Once upon a time a Bear fell in a man and lils estimable lady received Invitations to a obtained, as well as the best steaks, chops, &c. While ceive a large assortment of ladles' spring suits and same grey garb and muslin head covering only en- dolmans to which they specially Invite the attention of diplomatic reception, and they forthwith made a re- in their season every kind of game can be procured. Vorks, Seventli- you," the Bear burst in-to tears. seen Helen of Troy ?" Cleopatra, personated by Miss Madame Washington. street wharf. Orders by mall, or leTt at W. S. Mitchell make their own way In the world. In this how infi- Shunk, grandaughter of Judge Black, was very good ; Parisian styles are a specialty at Madame Washing- A Co.'s Carpet House, Market Space. McGee & Ferry, jtfbrd?.—The a-buse of beasts is eas-i-er to bear nitely superior they are to the subjects of effete mon- her swarthy complexion and dusky hair well became ton's, (over WJHian's store,) and ladles who desire to Proprietors. feb4-6mo7 than the sym-pa-thy of an young Jack-as?. archies, who are so wedded to musty tradition that the character, but her countenance lacked the light of have their dresses made in the latest styles should not STOTT A CROMWELL, wholesale druggists, sell lin- < they stand on the trifling formality of Invitation in the the smile which made the famous queen so fascinating. fall to pay a visit to this fashionable modiste parlore. mense quantities of Dr. Wells* Eureka. matter of attending parlies' But this Is not to the Pretty Miss Strong was a charming miller's daughter, point. WHY hot try Dr. Wells' Eureka upon your teeth ? SOCIAL GOSSIP. and Genevieve must have been happy in being served LAR AS variety of soaps and perfumery at Koss' There will be some changes in the personnel of offi- by such maids of honor as Miss Julia Strong and Miss 8 tot. pharmacy. • ..' 1 ¡ ' : ap23-ly That Ootoroon Ball. cial society« but not much amendment of the tenor fcnd Davis. While a solitary vote decided the presidential elec- EASY Feet. Dr. White. „ Jal4-tf tone thereof. A few of the old leaders will retire on The Hon. James A. Garfield, M. U., of the High tion, the people of Washington have decided by a large their laurels to the classic shades of New Jersey and Mr. Mac Douglass, as En och Arden, and Mr. Lyon, as majority that J. A. K. Moore's, 309 Ninth street, is the WHERE is the person who has not invested 25 cents Commission, through which we are made to "grin Ohio, where people take sugar in their Burgundy, says Sir Launcelot, were both good. One of the best char- best place to purchase oil cloths, paper-hangings and in Wells' Eureka ? and bear it," has sued the Cleveland Plaindealer, Jones,and where ills not considered ridiculous to betray acter» was iEone, rendered by Miss Douglass,the young window shades. The minority have accepted the situa- we are told, for having published the fact that he, tion and the result Is a constant stream of customers to PRESCRIPTIONS compounded promptly and accu- keen enjoyment at a crowded party. Perhaps also, Says ! daughter of tlie Hon. John Douglass. The draping of Moore's store. , . . . ' ..• V • the Hon. James, had beamed, from his intelleo* Jones, some of the leaders will flee to the mountains her simple cashmere dress, its garnishing of tender, rately at Koss' pharmacy. tual countenance, upon the dusky beauties of an WHY not try Dr. Wells' Eureka upon your teeth?.. of.Pennsylvania, where cheek passes current for self- feathery emllax, and her crowning of delicate white Entirely New and Novel!! 1 octoroon ball in New Orleans. Why the Hon. James possession, or to the quietude of Knickerbocker, blossoms, well became the bright, youthful face of the THE neatest and most convenient invention of the All the latest designs of Imported woolens for the should thus feel himself damaged in reputation for New York, where the hostess is not compelled to make wcárer. We heard an artist quite enthuse over i&one, 41 ago Is the Star Mucilage Bottle, which is for sale at J. spring trade, at GEO. T. KEEN'S, having smiled upon his principles in petticoats at a a refrigerator of herself to cool off the unseemly en- as the best character in the room. Pegotty's boat" C. Parker's, 527 Seventh street. There should not be a 2t Merchant Tailor, No. 414 Ninth street. ball, after vqfeping over the fainting Eliza Pinkston thusiasm of her guests. was filled with Dickens' characters, each of whom had business office in the District without one. •n the sofa, bothers eur journalistic mind considera- New leaders will take the places of these« new lan- studied his part to perfection. Mrs. Pomeroy, wife of CuDLirr'8 Creole Hair Oil. Seventh and N. Tira finest assortment of stationery and faney a r t leies bly. indeed, to us the smiles are the more com- daulets will be seen in -the streets—or old ones re- ex-Senator Pomeroy. was Mrs. Bardell; Mr. Kimball, Mr. Mlcawber. Miss Kimball--" her face the fairest can be found at Parker's, 627 Seventh street. Now is the season for colored shirtings, and our mendable. for they were sincere. The tears, we painted—new names will appear in the society gossip friends should not fall to visit the large stock which e'er the sun shone on"—as Miss Fllte,won all hearts. But fear, came from the same source that furnishes the of the court journals and the old ones will be forgot. The Bon Ton. cail be found at Taylor '&, Hufty's, 983 Pennsylvania why go on—It would only be to praise,and where one so avenue. Another large invoice of French percales, honorable gentleman's principles, and come under But the marines will remain ; likewise the revolvers at This is an excellent place for strangers and business often uses the words "charming," " beautiful," "agree- English zephyr and cuevoit cloths has just been re- the Arsenal ; because His Fraudulency will have a bet- men to get a first-elass supper or dinner.. Best liquors the head of bogus. able" and "fascinating" they appear to lose their mean- ceived. These goods were imported direct by them, ter appetite and-sleep more soundly with a well-garri- always on hand. Rooms and cots for rent. Ladies' and which they will sell by the yard or make up to or- Admitting, however, that the dignified sulon was soned arsenal at his back than he might otherwise, and ing and fail to convey the Idea one desires to expi ess But dining-room on second floor. der in the Palmer double yoke style, which is univer- I cannot close without a word for "Sam Weller," the E. W. W. Onii-'FiNYProprictor. sally acknowledged to be the best-fitting shirt In the compromised by his appearance in the midst of the It will be safer to have the boards by which lie was re- market. ' j dusky belles of the pave, how could it damage his turned firmly spiked In their places with bayonets than cleverest we ever saw, over whom Dickens' spirit must have hovered In delight. He was Mr. Randolph,grand- E.G. DAVIS offers an Immense stock.of Spring.Chip charaoter more than his endorsement of J.Madison to have them lying loose, as it were. Then there will ALL should use Dr. Wells' Èurekf upon their teeth; son of Mrs. Eaton, and ought to b$ among the stars of hats. Bonnets and feathers at the lowest prices, also a Wells, the man who has carried into Louisiana poli- 'always be a monitor or two, and eke a sloop-of-war fine assortment of Imported goods suitable for ladles the dramatic profession. " To the Ladies." tics ail the tricks of a dishonest horse-jockey, in waiting order? at the navy-yard, because the Influences and misses. • •" • . : . ' " •• of fifteeuMuch guns are conservative. Thus there will Su; erlor kid-glove cleaning, lJJo per pair. wh|ch he was famous, or rather infamous, through- 3il8sVinnle Ream had. her studio at the south end of THE WASHINGTON Mattress Factory Is the place to be plenty of society men about town during the exist- out the South t the hall, and was busy during three evenings in mold- seenre mat t res ses. The best goods at the lowest prices. Kid gloves beautifully dyed to look as well as new, ence of the Fraudulent administration. And they will ing a bust of Judge Walte, who sat each night for two Don't forget to call at the salesroom corner Ninth and The P. D. of Cleveland shares with D. P. of Wash- 1 30c. per pair. necessarily be the especial pets of official society, be- hours in the booth at this fair, an object of curiosity 1) streets. •. ; ] ington the honor of prosecution through the courts. cause they will hold the balance of power between the and remark, and, although for sweet charity's sake, yet Feathers handsomely cleaned and curled, 25 .and so Katzenstein. cents. And from late developments it looks as if our only Fraudulent office-holders and the people who did not it was a sorry spectacle to see the chief justice of the hope is from that lb. P. whose interference in human elect them by a large majority. . We had the pleasure of examining one of the finest United States making such an exhibit of himself. Can slocks of spring godds we have ever seen either in this Ladles' dresses eleaned without being ripped. -affhirs so often protects the just and confounds the Under the new and Fraudulent regime, says Jones, the your Imagination picture the Hon. Tom Marshall, city, Philadelphia or New York. These goods consist An entire suit of gentlemen's clothes handsomely wicked. The fellows finding the courts, through leader of society will have upon her carriage panel the Judge Taney or Judge Chase In such a role ? In the In part of spring overcoats of the most fashionable de- cleaned, steamed and pressed for $1. booth was Major Hoxle, Annie of Warwick and Mary signs and patterns, suits of all sizes, which are offered this last test of our supreme tribunal, as unprinci- subjoined, coat-of-arms : to the public at the lowest prices by Mr. S. Katzenstein, Office of R. C. Douglas, under National Theater, tf pled as themselves, are rushing to them, not for pro- • Crest, Eliza Pinkston rampant on field carmine, of Burgundy. We did not hear if Mr. Hoxle was In the popular clothier, at his fashionable emporium, 310 bloody shirt, with initials O. P. M. Three hundred character, though he would have made a capital Faust! Seventli street. His line of gents' furnishing goods can tection but for persecution. ALL should use Dr. Wells'Eureka. thousand popular majority couchant; Joe Bradley in The affair was an immense success, and we are only not be surpassed by any houso in the District. While We are writing a political article where we should relief insistant; J. Madison Wells in foreshortened his stock of piece goods comprises every style and qual- perspective, regardant. Shield, a Returning Board. sorry not to give in detail the many beautiful features THIRTEEN SODA TICKETS FOR .$1.00. Cocoannft, devote our pen to social matters, and the fair readers ity known to the markets of the world and which he Motto, " Come into the White House, Fraud 1" which characterized it. offers at the lowest prices that first-class goods made Quince, Currant* Cherry, Banana, Coffee, Tea and of TUB CAPITAL must pardon us,. for our social Under such auspices, cays Jones, Society can hardly in a fashionable manner can be purchased. Those de*' thirty other syrups drawn from the largest and finest mind, as the Pennsylvania man remarked when the fall to be gay. Give a woman a new dress and a pretty The Grand Duke, so It is stated on the authority of an siring anything in his line should cail at 810 Seventh apparatus In the city. H. M. Plnkard, 477 Pennsylva- street. It is always a pleasure for Mr. K. or any of his mule kicked him, is all torn up. set of diamonds, and, on an average, she will not in- officer of the Russian fleet, will not come to Washing- nia avenue. Dr. Clark' old stand. apsl-ly ton until after this administration passes away. salesmen to show their stock. We published the statement that the distinguished quire whether it is a Fraudulent President or one duly FINE combs and hair brushes at Koss' pharmaey. gentlemen sent from the North to see a fair couut in chosen by the people at whose levee she exhibits them,, On dlt, that Lady Thornton was sO greatly surprised MR. DAVID HAGXBTY has opened a magnificent din- ap23-iy along with such portions of her other charms as might ing saloon for ladles at his popular establishment, cor- Louisiana had attended an octoroon ball, believing by the appearance of a score or moré of uninvited ner Seventh andE streets, where our lady friends will be admissible to the vulgar gaze. Fancy, says Jones, a WE HAD the pleasure yesterday of visiting the new It to be a hoax. Since then, however, we have, gnests at the recent ball given at the legation that she find the choicest viands at all hours. The well-known store of Mr. H. W. Hamilton, T. M. C. A. building, (late conversation between two soclcty leaders under the sworn testimony to the fact that the eminent states- has expressed a belief that to issue with invitations character of Mr. Hagerty is a sufficient guarantee that Hamilton A Pearson,) and are assuredly the appear-* new and Fraudulent regime : ladies will be enabled to enjoy the luxuries of the sea- ance of renewed enterprise and vigor that his new un- men did attend such entertainment and took part in cards of admission, as a protection against Intrusion son free from vulgar intrusion, and that none but ladles dertaking will be even more successfal than that of the rSCsxx, official reception, Enter two Cabinet Fe- the same. by those not expected, would be entirely comme il/autt will bp admitted. A first-class restaurant for ladles has late firm. His stock of gas-fixtures, mantels, grates males.] It is a deplorable state of affairs, but one which does long been needed In that portion of the cltv, and the and household ornaments is undoubtedly the largest in We can see after reflection that this was not only public are to be congratulated that so genial and per- the city, and persons contemplating building the com- FIRST CABINET FEMALE. Ah, Mrs. -, lovely par- exist; nor is the wife of the English Minister the first allowable but commendable under the circum- fect a gentleman as Mr. Hagerty should have opened a ing season will act wisely by giving him a call for such ty ! So many beautiful faces I How delightful ! whom we have heard complain of such an annoy* iirst-class saloon for ladles only. articles enumerated, as well as for plumbing, gas-fitting stances. Mr. Ditty, a gentleman of Baltimore, one SECOND CABINET FEMALE. Yaas, but really you ance. # and range and heating work. We givt him our every of the^distlngulshed men and inestimable citizens,we Oysters. assurance of regard and good wishes, and whilst con- know Pitt so sad. I've just bought a medallion of our gratulating him for getting absolute control cf the learn, informed the committee that he had told patron saint, Eliza Pinkston, after Trumbull's picture« The beautiful Countess Hoyas and her mother, the The finest oysters In the city can be procured in any business in his own hands, untrammeled by partner- his good lady about it, and he gave us to understand showing all the gaping wounds upon Inaccessible por- Countess Herbensteln, will sail for Austria early in quantities, from a quart to a barrel, at Matthew De- ship, predict for him ultimate and remunerative suc- tions of her sacred person! Really, I was dissolved in May, returning to Washington in the autumn. Mad- Alley's, E street. Mr. DeAtley, by his energy and en- cess. more especially as we are informed our old friend that if she did not approve at least she forgave him. terprise, has secured the control of the oyster business H. H. Bradley Is to remain under the new administra- tears. ame Hoyas Is one of the most delightful ladles con- tion. Mr, Bradley is a gentleman well and favorably Whether the other distinguished gbntieman fol- of the city. Families will find it to their interest to F.C.F.Ahl Have you seen my new cameo of our nected with tlie legations. Highly cultivated, she adds leave their orders at his place of business, for they can known throughout the citv, and we certainly congratu* lowed this wise- and prudent course we are not in- to rich mental gifts a charm of person and grace of late Mr. Hamilton on being able to secure as an assist- patron saint, J. Madison Wells V How grand! profile feel assured that they will receive the best of oysters at ant and associate a gentleman so much rcspected and so formed. It would have been more prudent, and view, showing one whole cheek ! manner which place her far towards perfection. the lowest prices. popular in this community. Mr. B. S. Shedd, the old probably have saved them the slander and libel stand by and chief salesman, Is also to remain, a'S' well S. C. F. Oh ! Ah! I must get one. Where can I Welcher'«. ; suits now springing up to vindication and explana- Mrs. Whiting, who, with her daughters and son,have as Mr. Cunningham, foreman and manager of the get it V been spending some weeks at the RIggs House, left for The resort for bankers and brokers is atWelcker's, plumbing and gas-fitting department. tion ; and they could have told their wives, as we F. C. F. Mine was a present from Mrs. Justice Brad- home early last week. It Is stated that her son, Mr. opposite the Treasury Department. Everything that now tell the public, that as theee eminent gentlemen ley. Dear me ! You have no Idea what an awful time Augustus Whiting, a well-known member of the Coach- delights the soul of man can be found in any abun- " SENATORS " get your trunks, traveling-bags, valise» were sent to investigate a state of affairs quite out of dance. We know of what we speak, and therefore say. Mrs. Bradley had to keep the Judge at the proper tem- ing Club In New York, and a great favorite in society, Ac., repaired at McMurray's. their line of life, it was their duty to investigate in perature during the sessions of the tribunal. Why, she Welcker's old Kentucky whisky is unequaled, and our Is engaged to Miss Florence Green, a beautiful New friends should not drink any oiner. all directions. Leave no stone unturned, as it were. told me that the night after that wicked and seditious York belie. BOOK AND NEWS DEPOT.—Milans A Wllklns, 60S little man, Dick Merrick, made his treasonable argu- Dowling's. Seventh street, opposite Patent Office, near F street. It was, aside from the political bearing of the sub- Back numbers of books, periodical« and magazines ob- ment the poor Judge tossed about in his sleep and cried M. Outrey* our new minister from France, enjoys the The stagnation In the general business in tills city is ject, a rare opportunity for the study of human na- 1 out, V0h ! save me ! Help ! Murder ! Ber-lud!' And prestige given by an American wife, who, however, not felt atDowllng's, corncr of I and Seventh streets, tained on the shortest notice. All the specialties in our line and constantly new additions. ture as developed under returning boards, bayonets then he would wake up, all over cold sweats and trem- will not accompany him to this Country, but will re- where every one who desires the finest coffec and the and carpet-baggers. There is a deal of human na- purest teas congregate to the gratification of the ge- bling in every limb, and would tell Mrs. Bradley that main in France until the early spring. M. Outrey com- nial proprietor, as well as themselves. Mr. D, believes VASELINE» 26 cents, at Cudllpp's, Seventh and N. ture in petticoats, the world well knows, and lis pe- he had dreamed he saw Cronln's nose, as large as life menced Ills diplomatic career in this country twenty- in the maxim of small profits and quick sales, and that culiar phase in New Orleans, as shown at an octo- red lis blood, bearing down on him to windward. And five years agO, as first secretary of legation under M» lie has succeeded In building up the finest trade in his ALL like Dr. Wells' Eureka after one trial. roon ball, was something the solemn old pumps theu Mrs. Bradley had to get up .and put drafts on the 1 line in the city is beyond contradiction. Those who de- Montbolon. . sire the pure article should go at once to Dowling's Reopening of the Irving House, Corner Eighth poor man's feet, and had to read him to sleep with could not forbear. So they went. Great Tea House, corner beventh and I streets. and D Streets Northwest. Morton's speech. Wasn't it awful ? How much the Hatakeyama Yoshlnan, one of the first Japanese stu- We get the details from the eloquent utterances of The Irving House was reopened on Monday, the 10th* dear woman underwent for her country ! dents sent to this country, and who spent some time in Mitchell St Martin. our old friend the Hon. Pig-iron Kelley. It calls for Washington, where he made friends with evory one by Edward A. Butts, formerly of Virginia. We found, S, C. F. Perfectly awful. Poor Judge ! To sojbe har- This well-known house has just received a large stock upon calling late In the day, that several guests had al- his flow of language, his play of fancy and round, successful enough to learn the pronunciation of his ready arrived. We were shown over the house ; xoun« assed ! And to be subjected to such horrid treatment ! of dolmans, In black, brown and gray, in all the new full voice, to do the subject justice. Such are re- name, died recently at Tokio, where he was director of shapes, at prices from ten to forty dollars, as well as the sleeping-rooms large, comfortably furnished and But I suppose no medicine milder than Morton's spotlessly clean. The larder was filled with all the deli- quired to fetch before one the palatial house—the the Imperial College. percales, cambrics and basket cloths. For further par- speech would have sufficed! Do you believe that Cro- cacies of the season. A French cook with a full staff ol gorgeous finish and fnrnish of the same and the ex- ticulars see advertisement in another column. assistants; therefore the cuisine will be all that the nin's nose will continue to haunt him ? Gossips say—we repeat, not assert—that Mantón Mar- most fastidious epicure could wish. The cellar is1 well quisite music—not of the Union nor the future—but F. G. F. Oh, no ; lie will soon get over that. Jay ble of the World will marry a rich widow, to whom he Merchants' JExcliange. stocked with rare old wines and liquors. weciieCrtuy rather of the "lascivious pleasings of the lute" recommend the Irving Houso to the traveling JPJ»hlic Gould gave him au anodyne that will enable him to has been for some time engaged, and who is worth half The place [for a genuine old*fashioned meal, cooked and bespeak in advance success to the genial host, its spoken of by Richard III. a little before he counted slçèp well as soon as the excitement is over. a million dollars. In a manner that will make a dyspeptic merry, is at Wilkening's Merchants' Exohange, Seventh street. We new proprietor, who Intends to dispense real old Vir- himself in through a returning board of his own Exit Cabinet Females. ginia hospitality to his patrons. And like thei eagle Hon. George Lunt, former editor of 1 he Boston are somewhat of a judge of good eating, and having ; perched over the hotel, intends to keep an eaideeyc creation. Then the dusky beauties of the burning Society will be very gay, says Jones, under the Fraud- tried all the fashionable resorts where high prices and Courier, is the author of the delightful article on over the house, that all visitors, e ther transient or per- South/ so elegantly attired, so graceful in manner, ulent administration. There will be plenty of money tough meats are the rule and not the exception, we say manent, may find that rare desideratum, a traveler's Thackeray which appeared In a recent number of Har- go to Wilkening's. The bar is supplied with the finest so sprightly in conversation, that, without refresh- in Washington if those wretches, the people, do hot home, in the fullest sense of the word. We drink sue* per's Magazine. liquors, and the patrons of the house are gentlemen in cess; health, wealth and fame to the new proprietor. ments, without the champagne frapp6 and the refuse to pay their taxes. How could thèy V the fullest sense of the word. One can enjoy the luxu- ries of the season with genuine comfort ana pleasure. dance—they were charming. AmOiig notables In town is Mr. Baring of the well- Strangers visiting the oity should not fall to call at 309 STOTT A CROMWELL aire Wholesale agents for Dr. From Brown's Younj? Man. known house of Baring Brothers in London. Seventh street. Of course the venerable Solons on a study-of-hu. Among the many pleasant acquisitions to Washing, Wells'Eureka. . - • • v' • ; ^ man-nature bent could not stand about like so many ton society none are more welcome than Mr. Sanford Miss Kate Field must be the busiest woman In the Tubman's. BROWNING'S BITTERS will cure dyspepsia, lndigei«, feather less owls staring at these seductive females and his accomplished family,who have rented furnished world. She has a permanent position on the staff of The finest assortment of paper-hangings in the city Is ülon andconstipatlon. For sale by the druggist», tf the house for some time the home of the late Hon. the London Examiner, a leading liberal weekly, is a con- nt Tubman's, 411 Ninth street. Everything in the way and dampening their youthful joy. They took part of choice goods can always be proeurod in endless va- Edward Everett, and left bv him to his daughter. Mrs. tributor to the Hornet, has written a play for Herman in the mild festivities. The Hon. Pig-iron Kelley riety, white those who desire goods moro moderate in CITY ITEMS. selected the celebrated octoroon of the pink eyes, Wise, widow of Captain Wise, known to the literary Vezln and a blank verse poem—her first attemp t—which price should visit 411 Ninth street. Mr. Tubman's long world overthe nom deplume of Ilarry Gringo. has been warmly praised. Besides all this She is fulfill- experience in his business enables him to procure the and all the rest, save Judge Trumbull, who, after ing an important theatrical engagement In London. finest goods at the lowest prices, and his ability as a A. L. HAZELTON, 428 Seventh street, Is nOw receiving one jump, was taken with a pain and retired, went Mr* Sanford was for some time minister to Belgium, workman Is acknowledged by all» his soring stock of gents' and ladles' boots and shoes of In. In the dance that followed the Hon. Pig-iron and laid the foundation of his fortune by selling Aus- The last Article de Paris is a group representing the latest styles. A fine assortment of E. C. Burt's but- trian muskets to our Government daring tlie war. Attention. ton boot« for ladles Just opened. Also a lot of gent's excelled in agility. He perfectly amazed the crowd. young ladles In a chariot drawn by wild beasts. This calf ^congress gaiters, which he is selling at •2.76 a pair, They live in great elegance and entertain more like Two hnndrod and fifty cot bedsteads, seventy blank- He never danced lower than the bottom of a chair, group depicts the republics of France, Switzerland Don't forget to call at 423 Seventh street. Europeans than Americans. Their winter home near ets, one hifu-ui engine, planO and sewing-machines for and some of his more successful leaps were accom- and the United States in the chariot of Progress, to sale or to rent, at' R. Fulton's, 314 Ninth Street. FirttrCiUss Scouring uud Dyeing. Lake Monroe, In Florida, is said to be magnificent in Which lions,the symbols of "power," are harnessed. panied by yells that, coming from his capacious 1 all its appointments.. To the surrounding country he Preceding them is George Washington—without a re- LAKE GEOBOE DIAMONDS, Roman, Onyx, jet, silver A. Fischer enlarged his establishment by removing lungs, almost lifted the ceilings and made the lovely a lid coral jewelry sets, crosses, chalps, bracelets« has been a Godsend, for his means have made the wil- to his new building. octoroons seize their back hair with an instinctive turning board—pointing the way upward, while close ai d combs to match, beautiful styles, received at derness blossom like the rose. At Sanford he has built behind are William Tell, with his bow;. M. Theirs, as a impulse born of a belief that an Indian was on hand. Fiigg's jewelry!store, No. .457 Pennsylvania avenue, 906 G Street,a Door» West of Ninth Street, a fine hotel, where the weary traveler finds rest and merry Swiss boy,'and Marshal MacMahon, with his near 41 street. . Hon. John Shorman shone in the senatorial dig- comfort; large,, elegantly furnished apartments, a marshal's baton* Finally, are the graceful people giv- O'Brien's. Jast a few steps from Ills former place on Ninth street nity that he imposed in the dance. He seemed all billiard-room, bowling alley and a table furnished with ing " all hall" to these glorious founders Of the three every delicacy. While Mr. Sanford attended to the This famous establishment still continues to be the where he la ready to do any wprk in his line in hit the time to be rising to address the President of the republics. •, earthly wants of , those who desired to visit , the one center of attraction to the traveling public. ° They superior manner. Senate. And this gave a pi,easing variety to the en- have discovered by experience that at O'Brien's every Kid Gloves and Shoes, Crape Veils cleaned at a y*rj spot on. earth where thewicked cease from troubling "We know that spring is nigh"—not that her sweet thing can be found that fs necessary to the comfort of tertainment. It served to quiet down the exuber- Short notice. Làdiés' Dresses cleaned without taken and the weary are at rest," Mrs. Sanford, with thoughts breath is felt on our cheeks—not that sweet odors of the Inner man. The ladled dining-rooms are elegantly ance of our old boy, the Hon. Pig-iron^ furnished, and all the luxuries of the market can be apart, and spots.removed without cleaning the whole intent on mlùisterlng spiritual consolation, built an lilac fill the air, but because we have seen, haudled and found in the greatest abundance. Thote who doubt garment. Gent's Clothes cleaning and dyeing ft The Hon. Job Stevenson excelled in grace of move- exquisite church, and supports a clergyman to "preach tried on the very first spring bonnets—bonneta 00 deli- our word should not fall to pay a visit to this popular peetalt y; marlS-iyl ment. The lovely octoroons were quite enthusiastic words of great epmfort." cate la their coloring, so varied.in their shape, so ex* restaurant, opposite the Baltimore and Ohio depot. THE CAPITAL. -FEBRUARY 25, 1877. 6

TCCMISS H. E. N. judges are upright men, men of renown, and LETTER FROM CHICAGO. SEAL ESTATE, ETC. PLUMBING AND GAS-FITTING, I. truly it is well known unto us that Samuel hath • CHICAGO, February lo, 1877. Dally I watch her passing to and fro been chosen by the people. Therefore we shall To the Editor of THE CAPITAL. AAA TO LOAN ON CHOICE REAL Unsean, unnoticed though I be, seem unto our brethren as those who mock As we are at the present moment arrived at a $10 ,UUl/ ESTATE,* IN SUMS FROM »öl)0 •ach grace of motion and of form I know, 1862 (862 ia TO $1Û00 Apply to ESTABLISHED Though not one glance Elbe casts on me them." point onr history, wherein the vast corruption which vitiates the whole republic Is become appa- D. F. H&JSLINK «V CO.V 1)40 F Street. BIG ODDS. And Edmunds ftnswered and said: " O thou II.' rent, enveloping the Executive, Congress and the 1 watch those eyes and In their liquid deeps of little faith 1 wherefore dòst thou doubt? judiciary, it is certain that, the destruction of onr re- I read of constant love, but not for me, Have we not Joseph among the judges? and is $5,000 to $1,000 public Is not very far distant since the principle That_the next President will have his PlmahliiR anil But rather for the one who calmly sleeps he not a Cinnah and a 'Publican ? upon which It was founded is being destroyed. It ii FOR KKNT—IIOUSKS. Gas-rittiing done at the establishment at Beneath the mound far toward the western sea. 11th street n. w., 7 rooms, nil modem Imps $33 33 "Verily, I say unto you he did judge the the boundon duty of all men who have a true un- II street u. w., furnished, 14 rooms $150 IIX. derstanding of our present condition to do all in 610 N street u. w., s rooms „.•• 20 c. G. THORN, cause of the Leegalltendabs and in all things 2¿>5 Bast Capitol street, (Grant's Row,) 16 rooms, I watch the calm» sweet smile upon that face. their power to arrest the precipitate downfall of our where Blaak is to be made Wheycte his judg- handsomely furnished« to a wrivate family, NO. 1220 F STREET. And think the peace of heaven mirrored there. country. The lose of a great battle, a disastrous rent only -.. .r.lM 1441 Massachusetts aventie, 16 rooms ;.. \.. ISO Soft as the lovc-Ught on the Virgin's faec, ment is just. war, or a universal commercial ruin could he easily Where can be found When for us sweet Marie breathes a prayer. Dbl. Brick la Georgetown, 18 rooms, furnished 175 " Therefore we will persuade the Demmierats retrieved, bnt the loss of the virtue of a whole peo 7.20 Eleventh street northwest, i)" 90 062 H street northeast, 7 rooms, modern impro'vmts 20 CHANDELIERS, HALL LIGHTS, DROP LIGHTS,. IV. who know not Joseph, and we will beguile Da- -pie through a national crime can never be repaired. STUDENT LAMPS AN1) PORTABLE STANDS ' 601 Teuth street, 7 • >» u ..•••.- go AND DECORATED SHADES OF BEAU- 1 wonder If that love that once was Ids. vid the Fat that he be not joined unto them ; and When a great national orlme is consummated 608 Tenth street, 7 " " 20, 60S Tenth street, t " il ^ " 20 TIFUL DESIGN AND COLORS IK Who sleeps afar, may ever glow for me; through the acquiescence or consent of the people as ENDLESS VARIETY. truly the Cinnahs among the Hijoynts will be 607 Ten to street, 7 " •*' 20 ALL THE NOVELTIES IN HEATING BTHINERS- Or must I bo contented with what Is. a whole that people Is gone forever. Let it not be 611 Tenth street, 7 " 20 AND STOVES FOR THE NURSERY AN» And ceate to chase 'tlicluring sprite "May be," more than the Demmierats. 613 Tenth street, 7, " " " 20 SICK-ROOM. supposed that these at H the Idle imaginings of a 615 Tenth street, 7 >v •» 20 " For this is my gospel, oven mine: That all Especial attention is called to tbe V. visionary ; ^ they are the concurrent views of the 623 Tenth street, 7 ... " " 2« things, be tbey lawful or unlawful, work to- —- Ninth street, bet. F and G u. e., 7 rooms, " 20 Ah me I we only long for. joy that flics, greatest minds which have studied and known hu- J01 G street north west, store 10 «" S Coolx..R«o vie.,. Unsatisfied, until the golden bow gether for good to him that hesitateth not." man history and have expressed the truths contained 303 G street northwest, store 10 We reach and find not there the promised prize 7lo Third street northwest....,., 10 Which is.lust the thing for the Travelers', Toarlsts'and And the words that Edmunds spake pleased therein. 612 loth street n. w., 14 rooms, furnished 80 Family use, or those-who taRe their meals away from We hoped, and life is ever, ever so. 123 loth street n e„ 4 rooms and stable. 12 home, aud will be found to be the the Cmnahs, and they rejoiced greatly thereat, Our form of government is a republic—a federa VI. tive republic. The necessary principle of our Gov- von SALE—HOUSES, Prices MULTUM IN PARVO COOK-STOVE. and set themselves to beguile the Membahs to Call and see It. But yet the stars shine on through tempest and break, ernment is the virtue of our people. Without that 2-story frame, s. e. cor. Lawrence and 19th streets, their destruction. 7 rooms, easy terms..... $1.000 FIRST-CLASS PLUMBING A SPECIALTY. ALL ~And morning comes atlast, though night is long; virtue the form of our Government cannot subsist, 2-story frame, 1620 Madison «treet n. w., easy terms 2,000 WORK WARRANTED. SATISFACTION GU AR- And love will burn for love's dear sake, And it was so : that certain of the Membahs it must change. If our people are vicious it caunot 148 A northeast, 10 rooms, all modern llnpr'mts.:. 6,500 ANTEED PRICES FAIR AND JUST.: N. E. cor. 7th and A s.e., 10 nns., " 5.500 REMEMBER THE OLD STAND, If faithful hearts beat ever pure and strong. and Cinnahtoars met together and did choose change to a hotter, it must change to a worse form. LeDroit Park, 7 rooms, » li " 4i8o0 'Bossko' (the same was a great man among the Here is the testimony of the great Montesquieh with ioip Ninth n. w., 11 rooms, " " 4,000 NO. 132» F STREET, VII. Ten New Bricks, 7 rooms 3,000 Far richer is the boon that crowns our toil Gnu-Yawrkahs,) and Edmunds the chief con- regard to tho principle upon which a republic is 630 K street northeast, 6 rooms, easy terms 2.600 founded. After saying that m a monarchy the force 424 4$ street southwest, store and dwelling 2,500 Where will be found When gathered after earuest work of love, spirator, and Allen the Thorougbman, and Cor. 2d and A s.e., 12 rooms, all mod. impr'mts.... 14,000 Its faithfulness no obstacle can foil, of the laws, and in a despitlsm physical forée, gov- Mass. ave., bet. 14th and 16th n.w., 16 rooirs , do.. .1ft,000 C G. THORN; Its loyalty no temptestcan disprove. Thomas of the tribe Of Byards, and many- ern, he adds : " niais, dans un Etat populaire, il faut llo 2d st. n. e., 7 rooms, all modern lmprov''mts.... 4,600 1»2 " 4.500 others, to judge their cause. un ressort de pins, qui est la vertu." Further on : V " .... THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE. VIII. 623 N street n. w., 5 rooms 2,000 OcSO tfs But the Demmierats among the Membahs and " Mais lorsqne dans nu gouvernement populaire les 18 7th street n. e.« 8 rooms and all mod. improvHs 4,600 And so I watch and wait, content at last 22 7th " 8 " " " 4,500 If I, her love, her heart securely keep, Cinnahtoars were deceived by the Cinnahs, and lois ont cesse d'etre executees, commecela ne peut .JOHN BABBY, venir quedelacorrupllon de la république, l'Etat est LOTS FOR SAL®. Price. Whose name 1 whisper first at morn and cast - lo I when they had consented untò the Hijoynts 8800 feet on Pa. ave., 4th and C sfft. s. e. $8,800 My last thought uuto her before I sleep. déjà perdn." The substance of which is, that virtue tbey lifted up their eyes and looked. 4800 feet oirMass. ave. between 17th and 18th sts... 4,800 is the mainspring of a republic,and that when corrnp 1160 feet P st. n.w„ bet. 9th and loth 5,«00 PLUMBER, GAS & STEAM-FITTER And behold I Oliver, whose surname was 4300 feet Q st. n.w.Ybet.'Mth and 15th 3,870 tlon enters into a republic it is lost. (Livre III. 9000 feet 1 st. n. c., bet. I2tli and 13th. 1.620 THE NEW GOSPEL OF COMPROMISE AC- Bluddeeshurt, sat in the seat of Rossko, and Chap, III, E«prit des Lois.) One of Montesquien's 4ooo feet G st. n. e., bet. lo and 11th l,5oo 1319 Seventh St., bet. N.H»