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Show Wushlu-tou Flushes. i Washington. 12. General Haw!cv. I president, Alfred T. Gj-ition;, director 'g'-nernl, and Meyer Ac':i, a:-siftinl li-'cr-. t.ry of tiio CVnlerm: U commis-s.on, commis-s.on, Lave been c;eU-'i bv tr, - ki ig ot" Il-d and knight.- ol the oiddrof t.ie : Gulden Lion of h-'rla tiJ-. ! ' 1 Fred Djuglasi publishes u card say-J say-J ing tho attack upon him ou account " ot remarks made by him in BaKi-' BaKi-' more are bulb, malicious and silly. ' i Washington ia a great city, not a vil-; vil-; lag, nor a hamlet, but tiie capital of a great nation, and the manners and ; haoita of its various classes are proper subjects for presentation and criticism, ' and therefore he very much mistakes : ! if tliU great city can be thrown into a tompfat of passion by any humorous ' retlijcliotn he may take the liberly to ; i utter. New York, 12. Times' Washing-I Washing-I ton: Fred Douglass says his meaning I was porverted by publishing on sided isolated passages from hia lecture without their qualifying connections. The lecture occupied uu hour and a half, and tho brief condensation made by the Baltimore papers does him great injustice. Douglass says the same lecture was delivered here in November, 1875, reported in full in one of tho morning papers and noticed with approval in tho editorial columns lie quotes eeveral paragraphs para-graphs from tho Billnnoio lecture in j which Washington and its people are 'Spoken of in the highest tonus ol j praise. In the meantime the move-i move-i incut to secure Douglass' removal from the marshalship continues, aud it ia expected that over 20,000 signatures signa-tures to the petition will be obtained by to-morrow. John F. Cask, a colored col-ored man, and now recoivor of taxes tor this district, will be urged to buc-ceod buc-ceod Douglass by those now operating oper-ating against him. It is said that Columbus Alexander, Douglass' principal prin-cipal bondsman, is considorabiy mollified mol-lified by hia explanation, and will remain on ms oonu. The commissioner of the land office has been informed of the seizure of 40,000 logs cut from government I lands in soulhwpntern Louisiana, aud valued at over $50,000, on the Sabine river. Mills are in full operation, preparing timher for shipment to the West Iudies. The commissioner orders a vigorous prosecution of the war against the illegal traffic. |