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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22
IEGISLATURE

SENATE, April 2l.-Bls were passed amending the
charter of the Citizens Fire Insurance Company. Rel
tive to the New York Institution for Deaf and Dumb
Relative to the AIagdalen Benevolent Society. FRO
viding that husband and wife may be witnesses FOR and
against each other in certain cases. Amending The
charter Of the New.York Eye Infrmary. To enable
the Chidrens Aid Society of New York to hold real e
tate. Empowering the authorities of New York to con
vey the lands Wards Island to the Society for the
Care of Destitute Catholic Children. Lost lncorpo
rating the East Marion Wharf Company. Tho gen
eral Charity Appropriation bill was ordered to thrd
reading. Recess.
Reports were offered to authorize the City OF Brook
lyn TO issue bonds complete. TO amend the Brooklyn
City Charter Relative TO the New.York District
Courts. Relative to the Citzens Savings Bank, com
plete. Relative 10 the Atlantic Savings Bank. com
plete. To alter the Commissioners Map Of Ncw-York.
complete The Sennte's amendment to the Metropolis
tan Police act was non.concurred In, and Conference
Committee ordered. The Manhattan Square bill was
reported The New.York County Tax Levy was con
sdered in tho Committee Of the Whole and ordered to
third reading Recess.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22
WHOSE PACLTe

Congress-the House, at least-is working
hard about these days; and it is often found
difficult To maintain quorum. II is customary
,oe blame the diligcnt. They know what th'
! trouble is-know that one half the House vii
slight their work so far rs they may without in
curing the displeasure Of their respective con
tituencies-know that the Rules might be, but
are not such as TO counteract and overbear thi:
tendency; yet they do nothing, and thereby
take on themselves the responsibility Of the
abuse they might and should, but do not, cor
rect. Let us specify:
The Members are paid $4,000 per annum for
doing the work which the people have in.
trusted 10 them; and AZ they fix the price
themselves, they have no right to pronounce it
inadequate. But if the work which two humid
red men are employed and paid TO do is all
thrown on half their number they will DO over
taxed; and, if they have full power in the prem
ses. il will be their own fault.
Now Congress instead of guarding against
abscntecsm, actually,protects and encourages it
by the laxity of its rules. The $4,000 per an
nun paid for service as Members is just about
s25 for each days attendance; yet a member
may willfnlly and wantony absent himself any
and every day Of his term, and all he will suffer
by il is deduction OF $50 for every day Of
such absence. lie may, and often does, shirk
even that; but this is all that is required Of him.
Yet this is what he should lose if unayoidaby
detained by sickness or some other misfortune;
while. if he goes off on private business or
pleasure, he should be mulcted at least $50 per
day.
Again: The House decides to sit late or to
hold evening sessions. The majority are fairly
presumed TO know what is necessary, and not
to expose themselves to inconvenience, fatigue
and exhaustion, for the more love Of them
hence the duty Of all to bear a part in these pro-
tracted sittings. But the habitual idlers choose
not to eat cold dinners, nor TO forego the
pleasant evening parties to which they have
invitations: so they leave the House to decide
momentous questions without them, and often
to adjourn for want Of quorum. A rule dock
ing the pay of every Member who failed to take
his seat within quarter of the hour fixed for
assembling, and remain until the days work is
ended, would soon correct this: but the House
Drugs on without it,
Blame the idlers, if you will, for the need of
such rules; zee blame the working members,
who, in daily contact with the wrong aud
mischief, have not tho courage to apply the
needed remedy. A brief and simple rule, filming
each member $40 for every vote by Yeas and
Nays whereon his name is not recorded, and
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22

tire stock by the legislation Of this session.
Every dollar thus legislated into the pockets OF
the holders of stocks of Liquors must BIO taken
out of those of Others; and it does seem hard
that the few should be enriched where the
many must be impoverished. We submit to
such anomalies where they are inevitable; but
in this case they clearly are not. And we cant
help believing that, if the Whisky spectators
had not been powerful and lavish, they would
never have secured this advantage.
We hear that the Secretary Of the Treasury
thinks this bill likely to produce less than is
needed; but we believe that depends entirely
on the provisions which govern the assessment
and collection Of Internal Revenue, which have
not vet been reached by the House. Here IS
where the present act is lame; and we 90 hot
vet learn that the new bill cOrrects its grave
faults in this respect. The act as it stands re-
qures every person receiving an income of over
$500 q year to pay an annual Income Tax oil 8
to 8 per cents yet who does not know that but
n small proportion of those whom this section
REQUIRES W pdl udfC u'A'S Nv .
We estimate that One Million persons (male
and female) ought this day to stand assessed
under this provision; who believes that even
Two Hundred Thousand have been7 If Mr..
Commissioner Lewis would only report how
many persons paid Income Tax in 1863, and to
what aggregate amount, he would render the
public signal service; still more, if he could
state approximately the aggregate received
under each general head-Distilled Liquors,
Malt Liquors, Tobacco, General Manufactures,
Stamps, &C., &c. Congress ought to have had
all such information at hand when this bill was
taken up for discussion.
The readiness Of the People to bear taxation
is one of the best signs Of the times. See how
they rush to tax themselves, through Sanitary
Fairs and other devices, for the benefit OF our
sick and wounded heroes We have large
minority Of sympathizers with the Shareholders
Rebellion; but, deducting these, the noblest
aspect of our great struggle is the courage and
devotion Of the People.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22
TEE SOLDIERS VOTE:

The bill, which had already passed both
Houses of our State Legislature, securing to our
citizen soldiersthe Right of Suffrage, was yester'
day signed by Gov. Seymour, and is now law.
1t is not yet before US, as was finally amended
but we understand its essential provisions to be
as follows:
]. Every legal voter in any election district OF
this State, who shall be, at the time of the
next or any ensuing General Election, alb
sent in the Military or Naval service of the
United States, may exercise his Right of Suf-
frage by proxy.
2. His right to vote shall be established pre-
cisely as though he were present. and his vote,
when offered, may be objected to on any ground
which would bar his voting if present.
3. lie may send his ballot, duly attested, in
a sealed envelope. either to the Inspectors OF
Election for his proper District, or to any friend
whom he may choose to intrust with it.
4. The envelope being opened, in the pres
ence of, if not by the Inspectors, his ballot is
duly polled, and his name duly recorded as vot,
ing by proxy.
Whatever further provisions the act may CON
tain are designed to give effect to the foregoing,
or to preclude fraud.
We consider this an excellent meaSure-far
better than if commissioners of each party had
been sent into the camps to hold elections and
take votes there. The votes will now be pre-
pared deliberately, and forwarded from camp by
mail or messenger from ten to sixty days prior to
that of election. Each soldier will vote his own
private choice, no matter what his officers may
think or say. He will vote when at leisure;
whereas, the day Of election may be one
of battle or Of protracted and hurried
marching. And there will be no dropping
in of votes for days and weeks after the Election
shall have been held, TO unsettle and perhaps
reverse the result in a County or Congress
District-yotes cast at a camp election. where
none probably did or could know whether this
particular voter was or was not a legal elector
of the township in which he claimed residence.
We think the act eminently judcious as well
as just
Our Coppcrheads have complained of the re-
turn of part of the soldiers to vote at the Flee
tons of their respective States and have stoutly
asserted that few or no " Abolitionists" go TO
the war. We reckon they will be less satisfied
with the result when all the soldiers vote than
when a part did, and will be forced to admit
that, II few Aboltionists go to the war then a
good many must be made there.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22
THE NEW TAX-BILI.

The House seems TO be making unexpected
progress with the Internal Tax-bil, which is
likely to pass before the close of next week. II
NAV surely be taken out of Committee soon,
if the resolute industry of the last few days
should be persistently manifested.
We regret that majority of II was yesterday
obtained against Mr.. Washburne's proposition
TO tax Whisky on hand, in some sort OF proper
ton TO the augmentation Of tax on that which
may hereafter be manufactured. When Congress
so ENTHUSIASTICALLY largely to in
crease the value of existing property, We
see nothing unfair or in bad faith in requiring
the owners Of that property TO contribute at least
a part Of the increase 20 the support oil The
Government-especially in such crisis as the
present Imagine, if You can, reason for
taxing anything that is not stronger reason for
taxing the Whisky which by this very act is
increased very considerably in market value.
And it is idle 10 object that many other things
should be taxed under the principle here asserted
Tax them, then, If they are as easily reached
by taxation, and will yield as handsomely, as
would Whisky on hand, if taxed half the
amount Of the increased value given to the en-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22
Miss SUSANNA EVANS AT THE COOPER liz

Miss SUSANNA EVANS AT THE COOPER IN
srIrurg.-Last evening Miss Susanna Evans the eis
quent young lady recently from Wales. delivered an
exceedingly interesting temperance lecture to an ~
preciatiye audience at the Cooper Institute Dr. Cotton
presided and after prayer by the Rev Mr.. Roberts tie
fair speaker delivered her address, entitled New
Frames for Old Pictures She spoke with grace ana
huency. and enthusiastically spplauded. MI
Evans has Just returned from tour through New
England where she contributed liberal share Of Hsf
earnings TO the fund for the benefit Of sick aud woundd
soldiers The other day she gave 800 to the SantAJ
Fair in this city. She had previously len s." at 10
Office OF Tup TRIBUNE for the soldiers benefit Ihes
suns with contributions given in Massachusetts sse5
her donations for the relief Of our sick and Eoaaas
heroes 20 nearly sl 00 She is not weary IN weidolos
hut intends 10 continue her contributions for the ss
noble object Although Miss Evens is only sAs
years of age she has written at least dozen olne -
lectures and made herself SO familiar WIN them Wv
she speaks without notes.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22

session the Lakes and Mississippi Ship Canal bill was
discussed, and motion Of Mr. Dawes. postponed
until the next session of Congress The bill reported
on Saturday TO encourage immigration was adopted
bill for uniform system Of bankruptcy was reported
and ordered 10 be printed. The House. in Committee
took up the bill to refund Pennsylyania expenses in
calling out militia to repel invasion Mr Cox offered
humbug amendment for the purpose Of casting odum
upon the original bill. After some conversation the
consideration of the bill was postponed until Wednes
day next
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22

THs BASIS OF THB New REPuBLIc.-"enu'A
pbuins Garrison son Of the distinguished hbeFs'"
and namesake Of the most eloquent champion OF ~
man rights, addressed good audience as Hii1Oeis.
Hall on Wednesday evening. The thesis OF hs Fs'
WINS Tie Basis OF the Now Republic lie SPOKE VIZ
great severity Of the acts of President Lincoln u
ton TO the colored population of this country
the Amnesty Proclamation aud the hman' iI',r,
cdcts; showed the absolute necessity oil 's.,
between patriots and traitors, irrespective u =.
color and made AL elaborate argument III DeH"'
rights OF mankind speaking at the close so0d
favor Of the elevation Of woman. Mr. Garrison .,.
distinctly and with calm deliberaiion evihc'Hs "a
passion and making rhetorical display. IL
marks were frequently nppauded. He was 'O'OS 49,,
Mr.. Mnthorno Tompkius the Chairman anu .,,<
The auditors were highly pleased with pa'r,o''
spug BY Mr.. Adams, and sung sxcelleptly we"'
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22

Mr.. Washburne OF Illinois yesterday renewed
in the House the effort to tax Whisky on hand,
but his proposed amendment TO the Internal
Revenue bill was reiected-YeaS %, Nays 70.
The organization Of the Whisky Gamblers seems
TO be uprmancnt
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22

HOTEL ARRIVALS. j. L. Usher (Secretary O
the INTERIOR. wife and son. Washington and Col. L.
Goodrich. Port Hudson are at the Astor House.
The Hon. Dixon Roman. Maryland; Gen. 4. r.
Candy u. s. Army; C. ID. Quincy, Illinois II. Bishop.
Connecticut Geo. Sexton. Hartford, and Capt {. J..
Sproat L. s. Army are at the Metropolitan Hotel
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22

prescribing that no adjournment before 5 p. m.
should take place-unless on a recorded Yea and
Nay vote-would cure the evil. Yet nothing
like this will be done.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-22

The Hons. l.. ID. NJ. swift and L. T. Davis. ana ~.
Reverdy johnson, Boston, are ut the fh'A
Uotal.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-08-27

1HE KILKENNY CATs-I have often won
dered why none of your correspondents, who
are natives of or residents of Kilkenny, have
never given you the real version of the Xii.
kenny cats | have seen the subject fre,
quentIy noticed in the columns of "Notes
and Queries" but have never seen the fol-
lowing accurate version of the occurrence.
which led to the generally received and erro-
neous story of the Kilkenny cats. During
the rebellion which occurred in Ireland ia
1893 Tor may be in 18O3) Kilkenny was
garrisoned by regiment of Hessian soldiers,
whose custom it was TO tie together in one
OF their barrack>rooms two cats by their
respective tails and then to throw them face
to face across line generally used for drying
clothes. The cats naturally became infuriat-
ed, and scratched each other in the abdomen
until death ensued to one or both of them
and terminated their suffering. The officers
of the corps were ultimately made acquaint.
ed with those barbarous acts of cruelty, and
they resolved to put an end to them and
to punish the offenders. In order to effect
this purpose, an officer was ordered to in-
spect each barrack-room daily, and to report
to the commanding officer in what state he
found the room. The cruel soldiers, deter
mined not to lose the daily torture OF the
wretched cats, generally employed one Of
their comrades to watch the approach Of the
officer, in order that the cats might be lber'
ated and take refuge in flight before the
visit of the officer to the scene Of their
torture. On one occasion the "look out
man" neglected bis duty, and the officer Of
the day was heard ascending the barrack-
stairs while the cats were undergoing their
customary torture. One of the troops i'm
mediately seized sword from the arm rack,
and with single blow divided the tails Of
the two cats. The cats, of course, escaped
through the open windows of the room,
which was entered almost Immediately after.
wards by the officer, who enqured the cause
of the two bleeding cats tails suspended on
the clothes-line; and was told in reply that
"two cats had been fighting in the room, and
that it was found impossible to separate
them, and they fought SO desperately that
they had devoured each other up, with the
exception Of their two tails" which may
have satisfied Captain Schummelkettle, but
would not have deuded any person but a
beery Prussian.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-08-27
NUMBER So.
A Marvellous Mechanical COntrivance.

A Polander, named Herr Nadolski, has
arrived in this city with cabinet manufac-
tured by himself, which puts Lincoln's and
the Davenport Brothers and all others
cabinets entirely in the shade. A private
exhibition of this wonderful cabinet was
given in the lecture room of Barnum's Mu-
scum this forenoon, preliminary to its public
exhibition at the same place during week.
The cabinet, as it appears on the stage before
being opened, is mahogany case, four feet
six inches in hight three feet in width, and
two feet thick. From this compact box, but
little larger than good sized travelling trunk,
Herr Nadolski draws forth, one after another.
the following articles, comprising complete
set of dining room and bedroom furniture:
A judges large table, eight feet long;three
books and ornament; six chairs; four large
card tables; four ladies' work. boxes; a what.
not; lady's work table, inad with straw;
an artists easel; four music stands; smok.
ing table; smoking tray; round toilet
table, two Chinese fashion tables; two little
fancy tables; two large Chinese lamps, light
ed; footstool; Chinese toilet table; fancy
toilet table; chess table, made out of forty
nine different classes of wood; a tea tray;
large chandelier, containing twelve wax
lights; full sized bed and bedstead, with
hangpgs complete; four candlesticks with
lighed candles; four small flower tables; four
flower pots with flowers; two Chinese parlor
candesticks with candles a.light; five small
Chinese lamps, a-ight; fourteen fancy boxes;
an embroidery frame; dining table, twelve
feet long; with twenty'four covers, laid COM
plete; nine garden chairs; awriting desk two
rulers and bells; round bed table; bed
lamp; swing cot; little drawing room
table. A little case, measuring only four
inches high, fourteen inches long, and eight
inches thick, contains large Dishes 2s
plates, 6 salt cellars, 80 drinking cups, "a
knives, "a forks, "a spoons, large candeIa-
bra, with wax lights; throne decorated, a
large throne chair, large table, nlaid with
shells and glass top. etc.
Each article in the above list is an exoui-
site piece of workmanship, and the whole
together presents an array of household fur
niture sufficient to excite the envy of Mrs.
roodles, and to furnish stock in trade for
half a dozen auctoneers. 1t is the most
wonderful piece of mechanical ingenuity ever
seen in this country, and well deserves visit
from the curious. ". Y. Jour. of Com.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-08-27

FATAL ABoLTIoNIsM.-Every which
this fatal malady touches it destroys. 1t
first divided neighborhoods and excited mobs;
it then disturbed the hurches and split them
in two-it then divided politicians and ar
rayed them into Sectional parties---it then
divided the States and plunged us into civil
war-it then plundered the public treasury
and destroyed the national credit-it liberated
negroes and left them to starve and die with
disease. And these are but few of its
crimes. What it will do next nobody can
TELL and unless the people unite and put it
down, half of its horrors are not vet accom-.
plshed. The har-brained madmen now
tell us that the grea, millennium is to follow.
They mean perhaps that the collapse is ap'
preaching. If the cholera ever visits US
again, the physicians should say when the
patient is in the collapsed state, that he had
oniy joined the millennium Ohio CRISIS
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-08-27
Law of NeWspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary. are considered as wishing to con-
tinuc the subscription.
2. If subscribers wish their papers discontinu
ed, publishers may continue TO send them until
all charges are paid.
8. If subscribers neglect or refuse 10 take their
papers from the Office place 10 which they are
sent; they are held responsible until they settle
them.
A. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher. and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible
Notice should always be given Of removal.
s. The Courts have decided, that refusing to
take a paper from the Office, or removing and
leaving it uncalled for, is prima tacie evidence
of Intentional fraud.
The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1864-08-27
case rests upon General Mcdowell, l will

case rests upon General Mcdowell, | will
agree to share it with him.
The base, calumnious spy and informer, |
perhaps would do we'll to leave to his God
A voice, "He has no God in his consci-
ence- A voice, "He has no conscience" =
there will come his full punishment-nor
will now saymore of him, than simply TO
describe him as Byron did Damels, thus:
"From every sense of shame and virtue weaned.
In lies an adept; in deceit, iend."
Now, my friends, SO far as there may be
in your intentions or feelings any personal
compliment to me, give you my most sin
cere thanks, and beg to offer you sincere
assurance that have made no compromise
of my right, under our Constitution, TO adj
vote the principles of the democratic party,
amongst which is free and untrammelled
election, a right.to!be defended at all hazards,
let the invasion come from what quarter it
may. With more firmness and courage
there would be less tyranny in the world
Cowardice of the people engenders and en-
courages despotism. Let us study we'll our
rights and manfulv maintain them.
Now, my friends, let US declare our inten-
tion TO support and defend the old Constitu,
ton of our fathers and to abide by the laws
OF our country, and express our determine.
tion TO have all others TO do likewise, wheth-
er in or out Of public office. esteem the
wrong committed upon my person, my con
stitutional privilege and the domestic happi-
ness of my family SO great and so uniustii~
able that it must naturally remain indebly
fixed upon my mind during life, aud will un-
avoidably become the polar star guiding my
judgment of and actions towards some Of the
actors in the premises. The language of Byl
ron comes TO my mind with peculiar force
and appropriateness as follows:
"For time at last sets all things even,
And il we do but watch The hour,
There never yet was human power
Which could evade-if unforgiven-
The patient search and vigil long,
Vi him who treasures up Il wrong"
This wrong is treasured up and must some
day be redeemed if there is justice in Heav-
en-. Wishing you all as sweet sleep as |
shall enjoy to night with the sanctily of my
domicil vindcated l bid you all good
night.
After the Colonel had concluded speaking
he came out in front of his residence and
exchanged congratulations with friends
The crowd wanted to hear more speaking
and Beriah Brown being loudly called for,
went forward and entertained them for few
minutes After which the assembly dispels.
ed.