The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-25

moSuSp n6IoI0ro, ana the 66neB OOWmAssoo u
Finance, sbould be- composed Of the ablest
financial minds Of each house. Thaddeus
Stevens, of Pennsylvania, Chairman on Ways
and Means Of The last Congress, was hardly
the right man in the right place. His gold
bin proved him mere tyro in money matters,
and bis latest orotchet that the national debt
car. only be paid BY sweeping connscation
Of the lands, &C., Of the late insurgent States,
Is not exactly scheme that will recommend
him 70 the public confidence. The Speaker
appoints the committees and II is to be hoped
that the conservative johnson republicans
Of the new House will bear Mr.. Stevens In
mind in the contest for the Speaker.
A LITTLE MoRz BLxRSsY.-The Hon. Ben
Wood, in . commentary upon . late charity
sermon Of Brother Beeoher. in behalf Of our
subJugated rebellious brethren Of the South,
says that it is "a splendid illustration Of the
pursst feelings Of the heart and the highest
faculties Of the intellect" This Is almost equal
to'the splendid pun given to Secretary Stan
ton 10y tho Seorstary OF State in his Auburn
speech, in which MI. Seward says Of his col
league, Il have never known him to express
or even betray thought In regard to our
country which was not divine" But the Hon.
Mr.. Seward and the Hon. Ben Wood, In the
science Of putting and adulation Of other par
ties, must give way to the veteran Thurlow
Weed and his selfglorifcation. Even Colo
RADIO Jewett, who only claims to be the regu-
.lator Of the Emperor Napoleon, Queen Vic
tofia, Horace Greeley and George Sanders,
becomes Q small potato alongside Of the great
Weed, who has regulated the State Of New
York for forty years., and the war against the
rebellion, and the statistics of'the lobby, and
the Changes Of the moon and the eclipses Of
the sun, and who winds him up every day to
keep tho world from going to smash. Com
pared with these achievements = Bcecher's
,"highest faculties Of the inioliect, and the
.."divine" thoughts Of Secretary Stanton are
mere triAes. To whom can we hken Thuriows
Weed, the king of the lobby, but to Daniel
Pratt, the great American traveller --.9 i es1
The THREE GREAT MORAL AoENTs--A few
days ago . newspaper dealer, while selling the
HEnA1D on one Of the traius going ont of the
city, was accosted by . revenue officer, who in
quired If he had license. ~ The dealer replied
that he did not know that a license ,was, necos-
sary, as he supposed that the newspaper pro-
prietors paid the tax on the sale Of their papers
But the revenue1 official assured him that he
must have pedler's license The dealer came
to this office for information on the subject,
and upon looking over the Internal Revenue
law We found, under the head Of pedler's
licenses, that newspapers, Bibles and religions
tracts" were exempt from taxation. These three
articles, being essential to the moral and In
tellectual Improvement of the people, were ex-
cluded from the list Of licensed sales from
which we conclude that the man who drew up
this law must have known what he was about.
He had evidently keen perception Of The
three things most conducive to moral and In
tellectual progress newspapers, the Bible
and religious tracts. $50 ~ = ss'se o ~ q
MAnxnIAN SHOWING Hls T'EErn-Maxi-
milan, under the impression that Juarss Is NO
longer on the soil of Mexico, has issued . MANI
festo Of determination against the armed adj
.herents Of the republic. This may, however,
prove a dangerous experiment; for, II we are
not mistaken, the republic Of Mexico Is still
recognized at Washington.
~ WnrEwAsn.- The poets Of the Post, with
atheir eyes in fine phrenzy rolling" designate
Mr.. Seward as the great Whitewater. ~
Brrr.s THAN CAlIfoRNA 0csp Ii is mot alone for
gold that indebted 10 California. Rich shs is
in precious metals, she has produced galaxy OF stars
that nightly mako hundreds of eyes twinkle with ms-
men The San Francisco hinstrels, at their neat and
sommodious Temple Of Momus and Cornus In Broadway
opposite tho Metropolitan Hotel are among the most