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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31

By Washington dispatch, which ought 70
have reached us night before last, we learn that
Mr.. Seward has gone TO City Point. dispatch
to an evening paper. yesterday, says that he
was preceded by Millard Fillmore, sat the
suggestion, it is understood, Of Jefferson
Davis, on the ground of his friendly
feeling toward the South" The flashing
ton Chronicle says that the rumor OF the
meeting of President Lincoln and Gems. Grant,
Sherman, Meade, Ord and Sheridan, on board
the River Queen, is undoubtedly correct. II
adds that the statement that Gen. Lee has
asked for conference with Gen. Grant Is
entirely without foundation. One fact at least,
is certain-tbat the President the Secretary Of
State, Gems. Sherman and Grant are, for some
purpose, in conference at City Point. Beyond
this there is no certainty, though much specu.
lation. We shall all know the truth in due
season.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31

he 81 yes very interesting particulars. A Pa.
sian officer, who is charged with the mil;ta,,
education Of the Mndrelr at Potsdam. founs
in the course Of twelve years only three soldier
who were unable to read and write. Ths
TACT was so surprising that an inquiry WA
ordered, and it was found that the three m,n
were the SODA of boa,mcn, who had been bor,
upon the river, and there spent their vbc,.
youth. Inseveral German States, as in the KING.
dom OF Saxony, the authorities had ct fist soma
dlihcuity IN overcoming the opposition Of Soma
OF the parents; but the present generation ~
parents under tho new law, no lonvev
thinks OF deprving their children of its
benefits. "The Frenchman," says Mr.. Dx-
ruy, "who travels in Germany, to study
there the school question, and who sea-
this regular attendance, these complete studies.
this prosperity of the schools-comes back across
the Rhine with regret that there should be such
a difference in the primary instruction in tho
two countries" Sweden, Norway and Den
mark, Italy, Spain and Portugal-all havo
recognized the principles of compulsory nstruc-
ton.
MIR. Duruy proposes to adopt the same policy
in France. Each commune is to have its school
male and female. The teachers are to be named
by the projects and sub-prefects of departments
and the cost is to be betrayed by tax on tho
commune, with certain contingent sid from the
reimbursement, and certain further help from
the Imperial treasury. Minute provision is to
be made, by provision and penalty, for any
omission by parents in sending their offspring
to the communal schools.
1t seems that the Council Of State has not
deemed it advisable to adopt at once the entire
report of Mr.. Duruy. The enforcement of pub
lie instruction has been changed into permits
sion. The commune may tax itself for public
school, and may get help fromthe larger circum.
scription within which it lies, or from the State.
Or from both, and the children of the poor mag
participate in the advantages Of uniform sys.
ten Of elementary instruction, if they please,
without paying for it.
The Imperial Government will undoubtedly
do all that is in its power to induce the COM
munes to act in accordance with this law; but
it can hardly he questioned that MI. Duruy's
original proposal would have been much more
efficient reform than this amendment. Tnrr
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31

The bill Transforming the Fire Department OF
this metropolis so that it shall hereafter be
Paid one passed the Assembly yesterday ny the
decisive vote of 50 Yeas to 50 Nays. Twelve
Democrats voted in the affirmative. We trust
the Governor will evince his appreciation OF
their course by selecting the ablcst and best
mon for Commissioners to organize and govern
the new Fire Department regardless of party.
This bill (now through the legislature ini-
tiates great and much needed reform. But
that reform will never be consummated il seedy
and greedy politicians are permitted to crowd
themselves into the Commission on any plea
of partisan efficiency or personal necessity.
We entreat the Governor to give US for Com
missoners the ablest, fittest aud worthicst men
he can persuade to accept, utterly regardless oil
personal influence or solicitation.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31
BAD FARMING.

An ex-slayehOlder of Louisiana transmits u
n pro-Slayery organ in NewYork an account OF
his bad luck in making IA Sugar crop by free
labor in 1o64 His "iorce" consisted Of forty.
eight working hands, and he made but thirteen
hogsheads of Sugar; total value Of crop, in.
Guiding Molasscs, 1867; outgoes, $9,223;
net balance On the wrong side of the ledger,
1886. lie proceeds:
You may ask what the cause of this failure. /
answer unhesitatngly that the main the
Of control orer the iabores and our want Of ability to
ecute the work Mt the right time and In the proper
ner. The rains would not have made
material difference under good and efficient system Of
labor Lower Louisiana presents a fiat surface with
gradual fall from the banks OF its rers and bayous TO
the swamps; and to secure crop against the heavy
rains Of Winter and Spring the lands must be thoroughly
drained and the canals must at all times be kept free
from all obsructons. Our plantations present narrow
front to the stream and back IA the shape Of para
telegram about 40 acres and the canals conduct the
from the front ~ the low lands IN the These
canals are usually separated BY space Of 10 yards
and back from and half to three miles, In adj.
dton 70 these leading bitches there cross canals at
the end OF each cut, the squares being usually rom
three to I'VE acres long have given this description
at the risk OF being tedious but the topography OF this
United States that thought II necessary. to enable
your readers 10 know something about our system Of
drainage In order TO understand why Its neglect should
volving the almost total failure Of the sugar crop by
reference TO the amount OF labor required. you will
readily that tims ft for o,hsr rork sn The
eEhpooR Of the crop and the pvfparatfons nscsssary for
sarins IT, There time for clearing the drains Of
bushes weeds and earth; and. q consequence, the
unusual quantity OF rain which fell remained the
this Is the true reason why those who had cane
fhiled 70 raise crop Il.I.
! The fatal defact of American farming 0cne.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31

w print, as contribution to our current
political history. a confidential letter Of last
July from the Editor of TIE TRIBUNE to the
President ofthe United States, which was trans
mitted with the Rebel Overtures from Niagara
Falls looking to pacifcation of our country.
1t appears to have been first given to the public
through The Manchester E1dmimsr.
We cannot see why it should have been
deemed necessary to send this letter to Europe
for publication. We would gladly have printed
it, or the entire correspondence whereof II
formed part, if at any time apprised that the
President desired to give it publicity.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31

rally is persistent attempt to prosecute cult
walton with minimum of Labor. The hus-
bandman who values his farm at $40, 900 habitu-
ally tries to work it at cost Of 900 or less
per annum for labor when thrice that amount,
wisely employed and directed, would be far
better rewarded. The farm is so much capital,
like money in bank and it is used and welded
exactly as a business man might deposit SIC, 900
in bank and lot three. fourths Of it lie there,
drawing no interest, from year to year, and
then grumble that his money did not earn
him two per cent per annum.
Here is planter who undertakes to work
largo plantation with an utterly inadequate
force, and is thus constrained to let his "ca-
mails" or sluggish open drains, fill up, and his
estate degenerate into fen or bog, which, he
naively informs us, destroyed the crop" We
should mt wonder. And, the crop being de-
stroyed, the laborers went unpaid, except by the
food and clothing they obtained during the
year. and the planter rushcs into print to rail at
Emancipation. lie might far more wisely have
confessed judgment as o bad farmer and prom
ised amendment for the future.
Civilization il more complex than barbar,
ism, republican liberty than oriental despotism;
and tho chances Of arrangement are in proper
ton to the delicacy of the structure. CONNER
cial rcvulsions, it must be confessed, are more
frequent and more disastrous in New.York OF
San Francisco than in Samarcand or Abomey.
The machinery of cotton-mill is more perilonS
to life and limb than ever so many pairs OF cot
toh cards and old-fashioned spinning-whecls.
We do not doubt that more skill, more thrift,
more brains, are essential to success in planting
under Free Labor than under Slave; but
the rewards of success will be found at
least proportionably greater. We sincerely
hope that this Louisiana grumbler will find some
business for which he is better qualified than
Cor planting; but, even though he shouldn not, tho
world must still move, and will not consent To
| go backward.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31
THE UNITED STATES CAN CARRY
A BIGGER WAR DEBT THAN
ENGLAND.

How England carried her war debt Of 1el6,
and how she grew rich under its burdens, and
richer and richer, till she il the richest country
in the Old World, all men know. That debt,
inscribed in her Exchequer Books, was nomi-
naly S9l6, coo, 900. The New World has for
gotten that, in the twenty-five years of her
wars with France, England expended upon her
armies, her navy, and her Continental subsidies,
S., g. ! 200, 600 derived from taxation. Her
war debt should, Of course, bo charged with this
amount, and then il would have stood the
stnpendous column in National Finance Of
ST. 81 zoe. 0OO-morc than three times rs vast
as our own war debt, just at the end Of dc Re-
bellion.
In 1916, one year aner the peace treaty O.;
Paris. when the British debt had attained it,
maximum, the population Of Great Britain was
~, 100000. In 1864, the population Of the
Loyh States Of America was 25.Coo00O. In
,ss, A. ,aiuc ~ me property OF Great Britain
vas estimated n, $40, go, 600, 400. The property
Of the Loyal States in that year was estimated
at SI3, 395, 600, O00. That years products in
pIftb hihouutfu w f'V'i'''f
Those of the Loyal States for the same year
were g., 800, 000O0 This comparison gives US
Americans the advantage over our pushing
cousins of England Of 30 per cent in popula-
ton, q per cent in property, and 10 per cent
in annual products. Good AZ British consols,"
ch' That financial figure of speech il coming
to be modified somewhat. The world will by
and-by say "As good as United States bonds
Another satisfactory little contrast. The
British Ministry was obliged TO resort immense
~ to compulsory contributions from the people
Of Great Britain, to carry on the struggle
against the French. Sixty three per cent of
their war expenditure was derived from taxa
ton. Regard the voluntary contributions of
the Americans to their war for Democracy and
Republicanism. Here, within few days of
the fifth year of war, compared with which
British wars have been but election riots, see
how the people subscribe TO the $50 and 800
Issues Of their Governments twelfth loan-tho
tutoring people--who furnish the armies of the
United States with soldiers while furnishing its
~.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN FRANCE,

The Liberal Party of France has, ever since it
obtained the asccndancy in 1893, insisted on the
introduction of public and compulsory in
truction as one of the safeguards Of liberal in-
stitutions Both in the first French Revolution
and in that of February, 1919, the decline Of the
party was followed by the abandonment of
compulsory instruction, which was especially
dstasteful to the Clerical Party, and to-day
France ranks very low in Europe in the scale Of
popular intelligence, as fully One-fiith of the
children Of the French poor are unable to read
or write.
1t has been, therefore, very agreeable sur
prise to the Liberal Party, to see one of its
favorte measures taken mp and warmly and
ably recommended by the Minister Of Public
instruction. Mr.. Duruy has on several other
occasions shown himself as a statesman who is
thoroughly familiar with the condition Of public
instruction, and deeply interested in its reforma-
ton; but never before has he done SO signal a
service to his country as by his recent elaborate
report, in which he recommends to the Emperor
the introduction Of compulsory instruction of
all the children Of the country. .....
With OH unrecrved frankness which deserves
the highest praise, Mr.. Duruy admits tho de-
fcctve condition Of instruction in France, and
the immense superiority. OF the educational
system in Other countries, especially in the Gcy'
man States aud Switzerland, Of these .ountrics
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31
Tie N. Y. Commercial keeps o

The N. y Commercial keeps o Washing
ton correspondent who. seems to have queer
way VI putting things" Witness the follow.
ing:
"Mr Harlan the new Secretary Of the Interior Is
In the city aud II - said that he may take the portfolio
ct earlier day than originally fixed. Abrothsr Of
SECRETARY Usher has just been appointed Dirie Attorney
FunaAdina Florida. rhers number Of Isdiasa poll.
tieiaHs pndrstood TO be largely inrssl In cotton
ssrl stores and lumber spsollatioss"
We don't see the connection between the
two statements aboYc quoted,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31
The Press (Philadelpha) is good for the fol
lowing

lowing:
A good thing Is attributed to Hugh McCnlloch. the
Secretary of tho Treasury. frightened specula
tor was asking him 10 arrest the downward tendency
OF gold. Well my good friend" the Secretary
reply. IL you get Grant. sherman and Sheridan
to lct the Rebels whip them you will b. grat6ed but
am afraid they won't obgc YOU"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31

or Customs los 600 Payments S67osai o'-on account
of Loans, $4,000; balance go. 36s, 100 eS
Last eren,ngStocts and soldr,thet hmer on can sa'e
of gold after call at 1914 At the close stood at l5l}
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Gold Closed Last Night at 1911.
THE WAR.

Gen. sherman has issued a eongratulatory
order 10 his troops dated "In the Field near Benons'
VILE March % 1865" in which he announces that INC
day previous they had beaten the enemy on his own
chosen ground and that tho latter had fed In disorder
leaving his dead and wounded in their hands, and pnfh
ing his bridges in his retreat he announces theu
junction with the commands Of Gems. Schoteld ana
Terry and compliments them their recent successful
and extraordinary march He also assures them 'ha'
needed rest and supplies will be given them ere the!
are called upon to embark new and untred dapgers
The Washington Chronicle says that the rumor
that Gen. Lee has asked for aseonference with Gen.
Grant is entirely without foundntion. 1t also states
that the reported meeting between the President and
Gems Grant, Sherman. Meade Ord aud Sheridan
on the River Queen. is undoubtedly correct
Gen. Grants entire force-both the Army OF
the Potomac and the Army Of the James-movcd ont
howard the SouthSide road Tuesday 1t is expected
that Gen. Lees last remaining line of communication
with the rest of Rebellion will soon be severed News
IL expected hourly
The citizens of the Fifteenth Ward hold q
meeting at Hope Chapel this evening, for the purpose
OF establishing recruiting office in the Ward, ana
taking other measures to avoid a draft Eminent
speakers will address the meeting.
On Monday morning there was another Rebel
demonstration in front of Gen. Gettys Division, be.
fore Petersburg by 100 shsrpshooers apparently to fe
establish their lines. The attempt promptly frus
frated
Drafting and volunteering were alternately
proceeded with in the Tenth and Twenty'second
Wards yesterday. The Eleventh Ward will be drawn
today.
The Volunteer Committee yesterday did q
fair days work. enlisting 40 men. Fifty thousand dol
lars additional subscribed TO the Soldiers Loan
Commodore Charles H. Bell has been ordered
to take command Of the Brooklyn Navy Yard the Isl
of May next. vice Admiral PauldiDg.
Rumors of important military movements and
smgaine peace weresaoat OF one and the same
time in Washington yesterday. -.r...
A portion Of Sherdan'S cavalry are said t
have been disnounted and the remainder sent of
new expedition
The number Of tho prisoners captured at For
6teadman it is estimated. viii amount to nearly 1000
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-31

Our correspondent NJ. OR. cndeavors III this
paper to sustain his imputations on Lieut.-Gov.
Alyord-with what success, our readers will
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THE PAYMENT OF B0UNriES. q
The following has just been issued by the
Paymaster General Tor the guidnnce Of officer, in hiA
department In payment Of bo,ntics:
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-18
THEY MAY BIZ TAKEN AT, ALL TIME
sSherif's sale.

v Henry COpei, CouEtof H?m9m'on q 9'olln fieasoii
Christian May, etal5 uoiedf = ohio. = iinsdi
TN N,PURsUANNCE OF AN ORDER OF
i the said Court TO directed, will offer for sale
public auction at the door Of the Court House, N
the city of Columbus, on i lyOrg,is is,,al oHt
Tuesday, the 2Sth day of March, A. D., 1866
at ao,clock p NJ the following described real estate
situated in Franklin county and State Of Ohio. TO
Being twenty acres, part Of section ., township 8.
range II, and bounded as follows: slptu 3igl
ter 81 the bridge on the county road iesdins fo
Westeryilei 70 Worthington, and running thence
along the center line Of said road. south 70 deg 80
thence north 5s deg east poles 70 center
Of the west branch Of said Alum creek thence With
the meanders Of said greek down the same, south A
tSsnce 50 msass ss p Sass
Z aes 8 S $iSasss Z pss thence dss TsEs
AARrsssS cSSaSs sSaiS aSe S5 s and
described fqGg y T gsgsP1tSSs 81 tSs n ss S3
township 1 inosf q cornsr running taenee south as
sss sstsSsEssa Il Sfsa ssst wy ooSesad saS u HR z
east 81 rods to the middle Of Alum Creek, thence
north following the meandsrs Of said creek " the
northeast corner Of Jesse Holmes mill propertytso
said thence west on the line Of said lots to the place
Of beginning, and being part Of section two town
ship two, range seventeen. Us. military lands. con-
tanning ten acres. appraised at one hundred tsloW
a0hs Also RSe e sSs Of oss No inthg
town q Westsrylle FEaHsIip sg1sH county Ohio Ap,
Also. ictnumbsr thiriy(3 in said tovnDf Wszts
sryille, appraised at seven hundred Ssiop dollars
I'd 0r~' ,41Ss 0a'A; ~ WIN. DoMIGAN. Sheriff. NJ
fs5b5as'aitWsd 55ass sddp Ssisid Jsi ri yon9iaiisb
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-18

Three Trains Daily,
EXCEPT SUNDAY. ..
From Columbus, in connection with Trains on theu
Little Miami & Columbus 81 Xenia
Railroads.
FIRST TRAIN.
NIGHT EXPRESS-Ieaves Columbus at $40 A
N. Will stop at Delaware, Ashley, Cardington,
Gilead Gallon and at all stations north Of Gallon.
SECOND TRAIN.
NEW YORK EXPRESS-Leave Columbus at
Gallon, Crestline, Shelby, New London, Wellington
and Grafton.
THIRD TRAIN.
MAIL AND EXPRESS-Leaves Columbus at 2:40
Pm. Will stop at all stations south Of Shelby, and
At Shiloh, New London, Wellington, Grafton and
Berea.
CONNECTIONS.
At Delaware with Springfield Branch for Spring
field and all points on that road.
At Crestine with Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chi
cago Railroad for Pttsburg, Philadelphia and Balti-
At Shelby, with Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark
Railroad for all points on that road Also. for TOle-
At Grafton for Toledo and Chicago.
At Cleveland with Lake Shore railroad for Erie,
Dunkirk, Buffalo, New York and Boston.
Patent Sleeping Cars are rum on all
Night Trains to Chicago, New
York and Boston.
AFBaggage checked through to New York and
Boston, via Cleveland; also to Philadelphia and New
York, via Crestline.
RETURNING. 4
Night Express arrives at Columbus at 420A. NJ.
Cincinnati Express arrives at Columbus at 200
PM
Columbus Accommodation arrives at Columbus at
9:lO p. NJ.
Fare as Low as by any other Route.
Ask for Tickets via Crestline or Cleveland.
e. s. FLINT,
Sup't, Cleveland, Ohio.
JAMES PATTERSON,
Agent. Columbus. Ohio.
Columbus. November l. 1884.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-18
fFron, Ths Now York Trihune.l j.


"THE FIRST NATIONAL Is the name Of the Petro-
leum Company whose prospectus and map are be-
fore u.s.. The names which we SEQ among the Di-
rectors are ample recommendation for this Compa-
ny. and sufficient guarantee Of its future manage
mont" .e2,l sI4t b3B alif3f saii4 t-A"''t
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-18

From The New York Evening Express.l
"0ur telegraphic dispatches received to-day from
the Oil Regions, inform US Of the striking of a 200
barrel flowing well on Cherry Run, NEAR The FIRST
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CoMrANY's PRoPERrY.-
Cherry Run Stocks will be in demand tomorrow.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-18
From The Now York World j

"THE FIRST NATIONAL PErRoLEuM COMPANY
frstcl organization, whose officers are Of ths
highest standing, and we ,cheerfully recommend II
TO alparties desirous Of purchasing reliable stocks.
The General Superintendentisa is pioneer in the Oil
business, and well known asa most efficient mana
GER" 40 W. s''1 -''
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-18
GOOD PROPERTY
forany and all persons to hold.
LFrom The Now York Herald. !

tFrom The New York Herald]
News has. been received and abundantly con-
irmed from several sources, of the striking Of new
200 barrel w on Cherry Run, above the Reed Well.
A FEW RODS FROM THE PROPERTY OF The FIRST
NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY"