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Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-03-22

SLAUGHTER IN THE STREE1s OF LoaDoN.-It may
starls some of readers to be told that there is
greater slaughter in the streets of London than on
all the railways in England and Wales Neverthe.
less, such appears to be the case If recent expert
ence is to be accepted as guide. Every week the
Register General gives US return of the metropo-
Titan mortality. Taking the reports for the last
three weeks we find that the number of persons
killed by vehicles in London streets was in the
first week lending September ~ seven in the Sc
cond no less than eleven; and in the third week
lending on the LIST instantly seven again-thus max
ing total Of 25 It cannot be supposed-that these
three weeks stand wholly apart from all the rest of
the year, even though we may admit that they af-
ford instances of the maximum fatality. Twenty
five deaths in three weeks would be 4ss in the
course of year. Suppose we reduce this by two.
thirds, and take the annual fatsitya IA deaths,
BY so DOING perhaps, we shall keep very much
within the mark, the deaths then being less than
three per week, instead of more than eight, the
number shown by the three weeks referred to-
Turning to the last annual report of the Board Of
Trade we find that in the year 1863 the number Of
persons-passengers servants, trespsssers, and 9th
ers-killed on the railways in England and Wales
was 129, or fifteen less than our estimated number
of deaths from vehicular accidents alone The mum.
Der Of actual passengers killed on the railways was
only eleven, although the total number carried was
about htyseyen times the population Of London.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-03-22
Murtb- Cnrulinu 6tuuAar1

Wepublish below that ane old specimen Of coma
ic poetry-MoNsIEoR ToNsos. Hundreds Of our
readers have heard the quotation, wherewith our
hero is coupled, ''Monsieur Tonson come sgain,"
without the slightest knowledge Of its derivation
and proper application. Others who remember the
poem, will no doubt be rejoiced II greeting the
SMILING lace Of their old friend,
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-03-22


poem, will no doubt be rejoiced It greeting the
smsling face Of their old friend,
MONSIEUR TONsON.
There liv'd, as fame reports, in days Of yore,
AT least some fifty years ago, or more,
A pleasant wght,n town, yclep'd Tom King;
A fellow that was clever at ajoke;
Expert in all the arts to tease and smoke,
In short, for strokes of humou. quite the thing.
To many jovial club Tom King was known,
With whom his active Wit unrivalld shone-
Choice spirit grave free mason, buck, and blood,
Would crowd bis stories and bon mots to hear;
And none disappointment e'er could fear,
Toms humour aow'd in such copious food. =.
To him frolic was a high delight
a froc he would hunt FOR day and night,
Careless how prudence on the spot mightfrown:
if e'er pleasant mischief sprang to view,
At once Der hedge and ditch away Tow Few
Nor left the game till ne had run it down.
0ne night, our hero rambling with friend,
Near fam'd St. Giles chanc'd bis course to bend,
Just by that spot. the Seven Dlals hight:
Twas silence all around, clear was the coast;
The watch. as Usual. doing on his post;
And scarce lamp display'd twinkling light.
Around this place there lv'd the numerous clans
Of honest, plodding, foreign artizans,
Known at that time by name of refugees
The rod of persecution from. their home
Compelrd the inofensive race to roam;
And here they lighted, like swarm Of bees.
Well our two friends were saunt'ring shro' the
street,
In hopes some food for humour soon to meet
When in q window near light they view:
And though dim and melancholy ray,
l. seem'd the prologue to some merry play;
So towards the gloomy dome our hero drew.
Straight at the door Tom gave laundering knock
The time, we may suppose, near two o'clock:
I'll ask, says King, if Thompson lodges here
Thompson! cries tother; who the plague is he!
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-03-22

An old widow, when her pastor said to he God
has not deserted you in your old age" replied No
no, have very good appetite still"
All communications for the Governor Of SCUM |
Carolina, or his department, left at the CaroI'"o"
Office. Charlotte, N. o., will be forwarded
True charity is something like snow-you m''
see it, feel it, but never hear it.
Qu1cK. wlrrED.-kn Irishman, says the EdnouIsu
Courant having accidentally broken pane Of g.s;'
in window Of house in Queen street attsmp'1ha !.
fast as he could to gst out of the way, when ~
Was followed and seized by the proprietor saO ,ou
mott" To be sure did, said Pat, and dlG ;,y
you see me running home for money to pay ioF "
According to Post Master General Reag.ns ~ !,
port Of that Departments financial condition. NV.
the year ending 1854 it appeared that it was Poa,
ing concern, with revenue per annum o. think
four million of dollars. If this is true, We 'nur
Mr. Reagan can very well afford to furnish the pew
pie, from whom he gathAs this large sum- oss, .t
accommodations in the transportation OF mai na
ter. There is no more regularity in the P. nsh,
system than there is in the sliding Of an aValaD''
from the heights Of the Alps.
A fellow who had been paying MS devoh s,.uorn
shrine Of BAcchus, and like Falstaf had iols
thin potations, stood at the corner OF the e .ns
about three sheets ir the wind endeavorlng ,s
tain himself by the assistance Of post II s sL
rather difficult piece Of business, for he vss In
upon the left side of it, then upon the other
this emergency, boon companion on the o oeass
side Of the street. called to lin to come across ses
Come across, said the fsllow with hiccaP 18th
ing his hold on the post and stumbling .. l'r oom.
you must be smart man to suppose eau
across, when am too drunk to stay where "D'
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
THE DANGEROUS ELEMENT.

The Ne,cs thinks " the negro element Of the
South is dangerous to the peace Of the country
at large" In what respect
Does '.the element eat too many Govern.
ment rationsl In Knoxville, 359 eat, but only
two belong to "the element! "
Is "the element lazy Every writer from
the South tells us that the bar-room loaiers, the
corner loungers, the petty gamblers are whit'
men. The negro works.
Does "the element cost too much TIT
rate Of wages in the South is from five to sever
dollars a month The labor is severe ant
harsh 1t could not be purchased here for ivI
times the money.
Is the element vicious We hear stories
of oppression and injustice every day, assaults,
murders, receptions; but in all cases the white
man is the oppressor; the element is calm,
accomplishing, docile.
1.-THE element is dangerous to the country
pretty much as the lamb was to the wolf.
Whether he drinks up the stream or down the
stream, or does not drink at oil, the wolf will
certainly be disturbed.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
MALARIA.

The N. Y. Times has a correspondent who
stands up stoutly for the (so-called) "bone.
boiling" Greatly fat-trying) establishments which
make noses instruments of torture in the upper
part of our City. lie says:
"These manufactures disagreeable as they are. are
NECESSARY From them derive our lard talow, soap
candles Co. amounting In value to millions per ahn
qusitey perumed soap with which the belle completes
her toilet would be impossible without the production
he Vicinity the and
ers the fat Of the various animals could not DC 90
tanned fresh for melting The butchers ana saustrv'
Gill not be sent OF the island"
If that be so-if "the butchers and
slaughterers own this City, and are to do as
they please with tive agree that we can't get
rid of the bone.boilers or fat.tryers. These
have as good right to stay as the Others, being
more widely offensive but not half so deadly
A thousand children die Of the deadly malaria
of the slaughter.houses where hundred are
killed by the more widely diffused stencil from
the boling-vats.
But Paris sent her butchers away full half.
century ago, when her population Suburbs
nclusive) was not half that of our City to-day,
though she has no such facilities of cheap
access by railroad and steamboat as New York
now has. London did the same some twelve to
fifteen years ago. No one pretends that either
City acted mwisely in this, nor that meat is
dearer or butchers oppressed, by the change.
We shall ultimately follow the excellent ex'
ample set us by Napoleon l., afterour slaughter
houses shall have killed few thousands more o.
our children. Why not do it forthwith
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
A PLAINTIFFS EXPERIENCE.

"Will the Freedmen work I" is a question of
the gravest moment, now receiving various an
swers, much according to the mood or the pre-
possessions of the testifer. The thousands who
have been educated in the faith Of negro worth
lessness--of the impossibllity of getting work
out of any of the Black raseals without the
help of horsewhip and pair Of revolvers-
will not be persuaded, though one rose from
| the dead" They must be expected TO insist for
wears that the South is ruiped by Emancipation
that there will be no more Cotton, Rice or
Sugar-that the fields must return TO forests
and the hands relapse into the lowest pagan
ism and barbarism. He has been hearing and
repeating this for the last fifty years and must
not be expected to change his tune in mo-
.ment. Give him time, ..-.s
On the other hand, there is danger Of unrea.
sonalle expectations. Blacks as rule are les,
energetic, less persistent than Whites They are
contented with less than we consider essential Ia
comfort, provided they may thus live easily
They have been trained to ASSOCIATE idleness
with freedom and bona Gde hard work in the
field and the Clubhouse or sugar-mill with Slay.
cry and its unspeakable degradations. Tell
them they are free and they want TO test the
assurance by taking trip to the nearest city
and having few days in leisure. And then
there are among Blacks, as among Whites
many who fancy themselves smart enough to gel
their living without work. and who at oil event
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
It '-TT'- ~
Rad FOR HAMILTON.

The Daily Neics Is sure the President must
have been deceived with regard to Gen. A. J..
Hamilton, or he would never have appointed
him Provisional Governor OF Texas, he being 50
manifestly unfit aud unacceptable. 1t con-
tinues
1.-THE wisdom and good taste which the President
has shown in selecting other Provisional Governors
warrant rs Ia believing that he was deceived as 10 the
true character OF this and his true relations 10 the
people Of Texas. He surely did not remember that
ael hamilton unlike size OtLsF lrOysioDalt Governors
has bctn fugitive from his State FROM the beginning
Of the war that While they have maintained the respect
and love OF the people Of the several States Jack Ham
on is daspsed al bated by the great OF the peo
pie of Texas and hates them with all the bitterness Of
malignant renegade He surely did not romgmber that
Jack Hamilton had been in open hostility toward tho
people Of the State which he has been appointed u
govern or he would not hAyo armed him With the IT.
responsible and therefore. dangerous powers Of Mill
tarv and Civil Governor. lie surely must have forgot.
ten that Hamilton had been lowering for years upon the
coast OF I,rns bat within reach Of Texan bullets
seeking 10 gain entrance into Texas by the arms OF the
people whom Texas then regarded her deudlisst
mics. Tie President surely must have forgotten al
this or be would got have put Jack Hamilton into
position which would enable him TO cypress and pnniSl
and hnmiiate the people OF Texas and that he Is usnl
bis Office TO do this will be obvious enough to those VIII
win read Lis speech We hope that the President will
get interfere aud be ~ Just to Texas as ho has been
| The other lately rebellsous Statos.'
In ,ll this, The Meas seems to forget tina
every count Of its indictment against Gen
Hamilton holds equally good against III
President. Each OF them was reared an
long acted as a Democrat. Each supporte
Breckenridge Tor President in 1860 Fac
was in Congress in l360-6I. and did bis best
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
NEw.yuKk DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER G. 1860

make the North accept The Crittendcn Compro'
mise. Each refused to uni,, in the Rebellion,
and stood firm for the Union. Each was at
home when Cor after) his State secedctt, and
narrowly avoided capture Or death by Rsbel
hands when escaping into the loyal States.
Each was appointed by President Lincoln Mill.
tary Governor Of his State. Each was more
hated by its Secessionists than any other man
living or dead. Each insisted that Secession
must be destroyed, root and branch. And each
is to-day intensely hated by every one who
wishes the Rebellion had succeeded.
If, therefore, President johnson wishes to
humor the impenitent Rebels Of Texas. he should
resign himself instead Of superseding Gov. Ham,
lton. The latter act of complaisance would
not give them a 1.-THE of the satisfaction they
would derive from the former. r-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
To Advertisers.

The WEEKLY TRIBUNE has circulation larger than that
OF any otter newspaper and large proportion Of its subsche
els take other Journal The srnce in this sheet allotted to
advertisements is necessarily limited that each has the
advantage Of being easily and all generally read WIN
as much interest newsmater There is-as those VINO
have tried it knowno advertising medium in the country 80
cheap because there Is none so profitable the advertiser
The paper circulaes among the industrial and Thrifty classes
the Manufacturers Merchants and Mechanics Of the
country-and is carefully read by their wives and daughters
1t is safe say that each advertisement in is read every
week by not half million of the most intelligent o.
the people He who makes his business his merchandise OF
his known to this immense number scattered ali
the loyal States, cannot fail to DO SO to ms own nae'
ana great advantage
Advertisements on the fifth page 81 80 snd on the
eighth page 81 ne. For this weeks issue they must be
handed in TODAY
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
No END OF BOOKS.

five live only little while longer, the man
or woman who has not printed book will be
regarded by US as the rarest of birds. During
the war, most readers were contented with the
newspapers, but with returning peace the appe-
tito for perusal has strengthened, and the pub
fishers are again growing brisk and enterprising.
During the last Winter, we thought aud read
only of battles and Of seges; but in the long
evenings which are at hand, we, the most
reading people of the world, can again
thoroughly enjoy the old diversion, TO call it by
no more dignifed name. With wild war-cry
vet in our ears, we can study the Emperor S
Life of Caesar, and perhaps peruse the volume
of poems which his parvenu wife has in press.
More wonderful and appetizing than ALL the
renowned Abd-el- Gader has turned author, and
written a novel DR.. johnson said that when
nobleman put ont book Il should be tenderly
considered; how much greater would have beeA
| his forbearance in crticisiRg books put out by
Emperors, Emprosses, and African Chieitains!
The great leading libraries in this city all.
|nouuoe that tho Summer embargo has been
taken of, and hat books can again DC borrowed
by subscribers, Although it must DO admitted
that a large proportion of these will be works o
fiction, yet the compensation is, first, that move
reading is batter than no reading at all and, L
the second place, that modern novels arc won
derful stimulators of thought, and manage q
have something to say upon all the great ques
tons which are now agitating society. Th
reader who should contrive to extraot iron
atom Jones" any light upon the problems @
"womans mission" or Of universal suffrage, o
of socialism, would probably have an equal SUI
cess in ooaxing sunbeamsf from eucumoers' fee
Fielding was content to amuse, and to gNe
little moral instruction at the same time, II !
lcould, But or stoy-tellcrs, from the gro'
Victor Hugo down to the Tropppes, the King
leyY, the Gaskills and the Reades, have not on
a story to tell, but a moral 10 enforce and
abuse to attack; while Elr. Dickens, in his wa.
, lis a yeritable Don Qrixoe, and keeps his ey'
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oluo,a ->------>-s
always AVA open and his lance always in -. :,
0vn,e s,anI Of error or iniquity. Mr.. Thss
Alone deep and earnest as were HI. Aacssf,ll
managed to preserve the old, Delights, ~p''s
less sarrulousness oftrue narration and sl, Sea'
he had tho neatest and most indim,,s1i
morals packed away in bis dest ~ rt'aOis .
always ostentatiously airing lit as a pbsoo. - 90
His books are like Gulliyer's Tr.ysl 4'A'a
although they contain terrible truth W. ~ 'aI
not discommode yourself by sesreh;n, q u'e'
unless You please. ;" 8
But though the demand for popular g.,
is great we suspect that IT has been 60 ass''
ably over-estimsted. Historical rc,din, h'a
a great extent taken its place. wb,.,s, ~ .
may be said Of the delightful yoluno, os =, ''t
Macaulay, it cannot be denied that tb.s ~ ,V''
created taste for the study of history. =. IT,
books of Bancroft, Motley, Hildreth Pre-, ,a'
Of Grote, Buckle, Fronde, Carlyle, all sal NV
and as mere stock are afIectionately repara.d I ~
the wariest of bibliOpoles. Biography i,eOu,T
in demand. The world, which somst,0, ~
Of hearing its living heroes, or hearing ~ n .'''
never wearies of reading about them are, -.
are under the marble. But the great mad.
mating taste is for books of travel The No.,
grinators have put out the pipes Of the no.,,
Men are as fierce as lions or tigers to knor N
about these gentle beasts. Iii a meIanob,
consideration, that soon there will NOT he :.
man or inhuman being, of whom we shall -.
know whether he goes naked or wears wod
cooks his meat or swallows it raw, has one VIZ,
or wives one hundred, believes in God or sao,.,
the devil, builds for himself house or ,ls.,,
under the sky, naturally lies or naturally ts,
the truth, is town-dweller or yagsbopd t,
shepherd or warrior. f'o
We wish the thousand circles to which =.
trust THE TRIBUNE is not unwelcome yi,j,o,
joy of the long Winter evenings which are com.
ing, and of the fair opportunities for moral iD
struction and entertainment which they viii
afford. A community Of bookish tastes / On,
of the strongest of family ties, as it is one ots
surest preservers of rational friendships. The
mind harassed, weary, it may be pining for Ii.
presence of those who have forever departed.
finds kindly consolation, or at least mob.
diversion, in books. A lady once toldS Sir Va.
ter Scott how his romances had been to her, ID
seasons Of suffering, sickness and disappOiai.
ment, balm and a refuge. The great mas
was deeply moved by her grateful acknOylelys
ments, moved even to testimony Of man,
tears. May those who need similar solic,
after these years of war, not look for it 10 vin.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06

A dispatch from Santa F6, by the way OF
Denver City, announces the occupation OF
chihuahua by the French and the flight OF
.Juarez and his Cabinet to FL Paso. Two let
tiers of our special correspondent at MatamoroS,
this morning published, give sornbre view OF
the affairs of the Liberal party in Mexico, and
incline us to credit this report of the discom-
future and flight of Juarez. His party seems to be
everywhere discouraged, and the French nearer
peaceful occupation of the country than they
have been since the arrival of Macmillan.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06

''a We yesterday published letter OF Recorder
Hoffman to Governor Fenton, in which he
declines to appear to answer the charges made
against him in the matter Of the Street-clean-
ing Contract--denying the Governors right
TO ait in judgment upon his official conduct.
This morning we publish Mayor Gunther's letter.
who assumes that if twere well that any such
action should be taken, then 'twere well 'twere
done quickly. as his Honor holds it to
he "eruel and unnatural" that he should
rest for three weeks under an impu-
tation Of misconduct in ofice-sensitiye
soul! Mr. Inspector Boole also responds
u the Governors summons. and does not wait
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
JONATHAN w.. JOHN BULL.

The Times UondOn) has a correspondent
here who thus justifes British hostility to our
National cause in the late struggle:
mo doubt, there was difference of opinion in En-.
gland concerning the merits Of the quarrel! bat was
there among the Northern party herei ~ the
Americans cannot Justly comprehend their own Affairs,
nor appreciate their Government, can they wonder
that nation 5000 miles away sometimes misunder'
stands their purposes The objects VI the war became
higher as Il advanced and President Lincoln grew to
The necesties OF IT, To this very hour there remains
large loyal Northern patty in the United states which
constantly asserts In newspapers and private ne thaI
the unrigheous one-that IL never ought 10
have been wDgcd-that the principle OF State Rights
gave tho South full liberty 10 secedethnt the Consit'
ton has been violated and that Slavery NOT abolished
very large section Of the party called Democraic.
and which sspires 20 rule the neat elections and seems
likely to do so, maintains these opinions"
Whether that is truly q loyal Northern
party" which holds such opinions, is matter OF
debate-but it is very certain that it would be
difficult for a government created and sustained
by such party to make case against either
the Rebellion or its British abettors.
But the writer is mistaken when he supposes
that "a difference Of opinion in England con-
corning the merits" of our quarrel, is any part
Of our grievance. The British had q perfect
right to hold such opinions as they chose. Fit
ting out Alabamas, Floridas, Shenandoahs, &C.,
to prey upon our peaceful commerce-shelter-
ing refitting, recoalng, provisioning, &C., &C.,
those providers of the deep-each Of them pro-
claimed fugitive from British iastice-was no
matter of opinion. Nor was the refusal of Great
Britain to admit us to the company of powers
banded against privateering, the handsome
thing. We object, not to opinions, but to acts.
And these, Great Britain will yet be sorry for.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Tie Cunard steamer Scotia, from Liverpool
August &c and Queenstown 27h arrived at this port
yesterday with three dayslater news.
Confidence in the final success of the Atlantic Gable
remains undated. The Construction Company offer
to contract with the Telegraph Company for the cable
next year, and French line is also projected
The cattle disease continues Importation Of cattle
from England into ireland is forbidden.
The English squadron at Brest has returned to Ports
mouth.
Austria and Prussia have come to an agreement as
TO Schleswg Hostein substantially as before reported
Contradictory reports from China alege that the re-
belIion is at end and that the rebels have taken
Pekin
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-06
al to enter upon bis defense. Not

the day of trial to enter upon bis defense. Not
having been found guilty By our Governor on
certain other charges brought against hun Is
he thinks, good reason why the present Execu'
tive should assume him to be innocent
under new indictment for later crime ne
business of our criminal courts would be greatly
simphfed if the Inspector cOnld only eStapiiSn
this principle for precedent We presume
however, the Governor will not hold the defense
as valid either before or at the trlal' 49,