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The New York herald., 1866-05-19

credit, the Union and the States are consumed
in the flames Of another civil wari The irst
was failure to them, the second may be q
success. What other chance have theyf
Now, without party in Congress, with less
than the faithful corporal's guard Of John
Tyler, in either branch, what can President
Johnson dof There il an anti-radioal majority
in the House; but 1t ID made up Of destructive
copperheads and trading conservatives Both
sets, as occasion may serve, are at the service
Of Stevens Thus situated, what can President
johnson dos Dot He can do - Sclpio did to
get Hannibal out Of italy. He can carry the
war into Africa. What can be dot He can do
what Jackson did, when the intrigues Of Cal
houn threatened the policy Of the administra-
tion. He can dismiss his Cabinet, from first
to last, and appoint new one. He can play
the role Of Jackson, or drift into the wake Of
Tyler and Fillmore. The people are with him;
but, like Hercules, they require him first to put
his own shoulder to the wheel The people are
confused with the discordant elements Of the
existing Cabinet As the embodiment Of the
Presidents policy, it means anything that Is
most convenient for easy sailing with Con-
gresa 1t begs the question. Mr.. Seward be-
longs to an age that is past; Mr.. Stanton was
good war secretary; but the war is over. He
is out Of his element now, and so with the rest
Of them. In applying an old Cabinet to new
order of things the President is putting new
wine into old bottles; when the fermentation
commences the old goatskins will explode.
Let President johnson try the experiment Of
sortie. Let him dismiss his Cabinet, root and
branch, and appoint new one from such
Union war materials AZ Grant, Sherman,
Thomas, Sheridan, Hancock, Farragut, Porter
and Others, who have proved their faith by their
works, and let the Senate reject them il they
dare. But such Cabinet will not be rejected.
1t will surely be confirmed, and It will thus
bring the army and navy, our fighting soldiers
and their home guard, two millions Of voters
in the Northern States, into direct rapport with
the administration and the Presidents policy.
twill speedily break up these three disturbing
factions of Congress, and 1t will throw Stevens
and his radicals into powerless minority.
Providence, according to an old proverb,
helps those who help themselves. Circumstances
are the masters of weak men, but the ser
wants Of the resolute John Tyler was repre-
sentative Of the one class and Andrew jackson
of the other President johnson may, as he
elects, be the one or the other The examples
Of both are before him, and he is free to take
his choice. We can only urge him to take the
reins in bis hands like Jackson, II he would
avoid the decline and fall of poor Tyler. q fate
almost as melancholy as that of poor Pierce or
Buchanan. @
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Now, who are the partiesf That d the question
which the public are Interested In; and how
much have they pocketed by their sharp prac-
ticei Let us have rigid investigation and
the truth told regardless whom 1t hits.
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Obituary.
BISHOP 0EoRos BURGESS, or MAINE.


The Right Reverend George Burgess, D. D., Bishop es
Naine died lately while returning from the wss Inliss
whittier he had been for his health, impaired b.
long labora Bishop Burgess was born In PrvvI-
dencs r. l., on October 81, 1909. He was the son q
the late Thomas Burgess long the Judge Of the Munlct
pal Court OF Providence and brother Of the late Mr.
Thomas n Burgess the second Mayor Of the city. He
was educated ~ Brown Unversity, whore he gsdussd
IN 1929 and We after wards tutor IN that insttusou
subsequently, he visited Europe and studied IN the Uni
versitiee OF Bonn, Berlin and Gottngen. Amer con-
pletng his theological studes h accepted the rseor-
ship OF Christ Church, Hartford, where be rsmAinsl
I'LL he was elected Bishop Of the Diocese Of Nane
He consecrated October 81 lel7, and at the
time assumed the recsoship of church ~ 0ardinsr
He at all times held gsat influence in ths
church and in the House Of Bishops He belonged 10
and wrote ecclesiastical hstov Of Boston and he
region about H. embodying great amount Of learning
He poet Of no mean prs>ensions. He mans mot
rical version Of the Palms Of David, which poesesd
much merit Bahop Burgess married slsteS 0f Bshop
King OF Canfornia She survives him, with one dareh-
ter and wss with him II his death.
- xx-ALDBnnAN JAnRs rxKD.
Ex-Aidaman James Reed died yesterday morning, o.
bic residences, In Esssx street. afssr short attack OF
drppsy which had confined him within doom for sss
ovsr week He reprseentsd ths axth Aldsmanc AsL
cs m lee2 and 1865 and wss also for time cerk Of
Waahinaton Marke1
The New York herald., 1866-05-19

Moon ADo ABoCr NorHno-The fuss about
the removal Of the railings and stoops on Fith
avenue. Why don't The rich abutten foe The
Councilpen. and have done with the Job as
oncsi
The New York herald., 1866-05-19

Az orp popox Rrvvrp-rux Errwr-u pAcx.or 0pr.A.
1orA svinder representing bimsef a. the messenger
Of Adsms Express companv s s.d "a bs d.,,v defr.nd
-,. - =. - -. ,..
ing 'ne Wives Oh some o our oes' mercnans oy means
Of the old express package operation. The course be
pursues is as followsHe presents himself at the resi-
dence Of the merchant with an envelope purportng to
contain money per amount marked on the outside
directions him at his house. He asks for the gentle
man. and II at home inquiries for the lady Of the
house. presents the package and demands freight
insurance on the amount The lady thinks 1t strange
that the package should De 70 the OF
mans nIooe Of b"sine.s The swinder in the bsndest
manner Declines stating that no must deliver as directed
Consequently ne then suggests that the sdy open the
rrsrs "a % th o, y,td :, SS IN H .h ,;Hs snd sr
Adams Express Compony's freight receipt and letter
Sror, ~ srr,r nrh;, = ~ uarrh;s
~ sn,a scs ssnE a nTw asevng cSn -, ths
omomnt snd ha recs,rs ~ ,Ss ~s,i tnovn ADAMS, Er
nress CSmnv NJ once thinks n All right and navs him
ony to discover when the husband comes home in The
Soarss Tho scc,ndrni ernnsre "a sirco ns ~. rsa,
Dances ~ nr hat ~ orose on .nd ~ n, ~
he honsd .Sss Susharas w csutpn thoir families not ~
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nBPonrBD nxnovAL OF PROMINENT OFFICIAL.
Anhin were yesterday IN aoes quo In the Custom
Houss. and ars likely 70 remain unchanged for some
days 70 come A. three O'Clock precisely the Coeosors
once b Invariably bsssgsd by . rsh Of applcanis
dozens of whom turned away q four when the evs
ID brought 70 cloes There were neither removals nog
appointments oincssy reported yesterday, although
was rumorsd that Mr. Hanscom chief OF the seizure
Bssss., had bssa oss.sd-a nr csryI bsns spposisd
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Advertisements TO insure proper classification
should be brought in before half past eight O'Clock
In the evening.
The New York herald., 1866-05-19

PROVOST MARsHAL's DEPARTMENTAL few
weeks since there was q great bluster in Con-
gress over certain charges made by Repre-
sentative Conkling against the Provost Mar
shal General Bureau Of the War Department.
From Conkling's statements the public Inferred
that there had been an enormous amount Of
rascality in raising troops and that several
parties had fraudulently made an enormous
amount Of money in this business. An effort
was made at the time to force him to withdraw
bis charges, but Mr.. Conkling demanded an
investigation. We are now informed that he
Is trying to hush the matter up, and, II invesH-
gated, to secure q wbitewashing report The
secret Of this Is that Mr.. Conkling and bis
associates find that II the truth Is told, II will
show that several prominent republican poll
ticians will be badly damaged by the revela-
tions. This only carries out the policy which
the republicans in the present Congress have
been acting upon during the whole session.
They care nothing for their country nor the
interests Of the public, II they can only per
petuate their power and shield the short
comings Of the trickstes and spectators In
their party.
But who are these men that Mr.. Conkling II
20 anxious to shieldi Are they Cabinet officers
or lighting generals, radical members Of Con-
grcss, State officials or well known manipula-
tors Of State politicsf We want rigid investi-
CATION Of this matter. The people want to
know who were engaged In spsculating In the
blood Of the nation when It was In the throes
Of life and death struggle. The flutter OF Mr.
Blaine at The time that NJ. Conkling made ths
charges would lead to the inference that there
were prominent politicians in the State Of
Maine who were hit The effort Of Mr.. Conk-
ling to hush the matter up indicates that parties
IN this stats AZ in danger Of being opposed
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s TIE BANKRUPT Bn1.-On Thursday last Mr..
Jenckes, from the Select Committee on the
Bankrupt Law, reported 10 the House Of Rep
resentatives bill to establish uniform system
Of bankruptcy throughout the United States.
This is the bill originally reported as amended
in the House, with some other amendments
meeting the objections then made to it, which
were simply in regard to the fees Of legal
officers. The bill was discussed during the
morning hour, when its further consideration
went over to Tuesday next We hope this bill
will now pass. II has been the subject of Con-
xressional legislation for several years, having
been introduced before the war, continued
through II, and being still agitated. The
measure Is most desirable one for the coun-
try. By its passage the unfortunate merchant
Of former days may resume business, and q
fresh and healthy tone be infused into nearly
every branch Of trade. It will contribute to
revive the depressed spirits Of many honest
and respectable families who have been
harassed by hard and unrslenting creditors for
the payment Of debts incurred in days Of pros
perity, but the failure to meet which could not
be foreseen. What benefit is 1t to creditor to
keep his debtor under the harrow for all time,
when little liberality, in allowing him
to resume business, may be the means Of en-
abling him TO pay OF his old debts in full. If
debtor be honest be cannot pay unless the
bankrupt law relieves him, and he may II so
relieved. The creditor, therefore, stands o
good chance Of being benefited by the law as
well as the debtor. If debtor be dishonest it
win make no difference to the creditor whether
the bill pass or not, and It is ridiculous for him
to oppose IT. We do not see where the bill in
its operations can result in damage to any
Of the great interests Of the country; but on
the contrary we believe It will be the means
of imparting renewed impetus to all branches
Of American enterprise.
The New York herald., 1866-05-19

FATAL HArcHwAr cAsuALrr. Coroner Cover yesterday
held inquest at the New York Hospital on the body OF
Frank Chrsy, late porter In the employ Of Mr. George
H. Francis, Of Warren street whoee death vss The "a
suit Of injuries received by falling through the haichway
from the second 20 the rst noor distance of fourteen
feet Deceased struck his head, receiving terrible
fracture OF the skull The jury rendered verdict Of
accidental DEATH Inc deceased was thirty nine years
OF age and native Of Ireland
FATALLY lUuxm N BaoApwAY.-0n the 18th instant
Thomas Gadhey was employed in sxcavaing for new
building at ts7 Broadway, and while thus engaged
bank Of earth caved In and In aatsmptng 10 escape Ga
ney ran against wall with much force 20 fracture
his spine. he was removed 10 Bellevue Hospital by
Thursday. Coroner Cover held inquest on the body
Deceased was born In Ireland and fty yca Of age He
lived In East Ninth street.
Raphael ssmmss.
TH1 PnDsrDDNf ORDERS rHAr HI BE NOT PERMITTED
70 HOLD oFScE UNTIL PARpoxyD.
Mosms Nay II, lsoe
The xvsafse Nsws publishes the following ORDER
HRADouAxrzn, DuARr,ms, or ArAnxxAl
IN compliance with instructions nom ths President of
the United states, n hereby directed that Raphael
on Of Judgs OF the Probate Court Of Noble county or
any other civil political once Of trust whils he rsGns
unpardoned By The President
BY order Of Brsvst MAI Cen CHAa n wvoD2
kAnsn hruxosn n a General
Judge Bond win perform the duties Of The once In the
meantime.
=. MississiPDi sssansr S.nk:
The steamer Msmphss sunk Al Island No. 10 on shs
Misinppt river on the night of The 1esh and total
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SsSe@.y AAASAOsoSs AnO DOuCtuhou OIK0u VcIy
truly says that "ths public is beginning to ap-
preciate the excellence Of this company, which
came among us very modestly and at the time
and season of the year when the people had
been overdosed with music, but whose merits
have translated indifference into enthusiasm. -
Enthusiasm is pretty strong word; but It is
justified by the fhcta Ever since Manager
Grau's company first appeared In this coun-
try and we published our telegraphic criH-
cisms upon II the New York public has
been eager TO hear it-all the abuse
Of the Bohsmians 70 the contrary notwithstand-
Ing. The dolefdl performances Of Maretsek's
party scraggy troupe, who were oil third rate
artists except Maxzoleni, only induced the pub
lie 10 wait and hope for something better and
now that We have II In these excellent artists
even the Bohemisns are obliged to give way
before the unanimous expression Of popular
appreciation. These fellows write their own
epitaphs in the sentence, "True merit cannot
be killed In New York II Il has but chance to
assert itself" They tried 10 kill Crau's troupe
before II came here, before II had chance TO
assert ITSELF before they had listened to .
singls member Of IL; but they failed ~ dimally
~ did the manager In whose service they were
then enlisted. The disgust Of the public at
their Misrepresentation now helps to al Mana
ger Grau's houses The brilliant, fashionsbls
and crowded" audiences have ears 70 hear, and
Il b impossible 10 delude them in regard to
his or the other troupe. They form an intslli-
gent and impartial jury, who have already de-
cided between The two companies and the two
uanagers-bstwsen Maretsek, the dead duck
pf the Opera, and Grau, the Head Centre.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

New York. Saturday. May 10, 1896.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-17

STEADY HABITs.-Emerson, in his
book on English character, speaks of an
old town in England where piece of
bread and draught of beer are given
to every one who should ask it at the
gate. This is paid for from fund
bequeathed for that purpose in 1876
more than seven hundred years ago.
To show how such trusts are abused,
however, it is complained that minister
takes $4,000 per annum from the in
come of the fund intended for the poor,
while this small pittance is only spent
on small beer and crumbs. Considering
the comparative ages of the nations, we
can nearly match that in this country.
About 171l5, the Hon. Theodore Atkin-
son, Of Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
left legacy Of FL, 900, the income Of
which was directed to be distributed in
loaves of bread to the poor Of the town
every Sunday. This has been done
regularly for nearly century; about
$4,000 have been thus spent, and the
fund has not been impaired. Historical
Magazine.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-17

EXTRAORDINARY PREsENTIMENT OF
DEATH.-A Mexican woman known as
''little Carlotta,'' but whose name is
Carlotta Espersa, died in this city, on
Friday last, under very strange circum-
stances, showing that she had an extra
ordinary presentiment that she would
cease to live on that day. On Friday
morning, she arose from her bed in the
enjoyment, apparently, of good health,
and proceeded, as usual, to the prepar-
alton of her morning meal and her
general household duties. Whilst en-
joying her breakfast, in company with
a young man who boarded with her, she
told him it was her wish that he would
remain with her during the day, and not
60 to his work, for, said she, latter to-
day, you will never see me again alive.
l viii die before night He secuted
the idoa and made fun of it. She per-
sisted that her presentiment would be
fulfilled, and he, to paclfy her, promised
to remain with her, which he did.
During the course of the day, she con-
versed with the young man repeatedly
on the subject of her coming demise,
and insisted that she would die before
night. She gave him particular direc-
tions in regard to her funeral expenses,
and told him not to go around and beg
money from the neighbors to bury her,
but to 60 to Judge Fowler, the Mayor
of the city, and get him to have her
buried at the expense of the city. All
of which he promised to do. Towards
evening, while sitting in chair, giving
them directions, and without sign that
dissolution of soul from body was about
taking place, and without struggle, she
died. Yesterday morning, the young
man repaired to the Mayor and procured
the necessary order for her funeral ez-
penses, and she was buried, yesterday
at the expense of the city, as requested
I.Marysviue Appeal, March 11th.
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SCANDAL IN HooslERpoM-Indian-

SCANDAL IN HooslERDoM.-Ind
apolis is rife with scandalous stories.
A distinguished citizen has created a
sensation in connection with the young
and fascinating wife of venerable and
confding gentleman. A physician has
found it convenient to retire to private
life on account of the unfavorable ter
mination of a case from one of the
adjoining counties. wherein a young,
beautiful, accomplished and weelthy girl
died under his treatment. The walls
Of the city are plastered with circulars
denouncing a certain gay and festive
young gentleman as scoundrel, villain,
and such like pet names. A lady whose
virtue he had attempted is said to have
taken this extraordinary means of
Showing him up.'' Another young
gentleman, who had been writing letters
to schoolgirl, with dishonorable intent,
was drawn into an ambuscade by the
fair decoy, and cowhided within an inch
of his life by lusty male relative. A
gentleman who spends some of his time
in New York, the other day wrote an
affectionate letter to his mistress, to join
him, and inclosing $50 as travelling
expenses. At the same time, he wrote
a loving and dutiful epistle to his con-
fding wife, full of regrets and lies.
Unfortunately the two letters got mixed,
and that intended for the leman was
sent to the wife. Of course, there was
a row, and divorce talked about, but the
Lothario finally succeeded in making
the impression that it was all joke ;
that Miss was a fictitious person
age, and the whole matter was gotten
up to have a little fun at his wife
expense, whom he knew to be slightly
inclined to jealousy. The wife made
fifty dollars by it, anyhow.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-17
Hartford Post.

THERE is more truth than poetry in
the following from the Humboldt (Ne-
vada) Register: The other dodgers at
a corral in California, in early times,
complained of one who was continually
guilty of unseemly sounds while sleep
ing. 1t grew unbearable, and a medical
examination was procured. The man
Of medicine discovered that the offenders
skin was too short; that when he shut
his eyes, the air inhaled through the
nostrils found vent through the mouth
or elsewhere, causing the obnoxious
sounds; and that the only remedy was
to keep the man awake till he should die.
That is the way this coast is afflicted.
1t was all right while the miners were
wanted only in California; but, since
1854, they have been wanted in so many
other places. that it makes trouble.
There is a shortness and when the
miners leave California for Washoe, or
Washoe for Grenada or Montana,
collapse occurs. There is need of more
people. Oregon, California, Nevada,
Idaho, and Montana, ought to have
100000 Of people distributed over
them. When it comes to running all
this expanse of rich territory with about
half a million, the population gets
mighty light every place but that where
the latest excitement is.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-17
The Wooden End Of the Board.


General Banks, in recent speech
delivered at Washington, in favor of
negro suffrage, told this anecdote:
"When l was younger than am, in
the State Of New Hampshire, at the
town of Nashua, where obtained my
education at university with belfry
at the top and waterwheel under the
lower stories laughterl, looking out
with my associates and fellow students
upon the smooth and CLASSY surface of
the Merrimac river, that stream of per-
petual beauty and perpetual life, we
saw colored boy, intimately known to
US, upon the surface, engaged in the
pleasant exercise of skating, for it was
Winter. While we looked upon the
beautiful Merrimac, the little negro boy
suddenly went in. You may never
have seen negro under such circum-
stances. We went down to him with
all the speed possible. Going out to
the middle of the river, we took up
plank and handed it to the little negro,
and he grasped it with as much alacrity
as any one of them will take ballot
when we give it to him. Just as We
had got it on the hole into which he had
fallen, he fell off the plank and went in
again. The second time he came up,
he wore an expression l shall never
forget. You never have seen negro
under such circumstances. He was
speechless; his emotions suppressed all
rhetoric; he did not indulge in any
eloquence at all. He grasped the plank
this time, not with alacrity, but with
ferocity, and we brought him again to
the surface. We thought he was a
negro saved from the jaws of death ;;
but off the little fellow slipped and went
down. You may never have seen negro
under such circumstances. Laughter.
We handed him the plank again, but
he did not touch it this time. You may
never have seen a negro refuse plank
under such circumstances. He addressed
US speech, and l never heard speech
that contained so much of touching
eloquence as was embodied in that little
negro's speech: please glib dis niger
de wooden end OBJ dat boardr Laugh
ter. You see the end We had given
him was the icy end. 1t was the same
icy end that the Southern people have
been holding out to him for two hundred
years. He was entirely satisfied that
the wooden end was the best. Now, sir,
what we propose for the negro in this
country is to give him the wooden end
of the board. He has had the icy end |
for more than two centuries. The
desolation of more than moral retribution |
has come upon the men who extended to |
him the icy end of the board, and come
upon them justly. | wish now to give
him the wooden end of the board. He
will receive from that act of iuStice the |
same joy which that little negro expe-
rienced.
The weekly union record., 1866-03-17
Winter Drinks A No. ]
VINEYARD FOR SALE
OR RENT.

0NE AND A HALF MILES FROM oRo-
~ vile. 500 bearing vines, 24 varieties. the
most valuable Tor wine, raisins and market Three
hundred fruit trees, pears, plums, peaches, apri-
cots and ounces. Four hundred young ounces
and 500 rooted vines in nursery 10 set cut. A hne
wood with 100 scres of land. The above ranch
and vineyard viii be sol cheap for cash Enquire
at OroYiile Of Geo. c. Perkins and Judge W. &
Stafford. Aw-Sl