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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-23
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Bavarfa, Wurtcmbcrg. Baden, Nassau and HeSsian
pe potentiaes have Munich 10 prepare new Ioye
rem among the southern States In old and more
union Of the revived sfer the
var As Southern many afford 70 lose tho North
German market yefy improbable that whatever the pO
cn results of tue war tho ties Of the nation
will la seyeIod,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-23

ne hat also his serious DESIGNS for both Of which no hoped
10 Gnd conrouil soil Strange say The Emperor Nap0
l. n huself expressed the wish through his cmtas dor a
Bsu that ilef Won Bsmir might be appointed 70 e en-
bassy at tho Tllsres such request could moe hc fnci
tte lnnz expected app ointment was made. Battle King
cr-fai ~ ma -rcion that io ,lcrly flilg
mlA greatest wish aHd GIOIing tie very plans when 10
lad f.. meIly rejected with yIltu0as horror.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-23

In the number of The Forfnighay Rerbr, for July
psper bv Dr. Max Srhlesneer under TIE above tie
which entertaining crcumsttn tetai about
the gre, nan day We proceed make extracts
from 40 p4peT
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09
TME NEW HEALTH RILL.

We have received copy Of the Metropolitan
Health Bill, which has been introduced into
both branches Of the Legislature. 1t eStab-
lishe: metropolitan Sanitary District,
wiiei, Is coextensivc with the existing Police
District, aud gives entire control Of all matters
relating to health to Metropolitan Board Of
Health" composed Of four experienced physi-
clans ard Of the four Police Commissioners.
The subordinate machinery il almost nn exact
copy Of that OF TIE Police Department, which
has worked so well. There Is Sani-
tary Superintendent with salary o. $1,000 O
year. an Assistant-Supcrintenden to be ap.
pointed from Brooklyn, with salary of g., 500,
and not exceeding fifteen Sanitary Inspectors.
These, with the Treasurer, who is to be mem
Der OF thc Board, the Secretary, and, il needed,
Il Corresponding Secretary, AID the few clerks
necessary at headquarters, will constitute all
tic permanent officials, the police force being
used as the executive power. Those comis.
sioners who are physicians receive salary o.
~, 800 year, except the one who is Treasurer,
who receives 5000. The Police Commissioner
receive $500 additional for their duties a.
Health Commissioners, subject in each case to
deductions for failure to attend meetings.
The City Inspector and his Department, the
Resident Physician, the various existing Boards
of Health and Commissioners Of Health, and all
officers and organizations within the District
now having anything TO do with sanitary mat
tcrs are. with the exception OF the Quarantine
Commissioners and the State Health Officer OF
the Port, abolished 1t is estimated that in
salaries alonc-admtted and concealed--the
bill will save 100000 year. ......
Having established this machinery, the bill
proceeds to confer upon the Board very large
powers with reference to the public health, and
vet an examination OF the existing laws will
show that these powers are not new or extraor-
dirary. But by concentrating in one, body
powers now divided among various Boards and
individuals (whose chief occupation is not only
how not to do it, but how TO prevent Others
from doing it, by explaining what is ambiguous,
and, in short, by reducing onr sanitary laws to
a congruous and effective system, it gives us
promise OF the relief long needed. Full power
is given to the Board TO declare and nbn,e
nuisanccs; and yet the rights Of individuals
are carefully preserved by giving them a
right to investigation il they deem themSelyes
aggriefcd. The provision fox u conmqni
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09

cation with tic local authorities through
out the State 80 as to prevent the spread
of disease, arc especially valuable, in view Of the
approach of cholera. "In the presence OF great
and imminent peril to the public health in said
District, by means Of impending pestlence,
the exercise of the most vigorous powers is
authorized. but the concurrence Of the Governor
of the State ia wisely required for acts done in
such emergencies.
A concurrent expression Of opinion reaches us
from Albany that this bill is to pass, and speed
ily. too. Even The World substantially admits
the fact. And yet, past experience OF the power
OF money warns us not to be too sanguine, Or to
relax effort. In view Of the probable visitation
OF cholera next Summer, and Of the aroused
condition o! the public mind Oh the subject it
could hardly be otherwise than that some sanl-
tary measure should be enacted. The oniy
danger is that an inefficient or apartisan meas
ure may be brought forward. This bill, by
uniting to the great executive powers
of tho Police Commissioners the expert
ence and skill Of four eminent physi'
clans. seems to US to adopt correct
basis for such measure. The numbers OF the
two are necessarily equal; for while, Oh the one
hand the danger Of comforting too great powers
on the police is to be avoided, on the other the
fatal error of placing the police under the con-
troll Of any other body must be guarded against.
Bv selecting four eminent physicians, without
regard to politics, and who will make sacrifice
in accepting the Office, but who resolve to
perform its duties faithfully, all room for
no,itical clamor will be avoided, result
which will be still further attained by naming
the men in the bill, instead Of leaving them to
be elected or appointed after It's passage. 1he
bill, az printed, leaves the names Of the physi-
clans in blank. 1t seems to be understood that
three Of them are to come from New-York ana
one from Brooklyn. Who they are 10 DC
is, We presume, not yet decided. They should
be the first men in their profession. Inc!
should bo sought for the office, not
seeking II; but once accepting it, they should
resolve to perform all its duties faithfully. WIN
such powers as this bill gives reposed in such
hands. New.York and Brooklyn will become,
what they ought to be, the healthiest cities in
the world; the ravagcs Of pestilence Will be re-
duced to The loves, point possible, while the
country at large will greatly benefit from Our
improved condition.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09
MINING I'm COLOEA DO.

When public attention was drawn, in the
Spring of 1864, to the value of mining properties
in Colorado Territory, the history OF the dis.
covery of Gold in that region, and the condition
of the mines at that period, was imperCec.ly
understood. The first discovery Of Gold i'll
Colorado was made III the Summer OF 1853 by
Mr.. Gregory Of Georgia, who found a crevioe
containing dirt largely impregaated with the
precious metal. which WAS obtained simply by
sluicing, panniug, and sometimes by the old
Spanish avastra. Below this dirt, the dscOyerer
came TO quartz containing gold; and, in order
TO work this, stamp mills, such Us are still in
use in that country, were found necessary.
This quartz was followed for distance Of 30
feet to so feet and in some places i0O
feet; when the vein became charged Will,
Sulphurets Of Iron and Copper-which, in
fact, is the real character Of the veins
in this country. AT this point twas discovered
that the yield in the stamp mills fell off to such
an extent as in many instances to be 10 longer
profitable. The system of mining adopted was
very imperfect, being nothing more than by
open cuttings; little attention being paid to the
support Of the walls Of the vein; such portions
merely of the ore being raised to the surface as
experience proved would yield paying quanti-
ties Of Gold in the mill. III this way, these
open cuttings became very unsafe TO work in,
and were liable to inundation from the surface.
water during wet seasons. This peril suspended
operations in many instances; and this was par
ticularly the case when the miners came down
to the sulphurets of Iron and Copper, which il
was found would rarely yield much Gold by
any known process Of amalgamalion Assays,
however, showed thsl the precious metals
existed in these sulnhuret ores in even
larger quaniitIps than IA the smfac,
IQuasia, hut, mechanically combined. and
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09

Avirginia paper deplores the absence Of IN
exploded feature Of the Alexandria Ncw-Ncis
Day. "Hirng day" says this mOumer, 'was
missed by unserved housokeepcrs." In The Old
times "an able.bodicd man hired Tor Sl2o and
woman for S75 per year, in addition to house
room, food, clothing. and doctors bills" Wei,
some Northern men traded themselves at about
the same figure, and Southern men paid tho
price of bad bargain and got sold themselves.
Surely, we have had enough Of it to DISCUS ~
with man-selling tor all time to come. And
are not other things cheaper, after all, FOR mea
being held little dearcr?
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09

Testimony to the good conduct OF the freed
men during and after the war, in their relations
to ,heir old masters, has been signed and sealed
by all the Proyiscnal Governors, il no. tho
Governors elect Of The South, and, not least, by
several religious conventions. On this polns
the favorable public opinion OF tic South ought
to be in vast majority. Coy.Walker Of fiorida
says: Il think we are bound by every corsd-
craton OF duty, gratitude aud interest to make
these people as enlightened, prosperous sad hap
pv as their new situation will admit so thai all
that We have to labor for is TO make " their new
situation admit" such possibilities as are shared
By the rest of mankind. North and South are
singularly agreed as to the virtues and worth OF
the rogro The South does not deny him for-
bearance, fair behavior, and eyen gratitude and
intelligence; tho North witnesses all these, and
his yalty and bravery beside. Is it too much,
r,hen, to ask on either side, that the doors OF IN,
uture should be thrown wide open to him
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09
THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for lS66 will be i;

THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for lS66 will be is
sued on tie llth ins as a week yet will be required
10 Gil orders already received before we can begin to
supply others It contains beside the ordinary Alma
matter
The Government Of the United States
Executive Caine Juda.a-y Foreign Ministers Members Dele
,, and o,s Of bo Houses Of Congress with tine Meubers
elected bu, nl yet admitted from the States lately in rebellion
Acts and Resolves OF CcDgress-a synopsis Of
NIL those resssa at the is,e session.
Presidential Proolamatons (condensed) from
hps Is 1854 70 Dec l. i7oi. inclusive.
The SHAREHOLDERS Rebellon-Drief record OF
-cn,s from &c isJ to ,oy 1866 in conclusion cfthe rec
ord N former issues.
The Union Party in 1965--Resolves Of the
several Jiou Coavenons concerning ReconFueon and
Black silIlase
Impartial suniage--A synopsis of the Consti.
tuoas provisions Of the segera States governing the Right Of
Suffrage
President Lincoln's Inaugural os 1865
President johnson on Black Suffrage.
The Coas;ia au.i0nal Amendment Abolishng and
piontns ssvry, text the Yeas and Nays It's nal
rase in eth, Houses with the dates Of rs ratification by 20
a'e respectively and the Proclamation Of seoretay Seward
declaring il tls law Of ,hc land
Election Returns Of the vote Of the several
sss.s in is compared with their and in isoo
The States Of our Union-Area, Population.
Cs litals, Goseflor, &c. Of eaeh
Foreign Countries--Area, Population, name
si Chl,f Ru.eJao, &c.
We believe no other mauna 80 compact and cheap
rs this will be found So convenen and useful for daily
reference. Price 90 cents. Address rnr TRIBUNE.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09

in such minute atoms, that no pulvcrizius.]
however fine, could liberate it in form 10 ba
taken up by quicksilver. Any ordinary procesx]
of roasting, it is found, will discngase tbaI
sulphur, and, by oxydizing the ore, render the
mechanical separation Of the Gold more easy.
Among Others Mr.. Lyon Of Colorado has 70.
Gently adapt the process of smelling to thcso
ores it is understood, with much success. oil.
tanning yield of from go to IS per cent of all
the gold and silver shown to exist BY fire as
say; and his confidence is evinced By the erec-.
ton of smelling works on very extensive
scale.
Many Of the mines in Colorado are now
being put into a condition for mining on a
correct system, By proper tinlbering, sinking
shafts on the veins, driving levels, and filling in
these open cuttings or diggings; thus rendering
the operation of taking down the vein ct groat
depths safe and easy one. Large Cornish
pumps have been put down in thess shafts.
which e1sily keep them dry from the Natural in
filtration of water; and, with these improve.
meuts in Mining, which have taken the pas:
Summer to effect, the mines OF Colorado viii
soon be in condition to raise very large qran.
titles Of ore yielding from Sl0O to $500 psf tuh;
and with the improvements also in handling tbs
ORE such as dressing it, or freeing 1t IRON tia
guanguc or yein-stone, leaving notning but tho
Drre mineral to be treated, we mar hope Tor
returns Of bullion from Colorado which will
place that State in the first rank as proAacer
of the precious metals
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09
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Illinois has $3.50, 600 inhabitants ~ her las
census-an increase of 539, 900 since 1860.
though she meantime sent 2J6,Oo0 men 10 tao
War. The Chicago Tribuas thinks she will 1"
1870 be the third State in the Union, having
passed Ohio as Chicago Git is presumed wti
then have passed Cincinnati. To all this pro-
gramlne Illinois must have in that gear not
less than 100000 inhabitants, and Chicago At
least 300, 900.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09
IValker of Florida SAVE ma

Gov. Walker of Florida says many queer
thing in his recent message, but the mos. gro
tesQue is, perhaps, the following:
"Our fathers of 1888 knew that it takes five bl,ce
men 20 do tie work o. tlree white ones and coa.e-
quently in adjusting the apporonmea. OF taxes upon,
the basis OF the labor and industry Of the ecgnry.
eleven Of the thirteen States of the Old Coalelegs0l
recommended that every fire blacks be counted as oals
three. TIE same rule was afteEward adopted IN taa
Constitution Of l7s7, in regard to representation
Nobody who had ever read line Of the his
tory of the adoption of the Constitution could
honestly present such az absurd explanation oi
the three.ffths basis. The authors OF The f1-
eralist were supposed to know something about
the work of the Convention OF 81. Iii No. LII.
of which both Hamilton aud Madison claimed
the authorship-we find this passage:
"The Federal Constitution therefore, decle' wth ge
p-opety in the 0! slaves when vew- them n '
mixed character OF persons and Of property qi' ia in f
their true character Il the character bestowed o ~ .,
the laws urdr which they live and will rot be denied ai
these are the proper ceron because Il Is only uad; h
pre.exs lha. the laws have transformed the negroes mo '
,ec,, of property .ha. place Disputed them in the comp,
taou OF numbers and Il sdmted tia; the ,s' we're
restore tie tights which have been taken away the nro
coud ~ ous- be refused sq1il sh're oi repErien 20
w:tl, sh, other ahabients,'
hAer which, we think Gov. Walker had BET
ter reconsider his views, and perhaps abaadoo
the effort TO reduce the negro lower ihan Tx
men who framed the Constitution consented "a
place him.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09


In the Senate, yesterday, letter from the
Mayor OF Washington, about the negTo-sufrhge
election in that city, was ordered to lie on the
table, and so were the credentials Of Randall
Hunt Of Louisiana, offered By Reverdy johnson;
The memorial of the New-York Chamber ol
Commerce for legislation to protect Northern
creditors against Southern statutes Of limitation,
was referred to the Judiciary Committee A
resolution was adopted, inquiring Of the Presi.
dent concerning the prohibition to export arms
from California to Mexico, and whether it was
not violation Of neutrality; and another reso-
luton calling for information as to the non.
appointment Of commissioners to investigate
claims of loyal slsye.owners for compensation
Adjourned at l2.i.
In the House, bills were introduced concern
ing homesteads in some Of the Rebel States;
making additional appropriations to supply de-
ficiencies in the current fiscal year; to amend
tie Freedmen's Bureau act; to amend the natu'
radiation laws; to appoint Commission tc
purchase post office site and erect building
thereon in New. York; to grant pensions to sol
diers Of 1872; to build military and postal road
from Washington to New. York two bills, one
bv Mr. Stevens and another by Mr.. Carfeld);
to incorporate the National Laboratory and
Mining Association; to adjust claims for in
Jury to property by the military forces; to in
corporate an envelope and paper-Stamplne
company in Washington; to protect the Missis-
sippi and Its tributaries; to secure the writ o.
habeas corpus to persons held in serv.tude III
lawfully; q bill granting various bounties to
soldiers seamen, and marines enlsting during
the late war, and bill authorizing the Issue Of
six per cent bonds for funding all TIE ob!iga-
tons Of the United States.
Resolutions were adopted to inquire into pro-
yid;ngf for the redemption OF mutilated ard de-
faced fractional currency; asking the President
for information about the kidnapping of an
American child by Maximlan: directing The
Naval Committee to take up the League Island
question again, and inquiring Of the President
about the giving up Of the Shenandoah.
Mr. WILLIAMS introduced the following:
Rsorrsi That in order TO the maintenance Of the
national authority and the protection Of loyal citizens
of the seeded States, il IS The sense OF hc House tha'
the military forces OF the Government shoad rot be
withdrawn from those States until tie two Houses on
Congress shah have ascerianel and declared TIA. their
further presence there is 10 longer necessary.
The resolution was agreed to-Ieas "a;
Nays, 81.
The District Of Columbia Committee was in
structed to consider The czpcdiency Of imposing
a tax Of 20 per cent or the rent OF buildings
above $60o-thc proceeds to go fo- the edroa-
ton of colorel children. The resolution pre-.
vcusly offered against pOlygamy and pledg'ng
the whole power Of the Government to suppress
it, was passed. The House then went INTO
Committee Of the Whole, and listened to
speeches from Messrs. Latham, Blaine, end
Shellabarger, and thereafter adjourned.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-01-09
YOUR MONEY on YOUR LIFE.

IL !, itaIuIy coiu III NC" -ioiA' Inv ~ {!
winds carry sunerings to the rich and the poor
alike, whom business or necessity drives out ol
doors. There are no firS thick enough, there Is
no clothing warm enough, to resist the fierce
onse, OF the frost. No one loiters in our streets
TO-DAY. The best clad walk fast. The poorly
clad run. But, walk as they may, or run ai
thoy may, they can neither escape nor eyade
the ptiless hend who pursucs them. They
ought 10 be grateful who have homes OF conf
for. now. And-moreover, as i. Is cold enough
already, ard we need no cold charity to-day
they ough, to show that they ore thankful for
the protection that they enjoy, BY extending it
as far as tter means may permit to the shiyer-
ing aud homeless poor Of our city.
As our readers in Ncw-York sit By their fire
sides, or stove.sides," or stand over their
registers do they picture to themselves. or
can they truly comprehend, the condition Of
homeless people7 Do they ask themselves
how these Impoverished unfn.uuates spend
their days and nights Let us try to take them
to the places--forbid it, Heaven TINT we should
call them homes-where thc poorest Of our poor
pass their nights.
III the Fourth Precinct Of This City, there arc
some sixty lodging cellars without decent beds
or bedding, or Windows, or ventilation. Their
walls are of stone or brick, and their floors are
rotten aud damp; they are SO filthy that words
refuse to paint their condition, and they crawl
with loathsomc vermin. In these underground
styes, human beings are nightly haddled together
regardless ofsex, regardless of age, regardless
of race, and utterly regardless Of dccency.
Here thieves, beggais and prostitutes; here rag
pickers, pimps and drunkards; here young and
old, boys and girls, men and women, meet
together, and sleep together--inhalng their
poisonoul air, and breathing their still fouler
mora. atmospherc-hcre they rest Or lie down,
until the daybreak enables them to issue icrth
TO their wontcd tasks again: 70 steal, to cor
rupt, TO deceive and to disseminate the diseases
which such places generate. For single lodg-
ing in these infcrnos, the wretchcs who godown
to them pay from six to fifteen cents a night
At No. - Aulbery-st., III one room II by 10
feet, 90 persons, men and women, arc lodged at
the rate Of six cents each!
This is the lowest depth. But there is
wretche1ness enough that tries tr-wear more
decent aspect, which is in plentiful need Of our
friendly assistance. Go 10 any of our City Mis-
sionares, or to any Of our benevolent aSsocia.
tions, and each of them can tale unfold OF
human suffering, which IL is in the power Of our
richer classes to relieve, If not remove. that
is enough 70 harrow up The soul Of any listener
TO it.
Every one cannot give their life, and many
cannot give up any portion Of their time, To
mitigate the suiIeIings of our city poor But
all may do something; and either some 1.-THE ol
your money or your life IS due to these unfortu.
mates. And ao,o is tic accepted time, because
nov is the day of suffering.