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The New York herald., 1867-07-03

Tho above shows that there vas net increase In the
total debt between June 2 1894 and June 1867, Of
$947, ,00s, $50.
The subjoned statement shows the progress of inna-
ton by the national bank issues since June TO- 1866:
The New York herald., 1867-07-03
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

TUESDAY, July 2-6 p NJ.
CorTor -fhe marse; continued dull and there less
percepbe The sales 800 bales. The market
closed heavy a quotations. We quoe:-
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
Pharisees HoMIing.

The release of Mr.. Davis affords to some
of our contemporaries preteXt for malign-
ant vituperation. The editor of this jour-
nal is howled at with a vindictiVeness
which is comforting so far as it shows that
the tongues of certain of our friends have
not yet cleayed to the roofs of their mouths.
Let that pass as the idle wind which we
heed not. One or two observations, how
ever, may be ventured in reference to a
matter which seems to excite more than
ordinary interest. at
Jefferson Davis was taken prisoner two
years since. He was arrested as an assassin
and for his arrest the Government paid
the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
The President claimed to know in offering
this reward that MIR. Davis was the accom-
plice of Wilkes Booth. He was thrown
into dungeon, and manacled, and held in
harrassing durance. As an assassin, es-
pecially as the assassin of Mr.. Lincoln this
rigor and vigilance did not seem unneces-
sary, and we were content. With all the
proofs the Administration claimed to have,
was it not wise, nay, was it not due to the
memory of the martyred dead, that speedy
Justice should be visited upon the great of
fender. Certainly, if Jefferson Davis was
concerned in the assassination of Mr.. Lin
coin, he was the chief assassin. The
wretch who was shot, the four wretches
who were so swiftly hanged one midsum-
mer's day, were the mere instruments in
the hands of the great criminal. This be-
lief induced Mr.. DaviSs arrest, and the
payment of an enormous reward. What
came of the arrest? With evidence of his
guilt in the possession of Mr.. Stanton
with a hundred generals only too happy to
be assigned to court-martialn duty-witf
the courts open, able lawyers and district
attorneys duly commissioned, the grea
criminal was permitted to remain in prison
and not word was said of justice. Fol
two years this has continued, and now, a
the end OF two years, the Government per
mitsa him, an unpunished assassin, to b.
taken from prison and released on ball.. i
this is right now, when did it become right
| dence showing the completely of Davis ant
Booth, why was not the charge with
| drawn? -t .slH 2 F,I-5'aI'hnsa .
Well, it was as a traitor, and not as a.
assassin, that Mr.. Davis was held, and a
such he should have been keptin jaiP Blu
why keep him in Jail? Treason is Grim,
! and crime, according to Mr.. johnson
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
COLUMBUS O., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY IS, 1867.

that should be punished. There is law
ful way of Furnishing men in this country. |
To keep man in prison without trial is a |
violation of law, not obedience to iG. Mr.. |
Davis may have committed many crimes
so many indeed that, according to one
bowling Pharisee, " it is disgrace and re-
proach to our country that he should ever
be permitted to desecrate with his. traitor
footprints the soil of a free State" But
how do we know that he committed crimes
THERE'S but one way of knowing 1.-THE
verdict of twelve trusty men. Because Mr..
Davis is a criminal. must we also be GRIM
inal? Because he is: known to have COM
mitted treason, must we also commit what
is certainly moral treason to the Constitu-
tion? If it is right to take Jefferson Davis,
citizen, and imprison him two years with
out judge or jury, why not citizen Thurlow
Weed, or citizen William Cullen Bryant?
But it Is popularity believed that MIR. Davis
! isia traitor, and that as traitor, he should
long ago have been hanged. Well. it is
also popularly believed that if Mr.. Thur
low Weed had his deserts he would long
ago have been in Sing Sing. We have no
legal knowledge of the fact. Mr.. Weed
i has never been arrested nor tried; nor has
even an indictment been found. He is at
liberty, and so long as he is not legally
accused we shall insist that he remain at
liberty, and if necessary we shall find
twenty bondsmen who will answer for bis
security until tried. The principle is the
same, whether it applies to Davis or Weed,
or citizen Dermot arrested for assault and
battery. The law has 10 prejudices-the
Constitution no popular pnnishments.
90 Certain citizens testify their appreciation
/ of the principle so oonspieuofsly violated
in the case of Mr.. Davis Dy becoming his
; lbondsmen. Listen to the Pharisees, howl
) ing. 1t is popular to howl at Mr.. Davis
and hence all this loudly-echoing indigna.
ton. What is Justice? What is law
What is the Constitution? What are the
honor and dignity of this nation? Mr.
Davis is traitor, and should be hanged
Well, johnson is a patriot, and why did ht
not hang him? The Pharisees who how
over Davis huzza for johnson. So long az
Davis was fact, we opposed him. The
Rebellion he led, the slave system he cher
ished, the disuniou he preached, we have
warred upon. We war upon them now
and shall continue to do so until this lane
is a land of universal freedom and impair.
tial suffrage. But Jefferson Davis is M
. longer a tact. He no longer represents
armed treason. He is our victim, our pris-
q oner, the creature OF. the laws, and one il
whose person the laws have for two year.
Z been dishonored. Against that injustic'
: we have protested, as We hope to protes
: against injustice in any form, no matte
how lofty or lowly the victim. This we d.
: because we believe it to be right. Th'
: Pharisees may howl Notwithstanding. VIZ
: have heard them many and many tim
before.-N. Y. Tribune, Nay 10. -fa .4-'t
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
Moral influence of Food.

Alta sea,,ce of the Academy of Sciences,
at Paris, held on the I'd of April, was read
curious paper upon the moral influence
of different kinds of food, The writer re-
lated in detail a double series of expert
ments that he performed upon himself with
the two capital articles, coffee and wine.
He prepared himself for each series by a
fast of about forty hours, during which he
ate nothing but few globules of gum, in
order that the stomach mighG be entirely
empty at the moment of commencing.
Then he ate nothing but coffee and bread,
for several days, and carefully noted his
mental sensations. l. quote his own
words
IF swallowed a certain amount of
strong coffee slowly felt singular change
take place in my nature. j seemed almost
instantaneously transformed into another
man; all feeling extinguished in my breast,
and at the same moment my intellect de-
veleped an unaccustomed activity; it
seemed as if all my faculties had trans
formed themselves into intelligence,
ceased to be communicative and kindly,
became cold, cross and selfish, in q word,
nv whole character assumed an aspect eX-
actly the reverse of what it had hitherto
BEEN My intellect labored without the
slightest fatigue, and almost in spite of
my self; upon any given subject it pene-
trated profoundly and drew almost infinite
consequences If / wrote, my style was
correct but cold. If / remained "a long
time in this condition my intellect ceased
its activity of production, but like my body,
it remained constantly agitated. / could
not sleep or, at least, couldneyer complete.
ly lose my consciousness. In word,
was entirely reduced to motion and intel
ligence. Ii is worthy of note that my pulse
was both slow and feeble throughout the
experiment. If now drank some wine
everything changed; calm returned, follow
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
A Mule Story.

A New Orleans paper says that a justice
of the peace of that region was called upon
to decide the ownership of mule. The
swearing was evenly balanced, and the JUS
tice saw no way of settling the question
except to experiment upon the theory that
1.-The ass knoweth his masters crib" The
result, as told, was as follows: ~
.'If the mule in dispute should, when
taken to a spot within two hundred yards
of plaintiffs crib, go to it of his own free
will, the mule should be adjudged to the
plaintiff; if he shouldn't 90, the mule
should be adjudged to. the defendant, the
present possessor. The mule was brought
to the spot, but failed to bulge an inch.
Bv few wel-administered blows, he was
prevailed upon to move, and did SO at such
a rapid rate that he was soon out of sight.
He was followed, headed off, turned back,
and seeing the door of the plaintiffs yard
open, rushed in, sure enough. Like a sem
sible mule he made for his fodder. But the
plaintiff did not triumph; the mode was
deemed compulsory, and the mule was
given over to the possessor." -t-- -f-JS -
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18

H
ed by generous sentiments. 1 felt myself
become again kindly and sympathetic. l
ceased, as by magic, to be cross and egotis-
tical. If the experiment was made from
the beginning with wine and bread, instead
of coffee and bread, these phenomena
were exaggerated; the mind was dull
ed to such point as to be embarrassed
by the slightest effort; the character extra
ordinarily sensitive. dreaded to offend
any one by the slightest thing; whereas,
under the influence of the coffee, the feel
3 ings or opinions of the world were com
q pletely Indifferent to me. In the mean
time this vinous sensibility is not Inecessa-
rily benevolent. If the person happens tC
fall under the influence of a malevoleut
feeling, that is equally intensified. Finally
/ became heavy, sleepy, inclined for repose
the intellect ceased to act; sensibillty alon'
remained" HrE t1iltHLFr-H gI f.,9'rr'ft. I
m The author of the memoir observes, il
conclusion, that the coffee and wine ma.
be taken as the types of two great classe
of food, of which one acts on the intellec
and nerves of motion, the other on the sen
sibilitv and nerves of sensation; that
majority of articles used as food occupy
middle place between two extremes. a
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
Ladies' in the IIuntInr Field.

20 A writer in the London Field says: 1.-THE
custom of the ladies enjoying the healthy
and invigorating amusement of horse eXer-
else is doubtless not a novelty, but it was
not until Queen Victoria took frequent
rides on horseback that it became a general
and fashionable accomplishment. A few
ladies OF title and distinction, when at their
country seats, occasionally took exercise
on horseback during the summer and au-
tumnal months; few appeared in Rotten
Row, and occasionally in the hunting field.
l can well remember, during the reign of
King William ", that it was quite an
event to see any lady attempt to follow
hounds, although some might ride to the
place of meeting to see them find, and per-
| chance watch the sport from an elevated
spot. But now the scene is vastly changed,
and there are not many hunts which do not
rejoice in a large number of fair eques-
trians. ibIs3. La'ss.es. % - te'5 777'7't
The taste for hunting has vastly increased
within the last twenty years. Witness the
numbers who assemble at the places of
meeting in all countries compared with
those who were won't to attend in 1845.
Carriages of all kinds. are in requisition,
|afilled With ladies who are thus stimulated
to enjoy the invigorating freshness of the
morning breeze. is not this far more con-
duciye to health than q lapgnid drive after
appear in the saddle OF all ladies who
follow hounds, it must be accepted as a fact
THAT there is not one who comes out because
bshe does not really enjoy it. In that respect
they only do what they like, whereas there
are many men who are actuated by very
ldifferent motives; who come out because il
is the correct thing to do; and the only rea
enjoyment they experience is when they
turn their horses heads towards home."I
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
Volcanic Eruption in the South
..'' -.- -.'- Seas.

An interesting letter has just been re-
ceived by Mr.. VIM. Logan, Glasgow, from
the Rev. George Turner, missionary, au
thor of Nineteen Years in Polynesia," !"
dated Samoa, or NaYigator's Islands, South
Pacific, Nov. 20, 1866. We make the follow
ing extract:
On the 18th of September, little after
noon, commotion was observed in the
deep blue sea, about a mile and hal
from OloSenga, and three and half from
Tau. 1t appeared like surf breaking over
a sunken rock. Some thought it might be
a, whale blowing, and others that it was a
shoal of bonito. This unusual commotion|
continued all day, and by the following
morning, at daylight, volcanic action was
unmistakable. At first the eruptions were
at intervals of about an hour. They went
on increasing for two days, and on the 18th
there were fifty in the hour. For three
days longer there was one continued sue
cession of outbursts. The natives gaZedin
amazement at the great jets of mud and
dense columns of other volcanic matter
rising in terrific grandeur two thousand
teet above the level of the sea. These again
branched out into clouds of dust, blacken-
ing the sky, and covering up Olosenga from
the sight of the people on Tau. "a
- The roar of the eruptions, and the col
/ lision and crash-of the masses of rock met
4 in their downward course from the clouds
by others flying up, were fearful. Quanti-
ties of fused obsidian, too, threw off the
most lovely fragments, which shone and
sparkled in the sunshine like thousands of
pendants from crystal gasalier. No flame
appeared, andonly once or twice was there
CLEAN of fire seen in the matter thrown
j up. The sea was most Violently agitated,
and. boiled and bubbled furiously in great
basin half mile in diameter. After a time
the ocean had a light sulphur tinge for ten
miles round. Heaps of dead fish were washed
ashore, and among them deep sea monsters
six and twelve feet long, which the natives
have never seen before, and for which
they have no name. The sulphurous va
| pors, heat and smoke and ashes, soon made
the settlement on Olosenga in line with
the volcano unbearable, and the people fled
to place little to the south. A slight
tremulous motion continued to be felt on
land, but no assures opened, nor have any
hot springs made their appearance. The
ordinary springs of fresh water are also
unaffected. After three days the violent
action began to abate, and on the 11th OF
November, when the teacher from whom
have my information lett, there were only
three or four in the twelve hours, and the
heighth to which the matter was thrown
was reduced to twenty or thirty feet above
the level of the sea. No cone or other up
lifting has appeared above the surface o.
the ocean, nor is there any apparent uplift-
, ing or subsidence of the adjacent small is
( lands.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
After examining the statistics. one is not

After examining the statistics, one is not
surprised to fined from the official report
from which they are taken the following
humiliating confession: "Ship-building,
as a branch of American industry, has, to
considerable extent passed away. This
is owing to the fact that vessels can be con-
structed more economically in other coun-
tries. The class of ships which cost in this
country in the neighborhood of 500 (cur-
reney) per ton to build and equip ready
for sea, do not cost above $40 (gold) per ton
to build and equip ready for sea in British
North America. As vessels bearing for
eign flags are free to compete in the foreign
carrying trade of this country with vessels
bearing the American flag, and as from
their lesser cost they are able to carry
freight on cheaper terms, this vast trade
has for the most part fallen into their
hands,
Various reasons are assigned for this de-
plorable condition of our shipping. the
official paper from which we have quoted,
prepared by the Director of the Bureau OF
Statistics, attributes it to the high rates of
taxation in the United States, and in this
connection presents the following table of
taxation per capita in the leading maritime
nations in the world
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
Where is Our shipplng? !?

Oneof the gravest features of the evil
effects upon American enterprise of the
financial policy pursued by the Republican
party since it came into power. is the de-
cline in our shipping. Previous to 1860
two-thirds of the imports and more than
two-thirds of our exports were carried in
American bottoms, whereas in 1866 nearly
three-fourths of the former and over three
fifths of the latter were carried in foreign
vessels. The following table, from official
sources, reveals some important facts as re-
CARDS the comparative number of Ameri-
can and foreign vessels entering and clear
q ing from our ports for the past seven years
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18

The decline in American and the in
crease in foreign shipping are still more
apparent from the following comparative
table of the values of our imports and ex-
ports in American and foreign vessels from
1860 to 1866 inclusive: -..-...E 4 -.-. ... 3
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18

AN African prince told DuChsillu that
he had only six hundred wives, and that as
a diet there was nothing better than a
baked missionary, except the gorilla. That
with all his wives as soon as the elective
franchise is sufficiently enlarged" af-
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18

AN effort is being made to induce the
New. York Constitutional Convention to
OF course; it ought to go to the White
Mountains, Rockaway and Niagara. ,-
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
Public Sale.

rrHE NATIONAL HOTEL PROPER
IL Try, corner High street and North Public lane,
near Union Depot. will be sold at public auction at
10 o'clock A. NJ, s.;. --.....r- .a, -.7
On Monday. May Goth.
Persons wishing to secure the most desirable
property in Columbus, will do we'll TO attend.
Z TERMS OF SALE-One- third cash the balance IL
COLUMBUS, April 2e, 1867. apr30. dtd-n.S
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-18
DR.. TUCKER'S EXTRA VISIT.

DR, TUCKER WOULD SAY TO HIS
- old patrons and the public. that he may be
consulted at the GQODALE HOUSE CColumbusJ
daily till the first of April. .. rl4--L- Z
DR.. Tucker has now visited Columbus regularly
he is reliable and successful. The great increase of
his practice requires this extra visit to accommo-
enumerate the 7''.'
LEN TIRE LIST OF CHRONIC DISEASES, o
but will merely say my speciality Is THE WHOLE
list of Diseases which others have failed to cure
mch2G If ~ rti. tH -.lt-.. .Ht.I 300
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-10-24

The President has returned General
Sickles's application for Court Of In
quiry to the War Department with
his disapproval and his reasons there
for, the principal Of which is, hat
General Sickles has already appealed
for redress to the bar of public opin-
ion, and If he was to order q Court Of
Inquiry it would simply be giving him
another hearing. Ifnot satisfied with
the verdict Of the public, the President
intimates hemay demand acourt-mar-
tial Go in, Daniel sacrifice yourself
for your oountry's good. Public opin.
ion seems TO be harder on ssch dema.
Eogues than the rebs, who sometimes
took off a head, arm, or leg but, Mr.
opinion destroys all
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-10-24

The Pittsbarg Comuusldl, howai-
ing the fate Of i,s party, Says,
a day or two after the election
the Cincinnati Ga,Tfs had an article
on the causes Of the Republican de-
feat The moment was a favorable
one Iorplain speaking, and the Ga-eite
improved t. Ii is more than . week
since its article was printed, and
nobody has "come back on il. So
we conclude that in Ohio the Gazette
stands approved Wequote from the
article in question
No one need deny thar there is q reaction against
de radical policy of making black States in The
South. couple,I with the most reprehensible care
lessuess iH financial legislation save where care ii
taken 90 favor special Interests and terribly pro-
aigats system u appropriation. Within few
weeks CorErcas mests- There sill be those 80 de-
mentsd that they win wish % rush forward-Jump
ahead, a. Ben Wade says-take leap IN the dark
In farther proserptire legislation. couhseaiing
Southern estates mrcaching the President, and
al that sort of thing. Il viii not a..
We begged Ben Wade 10 stop the torrent Of per-
soaal Fituperatou and partisan violence long
enough % ialk little aboat some " the new issues
which we're particularly Important here. Nothing
could BE- got ouf Of him hu the same Old ding dong
The third oaicer Of the Govsrnmrut. Mr.. Speaker
Coiflx, -1re us but very small amount Of instruc-
ti0u IN proportion o. the latitude and longitude oi
bis discourse. and inlulged in an unseemly and
uutimeiy threat of hanging the irst oaieor u ths
Government The efficacy of such indiscreei ha-
ran-uss is seen in the election returns of Ohio
Something beside war taik viii be wanted here
after.
@Ihe Gazette says furthermore that
1t was ''unwise in Congress 10 make
it necessary for the friends Of equal
suffrage to bring forward the amend
ment which bore the Republicans
down II says, also, that the result
In Ohio must be accepted as a verdict
against an aextreme Radical policy
We take it for granted the Ga-sft'
(which is understood to be the organ
OF Mr.. Chase is not for Mr.. Stevens
/ programme"
On the other hand, Ben. Wade
Horace Greeley, Thad Stevens anC
Wendell Phillips have declared that
no man can get the nomination O.
their party for President. unless hs
adopts unqualified negro suffrage al
the leading article Of his faith. These
antagonistie elements are bourd u
inaugurate an ''irrepressible conflict
in the loyal camp before the ncxi
election. As both these wings jointly
tried for six years 10 destroy th,
Union, and failed, we have no fear
that they can accomplish its ruiz
while back biting each other. Va
fully appreciate the feelings Of a loya
orator. while lampooning the radiea
wing Of his party after the election
when he exclaimed: 1T was youi
d-d niger and your whiskey moral
ity that defeated US, and il viii do j.
again if the present d-d fools ar'
allowed to control the party"
What 4 pity that the party con
troIsd by grand moral ideas" shoult
thus be berated by the members O
It's own household
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-10-24

Il seems as thcrrh ths CoPs caul5
not cuit nj icisirrovsr the gueai Union
victory thsy ottairei "a the second
Taasszy cf Octoter. The ~cld Union
savers fzry appreciate their year Of
f1t-lse. Thsir reioisiaes are not over
dead and mutilatei neighb1rs and the
tOrvh Of the inceniiAry. Ike those Of
their loyal neighbors in years past
The Dcmccratic -War for the Ulion
Is NOT waged BY the sword, FIRE and
death, they maintain the rights and
liberties OF freemen through the inno-
cent ballot Hence the rcj0icings Of
the COPPerhsads and Butternuts in
this Ssateaad Ohio the past few weeks.
We happened TO pass through
Bloomington on Saturday last, and
learned that the Cops Of that vicinity
had 4 grand jubilee over the late
Union victory Over one hundred
rounds were fired, and nobody hurt
We understand that our young friend
James s. Smith, Of Cambria county
delivered an excellent speech on the
occasion. reheaEsing the wrongs and
cpprsssious Praeticed upon the people
BY the loyal national robbers The
Cops in that vicinity insist on tine
impeachmeut Of Governor Geary, fol
frazds Praetieed by him at the lat'
election, and on putting Hon W A
Wallace In his place. They say thai
III the hero Of Suickersville is not i'm
peachsd Tor his crimes, they vii
insist on Mr.. Wallaee taking his Plaes
II the expiration Of his term vs.
have no doubt bat that Z large major
ity OF the people Of Pennsylvania vii
sn50rse this latter suggestion