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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

Napolecn,y legions were driven back from before
the famous lines of Torres Vcdras We think.
then. that Earl Russell is q triflo too sanguine
as to England's Copability of defending Canada
in the event Of war with tho United States;
and as TO aggrcssions" from this quarter,
for the sole sake of gratifying ambition" his
Lordship, and those who share his fears, may
safely dismiss their apprchensiOns on that score
Tho United States has at present territory
amply sufficient TO satisfy the national am
btion; and IL is not the policy of this Govern
mont to increase our possessions 10y anncxations
such as those which have. during the last half
century. added SO largely TO the British do
minions in India. Why Earl Russell should
talk in such belligerent strain we are at
loss 10 understand. Let England act fairy
and honorably by tho United States, and
Canada will be in no danger Of invasion from
this country. Let an opposite course be toi-
lowed. and it would soon be seen whether
Canada can be as easily defended as Portugal.
1t is rs we'll that the British Government
should feel that Canada's only safety lies IN
England's observance of international comfy
and good faith. For the rest, when the expert
ment of the "dominion" shall have faiied--as
fail il must-a process of peaceable absorption
will give Canada her proper place in the great
North American Republic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
EARL RUSSELL on THE Defense or

CANADA.
The third reading of the Canada Railway
Loan bill in the House of Lords called forth
a rather remarkable speech from Earl Russell
on the defensbility of Canada. The noble
Earl considers that the opinions generally en-
tertained as to the hopelessness of efiectually
defending Canada in case of invasion, owing
TO the great extent of its frontier well as
to the immense military strength of the United
States-the only Power from which attack
might be apprehended-are of very questlona-
BILE soundness. He admits that defense would
be difficult but he can see no reason why En-
gland should not as successfully defend Canada
as she has defended Portugal. His L0rdship's
historical illustration is such curiosity in IFS way
that we cannot resist the temptation of repro
ducing it. Portugal he informed the House OF
Lords, was small country, with a very extern
siye frontier cOntermnOus with Spain but the
English of a century ago thought it right to
make treaty by which they said they would
defend Portugal as if il were England. Portu-
gal was apparently at the mercy of Spain, but
England saved her at that time from her rapa-
cous and designing neighbor subsequently,
the first Napoleon attempted the conquest OF
Portugal, and one would have thought, said
Earl RUSSELL that at time when lie could
have sent against that country 100000 or 100000
men, under one of the great Marshas OF the En-
pire, the independence of Portugal must be inev-
itably lost. But England had again successfully
defended her, and CUP TO this time there still
remained the treaty, and there still remained
Portugal" The crater added, that g he defied
them to show that the defense of CANADA was
al tlan tnat ~ uOal
had been'-a challenge which the report Of
the Speech informs us was received with loud
cheers. But we wonder that it failed To strike
both his LOrdship and the imtelhgent gentlemen
to whom he was addressing bis bellicOse re-
marks that there is really no analogy between
the case Of Portugal as cited BY him, Il century
and half ago, or even half q century
ago, and that of the defense of Canada &C the
present time. 1t is grossly incorrect to speak
OF the respective frontiers Of these countries
as being extensive in the same sense. indeed,
Earl Russells language is contradictory when
he speaks of Portugal as being "smsll coun-
"tryr with a very extensive frontier. POrtu-
gal has frontier Of not over 400 miles. while
the frontier Of Canada is not far short OF 900.
miles. But in these times the question OF d61
feasibility does not resolve itself INTO Que OF
the length of frontier exposed to attack. The
art of war has undergone great changes since
the early part of the eighteenth CEN
tury, when the treaty OF alliance between
England and Portugal was first made; and,
not to speak of railways and steam vessels
as means of military transit, such warlike
agencies as monitors and rifed cannon give a
totally different aspect to the question OF in
vasi9q G2p that il Ysg2 Of tas pslN EhsR-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

The KiOwas have broken their treaties with
Gen. Hancock, and declared war to the knife.
To the Indian war no end is now probable but
that which comes after the utter defeat of the
Sioux, the Cheyennes, and the Kiowas For this
we are sorry the blood that is to be shed in
this inglorious struggle of the United States
with few barbaric tribes might have been
saved by little good sense at Washington;
but as usual, stupidity and swindling have
their results in war. Negotiations now seem
useless, and as n fight is inevitable, we hope
Gen. Hancock will make short work Of it. 1t
is not our soldiers but our civil officers who
are disgraced by this unnecessary war. The
story of the Fort Buford massacre is, we see,
officially denied by Gen. Sherman. Col. Ran
kin and garrison are alive at Fort BufOrd, hav-
ing been slaughtered only at Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

The Conservatives have now their opportunity,
and are very likely TO parody our fOlks's bunder.
What they seem bent on doing is 10 enfran-
chise the Rebels and Rebel sympathizers and
leave the Blacks under foot. We do not urge
that this is worse than the Republicans did
we only insist that it ia less excusable 10 re-
peat your adversary's mistake after you have
seen him justly punished for it than to hays
made it originally. At all events, Messrs.
Maryland Conservatives be sure of this Your
brethren IN Tennessee and The ten Rebel States
WU be judged by your course. If you pcrpetu-
ate the degradation of the Blacks, we shall
judge that your compatriots in Tennessee, South
Carolina, &c. would do likewise if they had
your chance to do it with impunity, and VIC
shall act accordingly. Can you say that this ia
""iust or uncharitablef
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

An eminent Southerner, high in authority in
Washington, and whose heart is in the work
of Radical Reconstruction, thus writes:
"The prevailing impression is, that the Supreme
Court will dismiss the bills filed on behalf of the
States of Georgia and Mississippi; but so good a
thing cannot be certainly affirmed of that tribunal
1t is sad-almOst shameful-that the Attorney
General should have DANGEROUSLY insisted that he
made his argument merely as tdTyer and that
his convictions as a citizen and statesman were
against the law he was endeavoring to uphold. 1t
does seem to me that, on so great question. the
Government was entitled to be represented by an
officer whose heart was in his work"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
PERSONAL.

Gov. Fenton has returned to Albany, after orieh
recreation. >.
Marshal Forey. recently reported dead, or dying -
recovering.
Mr.. George B. Wood will remain chief editor Oh
The Saturday Ere',i,iG Gazette =
Gen. De WittC. Clark, now attached to the United
States Senate, will go TO Europe as dispatch'Sarer
Col J. w. Patterson of Fau9nier Go, Va, has ia'A
claim 10 an estate Of t6,Ooo,00o in lrelandJ ,
The Hon. Theodore s FaxOn of Utica, has SUD-
scribed $4,000 60 provide Home for the Aged
Charles Colchester, the noted spirituslist, died ia
Keokuk, Mayi.
The Catholic Archbishop of Cincinnati and inc me
BishopaOf Pittsburgh, Alton, Columbus, and Mope '"A
for Europe June l. o..
The Montgomery Ala mail reports tnat T roS.l
Joseph johnson is heavy loser ~ the Selma bank
Sery" -.
Pslph Waldo Emerson featured in Malone. tt.
lsst week and The Malone Palladium did not ike %"
"lecture.'
Gov. Brown Of Georgia isdescyfoed as man 20, ..
about AZ, tall and straight, xith thn most snAa''0
man c0untsnancee.' -,
Mrs. Thankful SoutAeick, well;snown rlsn%.
AboitoBist, and rescueY1f sasee died atey IN "i"s
VILE, Msss., in her 18th gear. IA
Gen. Carl Schur,. Arthur 0lshausen anu ,,d En-" N
PretOrius have becorAe associated IN the papue"''"
Tie Wesihehs Post OF, st. Louis .;o,
The members of the French Canadian VEIN ~
lately paid their respects TO Mrs Abrapsto cr IN
Chicago. On the, reading OF an address ~ pr ea"'
Detroit Mrs Ii 1coln was deeply affected.
Col Sam Tate from Memphis Is urging the Ia ~.
presses It. to oyeraws Brovnows niger troops a
able them and the Conservatives 20 have gooo eT0
During political discussion between f2ur ss ~ tss
men q Campbeon Ca. on Weanssony ~ s:sasons.
saot the other three gentlemen Tye o. the ns third
nah zero thought TO be fatally pdgred' ow Wv WV
6sVsped serious dswaga
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
MARYLAND-THE T0UCRSTONE.

The Conservatives Of Maryland, now fully
in power being resolved on recast Of their
State Constitution, have called Convention
for that purpose, and elected their dslegates'
who are now in session. We are exceedingly
glad of this, though our political friends IN
that State have resisted it throughout. They
think il misfortune that this Convention was
ever carried; nee think differently, and trust to
time to prove that we are right.
The Republicans of Maryland had their OPP
portunity. and threw it away. They might
have enfranchised the Blacks, and thus secured
q long lease OF power; they chose not to DO
this, but TO rely on DISTINGUISHING the Rebels
and Rebel sympathizers instead" In this they
clipped up, as we think they deserved 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

Senator Wilson has written letter, elsewhere
published, in which his opinions of the duty Of
the North to the South and the probable re-
ception of the effort to fulfill it, are clearly
stated Rightly, he would have no compromise
of principles, and assures us that nine
tenths of the freedmen, all the loyal
men of the South, and many of the
former Rebels, are ready to sustain the
North in exacting the fullest obedience to its
dictates. lie is equally right in saying this
is no partisan work we have to do; it is a
responsibility imposed upon us by success.
We have taken the South under military
rule, and are bound to see that under that rule
the elements of republican civil government,
are established and developed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

Mayor Hoffman yesterday entertained an in
dignant protest from over one hundred German
citizens interested in trading on Sunday. The
protest was, of course, chiefly in the name of
beer, and against certain measures which
"Oppress a large class of business men, and
destroy the means whereby thousands of our
fellow citizens make an honest living" That
is what Rogue Riderbood would call it, and
the Mayor cheerfully indOrses this view of the
subject. In reply to his clients he denounces
what he calls the harsh operation OF the Ex-
else law, utters shrewd caution against riot
ing, and declares that "What you want is
"to carry with you always the moral sentiment
of the community" That is just what they
want.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
THE DRAMA.

There was large audience, last evening, at the
Olympic Theater, and one that well rewarded.
" Dombey and Son" was acted and MT. Brougham
played Captain Cutie The conjunction Of Dickens aud
Brougham is particularly suspicious. Genius assuredly
finds its best Interpretation at the hands OF genius MI
Brougham fell as naturally into the mood OF Cdptair
Cue as if he had been born to it, The loving heart tho
simple chlld-ke yet manly nature, the unconscious
bumor and patho Of that dear old mariner Of England
were all expressed IL IA il the character had walked
out Of the pages OF the novel We not ns.
The play presented was, OF course Mr. BrOugham own
version of the story which Is neatly N
Produced last night, after but slight rehearsal II dd nos
we'll Mr. Stuart Robson as Toots Miss Anlale Harris a.
Susan Nipper, and Mr.. FennO as D0nbey and MI Blanc
as Sol Gus were deservedy aPPlaoea dpp ane T
night Mr. Brougbam win take benefit appearing as
his own familiar and famous burlesque OF 'Pocahon.
as" His engagement closes on saturday, TACT That
Dickens portraiturcs reflect that lie almost the only
actor upon the American stage VINO can 90 lustlco
10 that delightful author.
The Worrell Sisters have commenced their Sum-
campaign in the New-York Theater, and thus ar
the indications are that they Will prosper We
bilious 10 wholly unexceptona0le Their nrst OH COM
pes two very pe eo%pany does not
pear to be avery strong one bur perhaps II VIII nprovs
without with paint and its interior walls have been
repapered. new Arrangements OK seats 700 mas oeen
adopted whereby those VINO slt at tne Dack Oh .no
can see the stage as distinctly those in 'front.' NO
human art. however, ever make this handsome
theater The best that can be done IS TO Keep neat a
clean and 10 produce chaste and merry pieces III rso
succession, so as 10 make the town laugh during tno
approaching summer heats and that appears 70 pe .no
design OF the new management. Matinee VIII NC give"
Saturday. ..,...
The japanese Troupe of accrobats and Juggleis.
the fame whereof has spread from the PACING 70 tns
Atlantic, made their first appearance at the Ac@rmy
OF Music this city, Monday evening last, when they
were very cordially welcomed They have repeated tner
exhibition every evening since and viii do so unh fa'
Their notice We have not space az the moment wherein
10 do full Justice these wonderful performers Yet
but to say the exploits surpass all that we have
SEEN dreamed of the art OF the symnas ana
the magician, The feats OF " The Magic Ladder tnd
(" Revolving Pyramid OF japanese Tubs" and The In
ebanied ladder where little All Right wings MS
peos way sheer across the broad expae OF the Aead
envy hail. are Incompatible and positively thrilling 80
easily gracefully, and harmonously are tney asoy ns
plished however that OF peril is disagreeapy
aroused The entertainment Is the more unique ana as
chatting from the fact that II Is national IN ~
cries and calculated TO suggest most ianclu Pot''s
a strange Oriental civilization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

The next step toward consummating the UNITY
of all Germany will be the regulation OF tho
relations of The South German States 10 tho
North German Confederation. The desire IN
South Germany 70 tighten the bonds OF union
with North Germany is universal. An address
to the Prime Minister OF Bavaria, expressing
the hope that the offensive and defensive al
lance with Prussia might soon lead 30 full
union, received the signatures Of nearly all the
members of the Chamber of Deputies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
HINTS ON HANGING.

We remember q kind hearted old man who
was wont to relate how one fine morning he
rode accidentally into q town in which an excel
ton ~ he was only then and there informed, was
about to take place " put the braid on" said
he, in his homely way, and was ont of that
town in less than ten minutes" This was
somewhat different from George Selwyn's taste.
He had gone over special TO Paris to witness
Damien's racking; and, after all, the crowd
was so great that he could not get near the
scaflod. Upon his explaining his grievous dis
appointment to French soldier, that polite
warrior cried out at once Make way
:" for Monsieur, He is an Englishman
land an amateur - The amateurs OF
the gallows are not all dead yet; and many of
them experience Mr. Selwyn's difficulty with
ont encountering an equally polite official.
The unmcky persons who would ENJOY the
spectacle most are the very ones who arc
most sedulously kept out. Thus upon the
execution of Aulgus, Goetz, and Shea, the
other day, at Cincinnati, the sacrtcial
solemnities were much disturbed 10y thousands
of enthusiastic amateurs, who howled for adj
mission to the jail-yard, and who howled in
vain. They danced they raved, they swore,
they pleaded for their share of the fine moral
drama going on inside; but they were snubbed
by sherifs, and they were shifted at by police
men. until they are said TO have grown abso-
lutely "ferociousn for the religious in
stucton of the rope, which was
strictly monOpOlized by about one hundred and
fifty disciples. With three to hang they might
at least have hanged one outside as just
taste, a morsel, q sop, q tub 20 tile whale, u
specimen q s0lace just little better than
nothing. But they didn't. The one hundred
and a half constituted kind Of close corpora
ton OF che faith of the cervical fracture.
Many were called, but few were chosen, which
was fun to the few. but misery ~ the many
The clergymen in attendance should certainly
have gone out aud made little speeches, deserib-
ing the inside mysteries, 10 the mob. lie wOuid
have been pleasant and profitable TO have
had direct intelligence from eye-witnesses
communicated with all possible celebrity. M0bs
are not very sweet-tempeYed at the best; and
We fear that the " thousands on this occasion
went home with more whisky in their stom-
achs and more sin in their hearts than could
possibly have been good for them. What
made the matter al the worse upon this oe-
easiOn was, that q new gallOws OF peculiarly
interesting construction was empioyed-a ma
Chine which il described as o model OF art II
BITS own fascinating way. ut consisted we
Iare told, "of a platform with - double door,
trap, which fell upon the touch OF pedal
communicating with lever below. A stout
"beam ran across the gallows, and TO this the
"rOpes were attached Ii was erected under
large tent or pavilion. patent gallows,
three ropes, and pavilion! No wonder the
excluded mob were mad
Then. again, the conduct of the condemned
men would have been like witnessing fine
sensational drama. such % Tho multitude d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

A Cable dispatch states that the demands
of the Prussian Cabinet in regard to Lrxem-
burg are assuming menacing tone. we
have had about half dozen dispatches OF
the same kind. all of which have since
proved to be vague rumOrs or base inven-
TONS 1t is possible that the relations OF
Prussia and France are at present OF the
most unfriendly character, but the Cable dis
patch is not a sufficient authority for war
ranting a belief in ii.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

We learn by Cable dispatch that yesterday
the Diet of Prussia ratified the Constitution Of
the North German Confederation. 1t had pre-
viously been ratified by the Diet OF Saxony,
and will now, of course, and without much
delay, be ratified by the Diets of all the minor
States. The Constitution having now been
adopted by the German Parliament. sanctioned
by all the Confederate Governments, and rati-
fed by the several Diets, the North German
Confederation has obtained legal existence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
"Sae rantingly. sac wantOnly,
Sac dauntngly gaed he;
He play'd n spring and danC'd II round,
RoIOw the eallOWs-tTce"


"sae rantngly wantonly.
He play'd spring and danC'd II round
Below the gallows-tree"
"Wer die like men," said Aulgus, in re-
sponse TO Goots's appeal. All this is very
frightful. The priests furnished tho piety, and
the men furnished the pluck-one might have
hopcd that the distribution would have been
little different. Perhaps it was as well that the
populace was kept outside. They would only
have seen, if they had been admitted. how
easy it ia for bad men to die shameful
death, without fear and without finching.
Most persons. good or bad, die decentIy when
death ia inevitable and it is not true. as
general rule, that those who are executed OK
hibit any terrors particularly distressing
These three culprits suffered for the crime
of numbering clerk for the sake OF
his money. But the same dssolute course
of life which had educated them for
murder hardened them for the gallOws; and
the dull, brutal. besotted soul, which kills for
filthy lucre is not Of ~ nature to experience
any terrors at the prospect of death and judg-
ment. We object to these executions, because
they are not even the examples which thoy pre-
tend TO be. A man with hOmicidal heart
docs not, uay ny udy, pau opcoiat 6i"c'"V"
ton of the murderous instinct, he succumbs at
last TO temptation and opportunity; and when
these are too strong for him, they are also too
strong for the dread of possible retribution.
He does not weigh tho chance of the gal
lows at all. when he has determined to
strike. If he kill in chance medley,
his apprehensions are certainly no quicker.
It is tho special vice of his character
that he il not in the habit of weighing
cOnscQuences-how then can the fear OF the
gallows govern his actions, moro than any other
fear2 The fault is in his reason. and in his
perverted faculties-hOw then shall reason
guide him oven under the influence OF
rational fearf How specially shall it guide boy
like Case. not fifteen years old, and with the
vices of fifty3 There is nothing better settled
than that the love of crime, and the gratifca-
tcn of passion. is stronger than the fear OF
the gallows The experience of mankind has
deprived us of our best argument in favor OF
it; but we go on hanging murdercrs because we
do not know what else to do with them Some
time, we may discover "a better method OF dis
position.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

~ An article on Cooperative Societies, Speech
of Mayor Hoffman on The Ercise Law. Political
and General Mems, Meetings of the Aldermen,
Councilmen, and Board of Health yesterday. tie
State Sheep ShOw at auburn, and Court Reports,
appear on the second page; the Money Article
and Markets WiU be found on the third page,
and Literary Items on the sirth page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

PKRsONAI--Gen. w. P. Innis Nashville; Gen. j.
Sidney Jones, Pennsylvania; the Hon. Sam Tate Nash
Sills tho Hon. NJ Gilmore, Alabama and the HOn, j.
w. shioss Nashville are at the st. Nicholas Hotel Gen.
10 W. c. Clarke, Washington; the Hon. L. D. Shoe maker
Rennsylvania the Hon. sam1 Harris Albany and Lieut.
Gonamandsr Hopkins, Y. g. n, ct the Metropolitan
Hotoi Senator Norton Of Minnesota h the Sc James
Hotsi Ceps Elmherst and Rookie Of the British Army
Donn. 10 ct the ALTERNATE Hotel The Hon. Z. ~ Hub.
boil, COKsaokie L. az the Holman House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

Gen. Sickles has taken direct step in Re-
construction. An order issued by him on We'd
nesday declares that Registration shall be
begun on the third Monday of July in the
States of North and South Carolina, and fully
defines the method
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

The Marshal Of Judge Underwood's Circuit
Court has gone to Fortress Monroe to claim
his prisoner and it is said that Gen. Burton
commanding at the Fort, will deliver Mr. Davis
in open Court on Monday. The 23d OF the
month is mentioned as the date of his trial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10

The Walrussian treaty will cost us not only
seven million dollars in gold, but Mr.. Doolittle
besides We learn from Washington that MIR.
Doolitte will go Immediately eli confidential
mission to the CART is to be hoped by way
of the Russian Territory.