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The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-03-07

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

nav could be given or exacted for eight hours
work. We have never been confident that the
time had vet arrived when eight hours Work
per day from those who work at all would
suffice. Yet, since the progress of Invention
Of Machinery, of econOmizing Forces, is so
rand and constant, the time must surely come
wherein eight hours work per day Will produce
more than twelve hours work per day once
did. or than ten hours work per day now DO
Nav we not begin to consider when this result
is TO be attaiDedG
Human wants multiply and expand with the
means of gratifying them. The mechanic OF
1867 wears clothes that king would have es-
teemed too fine, too costly, a few centuries
AGO. If he spends nothing for alcoholic drinks
and other baneful indulgencies, he may soon
surround himself with furniture, books, prints,
&c. &c. that nObleman would once have
envied. But may he not wisely prefer to 1--we
more frugally, less lavishly, than he does, anu
enjoy more leisure7 When labor shall produce
twice its present average product, may not the
Laboring Glasses wisely prefer to fare less sump-
tuously and tax their powers less severely, ana
enjoy more of the society of their families ana
friends-more leisure for moral and intellectual
improvements
II does seem to us that it would be wise and
proper, by way of experiment, to retrench the
hours of labor for the next two or three months
and thus afford chance of employment to
thousands who must otherwise stand idle and
90 hungry. When Spring opens, bringing q
large increase of employment on every SIDE IL
il will be time to consider whether to persist
:: .uorI,;r, abort time for cOrrpsDODdlng wages
or go back to ten hours and the old wages IL
these can be had. But the prospect now Is
that Labor in cities must be cheaper hence
forth, OF there must be vast migration from
the cities and the manufacturing communities
TO the interior and the West-a great diversion
of human effort from the workshops and the
factories to the Improvement aud cultivation OF
the soil.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

their own dear boys and girls, viii but think
of the children Of the poor 1t Is sore subject
to write upon. It is a hard subject for a ben
evoIent man to discuss without getting most
unphilosophically angry. Why, in the arrange
ments of the world, could not these poor IN
nocent creatures have been spared all tins ap-
parently aimless and Improbable suffering
Alasl we must take the world as we find 1t, anu
not repine at the dispensatiOns of Providence. III
we have the poor always with US, have we not
also the divine command to help one another
constantly appealing to our cOnsclences! III Is
easy to sit down in mOping melancholy anu
weep over the inequalities OF fortune IL Is
manlier and more rational to do what we can
TO make them tOlerable. 1t must be That he
has no children to whom we appeal in vain ut
Christmas time in behalf of the children OF the
poor
But we fear that we have been INDUCING III
sentimentality when we only meant business
Back to business, therefore, we hasten. Inc
various Associations for the Promotion OF Merry
Christmas-that is the title they all take about
this time-have found money judiciously ex-
pended great Promoter of Merriment. This
may appear to be singular fact but 1t IS a
fact and we defy anybody to contradict IT..
That we may do what We can to increase the
general joy and comfort we beg leave to an
nounCe that any contributions to any Of the
many associations mentioned in our list will be
received at the office of THE TRIBUNE and
at once paid over to the parties or societies for
whom it shall be stated that such contributions
are intended. Whatever is received will be
duly acknowledged and we hereby invite the
cooperation of all good people in little con-
spiracy which we have set on foot, to make
these Christmas Holidays not only Holy but
UaDDy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

Judge Van Worst of the Common Pleas
listened yesterday 10 the dispute OF Bloom ag Bloom,
divorce case The couple married - years ago. and
eOwn TO 1864 lived happily their marriage being blessed
with four children. In 1864 change took place. In
April last Mr. Bloom commenced divorce suit. The de
6endant failed 20 appear evidence OF adultery in 1854
quit H. and decree OF divorce was duly granted ON the
Ssth inst Mr. Bloom married again and Immediately
kter his marriage served with injunction 70
vent his marriage and order TO show cause why the
decree OF divorce should be set aside and tho He he
erI0itted to defend This IA based on an sdaVit
f wife denying the adultery and alleging That since
April ana down In fact 70 October her husband had co
hslted with her at least occasionally Her story u thus
What in April last the plaintiff and his lawyer forced Their
Way into her rOom and compelled her by threats "a sRn
L. paper whose contents che did not know; that abe
subsequently, served with summons, which she
nhOWed the plaintiff and his mother, both OF whom
kassuFed beIthAt it was nothing and that she
tdid not know that she divorced until the
toRinning Of October, when she separated from thn
plaintiff In answer this the plaintiff says that tho
paper alleged 70 have been eKt0red from her WA
agreement for separation since lost and Was draWH 1t
her suggestion ut the termination OF interview
brought about by the LAWYER for the purpose OF
oieton he produces her letters 70 show that she
fully understood that divorce was to be had and sage
Sat he informed her Of the divorce but chat e begged
Dim 70 leave two Of her children which he did The Court
took the papsIs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24
w1GEs IND HOURS or LABOR.

Congress is righteOusly bent on Tetrenching
the National expenditures and everybody says
that is Just what ought to be. But when we
come 10 details, all who have established rela-
tions Of suction with the Federal Treasury
naturally cry out, "Not here not here -four
"ish your broom somewhere else ~ The De
parment Clerks want their Twenty per cent
extra for another year, though many ele-
ments Of living are far lower than they have
been new railroads press for grants and
guarantees Secretary Welles wants bOrty-SeUea
Millions wherewith 70 run the Navy in a time
of profound peace, when the whole Government
used TO be run for fourth of that sum within
the recollection of most OF us. OF course, he
won I get IL. But we are startled when we
read that Congress, after resolving to Tetrench
earnestly in this quarter, has recOied, and
concluded to let the wOrkmen in the Navy
Yards be kept on two months longer, because
work is scarce and times hard outside. In
other words-The Government is to pay money
II has not. for work that it do MT want in order
10 keep certain persons employed in Navy Yards
who apprehend that they could find no work
OF none to their liking-elsewhere.
Against this and all kindred schemes for
pauperizng labor, we firmly protest. No true
man will wish to be kept at work under such
circumstances. If he is TO be q pauper, let him
be a pauper outright-nOt pauper in disguise.
And keeping a man at work. not because you
need his work, but because lie needs the pay
for II, is pauperizing Illuminating him de-
pendent, parasite, hanger-on, instead OF an
independent, self-subsisting freeman.
II seems to us that the time has fairly come
for giving the Eight Hour system fair trial
by common consent. That is to say: There
being too little work in the cities and most of
the manufacturing districts to employ all who
are willing TO work ten hours per day. let the
days work he reduced to eight hours with cor
responding pay. If this were done, tens of
thousands Of families would be saved from des-
titutiOn otherwise inevitable.
We never believed nor taught that tea hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

We hope there is truth in the Cable dispatch
which states there is a widespread and ever
increasing feeling in England favorable 10 the
ameliOratiOn of the condition Of the Irish. as
the most effective means of suppressing Fee
nianism. Even that old champion OF all sorts of
injustice and oppression, The London Times, has
an editorial favoring the idea. The eyes Of
England as to the real sentiments OF Ireland
begin to be open. Statesmen like Gladstone
and papers like The London Times begin TO
admit that. if a popular vote were to be taken
in Ireland on her connection with England, an
immense majority of the vote would be cast in
favor of immediate. total, and final separation
and that if muskets were placed in the hands
of every Irshman, most of these muskets would
be turned against England. The executions at
Manchester, and the suppression of the funeral
professions, which by all English papers are de
scribed as most orderly in their appearance,
have greatly strengthened this spirit of disaffec-
ton. If anything can yet change this spirit, it
will be a thorough reform of English policy
toward Ireland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

Sr. Jackson S. Schultz has at length yielded
to the pressure of private business, and re-
signed as President of the Metropolitan Board
of Health and of the Metropolitan Board of
Excise. Gov Fenton's selection of the Hon.
George B. Lincoln, late Postmaster Of Brook
Ign, TO fill the place, viii doubtless be gfatify-
ing to those Republicans who pressed him for
the Brooklyn POstmastership. This appoint
ment will silence the complaints of the Brook
Ign people, who have charged that their city
has not enjoyed fair representation in the
Sanitary and Excise Boards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

The sad death of Mr.. Hamilton. Member of
Congress from Ohio, adds another item to the
foOd-we may say the deluge-of crime and
accident with which our columns have for days
past been Overburdened. The telegraph wires
bend under their weight of woe; the old earth
quivers with thrObs of agony from the center
to the pole; cities are shaken down, countries
are engulfed fair domains are overflowed with
red-hOt lava; wife is arrayed against husband,
mother against child son against father a hec
atOmb il sacrificed on one railway, half as
many on another, and on still another the
width of hair stands between thousand and
sudden death. In social life, our newspapers
are smutcbed all over with reports of divorce
and separation trials, OF inhdeifty and disgrace
of gigantic crimes undertaken, half accom-
plished or completed. What shall he the end
of these thngs9
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

Many years ago we heard Texas described
as place just over the mouth of the world
below. aud the startling stories OF life in that
far off region. of the bullet and the bowie
knife. corroborated is menyiable reputation.
If we can believe recent adyices from there,
the exigencies of annexation, Slavery, and war,
do not seem to have eradicated the old habits.
Within the last six months dozen or more OF
Government officers have been murdered, and
if local accounts are to be believed, the crimes
have been. i'm most instances unprovoked. Re
ferling again 70 the local accounts. we read
that the perpetrators of such acts are
not only unpunished, but openly brag OF Their
bloody work 1t is to be hoped that tins Is an
exagseration; we cannot AFFORD to suffer the
stigma that in one of our States. as large as
nearly half of Europe, the avowed enemies OF
the Government shoot our officers and openly
boast of their deeds. Might We suggest that
Gen. Hancock, now bearing the blushug hon
ors of the Presidents praise, would do well to
look into this Texan natter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24
FIRES.

DESTRUCTION OF THE CAMDEN (rA.) ROLLING
MILI-LOss. $4,000
PuuApELPHIA, Dec. 23.--Thls afternoon inc
nail works and machine shop OF the Camden Rolling MI
co at Cooper's Point Camden, ~ j.. were entirety ue
ntroyed FIRE The works contained II furnaces 81 hai
machines and "a boilers The loss Ia estimated ~ sV
three fourthH OF which is insured In philadelphia com
panies and one-fourth in Hartford companies Inc eN
ensye ioundery connected with the works escaped WIN
sight damage over 200 hands are thrown out OF en-
ployment by this disaster.
IN SALEM, MASS.
BOsToN Dee. ga block OF stores on
Tssexst Salem. were destroyed by fire on SATURDAY
night The loss is estimated at $4,000. Among the sn
ferers are {. T. Doyer @. W. Rogers r. W. futile sns
@. A stetswell. The property is partly insured
MANUFACroRY IN CHAMBEBs-sT
Messrs. Levi g. Wechsler's mandatory OF
shts and drawers this second fourth and NTH noes
VI No l0e ChAmbersst, was damaged by nre end wses
isst yenng tho amount Of y 900 Insured The tird
floor was occupied by M. j. Hermann, oloah sna nan
tila maker. Loss stock by water, $1,000 lpsnled
Ths nrst floor and basement were occupied oy Msssr
Young BIOS, hat and fur manufacturers Insured Inc
building Is damaged 70 the extent Of 0cOo insured oy
city companies.
DESTRUCTION OF A RAILROAD BRIDGE IN vEE-
MONT.
BURLINGTON, VT, Dec. 93-The Vermont
Central Railroad bridge Onion River one mills frcm
this airy 800 set long aud feet high was Destroyed by
pss ts eyeesog. TsAtps oAa2es pas tos aaJ@
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

The Church-st. opening job has been cOndi-
tionally confirmed by the Supreme Court, and,
unless the property owners carry up the case on
appeal $4,000 900 will be added to our next tax
bill What with this scheme and the Broadway
Circle and the proposed ST. Nicholas-ave and
the new boulevards, the plumber will probably
swell in the course of the year to S5OOOO,OOO.
The prospect is appalling, and unless the clti-
zens make decided stand and make 1t soon,
a limitless expanse of fraud threatens to engult
us all in financial ruin. This Church-st. SWIM
die is good vantage ground from which to
begin the battle. Just look at it: the Ring pur-
poses making one fell swOOp upon the whole
area south of FOurteenth-st. and west OF the
Bowery, and levyng a contribution OF $1,000
900 for opening narrow lane only 1900 feet
long from Fulton to Morris-st.-a lane which
will lead nowhere in particular, and do nobody
but the makers of it any special good. We
earnestly hope that the property-holders who
are to be assessed for this job will fight che
matter to the bitter end. Let them not rest
while there is a court to which they can ap-
peal. And, perhaps. while they are about it,
they may discover why the report OF The
referees was confirmed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24
coLoRED SUFFRAGE IN NEg-YORK.


A correspondent asks lis lin what year suf-
"frage was conferred on negroes in the State OF
"New-York what was the complexion OF the
Legislature, and who was Governor
Under the first and second Constitutions, or
from 1888 to 1928, there was no distinction of
color in the qualifications for voters there was
a properly qualification affecting equally both
whites and blacks; all a negro had to possess
more than white man was papers or other
satisfactory evidence that he was Il free per
son, and not a save-slayes, of course, did not
vote. The men of the Revolution never doubt
ed the free negros right to the ballot But III
1921 Convention was called to revise the
Constitution, and then came the elamOr of rich
versus poor, and grand movement in favor of
abolishing all manner of property qualifications
was inaugurated and successfully carried
through 80 far as white men were concerned;
but "A colored man was required to possess
freehold estate OF $3.50, TO be three years an
inhabtant of the State and for the last year
Of the election district in which he voted.
This Constitution was adopted by vote OF
14132 against Al 402. The Constitution was
again revised in 1916. but the rather feeble
effort made TO place colored voters on the
same basis with whites met with very little
favor-the only modification being on the minor
point of residence That Constitution (under
which we now are) was adopted by 29l,52S
against 92,43G
Ii cannot be fairly charged that any party,
as parties now are, is entirely responsible for
this inyidious discrimination. Attempts have
been made to remedy the injustice through
ia, ,,,I,. IoxnI patn-amending the Constltu-
tion-but thus far without success. The vote
in 1915 was Sj,4O6 for, and 224,&}G against III
1850 there were 1888 in favor, and 3379Si
opposed.
The question is naturally up again in the
present Convention and may in due time come
before the people; but past experience gives
little hope for the friends of impartial suffrage.
In the votes noted above, the Democratic party
conspicuously opposed the repeal of the prop
erty qualification a few, doubtless, voted the
right way, but where one Democrat voted
Yes probably ten Republicans voted No.
Our Senators and Assembymen have had no
direct voice in the matter; the most they could
do was to favor the submitting OF the question
10 the people. Whenever that has been pro-
posed the Republicans (and before them the
Whgs) have pretty generally favored such
submission. while tho Democrats have almost
unanimously gone the other way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

A telegrapbic dispatch the other day came
from London TO Washington i'll nine and a
half minutes Suppose it to have kept on
around the world, the circuit would have been
made within an hour. What said Shakespeare
"I'n put a girdle round the earth IN forty
minutes If the dispatch referred to above
had started from London at one minute past
eleven on Dec. 20, it would have gone around
the globe and arrived at its starting point by
6fty-eght minutes past eleven Dee. ls-ap-
parently making the girdle of the earth nearly
twenty-four hours before it started "Canst
''thou send the lightnings, that they may go anu
"say unto thee. Here we aTeT'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

Section % of our City Charter provides " that
no head of department. chief OF bureau,
" deputy thereof or clerk therein, or any other
officer of the Corporation, shall be directly
OF indirectly interested in any contract, work,
or business the expense, price, or consdera-
ton of which is paid from the City Treasury
or by any assessment levied by any act or
ordinance of the Common Council NOtwlth-
standing this pretty plain prohibition officers
or employees of the City Government have fire.
ouently, of late rs been concerned III street
openings. In som, rases, the Recorder has been
a commissioner: IA others, the profitable task
has fallen TO clerks and various subOrdlnates IN
his Office. The Recorder, moreover is not only
an "Oflicer of the Corporation" 10y virtue OF his
judicial station aud also as Il Commissioner OF
the Sinking Fund, but he is likewise mem
Der of the Board of Revision of Assessments.
Thus Inc has to pass upon the correctness OF
the charges for Street Openings in which he
may be himself Interested in 4 word, he be
comes a sutton iD his own court, and SITS III
Judgment Oh his own cause. The 10th section
of the charter declares that any officer who
accepts an appointment OF receives emoluments
such M are prohibited 10y section % shall be
deemed 10 have vacated his office. If more
care is not exercised in the nomination OF
Commissioners of Street Openings, the people
will have to look after o rigid enforcement oil
tbis section.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24
@mnsinrnis

R,ry,GDs OPERA IIoUsE-Ihls ENehins' W"
'Rs,NTrS,'s AMEIICAN MUsEUM-Day and EYendng
- Lnle Dew Drop "A Lsios 0ouHa-'S' "'0Ds" - W.
60 ..,oTSy.Y THFArTE - This Evening - Lady
- Ss,ret" Mrs u r Bowen 90, t,..;,os .
"' P,,,,T,S Hall, Union Square-Tms Evening"
"Tbe lflgnn' ~. c,,..,-,,,, on FoppFSr AS
800, Nr-Dsy and Eyrung, a. No blS broaa"y -, C,,3
TIgrII-AvF THEATER-1hIs Evening &c Ol""U
90, r.. LeGngaell hrs Howard WakpS C.,,,d
NFTFNCu THEArER-Ths Evening Inc "idnu
T,ctrs. o. Gcrostein" m. ,ft.r,,onr,
NV YORK CIRCUS FOureenth-st,-IhisA ItrIuVoh
II eyer.oe -Feas Of Eluesr lnn" The Wiser Of ba k"u -
NV YORK THFArIR-Ihs Evening OHder the
Cs,igbt" The Worrel Sister, 90 ..Tl.o pIacL
C,esi'-l;rest Paisieuoe Ballet Troupe =. .t;5.,,r,
OLYMPIC THEATEE-This Evening y Niiusuni-
'WIIt,CK's-This Evening" The Rivals" D. w
Rslnck. H. l.. Davenport
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24
MUSIC
IRVING uALI-mss Busk's coNcrR1

IRVING HALI.-sItss BCSKS CONCERT.
The farewell concert of Miss Jenny bUsk
last night AZ Irving Hall not we'll attended ss IL
deserved 10 be, but the audience made up IN warmth
what II ked in numbers Miss Busks Voice has soIie
excellent and very effective qualities aud IN part OF 'e
register is sngulary pure and resonant It's ehef deec'
is in that sympathetic quality which gives paIhos 10
many an Inferior organ aud without which the most cor
rect music must always fan TO reach the heart lt OF
good compass and high reach, and IN the ara from ihe
Magic Flute she took the upper notes Win he1tness
which called forth u well merted storm OF applause Mss
sk also sang waltz by Ven1ano, ana IL hosSg"Ot py
Aenen Mr. W j. Hill. the pleasing Young tenOi gave
two or three ballads very acCeptahyi ana Mt "enbe'
Kopta WAS SET down on the programme Tor thrte
violin pieces, one OF which, the popular IHN
du Diabls ne omitted. He played, however MS
duet with Mr. colby with charming decaey anu ieeng
and afterward fantasia Ltcid Followed Oy ne Nd
niyA OF Venice" for The fayOrte OF
ing was Mr.. de Meyer. who received as uslai dOsoie
encores and replied TO them ia his own nlmtaDie man
uer Ills NOcfle rOaidfiqttc IA grHcetui ana patheu'
composition which Ipessed us more man hluoss Roy
think else We have heard him play.
THE MESSIAH.
Lovers of good music will not forget that
tbe great oratorio Of he Messiah is to be performed
to-,norrow night in steiuway Hall by Madame Parepa
Rosa Miss Hutchings Messrs. simpson, Thomae, anu
Connolly Theodore Thomas's orchestra ana the New
York Harmonic Society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

The Georgia Reconstruction Convention add
journed for the holidays yesterday, amid con-
siderable excitement over the contumaciOus con-
duct of the State Treasurer who refused to pay
any money toward the expenses of the COnven-
ton. He declared that he did not recognize the
authority of Gen. Pope or the Convention, and
would obey only the Constitution and laws of
the State of Georgia and the warrant of the
Governor, thus iustifying the claim of the Con
construction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-24

The liquor dealers of this city are 10 state
of excitement over new scheme just beng
rpatured lin the Common Council. and II the
facts are as alleged the victims may well ex'
claim Save MS from our friends !" The plan
ia TO establish city license under the dIrec-
ton of the Mayor, and tax every hquor dealer
800 per year in addition TO the $500 OF siSo
he now pays to the STATE. The proper law ON
GERS declare that the State license does not IN
terfere with the city license, no more than
would the internal revenue tax; the rum-seiiers
sre able to stand ID; the Rins d distressed t2E