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New-York tribune., 1867-04-29
TIE LONDON PEACE CONFERENCE.

Tho warlike Cable dispatches which we
have been receiving for some time from
Europe, and which stated that Count Bismarck
had sent an ultimatum to France, that
both countries were arming, and that
war was almost certain, are now
succeeded by the announcement that Louis Ma
poleon has submitted moro moderate demands,
that the Queen of England had urged upon the
King of Prussia to take the new French pro-
positions into consideration, that Prussia
had complied with this request, and that
on the 18th of May Peace Conference of
representatives of all the great Powers OF
Europe is to meet in London. The basis OF
the Conference proceedings will be the neu-
tralization of the Grand Duchy, and the dis
mantling of the fortress.
IL will be remembered that the whole compli-
cation arose out of the steps taken by the French
Government for the purchase of tho Grand
! Duchy. Count Bismarck openly declared
in the German Parliament that Prussia
claimed no right TO compel Luxembourg
to enter tho North German confederation,
though he insisted that Prussia had a treaty
right to garrison tho fortress The original
design of France having been bafled, Prussia,
on her part, declared a readiness to withdraw
her troops from tho fortress
The meeting of Peace Conference is in
itself but little guarantee for the conclusion OF
peace. The.London Peace Conference of April, 8,
| 1884, did not prevent tho continuation of the
| Schleswig- Holstein war, as in our own
country tho Peace Conference at Wash
ingtOn did not prevent tho outbreak
of the Rebellion. But il the naturalization Of
Luxembourg and the dismantling Of the fortress
have been agreed upon. there remains compara-
lively little to quarrel about, and the friends OF
peace may reasonably indulge the hope that war
for the present may he sverted.
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29

The Washington Chronicle says that the roll
ing stock. &C., of Southern Railroads turned
over to the former owners of those roads ny
the Presidents order. were officially valued at
$7,6S3,223, whereof but $1,l4, l48 had been paid
at the date of the last report. The Chronicle
adds
$50 little DO the persons who have been made the pen
efcisres of Presidential lberaty appreciate bis hd
ness that one of their first acts, after the
roads, with their splendid engines and suDstental r0ng
stock restored to them TO discharge all no
employees OF Northern birth The President of the West
ern and Atlanta Railroad who has his headquarters at
Atlanta Georgia, as sOon that Improvement was
turned him, the Sth OF August 1865 dismissed
all the employees OF Northern BIRTH tho ground that
the sentiment Of the people Of Georgia would not permit
him to retain Northern men In any capacity"
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29
NEW-yORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1867.

private entry and earn deed by merely stay
ing on it paying. $40 fees TO acquire title to
100 acres Is not that cheap enough 7 -A'-
Land is as cheap to-day, all things considered,
in New York or New-England as in Minnesota
or Arkansas. We know farmers near this City
who bought their lands at 800 to $50 per
acre, spent as much moro in putting them INTO
condition and are now clearing 300 TO SloV
per annum from 80 much az they cultivate
The farmer who is rich in children and poor In
everything else may wisely migrate to region
where Corn and Meat are grown far cheaper
than among our granite rocks; but New-Jersey,
PENNSYLVANIA, Virginia, the Carolinas, Texas,
&C., abound in lands that good farmer may
buy for less than his net profit ON three years
skillful, thorough cultivation. And the iano
itself will be worth far more after 1t has thus
paid for itself than before.
Let every one pitch his tent where he will
East, West. North, South-we favor no par
ticular location, but recognize good in each and
ALL If you dread cold, go South; if you enjoy
bracing North Wester, Minnesota stands
ready to accommodate you. We judge her the
best Wheat State in tho Union, and scarcely
behind any other for the production of Wool
| For Corn and Pork, Illinois and Iowa are hard
| to beat. The Grape grows in every State, but
is more at home in the South, where Silk
| and Tea will in time supplant Tobacco
and partition the Kingdom of Cotton
| Buy where you will but resolve at once
to have "a place whereOn to stand,
even though you are absorbed in traffic and
for the present confined to city. Set out your
| trees il you can do no more; let the land be
decided to your wife or child, 80 as to be safe
| from the next commercial tornado; give the
use of it, If you can do no better, to some
worthy person who needs il; but resolve not
| to let this year pass without securing refuge
in case of trouble, employment when fe& OF
wages fail. and haven for age and infrn Y,
| 10y buying land for home.
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29

the scorn of mankind. For these legislatures
had scarcely been breathed into life by the
Presidential fiat when they subjected the col
ored inhabitants Of their several States 10 the
most invidious, unjust, execrable enactments'
as if on purpose to punish them for their no
toriOus sympathy with and services to the Ma
tional cause. To have recognized and upheld
such legislatures and enactments would have
made the Republicans kissing and a by-word
throughout Christendom. And this is the main
reason why the arm-in-ar Conventions doings
at Philadelphia, which promised 30 fairly at
the outset came to receive at length the un-
mistakahle stamp of public reprobation.
The Times is wrong and unjust in asserting
that the Republicans seek to array the Blacks
of the South against the Whites. What they do
seek is to array on the Republican side all who
to-day are heartily glad that the Rebellion was
defeated and overthrown. In this category, we
expect to find most Of the Blacks and very
considerable proportion of the Whites Of every
Southern State, including many who have been
earnest Rebels. To array the Blacks against
the Whites is to concede every Southern State,
except South Carolina Mississippi, and perhaps
Louisiana, to the anti Republicans; and we
hope to do far better than that Nay recent
demonstrations in several Southern States as
sure US that we shall though the daily incul-
cations of The Times, being quoted as from @
Republican journal, are calculated seriously to
prevent it.
From the day of Lees surrender. THE TRIB,
uNE has ardently pleaded that the defeated
Rebels should be treated with signal lenity and
.oocoan;r,;tv TIE T,,nee has early and often
resisted our pleas for mercy, insisting that
Treason is crime and must be punished az
"a crme;r and now the Republicans are re-
preached by The Times as having needed its
counsels rather than ours!
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29

A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE CHARLES EANEs.-
Cen. Butler in resuming the argument before tho
Supreme Court in the Gray Jacket case on Wednes-
day last paid the following eloquent tribute to the
late Charles Eames, who was stricken down. 1t will
DO remembered, while making learned argument
when the case was originally before the Court
"may IL please your Honors: II Is impossible to recall
tho broken and scattered threads Of argument IN TINS
case without bringing vvdy the recollection OF the
sad occurrence which stopped when last before tne
Court and feel the sharpness OF our GRIEF az the
nuch-tobe-l lamented final event
"May 1t not be pardoned, may Il not be wei to pause re
when the duties OF the hour compel 70 renew the s
cusslon so Interrupted, and let our thoughts dwell
moment upon the departed counsellor OF this Court VINO
shall be with o more henceforth foreverf =.
"As o lawyer acute discriminating; as q counsellor
wise careful examination. dispassionate and cool In
judgement as an advocate clear In statement logical In
Argument and while deferential alike to the Court or
bar profound In reasoning; friend faithful genial
and devoted; as man. fulfilling duty to society TO
family aad to country with difference or enmit with
felIow.man he leaves behind him regrets. painful only
that he suddenly cut off almost In the zenith OF
Q life OF laborious usefulness To vs., VINO knew nin'
Charles Eames needs no eulogy."
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29
STIFLING DISCUSSION.

"Ths Rev j. G. white undertook to lecture on Roman
ism IN 9S @ Of y Ss Da oS' s
to he wa; nsd out Of ss Hs sns
were present. inside and outside Of tho building armed
with clubs stones. and other missiles An appeal wss
rights rs well a. tho speaker" IN Y. Tunes.
-Presuming tho above to be fair account
of the matter narrated. we most respectfully
but earnestly urge the Roman Catholic hie-
rarchy to take care that it be not repeated
We must not have an ecclesiastical feud in this
country; and the one way to avoid it is let
every one say his say. IL the Rev. j. c. White,
or any body else, thrusts himself into the
houses or other premises of Catholics, and
there undertakes to preach or proselyte, let
him be quietly led to the door and
shown the way out but, If he builds, or
buys, or hires, o hall or other tenement, and
sees fit to preach or lecture therein, no one has
any right to impede bis 80 doing; and all must
refrain from trying II any catholics wish to
make themselves and their Church thoroughly
detested by the great body of our pe0ple-to
close the ears and steel the hearts of all non
Catholics against the Roman creed and polity
they may do it effectually by initiating the
criminal madness of the two thousand at
Quincy, whose conduct was even more impolitic
than illiberal We estimate that there have
been one hundred thousand sermons preached
against Romanism in this country; and that
there arc at least one hundred thousand more
Romanists than there would have been but for
those sermons. And in this there is nothing
peculiar to the Catholics. Minorities in reli-
gion thrive by opposition. 1t excites inquiry
and provOkes antagOnism. We belong to sect
far less numerous and less powerful than the
Catholics; and we would heartily thank every
p-,racher Of tho adverse denominations if he
would regularly preach one sermon per month
henceforth against our sect. We feel confident
that this would double our numbers within the
next ten years.
tho Mayor of Quincy, being appealed TO-,
decided that those who bought tickets to Mr..
Whites lecture had right to obstruct it's deliy-
cry and drive the lecturer from his hall, then
that Mayor has proved himself utterly unfit for
his position and q foe to the Liberty of Speech.
Mr.. White (or his backers) had hired the hall for
a specified. lawful use they had clear moral
and legal right to such use. The sale Of tick
cts TO the public was clearly subordinate and
auxiliary to that end. Every one who bought q
ticket bought right to hear that lecture; they
bought no right to prevent its delivery, for that
was not offered for sale. Every man who went
to hear has just cause of action against those
who deprived him of the privilege he had paid
for
Again we entreat the wise and enlightened
Roman Catholics of this country to take care
that this Quincy outrage be not repeated there
nor elsewhere Peace We must and viii have /;
but it must be peace based on equal rights, and
guarar teeing freedom to speak and opportunity
TO hea
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29

ces the monopoy is notorious The Duke OF Bedford's
property includes Tor included mile square 10 the hear
OF London. The Marquis OF Westminster built' Witnh
few years. the series OF squares called BegraVa no"
the evil works Ireland, with the additional one Vi
English Lords being the propretors no one need Do od
The late British Minister Lord PamerstOn was reputed
10 hold 20 Irish estates and the correspondent OF The
TRIBUNE in Mondays states that where the Fenlans
were in force the County Of Tpperary, he country s
mostly ne property Of Enga'ids present Premier me E'
Of Derby" st.1 ..+
Remarks.-We heartily indOrse everything
our correspondent says of the undue wealth
and influence Of the English aristocracy. But
what has all this to do with ,he question
whether the Lords and the sons Of Lords
should be excluded from the House of Com
monss The adoption of such measure would
leave the wealth of the arist0cracy and their
prerogatives and their influence upon the cleo
tions Just as they were before; and the crea-
lures of the Lords would do as much mischief
in the House of Commons as the Lords and
the sons of Lords. To break The power and
the influence of the aristocracy is the main
object of the English party of progress and
we do not see that the exclusion of the Lords
and sons of Lords from the House of Com
mons can be in any way conducive to the at
tainment Of this object. just now the belief
in universal suffrage is making rapid progress
in England. The exclusion of any class OF citi-
zens-be they called Lords or Otherwise-would
be glaring, an odiOus, and an utterly in
efficient violation of the fundamental principle
of democracy Ed. Trib.
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29

The Legislature of Massachusetts having, by
an able Committee, very thoroughly invesh-
gated the subject of Liquor Prohibition vs.
License, taking the testimony of the most en-
inent and capable chemists, physicians. divines.
&C., &C., who were offered as witnesses on
either side, the whole matter was at length ad-
mirably summed up by ex-Gov. Andrew on
behalf Of License, and by the Rev. Dr. Miner
on the side Of Prohibition. Each party pro-
fesses to be satisfied with its champion and his
effort and we think with reason.
We suggest. therefore, that the two speeches
be printed together, compactly, but in fair type
on good paper, and that each party to the Tenn
peranee controversy unite in giving them the
widest possible circulation. We answer for our
own side what say the advocates of License
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29
TIE FRxxpmEN,s NATIONAL MONUMENT TO ABRA-

TIE FREEDMENs NATIONAL MONUMENT TO ABRA-
HAM LNcoIN.-In 1866. poor colored woman pro-
posed that tho people should erect monument to
Abraham Lincoln. and as her own contribution
offered g. In q short time about 5000 were sub
scribed, and commission appointed to take charge
of the fund. In the mean time, Harriet g. Hosmer.
hearing of the plan sent from Italy plaster cast Of
monument to this country, and the design was
accepted by the commission. We have seen photo
graph of the model-a temple within which q statue
of the dead President rests upon q sarcophasus;
upon four columns are four statues. repre-
sentng various conditions of the negro-iR
chains upon the slave mart, guide to Unioa
troops and as freeman aud soldier. -Four mourning
Victories with trumpets reversed. surround the
temple, aud upon tho cornice are inscribed the
concluding words of the Emancipation Proclamation:
And upon this. sincerely believed to be an act Of
Justice, invoke the considerate judgment of man.
kind, and the gracious favor Of Almighty God"
Frederick Douglass Ia President Of tho Freedmen's
Monument Association. which cOntempates tho
erection of marble monument after this design, an
the Capitol grounds at Washington, to be 90 feet
high with the bas relief and figures In bronze. Tbs
estimated cost is $4,000. Colored people especially
are invited to contribute to tho fund. which will no
doubt be well sustained by all who love the memory
of Abraham Lincoln. William Wells Brown Is
tha general agent. -;
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29
DISASTERS.
rUG-BoAr SUNK AND ONE NAN DROWNED.

TUG-BoAT SUNK AND ONE MAN DROWNED.
At about o'clock on Sunday morning. Officer
Van Geriehen Of the Twenty Precinct received
information that the tugboat j. Lsvergns. lying at the
foot Of charlton. was sinking The officer at once ran
20 the Station House and gave the alarm. Before
section Of insp, andsr Roundsmsn Thompson.
in a feet Of vatng ' The engineer. wiiliem
Robinson and fireman. Joseph Reeyes had been rescued
~ the Of steam elevator iyine near by The cap
tain, IAyinias Dobbs who sleeping In ths cabin.
wac drowned, and for tne f wss supposed rhss tho
cook Maraha speha bad shsled the saDs fAe but later
In the day was aseerxinsd that he was safe. having
sleps - home on Saturday NIGHT The engineer states
that Captain Dobbs was the frs 70 dscoyer that the
boat was leaking and aroused those on board Having
dese this, he, in spite OF the warnings Of
procuring HE watch. While below the water poaredin
with such force a. 20 close the cabin dOors and prevent
all sg,sss The engineer and fireman attempted TO re-
larcs end 1ndws she wss going down, the men sp,sne
pool caused by the siSkina boat. They wsye
picked up by the crow Of the elevstsr. as
above mentioned Yesterday afternoon the body OF the
captain yss recovered BY diver and yss cc sysd to
nes Grover VIII hold inquest to-day: The boat win
probably 10 raised without much difficulty No trace Of
her remains above tho waters
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29
BUY L1ND.

| We hold it at once tho duty and the interest
of every ono who has the wherewithal to make
himself tho owner Of some portion of the
earth's surface-larger or smaller according to
| his means. We would incite no one TO run
stead of paying his debts-but we would have
every one become q freeholder with the first
thousand dollars he can command that does
| not belong to some one else. This world will
grow wiser, better, happier, as mankind more
generally become owners Of land.
We do not insist that investments in land are
always proftable--that they will pay 30 large
an interest as others may. No property will
pay legal interest unless wisely, thriftily
| managed. But land is cheaper in ours than in
almost any other civilized country; and there
are millions of acres which can be bought at
| prices which will, under good management,
yield an interest Of ten per cent. Yet the gen.
eral truth remains that. if money is to be in.
vested with q view to income alone, and no in
terest skill, or effort is to be added TO it, il
| may best be loaned on interest or used to buy
Government stocks or bonds. Property invest
ments do not, IN the average, yield net in
come of five per cent.
is not half so much good land yet unoccupied
in our country as is generally supposed, and
the area il daily diminishing; the immigration
is large and steady, and the population Of our
country increasing at the rate Of tat least One
Million per annum. Machinery and labor saving
inventions are steadily increasing the area that
definite amount Of labor can cultivate. Graz
ing is absorbing millions of acres formerly de-
voted to Grain and Roots. Millions of acres Of
rocky, sterile hills now cultivated ought to he
laid down to forest forthwith. One-fourth of the
land within hundred miles OF this City might
proftably be given up to the growth Of
timber. In the Great West, the west
ern limit of profitable cultivation has
already been approached SO that there is
scarcely an average width of a hundred miles
of arabic soil between the frontier settlements
of Arkansas, Kansas, and Nebraska, and the
valley OF the Sacramento. And, though i'm
mense areas of good land remain unimproved
this side of the Missouri, they are being rap
idly taken up and put to use. We met q
farmer in Eastern Illinois last Winter who
took up his land at 81 25 per acre thirty three
years ago, and is now selling merely the tim
Der from it to settlers on the adjacent prairies
at 800 per acre. This is but D sample of what
is doing throughout the West There are NIL
hons of acres Of timber yet to be bought for
81 to $5 per acre which viii sell for 800 or
over per acre within twenty-five years.
Never before on earth was il so easy for the
poor to get land as it is In this country to-day.
Any young single man whQ will do faithful
work for fair wages can safe in year enough
to pay for at least eighty acres of Public Land;
the Government charge for which ia but 500,
while il may be bought with Agricultural land
warrants for $50 to $50. And he that is too
poor or too shiftless TO earn this amount may
settle upon any Government land subject to
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29
LORDS IN TIE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

To ae Editor Of The Tfibsns.
SIR: You observe that the exclusion Of English
Lords, OF sons of Lords, from the House Of
Commons would be contrary to the gen.
eral usage Of European monarchies OF course
il would and that is an additional reason
why it should be enforced: are they not ell founded
on and organized to perpetuatc the generic evil Of
caste. But you add: A House Of Commons which
should exclude the Lords or any class would cease
10 be body representing the whole people. Why
soi Could they not be represented by Conmopers Par
lament they by lawyers in courts Of law And arc
they not thus represenedand out Of all reason, too
Don't they send In, directly Indirectly large proper
ton OF the membere Previous 20 the reform IN 1892 so7
were sent by l54 andholdersi Why should they them
selves have seats well their deputies and thus make
the House, what really is House Of Lords and Com
monsi For them TO represent the creators Of the wealth
they Is making Reynards the constituted guard
lana Of geese what hss been and 10 the result but
monopoly Of political powerl The existence Of the
House Of Peers, says Mr. Emerson entities them to I'll
half the Cabinet whe their weight OF property and sta
ton give them virtual nomination Of the other half
In the army they III large part Of the high commits
sons 10 which they give tone Of expense splendor and
slse Of e1clusiveness. OF church dlgnes and emou-
msns their relations and dependants bear of the lions
share. I'D o. '-.- + ' -'-'-
As monopoIsts of the land Mr.. Emerson rode the
highway - mes the estate Of tho Duke Of Cleveland
The Marquis Of Breadabane rides out Of his house 100
miles n straight line 70 the see bic ewn property.
The Duse Of sutherland owns the County Of sutherland
stretching Scotland nom seA 10 see. Beside bis
other esstes the Duke Of Dcvosshe owps $500 scres
in the County Of Derby. and the Duke Of Richmond tooo
at Goodwocd and 10000 at Gordon Castle. Even the
Park Of the Duke Of Norfolk, In sussex 10 mies III
circuit The possesspns Of the Earl Of Lonsdae gvo him
eight seats In the House Of Commons. Then fhees rEs
domains are growing larger Tho grest estates are ae
sorbIng the small echolds, and BY laws OF entail ana
pfmogentuye ere perpetnatips the evil The answer 70
how thess broad estates find In the narrow Island
10: "Au England, st short intervals, among ship
yssds mll mnes and forges arc the payadses Of the
uobles" See English Tre.ssy IN towns VILLAGES and
New-York tribune., 1867-04-29
CHESS.

match for the chess championship Of the United
states arranged between Mr. Geo H. Mackenzie
OF New-York and Mr. @. G. Reichhem OF Philadephia
The player who first games will be declared
the victor In smilar match played last Spring, Mr.
Mackenzie easily successfu built Is coneeded thss
upon that Mr. Reichhelm did not do justice 70
his well known abilities The coming meeting betwoca
these gentlemen win take place upon tho field classic
OF the Phiadelphia Athenaum. The present year .
likely to be OF importance In the history OF chess
Ia probable that tho American championshpwu bc sgaR
contested tournsment OF all the best players In tao
Union is not unlikely TO bo held In this city during ths
coming Fall and I'm France grand Chess Congress OF al
nations will commence In the Exposition buildings next
month in which the most skilfu men In the world wiz
compete For this contest the Emperor Napoen has con-
tributed the chief prize" work Of art MT morphy
ay take part In this tourney Mr g. Lloyd OF this city
Is one of the board Of adudlcature tho merits OF
chesa problems at the French tournament.