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BALL, BLACK & Co.

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Formerly Of Hartford, Coanl
Removed to Waterbury. Conn 1853
OFFICE No. 2O3 BROADwAr
Manufscturerso Of
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OF the best quality only
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The superiority proved by the number Of limitations ana
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WARM
AND DURAsLs
UNDERGARNrENTs
At LOWEST PIuoEs
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SOMETHING NEW IN FURs.
The CorARINE INPEEIALz'
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-22
CANADA.

PARLIAMENT AND THE RECIPROCITY TREATY.
OTTAWA, NOY. 21.-RcspOnslble parties in the
,,arape provinces have made proposition 10 the Gov
~rnment o. build and an nter-Coioual Railroad Tor
bonus Of g ,OOOC09
In the senate last night, in reply 10 member, the Hon
Mr. Campbell stated that the Government nan not power
10 initiate on entertain negotiations with the American
I;oye1Deut with regard 10 the renewal or the Rccl-
1,rocfy Treaty. Such negotiations could only be APP
preached through the fundamentally Of the British
Minister a WashingtOn lie also stated that the Govern
bleut prODosed 10 establish mail communication with the
West lnds and 10 subsdize line OF steamers with That
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-22

CA, the attention OF their friends to elegant aud varied assortment
Of SILVER LATED WARE manufactured expressly for them by the
MxmpxS Bmr,SSiA These goods are not simply useful
and duratle, but elegant in style aud design
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03

By the recent postal convention between tho
United States and Great Britain the postage ON
letters between the two countries on and after
the LIST Of January next will be reduced one
half, or halEounce letter or less in weight,
now costing twenty-four cents, will be carried
for twelve-a reduction which will probably,
and in short time, more than double the COR
respondence between the United States and the
British islands, and especially between our
Irish fellow citizens and immigrants and their
friends on the "ould sod" For the benefit OF
our commercial people, however, there IL an
other change which might be made, OF vastly
greater importance than this reduction Of post
age, and that is change from two mail steam-
ers per week from each side to three, for the
present, and next, rs soon as possible, to
daily mail steamer each way. But even Q tri-
weekly line, In conjunction with the cable,
would be great gain to mercantile men and
the Post Office Department on both sides, con-
sidering the intimate, extensive and constantly
increasing business relations between the
United States and the United King 1om Of
Great Britain and Ireland. 3#
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03
MERCANTILE LIBRARY.

This popular centre Of knowledge with the msrcAa>lo
and literary classes Of the city rsopensd ysssrday
after the usual summer vacation, closing August IL
Since the doors Of the library closed there has been
added It's stock OF books several hundred volumes II.
GLIDING three four Of valuable English puboas
TONS and these with the books the shelves make
up total Of ninety thousand volumes The subscribers
tho library between and eleven thousand o.
these not including those who withdraw books In the
names Of relatives nearly thousand ere ladies' Since
the 10th Of August order boxes have been greatly
increased These are designed 70 facilitate the Transmits
sion Of books 70 those Of the msbers or subscribers who
cannot personally call at the Aston place building se
its branch II Liberty street. By purchasing OF The
librarian stamps each OF which % q the valuo
Of ave cents, attaching one 70 the order sign-
Tying the title Of the book required and enclosing
boxes" in post once boz, is reception u Astoe
place the book immedassy despatched to any part or
the city The reading room which was originally In
tended TO have closed for one weak ONLY, not Jet
opened will II b for several days. WoRkmen ere
engaged in cleansing and repairing its ceiling and walls.
IL also being repaired and reprinted the ceiling ana
walls Of which arc to b finished in buff limitation
frcsco" q workman called IT, The reading room A.
tachsd 70 the Mercantile Library Internationally the
finest in the United States. Il hes on hle upwards %
four hundred newspapers and periodicals. foreign anA
hebdomadal, bmsnthly, monthly ana quarterly. Al
the branch once In Liberty street. which, since the ve-
cation has been greatly enlarged and improved, there 10
kept stock Of books rarely falling below one thousanA
I'VE hundred; and from Il and the pareat library the
average number Of orders for volumes excssd tive
number greatly sxoesdsd the lady readers being Ne
chief callers,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03

There ID . very fair prospect that the recon-
struction of the rebel States and their readmis-
sion into Congress will involve ten, twenty or
thirty Senators and Representatives Of African
descent, pure and mixed. Greeley processes
TO be delighted ct the prospect, under the i'm
preston that these African gentlemen will be
Of the calibre, and will possess all the modern
improvements of the black Douglass, the
orator, and Downing, tho oysterman. There
appears, too, to be general disposition among
the Southern blacks, in coming into tho exer-
else Of their newly granted political privileges,
to "put their best foot foremost" in order to
prove to their white brethren, particularly Of
the North, that the Southern negro, though
Just relieved from the trammels Of slavery, Is
in reality ga man and q brother" and not the
capricious and crsdulous standardization Of
HayH or Jamaica, nor the stupid, superstitious
canpibal Of Equatorial Africa.
What the undiluted African is, dressed in
. little brief authority" We know from the
bloody festivals of his Sublime Highness, the
unapproschabls King Of Dahomey. But 1t
appears that in his peculiar notions Of that
"divinity which hedges in king" his negro
Majesty OF Abyssinia is quite up to the standard
Of his worthy brother OF the Western coast. In
recent letter from an Abyssinisn correspond
ent Of the London Times II is stated that all
the European workmen in that delectable
country are held as prisoners, and liable to be
sacrificed by the King at any moments that
| this amiable African has been playing the
devil at Zebra Tabor, putting women and
| children ia wax cloth and roasting them
alive - that Z" the other day he butchered six
hundred Of his most faithful soldiers because
their relations we're in rebellion" and that
"his fingers are itching TO shed white mems
blood But this 10 the unwashed negro, on
his native sod. The blacks of our Southern
States, through the crucible Of slavery to the
white race, have come out az fine gold com
pared with their savage congensrs Of Africa
And yet from the same civlizing influences Of
slavery In Jamaica Ito say nothing Of Hayti)
we fud the descendants Of the imported Afri
can, under the blessings OF emancipation and
manhood suffrage" rapidly relapsing into the
Incidence, superstitions and barbarism Q
Congo. Have our Southern blacks, under thei
subsection TO the white race and the re6ninl
influences Of Chrutisnity, been advanced Dc
yond this danger Of rslapssf Can they wit
safety b fused vi,b the whites ofths South o
, so6tins Of equality in the political and soci'
} community n there ere rsasSns 70 be draw
, from history suggestive Of serious doubts upo
these questions hog jhuch usrs i ~see TO
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03
The Spanish Revolution.

Notwithstanding the fact that Spain Is in
Europe, aud that Europe is psrmeated by tele-
graphs and railroads, it IL extremely difhcult,
at any time, to get hold Of a piece Of reliable
news from that county. We do know that
Spain Is in state Of chronic discontent-she
has been In no other state since the commence
ment Of this century and that the government
of Queen Isabel Is and has long been sminently
unpopular; but whether Spain Is now In a
stats Of dangerous instruction, Il is extremely
difficult, even with the help Of tslesrapbic re-
ports, to say.
General Prim some time since landed on the
Cstalonisn coast His object was insurrectlon.
Rumors have from time to time reached us OF
bis success But what shape the insurrection
has assumed, If II has assumed any, or whether
the throne Of Queen Isabel or the head ofGeneral
Prim Is most in danger, we are leit at libeT1
TO guess.
Spain cannot remain much longer IN he
present state. There IL fspth o
human misery and point Of human en-
dursnce which may DO said TO be nn1
Deeper misery or further endurance
impossible. Such is the present condition {
Spain. She canpss sink much deeper; sh
oasnet endure much losgss, NlsA IN aAsur'
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03
Progress. of the Paraguay. war.


Our dates from Rio Janeiro to August I
do not give very hopeful picture of the Bra
lillian attempt to reduce Paraguay to terms
The attack which was to be made upon the
left flank Of the Paraguayan position appears To
meet with as much resistance as that which the
allies have been making for two years in front.
The change Of commanders from General
Aitre to the Marques de Caxias has developed
nothing but some new phases Of military
folly. The terrible rains which have almost
drowned out the allied troops have still moro
reduced their chances of successful mover
ment II is reported that the Brazilians, With
an effective force Of n 1000 men, await the ar
rival Of 5000 Argentine troops to reinforce
them, before they make their final attack. It
is not certainty that the Argentine troops
will make their appearance again. They, soms
time since, left the war to Brazilian manage
ment, and, being heartily tired Of 1t themselves.
withdrew their troops. Their own internal
revolution, and a natural hatred against
Brazil, have practically ended the alliance.
The war is doubtless rapidly drawing to .
close, leaving unsettled the questions which
gave 1t origin.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03

A Desperate Oversecr Asempts 20 ChaAtlss -
Negro. II Resisted and Kills q Woman
Afterwards. In the Court Roeas He 10 Set
Upon By a Negro Mob. KILLS TIVE. az Then
and Disappears.
MrxHE, Sept q 1857.
terrible affair occurred al Marion, Arkansas, o.
Friday. A man named Bradley, an ovsrsser on Mr..
Reyes plantation, ordered negro 10 DO some WORT
and the negro psrsmptsrily refused, whom Bradis1,
attempted TO chassise him. The negro resisted ssA
others intsrfsred and Brsndey drew pistol and nrs
killing negrsss The negroes became nfurassd, ana
Bradley fed, not knowing he had killed the woman.
Al his instance two OF the negroes concerned In the
attack on him were arrested, and on Saturday were
brought before Magistrate Marcena During the trial
one negro called Bradley liar several times. when 10
struck the negro. party OF negroes thea set upon
him, and Bradley drew pistol and nrsd on thems
killing persons. He then turned and ned aud he9
not boon heard from since
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03

resources, rich in aImoE unequalled beauty.
and proud Of q splendid past che ID Jet thS
most downtrodden and wretchsd country o.
the face of the earth. Spain, however, cspnoV
be held down forever. The hour Of resusrsc,
ton must come. Governments may be swept
away, boundary lines may be changed. bat Tie
wealth Of the peninsula will yet be developed
and the people will yet be prosperous and
happy. The misfortunes Of Spain are, no doubt,
largely due to her own misconduct; but che
has suffered long-so long, indeed, that It 10 dif.
Acult not to express the hope for her that hsE
sorrow may soon be ended and her dellversnes
near. As a free people We cannot but prey
for the downfall of ell tyrsnts and the emanoi-
patton Of all peoples. He who will restore
Spain to her natural position among the ma
tons will receive the worlds praise.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03
The Presidents ForthcosinG Amnesty Pro.
clamation.

The President. Forthco.inG Amnesty Pro-
clamation.
Our dispatches from Washington inform us
that the President contemplates issuing pro-
clamation of amnesty to the South. 1t appears,
in fact, that draft Of such proclamation has
been submitted to the Cabinet At tho same
time both the President and Cabinet are reti-
cent as to the precise terms Of this document
and the discussion upon II. Mr.. Johnson seems
to have the impression that this would be .
good stroke Of policy. Has he the irmness 10
carry Il out = Are any Of bis Cabinet tinid
about the consequences DO they advise him
20 pursue different course Hesitation and
secrecy appear 10 indicate want Of nerve some
where. We wnut, and the public wants, light
upon this important matter.
Whatever opposition or hesitation there may
be on the part Of his advisers, II such there be,
we advise the President TO issue the amnesty
proclaim alton forthwith. II IL the trump card
in HE hand. The game has been going against
him for some time past, but II he plays this
card boldly and sklrally he may turn il in his
| favor. Az oil events, reason, sound policy, hui
mainly and tue good of the country, call upon
him 10 do 30, whatever may be the consequences
| for the time TO himself personally. We ven
| ture TO say that nine-tenths Of the people Of
the loyal ststes--all, in fact, but few
rabid rsdicals-would approve Of q
broad and liberal declaration OF am.
nesty. embracing all rebels, excep. au in.
significant number who have been guilty oi
other crimes In addition to that Of rebellion
lie has nothing to fear except the hostility o.
Congress, aud we think he need not fear that
A few ultra radicals might bluster about i'm
peachment, but the dominan, party IL already
divided on the question, and II would not dar,
10 defy public sentiment Several OF the lead
ere Of that party have been urging oil aloni
universal amnesty. The principal organ OF th
radicals in this city was, until lately, inces
sanity demanding H. Greeley had amnesty Of
the brain, and went 90 fsr rs TO 60 bail 70
JED Davis, the greatest and worst rebel Of al
Ho has turned round, II is true, since he see
, this would be master stroke Of policy on th
part Of Mr.. johnson. He is Cor universal On
) nesty, IL the radical party would proclaim
y but not II the President or any other part
should give " ssscaWs hc 'e" II would be
u popular act a
Al VAd ~ ismsassi kla09a hIs5 v ven
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03

We republish in to-dsy's HERALD the accounts
OF few Of the ovstions offered to Charles
Dickens, the English novelist, when he first
visited the United States, quarter Of century
ago. Dickens had then won considerable
notoriety as sensational police reporter and
delineator OF the everyday scenes Of low life
in England, and his graphic sketches just hit
the fancy of our people and made him quite
lion among rs, to the exclusion Of religious
reyivallsts, prize fighters, distinguished MUIR
derers reputation and other exciting topics.
Upon the eve OF his second advent In 1867 It
may be well to recall the doings OF 1912, in
order that Americans may reflect how small
was tina profit resulting from the Dickens din
nsrs. Pickwiok psrades, Boz balls and Dick
Swivellsr soirees by which his first visit was
signslizsd.
Dickens visits us ct the present time, we
are told, not for the purpose Of lampoon-
ing our national characteristics, or trading
upon our toadyism, but in order to make
money out Of his public readings. II Is
just possible that he may seek also some
new hints for the characters in future
novels, bis old run being pretty thoroughly ex-
hsusted. We do not see how he is to be aided
In this direction for our police reports here
are much the same AZ those from which he has
taken his main Inspirations at home. We can
show him his own Bill Sykes, and Nancy, and
Charley Bates, and the Dodger, at the Tombs
every night and morning, and he will find broad
carlcatures enough all around him while here
to oil up another budget Of american Notes."
But we doubt whether he will discover any
new field for bis reportorial genius. The most
we can do for him is to promise him large au-
diencas at his readings, and q purse Of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars or there
abouts to Garry out Of the country with him
when he goes back to England. II he will
devote a portion Of this sum on his return
home to the publication of sequel to bis
"Amerioan Notes" showing that toad yism is not
dead in the United States, and that there are
as many Aunkeys living now on this side of the
Atlantic as there were quarter Of . century
ago, no one will begrudge him the money he
will make.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03

General Hancock's Report Indian Affairs.
The long report which we yesterday pub
lished indicates very uncertain condition of
are evidently bent upon war, while a number
Of them are disposed to make new treaty
of peace. The report shows that the Cheyenne
and Sioux tribes are more disposed to wage
war than to treat with our Commissioners.
The Apache and Comanche tribes are also
taking up the Ratchet, and, altogether, 1t
promises we'll for an outlay Of two or three
hundred millions Of dollars before the Indians
can be whipped into treaty. Tho idea that Q
few thousand men, who are completely lost In
our vast Western territory, are able to reduce
from twenty to thirty thousand nimble savages
to submission is simply ridiculous. II we open
q general Indian war 1t will take at least City
thousand United States troops to carry 1t
quickly to conclusion for with our style of
lighting we require not less than two soldiers
to one Indian.
The government evidently fails to recognize
tho fact that our system Of managing the In
dams has at length become inapplicable.
Civilization, with all Its attendant public inn
prcvemsnts, has now left the Indian no hope
of finding retreat free from contact with tho
white man. We may light the Indians ten
years, and the result will leave the necessities
of the problem the Same. We may check the
progress Of our Western march, add hundreds
Of millions to our public debt, and 60 into q
barbarous method Of killing on both sides, and
nnd the condition Of things at the end OF that
time unaltered. The Indian, by primary right,
Ii entitled to some consideration by those who
live in contact with him. If he finds that war
pays him better than peace, he will do as we
would do under the same circumstances. II
be finds that the government furnishes him
one thousand dollars from the Treasury De.
partment, and that, before IL reaches him
through the numerous hands that manipulate
Il, Il Is reduced to red blanket and string
OF beads, We must expect that 1t will create
trouble. II he finds that the United States, in
setting aside reservation Of territory for him
cannot, owing to the food Of immigration, pro.
tect Il from the white settler, IL IL natural tina,
he should try 10 protect it himself The truth
Is that Indian appropriation bills, and agent
to absorb them, reservations and white men II
settle them, United States troops and Indians
to laugh ct them, war expenditures and whit.
men to pay them, do not ct the case in 1867
The Iudish and the white man must now liv,
in contact aud occupy the whole country il
common with all Its people.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03

have proclaimed an amnesty long ago. No one
who knew his views and feelings can doubt
this. The unfortunate conflict between Con-
gress and Mr.. johnson has delayed this wise
measure. Instead Of the rebellion being
closed up and the harmony Of the country re-
stored, political and personal antagonism be.
tween the members Of different branches Of the
government has drawn US into danger and
revolution. We are threatened with a negro
government For the sake Of political ascend
ancy, and not out Of regard for the emancipated
slaves. the negro is to be made the balance Of
power. The whites Of the South are disfran-
chised, and everywhere throughout that impor-
tant and most valuable section Of the republic
the negro is In the ascendant. The consequence
Of such state Of things are frightfal to contem-
plate. We are to have negro members Of
Congress, and, as some radicals say, negro
vice-President Yes, 1t Is possible that within
few years We may have a negro in the seat
once filed by Washington. Looking at the
rate the political revolution has been going on
the last two years We should not be surprised
to see negro elected ice-President and, in
the event Of the President dying, he would be-
come President What spectacle for the people
Of this great country to contemplate! This
mighty republic to become Africanized
Whether the negro should reach that eminence
or not at present, he will still hold the balance
Of power, and, Is a consequence, virtually
govern the country. Who can look at this mass
of ignorance-at the millions Of poor creatures
who hardly know their right hand from their
left-being placed in position to govern this
proud republic without shuddering at the con-
sequencesf Yet this Is what we are fast ap-
preaching under the reconstruction policy Of
Congress and the military dictstorshps at the
s 1th.
AT such crisis Il is the duty Of the Presi-
dent to do all he eau cOnstitutionally and
legally to neutralze this growing negro power.
Let him give as much power as he can to TIE
white people of the South to hold In check
the mass Of negro ignorance which threatens
to involve the country in disgrace and trouble
He has been deprived Of some of bis power,
but he can still bring up numerous body of
Intelligent white citizens as q balance against
negro lgno ,ance, by an amnesty proclamation
an by liberal administration Of the recon-
structon acts of Congress. Amnesty should
have been declared long ago. There has been
nothing in the conduct Of the Southerners to
prevent it. On tho whole, they have been
peaceable and submissive. Blu; it may not be
too late now. There are, however, higher
reasons for an amnesty proclamation than
those relating to the people of the South.
Those we have noticed. The North, the whole
country, patriotism and the future Of this grand
republi, demand that we shall not be placed
under negro government. Let not the Presi-
dent hesitate, but issue the amnesty proclama-
ton at once. 1t will be an important flank
upon the crazy and destructive
radicals, and The people will sustain him in
the act.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03
fNsHTFul ACCIDENT ON the ene RAILROAD.
The sunday Evening New York Trails Ds-
mclished-t'reat Number InjsreS sss NsssSS
Killed.


mciished-Great Number lnjared bss NsssdS
Killed.
From the Evening Tslsgram, August aal
Ncsnos, N. Y, Sept 2, 1857
AZ hslf-pss ten O'Clock last night the seven r. y.
express train Erie lima. from New York, was thrown
from the track qussr Of mile from this station, by
q disarranged switch.
The locomotive wss completely upssti two baggage
cars and the snskns smashed; the floor Of the beg
ssee car vas driven through the smoking car tearing
on The roof and peauy the entire side. Miraculous u
cav no one vas killed. but cuts and bruises psus-
fully lis<ibu,sd.
one 5ouns man named Charles sulss OF Elmira vsA
badly iacsrated In the leg aud blsd profussly. TIE
spAS,us oar Was well oiled with passengers several e
vhom pitched themselves through the windows.
THE appearance OF the wreck 10 that Of the most COM
plse havoc the baggage being piled top OF each
other and the locomotive and tender utterly upset.
The passengers all gathered the track wondering b
what mysterious agency their lives we're prsssrsed
train conss IN an opposite direction was fortunase
signssd before running into the wreck train vu
| SOFA arrive 70 take the passengers on.