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New-York tribune., 1867-02-07
PR0TECTLNG BRIBERY.

1t Is only n few weeks since the public
learned. with general satisfaction, that men,
Der of the New-Jersey Legislature had been
sent to the State Prison for bribery. He was
but small rascal, to be sure; still, it was a
good thing to have any rascal in office punished
were it only to discourage the others. His
brother law w-givers, however were not disposed
TO leave him TO his well-deserved fate, and when
petitions for pardon failed, they brought in
bill which, under the disguise of an act for the
punishment of bribery, would have the effect,
if passed, not only TO set the convicted criminal
Mt liberty, but to proelaim!a general amnesty for
all past Offenses Of a similar nature We doubt
If legislative impudence ever went further than
this Whether tnnOrous cOnsciences had any
influence in idcciding Ithe votes, our readers
must, of course, judge for themselves. The bill
Ifassed botl houses, and on the 30th of January
was very properly vetoed by Gov. Ward.
The first, second, and third sections of the
bill substantially rcGnacted the old bribery
law, for which they were Offered as substi-
tute, with the important exception that they
left untouched q mode of bribery which the
Governor Justly charaetcrizes as "more insidi-
"ous and dangerous than the direct offering
"and acceptance of gift" namely: She
offense of giving or Withholding vote upon
one legislative measure in consideration of a
vote TO be given or withheld upon another
The present law makes this a msdemeanor,
punishable by imprisonment or fine ; the pro-
posed one makes it no Offense at
all. The fourth section of the vetoed
bill allows n Governor or member OF
the Senate or Assembly indicted for hTi-
berry the privilege of testifying in his
own behaf-as if men who would periuIe them
selves once by taking bribes would hesitate to
perjure themselves again i'll order to avoid pun
shmcnt. The fifth section repeals the bribery
law now in force, and withit call and every pro-
vision of the statute or common law within the
"purvicw Of" the said enactment. This is not
only setting up bar to all prosecutions for past
official corruption, but is n sweeping abrogation,
as Gov. Ward says, "of all adjudieations hereto
"fore made by our Courts and included in the
"terms common law by which bribery as
"crimo has been expounded or defined"
This atrOcious bill threatens to become law,
having been passed over tho Governors veto,
by n vote of 10 to 0, i'll the New-Jersey Senate.
Under its provisions, should it pass beth
Houses (and this, we are glad to say, is still
doubtfuD a legislator who had taken n bfibe
last week or last year cannot be punished,
because the statute which he had violated vii
have been repealed. The honorable gentleman
who is now paying tho penalty of his itching.
palm in Jail might be brought out on habeas
corpus and released, because all the provisions
of the statute OF common law touching his case
would have been set aside. The effrontery
which enabled anybody to offer such bill or
TO vote for il is amazing.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

expected to be eficacous Appeals to the owners OF
these abomlnatiOns improve their property viii GER
tainy be utterly e and there s no use In dsgusing
the further fact that so long as the tenement houses
which now suffer from suffered to exist but little
Is TO be expected from model structures TO ne erected az
great expense by private benevoence The excellent IN
tentons which dictated Mr. Peabodys magnificent gift
for the benefit Of the poor Of London have not been
happy results Great numbers Of those whom Is most
important for the community that should get out OF
styes into houses redy prefer 10 lire in er sys; and
the syes prove remneratye than the houses
flat It mast be reaohed IL viii probably be some such
pohibre and Peentory legislation as that by which
and England were cleared and the shipever banished
from Liverpool and NewYork Let as have law cont
oci1 landlords allot given necessary OF space
aud supply OF to every lodger whom they house Such
law fortified by provision that no rent shall be re-
coyerabe against any persons lodging In houses in the
Construction and allotment Of which the law shall be vio
lated would probably do to put this matter on
CIVILIZED basis In Six months than all the public meetings
denunciatons, and legislative recommendations in the
uorid
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

Mr. Steyens's bill reported yesterday virtually
subjects the States lately in rebellion to Mil
itary rule until Congress shall otherwise pro-
vide. We wish to see this result avoided; but.
if those States will not otherwise provide for
the punishment Of outrages on Blacks and
other Unconditional Unionists, how can it bo :
They hung negro whom they had nick
named Horace Greeley in South Carolina the
other day for killing white man. He was
convicted on negro testimony -circumstantial
but strong. SO far, so good. Now, will some
one point lis to a single instance in the recent
history of the reconstructed States where a
White ex-Rebel has been convicted on White
testimony and executed for killing negro ?
That there have been such killings in abund-
ance is notorious where is the record of srch
conviction and punishment?
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

The Legislative Committee appointed TO In
yestigate our Ferry (want of system met yes
terday in Brooklyn. The counsel for the Union
Ferry Company was present, q fact which
shows that the profound silence of the Ferry
men did not at all indicate disposition to
yield to the public will. We presume they ex-
pect to triumph over the people in this
struggle, having tho advantage of money,
compact organization. and. long experience
in eyading the laws. The people, they believe,
do not take as much interest in the matter indi-
vidually as collectively We suggest to the
Citizens Association, which was organized for
the removal OF abuses, that it might take an
interest in this matter. and through its counsel
represent the interests of the people before the
Committee
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august body requesting Congress to repeal the
National statute prohibiting polygamy in the
Territories. The law in question has been five
years on our books, and all that time has been
perfect dead letter. The Mormons have treated
it with supreme contempt, the Elders have
preached disobedience the Saints have gone on
with their wholesale marrying and sealing, and
the head Prophet has taken his fOrty-ffth help
meet. The memorial says to Congress, in effects
"Gentlemen, you see how we despise your
;, authority; suppose, for the looks of the thing
"you tell us to do as we have mind to-" In a
word, Congress is asked to play the part of the
indulgent mother, and when her naughty boy
says az WON'T is to answer, "Well, then, you
"needn n'tr We trust that when Mr.. Delegate
Hooper presents this memorial ho will receive
becoming reply.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07
McMACKEN.

George w. McCracken, Of New-York, ia tls
man who wrote the letter to the President about
the infamous conduct of our Ministers and Cen
suls in Europe; of which Mr.. johnson spoke 10
Mr. Seward; of which Mr.. Seward wrote to Mr.
Motley; of which Mr.. Motley wrote to Mr.
Seward; as to which the Senate inauired. and
which we present to the public to-day. George
w. McCracken, of New-York, is the man who
peeped through the key-hole, who listened of
the crack, who was up the chimney, and
who has been dragged out from under
the table by the nose. The Senate Of
the United States now has George w.
McCracken, of NewYork, by that prominent
feature which he has poked about SO industri-
ously, and if the Senate should pull it, before
letting it go, we hope that honorable body will
take Major De Boots advice, and pull il
"gently, gently, gently"
Who is George w. McCrackcn, of New
York; We have looked in vain for his name
in the New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey City
Directories. Nobody seems to know him, and
probably nobody wants to know him.
He is apparently the "utterly obscure
"pcrsonr that Mr.. Sumner declared him.
Indeed, it is doubtful whether there is
such person as George W. McCrackon
of New-York, for even the man vulgar enough
to write such letter would scarcely be stupid
enough to sign his true name. George w.
McCracken, of NewYork, is possibly, assumed
to conceal o man who, though not ashamed to
do o dirty thing, was ashamed to be known as
the author.
Yet, upon such letter as this from begin
ming to end malignant, disgusting, and unInIs-
takably false, Mr.. Seward could question
the patriotism of man so distinguished
as Mr.. Motley, and ask him for CON
frmatiOn Of the grossest ISLANDERS. A letter
which calls one of, the representatives
of the United States in Europe a flunkey,
another vulgar ignorant fellow, another
common drunlSard! 1t is surprising that
Mr.. Seward did not at once perceive
that the President was insulted by such
letter. and inform Mr.. johnson Of the
fact It is more surprising that he should
have made it the basis Of official action. When
his correspondence with Mr.. Motley was
published it was believed that, though
nothing could excuse the tone OF Mr..
Stewards letter, he must have had soma
authority for suppOsing that gentleman to be
no gentleman and renegade. Yet, even TINS
presumption, this apology for the Secretary was
unfounded. George w. McCracken, OF New
York, was all the authority Mr.. Seward
had. George w. McCTacken, of New
York is the mean little mouse which has
crawled out of this mountain of scandal, and
hereafter, we greatly fear, when Mr.. Seward
utters his prophecies of wars ending in ninety
days, the implicit faith of his countrymen will
scarcely continue unless he distinctly affirms
that it was not George w. MeCracken, of New
York, who told him so.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07
TILE OHEEN ON REEORM

All England waited with impatience for the
Queens speech at the opening OF Parlla-
ment, for is was hoped that through 1t the
Government would answer that demand
for the extension of the elective fran
chse which the people now make with
unprecedented earnestness. Since the defeat
Of tho Russell Gladstone bill, popular agitation
during the past eight months has almost taken
the form Of menacc-a threat not the less
forcible because it is moderate, and expressed
without violence. The speech from the
Throne embodies the policy of the Government,
and the English people awaited it to learn
whether the Derby Ministry would refuse re-
form, or make some concession to their will.
The question is set at rest thus far, that it
indicates that the Ministry admit the ne
cessity of yielding, though how far they
will yield, or what measures they will take, il
not stated. We presume that bill will be laid
before Parliament which, in the language of tho
speech, "without undue disturbance Of the bal
"ance Of political power, shall freely extend
"the elective franchise
But this promise seems to have given little
satisfaction. The people expected n more def
mite answer to their demand. Never proba-
bly,, was the Queen Of Great Britain so cOldly
received by her subjects. She passed
through immense crowds without receiving q
cheer, and in reading her speech was interrupted
by cries of "Reform Reformr Still moro sig
nifcant was the silence in which she returned
TO Buckingham Palace after the delivery of the
speech, and when the Iband struck up the air,
dear to English hearts, Good Save the
"Qucen," her Tsuhiects had no ." Amen"
for answer. Our Cable dispatches intimate that
disturbance was threatened, and that the
great Reform meeting to be held in London
on the nth inst will be more menacing
than any other meeting of Englishmcn in
this century. The failure of the Queens
speech to define clearly the measures the
Government will frame, the brief mention of
the question, of all questions to England most
vital, has plainly aroused new indignation and
greater resolution. The people will have Re
form The British Government, which for
forty years has triiled with their wishes, can
afford to trife no longer
If Lord Derby's Ministry will fairly meet this
question, and give to Parliament Reform bill,
dealing with it honestly and justly, they may
retain power. If they repeat the blnnder OF
promising what will never bc fulfilled, they
must give pace 10 the LipcIas' "o
confess TO little faith in the Tories, but
it will DO pleasant surprise TO find that, un-
like the Bourbons they can learn and IN
learn. England's, future depends upon
the manner in which the question of Reform is
dealt with; it is in the power OF her
rulers to preveW or TO necessitatc revolution.
When the Queen passed on her dismal trlum-
phal march. through the streets OF London
placards wero held above the immense
throng OF her subjects, on which were
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

The condition of the Ottoman Porte is be-
coming every day more critical. BY Cable
dispatch in this mornings issue we learn that
the people Of Servia are rising in arms against
the Turks, and that the VicerOy of Egypt shows
an intention of availing himself of the troubles
Of the Porte to achieve the entire independence
of Egypt. The report that the Bulgarians disap-
proved of the movements Of the Greeks, and had
declared in favor of the Turkish rule. is refuted
by The LeUdnt Herald, which claims to know
from the best source that Bulgarian address
to the Turkish Government, expressing the
above sentiments, was put in circulation by
the French missionaries IN Constantinople, and
has not received the signatures of any respect
able number of Bulgarians. The latter, it is
true, have for years been quarreling with the
heads Of the Greek Church because they
demand a national organization of church. and
school under Bulgarian--and not, as heretofore,
Under Greek-bishops, but they are, neYerthe-
less in full sympathy with the political aspira-
tions Of the other Christian provinces. When
the general rising against the Turkish rule,
which has long been preparing, shall fake place,
the BulgaIians will not remain behind.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

The Senate of Pennsylvania has passed bill
fOrbidding railroads to make any distinction
between passengers on account of race or color,
and the House will certainly concur. We con-
gratulate the people of Philadelphia, especially,
upon the prospect that their city will be re-
deemed from disgrace-and Mr.. Justice Thomp-
son that he will no longer have the opportunity
of deciding that colored women may be robbed
and kicked out of street cars without the hope
of any Tedresa.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

The Committee of Ways and Means, we I'M
derstand, propose to take off the tax on adver-
tisements. AS one of large number of jour
nails able and willing TO pay any necessary TAX
in this particular, we object We ask Congress
fo1 no favor Unless some general reduction of
our internal burdens is contemplated, we trust
that the present tax viii be maintained, and as
for general reduction, we are totally opposed
to it. We have great debt, which we mean
greatly to pay. and it cannot be paid by light
eniIe taxes. Face the music, gentlemen!
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

The Hon. James Z. English, who served in
the XXXvIIth and XXXVElth Congress, and
was well known as 9 manufacturer of New
Haven, was yesterday nominated for Gov
ernor by the Democratic Convention of Con-
necticut The Convention, whose candidate
will undoubtedly not be elected took the
trouble to explain its views in series OF reso-
lutions. Radicals and fanatics are denounced
as of old; and the Supreme Court and Mr..
Johnson are subjects of questionable laudation.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

Can Councilmen lMcYeany, Gilmore, Tusner,
and Thomas Murray the four Republicans who
voted to have a new officer to be called CAS-
"sistant Sergeant-at- Arms" at salary Of 81 200
per annum tell us what will be the duties of that
officer other than drawing his salaryf The
Sergeant -at-Arms has nothing to do except at
sessions of the Board to pass M from the desks
of the honorable membess Of That body to tho
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

We read with great pleasure in our City's
noisiest and most abusive organ of Free Trade
the following excellent structures. They are
specially aimed at our abominable Tenement
Houses but they cover the whole ground in
dispute between US and the philosophers who
recently met in Boston and resolved that Gov
ernment had no business to do more than pre-
vent one mans knocking another down. Says
The World:
"The ouestlon now Is. not whether we shall apply q
remedy " this state " things but what tene can pe
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

The Indian Appropriation bill was debated in
the House yesterday, and was finally recon-
mitted to the Committee on Appropriations,
with instructions aimed against the present
contract system. The Committee are to ex-
clude from the bill all appropriations not neces-
sary to carry out the treaty stipulations, or
maintain Indians now in our custody.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

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The proceedings of the Labor Convention at
Albany were yesterday notable for the stand
taken BY its President against the eight-hour
movement. He thought it injudcious to insist
on eight hours work, and get eight hours
wages; but the Convention has in no wise
austained him.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY FEBRUARY Z 1867

written, "Men without votes are serfs."
The warning must be needed. We
dc not believe that force will be needed to
obtain for the English people their rights, for
we think the Government will yield; but it is
clear enough that if this Parliament should fail
TO extend the franchise, the serfs mean to
make il certain that they are men.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

n Fine Arts, Musical and Dramatic Notices,
the Ferry Investigation, City Ne,cs, tho Grt
Court Reports, and the Money Article, gtH o DC
found on the second page. Ihe Police IrdtS, me
Markets, and New-JerScy Ners, arc on the third
paos. A repie,o of Eclt0n'S LOtCeV Lectures on
Grence nnnnnrs on The sigth page.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07
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THE CULTER CASE.
,rrnnIcr OF NOT GUILTY.

VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
sr rsLxeRArH rEBuN%
FRANKLIN. Pa, Fob. 6-The Culver trial resulted
in n verdict of not guilty this evening; the prose-
outor TO pay tho COSTS The verdict was received
with loud cheering. The sympathy here for Culses
and Austin has been general
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

A proposition for reconstruction, approved by
the President, and offered by Mr.. Dixon in
the Senate, will DO found in tO-days report Of
ConorNaa
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

The Assembly yesterday passed the joint reso-
lutions authorizing an inquiry into the misman-
agement Of the canals.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

They have some sarcastic fellows in the Ter
ritorial Legislature of Utah. On the 10th of
January q memorial passed both houses Of that
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

President sach resolutions and reports MS they
may have. Do Messrs. McVeany, Gilmore,
Turner, and Thomas Murray, propose to
commence robbing their constituents right off
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07
The EUREKA BRICK MACHINE

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New-York tribune., 1867-02-07
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BARNUMs AMERICAN MUSEUM. - -
nav AND EVENING-CHRISTIAN MARTlRS--IWO HUNl
pFD THOUSAND CUBIOSTTIES-yAN AMBCRGHS COLLE'
IION or WILD ANIMALS
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

BOwERY THBATER-
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PROPlR-TuE TWO HlGIIWAYMBN, etc Ar. w. H. Whsley
Mias Fsnny Herring.
New-York tribune., 1867-02-07
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WAILACKs THBAIBR
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New-York tribune., 1867-02-07

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OLYMPIC THRATBA
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