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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
FrRRLES EOR CATTLE.

The notion that some of the Brooklyn ferry
boats arc about to be discontinued for passen-
ger purposes, and hereafter to be used solely
for the transportation of cattle and sheep Eve
beg the attention of the Society for Preventing
Cruelty to Animals) is a good one, but, we fear
is misconceived and delusive. Capital boats
though, in many particulars of accommodation,
are these wooden leviathans of the East River
marine. We confess that from on artistic stand
noint we can imagine nothing drearier OF ugller,
especially on q rainy day but the shining ana
steaming virtues of the Brooklyn ferry boats
are comfort and utility. They are well denied
and rutted and offer the firnest hold Tor
the hoof; they have a soil which, with cultiva-
ton. might be made a profitable and taxable
real estate: they afford fair order of pens and
stalls for messengers but first-class cabins for
cattle. They can be crowded to any extent,
provided all live stock is paid for; in short Tor
CATTLE sheep, or Oystermen, or for marine
statiOn-house, Brooklyn ferry-boat would DC
perfect water-palace.
We trust that the probably humane inten-
tions of the ferry companies VIII not DC re-
sisted by any NewY Yorker whose spirit has De-
come subdued to the steamboat he travels In,
and the corporation that ferries him. respect
for the old gentleman who counts his pennies
at the gate, and for Ethe ancient steam alhot
whose wel-woIn planks he has no doubt tnpped
over, whose standing he has enjoyed ana
whose fifty different unventilated Havors are
tbe very breath of ferry-life-ths is traditional
and like second nature. We admit, too, that
there are many reasons why new ferry-boats
would not be acceptable to the man at the gate or
the old-fashioned deck hands. But on the other
hand. it will be contendcd, there are no deck
hands; certainly not enough to put out such
fire as might consume gOod-szcd Jersey City
ferry boat. If it be, indeed, the intention to
provide cattle transportation with the boats
that have earned so many thousand millions OF
pennies from passengers, we have but one
suggestion to make that will seem in any de-
gree to reflect on the liberal, but impoverished
gentlemen who constitute our ferry companies.
Our advice is especially addressed to cattle
owners. We hope that if any of this class of
our fellow citizens belong to the companies,
they will insist on it, as a business measure,
that. in case OF an outbreak of fire, there
shall be enough hands on board to put it out,
and prevent the loss of livestock and prop
erty. Failing in this recommendation, we
have nothing to do but again to beg the atten-
ton of the Society for Preventing Cruelty to
Auirnols
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
1 HLSr0RLC MONUMENT.

"Did Andrew johnson, directly after his ac-
"cesson to the Presidency, resolve to break
"with the party which had elected him wee
"President and place himself at the head Of
offs antacOnsts2r If he did, then the assump-
ton that Congress has picked a quarrel with
him is refuted; if he did, then very much which
has been vehemently disputed must be accepted
as undeniable truth.
The Constitutional Union (relic of father
Ritchie's latter-day oracle) is the well-knOwn
organ of the COpperhead Democracy IN Wash
ington City; and It had, on the 1st of May,
1S65-barely fifteen days after Mr.. Johnson's ac-
cession to the Presidency-an elaborate leader,
which says:
"The record OF Andrew Johnson, President OF tho
limited States from which we, Saturday, made some
extracts shows consistency TO the great principles OF
Democratic institutions which T. no less eommehdaDle
in every action OF HIS political fc that consideration for
Mo which emneny fit him for the proud position he now
holds as President Of the People.
"And all the long period Of hls active and busy life
Andrew johnson has ranged himself among the most ar
dent the most determined, the most uncompromlsing
naisnps of the grand idea Of the rights OF the people In
all the application Of lts principles as iau down ny tno
OenOcrato party OF this country He has occupied pre-
cseIy the same ground which this journal has maintained
I'm these principles and shares in common with US the
sentmets we have so often elaborated in these columns
thnt not only the greatest good OF the greatest number
but the greatest diridra happiness possible the sole
aim ard end OF government This happiness can only DO
attained through such rigid adherence to democratic
principles az has always characterized Androw johnson
e is now the chief ruler OF the country and We look 10
him that tho people Of whom he is In every soso rep
resontative, shall enjoy the prosperity and happiness
which IN our Judgment, only be obtained through an
unfatering attachment and obedience to that grand po
tjcal faith Of which he is at once type ana eNeinp
devoted follower and triumphant standardpeaIer
90 shall we work out TO ITS brilliant close the grand des
tiny of orr country whose machless beauty ana SPLEEN
dor have Inspired In his mind precisely the same dreams
of glory that years OF gloom and darkness nave p
our faith in the future progress or the Union awe auu
hopeful So shall tho onward and upward course OF man
lnd be steadily pursued, till dreams become realities
and Utopia be not altogether sages rovee or poets
dream"
The Cincinnati Gd-ettc's Washington CORE
spondent states that this article, before it was
published, was submitted to President johnson
and by him carefully revised and corrected AT
all events, it is plain that such editorial would
have appeared in The Union had not its editor
been well assured that Mr.. Johnson fully pur-
posed to turn his back on those who had elected
him, and renew his relations with the party
which did not support him for Vicc-President.
Is not this grave factP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
rLNANCE IND 6rRRENGY.

As to the prospective action Of Congress on
Finance and Currency, our guess may prove
quite eTrOneOus but it is Our impression that
the sum total Of the dongs of this session will
be just about nothing at all. We judge that
there Is a majority in the House who would be
gratifcd if further initiation and debasement
could be covered by any decent pretext; we
trust that there is no majority IN either House
ready to venture upon it withOut O preteXt.
The Senate, we hope. would not vote to initiate
whether with OF without a pretext, but it has
not yet broken ground for prompt Resumption !;
and does not allow us TO forget that it origna-
ted the provision of last session whereby the
Secretary of the Treasury was forbidden to
make good the Governments Greenback prom
scs TO pay. Until further developments, we shall
presume that the proximity of tho 4th of March
and the urgency Of other business will preclude
decisive action on the Currency at this session.
Meantime, Secretary McCulloch will 90 on with
his regular Withdrawal and destruction Of
Greenbacls at the rate of S40000O0 per month.
That is not much but it is better than nothing.
As to the various projects which look to the
wholesale WithdrawalOf the notes Of ourNational
Banks and their replacement by Greenbacks We
positive favor; but we insist that Resumption
shall be the first step. Let us have no more
systematic National falsehoOd. When our
Greenbaclis were first authorized and issued,
it was with distinct understanding that they
should be convertible into interest bearing
bonds at the option of the holder and that
they should be redeemed in coin at the earliest
possible day They were issued as a gigantic
forced loan, in satisfaction Of our imperiled
Unions urgent, impeTiOus needs. The
expedient scarcely differed little in prin-
ciple from, but was an improvement
upon, that dcbasement of tho coin
age so familiar to the despotic rulers Of the
Middle Ages It's justification is found in the
National peril wherein it originated, and which
it powerfully aided to overcome. But though
a weary army may be marched five miles
further on the stimulus of gill of whisky per
man, it by no means follows that its efficiency
would be increased by keeping it drunk ever
more. 1t is high time that we began to taper
off for, though getting sober is less delicious
experience than that Of getting drunk, it is
decidedly more wholesome, and the lapse of
time renders it indispensable.
When tho Greenbacks were first issued they
were tactly regarded as promises to pay so
soon as we cOuld-so soon, at least, as the stress
of war should have passed away. Now that we
have peace, and are paying off National Debt
rather than mourning it, let us resume payment;
at all events, let US not multiply falsehoOds
which have not even the doubtful merit of de-
ceiving Only let the Treasury resume payment
In coin, and then, if there be an equitable
mode OF replacing our Bank Note Currency by
Greenbacks, we have not the least objection
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22

Both branches of the Maryland Legislature
yesterday passed bill directing new election
to be held in Baltimore, February 9th, with the
intention of superseding the present City Gov
crnment, which was elected for term OF two
years. Mr.. Wiliams's resolution, adopted yes
terday by the House, directing an Investigation
into the recent Maryland elections is, therefore,
well-timed. 1t is notorious that Rebels, ex-
cluded from the franchise by the laws of the
State, voted, aud that Mr. Johnson assured
Gov. Swami that the United States troops
should be placed at his disposal, and under his
orders The Committee appointed yesterday
will properly examine these matters; the out
RACED rights of the Union men Of Maryland
must not only be restored and protected, but
the abuse of the Executive power, In ordering
the military to interfere with elections and
State laws, must not be left unDOticed. In this
abuse are not merely involved the interests OF
loyalty, but the obligations of the Constitution,
and Mr.. Johnson's interference with the laws
of Maryland might, with equal reason, be re-
peated in Ncw-YOrk or Massachusetts,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
ALEXANDER SMITH,

Mr.. Alexander Smith, well known as author of "a
Life Drama" and other poems, died at Wardie, near
Edinburgh, OH Jan. 8, after an illness of several
weeks. Mr.. Smith, who was the son Of pattern
designer was born at Kilmarnock on Dec. 81, $780,
so that he had just entered his 37th year His first
work. "a Life Drama" was written by him while
engaged in his fathers business, and published IN
The Critic In 1852 and aferward, with other poems
in volume in 1853. In 1885, he published In con-
junction with Mr. Dobol "Sonnets on the tCrimean)
War" and in 1867, "City Poems and Edwin Of
Derao At later period he distinguished himself
as prose- writer, publishing in 1868. "Dreamthorp,"
in 1855. "A Summer in Skye" and Alfred Hagarts
Household" He was also a frequent contributor to
Good Words and other serials In 1854 he was
appointed to the office of Secretary Of the Edinburgh
University. He married about ton years ago,
and las left widow aud family.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
Tile NlrLoNlL rNION COMluTTEE.

The resolves of this Committee, unanimously
adopted at its adjourned meeting last Friday,
were mangled in transmission by telegraph.
Here is q correct version:
Whereas The descrlon by the President OF those
whose generous confidence placed him In his high trust
tired position NJ ume OF great PERI 10 ho government
thereby calling for the exercise OF the greatest vigilance
uphold the principles and sustain tho measures which
have carried the nation through the war; therefore,
ReSOired That tho Executive Committee be directed
and authorized to make thorough organization OF the
Union pa5ty eha Sspeoay 'no so cIH seS hs
quarters I'm the City OF EowYOrk appoint Secretary
and such assstans as they may deem proper aud To take
such other measures may be necessary To give effect TO
:" Eesolrsd That tho members OF the Union party In
every part Of tho country be requested correspond with
this Committee by addressing its chairman at the head
affairs in their several localities with the general cOud
ton and requirements OF tho Union cause.
OF the following members: Marcus J.. Ward, Chairman,
Newark, y. j.; S. A. Puryiance, Pittsburgh, Pa. John
IT, II. starkweathcr Norwich Conn; N. b. smithers,
Dover. Del H. W. Hoffman, Baltimore Md;
"The following resolution offered and adopted with
"Resoirsd' That the Union National Committee con.
graduate the people OF Nebraska ana Colorado their
admission by Congress the Union States and they
would respectfully express 10 the Legislatures Of those
States their confident hope and earnest desire that tho
acts OF admission by Congress may be promptly accepted
by them placing themselves thereby on the true ground
OF equal rights 10 all men, as proclaimed In the Declare
ton or Independence
"The following resolutions were also unanimously
adopted
Resolred That this Committee congratulate the country
on the steady growth aud progress OF national and pai
otto sentiments throughout tho Union, evnced I'm
last State elections and We look with confidence to tho
future confirm the OF the past and to
the fruits OF our fairly-v0n trumphs
Resolred That anxousy DESTROYS that the states lately
In revolt shall be restored to thor forfeited position in the
Union and to representation In Congress at the earliest
day consistent with national integrity and national secu
ry, and dsclaming all impulses OF vengeance resent
ment, would respectfully submit TO Congress and tho
country this ayOw0l OF earnest conviction that
construction can be Just or safe which does not
patal sffngo 70 al tho lOya peOple OF those btates"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22

Mr.. Mo1iIs bill to regulate the sale of gold
by tho Secretary Of the Treasury, which passed
the House yesterday, requires that public notice.
of at least six days, shall DO given of any sale
of gold, in which notice the amount offered and
the terms of payment shall bo stated and pro-
posals for any portion invited No proposal
will be received unless accompanied by GER
tificate of deposit in the Treasury of five per
centum of the amount bid for. The Assistant
Treasurer at New-YOrk, who is to receive the
proposals, is authorized, with the approval OF
the Secretary, to reject proposals. and it is pro-
vided that the highest bid only shall be &C
cepted. No distinction is made between cur
rency and legal tender notes as payment for
the gold. Though considerable opposition was
made to the bill, there was little debate upon
the only point at issue-the Withdrawal from
the Secretary of the power to sell without the
knowledge Of the public If the passage Of the
bill by the Senate should result In the regular
sale of the surplus gold in the Treasury, the
! benefit to our finances can hardly be over
estimated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
Rnainraa Noiiree.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
CANADA.
PARLIAMENT rRoRocUrD-DErR PLENTIFUL.

PABIIAMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PITNTITUL
IRiRuxE
O1rOwA. e. f., Jan. 2l.-The Gazette publishes
proclamation further proroguing Parliament until the
9th LAY OF February not then to meet for business
The Hon Sir Narcisse Belcau Is here The Hon Messrs
Campbell and MCGEE and other Ministers are expected
There VIII be a meeting Of the Cabinet to,no-ro,, NJ
count American invoices for the ensuing weet bovo
been declared at 20 cent The deer more pentjf
ihs than for several years past and sporting ia
lively.
MILF AIRY MArERs-QUEBEc RELIEF FUND.
QUEBEC. Jan. 2l-The cause Of sending the force OF
oyeSnment police 10 sheibrookc recently was nforma
ton received from Washington VI intended raid On the
hanks by Fenians The controversy about the disposition
a the relief fund continues An expression of opinion
f0ss subscribers Is desirable whether the funds shall ba
handed 20 the sufferers be used to rebuild the houses
AUTHORIZATIONS AT TIRE PARIS IMPOSITION.
TORONTO, Jan. 2l-TbeTe viii be about 400 Canadian
exhibitors Represented at the Paris Exposition Tho
Snyder English rifle for the rOOpsa Ottawa has arrived,
end Siil be tested this week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
The seventh-ave Company ran no cars yes

The Seventh-ave Company ran no cars yes
terday, although tho Broadway line, nearly
parallel, was running all day. The pub
lie look to Messrs. Jacob Sharpe & Co. for
more enterprise than to compel the public to
walk or seek other lines of travel. The
Bleecker-st and Fulton Ferry line was also re-
miss in not cleaning its track so az to allow the
running of the cars. This Is short line,
probably one of the most profitable in the city,
and we know Of no excuse for the failure
to accommodate tbe public except it DO the poor
one that the Company preferred save tho
okuouso
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
TIE SrEEERLNG SOETM.


We rejoice that n vigorous movement Is
making for the relief of the destitute South,
and that all parties in our more fortunate re-
gion, forgetting political prejudces and personal
animostios, are uniting in combined effort to
save our Southern brethren from starvation.
The most pitiful accounts reach us from all
quarters of the recent theatcr of war. Poverty
j. all but universal. and is even worse than it
has been generally depicted. We have already
called attention TO an organization of ladies in
this city for the purpose of collecting pro-
visions and money for destitute Southcners,
and we are now pleased to learn that move
mcnt on n much larger scale has been inau-
euratcd under auspices which take from
it every appearance of partisanshp, and seem
TO insure its success. \ meeting of prominent
citizens was held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on
Saturday evening, and committee was APP
pointed TO call public meeting and devise the
best mode OF general effort That meeting will
evening. Peter Cooper will preside, and adj
dresses will be made 10y the Rev. Henry Ward
Beccher, Horace Greeley, and other gentlemen.
Surely New ork, which did so much in years
past for faminc-struck Ireland, and for revOlu-
tionary Greece and which is now putting forth
such generous cxcrtions in behalf of the insur-
gent Crctans, will not suffer this appeal from a
people who have SO many claims upon its gen
crosby to fall upon dull ears. If the meeting
raises less than Il million Of dollars we shall
be disappointed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22

The Turks are making great efforts to con-
tradict by lying dispatches the sympathy which
the whole of the civilized world begins to
manifest in the cause of tho Cretans. A Con.
stantnople dispatch of January states chat
the whole native population of Crete had made
their submission, and that it was only few
foreign Gdyenturers who kept up the insur-
rection. Yesterday cable telegram Informed
US Of another great victory, claimed By Clyis-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22

voted to receive the bill-Yeas 101, Nays 80.
It may be that here is way by which check
can be imposed upon the enormous political
mower now welded by the Supreme Bench.
From the present temper Of the majority of
the Judges, 1t Is plain that the people to whom
mower belongs must find some remedy against
the encroacbmcnts of the judicial authority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
An important bill was introduced In the

An important bill was introduced In the
House yesterday by Mr.. Williams, and
referred to the Judiciary Committee, pro-
viding that all cases brought before the
Supreme Court, in which is involved the
validity of United States statutes, or the
construction of the Constitution, or the oppO-
sition of State laws to the Constitution, shall
be heard only before full bench, and that
10 decision shall be given against any United
States statute without the concurrence Of all
tho YYdgea Direction being msdel tle House
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22

~ The second page contains te d Jrom
rem pencg and ReaGe%ption, Musical, Dramatic qnd
Fine Arts Criticisms, letter from or or HHo l,9
Kong correspondent, and City News: I1e Com M i.
mercid NelrS and Markets CM be tound on me
third page, 1Cith City ana, NelC-Je,Seg Ae~S'
Tie Court Reports are on ho SeOenW Page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22

tians Be this as it may, there can be no
doubt that the report about submission OF
the Crctans was false. The Russian Embassa-
dor at Constantinope has openly declared that
he secs no peace except in the annexation Of
tc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22

The Tariff bill was read in the Senate yes
terday, and the amendments offered by the
Finance Committee passed, the most important
being the change of the duty on foreign books
from 80 cents per pound to IS cents ad valorem'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
no non,ESPONDENrS.

n, notice can be Of Anonymous Communication, Whatever
intended must be authenticated b. The name aud address
of the crn0t necessarily for publication, but as guaranty or
BIZ. good faith
UEE" New-Yo1k
We cannot undertake rejected Communications
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TO ADVERTISERS.

| We will thank our advertising customers 70 manu-
10 their Advertisements early an hour a. possible ~
O'Clock they cannot be classified under their proper heAih
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FIRES.
ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS.
~ rsLg9RAPE TRIBUNE
81. Locus Jan. 2l.-seyeral fires have occurred
Mpce satuIoAy nght-ohy one seriOus-destroying the
1fyo saloon building and an adjacent restaurant fle
loss u f1O0VV insurance $4,000 The steamer Mexico,
The cause Is unknown Insured Tor Il OOO-her supposed
full value.
MONMOUTH, uI-
9 CHICAGO, Jan. 2l.-There was terrible fire az
foInoUfh. Illinois Yesterday, In the matt OF ks,slnS
-sG1rEA. ake lozs q OF least $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22

TRUE MERTT -BRowN's BRON-
oaL have been before the public Bach year
aads ROCHE new, distant localities In various parts Of the
yO5M Bcas article Oue merit when used the value Of tie
R5oHEs appreciated they kept always a, hand be used as
occasion requires Coughs Colds and Throat diseases the TrOehes
b,v. ,,.r., ,,s,, os.,ov .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-22
Tue FRANKLIN BRICK MACHINE,

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