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The New York herald., 1867-03-31

lfTOm the AuAute tde.l Era, March 20
From all parts Of the South the intelligence
that people VIII endorse and approve the Sherman
Reconstruction bill the best and most speedy
by which 70 get back into the Uniou. Tho time has
como whom We must all leap the fence OF pride and
save ourselves on the best terms possible The
sious portion Of our people zee plainly enough thas
every consideration Of interest," policy and exps-
recommended By NJ sherman Il Y clear thss
10 can do no better, and IL is likewise clear
that fare much worse In case OF refusal 70
signify our acceptance We have no time now 70 talk
about metaphysical thinga When man is drowning
starving to death he has decided preference Tor
something more practical
We have clung as long We could TO the Idea that
would be dshonorable 70 accept terms proposed BY the
victor and looking at the practical side =
the picture and the necessity OF getting back into the
Union with the least possible delay. When necessity
comes in conflict with abstract notions the latter are
very apt 70 give way Some persons will not eat eel BE-
cause that wrigging nsh looks something like snake
But let such person be lost In the woods couple OF
days. with nothing TO eat and he will regard piece Of
roast rattesnake as food nt for an emperor
Our people begin to appreciate the great fact that the
end the all important theory, and that the means en-
poyed TO reach it Ia matter OF secondary importance
Tho Southern States will all reorganize their local gov
ernments In accordance with the new law, and when
Congress shall meet again. after the reccss all Of the ex
cuded States will have the required work. and viii
be ready TO resume their old places In relation 70 the
Union. This Is gratifying prospect II indicates that
reason and common sense resuming their sway IN
both the North and tho South and that both sections
appreciate the necessity Of healing the unfortunate
breach which has 80 long kept them asunder Let there
be backse to this encouraging progress and before
equal footing the Union. The Sherman Recon-
strucon bill may be bitter pill TO US ALL but frequently
the bitterer tbs pill the greater the tonic effect We
peat, the end is the all important thing
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A United South still Necessary.

[Ffom the New Orleans Times March al
gin Of the government struggled 70 Uphold the isdss.i
constitution but they have often learned their btsr
regret, that the attempt was useless They have uni-
contest has been unequal II Of proud sats.
faction 10 them when looking back 70 the history Of tAs
esal legislation reflect that they have bravsly en-
dcavored against heavy odds 70 discharge their whole
duty TO their country. and that It not in the power q
which they have proposed or champonsd any unoonsi
tutionai legislation In the halls Of Congress-
NEVER WISHED TO CoAPRoNIsk
They have never under the proencs Of reforming the
constitution sought undermine fundamental prn
cpIes OF three famous compromises those Of 1894
1882 and 1885, which inflicted such heavy blows upon
Its integrity the representatives Of the South nos
the authors or the promptsrs In order 10 prevent ds-
soIon Of The Onion they yielded these meosSrcs rcsscass
dscnG
In present distress, seeing tho humiliation and
injustice that are near al hand they have looked about
vain for help. The President has done al that he
could do. His courage has been unavaiins and he hAs
obligations which his OATH the Executive head Of the
government, required him TO fulnl.
They have next turned their eyes, with conaderAble
hope and TO the federal Judiciary regarding
IT, II always heretofore has been regarded, the bul
wark Of their constitutional rights But they
told In their despair that not only the Union but
the federal court Is to be reconstructed II such
be necessary in order TO carry out the recently
OF our abes statesmen when Congress has become TOO
strong for both the other coordinate branches Of the
government
CONVERSATION NECESSARY.
Under these circumstances IL be well, with view
to OF action In all the Southern States
the present emergency, that there should BE- mmedi
ately, meeting OF the prominent or the ten az
cuded States at some convenient central point These
ten States have ave heretofore In times that threatened
cause they have had common interests and do nos
why the wisest heads among them should not again
meet together In an informal way, and shape out .
for the South pursue the dcult straits 70
which she Is at present reduced.
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rangers who talk to them fairly and swiodls them

continually.
Nov that they have shown thatlGhey have condolences
In their old friends BY their first ve feel at liberty
turcrs who, working their simplicity and ignorance
Of public affairs, will only seek TO nfame their
passions, their preudices, recall the past and
throw them society Is element OF discord and
brand Of domestic conhagrstion. We no necessity
for Union leagues where the Union in danger and
therefore take part Ia those proceedngs but We
only foresee that under this seductive appeal they will
be snatched daily from their quiet av0GAtons taught
ideness initiated into that spirit Of demagoguism
which, even among the ignorant whites, has worked
such terrible dsastsFs and from good. useful members
made promiscuous asssmblags q partisan tools ths
benefit Of the lowest agitators.
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:" The CoIored People Standing True to their
Fricnds.',

lFrom the Montgomery tAla Mail, March "a
We glad 10 see that in the frs election which has
taken place since the military law put In force the
native born whites aud coored people stood together
and voted for the same csnd date. AZ Newbern North
Carolina OF the election day before yesterday the
colored people voted unanimously for the Southern
didafe. That IL right WHY should not the whites and
colored people work together for the same object
During the war the latter ploughsd our fields,
made and husbandcd crops took Of
our property and even in some cases defended their
then masters and ms'rosses For all OF this we owe
them debt OF gratitude which can be paid, and paid
without any loss Of sefrespect, by treating them with
the utmost Kindness and convincing them really
their truest friends And 10 whom should they look
with more certainly OF sympathy and aid and receiving
instruction than 70 those with whom they grew up In
the most intimate relations, and who, though they
claimed the product OF their labor always provided for
their wants and exercised over them the tendcrcst and
most watchful care7
The freedmen Of the South have no truer friends than
the whites Of the South 10 whom aone they have to
look for Justice and security whenever the soldiers
removed. Upon us, who played with them In their
childhood and grew up with them in the same homes,
will devolve the duv Of securing them against those
The New York herald., 1867-03-31

First Political Act of the FREQ Legislature
Coant Bismarck's speech on the Federal
Coustitwtion-Wire Pulling mt the Elections
Union Of the Socialists and Conservatives
and Position Of the Crewn Prince-Conven-
tion with the Duks Of Nassau.
BErnrS, March Q, 1907
The nrs political act Of the North German Parliament
the election OF ~ smson to the Presidency Is
OF considerable Importance and BODIES III for the unccn
donai acceptance OF the federal constitution drawn up
by Count Bismarck and his diplomatic colleagues In
the nrs, place II shows that the new Parliament s in
clned 10 revive the traditions Of the National Assembly
Of lsss, Of which smson vas President, and as the
representative OF which he appeared 10 Berlin Of ths
head Of the deputaon TO Frederick william w., with
the imperial crown OF Germany in hand and demo-
cratic charter In the other In the next proves that
the conservative majority returned In old Prussia has
been more than neutralized by the liberal deputies
elected In the annexed and the minor States
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[From Che YazOo City lMiss.l Banner.l


We cannot bring ourselves to bel eve that the people
whose public and private character ene their opinions
to consideration will rush with indecent haste TO accept
the terms held out by the radical Congress- Neverthc
less deem ii duty to point out the errors dto
which TO have fallen with regard to this nfa
nous military bill The fifth section con-
tains Its chief features and We propose briefly
discuss it, to show with what malignant
ingenuity It is worded that II Ia fraud and cheat;
that ii s meant TO induce to sedegradation and 10
not intended for final adjustment Of national dlfcu-
tes that after the South has done everything reQureA
left open, so that Congress may, without any fncoa-
sstency, impose severer terms than We wish 70
show tnat nothing is promised us and that the only
course dictated by honor aud expsdency 10 70 lot the
Yankee complete the work he has begun, and let him
not have the satisfaction Of seeing Us humble ourselves
We think We have fairly discussed section nve oe the
military BILL and No cannot how Southern man
with any feeling Of pride 40 otherwise than sperm
the whole scheme - damnable For part, We pre-.
fer 70 take our chances under military commandee
rather than that We should any longer Be the wling
dupes Of the miserable creatures who q wseh
rencs 70 principle. Let bear the wrongs we
forced TO endure with manly resignatioa,
trusting that time will bring relief squirm-
ing and crying and whimpering will d.
good. II man has to die, Il should not BE- ques-
tion whether he should die like . man or dog We
cannot do any than have done without saoE1-
0cing the only thing that IL eft In the wreck q
fortunes and that ID honor We stnl have thAl
bright and untarnisAed. Lot M keep %
Better the hre, the blade, tho bowl
Than crucihxi0n Of the soul
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Back Seats Will Not be AccepteA.
The same Bumber Of tho Yazoo City Bansr contains
the following paragraph :-Tbe New YoRK HERALD puts
forth Grant for President and Iee for Vice Pesden
the ticket which should be supported by the South.
Just the order and are nLee lor ProudsnA
and Grant for Vice President"
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demand for local wants. the receipts are r rhea. IN
'sS 81 Ts'' Core sT sy sTd Il
ar o% se e a y sG'a to T%e Ts .
Proysn. active and dr Mess polk s' si vs. S. 6 s
asr. rs Side. RIO iss. i s rs sI saa, s
Ehesy Ely bond ana western Sugar
Ows o. July H. 1867.
E s s' n.y. % ssy q. :dssi s54 ga Ma. s sr
s s@. sI &ss1i 9 Sas qs
bushels eholoe white Canada private terms Corn quet
Sss Gs : srn no. Per D s E ana
sS S | wa a.s So s hp
spas g asso NsTbars Rsroad rsighssFlcar g Boston
Lake imports bushels Wheat ba.hs. corn 700
asHs, sSi 800
rye, ioe. 100 feet lumber.
CISCO ss asa Hss sss Ss ashs Il i ssa
at sS si's
eo ssTs a.ss 1s Ssas Ss:.
quiet snd pacGsnssd Wheat asafly bare les 500
ss;a'. s.s' VIE : s;
bushels wiss e ana Ssn. oh Ness
g gS sales aas heavy and ss light LaId
YORK. iS ''' fresA'' weak asking iso to New
New wheat. 81 40 a 81 50; there is good demand
demand wa" wa. Il Ca .nd Sa,
m 'as ' ss sas. WILD
see SssnfS wls ssai
shoulders lUc; sides BE clear rib, i3.c Gear s!des
nc Hams Arm a; ss for common aud nc slc for
held out Of the market Butter dull at l4c Ice for Onto
and ic lSc for Reserve Eggs l4c &c., Groceries
at full prices Gold 81 3s1a buying
TOLEDO Ohio, July Is, 1857.
Flour quiet Wheat dull; amber 50 rs: nsw No. rcd
" 90 Corn dull and nomna a. Ssc. for No aud SIC for
o oats ~ Recelns Tor the week. S9o bbls. -four,
DUN bushels wheat lC3Cs do 500 do. Ship
montss21l bbs four 81 COO bushels wheat IlsGJO do
corn, 600 do. oats.
- CHICAGO, July Is, 1867.
Flour weak and dropping: spring Sl Wheat
dcclined lsc &c or No. 81 Is and 81
81 ~ Corn weak AT decline OF &c sales st SIC
for g, ~ and a1c soHc f9r No. closing quiet Sc,
n6l1sc for NO l. cats steady but firm, IS,c &c. for
No q Rye dull 81 20 for No. l. Proyisons firm but
quiet Mess pork nominal s22 90 s23. Cattle neglected
and unchanged Live hogs firm nj IS 375 ST fair
70 good smooth. Sheep ars dali at decline OF Que s5
Recepts00 bble. -four, 1900 bushclslwhoa 2lsOO, do
corn ~ go do. oats. shpmens-3s00 bills -four. 1850
bushels wheat. 322uOC do. corn. Z, coo do. oats.
- MILWAUKEE, July IS 1867
Flour quiet city doubles Sl % Sii TO- country do
Si0 90 extras 80 $40 90 Wheat unsettled Mt 90 30
for No So 2 for No. 81 90 for No 81 80 for re-
lo''ed Oats steady at Co. for No and SIC for No.
Corn duh atsr. for No OLD and Tie for new shelcd
h"selpsloJl bushels wheat $50 do oats 0c0 do corn
shruens-J9 dolls four S,s0o bushes wheat q go do
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THE STATEN ISLAND p0lscs.Ns CASE.

The affidavit which was tae first inmalion Of the
alcged poisoning case at Etiugvilc Staten Island
made by Mary Dougherty, whose husbands death was
attended with suspicious circumstances Upon this
affidavit Margaret Grant was arrested aud the stomach
Of tho Dougherty sent to New York be analysed
Meantime another complaint mado, based upon al
legged suspicious circumstances Attending tho death Of
Archibald McCiuseey, and both Margaret aud Edward
her brother were held upon the accusation The New
York physician after made his report Of the
analysis aud upon his certificate there were
no traces Of poison In the stomach Of Douyhery jus.
co Vaughn OF Clifton, admitted each OF the accused to
bail IN the sum oil 1000 10 await any further charges
or Developments. Thus stands the matter present.
There Is little doubt that great deal Of evaporation
exists as to the suspicious circumstances which said
to have attended the demise Of the supposed victims
Those on the island not inclined 20 the sensational say
that the old woman died a natural deatf-of old ago
aud thnt Doughory superndnced the fatal by an
ndugenc in ice water McC uskes - body is 10 be die
inferred and the stomach taken cut Tor analy cation,
when will DO asceraned IL there exists any sor
tie latest Of these charges.
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MAILS FOR EUROPE.

The Cunard mail steamship Java will leave Boston on
"Wednesday for Liverpool
The mails for Europe wilt close in this city at quarter
past one and haifpast I've o'clock Tuesday after.
noon.
Tie Nrw York Decentralization for Earope-wiIl be
ready at ten O'Clock on Tuesday morning.
slnclc copies, in wrappers, ready for mailing, SIX
an
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Married.

Married.
GGEss-FAiRcmfp.--On Monday, July Is, in BROOKLYN,
by the Rev lily. Bromley, Mr.. JoHS GaErS, of New
York, 10 MISS frances FAIscmrp, OF Brooklyn.
FEovosr-LApD On Sunday evening, July IL by
Rev. Arson Giolson. Mr. JoHy II. PRovosT, OF Ne !.
Br-nswick, N. j., TO Miss ELLA NJ LApD. OF Boston,
Mnss.
REGsy- DrADy.-A Harlem, ~ Y, on Sunday even.
ing. July IA, by the Rev. Eugene Mcclure. JAMES EGd4S
10 ANY BRADY, all OF Harlem.
SEA,IAs--IsAAcs.At ~. Louis. on Saturday, July g.
by tho Rev. T.. y. Berkiey, CLEMENT n. SEAMAy Of
New York. to ADA c. daughter OF the late Henry Isaacs
Esq, OF ST. Louis.
SggAE.-MAREs On Sunday July "a. BY Rev nr.
Wassalman JcDAu SEGALL 10 Gugrg Marks
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IELErElrMc ssagtI ErPiaT,.

PniLAnrIPafa Julg 10. 1857
stocks dull. rerns,iyania state lves. ~ s.spt IA
and Erie Railroad 2ei4 ng,Raroad 52ss P-rnsyl.
vania RGroad, t7f Gold 1879 erh1Bee new 0rx
par pccr cattle ia good demand AMI hrIcr sal.s S0
head lie JSifc IN demand, st0a alc1 rer
head sheep dull aud lower sales 5000 head a. g. a..
per pound Hogs nrmer; snlcs 3O1 head. az ftsfD pr
loo lbs. Cotton quiet; mddns upsnds, stc M dilnr
Orleans. &c Coffee quls sale. q RIO Al &c. ~ :,
Flour dun and unchanged whett-scuthern red ~ Is.
white California. 50 25 RYE. 81 10 Oats dull and DC.
clIned gd Corn-Yelow, 81 is, mixed Western, 81 a.
Oats advancing. 81 - Provisions unchanged
BALrfvoRr, July rs. 1857.
Coffee quiet but nrn the stock Of Rio IL 1900 bsgs Cot
ION oul nominal end uuchApsed Flour 1rp spd In astve
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

MONDAY. July l5-ePM
ThS railway share market buoyant until after the
Second session Of the Stock Exchange to-day, when
slight reaction took place. There demand from the
outside public for the non.dvdend paying stocks which
have altery been rapidly advanced In price regardless OF
ZEAL vaiuos although there very limited extent for
some OF the souudsst OF the railway stocks which
mot YET sympathzed 10 any material extent with the
pull movement In the former against which the public
bannot be warned too often This movement is not
based upon any demand for investment but ia purely
speculative To those who lei by the present cond
Zion Of Affairs in Wall street take "ayern In stocks
II has we'll said that "they had much better throw
ahsr money In the river and tina, man who leaves his
regular business because it is dull TO gamble in stocks
mas taken leave Of his reason II he ever had any, and
will come TO grief at an early day."
Money has been even more abundant than Il was last
week. and loans were made freely mixed coatersls
II ave per cent and government. securities at four
she transactions at six being altogether exceptional The
istruss Of mercantile paper owing to the recent dry
goods failures has had the effect OF swelling the volume
of funds available for the Stock Exchange. Prime
names are however taken at per cent discount,
but the supply Is very limited. The indications
favorable to an abundance o; money for speculative
uses the Treasury having commenced the disbursement
Today OF more than twen,y.one millions in redemption
Df compound interest notes and in payment OF the in
teres on these and section Of the soven-thrty loan
bhs last mentioned amounting 70 about SIX millions.
The statement Of the associated banks for the week
euding 18Th inst. reflects the prevailing monetary
Tho legal tonder notes show further increase OF
49, 236 tho deposits OF So 75 the specie of
g. 1888 and the loans and discounts Of 81 SOL 772
yshiio the circulation has undergone decrease Of
SlS62s The totals Of the present and preceding state
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Tie earnings Of the Fort Wayne Railway in June were
$500 ssains. s633 666 for the corresponding month
ia Is6o. showing decrease Of s127oso. The
ngs for the months ending with June s3o,ee9
less than in the same time last year.
The Chicago Tribune Of Saturday thus sreaks OF the
harvest prospects,
u s now an ascer,ansd fac, that the crop OF wheat
which has been gathered aud is gathering IN the
United states n generally the largest and best which has
ever oeen raised in this country. The cotton, sugar.
aud tobacco crops give promise larger and better
yield than has beoa known since 1850, while the corn
Previous yield All over the southern states there
has been tA's year unusual attention paid 10 the
srorth o. cereals and this TACT will only relieve the
districts which have been distressed by the OF food
bat VII indicate 10 thoss people the value and import
anee q applying the band Of productive industry the
things upon the success OF single product
The aggregate value Of the general crop OF the United
standard II average yield. 10 that year the yield Of
The i.adlng articles wac rs follows
Soioe' s, 2 lsa $40 sec Potatoes lush IL Jas se1
Corn ....... Sos, 7lo Cheese .... iOa e6s OF
rye ........ ,2l'ioI,$s9 Rec. Ie5oS2
Barley ..... 1J.S25,Sgs Cane sugar. :. $50 $4,000
Buckwhea,... l7,b7l,sis Hay, tons 80. I3sss,6l2
- hese figures show the extent OF the crop Of 1860.
That was rovcn years ago since which time the breadth
Of land devoted TO agricultural products has been vastly
increased In all parts Of the North. The prices Of all
those products have advanced somewhat. An estimate
OF The value Of the crop 1867 may be reached By sdi
tx 10 TIE amount produced in 1560except OF cotton
bhu sut"i-iofy per cent aud Computing the increased
quaLuy by the ruling prices The vast produced
~ TINS calculation "a so much actual wealth added 10
the national capitals Il Is contribution by nature
industry OF the people; 10 he product Of the tabor Of
the agrcuturst. IL VIII DO much relieve The finances
o. the country ana viii relieve the money market
From the commencement Of the Christian era TO the
discovery Of America Il is estimated that gold had been
taken from the surface and mined to the amount Of
s. 500 ooo 900; from that date TO the close Of 1884,
g. ooO to $780, Russia adds ss4e coo 900, and
California and Australia 5000 ooo, 600 more. Tho an.
nual average product Of gold at tho commencement OF
the Christian era Is estimated at $1,000 600; at the dis
covery Of America this produc, had diminished 10
900; in 1000 had increased to q, 600 600; in
100 TO ssoooooo in 1900 10 sls,oooooo; in is43 70
sakVVeooo; 10 lsso " tssooo,oOo; N asSs y
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CoFfEE-Tho market for al kinds WIS unchanged. The
Only sale we heard Of was 2i3 bags Miy at Ike.
eo'l, 10 bond
FLoUR GRAH.-Heoepts ass bills -four lsa BAGS
meal 5s6l1 bushels wheat, 81 40 ~
oits 5bS do rye II go do malt The -four market was
firm NJ the opening holders generally asking rather higher
prices but 81 the close the market quiet and barely
steady grades tending Ia favor OF The buyer WITH
out being gaytahy higher. California STEADY at I'M
changed prices; the sales comrr aluu. 7 zoo bblg.
including California, the market closing very quiet at
nctiye and firm previous prcos the sales
Rye flour steady at the advance chronccd last;
the sales 800 bbls c 81 90 80 rroal was
changed, being in moderate demand and scady sales $50
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$3.50 900 o0o there subsequent falling or so that
in 1860 the product was only ooo The average
annual loss by the Gear OF coin estimated at oneen.h
OF ono per cent the los, by consumption In the arts
and by Ore and shipwyck is calculated at from one mil
lion to three millions per year.
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TIE PACIFIC RAILROAD not TROUBLED BY INDIANS.

BOSTON. july Il, 1907.
Manager Smith, Of the Independent News Room in ibis
city, received letter this morning OF July TO- from the
superintendent or Tho Union Pacific Railroad contradict
ing In particular the recent - Louis dispatches
about the indians troubling the road attacking tho
trains. He both freight and passenger trains 80
through regularly AMI promptly to Denver and that
month the Indians have done particular harm.