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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

And now it seems that the President, after
satisfying Mr.. Evarts and endeavoring to sat
isfy Mr.. GrOesbeck and Mr.. Stanbery, is in
trouble about Mr. Henderson. Here is the story,
as we take it from Washington dispatch:
.senator Trumbull has engrafted the following amend
men upon the third section OF the BILL 10 authorize the
temporary supply OF vacancies In the Executive Depart
mens That In Of the death, resignation, Absence
or sickness OF the Commissioner OF Patents the duties OF
said Commissioner, until a successor be appointed or
one OF the ExaminersnChef in said office to be desig
mated by President The object of this IS TO legislate
the incumbent Chief Clerk OF the Patent once. VINO IL
acting Commissioner, out OF office and to give the
President chance to appoint Mt FoQte senator TENDER
Patent Office, Commissioner Of Patents Senator iender
son has been for some time urging the 10
because he has understood that Dir FoOte cOud not &C.
cure confirmation from the Senate
Clearly, to our minds, the Senate should pass
Mr.. Trumbull's amendment. We have, as our
readers well know, uniformly commended Presi-
dent Johnson for his efforts to pay his debts,
and we think he has shown an amount of
generosity toward all these gentlemen-with
the exception perhaps of Mr.. NelsOn-which
deserves the highest commentator. But here
is a peculiarly delicate case. Senator Hender-
son wants Mr.. Foot employed, and Mr.. Trum-
bull, who is said to be in the ripe possession
of all the Presidents patronage in Illinois, and
to be dispensing revenue places and post offices
with the graciousness of a prince, is naturally
anxious to make precedent. The only obstacle
in the way of appointing Mr. Foot 10 a law
and Mr.. Trumbull, with his " fine judicial
mind" proposes to Obviate that difficulty by
making another law. Mr.. Henderson deserves
the appointment at the Presidents hands. Con-
sdering that his vote was obtained-if we may
take his own wOrd-upon the Presidents promise
to reappoint his whole Cabinet, and to give
him the dispensatiOn of all the patronage in
Missouri, which promise has not been fulfilled
it is little enough that he should be anxious
to put his father-in-law into the Patent Office
Let the amendment by all means pass; and let
the salary Of the place be doubled or trebled'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17
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al had intended" wrote the Emperor TheO-
dorus to Sir ROpcrt Napier, on the eve OF the
final battle in which the Abyssinan throne was
to be ovethrown, "if God had so dccreed, to
conquer the whole world and it was my desire
"to die if my purpose could not be fulfilled" TO
his barbaric mind there was no glory but the
glory of battle; and when a king lost the
power of "dandling strong men in his arms
like infants it was time for him to lay aside
his crown We doubt whether Thcodorus ever
comprehcndcd the real motive of the British
expedition. Certainly he could not have appre-
cated the chivaric impulse which sent pow
crful army over thousands of miles of ocean,
desert, and unknown mountains, for no other
purpose than TO rescue from captivity two or
three insignificant persons Of whom the world
would never have heard except for their mis-
fortunes How amazed the savage monarch
would have been could he have foreseen that
the moment the chains Of those captives were
loosened, though the king lay dead. though his
armies were scattered, and the whole country
was at the disposal of its cOnquerors the yicto-
rious army would turn about and march swiftly
home again Here was an cxempliicatlOn
of the true principles of civilized warfare which
would have filled him with wonder and adj
miration A costly, difficult, and dangerous
expedition, undertaken merely IN vndicaion
of a sentiment, conquest followed neither by
extortiOn nor by occupation. Is a spectacle
which the Oriental mind could hardly cOmprc-
bend.
But to us it seems that England has never
fought campaign from which she reaped
more glory than from this march into the
mountains of Africa. She has achieved humid
reds of more brilliant exploits; she has met
hundreds of more dangerous foes; and the
battles of Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington,
Havelock, and Clyde will fill many glowing
page of military history for long years to come;
but the moderation and honest singleneSs OF
purpose which have governed her conduct in
this last battle for the rights of her oppressed
subjects will rebound more to her credit than
dearly bought victories on more bloody fields.
IL would have been far better if the army had
gone home without any plumber, but it is not
always easy to control soldiers in the hour of
triumph; and the theft of few thousand
pounds worth of jewels and relics seems COM
parativey little after all when we remember
that Sir Robert might have stolen kingdom.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

The sum of latest intelligence from England
in regard TO the grain crops is, that wheat will
be very light Oh warm soils, about an average
on low ground and on heavy clays, and above
an average on deep, well-pulverized loans. This
will make the crop far better than last year
OF that crop which mainly produces much of
the meat consumed in England, turnips, the
probable deficiency will be greater than in any
year since 1864. This is owing to the dry
weather Up to July 1, scarcely any ground
had been sufficiently moist to terminate the
seed, and it was then too late for Swedes
which is the variety mostly sown. The only
resort would be such of the hybrids as have a
rapid growth and farmers were waiting for
showery weather and with all their laboring
force at command, to SOW at the earliest mo-
ment when stand could probably be OBJ
tanned.
England has climate peculiarly suited to
tnrnips-that is, one in which moisture pre-
dominates, thus enabling the plant, by the help
of quick fertilizers, to reach the rough leaf
and bid defiance to the fly and other insects
which in dry weather, and with slow growth,
are everywhere fatally destructive. These con-
sdcrations show why America is not rs favor
able for turnp growing as England. Still, we
could grow tLem much more than we do. par
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

Fx-Gov. Vance of North Carolina, in his
speech at Richmond, declared that "what the
"Confederacy fought for would be won by
"the election of Seymour and Blair" The
Confederacy fought for the power to rule in
the Union or to rule out of it. Gov. Vance
thinks. therefore, that if Seymour were elected
the Rebel element could rule the South and
the Union and restore Slavery, or secede, with
the aid of the National Government whenever
the Republican party should carry an election.
Gov Wise of Virginia, who followed Vance,
declared that Secession is not dead. 1t is
"more alive than ever" He regarded HOratio
Seymour as STRAW which serves to show
(which way the wind blows" He accepted
the ticket "because Frank Blair, who had said
"what he did about setting up military over
"ciyil authority, was OH it, Gov. Wise and
Gov. Vance may be regarded by some as
cratic persons; but their election by the
Rebels of North Carolina and Virginia to the
executive offices of those States when more
sensible men were perfectly willing to serve
in that capacity, goes far to show that they
are more nearly in accord with the average
Rebel sentiment than more sensible men
would be. Their public utterances are trust
worthy evidences of what the majority OF
Rebels expect to attain by electing Seymour
And why not Does anybody suppose that
the man who kindled the NewYOrk Riots
would put down a Democratic rebellion by
force. or that he who rang every change upon
President LincOns deSpotism in abolishng
Slavery would raise finger 10 prevent its
restoration? Not he! The eX-Rebels there
fore are right. The election of Seymour
would be the reassertiOn of the rights of
Slavery. Secession and Rebellion. All that
they supposed was lost by the surrender of
Lee and Johnston would be regained by the
election of Seymour and Blair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17
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The Sacbems of Tammany and bell-wethers
of the Democratic party have so far overcome
their conscientious scruples against admitting
"niggers to social and political equality with
whites as to parade the names of Ethiopian
orators on their campaign show-bills, and re-
gale their democratic audiences with polltlcal
instruction from the lips of "buck Niger
orators. The Empire Club of this city Is an
ancient organization that erst under the reign
of the BourbOns, distinguished itself by egg
ing Garrison and Phillips in the old Broadway
Tabernacle in the most approved style. lt Is
still, as of old, presided over by the redouOt-
able Captain Rynders, whose boast 1t has been
aforetimc that, if he could not fight himself
he could at least appreciate the society OF
fighting men, and that if fortune had DENIED 10
him the bliss of owning slaves, it had at least
endowed him with heart and genius to return
the fugitive to him to whom his labor and ser
vice were due. STILL as of yore, the Empire
Club comprises the representative shoulder
hitters of the unterrified democracy. We VIII
not use the term dead rabbits" in connection
with this Club, because that is of local applI-
cation nor Emigrant Smashers," because that
is invidious nor Plug Ugies," because that
might be deemed personal and offensive But, II
we may say so without oilense, it is certain that
no organization in the country includes more
of Gov. SeymOur's friends" than the Empire
Club And yet this society for the propagation
of Democratic msinfOrmatiOn and Conservative
errors. finds itself unequal to the achievement OF
its highest destiny without calling to its
aid the services of an American citizen of
Il aIa
elongated heel the curvilinear shinbOne the
low frontal angle, the irrepressible kink, the
depressed Spcctace-hoder. the exuberant lip,
the Darwnan hand, too long for a man and
too short for a monkey, and for aught we know
several extra vertebrn, indicating Enthusiastically
his descent from q long-tailcd ancestry, who
spent their lives in the tops of cocoa trees
hurting cOcOanuts at the heads of suffering
humanity. The Democracy of the Empire Club
who would not listen to bluff Ben Wade, the
thoroughly Caucasian Senator from Ohio, are
delighted to hear the negro Wade from Sa-
vannah When the poor freed simpleton tells
them that he ought never to have been set
free, that freedom cOmpels him to shift for
himself which is sad, that he is President of
club of 800 negroes ali opposed to being per-
mlttcd to vote ana shltt LOT themselves INC
outburSt of eloquence and logic is received by
the Club, we are told, with rapturous applause.
1t pains us to see the negro thus lifted into a
political, social, and intellectual superiority of
from four to six feet above the Democrat.
When Democrats thus PROSTATE themselves be-
meath the feet of the sons of Ham, do we not in
the language of the Democratic platform "meet
las a subject and conquered people amid the
ruins of liberty and the shattered fragments of
"thc Constitution
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

The President, we trust, will pardon us for
again bringing to his attention the case of Mr..
Nelson of Tennessee. This gentleman not
only made the most noticeable speech during
the impeachment trial, but he actually came
to Newly and nominated Mr.. Johnson to
the Convention of political jockeys assembled
at Tammany Hall. This is great deal more
than Mr.. Eyarts would have done, and yet
Mr.. Evarts is placed in the Cabinet. The
President certainly cannot intend to have two
Cabinet officers from the State of New-YOrk; ;
and now that Mr.. Seward has succeeded III
buying Alaska, would it not be well for him
to retire in favor of Mr. Nelsonl Nelson
even as Secretary of State, would be poorly
paid for all that he has done for the Second
Jackson. His rhetoric, while probably not as
elaborate Oh 10 finished as that of NJ. Seward,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

Last year a circular giving sixteen reasons
against Gen. Grants nomination was falsely
attributed to friends of Mr. Colfax where
upon, in this paper and elsewhere, he promptly
and utterly repudiated it, denouncing 1t as
unjust and untruthfu. The Democratic papers,
for lack of better material, have lately revived
it, and it is now running through their country
press. They improve, however, on their last
years report by attributng it to Mr.. Coliax
himself! Two Copperhead sheets now before
us, determined, in this race of falsehCod, to DO
ahead of all Others add that it was "d'Sh1o.
"uted under his frank all orer the country
The force of lying could no further 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

Commander Creighton of the United States
Navy witnessed the execution of japanese
officer at Hiogo for the crime of attacking the
foreigners at that place in February last and
transmits to the Navy Department descnp-
ton of the horrible scene, full of the disgusting
fascination which such narratives usually pos
sess. We cannot but regret that an American
officer should have felt it his duty to be pres
ent at such an event, especially when he 'as
made to appear the person at whose demand
the execution took place, and required to
acknowledge that he was Satisfied" with the
vengeance exacted for the outrage which had
been offered to the United States and the other
foreign powers whose citizens the culprit had
attacked. 1t is not the business of the United
States to 60 about the world and compel every
poor wretch who offends it to rip his bowels
open. We hold foreign Governments respon-
sible for the safety of our citizens who dwell
peaceably and lawfully in their territory We
have nothing to do with the punishment OF
foreign criminals, and we degrade ourselves by
STOPPING to the barbaric exaction of a life for
a life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

100000 year can get only 70 cents per dollar
for her per cent. bonds, while England
with the balance of trade everywhere in her
favor, sells her per cents for 97f The rem
edies for this increasing national insolvency
lie in diminishing our importations, and living
more within our means, consuming only the
products of our own industry. If we are asked
what will induce the American public to buy
fewer foreign fabrics, we answer, such legisla-
ton and protective tariffs as will induce them
to invest their capital in American manufac-
lures. mines and farms, and so diversity and
extend our industry and cheaper its product.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17
a life.

The Louisville COmier-which used to- exuls
over the departure of Kentucky regiments to
swell the armies of the COnfederacy-shOuts
itself hoarse in exhorting the Democrats Of
that State to poll out their last vote for Gov
Stevenson & Co. in the approaching august
Election. The Courier wastes its breath-thc
Rebel army has Kentucky in its clutches, and
will elect Stevenson by at least $4,000 majority.
Any State which allows every Rebel soldier to
vote, yet denies the Right of Suffrage 10 hund'
reds who each lost an arm or a leg fighting for
the Union, has strong proclivity to what Inc
Courier impudently calls Democracy. But hen-
lucky, Maryland, Delaware-when YOU have
shouted over these, you are near the end OIL
Nnnr rome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

The Moniteur once more declares that France
will not intervene in German questions, and
that no step will be neglected on the part of
the Government which has tendency to quiet
the public mind. Declarations of this kind gen.
orally fail to have any influence The further
declarations of the MOniteur that France will
extend her sympathy and encouragement to
the internal reforms lately inaugurated in Aus
tria and Turkey, is chiefly directed against the
Pan-Slavonan movement in those two coun-
tries. The praise bestowed upon the Austrian
reforms WILL moreover, give great Ofiense in
Rome
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

~ Merico-A Letter From orr ,O~na Cor;
respondent, AliaskG-A Letter From Our Specidl
ofhe Board of Health, Enticing and ATestin9
a Debtor, A Musical Prodigy IN Norfolk, Sum
mer Meats and Drinks, the Seaside College Com
mencements, the Yosemite Valley Street Signs
on Corner Lamp Posts, A Pted tOT me
men, and A HouSeEeeperS Pest, may be
found on the second page this morning
bfuSic, Hdri- Kari, the Courts the Money and
other Markets on the third; Ner Publications
on the Sirth, Real Estate the College .ReQdttd
Discussions on RdSpbeITieS, Torpedo hitt EFptO-
sion at Reno, and the Season at Sdrd'og"
on the SereRh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

The Charleston Courier, one of the most 10,
omous of the organs of Secession and Rob-,
lion, gloats over the fact that Horatio Sevmon-
was nominated by the Democratic Conyepto.
for the Presidency at the instance of the M
harmed martyr Vallandigham. 1t quotes Co.,
Seymours letter on the arrest of Yallandh.,.
in which he says:
"If this proceeding is approved by the Governm...
and sanctioned by the people, 1t Is not merely stem ~
ward revolution. 1t Is revolution II will not only lea
to military despOtism II establishes military desnoa
If ID is upheld liberties Oyerthrown The sss
of persons the security OF our property will here
after depend upon the arbitrary wills Of such militsr
rulers as may be placed u.s. while our const,nt,o
guarantees will be broken down"
The proceeding was approved by the Govern.
ment, and in the reelection of Mr.. Lincoln Il
was sanctioned by the people. And yet "our
liberties" were not overthrow unless by that
expression Gov. Seymour meant the Rebel Con.
federacy. That was overthrow. And if the
fact that Wade Hampton, n. B. Forrest, Val
landigham, ct id Omne genus, including The
Charleston Courier feel inclined to nominate
Seymour for the Presidency in consideration Of
the bold manner in which he stood forth az
"the defender of Vallandigham,' constitutes
any vindication of HOratio Seymour, it is vim
dicatiOn for which he need not have waited.
During the darkest hours of the Rebellion he
could have had the votes Of all these Rebels,
and four millions more, for the Presidency. The
appreciation of these Rebels, however, and Sey-
mours Endorsement by the American people
are quite different events. The latter has not
yet transpired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

We present to our readers this morning a
letter from our special correspondent at Sitka,
Alaska Territory, which will be found full of
interesting information in regard to the cond-
ton of affairs in our newly-acquired Russian
possessions. The report which had gained gem
eral credence that our troops stationed at Stka
were suffering from sickness and the want Of
ordinary comforts is denied, and it is asserted
that the general health and temper Of the
American troops and settlers are good.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17
The Ner- Orleans Republican thus daguerreo-

The Ner- Orleans Republican thus daguerreo-
types the feeling wherewith the Tammany
nominations were received i'll that city:
1T was quite amusing watch the effect of the news
from New-iork yesterday upon the various politicians
The extras announcing that Seymour had received the
nomination were eagerly snapped up, and the feelings
with which the prominent head lines were perused be-
instantly photographed upon the faces OF the va
rious readers. Hancock men, whose hopes had been
raised fever heat but few hours previous. uttered an
emphatic oath or two and sunk Into savage mor0seneSs
Supporters VI the sadly guled and now snubOed Chei
stanty discovered they had always been ardent admit
rers ~ Gen Grant PeudeOniaDs who had from the an
uouncement OF the first ballot given up all hope OF the
of their favorte now seemed rather grained a
having very many companions with whom 70 share
their misery. few-a very few indeed-wlth the clan
nshuess strong In Newlorkers became enthusastlc
ndexpressed confident belief that Seymour would be
next President. but they regarded with smile OF
cOntempuous pity by even their brethren or the Demo
cratic faith. In fact there were so few who seemed 10
have even hope OF defeating gallant soldier under
such leader that these expressions served but TO more
clearly mark the almost universal despair OF the anu Re
publican factions which have become banded together
under the name OF Democracy
The Radicals alone joyous over the event, and
well might they be. II any among them had doubt that
victory would not be with next November this nOml-
nation instantly dispeled IT, seymour Is shreWd Ola
political trckster and his antecedents show that few
gng nominating Convention, but this is not repua-
ton calculated To win the American people into support
Ing HIM for the highest office in their g and knowing
this, Republicans could not fail 70 be unusually eated
IL can never be charged, in the OF Cen Grant,
that enthusiasm displayed over the news OF his
nomination There any quantity OF 1t yesterday,
but unfortunately for Democratic aspirations ana antcl
paons, the demonstration came principally from good
Radicals. ~,
there will be a strong effort made to reconcile the
rank and file this nomination, and soon we may expect
audacious declarations that all the
"--mouutains clap their hands In ioy
And all the catArscts thunder, That the boz!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

The campaign is now fairly opened, and the
sooner we are alive to the necessities 1t I'M
poses the better. The first duty of earnest Re-
publicans is to circulate the best political dOcu-
ments within their reach. None are better than
THE SENn-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Send 1t every
where. Friends of Grant and Colfax, now is
the time to assist us in carrying tbs sterling
journal into every household. If this is done,
our victory will be overwhelming.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

THE TRIBUNE has recently Illustrated IN
rather striking manner the intimacy OF tho
associations which are springing up between
Europe and America by publishing compre-
hensive criticism of Mr.. Kinglake's new vol
umes of the History of the Crimean War, not
only before the work was reprinted IN tlis
country, but even before the English reviews
of it had reached us. When book can DE To-
viewed in America the day afteY its puDlica-
ton in England, we may truly say that tho
two nations are becoming one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

The Senate yesterday passed bill to extend
the laws of commerce, customs, and navigation
to Alaska. Mr.. Morgan presented joint
resolution prohibiting the overcrowding Of
ocean steamers. Mr.. CONFESS attempted to
have the bill of Gen. Banks, granting addi-
tional protection to American citizens abroad
considered, but he was defeated, and the Indian
Approximation bill was taken up and debated
during the remainder of the session. The con-
tested election case of Anderson agt. Switzler
consumed a large portion of the time the House
was in session yesterday. 1t was finally post
Doned until next session. Mr.. Schenck reported
the Senate Funding bill with several amend
ments 1t was ordered printed and then re-
committed. General debate on the political
condition of the country followed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17

ticularly ruta bagas, or Swedes. 1t is scarcely
too late with us now for family use, but the
soil must be in prime order, and cultivation
thorough. On fresh land in the West the
growth will be very rapid, and no manure will
be required. They will not bear Winter ex-
posture as in England, and should be pitted late
in the Fall. The common white varieties
should be lsown soon, and on land already in
some degree prepared