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New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

II is pleasant TO perceive the view when
some of our public fuDctlonaIles take Ot the
high Offices of the Government. Mr.. Collector
Sm,tI,c seeks confirmation rs u. 5. Minister
TO Russia, it seems, not because he wants
TO serve the Nation in that high station
abroad nor because he feels some spAclal fitness
for il bat because he has 10 80 over to PmlS
after his family, and would prefer to travel rs
n diplomatic oilicerl Mr.. Johnson was obhg-
ing enough TO place the mission to great
empire at his disposal, forthis convenient end;
but the Senate does not appear disposed to bc
equally accommodating.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

It is not surprising to learn from Washington
that the Senate received with undisgused dis
favor the report of one of its committees in
favor of the abolition of the Franking Privi-
lege. But we hasten to assure them that the
public look with equally undsguised disfay9r
upon the deficiency of one million dollars in
the Post Office department caused by the
shameless abuse Of the Franking Privilege
which they and the Representatives have
caused OF permitted l.-s r.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

We reckon the discovery and development OF
the Charleston Phosphates of which full ac-
count is printed in other columns this
morning, one of the most cheering
among the signs of better fortune III
store for the CarOlinians. Cheap
fertilizers small farms, free labor, thorough
cultivation, may yet revolutionize the idea that
South Carolina is the barrenest part of what
Gen Sherman was once pleased to call "the
worn out Atlantic slope
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

Correspondents of the newspapers are urging
theatrical managers to adopt the half-price'
system which is so general in London, and has
been tried on a small scale in New-Iork. We
think it would prove great convenience to
the public and a source of profit to the man
ayers. Many people who would not care about
seeing a whole play three or four times, would
be glad to drop in at the tleaters in the lat
ter part of the evening, provided they could
do so at a reduced price, and witness a favor
ito after-p piece, or chat with their friends. In
these days of long runs, some arrangement OF
this kind, under which we could go to the
theater, say at $50, for half the usual admis-
sion. and take our chances OF finding a seat
we are confident would work well.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

Postmaster General Randall wants $4,000.
600 for the service 6f his Department during
the next fiscal Year, and has no expectation
that the Postal revenue will even come near
meeting Expenses. This heavy burden is laid
upon the tax payers in great part 10y the frank
ing swndle through which any one who can
pay So for a stamp cut with the signature OF
a member of Congress can send as many tuns
of papers, books, letters, aud documents
through the mails at other peoples cost as he
pleases. Let us have tho whole humbug swept
away.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

n There seems to be n mysterious anxiety On
the part of some individuals unknown 10 bor.
row the language of coroDers' iurcs) TO furnIsh
the members of Congress with railroad facili.
ties 10 get to and from Washington. Three q,
four bills are before Congress for this purpose
and in each of them there is q latent wood
chuck of about the size of a grizzly bear Wa
hope the animal will be caught, dsembowcled.
stuffed, and presented to the Smithsonian In
stltute, as one of the largest that ever peue.
trated into the lobby H~ll4
The first and worst of these is "Bll to
"prOvide railroad facilities to the Capital OF tbe
" United States" which Incorporates fou.
independent sets Of clever fellows into as many
railroad corporations. The National Railroad
b" Northn may run a road and telegraph
from Washington TO any point on the Pennsyl-
vania Central Railroad east of Harrisburg. The
"National lRaiiroad South may run road
and telegraph line from Washington to any
railroad in Virginia. "Thc National Chcsa-
peake Railroad may run railroad and tele-
graph line from Washington to Point Lookout
in Maryland and the National Transportation
Company" may run road from Georgetown
to Chesapeake Bay. Nothing is said as to
whether the roads are TO be run by
horse or steam powcr--a somewhat
singular omission in bills otherwise
so explicit The stock of the Grst is to I've
S20O0,00O, of the second $2,OOO,OOO of the third
sjOO,OOO, and of the fourth 100000. The Cities
of Washington and Georgetown, and the Levy
"COurt of the District Of Columbia are re-
quired to subscribe half the capital of all these
companies, which is to be collected from their
people by taxation, without any provision ask
ing their consent AS these cities take the
I" Common Stock,r which in nearly all railroad
enterprises is practically wiped ont aud sunk
in few years, this is equivalent to asking the
Government to compel the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia to raise Two Millions and a
Half Of Dollars and present it to thess
clever gentlemen for the privilege OF
having horse-road, or steam-road, or
tramway, OF something or other of some kind.
started if these gentlemen choose to start 1T.
As one half of their capital is to be furnished
by these cities, and for the other half the Di'
rectors NAV issue preferred stock TO the amount
of half the total capital, we don't see that II
is necessary for the Directors or ordinary
stockholders to furnish or risk dollar on the
whole investment All they have to do is to
handle the money which Congress is asked to
present to them. Our readers will now per-
ceiye the dimensions Of the wOOd-chuck which
burrows under this pile Those desiring SAINT
pies Of the fur will apply to Senator sherman.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

We regret to observe that Senator MOrtOn's
first act, since his speech about resumption,
does not point as strongly to the zeal for re-
trenchment in which at least we hope to have
his aid, as we had expected 1t is the intro
duction of bill appropriating a hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars for the purchase
of a site for new White House. Can't we
get along with the old public buildings for q
few years, or have our public men discerned
no necessity yet for economy
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
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New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

The employes of the Custom House nave Deu Deen
invited 10 contribute 1880 TO procure porVss Oh So
lectQy Smythe sni Assistant Collector olynch p, p
rosed 70 haze the portraits painted by an artis WIZ
holds clerical position in the Custom House. ana are ~
SSsf Zoo each aud an additional SIS for the frames IIs
pctures when completed Will decorate the toiiecto
room The subscription paper was sutprlsc W ,s sg
or1nate officers who were unaware that any consueta
Ss humber OF them had met and resolved 70 nave no
nnrfraits panted as testimonial or esteem LOT ther
ssnneriors until they read the announcements on 'no
printed heading OF the subscription paper
The Third Army Corps Union, composed OF
ofrcrs Of the Old THIRD Corps. whose history ia inter
woven with the most memorable events OF the war OF hs
Rebellion will meet et pelmonieos on "Wednesday a o;
The society bas among rs members many 81 the mo, %
dashng and distinguished OF the officers oi tc hvu1
Corps Including Cen Heintzelman nts Ola oo,nnanue
and Charging Joe" Hooker, the hero OF @ @msfionan!
Ridge Al the coming meeting Gen slekles VIZ
and beside those already mentioned theie "u pe "b'
array Of gallant soldiers. rl
During the absence of the engineer from las
post Thursday, OF the dummies on tne Hudsoo
River Railroad entered BY one Kegsn iaaats WIG
started the engine and travelled down town rsp,o
rate The engineer horseback succeeded In oyertaE
ing the runaway but not before some injury hsd oees
done. When near Tenthst. Mt schaner, accompanied
by his wife, attempted TO cross the track In wan sna
both were struck by the dummy aud thrown QUA ooha
fer sustained severe internal iniures but tho vomau
ESCAPED by the assistance OF Officer viger OF The ffh
Ward who took her by the dress and pulled nor a&~
The wagon was perleot vceok
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

The gossp-mOngers may find q new theme
for speculations about the Cabinet IN our DIS
matches this morning. Mr.. Edwin NJ stanton
has resumed his practice in the Supreme
Court, and announced his rctiracy
from political life. Americans, even
after such determination, have been known to
be persuaded into Office again but Mr. Stan
tons action will at least afford the Cabinet
makers Who are lending Gen. Grant so much
Of their valuable aid fresh point OF depart
p,a !, fho arrangement of their combinations.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

If our Government has decided to sanction
the transfer Of certain iron-clads and their
tenders to Peru we do not see the wisdom of
tolerating the repeated interlerences, by New
Orleans authorities, to prevent the vessels from
clearing. There may be necessity for I'M
Dosing these vexations upon the vessels of a
friendly power; but surely courtesy. to say no.
thing of wise policy, would suggest the pro-
priety of halassng them as little as possible.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

We presume that we must accept as true the
statement in our Washington dispatches that
the President is about to appoint one c. q.
Megrge as Assessor in the Second Cincinnati
District; because We observe that leading
journal of that city (Ihe Goseue) pronounces
Tie nomination one not fit 10 be made.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

From New Orleans come cheering reports of
a heavy tobacco seizure, and the discovery Of
the clue to the enormous frauds of the to-
bacco and whisky rings in that city. We
have had great many such reports before,
and still the thieves seem to retain control Of
the offices. We are prepared to be disap-
pointed once more but we shall know what
to look for in that quarter on the 9TH of
March next.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

Minister Ro;ecrans has reached the City OF
Mexico and has been well received. For the
first time, therefore, since the departure OF the
lamented Thomas COrwin this Government is
fittingly represented at the capital Of the one
with which, on some accounts, oar relations
ought to be the most intimate, and our intll-
enee naramOunt
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

rg' AaStraIia, The Indian Var, Salmon
Eqgs Imported into Massachusetts, Oid Stories
Eciold, The Red,yest and Committdl Of SdIig
daderSon Tie WestfcId Li1dr- mGkers-A De
tsnse Of .hg Union, qnT1 ttempt 70 BreaL
pare: Indiana Not lar, 4 Mysterious
H0micidc-A Policemen AcouSed Ot Murder
M. Summers EuIoqy Npop the late IhaddeUS
Sierens, the Operations Of tie RcreHue System,
The Courts, and Shipping Intelligence, on tie
Jtourth Greetings from the Press, on tho rms
Farm Items, on he eighth: Real Estate. on The
ninth and the Finances. the Erie Wdr, aud
the Money and the other Markets, on Tie c'crenh
page.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

The Rebels in Arkansas do not seem to COM
prehend that there has been an election for
President. The Ku-Klux continue their work
as zealously as though they supposed Mr.. john
son sure Of four years. term in the White
ff6uA. PeaceSble people are fleeing from their
homes; the neGo militia is opt under arms IN
one or two counties; the Ku-Klux dfo melting
attacks upon them; the Legislature is RESOLVING
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

The Senate Printing Committee promise us,
at last, a reform in the matter OF printing the
Congressional debates. Next to abandoning
the field to private enterprise, this seems the
best thing. If we cannot have the whole need
less business stopped let us, at least, conduct
n lass NostcfullV.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

with frst-c zeal in locking the stable
door after the horse is stolen, the Cincinnati
and Louisville Mail Line Steamboat Company
have decided TO cary no more petroleum As
freight. The same decision. reached two
weeks earlier, would have spared us the
glastliest calamity of the year
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
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paper 10 Americans temporarily IN Europe
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

The silk smuggling case, lately discovered
here, turns ont to have unexpected dimensions,
and to involve unexpected parties Frauds OF
a quarter of a million dollars have already
been traced to a single firm, and the guilty
parties, in or out of the Custom-H House, do not
vet seem to be all brought to light.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

Mrs. Scott Siddons will read at steinwaJ
Hall this evening in behalf Of the Homeopathic opn'nA
mic Hospital The programme for the evening embraces
Teuuyson's LADY Clara We're de yere" and selections
from shakespeare including ROslhnd from AS fou i1s.
IT," The New-York ophthamic Hospitals Gh a ,boss ss
WHO would suffer mos: at its oss ana the ptOceea a.,
entertainment 10 be applied 90 building I1Sy acurc,
This institution TO collect this fund course OF
Gas been nm arrangement and the Reading of Mr oVV'S
sidJons is the frat entertainment OF the course
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

against the Ku-Klux; and according to the
accounts of the Southern papers themselves,
great outrages are committed on both sides We
make bold to predict that seven weeks hence
oIIief will be restored
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

the alert to chronicle their raIment. yoltaires
story of THREE kings who met at an inn with.
out cash enough to pay for their beds mus,
have been o fable. At any rate, monarchs on,
of business fare better now. 'A
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

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vii almost invariably give Immediate relief
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IT. JsWKLEK. also agents Tor he celebrated Amrea "''n
Watches VERY ps send for price ist
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
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de la PaV. agents IN Paris 10 receive subscrp
tiOus and advertisements FOR TIM TRInuSE
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
nErrERLNG OYE,S SELE

To. ne Edifor Of me Tribune.
SIR: OF al men, expect you are best able to
give me advice reference TO going where you often
ads se poor families 10 -. namely tho West. and W the
soil. aud o better in he world than In this oyercro"ded
city want do al the, but have not enough 10 pay
The fare OF one OF my family consisting oi wife and hyo
children, far less TO buy land, house, implements 60
How ana I-though willing TO do ulis-ho~ am to get
my children away from evil influences aud poverty oor
they 30 togeheI, aud allow them Ia become good cti
zensl Can you explain why Company Is not ostaD
lshed say OF 2O wealthy gentlemen TO buy land Ia MIS-
souri, virginia etc where u good and cheap aud say
10 a moor man: Here arc or acres small house
barn andfmpments 90 20 work pay as you oan' or 40
much year and when you have paid twohrd' we vill
.,ive van q. deed :" ''f WESTWARD.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

Netu'}lptk Dsqiln GribMare.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1868.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
CHILDREN TEETHNG.

The mother faithful iendn Mss wissLows soOraisG srRvr
perfectly reliable and harmless It relieves the child fro" pn
cu dseue sud dsuhes relieves gripping the bowels cures "Hd
cole gams Inflammation BY gi'inE reo anu
beih,to tie cliI It comforts tl,s mother
b sure aud csr for
Mas wrssLows SoormSo SrHrr''
Having sm OF Grams PEsKSs on the Oa'''
loLLeL. ase lass nI.liInnA --------------
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
Anslrcr

AHsrcr
A man going with his family from the city
To n fam is no more likely to do well than
would farmer. in going from the country to
the city. know ledge of farming is acquired
slowly To plovidc farms for poor men, ready
for occupancy, Iwould be like providing them
with stores stocked with merchandise. Human
nature is such that gifts of this kind will be
neitlgr appreciated nor ppppSed, md no one
is better aware % this thaf he who ho5 money
to invest, A9pGater calamity could befall man
kigd tlab a 0irasuQgs creation OF homes pro-
vided With every Comfort and if their creation
were c6ntigued the race WOULD perish, because
the strength Of body and mind which are the
framework and basis of the race. and which
give it perpstpity, gg9w ouly poM labor and
culture.
But 9yU friend Would remove his family from
poverty AID evil influences, apd yet he has not
Che means to pay the cost OF travel. What his
habits DRILL fortune may have been we do not
know but we may suppose that he is Il clerk,
whose family Increases while bis salary is sta
tionary. 1t will seem singular to many that ap
intelligent man in middle life SHOULD have saved
nothing, and it win be suspected tDat he has
been improvident, or that expensive habits and
perhaps improper indulgences have kept him
poor. StiD, this is the condition of many who
afe not vicious, nor Incorporate, NOT upfaithful,
but are the victims of competition in pur-
suit which can add nothing to the wealth Of
the world. Their receipts are small; habits of
life, fashions, the examples of acquaintance,
and the absolute demands for necessqries make
the present difficult and the future dark.
But there Is hope, at least for those who have
heart and who wish to see better way The
FIRST step is to save something while time is
passing. Industry and economy should demand
80 ccuts day, aud this will be $3.50 year.
1t will be said that expenses CONSUME ALL We
reply, expenses must be diminished. Lot food
be cheaper, clothing coarser rent less, indnl-
gcnccs feweT-in short, retrenchnept must be-
GIN Something might he done TO increase re-
ceipts, either by Il change of occupation or
employer, or by additoual hours OF labor.
Ii may not be easy to save AZ once, but tho
necessity must be seen. If not seem it will be
impossible If, after all, pothing can be saved,
nothing can bc done. But despair never should
be invited. Many families have commenced
with saving ton cents day. and in timo have
found it easier to save twenty cenLs. Nothing
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
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YOu can buy, at a very low price, an elegant
,-plei Tea Set ice Pitcher ST. Cofe Uro Iuuten OF hney
la -.at VARIETY PKEsrNTs Manufactured 300 TIE
premises aHi urer heir scel Y iSa
h. MANUFAClftlNc toNf'NN,
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AT REDUCED PRlCEs.
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New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
Susintss ilotitts.
STERLING SILVER WARE,
aud
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Fys E1EcrKoPL PLirRD WAX.
TeG3aa,N Mvry,cTrIuNe Go Of Providence L. having iae
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mos Improved machinery and employing the most skilled 'oo ae
e,ef f 4e an variety end beautiful designs h DIV
rsa szys IK SERVICES every article specially adapted tor
H,ilp,l sai BeIpaL GIFTS
q5 ,Jr aso iltr wetnovn and uuysed Nickel Silver Electro
Pei ~ which ev have introduced ne" patterns o 'are ee
,,. . SOLID Silver Is guaranteed to be Of sterling purity by IT, =
M A lt EeeroP,ie guaranteed be superior TO the hue'
si-H..l ftrt
Osss5 from .is trade only Dot these goods be obtained
f,u r.s.ll..l,c 5rss sss everywhere.
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New-York tribune., 1868-12-19

rr going back pme;al l-oe1e1i .e lh % i,9n P'
- .rl Ari there 30, more COME "Yo place the Andtr as
Wi.ia ths reach o. la the following scale Of pnce
h.. lri: i-as SO nsgt 50; er.Ia silver apd gi o
t- .f a0 Seu h mail receipt Of price, or by express
a. N Id 'Aff,,ssC ~ WERn No Coo Bfofdssy. n. !.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-19
War TnE sry SAYS

NoF1r ANEAl, ~ llIR lss 20 NiN , I,h, bto y ~ -
n VHs esa Bro dws! SIR We have one oi fquT
i,s respect ana Aei Hh" or ge ~
t...rg and adding eaieuiei oouirs " iteohtsN
confident ~ ifs Ven respectfully
I'll G. NCKGAs, Ast. secetaIy.'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-07

act always most sincerely and uprightly.
To a fair vote and . fair expression Of
the will of any Southern State in the
next Presidential election the defeat o.
these Infamous Constitutions, so called,
is indispensable. And when they have
been voted down, as in Mississippi and
Arkansas, it is still doubtful whether
they will not be legalized by Congress
and the voice of the people suppressed
Such Is the Repubicanism of the So
called American Congress. And such
the intolerable oppression io-which the
people Of the South, always true to their
paroles and pledges, are subjected
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-07
The Available Man.

The great issues now at stake in the
country. make mere personal differences
among candidates nothing. The avail
able man will be the man who yields
nothing of the principles OF Jefferson
and Madison, of the Constitution, and
the Declaration of Independence. The
man who is against taxation without re-
presentation, the military being made
superior to the civil power, the consoli'
dation of all power of government IN
the hands of debased Congress, and
the government OF the country by lgno-
rant and blind negro instruments, IN the
hands of the most base and venal oil lis
politicians, is the coming man, the avail
able man, the man that will sit in the
chair of Washington. If not, is not lib
erty dead, and can we revive 1t by any
personal popularity of candidate
Whether Grant or the Democratic nomi-
nee is great or little, personally popular
or unpopular, is matter OF small i'm
nortance. The ISSUE when the nation is
imperiled, is who is the patriot and VINO
ooes with the usurpers, who sustains the
Constitution, and who tramples 1t under
foot. And voters will not ask whether this
or that man suits them best, but who will
save the republic. We shall win on prin-
ciple, and not on trAes, if we win at all.
And if we do not, we shall mourn death
blow to the future Of the American States.
The Democratic party has been almost
uniformly successful when it has stood
squareIy on principle. When IT has been
compromising, tender toed and weak
kneed doubling and hesitating between
two, seeking availability, and defeuslvely
making fair weather with all, it has been
defeated. Connecticut was carried
standing square up on the negro ques-
ton, and SO was Ohio, Michigan, and
other States. And California was car
ried with the bold ayowal--down with
negro rule and the assertion OF
military over the civil power. The Issue
candidly made, well defined and bold,will
be made so as to assure triumph. The
people Of the United States do not mean
that ten States shall be ruled by the bay
onet, and that the negro shall be invested
with the balance Of power to rule that
The available man is any man that II
against both.