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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-04
GENERAL NEW; TENS.

Counterfeit $40 dollar b1ls she Eai,csssi Mar ket
Bank Of New York ara in circulation 10 Bostss
0eorgo Carr, citizen Of ingson CcsAda, aittsA
suicide yesterday by cuLtiwg his throat
Robert p Briggs, ot tho wealtbs'as 9;armsr. OF
Auburn, Name commAad suicide W hasf ,ng him ssf
on sunday evening
Jeromiah Williams OF Oaxhsp, hashs. COMMITTEES
suicide on sunday lssk by hanging nnscK tho ossr
Of his house Tho h,dy was found by Tho vito aud
dsughlor OF the decsssed thor reurnflfom church
despatch from san Francisco says 10 owing to III.
Increased demand dc Central Pacific uuiroad Company
have further the price Of tweir hrs. mortgage
bonds 10 par and interest
Eiehtcen prisoners escaped from Tail ~ 81 yosep,
60 on Saturday, by oycrpoworna the keepers DARN,
the melee Horace Fish. brother of the shosir Vas
killed and ono OF the prisoners ssess ely woundod
Tho palace car "cty of Chiestto," runp4ng Or tbs
twelve O'Clock Saturday ught from AZ explosion AZ
kerosene lamp the car WA totsily destsoyaA The
passengers oscspsd without Nlnry.
Three large ice houses becngug IN the 1,ocyse
leo Company situated on The West side Of tho Hud,o.
river. opposA poughksopsis tell on Fritay nigh, with
levi crasb Tue b0usss we're nisd wh ice the great
weight and pressure or which burst tn ssander The
dxlnage sustained a quits heavy
fhs siNamsr shermaa from Nov Orleans for Cypc,r
uat. dsstroyedb IRE a. Evrhsvnis Tnd On sus-
dAY morning She bed pfevioully dischsrsed uost o.
her CARGO which 0euDslsd Of valuable grocsstes Ne
,Iyes were cak The noehs Ard money we're saveI Tbs
SAssmaa We svasd . PWeIsx ssl isssrsS 10 Osssn.
nnl s0oDo Coz eeAeoe,
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BOOK NOTICE.

TuE STRANGER IN THE TRoPICs. Guide Book
for Cuba and the West Indies.
Mr. John g Thrasher has rendered good service,
only TO very largo class OF citizens. but to
tourists the world ovor, by preparing capital guido
Cuba and the West India islands. vs. havo had in
years past abundance OF works Cuba. embracing
the OF the experience and observations or
Dor OF ioersrs that pleasant quarter OF tho globe
who have told US agreeable style Of tho manners
and customs OF tho peope they met OF their style OF
living and means or locomotou but in such
q general way that no really valuable specific
inform alton could be derived from all the OF detail
by the reader who desired TO- know precisely how he
could reach tho Antilles, and at wha, cost We have
long needed such work "Tbe Stranger in the
Tropics, which Mr. Thrashcr has furnished u.s. and
now no needs TO DO longer ignorance Of all tho
facts which be socks well before he departs upou
bis arrival destination. mako his pleasant
and profitable. 'Ths Stranger in the Tropscs is full
and comprehensive guido 10 Havana and a com
plets and authoritative handbook for travellers iu
Cuba, Porto Rico AMI s. Thomas. Il very
carefully compiled from Acknowledged authorities.
from personal knowledge and observation. aud
cmbodos vast amount or Just the precise Information
that traveller unfamiliar with the countries he visits
would desire 70 dnd ia convenient little work OF
kind Tho writer has been a resident OF tho "Evor
Faithful Isle for years and has enjoyed OPP
portunto5 TOT sa,hsrng tho best information possible
on matter no treats, and this fact gives his work
all the weight OF authority which many guides lack
He embodies in worry pleasing and readable
way q choice fund 81 matter Interesting 10
tho ssudsnt Of history. to tho health seeking invalid
aud to tho bas,ness we'll 10 the ioiterer
for pleasure In the baimy tropics rbs traveller IL first
told how he may go to Cuba tho West indies aud the
expense Of tho traast Then ne Is safeiy landed at
Havana and gwen choice Of hotels. subsequently,
the sights aud lions OF the city shown
him, and he follows his Intelligent guide
he will mis-, nothing worthy OF passing notice.
The reader vii also ind In tho guide full description
OF the peculiar manner OF living in Havana OF I've varied
and delightful rocrcauous and sights us shops and their
contents and pleasant chapter gives us clear glimpse
all that Is picturesque pleasing and heabful in tho
vicinity which the tourist should visit, including the
watering plscos Villas coffee and sugar plantations and
tobacco fields
The traveller the island Of Cuba o. Porto
Rico or ~. 1homas will nnd In chapters devoted 10
those points ell the Information he may wish on ans
communication cost and places OF interest 10 visit
We think Mr. rnrasher has performed his task IN
CONSCIENTIOUS and thorough manner and We doubt not
that the work, which for sale By all booksellers will
have q desc rvedy large and extended circulation
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-04
ALLEGED DOUBLE swINoLe

During the past Tow months numbers Of merchants,
bankers and prominent citizens have received letters
pesfyng thsm OF their having been elected Honorary
members OF the New York Association for tho Benefit
or the Poor informing them that communications
might DO addressed TO George r. 5peman, Bible House.
station D. New York. q mos, the parties thus
addressed would rspy by enclosing various sums Of
money assist the society In is good work. ana would
In due time receive, IN turn, an scknow'eda-
nens Of their muniocsnoe anu n sne .nss'ns
Lord" and that Bread cast upon the waters VIII 70.
turn after many days" Hut a. no bread returned and
no evidences Of assistance having reasoned ne poor
could DO found donors bscame suspicious and among
others Mr. Rufus hatch. who had cast SlOo ION the
waters instituted inquiries which led him 10 think
that no had been dupcd Tho matter vas given INTO The
hands OF detective Joseph Eustacc. the central Ooe
and he mined 10 sound and ascertain the direction
OF the current which bore the bread away. DOMINIC
his hs. and aud taking bis station inside the oce
- station yesterday ansrnocn MT susscs asscrnsd
table inclinstons Of 30 many. dc ws not long on
guard whom smart looking young rnnn wearing ego.
glasses and looking 9ue solemn apphsd ior We letters
FOR Mr.. speIlmap, but seeing Mr. Eostsco he very
suddenly cropped bis glasses aud made Tor the door
Mr. Eustace however, was sharply after him, and
bad him secure before he had gone many yards. lie
asserted that he was ao% Mr. spslIman. but that he
msreiy called Tor sps,lmAn's letters He taken 10
the Csnl,ai once asd shsrs gave his name NJ George
wilson, aud stated that Nc Spslnsan bad sa'lcd for
California % the LA o. S,nasfy 20 sssronans
on which were isis q prominent names. many
Of them marked Oh - " they bad bee.
attended w. ls,sss directed 70 Dr. Bfosaston. and
sscson ID the sams hsrdwrtng a. were the isttsrl
drscIel 70 NJ HATCH The lsstsv referred 70 contained
iseainss - V shs Whereabouts Of NJ W. u. onsesI
20: Ne w :: $40 =. . e:'Ps s.. ssS q
ana en- b Saksn 70 ~ fvmSs PsaAs ussH this aGsA
~ ~ sGaminAues.
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Mexico and South America.

The peculiar revelations made in the Mexican
documents we published yesterday of the
relations between Mr.. Otterbourg and the
imperial authorities are not honorable to our
State Department or 10 the way In which the
nation is represented in foreign countries.
Mr.. Otterbourg appears In those documents as
q sutton and suppliant in the ante-rooms OF the
imperial palacc-as representing that the
relations between tho United States and
Mexico depend upon Mr.. Otterboarg's private
relations with the Secretary of the United
States Senate, and as vaguely intima,ing that
these may depend upon railroad concession
and the way in which the government might
dispose OF II. He also appears as ono OF that
infinite multitude OF spectators whose 81 in
huence with the New York press" will enable
them to be immensely useful TO anybody who
may make 1t worth their while Another Of
these fellows came 10 the surface short time
since-in some other documents not creditable
to certain New York journalism which it
was shown that all tho city journals we're
tried, and II was found that the
HERALD would publish, without pay" all
news 1t would not publish on any terms
while the other journals would publish any
thing, news or not II paid for It Plenty Of
these spectators are always coming to the
surface, and src quite likely TO be- found in
the offices OF tho government; but Il does not
give good idea Of the principles that rule in
high placo1 when we End that one Of them can
be made y minister.
Doubtless Mr.. 0tterbourg only moved with
the cvrrens whom. being in the Mexican Gama
he Sell TO jobbery. There vsfe great many
oynsr jobs besides his urged 10 Msx's ante
roomA Indeed, the Mexican empire and ~
Mexican republic we're masses Of iobbsry n
! very empire issif IVES Jssksr', JOB IN The "
siaains; sad whsa Nax wss Installed h u
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proposition introduced and IL under discussion
in the Mississippi Convention that after session Of forty
i've days the per diem should CEASE
radical politician or Atlanta Ca. shot and danger
ousy wounded extreme radical member OF the Re-
construction Convention In that city Sunday evening
military commission Is nvsstig gazing charges against
the Mayor Of Savannah.
In Memphis on Saturday night an abandoned woman
stabbed in . bagnio, and man was shot while
trying 20 prevent quarrel On Monday apoiceman was
shot while attempting to arrest burglar, and freed
man was killed in an aleywW BY another freedman
party Of soldiers under command OF an officer,
scnt TO the Criminal Csurt room In Memphis yesterday,
at the request of the presiding Judge dissatis
ton was expressed among the attorneys and they
Withdrawn.
The revision Of the registration Lists 10 Texas has
closed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-04
THE clBLE CONNECTION WITH EUR0PE.

From The Journal of tho Telegraph Fob IL
Wo have examined the fles Of the New YORK papers
to ascertain how many days daring tho eightssa
months the cable laid persons daily expecting
European had boon disappointed OF the telegraph
The record 10 foiows:-
During tho nrst sx months when the success Of
the enterprise found tho land lines uaprepsred for
this and important business, there were thirty
three days on which tho Nav YoRT HsRALs
failed to publish nsss by the cable. OF those four
Sundays. there were seven days on which the
news arsiving In time for tho NEW YoRK HEsALD
publ shed in tho Ecen,io Post. ten days during
which the lines somewhere between New York ana the
ond OF the cable a. Hearts Content nearly two tnoa-
sand miles by OF the telegraph line pros
tra.ed by heavy wind sIect storms; two days the
steamer Da1ness. which At tho hrst conveyed basness
the Gull or st. Lawrcnce WAS dstained ono day
the ST. AIMS cable was brokon and the remaHns nine
days not accounted for.
Durng tho next succeeding twelve months there wsre
but ten days which the Nav YORK herald pub, he'd
cable Oi those one was sunday, four the
published in the Epening Pos, threc the land limos os-
York and the cables wore broken by severe
storms and two the lines in Ireland wore broken by
F0naDs.
Fac perfect working Of the cables themselves.
Is complete and wonderful Not siugis moment Mncs
tho cables were laid-July 81 lS66-has c0mmunoAiios
across the Atlantic ceased
We hail tue dawn,ng OF brighter achievements vhcs
an entire yesrs record shall show no For
tho as two months there has no, beou sn.s day
the morning papers have not contained European news
Tho liucs which connect New York with tho iiues or
the New York. Newfoundland aud IoDdou COMPANY 81
Plaster Cove. cape Breton arc aboas steven hundred
miles long and are worked dsect and with r1pdity
never before attained. The other evening Nj W. r.
Kettles operator AT Washington. sent TO Padstef Cove
direct distance Of thirteen hundred miOs ninety
four messages OF twenty words each wlhn = single.
hour, dropping copies al Ssw York. Tho messages,
werc received by Mr.. W. sherman at Plaster Cove,
without interrupting requiring rcpatton. We
bceye such a ratio Of transmission and reception BY
the Morse machinery 70 be uneaualed ~ any &aropsss.
lines, and up to the highest capacity Of our prese<
printing apparatus
TO perfect tho European connection .ehe two Hns
between New York and Hearts Content da,st ultimate
be worked one. " one COMPANY Ia compelB /,
10 swallow the other 10 accomplish a. Shsa don0 "
shall foei that New York indeed shakes hands y "
Europe
Nor shall pledge ourselves TO bs fopg satlsled IN
even this Tho COMMERCIAL centres OF tho world qua
he united 10 fact we'll ~ In nam0 single llasl
must connect London aud New York, vitboSt unsg rye
ing oven tho manipulation Of tho skilfN opes1 =
HsaTps Content.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-04
The Proposition to Make Contracts for Cole
Payments Valid.

The Proposition to Make Contracts Tor Cold
Paymcnts Valid.
II appears that certain parties are 1rging the
passage of bill by Congress to make con-
tracts in which gold payments are stipulated
valid. We see no objection why a merchant
should not sell his goods or any man bis house
to be paid for in gold If the parties making
the bargain choose to agree upon that. We are
not sure but this can be done now even by
using the term "gold dollars" but it is GER
tainly legal to sell house or any thing else
tor so much weight Of tthe precious metal--for
SO many ounces or pounds Of gold, for exam
ple-just as it would be to sell for certain
weight of cotton or certain number Of bushels
of wheat We know what weight Of gold is
worth thousand dollars, and tho calculation
weighed, and not counted, in all great moneyed
institutions II is supposed, perhaps, that such
a bill as we refer to would help us TO come to
specie payments but we want no forcing pro-
cess for that There is no necessity for such
bill any way. Indeed Congress should not
lcgislate at all about such matters or the cur
rency at present The country is not in con-
dition for any such legislation, and Congross
will have enough to do with political matters
till the dismembered republic be restored and
tho Presidential election be over These are
the paramount questions-the frst things in
order. When they are settled Congress can
turn its attention to other subjects.
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rhe Euus5ua I'm N0rtharu ArrScu.

The latest appeal Of the United States Con.
sui at Tunis in behalf OF the surviving sufferers
by the famine which has swept of two hun
dred victims in single day in that city, where
the average number Of deaths by starvation
has for some time exceeded one hundred, and
which has extended 10 Morocco aud Algiers,
and. indeed, throughout North Africa, Is even
mora affecting than the reports Of similar dis
tross in Northern Europe tina. have prompted
q proposal IN Congress to send one ship OF
war or more laden with provisions for the
relief Of those who are perishing for want Of
food. No doubt the American heart will
generously respond 10 appeals In behalf oil
tho starving, both in The Icy regions Of Northern
Europe and beneath the burning sun Of Africa.
But, at the same timc. i. should not be for.
gotten that charity begins at home that hun.
ger is one of the woes bitterly experienced by
the poor in New York during this rigorous
season, and that In tho South we have 90
Africa OF our own which demands the hearty
sympathy aud cdectual aldo our people. Let
Congress and the Executive and the people
hasten to unto upon some rational plan o
reconstruction that shall put . speedy end te
tho alarming distress within our Southern and
Southwestern States, and we can then, with Z
clear conscience, undertake to prevent famine
In foreign countries.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-04

A CURIOUS MIXTURE. -Copperheads md mig
gsrs arc uniting in opposition 70 General
Grant When such extremes meet AID COM
mingls look out foe very turioss Pr9idsnsial
campaign, - ths next n0w bids lively bsuraaos
Of bsoouhg.
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capital no thought more OF securing JUS place
by jobs organized by spectators from the
United States than he did oil endeavoring to
hold it against the world by those qualities
that had caused contemporary OF the irst
Hapsburg to warn God Almighty TO "sit firmly
on his throne or Rudolph would push him
from it." Jobs were as rife about Jllarez, and
doubtless still are, as they were about Max. 1t
has been the dabbling in such schemes Mat has
eaten the very heart out OF Mexican Nation
ality. There is no public virtue, no splvit OF
patriotism either in leaders or people, and the
country and its wealth are only the prize In
the general scramble Of jobbers. It is the
same with the South American republics and
this latest upsetting of order in Peru owes its
whole motive power to the same corrupt sort
OF speculation. One party is in the pay Of
those whose interests will be served il the
Spanish party dominates /; the other in the pay
of those whose interests require that the party
that sympathizes with the South American
alliance should prevail The South American
alliance is the puppet Of English merchants
and miners, who can make their fortunes all
the easier if the Spanish merchants are driven
out and the alliance il grand cry to help
drive them out So il. goes. 1t is game with
no more in 1t than what tho mines and
trade OF the coast may yield and at the same
time it furnishes as good pretext rs any
other for thu. people to indulge in the favorite
pastime Of cutting each others throats.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-14
AFRAID OF EXPOSURE.

1t Is not much wonder the Radicals are
frightened out of their wits al the pros
pect of defect. 1t is not surprising that
they tTemble when they hear shouts of the
people for Seymour. The rascals fear ex
posures. For nerly eight long years they
have been practicing frauds, robberies and
villalnies upon the people, and they know
and feel that they deserve punishment..-
Let the Democrats obtain power, and our
word for ii exposure will be made that will
astound men of ali parties. The Radical
conspirators know this, and they know
that their defeat now will be an everIast-
ING defeat Hence their zeal to save them
selves from the doom that awaits them
But they may as well make up their minds
that the people can no longer be trjtied
with or deceived. The gods have decreed
that this rotten, trcasonabl, theiving Rad
ical factioa is 10 be put down and kept
down. 1t is not possible for the taxpayers
of this country 70 submit longer to the in
tolorable extravaganza, gross corruption
and open treason of this infamous faction.
The nomination of Grant by the Radi-
Gals is the best evidence of the decay of
their party, When the old Whig party
grew weak when it lad lost tho conf
dence of the people--its adherents tried
to save it from defeat by nominating the
brave old Scott as their candidate for Pres
ident. They then, as now. attempted to
ignore the issues before the people; they
recuuuted the many battles Gen. Scott
had fought, pointed to his bleeding wounds,
and asked the people to vote for him be-
cause of his military services. But the an
swer came hack from mountain aud valley:
"No!-we respect Gen. Scott as mill
tary man, but have no confidence in the
men who surround him and who will con
troll should he be placed IN the Presidetia
chair He is not fit for high civil posi-
ton, and we viii not give him our votes.
This was, in substance, their answer. Gen
Scott was disastrously defeated.
Gen. Grant will meet the fate OF Scott
he viii be, defeated by about the same
majority. Like Scott, he is mot fit for q
high civil position" Many doubt whether
he is fit for anything except to puff segars
flis military character will not bear inves.
tigation, for the more it is looked at The
worse it looks. Let mpn of all parties
therefore, who love their country and iii
institutions, fall in with the popular cur
rent and assist to swell the majority fol
the peoples candidates, Seymour apf
Blair, They are men of character, one 1
Democrat, the other Conservative Re
| publican, who loves his country over, par
ty-Fall IN then, patriots, and make tn,
welkip ring for Seymour and Blair.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-14
Mise ann pthermiss.

\ LAUGHABLE MISUNDERSTANDING a
hard winter clergyman in Vermont be-
ing apprehensive that the accumulated
weight Of the snow upon the roof of the
barn might do some damage, resolved to
prevent it by seasonably shovelliug it off.
He therefore ascendcd it, having first, for
the snow might all slide off at once, and
himself with it, fastened TO bis waist one
end of the rope, and, giving the other end
to his wife, he went to work, but fearing
still for his safety, he said
my dear, tic the rope around your
waist"
No sooner had she done this when off
went the snow, poor minister and all, ant
up went his wife. Thus, on side of the
barn the astonished and confounded clergy
man hung, while on the other side hung
his wife. high and dry, in majesty sublime,
dangling at the other end Of the rope
At that moment, however, gentleman
passed by and delivered them from their
perilous situation. ......... ....
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-14
TWO SHARPERS.


A uoted sportsman, taking dinner al
one of our clubs exhibited diamond ring
of great beauty ard apparent value on
bis finger. A gentleman present had
| great passion for diamonds. After din
ner, the parties met in the office After
\ much bantering, the owner consented to
barter the ring for the sum of SIX hundred
dulars. AS the buyer left the room a
| suppressed tittering struck his ear. lie
concluded that the former owner had sold
both bis ring and the purchaser. He said
nothing, but called the next day upon a
| jeweler, where he learned that the dia-
mond was paste, and the ring worth about
| twenty five-dollars. He examined rome
| real diamonds, and found one closely re-
sembling the paste in his own ring, lie
hired the diamonds for a few days, pledg-
ed twelve hundred dollars, the price Of it,
and gave hundred dollars for It's USE
He went to another jeweler, bad the paste
removed, and the real diamond set. His
chums, knowing he had been imposed up
on. impatiently waited for his appearance
the next night. To their astonishment
they found him in high glee. He flour
ished his ring, boasted of his bargain, and
said if any gentlemen present had twelve
hundred dollar ring to sell for six hundred
dollars, he krew of purchaser. When
he was told, that the ring was paste. and
that he had been cheated, he laughed at
their folly. Bets were freely offered that
the ring did not contain real diamond
Two men bet 81 900 each, and two $500.
All were taken. Umpires were chosen.-
The money and the ring were put into
their hands. They went TO firstclass
jeweler, who applied all the tests, and who
said the stone was diamond Of the first
water, and was worth, without the setting,
$1,000. The buyer put the $4,000 that
he had won into his pocket. He carried
the diamond back, and recalled his 200,
and with his paste ring on his finger went
TO his club. The man who sold the ring
was waiting for him. He wauted to get
the ring back He attempted to turn the
whole thing into joke. He sold the
ring, he sad for fun; he knew It was
real diamond all the time he never wore
false Jewels; he could tell a real diamond
anywhere by its peculiar light; he would
not be so ulean rs to cheat an old friend
he knew his friepd wonld let hlm have
his ring back again. But his friend was
stubborn. said that the seller thought 1t
was paste, and intended to defrauI him.
At length, on the payment of eight hun
lred dollars, the ring was restored. All
parties came to the Conclusion, when the
whole affair came out, that when ,.iamond
cuts diamond again. some one less sharp
will be selected. .-MIHheW Hale Smith.