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New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

While Washington gossips are specializing
upon Gen. Grants policy, The Erening Posi-
reminds them that the General made very
clear statement of his policy as long ago as las'
May, in the following words:
"If elected to the Office Of President OF the unisea
States II will be my eDdeavOr TO administer AL the aws
In good alth with economy, and with the view OF gIt
peace quiet and protection everywhere In uues uss
the present &c IL impossible, at least emnehlly ht
proper TO lay down policy 20 be adhered TO- hgnS %
wrong through an administration OF f0lr years. NC"
pocal issues not fOreseen, constantly arising; ne
views OF the public old ones are constantly chahgn
and purely administrative officer should always DC ls
free to execute the will OF tho people always havo
respected that WILL and always shall Peace ahu u''
ver-a prosperty-its seQuenCeyith economy OF annlf
istration, viii hghten the buIdsn OF laN1,ssp, Nh'e
constantly reduces the national debt Let
What better scheme Of duty could President
devisei "To administer all the laws in good
faith, with economy, and with the view OF
"giving peace, quiet, and protection every
"where," is the first and last duty of the
Executive.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31
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New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

1t is very probable that the cotton planters
in the neghborhood of Augusta. Arkansas do
have difficulty in making their final picklnss'
even at this late day, when every boil ought 70
be ginned out baled, and marketed. Bul be-
fore we blame the negro militia for this disturb
ance to the industry of the country, we must
know what made il necessary that they should
be called ont, and what Rebel efforts to release
lawfully arrested prisoners now compel them to
be building stockadcs around the Jail whey they
should be picking cotton.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31
THE FRANKING SWlNDLB.

TO tM Edtlor Of The Tribune
SIR: An article in your paper OF the 2ssh.
from the Hon. W. g. LIneoln demands reply on ous
part having singled out parties who ha'e abused
the franking privilege rather used it without perm"
sion The charge Is too sweeping. nnd would natursiy
lead the reader suppose an Intentional wroAg oy u.s.
Let us present the facts Being connected with po1
ica organization where the fac-simile frank OF MI dh
.on was IN constant use and not entertaining douos
but with his consent. similar franks were used W
nearly all tho dIfcrent political organiLauons iuIhs'sa o.
with the consent OF a cfcnt members OF Ootn p3ues m
order TO transmit documents, we simply ulu rs many
Others with this difference that was business that
Increased rather than diminished the postal revenue o
publications being sent IN large ~ gree laIoisn ~.
mails and every circular sent tendng 70 lncIeaso ~
the demand and benefit the Department utgo 1 n ,,
Der OF the franked envelopes were LETT IN our linus
before the close OF the campaign and IN these our ec
lars placed and transmitted 10 different parties AZ
the OF the stamp referred 20 authorized p s
Hon. NJ c. for the benefit of the Committee, We certainly
must claim exemption nom the serious charges n0oe Dy
him. The general use OF stamps OF this character aus
thorzed by many different parties of both political
organizations certainly Is detrimental to the pub!,
service but prepared to show that in this instance
a least 1t has been beneficial and therefore repel the
charge made against ia. DIAd'Ch N 20
NeLc- York, Dec. 80, 1883
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

The financial suggestion concerning the
Franking Privilege, offered in the report of
the Postmaster eueral has led to many de
velOpmepts Of the beauties of the present sys-
TEN. Franking whole editions Of ncwspa-
per under the guise of a "Publc DoCu-
"ment," because it happened to contain a
Members speech was the latest. I'm
der that rule every newspaper in the
country should be franked to all it's sub
scribcrs during the session of Congress We
now have an instance of the practical applica-
ton of this principle. A newspaper published
at Westchester, Penn. has been delivered free
fox months at Columbus, Ohio, under the
frank of Mr. Samuel +. Cary, member OF Con
grcss from Cincinnati. Does that apostle OF
political apostasy frankly call this stealing, or
has he softer name for the Same thing!
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

The most welcome intelligence we have had
from Washington since the recess is the state
ment that Mr.. Washburnc's Appropriations
Committee has found it possible to cut off the
pay of several hundred Government clerks
from the estimates OF the War, Navy, and
Interior Departments for the ensuing year.
During the war the clerical force of these De-
partments was enormously increased Since its
close we have heard Of very little reduction.
Everybody knows that the necessity no longer
exists for keeping these armies of clerks any
more than the other armies that we were en-
abled to disbaud nearly four years ago. Now
let us have the reduction rcmorselcssly en-
forced
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

The reports from Washington concerning the
Alabama negotiations become more positive IN
asserting that Mr. Stewards notifications of
Mr.. Rcvcrdy Johnson's protocol have been ac-
ceptcd 10y the new British Secretary fer Foreign
Affairs, and that the Mixed Commission agreed
upon is certainly to meet in Washington thus
Winter, provided our Senate approve We
know of but one very cogent reason, IN fact
for doubling it, to wit; that Mr. Samuel Cox
OF Columbus, Ohio, Member of Congress clccr
from the With New ork District, makes haste
TO get into print as n voucher for H.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

The Committee Of Congress now investigating
the election frauds in this city viii soon begin
to sit by subcommittee in different parts of
the State. We join our voice to that of the
Union League Committee in urging that every
effort be made TO arrange the evidence OF
fraud in the different counties, so chat it can
be promptly and lucidly presented when the
Congcssmcn arrive. Let us show how che
frauds were committed. and TO whose benefit
they Injured. Especially We cXhort Gov.
Hoffman to present lis proofs Of enormous
Republican frauds, which he declared in
solemn proclamation that he possessed Let
us have all the facts honestly disclosed, and
let the guilty heads bear the hlamc.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

We have from Washington the interesting
intelligence that Mr. Mulett, the Supervising
Architect of the Treasury Department. has re-
ceivcd sample of unusually valuable hy-
draulic cement from Germany. Nothing could
he more timely The Supervising Architect
docs not need our suggestion that certain Uni
verSity buildings ncarhim, erected under Gov
ernment patronage offer an excellent opening
for the use of the strongest cemcnts. Let rs
hear 10 more of Washington public buildings
tumbling down before the roofs get on.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31
THINKING md LIBOR.

4 renowned writer of the renowned City of
Boston has recently given some instructions to
labOring men, and To farmers in particular, to
the effect that they ought to devote moro Of
their time to study and to thought, and less
to checkcr-bOards and pipes. He grants that
they cannot DO expected to do much, for, be-
ing Obliged to labor ten hours n day. they
must eat much that they may build up and
sustain strong and coarse muscles hence their
progress in the intellectual way will correspond
to the "gait of an OK, not to that OF fast
"trotting HORSE Still, since they are entitled
to vote, the safety of the country demands that
tlcy shall not have idle brains As to giving
more time by establishing the eight-hour sys-
TEN, he thinks it will be degrading to ask it,
but he proposes that the time required for
making one qualified TO vote shall be gained
by diminishing the hours of sleep. and he men
tions eight hours as sufficient though some
great names are noted, by the way of ex-
ample, who needed less than six.
These ideas may or may not express the
views of the educated people of New
England, but they by no means express
the ideas of large class of intelligent
and educated men in other parts of our
to tho grand idea which in Congress prepared
the way for the Agricultural College bill, and
which is proressedly the leading one of the
Cornell University, as any Monarchy in tho
Old World is opposed to cur Republic in the
Now There was time in cwEngland when
her clcrgymen spent portion Of each day in
labor aud the other portion in study, and
thereby they acquired an intellectual vigor
which even yet cmits some flashes from their
descendants. But this is not n question re-
garding clergymen, nor lawyers nor physicians
but regarding men--rcgarding society, civllla-
ton, and the future condition of the race on
this continent. A great struggle is going on
in this country, that there may bc utterance
and acceptance with regard TO the new position
to which the common people gradually have
fought their way When the law Of primo
gcniture, which, with few exceptions, had been
in force from the earliest ages, was in the
framing of our Constitution abolished, the
foundation was laid for more general division
of landed property among the people than Gyel
before, while in its working it breaks up large
fortunes and redisributcs wealth as if 10y the
power and sanction of n natural agrarian law
! Land having bcca assured to the laborna
people, and having been possessed for more
than three generations, and in parcels SO large
n, TO enable them to accumulate wealth which
in the aggregate is immense, they have moi
failed TO make the new position fixed through
tbe mower derived from Il general diffusion oI
knowlcdgc, aud at the same timo they hay,
. provided comfortable dwellings in which tlieJ
live in rs much allluencc ds is FOR theii good
That portion of landed proprielors OF eael
generation have sought other and varied pw
suits is true. and % has been glont adyantae'
Lo our couugy VA. .AoY have ~ dVuc. StIil
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

A correspondent sends US an account of A
scene he witnessed last September, on thecars
between Philadelphia and New-York, while a
gentleman, to all appearances sane, was being
forcibly conveyed to a lunatic asylum Oul
correspondent asceItaiued that the pa.euta
guardians had no legal warrant for whal they
were doing, and on reaching New-York hs
reported the case to the police, but he believes
that nothing was done about it. We think it
highly probable that the gentleman really was
insane, and his removal necessaryj but there
can be no doubt that in the present lax stats
of our laws it is comparatively easy for inter-
ested relatives to commit a perfectly sane man
to any asylum they please, and convey him
prisoner to distant city with no better war
rant than the signature of single physician,
who may be rogue or fool. The bare pos
sibility of such thing Is horrible to think of
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

1t is pleasant 20 observe how. since tho =,
ton, the Democratic brethren dweu to,'.,' '''
IN unity Here, for example, is The CinciOnas
Enquirer, the organ Of the Pendloton;"'""
taking whole columns wherein TO sna
praises of The World. at is evidont .t "'
"there Is admiration for Tie u ,rld in '
"quarter at least-tlat Is, in the Office Of m
"WorId.D If there is not an admiroto,, ,1'' &
"ety there, that journal will 30 without oJm, d.
"Iaton.' Before we were blessed with =.
light, New York had the fashion of Oona
Democratic, but the majorities might b,vs
"been In anticipation. The shadow Of m
World WAS thrown backward into the mast -
"well as forward into the future.p ~ :
often complimented upon the extraord,.
"rly small amount of Democracy that !.
"mapages to get along with as Democrats.
journal and referred to as an instance =,
chow narrow is the line which separate. a..
Democratic rear-guard from the front Of ON,
"Opponents.". "Inasmucl as it can cause Dan,
"ocratic majorities to exist. we are inclined -
" End fault with it that it does not exerc;..
:" its power upon the State outside the orc.t
metropolis" And 30 on for quantity. Tbesa
pleasing extracts suggest to us a fresh and
interesting topic of inquiry for our neighbors
important functionary, the invisibly green
Commissioners" How shameful and shockiny
have been the Yankee adulteratious in tlat
article of daily New-York bargain and sals
the Tammany Democracy! Let us have a red.
hot crusade against the light weight Deno.
Gratis
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

race, we arc less concerned about the reports
from Savannah than the gravity of the disturb
ances charged might otherwise warrant 1t is
tbo custom of planters TO employ watchmen at
certain seasons to guard their crops, in the
fields or at the gins; and it is the GUS
tom of thieves, black and white to attempt TO
elude the vigilance of these watchmen ana
carry off cotton or rice, to be sold to the dis
reputable white traders of the vicinity. Out OF
such conditions conflict, as may be imagined,
could readily arise, in which neither side would
be wholly free from blame.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

t5~ General Notes, Our Common Council,
Music, the Drama, the Story Of Mrs. Augustus
Dickens, Police CommissioRer 4 teton, Election
Frauds in Nee- York, the KOniOsberg Suicide,
Hcan Primary Elections, Arson and ROLbery in
PsekskfH, and Death in a Saloon, may be found
on The second page; Prot. Robert Yon .Schla-
oiatiweifs Lectures National institute Of Letters,
Arts, and Sciences, the Courts, the Money Mar
ket, and another letter from 1rensarer Spinner
on ihs third Foreign and Real Estote on he
sixth, and he Markets and IOwa on the sereath
D106
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

Gen. Grants order that only mammoth
"powder" shall he used in firing the fifteen
inch guns does not seem to us very hgh
certificate of the strength of that particular
kind Of ordnance. AS the war has now been
over several years, and there is no immediate
necessity for spending large sums ior great
guns that are not known to he trustworthy
perhaps it might not be amiss for the Ordnance
Committee to inquire whether we are dong 1t
and il so why.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

The Government Of Chill has declared It's
adhesion to the Peace Conference when our
Government had proposed for terminating the
war between Spain and the Allied Sour,
American Republics. As Spain, Peru' anu
Bolivia had adhered to the proposition oelore'
the Peace Conference will meet in Washington
in tbo course of the present Winter.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

We hope for the credit of New-YorI com
mcrciol integrity. that the defendants in the
Blaisdell and Ecllel whisky case are not 50 50
oniltv "a is alleged. But has it ever occurred
70 them that people who grasp at every tech
nieality as a means of delaying fair trial are
not thereby illustrating their own sense OF IN
noccnceg If they go on in this way we fear
we shall be forced to believe them as great
rocues as the Indictment charges.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31
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New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

Remembering how easily, from time hnuc
mortal, excited Southcrncrs have been able 10
manufacture negro instructions out Of petty
disturbances which, at tho North. would pass
without comment, save ia tho Police Court,
and how sure they always arc that the no
groes are to blame for oyorything and that the
whites arc poor. opDIesael, long snlel.na
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

nice things to have in the house, they cam.
be made too cheap. Mr.. johnson migb,
duce variety to suit all tastas-sions tu,. r''
holographs, and simple notes with locks 90 :.
hair appended. We charge nothing for q y
suggestion, but we shall expect him 70 se,s "a
something we can frame. We promise 70 h.
it where il will be sure TO noint "aae
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

is fitly indicated in the suggestions of a com
munication from Washington, printed on the
second page this morning, to which we invite
attention.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31
REMARKABLE STORY OF A BOSTON ROBBERY

REMARKABLE STORY OF A BOSTON ROBBERY
BosroN, Dec. 3O.-Durng the night of July 10,
1866 George H. GOodngs brokerage Office al No IS state
ST. was robbed OF $40 OOo and since that time The
robbery has been mystery until tfis evening when th,
following facts developed In the beginning of July
1885, Mr. Goodng let all of his store to book rn eHcep
one window Aug Penny the who representations
book rm on the afternoon of the 9th Of July sir 6oon
ing when he went away. left carpenters emf i7yed oy
the book Arm hard at work shelves &c AT SIX O'Clock
the carpenters went home. but their places were " oho
supplied by rogues disguised as carpenters mehoers VI
the said book firm, and the work went or mr u'o'ps'
safe was In the back center Of the store Augustus
Penny mounted high platform when 'rOs''" ,'
door so that IL could be opened only Few lhc'es
was ostensihly engaged In wmte~ashag anu W.,
stranger tried the door he was told ttat no orc ora tv
como In that Mr.. Go0dng had gone nome, nHu ou 49,
were busy. Another carpenter was o.2, 20.
screen which shielded the lsft Side o, 1' ssweS
and safe from view third "eirpente' .,ore 40
wood violently In the middle OF the s.oo 70, az ~
hide the creaking OF The drills and tho oI, oher safe.
penters exercising the drs OF Mr 'soo,s ana
IL the safe $4,000 IN gold When ar e9o1nS c ores
10 his the next morning no iounu hs no the
ana his money gone. The broker pn. hs .asu ,,o ths
hands Of detective officers and nc hnissI Wrs hg ycpo
haunts ot tbevesbut he was tSd tnat the vera mpt
to Canada lie soon learned that h,e Peioe,s
Gated These were the persons ariested ~ Nam.
named Barton and Wilson Engsn thieves sapeeG I there
York and had their share o the so ,Nt -1ne oDe
by "fence" loarniuS auerwarI f'm decided
sSa SSt ,hc spce had "bowod" Tiey followed pn" %
TO Phadelpha and found him Va t rs oi the sus.
put his knee ~ t.S nHI hHr ca daSn The head and ri
Rls throat. Tho fence" however snia MI Tho
,hs n,rsrc % gave valuable attenuation W.:
GcOdlng went to Canada, where -. .ne Things
e1Ing the ,obhery Last Friday, many I9,ns Mnntresi
renewal Of acquaintance, tohhy ," burglary IN Og
"hnc MN no " v ON the Canada line the nosv, no'" no
Ger war ON his track aud ~hep Oh aar,sed Charles
crossed over tornns 70 vsckoskot. and Harry Jehhss
were arrested III this CRY 'hls ino'''''"'
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31
A TRIBUNg ON SATURDAY,.


Our rule is not to publish paper the day
after New YeaEs bat as two days. Saturday and Sunday,
would intervene this year without paper shall Issue
THE TRIBUNE OH Saturday, January.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

Tho gravity OF tho questions involved in the
present Congressional investigation into the
Gaads at tho Noyember election in New-York
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

William McNarvin Shaw. mnn,,e,,,.y. mcmnes y,
,ocol Insslatare, drd in Perth, Canada yeS'er@"
Wm. C;rcanOr one of The oiueS1 'o''''
mannfacturcrs in Richmond, died yss'erd"l' -, g.,
Mosly Clark, born in June IL, Ia; ;mcntSs mtSS lie
MAS a wagon.driver during the hoNoiu''"~"' - az
Icbabod Washburn, founder and Wo%c,sssr Mo%%
washburn Moen's extensive wiro,wssk1' wo.s nincss ~
Dr William s. Bishop, u. S. N, Surgeond dtY. ~
bs ~ q Navml Asylnm mt Philadelphia, dieu On l lien
ITc ,yas "A ffsilcnt Il HewJereS IN ", y,, the rank
Passed Assistant surgeon, h0 ~AA ''''ON
III u lnLINILNnl.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-31

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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-01

of the style Of an ordinary shirt sleeve:
From the neck there was q -cow4
or hood mask, completely enveloping the
head and face. Small holes were perfor.
ated opposite the eyes and mouth OF the
weareT. The material of this disguaslHg
uniform was that of cotton cloth or muslin,
in stripes of white and very dark blue, las
seen by candle light) possibly by daylight
the stripes would be white and green. These
stripes were alternately placed, and OF
about four inches In width, running from
head to foot. The eye and mouth holes IN
the mask were covered with red binding
The belt around the waist was of about three
inches width, equally divided by the colors
of the suit. No other head dress was worn
than the tripod cowl above described. This
seemed to be part of the main dress, and
that it was simply drawn in about the neck
They carried each a large sized pistol, Colts
nsyyia size, in their right hands, which
were cooked and capped ready for instant
use, as they passed through the car.
This is all very wrong. No good man
will uphold, apologize for, or IL any way
excuse the actions Of such cowardly dis
turbers of the peace. Democratic speak
than others, frown down such lewless man
ifestations against the peace and dignity OF
the State, not to say against humanity itself.
Will it be necessary to have a military
guard placed upon all railroad trains in
the South for their protection Will not
public sentiment be so strong against such
outrageous proceedings as that at Athens,
Alabama, as to obyiate the necessity
of unusual protection for the traveller, be he
Governor Brownlow or any one else Will
not your democratic neighbors, the Appeal !,
Auaianoie and Ledger, denounce this mani
festation of murderous intent, as matter
of Justice to themselves and the peoples
a duty they owe as public journalists. l
know the gentlemen conducting the papers
named are law-abiding citizens and certain
" opposed to such actions. Their deuun-
citation would do infinitely more good in ex-
actly the right spot than that of Republicans
or Republican papers; and / believe with
this knowledge of the facts we will hear
from them. Yours, respectfully.
WIN. H. FITCH, JR.