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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-24
Prince Alfred and SIR Robert Napier.

Prince Alfred and Sir Robert Napier.
The Atlantic cable has informed us that on
Monday, June 20, her Majestys ship Urgent
sailed from Alexandra, Egypt, for England,
having on board bis Royal Highness Prince
Alfred, Duke Of Edinburg, and Major General
Sir Robert Napier. This is one Of those an
nouncements which excite, startle, please.
Why it should have such effect il is not so easy
to explain. There is unquestonably something
in the coincidence II is curious circum-
stance that Prince Alfred, on account of whom
England sorrowod, and Sir Rober; Napier, on
account Of whom England rejoiccd in the last
week of April-the two men connected with
Tho two most startling events Of the day, 50 far
~ England IL concerned should meet in Alex
andria and sail for home in the same ship. Il
10 only truth 10 say that the Urgent will have
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-24
Progress Of Reform I'm England.

Progress Of Reform In England.
Our cable news shows that reform Is pro-
crossing satisfactorily In the British Parlia-
ment The Irish Church Establishment Sus-
pensory bill is now before the Lords. Tho
Lords like 1t not but they are likely to be
made aware that resistance Is vain. Tho
Scotch Reform bill passed the second reading
in the House Of Peers yesterday, and the Irish
Reform bill, as we learned by cable despatch
Of yesterday. has been read in committee.
The Boundary bill, an integral part Of the new
English reform measure, has also been read
third time In the Commons. The struggle
which has lasted 80 long in the Lower
House 10 now transferred bodily to the Upper.
The fight continues, but the combatants are
new and the scene is changed. What with the
Church Suspensory bill, the Scotch Reform
bill, the Irish Reform bill and the Boundary
bill on their hands, the Lords have enough to
do, II they would get of to their shooting quar-
ters early In August. The dread Of an au-
tumnal session, which is threatened, will have
the effect Of making speeches short and busi-
ness sharp; and It now ceases TO be an impos-
sibility that there may be general election all
over the United Kingdom, under the new CON-
ditions, and that the reformed Parliament may
and itself in session before the new year. Il
Is now all but certain that Mr. Disrseli will be
the last Premier under the old regime. Whe-
Their he will be the lrst under the new remains
TO be seen.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-24

Tho New York Dlansr 20 the Chinese En.
bassy-The spIeadid speech Of Mr.. Bur
iinsane. 40 baiasIla seW aaaua 80 iaiii -.
We surrender, this morning, considerable
portion of our available space to the proceed
ings and speeches at the dinner given at Del
m onicos Fourteenth streeD last evening by
our leading representative citizens to Mr.. Bur
lingame and the Chinese Embassy, commits
stoned in behalf Of general treaty Of peace
and good win to the great Christian Powers of
the earth. beginning with the United States.
The proceedings and the speeches on this most
remarkable occasion will be found extremely
interesting, especially the speech Of Mr.. Bur
lingame, explanatory Of the motives, the
objects and the reasonable expectations con-
Rected with this extraordinary and exalted and
sagaciouss adventure of Oriental diplomacy.
This mission, in truth, stands without pre-
cedent in the history of mankind. At the head
of 1t We find the enlightened and generous
minded diplomat acting but yesterday as Min
lister of the United States In China. II Is the
highest compliment to him, and 1t is no small
compliment to his country that he should be
selected Of all men around the Emperor to re-
present the interests and the aspirations of the
Chinese empire at this crisis and her claims
to fair treatment by the great Christian
Powers, according TO the broad principles of
Christian justice and magnanimity. The speech
Of Mr.. Burlingame on this comprehensive text
Is a most eloquent and splendid manifesto. It
embOdies volume of instruction touching the
great empire for which he speaks, its institu-
tions, its people, its peculiar civilization, its
wonderful progress of late in the way Of re-
forms, its recognition of the resistless powers of
steam and electricity, In bringing the remotest
nations into immediate contact and touching
the desires of the Emperor to bring China into
happy accord with the ruling Powers of
Christendom, upon the simple recognition all
around that China shall be recognized AZ the
rightful sovereign over her domestic affairs.
The appeal of Mr.. Burlingame upon this point
against the mischevous foreign emissaries, in
the empire and out of it, looking to the subju-
cation of China is clear and convincing. It
establishes the sagacity Of the Emperor in the
selection of his chief ambassador on this
important mission. This trust, involving
the very existence of China as an
Independent Power, could not have been placed
in better hands. His method of showing that
1t is the interest not only of the United States,
but Of England, France and Russia to agree
upon the maintenance Of the sovereignty Of
China over her internal and international
affairs, must carry conviction to all the great
Powers concerned that this understanding is
the proper basis for the most advantageous re-
lations between all the nations of Christendom
and the ''Central Flowew Kingdom" We
have no doubt that this truly magnificent expo
sition Of the objects Of this Embassy viii open
the doors to cordial welcome in every capital
of Europe embraced in the general instructions
of Mr.. Burlingsme.
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IMPORTANT TO THE DRMooRAoY.-The Hon.
Horatio Seymour, under the auspices Of the
Jackson Central Association, is appointed to
deliver an address tomorrow evening, at the
Cooper Institute, on the political issues Of the
day. Considering that Mr.. Seymour stands
first and foremost among the regular party
leaders as the most available and acceptable
man for the democratic nomination for the
next Presidency, and considering the fact that
he has already taken strong ground in favor Of
Chief Justice Chase, we think we can safely
promise to the democracy, at this Cooper
Institute meeting, one of the most important
speeches on the political situation delivered by
any man anywhere in this country since the
surrender of General Lee.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-24

THE WHIsKRY TAX BILL IN COMMITTEE OF
THE WHoLE.-The House of Representatives
yesterday went into Committee of the Whole
on the new whiskey and tobacco bill re-
ported by the Ways and Means Committee.
After long debate Mr.. Van Wyck's amend
ment to the first section, reducing the tax on
whiskey to fifty cents per gallon, was carried
by the decisive vote of eighty-sev to thirty
seven. This was about all Of Importance that
was done towards pushing through the bill,
an amendment to make the tax payable by the
distiller or owner before the whiskey is re-
moved from the warehouse being ''allowed to
stand over until the warehouse sections are
reached"
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mas nos been given TO any vessel within hving
memory. The victim OF O'Farrell and the hero
OF Magdals win receive an ovation such as
John Bail delights to give. 1t Is not unfair to
conclude that both the Prince and the General
will be gamers by the fortunate meeting. The
Johnny Bulls win not unnaturally arrive at the
conclusion that the fates are with England.
The Political situation-The Chase Move
ment.
The political canvass, unlike the weather,
does not yet begin to wax warm. The repub-
lcans are entirely quiescent, scarcely breath
stirring the placid bosom of their political
repose. Wherever ripple is at all observable
Il arises from the stir about the democrats
nominating Chief Justice Chase. Their papers
have ceased to extol Grant and Colfax, and
apply themselves to the task Of showing how
Inconsistent II would be for the democracy to
nominate a man who had been VIGOROUSLY
hostile to q number of their favorite political
measures. The wish, in many of these cases.
is no doubt, father to the thought The radi-
calls say they do not intend to begin the cam
pain until the dog days, and 1t will then de-
pend altogether upon who is the democratic
nominee with what amount of vigor Il will be
prosecuted.
In regard to the Chase movement our cor
respondence from all sections of the country
embracing the views of democrats and republi-
cans alike, as well as the expressions of the
newspaper press, wherever they dare to ex-
press an honest opinion-continue to strength
en- our convictions that the Chief Justice is the
only man yet named who can lead the
democrats to victory. He Is the only
man who can stand a moment, as It
were, before the hero of the Appomattox
apple tree. He is the only man who can come
before the people with war record that will
weigh equally in the balance with that Of
Grant. While Grant gave blood and courage
to the fight Chase gave bread and cash, with
out which all the blood poured out and all the he
roic courage displayed would have failed to have
brought the Union armies triumphantly through
the terrible ordeal. Grant furnished the flesh,
Chase the sinews of the war. But with all his
popularity and merit we cannot close our eyes
to the fact that deadset and determined hos
tility exists on the part of the old political
rings-th bald and played out hunkers and
the meddling, waspish fire eaters-to defeat, If
possible, the nomination of Judge Chase by
the democrats on the Fourth of July. Whether
these rings are powerful enough to defy the
undoubted will of the people remains to be
-.
whether the democrats, clinging to the rotten
planks Of their shivered platforms, win sink
to the bottom Of the ocean of political obli-
WON, or whether, by nominating Chase and
adopting the live, fresh, progressive issues Of
the day, they will elect to be borne along, as If
upon an irresistible food, to political position
and power Success with Chase; defeat and
death without him. There you are. Choose
for yourselves.
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Fashion Against Pawnbrolking.

The pswnbseksrs In England are seriously
alarmed BY . complete disarrangement Of
their plan Of calculating profits, as well as By
heavy losses sustained in their everyday
trade-most unusual results, produced, &C
cording to their allegations, by most extra
ordinary and unexpected cause The pawn
brokers assert that the rapidity with which
the fashions in ladies' toilets are altered rem
ders articles Of female wearing apparel, II
left In their custody for any length Of time, Of
little, II any, value when offered for sale for
non-redemption. They advance money on
dresses and the 6fty and one minor requisites
Of personal adornment when lin fashion,"
but II the clothing Il not taken
OH their hands ct an early date Il
becomes ousrS, is pronounced ''vulgar, dow
dyish and suburban" and nobody wants 10
wear II, particularly the ladies who, like Miss
Flora McFlimsey, have nothing 10 wear" To
add to their grief and dismsy the London
pawnbrokers do an unusually heavy business
In the chameleon-ike commodities for Il ap-
pears that . great number Of English ladies
resort to their establishments for the sole pur-
pose of leaving dresses there, never intending
to redeem them, so as to show good cause for
obtaining new ones, and being thus enabled to
keep up with the fashions"
The pawnbrokers are about TO appeal to Par
Lament for bill authorizing more frequent
sales of unredeemed clothing, so that they
may offer something fashionable" at their auc-
tons, dull and melancholy affairs at the best,
but likely to be rendered raggy and funereal
by the aristocratic whirl which is going on out
side. The ladies of Britain are also going ''down
to the House" to seek the attainment of citizen
franchises and privileges of different degrees of
importance, and meeting in the lobby be-
tween delegation of modern Shylocks from
Seven Dials, Shoreditch, or Mapping, each
one distraught with care and anxious for
his 'bond," and deputation of beauties from
Belgravia and the West End, each one FAIRY
as fay and graceful as duchess" gliding In
and out of the committee rooms, would afford
subject for deep philosophical reflection.
The women's rights advocates would, of course,
be ''made up" in the outdoor style prevalent
the same afternoon while the Israelites would
see at once that each robe, Floating free as
mountain breezes," swept away almost
"shent per silent" from their incomes at every
movement of its skirt
Opposing forces, natural, social and politi-
cal, appear to be engaged just now in fierce
struggle all over the world, even in the ''bowels
Of the earth" for mastery or an equalization Of
balance, and certainly not the least curious Of
the inequalities is that presented In the con-
ficting interests Of the fashionable ladies Of
England and the pawnbrokers. If the facile
scissors Of the nodistss can ''shave" down the
extortions Of this ruinously accommodating
fraternity, and ladies' 6ounoes sweep away
the immoralities Of the ''spouting" shops Of
London, great work will have been accom-
plished in pleasing manner. ,.o,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-24

THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTION. first report
Of the Mississippi election on the ratification
Of the new radical State constitution, &C., is
that by the negro vote the radicals have been
defeated. Remembering however, that our
first reports Of similar elections 10 some Of the
other reconstructed States were of the same
character, we await further returns before pro-
nouncing upon the case Of Mississippi That
the conservative whites, who are the landown-
ers and the employers Of the blacks, can COM
mand the black balance Of power all over the
South, If they go earnestly about II, we have
no doubt whatever. It may be that they have
on this 6rst regular trial turned the tables
upon the radicals In Mississippi; but we await
the full returns.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-07
Nav York Day Book Brsyitiss.

Thad. Stevens says: "The principles
Of the Republican party are eternal SO
are the ears Of the ass and the malice OF
the devil.
The New York Times says: "General
Grant is unquestionably n strong man
with the Northern masses" Yes, he
smells decidedly cloud with all whose
moral ollactories are not hopelessly
bunted.
One Of Forney's "two papers says:
"Grant banners and trdnspdrencses are
multiplying very fast" Yes, Grant has
become very transparent" Of late, so
much so, that even the World and Her
aid can at last see through him.
The melancholy words meet our eyes
in all our exchanges" Stanton again in
the war office (which means the pdr
office again in Stanton, for the African
lied barbarian administers the office
without reference to justice, law or pre-
cedent.
The papers say that General Grant
is strongly opposed 10 reducing the
standing army" But he has been lately
so reduced himself by his lying trick to
get Stanton back into the war office, that
one might think he would see a fitness
in bringing the army down to his dimen-
sions.
Bosco Conkling, q piece Of light hu-
man timber, which the Mongrels OF New
York sent to the United States Senate,
lately denounced Mr.. Doolittle for
making "a speech offensive to the ma
jsrity Of the Senate" That was GER
tainly crime; but we do not see how
Doolittle could help it, unless he made
negro of himself.
Grant receives $4,000 q year salary.
One of his head clerks recently asked the
General to recommend his salary to be
increased to $l40O. Grant refused.
Grants little boy, ten years old, rides to
school every morning on pony, with an
orderly on horseback about rod behind
him. This is style, for a man who has
million superiors in every gift and ac-
quirement, who have to support their
families on a thousand dollars year, and
spare out of that part of the tax to pay
Grant his 100000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-07
Snmawhat Romantic.

Truth is sometimes as romantic as fic-
ton, as every one who has. read the
Smith Mcdonald story now going the
rounds of the press will admit. During
Prices raid into Missouri, in 1864, skir-
mish took place on the line Of Charlton
aud Howard counties, in which one of
the rebs was left on the ground, danger
ously wounded in the neck. While in
this condition, Miss Sarah j. Smith,
q school teacher in the vicinity, hap
pened to pass by that way. Seeing
the wounded man, she went to him
and staunched his wounds, probably
saving his life. She remained with him
until near nightfall, when he requested
her to leave, as his companions would
probably come at night and take him
away. Ifnot, she would find him there in
the morning, living or dead. He said that
he was known by the name of Tucker, but
that his real name was II. G. Mcdonald,
and that he was from Louisville, Ky.
Next morning Mcdonald was gone,
and Miss Smith knew nothing of him
afterward. A few days ago, the Glasgow,
Missouri, Times says Miss Smith (who
still resides in the neighborhood) re.
ceived letter from the administrator OF
Fl. G. Mcdonald, Sr., informing her that
she was named in the will OF the de-
ceased as the legatee of $4,000, in con,
sideration of her having saved the lite oil
his nephew and only heir, the ID. z. Nc
Donald narned in connection with the
incident of lS64.-Springtfeld Register.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-07

A Democratic cotemporary says
Grant has completely surrendered to
the Radicals" What has he surren-
dered ? There was never anything OF
him to be surrendered, except mere
newspaper-made reputation, and that
was wind" words, mere words" dc
has no principles. He is a tool He
f,r a long time made some fshy Demo
Gratis believe that he was with them, bu
discovering the light weight of the Dem
ocrats who we're trying to run him, hi
delivered himself over, with all his dogs
horses, pipes, contemporaries, and
whisky-bOttles, into the arms OF the
Mongrels.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-07
Where We are Drifting.

In 1860 we raised 100000 bales of
cotton, and bad all the great world for
customers and consumers. We had then,
and have to day, an area capable OF
raising 100000 of bales per year. We
had, in 1860, 100000 of industrious
blacks who were aiding in enriching the
world at large, and particularly this,
then, fortunate country. We had ac-
tivity and industry all over the North,
and throughout the length and breadth
of the land Southern products and
Northern products were being yearly
multiplied, and we were sweeping on
gloriously in the great highway ofnations
Where are we drifting to-day2 The negro
labor system crushed out; cotton, sugar,
tobacco, rice, etc., not half cultivated; a
huge debt, taxation, worthless currency,
and as result, horrible state of things
in the South, and widespread distress all
over the balance of the land. We are
drifting toward complete national de-
struction. The country is surely lost if
Mongrelsm is allowed to hold power
after March 4, l869.-N Y. Day Book.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-07

Queen Victoria has written to the Gov.
ernor of Jamaica that henceforward all
responsible offices will be filled by men
sent from England. Her Msjesty has
found after thirty years trial that the
negro race is progressive, and in
competent to govern itself
Before the war there we're only five
distilleres in New York city. Now there
are over five hundred.
Those who have tried it, say that ele-
phant meat becomes palatable after
twenty-four hours boiling.
The police authorities have compelled
the lengthening of the dresses in the new
spectacle of Gullicer, in Paris.
In Italy, the home of the opera, the
audience rarely listen to the music, but
talk and visit each other throughout the
entire performance.
The Ashtabula (Ohio) Sentinel says
the snow at that place was almost black
ened by millions of small insects on the
10th and 18th January.
At the masquerades on the Continent
the women of rank and fashion very
rarely 20 in character, but wear merely
the domino and mask.
f, The New York police are picking up
abandoned infants in the streets by the
two and three a night, since the cold
weather commenced.
The Improved Order Of Red Men
have just completed and opened splen-
did new hall in Philadelphia. The build
ing cost nearly 100000
In Wisconsin the valuation Of property
for taxation purposes has increased over
fifty-seven millions Of dollars during the
last two years.
A Partisan actress recently appeared
az the Porte St Martin Theater. robed IN
halo OF electric light, and so little else
that even the Frenchmen hissed her.
In Wisconsin, By a recent amendment
to the Constitution Of the State, the pay
Of members Of the Legislature is limited
70 $3.50 each, be the session long or short
The result is that the present session Will
continue bursix weeks.
The .yiuceuncs Times Saws that a vein
Of coaflu the upper END Of Knox county,
Indiana, has been probed fifteen feet, and
We. the parties have not succeeded IN
getting through the vein. The coal lies
Immediately on the Indianapolis and
Yincennes railroad.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-07
what Gem. Rousseau Thinks Of Alaska.

WASHINGTON, February ). Senator
Sumner has received a letter from Gen.
Lowell II. Rousseau, dated at Portland,
Oregon, January 30, in which the Gene
raj says: o..,
:" AS you know, l have been TO Sitka.
I did not see a great deal OF the country,
hut saw and heard enough from those
who we're informed on the subject, to
impress me with the accuracy of your
speech. made on the ratification of the
treaty ceding that Territory. In your
researches you seem to have exhausted
all the sources of information on the
subject, and in the details you give
touching the climate, the people, and
the resources of the country, your speech
is very remarkable for its correctness. l
have said as much in my dispatch to the
State Department at Washington, and |
was not at all afraid to refer to that
speech as TO what Alaska is and will
probably be. But if the acquisition OF
that Territory results in the purchase OF
the British possessions in that direction,
il will be ofincalculable value.
Il have been pretty much in every
latitude in the United States and Mexico,
and vet / believe / have never seen a
climate equal to that of Vaucouver's
Island. The temperature is the most
agreeable and the most delightful have
ever known. 1t is cold enough to brace
the system aud to give strength to the
body, without being too cold at any tine
for comfort, and it is never hot
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-07

With respect to that question of the
privilege Of voting for women, the, editor
of the London Saturday Rerie,c laughs
at it, and says it would never do. He ar
CUES that women have no steady princl'
pie of action, and that if they ever get the
right to vote, it will be necessary to make
a law Furnishing bribery with the tread
mill, for no woman would regard it a
crime to barter away her vote for year s
schooling for Johnny or frock for Maud.
This is very smart and savage; but it is
some consolation to know that be
speaks of his own couutrywomen, moi
ours
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-07

OrrAwA LAKE, in Monroe county,
Michigan. ordinarily sheet of water OF
considerably extent, suddenly drained
itself by some subterranean channel a
few weeks ago. The ice was frst noticed
sinking to the bottom, and then immense
numbers OF fish, principally pickerel
and bass, were found gathered wherever
holes were cat in the ice. For three
days the people OF the country round
about there were busily engaged in cut
ting out and carrying away the frozen
fish. 1t is said that seven years ago the
waters departed in the same way, and
returned after few days; aud the
people are marveling at the phenomenon,
and praying that the re6lling Of their
pond may not be long delayed.