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a firm alliance with Prussia, which We "a b.u.
been only too glad to aid Spain IN casa "aVe
foreign war as powerfully as she aided Ita,v
in 1866. V
These were the prospects about month a..
1t may be that all these results viii vet =.
reached, but for tho present the horizon :.
Spain is dangerously clouded. We are too o.
remote from the scene OF action 10 ventpro -
deciding where the greatest fault lies H..
that there were faults and great faults Gov
mitted on both sides, admits of M do,I.
Spain, like France and Germany and otae.
countries, has some of those men who ha..
unconditional Republicans look only at the Anal
goal they wish TO reach, and are perfectly recle..
as to the availability and the honesty Of A..
means they employ to that end A number 4,
demonstrations of this kind have been Reported
Thus, if the chiefs of the recent manifestat,o,
in Madrid swore that no king shall ever enta,
Madrid again. they presumed to forestall n.
decision Of a question which only the Copsti.
tutional Assembly has a right to settle.
On the other hand, it is certain that the Pro.
visional Government has committed equal IL
not greater faults. They justly forfeited tina
confidence Of the Republican party when thev
excluded all or nearly all the Republicans from,
the Provisional Ministry. The decree of Marshal
Prim on the enforcement of discipline in the army
so mucL resembled those of despotic ministers lka
Narvaez, that the unbounded confidence reposea
heretofore in his patriotism suffered severn
shock The declaration of the Government
that the Spaniards are IN favor Of monarchy
was an unprovoked insult to the Republicans.
and the assumption Of an authority with which
no one has yet clothed them was a gross
violation of solemn compact.
Matters, as q cable dispatch to-day announces.
are drawing to a crisis. The Government Der.
sists in rejecting the conditions on which the
Republicans in Cadiz offer to lay down their
arms, and the latter are yet too strong to bs
ready for any others. The force Of argument
seems to be exhausted. and both parties ready
TO try the decision of the sword To complete
the confusion, the Royalists are said to gather
around the flag of Don Carlos, and to be nearly
ready for an outbreak. IL this news is con-
iirmed, we shall soon hear of stirring times
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

Jack Bunsby has turned up in Washington.
He writes the following dispatch TO The Ne@-
York Commercial Advertiser:
.'Mapy Republican Congressman here would not object
10 this mode OF taking the resumption OF specie pay
ments the role Of politics and express the opinion
that IL would produce less embarrassment To the Govern
men aud the commercial world than is generally antic
pated."
We presume every Republican Congress
man and every honest man in tue Demo
cratic party will be glad to have financial
questions taken out of what this writer felici-
tously calls the Role of Politics. Questions
of honor and of credit belong to no party ex-
cept the very large party of honest men. In
New-York the distinction is made by sending
conspicuous representatives of the minority TO
Sing Sing. This is the only distinction that
should he permitted in Washington City or
anywhere else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

The usual clamor for and against every
movement in Indian matters has been stimu-
lated into fresh Outbursts by recent events.
Col. Wynkoop, an Indian Agent on the Plains,
sends in his resignation, on the ground
that the war, as now conducted, is only
massacre. Sundry Chiefs petition for the re-
moval of another Indian Agent for cheating
them-asi if that were not the business of Indian
Agents. Senators press the bill removing the
Indian Bureau to the War Department, and
try to get it out of HendersOns Committee.
Henderson insists that the proposed policy is
all wrong, that Sherman agrees with him, and
that his Peace Commission ought to have been
left to deal with the matter, instead of Sheri-
dams hard-riders. On the whole, we still in
cline to the War Department plan. 1t can't, at
east, be any worse than we have now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

Mr.. Henry Bergh procured at the Court OF
Special Sessions on Saturday the punlshment
of a man who had beaten his horses unfil theJ
fell to the ground. For his humane zeal, MI
Bergh is thereupon ridiculed by Herald re-
porter. 1t seems to us that there is brutality
in such sneers almost as shocking as the cruea'
~ which Mr.. Bergh makes 1t his business "
prevent He has done great deal OF gcoo'
with the very noblest motives, AMI lie ha.
done little or no harm and for the sake uo'
only of the suffering dumb beasts whom nc
protects, but of the human beings who arc bru-
tailed by their own cruelty. wo ought to gV'
him the fullest support and encouragement
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terpart which any of the lame ducks can
draw from either mot otherwise plethorc)
rocket on CALI for we make no pretcnsions to
financial genius. How it may be with Mr.
Washburnc, We cannot say; but, IT we were
assured that he had no scintilla of confidence
in his own genius as fnancier, no panacea
for our Financial ills but the old fogy plan or
earning more and spending less, We should
hear of his appointment to the head OF the
Treasury with unalloyed satisfaction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

We print elsewhere an American arraign-
ment of Mr. Reyerdy johnson, to which lead
ing London journal has given space. Up to
the date of its publication. the English public
seem to have been in a profound state OF
ignorance concerning our estimate of our MIN
ister's extraordinary doings, and to have Rugged
the fattering delusion that we were all really
anxious to beg their pardon for ever having
had any unpleasantuess with them. They at
least know better now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

The President is to try once more to-day for
new Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Col.
Alex. Cummings of Pennsylvania is to be again
his choice Considering that only two months
and a half more of Johnson remain to us, we
shall all try to possess our souls in patience,
whatever fate befall. But the prospect Of
.Johnson's getting man after his own heart
into tho internal Revenue Bureau is nevcrthe-
Iess decreasing.
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~ Rerey4Iy johnson.

~ Reredy johnson, The Philadelphia
1rdgeiy, Lore, Drink, and Suicide, Tie Erie
-" RE cT Rorn ev% sen no I"s%rd u@" d%c
Tie HhisLy Conspiracy Case, The National
Guard. Fpe IN Pedrl-st.-LOSS about $4,000,
and The Courts mag be found on the second page;
Qhs Money Article, The Markets, and Shipping
Intelligence on the third; Ne,r Music on The Sirth,
and Rear Estate on the serCntk.
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Spanish America is again full of trouble. In
Colombia the President refuses to obey de-
cision of the Supreme Court, and gathers al
army to resist it by force. Peru is threatened
with new revolution. In Chill the Supreme
Court has been impeached by the Senate, to
The great delight of the Clerical party, while,
on the other hand, the Liberal party are greatly
excited against the Senate, and have even In
sulted the Archbishop of Santiago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

Shcrifs sale in Long Island to-day tells
the fate of distillcrs who try to pay their taxes
and sill compete with the Whisky King
In three months they have paid
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
taxes on their manufacture. How could
they expect to sell in the same market
with our city dealcrsP OF course they broke
up. But we don't hear of any failures among
the New York Whisky Princes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

Has the President some fresh scheme for the
benefit of the Ring, which requires a new deal
at the New-YOrli Custom House? Collector
Smythe can hardly be so ambitious of diplo-
matte honors as to have sought very earnestly a
three months appointment as Minister to St.
Petersburg. Is the cat under the Ministerial
OF the Custom House meal tubH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14
TEMPERANCE MEETING IN THE PARK ThEAIhA
BROOKLYN

Last evening, the first of a series OF sunulS
evening temperance meetings was held IN the fas
ter Brooklyn under the auspices OF the KINGS 90 ie
ance Association A. A. Robins, ESQ., prcslaeu .raer
Bennett ex-President of the Association M Az a6yu
Campbell, and number Of the moro prouin,,ne On ina
Gates OF the cause Of total abstinence we're a. aied
by very intelligent and appreciauye IN.
ence who frequently appanded the , neop,s o;
brooklyn sti take lively interest in sl things ,ns
tend 20 Lessen the consumption 81 alcoholic or Usx
ing drinks Of any KIND. and thas the knss So". N
Temperance Association is resoiNs sG., w, Srovn
in its power TO create pablo sentiment tnat WI" Sn
down the custom that makes bardrtnkiug honc..o ns
ard makes outcasts Of men a ua of NE.
I'm opening tho business OF the evening. .ne -.
dent read some statistics showins me @ %.s~ ~
ats organization. three yeafs ago horace S.Sesy ..ss
response to tho almost anaclmo1s cS " me aS ss4
for thoasut 10 tho isrss anwbersta atteoasaes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

The Courts of the District of Columbia fol-
low the lead of Chief-Justice Chase on the
test oath. to the extent of holding it optional
with themselves in each case whether OF not
they shall administer it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

The Republican State Central Committee Of
Louisiana ask Gen. Rousseau some very pat
ouestioas about Bis recent report. Why, for
example, could he not have preserved
The peace "a well by stopping rebels
from voting as loyal nenI why
could he not have brought into town the troops
xaaaf k4s otamand aua yitLia REACH. instead
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of dcploging his lack of troops to preserve the
pcaccP Why could he not have told the truth
about the Metropolitan PolCeP But what IL
this Committee is right, becomes of the GoV-
crnOr who approved ROusseau's action
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14
4 CONTROVERSY CLOSED.

Our readers are not likely to have forgotten
that HoratO Seymour-then Ex-Governor OF
orr State, aud now ex-canddate for the Presi-
dency-did, on the eve of the last State election
in Connecticut, and when too late for effective
refutation. in speech at Bridgeport, make and
dilate upon these unqualified assertions:
Now, when the Republican party inaugurated the
policy Of governing the South by force, II involved the
armies II involved great national expense. Tho
ceased nearly four years ago. and yet u % cost ms year
pie or ire South srtcoion-s people that ought rather
70 be helping bear tue cOi Of governing tho nation
Wy friend Gen sickles say. nothing better than tho
Governors therr. with their salaries but can you AFFORD
more than 100000 year hare been vasod ~ order %
uphold hi' policy 81 rooonstrrefonF
Now, the assertions above paraded as facts
were not merely unsupported 10y citations from
official records they were mt open war with
such records. and with the synopsis OF
the Annual Expenditures given in The U1 rid
almanac. II there ever was an official docu-
ment OF any kind which justified the ayerment
that we were spending $3.50, 100000 per annum
10 hold the South in subsection, we have done
our best to evoke it yet il is not forthcoming.
Now, ex-Goy. Seymour, if not a statesman,
il something more than bar-room politician.
lie combines education with wealth, leisure,
and familiarity with public affairs. lo may
know the facts if he chooses; so that gross is-
noiance in the premises, If 1t exist. would not
excuse him. He was arraigning his political
opponents as wantonly. wastefully extravagant
in the conduct of our public affairs and he
had no moral right to make such charges as
the above-sincc many would swallow his as
sertions as individually well founded-withOut
kno,rin0 that they were true.
Now we turn TO the late Annual Report of
the Secretary of War, Maj Gen. Schofeld, and
read as follows:
The disbursements OF the Pay department during tho
last nscal year have been: -
Fur the Regular Army i5pJso D
For the Military Academy. ........... lbl,lO %
To Volunteers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2b9o,at -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

The most senseless and fit report Of the
Board of City Canvassers on the contested
city election cases is printed elsewhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

We hear from Washington the first open
announcement of a candidate for Office under
Grant. The little place wanted is that Of
District Attorney for Ncw-YOrk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-14

Advertisements for this weeks ISSUE of THE
WAGE TssvSe must s hlsdei Toby Price So pcI la.
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Here We find most of the money disbursed
as Pay, going "to Volunteers" though few or
none have been in the service since 1865.
How comes it, then, that Si2,696, IA have been
disbursed through the Pay department TO
Volunteers A little further on in the re-
port, we read
"Duriug the year icaims for additional bountywere 81
lowed to the number OF 2ig9l involving an expenditure
of t23Cio57 7s Claims were rejected 10 the number OF
lpiO7 aud i090i s unsettled nj the close OF tho
fiscal year Since the date OF the act ass 100 claims have
been received o9l paid rejected anu oO0 were
port The total dishurse these claims been
i9T7cii 7e 10 which added the claims settled
by the accounting officers OF tho Treasury bringing tho
aggregate up to moro than soiOOc.OOo."
Here you see what became of most Of the
money dsbursed through the Pay department
Of the Army during the fiscal year which closed
with June last-the precise year in which and
Of which Gov. Seymour was speaking. II was
paid out 10 Volunteers tn our late Grill Var as
mastering ont bounties for their services therein.
1t is no more part of the current cost of
maintaining our Army than il the Mexican
War Debt which Secretary McCulloch paid of
last July.
But we have repeatedly been told by stumpers
of the Seymourite persuasion that the Treas
ury was drawn upon for Twelve to Twenty
Millions per annum to iced lazy nlggers
through the machinery of the Freedmen's
Bureau. Let us see what Secretary Sch0held
reports on that point
Large reductions Of the officers and agents OF tho But
have been made during tho and arrangements
progress to close 1t by tho LIST OF January next
except the educational and claims divisions. The aban
doned lands yet possession OF the Bureau are mostly
worthless for cultivation and will be restored at once or
dropped from the getps Claims Of coored soldiers to
the number OF nearly 1000 have been settled through tho
Bureau without cost TO the claimants, and little moro
than $500 remain unsettled. Treasury certificates and
checks for settcmen claims OF colored soldiers and
marines have been collected by the Bureau 70 the number
81 ~ and 10 the value OF nearly 1,Oooooo Iranspor-
aton has been furnished 10 6il persons-less than one
third Of the number transported last year over 10000
n hospitals have been closed and Al yet remani also sig
orphan asylums which In charge OF tho Bureau
Eforts have been made 10 turn 10 the local civil
authorities the charge OF the sick the innr aud the In
sane and I'm some instances with success The sanitary
condition OF the freed people has. In general improved
supplies been issued TO daily average
Of persona number Of ratons issued during the
have been taken upon tho crops The school. have in
hs main proGre seed though In places seriously tn
jared By local Opposition and want q means Privat:
tsachsrn have inhprnl Iallkily AQVKh w QADf oaAos
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.Netn'1ork Daily Gribma1t.
TERMS or TIE TRIBUNE.

MONDAY. DECEMBER "A, 1868.
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Gnsluss A0titts.

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WILCON SILNER FLAIE %,
w.., Mulsa Conn., Room Nc So Chsmberss N L. Wond
e.. The ,ertoa Of the their eeeroated goods on dne white
. All coed, bearing their trademark guaranteed By them
snlaia anln rne at sfactnrr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-13
THE EVENING STAR
LATE KILOGRAMS, A.

Collector Spslding, CT the Eighth IN W
District, has seized disiillery IN twenty ninth
street and = tobacco mandatory IN Second
avenue, for yiolstion OF the revenue law, aEd
placed keepers IN charge. There - conslsera-
bie excitement among the disri;Iers in that dis
aiCt 10 reference 10 the large deposit by each
OF them for IRE meters The meters having
o oeen Withdrawn, the oistiIlers claim return
SI me money deposited, or tina; a shall b-
nahoed over TO the new collector.
Inc Democ-suc Convention in jackson,
MISS organized yesterday. committee wa.
appointed 10 recommend a system OF action,
and reported through the Chairman, l. BarkS-
dale, that the nominations for St.ts off5nars m.
made with a view TO the dsfeat OF me coost,t1-
ton. without regard 10 tests not prescribed an
the present constitutions OF Misslssippi ARD the
United States. They also reCcurnepd . thar
ough system Of organization.
An Omaha dispatch SAYS the Indian ca,,-
missieners separated yesterday Generals
Sherman and Terry 20 20 TO Fort Rice 70 poa..
the Upper Missouri Indians: General Ausur
and the others 70 Fort Ruger Ia meet the She's
homes. They have concluded 4 treaty with the
Crows, heretofore friendly. part o; the
Cheyennes and ArrspahOes, with Red Cloud.
and the Sioux have not yet come an.
Collector Joseph r. Bailey. OF the Fourth
revenue district OF New York city, was brought
befsre Justice Dodge. of the jefferson Market
police court. yesterday afternoon. and held 20
answer The charge of perjury, preferred BY
George Il. Davis.
In the Mississippi Constitutional Convention
an ordinance was passed. designating June ruth
for the election for ratiiying the constitution.
An ordinance providing that candidates who
may be elected and cannot take the o. IN shall
give place To the candidate who receives the
next highest number of votes and can take th,.
oath, was adopted.
The Boston bill for the better enforcement OF
the laws and abolition of the Massachusetts
State constabulary passed yesterday over the
Governors veto, IN the House, by vote OF IsS
10 %.
City OF Mexico advices 10 May LIST. wa Aca-
pulco, say that Juarez Ne in quiet possession Of
the Presidency.
Nugent, one OF the Jacmel packet party. has
been released IN Dublin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-13

A TRAGEDY.-The Brooklyn and Long Is-
land papers are telling. with a romantic relish,
story OF illicit intercourse between a Mr.
Gardiner, Of Patchogue, and Mr.. Willets, of
Babylon, which have resulted Ia a tragedy.
Mr.. Charles Gardner, broker. doing business
IN Patchgue, recently married, but having
cause 10 suspect his wife, he watched his house
and a few mornings ago he returned early from
has bread rounds and found the guilty pair
doubt that he had been dishonored h- set
upon them with a large knife and succeeded in
iLfiicting three dangerous stabs in the bac * and
lower part OF Willetss body, and one in his
wife's breast She is not dangerously hurt. but
Willets is very low and may not recover.
Gardiner has been arrested and held 10 bail 70
await the result of the injuries inf cited BY him
The wounded man affiTms that he IL innocent
of the crime laid at his door.-N L. Sum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-13
The Jury i'm the Cole Murder Trial.

= 4 IOIII IIIt AIUdIIN JUuIMaI, May -
We have asCeTtained the fact that Immediately
upon the first retirement of the Jury, after the
case had been given 10 its charge lt stood six
for con yiction OF murder and SIX for acquitsaI.
After the suggestion made by the Court yester-
day. the six jurors who had voted for conyic-
lion were willing 10 agree 10 a verdict OF guilty
of manslaughter. But the six Jurors who had
hitherto voted for acquittal still insisted upon
their position. and the possibility of any
agreement was absolutely closed. OF the Jury
six were from the city and xix from the county
towns. OF the former one was for conviction
and five for acquIttal. OF the latter, tive Were
Tor conviction and one for acquIttal.
The case now remains AZ was before the
tIial. II Will doubtless be again tired at an
early day. 1t is quite probable that. either
from choice or necessity, an effort will be made
by one or both SIDES TO have the venue removed
10 some other county, where there would be a
stronger probability OF getting a Jury than
here. Till the second trial is had the prise ner
must remain in lail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-13
The Murder at Hampton Falls. Nh.

The Boston Traveller OF Friday evening has
the following particulars o: the murders a.
Hampton Tails n. H. reported IN our de-
spatches last week
son Thursday night, between sud O'Clock,
a knock was heard AZ the back door OF the
house of Thomas Brown, IN Hampton Pals
Mrs. Brown answered the call, and when the
door was opened she was struck in the fore
head with the head OF an axe and Knocked
down. and other blows were inflicted. after
which she Was LETT and the parties proceeded
10 The bedroom where Mr.. Brown was They
attacked him IN his bed with the sharp I'd Ice of
an axe. making repeated incisions IN his SCALP,
rendering him msensible Then taking the
keys the aSsaIlanis went 70 a bureau drawer
and took between six and seven hundred dol
lars from ~ and other property and left
The robbery WAS discovered about fv-
O'Clock this morning by a hired man who lives
on the farm short distance from the house
Mrs. Brown WAS found on the roor Just a the
robbers Knocked her down. Her skull was
ieariully crushed in, and she was Just alive.
Mr.. Brown was discovered with several hOrrid
gashes and his skull stove in. Mrs Brown
has not recovered AT all. and Mr.. Brown il 1t
times conscious enough 10 give some account OF
the affair.
Mr.. Brown was wealthy farmer: and il
was known that he usually had a considera BILE
sum OF money in the house. He an6-hIs wife
resided alone in the house, but a hired man.
with hat family, lived IN a farm house close at
hand.
when the hired man Went 10 the door this
morning and knocked Mr.. Brown himself came
TO the door the man seeing the frghtful condi-
uon OF the ola gentleman, asked him what was
the matter. and received a very confused re-
ply: the hired man Immediately ran for a son
Of Mr.. Browns. who lives near. Mr.. Brown
was able 10 give the details of the affair. and
said that the Deed was perpeturated by man
whom he had discharged about a week or ten
days before.
Mr. Brown was about seveaty-fve years
old, and bis wife was of nearly the same age.
He was well-known and respected CITIZEN,
and said 10 be very wealthy