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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22
HHAT IS ~ DEATH ~

When we noticed the novel course pursued by
the Sheriff of Oneida County, in administering
chloroform to Carswell just before his execu
ton, we were pretty certain that the advocates
of capital punishment would be indignant at
such untimely humanity, and that the soft
hearted Sheriff would hear from them speed
ily. He has heard from them. They have had
him indicted, and now they want him turned
out of his place What he is indicted for, or
why he should be expelled from office, we can
not even conjecture. statute may be passed
forbidding the employment of chloroform at
executions, but there is no law against 1t at
present The ground taken is that the exc
cuted, by virtue of the chloroform, was pre-
served from PAIN and that his sufferings were
not according to the legal standard. If the
old doctrine of San eye for an eye, and tooth,
90 for TOOTH were still literally acted upon, we
could understand this. The gouging and the
extraction, with their attendant agonies, would
be a part of the punishment. In legal execu-
tons, however the main object is to put inc
culprit to death but If the physical pam
of dying is parcel OF the penalty
then there is no reason why, in cases Oh sum
cient aggravation, the offender should not DC
racked, thumb-screwed, or otherwise tortuIeo'
before being turned off. The methods OF exc.
cutop, particularly for high treason, practiced
not more than century ago in England, dld
have for their object a certain amount OF cruel
ty. Sometimes, when these extraordinary pen
alties were not RENTED, the traitor was hrSt
half-hanged, then cut down, then alsempow-
eled, his entrails being consumed Defore MS
own eyes, and then finally beheaded. Now II
Sheriff in those days, and in the exercise OF s'cn
pleasing functions, had first given tho doomed
man ciIloroform, or any other an@sthetc then
discovered unquestionably that Sheriff might
have been indicted for malfeasanee. 80, 100,
if an officer of the lnquisition, at grand
ado-da,je, had strangled all the victims De
fore burning-that being special ana gracious
privilege accorded ouly to few--it is prooaoie
that the lnquiSition would have dealt haTSlly
with It's servant. Ii the advocates OF Cap1tal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22
Nmustmtnts, &c.


ACADEMY OF MUsIc.-This Evening az o.
italian Opera 'FAust' , -, I-;fth
BooTns TEATER, Twentythrdst, between nei flI N,
ard SItb.aveA-Ths Evening at e. Romeo %
Edwin Booth - $50 0Tbo
BROADWAY TnEATER.-Ihls LIenink Nv ~
I,apess Of the North" Miss Kate RegnoNs , ~, =.
Rporcu,Ns TUFATER Twenty-fourth-st; 49, +, ms MS
Atycb ado about Merchant Of venice, ana A"eU
tlsw,n ffam IrelavdS Mr. John Broughan
Nrw-YopK CIRCUS Fourteenth-st.- EVenlng
. Of Athletic skill The Brothers RlSiTeih' MIG 0
DeBsg Snckney, ETC % .Tl,o Eort,,
Nrro,s (;ARDFN-Tbis Evening az s. inc ID roruy ORC.
or SIM bg OIL IN Family lara" LYDIA Thompson
Troupe. - - -. - @ Tho
OLYMPIC THEATER. This Evening az soc5.y ste
s,Sosd Volume Of Huupy Dumpy" Mr. g. l. foI nue. Wv
S.N FRANCrsCO MINsTRELs, No $50 bIOau"ay
III, Evening The Siege Of the Blondes
grEISvAY HALL. FOurteenth-st-ihls Evening az
e-The Davenport Brothers 100 III u-o,,
Tur,TER CoMoUE, No. SD Broadway 1--WE, Even
- jap CP-ar Gs BalaD" and Pinto" MI W. H. LnsHu
Tur TAMMANY.--Tammany Hall, Fourteenth-st'-
Tbs Evening at 7i-Vansue'
WuI1cK's THEATER. - This Evening at g.
assboaS Mr Lester wslsek and Miss Bile GerHon
WAyFRIEY THEATER No. 40 Broadway ms
Evening At a. BorgS NJ D." The EAs HON Da'e'q'
7TOupe ,.-,, 49,.
WooD's MUSEUM, Broadway and Ihlrteth,st.r,.
sh, lherpoou at AadR Evening al COHeea DA"H
Mr. aud Nc. W. J. Florence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22
THE NATURALIZATION FRAUDS.

In the year 1885, and mainly in the months
of September and October, not less than Eighty
Thousand Certificates of Naturalization were is
sued in this State, whereof at least Fifty Thou
sand were fraudulent Blythe use Of those fraud
ulent certificates, Grant and Colfax were swim
died out of the Electoral Votes of New-York
and New-Jersey, and Democratic Governors
imposed on these States in defiance of tho
wishes and the votes Of their people.
Does Congress propose to adjourn and leave
us subject to further and indefinite subjugation
by means of these fraudulent Certificates 7 This
is q practical question, and must receive q
practical answer. The facts in the case ara
sufficiently developed in the Report of the
Hon. VIM. Lawrence to the last House, with the
testimony on which that Report is based any
Member who is in doubt as to his duty in the
premises should carefully read that Report.
We cannot realize that his doubts would sur
vive that ordeal.
Thousands of the fraudulent Certificates were
made the basis of registration and voting; but
thousands more were held back, because of the
vigilance with which the Republicans of most
election districts guarded the polls. These Ger
tifcates are all ready for use at our next and
at all subsequent elections. They were en-
plOyed to defeat Charles II. Van Wyck,
Thomas Cornell and George A. Ilalsey last
Fall; they can be made to defeat John Hill.
John ii. Ketchum, Stephen Sanford and David
S. Bennett, in 1870. They will by thai
time have acquired SAVIOR of antiquity,
and no longer seem so greenly, so impudently,
fraudulent, as they did last Fall. Unless
rescued by Congress, we are under the feet OF
the villains who planned and executed the
gigantic iniquities in Naturalization which bore
hard upon us in 1865 and bore us down in 1858.
We sympathize fully in the general desire
for an early adjournment; but it can only be
fairly achieved through weeks vigorous dcvo-
ton to business, with strong curb On the
mania for Cabling. Much work remains to be
done; and of this work the correction OF past
with the inhibition of future NaturaliZaton
abuses is the most important and indispensable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

taking office was only an experiment; we doubt
whether it promises in this instance to be very
successful. Our own impression is that, after
the settlement of the Irish Church question
(supposing the Tories do not succeed by some
unexpected movement in frustrating the present
measured there will be reconstruction OF the
Cabinet, and that it will be much more
decidedly progressive and Radical than it 49,
and that Bright win be once more in his old
place below the gangway, as an independent
member. Should that event come to pass, one
other event may be confidently looked for
Bright will one day be invited to form
Cabinet for himself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22
OFFICR AND BUSINESS.

TO the Editor OF The Trtbune
SIR: AS q good citizen, and one who is In
favor OF honest officials, do you think IS right for ts
Tar Comm issi0ners 10 be real estate brokers and auction
eers3 Reflect on ne business ~ connection siM The Office.
N s., A TAXPAYER
Answer.-Yes, we certainly do. We caunos
imagine case in which mans interest as q
dealer in real estate could conflict with his duty
as a Tax Commissioner; while no one else is
so likely to know the actual and taxable value
of real estate az dealer therein.-Ed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

A good many charges, of one kind and
another, have, at various times been brought
against the managers Of the Union Pacific
Railway. We have never heard, however, OF
anybody's charging them with not knowing
how to take care of their own interests. Before
and beyond everything else they have been
thrifty business men. We can very well
imagine the horror with which, therefore, they
contemplate their present position-held to
answer before Judge Barnard, and Instructed
to turn over their Credit Mobilier to Receiver
Tweed! So far as the evidence elected on Sat
urday goes it amounts mainly to fiat contra
dictions, in the affidavits, The case comes up
again to -daY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

We print elsewhere the complete returns for
Governor of New-IIampshire, ley towns, com
pared with those of the Election one year ago.
They show falling of in the aggregate vote
OF S,34G, Republican majority of $3.50, against
1881 in 1868. and relative gain to the Repub-
lican party of H,2AS. That the aggregate vote
would be lighter than that of the previous year
was TO have been expected from the fact that
neither party made any special efforts to de-
yeicp its full strength But the relative gain
"a the Republican vote shows a satisfactorily
healthy condition Of the party in New amp-
shire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

Last Thursday, at Lynchburg, Mr.. johnson
observed, In rising at this time to acknowledge
"the honor paid me, it is not for the purpose
"of making q speech" The next day, at Green
Vile, Mr.. johnson observed, In rising at this
"time to acknowledge the honor paid me, 1t is
mot for the purpose of making speech" In
each place he likewise observed that since the
9TH of March he was no longer slave but
n freeman; and in each it was noticed that
he didn't seem at all glad of it, He further
observed at Lynchburg, aud likewise at Green
vile, that Congress was q body OF usurpers
that he had been battling for the Constitution
that the people would soon rouse from
their apathy and vindicate their vlo-
lated rights; and that he should cherish
the memory of this welcome so long as his
heart continued to beat. And with this con-
clusion our hero of the Circle sinks into his
own place. We are free to say that we are
disappointed. We expected to hear of the
Flag with Tbirty-six Stars docs Mr. john
son mean to ego back on" the FlagR We made
sure of another discourse on Judas Iscariot-
has Mr.. johnson lost his old-time regard for
that eminent Independent ChriStianR We even
trusted that with the freedom from the sense
of official responsibility might come a
burst of the old virtue that pro-
claimed treason crime and promised to hang
traitors by the score We are afraid we must
give up Mr.. johnson. He has not fulfilled the
promise of that golden prime when he swung
around the circle and fought traitors at the
other end of the line Henceforth we shall
have to depend upon Mr.. Jewett alone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

The world certainly moves, when formal
dinner for a hundred and fifty guests can be
given at Delmonico's, at which cigars are ban
ished the wine-drinking is moderate, every
body enjoys the evening, nobody gets drunk,
the speeches are all short and mostly
clever, and the party breaks up be-
fore eleven. The secret Is that women
were there-and there, not by suferance, bat
on an absolute equality, having-we had
almost said right manfully-paid their way
We present elsewhere some account OF tins
novel entertainment. The gems of the evening
were the poems by Misses Alice and Phoebe
Cary, and these we have the pleasure of print
ing,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

A reign of terror has been established by the
Spaniards in Cuba. More than three hundred
Cubans have just been exiled to Fernando Pc,
an unhealthy Spanish possession on the west
ern coast of Africa. An insurgent leader, who
was captured near Villa Clara, has been shot.
Many other prominent prisoners have been
treated the same way. But this severity, far
from intmdating the Cubans, inspires them
with new confidence in the ultimate success of
their cause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

How half million may vanish, nor leave
trace behind, may be seen in the testimony of
Mr.. Daniel Drew, printed elsewhere. This gen
tleman was wholly unable to tell what the Erie
Company did with that little sum of money,
and the Albany Committee was wholly unable
to find out. They could trace it out of the
Erie treasury, and could not trace it into legisa-
tors pockets. How far short it stopped might
well form the subject for more thorough
investigations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

Of the reorganization of the French army, adj
ducinp os n reason that the Government must
be prepared to avenge insults IL onereu. ouch
language would at any time be liable TO war
like construction: at present, when the ofllcial
press is OVERLOOKING with wrath against Bel
GUM for having passed railroad law that Is
intended to guard the independence OF Bel
gium and against Prussia, which is supposed
to have instgated the conduct of Belgium, it
is snecialIY significant.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

Our reference the other day to the Tammany
conspiracy against the Public School System of
this city had the effect of waking up our CO.
tempOraries, and it is gratifying that, with one
exception, they are found to be all agreed in
urging that we let well enough alone. "The
A" Ring must not be permitted to control the
public schools, as it controls all other depart
ments of our municipal machinery, except those
managed by Metropolitan Commissions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

The Washington reports promise us news of
plenty of nominations as soon as the Tenure
Of-0fice act is disposed Of. They are almost
positive on the appointment of John Lothrop
Motley to England; they mention among the
probabilities the selection Of John Jay for Mr..
Motley's old place at Vienna suggest Mr.
Francis of Troy for Relgium; and give us our
choice of Griswold, Grinnell, or Merritt for
Collector of the Port Of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

The Senate's Committee of Commerce has
reported the nomination of Gen. James Long
street for Surveyor of the Port of NewOrleans
,rithOut recommendation; thus affording to tho
Senate an admirable opportunity for showing
that it is less wise, magnanimOus and far-see-
ing than Gen. Grant, and that for any decisive
action designed to extinguish and eface the hates
and wounds of our late Civil War, the country
must look to the President alone. We do not
believe that Gen. Grant wishes to be dictator
or to perpetuate his power; but, if he cherished
any such ambitious purpose, the course virtu-
ally commended to the Senate by its Committee
would immensely facilitate its contamination.
To "fy from petty tyrants to the throne" is
an old resort, whereof the reason was never
occult nor the policy doubtful.
A searching test of the wisdom Of course
commended to party is generally afforded by
the question--"What does the adversary wish
"you to do in the premisesT Does any intel
lgent person doubt-must he not morally know
that every implacable Rebel will be gratiiied
by Gen. Longstreets rejectionH-that he viii
hail it as justification of his own course, and
proof that "the Radicals insist on prosecuting
the War, no matter how complete may be the
submission of those who upheld the banner Oh
Secession
We ask but this favor of those Senators who
have resolved to reject Gen. Longstreet-Aes
frankly; act promptly; and give us the Yeas
and Nays!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

The bill authorizing the opening Of Free
Public Libraries on Sunday, for the purposes
of reading and reference, has been killed in
the Massachusetts Senate, upon a motion for
reconsideration, by vote of % to IL. This
probably settles the question, if not finally at
least for some time to come; and we think
that, upon the WHOLE the decision is wise
one. The largest liberty is already allowed to
those who desire to borrow books, which are
loaned without money and without price; who
ever desires to borrow book on Saturday for
the purpose of reading it upon Sunday can
do so and further than this we cannot think
Il desirable TO 90, unless provision IS also made
for closing the Libraries upon secular day'
in order that those employed in them may
have proper rest. Saturday, for obvious re~
sons il always day of unusual toll for Oil hs
officers of Public Libraries. and they need anu
sbould have the repose of the Sabbath per-
son who cares SO little for reading that ne WIZ
NOT take the trouble TO provide hlmsei On
Saturday with reading for Sunday might hh'
20 lounge in the reading-rooms on ounua'
lint we see no good reason why he snOaiu "
accommodated at the expense OF others. fo,ceo
- ,ve are 70 do considerable portion Oh our
work on Sunday, we have no wish TO see W.
hardship unnecessarily extended. we ues,'
NO merely Puritanical observance OIL eno oa
hath Int we are sadly certain that the hnien'
can neople have not Days OF hest enous"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

The latest dispatches from Washington ias'
,;,h, confirm the statement which we nave
lew ",s~wSsr. made, of the probability that the
Tenure of Civil Offices act Will lo-av
suspended for four years. as a eonap'V ,Sns.
between the friends of total repeal anu 'a'@
Of the principle of the law as it now stand''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

Punishment will plainly take tho ground that
in hanging the law means to infict physical
pain, we shall appreciate their candor. Argu-
mentation upon the topic, after that will be
pretty plain sailing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

The Mexican General LOsada, who, at the
head of a considerable force, has so long defied
the authority of the Federal Government, has
resigned his command.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

The Rochester Unioa makes oi''ei - A. falurs
the New Associated Press Tor an aiesOu OS tho
10 deliver promptly in Rochester 'no ns" 20 tros
Cabinet appointments. The ONO" eusAs a,,on-of
that It gets its news from another sssoci.tsd
which it is member-the New o'a'o cSorss-
press. and that whatever delay occ0iie" We" :; which
obe there. by making inquiry 10 quai,e,y ths.
il onght 10 be acquainted IL viii learn N, tel
the peculiar terms of its cheap eons ~, thu state
egraph fully account for tho ia''"'J - tslerably
Association in this case. Inc hiO'''
obvious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

ninetynine in every hundred Until at least
one is rejected, we perceive no plausible reason
for the repeal or suspension of the Tenure-of-
0llica act
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22

Cos,a's oratorio of "Naaman" Is 20 20 g. r
duced In Boston next Saturday even'"s .msnca. We
aud Haydn Society for the mrs. ',n ard elsbei
a nlu de ~, ir Of Inc work from Ike Pea ~
Rirnna. Secretary u the seeseS'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-22
TABLE OF CONTENTS.


FIRST PACK. The Drama.
Washington Dispatches. The Poultry Show.
The Cuban Revolution. Religious.
Foreign News. A Modern Romance.
Domestic Teegraphic News Murder and Suicide az New
SECOND PAGE. ark
The Courts. Local News.
Money Market. Marriages, Deaths, and Flu
Markets. morals.
Advertisements. Special Notices.
THIRD PAGE. SIXTH PAGE.
Ship News The Wolf in the Kennel.
Advertisements. Book Advertisements.
FOURTH PAGE. Real Estate.
Tho Tenure-of- Office. Real Estate Advertisements.
John Bright in Office. SEVENTH PAGE.
Our Pententiaries Advertisements.
Ordnance In Congress. EIGHTH PAGE.
What Is Death Political
The Naturalization Frauds. Congress.
Editorial Paragraphs. Homo News.
Business Notices. ,Inquests
FTFTH PAGE. The State Of Trade.
The Press Dinner. Latest Ship News
Legislative Corruption. Advertisements
6K.President Johnson
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Advertisements for this weeks Issue Of THE
WEsxLY rRIsrNE nu handed To-Day Price 80 per nS
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The French Minister of War OH Saturday
uTsea II the Legislative Body the compilation
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