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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

Franklin Pierce had so far passed out of the
public notice, and the evils he wrought had
been so far fought out of the life of the
Nation, that his death will produce a less
marked impression than the great place he
held and the history he helped to make
would warrant. Dr. Pierce was small man.
placed by succession of accidents at the
head of the Government, when events too
great for his control, or even for his CompTe-
hension, were in progress. lie doubtless be-
leved he was serving the country
by his super-serviceable zeal to execute
the Fugitive Slave law, to throw
away the Missouri Compromise, to force BOr-
der Rufian rule upon Kansas, to make the
Shareholders policy National. Now that the
country has brought the devices Of the men
who used him to nought we can well afford,
by his open grave, to recall rather his pn-
vate virtues and the genial characteristics which
surrounded him with devoted friends, who will
to-day, with more feeling than always follows
the remains of the distinguished dead, sim
cerely mourn the loss of our XIVth President
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

An itinerant nostrum-vender in Missouri has
started new method of impressing the pub
lie with the excellence of his panaceas. No
sooner has he lectured his street audience
bit about the infallibility of his beautiful bal
sam, than an old man erawls up on crutches.
The quack Immediately offers to cure the
cripple, and 10! when he has been bathed .
little, he begins, having thrown away his
crutches, to leap and skip like kangaroo.
This impresses all the on-lookers, and every
body buys bottle-the lame that they may be
cured, and the sound that they may not become
lame. This trick, it may be said, has Yam
kee flavor. What then will the reader say,
when he is informed that this sharp medicine
man is Virginian. We really begin to have
some hope of the Old Dominion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09
THE CUBAN APPEAR.

Against the possibility of the protracted de-
tsntion of the Hornet war steamer, the Cubans
have made an appeal noteworthy for its quo
tation of authorities on the subject of neutral
ity and belligerence Vattel is cited to show
that in all civil wars the opposing parties can
not be considered as other than independent,
and the case of our Danish reclamations, con-
tinued from the year ITO, is mentioned to
prove that our traditions are entirely favorable
to struggling nations even before recognition
Certain prizes made by cruisers of the United
States were carried to a Danish port and after
ward delivered to England because Denmark
had not recognized the American patriots;
hence the reclamation. President Monroe is
also summoned to prove the precedent that In
the time of the Spanish American revolts the
colors of the various insurgents were impair
TALLY admitted to our ports. France, in the
instance of the struggling Colombians, declared
that the capture of Spanish ship did not
create an act of piracy. England, in the case
of the Greeks, thought that the interests OF
civilization demanded that they should be
treated as belligerents, to avoid the alternative
of treating them as pirates.
Such are the new features of the Cuban
claim and defense. Against them remains Mr.
Summers showing that the Hungarians, when
they rose against Austria, did not reach to
belligerencc, though they had large armies in
the field and Kossuth was their Governor;
that the Poles, in repeated revolutions, never
attained it that the Sepoys and Rajahs failed
also, formidable though they were; and that
our own Rebels did not rightly grasp it so far
as to Justify ocean recognition. "The Cubans
"are in arms" says Mr.. Sumner, but where are
their cities. towns, and provinces 7-where is
"their Government 7-where are their ports Y
We can answer few of these questions; some
of them are met by bold assertion in the appeal
made to-day. But the immediate question be-
fore us is not whether Cuba has at once en-
titled herself to the recognition of the United
States, but whether, having secured the re-
cognition of four other governments, We can
in doubtful case yield anything to this factf
We are in no more doubt of the character OF
the Cuban war steamer than we are OF our
own most unequivocal sympathies; but the
the time is gone by when, if possible, it might
have been proved that she was fitted out in
the United States and the occasion has not
come when we must strain point to condemn
as pirates those who resist the pirate OF nations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

We are always happy to oblige our friends
to the best of our poor ability; but the request
contained in the following note is a little too
much for us:
CIND DEAR SIR Send this Note TO you Enregsred to
have you tell me of sum ono sendes tho countyet
grenbanfs che country for have one that got for
hard labor ef you OF Establishment en- the country
woud lick to have you tell me So that can Send ct
back you are lick ves No Of enne one en- the country
whar thay mack them Address -.
Send me the address of sum nrme that you no of.
Mr.. Andrew Johnson, sometime President OF
the United States, and now candidate for the
Senate, used to be pretty extensively engaged
in the pardoning business, and is much more
likely to "no of sum frme" that "sendes the
"countyfet grcabanks' than we are.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

The recurrence yesterday in Brooklyn of IN
accident lamentably frequent, suggests field
for inventions in obvating The dangers OF gas.
A young man from the country was visiting
his brother. On retiring, he blew out the gas
light, being unaccustomed to its use, went to
bed without turning it off, and was suffocated.
Only few days ago an entire family in ia
maica, L. l., having inhaled. gas during the
night, was resuscitated with the greatest diff
Guilty. In another INSTANCE, a gentleman in
feeble health usually kept the gas burning to
warm his sleeping apartment; a momentary
interruption of the flow, caused by stiffness in
the working of the meter, extinguished the
light tho sleep Of death ensued before
morning.
Many fires take place in cities the causes of
which orc never definitely ascertained. 1t is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

The acquittal of Mr.. William Marley will
surprise no one. Aside from his character, the
case against him was weak. A man who goes
around town all the evening visiting concert
saloons and rum-shops, drinking freely and
mixing with low company, is apt to lose money
by robbery or otherwise. and at 1 o'clock in
the morning, if he falls in with dozen
strangers, gets in quarrel and is robbed, the
chance is small that he can tell accurately who
did it. In the present case, the complainant
was the only one who could tell whether Var
ley robbed him; and on this vital point he was
not at all sure; therefore, on legal grounds at
least, the prisoner was set free. This case
owes its importance to the character of the
alleged offender. He keeps one of the most
VIGOROUSLY wicked dens in New York; he is
the head of a strong organization of shoulder
htters who do the hard work and hard voting
of Tammany Hall. He is constantly under
surveillance of the police as a man to be closely
watched His theatrical flight to California.
his capture, and the sensational articles about
him constantly appearing in the newspapers,
are all so much capital for next
month, when Mr.. Marley will doubtless
appear in the political field as an innocent
martyr, and work with even more efficiency
than ever for the good friends who brought him
back from the gold regions, Ostentatiously tried
him when there was no probability of his con-
viction, and shed secret tears of gladness when
jury of his countrymen had given him the
liberty so urgently necessary for party inter
ests in his section of the city. Henceforth let
us duly respect Justice and William Marley,
esq.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

The most outspoken expression of opinion
on the subject of polygamy which any Ameri-
can statesman has yet dared to make in the
midst of its defenders and votaries, has been
made in Salt Lake City by yice-President Col
fax. IL such manly speech could be followed
by equally bold and comprehensive action, the
plague spot on the Great Basin might the
aooner disappear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

volved in these elections we say nothing now.
We only repeat our entreaty to every Republi-
can to remember thatthe Fifteenth Amendment
is in danger, and that the National honesty is
on trial. We utterly refuse to believe that in
such cause, such States as Pennsylvania and
Ohio can be found wanting; and we call on
every son of either to honor his noble Com
monweath by doing his duty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09
THE TRIBUNE IN EUROPE.

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The above agents will receive subscriptions and sdver
tsements for THR TRIBUSE, and supply copies Of the
paper to Americans temporarily in Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

The dispatches from Mississippi concerning
the approaching election are sufficiently varied
to suit the most captiOus reader. Either party
can find that everything is going on splendidiy,
and each can establish the Oatrages Of she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

Dr. Charles Jewett is to lecture in this city
and neiehborhood for about two months. commencing
on tho 18th inst,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

THE TRIBUNE IN PARIS.
Messrs. Bowles Brothers & Co., No. - Rue
de 10 PAX, agents in Paris 10 receive suossrlp
tions and advertisements for THE TRIBUNE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

other. For ourselves we prefer for once to
initiate noted United States Senator, and
wait for the facts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-09

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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-18
THE FINE ARTS.
..The sIeeping Duenna.,,


Mr. d. X. Knight who was almost the sole repre-
sentative Of native Philadelphia figure art in the late
exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts, has just
completed picture which is decidedly the success
OF the season. 1t is in very many respects far in ad
vance OF anything that this studious and intelligent
artist has yet produced and it is not only work OF
very great merit in ITSELF but 1t is full OF the best
promise for what Mr.. Knight will do in the future.
The picture represents Venetian window and
balcony, the details Of which have been studied with
great care from the artists own Venetian sketches,
and from rst-rate photographs OF some OF the most
characteristic features OF Venetian architecture.
lovely coquette, taking advantage OF the slumber
which has closed the eyes Of the discreet old lady
at her side is engaged in carrying on little nirta-
tion with some unseen person, whom we may sup
pose to be gay dressed cavalier in gondola below
the balcony. She is about to drop him a rose
bud as a love token, when the green-eyed monster
in the shape OF husband, orlover, a stern parent
leans over the chair of the sleeping duenna and in
moment more there will probably be some weeping
and wailing in that ancient palatial mansion, an
hibition OF masculine wrath and feminine regrets
and an utter discontinue OF the grey-haired Argus
whose duty was to sleep with one eye open If the
sutry afternoon predisposed her to drowsiness at ALL
The picture tells its story admirably, and Mr..
Knight is TO be complimented brilliant success
which will materially advance his reputation All
the figures, draperes, and the various objects in
trOduced have been carefully studied from good
models aud the group has an individuality and life
like character which can only be obtained in this
manner. Mr., Knight has been improving greatly in
color for some time past, and this work is quite
triumph in this important quality. The general tone
OF the picture IL rich but subdued brilliant rather
than bright. The red is sparsely used and exceed
ngly well managed, the rich color OF the cavaliers
jacket in the centre OF the picture harmonizng
admirably with colors which placed in juxtaposi-
tion. piece Of grey tapestry hanging over the
balcony is well painted, and is introduced with re-
markably good effect
AThis picture viii be exhibition at Mr.. Knights
studio, No. 1923 Chestnut street. for few days, and
after few last touches, which the unsatlshed eye
OF the artist considers necessary, IL will be shown TO
the public In Chestnut street window, where It will
aouhuess receive the attention It deserves as a
art. " N-''' -. 49,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-18
OBITUARY.
Hon. Henry j. RAYMOND.

Hon. Henry j. Raymond.
The telegraph announces the death of Hon Henry
j. Raymond the leading editor of the New York
Times, who expired at O'Clock this morning. As
he one OF the ablest writer's and most
and prominent newspaper men in the United States.
and as he combined with his professional triumphs
no small degree OF influence and skin as politician.
his career has been highly distinguished and he
earned by his talents and indefatgable abors front
rank among the intellectual men OF this country
He was born at Lima, in Livingston county, New
York, on the path OF January 1920 and spent his
youth in working on his fathers farm during the
summer and attending school during the winter Al
the age OF sixteen he became district schoo
teacher, and at the age OF twenty he graduated a
the University OF Vermont. Soon afterwards he re
moved to New York. and he soon found congenlA
occupation in contributing 70 the columns Qf th'
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-18
.TOHY BRIGHT AND THE HOUSE or
LORDS

JoHS BRIaHT is the great radical bugaboo of
the English Tories. He is given to express
inc his opinion in plain terms, and he has an
unpleasant way of uttering unwelcome truths
inst at the moment when his political antago-
nists least like to hear them. Since he has
been Cabinet minister he has managed to
conduct himself with an amount of discretion
that was scarcely to be expected of him, but
'4he old man would be talking" just when his
fellow Cabinet officers most desired him to
keep silence. He has written letter to a
meeting in Birmingham, in which he very
plainly expresses that if the House of Lords
reject the Irish Church bill, the next thing to
be done will be to abolish their Lordships
The Lords who are letting 81 dare not
wait upon 1 would have concluded, with a
very ill grace, to swallow the bitter radical
pill presented to them in the shape of the
Irish Church bill, and only wish for reason
able..excuse to decline the dose. Mr.. Bright's
letter, therefore, has created an intense ex-
element in the upper house; and although he
only repeats what the most influential papers
have already said, his position as Cabinet
Minister gives his words an Importance that
they WOul0 not OJuerWlSe nave. MI DrlBnI
says signifcantly:-'As long as the House
of Lords act in harmony with the country,
they may 90 on for long time; but when
they thwart its course they may meet with un-
pleasant accidents" Mr.. Gladstone, in the
House of Commons, and Lord Granville, in
the House of Lords, have been obliged to dis
avow any responsibility for Mr.. Brights un-
official actions, and any intention on the part
of the Government to threaten the House of
Lords.
Mr.. Bright's letter was certainly unfortunate
at this particular juncture, as it is expedient
that the pill which the peers have to swallow
should be sugared as much as possible, but
it points to the inevitable, and this accounts
for the wrath which it excited in the hearts
of Lord Derby and other Tory leaders; and it
would not be surprising if they made use of
it as bit of political capital to excuse
their rejection of the bill.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-18
sERRANO, REGENT OF SPAIN.

TBE cable this morning informs us that to-day Mar
shal Francisco Serano Duke de la Tore, win take the
oath OF ONCE as Regent Of Spain. Marshal Serrano
Is well advanced In years, having been born about
the beginning OF the present century He acquired
a varied military experience in the war OF indepen
dence and gradually TO the highest ranks in the
army OF Spain. In 1S4S, when he assisted IN bring
ing about the fall Of Espartero, he first took pro
mlnent part in the political troubles OF the country.
After the restoration OF the Queen mother to the
throne, he entered into coalition with Norway,
when the latter engaged in the attempt TO overthrow
Olozaga Soon after the marriage OF Queen Isabella,
in 1916, he acquired influence the royal mind
which occasioned differences between the King con-
sort and herself and caused some scandal. The
Ministry OF the Duke de Sotomayer which attempted
to destroy his influence, was overthrown by him,
while that of M. de Salamanca, which he
supported, yielded to the storm OF public in
dignation which assailed It. After this Serrano
turned liberal, and just before the accession to
power Of Narvaez, accepted the Captaincy- General
OF Granada. Having been implicated in a rising at
Saragossa in 1854 he exed, but returned during
the revolution of July in that year and became an
active supporter Of the O'Donnell and Espartero
Cabinet. In the rupture which followed between
these two he sided with the former and having been
nominated Captain-General of New Castile--an ap-
pointment which placed Madrid in his power-in the
coup detdt OF 1866 he played into oDonnells hands,
and in that same year created Duke de la Tore
In 1867 he was sent as Ambassador to the Court Of
France. In 1859 he was appointed Director and
Colone-General of artillery, and in June 1865, Cap
tan-General Of Madrid. The prominent part which
he has recently taken OF the leading spirits OF
the revolution which expelled Isabella III from the
throne is still fresh in the minds OF the people.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-18


WE published yesterday a statement in re-
gard to the causes of the recent contentious in
Kansas, which at one time threatened to reach
the proportions of local civil war. The dis
pute illustrates at once the indefinite charac-
ter of some of the Indian treaties, the eager
ness of spectators to monopolize large tracts
of public lands, and the stern resistance of
bona .fde settlers to schemes devised to rob
them of their homesteads.
The questions in dispute will no doubt be
fully investigated by the courts, and there
title which have not been properly presented;
but we think the lawyers who pronounced it
worthless, as against the settlers, had good
reason for that opinion.
In 1888 the Government granted to the
Cherokee nation fourteen million acres of
land to hold forever, but the grant was sub
ject to several conditions, one of which was
that the Indian title should revert to the
United States if the tribe abandoned the ter
ritory in question. In point of fact, it seems
that the aborigines never occupied this terri
tory. They selected home further south,
and if they ever used their Kansas possessions
at all, it must have been simply as an occa-
sional hunting ground.
AS settlers hocked into Kansas, they natu-
rally and properly located themselves upon
desirable tracts which had no apparent owner,
with the confident expectation that the Gov
ernment would follow the usual course of
proceeding in extinguishing any vague Indian
claim that might exist, and in giving to the
men who titled the soil and erected improve
ments the privilege of perfecting their title
ON the usual terms.
The present controversy seems to have ORR
ginated in one of the plundering schemes, de-
signed at once to cheat the Indians and indus
trious whHe men, with which the nation is
already too familiar, and which the Indian
Department has done far too much to encou-
rage. The Cherokees permitted their claim
to lie dormant, or, according to the terms Of
the treaty, to become worthless, until 1866,
when it was revived, and large tract was
sold, nominally for their benefit, but really to
| give company of spectators an opportu-
nifty to enrich themselves. 1t appears that
the Secretary of the Interior acted in this
matter without a critical examination of the
Indian title and without consultation with
either the General Land Office or the Attor-
ney-General. If this scheme is successful
and if it is decided that the Indian title is
valid, they will receive but q tithe of it's true
value, while the present and future settlers
will be placed at the mercy of land monopo-
lists
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-18
NAPOLEoN IN CONTEMPT.

Now that the French elections are conclude
and the result, as shown by the latest returns
stands 3,671, ,524 against the empire to 4,427,-
041 in it's support, the astute ruler of France
has re-inaugurated the persecution of his
enemies. The whole establishment of Ire
Rofpd newspaper has been brought to grief
for melting contempt of the Government in
the minds of the people. The editor of the
journal has been sentenced to pay a fine of
5000 francs and undergo an imprisonment of
six months for this high-handed crime. This,
of course, is in strict accordance with the Ma
poleonic system; but in this case the Govern
ment has ventured further than it usually
goes, and has also inflicted fine of 1000
francs and an imprisonment of one month
upon each and every man employed in the
office! In this way score, at least, of names
has been added to the list of those who are
held up as martyrs to the cause of freedom,
in the eyes of more than three millions and
half of Frenchmen. A more short-sighted
policy could not possibly be adopted and pur-
sued by the Imperial Government, but short
sightedness is the Characteristic weakness of
despotism, the double-edged sword which in
flicts the most serious injury when it rebounds
in the hands of him who wields it.
An unquestioned majority of the thinking
classes of the empire have declared against
it. Though the terror inspired by the i'm
mense array of the army and the patronage
welded through the complicated machinery
of the civil government, a nominal majority
of 755, ,517 for the present regime has been
secured, and by the gerrymandering of the
legislative districts this nominal maj ority has
been swelled to relatively overwhelming
proportion in the Chamber; but despite all
this the empire has been repudiated by the
people.
Under these circumstances, the wisest
course that Napoleon could pursue would be
an attempt to prevent further defections to
the opposition, by abandoning the system of
personal government and resorting to that of
a responsible ministry, subject to the fluctua-
tions of public opinion, as indicated by the
votes of the Corps Legislatif. There are no
signs, however, that Louis Napoleon will
make such an attempt. He appears to be
welded to the old Bourbon idea that the
monarch is the State, and this idea he will
doubtless attempt to enforce until the streets
of Paris are again swarming with the denizens
of the faubourgs and obstructed by number
less barricades. Then there will be turn in
the current of events, and the coup detd,
of the Prince President will at last be thwarted
by the comp d'etot of the people.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-18

BENJAMIN FRANK1IN's printing Office at In
dianapolis was destroyed by fire yesterday
He is not the first printer of that name who
has contrived to get his name into the news
papers.