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Herald.
Herald.
The Herald says of the message:-

The Herald says of the message:-
ITO sum up, on our financial affairs the
policy recommended in the message is good
and sound; on reconstruction it is consistent
with the policy of uniform application of
the laws; on our foreign relations it is care.
fully conservative, perhaps little too much
so on the Cnban question. But from first to
last there is nothing in the message, except
ing the Tenure-of-Ofice law, calculated to
disturb the harmony promised between the
President and Congress, unless there may be
some trouble created in the Senate touching
the division of the spoils. In a word, it is
good business message, and indicates good
administration and peace and prosperity to
the country under President Grant, without
panlcs and with steady reduction of the
debt and quiet return to specie payments. 3"
OF the Treasury report it says:-
Secretary Boutwell,, in his communication
to Congress, takes pride in the large reduc-
ton OF the national debt, the details of which
have been already given to the public in the
debt statement of the 1st inst The feature
of the document is the testimony it bears to
the fidelity with which General Grant in
assuming the administration of the Govern
ment has carried out his promises in the
matter of the revenue and expenditures of
the nation
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THE MESSAGE AND REPORTS.
OPINIONS OF THE NEW YORK PRESS

Tribune.
he Tribune saws of the Message:-


The Tribune says of the Message:-
''On the whole, while we may not fully
concur in its every recommendation, we
regard this as one of the wisest and most
judicious Messages ever transmitted to Con-
gress, and confidently predict for it the hearty
approval and concurrence of the American
people"
The same paper says of the Treasury Re-
port
''Mr Boutwell, has to tell us what he has
DONE and the record is such as to insure
praise. He has to tell us what he proposes;
and here he encounters rival interests, vary
ing opinions, the theories of bankers, and
the selfish wishes of spectators.
We take thankfully the good we get, and need
only now add that the Secretary has given us
most valuable, careful, able, and, in the
main, sound report.
Of the Naval Report it Says
Secretary Robeson's business in coming
suddenly into command of one of the Depart
ments of Government was to put a navy in
repair. He appears on the whole to
have done well, and in calling for an appro-
priation of $2S, 900, 900 for the coming year,
or an advance of $4,000, 900 on former esti-
mates, gives some apparently strong reasons
for the increased estimates.
Of the Postal Report it says:-
1.-The annual report of Mr.. Postmaster Gene
raj Creswell is concise and clear in its state
ments, and statesmanlike in its recommends
tions. 1t is refreshing to find man
at the head of the Post Office Department
who bravely grapples with that stupendously
expensive humbug, the franking privilege.
MIR. Creswell recommends the total extirpa-
ton of the time-honored evil, and gives most
cogent reasons therefor"
Of Secretary Cox's report the Tribune
says:-
1.-THE report of the Secretary of the In
terror is worthy of the most careful study. 1t
| is 80 replete with encouraging statistics, and
so forcibly does it illustrate the fact that a
new era of honesty and economy was inaugu-
rated when the present administration came
into power, that aside from its recommenda-
tions for still more efficient service and a
further reduction of expenses, it will be read
| with interest.
1t remarks upon the War report as follows
''The present head of the War Depart
ment, though man of perhaps create,
energy and practical sagacity than his coun,
trymen will at once recognize, cannot
have been long enough in Office to have i'm
pressed upon it an administrative character
peculiarly his own. What General Belknap
reports, it may do him credit to say Genera
Rawlins might have in many respects re-
ported
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A PILE OF NEWSPAPERS.

From, the Pittsburg Chronicle
Certainly there is something suggestive in
the heap of Exchanges" which burdens the
table at which we sit. Before we attack this
formidable accumulation of newspapers we
find ourselves involuntarily pursuing a train
of reflection which may be thus rendered
into speech. Here within space of six feet
by four is the concentrated thought which at
the present moment occupies the mind of this
vast country, nay, of the whole globe. Here
are the views and facts, political, religious,
mercantile, social, mechanical, scientific and
literary, which agitate millions of people.
The telegraph and railroad placing limitations
upon time and space are both here. We need
not visit Richmond, Va. In these papers
whatever is of interest or concern in that
quarter is mirrored forth, Here is New
Orleans. There is New York. That is st.
Louis or Cincinnati. And that very respect
able sheet photographs Montana. Here you
have in correspondence the continent of
Europe and there China is brought nearer
than San Francisco. What library, however
rich, so teens with provocations to thought
as this pile of newspapers? The vast rows of
books speak of departed things. But this
heap of printed paper, with infinite variety
and eloquence, speaks of the wide and multi
farious present. 1t images the living world.
It details its pleasures and its pains, its ira
gedies and its merry makings, its pomps and
shows, its hopes and pangs, its triumphs and
failures. 1t tells of great and small things.
II records the runaway of a
horse and the completion of the
Suez Canal with equal impartiality.
1t attends at one and the same time
to the most sublime and the pettiest transac-
tions. Ii has the microscopic eye, and it sur
veys the broadest fields of observation. We
say it without irreverence, that there is
nothing short of Omnipotence which covers
so universal field and comprises such broad
and such minute investigations as the press.
1t not only records, but it makes history. II
not only notes, but it creates public opinion.
1t is at this writing not the fourth, but the
first estate in the world, and it is with nc
slight feeling of becoming respect that we
now pause in this depression to examine foi
the benefit of the readers of the Ch1Ontcl,
this imposing mass of exchanges, and contri
butte to extend still further whatever is in
them of profit or ornament.
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Times.

The Times says of the message:-
IA sense of gratitude and pride may well
be awakened in any nation which is invited
to contemplate so bright and hopeful review
of its affairs as that which President Grant is
providentially enabled to lay before us. His
message is one of good news throughout.
The President has not attempted to adorn his
message with any rhetorical artitices. lie
gives a comprehensive and business-like sum-
mary of the information which the great body
of citizens desire to possess He omits
nothing of Importance and introduces nothing
which is superfiuous
1t expresses this opinion of Mr.. Boutwells
exhibit
Much of the report is devoted to the busl-
ness details of the department, its complex
machinery, and the proper directions and
reform as we'll as economy and security of
management, in all which Mr. Boutwell,
evinces an aptness and industry for admin
istration only equaled by his ability to shape
the more important concerns of the public
finances
Speaking of the naval report the Times
says-
''It is to be regretted that he did not lncor-
porate directly into it, and so bring before
. the country as well as before Congress, the
| report of Mr.. Borie's board for the inspection
| of steam machinery. That report shows IN
| specific facts and figures the enormous blum
| ders of the Steam Bureau in its construc-
tional feats, which have crippled the naval
service and burdened it with extravagant
| expenditures.
OF the Post Office report it SAYS
THE Postmaster-G Generals report presents
mass of statistics, many of which are I'M
| portant and all interesting. Ihe
whole report bears testimony to the lnteili'
| gence, zeal, and activity with which the
affairs of the department have been con
| Quoted"
OF Secretary Coxs report we have the fol
lowing criticism;-
| ''The report of Secretary Cox proves TO DC
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digest or synopsis, in the main, of the SUBJ
reports of departments and districts, drawn
up, as far as practicable, in the spirit, if not
the language, Of subordinates. However,
the reports from the FIVE district command
ers, from the Freedmens Bureau, and from
the other customary sources, are both inte-
resting and valuable"
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A GREAT WAR SHIP.


Prcns TIE NJ Y. Commercial Advertiser.
They are building war ship in England,
the Devastation which is proudly called the
First Rate Of the future" The keel was laid
few days ago. The new vessel is turret
ship of novel description, and the Admi-
ralty and her designers have high hopes in
her construction. The ship is an iron-clad,
without masts or sails, depends upon steam
alone for propulsion, and has new form of
turret. The English regard this ship and her
mate, also building as the pioneers in class
of vessels more formidable than any afoat
either in offensive or defensive power, or in
coal carving capacity. They are floating
batteries modified. The Devastation is 2S5
feet long, 625 wide, has draught of 26 feet,
and her burden in tons is 44O6. The War
rior is $50 feet long, and is of 6009 tons
burden. The Minotaur is 400 feet long, and
ia of 6O21 tons; vet neither of these can COM
pare in strength and solidity with the Devasta-
ton. The Warrior has for plating 43 inches
of hammered iron and 18 inches of teak. The
Minatour has 81 inches of rolled iron, 8
inches of teak. Each has an inner skin of
thin iron. The Devastation will have II
inches of rolled iron, 1S inches of teak, and
"a inch of inner skin. This is regarded as
seven times as strong as the other vessels
named The Devastation will have two tur-
rets, and in each will be mounted two 30 ton
guns, eaCn carrying OOO pouhu ShoI' loA
cost will be $780, 200. The Warrior cost
$3.50, ,0OO and the Achilles $50,000. A crew
of $50, all told, will suffice to man her. The
guns will have an 'all-round' fire. Her en-
gines are two-S00-horse power each. She is
a screw-steamer, and will make 1299 knots an
hour. Her coal storage is 1000 tons-enough,
says the London Times, to make the ship to
proceed to the Mediterranean and return
without coaling between the times of her
leaving Spithead and anchoring there again
at the conclusion of her voyage; or, it would
enable her to cross the Atlantic, fight an
action, and afterward return to home port
without having to renew her stock of fuel. 4"
Tho British naval constructor has, says the
Times ''started from the American model,
and taking the benefit of the experience
gained by the Americans during the war be-
tween the North and the South, he has un-
doubtedly added in the breastwork type of
turret-ship many important features, and has
given the navy a GLASS of turret-ship that can
go to sea and fight in any weather"
There is no question that our navy is weak
in aggressive vessels equal to the emergencies
of modern warfare. We may have harbor
defenses and floating batteries, but we have
none of the imposing iron-clads that belong
to the navies of other nations.
All the powers of Europe have numerous
war ships of the grandest types, of which our
burned up Ironsides was a humble example.
We have devoted ourselves to the monitor
business and have left undeveloped the i'm
portant field occupied by such ships as are
described above It is we'll to know what
Great Britain is doing in naval architecture
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at least TO the medical fraternity" says the
Tribune, "that about two years ago the cele-
brated surgeon, De la Bouguerrebouziere, of
Paris discovered a process by which the
human body may be paralyzed at will-all but
the nerves of the eye, the brain, aud the diges-
tive organs. person under the influence of
Bouguerrebouzierism sees and thinks as
usual, but cannot move muscle. The great
result achieved by the discovery consists in
the fact that it enables the eye of science to
observe the whole process of digestion by
merely ripping open the abdomen of the sub
ject, without pain to the latter. But the poor
man sees and knows all the time that they
are splitting him like a mackerel Experience
soon proved that negroes were better sub
jects than white men, and the consequence
was that the 52d Regiment Of the Corps
d'Afrique, stationed near Paris, was deci-
mated in the course of few weeks during the
spring of the present year.
The Tribune tells us further, as we have
already intimated, that no sooner had certain
shrewd msn of Boston read an account of this
new discovery than they Immediately or
gsnized joint stock company, with capital
of half million of dollars, for the purpose of
kidnapping and Bouguerrebouzierizing our
fellow-citizens of African descent in all the
Southern cities, and that they are now extern
sively engaged in the nefarious business
In addition to all this, we are told that "the
process of ouguerrebouzierizing a negro
may be accomplished in a few seconds of
time, and as well when the victim is asleep as
awake. He is then carried off as stiff as if he
had ceased to live Those who have wit
messed the whole experiment express them
selves as touched to the heart at sight of
poor negro rolling his eyes in horror at the
sight of the knife ripping into his stomach"
1t is to be hoped that the Freedmen's Bu-
reau, or General Ames, or Chevalier Forney,
or some other virtuous philanthropist who
has the good of the voting machinery of the
radical party at heart, has called the attention
of President Grant to the operations of this
gigantic corporation of Boston, and that he
will call upon Congress to demand the au-
thority under which they are carrying on
business. If his attention has not been called
to this thing, we beg that he will consider the
call hereby made, trumpet-tongued, and that
he will show the concern up to Congress in
postscript to his message.
1t may not be amiss to say, in order to re-
assure the colored popular mind of the South,
that there is possibly no such thing as Bou-
guerrebouzierism in this country, and that if
there is joint stock company would find
little or no money in it, but there is one thing
of which you may feel quite sure, if anything
could be made by uguerreboyziering the
negroes of the South, or of the North, Boston
would very cheerfully and very promptly fur
nish company for the purpose.
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SPIRIT OF TEE RRnss.

RdItorfai Opinions Of the Leading Journals
Upon Current Topics-COmpiled Every
Day for the Evening Telegraph.
The national Republican., 1869-06-10
toppiciAL.I
u DsrAnTsENr OF STATE, !

DEPARTMENT or SrATE,(
WAsHiroToN, June 7, 1850,
Information has been received at this De-
partment from Mr.. John T. Robeson, the
consul OF tho United States at 81. Thomas,
WI, oftho death, on the 10Th Of MAY, 1900,
at 81. Thomas, Of G. KoPsrnrs, an Ameri.
cans seaman belonging to the brlgautlne julia
r. Carney. - y
DErARISrsr or srArE.(
WAsHEaror, June 4, ltdo :
Information has been received at this De-
partment from Mr.. George y. Seward, the
Consul General Of the United States at
Shanghai, Of the death, by drowning, on tho
s0th Of February last, In the Hwangpoo
river, Of J. L. wNrAs, an American sea-
man, belonging 10 the steamer Chill.
HEApauARrEns OF fuE ARAY.I
ApJuIAsI oEsHsAL'soIIICR. I
Tho following order, received from the
War Department, Is published for the In.
formation Of all concerned;
Owing to tho expense and difficulty Of
supplying rations In kind to ordnance ser
geants on duty at forts and stations where
there arc no other troops, the Commlssary
General Of Subsistence Is authorized In such
cases to cause their rations 10 DO commuted
at the rate Of 40 cents per day.
By command Of Gen. Sherman.
Z. ID. TOWNSEND,
Adjutant General.
The national Republican., 1869-06-10
An Open Letter.

~ Mr.. yULnJ. W. O'DDHOhUs, EDITOR AMI pFO
pristoy If The "ChroHicie," Chicago. W'
SIR In the May Issue of your Insurance
"Chronlcle" you have published an article
headed "Another Richmond In the Field"
which seems to be intended to rldlcule life
insurance plan submitted by myself in the
late national encampment Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, but In fact contain 8
nothing but very coarse abuse of very
worthy gentleman, the Rev. DR.. Quint, as
the supposed originator of the said plan.
As to the former tendency have nothing
TO say, leaving the verdict concerning the
tasto and logic of your criticism to the Intel
gence of your own readers. But as to your
insinuations and virus against DR.. Quint,
am by Justice compelled to call your atten.
tion TO the fact that this gentleman had and
has no more TO do with the scheme In ques-
ton than yourself. If you wish to enter
upon any further discussion Of the subject,
allow me also to suggest to you TO seek some
better Information as to Its nature as well as
TO Its author, and to prevent any more unde-
served accusations OF others / beg leave 10
state that whatever merit or demerit the
present status Of my plan may have, / am
the only man who Is responsible for the
same, and for the purpose of furnishing you
any Information you may desire In regard TO
the subject or myself add my address.
| am, sir, very respectfully,
Z. F. N. FAEHTz,
No. Q Grant Place, Washington, D, c.
The national Republican., 1869-06-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES last amend

fy. y.BhNkRUPTCY-T last amend.
In Al procsei ~ Mar he ri d.Y ~
January, lsja. no discharge .hAll be ErAstsd TO a
deptoI whose assets shall not be equal % any Per
nPon which he shall be liable as principal debtor.
bsusS ~ law al poos ss Sa fG% aq,sSs Zoe
provides that certain petitioners. and all who COM
py VIII se1taiS e9ndiaons' can receive their di,-
yithstanding the provision, In view Of Its limits
u9ns ., Sna eseernpns, debtors TIIhont assets are
Of the country.
Per8uus Ia this District who still wish TO avail
themselves OF Its benefit, and who have no assets,
should examine carefully whether they are IN:
seqSsr VIII s,Ss % sps a sob,s ri
times without charge. GEO, MASON,
Attorney Al Law and Solicitor In Bankruptcy.
The national Republican., 1869-06-10
DRoPusALs FOR FREsH BEEF.

rscpe.si:. n iIs.!:i Vim sops 4, III ID.
ssPpsas @ troop: sSS s '|'
sSS9tsi:. SRcsf. shank sHS fidnsy yai"w to BE- sG:
time, required by. and on such days as the com
mAndink oneeI shall designate. net exceeding
The nssks Of the cattle slaughtered for beef to be
tho fourth vertsbIaI jolnI, and the breast trimmed
down The shAnks Of forsquartors shall be cut off
Of hindquaTteTs from six 10 eight inches above The
gambrel or hoek jol mt,
sy Rs ap 70 lie .aS SSur and
Ssts 1ssys e fsr 1Pnyi9g sTP@lssiInsd
Daptiisa ,Sersfrom with susE choice fTssb bssS as
they may from time to time require, such as siroin
and p Tier hou-e steak, sanding ribs, or rib
These contracts to be in force six mouths, or such
loss time as the Gommissary GENERAL shall direct,
set to the approval Of the Co snding deneral Of
ihs Department q the East.
are opened, except that OF the lowest responsible
hs drst satisfactory delivery Of fresh beef for tho
troops Is made on The Contract.
qasy fresh bSef slipustsa To Be n aeiyersa q,
then the Commlssary q Fort Hamilton shall have
soatIssiCF viii bo charged with Tie dSsienco @
Tss .Es a Ss .SasrsGf also T S2 into Po
sponsible sureties. whose names must bo mentioned
The proposals. will be opened at n a, n gu tho
a. which time and place bidders are required to bc
RTSRS:s: viii be mArsSa ccRrORO,sl' 5oT Bco
aPaG.'Es|S''iGi Poa. LIST Artillery g. Fort asa s%Ii
ID oPOB ALs
The national Republican., 1869-06-10
Attorneys, Etc.
GENERAL CLAIM AGENCY.

I .EN bKhL UIhIM hUBNUf,
hin N" az Wsns,I Claim hE.n,s nadsr AZ Am ot
CHARLES MIX S.Co. :, for the Transaction Of
business In the city Of washi xtou.
The IIou. JOHN II. Il LkTROBB will be ssso-
catcd counsellor and legal sdvissr Of the hrm In
CHARLES II MIX,
DOUGLAS n. COOPER,
OfIpdisn Territory.
Onlco-I3U street north, between Eighth and
Ninth streets Mest.
Pest Uince Lock Box (Rl "a.
wAsHINnTOS CIrf, D. c., Iuns !, 1900. jet-6t
The national Republican., 1869-06-10
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OPYIcE INTERNAL REVENUE,
w aautNnrnN luna q lR6Q


SIR; Your letter Of May 0, with two in
closures, has been received. You state In
your letter that you have held that packing
pork In bulk, putting II up In barrels and
rendering the lard for sale was manufactCr-
ing within the meaning Of the act, and that
parties engaged In that business should be
assessed accordingly. To this ruling you
state that several Of your pork packers take
exception, and therefore you refer the matter
to sais Office for decision.
In reply, have to say that paragraph 81,
OF section 70, of the act Of June 80, 1864, as
subsequently amended, defines manufac-
turer to be "any person, firm or corporation
who shall manufacture by hand or machinery
any good. ware or merchandise not otherwise
provided for, exceeding annually the sum OF
one thousand dollars, or who shall be en-.
gagged in the manufacture or preparation for
sale of any article or compounds, or shall
put up for sale in packages with his own
name or trade mark thereon any articles or
compounds"
The act of March 81, 1868, repealed sec
tions 94 and 9j of the act of June 30, 1854,
imposing taxes on manufactured goods, wares
and merchandise, with few exceptions, and
substituted in lieu thereof tax on manufac-
turers' sales.
The following is the language of the
statute:
Sec. 1. And b. Il further enacted, That every
person, firm, or corporation who shall manu-
fActure, by hand or machinery, any goods,
wares, or merchandise, (breadstufs and un-
manufactured lumber exeeptedD not other.
wise specially taxed as such, or who shall be
engaged In the manufacture or preparation for
sale OF any articles or compounds not other.
wise specially taxed, or shall put up for sale
in packages with his own name or trade mark
thereon, any articles or compound not other.
wise specially taxed, and whose annual sales
exceed i've thousand dollars, shall pay for
aIJ 81 hAtt nd tnll In Nl
Ave thousand dollars, two dollars, &c.
Persons engaged in the business Of pre-
pairing pork and lard for sale, who slaughter
hogs, cut up and pack pork, and render
lard, packing the same In barrels, kegs, oI
otherwise, are something more than mere
dealers In lard. They are clearly embraced
within the definition given Of a manufacture
and are included among the persons, firms
&C., who are required to pay tax on theil
sales In excess Of five thousand dollars an
nually, inasmuch as they prepare these arti
cles for sale, and put them up in packages
with their names or trade marks.
l am clearly of the opinion that firms en-,
gagged in the business OF packing pork, and
rendering and packing lard for sale, should
be required to pay special tax as manufac
turers, and so return their sales In excess oi
twelve hundred and fifty dollars quarterly
and pay the tax Of two dollars per thousand
on such excess.
Yours, respectfully, G. DELAso,
Commissioner.
John ConReH, esq, uHhed States AI'e''Or, Toledo
The national Republican., 1869-06-10

METHODIST LAY REPREsRSTATToN.--
interesting election Is being held in all the
Methodist Episcopal churches Of the United
States during the month Of June. Hereto.
fore the lalty OF the church have not been
permitted to be members Of the General
Conference, or thus to have any part in
making their laws. II Is now proposed To
admit a representation OF the laymen, and
the question Is submitted to q vote Of all the
members Of the church, both male and fe-
male, who are over twenty-one years Of age.
should the measure be adopted, as the votes
thus far given would indicate, Il will doubt
less add 10 tue Influence aud extension Of
that branch OF tho church. The churches
IN Chicago, ~. LoulI, Plttsburg, and some
other places, have voted In pah, with re.
suit Of about l,a0Q for 70 10 against.