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The New York herald., 1869-03-19

to the United States the productive wealth
and our trade with that island would De
immense. Then we ought to save that
beautiful and rich country from the horrors
and devastation which now threaten it. 10
permit the scenes and fate of another st.
Domingo on our border would be an eternal
disgrace to the United States. In every point
of view, then-on high political grounds, for the
interest of our commerce, and for the sake OF
humanity, the government and people Of this
republic should favor by every means the
independence of Cuba, and we are glad to
learn that by the arrival Of an ambassador
preliminary from the Cuban provisional gov
ernment the objects above expressed are
likely to be realized.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19
Proposed Amendments 20 the state Railroad
Law.


There seems to be decided movement in
the Legislature at Albany to amend the rail-
road law Of the State, with a view to prevent
the improper issue Of stock and scrip by rail-
road companies, to protect bona tids stock
holders and to secure better and more honest
management of railroads. The committee to
which was referred this matter has presented
report, and several members have proposed
amendments to the law These amendments
differ in some respects, but all aim at the same
object. One, offered by Mr.. Parker, prohibits
the issue Of any stock with the intent, directly
or indirectly, to affect the market price Of the
bonds or stock of company for speculative
purposes. Another, proposed by Messrs Gra-
ham and Genet, forbids the issue Of scrip or
stock without the consent of the Legislature.
gan, proposes to limit the power of the
presidents and directors of railroad COM
panies, to prevent the issue of stock
beyond the amount authorized by the charter
and to make the action of the stockholders
necessary in all cases where the stock is in
CAOoocu. AuCIC ID uO 5upJcCt Ou WAlCA thU
Legislature can be better employed, and we
hope it will be well considered and such
amendments made to the railroad law as to
prevent stockholders and the public being
swindled in the way they have been by un-
scrupulous directors and stock gamblers. AT
present the managers and directors Of rail-
roads can initiate their stock with impunity
and thus tax the public by high rates for pas
sage and freight to pay dividends on ficti-
tious capital. It is tax on the whole COM
munity. The people are made to pay rates
corresponding to capital Of sixty millions
when the actual cost of railroad has not
been more than twenty millions. Besides, the
majority of the stockholders or the purchasers
of the stock are often swindled to enrich few
of the directors or the managers. We have
had recent examples Of this Every man,
woman and child in the community is affected
directly or indirectly by such railroad tax.
No tax is more general. The time has come
when the public must be protected against un-
scrupulous railroad managers and stock
gamblers. The Legislature should pass al
once stringent and comprehensive law on
the subject
The New York herald., 1869-03-19
Tho Darien Canal Trcaty

The Senate of the United States has now
under consideration the treaty recently nego-
tiated by Mr.. Cushing, in Bogota with the
republic Of Colombia for the protection of any
company that may undertake the construction
of ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien.
The subject is one Of immediate and permanent
interest to the commerce Of the world, and
particularly SO to that Of the United States.
With the immense empire and trade which we
are rapidly building up on the Pacific shore
and ocean we require shorter water route
from the Atlantic than that offered by Cape
Horn, and this is to be obtained only by cut
ting the isthmus. Unfortunately this bar to
the marriage Of the coasting trade between our
Atlantic and Pacific ports lies within the terri
tory Of foreign Power, and hence the neoes-
sity of a treaty which shall offer protection to
the great sums which are requisite for the con-
struction of the work and the vast commerce
which will seek its facilities when completed.
Inasmuch as fully nine-tenths of the trade
which will seek this line of water transit
between the two oceans will be the domestic
trade of the United States it behooves the
Senate to guard against the concession to
foreign Power of permanent and irredeema-
BILE tax upon our commerce for all time to
come. There is no claim SO repugnant to the
common sense of justice which pervades man.
kind as the old feudal claim Of the right
to exact pa yment for transit on the
ground of territorial sovereignty. This claim
should be and has been rejected by the great
mass of modern publicists, though 1t was un-
fortunately recognized by ourselves, In the
case of the concession by the New Granadan
government for the construction Of the
Panama Railroad. No wise jurist will advo-
cate such q claim, and no true statesman will
concede it.
This principle has been conceded In ths
recent treaty with Colombia, and permanent
tax consented to in behalf of that government
equal to an increase Of one-third Of the tolls
which the capitalists constructing the canal
may find 1t necessary to exact to reimburse
them for their outlay. In return for this gra-
tuity the government Of Colombia neither ex-
pends one dollar towards the work nor offers
it the slightest protection when constructed II
does not even give q map or survey Of any
kind Of that portion Of Its territory which the
canal is to cover. The survey is to be under
taken at our cost; we are to fight the native
savages whom the Colombian government has
not been able to subdue; our citizens are to
6nd the money to construct the canal, and our
government Is to provide troops and ships to
protect 1t while building and ever afterwards.
In view Of these facts we claim that, in COM
mon justice to ourselves, the Senate should
strike out Of the Darien Canal treaty every
clause which gives to the Colombian govern
ment any interest in the benefits Of the work
except such as may accrue to II from the
alternate sections Of land along the line Of the
canal
The New York herald., 1869-03-19
The Georgia Dimcalty In Cengress-Ne-
groes' Rights in the States.

gr0es' Rights in the States.
Mr.. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee
of the Senate, has reported bill with pre-
amble to the effect that whereas the Georgia
Legislature, in disregard of the fourteenth
amendment of the constitution, has refused to
purge itself of members (rebels) ineligible
under said amendment; and whereas majority
of said Legislature has expelled number OF
members legally qualified, upon the sole
ground that they were persons of African blood;
and whereas the local authorities Of said
State are wholly unwilling or unable to pro-
tect the lives, liberties and property Of lawful
and unofending citizens from violence, there
act of July 25, 1868, as restores Georgia to
the rights and dignities of a State be re-
pealed, and that the late military government
over Georgia be revived; that meantime the
present State government shall be considered
as provisional only; that the expulsion of the
negro members from the Legislature is null and
void and that they shall be restored; and that
it shall be the duty of the President to use
such of the land and naval forces Of the United
States as may be necessary to carry out this
act
Now, it has been supposed that with the
restoration of rebel State to Congress moth
ing further could be done with it by Congress
in reference to its local aHRairs-that Georgia,
for instance, in being restored is all right again,
like New York or New Jersey. Itnow appears,
however, that this is all mistake. The four
teenth amendment of the constitution, among
other things, provides for equal civil rights to
citizens of all colors and that certain political
disabilities shall fall upon certain classes of
men guilty Of rebellion. The amendment fur
ther provides that Congress shall have power
to enforce all these provisions by appropriate
legislation Hence this bill from the Senate
Judiciary Committee in reference to Georgia.
But is this proposed legislation appropriate
The answer rests with Congress. Nor is this
power and discretion limited to the late rebel
States; for, as the constitution applies to all
the States and Territories, &C., the law may
be applied to New York or New Jersey, as
well as to Georgia or Louisiana, for disregard
of amendment fourteen.
For example, the Senate Judiciary Committee
report bill declaring that under said amend
ment the expulsion Of the negro members from
the Georgia Legislature is null and void and that
those expelled blacks must be restored to their
seats. Let this bill become law for Georgia
and we shall have rule established for New
York and all the other States-the rule oi
equal rights to hold Office to citizens regardless
Of color. This is the Georgia question now
before the Senate.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

DRAD.--The captain Of the James Foster,
Jr., we cannot but believe, has paid the heavy
penalty ofhs life for his own dereliction Of duty
He has died of the fever he caught from the
assengers-that dreadful 'ship fever" that is
never found on well managed vessels where
the emigrants are treated with fair humanity
and where there are proper hygienic regula-
tions, and that infallibly Is found on ships
where there is default Of these. and where
privation and barbarity combine TO make the
passage of the emigrant to our shores the
most dreadful ordeal that human creatures 20
th~nu0h~
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

The DANGER OF THE STREETS. one even
ing three persons were run over and killed by
the street cars in this city and in Brooklyn.
Two were killed by horse cars and one by a
dummy. So that steam in the streets is clearly
not worse than horses. In Brooklyn the car
ran over boy, cut him in two and went on
The body was found some time after, and the
number of the car is not known. Some pas
senger must remember that peculiar jolt and
the scream of that boy.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

woMRx's RIeHTs IN A PRACTICAL Form
In giving them share of the spoils. General
Grant has already appointed two or three post
mistresses A Miss Elizabeth Van Lew, 'sfor
important services rendered the Union army
during the rebellion, is handsomely rewarded
with the snug berth Of the Post Office Of Rich
mond, Va. This is an important recog-
nitiou Of womens services and womens rights
from the new administration. The ballot for
the women is myth; but good fat Office Is
substantial bread and butter, and silk dresses
and rings and bracelets, and, perad venture, a
good husband. In the matter Of suffrage the
niggers (males above the age of twenty -one)
are ahead Of the women; but In the matter oi
the federal spoils the women have those cash
paying rights which the niggers so far have
vainly aspired to reach. The revolutionary
junta Of women and the Sorosis of this city,
in behalf OF women's rights, ought TO be salts
fed to Eight II out on this line" upon the co.
tablished maxim that q fat ONCE is better thar
lean ballot
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

THE GREAT QUESTIONS AMONG Our New
York SPorLsMEN.-Who is to be our Col
lector2 Who is ahead? What does General
Grant say? What does Boutwell, thnk2 Is
Greeley for Dana and Dana for Greeley, or is
each fooling the other2 Has Walbridge any
chsnce3 What wire is Fenton pullngp Has
he made up slate with Conklng or without
him2 Is Morgan Of any account, or how
And where is Thurlow Weed?
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

A MODERN LADY MAoBETH.-We' find in the
Easton (Pa.) Argus-a reliable paper--a re-
port of an interview which the editor, in COM
pany with the spiritual adviser Of the con-
demned Twitchell, had with the latter in his
cell in Moyamcnsing Prison. II is q remark
able statement, and, bearing as It does upon
its face the impress Of truth, it would not be
strange II Il had some effect upon the final
catastrophe. The remark Of Mrs. Twitchell
to the clergyman-'By the way, when you see
George Cher condemned husband please ask
him where he would like to be buried after he
is hanged'-is without parallel for nonctolance
In the speeches Of Shakspeares most sanguin-
arY heroines.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19
T RI PIE S HE E T
New York, Friday, March 10, 1869.
MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

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The DAILY HERALD will be sent to subscribers
1or one dollar q month.
The postage being only thirty-fve cents o
quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement
can receive the HERALD at the same price it is
furnished in the city.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19
How tho Laws Are Made.

Butler is the most useful man In Congress.
He rips up queer topics every now and then,
and his utter indifference as to whether there
is row or not prevents his holding his tongue
for fear of the consequences. He ehasjust let the
light in on little known phase Of legislation.
It would appear that when bill has gone
through the hands Of Senate and House 1t is q
rather defaced document, with interlneations,
and blots and what not. In this somewhat
illegible condition it goes to an engrossing
clerk, who copies it out to the best Of his
ability, ''making sense" as he can, poor fellow!
Some clauses it would appear he may possibly
drop, and there seems certain likelihood that
II it were to the interest of the whiskey ring
about hundred thousand dollars-that he
should not see certain clause, he might be
blind as to that clause-yea, though it were
underlined to make 1t conspicuous. OF course
the senses are fallible. BY this process II ap-
pears that there has been dropped somewhere
clause that modifcs certain law 30 as TO
rob the government Of one million and half
dollars and give II to the whiskcy men. II Is
startling fact that when Butler opened this
subject not mentioned before in public, the
chairman Of the Ways and Means Committee
seemed to be in possession Of all the points Of
argument against him. He knew all about IL.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

A REVOLT IN SING SING STATE Prison.
We publish full accounts Of revolt yesterday
in Sing Sing State Prison. 1t appears that
certain prisoners concocted q plan to escape
and executed it at the expense Of the life Of q
faithful officer. Several of the escaped con-
victs were rearrested and are now properly
cared for. How did this revolt occur? By
what laxity Of discipline were these prisoners
permitted to escape? These are questions
which must be answered by tho State Prison
Inspectors themselves, and the Legislature
should bring them personally to account The
names of the Inspectors are David B. Mcneil,
Solomon Scheu and John Hammond.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

The IRISH CHURCH DIsEsrABLIsHMRNT
BnL.-By cable telegram from London, dated
March Is, we learn that the Irish Church Dis
establishment bill came up yesterday in Par
lament on its second reading. Mr.. Disraeli
delivered speech, taking, Of course, the
opposition view. He was HIlowed by the
member from Galway (Mr. Gregory, who
taxed Disraeli with inconsistency. It seems
to have been. q smart debate; but no final
vote was reached.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

EXPENSIVE Recommendations Sher
man wants to get the officers out Of Washing
ton, which is admirable but when 1t is found
that few days longer stay Of one is neces-
sary to dispose of government property TO the
value Of two hundred thousand dollars he
says that the officer must go and the property
"burn." But is not this a kind Of reform
worse than no reformp What do we want Of
reform in the army but for economy, and
what kind Of economy is II to spend two hun
dred thousand dollars TO get an officer out Of
Washington Go ahead, General keep your
earnestness fresh against abuses; but IL you
cannot enforce your will more cheaply than
this, and with judcious reserves, you are not
the strong man we thou0ht YOU
The New York herald., 1869-03-19
South American Diplomacy,

There is considerable excitement in South
America over the Paraguayan question. Brazil
has seized upon Asuncion, has sacked it and
now holds it probably as base Of operations
for future warlike work in the direction of the
interior of Paraguay. Lopez, with q small
army, is still defiant. 1t appears, however,
that there is trouble brewing between the
allies themselves, and that the Brazilian Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs has been sent to Buenos
Ayres with view of arranging peace. In
the meantime Chile is anxious over this ques-
ton and has appealed through the press
to Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador to assist in
putting an end to q war which threatens to
overthrow one Of the American republics.
What the empire will do now, that it has the
river line Of western Paraguay, is very uncer-
tain. Dom Pedro desires to prosecute the war
until its objects are accomplished; but the en-
pire is sadly exhausted by the struggle, and
the threatened complications on the Plata with
the Argentine Republic bode no good to the
imperial desire to control the great valley to
the southwest Of them.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

THE DIFFERENCE city paper criticises
the wearers Of the green on their taste, say
ing 1.-THE highest notion Of decoration that
our Irish fellow citizens have attained TO thus
far would seem to be green velvet shoulder
belt, with gold fringe, over black broadcloth
coat, both coat and shoulder belt considerably
the worse for wear" Just so. But when
afty thousand men at length find themselves
at home In city where they can geA broad
cloth coats and wear green belts whaA IL more
natural than that they should indulge long
represscd fancy for such attire, and even deem
1t the most beautiful ever seen. 'Sure, q
gintleman Is known by his cloth !"
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

The LITTLE AFFAIR IN New BRUNSWICK.
Our dispatches from New Brunswick, British
territory, inform us that motion made in the
Legislature Of that province in favor Of annex
alton 10 the United States was denounced a.
treason. Don't be In hurry. Wait little
whiiu.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

Poor MANS PLAsTRR-Schenck's strength
ening bill.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

No SOP FOR CoNNRoTIoUr until after the
April election.
The New York herald., 1869-03-19

York each s., 600 salary and several others. The
Assembly then adjourned.
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A Chicago woman now wants divorce
because her husband is ''night editor"
Iowa has successful colony of 1900
Communists, who own 10000 acres of land.
Pneumatic tubes are to connect the New
York post-oflice with the newspaper offices.
The Bible is read in the public schools of
Washington daily, by Protestant and Cath
olic teachers.
The Syracuse papers have lived for sever
al weeks upon the stone man, and the Jour-
nal runs special Giant Department.
The Vermont Legislature has passed a
bill holding liquor dealers responsible for
the damage to person or property done by
those obtaining liquor of them.
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AN OLD MAIDS DEATH.

THE LAST OF 'LocuY OsTRoN" A
STRANGE HIsToRY-$25,O 900 LEFT BEHIND
AND 40 VILLA PROSPECTIVE FIGHT FOR
THE MoSEY.-Poughkeeps Nov. 90
.Lochy Ostrom is Dead" was whispered
abont the Court House in Poughkeepsie,
this morning. Who is "Lochy Ostrom ?"
inquired Supervisor. Thereby hangs "a
tale. Rechel Ostrom, or ''Lochy," as she
was familiarly called, was born in this city
in 1892. When che reached her majority
she became acquainted with a young Pough.
keepsie lawyer named Galley, aud an ar
dent affection grew up between them unit
finally her suitor applied TO her parents for
the hand, Of their daughter in marriage -
1t was refused peremptoriiy, though Mr..
Galley was in all respects an honorable
man. This, of course, sadly disappointed
the lovers, and they parted.
Some time afterwards Hendrick Ostrom,
brother of "Lochy." who was considered
a miser, died, it is said partly Of starvation.
leaving considerable sum OF money. He
this city. Some Of his money. $1,000, was
Inherited by ''Lochy." After his death the
property which '.Lochy" and Hendrix had
mutually enjoyed was sold, and "Luchy
then began 10 hew her own way through
the world. She went out at days work ;
was industrious and economical 10 the letter
in fact, like the brother she was miserly.
The young and beautiful girl had grown
to be homely and morose woman, on
whose face the marks of time, disapoint-
ment, and soured life had left their mark
Fifteen years ago the young lawyer. then
also grown old and grey, reappsared, and
then again offered his hand to "Lochy" in
| marriage.
But she was changed woman. Her
heart had become hardened to her lot in
life, and the proffered hand was rejected. -
Since then she had subsisted on friends
about the city, scarcely ever eating din
ner in her own house She has been known
to say that mutton chop would last her
two weeks, and one who knows her says
She would subsist on ten dollars year.
BY continually eating at others tables, she
managed 20 save every cent she earned
She purchased no clothing for number O
years, aad for the last fifteen or twenty
years of her life was not inside of church
1t WAS known that she had accumulated
considerable property, but when asked
whether she wished to do any writing, re
piled that she did not, and died withou
making will. She leaves $25, 900 in th,
hands of j. II. Pullman, Esq. This pro
perty will 60 to the State.
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and refined oil, the BULLETIN says that after
diligent inquiry it finds that crude for i'm
mediate delivery is exceeding scarce, and
that the demand on Oil Creek is from the
legitimate trade. 1t says that the reports
Of daily production and stock at the wells,
published in the Titusville HERALD, are as
serted to be gross exaggerations, and that
purchasers on Oil creek estimate the produc
ton at not over 10, 900 barrels, and the act
ual stock at from so, 600 TO 100000 barrels
Jess than Tie HERALD reports. The stock
in New York is very light, and exporters
are buying very little, assigning as reason
that Europe has plenty of petroleum and
will not respond to the advance in American
markets.