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New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

sumption Of indestructlble personal life vii,
its resulting applications and conclusions :.
life is property of mind, the fact, of copr,.
must have dated from creation. The presxist'
ence of the soul was accepted by Plato and ~.
ancients through intuition and poeticai instinct
and the theory has more or less Influenced an
modern thought ; but who has ever dstincn.
apprehended and defined life to be an inhoron,
and indestructble property of mind, as inser'
arabic from it as any property of matter ia IN
separable from its substance, carrying out A..
hypothesis in various directions with nlo,r
cOnsistency2 If any philosopher has attemn,oS
this, we haye yet to learn his name. And wLa
has announced to us that each mind like
unit of matter, is an extended, indivsible atom
cooperating with other extended atoms. IN H.
organism or elsewhere, on the principle of eou,I
action and reaction9
We turn to some of the most obyiOus dod,o
tions from this philosophy. It demonstrat,.
the fact of Immortality. The mental unit viii.
all its innate properties, is necessarily as ipde
structble as is the material unit Personal ne.
is continuous existence. Birth in this world !.
only a nascent personal life alyng ifself 70
matter; and its existence in this stage of Leino
is but the controlling its adapted organism fa,
its own sentient development When il l,,,
down its body it is in a higher condition foy
building up another, or for acting With any ca.
ordinated forces, material or mental; hut Il
must continue to be alive under whatever con.
ditiOns it finds itself. Again, with the theory
of personal constitutional life there is no trans.
forming of physical force into any Kind Of
mental experience. Impressions made uron
"the organs of sense give rise to seusations:-
but if Professor YOumans finds any warrapr
for regarding the effects as transformation,
" of the forces in action" then Professor You.
mans and Mrs Blackwell do not agree on that
point. Moral agency, also, is maintained nyio.
late, for physical and moral actions arc not made
mutually convertible nor do they properly sus.
tain to each other the relation Of cause and effect,
On this hypothesis, plant, fish, or a monkey.
can neither of them be developed into each
other nor into a man, Since each mind mns
retain its own special properties, and is capa.
BILE of development only after its own Sleuta
order. There is no room, therefore, for. Mr.
Darwin's gradual accumulation OF sDnticnl
characteristics. Personality is an unchnneing
fact pertaining to every sentient constitution,
and there can be no merging of personal iden-
tites-nO room for Emerson's infinite Over
"souln absorbing all finite intelligences within
itself. The Absolute Life must be as personal
and as indivisible as any created life, aid thus
all shades of Pantheism are logically dis
proved.
We do not attempt to decide upon the truth
or falsehOod of this theory of constitutional
life Mrs. Blackwell appeals solely to facis-to
the existing universe itself-and according to
the evidence which it furnishes her philosophy
must be either established or refuted.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09
SECRET HISTORY.

Queen Isabella, during the early part of our
late war, was tempted to recognize the nation
ality of the South, but was prevented by fear
that if once established the South would take
pains to annex Cuba We were assured by
one highly connected with the Bourbon ad-
ministration of Spain that this was the over
ruling fear of the Queen in her final resolve
not to enter into open hostility TO the United
States. She lived, we have heard, to regret
what she esteemed her error Isabella was a
woman of more shrewdness as politician
than either her face or her fame would sug-
gest and Notwithstanding her spiteful regret
that she did not recognize the COnfederacy,
and make Cuba base of supplies equally
for Macmillan and Jefferson Davis, there
are probably some Of her countrymcn who
think she did well by forbearing.
Another version of the story of contemplated
war upon the North by Spain has come to us
from not undistinguished source in Madrid.
II is told us that Isabella, under teaching Of
the French interest ut that Capital, was about
to order her fleet in Cuba to open fire upon
any of our vessels which took prizes within
six miles of her boundaries. This order would
have been an oyerstrained effort at war, con-
design Of the Emperor of the French to create
a diversion in favor of his Mexican expert
ment, and Isabella was to reap the benefits of
alliance. If wchre rightly informed, our friends
in the Spanish Capital were keenly active, and
the msstep of the Queen was prevented
Those who were mainly instrumental IN effect
ing this result were persons i'll familiar rela-
tions with Isabella, and eminent in the
current history of Spain. Their action
was as prompt, we are told, as the
danger to ourselves was imminent; and we
presume this assurance is given us, not in order
to arouse prejudice in their favor with view
to such conspicuous relations as they may
assume in the future toward ourselves, but from
a sense of justice to those to whom we owe at
least an acknowledgment for having acted
honorably and sagaciously. Though every
policy of wrong doing is necessarily fatal, and
especially so in tho case of subsidiary nation,
we cannot be blind to the formidable character
Of the policy conceived by Napoleon and urged
upon Isabella. We know of no other so likely
to have secured the object aimed at-the sue
cess of the South and of the Mexican Empire.
Both Spain and France would have lost inevi-
tably in the end-the one Cuba and the other
MexicO-but in the meanwhile the hour hand
in the clock of American civilization would
have been put back. We have reason, then, to
rejoice that the scheme Of France to make use
Of Spain, to her own eventual mishap, and to
destroy the power of the North, was frustrated.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

The painful news comes to us from Jackson,
Mississippi that the Commander of the Fourth
Military District has been murdered by no.
toriOus Secessionist, with whom he be-
came involved in a personal difficulty
not connected in any way with poll
tics, in the course of his official
action. We are glad to observe that there is
no expression of sympathy with Col. Yerger,
whose arrest and confinement have promptly
followed the murderOus act. In Georgia the
civil authorities, backed by the military lately
ordered to their support, have begun
making arrests for connection with the recent
murders. We heartily welcome this indication
that the military in Georgia have found the
safest path to permanent and peaceful Recon-
struction. 1t lies through the rigid enforce
ment of law.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

With such further returns of the French
elections as are given us by the Cable, the
number of circumscriptiOns in which positive
results are known amount altogether to 279,
out of total of 292. The elections as thus
far ascertained range themselves as follows:
Official candidates, 1893; Third party, 80; Oppo-
sitiOn, Az; Unknown, 10. In the 50 circum-
scriptiOns wherein second ballot was neces-
sary, % official candidates have been chosen,
% others belonging to the opposition, and two
who are independent or unofficial. Some
districts remain to be decided. The gen.
eral result to this date runs by
score of figures contrary to the calculations of
the radical press of Paris. 1t was estimated
that the official strength in the next Cham
Der of Deputies would stand III to 113 of the
independent or opposition side of the house.
Now the result, saving 10 unaccounted districts,
stands; SO independents to 1913 imperialists.
Up to present hearing the opposition pure and
simple have gained at least 25 members. More
than seven million votes were cast in the cleo
tions, of which number 4,O53,O50 were given to
the Government, and 3,2488S5 to the iDdepen-
dent candidates. In both vote and verdict the
elections indicate the great gain of the liberal
principle
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

The announcement from Washington that
there will be no Deficiency bill presented to
Congress next Winter from any of the Execu-
tive Departments is almost too good to be true;
but that way lies the path of judicious
reform. If the President will enforce upon
the Departments the imperative duty of spend
ing only what they are allowed to spend, he
will work at once a proper obedience to law,
and q degree of economy that will prove
surprising to everybody in (and out of Wash
ington The Secretary of the Treasury has
reduced the number of clerks in his different
Bureaus to the exact quota allowed by law.
The other departments are preparing lists of
employees to be discharged at the end of the
fiscal year. If they can only see to it that
the clerks remain discharged and then require
honest work from those left in Office, we shall
have two good results-the public service well
performed, and the public money saved.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

in the Seamen's Hospital on Long Island, pro-
vided with only one pound of food, and was
there kept absolutely without additional means
of nourishment for two entire weeks, emerging
at the end of his fOrtnights confine-
ment in good health and not materially
weakened. Whoever shows us how to
provide the passengers and crews OF
sea-going vessels with food possessing
such remarkable nutritive qualities has shown
us how to obviate one of the principal terrors
of shipwreck; and we are therefore inclined
to consider the gentleman who took this means
of giving the most conclusive demOnstra-
ton of the value of his own discovery
has rendered the cause of humanity a
great service. Prof. Schule claims that
he has discovered a chemical compound,
healthy, and not ill-tasting, one pound of
which may always be counted upon, in case of
necessity, to sustain life abundantly for more
than two weeks. DR.. Moffat, of the Seamen's
Retreat, certifes to the justice of the claim.
We hope it may be more fully investigated.
If it be seen to be well-fOunded, the Professor
ought soon to have enough to do to supply
the demand.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

Thav NAV be glad to notice the result. That
luminous journal of second childhood, The Ma
tonal InteHigencer, shall tell them what it was.
"The elections yesterday" it dOlefully an
nounces, "have gone for the Radicals almost by
Gdefault. Fraud has therefore again carried
~the day." On this brilliant conclusion we
know of no comment half so appropriate as that
of Oliver Wendell Holmes:
Logic Is logic; that's all say"
Translated into English, The IntelHgencers
statement runs thus "The elections are over.
awe have done our best, and the Radicals
"have done their best. Result Election gone
Radical almost by default. Argal: Fraud
"has, therefore, carried the day." The good
Quaker gave as the reason for the
inability of his steady going plow-horse to
win certain race, that "the distance, thee
"sees, is too great for the time.n Therefore,
The InteHigeneer would add, the other horses
fraud has carried the day.
Washington goes Republican, because o
majority of its inhabitants are honestly in SYM
pathy with the spirit of the Nation at large.
They were so last year, and their opponents
knew it, but found the Freedmen's Bureau
a convenient scapegoat on which to load
their defeat. This year the Democrats have
no Freedmen's Bureau for q refuge, and 80
have been forced to make the most out of the
disturbances which their own partisans stirred
up at two or three of the voting places. Even
these, we are glad to see, were not nearly so
bad as they were represented.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

publicans than Democrats migrate to West
Virginia Just look at the vote:
1854 Lincoln, Rep.33,l67 1860 Boreman. Rep. 1880
Mcclellan, DeB.1o,4Ss Smith, De'n....l7,l6s
1865 Stevenson, Rep. 26935 1864 Repub Maj .12,714
Camden, Dem. ,2lS 1850 Repub Maj. 80 e,6A
1S6S. .Repub MAJ. AIT
How much longer do you think that iceberg
under July sun will be safely habitablef
We have urged no consideration which rises
above the low level of party policy. because
the letter to which we replied last November
and The WhiG's article challenge our position
upon that ground. But we believe in the
Higher Law" and that this also testi6es in
behalf of Universal Amnesty and Impartial Suf-
fIape.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

Mr.. Williams, Attorney for lndianS
has given an opinion that the specific ApprO-
priation Bill, which passed the House oil hsp.
resentatives after the resignation of tor'y-'Ny
Democratic members of that lody, was paSssu
in accordance with the requirements oi wv
Indiana Constitution, ard is valid act :.
other words, the Attorney-Gencral hods, =
The TRIBUNE has held, that the memOo''
remaining after the secession OF the ~ Deino
Gratis constituted the House: and that WV
thirds of that House constituted a quorum iOl
the transaction of business. Or course ,.~ ~,
opinion afllms with equal force the V'tiiu"y
of the Ratification of the XVIII Anlehu'"'''
10y the same House.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

Respecting the question of the disestablish-
ment of the Irish Church, The London Times
now observes with meaning that in any issue
between the Lords and the Commons, the
former must allow the national will to prevail
We suppose it is because that will is bound to
prevail that The Times thus forecasts the fate
of the Lords. As usual, its opinion is good
register of what is inevitable, and precisely
shows that the time has come when, to be con-
servative at all, the Lords must yield. Trust
ing. therefore. to the barometer of The Times,
we have hope that the threatened breach be-
tween the two houses will not occur.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09
or DISCOUNTED THINKING AND THINKERS.


DR.. James Rush, who died the other day in
Philadelphia, left (as we have already noticed)
large sum for the foundation of library, at
the same time recommending to the managers
that they should not give much space on the
shelves Ito those teachers of disjointed think
"ing, the newspapers" This seems to MS to be
an unnecessary sneer, which we, who sincerely
admire the liberality of DR.. Rush, and appre-
ciate to the full his own previous large cOntri-
buttons to sound knowledge, cannot regard
without regret. We believe that the learned
gentleman was an isolated student, of fastidious
tastes, spending his life in his library and
taking but small interest in the affairs of
society. OF course, newspapers, whose busi-
ness it is to chronicle such affairs, could
have but little interest for him, and it
is possible that he may have mistaken their
vocation and underestimate their value Any
keeper of library would have told
him that the files of newspapers are among
the volumes which are most constantly con-
suited, and for very good reason. They are
history in the rough. They may not be always
accurate, even with the best intentions; but, on
the other hand, they correct one another and
balance each others prejudces. 1t is safe to
say that without the aid of newspapers the
history of the French Revolution, and OF our
own Rebellion, could not have been written.
In addition to the facts which they preserve,
they are also invaluable as indicating the
various currents OF public opinion, and the rela-
tiOns of cotempOrary parties. Where, In de-
fault of such sources, the future historian is to
find materials for his work, we should be at
loss even to conjecture.
The iibe of DR.. Rush at "the disjOinted
" thinking Of the newspapers, we are quite
ready to pardon. 1t is probable, if there had
been no newspapers, that he would never have
thought of bequeathing his money to library
at all for newspapers have done much to
make great and free libraries q public want
The thinking of newspapers, we suppose, is
much like tine thinking of the world in general,
which seldom determines its course, in moments
of emergency, by the pedantic processes OF
logic; but which relies (as it can afford to do)
pretty much upon its iDtuitiOns. The cautious
conservatives who would govern by the Rule
of Three exercise, no doubt, at times,
wholesome restraining influence upon
society; but the mass of men, espe-
cally in a Republic, must expect to make
many mistakes, and must be always ready to
profit by them. The best public policy is not
invariably that which admits of the most rig
orous demonstration and it seems to us better
to contend against injustice by erroneous
methods, groping gradually toward those which
are truer and better, than to suffer wrong to
continue and control without protest, how
ever feeble. The thinking" of newspapers
even if disonted is certainly better, in periods
of public peril, than no thought at all. 1t may
be various, loose, and even contradictory; but
at any rate it is not timid and dishOnorable
acquiescence.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

The first words have come from the Quaker
ooonts and thew arc words of peace. Friend
Fnocb Hoag telegraphs the President from
KaUSa0 that the reports of Indian excesses are
Greatly exaggerated. We have believed as much
from tbe outset But we foresee that the be-
n,onant broad-brims are doomed to bitter de-
nnpciation. They may be popular with the
Indians; but the frOntiersmen will soon be
telling us they "have no use for SUCH"
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

When the National Capital was revolution
ized from its old and seemingly hopeless slough
OF Democracy, we we're told on all hands that
the Republican victory was won only because
the Freedmen's Bureau gave ont rations to
hordes OF worthless negroes for the sake of
keeping them on hand to vote The Freed
mems Bureau is now abolished. There is no
longer what our opponents were pleased to call
Free Niger Boarding House in Washington.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

The Londonderry o. S. Presbytery claims
the honor of being the first to act promptly on
the basis of Church Union adopted by tie AS
sembles lately in session in this city. Iney
gave their basis an unanimous vote OF ap-
proval and this course may doubtless DC 'ahen
as the forerunner of similar unanimous "p
prOval from almost every Presbytery III c"0n
of these two great churches.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09
RnYLNG U. s. BONDS.

The Dubuque Herald objects to Sec retap
Boutwell's purchase of bonds for the Sinking
Fund, because he buys them at less than specie
par-saylng:
eve remember that TBE NEW. YORK TRIBUNE during
the last Presidential canvass, had great deal 10
about the ylaIny of the Democratic policy Of epuda
tiOn The Democratic policy was To pay the bonds IN
greenbacks ipudted Uhe the bonds trere lSad dollar
for dollar That TepudiatOn according 10 the great
moral lights OF the Radical party The Secretary Of the
Treasury under the Radical administration OF Grant
honest 10 acknowledge himself repudiator. He there
fore whips the devil around this stump Of purchasing
bonds Purchasing bonds with ereenbacks is lot payue
them, OF and yet people less intelligent Than the
average Radical, will very little difference between
retiring bonds purchased at less than par with depc
ated currency and paying them in the same currency
II 10 Reputation to insist upon the payment o me
bonds in greenbAcks, stipulated by the Government
with the holders Of the bonds 10 cannot be other than ~
pudiation TO take advantage OF the bad credit ~ The
Government, and buy the bonds with greenbacks ThA
truth the Radicals dishonest last year Tncy
know the people demand the payment OF the bonds In
greenbaeks and they know such payments are just
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09
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New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

The German workingmen made merry with
their wives and children and made money for
their newspaper organ, yesterday, in Jones's
Woods. There was trihe too much water
sometimes for comfort, but they balanced it
with lager, and were happy
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

The interests of the Prince of Asturias in
the throne of Spain are rivaled by those of a
new candidate, the Duke of Genoa. The former
was to marry the daughter of the Duke of
Montpensier, and so reconcile two factions of
monarch-makers. But it does not yet appear
that the claims of MOntpensier are killed.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

The exposition which our correspondent in
Montreal affords us of the mind and feeling of
the Canadians, respecting independence or an
ncxatiOn, is, if not in all respects revolution,
still matter to startle British readers.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09
pRFSRyTFRJAN COUNCJIS

The full reports of the Proceedings of the
Two Assemblies in New-York, as given in THE DAILY
TRIBUNE, published in EXTRA TRIBUNE now ready
An exhaustive article the carly history Of the Church
and the causes Of separation, by DR.. GILLETTE, is
appended Price per copy Oc, u for g. Is per lOO
postage paid.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

The Hon. William Parsons. the Irish lecturer.
friend of John Bright, has been invited Dy "~ar
Hail. Horace Greeley John B. Brady, D. n Ned
Charles A. Dana, the Rev, Thomas Farrell .us IA
NJ. Glynn d. d., and others. to deliver iee'ui In.
this city. lie has consented 10 speak tn COop al
stitute on the 22d Of Junethe proceeds oil 'iD
ins to be given to the ST. Stephens Orphans nO''
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

Annexation has been again moved in the
Nova Scotia Parliament, and this time voted
out of doors by 26 to z.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

Music
Personal.
Senator Sprague speech.
WOman's Suffrage.
Religious.
Jas. VI. ScOvell In Defense
Of Anna S. Dickinson.
The German Language in
Jersey City Schools.
The West Point Examina-
tiOn.
Marriages, Deaths, and
Funerals.
Special Notices.
SIXTH PAGK.
New Music.
Literary Items.
Book Advertisements
Classified Advertisements,
SEVENTH PAGE.
Real Estate.
Amusement Advertise
ments.
Passengers Arrived.
Shipping News.
EIGHTH PAGE.
Outdoor Sports.
The English Races.
Workingmen's Festival.
The Brooklyn Dime Saw
ings Bank Robbery.
The Blonde Hair Mania.
Home News.
Alleged Malpractice by
a Midwife.
Latest Ship News.
Advertisements.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

And now Gen. Spinner has been incuning
the wrath of the dominant sex. Read his mean
insinuation about losing Treasury warrants and
losing steamers, not to mention the bad habit
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

of late rising, as regretfully told in our Wash
ington dispatch and see what measure of pun
ishment the grim old Treasurer deserves.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09
FIRST PAGE.

FIRST PAGE.
Foreign News.
The ElectlOus In France.
The Cuban Revolution.
Washington Dispatches.
Domestic Telegraph.
SECOND PAGE.
The New Dominion.
Michigan.
Mexico.
south Carolina.
Manifest Destiny.
Political.
General Jail Delivery.
Breach of Promise Case.
Adkins's Assassination.
Indian Battle.
Obituary.
Law Courts.
Money Market.
THIRD PAGE.
Commercial Matters.
Wholesale Markets.
Prices OF Country Produce,
The state OF Trade.
Financial Advertisements,
FOURTH PAGE.
The Policy Of PrOscrip-
ton.
Halls Metropolis.
Secret History.
of DiEOinted Thinking
and Thinkers.
Buying u. s. Bonds.
Another Philosophy.
Editorial Paragraphs.
Business Notices.
FIFTH PAGE.
The Drama.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09
THE TRIBUNE IN PARIS.

Messrs BOwles Brothers & Co., No 10 Rue
de a PaK, agents In Paris, 10 receive BuOserp
toHs and advertisements for The TRIBUNE.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-09

the remarkable statement that gentleman of
ihis City, in good health. WAS confined in room