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New-York tribune., 1869-05-05
SEG1R CULTURE.

In the year 1867 our import of foreign sugar,
retained for consumption, amounted TO eight
hundred and thirty-siX millions of pounds.
Our domestic product of cane and maple sugar,
in lSG0 was three hundred and forty-one mil
lions of pounds, of which we exported six and
a half millions of pounds There being no ne
cessity for or advantage in. greater accuracy,
we may put our annual consumption now at
eleven hundred millions of pounds. England,
in 1861 imported and retained for consumption
eleven hundred millions of pounds, and France.
with q population about equal to ours, pro-
duced of beet-root sugar, in 1865 five hundred
and seventy-f five millions of pounds, of which
she exported to England one hundred and six
millions. The import Of foreign sugar into
France for that year we have not, but it mat
tcrs not. The estimates of French statisticians
based upon the past growth of this product,
fixes thousand millions rs the probable pro-
duct of the year 1877. Supposing that the con-
sumption will grow with the supply, France
will, in seven or eight years, grow all her own
sugar, and very closely equal the consumption
of Great Britain or the United States--that is,
these three countries will be each consuming n
thousand to eleven hundred millions England
importing the whole of hers, we the two-thirds
of ours, and France completely supplying her
self The cost to Great Britain in the coun-
tries of production is about fifty millions of
dollars; to us, thirty-fve millions for the
quantity imported; to France, in the near
prospect, nothing, with another great adyan-
tage that her supply and its price will not be
affected by the political disturbances occurring
in the semi-tropcal countries, which are the
chief producers of the sugar of commerce.
1t is nearly sixty years since the manufac-
ture of beet-root sugar was first attempted in
France. Thirty three years ago it amounted
to eighty-f millions of pounds; in the next
twenty years it grew 1870 per cent, or at the
rate of 81 per cent per annum and between
1856 and 1865 its product increased 200 per
cent, on 12 per cent per annum; and it is quite
capable of maintaining this rate of increase for
ten, twenty, or thirty years to come.
The English are taking measures to establish
this manufacture. They are feeling the inun-
dation of French and Belgium sugars. But it
is not clear that their soil is well adapted, and
the enterprise is liable to another drawback
with them. The molasses and impure juices
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

The Washington women keep at it, In two
or three Wards they had already been told
that the Registers could not put names of
women on the lists Of voters, because of an
official oath to obey the law; but, following
man, professor" Wilcox to wit, they tried it,
on yesterday, once more. We know of no rea-
son, save the grammatical one of gender, which
forbids the description of this performance as
a puerlity. Agitation in favor of such an
amendment of the law as would sanction
Woman Suffrage is at least rational perform
ance But, if women wish to convince the
world of the advantages that would flow from
admitting them to a formal share in its gov
ernment, they should not begin by asking men
who have taken oaths to break them-begging
officers Of the law to defy the law.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05
OLD RIRGINIA.

The country waits, with interest, but without
apprehension or disquiet, the action OF the
President under the latest of the acts OF Con-
gress contemplating Reconstruction. The day
of election may be sooner or later, as shall
seem most convenient and desirable; but tile
expectation is universal that the President will
so submit the peRding Constitution that the
legal voters may ratify more or LEES of it as a
majority of them shall see fit. And there
is little room for doubt that, while
the Constitution as framework OF State
Government will be adopted and a Legislature
chosen under it that will ratify the XVIII
Amendment, the Article which prescribes
a pretty sweeping disfranchisement for con-
spicuous Rebels will he rejected by the votes
of thousands who will at the same time vote
TO ratify the body of the instrument. We do
confidently hope to see Virginia represented
next Winter in both Houses of Congress, the
disabilities imposed on portion of her people
for rebellion in good part removed, and the
residue on the eve of removal.
Nothing is easier than to assert that to re-
move disabilities is to confess that they were
unjustly or unwisely imposed yet nothing is
moro absurd. The controlling consideration
in the premises concerns the temper of the
people. So long as very large and influential
portion of that people were in spirit and feel
ing still Rebels, and disposed 10 use whatever
power they might have to thwart, impede, and
counteract every effort of the Government to
effect loyal restoration it was necessary TO
deal with them according to the facts. re-
constructed Virginia intent on remandng the
Blacks as nearly into Slavery as was still pos
sible, and sending Members to Congress to in
sst that the restoration Of the Union was
triumph Of brute force over constitutional
right, would have been n fountain of discOrd,
a source of National weakness. TO trample on
the rights Of the unoffending Blacks was to
evnce a readiness to trample likewise on the flag
and defy the authority of the Union, provided
this could have been done with impunity. Bnt
what was once Rebel and now calls itself Con-
servatve Virginia now approaches Gen. Grant
not with servility or insincere professions Of
penitence, but TO echo his own watchwords,
"Let us have peacel" We rejoice to learn
that they are met with frank cordiality. Let
the spirit thus evinced be cherished and per-
petuated-until It shall no more be rec0llected
that Virginia was the focus the sword-arm of
the late Rebellion, and freshly remembered
that she was the mother of Washington, of
Patrick Henry and Jefferson, the loved home
Of Madison and John Marshall, the scene of
Cornwallis's and more recent surrender, and
the birthplace of Henry Clay.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05
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Evening at g." Paris" Miss Elise Holt
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05
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New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

Can the members of the Senate Committee
on Municipal Affairs make any satisfactory
explanation for their neglect to report the Gas
bill? We have heard the stories of large cor
ruption funds, raised by the prosperous Gas
Companies, to secure themselves from any
legislation that can protect their customers.
Do the Committeeman wish the public to
regard that as the explanation for the delay !
We are 10th to accept SO discreditable theory;
but we beg these gentlemen to remember that
the aggrieved and swindled people of this city
will receive no ordinary excuse for hesitation
that imperils a promising measure of relief.
Let us have an honest endeavOr to crowd the
Gas bill through
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

If the Cab bill, which has at last worked its
way through both houses Of our Legislature,
should prove to be an actual means OF pro-
curing n cheap cab service, we shall have re-
newed faith in the sanguine theory that, after
all, New-York City is not (when the time for
the rest of the world comes) to be excluded
from the benefits of the millennium. If laws
were of any account, our present actual hack
charges would be reduced about two-thirds.
Remembering this, we are not oyer-hopetui
concerning the new law. And yet fortune Is
manifestly in store for any set of men who
honestly go to work to provide at convenient
points throughout the city cabs that shall carry
single passengers for fifty cents They are
able TO do as much with two-horse carriages IN
Boston-surely it would be hard to avoid making
money with one-horse two-wheeled cabs at the
same price here.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05
woMAN,s RIGHTS AND DUTIES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: In reply to an editorial article OF April
23d commenting the application OF certain women 70
be registered lin washngton permit me to ask
n few questions. DO all male voters perform "sn the
duties of citizenship" labor upon the highways attend
annual musters, ana serve In the jury-Dohi Docs he
Editor OF THE TRIBUNE 20 out for duty on the nigh
way" personality does he, like myself and mousnd
OF other tcone pay his roddtdr in money! bhyshoud
mot woman serve in the juryboxi 1t is urged that no
modest woman would ike to listen 70 the dsgustngde
tails OF crime often presented there True; but ddh
ever occur you that those peculiarly disgusting crimes
against morality might be OF less frequent occurrence
were it known that yirtuous women we're 20 pass an
effective Judgment upon crimes against her own SIt
As TO the grand point the very Gibraltar OF obeetoTs
the impOssbility OF women serving IN the army a4d
navy. Although has been done successfully from he
time OF semramis. Zcnobia Catherine, and Elizabeth
army and navy are supplied ana recruited at the risk %
womans life and years OF her care ana tanilg Tor eaSa
there. Would II not be quite as logical TO deny ne
right OF franchise 10 the male cirn because lie does
not bear the future soldier as TO refuse u 70 woman on
the soldiers duties after bearing and training him
Are all males disfrauchsed who are incapable OF
performing "all the duties OF ctizenshipi In
the Of justice. why am l., q 0d0Ttd
mother, taIed-hraVlly taxed-tO punish Worlneas,
ahlebodied male voters for crimes committed under tne
Influence OF yotr license laws while am forbidden 10
utter an SgSf protest ssaas ISss % the E Snf5 ~
and the title Of cizenshp yet obliged to bear lts most
onerOus burdensi by publishing aud dnsUsring the
above, you will confer great favor upon
A CONSTANT READER AND WOMAN.
TtrlkhdRnoeE, Wyoming Co., Pa. Aprtl "a, 1869.
I'VE print the above, as requested, but prefer
to answer generally that the respective duties OF
Man and Woman haye hitherto been assigned
them by the tacit but earnest concurrence of the
two sexes in the belief that it was best for both
that Woman should rule and manage within
the sphere of her own household, and Man in
the wider but not higher sphere indicated by
the trte but expressive phrase "all out-doors.'
We consider this judicious and mutually adj
vantageOus auangement-wo believe great
majority of both Men and Women think so;
if they do not now or the time shall ever
come when thoy do not, then there will newt
ably be a change. Until then, we do not be-
lieve there will or ought to be such change
Ed Tibl
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

We doubt very much the reports of q Cuban
Congress, held at the Eastern end of the Island,
declaring in favor of annexation to the United
States. The ultimate tendency of Cuba is plain
enough. But Cespedes-who, whatever post
may recently have been assigned the Mexican
Quesada, is the real head of the insurrectiOn-
knows we'll enough that before the question of
annexation comes the question of indepen-
dence The Junta in this city, composed of
wealthy and enthusiastic Cubans, is well un-
derstood to cherish the same view. 1t is active
and successful; and although its efforts at Sc
crecy are generally sufficient, enough is wills
pered about to warrant the statement that the
absence of news by no means indicates the
cessation of active and efficient assistance to
the struggling patriots.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

We do not see how anybody can disbeheye
in Special Providence Here, for example,
just as Mr. johnson has retired to private life,
there has been discovered near Nashville one
of the most curious and commodious caverns
in the country. at is deep and extensive"
says the telegram. It is evident to us that
this great cave has been hidden from the eyes
of mankind. and expressly reserved for the
use benefit, and behoof of Mr.. johnson, that
he may retire to it, "the world forgetting, by
"the world forgot" for the purpose of reflec-
tion, repentance, Standardization both OF the
flesh and the spirit, and all other occupations
in which it is proper for frst-cass hermit to
engage. We confidently expect soon to hear
that he has moved in. and established himself
as an anchorite, with a couch of straw and a
diet of roots and water
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

of the beet-root are good for nothing except
for the manufacture of alcohol. The whole
net profit in France is derived from this pro.
duct; but in England alcohol is so heavily
taxed that this manufacture would yield
nothing For many reasons, it is not at all
likely that the English will succeed in the
attempt to any encouraging extent
We need not argue the feasibility of tho
beet-root sugar culture in this country. We
certainly have the soil and climate somewhere,
and the capital and enterprise ready for the
undertaking. It is sufficiently well understood
to be started in Illinois, Indiana and Califor-
mia, for instances and bids fair to succeed in
these States, and thence to spread to whatever
regions shall be found adapted. We need not
depend upon the annexation of Cuba TO
naturalize the domestic supply, nor upon the
cane or the maple, in or out of the Union as
sole resources If France has become self
supplying, and able, after the next half-dOzen
wears, to raise as much as Great Britain or the
United States consume, it will not be long
before the beet-root, helping our cane and
maple product, will make us self-supplyine
and independent. The three sources thus
united, with such differences of cendi-
tions as may obtain among them. will
also be a good defense against the
unfriendliness of the seasons, the beet-reot
being in fact the best security against fail
ure of crops. Our maple sugar is not capable
of any considerable extension, nor 10 the cane,
In the decade 1S5o-1SG0 they increased only IS
per cent, and left us to buy S35,0OO,eOO worth
abroad every year. Ten years of well ad-
dressed efforts could probably be made to cover
our whole demand, keep pace with its growth
afterward, and yield beside larger and
steader revenue than our wheat in foreign
markets. One thing certainly is demonstrated
by the experience of France and Belgium-it
can be sold in the worlds markets in the flce
of all other sugars wherever produced; and
another thing, of no less importance-the pro-
digious rapidity of growth in product of which
it is capable. Moreover, both as nutriment and
luxury, its abundance and superabundance is
to be hailed as one of the best blessings which
the earth has been made to yield under modern
agriculture.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

Some one lately described Mr.. James Fisk,
jr., as the most litigious Yankee known since
the discovery of America. Possibly there may
be some one to dispute his claim but our
court reports to-day certainly show that he is
doing his best to live up to his reputation.
He has brought sundry suits against the
financial editor of The New- York Times for
libel. His Receiver for the Union Pacific Rail
way-er for what there is left of it within
reach Of the clutches of New-York Courts
brings suits against sundry banks to prevent
any payments on accounts ostensibly private,
but alleged'to be made up of Pacific Railway
funds. And he himself seeks to upset
the recent attempt to carry the war into
Africa, with suits against the Erie Com
pany for dividends, by introducing afidavits
to show that this is merely an effort of the
Pacific people to revenge themselves Mr.. Fisk
once paid his respects to us through the medium
Of deputy sheriff; but we bear him no malice
for so harmless a procedure, aud very cordially
tender him ouI concentrations and encourage
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05
PAUPERISM IN ENGLAND.

A subject of great social Importance has
been characteristically taken up and disposed
of by the British House of Peers. Lord
HoughtOn, fresh from his encounter with Mr..
Dickens at Liverpool, and perhaps anxious to
vindicate in his own person the sighted repu-
tatiOn of the legislative body of which he is
one of the few active members, called atten-
ton, fortnight ago, to the omnous increase
of pauperism in England and suggested new
form of an old remedy, with the apparent pur-
pose of showing that propositions involving
a little humanity and little craftsmanship
may at least be originated in the Upper
Chamber, even though they can be
carried to no practical fulfllment. The
result was not very encouraging. Lord
Houghton laid down his cause of complaint.
which was strong, and proposed his plan of
treatment, which was weak. Lord Granville,
the Colonial Secretary. admitted tho evil, but
denied the possibility of putting an end to it
by the means suggested. Another noble lord
doubted its existence altogether fourth was
conscious of its enormity but was prepared to
prove it incurable by any process and fifth
went so far as to question the right of the
Government to take any step at all in the
matter. Lord Houghton closed the debate by
cautiously agreeing with everybody to begin
with, and then Teaflirming his original propo-
sition, after which the subject dropped Until
the House of Commons shall see fit to bring ii
up again, we shall hear of it no more.
The question is certainly difficult one to
deal with effectively, even by body less dis
posed to shirk decisive action. The pauper
population of Great Britain is increasing at the
rate of five per cent year, and the total num-
Der is now at least million. With the great
bulk of these Lord Houghton's scheme did not
concern itself, but only with some 10000 adults
who constitute class known as the "able-bOdied
"poor.p although the term is in no strict sense
justified by their condition. The best That can
be said of them is that they are not wholly
helpless and incapable. and might. under ex-
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05
POLITICAL.
Ed. Tib.l

A dispatch from Richmond (Va.). May L. says
that Gov Wells is out letter saying that he has never
been satisfied that the disfanehsement clause "ouu
accomplish the object for which it was framed ana Il o
majority Of the people against it, al ought to a''en
TO the decision lie adds: 81 believe that whichever sec
tions Of the Constitution the President prefers 70
stricken ont he will submit separately ana the
ties are that the weight OF his Will be sucn hat no
provisions 80 submitted separateyiwili be defeated
The hammond Gdsette nomnates the following
ticket for state officers n Mississippi at tho forthcoming
election: For Governor Charles C. shackeori OF 'ui
son for Lieutenant.G Judge Fields OF Lo"nU.
for Secretary Of state ]. l. woford OF Ishonso' 'O
Treasurer JOS McCloy of Kinds for Auditor T. 9N"nA
OF Hnds for Attorney General Judge Jsords ol Au""
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

We have freely expressed our disapproval of
the plan for recognizing the Tax Comms-
siOners' Office under the auspices of Tammany
Hall. 1t only remains to invite attention to
the vote by which this measure has passed
beyond the control of a Republican Legisla-
ture and gone to q gladly approving Demo
cratic Governor. We print the names else
where and trust that each may bear its due
share of the responsibility. 1t is reported that
the Controller will reorganize the Commission
under this law by the appointment of Senator
Creamer and George II. Purser, Democrats,
and of Chauncey NJ. Depew and George A.
Andrews, Republicans.