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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

The new ProhibitOry Liquor Law of Massa-
chusetts differs little from its predecessor, ex-
cept that Cider is left free, though it cannot
be drank where it is sold. Pure liquors for
medical and kindred purposes are to be supplied
from Boston by State agency, with branches
at each county seat. There will be town agen-
cies, under proper restrictions, where the people
choose to have them. In short, the act seems
well considered and carefully guarded, and will
sensibly reduce the Pauperism and Crime OF
Massachusetts, if vigorously enforced. If 1t
fails, that will be the fault of its friends.
Massachusetts had Prohibtory law for
years. In 1867, Legislature was chosen which
repudiated Prohibition and returned to Lii
cense. We have now the STANDARDIZATION
reGuacted by vote of two to one.
This must be good news for Mr.. John Quincy
Adams, who is assured by it the vote of at
Leaf Ten Thousand thirsty Republicans, which,
added to the entire Democratic vote, will make
him formidable candidate. Still, we guess
that he will not be Governor yet awhile.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

them editors of the Steele and Opinion National,
but the blue wrath of His Majesty has been
wreaked out upon the nOblest victim of them all.
Henri Rochefort, ex-count, ex-editOr OF the
Lanterne, is man of great heart and great
wit. More than any in France he represents
the carnestness, the bitterness, the integrity OF
the Radical principle. He has written good
mots; he has also spoken brave words; he has
done, too some noble deeds. Not least of them
we count his defiance of the great throne
power of humbug which seems to have
fastened itself with certain fatality and
necessity upon France. Not the least
perilous of the Emperor's late acts do
we take to be his prompt, ruthless, but per-
haps luckless arrest of the French agitator.
He settles the principle that the Government
should not yield to pressure, by making greater
pressure. He enters upon liberty by boxing up
its apostles. The empire, rs usual, means
peace-with paddock. Let us see what France
thinks of the last insult put upon her-that IS,
if Frenchmen now dare say what they think
The gentleman who edits France generally
may have made mistake this time in putting
his cotemporaIies in jail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

Those who buy and sell by retail will greatly
rejoice over the recent arrest of gang of cur.
rency counterfeiters in Indiana. These ingenious
gentlemen had 100000 in twenty-five cent
notes all ready to put in circulation. We regard
a man who FORCES q Treasury Note for $1,000
or $4,000 as rather respectable rascal in his
way but we entertain a certain degree Of
contempt for the two-shilling rogues who con-
spire to cheat workingmen aud workingwomen,
the poor, and those whose pecuniary means are
small though sufficient. Besides, the knave
who manufactures large cOunterfcits is soon
found out or at least his spurious productions arc
pretty sure to be speedily detected but little.
dirty, smutty paper quarter Of dollar goes
meandering up and down until some holder
least able to bear the loss has the moral cour-
age to put it into the fire.
AS we handle one of these paper substitutes
for money, by the wear and tear of which there
must be a great annual loss imposed upon the
people, it is with small pleasure that we read
of three tuns of silver just brought TO Chicago
from Colorado. This might be coined into
dimes and half dimes and quarters, to our
infinite relef-this with the other tuns which
will follow It; and money might once more
clink and jingle in our silent pockets. If we
mean to make, like Austria. our paper money
I" permanence," there is nothing to say. We
and our grandchildren must grin and bear IT.
But with the distressing fate of Austria before
us, we should try to do better, even If we have
TO fall back upon an iron currency like the
Spartan, and as big as dinner-plates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

We miss Mr. Bamum's lynx-eycd enterprise
sadly. Here according to the newspapers) Is
a man in Ohio who is one hundred and six
years old, whose eldest child is eighty years
old and whose youngest is of six months and
still mewling in its nurses arms! The man
who becomes a father at the age of one humid
red and six years is Patriarch OF the Patrl-
archs, entitled to pension, deserves wreath
of immortals, and ought on his death-bed-lt
he should ever betake himself to that particu-
lar bed-to DO able TO anticipate the taieSt
kind of monument. There was, alas! time
when Mr.. Barnum would have had this
longevous wonder Gin our midst without
regard to expense.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

Mr.. John Brights letter about the Lords is
little the most refreshing thing which we have
met with for many day. The reader will
have noticed that it is a thoroughly Quaker
document, though it is dated after the manner
of the worlds people, "Jme 0th'-June being
of the nomenclature of the heather, and abb
horrent to the strait disciple of George Fox
There is a pleasant GOODNESS in what John
Bright says of "the childish tinkering about
Life Peerages," and his prediction that If the
Peers are not careful "they may meet with
accidents" is positively delicious. Then that
questioning of the special value of the Con-
"stitutionn is about the most extraordinary
doubt which ever came from Cabinet Minis
ter What nexti
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

A correspondent writes us in earnest depre-
cation of the Plan of Union between the rival
cold School" and "New School" Presbyterian
churches, which Che maintains) is unsuited to
the declared end in view--he insisting that
the Union should have been consummated on the
spot, and not referred to the several Presby-
teries. We decline to print his structures, lest,
in our ignorance of the technicalities of the
case, we may unwittngly do something calcu-
lated to obstruct the COnsummatiOn which all
seem to desire Though it may be fairly pro-
nOunced none of our business, we consider the
thirty years disruption of the Presbyterian body
a misfortune which might have been avoided
and should now be remedied; but we cannot
assume to prescribe terms of reunion nor
criticise those who alone have power to do so.
Believing that we thus serve the cause OF
Union. we forbear all discussion of the means.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

The Duke de Persigny has written a letter
to his friend, NJ. Emile Olivier. in which he
makes the startling announcement that there
ais no country more easy to govern than
France" But upon one condition" adds the
Duke-"that Government have all the political
"virtues." 1t must be "just and firm, esteemed
"and feared" But, substantially, the first three
adiectives of the Duke are of no consequence,
for he is evidently of the opinion that If q
Government is only feared, it must, er necessi-
tate, be also "just. firm, and esteemed" Well,
the French Empire is not by any means the
first which has been bottomed upon fear"
but we cannot find in history that "fear" has
been allayed by Justice" quoted by firm
"ness," or productive of ESTEEM" Moreover,
we doubt the compatibility of elderly" and
"fear" altogether, and Justice" is not a
quality which makes the mass of any people
afraid We think that the first Revolution
and the rule of the first Napoleon settled the
value of "fearn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29
IHpERT1ITCH.

newspaper called The Western World has
lust published O communication asking Are
Eve to have an Empire n and from the fact
that it bears Willard Fillmore's initials and
dates from his city, the anxious inquirer is
supposed to be no other than the exPresident
himself. We don't know that it makes much
difference who asks the ridiculous question.
Even if Mr.. Fillmore is the man, his voice can
now excite no other interest than the mild GU
riOsity aroused by any voice from the tomb
AS Artemus Ward said of Cicero, He is with
Gus no more. He has departed" But we
think it extremely probable that Mr.. Fillmore
is the man. What could be more natural than
for dead President-that Is, President OF
his stamp-to yearn for the good old times
when dead Caesar was a ghost of some dis
tinction, and a man who had once worn the
purple became a member Of the aristocracy as
soon as he arrived beyond the tomb2 But, as
we said before, Mr.. Fillmore's wishes and
opinions are not likely to have much weight in
deciding the question either one way or
another.
We have never been in less danger of impe-
rialism than we are now; there never was a
time in the history of our country when the
people exercised q more direct control OF the
Government or the force of public opinion was
more generally recognized by our chief execu-
tive officers. There is abundant infdelity in
public trusts, and corruption of private morals;
but these evils are always bred by long wars
and inflated currencies, and time will work
reformation. The present Administration has
already made long advance in the direction
of public economy; and economy is the parent
of many other virtues. On the other hand, we
were never so much in danger of drifting into an
mistocratic form of government as under the rule
of the Infamous slave Oligarchy of which Mr.Flll-
more was the facie instrument The liberties
of our country never were seriously threatened
except by the miscalled Democratic party,
which. unable to find vulnerable spot in the
Administration of President Grant, is now try
ing to brighten the people by the silly cry OF
imperialism" 1t is of no use: Americans
have too much common sense.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

perquisites. But shorter sessions would, Of
course. be the natural result of determine
ton on the part of Legislatures not TO under
take too much, TO restrain their domineerine
passion for meddling, to limit their indulgence
in speecl-making, and TO set some bounds 10
their habit Of oyer-enactment The Massachu.
sets Legislature, which has just adjourned.
passed four hundred and sixty-six new stat.
utes. A portion of them were private bills
but private bills are a never-ending nuisance.
the certain remedy for which will be found in
wise and comprehensive general laws. Besides
this Legislature passed one hundred and three
resolutions, mostly about private matters. At
this rate the Statute-bOok of Massachnsctt,
Will be, in few years, bigger than the ledger
of the Recording Angel-credit side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

We fear that the science of prompt intelli-
gent, and industrious legislation is one which
is yet to DO developed, and that so far from
promoting their avowed object, parliamentary
manuals are mere primers. Senate and House
are as long-winded and incOnsequentially fussy
in Ohio as in Massachusetts,. At the Repubi-
can Convention in the former State. it was
charged, among the omissions and commissions
of the late Democratic General Assembly, that
it INDUCED in an extraordinary length of
3" session in time of peace, resulting in an OK
" pense to the State, amounting, for pay of
" members alone, to moro than double that OF
4" the preceding Assembly" We see no reme-
dy for this gross waste of the public moneys
except to abolish tie per diem and put the
upon a moderate salary, with no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

Among the reasons adduced in the Supreme
Court for granting a new trial to Real, the
killer of Smedick, is one which is rather re-
markable, and which comes first in the list,
viz: "The public excitement at the first trial,
"relative to the Rogers murder and other
"crimes, rendered the trial unfair, inasmuch
"as public sentiment ruled the Court and
Jury" Pray, is there ever time. should
there ever be a time, when she public senti-
"mentr is not opposed to murderl Is it
good plea in bar to an indictment for murder
that six murders have just been committed,
and that the community is sensitive upon that
pointl There is always a public sentiment
against larceny. Was any convicted thief ever
impudent enough to plead this in arrest Of
iudgmentP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

We are pleased to learn that a newspaper
gentleman (name not stated in Chicago. Is
writing q play, and that when it is done he is to
receive the noble sum of 1900 for it. We hope
that the scene of this new drama is not Pa
lermo, or Venice, OF Messina, or Padua; that
there is no man in it named Lorenzo, and no
woman in it named Blanca. We pray that the
Chicago bard may not be wasting his poetic
fire in imitation of the elder dramatists; that
there is nobody in his piece who says "Certes,"
or "By my fay" or INDUCES in similar ante
diluvian adjurations. For 1850 we think that
we should have genuine American play,
founded upon something which did not hap
pen five hundred years ago, and having about
it a living interest, however limited. We have
often thought that q capital comedy might be
made out of Washington life, and, possibly, an
excellent tragedy. If the object of tragic
writing be to excite pity or terror, whata hero
for five mournful acts would Mr.. Andy Johnson
make!-a man who has terrified everybody,
and by everybody has been pitied Equally, II
the object of comedy be to excite laughter.
would Mr.. Johnson shine in that species OF
spectacle for the country has never produced
any great man about whom so many jokes
have been made. At any rate, let us have
American playsl II wOuld be real gain, II
we could get n genuinely good one out OF a
thousand failures. Our possible playwughtS
can never tell what they can do until they try.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

der the Captain General less careful OF bis
boots than usual Reports accumulate that the
Spaniards of the Island are suffering greatly
from tropic diseases. Gen. de Rodas, then, will
have other foes to meet beside malcOntents'
rebels, cOrruptonists, bankrupts, demagogues'
and volunteers. But if the volunteers require
blood, he is evidently their man; and he may
try at his own fierce will to fight the via
beast of fever and revenge which his preue-
cessors have reused for him. Add to TINS the
flibusters who have landed successfully anOther
nxnnditinn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29
OLD TIRGINIA.

The Election to be held in this State next
Tuesday has evoked an earnest and animated
but generally orderly canvass. We note in our
Virginia exchanges complaints, on the one side,
that Colored men have been deprived of en-
ployment because they are for Wells, on the
other that the Union Leagues threaten COlored
men with violence if they vote for Walker
both complaints, we apprehend, too true. The
new registration shows large excess of White
over CoOred voters, rs was expected; and the
Walker party is confident that they will gain
votes in proportion: which anticipation may or
may not be realized. Each party seems en-
tirely confident of success The poll will prob
ably exceed 100000. Election on Tuesday
July 9th.
We find good auguries for the future in the
intimations of the canvass. Thus, Gov. Wells,
in a speech at Petersburg on the evening of
the 25th, declared himself opposed to Disfran-
chisement and the Test Oath, and said he
should vote against them. On the other hand,
the Conservative journals solemnly and with
iteration assure the Blacks that they concede
them all the rights they claim for themselves.
To which the Blacks reply, " But you nowhere
propose one of our race for any office, and
"yOu scout the Wells party for having noml-
mated One.n
The Conservatives are embarrassed by re-
cent decision of Gen. Candy that every one
chosen TO either branch of the Legislature must
take the "iron -cadn oath-tthat he never did
or said anything in aid of the Rebellion)-an
oath which excludes nine -tenths of their lead
ing men, and perhaps one-tenth of those OF the
Wells party. We deeply regret the existence
of any such barrier 1t will not affect the vote
of the respective parties, while it will exclude
many Of the ablest and most experienced citi-
zens from the Legislature. The act imposing
this oath was passed in the agony of our great
civil war, when the public safety absolutely de-
manded 1t. 1t ought to have been repealed by
the Reconstruction acts, but unfortunately re-
mains, to do no good to any man or party, but
to keep out of the public service some OF
those who could do most good in it. The
rival State tickets are as follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

We were mistaken, it appears, IN supposing
that the Homeopathic Society has sanctioned
Homeopathic Doctresses; and correspondent,
last Saturday, set us right. A majority of the
Society favored the authorization of female
healers but not two-thirds, as required by the
Constitution. Now if there is any woman who
wishes to practice Homeopathy, let her buy
some authentic and approved Manual and go to
work. She will find all the symptoms set down,
and the particular pellets or dilutions which
are good for them indicated also. She will be
told exactly when to give belladonna, strych-
MIA, arsenic, toxicodendron, &C., &c. She will
need in addition. small chest and quite
large bottle of arnica. In fact, in most of the
families which accept this form of medical
faith, the women are brisl1ly practicing already.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29
Netu.9lotk QaiIp Gribm,tk,
TUESDAY, JUNE 90, 1869.


The most striking points of foreign news to-day
ara the arrest OF Rochefort and other French edi-
tors and an address by Napoleon, together with ~
Rouhers speech at the opening Of the Legislative body
The Pope has delivered new Aloeution Spanish Re-
publlcans have moved Of censure upon the anti
Republican Minister saRasta, and battalion at BARGE
Iona have refused the constitutional oath In England,
Mr. Lowe projects quarterly interest payments Capt.
Gen. Cabalero de ROdas has arrived In Cuba.
/ Our Washington dispatches deny the authenticity
of certain letters published In a Hew-York paper,
yesterday purporng be the resignation Of Secretary
Bore and the Presidents acceptance OF the same The
suit OF J. H. Bradley against Judge Fisher was dismissed
by Judge Wyle yesterday who advised Bradley to
take the case to the Supreme Court at once.
An attempt is making to revive The National IHte0enesr
with small prospects Of success On the request Of Com
missioner Delano tie Army aud Navy Departments will
furnish an escort soldiers marines 10 protect revenue
officers in their duties whenever such aid may be deemed
necessary The Attorney General Of Missouri decides
that although the terms Of the State Debt require the
payment OF interest in CON- as there Is no coin in the
Treasury and no to buy it, payment may be made in
currency Andrew johnson says this country tending
toward imperialism and bond holding aristOcracy Mr.
johnson speaks very freely Of Con- Grant whom he char
acterizes as a mere incident"
College Commencements the order Of the day.
Yale began yesterday; Edward p Wilder, OF Koh-
lapoor India won the gold medal for English orators
At Union College the point Of interest is the choice OF
President place Of Dr. Mott Gen. Mcclellan and Gen.
Howard (of the Freedmens Bureau) have declined There
was a severe storm yesterday, as well as an unusually
bot day Much damage was done by lightning, here and
in Philadelphia and in the towns and country between
Deas Barnes ecured last night in favor Of the Brook
lyn Bridge. There new developments yesterday
about the alleged Cuban expedition from this city,
National Association Of silk Manufacturers has been
organized The Ocean Bank has been broken into aud
robbed Of a large sum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

The Pope has delivered an AllOcution marked
as well by its priestly earnestness and solemnity
as by general sorrow for the fate of non
Catholic mankind He laments that clerical
students in Italy are needlessly subjected to
CONSUMPTION he deplOres the evils which ahiict
the Church in Austria, Hungary, and Spain; ;
but rejoices that the clergy of Poland have
been so true to their work and mission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

The new Captain General Caballero de Rodas
has arrived in Cuba. He it was who said of
the Republicans Of Spain that they ought to
DO stamped out with the boot, like so many
serpents, their destroyer meanwhile taking good
care not TO be hurt by the venom they distill.
Gen. Caballero will find reason satisfactory
20 himself for applying this ferOciOus sentiment
to the CubanS. They lack no gall to make
Geir oppression bitter, ana 70 venom to rem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

The Evening Post complains OF our presene
duty on imported Diamonds (ten per cent? and
of that on imported manufactures of Gold
(forty per cent? as exorbitantly and ruinoasly
high. Does The Post remember how furiousH
the Tariff of 1919 was assailed by its allies
and Gf we mistake not) by itself, because the
duty imposed by it on log chains used by the
farmer was much higher than that on gold
chains worn by the richf We, at all events
shall not soon forget it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

Signs of brewing mischief again occur in
Spain. A battalion at Barcelona has refused
the Constitutional oath, and the Republicans
have moved censure upon the late tyrannOus
speech of Minister Sagasta. Prince Henri Of
Bourbon has swern to the Constitution with a
view to the throne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

We regret to observe that they are passing
the hat around in Washington for contrlou-
tons to aid in resurrecting The National Intel
lgencer Let them print their Conservative"
newsnaper in Washington, by all means, ii the
charitable among them have money enough to
souander on such enterprises; but let them
stop defling the name of Gales g. Seaton's
,IJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

The new Government of Cuba announces
for its motto" Spain, Justice, and Morality y
three things which VIGOROUSLY i'll agree. One
of them Cuba does not need-the rest Spain
does. If the heart Of Cuba's new tyrant is set
upon morality, we should like to know what
kind of mOrality-and if upon Spain, what
manner and condition of Spain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-29

"No Monopoly" in The Post, asserts that
Protection has produced the not very cheering
"resultsr he extracts from the Income returns
of this City. Mr.. A. T. Stewart pays thrice
the Income Tax of any other man IN our
City-more than any ten Others Has Protec-
ton 80 enriched him or Mr.. William b. Astor'
who ranks next and a long way ahead OF any
one else Sneak out!