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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

sr- 'IGNATIUS DONNELLY. EY-M G.
This gentleman has favored US with reply
to our recent notice of him much longer than
that notice. We cannot print it verbdtim. but
we will give its substance this conspicuous po-
stiOn.
J. Mr. Donnelly insists that he was not the
boiling candidate in his district last year, but
that his Republican opponent ,oas, and points
triumphantly to their vote respectively-Don-
nelly 1929, Andrews 8,595-as proving his
assertion.-We gave that vote fully and
fairly in our former article; but we
do not give it the force that he
does Mr.. Donnelly was q young man
and new to the State when the Republicans of
his district took him up lin 1864 and elected him
to Congress; rejecting him in 1866. Not being
a Clay nor Webster, many Republicans
thought two terms should satisfy him but he
insisted on another, divided the party
and threw away the seat. Now, true man,
we think, would have said, "Snce there is
considerable part of my Republican cOnsttu-
cents who wish me to step aside, | will do it,
"harmOnize the district, and save the seat"
Mr.. DOnnclly chose the opposite course, and
threw the seat away. We think this proves
him a false, selfish, unworthy man, and justi-
fes our conviction that he cares nothing for
the Republican party except AS it ministers to
his own agg1andizcmcnt.
IT, Mr. Donnelly denies that the Independ-
"ent ticket" with the Opposition candidate
for Governor at its head, which came so near
defeating the Republican Governor last month
was bis work, and proves it. We were mis-
taken on that point, and retract our charge.
III. lie says that he did not vote for the
Protective Tariff acted on by the XXXIXth
Congress at its first sessiOn--that The Congress
siOHaI Globe has wrongly recorded his vote as
for the bill--that the Journal Of the House
(Which we do not see) correctly records him as
voting against the bill. He does not say that
he ever sought correction of the wrong rec
old made in the official organ of Congress
the only record Of its votes that is distributed
TO the People. This matter is so important
that we must give Mr. Donnelly's account of
il Uerbdtim. IL is as follOws:
a few words ip regard TO my Tariff record. You
charge that voted with the Proteotlonsts while In
Congress. as Republican from Pennsylvania might be
expected 10 do far from being correct that
you viii turn " a723 ParttV Congress Globe M ses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24
RPIEHT BROHN.

We are not ashamed to own to an intense
admiration for Brown surnamed John il. 1t is
true we may lave little respect for him and
have such feai of him that we would fain bolt
and bar our doors against him as against
thieves who freak through and steal, but we
nevertheless arc bound to admire him az q
master of the great art of getting money with
out earning IL. True, again, there may be
burglars and others of such unsavory ilk who
may consider themselves entitled to dispute
his claim to that bad prominence, but those
bungling fellows must petforce violate the law
and the more adrot Brown takes his money
under the legal umbra.
The plan of Brown is no less simple than
effective II. has contracted faithfully and
thoroughly to clean " all "the paved streets
land avenues, and all lanes. alleys, cutters,
"wharves. piers, and heads OF slips IN tins
city once a week. and certain other streets
oftener, with only the proviso that while snow
il upon the ground be is only required to clean
cutters and crosswalks, aud keep the streets
" conveniently passabc." He has also prom
ised to remove all ashes. garbage. rubbish.
" and sweeping, every twcnty-fOur hours, and
in return for his services the city promises to
pay him Si9S,5OO per annum. These being the
rough materials out of which he must hew his
greatness, Brown does it with n single blow.
He takes his money and doesn do his work.
II is scarcely worth while in city like New
York to inquire how he manages to attain the
one without performing the other.
If Brown should honestly execute his con
tract he would make profit of about 100000
per annum,; and We are, of course, not so un-
reasonable as to suppose that he would he
content with that meager result. Therefore,
Brown must do nothing more than sweep
Broadway and remove ashes occasionally, and
must let all highways and byways become re-
ceptaclcs for accnmulating filth. This will, of
course, breed disease and death but must not
Brown have his profit of about 100000 per
annum2 OF course he must, for Brown, after
all, is only fgure-he;si for the Ring, and
must divide his earnings with high and mighty
autocrats of Tammany. Shall the Sachems be
denied their pitance only that our streets may
not be fouled and our people destroyedf Ger
tainly not, so long as repeaters can be had at
the present cheap rates to vote the Straight
Tickes There may be regions of bucolic sim
plicity where Brown and his silent partners
would be denoninated swindlers, and perhaps
brought to book We are more civilized; we
soften the term into the Ring" and we vote
the people into office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24
OLE EASTERN STORE.

The City of New-York is long, narrow
island, nearly surrounded by navigaole wafer;
vet such were the original lmpedlments 10
navigation at Hell Gate and its vicinity, that
large sailing craft could only pass them al
fayoring states Of the tide, and, even then,
not without peril. fII..
The use of steam and the persistent efforts
of the Federal Government to improve the
channel at He'll Gate have changed oil TINS
and soon the passage to New-England' Nova
Scotia, and Europe. by the Sound will be SAFER
and Quicker, rs we'll as smoother and shorter,
than that by Sandy Hook.
What, then, is to hinder great and RAPID
development of Commercial activity on the
now neglected eastern front OF our City
The STEAMBOATS, which daily ply hence to
New. London, S,onington or Fall River, on the
route to Boston ought long since to have been
required to lard and receive their passengers
on that side the City. Their constant trayers-
ing of the path of the ferry-boats to Brooklyn
&C., is a wantn nuisance and peril. We THINK
it can hardly oitlast the year just before u.s.
Let them stop as they should, on the East
River-say Oppeite Madison or Union-sqnare-
and great bendits to that section OF our City
must be realized.
We hope sOoo to see docks constructed in
that quarter worthy of great emporium
docks like thOe of Liverpool, Glasgow, or
Paris-instead # the rotten, tumble-down man
traps that now pollute and disgrace our lower
Wards. Soon, dmlar docks will confront these
from the Long Idand shore. and the homes OF the
laboring class will cluster around them, render
ing that a grea business quarter, and giving an
| enhanced value to property all around it. The
steady tendenci of business uptown concurs to
render this result inevitable. We shall not
need to send our Ocean Steamers to New
Jersey for part, when He'll Gate shall have
been so impreed that they can reach us by
the shorter AMI safer inland route, rather than
| by way of The NarrOws. .......
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

As Mr.. Ripley writes us from Rome, all pre-
djctons of the course of the Gcumenical
Council touching the doctrine of lnfallibllity
may be regarded premature. We are aware
that so esteemed and considerable prelate as
Bishop DupanlOup has opposed as unwise the
erection of dogma, the principle Of which
has never before been made test OF
faith, and the effect of which viii be
exclusive and not cOnciliatory. Cardinal
BOnnechose, Archbishop DarbOy, and Bishop
Maret, though apparently reserving nothing OF
their affection for Rome and the Pope, enter
tain ideas more or less in the same drift with
those of the Bishop of Orleans. The French
journals venture to give us the minutes of an
excited interview between the Pope and Car
dinal, in which the latter bent before
the displeasure of his spiritual sovereign,
evoked by this same doctrine of In
fallibility; but the narrative itself is probably
fallible. Finally, we have news by the Cable
that the Russo Polish clergy have instructed
their delegates TO the Council against the union
of the temporal and spiritual power, the dogma
of Infallibilty, and the exclusion of foreigners
from the College of Cardinals. This news,
whatever its value, we are not disposed to
over-estimate, and still await with some doubt
the gradual unfolding of the religious mystery
of Rome.
Meanwhile the observers of this vast great spi-
ritual phase of human power will solace them
selves with the impressions of the great cere
mony of opening the Council. The array Of
the hierarchy of the Church, the splendor and
repose of church worship, the character as well
as the influence of those who constitute the
mass of remarkable men who have made the
humbest obeisance of unquestiOning pety to
the Pope, are admirably described in our cor
respOndence, where also may be found a
translation of the Pope's AllocutiOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24
GRAIN AND GOLD.

Some of our eOtempOrares attempt to throw
the whole responsibility for the present de-
pressed state of business upon Secretary Bout
well. Here is n specimen of the charges
brought against the Secretary:
Tho Western banks and commission houses made
large advancesupon wheat ON the basis OF dollar ana
Chicago when Ar Boutw ellis man pnlatons OF gold sales
depressed the Price TO eightyhye cents
The utter falsehOOd Of this accusation is
easily demonstrated. AT the end of September,
rs we learn from The London Economist of
December A, the average price of wheat per
quarter in the London market was quoted at
52s 3D.. At the beginning of December it was
45s. 3d. decline of nearly thirteen per cent.
Is Secretary Boutwell, responsible for this fall
in the price of wheat in Englandi The true
causes of the decline we need not 60
far to find. Comparing the imports of
wheat into Great Britain for the months of
September and October, for which we have
Board of Trade Returns, with the correspond
ing months Of the seasons of 1867 and 1868, we
get the following figures:
Imports OF wheat and wheat -four in Sept, and o.,
Imports Of wheat and wheat Hour IN sept and oo,
.....
Oct lhOJ @'io"'o'o
SO that the import, which, says The Econo-
mist, did not fall off in November, though the
official figures for that month are not yet pub
lshed, not only far exceeded the import follow
ing the good (Rnglish)A harvest of 1868, but
surpassed it to nearly as great an extent as
did the importhtions which followed the short
harvest OF 1907. The result is a large over
supply, with many heavy failures in the grain
trade in Liverpool and other cities of Great
Britain. An important fact with regard TO the
British imports of grain this Fall is that they
consist largely of stocks held back in tho early
Summer particularly in this country, the prin-
cipal single source of tho British supply, the
imports from Americas for the ton months end
ing in October being about one-third Of the
whole receipt. In May and juno only lll,OOO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

We beg leave to call the attention of the
judicial authorities of Delaware to kind
of punishment inflicted in Japan, which, as a
mild correct0r of social evil beats tho pillory
and the whipping-post altogether. The pris-
oner is securely dashed to stout wooden
cross. Then a stout man sticks spear through
one side of the prisoner, and another stout
man sticks another spear through the other
side. Then another stout man sticks another
spear just where the murderer wounded his
victim This last spear. in an execution wit
messed by the officers of the ship Delaware
(peasing coincidence y was used thirteen times.
There should be no more murders in japan
after an execution of this kind, according to
our civilized ideas; but, somehow we believe
that murders 20 on there. ..L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24
Netot3ork Daily Gribmare.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER "a. 1869.

The lease Of the Bay Of SANTANA to the United States
has reawakened the revolutionary fever in San Domingo
z- The eession Of st. Thomas and Santa Cruz is
again discussed. Another conspiracy has been set
on foot against Gen. De ROdas. An infammatory pro
claTnatOn has heen circulated in Havana.
Spanish massacre Of prisoners occurred at Pnar
del Rio. =- The Russo-Polish clergy have
instructed their delegates Rome vote against the
dogma Of iDfallIbity. $500 Ministers Mcmahon and
worthinkton testify that the Dictatorship OF Lopez
humane. == The Cuban history OF Mr. Lemus's negO-
tiatIOns with Mr.. Fish is elsewhere published.
severe gale Buffalo backed up the water In Lake
Eue and washed away portions OF the NewYOrk Central
and the Erie Railroad tracks = According TO Texas
telegram Davis is elected Governor by 400 majority
s= Andrew johnson will not visit Washington this
Winter. =- The Internal Revenue tax is suspended
on Orkpackers as manufacturers. - The steamer
Eutaw is ashore near Atlantic City = Oliver A. Nor
gan was executed at Terre Haute, ind, yesterday =
The preliminary steps have been taken for Worlds Fair
at st. Louis === Destructive fires have occurred at
Muscatine. Iowa, st. Charles, Mimi, and Madison, Wis
john Dickey convicted in Bergen County, n. j., of
murder, committed suicide in HIS prison yesterday =
There that the yacht Meteor Of this port has
been lost at sea- - The Spanish frgate Isabella Ca.
tolca has arrived at Eew-YOrk. === Charles Edwards
was accidentally shot in saloon in Brooklyn.
Judge McCunn has visited Alderman Florence Scannell
and administered TO hn the oath Of office. = Gold,
l2O, 12l, 1903 Temperature, "a, IS, 81. 80.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

A cloud of claimants, some of whom remind
rs of those unclean birds so familiar in tropical
travel, have swooped down upon the Mexican
Commission Messrs Gushing and Ashton are
wise enough to have care; but we cannot
warn them too often that there are many shades
and shapes to the general fiction OF which
Gardeners spectral claim was precious ex-
ample. Nothing less than the partition OF the
entire property of Mexico would probably sat
isfy the worst of these claims, one of which IS
for the terrific sum of $3130OOOOO. VIII not
somebody lay claim to the continent, based
on a title before Columbus's time. and bring 1t
to the Mexican Commission What Mexican
robbers, even with Santa Anna at their head,
ever made such shameful demands as thesef
The testimony taken before our Consuls IN
Mexico, which testimony there has been anxiety
in some quarters to bring in evidence at wash
ington, will of course be well examined. Some
of our Consuls and among them the three last
holders of the most important Consular Office
in Mexico, are said to be interested supporters
of class of claims.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

A curious case came up in our Supreme
Court, before Judge Ingraham, yesterday. 1t
was suit for the value of box alleged to
contain pistols, ordered in 1863 by man claim
ing to be member of the Union League at
Huntsville, Ind. The claim is that the box was
opened and the arms taken out, as when 1t
was delivered it contained only bricks and
straw. This trick, it is charged, was played by
the Knights of the Golden Circle. and on the
suppositon of such robbery the Express Com
pany seeks to be relieved from responsibility.
But the iury did not take that view, aud found
a verdict for the plaintiff.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

The official report of the expenses of the in
vestigatiug committee at work during the re-
cess of Congress has been published. In order
to affect the recent election it was widely and
persistently charged that this committee was
spending enormous amounts of money in use
less Investigations, and $4,000 and 100000
were named as the inside margin of its bills.
1t now appears that the entire expense amounts
to only Sore, most of which is for the phOno-
graphic report of the proceedings. Gen.
Schenck the chairman, who has figured in
Democratic columns as the great rObber of
the people on this committee, puts in bill
of one hundred and seventy-nine dollars for
travelling and all other charges. That Is about
one-tenth of the bill of the New-York City
canvassers for refreshments" Yet where is
the Democratic journal that will retract the
original slanderP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

II was not unforeseen that the Domlnlcans
would be much exercised concerning the lease
of their SANTANA property. That President
Baezs opponents are anxious to drive him
from power before the bargain can be con-
summated by an act of Congress shows that
the Domincans are sensitive, If Baez is
not The Dominican Chief Magistrate, OH the
other hand, declares that he will annex
the island to the United States rather
than yield it to his enemies. We thought
there were two parties to that arrange
mentor would Mr.. Baez prefer to annex the
United States to San Domingo. That is what
is likely to happen if we are to be troubled
with an elephantine investment in revolutions
We hope for the best, but do not wish to ac-
qure San Domingo by small craft or sharp
practice. Our national modification would be
great if we had helped an INSCRIPTIONS ruler
to trick. and got tricked ourselves. We
must soon know the truth of San Domingo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24
TGESRRAL PRESS DISPATCg I,

telegram from Gov. Pease dated Austin Texas says:
"Days for Governor, 400 ahead exclusive Oi the
ties OF Milan and Navarro which. II allowed 70 vote.
would elect Hamilton" It appears Navarro did
the days OF the election registration had not been
completed that Milan election was interrupted
by disturbances, and therefore not completed Cen
Reynolds it Is understood has ordered elections IN those
counties but has ref FRED the question OF counting the
votes 10 the President The latter. however has yet
received no communication from Gen. Reynolds on that
subject.
The Collectors Of Internal Revenue have been nsruo.
ed suspend the collection OF the tax pork packers.
assessed under section act OF March 81 1882 until OH
erwise ordered.
The eneral has instructed the Postmasers
throughout tho United States 10 take an accurate
monthly account OF all Junked tres matter deposited
at their respective offices for mailing for period OF ak
months, commencing January and ending June 80 1870
and to make special reports thereof TO the Third Assist
ant POsmasterenera at the close OF each month. em
bracing the following particulars viz: First. The mum
OF ranked free letters aud the amount OF postage
would be chargeabe thereon ut the established rates
OF postage Second Tie weight OF ranked or free
matter. other than letters and the amount Of postage
that would be chagabe thereon at the current rates OF
postage.
Messrs. French Ogilvie Laugran have been awarded
the contract for furnishing the Treasury Departments
with legal blanks. copying presses &C. for tho ensuing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24
Businiss Autltts.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24
MUSIC
MUSICAL NOTES.

The usual Christmas performance of " Tho
Messiah" by the NewYork Harmonic Society, Offers tina
year some specially attractive features. Miss Netns
Sterling Will take the contralto part and the music suits
her voice and style well that may safely predict for
her success. Mr. Remmertz WILL for the first time.
take bass and for the soprano and tenor solos ind
the familiar and favorte names Of Miss Brainerd and
Mr.. George Simpson
NJ Gounod has abandoned his intention Of
setting Francesca da Rnin" favor of another sub
ject "Poyeucte" Mr.. Ambrose Thomas going to set
Francesca da Rimin" and signor Verdi has already
received the hbretto founded on Ssrdou's PatrieP
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

A drOll story of judicial records comes to US
from Madison County, Ill. The temples OF JUS
tice in that locality are always open, the county
exhausting its finances, we suppose in putting
locks upon the doors of the Jail. few nights
since, the Clerk of the Court discovered that
vagrant had taken up his quarters in the build
ing, and finding the temperature rather cold,
the disresDectful vagabOnd had made great
fire in the stove, his fuel being the records of
the tribunal He had already consumed large
number of volumes, and was, when arrested
in his mad career, consigning to the devourlng
element the records of the last term. We once
knew q lawyer who was wont to declare that,
in order to promote healthy and profitable liti-
CATION, all kinds of legal records and registries,
whether of judgments, deeds, or testamentS
should be burned once in twenty years-and
this shrewd gentleman didn't live in Illinois,
either. .-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

In Kings County raising salaries is now the
chief employment of the Supervisors. The
remuneration of the Deputy County Treasurer
is TO be increased one hundred per cent. and
it is proposed to double the pay OF Poor-house
watchmen. Thus we reap the fruits OF INC
late Democratic victory. All that the Ring
now wants is annexation to New-fOrk, so that
the barren soil of Long Island may be made
as fruitful to the Democratic gOld-dfg as
the sands of Pactolus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

The Spanlards 10 Cuba have produced an
eighth wonder of the world, and last miracle,
let us hope, of barbaIism A choice band of
them have contrived a scheme for the enamel
patton, the education, and liberalization of the
blacks. They propose to set them free,
but first on condition that they shall be APP
prenticed ten years to their former owners
and second, that they shall be allowed to inn
port as suany thousands Of HAfrican savsgesa
apprenticeship at nominal OK inGniteSimal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-24

Traupmann, the distinguished murderer, is
credited by French paper with the imagina-
tive remark: al must now be as well known
"as Alexander Dumas" Thus does murder IN
ertenSo throw contempt on serial melo-drama.
Had Traupmann achieved his reputation in
America he might fairly have congratulated
himself on being more renowned than Peter
b. SweeDy, or Brigham Young, or James Fisk
the younger. There 8 an ideal for victim
of the law