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The New York herald., 1869-05-20
Thirty Days from Yokohama.

BY our telegraphic news we learn that
merchant in st. Louis has just received an In
voice of tea from Yokohama, japan, in thirty
days, by the Pacific Railroad. This is only an
initiatory step in the vast current of progress
and commerce which is destined to flow from
Asia to our shores, in which the Pacific Rail
road is to bear the most important part But
it may be that Asiatic commerce, facilitated as
it must be by the great link now joining the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts. will be confined
within the territory that lies west of the Mis-
slssippi and Missouri rivers and is washed by
the waves of the Pacific These great rivers,
which form dividing line between Eastern
civilization and the wild prairie and mountain
Gus country, with its undeveloped mineral re-
sources, its magnificent grazing grounds, its
boundless tracts of land fitted for wheat rails
ing, sheep growing and cattle pastures, reach
ing as they do all the way through the silver
and gold regions to the peaceful waters Of our
western water boundary, cutting the Continent
as 1t were in two, may also turn out to be the
dividing line which will compass within that
Noot uIoa tHo pTOuto duu Tcnulto VI AoiatiC
commerce which the western branch of the
Pacific Railroad must control. If such should
be the case, is it not advisable that the capital
lists of the Eastern States should turn their
attention to the proposed water connection
with the Pacific through the Isthmus Of Darien,
or the Tehuantepec Isthmus, or some route
which will bring our Atlantic ports into COM
munication with the commerce which the COM
pletion of the Pacific Railroad will certainly
secure us from China and Japan2 A canal
through the Isthmus of Darien is not an i'm
possibility. What France has done at Suez,
with all the natural disadvantages attending
the construction of the canal through that
sandy region, American enterprise can accom-
plish at Darien, where fewer distractions in
tervene.
We should not leave all the advantages ac-
cruing from the opening of this vast Asiatic
commerce to be enjoyed by the great West,
much as it may be matter Of rejoicing to see
the evidences of the value of the Pacific Rail
road 30 early developed.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20
The Presbyterian Assemblies.

To-day the Assemblies of the two great
Presbyterian bodies meet in this city. The
Assembly of the Old School will hold its ses-
sions In the Brick Presbyterian church, corner
of Fifth avenue and Thirty seventh street. The
Assembly Of the New School will meet in the
Church OF the Covenant, Park avenue, corner
of East Thirty fifth street. In both Assemblies,
according to custom, the proceedings will be
commenced by sermon preached by the re-
firing Moderator. Some FIVE hundred or six
hundred delegates, representing Presbyterian
interests in different parts Of the United States,
will thus take up temporary abode in this
modern Babylon. As few of those delegates
come alone, and as the business Of the
churches requires that others besides the
actual representatives should attend the
Assemblies, II Is not over the mark
to say that we shall have two thou
sand Presbyterian strangers In the midst
of us for two weeks to come. II there is any
leaven among those good people, 1t is surely
fair TO expect that New York society, which
40 much needs Improvement, will benefit by
their temporary sojourn. We have no doubt
that they will carry away with them some Of
the leaven of New York in exchange. As we
cannot commend this latter, we bid them be on
their guard. Some valuable experience they
may obtain II they know how to use it The
most important question to come before the
Assemblies this year is that of union. If the
divided sections Of Presbyterianism can see
their way to the contamination Of q marriage
many will rejoice. Division among Protestanta
The New York herald., 1869-05-20
Three fouths Of General Grant.

1t is easy enough to say that Grant is fail
ure, and perhaps from this very ease many
have hastily said it. Are the facts such that
men must say 1t after deliberate thought !?
1t is at least quite certain that Grants de-
cadence in one sense is clear; he is not what
the people fondly thought him; he does
not realize the generous national expectation Of
his career, and hence he has fallen from that
height which popular estimation had accorded
as Justly his. But is 1t not possible that the
people in their enthusiasm placed him at point
that no man would seem TO ft when looked at
in cooler moments? Did we not expect too
much Of himp Did we not in one humor ex-
pect him to do things that in another humor
and with our jealousy of one-man power we
even would permit no man to do? 1t is an old
fault Of the world that 1t exaggerates It's heroes
and then contemns them that they do not come
up to the false measure. Here for ages has the
world been standing with folded hands before
the grand conception Of Marius sitting on the
ruins Of Carthage. Patriots and soldiers have
accepted 1t on canvas and mused II In verse
with peculiar melancholy. Well, Marus nev or
sat there at all. 1t was only figure of speech.
Must we then scout the old democrat altogether
because he sat down many a muddy mile from
the place we have pictured him sitting3 It is
for this nation not to vote as failure In any
captious spirit that man TO whom it owes the
final success of Its great efforts but IL he is q
failure there is an equal duty plainly to say It,
But what did the country expect Of Grant2
1t expected broadly the administration Of the
government on new principles. 1t expected q
reversion to the primitive system-that is, q
revolution against the ofilce-holders, against
sort Of political and official oligarchy that In
an immunity Of nfty years had come to look
upon the government patronage as exclusively
It's own. If we consider only this point fairly
we shall see that Hercules had but little
to do by comparison with what we ex-
pected of our straightforward soldier. Fol-
what were the carniverous birds Of Lake Stym-
phalis, the mad bull of Crete the Lernan
hydra, the Nemean lion and the wild boar Of
Eurymanthus but SO many ideal types and
figures Of the ferocity, recklessness, roaring
grumbling, shreking and tossing Of the politi-
clans, mad for place and plunder3 We ex
pected too much. But then II must be assentei
that we have got much less than we nigh
even reasonably have looked for. We have
got nothing. and here II 10 that absolute failure
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

HOPE FOR CANADA AND IRELAND. Pro-
fessor Goodwin Smith, speaking as an English
man and '1oyal subject" replied TO Senator
Summers speech on the Alabama claims yes
terday. He adduced all the stale arguments
o. the British press In defence Of his position.
The most gratifying portion Of his oration is
his permission to Canada TO Ego when she
pleases" and promise Of liberation to Ireland
under certain contingencies. Senator Sumner,
the Canadians and Irishmsn at large will make
q notA
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

THE GOLD EXCITEMENT IN WALL STREET.
The ''bulls" engineered q decided advance in
gold yesterday, which they put up to l444.
surd reports. The English papers, with the
mail accounts of the reception of Senator Sum
ner's speech in England, were chiefly employed
to distract the market. A reaction late in the
afternoon carried the price back to l43s.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

GAS ExPLosIoNs.-An explosion of gas
occurred yesterday in the Office Of the Com
missioner Of Pensions, Washington, which,
although not attended with fatal conse-
quences, produced an effect alarming enough
at the moment. The gas escaped from leaky
pipe, and was ignited by light in the hands
of workman employed to find ont and repair
the defect. The floor of the apartment was
soon covered with sheet of fame, which ex-
ploded, breaking windows and knocking furni-
ture around in every direction. The flames
rushed into and down fue to the office of the
Chief Clerk Of Indian Affairs, where 1t pro-
duced some triAing damage. This unexpected
excitement may have its uses, as our veteran
soldiers, as well as the Indian chiefs, have
been complaining loudly that the two depart
ments just named required little wholesome
stirring up" In Brooklyn yesterday lady
was blown through a rear window by an ex-
plosion of gas escaping from leaky pipe.
Gasfltters should be very cautious.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

MUNICIPAL RIaHTs AND RIoT.-An attempt
on the part Of the corporate authorities of New
Orleans to extend the Jurisdiction Of the me-
tropoltan police force to the adjoining city of
jefferson has induced serious riot and fatal
collision between the officers and citizens
Three hundred policemen, detailed from New
Orleans, marched into Jefferson for duty, but
their attempted exercise Of official functions
was resisted by the people to the result Of q
small battle, in the course Of which quite o
number Of the intruders were wounded, two
seriously. Order was restored only by the
presence Of United States troops furnished BY
General Mower on requisition Of the Gov
ernor Of Louisiana. The military were not
assailed. 1t Is the old question Of difficulty
complex city charters and corporate limits Ill
defined or overlapping. The police rely on
judicial decision, but they appear to have
acted In very violent manner.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

SHAp PoLEs.-One hundred and eighty
thousand dollars have been appropriated for the
removal of rocks at He'll Gate, and half that
sum apparently for the removal Of shad poles
from the North river. At the end Of the shad
season, too, when the poles would 60 as they
came in few days more But it is a queer
idea they have of He'll Gate, that it is only
twice as bad as the shad poles.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

TnR POLICE BOARD OReANIzED.-The new
Board Of Police Of this city organized yester-
day under q compromises plan Of adjust
ment as effectual, It appears, for the arrange
ment Of party political difficulties as in the
higher path of diplomatic troubles. Judge
Bosworth was chosen President and Mr.. Smith
Treasurer, on motions made by Mr.. Manisrre
and Mr.. Brennan, the republican and demo-
cratic candidates respectively. The fight being
ended, II is TO be hoped the metropolitans will
60 TO work with will.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20
S HE E T
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OF THE New YORK HERALD, No. las Fulton street.
Brooklyn.
ADVERTISEMENTS and SUBSCRIPTIONS and all
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The New York herald., 1869-05-20

DoUBLY AaREEABLE.-The Richmond Wig,
referring to the departure Of Chief Justice
Chase, says his sojourn in that city was not
less agreeable socially than officially. That's
the way to reconstruct lawfully and pleas
antly.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

Too BAD.-That General John Cochrane
should be kept dancing attendance at the
White House at this late day, as If his services
in the campaign Of 1868 were of no account.
Is the hitch with Boutwell,, or what is the diff
fculty2
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

BRITISH HUMBra.-A discussion of the
Alabama claims by the London press yester-
day, but no indication of payment, and the
assemblage of the Peace Society in London.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

ONB Of the clerks In the Treasury Depart
ment has been receiving three salaries-on
account Of his inexperience. Inexperience is
too plentiful in Washington TO bear such q
price,
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

"No MORE, THANK YoU."-The Hon.
Reverdy Johnson, en- route from London to
Maryland, declined the farewell banquet Of
fered him by the authorities Of Southamp-
ton. After Summers speech on that treaty,
Mr.. johnson Of Laird, the builder Of the Ala
bama, Of the Alabama claims and Of English
roast beef and plum pudding has had enough.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

Nor THE RIGHT REMEDY Accounts Of
General Dents vaporng about the White
House having reached the public through the
correspondents, II is now proposed to throw
these gentlemen out Of the White House
windows We do not believe this plan would
be effective, for the stories would still get out
in some way. But throwing Dent out Of the
window would be sure cure.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

How rs HIs?-Does not the steady rise in
gold indicate want of confidence somewhere
in regard to matters and things at Washing
ton?
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

TIE ST.. THOMAS TREATY.-Somebody Is
spending money to convince the American
people that the st. Thomas purchase ought to
20 through and the money be paid over. First
we had Parton's pamphlet; now we have
nicely printed translations from the Danish
papers. We do not know who furnishes the
money, nor on what scale he Is TO be repaid
whom the seven million dollars are handed
oysA
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CHNA.-The
Chinese are becoming excited on the subject of
the encroachments of some of the ''outside
barbarian" Powers in the empire, and religious
and political agitations reign in Pekin. Pla-
cards in denunciation of the Christian mission
aries have been extensively circulated through
out the empire. The flag of France has
been hauled down at the Office of
the legation In Pekin in consequence,
it is said, Of personal assault committed on
the representative of Napoleon by a native
official of high rank. The government feared
that the Russians would make further terri
torial encroachments, and it appears from the
tenor Of our cable dispatches to-day as if the
Brother Of the Sun has been left TO depend in
great measure both for quiet and safety on
the good offices of Mr.. Burlingame and the
continued friendship of the American people.
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

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Volume XXXIv. ........................No 40
AMUsEMENTs THIS EVENING.
OLYMPIC THEATRE Broadway.-HIoooRY DIcooRY
wAvERLEY THEATRE. 720 Broadway -PYeMALIoS-
IoI ON PARLR FRANcAIs.
WOODS MUSEUM AND THEATRE Thirtis,h stree. and
Observation-Disclosures and evening Performance.
THE TAMMANY, Fourteenth s,ree--RoBISsoN CRUsoE
AND His MAN FRIDAY, &C.
BOOTHS THEATRE, 23d ST., between 5th and 9th
OrHELLo.
NIBLO's GARDEN, Broadway.-TaR BuRLEsoUE Ex
TRAvAoANzA OF TIE FORTY THIEVES
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, Fifth avenue and Twenty.
fourth street-BARBg BLEUE
,wALLAcK's THEATRE. Broadway and 18th street.
CASTE.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 18th .ree.-EsaLrsH OPERA
LURLISE
GRAND OPERA HOUSE. corner of Eighth avenue and
ESD sreet-THE TEMPEST
GERMAN sTADr THEATRE, Nos. As and q Bo very
RIsLEY's IMPERIAL JAPANESE TROUPE
BowERY THEATRE. Bowery.-rur FREsou srY-TuE
BLIND BOZ AND HIS DOC.
MRS p. b. coNwAYs PARK THEATRE. Brooklyn
THEATRE coMIoUE, sl4 proadway.-coAIo SKETCHES
AND LIVING sTATuEs-PLu1o.
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN, 7th av, between ss.h and
b9th sts.-PoPULAR GARDEN CoNoERr
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs, SIS Broatway-ErHIo.
Plan ESTKRTAIsARNTs-THE UNBLKAoHED BLoNDKs
BKYANrs OPERA HOUSE, Tammauy Building, l4th
s.reeI-ETHIorIAs AISsTRxLsr. &C.
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE, 2U Bowery.-CoMIo
vocALIsN, MICRO NINsTRELsY. &o
oHAND ooNohkr' &C"
sTEINwAY HALL, Fourteenth s,reet-GnASp VOCAL
AND Instrumental CONCERT.
,.HooLEYs OPERA HOUSE, Brookyn-HooLEY's
EIssTRELs-Coco's FEoLIc.
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. sls Broadway.-
BCIEsCE AND ART.
TRIPLE HE T .
The New York herald., 1869-05-20
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broadway.-HIoooRY DIcooRY
DOCK.
wAvERLEY THEATRE. 72o Broadway. .-PYsMALros-
yoI ON PARLR FgANCAIs
The New York herald., 1869-05-20

WOODS MUSEUM AND THEATRE, Thirtieth street and
observation-disclosures and evenn. Performance
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24
Josh Billings Oh Owls.

The owl is game burd; he can
whip anything that wears feathers -
after dark.
He is wise burd, and boots at most
things.
He is sollum burd, cross between
a justice of the peace and a county
supervisor.
He is a stiff burd, and sets up as
stiff as an exclamation point.
He is a luxurious burd, and feeds on
spring chickens.
He Is a long lived burd, and never
was known to take death naturally.
He is hardy burd, and groze tuli
by bileing.
He is honest burd, and always
shows au open countcnance.
He is a prompt burl, and satisllze
at once his outstanding bills.
He is comfortable burd, and
always sleeps in feathers.
He is an attractive burd, and during
the day can always be found in.
He is festive burd, and don't come
home till morning.
Thus the owl, mistaken emblem OF
solitude and sadness, if we dig into his
nature closely, is emphatically one OF
the boys, and belongs to the club.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

The great majority OF the people OF
Tennessee seem not to appreciate the
ruinous sacrifice they ere making to
the appropriations OF State aid in baud,
inc railroads. Aud when they find
that not more than one third Of the
money paid W the State is applied IN
the way it is expected to be. For in
stance, suppose the State appropratcS
100000 TO n road. Bonds to that
amount are issued and put into the
New York market, which, at the
present value Of these bonds TO be
,aid in twenty years, is about 100000,
with loss Of $4,000. Add to this
the interest for twenty wears on money
mid TO the New York bOndhOldCr--
S2.4O0 per year, and paid yearly makes
the interest equal TO compound interest,
which doubles itself in about eleven
years then in eleven years there is q
loss of $50, 900, and this interest again
10 be in eleven years makes $l2O,OOO
clear loss to the State by the time the
bonds are due and paid for which 1t
has received only 100000, winch,
added TO the amount lost, makes
SlSO,OOO, and only sixty thousand
dollars, or one third Of this sum, is ap-
piled TO improvements in the State, the
bondholder getting two-thirds OF the
whole amount paid by the State With
such ruined credit, then, the State
ought not to make further approprio.
lions.
The above calculations do not in
clulc the expenses Of disbursements,
pay OF officers, etc, which we all know
will reduce the benefits received by the
State at least one fourth. This state
of things is ruinous, and further ap
preparations by the State is suicidal,
ane all for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of Wall
Street brokers. Let our candidates
for the next Legislature examine this \
question and they will see how the
peoples monep is going, and the cause
Of our ruined credit. Every bond
hereafter issued still further Injuries the
credit of the State, and SINKS the value
Of these bonds in proportion, altogether
operating to rcLarl our prosperity if
not to check it entirely, and drive us
to reputation, for which the State
could not find justification before the
world, as it would result from our own
fault.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

In one week no less than eight thou.
sand emigrants left Liverpool tor vari
Gus ports in the United States, and the
cry is still they come. Those are the
men we want, the honest Woodworking
sons Of toll OF our own race. They are
the true source OF u nations pros
perity, and so long as they preserve
their purity Of blood and dignity OF
race from contamination by mixture
with inferior races so long shall they
md their children and Childrcn's chill
drcn be preserved from the dcgradat on
and abomination that follows on the
heels OF mongrclism. This question
of races is bound to become the para
mount, all absorbing issue between
parties. The tens Of thousands Of
Chinese who are being imported into
the country may well excite the alarm
Of the white population. Caliiornia
and Oregon will soon be literally over
run by them, and surging over thcl,
mlaries, they will ere long spread
over the whole country, coming III
competition with Independent ire,
white labor. 1t Is Tor our own indus
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24
How TO Use Lime as Manure.

"K. c. F." Eddysvillc Ky. We have
more faith in large doses of lime than
small. One hundred bushels per acre
will often so change the character of
of the soil that the beneficial effects
will be observed for twenty or thirty
years. A convenient way of applying
the lime is toplow the land and then
as the lime is drawn from the kiln put
it on the field in heaps 90 feet apart
each way, and a bushel of lime in heap
Then cover the heap with a few inches
OF soil, and as soon as the lime is slak
ed, spread the whole evenly over the
land with shovel, and harrow or
plow it IN, and SOW the crop. This
gives about one hundred bushels per
acre and as none ofthe lime has to be
thrown more than ten feet, it is easily
spread. We should prefer TO use the
lime on a summer fallow for wheat, as
this affords more time to attend to it.
But 1t may be applied to any crop. If
your land is drained, naturally or arti,
fcitly, and is well summer fallowed
and then lin ed as above, you may eX.
pect good wheat and good clover, and
no matter how much it is ''worn,' when
you have once got good clover you can
easily make your land bring large crops
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24
Some Of the Republican papers

Some Of the Republican papers st,to
with sheer, that the grave of Mrs.
Surratt Was bountifully strewed with
flowers last Saturday, by her rebD,
friends. We cannot conceive in loI,
of present knowledge, why Anna Sur
raft sould be censured for affectiona,e
remembrance ola martyrcd, murdered
mother, Stanton, Holt, and Andrew
johnson ought to shed burning tears
for their base and cowardly conduct IN
the case, they should have been the first
with votive offerings at her grave, to
make some small amends for the mast
The less said against Mrs. Surratt the
more creditable for the country.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24
BurLEn's MARTYRS Georgia cor

BUrLER's MARrYRs.--A Georgia cor.
respondent of the New York Times
furnishes the following report, bearing
testimony upon the character Of the
Union martyrs" in Georgia, tor whose
sake Butler is importuning the military
to put Georgia under martial law:
Politics have no more to do with the
murders which have taken place IN
Georgia than'the religion, dress, height
or personal appearance of the victims
Ashburn was killed by the company
which usually frcquents negro houses
Of i'll fame, of one Of which he was an
inmate, Aver was killed by a negro who
had refused to allow him to become q
boarder in negro lodging-house' botl
Ashburn and Aver were men Of aban'
doned character and most pcotiigatt
habits; and however for greater politi
cal emphasis, their names may be para
ded as the "Honorable" Mr.. Ashburn
and The "Honorable' Mr.. Aver, those
who know their history, if they tell 1t
truth must admit, that long before eth
err had any political aspirations, no de
cent negro would have permitted then
to associate with him. Adkins who i!
represented by the writer's of sensation
romances for political effect, as ven
cradle and exemplary preacher OF tn
gospel, was also notorious debauch
er His negro amours are more nu
merous than the number Of his years
n 1t is true that all these wcr
Radical politicians. 1t is true tina
they were brutally murdered. But they
were murdered for their vices by some
of their vicious associates; or as in thu
case Of Adkins, they were murdered
by those whose honor and the sanctity
Of whose family they had attempted tt
outrage.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-24

In Spain the new constitution ha:
been promulgated all over the province
and the army and navy have taken an
oath to support it. TIE election of the
Duke de Montpensier to the vacant
throne has been advocated In the
Cortes, but without success. Indeed,
the Regency Bill, which the Ministry
are endeavoring to push through the
Assembly, does not augur well for the
candidates, among whom may now be
classed the Duke of Geno. During the
debate on the Regency Bill, Olozaga
stated in rcplysto question, that the
election of a king at the present time
was an impossibility. The South of
Spain has declared for a Republic.