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New-York tribune., 1869-05-05


ble for certain kinds of labor, LORD housn-
tons idea in brief, was to transfer
this burdensome element to the provinces OIL
Australia and Canada, one of which Is aireauy
in serious need of agricultural and other
laborers and the other, it is suppose > VIII.
soon be, in consequence of the annexation oi
the Hudson's Bay Territory. de proposed
that the Poor Law authorities should OBTAIN
by local taxes the funds to accomplish thlS
wholesale transportation, under the sanction
and guarantee of the Imperial Government,
and that the Colonies should bind themselves
TO provide fitting employment for the emil
grants before their departure. The problem
according to Lord HoughtOn, is the simplest
in the world. England suffers from an
excess of population, and the Colonies
suffer, or will presently suffer, from
deficiency Let them take England's surplus,
and be thankful. Setting aside the objections
that would be raised against England's share
in such a proceeding, it is certain that the
provinces would have nothing to do with 1t.
Their present want is not of kind that can be
supplied by paupers, even of the able-bodled"
class. especlally as the proportion of men to
women among them is more than three to one
a fact which was not brought forward IN the
debate. Moreover, the futility of Government
schemes of emigration has moro than once
been demonstrated. Canada discovered long
ago that the vast majority OF persons
freely transported from England Immediately
made their way to the United States
and that those who were wiling 10
remain were of character calculated to
jDiure rather than improve the laboring pop
ulation. Australia, too, has plainly slgnlhed
its determination to receive no more OF the
home stock of human rubbish. THIS being the
case, the proposition could have come TO noun
ing under any circumstances; but 1t may new
ertheless be the means of calling public atten-
ton to the necessity of some efectual move
ment toward checking tho pauper overgrowth.
The charity that deals practically with
this subject must not only Degln,
but must end, at home. The Poor
Laws afford no remedy, but actually serve to
encourage the increase Lord Houghton only
repeats n well-established fact, when he de-
clares that their present administration has had
the effect of instilling into the popular mind
notion that all who are unable or unwilling to
worl, must be maintained at the public cost.
So imbued is this principle" he says, that
"to attempt in any degree to cOntravene
/" il would almost provoke physical resistance"
In the face of this, and of the VIGOROUSLY
degrading defects of the entire system
of pauper treatment, it is hardly worth
while to assume, with Conservative political
economists like Lord OverstOne, that, since
England's prosperity is now greater than ever
before, and as wages are higher to-day than at
any previous period, therefore the opportunities
for labor must be abundant, and pauperism may
safely be left to take care of itself. The ques-
ton is too large for the House of Lords to
settle. and forced emigration is not its solution;
but 1t contains seeds of too much future dis
order to be nconsderately set aside.
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President Grant acts with sagacity in avoid
ing any complications with either of the parties
now struggling for the control of reconstruct
ing Virginia. In so far as the "new move
mentn in Virginia looks to the participation
in public affairs of the men who have long
commanded the confidence of the State and
are still recognized as its leaders it is already
known to have his sympathy as well as that
of the better elements of his party. But when
it comes to a question of whether one ticket
or another ticket under the same reconstruc-
ton shall be supported, the President wisely
declines to be involved.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

Among the measures which yesterday passed
their final stage in the Legislature and went
to the Governor, were Sheriff's bill, shorn Oh
some of its iniquities, but still believed to be
Objectionable bill in the interest OF the
present Directories of the Central,
Hudson, and Erie Railroads, which
is hardly the same as being in the
interest of the communities dependent upon
those roads, and bill abandoning the sepa-
rate December city election here, and remand
ing us to the old plan.-Altogether, perhaps
we ought to be thankful it was no worse; but
we wait for the remaining days of the session
with more anxiety.
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

The st. Louis grain merchants are working
in such practical way to divert the great
Western shipping business from Chicago to
their own city, that we shall not be surprised
if they soon win fair share of success. They
have set about proving that grain can be
shipped to New-York by the Mississippi
cheaper than by the lakes and canal, not by
writing letters and making speeches, but by
purchasing cargo and trying the experiment
They have bought No. Spring wheat at
81 25, and expect to be able to deliver it in
this city at 81 4Oi. Similar grades are quoted
in our markets now at about 81 so, which
certainly leaves the enterprising shippers
handsome profit.
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We print this morning another Cuban dis
patch to the Associated Press, which the Span
ish authorities in Havana had suppressed. The
dispatch consists almost exclusively of reports
given in the organs of the Spanish interests of
Havana, and to which the Spanish censor had
made no objection. The authorities which sup
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Cnonicb rula
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Chicago will read with wrath that the New
York Legislature, in spite of its well-known
capacity for, splendid schemes, has refused to
attempt amending the Constitution so as to
borrow ten millions for the enlargement OF the
Canals. Doubtless an enlargement is practical
and desirable; but our people are just now IN
no mood for such outlays of hard cash; and
even the Legislature has been enabled to COM
prehend this phase of the popular temper.
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MURDER OF A COLoRED MEMBER OF THE VI"
GINA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

RICHMOND, Va, May 4.-Joseph holmes Vol
Grad member OF the unconstitutional Convention was
killed M Charlotte Court House, yesterday Apersouai
dtlculty occurred between hm and John Marsha, ~
OF Judge Marshall of whose family Holmes was Ir a. &
hodV.scrvant Both parties drew pistols, anu ~
conlmenced which was participated IN by MaIshs,.,s ,
friends After being shot, Holmes walked into the to
House and fell dead.
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Charles Schaffer, a German, aged 40 ynay yeai,
while intoxicated, last night, fel INTO tle LGaa nics
from the effect OF which he died IN snort tne' ~
body WAS removed TO the Morgue. :,
The Cuban Fair, at Apollo Hail. is llDel'ny , ~.
paronized Many veEy valuable articles have nStii ~
nated among others solid silver set, by CnDah au! -.
copy OF Ttians Flora an original OF 50 feisr rde
twn valuable horses sent from Havana; sharpe hh0'
10 be sent iust as I Is 10 the Cuban patriots ana my
other articles A table covered with beautiful ana 'osty
ariices Is arranged In regular Cuban STYLE and AZ
ascent Cuban rattle Is going on al the tlina
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

John Bright, though now Minister, is as
bold an advocate of reforms as ever. SOmo of
the Tory papers regard the speech which he
delivered in favor of repeating the prohibition
to marry a deceased wifes sister as one of his
worst. The bill was carried by the large ma
jo-ity of co. The Solicitor General, Mr.. Cole
ridge, was the only prominent Liberal who
smoke against the BILL
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TuE.cAsE OF rno,rAs DREW.

BosroN May 4.-Thonlas Drew, who has been
in ian since the nth of last month by order of the state
senate for contempt refusing to be sworn by the Leg
islatiye Committee was brought before the supreme
Court to-day ON writ OF hbeas corpus, aud MS e"sei
suhmited printed argument, taking ground th no So,
mitlee OF the legislature had gnt to ake eo4pnsDS
,5once TLis was replied 80 by the Attorney 6ehslal'
na the decision OF the Court reserved unul To-
morrow.
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ments for his present course. The more suits
he stirs up, the better chance there is for
getting at the facts. With man having such
a capacity for the invention of lawsuits after
them, the Pacific Directors may find fresh
reasons for paying not one dollar more for
"black-mail, but millions for the improvement
"of the road ~ ........
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NetuI9lntk Daily Gribtlr&.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

F1Rsr PAGE. Obituary.
Washington Dispatches. Removals:
Albany News Matinee Concert.
Foreign News MnSlc
Domestic Tel. News NeSt-St' Shdlpers
SECOND PAGE. Ihe lufI.
Agricultural. IHQuests
GeneraI Notes Lectures. Meetings &c.
The Courts To Correspondents.
Nancy Market The State Of Trade.
Markets Marriages and Deaths.
o, THIRD PAGE. Special Notices.
Shin News SIXTH PAGE.
Advertisements. Saratoga
FOURTH PAGE. Book Advertisements.
Ola Virginia. Real Estate
Pauperism in England. Real Estate Adyments'
,Out OF the Frying Pan. SEVENTH PAGE
The Press IN France. Advertisements.
Sugar Culture. EIGHTH PACE
Editorial Paragraphs. Home News
Busipess Notices Five MarshaPs Report,
YIFTH PACE. Latsst Ship News.
The Cuban Cause. Advertisements.
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The great Cuban meeting last night at
C,oper Institute, the stirring speeches, the un-
bounded enthusiasm, and the hints Of practi-
cal work, may help to dispel the idea that any
late news from the struggling insurgents has
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05
orT or THE FRYING-PAN

Our City is 80 corruptly governed with such
glaring contempt of economy, integrity, and
even decency. that we do not marvel that des-
perate remedies are often suggested. The
Erening Post advocates complete surrender
of the supervisory control now exercised over
City Expenditures by the Legislature. Here is
its line Of argument
Suppose the people OF New York were allowed TO
mauuee-or ml.nlnage, II you choOse-heir own munich
pal affairs suppose they were empowered 70 select q
Mayor with proper executive functions and responsible
te. and with the appointment of hs subOrdiuaes and
their control in his hands there might at first be exrav
ngance though IL could not be than now but II
not easy to see that the arguments the exposures, the
vigilance OF a society like the Citizens Association would
far more thcnl than they ever he under
The present system N the Mayor responsible for
the cos, OF the City Government he could be easily made
New-York tribune., 1869-05-05

tended to cool the zeal of their American
friends. We present in other columns full
ranort
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Comments by The Tribune.

The remark of jefferson that great cities are
sores on the body polite, seems to have
received here the fullest justification; and we
submit that The Posts logic assumes state
of facts quite other than that which exists.
The fundamental difficulty in our case is this !:
Three fourths Of our rioters hare no cOnriction,
no belief that prodigdlity and corruption IN City
Expenditure is injurious 10 them. On the con-
trary, an Alderman who would rob the City of
100000 and squander half of it on "the boys"
who nominated and elected him, would be re-
garded by majority as q smart, clever fellow
and probably have an increased majority at
the next election
Take for illustration this IVth Ward, wherein
our property and business are located, and
which last Fall returned 4,3t0 votes as cast for
President at its polls. Probably $500 of these
were cast by legal voters; the rest by re-
peaters, men holding fraudulent naturalization
papers, and hired ballOt-bOx- suffers. OF the
$500 legal voters, il would be liberal to esti-
mate that 900 have any earnest, intelligent
desire that our government shall be frugal and
upright; the residue believe they have more
to gain than lose by lax administration and
pronigate expenditure. They own very little
property; they pay little or no taxes they
would like TO be placed on the payroll of the
Street (or some other) Department at IS each
per day, draw their pay, and do nothing; as
they would realize u net profit of at least
81 70 per day by the operation.
At least nine-tenths of the property in the
Ward is dixie ours) owned by nOn-residents,
whose outcries against extravagant Municipal
outlay and excessive taxation would only en-
dear their local authorities to the popular heart.
There are probably majority of the actual
voters in tho Ward who do not, in the aggre-
gate, pay so much for taxes as a single nOn-
resident, who has no more voice in its govern
mcnt than the Mikado of Japan. And if we
should concusively demonstrate that the Alder
man was incompetent, corrupt, rapacious, and
a drunkard, We should thereby render his re-
election inevitable.
Now the Legislature is usually poor con-
cern-weak, veDal, debauched purchasabe-
but a majority of the members, if not honest
themselves, have honest, intelligent constitu-
encies behind them. They are afraid of ex-
posure in lagramt rascality-they are like the
devils who "beleve and tremble - there is
some leverage on their votes if not on their
conscences they can, and often are, fright
ChCu lnlO uCoiotihB llOlu bOlnB IdSCdllIy lHnO
they have been paid and have promised to
cOnsummate. Save the utterly rotten, rapa-
ciOus, shameless platoon composed of seven
eghths of the representatives of this City,
they are amenable to rebuke, to exposure, to
reprobation. Hence we hold it advisable to
maintain the present supervision of Municipal
expenditure by the Legislature, not as the best
thing conceivable, but as the best readily attain
able. 1t incites inquiry and provolSes discus
sion. and awakens public attention. Bad rs
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things are, we believe they would be far worse
if our City Councils were Omnipotent in rails
ing and spending the taxpayers money.
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Busnltss 9otltss.

WALTHAM WATCHES. .-
FILLER & Co No. q JoSu-t. v Y,
Watches wholesale Pnces al grades tese eeoiSu
tluskeeperS. iu solid gold and silver cases only
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FryrH.AvE., CORNER Oy siIrEESrH.sr.

These Madame PAREPARosI Miss IoUrsE
KHLLOeG Miss TorP s. Mills J. PArrIsoS H'EHT
SANDKROS BRisTOW, C. JEROME HoPKSi PAA'z aud
considered By every musician Of note The
Best PIANO MASUFACTuRED
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WEBER

PIANO YORrK wLRRROoHs
REMOVED TO
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-09

abandoned their assaults upon the public
credit, and engaged in = fierce onslaught on
the Cooke pamphlet. All the resources Of
denunciatiOn aud ridicule were exhausted in
demolishing the doctrine that "A national
debt IL national blessing"- doctrine Mr.
Cooke never advanced, and hence = man OF
straw. More than q million copies Of the
pamphlet were circulated and read among
the people, and the effect Of the widespread
discussion was to aid materially Ill llfting the
public mind out OF the dumps, in giving q
new impetus to the sale Of b0nds, and in re-.
storing confidence in the ability Of the nation
to stand erect under Its load.
The leading positions taken by the writer
OF the "National Blessing" pamphlet were
these: ~ With our resources the debt can be
easily and certainly paid; (2) tho government
securities furnish widely diffused and easily
available cash capital, ready ut ell times for
the uses OF business enterprise; (3) theee Sc
bank for workmen, widows and orphans: a
the debt furnishes the only sound basis for
system of uniform national currencv: (5l the
annual savings to the people by such a ma
tional currency based on the debt will nearly
pay the interest on the debt; (@ the public
debt, diffased throughout oil the states and
a bond of union and check to parti-
san violence; a. this generation should
not be required to pay the whole
of tho debt; (8) our revenue system should
be materially modified, we should cease
counting the peoples teaspoons and collect
our internal tax from few articles, spirits,
wine and tobacco being the loading ones; (9)
increased population and increased manufac-
lures vii! constantly tighten the debt burden
by diffdsing 1t; QO) we should make Europe
contribute 10 our revenue by l=vying an ex-
else tax on exported cotton and petroleum.
From this outline OF the doctrines pre-
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-09

Her brother! Tho only tie of relation
ship she had ever kuown-the brother
whom abe had loved with such idolatry:: s.
Escaped from death In India, and seek
ing the sister who mourned him as dead,
only to be stricken down by the jealous
hate Of one who should have been isguard-
Ian and protector.
He turned his face to the wall with o
groan that seemed bursting his heart.
From that day he failed rapidly; and one
Lsight morning when the flowers bloomed
and the birds sang blithely, he called, in
his weak voice, for Robina.
They brought her in, pale and helpless
as child, and laid her on the bed beside
him.
my little Robin2'' he whispered fondly,
touching her hand reverently, Il have
heard the call, and obey Only before /
60, have confession to make. for can
not 60 till you have forgiven me-"
She laid her little hand in his
II know i'll, dear John. That night when
you lay i'll in your delirium you revealed all.
May He forgive you, John, as fully rs do.
Let US pray together"
golden robin, swinging on tho maple
bough outside, at that moment began his
clear, ~arbling song.
Long ere the warble was ended, their
lips had ceased to move, their hearts had
ceased to beat.
In the little garden of Eagle Crag, where
birds revel in the wealth of bloom, Hans,
now strong hale man, spends part OF
every spring in pruning and training the
flowers she loved, and which they tended
and trained together. They lay side by
side in the village cemetery.
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-09
})octrr),
GREEN APPLES.

This beautiful and seasonable poem 10 taken from
rrowbridge's THE vaeabond and Other Psems."
Pull down the bough, Bobl Isn't this fun1
Now give 1t shake, and-there gees onel
Now put your thumb mp to the other and SEQ
II It ism I rs mellow ~ mellow can bel
know by tho stripe
1t must be ripel
That's ono apiece for you and me.
Green. are they Well. no matter for that.
Sit down on the grass and we'll have . chat;
And I'll tell you what old Parson Butte
Said last Sunday Of unripe fruit.
"Iife," said he,
''Is bountiful tree,
Heavily laden with beautiful fruit
And great joys hanging just over the head.
Happiness, honor and great estate, "''.'sse"
For those who patiently work and wAit;-
BLESSINGS" said he, '.tT
"Of every degree, e, y, :,,.
Ripening early, and ripening late.
''Take them In season, pluck and saA
And the fruit is wholesome, the fruit IL sweet;
On his desk. like regular thunder clap,
And made such bang,
Old Deacon Lang
Woke up out Of his Sunday nap.
"Green fruit" he said. "God would not bless;
But half LIES sorrow ind bitterness.
dAlf the evil ana ache and Cfimo
Came from tasting b. fore their time
The fruits Heaven sent'
Then on he won't,
To his Fosrthly and FiaAly-wasn'tit primef q;
But. I say, Bob! we fellows don't caro-
so much for . mouthful OF apple or pear;
But what we like il the fun OF the thing.
When the fresh winds blow. and the hang.birds
bring
Home grubs, and sing
To their young one Q, swing
In their basket nest, tied up by its string.
I like apples In various ways;
They're first-rate roasted before the blaze
OF Winter fire; and O my eyes!
Aren't hey nice. though. made into pies?
scarce ever saw i-' - -'
One. cooked or raw, "
That wasn't good for . boy Of my sixel
But shake your fruit from an orchard tree,
And the tune of the brook and the hum Of the bee,
And the chipmonks chippering every minute. =
And the clear sweet note Of the gay little linnet,
And the grass and the flowers,
And the long Summer hours,
And the favor of sun aud breeze are In It.
But this is . hard onel Why don't We .
Leave them another week ON the treef
Isyour's a bitter Give M bitel -,
And the taste of II FUCKERS
Ny mouth like sucker's!
Ivow, believe the old parson WAS right -"
Mower County transcript., 1869-12-09
A Famine In Northwestern India-lts
Effects and the Consequences.

from t1o CaCutCS OVcrlanu MAI, Oct ~.
The return of deaths in the Northwest"
ern Provinces for the month of August, is
really appalling. In August last, year the
deaths were 25,2G5, but in August of the
present year they rose to 81, 542. Cholera
and fever are the principal causes of the
increase, as from the former the deaths
roso from 1926 to 18,5O1, and from the
latter from IL, 900 to 10000 No doubt the
debility of the people caused by the scare
ity has rendered them more liable to dis
ease.
The relief works on the East Ganges Ca
model manner, Notwithstanding the difficult
persons, with their huts, tools, medical
necessaries and appurtenances certain dis
tence nearly every day, along space of ten
miles. Sanitary arrangements had also to
be carefully attended to, to prevent any
epidemic breaking out among people
already much reduced by starvation, and
this involved the maintenance of a large
staff of mentors. These arrangements
were carried out so successfully
that the daily average OF sick treat
ed in hospital was only 9.OG per thou
sand. Numbers of reduced women, with
half starv ed infants, having arrived q sup
ply of goats was procured, and substituted
for the mothers with great success. Of
course with SO much care. the work has
not been performed so cheaply as could
have been done by contract, but it has been
efficiently done, and the relief given to the
poor, moro than counterbalances any addi-
tional expenses. MIR. A. Grant, the assis-
tant engineer, to whose exertions these fav-
orable results are mainly due, has been re-
warded by tho government, with step in
rank, and the special thanks of the govern
ment. It. Corbett, and Mr.. Roberts have
also been most deservedly praised and
thanked.