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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

We notice that some journals seem surprised
that the Hon. Noah Davis resents (it is said)
the report that he has purposed a resignation
of his seat in Congress. Whether he has or has
not, he ought to resent 1t as an impeachment
of his fidelity if not of his integrity. Mr. Davis
was elected last Fall for the first time from
a district hitherto distracted by personal feuds,
and which has not always been so strongly
represented as its intelligence and its interests
require. The name of Mr.. Davis reconciled all
differences, was hailed with enthusiasm, and he
was elected by an extraordinary majority for
Monroe and Orleans-2,69O. Going to Wash
ington new member, and still "a young man,
he was at once placed on the House Judiciary
Committee-a distinction seldom accorded to
novice at the Capitol. If, now, judge Davis
should resign because he could make more
money at the bar, he would prove insensble
to and unworthy of a confidence and honor
whereof any man might be proud. And who
ever has started without authority the runrOr
that he would resign has signally under esti-
mated his sense of obligation to a noble con-
stituencY,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

The report of the Water Commissioners OD
the subject of scarcity in the supply OF
CrotOn reminds us of the very important fact
that in seasons of drOuth the volume of water
poured out by the whole CrotOn River is only
3S,000.000 gallons, while our average daily con-
sumption is no less than GO,000,000 gallons, the
surplus of 100000 being drawn, of course,
from the reservoirs. As this rate, it is evident
that, with the rapid annual increase of con-
sumption, the river will soon be insufficient to
supply us, and it is by no means certain that
the storage reservoirs now building will meet
the difficulty. The obvious requirement IL
economy, and there lis no means of insuring
this except by the use of water meters, and a
change in the system of rates. If every man
paid for the water he used, neither more nor
less, just as he pays for gas, instead of fixed
tax per annum, the consumption could be
brought within reasonable bounds The urgency
of some such reform is so evident, and it has
been so often demanded, ithat it seems wonder
full it should not have been put in practice
long ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

The Richmond Wing win have no Wanting
of the Virginia election as Democratic
victory "lf to have carried out in her late
election" says The Wing, "a policy in which
"no single Democratic dogma, principle, or
Characteristic finds place, makes her Demo
"cratic, then she may be SO considered, upon
"the principle of lucuS non lucendo" The
World is requested by our Richmond cotem-
porary to cease its pgans and remember that
Virginia understands her own business, is not
Democratic, and does not wish to be called so.
But of course The World will not be intu-
enced by any such reasoning as The Whig's,
and will keep on calling Virginia whatever il
hos a mind To-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

A commission has been perplexing itself in
Washington with an attempt to decide IN what
part of the city the new State Department
building shall be erected. Would it not be
wise to make sure that the new offices will be
needed in any part of Washington What
folly to plan out new Government buildings
when the very Capitol is lettering on its foun-
datOn stones, and threatening to run away to
New-York or st. Louis. In our opinion the
best site for the new State Department would
be on the Fifth-ave., facing the Central Park,
and the other Departments should stand in a
row along the same street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10
%nustmrnis, &c.

Poort,is TuFATFR Twentv-tbird-st. between tlIthl
,rd Srh.avss-This Bvepng at a." Rip yaa Winki@ 'F1
Icfersoa = r,.slz
CRNrpA1 PARK GArpFN. Seventh-ave. and FlIty-
-Tbs Eveaing at 8-Grand Concert Theo In0"N "
Levy.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, cor Eigth-aye. i aIT E = M
~ thiu.st-This Evening Al Green Bushes LaoHo
Nmro's GARDEN.-This Evening at g." Arran-
Ha.Psgse" IT,
OLYnt1c THFATEE - This Evening at S'T v99
Troupe "a oc.1fD
wM1AcKs TnrArER-This Evening at s." SELL
John K nv 4. A. q -
Tai. An moon AZ Pretty Piece Of Business 5nu NV
R..r. ~ W.Tst1 This hgeHing al B." Lana nopAh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10
PEAR CULTURE FOR RsoME
A NEW ROCK on TIM. FEAR.

5 We will publish. about August 20, an Illus
trated work entitled "Pear Culture for Profit" by r. T.
QUINN practical hortcuturst. for many years sue
cessui grower Of Pears for market The subject "a s
ply and Thoroughly treated under the following heads:
Varieties Aspect; Preparation Of the Soil; Distance
Apart Selecting Trees; DwaTfs and Standards Time OF
Plantngs Paintings Dlggpg Trees from the Eurseryrow
and Packing; Varieties 20 Plant Pruningi Manurlhs
and Mulohing; Gathering Fruit Marketing Pearsi
Profits of Pear Culture, Propagatien-Budding and
Grating; Practical Suggestions; Orchard Record THIS
work will be found complete practical manual Tor inc
Peargrower whether for pleasure profit One Volume
handsomely bound In CLOTH Price g. Sent free by mail
on receipt Of prtces. THE TRIBUNE, New'fofK'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

correspondent of The Cincinnati CONNER
ciaI gives some interesting figures to illustrate
the prosperity and progress of the colored
people in Kentucky. The freedmen seem gen
orally eager to secure homesteads for their
families, but have great difficulty in procuring
land, as most of the property holders refuse to
sell to them. In spite of all discOuragements,
however their condition is steadily improving.
They were taxed in 1867 onS1 $4,000 worth of
property, and in 1868 on 81 ,674.5S7. They have
schools in every village sustained partly by
their own voluntary contributions, and partly
by the Freedmen's Bureaus their children study
with avidity; and the men, as general rule,
are industrious. The same stories come, in
fact, from all parts of the South. Give the
negroes a fair :chance, and they viii become
valuable citizens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

without good evidence Of insanity
but it is a curious coincidence that Just wbjls
one of our courts is besought for the release
of patient said to be wrongly held at Bloom
ingdale we have two awful lessons in che
danger of permitting insane persons to ne
wrongfully at large. Bruen, who mur-
dered Mr.. Buck, at Succasunna Plains.
few days ago, had been known for
five years as a dangerous lunatic, whom it
was necessary sometimes to lock up, yet
he was allowed to go at liberty. Tho
man who shot Mrs. Hobbs on Wednesday in
Boston was VIGOROUSLY insane, and had once
before attempted the homicide which he at
last accomplished, and had been for season
locked up in consequence. The question may
well arise, whether the relatives or friends
who leave such dangerous characters to shoot
people whenever they feel like it, are not az
guilty as the man who turns mad dog loose
into the street Perhaps there is more need of
law to enforce the restraint of lunatics than
to insure the liberty of the sane.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

is liberating thousands of intelligent minds from
the otherwise insurmountable barriers of pow
erty, is aglow with schools. There are organ
lied cooperative schools, domestic schools
cooperative lectures, and reimbursement
schools. The wealthy, catching the spirit
of cooperative enlightenment are further
ing it with their influence. The Ackroyd
Benefit Reading Rooms are much esteemed in
Halifax, and the immense wealth OF the Cross
leys has also recently taken benevolent turn
Manch chester, where the extremes OF lgnor-
ance and genius vie with each other for
popular renown, is also largely successful In
industrial reform movements, and full pro-
portion of this rallying intelligence is the re-
suit while London, through the activity OF her
great corporations for land, houses, provisions,
and manufactures, for home independence Is
rising in the intellectual scale with rapidly
that challenges the attention of the world.
The tendency of cooperation is to seize
upon the printing press as the legitimate
medium of dissemination, and it is thus gradu-
ally taking genuine literary turn. There are
already FIVE journals devoted exclusively to It's
development. The CO6peratOr, published at
Manchester, not content with large circulation
at home, creeps into Denmark, Belgium-all the
European States-and has originated coopera-
tive societies in each; while The Social Econo-
mist, under such able direction as George
Jacob Holyoake and L. o. Greening, finds Its
admirers in the fashionable drawing rooms OF
Al. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

Last week our correspondence gave hint Of
a new requisitiOn on Spain for 10000 troops.
If Madrid assurances are trustworthy, these
troops will be supplied in September The
Cubans have therefore cause to Tedouble their
appeals for arms and aid, without which the
capture of the towns of Trinidad and San
tiago. lately so hopeful prospect, may be de-
layed and perhaps frustrated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

The order directed against the priesthood in
sympathy with the Carlsts by Minister Gorilla
was an extremely bold one, and it remains to
be seen whether it will be effectual. 1t is now
clear that the chief strength of Don Carlos lay
with the clerical influence of Spain. We can
therefore credit the report that his movement
started with several millions of money and
calculation of 10000 men. 1t seems to have
ended, as usual, in fight and executions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

There was great ado raised, few weeks
since, over the indictment Of some of our most
respectable citizens as guilty of violating our
State law against Usury We did not join in
the clamor; our sympathies were rather with
the victims Of usury and our violated laws.
1t was urged that the respectable gentlemen
had only loaned their surplus cash at the cur
rent rates. it was not their fault that those
rates were sometimes exceptionally high. We
have noted, however. that no such rates have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

Competition is a benefcent principle. Thanks
to the French Cable, as wen as to the business
progress of the AnglO-American Cable, tele-
and message of ten words viii in future cost
but 81 so, and each extra word rs cents.
the press receiving messages at half-price.
These charges are cheaper than those of the
French line, which starts on a basis of $40.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

The Harvard crew win much commendaton
in London, though of course they have not yet
done their best. The Englishmen, while adj
hitting that they are no contemplate an
tagonists, express little fear for the
laurels of Oxford; and they treat our
young men with such hearty hospitality that
we gain confidence the race viii be fair
one. Foul play, however, is only to be dreaded
from the lower classes, with whom the crew
have not yet been brought into contact.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

A protest against the Chincha Islands eOOlie
trade has been sent to the British Minister by The mer
camille community OF Annoy.
Miss Clara Barton, WAC nobly devoted her
self during the to nursing wounded soaers and
who after the war; commseccd successful search Tor
the last resting OF aany unfortunate victim OF
the Andersonvle horror will sail for EurOaE Satur-
day by the Caledonan she is At preseaa visiting Mis-
Frances ID. Gage OF No. 70 Wilow-st., Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

The Cortes will assemble in 0ctober-it may
be to elect king. CASTELAR, does not believe
that king can be chosen, but, writing to a
BuenOS Ayres newspaper, makes note of the
singular assurance of the diplomatist Olozaga
that candidate for the throne, acceptable to
everybody, had been found. Since both Prim
and OlOzaga are reported in favor of Prince
Napoleon, it is just possible that he means
PlOn-DlOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

The Canadians are troubled by the continued
exodus of their French; but the French are
not the only people who leave them to seek
work and thrift in the United States. Emil
grants slip through Canada as through a sieve
into our borders. Of 1901 emigrants who ar
rived at Toronto during the month of June
but ~ remained in Canada.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

The favorite sensation for the last year has
been Lunatic Asylums, and great deal Of
sympathy has been expended upon various
unhappy patients who, in full possession of
their faculties have been consigned to Bedlam
by mercenary relatives and venal doctors
Whatever may be said of tic merits of indi-
yidual cases, there can be little question that
in some States the laws arc lax enough
70 allow commitment to mad-h0uses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

since prevailed.-which Sam Weller would nave
remarked as a curious coincidence. we SuS-
meet that, if the legal penalties of Usury were
rigidly enforced, we should seldom ma ouSi-
ness men wantng to borrow at quarter 10
half ner cent a day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

LANDS IN GEORGn.-Mr. II. j. CowART of Atlanta,
is stopping for some DAYS at No. Park-place as al
agent unpad for his State, in order to explain aud
commend the inducements she Offers to emigrans,
in her fertile SOIL genial climate abundant water
power, cheap lands mines, &C., Sc We commsad
Mr. Cowart and his mission to- all who meditlhe
change of location 70 Southern home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

The new Post Office is begun at last, and in
the course of two years we may expect to
have reasonable conveniences for getting our
letters. The time and labor which have been
expended in bringing this obviously necessary
reform to beginning are a very remarkable
example of the slOwness with which fast people
sometimes move.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-27
49,. Lis elly papers =. ma, gov

sss.. L,ts city papers st"'r '"a' "
" armolh has signed the Cisa Rights 'li
and. consequently, it is now sl'w. "h*'
rsssus,s his ExceIlsn:;:y could have bad u
signing the present bill aftrr:vrt"ing th'
frat have not yet TRANSFERRED. The oni'
/, Inference TO be drawn from this qnrf'
turn # bis Academy Is that the sata'
APPLIANCES were not used to veto II az
we're brought to bear in the first '''staOoe.
While we are willing to see cul"Ted pep
pie c,jny all other rights claimed o.
white men, the pFoprieiy o. soFc'ng so
cial equality as set forth IN the cdiou1
bill jus. passed, is 10 be deprecated. and
must result iu The most dangerous con
-eouences. There is such a th''.g as
letting "weli enough, alone" a maxim
tba. is always appreciated by sensibl'
men, but those men who iatteU upon tbt
spells wrung from the needy tax payers
of Ibis State. are wilfully blinded to every
thing that does not tally with their ideas
( right aud wrong, for the simple reason
that some mo,ey may be made out OF an
individual who is not willing 10 pot d
aegro on an equality with himself, ~
set forth in the principles Of the Social
Equality bill. We are 10 slarmist, no'
DO we trouble ourself with dabbling il
The dirty pool Of politics that now fumes
and siiuks 10 the %nossFiIs of Louisianians
but If Gov. Warmoth aud his adherent.
expect to ride over us as the Radicals
have done the people Of Arkansas, ,hr,
much mistake the mettle of those the
would lord it over.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-27

t.h,, .saAD. a. ,.sto - nc i"i's i"
ar,nrle TIA. We need must, II Is small
,rm4 We need them smaller than Is
generally supposed 4 h,ne OF the eassh,
thoroughly treated With the great atmas
pbere Of wealth above it, Is all that We
uerd-is all that we can IS. We may
own much, but We can occnpy but little
a mere usteh-aud that We can make our
own. VIVA, crnps We tan faist' are al
wuys safe no risk. This should INSPIRE
us, to see such cr,,pa, and from. snch httle
land, aud have it right ty as. There IL
. beauty, u satisfaction in this, that ought
10 simulate every que. and u ought 10
be part of Ills e~ljoyments, !. 1t Is 10 the
,trne farmer. There is benefit IN this /;
there ia order ; everything is clean and
10 It's place ; there Is NO erowd'hg. 10
urging. You have your time, and you
can do what YOU do weli-ibe only way
N which a thing should be- nj u III
which. j, is not done. Then a nan~ bs-
comes q country genti~mah." aud not
ill then. We must, and will eventually.
.dupt the European plan. II pays 10
Adopt il aov here. II .Itttpays 10 do as
We o do, it will pay better 10 do rs W.
-honld do. Let US d. il. Can we do il
We are so acrustnned To the old routine.
,ha, it IL difficult To Teak away. Sell
hat thou hast, aud come and buy-irss.
That is the doctrine ; HAT Ia Lille 1t Is
living. and not merely making 'nnury.-
Aud there is but Que way III do this 1t
Is adopting a system oil thorough. dowa
right treatment of the soil Ia all respects /;
tut particularly in the application oi
r~naLur-s-in curic!,ing deeply. fully aud
vigorously the land TO = capacity that
,ew nave hitherto attempted. Then We
get ourselves a hnme--wi'at they have III
Enrop., but what we have nn, here
there is not the attraction ffrom k,eg
Q sociation) that is required We make
.nr h,lnes barren, both in the field and
,ioniciie. There is not the w~-slisi, the
'uxniiance. the taste, aud. Consequently,
The -permsieuce, which are required 10
make u habitat. Our associations are
not lasting. b+eause they have not Trad
chance to take root. We must M Ike our
.tomes, and VT must begin some time,
and that soon, with many Of us, OF we
are too late. Shall We then fritt-r away
our time ,ill the only hfe We have To l,v.
is guns 7 But we must live fur ouT
ci.iidrea." Aye. and orr children are
ourselves--mak- a home for us, for them
Country Gsntiemoa.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-27

IT, The Supreme Court of the State
having decided the one per cent. tax 10
be constitutional. there is nothing left for
those who owe but to come forward and
pay il. We have been informed upon
what appears to be good authority that
this tax is to be applied TO the payment
OF the interest upoo The State debt, which,
z correct, is not so bad, always provided
that it so applied ; bat if it is to fill the
pockets OF those who are ~plunderiag the
State for their adv it is not
quite 80 satisfactory.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-27
u.s. Great preparations are being mac

s1s- Great preparations are being made
in New Orleans for the Fair in April
next. IF our information be correct. the
exposition this year will surpass those OF
previous years. The grounds are rapidly
being put in order and good condition for
The accommodation Of exhibitors. which.
which we're greatly neglected last spring,
when the mud made a trip over them Que
of difficulty and little pleasure. 1t ia
expected that the display Of b!ooded
stock will be large from the fact thu,
several stables from the s~tockra;.iny
~caun,ies Of the Wes, and North will be
fully represented with the best they have.
Machinery, too, such as is most wanted
here to save labor will be displayed 10
The best advantage.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-27

s1- The complaint is general of the
injury done the ane by the long rains
We have just passed through. In some
OF the matlays il has been completely
destroyed. while 10 others IL has Jared
soraewbst better, and the same nav be
said u the winrowed" csns. Stuhbje
and rattooh have kept we'll, and in some
places they have ~comrn-nced sprouting
from the warm spsing like days we expe
risnced q week OF two ago. In q few
days we shall be able to learn more par
'icalArs 10 regard to sugar prospects for
the year which ne will pobiisb for the
benefit of a readers.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-27

@- The river is again rising at this
point. with q reported rise 10 all the ND
per rivers. We are in q better condition
to stand . Good uow than We were com.
weeks ago, the main fear then being for
The stability Of Grand beree. That i'm
porta"t point having been declared Der.
iectly safe by the hes, sethority; we feel
under 10 approximations for the Ieyees in
ti'is parish. But it will never do 10 neg
Isst them, nevertheless.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-27

Ar FssolSx's.-Tbis enterprising firm
commends itself specially to the ladies
Feadler has 10 store q foil supply of the
celebrated "beckel covsets,' direct from
the mandatory Of Kaufman / Co.
Copeoaseen. These corsets are said by
the ladies 70 be the best in use, as they
give q with q form like . cotton bale, =
sylph like figure. They took the gold
medal in London in 1852. and the silver
medal ~ the Paris Exposition 10 1857
To examine them 10 10 buy.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-27

COP II THE CagsrlfrrioN.-1here h
son,~ talk about Congress res ognisiug
the exisiauce nf God IN the Conslitutjoa
Of the United States BY submitting m
amendment TO the States 10 thai nrri.
II our funiarne uial Law ever SKA. n
edges the being Of the Gr-,t jebos &,
the '~n'iiase'y 'nght To b~ takso eiss.
where than Congress, Tor we sn s.JAf
IT, what Crofi.a sIl said Of the Lp.sg Psi.
lisraeni, in England. that God bssd vi.
been there, to his certain knowledks. III
many years, either IN psrson of BY apisik
-C,a. Enquirer. !
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-02-27

I'LL iztAU UEfalsbuyeD l..kss-a-
gently heard that soon after ,bc 49,.
the war a gentleman who owns. -
body Of land in " Of The No,,hs..
Meek c.nanes nf Virginia, (som. s,."
Thousand aeres) determined ma, ...
Proceeded AZ once t" carry ont h. a..
lowing policy Having nu lin e.,..4.
large growth Of trees valuable far ,b;a
building, which he lad p~revion-iy r.f...d
10 sell. he at once opened cnmp,rric a,;.,.
WIN Northern rnen engaged i'm the .hc,;.
hess OF getting gu DsvAl timber. m.
result was that = contract vas nsd.
With them, the timber gotten out ..I
sold, and be iunnd himself in posses.;o.,
Of q considerable srn. of m,,n.v H.
then divided iis estate into fsfns If f,o,.
three 10 tonr hundred acres. and srr,,sd
comfortable buildings on all or il,.,n :
deserving One IT the farms for hims.lf
he looked abnut for tenants t.s he o.h.,.
and soon found tIlern Active. indu.,,i ~,
ynung men from the Sosth-ru Nr..t A.,
the mosi part married, rented ,hese farm.
went 10 wUik, and have Gone veil. Hal
the pwper Of this estate suffered il b, r..
main undivided and without buildi ~
wauld d6ubtivss. have remained n,,irs;,.
pied 10 this day This case has |. lerscp
that SD. uld be learned aud nm ia ,,rs...
tiee by the prnpfisiers ~ large hxI,es VI
uDoccupisi lands All sub Viii, hSse
the n.eans, should divide their isnds iato
farms oi tfuIa one I,und,ed 10 fur hunA.
red acres, and erect comfortable bu,ld-
ings IN ias.n. saei, farms can b@ mnch
mere readily sold M reaird than lsges
bodies Of land wiliou. buildings : Ksk.
nsond Wig.