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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-04
CARE THEY pIcrUREs OF spIRITsr


SIR; Your correspondent from No. 17S Broad
way thinks that Numbers process Is devoid Of fraud
trick because parties who seek for spiritual photo
graphs Of friends md them at Mumors 1t very true
as witness stated on Monday "f we believe in spooks
IL Is easy 10 see them" Faith works wonders. Iund.
reds Of boys In the country have ghosts by the
roadside at night, which clear vision and lttle
credulty would have proven to have been white calves
other equally Innocent Obects Fools who be.
HeUe ia fortune elers, will always find them revealing
since couple OF portrait painters In Boston, who under
stood how To give variety Of imitation spiritual mani
festations finding Their profession dull In mid Summer
visited village within 80 miles OF the Hub" where
many spirtuaiists resided These artists advertised
themselves az Professors" and announced that they
would exhibit spiritual manifestations" Meanwhile
they had with pieces OF charcoal drawn hundred
rough fancy portraits on largo sheets OF printing paper
aud hung them around the walls OF the apartment where
nounced spiritual portraits OF persons who had died in
that village within the previous twenty years Friends
and relatives OF "tho deceased" recognized moro than
them at q each A member OF the firm OF Bigelow
Brothers Kennard the great jewelers. In Boston, stated
to rN gentlemen . s,t lev y % " p[ssYTSo o. aS
In their employ, named Mumler had confessed
TO him that no had humbugged many believers
departed friends witch they thought they recognized.
Mumler told his employer how no had manufactured
these pretended spiritual photographs from cngavngs
prominent individuals OF both believe that
WIN. H. Mumler does hot deny that ho II the man who
Your Correspondent SAYS Z" II this Is faacy it will
scken and die" Fools sicken and die" but other fools
are born 10 III their places-hence there Is always food
enough for faaccs 10 feed upon. Witness inc success
Of fOruuoelers, a6roogcrs gft enterprises mock ac-
tons lotteries, enamccrs OF ladies' faces, chleor coffee
men. pure brandy made from fnsil OH and aleohol
"fallacios" which now days successfully creep into
almost every trado or calling INVESTIGATOR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-04
And the following for railroad bonds

Money was in good demand, at ee7 per cent on cal
Commercial paper in good demand at 49, per cent
Sterling Exchange was firm but dull at quotaiona
London 60 days. s0lOo London sight, 1921 SiO't PS
long 51eIa5l6i Paris. short, 5il575l3i; Antwerp Sl4
a517i; Swiss, 61sba5.l7i; Hamburg S5lcSa Ams'sr
dam Io,a4O Frankfort, 4O.9IOs; Bremen,iIsss7sB Be
lin, mani.
The transactions at the Office Of the Assistant Treasure
we're: Receipts for Customs, s4G,OoO for Gold SOieA
,l45,OOO; total receipts. s2lSeecO 81. Total paymeuk
s357s,320 65. Balance, .SsO,5l5,969 "a.
The imports Of specie at this port during the pai
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-04

selling at II and the Preferred at s6I Rock Island
steady at lSsai37a Reading was lower upon rumor.
that strike was contemplated the coal region. h,
week At the last Board prices were higher aud ar,o
feeling noticed among holders Of stocks The MAJ
ket closed steady.
The following .were the closing quotations OF Cover,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-04
CRIMINAL,

f. Is. Swift, the claim agent against whom hVe
complaints made 10y discharged soldiers that no had
withheld portions OF their bounty money has been held
for trial by Commissioner Belts motion to dismiss tho
complaints on tho ground that the O0mplanans were not
ronteers dt The time OF tho alleged fraudulent tIansac
tons, that swift was not their attorney or agent ana
was not therefore amenable TO tho statutes "ch inc
Government cOntcndcd covered tho mas boon ue-
MED by the Commissioner, who ruled Ia favor OF the
Government.
The May Term OF the Court of General SEES
sions commenced Yesterday morning, CITY judge bed
fori presiding ana tho First Assistant District Attor
ney Robert & Hhtcings, esq, acting for tho foopo'
Although tHtfe HrD many less cases prOspoolNey thah
tAere have been w apT preceding month THIS year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-04
THE COURTS.
CoURT NOTICES.

The United States Circuit Court mas Deen
adjourned to Thursday next when Judge Benedict will
continue the April torn Of the Court ana take UP the
regular criminal calendar, and arising under the
revenue law. . A.,
Judge Nelson will sit In the u Circuit Court on Mon
day the slst inst 20 hear unfinished and adjourned cases
requiring his especial attention
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-04

warrants were issued by the Treasury DepaFtmeni
daring the month Of April to meet the requirements
the Government, as follows: Civil Miscellaneous, And
Foreign Intercourse, G2sOOoO; War, A,7ooooo Navy
81 OOO0 Interior Pension, and Indians t2o6oog Inter
est on the public debt, SiOOO. The warrants suedif
the redemption OF the public debt not Included in he
above.
The following gentlemen were elected Trustees Tor We
ensuing year, I'm the Produce Exchange Company
to-day: Francis N. French, WIN. II. Newman, Ed Con
well, Stephen W. Carey, stephen d. Harrison Geo. d
Cragin John Williams, Robert J. Randolph and Fran
els p Sage and for Inspectors OF Elections Gilbert OaE
ley John g. Sutphen, and Theodore b. Woolscy
Tho Western Union Railroad Company earned for As
second week In April:
l969...,......,.S l2052 81 INSTRUMENTATION
TABLE Of the Average AMOUNT OF loans, Specle. Cre
ton, Deposits, and L6qal Tenders an he Banks o. W
Ci,y Of Nete- York for The tceek ending Saturday, Rq
], 1869.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-04
JAY COOKE g. Co.

SAFE DEPosIT DEPAEEMENr OF I'VE ~, - ,be
PARK BANK.-The most recent ono oil 'nc NM lied
construction of which the Directors IA nay mt
themselves Of all the experience dp 20 w ar
which has enabled them 60 produce molo -, Bsy.
rangements than heretofore attained p.aJisl
gar and Ere Proof Fault, in their f"5iFog nv
they have Safes of various sizes 'ea'h ''.,ities
Combination Lock), whorc,teEants can p'TDs The
of every description for small anhu"i ,snit
officers win take pleasure IN showing 'no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-04
RANKING AND TINANClAL.

SEVEN PER CENT GOLD BONDS Of the LAKE oUr'
RIoR AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMPANY fiA''
MORTGAGE SINKING FUND BoNDs, FREE OF ON'''
STATES TAX, secured by l,633.O0o acres oil en''''
lands, and by the railroad, its rolling stock anu
chises, and yielding in currency nearly IN
CENT PER ANNUM. We recommend these bonus ."
desirable Investment for persons collecting u.s.
CoUPoNs. Holders Of $40 BoSDs can exchauS' Nv
profit of nearly TWENTY PGn CENr besides r'''', W.
ono per cent in gold additional income. N"'''N
amount for SALE and full particulars fn''''''" y"
lay COoKr A. Co
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03
AROUND THE WORLD.

In the course of a few months more,
it will be within the power ofevery
man who can command as much as
81 500, to make a trip around the
world. When the railway across the
continent to the Pacific ocean shall be
completed, there will be constant con-
veyance oy means of railways and
mail packets for passengers desiring
to travel round the world. This grand
tour will be $4,000 miles in length,
and will cost 81, 800, and will be ac-
eomplished IN about eighty days
The American tourist will be able to
visit England, Japan, Ceylon, and
Egypt. He will cross the Atlantic,
North Pacific, and Indian Oceans, the
Red and Me 1iterrancan Seas, the con-
tinents of America, and the delta of
Egypt. He will be able to leave New
York, say the beginning of May, and
and to arrive home again about the
middle of July.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03
PRESIDENT GRANT.

Grant assumes the sceptre in the
midst of an unparalleled deluge of
fattery and servility, coming from the
same party who, four years ago, were
licking the very boots of Johnson
Grant, like Johnson, is a renegade
Democrat-elected by the party to
whom he is naturally opposed. He
has, says eotemporary, the same Ell
ements to contend with that destroy
ed Johnson, the same unscrupulous,
malignant, corrupt and audacious rev.
olutionists who subyerted Johnson's
administration, and usurped for them
selves the different branches Of the
Government, and rendered nugatory
the original principles of the Govern
ment. IF Grant drifts with them-as
he probably will-they will consent
to make him the emperor they have
been seeking for several years past;-
but if he fails to follow them by OBJ
serving his oath of Office in the spirit
in which it is prescribed by the Con
stitution, he must suffer the opprobri-
um which Is now heaped on Johnson,
or, for selfpreservation, crush the
party which elected him.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03
RADICAL BROTmERLY LOVE.

The leading radical members of con-
gress do not exactly appreciate the
fact that it "is pleasant for brethren
to dwell together in unity" They
quarrel, and growl, and snarl, and
snap at each other like so many dogs.
Colfax and Morton, of Indiana, bit
terly denounee each other, and if what
they say of each other be true, neith-
of them is fit for the position he holds.
You can prove by Morton that Colfax
is a trickster, an imposter and q knaye
and you can prove by Colfax that
Morton is a good deal moro. The
Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinatti Enquirer, who knows whereof
he speaks, gives the following account
of the personal relations of number
of leading radical members of Con-
gress:
81 don't know why it is, but there
is cordiality of hatred and n recip-
roeity of contempt between the great
men of the radical party in the SEN
ate, that, if fully known, would aston
ish most people. Fesoenden hates
Sumner, and says in private convcr-
sation he's fool. Summer hates Fes-
sender, and says he's wretch. Har-
Ian hates Grimes, and says he's man
of no principle. Grimes hates Har.
Ian, and says he's n swindler. Wade
hates Sherman, and says he's n politi.
cal coward. Sherman--well, John
hasn't blood enough in him for either
love or hate. Conuess hates Cole
(they are both radicals from Califor-
MIA, remember and calls him all the
civil names he can think of Cole re-
ciprocates the favor by giving, as his
private opinion of Couness, that he is
the biggest scoundrcl unhung. Trum-
bull talks of Yates rs Il drunken fool
and Yates talks of Trmbull as a sober
sneak. If what Williams, of Oregon,
says of Corbett, of Oregon, be true,
Corbett, of Oregon, ought to be in 4
lunatic asylum; and If what Corbett
of Oregon, says of Williams, of Ore,
gon, Oe true, Williams of Oregon,
ought TO be in the States prison. Aud
o. ye Gods, listen to Drake talk oi
his newly elected colleague, the hum.
ble Schurz-he of the unfathomable
German mind and the metaphysical
German conference.-the disciple ol
Kant and the countryman of Schiller.
"a Dutch infid cl"-"an unprincipled
interlopcr"-''a political adventurer'
and all the names with which the
radical tongue can grace its speech
when it gets excited. have not yet
heard the homo rable Hon. Carl's opin,
ion of Drake; but if he stops short ot
calling him n id fool, he will dc
him great uni stice"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03
MELANCHOLY DEMORALIZA-
TION.

1t was the shamel ess boas. of the Rdmp
Congress, expressed through their great
leader, Thaddcus Stevens, whose soul his
political friends profess TO believe is now
resposing in Heaven, that they legislatcd
outside Of the Constitution that is, they
perjured themselves by enactmcnts that
were in violation of that instrument
That they have been doing so continually,
ever since the advent to power Of Lincoln,
is we'll known TO all intelligent persons.
And what are the consequences ? just
what should have expected. \ general
generalization in every department OF
Government and in every sphere of life.
The .Stote Journal, the organ Of that
party here, says that all laws regulating
the rate Of interest and loauing Of money,
although enacted to control the actions
and restrain the venality of the men Of
wealth, aud of course tLe leaders Of soci-
city, are not only daily violated but entire
ly disregarded, IDdecd, IN the opinion
Of the Journal, So dcmoralized has this
class Of society become, that its editors
declare that there is no use whatever In
trying to resrrai1 them from the viola
tions of the law when that law is in con.
fict With their interests. Hence that
paper disapproves fall legislation against
usurcrs, and characterizes them as dead
letter and utterly worthless.
A New York Republican paper says =
"The excise law is farce )" "there is no
more drinking on the sly on Sundays in
the large saloons" 1t will be recollected
that the entire police force of New York
is ultra Republican, holding their posi-
tions by the Republican party in power
at Albany.
Still another Republican paper in Bos.
ton cries out against law for the punish
ment of gambling; and says, "Why leg.
islate against gambling? The laws up.
on this subject are dead letter-let them
be wiped off from the statute book; they
are so much useless lumber, and only in
vite people to become law breakers, and
thus tend to demoralize society"
A short time ago, in a Chicago paper
which we take to be sort of free-lovc, pu.
ritanical organ, conducted with no mean
ability, we read strong remonstrance
against what it termed ''the unnatural
and illogical laws of matrimony." urging
as an argument against them that they
'Eonly led to disregard of nature and dc.
manded their speedy repeal"
Laws against public prostitution arc
strongly denounced in some quarters =
and loyal Rev. Gaddis, when member
of the Ohio Legislature, eloquently advo
Gated the licensing of sufficient number
of houses of public prostitution to meet
the wants of the largest cities
Shocking as are the above statements o.
of facts, they are only 'sthe surface indi
cations " Of the depths of degradation tC
which Republican politics and puritan
hypocrisy have sunk the country in Ies'
than eight years of usurpation and tyr
amy Ohio Crisis.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03
from the New York lisrald.l
HOW ET FEELS TO BE HANGED

Hanging, If succcssfnl-that is, il
il break n mans neck-is the most
sudden death he can die. 1t rupturcs
the spine in the immediate neighbor.
hood of the ned,tLia obi0agdta, and
breaks up the communication of the
nerve force or vital power TO the or
gans that carry on the human machin-
cry. If the mans neck is not broken,
the first action Of the cord is to close
the trachea, or windpipc and thus
stop the supply Of air. 1t also com
presses the large veins i'll the neck
which return blood TO the heart-thc
jugulars-but does not entirely com
press the large arteries that carry the
blood TO the brain, for these lie deep
cr. The immediate physiological eff
feet is n congestion Of the brain-a
congestion not dissimilar to that ot
drunknness, which is generally re.
garded rs agreeable, and the consc-
qencc of this congestion-a consc
qucncc that perhaps follows in three
minutes after the pressure Of the cord is
fclt-is the total abolition of conscious
sensation. The man may struggle
and writhe in n way terrible to see,
but these convulsions arc generally
painful only to the beholdcr. There.
fore, if man is hanged successfully
he feels only the one sickenjng scnsa
tion Of the plunge before he gets to
the end of the rope; three seconds ot
horror. If he is hanged unsuccess-
fully, by strangulation, he feels the
same three seconds, and, in addition,
btween the pressure Of the cord and
deep congestion of the brain, three
minutes of swimming, drowsy, un
certain uneasiness at the worst three
minutes and three seconds; and this
is all we give of misery to murderers
Compare with this the pain that man
suffers before he dies from any ordi
nary illness, the drawn out wretched
ness of 3 weeks of fever, the days o.
agony with rheumatism and the bent
forward, restless nights before this
rheumatism finally brings his dam
aged heart to q standstill, the months
of slow death by q cancerous stomach:
in fine compare the history of any ia
tai disease with the short shritt o.
hanging, and then reflect our humani
ty obliterates the murderer's three
minutes and three seconds by the use
of chloroform, really it is q fine age
and if q man is tired of this world ant
wants to get out of it on easy terms
the thing for him to do is to cut hi
neighbours throat and be hanged under
chloroform.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03
INDIAN TROUBLES AGAIN.


Not great while ago it was an
nounced with a great flourish of trum-
pets that the hostile tribes of the
Rocky Mountains had all yielded and
had signed a treaty of peace, and
were very anxious to properly behave
themselves hereafter. But late tele-
graphic accounts state that some ofthe
tribes are again becoming restive, and
that spotted Tail" declares that if
the United States do not observe their
treaties better he will dig up the
hatchet and take to the war-trail
again.
The farce of Indian treaties should
be entirely abandoned, and the sava-
:ges be taught that they are not indie
pendent nations, but the subjects of
the United States; and that while
they are amenable to our laws, they
ARE entitled to our protection.
1t is useless to expect the whites
and Indians to live together in peace.
In revenge for savage barbarities, the
frontier settlers kill the Indians with
out much regard to their individual
innocence or guilt. The military are
powerless to prevent this, and the
courts will not punish q white man
for killing an Indian. AS a conse-
quenee the Indians retaliate by muir
dering innocent whites, without re-
gard to sex or age.
The only way in which this muir
derous frontier war can be terminated
is, either to kill off all the Indians en-
Girely, or remove them to large and
'well-defned reservations, placed en-
'tirely under military authority, and
to exclude all white settlers there
from. Unless some plan like this be
adopted, there viii not be au Indian
left, fifty years hence, to chant a war
song, to dance a war-dance, or to ex-
hibit the scalps he has taken in battle
by his prowess.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03
ANDY JOHNSON NOT DEAD.

Since our last issue the telegraph
circulated the statement, far and wide,
that Andrew Johnson died of paraly-
sis IN Springville, Tennessee; but sub
sequent dispatches contradict this re-
port :-he is not dead bat is prostra-
ted by an attack of neuralgia. If he
recover he will have the rare fortune
of reading numberless obituaries OF
himself, just as General Shields did
after having been shot through the
lungs at the battle of Cerro Gordo in
Mexico.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03

THE FrvE-TwENTY BosDs.-s1 ,80O.4
100000 of the Five-twenty bonds are
payable in Treasury money, for on each
bond Is printed these words: "THe an
terest Of this bond is payable in gozd."--
This is good and sufficient notice that
the principal is not. But Mr.. Schenke's
Credit-strengthening Bill passed by con-
gross says that the principal shall be paid
in gold. This only makes little differ
encc of about 500, 600, 900 in fayorof the
bondholders. This is mere trihe only.
Nobody ought to complain. Did not
these bondholders save the life of the ma
ton? And ought not the people to pay
just or unjust? OF course they ought
Anybody that will grumble about paying
the small sum Of seveyn hundred million
to the bondhoIders more than ever was
stipulated may safely be put down as a
disloyal rogue and brazen copperhead.
The national credit must be preserved
1 Orcaon Herdld.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03
CALIFORNIA LABOR EN-
CHANGE.


We would have our people familiar
ise themselves with tho idea and val
uo of the above named institution.
They will the more highly appreciate
the efforts being made for the estab-
lishment Of such an one within our
own State. The address to which We
have already referred, embraces u
statement of the different callngs and
number of men emolovcd throm@hl the
exchange, arranged alphabetically
form "Architect" to "Whitcwashcr,"
filing one hundred and scvcnty-cight
different occupations, together with
the prices at which each person had
been employed. The address says
The table exhibits what kind of In.
Dor is most in demand and what is
most valuable. Carpenters, for in.
stance, were largely in demand-as
they must necessarily be in country
where new towns are springing upev
cry month, and new farm is fenced
i'll nearly every day-and they re-
cieved as the reward OF their labor
So to 81 n day in gold, or its cquiva.
lent. 1t will also be seen that en-
ploymcnt was found for 5,5bl ordina.
ry laborcrs, ut wages from 81 90 to
50 day.
OF course the table referred to in
the above is too lengthy for us to
publish. We have, however, cola.
ted from it sufficiently to show what
an immense work for California, the
exchange is accomplishing. And what
has been said has only had reference
to the male department.
Below &C give an extract Of diff
ferent character
FEMALE DEPARTMENT..
The operations of this Department
have, as far as practicable, been con
fined To the procurement of suitable
places in the country districts for wo
men and girls. From this source tho
demand has been constant and persist
ent, being very largely in excess o.
the supply.
The register shows that from tho
eth of July, 1865 (the date of the com
menccmcut Of the Female Depart
mcnL, tc December 31st, 1868, sitna
tions were procured for 2,l37 females
of various occupations. These per
sons represent all the civilized nation
alitics.
The table in this department showi
| that in some dozen or more branchce
of female employment the price,
ranged from SO to $50 per month
and that although the demand is still
III excess of the supply, prices are
moderate.
Just think fit. In the short space
of six months, employment has beer
given TO 2,l37 females, and that toe
without their being subjected to /:
charge of n single cent.
The address continues with m cx
tended reference to farms, prices o
land, of improvements, grain growing
climate, rain guagc, educational facil
tics, cost Of the ncccssarics Of lifi
with bill of fare, &c, &c. These, will
one or two exceptions, are not partic
ularly interesting in the view in whic'
We undertook TO give some extracts
from the address that is, in showine
the immense increase in population
and wealth California is securing
through the instrumentality of her la
Dor aud Employment Exchange, un
systemtizcd rs it evidently is, com
pared with the plan proposed in on
own State. Portland Commercial
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-04-03

IL DEarAND.-A. Cowan, Esq, of AL
bauy, shipped recently large amount of
bacon, which he put up last winter, to
San Francisco, and put it in the market
in fine order, and for which he. found
ready sale at good price. lie Informs.
US that he realized abous six thousand
dollars profit on the shipment made
He says that bacon is in demand, but
-four is very dull Oregon bacon and
hams arc bu iding up a fir e reputation in
the San Francisco market Oregon Her
aid