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New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

Tie Scranton Republican. (Pa.,) disliking our
suggestions about Coal Mining, thinks it can
best refute them as follows:
"These are Mr. Grceley's own words We hope
the miners viii not attach TOO much importance to theIn
counselor could scarcely bo selected Mr. Greeley broke
in which lis friends started him before THE TRIBUNE
conceived, and the great business success OF tne
Usher Mr. Greeley s co years old and can hardly
be said ever have made cent for himself yet. For
his share Of the profits OF THE TRIBUNE, he may thank
better business men than himself"
Thomas McElrath, like Horace Greeley,
came to New-YOrk poor boy from the cOun
try, and went to work at printing. Being some
years the older, Thomas McElrath was book
publisher in good business when Horace Greeley
first set foot in Newly YOrk, not yet of age, and
found work at type-setting over the bookstore
Of McElrath & Bangs. Since then, nearly
thirty eight years have passed, and Mr..
McElrath-an industrious, temperate, frugal
Christian gentleman, without a vice or an
expensive habit-has twice been unfortunate
in business, is now far from rich, but holds a
public office which affords him a fair livelihood.
Horace Greeley has never had his note lie
over, nor known it to be offered for sale
at a discount, and no one holds
any of his paper Gold or new that
Is Tor sale on any teTIls' lie IL not aware tnat
he ever broke down numerous promising
enterprises" nor that any friend helped him
otherwise than with moderate loans, long ago
repaid with interest. Mr.. McElrath has ever
been his friend; but he is not aware that the
partnership that long subsisted between them
was more advantageous to one than to the
other So of his other partners, past or pres
ent That Mr. Greeley is not rich, he attrib-
utes to the fact that he has held other ends
paramount to amassing wealth; yet his means
are sufficient for his needs.
So much once for all. We do not depre-
cate such assaults as those of The Republican,
but we do wish those who, for whatever rea-
son, see fit to assail us, would let Mr.. Nc
Elrath alone. lie long since retired from
journalism, and in no manner invites notOriety
or criticism.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

The great Mr. Tom Allen Of st. Louis, pu-
gilist and saloon keeper was waited upon by
his friends on the 10th inst. They came to
drink his whisky and to cOndole with him
upon the shameful way in which he had been
choused out of the battle-money, in the match
with McCOole Mr.. Tom Allen made long
speech, in which he uttered the following gal
liant sentiments If two men are to
fight, let the best man win, and do not
"let mans friends, as soon rs they
" see that he has the worst of it,
Jump in the ring and pull out their
"revolvers 1t is not rights" The exquisite
simplicity of the last remark fills us with ad-
miraton The resort to revolvers "is not
"rights," but pray what is rights" about the
whole bloody and bruising BUSINESS Knock
ing out eyes, knocking in noses, breaking jaws
and breaking ribs-all these operations are or
thodox, but when we come to the neatly fatal
and expeditiously deadly revolver, "it is not
rights" For professional bruiser, it seems
to us that Mr.. Tom Allen cuts his morality
rather fine.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

The country will receive with resignation 'nc
news that printers in the Government oiilceS
have been resigning. If, instead OF the three
who yesterday abandoned their pleasant stua-
tions rather than degrade themselves by
" working with a Niger" there had been thirty
wa donbt whether the Government would have
been serionsIv the loser Go ahead, gentlemen
If there are any more of you who don't like
corornn,ont service the occasion is an excellent
one for throwing up your places Ihe Govern
mept goes on the principle OF defend
inc the rights of labor Time was
that your Unions were supposed to
have the same object We don't propose yet
TO believe that they have changed it; but If
any of you think that the rights of labor
should not be defended by all means quit and
let better men take your places.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

We are without explanation as to the cause
of the unexpected decision by the Secretary OF
the Treasury to reduce by one-half the amount
of his purchases of Government bonds for the
Sinking Fund. We are unwilling to believe
that Gov. Boutwell, has taken what seems
to us retrograde step without careful
consideration, and some reason that seemed to
him sufficient; and yet, we deeply regret that
any change should be made in the matter OF
purchasing bonds, which looks rather to a less
than a moro faithful obedience of a long
neglected and still inadequately enforced
law. We beg to assure the Secretary that 1t is
hard for an executive officer to find anything
better to do than to obey the law. This does
not seem to us to be step in that direction
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22
Smustmnts, Gt.

BooTHs THEATER, ,ss Mr. Edsn
= S',tb.sves-This Evening at g. Enoeh AIueu 1' '
Adams AMI Blanche De Bar ., 80 o,1 Fifty
CEN1RAL PARK GARDEN, SeNenIn-3tNe; anu ~! ~
~ Ibi. EveBing At 8-Forty-eghth Grand Concer" i1e0'
Ts,osss Orchestra Mr. j. lew a., i. ftJ,
AVE- THFATER Twenty -fourthst; and lItn
TIL nm" e1nysons lyl: Dora" aud Black by CD
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, cor Eighth,aye and lWen-
tvtbrI-This Evening al g. Bas lynne LuelIe Ne.1 -
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, lWenty-lulIus''
"a FopTtbave-Dsv aud Evening Grand Exhibition %.
NmOs GARDEN.-This Evening at 81" Slhq@aI, SIM az
the Sailor" Lydia Thompsoas bunesq1s iVuDs 'D' wv
OfyMPTc THEATER. - This Evening at 81 l, ne
E Paptopiae; IIecory Dccory Dock" Mr. g. L. Fox hrAy
Troupe. MI. Y,s-o,,,,,v AZ
STRINwAY HALL, Fourteenth-st.-Ihis EVenlYMg ~ at M
C8e by the Bergen Choral Union in aid Of the new Metho'
DIST Episcopal Church, Hoboken. Il
WNJACKs THEATER - This Evening aI c.
nMotbey Hubbard" The Lauu Family ,r,.
WayERTFY THEATER, No. no Broadway - This
Evening al o. -Dckenss Old Curiosity shop" ,,,. .,
WooDs MUSEUM, Broadway and Thirueth-st-
Ts Afternoon IT this Evening n Robinson Cfusoe hoof
eys MinsIels aud the Gregory Family
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

Mr.. McVeany, having been awarded by the
decision of Mr.. Justice Mullin of the Supreme
Court of this State the seat in the Board of
Assistant Aldermen now held by Mr.. Peter
Culkin of the IXth Assembly District, yesterday
presented a transcript of the judgment of the
Court and demanded the place in the
Board to which he had been elected. He was
thereupon confronted by a message from Mayor
Hall, advising the Board as to the action it
should take in the premises. The Mayor, with
| the gravity of an owl, says: by the Charter
ait is my duty to recommend any meas
" ures connected with the improvement
! "of the City Government, and the matter now
Submitted seems ioihin that scope" We
rather incline to the opinion that it would be
an Improvement" of the City Government to
turn out the thieves generally, and put
honest men in their places; and in this
view the Mayors opinion may be cor
rect. His Honor says to the Assistant
Aldermen: at is your duty, of course, to re-
"spect any judgment of Court" and then
straghtway advises the body to respect this
decision by referring it to a Committee of the
Board, and to treat it as a contest claim. In
other words, he advises the Assistant Alder
men to sit in judgment upon the decision of
the Supreme Court. Our only surprise is that
his Honor the Mayor did not advise the Board
to cite Judge Mullin before that tribunal for
trial, for having presumed to interfere with
their little arrangements.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

We were rather surprised to find The Daily
AdrertiSer of Boston, in its article on the Sec
ond day of the Jubilee making the follow
ing concession:
Tbe experience ofhe DAY however might prove u any proof were
needed the whole nothing will be gained by sueh n OF
performers production Of classical sympeo me mere u
auditorium fatal TO that precise ch
ofeeon which Is essential fall effect Of such compositions
And fact has already learned acted in European cities
This is precisely what we said fortnight
before the first note was sounded in "the Co
"liseum." For saying it, we were denounced
as Jealous of the musical fame of Boston, and
the most ignominous motives were imputed to
Ms. If "the Jubilee" has established the fact
that mere noise is not music, and that an or
chestra may be too large to be kept well In
hand, this enormous Festival has not been
without its value.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22
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New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

THE METHODISTS And LAY DELEGATION.
The present month will be of great import
ance in the history of the largest Protestant
denomination of the country, the Methodist
Episcopal Church In accordance with a pro-
vision made by the General Conference held
in 1868, all the adult members of the Church,
both male and female, will vote on the ques-
ton whether in future the laity are to have
their representatives in tho General and
Annual Conferences, or whether the Church
shall continue to be governed exclusively by
ministers
Hitherto the Methodist Episcopal Church has
occupied, with regard to this question, an ex-
ceptonal position in the Protestant world. In
nearly all the church assemblies, both here and
in Europe, the laity divide with the ministry
the right and the duty of legislation for the
church. In the Methodist body the Confer
ences consist exclusively of ministers. The
principle of lay representation found, however,
at an early period, some warm friends, and the
question of adopting it has been before the
quadrennial General Conference for fully forty
years. In 1925 the agitation Of the subject led
to the separation of considerable number of
lay delegation men from the church, and
TO the organization of the Methodist
Protestant Church, which subsequently split on
the Slavery question into two branches, a
Northern and Southern, now numbering to-
gether about 10000 members. The main stem
of American MethCdism, the Methodist EpiscO-
pal Church. remained without lay delegation,
and when it split, in 1874, into Northern and
Southern Church. both these Churches con-
tinued to oppose the introduction of lay dele
CATION. In 1860, the General Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church so far yielded to
the pressure of the friends of the movement as
to provide that during 1861 and 1852 the minis
ters and the adult male lay members OF
the several annual Conferences should
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

Episcopal lips, fairly takes away ones breath
for time; for religious freedom" in Ireland is
precisely what the Establishment has for centu-
ries, practically and theoretically denounced and
destroyed; and liberty of conscience" in that
unhappy country has signifed, for all Catho-
lies, political disability, social Ostracism, and
catalogue of various annoyances as long as the
items thereof are petty. Does his Lordship OF
Litchfeld read hstory2 If he does, 'tis to
LITTLE nuruOse.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

The Mexican news maintains its average
credit for pronunciamentos. One was reported
in Sinaloa, another in Guadalajara, and more
formidable one in the State of Queretaro. Gen.
Lozada, the autOcrat of the sovereign commu-
nifty of Tepic, had put himself at the
head Of an agarian movement to dis
tribute farms and lands among the
Indians. The precise nature of the reported
revolts we shall best learn by mail, as also
the true particulars of the news that the Mex
leans are arresting the fraudulent manufac-
turers of claims. That such fabricators both
of news and of claims exist, we do not doubt.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

The Cable gives us sometimes a mistake by
way of news 1t was wrong in saying that the
King of Greece had opened his new Chambers
of Parliament, lac having but one House of
Parliament to open, and equally in error some
time ago in telling us that the PrOgressists had
trumphed in Bavaria. This news might have
delighted Bismarck. if trne.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

i" for that mode of expressing international
"amity has not been successful; but we will
give m all the more cordial welcome to
"our fresides." This is in cheerful tone with
the friendly words of the new Minister, and
spares MS the fear that Mr.. Motley will ever be
invited to the dinner of POlonius, mot where
"he eats, but where he is eaten"
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

Before or after dinner, an Euglshman is
tempted to leap to conclusions. To a solid
Briton plum pudding is kind of religion.
We imagine what feast of assurances and
flow of protestations would be given in honor
of our new Minister if it were proper at
this time TO Johnsonize him. But The Star of
London believes that the course of England
with respect to our claims is not to be an after
dinner course. "We will not dine Mr.. Motley
" in public too often.r it substantially observes.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

One of the disputants has at length suggested
that Mr.. Greeley proposed to call the anti
Nebraska party Democratic Republican. To
that he decidedly objects. He is unfond OF
long names, and holds that one word should
suffice to designate a party
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

The most astonishing remark which ever fell
from human lips was the assertion of the
Bishop OF Litch6eld, in the House of Lords
that the English Church in Ireland had always
maintained religious freedom and liberty of
conscience" Such an assertion, coming from
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

Certain persons of antiquarian procliyities are
differing and debating as to the person who
first suggested that the party formed in 1854
TO resist the theoretical and practical extension
or diffusion of Slavery into the Federal Terri
tories organized and unorganized) should be
known as Republican. One or more of them
have seen fit to accord this distinction to the
Editor Of The TRIBUNE. This may or may not
be just but the said Editor makes no claim for
himself. and takes no part in the controversy.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

Earl Grey has taken the first aggressive step
toward endowment. This the Lords were to
insist upon as payment for their forced COM
placency in yielding up the question Of discs
tablishment. There is fear, therefore, that the
Church bill, as it stands, will not pass in its
integrity.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

A concert will be given by the Berge Cno'a,
Union this evening, at steinway Hail. for the oene"s
the Methodist Episcopal Church in hoDoAeh ,"nt inv
gramme is a good one, and the at'raouon' "''
10 secure remuneratiye audience
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

The death of Mr.. Raymond is noticed by the
British press with special regret This is hon
orable alike to the memory of the man and
the journalism of which he was so distin-
guished an ornament.
New-York tribune., 1869-06-22

We print on our second page another of the
attractive series of letters Through to the Pa
"ci6c1
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-23
COLUMBIA, s. c.
Tuesday Morning, February %. 1869.

There are said to be two subjects which
Gen. Grant has not chosen to be very reti-
cent about; one of which is the repeal of
the tenure of Office law, and the other the
corrupt and villainous rings which are we'll
nigh strangling the nation, If, indeed, the
two things-tenure Of Office law and rings
are not substantially one and the same, or,
ct furthest, Siamese twins, one of which
could not live without the other. Yet the
administration of President johnson has
been held responsible for the immense
frauds which have been committed at time
when Congress, by its own act had taken
away from him the power with which he
was clothed by the Constitution, to see that
the laws are faithfully administered. With
the paramount control over the civil officers
of the Government withdrawn from him,
he is held answeraDie for the rascalities he
is no longer able to punish; which is about
as just as it would be to bind police officer
hand and foot and consider him responsible
for the robheries committed while in that
situation. At last, however, it is admitted
by high authority in the United States Sc
nate, that the tenure of Office bill has been
worse than failure. In late debate in
the Senate, Mr.. Sherman said, that as to
the tenure of Office bill, he had become
satisfied that it was positive disadvantage,
that under it the revenue could not be col
lected, and he had made up his mind to go
fe- ;ts Immediate repeal. This concession.
the Baltimore San remarks, of one of the
most prominent Republican Senators, is
enough. The bill, which was supposed to
be partisan measure. but by this admission
would appear to have been also largely in
the interest of the rings, ought to be re-
pealed without delay, and must he, unless
Gen. Grant is to be hand-cuffed, as Mr..
Johnson has been while the burglars are
going through the house.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-23

was here warned by the respondents coun-
sci, Joseph ID. Pope, Esq, to speak only
from his own knowledge, to which Tolbert
replied: II speak from my own knowledge. ~
The members Of the Democratic Club that
l remember as being present were: James
Cochran, Langdon Conner, and Fletcher
Hodges. They advised me to shoot Ran
dolph; to kill him, and they would back me
in it.
Q.-Stato if there existed in Abbeville, or
in any other of the Counties in the Third
Congressional District, an organization
known as tie Ku Klux Klan?
A There was. L do not know of nv
own knowledge that it existed in other
Counties; but from passwords and sigus,
6eileve that it did; given by members that
knew by sign belonged to the Klan in
other Counties. 1t was secret organizn-
ton OF persons belonging to the Democratic
party known as the Ku Klux Klan, existing
in the Counties of the Third Congressional
District. know that it existed in Edge
field, Abbeville and Laurens Members took
an cath on joining. Nearly all the melubers
OF the Democratic party belonged to the
Alan Among them were: Capt j. G.
Boozer, D: Cresswell. Fletch. Hodges,
Langdon Conner, Bob Stanser. Don't
know that d. Wyatt Aiken did. The object
OF the Klan was to regulate the Republican
party; break it up if they could, and
strengthen the Democratic party. 10 do
this. they were to kill out the leaders of the
republican party, and drive them out of
tho State. The oath taken by the membe
was this: To do whatever their leaders or
dered them to do. we had leader in every
organization, who was known as Captain of
the company, and we were sworn to obey
his orders. He told US to find out where
the Union Leagues met; to fire into them.
and kill the Presidents, if we could. 1t
was understood that Randolph was the man
that organized the Union Leagues in South
Carolina, and that was one of the reasons
why he was killed. We had meeting the
night before the election, and had orders
from our Captain to come early to the pre-
clnct next morning armed, and not allow
negro Republican to cast n vote. To try to
persuade them to vote the Democratic
ticket, and if they insisted upon voting, to
force them back; fight them; kill them:
shoot them. John G. Boozer was the Cap
tain. About twenty members that know,
but there were more than that
w. X. TOLBERT.
L will not further intrude upon your
space, Mr.. Editor, by attempting any com
ments upon the testimony or the communi-
cation, but may be permitted to express the
hope that your correspondent is answered
rs to who wrought up these disturbances,
and who participated in them. and that he
and every other w-abiding citizen of South
Carolina will see the propriety of adopting
such measures as will prevent a repetition of
them. ANOTHER OF THE PEOPLE.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-23

GOLD SALES IN 1868.-The official recap
'tulation of gold and silver coin sold on ac
count of the United States from January.
1868, to January 9, 1869, shows S238, 500.
OOo. The largest sales were in 1867, namely,
nearly S5j, ,UOO, 900, at New York in 1868,
over S490OO, 600, at New York and St.
Louis The taxes on the entire amonnt
sold in those years were $l4S, 600; commits.
sions. S2G3, 900; premiums, sos, 222; net
receipts about $346, 100000
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-23

The amendment recently proposed by
senator Robertson to the river aud harbor
bill, adding an appropriation of $4,000
Tor the improvement of Charleston harbor,
was adopted without serious opposition. 1t
was subsequently recOmmitted to the Com
mittee on Commerce.
DIVER DROWNED. Saturday white
man, known by the name of '.Polish John, 4"
was drowned at Adgers' South Wharf in
ehdeavoring to recover keg of lead which
nao dropped overheard in placing it in a
Vessei at the pier Charleston News.
A gentleman in Portland proposes to pub
hsh T" "Cyclopedia of Meannesses." He has
peel making notes for several years, aud
the result, he says, will fill quite a large yo-
lume.
The coming tiremen's parade in Charles
ton, on the 9th of April, will be grand
affair. Visiting companies are expected
from Columbia, Augusta and Savannah.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-23

In the National Life Insurance Company,
at the age of thirty. you can insure your
life for Sl 900, by the annual payment of
$25.75; and if you live to pay twenty-six
years, you will have paid $695.5O. Should
you then. die, your heirs will receive not
onl y the 81, 900 for which you have policy,
miums, amounting in oil to 81, 669.50. If
you had put out the $25.75 at compound
interest it could not have accumulated so
much. 1t is the best investment you can
make. Apply at once; delay makes the
danger; secure a policy in the National.
Apply to e. 81. HRINITsH, Druggist. F18
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-23

OUR jon OFFICE. E.-The Pho,nir Job Office
Is now prepared to execute every manner of
printing, from visiting and business cards
to pamphlets and books With ample ma
teriai and first-class workmen, satisfaction is
guaranteed to oil at New York prices If
our work does not come mp to contract, we
make no charge. With this understanding,
our business men can have no excuse to send
their job work North, when it can be done
mt home
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-23
local Items.
+. j. Black. of Charleston, has been ap-
pointed Notary Public

The rattle for the handsome liquor case,
noticed several days ago. will come off at
the Pollock House this evening, at s
o'clock. Mr.. Pollock requests us to say to
those who have not paid for chances, to
step up at once.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-23

PuRM.-Thursday. February 25, the
lsraelites celebrate the festival OF Purim in
commemoration of the deliverance of the
jewish nation from destruction in conse-
quence OF the vile plots of Haman, the
confidant of King Ahasuerus, as may be
read In the book of Esther, in the Old Tes-
tameut