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New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

For city to be subjected to tho horrors of
war is but one degree less unfortunate than
for it to be given up to its enemies in time of
peace. The latter is at present the fate of
this metropolis. A hostile army may for few
months surround a city, check its trade,
demOish some of its fairest structures, perhaps
levy a contribution upon it; but having in
tlicted the penalty which cOnquerOrs impose
upon the conquered it withdraws, and the city
has opportunity to recover. But the ravagers
of this city, having done it an equal amount of
damage, have not the grace to evacuate it ;
and year after year it groans under exactions
continually renewed and increased. At pres
ent one prominent form of activity of this city
is completely paralyzed. Assessments of unex-
ampled enormity have been recently laid upon
real estate in New-York, perhaps to defray the
expenses of the campaign; but the awards of
those assessments are not revealed. Traffic in
real estate on this island is thus virtually
placed under an embargo. No title can be
satisfactorily passed until it is known to what
assessment it is table, but information can
not be had from the officials in charge respect
ing the recent awards This embargo will
continue until after election. The men who
imposed these exactions dare not, before that
time, let property-owners learn the extent and
particulars of these new Outrages.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

At a special meeting of the Republican State
Committee, held at their rooms i'll this city
Yesterday afternoon, at which twenty-fOur
members were present, the following preamble
and resolution were adopted by vote of
twenty-One to three:
Whereas consideration OF the dangers that bcset the
course of faithful Republicans in the City of NewYork
and OF the mschevous influences which, through egsla
tive corruption crimes of Tammany Hail. coupled
with It's frauds upon tho balot-box, have extended
throughout the State whereby the most nearous COM
binations Of mercenary politicians now arrayed
against good government and threaten to destroy the
very bases Of popular institutions; and
Whereas, 1t now, than ever, has become the i'm
mediate imperative duty of Republicans in the State
and City combine the elements Of opposition to Tam
many Hall for the purpose Of suppressng the wicked
nstrumentaes which, under the dctatOn OF that cor
rupt and despotc organization, shameessy seeking
directly control the preliminary action OF free and in
dependent Republican electors in the City Of York.
therefore, be IL
Resolped That the Republican State Committee In
special session. in view of the grave responsibility rest
ing upon them as representatives Of the Republicans
Of the whole State hereby declare TO be their delber
ate opinion that 1t inexpedient for the Republicans OF
the City Of NewYOrk 20 make party nominations for city
and county officers the ensuing election, and that oil
Republicans beat subserve the interests OF then
party and the country by acting and voting with Inde
pendent Democrats and all others in favor OF the purity
OF the baotbox and in opposition TO the nominations Of
TammaDy Hail. and we hereby advise aud recommend
sic action.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20
cTetp'0ork Daily Gribm1re.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1870.

The beliigereDts are s confronting each ohoT near
Orleans. =-== Cbateaudun has been captured by the
PI1lssians. == The French were driven from Crete
near Paris the 12th, and sortie from that city on
he 1ith repulsed. Several soldiers were killed
md wounded by tie explosion OF an ammunition wagon
sedan. The Americans have received permission
70 eave Paris. Garibadi has been enthusiastically
received at Belf0rt. There is great insubOrdinaOn
among the troops at MaTseiles.
The qzcstion Of Secretary COx's successor is still
,gitating Washington politicians. -- -Four men have
been drowned at the HOosao Tunnel. == Grand
Council Of the Indian tribes viii be held at LeavenwOrth
kansas 10 December. == ". W COrcOran, the Wash
us,on banker met with serious accident at stauntOn,
"a. yesterday. The icehouses at Athens, n. y,
laye been burned; loss, 100000.
Civil sce Anthony Hartman has been arrested for IN
erieriRg with the Supervisors of Elections. === Mr..
Wallace teller In the banknChOuse Of Winslow Lanier
Co.. is a 1efauter 20 the amount of $4,000. = Three
iealers IN counterfeit currency have been found guilty
n'the T. 3 Courts. = John V. Smith burglar, has
,een sentenced 10 state Prison for l. years. The
American Church Missionary society j. holding its eev
nth anniversary. The National Conference Of Uni
arian ami other Churebes g. SIN IN session ==
The Board Of Education bs- refused permit the rcsto
ation of corporal puIi i-lme1t u the -rho1.-. Cold
u2i, ll3. ,l2.. Thermometer. -. 20 g.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

Burleigh" the New-YoTk Correspondent Of III,
Boston Journal who sends TO that peper tho nice
clerical anecdotes and the ecclesiastical gossip, in
recent letter relates how clergyman of tins city,
highly popular on platform and in the pulpit having
agreed TO lecture for one of our churches for sum
specified, attended at the church. took his seat in
pew but resolutely refused TO go with his lecture
until his money was paid in advance. Nobody
present had the requisite sum, and somebody had to
go out and borrow it. La lis defense, the Lecturer
urged that ne had been repeatedly sWndled by per-
who listened to his lectures and then refused TO
pay for them, and that he had resolved TO give no
lecture anywhere until he had received his fees. We
think that the clerical gentleman was right His
course looks like sharp practice but II was simply
prudent. When a church, a lyceum, or an instr
tute owes money, nobody owes it in particular, and
debts due from good many people in general are
usually pretty hard to get in. Moreover some ioAs
have sort of notion that literary labor differs from
mechanical labor in this: that it may be paid for by
those contracting for it or not. according TO Their
pleasure OF convenience. In short it isnt work at
all in the proper sense Of that word. but kind oil
recreation for which the Of letters is 10 receive
the compliment of little money, as an organ
grinder does We beg leave TO disabuse the minds
of these intelligent persons. Literary work. IN rs
eyactons and its exhaustiOns Is just about e haid-
est kind Of work in the world.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

We are happy to be able to announce that
Gen. Won Motke has at last got ont of those
three lead cOfiDs" aud has been making an
excursion somewhere in company with King
William. 1t is only reasonable to infer from
this that the General is not dead, or at any rate
that his ghost is quite competent 10 finish the
campaign The formal resurrection Of Prince
Frederic Charles has not yet taken place, but
is every day expected. Meantime the NOR
tality among illustrious enemies of France
continues unchecked. Recent adyices from
Paris report the shooting of " three eminent
"imperialists." Their names are not given
which proves that the Partisan inventors have
nearly reached the end of their resources.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20
HOW THE ELECTIONS FOR CONGRESS


In the election for congressman in Penn
sylyania the doubt about certain districts
seems TO be cleared up, except in the XVIth
where it is claimed on the one hand that
Cessna, Republican, is elected by 10 majority
and on the other that B. +. Myers, Dem
ocrat has been chosen by II major
ity. We are not in receipt of the
official figures. In the XIIIth District Ulysses
Mercur, Republican, is reelected by 113
majority. In the XVIIth District, composed
of the Counties of Blair, Cambria, Hun
tingdon, and Mihlin, Daniel j. Nor
rell, the present Republican member, is
defeated by r. Milton Speer by
II majority or by some accounts. In
the XVIIIth District, Centre, Clinton, &C.,
Henry Sherwood, Democrat, runs ont William
ii. Armstrong, the present member, by %
majority according to the official count.
Samuel Griffith, Democrat, is elected over
GilfillaD, the present member i'll the
XXth District, as heretofore announced.
Andrew Stewart is beaten by Henry
ID. Foster in the XXlst (COvodes) District by
about 700 majority. In the XXIVth District,
Beaver, Greene, &c.) William McClc'uud.
Democrat ia elected by small majority over
Joseph b.. Donley. sae .proseut meuJvr.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20
Amnsemen.s. ett.. 0bie Gpenina.


BooTH's THEATER,-" Rip Van Winkle" Joseph
jefferson
FIFTH AVENUE THEATER.-"Man and Wife"
FoURTEENTH-sT THEATER. =" Adrienne Lecou-
vreuf" Nine Marie Seebach
GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-0pera Bouffe: lie Petit
Psns"
LIMA EDwN's THElTER.-" Cinderella"
NBIos GARDEN.-"Little Nell and the Marchion-
ess" LcttA
OLYMPIC THEArER-"Wee Willie winkie." G
L. Ror
STADT THE,TER, No As Bowery.-German Opera
"Crr and Carpenter"
WAuACk's THEATER-" Two Roses"
AMERICAN INSTITUTE EXHIBITION, Empire City
Rnh. Thrlave snl siItythirdst ,,
ASSOCIATION HALL, Twenty -third-st. and tour'n'
sVe-ReAiings, Geo. vAndenhoh A.,
GRAND GERMAN FAIR, Broadway and lhir'y 'SiA'"'
st-Open from TO 10
NEw-YoRK CRCUs.-L. B. Lent.
SAN FR,Nc1sco MrNsTREIs. No. 5S5 Broad"aS'
Songs dsnces. eccentric acts etc ,,.
SrrlSw,Y HuI--"M Milk" Josh Billings.
WooDs MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE'-A' anu O.
"Lurine"
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

The city papers Of yesterday afternoon CON
tained dispatches announcing Prussian We
tory at Orleans. We do not reproduce the
message, as it was evidently a repetition Of the
story of the engagement Of Oct. 10, at Artenay.
which resulted in the occupation of Orleans
by the Prussians. Since that time the latter
have advanced southwark to Ia Fere e.
Aubin, and southwest to Chateaudun, on the
main road to Tours. The movement of this
column of the Germans Immediately threatens
the temporary capital of France, and will. if
pushed, cut it off altogether from Lyons. The
active operations in the direction Of Lyon.
from the upper Rhine departments also grow
in importance daily. The retreat Of the French
to Belfort and Dion, announced this morning,
indicates that the army of Gen. Won WeTtcr.
some time delayed in its preparations, is now
advancing upon the most important strategcal
point of all Southern France Meantime III
is Ominously quiet at Paris.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20
The Haven Register has been misled into

The Ne,c- Haven Register has been misled into
asserting that
"Horace Greeley I'm a recent address before Temper
ance Convention said he did not believe in prohibtory
laws the people should bc taught that alcohol like
opium, is poison and should be stunned"
Mr.. Greeley does believe in ProhibitOry
laws, and never intimated the contrary. But
he said at st. Louis, as he had previously said
at Troy and elsewhere, that the first step in
the Temperance Reform must be made by en-
tightening the masses with regard to the true
nature and essentially poisonous properties of
Alcohol, and of the various liquids of which it
is an Ingredient That being effected, the peo-
pie will naturally require that Alcoholic Lii
quOrs, like other pOisons, be sold only under
such regulations and restrictions as will prevent
their abuse. 1t were idle to impose the re-
strictiOn5 in communities where the substantial
identity of the reasons underlying them with
those which dictate like restrictions
with respect to Opium, Arsenic, Prus-
sic Acid, &C., arc unknown. A people
who know that Alcohol is essentially poison
will naturally require legal protection from its
baeful dissemination as a luxury. A people
ignorant Of this fundamental truth will neither
enforce nor obey an act of Prohibition; and
its only use viii be to expose penal legislation
generally to disrespect and disregard. To be-
gin an effort in behalf of Temperance with
demand for Prohibition is like setting ten
year-old Yankee TO the study of Greek and
Metaphysics, intending afterward to imbue him
with rudimentary knowledge of Arithmetic
and English GTammar.-Such was the substance
of Mr.. Grteley's argument on this head at st.
Louis which has been so strangely misappre-
hnnlnl.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

sion to extend the frat meeting over two dav.
under certain conditions Of which they them
selves must be the judges There are so,o.
districts Of the city in which they certainly had
right to ait yesterday; there are some othe,.
In which they certainly had not that rigbt
ana there are many more in which the ri,b,
thanks to the Mayors system Of renumbcrin,.
ana redistricting) was in doubt. All yooS
citizens will agree that it was better TO adiou,n ~
the registration wherever there was doubt ~
It's legality; but under what pretext of law did
Mayor Hall assume to close all the repis,r;s.
because some of them might be questioned
Who authorized him to act in the matter ~
all ~
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

Abundant reason has been furnished by N.
experience Of one day for the Democratic d;.
gust with the law Of Congress relatin, %
elections. Members Of the Tammany Gene,,I
Committee and State Prison birds. cett;n.
entangled in its meshes by venturine unon
their usual practices, have equally fonnd !,
impossible to get ont scatheless "A tbey us.a
TO do under the State law enforced by Tam
many magistrates. The fact that repeate,.
have been held for trial is a great public Oain
and the certainty that they will be tried and
dealt with according 70 the evidence /, tbs
greatest good that could be conferred upop
this community. The one thing needed 70
purify our elections was a law, rigidly admin.
istered, making fraudulent voting and count.
ing Of votes a felony, and that we have. Tam.
many is sorrowful at this practical denial Of
its long exercised right Of swindling tho peo.
pie, but honest citizens, without distinction of
parties, rejoice. The Ring certainly wrtbcs.
but nobody else is alarmed at the prospect Of
perfectly fair election
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

The Tammany Convention met last night
and went through the forms of nominating
city officers. Of course the vote on each one
was unanimous, the nominations having been
made some time ago by the three or four men
who manage Tammany to suit themselves
Meanwhile the attitude of the Young Democ-
racy seems as hostile as ever, and the friends
of Sheriff O'Brien declare that he is giving a
hearty support to the efforts for the over
throw of the Ring.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

Who shall keep the keepers' Who shall give bond'
for the bondsmani In Ohio they are mourning over
an instance of the weakness of human nature espe-
ciaIly in respect to the business OF insurance whch
is often painfully rich III such illustrations OF our
fallen and fallble state. There was detalcation In
the Magnolia Insurance Company, which rendered "
necessary to stop the business OF that INSTITUTION.
So an honest man was sought to TX things, ana
found, as was fondy believed in the person Oh sI'
Falls of tho Buckeye Insurance Company he las
fixed things so charmingly that he now owes 'no
Magnolas $1,000 and the Buckeyes SILL 20 tn'rs
is TO be more Investigation by some other person
skill and ingenuity-we hope with little more o'n,
liant result Upon the whole. 1t would appear 70 20
demonstrated if cashiers and secretaries ana u'ie'
OTIS will steal money cOnfided to them thal 'A'lop
no possible way of stopping the fraud; Tor ho"e.'
numerous may be your supposed safeguards you .LD
at last trust somebody Then it may wen n,pP ,s
that your Somebody was the last person VINO 'iOu,'
have been trusted at all. IL is only the man VI sup
posed good character who has the oppor'un'} =,
differing. The sole remedy which occurs 10 's S IN,
cultivate commercial virtues. ~ eNhlO''o" -
management of the Erie Railroad.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

There are still two days on which voters
can register their names, and we need be
under no apprehension that there will be any
difficulty in getting in our full strength, if our
friends only do their duty and mako up their
minds to sacrifice little time for the sake of
patriotism. But will Mayor Hall have the
kindness TO inform the public by what
authority he ordered the Registrars TO close
the books yesterdayl Tho law defines the
Juno lOE their meeting and gives them permis
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

The reported victory of the Germans at Gre
tell near Paris, was not an important affair,
and was only noteworthy because it is said to
have occurred on the 12th inst, tho day on
which. rs NJ Gambetta claimed, the French
drove the Germans back at all points 1t con-
flicts with that report very seriously, and con-
firms the suspicion that much Of the French
version was pure fiction, spiced for the pro-
yincial market
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

The Republican County Convention meets
this evening for the nomination of Mayor,
Sheriff. sc. We entreat the delegates, regard
less of differences, to act deliberately, care
fully, calmly. They can thus render signal
service to the cause, and decidedly strengthen
our State Ticket.
Our own conviction is clear and strong that
Gen. Woodford's election would be all but
secured by the adoption of the anti-Ring
Democratic ticket - that WoOdfOrd could not
be beaten Twenty Thousand in our City If
this were done. Other Republicans, at least as
sagacious and unselfsh as those who agree
with us. insist on straight-Out Repub-
lican ticket from A to lizard" They have
exactly the same right to their cOnvlc-
tions that we have to ours, and we do not
purpose to brOwbeat nor bully them. But give
us time; let us take counsel of each other, with
a mutual resolve to come together and act IN
concert if possible. No one will be bound by
the nomination to act otherwise than as he
deems most conducive to the public good;
wherefore, let us try to agree before we con-
clude to differ. Let us take time to consider! !!
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

Those readers who take an interest In
watching the developments of the siege OF
Paris will find detailed information in the let
tiers published on the second page, and indeed
an nearly every issue Of THE TRIBUNE pub
aiShed since the siege began we have given
narrative and descriptive letters Of the great
est value. The siege Of Paris promises TO be
tie eliminating event Of ono Of the most
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

Hon, Silas B. butcher is the Republican can
didate for Congress in the I'D District OF our
State-that which includes a part of Brooklyn
and the rural townships of Kings County.
The district is against us /; but Mr. Dntcher
will at least reduce its Democratic majority
Help him, Republicans,
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20
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New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

The effort to restore corporal punishment y.
in tbe Public Schools of this city deserved 10
fail. as il did yesterday, most signally' % Iho
n~nor;onc. Of nine -tenths of the best teachers
IN tho conntry shows the impolicy, not to say
fo,,v Of attempting to discipline youths by in
sn;r;no their fears rather than by exciting their
,,rida
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

The reports from Washington, to the effect
that peace is believed in London to have been
arranged between France and Germany, are too
suggestive of stock speeulations to be entirely
credited without confirmation from some point
more likely to receive early adviees OF such an
arrangement than our own capital.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

Here is picture for NewYork voters TO 'OD'l,,
Throned in state clad in the royal ermlne, ana 80
ing the insignia that should mark a rea' iu'si ni
the nominal Governor of New-lork' beninu. s"
above him, loom up the figures of two bury en-
"the power behind the throne while ~ '"' ~.
tance peers the fat face of an aspiring '"la'
Opera House manager who glories IN his auui's ,t
to the honors Of the King. Beneath Is tue -" .ss,
HE dare not call his soul his own A III.
down the picture may be found ID hd'poS "A
but its outlines are burned into the cons''o"s oo..
every intelligent citizen of Newdo the shame q
learned To look with indifference upon INV
his State,
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

Tammany seems to have taken possession
Of the Republican Convention in the With
Congress District, last night. Considering the
majority there, their game hardly seems worth
the powder; but perhaps such a district is
held a good safe one for preliminary practice.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

wonderful and important military campaigns
mentioned in history. There was never one
perhaps, more fully narrated by the oo'o"p'
raneous historians of the newspapers
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

f. ID. Webster has iust been nominated for
Congress, against Gen. Slocum, in the lid
.Brooklyn) District Nh. Webster is an able
nan. an acute politician, aud a loug-tried Re
Dublican. Elect him,
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

Gen. Nathaniel p Banks was yesterday re-
dominated for Representative 70 Congress.
tie will probably continue to be reuominated
and reelected so long as be will consent 70
,rrye
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

VIM. NJ Tweed. Peter u. S"eenel, ,..r, IA
Dowling, ami several other Dem"raN' - n,.Uorin
council Yesterday with Police tomiS'ymT m ,d0rafer,,
aud ox CommlsSioner Bremen 20 i'- "a t.,t "A III
The session was secret, hut DO q" ui'
rsfs,ou1e ID tle tqg.siY hVub,gp 'H ."@1'
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20
3usiness Notices.
W ATCIIES,

Sudden changes of weather are productive
81 rhost Diseases Coughs Colds &c Thre more eHee'uA fsh
,be found than in the timely use Of BROWNS BoS
oHIAr TRocH" They possess real merit and have proved their en-
ea By m many yeA received testimonials from eminent
men WHO have used them.
New-York tribune., 1870-10-20

CURED III the latter, as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF THE IsTRRIoR,
"WAsHISGToN, Jan. 8, 1862.
Upon careful examination OF all the testimony ad
duced at the recent investigation held before Judge
Shipman | am satisfied that no collusiOn existed be-
tween any OF the officers of the Federal Judiciary at
NewYork City and the parties who were interested in
the bark Augusta"
What more need be said? Nine years have
almost elapsed since the case was thus inves-
tigated and closed by the proper authorities.
What hope can the most desperate political
necessity incite that any capital can be made
by TeOpening it nowY
The only points which seem to be made by
the conspirators against Gen. Woodford are
these:
1. He dined trice wih appleton OdksmiH,
one of the culpritS he W0S prosecuting.
That's not true. 0aksmith was not implica-
ted in the original charge against the Augusta
and her owners If he was then interested in
her, the proceedings did not charge and Mr..
WoodfOrd did not know it. He (O) appeared in
court as one of the counsel for the owners,
and was so regarded by Woodford. The facts
which have since transpired Identifying him
with the outlawed vessel were not then public,
and were unknown to the young counsel for
the prosecution, who dined with him at
restaurant during the progress of the proceed
ings, as he might have dined with any other
lawyer whom he had met at the bar.
2. HI selected his tdther-in-iaw TO apprdse tie
resSel.
SO he did why not He knew that father
in-law to be perfectly upright, good judge of
vessels from long mercantile experience, in
dependent in fortune, and every way above the
suspicion of wishing to make money out of the
matter. Who should he have chosen if not
such mani And who does not realize that, if
there had been any African in the fence, he
would have been careful not to select his
father-in-law as appraiserg
3. Mr. Capron's dpproisemenf was too iOw.
That does not appear. Who does not recol
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