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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-23
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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-23

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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-23

RALEIGH, N. c., November 22.-
The North Carolina Legislature was
ORGANIZED yesterday. and Hon. T. j.
Jarvis, of Tyrell, was elected Speaker.
All of the Offices are filed by Demo
Gratis. The Governors message was
read. Il is a voluminous document,
presenting no features of general in
teFest
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-23

HAVANA. November 21.- Several
insurgents have lately been killed in
the Cincovillas District. aud many
others have surrendered. Among
these were the leaders of the insnrrec-
tionary hands.
The Diario reports that Bembetta
is dead.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-23

TO the absence of an appropriation to
pay the per diem and mileage of the
delegates. Last July, however, the
required means were voted by Con
gFess.
The President has completed his
annual message. said to be brief, or
about the same as his first one to
Congress, and that it was read to the
Cabinet to-day.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-23

SPRIKGFIELD, Nov. 22.-Burglara
blew open the safs OF the National
Merchants Bank, at Great Barring
ton, last night, but were frightened
away before they secured any money
or yaluables.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-23

GEORGE francis TRAIN is in pris-
on in Lyons. This is bad for George.
How could tho French Government
mistake Train for Prussian spy?
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
OF CURRENCY - REDEMPTTON- RESUMP-

TON
Mr. Henry Carey Baird, in letter which
ill-health has too long constrained us to neg
lect, but which is herewith published, asserts
that we "have never allowed an opportunity
"to pass without urging a contraction of the
"cu1rency and an early resumption of specie
payments" This is one of the many as
sertions that should not have been made
without proof, and which gives a very
inaccurate idea of our position.
What we have insisted and do still strenu-
ously insist on, is this A nation cannot afford
to make gigantic lie the measure Of its ralueS
and the lfe-bIOod Of its industry. If it be wise
and expedient to constitute its Currency of
Irredeemable Paper, then let such paper be
issued, bearing on its face that identical prom
ise which the Government intends and is pre-
pared to fulfill, and let this Currency measure
preexistiDg values upon basis of absolute
justice and equity. Once and again we have
deliberately stated Gas Mr.. Baird may assure
himself by glancing at our little volume on
Political Economy that the "blessing" or
otherwise of an "irredeemable currency" is
still an open question, on which we purpose
to study and think much, while for the pres
ent we say little. currency of Government
paper, every note specifying on its face that
it is redeemable, whenever presented ia- sums
of 800 or over at the Treasury, in bonds
bearing four per cent interest in cOin might, for
all we have said or written on the subject, be
better than any our country has yet known.
But currency of falsifed promises that are
day by day discredited-of promises made to
be broken and held by their champions to
mean anything or nothing-such currency
is condemned by the first principles of
morality, and by every canon OF sound political
economy.
When we most reluctantly and tardily sti6ed
our repugnance to making Government prom
ises Legal Tender for debts previously con-
tracted and legally payable in coin, we did not
consent to Legal Tender of lies. The orig
inal Greenbacks were, by their terms and those
of the law authorizing their Issue, fundablc
at the pleasure of the holder in u. s. bonds
running twenty years, and drawing six per
cent. interest in coin. Had this basis been
adhered to, we should have returned to specie
payments very soon after the close of the war;
by the simple process of funding Greenbacks
until the value of those still outstanding had
been raised to an equation with coin. Mr.
Baird has a perfect right TO his own eonvic-
ton that Resumption waits upon Contraction:
he has no right to attribute that assumption
to us Were Alexander Hamilton Secretary of
the Treasury, and intent on immediate Resump-
ton. we doubt his resOrting TO or favoring
Contraction as n condition precedent. On the
contrary, We believe he would prefer moderate
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

The situation of the armies on the Saar and
Rhine remains unaltered. There has been no
assault on Saarlouis, nor has there been any
naval engagement thus far, as have been false
ly reported. As strategic movements, the
Prussian assault of Weissenburg and the
French attack on Saarbruck appear to
have been equally insignificant AS tactical
operations, the two are not, however, to
be compared. The French captured and dis
persed at Saarbruck only small outpost, and
their attack evidently had no other purpose
than the interruption of railway which as
yet they have not ventured to cross the Saar
to destroy. The "baptism of fire" at that
point was a very absurd affair-almost as ridic-
ulous as the dispatch which celebrated 1t.
The assault of Weissenburg was more
bloody and serious. Gen. DOuay's division
of the French corps appears to have been
isolated there from the rest of the corps in the
Rhine valley, and the adventurous Prussian
Prince Royal crossed the Lauter River and
attacked it with largely superior force, in
the hope of destroying it. The French, after
a determined resistance, fell back several miles
| to one of the fortified passes in the Nosges
| Mountains. The Prussians seem to have re-
tired as soon as they accomplished their ann
of striking this division, which by its advanced
position in the valley invited an attack. The
result was a victory for the Prussians so posi-
tive that the French do not dispute it.
There are no indications whatever of grand
movement on the part of either of the armies.
They are face to face in a difficult country,
and the advance of either force will doubtless
bring on a general engagement. Knowing
this, the commanders may act with caution
and deliberaton which will postpone battle
for several days or weeks
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
PFdDS EXECTTION.

From the barbarism of yesterday we turn
with disgust. We need not say again that we
had little sympathy with the condemned, and
none whatever with his crime, no matter what
its provocation; nor have we any with the
Improbable taking of human life by the forms
of law. Suppose the death penalty were not
in force, and John Real, Immediately after the
Staying of Smedick, had been convicted and
sentenced to imprisonment for life. The result
would have been that long ago he would have
ceased to be power for evil. How is it now
A practice as imbecile as 1t is inhuman has
changed the malefactor into martyr; has
made hero of an assassin. 1t has elevated
and dignifed crime and created sympathy
for the criminal which is so far creditable to
our age in that it at least marks its progress
in humanity. There was a time when the
masses delighted in mans inhumanity to man,
but we have arrived at the happier era when
all such exhibitions make millions mourn.
1t has been our constant argument against
the death penalty that it defeats its object.
We presume no one will venture to applaud
any penalty that is intended simply as a
punishment of crime, or deny that the OBJ
ject of its infiction must be exclusively the
protection of society. How Is 1T with the
death penalty2 Do murders decrease as hang
ings multiply The advocates of the gallows
have often been asked to furnish affirmative
proof on these points, and have as oftn
failed to produce it. On the other hand,
States where the death penalty is abrOgated
are comparatively free from homicides. Ger
tainty, rather than extremity of punishment, is
the surest antidote to criminal offenses. Every
execution makes palmer that it is blunder,
if not a crime. Every murder trial makes
clearer the increasing repugnance of juries to
find a verdict of guilty in capital cases.
Every day and in every way it is becoming
more apparent that great crime against
society is that relic of the dark ages which
converts the "dastardy villain" of the hour
of his crime into the "poor unfortunate Of
the moment of his execution.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
POLITICAL.
TIE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS

TlE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONg
EXPECTATIONS OF THE DEMOCRATIC LyApERs-
THEY HOPE TO HAVE MAJORITY IN TIE
NEXT HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-From conversations
with many Of the prominent Democratic members of
Congress before and since the adjournment learn that
they have strong hopes Of electng, this Fall majority
OF the next House Of Representatives. The most san
gune among them hopeful Of in this that
they have got slate for Speaker and harueD OF
the important Committees and have found Democrat
who is not confident OF reducing the Republican majority
at least as low fifteen twenty. They largely
upon the prevailing dissatisfaction felt throughout
tho country with the results Of the session Just ended
The long tnkering with reconstruction the tedious quar-
res about the tariff the haltng way Of treating the fund
ing question, the failure 10 do anything restore the
commerce OF the country the constantly recurring dis
senslons among the Republicans and the precate sd
journment with much important business neglected,
have they think disgnsted the people with Congress
As they enabled to wash their hands Of all the ns
OF omission and commission OF which that body has been
guilty, they count upon powerful reaction In thr
favor The great number OF enemies which ths Admin
iration like every other has made by the exercise Of
the appointing power tho Democrats hope To
muster in their ranks. They have, besides, sort
OF supersttous belief that there is law governing tho
workings OF politics which prevents any party enjoying
lease OF power beyond the duration Of three Admins
tratons and which, whatever its virtues may be- throw,
it out and puts the ren Of Government into the hands
OF the opposition. They have faith in the old adage that
every dog has his day" The Republicans have had
theirs and long one it has been, too; the Demo
Gratis that their dag is speedily TO come and tia.
there Is manifest destiny which will bring about In
way the less certain for not being clearly under
| stood.
The Democratic strength IN the present House OF Rep
resentatyes sc members 10 requires l22 members for
a majority. They must therefore gain &c members Ia
organize the House on the 4th Of March. Their
chief gains they expect TO make in NewYork, Pennyl
vana Ohio, and the Southern States The result Of the
recent Judicial election in NewYork gave them great
courage and they declare that there are not more than
eight or ten districts in that state which the Republicans
feel assured OF carrying In Ohio there are quarIes
among the local politicians in several districts and much
hard feeling on the tariff question, which will work IN
favor OF the Democrats In the South they hope 10 make
nearly clean sweep" The carpet-baggers have Killed
the Republican party in that section, they say.
The following table shows the present Democratic
strength in the House and the gains their leading poll
tcans hope to make in the Congressional elections no
pending:
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
Neml2lotk daily Gribma1s.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1870.

Paris dispatch reports fighting all day at several
points the frontier, but details are forwarded.
Further particulars of the capture Of Wiessenburg
given to-day the number of prisoners taken by the Pru
slams being stated at 800 including is officers. -
The last of the French troops have left Rome but ii is
asserted that the Italian Government will protect the
Pdpel territory from INVASION = An earthquake has
occurred in Greece, causing great loss Of LIFE
The question OF extra session Of Congress not
considered at the Cabinet meeting yesterday 60 A
member Of Congress has had his ear bitten of IN
Memphis = Two horse thieves have been hung by a
Vigilance Committee in Colorado. =- One was
killed and several wounded by the falling Of o
building in Boston. The cattle in Los Angeles Co.
Cal, suffering from the murrain. - Rich gold
mines have been discovered near Santa F6.
John Real hanged yesterday, the Governor, not
withstandng the pressure brought to bear upon him.
declining TO grant another respite. The parade of
Orangemen did not take place. 60 During the last
quarter, 1SS926 letters from foreign countries
ceived at the Post-Oice and 12,Ssl forwarded.T The
Rev John Love has been installed pastor Of the Antioch
Baptist Church. = DR.. Berg has been arrested on a
charge OF causing the death of Mrs. FaOn through
unskfulness. =- A large robbery has taken place at
Long Branch. -= Gold, 12l4 1914, 1915. Thermometer
20
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

The compromise which has been effected be-
tween the coal miners and mine owners of the
Schuylkill region is based on the idea that the
price of Coal must be kept up for their benefit
at the expense of the consumers, who, as in
not willing victims We have had compromises
of this kind before, and have seen them fail,
as we shall doubtless see this one fail. When
coal miners or shoemakers, or any other class
of mechanics, attempt to make fortunes by the
sweat of other persons brows, their schemes
usually come to the sad end of less ingeniously
devised frauds.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
TIE CITY CENSUS.

We have census returns from 1l8 enumera-
ton districts of this city, showing population
of 3O0,S00. The average is 2,549 to a district,
and there are 100 diSricts yet to come in. 1t
is not probable that they will materially vary
from the figures already at hand; so we must
be content with about the same population as
in 1s60-S14,O00. The World is crying out against
the census as fraud, and intimates that the
population is vastly larger than the returns
show.
1t may suit the purposes of The World to in
sist upon an enormous annual increase of popu-
lation, but il is not true, and the editor of that
journal knows, or ought to know it. There is
one statistician who cannot be fooled with bogus
babies or repeating voters, and that is Death
The death rate is sure indication of the num-
Der of people. Now the whole number of
deaths in New-York in 1855 was 23,4O2; in 1880
it was 22,71O in 1866, 24s43, and in 1869, 24,GOl
This is enough to show that the resident popu-
lation of the city has been comparatively sta
tonary that the census of 1860 was too high,
and that the figures now coming in will
greatly disappoint those who look for million
or more Of people on Manhattan Island.
The Outcry of the Democrats about the un-
fairness of the census is simply without foun-
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
Preseut Dem

Present number OF Democratic members &C.; expected
gain 65; total 10; ; necessary for majority, l22
These figures are no doubt exaggerated. sull, II 10
always well to know the hopes and plans OF the enemy
and an exhibit the views Of the Democrats on tho
present political situation shows at least that there s
danger Of heavy-osse to the Republicans In tie Con
gresslona elections and this ought 10 stir them 70
greater exertions in all close districts. There Il
contra side Of the account which We must not Ignore.
The Democrats figuring too largely In the Norh ard
they may be altogether in the wrong about the South II
cannot DO said that they have any sufficient reasons of
believing that the Whole South is going 10 face about and
desert the Republican party in body Then there the
Fifteenth Amendment, the workings Of which cur enc
mics do calculate upon. The coored vote will proba
bly, elect Republican Congressman In Delaware two or
three in Maryland and as many more in Kentucky, and
it may turn four five doubtful districts in Pennsy
vana, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio. At the wont,
the Republican party ought TO come out o the fight with
q fair working majority in the House, In the XIIId
Congress- and it cannot be doubted that to have only
small majority will be far more healthful for the party
than the vast, unwiedy, quarresome majority We have
had for the past six years
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

1t is a native, fresh from the sod, who as
pres to be the next yictimizer of the ardent
and impulsive Fenians. He has come anOny-
mously, full of the purpose of raising-funds
for Irelands redemption. 1t is, of course, not
men but money, the only true sinews of war,
which he wants. Has not Napoleon promised
to send $4,000 soldiers and any quantity of
arms to aid Irishmen in redeeming their coun-
tryq And is not the only need-particularly of
the newly arrived agent-mOney He evidently
knows that the New-YOrk Fenians, after
much and sad experience, have learned
a little discretion, and are not to be easily
swindled fourth or fifth time, and he there
fore devoteS his energies and directs his ap-
peals first of all to the Fenians of Philadel-
phia. We hope it is not necessary to tell them
that the chances of Irelands deriving any
benefit from French and German complica-
tiOns are very slight, and that if any one of
them subscribes to a scheme based on such
illusory ews he will make about as perma-
nent and Improbable an investment of his
money as did those who subscribed for the
late Fenian invasion of Canada.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
NEw-yoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1870

dation. It is a cardinal doctrine OF their party
that nothing can be- honestly done escept oy
themselves, and that everything they 40 mus.
be right. The one census OF this CITY most
glaringly incorrect was done under Buchan-
ans administration by the once famous Cap
tain Of the Empire Club. Wear sure that the
nresent officers are honestly trying to DO rlght'
T1 That tbe final report will show the notorious
doub,e and treble voting done by the Demo-
orocv 10 which the editor of The World has
home nersonal testimony is as clear as day
Iigbt Hence the outcry about Radical efforts
70 show small aggregate. 1t won't do; we
sbaIl have a better and more complete emu
,,oro,ion this wear than any one yet taken.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

Since the recall of Mr.. Motley was settled,
we are heartily glad that the suspense con-
cerning his successor has been ended by the
final acceptance of the nomination by Mr..
Frelinghuysen. We are told from Washington
that his views on the Alabama question are
in accord with those of Mr.. Fish and the
President, which is desirable. 1t is more i'm
portant, however, that at this critical condi-
ton of European affairs we should be repre-
sented in Great Britain by minister known
to have the moral support derived from the
assurance that he is in hearty accord with
the government he represents. The present
condition of our affairs there is every way un-
fortunate.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

We have number of dispatches from North
Carolina, giving rumOrs and guesswork about
the election, but not enough actual returns to
show what the result is. 1t is claimed that
the Conservatives have elected their candidate
for Attorney General, and have secured ma
jority of the Legislature. If so they will send
a Democrat to the United States Senate III
place of Gen. Abbott. The general press dis
patches say that the delegation in the Forty
second Congress viii probably be Clinton L..
Cobb, Charles X. Thomas, William L. Scott,
Republicans; A. NJ. Waddell, Sion II. Rogers,
Francis f. Shober, Democrats; and Hardle
H. Helper, Independent.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

When the Coroner's jury over the victims
Of the late mob of 0rangemen and Ribbon
men concluded that there was nobody to
blame, or at least nobody to be prosecuted
for that assault, it was natural to expect a
like demonstration at an early day. 1t ap-
pears that the RibbOnmen selected yesterday
as the occasion, and made ample preparations
for general and savage attack on certain
Orangemen who were expected to do what
any and every association has a perfect right
10 dO-parade through the public streets of
the city. The police, instead of taking steps
10 suppress the would-be rioters by dispensing
She crowds Of them which gathered at various
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

Two or three points in the North Carolina
muddle have been elucidated by our recent
correspondence. o. 1t is true that there have
been gross Outrages on negroes, and, in some
cases, on white men, by midnight ma
rauders. (2) 1t is true that the polit-
ical effect of these Outrages has been
thought favorable to the Democracy, and
probable that some of the eDemocratic leaders
have encouraged them. (S). 1t is certain that an
enormous cloud of lying envelops the whole
subject. az. 1t is probable that the old resi-
dents, black and white, divide this about
equally between them.
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06
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New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

The Illustrations which our latest dispatches
contain of the generous support which the
Germans extend to their country, and the tar
diness with which the French peasantry re-
spond to the call of their Emperor, are very
striking. The reserves of the Prussian regi-
ments from the Rhine provinces have voluntarily
marched to the camps and asked leave to
serve with their commands already filed.
In contrast, we have the statement that the
French Gdrde Mobile mutinied at Chalons, and
demanded to return to Paris. These are sig
nifcant facts
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

The Republicans of the lid District of Ohio
have drafted Gen. Schenck into the service in
spite OF his protests. We take this as meaning
sharp campaign and victory at the end of
it which the Republicans of that district are in
the habit of winning under Gen. Schenck's
leadership. They may rest assured that ven
omOus attempt will DE made in an under
handed way by the few inside the
district and the considerable number
IN this CITY whnsa sttarhment to
New-York tribune., 1870-08-06

There is to be no extra session of Congress.
The President has declared that there is
nothing in the foreign or domestic relations
to Justify such call, and the financial troubles
relative to the appropriations are not, as we
suspected, of such serious character as to clog
the wheels of the government.