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New-York tribune., 1870-12-20

Here is a sensible innovation suggested to
the Senate from the Patent Office, and (better
still adopted. 1t il proposed to publish the
feports Of that Office weekly instead of annu-
ally, 20 that iDyentOn and manufacturers may
have prompt information Of what is doing in
the world Of jnyention. Practically the annual
reports, which oil three volumes and cost the
country more than a quarter Of million dol
lors, are 7slueIsss, for inventors and mnnufac-
turers keep themselyes Informed Of the latest
inventions and improvements through agents
at Washington. a eausDt journal Of inyen-
ton, authorized and issoed By the Govern
ment would greatly facilitate aud benefit both
elasses
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20
NetuIDork Daily Gribmare.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20. 1870.

The French report that Gen. Chsuzy repulsed Prus
an attack on Sunday and that Bourba has reoccuped
vierzon === The Prussians msde unsuccessful at
tack on Nuts The fortress Of Ham has been cap
tured by the Prussians The bombardment Of Paris
ts said 70 bo imminent the Prussans being fully sup
piled with ammunition. Earl Granville mildly pro-
tests against PrussiAs designs on Luxembourg - Tho
people OF the Grand Duchy have voted almost unani
mously In favor Of independence. 80 The French
deet threaten PinaD, the harbOr Of K0nigsberg'
In the Senate yesterday the House bin modifying the
duty on Sugar, briefly discussed bill was intro
dueed looking the admission Of the Territory Of Colo
rado ss q State The question OF Government liability
for the war claims OF Southern Unonists discussed
without decisive action In the House, bills were
introduced to punish corrupt practices at elections for
Members Congress- to authorize the issue Of cent
postal cards. TO place tea and coffee on the free list and
30 the duty Of pig and scrap iron. The House
refused second the "previous question" resou-
ton look ng to the repeal OF the Income tax. The Pen
sion Appropriation bill passed, the PostOnce Ap-
preparation bill made the special order for to-day,
and the Legislative Appropriation BIN was considered
without result
Twenty men were buried under embankment on tho
Syracuse and ChenangO Valley Railroad at last accounts
only nine had been exhumed OF whom three were dead
and TWO fatally injured terrible gas explosion has
occurred In Cincinnati = Gen. Ramsey Of Jersey City
has been arrested Pittsburgh for using counterfeit to-
baeoo stamps =z- A steamer with large tow, passed
through the Dutch Gap Canal yesterday. 80 Ex-GOV.
Letcher is seriously ILL.,
David Dudley Field lectured on the effect Of Che
Franco Prussian war on International Law. The
Council Of the University Of NewYork gave reception
to the Faculty Of the Law School. strike has
ourred among the Erie brakemen Gold, li0s 1l0l,
llOi Thermometer 26o, 800, $50.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20

Mayor Hall having postponed the depart
mental reports, we must continue in ignorance
of many matters which naturally interest the
taxpayers. The widening of Laurens-st. be-
ing one of the great jobs Of the year, some
curiosity has been expressed to know how
much the City is to pay for it; but as Mr.
Tweed is not required to make report, as
Commissioner of Public Works, it is not likely
to be gratifed. We know, indeed, that the
award for damages was 81 ,797,O24 5S, and that
it is pretended this vast amount was given
for property not worth it by third, so that
the Ring has already had very respectable
pickings out of the affair. But there is yet to
be added the cost of grading. paving. setting
curb-stOnes, laying sidewalks, making new
gas and sewer connections 80 that it is evi-
dent the figures given, vast as they are, only
foreshadow the magnificent total which must
be reached before the Ring will DO satisfied.
If Mr. Tweed lets US of with two millions
and half Of money for an addition of twenty
five feet to street extending from Canal-st.
to Washington square, We shall be lucky.
Upon the whole, it is not surprising that the
Mayor has postponed reports which would
show such facts as these.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20

1t would, indeed, be carrying Goals to New
castle to offer our low rate bonds in Europe
at this time. Spain is trying to borrow money
at 12 per cent, and cannot. All the German
States are creating further credits for carving
on the war with impoverished France Aus
tria is bankrupt, and willing to borrow at
any rate at which money can be had. and
in the absence of lenders is scraping up the
loose change in her mints and selling her rail.
way bonds For the present we shall have TO
do our funding of the authorized 81, 1,OOO,OOO,OOO
ut home.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20
The Detroit Tribune saws:

"THE N. Y TRIBUNE again advises the Revenue Re-
formers pack up and leave the Republican party We
demand the authority Of THB TRIBUNE for eIpelliDg
those who do not accept Its tariff notions from the Re
publican party Let 1t show Its papersp
We have repeatedly asked the journals
which sec fit to misrepresent US to quote
fairly from our columns tho passages on
which they base their charges. In the absence
of such citation, uncivil people may be tempted
to say that our Detroit namesake lies.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20

The muster out of the supernumerary army
officers is not TO be postponed, as was feared,
beyond Jan. l., the time fixed by the bill of
last session. The public viii not object TO
this; and the officers themselves, in view of
the fact that they receive years pay to
begin civil life upon, have no right to feel
aDurievpd
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20

The Hon. Henry S. Randall declines be-
cause of infrm health, to be considered or
voted for as Speaker of our next Assembly
The Syracuse Courier thence infers that Mr.
Hitchman will have no DemOcratic) competi-
tor for the post
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20

Tho Springfield Republican illustrates the pos
sibility of crowding many misstatements into
few lines as follows:
nThe biu dinner at Delmonico's wednesday night, at
which Horace Greeley made the principal speech, and
letters were read from YicePresdent Colfax and Mr
Dawes among Others does not set well on the somachs
Of somo who were there, and they made Ianc eorts on
Thursday to throw up-not the good vctuas and drnK
but the strong Protection doctrine they were maoe "
| partaks Of The Euening Posi- last Might pub
lished q card signed by dozen commission
merchants and manufacturers. protesting that
they do MT indorse the sentiments expressed at
this dinner and The Post edtoray declares that the
repast was gotten up under false pretonses the com
mission merchants undertook TO give dinner TO the
wool manufacturer but found to their horror on open
ing their NAPKINS that the high Protectlons had cap
tued the festive occasion, labeled it complimentary
dinner to the woogro1ers association was not
single woolrower there-and that the list Of speakers
contained only the highest kind Of tariff men. Alto
geher 1t was very funny affair though hardly calcu-
lated We apprehend advance the cause of pure Pro
tecon.s
Comments.-1. Mr.. L. Delmonico, the caterer,
has already explained that the error in print
ing the card of the dinner was entirely his
own. No one Of the getters up of the affair
had any share in 1t. 2. The commission
merchants who got up the dinner to the man
ufacturers invited the speakers, well knowing
them to be Protectionists, and because they
uere Protectionists. Not one of the inyiters
has intimated dissatisfaction with the speeches
8. Among the hundreds of manufacturers and
merchants present, less than q dozen have
evinced such dissatisfaction. Some of the
few signers to Tho Posts card were neither
present nor invited. 4. All the "horror" ex-
cited was that of a few Free-Traders who had
no part nor lot in the matter, but who have
desperately prompted their henchmen to pro-
nOunce the gathering "a funny affair"
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20

We hope It Ia a sufficient sosTef 70 the vapid
tmperlDences With wideb The p<,sitlu Of THH
TEIBUsE on The Fishery qptsfjDs bas been as
sailed by the disloyal AmT,sao 4sf tbe stupid
Canadlao prss. that tsc EbZ..sh GDreument
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20

takers BILL the sexton's digging, the parsons
praying, the lapidary's monumental triumph,
and the cold obstruction" of the tomb! The
proper officer makes the proper report, ana
immense numerical columns testify to the re-
spect which statistical gentlemen nave for
Madame Phthisis And all this il called a
Dispensation of Providence, when it is only a
Dispensation Of the Devil.
Why should the people succumb to Phthiss
There are over a hundred kinds of solid and
Of fluid nastiDess in the market, all pro-
nouncod by their proprietorso sure charms
against the claws Of the destroyer. There are
pills and panaceas, there are bitters and cod
liver oil, there are sea-weed and other
tonics,n there are extracts of this, that
and the other-all tho surest of cures. And
when man has been fatted upon the cod
liver oil until he is as blooming and buxom
as peony, he uDgratefully dies, and 80 an end
There are stethOscopes which tell when man
has consumption, but no cannot take stethO-
scopes internally, and, if he could, so far
from doing him any good, they would only
| accelerate his demise" There are inhalers,
| and the victims suck away enthusiastic
ally, declare how much better they feel
and then die all the same. That
old scoundrcl,> St. John Long, rubbed the
breasts Of the patient with corrosive lotion
but only succeeded in being tried twice FOL
murder at the Old Bailey. The eminent Dr.
| Thompson filled the patients with gallons oi
extract of lobelia, and put them in :" steam
"box,n from which they usually emerged IN
articulo mortis. Galvanism promised great
things, and sold many BATTERIES" but people
still died. Phthisis was too many for them We
don't know That Mr.. Perkins'S Metallic Tractors
were ever tried against the foe, but we fear
if they had been, the magic rods would nave
waved in vain. Phthisis knows what she Is
about; and she would not have cared one snap
of those picking and stealing fingers OF hen
for fifty cords of the Metallic Tractors.
There are some things, however, which she
does fear. Pure air, for instance, and thick
shoes, and warm clothing, early going to bed
carly getting up, decent diet, the abolition oi
corsets, good drainage and ventilation, ETC.
Fight her with these, and, without resort 10
the Tractors, we may limit her rayages She
fears not Bitters, but she has great love
for stay -laces, thin shoes, late hours, damp
cellars, and some things which are unmentlon-
able to ears polite. What piece OF work Is
man, and how easily is he taken to pieces
never TO be put together again!
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20

Advertisements for this weeks issue Of TIE
MIrIr TRIuUN. nn.i bsh.need TDsy Pnoe Sc per Are
New-York tribune., 1870-12-20


II used TO be 8 rule Of international law that dpo
matc intercourse ceased upon the declaration Of ho'
ties In the present instance, intercourse Las Deth n
reoty kept up 10 certain extent through tle legation
friendly nations Our own Mnister in Pars has hau '
satisfaction and honor OF receiving under hs -
thousands Of Germans Tor whom ne mas aet a % Ia,
were the repre- sentative OF their own c,lmt!'s n
glish legation at Berlin took Similar e'ArSe VI f'
men. . -. NAN
That war can be prevented altogether, L VIII i0'
derake TO AFFIRM but that 1t can be rendered 'ess "
ouent nav that IL can DO rendered very inircguon"
frmy believe Peace hereafter, and not nov as ne'.e
FORE can be made the normal state ot man Ahe
OF the gates OF tho temple OF Janus may At least oe'A
the exception, and not the rule. ,-,, ~, intarna
Ter N. suppose it To have been enJoned py a. -,
tional law last July that before the frehon Ih,na
declaration OF war statement of hs kreN snte ~ thsu
be ,ent 20 the Prussan Government thht 6t hep
wait a certain number Of days for an shsw, .s ON
the answer came IL should be TRANSMITTED Win @ mr.
nlaint 10 the other Governments OF FUR II, :, -
friendly offices invited; aud that no shou.u on, ,sus
certain number OF days longer Tor t4eu b.t Az
ali this it should seem to be scarcely loSsp,e i.re
accommodation should not have been ehcs'eu O0
What nenaty A may be asked, would you mpose n,. %
Noncompliance with the PROVISIONS Whirp yws-,,ied
mend annwer tina. more than ono may pe 'uE 'n.t
but will content my self with rentOnins QUO, I'D
is the indemncgon OF other couhl.o' w ~ I'm nsn
exnenliturcs or Loose incurred by the VAR ,v
without compliance with these is md Nus.r.a
this would work In the present Case-h -, n,vn
Ifnlv switzerland aud Belgium woud .l' . .''o ~
tsstiblc claims against France Tor ndenini' nyseu
Rat am ree say, that VOL i"t = IN
MI h the se prlys Os Nor am ABOUT ~ .,,i,r.
m, r., sp.ttou; hnt N0lld take exp tri'h.o .. tnn
moi The experience Remote agcs, hut al osi urv
and OF ouI own county. Ias u.ay nos 0u's''AN-
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

The warehouse of Lyman. Wells &
Co., at Union Springs. Alabama. was
struck by lightning on Thursday last,
and in n few moments the entire struc-
tnre was in fl INES. No one was Injured.
The fire seemed to catch from the
ground. The warehouse and Offices were
OF wood, and capable of holding some
1000 bales of cotton. The total loss
must be in the neighborhood of $40, 900
or SIS, 900.
IMMIaRATIoN.-Th steamship City of
Brooklyn arrived at New York from Lii.
verpool, on Monday, with 1929 immi-
grants. making total of nearly 5000
within week, that have landed mt New
York. Many of them are Euglishmen
and Scotchmen, who are going to Vir-
ginia and other Southern States to en-
gage in farming.
FIRE.-We learn that the dwelling
house of Rev. Gregory Rollins, with it's
contents, were destroyed by fire, on the
night of the 9th nit. The act Of an
incendiary. harrington Democrat.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

THE RICHMOND DISASTER. "A member
Of the Legislature describes his fall as
follows:
II heard a low rumbling sound and
felt myself sinking rapidly. I was facing
the gallery and saw it falling toward me.
Fortunately, it did not reach me. I saw
the men scrambling over each other in
the gallery and heard what seemed to be
one unearthly yell of agony. Then came
the crash and sank into darkness. 1
found myself under mass of rubbish,
with dead body over me, q wounded
man under me, and another ut my side.
The poor fellow under me said, 'Oh, me !
But if I could only fear God always as
do now! How wicked I have been all
my days! Oh, God, forgive me; spare
mo and ] will be true follower of Jesus!'
The man at my side exclaimed, oh,
death. whore is thy sting! Oh, grave,
where is thy victory!' heard u nur,ber
of cries all about me; some we're speak
ing about their wives, others of their
children, while others were begging for
air believe many of them died from
suffocation, for although but little hurt
myself, I should Lave died from suffoca-
tion if I had not been removed when
was."
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

KosKoo. The Norfolk Daily journal, of
December IL, 1869, says:
This medicine is rapidly gainiug conf
dence OF the people, and the numerous tcsti-
monials OF its virtues, given by practitioners OF
medicine, leaves no doubt that it is safe and
reliable remedy fur IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD,
LIVER DISEASE, &C."
The last NE ticat Journal contains all arti-
Gle from Prof: Il. S. Newton, NJ. D.. President
OF the II Med- College, city Of New York, that
speaks in high terms of it's curative proper
ties. and gives special recommendation of
koskoo to the practitioners of medicine.
This ia, we believe, the first instance where
by the Faculty of any of the Medical Colleges.
and reflects great credit upon the skill Of DR.,
Lawrence. its compounder, and also puts
''koskoo" i'll the VAN Of all other medicines
of the present day. Fog
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

Z Notwithstanding their professions, the
radical leaders are not disposed to sur
render the electioneering advantages Be-
cured them in the franking privilege.
Mr.. Summers postal bill may be regarded
as the proposed compromise which is ex-
peoted to still public agitation, and at
the same time secure the coterie in the
enjoyment of the advantage. It merely
substitutes FREQ stamps for the frank,
thus relieving Congressman from the
onerous necessity of writing their names,
and further, protecting their incognito.
To be sure, these stamps only cover four
ounces, but, Ivy using enough of them,
members can freely send their soiled
linen home to be washed, Ms usual. It
is too bad, that handful Of men at the
national capital should thus set the will
of the people Mt defiance. Outside of
Washington it wonld be difficult to find
even q pitiful fraction of supporters to
the existing abuse, yet II few ambitious
politicians. anxious to keep their name
before the people, insist on retaining it
Us mere advertising medium. When
outrages like this are defiantly perpe-
trated in the,face)of the public will, and
sustained by the enactment of laws, a
vast majority cannot regard it otherwise
than rs unjust or oppressive; it exhibits
either great defect in the existing sys-
tenn of government, or must he taken as
a warning, to prepare for some still m ore
startling emergencies.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

ELEcTRIc1TY RIVALS STRAM.-A new
invention is described in the late papers,
which will substitute electricity for steam
ns mechanical power. The cost per
day is estimated ut thirty-five cents.
Planning machines and other mechanical
arrangements have been successfully at
tached to this wonderful electrical en-
gine. If the machine now in construc.
ton in Now York, works as beautifully
on large scale as its smaller predeces-
sors have, a ship will soon pass over the
ocean with streak of time lightning in
the hold. This dangerous element ap-
pears in this grand role in such minute
form. that it can be put in smaller
trunk than is carried by fashionable
young lady to summer resort. What
next?
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

OPINION OF THE PnEss.-We take pleasure in
calling, the attention Ut our readers to Il very
remarkable led'cine, notice OF which ap-
pears in the Nbserrer this morning-Heinitslis
QUEENS DELIGHT !" There must be some
thing i'll it, for We hear it spoken Of as a pre-
parailon Of much merit. and one prepared by
maceutical reputation. The enphnIious sou
bliqnet. QUEENS DELIGHT" has III itself an
attraction which ehonld commend it to our
lady friends in need of 80 excellent o medi-
cine, and wo suppose all would be benefited
10y Its use. For sale by FISHER II HEINIrsH,
DruBBlots. A24
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

Speaking of the negroes, the Albany
EUening Journal says: 1--WE at the North
did not chattelize them, but we con-
demned them to n painful and degrading
inferiority." Oh, no, we ut the North
didn't chattelize the negroes. We were
too good and pious for that. When we
found, after many years of most diligent
experiment, that it wouldn't pay to keep
them, we sold them to the slave-drivers
of the South. and washed our hands of
the business forever Let us pray.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

WHAT They DO IN CHARLESToN.-Our
Charleston neighbors have displayed u
deal of ingenuity i'll cvading the social
duties imposed on them by the lcveling
enactments of their black and tan Leeis-
lature, but the best method yet. of snub-
bing the radicals, and escaping the sweet
social afiiliation with CutTee, is the plan
adopted by the Charleston Academy of
Music, and carried out successfully ever
since the South Carolina Legislature
passed law requiring no distinction to
be made at places of amusement on ac-
count of race or color. When Mr.. Fif-
teenth Amendment presents himself Mt
the ticket Office, he pays his money and
receives ticket to any part of the house
he may desire, but the cardboard, unfor-
tunately for him, bears statement from
the lessee that he reserves to himself the
right to refuse any person admittance to
the theatre, upon returning tho money
to bearer at the gate. Our ambitious
colored friend complacently walks from
the ticket Office to the gate, presents his
card, door-keepcr looks at him, quietly
says lyon cannot come in. pays him his
money back, and the amendment, if dis
posed to quarrel, shortly finds it of no
avail and walks away vowing vengeance.
1t is method, short, sharp and decisive,
and better than all, it don't admit of ar
gument. Until the next Legislature
meets, our neighbors can enjoy the
drama, and no one. not even the darkey,
shall make them afraid. Verify, tech
nicality is as good at times rs substan-
tial fact.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

The Americns, Georgia, Courier an
nonnces the sndden and mysterious death
of Colonel VIM. M. Brown. of Marion
County, Georgia.
There were twenty-five deaths in
Charleston for the week ending the 30th
10 white and Is coIored.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

Young Men 8 Christi an Association.
4 MEETING OF the Young Mems Christian
n Association OF this city, Ii call. d for THIS
EVENING, in tho Heading Room of the Asso-
citation. A full attendance of the members is
desired. Dy order Of tho President.
3. T. NJ .ULDIN,
May . Recording Secretary.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

Prince Demidoff, whose death was
day or two ago announced by telegraph,
was one of the weaithiest Princes of the
Russian Empire, and the possessor of the
celebrnted Sanoy diamond.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05
To Rent,

x4 A PART OF q COTTAGE, comprising
SMS FIVE KOuMS. There is good we'll Of
AlE water on the premises. and the situation
IL pleasant one-being on PendIeton street,
betwcen Main and Sumter. Fur particulars,
apply at this Office. May53
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

Phoenix Axe, Hook and Ladder Co.
A N kXrRA MEETING Of this C, mpuny
~ will be held THIS EVENING. the 5th
inst, i'll their Hall, at 8 O'clock. Those who
uosiTe to become members will please hand in
their letters OF application. Dy orarr OF the
President. w. W. ] e NE,
May 81 Secretary.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-05

LIST OF New ADvrRrIsEMENrs-
l. Snizbacher-Affl cted Vision.
TO Ient-Apply at this office.
Meeting Young Mems Christian Association
alcct,ng OF Phmnix Hook and Ladder Co.