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The Atlantic cable continues to keep /,

The Atlantic cable continues to keep US
advised Of the great success Of Mr.. John
Lothrop Motley in the first duty Of dim
plomat-dining. It is satisfactory TO know
that on their straitened salaries, our foreign
Ministers succeed in allaying the vicissi-
tudes of hunger with great regularity, aud
that on some Of these occasions great men
Ike Disraeli actually condescoad To dine
with them. Such an event, on Tuesday even
ing last Unopened to Mr.. Motley. Mr..
Motley is a seH-made man, and an Amer
icau at that. Born under the
cruel disadvantages Of republican
institutions, he has, with great effort,
emerged from their disgrace, and secured a
among European gentlemen.
Those who arc aware OF the great trans
of tone, and the self-denying OBJ
liviousness of ones nationality, which is
necessary to the consummatio1 of this
great progress, gill rejoice that Nj. Motley
IL now no Euzopeanized that his American
's1n Is scarcely observable. Hence his
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hospitality of undaa>tsd sasHty to his trispds

hospitality, of undaasfed haeHty to his friends
and love q eomtE-vho csn e1plain the no-
tives os the aeboiazsh1p 1hich makes NJ.
Cnandkz the expment II avery ahsurdjty
which has been charged upon ne from the dsys
at Mr. TrolloPe7 sothng is added 10
tie dignity and strength Of tho nation
by these impotent assaults upon tho
credit Of contemporary nations. While
our OWL public manners md common sense
suffer mcomputably by thsm. With ali Dire
respect to the State of Aichigso-a State
where the average OF intelligence and pub1vs
spirit Is perhaps above thst OF It's neEhbors,
certainly above that of . majority OF States-
it il misrepresented by its public men, and
does not ahow 1t IT'S par value in either tbs
House or the Senate. II the State cannot
send men Of talent to Washington, it can 1t
least send men Of 1uodesty and Of psudeace,
wherers provmcialism OF the dreszi.at aoh
might 10 charged upon Michigan II these gem
hemen in the public councils where
her true ezponcnts. AS neiEnoTs, "a
towpancn, as agreeable and hnoty Sos-
Slippers, both Howard and Chandler
are, perhaps, unexceptsonable- But these
crude accomplishments, aggravated BY the
possession OF brown stone residences, and the
ability to do an abundance Of cheerful hc&Pi-
taisy, rather bear ont than detract from the an
clent charge that the American Slate ts capa-
BILE OF legitimate bus1esque, md that IN hsty
ycaIs We haye not got over tho boastfulnees
and looseness Which furnished suggestions to
''Ma1tln Chuzzfewit," and made the world howl
with laughter over the pages Ct 's Basil Hall F"
GATH.
, 1870-06-07
TUESDAY JUNE I, 1870.
wR scHEycK,s LITTLE BILL.

c.aneral Schenck's tariff amendment to
fhe Internal Revenue bill Is dead swindle
from every point of view. It is swindle
on the Honse of Representatives, in that it
requires, under the peculiar decisions Of
tho Speaker, single vote upon large
number of items Of taxation, with
out any chance to vote upon them
separately. It is swindle on the
people, in that it seeks to diminish
the revenue Of the government, and ut
the same time TO increase taxation for pri-
vate interests, It is an evident swindls, in
that it seeks to fasten an obnoxious measure
which it has been proved could not
60 through on ita Own merits,
as ndsr on a popular and neces-
sary measure. It is ptemeditated fraud,
in that it seeks to delude the people with
the idea that they are to obtain some bene-
fit by reduction of the duties on tea, cof-
fee and sugar, when at the same time an
increased price is put upon the railway
bars by which this same tea, coffee and su-
gar are transported to them, and their own
products transported in exchange for
them.
tits time that +h;s aforementioned fr,ud
raa e1nosad let IT he horne in mind
therefore, that whatever is paid in the way
of dnt;es on ten: cotfea. and sugar. cousti-
tutas Government rerenue. and that. if the
s,ovarn,nent 1osea This revenua II nnst tax
the peop1e in Soma other vay in order to
meet its cxnenses and maintain ;ts credit
7,et !, he horna in mind a1ao that +ta nro.
nosed increasa IN the dntv IN stae1 rails
[, n;clal and IN f,arsaad and 1;nsaad ri,
constitutes n,;zass and iudiig;dual ,epsuue.
Tba Schancs amendment therefore. is n
neasnna to 1eeislate a certain amount
of money ont of the public Treasury and
into the pockets of certain favored persons
and classes. Its cowu-dIy measure, in
4hat It does not annronriata This money d.
-act1v nc Mr. Trnch nronosed To do in his
.b;r: :hn;1d;no iii, INIT seeks TO accomnlish
H. coma raen,t n an indirect and ronnd.
,hout ,narrer
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Tho Settlers On the Usage fsesc<va.
t1On-T!,e Osage Indians.

t1On-T!le Usage Indians
To the Editor Of TIE Chicago Tribune:
The settlers Oh tho Usage reservation in
Southern Kansas arc just now receiving an
amount Of abuse altogether disproportioned to
the intent Of their olfending-if our acts be an
offence at all.
herewith give you plain statement Of the
matter, and challenge Investigation IS to its
trnthfulnees
This reservation, containing 100000 acres
Of tho finest lands in the Southwest, was sold
By the Osages 10 the Leayenworth, Lawrence,
: & Galveston Railroad Company. Pending the
ratification Of the bargaiu Iy the United States
couraSed immigration to the lands. It was to
lie interest Of The railroad company to Lave
their lands settled upon and tie Indians, be-
ing in possession, saw q chance to make some-
thing before they sLouli be removed. So they
sold Claims =" to settlers 4 large MINORITY
Of tho settlers have paid the Indians for the
land they occupy the price ranging from s5
to s, 600 for each 160 acTes- Prior to tho sale
Of the land to the ra,lroal company, there was
no white settlement.
The tales going about among the papers Of
their FARMS, taking possession Of their Eouses.
and crops, driving on their cattle, &c., are the
most absurd fabrications.
The Usage tribe OF Indians is not civilized
in any Eense Of the word. They hare neither
farms, houses, Nor cattle. Their women gen.
orally raise small quantity Of corn on little
patches along the streams performing all the
labor Of preparing the ground, planting and
cultivation with rude hoes. TheE live in rude
Wigwams constructed Of poles covered with
bark or SKINS Their domestic stock consists
Of ponies and dogs Their dress is OF the
moet primitive pattern. They ara filthy and
nasty IN ti,oir habits almost beyond belief.
Their food consists principally Of buffalo meat;
but when this supply is exhausted they eat al
r.ost any vertebrate animal, and as dessert
take Bome found on their persons belonging
10 the articulata. They practice polygamy,
and OF oourBe tho females arc mere slaves.
An Oeage man does no work except to hunt,
steal horses, or 90 on the war path The
OsaSes are inveterate thieves and unblushing
The Usage Agent, Isaac T. Gibson, told me,
abort time ago. that the tribe numbered
! AGO, at last years enumeration; but he
thought thera was sCme "ropeatins." The
white settlers number not less than 15,DOU.
This county, Montgomery, is generally settled
mp, and is regularly organized. Independence,
the county seat, claims population Of GOO.
The white settlers lave taken up all the land
around the II dian villages, and the two races
are living together in perfect peace.
There has been no game Of any consequence
on the best part Of this reEe1yation-that east
Of the Arkansas for years For the purposes
OF raising crops, these Indians have not culti-
yated tlousandth part of per cent Of this
vast area Of land. No settler has prevented
their women from cultivating a little sluaw-
patch. which may have happened to be on his
claim.
live within five or si1 miles of two Of the
principal Usage Tillagcs, and personally know
whereof have written. A. AS.
VERDI, kaEeas, May 80.
, 1870-06-07

We deeply regret that Mr. 3. F. Ayor
has seen fit to decline the invitation e1-
tended to him, to become candidate for
the Office Of Circuit Judge. Since his
name was first mentioned for this position,
there has been m almost universal con-
curence of opinion in the
fitness Of his selection; and
general expression of satis-
faction that so high-toned and successful a
lawyer could be found willing to exchange
the profits of the profession for the labors
of the bench. That he would have been
elected by q very large minority, either
with OF without the nomination Of a
political convention, We have not the
slightest doubt,
, 1870-06-07

It appears that in those counties of New
York where the DelnucEuts 1uude their
heavies. gains the aggregate Democratic
vote was less than half the vote given for
Hoffman two years ago. The Republican
party knew they would be outvoted, any
way, by the repeaters, and only voted Mt
al under that discouraggiDg sense Of duty
which actuates good man whose faith is
at fault, and who feels, therefore, that
nothing he can do, or omit to do, will be in
puted to him for righteousness. IF the
Republicans had NIL voted there would hive
been SO many more beaten. If none of
them had voted none would have been
beaten. The marvel is that the State, hay
ing so long since lost her right Of self-gov-
eminent, the lawful voters should think it
worth while to yoto at all
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fair minded members, that only shows how
greed and violence cverreach themselves
in all generatiooa. The Lynch bill was
tabled on the third reading, with all its ex-
travagant and imbecile provisions, and
seventy-seren votes we're cast for free ships,
OF within eight Of sufficient to adopt Cap
tain Codmans suggestions Like the equal
IL base and abortiye persecution Of David
4. Wells calumny hal 1edounded upon
Coduau'S detrnctorB.
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EDUCATION By THE STATE,

The lTtxt<Tn Gdthn!ie calls us to En- ac-
count bcsause, in opposing the theories Of
"paterna government We do not deny
the right OF the State to provide for the
education of children.
There is wide difference betweaD the
Interference Of the government to compel
citizen to buy his iron, his coal, and his
clothing Of particular dealer, and the in-
reference Of the government to provide
school where those unable to obtain eduea-
ton otherwise may be instructed Because
We object to Congress requiring the whole
American people to buy peanuts from
North Carolina, and oranges from Florida,
and steel rails from D. J. Morre1l, it does
not follow that We must object to the State
Of Illinois providing sehool-houses and
teachers for the instruction of those who
otherwise could not, or would not, receive
any instruction at all We do no not ad-
NIT that the government prohibit pri-
ynte or other schools OF compel children to
attend one school when their parents wish
them to attend another One Of the duties
which all civilized governments have felt IN
cumbent upon them is the establishment of
public hospitals, of places for the confine-
.n5 ,bo ao,f and d,n,h Tba 1sus ~
ever, land ,leo i,,tarfara ,r;,h ,,,,anto1 on-
thor;tv tn tba ev+ant ,,f 1,roscrihino tba
limit to that authority. This is the inter.
ference of the State for the protection of
the children, who are not to be left to the
se16shness OF brutality of those who should
be their protectors, The State is inter
csted in the education OF children. It's
no longer en- open question whether it is
IN advantage to q person to be able to read
and write, and hare at least a knowledge of
the rudiments of learning. No opponent
of State education viii deny that it is cruel
md ine1cusable in parent to refuse his
children the opportunity of attending
school The State has the same right to
interfere and require parents to send their
children to schools that it has to prevent
their being compelled to work beyond their
strength, or at 1abor unsuited for their
years. Experience in ill ages and in nil
lands has shown that parental lore has
powerful antagonist in parental sel6sbnesz
and that where education is left exclusively
to the voluntary procurement Of narents
it il omitted in a very laroa deo,ae
It is difficult for a very large portion
Of society to obtain means to paF for the
education of children. Yet society has the
same interest in having them educated as
in having any other children educated. A1cn
who live by their daily labor find it most
difficult to pay for the education of from
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The General Appropriation bill which
passed tie House has been returned by the
Senate, with 220 amendments, nearly MI Of
them making additions thereto. One Of
the amendments provides the following
, 1870-06-07

great popularity aa m Ambassador among
those who, as rule, entertain the iyeliest
contempt for Americans.
, 1870-06-07

In1s scsIe OF compensation II 10! too
large, The pay Of tho Supreme Judges has
been quite inadequate, $4,000 year
for the Associate Judges, and 5G,50o for
tho Chief Justice Such pay for the Judges
of the highest court known to the constitu-
ton is out of proportion to the nature
of the dnties, the magnitude Of tho
responsibility, and the order Of legal
talent required for tho Office. Tho pro
posed compensation is very moderate, and
no man competent 10 form AL opinion on
the subject will object to it.
, 1870-06-07

lumber and more adroit shipwrights, pre-
fer1ing TO buy abroad rather than to relin-.
quish the ocean, and now that their turn
had come with iron hulls aud cheap ma-
chinery, they reaped the reward Of saga
cious reciprocity. Only America refused
to be either maguarimous OF patriotic;
her old sea Captains, to the number OF hun
dreds, in the waters Of China, Brazil, and
the East Indies, are left out to do good SER
vice for French and British merchants, and
steamship lines, wholly or chiefly owned by
Americans, like the Williams, and Guion,
and the Baltimore and Bremen, n1u u'n-
nailed to sail nnder The rod cruss, the tn
color, or the donhle-headed eagle, instead
Of carrying the Stars and Stripes. That an
old sea Captain should feel indignant ut
this, might be nntural, and Captain Cod
man, in all simplicity, wrote a letter
from the Clyde to Mr.. Lynch, the Chair
man of Special Committee upon the Re
vival Of American Commerce, urging that
his countrymen be allowed to buy ready
made ships, cheaply aud speedily, like
everybody else.
Mr. Lynch, however, was at that time
negotiating with the Bodies, Reaches,
Franklin Smiths, and other extinct ship
builders in collusion with iron-masters, to
find an expensive way t'not to do il, !" and
he was unable to see how his friends of the
steamship lobby could make any money if
old sea Captains were to be permitted to
buy steamers, hoist their flag, aud compste
for cargoes. So he put Captain Coaman's
letter in his pocket.
The Captain, however, who seems to have
been df well-seasoned timber, resolved not
TO give it up so, and he proceeded to New
York, sought an audience with the "Ship-
Owners association there, md was nc
credited by them to Washington City; his
hotel bills were paid By Edward Hincken,
Esq, President of this society, and the
Captain WIS instructed to indulge in pro-
pensity he has for writing pamphlets, 10 his
full satisfaction
Thus armed, and welding pen as for
midably as marlin-spike, Goldman put up
at the Arlington Hotel, and began his series
Of pamphlets. And we may say, in paren-
theses, TINT it is striking commentary
upon the character of the Washington
press, that this man, with pamphlets mere
", was able to affect Congress more than
the whole of them, although the Chronicle
(price forty cents a line) DETAINED him every
day. Those pamphlets are before Us, and
they prove to have been respectful to all
parties concerned; but they were pregnant
~ ~ 1ro
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Whate7er may have been the shortcomings
Of tie convention in matters relating to its
own organization and goveEnmcnb very little
or no exception can be taken to the manner in
which it has discharged the main duty for
which it xas elected. fhe proposed constitu-
tioa, both in general features and in detail, is
ycr. much superior to What ne hal expected.
, 1870-06-07


was telegraphed to Wizards that matters had
been amically adjusted between the two great
navigators. AIr. Chandler then 1uiIed OF to
windward, hoisted the broad pennant, and
bcsnn to quote Colton's Atlas and Alison's
History Of Europe. Flo said:
he waited TIL this day he would have seen folly
that exceeded that Of France In case this govern
ment should reject the island Alison viii have 70
and lie Island of san a DonRo 1' admitted @ 4 nio ne
Union. Why. slE, look at the map"
Now, as Allison is dead, how can..ho correct
his history? Aad it he does not correct his
history, will he be good enough to look at the
nap2 But being an Englithman, he will not,
of course, oblige the American Senate by get
ting ont OF bis grave, md correcting his bis
tory; and this is only another proof OF the in
difference Of EngliAhmen to American inter
ests, that none Of them will get out OF the
grave, and none Of them will look at the
map.
Here Mr.. Chandler took q hitch On his
treeches, squared his yards and proceeded to
quote Fishers Book Of the World, sold By sub
scription only; Johnson's Gazetteer, McCul-
loch's Commercial Dictionary, Homans' Cyco-
Pledia Of Commerce. and the Book OF Jonah.
Here is what he said:
"Sir, I am not AFRAID of CabraL Raise the
American 1aE, and CabT0l becomes As peaceful as
the infant: Whom arc they going 10 contend
against? The presence Of single little ship Of
hAl IA kHt LAY Of AaIHanA naS Hcl4 IHAC laIAuu
perfectly quiet and quiescent ever since it was
placed there Raise the American nag and you
nave peace, security, and no war Whom Will they
1ght? Will they fight their frtends7 VIII they
nght the government that gives them securtty7
No siri you will have peace. ~
"What, then, prevents us from Instantly, now,
going into executive session, and admitting the
Island Of San Domingo at once2 Diplomacy;
nothing but diplomacy"
As watched NJ. Chandler giving vent to this
long. idlotic speech, one Of ? scrics which he
has for nnnuy years past delivered against
Great Britain, I could not help thinking how
unjust We were to charge English critics
amongst us with e1nggerating the yerdancy
and proyincialism Of our public men The
word "SenatoT has an ancient and grave sig
MITIGATION Of which we cannot rob its word
that comes down to US through 1900 years,
bearing the majesty Of all Rome in its three
syllables-and his was a Senator Of the mod
ern Rome, talking the idle prattle With which
he was wont TO indulge customers over his dry
goods counter, playing the provincial clown,
soaring on tho cheapest calico variety OF
the American eagle, and having it
printed in the Gzoba. aB an oxhibi-
zion of American culture and inform 1tion, and
this On the brink Of the second century Of our
government! What did he do it for7 Had
tho man a genuine balief in the good sense
and ethics Of what he was say1ng, or was he
playing ont part long ago conceived in his
back office in Detroit, and based upon tho
statesmaDehip Which he read in the wildcat
asm.aacs Of that d-y? 4 man OF relies, 81
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-11
GREAT E4RTHQUIKE IN -isLd.
Over Three Thousand People Killed.

correspondent Of the London Times writes
from Irdia:
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Bltan2, on
thc confines of Thibat, China and Burmah,
sends to India terrible account OF an earth
onake in that region. affecting "a area OF one
Hundred and eighty by ninety miles. The
event occurred on the 1lth OF April, and MS
last letter is dated tue 30th of May. Consider
ing that the missionaries there ean commu-
ncate only by Shanghai, the transit OF the let
ters has been rapid. Last year. 1t ntY be re-
n,emherej. there was a very destructive earth
nnake in the, in one sense, adjoininS British
Harriet OF Cacbar. A shock a. five IN the
morning and stronger shock at noon was
toIlowsd at sunset by on earthquake which
IeveIled the Whole towu and killed or bruised
ha,f the nopulation. The missionaries escaped
r. their garden, and only one of their servants
nerished. The large and splendid Iamaseral
inhabited by three thousand Lamas, 1eh WITH
O crash. ru,o
vclu tells us are little exaggerated, estimate
the loss of human life at 413 Lama priests. 81
soldiers. and 2812 common people. A series
of earthuuaks shocks were felt as far as PunS-
mou-tang, where MIR. I. T. Cooper met Seer
Suecutsng, the Nepaulese Ambassador, ID
1868. The village and many others are dc,
siroved. aud so many OF the authorities and
the soldiers have been buried under the ruins
O: their houses that robbers. like Wild beasts,
r,1n eyeryghere. To conclude in the bishops
own words, 'sthe imperial highway from Pekin
to I,aassa seems, and ia said to be now. to-
yally impracticable near Kong-dze.tin by the
fall of mountain and The sudden upheavng
of new one."
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-11
B1sMARox,s IDEAS ABOUT PEAcE,
Prussia Does not Desire that Franc e
be Reduced to q second-Rate Power
Condition Of the French Empire Az
ter Ceding Metz and strasbourS-Fhe
Logic of Facts.

A correspondent at Berlin telegraphs OH the
9Th instant the following circular of Count Bis
marck to the Foreign Representatives OF the
North German Considerations:
FERRIEREs, October /.
r From reports in the public journals 1t ap.
pears that the delegation OF the Frencn GOV,
ernment Ia Tours have officially announced
that I had declared to N. Favre that PRUSSIA
n the condition of q Power of the second
rank. Although such an expression could
only be Intended to influence circle unac-
mainted with the language used IN interna-
fional negotiations, and ignorant OF the geo
GRANNY of France, still the circumstance that
This official announcement bears the signatures
of Messrs. Cremieux, Glais-Blzoin and Fourl.
chon, gentlemen belonging to the government
of Great European Power, induces me to re-
quest your Excellency to put It IN proper
LIGHT in your official intercourse.
In INV interview with NJ. Favre, the ques-
tion of peace was not formally considered. AT
his repeated request / communicated 10 the
French minister, in general outline, tne same
views which formed the principal topic OF the
circular dated MeauX, September 10. DEMANDS
exceeding those therein contained nave never
vet In any way been made ny me.
The cession of Strasbourg and Metz, which
we seek. In territorial connection implies
reduction OF French territory equal In area 70
M through Savoy yroa6es and Ses ojnea Ws
the pGPa'Sl9s Pav Sas 0 made that Of France
aG@ agger i'aE Wh1n s it is considered that France
according to the census Of 1896 I1uTa aum0eFed agd
with Algiers (now furnishing an essentlal part
Of I'll the French war forces 4?,OOO,oOO, it Is pal
pable that decrease of 10000 changes ni moth H.
ing in the Importance OF France as against
foreign countries, while we leave to this great
Emplre the same elements of power, posses
sion whereof, in the Eastern and Italian wars,
enabled it TO exercise so decisive an influence
on the destinies Of Europe.
These few points will suffice to successfully
oppose the logic oflacts to the eXaggeralion OF
the proclamation ofthe 24th OF last month. tn n
Eavre. | expressly directed his attention to
these Views; and need not assure y,1si your Tx :
celIency that refrained from every offensive nsans
alllsiori to the consequences OF the present
war in respect to the future position OF france
as a great power of the world. BISMARCK.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-11
4FFIIRS IN GEORGIA.

ATLANTA. October 10.
The Senate passed resolution to-day to in
v!te President Grant to the State Fair, and
rendering him the hospitalities of the State
during his stay. Acommittee will be appoint
ed to meet him at the boundary Of the State
and escort him to quarters.
The Senate passed a resolution TO adjourn
sine die on the 18th.
The last building at the fair ground has been
completed.
Judge Lochrane, in his charge to the grand
Jury, said: SIN the mass, our people are loyal
to .he lac 8 and faithful to its enforcement, but
occasiona; yioence startles the community,
and manifested sympathy for the individual
frequently gives the appearance OF Indifference
to crimes which does not exist"
Judge Lochrane is an appointee OF Governor
Bullo2k.