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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22
GEORGIA.

TIE ELECTION PROCEEDING QUIE1Lf-sPECULA-
TONS CONCERNING THE RESULT
ATLANTA, Dec. 21.-Retuns received here
from numerous sections OF the State indicate, thus far
Republican triumph; the one remaining election day.
however, may change this hopeful aspect Of affairs
much larger vote was poed to-day than yesterday But
little disturbance has been reported from the ntyior
royns thus fnr showing that the rigid enforcement OF
,be LON ,,ouva p, the sale OF intoxicating drinks and
the carrying Of concealed weapons has been productive
Of much good Prominent Republicans here claim the
election OF the Republican nominees for Congress in this
Qhe VthDistrct II this claim holds good. 1t will prob
ably make he Congress delegation from this state stand
five Republicans to two Democrats.
Three election managers have been arrested and I'M
prlsored NJ Sparta for receiving Illegal votes In per
soual alteration. DIR. Brown was knocked down By
Judge Linton stephens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22
Police DECENTRALIZATION

No fact is more apparent chan that orr
Police force has become sadly demoralIzcd.
Neglect of duty, brazen acts OF lawlcssDoss
and intOxication have almost become the
rule rather than the exception in the conduct
of the force. Tho Commissioners, we admit
do all in their power to lessen an evil los
tered by vicious system, and promptly pun
ish for the fragrant otlenseS brought to their
attention.
1t will not mend matters to remember new
that tho present sad condition Of police
lately the finest in the world is the direct
result of Tammany's obtaininS a voice in its
management. IL is more profitable to show
precisely how the damage has been done.
Appointments as patrolmcn are supposed to he
made by the Board Of Police, but in fact
this important power is vested in rum
sellers and pot-housc politicians. An equal
number of appointments Ia allotted to each
Commissioner, and bis decision is final, as
none of his colleagues ever question his pro-
ceedings. This individual action, which is a
usage scarcely permitted by law, subjects the
Commissioner 70 a pressure which virtually
robs him of his functions, and certainly pre-
vents him from exercising them with proper
regard for the public interests 1t is, there
fore, not strange That many Of our patrolmcn,
during the past few months, haze been APP
pointed by the dangerous classes upon whom
Tammany depends for success, and that timid
| citizens begin to avoid station-hOuscs as the
| baunts of ruiljans.
The remedy for this great evil is simple and
feasible. If the law compelled the Commits
sioncrs to act jointly. instead of singly it
would DO greatly diminished if not wholly
cradicated. United action in such case would
enable the Commissioners to resist pressure
that singly they would find Irresistible, and
also enable them to subject the applicant and
! his sponsors to more searching scrutiny. We
are assured the present Commissioners do not
desire TO wreck the public service committed
to their charge and would gladly escape from
the dilemma in which they are placed. They
can find no method moro effective than to APP
peal to the Legislature so to revise the law
that duty now imposed upon them by it
cannot by any possibility be usurped by poll
ticians of any grade or creed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

The Christmas issue of HGrpers Weekly. just out is
in every respect a model number. The illustrations,
always good. are than ordinarily So, and por-
trey and incidents appropriate to the season
within our own peaceful borders, well as some of
the dark yet picturesque war shadows which have
fallen upon france, and pictorial reflections Of the
varying phases Of the week. Then there is interest
ing reading for all tastes, including the first part of
n charming story, Quincy ~ Co. at Home" by Mr..
K. ii. StOddard, and other sketches by writers Of
acknowledged merit Nor should we omit to state
that much of the celebrity which this periodical has
so fairly earned is due to the high standard given to
its editorials 10y Mr.. Geo. William Curtis, and the
Adorable makeup and general conduct Of its man
agcmcat by Mr.. s. S. Conant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

The debate on the San Domingo question
in the Senate continued throughout yesterday
afternoon and evening, and, at the hour
of our going to press, promises TO iaSt
until morning. 1t was bitter beyond late
precedcnts and the worst of 1T is that the
bitterness is among friends and not against
the common enemy. Whether Mr. Sumner IS
wholly justified in the very hostile attitude nc
has assumed toward the President Is matter
on which opinions may wisely DO reserved until
tho text of his remarks is received; but 1t IS
already clear that many things said yesterday
by two or three Senators might far better
have remained unsaid. The disturbance
raised over this San Domingo business is of
far more consequence to us than San Domingo
itself; and, if it ia to 60 on, we may yet
find that we have gained lOss' IN making
tha ac0nisitOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22
UNNECESSARY CRUELTY IN U,tR


In his lecture at AssO ihtion Hall, the other
night Mr.. David Dudley Field said ave have
all read with horror the story of half-starved
women and children coming ont of Metz,
d" seeking to flee from fire and hunger, and
"yet turned back that their agones might
"torturo the besieged into surrender. .
King William may return to his capital TO
"be crowned Emperor Of Germany . .
"but all the noise and multitude of his people
evil not drown the cries and lamentations
"of tho innocent fugtivcs of Metz, driven
"back to famine and slaughter" This comes
of reading cOck-and-bull stories in The World.
There was neither fire, slaughter, nor starva-
ton in Metz. The only suffering from hunger
| was in the army outside the walls, and even
| there the scarcity was not great. Metz was
so well supplied with provisions that it could
have held out indefntely-as the Germans
well knew--and Bazaine offered to surrender
his army on condition that Metz, with its
"half-starved women and children and its
garrison, should be allowed to continue the re-
sistance. The miseries which were to "tOrtlne
"the besieged into surrender are fctions Of
Mr. Fields brain. The Prlssians would
not suffer Don-combatants to withdraw
because, if they had done so, the supplies
of tho city would have been turned
over to the army; and we believe the Prus-
slams were quite right. AS there was neither
bombardment nor assault, nor the possibility
of any, it is difficult to understand Mr.. Fields
alusion to fire and slaughter. As for starva-
ton, the responsibility of that would have
rested with the defenders if there had been
any starvation when Metz surrendered
the city was found so well stocked that Ba-
zane was called u traitor for yielding. And
finally. if military necessity will not justify
the iDfliction Of suffering upon nOn-combat-
ants, was it not the duty Of Marshal Bazaine
to keep away from city whore war would
necessarily cause moro or less inconvenience
to the innocent
The truth 49, rigorous Investment Of Metz
was the most humane method Of conducting
that part of the campaign. While Bazaine
held out, the French and German armies were
both suffering terribly from fevers and the cas-
ualties Of the siege while tho~citzens were
living In safety and comparative comfort. If
the women and children had been allowed to
90 away, the investment would have been pro-
longed, and for the sake of sparing timid
towuspeoPle some ylessiness tloussnds more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

covornnent's demand obligations when VIII
bo. generally preferred TO gold Suppose, TOT
example, 10 ono wanted gold to ship, WHO an
American Consol ready to DO issued rangcd
ono-balf per cont. above par, with thousands
eager to invest in it. The Secretary gives notice,
al nm ready 20 give coin for Grccnbacks, or
81 will redeem them in the American Censor
how many would ask for Goldf ana now
much in all would they AJAX forf Who does
not know that tho demand for Gold would DO
tri1ing3
There Is some Specie really needed, even
under Suspension. When the supply is bounti-
full and the need slender, the demand is easily
met. But every dollar boarded 10y the Treas
ury diminishcs the supply iand increases tho
urgency of the demand. One Hundred Millions
dead in The Treasury increases the prcmlun on
Gold by diminishing the supply in open marhct
and increasing The difficulty of satisfying the
demand.
Whatever the amount in tho Treasury, DC
vond Ten Millions at most, We insist that u
should be promptly and vigorously applied to the
reduction of the Debt Even if the Treasury
should be Five to Ten Millions short wheh
quarters interest falls due, it could borrow
that sum for few days from the Banks OF
this City--tbey knowing full well that 1t would
return to their vaults so soon os paid out OF
the Treasury. When we shall have resumed
Grecnbacks will DO taken as Gold at the
tom-Ilouscs, and thus our chief need
of coin obyiatcd. Our only peril rs
vast foreign demand; but country
chat produces Sixty to Seventy Millions OF
Specie per annum ought not TO be easily bro
ken. All we need is to reduce our current
purchases of other nations to Seven Millions
per week while we sell them TO tho value OF
Eight Millions and Resumption viii come oil
itself. A foreign demand might possibly drive
us back into Suspension but the domestic call
for Specie never would unless inHamcd by
scnsclcss boarding on the part of the Treasury
Can we be wrong in these vicwsf II not
should not the Secretary reconsider
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22
TERMS or THE TRIBUNE.
Nem'9lork Daily Gribm,1e.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER %. 1870.

Tho Prussians orc again threatening Havre, and
sdrnish has taken place near the city. = The town
OF Marie has been bOmbardcd. == There has been
severe hghting at Bray. The Garibaldans are
suffering greatly from cold weather. 60 The fun text
of Bsmnrcks circular concerning Luxembourg Is pub
ftsicd this mOruiug. Tho COrtos has passed vote
OF dissolution.
In the Senate, yesterday Mr.. Sumner made personal
explanation concerning the breach between himself and
the Presidents bills introduced increasing the sala
rcs OF heads Of departments and bureau officers; the
House bill modify tying the tax sugar passed. Mr.
Sumner spoke at great length the San Domingo rcso
lutions and Mt. Morton replied. In the House, az
ter some discussion, the Amnesty bin postponed
until after the holidays.
Forty lives were lost 10y the sinking OF steamer on
the Mississippi. 1920 Gen. Schencks nomination as
Minister 70 England has been sent to the Senate. =
A discussion Woman Suffrage took place In Boston,
yesterday, between Miss Charine T. Beecher and Mrs
I1yermOre. COngreg ational Convention is In SEES
zion In Boston. === Chas. G. Edwin an eKTreasury
clcrk has been sentenced to six months imprisonment
and 1900 fine.
A fire in Association Hall prevented Mr.. Ralph Waldo
Emerson from lecturing before the New England Society
=-== Gold llOs 100, 1iOs. Thermometer SO. Ss. o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22
POLITICAL.
PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE SPECIAL SENATORIAL ELECTIoN-THB RE-
TUIN JUDGES THREATENED WITH VIOLENCE.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21.-The return judges
Of the Senatorial election tomorrow To count the
vote OF yesterday. The Erening Telegraph says
"The chances are that the Republican return Judges
will refuse receive and count the vote of such divisions
as present papabe evidence OF fraud baing ter action
upon several recent decisions delivered by Judge ALI
SON."
The streets arc already filled with reports OF threatA
that II such course pursued il will be at the risk of life
on the part OF the judges Indeed such threas
was made publicly the streets by prominent Demo
cratic politician who has already figured In onsaughts
return Judges.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22
INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN sCIEyCJ

AA'hH"N1iichdL tHHIS1IIN NCIENCE.
We wish, late though it be, to call attention
to the meeting of the American and Inter
national Christian Science Association, which
was convened last week In this city, in which
the leading denominations of this country and
England were represented, in an exceptional
degree of strength and dignity. DIR. Caher of
London, who is in this country for the pur-
pose OF forming tho Society, stated its creed
to be simply in the al-sulliccncy of the Scrip
lures, tho Atonement, and the personal work
of the Spirit of God. There are associations
for the promotion of natural science and
philosophy; this claims to have for its cen
tralizlng motive moral scence-the making of
men better Christians. A provisional council
of 40 members is to be formed, who will
without delay proceed to the holding of the
first annual Congress.
THIS movement y especially noticeable as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

yesterday of the dissatisfaction prevalent in
the provinces. G'o-day it appears that
the Cortcs is indignant ut tho Sc
lee ion. After violent discussion |"
yesterday voted to dissolve. The party sup
porting the new made monarch yowGu ~ oao
tain him or perish with him, while 'n1 Vpp n;a
sition asserted with equal emphasis that bis
srncoroncc would not tranquilzo the country
and nd bercc he was not wanted. The Spanish
.L 49, o,,ostion has been the pretext for terri
ho blooasbed in France, and it promises ere
;,s sottlement, to be the actual cause OF civil
y. .~,'s;ops and horrors as great in Spain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

Count Bismarck insists that the Luxemonig
officials were cognizant of the effort to pro-
vision Thionville, which he complains OF as a
violation of neutrality; and it is evident nc
ncons 70 insist On rcparation. 1t was sus-
pcctcd, but not credited at inc 'i'no
of the occurrence. Gust AFTER INC
signal successes of Sedan and Mctz
gave the Germans to believe that their maj
triumph was assured, that the unfriendly act
Of Luxemburg was really instigatcd by BIS
morcl, himself as o means of reOpening the
question of the reOocupatiOn of the Duchy'
Al env rate, he now seems determined TO Keep
II open.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

The question Does a treaty, made by the
President and ratified by the Senate, neces-
"sarly involve its enforcement on our part by
"the Executiyel" has been often raised, and
never yet conclusiyely decided. We call atten-
ton, therefore, to the able Opinion, herewith
printed, of Attomcy-General Akerman, in re-
spouse to an application of the Secretary of
the Treasury, who, being required by the ChOc-
taw Indians to execute treaty stipulation for
the payment to them of s2jO,0OO in U. S. bonds,
submitted the case to the Attorney General,
and thus elected this Opinion. Its citations of
authorities in support of its positions are very
full and pertinent, and shed light on point
which has been stoutly contested. The entire
Opinion will command the attention of states
men and lawyers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

Mrs. paulina W. Davis, Josephine S. Griflng and
Isabella b. Hooker have issued call for a National
Suffrage Convention at Washington, on the 1th and
10Th of January next to secure, if possible the dis
cussion of the enfranchisement of women duiDg the
present session Of Congress. with view To the
speedy passage Of n XVIth Amendment. The sign
ers of the call say: ave earnestly urge you, dear
friends to come together at shis time in spirit of
unselishness and of hard work and let us take one
another by the hand and move onward as never be-
forev
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

Napoleon III, i'll the new pamphlet which
he has written reminds Prussia That he secured her Gd
mission 10 the Congress OF 1885, In opposition Ia Engnud
and In chapter headed claims that 10 was the
neutrality OF France favorable 10 Prussia which per
United her to the campaign. Atthat epoch"
he says, the confidence In Berlin respecting the kind
feeling France was 50 strong that Count Bismarck
marked one day to NJ Bcnedcttl- our trust In your
Government IL 40 firm that we do not have n single
soldier on the left bank OF Rhine. The pamphlet IA
entitled a. Tho Relations Of Fmnce To Germany under
Napoleon ILL.," and will be published under tho of
tbs Marquis DC GTicVuIt. old ricAlQi ile Emperor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

Tho Exhibition Of Fowls at 500 Broadway is adj
vertad TO close this evening, yet not one-tenth Of
those whom it would instruct and interest have yet
visited it, LII the very heart of great thorougharc
it is not suspected by onefourth of those who
pass its door. We never saw so extensive, varied.
and excellent show of Cocks and Hens, while
there are Geese Turkeys, Ducks, &c, &c, in be-
wilderi1g profusOn II all our City readers should
be induced by this paragraph TO pay the Exhibition
visit, we are sure they would thank us Tor this
notice,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

10 his Grafton at Plymouth, yesterday, in
commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrims
there, the Hon. Robert c. Winthrop collected
a number of interesting facts relative to the
early history of the Forefathers recently
brought to light by antiquarians in this conn.
try and England. A summary of the address
Is published on our second page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

The Presidents speech last night against
Tic removal Of the Capital may be a crumb
OF comfort TO the people of the District, bnt
what will the Great West, which has not yet
abandoned the idea, say to itf Whatever the
effect of the speech may be- il contained, brief
though 1t was, one pregnant suggestion-that
inc capital should not be removed, if ever it
~ seriously contemplated, by the decision of
congress, but by a Constitutional amendment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

There were two or three efforts in the SEN
ate yesterday to increase the salaries of Gov.
eminent officers. Probably no other EMPLOYER
in the country with situations at reasonable
salaries to dispose of has Onc-tenth as MANY
competent applicants ~ this much abused
Government. Yet no sooner are the positions
secured for "a brief tern, than the lately eager
applicants dolefully demand an increase Of
their paw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

horrible steamboat accident on the Mis-
sissippi, by which forty persons were drowned,
is reported this morning. The Western steam
crs are no better provided with hfe-saving
apparatus than those of the Eastern waters OF
our ocean vessels; and accidents there almost
invariably result, as they do here, in great loss
of life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

1t was a difficult diplomatic matter TO Dor.
row King for Spain, but it is likely to prove
q much more seriOus one to secure his accent
anee by the people. The Duke Of Aosta wos
S,e1y oen' Prim's puppet, not the public
sro" and neither the people nor politicians
tSxsG ~ Welcome him. We had information
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

of soldiers would have died in tho huts ana
trenches. Whit sort OF humanity would TINS
have bcenf 1t Is certainly more humane 10
starve out an army than to destroy it in bat
tle and tho only way to starve out an army
Gas Mr. Field will acknowledge il no reilects)
ia 10 cut off lis supplies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

Mr.. Butler came to the rescue of his
Amnesty bantling yesterday, and saved it
from summary election by postponing the vote
until after the holidays. 1t is encouraging to
believe, however. that delay will not save it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

meeting, called by Julia Ward Howe William
Cullen Bryant and Mary +. Davis, for the purpose
of considering and arranging the steps necessary 10
be taken for calling Worlds Congress of Women in
behalf of international Peace will be held Union
League Hall next Friday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-22

Mr.. Emerson was prevented from delivering
his address before the New-England Society,
last evening, by fire, which damaged AssO
citation Hail. 1t will be delivered on Friday
night at SteinWay Hail.
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Internal REVENUE AnueaIs.

Notice is hereby given that appeals will be re- ceived and determined by the Assessor. relative to any erroneous or excessive valuations. assess assistant assessors returned on the annual list of 1870, at his office in Bridgeport, Conn.. on Thursday the 2sth, and at Colebreok on Saturday the 3Oth days of April. inst All Appeals must De made in writing and speci- fy the particular cause, matter or th,ng respect- ing which decision is requested, must tstate inc ground or principle Of error complaine of.
 REUBEN ROCKWELL. Assessor 4th Dist. Conn
 Colebrook, Apr. 1e, 1870. 3lW