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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

we hear that the planters have moro money
and owo less than ever before, and mean to
hire moro negroes, pay moro wages. and make
larger crops, this year than they have done
since 1860. And nothing short of the army
worm is likely to disappoint them
The far South is thus gamer by this great
movement of population yet we are confident
that the hither South will not be permanently
a loser. The places of those who thus leave
her will be more slowly but surely filled by a
more energetic, intelligent, efficient immigra-
ton from the North and from Europe. Land
is still very cheap throughout tho South /;
and whoever buys judciOusly for cash
does so with a moral certainty OF
doubling and even quadrupling his money in
the course of few years. The popu-
latOn now leaving the cradle OF American
Slavery will do better in their new homes !;
those who will soon replace them in their old
cabins will soon erect better houses and con-
meet them by better roads. The ancient South
is undergoing process like that by which the
snake sheds his skin-a process disagreeable
in its actual experience, but salutary III its
permanent effects. All that she loses by emf
grafton in 'G9-'7O will be more than made up
to her with interest through the immigration
Of the next dozen years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19
Netp'1lork Daily gribnme.
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1870

Another violent debate u the French Corps and further
popular demonstrations In favor Of NJ EoCheiort, have
occurred while the funeral Of NJ Raspan. It is feared
may lead TO disturbances. Tho execution OF Trupuaun
takes place to-day - Gen. rclaez. IN letter to the
spanish press declares that he instructed 10 shoot
hi- Cuban Captivcs Wholesale. =- The American
E hops again represented hostile 20 the dogma Of
mldrbiity.
IN the Senate yesterday. hill introduced TO In
crease The efficiency Of the army the Virginia bin was
debated. but vote reached == In the House.
che b.u 10 remove the Philadelphia Sayy-Iard
-I.Ted Mr.. Judas Apporiionment hiil was tabled; n
H was introduced 10 remove tho Brooklyn NayyYHrd.
She Rhode Island House ratified the Fifteenth Amend
urut yesterday; the Senate, last June ==- Lot NJ.
Morrill, has been elected IT, S. Senator by she Maine
Legislature. == The Washington Convention OF Post
masters have made some important recommendations 20
the Postmaster. General. z The town Of Paint Rock,
~ Louisville inundated. ard the Ohio River ia
-tiN rising Cleveland lawyer has been arrested
'r forgery. $4,000 ia forged paper was discovered.
LrCongressinan Radford died yesterday at Yonkers.
TIE piauOforte makers strike. == The
81 the Sinking Fund trying 20 reduce
tr Brooklyn feuagc 90 cent with corresponding
I.tug' ou for hor-cs aud carriages The Of o.
House. accused ct legal malpractice. has been sent 10y
tr Court % referee for further testimony - Warren
I.Uows now on trial for the murder OF Alexander
-sIuiou Of Port Jcryis -= Three buildings in
I..uu fen last Gut. aud an unknown man was killed.
Gold 1915. 1917. l2l2 Temperature, a.. a., %. a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

when John Brown was dragged half dead
from the jail to the courthouse, and then
again from the Jail to the gallows, there were
not many who recognized in the man anything
better than foOlhardy fanaticism Liberal
persons in Europe spoke Of him with respect
fui tenderness, but here the best his swiftest
friends could do was to frame elaborate sem
fences of extenuatOn. The Rebellion came,
and with sort of poetic justice it came to
bestOw upon John Brown a good historical
reputation The facts are the same, but the
smoke and flame of battle have given them a
new color. The cruel rigOr which was to con-
serve and consolidate the Slave Power for
anothe. generation has so swept it from the
face of the earth and the eyes of mankind
that hardly vestige of it remains. So, again,
we notice that the Senate of Kansas has
ordered the portrait of John Brown tO,be hung
in the Capitol of the State, side by side with
the portrait of Senator Lane. He who is able
TO look keenly into the future, understanding
the aspect which Slavery will assume in the
eyes of the next age, will understand the place
which the name of John Brown will take and
hold in our annals. His story may become, to
a certain extent. tinted by mythical traditions,
but his fame will lose nothing by that. He
may receive greater honor than that to which
he Is entitled but of neglect and contempt he
is in no danger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

A meeting of those Of our citizens who SYM
notbizo with the efforts of the Cubans for In
dependence and Self-Government will DO held
in tho great hall of Cooper Institute this
evening, and we doubt not will be largely at
tended The speakers will endoavor to con-
vince their hearers that the time has fully
come for some effective manifestation of the
sympathy generally felt here for every earnest
effort to sever the dependence of the civilized
people of this continent on the European ma
tons which claim to own them, and for the
Human ChattehoOd Let us all attend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19
Jem Mace and Tom Allen have violated a

Jem Mace and Tom Allen have violated q
law which is on the statute book of every
State in the Union, against prize fighting But
in giving and accepting a challenge TO fight
for the Championship Of America. near New
Orleans, they have presented an opportunity
to the police of that city. which we hope will
rot be lost sight of at the time the fight is 10
come of. The " Irish Giant" O'Baldwin, who
was participant in "a prize-fght on the soil OF
Massachusetts, last Summer. is now serving out
his term in the State Prison for that OffenSe.
If the police and magistrates of NewOrleans
will see to it that Mace and Allen are dealt
with in the same manner, they will put the
decent people OF the country under obligations
to them. Since they have published in advance
their purpose of violating the law, they ought
to DE nabbed rs soon AS they make their APP
pearance III New-Orleans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

We have no doubt that ex-Secretary Seward.
who is now in Havana, will give the Captain-Gen-
eraI some good advice about the Cuban bust
ness Of course he cannot enter into negOtia-
tons, or make any suggestions with Official
authority; but there is no question about his
opinions on annexation, or about his sympathy
with the party of independence and abolition.
He once styled tho West Indies the ocean
"buttresses of this Repubc;n and his attempts
to secure St. Thomas and SANTANA give suth-
cient indication, if we had no other, that he
comprehends their manifest destiny. he VIII
doubtless express these sentiments quite freely
to Capt.-Gen. De ROdas; and who knows bat
his reasoning may have an effect upon the
Spaniard- if set forth with that
oracular gravity and subtle humOr of which
he is master7 1t is to be hoped. at all events.
that he will give De ROdaS some advice about
carrying on war upon civilized principles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19
uR. FISH VERSUS LORD CLARENDON

We suppose no one would now thank US for
deliberately threading the mazes which much
discussion has created in the Alabama question
That work we leave to the diplomatists. The
true points of the case, however. as ably Illus
trated by Mr.. Fish, are simple. In the first
place we charge that the precipitancy of the
English recognition of the COnfcderacy proved
the animus of subsequent error and fraud in the
character of English neutrality. Secondly, we
assert that in pursuance of an unfriendly
policy at the outset tho Alabama was suffered
to escape in notorious violation of neutrality,
and to the vast injury of a commercial marine,
the loss of which is almost the exact measure
of the gain of England. Leaving out of count,
as further evidence of motive, the general fact
that the Rebellion for Slavery was sustained
at wholesale from English ports thus stands
our case.
We have sad and still affirm, that the let
ter of Mr.. Fish constitutes an unanswerable
statement of our position. No fact cited in
the shrewd Observations of Lord Clarendon
can impair tho force of the dcclara-
ton made by his colleague. Mr.. Bright,
that the Queens proclamation of Recognition
was characterized "by remarkable CELEBRITY,
land undue and unfrendly haste.n Mr.. Fish
AYERS that on the 9th of May. four days prior
TO the arrival in London of any official
knowledge of the Presidents proclamation of
the 10Th of April, Lord Russell announced the
determination of the British Government to
recognize the South. Lord Clarendon retorts
that on the Sd of May the proclamation
was published in the papers of London. Mr..
Fish declares that the 18th of May, the
very day of the arrival of President I,ncoln'S
Minister Mr.. Adams, the Queens proclamation
had been signed, as if with intent to forestall
explanations on the part of the United States.
Lord Clarendon replies to no purpose that the
Presidents proclamation was communicated
officially by Mr.. Dallas to Lord Russell on the
nth Of May, and adds: "The reason of the
delay in receiving the copy from Washington
twas in itself proof of civil war, arising, as
it did, from the communication between
Washington and Baltimore being cut off,
We call such argument mean. London might
be cut off by an accident of instruction with
out proving the existence of condition Of
belligerence; but this we let pass. All that we
need to show in the premises is that England
announced her determination to declare neu-
trality before any official advice of insurrec-
ton, and did so declare before receiving the
Minister Of the new Administration of the United
States, an anti-Slavery one Mt that. These
facts Mr. Fish abundantly proves. In one sense
the Confederacy was recognized before the
United States. Unless Lord Clarendon can
annihilate Mr.. Fishs dates his defense of Re-
cognition is demolished and SO We think it is
He may claim that England had n right to
acknowledge belLgerence. on tho ground that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

No small compliment TO NJ. Rochefort's force
Of character is the fact that he counted the
veteran Raspail for his friend. The death of
this man takes away an important prop from
Radicasm in France. Old as he was his
sturdy character impressed his party to the
last. The variety of his accomplishments not
less than the number of his vicissitudos made
him remarkable. As prisoner or legislator. as
scientist or cader in outbreak, his brother
Radicals will remember him admirngly. In
his death France has lost n hearty hatcr of
Imperialism and all its devices. In view of
Prince Bonapartcs trial and NJ. Rochcforts
arrangement, he might better have died here
after. His funeral will give the excited crowds
of Paris q chance for new demonstrations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

Gems. Letona and Buceta of the Spanish
army testify that the authorities in Havana are
deliberately addicted to lying. Gen. Pelaez
says in effect that the Captain-General is a
treacbcrous brute, and his volunteers mob of
cowardly butchers. Pelaez tells his country
men in Spain that, while employed in Cuba. he
was instructed to shoot every officer of the
insurgents, and was verbally ordered TO exc
cute every doctor, lawyer, notary, and school
master among them. These bloody instruc-
tons extended even further, but extreme
as they were, they failed to satisfy
the savage volunteers. Pelaez is charged with
having taken brides from the Cubans, but he
asserts that he was driven from the island be-
cause he opposed unauthorized murder. The
adventurous Spaniard in Cuba at this day is
supposed to have two passions, money and
blood. Gen. Pclacz could not have united them
in manner to satisfy the volunteers. The
Captain General may be more fortunate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

through evil report the fight has been
made, through opposition from without,
and through perils from false friends; but
already wo may congratulate the friends of
Freedom that the dullest of vision can now
see far enough to behold this pledge of
perfect Freedom imbedded irreversibly in the
National Constitution:
ART. XIV. SEC l. The right OF citizens OF the United
States TO vote shall not he denied abridged by the
United States or by State account VI race Color
or previous condition OF seryitude. 49,
SEC. q. Congress shall have power TO enforce TINS
article by appropriate legislation.
At last the Constitution is to guarantee what
the Declaration of Independence proclaimed!
Let us be thankful and take courage!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19
ADOUT THE MOVJNG.

We find a brace of letters published in the
Western newspapers Of which we are con-
strained to say that they might be little more
dgnifcd and honorable They relate to the
removal Of the Capitol from Washington 10
the West-One of them is written by Mr..
Coburn, q Representative from Indiana, and one
by Mr.. Boyd of Missouri. They were read at a
Removal Meeting held at st. Louis on the
9TH inst, Sin Parlor No. . Of the st. Louis
"HOteln
It has always appeared to us that If tins
great change is to be made, it should only be
after full free, and even friendly discussion,
and the assent of at least majority OF the
States. These Western gentlemen, or at least
some of them, seem to consider in the exalta-
ton OF their ambitious minds, that we have
really no legitimate voice in the matter-that we
have but to submit with the EXTREMIST meek
ness to their wishes-that the location OF the
Capitol is to be fixed by some secret game at
which we are not to be players-that it IS supe-
rior sharpness, the sharpness of county at
torney, which is to win the day. II this be
their view, and it looks very much like 1t, we
take issue at once, and shall refuse to
bulge one step upon mere c0mpul-
sorry dictation. If Messrs COburn and Boyd
have great object to effect, and one which
intimately concerns the whole country, the less
they give of an air of conspiracy to their pur-
pose, the more likely will they be to effect It,
Yet Mr. Coburn writes: awe keep as quiet as
"we can" Mr.. Boyd writes We have largo
greetings, and the beauty of the movement Is
" that we hare large meetings, and no one
"outside knows anything about it, And then
he talks of I" the poor slumbering Ignorance OF
Washington" and how that city is to be
"blown TO perdition in the twinkling oil an
"eye.n To which is added more stuff of the
same sort, which we respectfully decline to
quote.
Where these secret meetings were held, or
whether man with drawn sword stood at
the door while Pierre and Jaf1ier cOnspired and
consulted within. we do not profess to know !;
but we do know that fair play is jewel, and
that if influences are to be exercised over the
minds of wavering Members, it is only fair
that the country and the whole country should
know what those influences are, and whether
they appeal to the heart, the head, or the pocket
We think that Mcssrs. COburn and Boyd will
in the end lose nothing by being less remarka-
bly, secret in their operations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19
DEADLY ASSAULT IN PATERSON.

About ~ on Tuesday night the residents in
the neighborhood OF Market aud Grand sts Paterson
were started BY loud cries. A seen lying on
the sidewalk staggering short distance and then sink
ing to the ground again. while two were Fastening
away Attracted by the continued for assistance.
two young men FASTENED 10 the sufferer and carried HIM
10 the office OF the city physician. DR.. Baleray, where
they discovered that the wounded man, who was bleed
lug profusely from q cut on the head was ono John
Espy IL years OF age mOlder by trade, and residing
on Prospecst He was after proper attendance removed
to his home where he lies In q critical condition. Thomas
Mcdonald and Charles NcMsnus the former claiming
70 be an engineer, and resident Of New ork. having
merely Paterson 10 visit friend, arrested
They deny any knowledge OF the crime but upon being
confronted with Epy he Identified them his assaants,
or whom he stated had tIipped him up while the
other kicked him with his heavy boot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

There was lately held special election for
Senator in the XVIII district of our state
TO fill the seat Of the Hon. Charles j. FOlger.
resigned. As not half the Republicans saw fit
to vote, the Democrats came near carrying that
strongly Republican district. and would have
done it had Seneca County given her usual
Democratic majority-but she did Mt Hence
mutual reproaches and determinations, in the
course of which The Seneca Falls ReUei'le sees
fit to excuse the backwardness of the Demo
Gratis of its county as follows
The fact il that the friends OF Mr. Nicholas were 40
confident OF the Seneca Democracy that heydd not hns
IL ere north uhe 10 pr0cde msahS 10 transport ne eoun
try rioters 10 the polls"
is not that fearful sign of the times
Mr.. Nicholas was the candidate Of his party
for place which would pay him $500 per an
nun for 100 days service in each OF the years
1901 He could not make another dollar out
of it honestly and he comes OF a stock not
hitherto addicted to stealing. Why under
heaven should he, or his " friends" "prorids
means to transport the country voters to the
"pols% Were they to go thither on his bust
ness or their OWn7 Have we not fallen on
evil days when such remarks as are above
quoted can be blurted out without equiyoca-
ton or shameI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

We read, with no surprise, that the Governor
of Kentucky has sent special message to the
Legislature, announcing that the State of New
York has rcconsdcred her adoption of the
Fifteenth Amendment and wishes to revoke
her decision in its favor. That the disloyal
Democracy Of Kentucky should clamOr in
iubilaut cheers over the recantatiOn Of the
Empire State is quite natural, but fortunately
the Amendment will be carried without New
Yorll-no, not without, for she has ratified, and
her Governor has so informed tho National
Government, and that ratification will be
counted in. The last vestige of disqualified
ton from suffrage by reason of race or color
is about to be swept away, and the Democracy
may as well make up their minds to that
result.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

One of the nice little schemes that bud out
in the Legislature is the extension of Madison
ave- from Twenty third-St. to Broadway. This
will involve the destruction of fifty or more
first-class buildings, and the assessment of
half million of dollars upon the city for
damages. But then the Madson-ave. Railroad
will be benefited and why should taxpayers
complaint and if they do complain, what will
il amount tot The Democratic Reform Legis-
laturc will show US how much cheaper they
can be bought than were their predecessors.
There is much virtue in economy, and the
man who can buy votes for his pet project at
a thousand dollars each, or compromise on the
issue of ten shares of stock, is yOar true di-
plomatist and public benefactor As most of
the money must ultimately come from me-
chancs and working girls, it is clearly for the
interest of the laboring classes that the price
of votes in the Legislature should be cheap.
Let us know how much it costs to extend the
Madison ave- Railroad to and down Broadway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

Those remarkable medical students of Phila-
,lelphia, who illustrated the other day 20 the
world their ideas of the delicate and gentle
manly treatment due TO ladies who seek
larger education than has hitherto been common
10 their sex. are respectfully referred to letter
from our Paris correspondent in other columns.
describing what French students of medicine
think courteous and manly under similar cir
cumstances. IL is no secret we believe, that
the young lady, whose triumph in the foremost
medical school of the world IS so pleasantly
told. is the daughter of prominent Newly ork
uublisler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

We hope, when the vote on Virginia comes
90 be taken-if that good time is TO arrive
during this gcneratiOn-that Senator Henry
Wilson will vote as he believes right-not
necessarily as his colleague believes right.
The Country ia waiting, heart-sck of this
weary debate, this blind, fatuOus holding back
against the inevitable 1t wants Virginia ad-
mitted-wants it done without any needless
humiations or aggravating exoctions-wants
II done at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

1t is very easy for the Tennessee Legislature
to resolve that everything in that State is SO
rene; that law reigns that order is main
tanned and that human life is as safe there
az it is anywhere. This is what Mr.. Caldwell
of the House has just asked his fellow mem
bers 20 do. lie brought in a long preamble
with double tail of resolutions, setting forth.
especially for the benefit OF Congress, that
Tennessee had been most shamefuly and cru
ely belied. and that all the inhabitants Of that
State "yearn for peace, order, and equality )"
that there is no disorder" there, and no
disaffection." and that all the citizens are full
of detachment and respect" for everything
which is politically and socially lovely. Now.
then, for an illustration Of this absolute and
exquisite serenity!
The Columbia (Tenn.) Herald reports tbss
during the blessed Christmas week five men
were murdered" two negro men on Christ
"mas eve, Erastus White on Christmas day. Hal
Ray on Sunday morning, and Frank Jordon
ga few days afterward." cit never rains but
:" it pOurs,r cries The Herald, and really 1t does
seem to be pouring blood in Middle Tennessee.
Our advice to the Legislature is not to waste
its wind, however great may be its supply OF
that commodity, in smoking imaginary pipes
of peace 1t would be better employed in try
ing to bring down assassinations to an average
of half a dozen day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

The exposition by Father Preston Of the exact
attitude of his church (the Roman Catholic
toward the Common School system, which The
TRIBUNE reported fully some weeks ago. and
which other city journals, taking the oppor-
tunity Of its repetition, are now spreading be-
fore their readers, attracts wide attention. We
are confident that il cannot fail to confirm the
popular approval of the positions on this ques-
ton already assumed by The TRIBUNE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

Nh. Dawes was on the right track in the
House Yesterday. Such men are needed in
Congress, and such speeches. The honorable
gentleman did not quite comprehend that he
D, member of body which the people ck-
pct to see vote for the repeal Of the odious
Taukiug Monopoly before it goes out Of ex-
i>,ruce; but, barring this blemIsb, his remarks
were timely, bold and most valuable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

The new French Premier has more than
once been drawn into what the Cable de-
scribes as acrimonious discussions" This is
unfortunate. Either the Radicals must have
extraordinary power of irritation or NJ. Olivier
more than ministerial excitability under such
circumstances. The Premier has begun his
career by making threat, and following 1t up
by demand. These acts are bold; but M.
Olliyier's conduct in debate, as Indicated by
telegram, suggests nervousness AZ wei vi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-19

The editor of The Commercial says he knows
of three persons who possess facts about
the gold conspiracy" now undergoing investi-
CATION by Committee of Congress; but these
persons, for q particular reason. will keep
dark" We presume the Congressional Com
mittee will call upon the editor TO break the
darkness in which the names of these three
persons arc supposed 10y him to be enshrouded.