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New-York tribune., 1870-04-08
REASONS FOR DEFEAT

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: do not doubt that the arbitrary course
OF the Internal Revenue Department" had much do
with the Republican defeat in Connecticut People will
not stand breaking mans business without proof OF
wrong doing, hoping thus to find proof.
Two years ago, law was passed establishing pen.
atty" for transportation Of "empty liquor barrels Ton
which the revenue stamps were not canceed) Of the
forfeiture Of the boat or vehicle" aud $500 fine
for each package"
Our through freight line at issued circulars In.
structng every "saton agent" to be his guard BY
vigilance prevented any being transported $50 far
as know for more than - months Finally. from
through freight tram. received at Haven in the
night tas through freight" always with lightning
dispateh 10 empty liquor barrels, the stamps" al
legged to be uncanceled" Ut is hard to tell sometimes
not receive the barrels from the shipper, but from a
connecting road lin the night. and were only con-
out any knowledge" that we had them Till we arrived
here we were pounced upon, next day. like pckpocket
by the payment OF large "fne" Thus throughout the
land have people been made to sweat in thousands of
ways, small and great Seemingly, the department"
has not usually inquired TO the intent and mean
ing of (sections OF the law. but rather whether they
already overburdened people Thousands of the people
hold the Republican party responsible State elections
We cannot stop the through freight at New. Haven to
examine it, The life OF the business consists in giving
line" Yours. truly, H. j. WRIGHT.
General Ogee New Haren Steamboat Company.
Nep. York, April S, 1870.
Remarks by The Iribune.-We are very sorry
that the faithful collection of the Revenue is
not compatible with the utmost convenience
of the New-Haven Steamboat Company but,
as the two have come into conflict, we must
say that we think the greater interest should
prevail. No one need be told that, if empty
liquor-casks with the revenue stamps uncan-
celed shall be freely shipped back and forth
over our Railroads, they will be filled and re-
filled with fresh liquor that has paid no tax,
after drawing out that which has paid tax
and the revenue from whisky, &C., will soon
dwindle to nothing. 1t is our deliberate judg-
ment that the law is clear wholesome, and
necessary, and that it cannot be set aside, even
to suit the convenience of tho New Haven
Steamboat Company.
But then the Company and others get mad.
and State Elections show it," That il de-
plorablo; but Power has its pains M well az
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

those who are disgusted with the new Char
ter and the first evidences of the reform of
Iammany may find a little cold comfort in
studying the one indication to be found in the
Legislative report of what the reform of the
Young Democracy" would have been if that
short-lived party had succeeded in it's late en-
terprlse. The Excise bill was up for final
consideration yesterday, and Mr. Genet, the
leader OF the Young Democracy" was the
only Senator who voted "in favor of allowing
% the sale of lager beer or any kind of liquor
o. in New York during any part of the day or
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

The effect of the Force bill is already seen
in the suppression of Farmers Almanac con-
tanning seditious language. The effect of the
Land bil-wlat and where rs it? The first OF
these bills seems to have been intended for
Ireland, the second for England-wo mean
English opinion. Thus far the only con-
cession given by Mr. Gladstone to Ireland
during the debate on the bill appears to
have been an added allowance for eviction.
This was not unwelcome but to what extent
has Mr.. Gladstone, on the other hand, yielded
to Tory Opnion7 lie has, in fact, just been
appealing to the Commons to accept "conces-
&" sions already so extreme as to ALLEVIATE lrish
supporters" Has he done anything, how
ever, to ALLEVIATE the support received from that
Tory Cerbcrus to which he threw the Coercion
bill as a sOp2
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08
:Netut2lork Dailp Grib11ne.
FRIDAY. APRIL 8. 1870.

The debate on the Land bill continues the operation OF
the Force bill is already manifested by the suppression OF
a farmers almanac III Ireland Mr. AyrtOn Is mentioned
as John Brghts successor in the Cabinet - rhe Pie
bcitum will submitted until after the dseussiono
the Senaus Consutum by the French Senate. Napoleon
is said to have met with an accldent Messs Daru and
Buffet are reported to have resigned from the olivier
Cabinet. s-= A telegram from Gen. DE Rodas annOune
ing the suppression OF the Cuban rebellion and the flight
OF Gen. Jordan has been read TO the COrtes.
In the Senate yesterday, bill introduced to Sc
cure uniform system Of levees the Mississippi reso
tuition was adopted directing inquiry into the effect OF
the Fifteenth Amendment upon the Indians; a joint
resolution was also adopted extending the salaries
and dividends during the present year. 80 In the
House. the Diplomatic Deficiency bill was passed; the
Tariff bill was considered, but little progress made
The remains Of the Gen. Thomas have arrived at
Troy where the funeral takes place to-day. - Argu
Inents on the Richmond CVa) Municipal trouble were
heard by ChiefJustice Chase yesterday; similar
cts authority have occurred in Portsmouth and Nor
folk. == The Governor Of Pennsylvania has vetoed
the Jersey Shore and Buffalo Railroad BILL == The
City Marshal of jackson, Miss, has been murdered
The Welland Canal opens on the goth inst.
The the prosecution is closed in the Mcfarland
trial; the defense commences to-day. =- New-YOrk
NJ r., New-YoTk East, and Congregational Church Con-
ferences are in session. The Union League Club in
this city, the coOred citizens OF Newark celebrated
yesterday the ratification OF the Fifteenth Amendment
s= Marshal Sharpe and Collector Harlow have filed
their bonds === Gold, ll2 1llI 49, Thermometer
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

For four or five years past the House Judiciary
Committee has been considering a bill making
the elections in all States and Territories of
Representatives and Delegates in Congress
simultaneous. 1t named as the election day
the Tuesday next after the first Monday in
November of each second year, beginning with
1872. few days ago this bill was quietly put
on its passage in the House, and adopted by
vote of ia to 49, and is now before the Judiciary
Committee of the Senate. We hope it is not
to sleep there for three or four years more
Its adoption is desirable for many reasons.
It's enforcement will prevent the frequent
fraud of transferring "repeaters" from one
Congressional district to another. Making them
simultaneous will also give additional import
ance to these elections, and create a greater
interest in them than is now felt by the gem
eral public. The Senate. for these and other
obvious reasons, should not consent to the
burial of the bill in the pigeon holes of tho
Judiciary Committee room.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08
CLOSE THE BOOKSi

This day, the ColOred Men of our City cele-
brate, by a procession. followed by public
meeting, the completion of the good work of
their Emancipation by the ratification of the
XVIII Amendment to the Federal Constitution.
We ardently trust that the day may be pro-
pitious and that all may unite in the fervent
hope that the rights won for the Black race
NAV be so exercised as to benefit not them
selves only, but our whole People.
Tomorrow, the American Anti-Slavery Soci-
ety-whch has fought the battle of Universal
Freedom bravely if not always wisely, for the
last forty years-meets to disband its Srgan
ization, in testimony that it's warfare is accom-
plished. Seldom has so small body cOntended
so persistently, untlinchingly, for so great a
truth; seldom has cause which, at the out
set, seemed to ordinary vision so hopeless,
achieved such unqualified triumph i'll the life
time of its first apostles.
That triumph is of moment not alone in our
country. 1t tolls the knell Of Human Bond
ace throughout the civilized world. For the
second time, the truth is to be established and
enforced that Christian can neither originate
nor prolong the hereditary enslavement of any
race of men. 1t may take few more years
hood from tropical America; but the end is no
longer doubtful nor remote. The dawn of the
next century will irradiate no slave-hut in
Christendom.
For what has been achieved as also for its
fruits not yet realized, let universal thanks
givings ascend to God. The Millennium is not
here, and not likely soon to be. Injustice,
oppression, and tyranny-fraud, prOhigacy and
misery-stl darken the earth. Sensuality and
iniquity abound. Corruption and prodgalty
profane the high places of the land. Abject
poverty and brutal ignorance are still the lot
of Millions, even in this boasted land of free
dom and opportunity. Yet it is very much
to have established firmly the principle that
the Law is no good mans enemy, but the
friend of every virtuous effort. If the State is
yet unable to lift all men up, it no longer
holds any down. The child born tomorrow in
the most squalid hovel may yet become
President of the United States
And now is the time to seal our great tri
umph by enacting and proclaiming UNIVERSAL
AMNESTY. Our Civil War virtually closed with
Lees surrender five years ago. No armed
force has marched or fired a shot under the
flag of the Southern Confederacy since May,
1865. There are bad men who still commit
outrages; there is not, and for years has not
been, any open, embodied resistance to the
Federal authority and laws. 1t Is high time
that every one were officially assured that no
penalty still impends over him for anything
done or threatened in the interest and under
the flag of the Rebellion
We ought for our own sakcs TO identify
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

Universal Amnesty with Impartial Suffrage.
We ought to make one the complement oil inc
other, 80 that they should hencefortl nave
common vitality. a common longevity. we
ought to be able to say, 1.-THE cdiiice Is
Crowned; the work is complete; henceforth'
"woe to him who recklessy disturbs and I'M
"perils it ~
There are still heart-burnings at the South
There are men who lament the fall OF the
Confederacy, and do not love the flag oi the
Union. Prescription and Disfranchisement are
tho aliment whereon their morbid feelings sub
sist. They are lin efiecD patents OF nobility
in the eyes of class respectable in numbers
and strong by social position. TO say oil a
Soutbron, "He cannot vOte He Is forbidden 10
"hold office" is to invest him with peculiar
! and often enved distinction. Ills children
| take up the quarrel which a mistaken policy
| fasteDs upon him; they are trained to hate the
| Government which brands him as unworthy
the rights of a citizen, and to detest the Race
with whose enfranchisement his prescription Is
in their minds identified We can never have
genuine peace while we still hold many thou
sands as virtual prisoners of war.
| Let us close the contest! Let those who are
grandly triumphant be wisely magnanlmous'
Let us. shut tho temple of Janus, and proclaim
TO all mankind that we have forgotten that we
were lately enemies and remember only that
we were formerly brethren. Let us fill the
ranks of Loyalty by efiacing all pretext ior
further disloyalty. Let the world rejolcngly
note that, as tho blood of no PROSTATE Toe
stains our triumph, no vindictive feeling fingers
in our bearts-tLat we conquered not for a
party caste, section, but for all humanity
LET Us HAVE PEACE!
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

Riel, the President of Winnipeg, has proved,
we fear, a disappointment to his friends. lie
bullied the late Convention of half-breeds,
drew a pistol on the Canadian Commissioner
if we may credit that gentleman-and at last
has been so foolishly savage as to take the lie
of a Canadian prisoner. We should be glad to
entertain the suspicion of DIR. Upper OF the
Ottawa Parliament that the supposed execution
of Scott was only half f-breed trick of state
and not real murder. But Mr.. Commissioner
Smith and the correspondents say otherwise
Scott is reported to have called the execution
to which he was being led a cold-blooded
murder, and The Montreal Nelcs says: 1t strikes
Gus as very horrible that quiet, inofensive
creature should be tried by mock jury of
"whose language he was ignorant; that he
"should be ordered for execution by an illegal
Tribunal, mangled, tortured, and left to eX-
"pire in his coffin, after having served as a
target for bungling executioners." Whether
Scott violated his parole or not, it is very clear
that his execution was useless, and therefore
murderOus. We wish it were possible to be-
lieve in the theory that it was only sham
execution contrived to frighten the Winnipegs
American sources of news, however, do not
help the case of Rel, whom one of the St.
Paul papers describes as bloated, drunken
and unfit for any authority over life or liberty
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

To both Spain and the United States Gen.
Caballero De ROdas telegraphs that Gen.
Jordan has fled, and that the Cuban cause has
given up the ghost. The regular telegram
from Havana is not so positive as the ofilclal
dispatch to Madrid; but what with surrenders'
executions, and captures, it is calculated to
give the livelest grief to such of the friends OF
Cuba as may choose to believe it. The cause
of Cespedes may not possess its former num-
bers and enterprise-but it is too soon to be-
leve in its overthrow upon the word OF
a Spanish CaptainGeneral. That 1t may
still be maintained to the ruin OF Spain,
under cover of hills and forests is admitted
by portions of the Spanish press. AS 1t Is
the known habit of Spanish authority to oyerdo
both its facts and its fctiOns, one feature OF
the news from Havana will not be msunder-
stood. We refer to the cruel intelligence that
numbers of Cubans have volunteered to perse-
cute their patriotic brethren.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08
MUSIC.

Mr.. Weinlch's benefit performance OF Hale.
yy's "Jewess' has been transferred from tho Academy
Music 10 the Stadt Theaer, where t VIII take pae' W
night
Miss PATHS second farewell concert is an
nounced for this evening In addition to the ar's'
appeared with her Wednesday. Sgnor Ferrana VIZ
also assist her.
The Brooklyn Philharmonic Society VIII ei.s
the last concert OF the season Saturday. Tue P
cipal work to be performed by tho orchestral be0'"
ven's Fifth symphony &C. miuor) The SOLO upsssr
Miss Adelaide Phillips Mrs Emeline keed mr. "AS"
Hoffman, aud signor Roneoni.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

its pleasures, and those who are charged with
the responsibilities of administration must take
the bitter with the sweet. Ii is hard TO do
without Mr.. Wright's vote, rs the result has
shown; it would be even harder to have pay
day come round for the interest on the Ma
tional Debt, with nothing in the Treasury to
nav with So we friends of the Administration
must get on AS we can until the People shall
see fit to relieve us from responsibility. we
prefer to go out, when go we must, because
we rigidly enforced the laws, rather than be-
cause we obliged Mr.. Wright by letting every
one nav taxes or not as to him should seem
good. And if we are to let steamboats, cart
about empty liquor casks with the revenue
stomps uncanceled thereon, we might better
abandon the whisky tax altogether-[E Ed. Trib.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

Some people have rather queer ideas as to
the ground on which the Supreme Court ought
to pronounce its decisions For example, we
have before us q paper which says that the
dissatisfaction of the country with the recent
"legal tender decision has been SO great that
"the Court has determined to reopen the
Question" Now, we don't see that the dis
satisfaction of the country with any given de-
cision of the Supreme Court has anything
whatever to do with the duty of the Court in
the premises. The function of the Supreme
Court is set forth in the third article of the
Constitution of the United States, which pro-
vides that its power shall extend to all cases
in law and equity arising under the Federal
Constitution, tho Federal laws and Federal
treaties, and that it shall have certain other
powers which are definitely stated. The duty
of the Court is thus seen to be the declaration
and application of the principles of the Consti-
tuition and laws to such cases as may be
properly brought before it. Nothing is said
about its rendering decisions that shall satisfy
the country. or about its reversing decisions
that give dissatisfaction either to the country
or to those concerned. On the whole, we think
the trainers of the Constitution wisely ex-
pressed the true principles in this matter.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

We are pleased to notice that time is begin
ming to be considered a remarkably precious
commodity in the House of Representatives.
Thus, in the debate of Thursday last, we find
Mr.. Ingersol asking Mr.. B. +. Butler for
three minutes more," and Mr.. Butler respond
ing: al give you two minutes" Then Mr..
Butler again How much time have lett
"The gentleman" responded the Speaker, has
seven minutes.r 81 yield three minutes"
then said Mr.. Butler, :" to the gentleman from
Ohio.n Then further on, Mr.. Shanks y: l
&" hone the gentleman will consent that L shall
occupy one minute Consent glycn) III
chronology is to be thus mlnuteiy reckoheo III
the House, we shall presently have liohotaoie
Members asking for seconds, or perhaps even
for half-seconds. The Speaker VIII govern
the House-he may already do so for what we
know-by the aid of stop-watch, anu the
most delicate horologes must be placed IN dll-
fercnt parts of the Chamber.
There are advantages and disadvantages In
these contests for mOmentary possession OF
the floor. Among the latter, we reckon the
constant Interruptions of the member Oh his legs;
for stop he must in his argument, either 10 re-
fuse or to grant the time asked for; ana not
seldom (Which is another Disadvantage hVe
minutes are expended in deciding whether an
interloping member shall have the three
minutes for which he prays All this is tatai
70 grave and well-considercd Orations OF the
kind which become famous and historical oh
tbe other hand. we are consOled by the refec-
ton that there are at present very lew persons
in the House who are capable OF making
really great speech. Buncombe, aud The Con-
qressional Globe, and written addresses, have
pretty nearly annihated genuine oratory. ii
some great men who were in the earlier Con-
gresses could come back, they would be aston
ished at the degeneracy in this respect, OF
their successors. At the same time, we are
not sure that we regret it. Instead OF debates
long, solemn, and pOmpOus, we have now an
animated conversation upon public affairs
which is an excellent thing, if Honorable Cen
tlemen have anything to say.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

The Excise law has at last passed both
Houses of the Legislature; and the iquor
dealers may rejoice in the assurance OF i's
speedily receiving the Executive signature
But they will be previously disappointed on
discovering that the Sunday and other restric-
tions as to hours of sale which were contained
in the old bill are retained in the new one'
What was lately condemned as Republican out
rage is now advanced as Democratic reform.
We publish the law as enacted in our Albany
corresDondence.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08
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New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

Public interest throughout the State on the
subject of sectarian school appropriations has
resulted in the calling of Convention to meet
at Twcddle Hall, Albany. on Monday evening
next. Several hundred delegates from all par
ties and various sects, and from every quarter
of the State, are expected. Among the speak
ers who are to address the Convention are
the Rev. G.. ii. Hepworth of this city and the
Rev. DIR. Noah Hunt Schenck of Brooklyn.
The adoption Of an amendment to tho State
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

AS tho State House now gives specimens OF
all other kinds of architecture, when the domo
has been gided the Tri-mountaineers will
have touch of Russian to delight their eyes.
We must say that we approve the project
for the glorfed protuberance, to our mind.
will most fifty commemorate the return 10
specie payments-that is, if the gods mean that
rctnrn We slnll
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

After increasing the duty on cigars to ~ oo
pcr pound and so per cent dd pdtorem on
Wednesday, the House yesterday reduced IL
again to the old rate of So per pound and 70
per cent. ad raloren,. The belief that the
present tax is sufficiently protective, and that
any increase will simply encourage those
positiye disciples of free trade, the smugglers'
was the chief argument which brought about
FL
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

For the present, Congress contents itsolr
with deciding that tho income tax is to be I'M
nosed and collected to the close of the present
year. The proposition to extehd IL is ie'' ,' iv'
future consideration with the gehorai TAX DILL
The illusions which were yesterday maze 10
the tax indicate that when the bill to continue
it comes up, it will find as few supporters IN
the Senate as among the people.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

The Legislature of Massachusetts,, beside its
agitated struggles on the Liquor Law question,
has been much exercised about tho propIiety
OF gliding the dome of the State House and a
Committee is now inquiring into the number
of books of gold-leaf which will be required
for tho purpose, and the probable cost thereof
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

The dcvil-fish of Victor Hugo's fiction mas ~
counterpart A crab cNught In Yokohama Bay "e'sa,
about 40 pounds had legs ve feet in length Anu
mouth contained two large teeth. When 10 the
strength WAS that could have quite ap
a man This horrible ghoul. IA II attracted py ~
paling calamity, was found clinging to the ut in
the recently sunken steamer Oneida hibl.
San Francisco Is preparing tho dead monster i"'
LOn.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08
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Up TOWN ADVERTISEMENTS.

For the accommodation of uptown resi-
dents Mr. l.. H. Brown has opened an office at No. "a
West Thirty secondst junction Of Broadway and sixth
ave- where advertisements for ThB TRIBUNE Will be
received up to "a in the evening
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

The whole of our second page is devoted to
a full and careful report of yesterdays pro-
ceedings and testimony in the trial of Daniel
Mcfarland. The prosecution rested after estab-
fishing the incidents of the shooting; and the
defense will begin to-day.
New-York tribune., 1870-04-08

The latest returns from the Xth Congress
sional District of Ohio give Dr. f. d. Peck,
Republican, 2,707 majority over Hill, Democrat.
This will do very well for District which
elected Democrat in 1863 by majority of 912.