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Faisor Register;

Faitor Rcgis!er
slR:-I noticed that old veteran
wheel. horse Of Rspublcauism. Major
John o. Butler, 10 town last week, and
am Told tha! he was very enthusiasIical.
~ busy 10 some matter which originated
10 his mind whilst revolving the great
changes Of public sentiment 10 this To-.
cality with reference to the Lex up poll.
CT. understand from some Of those
that he convsned with that he had very
much at heart the formation 10 this
county ofwba.h he deuOmin tied "COuu-
Gil Of reconstruction upon universal Suf.
irogs and universal amnesty for The
ighIs aud justics Of all men," Fellow,
citizens Of Mason. what think you Of ii?
will you think Of IL, aud tell the old
gentleman what you can, or will do in
The matter, the next time he appears
amongSL usl
AN ADMlRER OF nts C0URsE,
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IA letter from Athens, says ten.dead
sud fottS wounded men havsbeen taken
from toe ruins oftbs town Of Santa Ma.
sis. o. one Of the Gernon isles destroy.
"a BY 90 CstetQutts,
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The Capital question and Overhsuliug
Che Code will DO likely to make this 0es
'aion of the Legislature q lively and a
busy one, and We SdSiSs any one dssir.
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Committee.
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Committee.
BILLS INTRODUCED ON LEAVE.
A message from the Senate returned
tho House bin 10 OItW The terms Of The
Courts 10 the 81 circuit, With amend
msnt.
Til. bill to amend tie Registry law
coming up on secood reading il was made
the special orderfrOm II A \, Wedues'
day next, lbs House having refused to
lay the bill on the table b. q vote Of %
to 20.
A large Onmbsr Ct bills Wers consid.
cred on Intermediate stages.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED
To amend and ro.eoact sec. I21 Of
chap. so Of the Code, in relation to sug.
gestions 90 judgments Ofju,dtsS.
Adjourned to MONDAY os2P
January 20. 1870.
sENATE.--Pnyer by Rev. H. Coy.
a message from the House, tsausni:.
ted tho following House bills:
To prescribe the oath hereafter 20 be
taken BY attorneys fixing The lines Of
holding the courts, 10 tho Fist and
Eighth Circuits; snd to ametd the char
ter Of the city Of Parksrsburg Read
twice and referred,
Mr.. Crane from the Cor miltse on Ed
ucsLiOn, reported that i. was not expo.
dieut 10 amend The school Law so IS 10
allow each school district an equal
amount Of the school fund. without res
gard 10 the number Of youths.
BILLS lSTRoDUoED'
By Mr.. Boremau, from Judiciary Com
millss-To amend and re-snact sections
4 and 5, Chapter l47 Of the Code.
BY Mr.. Gold--To preventing the de''
!rucliOn Of small game and fish.
By Mr.. Werningef--TO amend and
re'cnscl sections. 8, II, 81. 81, ll3. and
IFS. Of Chapter 80, Of the Code.
Mr.. Patrick presented a memorial
from the State Medical Society Of this
State, praying the appointment of a
State GsOlogist. Referred 10 the Judi
ciary.
RESOLUTIONS OFFERED AND ADyPrED.
BY Mr.. Leonard-That the Commit
tee on IoternaI Improvements. DC, TO-
quiro into the cxpodiency ofcrsaliug BY
toxaiion, fund to be applied ex 'lu'iyeIy
10 the building and repair Of roads and
bridges. which fund is only to be applied
when on equal amount 10 that asked for
ba, been actually paid or secured, 10 be
pail for the sans improvement.
Mr.. Bo7sman That The Committee
OH Elucoliou inquire into the expeJisncy
Of amending the schooiIaw SO as TO oil.
low further discretion to trustees Of
school districts as to tho transfer Of
schools.
a message from His .Ezdsiiency, the
Governor. by ] NJ. Pipes. Secretary Of
State, Transmitted the ffss semi,annual
report under The acl Of March 8. 1869.
oflbe Board Of Directors Of the Great
Ksnswha River Improvement. L,id on
fhs table and ordered printed.
Adjourned till Monday at9P. N.
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IOEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
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January 81. 1870,

January 81, 1870.
SENATE The Senate was called to
order OF 10 o'clock.
Prayer BY Rev, N, COynsr.
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The Iowa Legislature has ratified the
fftctnlh amendment.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20
Gladsi0ne's Amnesty.

England Is in sore perplexity just now
badgered and buffeted about by the Russian
question and the infexible Gortchakoff. wor-
ried about the Luxembourg annexation and
Bismarck's fixed purpose, in both of which
cases she has fallen into very humiliating
position-and irritated by the taunts Of the
European press and the Indignation of the
people at home, the British Ministry is placed
in most unenviable situation. Gladstone
feels this, and he is making desperate efforts
to soothe things down and make them comfort
able at home, so as to INSURE if possible. the
continuance of power in his party. With this
view he has ordered the release of the Irish
and American political Fenian prisoners who
have been 80 long held in British jails. The
release, however, is coupled with the same
condition which the government of Massachu-
setts has just imposed on 0 Baldwin the Giant
that Of perpetual banishment from British soil;
not very severe condition, perhaps when We
consider that so many of them are American
citizens and officers in the Union Army-men
who have home in this country and are not
likely to trouble Great Britain with their
presence again until they can be of service,
when the long talked of difficulty of England
and the opportunity Of Ireland arrive. We
are glad that the poor fellows have been re-
leased from their cruel martyrdom As they
were never fairly convicted of anything but
political offence and being men of education
journalists and others-they never should have
been subjected to the punishment of felons and
common malefactors. We hardly think, how
ever, that Gladstone's amnesty, coming SO
late, and under the pressure of sore distress.
will effect much towards the pacfcaton of
Ireland, the object for which, it is alleged,
the act of cemency was intended.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20
The International LAW of the Fnture-
MIR. Dudley FIELDS Lecture.

Mr. David Dudley Field lectured last even
ing upon the very interesting subject of the
'Probabe Changes in International Law Con-
sequent Upon the Franco-Prussian War" 1t
is evident from the summary abrogation Of
treaties which have already grown out of the
war that at its conclusion the subject of inter-
national law will have to be thoroughly dis
will have to be greatly revised. The treaties
of Paris and of London are already used
as paper pellets by the aggressive Powers of
Prussia and Russia The war in France goes
on with no basis of mutual humanitarian
policy marked out between the combatants,
national law of the present day, have the right
to suggest and enforce humanity, are them
selves nervous and agitated with the impend-
ing evil of a general contest
Mr.. Field makes three excellent suggestions
in his lecture. If war cannot be altogether
prevented its horrors, its frequency and its
long duration can be lessened. The list of
contraband articles should be greatly enlarged,
not only that neutral nations may thereby
avoid the great temptation Of profting COM
mercially by their neighbors disasters, but
that less fuel may be added to the flame and
the contestants come sooner to the end of
their resources. The most prominent point
however, is his proposition to apply to the
sovereign nations Of the world the system OF
arbitration set forth in the constitution of the
4nl Cto%oe I,,x ,o1, 4 .1a:,.
individual State against the central govern
ment are decided by the Supreme Court
Let there be permanent tribunal Of the
nations to arbitrate upon International quar-
rels before the last desolating arbitrament Of
the sword be resorted to. If Napoleon had
laid statement Of his grievances against
Prussia before the nations of Europe and
invited their friendly offices he would have
received the reparation he required, if his
charges were true, or else the aggressive
nation beginning the war would have found all
the other signatory Powers arrayed
against it. This Of itself would rem
der war less frequent, not only on
account of the peaceable mode of settle
ment actually indicated, but on account of the
great muster Of force so sure to march upon the
aggressor. A supreme court of the nations
a permanent arbitrator for peace-with the
several armies Of the world to back it, may
possibly be one Of the grand improvements in
the future code of international law, which
the war in France may bring forth-a war
which so fitly illustrates with its horrors and
cruelties how imperfect is the international
law Of the present.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20
I Il p L E SHE Z 7.
ew York, Tuesday, December 30, 1870.
CONTENTS OF TG-DAY's HERALD.

PAGE.
I-Advertisements
acknowledgements
b-Ime War in France-News from Washington
The University OF the City OF New YORK and
It's Reconstructed Law school,
A-Congress: A Busy Day in Both Houses-Lather-
ilg Ldfhers--A Rampant ana Rlotous Youth
New jersey ltems-Jealousy and the Knife
sparrow Pur,ly in Eeypt-Tnc Newly Dis
covered Silver Mine in Wisconsin-News from
south South America-Ihe Indians-Post once
tlgures-The American Dead in the Crlmea-
Lecture by David Dudley Field on Inter.
national Law: The Cause, Conduct and Pre-
yenilon OF unholy War-Lecture BY Professor
borenuS on Scientific Tliumphs The World
IN Jersey Court
d-EIrope: Cardinal Cullen Inves. ed with Extraor
dlnary Powers; Almost Pope; The Dssensons
Existing Between Gambetta ano Kcratry; Earl
tfanVlle's Letter on The Investment Of Paris:
Eugsnie and Ictona-A New Haven Road Ho-
miciue-lhe nriscol ana keefe Cutting-Soei-
ety's Quick Vendetta Yesterdays Proceedings
IN the Court OF General Sessions--Stewart' )
SIX seleclions-Jerry Dunns Justification
Long Island News.
S-Raitotias Leading Article, "Signs OF Pres-
dental Scrub Race ana Its Terrible Dangers
10 the Country''-Amusement Announce
ments.
4-Elltorials continued from Sixth Page)-Per-
s0nal Observation-Disclosures News from
All Parts o.; the World Progress OF the Crown
Giving Movement in Germany and Spain; Law
ana order Maintaned Against Treason in
Berlin: British Amnesty for the Fenian Con-
yIcts; Impeachment OF Governor Holden. OF
North na-Amusements--That Fowl
Show-Sews IRON 81. Domingo-Business
Notices.
S-Proceeenrs in the Courts Tricks upon Travel
observation-disclosures York City News-The Cas-
oline Gust: Close OF the Investigation Ohltuary
Divorce Made kasy-RobDed on a Railroad
The Strangest Murder on Record: A Blind Boy
Kills Both dis Parents-Army and Naval Intel
ligence
9-The Taylor win Case: Another Chapter in the
Grandmother-Granddangh Squabble-Muni-
cipa Affars-Brooklyn Common CounCil-The
Court House CornmissiOners-Financ and
Commercial Rerorts-Marriages and Deaths.
VO--Stubborn Prize Fight: Battle Between Bryan
Campboli and Dave Lewis PENNSYLVANIA -
Meteorological Record-Shipplng Intelli-
Advertisements.
I1-The Pennsylvania Coal Trade--A Mystery OF
Fifty Years Ago Solved-Ady ertlsements.
11-Adyeltlsemeiits.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20


The proceedings in Congress yesterday can
not be said to have been either important or
interesting. The Senate spent much of the
day in discussing the responsibility Of the
government for property Of loyal citizens
taken or destroyed during the war, and
adjourned without coming to vote on the
question.
In the House the usual miscellany of q
Mondays session was disposed Of, in the shape
of the introduction and reference of bills, none
of which probably will ever be heard of again
during this Congress. The question of the
repeal of the income tax presented itself in
the form of resolution, offered by Mr.. Kel-
logg, Of Connecticut, instructng the Com
mittee of Ways and Means to report bill for
that purpose, but the proposition did not COM
mand a majority Of votes, much less the two
thirds required for its adoption under a
suspension of the rules, and it went over
for future action. 1t is worthy of
remark that this question is, more
than perhaps any other, a sectional one. The
members from the Eastern and Middle States
are, as general thing, in favor Of the abolition
of the income tax, while those from the West
ern and Southern States are just as generally
in favor OF its retention, the reason being that,
while it falls so heavily on the merchants and
manufacturers and wealthy classes of the
Northern cities and towns, the agricultural
classes Of the West and South are,
for the most part, exempt from tax
alton under it therefore the members
who represent chiefly poor agricultural COM
munities are invariably to be found voting
against the repeal Of the income tax, while
those who represent mercantile and manufac-
turing communities are to be found favoring
its repeal. The vote yesterday was sixty -four
in favor of the resolution to seventy -one
against it.
The only other noteworthy incident in the
House proceedings Of yesterday was the in
PRODUCTION, by Kentucky democrat (Mr.
Jones), Of very silly preamble and resolu-
ton, excusing, if not justifying, the rebellion,
and extending general amnesty to all con-
cerned. The thing was SO untimely and i'll
judged that even the democratic members,
with the exception of only a dozen ora so,
voted against it or declined voting at all.
They were ready to support the resolution,
but the preamble was more than they were
prepared for. The only effect Of it could be-
and probably will be, to weaken the chances
Of Mr.. Farnsworth's substitute for Mr.. Buffers
Amnesty bill, on which the vote is to be taken
to-day.
In addition to these. miscellaneous matters
in the House the Pension bill, appropriating
about thirty millions, was passed. and some
progress was made on the Legislative Appro-
priation BILL
The New York herald., 1870-12-20

and you may carry the vote Of the West In the
same direction tomorrow. The success of
Carl Schurz in Missouri is revolutionary sign
in that quarter of bad omen; for Schurz is
aptly defined in Bismarcks expressive allu-
sion to those revolutionary sans culottes Of
France as 'those gentlemen of the pavement. !"
We have finished the work Of great revolu-
ton, but now the reaction is upon us. Andy
johnson, in his last annual message to Con-
gress, in. plumply proposing reputation, had
glimmering of this, only he was
little too fast. But he picked out the
arrow which may still strike the vulnerable
heel of Achilles. If the administration party,
pledged to the public debt, is broken up, the
elements pledged among themselves to repu-
diation will take its place. This is the simple
logic of the question. Then, indeed, shall we
have something like the blessed bankruptcy,
anarchy and universal decentralization Of
Mexico in full blast. Look at it. Twenty
five hundred millions of debt is heavy
BURDEN but it may be wiped out with
sponge There is the danger-the sponge.
Schurz has none of these national bonds, they
say, to look after, and so the course is clear
for him against Grant; but Fenton and
Sumner are among the bloated bondholders,
and their folly is amazing. But, OH it may
be said, these horrid foreshadowings are
absurd So it was thought Of the warnings Of
the late rebellion. We are sure of nothing in
this age of startling events, and nothing revo-
1,,y:o q. ~
fore, another prediction. Let these mutinous
leaders of the republican party continue
their mscbievous work against the admin
istration, so as to make in 1871 General
Grants retirement from the Presidential
field or his defeat foregone conclusion, and
by the year 1872 such distrust and fear will
come upon our national securities and such
depreciation that reputation will become the
ruling condition Of the Presidential election.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20
The War Situation in France.

The military movements in the north Of
France are Of thrilling interest. They indi-
cate determined and earnest effort on the
part Of General Faidherbe to relieve the garri-
son in Paris by an attack upon the weakest
portion Of the investing line-that about st.
Denis and the Peninsula of Genevi!liers.
Faidherbe has passed Amiens on his march
thither, and driven the German forces occupy
ing that town before him. They are evidently
mere handful, whom Fadherbe could crush
without trouble if he could reach them
at once, but Manteuffel, who recently
disappeared from before Havre, is appa-
rently marching rapidly to reinforce his
friends and to throw himself, with the army
that captured Rouen, between the advancing
Northmen of France and the German lines Of
investment. The race between the two, like
the one between Bragg and Buel, in Kentucky,
is q dash for city and strategic position. So
far as heard from the Germans are ahead, and
before Faidherbe, with his tender-footed
militia, can have reached his goal they will
doubtless be ready to present the same inflex-
ible wall Of iron veterans to him that the Duke
of Meckenburg presented to the Army of
the Loire. This latter army is doing
good work merely in holding its
own. Its stout resistance to Prince
Frederick Charles, under all the circum-
stances, is fine example of the effect Of
esprit de corps even upon soldiers of only three
months experience. This continued occupa-
ton of the larg army which the Prince and
Duke have withdrawn from the besieging
forces serves to confine the operations of the
war to the narrower compass about Paris,
where the French hold both the interior and
exterior lines. We hear no more Of separate
expeditions operating in distant provinces,
nor of bodies Of uhlans raiding among fresh
and fertile granares far from the main army
The provinces of France, thus relieved Of the
presence or the dread of the enemy, can bend
their energies to recruiting the immense
armies already in the front, and France is yet
full of men.
The appearance of FIVE French frigates off
Pllau, in the Baltic Sea, is reported. They
threaten the town of Konigsberg, the second
capital of Prussia, and if they can effect
passage through the narrow inlet to the lake
called Frische Half they may be enabled to
lombard that city. AT this stage of the war
the bombardment will not serve any very good
purpose, and certainly will not divert any
force from the main theatre of action. The
French fleet has been idle too long 1t should
have carried the war up the Elbe and the
Weser four months ago. 1t cannot hope to
affect the situation now.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20

OUR SPECIAL DESPATCH from Vendome, re :
porting the movements of General Chanzy'
army towards Chartres, is confirmed by re-
port from Versailles announcing the defeat of
six battaions of French at Brou. The affair
must have been trifling, as the total losses of
both com batants are set down at only one
hundred and thirty-six. But some Importance
must be attached to the presence of French
troops in that vicinity, as Brou is less than
twenty miles from Chartres.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20

No CAUSE FOR THE RISE IN CoaI.-Accord-
ing to the latest official reports there are now
in market nearly six hundred thousand tons of
Pennsylvania coal, more than at the same
period last year. Therefore the increase in
the price of coal to actual consumers is
altogether unwarranted, and those dealers
who demand the increased rate are little better
than common violaters OF the law against
petty larceny.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20

TaR REPoRTED DEFALcATToNs among
guartermasters' and commissary clerks at
Fortress Monroe afford another instance of the
necessity Of reform in our governmental
service. The young men implicated are the
friends or relatives OF politicians or army
officers. and the principal offender is said to be
the son Of q general. There is no doubt that
they were all appointed to The positions which
they have thus abused without any examiua-
ton whatever as TO their honesty or capacity,
and only because they had influence or in
finentiai backing
The New York herald., 1870-12-20

MARGARET Dunn. who killed William Davis
in August last, at No. / Bridge street, near
the Battery, under circumstances that indi
Sessions yesterday, found guilty of man
slaughter in the second degree aud sentenced
to the State Prison for seven years. 1t is
probably impossible to get a fair and square
verdict of murder against woman.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20
Tpr GEORGIA ELECTION commences to-day
Eoriare aliquis nostris
EX osslbus ultor -.

The GEORGIA ELECTION commences to-day
and continues for three days. There exists
strong impression that there viii be more or
less violence a. the polling places, In coase-
aucnce of the unrostrained liberty usually
given to the negroes at the holiday season OF
the year We hope, however, that the coiored
race will comprehend the necessity of keeping
their frolics within bounds, and signify to tho
white population their ability TO aooreciate tho
The New York herald., 1870-12-20

LOOKING Our FOR SQUALLS. John A.
Canada, yesterday expressed his opinion that
the British troops, recently sent home because
they were not needed, would be back in
Canada within five years. Sir John evidently
sees trouble ahead. The relations of the
Dominion with the United States are decidedly
unsatisfactory, and the Premier is preparing
for any emergency
The New York herald., 1870-12-20

RECORDER HAoKETT in his charge to the
Grand Jury yesterday suggested that the
builder or owner of the buildings in Thirty
fifth street which fell recently, killing four
persons, should be indicted for manslaughter
Certainly, if killing in fit Of passion is man
slaughter. killing In cit of ecouomv is as bad.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20

The REPORTED ADVANCE of General Bour-
baki's forces and their occupation of vierzon,
shows that after the defeat at Orleans thew
must have fallen back quite to Bourges or
moved westward after crossing the Loire at
Glen. If the report can be relied upon
Bourbaki is moving towards Orleans, Vierzon
being on the railroad line from that place to
Bourges.
The New York herald., 1870-12-20

TEE CAPTURE OF NUITs by the German
forces is a severe blow to the Garibaldans.
who made the place, in some respects, their
base OF operations. This reminds us that we
have been repeatedly told of successes by the
forces under Garibaldi and his sons but some
how nothing is ever said as to the places where
The fighting took place.