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PERSONAL.

A Mexican lady, senora Biestigue, died re-
Gently, leaving IS ,O0O, GOO to the poor.
-.Faladay ie to be inmortalized by q statuc
in the British Museum
The cottage in which Franklin Pierce died
is to be sold ut auction On the 9th inst
-Manton Marble, OF tile New York World,
is reported seriously i'll and threatened With
Miss Rye, who brought seventy poor Eng
lish girls to Canada, last October, has found
to England for 100 more.
Nix. james Brooks, Of the New York EL-
press, isremodelling his Fifth avenue residence
on very expansive scale. The decoration OF
his library alone will cost $15, 900.
Napoleon Donaparte Wysc, ono Of the
Tuile1les, is ofliciating IS Grand Sheriff in
Waterford, Ireland
The sculptor Mozier has sold his t' Prodi-
gal Son. to the Institute Of Philadelphia for
Se, 600. .E--
General Fremont talkAof joining the army
Of the Pacl1a Of Egypt.
-La1ande, the French astronomer, often ato
caterpillars and spiders, affirming that the
former tasted like almonds and Tho latter like
walnnta-
"A dentist now occupies the house where
Balzac WAS born, and IN enthusiastic sdmirer
Of the great French zuthor-sn EngGsEman-
recently had two sound teeth drawn in the
room where Balzac uttered his first CRY, as a
souvenir Of his risit- !;
Miss Hosmer is now modelling in clay full!
length figure of Maria Sophia, thoex-Queen Of
the Two Sici1iea.
Mrs. RossA gave reading in
the Town Hall Uf Waterford, Ireland, which
was 60 crowded that numbers had to remain
CD the stairs, having been unable to get into
the hall:
The New York Telegram says: William
Enow to represent ESQ, DOC, 600 4. 7. Stewart;
eiO. .000, ,O06; Cornelius Vanderbilt, 530, ,0o0,-
90O: Daniel Drew, &C, 900 900; George Law,
eG. Goo 600; August Belmont, S5,DO, 900 !
samuel n. Pike, 81, ,00O, ,000; james FAX, Jr.,
EG. .000. GEO; James Lennox, 95,000s 900; and
f1Sn nr three hundred others are yalioIsly es-
Ematel from two TO five millions It Is stated
flat ihero are Thousand persons IN New
York Who are worth, at the lowest calcula-
fion. &5OO.000 apiece"
s' FRANCIS Of Naples and his wife, says the
Paris Liberle, after mentioning the recent
deatl, Of their infant daughter, VIII leave 1or
the chateau OF Schonb1un IS soon as EasteI u
over. The Empress Elizabeth can alone, IN un-
der the circumstances, be the co1sGtat " a.a nsa
sister. Tor she has also experienced tnat severe
I-;,ftthe death Of q child It was her third
horn, When she lost it she became, apparent
" insane, and, two days after its funeral, fe-
snl1ed to see it once more She left the same
evan;nf, far the burial place OF the HApson1es-
Thrre. accompanied BY two Capuehin h7aIs,
carving torches, she descended into the V7ult,
f1,a Tcsfinr-placn of her ancestors, and had the
coffn opened. After gazing for the l3ss nme me
on her Child, the august mothaT kss9a II, 1e1s
the monastery and returned to tbe palasxa:, xG,,
GalionanTs Messenger says that me Ni 1oaom' ~
ing singular incident took place AZ Inc i"e' ~
, 1870-04-29
SPECIE RESUMPTION.

We have lately published the Act to
strengthen the public credit, " which Was
passed by Congress, March 18, 1869, as an
authoritative promulgahon of the financial
policy of President Grants administration.
We have also shown how GgnaIy the Law
in question has bean violated by the Secte-
tary of the Treasury in his efforts to main
tmn the existing premium on gold and to
postpone that return to specie payments to
which the cct solemnly pledges the United
States, as the first and most important busi-
ness now before the country. We believe
the act was wise, and that a proper use of
the means at the disposal Of the govern
1nent would eject o return to specie pay
ments within six months
The funding dzz1e has been IN effort to
reverse the financial policy marked out BY
an existing Law. That effort having failed,
and there being some prospect that Con-
ccss may adjourn without maturing any
law that shall be an improvement on the
present, would it not be well, not only to
instruct the Secretary Of the TFeasury to
comply with the existing law in his future
course, but also to mark out definitely by
what means he shall do 50 ? The task is
greatly 81 sinplifed by the fact that The act
already passed supplies the nain features of
the policy. In view Of its great Importance,
we again publish it entire:
Ee enacted bp the Sate and Ho1ee Of Representa-
ftrss Of the Tinted Suites IF Apse1ie, III Congress
s1Tna,, n order to remove any doubt as to the
purpose Of the government 70 discharge all Just
Obligations 10 tie public creditors, and 70 Settle
conuiCttnS Questions and OF the LAWS
by virtue OF Which such o1gaho1ss aaEe @ Gssn zen
the faith OF the United States is soe1nnly pledged
to the payment IN con its equivalent, Of al the
sns nse1sst OF Known E % ag nnited stais I notes
and au of the intefestcoearing obi
cations Of the United States, except In cases
oblisston has his expressly provided 1 that ths same
thau gold and slycT But noneof said interestbeai-
aJg obligations not already tue skd{f be redeemed
atsA otes shau be no % eei al W s opsien
Disrd esass So1ng io.s7 reie ~ agn q e e
Ionds to e redeemed oa b sold at par il And
ts u1 ats a15o l, sees' isa s'as 70
Tor the 1edeiA,rsson or s1e pnHea 7sa.es noses LII
Under tbs Law, specie payments are to
be restored s4rst, and the 1nterest-bearing
bonds are to be refunded afterward The
question arises, What are the means at tho
djsposal Of the Secretary to restore specie
payments !: : IL.
We answer, Whatever vii bring the
ereenbacks to- z..<pith coin vii effect the
.raetestsson of specie payments. The feat
: th,f after: We have resumed, wa shall be
-:soblieed to suspend again If We hare not
como unknown reserve Of gold, is like the
, 1870-04-29
THE CONSOLATION OF PIERRE
A DeIa1Ec of Thanks TO AL Grades OF
SnGiEIEs

From the In1d0R pci!y Telegraph
The Areni1 de EH:se pabGahes the following
to II. de Ia Rocca, ona Of the Witnesses for the
aPAn1s. April ., 1870.
"Mx DEAR Aoss1zrR DE Il RoccA: It would!
be altogether inpoesib1o for me to answer al:
the letters and kilograms which I receiye from
and, nbove ii; it would be impossible for re
to reply to them with the deep emotion end
profound gratitude which 7 feel for SO much
81 honess bee ne Jon to b.
terpretez Of my sentiments toward sttqse
generous friends Oct me- call shem
sineercl1 By that 1ame) whose eaai-
e &c astopsl e nj best
1ation. -Thsnks to the courageous writer's who
hare been good enough to defend me-, They
are choice spirits, intalhgent champions Of
right, from whose manly inspirations I could
gratitude to those leaders Of society whose
Tapk and service enhance the aGectionata e1-
presaions with which they horor me: Our
valiant soldiers, beth officers and men, Will IN
derstand, hope, without any insistance on
nra;a1 an 80 eanfn
ter patriotic attachments to- the Ems
pcsurs family It is. with tears ia
ny eyes, and With pride md nd g
E1tIly. that nero desUa 60 sllAko H2nus Ect-
1echTely with those chllesen OF my native isle
to heroic traditions, whose blood has flowed
freely whenever an en2zny Of France VS. to %
fought Let us, tt.a intrepid Children Of my
department, whethar military Or e1vsl, receive
the tribute Of the aew debt imposed upon my
old devotion BY taeir frate.usf attitude, II the
face OF the seveEe trial just unde5gqne oy n1n
who Ind the great houor to 20 the1 th regpn rIspae1
sentative, and still represents Ia.1e aE N an1
tons Thanks to the of6cerss cadets, and pu-
n;'s ~ the Rayarian amy. The glorious house
r. H-era deserses maguanimous. serTantE,
Vim tnnW how to do homage as Weu to tho
mennoTy Of Napoleon ss to the good King
n11is. Thanks to those Belgian officers vino
hsye done me the honor TO write to me- AZ
ncst Trcrchnen- As 4 commander OF ordera
frou The venerable founder Of your dsnast7
nm TEMPTED to exclaim, tAm not your COM
rade > Thanks \ thousand tines to those
martv1s Of duty and fidelity to the flag, the
Hauoyerian officers, whose congratulations
ara among tho most precious that have re-
ceired. Are they not the champions Of hero.
| ism and misfortune, these co@panlons-n-
Of George v, the modern John OF Lu1em-
hourp? Ietme ofIerrespectfu tfui homage to those
nobIe women who hare deigncd' to Hhed the
bsIvn nj their sweet words On him who Ii SUI
fcientlv avenged On ca1uuany by the sympathy
| IT such wires and such mothers Thanks,
rratisute, impeTishable rememHances, once
Torc to al right thinking hearts, to all those
held out to mo : friendly hand in misfortune.
| One Of my counsel said: i have come TO an
| age when my powers begin to- fall I mIsel3
| have almost come 10 that Bat do hope that
| tefore my powers leave me altogether may
prove otherwise than by words that I have
, 1870-04-29

Mr.. Church, Of McHen1y County, mem-
ber Of the Constitutional Convention,
seems to think that the future success of
the Republican party in Cook County de-
pends upon allowing dozen offee-holders,
who cannot control q dozen votes outside OF
their Offices, tc pocket enormous salaries
against the expressed wishes OF the whole
people of the county. Mr.. Church has
Leen eazetted as O candidate for Congress,
and it iB we'll that the people of his district
should be advised thus early of the standard
OF craftsmanship which he sets up. It
is, in hrief, that political parties thrive by
paying large salaries for small services. and
that they perish when they begin to reduce
tie sala1ies of Office holders to q reasonable
compensation"
, 1870-04-29

fear to restore 5drov' .<do man Lest II "a
| stored before b.! brs recora-a;77
enough Of his 2 pristine rigor, he
may die. 4s As if every moment
wo allow lie .iife to remnin suspended were not
. losa, Ioa instead of gain, Of vigor. Tho
>2rst thing needed to resume, now that gold
is at 112, is the disposition. When the
Secretary, some months ago, refused to sell
gold for less than l20, he showed that he
did not want to remove the premium on
gold. Had he desired to do SO, the faster
Greenbacks advanced in credit aud value,
the more hopefully would he have crowded
his surplus gold upon the market, until
their exchange values we're the same. Then
the solemn pledge made by the ADORE act
would have been fulfilled. United States
notes would be redeemed in coin, not only
by the Treasury, but ut every merchants
counter in the land.
# the Secretary thinks the solemn1y
pledged faith Of the United States must be
broken for fear Spectators may losemoney,
let him ask repeal of the law. But, while
the Inv stands, let all the known means ut
the disposal of the government be en-
p1oyed to enhance The value Of the green
buck The readiest of all means to do this
is to offer its gold for the greenbacks, at
premium Of l., Eo long IS gold viii bear il,
then at 10, and then s, forcing it down as
rapidly as possible to par There is not
bunker i'll Wall street that could not bring
the greenback to par in few weeks, if he
lad $50, ,O00,0 900 Of "cash gold " to sell
for the purpose.
Perhaps the Secretary pleads that the oct
forbidding him to contract the currency,
virtually forbids sale of gold for green
backs, unless the greenbacks are restored
to circulation either in the purchase of
bonds, or in some other way. But he is
not more emphaticaly forbidden to buy
greenbacks than to redeem bonds. How ia
it that he is shaek1ed by IN old law, passed
to restrain his predecessor, and yet feels
free TO violate new law framed for his
own particular guidance, and which, if in
consistent with the old, virtually repeals its
predecessor.
IF the purchase and retirement Of green
backs, in manner to contract the currency,
Is forbidden, it is still easy to purchase and
retire the greenbacks in manner to en-
hance their value, and yet not contract the
currency. The Finance Committee of the |
Senate reported, and we believe the Senate |
passed, bill allowing the greenbacks
to be purchased and retired at
IN equal nate with the issue of
National Bank notes in their stead.
The bill has been received with favor
throughout the country as emphatic as tho
condemnation which has descended upon
the Funding bill. Most of the leading |
journals Of the country hive approved it,
besides several commercial conventions
md Boards Of Trade. It provides for
7eiirement Of the greenbacks without q
contraction Of the currency. Indeed, upon
his basis, all limit might be removed from
lie quantity of currency to be issued, and
rec banking inAugurated and specie pay
reut attained in q single step.
, 1870-04-29

view By the Emperor Napoleon in Paris. Just
Of the troops, an individual in rags ruahed
forward in front Of the gate, and Focatorsted
loudly, IN th1eatening tone, "A Cayenne! =
Cayenne! He was Immediately appreheuded,
and taken to the nearest police Office. Before
IN examination his person was searched, and
IN one Of bis pockets WIS found q SUN Of ], 100
Kente to an amount Of $4,000 francs, and Il
knife -poignarrl. On being intctrogated, be
gare his name as Paul Lezurier, aged IL, ,.lv-
ing 1t No. &c Rue Rollin, and Of no profess
sion. A perquiaiion made at his residence
led to the discovery Of large store Of arms Ias
OF all sorte, and Of fund Of st, 0oo
francs in gold Being asked rs to his motive
for insu1ting the Emperor, he replied that bis
patriotic heart revolted at the acclauaations OF
the multitude. After these fornalties he was
sent to the depot Of prisoners.
, 1870-04-29

The Kcunebec Journal sa7s that weil-
known railrozd man and Ex-Governor, few
days since, was enjoying quiet shave in ona
Of tho bazbeI shops IN Augusta, Ne, Intending
to leAra in the next trim, which waa than due
Grafton Was about half through, and a-person
entering the shop informed the gentleman that
the train had Just started from the depot
With hat and carpet-bag in hand, and \ weeks
growth Of beard on one side of his fsce, the
venerable and respected e1-Governor started
On run for the receding tEain. His situation
Was observed by the conductor, and, although
time, tide, and railroad trims generally wait
for no man~ the engine waa reversed, aud tho
talf-sh4red Individual taken On board, whexa
be vas tho obeefTed Of al obeazyezs- ~.
, 1870-04-29
a fcT Era in Inland NnTfEatfon-
The Latest Invention In Sfeam-

EFon1 dc lee5 dFE 3e7utu- -
o.. Thursday last number Of scientific
ge5. .tlemen and others opposed to the railroad
pose of Witnessing an experiment Ct m9de, ,'dt
steam propeller; Ihe i inventor ia ILL., "''lam
The most uorel feature Of the naw propeller
cons;sta in having the propelling wheel placed
sttha BOW end Of the boat instead Of being At
, 1870-04-29

The action of the House of REPRESENTS
hres shows that tha high tariH interest
IN Congress is badly demoralized, and that,
upon the whole List Of items relating to
iron, the majority are hostile to the monopo-
lists and in sympathy with the people. The
duty on pig iron has been reduced from,S 80
to SIS per ton, and the duty on all other
iron has been reduced proportionately.
Even some Of the Representatives from
New England were forced by the intolera-
bic oppression Of the tax to vote to reduce
it. The iron 1uen, finding the temper of
the House against them, have proposed
to strike ont the remaining items on iron,
thereby securing for themselves continu-
ance of the existing duties, but the House
is not disposed to accept this confession of
defeat, but demands that tho reduction
shall be general. The proposed increase in
the duties on steel will be rejected, and it
is likely the House will reduce the existing
tar on that article 4 reduction OF repeal
Of the duties on salt md coa1 will also be
made, and it is possible TINT the result will
be, that the trainers, instead of the bill
providing an increase OF taxation, as it
proposed, may wish to lay the bill
on the table, Ne hope, however, that
the friends Of revenue reform will consent
to no such disposal of the bill, but that,
after reducing the taxes as low rs possible,
they will pass the bill It will givo new
hope to the impoverished industry of the
country; it vii servo to rally the American
people Mt the fall elections more unitedly in
favor Of additional and greater reduction of
taxes, and to destroy the monopo1ies which
ure consuming the substance of the people.
, 1870-04-29

Fever been xartirz In tbe vi y tE E.la5 n.y.
~ duly b, and, ns1t, % everT75so:6- ~sase, Y
could. P1ERRE NAF0iEoS - Au1k."
, 1870-04-29
FRIDAY. APRIL %, 1870.

Address TRIBUNE COMPANY
chscaso m.
FRIDAY. APRIL % 1s7o
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m SsNa AVE "11soa,s y AMY slL1.
ae4e 31e no" s"o o,lis oetoee congress
W toe leonct'on OF me army. limit OF
enin Logan passed ~ me house, pro
pses 'ne la,ne''nale II, aoonaon Oh lne rank
u aene1al l<'hefmanh J. and tnenfepant Cen
n ts'ne,,aso) ooe e's'n,ss4 OF t"o OF
.oe nse alAJor oene'als tne o1smlssal OF
lures Dr'eao1er uenefa4s' ara OF some three
unufsu olne1 o'ncets' "nos oS 1ne 1eonc~
uon "a LIZ HUMBER OF Iee1men1s, are unas-
s'eneo; tle 1educhon OF all heads OF
oot'aaas WHO noio Inc 1ank OF bI1saher
oenerN 70 the fahk os colonel, and the
pronlo1tane OF any ofaeer on the retired
Ast from accepting or holding any civil
Maee- SINCE General Logan introduced
MS Dill, General ihonas has deceased The
oen@r Dill IS tnat OF senator Wilson, winch
proposes TINT the Offices OF General and
lieutenant General shall terminate with
fhe present appointments; that the number
OF Aa)oz Generals, when reduced by the
death or resignation OF the present .lncum-
DENTS, shall be three, and that OF the
br1gadlets, H1 1t a2o provides for gen.
e11 @euueuon c<~fne stall officers by natural
causesr-znh the minimum number is
reached, and no grade to be higher than
Colonel It prohibits all officers on the ac-
tive Isl 1rom holding civil employment, It
1nf1her permits any officer asking it, to be
honofaoly discharged, and to receive extra
pay Tor rom one to two years, according to
length OF seFvlce- The number on the re-
tueo list to be Limited to 300-
Ihe question presented by these opposing
olns Is PLAIN and direct one. There are,
al present. no persons holding high rank
save the suv1vors OF the Wal, and nll of
them have been more OF less distinguished
Tor active service in the field. In their
cases, the reduction OF the number involves
dismissal from the service There is no
subordinate rank In which any OF these
general officers can be plaeeds If their
offices are abolished, they are dismissed the
Nv ~ e~S@A
people desire anything OF me hnd. Even
WINE she question ~as debating, General
Thomas, one OF the veterans proposed to
DO d1sanlssed. died, to the great regret Of
the nation d1s assoclateS IN 1ank as Major
General are men who have reached q ripe |
age IN the public service, and their names
are written honotahly on every page of the !
history OF the late war. No portion of the |
American people asks that either Of them |
be degraded from the rank they hare fairly |
won, or that, for the few years they may
live, they be deprived Of the salaries they |
receive The same feeling exists with
reference to those on the list Of Brigadiers,
eaeh Of whom is veteran, and each Of
whom has reached an age in the public
service that forbids his engagement in any
other employment at this late day.
The other officers thrown out OF active
duty BY the reduction Of the number Of
regiments, though not as high IN rank, are,
nevertheless, veterans Of the WIZ. All OF
them have gone through the fire of battle.
Death md resignation are rapidly reducing
the number, at the rate, General sher-
man says, Of 20 per cent per
annum- He says that, by dismissing
those who are not fit to hold
, 1870-04-29
THE:INDIANS.

Letter from n.-Jesuit Missfonary-A
tiTaIk - with the Picgnns-Peni-t
Teucc and Humility 1s,zaifcssed-
Other Tribes Quiet.
, 1870-04-29

The singular condition OF the mans lungs,
which had, to all appearances, been turned iNt0
soapstone. The lungs were as hard ns stone,
and on touch felt like soapHtone. How the
mnn breathed is d mystery. OF course tho
Coroner1a jury exonerated kahoe.
The Cumberland (h1d.) Transcript BAYS
"On Thursday, while the boat Wellington,
one of the american Compauys line. WAS on
her way up to this city, and when near Pattcr-
son,s sG Creek, little boy, son of the Captain,
Cam IVES on the towpath at tho time with his
team, and his wife called to him that the boy
had fallen into the canal He ran quickly to
tile spot and EpEang in to save the child, but
unfortunately both father and son were
drowned. When the bodies were recovered,
they were locked in each others arms"
:. The last Chamber Of Agriculture Journal
says: s'aIld weather and grateful rains aro
working wonders in most parts of England.
Vegetation il shooting rapidly; pastures have
changed from dead and frost-nipped condi-
ton into bright green herbage within the abort
arc springing up with specially good and equa-
bic plants. Tho wheats. more backward, thin
and weak than they hare been known for yca1s,
arc only just coming into readiness for tho
hoe; tho roller and presser have been univeE-
sally in 1cquisition for solidifying tho dry and
dusty soil about the plants, and the crop has
suffered severely from dronth following upon
an excessive rainfall. Beans and early poas
are coming up well ; both oats and bnrley have
this year good eeed-bcd, and we do not re-
member more favoralle season or q better
mold for potato setting, which is now nearly
completed"
"A bloody affray occurred Sunday morning
near Clifton Station, Ontario, in which one
man was killed and another SO desperately
wounded that there is but little prospect of his
recovery. A little time ago a. colored man
named Sweet married white woman, and to-
gether they took up their residence not far
from the suspension bridge on the Canadn
sias and opposite t9 Giitoa Staten ,!i' There
Ino ea y tro bis
men named Edward Cook and - Mullen On
tered their house, and dragging them from
their bed, abused and malheated them in
shameful manner. Reused to desperation BY
tAia conduct, Sweet drew knife, and rushing
upon his assai1auts, stabbed Cook 80 that he
Immediately fell dead, and SO wounded Muller
that be too will in a1l likelihood die. swee
| has been arrested, and vii be held in custod.
until an investigation Gan BE- made. :