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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25
TIE CODRTg IN UTdU.

The recent rulings Of tho United States
Courts in Utah. of which correspondent gives
us this morning synopsis, seem to he bring
ing the Mormon question TO Crisis Inc
great difficulty in the way of executing the
Federal laws in Mr.. Brigham Y0ung's colony
has been the existence of territorial code
and rules of practice, n Territorial Attorney
General. and other officers elected by the
Mormon Legislature, Territorial Marshais to
summon Mormon jurics, and Mormon Probate
Courts upon which extraordinary powers had
been conferred by the Mormon Legislature
With the machinery of justice thus i'll their
own hands, the Saints have been able to defy
the statute aud common law, and protect Their
neople in the commission Of any outrage upon
the Gentilcs or any violation of the acts OF
Congress. All these points have been before
the u. s. Courts this Autumn, and decision
has been given against the MormOns on all OF
them Ii has been held that jurors are to DC
summoned by the United States Marshal that
a Territorial Acknowledgement has no locus
standi in the Federal Courts, that the Mormon
codes and rules of procedure are not to he
recognized, and that the jurisdiction OF the
inferior courts in limited not by the laws OF
the Territorial Legislature bat by the laws of
the United States. The Importance of these
decisions, if they he sustained by the higher
tribunals, can be seen at glance. Let the
Courts declare the law, and the Government
will take care to execute it; let juries convict,
and there need be no insuperabe difficulty in
carrying out the proper penalties. The GENTLE
population will of course increase rapidly now
that the Territory has been opened by tho
railway, Gnd with this increase the difficulty
in obtaming honest jurics will disappear.
But Chief-Justico Mexican has dsalt another
blow at the power of the Prophet which will
prove hardly less serious than the recent de-
cisions respecting the Courts The law pro-
vides that when an alien applies to he natural
lied the Court shall first ascertain to itS salts
faction " that he is a man of good moral char
"actcr, attached to the principles of the Con-
"slitui0n of the United States, and well dis
"posed to the good order oil the same" and
under this provision the Chicf-Justice has re-
fused to naturalizc polygamists. We have no
doubt that his decision is sound III law. and
will have q pcrccptble effect III checking the
growth of the Mormon State. Leave the colony
to it's natural increase by births and we shall
in time overcome it by healthy immigration,
which if il do not outnumber the pOlygamistS
viii before long OutyOtc them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25
TIE CONSPIRACY 1T METZ.

The story of the negotiations between the
ex-Empress Eugene, Marshal Bazainc, and
Count bismarck, which we publish this morn
ing is Of true) one of the most curious chapters
in the history Of the war; a private gentle
man, with an enthusiasm for the imperial
dynasty and taste for volunteer diplomacy,
seems 10 have constituted himself neSotator
of scheme upon which depended not only
the destinies of France, but probably TIE
political future OF half the continent He Oh
tanned the consent of the cX-Enpress to Try
his skill and the permission of Bismarck to
pass to and fro through the besieging army at
Metz. He proposed to Bazainc to surrender
on condition that he should be allowed to use
his army in reinstating the Bonapartcs at
Paris, and the Marshal (so he says accepted
the proposal with delight. He induced Gen.
Bourbaki to go to England and confer with
Eugene. He persuaded Bazaine and Bismarck
to agree, or almost agree, to an arrangement
by which Napoleon should be restored and
Alsace and Lorraine given up, All this lac did
without authority from anybody. lie had no
communication with the exEmperor. He had
only an informal consent from the eX-Empress
to see what he could do. He had no Gre
dentials to show anybody except photograph
with the Prince Imperiais autograph on it!
Yet Bismarck trusted him, Bazane trusted
him. Bourbaki trusted him. The negotiations
fell through partly because BOurbaki refused
to proceed with them, but principally because
Eugene would not consent to restoration at
the expense of Alsace and Lorraine, declaring
that she valued the interests of France more
than the interests of the dynasty.
We print the story as we find it but it is
very suspicious. NJ. Rcgnier, the volunteer
negOtiator appears from bis own account to
be gentleman of wonderfully little common
sense, and not at all the kind of person who
would be taken on trust by Bismarck and
Bazane in the extraordinary manner he has
described. Portions of his narrative indeed
bear the appearance of truth. There IL little
doubt that Bazaine entertained some such
scheme as NJ. Regnier processes to have sug-
gested, or that Bourbaki's mysterious mission
was preceded by visit from some imperial
agent outside of Metz. Our correspondent
in London tclcgraphed us several weeks
ago that BOurbaki, after an interview with the
Empress, refused to proceed in the matter for
which his aid was required, and thus far VIC
story of Regner is corroborated by known
facts OF current beliefs. 1t was easy, however,
for an adroit pamphleteer 10 manufacture out
of these materials sensational narrative like
that before us and though it would be pleas.
ant to believe that the ex-Emprcss really dis
played the patriotism and good sense attr.b-
uted to her, we are not prepared to believe II
on the simple assertion of the unknown autb0s
of the romance of NJ. Regnier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25
THE Day AFTER THANKSGIVING.

In Massachusetts they have a custom by
which they mark Thanksgiving Day. peculiarly
touching and beautiful. Two convicts, selected
by the Warden of the State Prison, are that
morning given their unconditional pardon.
Our own Governor this year initiated in some
measure this example, by RENTING the sentence
of young Cary, who was to be hung to-day,
to Imprisonment for life. In Cary's letter to the
citizens of Syracuse he says: 81 will think of
"what you lave done for me on the 25th of
"this month. When that hour comes then |
"can say, To-day would have been my last day
"on earth if it had not been for the kind
"hearts who saved me from it," In another
letter, not meant for publication, written to
his mother. the "poor drunken penness muir
"dcrcr," as he calls himself, breaks into a
bOyish transport of gratitude and rejoicing for
the miserable fragment of Gagged life granted
to him, which is beyond measure natural and
pathetic. ooh, mother! asked God to spare
enc another year, and he has! Oh, how can
al thank him for it / have time to repent;
al will not idle my time but try to serve the
"rules of the prison and my God until he
calls me away. Oh mother, never forget
"GOd think or the gallOws two weeks from
"to-day ~
Carys letter, or the dreadful subject of le-
gal murder which it suggests, was not likely
to he the text of many Thanksgiving sermons.
Perhaps it is just as well they were not. 1t is
good for MS, OH one day of the year, TO look
at Gods works only, and be blind to man and
his mistakes. When the Great Teacher meant
to give TO his followers the deepest insight
into divine truths, He led them into solitary
places, up to the mountains, or into the ripe
wheat fields, where the brook Kedr0n ran
singing to the sea. 1t was not amiss if for
this one day we stopped to thank God for His
great glory as we see it in following harvest
fields III the sunshine and cold air which come
pregnant with new life for the earth grown
weary with her years work OF if we looked
back TO trace the same renewing power i'm our
own histories, TO find the same Divine
touch laid upon our lives IA ON the
rough hnsked seed, bringing out of eacb what
ever strength OF beauty or use Law in if. On
Thanksgiving Day one is more ant to sing his
own secret hymn than to join in the great
chorus. 1t needs something of the poets eve
TO see God in the clouds or hear Him in the
wind to recognize Him IA the spirit of life
brooding in the uncOunted germs hidden in
the chilled mold, as in the warming beam
which wakens them but the lowest type of
man kEows who has saved his loved ones
from death, WHO has given him prosperity or |
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25
Ne&o-2lork Duly Grib2u1e'
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1870.

The Prussian advance on Amens has received check
The bOmhardment OF ThiOuyiilc is becoming stil
more furious a portion Of the town being again III
flames == A Prussan fTig8te is cruising OFF tie
Azores 1t is reported that Turkey will not tolerate
any infringement Of the Treaty of Paris. ==-= Tie
North German Parliament met yesterday. === Re
publican ineurrection is imminent in Spain. -
Spanish war vessel has been wrecked the coast Of
Cuba
Secretary Cox denies that he intended issuing patent
for tie PauOchorand estate TO the New Idia Company
60 Gen Jour Ian has been appointed Assessor OF tie
IIId Sew-York District, vice Michael Seaman. = The
health Of ChieJustce Chase continues steadily to i'm
Prove. == Thanksgiving Day was generally observed
throughout the country Tie Army OF the Cumhcr
land met in Cleveland Yesterday Gen Garfield deliver
ing q eulOgy on the late Gen. George H. Thomas.
Thanksgiving Day celebrated in New-York an'
Brooklyn by suspension OF business, church services
target excursions charitable dinners &c. So Weston
failed In his second attempt to walk Ii9 miles in "a hours
Dizziness compelled him to stop at 9:,s lass night, in hi
e7-th mile and to rest until O'Clock this morning.
Thermometer, 81, 80, ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25
BITENTS IND INTENTORs.

Tho letter from Washington of Mr.. ". c.
Dodge, discussing tho treatment Of Inventors
and Inventions by our Government cmbOdieS
what appear to bo facts which merit grave
consideration. They can hardly fail TO com
mand attention.
AZ TO the purchase OF Inventions by our
Government, the system is liable to such fla
grant abuse that We are not prepared to recon-
mend it.
If Mr. Dodge understood us to rcproach or
seek to prejudice the British Legation or
II. b. Ms Lords Of the Admiralty for looking
into an American Invention with intent to
purchase il, if found valuable, he surely mis-
took MS. knowing nothing of Nr. Sherman or
his discovery, VIC regretted that the latter had
not been tested at home rather than in Great
Biitain-that was all
But our Patent Laws seem to need an
amendment which will asSimiiate them, in an
important respect, to the British. The Patent
Office here as there, should simply register
claims to have made inventions or discoveries
in their order, without undertaking to pro-
nOunce upon their novelty or value and all
questions thence arising should be taken
directly to the Courts, and there settled.
This is the British rule on the subject and
il is much better than ours. Let the inventor
make whatever claims he will. and let the
Courts determine their validity. Our laws
give the Commissioner and his Examiners
entirely too much power-power which the
best f,mctionaries might abuse through
defect Of information or error Of Judgment
which the worse certainly do and GiH use
most unrishteOusiy. Let them DO cut down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25
SHOPS or DESIGNS.

We suggested tie other day the establish
ment Of q training school for nurses, as IN
effective and speedy mode of helping women
who want q livelihood and are willing to work
for it, Another, equally quick and effective,
would DO the opening Of workshop of design.
Large numbers of women, Of more or less
artistic ability, receive cducatiOns To fit them
as designers, cngravers on wood or steel,
colOrists Of drawings or photographs; but after
the education is obtained, fail to find employ
ment. The large majority of these are young
girls OF gentle and reserved home training,
anxious TO support themselves, yet, from old
prejudiceS, with which tho rest of us may or
may not synIpathize not quite prepared to
leave the secnsion of home to open shops, or
IN any manner f0rce their way in public. On
the other hand, manufacturers of carpets, wall
paper, gas-iixiures, all handicrafsmen, in fact,
by whom models of form or color are used
ere III daily need of new designs, and willing
to pay well for them. There il, however SO
lar as women are concerned, no way in which
the producer and consumer of this kind Of
work can bc brought into contact.
No workshop, We believe, is now attached to
any Academy of Design in the country.
When some years ago there was one in Phila-
dolphin, women through it supplied with de-
signs all the principal manufacturers of that
city. Now. men have almost in every instance
supplanted them, simply from the inability of
the majority OF women to push themselves into
notice. An institution of the kind we suggest
would AT once b3come self-supportng. De-
signs for oil kinds of manufactures for which
NpsI ura iatt Ia. Mt no.
and brought there by tho women; the
wonld gladly embrace
the chance of freeing Themselves from the
which fow men (mostly foreigners)
now hold Of this branch of trade. Most of
the large houses for producing carpets, shawls,
ifon work. etc, support designer, with whose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

We do most heartily condole with our friends u
the sock and buslin II is the mort fearful and de-
pressing thing not merely 10 be made love to againa
ones viii but 20 be pursued By an adoref pertins
ciously: TO be waylad and addressed by stra'agemL
to be PLAGUED day and night by profes ions Of INDY.
ing attachment; to We iusanoly worshiped-that mns
be horrible misfortune and one which private people
usually escape. We lately mentioned tie SUFFERING
in this way Of Miss LYDIA Thompson, whose anguish
must have been particularly acute because her en-
amored was person Of the female persuasion. Now
il appears that the respectable Scion ShiHgie
suhject to unwecome protestations. The lady hyes
in Titnsvlle Pa but whether she il the daughter Of
thprarent who Struck lie" we don't know. She sends
poor Mr. John L. Owens letters beginning: While
/ live must love you" She says she can't con
quer the prompting Of Lcr heart can't "oyercOms
her burning. ardent affection for you"-with muca
more Of the Lydia Langlsh sort. We should Ike
to see the tace which Mr. Owens pulls when he gets
one OF those tender epstes But how did this speci-
mon of them now before US happen to get into the
newspapers!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

Ii is rather strange that man of VI. Re-
mans acumen should imagine that there is any
exclamation worth a penny Of The late En-
peror of France, in saying Of him that he
owes his fall to tho fatal coupscls which pre-
sumptuons and narrow minded generals and
vain or ignorant diplomatists gave him !"
as If ability TO discriminate between wise and
vain advisers were not one of the disiinguish-
ing marks of true royalty. There have been
monarchs before who showed the same mabil-
ity to rate those surrounding the throne cor
rectly; but it is universally agreed that they
cut but lamentablc figure in history. man
who is not self-poised and able to command
and to determine for himself Ia prctty sure
to como 10 grief vixen he puts on the crown
and the purple. If Louis Napoleon. ia private
ald personal force, WAS no better than the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

Careful business men, observing the rapid
exhaustion of the wheat-felds of the West
under our wasteful and exhausting culture,
have been for some time looking to the Valley
of the saskatchewan and the country there
abOuts as probably the finest body of unOccu-
pied agricultural lands now left on the CONT
nent. letter printed on our third page tells
the remarkable story Of the means Ivy which
the rapid progress OF our gigantic internal i'm
provcments is bringing this region of almost
fabulous richness as near us as Chicago was
twenty years ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

The Kansas City Bulletin Clissouri) is Bit
terly hostile to Protection, yet denounces the
reduction of duty Oh Pig Iron from 90 to 81
per tun, which il about to take effect. 1t says :
"Where thousand men are employed in mining and
smelling. perhaps hundred employed in rolling
iron. The profits OF the monoposts are IN the rolling
mills and founderes rather than In the blast furnaces
Congress throw out concession last Winter In reduc-
ton Of the duty Fig Iron Let see bow much OF
concession II really was II enabled the ronc-nill meD
who are Of all monoposts the most bloated to choose
between American ana foreign smclted iron. II put in
their hands the power 10 Cypress not only the consumers
OF rolled iron, but the producers OF the meta-inaGe
them absolute masters OF the Observation-Disclosures
holding both producers aid in grip which,
without figure Of speech, be said 10 he OF ron."
- The Bulletin will bear in mind that The
TRIBUNE opposed this reduction as step
backward. We wish to smelt more Ore, not
less, in our own country, and buy less, whether
in the form of Pig or more advalced, from
Europe. We believe the road to cheap Iron
lies through its abundant production among
liz, insuring vast labor-saving improvements
in every process from smelling ore to making
the finest Steel. Such are the aims of "thc
"monopolsts' organ SO styled by certain
courteous contemporaries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

or guarantee satisfactory peace; hno''''o
the incorporation of Alsaco ana 'oe'n'," q"
:. rodress;pc the results of former nniortlh''o
.mars.u borcs for a prompt conclusion OF
bcet;l;,ics by definite triumph; refers
-.',,a,I,, to the Eastern question, and con-
e,,',t.,i.tcs the Assembly on The prospect Oh
s',n oxteDdinc TO Southern Germany the
:,'ti,,,,ious Of the Confederation, and closes
,,.;.h tbc usrnl effective Inscriptions of graft
h,dc and praise to Heaven for I'll Its ia'orS'
II is likely that the recent enormous successes
NAV give Il certain acceptance to every utter
once of the King. Bat it would be hard 10
inlnciuo state paper at such time ana
occasion moro devoid of inspiration! or original
suggestion. --
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

The celebration of Thanksgiving yesterday
In this city was Singularly quiet and holue-
like. Even the criminal classes seem TO have
been touched with the spirit of the day, and
the police reports give shorter list of dis
turbances than is usual on holiday. Else
where the observance was general.
Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in Berlin
by the American colony with fervor and
JUNCTION unchilled by the thousand leagues OF
distance. Our feilow-citizen, the Hon. John
Bigelow, delivered the conventional address
At the dinner which followed, beside Mr..
Bancroft and Mr. Bigelow, several members
of the Prussian Cabinet attended and made
speeches, catching the genial contagion of the
hnur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

Breckenridge MOI lcasts the latest and strangest
lu2usa lad without any ears. the orifce, If we may
use Che word, being entirely grown over. what's
odder it, that he hears with his mouth. Imagine the
picturesqueness OF concert-room filled with folk
similarly afflicted and gaping for tie solos AID SYM
Enthusiastically gaping oven now they 50 often
cape YEARLY. Tie absence Of ears would seem TO
indicate in this youth such a complete absence Of
those donkeyfied elements which sometimes detract
from the dignity of Human Nature, that we cannot
but express the hope that the boy may be educated
with view to his becoming a Member Of COngreA
If he were only dumb he would be perfect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

work they are obliged TO DO satisfied, whether
bad or good. In the mode we propose, the
best work, IA in other lines Of business, would
commlnd tho best price. Contracts could be
entered into between tho woman artist as wei
rs the man, ard the manufactnror, if it was
thought most convenient and the Workshop or
middlo-man thus dispensed with. Such con-
tracts ore held by some women of good artistic
capabilities in New-Fugand and Philadelphia,
and faithfully fulfilled. The expenses Of the
design-shop could be dofroycd by n small por
centago from buyer and seller.
Whatever may be the differing opinions Of
thoughtful men with regard 70 woman's suf-
frage, there ia not one who IL not anxious to
clear every obstacle ont of her path which
binders Ter from earning her own living if
induced to DO so by her wish, or her necessity;
and who would not, for the sake Of his own
wife and daughters, shield her in her new
work as Ear as no could from contact with
hardship or yulgarity no kind Of work opens
n wider door than this, or draws woman
less from the desirable scclusion OF home
There may not be many great artists among
women, but there is a largo ard generally diff
fused amount Of artistic taste, or skill, or
nicely of manipulation, which qualities them
to do ordinary work; md ordinary work OF
this kind, especially wOod-engraving, Is
more rcmunerativo than sewing OF the
lower kinds Of teaching, besides being
in as constant and as large demand.
Unless, however, some establishment such
as we suggest is opened, the work rarely
reaches wOmen's hands; the men who have
control of il are not likely 20 stand aside TO
make way for weaker, though perhaps as
capable, competitors. The mistake made by
women seeking new careers ia that they all
push into the highest intellectual departments;
O woman with the capacity and manual adroit-
ness which would fit her for an ordinary
handcraft must be the Caesar of the rostrum,
or nothing; in her new-fledged ambition she
forgcts how the great majority of men con-
tent themselves with subordinate employment
Ono workshop of design will accomplish more
practical good tLan dozen conventions. Ia
the course of six months the competition would
relieve manufacturers Of the exceptionally high
rates which they are now compelled to pay,
while women now unable to find any work
would be well paid as designers. Ethogialh-
ers, japanners, and wood ongraycrs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

Bourbons, than the last two Louiscs and
Charles Xth, of what avail WA tho Rcvolu-
tinn which placed this sham sage and inefficient
statesman upon tho throDef Who does through
another, does himself. The tmo il coming. 1t
is indeed already here, when the world must
determine, and specially that part Of the world
called France, whether Louis Napoleon is TO
no held personally responsible for the bloody
beginning of his reign and for the disasters OF
its conclusion. But ono horn of the dilemma
is IA bad as the other Weak or wicl,cd--what
difference docs it make Us to the main qncs-
linnY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-25

Major Pooro Of Tie Poson Journal WIN -
already at work in Washington, PREDICTS "a "a,
aud festive Winter" u rather excites our arpreLsr.
sion 10 read that the lobbyists are thus early On.
crossed by their preparations for the campagn-,c,
the dining and drinking, for the breakfasting ana
supporting. without which, II would sppear, inteDl
gent and profitable legislation is impossible 9Th.
Southern Pacific Railroad" has leased tie Reverb,
johnson house, and the name Of Reytrdy isey.
treInely suggestive If warm work for the cook and
OF busy fine for the butler. Lovely woman win
irradiate the entertainments; and--we did NJ mea,
to make the quotation, but we Iaust--all win 2.
4" merry A. a narraee-bell" l. is at least dvertins
20 imagine sometimes an IDEAL Legislator. Hsmos;
remarkable pecularity would be the entire absence
Of stomach. The greatest blow which could fan
upon the Lobby Estate would be an epidemic Of dy,
pepsia IN tie halls If Congress. A general loss Il
appetite affecting tie entire delegation would ven
much Strengthen the foundations Of the Gov M
meht. However, we must not complain. There ia
comparative virtue in vending ones vote Only fs
victuals; tho sffense seems yeuial, when one con
sders the general quality Of the Washington boanl
ing-hOuses and hotels.