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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-12

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-12

THB EISTH NATIONAL BANK NEv.YoKE. Jau. u, 1870
A L q meeting Of the Shareholders of this
"a Baok held this the OONius gentlemen elected to
for the ensuing
BARNET L. SOLOMON. THOS. A. WISE. IT,
NM. A. KOBBE. j DAYTON
J.. WIItTEHOuSR. PEEBLR
CLIO. A. FELLOWS. &. COIBURS
CLEMENT s PARSONS
At subsequent meeting Mr. YYSB unanimously irec
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11
REyELS, TIE NEGRO SENA-
TOR.

"Mack" writes as follows from
Washington
"They tell a good thing On Rev
els, which causes me to doubt the
confidence of the Radicals in his in
telligence and 10y atty. A few days
ago Wilson, in conversation with
Judge Thurman, remarked, by way
of a pleasant joke, that as there
We're no vacant seats on the Repub-
lican side Of the chamber they had
concluded 10 give ReveIs a desk
next TO HIM C~rhurmah). Wilson
thought thurman would enter a SO.
rious protest. but he didn't. He
jumped at once to a practical view
of the matter and replied, "All
right. Put him next to me. and
I'll have him voting with the DEM
ocrats on every question that comes
up IN less than q week" Wilson
didn't laugh any more-and Rsvols
wasn't seated next To Thurman
The Radicals took him to their own
side, evidently regarding him as a
tender lamb of the fold, IN need of
o little nursing"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11
THE INCOME TAX.

The inquisltorIal enactment known
as the Income Tax Law, is not grow
ing popular as it grows older
Day by day its evils and injustice,
its curruptions and inqulsitoriul
provisions become moro fully &C.
veloped. The New York Indeper-
dent, which has the stomach to
swallow, without a grImace, almost
ally Radical pill, comes out against
IT. .
1t believes it to be corrupt IN its
influence, unequal and unjust IN its
application, ihquisitorlal and often
sive to the taxpayer, as well as abb
soIutely condemned by all the stan
dard writers on political economy,
and the very last mode of taxation
that should be adopted and the vc-
~ first to be abandonei-inasmuch
as it is an anti republican anomaly
that should be removed from the
revenue system. In the estimation
of that paper it Is q war tax, aImis-
sable only in extreme emergencies
of the Treasury should be strictly
limited to then.
'And yet" says the Independ-
ent, "the tax still exists so far as we
We q judge of the temper of the
present Congress, it is likely to ex>
list for some time to come, unless
the people promptly arouse them
selves to procure its repeal. We
have noticed that nearly all our ex-
change papers condemn it ; The se-
enlar press of New York City is all
bat unanimous in opposition TO it +;
We have talked freely with income
taxpayers, and have yet to find the
first one who is IN favor of 1t we
believe that throughout the country
those who pay the tax are offended
and dlsgnsted with its continuance.
and would heartily rejoice it the
law ievyIng it were expuDged from
the statute book Of the nation !; and
yet Congress has taken DO step IN
the direction of removal, but rather
In the opposite, so far as 1T has act
ed at all. The occasion for the tax
has ceased, while both the execu-
tive and legislative departments
OF the Government seem disposed TO
hold on to IT., as IF it were a proper
and normal tax in time of peace"
Then follows a discussion OF both
the manner and necessity Of It's re.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11
Stltt misttuang.
THOMAS PAINE.

A few weeks since I stood by the
grave of Thomas Paine, in the town of
New Rachel'e. A plain m~nument
marks the site Of his former home and
his final resting-place. Erected by a
few friends, it is covered with signif-
IAN quotations from his poiitico relig-
ious writings. As l stood there and
reflected on his genius, his apparent
power and his real weakness, l thought
of Christ's striking prophecy, and his
singular historical fulfllment "On
whomsoever this stone shall fali, it
shall grind him to powder"
Thomas Paine's career was full of
promise. lie welded apen whose pop
ular power has rarely been equaled,
never, perhaps, excelled. His Rights
of Man." published in England during
the exciting scenes of the French Re-
volution, reached the unparalleled cir
culation of over a million of copies
His Common Sense" published six
months before the Declaration ofInde-
pendence, is said to have severed the
Iast links that bound the colony to the
mother country. Six days before the
battle of Trenton the LIST number of his
American Crises" was read at the
head of every regiment, and first a.
reused, it is said, the dropping ardor
of the disheartened people.
When at length the independence
was secured, to which his various SER
ice in the cabinet, the field, and with
the pen had afforded no mean conclu-
sion, no honors seemed to a triumph
ant republic too great to be lavished
upon him. General Washington re-
ceived him with peculiar honors as,his
guest. The National Congress appro-
priated $4,000 as a testimonial of a ma
TONS esteem. New York presented
him with a magnificent estate of three
hundred acres at New Rochelle. Penn
~sylVania voted him a gratuity of 81
500 New Jersey offered him a home.
stead within her borders. Virginia
failed only by a single vote in the temp
ted appropriation to him of tract of
land valued at $4,000 at is doubt
full" says the historian Botta, "wheth-
er any writer V e possessed q higher
degree the art of moving and guiding
the multitude at his will. "No writ
er," says Thomas jefferson, "has ex-
ceeded Paine in familiarity of style, in
perspicuity of expression, happiness of
calculation, and in simple and unassu-
ming language"
Such was the man who, drinking in
the irreligious philosophy OF the French
Encyclopedias, undertook in his
Gage of Reason" at the end of an 9th
erwise memorable life, to subvert the
principles and undermine the authori-
ty of the Christian religion. He did
not deny, but asserted the existence of
God, the claims of conscience, and the
reality of an immortal existence boz
yond the grave. He simply set his
lance in poise to demolish the Cross of
Christ. In vain did Benjamin Frank
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11

impossible barrier. People looked
and those in front whispered hur-
riedly TO those behind. The NOM
ent they hai passed, the open space
illen mp as If by magic, and there
was violent pushing toward the
front.
In a little while they had passed
through tho crowd and were ex-
changing salulations with the Pros
idential party.
Then began a scene, one long to
be remembered ; the present IN
cumbents of the White House will
never forget 1t.
People forget them, or iithey did
remeH. Der them, they didn't care to
show it. Some one said "There
is the man who ought 10 have been
President" and the sentiment I'M
mediately spread.
In less time than it takes to tell
it, the scene of the reception shift
ed and the actors had changed pla.
ces. General and Mrs. Mcclellan
were for the time being tho Presi-
dent rnd his wife ; and General and
Mrs. Grant "outsiders"-nobody.
The real President grinned and
grimaced, and, as Is his habit when
IN social troubles, pIucked at his
beard. II was comical to wa:ch the
look of cbagrin and annoyance on
his face, is lie in turn watched the
scene at his elbow ; but what could
he do
The situation was desperate be-
yond hope, and until his unwilling
rival had quilted the field of his tri-
umph, he stood there in blank des.
pair. Relief came at last. howev-
err ; but not until the reception had
come to an end.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11
Sale OF the Rex Farm.

In pursuance OF an order grated OF the
PROBATE Coart OF SOrgan county, Ohio,
We VIII Offer Tor sale at public auction on
saturday, March l2ih, 1870, at IL o'ePk.
a. N: upon the premises, the following
described real estate situate in Mspches-
ter township Morgan county. Ohio. kaowu
as the Rex Farm" and described "a foI-
lows :
Situate in The township of Mancbss4e-
Morgan county, Ohio, to-wit- Situate in he
southwest quarter Of section five (S) town
ship seven (7) range ten Cl0l beginning at
the northwest corner Of said qua. ter; thence
on said line to the fence at the northeast
corner Of the orchard; thence with said
fence so as 70 include the orchard in q
south direction TO the margin or top o. the
oeneh or break Of the creek ; thence along
the topor margin Of the bench or break Of
SAID creek TO the south line of said quarter ;
thence west to the corner of said quarter :
thence north half way along said quarter ;
thence west two~thirds across the southeast
quarter Of section six IN township and range
Aforesaid thence north to the north line of
said quarter (; thence east TO the place of
beginning, containing one hundred and If
" acres, more or less ALSO, part of the
northeast quarter of said section six, COM
mencing at the southeast corner of said
quarter thence north IL dogs. east $685.
poles /; thence north SO degs. west 1910
poles /; thence north So dogs. west 23.6
poles ; thence south 25E degs. west 52.32
poles thence south ~ degs. west lS
poles ; thence south So degs. west ga
poles thence south So degs. west 1920
poles thence south 45H dogs. west 1920
poles T; thence south IS degs. east I04.I2
poles to the place Of beginning, containing
2S.Sl acres. The first Of said above tracts
being subdivision No. 5 Of said section five,
and Sub. No. 5 Of said section six. and tho
second tract being subdivision No. 8 OF
said section six. as shown by the plat of
the sind sections 5 and six, in the county
Auditors Office.
Appraised at S7l50.OO. Terms Of sale
oRe-ihird cash on day OF sale, One-third ia
twelve months, and balance in twenty-iour
months, deferred payments TO bear inter
est and be secured by mortgage on the
premises.
SAMUEL D. HARPER,
LUCIUS P. CULVER,
Executors OF the viii of James Harper.
E NJ. 5tanbery, Atty.
Feb II. I870-4w.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11

lin beseech him to repress q work so
shocking to the religious s~ensibilities
of mankind. Among u.s." said the
sage, sit is not necessary. as among the
Hottentots, that a youth to be raised
into the company of men should prove
his manhood by beating his mother"
Paine persisted. His "Age of Reas-
on for the moment outrivaled the
wide spread popularity ofhis Common
sense and his Rights of Man" The
church o fChrist seemed for the nom.
ent to tremble under the blow. Christ
ian men feared for the safety of their
faith before an attack so audacious.
from pen SO powerful. But the lance
that struck the cross of Christ was shi-
Yered into q thousand pieces in his
hand.
His assault was as powerless to move
the Rock of Ages as the thunderstorm
to shake the granite hills over whose
heads its harmless anger plays. The
stone which the builders refused fell
upon him and ground him to powder.
He is left without a sect and almost
without a follower. His services to
liberty have been obliterated from the
memory of mankind by assaults upon
religion. He is known to but few
save as the representative of the
sest in6delity. Even the broad mind
ed Quakers wonld not yield to his
bones a final resting pace in their
Christian burial ground. He was in
TERED upon his farm. Half a century
ago, from his violated tomb, his remains
were removed to England. An enthu-
siastic friend anticipated for them
there . warm welcome. But none was
so poor as TO do them reverence. Dis
persed, as by the judgment of Almighty
God, not eve the place of their final
burial was recorded. His works have
well nigh disappeared from fame, his
very bones from their grave. And the
name and life of Thomas Paine remain
a monumental testimonial to the truth
of the prophecy. ION whomsoever it
shall fall, it shall grind him to pow
e r."-lRev.r Lyman Abbott, in the
Christian Monitor.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11
HOnOrS TO GeneraI and Mrs.
Mcclellan "A Double Reeep-
ton ut the White House
1.-THE Man WhO ought 10 have
been President

A Washington correspondent gives
the following incidents of a White
House reception on Washlngton's
birthday
"Mrs. Grant held another Of her
afternoon receptions to>day from 2
TO 4 o'clock. 1t was by far the lar
est and most brilliant of any given
thus far this season. 1t was also
in a way highly sensational ; for,
instead of one, the public really at
tended two receptions, of which the
more unexpected was peahaps the
more welcome and significant
General and Mrs. Mcclellan held
this latter, and that not only with
in the halls of the Presidential man.
sion, but in the famous Blue Room
itself, with Mrs. Grant and q gorg-
eousIy attired retinue standing a
cote, and witnesses of the scene from
beginning to end.
1t happened in this wise. The
reception was at its height. The
whole suit of gorgeously furnished
rooms was crowded with people
The living tide was surging and
tossing with old-timed restlrssness
through the channels marked out
By the four rooms and the long cor
rider, thrown open on occasions of
ceremony like this for the last score
of years or more. Many had come
and bowed at the shrine of Presi-
DENTAL greatness, nodded promise
nous greetings among the crowd,
and squeezed away through the
long files Of lncomers, and had
gone.
Othors were left, however, to fill
their places. Mr.. the President had
come in late from attending a fash
ionabIe wedding and was at his
post by the side of Mrs. the Presi-
dent. The countless Dents were
ubiquitous-a power hence happy.
The affair was eliminating.
A carriage drawn by two white
horses drove up to the door. From
1t descended a pale, delicate looking
woman, leaning on the arm of a
handsome military looking man.
They slowly entered the outer door
and passed into the vestIbule.
Somehow a passage opened for
them, where others found only an
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11
TIE ~CADET-SEEEP BUSINESS.

The Investigations of Congress,
rclatITe to the selling of Cadetships
by its members, has caused Two
more ''resi ynations," in addition to
that of Whittemore, Of which we
made mention last week. Messrs.
Golladay, ofKentucky, and Devices,
of North Carolina, have both sig
nifed their willingness to cease
their careers as members. Cola
day, however, has not been able
to get himself out of the difficulty
by rendering his resignation. The
Governor of Kentucky will not nc
cept his resignation, but says his
case will have to be investigated,
and If found guilty, ho will have to
bear the dIshohor of n formal ex-
pulsion. Honest" John CovoJe,
OF Pennsylvania. and divers others,
are said to be guilty of this offense.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11

House. know that while "faith,
full are the words of O friend" there
is not much ease remaining to the
friend who inflcts them. Now, sir,
what did Andrew johnson, IN the
asst year of his administration, es>
innate that he would carry on this
Government for ? He estimated
that he would carry it on for $685.
900, 600, and we cut down the apA
preparations $50 ,OOO, 900 below his
estimate. But his own estimate of
the cost Of carrying on the Govern
ment, which the people at the pulls
declared 10 be prohIgate and unrea.
sOnabIe, was 1903, OOO, 900.
Now, sir. what does our own Ad.
ministration estimate that it will
carry on :he Government for, for
the next year? The sum estimat-
ed for is 1891, O97, las CO an in
crease Gver the last estimate Of the
administration of Andrew Johnson
for l669-70 of S2S, 097,174 G.. But
We cut down his estimates $40, 000.-
600, go that the exact difference be-
tween this book of estimates for
the present administration and the
appropriations made the last year
of Andrew Johnson's adminlstra-
ton Is S49, 6S2,5 OIL.
81 have a right TO complain of
the other end of tho avenue, that
all its professions OF economy
and reduction of unnecessary force
in the Departments, with all the
heraIdine by telegraph. or other
wise Of It's purpose of reduction,
there is mol one Of these Depart.
neLts that does not estimate to-day,
n the book l have before me, for
N increase Of expenditure over the
appropriations of last year, saveon-
y one, and that Is the poor, unpop-
lIar Attorney General. hope it
hot because of this remarkable
RAFT in his character hat IT is con-
at the other end of this
Capitol 10 relieve him from further
service, and TO drive him in
o private lIfe."
Grants admirers will remember
ha. Me- Dawes references to 1.-The
,ther end of the avenue" are direct
on the economical %
frant.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11
The Seven Wonders OF the
World.

The first Of these wonders were
the Pyramids of Egypt. The sec-
ond was tho MausoleIm, or tomb,
built by ArtemIssia, for her hus-
band, MasoIus, King of Caria, in A
STA Minor, at Halicarnassus, B. G..
$50. 1t is now in the British Mu
scum, where it was placed in 1857.
The third was the Temple Of Dian
ma, at Ephesus, which was 455 feet
long, and 225 feet broad. II was
destroyed by fire On the night of
the birth of Alexander the Great,
by a man named E~rostratus, who
perpetrated the reprehensible act
in order. il is said, that his name be
handed down 10 posterity.
The fourth comprised the walls Of
tho hanging gardens of the city of
Babylon. These gardens we're rails
ed in terraces, one above another,
on the tiers of arches /; and reached
BY flights of steps. Flat stones
were laid on the arches, and these
were connected together by blum
en-, and covered by thick sheets of
lead ; earth Of sufficient quantity to
allow trees and shrubs to grow,
was spread on the lea1. The gar
dens were FIVE in number, and in
the form of al ampitheatre.
The fifth was the enormous braz-
en- image of AppoIo at Rhodes, and
which was erected B. G. 200, and
was thrown down by an earthquake
about seventy years afterward. 1t
stood across the entrance to the har.
bur, with each foo. OH the extremi-
ty Of a mole.
The sixth was PhIdiAs' statue Of
Jupiter Olympus which was 81 feet
high, and Was made entirely of
gold and ivory.
The seventh was the Pharos, or
lighthouse, built by P:olemy Phila-
delphus, King of Egypt, which was
built OF white marble, at the en-
trance TO tho barber of Alexandria:
and a light was kept constantly on
the top of it to aid the sailors Of the
Mediterranean IN steering for the
bay.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11

to rake the insurgents lay down
their arms, made them lay down
their spoons and their forks. There
were those also who, sent 10 attack
tho Confederacy at Fort Fisher,
saw In every gray jacket behind
| the bristlIng bayonets there "a true
Prince" and retired son instinct
hike your valiant prototype on Ken
dali Green, moistening their small
clothes in nervous trepids,ion the
while. Not to mention him who ae-
cording 10 the General .in-chief
converted himself into q bottle imp
and corked himself mp IN Bermuda
Hundred. Now, sir, / mention
these historical facts, OF which,
doubtless, Jour presence at the
front prevented your hearing at the
time of their occurrence. merely for
the sake of proving by the argu-
mentum ad hominem the utter inius-
'ice of your sweeping denuneiat:on
of newspaper men," How would
you like to have your welI-earned
military laurels torn from your
brow by q wholesale censure of all
the commanding officers as a set
Of runaways and spoon-thleves-to
include alike the battle>scarred vet
Grams like yourself, and the bottles
SCARED hero of Bermuda-and to
reduce to one degrading level the
captor of forks and the captor Of
forts You will sec at once how
you will suffer by such IndIscrlmIn-
ate condemnation.
The same Is true of you in that
other and more lofty part you r
now enacting on the public stage /;
showing by your daily acts that
peace hath her votaries no less re-
nowned than war. When you re-
turned your blood-stained sword to
its rusty scabbard and LAID aside
your glittering, but deepIy-dented
helmet of wal to assume the peace
full robes of craftsmanship, did you
not find yourself thrown into the
company of men who sought as the
highest object ofambition the cheap
applause of the groundlings-who
sunk the statesman in tho poli.i-
clan, and both in the demagogue-I
men who would rather be notorious
than right Have you not met
those who preferred the extraordi-
nary role of q Tombs lawyer prac-
in the House of Representa-
TO the office Of judge tc pass
upon the guilt or innocence of an
accused member I? And all because
It was apt to attract attention. and
because, next to well-deserved
lime, there is nothing so good as
Eell-earned infamy in the opinion
Of such men. This is another in
stance IN which your great name
and reputation would suffer by the
reversal Of the doctrine Of the a.
which you seek TO apply
to newspaper men" in making all
sGffer for the sins of one. II would
degrade you to the level of him
who, failing to ecure the honor Of
chief prosecutor in the Whittemore
case, volunteered his Services as
chief defender. / might quote fur
Their illustrations, but l forbear.-f
. word to the just and generous,
IKE q word TO the wise, is sufii-
/ have the honor TO be, very res
pectfully, yours, MACK"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-11
"MACK" ADDRESSES A LET.
TER TO BUTLER.

In the Whittemore case. which ter
minated in that Carpet Bagger be-
ingforced TO resign his seat in Con-
gress, Butler SAID hard things of
newspaper men and, ~thereupon,
Mack writes from Washington as
follows:
WASHINGTON, Feb. q, 1870.
1t SO happened that there was II
newspaper correspondent mixed up
in the investigation of the sale of
cadetships to the extent Of having
been one Of the parties to make the
offer to buy Whitttmore's appoint
ment. He was negotiating for a
third party, and knowing something
of the man he was dealing with, he
approached Whittenore with a
plain offer, which l believe was ae-
eepted. Whereupon Old Diabolus
takes occasion to make a sweeping
denunciatIon of all newspapers and
all editors and writers. 1 thought
the opportunity agood one to stake
my pen N hand and write him
these few lines to let him know /
was we'll and hoping they would
find him in the same condition
WASHINGTON, Feb. &c, 1870.
To the Honorable General Benia-
min Falstaff Butler:
Non BrdUe Generol It not
q little unjust in you to include in
one indiscriminate denunciation all
newspaper men," as you style
them, because of the dIshonorable
act of one? There is always more Or
lees of injustice in such sweeping
and all-embracing COMBINATIONS,
but especially is this true when the
object of 1T Is a profession including
50 many shades of intellectual and
moral character as the press, of ne
cessity, does, You, who have won
the applause of your countrymen,
first as a brave soldier of the Re-
public, fighting battles and saving
its honor and integrity, and then as
a great statesman, harvesting for
the benefit of future generations the
precious fruits of your proves IN
the field, should be the last TO adopt
such a standard of criticism. In the
late war there were Generals who
rivaled Flora Temples best time in
putting ten miles between them
selves and the armed hosts of rebel
lion at Big Bethel. There were al
so Generals who conceived the stra-
tegy OF conquering a peace in the
Southwest by storming the side
boards Of New Orleans, and, failing