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IFnEedy Mt 0pe1lka-An Editor KIN.
"a Superintendent Of Educntfon.

's"t %1 oostauaof {t'SoTJN} SNn, AprIa
Passengers hr the West Point rrain. which
arrived st 65 T. N, tell us of tragedy shich
occurred At 0peuka, Alabama. res,eidaT It
noon. f Eas the killing Of Dr. Snmme1forti.
SuTerintsndent OF Educa6on Of Lee County
y " Howard J. Hanill. one Of the editors
OF thu 0pelka Locomotive. and son or
nephew Of Rev. E. J. HAmiu- Both tha
PARTIES concerned were young men. aud With
out Amihes. Their ages are about n yeas.-
The difficulty srose about Newspaper charY<,z
Eaah had published the other,
They met yesterday 1t Il m, near the cs1a-
beose some $50 yards in front Of the urinri..1
babel Parties near BY saw sannmer{arri v;th
> cooked pistol in his right hand-the wean@,
being iatnAll cartridge six-ahootar, ;Hsl9n31 ;H9Sn
~as II tfoat leaning With hia Ieft hand On =
stick. his aeht hand being in -lis psnts,oo.ss w
pocket. Some words passed, whsn Hazuiii .1s srds
denly sishdres his ha1d and fred = c.1.1;1ss s1a,
Fl his:9,l ss sa@meste.d. The ban struck him n 81
" Hamll w1s arrested, cstded fnto -, Ts.la.
h9ass, and when .Ae train lett 1t .. ~ H. ds tb
hsa1ins nasnse snmms,o. "a oenae..otins z postpone
County. and had been sent fQr. n'S {" Lea
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enormous expenditure and committed, to
endless taxation An that Il needed to have
good tescher in my town in this county,
Is for the school ofacess 10 oaar q fair
saAtJ. An long as thsyigive poor pay, they
WI have poor ta.ching, and the Normal
School cannot change that law for, atterpur
Normal School shal1 have filed tho United
stAtes with teachers, they will aow over
into canaaa, san Domingo and tho Sand
wich Islands before they will accept aess,
lay lhnn their services arc worth
, 1870-04-15

Chief Justice Chase has made A cood
bid for the oolored rote in his letter, which
We published yesterday. His special obiec.
IN writing the letter se4ms TO be TO prova.
by liberal quotations from his speeches
t~enty-five years ago, that he was thon the
co'osod mans friend He also takes ooca.
sion to gise uumb OF comfort to the
States Rights people by indicating his wish
that the colored citizen could have owed The
ballot to State action, rather than to
an anendnent Of the National Constitution.
lie also has word in favor of universal
amnesty as the corollazy of universal SUI
frage, and he urges the new voters SO to az
ercise the right Of suffrage rs to prove to
al men their capacity for freedom, sup
porting his femAfka on this head by fur
thar extracts from his speech delivered in
1s45. On the whole, the letter serves To
remind voters, both white and black, that
the Chief Justice is as ready to obey their
mandate to 60 up higher, il he gets it, as
he was two years ago.
In our view, however, Nj. Chase is bet
tor entitled to public esteem for .sRattiuo
mad at tho interference of the, political
hshnch Of the goser1ment with the ftnc-
tons OF tho judicial branch, thin for anv
letter heever wrote in his life.
, 1870-04-15

The Albany Canal Committee report unsni-
mou.ly in favor Of pss;ng on the present canal
debt BIZ new loau. Some facts presented,
though familiar to tho friends OF tho canal, are
worthy Of reproduction, and We give them m
Mief:
!. The Sev York earals arc IN length 900
miles, and have cost in taxation and existing
unpaid debt o1er and beEond their actuAl re-
turns to the Treasury. less thAn Is, OK, 900.
9. They hare brought into existence (years
in advance Of the probable. without their aid,)
1t 1e.st ten States Of tho Union, containing :
population exceeling that OF the whole conn
II! in 1877.
3. 1hey have given ns shs t,snspot.t;o1
in the aggregate, within the List thirrrstv1
JeasH, Of noa1iJ Is, ,4O0, ,o00, 900 OF y.ina ~
property in a15.oQo, 900 of tons Of frel8hs 1,.1,
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Tho officials attribute the 1,onn1ar n,

The officials attribute the popular opposi-
taon to the enforcement Of tho Couscr;p-
ssos Law IN Spain to Cuban gold, as il
TIC general unwilliugness to be shot for a
government which has no past and no fu-
turo, no policy and no principles, needed
explanation Spanish gold alone could
mako man wish to leave home to fight
with yellow fever and bnshwhackers in Gu.
ba. The official theory is probably boz
lowea from Mr. Horace Greeley, who hears
the clink OF British sovereigus in the pock-
ct of every man who does not CIV. morning
noon and night "Gscat is protection, and
Carey (or Kelley, or Greeley, or Dionyaius
Mccarthy, the tyEant Of syracu.e) is it's
prunhetn
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ins s into cuE conezs, By vay Of tails, son, ga
NY. including tho Interest,"
a.. + IT The ro1ta fsuu The, Western lakes ~.
u the Wellana Canal, through the st. $500 L, ~
the internal improvements Of Ii;n,. 49,, NJ.
eonaln, connecting thoss lakes with ~ =, ~ r.
asaippl River, offer rival waterv.ys .1e ~. Ass-
mE lot thts trade The Grand TrnnI Isaa,
great Western Railroads. of Can4da .ni 10
naM 4ulk teotIA and Enc, the penns.fr,rH;i.s H.s
Baltimore Ohio, Virginia Cent,si II. II ala
phls i Charleston Railroads, with tj,s;s ;e lem
e1n connections, axe also rivals. ~ts'-
.. The trade Of tLe West, uhic!, ony,u,,
a4mest exclusively the New York can,ls - sat
seq NO" numbers annually II, ,000. .0O0 of .;'
md increasing at tho rate OF 10 her csr, IN.
Anantn; We GET mono Of this increase at ,,!'. ~
forH carried. A'1s 'ts:es,-
9, ineludlnE -four estimated IL wLca,. ,,u..
aGW,eoo hualels Of: grain wc1o shirnc' TT. =:
lso9. ifoms Wicago, Milwaukee, Toiatn 49,, ~,
Cleveland, by wator, to Canada; dur;,, az al
!ast fom years, neatly 1G 000, 200 ln,,|,,i,' ~
S1a,n, nouE included, have been slIi;,,ssIl :, :,
ogdensburg. During 1869, ircfud;u: 49,. ~
estimated ~ wheat, nearly y6, ,0O0e e1i7 ,u,' n,as
tho aforementioned Western i.ks " ,s..s nm
DnnnS 1859. Including -four es;im,,.1 %
wheat, about n 100000 6usI,e!s Of g.ai:, = - -
eiuPped from Buffalo by raj, being nearlr w.
1nna OF the receipts At thst port ii. the ,.:E
~~N~t " "a wa
OF grain were shipped from 0sveso iv raj q.
onn-iou1th Of the .eceipts Of that pof, I,,, w
lng 1s69, including aour, 2,{0O, ,eOl bush..I, r.
gfalE ~ere received At Erie, Pa, for Ill, IT.
pMa, against Il. $50 bushels in 1866, tnI.- 1tr-
this change in the cuHrse at trade, the ,r.s,.
receipts a philadc1phia have been ,uor- -.
doubled in fonr years. During 1869. of th. 'H
ce1pts at New FORK, including tlour. So,
=, 000 bushels OF erain we're bv rail, ,,,,'
siderable portion Of which xas by roads ,,ia,,
10 this st.to- There Is growing moyrta.,..
q ffelght down the Mississippi to New t,,.
Z; " active competition, between ,te r.,
M:d the West, the State canals have L,.t ,,..
ea.a1ase, IN great measure, Of wLiskey. ,nt.
teIr cheese, lard, bacon, wool, beef. purk. linn
9ahao' also the grain and coal trade il hp;n,
11ss5sea ], seaseS 70 Other routes. In 1863 nr.r]r
-,oN,eoV tons Of vegetable food we're trans,
Potsed On the State canals, while in 1863 tla.T,.
Ncfe onT ~, us tons, being 4 dec1eas,. II
abont 200, 600 toms. @~17' VI
C. e ilie loss Of revenue for the calendar vear
-, N consequence OF atill further diversnu,
N vegetables and food
8. The canals hxse failed to czrv ont c,n,.
,,teteiy the original plan Of enlargement and
ne result Is loss Of irada On q large unuharn1
Imported commodities.
4neee 70 the State, to conuuafca autl tn tho
IS, are important fscts, and give reasons why
ith the West. ' '4e' y ''"o
congress, Just now, is aaked to aid in hu;rax
70 canal from the Ohio River to the Jamea.
e. 20 t6e great railroad from Norfolk 70 tha
nio y also destiny. Lat US at least look h,
faa t>Ae ca8e u our own interests.
, 1870-04-15

From a chapter OF Thuzlow Weeds forth
coming autobiography, which has been
published in advance Of the volume, We
learn something more Of hepsssonal infiu.
ence Of tho " old man in forming Cab;-
nets, and playing with great men as pieces
or pawns upon The political chessboard. In
all Of Mr.. Weeds "reminiscences, he is the
pivotal figure Presidents, Cabinets, Sen
ates and States revo1ve around him, and
the nodezty with which all this is related
gives An additional interest to The story,
1hus be describes that in thu wtnisr of
1865 Ar. Lincoln invited him TO Washing
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THE WHEAT NAREET.

: The impression seems to DO Reneral that
sshard-pan has been re.ched in tba .ha.t
market, and 4 few operators nrofass r. ho
contemplating an advance in nrices Tbs
grounds on which this conc1ns;on ia sr-;xas
ii are TINT tho Eno1;sh farmera ara I,raa,..
disseminating the cn,tnra ~ 1ha.. r.
vser N x;.Sof -. :,,,.......
othe, conn+r;.. 80 ~ sF.:o1 -
of tba wbs.+ c,an ~ 49,.
c1;m.ts THE .a;.. ~. A1
~. asms,a - ,o..,~ ue sase'
snnn,y - CO. nr;.a;n a ~ ss - 4or 'ne
1.l1.;, :-a.~s ~ I.a',. 1AI .et,a WIZ pe
- sestun...s o. &C.. - % oeneseu 'oo' 'na1
naaa. ~ @ ~ a .',a..s asae o.eep' ~, 'ne racine
49, .,,;a ~ ~ y. ~. "Ae1. VIZ pe "aen
- - 80 s 1. AA's' wig !" 'ne iosses
49,. - - w VIC e4'p' y. Tue
;rs 49,: s..s..:o- 80 - 4o 4Af1ness 3fe sofn-
aassas ~ eotn' ana Po1A' ana
s:-e,- .s - 49, u40 4uA4l a,'host e1clu'
h.s.Hi p.'t'ee. - .uAl We soaA
20, -. -1S ~ o"ei LUZ export IN
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Ton to tel him Tint Ill. Fossendsn wss
aoout to resign his place il tho
cs1inot; and .fhe p,,a;aena
wanted hr. Weed to name the iprS;pe,r
SUCCESSOR that ho named Ge.anor MOI
gan' and then they discussed Mccn1looh,
hooper, 9. F:'Adana,; Foster, Hannlinn, and
o.aefs; that finally he undertook to notify
hiosgan, and went to Now York to deter
nl'ac n who should be Morean.s successor in
inc senate- In. The meantime, tho presi-
dent nominated Morgan, who declined and
Then Mr., Weed says he was employed bv
III. Lincoln to get McCnnoch to accept,
aad finally Mr. Lincoln, by the aid OF Alr.
Weed, secured secretary Of the Treasury,
With this statement of fact there is much,
OF oourse showing the deep personal rev.
efence and respect for Mr., Weed by cvary-
body, and the universal acquiescsnce in his
suggestions BY tha President, and tho Sen
ate, and e1erybody else.
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saAASPEARIAN ALMANAC
SOMETHING new

IEo HHle1 cSgiss y r. Annaa1 sHAKBPen1Ar
that tke d!s butcg may b. taade u fspdjT - osaee
* *: .oonld dstn. laros e Rad, ppG "a Or
Tribute thetn tn III. heal.r One q il f14tW1 Z IL
SeEen Agr Of Mans Life. tlustrase4 Il = rast+tsv
manner, Add1ua DR. u PHELPS BROWN. 'H
4 G.aad*s. !sT7ey CO, IT..
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tho court on thai account Tha only entry hn
thneo eases Nas, \! Pkssed : hot tbafa waa no
reason foT passing than, nxoept nsat tho Legal
tender question, supposed to bs involrad il
then, x1s 70 b decided In the other cases.''
The Court khau ordefed the causes to bo eon-
tinued I'll Mopd5y.
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a, oeneI ne.a. BUTLER vas recently the ..canie,.
piece Of ri ebisS Ss9nssn51s mt chewing gum, sseh
1ant;n ana Picture a fy, Nth he ho31 1 ran.
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DECLINE IN OUR Rxp0prs

The Boston Journal in a r.-.,,.-,.
co,rn-.h.,.; 'otJ cle&r nna
Altenens'so a111cle, points ont how tha
mRuufacturinc inta,ost,
.,, " MASSACHUSETTS
nie INJURED by the excessive taYaf;ons IN
which thcv ara u,,,,;n,.n1 nv ~
1n6 aggregate of
exports OF the country for fbe ro.r o,>3:
Deee,n1,a, .cco yoo. c0oAu1
Aooo, Was $a6O, O0O, 900, Of
which there were Of AmAr;.sa
tnraa A9o" haluAac-
sutea
Xannfactures of wood d...- ~. 49, ~.
Hardware, iron. etc. '''''-'-'--' O0o,0oo
Trt,t
~ -:..-', .-...-,..'..... ~. OK, ,ooo
ou1 imports ~efe $350, ,000, 600, Of which
500, 0OD. O{,O 1rera r,,,,ca.ia. ~
' 1 S-o%e1Aoa+ Inc ioSa1En
manufactures no import are 1esu .ho,,
s1on nm nm Stau
SA-o'oo,VV, not equal to one-fourth tha
amount ufct4uefx1 IN l(.ee,,h..a1,
s, - et1eanset1s alone,
A0o less LEAN per cent OF the nrr,1uct ~
the Tinted S+atae r.,, w
o1ou LAese facts the
NeSton journal comments.
sTndeed.we haye MATS arr,,
hrsnrhes sneh - ~ n.sus aucn p!DsffAs In certain
that .e1c not for he hsa dniee On corsos 9esi
taeuid e1o arre,g Il ,soss ~ sh1ss
aat1 by our educated labor and imprnrnd InscHan
, 1870-04-15

The editor of Tho Cedar F.lla ooos.. u,,
a. aeT na aass 49, sha0eoEed to fight duei, b.
Ar. 1cofHe b. hhAvj late editor 0t tbs Minus.
neapolis Tribune, and now editing nexspaner
1t dEundy Center. The Cause of tho ona,Fsi
ID not clearly apparent
NpIANA.
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LIST OF AGENTS.

T.TUSyILLE, CHURCH RUN AND vICINI-
Tf-STEPIlEN nOOF. Office, Harnilton's Cigar
stors, address IitusS4le, Pa Assistant john Van
Scriver.
TY-lI. THOMAS. Once and address, Man.
zion lIDusc IitusviIe, Pa.
SIIAMBURG AND vICINITY-GEORGE IR.
WIN. Office, Shamburg; residence, TitusvilIc, Pa
Assistant. A A. West.
ENTERPRISE, PLEASANT VILE, BEAN
FARM AND PrrliCLE w. GEO. VAN
VLIET. Onlcc and address, Chase House, Pleas
antville. Assistant, ii. G. Huntington
TlDIOUfo AND WEST lllCKURY--CHAS.
CLARK. Office and address, Esp css Office Tidi.
0ute. Pa. Assistant, +. q Bcarilsey.
PETROLEUM CENTRE AND VICINITY
LEVI MASON Office and address, PstrOleam Cen
tire, Pa. Assistant, Charles BlackfOrd.
TARR AND BLOOD FARMS and District lying
on oil Creek and Cherry Run, from Story Farm to
le--JAMESSAUNDERS. Address
Iarr Farm, Pa. Assistants. Luther D. Saunders.
Charles ". Cochran and William HOyt.
MoCLINTOCKvlLLE, OIL. CITY AND RENO
"A: =. WtST. Address, Oil City or Reno, Pa.
FKANRLiN, ALONG THE ALLEaHENY RIv.
Err wiLBElt. Office and address, franklin, Pa
LANDlN.i-RlCfIARD W.. REDFIRLD, Office
and afdrt ~ Scrrbglass, Ia Assistant, IT, w Por-
tclield, address fmlcntnn, Pc
WEST VlltGiNIA-C. d. ANGEL, and Il. f.
COOK Address ParkeSburg. West Virginia.
6AhnEis YetrOieU III. Torpedo 60,
mpyIdly
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GOING EAST.

1l,4O A. M. LIGHTNING EXPRESS daily,
con meeting at Cory, Sundays excepted, for warren,
Pa Mayville. 1,rocton md 'ritusville, and daily
for Erie; at Emra with Northern Central Halfway
for wilamsport. Harrisburg Philadelphia and Bal.
imore and at New York for Boston and New Eli -
A Sleeping Coach Is attached to this train at Ci'
cinnati running through to New York
$40 p. M. CINCINNATI EXPRESS. daily
Sundays excepted, connecting Mt Binghnmpi0n lor
Albany and the celebrated summer resort, Shnion
Springs, and at Now York for Boston, and oil New
England cities -, =.
A Sleeping Coach Is attached to this train OF
Meadville running through to New York.
2,53A. M. NEW YORK DAY EXPRESS,
dniiy, Sundays excepted. Conncctsat Great bei'u
with Delaware I.ackawanna Il Western hahTg
for Scranton, and ut New York with MidhiEInn II
press train Of New jersey Railroad for rh''"''''
phia ..,,, Al
A Sleeping Coach ia attached 10 this tram & AZ
ClevcMnd, running through to liorre eilsviein nu .v
Meeting with train having new and tmlroveu D"" ,o
ing Room Coaches attached, running thro"S" "
Nc" AoiA' ift7FI
a.45 r. M. ACCOMMODATES, Sundays
excepted.
1910 A. M. ACCOMMODATION, Sundays
excepted.
s,ls A, M. WAY FREIGHT, sHndar e'
cepted. ....... ....-...
Boston and New England Passengers, VIM nnnonin st
Baggage, are transferred FREE Or ChA"""
New York. c,oon,uu.
The best ventilated andmost luIur'ons eieeprihi nii
coaches srIN THE WORLD-gt accompany "'
night trains on this Railway.
70" The Erie Railway Company has oI I,," Soot
new Ferry from their Jersey il; pepol 70 nr 10
of 23d St, New York thus tnablfh: ha ey..
re sch the upper portion Oi the ciy without u,Ims
pense and annoyance Of n street car OF "i '"''''
transfer. ,,,
t1The scenery along the entire -'nic "i i.,nn,ifl Wv,
Railway Is of the most pic,nresIrr ana n. in n
character. Admirers of Nau es b"'","; H. aver
daylight Journey over this Ih @, WI hnu nnSwra
changing landscapes subjccs Of coa''h"m "'
tion and interest.
Baggage Checked TnrO"s
And fire always as low rs by any othcr h'"'''
ASK FOR TICKETS VIA 1aIE RAlL""
Which can be obtaired at all the Princpa' 'N"
Offices i'm the West andSou'h West. nm
T. n RuCKER t;rn' Pa-sr Ageh''
Gcnl Supt. jan ''' '''S
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We receive telegraphic dispatches up to 4p. N.
and present them TO readers every evening, en-,
bracing news Of great interest from oil sections OF
tho country. We have made special arrangements,
whereby we receive regular Petroleum, stock and
Produce Market Reports every evening by telegraph
from New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg, which
together with Editorials and Local matters, make It
one Of the most desirable newspapers published in
the Oi Region. As an
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Advertising Medium,

The RECORD has no superior, as 10 circulatcs
wherever an Oil Operator or Dealer can bs found.
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Merchants, Lawyers. Justices Of the Peace Land
Agents Oil Dealers and Agents. lnsu rance Agents
Exprcssmcn and other parties iu want, are informed
that arc premrc'i tNecrtetO order II kinds of
BLANKS, business OF loyal, repaired in This COM
munilv.
w II L0NGWELL.
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Thanking our friends for their liberal patronage
IN the past, we shal use our best efforts to merit
lie coutiauince. March 1'tE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-30
;.Nst,'l1ork daily Gribatate.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1870.

Quiet has restored in Cork but there great ex
element commercial circles, and business is almost
suspended The English Board of Trade refuse
the of Capt Eyre. 1t is reported that the vote
on Infability to be taken yesterday in the ecu
menical Council, and the dogma to be officially an
nOunced to-day. -= Garibaldi is seriously i'll. 80
one Of the largest carpet manufactures in France has
been burned, causing damage Of about H,OOOOOO.
In tho Senate, yesterday, the Tax bill considered
the amendment making reduction Of so per cent in the
duty on coal rejected, and amendment striking
books charts and maps from the free list adopted
80 In the House, the report Of the Conference Com
nittee on the Currency Bill rejeetedSS to 1S2-and
another Conference Committee ordered.
AT last accounts the great oil fire in Pittsburgh was
sill burning. Red Cloud has arrived at Fort Lara
-ae, and has gone buffalo hunt with his tribe -
Jeter Phillips who sentenced to be hanged to-day,
o. Richmond Va, has again been respited- Prince
Pierre BOnaparte is in San Francisco. A suit is
begun against Western Pacific Railroad for 100000
E= Tho eassOn for the first water-per Of the new
Connecticut River bridge at Hartford successfully
placed in position yesterday.
The steamship Npsc of the Daren expedition has re-
turned. number Of hotel proprietors have
formed auti-SIonopoly Ice Company. 80 The Erie
Railway Company has commenced a suit against the
J. Sc shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company.
Piper Burns was shot five times in a bar room
Jsst night, and was not wounded fatally 60 Quaran-
tine troubles arc TO be fully considered tomorrow by the
Commissioners the Mayors of this city and Brooklyn,
'an,-the President OF the Board Aldermen. Gold,
Ini. 1lli, I11S. Thermometer, 81, IS, rs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-30

tics is the formation of the Union League OF
Montreal, whose organization has been detailed
in our Ottawa correspondence, and whose pur
pose is to secure first the consolidation OF
the Dominion, then its Independence, ana
finally its Annexation to the United States Inc
programme ia faulty in being tribe TOO eiap-
crate. Our Canadian friends still hold the SLOW
notion that il takes generation or two to ci1ect
a revolution of this kind In thisage we destroy
institutions, oyertllrn empires, and consolidate
nations with the rapidity of earthquake shocks
and with far less commotion. Separation rom
England, which they call independence, Is al
ready assured the Canadians; both mother
and child assent to this with equal eager
ness. and q formal proposition from either party
would be gladly accepted by the other but
perfect union there will not be IN the new
Dominion. IL is an unnecessary step toward
the Annexation which will be 80 eminenuy
TO the advantage of Canada, and the IDEA OF
which requires but little agitation to become
popular there There will be independence
whenever Canada wishes it, and there VIII
be Annexation before consolidation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-30

We have for some time believed the branch
existing in Philadelphia of the party so aD-
sprdly misnamed "The Democratic to be
bevond all hope of regeneration, Whatever
obostlv chances the brethren of the same talth
might have in other parts OF the country.
We confess that we forgot the encouraging
distich about the lamp, and its holding out 10
burn, and the opportunity vouchsafed to SIN
ners by its prolonged combustion And now,
70 show us how uncharitable we were, we
read the announcement that the Philadelphia
" Democrats of the Fifth Ward were to hold
a meeting "last Sunday afternoon at the
g. house (public probably Of John A. Evers."
Some hypercritcal people may take it for
granted that this meeting was for the transac-
ton of political business, and especially for the
arrangement of new frauds in the elections
for in spurious naturalization papers and double
voting the Philadelphia Democracy" have
heretofore been indispensable. We prefer to
take more kindly view of this Sabbath con-
vocation. Suppose it should appear that these
ancient sinners, having seen the error OF their
ways, met to give thanks to the mercy which
has kept them out of MOyamensing, to express
lively repentance, and to offer up vows OF per-
manent reformation. Just think of the bar
room of Landlord Evers crowded with Prodl-
gal Sons! Just think of these reformed men,
swearing between their drinks never to play
repeaters except upon the most desperate and
important occasions !-never again to use coffee
colored naturalization papers, unless specially
requested to do so by Chairman Wallace!-
never again to vote in the names of dead men,
lunatics, prisoners, and absent marinersl Can
the Imagination conceive anything more touch
ing and beautiful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-30

The Spanish idea of justice to Cubans is
certainly grim one. We published yester-
day a telegraphic dispatch from Havana and
approved by the Spanish authorities there,
which recited, without comment, that the
Cuban leader JmcO, who had surrendered him
seIf and received pardon from the Spanish
Government, had been subsequently tried and
convicted. not of treason, not of rebellion, but
of offenses committed while rebel and had
been executed therefor. We publish this
morning from Madrid paper another
illustration of the same horrible code
of Justice. Two young men acquitted
by q civil Judge, who was q Spaniard,
on charges of treason. were rearrested, tired
by court-martial on the very same charges,
condemned and executed. The account Of the
last outrage reveals that the Spanish Volun-
teers on the island are the instgatOrs of these
horrible crimes, and that Captain-Generai DE
Rodas dares not offend themby refusal to carry
-out their infamous designs. Against such
practices it is the duty of every civilized Gov
-ernment to protest. We hope the United
States will not be the last to JOIN III an ex-
preston of its horror at such cruelties to poit-
ical offenders and military prisoners. There is
no country which can do SO with greater grace
OF less self-reproach than this, which has exc
cuted not ono oonspirator and shot not a single
Rebel soldier. And there is no man alive who
can with more propriety or greater moral effect
give expression to such declaration than the
President, who, as General of the Army, cap
tured hundred thousand prisoners and denied
mercy to none. 1t does seem to us that, ASIDE
from all other than humane considerations, IL
is desirable that such expression be given to
the feeling of the American people on this sub
l.