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New-York tribune., 1871-06-14
THE MAYORS MESSAGE,
From The Eresin9 Post

From 1hk EtezinJ POSI-
The message of Mayor Hall, which we pun.
lished in fun Yesterday. ought TO be document OF t
highest public Importance. As the hrst eoWplehousi
declaration OF policy by the Reconstructed golenyGn ~
of this city, it ought TO command public auehuon W
breadth yigor and clearness by giving an lnlihenso
amount OF valuable information. ana by giving IL WIFE
such able aDayss and illustration as 20 double s NhIue
Mr. Hall has taken different course, ana mas lost great
opnortunty which may not soon recur' lie hessako,
o n stands A an ingenious partisan pea Tor te reseht
nf OF the city. The Mayor appears III IL as ar
adyocafe. NOT as statesman. The Mayors iheasac
tkes the tone counsel pleading for prisoner AT tno
h,r. and thus represents as conspicuous IN MS own
Mind that persOna dendity between the present ana ts
late rulers OF the city which is the most serious weak
ncss of the new system; aud consequently makes u con
spcuous In the minds OF his readers too " heh .,o
M,yor speaks OF the restored city government as @
egatee of irresponsible eXtrayagance MS cOhsclV "
ness that II is 70 great extent its own legatee anu -
own eyecutor Is painfully obvious. And, IN spc o @
enforced confession OF the recent corruption o. ns
Ite1I associates Mr. Hall undertakes weak deen'IH ~
then pleading at length that the city goNernnieha S
aINays been accused by spapers OF corap ,ht
exiriyagance aud that, therefore, no pecuEn ,hat
oucht to be attached 10 the charges naue aS1st .
soSernment vi late years Yet MI Hal 4.'is hau "a 80
much cxpcrence in criminal 1ursrrnacnce W eshs
such a plea as sound aud II he we're ue,en"if ~, ~ ~
lar a man accused ~ rohbing hduA oI III, UT, 80. 20.
dollars he would hardly regard ~ rs an ~
ouittl that many othcr men hii bolote Dc'n 'S'"' "
nickinr their neighhor's pock ets OF snnli COZ .,
FnU9lIy Irrelevant "a M. Hairs eii 5""'e ~" t
betVeen national aud municipal taAtlloh iil' "tt'.i
~ io h.t ths Iutod states Government taAcs A. '"
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

Our special correspondent in Georgia mar
rates some curious facts concerning the doings
of the Ku-Klux in that State. From his state
ment it will be seen that the Democrats of
California are not the only ones who complain
of being ruined by Cheap Labor. The un-
easv do-nothings of Georgia want the lands
now held by the more thrifty negroes; so they
are irving to get rid of them by using the Ku-
Klux machinery. Our correspondent shows how
these "low-down people," as they are called,
make Ku-Kluxism possible and long-existing.
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

Gov. Hoffman has returned to the Secretary
Of State with his objections, the Midland Rail
road bill The Governor objects to extending
State aid to local improvements, on the ground
that the people do not want to pay the tax
thereby made necessary. But, unless we IN
tend to abandon altogether the principle of
extending State aid for the promotion OF pub
lie improvements, this objection is untenable'
If ever there was railroad in the State to
which any part of the public funds could be
judiciously diverted, the Midland is certainly
that road The enterprise is one OF the first
importance, and the aid asked was but moi
ETY. of the amount already provided for.
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

The Mrs. PartingtOn of Sydney Smiths
satire reappears in Europe-not sweeping back
the waves of the Atlantic with her broom, but
protesting against one of the results OF the
great struggle which has just terminated IN
France. Gen. Uhrich, whose brave defense OIL
Strasbourg has given him fame, desires to De
returned to the Assembly, in order that ne
may continually protest against the anexa-
ton of that city to Germany. We admire the
persistency of the old soldier, but his strength
and courage can be better used than IN the
ineffective protests he Graves
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14
Observation-Disclosures.

Our Mayor Is smart 1ellOW, ana we leel
pride in him as one of the cleverest and most
versatile of our minor journalists. But we must
regret that his dexterity as a paragraph
ist (which he somewhat Overrates) often i'm
pels him to attempt literary feats which Gas
in the case of the bull who went at the loco
motive) commend his courage at the expense
of his Judgment We think he illustrates this
tendency in his Message by challenging COM
parisOn between the Finances and financial
management of our City and those of the
Union. Let us consider:
Mr. Hall asserts that our City pays more
annually into the Federal Treasury than
into those of the State and City. Even were
this true, it is not cOnsoling. 1t does not COM
fort the eel which you this instant are skin
ming to tell him that somebody else skinned
him yesterday and will try to skin him again
tomorrow. On the contrary, he might prefer
to save little of his hide to-day to be ready
for to-morrows discipline.
Suppose it were true Gas it is nOD that the
Federal Government takes as much from our
citizens annually as the State and City author
tiles together do, just consider that the
Federal Government is resolutely and steadily
reducing its debt by honest, bona fde pay
ment of principal-more than Two Hundred
Millions having been paid since Gen. Grant
became President beside larger amount for
interest, and at least Sixty Millions for War
Pensions. People can stand Taxation when
they see that it is paying off debt, and 80
rendering future reduction not merely prob
able but inevitable.
Will Mr.. Hall state just how much our City
and County owed when Gen. Grant was in
augurated, and how much they owe nowf
We think that would sicken him of drawing
narallels between Federal and City Finances
Again: Secretary Boutwell, gives us month
" expos6 of the Financial situation. He
shows you at a glance how much the Govern
ment owed last month and how much 1t owes
now-what amount OF principal Is due on
this loan, what amount on that, with the in
terest due on each up to date. All Is simple
frank, honest, Straightforward, and the great
mass of the People can know just how the
Government stands, financially, if they will
This seems to us valuable in many aspects
and especially in that it gives the masses con-
fidence in their Government, with faith in its
integrity and solvency.
Compare with this Controller COnnolly's re-
cent yoluminOus bulletin. We try to under
stand it but we cannot tell from this how
much the City owes, nor how its Debt came to
be SO much larger than it was officially reported
only a few years ago. That Report seems tt
Ms full of "windOws to exclude the light, ant
"passages that lead to nothing" Take this
item as sample:
VII ACCUMULATED DEBT BoSDs.-The amount issued
in 1870
The principal of these bonds is payable as follows:
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14
CIVIC INTERPRETATIONS.

TO the Edttor OF The Tribune.
SIR Persons who, like myself, have lawful
claims long pending aganstthe city will be surprised
the statement in the annual report of Corporation
Counsel O'Gorman, published in your paper Of to-day.
The long lists OF judgments contained in your journal OF
April T. 1t too strong indictment for Mr.
O'Gorman TO bear alone land he wrote follows 10
Controller Connolly:
1t stated in THE TRIBUNE newspaper Of this ds,s
Judgments been taken sgant the ha5Or etc. by default
MsrcS ls I57SJohn O'C Lynch ct al. for C....s 4sl
April is s7oG George So sla $
AHs H. Gssi
ps charge i made t5upn ssns, i Department have never r
s S s. G nSrSs sS on 1 IT, s e. ' Ssi % a 5 ind
enough to inform me whether the papers were served on o0 sn %
These Judgments irregular wholly void and .
1855 a, to jusnent, nske M e. and M orders have been male
BY the Court yacsiing them on that account"
Controller Connolly duly replied that the claims for
sl5l 60 and Hiss 65 allowed under laws giving
the Controller power to adjust and any claims and
litgations," and that appropriation was made BY
the Legislature of ls690 them and they were
duly satisfied and paid" He says in regard 20 the judg
ment for 5000 SO. that "the plaintiffs attorney con-
sented vacate IT, and has prepared an ofier to that
effect" This certainly very accommodating OF tho
plaintiffs attorney, and shows the decided advantage OF
bringing these matters under the public gaze.
In regard to all these judgments the Corporation Coun-
sci says in his report
These judgments having entered without notice 70 The law oss
Of direct violation Of the law OF 1909 chapter o
section A. were wholly invalid and have been formally set aside
Here we have sthe Corporation Coonse pronouncins
the acts of Controller Connolly invalid and declaring
that they have been nuifed. But as the sums named
have been paid according TO the Controllers own state
ment the setting aside Of tie Judgments sense
less proceedingf
Although Mr.. Connolly says that "the claim fof
s52Iss CT was submitted TO eminent counsel
Judge Emmett and Townsend scudder-who rem
dered opinions strongly fayoring payment" Is
not all this very irregular 1t proves that
there is reckless misuse Of authority, garng def
ance Of the old formalities and total want OF
public decency when an official cooly sits in Judgment
an claims which he is himself TO pay. This whole pro
ceeding accounts for claims meeting with speedy
settlement while others suffer from the claws delay
lc-YOrk, June 1S, 1871. N1iiLAHVh'
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

The New Hampshire Democrats, dissatisfied with
the fine point to which their great victory has
been whitfield down, are casting about for means to
enlarge their dangerously small majority in JOINT
Convention. Given a working majority, all the rest
is easy; 50 the Democracy cooly propose to unseat
few Republicans by simply declaring their positions
vacant. The trick has not even the merit of novelty,
and in these days of total political depravity it
would probably fail to excite so much ripple on
the surface. But ought not these staid New-liamp-
shire men to be satisfied with their present attain
ments in the dark ways Of the most corrupt variety
Of Democracy, One would suppose that such a
demoralizng campaign as that which has just given
them majority in the Legislature would suffice
without expellng members to increase that majority
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14
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New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

The inside history of the French campaign
is still coming out. Gen. Trochu has made
speech in the Assembly giving some new
points relative to the ChalOns Conference, at
which the return of the Emperor to Paris was
discussed. 1t is apparent that Trochu, wiser
than most of his confreres, was quite anxious
TO get lid of the responsibility Of the ineVlta-
ble surrender of Paris.
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14
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New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

In relation to Communication, for which
we make room in another column, touching the
"City Finances and Sinking Fund" we remark
that we know of no other way of getting rid
Of debt than to make our expenses less than
our receipts-to stop borrowing and pay az
we go. Unless these precautions are taken, the
maintenance Of Sinking Fund is the sheerest
farce. II city contributes every year $1,000
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

Total. -.to,oO,Dp w
The interest at the rate OF per cent per annum
payabe semi-annuay, from taxation, the first day
OF May and November.
The premium received on the above bonds
Perhaps we ought to understand the above;
but we certainly do not. How was this debt
"accumulatedi" BY whomf For whatf What
claim on the treasury was satisfied by the
proceedsf Why were we compelled to pay so
biob n rate of interest on bonds which have
80 long lifef Possibly, there is some ex-
planation in the Report under some other
head; but why not here And we cannot
guess why this debt was "aecumulated' nor
what benefit conferred on our citizens Is repre-
sented by it.
We say once more to our Municipal masters
This Financial exhibit will not answer. Oakeys
iaunty way Of telling our Taxpayers that they
are admirably well of If they only would put
realize it-that no property is to be sold TO re-
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

II is stated as a wonderful thing that piece OF
railway track in Ararat, Penn lately disappeared
suddenly sinking into the earth. There was large
subteranean pond underneath it-that was The
trouble. But We have known whole great railway
TO he affected ia the same way so far ~ the STOCK
bo,ders were concerned and not TO leave dividend
behind. II was Mt exactly pond which caused the
Ca ~ trophe--it might more properly he cauon 4
pDolp Then. again. ~ few nun lii,n Il isA u' VII
,yallow The whole OF great IUad lihc tAe i-ilo "u
mako nothing OF A.
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

Mr.. John L. Gerow, for many years Cashier
Of THE TRIBUNE is our agent in Philadelphia to receive
advertisements and subscriptions His office Is at NO III
South sixth-st., Ledger Building
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14
a mnaennents. elt.. 9his cpsnlna.

RooTU's THKArER.-"The Man O Airlie' Law
Barrett .,x Nu~uov Fanny
FrrrH AVENUE THEATER.-"No Name FSn"y
Davenport r,,o, ,y.fr,. Cou;na
NYpro,s GARDEN" Paul Clifford" John Ooiihs
o1y,fPIc THKATER.-At2 and at &: Last Lynne
lacine Western ,xyr,
Wu1.cK's THEArER-"R "Rosedale." Lester Wallack
CrxrR.L PARK GARDEN. Concert. Theodore
ThcmaS
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14
Business Notices.
PosT-OFFICE ROpDERY.

Posr-oryrcK NEWTON N J., June TO- 1911.
sfes.rs TERwILLfoER g. ConPANY.
px,H srns The by burglars by
mean. Of false keys night MAY anil saOne Of Her
snes-e open. hane II; contents the
robbers adjoining directed their efforts ssO
TxRwnLeKS sAYz repeated attempts al d1'"0 al @
A sd endeavored with wedges Fading a's0 ."
f they brought requOn dge hanner yet ~ee '"
more sss although they he marks Of heavy blows upon e
door They apparent disgust leaving behind d powder
wedge gehamuer using the safe without ssy repairs
no injury horinO ed The demolished door OF 'ne
Herring be MOnds by railroad to be pn' soch
condition would prefer the hardened steel
protection tha you upon safes am gentle
nm o., so.D.,hnv vor-. W. R MATrrsos, r. NJ.
& Co..
Psentees Ind Manufacturers Of
Welded Steel and IrOn
BuHGLAR ,PRooF sAFEs.
Bank Vaults Vault Doors ami Locks
Improved Triple Plange FireProOf Safes,
1S9 BROADWAY.
Msnatse,Ory Nos Is "a, 70 81 and % Tenth ave,
YEw.YonK
GOLD PENS.
PoLRY's CELEBRATED GO5D PESs,
The best aud cheapest
Factory 2S6 Broadway.
MARBLE MANTELs, MONUMENTS, FLOOR
TuNG &c-RSRY PARRY Manufacturer and Importer "mSoOs'
sss go FOurhaVe. Steam Marble WORKS l2l rs 10 s 1s
Seven hundred dollars day, for every work
% dav wears paid In benefits by the IAVsbk
LIvE AooIDEST Insurance. COMPANY oi haItofl.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LIMBS.
Broad~sy VI 6o9 Chestnusst PhA 81 ureensI, BOSTON,
New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE will be ready this
morning at o'clock in wrappers for mailing Frice
cents.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-17
GAZETTE. 20
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL Il.
DETECTION, BY TOBACCO. There has lately
ppeared in the New York Tobacco Leaf a

DETECTION, BY TOBACCO. There has lately
appeared In the New York Tobacco Leaf a
queer acceuntof tie detection of mail robber
in which suspicion was first aroused by parti-
Gle of tobacco. A registered letter, it seems,
was received at the Chicago Post-Ofi in
which there ought to have been $500. 1t had
been opened, the. money stolen, and the. envel-
ope rcsealed with great nicely. The detective
examined with microscope the resealed. part
and found in the nucilage fragment OF plug
chewing tobacco. Along the whole post route,
between the points of mailing and delivery, the
detective travelled to find who used plug TO-
bacco, in country where men universally
chewed .sfne-cut." No such man could be
found, TILL almost in despair, the detective
reached the house of country postmaster who
was his friend, and quite above suspicion: The
detective, however chewed tobacco himself
and, as it appears any kind he could get, by
borrowing, SO he happened to ask his friend
for chew; the friend replied he could
give him no fine cut, because he always used
plug tobacco himself. Presto, forgotten were
friendship and:tobacco alike. The friend was
arrested, a search warrant obtained, his house
searched, and the money found.
Moral you rob the mail, never chew fine
cut when men chew z''plug, !" and vice versa !;
also never have Il detective as an intimate
friend, if he asks for tobacco of any kind.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-17
BY Green & Wise,

Real Estate Agents and Aucuoneers.I .
TNRUSTEES' SALE-By virtue of II deed of
Il trust dated the 10Th day of N November; 1850.
executed by Margaretta Raglan and Jeremiah
Raglan her husband, recorded IN liber X, No q,
folio 365, of the land records of Fairfax county,
Va, the undersigned, trustees, will SOIL by pun
lie auction, at the Mayors office, III the Cty 81
Alexandria, Va, at II o'clock M, on ~ ES-
DAY, the 18th day OF April, 1877, the following
described property, VIZ; SIX ~
fairfax county, Va, and lying south Of Great
Hunting Creek" and on the east side Of the road
leading from Alexandria to Mount Vernon, being
SEVEN DISTINCT PARCELS OF LAND,
containing N5 acres, roods and = poles, more
or less--all adjoining each other, and fully dc,
scribed in decd from George G, Barton and
Eliza NJ, hi wife, to Jeremiah Raglan, dated
October DIST 1865
Terms: Cash Stamps and convoyancing mt
the cost Of the purchaser. .... ..... ...
D. :[..' GEO: W: BRENT; Trustees.
nh DTS &. ~. WATTLES. !
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WyANTED-An AGENT for the city Of AL
w cxandria and the counties Of Loudoun,
Fairfax and Prince William for the PIEDMONT
AND ARLINGTON LIFE 1NSU RANCE
COMPANY. This Company has met with the
most unprecedented success; has Issued S oyer
r. 500 policies, and now has an income of 81 5O1
90. The rates of expense to income is Is g less
than half the average expense of some ~ com
panies of the same age. Its mortality has been
i per cent less than the average losses of other
companies. 1t has dirisable surplus thirteen
per cent larger than the divisabe surplus OF most
companies has passed the scrutinizing inSpec:-
ton Of the Insurance departments of Missouri,
California and Kentucky. Read what General
Breckenridge says:
Il regard the Piedmont and Arlington Com,
puny a. one Of the largest and soundest ot all
S~uthern companies. From personal acqualnt,
uncc with some Of its officers and after careful
examination Of its condition and conduct have
associated myself with its business i'll the State
Of Kentucky < JOHN G. BRECK1NRInGE.
Address or apply to CARTER BERN ELE !,
General Agent, at this office. /
Staunton Va, APP l3-3t
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GROCERIES,
JOHN HARLOW. : III : NJ h. HARLOW.
HARLOW & BROTHER,

JOHN HARLOW. TT . NJ, h. HARLOW.
HARLOW & BROTHER
GROCERS, LIQUOR, FEED, AND COM
MISSION MERCHANTS,
Northwest corner Royal and Cameron streets,
Alexandria, Virginia
Special attention given to the sale of Country
Produce. We most respectfully call the atteIi-
ton of the trade to our large and splendid stock
Of goods, consisting of Wines and Liquors,
Flour, Hams, Shoulders. Breakfast. Pieces But
Ter, Lard, Cheese, Corn Meal, Crackers SyrllpS,
Molasscs, Cod Fish, Maekerel, Herring, Wood
oHSs Baks1 see oar SRof SS, caanSS
usually found in a frstclass Wholesale and retail
establishment Orders from the country respect
fully solicited and all orders shall receive our
prompt attention. - mar 20-ly
Removal. .... -..
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by l.. ID. Harrison, AuctiOneer.

VALUABLE REAL ESTATE al Aut-
office, in the city Of Alexandria, Ia, on SAT
URDAY, the 18th day OF May, 1871, ut twelve
% clock Ill.,. will be sold the following NALU A
BILE REAL ESTATE III and near said city
l. An undivided moicty of the SOU AXE or
GROUND near the depot Of the Orange, Alex
Wolfe. Wilkes, Fayette and Payne streets.
= LOT on the east side of st. Asaph street, ~
feet 81 inches south of Wythe street, and running
thence east parallel to Wythe street !23 feet >
inches; thence south parallel with st hsaph st
SO feet 81 inches theuce west parallel to w yhe
street l23 feet 3 inches thence north OH 81
Asaph street ~ feet 3! inches to the beginning
B. An undivided third part Of the LOl at the
southeastern intersection of Water and G1boon
streets, and running thence south on W alter st.
SO feet - inches, and extending, with that ~id5'
east beyond Union street, extended into the P"-
tomac river. This lot, besides its water front:
has upon it u LIME KILN and BRICK
DWELLING, fronting on Union street eN-
tended. ... -'..
t. LOT ut the southwest intersection of King
and Patrick streets, fronting - feet on King and
extending, with that width, back and binding on
Patrick lUO feet to Il III feet alley.
j. LOT OF GROUND and WHARN ES be-
ginning on the east side of Union street ~ feet to
the south of Queen street, and extending thence
south 10 feet inches, more or less to the north
line Ola 70 feet alley. and extending with TN.
width east into the Potomac riycr--improvcd by
extensive SHEDS covering the entire lot and
wharycs now considerably out Of repair. This
property was extensively fitted up, and for some
time used US the depot of the New York Steam
ship line, and is especially we'll situated and 9TH
crwise adapted to such purpose.
G. ATWENTY ACRE TRACT OF LAND
on the Middle Turnpike road, about two miles
from Alexandria, and near the Episcopal Theo-
logical Seminary.
Terms One fourth cash the residue in two
equal installncnts ut 9 and 10 months, respective
", from the day of sale, with interest. Taxes
for 1871 and stamps and conyeyancing at the
cost of purchaser. Deferred payments To be Sc
cured by bonds of purchaser and lien upon the
PROPERTY. ). FEkGUSON bEAHh,
: M t;-cots Atty for F. l.. Bnrrcda.
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Baltimore, July ", 1870.

Baltimore, July 70 I6lU.
Gentlemen: It affords me great pleasure It
Fertilizer, rs tested this spring at my country
residence, Ncstlewood
l tried it upon old grass, new sod, flowers, veg
ctables, &c, and in all cases with themost mark
I'd success.
sowed lawn grass seed where the subsoil was
of hard clay, with only one inch of top soil, and
that poor, and gave it dressing Of Magnunl
Bonum on April TO- 1870. By the 10th of May,
the grass was two inches high and very thick
and green. l then sowed ground plaster on it,
and since have cut two crops, each about eight
inches high and competent judges declare it the
most remarkable stand of grass, for its age, they
ever saw l can therefore say that for grass
lands, vegetables, &c, your Magnum Bonun
surpasscs any Fertilizer l have ever seen. Very
truly. yours. W. C"CRTESAf.