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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-11

Germany Wishlna to ConciiiRte France.
Unuer date OF October 20 the HERALD's Frankfort

Germany Wishlna to Conciiiate France.
Under date OF October 20 the HERALD's Frankfort
correspondent wrtes:-
This country presents now q great contrast to
France. We long for peace, and the governments
does everything IN It's power TO cOnclltare the
French. The recent convention was scarcely signed,
wnen troops coming from France passed this town,
and there Is no doubt that great facilities will be
given Tor the payment OF the remainder OF the con-
iribution. Trade ana commerce are h0urisnng to
an extent not known hitherto, and everybody de-
sires the continuation or so prosperous state. In
France IL Is equally the reverse. With the only ex
ception OF the truly republican party all the others
long for q war OF revenge, and particularly IN tine
large towns there Is the same nOnsenscal Drag as
before the war. IL is apity that the decisions
or an ignorant mob and OF an equally ignorant
crowd OF literary men, snOpkeepers and coffee house
politicians should threaten the country with new
disasters, by exciting TO q war, with tenfold ODDS
against them. Commercial relations having been
resumed, great many Of the people have lately
come here from the south OF France the part OF the
country which had the largest business with the
people here and they all report that the southern
French, having seen nothing OF war, are anxious
for new Onc anu speak rs OF certain TACT Oh tile
revenge they are about to take. Al PARIS the feel
ing has much improved, which Is mainly to be at
trIbuted to the exertons OF the radical municipality,
which had the manly spirit to speak OUT their mind
ana to tell the people mat they are the principal
losers BY driving foreigners from PARIS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-11
snow at PougI,lkeepsIe.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Nov. TO- 1871.
There was light fall OF snow here this morning,
the hrst OF the season.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-11
Snow : Squat In Albany
snow Storm In New Hampshire.

ALBANY, n. Y, Nov. 10, 1871.
light snow storm has prevailed here all day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-11

Almanac 'or New YORK -ra!s Day.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09
Commissioner of Fish.

Prof. Spencer f. Baird of the Smith.
sonian Institute, has just been appointed
by the President, Commissioner Of Fisheries
for the United States. Prof. Baird has
been long known as one of the most ac-
complished and indefatigable naturalists in
America. Bringing to his work vast in
formation upon the subjects committed to
bis charge, honesty and industry, be needs
only support and cooperation from the
people to made his department rich in
results. 1t is to be hoped that the State
will take appropriate action iu the pre-
misses. Meantime, we earnestly urge upon
every person living along the inland
waters of the State to communicate their
views and all facts as to the habits of
marketable fish, to Prof. Baird, at Wash
inston. Further, we urge them to make
some preparation for saving and Matching
spawn of shad, rock, bass and other edible
fish this season.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09
BY TELEGRAPH.
Washington News.

Washington. March "a most decided
sensation has been produced in republican
quarters over vote 10 the Republican SEN
atorial caucus committee, deposing Mr..
Sumner as chairman of the committee on
foreign relations. The preteuce for 1t was
stated to be that Mr.. Sumner was not on
good official or personal terms with the
President, or the Secretary of the State,
thus rendering it impossible for the admin
1stration to communicate in confidence
with the organ Of the most i'm portant COM
mittee in the Senate.
The President has appointed Judge AL
die, of Vermont, ex-senator Howell, of
Iowa, and Orange Ferriss, of New York,
commissioners to examine the claims of
Southern people Tor quartermaster and
commissary stores, and other claims, under
the provisions of the new army bill au-
thorizing the appointment of board for
that purpose The secretary and steno-
grapher of the commission are not yet APP
pointed.
1t is stated if the present session of Con-
gress does not extend into April the Presi-
dent will make trip to the Pacific coast,
to be gone several weeks. He will then
return here and remain till warm weather,
and then depart for his summer residence
at Long Branch.
The internal revenue receipts are averag-
Ing about a quarter of million dollars
dav
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09
Plant One Tree.

The balmy days of Spring are here.
They invite us to share in the re-awakening
Of nature, in dressing up the world for the
holiday of Summer A sense Of obliga-
tion seems to impel us to plant some thing
so as to share this fresh life which is COM
ing to fill all things around US.
Look around you for some spot to plant
tree; some waste forgotten corner even,
or by the roadside. If you leave no other
monument you have one then, and, how
ever humble your life, you have done
one thing worth remembering.
If you have never felt the exquisite plea
sure of the miracle of growth which goes
on around US in the spring time, we
cannot communicate it. Don't wait till
next season-you will lose one years
growth, and all the pleasure that comes
of it. Plant for fruit or shade, and COM
ing generations will bless you.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09

There is woman travelling through
Massachusetts, pretending to be the widow
of General Washington, and collecting mo-
ney to repair Georges tomb. TITS estima-
ted that in a month she had raised over a
dollar and a half, bleeding Boston alone to
the extent of over thirty cents. The peo-
pie of Massachusetts should be informed
that Mrs. w. is not living now.
A Salem, Mass, man threw lighted
kerosene lamp at bis wife. The lamp only
cost dollar when divorce of any mag
nitude would have cost him five dollars.
Bat then he didn't make anything, be-
cause they fined him SIS for killing her,
and he had to pay the funeral expenses.
Rumors are current in Havana that a
heavy engagement has occurred at Los
Tunes, Cuba. The insurgents had two
pieces of artillery. The Spanish troops
were victorious.
An Intellectual attempt was made on
Monday night to threw the Ashland (Pa
train off the track on Mahoney plain, by
placing cross-ties on the track.
A school boy at Nau7oo, H., stabbed
and killed another fer capturing his bro
ther, who had escaped from the school mis-
tress to avoid punishment.
Congress was not in session yesterday,
but re-assembled to-day.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09
Fighting In Cuba,

Harana, March 9-In the late engage
ments near Mayari it is reported the in
surgents cut off two companies of the
battalion under Reno. The Spanish de-
feat was overwhelming A captain, two
leutenants and three ensigns were killed.
The criminals sentenced to number of
years confinement here have been par
doned on condition of joining the modified
gnerillas. OF those taken from the Ha-
vana Jail, nine deserted on the first day.
An engagement which lasted two hours
took place at Quemsda, fifteen miles from
Santiago de Cuba, on the 9th February.
The field remained in the hands of the
Spanish troops. The insurgents, how
ever, were able to carry off their dead and
wounded. Their loss is put at 33 killed
the Spanish loss at killed and II wound
ed, including Captain Grado among the
latter. No prisoners were captured.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09
OuR REsoUaors-Of the enormous up-

OUR RESOURCES the enormous un-
developed resources of the United States il
is difficult to speak without an appearance
Of oxaggeratiop. The following, however.
will give some idea of their vastness:
The taxable value, which all men of property
well know is always far below the exchange
able value, of all the property in the United
States was, in 1860, in round numbers, Sl6,-
10000, coo, showing rate OF an increase, in
ten years, of a fraction over one hundred and
twenty-six per cent 1t has been computed that
if this rate is preserved through the next four
decades, the taxable value of the United States
would, in 1870, be $50. 500, 900 ,000 1880, $780,
800, ,000 000 in 1890, S1s7 800, ,O00, ,000 in 1900,
S423, 300, ,U00, 600 an increase of wealth which
will be over eight times our estimated increase
10 population. Vast as these sums appear,
drowning in their sound all shoddy groans over
our predicted financial ruin, and making our
big debt of two billions and half shrink by
comparison into dwarflke dimensions, there
is no reason that they should not be realized
provided the brain of the nation adequately
seconds its hands. Massachusetts,, with an area
of only 1880 square miles, now owns seven
teenth of the whole taxable property of the
nation. If the other States, with greater natu-
raj advantages, should increase, during the next
thirty years, so that their wealth should bear
the same proportion to the square mile of ter.
ritory which the wealth of Massachusetts, now
does, the property of the nation in 1900 will be
$4l5, 5,000,0 100000.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09

The Old Dominion Mdgazise. We have
received the March number of this excellent
Virginia publication, and have been very much
interested in reading the contents. We look
upon this Magazine as one of the best and
cheapest works of the kind published, and are
pleased to know that its circulation is rapidly
increasing in this and other Southern States
The "Tramps of Corse's Brigade is con-
tinued in this number, as is also the serial of
'Lurley;" besides which we have several in.
teresting articles under the following titles !:
Margaret Lynn" I" The Boy Hero" " In
Memoriam," " Extracts from Frenchman's
Diary" "Periodical Literature" "The Lugu-
brious Clown" "The Mother of Washing ton,"
comfy" "Valerie Aylmer," " Editorial Notes
and Gleanings." The subscription price of the
Old Dominion is only l50. Send in your name
to the publisher, NJ. W. Hazlewood, 1ll7
Main street.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09

,OfO ,JUl,UUO
The people of these States complained
bitterly of the heavy infiction, but were
none the less compelled to pay over the
several indemnities demanded. Napoleon's
theory was that "God is on the side of the
best battalions," and that the vanquished
had no rights which the conqueror was
bound to respect. These exactions not
only served to cripple his enemies for the
time being, but also mortgaged them to
future peaceable behavior. Kaiser Will
liam appears to have learned the lesson
pretty thoroughly, and to have practced
it on France in its fullest application
Notwithstanding the wrathful passion for
revenge which shoulders unquenohably in
the hearts Of the French people, we think
Germany need not fear reprisals from that
quarter for at least a score of years to
come.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09

MUrILATED CURRENoY. "A Tennessee
postmaster enclosed to the United States
Treasurer slip cut from recent North
Carolina paper, setting forth that the post
master at Hillsboro, North Carolina, has
been fined So and 800 costs for refusing
to receive mutilated currency in payment
for postage stamps, and says that since the
appearance of the article in print, his
Office has been flooded with mutilated cur
rency, and desires to know whether he is
compelled to take or may refuse the money
so presented, Treasurer Spinner replies,
stating that under tLerules of the Treasury
Department, postmasters are authorized to
receive such currency for its full value in
payment OF postage stamps, when, in
cases Of United States notes, not more
than one-twentieth of the note is missing
and, in cases of fractional currency, when
not more than one-tenth is missing. When
such notes and fractional currency are
mutilated beyond the standard referred to,
no one is compelled to receive them for
any part of their value, and the only place
where such notes may be redeemed is at the
United States Treasury.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09

RAID ON ILLICIT DIsTILLERs. Super
visor r. L. Gaines, accompanied by q
deputy United States marshal and squad
of Federal soldiers, who left Nashville
February 81, for raid on illicit distilleries,
have succeeded in breaking up twelve dis
tilleries. At Shell Mount, in Smith
county, the party was fired upon by bush
whackers but no one was hurt Mr.. Gaines
was shot in the thigh by an accidental dis
charge of his pistol. The wound, though
severe, is not dangerous. The remainder
of the party are still in search of contra
bard distlleries
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09
The New Territory OF the District
Of COiumhia.

The law which creates new govern-
meut for the District of Columbia does not
change its name, Under it the President
has the appointment of Governor and a
Secretary, who is in fact Lieutenant Gov
ernor, for four years, and Of an upper
house of legislature, of eleven members
who hold office for two years. A lower
house, of twenty-five members, is to be
chosen by the people, aud to hold for one
year.
The President has also the appointment
of board of health, to consist of five
persons, and of the board of public
works, of four persons, who are to hold for
four years.
The charter also provides that the Off
GERS appointed by the President are to be
paid by Congress; all Others are to be paid
by the District.
Manhood suffrage and free schools are
made imperative; taxation is restricted to
two per cent. on the valuation; and the
debt Of the District to five per cent. on the
valuation. Congress reserves the right to
legislate if it pleases. and special legisls-
tion is strictly forbidden.
A delegate, elected by the people. is to
represent them in Congress, and is to be
always member of the Committee on the
District of Columbia.
The persons appointed by the President
seem to give general satisfaction in WASH
ington and under the new charter or con-
stitution there is reason to hope that the
capital and its suburbs will receive the inn
provement and adornment of which they
are capable and which they deserve.
Washington might easily, and at COM
paratively small cost, be made one of the
loveliest cities in the world. 1t was laid
out on grand scale it has abundance of
public places, inviting the skill of the
landscape gardener its public buildings
are of themselves adornments, and the
great area of the city, and its diversified
surface, will well accommodate the pecu-
liar population which seeks residence In
the capital Of great nation.
Men of wealth and leisure more and
more tend tbther, and fad there recreation,
amusement and excitement which they
cannot find elsewhere it is already COM
mon 10 hear men of means say they look
forward to having house in Washington.
where they may live during a few months
every year. The society of the city is
various, intelligent and accessible.
1t needs only to drain and pave the
streets, and to adorn the public places
which are now deserted and dreary, 10
give to Washington such charms as will
attract to it thousands of the most intelli-
gent and wealthy of our people.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09
rerrlble Tragedy in Albanx.N.

Albany, March "a terrible tragedy
occurred here this morning at the residence
Of DR.. Samuel P. V. Hoosen, on Madison
avenue. The doctor, who is of intemper-
ate habits, had some angry words with
his wife. and seizing an iron griddle struck
her with it on the back of the head,
crushing the skull and causing death
almost instantaneously. The circumstance
becoming known to the neighbors, the po-
lice we're sent for and the doctor taken
tody. The event has caused great
= among the acquaintance Of the
family, by whom the doctor and his wife
were highly esteemed.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09
Greisiitg State yoliraal.
Temperance Lecture of Mr.. C.rsvxeu

Temperance Lecture of Mr.. Carswell
The Undine Temple Of Houor has fur
nished the public rare and high-toned
treat at the theatre, in the lectures of Mr..
Carswell, for two evenings past. The
lecturer was introduced by Rev. J. Z.
Burrows with some excellent remarks, and
held the delighted attention of his audience
to the last. His lectures are groups of
word-pictures, impressing the mind irresis
tibly, and making it "an April sky Of
smiles and tears" 1t is of course i'm
possible to give even sketch of them.
The large and intelligent audience Gn-
creased by half on the second evening"
testified an appreciation of his ability and
of their interest in the cause of temper
ance.
We should not omit to mention the
fine performance of Professor Wendlnger
at the piano, and the songs so well rem
dered by Master Wyatt aud sister, as also
some grand singing by trio of young
gentlemen whose names we did not learn.
The Temple OF Honor deserve the grati-
tude of the public. 1t is a new organiza-
ton, but is rapidly growing in members
and influence, and includes in its member
ship many of the finest young men of the
city It's work is to win away young men
from the allurements of the bar, and the
gam bling-house, and commend life of
temperance and purity. 1t bids them
turn away from the poor garbage of SEN
sualism to the banquet of virtue. In
this noble aim all chivalrous qualities ap-
pear. He who enlsts thus, in the war
against the vices which are sapping the
foundations of our young manhood, is, in
deed, worthy of knightly decoration,-
"To wear the crest of Bayard,
And Sidney's plume of snow"
We trust the Temple will continue their
lecture course, expanding it to include
literary and scientific topics. Thus they
will furnish innocent and attractive recre-
alton and instruction, and win many a
youth from ruin. We bid them God
speed, and hope to hear of their continued
success
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09
virginia and Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia Press publishes in full
the resolutions adopted by the Virginia
House of Delegates relative to the proper
observance of the centennial anniversary,
and says
Virginia has followed New Jersey 10 re-
spending to the act of the Congress Of the
United States fixing Philadelphia as the
place, and the 4th of July, 1876, as the
time, to commemorate the one-hundredth
year of the independence of this nation.
The connection between Virginia and
Pennsylvania was always close and cordial
until interrupted by the civil war. What
Webster said of South Carolina and Mas.
sachusetts is true of Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania in special sense
Would to God that harmony might again
return Shoulder to shoulder they went
through the Revolution hand to hand they
stood round the Administration of Washing
ton, and felt his own great arm lean on them
for support. Constrained feeling, if it exist,
alienation, and distrust are the growth, unna-
tural to such soils, of false principles since
sown. They are weeds, the seeds of which
that same great arm never scattered.
There are many localities in Philadel-
phia instinct with the services of Virginia
soldiers and statesmen. No spot in what
we know as America is SO full of the pres
ence Of Washington and Jefferson except
Mount Vernon and Monticello. Here We're
beheld the proceedings of the Colonial Con-
gress which deiberated and decreed the
Declaration of Independence the action
of the convention which delivered US from
the chaos of the Articles of Confederation
and placed the Republic upon the solid
rock of the Constitution, adopted on the
18th Of September, 1887, with the first ten
amendments accepted on the 18th of De-
cember. 1871, the eleventh on the 9th of
January, 1898, the twelfth on the 18th Of
December, 1908, the thirteenth on the 1st
of February, 1866, the fourteenth on the
Goth of July, 1868, and the fifteenth on
on the 30th of March, 1870.
There is hardly an old family in Phila-
delpha that cannot recall>the figures and
maxims of the Virginia fathers who de-
liberated here before the capital was re-
moved to Washington, at the beginning of
the century. Her soldiers fought all around
us in New Jersey and the adjacent coun-
ties of Delaware, Bucks, Chester and
Montgomery. Her representatives in the
first Congresses and iu the final conven-
tions, and their comrades-in-arms, have
left in Philadelphia the impress Of their
craftsmanship and their courage.
The committees of the Virginia Legsla-
ture may therefore expect hearty wel>
come to Philadelphia. They will be
greeted by men of all parties. Let them
come as the representatives of all ideas,
those of the past and those of the present.
We will hail them as more than friends
as brothers; not only as the missionaries
of commerce, but as the harbngers of
peace and reconciliation, and of forgiveness
and toleration on both sides They will
find here genuine American city growth
not unworthy of the great minds who in
spired the Declaration and framed the
Constitution.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09

DIRECT TRADE WITH LIvERPooL.--The
direct trade movement between Memphis
and Liverpool is now beginning to assume
tangible shape. At meeting of the
Memphis Chamber of Commerce the Mem
phis and Cincinnati railroad proposed to
carry from that city, within the next three
days, 5000 bales of cotton to Norfolk,
Va, where a steamer will be in waiting
to transport it to Liverpool. A number
of large shippers have furnished the cotton,
and quick trip will be made by the
steamer. Fifteen days is the time in
which the cotton is to be laid down in
Liverpool.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09

THE whirligig of time brings about his
revenges. When the first Napoleon was
bestriding Europe like a Colossus, and
overturnipg crowns and kingdoms as
though the world were a ten-pin alley, he
exacted from the States of Germany,
during the period 1703-1S00, the follow
ing sums as pecuniary compensations to
France for the expenses Of war. The ac-
count does not embrace the subsequent
immense monetary levies which he i'm
posed on those countries after his elevation
to the imperial throne:
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09

The Black Iulip.-We have received
from Messrs. West & Johnston the Black Tulip,
one Of Alexander Dumas most popular effu-
sions in the novel line. Messrs. 7. B. Peterson
y Co., of Philadelphia, are the publishers.
The works of Alexander Dumas enjoy pop
ularity such as no other can boast of. In skill
fulness of arrangement vivacity, sustained in
terest of narrative, and inventive faculty, no
French writer has ever rivaled him. The
popularity of his novels, ''The Count of Monte
Cristo," "The Three Guardsmen," "Twenty
Years After" "Bragelonne, the Son of Athss,'
"The Memoirs of a Physician" "The Iron
Mask, "The Queens Necklace" "Six Years
Later" "Andree de Taverney," Glove and
Liberty" and others, have never been
equalled. The "Black Tulip is issued in a
large octave volume, with portrait of the au-
thor on the cover. Price fifty cents, and is for
sale by all booksellers, or copies will be sent
to any one, postpaid, by the publishers, on
receipt of price.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-09

A FEMALE STBATEGrsT. Miss Ann
Ella Carroll of Baltimore, Md, the lady
who wants Congress to pay her round
sum for planning the Tennessee River CAM
paign, the credtof which the country has
heretofore given to Gen. Grant and other
military chieftains, was the first to get a
memorial referred in the new Congress. 1t
was presented in the Senate, and referred
to the Military Committee. This commit
tee agreed last session to allow the lady
strategist SIS 900, but their hill died with
the last session upon the Senate calendar.