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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12
GETTING SATISFACTION,

Nearly all men, according to the observation
of the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, cherish
O lelusion that if they are insulted it is very
simple and easy matter to "knOck the fellow
"down," while in most cases the result Of the
attempt is by no means what was anticipated.
Similarly there is wide spread error, among
q certain class of heightened gentlemen, who
abound in hotel bar-rooms Of tho Southwest
that in case of personal difficulty ono lras
only to intimate o request that he who has
made himself offensive will "name the time
"and place." and the challenger will get all
the satisfaction gentleman can want. The
fallacy of this superstition has just been sig
naly illustrated in quarrel between two mill
tary characters at Cincinnati. Col. O'Neal,
being wroth with Gen. Burbridgc, but
too humane to slaughter his adversary out of
hand, wrote as follows: my love for your
family precludes my challenging you. 1t is
"with you to waive such matters. demand
" satisfaction The Generals reply was
prompt, and tho Colonel ono would think,
ought to have found it pleasing: 81 am ready
"to afford you satisfaction. and waive family
considerations" 1t may not be quite clear
why O'Neal should have loved Burbridge's
IL
necessary for him to ask Burbridge's permits
sion before proceeding to do Burbridgo o
deadly injury. nor how Burbridge could waite
the love of O'Neal for other PERSONS nor why
he sh ould be asked to do 1t, suppOsing that he
could; bat it is clear that Burbridge came
promptly up to tho mark, that O'Neal re-
quested him to "name the time and place."
and that seconds were chosen to arrange the
details Of the shooting.
At this point of the quarrel COL ONeal
seems to have discovered that what he had
got was not satisfaction" at all. An apology
would have been satisfaction; duel would
be quite tho reverse. He deliberated. Then
he authorized his second "to say that if his
communication Of yesterday was construed
"into q challenge, that construction was
erroneous" The gentleman ON the other side
VAS evidently very much astonishcd, and the
reply, though certainly not to be defended
from a grammatical point of view, was
natural under the circumstances: If Col.
"O'Neal does not mean by his reiterated de-
"mand for satisfaction from Gen. Bur
"bridge and his request that Gen.
"B. should FIX tho time and place of meeting,
",chat did 10 moan 2" This seems to have been
Just zone of those things that no fellow can
"flnd out" We can't hnd It out from the an
swer Of the Colonel's second: "The object Of
"his communication yesterday was based upon
"ths hypothesis that Gen. Burbridge had done
chin an injury, and he desired to know from
chin II ho was willing to render satisfaction
"to him, 90 a. to enable him to know how to
"act in future.n If that u all he wanted,
porhaps he rot satisfaction after all. He found
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

Congress is troubled about the e1pediency
Of abolishing the Income Tax forthwith. This
moves the President to say that if the tax is
10 be discontinued, it ought to be done before
the holiday recess. Exactly; the holiday re-
cess Lasts until Jan. %, according to the action
of the House, and the tax must be collected
In March; short time is, therefore, left to
change the law and secure its benefits. No
body has word to say in favor of retaining
the tax, and as it is evidently doomed, the
sooner it Is abolished the better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

Gov. Davis Of Texas has been brought up,
at last, in the House Committee Of Elections,
by the extraordinary certificates which be has
granted TO two members. In one case, he gave
tho certificate Of election to the man who got
tho most votes, but who was not lawfully
elected, a. the Governor thinks. In the other
instance, he gave the necessary document to
tho man who got the least votes, but who, he
believes, was legally chosen. Gov. Davis was
in dilemma, evidently. between his desire to
do right and to serve his friends at the same
time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

The wholesome terrors of the law deferred
many repeaters from attempting, at our last
election, their usual tricks on the balIOt-bOxes,
and the vote was uncommonly fair for New
York. But few of these villains were caught
1t their evil practices, and two of them-Pettit
and Lazarus-were yesterday sent to Sing Sing.
Judge Ingraham simply did his duty; and a
few more such sentences will go far toward
teaching men that illegal voting is crime
which has sure punishment to follow it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

Rio Jancro correspondence of THE TRIBUNE,
published on another page, shows that the
paraguayan sore is not altogether healed. A
remnant of the old Lopez Inflammation seems
20 have survived the death Of the unhappy
Dictator, and is giving trouble to the Allies.
The present condition Of affairs in Paraguay
Is unnatural, but it is to be hoped that the
bloody slirmsh already reported is not the
prelude to something more terrible to come.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

Republicans developed remarkable strength.
They have carried IS out Of the - capitals OF
provinces and 4S of the smaller towns. II
later returns justify and complement this in
telligence, we may expect to SEQ vigorous
and able assembly once moro gathered to-
gether in Madrid. It is to be hoped that
these elections will finish finally the old fash
toned party of intrigue and office-holding, the
Liberal Union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

tAo nus.sct, England is rap.c.:y acquiring tho
world with cheap fabrics dihused BY the
preaching and the diplomacy Of Free Trade
A million times over would 1t be better for q
country to pass under the absolute ownership
of a great man like Napoleon, than to be
traded and drained to death by nation Of
sbopkeepers through the fatal economy OF
lryine abroad instead of manufacturing at
homo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

We have, to-day, positive announcement
Of the retirement of Mr.. Alderman from the
Attorney Generals Office, and Of the success
sion of ex-senator Geo. fl. Williams of Oregon.
This information has already been published
In TIE TRIBUNE but we do not accept as con-
elusive the other statements concerning possible
changes. It is noticeable that one change is
always q signal for rumOred reorganization
of the whole Cabinet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

out what Burbrides was willing to render,
and he acquired some valuable information
which VIC trust may "enable him to know now
"to act In future" The first rule OF behavior
which he ought to adopt is never to send o
challenge except to q man who certainly Will
not fight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

Those who imagined the Republican leaven
vas dying out in the Spanish peninsula, will
be undeceived by the dispatch from Madrid
which We print this morning. The elections
for the Cortes took place yesterday. and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

A great cotton-s spinner in France once said i:
Europe world have become Napoleon's prop
I" crty II, instead OF being o warrior, he had
"been manufacturer" This philosophy Of
conquest BY the spinning jenny. tho loom, and
the furnace. the EngAsh thoroughly under
stand. NAPOLEON tailed to acquire Europe with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12
OVERWHELMING.

The Directors Of tho Western Union Tele-
graph Company assure us that they do not
want to sell their property-protest against
any intermeddling herewith by tho Govern
ment. We are 80 glad to find this true, that
we shall not 60 behind tho mere assertion.
They do not tell us how much their lines and
offices really cost, but they assure US that their
receipts arc now Eight Millions per annum,
whereof Three Millions arc proft-(a profit, by
the way, which they do not divide, but ex-
pend in buying ont needy stockholders and
buying up rival lines-oftcn at less than o
quarter of their cost.
Three Millions of profit on q business OF
Eight Millions per annum is very good, and
contrasts strlkingly with the Governments
exhibit of Five Millions annual loss on its
Twenty-Five or Thirty Millions per annum OF
Postage. The Government has o monopoly OF
Mail-carrying the Western Union Is exposed
to competition in Telegraphing from every side.
If you want to dip into their business, there Is
nothing in tho way but an aching void, present
or prospective, in your own pockets; If you
interfere with the Governments monopoly OF
letter-carrying, you do it ct your peril. The
Government pays nothing for tho blunders or
pcCulaLlOuS VI lCS ~ AA"J ~''AA
ago you 100000 tomorrow through the loss
or non-deivery Of your letters, and it laughs
at your petition for redress: the Western
Union must pay for every blunder or error,
no matter how innocent, so that the father
of girl ct boarding school, who lately
received dispatch from tho principal
which read "Your daughter had o child last
"night," (whcn it should have read chilly made
the Company pay smartly for its operators
error. inst fancy that father applying to tho
Postmaster General for smart-money in such
q case, and imagine the hOrse-laugh which
would DO the only response.
The President thinks the time will come,
but not very soon, when the Postal service
will pay-not the money which has been sunk
in establishing and extending it, by any means
but its current. expenses. We hope it will;
but there must be several new leaves turned
over to secure that joyful contamination.
Meantime, let the Government decline to enter
upon a new business, which goes on very well
without its aid.
When we shall have so reformed our Civil
Service that every tide waiter and letter-carrer
shall not DO expected to lose his place at each
turn of the party wheel, and every third youth
in the land shall not be looking to office as his
way to subsistence and competence, we may
think of charging the area of Government
intermeddling with business. Until then, such
enlargement is not to be considered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

A Mr.. James Philippe, of Bedford Row. London
has made startling announcement through the
English papers, which must carry CONSERVATION
into hundreds Of arstOcratio families. What
Colenso has done to the Pentatench Mr. Philippe
has done to the companion volume, tho British
Peeragc. He has discovered that nearly the whole
of the pedgrees hitherto published are fictitious,
and tho genealogical MSS. in the British Museum
simply trash )" while as for the Heralds' College
"having any right to grant coats Of arms it is 90
absurd that it is wonderful that any person should
"be such addle-headed donkeys as to entertain any
"such humbug" This is awful. If no
man can be sure Of his own ancestors,
aud no peer swear to his own crest and
qnarterings, it is obvious that the foundation
is knocked from under the whole social and
political system Of the British empire. There may
be plebeians in the House Of Lords, and vulgar
blood may mingle with the blue ichor of royalty
itself. OF COURSE when this happens it is all mp
with Old England. And as for the ambitious people
Americans espccially-who at great expense have
obtained from the Heralds' College, whatever the
proper Office may be. gorgeous pedigree certified
by John Brown or some other such distinguished
Individual with something tremendously ridiculous
under his sign-manual in the shape Of Green Dragon
Two-headed Elephant &C.," we do not envy their
feelings when they discover that their splendid roll
of ancestors is pure invention and for aught they
know about it they may not have great-gr and
| father to bless themselves with.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

The Stock Exchange looks upon death as mere
matter Of business. A cable dispatch to the Associ
ated Press yesterday afternoon said: Tho 6rmness
Of the market II not owing to the favorableness Of
tho news but to the fact that the Princes death Ass
been thoroughly dscoumtcd OF course that tho pOssi-
Bile effects Of the death Of the heir to tho throne
should DO anticipated was only natural; but what q
horribly 0tesque illustration Of the spirit Of t-ade
10 the iadnty tone with which tho most AWFUL OF
events " Discussed in the iareon Of the brokers'
OHiceI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

Another prescription for ailing Ireland! Mr. PIN,
NJ. Z. for Dublin. publishes Q plan in o pamphlet.
He would divide the House Of Commons into three
grand Committees representing the three kingdoms,
and leave each Committee to deal with the bills re-
ferring exclusively to its own country, with ap-
peal to the whole House. We cannot say that the
project strikes US favorably, for we should like some
assurance that the Irish Committee would not re-
enact the ancient tragedy Of the Kilkenny cats As
general rule all complicated plans like this are Of
doubtful expediency for the simpler the business Of
legislation is made, the more probable its wise
efficiency. One House Is better than two, If it be
practicable but with three Houses Of Commons and
House Of Lords into the bargain we could expect
nothing but hopeless mlddle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

Major Jones, the head Of the Massachusetts, State
Police, is SAID TO DO exhibiting o most unusual ac-
tivity in enforcing the Prohibitory law, engaging
himself personally in the business of seizures. We
do not know that Major Jones is entitled to any
credit for this but such proceedings Just before the
State election are say the least not common. For
our own part, we should think that the Ant-Prohi-
bitionists, if they right in surprising that ma
ority Of the voters opposed to the law would be
anxious to have it enforced constantly and rigidly
against those who break it, of every class; against
the gentlemanly propretors Of expensive hotels as
well as the keepers Of FIVE cent "shebangs" against
Wholesale dealers in choice old wheat whisky, -
well as vendors Of chain-liQhtMng, as well against
those who sin by tho barrel those who sin by the
glass. 1t happens that the mere passage Of such a
law proves nothing whole test is in the enforce
mcnt,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12

oughfares langushing for any great timo or becom-
ing grassgrown If the press of that city can be taken
as an earnest Of the recuperatve energies ct work.
On Saturday Mr.. W. f. Storey succeeded In bringing
out Tho 1me In it's former ne proportions and with
all Its odtime editorial vigor. Tho Journal Post.
Republican. and Mail. although equal sufferers,
resumed their full FORM perfectly reSquipped some
time ago. TAs TI1SsaA which was the heaviest suf-
ferer cannot resume for some time In its usual style,
though it now prints sheet which In any other city
than Chicago would be considered In every way sat
iafactory,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12
omuoerenio, Ctr, CHS Gurn,rs.

pooru,s THxArER.-"Hamlet." Edwin Booth.
r,rr,, AVENUE THEArER-"Di Divorce"
GpASp OPERA House. THE Streets OF New YORK"
TN. Epv1ss THEArKn-Opera Boufe: "Lc Pont
Dss seapira" Mile Aimee go CO..
N,sIo's GARDEN" Our American Cousin" soth-
6S x>, r.
OLYMPIC THEArxR-" Humpty Dumpty." Fox.
sr JAMES THxArER.-Thorpe Brothers Seances.
UNION SQUARE THEArER.-variety Company;
W.1..Cx;s TuKArER.-"John Garth" L. Wallack.
ASSOCIATION HALI--Lecture DR.. Doremua
r,sr Smx HALI.-Lecture. Gen. Fitzpatrick.
SrruywAY HMI--Lecturc. Fred. Douglass.
ST. PETERS HAIL.-Lecture. Du Chaillu.
SAN FRANCIsco MINsrREIs.-Birch, Wamboid, ETC.
EMPIRE RrK.-P. T. Barnums Museum, Men
sr,r,s Hip ,odrome and Circus Day and Night -
EQUINE ACADEMY, Broadway and 1hirty-hfth-st'
PROT Pratt c,
Nrw-YoRx Circus. Fourteenth-st between Third
and FourtAase
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12
TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.

Advertisements for this weeks sissue of THE
GsKx TRurxR handed To-Day Price 81 per line
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-12


Treasury Department to mako q searching inyesue.
ton into tho mode Of doing business In that Depart
ment, including an inquiry TO whether claims Pe'
arc supported by proper vouchers whether moneys a
dlsbursed according TO law, whether appropriations "
exceeded. useless officers are employed ana u" -
Investigation Of the recent defslcations.
Mr. Fernando Wood then introduced long feso'u.'oH
which may be regarded a. the new departure p'suo'
Of tho New.York Democracy. It went on 70 'eo''O
great many things which the Republican party ns.s
the President and majority In Congress, ousn' LIZ.
with to d. and left the inference that the
would not do them the Democrats would II they w.
r,ven a chance. Nh. Dawes said that tho reso'u-
ought 70 10 to the Committee Of tho Whole, ~ :"
MAYNARD wanted TO debate 1t. Mr.. Wood W. ~ =.
mined to have "a square, honest vote on II" sns
not mean to let IL "be smotners"
committee" Most Of tho decars*.
IN Tia resolution were Juno Objectionable. aud MI "
auueared 70 think he had nut the Republicans 10
nleaaant dilemma u forcing them TO either vote
many Of their own principles or 70 vote Win sAs
crsts for their platform bat tho Republicans were
ali Worried and voted soaidly not 10 suspend tho
pass tho resolution. They were Joined by oil NE
syivania Democrats. who, a. Mr.. Randall CIV
liked al Of the resolaton except clause faveraa3
revenue tariff. Witch % spoiled the whole thing 70
taste that they refused 70 swallow It. NJ Wosas'
luton VA beaten BY Aycs n. Nays iis. IN
Mr. 0ArAsad reported . DsASsney Appropsa'soa -
for taknG the census which, he aid. would pe0".
passed - expedite The work Of The Census Oe~ .,s
40 mouths more would complete ths work. IN ~.
was passsd without objection. Tho rcss OF ~ ~.
was spent In Committee On the Apportonmens o'n.
question Of the proprcty Of allowing stassS w.
isatures do not meet this wintsr 10 postpone redn.
lug, and elect additional membsrs ON general ee.s
was debated tor some Tuna Tho Indiana mewsoss
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1871-09-29
Giniges Iber Sduhwaag.

9Ia6 sin !3si6sn unisrr 3eit-wsnnslsiG fsin
srfrsulitss fir bisiss 9anb Der 5rsibeit = 1T bic
Rsiis paGlsnbs Na&frass mad BEN 70 sisl SsFris,
Isnen 80 6aIswanee". Sn man6en Staa.
ten BADEN bsrsits bic gUIfsfitrsr sisfsm grtitsI
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aintsr in bic S&ule ;u i6iden, unb bic ainber
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mad Gbul5pono i6reit unb mad fSrpsrIiGsn
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flGrten" bic brati9sn u2ibrraIrn" nuGr
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1871-09-29
Gin Martsrer grab.

Tas ,SrlIelsr SrurraI" tbslte tieisr 1ooe
Zen Brief zines Witslisbss fsr @sisQitaft Ssiu
aus paris nit, ben mir I'M @ussuss bier wissrse-
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li9en Gsts bsr gairss Slisaint OucpusraN
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@OntparnaEs in bic 9siuitsn, air9e in tsr Ssss
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bisIt.
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lung Bon elmer punesrbarsn 0nassnpirfane be-
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ts am Snie Gin llsbsL psldss man in Intsiratt
tr taSu!rsisntsn Gri4sinunsen fur nnes'lpHr
bieIt. Jbu @siunebsit mar i'm @lssrns'nsn psr'
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1871-09-29

StaIieu. Gas rem b. Batter an bet @ar.
6sIe Gasaletti, oils graFbsntsn Der Grmmiiipn,
psl6s hem gaPfe ben Sriuamsn oSr @rcbe"
unt siusn 9pItsnm 5brpn ansrbie.en iplte, 0rs
ri6tets S6rsiten lautel pie fplgt;
gieblr MnrdriC GCnotm unp { sbu in Srlu
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1871-09-29

8rr ,peni9 YsourinilIs tennt unb ieinsn Ysie,
Npmmt aud nit eincm Gplldr tpc't.
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2atbplifder &irhcn &alcneer.

II. Srnntas n. 81. Gpons.: Ssius bsiIt 81.
men @i6ttriaieen.- Iatb. 9. IS.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-21

WHEREAS, THOMAS DAVIS OF VIM PARISH
W and district aforesaid duly declared bank
ript under the act of Congress OF March
2, 1907, has this day filed in said court petition
praying tor Il discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims provabe under
said act.
Notice is therefore given 10 all creditors VIII,
have proved their debts and to all other persons III
interest that the fourteenth day of March,
1871 at III A: NJ is assigned for the hearing of the
same and that they may then and there attend and
show cause, ii any they have, why the PRAYER OF
the said petition should not be granted: and fur
Their notice is given that the bankrupt will undergo
an examination before Register Baker, on the
seventh day of March, A. D. 1871, at II
A. H.. at his Office. at Monroe, louisiana.
clerks Oface, New Orleans. February IA. IN.
tel6 1923 Z. LOkW, Deputy OleIks
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-21

SEE ENiH DISTRICT COURI FOX THE PARISH
OF ORLEANS.
SOPHIA STERN, WIFE. ETC, vs.. JACOB l..
Kaiser, Her Husband No. 3215
I HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT on THE TWENTY
Il second day OF December, 1870. Judgment rem
dered this court III the following entitled suit,
the words and figures following to wit:
Sophia Stern, Wife, etc VS.. Jacob l.. Kaiser, her
husband
On motion of +. H. McCalcb. attorney for the
plaintiff i'll this cause, upon producing to the court
due proof III support OF her demand, and the law
and evidence brin. with plaintiff, it is adju:!.ei
and dtcrecd that the Judgment by default herein
catered on the nineteenth December instant, bs
now confirmed; that there be Judgment i'll favor OF
plaintiff. Sophia Stern against defendant, Jacob l..
Kaiser, her husband, decrceing separation OF
property between the said parties, and dissolution
OF the community OF acquetS and gains existing he
tween them: that plaintiff be authorized to admin
lister her property separately and Independently Of
her husband. 1t is further ordered that the deicnd
ant nav the costs of this suit.
.,ld ,mcnt signed third January. 1870.
7. WHARTON COLLENS Judge.
IN testimony whereof. have hercunte set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said court. at tn,
city OF New Orleans. this thirtieth day of Janu
ary in the year OF Lord one Thousand egh,
hundred and seyrHty-One, and the ninety -iiftl
year of the independence OF the United States.
fell II mh3 A. d. BERNOUDl, Clerk.