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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29
THE AMENDED CODE.

One or two of the Democratic Journals nave
timidy suggested excuses for Gov. Holman
in case he should sign the amendments to the
Code. giving the Judges of the New-YOrk
Courts unlimited and irresponsible power to
punish for contempt, and entirely destroying
the freedom of thc press to criticlse the ACTON
of the bench or to point out the most glarlng
judicial delinquencies. We can hardly De-
licvc that Gov. Hoffman really means to sign
this bill, especially since it has become pretty
well understood that the single amendment
containing the outrageous provisions was
fraudulcntly interpreted after the bill had
passed both Houses of the Legislatures but
Governor owned by INSCRIPTIONS men may
be forced to do strange things, and the Ian
guage of few of the party organs is alarm
ing. The World little while ago ridculed the
anxiety Of the Bar Association in opposing
this bill, and assured them that even without
their advice 50 cautious a magistrate and
sound a lawyer as Gov. Hoffman would be
certain to withhold his consent from it. But
suddenly the tone of The World has changed
II is now giving us reasons why the bill may
be signed. The pressure of the party machine
has been applied, and we watch for the result
with some uneasiness.
According to The World, now, the bill is good
one in all its sections except one. 1t makes
many excellent amendments, designed to facll-
itate the administration of justice, and APP
proved by the best lawyers in the State. The
section charging the powers OF the courts III
cases of contempt is utterly indofenslble. Is
it not better to accept the bill as whole, for
the sake of the good it contains, and trust the
next session of the Legislature to correct the
cvill Such question hardly deserves
serious answer. What guarantee have we
that the LEGISLATURE viii repeal its villainous
work And why must the liberties of citizens
be trusted even for six months to corrupt
Judiciary merely in order that the Code may
be amended in June when it can just
Is well be amended in December? If
the Governor withhold his signature, the
amendments are not defeated, but postponed.
The useful portions of them can easily be
passed again in December, practically without
oppositon and there can be no serious suffer
ing from the delay. But if he sign the bill as
it is now, there will be a great difficulty in
getting back the rights of which 1T Will de-
priye US, and meantime irrcparable wrong
may he done to many an innocent man. We
must remember that repeating the contempt
section would not repeal the injustice which
might he done under it while it was in force
Gov Hoffman cannot afford TO set up des-
potism in the Court House, even for SIX
months. We know he earnestly disapproyes
of this BILL and believe he once resolved TO
defy the pressure from this City, and refuse
TO sign it. win he surrender once more, AZ.
he did on the Erie bill 7 Does he think this
bill of monstrous injustice made law by his
signature, would smooth his path to the White
Housed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

Boston may keep her free churches, free concerts
free baths and bridges all that NcwYork wants Is
cheap ones The last question to be aeitated IL
cheap amusements; and, before setting the world on
fire. or trying to with new projects TO that end, 1t
viii be as wen for the proprietOrs of thcaters to sec
what can be done to make the third tier of galleries
endurable Plenty of people would prefer to look
down on play rather than not see it at ALL and IN
opera especially which is TO be heard and not seer.
in the present poverty Of stage decorations an mp
per seat is by no means IS bad place as the front
seats in the parquette. When the top Of the house
is thoroughly ventilated TO carry of the heat
and foul air which accumulate there-whon dust
and peanut-shclls do not reign there sugrem"-de-
cent people will not find Oense in tho idea Of going
to W aack5 or Niblo's on three-shillng tickets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

Secret sessions" says The Boston Transcript
would be a remarkably popular proceeding II
thereby the country could entirely escape the intc-
ton of the wrathful babbling the rhetorical feeble
ness and the disgrace to the national character pro-
dncod by the unseemly course Of most of the Soma
tors who have been tho greatest sticklers for
secrecyn This is timely and wise suggestion # 1t
were not for the awful warning afforded by the mel
ancboly fate of the Kilkenny cats, who did with
much Senatorial caterwau.ing contend together IN
I'll nothing was left Of either save bit or two OF
fur Imagine that secret debate had been going
on in the Senate for seventy-two hours, dreadiul
sounds reaching from time 30 time, the lobby Inc
Sergeant-at-Arms, at last, having burst open the
door. discovers all the respectable members III a
state of insensblity, with Mcssrs Conkng and
Carpenter performing Oratorical duet above inc
PROSTATE bodies of their poor brethren
Yet the persecuted Senators rose Against Their
Prosecutions In their weary pursuit of their dignity
they wholly forgot to give the President notice OF
their proposed adjournment. and inquire If he had
any further communications to make; but they dld
not forget to kick the Conklng Carpenter resolution
out of the Chamber and release the correspondents
to the sore grief OF the Common Jailer5 aforesaid
and the profound indifference OF The TRIBUNE
which would have had them out any way on hd9ed5
Corpus within twenty four hours after the adjourn
ment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

We see no particular reason why Indians visiting
Washington, when they call upon the President,
should wear their war-paint and dress in savage
costume, as Little Raven - and the rest did last
Tuesday. What we really want to do is TO persuade
these children of Nature to discard the belgerent
pigments altogether and to put OH the simple panta-
looms of peace. The sooner these poor Indians give
up masquerading with rings in their noses and
buao-skns on their shoulders the sooner they viii
be fitted to become American citizens and for our
part we are heartily sick of pipes OF peace, wampum,
paint feathers and speeches composed by the inter
prefers and about rs authentic Ossians poems.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29
the faro with which he is served and tho
which he rnrely grants himself Reaides and this is

tho faro with which he is served and tho
which he rarely grants himself Besides, and this Is
the gist of this paragraph he should exact his
brief vacation of at least three weeks in Summer.
when he can give himself up to perfect rest
and change. The machine may run at the top of its
speed few years longer, il it Is suffered to run
down completely for short season. That begrudged
fortnight or three weeks pays interest by hundreds
per cent, or else exacts it. This is what bafed
Reason would say to business men who fancy they
cannot live wholly moderate and prudent life
rush on if you must for forty weeks year but
under penalty of ending all work and device what
ever stop for the other three. Nerves are the
strangest strongest things in nature and they live
and work where polypus cannot. Unlike anything
else in the shape of motors, these viii on the
very oil that diminishes the friction, 10 speak;
and there are plenty of men in Ncw-YOrk to-day
with no business to be alive if death bad his nights
OF them, who are working hard on the strength Of
an occasional bilious attack that lays them up day
or two. The annual vacation need not include pill
grimage Quiet fresh air, and pleasing scenery are
necessities of rest which finds within an hours
ride from town Considering these advantages, II IL
half a regret that the business men Of New-fork
were not sentenced by public law to pass term
every season at Wards or BlackwelPs Island. where
NJ least they would have air and exercise in plenty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

A Frankfort correspondent of The Epenng
Post writes that the new loan" of the City
OF New-York has been introduced by the
Messrs. Rothschild, and S3,0O0,OO0 taken at
% 40. The correspondent evidently SuppOses
that we know something of that loan on this
side of the Atlantic, ard therefore negects to
state the rate of interest, and whether prlncl-
pal and interest are payable i'll gold or cur
rcncy. We find, however, by careful search
through our German exchanges, that New York
City per cent bonds are held in Berlin at 97l,
equivalent to 20 in our gold coin, and
we presume that the bonds on sale at
the Messrs. Rothschilds are z per cents
The price, % 40, is equal to 06 40 in
American gold, or 1871 in greenbacks. The
bonds according to the precedent of all
recent legislation, have thirty years to run.
According to The ~ Y. Financial ChrOn-
icie, the latest quotation of NewY0rk
City Is in Wall-st. ID 1921 bid, 1914 asked,
so that the credit Of our city is 81 per
cent better i'll Frankfort and Berlin
than with her own citizens, a fact which may
perhaps be accounted for by the superior
facilities of the Germans for obtaining specific
knowledge of the receipts, expenditures and
indebtedness of the Corporation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

TIE suspension of DR.. Lanahan as Associate
Agent OF the Book Concern REEVES the uh-
pleasant quarrel among its officials which has
so seriously disturbed the Methodist Church
The worst of these disagrecments lies IN the
fact that once carried into the courts, as TINS
has been. they inevitably bring dscredlt not
on the Htigants merely, but on the Church too'
and consequently scandalize religion. Any
compromise which avoids publicity in those
matters should, for this reason alone com
mend itself 10 these Christian gentlemen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

Though the present Indian Agents have not
been able TO maintain peace myiOlable on the
border, they at least tell us the truth as 10
the origin of the miniature wars between the
settlers and the red tribes which occasionally
rage there; and that is something seldom
youchoafed under the old system, when agents
and contractors were the chief mstIgators OF
trouble, instead of the prcseryers OF peace 1t
Is conciusiyely shown tina, tine recent outbreak
~ the Usage Reservation began ia an unpIo-
vokcd assault by white sellers On q small
band Vi unnamed Indians On their way " t-e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

Tie right of the Cherokee Indians to the
lands beyond the Mississippi which the Gov
eminent compelled them to accept III lieu Of
their old possessions i'll the Georgia Gold re-
gion, has again been confirmed, and we trust
finally, by United States Court. The EFFORT
to eject the Indians by process OF law from
the lands which they have cultivated and en-
richcd is an attempt at fraud on the part OF
the white settlers only less infamous than the
more ancient method Of outrage and war III
vogue formerly on the border
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

The selection of Secretary Fish to represent
this Government in the Geneva Conference
under the Treaty of Washington will COM
mand the approval of those best Informed and
the entire satisfaction of the Country. II is no
secret that he has long sought escape from the
irksome confinement Of his present post; and
now that the end crowns his work in the ne
a,otiations with Great Britain, he can retire
gracefully and with high honor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

When Mr. Ashbury, the English yachtsman,
was in this country he claimed that his vessel
was not required to race Che whole American
Yacht feet in order to recover the Queens
cup won by the America twenty years ago.
The Ncw-York Yacht Club has now conceded
this claim, and the LivOnia, Mr. Ashbury's
new yacht, will, therefore, contend for this
prize with "A single vessel only-a decision
which will greatly increase the interest N the
coming regattaS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

A business writes, in private letter: " Let
me tell you how livc Rise at 81, breakfast at 81,
take the train at q, arrive i'll town at 81, lecture
from to 10. thence to the magazine Office, to keep
that mill grinding with my own or some one elses
grist. and give cOunsel-something used to on u
daily newspaper. Between 10 and IL must write
all letters do all erraAds and then meet the editor
to discuss topics for edoria-writing next day. For
tunate if get through by 1. Then dine i'll a restau-
rant, with the golden-winged Democracy then, from
ITO write as if the Angel of the Lord had appeared
unto me with that command. If anybody calls on me
in this interval they find IA bear, and more than
five hundred people are constantly asking my chair
back where Blake or the reporters are. At g. l set
out for the train; at n or s. sit down to supper at
Q, begin 10 study my next mornings lecture Now,
if you can SEQ where the place comes in to write
magazine articles you get clear impress
sion Of the side occupation with which
drive away enRm and fill my leisure
moments" This is not solitary instance. Several
thousand men in every large city playing a SINH
Lar part Of awful warning 1t is useless TO try to
hold them back. Some necessity, real or fanced,
urges them Ia this excessive action. Ten thousand
year is the lowest limit OF income for family that
wishes to live in easy style in an Atlantic city, and
to render this certain for years To come will task q
single pair of hands and single brain Is hOurs out
Of o. Ieisurely Boston doctors may prescribe six
hours in one day as the limit OF mental activity for
man and they may embalm the business man who
heels them if they can catch him. But this much
may he done ;hthe nervous machine may be fed with
tho best iuel. and ,arofully oiled and tended while
compelled 10 run NJ is biggest speed, A business
uau ua5 4 right Lv be lAI4ll AID puuClILOub about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

The Paris Commune was one OF the worst bodies
that ever cursed a nation city. But before iis
nglorious term ofpower closed, 1t explained IA de,aH
how il acquired SboOOsOO, and how It expended That
sum during two months OF ito government. our
rulers for two years have not accounted tor the
money thoy received, nor explained how II "a- o'-
buIscd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

agency 70 trade. OF course, in the fighting
which grew out of this outrage the innocent
suffered most. the Original offenders escaping.
And the worst of it is that there is little prob
ability that the rude Justice of the West will
ever 0VegtakG them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

Lorando Jones, recently convicted at Pdrin,
,,.,,,, Neosouth wales, OF blasphemy. and sentences
t tso Years mpr,onnJ Mt for some coarse ana ms
ir, reln.rl,. concerning the auhentieiy o. me ou %
nm mas receive ed FREQ pardon, aHd hhl has peg
"''' ,,. ,l., sydney lee stature rcpeuhng ia
lao, ,,n,.rr NuI,. NJ JVIte Was GVUNls.Su
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29
Amnaemenle, GIG. Gins Grenma.

BoorHs THrATER.-'A Winters Tale" Lawrence
SarTVtt
FIETU AVENUE TnEATEB." The Golden Fleece
,igr,os N1.lcss.
LIMA EpWIN'S TurATEr -"R Rank George Clarke.
NuIO', GARDEN" Kit +. :. Chanfron.
OINNp1c TIiEATER.-"Ja Jack sheppard" Gil Fox.
WAIIACH'a TnEATER.-"R oscda!c' Lester Wallack
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN. - Concert. Theodore
Th0nss
IRvING uM.-PmoIama and Concert Ger
n'ns Ihiariei'
NEwcoMa IS ARINGToN'S MINISTRIES, Broadway
AMI Tvc1t .-r.-lih-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29
FURTHER DETAILS.
JECKER, THE MEXICAN BANKER, SHOT BY THs
INSURGENTS.

JECKER, THE MEXICAN BANKER, SHOT By THs
INSURGENTS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUNRl
LONDON, May 2s. 1871.
THE TRIBUNE special correspondent at Versailles
teecraphs, last evening that 10 hostages including
the Archbishop of Paris, the President of the Cour
DIES Complies, and Jecker, the Mexican banker, were
shot by the Communists, on Wednesday, at La RO.
quette Prison.
There was fighting in Paris all day yesterday.
The Cemetery OF Pere La Chaise was reoccupied by
the Communists. Ii was at once bOmbarded by the
Government troops and retaken. Marshal Mac
Mahon telegraphed that it absolutely necessary
to recarry that position.
The number of the insurgent dead is immense. 1t
is seriously proposed to burn the bodies a sani-
tary measure.
The special correspondent of THE TRIBUNE tele-
graphs that on Thursday the Versailles authorities
searched the sewers for petroleum. In sewer near
the Luxemburg Palace they found boats con-
tanning large quantities of petroleum bombs
together with cartridges wine, bread, and salt
provisions. woman who was arrested
this morning was searched, and bottles OF petroleum
were found slung from belt beneath her dress
She was instantly shot. In another street saw
father and son placed in trench among the deal
bodies, and then shot
DISPATCH FROM MINISTER WASHBuRNb
THE MURDER OF THE ARCHBISHOP CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, May d. 1871.
The following telegram was received by secretary
Fish at o'clock this afternoon:
The Archbishop and 60 priests were shot on iues
day night. The instruction has been suppressed
The nsurgent losses were enormous ana those oi ''
Government comparatively small WAshBURNk'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-29

SWN;,'s CELEBRATED PANACEA was nitro
del Ore c. Or The Medical Faculty sbcu, iy year, Thou
ssals Of ser have proven It's great value eSper5 'Tc
rn.,,er f5. Gre t'ool-r removing tains from The system
S-rE year Ma rcures remedy L. aSst PERM A
Ip wh ca has been Ic 3ij Gufns lae COZ
sway. al- a the indications ue'eL 10 IS pasi' %"
ta.c cori ucIcurs irgcIe and fcry eLcicols ~
S-roilh kiu-.ei dse-seS For fi b.. Al DRUGGISTS
MARBLE MANTELS, MONUMENTS, FLOOR
Tune &c-HP~ny PARRY Mannheim and Importer vsroohS
go fouaa,e. steam Marble oIks ~. ~ ~ LAi -'
Seven hundred dollars q day, for every work
IN s f,r seven cr has lern paid BENEFITS h The TRAVELLERS
lITB AID ACCDENT Insurance. CoNrAN1 OF hasdorL
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-24
A WRETCHED HoAx.-[ro the Editor Of

A WRETcHED HoAx.-[ro the Editor OF
the Cincinnati Comm erciai.] "A story has
been going the rouud. Of the press, pur-
porting to come from Sand Hill, Ky, that
Il preacher OF the Christian Church, while
attempting to immerse Il man, released the
candidate from his grasp, so that before he
could be rescued he was drowned. This
was made pathetic, as we'll as horrible. by
the statement that the drowned man had
just been married, and his bride was stand
ing on the shore, compelled to witness the
drowning OF her husband. One Of the east
ern weeklies has given a pictorial illustra-
ton of the dreadful event
Let me say to the public through your
columns, that this story is wretched ca
nard. l have letter from Rev. Fl. B. Tay-
lor-a gentleman known to me as RESPONSE
ble-that he married and afterwards bap-
tized DR.. Pownall, of sand Hill but no
accident happened at the baptism, the
Doctor is alive and well, and no SUCH catas-
trophe occurred ut Sand Hill IS has been
stated. If the author Of this shameful
falsehood thinks he has done smart thing,
we advise him to cherish the conceit in sc.
cret, and never let his name be known.
The folly of this senselesS lie is only
equalled by its malignity.
As attempts have been made to secure
capital by this story for denomin2lpnal
ends. it is of some Importance to prevent
eager partisanS from being too seriously
victimized by cruel hoax.
TsAAc ERRETT,
Editor Christian Standard.
Cincinnati, jan. 90, 1871.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-24

ME- JANUARY %, lS'I.-MofIH ~
AND ELEGANT Day GOODS.--THOMAS H..
Prize &c co. have just received by steamer a.o
n1nra7s many new and beautiful goods IN
PRIETS-dark and medium colors-for present
season. ,
IJGaT SHIFTING PRISTS-new designs
for children and misses.
MOURNING PRINTS: very pretty
BLEACgED COTTON and SHEET1SG.
TOWELLINGS: IRISH LlNENs-reshy III
liren-lower than later In season.
DRESS GOODS: Black and Colorcd Aoh"ir''
yelours, and Empress, Irish and French f'p''nS.
RARGAIES: portion OF winter stocK III
l,rcss Goods will be sold off at very low hgureS'
MOURNING GOODS:
BOMB AZINES, TAMISE,
FPINGLE. OTTOMAN-,
HIACK ALPACAS and MGHAlhS,
MOUSLINS,
GRAPE Wells. COLLARS,
KIO and SILK GLrVES, sc.
POINT APPLIQUE and VAL. 9ETs'
LACE CGhLaiS,
LINEE COLLARS and CUFFS,
LINEN BUSOMS,
HOSIERY,
New CAS$lMERES Tor men ami hoys-TcrS
chta p, &c. ,o
pr ices not stated In advertisements u make
silly people stare, bat sensible people can "e'''
where they get value Tor their money.
r. 4. PRICE & CO.,
,,or ll0I, opposite Post-olce.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-24
aud properly protected, greas sou ,ar,ns.
pleasure and subsistence VIII DC pe''''
ncntlv secured to the people.

The following is the letter OF hon. W. ~. ~
T., and SPENCER MILLER, Esq., OH Va.
cons;itutionality Of the inco ,ii. naper Il
which reference was mace III 'N''
few days since: .,o,a with
"Gert,cmen,--W have conssueauu , m.n
r-cai care the questions WIZ" ~. noa,',t.
submitted to us. ana give 49, ~ , ~ o,;,,;n,,
which we have reached. we are vi otihlo!.i
W. ~ &, t.x an the gross income Of an indi-
, ,;,',u ;s embraced by the words 'capita-
tion, ar other direct taX,' i'll the Constitu-
ZION md should he assessed and collected
on the principle of apportionment and not
of uniformity, and that the several sections
of the lntel nal Revenue act imposing such
tax are therefore unconstitutional. We
are further of opinion that no decision
Of the Supreme Court of the United
States prccludes this view, or dis
courages the expectation that 1t
will receive the sanction of the court. On
the contrary, there are dicta and sugoes-
tons in the Only decisions bearing upon
the subject which tend to confirm the opn-
ion we have expressed. But we are fur
-thcr Of the opinion that even II the tax on
gross income, as such, is constitutionally
laid by the act III question, it includes, as
portions Of such income, sums which cam
not bc taxed ut all, as interest on State
bonds, or cannot be taxed under such an
act. rs rents and annual profits of real es-
tate, wages of labor, and, perhaps, other
special items of taxation. Whether, if
these and other portions OF the income of
individuals are improperly included in the
income tax, and must be excepted, he
whole income tax falls, is question that
has been raised, but is not so clear under
the decisions rs to make us speak with that
confidence with which we do on the other
points. Yours, respectfully,
L. SPENCER MILLER,
Jan. IA, 1871. WIN. N. EvARTs.''