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Year: 1868

REMovED.-C. F. Ellsworth is engaged in
removing his portable steam saw mill from
Trinity county to Red Bluff from which place
it will be transported to a point near Cisco
on the line of the Pacific Railroad. The
Railroad Company have contracted to pur
chase all the lumber Ellsworth can manufac.
ture for one year.
Year: 1868

IMMIGRATIoN.-The Pacific Mail steamer
which left New York on the 1st inst. was
crowded with passengers for this State. One
thousand two hundred and fifty applicants
for passage were obliged to wait for the
next steamer.
Year: 1868

Holy WEEK Yesterday was Good Friday,
the anniversary of the crucifxon of our
Saviour-the most solemn of all the festivals
of the Catholic Church. Tomorrow will be
Easter Sunday, the anniversary of the re-
surrection of our Lord from the dead.
Year: 1868

A NEW WAY To COLLECT OLD DEBTS.-A
merchant in Covington, Kentucky, recently
observed man passing his door who owed
him $500 He had often dlnned the lndl-
vidual for the amount and at times, too.
when be knew the latter had money and
could have paid him, but still the claim
remained unliquidated. On this occasion,
however. he determined to adopt new
course Instead of demanding payment, he
went to an officer, and pointing out to him
the delinquent debtor, told him that the lat
ter bad large amount of counterfeit money
in his possession. The officer Immediately
arrested the man and took him to JAIL where
he searched him, but. instead of discovering
counterfeit money. fonnd about $1,000 IN
genuine greenbacks. The merchant was
close at hand. and while the money was IN
the possession of the officer, he attached 1t,
and thus secured his $780, When the al
legged counterfeiter found that he was victim.
ized he was very angry and threatened to
sue the merchant for false arrest and i'm
prisonment but the latter retorted by
threatening to 90 over to Cincinnati and
bring over a host of other creditors, who
would pounce upon the remaining $780,
This was sufficient, and the matter was
dropped.
Year: 1868

This splendid Tonic is now used by all classes
of people for every symptom of Stomach out
of order"


The secret of it is this: Plantation Bitters are
certain to correct the juices Of the Stomach, set all
its machinery at work, and enable it to resist and
throw off the approaching danger. The tendency
of the operations of Nature is always towards q
cure: all she needs is little assistance at the
proper time How much more reasonable anC
sensible it is TO help her along with gentle, ye
powerful Tonic, than to deuge and weaken and
defeat her curative proc, with poisonous drugs
and fiery mixtures, which only stupefy and plan
the seeds of disease and death.
Year: 1868

SoME OF YOU CAN'T, AND WE PITY


you You have tried every remedy but the
ON E destined, by its intrinsic merit to supercede
az similar preparations. it is not surprising you
should be reluctant to try sometime else after tbo
many experiments you have made of trashy com
pounds foisted on the public as a certain cure; bu,
Year: 1868

The Board met at o'clock yesterday, Presi-
don't Stacom In the chair. Councilman Lamb presented
the following:


Srea celebration Of the bthdav Of country
Independence City Of NewYok viii the 4th OF Jg the
present hy additional imp Use the feelings Of tie public
upon large number Of strangers from all sections OF the
anticipated viii CpngTege 10 THIS iDetronos and


TIE hoaord custom OF preserving sh ~ tie minds Of


the natal day Of declaration o Independence
Union dbe and LelIng upoa the coast uon OF no tie motto
1t : perpetual" therefore be


RS,s3 Tba, Committee branch Of the Common
hereby appointed ake ach arrangements
deemed necessary e1peni out tie full intent
sud purpose named the foregoing preamble aud that the SUN Of


hereby appropriated dcrsy the thereof aud
that hereby directed and Authorized To the vouchers
upon bills being duly audited and appointed by the Joint
Committee hereby provided On .
the Fourth of July should be celebrated this year
more than ever The great Democratic Convention
was TO be held In this city OH the Fourth Of
July, and 1T would be lasting disgrace II this
city if there fireworks, particularly as
there would be large number OF visitors here from all
parts the Union If the Legislature had adopted the
Tax levy sent to them from this city, there would have
been than enough money TO meet any reasonable
expenditure for this celebration. IL the Legislature had
reduced the cOe levy would have been been better
the taicnd of the Tax levy the Legislature had
added n million and half Of dollars That part Of the
resolution apprOpriaDg $4,000 was laid over under the
rule aud that portion calling for the appointment or
Special Committee adopted and the Chair appointed
Councilmen Gibney Hart Reilly, stephen Roberts,
and Turner such committee the part OF this Board
An invitation was accepted that the Common Council
take trial trip over the Elevated Railway Tuesday
next. Ordinances adopted dividing the Eleventh.
Twelfth and Eighteenth Wards into more convenient
Year: 1868

South America and the purpose of the owners 10 scnI
aSr IN our not in pursuance Of
ian Government but for the purpose and OF ndns
Ser on s or ger and that the owners were TO ss
OF SPAR, or any other Government or person with whom
cby cfy might rSi be able to negotiate sale g. The witness
t0ns with the agents OF the Chilian Government wh
view and intent OF fitting out and eauippps
the vessel to be employed In the war witk
spain, are persons who had volunteered IA
negotiate on behalf Of the agents with the owners In
persons in the expectation Of employment in some iua
ion IN the command of the vessel and very clearly man


nest their disappointment and chagrin ut the failure Of
the DegotiatiOns and whose testimony IA TO be exanined
with considerable disrust and suspicion. We are not
satisfied that case is made out upon the proofs OF


must therefore, reverse the decree below and enter
decree dissmlssiDg the libel.
Year: 1868

SIR: During this warm weather too great a
regard for the cleanliness of our streets cannot be
employed "All the flth foul and extraneous matter"
should be speedily removed, and all our streets kept
thoroughly cleansed. Tho attention OF the Board or
Health and that OF Croton Board has been directed
10 the dsgraceful condition OF Laight and Hubcrtss
near Wes but neither OF these Boards has taken any
action 10 remedy the evils complained Of Ever since
last Fall the pavement has been taken up anu Tor the
past eight months these streets In this locality nave Deen
nothing than quagmre, at the present ne almost
uncomfortable, covered they are with timex green
slime etagnant and just in that foul state TO read
engender Infectious diseases Will not our proper au,nO
ties give their Immediate attention TO this shameful con
dti0n OF affairs and az purge and purify the prem
iscsf thus promoting tie comfort OF those VINO are
Obliged to live in the neghbOrhood. PUBLIC HEALTH


AetO York, June %, 1868.
Year: 1868

ark papers Of April iS6s where the matter caused excite
ment at the time. girl Of Catholic parentage living
with family in that city attended the Methodist Church
there and suddenly disappeared. 1t charged that
she had been decOyed to NewYork under pretense OF
seeing sick child, and was confined in a Catholic Con-
vent Catholic priest TO allay the excitement, pub
lshed letter In which he denied the abduction OF the
GIRL but stated that he met her at the parents request
and finding Indifferent TO the CATHOLIC religion ddgsed


that she be mt ia The House Of The Good Shepherd That
this great outrage should not have received more atten


on is matter OF surprise But without intending 10 IN,
up as it deserves TO be- knowing THE TRIBUNEs oppos-
ton TO oppression in any form And this matter Is par
tculary Interesting Proestants in NewYork to know
whether they supporting nquisiton In TINS great
city of free republic from the fact that the tax M
printed In your journal OF May T. contains an appOpria


on OF S25OO0 to this rather miscalled Catholic House OF
The Good Shepherd RELIGIOUS lIBEkri'


June 2l, 1868.
Year: 1868

lone VALLEY, Cal, March 10, 1853
PUBLISHER OF THE N. Y TRIBUNE: According to
promise send you $50 for your valuable paper
You will please send 90 copies to the Postmaster at lone
Valley Amador County, Ca and one extra Of THE SEMI
the geer up Of tho Club OF 100 copies Of THE
WEEKLY TRIBUNE. This is n larger number OF papers
than taken at this Office OF any one paper We
consider tins very large Cub for the place and all
other parts OF the country do half so wel you VIII nave
q very large circulation the present year.


Very respectfully MARY ScUDDER
Year: 1868

What we anticipated in our issue


of Monday last has become a reall-


ty. The Hon. John Trimble has


peremptorily declined to become a


candidate for reelection to his seat


in Congress so ably and worthlly


filed by him; and Mercer, yes Mer-


Ger the boIter from convention,


announces himself candidate for a


convention. That he does SO In
face of the contempt in which he is
so generally held, shows merely that
the, world is correct in its judgment
of the man. If he runs, he will re-
ceiye about as many or likely good
many less votes than he procured
last year for his fayorite candidate
for Mayor, when he bolted from the
@onye ntion.


In the card announcing himself as
a candidate, he says, his 'srecord is
before the people," So it is, and on
that record, unless we are very much
deceived, he cannot receive the vote
of any pure patriot or decent gen
tleman; be it then by misrepresen-
tations and under handed games of
which he has shown himselfs SO COM
plete a master on several occasions.


Long ago it has been considered
pity by those forming the bone and
sineW of the party, that circumstan-
ces pryented the establishment of
an English organ at the capitol of
our State; of paper which would
truly represent the Radical party.
It has been regretted deeply by
every one that the sentiments uttered
bye G. Mercer in regard to men
and local measures should go forth
to our friends up North, as those of
Tennessee's Union men. Those
friends may think, now that the edi-I
tor of the official organ of the
State, if he announces himself as a
candidate for Congress, win COM
mand all the REPUBLICAN votes of the
district; but we assure them that is
not the case. That man cannot
muster a corporal's guard in his
support; there is no way for him to
receive the nomination. Our party
in the Fifth Congressional District
is composed Of too respectable a
class of people to be guilty of re-
turning man of MERGERS calibre,
of Mercer's antecedents, to the seat
which is now adorned by the learned
and upright John Trimble.


Who will be the candidate of the
party we cannot tell at this present
time ! but we can assure all those
who may fear and the few who may
hope that Mercer might possibly
receive the nomination, that we will
unite on good and true man to beat
Fiend Mercer and our other enc
mics, the Democrats. ~
Year: 1868

About eleven o'clock Thursday evening
party of men, some ten in number were
making night hideous at the corner of La
fayette and Bolivar streets, probably under
the baneful influence of too much Christmas
Eve festivities, Patrolman John Donovan
went up to them for the purpose of induc-
ing them to become quiet, but instead Of
yielding to his solicitations they knocked him
down and then shot him. The ball entered
the top of his head on the right side and
lodged in his right jaw. The wounded man
was conveyed to the Charity Hospital.


Donovan's condition is critical, and the
wound is considered dangerous. None OF
the parties concerned in the assault on him
have yet been arrested, but the names are
known and justice will been done.
Year: 1868

Mr.. PRESIDENT: In moving the refer
epce of this bill to the Committee on the
Judiciary | desire to say that l shall
move to amend the ordinary motion OF
reference by adding certain instructions
which shall send to the Chair.


Mr.. President, there is more involved
in this measure than in any other, all
others, perhaps. | see in it complete
overthrow of the Constitution III ten
States of the Union. see in it prac-
tical dissolution of the Union. l see
Republic in form, at least, still re-
naming north of the Potomac. see
an empire rising sonth of it. see IN 1t
the realization of the widest dream OF
Calhoun dual Executive--a President
to execute the laws in the Republic OF
the North; a military dictator, indepen-
dant Of the President, to make as well
as execute laws in the negro empire OF
the South. Ny heart is oppressed with
a sorrow too deep for full utterance; and
vet, with the indulgence of the Senate,
/ would make q last appeal to modify
this policy. deem it a duty which |
owe to tue country to do so now, before
this bill goes to the committee, for In
that committee / have no voice, and l
know when its report is once made,
and they are fully committed to the
measure, it will be too late. fear am
already powerless to influence the Judg-
ment of the Senate. But as / love my
country and her republican institutions,
worshiped them from my youth up, aud
as | verify believe, although | pray
Heaven ] may be mistaken, they are
now in most imminent peril of utter
destruction if the bill shall become q
law. | know that Senators if they do
not agree with me, will pardon me for
giving expression to those earnest con-
Sictions which could hardly repress if
| would.


As / can have no hope that Congress
will wholly abasdon its reconstruction
pclicy, for the purpose of asking the
Senate to consider the question OF mod
ifying it so far as to limit negro suffrage
to certain classes submit the following
motion, which | now send to the Char
and request the Secretary to read.


The Secretary read as follows:


ResolUsd, That the bill be referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and that the said
committee he instructed, in said bill, or in any
other bill which may be reported by them hav
| ing reference TO the question of reconstruction


so-called, in any of the States not represented
in the present Congress, to insert the following
| prOvis0:


Proridsd nevertheless, That upon an election


for the ratification of any constitution, or of Of
! tcers under the same, previous to its adoption
| in any State, no person not having the qualihca
| tions of an elector under the constitution ant
] laws Of such State previous to the late rebel
Year: 1868

Tns New York Ersaiag Post (RaiicaD,
in an article on the situation ar Wash
ington, in which it takes ground on the
side Of Congress, very sensibly says:


In the meantime it is to be earnestly
hoped that the Senate Will act without
precipitation or under the influence OF
ANY undue excitement. 1t must main
taIu thesupremacy OF the law until 1t
has been modified by the legislature or
set aside by the judiciary. He
mdy resist 4 lac, doubtless, TO the ertcRt Of
qtttiag il tested IN the courts, but beyond
that his action IS revolutionary and
revolutionary action is not method az
proved in any sense by the people OF this
country.


The action of the President, as long
as i; goes no further than IA test in the
courts, must be approved by all who de-
sire tie maintenance of constitutional
and stable Government. Unless the
freedom of Such action is conceded to
him. then i, IS nonsense to talk about
ohcying laws until decided uncOnsti-
tutional." The assumption of Con-
grr,S. in it's present attitude. amounts
10 a prohibition against decision. 1t
- that every law passed is inherently
judicial decision in favor of
Is coGstitutionaIity! Carried to an
rxtIcme end asG logical sc
Quence it is that Congress may pass an
act, no matter hSv tagrantly unconsti-
tutiOnal-an act, for instance, abolish
ing the Presidency and making death
the penalty for attempting to exercise
the office, and that the President cannot
resist to the extent of judicial test
without forfeitiug his life! 1t leads to
au overthrow of the Constitution and
the Capitalization ofunlimited power in
;he Legislative Department.


The issue before the country AS iuvolv-
ed in the quarrel between Republican
Congress and Republican President, is
whether the Consultation or Congress
shall gOvern-whnther the people owe
allegiance to written Fundamental Law
Or to tickle Human Will.
Year: 1868

ceased TO be State OF the American Union Mssssppl
by her act of war had no rights left The question Oh
the power OF Congress to the
not before the Court The only question Sa ndar
grew out OF the exercise OF military authority uhasr
the act Of March 2, 1867 and the aeS sup, sup
Elemental thereto. Mr.. Trumbul showed tnae is
Irumbull called attention TO the grants or power III
the Constitution and conclusion, held that an nur
recOn does exist In the State OF Mississippi or sucn
state OF things that makes II necessary TO call f0rh the
military power OF the country. The President having as
signed General Of the army to command in Mississippi
Tor the purpose OF suppressng insurrecton and Con
gress under the authority OF the Constitution and the
decision Of the courts, having taken precautionary
10 suppress nsurresen this Court is bound by
the decision OF the political department Of the Govern
ment II the Court hold differently and can inquire INTO
strictly constitutional and the power to pass IL Is 10 be
found in the grants TO Congress- specifically named for
carrying war; and repelhng INVASION, and suppress
ing insurrecton, and for governing the coun-
try, which does not belong TO any State,
but is yet within the territorial jurisdiction
OF the United States that the progress Of the the


ted prior the war and the armies of the United states
having destroyed the government set up In its place left
the people without government, and that according to
all the national laws this GOvernmen having be gerent
rights had right through the military power TO place


government Mississippi temporarily at least but
before this be done there must be an interval OF e
ton for the protection OF the people w2s for Congress
TO determine how long this period shall be- and Congress
not having yet determined when civil government shall
be restored this Court is bound by decson but II the
10 warrant the exercise OF the power Of the grants TO
which he had referred In further argument he said the
jury trial which Is guaranteed by the Constitution Is no
constitutional right than the right TO make war,
and both these provisions To be construed to the state
OF things IN which they are applicable The Court could
make jury trials imperative IN state OF war ah


military force could be brought into court 70 eclde Ju
dical questions; both are distinct.


The argument is TO be continued tomorrow.
Year: 1868

TAUNTON Mass, Feb. &C. 1903
EDITOR TRIBUNE: I inclose q check Tor Slo' ms
amount was given by thirty different lndVuuais' anu
is their desire that so many WEEKLY IRBUNEs rs the
money win nav for for one year. shall be sent free to
men in the close or doubtful States who now vote the
Democratic ticket on condition OF their agreeing to read
them Theconrbuor think this TO be the best use that
can be made OF the money but you know Of any better
way advancing the good cause they wish to use 1t
in accordance with that judgment. Yours truly,
Year: 1868

When is to be the fulfillment of the
Radical prophecy in regard to free labor
at the South? Louisiana makes one hogs
head of sugar by labor where she made ten
in 1860, aud Mississippi one bale of cotton
where she raised four. The sugar and cot
ton fields remain at the South as before the
war, and there are free Africans there,
with strong arms and hungry stomachs by
tens of thousands, but they contrive not to
labor and are encouraged by the Radicals
to think more of the ballot than of bread.
The fear now is that only negro labor will
ever produce cotton cheaply and success
fully. Natives or immigrants cannot, be-
cause, even when hoed it must finally be
picked by hand, which costs months of
monotonous toll White laborers can hoe
and plough, but the four months monoto-
nous picking which was the work of the
negro, though light labor, they will not
readily submit to, nor will the negroes,
who are naturally indolent We say not
this in the interest of slave labor, for that
is gone forever but as proof that negroes
will not do in a state of freedom for them
selves what they did in q state of slavery
for themselves and others.-Nele York Err
1sg.eqe
Year: 1868

The 81 Peter Minnesota Tribune gives
an account Of desperate attempt Of a
Young woman Of that place to commit sui
eide. She shot herself little below the
heart the bali glancing upon one Of the
ribs, following it half around the body,
and passing out underneath the left shout
der .blsde. Disappointed love led to ;hs
ACT but she will recover from both.
Year: 1868

THE STEAM FIRE ENGINE DISASTER IN New
1"kk. AT the coroner's inquest in New York
yesterday. the foreman Of the steam fire engine
NO 9. which exploded her boiler in the Bow
cry, testified that the engine was used as a sub
stitute Tor the regular one, which was under
SONG repairs; that her boilers Were not in psr- =
feet order; that the tubes were leaking but in
had previously been tested, and bore the pres.
sure OF hundred pounds of steam-during a
nre tney We're allowed to use only from sixty
10 eighty. The steam engineer In charge at the
ume was man OF experience, and well recon-
mended policeman swore that the engineer
was attentive and in his place at the time OF
the accident.
Year: 1868

THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY in the
Senate, will probably report favorably upon
the nomination OF w. NJ. Evsrts as Attorney
General, although there is dc cided opposition
to his confirmation on the part Of some Sens-
ators. The indications are that the vote upon
his confirmation will be a close one, with the
chances somewhat against il.
Year: 1868

As Soon AS THE TAX BILL is disposed Of the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs will call
up the bill making an appropriation tor the
purchase OF Alaska, and an effort VIII be made
by minority OF the committee, who are op-
posed to such appropriation, 10 postpone the
whole subject until the next session of Con-
gress
Year: 1868

THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, at its
meeting te-day. decided to report adversely
upon the House bill making Chicago, Cincin-
matt, and st. Louis ports of entry, but will re-
port new bill to the Senate, as a substitute for
the House bill. which will be more stringent in
its requirements than the House bill. The
committee are OF opinion that If the present bill
was passed. there would be ample opportunity
to defTaud the Government The Secretary of
the Treasury sent TO the committee a bill
which in his opinion would cover the case; but
even this failed, in their opinion. The COM
mittee also decided TO mage a favorable report
TO the Senate on the nomination of Mr.. Mulford
Is Collector at Richmond, Va.