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Year: 1869

All who have real estate for sale or to let
and those desiring to purchase rent such property


VIII find TO their interest to advertise in THE TRIBUNE


It's aggregate circulation exceeds that Of any other DesF
paper and in addition TO this advantage THs TRIBUNE
will be found not only NewYork and ali its cities and
villages but every state aud Territory throughout The
Union. The advertisement should be as brief as VII
allow OF the advantages claimed being made clear to The
reader We would especially dwell on the fact that ths
subscribers for the three editions OF THE TRIBUNE Daily


Semi Weekly and Weekly comprise individuals In oVep
business professions consequently adversementsin each
are read by all classes. The TRIBUNE deyotes especA
attention reports Of sales Of real estate beth in e


and country thus adding greatly to the value OF It's cor
umns as an advertising medium, The charges for adVsN
tsing are as follows: DAILY TRIBUNE, IS cents per lA
for each msertion WEEKLY TRIBUNE 81 per line; ssHr
WEEKLY TRIBUNE IS cents per Isne. About ten wordsd
our wide columns average line Terms, cash n advance
Year: 1869

The Council having by vote OF 3 tn
> concurred in the House amendment
inserting Helena" instead OF Deer
Lodge" in the act locating the seat OF
government, the question may bs re-
garded as definitely settled. and Helena
will, by a majority of the votes cast on
that question at the next general cleo
ton, become the Capital of Montana.
Messrs. Bagg and Rand, on reconsidera-
ton of their position, and in view of the
impossibility of securing the Capitol to
Deer Lodge, thought it best To locate il
in the metropolis. and came over at the
eleventh hour. We do not consider IL
within the possibilities that Acting Cow
ernor TUFTS will veto the bill, all runners
to the contrary notwithstanding. The
vote is decided, and his character for
honesty and integrity is too well estab-
lished TO permit a suspicion that he
could be infiuence ced beyond his sense of
right, by proierred bribe or otherwise.
ultimately acquainted with Secretary
Tufts and believing him unapproacha
bic by fraud, we have no fears of his ac-
tion on this bill. The action OF the Leg
islature will meet with hearty approval
throughout the Territory, and public
convenience be greatly promoted by the
location of the Capitol in this central
and accessible city. In this, and the
speedy disposal OF the question more
than for other cause, We are gratified
with the action, and trust the business
of the session will not be fustrated by
further local squabbles.
Year: 1869

the message. which was in a great meas
ure a repetition of old obstinacies. Itis
recognized as the last malicious insult
he will have opportunity to hurl at tho
representatives he hates, and its temper
was anticipated. Its effect has been
counteracted by tie prompt expression
of Congress and the press, and Andrew
Johnson's last annual message will be
merely an official tombstone, its epitaph
pointing a moral in much the same man.
ner as freighted gibbet, 90 all who may
look and learn wisdom
Year: 1869

woofis the sunbeam Of heaven; oil
checkered over with celestial noweU BY
the mystic hand of reflection, still al
ways is it beautiful, that blessed life
water. No poison bubbles on the
brink its foam brings no saduess os
MURDER
Year: 1869

As general rule, the most extensive and lib
eral buyers Of holiday goods do not put off their
purchases until the stocks have become low and
the crowd so great that they are unable to make
satisfactory selections. Indeed, as we happen
TO know, some of the most desirable customers
IN that branch OF trade are already on the look
who propose to engage in it-and which of them
does not?-should therefore announce their at
fractions without delay, if they wish to reap an
early harvest.


We need hardly add, what they already know,
that the advertising columns of THE STAR, al
ways reflex of the business OF the city, are
consulted now more than ever by those desiring
bargains in any branch of trade.
Year: 1869

When wilt thou come to us, Oh SPRING.
When stern old winter releases his hold,
When the March winds cease blowing so bold,
When Earth's snowy mantle shall melt away,
When the snow-bird ceases to chant his lay,
When the rivers are loosed from their icy bands,
And mingle their waters with the flowing sands,
Then wilt thou come to us, Oh beautiful Spring!
How shall We WOO thee, Oh besutifal SPRING.
Shall we tell of the hearts that watch for thecl
How the little boy paus.s in his childish glce,
And wonders if Spring is not almost here
And the invalid brcsthes the hope 50 dear,
That he quickly may look on thy glad, sweet


face,


That the footsteps Of Spring may quicken their


pace;


Thus wilt thou be woocd, Oh beautiful Spring?
What wilt thou bring with thee, Oh Spring?
wilt thou bring perfumes from Southern bowers,
With budding leaves and springing flowers.
Wilt thou bring the birds with gladsome song,
The beautiful birls we have missed so long,
Wilt thou bring messy carpets to clothe the hills
And sweetest music for the flowing rills;
These wilt thou bring with thee, Oh Spring.
How long wilt thou stay with us, Oh SPRING.
wilt thou linger long On the threshold Of June,
Or with winged feet wilt thou haste to bcgone,
wilt thou stay till the violet bows its head,
And silently takes its place with the dead,
Till the sun sends down its burning heat,
Till the flowers are failing beneath our feet,
Till then wilt thou stay with us, oh SPRING.
Year: 1869

"A Georgia judge lately defined in
terms when man is legally drunk. Said
he, "It is not necessary that a man should
be wa owing in ditch, or humping
his head against your posts, that you may
know him to be drunk, but whenever he
begins to tell the same thing over twice,
then he's drunk !"
Year: 1869

All about the new Meat Market on Mar
kct street. You will get meats put up in the
neatest possible manner as men Of exper-
ience, and skill are running the machine.
Call and see them one and all, ana give
them share Of your patronage, 3fm6-9
Year: 1869

From the Courier-J ournal.l


The secret of General Grants request
to the managers of the inauguration cere-
monies at Washington, that there should
be no inauguration ball, has come out.
The various negro societies in the Dis
trict were preparing to pack the ball
room. Their leaders demanded equal
privileges from the ball committee, who
were afraid either to consent or to de-
cline-afraid of white public sentiment
in the one case and of black public SEN
timent in the other. So Grant had to
rule the ball out of the ceremonies ss the
only mode Of escape from an awkward
perilous dilemma, dilemma with horns
bigger than those of Rocky mountain
bull.


Grant sees and the Inauguration COM
mittee sees and everybody else sees what
a disgusting, revolving, and scandalous
thing it would be if the inauguration ball
room we're filed with promiscuous
crowd of white and black dancers. Even
the worst Radicals, we must do them the
justice to think, appreciate this. But let
it be remembered that the Radicals are
and have long been enforcing in the
South the very condition ofthings which
they shrink from with loathing when
they contemplate its introduction among
themselves. In the reconstructed States
negroes can 60 in any numbers TO the
highest public balls, crowd the tables OF
the best hotels, and demand passages in
steamboat cabins, railroad sleeping-cars,
and public couveyances of all descrip-
tons, and any man daring to refuse them
admission makes himself liable to the
severest punishment And the Southern
people have no Grant 70 use expedient
for relieving them from such 3 wretched
state Of affairs.
Year: 1869

From the st. Louis Republican,


1t is said that General Grant is urgent
for the repeal of the tenure -of-ofiice law; /;
and that there is considerable opposition
in Congress to its repeal. The law, as it
is we'll known, was passed as an act of
retaliation upon Mr.. Johnson, who, it was
charged, had become renegade to the
party by which he was elected. 1t was
conceded at the time of its passage to be
an extraordinary measure, only justi-
fable, even in party point of view, by
peculiar state of circumstances; and
it is hard to see why there should be any
opposition to its repeal, unless General
Grant is suspected of Johnsonian ten
dency to insubordinatiou. That there is
q good deal of distrust of General Grant
in the inner circles of the Republican
party is fact which does not admit of
concealment; the effect of which is to
create disposition not to let go the hold
which the party has upon his official
policy through the law in question. The
fact that the party was compelled to take
him or submit to defeat, is not forgotten,
probably, upon either side; and each is
conscious that it is remembered by the
other. Such being the case, there is that
between the parties which prevents the
establishment of perfect harmony.


The matter is a difficult one-one of
those in which evil acts return to plague
the inventors. If Congress declines to
repeal the law, General Grant will be
Justly entitled to regard it as declars-
tion of want of confidence. If Congress
should repeal it, and General Grant
prove insubordinate, the party will have
placed before it the disagreesble alterna-
tive of re-enscting the law in the face of
President strong with the people, or of
losing the hold upon the Executive which
is established by its provisions. To de.
cline to repeal would be to admit an i'm
minent breach between the majority in
Congress and the President; to repeal
would be to detract largely from the
power of the majority in case such a
breach should occur


The real reason for the repeal of the
law is its unconstitutionality. Upon
this point the argument of Mr.. johnson
in his message vetoing the bill is un-
answerable; at least, it has never been
effectually answered. The course of
Judge Carter, Of the Court of the District
in the case Of General Thomas, indicates
the unwillingness Of the party to permit
the Question of the coRstitutionality of
the law to be submitted TO the court of
final jurisdiction, aud is virtually con-
fession Of its illegality.
Year: 1869

temperate climss have not been laid down
with any certainty. II often happens
that a ship leaves port oRly to be driven
back within twenty-four hours, perhaps,
with damage and loss, if, indeed, she be
not wrecked. A forecast of weather
would be of as great advantage to the
farmer as to the sailor. And yet the
science of the elements, upon which the
vast interests of commerce and harvests
depend, is comparatively an unexplored
field, and less known Of 1t than of planets
so distant that they, cannot be seen by
the make eve.
Year: 1869

There are among our four or five thou>
sand readers, a number Of young men and
women possessing fair English education
and respectable quantity Of common sense,
who might be doing themselves much good
by writing for the Herald, and we will tell
them how.


Commence small and see what you can do.
If fthere is party in your neighborhood, an
accident, or anything Of the kind, note down
the facts of the case in few words and in as
good style as possible, and send them to
:" The Herald, Aurora, ILL.," Has somebody
been playing tho rascal, expose him in the
He,Ntd. Has Mr.. Brown sold fine farm
or Nne horse, communicate the fact to the
Hera.N and let the world know il. Is farm.
er WhiNp building a house, let us know it.
White OK these matters that come under your
own observation, and should you display un.
usual descriptive talent, you may be able to
take up more weighty matters and no telling
but what some Of You viii develop literary
talent ofthe most brilliant order. At any
rate, send along your productions and we
will always make the best use possible of
them. Always send your own name in full,
which we want for our own private use, and
not for publication.-A aurora Herald.
Year: 1869

We may get through the world bat twill be


very slow,
If We listen to al, that is said NJ we go;
Wen be worried and frettcd and KEEP. in a stew,
For Incddlesone tongues must hayo something


For people will talk, you know.
If quiet and modest you'll have it presumed
That your humble position is only assumed,
You're a wolf in sheep's clothing or else you're


q fool;
But don't get excited, keep perfectly COOL


For people viii talk you know.
If generous and noble, they'll vent on their


spleen.
You'll hear some loud hints that your selfish


and mean.
Ifupright and honest and fair az the day,
They'll call you rogue ia a sly sneakiBg way


For people will talk, you know.
And then If you show the least boldnc.s Of


heart,
Or a slight inclination to take your own part,
They will call you an upstart conceited or vain T;
But keep straight ahead don't, stop to explain


For people will talk, you know.
If thread -bare your coat or oldfashioned your
Some one Of course. will take notice Of that,
And hint rather strong that you cant pay your


way;
But don't get excited whatever they say


For people will talk you know.
If you dress in the fashion, don't think to escape,
For they II eriteise them, in different shape;
You're ahead ofysur mems or your tailor's un-


paid,
But mind your own business, there's naught to


be said


For people will talk, you know.
If n fellow but chance 20 converse with girl.
How the gossips will talk and their scandal un-


furl;
They'll canvass your wants or talk Of your


means,
And declare you're engaged to a chit in her


teens


For people will talk, you know.
They'll talk fine before you, but then at your


back
OF venom and slandcr there's never lack
How kind and polite in ali that they say
But bitter as gall when you're out Of the way


For people will talk, you know.
The best way to do is to do as you please,
For your mind, IL you have one, will then be at


case;
OF course you'll meet with all sorts of abuse,
But don't think 10 stop.them, it isu't any. use


For people will talk, you know.
Year: 1869

General Butler recently SAID to q COR.
respondent: "The Civil Tenure law was
passed before came here 10 Congress. l
have never been in favor Of It. regard i,
as a vain attempt to pin down the Presi.
dent, just as the Lillipatians tried to pin
down Guliver, at . multitude Of little
points with multitude Of little threads.
am opposed to all such strategy. Give a
President full swings II Ne goes wrong,
impeach him. That is the gospel came
here to preach, and it is my gospel to the
end"
Year: 1869

We have read some very anus
ing accounts of the facility with


which almost any imaginable arti-
Gle may he brought under the
head Of Congressional "contingen-
cies" but we think the following
little bill, run up at the last ses-
sion of the United States Senate,
which is published as literally
correct by the New York Tribune,
is little ahead Of anything Of the
Year: 1869

Fred. Rhodes was bound over to keep
the peace yesterday by Justice Mathews
for one year towards his wife. He threat
ened to burn the house down, and Was ar
rested on a charge of assault and battery.
His case WAS continued until to-day.
Year: 1869

the pretense of short supply. That pretense
is often false it need not in any case have
been true. Coal is not a fancy artlclej IL
never gets out of fashion; and he who has
it on hand is certain that he can sell 1t,
though not always at q profit IT, then,
the dealers have an inadequate stock at
the closing in of Winter, the fault is often
their own, and should not rebound to their
profit. 1t is not now as in the infancy OF the
traffic, when hard frost in December QS3D
sent up the price to $16 per tun (gold). Then
we had no railroad to the mines, and but two
canals at most: now we have half dozen
lines of transportation which Winter does not
close; and, while it is fair to charge to 10 per
cent more in Winter than in Summer because
of the cost of storage and the higher freights
which then prevail, the frequent if not usual
enhancement is exOrbitant, and, falling mainly
on the needy or imprOvident, is very odious;
and this is the work, not of the miners, but Of
the dealers alone. Yet, if the price is to be


enhanced, it seems to us naked equity that the
miners should share in the gain; and we still


hope for an arrangement by which this will be


secured.


Of course, we shall be told that this will be
found difficult to realize-that it will lead to


endless disputes and complications We do not


doubt it. Despotism is the simplest form of


government; Slavery the least puzzling system


of Labor. 81 command-you obey:" no bother
about constitutional limitations, no higgling as


to reserved rights "Go to work this instant,


"you black rascal or / ii shoot you dead ~
what can be simpler or more conclusive than
that And yet the civilized world is discard


ing it, as the snake sheds its old skin and feels
better when fairly rid of it.


| 1t would be easy to stipulate that the miner


should be paid for his COAL delivered at the
pits mouth or elsewhere, such a per cent. OF


the price at which just such coal sells that


week in New-York or Philadelphia (Which
ever might be its natural maket) and have an
arbiter or judge agreed on who should report
| by telegraph exactly what that price was
| This plan would obviate future strikes; il


would establish community Of interest be-
tween employer and employed; and it would
| bo some consolation to us consumers, when
gouged by a combination of dealers to advance


prices, that the hard working fellows up in


the hills must pocket a share of the plunder
| We hope to hear that the miners, who seem
to be well organized and not devoid of brains


will keep this idea in mind, and, if obliged tc
! forego its instant realization, study and plan
to secure its ultimate triumph. 1t ought tC


succeed, and in time we judge that it must.
Year: 1869

While we insist OH the right of all workers
to tx a price for their labor and refuse 10 sell
it for less, we do not encourage Strikes. A
strike is declaration of industrial War and
War of any kind should ever be avoided il
possible and accepted with profound reluctance.
Still, war is sometimes inevitable and we can
not deny to laborers a right accorded to every
| other class Let the farmer understand that
he will not be able to sell a certain crop
for so much as it must cost him, and
he will decline to produce it; 50 the
merchant, under like conditions, will re-
fuse to buy; the mechanic to construct,
and so on. We do not see why coal,mners
should not as blamelessly refuse to disembowel
the earth when they deem their recompense
inadequate. True, they may misjudge, OF be
too rapacious, and so may injure themselves as
well as others by striking; but even then,
they are no more culpabe than the farmer
who refused to sell his wheat for 81 per bushel,
and must now take Sit for it or keep It over,
OF the coal dealer who cOnspired to put up the
price Of his commodity last Fall, and now has
most Of his Winter stock left over to be sold
at Summer prices Let all men keep the peace
and obey the laws those who do so are not to
be severely reprOved for holding their COM
modify at their own price rather than at rates
fixed by those who want to buy it.


We do not fully understand the coal miners
case, and do not presume them more unseliish
than other men. If they would like to get
more pay for less work, that is very human
prOclivity; il they miscalcuate their power, and
impoverish by step designed to enrich them
selves, they only repeat the blunder of men
wiser and better informed than they are pre-
sumed to be. But if they have-as we hear
proposed q readjustment of their wages on the
basis of Proportion-the price to be paid them
for each tun of coal mined to be such per cent.
Of the price at which said coal sells simulta-
neOusly in Philadelphia or New York-then
they have proposed the true basis of settle.
ment, and we shall deeply regret failure of
the mine-ow ners to close with their offer.


We believe this City has. for the last ten
or fifteen years, obtained its fuel as cheaply,
all things considered rs any other emporium
of equal magnitude on earth. Considering the
distance of our sources Of supply, and the
rugged character Of the intervening country,
we hold that NewYork has been well served
in the matter of Coal. Yet one imposition
has been pretty uniformly practiced, for
which the delivers in the Pennsylvania mines
are nOwise accountable. We allude to the
very general advance of prices from % to 80
Der cent. on the approach Of Winter, under
Year: 1869

They are at it again in the Ring Some
months ago private parties put up, at the juno
ton of Broadway and Seyenthave, respect
able and commodious market building, one
which, in the matter of convenience and de-
cency quite shamed any of the old rookeries
under control of the City Government. 1t seems
that this effort to sell meat and vegetables
in cleanly and wholesome place has reused
the wrath of the Ring Master, and he has
caused his serfs in the Board of Aldermen to
direct that cheerfully expensive luxury, the
Counsel to the Corporation, to enjoin these
audacious market-men, and shut up their
incendiary building. 1t is quite natural that
the Aldermen should object to cleanliness; but
how will the people around the Central Park
enjoy the necessity of sending to the muck
heap known as Washington Market for their
food
Year: 1869

The National Convention of the Sons of TEN
perance lately in session in Washington, can
hardly expect a favorable answer to the memo
rial which they decided to send in to Congress.
They can get Congress 10 legislate against other
peoples sins,-On due representation, and by the
aid of sufficient arguments,--but they surely
cannot expect it to legislate against its own.
Congressman may be brought to the point of
favOring a prOhibitOry liquor law in New York
or in San Francisco but we should like to see
them facing the yeas and nays on the question
of its enforcement in Washington.