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Year: 1868

BuREAu of STEAM ENGiNEEEING-Mr. r.
I. Van Horn introduced in the House to day a
bill oNiding that from and after thls date, TO
secure the further efficiency OF the Navy.
civilian may be appointed by the L re, ident. by
and with the advice aud consent of the Senate
10 ill the position OF chief of the Bureau of
Steam Engineering Of the Navy Department.
The bill was referred 10 the Committee on Ma
val Affairs.
Year: 1868

ned the regular payment of that allowance for about two
years but then ceased make the payments that at
the instance OF officers OF the Hebrew Benevolent
Society warrant OF comma to the care OF that Society
obtained about that time from Justice Connolly the
child being OF Jewish parentage and that subsequently,
the child was bound out by the Society to Mr. sehoss
by whom IL has been adopted his own. MT
DYot on the part OF the respondent, SAID that they
had been unable TO fnd the commitment Issued , oy
Justice Connolly though they had supplied every o'er
Justice Stewart the part Of the petitioner said that
the mother had not abandoned the child but had placed
1t with the Benefits paying ts board at SIS per month
until the payments fell In arrear; that mainly through
religious feeling on the part of the cOregonists or the
mother, they had worked on Mr.. Bennett TO allow the
child 70 be the Hebrew Benevolent Society even
mand; that tie mother married again, and able
and willing take back the child The Court adjourned
the case to the oath inst, 70 allow further proof to Be
given as to the commitment
Year: 1868

no THB EDITOR OF TIE IhIbUNI"I


SIR: It is a noticeable fact that for the last
AK MONTHS or more the passengers on the Morris ana
Essex Railroad have been delayed from ten TO hiteen
minutes almost every morning at the HoboRen depot
having TO wait for come in to convey them 10
HewYork If here were but two boats on the me- We
would overlook an occasional delay but with Tour Doa
ue deem delays Of this kind inexcusable Almost every
morning passengers arriving at Hoboken al ABOUT To
ocloc are Obliged to wait in the depot until the next
boat comes D there being boat IN the slip al this time
To business men, who desire reach their stores or ohecs
by o'clock this regular delay is very dsagreeable


It Is TO be hoped that something wall DO done by the
managers Of the road remedy this fault and thereby
facilitate transportation OF travellers from tine Je
seys" to New York in better time CoAhUIEk'
KetV- York, Aug. Z, 1868.
Year: 1868

SIR: Why waste the old TRIBUNEsf They
are good enough to keep Now, II any one will send me
the address Of person the South who will accept the
paper win send him my daily TRIBUNE, paying the
postage on the same and thus good can be done sehd
along the name and let others do the same


Eetr- York Aug. 7, 1863.
Year: 1868

A strong pressure is being brought TO bear on
the national Democratic committee in favor Of
holding the presidential convention in New York
August Belmont Gays the Western Democrats,
who have been in correspondence with him on the
subject. are in favor Of Cincinnati OF Louisville,
but that if New York insists upon it they will
offer no opposition. The new Tammany Hall. in
Fourteenth street, adjoining the Academy of Mu-
sic, is rapidly approaching completion, and If il
be decided that the convention shall meet on the
4th Of July, the edfee, it is thought, will be In
readiness for them
Year: 1868

VOTERS SHPPED.-We have il from an indi-
vidual no is in position IN know, and whose
statement we believe is entirely correct that on
Wednesday boat load Of negroes who had been
engaged in stuffing the ballot boxes here, went
over to Baldwin 10 play the same game there.
There is no doubt Of this, and it does not excite
any surprise. Not one fourth Of the negroes who
were voting on Tuesday and Wednesday belonged
either TO the city or county Of Mobile. After
they got through at Baldwin. Granger is TO take
them in charge and convey them to some other
point, and thus the farce progresses.
Year: 1868

The dry goods trade in New York is beginning
10 exhibit symptoms of activity. Cotton stsrle
goods are held with great frmness, owing TO the
moderate stocks on hand. the steady tone Of the
cotton market aud the advance in gold. There is
no disposition to force business,
Year: 1868

months ago through the hands of an
assassin, for having stated his opinion
and nothing but the truth in the face of
his murderer, by calling him coward
and swindler. The latter by the name
of Rynerson was Senator of the Terri
tory when the deed was committed, and
ought to be publicly branded for muir
dering straight forward, good and in
telligent man. a15sz- -sl .alll s5s b.


AS we proceeded on our journey, the
effect of the heat made itself felt by men
and animals, and we were glad to follow
the Arkansas river as closely as posi-
BILE, for the command had to suffer for
want of water in several instances; the
creeks which run into the Arkansas riv-
er are aften completely dried up during
the warm season, and long distances
have to be made before any water can
be reached. AS for the above-named
river, its waters are anything but clear,
owing to the quicksand, which likewise
prevents its upper part from becoming
navigable. One of the few forts on the
the Arkansas is Fort Lyon, in Colorado,
beautifully situated on a small rocky
hill, and the barracks in the valley; it
has now, however, been removed some
distance further up the river, in compli-
ance with one of those unexplained mil
itary orders for moving entire forts,
heavy expense to the country, which is
neither justified nor called forth by any
urgent military necessity whatever. Be-
fore leaving Fort Lyon, we witnessed a
horse race, at which the horse of the
quartermaster of the post was to run
against that of our sutler. The latter
had everything against himself, and the
stakes were $400, besides number of
side wagers. Much to everybody's sur
prise the quartermaster's horse lost, ow-
ing to the incapacity of the groom who
rode the animal, but this victory elated the
sutler so much, that he raced his horse
whenever an opportunity presented, and
the consequence was that mis- gain of
S400, at that time, resulted afterward in
the loss of 1000 and more. The next
exciting scene in anticipation after leav


ing Fort Lyon, was the crossing of the
Arkansas river, which was just then
very high and caused me to have seri-
GUS apprehensions as to the safety of
men and animals during the operation.
My next letter will give you few par
ticulars about how we effected the cross
Ing. .-
Year: 1868

From an Occasional Correspondent


/ have given you several accounts of
my adventures in this benighted region,
but never informed you of the way in
which I came here, and what a variety
of inconvenience we had to go through
with, although it must be confessed that
our Government provides literally for
the comfort of both officers and men, as
far as that can be done on such long
marches. Now that the iron horse is
fast approaching the Pacific, the dis
tances appear to lessen, but it is not
much more than a year ago, when every
western bound regiment and military
train started from one of the forts of the
Missouri river. Fort Leavenworth is
by far the most important military sta
ton for the fitting out of the different
commands bound for Utah, Arizona,
New Mexico, ETC., and that was the place
from which we started after pleasant
trip down the Ohio river, and up the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers. We
anticipated beautiful time during our
march across the plains and as long as
we were within the boundaries of civili-
zation and within reach of those numer-
Gus little wants connected with long
march all was pleasant enough, but we
soon discovered that journey across
the American desert was not bed OF
roses, especially, for the officers who,
like myself had their families to look
after, in addition to their military duties.
1--WE have not been sufficiently acquaint.
ed with the character and war
fare Of the Indians j. to know
that they would not attack a force O


almost one thousand men and a train O.


one hundred and fifty wagons, as ours
was composed of, We therefore had sey


eral false rumors of night attack, bu
the greatest Inconvenience of all was th.
breaking up, of camp every, morning a
sunrise and the confusion connected will
getting ready to join the command il
Year: 1868

The Organ is perfectly silent in regard to
the outrage of Curtis and Condor in enter
ing private back yard and taking a man
out and taking him to jail to make fees-a
confession that it is true.
Year: 1868

Flour, Sugar and Saw MIL Machinery, House
Castings and Iron Railing, Lard Kettles, Bells
and Brass Castings. Boring apparatus forged
and finished for boring Artesian Wells Of any
kind. made of the best material-made TO order
Farmers who will be in want Of Cane Mills
this year. would do well to give their orders soon,
n ordtT to have their mill in proper time.
have large mill patterns, that can be only
made to order.


Any one in want Of heavy castings for any
purpose. would do well TO give me call, before
going to a distance--to get what can be made at
home lust as well, and with much less expense.
Repairing done on short notice.


VYH Ii. TROMPGOK.
Year: 1868

exclamation Saved saved p felly fafnting
in the arms of his preserver. iiiiu1.J 81


We are aware that there are few fea-
lures connected ,Rith this snake story some
what remarkable, but wereceived the same
from reliable authority, and are not dis
posed to question its yeracity. The snake,
doubtless, had his den In the rocks near
Bennett, and seeing an intruder resolved
to cultivate closer acquaintance. The
skin was taken from the monster, and is
now hanging up as a trophy, where it can
be witnessed by all the curious. But it is
safe to say that Bennett willread Tennyson
beneath the shadow ofthose rocks no more.
Year: 1868

The task Of counting out the dollars, at
the rate of one dollar second or sixty a
minute, which would discharge the two
thousand FIVE hundred millions of the pub
lie debt Of this country, would consume
over two hundred years. if attempted by a
single individual, and be could live to ac-
aomplish it. To cancel this debt would
require, al the rate Of cancellation now GO
ing Oh, the labor of over six million Of ope-
ra tives over two thousand years and then
it could not be done, for We are not Wiping
out any portiOu of the present year, nor do
We bid fair to. The operation of this 'bles-
sing has been splendid for all the Jay
Cooke tribe Millions per year have gone
from the many poor into the pockets of the
few rich.-Day Book.
Year: 1868


Who are the men that are needed in this
world e? Young. men that shall bear bur-
dens. We have enough mullen stalks VI
want oak ltFeesIs We have enough mh
roOms we want timber We have enough


re willing to do anything for the


pg along but what are they


ere bridges for men to walk


tools-men use them, like
q ss1 foNscour with, and throw them
down J. rample them under foot. A
young man, that does not know how to say
"No p young man that has not power to
resist the cup when it is presented to him
what is he but poor, miserable wash
cloth but rag, dishOnOred and put to the
yilest uses -? Who cares for him, or mOurns
over him but some Christian mother or
Christian minister? But young man
that knows how to say "No !" that knows
how to resist evil that knows how to give
buffet for temptatiOn-is not he hardening
himself? Is not he making his bones tough
particularly his back bone? He is be-
coming columnar. And it is such that are
sought after in business.
Year: 1868

The PULIC MIND.-In a single brief pa
ragraph the veteran editor of the Louisville
Journal thus elOquently and beautifully de-
seribes the condition of the public mind


The national mind is now heavIng and
weitering like a stormy sea. The ship of
state is running Wild before the tempest,
and the lightning flashes reveal, a short
distance before her, black and rock bound
coast covered with wrecks and desOlation.
God help her in her fearful peril. She
groans in all her timbers as If with q pre-
sentiment Of her fate. And her grOan is
like the wall of a lost spirit sounding upon
the Winds.
Year: 1868

One Of the most glorious intellects the
world has yer produced Roman philo-
sopher, whose grand genius was only
equalled by his sublime morality-uttered
this beautiful remark "a noble soul suffer.
ing the seyerest strokes of fortunes without
a mumur, is a spectacle which the gods
themselves must look upon with admira-
ton" With what admiration, then, must
we regard the people Of the South, who, be-
ing conquered after struggle which had
no parallel in history, are now suffering the
stings of outrageous fortune with such sub
lime resignation Every Southern paper
that we take up tells the same sad story Of
poverty, distress. and utter ruin. Neither
the pages of history nor the fiction of poe
try exhibit such awful and wide spread
destitution. People accustomed to indulge
every luxurious whim, to dispense a warm
and boundless hospitality, to be surround
ed by r0ops of obsequious menials are now
reduced to a state of actual starvation
But not murmur escapes their famishing
lips. They suffer but they do not repiue.
They may die. but they do not despair, for
they are descendants of the heroes of Eu-
taw, Yorktown and New Orleans,


Astuated by no generous feeling towards
the conquered, the merciless miscreants
who control the Government continue their
ubiquitous work of subjugating the rebels,


infamous laws UNANIMOUSLY carried out.
Not satisfied with crushing them to the
earth, they now seek to place them under
the irresponsible tyranny of their former
slaves. All history does not show so hide
| Gus, so damnable a crime as this. The Ro-
mans, at the height of their tyranny, with
! a PROSTATE world at their feet, never at
tempted anything SO mOnstrous. y. 1t
was left to the party Of great moral ideas ,
to conceive this villafny. But it can never
be. 1t is not in the harmony of things
Rather than submit to this last degradation
let the people of the South again appeal to
arms, aud we cannot believe that e just
God will suffer them to perish. The no.
BILE blood of the Cavaliers is no! turned to
water.


The chief glory of America comes from
the South. A Jefferson wrote our Declara-
ton of Independence. A Southern Wash
ington led our armies to victory, South
ern statesmen made our Government What
it was, Northern demagOgues have made il
what it is.


The present darkness and distress which
covers the Southern land like a pail mus
pass away. In the midst Of their woe le
the Southern people remember that the
darkest hour is just before the dawn. LIE
them treasure the eloquent words of lheiI
poet-priest, Father Ryan The spirit 0
liberty never dies oppression and tyran
ny may entomb it for a time, but it rise
glorious and resplendent from the tomb
The cause may be lost, but the FrinciPl
lives, and shall live forever.-Southern So
ctetu,
Year: 1868

Providence has so made the sexes
that women, like children, cling to men +;
lean upon them for protection, care and
love look up to them as though they were
their superior in mind and body. They
make them the suns of their system, and
they and their children revolve around
them. Women, therefore, who have good
minds and pure hearts want men to lean up
on. Think of their reverencing a drunk
ard, fool, liar or a libertine. If a man
would have a woman do him homage, he
must be manly in every sense; true gen
tleman, not after the Chesterfield school,
but polite because his heart is full of kind
ness to all one who treats her with res
pect, even Difference, because she is a wo-
man who never coudescends to say silly
things to her; who brings her up to his
level if his mind is above hers, who is am
Bilious to make his mark in the world,
whether she encourages him or not and
who is always pleasant and considerate, but
always keeping his place as the man at the
head, and never losing it. Such deport
ment, with noble principles, a good mind


energy and industry, will win any woman
In the land who is worth winning.
Year: 1868

In response to the inquiry Of the Press
and Times. the Knoxville Herald states can
didly that The Democratic party Of Tennss-
see


does not propose to do any thing with
tEs colored voters. We intend to abolish
negro suffrage as soon as We get the chance,
aud the time is not 50 very far of either
We viii guarantee the negroes protection 20
person and property, and all civil rights
pertaining to their freedom. but We pro
pose to let the white men do the voting and
the ruling.
Year: 1868

A lady who had read of the extensive
manufacture of odometers to cell how far
a carriage had ebeen run, said she wished
some Connecticut genius would invent an
instrument to tell how far husbands had
been in the evening when they just step
ped down to the postofiee.
Year: 1868

you want to make pair Of boots last
four years, melt and mix four ounces of
good mutton talloW with little rosin ap-
ply the mixture while warm, and rub it
we'll /; then put the boots in some closet,
and-go barefoot.
Year: 1868

pose of the nation, the interests of
our institutions, the safety of the
Republic itself. require tha, all per-
sons. official or otherwise, shall be
solemnly taught that the law of this
land is no respector CT persons
that the high and low, rich and poor,
the public officer and the private
citizen are each and all alike amena-
bic to its imperative demands, sub
ject to its high command, subordin-
ate to its supreme authority. The
majesty of the law must be asserted,
though it strike from his exalted po


sition the Chief Magistrate Of the
nation. We deplere the necessity,
but We must obey the voice of the
law.


/ speak not as a partisan, but as a
custodian of a trust whose sacred
character urges me to strict obser


vance of my duty. l will vote for
the pending resolutions to the end
that the law may be yindicated by
the removal of an unworthy public
ltscrvant from an official position
which he has dishonored by his per,
verse disregard of duty and his un-
just contempt for the supremacy oi
the law. a-e t,. --e. ..
Year: 1868

IF our observation is correct
one, the young ladies of our days
are learning too much of the fine
arts, but not enough of the practical
art Of CO oking and housekeeping in
general. aas tlsr
It's very praiseworthy if a young
lady knows how to play the piano,
sing, dance, skate, write beautifully,
is well versed in history, speaks for
eign languages, and is fair in draw
ing and emoroidering, for kno Wedge
is power; but to young ladies who
hope to get married, (and how many
of them does not?) much knowl-
edge is weakness without know
ing how to make a nice loaf of
bread. prepare good meal, without
much waste, and keep with ease a
systematic hous ,hold they are able,
but not in their proper sphere.


What every young lady ought to
know first, is cooking and house
keeping in practical manner.


Playing the piano, singing. dan
cling, skating, drawing, quoting his
tory correctly, and the like, will not
appease the hunger Of the husband,
and save him from the cruel waste
in the kitchen and the contumacy of
servants, that depending mistress
is subjected to, and which gradu-
ally undermines the happiness Of
the couple.


Two thirds of the unhappy mar
riages and failures in business could
easily be traced to the wife's igno-
rance in regard to cooking and
housekeeping.


Most young men marry because
they want home of their own, and
if their chosen help-mates do not
know how to make that home all
attractive one, disappointment over
whelms the husbands tenderest ex
pectations, and with such disap-
pointment preying on his spirit, sue
cess in life becomes precarious the
Year: 1868

As stated in a letter to prominent citizen
of your State some days since, never at any
time during the war had Federal prisoner Of
any name, rank, or grade In my possession or
under my control. had no more command
over Apdersonville prison than the Governor of
Indiana had. l was never at IL during the war;


Such was the bitterness of Mr.. Davis towards
me al the time the prisoners were confined In
this State, on account OF my refusal to favor his
tytauncal and centralizing policy, that he
neither advised nor consulted with me; nor did
he treat respectfully suggestions made by me.
As general rule my advocacy of cause which
be had to decide was its greatest injury. 1t was
not, therefore, In my power to exercise any con-
troll whatever over the prisoners.


If Senator Hendricks has resorted to this sort
OF misrepresentation upon q subject about
which 1t seems incredible that he can be igno-
rant, l must conclude he Is hard pressed for
argument to sustain the sinking revolutionary
placed him and his candidates for President and
Vlce-President, the meaning and objects of
which are so clearly aud truthfully expouuded
by General Blair In his letter to Colonel Broad
head, which secured for him the nomination
and has made him the idol OF such revolution
ary leaders in the South as Toombs, Cobb, Ben
Hill, and others, who are ready again, II they
can get sufficient encouragement from the
Northern Democracy, to trample the flag of the
Union under their feet If they cannot engraft
their policy upon the administration.


am fully satisfied that the election of Grant
and Colfax is the only security left to the coun-
try against oppression and wrong, attended by
scenes of carnage more revolving than any
through which we have passed from 1860 to the
present time. The great mass of the American
people intend no such result. But il should not
be forgotten that few wicked, heartless lead
ers, whose political fortunes are wrecked, in
their desperation have the will and the power
If not rebuked in time, 10 precipitate the issue.
The attempt to overthrow the governments
established in the South by force, to which the
Democratic platform and Blair's letter commit
the party, will be the match to the magazine.


Very respectfully, yours, JOSEPH e. BROWN
Year: 1868

large portion Of the members Of the Episcopal
Church Of the Redemption, located in East Four
teenth street, were compelled to change their quar-
yesterday, as the house in which they were won't
to worship was closed against them. The number OF
people thus disappointed is estimated at several hun
dreds, who on assembling yesterday morning found
peared to console them with the hope that their
TONED place Of worship would be trewn open to them
for divine service. After some delay accommoda
tions were secured for the morning service in the
Cooper Institute where the services were conducted
by the pastor. the Rev. Mr. Scott. DR.. vnon placed
st. Marks church at the disposal OF the congregation
for evening worship The feelings Of those who have
thus been deprived OF their usual meeting place Tor
divine service are exceedingly excited at tue treat
It all to the action OF Bishop Potter In the main
assisted BY Warden F. w. welchman and his aux-
aries together with the assistance Of superintendent
Kennedy, whose officers were on hand, and intini
and to pray.
Year: 1868

The different places OF worship were well attended
yesterday. The weather was fair for the display
of the new spring fashions, ana to this cause pos
sbly may be attributed the large attendance In
many Of the fashionable churches.
Year: 1868

That hard times demoralize history
has always shown. Within a few days
we find that decentralization has extended
so far as not only to necesSitate the
closing of several "hells," but also to
convert at least two gay gamblers into
thieves. Two individuals, whom the
detectives describe as well known in the
more fashionable circles OF fighters
with the tiger" have been arrested on
the charge of being implicated in the
recent theft of fifteen thousand dollars
from the Bank of the Republic. One of
these gamblers turned thief has, it is
said, "been for some time past acting
as bull in Wall street speculations."
Had he confined himself to Wall street
speculations, or even to his equally
hazardous risks at the faro table, who
knows but that in due time he might
have been elected to Congress ? But
both he and his friend seem to have
decided in favor of the alternative
offered to their ambition and to have
laid their plans to 60 to the penitentiary
instead. It is not unlikely that their
plans may prove successful.-Ne,o York
Herald.