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Year: 1867

The facts stated in our Paris letter yester-
day exhibit us in anything but a creditable light
before our industrial competitors at the Exhi-
biton. The American department is not only
behind all the others In arrangement, but the
greater part of its contributions are still boxed
up. For q practical business people, such as
we claim to be, this state of things Is extremely
humiliatng. Where does the fault lie ?
The contributors say not with them; for their
goods have been on the spot for some weeks
past If this be so the blame falls upon the
persons intrusted with the management OF the
department. II was their business to see that
everything was in readiness for the openin z,
ct least so far as the arrangement Of tie con-
tributions received was concerned. For the
default of those expected they cannot, Of
course, be held responsible. From the state
ments Of our correspondent they seem to have
had Sufficient on hand to make show, but did
not care to bestir themselves for the occasion.
The fact is disgraceful one, and the commits
sioners should be visited with severe censure.
absurdly large number Of persons commits
stoned to look after our interests. There are
but few really practical men among them, and
these have probably been overruled and
set aside by the talking, do-nothing portion
Of them. So great we are told, is the
disgust prevailing at this state Of things
that some of our contributors seriously con-
template sending back their goods. The effect
at this side is, as might be expected, very bad.
Hundreds who had been making their arrange
ments to 60 over to the Exhibition have been
so discouraged by the reports that have
reached them that they have given up the idea
altogether. The hotel keepers and merchants
Of the metropolis, who had been led to antici-
pate IN unusual depression Of business from
the Exhibition exodus, need not lose courage.


From all that we can learn the number of
persons leaving for Europe this spring by the
various steam lines is considerably less than It
was at the same period last year. The Great


Eastern, which can accommodate couple of
thousand passengers, and which calculated at
least upon half that number, takes out less
than two hundred, scarcely sufficient to pay for
the coal that she will burn ON the trip. Our
business people, therefore, need not feel any
despondency; New York will not be ruined by
the French Exhibition any more than the fail
ing fortunes Of Napoleon will be restored by it.
Year: 1867

Crime has assumed some peculiar phases in
the city OF late which would indicate that
neither the hours Of daylight nor the publicity
of the location afford any protection against
violence, abduction aud murder. Three or
four cases Of great aggravation have occurred
within very short period that are calculated
to create no little alarm. Tae first of these
was that of gross felonious assault committed
upon q woman in hotel in Cortlandt street,
where it might be supposed that projection
was insured by the presence Of numerous
boarders an attaches. Still more recently an
attempt to murder school teacher in the
grammar school in Ninth street was made In
open day. A German grocer was murdered
In his own store in Broome street two or three
nights ago by some parties who entered from
the street and fell upon him while reading
newspaper. A shocking murder was commit
ted in James street early in the morning OF
Tuesday, the victim being the wife Of the
murderer. There were plenty ofpeople about
at the time, and two or three policemen were
soon on the spot, but failed to arrest the fugi-
tive There is dismal history connected with
this house. II is the same in which Ferris,
who expiated his crime on the gallows, MUIR
dered his wife, and in which man was mur-
dered some years ago by being thrown from
an upper window. Added TO this category Of
crime we have the abduction of young girl
in University place few mornings ago. which,
now that she has been recovered, although not
assuming the suspicious shape it did at frst,
shows pretty clearly that such things can be
done with impunity In our most crowded
thor oughiares.


We have no desire to rob the police of any
credit for efficiency, because, as general
rule, they perform their duties very we'll; but
we are afraid there must be . little laxity oc-
casionally, when two or three murders can be
openly committed within . few days in our
most public places. 81 c7a are
Year: 1867

The City Post Once site-Tkc CAST Paid.


The United States government has paid over
to the City Comptroller the sum OF five hundred
thousand dollars, the price agreed upon for the
new Post Office site in the City Hall Park and has
received in return deed signed by the Mayor
and Common Council Of the city. The purchase
money, we are told, was at once deposited to
the credit Of the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund for the payment Of the city debt Well,
the people have received half million Of dol
lars towards the payment OF their debts for a
piece Of property worth three TO Eve millions,
according 10 the estimates Of competent per-
sons They are thus from two millions
and a half to four millions and q half
worse of by the transaction, that being the
amount taken out Of their pockets by Hoff.
man and the Common Council, who man.
aged the job. They have also good prospect
Of an increase Of ell the existing inconveni-
ence, danger and confusion on Broadway,
amounting probably to complete blockade
Of the thoroughfare below the Park. The new
building instead Of an ornament, would be q
disagreement to the city, by reason Of the size
and shape Of the ground, II IL should ever be
built But that time may yet be very far In


the future, and although the United States gov
ernment has paid the purchase money, and may


congratulate itself upon having secured
valuable piece Of property for one-sixth Of its


lowest actual value, II may yet find that IL has


ssveIy s.y expensive cheap white elephant on its
Year: 1867

and district Intelligent blacks can be found.
Let them be sent 10 Congress In the proportion
Of the negro vote. Supposing the Southern
States are entitled to ninety members In the
House Of Representatives under the increased
vote, thirty negroes should be sent ss
that would be about fair proper
ton to the numbers Of the two races
and out of the twenty Senators SIX
should be black by the same rule Henry a.
Wise has fine, intelligent and faithful servant
who should be sent from the Old Dominion TO
sit by the side Of Mr.. Sumner II the sspatei
and that negro friend Of whom Wade Hamp-
ton spoke so pathetically, noble fellow, EVIL
IDENTIFY, might be seated by Wilson, Chandler,
Sprague or Trumbull, and be called to the
chair occasionally by Ben Wade, the President
of the Senate. This is practicable, reasonable
and fair, and would only be carrying out the
theories already established. True, the smell
of the negroes might be unpleasant to the
dainty Northern Senators and members; but
the Southerners would not find 1t so; they
could have no objection to black colleagues
on that score; for, as Yancey once said, the
smell was perfume to Southerners. BY all
means let the South carry out the theories Of
the radicals to their logical results by sending
both negro Representatives and Senators to
Congress- It would create an extraordinary
fermentation and reaction in the North, un-
doubtedly; but what Of that The principle
is the thing. Perish everything rather than
sacrifice principle. In whatever point of view
we look at the movements now going on in
the South, and at the position Of parties with
regard to the issues that have been raised, we
foresee that remarkable changes must take
place. We advise the Southerners to use the
power the radicals have placed in their hands
and bring the revolution to its logical end.
Year: 1867

Important News frem Observation-Disclosures


OF . Goneral War.


The cable this morning brings interesting
and important news from Europe. A war panic
has broken out In London and Berlin, and,
while Il is not stated what particular event has
led to the sudden alarm, 1t is evident that in
both those cities the course Of the Emperor
Napoleon is regarded as threatening speedy
interruption of the existing peace. The press
dispatches from London state that the uncer-
tainty in regard to the French Emperor's
action and the fear that he will adopt a war
like policy have created distrust among busi-
ness men and occasioned great depression in
commercial and financial circles in that city
and in Paris; and later in the day we
are told that this feeling increased to q war
panic. Our special telegram from Berlin is of
still greater Importance. From that we learn
that the intelligence from Paris was regarded
as Of such momentous and alarming character
as to induce King William to give audience to
Count Bismarck at the palace at two O'Clock
on Sunday morning. 4s&.-> -.


The effect of this news was felt in the markets
in all the principal cities. British consols
tumbled one per cent French rentes expert
enced sharp decline, and in London Ameri-
can fve-twenties sunk to 1874. The first rumor
of the trouble created considerable excite
ment on Wall street yesterday morning, and
gold rose three or four per cent upon
the strength of the news. AS another
speck Of war, 1t is also announced that the
British government, having failed hitherto in
her attempts to bring Spain to sense of JUS
tice, had despatched several ships of war to
Cadiz to enforce the claims growing out of the
seizure Of the Tornado.


It is impossible to read these kilograms
without feeling convinced that the prospect of
continued peace in Europe is becoming less
and less certain. In spite of the new temple
Of concord which Napoleon has reared In Paris
and in which he invites the nations to worship,
the Fates seem resolved on war. On the
political horizon we discover now not one war
cloud but many. The Luxemburg affair
threatens to bring France and Prussia into
open collision. Should those two Powers 60
to war 1t would not surprise us to learn at
the earliest possible date afterwards that the
armies Of the Emperor Alexander were quar-
tered in the neighborhood OF the Sweet Waters,
and that by one leap the Eastern question had
been fully If not satisfactorily settled. Napo-
Icons hands would be tied and Russia might
do as she pleased. We have little fear but that
Spain will come to her senses before she will
allow British feet to devastate her coasts or
permit British army TO enter her capital. She
is not at present in condition to court the
presence of an invading army. The British lion,
however, has evidently been reused, and it is
dinicult to predict what may or may not follow
The drama which is now being enacted on the
European stage, and of which the scenes are
varied and the players many, deepens in
interest as it advances and promises before
the curtain falls to startle and astonish the
world. We promise to be attentive spectators,
and faithfully to report progress
Year: 1867

a CASE OF CANoRR-For some time there
has been going the rounds Of the press a re-.
cetpt for curing cancer by the use Of plaster
OF chloride of zinc, blood root andIwheat II our,
said 10 have been discovered by Dr. Fell. of
LONDON, some eight or ten years ago 1t has
been tried in this city, in the case Of q child
who had cancer on her lip, and SO far the
success seems perfect. The tumor, about the
size and shape of d pecan, has come out and
the process Of healing has gone on rapidly and
healthily. We will take note Of the progress
of the case. and will report its final success or
failure. The only point yet to be determined
is Whetner the cure is so complete that the


cancer shall not return.-Ndtchsx Democrot
Year: 1867

The negroes now ride in the street cars of
all the principal Southern cities, orders to that
erect being issued by the military command.
ers. In New Orleans heretofore it has been
the ustom for the colored people to ride in
special cars marked with q ssstar.v and rho
New Orleans Crescent says the military ORD or
has produced very little change. Nearly all
the colored travellers still go on the star cars
and even wait for them, though car for
whites may be passing or present. 1t adds
that the public mind is much more Composed
since the subject has been set at rest and the
PROBABILITY Of q collision Of races AVOIDED
Year: 1867

LIFE IN THE Mo0N.-Ilerr Schwabe,
a distinguished German astronomer,
in q late number of the AstrOnomi-
cal Annals, announced having seen
species of vegetation in the moon
Here is the fact on which he basis
his conclusion The surface of the
moon presents numerous striped lines
like 50 many burrows. These had
been explained in variety of ways
some considering them as dried up
river beds others as tracks left by
torrents of lava, etc. Schwabe gives
another solution. According to him,
the ridges that run down the lotticr
lunar mountains sides present, at
certain seasons, a green color, which
they lose at the end of few months.
Hence he concludes that there exists
a vegetation in the moon, coming at
aseason corresponding to our earthly
spring, and going ut a season corrcs7
ponding to our autumn. Shonld
this interesting fact receive final au-
thority, it will certainly overthrow
the commonly received opinion that
there is no water on the surface of
the moon. For since the vegetation
seen by Schw.be is greer would not
analogy suggest that it is the result
Of chemical combination similar to
those which produce the phenomena
Of our earthly vegetation.
Year: 1867

These periodicals are ably sustained by the
contributions Of the best writers on Science,
Religion and General Literature, and stand un
rivalled in the world Of letters. They are IN
dispensable to the scholar and TIE prolcsslo al
man, ana to every leading lnan, as they lurn!sh
q better record of the current literature Of tn
day than can be obtained from any other source


TERMS FOR 1868
Year: 1867

FOR SALE oN TEE POPULAR
~ ONE PRICE Z L 4 y


GIVING EVERY PATRON n
HANDSOME AND RELIABLE " AICH I
For the low Price OF Ten Dollars
WITHOUT REGARD TO VALUE,
And not 10 be Paid 'cr unless perfectly sat
Year: 1867

A lady was told by travelling gentleman,
that every lady who had a small mouth was
provided with a husband by the government.
s'Ith it pothibul 2" said the lady, making
her mouth as little as she could. The gen
tleman added" That if she had large
mouth, she was provided with two hus-
bands MY gracious!" exclaimed the Ia
dy, at the same time throwing her mouth
open to its full extent. The gentleman be-
came alarmed, made his escape and has not
been heard of since
Year: 1867

A German iron master will send to the
Paris Exhibition house made entirely of
iron, at cost of $4,000. 1t can be taken to
pieces, and is easily heated, for the walls are
hollow, and may be connected with fur
mace or a hot water chamber.
Year: 1867

In order to cast tho blame Of negro
supremacy at the South on the whites, a
large part Of tho Radical press still per-
sist in reiterating the falsehood that the
number If disfrsnchised whites there is
insignificant. Some Of these presses
have boldly asserted that not forty thou =
sand have been disfranchiscd. The Now
Orleans Times meets this assertion with
the counter statement. which it says can
not be truthfully denied, that in Lousi.
anna alone thirty thousand whites are
lisfranchisad by the reconstruction acts


The white population Of louisiana is not
a tenth part Of the whites included in the
revolted> States, SO it follows that ten
times thirty thousand have been disfran.
chised in those States. This would carry
the number up to three hundred thousand


This number Of those who could not reg.
lister is probably in no degree c.aggera'
ted, if we consider not only those who
were directly struck at by these acts, but
those who were barred out by the con-
struetions put upon them by tho officers
who execute these acts.-l.epublican.
Year: 1867




The Senate and Assembly both had the bills
providing for the State Constitutional Conven-
ton under discussion prior to the recess, and
the debate indicated some diversity of opin-
ion among the republicans upon the question
of representation. In the Assembly motion
was made by Mr.. Littlejohn to amend the bill
by allowing the election Of thirty-two delegates
at large in addition to the one hundred and
twenty-eight required by the bill, sixteen OF
whom shall be voted for by each political
party. This amendment is in accordance with
the recommendation Of Governor Fenton In
his annual message, and is calculated to insure
the election Of the ablest men on both sides,
independent of local and party considerations.
1t met with fierce opposition from portion
of the republicans /; but a. some OF the best
men on that side Of the House declared In its
favor Il will probably be- embodied in the law
by the aid Of democratic votes. 1t appears -
be desirable provision. The republicans
have some very able lawyers and practical
business men in this city who can become
members of the conven ton by no other means,
and whose experience and judgment would be
Of much advantage ia that body. There should
be no opposition to the amendment, especially
when the close vote Of the State Is considered,
and the consequent danger Of the eventual
defeat Of the revised constitution should the
convention be run on strong party lines II .
to be regretted that the bill was not perfected
before the long recess, 50 that the election Of
delegates might have been held at as early .
day as possible. An it has been suffered to &c
should instruct their representatives to pess Il
without any unnecessary delay as soon ~ The
Legislature reconvenes
Year: 1867

Alleged Canal Corruptions--A Hubbub in tho


Legislature.


Considerable noise is being made in the
the management of the canals and q commit
tee Of the Senate and Assembly has been
appointed to investigate the matter. These
investigating committees are very innocent
harmless affairs and seldom hurt anybody. The
one in question will no doubt have good time
with the Canal Commissioners and contractors,
drink few bottles OF poor champagne, get we'll
filed with abominable Albany whiskey and
make report extoling the virtues and honesty
of all who have anything to do with managing,
repairing or running the State canals.


The present breeze appears to have arisen
from a quarrel among the canal contractors
''ring.v 1t is storm that is sure to arise every
winter, and is generally allayed by COM
promises before it assumes any alarming pro-
portions. But it is unquestlonably true that
the canals have for years been rich source of
plunder and political intrigue. The party in
power always has used and probably always
viii use them for other than legitimate purposes.





State officials, shocked at the corruption they
have Witnessed have proposed that the State
should sell or lease those works and get them
out Of her hands


If the Legislature should really desire to
economize the canal management and to put a
stop to malpractices on the part Of State
officials and contractors, IL would find il very
easy to do 80. The case lies in nutshell.
Under the old superintendent system, when
those officers, with the division engineers, did
all the repairs of the canals, there was
no limit to the expenditure. The Canal Com
missioners would order any amount of labor
they saw at whenever an election or a town
meeting was approaching, and hundreds of
thousands of dollars were corruptly squan-
dered on repairs. The contract system was .
decided improvement upon the superintendent
system; but the law was loosely drawn and is
open to great deal Of imposition and fraud.
The contractor makes bid and receives an
award Of work, but when IL is concluded he
brings in claim for extra pay and readily
passes 1t through the Legislature and the Canal
Board. The present law should be so amended
a. to stop all this leakage in the shape of
claims and damages, by requiring that every
contract should be made with distinct spccii-
cations OF the prices to be paid for every kind
Of work. A return to the old superintendent
system would be going from bad to worse.
The Canal Auditor has it in his power to frame
amendments to the present contract law which |
would effectually put stop to the existing
custom Of paying heavy sums to contractors in
the shape Of damages, and the Legislature, II |
really desirous Of reform, should pass such .
bill at once. There Is no necessity for investi-
CATION to prove that the canals have been
grossly mismanaged. Instead Of wasting time
over that the Legislature had better 80 amend
the contract law a. to guard against corruption
In the future.
Year: 1867

Bin Providing for President in Case Of va


oancy.


The bill declaring who shall act as President
in case Of vacancy passed the House of Repre-
sentatives ON Saturday &ithout division. 1t
will no doubt pass the Senate and become
law in its present form or with little modif-
cation. The action on this bill, like much
more Of the legislation Of the present Congress,
was induced by the conflict between that body
shall act as President when vacancy occurs
in almost every possible contingency Con-
gress invests itself with more power over
the matter than it ever exercised before.
The bill declares that Sin case of the
removal, death, resignation or inability of
both the President and Vice President Of the
United States, the President Of the Senate pro
tempore, and in case there shall be no Presi-
dent of the Senate, then the Speaker of the
House of Representatives for the time being;
and in case there shall be no Speaker, then the
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court and in
case there shall be no Chief Justice, then
the Justice of the Supreme Court who shall
have been longest commissioned shall act as
President until the disability shall be removed
or President shall be elected and qualified


Heretofore the Secretary Of State was author
ized and empowered to call new election for
President in case of Q vacancy when there
should be no Vice President to fill it; but he
can only do 80 under this bill when the Senate
and House of Representatives, by concurrent
resolution, shall request and direct him. And
If Congress should not be In session at the
time when vacancy occurs it is made the
duty of the officer discharging the duties of
President for the time being to issue procla-
nation convening both houses Of Congress
within sixty days after he assumes the duties
of President 1t will rest with Congress to
say when it shall meet whether new election
shall be ordered or not and the Secretary Of
State will be directed accordingly what to do.
1t is evident Congress is resolved to hold the
political as well as the legislative power here
after, and this is one of the measures brought
forward for that purpose.
Year: 1867

amendment offered to the bin to provide tor
military governments at the South, declaring
that when the provisions Of the constitution
thus duly ratified shall have been fully
complied with by the excluded States,
and when their State constitutions, framed
in conformity Herewith, and granting impair
tial suffrage without distinction of color, shall
have been duly adopted and accepted by Con-
gress, then such States shall be entitled to
restoration and representation in Congress.
The bill was ordered to be printed. This COM
prebensive measure appears to cover the whole
ground. The constitutional amendment being
declared duly ratified and part Of the consti-
tuition, every State constitution must Of neces-
sity be made to conform to its provisions
Like the Louisiana reconstruction BILL it goes
to the marrow of the subject. and disposes OF
all further controversy on the vexed question
Of reconstruction. II will properly follow the
Louisiana bill and will be happy closing up
Of the business of the present Congress.