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Year: 1867

FROM the Baltimore GaZette. .


Mr. Seward or some other benign phlIanthroplst OF
the Cabinet, short time ago, warmly seconded the
request of the Austrian commander who asked Tor the
body of Maximan. The Secretary is not particular
ly squemish about seeing doing brutal things, but
he seemed to think that if the Mexican habreed
Juarez refused the Austrians the poor privilege OF
laying the corpse of Maxmiian among his dead kins-
men, such a needless exhibition of savagery would
tarnisl the lustre of of the two model republics
of the world. Mr. Seward probably regrets now that
he did discreety hold his peace, for he has by I'M
plication unwtingy branded the conduct OF the other
model republic of whose government he forms part.


If the course of Juarez is to be regarded disgrace


full what is to be said of those who, in this age, and
in what we claim to be, the most enlightened and hui
name of nations have dared to deny to a mother the
moudering remains of her long dead son, aud to
daughter the body of beloved mother? Neverthe-
less history is to record the shameful TACT that MIS-
Booth and Miss Surratt sought in vain the poor prlv


lege of removing to some spot where their resting
places will not be daily deSecrated all that Is lelt OF


those who endeared to them by the closest OF ma
ture's ties In the lands which, in the days of our
pride we wont to speak OF as groanng under
despotism, the time has long since passed away when
it was customary to insult the inanlmate form which
had paid with its life the forfeit of real supposed
ofenses No longer the bodies Of traitors or male
factors drawn and quartered, nor are their ShaSty
heads set up the highways humanity has at
last remembered that few beings depart from this
world without leaving some innocent companions or
relatives to love and lament them and when justice
has exacted from man all the penalty it can exort on
earth it does begrudge his kindred the satsac
ton of giving him. after their own fashion, the rites
of sepuure. But here, where pious clergymen go
chanting daily around the coins of all the lnhuma'
and sordid wretches who perish on the scafod, the
public is content to see the mere


y by political passionretuse to listen to the petition
of an aged woman for the bones of a son who was
dear to her. and decline to accord to daughter per-
mission to lay the remains of fond mother in conse-
Grated ground. Are things like these calculated to
humanse and refine the American people, or to win


them the respect of other nations do they not rath
indicate with sad and painful dstlnctness the char
acter of the barbarsing influences which the war has
left a curse to this generation.
Year: 1867

A grotosque simile is sometimes We
ry expressive. We may mention those
of Daniel Webster, who likened the
word "would, in Rufus Choate's hand
writing, to small gridiron struck by
Lightning; of sailor, who likened a
gentleman whose face was covered
with whiskers up to his very eyes, to
a rat peeping out Of n bunch of oak
um of a Western reporter who, in n
weather item in cold day. said that
the suns rays, in the effort to thaw
the ice, wero as futile as the dull re-
fex Of painted yellow dog and of a
Conductor who, in discussion as to
speed, said that the last time he run
his engine from Syracuse the tele-
graph poles along the side looked like
a fine tooth comb.


Smiles of like character are often
heard among the common people, and
are supposed to be the peculiar prop.
erty Of Western orators. Instances: As
sharp as the little end of nothing; big
as all out doors it strikes me like a
thousand of bricks; slick as grease or
as CREASED lightning; melancholy as
Quaker meeting by moonlight fiat as
a founder; quick as wink; not
enough to make Cruel for a sick grass
hopper; not clothes enough to wad a
gun as limp and timber as an India
rubber stove.pipe; uneasy as cat in
a strange garret; not stroug enough
TO haul broiled Goldfish Off a gridiron
after you like rat TERROR after a
chipmunlS squirrels useless as whist
ling psalms to a dead horse no more
than a grasshopper wants an apron F;
don't make the difference of the shake
of frogs tail soul bobbing up and
down in the bosom like crazy por-
poise in a pond of red-hot grease; en-
thusiasm boils over like a bottle of
ginger pop as impossible to penetrate
his head as to bore through Mount
Blanc with boiled carrot as impos-
sible to ladle the ocean dry with a
clam shell, or suck the gulf of Mexico
through goose quill; or TO stuff but
ter in wild cat with a hot awl; or
for shad to swim up a shad pole with
fresh mackerel under each arm or
for a cat to run up a stove pipe with
a weasel tied to his tail or fora man to
lift himselfover the fence by the straps
of his boots.
Year: 1867

How to preserve ice for consider
able length of time, for domestic pur-
poses, and especially the sick room, is
told by an exchange thus:


"Make two bags of stout wooden
fabric the inner one should be eigh-
teen inches wide by fourteen inches
deep; the outer bag should be made
at least two inches wider each way.
Afler placing the bag inside the other,
stuff feathers between the two and
sew the two bags together at the top.
Put block of ice into a bas of this
description, and it will be preserved
for nearly a week when under expo
sure il will melt in less than an hour"
Year: 1867

Chicago is not the only place where
divorces are frequent. Seventeen were
parted at one session of the court in
little county in Maine, recently, ten
of which were on the application of
wives.
Year: 1867

HOPE FOR THE AFFILCrED.-Ina another part
of this paper will be found the advei tisement
of the celebrated Institute established by DR..
J. c. You've. in 1850. In this age of deceit
and charlatanism, it is a boon to the suffering
to point out to them where they are sure OF
obtaining the wished for relief and CURE
Under the care OF the skillful Doctor the
sick and troubled can divest themselves of
their burden of pain lay aside their cross.
and secure health and happiness. Ifyou are
sick and in trouble, do not hesitate. Read
the advertisement and follow the advice
Do not forget the number or the manner of
directing your letters. Consultation Office,
536 Washington street, San Francisco.


febl6:lY
Year: 1867

AvAK1cIors.-A gentleman residing IN the
lower portion of the town, a short time since
discovered that the ground upon which his
house stood contained gold m sufficient guam
titles to pay for washing. As real estate is
not so valuable ss II was once, while gold
dus, commands as good q price as it did in
the palmy days of 40, he concluded the bes,
thing he could do with his lot was to mine il
out. While progressing with the labor Of
undermining his castle he neglected to prop II
up sufficiently, and the other day while he
was at work under it, the house suddenly
came down with a crash. Fortunately the
house was uninjured.
Year: 1867

THOSE who can appreciate the beautiful
should not fail to read the exquisite lines
which we publish this week. entitled. "A
Mothers Grave" The author is unknown
to us, but whoever it may be. develops poet
ical talents of high order, which only re-
quire slight cultivation and proper training
to enable the possessor to rank among the
best writers of poesy. We shall be glad to
receive more emanations from the same pen.
Year: 1867

We thank Mr.. Morrill,, as the country will
thank him, for his efforts yesterday to obtain
the passage of the Tariff bill by the present
Congress. His proposition to refer the Senate
amendments and those of the Committee on
Ways and Means to Conference Committee,
should have satisfied all the friends of the
measure as it did satisfy those who are
not willing TO risk the general prosperity
of the country to crafty the wishes Oh
single interests AS modified, his motion
was, it seems to us, unobjectionable, and
the gentlemen who cared so much more for
coal than for the country were short sighted
in not sustaining it, 1t is all-impOrtant that
the Tariff should be passed nou that it should
not be postponed to new Congress, which
may very easily be prevented from considering
it at once and we regret that every man IN
the House who sincerely desires to protect the
industry of his country did not grasp this
opportunity of ending the debate and securing
a vote in both branches of Congress.


Still, we have increased hope that the bill
may pass this session. The vote against Mr..
Morrll's motion, 81 yeas to SO nays by no
means implies opposition TO the Tariff itself;
for all the Pennsylvania, and some of the
Maryland and New York members who voted in
the negative will be registered in the affirmative
when the main question has to be voted on.
The only difficulty is in obtaining vote on the
bill in some shape, in any shape, and that diff
Guilty should be easily overcome by sensible
spirit of concession. If difference on details
should prevent the passage of the bill, then
there is no more reason to expect that the
IL IL, tlan thn
XXXIXth. The Tariff bill originated with this
Congress, it has been debated by it during two
sessions, and by this Congress the people ex-
pect that it shall he made law. Mr.. Morrill,
announced his intention of pressing the bill to-
day, and keeping it before the House till it is
disposed Of He will keep his word. VIII the
Protectionists in the House keep their pledges
10 the country
Year: 1867

Some of the National Bank people complain
that we do them injustice in classing them with
those who desire to postpone resumption and
initiate the currency still further. They allcge
that they are MS anxious for specie payments
| rs anybody. We have not the least doubt of
it. We know perfectly well that We have
uttered the sentiments of all the sound finan-
cicrs in the country in the views We have
lately expressed. IL We did not feel this, we
should have much poorer opinion of our best
men than we desire to have or expect to have.
We know that large numbers of our most pru-
dent capitalists and Bank managers have been
dragged into our National Banking system
against their will. They would have been
glad TO have kept out of it; they would he glad
10 be out of il but circumstances are and have
been too strong for them. They see the bad
company into which they have got they recog
nize the set of the current which is drifting
the whole body into courses they would be
glad to shun but which they feel pOweress to
control singlc-handcd. They know as well as
we do. and feel as kecnly as we do every
financial misstcp made by the spectators and
sp0liators at Washington.


IL is needless to say we except this class from





ton of the National Bank men and their Gus
toners Were it not that we suppose that
some of the weakest and wickedest of our
banking concerns are right here in the City of
New York. we should feel inclined to except
the great body of Eastern banks altogether.
We believe that very generally they are in the
hands of men of sound opinions. The diff
Guilty is that, as Mr. Hooper recently remarked
in Congress, banking on the basis of ire
dccmablc paper is such peculiarly profitable
and fascinating pursuit that they are too apt to
forget their principles in pursuing their inter
est.


We know of no better plan for our really
solid and conservative banks and bankers To
adopt. while the question of the policy a in-
flation is vet imminent, than TO follow the I'm
dcrwIitcls of the country in their example of
a National Convention in this city, To express
their views and convictions. III it be a fact
that II majority of our National Bank managers
are really sountand conservative on the subject
of the currency, nothing can be more conducive
to their own credit and standing in the COM
munity, and to their own lasting interests, than
for them To get together and declare their SEN
timcntS, and To arrest the growth of the odium
which is beginning to attach To tho whole body.
BY the aSscmblagc of such convention, we
can at least divide the sheep from the goats.
We can then all see who the wildcat
bankers are, and who are their hackers. We
are fast coming to II contest between the SOL
yery and the Insolvency of the country. And
ihis bcggarly resistance 10 rcsumptl0n'and at
tcmpts ut initiation. leading 10 bankruptcy. ]
Year: 1867

mean this and nothing else. The sooner the
issue is precipitated, the sooner the battle will
be fought, aud the sooner the victory will bo
won. A general Bank Convention could be
made the instrument of vast good We trust it
will be held and, if the banks are not too
graspingly intent on their illegtimate gains,
we see no reason why it should not be.


BY threatening, and hesitating, and backward
policy in regard to resumption, the country is
throwing away most favorable opportunity
to move in that direction. The great financial
collapse in England has just passed away; and
the channels of capital are there full, and
promise to remain full for one or two years TO
come. Money is both plenty and cheap in
every European market-mOre so than it has
been these six years. 1t is to be had at 8 per
cent, in any quantity, in London, in Paris, in
Amsterdam, in Frankfort, and elsewhere. If
this country were alive to its situation and its
true interests, it would seize upon this favor
able financial condition to rapidly acceler-
ate its steps toward specie payments If we
were to exhibit the proper resolution and
energy to take advantage of the present
state of things, we might do as much IN
the next six months toward resumption as,
with an opposite condition of the market, it
might take half as many years TO achieve.
Shall we be wise enough to avail ourselves
of our golden opportunity Not if the "wild
"catn inflationists of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes bear sway; not if the sound banks
and bankers of the country sleep over it; not
if we rest content with this miserable muddle
of talk that we hear about the cOuntry's


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credit without IN effort. If the sound banks
and bankers do not mean to suCCumb to tho
proposed policy of indefinite suspension, lee
them give lis a National Convention and tell
us what they do mean.
Year: 1867

these altogether, nor indeed chiefly, that we
place this question. We urge that, as
great trading people, ninety-nlne hundreu'ls
of whose engagements are promptly met, "l'h-
out the application of any law whatever, we
do not reouire rigorous and harsh methods to
enforce the one engagement in hundred
which is not met. And again, that so glgahtic
and innumcrablc are the trading operations OIL
this country, that even this infiniteslmal pro-
portion of defaults is sufficient to create
formidable annual aggregate, which demands
ready relief, in order that the enterprise ana
industry of the country shall be constantly
kept at its full measure of development
The loss and suffering occasOned by the sllght
proportion of unfulfilled obligations, is but the
weight of feather after all, upon the aggre-
gate transactions of such a trading country as
this. And, as was argued in the Senate the
other day, it is by no means certain that 1t
would work any real mischief, if all debts were
left to stand on the basis of honorable Obllga-
ton. But this is long way in advance of any
position for which we contend We hold only
that debt should run against property merely; 1;
and that, whenever and wherever the debtor
suIrenders all he has to his creditor, that
should be the end of the creditors claim, and
secure the discharge of the debtor. We hold
this to be perfectly sound in principle, and the
only rule of action that will give to such an
enterprising people as ours, the relief and the
freedom which will secure the greatest amount
of National productive power of which they
are capable


So much for the general view of the case,
which it would be easy to expand If 1t were
necessary. As to the specific measure now be-
fore Congress, it is enough to say that the bill
has been drawn and matured by sdllfm and
careful hands, and passed by the Senate after
an exhaustive discussion, and if any bankrupt
bill can be made satisfactory, 1t would seem
that the one before Congress ought to be so. We
sincerely hope that ii ;G::yy hH got thro"5n
without fail at this session, and we do not be-
lieve that any regret will be felt hereafter Oh
any account, at its passage.
Year: 1867




The report of the Committee on Whisky
Frauds is printed on the second page. 1t dOes
not deal much with statistics. A few millions
or so don't amount to much, aud are not WORTH
talking of. IL is enough to say, in a modest
way, that at least seyen-eghths of the entire
amount of spirits manufactured under the
"present law have escaped taxation What
details could we expect of a Committee COM
PEELED to make the sweeping assertion thaG
"few, if any, of the large distleTies in the
"United States, now in operation, are doing le
"gitimate busine,sW Ii is rather an anti-cli
max after this to say that "Of the 14,044,09J
gallons of spirits on hand and renewed on
"bond there were on the 31st of December.
"1sG6, j0O0,20i gallons unaccOmted for,
(Which should pay into the Treasury
cover S1O,5OOOOO" Ten millions is but
a trihe compared to the total swindle or
Sl00,000000 the Government was cheated
in 1866, by the evasion of the whisky tax
alone, and while the first cost of tho
manufacture OF whisky ia from 30 70
40 cents a gallon, and the tax is 81 per
gallon, it is openly sold at 81 80. Here are
some of the little facts these five adventurous
Congrcssmen had to deal with; and while there
is no doubt .of the enormous extent of tho
frauds. il is not strange that they found thres
months no time ut all to find out who the
swindlcrs were.


The very incOmpeteness OF the report in
these respects is proof of the value of It's gen
eral recommendations. CDnfesSing to be a lit
tie stunned ourselves by its revelations, va
shall not say. at present what should be said
in support of the suggestions that the bonded
warehouse system should be revised, so as no
longer to encourage cheating, or that no whisky
should be removed from the distillery till
the tax on it has been paid. Nor
need we speak again of the folly OF
those parts of the law which made the in
spector salaried agent of the distiller. or
which gave the Treasury Department tho
power TO compromise cases of seizure for
violation OF the Revenue laws, for these the
House has already repealed. There seems to
be practical wisdom in the opinion that the tax
should be laid upon the capacity of the distillery
and not upon the quantity OF spirits actually
distilled which is always difficult to discover.
especially when inspectors are blndfoided with
greenbacks. and distillers laugh at perjury.
We can only say that the report Is cleditabla
10 the five gentlemen who made 1t. anj
discreditable TO The distilers and Inspectors
who helped them. and that it is impossible TO
say whether the reading OF SO much unlawful
whisky ought to sober the public mind with
grief for the money that is gone, or intoxicate
it with rage at the men who have got IT,
Year: 1867

To-day the Legislature will again consider
the various plans before it for the organization
of the Constitutional Convention. We have
little more to say, but what We do say we
most earnestly mcan-that the Republican ma
jority, representing the people, knowing
their wishes understanding the nature
of each plan, and the number of
votes each plan can obtain, is bound TO make a
selection at once. Excuse for delay there is
none. Nothing can be said that will change
enough votes TO affect q decision that has
already been made. For ourselves, while
we believe the division Of 81 delegates
between the parties, and the election Of
delegates by Assembly Districts to be advisa-
ble, we have nothing more to urge on these
points. All we ask is, that the Legislature
should atone for its holiday by doing its work,
and in regard TO the Convention, the only work
it has left to do it, is to pass bill to-day.
Year: 1867

Universal Suffrage is now living working
fact in the District of Columbia The colored
man, North or South, has no surer promise, no
stronger guarantee, Of his birthright to suffrage
than this at last incontrovertible fact
Colored men, without any exception as
to class or kind, did vote yesterday
in Georgetown for Mayor - that, too,
peaceably and without hindcrancc, and for once
with the Police on their side. Those who must
advertise themselves as "White men," lest we
should insult the Black man by mistaking
them for something else, were deep in growl-
ing, hard swearing and bad blood before
the day was over; but we venture
to say that they have at last
accepted the situation and in time will come
to put a sensible, and, therefore, cheerful face
upon the matter. Whether they will or won't,
right and might just now mean very nearly
one and the same inevitable tliing in the Dis
trict of Columbia. The Radical candidate for
Mayor has been elected by 90 majority.
Year: 1867

That Gov. Brown of Georgia should sus-
tam the Reconstruction plan of Congress Will
astonish The Countrywide South even more
than the North We accept it as proof that the
calmer thought of the Southern people begins
to appreciate the fact that there is but one
way TO reunion-acquiescenc in the law.
Year: 1867

Our Washington correspondence gives some
striking results of the Judiciary Committees
investigation of the subject of abandoned and
confisCable property. Official reports from
Louisiana show that more than fifty millions
worth Of this property were returned to Rebels
over existing decisions to the contrary.
Year: 1867

The House passed the Tax bill yesterday.
Before pressing it to a vote some of the re-
concentrations of the Committee appointed to
investigate the Whisky frauds were wisely
agreed to, and it is possible that the Committee
was wrong in 'supposing that there
would not be time in this session to thoroughly
revise the Revenue laws on the subject Amend


menta wore adopted which require in-
Year: 1867

The Senate yesterday took up the Niagara
Shin Canal bill by a vote of 10 to 10; discussed
an amendment providing that the act shall NOT
take effect unless the State of New ork Shau
give its consent within two years; and ad-
iourncd without action.
Year: 1867

In our paper will be found the call fo1
Convention at Madison, on the 4th O,
September next. We pres ume it will be
largely attended as the men nominated
by it will probably be elected by large
majority. 1t is generally thought that
the present officers will be re-nominated
with few exceptions. This will please
us, for we believe that the state never
had better list of men at Madison, than
it has now. Gov Fairchild is, we sup
pose, sure of denomination and well he
deserves it. He is an eloquent speaker,
a good executive, a MANNED soldier and
an honest man. How his manly utter
ances at the Editorial Convention, thrill
ed the hearts of his hearers! 1t was no
school boy talk, but bold, vigorous Ian
guaGe in which great thoughts were min
gled as beautifully and as thickly as stars
in the skies above us. And there are
others already holding positions, who if
chosen by the Convention, we can support
with hearty good will There is brave
Tom. Allen, a perfect gentleman, and as
good Secretary as any State need have.
But we will name no more or we might
go all through before we found stop
ping place. We can only express the
wish that all Republican office holders
may be as capable and as conscientious
as those who now hold the State offices
at Madison.