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Year: 1870

geld premium in the transaction Of
currrncy business It can be
used now in MI exchanges in
California, in all dealings between import
eI,s and iol'lcrss at the seaports, aud aa
substitute for gold wherever gold is now
used. Should it pass into very general cir
culation it will immediately he stamped by
the people us "good money" in distinction
from the present Nuctunting or s'baa
money" aud the latter will be quoted AT its
proper discount. This, Instead of conpii-
eating business, will really simplify il by
enabling the people to do business on the
gold basis. We are not without hope that
this currency may, in time, become so gen.
orally preferable to the deprecated affair as
to lead TO its voluntary acceptance by the
commercial community, and so bring us TO
specie contracts and specie payments,
whether the government has the good sense
and good faith to redeem its own protested
pap II or not.
Year: 1870

tion OF the military authorities was not authorized
tended by Congress to take the place Of the proyi
sional government as permanent one. This seems
perfectly clear and the same view taken by the
General OF the Army BY mis- order to General Meade
Of March 2, 1865. The correction OF any misappre-
heuston OF the act OF Congress could DO made by
congress, but not by the military. The committee
argue further in support OF this view, but add
III Is due TO the General tn command to say
tna circumstances justify the committee In report
Ing that MS whole conduct in the affair was under
the sincere Delief that he was acting within the
scope OF his lawful authority, and that under the
conducted anairs. although outside OF tho law, In
such manner as to command the personal respect
aud confidence OF all parties concerned"


The committee also believe that the persons e.
c'uded, who desired to qualify, would have violated
actual Injustice done. The action OF the House in
afterwards admitting persons who had been candi-
dates against the persons who had been excluded
but received only minority Of the votes cast, IA
considered by the committee unwarranted by law,
and the persons then admitted are not lawfully
committee therefore report under tho 1rst
resolution that In the following respects the
organization Of said Legislature mas been war
ranted by faw:-Ftrst. In the control and direction
OF It's proceedings By Harris; second In the cxcln.
SION from taking the oatns and from seata OF the
three members elect who offered TO swear third, in
the seating OF the persons not having a majority
OF the votes OF the election In respect the Sec
con aeso.on y, Oeors Tectsd calling upon the
Is necessary in respect to the organization or the
Legislature OF Georgia, the committee report that


full nearing was given to both sides OF the contro-
versy there. and the representatives OF the great
body OF those who contend tnat the proceedings
aforesaid nave been Illegal and irregular expressed
their willingness that Congress should refrain Iro


further interference with the organization and com
position OF the Legislature and leave to proceed In
the exercise OF Its Legislative functions Notwith-
standing the matter above mentioned, II the pro-
visions OF the constitution OF Georgia and the orUx-
nxatoD OF the convention could be carried out pro.
vldng for fresh election OF onehaf or the Senators
ana all the members OF the House OF Represen
IN November, 1870. Tne other party justifes what
In mr. cina
on the subject In this condition OF affairs, mas
much ~ the errors of the General In command OF
Year: 1870

THE PUBLIC DEBT STATKMENT.-In conse-
quence of the large amount Of warrants drawn
on the Treasury during the current month on
account of quarterly pensions, it is likely the
forthcoming debt statement win not show as
large a decrease as the previous months but
will probably range frem ten to twelve millions.
Year: 1870

Out OF the battle now imminent in the


northeast of France may come events that


will make it the most memorable Of the


century. Should the Prussians be beaten it


is possible that such disaster might sud-


denly change toward them the highly favor


able view in which they are held by all


Germany, since 1t is the great success Of


Prussia more than anything else that has


given her the position she holds in the


esteem of the German people. Prussia with
her armies tumbled back over the Rhine In


all the confusion of defeat would be in
Hnitely less respectable to the minds Of


people who wish to establish their national
unity around an invincible strength. Should
the Prussians win, and win decisively,


there could be on the part Of France
no thought of another battle In the field, and
nothing could stay the Prussian march to
Paris Of far the greater part Of all the Prus-
sian forces now in France. Three hundred
thousand troops would be put In front of
Paris, held only by raw levies and uncon-
trollable volunteers. Paris would fall soon,
and France would be under the feet of an
enemy whose arrogance is great in proportion
to the very few opportunities fortune has
afforded for its indulgence. What then?
Va victisI


From the spirit of that lurid old threat only
can any one guess of the shape in which
France would come from under the con-
queror's heel9 But If the battle were fought
to such an end that the final issue were pushed
further away, that would give France still
more Of opportunity, and in that opportunity
much might come. Just under the surface of
daily events lies the thinly-covered republic.
Another blow from the Prussians might
inish even the formal existence that the
empire has, and free France would take its
place. This one fact would electrify the
nation; and such nation, with such an i'm
,ulse, what can it not do?
Year: 1870

THE CARGO OF THE BARK WAvELEr.-Ih
seizure of the cargo of the bark Wavelet wniie
on lighters in trahst from Perth Amboy to
this port has been the subject Of corresponds
ence between the Treasury Department and
Collector Murphy. Acting Secretary Richard
son decides that State authorities have no
power to interfere with the transportation Of
goods in charge Of united States officers after
having passed quarantine in another State,
and directs the Collector to recover possession
Of the goods at once No reference Is made
in this correspondence to the seizure of the
bark itself, or of the power of the Health
Officer to enforce the quarantine regulations
of the port.
Year: 1870

THE BULLS AND BEARS got decidedly frisky
yesterday over show of revived activity in
the Gold Room and Stock Exchange, but
underwent fresh disappointment when the
markets closed up with the old dulness. Will
not some financial savant explain to us this
dulness? Has the faith of the community been
lost in the advantages of Wall street specula-
tion, or is there cycle in finance which
brings dull year occasionally, just as the
cycle of time brings hot summers and cold
winters?
Year: 1870

THE FRENCH ARMY RESERVES. BY the law
Of 1867 the French army, in time Of peace,
was to number four hundred thousand men.
In time of war it was to consist Of eight hum
dred thousand men, with q reserve of five
hundred and fifty thousand in the Garde
Mobile. Total, one million three hundred and
fifty thousand. This force does not include
volunteers nor the extra army of veterans
called out by the law of the month Of August,
1870. On the 10Th Of August it was announced
at Paris that all Frenchmen from twenty to
thirty years of age were to be incorporated in
the Garde Mobile and all from thirty to forty
years old in the National Home Guard. Now
at the last census France counted three mill
lion seven hundred and sixty thousand men
between twenty and thirty years of age and
three million one hundred and twenty-eight
thousand men between thirty and forty years
old. Why, then, should two battles lost make
France despair9
Year: 1870

THE Work OF TUE CENSUS goes bravely on.
For several States, our own included it is
already complete, and the returns will be
nearly all in by the 10th Of September, al
though few may scatter along until October
L. The number of farmers has very greatly
increased, especially in the South, not merely
beyond the proportion of 1860, but ahead of
sanguine estimates for the present year. This
is golden news-meaning abundance at home
and tribute abroad for the great republic.
There is, likewise, heavy increase ofmanufac-
lures, which are also marching Southwark and
Westward. The steam engine is the drum
that in this country beats time to the onward
march of wealth and civilization. Should all
the promises of the present census takers be
fulfilled we shall have the work quickly done,
since they have seven million five hundred thou
sand names already and are noting one million
per diem during the current week. When COM
plete it will be heavier shell to fling at the
citadels of the Old World monarchical systems
than any that the German siege ordnance are
now belching at the beleagured and crumbling
strongholds of the French empire.
Year: 1870

TIE EUROPEAN WAR AND AMERICAN FL
NANoEs.-It will be remembered when the war
in Europe broke out and gold took an insane
jump to 1888, that the wisest of our domestic
financiers prophecied the war would be certain
To benefit this country and induce sharp de-
cline in gold. Since that time the price has
fallen to ll4s, although it has since reacted,
while the gold shipments have been bat a
little more than they would have been at this
time of the year, when the cotton export is
lightest, owing to the gap between the old and
new crops. Last week the shipment Of gold
was only q million Of dollars. But now the
London bankers are sending their gold here.
Yesterday one agency in this city sold two
hundred thousand pounds sterling, in order to
place the currency at intsraat in this oitv.
Year: 1870

PAYING OFF JURoRs.-T Jurymen who
served at the June. term of tho Hustinos
Court are notified that the Sergeant is ready
to settle with them for their services. and
for this purpose will attend at his Office this
morning from 8 to II O'clock. Call up
promptly and get your pay from Sergeant
Year: 1870

SINGULAR Tree.-A curious tree-or
double tree-is standing near the Fosto-
ria road, one mile west of this city. 1t
is an Elm tree and has two bodies, each
of which has taken firm root about tour
feet apart. Each body is about eighteen
inches in diameter, and extends up near
ly ten feet where both join, forming a
main body the same number of inches in
diameter-eighteen. Where the two
join there is no seam in the bark, it pre-
senting the same appearance that it does
elsewhere on the tree. One Of the bod
les, or legs of the tree, is perfectly
straight, only slightly inclining towards
its mate, while the other is slightly bent
at the knee, or center, somewhat like the
position of the leg ofa fashionable young
man, when he stands on one leg and
gracefully bends the other to give him an
appearance of standing at his ease. The
tree is quite a curioSitY.-1E6in Tribune.
Year: 1870

LoYG CoCRTsHIPs.-"Mary Myrtle"
comes down in the following style up
on those bashful swains who dowdle and
dangle, wear out the girls patience and
good clothes, make protracted meeting
Of their halcyon and never summons cour.
age errbugh to pop the question and ques-
tion the Pop. Ifthere is anything more
dishcarteniug 10 woman than long
courtship, | have yet to discover it.
From the woman who marries for home
and there are far too many who do it
to the fair creature who marries for love,
there are thousands who are kept in sus-
pense for years, not knowing whether
the man whom they expect TO marry is
really going to propose or not. 1t is very
certain that long courtships seldom re-
suit III matrimony. 1t generally happens
that the faults of both parties are made
evident, and the desire for separation is
mutual. But no young Tor old) man has
any right TO monopolize the attentions
of lady for years and then coldly dis
miss her. BY SO doing he possibly pre-.
vents her from marrying some one who
would be glad to have her, and acts part
Of which no gentleman will. So, gentle
men, when you have decided that the la
dy is worthy of your choice land don't be
too long about i) "pop the question"
aud set her heart TO rest.
Year: 1870

HARD TINES IN UTAH.--From present
prospects we may look for continuance
Of tight times in this country. There
never was a period in the history of this
Territory when business men experienced
such difficulty in getting along as they
do at present, and the laboring man finds
it equally hard. Work is scarce, money
and other good pay is much more scarce.
There appears to be general slackness
or stagnaton in business east, west, north
and south in other States and Territories
as well as this. The dull times are not
altogether owing to the scarcity of grain
and other produce in the country on
which to live, for of these there are plen-
ty yet-but rather to the general incli-
nation which prevails to take in sail. Cir
cumstances evidently are shaping in such
a manner as to compel us to board and
ciothe ourselves; and instead of import
ing everything, raise something to e1-
port, or at least, supply our own demand.


Salt Lake Ne,cs.
Year: 1870

When q friend of ours, whom we call
Agricola, was boy, he lived on farm
in Berkshire county, the owner of which
was troubled by dog wolf. The cur
killed the sheep, and he could devise no
means to prevent it. 81 can break him
OF it," said Agricola, off you will give me
leave" "Thou art permitted" said the
honest farmer; and we will let Agrcola
tel the story in his own words: There
was ram on the farm" said Agricola,
'as notorious tor butting as the wolf was
for stealing sheep, and which stood as
much in need of moral suasion Us the dog.
| shut the wolf up in the barn with this
old fellow, and the consequence was that
the dog never looked sheep in the face
again. The ram broke every bone in his
body, literally. Wonderfully upliited
was the ram aforesaid, by his exploit ; his
insolence became iutoleraLle; he vas
sure TO pitch into whonsoever went near
him. I'll fix him, said /, and so ! did.
| rugged an iron crowbar out OF hole in
in the barn, point foremost, and hung an
old coat on the end Of it. You can't al
ways tell when you see hat, whether
there is head i'll it or not; how, then
should ram? Aries made at it iul
butt, and being n good marksman from
long practice, the bar broke i'll betwcer
the horns and came out under the tail
This little admonition etfectually cured
him of butting.
Year: 1870

Boy SMoKERs.-If man should tell
us that healthy child could put his sys-
TEN under the influence OF powerful
narcotic every day, without permanent
injury, we should tell him that he did
not know much-about that. We never
saw SO many boys smoking along the
streets rs now. The practice will reduce
the final stature OF the boy who begins
at fourteen, at least half an inch. 1t vii
demolish his physical force in that pro-
portion, and his mental force still more.
The boy that smokes can bear trouble
better. He can lose his place iii store
with less grief. 1t worries him less to
get TO the foot of his class. Tobacco is a
leather jacket that shields his hide from
the lash of adversely. We doubt ifthere
is business man in Boston so green as
to take boy that smokes, when he could
as well have as good boy who does not
smoke. Tobacco is a source OF daily ex-
pense, a motive for theft till boy comes
to mans pay. 1t wastes his blood, for
though the parotid glands save the kid
neys some work, yet he who makes an
uretha of his mouth, must lose from his
blood much that is needed to aid diges
tion, whereas the kidneys do their own
work better, and, in health, rob the blood
OF nothing useful. Man is the most pre-
cious crop the Yankee raises, and just now
is scant in quantity. Let it not be infer
ior in stability also. Boston Ne,cs.
Year: 1870

A sailor went into u shop in Milwau-
kee and purchased goods TO the amount
of fifty cents. Throwing down bill,
he said: YThere's two dollar bill
give me the change" A glance showed
the store-keeper that the bill was "V ,"
and hastily sweeping it into the draw, he
gave back the change. After Jack was
gone the man went to the drawer and
found that the bill was "Y," to be sure,
but little the worst counterfeit ever
seen. Indignant at the treatment, Jack
was found by the store-keeper and
threatened but Jack was ready, and
showed by conrad that he received
but dollar and half in change, so he
could not have given the man. the bill.
After litile talk the matter was allow
ed TO drop by the store-keeper, who has
probably ,iearneJ something be did not
know bstSrs.
Year: 1870

The New York Commercial does not
think it is just the thing for DemOcratiO
organs in that city to be pitching into
n Northern men in Southern States a.
carpet. .baggers, in view OF the fact that
eighteen Of the twenty,one assistant
aldermen of New York are inportations
from the other side of the Atlantic.
Year: 1870

Gable kilograms have lately given brief par
tculars of the discovery of a secret republican
society in Russia. European correspondent
OF the New York Post, supplies an interesting
account OF the manner in which this sOcetv-
styled the "Marianna Society"-was discovered


1t seems that the Liberal party-Young Russia
desired to publish a circular containing their
programme. But the printing of the document
was tiekiish matter; and, as they did not yen-
ture to intrust it to a Russian pi ess, they ad-
dressed themselves to one Ivanhoff Petrowitch.
bookseller by trade, and the correspondent of
an English newspaper, who would be above
suspicion Of completely In the affair, as he was
justice Of the peace called i'm Russia s'deleeate
OF the Gar" He was bribed for the work. and
in a short time the proclamation came hack
from England, in printed form, enclosed within
the folds OF the newspaper, and was distributed
by the post Office to the subscribers, under the
very eyes Of the police, which had made no ex
animation of the packages at the frontier; so
that eight thousand copies were put into circu-
lation without risk or trouble to any one. The
proclamation demanded four urgent reforms
81. Universal suffrage; 2 The abolition of the
monstrous privileges of the nobility; 3. The
abrOgation Of the agrarian laws, alike ruinous
to serfs and landed proprietors; 4. The abo
iition Of promotion by right of birth, in the
~1'' WIN aOSoiutc cqudLty 1Or all classes
Great was the excitement at the Court, and
particularly among the police authorities, who
were furious at being thus outwitted; and An
investigation at once began. Suspicion was di-
reeted towards Petrowitch, and to save himself
ne betrayed his employers, and furnished the
Minister OF Police with a complete list of two
hundred persons, among whom were not only
number of civil and military employees of the
Government, but also, it is said, the Czarowitch
himself. For the Crown Prince, in his anxiety
To propagate the liberal ideas of which he pro-
fesses to be a champion, is not willing to wait
for the results Of the incurable disease from
which his father is dying. Ivanhoff was re-
leased and sent of to foreign parts, and quite a
large convoy of political prisoners is preparing
Tor Journe to the extreme East.


As result OF this liberal agitation in Russia
the Imperial party threaten to withdraw the
privileges already voluntarily accorded to the
people; but this is probably but a threat, as the
present Emperor Is believed to be too intelligent
and liberal to be willing to earn the obloquy OF
the civilized world by taking the back track in
the path of progress.
Year: 1870

Mr.Williams introduced a bill in the Common


Council last night, proposing, with the consent


OF Congress, TO give the Center Market fran


ehise to a private Company, the Corporation


having the privilege of subscribing to the stock,
II 1t chooses Very well; we are glad to see some
action proposed In the matter. Anything is
better than stagnation. We should prefer to
see the Corporation undertake tine work on its
own account; and if the annual income from the
present wretched sheds is $50, 100, as stated, it
would be the best investment the city ever
made to erect a frst-class market building on
the site of the present market, and reap the
benefit of the greatly increased income. But ii
the Corporation cannot or will not undertake il,
then let some responsible priv ate company have
the franchise, coupled, however, with a guaran-
tee that the building shall be OF a character
creditable TO the leading street upon which il is
placed, and showing no vestige of the repulsive
features of market business on its Avenue front.
Year: 1870

There is considerable iuttering here i'm canal
circles on account of the change which may
soon be effected at Annapolis. The late election
of Merryman as State Comptroller completing,
As it does, the Board Of Public Works, who have
the appointment of a new Canal Board, Is said
to be virtual ousting Of the present Canal
Board, who have the appointment of all the
employees OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
The newly constituted Board OF Public Works
meets In Annapolis on the nth instant, and will
OF course at dnce elect a Canal Board for the
ensuing year, upon the party complexion of
which will depend the retention of the present
incumbents OF the reinstatement Of the old
employees, among whom is j. McH. Holm -
worth, lately Canal Collector at Georgetown.
Year: 1870

At twenty minutes past six O'Clock last evening a
man who was under the influence OF liquor was
standing on the front platform OF car on the train
running from the Market street depot to Centre
street, Newark. Conductor Bragg tried to get the
man inside the car but the fellow resisted so stub
bornly tnat he dragged himself out OF the con-
ductor's clutches. Just the train was arriving at
the Centre street depot the man hat fell or and
within the space OF two seconds tho con-
ductor had tile bell pulled the door thrown
open and his hand on the collar OF
the man who made a Jump after the hat. The feI-
lows legs were drawn between the and the plat.
form at the depot, but the conductor held him up
with one hand while the other chung to rail TILL the
train came to a stop, which was very soon consld-
ering the speed when the bell was struck. The es-
cane OF the unfortunate wretch was almost nracu-
lous and he owes his lie to conductor Bragg whose
prompt action deserves the highest cOmmendaton.
The mans legs badly bruised and ha was 'e't
at tue depota
Year: 1870

A Midnight Assault on the Captain aud Crew


Of a Pr0peller-1he Latter Vessel then SEE


Adrift.


On Sunday morning last, about one O'Clock,
party OF four or ave men made al unprovoked at
tack upon Oliver Demming, the captain OF the pro-
peller Putnam lying at the foot OF Sixtyfrst street,
East river, and beat MN very severely. They then
cut the propeller loose from her mOorngs and she
foated down the rver with the tide Arriving 0ppO-
slip the foot of Forty-eighh street, The leader
Of the gang who made the assault was Michael Vale.
date neghbornood OF the propeller. On being
raigned ut the Yorkvie Police Court before Justice
Coulter, yesterday, he admltted naVinetruck DEM
away from the slOop which by the action Of the tide
was being crushed against the pier by the propeller
xlaf han aIrag