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Year: 1871

A PRrNTyR's PRovERBs.-Never
send thou an article for publication
without giving the editor thy name,
for thy name oftentimes secures publ
cation to worthless articles.


Thoi. should'st not rap at the door
Of % printing Office, for he that an
swereth the rap sneereth in his sleeves
and loseth time.


Neither do thou loaf about, ask
questions, or knock down type, or the
boys viii love thee like they do shade
trees-when thou leaveth.


Thou should'st never read the copy
on the printers case, or the sharp and
hooked contrainer thereof, or he may
knock thee down.


Never inquire thou of the editor for
the news, for behold it is his business
at the appointed time to give it to thee
without asking.


A. IS not right that thou should'st
ask MIN who IS the author of an ar.i-
Gle, fof his dnty requireth him to keep
such things to himself.


When thou dost enter into his Office,
take heed unto fhyself that thou dost
not look at what may he lying open
and concerneth thee not for that is moi
meet in the sight of good breeding.


Neither examine thou the proof
sheet, for it is not really to meet thine
eye, that thou mayest understand.


Prefer shine own town paper to any
other, and subscribe for it immediate
ly.


Pay for it in advance, and it shal
he veil with thee and thine Er
Charge,
Year: 1871

Some people estimate the ability of
a newspaper and the talent of its edi-
tor by the quantity of original mat
ter which it contains The Literary
Journal truthfully says: 1t is COM
paratively an easy task for 9 frothy
writer to pour out daily coldms OF
words-wOrds upon any and all sub
iects. His ideas may flow in one weak,
washy, everlasting flood, and his com
mand of language may enable him to
string them together like punches OF
onioiis, and yet his paper may be Q
meagre and poor concern. Indeed,
the mere writing part of editing pa
per is but small portion of the work.
The cafe, the time employed in select
ing, is far more important, and the
fact of good editor is better shown
by his selections than anything else ;
and that we all know is halt the bat
tie. But, as we have said, an editor
ought TO be estimated and his labOrs
understood and appreciated by the
general conduct of his paper-its tone
its temper--its uniform. consistent
course-its aims-its IIanliness-its
dlgnity-its propriety. To preserve
these as they should be preserved is
enough to occcny fully the time and
attention of any man. If to this be
added the general supervision or the
newspaper establishment, which most
editors have to encounter, the wonder
is how they can find lime to write al


all.
Year: 1871

Under this caption the st: James
Seatinet, Under the editorship of MIR.
Geo. Il. Bovee, treats of the new Lieu
tenant Governor. He does this in
style and manner in such perfect ac-
cord we presume with his real senti-
ments that we would hate to garble
his article, and therefore offer it in its
entirely to our readers Il Louisidnian.


p. B. s. Pinchback, the new Lieut..
Governor of the State of Louisiana, Is
so well known to most of our readers,
that any comments upon him that we
may make will seem almost entirely
unnecessary. of his early history we
know nothing. He was elected to the
State Senate on the regular Republi-
can ticket i'm 1865; and since that time
has been a prominent and influential
member of that body. He is ready
debater, an easy aud graceful speaker,
courteous and gentlemaply in his. man
ners, perhaps little vain but always
pleasing and agreeable, manly and in
dependent.


He is well versed in parliamentary
tactics, and will as President OF the
Senate, preside over the deliberations
of that body with dignity and Impair
tiality adding new laurels to those al
ready won; rejecting credit upon the
Senate and the Republican party, OF
which he is one of the ablest represen-
tatives. We have never been num-
bered among the admirers of Senator,
Pinchback, nor do we believe that We
have ever been looked upon as bis en-
envy. We belong to one branch of the
Republican party, while the Lieut..
Governor is closely allied with the
other, and is undoubtedly the ablest
representative of his race among them.


We welcome for q second time a
cOlored man as the second highest
officer of the State; hoping, trusting
and believing that the "vacant chair
so ably filed by his predecessor will
never be disgraced by him who has
been chosen by the yoive OF the Sen
ate as its future occupant. Elected
by men belonging to his own party
dlOuc tuOfouSu S,oiuS iNpuShooi
himself; fearless and OutspOken sup
porter of General Grant for the next
President, we firmly believe that he
can do more, to unite the discOrdant
elements of our party, than it is the
power of any ether man in the Senate
to accomplish. Much will depend
however, upon the course he pursues
If conciliatOry, and disposed to look
to the future welfare of the party and
State, we predict for him, brilliant
future. If revengeful and inclined Il
distrust good men who have differed
from him, as to the best policy to bt
pursued to advance the interest of tl'
party and people, his success will et
doubtful and his usefulness greatly i'm
paired.


One thing we feel assured of Lieu
tenant Governor Pinchback will neve
be the willing tool of any policician, o
set of politicians. Although the choic'
of the Governor for the position h
now holds, he has too much manheOs
to be used as plant instrument, ant
we hope his Excellency will not ex
pect from dim SO great sacrifice
his individuality.
Year: 1871

Many persons are kept poor by waste
and carelessness. They pay double for in
stance in the way they buy provisions, and
lose half in the way they cook them, and
cook twice as much as they need to eat.
Such living pays ont $8 and only gets the
use of 81. Seven dollars lost. When men
use provisions, clothing, or furniture care
lessly they are tearing up greenbacks, and
throwing them in the fire. The true rule is
to buy only what you need; use only as
YOU need.
Year: 1871

the Cape of Good Hope, and the China


ships rounding Cape Horn; and when the


Suez canal was completed we were tolo


that the Pacific Railroads occupation was
gone.


Now it is true that water routes are cheap
But they are long enough at best and q
very circuitouS water route stands no chance
I at all compared with direct swift line o1
overland transportation. Time comes into
the reckoning as well as cheapness For
some years clipper ships have been devel-
cping their qualities in the California trade
urged on by this very consideration. The
tea merchants We're in hurry for the car
goes Of new crop teas. a few days or
hours gave them great advantage over
rivals And so orders speedily went by
telegraph and were filed via Pacific rail
road as against clipper ships.


And soon it will be railroad against rail
road with odds in favor Of the Northern
Pacific. Time is money in modern trade.
a nimble six pence is better than slow
shilling Merchants will not wait six
months for vessels to weather the icy capes,
or blister their cargoes in the furnace heat
of the Red Sea amid headwinds, rocks and
sand banks, when they can come directly,
swiftly, cheaply, and in nice and cool con
dition by the Northern Pacific railroad, on
" six weeks from China.


It appears that in September last 4,45o
tons of through freight passed over the
Central Pacific railway bound East. This
would freight % trains of eighteen cars
each, or load ten average lake propellers.
Nearly half this amount of freight was tea.
Coffee was well represented and silk was in
the list The total Of through freight Of all
kinds bound East from January l st to Oct.
Ist was 2l,000 tons, which would freight
two propellers a week for six months.
September sent 500 tons more than any
previous month. There will be freight
enough for the Northern Pacific when it is
completed.
Year: 1871

The through trade Of the only completed


Pacific railway the nation now possesses Is
large, aud rapidly increasing. The facts
put complete silencer on those who have
affected to think Pacific railways more or
aamental than useful. Some minds become
unbalanced on the water route question as
On other topics, and such talked loudly tor
time Of the impossibility of an overland
railway competing successfully for the orr
entai trade with the Indiamen Weatherlng
Year: 1871

RIOR.
Railroad or no railroad l intend to keep business
going until my license is ended Remember where
you can have game Of Pigeon Hole.


Welcome gents sit at your ease


Free to call for what you please;


Free to speak, free to think,


Free to pay for what you drink;


Free to sit an hour or So


And when uneasy free to 90
My house IS furnished with good board wet or dry.
Bedrooms well furnished with good beds. Visitors un
able to pay for lodging admitted,
Year: 1871

Henry Ward, whose death is announced elsewhere, has been for several years past an employee in this office. He was the eldest son of the late William Ward, and when school boy gave evidence of unusu al talent, and was distinguished as the DO. ct of the school. He had strong desire for liberal education, and was fully pre-. pared to enter college but not having the means, he learned the business of prin ter, at New Haven, and has been employed in various offices for nearly fifty years. Flo, a time he was the editor of a paper in New Jersey, and also in this village. His disap- pointment in not being able to enter col lege had g depressing effect on bis mind, and led to indulgences disastrous to his temporal prosperity, and he consequently struggled all his life with poverty. He was man of most scrupulous integrity and never had an enemy. Many of his poetical efusions have been published in the En- quirer and other papers, and are worthy of preservation in volume. His knowledge of history, of the languages and of the lit erature of the times, was very extensive, and though moving in humble life. his memory will be cherished by many ac- quaintances and friends.
Year: 1871

Da A letter from Cornwall informs us that the disturber of the singing school in that place has been found out, and that he is boy of larger growth and of more years than is usually the case with those en- gagged in such business.
Year: 1871

bGr A responsible person Hv:ng ID oalis- bury writes to the COurant:

 "How little time the member of Congress from the Fourth District devotes to his du- ties in Washington is a matter of record. There is one post, however, from which he is never absent. On election days he takes his stand near the ballot box where he can see each voter as he deposits his vote, and woe be to the man in his employ who votes contrary to his dictation.
Year: 1871

WASHINGTON, January 22.-The ap-
poTuOnment bill will occasion very
sharp fight in the House. Western
members are determined 10 press an
amendment authorizing the election of
additional representatives next fall in
States which now have less than thew
are entitled TO by the new apportion-
ment They say that if they consent to
an increase in the number of members
of the House so that the Eastern States
shall not be deprived Of any part OF
their present representation, the men,
hers from those States ought to be viii.
ling to grant the demand Of the West
ern States for the representation theil
population entities them to. The ques'
ton has a more important bearing
than upon the Forty-second Congress, for
If the apportionment does not 60 into ef
feet until 1873, after the Presidential
election, the Electoral College will be
chosen under the present apportion-
ment, while if the States are represent
ed in the college according to their
present population, the result might not
be the same, so that the people,
will in the choice Of President might
be defeated by the refusal Of Congress
TO make the new apportionment opera
tive at once.
Year: 1871

hlba's.--The barber shop Of WIN. Alba,
on Commercial avenue, near the corner Of
Eighth street, is the place to which Nil
lovers Of good, close shave with razors
sharper than the wit OF twenty Jerrolds,
wind their way. If
Year: 1871

A splendid story is told Of Marshal
when a colonel. During a
parade be had an alteration with an
officer in the ranks, who refused to obey
him. MacMahOn finally threatened the
offender, and the latter drawing a pistol
took deliberate aim and fired; fortunately
the cap snapped Without the slightest
sign OF fear, cool and impossible, Mac
Mahon said: Give that man fifteen
davs. sallc ds police for having bis arms
out OF order
Year: 1871

To see ourselves as ithers see US.
But, in spite Of the croakers, there is a
deal Of magnanimity, generous self
sacrifice, and friendly helpiulness in the
world yet. and even amateur theatricals
give occasion for the exercise of these
kindly virtues.
Year: 1871

tagl0us. IL may relieve our minds TO know
that its endemic character is well estab-
lished, and it does not, like cholera, sweep
over whole continents in o march of desOla-
ton. There is something in tho atmosphere
of certain places, like Charleston, New-Or-
leans, and Mobile, which seems to favor, if
not to be necessary to, its development; and
eminent medical authorities believe that it Is
propagated less by personal contagion than by
the conveyance Of vitiated air. When it ap-
peared in New York in 1922, it never went above
RectOr-st, and in Charleston this Summer it
is said to be nearly confined to one neighbor-
hood. That our city does not naturally afford
tho conditions it requires Is evident from the
fact that, in spite Of Our close relations with


Southern and West Indian ports, it is nearly
fifty years since the yellow fever has been
known here as an epidemic. Yet it may be
carried anywhere in hot weather, in a very
fatal if not in positively epidemic form, if
sanitary precautions are neglected. Next to
frost its greatest enemy is probably clcanli-
ness. If it should come to NcwYork it is not
likely TO encounter either of those enemies
lust now. No one who is Obliged 10 pass
through the lower Wards, or along some of
the avenues used by the horse railways, or
into any of the tenement-hOuse quarters, need
be reminded of the reeking cutters aud refuse
heaps and stagnant puddles which poison the
hot and sweltering air. Quarantine will not
save us if these are neglected. The Board OF
Health has ample powers to abate such
nuisances, and we beg them to drop political
souabbles for week or two, and give the
city thorough cleaning. Don't send a gang
of men into the streets to play with hoes and
mud heaps, but make your scavengers w0rE.
Year: 1871

By using all the small arts of willy poiti-
clans, the Tammany Ring hGs heretofore man
aged to strengthen the Democratic party In
this city with large portion of the German
voters. The inclinatiOns of our German citi-
zens are naturally with the party of freedom
and equal rights, but selfish and bad
men in the ranks of German Americans have
misled their felow-cOuntrymen and brought
them into the support of the corrupt organlza-
ton which now Oppresses the city. This
state of things cannot last long. The Ger
mans, too intelligent to be hood
winked by demagogues, have discovered for
themselves that TammaDy is but another
name for robbery and oppression. No
honest and thrifty citizen can abide an
organization that lives upon the plunder OF
the people, and German Democrats have
begun to discover that this is about all that
the dominant party in this city is doing.
There Is sembance of local politics,
il il true, but the main business OF the
claue is theft and robbery. The leaders Oh
the German Democratic party have begun 10
cut loose from the corrupt gang when sthl
pretends to the name of Democracy, and have
had q long consultation with the Demo-
cratic State Committee, the results OF
which are published in another part
of this paper. 1t is understood and
agreed that the charges against Tweed, Hall,
and Connolly are unanswerable, and that no
organization can afford to maintain any
appearance of an alliance with them or with
party which countenances them. We be-
lieve that the political power of the Ring,
great as it ia, cannot retain the loosening
allegiance of these aroused German Democrats.
Year: 1871

The Internal Revenue Bureau has the un-
happy characteristic of greatly muddling the
officers of the Treasury Department more fire.
quently than any other division of that branch
of the Government. Gen. Pleasonton having
been suspended from the office of Com
missioner. and Deputy Douglass being ap-
pointed to fill his place. it was found
necessary to invoke the opinion OF the At
torney-Gener as to the question whether
vacancy now exists in the Office lately held by
Douglass. The Attorney General holds that
Pleasonton is still Commissioner, and is "sus-
pended" not removed But Douglass Is
Acting Commissioner, drawing the pay of
Commissioner while he performs the duties OF
that office. SO there is no vacancy in the
Office of First Deputy and nobody draws any
salary for the Office. All this is under the
Tenure of OAice act-a souvenir Of Johnson's
reiOn
Year: 1871

Within the past week unusually large quan.
titles of unwhOlesome fruit have been exposed
for sale in the streets. The Abundance Of
superior peaches with which the market WA
glutted fortnight ago has been succeeded By
an equal abundance of stale and half-decayed
fruit of most dangerous character,-the re.
fuse of the Delaware crop or the yet unrpened
products of the orchards of New-Jersey. In
view of the peril from cholera the Health
Board will do well to give an eye to the mar.
ket- stands and corner groceries where reckless
people are buying cramps and cOlics at ten
cents quart. Spoilt frut Is as bad as tainted
meat
Year: 1871

The French Government has had "warn-
cling" The Germans may very well be sup
posed to have some uneasiness as to the
prompt fulfllment of the engagements which
France has assumed in the Treaty of Frank
fort. One of the conditions of the evacuation
of the forts about Paris was that Germany
should be satisfied that order was sufficiently
restored to make the future liquidation of the
indemnity reasonably sure. The dissensiOns
at Versailles are not very reassuring, and the
semi-ofiicial journals of Berlin intimate as
much. In the present temper of the French
people we fear they will not heed the warn
ing
Year: 1871

The reports of the prevalence Of yellow
fever in Charleston are somewhat vague and
contradictory, but enough is known to warrant
serious apprehension. The Health Officer of
Charleston is apparently unwilling to admit
that the disease has assumed an epidemic
form, and he furnishes the New-York steamer
consequently clean bill of health; but on
the other hand the Medical Society, after a
special meeting, announces that yellow fever
of mild type does exist i'll the city, and that
differences of opinion exist in the profession
"as to the probable spread of the disease"
Meanwhile railway communication between
Charleston and Wilmington is interrupted, and
the infected city has been laid under ban
II is impossible to reconcile the statement
that the fever is of mild type with the
figures given by the Medical Society. Since
tha disease first appeared, on the eth of July,
there have been about 35 cases, and of
these have proved fatal. But the ratio of
deaths in Charleston has generally been, in
fever epidemcs, a little over 10 per cent
of the persons attacked, and this is
more than % per cent. Within the
last three or four days the supposed epidemic
character of the disease has become more dis
tinctly marked. If the unfortunate city is to
be visited by a pestilence it must be con-
fessed that the prospect is appalling. The
sufferings of the war have not yet passed
away; whole streets are still in ruins; and
there are two months of warm weather to be
expected before the fever can be killed by the
frost.


While tho old doubt is still unsolved
whether yellow fever is, tightly speaking. con-
Year: 1871

The adventures of gentleman in search OF
Justice in the Sherifi's Office, given in the
local columns of The TRIBUNE this morning,
will enlighten the uninitiated as to the cost
of that rare article. 1t appears that some of
the functionaries about the Shcrif's Office are
expected to "come down handsomely TO the
Tammany management. Their urgencies are
such that the ordinary processes of law are
hindered by their demand for fees which
amount to little less than blackmailing.
Year: 1871

revolving facts, which suggest sad story OF
shame and wrong, must be the basis OF
searching investigation which will, we trust,
bring to justice the guilty wretches who
are parties to the crime. 1t would be
shame if, with so much Of clue in their
hands, the police detectives should not be able
TO run the chain of evidence from the l1ud-
son River Railroad Depot to the murderers of
the unfortunate girl.
Year: 1871




Without Violating the Law.


Written inquiry having been made at
the office of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue at Washington as to the right of
dealers in spirits to use standing casks in
which liquors may settle, the following de
cision has been given by the commissioner:


OFFICE or INTERNAL REVENUE
Washington, May 81 1871
1 do not see why liquors may not be as
we'll settled in the casks inswhich they are
put up as in the standing casks, nor of the
particular properties in the standing casks
that will render the spirits fit for consump-
ton.


The rulings on this subject are in strict
conformity with law, and have been made
because called for by the law, not from any
disposition to inconvenience the trade.


The law in this respect has been misun-
derstoOd to some extent.


1t is fair to presume that all spirits on the
premises of dealer are intended for SALE
and, therefore, all such must bear one or
the other of the stamps required by law or
be subject to forfeiture under section 81. .
act of July 20, 1868, regardless Of the kind
of cask in which it may be. Every cask on
being filled must be gagged, marked and
stamped at each filling, and the stamps and
marks must be obliterated whenever the
cask is emptied. This alone must render it
impracticable to use the expensive and
highly ornamental casks known as stand
casks" and the repeated stamping and
gauging that must follow their use must
also tend to render it impracticable to use
them.


The term "cask or package as used in
the law, is understood to mean portable
vessels, and does not include such as are,
from their size or the manner in which they
are set up, not portable. A dealer must
not draw from any other than a stamped
vessel, nor fill any other than portable
one, and must have no vessel in his possess
ion containing more than five gallons with
out stamp.


On applying these provisions of law, it is
seen at once that what is ordinarily known
as ''stand casks" can not be used as such
without violating the law and increasing
the hazard of serious consequences to the
dealer


If these were mere rules and regulations
Of this office, they might be modified to
meet the necessities of the trade; but being
provisions of positive law, they must remain
obligatory upon all alike until changed by
the power that made them.


A. PLEASONTON, Commissioner.
Year: 1871

A thunderstorm, not long in duration
but extremely violent while it lasted,
passed over the city last evening, between
the hours of eight and nine o'clock. For
while the thunder was incessant and the
neighborhood uncOmfortably close, as indi-
Gated by almost simultaneous peals and
flashes, while the rain poured, seemingly in
emulation of the roaring and flashing of
the thunder and lightning. In about half
an hour the whole was over, and no other
indication of the recent atmospherical up
roar than distant grumble from the de-
parting cloud or sullen flash of electric
light. Long before midnight the stars
shone as brightly as if clouds were things
unknown.
Year: 1871

Tonight the Orleans Dramatic Relief
Association will play the marble Heart
at the st. Charles, with cast that will un-
doubtedly mark it as one of the most ac-
ceptable entertainments of the season.
The piece is too well known among our play
going community to need description; but
we are sure that the house will be crowded
with an appreciative audience. The pro-
ceeds are to be added to the fund for the
relief of the sufferers by the overflow.