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Year: 1871




That the President will recommend in his
Message and Congress promptly pass an act
of sweeping Amnesty, seems to us inevitable.
We pretend to no special sources of informa-
ton, and certainly have not been taken into
the secret counsels Of the President; but the
time has palpably come when such a measure
can no longer be postponed. On this point
no argument is needed.


Shall there be made any exceptions to the
scope of this measured In other words, Shall
certain eminently obnoxious persons be ex-
cepted from its operatiOnf


Let us put the case in the broadcst light, by
supposing that the President of the defunct
Southern Confederacy-he and none other
should thus be excepted, would there be either
wisdom or justice, dignity or policy, in such
exception


We once went bail for Jefferson Davis, whom
we had never before met, not because we had
any affection or sympathy for him, but because
his longer confinement without trial and con-
yiction was condemned by every consideration
of equity and by the plain letter of the Fed.
eral Constitution. The With Amendment of
that instrument expressly stipulates that


In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy
the 10 speedy ana puDuO tIIdl, Ny
jury Of the State and district wherein the crime shall
have been committed" &c.


In plain defiance of this provision, Jefferson
Davis was kept in Jail two years, always ready
and anxious for trial, but never allowed it.
No judge Of any respectable court could have
denied him haLeas corpus and liberation
on proof of the undeniable facts. His longer
confinement untried would have been naked
act Of lawless violence, backed by military
power. 1t had no justification in public ne
cessity. no effect but to make him hero and
martyr in the apprehension Of five millions,
who would have blamed him as the cause of
their defeat had he escaped from the country
at the collapse of the Rebellion.


Suppose he were now to be made the sole
exception from General Amnesty, he would
again be lifted into distinction and honor in
the apprehension of every mOurner over the
grave of the Lost Cause. In their eyes, he
would have been invested by the Government
with patent Of nobility more enviable than
any king could bestOw. From the mere Presi.
dent of an Insurance Company, he would he
transfgured into the one only man whom this
mighty Republic still feared and dreaded. lie.
would be cnsh,incd in milionsof hearts as a
sufferer for their sakcs, and thcncefOrth walk
Year: 1871

The action of tho Committee of Seventy
asking Mayor Hall to resign, and threatening
his removal by the Legislature, is just the
kind of notice to quit which ought to 90
served on that airy but callous official. The
Mayor has himself shown how utterly unfit he


is for his position; his only defense of his
signing the millions of fraudulent warrants Oh
the City Treasury was that his signature was
only matter of form-as though he were
only Mayor pro .forma. And after making this
weak defence of his dereliction of duty, he
has continued to hold his Office with utter in
difference to the disgrace which his neglect or
dishonesty had brought upon him. Since Mr..
Hall has shown that he considers his official
duties merely nominal, he must not be sur
prscd if the citizens ask him to give way to
q real Mayor.
Year: 1871

On the second page of The TRIBUNE to-
day will he found long and interesting
report of a conversation held with prominent
Arizonian by Our Washington Correspondent.
A great deal of needless acrimOny has been
aroused by the numerous press comments on
Mr.. Vincent COlyer's report but in this cor
respondence the whole case, so far as he is
concerned, seems to be fairly and justly
stated. 1T has been apparent from the first that
this excellent and well-meaning gentleman
has no very intelligent views on the subject
which he assumes to settle.
Year: 1871

1t is an encouraging sign that the Grand
Jury now in session, considering the crimes
of the Ring, ask further time to prosecute
their Investigations. 1t shows that the jurors
are determined to go to the bottom of things,
and that their determination brings them
much labor. 1t is to be hoped that Judge
Bedford will see the way clear to enlarging
the term of the Grand Jury, so that, for once,
it may make clean sweep.
Year: 1871

Winter has closed in with unusual severity in
the North West, and accounts of intense cold
and heavy SHOWS reach us from many points
On the line Of the Union Pacific Railroad
there has been an extraordinary fall of snow
considering the season is yet comparatively
early; and at some places nearer East the
thermometer has been more than twenty de-
grees below zero. Travel is likely to be i'm
peded on the railroads; but thus far, Winter
transit on the trans-cOntinental line has been
less embarrassed than was expected.
Year: 1871

Joseph Hume, in his place in Parliament in
1925 spoke tho Free Trade science and selfish
ness of the whole middle class of England
when he declared that he desired to see the
manufactures of the continent strangled IN
g the cr.dle." All right! Throttle the indus
trial babes of both continents if you can; but
do not call your murder Fraternity, and invoke
us in tho name of Science and Humanity to
aid you In destroying our country's industrial
Life and giving you the monopoly of selling
US gaoGs at your own prices and on your own
terms.
Year: 1871

The festivities in honor of the son of the
Gar were fifty opened last night at the Navy
Yard. The stalwart young gentleman will
need all his endurance to meet the perspect


I've of gaycty which is stretching out before him.
Year: 1871

We find in The Poston Comnonrsolh q story 40
refreshing that few moro such instances of mag.
nanlmity would make the arid field Of politics to
blossom like rose garden. The writer knows "an
estimabe official" who was once candidate for
reelection to an important body Of which he WAS
then presiding officer. DESTROYS OF reelection. hs
would have becn reelected had not personal and
political friend of his run against him and beaten
him. After a while the people called the first OF
these men to 60 mp higher" md. position OF tho
irstclass in his gift becoming vacant he bestowed
it upon his old competitor and successful rival
His old age,' says The Commonwealth. will doubt
less be full Of peace" There is melancholy snG'
geston in this that the generons-minded man iswei
advanced in years. if not absolutely fallen into tho
sere and yellow: and we mourn for this because.
when he dies. wo do not believe that there viii ID
another man like him left in Massachusetts, or any,
where else
Year: 1871

In the Grand Army Journal ply
sician is made to tell the following: "I
remember one day in making my hos
pitaI rounds, Il patient, just arrived,
presented me an amputated forearm,
and in doing so could scarcely refrain
from a broad laugh; the litter was con-
stantly on his face. What is the mat
ter? This does not strike me as SUBJ
jject of laugh It is not, doctor; but
excuse me. l lost my arm in so funny
Il way that I still laugh when 1 look at
it. Our first sergeant wanted shaving
badly, and got me to attend to it, as L
am corporal. We went together In
front of his tent; j had lathered him
took him by the nose, and was apply
ing the razor, when a cannon ball
came, and that was the last 1 saw OF
either his head or my arm. Excuse
me, doctor, for laughing as I do, but
I'n be especially blasted if 1 ever saw


such a bully thing"
Year: 1871

| Especial to the Nashville Union and Anaeri-
| can.1


KNOXVILLE, May 7.-There was IN
immense crowd Of people In Knoxville
to-day, drawn hither by the industrial
Exposition, but mainly to hear Ex-
President johnson, who had been In
vited by the mechanics toaddress them
on this occasion. The mechanics OF
Knoxville, as well as of Knox and the
surrounding counties, were out In full
force, and there were thousands o( other
citizens. At an early hour In the morn
ing q procession of mechanics and cttt-
zens was formed, which was about .
mile in length. President johnson
rode in carriage in that part Of the
procession composed of tailOrs. After
marching through several of the prin-
cipal streets of the city, the procession
moved to the fair ground. Though the
weather was excessively hot, and Mr..
johnson spoke under great dfsadvan-
tages, owing to the confined atmos-
phcrc in the exposition building, and
the loud noise made by visitors walk
ing in the upper story, he nevertheless
spoke nearly three hours. He stated
that he was proud of being a mechanic
himself. He said he would address his
audience in reference to measures In
volving the highest interests of the Ia
Dor and mechanism Of the country, and
then spoke against the policy Of the
State in allowing penitentfary labor to
come in conflict with honest labor ~
Il general thing he thought prisons and
penitentiaries did not tend to refOrma-
ton of the criminal. In regard to capi-
tai and labor, he said that capital was
always seeking to obtain labor on the
most favorable terms, and labor WAS
always seeking to obtain the highest
wages. Referring to the late war, he
said that England was no friend OF tho
South, but was disposed to aid the
South in her conflict with the North 80
as to weaken the power of a CONNER
cial rival. The President spoke OF the
high position which the industrious
and frugal mechanic might reach, and
instanceu his own case as an tllustra-
ton. lie also spoke at some length of
the national debt, and said that the In
terest upon it was one hundred and
fifty millions Of dollars at six per cent.
This had to he paid by the labor of the
country; no nation had ever yet paid
any large public debt without repudia-
ton. The debt contracted In the revo-
lutionary war was nearly all repudiatetl.
But we had not the right to make this
debt permanent. He said it would be
just and equitable that the six per cent.


paid by the government as interest,
should be applied to the reduction of


the principal in seini-annual install


ments, which in sixteen years and


eight months would liquidate the en-


tire national debt. Mr.. johnson also


discussed the constitution, and said that


every good citizen should cling to 1t as


the chief ark of his safety. The Presi-


dent was frequently aPplauded during


the delivery of his remarks, and at the


conclusion was enthusiastically cheered.
Year: 1871

New MILLINERY. Miss Lizzie Msrshall's
new millinery goods will be opened next week,
in the new and elegant apartments, next door
north OF Gridley i Perkins store which have
been fitted up expressly for her. The stock she
is running is very large, and will comprise the
re'test variety of fashionable millinery and
ladies furnishing goods in the city. Dress max.
ing will also be branch 0! her business She
invites the ladies Of Ottawa and vicinity to call
and examine her goods, satisfied that her stock
will more than justify all that she promises
for it.
Year: 1871

LEGAL.-Arthur, at Prescotts, is fitting the
lawyers about the city with elegant silk hats.
When you see an attorney wearing nice silk
plug" You may safely conclude that he is re-
sponsible and successful lawyer, and one with
whom you may entrdst your property, reputa-
tion and lite; but if you inset one not so dressed,
one wearing slouch or out of date castor,
shun him, for 'you know how it is yourself"
Year: 1871

and Consumption.


Probably never before in the whole history of
medicine, has anything won so widely and SO deeply
upon the confidence of mankind, as this excellent
remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through long
series of years, and among most of the races of
men it has risen higher and higher in their estma.
tion as it has become better known. Its uniform
character and power to cure the various affections
of the lungs and throat have made it known as re.
liable protector against them While adapted to
mider forms of disease and to young children, it is
at the same time the most eec.ual remedy that can
be given for incipient consumption, and the dam
gerous affections of the throat and lungs. AS pro.
vision against sudden attacks of Group, it should
be kept on hand in every family, and indeed as all
are sometimes subject to colds and coughs, all
should be provided with this antidote for them.
Although settled Consumption is thought in.
durable, still great numbers of where the dis
ease seemed settled, have been completely cured,
and the patient restored to sound health by the
Cherry Pectoral. So complete is its mastery.
over the disorders of the Lungs and Throat, that
the most obstinate of them yield to it. When MOTH
ing else could reach them, under the Cherry Pee
toral they subside and disappear.
Singers and Public Speakers find great pro.
lection from it.


asthma is always relieved and often wholly
cured by it.


Bronchitis is generally cured by taking the
Cherry PectoraI in small and frequent doses.
For Cough and Cold, no better remedy can
be had. Take small doses three times day and
put the feet in warm water at night, until the
disease is broken up.
For Influenza, when it affects the throat or
lungs, take the same course.
For Whooping Cough, give small doses three
or four times day.
For Group, give large and frequent doses until
the disease is overcome.
No family should be without the Cherry Pecto-
rat on hand to protect them, in case of attack,
from the above complaints. Its timely use often
spares the patient great amount of suffering and
risk, which he would incur by waiting until he
could get other aid Parents keep tin your houses
for the exigencies that arise. Lives dear to you
may be saved by it.


So generally are its virtues known, that we need
not publish certificates of them here, or do more
than assure the public that the best qualities it
possessed are strictly maintained.
Prepared by DIR. j. c. AVER & Co., Practical
and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass, and sold
| all round the world.
Sold bv Druggists in Portland an
Year: 1871

GERMAN OPERA.--We have never
seen an audience more delighted with and
enthused by an operate performance than
was the brilliant assemblage that last night
graced the dress circle and orchestra ofoui
theatre. The opera produced was Flotow's
'Stradella," than which there is none more
beautiful in the operate repertoire. The
plot is founded upon romantic incident in
the life Of the great composer and tenor,
whose name it bears, and throughout it is
pervaded by the very zone Of musical
beauty.


Madame Romer made her second ap-
pearance as Leonora, the heroine, and sang
with sweetness, and acted with nairete.


Carl Beaunard appeared also for the se-
cond time before our public in the title role
'Stradella," in part always sung by the
tenor aobnsto, and its superb music gives
the finest tenors Of that class ample field
for the display of their best powers.


Mario achieved great success in the part,
and his execution Of the prayer was alone,
worth twenty prices of admission \


Beaunard rendered Stradella" last,
night acceptably. His singing of the prayer
was only partial success, as in the high
notes he failed. Ittakes the best of heavy
tenors to sing them purely. However, this
gentleman has a Voice which possesses
some lovely notes, and on every occasion
he illustrates his careful artistic training,
and thorough culture.


Carl Formes and Habelmann as the two
bandits, were the great successes of the
night. The audience testified their appre-
ciation of their superb acting by enthusi-
astic and continued applause. Carl Formes
has long had great celebrity in the part of
bandit in 'Stradella." 1t is one of the
first that gave him great prominence on the
operate stage. He is an actor of truly
wonderful power and versatility. IIabel-
mann's rendition last night, was the best
acting we have ever seen from him. He
threw himself into the part with complete
abandon and ardor, and his performance
was perfect. The character gives him
but little opportunity to discover the
lyric beauty of his voice. Many last
night deplorGd this, as it was evident from
few notes that he was in fine voice.


We can not fail to compliment in high
terms the trio in the last act between Wcin-
Itch, Habemann and Formcs. 1t was a
most artistic musical performance. We
have, in long operate experience, never
seen it so well done. And it will doubt
less be long time before the people Of
Richmond will have chance to see three
such consummate artists as those named
above in scene exclusively their own, and
characterized by such great artistic power.


Tonight, "Der Freyschutz" is given.
with the German Society of this city in the
chorus. 1t will doubtless be magnificent
performance.
Year: 1871

the number was not greater than former years.
To the new citizens tt N enough TO say that they
should be guided by the best advice as TO the fitness
OF the candidates in whose interest they VIII for
the first time exercise the sacred privilege o. cit
ZenshiD voters.
Year: 1871

BroUo.-A correspondent from Lake vile thinks that if the idea of the utter dependence of woman is very prevalent in this section, it will he dispelled to cer- tain extent, when 1t is known that last Friday trio of valiant damsels sallied forth with double team bound for Litchfeld. During the trip only one of the horses fell down in the road, and he tumbled but once. The wagon rattled asunder twice and unceremoniously spilled them out, yet but once was it necessary to appeal to black smith for aid to get them again under headway. But with all this they were not to be frightened, and although it rained all the way to Lltchfield after they passed Goshen, still on they plodded till they reached the desired LstchfeId goal, being the same more or less, the residence of Hiram Bishop Esq. The next day with an additional trio, they visited the jail, and various other desirable residences, and points of interest in that locality, and Mon day returned to Lakeville, bringing with them a. bride and groom, whom they chanced to gather up while on their travels This they consider is quite an adventure as all the driving was done by a young unsophisticated douceur. We'll; don know but what it was brave, but we have an idea that if by soaSting for gentleman driver will secure him, they'll wait; ye they say they aoont:
Year: 1871

OGDENsBURG, N. Y, August H.
When Baron de Came arrived to
deliver the anti Catholic lecture last
night the hall was closed, and the
demonstration of the mob was such
that the lecturer had to be taken to
the police headquarters for protection.
The authorities subsequently succeed
ed in clearing the streets and the
Baron was escorted to his boarding
house.


OGDENsBURG, n. Y, August H.
The rioters of the Baron de Came
lecture affair are still defiant. Mayor
Proctor to day issued a proclamation
stating that there have been mani
festatiOns of tumultuous character in
the city for the past two nights, Occa-
stoned by interruptions Of a public
meeting, and the public feeling Is now
in such state of excitement that
further and perhaps serious
trouble may be apprehended.
He warns all persons to
preserve the peace, and calls on all
well-dispOsed citizens to assist in
maintaining order and free speech,
assuring all citizens that he will use
the power vested in him to protect the
rights of all.


At a special meeting of the Com
mon Council, held this morning, il
was resolved that the right of free
speech should be maintained at any
cost. A large number OF special
policemen have been appointed and
troops will be called out if necessary.


Thomas DAILY and a number of the
leaders of the mob on Tuesday eve
ming have been arrested. At this
hour no hall has been secured. The
excitement is increasing, and the
friends of law and order are deter
mined that the lectures shall be heard.
The police headquarters are guarded
by one hundred special policemen In
addition to the regular force. The
Mayor in person has them in charge.
Many Of the expected rioters are in
the streets, awaiting some move
ment,
Year: 1871

power, viii they tax themselves to


pay the pensions of the Northern sol


diers without their own are provided


for, and are upon the same footing? /


ask that question as 8 question Of


logic. Will the Southern Democracy,


when they come into power, ever


consent to tax themselves to pay PEN


sions to the Northern soldiers who


took part in their subiugation, while


their own are unprovided for? tell


YOU, they wilMhOt; and the power


which will justify universal amnesty


will Justify pensiOning rebel soldiers,


and putting them on the same footing


with the Union soldier, and which


would be a greater Cancellation than


eVtn general or universal amnesty; ;


aad they will use the same argument


Ia regard to the payment of the na-


tiOnai debt. They probably would


not insist upon paying the


rebel debt, but would put it in another


way, and refuse TO vote dollar for


the payment Of the national debt eE


cept on condition that the slaves Of


the South be paid for. Reverting to


affairs in Missouri, he said: 81 did


not come here to take part in any
local troubles; L would bury them out


of sight. I want all representatives,
regardless of past differences, to rally


for the great principles Of the Repub-.
lican party. I believe the dominance
of that party is necessary for the sal
walton of this country. Whatever may
have been your opinions of that party,
it is to night simply a question be-
tween a Democratic and Republican
President. There is nc middle ground
for yOu to occupy; you are either upon
one side or the other. If you fail TO
vote on tbe;Republicsn side, it is half
a vote for the Democratic candidate,
I ask you, in view Of these cOnsidera-
tiOns, to lay aside al your past differ
ences, and come together in the great
contest which is now before you iOr
the nominee of the next National Re
publican Convention, whoever he may
be. Immense applause. l do not
believe it will nominate anybody but
a good Republican, and l pledge
myself in advance to support him,
whether it be Mr.. Greeley or Mr..
Sumner, Mr.. Trumbull or General
Prolonged cheers, and o
voice: i go for a nigger!I Mr.. Nor
ton: "WeIl, l think this government
would be safer in the hands of a great
many of them than in the hands OF
any Democratic President" He said
he thought Grants chance a little the
best at present. He denied the asser-
ton that Grant had violated the
Constitution in the San Domingo mat
ter, and defended his action in pro-
tecting American interests pending
the negotiations. of the treaty. He
State sovereignty As taught
by the Democracy, and said there was
no safety for the people as long as it
existed. There was no danger of
Capitalization. The greatest idea of
the Republican party was that OF
national unity. II we ever abandon
that we are not a nation, but simply
an aggregate of independent States,
and then we will some time or other
go to pieces.
Year: 1871

Two weeks ago, we met one of CIR best farm
ers, and he predicted that we would have a
drought before ccopS were matured, that would
prove very destructive. We told him then that
we hoped his representations would not come
TO pass. Yesterday we met the same gentleman,
ana ne repeated his predictions about the
drought, and says 1t has just set In. We still


hope his predictlsns may not prove true hat fbe
prospect now seems among the probabilities of
least. We are rather skeptical as to signs bnt
We have always understood that all signs fail
in dry weather.
Year: 1871

BY a Jnivate letter from cambridge we learn
that the survey Of the new narrow gauge rood
is progressing finely. and that parties Ebo are
able to put the road through are desirous o.
commencing work as soon as the survey is COM
lpleted.
Year: 1871

wiz IN from one to twenty minutes afford ease a,,l
comfort ana TINS medicine rapid in stopping nam


can be purchased tor fifty cents per bottle m Im1s,
every druggists and country merchants store on tbi


continent ana within one hours distance Of almost
every habItation in the United States