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Year: 1870

The Standard, in adding its voice to the roar
of popular denunciation of the Fmnking Priv
ilege, sees fit to say


at is not however, the OF the frank that we de
pore, but the abuse OF it. II every one now entitled to
the privilege would vigorously conne himself to its use
and keep 1t within the exact limit OF the law there
would be no difficulty but it is, nne enths OF the
people OF Washington think that q personal acauant
ance with member Of Congress puts upon him the re
spOnsbty OF sending their letters at the expense Of the
Government Other members have adopted their frank
for the purpose Of private business Not long since
Congressman who has large mercantile interest in New
York saved his house expense Of thousands of dol
lars year by mailing circulars and pamphlets to his
customers under frank which was stamped by a ma
chine"


Comments By The Tribune.


There are so many who hate the trouble OF
thinking, and therefore drop easily into half
way-hOuses, that there is danger that such
views as tho above may find acceptance Let
us, therefore, thoughtfully scrutinize them.


What is useS What is an abuse? Suppose
Tom Jones would like to have list of the
Post-ROute contracts to be awarded on the 1st
OF July next, as he thinks of putting in q bid,
he, very naturally, writes to his representative
IN Congress, requesting him TO send it. His
letter goes free of postage, and the answer
comes likewise. We lpresume The Standard
would regard this as a use, not an abuse.


Yet why should Jones have this work done
ior nm at the expense of his tenant Widow
McCree, who sends letter once year to her
brother in Ireland and receives one in response 2
WIN what reason. by what right. is she charged
Year: 1870

The verbatim report of Col. SWANS
speech at Parkcrsburg, which appeared
in our issue of Saturday, will enable our
readers to judge how much justice and
truth there was in the Wheeling Registers
denunciation of It as a "mcss Of black.
guardism." There was but one objection
able expression in it, and that was at once
withdrawn; and as Col. SWAN in that
part of his remarks had the two editors
OF the Register (who sat at the reporters


table, in his eye, and was directing his
remarks ut them, it is evident he was
moved by an impulse he could not CON
troll, but was quickly corrected by his
sense of what was due TO the Convention.
Year: 1870

laws, organic and statute, as &C
complishcd facts, and it invites all
honest citizens to unite in grand
effort for obtaining a State gov
eminent which shall represent
faithfully and equally, not whites
or blacks, radicals or Democrats,
but all classes Of our citizens. And
Congress, in making General But
ler eligible to hold the Office
to which he will be elected,
.bravely declares that it will NOT
stand in our way; that it will
not prevent this people from @driv-
ing into obscurity the thieves and
ruffians who now riot at the State
capital; that it will not embar-
rass frank and sincere people in
their manly endeavor to throw off
the weight of unjust laws and ex>
cessive taxation. and to bring To
merited disgrace the horde of ad-
ventures who pilfer the public
funds and squander the resources
of the State"


The Charleston Courier says:


"The reform movement hast taken
a deep hold upon the judgement
and the sympathies Of the people
Of the State. The press of tho
State have, with but very few en-
ceptions, given to it a cordial and
hearty support, as the only move
ment by which the regeneration
of the State can be accomplished
Every day is adding to it's strength.
and its capacity for the redemp-
ton of the Common wealth. We
have but to be true to ourselves
and to the cause so wisely inaugu-
rated to insure a gratifying sue
cess.


ave understand that the CAM
paign here, will be opened some
day next week, by a mass meeting
of tho Union Reform Party, at
which Judge Carpenter and Gen.
Butler; as the standard bearers,
will address the people Of Charles
ton. 1t will be, we doubt not, one
Of the largest meetings of the kind
ever held in this city"
Year: 1870

NORTHERN CIvILIZATIoN As H.
Illustrated BY TIE FoRTY-FIRsr
CoSGREss.-The kilograms from
Washington inform Us that the
announcement Of war between
France and Prussia, when madei,t
the United States House of Rep
resentatives, was received with
demonstrations Of applause" It is
not our purpose to dilate on this
extraordinary circumstance, and
we refer to it now, says the SaVan-
nah Republican, first, to enter our
protest in, in the name of Christi
annity and civilization, againssths
disgr4ccful manifestation and,
secondly, to note the fact that it
was House in which the South
ern people had no representatives.
To glority over j prospect Of death
and carnage, Of devastation and
human woe, can only be the work
ola people lost to every moral
sentiment that ennobles humanity,
We wish it to be bornein mind shat
it was emphatically and exclusively,
Northern rejoicing, and that the
Southern people have no sympathy,
share, or responsibility in: The matter.
None but brutal and cowardly natures
could exult at such a dreadful con-
summation, and to the radical portion
of Congress should be ascribed all the
glory of the shame
Year: 1870

NC NCM 4Otk SOul uluIciCldl AL
vcrtiser says that 4 society is be-
ing formed in London, which is
intended to supply want much


felt among people in middling cir
cumstances on both sides Of the
Atlantic. To all those whose in
comes are just barely sufficient to
cover daily expenses, the necessi-
ty for the services Of doctor is Of
serious consequence, owing to tho
heavy draft thus made upon the
family purse. The society men
toned is intended to furnish the
best of medical attendance to all
of that class for q merely nominal
sum. The scheme is meant to ap-
ply only to those whose incomes
are under e2O0 Isl, per year,
those above that figure not being


eligible. To become entitled to
the benefits Of the society the
| rates Of subscription are to be as
follows: For a single person, los.
Cd. per annum; families not ex-
ceeding four persons, Fl Is. not
exceeding six, e. Is. D.; registration
Is. By paying this moderate sum


the society guarantees the best
medical attendance, andin critical
cases consulting physicians villa also
bo secured without any additional
charge. Such an arrangement
will commend itself to all whose
means are only equal to tho Or
binary requirements, and will have


the tendency to save many from
tho hands ofunscrupulous pretend
ed medical men whose only attrac-
tion is their assumed cheapness.
There are great many people


who spend twice as much as the
subscription sum in quack medi-
cines, that are warranted to cure
every complaint under the sun, and


result in leaving the patient much


worse than when first resorted to-.


The new scheme has the courte-
nance of the medical profession, as
it's tendency is to rescue the sick
from the hands Of the quacks and


extend the area Of the regular ed


ucated practitioners. There can


be no doubt of its success, not only


because of its patent merits, but
! from the good auspices under


which it started, having some of
the most influential men Of Lon
don as it's directors.


We should like to see o similar
institution started here by some
| of our influential citizens. 1t could
scarcely help being success.
What man would hesitate to pay


FIVE dollars a year, and thus in
sure the aid, in case of sickness, of


the best medical talent the city


can produce? The fear of a crush
ing doctors bill has doubtless fire.
| quently caused a delay, until the
disease became too serious for the


doctors art, or else eventuated in


a heightened illness, with the ad.


dition of a heavy medical bill, both


of which might have been averted


had q medical mans assistance
been available at first. The aims


of such an institution have only to


become known to be appreciated.


and we confidently look TO the es-


tahlishment of q similar society ere
long in this city.
Year: 1870

WHEN YOU BUY A SEWING MACHINE,
w select one not likely to get out of order.
The best is the cheapest.


Never before, since the introduction of Sewing
Machines has there been a triumph like that of
The FLORENCE. Its universal success every
where establishes beyond cavil its superiority.


Though ten years younger than most Of the
well known Machines, the FLORENCE has
eclipsed them all as public favorite, and stands
to-day without rival as
Year: 1870

that the the present war will be a long one. It's
duration, doubtless, will depend upon the neu-
trality of the other powers. 1t is possible that
all Europe may be drawn into the conflict, and
that the war may be long one.


The latest news Of the hostile operations of the
two armies will be found on the second page OF
this paper.


THE CoNsToCK MNEs.-The Virginia City En-
terPTise says n disposition is manifested by the
management Of some Of the principal mines OF
the Comstock to lessen the expense Of working
these mines. Efforts will doubtless soon be
made for reduction in miners wages. Already
steps have been taken to stop operations in part
on several Of the most prominent mines until la
Dor can be obtained at lower rates The late
President Of the Savage suggests in his report
on retiring from Office, the propriety Of retrench-
ment in all matter pertaining to the Company 5
affairs His successor evidently comedies with
his views, and has already commenced to reduce
the expenses by cutting down his own salary to
oue-half its former rate. The salaries Of all the
other officers have also been reduced. Opera
tons have been suspended on the north works
Of the Yellow jacket. 1t is rumored that con-
siderable number Of the present force on the
Gold & Curry will soon be discharged from Ger
tain portions Of the mine, until lower grade ore
can be proftably managed richer may be
developed in some portion Of the mine.
Year: 1870

i ould care for all the people of the country.
II people Of this District were not enjoyin Z
Seli-goyernment. as many in the county were
black men, but white men. He believed tn
General Government should give TO every man
in The District the right to WELD political power.
On the great idea Of self-government he de-
manded that right for all. Was it no. firss the
duty of the people to bring to bear upon the
lawn making power their influence, to give to all
IN this District the right to WELD political power?
Ihe best men of the land should be folnd here
at the capital; men of intellectual cultare, mo-
raj men, that their influence might be felt by
every one throughout the country. (Applause.


The District should be made the agent of tie
gjvernment 6 to do ten thousand things which
congress could not do itself. The territory of
the District may belong to Congress, but Con-
gress belongs to the people Of the United States,
and it was the duty OF Congress to give us here q
good government, The men who grow here
ought to be model men of the land.


On constitutional grounds he saw no objection
Z, TINS measure He was well aware tnat the
Constitution provided that Congress should have
exclusive legislation, but that me ant only TO see
that the legislation was i'm harmony with Jaws
of the land. He wanted young colores men to
compete win young white mer, not i'm these
enlarged form of goverrlnent nronos.sd bv this
bill. He wanted the cCiored people here TO favor
this bill. The District should be made a model
for the country. tApplause.l


REMARKS OF CLINTON LLOYD.


MT. LiOyu tnen calieu tne previous on his res
olution. He thought the bill had been perfected
by a competent committee, and there was no
necessity for going into the bill by detail. But
two classes of people had enjoyed exclusive
legislation by Congress; one was the people OF
this District, and the other the savages of the
wilderness. Laughter and applause.l With
the latter some Improvement had been made.
They were being educated; manufactures es-
tablished; resources developed, &c. But with
the former the Washington canal and Centre
Market-hOuse were all the District could boast
of. lLaughterl He was considered the most radi-
cal kind of Republican; but if il was anti
Republican to favor the Territorial measure he
was not a Republican.


The vote being taken the resolution of Mr.
Lloyd was adopted, with one dissenting voice.


Gen. A. Grant urged that meetings be called
in every ward to urge the passage of the bill by
Congress The people understood it now, and
must fight it through.


Mr.. Lloyd explained that this mat ter was be-
fore the Campaign Committee, and would be
attended to. Adjourned.
Year: 1870

and make ii our whole study to furnish the YER,
bEeT OF everything in the way of Family Supple
generally. Our facilities for buying are surpassed b-
none, and we guarantee to sell low as any Other
house in the city; as also 10 give the article aualitl
and quantity as represented. Please give a singl
trial at least.
Year: 1870




simply condition Of things that will al
low US and enable US to expand and devel-
epe, and that VIII be in accord with and
keep pace with the march Of improveme MT
and the spirit OF the age. We want, besides.
systematic legislation-I mean rs distinguished
from what might be termed spdsmodic legisla-
ton. We require system of laws which shall
be in harmony with each other. Heretofore, as
now, when some special difiiculty has existed,
or some evil become intOlerable, q law meeting
that particular case has possibly been carried
through Congress by dint Of great exertion and
after, probably, innumerable failures. We
want systematic legislation. We need also a
system Of improvements for the entire District;
mean by that, improvements projected upon a
future OF a great metropolis-plans well di-
gested and well matured, which shall be legally
established by competent authority, and become
IN sense fixed and invariable, so that all work
hereafter done shall be not only in accordance
with, but part OF, the plan itself. Thus, in
time We will achieve great results, and with no
more, and probably less, cost than is now ex-
pended upon disjointed and often unnecessary
cohhection with wisely-c0nceiyed general plans
ana systems Of impr Ovement. lApplause.l Then
every man having his rather onerous tax for a
once for all and belonged to system of drain
age OF which his property formed q part; and
ne would not: as now, have the agreeable feel
have cost him so much anxiety. 80 far as any
permanent improvement to his property is con-
cerned, may as well have been thrown in the
pure and lively waters of that pleasant stream.
so beloved and favored Of the Corporation,
called the Washineton City Canal GLaughter
and appiause.l believe with a proper eco
nomicai and effective government, and the
reasonable and proper aid which the United
States should, and have no doubt would, give,
In lieu of taxes, this city and this District
could be made the most delightful res
idence in the United States, and that
Il would enter upon career of busi-
ness pros perity and Improvement far beyond
We would also rid ourselves IN q great measure
ef these constant attempts to obtain for private
Year: 1870

The DRUMMER Box OF SHILOH-The
performance OF the stirring military
drama of the Drummer Boy Of Shiloh
j. being looked for b. our citizens with
great pleasure and expectancy. The
tab,eaux will he very beautiful and
striking, and the utmost pains Is being
taken to make them effective. The
different parts are in the hands OF anna
reur actors OF considerable experience,
who will make the play go of with
y-lat Next Wednesday evening is the
night set for the production of the play,
and we warrant there will be as many
people in Washington Hall a 1t can
hold, the beauty OF the performance
and the claims OF the orphans and
widows Of soldiers, in whose all it is
given, being our reasons for the guar
sntee. There will be a rehearsal to-
night a; the Grand Army Hall, on
Main street, under the direction Of the
managers.
Year: 1870

tOustttulIOnaf.


New York, November 2.-There was
an immense concourse in the United
States Circuit Court Room this morn
inc, awaiting the decision Of Judges
Woodruff and Blatchford on points pre-
sented yesterday, involving the consti-
tutionality of the new election law.
Judge Woodruff then gave the decision
of the Court, that the law was constitu-
tional He said that after having con-
sidered the arguments presented by
counsel for the defense, the reflection
of the Court led them to the opinion that
act OF Congress OF May !, 1870, in rela
ton to elections, Is no Infringement
upon the rights OF voters and does not
embody any attempt TO prescribe to the
State OF New York or to any other
State the condition Of the right of suf-
frage. lie therefore decided that the
indictment should he sustained and
the demurrer overruled. When Judge
Woodruff had announced the decision,
District Attorney Davis arose and
moved that judgment be now passed
upon the prisoner. Had he the
slightest doubt OF the guilt OF
the accused he would never press
this, but he had proof that the prisoner
had registered in more places than one,
and moreover he had a record OF hi
conviction and imprisonment for felo
Nous oaense, by which he was deprived
of all right to vote in any State of the
Union. He feltit to be his duty to press
for Judgment according to the statute


Stoughton, for the defense, protested
against the prisoner being sentenced
with untimely haste, merely because hC
had been once before convicted.


Judge Woodruff suspended the sen
tence until tomorrow to give the coun
sci time to show why the sentence, un
der the statute, should be mitigatcd il
the present case.
Year: 1870

future heritage in Asia, it would seem that
during the present century at least American
capital and enterprise will have enough to do
in developing the incalculable resources Of
our own vast domain which extends from the
Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. Our heritage in
America will long suffice for all our national
wanfa
Year: 1870

would seem that reckless sailing has become as
common in the waters adjacent to tho city as
reckless driving and reckless shooting and
stabbing have become in the city ITSELF Can
no other verdict be rendered in these painful
cases than the old stereotyped ''Nobody to
blame ?"
Year: 1870

ANOTHER COLLISION IN THE HARBoR. AT
twenty minutes past nine, on Saturday even
ing. schooner was run down Off pier No.
East river by an inward bound steamship,


which made no signal and did not even blow a
whistle. The schooner was struck well for
ward and cut clean in two, so that she sunk
in about half minute. Her captain, who


was at the wheel had barely time to
jump overheard when she went down. He
was saved, with two men, but boy fifteen
years old was drowned. The steamer drtted
off toward Buttermilk channel, and neither


lowered boat nor made an effort to save the
men and the BOY struggling in the water The
conduct of those on board the steamer cannot
be too severely censured AS this is the Sec
ond collision in. the harbor within week il
Year: 1870

French OUTRAGE and Prussian Forbearauce.


A correspondent OF the London Gazette writes


To-day went to visit the deserted village Of Au-
dun, on the French frontier, which, no doubt, you
will recoect was ordered to be burnt by Prince
Frederick Charles, on account Of the supposed
plcity of the peasants in the raid made by the
Douaniers and gendarmes on squadron OF Saxon
Hussars billeted in the village on the 30th of last
month. From what gathered the following seems
to be true accountable Prussians, numbering
over 100 troopers, came into the village and behaved
themselves exceedingly well; next morning they
intended to march away; but the Burgonaster
seems to have had grudge against the Prussians,
and he obtained an order from the commandant
at Thionville, who sent strong force OF
entered during the night, and waited for the unfor-
tunate men as they came out OF their billets, and
then shot or bayoneted them before they mounted
Five poor fellows were in a staoe getting their
horses ready, when some gendarmes entered; they
threw themselyes at their mercy, as they were not
armed. civilian threw himself between the gen.
darmes and Hussars; they bayoneted the civilian
and killed four Hussars the fifth is still alive bat
dangerously i'll, having received bayonet wound in
the chest. Then there was general melee in the
Streets which resulted in the death OF eight Hussars
and three gendarmes and several wounded. One
poor Hussar was found two days after in a hedge
row behind the houses, with nothing on him
but his shirt, one boot on and the other under him
(Which it is supposed he must have had in his baud
in running away and his head split open. The OFF,
oeTs IL in nS5 Il his ot SAFELY but


with his rider about two miles, and then fell dead
on the Luxembourg frontier the officer at the same
time remarking to peasant passing by, 'Tnank
God, he has not fallen on French soil !D
When the order came for the burning of the
village the peasants all left it, and / am told
by an eyewitness that it was, indeed la
mentake sight to see old and young of the french
peasantry coming into the village of Eshe Tin Lux
emburg), driving their cattle and all their worldly
goods before them. The order for burning the vii


age would have been executed but for the inter-
ference of gentleman Of some standing residing in
Eshe who proved to the Prussian commandant at
a court of inquiry, who was sent there to fire the
village, that the peasants were innocent The COM
mandant said that he perfectly believed the state
ment, and that he would dsobey his orders, at the
risk Of losing his commission, and not fire the VII
lapp.
Year: 1870

hands up in prayer, and point to his lips COOL
natured Hussar, touched by the appeal, got of his
horse and ran TO them with his water-bottle; he
in the act of raising the mans head when shell fell
within yard OF them and, bursting, blew the whole
three to atoms.


out the whole of the 18th fearful; and saw
Cuirassler regiment, who, in their breastplates,
white tunics, and high. boots looked the very beau
ideal OF heavy cavalry, come out OF the action nu
merically about two squadroDs strong. Their
colonel marched slowly at their head, utterly over
come at the loss OF his gallant men. He had five
officers with him out OF twenty-five that had ridden
out with him that morning On the 18th one OF the
most brilliant actions Of the day was admitted on all
sides TO be the storming of ST. Privat, which was
taken after the most terrific cannonade, by which
1t simply riddled to pieces. Nothing throughout
could be braver than the French troops, and they
are by all allowed to fight remarkably well, the
fault lying i'm bad generaship and inferior artillery
as compared with the opposing force. Around this
particular place the dead lay thick that could
scarcely walk ones horse through them, most of
them killed by Shells which inlict as may be sup
posed, the most ghastly wounds. There was a
French officer still lying in ditch by the roadside
the morning after the battle, when went to look
over the place again. He had been shot through the
chest and in his left hand held letter that he had
evidently long carried with him. l dlsmounted and
dsengaged it from his hand, and am happy in being
able to return it to the sender, who cannot but re-
joce to think that his last thought in this world was
nf har