Evening rlcrvaiU Is fivOlulfd irrry off moon (bundayi excepted) at No. 108 Vurd sired. Price, Three Vera rer Copy (Double Sheet), or Eighteen tents Per IS'cci, ivynlle to Vie Carrier, and mtiUsd to Fubucrihtrt Mtt of the city at Nine Dollars Per Ahuvm ; One Dollar atid Fifty Cents for Two Months, invariably in adocve for the period ordered. To insure Vie Insertion ot Aacerliscmmts ina!l of our Editions, they inutile forwarded to our opice not later Utan 10 o'c'och each Morning, rill'MY. FEBRUARY 1C, 1SCG. Union Mate Convention. A Stated Convention will be held in the Hill ol ibe IIou of llojircovntativcs in Ilurrlsb'ure. Ta., on r,r.Ni:;DAT, tub SEvr.NTti Day op llAtecn, A. p. 1SCC, at 12 o'clock M., for iho put pofe ot noiniuiUms 11 rnudiilnto far Oovormr, .fo be support bv tbo friends of tli" Union. The oidcul of war bai tried the strength of our Government. Its fire baa puriiiod tho Dation. The deiense ol tho nat'on's Hie has do niccfrtraled who wore it? fronds. The princi ples vindcatei) in tbo Cell in.ist bo preserved in ILp Cornells ol the nation. The arch-uuomy of freedom timet bo struck ouco more. All 1 U friends or our Governni' nt, Biid nil who were loyal to the cause of the Union in our late stru? Rio, are earnestly requested to unite in eemli'ii? delegates t represent tbem la aaid Convc.iilo.1. By o.tler ot the Union Stute. Cont'al Cjiii niiliee. ,'ohn Os.ina, Chairman. Oro. W. IlAMrnsLy, . Se,.retll.ios Tbo Sundrty Question. Ctit State Legislature lias not yet taken any , decisive action on the proposition to secular ize the Sabbath. In tho meanwhile the friends of tbe mcasuro are working with great iiidis'ry, and hope to prevail. Th3y contend that a majoriiy ol the pcopl of the State, or of any particular part ot it in wh'ch it ia pro posed to modify the present law of Pennsyl vania respecting the Sablmih, should b'3 allowed to coutiol the whole question. As suming this to be a sojnd and impregnable ground on which to base their pi oject, t'.iey are daily sending to llariisbur; petitions, numerously siued, in iavor of divesting the Sabbath ot all its sacredness as a divine insti tution, and convert'ng it, literally aud in deed, into a simple popular holiday. But is it true that this question should ba affected at all, much less absolutely deter mined, by the mero fact tnat those w jo sign petitions in tavor of abolishing the Sabbath outnumber those who sign petitions against it? The Legislature should carefully con sider this point before they accord h the credit and influence tbat are claimed for it. In the first place, papers with prin'od head ings, and signed, or purporting to be signed, by individual citizens, are not a safe means of ascertaining public sentiment touchius any subject whatever. Signatures are not only forged, but tbe mpmbers of the Legislature can never knoV tho character, tho age, tbe sex, or even the existence of a majority of thp signers. It may b? that much more than half of tho names subscribed to such petitions are the names of women, of minors, ol aliens, and even of dead men. It is, moreov. r, notorious that signatures to petitions to tho Legislature can be procured as easily, and as corruptly, as votes can be obtained at a political elec tion. And, finally, trios', persons are aware, that it is a common subterfuge, practised by those who are interested to carry some speclde measure through the Legislature by popular petition, to take the names signed t a prayer for an unobjectionable object, and attach them surreptitiously to a prayer for a very different purpose. Th's has been done over and over again; and as it is a mode of practising a gross fraud on tbe intelligence and integrity of the law-makers of the Commonwealth, they sbuuld be especially careful how they permit them selves to be controlled in their action by any such unreliable expedient. In short, when ever it is proposed that the Legislature shall enact a particular law on the ground tbat a ma jority of the people of the State are In favor of it, the only safe and proper method ot proceod uro is, to submit the question, in advance, to the suffrage of the legal voters of the State, or of tbe town, city, or county that is to be exclusively affected by it, and then act ac cordingly. But there are some matters that are not properly subect to even that s rt ot treat ment, and the Sabbath is one of them. God's authority is above man's authoricy, and God's laws should never, in any Gurlstian com nu llity, be annulled by human legislation. When, therefore, the lawmakers of a State are asked to change the essential cuara iter of a divine institution, they are really required to deliberately repeal the legislation of the Almighty, and set the sovereignty of the creature above the sovereignty of his Maker. If it Is true i and we think it cannot be doubted) that God appointed the Sabbath, ai a period of time in wh:ch mm aad bjast, should cease from world'y labor, ail ''hal lowed It," also, as a, day to bo devote! especially to His honor to spiritual usea an J worship then, surely.no earthly legislature should dare to Infringe, in the slightest pos sible degree, tbat supreme ordinance. Our legal system hns, thu3 far, rested on the fundamental principle, that no legislation of ours that clearly contravenes God's la.v is valid. Let us n ver depart from that sure and firm anchor of all sound human civiliza tion, order, peace, and prosperity. No social organization in this world that is built on anv other foundation can poss'bly eudure. It may seem to nourish for a season, but its speedy dissolution is Inevitable. II a who raado this earth, and made man to ' inhab't it, sub jected It and Its tenants to ordinances as v'si and absolute as those wh'ch hold the stars in their places, and the planets in their orbits. Neither can be violated with impunity. Harmony reigns In the universe of matter TUB ; DAILY .EVflKiNG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, ,18CG, only bocaime. of Its strict obedlene.o to the wlft of 1U omnipotent Author. And disorder, dis ease, suffering, Borrow, and death are expe rienced here only as the result of disobedience to Divine authority. But those who would desecrata tho Sabbath assert that the Slate or its Government has nothing to do with religion. Thero 'a a fatal fallacy In that argument. It Is, perhip, true, that Government, In this country, can not lawfully establish a national church, or Intel fere with men's consciences or freedom of choice as regards their religion faith ; but It is tot true that, while the Government, whether Stare or National, leaves tha indi vidual citizen free to Indulge a religious ba lief of cue kind or anot ir, it therefore tolo rates Deism orAthc'30i. or will saiction, at least by l:s own act, universal irroliglori aad a popular disregard and violation of the posi tive institutions and laws of God. There Is a wide difference between decree ing what religion a man shall profess, and declaring, Ly special or general legislation, that lie may,ifho pleases, have none; between not constraining a citizen to accept on3 CLribtian creed rather than another, anl allowing even a majority of the people to abolish, utterly or partially, t'noso 'positive institutions of Cod (such as tho Sabbath) which form a vital part of the reliaious sys tem of all Christian commonwealths. Yt are really pained to ted that th.TO is my necessity to serioualy argue 3uch a ques tion us this ia Pennsylvania. If wa were ad dietihig the l.caihcn In t ic Feejee Islands or ch ew here, there would bo a pleasure in the ;nsk. L'ut to have any nufflcient occasion to convir.ee the people of this tftate, much less tbtlr legislators, that the Sabbath Is God's day, that it was created by Him by express ordination, and that, being un Institution of His, human legislation si ould not attempt to annul it, Is positively revolting. We cannot peronndc ouisclves that the Sabbath is in any dancfrefen new. Powerful a the pleasure against it may appear to be. our taiu ii iU siu.elity is abiding. It is hedged about by a divinity that is above all human power, and wbiih we trust that no Chr stiau legislature would willingly defy or profane. Canadians on Reciprocity. Onr con temporaries across the border appear to be quarieiliug among themselves in regard to w hat they shoull denian i In tho new Itecipro city treaty. Some are abusing Mr Galt for endeavoring to buy a treaty, so as to extend bis warehouse trade; others are accusing the Commissioners of sacrificing the Interest of the l'rcvinces to a spirit ol sycophancy to the States; while a few. a very few, are glorjlng in and gloating over the action of the dele gates, in refusing to treat on any terms which could be called with justice reciprocal. The Montreal Ilerald is indignant at the sordid V'views of tho Commissioners, and savs: "We cannot understand why there is any thing more improper in imposing duties upon one kind of products than upon another, or why those who are sticklers for preserving one class of Industrials among ourselves from foreign competition, should object to another Government when it undertakes to protect another class." On the contrary, the Toronto Spectator, with virtuous indignation, declares that "tbe proposition" of the Committee of Ways and Means were such that no Canadian, with any respect for himself or h'.s country, could lor one moment have consented to ; and we are glad, therefoie, that the delegates did not even stop to consider them. Their prompt refusal of the offer of the Americans, and their equally prompt action in closing ai once the negotiations, will meet with a hearty response throughout British America." It uni t be a cause of regret to the mem bers of the editorial staff of the Spectator to see tbat the hasty action of the Commission ers does not meet '"with a hearty approval throughout British America," but that In fact the sordid, mercenary inhabitants are indig nant and protesting against the hauteur dis played, as It tends to lessen their gains and postpone the renewal of tbe flood of wealth which has been enriching the Provinces at the expense of our country. A number of respectable firms of our city presented yesterday to City Councils a peti tion tbat all warranto, not otherwise specially provided lor, shall be paid in the order of the date of their presentation for payment at the City Treasury, a record of such presentation being made there lor the purpose ; that the City Treasurer shall publish, from time to time, the numbers or other necessary description of such warrants as he is prepared to pay, In accordance with the above rule ; and that no warrant shall be paid without" such public notice. It is a question of great doubt whether the remedy sucgested will be at all sufficient, Should a law similar to the one proposed be enacted, then it would be easy for the holders of J wai rants to present them en masse. and thus continually anticipate any payment which the condition of the Treasury might allow. Would it not be better to have tho warrants paid in accordance with the date of lBbue, and not as regards the order ot then presentation ? "The Benato roilirnrv bill, reported a few davs ! BUice by Senator Wilson, will be materially uiiieuato ana cnanereu Dy me liouee." We are glad to see that the suggestions made by us in regard to the Quartermaster's De partment are about to be acted upon. This unnecessary increase in a time of peace will never be assented to by the House. Retrench ment Is being executed in cases where it can hurdly bo justified, and for so unnecessary an Increase to .be made is utterly at variance with the order of tho day. We hope that the bill will be reduetd to the status previous to the war. It will then be more than sufficient, "Still IIabpino on My Daughter Tbe New York Tribune returns again to the charge on tho subject of the Leaguo Island Navy Yard. In Its Issue of yesterday It says "Tbo Ice In the Delaware is aiving those who have the rron-clada in ' charge much trouble. The AVte Ironsides, which lies In tront of ttio IbIhikI, has been protected by heavy timbers secure! on tho outside by chains, und Iron tbeathine has been put upon the bow over tho co per to protect U from tbe ice. The timOors which nave been placed outude have also re ceived n coat ot Iron mail. Toe ice hat been so heavy thai they have been obli?ed to pet out extra Anchors and chains, notwithstanding they were moored with two heavy bo.ver anchors Bni one hundred and twenty futhoiin ot tbre-lncii cha up, besides breat anchors aud beam moor liius. The little irou-cladg tare btier. lor they lay ball th time in thu umd, vlicre trie ice cau noi reach them. II anv d'llleiiliy should oecir dm Hi'-' tho wintennonthiii would bj quite lmpos fcibio to get tneso vessels out i anvtuiuij litre a reusoniible time. These Iron clads co3t the country nianv millions ol dollars to build them, and It' the lee in the Delaware continues much, loner, it will cffi nnlbuDRtu'Tcpairtlieiii. Orders have been iPMicd to allow no visitors on boird theio U'wls, lis it U si!d pome ono has written the truth about their condition nt Leazue Inland, which is no more fitted for an anchotage for tne iroi'-clads than Is Cullin's Day." About a month ago a like charge was made in the Times, In reply to which we took tho trouble to Inquire the facts of the case from the officers of the Yard. Upon their state ment we denied tho truth of such an attack. We said: "lho truth of the matter is that the ice, inf-tead of rushing at the headlong rate ot five or six miles an hour, as pictured by tha Ntw York reporter, sweeping and destroying all in its path, in reality gently glides down the river at Io.ss than one mile per hour; and even then cannot reach wita a ripplo the back channel, sheltered as It is by a protecting bnr, which throws all the ice out of Its coursa and into the main channel." ' To all tho charges made we replied by giving tbe facts ; and it Is unnecessary for us to repeat thecn here. The whole conduct not only of the press of the Empire City, but also of tbe Board of Trade and her merchants, is without a parallel for its falsity and injustice. They do not scruple to make the most damag ing assertions without tin pretext of truth, so that a jot or tittle could be said against having the Navy Yard here. We are than c- ml that it is thu intention of the Naval Com mittee ol tue .House of Representatives to pay us speedily p vlsjt, and by tluir official report will tbe slander set afloat by the New York ournals be refuted. It would bit km that the Mayor ol Balti more is at sword's point with tho Baltimore and Ohio lU'lroad Company. J. V. Gak- kett, Esq., in his speech at the meeting of the Company on Wednesday, stated tnat "the ravings of an inhabitant of the Mount Hope Asylum could not present more palpable non sense than such a message as that of the Mayor." We infer tbat there is a scram ble for tho spoils. 'J he design which has been partially frustrated by the quarcel is stated by the President :- ' 'The co-operation of the city of llalilmora with tho city ot J-ittsbur.', aud ciii.ens ol West ern renubvlvau a and the Daltimore and 01 no Railroad Company will ultiraa'eiv secure a tri- uuiiih oer ibe antagonism Ot the I'etinnylvuu a fcai.road Company, and dvo to Baltimore aud Pittsburg and the Wiat a Kreat l ue by ihe dou ble track road nt Uie iialtiuiore aud Ohio to Cuinberlard. aud theuce by tlie Pittsburg und ConncllBville Koad to rutsourg." In other words, the tide of trade was to flow through Baltimore and be diverted entirely from Philadelphia. Of course the object is a laudable one on the part of the Company, and our only surprise is that they were willing to openly quarrel with the Mayor on f ny ground. If they can succeed, they deserve all the trade and all the profit that can accrue therefrom. If we allow them to triumph we deserve the loss. It Is for our business men to decide whether the scheme thus openly declared shall succeed or nut. TniJ eagerness with which the Demo cratic organs are watching for any salient point in the Republican party is amusing. In an article on the oration ot Hon. George Banceoft, we took occasion to give a candid opinion. Tbe address was well executed, but poorly conceived. Mr. Lincoln had nothing to do with Asia or China, nor yet with Europe directly. We regretted that the orator had not confined himself to an elaborate eulogy, and not wandered to the tour quarters of the globe, to seek in all the continents i some illustration lor the lue of a great and good American. The Democratic papers are en deavoring to make the speech of Mr. Ban croft a party Issue. They do not criticlae Its literary merits, but abuse the historian. They examine into his record, and are guilty oi a graver iauit man was ne ; tor what has a speaker's record got to do with the literary excellence of his production? The question is not a political one, and when we see the Democratic journals, without exception, abus ing the address, and endeavoring to make It a partisan quarrel, it turnlshes a strongj argu ment to those who ridicule ur system, and gives a testimony to the ridiculous partisan ship which is turning to scorn all the political ontcsto in this country. I Tue Press says, speaking of a private con cert given by Master Coker : "The delifchtfui parlor concert given lat night, by Maf-ter Hiciiaku (.'oKtn, wits' attended by come of the best and most exclusive pejylj ia tne city." Who are the "best people in our city?" What does the most "exclusive people" mean ? Could we not have a list of who c in stitute tho best ? We hope the parlor was large ; for if, as was Implied, a number of "tho best" were there, we should desire, for municipal credit, that It should not go abroad, that all tie "best" of our citizens could be Included in a small parlor. Was the critique 'of the Press there? If he was, we hope he will pive us a list of the "best," of the creme de la creme, and w will employ "Jenkins" to work it up into an article which will cause sujcldo through Jealousy In the corps ot the New York Daners. "We ask," as Rosa Dartle says, "for Information." ; A SotrrnEKN Estimate of Negro Char acter. Tbe Richmond Whig quotes from the London Times, and endorses the state ment that " The necro will not so mnoh a lift his little fineer, till starvation threatens him. and would be well content to live and craze like a sheen.' As to the accuracy of the description of what the limes calls the Yankee,' we liRve nothing ti fay; but of the nerro no truer portrait was ever drawn thnn that contained in the few words above extracted. Urn supreme felicity otmisis In dozinir In Ihe sun, In eatmir when he 1m hun rrv, drinking when be Is tbltsty, and having noth'nx to do. It he has a horse, he ts too lazy to feed it: 1' be has a cart be In too lazy to urea-m the wheels, and to keen it otherwise in or-inr. The dc ho keeps is a starveling, and tbe but he occupies is uiiswept and tutnv. inis is Sambo's mture, a-id h" cannot help it." , We should have thought the negro would not have so suddenly depreciated because of bis freedom. While be continued a slave, we bad glowing pictures painted of his character; when it was found necessary to put him In the ranks as soldiers to fight against' the North, this "sheep" was put to other work than that consistent with his lamb-like nature. If the picture painted is true, It is but another evidence of the debasing, utterly debasing, in fluence of slavery. Contract such a picture with tbe blacks ia the Northern States and w, ,, , - I by inch ot them as that of tho martyred Presl the effects of freedom, and the crushing out of dent. Ihe Bad ceremony ended, tho lid wai every nome impulse by slavery is suown. The Southern journals should be the last to bold up to scorn the negro, for they and their tcacLings are responsible tor his debasement. Dr. Cousin, of Montgomery county, has presented a peiit'on to tho Legislature of our State, praying for the appointment of a Com mittee to take some steps to prevent tho cattle disease, which he says Is "prevailing In certain portions of Montgomery and Berks. The special Committee has been appointed We hope that active step will at once be taken to prevent the contagion including all the cattle of our State. Immediate action Is necessary, and we are glad to perceive tbe promptitude wl h which the petition was acted upon. It is a harbinger of future pie- hventivu steS. FINANCE AND CUMMJSHCE Okficeoftue I'.VEMINO lElKUHAI'U, I Friday. February l(i, IbtiO. s f There was a firu.or feeliug iu the Stock Blaiicet this moi ii iuij, but tbe transactions continue moderate. Government bonds are in fair de mand at tho advance. 6s of 1881 sold ut 101 , an advance of ; 5-20s at 1(13; and T'liOs at 0!4; 84J was bid for l(MOs. State and Cltv loaas are more active. Pennsylvania 6s sold ut HuJOirtii, an advance of .!; now City 6s at 'jliOQ'Jl, au ad vance af i, and old do. at 87. By the Bremen it U stated that on the 31st 'of January, at tho London Stock Exchange, Ameri can securities were steady without much activity. Five-twcntifcs closed at G6;(j3; Illinois Central at 75,'7CJ; Erie at5C5CV. . i Railroad shares continues irregular. .Penn sylvania sold at 65i, a decline of 4; Little Schuyl kill at 31, a decline of J; Reading at 6050, an advance of i Catabsa preferred at 3G.J037, a decline of i; and Philadelphia and Erie at 29;, an advance ot A; 11C was bid for Cumden and Amboy; 63 lor Norristown; 54 frr Mlnehdl; 36J tor North Pennsylvania; GOi tor Lchiuh Val'.cyj 25 for Catawissa common; and 43 for Northern Central. ' City Passenaer Railroad shares are without change. Second and Third sold at 71: and Hestonville at 34, J. S4i was bid for Spruce and Pine; 12 J for Ridio avenue; and 23 lor Union. In Canal shares t!;ere Is very littlo movement. Lehiirh Navigation iiold at 62; and Union i.anai preierreo ai j; a decline ot 1. 'lit was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common: 29i for preferred do.; 114 lor Morris Canal preferred; 12 for Susquehanna Canul; 30 for Delaware Division; and 675 or WyomingValley Canal. There is more doing in Bank Shares, and prices are well maintained. Northern Liberties sold at 92; Mechanics' at 23$; and Corn Ex change at 62; 200 was bid for North America: 140 for Philadelphia; 120 for Farmers' and Mechanics'; 63 lor Commercial; 52 lorOirard; 75 tor Western; 63 for City; 40 for Consolidation, and 55 tor Union. Oil shares continue dull. Curtain sold at J; Oak Shade at 2i; Sugar Creed at 2J; and Maple Shade at 4J. riilLAbELl'HlA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DAY beported oy Do Haven k ira. So. 40 S. TUixd B trout FIKST BOARD &C00U 8 6s 81 104i lOi Osfa C'urtin b5 ..n .. 80 60 un liouuinir. 60 $,'800 l a 6s, lots.. 500 sh 80 hU 100 sh 100 ah 100 all do DUO 60 f riu do., 881 ds 601 do itW 00, dos60wi.. 60 tPtiouO do lots, w. felOOrilil ob. UK.... 87 $100 do iiew Ulif S3M0 do..uewlU fc2 UU.,,,.,BOU 00 do...30wo 6 1 100 n fettOO Un can bs . . . 204 gkOOOt &Ame.oi. 88 83 fcbCOO Ta U 2d rnort . V2 Kr2i 00 Nfa lis 84 $-15(i0 Catawissa 7?.. 113 Heli Lrblph Jsav.. 62J Urhl'eiiua B.Jots Wh ICO all oo 1 6 U1 13 sh tilt JSoli. . . .tola 81 100 sh Oak Sliade. . . . 21 lOOsh Mjar C'Jt. ... 23 100 bti 111 & E....L80 29) ltOsa Cat a pt...,a0 8j 800 n do lots 87 100 au ao ,838 8JJ 200 Mi do.. lota. u6 87 14 oh Bk N Lib. Io n Hi 6su Alech lim... 28 J 26 sh I'oru Kx tii Hsu. lol Mutual.. CO 2h 2d & 8u...1ots 74 100 sti Hontonv..,l80 841 7 sh Eiiiura B 2 J 85 sh do -..Its.. ol 40 8ALKS AT PUPLl'J STOCK BOARD TO-lJAf. Reported by H. U. Johnson, No. 823 Watnut Street. FIRST CALL. . 7 lOOOsh M'Dro....b6.. 1 loo b Am Gmrtb5" 1 bto nil AloKiratb .... 1J 200 h Mount lirm. . ' liAnrtn, DuRHi.it & Co, quote as follows i huvinn Sail, f.vf American Go d 137 17J American Silver, As ana 4s 132 ! 183 .amrrioun Miror jj mei auu na i uimei izy reui Bvlvania Currouoy .v.. 40 i 8J Kew Yirk lixcQaogo pur.) par. PHiLAD'4 GOLD EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. 10 A. M 137 13 M .....ia;s 11 A. il 1J)74 1 1. 1 lo7 . Prices of Gold in New York. By Santrti' and Brokers' Teltgraph L.n.. I New York, February 10. The following aio tbe prices of gold in New York this mornhipr: 10-80 A. M........1S7J to J 12 00 P, M ...187J t 11 W A. il 187i to I 1 00 f. M. xaitoj li-ii-e are ah changes iu poidfto-uay FLiladelpbia Trade Report. Friday, February 18 -The torpid ana unsatisrao tory condition ot trade noted lot eei( past still ccntiuuoj, but thero U very little change to rooord Iu prices. No. 1 Quercitron Bark Is steady at f 32 50 per tou, but without sales. i " Cotton lsduij small sale of lliddlmn st 41W43-J, Thore Is more inquiry lor Cloversoud. and aoout 1000 buebeU sold at VI '-h&l 60, clnfflv at the latU'r figure. Small sales of Timothy at C4-25. There t J not mnoti Jf Isxte-d eonii"P lorwarU aud not uiuoa aein.urt. Hmall ships at 83 per bulil. The Flour iltiket is vi ry dull, but prions are un changed. Tliete is uo Bl.iiipiiiR dowaud, and tne fairs r Mity In small way for horns ennsnmpMo t t6 26(ofl 76 i fr burrel lor stiprnrw 7 60fl8 W ' Fximt fC,0 lor Northwenlorn Ex'ra Family :VM (n 1() lor l eunsvlvsnm and t-)lno do. do. and $U 'i)13 to Inner, according lo qna Hy Rye Fionr i oi inr in a sniHll way at ti-ilnjfi. Trices ot Corn Meal ate entirely pominal. ...... i Wheat Is vrrv anint. In the absenoe ofaa'etwe qnoto red at lfA,2 20, and white at 4 2&rf3a5, Rve ft rteadv at 86o. Corn ta anohaned t tiaitll sftloi of vol low at 70c. Oats are firmei at 45 47o. Wlditky is dull- small calm at t221i 20. 1 . A Last Look at President Lincoln's Ho malns. Si RiwariKLP, 111.. February 10. The vault re cently conntructed at Oak Ridirc Cemeterynear this city, under the diroctioi of the National Jlonument Association, and to which the mor tal remains of the late Presidont wore removed n liort time since, was visited a tow days ago by a Comn.ittec of the Association, consliring of Governor Oplesby, Hon. Nevyton Duteman.LL.D , and ex-Serretary ol State Hatch, whon the casket containing the s. crod- ashfs was opened, aud tor tho last tinie, till "the jrreat trumpet Khull sound, and the dead shall be ralsod incorrupti ble,' weie the features of the lamented Liacola viewed by mortal eves. The visit of tbe cbnimitte was an ofllc'al one, Hrd ninde in pursuance of a resolution of the Hoard of Directors ol the Asooiation, the object beinn to enable them to certify to tho actual piesence of the body In the caKket. The lace as examined thronirh tho elass covering whi:li underlies tho outer htraU of the case by tho several trentlemen above named, and idenlilied Kpuin nailed down and saicd with the signet of tbe AssociMt.on. Tho crest stonp or sl,r. was subsrquentlv rolled to tu door of the scp ilchre and fitted lri;o its place, tho tinndiiiif ctroke im parted to the solid masonry, wt.lch wa in like munncr as ine cosUct, impresod with the crcat scbI ot the corporation. llio remains will no rest undisturbed till tbo "Mfctional Monument" shall bo completed, when thev will be deposited in their hnal restini? )Uc, nor fvc-r nc removed hence "till tho hoavcus are no ninre." 'the features of the deceased were sCHrcelv dls- ocruibk? thecmbalmcnt seeming to have odorcd but litue, 11 anv, resistance to the encroach ments of corruption, and the picco of clay that once lived, and moved, and talked, anl was known us Abraham Lincoln, is bi-inir lunt dis solved "ra'tertrom rafter and beam trom beam," ana t no pamcirs or wmcn it was cur oust v com pounded are rapidly returniue to thuir oriirlual elements. . What a comment is here upon the "frailty of man in ins on estate," the ui.ionosoi tho world and the nothingness ot all created thing 1 Iluw atli sive the arausptnonts oi honor, the aaudv tinfcN of wcidh, and all the empty shadows ot a perilli ng world 1 Ccport ol the Department ot Agriculture Interesting Matistics. From the report of Hon. Isaac Newton, Cora nnpvioner of the llurca'i of Airnculture, tor Janu ary, we lcprn that the decrease in unpoi-tatious oi foreign wool lor 185 was 22,511,011 IDs., which tho Commissioner notes an n uratlfvin Inc. becnutp it shows the progress that mado in MipulvwK the dom'fft.c vrauts ot tue country in 11 commodity so essential to its want! aud romlort. There was an increased importation of woollen iroods durinjr the jear 1805, aiuouut inc tr, S4.S2.U20. Veiu;poit nearly a million dollars wrcth of cipnrs, mostly oi'tlieboht Havana. Oiua uiunu facturers say that the import is oecaaioned by the mtcrual tax bcimr ci cater tliuu the duty oil the foicipu arlicle, and the Commis-doucr ihiuks eixu au inequality ounut not to De permitted. It is noticed thai several conventions, represent InL' tlio crowers of raw material and of its nianulaciure, hav been held, and their dele. catcs sent to this city to press urou the aitcntiou ol Ccncresj the adiustinent ol ibe claims of dint-rent interests affected by the intern?.! taxes una lue tariu auttcs. The Con;mifl-ioner sav: "Some acricultural and hoiticuHinnl a'l.-'oeuitious have passe J reso lutions unlavorable to my continuatou in office. Whilst 1 much desire the approoa t!ou of all persons, ppooially tnose con nccted with afrrirulture, . 1 cannot h,pe to etenpe the enmity of those who have scldm punioses to accomplish. . In. the execu tion of the duties and trusts confided to mo as Commissioner of Agriculture, I am often compelled by a sense or duty to deny to ladi viduuls ihe opportunity of taking tho funds of tne deportment without renueriue a proper ser vice tborelor. I have to reject schemes which have personal gain much more in view than the advancement ot agriculture, mis action oq my pait creates hostility, which is manitcsted, not bv specific charees ot official wronir-doinr n my part, and which I eould answer, but in secret coirpspondence and private conversations, -by which well-meaning but unrellectinir persons are misled and induced to consent to tho adop tion ot the resolutions re t err e a to." The Widow ot Ex-Piesident'I yler in Court. The case of Julia G. Tyler, appellant, agt. David L. Gardiner, respondent, was argued bulore the General Term of the Supreme Court in t'rooklvn this mornlnpr, Detore Judges sorug. bam. Lott, Barnard, anl Gilbert, the c-iso lor Mre. Tyler being argued by William L. Evarts, and for tbe respondents by Mr. (J. T. Jeuks, Mrs. Tyler, who is the widow ol President Tyler, was in' Court. . ' The argument was on an appeal by Mrs. Tyler irom a decision 01 ine curroaie ui liiLiiiuouu county, setting asido tbe will of her mother ai invalid. Mrs. Tyler's mother, Mrs. Gardiner, died recently aud lett a will in which tbe bulk of her rroperty was left to Mrs. Tvler. David L. Gardiner, the brother of Mrs. Tyler, contested the will, as having been made by bis mother while under undue inrluei ce, and tho Surrogate decided in bis favor, and from this decision Mrs. Tyler appeals. The arguments in the caso were libtened to with a great deal of interest. New ) 01k jLXening root, 16M. Mr. J. G. Smart, a lustice of the peace fr tbe bixieenih' Civil District ot Sumwr ojunty, Tenn , was found lying dead in his house, with two bullet-boles through him one peuetrutin his heart and the other his brain. No oue kuew wuen the deed was perpetrated, but the villains are well known lo be from ten to tilteeu O' Har per's old wind of guerillas, who st.ll iulest the counties ot Buniner nud Kobertson. SPECIAL NOTICES. , jr?- OFFICK PENSibYLVANIA KAIL- HOAV tOUPANY I'LiLiDEi.Ptii Jannary JO, 1888 KOTt'E TO n'liilKUOLUI KS. TbeAnnuni Meeting of the Hiookbolilori o' this ;om pon wikbeticld oil 1 UKHU , tlie th U.iv 0, Fwbra i v It-Oti ut 10 o'clock A- M . l the BAJSMOM Si'KEli I' "'I'lVe Annual Flection lor Direutow will be held 00 JlolvD.i y . ibe 6'U tool M ti-'li, 16, at tueOUloeof ,b. Compaq. K m 8. T111H1 Street. 1 jo jst 1; Beorotary. tnZT OliOVlCK'd GRAND ORRMAN OPERA COJUPAKY will commence a brln oessou at tbo ALAIRH'AN AL'Alii.AlY UC MUdlj, V OSOAT, t'ebrunry 2B, ldtiS, wltb tereral important mid (luin to the Coaipany, tliorur, Oicheaira, "U Kepni-iolr. mil annuunoeuie ,t will nppuar In trie Journal or Sbtuida evi'imiK Sunday, end Monday moraluu. XUe tvu Sa o will couipienou ' 2 15 I MOM'AY MOBHINQ XEXT. trZSF l'OST OFFICE, l'HILADELPIHA. PA. tiV FetiroarT 1. W68. 1 be Mall for SAVANNAH . Georela, er earner (JUt BKiA. will be emoted at tin. olllve oa SAl'UUUAV IHiKMNIi. 17U1 lnnuiit, at 10 o'c ock. . ' g l" j t u A. WALBURS, Poitmmter. if- POST OFFICIO, I'HILA DELPHI A, PA. , Kebruarr U lHbg. . 'Iho Mad for HAVANA, per tea.u.r HEMJKIOK TU D-ij-, will be cloned Bt tlila ottlce oa ruiOAY tVKNIU.libJU8tant. t II o'clock libit c. A. WALUOKK. Poetmtiiter. E. ' H. T H A R P, , ATTOBNKY-Al-t.AW, 1 LAW AM) C'OLLtOTIOS orriClt. Mo. 116 H. blAl" "in'i.r Pebta pr nmtiy coUeoud w any City or Town ol tba r''(iMrl'''ri!,NT M It? LIABLE COBBESPOtro UN'ltt KYtUYWUEUB. i IU SPECIAL NOTICES. 1ST s k a t i j n a: GRAND SKATING MATINEE, , AT TUB ACADEMY OF MUSIC, BY TUE 8KAT0RIAL QUEEN, MISS CARRIE AUGUSTA MOORE, Tlie Orrntrst Ld sktte' Iu the World.' OK SATURDAT AflEEXOO, tbe 17in tilt., Irons i to S o'clock. ' Tickets SOeert Poid at Pnsh's HoaY trr. Sixth nil ( lirSDUtt HihI llookstaoil, Continwital Hotel, nd at tlx AcaocniT ot mobIo 2 It 31 XZ' THE REASON AND T11K POOR. mZX-J Fnlon UrnrvoKnt Association. For tlilrtr-fimr Team tlila enclc y him bjen iioliiKin and out amoa at tlia clUrn of rhliaili'lplila, Hlviog aud reot-lvlnR Uieir altnt ai a ii iiu in vci auita,eu lor am in vain. At tne priffiit cripli It neci.ii all It can obtain to cnatiia t to tar rr nn lla work With a hundred ladr In torn llirlbutrd all or. r tlio entire city, it reaoliea nearly every lauuiy, ana me experience i tue vimto' cn.ib es II, cm to dl.sonminat'9 be ween tlie wor tlir and the unworilir. ihe principle ot tne Sooie.y la to dl tillime iav.r.4 with a omnium band, heina con Tinceil by lonp experience that this n H e only tiue plan oi Hint ci,ar,iT. cuiiHrnua organizationa navo ri'en and taiicn nnon a rllfciont prlnclu c alnc.e H foiindntlori, and tiuniber ran othera wl I rlae and fail whenever tliey lull to rerovnlre ttla prlnclpla. Indlsorlmlnate aim IiIvIiik la the loati r-ia h.i o oauveilxui, and It will even tuate in til Inn any coinmunlti with hog-ars Then are niyrlaCe ol poi r who now labor wt linRir lor a IWIiir that won d nut do ao It cncourag'-d In Id, mow by a mistaken pbl antliropy; and tbuie ar mirrlaon w ho do llvewi.h out lebor upon tbe taina of thoir clilhuen aunt throuab the sin oil to bo (j. At the aama time there . and alave win tie, a very yrrni aeai oi rea einii riiia wmcn ii is cue brunaeu lu y oi the ajuod to aeck out and rel.ere. i hcae ere prlnclpa It vtoiucn and chil ieu not o. ton men win n women can bai niinmu-r to. At ihiecrl'i. ninny of tnenn are Camilla of dnoha-god aolillcrH, who Won d miner and din In tnch ("rre a ,in I cellara unknown to tho great pun Iu hut mr tun effort oi our benevolent won. en, who threiid the byways and a'leva oi tie city to noek out and reMn.e tnnm. The number of v mta made by our l .lton tnat year waa 17.100! number oi lain Ilea relhvid IT.V'I number of Hick cared tor. Ill 0; number of per-ong O'inil empiov mcni. B17; aninuntot cahdiairibu ed..f4t noniiiTof tone o coa ,v, n out 110; nnuiberof Rnrinenti, 3 00; number ol aicvea loaned S')0 j and Hi Wouieu were 'ound ctiiatnnt employment In al I lis Timing them have t ccn.oi coucro numerous inntances of Ir.lonso hardalilp brourbt to ;l l)t which. Ii rela oil. won d ari'ai ta ( vrv ciiarili u e iiea i: our it na never neon me nrao- tlco oi . the Hocie v to obtrude liuriowm,- cs-es ol fufteili k he'oro ihe public to exoito K.viiipulhT. It has relied rnther nion the Intelligent Jodtrmcnf. of the pub. lo to Mintaln l a atcaly work, its respeaiane Hoard oi Mannucra ia a Lunranlce of rennnnlliility. ai dil cy ati new urce upon tbe publio notice tbe wauia CI ne poornt tlio cioneoi me n"aon. llpinn. fconer nuil Kvaim. the aulhorlred eolleoton. will ImnHdiaiPly make their onnl call lor the year. JJoney'muv aifo be Kit with l.dniund Wilcox Tren mrer, o. 4( 4 Oesnut street, or with John llicks . aent. at the oflice t iho fooletv. comer o' ejanaom nna Seventh street hAMUKI. H 1'tltKINS, Vrealdon. J ohm a. ATw cod, Secretary. i n uiirt Jt ItqjrT- FOOI 8 ONLY ATTEMPT THE IMP09 al' lo. Wise men are eatlMlod wltb ordering their printnulrom Ill'Lrl4.NTl IN tXfFLSIOa PR1NTINO R005H, Ko 4311 CIIrHKlir Hreot. rW" AOfcVra WANTED TO KELL T1IF. IMI'R .VI I) ELLIPTIC SEVVISd MAOHlNii. None but men oi caul al and busioe.M enterprise need apply und to uucb .Ibtrul tcru.g v.il b ollb-cd. Apply to . H MTPLKB. 8 III iuiw3t No. 837 BROADWAY, N. V. rf REV. HENRY WARD BE EC! HER AT ' TONCI'IIT HAIX. Tbla ditirKUl8bed divine and popn'ar leo urer will de lver a lecture at the airovo ball, on Wl I'Nt.HUAY KVKMNQ. Pebruaryai I'bicca tot the aulo ot licketa will bo aui.oub.te4 In few dnya ' 1 1 tTf"' DINING-ROOM. F. LAKEMEYER, IkS ca U'l t K'S Al'ey, wou'd respect' uly Intonn the Public Bciieinliy ilu.t he luis ie,t ni;tli'im undone to make this pluce comlortiible In every rehpect lor Uie aoooin modation ot I'ueAta. lie hue opened largo and com iiioulous 1) lull, 1 -Loom in the second ory. Ilia UOAKH Is lUir.lh'icd wih BRANDIES. WINKS, WlllhKY, Etc.. Ktc. Ol Stll EHIOU DUAND3. 1 1 Kf A 111YSIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MAB ItiACKt i ontuinliig- near'y 100 pages, aud U$ One Plates anu tngravlutaoi the naiom ot ibeHuinoa tlrtans In a blute ol llcaltn and Disease, wltb a Treanse on early 1 trors its Deplorable i onsequeuoes upon the Mlpo aud l oiH wltb ti.e Author's ' un ol 1'reaiuienir the only ruliorul end success, ul mode oi eure as snowa by the letort ot ch treated A trutliiiil adviser to tbe nmrri, d und ll.OM' contemplating nmrilnge who entor tain doubts oi their phyaici.1 condition Sent iree of postage tu anj addreea. on receipt ot 26 cents In stamp or postal cunriicy, bj addresalim Dr. LA UKOIX No. 31 fc AID1N I uuo. AIDany. N Y. The author liuy be consulted upon any ot the diseases npon which lb iook treats either pert-nail or by mail, . and gedkbiCf ifnt tc auy pan ul tbe wor d. llsCin J 1ST POL I B EH O- By H c Phvalcluns of the ' J ....... I . II.PITU i . . , r, i u it iv niucvn, tbe Mnetieth illilon oi their . iVB LICTOUKB, entitled .. ' Flill.OMOrttl vr KAKK1AUH, l To be had free cr lour stnmpa, by oduressina weeretary j New York lluMium of Anstomv, 7 17 1v So. 18 B KOAD WAY. Ncwork. rr the . great new England re- 1 aVSy MIDI I . , . J. W. POLAND"8 j WBITE PINE COMPOUND la now offered to tbe nmictcd throughout the connt.ry,i alter having been proved by the test of eleven years, la the New England Slates, wbere Its merl j have beoome as ell known as the tree irom wbioh, la part, It derlre IU ylituea. THE WHITE PINE COMPOUND CUBES Bore Throat, Coids, Couubs, Dlptberla, bronchitis, H pit ting of Blood, ond Pulmonary Affections generally, j It U I licmai'kable Bemedy for Kidney Com- plaints, Diabetes, Dlfllcu ty ot Voiding ' Urine, Bleeding from tlie Kblnoya and Bladder, Gravel, and other complaints. Give It a trial if you would learn the value of a goo and tried medicine. It ia pleatant, safe, and aura. Bold by drucglfts and dealers in medicine generally. , GKOBGE W. 6WETT, M. D., Proprietor, . .lMmwIJm BOSTON, Mass, 0 0 feD p. hi w w H CQ tH P CO a OS o CO o IZ5 0 w st2j C5 w H PI ,:fc o to EH CT2 sCS fcC "Tj BC'IIOMACKER & CO. '8 PniLADE ril I PHIA MANTJVAlJTUHKD PIANOS I Are ackuowlcdjed tbe beat instrument mad A merle. Tbey have been awarded the hlphest Premiums all the principal exhibitions ever be d ia ihlsoouuti with numerous testimonial from lb llrst artists Amtrica and Kurope. Th are now the eadlng Pianos, and are sold to ?aria ot tbe wor d aad are offered on mora liberal ii ban any others la the cltv . lor the reason tbat i instruments can be obtained olrectly from us, tbe mat tacturers Our extensive taciUtlu euaole us to d great Inducements over others. Wa'erooina Ne ldlil CHKNUT Street, opposite Lawrei'ce Hotel. SCUOMACKEB PUuo torts i Hf laoturuig (,'uuiiuiuv. HOI
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