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The Logic 'of Secession A. II. Stephens.
from the Tribune"; ') ' '!'' .'.
The present Confrres" has earned th lusting
gratitude 6f the country tn the oonnlitntlon and
action of Its Joint Committee' on itoconstruc
lion. The testimony taken by lt-Bhcl especially
liiat of ex-Rebels li most essential to an intelli
gent Jildfrmcnt upon the problems notf fitly
engrossing the public attentions Let lis, then,
consider thoughtfully the salient points xn the
testimony of the lion. A. II. Stephens.
Mr. Stephens, like General Eobert E. Lee, was
Slot an original secessionist. That is, whllo
ach held to the abstract right of a State to
recede,-noUher of them regarded recession as
Tequired by antecedent conditions, nor a remedy
for ex ifctinc. evils. Yet, wntn their respective
IBtates deckle to secede, they caBt in their lot
with the majority, and become conspicuous and
potent champions of the disunion cause. And
Ibis ihey still ho.d to have been right.
Let ns teft this assumption, by iamiliar exam
ples. Mr. Stephens was lone a prominent and
influential member of Congress; General Lee
was educated at West Foint, and had since been
a tavored bflicer in tbe army of the United
J-Uates. Nof suppose each of tnem, when ho
came to outer- the service of our country, had
ollercd . to tako . the prescribed oath in this
aorui: . ,
"1 solemnly gwoar that I will support the Conntl.
lutiou and obey the lawlui authorities of the United
stated, nntti my State ihalt ice Jit to secede from the
Union" ,
locs any fane man believe that this would have
licen accepted as a substantial compliance with
Iho requisition 1 Would a youth at West Point,
a representative In Coneress, be permitted here
alter to take the oath thus qualified? Was
There $vcr a time when this would have been
permitted? ! Manilestly not. And if not,1 how
io men, of fcharactor, like Messrs. Lee and Ste
pbens, .eatieiy themselves that they are not
aorswofn?', . , . . ,
Again:-' 1 1 -
Mr. Stephens tells ns that the people have
attained a yery decided conviction that Sccos
pion is impolitic. They have eood reason for
hat conclusion. But bow impolitic? Clearly,
because ol their crushing deleat. But, suppose
"the whirligig of time" should present totally
Jiew condition, wherein secession might be at
tempted afresh,, without a probability of fail
ure, what then? beau Mr. Stephens' testimony
ior the answer I '
Once .mote: '
It is .Mr, Stephens' , very decided conviction
ibat tbe people ot tieoreia oy wnicn ae moans
the wbitt's only those who (he states) were all
Jjut unanimous in sustaining the Rebellion
were entitled, lroui the moment their Rebellion
"whs put down by the strong arm, to come right
fiacK, wiuioui cunumuus or rHsiriuiiuus, iuwj
Cor press, and share iully and equally with the
Hoval in tbe Government of the country. He
thinks it was tor this that the loyal were fight-
Sue. wherein they do not aeree with him. Nay,
le c ravel y doubts tbe legal validity of acts of
Congress Dassed in the absence oi representa
tives ironi tho seceded States. It that be so, it
jseems to us tj follow that evpry act of Congress
whereby the power of the Uaion was brought
to bear acainst secession, was usurping and
"void; so that the seceded Slates are now legally
cut ot tne union.
Finally. Mr. Stephens thinks slavery la dead
nlv because the former slave Stites have
abolished it (which several of them have not
done), and that, while the whites of the South
3iave all the power in the Union which they de
liberately and defiantly renounced by secession.
the blacks ot those States have just such rights
as the whites thereof choose to me them no
lees, and no more. We beg leave to assure the
spx-Vice-President that, on this very itnnortant
poiut, his views are radically diverse to those of
the treat party which carried the country
triumphantly through the war against seces
sion, and that, unless those whom ne calls "the
jsoutii,'! are willing to resume ineir places in
Congress on a footing of equality of power, man
lor man. between themselves and the Union-
upholding whites ot the North and West, they
"Will probably wait some time ior reaamisdon.
lithe Southern blacks are not to vote (as we
"trust as thev are), it must at leastbe conceded
that those who deny tuem the right or sutirage
than not cast votes in tneir steau.
The Mexican Question Its Absorption In
XjOuis napoleon's European uesigns.
From (he Herald. t ...
It is definitely settled that the French troops,
In several three, months instalments, are to be
withdrawn from Mexico, and that Austria, If she
can, is to Supply the deficiencies thus resulting
lo Maximilian, in order to sustain him on his Im
perial bed of Mexican roses. One of oar city
contemporaries,, plucking up a little patriotic
indignation; boldly suggests the forcible expul
eion of the Austriuns by the United States should
that game be attempted, because Austria has not
even a pretext for aimed intervention against
lhe Mexican people. We have not the slightest
apprehension, however, that Austria will under
take to supply the places of the French troops
with their wubdiawal from Mexico. Nor do we
euppose that Maximilian contemplates any lur
ther ctlorts to maintain his empire with the
Tcnioval of the French trnops. We dare sav that
lie is now. and has been for some time, preparing
ior a return to "latherland," with the substan
tial profits in bis possession of a good financial
peculation: and that with tbe latt of his inova
lles, including hia last oonducta of silver, he will
ijiiijtr up tbe rear of the l- renen evacuation.
In tho very inception of this Austrian imperial
establishment in . Mexico under French protec
tion this "grand idea" of Napoleon, as Marshal
IForey expiesscs it tbe important leature in it
was the entanglement of Austria. It committed
litr to the European policy of Napoleon: it made
licr a subordinate, to his schemes, a passive in-t-tn.ment
in bis bauds, in regard to European
afiaus His magnanimous peace of Villa Fnuca
enabled him to decoy Austria into this Mexican
enare; and now between Prussia on the north
and Italy in the south, to say nothiug of Hun
gary, the House ol Ilapsburg is in no condition
to hpare a single regiinnt lor the visionary
empire, of Maximilian in Mexico. Austria is
eo environed with dangers that her very exist
ence, as one rf the live great powers, is im
perilled. I .
Lev us suppose that Blemalk, under tbe neu
trality protestat'ons of France, pushes the
present controversy between Prussia and Aug
aria concerning their joint robbery ot those
duchies from Denmark to the point of war:
m bat shape ia tbis war most likely to assume t
The petty members of lhe German confedera
tion will become Involved on the one side or
the other. Young Italy will seize the opportu
nity to pounce upon Venetia, and Hungary may
Tise again to the cry of independence. In the
jnidst. bf this, warlike reaction the countless
legions of tbe Czar will be put in motion, and
lie will be free to chose whether they shall
xnove lor the Rhine or the Danube. Napoleon,
1. mill Lnrrllir moil , nil V,
jnents. He will see that his empire, bis pres
tige, and bis policy demand iahtaut intervention.
He will move an army to the kit bank of the
Jtbine, and hold it; be will support Kin Victor
.Emanuel in a descent upon Venetia. and cap
ture it he will compel Austria to cede Venetia
to Italy, and to surrender the Danish duchies
to Prussia for the sake of peace: and his reward
will be the left bank of the Rhine bu the one
liand. and the. island Of Sardinia, In comneusa.
tion lor Venice, on the other. A "short, sham.
and decisive eanipakn" may bring, about these
Jesuits without further- complications, and to
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avoid further complications, Napoleon, await
ing the signal, is doubtless prepprcd for quick
and decisive action, lie ts In the Mexican co
partnenhip with Austria, Maximilian Is his
protege, and yet Napoleon iv Is who ,ifl the
pnmpterof Bfsmark behind the scenes.
In view of these Napoleonic idcnJookinp to
tho reconstruction ot tho map ot Europe, lor
the enlargement Of France and (be perpetuation
ot his djnasty, the "giand idea" of Napoleon
involved hi the Mexican adventure wuhMaxi
nullan becomes a mere bagatelle. Napoleon
may thus withdraw Irom Mexico, not only with
out Die. loss of prestige, but with a vastly in
ci eased reputation as the muster of modern diplo
ma, yi That he ts hedging bctweemi Prussia
and Austria to., bring .them into colllBion, Is ap-
Enent; that he will succeed in this -object, it is
Vhljr prpbablo, and, it successful So tar, that
be will then step In and seize and carry off the
lion's i-ttnre Of. the spoils, we cannot doubt.? 1
There is a chance lor his deleat in the possible
appeal bv.Auslila. as a last resort, to a con
ference ot alltlic great powers; but In any event '
me l'.mperor rancis dosepn is in no conamon
to indulge the Emperor Maximilian in his Mexi
can bauble a dny beyond his abandonment by
the Emperor Napoleon. That the original
"grand idea" ot the latter was a French political
and commercial balance of power on this conti
nent may be set down as a fact in history ; but
that it involved the entanglement ot Austria, in
view of ccrtnin'Napoleo'.iic designs in Europe, is
now nppareTit The success of Jeff. Davia might
have taveri Austria; but her humiliation follows
hisdownlall; lor, through Mavitnilian, she bo-
conu the scapegoat of Napoleon, Her spolia
tion rflay be the next act in the drama.
rut, not -your trust lnpnnces." witn tne
collapse of the glorious vision of Napoleon of a
powerful foothold In this hemisphere on the
rtiins of two republics, he falls back upon his
European, subordinates. His Mexican adven
ture h thus reduced to a mere trick in his
European diplomacy: and the withdrawal of the
rrench troops from Mexico will he accepted c-y
Austria as the end of her delusion, and by
Maximilian as a warning to pack up and be oil'
to meet the impending danger at home. Bo-
yond the recognition of his personal obliga
tions, the Mexican alliance oetween wapoieon
and Austria ended with the capture of Jeff.
Davis.
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Thomas Cnilyle at Edinburgh.
From, the World.
The Scotch universities have a practice of
electing annually, by a majority vote of all the
members, an honorary officer called the Lord
Rector. The oflico, like that of Chancellor in
the great universities of England, requires no
duties either of supervision or instruction. All
that is expected of the Lord Rector is, that he
will acknowledge the compliment by the delivery
of a public address. The students of Edinburgh
elected, this year, as their Lord Rector Thomas
Carlyle a choice which might have seemed
about as "hopeful as the attempt by a small
American college to dub Henry Ward Beecher
Doctor of Divinity. Oue would naturally have
supposed that this great miarlud writer, who
with the strength of the oak h us all its nodosi
ties, would have contemptuously declined to
accept an empty ouice, anu maue asuow oration.
'inis nuge denouncer 01 soamB, wnose pet
amusement is to pour forth grotosque scorn
against stump oratory and all lorms of speech
that are kindred to 1, whose favorite inculca
tion is the supreme value of silence who could ,
have exdeated that this huge rhinoceros of lite
rature could be tickled by a compliment, and
would consent to desecrate "the Eternal Silonee"
by making a speech ol mere torm? But nobody
familiar with Carlyle's writings could ever have
doubted that this colossal old growler had a
heart susceptible of all amiable human emo
tions;' and an ong others, vanity. We have found
even his prodigious talent lor scolding amiable,
ior (he grinning oddity of its method shows that
it is rather an appeal to admiration lor a thing
well executed, than the outpouring of a mis
anthropic heart Malignant contempt ot 'men
does not solicit tneir applause dv sucn a
studied mingling of the artistic and the gro
tesque. The amiable wish to stand well with
his kind, which has prompted Carlyle to
set quaintly constructed adrairat.on-traps
everywhere In his writings, made it morally im
possible for him to decline the invitation of the
ingenuous hdmDurgn students, tjonstaerrng
what Carljle has been writing all His lite aoout
the supreme importance of Doing, and the in
ellable silliness of Saying, he felt compelled to
afi'ect reluctance, and to invent for himself an
excuse lor accepting the prollcred honor.
Although he had known, for at least fifty years,
that the Lord Rectorship required nothing
to be done; that it was a mere form, one of
the detested Shams or "Simulacrums" ho has
been cudgeling with his Hercules club, all
his lite, he pretends, or makes a semblance
ot pretending. In the beginning of bis ad
dress. Hint he thoupht it an oHice weighted
with 'duties. He says: "When this office' was
fiist proposed to me, some of you knew that I
was not very ambitious to accept it at first I was
taught to believe that there were certain more or
less Important duties which would lie in my
power. This, I confers, was my chief .motive
in going into it at least in reconciling the ob
jections I felt for such things; for it I can do
anything to honor you and my dear old Alma
.Hater, why should I not do so ? (Loud cheers.)
Well, but on practically looking into the mat
ter, when the olilce actually came into my
hands, I find it grows more and more uncertain
and abstruse to me whether there is much real
duty that I can do at all."
One needs to be somewhat conversant with
the writings of Carlyle to appreciate, the
amiably awkward hypocrisy of this apology for
acceptance. It is a pleasant satire on the wholq
body of Carl vle's writings, The great thiug he
never tires of insisting on Is fact as opposed to
nhams, sincerity as opposed to pretense; aud
here he allects to have, believed, previous to'
acceptance, that the Lord Rectorship had duties,
and to have discovered oniv, since acceptance,
that it is very doubtful whether it has .any;
justifying his entering on a thiug whose sole
function is palaver by the 'feigned supposition
of work. '' .1.1 .
Carlyle felt that it would be a satire on him
self to compose an elaborate oration, for such a
ehow occasion. Finding, as he says, when he
began to write, that be was "not accustomed tp
write speeches, and that he did not get on very
well," he "Hung that away," and concluded. to
trust io the inspiration ol the occasion and speak
what Came uppermost. By more elaborate pre
paration he would have given an abler address;
out all who leel an interest in the man 'will be
better suited with It as it is. We have other ma
terials enough for appreciating his great capa
city ub a writer, ano it is inteiestitig to see in
w hat direction his mind turns wnen acting on
its impromptu impulses. There is very little in
the nddress which is not contained In, ordedu
cible from, bis writings. He recurs to his favor
ite topics the superiority of action to speech,
of fact to sham, ot beroes to the rabble, and es
pecially ol past ages to the present in all the
deeper elements of character. -
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v nat so great a wnier ub viuijh- ua jusimcu
on "lor a lifetime with vehement pertinacity,
challenges the profound examination ol the age
he addresses. The man. ot course, has seme
wearing; and though his view may be one
sided, his unremitted protests against the shal
lowness, the hollowness, the superficial babble
ment and empty artificiality of a period which
has added more to our kuowledge of external
nature and to the physical conveniences of life
than ell the aget which have preceded It, may
be conceived to rest upon some great and ne
glected truth. - . 1 ' 1 ' '
80 far as we bave been able to satisfy our
selves respecting the truth which underlie
Carlyle's very objurgatory writings, the evil of
which he complains is the natural effect of tho
mental dissipation which attends the multipli
city ot our knowledge. We do not recollect that
Carlyle anywhere gives it this pedigree; but n
tbingcan be truer than that endless flitting from
object to object, under the stimulus of curiosity
or loye of variety, Is the worst posnlbla ret1 men
eithef for the Intellect or for the. heart, d'heru
can be no depth of conviction nor earuuBtieaa of
feelintr. nor much strength of purpose, and con-
' cquently no greatnesa of character, if the Rind
Is allowed to turn vagrant For developing tae
aftccticr.a, better two Or. three steady friends
thitn a thousand transient acquaintances. For
mirtniirg the intellect, better habitual medita
tion on a lev great truths than a cursory
tkiu.ming ot all the sciences in the ency
clopadia. In thin ngo. the facilities for loco
motion and intercourse, the multiplication of
new books, and the rapid ditluaion of tntelli
,gei ce, are attended with ibis drawback, that
they keep the mind so perpetually on the alert
in fllitiu? from one thing to another, that its
energies ave exhausted In the pursuit of seduc
ing novel! ;es, and neither It nor tho heart grows
to the robustious ol the more vigorous elder
agea. ' We are restless and feverish, but not
strong. A tree that is transplanted twenty
times in a year, though every time into a soil
ot miraculous fertility, must needs be a puny,
aCt awiiy tiling, while the osk which Is rooted in
the scanty earth of a rock-ribbed hill grows into
aioiin-delving robustness. -- -
. Wc will not go at large into this topic; we will
not 'even touch the question of remedies; but
this; Is what we are able to discover of solid
ground work for the habitual railings of Car
lyle against this degenerate age. In a more
appropriate vehicle than a newspaper, It would
be worth extended discussion.
The
Temper of the Sonth Mr. Stephens
. '1 eallntony.
From the Timet.
Mr. Alexander II. Stopkenx' testimony before
the Reconstruction Committee Is described in
the Washington correspondence of a contempo
rary as "the mo6t damaging to the South yet
brought out." We have lookei through tho
evidence, as reported by the committee, without
finding anything In the tonp, form, or substance
ol his fetatemcnts to sustain such an Impression.
So far from being "damaging to the South," we
are under the impression that the facts and
opinions communicated by tho distinguished
Georgian are as favorable as any reasonable
man could desire them to be; while they re
flect credit upon the candor and modest manli
ness of the witness.
Much of course depends upon the expecta
tions With which we start upon the inquiry. If
tho view we take requires on the part 01' the
Southern people not only acquiescence In the
results ot the war, but gladness that these re
sults are not other than they are; if we assume
that to prove their recognition of the Federal
-authority, and their loyalty to the Constitu
tion and the Union, "they must extol the
pgenls and the mnaus by which their rebellion
was overcome; if we lnlst that their' duty Is,
nottoroaard the people ottho loyal States as
fcllow rnlzens, equals before the law, but as
superiors to be ablectly obeyed; it these are
tbe ideas with which we set out In the ex
amination of such a man as Mr. Stephens,,
then unrionbtedly we shall rise trom tbe tak
with Hie disgust wbich evidoutly inspired tho
. 'lrthunt'a despatch. . but all expectations and
!
demands of this nature are in our 1urisr
mcnt unjustifiable. Instead of calling upon the
Sobthcin people to glorify the men and the
power that smote them, vanquished them, and.
puuif-hed them in tbe manner incident to war, 1
we ubould doubt their sincerity and despise !
their spirit were they willing- to do this thins;.
Giant, and Sherman, and Sheridan, and Meade,
and Thomas have never been kuown to dis
parage tbe pluck or endurance of their ad ver
taries on the battle-field: and to-day tnese
heroes of lhe Union army bear no ungrudelug
testimony to tbe quality of the Rebel soldiers.
So we prefer, to have the South'putting torward
its claims to constitutional rights, rather than
meanly accepting every condition proposed to
it. Defeat should not entail forfeiture of self
respect ; and that the 8outb contlnnes to respect
itself, despite its disasters, is to our mind one of
the strongest pr ols of its fitness ior restoration
to the lull privileees of the Union.
True, Mr. Bttphens says that his opinions,
and the opinions of the South generally, on the
abstract question of State sovereignty, have
tedtreone no chanpe. Why should they? The
sword cannot cut down opinions, though it pre
vents their application, as in the case of the Re
bellion. The Noith ha decided that there shall
be no secession; the South, having tried to
secede and failed, submits to the decision and
accepts its consequences. What more can we
afek ? Are w e to exact not only bu omission to
our authority, but agreement with our opinions?
Are we to set up certain extra constitutional
formularies of political faith, and to decree the
civil and political damnation of all who refuse to
subscribe to them? We may produce hypocrites
by this process, but truly loyal citizens, never.'
It is enough for the present purposes of the
country that the South emerges trom the strug
gle convinced of the futility of the plans and
hopes with which it started five years ago; con
' vinced, too, that its interest is to be found in a
hearty, unwavering, and unreserved acknow
ledgment of tbe Union, its authority, and its
claims in an early adaptation of rta industrial
relations to the change produced by the aboli
tion ol slavery and in the abandonment, utterly
and forever, of all thoughts of agitation, except
as It may be carried on within the limits of law,
and by means Known to the Constitution. On
these noiuts we consider Mr. StenhenB1 exnoal-
tion ol the feelins predominant in Georgia emi
nently satisiacrory. And in some of the more
important of his statements he Is justified by
acts 01 ine state legislature in matters relating
to the freedmen. - -
Nor can we trace any sign of inherent hostility
to the negro in other than strictly civil relations.
"Individually," Mr. Stephens is reported to have
said, "1 should not be opposed to a proper sys
tem of restricted or limited suflVaee to this claas
I of our population." Beyond this, what could
we of New York aiik? A "restricted or limited
I suflrage"ls all our own State concedes to its
I negro population; shall Mr. Stephens be quar-
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lurmerr ne is averse, moreover, 10 any action
upon the subject except by the Southern States
themselves. "Ih my judgment," are his words,
"it is a matter that beloncrs of constitutional
richtto the States to regulate exclusively each for
itf-eii." well, jsew York also holds this view.
So does Connecticut and the North eenerally.
Why may not Georgia cherish it as well as thev ?
Is there anything "damaging to the South,"
tuen. in mr, biepncns' declaration, that it wiH
not yield to negro suffrage or other amendments
of the Constitution, as conditions precedent of
reRdmii-eion to Congress? We think not. if
the South, never having been out of the Union.
is in the Union now, its title to a place In Cou-
greFS is indisputable, Bubfect only to the liidir
meut of each House on the qualifications of its
Represcntalivee. individually considered. And
what the South is entitled to, of right, ought not
to De encumnerea wirn any conditions whatso
ever. To talk ot conditions-precedent in the
premises, la to convey the idea of a barerain.
w hich Congress may or may not conclude, ac-
cuiuiutr 10 us )it:nsuri'. 11c must up morolaiy
Bentiitive who oblects to the courteous temper
in which Mr. Stephens intimates that the South
will prefer an indefinite exclusion from Con.
gress, to admission purchased by tbe surrender
of a constitutional right.
In two sentences Mr. Stephens presents the
logical chaniie of pot-ition should the North
continue to ini-istupon conditions which exclude
the South from Coneress. "The Southern
States would thus present themselves as willing
for Immediate union under the Constitution, while
It would be the Northern States onnosed to it.
The foimer disunionists would thereby become
Unionists, and the former (Unioniaia) practical
aieunionisis." 1110 possible onemma is worth
thinking about a little in advance. -
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Puhjpct -Una the War for Uauiaa Freedom been
'fouxlit InvalnV" ,
Ailmlralun. 35 centn. TloVetg for aale at PTTOrt'S,
MX'IH and CHI MST'T Pirecta and at TRI'MPLkH'3,
SEVKKTII and CHKUNTjT btrecto. Lecture to coni
dii nee at 8 o'clock. 4 U It
rt3T" CAMDEN AND AM HOY RAILROAD
AM) 'iltANM'ORTATION COWPANY'd
OFFICE, Honm mown. Varv h is. 18H6.
' M'TlC'E The Annual Jvlrotinof tho SiockboUlera
0 the ('AWt)FK A.D AW1UY RAILROAD AND
' IBANfcrOHTATlON COW PA NT Win be held at the
1 tiiipanv'a (fl ce In POKDKVruW'N on HATUHDA Y,
the ivMli o A prli, m, at 12 o'clork M.. tor the election
01 peven Directors, to prrve tor the running year.
3 30 t4 W i-AMUtL J. BA YAK1. Secretary.
srT NEW LONDON COtTER MINING
- COMPANY.
1 he Adjourned Annnal Meeting ol Stockholder! tor
Flection 01 jUlrix tore to eorve the enmimg year, will be
held UN Fill DAY, AP1UL 27,
At tbe Office of tbe Vrexldcnt.
ho. 417 ARCH STREET
At J 30 P.M.
SIMON POET.
41,1 lit - Secretary,
ttCST OFFICE OF THE TEN MILE CREEK
OIL COMPANY. .
PniLADF.tPHIA, April IS, lfi6.
PPEClAt NOTICE. -Tbe Annual Meeting of the
Stockholder of the Ten Mile Creek 011 lomranrwlll
be held at. their office. No 2U Hoo h TniRD Street,
loomNo, 1, onlX'l.fct)AY. April 24 at 7"4 o'o ock P M.
4 IBM It. H POLLOCK, Wecretary.
fr5- DININU-ROOM F. LAKEMEYER,
CAK'l Ht'S Al ey, would repectiul y In'orro the
rub tc sci) el ally ihat be lina leitm tlimu iinuoneto make
thia place conilortntlo In every respect tor the accora
modbtlon ot gueata. He has opened a large and com
tmifliniiH T1ilnL-Itonni in the necoiiri a'orv Ula P1T)K
BOARIi In lumlshfd with PHANIHES WINKS,
M "It-KY, Etc.. Etc. ot f-ll KFJOK UHAhDS. 11
JUST PUBLISH E D
Bv the l'hplclan of the
' NEW OKK MUSEUM,
the Ninetieth Edition or their
FOLK LECTURES, .
entitled
PI1ILOSOPHT OF MARRIAOK.
To bo had Iree. tor iour atampa. bv addreanlog Secre
tar? evr Y'ork Museum of Anatomv,
717$ o. 618 bUOADWAY. New Yolk.
IGSr A PHYSIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MAR
VZxJ 111 ACE : ontalDlne- nearly 3A0 pagea. and 130
fine Platea and Fnttraviuaa ol the Anatomy ol tbe Human
On ens In a is late ol Health and lUnoano. wlib a Treaiiae
on Early l irorg, Ita Deplorable ConKeqaencea upon the
Mtnd anu isoav. wit nine Autnor'B rianot ireniuient
the only rational and ancc esptul mcde ot care, as shown
by the lciori ot caws treated. A trathlul adviner to the
nierrlvd and tbone conttnip ating maniaite. wbo entei-
tain doubts of their physical condition Sent tree ol
posture to any aodn as. on rrceipt oi w cents in stamps
or postal currency, by addressing Pr. LA CROIX, No.
31 Aim K Lane Aiuany. ,
j ne auuior may De cdnsu.iea upon any oi tne uiseasea
anon ivhk h his book treats either vtrimaVv or by mail.
and medicines sent to any part ol tbe world. 11 8 tim
frjT BATCHELOR'B HAIR DYE.
THE BE6T IN THE W ORLD.
Haimless. reliable Inptanlaneoua. Tbe only perfect
dye. No disappointment, no ridiculous tints, but true
to nature, b ark or lirown
Oi.Mll.K IS bIO.SE! WILLIAM A. BATCHELOB,
Receneratintr Extract oi Mllilfleurs restores, preaerrea
end Leautllles tbe hair, prevents ha'duess. So d by all
l)ruf!it8. Eactory No,81 BARCLAY t-t, N. Y. 33$
LEGAL NOTICES.
I PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 12, 18(50. NOTICE
Is hereby given that Whs of Hclro Faolaa will be
Issued upon tne tollowlng olalms at tne expirailon or
three months irom tbe oate hereof, nnleas tho Haiue are
puid within that time to W. A. SLIVEB, .
Aiioriiey al Liiir,
No 30 North SEVENTH Street.
City o use ot Lane Scbotleld rs. Cornelias S. Smith,
i P.. December T.. if 64, No. 3, tor pavlna, 143-!i5, lot
S. V corner ol Second and (Juean streets, 23 leet 3 Inches
by 60 leet o niches.
Mtne vs. ionn ranaen, v. r., Marcn i .. inos, xho. oa.
for paving. SI4 00. lot N. i.. corner oi Sixth and Lombard
streets, lb feel by 20 tcet 6 Inches.
tauie vs. James A) ontgomerr . ('.P.. December T., 186S,
No 4(1, lor paving S39 7(. lot S. W. corner ofieventeenih
and juoutrose aueets. u met or 4 e reet a incne
Same vs. Freeman Scott, C. P.i Man-h T., 1HS6, No. 1,
lor saving, ''4 S4, lot N. E. corner ol'Tantb and Poplar
streets. IS leet iront on Tenth street by 36 icet.
Same vs. same C. P., March T . 1866 No. i for paving,
tWi lot north side of Poplar street, 35 feet east Irom
Tenth street, 14 leet by 24
Paine vs same, '. tr., aiarcn I . inoo, ro a, ior pbyiuk,
S2JS-.3. lot north side of 1 ooiar street, 60 leet east lroui
Tenth street. 14 feet by 24 feet.
hame vs. same, U. r.. Marcn r.. iwo, o. , ior paving,
24-1.1. lot noitb side of Poplar street, 64 feet oat trout
Tenth street. 14 leet by 24 fret . ,
8 for paving, S24-H7, lot south side ol Brown street. 32
leet 6 Inches east from St John street, 15 leet 6 Inches by
'slm Jv?.ViTmo. C P.. March T.. 1S66. No. 8. for paving.
Seme vs winiam A. Arcner, i r., juureu .., iron .
824 it lot south side ot Brown street, 48 lost east from u
John street. 18 Icet 5 Inches by 23 leet 6 In. 4 tlthUm
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR
TllF; (ITY AHu tJUUJN i I oi ro:LAi)r.v,rnn,
v.t.ta of Mrs. ELIZABETH DuWOLIT dale luuesi.
T be Auditor appointed hv ihe Court to audit, settle,
and adJUft the SConu sou iumi wwum vi najiur.u
wakvh and TOBIAS WAUNEK. Trustees, and to
report distribution ot the ba'ance in the hands ol' the
.n. nia win meet the nartles Interested for tne
purposes ol bis appointment, on WEDSESIMY, April
2.1. in. at 12 o'clock At., at blsotllce, No 402 WAL
NUT Street, in tne wly oi ruuaueipu.a. . iiniuuur
TN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR
L THE CITY ANU uuumi ur ruiLAj't.brui.
Esiateol Miss M AROaRET E V. ILSO.v
Tbe Auditor appointed by the Court to audit settle,
and adjust the first and bnal account of JAM EH D
wititlk Trustee, and to reDort distribution ol the bal
ance in tbe bands of the accountant, will meet the
uartles Intercnted, lor the purposes oi bis a 'Duiiiliueut,
on WEDNEhDAY. lApnl 26, 1866, at 2 o'clock P. M., at
iiib i 11. v.o u ivi. i. i-. w . ; ' -' - .
,i, ...i . , . 1 Uatmli.Si f
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR
THE CIIY AND t'OUNlY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Estate oi Mrs. JUMA W. CltOSUY.
' The Andltor appointed by the Court to audit, nett'e, and
adjust the first and final aoeountol TOHI ti WAGE
'l rustee, aud to report diitiribuiion of tlie balance In tne
bauds oi tbe accountant, will meet the parties Interested
lor the purposes ol hin aipolntinent, on WEI N tit DAY,
April 2ft. Ibtitt at 1 o'clock F M , at bis offlie, No. 41.2
WALNUT Btrcet In the city ot'PbUadelphit . 4 14stutliSt
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR
TJIE MY AND COrNTY 1V PI1 ILA DELPHI A.
K-tateof Mm. HU8AN MEKeDll'H
. The Auditor appointed bv the Court to audit, settle,
and adjuHl the Urat and final account of JAMKi M.
WAUNEU, 'IruHtee. and to reporc distribution of the
b lance lu tbe bunds ot the accountant, wl I meet the
nartU s interested lor tbe purposes of Ills appointment
on WEDNEf DAY. April i-itn ln , at 11 o'elo k A. M ,
at his office, No. 403 WALNUT street, in the city o ritl
ladelpbla. 4 14 stutbSf
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOB
THE CITY AND COUNTY Olf rH I LA DELPHI A.
Estate of Mrs. hUHAN A. WiSTKIt.
The Anditor appointed bv tbe Court to audit, aettle and
adjust tue first and final account of JAMES D. WAU
NEK. 'trustee, and to report distribution ol tbe balance
In the bands ol the accountant, will meet the partiea
Interested lor tbe purposes of his appointment, on
WEDN EtDAY April 24. lrttio at a o'clock P. M.. at ols
otlloe, o. 402 WALNUT B tract, In tba cltj os Pblladel.
fhlu. 4 UatuUiil
FOR BAIiE STATE ' AND COUNTV R1GHT8
ofCapewell Co. ' Patent Wind Guard aad Air
Heater lor Coal Oil Lamps i It preveuta the Chimneys
from break ln. 1 his we -will warrant Alao eaves one
third the oil. Call and see tbera the eost but ten cents.
No. 2(18 JiACE btreet. Pliladelphla. Sample sent to any
part ot the United btatea on receipt of 23 cents. 10
BTAMP AGENCY, ' NO, S04 CHESNOT
STREET, A BOYE.TIilUD, WILL, BK CONTLNUEJ
AH
now cosutiHTti
ii UAN U.D IS AM Y'
efNT. ; .. 11 1
APRIL 19. 1866.
I CARPETINGS, &o ,
(JATArETINGS ! CAIIPETINGS I
AT 11ETAIL.
McCALLDIS, CREASE & SLOAN,
No. 510 CnESNIT Street,
orrosiTB iDipnsDiBcB ball,
i i
heg leave to Inform the public that thoy have now
open their
SPHING STOCK 1
CAR PE TI NGS,
NEW AND CHOICK DESIGNS
OF .'
Foreign and Domestic Manufacture,
. v ,
Which they oft or at prices corresponding with
; THE DECLINE IN COLD.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH A30JINH1 EH.
ENGLISH ROYAL WILTON.
VELVETS, ALL WIDTHS.
tUrERWR ENGLISH BRUSShLS.
TAPtS'lR Y ENGLIt.il Bh USSKLS.
ROYAL WILTON, VELVET, BRUSSELS,
AND TAPESTRY CARPET.
We offer the above In all widths, with bordors for
Iialh and Main.
Alieo Imperial Three-Ply Carpet
lixtra Superfine Ingram.
JUST RECEIVED,
WHITE, EED, CHEfcKED. AND FANCV
Canton Mattings,
OF. ALL WIDTHS. '
JlcCallums, Crease & Sloan,
No. 510 CHESNUT Street,
OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE II ALL.'
t8241mrp
QAHFETINGS ! CAIIPETINGS !
Reduced to Present Gold Prices.
J. T. DELACROIX,
No. 37 South SECOND Street, '
, I ABOVE CHESNUT,
n as received per late arriYals,
'200 TIECES J. CROSSLEY & SONS'
I3KUSSEJ.S OARPETIlMGS
NEW AND ELEGANT PATTERNS.
Also, a large line of THEEE1LY F.XTBA 8TJPEE
AM) FINE INGRAIN CAEl'ETH, DAMASK AND
VENETIAN BTAIR AND HALLCARPETINOS, COT
TAGE AND It AG CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, SHADES,
ETC , which will be iold low In consequence oi the lull
In Gold.
J. T. DEL ACHOLX,
No. 87 Sonth SECOND Street,
4 12 lur Between Choinut and Market
"QLEN. ECHO MILLS,'
GERMANTOWN, FA.
MeCALLDlS, CREASE & SLOAN,
BlanafACtnrerH, Importers, and VFliole.
sal Dealers In
CAEPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS,
MATTINGS, Etc.
WAREHOUSE, .. .
No. 6C9 CHESNUT STREET,
OPPOSITE TEE gTATB EOUBK,
. Phrladelphla.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
' 8 6 8mrp
No. 510 CHESNUT STREET.
Q A R P E T I N G S !
LEEDOM & SHAW
A re now opening a hill assortment ol
i ..
Foreign and Domestic Carpets.
Those goods -will be fold at the LOWEST CASH
riilCES, to coirespond with the FALL OF GOLD,
No. 91 0 AIICH Street,
3 281m
ABOVE NINTH
Q A R r E T I N a s.
A LARGE STOCK OF
PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURE
Jn itore and constantly rocoivlnfr,
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
GEORGE W. IIII.L.
2 1 trietnSm No. 126 North THIRD Street.
HATS AND CAPS.
T
E M
E
OF
FASHION.
Small Profits.
HATS AND CAPS.
Quick Sales.
NEWEST STYLES.
LOWEST PRICES IN TflEtJITT.
BOURNE, ,
So. 40 N. SIITQ STBEEt.
128tatbeSm
WEST GROVE .BOA BDINO-9CnOOL
lor Girls at WEST OBOVU STATION, Phi adol
phla and Baltimore Central Kailroad, Cheater eo,. Pa.
The kunimer Term ot full twenty weeks wiH conv
nienc on fteoond-dar . the I B OI Mb mo. next.
Tbe course of instruction Is complete and thorough,
eomaeUnt Instructor, are eieplprea, and improved u.a
thods of teai'bliiK mi adopted. The promotion of tue
henltb and happiness of tlie pupils Is a loading object '
t or circulars, aUtliess tbe Principal.'
t i . TUUMAM P. OONABD. : -
Ilttthnj30t . , W EST CKOVE, Pa ,
MILLINERY, MANTUA-MAKING, &o
cJp. 'BONNETS I IJONNET8 I
BONNET OPENING,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28.
E. P. CILL &. CO..
Mo. T20 ABCII Btreet.
171 lm
MRS..R. DILLON,
Nob. 323 and 331 SOUTH Street,
His a bands, me assortment of prRISO MILLIVEHYt
ftllssit' and lnisiits' lias and Caps. Hllks, Velreta,
Crapes BIMons Feathers Fiowera, ramea. eta tS lfl4m
HOOP SKIRTS. .
J) U P L E X S K I IV T
FA&I110N9 FOB 18C0.
B HAD LETS DUPLEX ELLIPTIC
(OK DOl'BLE 8rKI.NO)
HOOP HKIHT.
Each Hoop 01 this PECULIAR SKIRT la comnnwtil ml
Two pfin- .) i.a Hr,i $ir.ioi braidou iiuhtlt and
fikmli 4.etlier foub to ttk.k. tormina at onoe the
e'lKtihOhKi and m. st FLEXURE HOOP made
1 llCY Will niit FFKO Or lik t.,a .Inuia.nrfna.
tot will rvivs idmuvi their hrfeci anu vractifui.
anari where three or lour ordlnarr sklria will bave
been brun away aa seieaa .
'i hen iti tid-rul tl r,b ..v irnit imcin.r tnth.m.
FOBT and convenience brslues ulvlnK 'NTRnsrplbahuhb
tothewEAM-R, aa will be fart eulir y espm tu-td br
L4MKS attendlrr trivrl d rtcpton, ba$. ofrat. etc.
In fact lor tbe Jrotrr,o,1e or a nf, the rhurch, (Vv
trr.orrtr tint are i !sM;rAF.r combining oomot
rt TASiLnr and rcohOMT. with that BLBUAaea ol shape
wuicn uaa ir.ae ine
DCrLEX ELLIPTIC THE
8TANDARD NKIRT
OF THE FASHIONABLE WOBL.
Mann'actured exelniilvelv hr (he sniK ntrvr.it!) nt
1 atcnt,
WESTS, WJADLliY OAKY
Ko. CHAMBERS and Noa. 79 and 81 READE Pta.,
atvr YORK
Merchant will be anpplled as above, and br Phlladel
ph'a .loljber.i.
ECU HALE In all Fuist ctaaa Retail Sionra In this
citt. Inquheior ClUSmip
KRADLEY'S I'i. I I. EI ELLIPIIO BKlUf.
'JJllADLEY'S
DUPLEX ELLIPTIC SKIUT
Comb Intuit Durabl'ilv Ith elegance ot ehape. New
Spring Styles Just received.
J. M. HAFLEIOII,
8l0im No 902 CHBHNPT Btreet.
J3 ll ADLEY'S
DUPLEX ELLII'TIO SKIIIT,
Host fasblocable ti.ii popular in use. ForsaJebr -
J. O. MAXWELL & SON.
t in 2m 8. E. ccri.tr ELEVENTH and CHE8NTJT.
ESTABLISHED 1705.
i
A. S. HOB IN SON,
rrcccli Plate Looting-Glasses, .
ENGRAVINGS TAIMINGS, LKAWISGS ETC
i
Manufacturer of all kinds of
Loolcine-Glapf", Portrait, and Pio
ture Frames to Order.
910 CHESNUT STREET,
IBIED DOOR AEOVE THE CONTINENTAL,
PEILADKLPDIA. 8 15 j
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS.
MANUFACTUREP.;,
IMPORTERS, 1
AND DEALERS IN
Paints, Vanishes, and Oils,
No. 201 NORTU FOURTH STREET,
41B3mJ N. E. COENEB OF BACE.
K
ELLER, OWENS & CO.,
Cosmopolitan Army and Navy
CLAIM AGENCY,
For tbe AdJOBtmont and Collection of Claims against
the United Statis, and State Governments.
OFFICES :
Ko. 627 CHEsMUT Street, Philadelphia, and
No. 249 I ENS8TLVAKIA Avenue, Washington, D. C.
K.B. Patticnlar attention paid to Back Pay, Prize
Honey. Horse Claims, and Bounties. . 14 ntutbsft
Applications by mall promptly attended to.
UNITED STATES
BUILDER'S MILL,
Nos. 24. 26, and 23 S. FIFTEENTH St.,
. rniLADELPHlA.
ESLER & BROTHER,
WOOD MOULDING -i, BBACKETS. STaIB BALU8
TEH8, KEWIL POSTS, OKyEBAL TUBSISQ,
BCBOLL WOUK.ETC
6UELVIO f LANED TO ORDEB.
Tbe largest assortment oi Wood Mouldings io this city
constantly on hand. 4 17 3m
(JIIALLENGK LIGHT!
Paragon Oil and Safety Lamps, .
BBIGHT LIGHT T n BEE HOUB9 ONE CEH
Ko chimney I No smoke 1 Ko greasa.
Sold by Inventors,
KELLY &. NEEL,
o. Oil MARKtT dtreet
AGENTS WANTFD.' u M
Also, Pealeis tn Soaps and Coal O.aavviChuiery Oli
warrantcO nut tu guni or chill, tint 'Hog. 815
BR'IDESBURG MACHINE WORKS.
OFFICE,
Ko. U A. f HOST STBEEt,
' irLAJKLJHlA.
We are prepared to nil erde to any extent lor out
well Known
M At UIKEBY FOB COTTON AKD WOOLLEN MILLS,
Deluding all recent (niprovemcuu In Carulug, SpluulUala ,
and Weaving. ,
We Invite tba attention ot manntactnnri to out txtftk
tlv. work , , AUBEP JSVXB BOH.
BEVEKUE STAMTS, REVENUE STAMPS,
Bu VENUE BTAMP8,
Of all descriptions.
0) all descriptions 1 '
I ... " Alwava on hand,
AT H.OBKNCE HEWING- VACniMa; OKFIOB,
AT tLOBENCK feEtf ISO MAt lllsK CO.' OaFiCJC
., , No. W0 CHKHKinr Street,
! " No. oW I1ESMJT Htreet. ,
" , " One door below Seventh stieet. .
, 1 One door below Seventh (Uest.
- The most ll eral a'sconat allowed.
Tbe mot liberal discouut allowao. .
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