(taring J published every afternoon (Fhtndayt excepted) at No. 108 & 2hrd street. Trice, Three OerU Per Copy (Double Sheet), or Eighteen Cents Per Week, payable to (he Carrier, and mailed to Subscribers out of die city at A'ine Dollar Per Annum ; One Dollar and Fifty Cents for Two Months, invariably in advance for Hit period ordered, Jo insure Die Insertion of Advertisements in all of our Editions, they must be forwarded to our office not later than 10 o'clock each Morning. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 18C6. The Philosophy of Crime. When philosophers begin to speculate about the origin and laws of crime, they Involve themselves in a great deal of perplexity. One of their favorite questions Is, whether there is, in fact, such a thing as human conscience, and If they settle that affirmatively, they then go on to dispute whether conscience is innate or acquired. The Scriptures tell us that man is desperately wicked, and inclined to evil as the sparks fly upward. The authority of the Divine Book is quite sufficient to solve the first problem of tbe moralist?, namely, whether crime is natural or not There can be no doubt In the mind of a Christian that all men are disposed to sin by inheritance. Adam and Etk, though reported to have been cre ated in perfection, were sedaced by the j Devil, and fell from their high estate. They ' were forthwith turned out of Paradise j and left under the dominion of Satan. All j . their descendants hava partaken of the effects of their disobedience to the Divine law, and human nature, ever since, has been prone to iniquity. But Adam and Evk went out of the Gar den of Eden with a painful sense of their disloyalty to God and His law ; and that sense of wrong, and moral suffering under it, has been imparted and bequeathed to all their posterity. And it is that hereditary sensi bility, mental and moral, in consequence oi any violation of the religious code, which constitutes what is called, technically, con science. From this follows one very obvious con . c'uslon, And that is, that in the degree that we educate conscience, according to the re vealed will of God, we restrain men from the transgression of God's law. Iluman laws, in so far as they prohibit cruelty, injustice, and violence, are only declaratory of the Deca- logue. They are merely designed 10 enforce, 1 by temporal direction and sauct'oo, the com- j manda of, the Divine Lawgiver. Bat the : mere knowledge of law is not always Bum cient to secure obedience to it. The heart of ' the subject must be brought into harmony with it to the fullest possible extent. When any one is required to obey a particular pre cept, especially if that precept is in direct opposition to his natural proclivities, he needs to be convinced of its reasonableness and its fitness to secure his own wellare. Human selfishness will be satisfied with nothing less. Personal religion should be founded on grati tude alone. Every man's love of God and re spect for God's law should be built altogether on a filial sense of God's parental love. But human selfishness has, too oltsn, much more to do with human piety or its profession, than a child's affection for a forgiving and indulgent lather ' Eut, nevertheless, crime in this world can only be effectually restrained by an intelligent and sincere religious faith. Our criminal laws, and magistrates, and police, and prisons, and gibbets, may exercise a certain measure of restraint on the evil passions and disposi tions of mankind. But they cannot entirely prevent crime. They do not reach down to the moral depths of human nature. They do not impress and control the conscience of men. They deter from violence by fear of temporal Inconvenience and suffering. But that is all. When the human soul has no other restraint from 6in, no sense of responsi bility beyond this life, human laws and pun ishment fail in their effect There can be no doubt, we think, that the fiend who muidered the Deabixo family is an infidel or an atheist. He either believed that there is no God, or that, if there is a God, He has no concern about the creatures of this world. His notion of his own life probably . is, that be came into this sphere of being like a brute, and that he will die like a brute. Thus estimating his own life, he naturally cared very little for the lives of his fellow-creetures. The step from a wrong conception of his own nature and exlstanca to ta it of a false valuation of the nature and existence of other human bcipgs, was quite short. He probably thought no more of killinj a man or woman or child, than he thought of killing a dog or a snake. We would not excite any commise eration for Probst, because he has effectu ally put himself beyond the pale of human sympathy; but we would earnestly, in view of bis awful crime, enforce the doctrine that a Bound religious morality is the only sure basis of civil society, and the most effectual protection against tbe commission of capital offLnses. An eminent English divine has truly and eloquently said : "That to extinguish human life by the hand of violence, must be quite a different thing in the eyes of a skep tic from what It is in those of a Christian. With the skeptic it is nothing more than diverting the course of a little red fluid called blood ; it is merely lessening the num ber by one of many millions of fugitive, contemptible creatures. The Christian sees In the same event an accountable being cut off from a state of probation, and hurried, perhaps unprepared, into the presence of his Judge, to hear that final, that Inexorable sentence, wbicb Is to fix him THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH, PHILADELrniA, TIItJItSDAY, forever in an unalterable condition of felicity or woe. The former perceives In death nothing but its physical circumstances; the latter Is impressed with the magnitude of its moial consequences. It is the moral relation which man is supposed to bear to a superior power, the awful idea of accountability, the influence which bis present dispositions and actions are conceived to have upon his eternal destiny, more than any superiority of intel lectual powers abstracted from these conside rations, which invest him with such myste rious grandeur, and constitute the firmest guard on the sanctuary of human life." .. Some Points in Mr. Stephens Testimony. Thkbe ard(some points in the testimony of Mr. A lex and kb Stephens before the Re construction Committee worthy ot comment He testifies emphatically to the Industry and general good conduct of tbe freedmcn. He says that they are generally at work, and that their behavior Is "much better than the most hopeful looked for." So much for predictions that the freed black man would not work, and would become a vagrant Mr. fcTEPHENB thinks that the Southern people still adhere to their belief in the abstract right of secession, but that they would never again attempt to exercise it to the extent of Inaugurating war. This change of opinion as to the policy .of seeking to carry out their views by force he ascribes mainly to the operations of the war among themselves, and the breaking down of Indi vidual rights of person and property by their own authorities. The wrongfulness of at tempting to overthrow a free, representative Government by force does not seem to be comprehended by Mr Stephens or the South ern people generally. Upon the point of suffrage and representa tion Mr. Stephens is quite emphatic. The people that is, the white poople of Georgia, he thinks, would neither be willing to bestow the right of suffrage upon the nezrocj, nor, on the other hand, to exclude them from the basis ot representation ; and if the proposi tion were made to the State, as a condition precedent to tbe admission of her representa tives in Congress, either that suffrage should be conferred upon the colored population, or that they should be excluded from the basis of representation, he tbintrs such a proposi tion would and should be rejected. That Is to say, Georgia proposes to disfranchise nearly one-half of her whole population as unfit to be trusted with political power, and yet to augment her representation in Con gress and in the Electoral College by count ing in this same disfranchised popula tion. To show the monstrous character of this proposition, we shall adduce a few figures and institute some comparisons. Mr. Stephens testifies that the present votinsj population of Georgia is 80,000. This is evidently a liberal estimate, but we will ac cept it. Her1 representation in Congress, under the apportionment of 1860, is seven. But, as in that apportionment only three fifths of the colored population then slaves were counted, while now, as tree men, tha whole number would be counted, another Congressman would be added to the Georgia delegation, making eight. However, we will take seven as the standard. E'ghty thousand voters In Georgia, then, are to be represented by seven Congressmen. New Jersey, last fall, polled over 132,000 votes, yet she has but floe repiesentatives. According to the Georgia rate she ought to have eleven. Hence, each reconstructed Rebel in Georgia, according to Stephehs' plan, would wield more than twice the power in Congress of a loyal citizen ol New Jersey. Iowa, in 1861, polled over one hundred and thirty-six thousand votes. She has six repre sentatives. According to the Georgia rate she ought to have twelve. Hence Georgia is to have twice the power in Congrecs that Iowa has; or, to be more specific, eleven voters in Georgia will wield as much power as twenty-elx voters in Iowa. Take cur own State. Pennsylvania polled in 1864 over 572,000 votes. She has twenty four representatives. According to the Georgia rate she ought to have fifty-two I In other words, eleven voters in Georgia are to have as much influence in . all national affairs as twenty-three voters in Pennsylvania. We need not pursue these comparisons further. They show that Mr. Stephens' plan of reconstruction Is one which never can and never ought to be accepted. There are only two more points In this tes timony to which we will allude. In reply to the question, whether he was to be understood as holding the opinion that the Government bad no constitutional power to exact condi tions precedent to the restoration of political power to the lately rebellious States? Mr. Stephens replied that such was his opiuion. In reply to the further question, whether he held the same opinion respecting the consti tutional amendment abolishing slavery? be said that he did. This, it will be seen, opens the door to the future repudiation of the amendment by tbe Southern States, although Mr. Stephens took occasion to avow his be lief that said amendment had been adopted in good faith. Mr. Btifhexs claims in his testimony that immediately upon the cessation of the war the rebellious States were entitled to resume their old relation and claim all of their old rights under the Constitution. In other words, a State may secede, rebel, wage war, join a foreign power, exert its utmost endea vors to overthrow the Government, and yet the very moment it is conquered, may step back into the full enjoyment of all its former rights. This may be good doctrine for Rebels, but it certainly would be a premium upon rebellion and civil war such as no civilized community would be Justified In offcrring. Practical Education. These is one thought not a new one, by any means dwelt upon by CabltLe, in his Inaugural address before the University of Edinburgh, wortl.y of special attention by those who are so constantly clamoring for what they call a "practical? education. It is this, that the true function of schools, col leges, universities, is not to store the mind with facts, but to confer upon it the power of thought Discipline, not knowledge, is the true end of education, 'lhe power of patient, continuous, unflagging thought Is at the foundation of all mental greatness, and is worth more to a man In any walk of life than any store of mere (acts, however rich. Facts, unless classified and orderly arranged, accord ing to some pi Inciple or law, are mere rub blsh In the mind. Not the student who reads 1 the most law will make the greatest lawyer, but he who most thoroughly masters the iun damental principles oi the law. It is this power of mastery, this comprehension of principles, this capability of classification, which it is the true province of education to give. A "practical" education is that which gives a man the best control of all his facul ties, and thus best enables him to meet and control the facts of life as they occur. DlBECTOBT OF THI UNION PACIFIC Railway, Eastebn Division. At ths arnual meeting of the Union Pacific Railway Company, Eastern Division, held on the 2d instant, the following gentlemen, two of whom it will be seen are citizens of this State, were elected directors for the ensuing year: John D. Terry. St. Louis: Adolnhus Meier. St. Louis John P. Deverex, 8u Loui: Thomas L. Trice, Jelieraon City; Oeoree Partridse; St. 1-cuis; William II. Clement, Cincinnati; II. J. Jewett, Zuneaville; Thomas A. Scott, Philadel phia; and John McManua, Reading. At a subsequent meeting of the Directors, the following officers of the company were chosen : President, John D. retry; Vice-President, Adolphus Meier; Supeiintenuunt and Chief Eu cmeer, R. M. Shoemaker; Secretary aud Trea suicr, William J. Palmer. Mr. Perry has been associated with the road nearly from its inclpicncy, and to his energy and perseveiance, in the face of ditfl cullies wbicb would have daunted most men, the present advanced condition of the enter prise is in no small decree due. Mobk Disasters op Travel. The steamer J'inmwier, bound from Pittsbure to .New Or leans, whs burned on the nip lit ot the 12th iustHiit at Iteminetou. Ten lives were losr. Thf boat nnd the enrgo were totally destroyed. . One of the boilers ot the wreckiiip stearaT Alp'ia exploded Monday nl;;hi, three miles below VVil mme'ton, t. C, seriously injuring the crew and sinking the steamer. Bigamy in Indiana. A woman from one of the southern counties of Indiana went to' In dianapolis rercntlv to bunt up her husband, who myBterionf.lv disappeared some weeks since. To her astonishment Rhe learned that he had mar ried a respectable young woman, and had re sumed agricultural pursuits iu that neighbor hood. . - Thb Papal Debt. A satisfactory arrangement has been arrived at by the French and Italian Governments respecting the Papal debt. Italv assumes one-halt the debt as it stood in 1860, and the interest thereon, which has up to the pre sent been paid by the Court of Rome, will here alter be met by the Cabinet of Florence. A Sevebk March in Minnesota. The St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer says, that last month was the coldest that hab been experienced for nine year. A comparison of mean temperatures goes to show that every year the thermometer talis lower. Is not this due to the relentless wood-axe of the pioneer? . More Mibcuibf from Kerobsns Oil. The New England glas works at East Cambidcre were damaged to tbe amount ot fifty or seventy thousand dollars by fire Thursday afternoon. The disaster was caused by the explosion of an oil tank. r This is a personal in- , vltatlon to the reader to ex amine our new etvle of SPRING CLOTHING. Cesslmere Suit inraie. and . Blue bulla for f'i liner . Pelts, all pnce uo to S7S W AKAMAKEK A BttOWJJ, , OAK HALL, I SOUTHUST COhMEB SIXTH and MARKET 8U. ' CO W CO 03 P3 1 s ! M e H W H 3 W GO 8 M O t Willcox & Gibbs Sewing lltchine Co Ko. 780 CHEaKUT ST&EET, Philadelphia. 1 'I ? H ta K hi 41 Is l Set thi SeetMd Page fur udditiojl Special totictii UNION PRATES lEETTNO THIS raiON PRATES lEET nine, a qnarter before iVe oek th, MGHlti HireetAbwe o Lii upesUU larlvoil tr'irvi even k. at Dr. - Bird's Obui ran. Yon i b a 3 ifg j SPECIAL N0TliS. mu and ladies rvttat, it JJOWELL & BROTHERS, S. W. Corner NINTH and CIIESNUT, Are Mannfaolnrlns tholr New Styles of PAPER" HANGINGS FOR SPRING, And Sampl'S and Lot i of New Good are now coming in from' their manufactory, nhioh, w th a fresh Importation of FRUiCII DEslUNd, are ready for he inspection ol their cutomori. ffB Tiie increa-ed facilities of their new and more ez- tennire Factor? ei able them to produoe much hand sotner and finished My!es. IMITATION FRESCO DESIGNS roa Parlors, Entries, Ceilings, Etc. Etc., l'BEFABEU. 419ttigmlm gATIN STRIPED GRENADINES, Jt'BT Ol'ENED, AT REDUCt D 1'llICKS. CURWEN SIODDART & BROTHER, Koa. ICC, 452, and 461 N. SECOtfD Street, 4 19 St Above Willow. (X)LORED AND WHITE GROUND MOHAIR FOULARDS Or CHOICE STYLES. AT REDUCED PRICES. CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER, Nos. 450. 452, and 4C4 N. SECOND Stroet, 4 19 8t Above Willow. ROSEWOOD, CHAMBER, AND PARLOR SUITES, AT GEORGE J. HENKELS', THIRTEENTH AND CHESNUT STREETS, 4 14 la- Formerly of Soa 609 and 811 CHEdNtJT St. WALNUT CHAMBER AND PARLOR SUITES, Either Pohslied or Oiled, AT GEORGE J. HENKELS', THIRTEENTH AND CIIESNUT STREKTS, 414 lm Foimerly of No". 809 and 811 ''HESNTJT St. 27 GAS COOKING STOVES. 7 THE EAGLE GAS STOVES Are watTameU to BA&K, liKOlL BOIL KOAT, TOAST, STEW, HEAT IKONn ETC KIO NO Trj8T. WIRT -MORE. OR AMIES, And are more ecouou.luul than Wood. Coal, or D.I. O W. LuOMlS. Aianufncitircr'a Agent, . iU) No. 27 s. MXTH Street, f blladelphia. fa. a 27 UNIVERSAL CLOTHES 27 WBIKGEB. The only Wrlnner with the Patent Co'-Wheel Regu lator. We warrant thm Wronger, and no other, G.W. LOOMIS. Alanuiauiurer'a Agent. 41 Ho. 27 s. MX' H mreet. Pnllade phla. Pa. 27 THE CELEBRATED 27 DOTY WASHING MACHINE. For sale at U. W. LOOMIS'. 4 19 No. 27 8 SIXTH Street, rh'.ladulphla, Pa. 27 REFRIGERATORS, 27 ICE t OOLF.RH, ICE CREAM FRIJFZER, CARPJSfJ tSWLjLl'EBS, CLOIHEa-WKINGKIW. ETl,'., At U W lOOMIS 4 19 '6 27 8. SIXTH Stroeu Philadelphia, Pa. 1 Best against Moths. Cbeapl Fragrantl Reliable! Bold by druggist everywhere. HARRIS ft CHAP-' MAN, Boston It BIOKRElsrE, OR LIFE-REJUVENATOR. BTBENGTH TO THE WEAK TOOTH TO THE AGED This preparation Is nneqoal'ed as a rejuvenator and re storer ot wasted aud Inert funotlon. 'lhe frebe.the aged and all those who have In any way Impaired their vitality by exoesslve mental or physi cal appiication,wlll flno the hlokrene to be what iti name impliet a II r reiuveoator, which, while It builds np the shattered constitution, will aise Impart to the teellngs the briskness and energy wl.iclj belong to youth. No matter by what eauce any organ has become enfee bled in lis lunctluns this supmb preparation wlil remove that csuse at once and ibrever. BIOKttKNE cures Ueneial Debility. Impotency, Ner vous Incapacity, Dyapensln, OeDrewuon, Loss of Appe tite. Low hplrl's, Imbecility. Mental Indolence. Kmacla tlon. Ennnl. It hM a mvt deilguttul, desirable, and novel edect upon tbe nervous system, and ail who are tn any way p rostra ed by nervous disabilities are earnestly Advbed to seek a cure in this most eioehent and uu enualled preparation. lilOKRl ne i'he Feeble, the Languid, the Despair ing, the Old. should give this valuable discover a trial) It will be lound totally aiuetent trout ail other articles for the same purpose. ... '1 0 FEMALES. This preparation Is Invaluable In ner vous weaknesses oi all kinds, as It will restore the Wasted strength with wouderiul permanence. It Is also a t.iand Tonic, and will give re ief in Dyspep sia with the first dose. A brief perslsience in Its use w ill lenovate the stomach to a degree of perfect health, and banish Dyspepsia lorevcr. ' One loUar per bottle or six bottles for 85. Bo'd by Druitalsls aentral y Btnt by express anywhere by ad dressing . . HUTCHIMISA HlXLYEK Proprietors, ,xo. w i'tr pireet, rew jor. BoW byjOHN80N. HOLLOWAY COWDES No No th SIXTH Btreet. DYOIT CO.. 4I9thsturp No 231 SECOND ftroet. ICE! ICE ! ICE J ICE ! ICE lNCOni'ORATED 18G4. THOMAS E. C AH ILL, Presldont. JOHN GOODYEAR, Kooretary. ilENEY THOMAS, Snpfrlnteudent. COLD SPRING ICE AND COAL CCMPAKY. . Dealers iu and Shippers of Ice and Coal. W e are now prepared to furnish best Qiumf Ioe, In large or small quantities, to bote s, stenmboeW, let ream saloons, families, ofl.ees . eta., and at the lowri jlw. w wim v&jli in an pevea iiauu i the spMollMted elty, Wst Philadelphia, Uantua, fibb- moluJSk "d German to Wnt. Your custom and !nfluen:e Is reotlJJ"lte,u ly oa MrTel with a rcH aTaCT Bend vonr ... SjJn v -V W. . .'. OFFICE, No. wajl,u BTKEET. PflTSL V NorTh 'Wlt"H Vl? ud FASTER aW LoSBiln,,IU,,,llrotlI"U Streets. GOVER&IUKE - i , r iirnn riTTTi IV .3 11U1 iVU V I'M ' STITCH 8EW1N0 o, fi for Tailors, 8boe oil UTTLE OR ii.nr.ir MACHINES. No. laud". o. 730 Clieunut street -ZuTZmy W.f TCHEa. DIA. Q GJi- AND lrl Jewelry, at greatly 'reduced 111 itK.jl' ' ?. re ,A iwvuawd in, ,U HI APRIL 19, 18CC. KELTY, CARRINGT0N AND COMPANY, No. 723 CHESNUT Stroct, MANUFACTURERS 0 WINDOW SHADES. SPRING STYESJ NOW READY, IN GREAT VARIETY. ! A. s. HOBiisrsoisr's SECOND Iorgro Sole ot Splotulid OIL PAINTINGS. In Elegant Ornamental Gold Gilt Frames WILL TAKE PLACE AT No. 010 CHESNUT Street, ON Wednesday and Thursday Zveninfp, AriUL 19 and 19, AT 7i O'CLOCK. Tbe public are respectfully invited to visit bis Gal leriea, where tbe l'alnUoirsare opon EXHIBITION, ' FKEE, DAY AND EVENING UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK. IV. &COTT. Jr., AUCTIONFEB. 410 SALE OF VALUABLE IT AI IAN 0ABBARA MARBLE, , PARLOR AND GARDEN STATUARY, Etc. Etc. We are instructed to announce that Messrs. VITI BROS, (formerly Vito Viti & Sons; will sell at the Art Gal lery, No. Ki20 CIIESNUT Street, on FRIDAY MORNING. Anril 20. at . i 11 o'clock, over thirty pieces of valu-i able Italian Marble Parlor and Gar den Statuary. Vases, Monumental Figures. I-tc Etc . beint? their entireV importation In the collection "will be found a copy of Powers' Greek Slave, over three feet. Also, the celebrated bust of . Eve, several Monumental Figures and Gr6ups, the, tout ensem ble forming the largest collection of Statuary ever offered at public sale, j B. SCOTT, Jr.. , 4173t4o AUCTION E KB. SALE (IF ITALIAN MARBLE STATUARY. TIIOM S BtRCU & SON respect fully announce that on TUESDAY MORNING, April 24, at 10 o'clock, at the Auction Store, ' No. 1110 CHESNUT Street, they will, sell by order of gnor,G. B. Pandolfini, an invoice of Carrara Marble Groups and Figures. Also, Garden Statuary, Vases, Omaments, Bohemian Glass Ware, Plated Ware, Etc. -A 413 3Up glMON COLTON & CLARKE We offer tor sale upwards of ONE HUNDRED CASKS FINE TABLE SHERRY WINE, (20 gallons in each cask). Tbls wine Is considered VEET KINK, and la sold at very small advance - oa tbe cost ot Importation, Also'SEVEKTT-JIVE CASES ot SALAIX OIL, Oar own Importation, ordered of the best quality, with, out repaid to cost, for sale by the case at wholesale prices. ALSO. .- . HEIDSIECK & CO. CHAMPAGNE. At the Importer's price In New Tork, in any quantity Also, WIDOW CLIQCOT, MOET A CHANDOS'S. JULES Ml'MM'S, 8PARK.LINO KHLNE, BOCKS, BCBGTJNDT, 8AUTEBNE, CINCINNATI. CA XAWBA, and CALIFORNIA WINES. GENUINE FRENCH LTQUEUB9 AND COHDIALS. Also, 400 Cases FINE TABLlS CLARET, Oar otto Importation and Bottling, for sale at whole-' sale prices. Ail these Wines are warranted genuine andpaja. SIMON COLTON & CLARKE, 4 14 6t4pj 8. W. cor. BROAD and WALOTT. (ROVER & BAKER'S FIRST PREMIUM ELASTIC STITCH AND LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINES, with latest Im provements, No. 730 Cheenut street Philadelphia; No. 17 Market street. Harrlsbnrp. 3 1 3m4p .SPRING. WILLIAM D. E0GEES, COACDLAND LIQIIT CARRIAGE BUILDER, Nos. 1009 and 1011 CHESHTTT Street, PHILADELPHIA. i Si K 1
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