2 - THE HEW YORK PBESS. EDITORIAL-OFINIONB OF- LEADING JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS. OOMMLKD kTIBY DAT On IVBKINO TELKORAPH. Courage Wnntod. From the Trilmne. , No one wbo knows aoythln? ot the interior. workings of Congress can doubt that a lirae ma lorltj of botb tIoueB are nt heart anxious to Mtabllhh universal mifTrairo. The oVcMvo vots by which each House ha iillirraud tho principle in leglplatlnR Jor the Dlsinct of Columbia; the oren declarations in its favor of many members, from whom opposition was naturally to hive been expected; the itnorn, though unavowod ' acntimcnta of otbo:s, and, above all, the alynifl cant fact that Spnat' rs who have ben regai.li'd m ppcolul Irloiid-. ot the President's policy have lull It ntwf earj to propone equal suUrane tn some lorm as a measure ol compromise,' make it perfectly clear that the judgment ot Coneress is decided in 'avoroi the measure. The testimony ot it-, if ii nds and its tnmi.-f concurs upon tbt? , point. Jt lt ilie burden ot tlmclianrus inadu against CoiiRie-s by tuo devotes ol the I'resi dcnU It m confirmed by ail tuo cotindential statements of membra and their -friends. It is out at all true that me majority havo insisted 1 upon equal Burlrave as an indiRpt usable condi tion o' reeoiibiruntion, or that tli fl lias becu th ground ot i ho breaoli between the Exeeu'iva ami l.cgihlat.ve deparunent; but it U truj t'unr most 01 the Union members would like to lunLht upon such t'Tiup, if they only loll that they , could fall lv do no. ' 'fhetrutti ol then remarks mav bp established by a Rimplb calculation. Asa mtutomt oohiup, , all tbtijNt'w Liigliiud Sena-ors, escept those Horn Connecticut, lav.T equal euilrafre, that btinir the rule in thir own Sats. In addition to 'these (ten In number), Smia'or Foster. Yate, 11. 8. Lane, Kirk woo J, Or mes, Pomero U lan d!T, Nye, Harris, Wade, and IIowo are on re cord in it luvor as a matter ol principle, making 25 out ot 49Henaior9 as to whose vie g there u no doubt. Mesis. Stewart aud James II. Lano Lave introduced piopositions in lavor of Homo such meas,.rp. a.4 a neeesarv com promise. Messrs. Coutiefis, Trumbull, and Sher man are understood to be tavorablo, and Mr. i JIoirrii lias supuortd a proposition lor the ex tujision of tho iranchiso in his o .vu State. In short, outot H9 Kepuol can Senators, only five are clearly undertood to be - opposed, on' prin ciple (or intercut), to an extn-ion of the suf irase. Aeiniilnr anahsisof the Lower llouje ' would bow a t-iinilar result. - i i Why, then, does Congress hesitate to give ellect to ita convictions Why dues it not de clare iilainly that political as well as civil rphts shall be equally disiributod? Partly because it doubts its power, but far more because it fears that the people of the North will not sustain such a policy. Tn.? defeat ot that policy last oil In f'.nn,.(lni,( lll 1 m,i..r. .. iu wuutLiitui, ti iL-uuniu, uuu Minnesota, liautra like a nmhtmaro urou our lejriblators Remembering how recently Illinois and Indiana voted by immense ma orities to exclude colored people from the commonest rights ol humanity, and forbade tl.e m even to enter those States, they doubt the possibility of a change so treat as to induce iteir people to tolerate equal suf irage. Let tis, iuen. look this difficulty squarely in the tace, and determire how much weijrhi It oueht to liave in the niiuds of statesmen, or even politicians. And first, we bee to remind our Representa tives that the question which they need to decide ia not whether a popular vote can be obtained in lavor of equal sullrage as an abstract propo sition, but Is simply w hether a majority can be obtained lor candidates who personally favor and vote lor that proposition. We assert that experience has repea'edly shown that thousands ot ixen whose prejudices will not let them vote for equal sullrase, nevertht less vote cheerfully tor men whom thev know to be supporters of that policy. Iu 18G0, for example, the proposi tion was voted oown in this State bv 110,1)00 maiority. while at ihe same time candidates uni versally kno n to bo in its favor r c ived 60,000 maonlv. We do not kno a sine-lc assembly man who waa defeated upon this issue A treat number of members who had voted for tho proposition in th 9 Lea islature were candidates tor re-election, and nearly or quite all of them were re-elected, while we never heard of ono who lost ten votf s upon this account. So in Illinois and Indiana ; Messrs. Lovejoy and Julian, as to worse views there was riot the fcliphtest doubt, were repeatedly elected from districts which never could be eot to vote tor equal eullraete directly. The same thtner hap pened in Wisconsin and Minnesota last full, and iu Connecticut tills uprinsr. Governor Hawley, it is true, run sotuewnat behind bis ticket iu tho last named Mate, but he wa3 elected, nevertheless, in a State which, gave 6000 -majority against equal suiTi-ape. Nor is there any reacon to believe that hu lo.tt many votes on this particular ground, A radical of Parson Brownlow's Kt amp would have fared no better prbabiy noi bo well. The elections la t tall are of minor importance U.on this question, tor another reason. It is well known that many peions voted against equal auflrpge from the same motives hich havo made Congress hesitate to pass coitam meauures which it approves. Tho Union party w as very anxious, last fall, to pive the President no excuse tor a breach with it. It was generally understood thai a vote for universal sutlraa in a Northern tHate implied that the faiiierule ought to be cnlcrced ia the Southern States. Many thought that such a vote would operate as a censure iun Mr. Johnson; and thev were un willing to Uiuk.' an issue with him upon that point. No ousible man can doubt that, if tue President Uvt Insisted upon equal biulrago at tho South it would have been adopted by decisive mrjonties at the North. In tho rej.t place, wk auk consideration for the obvious fact that the doctrine oi equality is rapidly and surely gaininir ground. Oltea as it has been ce eatcd, it has with every succeeding election leceived a larger proportion of the votes cast, it is absolutely certain to win in the end: and no shrewd politician will undervalue the importance of anticipating a little the ulti niate popular verdict Nothing gives such last innr popularity as the courage and loresight w Inch ecables a man, kno a a to be practical fo go patiently under a temporary cloud, if be is hnail.v proved to have been right. Trimmer and huitlers are not respected by any party. Is there any issue bclore tho people which will n:crec( rtaiuly compensate for a brief period of ui-prpularity than that ot which we now speukf Ii must also be remembered that the people never tight lonir over a dead issue. When a question has really been irrevocably settled, those who do not fully approve of the settlement nevertheless speedily acquiesce, and foiget the reseutnieut ioaids those who achieved the work. This bus been illm-trated a hundred times, and is again proved by the present dispo sition ot the pro-siHvcry Democracy to mako P.''U ol Democrats who voted to abolish slavery. Now, It there is any one thing which ui we than a,l others is irrevocable, it ia a wide extension of the elective lianchise. If the mass of the colored people are once endowed with the right of suf liage, it willlie as imposbible to take it awav irom them as it would be to drive the waters of the Atlantic Irom their bed. The work once done would be done forever. lt, then, the Southern States were restored to their places with equal sutlrai-'e established by a Constitutional Congressional enactment, H would bo impossible to maintain any long controveisy upon the subject. The worst con ceivable result would be a defeat like tnat of 18G2, having no permanent effect, and iully re. covered in the course ot a year. Such an occa sional defeat must be sustained under any iruagi- nable pobcy. Uniform and unbroken victory cannot be hoped for by any political party; indeed, it Is not really desirable. On the other hand, who can estimate the permanent addition to the strength of a parly wnich creates 600,000 new voU-rs by a single measure, all of whom know that they owe to it every privilege that they enjoy f THE DAILY- Contrast with this prospect the changes for a plan of mere exclusion. Such a policy mist b( necessity ba transitorv. What strength lll it add to the party entorcing it T Whose afl'octioni will it winr Who will remember it w th any personal cause of plar.ure or pride? Consider, too, that ono disa trous election would sullico to break rton the whole scheme. Even dunnrthe brief period of its existence It would be In .continual per 1. The mind of the country would never b at rtst. Either tr tnch of Concfress mieht at any mon.ent null. fy the roost stringent laws of ex clusioi , and in a dsy undo the work ot years. And here ihe very converse of what wo have said concerning equal suflraga Is true of a system ot exclusion. Once broken' down. It could never be renored. A single dofeat would be certainly laral , to - tho 'policy and probably la'al to the party which supported if. lt would be absurd to try to deprive e'even Siates ol their represent m, alter it had once been conceded, as it would be to attempt to take the trfluebbe away from a vast class ot m?n who had once exerciFed It.' These reflections ljad us to the conclusion that tLf great ant of our statesmen at tho pro sert moment Is courace, Tney are a'rald to trut the people upon a platform at all In advance of the current popular sentiment. They are in dangerot drilling bphind tho lido through fear ot putting up their sails. They droad to bo in advance of their age; lorgettluij that they are really behind the mns of the party which elected them, Kcal prudence now coiisbts in the utmost boldness lor a good cause. If a genetal waited lorlils troops, or even for his cithers, to become unanimous In favor o a for ward nioement, when would he artacs: tho enemy? If ho wailed for all the stragglers to come In, when would he inarch? Gentlemen of Congress 1 you arc the leaders of the Union army. It looks to you for the word of command. It you wait tor its unuiii n ons . dvice and consent, you may wait forever. Seven-eighth? ol the tank and tllo, you well know, desire n broad and enduring policy. The n.inoritv siill hold back, and will threaten oisalfeclion, and even desertion, so long as such ttireiits will avail. But you should not (ear si ch miitteiincs. Leaa the battle do not follow in it merely. Commit' yourselves to decisive action, according to the dictates of your con fc ente and your judgment. Learn wisdom Irom the rh ldren of darkness. Whnt carried the South iiito and tbtoutrh tour years ot deso 'a iiigwar? What brought about the marvel lous unanimity t its whites? What but the doting, the boloness, the audacity ot its politi cal leuders? Imitate tho example iu a better cause. Your constituents cannot and dur? not desert you. Tne mass r f them have no disposi tion to do to; nnd ihey will bring up the few Ptrgrlers. Victory wiil surely attend bold una comprehensive measures; while tinVdity and t( mpoilziiii will lead to irretrievable deieat. The Progress of Reconstruction What the "Seciet JOirecioiy' 1'iop.ises. From the Times The Joint Committee ou Reconstruct )n, so called, has finally ventured to promulgate a plan for the settlement of sectional difficulties and the restoration of harm.my to tho Union, lt is in the shape ot a constitutional amendment, with a couple of bill-i which Congress is to be asked to enact; and in another column wo republish the whole Irom our issue ot yesterday. The scheme would pec in sweepiner enough to satisfy the most exacting Itadicaf. It could hardly be much more sweeping, inoeed, unless it provided lor wholesale conuscation and the extermination or banishment of the Southern peop e. It requires the Sta es to allirm tho equality of whites aud blacks in the ey : ol the law In all that pertains to life, liberty, and pro perty. It apportions representatives on the basis of the electoral population; including, however, those who may be disiranchised tor participation m the Rebellion. It disirancMses, until 1870, all who " voluntarily adhered to tho late insurre tion," so lar as Voting tor members of Coueress and f ,r the Federal President and Vice-President is concerm-d. It forbids tho payment of the Rebel debt, or of compensation on account of emancipated slaves. The supole nientary bills are of the same character. One is intended to enact that the S'.aies lately in rccel lion shall, after ratii.ving this amendment, be restoicd to what the Committee call "their tull political riahto," subject, however, to the taking of "the required oaths of office" by senators and Representatives, including, we suppose, the tebt oath, unadulterated and ua qualified. The other affirms the perpetual Ineli gibility to ollice under the Federal (Jovernmpnt of all who were prominently connected with the Rebellion in any of some half-dozen enumerated ways. As a plan of pacification and reconstruction, the whole thing is worse than a burlesque. It mif bt be styled a tarce, were the country not in the midst ot a very serious drama. Its proper defipnation would be "A plan to prolong indefi nitely the exclusion of the South Irom Congress, by imposing conJit ons to which the Southern people never w ill submit." This being tbe ob vious scope and tendency of the proposition, we are bound 10 assume that it clearly reflects the settled purpose of the Committee. So that the Joint Committee appointed nearly tivo months ago to take exclusive charge of the question of reconstruction, now otler us the result of all their labors what would in tact render recon struction toiever impossible. There is an anomalous leature in the affair as it stands which of itself reveals the monstrous nature of the pretensions set up by the Com mittee. All the provisions of the proposed men nicnt Imply the adoption of the extreme view in regard to the relation ot tho South to the Union. We must beein by assuming that what were States before the war are mere Terri tories nowj or this attempt to dictate terms as the condition of recognition becomes undis guised usurpation. We must assume, in tact, thht the South is at this moment neither more nor less than an aggregate of Territories, wa t irtr tor admission a3 States, aud from whose people Congress may, therefore, require com pliance with certain prooosals. Aud yet the amendment, on its lace, declares tho existence, as States, of all the Stutes recently iri rebellion, and presupposes the e.vercNe bv their several Legislatures of tbe highest conbtnutional attri bute ol State frover' iguty. They have no ri?ht to representation in Con gress, forsooth. They may not say yea or nay on the mos'. trivial quest. ons that come before Congress. Thev are not permitted to ecjoy a particle of influence in matters ullecting the tinance, the trade, the industry, the foreign rela tions of the coun'ry, or any of its concerns, great or small. These privileges they are denied ou tbe pretense that they are not within the Union, and therefore have no right to recogni tion as parts of tbe Union. Nevertheless, under the contemplated amendment, they are treuted as sovereign States, whose ratification ot tbe amendment is essential to its constitutional va lidly. They are to vote for or against a change in the Constitution of the Union, of which, on the radical hypothesis, they are not at present members! Could absurdity go further ? Could the folly of this fanaticism be made more manPesi ? From tbe d lemma into which the Committee have th us plunged th ere is no logical escape. If the Southern States are in a con iitluu by their Legislatures to ratify or relect a Constitutional amendment, they must of necessity be qualified to send Senators and Rppresentatives to Con gress, subject only to the lodgment of either House as to the eligibility of the persons sent A State which may assist in the sovereign taste ot moulding the Constitution under which Con gress acts, may suiely demand a voice in what the Constitution creates. The greater right covers the lesser right, In this as in other cases. On the other hand, if the South era Slates are not entitled to admission to Congress If the point be established, as the radical doctors say it is, that these are 8tates no longer, but Territories only, subject to the will of the conqueror then it follows that they are not entitled to any lot or part in the business of amending tbe Constitution. Upon which horn shall the "Central Directory" be im paled ? Shall we take it that this prodigious amendment this mighty mouse brought torth by a mountain after live months' parturition does not mean what it says when it speaks of the States lately iu rebellion as States still, with EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY,. the dveregn function! unimpaired thoucrh for the time interrupted? Or shall we conclude that the doctrine of State suicide Is abandoned, tho doctr no ot subluxation given up, and tae crimi nal blunder oi which the radicals have been guilty tn excluding the South from Congress, at length con'es.oed ? Let tbere be explicit answers upon these heads ot tho sublect. As it at present appcarv the poslHonol the Committee is utterly untenable. . .. '.i. . . .j v i Aside from these points, the worihlssness ot the Committee's proposit'on Is obvious. It. cannot by any possib lity ellect , an.vthine. Wo n:ay confidently take it tor u ranted that the people of the , South ' will never, under any circumstances, acquic?cf In their own disfran chisement, lor tour years, in reference to all thai relates to tiro Fcacrai Government. There is room tor difference of .opmion on tho gene ral mrnte of .the reconstruction problem; on th's point there can be none. The South has taken its stand on the ground of a common ritizenship, and it will never ' accept as the price ol Congressional representation that which would do equivalent to an acknowledg ment of tour years' serfdom , or interiortry, as tho penalty of rebellion. Nor should it be at Led to accede to tcrniof this nature. Pun Ish the Iiebel leaders, If necessary, by banish ment or othr wise. Cut to propose to p luish a whole people 10 suit tho partisan convent ence ot those who dictate the penalty is an outrage upon Justice aud common humanity. With ell their errors and faults, thp Soutneru people Lave shown that they are notcownrl j. They will not belio their nature by writing themselves down slaves at the bidding of a ( on ni'ttce appointed to consider the question ot iccons'rtiction. If we would do aught to hasten the result which all moderate rocii admit to be ecepd lualy desirable, it is necessary w ithout more ado to discard the to'ea ot constitutional changes us tic condition-precedent of tho readmissioa of the South to CongTcss. lhal is the primary step towards recotifctruct'on, practically considered, aud e .should be prepared to take it on the gicund ol exist ng nsruts, sublect only to the Inwtol test of Individual fitnesd. To talk of wholesale and almost indiscriminate punish ment as a preliminary m-asure to call tor coll ections iuipHine the relation of cuoplicauts petitioning lor favors, instead of citizcas iusist lug upon their rights to demand a confession o' inlerioritv with ono breath, while wth an other admitting the existence ol constitutional eo.ualiiy is to agernvate feelings already much too bitter, and to multiply difiieulties which the Joint Comm.ttce havetiiujlar vaiuly endeavored to overcome. Itcpoit ot the Reconstruction Committee A Plan at Last. From the Hirald. Tbe Joint Committee on Reconstruction re ported in boih Houses of Congress yesterday , the plan which they have at length aereed upon lor the rehabilitation ol the lately rebellious Stales. This plan, which we nuhli' stiPil iii full , in our last Sunday's issue, embrace, first, a cou- f ', situtiontil anicLduunt, which provides: erciioii i. ri.at no Mote slia 1 mate or pnfhwn li.diai.s not taxed; l-ut that whenever any Mate Bluill ueu to ai.y I ortion ot its i,mun ii.n r,,ht nalhuiie, except for participation iu the Kebelllou or i ti.er enrne, the pnpu'ar busis of representation shall be proportiobatoiv letlnc-il. recti, n 3 That nmil Jut , 4, 1870, all persom volan an y particinating in the jaio insurrection, r.vmjiit aid alio comlo.r, bball be excluded irom the right lo vote for members of i:ougits and for elfciois lor ficsldent and Vico-l'rtsiuent oi the Unneu e'atcs Sfctioii4 Pnhlbltg the payment or recognition bv the tinted Mutes, oranv 8taio. of any dob s in curred In ti e he ellion, and 10 udiates all claim ler ct nio csatiou for oss of slave ll;or. t-eolion6. Gives to Col greus the power to enforce these provisions. Ibis is the plan of the Recou-truction Com mittee, alter an incubation ol live monihs. But this is not all; lor it comes torth, like Minerva, full armed irom the brain oi Jove, or, rnther, like a Chinese mandarin, with two tails, iu the toim of two bills. The first ii "a bill to provide tor the restoration ot the States lately in rebel lion to their lull political r.ghts;" and it sub stantially ordains tha' whe never any one of tut m shall have ratiiied this aforesaid amend ment, und complied with the terms thereof, in its local laws, the tueml ers to both Houses ot Coueress irom such State, if duly elected and qualified, shall be admitted; and the bill lurthcr provides that in regard to the proportion of the le deral taxes dcvolviug upon such State so com plying with the terras aforesaid, tho State, with siitibiactory assurance to the Secretary ot the Treasury, shall be allowed a credit of ten years. This is a generous crncesslon, and materially softens the more ligid conditions ol the Congres sional plan. Tho second is a bill of Ineligibilities to office under the Government of the United States, "ex cluuing Irom any Fedeial office, first, tbe Presi dent, Vice President, and heads of departments ot the late so-Calleu Confederate Stutes; second, those who in other countries acted as agents of 6iiid Confederacy; third, Cabinet officers ot the Lnited States heretofore, officers ot tho army nnd navy, Daval or military graduates, fudges ot the courts, and members of the Congress of the United States, guilty ot aiding the Rebel lion, together with all persons who have treated Union officers or soldiers or sailors captured during the late war otherwise than lawfully as prisoners of w ar." Such are the constitutional amendment and the two bills embraced in the plan of the Recon struction Committee which was submitted it. Conciess. yesterday, for the reconstruction and restoration of the eleven excluded Southera 8iates. Ihe main purpot-e of tbis plan is evi dently the continued exclusion ot those Statea till alter the next Presidential election, with the iequisition ot negro suffrage or the delusion of the negroes liom Ihe enumeration ot tho people for representation in Congress. The securities tor the future, coiiiemplateJ in reference to Rebels, and claims lor losses of s lave J by their emancipation, are make-weights; tor, in the matter of the Rebel debts, president Johnson has already bound the States concerned, nd, in recard to emancipated slaves, nobody dreams oi pa ing the two or three thousand millions of dollar!. Which they would have commanded in the market belore the war. or any portion of it. They were lorieited by the war. In regard to the equal rights and immunities ot citizens we had Bupposed the Civil Rights bill was intended to meet the case; and concerning the admission of Rebels to Federal offices wo had imagined tbe tejt oatn was sufficiently stringent. But if Con gress can do it belter by doing its own work over again, as well as that ol the President, let tbe two Houses proceed to business. The plan ol their loiut committee, it uppears, is approved by all is Republican members, twelve out of the fifteen, including Messrs. Stevens, Washburne, of Illinois, Morrill, Bing ham, Cockling, Bout well, and Ulow, of the House, and Messrs. Fessendeu, Grimes, Harris, Howard, ami Williams, of t ho Senate. Messrs. ('rider and Rogers, of the House, and Reverdy Johnson of the Senate, Democrats, voted in the negative. According to this division ot the committee, it would seem that the Republicans of both Houses are. in a body, deposed to sup port the scheme. To pass their Constitutional amendmeut they must secure a two-thirds vote in each House, and here will be the test. Should it thus pass tbo two supplementary bills will ol course follow, and then they will go belore the States ana the people. The pbm is ingeniously contrived; it is considetubly milder than anything heretofore emanating from the committee, and nearer the policy and the views of President Johnson, lt may be unnecessary in some things, superfluous In others, and un fair in its continued exclusion ot the Southern SlatPs, after having, on their part fulfilled the conditions of the administration charged with discretionary powers over the whole sublect; but we have only now to await the issue before the two Houses. The Radical Plan. From the Daily Jfttti. The Committee on Reconstruction, or, as the President very aptly stigmatizes It, "the Central Xlrectorj," have finally agreed upo 7...I AT ' K.V n . ' p . " "e8 OT, lun-'- decce in t e iujtice, r , ',r,.r v,,.., . ,7,: ?'iiujn 10 oi the people of ts.ct.oE 2 That th ni:" .r;, ",,B-,..., they are willing, bv counied lur n iTCHimiHtinii in imra.. ..a I to utterly debtrov I their report, and presented lt to Congress ves Inday. i ( ) , , The Committee recommend the adoption of a Constitutional amendment, and tho enact ment, under authorltv thereof, of two laws. This proposed amendment and these laws will bpcarelully examined by everyone who fecl any interest whatever In tho future wolfare of the South, and indeed, in tbe. prosperity ol our common country. Iri this article we proposo to explain very briefly this "plan" of tho Radi cals. By the adoption of the Constitutional Amend ment the Committee prophet Firs,U To nullity ever Jaw, federal and State, which makes-any distinction -between negroes and v lute people; and to confer upon negroes eveiy privilege and imni'itnty which any white c tlcn ol tho United States enjoys. Whether it is tho purpose ot this clause to confer the ritrbt ot suffrage upon negroes or not, is not clear, but wo do not question t ,at such wM be the lute rpre at on put upon H if the amendment shal' ever bo adopted. It certainly places the rcgro above every non-na'uralicd lorcigm r in tho country, and confers upon these late slaves privileges and immunities which are denied to every tree brn lrishmpn, veoman, or other torcigncr that r"sides in our mid.U. Stcono. To take awav from tho Southern States the r eht to which they ai-o entitled under the Constitution as it now stands to oount toe neeroes as a part of their reprebonta ivo popula te n. unless they shall confer upon thexe the eleitivo irsneh so, aud herein the Committee again discr minute against loretgncr?. Third. To exclude all perrons who participated in the Rebellion Irom voting lor momla-rs of Cot grees, President, or Vice-l'icsideut, tdl alter the Fourth ot July, 1870. rowb. To prevent the pivm?nt of debts con tracted in aid ol the Rebellion, or claims for compensption for loss of t-laves Ihe tills wnich the Comralitoe report are to be ct. acted af.er the ratileaiion of the am jn l nunt, aud ur th'- purpose ot giving practical ellect to its provisions. The first proposes to a. nut tho oii'itor3 aud Representatives from si ch t'outhirn States as shall ra ify the amend men. The secord declares that the Presidnnt, Vice President, and heads ot departments ot the Con lec'erate States; members of the thirtysixth Ccrgret-s ot the Unilod S ates; lhoe officers of tho army ano navy ot tne United Sia'cs who took oart with the Confederac ; all officers of the C .n el -int" arm v above tho rnk of Colo nel, ui d all oflicei-s of the navy above tho gra le of Mas'er; he Goveruors oi each ol the Confede rate t-tacs, and many others, stall be hereafter incligib o to office under tlie United Slaten. Sueu is Ihe Committee's plan; tho dlfrai cbisemcct ci tho Southern whites and thoeu frauchisen ent of tbo negro; t he complcto sub ordination of tho whtemtnto h s late slave; the esti frishiuen throughout ali those States oi ihe suptrioilty oi the ntgro to his former master. Could tiii.v liiug be more unjust, more in amous, mcie lit rnnle ? To this plan stands opooscd that ol the Presi dent. leten them tie people of tbo North are to thiose. Whnt, ihi-ir choice w ill bo re mans to be seen. But we havo too much conl- ood sen3e, and goadness of the North to bel eve that such vindic'ive legi-lat on. he Deonle with whom they lived to many vears in oeace, and who, in a lour yer.is' war, demonstrated their heroism, constancy, and every adorns a people. possession ot vutuo which tPfcOAL NOTICES. tTgp IDE GREAT NATIONAL FAIK. THE LADY MBECT0B8 OF THE National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home Will commence to hold A PUBLIC FAIR, in the CITY OF WASHING) ON. on tho 15 b of MAY NEXT, the proceeds ot which are to be devoted to ihe support and Nalntenuuce of the Orphans ot National Soldiers aud teUor. not otherwise provided lor In thelr respective Hates and Territories. 1 he ladles invite Hit who cno to contribute towarJs rcpicscn lng their stato by a tab e at tbe Pair The charity is a noble and deservhiK one, and It Is hoped that each State and Territory will be liberally represented. All contributions should be niMrpsnril "NiTInn:. to 1 DltKB' A l BAlLoRs'OUl'HAN UOJl E, AMI IKO'I ON, D. C ." and lorwanloa, if po.nlulo, ten davs J be ore the incnlniroi the Fair The Jnitituilou will tic oi encd lor the reception of Children on tbo 1st of June next, na appl'cutions ior i misBiou may be tonvarded Immediately to 11 KS. J. CARLISLE, secretary, Washington. D. C. T np ers Irii I dly to the cause please copy. 4 2IM 1(1 EST THE VIRGIN 7' Gold Mining Company of Colorado. 1350 Original InterwMH, 100 Kttcb, Ot vl Jch 850 are Eeserred for WORKINQ CAPITAL. The property ol the Company eonsUts of twelve Leases. In extent nearly hall a mile in lecKih sl.ua ed mar ttntrat t liy, Colorado. 1 ubfcriliers e ect tuelr ou ofi ctrn and themseives manuKe the alTuirs oi the Compaiy. I aili "criminal interest," giOO vlves a sab sc Tiber his pio rata amount o stuck In all the corpora lions orgunlzed on these pr per ies 'Ihe Books lor Sub ciiptlon are now open. For a prospectus tilvlnKiuli particulars, or to secure one or moieoi these oiltjlna. interests," address at once or apply to 4 25 lm DUNCAN M. MITCflKSON, N. . cor. F0VRTI1 and WALNUT Streets, fhUada. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Apkil tf. I mai. Notice is hereby given that on the ISth day of May. 1U6, the Ibtereat ut. n al ceitlllcat'S of deposit on acconut ol ttmporary loan (Other thn hoe I sued lor t leering bouse purports) th' n outstanding and unpaid will be lfduoed to the uniform latool KlVh Ph.KCl-.Nr. perai num Horn thai date, and a I perrons then holding such 'ertltlcaies In welch a libber rate of Interest is specified .art re(,ueted to prenent the same to the ullleers by whom issued, that otner cerllilcates may be sub stituted ibercliT. h. Mcculloch 4 81) Ct Secretary oi tue Treasury. tsr TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Amil, 2H IHM Notice Is hereby given that the Treasurers of t..e 1'nl'ed Slates, the Aiw.aiaut Treasurer al New Y jiS, Philadelphia, and howeu.and the United Htavg De positaries at fialtiruoie ami ('Inciuaatl.have been dliected to diseont nue irom this dato the receipt o uepo'l: on acceunt ot '1 EMPcKAPY LOAN, except those in ended fo, Clearing hou.. purposes. fj cVU 0(.n 4 f06t Secretary of ihe Iroasury. FHILADELPIIIA AND READING, RAII.KOAD COMPANY, Otllce No. 227 South' JOUBTU Street .... PniLADKLFHlA April 28 18G8. Notice ia hereby given to tbe Siocklio den o this ( enmuny, mat the option of receiving their Dividend In Stock or i ash under the lesoiu'.lon oi the llourd 01 lliu 1 eeeinber, lHWS, will cease on and after the Hist ot Var, li-tt, and ibat such Stockholders as uo not deiuiind their Dividend to be paid 10 them in Stock on or belore lhat day.wl 1 be thereat er entitled to receive it In ( ash only. 14 30 1m S, ltUDFOKl), Treasurer. NEW LOS DON COPPER MINING COMPANY. At an adjourned annual Meeting of stockholders, held In Fliiladelphi on the 27 Ui Aprl, 18b6 the ollowmg Ofliters were duly elected to aerre the ensuing year. H (J. I "i LL b 'lT. Ja., President. KUIItUr 1 IIO.HCM'IN. TllOMI SON KeYNOLDl, JONATHAN BROCK, URY B LEACH. l.WAHD HO H INS. E. T. H1CHAKD80J Dlrectora, 4 308t SIMON rOEY, Secretary. KST OFFICB OF THE MARQUETTE MIN- v-s-' INU COMPANY OP MICHIGAN. PHlLAPELrBlA. April 188 The Btated Annnal Meeting ot the s ockboliiera oftliln Company will be held at their Otllce. No. 110 8 KOt hill street, on MONDAY the 7th oi Uay at U M. alter wnii h an y lection will be held at the same place lor Oftleera of the Company ior tbe ensuing year, by order of the Board Ol Directors. 427 l'iltuths4t J. W JAt KfcON, Secretary rF MAMMOTH OIL AND COAL t!OM PAN J.-The Annual Sleeting of the Ctock bo ders of this Company wl I be htld at their office No. 624 WALNUT Street, on MON II k, Ma, 7. 186, a'. Ii o'clock hi., tor the election of Directors tor the ensulug Tear. E. O. TKAKi., 4 26 10t Secretary. I3T, ELECTION NOTICE. THE ANNUAL Tnee uia of the Stockholders of he Central Pas senger Railway Company, o' the city or PMlade phia. will he held at t he otfee ot the ( oinnan. No. 240 outi riHTH Sirkt fbUaUelpbla on MONDAY, Mav 7 k. iHtio between tbe hours ol fl an4 11 o'clock A. H., for tne purpose oi electing a President and six Directors, to teive tor tbe eusuing year. L 1. CBANS, Seomutrr April 23. leW. . 4 21 iixiT MAY -1, -18G6. SPECIAL NOTICES. K&T" WKRSTATvrS LAST WORK "STORM I" the BOt ky mountain 8 "now i - nlbltlon tf trfirmliulon of th AMKt lorth llenefliof '1 'l.lnco n Instl n loo (n't -ollr' and Hid nn Ontirn lays' In n." at l NMH Mil. 'HTLOR A liKOWN's No ftlltnrtPU (llf -M' g rut, lor on D onth r njr. prn Irt tn In A.M. to 10 T M. t-rnMD 1 ickrt, 1 1 (fl Hm-le Ticket 2ooia (4111m BY ORDKU OK TI1F, COKPORATOTW TT1K ha PR rtirrNir company tur PI'l LA DK Ll II I . tlio opetlnu of the hooka for ocib orlnilon to HkpI meek of said Company Ik not pcoid until Inn oei notice 4 10 St A PHYSIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MAR- KIACEl t tinlaitlllm rriirlv.lriA n anil l:tft tne rtales and I npraviKia oi ihe Al atomy ol theH-iinan On a rs In a Slate of liraiir and Disease wl h a Trea ie on J.arlr I irora Its Oeplorab e Consequences upon the nd and Body. si),tlie Auihor'a ' l.i.O' Treamient the only rutu nal and snei e ui nu de oi anre as show by li e Miortof cases treated. A truthtul adviser to t'. marrl a nd O ore conn o p sting n aniage whoentei ttln doubts 01 thrlr pbjsicai condition Sent iroe ol pi stie to any aildn sa. oh r celpt of A fnt In tamps or pstl curien y. ty addrtax'ng Dr. LA CHOIT No. It v A1D1N I are ll.ry V. 1 be anil or mry be cor,n:tefl upon aav ot the disease! nron bl b hs I ook treats either jtrt nal y or by ma i, ard rred cms mii iq am rati ot the wor d. 1 1 8 Sn fr? BATCH KLOli'8 H1U DYE. . TIIF BI ST ,x THE WOULD. Baiirlrss re.iahle in ten'anrous. The on yperfert ova No olsapi oliitmriit do ridiculous tints, but trse to na rre.b aek or I rown OKM'INE IS MONED WILLIAM A. BATCUELOB A IO. Degenerating I x tract oi Ml ifleum restore, preserrs Bidlisutll.ra tin lar pri rents badness. Sod b alt LrungiM 1 actor No, H 1,AL( L Y ;U,N.Y. i'iS tJ" DIN1AG-ECOM. F. I.ATUMEYKR, CA 111 t K'S , 1 1 y, wou d respect ul j In ono the I nb le i rialiy ibat 1 e 1 1 s nt m thrg umlone to make this flrcr itu fortiil.le In every n Fpect ior the aecom OfYitiun o gnrsts lie Ytt ounrria r(;e and com n fillous 1 ii Ii -1 ( ni In Hie srconif s orv His SIDK, lHiri' Ii- inrnlfhid ?ih 1 l AMnFS WINKS. V'UV.llf. Mr. ot M 1 H K'li BUADS. 1 1 EST JUST P U 11 L I 8 n E D Bv the I'h'Piclsns ot Ihe Nt vt OHK B.USKCM, the Ninetieth Edition oi ll.elr FOIR LLtTl KEH, entlt'ed rillLOPOPH'V OF MA11KI A Of!. To be 1 art irre. tt r our sum ns b- addressing Score trr iw Y( rk Jlu enni of Anut inv. J lit L?-111 l-LOADWAY, New Toik. IVilSCELLANEOUS. "IJLVENCE STAMPS, REVENUE STAMPS, i lttVLNLE STAMPS, Ot all descriptions. Ol all dtstiipiions. Always on band, AiwarK on hand AT FIOrtECK KEWINO MACI1INK I O.'s OKylCB. AT ELOBENt B sKUlM) M Hl.sK DO.'S OFFlClfi No ..' CIIUI Mreet No. MP HK8MTT Stnet. One door be'ow fevenb stieet. Ore r'oor be'cw -xTentli sUeeU The most It' c ral a'sconnt a1 'owed. Itienos III era dlmount allowed. QEORGE PLOWMAN, CAlU'KNTKlt AND JUIII.DKU No. 222 CARTER Street And No. 141 DOCK Street. M acblcc Woik and UlllwrU ttliig piouiptly aticnde 38i REVENUE STAMPS, RFVENUE STAMPS R I-VENUE STAMPS, Of all descriptions Oi all descriptions. Always on hand, AT FT ORFNCE 8FWINO J ACHI ?ro.0,S 0"lMCF;. Al KLOLECE HVLVO Ml CHINE CO. '6 OKiTCE No 6.1U CIlPhSUT Mreet, No. e30(HKMJT Street, On tlcor bel w Peventn street. One door be ow Feventh street. The mort 'lheral dlsroiint a'loweo 1 Le most liberal discount si owed. 2 piTLER, WEAVER & CO., MAM'FACI USERS OF Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords Twines, Etc., No 23 North WaTFR Hticet and No 22 North 1)1 LA WARE Avenue, 1 IllLAPELriHA. IrWIK Ii. FlILfB, MICHAEL WEAVF.R, 10m F. ( LOll.ILK 214$ HEVENUE STAMPS, REVENUE STAMPS REVENUE STAMPS, Ol all descriptions, Ot all description. Always on hand, AT FLORENCE SrWINO MA CHTNE'coASFncE. AT FLO BEN CK SBWI'G M A I HIS E CO.'S OKKICS No. 630CH1-8NU' tre No 6;i0 I HI-SUT Street One dror be ow Seventh street, One deor be'ow Feventh street. 1 he most li' erol discount allowed. Tbe most liberal diseoum al owed. J C. PERKINS, L.IJMI3En 1M Kit Oil A NT bucoensorio K. Clark, Jr., No. 324 CURISTIAN STREET. Coneiaiitiv cn hand a largo nnd varied assortment of Building Lumber. 6 24 $ c ORN EXCHANGE BAG MANUFACTORY. T ft II v ni u A 1 I k v a. nr. So. 113 X. FRONT and No. 114 N. W ATER Street, I'M adalphia. DEALERS IN BAi.S AND BAGGING oi every descilptlon. for Cialn, Flour, Bat Super P be oh ale oi Lime, Bono Dust, F.io. lane and small GUNY BAUS canstamly on hand. fiH) Also, WOOL BACKS. John T. Baiut. Jahcb Cascaded. KEVENLE STAMPS, REVENUE STAMPS. Rl VENUE STAMPS, Of all descriptions, Ol all deacrlp liens. Always on hand, Always on hand. AT FLORENCE RETTING MACHINE I O.'d OFFICH AT FLORENCE FEWIQ MACHINE CO. '8 OFFICII No. .10 i IIEMMTT Street, No. tail CUKsNUT Street. One door below seventh street One scor below Seventh street. The most liberal discount allowed. Iht most libeial discount ailowtd. T. M c G U I Q A Importer and Wholesax Leaier a FASCT GOODS, N0T10H8, KTO, FlltKVOItKK, FLAGS, Kto MATCHES AND BLACKING, NO. Q STUAWUKHHY STREET, First Street above Second between Harketand Cbesnut, 5 4 I'BiLADau-niA. c OTTON AND FLAX BAIL DUCK AND CANVAB, ol ll numbers and brands. Tent Awning, t runk and v sgon-i over Duck. Also, I'arer Jlanu'acuiMrs' Drier Felts, from one to seven leeiw iUe; Paulina. Relting, Sail Twine, etc JOHN W. EVERMAN A Co.. 8 61 No. K3 JONES' Alley. WILLIAM fT GRANT, V COaJMIhSION MERCHANT. No. 33 S. DEL AW A lie Av nue, Philadelphia (.K.ur roa D u pt n t's riunpowder, Refined N Itrs, Charcoal, Etc IV. Paker A Co 's liocolate, Cocoa, and Hroma Crocker Pros A o ' Yeilow Mttul Sheathing, Bolta, andNalla. 24 LEXANDER G. CATTELL & CO. PKODUCB COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 26 NORTH WHARVES, AUD No 27 NOHTB WATFR STREET, I HILADELI'UIA. 31 ALEIAI CFB O. CATTKLL. BUJAB CAT1BLL g P R I N G. BEDDING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, WIIOLESALK AND RETAIL,' ADD MATKBIALS FOB TUE 8AaiX. BEST QUALITY AND STYLE OF SPUING MATTRESSES. J. S. FULLER, No. 9 6. SEVEN fU gu-oot, ilistnthSm MILLINERY, MANTUA-MAKING, &o "TOf!' C II E 8 N U T BTRBKT. I CU Wa are pieparcd toofler - - - - TO - - WHOLFSALE N1 KETAIL HUYERJ OUii fei LENIID MOCK MILLINERY ANO STRAW GOODS, VERY LAVC.E REDUCTIOS Flin t KK KNT CKICES. Our stock iLoludc all tl.o I a tost slia, of 8 1 RAW HA 18. tT.RAW BONNETS. AMI OYPIMg EONNET MArKRIrtt1 OF hVEUY Klu. IN EVERY SHADE. Ill BllOJiS ALL Wl 1 i H AND OLOBH, 1 IO k.ATt MA I KRIAUJ LA( E . ULVSitiN K s. Eto Kto. AKTIFI' IAL KLOH'KHS. OF 1 LIE CIlOKKSr AND MOf DESIRABLE Mltm. v n ml ctt an lr.prction ot oors'ock and da not dri'bt lhat lor coniple'oui sa ot arsortuieut and maids lat.riiiot rce u lantint bo equalled. Oivt os a call. . . WEYL A ROSENHEIM, 4 13jm I2t Ao. 726 CHE.'SNUT Stieot. WHS. II. DILLOaV, Ncs. C23 and 331 SOUTH Street, 11 as a bands rr.e arscrtn ent of STRING MILLIVERT J.lsiHa' sue JuiiMh" Las and (.spa. Silks, Velvets, -tI,l""l"lltot"' ITfrrs T owers, Scarries etc. fl 1.14m HOOP SKIRTS. 1) U P L I-j X 8 K I li T FAMUONS FOR 18C0. Bit ALLEYS DUPLEX ELLIPTIC (01! DOI RLE Sl'KISO) HOOP HK1HT, F arh Hoot) 0, this PEC TLIAR SKIRT Is ComrfMcd al l?:1.,'?'.i"",3 ' v braid.a iiomLTaid i''VL ''lljtr 'ft" to irx.k, loriiMog; ai ouo, tha MtKoKils, m,bt ELI XI I 1.E nOOl' made ni.ey will tin bhp or u k t a k like tne aina e snriaga. Int will i xiu imn Mb tneir rii.FF.GT anu BKAtiTiriJi! JBAIB where ihrc or tour ordinary skirt will have bten brown sv.i ns seleas J hen tr t.0 tim r v AhDs obfatlt to the COM" FOlrr and cvsv M-iFJ. b beah ef giv.ug kiBMeapuiAsnaa 'OibewrAiTK, aa v. Ill ho j art et ut u gjp.n need tr lai iKs aitoidlrr r. d ci i,c J l it.t, bo $ or rat 'ti. It. FACl lor ti e it Dt.adt! or A a , the church, th a r or t er tYey ai i fsi hrs-i v combining ooHMwr ti HAiiii.ni ard i cohoMi, with tl.at KLBuAacB ot sbaue which hag n.ui'.e the DUPLEX ELLIPTIC TIIK STANDARD i-KIltr OF THE FASniONAPLE WORLD) Vanu'adurcd exc uslvely bv the SOLE OWNERS o 1 atent, WliBTS. IIKAUII'Y CAltY No. CUAMIIE1 S and Nos. 7a aud 81 RF.A DE ta., NEW YORK Verorants will be supplied as above, and br PbJiadel ph a Jobber . EOh Sale In all Fiiura CLA8B Retail STonralnnim enr li.quiieior 2 14nup BRADLEl 'S DUPLEX ELI.iri lC SKIRT. 3 li A D L 15 Y ' S DUPLEX ELLIPTIC SKIRT Combining Dure hl lty with elegance ol shape. Hew Spring Styles Jost received. . J. M. XIAFLEIQII, 8 10 2m No Wi C1IKH.NUT Street JKADL K Y ' S DUPLEX ELLII'TIO SKIRT, lost fashionable tLd popular In use. For sale by J. ii. MAXWELL & SON, 3 102m 8. E. ctrrerl LLVENTU and CBESNUT. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. n in nr.... Jtivi.LKY i: s:i,vr:t wak vWATCEE3 .aa JET3LP.1: 3r?aH.ED. , ."ftostnat St.. w'-:la. Cwlofcto the dtcilce ot Cold, baa mado a (treat ra d uction in price ol his lari;e and we 1 absortod stock Diamonds, WatcliPH, Jewelry, Silverware, Eto. The pnblle are rtsrectrully Invited to call and examine cur stock before lurcbastiigeifeabere. ' JO OURPATTIONS AND THE PUBLIC. We are of erlng ouretock ol WATCnES, JLWELRY, AND SILVERWARE, AT A DISCOUNT, ' Fnliy equivalent to tLe Lcavy decline In Gold. Cl.AIiK & BIDDLE, No. 712 CUESNUT Street. 6 22 rp 11 I C II JEWELRY JO B REN NAN, DEALER DC DIAMONDS, riNE WATCI1ES, JEWELRY tc. Etc. Etc 9 2( No. 11 a. tlBHT H SI REET, fliUad. II E N 11 Y HARPER, No. nO ARCH STREET Vantnaoturw and Dealer ia Watches, fine Jewplry, Silv-,r-iniited Ware, AD i&'i Solid Silver-ware. I ILWAlll) & WINEBRBNER. WM. MILLWARli, D. 8. WIMEBD.KNKB, MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURERS' SUPI'LIES, No. ai8 MAHKET Street PHILADELPHIA, TjL. AOBKTS FOB TIIK BALK OF Cotton and Woollen Machinery, pi-alert in Uanufucturera' Mipphos of every de- aoiiption. Oak Tanned Leather Belting. AND MACHINE CARD CLOTULVO Of best cuallty and mannfaotnre. 4 25 8uirp q"IIE STAMP AGENCY, NO. 304 CnEflVn' I hlfDIrW A li rW 1.-1 1'U I lilt ULTIIT VM fmklmt af VTu- i AH 1111 KH.1 OFOH li. HTAairti of fcv i uKBCKirnoa oonbTANti i OH lLUiD, A-K ANT AMOU .11 U '4
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