The evening telegraph. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, May 09, 1866, FOURTH EDITION, Page 2, Image 2
LIT E 11 A T U 11 Vj . Adrift in Pitje. I ton: New York mend it Evans. By Edmund Kirko. Carlo fhiludi'lpliin Audits: Asli- Altlioupli the title of the lit'le work before us feitively nwrta that It Is the production of Mr. tiilniour's (Edmund Kirkr) pen, and altlionjh n 1 VcrtlBomcuts announce Mm to bo the writer, yet the fact is that lie only wrote the in'rotm Hon, while the body ot the book was written by a Mr. Henry L. Eatubrook's lata Lieitte 3iant Id the 2Gth Massachusetts Intuiitry. We are tit u Iocs to understand why tuU dcccptl mi for until it appear to bo is practised, unless to jialin oif the work of another, and secure a large sale under th" well-known popularity of 3'iliiiiind Kirke. The nairativc Itself i Interest ing, yet marked by nothing which WDiild induce lis, bad wo been the author, to lay it before the Jiublic. It3 ability, like the adventures de picted, is only tndiocre; while throughout the whole work there is nothing to awaken especial sittontion. The young man "adrift'' is conlitvi wily looking into cormklds, shunn'ms white J'cllow-bcings, reluming into swamps, meeting colored persons, and being iod bv tiiein. Had She book appeared in lsi;2, it would have really Iinswered the renson he now sets forth for irs 3nblk'ation, us being ur. evilence of the un swerving fidelity of the blacks, their devotion ?o the Union, and superior intelligence. Hut sill thc-e Cacti have been a;jaiu and again ie anonstrated; and why add the testimony of a Swung lieutenant to what Is attested by thou hands of his superiors, and dozens of liierury alien iar abler than lie t Hut the propriety of publishing the work rests lather with the author than with us; ami since 3ie has seen lit to give it to the light, we cm only commend its singular clearness of style, amd lament the exceeding tamencss of hi-i hun dred miles' journey. It Must have proved less 3iionotonous to him than the perusal of the "Work did to us, for he sailed down rapids amd might have been captured or shot at any moment. This gave a zest to liis sport; but "We encounter no such danger, and leel coniident Shat all turning out right at last otherwise, who Mould have written the work? we drag Its nlow leiiRth along, and divide our attention be tween the contents and tiie beauty of the topo graphy. Carleton has got it up in the best Style, and the binding corresponds with the t xcelleucc of the printing and paper. Messrs. Ashmead Jk Evans, No. 720 Chesnut street, have lhe work for eale, and have sent us a copy. The tales of the old Norse literature have ibeen revived in Europe, and Huring Could has Issued In a popular form the tirst of a series. It 3s entitled 'The Hook of Were Wolves,'' aud contains the story of an ogives which is both ?loody aud spicy: "A Hungarian lady named Elizabeth; she was aw lond ol her peisonal nppcuranco a some ol tier more civilized sisters of to-day, spending lalf the day at her toilet. On one occasion her 3naid saw something amiss in her head-dress and told her of it, lor which sne not such a box on the ears that the blood pushed from her nose muu niunuu iu uer unstress' lat'C. IVDCn It Wilt washed off tbe lady's face appeared more beauti ful than belore, the spots where the blood h.id ppiried being much whiter than the rest of tne nkin. It was an insane fancy, ot course, but the Onad woman, for such she must have been, re solved in luture to bathe her face and her whole Tiody in blood a devilish plan which she car Tied out by the help ol three accomplices, a pur f old women aud a monster named Fitzko, who -killed her victims while the women caught' thoir Wood, iu wbirh she used to bathe at four in the morning. She is said to have caused the death ot six hundred and fifty eirls, who were en trapped into her castle under rh- pretense of beiue taken into service; but once there they were locked up in a cellar where they were tortured often by Elizabeth herself, who .had a fancy for Jiavtng them beaten and tliej cut up with razors. By way of variety, they were occasion al! burnt and then cut up; mostly, however, they were beaten to death. She grew so cruel at hist, that she would stick needles into those who rode with her In her coach, aud when she "was ill she bit a person who cume near her bed. Her castle was finally seized, her accomplices executed, aud she herself Imprisoned lor lile." A Stobt About Mummies. Frank Bucklaud's "Curiosities of Natural History," just published 3n London, has this story about mummies: ' A friend of mine in the merchant service, bout two yeais since, brousht back with him irom Egypt, as a speculation, three mammies. Immediately on their arrival in London he asked me to examine them. They were two males and at female, In a remarkably good state of preser vatiou, the hair, nails, skin, etc., being dry and liard like boards, and the features in two of the specimens distinctly visible. They did not aippear even to have been wrapped in bandages, Jtnit to have been submitted to the process of rmbalmiug, and then allowed to dry. I landed from their appearance that they had been em lialuied by the ancient Egyptian priest-surgeons, alter the following manner, described by He rodotus as one of the least expensive modes of embalming: They till all the intestines wirh ce dar oil, without either cutting into the abdomen or removing the viscera; iheu preventing the 'gress of the iuiected fluid, they salt the body lor the lixed number of days, and at the end of that time they let out the cedar oil, the power of which is such that it brinus out in it both the intestines and viscera; it consumes the flesh, and the skin and bones alone remain. This being done they return the bod v.1 My friend described to me the various adventures and escapes he encountered in bringing over his specimens, it being very dillicult to obtain mum mies, of any kid now-n-davs, in consequence of the Egyptian Covernment having forbidden them to be taken out of the country. Anion" other plans he adopted to pass the authorities who came on board, he placed the three mum mies in the berth where the sailors sually eleep, and covered them up with rugs, etc., as though they were tired sailors taking u nap am), if I recollect rightly, he told me that a Iriend, who was partner in the mummy venture, lay down with theui. When the otlicials came toinid, the partner pretended to wake up ont of sleep, and, sitting up, yawned and rubbed his eyes as if halt awake. The deceit answered capitally; the otlicials, thinking that the thred muiaiiiVw pre three more fired sailors, did not examine 'nher, and so the mummies were pajsed." Messrs. Ti-ifnoj. Fields have announced a new book on tluttte war by Mr Coflln b(,tu.r tnown as "Carleun),. calk.d ,.Four yca of Fighting: A Book u Battles," which Is sup josed to embody hi irsoua, enervations, in tie train of our armies an, HePt9( over a , part of the field of war. U wronlBM us 8ome new revelations regarding th, history of the Itebel cotton loan in England, w,h orij,inal iet. ters of those concerned. They intd t0 BPCUre a large sale by the Bubscription..anttaBi ybtem. Another book jubt Issued by wm anti made up similarly out of a newspaper ,0'rres pondence as a ground-work, Is Mr. Suner Andrews' "South Since the War, as thown J'ourteea weeks of travel aud observation k Georgia aud the Carolina." covering , WAW months of September, October, and NovflrTibcr, 1805, while he was in the service of the Boston Jxiity Advertiser and the Chicago Tribune. The look las Itu value, and, probably, am Increasing TDE T)MLS EVENING TELKGHAriT. PIIlIADKLPniA, WEDNESDAY, MAT 0 18GG. on; but po r:i Idly is public opin'on fashioned ai:d so uncertain it, continuant e in tho present anomalous condition ot aihiiis, that it seems veiy long ngo to take n man's testimony wine'., wris, neveitl.eleHs, only made so rcc-uHv as l.i-t aoiiiNin uml w inter. Messrs. Ilurd tV lfomMiton have in press and vnl pooh publi'b, a small vol uneof Essays, which promise to be of great interest to the lenders n nd 'idtnirers of shakipenn. Th" book i? en'irled "shakof'peflre's llel'neations of In sin it.v, Imbecility, and Suicide;" and is written by Dr. A. O. Kellogg, Assistant Phvsieian at the State Lunatic Aylum. I'ticn. N. V. Tart 1st treats of tbe Insane, Lear, Hamlet, Ophelia, efc. Tiirt 2d ti nil of the Im'xrlhn, bottom, Jlnlvolio, 1'istol, Hnrdolph, Nym, Dogberry, Launce, Caliban, etc. Putt M, of SuHd, Othello, etc. Thnso Essays exhibit a ph iseof the Intellectual character of the urent dramatist, whit h has been little considered hitherto, and one of grrat interest; and from the high en comiums bestowed upon them as they have ap peared frcm time to time in the "American Journal of Insanity'' during the past few years, we pr diet u ricli treat for the lovers or Shake f-pciirian literature, and a huge demand for the book. The second number of The Qa'aru. which i- cvliirged sixteen pages, contains a paper by li-s Frances Power Cobbe, on "The Fallacies ol Memory;'' the first of a series of articles by Professor Hlot on Cookery: a paper by General Chif-rret on "The Home of Victor Hugo," with two illustrations; and papers by Mr. Richard Grant White, jir. Edmund C. Stedman, Dr. V. If. Draper, John Esten Cooke, Rose Terry, and the author of ''Emily Chester," besides the con tinuation of the serial novels of Anthony Trol lope and Mrs. Edwards. An odd literary trial was recently brought In England, the p'.aintiir being one Strolls, with several initials, the writer of a novel entitled "The Old Ledger," and the defendants tin owners and editors of the Alhmwum, who some months since criticized the work in question, pronouncing it "the very worst attempt at a novel that has ever been perpetrated." S:rous employed a B w Street lawyer, who threw up the case when thf attorney for tne deienrianti succeeded in reading extracts from "The Old Ledger," n juror withdrawing tor fiat purpose. Tho Atltnuvum is, of course, jubilant, though in n quiet and mysterious way. There has just ben published, by Joel Mun scll, of Albany, famous tor the many c irious work? he has printed, us well as their peculi ir typographical elegance, n monojraph upon a subject which ouuht to have some interest. The author is John Meredith Read, Jr.. son of Judge Read, of this city. It is "A Historical In quiry concerning Henry Hudson, his Friends, Relatives, and Eaily Life, his connection with the Muscovy Company, and Discovery of Dela ware Bay." It was spoken as an address to the Historical Society of Delaware, in October, lstil, ; and has been published bv the Societv. The i life of Hudson has scarcely been written until now. I Mr. George August us Sala has in press a col- j lection which he entitles "Yankee Drolleries," aud which is made up of the most heteroge- j litous materials, "The Autocrat of the Breakfast ' Table" lying cheoit by jowl with Artem us Ward j nud Major Jack Downing, w hile Hosea Bigulow ' letches up with Petroleum V. Nasby, Mr. Sala I acting as showman lor the whole, introducing I each in turn to the mystilied British Lion, who must by this time be in a state of idiocy from ' over much feeding on American humor. I Moritz Hartmann, one of the best of the ! younger German poets, is rapidly taking a posi- tion among the novelists. His latest produc- I tions, "Nach der Natur," three volumes of short ; tt.les, and "Die letzten Tage eines Konigs," a graphic picture of the closing scenes in the career of Murat, are characterized by well-con- j structed plots and interesting situations, and are written w ith grace and spirit. i Mr. David G. Francis, of New York, u about j to publish what we cannot but think the most " important work of the kind ever reprinted in ' this country, Mr. J. Payne Collier's "Biblio- i graphical Account ef the Raiest Books in Eng lish Literature." j John G. Saxe has prepared a new volume of ' poems, which is about being published. Onn nt' ! the poems, entitled "The Mourner a w Mode," has the following verse: Her robe had the huo of tho rest. (How nicely it fitted her shape !) And the yriefttiat was heavinq her breitst Iloilvtt over in hilows of'crdjie. Mr. J. B. Kirker announces "The Outcast: a Tale of Irish Lile," by the late-Colonel Michael Dcheny. Messrs. Ticknor & Field have in the press "A History of the Anti Slavery Struggle in the United States," by William Lloyd Garrison. Loring announces "Kissing the Rod," "Land ut Last," and "Running the Gauntlet,'' by Edmund Yat"S. Mr. John Ruskin has u new work in the pre entitled "The Crown of Wild Olive." Mr. II. Cholmondeley Pennell is about to publish a volume under the title ol "Fi-hiug Gossip." Mr. John Campbell Colquhoun announces "William Wilberforce, his Friends and Times." Mr. J. G. Davis will soon publish "Thoughts on Great riiinters." Miss Miircaret Ilowitt has nearly ready "Twelve Mojtbs with Frederiku Bremer in Sweeten." -Dr. 1 'rancls K. Aubtie. has in tiie press "Notes on Epidemics." Major W. Ross King is about to publish. ' The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada." Tue EncIish National Debt. -In the House of Coinuions Mr. J. Stuart Mill recently made a t-hoit speech, which appears to have created some stir in England. lie urged the necessity ot doing sonii'tning for the national debt, and contended that the condition of Great Britain would not justity the present generation In leaving the whole burden for posterity. Re minding his bearers that the population of Great Britain depend t. r subsistence on her ability to supply the wants ot other countries trom her material vesources, he took up the question as to ner supply ot coal, and declared that the exhaustion of the deposits was a ques tion not ot centuries, but ot generations. "It the pieseiit rato of consumption ot coal con tinue!, three KcuurutiouD at the most, or very possi bly considerably shorter period, will leave no woikable coal nearer to the surface than 40ou feet in depth; and thai the expense of raising tiom that depth will entirely put it out of the power of tbe country to compete in manufactures with the richer coal fields ot other countries." jur. Jiii n argued that several minions a year ould now be set aside well enough for the induction of the dobt, and that if, instead ofthls beu done, taxes should be remitted merely thut the money might be used in some other way. would be n criminal dereliction of duty. IKE KEW YOEK TREsS. f.JjjCLIAL O' IX IONS OF LIAJHG ' i I 1 2 A A 11 0 A ( l l.tih.M lUJ'Ifs. co r:ni i vi it rAV Pt n ivkmmi th.fo-aph Itdoiin in Iwu'lnnd. J-'ri m Vie Tribune. The vote on the I'l aneliv-e bill iu the EuglttOi House of Commons Is not gi atilying as we could have honed. In n IIoihc nf (1 ;l mem bers, unusually mil. and showing but 27 ol centers. the Government received liH votes, 313 voting against it. '-'fis not -o deep as a well, ner so wide as a church door: h it 'Us enough; 'twill crve." We nra afraid vo can cot no better consolation o it ot it than this. The closing scenes of the debute exhibited many signs of disintegration and demoralization In the Liberal party. This was inevitnld", when we look at the elements composing that party. The present members were elected under the 'leader ship ol Lord l'alnier-ton. That lender, bv uiihoii of long ycciv ol service, his career oiiig back to tne time ol the ounger Pitt, . and the continued success that bad nt tti.iied a policy which, wiih all its fault, was true to tie English sentiment what pel haps we might call the lowdy Eng.ish M'litnneiit ot brag and bluster had gained a coinninndirtr inlluence in England. Although bis polu y w as a prot' st against rclnrm. lie was iiccepted by the Liberals as a providential (lis- en-aton, better than Ton ism, perhaps a leader uihHt protest, an 1 well to lollow until lhe time when his name would not be the svm I ol ol the party of vigor abroad and ol ana' hy at Lome. Tliosj who folljwed raluicrston'N loi--tunc s mid who were the iiistiuinents of his policy -ike Lowe, lor instance-di appointed Liberal., like lloisman, ho vainly vearued for Cabinet portlolios aristocratic Liberals like tne Earl of Grosvenor, who belonged to old big houses, ami merely wished a retorm that would weaken the Tories and help themselves all sloughed oil, and found pretexts lor desertion us soon as an hone-t and ninnly Irunchisesjstein v as proposed. 'lhe Government may stagger now from the li let t ion ot these classes, but, iu the nature of tumps it was to lie ixpecteu. The partv which it-kd by the coic-c cniioin Gladstone iiud the iutrepid Iiriulit who bohll.v decrlare I hat they coiiMib r Reiorni measure but temporary expti d, i nts slices ot'a loat that mint b tuciivj in tini. sKps towards the realization of the senti ment tnut Enek-b manhood shall icpreseut Enilish sulliagc cannot ex,;ect to have the svmrutiiy ol pensioners upon the old Whi' hoi.se", like Mr. l.owe. or the heirs ot thoe htiM.'s. like Grosvenor. Privilege is weak pione to iio the wrong thing at the right tune. Never was this more full shown than now. As Mr. Gladstine eloquently advised the aristo cratic leaders, their duty was to be wise In t me. As Mr. Uri.-hi, during tin; very debate, in a .-pint oi bene-t pride which cinnot be considered egotism, ntbh said, 'The policy which 1 have urged upon the lloue and upon the country, as tur as u ha been accepted by Parliament, is a policv eoiiservuiive of t.iu. nniiiii! wcl'iire, strengthening the fust authority ol Parliament, and adding Ironi day to day fresh li stre and dignity the crown." Aristocracy can onlv be ttrong with the love, the confidence, the f-treng'h ot a people. The tear that the posses sion of 8iitirage by tiie peoplo would array them iipuini t the nobles shows a want or common sense which would be surjiiising were it not characteristic. It we look to America, we find the humblest classes, the men who labor, and who have no possible sympathy with wealth and power, voting lor the men who best repre sent the aristocrats ot England. The lordlv planter who culled his roll t i a thousand "laves and was prcat through the degradation ol labor! had no more obedient slave than the poor Irish man who spent his davs breaking stone or building turnpikes. It would be sola Eugland it the aristocracy were to be wise iu time; for it is in poor human nature to love ribbons and coionets, to adore the divinity which is said to surround majesty. The aristocratic classes however, instead of moving and in time winuiii'' these classes, and "adding irom day to day lresh lustre and dignity to the ciown," make a class issue with the working people, an issue which brands them as Englishmen unlit to be con cerned in the honor ol tbe crown. They may fient lor it. pay taxes for its support, obey it as dutilul subiectF, but thev eanusit enter into its councils, nor sit in its Par liament, nor ever pos tess representation tin re. Thereiore we .ny, bett r that the Govern ment of Lord Russell should be weak in the hands ot its friends thnn strong with the fctrencth ot its enemies a strengtJi which would certainly dissolve in the hour of its trial. Better :.18 members who are willing to stand by truth than 370 who follow the Government to serve their turn upon it to bold otlice and wield power and prevent lis ad ance in the path of pioprer.8. It the small majority on the Fran chise bill should be followed by a defeat on the bill lor the distribution of seats when it reaches the committee, we trust the Government will appeal to the people. England feels strongly on this question, and tbe friends ot liberty everywhere send words of comfort and encour agenient. A defeat means further purification. The partv of progress, led by Gladstone and Bright, and Mill and Gibson, men u lm pn.nn people and represent penius and energy, and not the faded virtues ot forgotten fathers, must I triumph in the end. We could have boned to have seen u satisfactory triumph in this Parlin- ....... jjtiuuuB it is lor iuc oest. it tue iirisiocrucy win not accept it 7 franchise now, they may be compelled, at'ur an appeal to the people m a new House of Commons, to accept unlimited lranchise manhood sutl race tiie ballot. Men who are not w ise in time, even w hen their own selfish interests are concerned, generally learn wisdom irom ti.e chasteuiii" ex perience ot the future. Congress and the Joint Committee An Opportunity lor Compiomi.se. From the Timet. The members of tbe Joint Committee on Re construction have less discernment than they are credited with, if they are not already con .inced that their resolutions providing for a Constitutional amendment, and the bills giving died to other parts of thwr scheme, nre a signal failure. So far as we can judge from the tone of the Union press, they have produced an nil but universal leeling of disappointment and dissatis faction. Aud lhe same feeling is reported to be gaming ground iu Congress. That Mr. Thud deus Stevens Is not satis-tied with proposl turns which from bis point ol view wear the appearance ot compromise, is proved by the confltcation scheme which he has talked of on his own account. The conservatives, on the other hand, are avene to what violates their sense ot justice aud generosity, and postpones indefinitely the result which 'has been under stood to foim the obiect aod the fustliication of the (ommitteo's prolonged inquiry. With the ultra radicals and the Constitutional conserva tives alike dissatisfied and distrusted, though on grounds diametrically opposed, the scheme tinds little nivor outside of the small circle that pave it birth. With whatever sins the extreme radicals are chargeable, at leant they preserve a semblance of logical consistency. They assert the full pretensions of the conqueror, and bv virtue ot conquest claim the right to do as they please with the property of those concerned iu the R.-bellion- amounting, 'in the present case, to about nine tenths ot the entire population of the South. This pretension the Committee's plan totally disallows. Again, they hold that what were the (Southern States are now merely Terri tories, w ith none ot the right or attributes of sovereignty; and the Committee formal v recog nizes them as States, ami invites the in 'as such to say yea or nay to the proposed Constitutional amendment. '1 hey insist upon necro sutfrage as the coudi ti .-.) pucedi i.t o leadniissjoii to Congress; nnd tbe Committee no' onlv tails t- deimurd Una n i te.'rlon. but explicitly tolerate" the denial ol i. 1 1 the Su.trB ci.-onpo to .submit to a diminished : tues.'Jitaticr. And so runs the conflict at ( en point; there is no one upon which the ( i '.i.iniitee N in harmony with the principls pi. lorwnrd lv the i even's sec tion of the party. TI nmieiliat" practical result ol both are the -i ti e: bo'h the ( omnilttee and tbe Politicians ol the Sin en school postpone Indefinitely the :( i t m;d sliipent of n construction, but beyond liis f.ict they have absolutely noihiug in c ten on. l ot thopgh the Committee has not gore far ri.oi i to nihil the expectations ol the radicals, it hfis gene n, iu h loo tar nccor ling to the iudg n ent of the conservn'.iu'.. Ti e Litter are in. :,. ous 'or r.ot lung so much as tor the res ora tion el harmony to the lit re L'nion; and the Ceinimtiee postpones even the pretense ot liar mmy until 1870. Thev hold, iu the words o Mr. Dixon's proposition, "tha" the interests of p. -nre and the interests d the Union require the in mission ot every State to lis share iu public lecislat on, whenever it pre tnts itself not only in mi attitude ot loyally and harmonv. but in the persons of representatives whose loyal tv cannot be questioned under any colistitut onu'l oi legal test;'' nnd the Comnit'tee stiinil ittM lor conditions not knon to the Constitution, to winch (( nditions the South never will accede. Tney maintain licit the Southern people, as c'.liztns ot the United States, are entitled to ti i Hi wilh pr.iticipate in Federal as well as in Satc en etions; and the Committee a,., t0 disfran chise i lit in i ntil twj years after the next Pre.i dentifl diction. Here, ther-l'ore, as in the fuse c f tur radicals, irreconcilable diilerenees are every v here apparent. Iioiw.en the Com mittee nnd the conservatives, represented by Mr. i .'ixon, the nntag ni.-tii is as m irkej ftx U tne uiitecMsti. bctyicen the Committee and the ex tun. e radicals, represented by Mr. Sevens. 1 'iiigto loneiliuie boih. the Commiuee has li il 'd to obtain the approval of cither. 'i he. ellect of these c oiisiderations is visible throughout the conn ry. The plan of the Com miCce ciicoun'ers decided opposition irom all who would invest the Union wilh the lull mea sure ol constitutional vitality; while those who do not actually oppose it, accord to it only luke- Wlltlll Mlppolt. From the action of the Committee in discard ing the ultra dogmas ot Mr. Steven and his ad berentf, die inlcrence is lair, thai the Commit tee has leit the necessity ol compromise, in one shape or another. Tbe expediency ol some sort Ol COIlU'loinise is viilieillv iwlniitn.l A ...... steps tiirthcr in the same direction would not involve, then, any violation of the principle lqon which the extreme radical demands have heen rejected. Ami ll..in un, iun .. i. .. - . , . u. . .... mu 1(1-V1IB IMI) the plan which has been submittal, aud which . ci itiuiin, niuuiu lie iiiiieuoeu oy the adoption of so much more in the way of ccmprcinise as is needed to render any plan practical. One of these reasons is that the South l ill llfit neeel.f thn rnnHilinna ,...tw.u,..l ...... .. " I - WUU1UUIIO 'l V'17S,, llUW Ul IU HDV tillie: llllli. tllPIPt.n'e nnl lwi l',..,,.,.l tee is prepared lor (he consequences of an lude tin to rxclusif n ol the South Irom Congress, it, should abandon the idea ol Constitut ional amend meiits which cannot possibly receive the appro val ol the requisite number ol S'ntes. Tli" other reason is. that to attain it to exclude the Soi.thern people from all part and lot in the 1 residential contest ot lstJH mil assuredly be tj provoke trouble nnd btnte of a nature pregnant with disaster to the country. Hie desirableness of sur'h a compromise, as shall enable Congress practically to aid the work ol reconstruction is rendered lurthcr apparent by (he silent but steady effectiveness of the policy inaugurated by President Lincoln nnd cniried forward by his successor. The Union paityin Congiess cannot atlord to carry the stigma which will attach to it it the session close without some substantial and successful etlort to meet tho expectations of the country in reii rence to the restoration ot harmony ao' be tween the South and tue North. Just now, the mem of whatever has been done belongs ex clusively to the Executive. All that Congress bus done has been to thwart not to aid the policy under which reconstruction has been bi oight to its present point. Shall there not be a compromise, obviating a turtlier waste of time and temper, and providing for sectional recon ciliation in Congress on a basis somewhat lise that which is indicated In the resolution of Senator Dixon ? Congiess and its Scheme ot Jleconstruc-hon-Forney's J luttaiings. f 'rrm the Herald. In the House of Representatives on Monday yveek.the scheme of Southern reconstruction and restoration reported from the joint committee of fifteen, was made the special order for yester day, to-day, and to-morrow. I orney i.i in raptures. He cackles as enthu siastically over this wonderful bantling ol the iu allible committee of litteen as a noisy'old hen over a new-laid egg. He claps his w ings and crows with the exultation ot a bantam rooster; but utter all his fuss and rtuttariugs ne fin tily subsides into his proper character ot a "dead luck." He says that the proposed Constitutional amendment from the committee (the main fea ture ot w hich is the dislranchisement, ia regard to Federal allairs.of the late Rebel States till the Fourth ol July, 1870) "is certain to pass Con giess, nnd to be ratified by the Legislatures of the adhering States." We presume he means theS'atis adhering to Congress. "When this fact,' he continues, "becomes clear to the people, as it must in a very short time, the effect uron their material interests will be surprisingly sudden and salutary." In short, with the pas sage ot the amendment through Congre.-s by the requisite two-thirds vote iu each House, "oppo sition will retire before tbe overwhelming neces sity and logic ol the case." Ve suspect, nevertheless, that Forney, in as suming tuat this Congress loual scheme is cer tain io pass bMb. Houses, is assuming too much. He rather incline to tho opinion that in the "irrepressible conllict" between the peculiar philanthropic kinks and crotchets of this radi cal, that radical, and the other, to say nothing of conservatives and copperheads, the scheme wilj Mgi ally n i I in the House or in the Senate. But crni.ting that by a two thirds vote it "is certain to pass," it only carries the issue between Con tress ttut the President directlv belore the people. Forney is seriously perplexed in this y ie oi the tubiect, although hp says "it is ab surd to suppose that what Andrew Johnson may , i.i iiuii uoi uo can materially nitect or retard the decision of the parties 'immediately nil--rested," because "the Southern people will soon be convinced that the radicals, us they are called, are indeed their best friends." l.ut there is another little matter which seriously troubles Forney "the extraordinary Fpectaele of the published proceedings of a meeting ot the Cabinet, in which his (the Presi dent's) constitutional advisers are quoted," and in which Secretary Stanton is represented to be in full accord with Secretary Seward nud Andre Johnson. This is where the shoe pinches. Seeietarv Stunt n is the Apostle Paul to the Re-1-ul. llcaii party of l eunsvlvania. They substan tially to declared him at their late Ibirrisburg onvention, while thev could atlord nothing bi tter than a loiindwbout nnd yery equivocal en dorsement of Pi evident Jonnson. In a contest, therefore, beleue the people between the recon struction plan of Congress aud that of the Ad niinistint'on, the latter, supported by Secretary Stanton, the Apostle Paul of the Pennsylvania w ar Re publicans, will carry the Keystone Mate October election. With the popular reaction th"$ inaugurated the Republican party ol New York, under the reviving influence ol Secretary Reward, will carry the Umpire State In Novem ber, and tints, without going a step further, tiie reconstruction scheme ot Congress will fall to ti e piound, and the President's policy and the linon party ot the Administration will take possession of the field. The speculative ideas of Forney, we predict, will be proved, In the sequel, as fallacious us were ihose of the maid ot the milking pail, even With tho passage ot this reconstruction scheme of Stevens and his committee through both House of Congress. First, however, the issue iu Conim'ss must be determined, and even here we look for a tailure or surrender to the Administration. liut Why Cbadbnud f From the Dmlp A . O: o ol ihv trust forc:l!; bcno.'O on? o? t'.ie treest. eMincnt'ons ot cliavarer Fiat f'iiar'ej Pickens has given to the v urPl Is that of the Rev. Mr. Chadbmd. The spectacle of thU gen tleman in Mis. Jelliiliy's pail v, with liis s'pnv Ince nnd his unci uo. mnniir, culling o:i all blinds around hi in to be "ivttil." nnd deiiver'ng a moral nrat'cn over poor little Jo", ts at o:ie one of the mo't ed.tyini and mo-t reiiul'tve studies tlnit the imagination lia ever presem-d for the public c-iihI lorntion . Th.. chariiotai ns it stands in the jmg-s ot "lheak lloii-o" is barely suoooitaliiej tiien what must bo 'he leebiigs of those who are, ov a re:riorse!"ss lieeess ly, con veiled to look Mr 1 space, veaviv, upon ( hmlliaiid in the lle.-h. ti. hear Clindi).i:id 1n the voire, and to sutler Chudband in every cmct'lvnble term '! New York, pist at the present time, !s under gcli g nn nttaek of f'hiidband. Smiiiitaneou-h' wilh the bies?ed lcvivnlof all IveiutiTul cnrthlv thing: in tbe days when the birds sing merriest nnd the trees blossom and hud into maiiy-hned llowerc, am the glad chance Irom the bleak winter to the cheerful spnng u,,on S) c.0,,., hndbnnd. And wiih Cliadband comes vio.ence nrd malice nnd hypocrisy. We seek to guard ticaiiist plagues mid pestilential maladies; but we insti'uK' no Poind of Health to preserve i.s from lia ibinul. We qua'-i.ntine ships fr.eu abroad, on mere su-picmn that tnere mav be a si Lile death lii-king in theirdnrk hull.- ord ell ing an.oiia their passenger--; but w erect no biiil.er between tuir: elves and Cliiidbiind. We driily wni'i! each otlicr to beware of ihreaV'iied tli-irse, and neiiit out. lor the general goof, wl cie.n i a'ety consists; bi t neibodv ure lii.s l cipl.bor to kee) a look out tor Chadbaiid, or lu sir ,cts Inm as to how he may be avoided. Help, lc-sly. and iu a weak, dron'i'ig war, we yield to y luit has so long been a custom, and so aie over v helmed by the ullliction. W th his "Oh, let us be Joyful!'' Chadbaud Las aln mly set himself lalrlv to work. Lixe a s. it ol M. le Valdemar, with the vital spurk that inspired long gone out in him, a id utfring the eliivelliiips ol a postmortem Ice, ll.e a iii s!uery Cliail band still comes with hi. of! 111,1111 n ciies, and cel brutes bis usual 'nuniver-arv." '1 here is something dtii : ul in this spectacle Of the yearly gatliering ol the imp of hypocriv Pi li e (aberniu Ie, to po through with the sii.ne bolcii.n tare e there in, the same l luistlv cer-nio-Ii Hi Iss ili-'t liave nlremlv bn blood, and to Itisliion, over the body o tue de.id oticct oi their adon.t.on, lresh combinations wherewith to array the pionle tbe one ngiiiusl the other. Surely we might have been spared, ut least, tlih Chaobaud! Surclv, when his mis s on is fulfilled, it h not too much to have hoped that he would drop out of the public gaze, and so out of the public memory, forever. But, seemingly, we are never to become dispos sessed ol him; and hence yve still dud him at his post, not a b t changed, aud, it anything, more malignant, as opportunity id oil'ored him, tliau betoie. Anollier ot these Cladlmn ls we find breaking out in a religious way. His text is tho Catholic ( In nil, nnd he excels, in his homilv, his -mat piotctype of fiction, descanting, with his band upon the head ot per.-ecuied Joe, on the miser able i inner that he has under consideration. If it wire possible to surpass the antislaveiy Cliadband in malignancy, this religious Chad band would compel him to ncknowledv.e his inferiority. In our reference to these "Anniversaries " as their promoters delight f term them, we have had no purpose- ot rellectine upon whatever may be truly noble and praiseworthy in some ot tlie-m. It is only to be regretted that those so ck i es that contemplate good, aud whose labors be ar good fruit (as in the case of the "Ameri cim Fi male Guardian Society," for mstince) should bo found mixed up yy itii the snivel ami cunt oi political lanatics ami religious bigots. It is to be regretted lor the reason that doubts ot their sincerity muct naturally follow from tnnr associations. But when we nnd the result ol their ycur'i labor taking the shape ot merci fully relieving the immediate and pitestng wants of the orphan aud tne yvidow tio t's lepncies to His prosperous children helping ano cmlortiner the poor, and bringing hope to Btittciing hearts; we must hasten to draw the line between them and tho'e whose charities are confined to ameliorating the political condition ol the negro at the expense ol that of the white race, or whose contribution to the Christian impulses of tho age are bounded by unseemly assaults upon the religious opinions of others. It is a general beliet among men that every created thing lias its part to plav in the com prehensive economy or nature. With the secret ot tl.eir mission bidden from the human eye and trom the human understanding, the innu merable evidences of tbe Creator's wisdom and power, from the leviathan to a trichinia spiralis, have their share in evolvinar the grand purpose of Him who created them. Thus, bowing with reverent inith to the unexplained mission of every created thing; investing all animate nnd innuimate works of the Master wilh the niyterv that attaches to their undefined purpo-i we. accord to all that exists tbe reality ot, perhats, a noble duty. But, in so doing, we must pause with a ekeptio's obstiuacv, iu a contemplation of the subject that yve have been considerin". Th musquito, the gnat, the chinch, even, may sub serve some great and indispensable end; but why, oh why ! Chadl.and ? S'quiims ol II. G. From tha World. The people of South Carolinaa, in 1770, se ceded trrm Great Britain. The people ol South Carolina seceded in ISt O Irom the United States, lhe Peclaration ot Independence, il it itn- uuuiiceii any new political principal, an nounced tho right of a people to alter and ciiiinge its government. So Mr. Greeley under stands; so he still maintains. In what does he diller, in his premises, from the Davis he de nounces? In nothing but. Dnvis savs, "A principle of right being established, is' appli cable us well in 1m;o u 177U.' "Not ntull," says Greeley. "Why not ?" says Davis. If any human being has ever fouud out, Irom any thing Greeley has written, whv not, he has been more tortunate than tue World. We e'aa give the proper au.-wcr for him in a ten words: It whs periectly richt to secede trom nil' i leunr.y uosumicy oi lieorgo 111; it was yery wrong to secede from the arbitrary obsti i.acy of Horace I. If" we understand the result of the war, it is this strength has settled light. Tho argu ments lor nnd aeaiust secession are utterly unimpirtiint, except to the student of history aud the philosophic ftate-mau; but, it seees-iou neened a pood advocate, it can hud none belter thnn Greeley nrguing against it. It is not a very easy thing to uretie with any one unless the Dictionary is admitted by both. A uiiii'de re r Is executed in this city bv the au thority ot the people of the State of New York, and there is no other authority that can hang bun. What is the people of the State of Neiv i oi k Do two hundred thoiuand unnaturalized lonigners and twe-nty thouand unqimliued ne gioes loini any portion of it I Have they any thing to say, or any right to say anything f No more than so many pif8 or blue-bottle (lies, suppose the people' of tbe State of New York, through their regular machinery of State, call a convention and secede throw olf one syslmi and make another? The Slate of New York, says the Philosophic Squirm ot the 'Jriliww, hos no more right to eeecde liom tba Union than Long' Island to .nni.dn 4..... I... 1m 1 1 iha n.iTtla liaitd lt.i.1 h!M cili uv 11UIII 111 I mm n. (.iwj'iv uaiv lual IIUI, Is it possible fbat any human being can bo so stupid as Greeley pretends to be ? Is ii not more probable that it is an assumed stupidity to cover dishonest, as the thief indicted lor stealing plate kept repeating spoons, spoons, until ho was letDtf aian niot? The very question New York has been righting about Is, that the right of n people to alter lis government was by the Constitution ot the l nited States agreed to bo limited by that Con stitution. The very question Virginia has bee n tiphting about Is that it did not pass under the Constitution, but was a reserved right. It appear- now Mint rV'e Trilmvt 1ms for fiv year been on on" sioo b ni'st ike, and th.il, V con vie tion, it ought to I'd ve b. eo on th' other. It is re t ldensnnf In evt.. e the inrouiteiieivs nt b liiiii.flnittirinii. I: .t ?n"om-lsojicy i. "no hi l" of nil the t'ibe. V.V.i.H n bnve verv keen nr- re; tu n, nnd verv cx-eile. nt I'ei'.-ou ng povem, ii e r :vv- subject' i i w h,-h tii"v nre Hot inie lesfi c. but ju,t i.i i;i.i,ort oa ;h ti.i.v ;i,. mtj. lTstfd tl.oyseili: 'i l.i e ;X ' ei'fl'.i.iti ;ri1 iatoi 1'ie'i.iil pow ei. He t s w i:b a ushy -hearted moo lil e Greeley. Tbe sun. moott . nnd stars, crea tion, eternity, cons'itut on. and. 'aw-, nre nothing, 'lhe negro in the t'nivd State 1 1 role obiect for Cod and man to tifeud to, ntiet ttnitl he H at tended to nolhinr cnn be elnne. Few can ere tend to one-tenth ed the In'ellectMi I sheueth of Mr. Greeley; but lie .ho values the-. 'lerro at his exact rate, can, vpep v S,bicci v.her lu is corcerncd, comman.l iho-e fuculne .which Mr. Gree ley cannot. SPECIAL NOTICES. ET TIIE GREAT NATIONAL FX IR. IHE LAT III ULCTOltS OKTIIK ioilJll Olliicrs' llii'l K:i!!i:n Nfii Ori!ii!n Home Will rommenc to bold A l l ltLIf FAIR, In the C1T Oi W ASHIKUlON, i n tlic 15 li of MAY NKXT.the proiefiln ol whkli are to be devoted lo ibe i-ujiport ami Mnlntcniince of Hie Orplmng oi Nailrna' Soldiem anj t-aiiom. not otherwise previced tor Iu tbclr respective Htntes and Temtorlrs. 1 lie Indies Invito ml wi.o cnn to contrlhnte toward repii'scn-liig their Muto b. a tab.e at the Fair 'Hie charity I a Mb e i,nd difcrviiiK one, and It U hoicd that inch Siato und Tcirdurv win be liberally refriM nie,i. All ii.iitnt.utlon ulu-uld bn ndifri'ss'-d "N ITIOV'L 1 Dil l!.s-A li.s it-"Us'Dlil'H. H iAiE, ,. Asil JMliijN. 1. v "mil uTAHnled, li possible, ten days be ore ll;e ip, ulnii i.i II e Fulr ' ' 1 be li.s1liiifii.il yMM Ie .M ene.l tor the rceentlon r litli.ii ii i n the I s t i I .lime next, enu nppl ctitions .or nilintu limy be iu'.v khIi ii luiniidlHte y to Silts. J. CAKI.ISl 1, Hcntarv, yvn-iiliurton. 1 0. 1' a urn nlei lily to ll.e muse plcnxccopy. i 2't 1 T II K V I R(j 1 N Gold Mining Company of Colorado. 1U5 rl)(liHl i terstN, Moil Kncli, Ot wl Ich SJ30 are l.'c.Hrcd tor WOltKINU CAPITAL. The property 'cmiany coii-Ihh of twelve lerj-cs ip extent neui.i bail a mile m tern li l ua eJ niar iintrai Hiy, iliiiiuo ; iilnciibern e ect tuelr own oil cera. utitl ttietiispivra inanime tne albilrnoi the t'enipaiy. laih rinnal interi-Hi," vii'O. invea aul pcrilier l is pio rata i un.iuit oi nn.ck In all tho ooruorn liens orLi.nireil on tl . s pr per leu Hio ltiioka loi Hun i tuition ara now open For a proepei-tus aiyliiKiui p rtu-ulnrn, nr to a.cureono or inoieoi these oil; iisu iiiteicHts." a.idresii at once or aIPT to 4 23 lm PtJNf'AX M. MITCHKSO.V. cor.jroCBTU Mid yVALNUT Streets, i liiluda. rrj to tug gldieus of'i-ennsil- VAJIA. . . , , IIahiiisbuiio, May 1. 18U in Ohedlcnco to eurhorltv enicd In me bv a remlu tlini ailopted by tne t onvenilon of Soldiers Le d in tfiU cuy in tlieeitihtli il.i oi Murvh lHWi 1 do hereby re (iiest ll.e bonorubiv i:lchun;ed so dlern ol l'ennvl Minintonieet in tl.eir respective I eKis atlve District and eiect J'eleKates. nm oxcoidfnir live Iu nuiub.-r to repiesentthelrdisir.i t In a Holdlera' Convention to bo held in the city i.t Plu-sburji. on TUKMIA V. tile tilth of June ncxi. at 1 o'cl. ck A. Si. Where any Representative dls rlct eoniprlsca more than one county, tin manner ol electing the delegates Is respectfully reterre" to tbe soldiers of the nlstrict for such conference as w II! res jt In a lalr repreaontaUon of each county. Citizens who have borne arms In defense of f he nation apalnst mason have cspeciul Interest iu the purpose ol this Convention, and it is desirable iltnt as ful. a repre sentation ot tiie brave deionders oi the country as pos sible should bo secured on this occasion .1. F HAUTRANFT. Lnte llrcvet Wa.ior-eienetiU V 8 A. rapcrs tavorable to the cause will please puollsri the l4t6. THE UNK.X STATE CENTRAL COM Z,, WITi'FE wf'l meet at the room of tbe National 1 nlnn Cluli, So. 11C. I H r.HNTJ i treel, l'hl adelplila, ou V lUNidDAl , tbe Kith day oi Way, iustant at throe o e nek Y. al. The Htteiulnncc of tverv member is earnestly so'iclted. 6 1 l'-'t FK.JuliDiN'.thHlrnian. EST THE PIlll.ADELl'HIA NATIONAL B AN K. . . PmtADKLriitA.MnyJ. 18H6. .,T.?.e directors hnve this ia.y dec a red a dividend of I KK Ctll. i-V nnd also an extra divlnend of "1W O l'hlt CK.N'i. () or the last six mouths, payable on deniiind, clear ol taxi s. 8 3 (it It.K t OM1.QY3, Castiler. AMERICAN ACADEMY OV MUSIC .TOll M U lldl'.ltJ .1,.11..A- . a ' u. umiror ii cciuro uil MONDAY Kvenlng, itav 14 Subioct "l'ecullar Peo ple." lhe sale of tickets will beuln on Tuesday moru inp. S'.h Inat , and no tkKets will be so d oretiKUKeQ be lore that time. Tue north lial. ol tiie house "HI be sold at Asbtnead Evans' Hooks ore, No. Til besnut street and tbe south ha f at i runipier's alnslc store Seventh andClnsnut strecfc'. 1'rice 25 centi, 50 cents, and 75 cc"'- 5 5 8t g l'ENNSVLVANTA RAILROAD COM- TltKASI BKH'g DEPARTMF.NT, 1 -. , PniLADBi riiiA Alay i, lmss f NOTICE TO i HT M KUOLi.l Us. - I ne Board of riireetorshnve this Uey ileclsred a semi annua dividend ot HVl. Ph.KChN'..u the capital stock of theCutn- nnnv ..I Al Kntlnnul ...... ....... . , . Stter wiv 8flVl8t:6. vuu"'e oa "aa iiiana powers oi attorney for collecilnt; dividends can be hud at the otlice if ilio C'ompunv, No. 23n. I 111 Kj 'S'eL llloMAH T. FIRTII, 6i "i 'I reasurer. PHlLAl'1'.l.t'liIA AND READING 11AII.ROA11 lOMI'IVV llin, V . ...it u ,. FOCETll Mreet ' .. ... , rutLAPELPliiA April 28 186. Notice is hereby t!ven to tiie .siockho ders oi this Ctmrjiiny, that the npilon of receiving their Dividend in StoeK or I ash. ui.iu r tho resoluilon ol the Hoard oi lltb 1 eeeniber, lt5 wIUci-uko on and after the Ulst ot Slav, lstiii, and that su. h SKicklioldcrs as uo not demand their Dividend to be ..aid to ihein in Stock ou or bet., re that day, wl'l be tin real cr entitled to receive it in CasU oiuv. 14 3" lmj S. HK.i DFOUD. Treasurer. jprar BIERSlADT'tS LAST W0RK-"ST()RM IN THE KOi KY MOUNTAINS"-now on ex hibition by permission of the Artist, lorthe llonetlt or 'ho , '1-ineo n Instl u ion and eolillers1 and Hul ors' Oiibn Hoys' Home ' nt tVl NIitHi )'l H. TaYLOK A; DliOWN -H. Nos. Ul nii.l f'14 CH HN UT H-reet, lor one. month only. Open in in 1" A, M. to 10 V 11. Reason 1 leket, nl'lti , slnnleTlcket Alcenta. 4 211m OFFICE OK THE ROYAL PETRO T .ri'M enu e vv PllILADF.LPHIA ADllllfi, 1K6K. A n itriionrned meeti'v. ot the m oci holders ol the KO K AL Pl-. l liOLtl M t'OAIl'ANYwillbe held at theollloeoi the I omrauv. No. 2:17 . '. I11HD Htreet Phl adelphla, Penu sylvaula. en S tlND V, Mav 14 lHliti. a' o'clock P M to art upon a propoi-it.on fo reduce capital Htoek to two' hundred tli.nisHiid i ol urs I "2(111 IKIU), and to take mea sures to reduce the .. i'iise ut tho company, and uro luote iieneml interef' o' he same 82wiiuiit JOll el M.Le. 11F.11, Jb , Secretary. rpj- by ori i;i: of the corporators v of THE SAFE DFl'OSIT COMPANY OF PI1ILAHELPIUA. the opening of the hooka for sub serli'tltin to tlieeapi a fclock of said Company Is post pen. il until turtlier i.i.ike. 4 30 4t t$3f- A rilYMOUUUCAL VIEW OF JIAK- KlAOF : ( wituinlng nearly 3(H) poges. and 13U Lne Plates and Fngmviia ol the Anatomy oi tiie Human Orrai.s 1" a state oi limitb and lilsease. wlib a Treause on Larlv Kirors. its Heulorabie Conseoueiices upon tn Wind and Hody wlii, ti.e Autlior's Hanot Treaiment the only rational and suece-isml mode ot euro, as shown by the leiort ol . cs. a treated. A truthful adviser to the miirrl; d. and those t oritenip ating marriage, who enter- tam Loubts of their pn.vsleal condition Sent free of postsi-e to any addr ss. on r celpt ot J5 cents In stamua r portal currency, t.r addressing Dr. LA CROIX Ha. 31 ! AlDI N l.ane. Albany. N. Y. -ua.. mo. 1 l.e author inny b- ri.nsulted upon an ot the diseases' oj.on whiih his bool; treats either tnnnal'v or by mail. and iiedjeirttHsirit u. mt part ot the world. 11 8 tun ir; batch k l o it's hair dye. ' TUP HI KT IN TMV.Unnl r Huimlrss reliuble ur tantauenus. The only perfect rtve. No disappoint inent uo ridiculous tints, but true to nmun , b ack ur l.rev n ULM INK IS bit; MID WILLIAJ1 A. BATCHELOE ALSO, Hi renerallng Fx tiait ot M Ihlflcurs restores, preserves si d l.eautllles tne 1, ar. prevents ba'dueas. Sod brail 1. rut gists. Faetop No, HI BAKCLaY t-t. N. Y. DININ(i'-I!00M. F. LAKEMEYER, St CA If T 1- ll'R l l ev. wnn'rt rpsneettiill v luifim. I ubllo gciifially tin t be has leit iinllenii undone to make this place comlortiiblo iu every respect lor the acoom n cilMiou oi guests. He baa opened a large and eom ii odious Diuliig-lloi m In the second s orv His SIDf . HOAKI' Is luniisbed with FKANIUKR. WIN ks V "IsRT, Ftc. He. ol 't PFltlOK HKANDS. 1 j ' JUST PUBLISH E D- 11 v til Physicians of the v k- iv vnuir 1. iropn. l " 1 11 .U L l .11 , the Nluellelh Edition or their 0l R LECTi nKM, entitled- plIILO(.oriIT 0K HABKIAC.E To be had tree. tLr lour stamps bj addicsslng Kecre tar. New nk llu oiinot Anutoniv. J i o UK KKOADWAY, New Yotk.