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VOL. V.Ko. Hi
PHILADELPHEA, FBIDAY, MAY 11, 18GG.
I'OULLE SIIKKT TlIltEE CENTS.
JAMES STEPHE S
Arrival of the President of the Irish
Republic-Why He Came and
What H Expects to Do-Scenes
at the Pier and at the Hotel
How the President Looks
and What Ho Says Ire
land Eager for the
Fray Blow to be
Struck During
Present Year
A Serenade by
9th Regi
mentA Speech by
Jas. Ste
phens. from the Xtw York Tribute.
The O'Mahony received a telegram Irom Sandy
llot.k, yesterday alternoou about 3 o'clock,
stating that James Stephen, President ot the
lush Republic, was then on board the jVapolcoii
HI, which would arrive at Pier No. 50, Noroh
JUver, about ti o'clock iu tbe eveninp. The ex
citement this intelligence aroused nmona tbr
habitues of the Fenian headquarters in Union
Square may be belter imagined than described.
The news was expected, but it nevertheless
seemed sude'en and surprised -pome want those
who have been lor a long time preparing tor
the tvent.
Until recently the bend of the Fenian Brother
hood head, ire opine, in more than one sense
did not intend to visit this country, and he only
came because? the more earnest friends of Irish,
liberty demanded his presence here for the pur
pose of reconciling the wings of the party in this
country, w hich, instead of turning their entire
strength acuinst their Knglish foe, were im
ped iug the progress of their co-laborers in ire
land by dissensions among themselves. To put
an end to this domestic quarrel and to unite, if
possible, the opposing tactions, by accurate
statements of w hat was being done lfpon the
ground where the expected brittle is to be fought,
aud by such conciliatory measures as may be
deemed advisable, is the immediate cause of tois
visit from the President ot the Irish republic.
Jnrres Stephens came to this country by re
quest. He regai ded it as bin duty to tight the
battle out there, and hU place was the thickest
ol tho, tray. He was disappointed. Early last
September the blow would have been struck,
but )usi at that moment, almost, that Ireland
was ready, the Fenians here quarrelled. He
believes now, that nut for this event, the free
dom of that country would to-day be an accom
plished lact. At tirst he determined to wait,
and alio his irieuds to reconcile their own
differences, but as time passed on the breach
widened. At length he jielded to the solicita
tions of the leaders here, and came to make an
etlort, by his personal presence, to quell the
feud.
THE ARRIVAL.
Immediately upon the receipt ot the despatch,
the Ileception Committee was called together at
headquarter". It consists of the following
Fenians: John Uall'erty, Chairman; Captain
Dull, Dr. 1). M. BrosRinan, Thomas Kran, D. M.
tsutum, I'ati ick Daily, District Centre; John
McGowen, John O'Connor, W. L. Creed, and
Wm. Grill'm, Treasurer of the Brotherhood.
Booms had been already engaced, iu anticipa
tion of the arrival of their d's'tinaruished visitor,
at the Metropolitan Hotel, ana now all that was
to be done in this reaard was to have thein
made ready lor his reception. Then carriages
were to be secured lor the accommodation of
their guest, aud, while these preliminaries
were bcintr arranged, the news spread, appa
rently, to the remotest corner of the island. It
also lound its way into one ol the evening
paper?, and, although many doubted the truth
ot the rumor, more believed. At the appointed
hour the pier nt w hich the vessel was expected,
and the neichborlnu streets, w ere tilled with
those who wished to do honor to the man they
now call "Ireland's foremost patriot."
About C o'clock the steamer arrived, but was
detained in the river nearly t wo hours before
she etlected a landing. Stephens was recog
nized, however, before this, and hailed with
such shouts as we have seldom heard. When
the gangway was pm out a rush was made
towards the vessel, but the captain shouted that
the pier must be cleared betore the President
could land. Roundsman Mtildoon of theTweutv
eiphth Precinct, with a squad of Metropolitan
Police, cleverly accomplish i that object, and
tne Committee met and formally welcomed their
guest.
After a few moments passed in private con
sultation, they entered their carriages and drove
to the Metropolitan Hotel, througn Morton and
Bleecker streets to Broadway. Messrs. Raflerty,
Brossman, and Kellv occupied a carnage with
the President. Cuptain M. L. O'Brien, of Keo
kuk; Lieutenant William Smith O'Brien, of
Detroit; Lieutenant James M. Gillons, of New
York; and Thomas Mjore, Civil Encineer, who
accompanied Stephens in his voyage from
Havre, were under the charge ot the .eroainder
of the Committee, and took the same route, also
in carriages. The crowd followed on foot. When
we say that it was very laree and very enthusi
astic, that it rent the air with shouts for
Stephena-the Irish Republic, the Fenian Brother
hood. Mfi "the Green," we only suggest in Ja
mild way the demonstrations that too place.
AT IDE noTTL.
1. roadway from Prince to Houston street was
filled with Fenians when the 1 'resident arrived
at the Metropolitan Hotel. They crowded upon
the carriage in which he rode; they blocked the
sidewalk; they crushed each other in the door
way; they occupied the rotunda and overflowed
into the offices and reading-rooms. They fright
ened the horses, broke the traces, and would
have drawn the vehicle through Broadway, we
iiave no doubt, if the accident had occurred
earlier. As soon as he could possibly be pushed
through the crowds, he was carried to room No.
!230 by" the Committee, and locked in, a fact
which disappointed many who desired person
ally to congratulate him upon his escape and
his safe arrival.
PERSONAL.
James Stephens is apparently about 5 feet 8
inches in height, 45 years of ate, and has a ruddy
complexion, blond hair, and small, bright,
bluish-grey eyes. He is broad-shouldered, and
seems capable of a great dea' of physical en
durance. He has a full forrhead, is entirely
bald, and wears a full beard, the moustache
bristling straight downward over his mou'.h,
giving evidence of strength and vigor. He
speaks tho first words ol a sentence slowly and
deliberately, and in a clear tone, but closes it
quite rapidly, while his phrases grow in lorce
and distinctness as they approach a period. H is
manners are easy and us movements unre
strained and not lacking in grace. He seems
frank and candid, and utters his opinions con
cerning the movement in such a manner as to
induce bJs hearers to believe that he is speaking
the convictions of a lifetime.
ilis nationality is unmistakably told in his
peculiar enunciation; but his words are gene
rally well chosen, and although not many, In
variably and directly mnrgost the entire idea he
intend to convev. lie speaks proudly, yet not
xniuodestly, ot his escape from RichmoudPrison,
and evidently regards the achievement as an
excellent Joke. Altogether Mr. Stephens is a
quit, unobtrusive, and eurnest gentleman, and
if we may be permitted to judge from half an
boor's interview, is eminently worthy of the
position in which he has been placed by the
Jf'tnUm Elv.lwh.ood",
THE CAUSE AND OHJFCT OP niS VISIT.
The cause of hs islt to this country tins
already bcn indicated in the opening pt a
graphs ot this article. lie came at tha rcue-it
of the Fenian leaders. He left D.ibhn on the
1 1th ol March, and arrived at Purls on the ISth
where he remained a liHle more than a month.
sailing Irom Havre for New York on t"ie 2bth
proximo He conies for the sole purpose of en-
ovavormE, by conciliation, to renn'r t'le breach
thot has been made in the Feni.in ranks ia t lis
country bv the nunrrcls ot the O'Mahonv and
Roberts. This is the only cause of his leaving
Ireland, and the only object ot his visit, to this
country.
mv: situation in irri.and.
In a conversation, Mr. Stephens said that, the
people nt Ireland were ready, early lusi, Sentenv
ber, to strike the intended blow a'Pin-t Eng
land, and gave it as his firm conviction that but
for the dillerence that nprane up in this country
about that time, the power of the British mili
tary force would have been broken and Ireland
would to-day be virtually free The Knglhh
mieht. p'rhaps, have helJ some of the seaports;
but their ability to land troops upon the inland
would have been destroyed. VVhile smarting
under the fnilure of his plaiiR, he wrote strongly
and somewhat bitterly of his friends hete; but
when he spoke of "lonnincr off the rotten
b:nm he. " he intended first lo be sure that the
branches were rotten, lie still thinks it possi
ble to accomplish the desired object diirinir che
present j ear, and openly avows hi purpose of
retui mug to Ireland as soon as be can succeed
iu uniliug the Brotherhood here.
HIS F.SCArn FROM RICHMOND PRISON.
After his escape from Richmond Prison full
details ot details ot which have been nlready
piinted he remained in Dublin nearly lour
months. He was in the hands ol bis friends,
and knew the movements of the p jlice as soon
as they were made. To use his own phrase,
"Our police was better than theirs." He sat in
his room, ar.d every morning heard the news
boys shouting "The arrest of Stephens" under
his window. He went out whenever it was ne
cessary, and at the moment when he was an
nounced as arrested was sittine in council and
pertectinir arrangement to overthrow the Bri
tish power. It never occurred to him to leave
Irehnd to secure his own personal safety, tor
he recanted that as more secure there thiin he
did when on his passage to Franco. He met, at
one time, a party ot sixty persons who were
peeking him, and does not taink it strange they
did not find him, although he was so near. The
escape Irom piUou took place on the 20tb of
November, and he lelt Dublin on the lllth of
March. He could have remained there forever
with safety, and regards his information con
crrnini: the movements of the British Goverii
mcnt as much more nearly correct than any
thing they can learn of the Fenian movement.
HIS MOVEMENTS WHILE IN NEW VORK.
Mr. Stephens, while here, rerrards himself as
entirely ut the di-posal of his Iriends. The Com
mittee who now have hitu in charge will make
an eilort to have the Council Chamber placed at
their disposal, and he will probably remain
there throughout the day to receive nny who
may call. A erand Fenian demonstration will
be held in Jones' Wood before his departure.
No programme has as yet been announced, and
none will be published until the question of use
ing City Hall has been decided.
Mr. Sterbens, we learn, has accepted an invi
tation t- witness the dramatic perlormance this
evening at Niblo's Garden.
SERENADE, AND SPEECH FROM MR. STEPHENS.
Notwithstanding that it had been concluded
to give no serenade to the Head Centre last
evening, some enihusiastij members of the Bro
therhood were not to be deterred from immedi
ately eiviug expression to their enthusiasm
through a band of music and an impromptu
sercuude. Accordincly about 114; o'clock the
sound of music was heard conrng down Broad
way, and a large crowd almost immediately tilled
the street in ftont of the Metropolitan. The
first tune played by the band on arriviner at the
hotel was "Hail to the Chief," which was fol
lowed by continued aud enthusiastic cheering
and cries for Stephens. Mr. Stephens came do wii
from his room, accompanied bv a number of
gentlemen, and appeared on the balcony, where,
being lecognized, the most enthusiastic cheer
ing followed, and the baud played "St. Patrick's
Day."
Mr. Stephens then stepped to the front of the
balcony, and spoke as follows:
Couhtrtmen:- (Great cheering Though find
ing you biuken Into parties, aud your laith, per
haps, somewhat shaken, I sti 1 expect tuat you will
work on earnestly and energetically to the end.
("We will! we will!" Cheers.) I not only expect
it, but am convinced that you will fulfil your pro
mise. iChcers.) All power is with the people, aud
mv laith in the people is unshaken. (Cheers ) You
linvo i ho power to accomplish your object, and you
Wl'ldoit. ("We will.") The liiim at liomn Imvn
done thoir part. (A voice "We are ready u do
ours.") The power oi your Irlnuda In Ireland
is as strong as ever. All the action that
the Government put forth bas not -weakened it a
jot. ( Immense cheering.) We want ad good
men to eiiter the party. We want such
a comttinea power as will enab'e us to act with our
lull lorce against the enemy. Say nothing against
any poison, say nothing against mr pattv, un.il
proved to be guilty. We have a great deal of work
be. ore us. In a few days I shall be able to give you
words of cheer. (A voice "Have your weapons
ready.") I hope 1 shall be ab'e to reconcile the dil
igences that have sprung ui among you. (Voice
"It was not our lault ") 1 have faith in the pooplo.
lou must give over partv quarrolB and dlsgn:iO"B.
I have come here to accomplish that oojeot. The
committee which bas been appointed have
been collecting the facts, and, when I have
Bteu the result ot their labors, I shall be able, I bo
Iieve, to unite you in harmony and strength. Cau
I count on you (Cheers, "Yes, yes.") l'he pr
sont of Iielund are full of your brothers. I left
Ireland aud have come to America bocauso I was
invited. 1 was told the organization wanted me.
have cone over in answ, r to the call, resolved to act
in the largest spirit of conciliation, and work as if
nothing had happened, to do juitlee to ad parties,
and to pick the good men. (Cries, ".Sveeneyp"
"Sweeney.") I use no hitter word toward anv
man, I only ask you to excuse me ibis evening
tram any iurther remarks. (Choers.)
The bund then played "Tara's Hall" and
"Minstrel Boy." The crowd then cheered, and
called for ' Sweeney," and others, and were so
vocilerous that Mr. Stephens again came forth
and said:
"Brothers, I thank you sincerely for your com
pliment. 1 now bid you good-nipbt, and request
you kindly to retire to your homos, in the hope
that you will become entirely united and couooli
duted in good leeling," (Cheers).
The baud then ployed "The Wearing of the
Green" and "The Star Spanulod Banner," after
which Mr. S'.ephens retired to his room, and the
crowd slowly dispersed.
ANOTHER SERENADE.
It is announced that Mr. Stephens will be tho
recipient ol a second serenade this evening,
which will be a more grand affair than the pre
vious one.
, A Theft at the Vatican. A correspondent
in Rome writes: "There has lately occurred at
the Vatican a serious event, which bas caused
uneasines m the Pontifical household, but
which it is sought to keep secret. There hn?
been abstracted from a secret drawer in the
Pope's bureau, a portfolio containing the auto
graph letters addressed to him by foreign sove
reigns. Many of the letters are from tho Empe
ror of Austria and King of Prussia. The letters
from Napoleon III, which are said to compro
mise the latter, the Pope kept in reserve, and
people of weight affirm that he intended to
publish them eventually, in order that they
micht be mdged by fact's, and that the whole
world might see how solemn promises bad been
violated. This purnosc, if ever entertained,
may be modified by the audacious theft of the
portfolio."
AVOMEVS RIGHTS.
ProredlffB of tlie innvrntlnn In tie
r' Cbarcb, Nw Vr It Hptrchf by
Lacretln Mate, K. duty Ninnlnu, II. W.
Uechr, and Otlin Curlou Doing
in the Convention- 4Urlll I'miniMl
for tho Ballot for H'uiiicu. ;. kic.
An m thr World.
I lie V omnn's Itlwhts Convention inrt voterdiv
n. or n mi p at the Chuichol mu l unlaus ( Lr. chee-
vei'f ) wii'i a er mr" aiicndmico.
kits, f liLc'h Cady Stun on, a flue, partly, mldd'e
sr'id woman m b acK snk diess, and short iicbt
cur s, with bluo nbl on in her hair, occupied the
Chan. Ui on tho plalloriii were Mrs Mart Wright,
ot Auburn; Ernestine L. Hose, Mrs. Wine'iester,
Dim. (ape, lheotlore lilton, Abby Kcilv Foster,
Lucretin Mott, Mr erpcniit ol Koston. and nlior
warci Henry Ward Hcecher. and Sirs Frances fcl on
Walking, also took their places on tho piatlorm, with
bourn in g 'aces.
Airs Btanton opened ilic meeting by reading tho
resolutions, which woro ndopUd.
IUB. STANTON WANTS TO MAKB WOMAN'S PPI1KRK
II.MM1TA1II.K.
V r i. Stanton then made a formal addre-s She
eaxi the cuter vorld.ns well as iho home, nc ds
vi ii. an to look alter the order of its nrrutif.'cmoiii
Wii h tho ballot, woman wo'ild extend her sphere
aiin muKe ber sphere as Illimitable as hor wants.
M all Ni na'ors Iu thrir places toll us tnat wonma
doc liot need thu voto w'len forty thousand worn 'n
in this cit nrf living at starving prices bv the
needle; and ldow these in ower depths are mighty
mil ilvdes ol tiilien anpe.c, over hoso insert and
ctm e society draws a veil of torgetfii ness, and telore
lliu, incxtiicublu piobb m s ands appalled.
THE SOCIAL EVIL
Here arc thou-ands without s ;ll-r spet or fear, or
bono, or love wno sit in darkness and gioom in 'he e
moral lnznr houses of dieaso and do.-oair, wa ting
for the shadow oi di aih or somo good spirits ou
earth lo galvanize tbcm into lue aralu. For such as
Ifet-o, what cun be done? Outside tho pale of re
spectability, with every honorable employment
closed against them, lifco an irretrievable blanx to
them; shall we camly told our arms and, like the
J huiisees of old, thank God tha- we are not onj oi
them, and leave them to thoir fatef AIo. no; it is
your duty and mine, and our interest too, to open
i;iw avenues for work to all this cla-s of women, tor
they aro sapping the lounda Ions ot our national
virtue and stron?i.b. We may forgot them, but
their sins will ie avenged on us and our children to
tne lb rd and fourth generation. W ith tae ballot,
we would organize iioui this class a standing arinv
lor t.,e nation an aimy not to destroy but to save.
A HINT FOB A NEW COMMISSION
I would have wcuicii associated together with men,
on taual nages, as inspector oi slroots, of prisons,
ot u elreponmn po'icc, commissioned, unuorined,
and ) aid by the Mate to pnard and watch the vouth
ot the nation; with a star on her brow and the
Ftcptre in her band. Wou'd not woman pa rol our
stiecis at the midnight hour with a holier mt.-Hion
Ihnn she now does a dependant on tho will and
Lounn of ano her? Oivo a man the tielir oyer my
sublicence, he has a rignt over my whole moral
bet g. J would have organized companies ot women
to abate drunkenness, gambling, licentiousness, to
watch and guard the yomh, t!:e v.'esk, uuu ignorant;
to counsel t lie ciiminal and unfortunate; to look
after the order and cleanliness or tenement-houses,
streets, and prisons, thus making the motaer
and wile and sister aud daughter a power
over this moral realm, and be no longer slave where
she shou d be rulei ; no longer a subject where sho
should be queen. Iu the narrow sn.iere now a.
eivntd woman, under a dynasty of lorce, simper-
iMiio ior wnni oi laoor ana inougnr. tuu'l they wlu
lounee on ylvet cushions, o'othed iu purple aud
IIlo linen, faring sumptuousiy every day, tell us
they do not care to votef Have vou no outies to the
sad, ml en, and outra.ed of our own wif ( Hero a
very stout woman, in a front pew, began to look
agonized in the countenance and, at the end ot
every measured sentence that fell from Mrs. !tan.
ton, sho ut'erod the word ' Amen," whi'e two or
tl roe other old women put their handkerchiefs to
their eye-, und soim- oung women luughod audibly.
Hut still (ho first od lady clapped her hands and
nodded her head, and said "Amen.")
A HINT IN CASE OF ANOTHER DRIVER'S STRIKE.
Mrs. Manton Continued i v savincr thnt women
should be conductors on cars and tadroads, drivers
in carriages aud stages, and saw no ohiectiun to 1 1 if
even ladies can drive two horses in f ilth avenue, in
the l'ark, with a man ou the back seat lor orna nut.
( Laughter.) Why may not tho less fortunate women
earn two dollars a day as drivers ou the cars aud
stages? There would be less cruelty to tho horses;
less sweat me and quarrelling in our streets. Woman's
influence in ad departments would Introduce more
elements of brightness and beauty. Oo iuto the edi
torial sanctum". Site had often been sorry that such
men as William Cullcn Bryant, Horace U roe lev,
Jhcodore lilton men who ho d in their haml-i tho
destiny of na ions should be compelled to forge
their thunderbolt.? in such dark and dinpvdens. I 'l'hn
stout woman cned "Amen!')'
jneonore i r ton, who sat by tne side of Abby
Ke ly Foster, smiled caimly.
Mrs. Stan'on asked, If woman knows enough to be
bung does she not know .enough tvote on tli- laws
by which she is hung f (The sum' woman clasps her
baud and nods bei head 1 Mrs Stanton then rn.
luU d the idea t but the borne, the Church, and th
State were distinct spheres. Woman was needed in
public a (lairs. As there is that physical difloreuce
bit ween woman and man necessary lor the propaga
tion of i he race, so Ihere U that spiritual dilToreuc
necessary to the vitalizing of thought in American
pontics, bhe saw the dawn of a new era as clcarlv
a she ever saw the sunlight on the eastern bills,
and sho be'ieved the hour ol woman had couio.
SOMK JOKES BY THEODORE TILTON,
llicodoro li.ion was the next sneaker. Hn said
that, however dark and a ooinv and doiotul mnrht
be the place wtere newspapers wore printed, his
oflice was ever bright when Mrs. Stanton visited it
l he salutation ot the speaker, " Mrs Chairwoman,"
ks received wi h an outourst ot lauvhtnr. and ilm
Chair eugpested that she be addressed as Mrs. 1'reji-
aenr..
The speaker comldered that this meeting was
called to enforce the most humane and beuutiiul
idea that was everimroduced into politics the giving
oi the ballot to woman; aud never until that idea is
coined into the statute-book of this land will our
tiovernmeut be woitnyol tne name of a reoubUc.
The t allot was tbe right, not ol wo nan, or man, or
the lawver, or minister, or editor, but the citizen,
lie demanded the bailor toi woman not for woman's
sake, but lor the sake of man. We need woman in
polnics; when she enters it bad men will be driven
from it. Shall we have a woman lor President? Kor
one, be would thank God if we had a man ior Presi
dent In speaking lurthci of woman, Mr. lilton in
dulged in a joke. He said tne chief bone of conten
tion in the world had been the lib taken out ot
Adam's loly, wherewith Uod made Eve. ( Laughter.)
lie relerred to woman's work in literature, and,
al uding to 1-ucy Aiken's work, spoke ot it as Lucy
ltusbton's, and correcting nimsolf, said he had not
been to the theatre lately, or seen his friend, Mr.
ueocuor, oeiore ior (wo or three weens.
A RECREANT RETURNS 10 THE FOLD.
All the auti slavorv people were presout at the
convention; but tho ladies ot the convention, who
mostly wore corzsurew curls, rad also succeeded in
drawing out the lateK receant lieury Ward
hoecher. lie (aid it micht he n.-kod wli at sneh n
time as this, wl en tJO attention ol the whole nation
is Iconceutrated upon the reconstruction ot our
States, we should iuti ude a new aud advance ones-
tiou. Hecaune the question is one and the same. We
are not now discussing merely tbe question ol the
vote for tl e fieoameu as new-born citizens; that is a
fact which compels us to discuss the whole under
lying question of Government That is the case in
court, and when the judge slia'l have given his de
cision, that decision will cover the whole question of
civil society, and the relation of every individual in
It as agents and actors The history of the develop
ment ot man durinc tbe last thousand years has been
collection ior the sake of distribution. It was need
iui that fraternities and professions should be esta
b istied. in order thut law and medicine should pro
tect lUtUJBUJVeB.
Hut now education is so diffused that law dn not
belong to the lawiers, tbe dissemination oi too
(osnel to tho ministry, nor any other profession to
an exclusive class. Men have a right now to be
won witbout a doctor, and go out ot the world
without a bishop, f Here are gradual changes going
on now, revolutionizing society. It l not necessary
now tor one to continue in tbe sphere in which he
was born. Ihe Kmpcror ot Kussla was noted as
the greaiest democrat ot us all. Me has appreciated
the right of citizenship, and probablv loiesees the
tutimate result. V hen all Kussla and England will
have waked lin. It Id atranirn that tha ninrhor rt
publican institutions should so long have withhold
liorsouat nuerty, ihe rights or man. lu England
but one man in six. has a rwht to voto. it. i ti,
penerai, universal law that all man shall partake of
the manufacture ot the law which governs them.
This is ihe world through, and he who took exoep-
iiou iv iv u aKea io give tne reason why. If it
wa i right to give one million black invn the right to
vi te, was it rot r "lit to give the arre right ti ore'ii
n other i r si' tor ? Ic oln lavor ol giving iho
r glit to Irishmen to voie. Eviry Democratic oh
tii;;fit' wss will ng to have ai Irismm n y ue un
washed, ulci mlert, and ragged as they mty te.
A FENIAN REFi RRNCK
Mr. 1. tecler I an a nea respect ior the Ins'inmn
except whin ho undertook to make war; hu' that
was too ludicrous. 1 1 aughfer ) For wiud lighter
commend bun to Irsbmi u. Woman, Mr. Ueechcr
said, shou d i o a nursing mother io num in hoc ety.
She si.ou d be intcicsted in the sum total ol that
society in wnich . o nves tie urcued n l for a
( ma. 'sriph to voto, but for a woman's duty to
discharge citizon hie. Tbe qjestions that aio lo fill
our po itics In the lutnre are not to bo more money
questions, or qiieftions of j arty power and ambition,
notions ol la'jor aie he'ealter to occupy ths
nation. The queftioti How snail work lind leisure, and
in io suro know -lodge? in such a question woman's
instinct is bettt rthau man's wisdom. F'o thnsakcof
nich questions that arc knoekingat our doors, he de
clared thahwomun ought to tcei It hor duty to.miugio
lu public allaiis. in the luiurc, schools, books, aud
newspapers are to be more powerlul than exche
quers aud banks not to undervalue these. Wo are
near the end of all Isms, and questions of morality
nro to come beforo the people. Without women yo i
shad never peruct human society. It, was womau's
dun to take part iu public alliiirs.
A OLIMTBE OF THE ROTURE STATE.
A woman wno is coiaeut to wasn sloe tings, and
make johnny-cuxes bring up her i.ov, is an under
let, wn WMtn.tii, and when ano comes 1 1 lleavou sli
will ipend the tirst thousand joars in ge'tmg to that
state to which she otiut to havo attained Oe'ore sno
died. Wtmau will purily the ballot-box, and when
wctuau conns to tne pol s, the Kidmen ol loud
mouthed politic ans will divide to .ct hor pass
ihioiigli. It is 'aid woman will losi her do icacy
by m, xing in politics. 11 sho wete to go into part
in rslitp with a p bi.c'au, tnat would be true One
ILoicui, ro'iiic'an tins corruption cmu'h to spoil
a wiiolo village. Hut it is no. exoectod that
woman v Hi b-- any lo-s a woman than ever. She
must Lu mor. ol a woman. We ueod a ditlercu; ele
ment. l.ut it is said thnt the woman Is represented by the
man Hut, il that argument is true, whj does not
tho father represent the toy aiter be has arrived at
tiicac of twenty-one, as wed as the gin? Why
not o buck to the idea ot tha patriarch acting tor
the whole fajiiiv? It is saiii that women are ex
citable, ai.d there would be introduced acrimony
inio policy. Well, be wou d not tor tne w rld con
tanuiiate politics. (Laughter.) He would aumit
that woman was an rxcitab.e crea'uro, and that
pobttCB did nor need auy more excitement, llut the
exciiabilry ol men iind women would neutralize
each other. Seriously, however, he attached no
weight to that arcruuiont Ho cone! nil, .il u-i.-h on
eh quent peroration.
BEKCUKK SOUNO ON A DRINKING QUESTION.
Mr. Hiccuer iiiivinir consulted a testament and
handed il to Mr. Tiltnn ilnr n,r liia m,i, n, iot.-
told a itory which ho had heard oi ten 'ministers,
none of whom had pocket-testaments; but every ouo
... nucuiiuiiK'rew whs caned ior 'o open
the champagne pul.ed oue out ot his pocket
llr. lieecher said be WHS IlMhATllfHl tf tin i lin ifnj
buu-kkuuy actiuaiuteo witn sucu subjects as to
kn .w that they aid not use corkscrews lor cham
pagne, It was ale. he be ieve.1 .na'omi r .i,.
papne. forj which the corkscrews were wanted.
A HORNT.T'fl n-v.t prT? enwc-fi
Mrs. Stauiou said, as Mr. Ueecher bad told how
respictlully tlie Queen ol Eugiaud was received in
l'oriiamciit, she would like to tell tho audieuc bow
a l.'ei ub icon senate rece.vea the petition from tho
women ot New England. Iustead of presenting it
us ii Milium uuvc uitu, n nu an appropriate speecu
on the subject, a Seuator actual.v uie-euieil it vim
an apolocv lor so doing a petition Irom Now Eng.
land womon, hearted by Lt dia Maria Cnnds. Charles
r uuu or, id ine unneti Mates senate, made an apo
logy in presentinu ihat petition.
eusan l. Anthony then road a petition, which is
to le presented to congress 'rom this convention,
tbow ng Mr Sumner very pertinently thai every one
ot his ai a u moms in lavor of negro suffrage apply
alro to women, ai.d that he is thoroughly committed
by l is own words lor woman's sullVage
When Sumner reads ihat petition he will fuel us
though he bad a hornet's nest aoout his cars.
MR. PHILLIPS THROWS A PAIL OF COLO WATER OS
THE AUDIENCE.
Wendoll Phillips was thou introduced. He said
there had existed at a certain time an inquiry as to
the reason whv arc certain stage oi me meeting, a
man always got np and went out, and a number of
surgeons held an autopsy on the man io hud the
reason. J hey found it. It was because bis brain
was fu.l. He thought that this was the condition
Ol this audieuce ator Mr. lieeclier's speech. He
called attention to the fact that it i not tne .Legisla
ture so much as fashion that keeps woman back.
The young man comes to tbe city and in a tew years
isnch; why don't the women do It? It Is becausa
fashion has decreed that a boy mav work and engage
in bus nes", and that a woman may not. Large as
the ballet is, large as legislat on is, behind it are
bioadoi oppoitunities.
Business, tho colleges, medicine, law all the
thousand prizes ot life are bciore woman, but
ia-hion denies her entrance; the only thing that
blocks the door to those i atbs is their own opinion,
and an opinion that she can chonge. ihe edict of
woman's decisive opinion will close the grougurios
of Aew iork much qu cker than tbe police cau
stop thoni Ihe t;oub e of this cause is that it is to
le argued against the wishes and purpose of its vic
tims. The unrepresented millions of Eng and swell
the voice ot John. Bright. When we como t tne
won an (itiestion, the nrst jrreat abiding diihculty is
thut woman herse.f is the o: acle.
she fills the cha'r mot potent in the university of
this ditcussion that of puolic opinion aud she
utieis ber verdict against it. He would remind
wi man that legislation was but a circumstance in
tho broad circle of lorces that make and ratuld pub
lic allaiis. ibe tempter io vice in the street" of
luw Yoikisnot the rout, it i the absurdly tasti
tlious and bigoted v religious! sister who lues in a
line mansion within half a mile. She is the one
that binds the limbs God made alert, and bands b t
eister over to the tempter.
UNPALATABLE ADVICE.
Go home and reionn yourselves. Go home, and
let there emanate that intluence from society which
i the creature and tho creator of public opinion
Woman is equal in literature, and the literature of
the middle ages that wasn't readable was purged
But give woman tho ballot, and I don't count on
the millennium the next day.
MR. PHILLIPS LACKS KEEN AGONT OF INTEREST FOR
WUHAN'S RIOUTS.
I don't feel that keen agony of interest in this
question that 1 did in tho slave, nor that I did in the
temperance cause, because the drunkard's vice un
titled him to help us in the effort to lilt him on bis
leet. Let us remember the moment you take off
your ban every medical coliego will be ooen, every
atenuo ot business will be open Don't ignore the
power of woman ; it is too great. Let it be loosened,
ft is bidden; we want to be able to lind it and in
d ct it. Let woman know that no one stops her bur
herself. She has her own arms, she corrupts her
tisters. (Feeble applause.)
Mrs Guge, a grim, middle-aged lady, with a cap
en tne back ol her bead, and a bunch of curls in
liont, on each side, upheld by a comb, next spoke.
She comn eneed bv saying that the reason that
woman's influence was diracted in tbe aveuues of
lat-bion was because, for centuries, she had had no
oppor unity to exeit it iu any otuer direction.
She closed with a lengthy allegory concerning an
old ruin.
PHILADELPHIA GETS A WIPE.
Sirs, llarier. ot Ohio, a colored ludy, nicely
clresred, with her l.air frizzed behind, was t'ie next
fpeasor. ohe rotated something ot her o vn expert,
t ree, io show Ihe inequa itv ol the law in its opera
tion on women and men. She was very indignant
aiaiust tniladelpbia tor the manne. iu which that
luieimoiy radical city treats lie-roes
l.uerefaMott also said a tew words.
WOMAN'S RIGHTS MERGED INTO EQUAL RIGHTS.
Ader a reces.- ol an hour the meeting agaiu con
vened, ai d the Woman's Ktghts Asmcatlon was
disiandod, and in lis p aoe there was estab ishod the
American Equal Kights Association, with Lucrotia
Wott as l'resiaent, bavii g lor its object the obtaining
ol the right ot tudrage for all persons, " without
regatd to complexion, race, or sox." which lue udes,
ot course. lu nans not taxed," as veil as Cinnamon
ai d line ligeut ourang-outangs. Some ladies made
speeches criticizing Mr. Phillips's remarks, and Mr.
Ibeodore Tiitou suggested, in substance, that the
"'"''fences between Cuarles Uumuer and Susan U.
At thouv be adjusted by the union of the two, who
are at piesent both single, in the bonds ot inatn
inoi y.
. 'Ib,elual Hbhts Association proposes to "agi
tate in an extraordinarily violent manner dur ng
the next lew mouths deliver speeches, bold con
ventions and meetings, distribute tracts, appoint
committee-, oiroulate petitions, receive subsorip
tiona send out agents, organize local associations,
give tea-parties, send Mr. Bolton to BoBton. and clr
cu ate I'hilllpa and Garrison and Beeoher for the
purpose of Inducing the Constiiutlonal Convention,
which is to meet in this State, to strike the word
iual" Jrg the Constitution.
TUT HI) EOTTION
GIGGLY I S3 PORTA XT!
JelTcrson Davis Jndictoa
for High Treason.
ACTION OF THE CRAND
JURY AT NORFOLK, VA.
rX'lie M'l'ial to talco IMnet
in June.
Etc. E!., Ett.. Etc.. Kmv Eto.
n.'.LTiMORi:, May 11. Yesterday Jell'-rson
Davis was indicted lor treason against the
United Stn'.es by the (irand Jury in se-sion at
Nurlolb, and the trial ot the prisoner, it is sun
po-cd, will take place iu June. Dr. Higelow. of
Alexandria, one of the members of the Grand
Jury, who reached Baltimore this moruins, says
the "tatement that Mr. J. Gillinehaoi, the foreman
of the Grand Jury, declined serving as a member
ol that body after hcatinc the oocnlns charire of
Judtre Underwood, is incorrect. Mr. Gilliuirham
iiad never served on a jury before, and simply
requested to be excused Irom acting as foreman,
etating as his reason that he was afraid he was
not competent to fill thnt position. He made no
objection whatever to serving as a member of
tne Jury.
Norfolk, Va., May 11. Late veslerdav after
l.oon the Grand Jury ot the Uni ed Slates Cir
cuit Court, in session here, broucht iu a true
li'l itirainet Jeff. Davis ior treason, and ad-
lonrncd until the tirst Tuesday in June, to meet
in Hu binoml.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Special Hetpatche to The Lvening Telegraph.
Washington, May 11,
The Public limnalD.
As an evidence of the extraordinary activity
in the difpotal of tbe Diiblic domain, the Com
missioner of the General Land O'Pc.e stales thnl
in the n onlh of April last, patents for California
minis were issued ainountini! to C7.n.1! aeies
Dtiririe the same period Orpon donation patents
i overing .I7,bu7 acres were issued.
itlebmnnd Lntxliv.
The Richmond Examiner was out in mouvnins
jesterday for the anni rcrsary of the death of
sioncwnn Jackson, and called upon the people
to deck the graves of the Rebel dead with
bowers, thousands of persons obeyinz the re
qt:et.
The rhilittlelolitA Annnlnlmsnu.
It is believed heie there will be a general
t hauee all round in the Infernal Uevenue nfiicen
of your city, and a number of candidates are
spoken of for both Assessor and Collector of
tne second District. S. M. Zulick. reemtlv
appointed Collector of the Third District, will
proonoiy oe confirmed, and Peter A. Keyser,
Asistant Assessor, same District, will b3 male
Assessor in place of Fletcher Budd.
The Hon. Leonard Myers, who was urerinr the
claims of Mr. George C. Evans for Collector of
the Third District, is now working for Zulick's
confirmation. The Senate Finance Committee,
who have Sloitnaker's fate In charge, have not
reported his name for confirmation. The Phila
Velphia delegation, with the exception of Jude
Kelley, are urging his claims. Senators Wilson,
Wade, nud Nye, of Nevada, who is rivalling
Sumner, are strongly opposing these confirma
tions. From Kansas.
TorF.KA, Kansas, May 10. The 12th Colored
I c-ftiment, Colonel Dunca", passed throueh here
to day iii rouie for Fort Union, New Mexico,
accompanied by a train of 115 wagons. Many
oi the officers have their families with them.
A Ragged School Stoby about a Generocs
I.gy. Iu a speech at I.etth ou the 27th ultimo,
the Rev. Dr. Guthrie told the following story:
tin one occasion a very serious crime was com
mitted by one of the boys in the Edinburgh
I.agced School. He had broken a rule sacred in
tbe school and must be punished. Mr. Git)b,
the Governor, assembled the school, and the boy
was told to strip. Strip he did to the skin, and
ftood betore them a spectacle that wrune the
teacher's heart so thiu. so worn, so starved like,
o wretched, that Mr. Gibb had not the heart to
I 'd the janitor lay on the whip. But he must
te punished; so Mr. Gibb turned round to tho
ther boys and said: "You see that child, wil
any one bear the punishment in his room; will
anv oue bear ie strokes for bun V Then a little
lellow off with his jacket and took his place,
i i:d bared his back for the blows.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Office of tdb Evening Telegraph, f
Fridav, May 11, ltftiG. f
The Stock Market wna Trmro unit vra 1 1
moraine, and prices conrune steady. In Govern
ment bonds there is less doiusr. 7-303 sold at
102i; 102 wasbid lor 5-'0s: Kifit for r.s nr iaoi.
and !)5 or 10-40s. City loans are in good
ununuu iti me auvance. xne new isiue sold at
!i8$(T9!i, and old do. at !i5. Pennsylvania Ss
sold at ft'iA, an ndvam e of J.
Railroad shares are the mot active on the
list Pennsylvania Railroad sold at hVM'iil,
no change; Cataissa preferred at 30J30J. a
flight advance; Reading at 53J, no change;
Little Sehuylkil. at 37, an advance of i; North
Pennsylvania nt 3d, an advance of J: Lehigh
Valley at CI, no chance; and Philadelphia and
Krie at 32i33, a slight decline; 65 J was bid for
Mlnehill; aud 41 for Northern Central.
City Passenger Railroad shares continue iu
fair demand. Thirteenth and Fifteenth sold at
31J; and Hestouville at 2tM, a decline of j; 82
was bid for Second and Third; 64 tor Tenth and
Eleventh; 38 for Spruce and Pine; 51 for
Chesnut and Wulnut; and 35$ for Union.
Bank shares are in demand at full prices.
Mechanics' sold at 20j. 140 was bid for First
National; 21S for Norih America; 137 for
l l.ihidelphia; 121 for Fanners' and Mtjehanic';
t' for Northern Liberties: 54 for Gimrl; 02; 'or
City; mid Gt; lot Corn Exchauae.
In Canal slnr s there is very little movement.
S'chiijlK.ll preferred i-old at 343IJ; and Lc
tnch Navigation at 541. 27 was bid lor
Fchiiyikill Navigation common; 11.5 for Morris
Ciini'l pi eft l red: 10 for Supqv.cbanna Canal; .3
lor Delaware Divisiou ; and G3 lor Wyoming
Valley Canal.
Oil shares ron'inuc dull. Ocean sold it 8;
Caldwell at J; and Dal.ell all.
The New York Tri'jitne this morning says:
"Money on call is abundant at 4n5 per cent
Prune commercial paper is sourco, ana shun dves'
cnu bo used at Sl.oU per cent; lor ttoud, Bl n.7. ihe
llow ol currency Irom tho West conilnuoT and as
tho season advances, still lower rates on cill loans
will bo niado, as all loinr onaair . mmit are avoid, J
Sterling Kxclmnire Is lower, aud 10i is thotiuota
tiou lor bankers' bills." 1
The New York Times says:
"1 he lioitiers ot lennesseo 8tmo bonds can receive
Iheirairea aittsnf mteiest; sino i lstll tor lorwardi iir
the ovtrauo coupons to the First Anno nal Uuiik of
Nahhvilie, in anew uoud ul the Statu, ol'tna same
tenor oi ttu o'tl bonds, provided the coup ms am )ii.,t
to an even S1000 It they aro shon ot Unit sum ihe
cau ho sold at Aashvillo uir seven t cents on the dol
lar, cash. It is ptt bable, also, tl oujrli wo are not
suti oiized to announce tno tset. that tho Juiv,
lfiift coupon will bu cashed at Iho same time bv tno
bank at ashvilic Ot the prompt payment ol this
ci upou a maturity we have uo doubt and it is era
til' in? to ki:ow thut ncxriya l the railway compa
nies to whom tho bonds of the State were orlniully
loauid will luinish their respective qu tus of inte
rest. It is not rifco sary for the holueri ot tne old
Londs of the State to send thi-m out to 'ahvi le
lor txaniination; onlv overdue coupons aro re
quired to bo lorwarded."
The l'oston Travtlhr says:
"Tho money market cont nn s very easy. Tr'ine
collateral loans, on cab, or i nrnable alter br.ct
uotico, aro readily oManotl by tair-.Utidin? bor
rows at six and, in some instances, at live per cent.
Ill oiscount market is lather inactive, in conse
quince oi a connnuoil scarcitv of dosnublo paper tor
sulo, than uom any lacx ot . urohaseis. Ilm best in
tlotscd commercial notes, having a tew months to
lun, are negotiated very tasily at about seven per
cent., aid choice smrle names at tho same rate,
whilo others in less lavor suhtun to eiirht and nine
Tor cent. I he lower R.ades are harder to pass, aud
ranee from JO to 16 per cent."
OPtKATions or Gold Hkokers H eavy Ver
dict. Herman friend vs. Lippuiau loplitz This
suit muted hem oi erutuns iu ir Id nurioc the
vear 1H04. Defendant eiunlojtd piuiutifT to pur
chase nod lor hi iu ou commission. A marj n of
8o(j(KJ was furnished. '1 he gold was liousrlit and old
with the money ot pla iitilf. In Ma'cu. 18(15, ow.nir
to ti e condition of tho corutn , gold beean to do
Ciine lletoodui.t. Lelna a purchaser, was therefore
a loser; his maigin beiiur insullicieut, having run
out. pluintifl' called upon him to taki thegodoa
hand. Mr. Topiitz tleclined. 1 he usual formal no
tico of salo was then served noon him. and in March
void to the amount oi $43 150 wa sold at 152 j. Alio v
in the amount of margin, thi- eo d was disposed
ol at a loss to plaintiii of S13.126 25 for th' recovery of
w Inch, with interest, thiB action was brought. Thee
are fuLstantia'iy the laets as stated in iho complaint.
It appeared ior the defonse that thoura the plaintiff
had some ha f a million in eold on hand, be did not
keep it separate from that used in the transactions
between himself ar,d Mr. Topiitz. Counsel lor tha
deleuse moved for a nonsuit on too jrround that
plaintiff duiy was to havo tbe specific pold ready
lor ueliverv, and not refer the defendant to bis pene
n personal responsibility, this motion was domed
by the Court, when it was set up that the margin of
tne defendant was tlie lima of bis loss. After able
arguments of counsel the jury retired, and bronirlic
in a verdio' forplainfifl lor 814.144 25
8.1 Nah lorplanufTiA it. Dyott for defendant.
If. Y. Herald.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-pAV
Reported by Ue Haven & bro., No. 40 S. Third street.
fikst Hoard
SBdOO U S 7'60s Ju yl021 200 sn Ocoan.lots.s30 81
1000 18, 6s 801 100 sti Cataissa vi.. 30i
MlUOCitvGs.oid.... 95 200sn do lots. h30
31otl0 do.mun.lots 8J 100 h do...30wu 804
fluOOO do new 99 j 100 sb do 30
810000 do. new lots 99 I 100 sti Sch A o'..blO 341
40(0 Alio? .Co 6s.. Is 73 800 sh do. lots.. b5 84
1000 oo b6 73 1 100 nb do b30 84
P1000 Sch Nav Ks 82. 85j 100 sn Keadmir. . bl 68'
1200 Sch Nav Loan. 86 i 100 sh no s30 68t
80O0 Keadina- 6s, 70. 95 i 16 sh Lehlirh Nav .c 641
60nOLehNav6s. 84 674 60shl,itbch 37
SiKKO Morris C'l b 1. 84 20 sh lch Val. .. 61
'000 do 88 100 sh th & E....S10 ll
e'OCOOTJn'n C bslots 15 1 100 sti d 30 32"
600 sh IMlzoll 1 I 100 sh do..s30wn82'
600 sh Caldwell i 81 h Mech Uk..iots 20!
70 sh Pcnn E.. . lots 64 1 100 sh 13;n tt 16th b30 21
1(10 sh ao ..sSOwn 64ji 800 sh Hest. .lots. L30 291
112 sn do. ... .lots 6ijj
PHILAD'A GOLD EXCHANGE QUOTATION'
10 A M 12HJ 12 M 12
U A. M 129f li-.M
Harpea, Ddunet & Co. quote as follows:
. . , liming se tttq.
American Gold Ii9 1291
American Silver, Js and is 121 i22J
American Silver Dimes and Uaif Dimos 114 115
1 oimsvlvanla Currency 1
New York Exchange par. par.
Messrs. Dellaven & lirotbnr. Nt. An Rrnih
Third treet, make the following quolaiions ot
iiiu rates 01 exchange to-uay at 1 f. M. :
American Gold " VT"
American Silver, ia and is 122 YZl'
t. emnounu interest jNotes:
" June, 1P64.... 114 11?
" " July, 184.... 11 iu
" " August, 18t4.... 10V 10?
" " October, 1804.... 9 9
" ' Uee., 18(4.... 8t )
' May. 1866.... 6 6
' " Aun-ust, 1805.... 4J 41
" " opt., 18.... 4 41
" " October, 1866. .. . 8 3;
The Coal tonnage on the Meliuvllriii Vav.,rot;..n 1..-
tho week ending
May 10, 1806. was: - w.Vtqr
Corresjiouding week last year 10,182 10
Increaso for the week 25 206 16
Tonnage for the season, to May 10. lucla-
"lve oa A nun tr.
Corresponding time last year 157,942-15
Increaso lor the year 126 148
I'lilladclphla Trade Report.
Fbid AY May 11 The reeein'a of Clour oon'intn
remarkably light, and the stock, which is very sun tl,
is rapidly becoming reduced. There is no demand
except from tho home consumers, who purchase to
Buipiy immediate wants. Thesa'oi reach 1 600 bbls ,
mostly North woxtern extra famtlv. at 10 7519 i ho
latter rate tor fancy, including small sa es of s-jper-
one at 7 608; extras at S 75S10 25, Including
400 bbls. high grade on secret terms: l'linntvinni.
and Ohio extra family at $112:12 60; and 600 b Is.
fancy at $13 60. Bye Fiout is in good domand, wr h
salos of 2(0 bbls. at $5 756. Com Meal Is firmer;
iuuu wis. uuu? nmv sum uu prtvato terms.
. ,v,,.Uu, ,v uuliWm up y n:i L
nlnrlrnr atin nnwi aro Armi,, . . n . r
i 1 u ... r luuiuiHiiiuu. aies or
4C00 bu-hola at 2 70'?2 75 for ebmee rod: S2 60(?2
bushels on private terns. A sma I lot of choiceWh.te
-... ro. jwv in uucuau"eu. 1'eunsvlvania in
hold at $1 10; 8000 bushe s sold on secret rrms I he
recetllffl ILIA HUihIi. qiiH lliu Hon.u.. j . . .
, 7 ' w I'tunuu uiuuurnw, r mail
sales ot yellpw at 82;83o Oats are in active iwino.t.
With a a !nu nt I'utiiniiiiunn,. . ,1 1 1.. . .
11, 1 1 iv . ' uu "v "ware atianHo ;
1200 t ushols Western sold at 62o. lu Barley and JMalt
110 chance. 1 "'
In C oversecd and Tlmothv nothing doing. Flax
seed sells slowlv at $2 70 a2 76
Wlimlcv MiiiHmiu. ,.11 n.tii. 1.
, - .wit uu.,, nriiu puis 1 sales 01
renns)lvauia and refilled at $2 26 and Otilo at $2 27
Alaikets by Telegraph.
St. Louis Vo., May 10,-Cotlon duU at 81o.
V-Jr .flo", lor double extra. Wheat
?U?J 2 lr("2 80 ,or common to fair fall, aud 2 40
( 2 60 lor good to prime. Corn lirmer. Oats firm at
2f46e. Pork held aH30.60(a81. Bacon advanced.
Whiskey, 92 19. -w