TIIE NEW YORK PRESS.
MUGHAL OPINIONS OF LEADING
JGVLbALS LI'O-N CURRENT JOl'lVS.
COVriID ITfKT DAY FOB aYBMKO TBLYQIlAPIl,
The Tilal of Davis.
from the Tribune.
Jefferson Dai Is a RtatP prisoner the only
inon left in conflnetnent (unless ex-Senator Owin
be another) because of bis share In the late Re
bellion. Wo bave always understood that it
was the earnest desire of 1hore who had a ritrht
to f peak in bis behalf tbat be should be duly
arraigned and tried at the earliest moment con
sistent with judicial fairness and equity; and
we have lavored such trial, not because they
desired tt, but because il seemed essentially )ust
- and right, yet all the more zealously because
bts friends wished it. We have desired and
hoped, moreover, that the Chief Justice of the
United States should preside at bis trial; and
wc have understood that, also, to be wished
by the friends ot the arcusod. We do not know
that this is to he; but wo infer that it is, Irom
the tact that Mr. Chase's objection to presi
ding, or even to holding court in Virginia,
was baed on th continued maintenance
of martial law in Virginia; and that, we under
stand, has now been removed. And as Davis
has been regularly indicted in Virginia, we trust
that hts trial is soon to take place, and ihat it
will be so conducted as to reflect honor on
American Jurisprudence aud be productive ot
la.sting benefit to the country. To thete ends,
it seems to us imperative that the press should
treat the matter considerately, temperately, and
with a careful avotJance of partisan bitterness
or personal acrimony. For it is not merely
Jelfeison Davis who U to be tried on this occa
sion, but tho American torm of government and
the American people. Tho very Bravest qups
tlons of constitutional law are likely to be
raised, discussed, and adjudicated. Lot us all
take care that all shall be so done that no loyal
American abroad shall be impelled to blush for
bis country.
We see with regret that certain journals,
which will be widely regarded as speaking lu
tho interest of the prisoner, are serving their
own ends in entire recklessness of consequences,
and (it seems to us) in a manner prejudicial to
ttie interests of the accused. Take, tor example,
this utterance of the Daily News:
"Mb. Davis and th Judiciary Committee.
It U an earnest ot the malignancy that characterizes
the oonduot ot tne charges airaiust Mr. Davis on the
part of the Judiciary Committee, that that body, to
which were delegated the resolutions looting to the
trial of the ex-l'residcnt of tho Confederate States
lor 'treason,' has bean seeking to make oat a ease
miraiitrt him as being an accomplice in the killing of
Mr Lincoln, instead of attending to the resolutions
tbat weie retcrred to it. I bo reason of this is plain.
Toe same biood-tlurstr spirit tbat bronsht the heads
ot the best and noblest ol Franoe level with the dust,
dunnr the mob rule of the revolutionary Directory,
is now seeking to ccstrov Mr. Davis, at all hazards,
It possible, by attempting to impnto to him a crime
1 tbat be Is far less able to connive at than those who
pretend to judge him. The indiotmont against Mr.
Davis for 'treason' is the work ol Underwood. 1'had.
Stevens would bring him to the block, if possible,
through the assassination charge; bnt as this mise
rable pretense bag not even tho shadow ot a decent
probability to support it, his enemios are compelled
to take what oomlbrt tney can out or the accusation
of 'treason.' However his trial mav end, the infamy
, of the Jndloiarv Commit ee will remain a part of the
history of the times."
The News is thoroughly aware that the
charge of complicity in the assassination of Mr.
Lincoln originated neither with Mr. Stevens nor
'with the Judiciary Committee, but was made by
the President of the United States, in a public,
official document, which stands to this hour
unrevoked and unretracted. We sincerely trust
and believe that it is founded In misapprehen
sion. But if it be true it surely ought to be
thoroughly investigated and mude the basis of
judicial proceedings; while, if known to be base
lees, It should be promptly recalled and with
drawn. While it stands unretracted, the Judi
ciary Committee are incontestanlv right in seek
ing to probe it; and we are confident that those
nearest to Mr. Davit will thank them for so
doing. If be is to be tried for treason next
month, and is guiltless of any complicity in or
knowledge of Booth's atrocity, he ought to be
publicly absolved and vindicated of the charge
which now stands against him, and which may
insensibly prejudice him in the minds of jurors.
And we deem it highly probable that his able
and thoroughly wide-awake counsel will insist,
belore he in put on trial for treason, that tbis
charge ot assassination shall either be brought
to issue or unequivocally retracted. At all
events, we insist that it be thoroughly under
stood that "tha revolutionary Directory" is iu no
manner responsible lor it.
The News' attack on J adore Underwood U
alike absurd and malevolent. Judge Underwood
has caused the indictment of Davis tor treason.
It is within our knowledge that zealous, able,
disinterested friends ot the accused have com
plained (we thought, with reason) that the ofli
clul bead of the late Kebellion was kept so long in
prison without being indicted and tried, ."lie is
either guilty or not guilty," they forcibly said:
"It guilty, why not indict and try him? if not
puilty, why not release him ?" We thought they
were so fur neht, and have soutrlit to have the
obstacles to his trial removed. And now we find
a United States District Judge of the Uniied
States held up to reprobation for doing hii
simple duty in the diicction which the near
friends ot the prisoner have hitherto indicated
a conformable to their wishes.
The correspondent of the News telegraphs
irom Washington that:
"i he recent indiotmont of Mr. Davis at Norfo'k
was brought about by Judre Underwood on bis wu
respousibility, aud that it has not received tne sauo
tlon ot the Government or auy olliocr or brauch
tUcreol. Jt is we:l known to tlie Cioveru
mniit and to all its law ollicers, that Jefferson Davis'
crime, whatever it may be, ttoe not amount t trea
son, and th.t, triod iu auy oivil court, a conviction
lor treason cannot be secured. To place Jelfurson
Duvis on trial lor treason is to bave it proclaimed
tbat be did notcdnmiit treason; and it is a know
ledge of this fact tnat bad hitherto prevented bis
tiiul. If he is put on trial under ttiis Indictment, it
will simply U in order that be may be honorably
scquittea. Underwood, and sneh men as Nye, who
thust lor the Mood 01 Jefferson Davis, do not see
this; but Thaddeus Stevens sees it aud hence bis
anxiety to get Mr. Davis tried as aa accomplice of
the assassins."
If Mr. Davis is or was "the accomplice of
assassins," he ought certainly to be tried as
such; but we do not believe he was: hence we
insist that he ought to be cleared ot the blasting
imputation belore he is put on trial tor treason.
Admitting, then, the assumption of the News
we submit that Mr. Davis' friends should be
frcatly obliged to Mr. Stevens, to the House
udiciary Committee, and to whosoever elso ia
trying to push the investigation of the assassina
tion charge, and to Judge Underwood tor pro
curing tkc indictment. Those who most love
and honor thellead Centre of the lai e Con tederacy
are thoroughly tired of his incarceration, and
anxious that ho bhould either be tried or libe
rated. They have never shrunk from any
scrutiny into his alleged complicity with Booth,
and have desired to see him speedily brought to
trial on whatever charge might be preferred
against blra. The News is not serving him or
them it is serving only itself by carping at the
action ot Judge Underwood or of the Judiciary
Committee.
Consolidating the Public Debt
from th Times.
We have favored the proportion to consoli
date the principal and reduce the Interest on
the public debt, as we doubt not the popular
sentiment will favor it as the subject Lj dis
cussed, because we believe this great Govern
ment entitled, from ita high credit and vast
revenues, to place ita loans at a cheaper rate of
interest In gold than six per cent. But It is not
a matter of belief or fueling, but of legislative
r linancial policy that we nave now to con
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY,
sider. The measure of consolidation and uni
formity ot interest at five per cent, in gold is
now before Congiess. It is for the. public to
eneouracc its early enactment, and on terms
which will be sure to render it, when made the
law tor the administration ot the Treasury, a
complete success in its practical 0eratidn of
grsdually absorbing two thousand millions of
various funded and lu .idable obligations, as they
ran be brought within the control of the Secre
tary of the Treasury.
To this total ot two thousand millions, we
believe the surplus revenues ot the Uoverninent
ore now lu a fair way of reducing our entire
interest bearing public debt by the close of an
other fiscal year. Tbis circumt-tance, alone,
which would not have been believed at the
close of the war as possible, or within evpn
two thirds of the permanent debt to which the
country wai then likely to be sublect. on final
settlement, is no inconsiderable argument in
lavor of a five per cent, consoli dation. The
very success of our excise and customs revenuo-.,
and tho readiness with which they are borne,
entitled the Government ro borrow, or to fund
and consolidate what has already been bor
rowed, on the cheapest terms of the most
favored nations. And the people who pay these
taxes are doubly entitled to early rcliof from at
least a portion of the burden of interest, and
pradnal and ultimate complete relief from the
entire burden ot principal and interest of the
public debt.
The application of two hundred millions of
dollars per annum out of a budget of not less
than three hundred and fifty millions per an
r um. Brat to the interest and then to the reduc
tion of the principal of tho public debt, would
pay otf the entire two thousand millions interest
bearing, and also retire live hundred millions of
greenback circulation and deposits (if desirable),
long belore the former would tall due on the
proposed thirty-years consolidated five per cent.
Stock. This is the sura which Mr. McCulloch would
like to apply every year, not as a sinking, but at
an extinguishment fund. The bill of Mr. Sher
man would make certain at least thirty millions
a year for tho nrincinal of the consolidated
stock alone, In addition to the interest, and this
oiau nuuiu mauru us exunguisnmem ueiore ma
turity. It may be further said that the full force and
practical bearing, as well as economical nnint.
ol the proposed reduction to five per cent., is
best illustrated by the fact that the saving of
one per cent, dilferenco a year, without any
other addition to the sinking or extinguishment
iuiiu, wouiu. payoi tne principal in less than
thirty-seven years. In other word-), if the Gov
ernment should continue to pay six per cent, a
year in gold which mlcht have been Justified
if the settlement of the war debt had talreti the
permanent total of three thousand, in place of
... .Un.. 1 :nt . ... ...r
inu luuummu uimious it, win reany pay tne
entire principal twice over in a single genera
tion, as compared with tho cost of carrying
and paving otf a five nnr runt, cnnsniiiiatnli
The piocess la not to be a forciner or comnul-
Bory one on the public creditors. No one who
truly appreciates the honor and untarnished
faith, to say nothing of the wealth and resources
of the Government, would suggest such a thing.
But when suggested as, we are sorry to say, it
has been, in certain journals, no drinht. Incnn.
siderately it is easily to be seen that compul-
biuu uu iuik vuui point 01 tne puoiic credit
would defeat itself. It would utterly destroy
the first hope of success of a consolidat-d five
per cent, stock, to place it in the remotest
degree upon the interference of the Government
with the pre-existing rights of the older six per
cent, stocks; and nothing of the sort ever has
Deen, or ever will be dreamed of by the admin
istration of the Treasury, or entertained by Con
gress. Yet we are far from bel'.pving that the Govern
ment will have to wait until the public securi
ties in their present fhape come within legal or
riphtful control of redemption or conversion,
before the largest share ot consolidation is suc
cessfully accomplished. It will be the Interest
as well as the ambition of the treasury to popu
larize the consolidated stock from the very start.
It will be the interest of the Government, and
ita truest economy, to get every existing obliga
tion carrying over five per cent. Into this rate
of consolidation as early as possible; aud we dare
say it will be the pride of the whole people, tn
cludine especially the holders ot the public
stocks, to assist this good work to its consumma
tion. And whatever reasonable immediate in
ducements are necessary to be held out to make
the exchanges or conversions at once, should
be, as we doubt not they will be, presented both
hy Congress and the Treasury. But in any event
the consolidation of $1,700,000,000 out of the
$2,000,000,000 contemplated, will fall in due
course in control of the Government, within the
next five or seven years. By good management,
more than half this sum can be consolidated th9
first year alter the proper authority is voted.
Europe A New and More Warlike Those
ot the German Question A Financial
runic.
From the Herald, ,
The European continental news by the steam
ship City of Paris wears a warlike comrjlexion.
There are no appearances of a definite under
standing between Prussia and Austria, but the
active and menacing preparations for war
between Austria and Italy will Justify the infer
ences that Napoleon in his dexterous game with
B'u-mark to detach Prussia from the common
cause ot all the German States has failed; that
inMead of a war between Prussia and Austria,
the latter power, if necessary, will be backed by
the whole German Conlederacy in the miiu
tenance ot her foothold in Veuetia, and that the
imbroelio concerning the Danish duchies will be
quietly adiustcd.
War between Austria and Italy appeared to b?
regarded in Paris and in Loudon as inevitable
and imminent. The panic which prevailed in
those great Unwncial aud political centres arose
irom this apprehension. On the Paris Bourse
on the both April lentes closed at 6.V15, a tall
ot one and a quarter per cent., and Italian and
Austrian bonds were greatly depressed. Two
das before "the Bourse was in a perfectly
awful state. Not even in the worst days of the
Crimea was there so bud a leeliug." On the 1st
of May the contagion had extended to London,
for there, on that day, "a state ot panic greater
than any experienced nt any time during the
past nine years prevailed in all the markets."
The Paris correopoudent of the London Te'e
firaj'h, April 11), says- "Perhaps I may console
some of your readers it I tell them that tne
greatest person in this realm (Louis Napoleon)
has said, 'Well, if tnere 1 a war it will otily be
a very brief one, and wUl not interfere with our
Exhibition'" (1867). How is the wartobea short
one? By the neutrality of Franoe; tor, accord
ing to the Paris Oonstitutionnei, "France will be
in no way responsible lor it. She has remained
neutral, and will reserve to herself complete
liberty of action." This signifies that when
Austria and Italy come into collision France has
only to interpose In order to secure a snedy
peace. But Louis Napoleon may be mistaken in
this estimate of the case.
Meantime Italy is arming and preparing for
Venetia by land and sea, and Austria, anticipat
ing a deadly etruegle, would, it was reported,
have in Venetia one hundred and sixty thousand
effective troops by the first of May. The short
war predicted by Napoleon may embrace some
such settlement as this: The surrender of Ve
netia to Italy, the left bank of the Rhine to
trance, the Danish Duchies to Prussia, a money
compensation to Austria, and the islaud of Sar
dinia to France as an equivalent for Venetia.
This would be a nice arrangement, especially
lor France; but as it la possible that Prussia,
by some other bargain, may secure these duchisi
without sacrificing the lelt bank of the Rhine,
Napoleon in the sequel may discover that he
has been overreached by Bistuark. Moreover,
though the France of to-day is aa empire, as the
France of to-morrow may be a republic, Napo
leon is compelled to the policy of short wars in
order to avoid the intem.ii dangers of long ones.
Hence hts peace at Villalranoa, when the last
war with Austria began to as&ume the threaten
ing aspect of an embroilment of all the German
States.
As the European situation Is now presented,
Ital y, relying upon the reserved forces of France,
a resolved upon a war with Austria for Vene
tia. France declare her neutrality; but we
know the prompter bohind the scenes. At the
same time, as all appichcnslons of a rupture
between Austria and Prussia appear to have
died awav, and as Austria is vigorously prepar
ing lor the defense of Venetia, the considera
tions which resulted In the treaty of Villafraaca
may operate against the armed intervention of
France. In a word, in moving a little too soon,
and in thus giving Ihe alarm to Austria, Victor
fcmanuel, it may be, has spoiled the whole
European game of Napoleon.
The Woild at War.
From the World.
The actual condition of Christendom to-day,
affords a striking commentary upon an observa
tion ot Stuart Mill, that "the remark of the early
enemies of the Gospel, 'see how theso Christiana
love one another,' is not likely to be made by
anybody now." While the Mohammedan and
l'BL'an nations of the world are gettin on peace
fully and quietly enough, the Christian powers
in both continents are in a ferment of war and
war's worst passions.
In the !iew world, Christian Canada is arming
against the Christian Fenians; Christian Mexico
is in a blaze of domestic conflict; Christian Bra
zil and her republican allies ot Eastern South
America are thundering away at the gates of
Christian Paraguay; Christian Chili aud Peru
are battling for dear life with the fleets of her
Most Catholic Majesty of Spain; and in our own
model Christian republic o I the United States, a
great political party, professedly devoted to pro
gress and philanthropy, is making the most per
sistent and furious ctlorU to keep alive an I in
tensity all the hatreds, rancors, and spites engen
dered by the greatest and most terrible civil
war on record.
In Europe, Prussia and Austria, fresh from a
combined and success! ul attack upon the laws
of nations, are preparing to cut each other's
throats over tho division ot the spoil snatched
by them Irom tho gallant little monarchy ot
Denmark; Daly is summoning all her str'ngth
into tho field to strike for the liberation of
Venice from the tyranny of a forei;n State; and
France, while loudly declaiming against a
violent solution of the great European ques
tions of the day, calls out her military reserves,
and raises an army as large as the host with
which the First Napoleon marched to the inva
sion of Kusnia.
With what face can the missionaries sent out
by pious people In Christian States to preach to
the rest ot the earth an evangel ot peace on
earth nnd good will to man, undertake now to
fulfil their errand ? Turkey and Persia, Egypt
and Morocco, really seem to be in less need
ol such a dispensation lust now than ourselves.
The descent just now sheds a milder and leas
baleful light on mankind than the Cross. If we
go no further than our own Capital we must
admit that the worst ravings of a cruel and re
morseless fanaticism unaer the conquering
islamite Caliphs of old are daily paralleled by
the way in which men claiming to be Christian
and republican legislators talk of their lellow-
citizens, lately their enemies, but now lying ',
ueieaieu in tue power oi tne uovernment. .
wnai aervin or cadi ever tranjeended Mr.
Thaddeus Stephens' atrocious exclamation on
the floor of the American Conpress, that "the
Eeople of the South ought to bo confined by
ayonetsin the penitentiary of hell?" And is
it not enough to try one's faith in the reality of
human progress that a temper such a this
should, after eighteen centuries of Christianity,
be the outcome of the great American experi
ment ot government by the people ?
It certainly implies a higher average civilisa
tion in the Old World that ttwre is probably no
country In Europe in which a public man could
venture to-day to utter such savage and brutal
sentiments as this of Thaddeus Stevens, which,
bad as it is, has been repeatedly rivaled by the
language of othtr prominent men of the came
party speaking on the same subject But the
present political condition ot Europe reveals the
formidable ascendency on that continent, also,
of the same spirit of violence which just now
domineers over the West. Three years ago the
Emperor Napoleon III expressed his tears of the
progress ot that spirit to the greater European
cabinets, and urged it upon them to convene a
general European Congress, in which the
European questions then pending might be
settled by diplomacy. England defeated this
appeal ol the French sovereign by her refusal
to take part in such a Congress; her statesmen,
accustomed to a policy of temponzin and evasion,
having convinced themselves that it was better
to run the risk of a general European conflagra
tion than to have France acquire an absolute
aDd visible predominance in the councils of
fcurope by carrying through to a satisfactory
settlement all the vexed questions of the hour.
All that Napoleon III three years ago foresaw
and feared has already come or is fat coming to
pass. Central Europe, trom the Baltic to the
Adriatic, has been suffering for months past
nios: of the worst financial and moral mischiefs
which actual war could impose; and .the Lon
don Journals which, three years ago, pooh
poohed the Imperial propositions for a congress
of nations, are now uttering doleful cries over
the prostration of commerce, and querulous
complaints of the brutality which Insists upon
fighting over questions whieh diplomacy ought
to resolve.
Meanwhile, every day which passes weakens
the hold of reason and law upon the public con
science of Europe, and strengthens the passions
which lead directly to the worship of lorce as
the arbiter ot nations. 4rat armies are march
ing and countermarching; the uncertainty of all
things, political and financial, unsettles men's
reiison, and excites their f motional nature; the
pride of blood and the tradiions of bational
glory are evoked. In Prussia nn energetic and
unscrupulous premier sees his golden opportu
nity dawning; in Austria a high-spirited and
vehement young monarch, chafing under tho
memories of the last war with France, erows
daily more impatient of the provocations ad
dressed to himself and his people bv his Prus
sian rival on the one hand, and his Italian
enemy on the other; in Italy the passions of a
whole race are aroused to complete its tiiumph
over a hereditary foe, and to crown its newly
constituted unity by the redemption ot every
acie ot Italian soil to the protection ot the
Italian banner. To keep the peace ot the world
iu the midst of such irstigations and such
chances oi strife Is probably a tak beyond the
reach of diplomacy; uud till feigns conspire to
ind cate that Europe is entering upon another
"Battle Summer," not less terrible than the
memorable season which earned that oread
name on fields drenched with blood from the
Rhine to the Vibtula, and from Naples to the
Northern Sea.
If this return of Thor the Hammerer to the
control of human affairs were accompanied by,
or were the melancholy but necessary condition
of, any great development of new principles in
politics, it would be less shocking and alarming
than it is. But this i9 very far from being the
case; so far Irom being the case that both in the
Old World and in the New there is just now a
visibly growing disposition to abdicate much of
the ground trained tor political freedom in the
past. The "thirty years' peace," which in our
time has come to' an end. really threatens, it
would seem, to be followed by an age of politi
cal lassitude, in which the soundest principles
of liberty are as likely to be called in que-uon
and for a time oyei thrown as to be pushed for
ward to new and grander results.
Meeting or Tboy Bankers. A csneral meet
ins f a1' Uie Bank Presidents and Cashierb of
Troy was neld on Saturday afternoon, t the
banking house of the Merchants and Mechanics'
Bank. The meetinsr was called for the purpose
of taking united action in the matter of forward
ing a petition to Congress asking that body to
take such measures as in the future will prevent
the State LegiBlatQTe from taxing national bonds.
A resolution was adopted to the effect that on
and after the 1st of June all Western currency
that is, west of Buffalo will not be received at
any bank in the city at less than one-quarter
discount. ,
The mother of Laura Harris, the sinjer.
died recently, in Madrid.
-rA gilt horseshoe is the last new frame for
"carte de vulte" portraits.
Pattl celebrated her birthday (April 9th) by
singing before the French Court.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
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Gold Mining- Corojiacy of Colorado.
iSftO Orlglunl IntnreHIM, glOO Each, t
Ot wl Ich 800 are Swerved for WORKING CAPITAL.
Ih property ol ths Company eon.Ntj ot tweilv
rogea. id txtent nearl; ball a Dill in lor. in liu ed
tirar Central lty, olomdo. lalxcrlliere ti ect turlr
ownofl cen and thomseiVM munaue tli affair oi the
t'ompai y. farh onutnal IntereM," i00 giro a tol
scrlbrr Ms pio rata amount oi stuck In all tha oorpora
lions oryanmed on theso pr pr:leii
Iba took tor Sub ciiptioo art now open For a
piospectua rIvIiiriuII pirtli-alnra, or to secure on or
niore oi these ' oiigina. Inteieata," address at onoe or
pp'r to c a im
DUNCAN M. MITCHEaON,
K F.. cor. FOPRTIl and WALNUT Streetg. Millada.
TUE AS UK r DEPARTMENT,
Orrici CoarTitoLLsa or Tim :irk.ct
Washinotoh, Mst 8. IBtiS f
Wnereaa, fatl'tactorT notice has been transmitted to
the Comptroller ol the Curteiicy that the oanitv slock
Ol the fcrCOM) NATIONAL BANK OF fHII.ADr.Ij
I'll I A. fa., bss been Incriased In the sum nf titty thou
sand do lais (S.IO.OOfli. In accordance whh the prorlslnns
ol Its Articles ot Association and tbat thn whole amount
ot sucb Increa.'e has been paid in, an that the pale on
rsnlial stock ol snld Bank now amounts to ihesumol
Jmm. UVSVULU uU3ani uoLLAiw
ow It'tshoiehT certified that the Capital Stock of the
Pecond I' atlonal llank of I'hllade.phla Fa.. aiorosall,
ha been Increased as aforesaid, In the sum o Kitty
Ibourand Dollars .VI i (Mm tbat said Increase olcaukal
has been paid Into said Hank as a partot the t'aultal
Mock thereof t and thattlie said II orease of capital ia
approved by the t omptrollei oi the Currency.
In witness whcrcoll hereunto affix my official signa
ture h. k. HULUtrun; -
H g Ilcpaty Comptroller.
frr? TO TIIE SOLDI EI13 OF PENNSYL
TAMA. . . . IlABRiflBCBO, May I . I8i6.
In obedience to anthorltv tested In me br a re-wlu-tlon
adopted by tne Convention of Holdlers. be d In this
city on theelithth day of March. 1W6 I do bereb te
stiest ll.e honorably dlschaired soldiers or I ennsyl
vnniatomeet In their respective l ex s atlve Districts
and elect J 'elevates, not exceeding- five In nmnber to
replesent their dls'rlct In a Boldlers' Convention, to be
held in the city ot I'litsbunt. on TUESDAY, the fl.th of
June next, bi Jii o'clock A. M.
Where any Representative dls'rlct comprises more
than one county, t be manner of electing the delegates
is respectiuliy referred to the soldiers of the district lor
such conference ai will rea alt in a lair representation of
each county
Citizens who have borne arms In defense of the nation
apalnM mason have especial Interest In the purposes of
tbis Convention, and it is desirable that aa lull a repre
sentation of the brave defenders ot the country as pos
iilble Bhould be secured on this occasion
. . J. F. IIARTBANFT,
Late Brevet Walor-ienual USA.
ropera favorable to tbeoausewfu please publish the
above. 94(85
t- THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN HAVE
been du.y elected Officers of the l'HILA I) UL
TIMA ( IIAWbEB OF COMMKKCE, to servo forthe
ensuing' year ,
ntaaiDRST. '
JOSEI'a . FkKOT.
MANAGERS.
ALKXsKDKU . CATTELL.
I HAKLEH H. CUM MINUS,
JAME.- A. WRIGU1,
HOWARD I1INCHMAN,
CHARLES KNt.CUT j
SEN El A E. J'ALOUE,
NA'IJJA BROOKE,
JOHN II ll( HK.NER,
TREA81JI1KR.
, ' 8A11U1L L WARD.
Subscriptions will be received at the Rooma or the
Cora xchsnge Association, lor ihe balance ot the
ci.pl al stock, daily, Horn II A. M. to VI M.
imped) hAMUEL L. WAKD, Treasurer.
Philadelphia, May 11. 1H66, 6 II lm
WETfKTATVT'S LAST WiST?IT''HTrPM
-" . v v i aiyu xjYLjto uow ou ex
hibition by permlsilon of the Artlxt. tor the Benefit ot
the 'Llncon Instliuiion and soldiers' and Hnl'ors'
Tt TUB Dm TV II A.-.' T 1 T tl.t
v'i,iinii Duyn dome, Bl it I'-.n ts J 1 11 , 1 A I LUH
BROWN 'B, Nos. m and 914 CHEi-NUT 8'reot, for one
month only. Open from lo A.M. to 10 P. Jd.
f eason 1 1cket, l 00 Mngle Ticket, 25 centa. C4 21 lm
fCJSp OFFICE OF THE VAN DDSEN OIL
ZSJ COMPANY. No. 625 WALNUT Street.
. , , ., Pbiladklphia. May 2, 1866.
A Special Meeting of the btockholdors of the Van
Dnecn Oil Company will be held at the Office of the
C ompany on FRIDAY, the 18th day ot May. 1868,at34
o clock P. SI., to act on the proposition to borrow ten
thousand dollai s for '.he prosecution of the legitimate
business of the Company. By order of the Board of
Dlrectois. . B. McDO WELL,
1 t wecretary.
OFFICE PORTAGE OIL AND MINING
777? COMPANY, Ho. 1003 Sonth BROAD Street,
Philadelphia.
'1 be proprietors o the shares who have neglected to
Cay the sum duir assessed ibereon (TWBNTr CKNT3).
j the action et the Board ol Directors Id pursuance of
the terms of tbe Cburterof this Company, are hereby
requested to take notice tbat a sufficient number of
shares to pay all assessments, with necessary and inci
dental cbames thereon, will he sold at puoiic auction, at
tbe office ol the company, on 'H'EwDA V.June 6, at 12 M.
1 lBt H M. HUNdlCKEH. Treaour r.
" PEN NS rLVANIA RAILROAD COM-
TKKAflURIlB'S DRPARTMBNT,
NOTICE TOBTOCKiffiAy VolVof
I'lr.JT,,0!,?v,e !r,l.ldoy declared a semi annua) dividend
ol FIVE PER CENT, on the capital stock of the Com
pany, clea of National and fctato taxes, payable on and
alter May SO, 184ft
Blank pow ers ot attorney or collecting dividends can
be had at tbe office ot the Compnnv, No. THIRD
Street. llloMAS T. FIRTH,
a 3 sot Treasurer.
IJCgp PHILADELPHIA AND READING
TmT,,S4wI.LBOA1) COMPANY, Office No. 227 South
tOTJRTU btreet
,v. ... , Philadklthia April 28 1868.
Notice la hereby given to tbe Stockho dere oi this
Comijuny, tbat the option of receiving tbelr Dividend
hi Moc or Cash under the resolution of tbe Board oi
11 ih Lecember, 1816. will cease on and after tho 31st ol
Alar, lrtiii, and ihat euih Stockholders aa ao not demand
their Dividend to be paid to ihetn In Stock on or before
that day , will be thereaf er entitled to receive it in Cash
only. 14 30 1m 8. BRADFORD, Treasurer.
rrf v a tch elor's hair'dve.
r3 TI1F BEST IN THE WOULD.
Haimless reliable lm tunianeous. The only perfect
dye. No uicanpoliitment no ridiculous tinta, but true
to nature, hiack or brown
GENUINE IS blOMID WILLIAM A. BATCHELOB
Regenerating Fx tract oiM ililfleurs restores, preserves
and beautllies the hair, prevents ba dness. So d by nil
Druggists. Factory No, 81 BARCLAY ft. N. Y. 33j
frT- D1NI NO-ROOM. F. IKEJIFYeR,
J-' CARTER'S Alley, would respectiuPy lnlorm the
Public aeneially that he has leitnoih'ua undone to make
this place comfottuble in every respect lor the accom
modation oi guests. He has opened a large and co ra
ti. odious Dinliig-Room iu the second siorv. Ills MDIO
BOARD Ih lurnlshed with BRANDIES. WINES
V'tsKY,Fte. Etc.. ot KVPERIOR BRANDS. H '
ttST J US1 PUBLIS iflTD
By the I'bvslclans of the
NEW YORK MUSEUM,
tbe Ninetieth Edition of their
FOUR LECTURES,
entitled
PIlILOSOriTY OF MARRIAGE.
To bo bad irep, lor tour stumps b" addressing Sccre
tarr Ntw York Museum of Anntomv.
7 17 No b!8 BROADWAY. New Yolk.
ESTABLISHED 1 7 9 5.
f
A. S. ROBINSON,
Frcncli Plate I.ookln -Glasses,
ENGRAVINGS PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS ETC
Manuiactorer of all kinds of
I-ooltine-Cilass, Portrait, and Pic
ture Frames to Order.
No. 910 CHESNUT STREET.
TD1KI COOK ABOVE THE COKTINtNlAL,
FllILAPELPDIA. 8 16 J
JylLLWAED & WINEBRfiNER.
Vf M. MIIXWABD,
D. B WINKURKtTKB.
MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURERS'
SUPPLIES,
No. 118 MARKET Street,
PHILADELPHIA, FA.
AOZHT8 VOR TH BALB 09
Cotton and Woollen Machinery,
Poalers In Manufacturers' Supplies of every do
aoription. Oak Tanned Leather Belting,
AND MACHINE CARD CLOTHINQ
Of lost Quality and manufacture. 4 25 8iurp
MAY 16, 18GG.
DRY GOODS.
M. II. IIQRSTMIW & S0XS
FIFTH nnd CIIEimY Sts.
PHILADELPHIA. N
IAIPORTKRS ASD MANUVACTUltERS OP
LADIES' DRESS
AND CLOAK TRIMMING?,
PLATrT AND FANCY BUTTONS,
COTTON 1 RIM MINOS,
BLACK AND COLORED OALLOOXS
CI.UST LACES,
BELTlNOS, ...
OCIPTJRB LACES.
! BALMORAL TRIMMINGS,
GIMPS AND ORNAMENTS,
COLORED VELVET RIBBONS
. BEAD NETS, ETC.
SMALL WARES AND ZEPHYR WORSTED.
We are constantly receiving U latest NOVELTIES
of the Euiopean market, besides onrown production
1 various it) lei in NEW TRIMM1NUS.
j Our prices ae reduced to the very lowest Oold
.'rates. 19. mrp
DttEIFUSS & BELSINGER,
No. 49 North EIGHTH Street,
, Have 'ust opened a complete stock e
SPRINCr GOODS,
COSBlSTIJiQ Ot LACE8, LM BROIDERIES, AND
N FANCY O0OD8.
800 pieces plain and striped JaconrK the newest styles
Shirred and Tucked Muslins, which e are oflorlng at
low prices.
Mm dozen Hemstitched Handkerchief, at eld prices
2J, 37. 40, and 60 cents.
A full rsnrfment of tho oewent dexljm LACK COL
LARS and COLLAR? Tl Ed, from 37 cents up to 10.
GLOVER GLOVES.
A complete line of JOVV1N KID GLOVES, to which
.we invite at tention, which we Oder at low figure.
GABRIELLE BK.1BTS.
GABKfELLK SKIRTS.
The newest, most desirable, and stylish Hkirta now
worn.
TUCKFn SKIBTIKO, atheap and desirable article
for ladles wear )U
Ho 1W4 nHRHNUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES,
No. ' 1024 CHESNUT STREET, "
OFFEKS at low rntcia,
r
2000 PIECES WHITE GOODS,
Includlna all varieties Shirred. Puffed. Tnvked,
Plaid. MtriDrd. 1'ialn and Ifiinro.l MITHi.ivd
'suitable for V hit Bodies and Dresses.
! 10 pieces PHIN1ED LIJSEM LAWNS, desir-
(Jluny. Va.enclcnne and other Laces j Insert
Incs, Editings IMounclnps and Bands, ilandker
chiefs, Vella. Collars. Sleeves, etc
'I he above are oflered tor aa.e CBHAP, and In
great VARIEIY. '
LADIES WOULD DO WELL TO EXAMINE.
K)Q II O P K I N 8' nctQ
UZO HOOP-SKIRT OZO
Manufactory. No. 68 ARCH Street.'
Above Hxth street, Philadelphia.
'W holesale and Retail. i
Our assortment embraces all tbe new and desirable
styles and sizes, ot everv length and sue waist for
Ladles, Misses, and Children.
'those of "VVH OWX MAKE" ate tuprrior In finith
and durabimy to any other Bklrta made, and warranted
lo give satisfaction
bklrta made to order, altered, and repaired. 3 4 1
WATCHES AND JEWELRY
rT t wnvn nvif m r tt...-. a
it jk lira. 4T.PI.M1 . Kl I 111 Wl
. .T U f I
n Axuabo aau gjj wiiiiiti JtrirAIESD.
( Chestnut Bt.TWla-
I Owing to the decline or Gold, has made a great
ductlon in price of his large and we'l assorted stock
Diamonds,
Watches.
i
t r.
' Jewelry,
Silverware, Etc.
The public are respectfully Invited to call and examine
our stock before purchasing elsewhere. '
r0 OUR PATRONS AND THE PUBLIC
We are ofiering our stock o.
WATCHEi,, '
JEWELBT,
AND SILVERWARE,
AT A DISCOUNT,
Fully equivalent to tbe heavy decline in Gold.
CLARK DIDDLE,
No. 712 CI1 F. 8N UT 8 trect
8 22$rp
RICH JEWELRY
JOHN BRENNAN,
DEALER Df
DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY
Etc. Etc. Etc.
9 20 Wo. 18 8. EIGHTH SI RKET, PUilada.
1ENRY 1IARPER,
No. 520 ARCH STREET
Manufacturer aud Dealer 1b
Watches,
Fine Jewelry,
Silver-Plated Ware,
AMD
80t Solid Silver-ware.
rIIE OLDEST AND LARGEST
SADDLE AND HARNESS
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE
COUNTEY.
LACEY, JIEEKER & CO.,
No, 1216 CHESNUT STREET,
OFfEB Or THE1B OWK MANTJFACTDKE t
BTJGGT HABNEBB, Irom 122-50 to HflO
LIGHT BAKOUCU do M 00 to 160
HEAVY do do 74 00 to 0
EIFEX88.BBABS MOUNTED HABKK6S 27 W to 90
WAGON AND bELF-AEJUSTIKG 1800 to JO
BTAGB AND TEAM do 10 00 to 80
LADIEb' SADDLE, do 1300 to 180
GENTS' do do 8W to 76
Bridles, Countings, Bite, Bosetta, Hon Coreia,
Blushes, Combs, Poaps, Blacking, Ladles' and Geau
Travelling and Tourtat Bags and Bucks. Lunch Baoketa
Dress lg and Shirt Cases. Trunks and Valises.
9 Surp Ho. 1X10 CIIK8N UT STk
CARPETINGS, &o
VJust received,
YARDAND-A-nALF-WlDB
V fcL V E,T CARP TS
NEW DESIGNS.
J. F. & E. B. 0RNE.
No. 904
CHESNUT STREET.
3-4 1-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4,
WHITE, RED, AND FANCT '
CANTON MATTINGS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
; No. 904
CHESNUT STREET.
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
FOR STATRS AND HALLS,
WITLT EXTRA, BORDERS,
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
No. 904
CHESNUT STREET
1 t
500 pieces
NEW PATTERNS
ENGLISH TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
No. 904'
riMJmrp
CHESNUT STREET.
QARrETINGS ! CARPETINGS I
AT RETAIL.
McCALLlMS, CREASE & SLOAN,
No. 519 CHESNUT Street,
(OPPOSITE IMIEPEKDENCE HALLV
KOW OFFER THEIR EXTENSIVE STOCK
OF ' )
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
CARPETINGS,
AT REDUCED PRICES.
I4251mrp
MAT TING WAREHOUSE!
McCALLlMS, CREASE & SLOAN,
. i . . .
No. 509 CHESNUT Street,
(OPPOSITE IK EPEKDEKCE HALL)
, BAVE JUST BKCE1VED
ONE THOUSAND ROLLS
JfliESH
CANTON MATTING,
ALSO,
TWO HUNDRED BOLLS ;
CALCUTTA Gi.COA MATTING.
All Widths and Stylos,
ATTHE LOWEST PEICES. I42Slmrp
"Q-LEN. ECHO MILLS,"
GEHMANIOWN, PA. ' .
BIcCALLlMS, CREASE & SLOAN,
HauafAtarrM, Importer, and Whole,
at Dealer in
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS
MATTINGS, Etc.
WAREHOUSE, - -
No. 809 CHESNUT STREET,
OPFOBITI TUB 8TATB HOUBJ,
Philadelphia.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT'
1 (868mrp
No. PIO CHESNUT STREET. ,
T? E S T A U RANT
ON TBI
EUROPEAN PLAN.
F'neat old and new ALES, at centi pargUM.
Ot OD OHK-DIME EATING BAB.
Tne choteeat LJqnora alwayt on hand.
No. Ml C BE SMUT 8TBKET.
I It in BKKltT IlECHKB Managoc