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I.nbor Laws In Louisiana.
Frcm the Iritune.
Ex iJovernor Ilahn, of Louisiana who never
was ropkonod a very lempestncnu radical has
written a letter to Senator Howe in elucidation
of the laws pa.seil by tlio Louisiana Legislature
relat ing to freed men. Toe Louisiana Legisla
ture bud no doubt ol the merit of their work, tor
they printed it all in a pamphlet but that was
for home consumption, and calculated, like the
almanacs, for the meridian ot New Orleans, Of
the code as a whole Governor Ilahn justly re
marks that "however much credit may be due
for the skill with which the animus of these
laws was soueht to be disguised, there is never
theless really very little desire to do Justice to
one-hall' of the population ol Louisiana."
The first statute requires the lrcedmen within
the first ten days of January of each year to
make contracts for the whole year. That is what
is called tree labor in Louisiana. Suppose we
transier it to New Yorit, In order to test its
alue. Put a law in the statute-book of this
State, requiring every mechanic or day laborer
on a larui to dispose of himself for the wholo
year by a bargain to be made in the tirst ten days
of the year. If he refuse, if be cunnot make a
bargain to his liking, If he find cnpital leagued
to control the labor market during those ten
days, it he see employers conspiring to Bx wages
at five dollars a month, and therefore tlio me
chanic or laborer decline to sell himself for such
a pjice call him a vaarant, subject him to arrest
by a justice of the peace, and sell him at auc
tion, or put him at loreed labor as a paniihment
for his contumacious independence. That is
what the law ot Louisiana does for her froe
labi rers. We can imagine what the working
men of New York would tbinic ot It. They would
eay this is a law which makes a laborer nomi
nally tree for ten days In the year, and really a
slave tor the other three hundred and fifty-five.
They would eay, We will not respect or obey a
law so foolish, unjust, or inhuman. And they
would be right. Is there, then, any ditl'erence
between New York and Louisiana which can
make a statute which would be wicked here a
righteous law there ?
The contract required in Louisiana must be
entered into in writing before a justice of the
peace, and when written Bhall be "conclusive
evidence ol the intent of the parties thereto."
One ot the parties thereto Is a negro who by the
law of the State for fifty years has been forbid
den, to learn to read or write. How is he to
know what the written instrument contains r
There are to be two ' disinterested witnesses."
W ho can they be T Not negroes, who can
witness nothing, but white mea, planters,
planters' friends, neighbors of the justice and of
the planter, with every bias on the side of
their own race and every prejudice against the
negro. A contract thus enforcod, thus put in
wilting, and thus witnessed, is practically a
contract of which the ircedman knows nothing,
in which he has no representative, in which
his interests are at the mercy of those whose
interests are in every way opposed to his.
The workingmen of New York may say this
distant injustice iloes not concern them. Tbey
are mistaken. They will yet learn that tho
Interests of labor are the same throughout the
country, and that it is not possible to pass a law
oppressing labor in Louisiana that does not
etriice at the rights of labor in New York.
Insulting the Dead.
from the Tribune,
We printed yesterday a pretty full account of
Ibe occurrences at Augusta, Ga., heretofore
briefly noticed. On the 2Gth of last month tho
Rebel women of that city went in procession to
the cemetery to decorate with flowers the graves
of the Rebel dead. The ceremony was made as
Imposing as numbets and solemnity could make
it, not less than three thousand persons joining
in the rites. Side by side with the Rebels lay
the Union dead, but nobody hai a flower for
any of the latter. The loyal women of Augusta,
including the teachers of the lreedmen and
many of the colored womon, made an attempt
to repair this omission. They arranged for a
second procession, of which the children in the
freed men's schools were to form the principal
jiortion. Southern chivalry took the alarm at
once. The Mayor ot Aususta prohibited the
demonstration, summoned a large torce ot
police, and barred the gates of the cemetery.
The processiou 01 women and children were met
at the prates by the armed Rebel police, denied
an entrance, and spite of entreaties, were
obliged to go home, uuable to pay this simple
and touching tribute of respect to the Union
dead. That is Southern chivalry, magnanimity,
and loyalty, all joined in one.
It is humiliating to be obliged to add that the
Telueal ol tbe Kobe) Mayor to allow the Union
graves to be garlanded with (lowers, was sus
tained by two Union officers by General Bran
nan, commanding the District, and by General
Tillson, who is Commissioner of the Freedraen's
Buieau for Georg a 1 These two officials united
in attempting to restrain the slight tribute of
respect to their former comrades, on the ground
that it would create ill feeling between tho
wh tea and the blacks ! It would be charitable
to dihbelieve them capable of such an act, but
both the Rebel aud the loyal accounts agree on
thin point, and General Crannnn even regretting
that he had no troops at hand to prevent the
demonstration by force. While such oilicers
command at the South, what reason is there to
hope that toe bitterness and hatred shown by
the Rebels will be soiteued 1 What right have
we to diruiind thattue Rebels shall respect a Hag
which Union Generals combine to insult?
The Administration, Congress, General
Giant, and the Aeit 1'iesideucy.
From the Herald.
There is a hitch between Congress and the
Administration. Reconstruction i3 the diffi
culty. The President has adopted hU plan,
which is denounced by Congress, and Con
gress has proclaimed its plan, which Is op
po( d by the President. There in an "irre
pressible conillct" between tho . two depart
ments, and yet the reconstruction scheme
of Congress in all its essential features is but a
rehash ot the sscuenie ol the Administration.
Alter Bitting for five mouths upon a ue.n full
ot all sorts of leconctruction eggs, good aud
bad, white, black, blue, and speckled, the Joint
Committee of t'nteen have hatched out tho
small brood of chickens over which the Senate
is now clucking. And what are they? Tney
embrace a Constitutional amendment declaring,
first, in behalf of all citiaeuj of all races tlie
equal protection of the laws. This is a super
fluous saleguard, or tho Civil Rights bill is a
mockery. Secondly, where sulliage is restricted
on account ot race or color the enumeration of
the people tor Congressional reoresentatlon
ehall be proportionately reduced. This is, sub
stantially, the ameudiueut suggested months
ago by President Johnson. Thirdly, that neither
tho United States nor any State shall pay or
assume any debts of the Rebellion, nr any
claim lor emancipated slaves. All this has
been provided tor in the actual reorganization
of fhe late Rebel States under the President's
instructions. The plan of Congress, by bill,
lurtuer provides to exclude from all Federal
olliees certain classes of leading aud active par
ticipants in the Rebellion, a provision which Is
abo based upon the administration policy.
Thus tur, then, the plun of Congress is but a
clumsy revamping and hall' soliug of the Presi
dent's plan. The point of divergence 1b the
third section of the loiut committee's aim'nd
nuiit, which proposes to distranchise till the
4th cf July, 1870, all persons concerned In giv
ing voluntary aid and comfort to the late Re
TgEDAlLY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,
bellion. Strangely enouch, too, this proposi
tion pnsed the llouse against a mijority the
oihcrway. but how? Tho answer to this ques
tion solves the w bole case. There are three fac
tions In Congress-the radical Republicans, the
moderate Republicans, and the Copperbeals.
Ihe rad.cal taction and the Copoerliead taction
are each operating on an independent tack for
the next Presidency. Tlio moderadoes, or tnird
faction, are cutting in and out for the spoils of
th present administration, but at ever blast of
the party trumpet of Stevens they fall' into the
wakeot the rad.cals. Mr. Raymond is a speci
men brick of these socalled conservatives.
Most conspicuous among the opponents of this
aforesaid third section in the House, his adhe
sion to it in his vote, under the xhip of Stevens,
was the most prominent feature In the day's
proceeding.
It is the next Presidency that has dlvidod this
Congress Into these thre wrangling factions
the next Presidency and the spoils of the pre
sent administration. Rut if we can settle now,
as we think we can, this question ot the nest
Preidcncy, we are satisfied that Conarross will
find It easy work to fall in fairlv with President
Johnson's Southern policy. lie has declared
thutbe Is not a candidate tor another term, and
we believe him. lie is not, therefore, engineer
ing lor another election. The Copperheads are
noisy in their admiration of him; but who ima--pines
that they dream of making him their candi
date ? Tho moderate Republicans go with the
Administration for the spoils of to-day, but
With the radicals tor the plunder of to-norrow.
One of Mr. Seward's newsnaper organs hs
w arned the Republican party that if this thing
of the restoration of the Southern States be not
settled belore tho Presidential election there
will m civil war. But wo say it will be settled,
if e can settle now tne Presidential question,
and we believe that in tho public mind this
question is already settled. General Grant is
the man. A million of Union soldiers are walt
ine to give him their sullrastcs, and atnther
million or more ol the Union men of tho war are
ready to back their soldiers. Convention or no
convenlion, he is good torthe solid vot? of the
Northern States and for some of the Southern
States. No divisions or rsconstructions of
parlies or States can touch him, because he Is
the champion and tho candidate ol the great
Union DartV of the war. Thn eas is vtrii lmnl.
This party owes to Geoeral Grant a heavy debt.
ii mcv euuuo pay h iney intend to recoemze
it by his election to the VVhite House in 18U8,
and because they know that he is the man for
the place, especially in the reconstruction of our
torelgn relations, which will then be the main
work in hand.
Accordmelv. leavino the Cnnnnrhenrta mil. nf
the question, the inquiry recurs what have the
radicals to eain from their present factious op
position to President Johnson and his policy, or
what hnvc they to lose bv siionortinfr him when
the public sentiment of the whole country is in
l.vn, !' hi vil,,., . . ' A ; .1 -- 1
lu.vi ui uia itau Ul !Vi;UllM'riii;MUU, ttUU WUCU
Stevens hunscll has been constrained to adopt it
in order to cany bis additional restrictions?'
Why all this sapping and minine torthe next
Presidency, when tnat atl'alr Is a foreirnnn rnn.
elusion? It is a radical blunder to be hedging
aua uucniug against Andrew Jonnson as a Pre
sidential candidate. Common Bense, as well as
common justice, should tech this. Comrre&s to
abandon its factious absurdities aud all such
stultideution as that third section and that Colo
rado bill, and to deal honestly with an honest
and consl stent administration.
; Approaching Trial of Jefferson Davis.
from the World.
What Is Mr. Davis to be triedor f We do not
mean to ask for what crime, for that sufficiently
appears in the indictment; but what end Is
Bought to be accomplished corresponding to the
greatness of the event in which Mr. Davis was
a leading actor, and to the political and sec
tional passions which will , be reinflamed by
such a tiial? That he will be hung for treason,
we suppose not ten intelligent men in the United
States believe. If the final upshot of the ex
citing proceedings at Richmond next month is
to be merely a release of Mr. Davis lrom cus
tody, either by an acquittal by the jury or a
pardon by tho President, why could he not be
released by Borne more quiet process, without
arousing cteaying passlonj into new activity?
There is some ground to believe that both
President Johnson and Chief Justice Chase teel
the lorce ot this doubt, and concur in resarding
the trial more in the light of a political manoeu
vre than of a judicial necessity. The communi
cations which have taken place between these
high functionaries, on this subject, have been
only partially divulged; but the general tenor
of w hat is known is, that the President has
tteadily desired that the Chief Justice should
conduct the trial, and that the Chiel Justice has
evinced an equally steady reluctance to the
ta? k. It is not improbable that both of thee
otiict-rs think that the chances prepauderate in
favtr of an acquittal; that the President wishes
to allay the clamois of the ultra-"loyalists" by
the guarantee of judicial rigor which would be
afforded by the presence of Chiel' Justice Chase;
atd that Mr. Chase, who aspires to be the Re
publ.can candidate lor the Presidency, does not
wish to figure belore that party as the judicial
officer by whom Mr. Davis was set at large.
These motives, though too probable to admit
ol much doubt, are not ot a nature to be avowed;
and they may be properly enough veiled behind
ostensible reasons so plausible 'as those alleged
on either side. In a great State trial, there Is a
manifest propriety in the highest ludicialoflicer
ol the Circuit presiding; a propriety which the
Chief Justice cannot contest, and which ho has,
thus tar, evaded only by expressing his unwil
lingness to noid a court in a place where mar- i
tial law is in force. Martial Taw is, indeed, an
atlrontto judicial dignity: but it the Chief Justice
is so fastidious, how did he reconcile himself to
hold courts last year in Maryland, or even to
preside this winter over the Supreme Court In
the Dibtrict oi Columbia? Maryland was under
martial law till relieved by President Johnson's
proclamation ol December last, and in that pro
clamation the District of Columbia was by name
excepted. It tho existence ot martial law is a
reason why courts should not be held, no civil
courts ought to have been held anywhere in the
United States after Mr. Lincoln's proclamation
suspending the habeas corpus in all the f tates
and Territories. It is obvious euouijh that
Judge Chase's assigned reason is a subterfuge,
and that the real motives ot his unwillingness
to try Mr. Davis are such as he does not choose
to avow.
After Mr. Dnvis' first indictment (in May last),
we suppose there were but three ways by which
he could be released from custody, namely, a
nolle prosequi, acquittal by a jury, or nardon by
the President alter conviction. We do not sup
pose the President has ever, for a moment, en
tertained the thoupht of a node prosequi; aud it
Mil) be soon enough lor bim to consider the ques
tion of a pardon alter the prisoner had been sen
tenced. President Johnson, who is very
tenacious cf his convictions, has seemed to en
tertain the idea that it is necessary to try Mr.
Davis for the purpose of briugina to a judicial
decision the questions underlying the war. This
is a view which Mr. Johnson seems to share with
a large proportion of the Republican pres. To
pet a judicial decision on the right of accession,
and "to muke treason odious," are the to
avowed reasous lor putting Mr. Davis on trial.
But even though President Johnson unites
with the Republican party in urgiug them, they
are reasons which will uot very well bear scru
tiny. To submit the secession question to a
court Is to imply that it is still open to doubt I
Suppose the court should decide that secession is
a constitutional ricrht, would President Johnson
and the Republican party ndmit it? Not tor a
moment! Ta submit, as if it were still doubt
lul, a question which is decided beyond appeal,
savors not of the sincerity due to so grave a sub
ject. Can any loyal man in the North really
wish to submit to judicial decision the question
whether, after all, the war we have wagsd with
the South has not been a wrong? If we admit
that the Question is doubtful, and that an argu
ment by fhe best legal intellects and a solemn ju
dicial decision aro ueeded to se'tli it, we thereby
go very far towards exculpating the prisoner in
advance.
If ilie question be. even at this late dav. so
1 doubtiul and difficult, the Southein people may
have innocently held pither side of it; and tho
great body 01 them aie neither more nor leg
guilty than Mr. Davis himself. If tie decision
is d sired lor- their heneot, how can ws exoect
them to reppect it hen we arc ready to avow
beforehand that we would not yield our convlc
tiom on this euliject even to the authority of the
Supreme Court? If wereiuse to accept from the
coin t any thing but the echo of our own views,
whst bi ttcr tau we enpect of them? It ts diffi
cult to d-scovcr the necessity ol submitting to
further discm-sion a question which has been
lneptalably decided. In this view, thero ore,
the inal ol Mr. Davis will bo little better than a
judicial farce. ,
The other avowed purpose bl the trial Is "to
make treason odious." Uut suppose Mr. Davis
should be acquitted ? This, we take it, is a more
piobahle event than any other. Would an ac
quiital render trcaoou more odious thau it is
already? The grounds lor expectimr acquittal
as more probable than conviction, are, that the
framcjs of the Constitution intended to make
convictions lor treason not easy, but dilllcult;
and thbt the laws parsed by our lathers favor
this tendency. Nobody doubted that Burr was
a traitor; but Burr escaped although the admin
istration of Mr. Jefferson did its utmost to secure
his conviction. Burr was indebted for his
escape entirely to the rulings of ChiefJustice
l (1 T-L 1 1 n 1 1 .nf1 A. ,1 . 1 ... . 1
Ancouaii, mm uvfc ttir an vi viv uiinruuter Ol IQO
jury. His followers and accomplices were men
collected from various places; they did not, like
the abettors ol the Reoellion, form a compact
community whose members were nearly unani
mous In sentiment.
The Constitutional provision, therefore
which requires a trial to be before a jury of the
Slate and district where the scene of tho Indict
ment is laid, did not favor hiin as it does Mr.
Davis. Mr. Davis must be tried belore a Virgi
nia jury, and the erection of West Virginia into
a separate State is lavorable to bia acquittal, jm
no jurymen can be drawn from thence. Bv te
siatute regulatinsr trials tor treason, the accused
may peremptorily challenge thirty-five jurors,
and as many more as he pleases for cause. All
who "have deliberately formed an opinion that
the parly is .tuilty of the crime charged against
him are disqualified to serve as jurors."
Tho probabilities are, that such consist
env Union men as may be summoned as
jurymen will, in this way, be disqualified, and
the peremptory challenge of thirty-live besides,
is likely to secure, in the State of Virginia, a
jury of which some members will be lavorable
to Mr. Davis. But if, of the whole t welve, there
is even one that stands for bis acquittal, the jury
will not agree, and disagreement is as good for
him as an acquittal, since he cannot be tiled
again on the same charee. It is easy to see,
therefore, that the chances are at least eleyen to
one that Mr. Davis will noi be convicted. Thia
probability, we presume, is the true reason why
Chief Justice Chase is unwilling to try hbn, and
is also the reason why the President has been so
persistent that he should, in order that no inju
rious party use may be made of a non-agreement
or acquittal.
Thin beincr the nsnnnt nf iha pgu la nuta
tion naturally recuts, why should there be a
trial nt all ? why not enter a nolle prosequi and
let th prisoner go at large? We suppose Pre
sident Johnson entertains no doubt that Mr.
Davis la guilty of treason, and feels bouud to do
all in his power to secure hisiconvictiyn. He
reasonably preiers that the -responsibility tor
bis escape shall rest on the court and jury,
rather than on himself. The President could
hardly commit a greater political mistake than
to direct a no te prosequi. Whether the trial
results in Mr. Davis' release or his conviction, it
is equally incumbent on the President to see
that he has a a speedy trial." His release from
custody by a trial relieves the President f'om
all responsibility; and if the trial is presided
over by the radical Chief Justice, tho result
will not be open to party cavil.
The Burning of Colombia.
From the Daily Newt
There ere few journals in the country that can
compete with the Tribune in the ingenious
sophistry it brings to bear on questions which it
feels constrained to discuss, but in which a dis
closure of the actual facts would be ruinsusly
fatal to the hypothesis It eceks to sustain. Its
article of Tuesday on General Wade Hampton
Is a case in point; and the coolness with which
it dodges the issue, while charging that General
Hampton is evading it, is refreshing to contem
plate. The substance of General Sherman's
charge is that cotton was fired in the streets of
Columbia by Hamplon'8 order; and that the
flames lrom the burning cotton, so fired,
communicated to the adjoining buildings, and
eo produced the conflagration yyhich destroyed
the town.
Now, General Hampton says, in replying to
this charge, "I deny emphatically that any cot
ton was bred in Columbia by my order." And
the Tribune calls this "evading" the charge.
What would tie Iribune have ? The question is
not as to General Hampton's wishes or inten
tions, but as to his acts. It is a matter of no
sort of consequence whether General Hampton
ordered the cotton to bo burned or not, unless
it can bo shown that the cotton was so burned.
But Geueral Hampton went still further in his
statement. He admitted having once eiven an
order lor burning the cotton, but stated that he
had countermanded it, at the instance of Geue
ral Beuu ezard, and that, consequently, it was
never executed. It the issue is not fairly and
squarely met, then there never yet has been an
issue fairly made up.
Columbia was burned not by meaas of cotton
bales, but by means of balls of yarn, Bleeped in
turpentine ai d other combustibles, which were
set on Are and thrown into private dwellings all
over the city. And it was Federal soldiers who
cut the hose attached to the fire engines and pre
vented any successful attempt to extinguish the
flames. As for the explosion at the depot of the
South Caiolina It lilroad, that was the result of
an accident. The bnilding was lull of (-tores of
every description, which were abandoned to the
populace wnen the Confederate troops com
menced evacuating the town, and a spark from
the pipe of a careless forager tailing upon a box
of cartridges, the top of which bad been
wrenched oil', piodiiced the catastrophe.
It is amusing to see the squirming of the
radical press on this subject. Its editors
atlccied, at first, to see nothing atrocious in
the burning of Columbia and its attendant
hoi-rors, and were rather inclined to make
merry over the calamities of "the Rebeis."
But uoyy that public opinion has emphatically
condemned the act, they are making & despe
rate effort to cast the odium of it upon Gene
ral Hampton. How desperate the effort is,
may bo interred from the character of the evi
dence on which they rely to sustain their absurd
charges. The Tribune concludes iU article by
the question: "If it was right lor the Rebels
to burn, why would it have been wrong for
Sherman?" The answer is simple. Columbia
belonged to the Confederates and did not belone
to General Sherman. The burning ot Moscow
immortalized Rostopchin: but it French soldiers
had dtne the deed it would have been Infamy
lor Bonapatte.
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tm been Increased aa a fore. aid, In the mm o' Flltr
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baa bten paid Into aald ISank aa a partol tbe ( aoltal
Mock thereof I and that the aald Ii creaaa of capital la
approved bj the comptroller oi the turrem r.
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IZTT' TO TIIE S0LD1EKS OF PENJTSYL-
VAiMA.
1 TTAVtTf?in lQii
la obedience to authority 'esied In me bv a resolu
tion adopted lv tne Convention of Holdiem. be d In this
city on tlieelKlith day of March Km I do berobv te
qucw iha bonoraMy dbichamed eo diera of hennyl-
.ni..nw u.iT. in iki ci-"vuiira i eg e mive uleirictH
and elect l eletalei. not excanlinir tu in m,. .,. .. .
repieeem their district In a boldlera' Convention to i.a
held in the cltv of Pliwburg. on TUESDAY, tbe fltth of
June next, at in o'clock A. II.
Where any Renreeentatlve dla'rtct eomprlo more
than one county, the manner ot elec.lng the delegates
la reanectiuliv lelerre t to the unidior nt ih. di.,.,.,
each conference at will res jit la a mir representation of
' Citizens vbo bave borne arm In dnfnnnA r tha n.iinn
acalnM tr ason have enpeclai Interest In ihe purposes of
this Convention aid it Is desirable that aa luliarepre-
wniBiion ui ine oravc aeienoera or tne counUraSDOS-
t . r, iJ',F HABTBAKFT,
. tateBrevctMalor-CenetiU USA
rapera lavorable to uiecaase wll pjeuee publish the
0 4tti 9
rS- THE FOLLOWINOGENTLEMEVnAVE
beer du y elected Officers cf the I'HILADKT.
PHIA CHAMliliH OF COatMKBCE, To ieTve forthe
ensuing year;
PBEHlDFNT
JOSEPH S. I't.KOT.
MANAGKK9.
AI.KXM)KU O. CATTELL.
'H XKLE-i H i VM MIJNlis,
JAMfc A. WRlGin,
HOWARD II INCH MAN.
CIIAKLE- KKiCllI'
ShM-.CA K. V ALONE,
HA'IUAS BROOKE,
JUUS 11 Mil 'II K NEB,
TICK AMI' RKR.
8A11UKL L. WARD.
Subscriptions will be received at the Kooma of the
Corn Ixctmnge Association, lor ibe balance of the
capl al stock, dally, Horn II A M. to 12 M.
., jAMCtL L. WAKD, Treanrer,
Pell adelpbla, May II. 1666. 6 IUui
3r- BIERSTAPT'S LAST WORK-"STORM
-f IN THE BOCKY MOUKTAIN8"-now on ex
hibition by permission of tbe Artist lor the Benefit of
the 'MncO'D lnetl.uilon and Soldiers' and Bailors'
S5,iIi0'a.lHonie " ' " tNDERoiH. TAYLOB &
liltO Wl 'H. Koe. 912 and 914 CHK.-NTJT Street, for one
nouihonly. Open I rum lo A.M. to 10 P M.
Reason Ticket, al-00 blnifle Ticket, 2i cents. 4211m.
rT OFFICE PORTAGE OIL AND MIXING
t CGMTAHY, Ko. 1003 Bonth BBOaD Street,
FnllitnAliYrS n 1
The. proprietors o' the shares who bave neglected to
Eay the sum duly assessed i hereon (TWENTY C
j the action el .the Board oi JUroctora in pursuance of
the terms ol tbe Charter of this Company, are hereby
requested to take notice that a suttlclent nuinner of
shares to pay all asseanments. with necesxary and inci
dental charges thereon, will be sold at public auction at
the office oi the company, on IUEDA V.June ft. at 12 M.
A 18t H. M. HTJKSICKEH, Treagur r.
JrAPENNSifLVANIA RAILROAD COM-
I Tkeastjbkb's Drpabtmekt, )
KOTICE TOSTOCKOK'lVoof
Directors have this i day declnretl a semi annual dividend
otMVs tfc.B CEM.on the capital aiock of the Com
pany, cea of National and Mate taxes, payable on and
alter May 30, IHob.
Blank powers ot attorney or collecting dividend can
be had at the office ot the Compant , No. ii . I HlKi
ill CM AS l. FIRTH,
. wt Treasurer.
5?f PHILADELPHIA AND READING
t7mD, RAILROAD COMPANY, Office No.227 8outh
r (JUKI 11 btreet.
v. A, . . . Philadelphia April 28 186.
Notice Is hereby given to tbe hiocklio ders oi thla
; omoany, that the option of receiving their Dividend
In Hoca or Cash, under the resolution oi the Board oi
lltn l eceniler, lW ft will cease on and after the Hist ol
liaj, lHifj, aud ihat such Stockholders aa ao not demand
their Dividend to bo paid to iliem In Stock on or before
that day, will be thereaf.or entitled to receive It In Cash
QUIT. 4 80 1m fl. BKDFOBD. Treasurer.
ria1" BATCH EL OR'S HAI RDYE.
SJ' THF BEST IN THE W ORLD.
Haimlcfs reliable ui-tantaneous. The only perfect
eve. No disappointment no ridiculous tinta, but true
to nature, h eck or brown
UENL'INE 18 BIUKEDWILLIAM A. BATCHELOK
Regenerating Fx tract oi Mlhlfleurs restores, preserves
and beautlllea the Lair, prevents baldness. So d by all
DrUKgUlg. Factory No, 81 BARCLAY fcfc, N. Y. 3ii
frST DINING-ROOM. F. LAKEMEYER,
CARTER'S Alley, would respectiuhy inionn the
l'nbiic gciieially ihat he has leitnotlung undoue to lnako
this place comlortuble In every respect lor the accom
modation oi gucNts. He has opened a large and com
inoulous Dinlnt-Koom in the second s orv. His HIDE
BOARD la uirnMicd with BRANDIEB. WLSKS
V W 1KKY, Etc.. Etc.. 01 SUPERIOR BRANDS. 1 1 '
jrgp just published!
By thePhvMclansof the
NEW YOHK MUSEUM,
tbe Ninetieth Edition of their
, OL E LECTURES,
entitled-
PHILOSOPHY OF MAIiRIAOK.
To be bad tree, lor lour stamps bv addressing Secre
tary Ntw York Mui-euui of Anatomy.
J)S No. 618 BROADWAY, New Yolk.
4 uuauoiJuia,
rpilE OLDEST AND LARGEST
SADDLE AKD HARNESS
MANUVACTUKING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE
, COUNTRY.
LA( EY, MEEKElt & CO., t
Ho. 1216 CHESNUT STREET,
OFFER OF TBEIB OWN MANUFACTURE i
Ll'CGY HARNESS, from WH) to 150
LIGHT BAROUCHE do SO 00 to 350
HEAVY do do 73 UO to Ml'
EXPRfSS, RRASS COUNTED HARNESS 27JO to 90
VYAOON AND bELF-AT JUSTING 18U0 to 30
STAGE AND 1EA.M do 30 00 to SO
LADIKb' SADDLE, do 12-00 to 150
GENTS' do do 81K) (o 75
Bridles, Mountings, Bite, Rosetta, Horse Coven
Blushes, Combs, Koaps, Blacking, Ladles' and Genu
Travelling and Tourist Baa and Sucks, Lunch Bankota
Dress tg and Shirt Cases. Trunk! and Valises.
mrp Ko. laiO CHKSN UT ST.
ESTABLISHED 179 5.
A. S. ROBINSON,
French Plate looklng-GIasses,
ENGRAVINGS , rAlSTINGS, DRAWINGS ETC
Manuiaoturcr of all kind of
Loolting-Qlaes, Portrait, and Pic
ture Frames to Order.
No. 910 CHESNUT STREET,
TUlED DOOR ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL,
PHILADELPHIA. 8 15 J
MAY 17, 18GG.
DRY GOODS.
t
-v-
WM. II. IIORSTMAIVX & SOAS
- '.- , 1 -
FIFTH and CIIEIUIY Sts.
PHILADKLPHIA.
lAirORTFBS AND MANUFACTURERS OF
LADIES' DRESS
, AND CLOAK TRIMMINGS,'
PLAIN AND FANCY BUTTONS, ' , '
. COTTON TRIM MINOS, .. '
I BLACK AND COLORED OALI.OOB8
CtrST LACES,
I BFI.TIN03,
i GUirURK LACE9.
i BALMORAL TRIMMINGS, '' .
, GIMPS AND ORNAMENTS, ,
COLORED VELVET RIBBONS '.
BEAD NETS, KTC. '
SMALL WARES AND ZEPHYR WORSTED.
We are constantly receiving tie latest B0VF.LTIE8
of the Emopran markets, besides oor own production
various stj let In NEW TRIMMINGS. '
Onr prices reduced to the Tery lowest Gold
J)REIFUSS & BELSINGER,
. No. 49 North EIGHTH Street,
II ava 'ust c pened ecmplcte stock o
SP1UNO GOODS,
CONSISTING 0 LACES, EMBROIDERIES, AND
FANCY GOODS.
aro pieces plain and atr'ped Jaconets, the newest styles
f birred and Tucked lluslins, which v. e are oflerlng at
low prices.
fCOdoien Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, at old prices
25, 87. 40, and 60 cents.
A lull assortment of tbe newest design LACK COL
LA 1,8 and COLLAR) TIES, from 31 cents up to 10.
GLOVER GLOVES.
A ecmplcte line of JOt VIN KID GLOVR9, to whlob
we Invite attention, which we ofler at low figure.
j OA BR1ELLE SKIRTS.
1 GABRIILLE SKIRTS,
worn ncwcrt' mo,t durable, and alyllah Skirts now
f.,.l'c.KFI PKIRTINO.a cheap and desirable article
for ladles wear
No 1W4 fHF.HNUT MTREET.
E. M. NEEDLES,
Ko. 1024 CJIESKUT STREET,
OFFERS AT IOW PRICES,
' 2000 PIECES WHITE GOODS,
Tnrlllftlno nil vm1a,Ia. T, a rr .
riald. htrlwd. Plain and Kluured MCSLINd,
suitable for V bite Bodies and I. reuses.
100 pieces PRINTED LINEN LAWN'S, desir-
Clunr. Vaenclenne and other Lsees: Insert-
tTllrl fc ll IT IT, I r. llnuitnU... .1 I I . 1 1
chiefs, Veils. Collars. Hleeves, eto
'Ihe above are ollered lor ba.e CHHAP, and in
great VARIE'l Y.
"f".o uui.il uu rfELli IU EiAMINE.
J350tjej.il S BO KOI "OH
CT)Q H 0 P ' K I N S'
r.9,a
JKJ llOOr-HKIRT
J r l ,.,., n . . , --'A
Above eixtb street. PhUadelphla.
I M'hnlesale and Retail.
; Onr assortment embraces all tbe new and desirable
styles and aires, of everv length and uut waiat for
Ladles, 11 Uses, and Children.
Those of "OUK OWN MAKE" ate tup'ri or In finith
and durabi i't to any other Skirts made, and warranted
to give satisfaction-
. Skirts made to order, altered, and repaired. 2 4$
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
TlilAinVVT. TirtTrT" r. rruTtn.
TTAH lltS, WttTlLUT A FII.Tl.ll wins,
.WATCHES and JEWCL2I Ri:?AIIli:D.
"02 CTin-nni. e PVt'a.
Owing to the decline ot Gold, bas made a great
d uctlon in price of bis large and we'I assorted stock o
Diamonds,
Watches,
Jewelry,
Silverware, Eto.
The public are respectful!; Invited to call and examine
our stock before purchasing elsewhere. 1
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
MUSICAL BOXES.
A full assortment ot above (roods constantly on
Land at modeiate prices the Musical .boxes plavlua
lromStolobiauulul Airs,
FARR & BROTHER, Importers.
No, 821C'IlEt,NUX STKKET,
; llllnnthjrp Below Fonrth.
r0 OUR PATRONS AND THE PUBLIC
We are oflerlng oursteck o.
Watches,
jewels r,
AND SILVERWARE,
AT A DISCOUNT,
Fully equivalent to tbe heavy decline lu Gold.
CLARK & DIDDLE,
No. 712 C II ESN CT Street
822!irp
RICH JEWELRY
JOHN BRENNAN,
DEALER UT '
DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY
Etc Etc. Etc.
20 Ko. 18 8. EIGHTH SI KWET.PlUladA.
HENRY HARPER,
No. 02O ARCH STREET
Mannlaoturer and Dealer In
WftltihftB,
Fine Jewelry,
Silver-l'lated Ware,
8 80J SplldSlIyer-ware.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
WHOLESALE DRICCISTS,
MANUFACTDKERis,
IMPORTERS,
AND DEALER9 IN
ralnls, Varnishes, ana Oils,
No. 201 NORTn FOURTH STREET,
413m N. E. COENEB OF BACE.
I
CARPETINGS, &o
JtrST RECEIVED, i
' YARD-AND-A-IIALF-WIDE
V E LV.E T CARPETS,
NEW DESIGNS. ,
J. F. & E. K. ORiY E,
; - - No. 904 : -
CHESNUT STREET.
3-4 1-8, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4,
WHITE, RED, AND FANCY
(J ANTON MATTJNQS.
J. F. & E. B. OltNE M
No. 904
C II ESNUT S T 11 E E T.
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
ii ,
FOR STAIRS AND HALLS,
WITH EXTRA BORDERS:
J. F. & E. B. 0RNE,
i No. 904
C II E SN U T ' STREET
500 i' ie C E S
ft -a W AU lEliJVS ,
ENGLISH TAPESTRY BRUSSELS.
J. F. & E. B. 0RNE,
No. 904
CSMImrn
CHESNUT STREET.
QARrETINGS I CARPETINGS !
AT HE TAIL.
McCALLlJMS, CREASE & SLOAN,
! No. 519 CHESNIT Street,
i
(OPP08IT lUDirEKDKNCE HALL),
NOW OFFEB TIIEIB EXTENSIVE 8TOCK
TOItEIGN AND DOMESTIC
CARPETINGS,
AT REDUCED PRICES.
U2Slmrp
MATTIKG WAREHOUSE!
McCALLlMS, CREASE & SLOAN,
No. 509 CHESNUT Street,
(OPrOSIlE IN EPENDENCE HALL)
HAVE J LSI E EC El V ED
ONE THOUSAND ROLLS
FIi8H
CANTON MATTING,
ALSO,
TWO HUNDRED ROLLS
CALCUTTA Ci. CO A MATTING.
All Widths and Styles,
ATTHE LOW EST PRICES. 4 26 lmrp
"QLEN ECHO MILLS,"
GERMANTOWN, PA.
3ICCALLD1S, CEEASE & SLOAN,
BlauufactarerH, Importers, and IVbole
lfialer in
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS
MATTINGS, Etc,
. WAREHOUSE, ' .
No. 509 CHESNUT STREET,
OrPOSITX TBB STATS HOU8B,
' riuladolpUia, '
ItETA Ily DETAHTMENT
86 8mrp
No. PIO CHESNUT STREET.
EST A U R A N T
OH THa .
EUROPEAN PLAN.
Finest old and new ALES, at 6 centi par flint.
Ut, 'Jl ONK-D1J1K EAT1NU BAB. !
Tbe choicest LJquort alwayt on hand.
Ko, B31 CHESNUT 8TRKET.
10 3m BESBY BECKEB Manaaer