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roller ot ftcstorntlon ConaciTatiTe
Action ol the Senate.
J'Ynm the Timet.
The Seriate on Tuesday marie short work of
what Mr. Stevens in the House declared to be
the only one of the Couatltiulonal amendments
reported by the Committee on Reconstruction
for which he cared a "snnp of hi tin ire r.", It
was the one which disfranchised until 1870 all
in-the Southern States who had. at any time,
given aid to 'he Robellion. The Scnata struck
it out by a unanimous vote, and substituted for
Jt a clause by which all who, after having sworn
to support the Constitution of the United States,
afterward?, in violation of that oath, joined the
Ilebellion, are declared ineligible to office; and
even this may be waived, so fnr as members ol
Congress are concerned, upon the vote of two
thirds of ttie members of either House. Sundry
other amendments, ot no great importance
were reported to the original proposition; and
the whole no stands substantially as the more
conservative Uniorrsts of tne Honsu would nave
made it, il Ihcy bad been allo wed to bring their
propositions tJ a vo'e.
This action ol the Senate is in the direction of
.iuniiouy and conciliati on. Coupled witli the
decisive actionoi the Uoupeon Monday, in reject
inir the proposition to deprive the President o''
his constitutional authority over those who
held office under him, it indicates more than
the oossibillty of renewed concert of action bo
Iween the Executive and Legislative Depart
ment of the Government. Disclaim it as mem
"hers may, this action has oeen largely influenced
Toy deference to thev position, it not to the
opinions, of the President. As thi session
dra ws towards a close, members are more alive
to the responsibility of their nets, and are more
solicitous than they have hitherto been not to
court a quarrel irotn which nothing but injury
enu possibly accrue to themselves or to the
Unlou party. They begin to perceive that,
liowever pleasant it may seem attho moment to
denounce the President and dety bh influence,
they cannot pojsibl.v strengthen themselves in
the' lOHst thereby. Whatever ellect their action
lias, must be against them. At the very best
they can only hld their own; while it Is quit i
possible that tne.v may alienate ju-t enougn of
thyroid supporters to lull short of a re-election.
M'hey would gli'dly, therefore, in many cases re
trace their steps and correct the errors into
which they have been betruyed by an over hasty
sud inconsiderate zeal, and all seem anxious to
avoid their repetition.
The amendments to the Constitution, as t!icy
now sitind, will not encounter strenuous obi-c-lion
trom auy quarier. All are willing to sub
3nit to the States the question whether they will
concede to Congress the power to prevent un
equal State legislation touching the civil rights
ot citizens of tne United States. Few question
the abstract justice and wisdom of changing the
"basis of representation, so that it shall not be so
unequal at the Nor'h and South in proportion
to voters. The exclusion from otlice ot men who
dded periury to treason is certainly not severe,
cither ac a penult? or a precaution, and no one can
object to declaring the national debt inviolnto.
TL'o every one oi these propositions, presented on
its own merits, we presume the President hi in
eel i would not object.
There remains now but one point 'involving
danger of serious collision. As the matter now
Kta da it is proposed to make assent to these
amendments, on the part ot every Southern
Bta'e, a condition precedent to the admission of
3ier representatives to Congress. The bill lrom
the Committee, which was brought up tor dis
cussion in the House yesterday, contains not
only this condition, but also excludes those
States until the amendments shall have become
valid as parts ot the Constitution; but this
3atter clause is so manifestly unjust that it will
undoubtedly be stricken out. Even then the
provision will encounter serious objection. It
as a fundamental principle with the Presi
dent that the right to be represented in
sToneress belones to every State undr the
Consiitution that it is an absolute right, es
sential to tha very existence ot the Govern
ment, and never to be retused or denied when
the State stands in a loyal attitude and elects
loyal men as her repieentatives. He denies the
Tight of Congress, therefore, to prescribe condi
tions of any kind to the enjoyment ol that right,
except such as touoh the question of loyalty, of
which each House is to bo the exclusive nidge.
As a matter ot course, he will deny the right ot
Congress to require any State to ratify any
amendment to the Constitution, no matter what
anav be its character, still less to ratify one
stripping hereon of political power which Bhe
bow enjoys under the Constitution, as a condi
tion ot her being admitted to representation in
Congress. The bill, if passed in its present
iorm, is, therelore, almost certain to be vetoed,
and, so tar as the political result is concerned,
It will make very little difference whether it is
passed in spile of his objections or not. The con
flict belweou the President and Congress will be
couiinucd, and as each branch of "the Govern
ment will have it adherents, nothing but weak
ness and discs' er can ensue.
This ought, by all means, to be avoided; and
now that Congress seems to be more disposed
than hitherto to heed counsels of prudenc and
jiloderatiou, we trust it may be. There are cer
tainly other modes of presenting tnese amend
ments to the lavorable considora'ion of the
Blates, than bv prescribing them as conditions
ot lepreeeutatiou. . We trubt some mode moro
reasonable in itself, and less obnoxious to just
obicctijus ou constitutional grounds, may he
devised and adopted. The ditl'erence between
the President and Congress is now becoming,
through the advancing ascendancy of mori
moderate counsels, so narrow and so slight th.tt
Its complete removal becomes an imperative, as
Jt ought to be a pleasing, duty.
Southern Codes lor the Freedmen.
Emit the Tribune.
The Information just communicated by the
Pres dent to the House of Representatives, con
cerning the receni legislation of the Southern
(States in reference to the tree.lmen, will be
eseerly canvassed by the friends of freedom and
of equal rights in every Slate of the Union.
Although the new constitutions of the Southern
Stales and the proceedings of their Legislatures
Jiave all been orintea don in Dixie, much of
the legislation is new to tbe North; and we
lioj e, therefore, that the whole Union press
wri avail itselt of the nresent occasion to
'ditruse political knowledge" ot the most indis
pensable kind.
The report now presented by the Secretary of
State, embraces the States ot North Carolina,
Bouth Carolina, Florida. Georgia. Alabama,
Jlississippi. anr Texas. It is welt kuovn that
all these States have yielded one point to tne
urgent representations of ihp Washington Gov
ernment, which all, or nearly all, would not
lave yielded of their own free will and accord
negro testimony in court. But even this oue
point has been only yielded in caes where the
rights of persons or property of persons of color
are concerned. Should Yankees or individuals
of other detested nationalities be puninhed lor
their unwelcome intrusion into Southern so
ciety, and be so unfortunate a to have none
"but negro witnesses, they would in vain appeal
to a Southern court for redress ol their grie
vances and for protection.
As r eg Aids the special laws of the several
States, there appears to be a considerable ditl'er
ence. North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and
Texas are liberal In comparison with Florida,
South Carolina, and Mississippi, which have
nome very "peculiar" provisions. We gave yes
terday an abstract of those provisions, which
how tbe need of protection in which the
TIIE DAILY
frerrlmen of those States otand, a woll as any
elaborate argument can do. It will b 3 seen,
then, that all the three States last nam id pro
vine lor the flogging of negroes in cases of mis
demeanor. South Carolina, especially, is fond
of this c-rroctive, and liberally provi les tor Im
mediate Hogging in numerous casos. when a
nisro Is unable to pay a tine, howover trilling.
The eptabihshrcent of schools of colored persons
is made dependent upon a license, which will
not be too readily given to nativos ot tbe more
Northern States, or to any teachers having
fltiti-Southern notions of tho n jhts of the negroes.
To keep up the distinctions ol the two races as
much as possible, tho Ircedmen employed as farm
laborers are to be designated as "servants," and
their employers as "misters." Tho treedmen
are lorbulden to exercise any art, trade, or busi
ness, except that of farm laborers, without a
siecial license; and this license, in every case,
W 'o be good for one year only. For tho special
benefit of Northern planters it is enacted that
when the neighbors of a planner regard his
colored farm laborers as nui-ances, anil the
judge is ot the same opinion, the contracts may
be dissolved, and In uch cae n subsequent
contract between such a person and a colored
servant shall be approved for two years. Among
the cases when the Si ate may take colored chil
dren lrom their parents in order to "apprentice"
them, we find one, when the parents do not
teach their children habits of industry and
honesty. Thero would be, of course, not the
least difficulty under this law to "iioprentleo"
tho whole of tlie young gencratiou of the colored
people.
Thero Is only one more law In the Mississippi
Coi.s'itutiou to which we will call special at
tention. It provides that all freedmcn "who
are found unlawfully assembling themselves
together," and nil white persons "so assembling
with Ireedmeu," shall be deemed vagrants. How
long, -hp would like to know, will it take the
court" of Mississippi to expel, under the provi
s on of this net, every teacher of a colored
school from the State?
An abstract ot theso laws should be in the
hands ot every voter of the Union party. Where
its views nro not yet lully harmonized as to the
Kiniioi freeumen's bureau the chid try needs,
if the Act ot Emancipation is to be enforced, au
acquaintance with these Southern laws willsoon
e fleet it.
"Iteconstrn ction'' at the Latest Dates.
from the World.
We have all heard of the changing colors of
the chameleon; ot tho buKders of the Tower of
Babel, no one of whom understood a word of
Ihe language spoken by any other; of the web
of Penelope, who, to elude her lovers, ravellel
out in the night all tliut she wove by day ; of
tbe witches in Maciielh, every oue of whom
threw a diflerent ingredient into the caldron in
which they cooked their bubbling "hcll-brotn:''
ol the Irog at the bottom of the well, who
lumped up three feet every day, and fell buck
two every night; of the f-tone of Sisyphus; ot
the tussle ot the dogs in the "Iliad," all tugging
with their teeth in dilTerent ways around the
circumference of a rotten hide, to see which
would curry ott the prize; Dt barnutn's "happy
fuuiily" ot dogs, cut-, monkeys, snakes,
rats, guinea-pies, barn-door lowl, bears,
foxes, and what-not, all "pigging together in the
sumo truck le-bed ;" ot punctuation marks shaken
on a composition lrom a pepper-box; ot the
acumtion ot wit wricn make it consist ol ideas
which are astonished at finding themselves in
each other's company; but all images of things
incongruous, jarring, dissentient, all examples
ot abortive efforts and work ever beginning, un
doing, renewing, "vanishing ere one can say it
lightens," fcbriuk abashed before the higgledy
piggledy contnvings and counter-coutrivlugs;
the jumbling proposals, amendments, with,
drawals;the endless dressing, undressing, and
redits&lug. o!' what is called in Congress "recou-
It would require more diligence, possibly more
arithmetic than we are musters of to Dring
together and compute all the multitudinous
schemes broached by Republicans during the ses
sion. What was once'jeeringly said ot the London
limei, that it liaj tnree hundred and sixty-rive
d tf.rent opinions on every possible subject, ona
on euch lor every day in the year, is poor and
barren compared to the prodigious lertility
surpassing that of "tho sow of imperial augury"
of this teeming Congress. The swarming
sects ol new lights satirized in "Hudibras" as
proceeding, in their laautical innovations,
"As it religion wr re intended
For nothing else but to he mended,"
were less given to unsettle, resettle, and then
again upeet, the gospel which it was their chief
duty to obey, than ihe tinkers at Washington
are to "tiansmourily" the Consiitution which
they have all solemnly sworn to support. They
act as if the Constitution "were mteuded lor
nothirg else but to be mended :" as if it were a
bull of political putty on which it is "the chief
duty ol man," at least of a Congress-mau, to
train his 'prentice hand In moulding it, first into
this shape, then into that, as lastidious and
Ireuky "god smiths" ued to change the form oi
idols. It may be said that their intentions were
good. But a certain pltire, of which, it may not
be best to take too near a view, is paved with
good intentions not abortive intentions meielv,
but executed lutentious, in which damnable
acts proceeded from worthy motives. Such is
hirip lor the glory ot God, or propagating the
gospel of n;ercy by pcrtecution, or torturing
men's bodies lor the good of their souls; crimes
which find their parallel In breaking oaths to
support the Constitution in the hope of muking
it better. Our well-intentioned Congressmen
resemble the wcli-iutentioued daughters of
Jason, who cut their venerable lather in p;eces
and boiled bim in a pot, in the hope that lie
would come out renewed in youth un expecta
tion v liich was not realized.
All this infinite diveioi'y of conflicting views,
which has prevailed in Congress as to what
ought to be done, proves that there is no neces
sity lor doing anything. On thing really ueces
tafy, it is more easj to agree than to ditler. It
was necpsfary that tho Rebel Stute Governments
in the South should besunplun ed by loval oue-;
and the necessity no', being lancnul but real,
there was no uill'erence of opinion, and the sub
stitution was male by common consent. It was
also necescary, seeing that slavery hud been
overthrown bv the war, confessedly in fact, but
not unquestionably in law, thut the subject
thotild be put beyond future controversy by
giving to the admitted fact a stable Icrul founda
tion. Tl is necessity was, under the circum
stances, real, and no voice was raised in oppo
sition to it. Things fundamental tu politics,
like things fundamentnl in religion, are more
easily agreed upon than non-essentials. The
radicals find it hard to agree on further condi
tions of admission, because no further coLdi-
tions are neeesary.
Since the Senate caucus, there begins, at lust,
to be some prospect that Congress may settle on
the recon-truction s heme, ai the caucus has
amended it. Like people who try to make a
mi al of crabs, the radieuls have a great heap of
t-helN for a mouthlul ot meat. Their siugle
mouthful of meat is tin party advan.ago of
giving to the negroes a weight in Federal poli
tics, tither positive or negative, corresponding
o their numbers. All else in their constitu
tional amendment ot six sections, is "leather or
prutiello." To make sure that the national debt
shall be paid and the Rebel debt not paid, re
quires no consti'utional amendment. Such
stuff is mere dress to hide the nakedness of the
negro provision. Even the proposal to render
ex-Rebel office-holders ineligible to Congress
and to be chosen Presidential electors, amounts
to nothing; or, at most, only to impotent re
venge. Ii such men do not go to Congress
themselves, they will dictate who shall. Make
them all eligible, and they will neutralize and
uulhfy each other's influence by their mutual
jealousy and envy. Exclude them, and you
knit them all together in a corrnion cause; and
by their control over public sentiment, the men
cent to Congress will be their tool, and vote as
ihey bid them. Ficluaing them from being
Pre sitleutiul electors Is simply ridiculous. From
the beginning of the Government Presidential
electors have been mere passive tools of their
political party, ihev nave never had the shadow
of tiee agency or Independent choice.
EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,
The whole purpose t f the proposed amend
ment is f imply to make the Southern negroes
count in national politics. It tbey do not vole,
the South will lose a proportional nutnber of
Representatives, which will be a rcla ive gain to
the radii nls. Ii the negroes do vote, the radi
cals expect them to vote with their party, and
thiij turnish positive Instead of negative aid. To
! pose naked suffrage as au amendment to the
Cousin ution would be a great deal more direct
and simple, and it would have just as good a
chance of ratification.
Tbe Tax on Bankets' and IJrokeis' Sales.
From the Herald.
We notice that another effort is being made by
some of the Wall street bankers to evade the
payment of the Government ta on their sales of
stocks. This movement has 'bocome periodical,
and as regular as the appearance of strawber
ries. Last year, as Judge Nelson was returning
from Washington to bid summer residence at
Cooperstown, the bankers and brokers waited
upon him and secured an order to stay the en
foicemcntof tho collection of the revenue t ax
cn their sales made on their own account. The
Government officials were then required to ap
pear at Coopoistown, a few months later, to
show w hy a permanent injunction should not be
granted. This they did; but Judge Nelson de
cided in favor of the bankers and brokers, aud
thus deprived the Government ot a large amount
ol revenue.
The cafe was appealed lo the Supreme Court
at Washington, where the decision ot Judge
N elf on was reverted. The decree of the Court
, was not rendered until just belore the adjourn
ment ol the Court, and in the meantime the
bunkers and brokers had accomplished their
object. Several ol the tirms ha i by that time
gone out of tbe business or lortued new copart
nerships, while oi hers had failod. Tho Depart
ment at SVa-hingtan, immediately upun the de
cree ot the Supreme Court, directed the revenue
officers to enitree the collection ot the tax on
brokers' suit s made on their own account as well
as on comtmst-ion.
In accordance with this order the bankers aud
brokers weie notified to make out their returns
lor tho tax on sales made on their own accouut.
A majority ot the brokers readily compli"d with
this order; the returns were being promptly
made and the revenue of the Government largely
increased as the result. For once there 9Pemed
to be a prospect that Wall street speculation
would be compelled to puy its proportion of the
revenue tax and not be able to escape and throw
the burden upon the industrial interests. Rut
just at this stage Judge Nelson again turns up,
journeying lrom Washington to his summer
resort at Cooperstown. No sooner is his arrival
know n here than Clark. Dodge & Co. apply to
him lor an injunction restraining the internal
revenue collectors from collecting tax upon their
sales of stocks and other sccuiities, whether
made on their own account or on account of
others, on the ground that they are doing busi-nei-s
under a bunker's license and therelore are
not required to pay a tax on such transactions.
Judge Nelson torthwith granted an order stay
ing piocceoings, and notified tne revenue offi
cial, as in the lornier case, to appear at Coopers
town to show why a permanent injunction
si oiild not be i-sued. and then resumed his jour
ne.v to his summer residence. The brokers,
having tins secured auother year's exemption
lrom the tax, are pertectly content. It, upon
argument ot the case. Judge Nelson grants a
permanent injunction, then all that the brokers
in Wall street will have to do is to throw up
their licenses as brokers and take out a banker's
license, and they can all dcape the revenue tax.
Thus it will be seen tLut there is an important
question involved in this matter one which
largely aflecls the revenue of tho Government.
We understand that there is at the present
time nearly one and a halt million of dollars of
tax held back by bankers, on one pretext or
another, which they expect to retain as their
own profits, il this injunction is finally granted.
Tbi--, as a matter ot course, is a sum worth con
tending lor, and with that amount back of them
an extraordinary pressure will be made to secure
a decision. The law on this subject is very
plain, and it was clearly the intention of its
irtimers that all sales ol stocks should pay a tax.
The decfion of the Supreme Court has removed
every quibble on the part ot the licensed brokers.
But now the ban kerc come in with another ex
cuse, with the evident intention of getting rid of
the payment of Ihe tax. This being the case, we
call u cn Congress to so arrange tne ph' aseology
of the new internal revenue law, before it is
finally passed, that tnere can be no doubt as to
its meaumg, and remove all plea or excuse for
an injunction in tbe future.
Rut there is another very important phase to
this question. Tbe present law specially stipu
lates that all brokers and bankers shall pay,
upon all sales ol stocks and bonds, one-twentieth
oi one per cent., and on sales of gold, silver,
bullion, and coin, one-tenth of one percent.
Now it is the established custom ot the bunkers
iind brokers to charge all their customers the
Government tax, in addition to their own fees.
This is the univeisal rule. Therelore, in all
tales mudc on commission, the customer pays
the tax not tbe banker aud broker. They sim
ply retain the tax required by Uw to pav over
to' the Government. This move of Clink, Dodge
& Co. is, therefore, simply an ctlort on tlie part
ot the bankers to add the amount tiius collected
trom their cin-tcmers to their own profits. If,
however, now that they have received this one
twentieih or one-tenth oi oue per cent, as tbe
cat-e mav be, ou tbe plea thut hey have got to
pay that nmomU to the revenue officer, they
turn around and secure an injunction, on the
ground that they are not liable for thattax, then
1 hey have defrauded their customers. If they
are not required oy law to pay that tax to the
Government, then every one ot meir customers
can recover, by legal proceedings, the amount
thus paid.
It certainly was not tho intention of tho Gov
ernment to ievy a tux on sales oi stock for the
sole purpose of increasing tho fees ot tho
bunkers. The tax w as fixed tor the purpose of
obtaining a revenue. The one-twentieth aud
one-tenth of one per cent., collected of the
customer" docs not belong to the bunkers aud
brokers, nor can they legally retain it under the
law upon uny other ptetext whatever except to
pay it over to the tux collector. If ihey are not
required by Ihe law to pay the tax to the Gov
ernment, then the tux has been fraudulently
tuken away lrom their customers. We, there
lore, advise all of those parties who have been
helling stocks and et Id through Clark, Dodge
& Co., or any other bankers, w ho refuse to pay
the Government tax, to commence legal pro
ceedings forthwith and bung this question to a
test. Let us know to whom this money belongs.
If It does not belong to the Government, then
the bunkers will he compelled to refund it to
their customers, and they have made themselves
criminally liable under the State laws lor ob
tuinmg m'onev under false pretense?.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
fTZZF' PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM
PAU y.
Tnr.AnrBfcR'8 Department, )
Vim.iDfci fhia May ii, PMC J
NOTIOF. 10 hTOC'KUOI.i'i H. 1 lie hoard of
)lr( tori have Hi I- day clccUr'! a semi anuual dividund
ol llv. 11 II CIS" . on the rapllal lock of the Com
pany, clea oi Naiioual and slate taxes, payable on uJ
alter tiay 80, IMA
Hiank poucra oi attorney or collecting dividend can
be IihiI m the ulice el the Conipani , ho. . HUHf
.Htieet '11 'J 11 AS T. HKTII,
SSUOt 'Ireaaurer.
rST OFFICE- OP THE VVAREIIOU8 1 N G
COSII'A.nY OFi'MLADEUlilV
MAT 29. 1H86
The Annua! Meclnn of the Rtockho'den will be held
at the CompBiiy'a Otlice. DO' K Htieei, on U O.N DAY
June 4, heiweeu the noun of 11 and i o'o oik V. M. lor
the election of Director to serve for the ewmlug
year.
WILLIAM NELSON.
b 20 6t
Secretary.
ffPT- OFFICK PORTAGE OIL AND MINING
COMPANY, Ko. 1003 BoutU UKOA.D HUeet,
flilladaluhla.
1 he proprietor! o' the tharei who have neglected to
pay the uni oui.v asi-mxed i nereon (TW i-.m t uia)
Lt the action ol the lioaril oi I Iruutor In pumuance of
the leriim ol tfae Charter of thia l oinoai v, are hereby
requmtedto take notice that a lutliuleut nuinoer of
fliarei to pay an aMHnncnl with uecennary ana inci
dental ubaKea Ihcreou will he Hold at public auction at
tbe oti'ce ol tho i ouipanv, on i UK-DA r juneo, ana u.
6Hlbt 11 M. 11UM4ICKEU, ireamir r
sfecIal notices.
PARDhK SCIENTIFIC COURSE
LAFATE11 ifc OLLEOK.
In tddltlon to (lie g nrrnl ( ouise of InMrnctlnn la
fliis 1 fimrm nt. cfujnrdio irj m uhtaiitlnl bM of
Ki owUi .(.e ! t-cl on rly ciiln.ie, Hwirn d can pursue
Wire l.mKln Tliltli at erntll)r incUcu uid
h erni al vlr. i
KJSGIM H.1NG Civil. Topoprfiphlrat and Mccha
numi MlMMlmnil MFTa I It KliV t AKt HI I !
It KC, nrdll:e urilli ai Ion ol Cl.euilstnr to AohlCUL
11 Ki Miathe AHTM.
1 1 cif is a.o ki rdrd an opportunity torspro'slatadr
of HAD. r.d MI-AHUM Of ODl KN LN
.fM 1 - are I ML( I.OUY, and of UieHIBTOBY and
lSTntni Ni oimir CdimtiT.
For C hcu.ara apply to J lenftlrnt CATrMX, or to
i loi. ii umnuMiji,
C lerkol ihe Kacu tT.
Fptok. Vrrnrrlviinla Aprti4.lHit
610
frff TO 1HK SOLDIERS OF TENNSYL--
TAMA.
IlARKiaarRO, Marl.
In obedience to emhorltv teaied In me bT a resolu
tion adoptea hy tne ( (invention of Soldiers be d la this
cliy in IhoelMith day ol March IHi.tt I do horebv i
quet li e honorably ultchari.ed o diem oi i ennyl
Miniatomrt t In tl elr re-pertlve I eg atlve Dintnct
and elect J elPKBtea. not exceidlni five In numb r to
nriewn' tin ii ll rlct In a doldlrrs' Convention, to be
held in the cit ol I'UtKhunr. on TUKSDAY. the fl.th of
J one next, ai o'ch ck A. l.
Where any Repreaintatlve dla rlct romnrliiei more
than one county, tbe manner ot elec Ing the deleuaten
la narcctiulij releire' to tbe aoiriiers of ihe dIi net for
nidi conference as will res dt In a lair representation of
tri li county
lit liens v. ho have borne arms In defense of the nation
aalnM iraa n 1 ae CKpeclai Interest In ihe purpose of
tills Corvemlon aid it is dealrahle that an u a renre
s illation oi the brave deienders oi tne country as pos
Mb.e should be secured on this tcraslon i
I. F. II ARTRA KT.
Iete Hrev t JlBlor-tenetal USA.
rapers favorable to the cause will p. ease puo I'sh the
b' ve. ft 4t0 5
K&t' TI1K FOLl OWIMJCENTLEMEVnAVE
x beer du y circled (ifllocrs of tbe i niLADiCI,
IIIIA IIAMKtK OF LOkMLBCE, to serve for the
nikuing yest :
JOPEl'B H. Fr.HOT.
MAKAGEM.
AI,FXNDKK U. C ATTKLTj,
( llKLhiI tlMlllMiM,
JAMK A. WBlliHl,
HOWARD HINI HMAH,
(1IAHLKM KNt-CII I.
Sr.M-.CA E. ft ALONE,
NA'I HA1 ftKOOKK,
JOHN H AMI III.KER,
TBEASt BKR
BASIL I L L WARD.
Subscriptions tvIII he received at the Rooms of the
t'oru 1 xchnDfre AFsoclntion, lor the balauce ot the
cnpl al stock, daily, Horn II A M. to 12 M.
(Hipned) r-A MULL L. WAKD, Trcanrer.
1 hiladelpbla. Vsy 11. 1K66 o II lm
FAIR TO SECURE A HOME FOR
THE AOID AM) I r Fl K M fcKMHKRS OK
THF V K till KCH.-l he ladles o, til NKZr.R M.
F.tWCRi'll ould renpectlui v so'lclt Donations in
Money, Flowers I sctul and Fancy Articles. 1 r the
above object. Donations mav be sent to Mrs T W.
I'm pers, no. 4iH I a'hnrlne (tree: ; Mrs. 1) H. ltowen,
Ko. M5 N. hecond street; aud JUrs. I harles Thompson,
ho 1216 H. Second Ktreet
The Fair will beheld at Concert Hah, commencing
June 11. IH6. 6 18 20 1
rT NOTICE. ANNUAL MEETIN'f? OF
"- the H ockholderg of the PF.TKOLEUM
HTORAtlKCOMI'tNYo: PhUade plila will be ho d at
Otlice ol the I ompany. No '611 WALNUT Ktreet (up
stalrsi, on MONDAY, the 4th day or Juno, Istitf a' li
o'clock A. M .lor thf eeclon ot K1V lJlIt cell OHS
to ferve for the ensuInK year.
8 211 tutl iBtiiM f. B. nUBBELL, Secretary.
Ir THE SALE OF TICKETS FOR THE
Sr-S CHICAGO PHIZK t'ONt EH I' to be siven May
2R. erd postponed until July 0. will continue as hereto
fore ai the principal Hotels tn i his citv. Tboso desirous
ot procuring tickets ot ihe Phtbidelphla agent may Mend
their orders, and they wM receive prompt a ten iou.
AdiireHS M. A. WII.HITR. WMIInni Pnun Unto..
6 3uwiml0t I'h.ladolphla.
DIVIDEND THE DIRECTORS OFTHE
McKlhenv Oil Cottipati v have this day declared
a dividend ot '1 W O PEH I'E.NT. on tho capita stock
(H2I0-IM.0). clear of I-tale Tax. pa. able on and afler2ist
lust , at the oflice of the Company. No 218 Walnut street,
'1 ransier books will reopen on the 2'li Instant
CHARLES U. BEEVES.
5 17 Secietary.
rig?' BATCH KLOIi'S HAIR DYE.
I- THF HJ 8T IN TIIE WOULD. '
Haimless reliable til' tantnneous. The only perfect
dve. No disappointment no ridiculous tints, but true
to nature, b lick or brown
Ol.MINE 18 MO NED WILLIAM A. BATCHELOB
ALJ-O.
Eepererallnp Fx ttsct oi Jlllilfleurs restores, preserves
md beautifies the hair, prevents badness. Sod by nil
Irumlnts factory No.bl BAKCLAY ft, N. Y. 33$
frSf" JCST PUBLISHED
-s-y By the I'lii-nlclsns of the
ShW VOSK W8EUM,
the Ninetieth Edition oi their
FOLK LECTTRK8,
entitled
rniLOPornv op markiaok.
To be bad iree. tor lour stamps b: addiesslns Sccre
tnrv J iw Ytrk Mmeum of Anatcmv.
7 115 No. 618 HEOAD WAY. New Yoik.
DINING-ROOM F. LAKEMEYER,
CAH'l Y R'8 Al ev. would resnecttul v inlorni the
lubllc B ret ally that be bus leitnoth'tig undone to make
this place ccmlortable In every respect lor tlie accoiu
n.odatlon ol guests. He has opened a large and com
n. odious Dlnlni-Boom in the second s-ory His SIDE
BOARD In lurnlshed with FRAND1F.8. WINKS.
V w IHKY, Etc.. Etc. ot MJI'ERIOH BBAND8. 1 1
STOVES RANGES. &o.
JJ N I O N OIL STOVES,
A new and complete apparatus-tor Cooking and Heating
by Fctroleum OU. Onr Stoves give no smoke or odor,
and are not liable to got out oi older, being as Blmplela
every respect as a Kerosene Lamp. Ihe Baker, Broiler,
and Flat-Iron Heater are tbe only special articles of fur
nlture required. For all other purposes ordinary stove
lumituro may be used.
DAVID II. LOSEY,
BOLE AGENT FOlt PENNSYLVANIA,
No. 38 South FIFTH Street.
liberal discount to Ihe trade. 4 17 3ia rp
QULVEK'S NEW PATENT
DEEP KAMD-JOI JiT
II 0 T - A 1 It F U 11 N A C K
IfANdKS OF AM, 5SIZKS.
ALSO, FliJ FCAR'i tsT.W LOW PRKSSUKJ
STt'AAl ULAHNU AITAUAIUS. .
rORBALICBT
CHARLES WILLIAMS,
C10 o. Ui2MKKE'l feTKEKT.
97 GAS. COOKING STOVES. 97
THE EAGLE GAS STOVES
Are warranted to I
BAKE, BEOIL, BOIL, ROAT, TOAST, STEW, HEAT
1M(N EIC Kit'
NO DIT8T. Dl KT. hSIOKE.OH ASH KS.
And are more ecenou leal than Wood. Coal, or oil.
O W. LOOM IS 'anu!cturer's Auent.
5 25 No. il H. e IATH Street Philadelphia, Pa,
07 UNIVERSAL CLOTHES- 07
WBINOIB. W
The only Wrlnner with the Patent Cov-Wbeel Regu
lator. e warrant this Wrmger, aud no other.
U. W LOOM IS, Alaninaciurer's Aaent.
6 25 No. 27 H. hi X I 11 f treet, Philade pbla, Pa
27 THE CELEHHATED 07
DOTY WASHING S1ACHINF.
For sale at U W. LOOM IS'.
A 26 No. 27 S. P1XTH Htieet, Pblladeiuliia, Pa.
07 hefhigehatous, 07
H'y ( 001.FF8, ice crkam rnK.yzEns, CARPET.
SWEH EHS, CLOTH EH-W BIN UE US. ETC. AT
(i W 1 OOVIlH'.
J25lmwlm No. 27 8. SIXTH Street Philadelphia, Pa.
Jh. THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER,
fEjOB H-ROPEAN RANOK. lor tatnl lea. hotols.
pfll or BDhlio iiistituilous. In TWENTY IHFFT.llhNT
-Vhl.hH. AlfO, 1 hi aduiphla Ranxes, Hoi-Alr kur
races Portable Heaters, Lowdowu Orates Flrehoard
Stoves, Bau Boilers, htewhole Plates, Broilers, Cook
Iiih htoves, etc., wholesa e anu r-tal, by the man 141 to
urers CHASE, HI A HP 4 THOMPSON.
1 19 stutnCra No. 209 N. SECOND Sireet.
WALL PAPERS AND WINDOW SHADES
and Bliuds. Fine assortoaent always on hand.
A'so Pretentlve of DampWalslu DhbIiIiiks. Paper
Hangers (tut to all paru of the country.
11. A. BURTON.
5 29 17trp No. 115 N. FOURTH Street, above Arch.
W
ALL PAPFR AND WINDOW SHADES.
H F. BAI DKKMTON dt Si'N.
bit 5 lt No Wl Sf K1NU OAliDEN ttreet.
JUNE 1,.18G6.
SUMMER RESORTS.
gUMMElt HESOllTS'pRlCE & WOOD, J
ON LINK OP
Kcadln? Railroad and Branches.
MAAS10A U0U8F, JUOUAT CARBOA,
airs. Caroline W under, I otHville P. O., Schuylkill co
2USCAH0RA HOTEL,
Mrs. Hannah Miller, Tufcsrors P. O., Scliuylkillco
AIA1IAZ0Y CITY 1J0TIL.
(1. W. Frost, Mahauoy City P. O., Schuylkill co.
WniTK HOUSE,
Mrs. Susan Marsdorf, Reading P. O
AADALUSIA,
James R. Madeira, Beading P. 0.
L1VIAQ SFRIAG8 HOTEL.
Dr. A. Smith, WerdersvUle P. O.. Berks ca
S0V1H M0UATA1A HOUSE,
II. H. Manderbach, Wonielsdorf P. 0., Berks Co.
COLD SPHIKG8 HOTEL,
Lebanon co., Charles Iiocdi rmel, Harrlsburg P. 0.
B0YER6T0WA SEMINARY.
J. B.Henky, Boyersiown P. 0-, Berksco
YELLOW SFRIAOS HOTEL,
8. Ii. Snyder, Yellow Springs P. 0., Chester co
L1TIZ SFR1AOS,
Bamuel Llchtentbaler, LltlzP O. , Lancaster e
El' II RAT A MOUXTAIA SPRINGS,
Alexander 8. Feathei, F.pbrata P. O., Lancaster co
J r mil 21, 1866. 4 233m
c
ONGRESS HALL,
CAPE ISLAND, N. J.,
WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 1.
There has been added to tMe popular Honse, since last
seeson. the entire Ocean Ilouxe property, giving an ocean
iront 01 over 12"0 leet, and over 3o0 rooms irouuug and
in lull view 01 the sea.
A penect system 01 sewerage and drainage has been
completed, a lea tore possessed by ;cw hotels outside of
Jarae cities.
1 he appointment of the House throughou1'. have re
ceived a most careful supeivlsion, stirgetcd by the ex
perience ol past seasons. For apajtmetita, adfreas
, J. F. I'AKK,
Congress H(H.
Hasslcr's Brass and String Band. 5 i'J
T 1 1 K P I K 11 llOUS K,
POUT PENN, DELAWARE.
JONATHAN DRAPER, Proprietor.
The Proprietor having purchased this well-known
bouso, Is now prepared to receive boarders at 8 Ou per
week.
The lovers of good gunning and Ashing can here lully
enloy that luxury.
Excellent bathing, and a magnificent beach extending
for miles. 5 26 liu
WATCHES, JEWELRY ETC
LADOJIlTs
DIAMOND
DEALER & JEWEL
ER,
WATCHES
I IIES, JEHJ1.IIY t MLVEIt WAUE,
. WAT0HE3 and JEWSL?.Y R
AIRED.
Chestnut St..T"tni-
Owing to the decline ot Gold, has made a great
d uctitn in price ot Llslarto and we I assorted stock s
Uiainonds,
Watches.
Jewelry,
bilverware. Etc,
The public are respectfully Invited to call and examine
cur Mock before purchasing e.se where. '
SILVER AND PLATED GOODS,
OP THE
Most Superior Workmanship,
AT TIIE
NEW STORE.
No. 704 ARCH STREET.
The undersigned (late of the famous Rogers Bros',
ftlauutacturiug Company) respect ully announce that
tbey have ouened a new and beautiful atore tor the saie
ot SILVrR and PLATLD WaUK. at No W4 ABCU
Street. Our long experience as manufacturers will
enable us to keep nothing but llrst-vlais Goods, and
tlioe vtio may patronize our store will tlnd ourp'ated
puuui iai aupeiior iu any ever importeu. ana our cus
tomers n ay rely on tbe goods being precisely what they
are renreceu'eu 10 oe.
6 m BOWMAN A LEONARD.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
MUSICAL BOXES.
A full apsortnu'rit ot above goods constantly on
hard at moderate prices the nlusical boxes playing
ironi 2 10 10 in aumui au s.
PARR & BROTHER, Importers,
No 824CHkNU1 STUtET,
llllnntrjrp Below Fourth.
II 1'ITCCI.U T , ir
So. North SIXTH St.,
1VITF. ATTENTION TO TIIE1B FULL STOCK
OF
FINE WAT CUES,
JEWELRY, AND FANCY AND PLAIN SILVER
WARE OF EVERY DE8CK1PTIOS. 5 261
JJO OUR PATROLS AND THE PUBLIC
n e are onertng ourstocio.
WATCHES,
JEWELRY,
A AD SILVERWARE,
AT A DISCOUNT,
Fully equivalent to the heavy decline In Gold.
CI.AUK & DIDDLE,
22rp
No. 712 CI1ESNUT Street-
li I C II JEWELRY
JOHN BRENNAN,
DEALER IN
DIAMONDS, FINE WATCIIES, JEWELRY
Etc. Etc. Etc.
9 20$ Ro. 18 S. EIGHTH SI BEET. PlUlada,
PACKING BOXES
of all kinds, and for all use, supplied at short notice.
My advantages for inukiiiK are tne best in the cliy. and
fnrrs iV'St. ('a 1 tor a list of prices before you buy,
ut comer of TWFLF I 11 aud NOliLK Slreeta.
ttr..t, rin.l.M ..,m,lld..l
' altii ALBERT D. COOKE.
DRY GOODS.
Northwest Corner of EIGHTH and f
FILBERT Btreets,
Hive Inst rrned, at their new Store
liMltloren Linen Ilockahick t'owols, larre sltte,
87 cents; Lluen lowels, 19, 23, 25, 28, 8U, 87, no
iu ri w
Table Linens. Napkins an1 Doylies.
Itcst makes Shirting Linens.
WHITE GOODS. WHITK GOODS.
A larpe Rsrortment of sot'-flnlsh ramhrim. .Un
pets and Naln ooks, Victoria Lawn and Swisj Ut
ins.
Fine quality Bhronrl ruHns
W hue l'lquos, 60 9 75 80 90. and 91 00 ner yard.
Nainsook l'laid Muslins, 25 80 874 up to 75
aislok Stripe Hus'ins 26 81, 87J up to 624.
Ilatr Cord Stripe and l'latd Muslins.
Just, opened, a new lot of Marseill e Ontlta. frnns
f 6 IX) up to 9.5 00 at loss than importer's prices.
Honey 1 omn ana Lancaster uti its
Best makes Itlrached and Unbleached Muslim at
tlie von lowest market prices.
Iillow-cise and Blieetlni Alus'ins.
American Prints and Ginghams,
line Scotch (iwchams.
A eood assortment of Black Silks. Fine onrtlltv
Mack ail-wool Delaines. 45 cents; (loul)'e-width
black all-wool Delaines. 56 and 76 cents; black D-
laines, oouuie wiutii. tine oiiHlily, Hit cents; blaek
and vihite ulalit Mohairs, 87 1 cents; very cheap, Una
qna'ny black Alpacna.
j'iPTirea monatr 1 usrres. w cents a yard.
Double- wuitn white linreKO.
I. men t ars, trom 19cent up to SI 00.
A largo as ortment ol Hnsirrv and Gloves.
eeale worked Jtnnria, rxlKiugs. lnseitinjM, and
Flouncing Oinuty Hands.
Silk bun Luibrdlus, and Hoop Skirta.
Pit ICE Os WOOD.
'. W. Corner KIGUTll and FILBERT 8U.
N B Just opened, a new lo of French Hoaos,
Pomades and kxtracls Tooth Brushes and Buflala
Dressma Combs. J lie above wero ltntioried to order.
aud are very cheap. 4
DUEIFUSS & UELSINOER
No. 49 North EIGHTH Street,
Lave lust cpened complete stock e
8PRINO GOODS,
CONSIBT1NO OF LaCF.S, LJIBR01DEUIE8, AND
FANCY GOODS.
SdO pieces plain and str'ped Jaconets, the newest style
Fhlrred and lucked Muslins, whlcheare oflorlng at
low prices.
fW dozen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, at old price
25, 37. 40. and Ml cents.
A full effonment 01 the newext desWrn LACK COL
LA 1,8 and COLLAR T l I S, lrom li cents up to tlO.
GLOVER GLOVES.
A complete line of JO I VIN KID GLOVF.S, to which
c lnlle at.rntiou, which we otter at low figures.
GADRIELLE SK1KTS.
GAHRIFLLR SKIRTS.
The newest, most desirable, and stylish Skirts now
worn.
, " CKFO F KI Bl 1 Ml, a cheap and desirable artlcla
or ladles wesr tu
No. 114 "KfKijT 1REET.
K. M. NEEDLE S J
A"o. 1024 CHESAUT STREET,
OFFERS AT LOW PRICES,
2000 PIECES WHITE GOODS,
x Includins all varieties Shirred, Puffed. Tucked.
1 1 Plaid Btrloed, Plain and Klgured MCSLld,
O i suitable for W hlte Bodies and fuesses
, I 100 pieces PRINTED LlNEN LAWN8, deslr
s 1 ab'e sty ies for iiresHes.
I t'luor Va eucfennn and other Laces; Insert
o ! inf:s, t dclniia flnuuclnps and Hands, Ilandker
V. 1 chiefs. V ells. Collars Sleeves, ete
1 ne atiove are otiered lor oa.e CHHAP, and In
great VARIK I Y.
LADlLt WOOID DO WELL TO EXAMINE.
628
11
O P K T N 8' 'fin
HOOP-SKIRT UZO
wnuuiw.nij, w. .ltd i iw, J l II l f L ,
Above t lxth street, PhL aduiphla.
VN holcsale and Retull.
Our assortment embraces all iho new and desirable
styles iind sizes oi verv length and sue waist ti
Ladles, Misses, and Chllfren.
'Ihose of --O0H OIVA MAKE" aio tuprrinrla finit
and durabi i to any other tikirts made, and warranta
ton Ive satis'action
hltiris made to order altered and replred. I 4 $
COAL.
JAMES O ' 1J II I E N,
EBALER IN
LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL COAL.
BY TBE CARGO OB BINOLB TON,
Yard, Broad Street, below Fitzwater.
Has constantly on land a competont supply of the
above superior Conl, bui able for family use, to
which he calls tho attention ot his friends and tho
pubac generally.
Orders kit at No. 205 South Fifth ttroet, No. 32
South eioventcenth street, or through Despatch or
Post Office, promptly attended to.
A SUPERIOR QUALITY OF BLACKSMITHS
COAL. , 76
rarer-tv-xii
I M ORDER TO SAVE MONEY AND (5ET AN
I article that noarly eery one Is rushing for. buy
PKKn'JON COAL, at fctilS per ton gg and Stove
size; alHo the genuine Lagle Vein Coal at same price;
aud a very tine iiunlily ot LehlKh at 7 'AO per ton lor
1 Kti and Move, delivered to a l narts ot the o!t, 'ree
oi slate and dirt. Orders received ut No. IU a. IllIKO
HUeet.
B
E N D E 11 ' S
COAL AfJD ICE DEPOT,
8. W. CORNER OF RTiOAD AND CALLOWUILL
STREETS,
Tilers the celebrattd West Lelilh Coal from tbe
Greunood Colliery. Move, Fgc ami Heater size 760 ;
ut at tj AO A Iho. the very iuperuj' Hobuylkiil Coal,
from the Keeveedale oilleiy, Nut silo b 00 A U other
sles 67 Kit
All Coal warranto" nnn taken Dace nee or expense to
tlie nun
ilianer li not as represeuteU. Also, tbe Coal lor-
teltto it nottull welt-ht,
111) ui
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
WHOLESALE DUIGOISTS,
MAKUFACTTJREKi,
IMPORTERS,
AND DEALERS IN
Paints, Vn nib Iks, and Oils,
No. 201 NORTH FOURTH STREET
,16.'m N. F. CORNER OP RACE
ESTAURANT
OH TUB
15 UROl'EAN 1 L. A N.
plnett old and new ALFS, at S cents perglans.
UC"1 ONE-DIME EATINU BAB.
The Choicest Liquors always on hand.
1 Ho. 33 CBEBNCT 8THKET.
llOSm
BENRY HKCK.ER Manager.
F0H SALE-STATE AND COUNT RI(J1T
ol Capewell A Co. 's Patent Wind Guard and A
1, eater tut Coal Oil Lamps t It preveuU the Cliluaiey
I re in break lug. ' his we will warrant Also saves n
third tbe oil. Ca'l and see them they cost but tea ciyiti
No. il)3 PACK htrift l lillsde'plils HemiOe sent to ul
part ot 'he Hulled Mates on receipt of tb cents, lit)
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