THE DATLA EVENING TELEGRAPH. -PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 18G6.
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
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Who Arc the lievolutlonlsta f
from the Tribune.
If the pui tlHBOB of tbp President had under
taken po more thnn to prove that the martyred
Convention at New Orleans was simply illegal,
they might have escaped the reproach which
the outrnged conscience of the land, reiwjnintr
from the manifest rieht of every citizcu to be
loyal and free-spoken above all things, casts
upon every ader and abettor, by word or deed,
of the atrocious slaughter in that city, lint the
chosen organs of the (ioverumont hare thought
it wlao to npptove and defend by Implication
the murder of nearly forty men of undoubted
loyalty, and the wounding of more than a hun
dred others as good, In aoue-sided butchery, the
iioiccst of any known in a Southern city. How
hard it Is to prove that the police of New Orleans,
led ou by notorious Kebels, under command of
the vindictive traitor Monroe, were only so
many lunibs outride in the street, using their
revolvers Hgainst so many wolves penned in the
Convention room, may be imagined; but even
tlitr. bus been attempted.
Wliut a terrible rolling of argument up hi'l to
show that nil the murdeieil and nmrtyred men,
kuiled, clubbed, and shot lying out in the
CoroiiLrV rooms, with, no Itebel dead toolset
them were lcvolutionists aLU couspirntors !
What should be the inference? Simply this:
that Rebels and desperadoes, whose numes were
bywoids in NewOrleuns; sworu champiou j of din
lwjitltv, whose ucqniesceiice In a forced situation
1h 'hardly a year old; rulers of New Orleans wliea
it was the "most proiliuate. violent, and re!ruc
tory city iu the world; men of the class whcue
counsels have encouraged the outrage and kill
inn ol while and black Unionist sin every county
of Louisiana; that these men au'l their confede
rates in authority were the rishteous upholders
of the law, aud the preservers of the peauo !
Who is tool enough to believe it? If the autno
ritie.s ol a great city buve one responsibility more
than another, it is to save lile. The butchers of
Ni-w oilcans slew nearly two score of men with
out mercy.
The sorihcrn encraiesol freedom at the South
hnve not cea-ed to pour out scorn and abuse ol
the men who lost iheir lives lor ihe same cause
in New Orle ans, as that lor which men uo more
noble lain dovn theirs on buttlc-tields a htMe
inore tluinayear iijm. We are told that the
men of the Convention bciran the rioting. We
know the assertion to be uhiolutU.v tulse. It is
i-aid thiit, at the meeting lield belorc the Con
vention, every i-peaki r liiduk'ed in incon hary
language; but, ou lelernng to the reports, we
lounil (hut the most suspicious terms employed
were but a reply to dad.y threat", and sucii an
appeal to the tlolenp of civil lights as has been
oiten beam with no bud results. We re told
tniu tue I'niouisrs ijosup, iienuerson, una me.
Rev. Mr. Ilorion were either lunatics or m n
of uo standing, r.ibcit, they died tinn in their
iaith ol Ireedrin to (he last . l)0's the lunacy of
the victim iustitj murder? Or are lovul lunatics
any worse than convict Rebels? Would these
panic crazy men, or any body of rttd'culs and
fanatics in tho land, bitter as the provocarioa
might be, have allowed a Rebel Convention, to
assemble in a pu'Jlie hall in order to kill it oue
'by one? Whut journal iu the North', friend or
1oe, would not have declared its horror aiid dis
gust? Ilawiau's butcheries, the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln, the Memphis riots, and the
massacre at New Orleans, are things which do
not admit ot apology.
It was to be expected, of course, that the
organs of the Government would be ready to
incriminate Congress for the alul and bloody
blunder ot the Presidential instructions ro the
rioting power at New Orleans. Congress and
the slaughtered Unionists were, a ter all, the
conspirators, and the Rebels nud ncgro-hufers
were lor once loalists. What is loyalty?
should we admit that General Slier dan was
correct in anvinir that the leaders ot the Conven
tion were pol.rical acitators and revolutionary
men, and ought to have been arrested, we have
ptill bis own word for it that their cruel butchery
was without excuse, and that the prime-mover
of all the horrible work was "a bad man."
Nothing more is wanted to sei at ret all judg
ment as to the nature ot the riot itself; but (lie
Jjjnes ol this city and the Intelligencer of Wash
ington botn intimately related to the Govern
ment continue the absurd and infamous work
ot slandering the dead.
General SUindan to the contrary not with
ptaLdmg, the legality of the New Orleans Con
vention was ar d is a moo'cd question among
the people and their authorities oue to bs de
termined by the Courts or Cnncress of the
United States, and not by the Rebel Mayor of
.'jNew Orleans. General Ranks, who ordered the
election and original assembling of (he Conven
tion under military order, declares that it was
legal; and, morally, no higoer authority has
BpMkcu. The State Government ot Virginia was
erected by the same military authority, and the
Convention ot Alexandria met and reihet m 1SU3
and 1HG4, and tiuully amended and remodeled
the Constitution which now governs the whole
State, but whatever be the truth as to the
question ol legality (and the Convention seeuis
to have a burden of olllcial proof ou its side in
the testiD'ony ol General Ranks and of.Governor
WcIls).VtC hold that the President might as con
sistently reopen Rebel insurrection through the
Bouth, as have promoted the undoing ot his o vu
work by means ot the subversive telegrams ad
dressed to the organizers of the riot iu New
Orleans.
lie will find that, from Virginia to Txas,
Southern ludges are ready todispu'.e the legality
of such enforced Conventions and Leuislatures
as have amended thoir State Constitutions by
direction ol the President himself. Ho may find
that his own power iu the premises to convene
and legitimatize the late insurgent States, with
out the concurrence ot Congress, was more than
a. mooted ouestiou. We hope ho will yet
understand that his blunder tumbling down a
Htaus of his own recoanition. along with the
iovernr elected bv its DeoDle. was. alter all.
the worst offense which he co aid commit against
his own theoiy of government. He, indeed, the
I'resident of thn Un fed Sia'es, was the only
overt revolutionist, and that. too. Dv his own
eelf conviction, in the events of the dreadful day
in New Orleans. He it was who deposed a
Governor, and directly and rudely Interfered lu
the affairs of what ho is pleased to term "a
sovereign State." The loyalists, with the supreme
power ot the State on their side, accomplished
so overthrow, but were, tniinks to tne 1'resi
dant. bloodily overthrown.
The Rebelsol New Orleans have not concealed
their opluh.n that the very government under
which Maor Ir'onroa acted out the not was
itsell illegal. If we believed the press of New
Orleans. (Jovernor Wells, ndmluisteriuir a Con
stitution written down at the bavonet-noiut, has
no more right to public recoemtion than (ho
Louisiana Convention. According to Chi
Justice Ruflin, ot Noitn Carolina, the Conven
tion and the new Constitution of that 8tate are
alike Illegitimate; rresiuoni Johuson was a
despot, and Governor Ilolden his usurping
agent. Take tue teoei voice lor it, and Gov
ernor Pierpoint, of Virginia, Governor Holdon,
of North Carolina, ana uovernor wen, of Lout
si an a. had no more right to ruie turn the Con
ventious of those States had to make laws. But
Rebels or ex Rebels are willing to take the
President's word for their law, and so "accent
the situation." in (he cheeiful belict that the
Government Is doing all tor them that It can.
They have ceased to inquire whut is legiti
mate, except when loyal men demand eipaal
rights, at least, with the recreants and mis
creants of the land; and they have uo scruple,
according to their own showimr, to use illegal
-weapons in the tnterebt ot disloyalty to extermi
nate an illegal convention in the interests of
freedom. Well, we have yet to be informed that
lionet and loyal men have lea riirht to meet
&ud declare their views thai perjured and
unrepentant Robols have to voto. Is loyalty
to be rewarded only by the bullet, while trea
son is honored by (he ballot f Herein is the
epitome of the President's own plan of recon
struction; and history will hold him to it, that
he actually undid his own work, trampled on
his own theory, and confessedly went out of
his own way to put his foot, as it hnpnt-ned, ou
fhe dead bodies of the men whose worst crlm.3
In the eyes of their enemies was a loyally and
devotion to the flag contemporary with h's own.
It he had anaht to nullity the Government
of Louisiana, and make its worst Keonl the ar
biter ot its most important crisis, he has also a
right to overturn every Constitution Irotn Vir
ginia to Texas, notwithstanding his own thousand-times
asseverated conviction that States
are sacred. He has shown his rnistriiBt alike of
the law of Ihe laud, of IU law-making power,
and ol the doctrine which beset up for himself,
lie Interfered to makos ire of thn late of the
New Orleans Convention, long bctoro any Court
ol hieh authority, or the legislative and judicial
branches of the Government were appealed to
for decision. It is not time for the President
and his orcans to accuse Confrrcs", after he has
condemned himself. He cannot escape the
odium and the consequences of his bad act.
Let ua take hope at la-t from Dostle's grave,
Monroe's crime, and the President's blunder.
The Philadelphia Convention.
From the 1 imes.
The Philadelphia Convention is now only a
week ofT. Would it not be possible and desira
ble for some of our Union friends to suspend
their vehement and vituperative denunciations
of those who favor it, for that short space of
time? They have seemed thus far to think that
unless they could discredit and destroy it in
advance, it would certainly do them incalcula
ble damage. They have assumed, therefore, not
only without reason, but in the face of the
plainest facts, that its object Is to break up the
Union party; that it is to be in ihe hands of
Ret. els and Copperheads; that it will aim to put
the Government into the bands of those who
have been trying to overthrow it: and that
there is very ureal, danger ot its success. Aud
the practical luterence which they draw from
all this is, that no man who favors or takes part
in it in any way can possibly remain a member
of the Union parly, or even pretend to support
Union principles.
These presses may be wise in thus taking time
by the lorclock. If they do not thus denounce
aiid vilify the i'hila JelpLiti Convention in
advance, they may not be able to do it at nil.
Its proceedings may utterly belie heir predic
tions. It may be .1: the bauds of Uuion men
it may not lollow the le i 1 ot Rebels a;vl Cop
perheads ils i-pirit may he as thoroughly pud
heartily iu l-ivorofthe Union a that of any
Convention ever held; and the result of its
action may be (o strengthen t lie cause of the
Uuion and to make l:ie Government in the
bauds ol Union men slrouecr aud safer in every
section ot the country than it ever wa be'oiv.
Yet if this should be the case we lo not expect
to see it enbst ine any more 01 rtdic d luvor and
support than it does now. The leading journals
aud managers of the radical movement are
zeulous in committing themselves and their fol
lowers against the Convention, wha ever may
be i'b character and whatever it may do.
Rut the Albany Eteninn Journal certainly lias
nothing to gain, aud n co id danl to lose, by
dealing in such acsertioiiS upon tbi." subject a j
these:
'It is already settled that treason is to constitute
no harrier against Hdui'Rsion ac I'nilailelpuiii. Ttio
authors ot secession are chosen qcIoumios Irotn the
&tatrn they led info the war. J'ho Vioo-Presnlout ot
the Slaveholders' Coutuderacy, jronorals vrtx i fouvlit
ill its ui lines, political leaders ot rebellion, with thn
st iiniu of iiUDur.lon a crimes upon them, will ac
cotiipaiiv the n stileut V a Inudndiams and fondle-
tons and Seymours ot the, Noitli, to Uiotato tliet- rms
upon which a bnlllud ur.a beaten oli"urc iY will
consent to lenew us allesduiioo lo the Goveruinent,
which has magnanimously lolu-od to exert its
power to crash "
It the Journal did not carefully suppress de
clarations and proceedings which reach it daily
lrom the Southern States its leaders would see
that these strong statements are without foun
dation. They would see that, iu no single South
ern Stale have the " authors of secession" been
clioseu deleaates to the Philadelphia Conven
tion, and that in repeated cas?s where incii who
were dragged into the Rebellion asaiust their
convictions have been thus chosen, they have de
clined to go lor fear that their presence would
not aid the Union cause. Governor Brown, of
Georgia, has written a letter precisely to ihat
etlect. A. II. Stephens has expressed similar
sentiments. None ot the original authors and
plotters of secession have becnchoseii delegates,
but Btich men as Judge Sharkey and Sena' or
Alcorn ot Mississippi, Cuthbert Bullitt of Loui
siana, Governor Pursons of Alabama, Govcruor
Johnson ol Georgia, Gnvcrnor Orr of Sontu Ca
rolina, A. II. 11. Smart ot Virginia, Judge Bryan
of Tennessee old-line Whigs and Union men of
the Fthool of Henry Clay and General Taylor,
have been almo-t uniformly chosen to represent
the people ol the Southern Stutes. The Eveniii
journal may not nte tnese men. or approve
their political action ; but it has no business to
belie their position or misrepresent their cha
racters. Enuallv fal-e is the statement that the "Val-
laudlghums, and Peudletons and .Seymours" are
lo dictate terms of restoration through tue
Philadelphia Convention. There is nothing
whatever to lead the Journal to believe that
these men or those they represent are to con
trol that conventiou, or exercise any consider
able intluenee upon its action. On the contrary,
there are very strong indications that the great
body ot Ihe Demociuiic party that portion of
it which seeks in pood laith the restoration of
the Union upon Union principles will discard
(hem and all who have held thou: position
dining the war, as their representatives at
Philadelphia. In Vallandighain's district his
seat will be contested by a War Democrat elected
by Democratic votes. The ame is true of Voor
hees, in Indiana, and of the Woods in this State.
And no candid person will for a moment claim,
upon a knowledge ol the facts, that the Copper
head element is likely to be that by which the
Peiriocralic party will e represented. And if
the Journal cannot judge fairly aud justly the
tacts that are occurring daily belore its eves, it
can at least affords to awa't the action of the
convention belore pronouncing decisively upon
its character.
The Philadelphia Convention, as we regard it,
has been called to promote the restoration of
the Union of the S:ates, upon principles at once
hoporable and sate, aud In the spirit of harmony
and of peace. It Is hoped and be'ievpd that it
will be mude up of men from the North and
South who thoroughly and sincerely des'.re this
result, who will do all in their power to aid it,
uad who have no purposes or principles hostile
to the liberties, the peace and prosperity of the
nation, or to the constitutional lights of all its
people. It has no nominations to make, aud uo
new party to orgaul.e; but it will doubtless put
before the people a declaration of its principles
and its aims, and will take such steps as it deems
most likeiy toeive them effort. No man changes
hi-, relation to any other party bv simply taking
part in its proceedings, n r will as'eut to its
principles and its action involve the necessity
of any such chanee unles they are at war with
thoe of the party with which he may have been
conuected. Its influence will probably be rather
moral than political, and it is quite as likely to
accomplish the pwpo-e it seeks through its
elfect upon the action of existing parties as by
organizing a new one.
London Heform Mctinjrs and the Pros
pecta of the Tory Government.
From the Herald.
Monster reform uieetinus in London seem to
be the race of the hour. Atiempts 10 suppress
them promise to be as vain a they appear to be
unwise. The scene In Hyde Park on the 23d
ultimo must have convinced the Government
that these meetings cannot be put down without
risking a collision with the people, it wU aur
prise u if btrong popular feeling has not by this
time proved too much for the will of the Home
Becietary, and if Sir Richard Mayne has not
Deeu inauoea quietij to rcuro i.vui mo utm
Such gatherings are doubtless contagions, and
we shall enpect to hear that they have been
followed by similar demonstrations in all the
larecr towns of the United Kingdom. It would
seem as it the English people were determined
at last toarouselihomgolvos from their lothargy,
and to show that no they are really in earnest
about the question of rcto'rm.
Indiilercnce on tbeir part has led to the failure
of every attempt which has bcn made in that
direction since 1832. It was this confessedly
the want of interest taken in (lie question out of
doors which led Karl Russell to abandon his
proposed reform bill of lfl.r4. The reproach Is
to rest upon the people no longer. It will be
well tor themselves, 'new that they have taken a
stand, if thev be not too easily dilven from their
purpose. They have put their hand to the
plough they may not safely look back. It Is
evident thai the Ministry are gravely cmbar
rssKed, and not a little disposed to yield to the
popular sentiment so forcibly exprcsed, if we
can iudge irom the mild and conciliatory
speeches of Derby and Disraeli in particular.
These demonstrations, it they become at all
general, cannot tail to have an' important bear
ing on the fate ol the present Government,
There are few, we believe, on either side of the
Atlantic, but wish them a latr chance of success.
The circumstances, however, under which they
assumed the reins of power were not peculiarly
favorable, and they can scarcely count on
popular support. In a lew more days the sit
tings of both Houses will be discontinued, and
Ministers will be sale until the next session of
Parliament. Reformers, however, are not
likely to be inactive during the interval, and If
ihe scenes of London are repeated In the various
centie- ol population throughout the country,
we may expect to find, ou th" reassembling of
the llot.scs, that the cry lor reform has become
louiier and more imperious than it has been
since the days of the first Riorm bill. The
resignation oil the late Ministry virtually put
this relorm question in the hands o' the people.
It practically said. We have done what we
could; we have n deemed our pledge, but have
been inisiicccssiul; it rests with you whether
Voi i will have this question settled at once or
iudi finitely jiostponed.
llestilts.'we have little doubt will show that
the trust hns l.ot been misplaced, and that the
people aie alive at once to their rights and to
their duty. In such circumstances what will
Ministers do? They have but two courses open
to them. They must either introduce a Relorm
bill of their own or give place to those on whom
the task would heein more naturally to devolve.
DiHiieli, who is the niaste. -sp rit of the new
Cabinet, promised the people that it any bill was
introduced it would bean "English Relorm bill.''
There may be more chance ot relorm being
obtained minor the Tory Government than
under thiit ol Lord Russell, with all its profes
sions ol liberalism. The force oi circumstances
may compil the present administration to
abandon their rigid conservatism iu favor of
popular rights.
'iherc is nothing iu the antecedents of the
pi' sent Government which loibids t.n in to in
troduce a measure ol id, mi. Lord H.-rby took
an active linn in the mi-Kinir of i lu tirst Uotnnn
h'll inrl ll 1 i ll rl I 1 lu. ll.iu 'n.i.r Liinn ..ill..., irr,,,. i
-...., iiuu uiiuut.lt Mt ll'l.T, nuuL iuiii u iiuiii
his risi love, and grown iu obstruct! vencss us
he has crown iu years, lie yet gave a reluctant '
consent to the lieiorm billot his collca-me in
1801). There is nothing inconsistent in Mr.
D.srneli iiuikiua a iteih attempt tosupplvthe
delects oi bi- "fancy franchise." Disraeli has
the most comprehensive ifid enlightened mind
in the Government. The same instincts nnd
class of tnought which places the Hebrew race
loremost among the tii.ancieis aud statesmen ot
the world, directs the course of Disraeli aud
lilts bini far above his uiistocratic colleagues.
Hebrew intellect has developed itselt tor' cen
times paid in Europe, it has given it a Fould
aud a Rothschild.
Spam ur.d Portugal have received their best
finance ministers from tne Hebrew race, and
now, in the English Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, wo see the guiding talent of that, people
prominently displayed. Lord Stanley is notori
ously a liberal at heart, and he is retained iu
hir, preseur political connection only by the
strength ot family ties. But will the reactionary
party, with w hoih they are compelled to act,
permit the more liberal-minded oi the present
Government to move in the direction of reform ?
Not, we (ear, willingly. Even if such a step
were inkcuujul a Tory Re oriu bill introduced,
what chance- nre there that the uiea-urc wo.ild
pass or that the country would accept it at their
nanus? SMI, the Derby Government may be
loiced to try the experiment.
The Client Powers.
From the World.
All speculations as to the future balance of
power and iullueuce iu Kurope must necessarily
be unsafe aud euperfluous, until we learn In a
plain and positive way upon what terms peace
has actually been made in Germany. Mean
while, however, it may be worlh while to cor
rect the loose fashion iu which the Ku;lish
press and a portion of our own have beguu to
talk about the reduction of Austria to a second
rate aud even to a third-rate position in Kurope.
Such laiiffuape is quite unjustified by any ofthe
propositions lor peace which have yet been puo
lisbed to the wotld. Neither by her with
drawal from the Oeruianie C'outederatton, which
is but tilty years olo, nor by her surrender of
Venetia, which she never possessed at all
until the end ol the last ceuturv, which
site lost alter Waprain in 1809 and which
was lecoutirmed to her in 1815, would Austria's
rank as a great European power be loft.
To see this plainly, let us glance lor a moment
at what constitutes a "great oower."
On ihe 18th of June, IhGO, there existed in
Europe five States recognized as benn' of the
first rank, und stvled in diplomatic parlance,
"great powers." These were: France, Eng
land, Russia, Austria, ami Prussia. Numerical
population, ot course, was one element in
decidiug the pre-eminence of these States over
tbe rost ot the Ruropean political family; but it
was not the onlv element by any means. The
population of Turkey, for example, was mote
than twice as great as thnt ol Prussia; but
Turkey was not regarded a a power ol the first
rank. The population of Italy was larger by
three millions than that of Prussia; but the
claims of Italy to a seat bv the side ot the five
great powers on equal terms, thout'h pres-ed
siuce 1859, hs not jet been acknowledged.
Considerations of geographical situation, of
political organization, ol general civilization, of
commercial energy, all enter into the determi
nation of vhi9 hierarchy of nations. All these
considerations being taken into the account,
there can be no doubt that, at the conclusion
ot such a peace as is now expected to be made
at Prague, Italy will take her place at once as
a sixth great power In Kun pe; and lust as little
doubt that, Austrifc, while she must aae preshqe,
relatively to Prussia, wVl s ill retain her abso
lute rank a one ot the most formidable States
ot the Ola Wcrld.
ltclutive density of populution is one of the
most important elements of that sort of avail
able strength w hich is the basis of calcula
tion In deciding upon the rank ot States, and
since the estahlirhment ot the railway system
the relative extension of that system which
supplement density of population by mobility
ot population must also oe considered. Hence
it Is that the United StatC3, with a population
numerically equal to only about one-half the
population of ltusla in Europe, and with a
relative density of population Inferior even to
that of Russia, must yet. by reason of our
vastly more perfect system of mobilization, be
regarded as a more powertul empire than that
ol the Czar. The weakness entailed upon
Hnssia by her eparseness of population and her
wretched internal communication, turew ncr,
with her sixty millions, at tbe mercy of her
enemies in the Crimean war and in any
European conflict beyond her own borders
would put her on a looting of no more than
eoualitv with such a well-orpan'wed power as
Prussian Germany or Austria. The predomi
nant Dosition ot trance, on tue other hand.
rests ma'nly upon fhe extraordinary degree iu
which the French empire combines all the ele-
nient of available strength. Itussia has a
larger population; Turkey a population at least
as large; ungiaau nas a more nuauieiy com
plcle sys'em of internal communications, and a
more widely extended commerce; Prussian Ger
many has at least as thorough a military organi
?ation; and Austria has a territory at once
more easily defensible and more abounding in
natural wealth. But what each of these States
possess In a measure larger than France, Franoa
possesses in a measure nearly as large; while of
all the European States, France ts the only one
which stands in the front rank in regard to each
and all of these national advantages.
If we confine ourselves, however, for the
present, merely to absolute population and to
density of population, we shall find Europe
represented, nccording to the programme now
proposed at Prague, alter Austria shall have
given up Venetia, and Prussia torme.f herGerman
realm, by these six great powers following;
I'ojiulati'm.
France 80 4.T0.7O0
Great Jtritnm 818(H)2n!f
i'tiiss an Uerniauy 2ti 073 U78
AiiHiria 87 fH:5 i4
linssia 6s) 880 752
Ita f 22,778,053
Pott, to
Square Mil'.
179
25
1SU
167
81
193
Upon the same line ot comparison, and to
phow how important is the part played by other
elements than these In the decision of (lie point
under notice, we may and two striking illustra
tions ol the (wo extremes of civilization and
internal communications:
reputation.
Unlled States 81 445 000
Turkish fcrjipirc 41 000,000
Pop to
Souare Mile
19
20
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puulknu .Executive t'oinmltteo or Bcrka County tbo
I'tilor. ncpubiicuns ot tliC Ealern and Middle Counties
ot 1 cnnh.vivuuia, lavorab e to tbe election of
MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN W. GEARY,
Fur Governor ol !YmisyIv;;iia,
i .
, 0 rp
clt' '
requested to u cetm Grund Mass Convention, in the
lieulmii,
ON WEDNFSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1833.
Arrnuicnieni.o will be made with all the Railroad Coin
paniiB to cunr delegations from all pints of the stuteat
the lowest rates Tbu Cuunnlitee ut Arrangements will
ninke ample provision tor the accommodation and com
fort oi delegations irom a Or j ad.
With a reasonable effort on tne part of the Republi
cs ris ot Lancatur. I heater, Lebanon, Dau. bin, Schuyl
kill. Lcliluh, Northampton, Montgomery, Delaware
BuckK, lalludelu.il in, and other coumws in Fasicra aud
Middle l'eimsj Ivanlu this mooting will be the liirsci.
ecr bold in ihe Mate, 'ihe seven thousand trao and
trtid licpublicuns ot Old Berks will not fill to Do re ore
tented In full force.
Oui aim is totally to cc'ipso the recent failure to roily
the l tmocrucy in this city on the lsth of July. Hucti a
meeting as we expect lu-ie ou tbo tid ot Autrust w.ll not
tall to infuse confidence into the Republicans every
where, and go far to convince the honest DeiDoeratsot
Old lierks Hi ut rca: patriotism, and such mode of recon
structing the Union as will insure peace and noodwill
among tbe people of every sortiun, North and Mouth,
can only be louurt in the measuics of the Republican
party.
THE BOYS IN BLUE
Of tbo several counties are especially invited to come
en muisehy hundreds and thousundj. The Republican
latcu-sirlnasoi Heading will bo out. They will have a
oordlul welcome.
Grand Torchlight Profession.
On tbe evening belore the great meeting (on Tuesday,
August 21) there will bo a 11 and Torch lglu Procession
In Reading, in which tho Roys in Jlliio, the old Wide-
Awakes, and other Union organizations are cordially
Invi'ed to participate.
Marshals or leaders of delegations from the several
counties or districts are requested to report by mail to
either of the undersigned, not later than August 19,
IhWi, the probable number who will attend.
Major-Uencial GEARY, the next Oowernot, will posi
tively attend the meeting
'ihe lollowlng distinguished speakers bave been in
vited to be present and address the meetin ( :
Ilon.Tbaddcus Stevens, (lov. Hamilton, of Texas,
lion. John t tsfna, .ov Rrowuiow, of Tomi ,
t.euorai John Logan. Hon. A W. Ll.inison.
J.ujor (.eneral R. K. liutler, Muj.-tien. N.l'.Ua ikvMas,
Hon, John W. Firney,
i.iui. Morton McUicliaoi.
lion 'Hi. inus ii urn. .all,
l.em rul JoKliua T Owen,
Hon. 0. E. Dimmick,
General 1. W. Kisher,
(eiierul c. Albright,
Wavne McVeuidi, Et(.
Additional speakers will be mvUed. Also, some to
address the meeting in the (ierman language
J. HOFFMAN.
Chairman Republican Ex. Com of lleris Coantv. '
K. II. RAUCH,
President Central Geary League ol Reading.
Rooms Union mate L'kntkal t omuittf.k,
l'UlLADKLl lllA, July 2 ibm. f
Ihe above call is heartiiv piroved and the Union
Repnuiicuiix oi tbe fastemaud Middle Counties ol tho
btuie are earnestly reiiuested to respond.
, JORDAN,
8Ht Chairman State Committee.
BaT-B,
JUST PUBLISHED
y the l'heicians n the
.vfcv luiiK. MUSEUM,
the Ninetieth Edition oi their
FOLK LECTURES,
entitled
rHILOPOPHY OF MARRUOK.
To be had liee, lor four stamps ht aadresslna; Secre
taiy New York Museum ot Aua emv,
t! SS Ku, tilS 1 ROADWAY, New York.
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
QULYER'S NEW PATENT
DEEP 8ARD-JOINT
HOT-AIU FUKNA0E.
RANGEH OF ALL. SIZES.
ALSO, PHlEGAK's NEW LOW PKESSUBB
STEAM HEATIKG Al'PAKAIXTS.
FOB BALK BY
CHARLES WILLIAMS,
610 1 Ko. naa market btuhxt.
THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER,
OH M KOPEAN RAN OK, tor tanililes, hotels
or nubile institutions, in TWKNTY DIFKKKhNT
hliH. Also VM MdelDhla Bullies. Ho -Air ur
races. Portable Heaters, Lowdown Orate Fireboard
Htovea, Rati HoIUth, htewliole Piaies, Broilers, Cook
lng Mtovea, ate, wholetaie ano flail, by the manuiao
turers. H1ARPE A THOMSON,
6 1 stnth6m Bo. 20V N. SECOND Street
JOBEIlT SIIOEMAKER. & CO,,
WHOLESALE DRUt GISTS,
MANUFACTURERS,
IMPORTERS,
AND DEALERS IN
Paints, Varnishes, and Oils.
N. 201 NORTH YOURTII STREET,
123 SUO COiNEBOr RACE.
FINANCIAL.
J$G,000,000
SEVEN TEU CENT. FIRST-CLASS
First Morgage Bonds.
THE NORTH M19SODEI BAILJOAD COMPANT
bat authorized as to soli their First Mor'gige Seven Per
Cent Thirty year Booda. The whole amount IssS.OM.IM,
Coupons, payable on the first days of JANUAKT and
JULY of each rear, In New York.
Ilefbre consenting to this Agency, we have made a
carctol examination ot tbe merits of these Bond, by
sending W llliam Milnor Roberta, and others, to reDort
upon tbe condition and proipijcn or the Railroad. Tbclr
report is on file at Our oitice, and U hlghi) aatlatactory,
We do not hesitate to loeomrr end tbese Honda as being
a find clasa aecurfty, and a moat safe and Judicious In
vestment. i.
The proceeds of these bonds will be used in extending
Bond (already complete 170 miles Into North Missouri)
to the Iowa State line, where It la to connect with the
railroads ot Iowa; and to also extend It westward to the
Junction with the Pacific Railroad fat Leavenwoith),
and other roads leading un the Missouri River, so that
this mortgage of S8 000 100 will cover a completed and
well-stocked Rood of 389 mllos In lonirth, coating at
least S16,flufl,lOO. with a net annual revenue after the
first ycat,ot over 1,M)0 0 0. or a sum nearlv four times
beyond the amount needed to pay the Interest on these
Bonds. The income of the Road will, of course, Increase
every year.
The Railroad connects the great city of St. Louis with
Its two bum red thousand Inhabitants, not only with
tbe richest portions ol JUt-scnrI, but with the States of
Kansas ai.d Iowa, and the treat Pacific Kaliroads.
To the first applicants we art prepared to self F1VH
HCMiRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, at the low rat
of ElcniY CENTS, desiring to obtain a hotter pi Ice
lor tho rcmalnoer. Ibis will yield about 9 percent
income, and add 20 per cent, to principal at maturity.
Any lurlher Inquiries will be answered at our ofllc.
JAY COOKE & CO.,
noim BANK 14KS,
Xo. Ill Ssiilli THIRD Street.
JAY COOKE & CO.,
No. 114 South TIIIPwD Street,
BANK E R S
AND
DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
U. 8. Ca OF J8S1.
5-208, OLD AND NEW.
10 40b; CERUiaCATES OF INDEBTEDNESS,
7 SO N Ol ES, 1st, 2d, and 3d Borios.
COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES WANTED.
lNTfcKKST ALLOWED ON DEfOSILS.
Collections niado. Stocks Bought and Sola on
Commission.
Special business accommodations reserved for
LADIES. 8 7 2in
UNITED STATES 520s.
Jloldorsol llve-I'wentios of 18G2 would do woll
to avail ilicmsi ivosi ot tlio pre nt loreigu demand,
and exchange them tor tho new and moro dvsirabio
F1YE-TWEMIES OF 1S01 and 1SG5.
At piesent they will obtain about Two for. Cent
prolil by the Exchange.
JAY COOKE & CO.,
8 4 6trp
No. 114 South THIRD Street.
U. S. SECURITIES.
A SPECIALTY.
SMITH, RANDOLPH &
BANKERS & BROKERS,
CO.,
16 S. THIRD ST.
FHILADELiniA.
NASSAU ST.
NEW YOKK
STOCKS AND GOLD
BOUGHT AND HOLD ON COMMISSION
HEEE AND IN NEW YOBJK. 21
JOHN SAILER.
OKOKOK STEVKVSOM.
gAILElt & STEVENSON,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
No. 121 S. THIRD Street,
OPPOSITE G1BAKD BAKE.
GOLD AND SILVER, BANK J107K8, GO VEEN -J1KNT
BUNDS, and COMPOUND NOTJid,
bought and sold.
COLLECTIONS promptly made on all accessible
points ,
CITY WABBANT8 WANTED. CJ 14 stutoloi
fclOCKp und LOANS bouuhtand (old on commtiwioa.
J)VIES XIUOTHEH8,
No. 225 SOCK STREET,
13ANKKIIS AND IiltOKKRS.
arr add sell
CNITKD STATES BONKS, 1681s, -20s, IB 40s.
UNITED STATICS 7 J-I0, ALL ISSUES.
CEKT1F1CATJSS OF INDEBTEDNESS.
ilercsntUe finer and Loans on Collaterals negotiated
Btocka Bonfcht and Sold on t'ommifiklon. Kii
rpilE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HAS REMOVED"
During the erection of the new Bank
building,
TO
1 17 Ip
STREET
No. 80S C11ESNUT
5'20s-p IVE-TWENTIE&
7308 - SEVEN-THIRTIES'
WANTED.
DE HAVEN & BROTHER,
17 No, 40 8. Tuibj) Svufcrr.
CLOTHING.
VBARCrAINSIN IINE CLOTHINGI.
TinnTTTTTTT p TXTTr rtrviT
"BROWN STONE CLOTHING HILL,"
Kos. 603 and CO.") CIIESXUT Street.
New Stock at the Lowest Prices.
Having sold oat our Ptook of Clothing for Oentlomea
and Hoys, carried over from the late Are. ear entira
stock oi
FASHIONABLE READY-MADE CLOTHING
IS THE NEWEST,
AS OUR TRICES ARE THE LOWEST,
MAGNIFICENT STOCK
NOW BEADY, TO SPIT EYERYBODT.
Custom Department.
Our newtv fitted an rtitnm rwnrn,Bn nn ..-.
O-e Urgent assoitnient ot all the fashionable Mew
I abrlta tor our patron, to select from.
6U1T8, CIVIL ANO MI LIT ABY,
Made up to onler promptly, fn the highest atylo aad at
moderate prices.
BOYS' CLOTHING.
In this Department our Stock Is also unrivalled.
The Best in the City, at the Lowest
Prices,
ORDERS ICXECUTEDATTBE SHORTEST NOTICK.
THE CHOICEST STOCK
OP
READY-MADE CLOTHING
IN nilLADULPIIIA.
E0CKHILL& WILSON,
"IU10WN STONE CLOTHING HALT,"
Nos. (103 and m CIIKSNUT Street,
8 2 2flirp riin.ADKi.riiiA.
gTATES UNION CLOTHING IT ALL,
606 MARKET Street, 600
Visitors will nnd a larpe and varied awortinnnt ol the
very text HEADY-.MADE CLOXlilNU at the lowest
cash prices.
Suits, ct otalnlng Coats, Pants, aud Vest, lrom $12).
lMlSHTH, it 2.V
I un in mini fO and higher.
t un.e ai d convince yourselves. 5 Jl tm
WATCHES, JEWELRY ETC.
X.EWX3 LADOtojjs
. . -.....,
WAT0HE3 anil JEWSLLT KZPAIRED.
Owlnitto the decline ot Gold, baa made a ret ro
auction in price ot his large ana woll assorted stock
Diamonds,
Watches,
Jewelry,
Silverware, Eto.
Tho public are respectfully Invited to call and examine
our stock before purchasing e.sc here. i J(
SILVER AND PLATED GOODS,
of the:
Most Superior Workmanship,
AT TIIE
NEW STORE
704 ARCH STREET.
No
The undirshjned lat f Vie famous Rogers Brw
atunuttieiurli.n Conipiiny) rcxpecti ully aunounoe tha
they l.ave out Did a iu and beautiiu. store lor the sale
oi fjiLVilt snil I LATtD WaHE. at No 704 lliuK
Ktrert. Our lung txpiilcnce as oianaiacturera wil
e liable un io keep tiothiiiK but Urst-clasa OoodH and
tLore n ho mny patronize our b ore wilt find our plated
M oiIn lui nutieilur to any ever Imported, and our cos
timer n sy lely on the goods being precsoly what tar
are represented to be.
8 tS BOWMAN & LEONARD.
A lull assort nu nt oi aLovo gooos oougtautly an
hai.d nt nioileatu price the ilusical Hoxe playing
from 'I to 10 beautiful Alt.
FAEE & EE0THEE, Importers.
No. 824 CUKSNUT STUKCT,
llll!intbrp Uelow Foarth.
HENRY HARPER,
No. 520 AHCII STREET
Uanufactorcr and Dealer in
Watches
.fine Jewelry,
silver-Plated Ware,
8 1
Solid. Silver-Ware.
G. RUSSELL & CO.,
No. 23 North SIXTH St.,
ilKVlTE ATTENTION TO WEIR FULL STOCK
or
FANCY AND PLAIN
SILVER W A II E,
Of the Finest Quality.
RICH JEWELRY
JOHN B REN NAN,
D BALES IN
DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES. JEWELRY ,
Etc Etc. EUt,
92Vi Ho. 18 S. EIGHTH 81 KSCT.rullail.
ESTABLISHED U95.
A. S. ROBINSON,
French Plate Looklng-GIasscs,
EKGRAVISG3 PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS
ETC
1 Manulacrurer of aU kinds af
Eooklng-OlasB, Iortrait, and Iio
tvire Frames to Order.
No. 910 CHESKUT 8TREKT,
TH1UO LX)OB ABOVK THIS COMTSEJfl AL,
rBlLADKUoiA. lfi
I
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
MUSICAL BOXES.