THE DATL1 EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1863.
THE NEW YORK PBESS.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING
JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS.
COMPILED XT EST DAT FOB XVKMRO TELBORAPB.
"Usurpation Will Not Be Tolerated."
From th Nation.
Accoiding to Mr. Johnson's doctrine of the
tatus of the States lately in Rebellion, they
Occupy towards him precisely the same relation
as Massachusetts or New York. The only im
portant difference between their political condi
tion and that ot these States lies in the tact that,
while Massachusetts and New York are repre
sented In Congress, tbey are not; but their right
to be so represented Is perfect If their repre
sentatives do not occupy their places in the
Capitol,it is simply owing to an abuse of power on
the part of the majority. It is true that by some
theory of Mr. Johnson's, the nature of which we
have never understood, and which neither he
nor Mr. Seward has ever thought necessary to
be explained to the public, he, the President,
Btill possesses the power ot suspending the
habeas corpus, or rather of keeping it sus
pended, and.ot exercising as much or ai little of
the arbitrary authority which this trives him, as
he pltasrs. But while claiming full discretion
in the matter, ho hns of lute tuuuV some parade
ol retusiutr to interfere in State concerns at the
South, lie has scolded Couirress severely for
seeking to exercise such interlcrence to any
purpose, however laudable, and lias puiuto l in
rIowiur colors the duueer of not allowing States
to manage tlieir own affair in tbnirown wav,
no niattcr what prevent inconvenience or Butter
ing thih abstinence may entail on individuals.
In fact, it he be not at this moment the great
champion of (state independence, what is he?
what other political principle does he represent?
This beiutr the ca-e, mot people will nave
rend with surprise his telecrium to Governor
WcIIh, of Louisiana, taking him to task tor call
inn together the Convention of 18(U. Governor
Wells, be it remembered, according to this
theory, Mr. Johnson's pertinacious advocacy of
which is at this moment convulsing tlie nation,
is responsible lor his acts, whetuer oHieial or
non-otlicial, only to the peopJe of Louisiana.
The iDquiry from the President why he calls a
Convention is either an impertinence or a pri
vate communication from Mr. Andrew Johnson,
of Tennessee, which the Governor is at liberty
to answer or not, as he pleases. It the
Governor be legally empowered to sum
mon a Convention to revise the State Constitu
tion, the General Government has, according
to Mr. Johnson's message, no more riuht to
criticize his action than that of the Governor of
New York. If Governor Wells culls a Con
vention, not being legally empowered to do
so, the roult is. what? That the President
may declare martini law, and take the
Government of the State into his own hauls?
That he may set asido the Governor and put the
Attorney-General in his place:' That lie may
hreak up the Convention by force of arms, and
1hrow the members into prison ? Nothing of
the kind. Tbp question of the legality or ille
gality of conven'ions, and of all other public
assemblies, is a quest tou for the courts, aud not
lor the President to decide. If illegal, the sole
result is that their resolutions, instead of being
legislative euacimpul",, become mertiy the writ
ten opinions of ft ceitaiu number ol private per
sons, of no leiral force or effect. When the nieni
licrs go home their work descends iuto the same
limbo with the Saturday soceclies of the House
ol Representatives, and there is an en 1 of it.
Nobody has been guilty ot any crime; a certain
number of pen.lemeu have wasted some time,
and that is nil.
We have supposed Governor Wells "to have
called tbe Convention. It appears ue did not do
so. It we concede that the person who did call
it was not clothed with legal authority to do so,
we still repeat that its meeting at his summous
made it simply an assemblage of private persons,
aud made its votes so many expressions ot the
opinion of private citizeus. The monstrous
phiascs which we read in the '"Couaqrvativo"
press and in Mr. Johnson';, telegrams, as-ertiug
it to have been "an illegal aud unlawful Con
vention," and that this is a justification for its
forcible dispersion, show how raoidly he aud bis
-followers are drifting away from the great prin
ciples of American law, of which thev profess to
be the champions. There can, in this country,
be no such thing as an "uulawlul convention"
or meeting, unless it be engaged iu u breach of
the peace or the commission of treason. If a
convention be not a constitutional convention,
it I ecomes, no mutter tor what purpose or by
whom it ma have been called, not illegal, but
Fitniily a meeting of American citizens, whom
Mr. Johnson and all civil ollicers are bound to
pi"tect, even while uttering any sentiments they
i (lease, however wilJ or violent or imprudent,
t tney were to draw up a resolution annexing
the United States to Ilavti, the resolution would
lie not illegal, but silly; the iiii-m tiers would
forlcil none ot their right to freedom of speech
and action until they attempted to carry out
the resolution by force.
All th s is 60 familiar to every man and boy in
the country who possesses the slightest asquaiut
ance with the principles ot our Govcrniueur,
thiit Mr. Johnson's course with regard to the
Louisiana Convention, and the emphatic ap
proval which the "Conservative" iress is be
stowing on it, are amongst the strongest and
most alarming signs of the times. Here are
men wiio profess to be engaged iu the defense
of the Constitution and the rights of th BUtes,
and who clap their hands when the Executive
sets as-ide the Governor of a State, directs the
military to suppress public meetings, and bor
rows in his denunciation of them the vocabu
lary ot the French pulice. We dsf ike arbitrary
power, and we are opposed to all schemes for
treating the South as conquered territory. But,
ii the South is to be treated as a conquered ter
ritory; if it-governors are to be responsible to
the general Government for their otlicial acts;
or if the local courts are no longer to be allowed
to pass on tlie constitutionality of local legisla
tion, we believe tbeisreat maiority oi tue puonc
will, belore very long, unite in demanding thiit
the South be governed bv law, and not by tue
arbitiary will of one man;" that the rules which
restrict freedom of speech and of action .shall
be diawn up by the whole Government, aud set
clown in black and white.
It would not be necessary to add one word on
its atrocitv to make the New Orleans tragedy
the most 'striking illustration we huve yet had
of the absurdity of the President's "policy."
The day he telegraphed to Governor Walls he
burst the whole bubble, and more than lustiliod
Cougres in its resistance to it, even if that
resistance seemed factious. He showed that
there is no legal or constitutional principle at
the bottom of it: that he insists upon it, not
because it 1s either expedient or wise, but
because it is his. But the cooIiicbs with whicu
he has relraiued from expressing one word of
honest indignation at the slaughter, in an
American city, of unarmed men, by a mob of
their political opponents, for political reasons
a mob, too, composed in the main, no doubt,
of men Iron the rauks ot the Confederate army,
is, perhups, the moet alarming incident iu this
Had at air. Ills speech to the err. wd in Wash
ington last winter filled the country with
anxiety. It scmed to inaugurate a new politi
cal regime, to throw a Mexican or French glare
over our party contests. But even his worst
enemy hardly expected to find him, six months
Inter." deciding out of his own head that a meet
ing was "illegal." and half luttifvlug a band of
cutthroats in massacring inose who attended it.
If there be one thing more repulsive than hU
rnurs in the matter, it is th couro of hi gniel.
lites in the press in supporting him. Some of
the articles in which the New Orleans mob is
whitewashtd such, for example, as that iu
which tr.e New York limes talus of Mr. Dostie's
uiuider as "the penalty of his violence" will,
u.o tn.ut helo to onen the eves of the country
to the natare of the moral and political abyss
to which Mr. Johnson and hts followers would
fain (Ithu us mid to the absolute necessity ot
putting an end at onco to tbe reign amongst us
of arbitrary power, and of restoring the reign of
law because law, whether just or unjust, wise
or foolish, Is. from the tact that it is written
and known, immeasurably suoerlor to the arbi
trary decrees of even a good and crest man.
We at least have no substitute lor it, and can
find none, and cannot return to its shelter one
minute too soon.
We cannot trust ourselves to speak of this
transaction as it deserves, or as we feel, because
we are anxious to avoid, at a crisis of such
gravity, even the appearance ot exaggeration
or of violence of language. But we think Mr.
Johnson may be safely assured that, to use his
own words, such usurpations as thoso oi which
he is now rulltjr will not much longer be "tole
rated." We shall not submit either to the
dominion of "illegal conventions" or of blood
thirsty mobs; but neither of them is one whit
more obnoxious or more dangerous than the
dominion of a man who displays, as ho has done
in this last affair, as much contempt lor tho
moral and religious feeling of the country as ho
hns already displayed tor the authority of its
legislature. '
Tbe Increasing Activity or Government
Securities.
From the Times.
The business the last week at tho New
York Stock Board, and through tho com
mission houses, in Government securities, has
been extraordinarily heavy, stimulated in a
great degree by the highly favorable exhibit of
the national finances officially published on the
3d instant, indicative of a liquidation of over
$47,000,000 of tho aggregate indebtedness within
the past two months, and of oyer $124,000,000
during tbe past twelve months. The business
in the public funds has been mainly lor home
investment account, save in the Instance ot the
6-20s ol 1SC2, wbich have been eagerly bought
lor export, and which domestic holders have
freely exchanged at an average profit oi two-and-a
balf per cent, on the 6-20s of 18G.". The
latter bear the same liberal rate of coin interest
as the earlier issue, ami havo absolutely nearly
three jcars longer to run beloro the redemption
option ot the Government shall have become
operative, lleuce they nre deemed by a rapidly
increasing iiumoerol home buyers as the bet
ter investment ol the two. Jjarge conversions
ol August T'liOs into the new 0-Us have been
inude during the week.
This (the" first) issue of the Seven-thirties,
which will mature in August, 1mo7, is lue only
one on which, by a concession of tue Treasury
Dcpnrtm,nt, the convertible privilege is imme
diately uvuiluble, and in this instance only, ou
an equalization oi interest, making the cost of
the Five-twenties, i'sucd in exchange lor tne
Seven thirties, about the same us rue ruling
rate for the bonds in the open niaiket. Know
ledge ol this tact induces many holders of the
Augi.st Seveu-thinies to sell ihein out absolutely
and buy in the new I'ive-t.vciHies thiouuh the
commission housC, thus avoiding the delay
and trouble ot the conversion process The
1' ivn-tttcnties of lbt)j sold on Fri.lu v ut li)7lU7J,
while the lhii'2 rive twenties wore dealt in at
lU'.iJtV.ld'.iJ. tlie foreign houses iiue be ju taking
unusually large amount.: of the latter lor ex
port, and lurt her heavy purchases lor this pur
pose aie only temporarily prevented by the de
pression in the loreipu exchange market and
the difficulty experienced in the negotiation of
bills in the fare ot tLe liberal supply ol good to
prime drul is available. The s-uppiy'ot the 5-2Us
ot lS(12is uuusuull.v light, uud even the actual
exchanges of these bonds lor the latest iss ic by
duinesuc investois is insufficient to keep the
6tock up to the requirements of foreign buyers,
wlio have to make bteady udvauces in their bids
lo bung our the bunds which they need tor
shipmet t. On all issues of the 5-2os tlier is the
accrued com interest at the rate ot six per cent,
per annum, since May 1, worth, with gold at
ll'J, over $2'(iU per cent, in currency. The bonds
yield un annua! increase of nearly uiue percent.,
ou the basis ol the ruling price of gold.
Tiie six per cents ot ibsl have become ex
tremely scarce in the open market, and no
round lots could be purchased without causing
a iiirtner ri-e in the price, which no.v stands at
Hug, or les than one per cent, higher than the
5-2Us ot 18G2. The margin between the going
rate lor these two clusses ot national stock is
very rarely so narrow. Tho lssl bonds urn an
absolutely tilteen-jear six per cent, coin interest
obligation, uud, as such, are generally consideted
by Jur the heft of all the public scarifies as
an investment. They are mainly held at
home. The Teu-iorties touched' par on
Thursday, on a brisk demand, which was
only partially satisfied, as the bonds were
not sufficiently ab.indaut at the current
ligures. They have not been as high as at pre
sent tor about a jear and a half. A half year's
coin iutciest, at the rate of live r er cent, per
annum, will be due on them by Septem
ber 1. The September coupons aie even
now be marketed through the Government
commission houses at about 14(1 per cent., or
only 2 per cent, less than the price ol gold.
Some oi the largo -holders of the coupon Ten
Forties are availing themselves of this oppor
tunity, and turning the proceeds of their coin
inerest into public stocks, seemingly giving the
pieierence to the later issues of the Five-twenties
and Seven-thirties. Altogether, the present
market for the Government interest-bearing ob
ligations is the best that has been available since
the early spring of 105. And, as money is a
"drug on the market',' at 3 to i per coat, on call,
and lenders are unnble to temporarily place
their balances more advantageously, the chances
are that the publio funds will even further im
prove, until they shall have reached the same
looting, as regards price, as other stocks, and
bonds which bear no more liberal rate ot cur
rency iuterest.
The Cable and Civilization.
From the tribune.
That the cable has lasted as long as it has,
and has -w oik cd better with euch day's use, is
alieady a presumption that it will last for years.
It may not be too bold,- then, to speculate even
thus early on some 'ol' it's 'probable effects on
civilization. ...
The secret of civilisation is intercourse.. The
people who live separated lrom oue another by
oceans, mountains, riversi deserts,' tribal dis
tinctions, preiudices, jealou ies,. hatreds,, iutcr
changing nothing ot a'mu;T nal or intellectual
kino, are barbarous. Civilization comes with
sjmpatby between uuniDers. it begins with tho
distribution ot products; it continues witu the
communication of int-;rests and the multipli
city of mutual relationships; it reaches perfec
tion witu tue spread of knowledge aud tuo dit
lusion oi ideus. The civilized man is tho man who
lives on terms of civility, order.eood lll with his
lellow-croutuies. No oue can estimate the value of
the Atlantic cable as an agenc v establisuina such
terms of living. All otuer agencies are rude
beside it. (steamships and ruilwaysure good tor
coarse work, lb is is good for tine work. With
all our boasted facilities, intercourse is still
exceedingly unperlect. No elements of know
ledge, art, syuipntuy, are periectly dill used.
There are centres ot lie tit aud wastes of dark
ness. There is an outlying barbarism in the
precincts of great cities like New York aud
Iiiooklvn. The mediu vul Times are Derniituataa
on Manliuttun Island aud Staten Isluud witness
the specimen of humanity which the Health
Commissioners unearthed in tho early summer,
and tlie quarantine difficulties iu the first cholera
week. There is a vast store of resources, but
the benefit is not for the whole. The tele
graph wires opetate as fire conductors thr nigh
small districts, and equalize discovery, intel
ligence, sentiment, through special communi
ties; but theie is much to be doue before one
nation can feel tlie pulse of anotner. A bit
ter experience has shown us that England
and America have, as yer, no coinmou under
standing and no common heart. They are too
distant. There is Bonietbingtbtitdoes not escape
through newspapers and letters knowledge and
experience, iguorance and stupidity, raueor aud
antipathy accumulate, and no suflictent medium
exists lor ttjfir discharge over large surfaces or
from leraote points. At this (uacture conies in
the cable. The very knowledge that it is there,
stretching IU sensitive nerve from hemisphere
to hemisphere, ts civilizing in its effect. The
thought of it as lying there on the bottom of the
deep, threading the mysterious passages of sub
marine life, ready to transmit the pulsation of
humanity across the invisible mountain-chains,
the unheard-of abysses, tho wlldorness of sand
and sea-weed and rock; bgbting up tbe fathom
less dsrk with its streak of electrlo flame; dls
enchanticg space and time of their power
to separate; a hand of steel that never looses
Its crasp; a girdle never unbraced; a silver
cord ot amity touching two continents the
mere thought that it is done, and done by the
world-conquering wit of man, is more than
civilizing, it is humanizing. It enlarges our
conceptions of human power, Intelligence, and
skill ; it strengthens and deepens the faith in the
unity that prevails ideally, and shall prevail
actually in the enterprises and Interests of
mankind; it suggests the unity of nations and
the brotherhood of men; it makes us f eel more
at home with foreign peoples; it extends the
circle of our sympathy, and wakens a warm
fraternal sentiment towards the dwellers at the
ends ol the earth. The imagination becomes
excited by visions of harmony; the touch of the
cord maki s our hearts beat with prophetic nope
of better things to come.
And why not? The element of quickness and
frequency that the cable introduces Into our
foreign intercourse cannot be too highly esti
mated. It is everything. The critical moments
ate but moments. Whatever happens, happens
in a moment, and the point of supreme import
ance is the seizure of the Instant. The world
moves not once in three days, but every second.
Three days later from Europe is lust three days
too late sometimes tor the transmission of
momentous tiding on which the security of
governments and the peace ol nations may
hang. The steamer may leave just an hour too
soon, and may come in just an hour too late for
the word ot power to prevail. Events big wita
consequences, or thai would, if unproved, be
big with consequences to greut communities,
may occur and pass unimproved between the
sailing of two ocean steamships. The word in
season may be worth columns a day loo la'e.
Many a time during the past six years' that word
in season might have saved millions in money
and bitter misunderstandings that no money ,can
mukeamends tor. What clouos'ol black and blast
ing fury might have discharged themselves harm
lessly through that slender wi el What hery
cm rents of national hate might have found
silent and switt passage along its thread ! What
friendliness might have been preserved as tlie
continents whispered to one another iu the uio
meiit ol doubt or agony ! What thoDast groaned
lor tlie want of, the fuii.re will r;'joico in. Wh-n
"Puck" shall have set Lis girdle round the
world in forty minutes, aud the planet breathes
its secret day by day to listening enrs in Pans,
London. New York, and ull through the dwelling-places
of men, the human svmnatules will
begin to pour us evenly ar.d steadily through
the woil l of men us the magnetic currents flow
round the globe. Tides of sentiment and con
science ill have tlieir regular ebb and flow.
Tlie moral wealth of one quarter will be trans- I
milted to the part- that arc morally ooor. The '
elici t on the rle'cc ion and arrest of crime will
lie oi immediate and rust importance. The
focus nt each Jar.'e tovu, and every sigh or
gioiin thar burdens the breast will be heard and
listened lo.
We are speaking in view of the future time
when Atlantic cuolcs shall be multiplied so that
the people ram use them. The successlul e
per.nient involves such a future. The single
costly lino prophesies a score of less costly ones
that shall transmit not the messages of thr
suitesmuu or the millionaire, but the thoughts
and reflections ot tue multitude.
No doubt the cable is but an opportunity
w hich some Rothschild may buy up aud use lor
his financial ends, which a cabinet minister may
take possession of at critical moments and em
ploy ior purty purposes, which a dating adven
turer may succeed in suborning to his base
designs; but it is a great opportunity; and in the
long lim great opportunities make great men.
We shall tnpidly leurr. to live up to our condi
tions; and tbe people who will live up to such
conditions as these we have foresnadowed will
be a people ot lurpo power nnd sympathy.
Ar.MY Sckokons. By order of the Secretuty
ot ar, a Bourd of Officers, to consist of Brevet
Colonel J. B. Brown, (surgeon U. S. . ; Brevet
Liciitciniiit-l-Olotyel tl. it. W'ntz, Surgeon U. S.
A.; and Brevet Major Warren Wfbsiei , Assistant
Buryeou L'. S. A., will assemble nt New York
city, on tlie 2(tth of September, 1KGH, or as soon
thereafter as practicable, for the examination of
assistant surgeons lor promotion, uud of appli
cants for admission into the medical staff of ihe
United States Army.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
UN ION CITY EX K L'TI V E COM M I TTE K.
Alltfllxt 7 lSllli.
'10 1 11K VOTERS Of THE UNION P.vHiYOif VtiE
tl lY OK miLIS.I PHIA.
In acconlence wl.U tlie rult-i til e members of the
TMON I'AKTV Will in. et 111 tnolr sevorai wards on the
THU.UTI fcSHAY KAl OUST 2 st inst.) at 8 o'clock
)'. AI . nt winch mrctliiK tno citizens ot tlie (liferent
divisions pri-scm snail elect a Jtidne and two Inspectors
to conduct tlie elccilons 10 be iie.d on the loilowiiiK
'lut'sOav evening.
Ou the totirih i uesrtav o' Anpust (2fith Inst ), tho citi
zens 01 cacti warn shall meet in iliuir rvsif'Ctivo divi
sions Intuitu ilie hours of ti and o'clock I'. Si . and
V ect 11 (ui each
oin- lu'U'KUie to a City f 'onvontlon lor the nomination
of l itv ana I'nunty oili.-ers
One tieleLOtu to a J udiclal Convention.
Olb licli kiilc to a ( onyrt'Ksionai Convention.'
('to Deit-!iite to a liepruscntiitlvo Convention.
Iwo ljeiciiatcs to a Ward Convention In sdeh dls
tiicis us elect a Senator or s-urvoyor, one dclettute
to a niHiorlal aud one Do!euutc to a Surveyor's Con
vention. Tno iiersons to a Vt aid Committee ot Superintendence
will also tie chosen tioin eaeli division.
1 uu loyal ciiizcns of l'lil adoiplda who have so nobly
niBluiiiud the ijoveruuiciil when assiillod by Kobuls in
arms, and who aro in tavor oi securing a permanent
mace bv jr jei lojtguardi f r thrjuture, are invited to
tuke iu ri Ui tiitse primary elections.
I lie I nion organization has cnrrled the country suc
cotKHiliy UrouKli a urcat war. Jt 1ms crushed tlio most
loiinidablo Kcbeliiou ever organized aiminsi the liberties
ot a iree people It tins niamtatnoU ibu I'ntuii oi .Stales
utaitint die iliHltiteiatlnt! utfina of Mute rights, sup
ported by tlie lenders ol tlie iiemocratio party It has
prevented tbe eneinirs oi our coumry from accompli. U
Iiik bv unequal aud ulsiorai representation In tlie conn- 1
ells oi ihe ua t Inn that which tbev at einUeil and laded
to uehleve m wur And whilst there can lie no p rower
indemnity lor the two bund ri d thou-aml noble lives laid
down .u deieoseof the Union In tbe i.t, it doe demand
tliut there sball be security aguiuot tbe recurrence ol
rebellion in tlie future.
Willi sueb a tecord. to whom oan tho destinies of the
ltepubilc be mote Hafolv entrusted 'i
We, theroiore. Invito all citizens who unite with us In
sentiment, Alio believe that treason is a crime, aud will
asslt-t In uillnu it odious lit the hallol-box, to take
Pari iu our primary e ec ions. Iu order that wu may
Lave a saiislactory representation in our several con
ventions WILLI Ail KLUOIT, President
Joi?,TH.L"es. 8,,,
(Tp UNITED STAT K 8 TREASURY.
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same at this Otlice ior examination and count, nt any
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tt 11 'it Assistant Treasurer Viii:ed HU'es.
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Idgr GEARY AND VICTORY!
GRAND tTNION '
REPUBLICAN MASS CONVENTION
IN OLD BERKS I
AT READING,
ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1S60.
In obedience to t resoltlon adopted by the CENTRAL
GEARY LEAGUE of tbe city of Reading, and the Re
publican Executive Committee or Dorks County the
Union hepubllcans ot tbe Eastern and Middle Counties
of Pennsylvania, favorable to the election of
MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN W. GEARY,
For Governor of Pennsylvania,
f
Are requested to rreetm Grand Mass Convention, la the
city of Reading,
ON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 18G6.
Arrangements will be made with all tbe Railroad Com
panies to carrv delegations from all patU of the State at
the lowest rates The Committee of Arrangements win
made ample provision lor the accommodation and com
fort ot delegations lrom abroad.
With a reasonable effort on tne pari of the Republi
csna of Lancaster. Chester, Lebanon, liaui hiu, Hchuyl
klli, Lehigh. Northampton, Montgomery, Dataware,
Bucks, J'blladelpbia, and other counties In F astern aud
Middle Pennsylvania, this meeting will be the largest
ever held in the Mate. 'Ihe seven thousand trne and
trttd Republicans ot Old Berks will not fall lo be repre
sented In full force.
Out aim Is totally to eclipse the recent fallute to rally
the liemocracy In this city on the lKth of July. Huch a
meeting as we expect here on the 'ltd of August wdt not
tali to infuse confidence Into the Republicans every
where, and go far to convince tho tiotuot Dernocratsot
Old Derks tbat real patriotism, and such mo le of recon
struotuijr the C nion as will Insure peace and goodwill
among the people ot every section, North and ivjuih,
ciin onty be tound in the measules of the Rcpublicuu
party.
TIIE DOVS IX 15LUE
Of the several counties are especially invited to come
en mam by hundreds and thousands. Tho Republican
latch-strings oi Reading will Uc out. They will have a
cordial welcome.
Grand TorchlteSit Procession.
On the evening before the great meeting (on Tuesday,
August 21) there will be a (i and Torch bilu Frocession
hi Reading, In which tlie Boys in llnio. tho oldWida
Av, tikes, anil other I'ulon organizations .are cordially
iuvi cdto lartlclpate.
Marshals or leaders of delegations from tho several
counties or districts are requested to report by mall to
either of the undersigned, not later than August 111,
1HW, the probable number who will attend.
Major-Gcueial UEARY, tho next GoVeruoi, will posi
tively attend the meeting
ibe loliowltig distinguished speakers have been in
vited to be present and address the mcetlnr :
llou. Thaddeus Mteveus,
lion, iiobu i cssua.
(.etiera John v Lopan.
liov. Hamilton, of Texas,
iov ltrowniow, of 'leuu ,
Hon A. W. Di nlson,
Slaj.-tien.N. P.ttuukvMas,
Hon. Morton Uc Michael,
Uencrul i. W. fisher,
(lenerul (!. Albright,
ujor Gciiernl It. K. liutlcr,
llou. John W. Ktruev.
lion T h. mas Marshall,
l.emrul Joshua T Owen,
lion. B. E. Diuiinlck,
Wayne McVeagh, Esq.
Additional speuktrs will be invited. Also, souio to
address the meeting in the Ucrtuun language.
J. HOFFMAN.
Chairman Republican Ex. Com. of Berks County.
J.. U. KAUCH,
President Central Geary League of Reading.
Rooms Union M'atk Centuai. 1'ommittee. )
1'lULAOKLl lllA, July 2' IHliti. f
Iho above call Is heurtiiy approved, and the Union
Repuulicuns ol tlie Eastern and Middle Counties oi thu
btu.c aio caincsliv requested to respoud.
F. JORDAN,
8 1 2w Chairman Stute Committee.
A'wTICH. THK BTEAMKR "KENSE-15I-.C"
can bn obanered lor fcxctirstons. by
applying lo P. K t'L.Mili, care in llartcrs, Uolllns
wottli iv o , Wilmington, Delaware.
August 9. ldSU. 8 9 (it
SHIPPING.
fff!
Fyk STEAM Tl) LlVKltl'OOI
CALL1XU
at Quuenstown The luiiinii Line, sailing
Diuii-ViicK y, currviug mo luinu .-"tutcs mill .s,
l IT Y
Oi llOMUN'
. .futuroav. August 11
"t J'i Y UK M tM 111 Slfc.il'
. Wednesday, August l.i
....Nut unlay, August la
.Wednesday, August tl
M I I Y Vt LONDON
" I IT Y ' I'' DL ilLIN
"EDIMU Rtili"
...naiiirnay. August 'lf
nml ciuh succeeding Saturday and Wednesday, at
lioou, iruui ler mi n .muiii iivt
KA1 IS OK P'SJsAOE
Hy the mail steamer sailing every faturdav.
FitHt t ubii If)!) Meeiage $3(1
'Jo London H5 To London 114
To l uris 10,1 ; To runs 4T
I PAYABLE IN GOLD.
Passasc- by tbe W'cilncud y steuiners: First cabin,
1(0; stceruue, ;)5. Puvable iu Lulled Miaios cur
rency. Passengers a'so forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bre
men, etc , ut moiiorate rates.
Meerago passage lrom Liverpool or Cjueenstown, $3U.
gold, or the equivalent i lcki ts can bo bouunt hero by
persons M-iuilU'.' fur their Irlemls
For lurther iuiotmation apiiiy at the Comnanv's
otliecs. JOhA O DALE, Agont.
8 7 No. Ill WALNUT btreot, Philada.
w.AtFT YOItK. PI1ILADFL-
tiitiitiir-t-T deiphia Stemn Propeller Comvany De
bi.nu ! hwllisure Lines via Jie i.vitire nnd Ituritun Cauai.
lea lug dai y at 12 51. and 6 p. M., connecting with ull
Nortluru aud Eastern lines.
iorlretght. which win be tBVcn upon ticcoinmodutiux
teiu.s, aiplv to WILLIAM Jt. HAIlil) ,v CO.,
116 " o. 1WS DELA WAILS ivenue
10 HHIP CAl'lAINS AND OWNERS. THB
unoerslgiK-d having leased the KENHINGlOai
lt":tW 1 ioc K, beg loin orui his (iienusaud the patroni
ul ti e Dock, thai 1) 1. irepsrcd with Increases! faol ltle.
to accoumiodate those having venue a to be raised or
repaired, and being a prac.ical ahlp-carpentor and
cauiker, wllgfve personal attention to tbe vessels en
trusted to bin. ior repairs.
Captnips or Agents, hbip Carpenters, and Machinists
Having vessel! to repair, are soucitca to can. I
Having the agency for ihe aale of "Wetiersiedt's 4
I ntent .Metallic oiupositiou" toi t opper faint, lor tno
pi enervation ot vessels' bottoms, for this city, 1 am pre
pated to lurnlsb the same on tuvor.ble tentis.
JOHN U. H AM MITT,
Kensington wetew Dock,
li IEI.AWARE Avenue, abuve 1-4 L'llEL Htreet
INSTRUCTION.
tyilE LKIIIGH UNIVEUITY, BETHLEHEM,
jt
PENNA
Thin new Institution, liberally mdowed hp the If on.
Ana Packer. 01 Ulnucb Chunk, and Uculned to y,lve a
lu'l praclical education auiicd 10 Ilie retjuireuieiii ot
tho ate will be oipii to receive sludentt In the ElKT
1'WO CLAhMLS on the 1st of Sentt niber. lWi
The location in Ijeuittitul, and proverbially healthy,
mid it ixsituattd In 1 lie uiidii' ol varied induntr'ai tute
rcbtH, all 01 which wi 1 bo BuLsidlzid for tue purpose ot
luHtruciion.
Tlie Course will conaint ot two parta. First TWO
WAH8 OF I'KIPAUAIOKY INS I BL TION In Ma
IIk unities, theinlrtir, and Lanyuut;e (esoecially the
mouerii lanKUapes) studies which every ouug man
sliou.d purt-ui , lor whuti vei pmlOiHlon lie he intended,
t-econd 'two A I 1)1 1 ION A I, Y h'AK" in one ot tbe
lol oinf HcbooU tu tacb of which i.n additional tpeclul
degreelis centerrcd :
1. The hcliool 01 Ueneral l iterature.
'i 'I he School 01 1 ivil I nnliieeritiK.
3 The t-chool ol Mechanical Engineering.
4 Tlie hcltool of Meia'liitH.v und feining.
Applicants lor admission will be ezaiiuned rtom the
1st to the lftlh 01 August, on pruaentiuti thoinselvoa to
the President, at liethlehcin, or on the opening da.
Circular! klviuir temis, etc., may be had ly apj yfng
to6lest.rs.l-.il HC'ILtH As CO., No. M 8. FOlIItl b
ftrc t. Pliiladelphla, or to liaNHV cOPPEE, President
lie th 1-lieiu Fa. 1 13t8 14
CH E U A K A Y INSTITUTE.
ESGLIHll AND FltE.NCH.
Hoarding and lav pupils. Noa. I&27 and 1W0 HI'RITCE
Blrt et. will reopen on J II UMMDa Y . rionteuiber 2D.
French Is tbe iHiineufce ol U10 lawlly, aud is conitantly
spoken iu tbe Instill, te.
Primary I epartment. SHU peranuum.
lav bclioh.rs per annum 1UV.
Day Uoardiuu I'upl , '-HI. ....,.
MADAME UEBV1LLT,
5 X2 rm4ui Priucipal
OOUINCM! I
oti
"IRnn FLOORING! FLOG
lOUU. FLOORING! IXO'JRINOI
' MrAHOI.ntl FUifntma
f-4 ( AKHtlNA FLOOKINO.
IM I'KI.AWARI-; FLOORING,
t mJ-P LA WAR FLOORING
' aph And walnut F.:aim.
A8H AND WALNUT FLO0KLSU.
M KP BOARD.
RAIL PLANK..
18G6,
-PLASTRniNO LATII3 1 !
, PLASTF.RINO LATHS.
AT RK1HK K.D PRlo.s!
AT REDUCED PRICES.
18C6
r!PDAn AVT PTKM StTTvnr ca
...... vui VJ lC0
. CEDAR AND PINE BHINULE8.
no. i lu.mi ur.iiait nnmui.i.s.
No. 1 HHORT CEHAK KHINULE8.
WHITE PINE fHINOLKU.
CTPRf.SS SIIINULFR.
FINE ASSORTMENT FOB SAMS LOW
I860
T TTMrrrn rnii itkdfrt a trypan
). LtlKIRK.R FOR UNDERTAKERS!!
RED CHiAK. WaLNI'T, AND PINE.
RED CEDAR WALNUT, AND PINE.
1866
ALBANY LUMHEROF ALL KINDS.
, ALBANY LUMBER Of ALL KINDS
SEAONH WALMUT.
DRY TOPLAR CHERRY AND ASH.
OAK I I K AND BDS.
MAHOtiANY.
ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT VENEERS.
lOUU. ClOAR-POX M AN UFACTURER.
M-AMMI Cl-.OAK BOX BOARDS.
AT REDUCED PRICES.
i Q(C SPKUCE JOIST I 8PRUCK JOIST!
j.JJJ. hri iri. juimi ni Kui E JOIMTI
FROM 14 TO , FtETLONU.,
FROM 14 TO 32 FEET LONG.
M'HI'CE MLLS
UEMIX1CK PLANK AND JOlgT.
OAK 81LLH.
MAULE BUOTHFR A TO.,
S 2? 6mrp No. 1M0 HOUTU bTUEET.
f 1 AlirENTEHS AND DUILDERS
CAN 8 AVE
TEN PER CENT.
By purchasing of me
W. FIN E HOARDS, RUN" OF TIIE LOO.
W. PINE ROOFING ANDSCAFFOLDtNG liOARDJ.
FIRST AND HECOND COMMON BOARDS.
THIRD COMMON BOARDS.
W. I' INK AND SAP PINE FLOORING.
CAliOLlNA FLOORING.
W. PINE AND CYPRESS SUiifGLES.
JAN NEY,
NOBLE STREET WHARF.
811m No. 500 North DELAWARE Aveuue.
"JNITED STATES
lMIILDElfS M I L. I j.
Nos. 24. 26, and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St.,
rniLADiaruiA.
ESLER & BllOTIIER,
WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR BALUS
TERS, NEWEL POSTS, GENERAL TURNING
SCROLL WORK, ETC.
SHELVING PLANED TO ORDER.
The I nrgest assortment ol Wood Mouldings In this city
coiiMumiy ou nanu. 1 llljiu
riT W. SStALTZ'S LUMBER YARD, N.E,
L . corner FIFI l.ENTH and STILES Stroet.
OFFERS FOR SALE,
CHEAP FOR C SIT.
Panel, 1st com., 2d com., 3d coin, 4 4, 6-4,0-8,8-4,
White Pint-. Beasoned.
First and second quality Yellow (4 4, S-4) and Whito
me i4-4i Flouting uoanis.
1 list and second quulity one and two-sides Fence
uourus.
Mieiving Bonrds, Bass, Ash. Planks and Boards,
While Pine Sills, nil sizes. Step Boards. 4 4. S 4.
Hemlock Joist uud M'ant.ing, lrom 11 to 28 feet long.
ail n iu us
Spruce Joist, Sills and Scant! ing.
1 lastering lath (English aud Calais) Pickets.
Shingles, ( hesnut Posts, etc
Jlnhogiiiiv. Walnut Plunk and Bonrds.
All kinds of 1 uilding Lumber cut and furnished at
tlie shortest notice, at tne lowest price. i I'J liu
J C. PERKINS,
' LUMBER MERCHANT
Successor to R. Clark, Jr.,
No. 324 CHRISTIAN STREET.
Constantly on hand u laruo and varied asaortmca
of Build in ir Luaiber. 5 84
MISCELLANEOUS.
JplTLER, WEAVER & CO.,
ilASUFAClVKEKS OF
Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords
Twines, ttc,
o. 23 North WATEKbtieet and
ii North DELA WAKE Aveuue,
lUiLiUELFHIA.
Edwin II. Fitlfb, Alien akl Wkavee,
C'ONBAD F CL01I11UU. 2U
Q E O H O E PLOWMA X,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
No. 232 CARTER Street
And No. 141 DOCK (street.
Machine W 01 It and illilwrithtiUK picmptly attend!
to
38
CORN EXCHANGE
BAO JIANCEACTOltr.
J O fl JS 1 . H A 1 L E y 4 O
REMOVED TO
N. E. corner of MAltKEl und WATER Htreeig,
fbtadalphia,
DEALERS IN UAl.t AD BAliUIXQ
01 every ncscilption. lor
Cialn, Flour, bait, Mipet Phosphate ot Llnio, Hone
Dust, Etc.
lame and email C, CNN Y 11AUS canstantly on band.
'i'i'H) Also, WOOL HACK.
Joiun T. Bailey. James Cascaded.
LEXANDKK (T C ATT K LL & CO.
PKODCCE COMMISSION JIEHCHAHXS,
Ho. 26MORT11 WHARVES,
AKD
NO. 27 NOHTB W ATI1 R STKEET,
PH1LADELPU1A. 2 2
ALEHAKDEB O. CATTEI.L ELIJAH O. CATTKfJfc
C" OTTOX AD FLAX
SAIL DICK AND CANTAB,
01 all numbers and brands.
Tent Awnlnft. Trunk, and Wagon-Cover Duck. Also
Paper 31 anuiacturers' Drier Felts, troin one to eeve
liet wide: Paulins, lieitlng. Mail Twine, etc
JUlIM VV. EVKKMAN A Co.,
16 Ko lt'3 JONES' Alley.
WILLIAM S . GRANT,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 83 S. DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia,
AOENT VOU
Dapent'a Gunpowder, licitncU Nitre, Charcoal, Etc
W. linker fe tJo '8 t hocolate. I c on, and Broiua.
CiocKcr Bros. A Co. 'a Yellow Mttal tobtaUiing, Holts,
and Nulls. 124
DYEING, SCOURING, ETC.
FKEMII STEAM SC01RLG
ESTABLISIIISIENT,
No. 510 EACE Street.
We ber leave to draw your particular attention to our
new French Steam Scouring Establlsbu eut the drst aud
only one ol Its kind In this city. We do not dye, but by
a chemical procet tea. ore Ladies', Ueutleuien'a, an
Children's Garments to their original status wltuou
injuring them in ti e least, while gieat experience and
the best machinery lrom France enable us to warrant
periect aatisluction to ail who may lavor ua with tbeli
patronage LADIES' DRESSES, of every descitptiun.
with or without IriinniUifS, are cleaned and finished
without being taken apart, whether the color la genuine
or not.
Opera Cloak and Mantillas. Curtains, Table Covers
Carpets, Velvet. Ribbons, Kid Oloves, etc.. cleaned and
reoulxbed iu tbe beat manner. Oeu leiuon's summer
and V inter Clothing cleaned to pertectieo without hf
Jury lo the stuff Also Flags aud liauueia AUalmlsol
stains n moved without 0 tuning tlie whole All orders
are executed tinder our Immediate supervision, and
satisfaction guaranteed in every instance. A rail and
examination of our process fa retpeotlully solicited.
ALliEDYLL & MARX.
No MO RACE Btieet
Maltha
LUMBER.
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
TUE OLDEST AND LARGEST
) SADDLE AND IJAllNESS
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT IN TLIB
COUNTRY. . ., . .
t. .... . -mmm
LACEY, MEEKER & CO.,
No, 1216 CHESNUT STBEET,
OFFER OF THEIR OW N MANUFACTURE!
PrOOY HARNESS, from 23 S0 t 154
LIGHT BAROCCI1E do MOO to fW
HEAVY do do 75 00 to M0
EXPRESS, BRASS MOUNTED HARNESS J7 W to 9
WAGON AND SELF-ADJUSTING 150O to N
BTAGK AND TEAM do MM to M
LADIES' SADDLE, , do 12-00 to 1M
CENTS do do IM0 10 I
Bridles, Mountings, Bits, Bosetts, Bone Covers,
Blushes, Combs, foaps. Blacking. Ladles' and Gents
Travelling end Tourist Bags and Backs, Lunsu Haakeej,
Dress ig and Shirt Cases. Trunks and Valises.
9 6mr No. CllKbNUTST.
H A 11 N e s. s.
A. LARGE LOI OF HEW U. S. WAGON HAB
KESS, 2, 4, and 0 horse. Also, parts ot HAR
NESS, SADDLES, COLLARS, HALTERS ate.,
bought at the rrcont Government sales to be sold
at a sreat sacrifice. Wholesale or Retail. Tegettior
with our usual assortment ot
RADDLEKY AND SADDLERY HARDWARE.
WILLIAM S. HANSELL & SONS,
2 1$ t. 114 MARKET Street,
SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, &t
Jm W. SCOTT & CO.,
SHIRT MANUFACTURERS,
AND DEALERS IN
MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
No. 814 CHESNUT Street,
FOUR DOORS BELOW TUE "CONTINENTAL,
8 26 jiip PHILADELPHIA.
JfA TEXT SHOULDER-SEAM
SUIIiT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURBISHING ST0U2.
rEKFECT H-ITTINO 8IIIBIS AND DRAWEES
made lrom measurement at very short notice.
All ether aitfclca of GENTLEMEN 8 DEEMS GOODS
In lull variety.
AVlNCIIKSTKlt & CO.,
8 24 5 o. 706 CIIESNCT Street
PROPOSALS.
J? IJ DPOS ALSs
PEiV il A K I A AGRICULTURAL
LAND SCRIP FOR SALE.
Tho I'nftcd States Oovcmmcnt having granted to
he Comu onwralth of Pounsytvauia Land Scrlu, repre
sent in t 70 COO acres 01 Public Land, lor the endowment
ot Agricultural Colleges in this Stale the Board of
Commissioners now oficr this I and Scrip to the public.
ProDosala for the purchase of this Land Scrip, ad
dressed to "The Board of Commissioners of Agricul
tural Land Scrip," wilt he received at the Surveyor
Cicneial's office, at Harrlsburg, until Wednesday, August
15 1CG6.
This land may be located in any State or Territory
bv the holders ot the tcrlp. upon ay of tho unappro
priated lands (except mineral lands) of the United
States, which may be subject to sulo at private entry.
Each piece of scrip represents a quarter t-ecuon ot one
huLdred and sixty acres. Bids must be made as per
aero, and no bids will be tecelvcd for less than one
quarter section.
the Scilp will he Issued Immediately on the paymont
ot the money to tho Surveyor General, ono third ef
which must paid within ten data, and the remaining
two- thirds within thirty davs alter notification ot tne
acceptance ot the bid or bids by the Board of Com
missioners. J. II. CAKTBELL, Surveyor-General,
For tho hoard ot Commissioners
31 AKP.i.snrno, July ll,lh(6. 7111m
ENGINES. MACHINERY, ETC.
rfifrT PBSN STEAM EN (JINK AND
2ai!i4&B0iLEK WOKKS.-NEAFIE LEVY,
l i,ol l'i(.jL AND Till OhETlv.AL ENGINEERS
AlAlUlMsTS, BOlLr.KMAK.hK-l BLACKSM 1 1 iiS
and FOL'iDEItS. huving lot many years been In suc
cesMul operation und been cxcluMvely engaged In
buildinc and rejiairiug .Murine aud Klvor 1 nguieH. high
aud low pressure. Iron Boilers Water Tanks Propel
lers, etc etc.. respecuu ly ller their services to tho
public as being luliy pretiared to contract for endues of
alislz.s Murine, K ver, and Matlonary; having sola of
patterns ol uilicrent slzea, tiro prepared to execute orderu
witli quick dei-putch. h very description ot patteru
muking made at tho shortest notice High and Low
pressure r lue. Tubular, und Cylinder Boilers of the best
Pennsylvania charcoal Iron. Forgmpi 01 an sizes and
kiues; Iron and Bruss 1 asiinga ot all descriptions; Roll
Turning. Scruw Cu'ting, at d all other work connected
with the abo.e business.
Diuwlnis and siecltlcatlons for alt work done at
the establishment tree ot charge, aud work guaran
teed 'J he subscribers have ample wharf-dock room for
repairs of boats, where tliev can lis in peifeot safety,
and ate provided with shears, blocks, lulls, etc etc,
lor laising heavy or light weights.
J M OB C NEAFIE,
JOHN P. LEVY.
8 2 IS BEACH and PALMER Stree's.
J. VAl'CIIAX MEBK1CK, WILLIAM B. 1IKBBICK,
JOHN . COPE
SOUTH WAR K FUDAliar, FIFTH AND
WASU1NOTON Streets,
1'IIILADSIiPniA
MKRKICK dc SONS.
I N01NEKlf AM) .HACUINIST8.
mnnufacture High and Low Pressure steaui Engines for
Land l iver and Slarlne service
toilers, Gasometers, Tanks iron Boats etc.
( astlngs 01 all kinds, el: her iron or binss
Iron Frane Roots lor Gas Works, Workshops, and
Railroad Station etc
HetortB aud Gas machinery, ot the latest aud most Im
proved constiuctlon.
Every denci Iptlon ot Plantation Machinery, and Hnprar,
Saw. and Orixt Mills. Vacuum Pans Open r team Trains,
Detecatorn, l'l ters, Hnniplng Engines eto.
t-o.e Agents lor N. Il lleux s Patent Snuar Boiling
At narattis. Ncsinyth's Patent steam Hammerand As
Pinnall it Woolsey s Patent Centriiugal .mgar Draining
JVlachtne. 6 3ti
BRIDE8BURO MACHINE WORKS.
OFFICE,
No. 65 N FlioN l' STREET,
riiir.ADKi.pniA.
We are prepared to till orders to any extent for our
well known
M At 11 IN t KY FOR COTTOX AND WOOLLEN Mil LS,
Including nil recent huprovemuuls In Carding, Spuming,
anil V euvlDg.
We inv ite the attention ol munutaeturers to our exten
sive works.
1 IS ' ALFRED JENKS 4 SON.
i'urkrt liooks,
rurftinonni'ks,
( luar ('uses,
Portfolios,
Drcoslnu; (uses,
Hunkers Cases.
Ladies and Ocnts
Satoltols and
Travelling Bags
In all styles.
T1PTVV Wli'T.l c nwvrT)a r.v DPnuifnTv
Tfce oMy place to pot Privy Wells cleaned aud d s
Infected at very low prices,
A. PEYSON,
Manufacturer of PowlruMa,
8 10 i GOLDSMITHS' BALL, LIBRARY Street.
V
'if "i
. j uiftl iuto 11
hatrhelt),
fouket II
- Book, jm
i-'l Ad.. &d. .63
II 'ai.s. P
IV Mhi.i: 3
1 . 1 s