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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1860.
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FROM LOUISIANA
JUDGE PITKIX AT NATIONAL HALL
A Patriotic Speech Upon the
Issues of the Day.
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1MU IKLKOKAPH )
Lael evening, National Hall was crowded by a
tope and enthusiastic audience, to bear Judge
lit it id ou the issues or the day. Lojg before
tbe arrival of the gentleman, the hall was
crowded, and when he appeared upon the plat
form he was greeted with round alter round of
appUiao.
The Satterlee Band was in attendance, and did
course1 tome excellent music.
Daniel Greble wa elected Chairman.
Jmlge Pitkin, upon being introduced, said:
Kind friends and lovers ot Union, in appear
iiig beiore jou to-night I come with a cold in
mj beno, and a very bad one, from the fact tbar
1 bav been very busy ever wince my arrival
here lat Tuesday niht. and most of the time
taltuic iu the open air. but in appearing in
compliance fcith tue very courteous invitation
ol tb Union Leagued your city, and with the
permission of jour State Central Committee,
whose servant I am until the termination of
your present campaign (applause), I (eel it due
alike to you and myself to acknowledge most
gratefully at the outset the generosity of tUe
people ot Philadelphia to myself aud my el
lows in recent convention from the South.
I feel likewise indebted lo the ladies lor their
presence here to-night Tnere is a charm about
u lace peeping Irom a bonnet, or rather irom
those li!tio telescopic substitutes for bonnets.
Your audiences in Philadelphia are very good lor
one thing, they are true voters; bat they are bad
for silling too lougin the hall -they will never go
home. (Laughter.) I had hoped to-ni ht to d well
at some length upon the general it-sues of the day;
but as I have been specially requested to npeak
more ot the political features in my own SUfo
and section 01 the country, eipec'mliy with refer
ence to the recent inus-aerc in New Orleans, I
trust that tae portion or ray remark a at th out
set wuy not ?eem dull, bv r-peating, to those
who may iieve bai thu uitsiortune to near me in
other pcrts of your city.
Speaking of 'the Coiiveht'ou at New Orleans,
he said that a quorum had assembled to accr
tain how many ot the members were still detlant
to iiebel menace, aud would at all nar.ards per
form their duty. Thi was the sole object.
Thin they accomplished a' r but. an hour's
mutual converse. Which done, they prepared
to return, when they were attacked by tue in
furiated mob with pi-mis. clubs, etc., and
by the police ol the iiiiuiiioiig Mayor, John T.
Monroe. They bad created no disturbance.
Thev bad met simply m the quiet discharge ot
their functions, and In eanipsteoiiscieuiiou-ness
on buhalt of tbe Kir. to. They were ready to
respond through any judicial tribunal as to the
avowed illegality of their assembly; but. to their
honor be H iaiL" they were not to be daunted by
the Rebel authorities. (Applause.)
1 assure you tan' tbi.s quiet assembly wa
seized upon by the Rebels a the bet o-casioa
to wreak their vengeance; upon the lo.val men.
while they were unarmed and insecure. It was
evident a crisis was at hand. Small bodies ot
colored citizens hud gathered about the build
mc in a peaceful manner. and upon them the
mob first tell. I negroes who had once but
toned on the national uniform, and nobly
honored it on the Held of battle, sink to then
very knees aud beg lor mercy, but in vain. I
mw' them appeal to th". brutish police but to
sink beiore their clubs. 1 saw Doctor Doslle,
whose name is so familiar to you all (applause)
a manly, conscientious Lnl"n man nhot
clown to ihe enrth shot repeatedly after he
had fallen, lie mentioned several others of his
friends who were beaten by the police, one
-specially who was knocked down and beaten
with his own crutch. He said tbe dead and
wounded were carried away in carts, in one ot
which he saw two negroes attempting to dis
eugage tneir arms from the mangled corpses,
wbcu two policeaien blew out their brums.
Home may doubt what I say. but I am prepared
to prove it. I need not c utiu le these sicken
ing detail-; suffice to say that all charitable
cou.-ervatiBm in the hearts of loyal men in
Louisiana expired on that day. (Atplauae.)
Mr. F J. llerron, an ex-major-general in the
United States army, who had been appointed to
the August Wigwam by the Rebel State Com
mittee, sat down at the table immediately after
the liot, and wroto his declension to the chair
man of that committee, saving thutlnview of
what he had witnessed he could not conscien
tiously attend the Convention, (Applause.)
While Union men were quailing before this hor
rible burcbery an appeal was made to (he
President, who responded, and said the
military would sustain the courts. Mr.
Johnson well knew then and such is
ihe case now that there is not a court
in Louisiana to which a Union man in such a
case can apply. Ten days prior to this Mr.
Johnson inquired by telegraohof our Governor,
J. Jiladison Wells, under and by what authority
be bad convoked that Convention. Mr. Wells
responded that hu, as Governor, had issued tbe
c all for the election of tbe delegates. It was
thue. as I said the other evening ou the steps of
the Union Leaane House, 1 would have an
swered Mr. Johnson: I am Governor of Louisi
ana, and not you, Mr. President. (Applause.)
by what authority to use your own words do
you intrude upon my olMce t If that Conven
tion met to ratify the Constitutional amend
ment and send her representatives to Washtnu
ton, it is not yuur business; Congress alone
decides that. (Applause.)
Despite all the desoatebes (hat have been re
ceived Irom General Sheridan, Ilenry J. Ray
mond got up in the August Convention and read
a brazen he, which, after due nudging of the
elbows of the Rebels, and clapping of bauds,
was recognised as an aadress to the people ot
the United States. I aW you whose word best
deserves credit, PhiL Sheridan's (applause), or
a fet of villains who came here to Philadelphia
a'tcr they had scampered from you in the belJ.
My State has been aggrieved and I have pledged
myself to-day, through all legal means, to
aventre it as soon as I can. (Applause.) I have
addressed a letter to Governor Wells, a letter in
which I told him that that Convention must be
convoked soon, and I shall sit in it to enfran
chise, without reference to color, and disfran
chise Rebels. (Cheers. and waving of hats, etc.)
Most of you have observed in the papers that
Mnnnw has invited the President to visit
New Orleans (Laughter.) I am sorry be bus
declined. I want him to go. 1 waut biin to
Iaova nn fit his Ponstitutions with Mayor
Vr.nrn. f)n th ini? is evident, however, ho U
so prodiiral w th his Constitution that he never
has a copy. Let him go down there and meet
the traitorous neoole Kloatin over their but-
rherv. Let thp pnod work go on: let him dis
tribute his cordons everywhere, and his offices
txi. if he choi.es. Yuur task is not at an end, my
trtends, simply because a certain number of
rifles have been grounded in capitulation to your
superior prowes In the Held; you must now
combat a taction. As soldiers, the Rebels were
manly, if .vou wtll,but as partisans they are
nubile and venomous in their craft.
A resnert for the national unison, deference to
tbe national authorities, personal ambition tor
tbe national interest, are Ue sentiments to be
cultivated as yet by our people. These are the
conditions you ft re to make them capitulate on
next. We Southern loyal men are your pickets,
not yet driven in, bnt simply here to report the
position. (Applause.) ills you of the North
who are to show these Rebels that you are not
tnly mighty to do battle, but to check all per
fidious counsels.
We want men in office who are true to the
interefts of the Government not the sneaks
who have hastened back Iroro the Rebel ranks;
not men who, like Andrew Johnson, bave
perjured themselves, aud proven false to their
trust, which he so wantonly violates. (Ap
plause.) We ar resolute to do all we can, but
we want your moral support; we want your
press; we want jour Congressional legislation.
We want the military who trenassea on the
sacred soil of the South. Let all the old Rebel
military organizations be kept up as before, to
an ait the summons of their perfidious command
ers. Let them raise money for monu
nunts, but really for tbe purchase of arms.
(Thank Heaven I General Sheridan has lately
stopped tba) Let them do all this. The day
is coming when we shall be triumphant. We
can wait. (Applause.) We are not disconno
late. I have sacrificed very many social ties
duiins the list four years. (Some one here cried
out, "How about Andy at Indianapolis."') He said
he was treated right. (Vociferous applause.) If
I bad been there I would bave carried a shil
lelau. Tnere cau be no two respectable parties at a
juncture like the present. A man must sustain
tbe loyal Congress, or else the irresolute, bun
gling Pi esident. In other wcrds.he must be primi
tively Union or disunion. (Applause.) To one
of there issues he must at once commit himself.
If there be a tame conservative before me to
nicht, I most cordially invite him to accompany
me on my return South, and if he docs not re
turn a radical Republican in a fortnight he is
too arrant a Rebel to be capable of conversion.
(Applause.) I must confess that about a
year ago I confided too much in the Southern
clement to believe that they would so wilfully
and so completely dishonor their pledges. You
must make loyalty respectable by making 4t a
vital, dominant power. Assemble and make fell
your mastery, and it will bold out tor all time
to come. (Applause.) I knew what Is going
on South. I know how thev are seeklug to con
summate their schemes. There can on, at a
time like this, but one true conservatism, one
principle, or policy rather, which concerns us.
HTid that is the radicalism which our enemies
hate so.
Rend the official reports of the Memphis riots,
iu which negroes were butchered, negro womja
ravished, aud tbe property of loyal whites wan
tonly destroyed, uud to what conclusion did the
impartial committee arrive ? Simply that con
servatism there meant that in the city of
Memphis no Union man was safe, except as de
teude'J and sustained by a laigo military posse.
There is a lesson at Mr.' Johnson's own door.
AdouI the negiocs I will say but a few
words. Ther arc a quiet, sober, industriou
joople, crateful for what the Government ha;
done lor them, aud patiently awaiting the hour
when they can stand shoulder to snoulder at
the polls with you to sustain the Government
nguiust the machinations of seditious men. In
inv own State thre are 20,000 who hiive con
fronted the Rebel ranks (applause); and 1
thank God that you may rest omfortablv
assured that they will bo as faithful with their
ballots as they have been with their bullets.
They shouio bit denied tbe richts of citizenship
no longer. I have been told by some of the
members ot our recent Convention, that mauy
ot thorn cannot read nor write. I respond that
thotiHtnds of tbe white voters of Louisiana are
likewise deficient.
I look upon the colored man ns infinitely more
lespcctablc than those who enslaved him and
thirsted lor his blood. (Applause.) He is
honest, and his hund, though black, is not
stained with blood. (Applause.) I will take it
sooner than that of the Rebel parasite, and
cling to it with a warmer and safer confidence,
and ould nt into it a ballot sooner than into
the other. (Applause.) I assure yon, that tor
your own protection, and to preserve that per
fect national equipoise, .North aud South, the
tune will soon come wheu every black must bo
accorded bis right to suffrage. (Tremendous
applause.)
1 say that every sterhns loyal man in Louisi
ana adheres unreservedly to Congress (ap
plause), and every inveterate Rebel solely to
tho President. Scarcely oue in that delegation
here lust August from Louisiana but has worn
the Rebel uniform, and would triad ly ao it again.
Ah! time and again have 1 heard my loyal
brethren of tbu South lament tbe demise of the
noble Lincoln (applause) who never, never
dishonored atriiHt, who loved his country, and
who never interpreted that couutry as meaning
its Southern Miction. I was appointed by the
late tonvtntion as one of the delegates to visit
the tomb of Lincoln; but I feel I caii serve better
my country by remaining bore in Pennsylvania
to" tight your battles. (Applause.) Since I can
not therefore go, permit me to pay a slight
t
ribute to his memory.
The speaker then read the following lines of
poetry :-
wijtly or the skies ot Heaven, sombre clouds in
anper twent.
And a poignant chill of horror o'er a strioken people
crept
In Its booms ontmosncd a Nation, aud sanir reqoi'
ems to tbe skies.
From a thoueaod plaintive beifrles o'er a mighty
saennoe.
Kni'lt In stress of utter sorrow, far too stolid for a
tevr.
Knelt and whlsiiered benedictions by saeramental
Men
And it murmured long the query, '.'Should tliucnui-
son suenia be
Shoulu the very of lreeiuen likewise t I (or
Uberty r
Every Brutus bis PhiUppI -and far deeper shall I
ilirust
Deeper than his sad interment, this vt:e treason to
the oust."
With a valor like to Lutiters, reared he high bin
imtilA hind.
Kn'iug up the mack man's charter on the temple ol
iiie una
And
irom 15-J0, Luther, shouting up
the fiery
words
Our great statesman caught and sped then.
Oh the
Patt.e u tne ionr:"
Heir to all old Freedom's struggles, rwoed he then
Lor Imc&i miiiso.
TlntiuK all olhciai rotor with a philanthropic jrrace.
Votive to a nation's standard, pas ed be swiftly from
its view.
To ttie freedom ot a Heaven, bright with purer stars
aud blue.
Palled his steward's chair of offlce, fades ttieeortstre,
eob tiie tpsrs,
but the nation's choicely honored lives tnro' ail
bistono yeu.
Som one oronosed three cheers for the
memory of Abraham Lincoln, which were given
wuu a win, the auaicuce lu-uift, ami waving
bats and handkerchiets. )
The speaker then resumed: This is my trip
to Chieaso. (Lauirhter.) Did ever a man belie
himself as Andrew Johnson ? False to uis pre
vious record, lalse to his oath, false to that
great party which raised hlra to office, and talse
10 nis country, be stands to-day a loe to consu
tutional liberty, and by reason of his mysterious
aDiise oi the bases of oower. he is as great a
Rebel as Jefferson Davis. iWords cannot e
press the entbusissm which prevailed at this
moment.) As I gHid the other evening, between
tne man at me white House and the man at
Fortress Monroe there is very little caoice.
Wbat numerous tokens have the people of
the South given ol their promises r How
many bave they given as vet of their lovaltvf
They say give us our rlchts. It was lor this that
they came to muaaeiphla, to win tweet bon
brns of their Andy. What an insult to the j
whole Amriican people is this, and that, too, at
the instigation oi the roan who remembers not
from whom be received his mighty charge! He
pirroits a mob, disapproves a lojal Convention
in the city ot New Orleans, and then convokes
in the city of Philadelphia a vile set of Rebel
parasites, who say, we have done everything to
break up tbe Government, therefore we must
rule. Ihofe who savtd it after infinite trials
must be excluded Irom the management ot the
aflairs of tie Government. In July and Sep
tember, 1865, Mr. Johnson instructed two South
ern Piovislonal Governors to reorganize tbeir
States, stating that the basis ot reorganization
would be subject to me decision ot Comrresj.
We want and ask no more. Let Mr. Johnson
sdhere to his original promises. Down with
Rebel conventions, and give to Concresa what
to Cjngrcss solely belongs, and every true man,
North and South, will be satisfied. I tell yon
liom observation that the people of the South
dely Congies. Congress has the tight to pre
scribe such discipline as it sees tit to ensure har
mony and security throughout the South. She
will lBFbt that every Insurgent State shall ratify
tho Constitutional amendment proposed by
the Thirty-ninth Congress. The vital
question the simple question which you are
som to determine is. Shall Mr. Johnson or
shall Congress resolve this problem f It is a
question of national life and death. Let me tell
jou, if (jou permit my loyal brethren of tho
South to be still trampled; it you submit to the
cespotic President, for despotic he is; it you can
see the Southern colored man practically te-em-laved,
you deperve to be, you will be, un
worthy ot jour name as freemcu. Permit me
to say here, my li lends, that during a visit
North in '64, 1 was very much astonished one
n orning in looking iu tiie New l'ork Hwald lo
find m name as one of the delegate- to Chi
cago. If you think I went you ure very much
n.i naken. Mr. Johnson soon intends to recog
nize the Southern members elect, and tbe
Northern Copperheads as the genuine House.
By reason ot the want, at present, of a quorum,
Le will not, of cotnse, attempt it. At least, be
fore tho Fortieth Congress ho expects so to
reduce your Republican representation hero at
the North a?, with the C8 iu tbe Southern dele
gation and their Northern allies, to secure to
bitiiKelf 127 out ot tne 242 that compose the
House. If the names of these Southern mem
b rs are not on the roll of the House of tho
Foitieth Contrrcss, they propose, in conjunction
vith their Northern allies, to elect their own
Speaker, apply to the f resident for recognition,
be iio recopnizod by birr., ano leave your bjal
representatives out in the cold; that's the
scheme. (A voice, "It will tail.") My friend says
It will tail. 1 would like to see the man whosavs
it wout. (Applause.) Spcakingot the prospects
ol another war he said: God grant that, event
may never come. Tho nation can ill arfonl to
st lo.val lives aeainst (he errors of a wor:hless
and Bin lul Executive. But if it must, let it come:
the ranks of the North will re-form nnd march.
1 want to be therewith a rifle to march with
ttirm. (Applause.) Tens upon tens of thou
sands ot loyal blacks will como up Irom. the
South to the same music of tho Uniou, and
biiunde with yon, light with you, and share with
you in the cure triumph. 1 do not wish to
wearv you, ladies and Gentlemen, but. my heart
is lull. I have eiven jou, in as condensed a state
ment as possible., the position of Louisiana. I
cot Id tay much more( but time torblds; but this
nncu 1 wish lo impress upon your
notice, that wc of the South are not sale, except
iih we reiy upon military protection py tue tjoV'
erument. jor simpiy irom tne ueue.is; we are
in irievous danger from that man who, from
the' Executive chnir,.apcms to their tyranny
over us, sncnncine loyai men s lives ana every
principle in his greed for power. My friends,
if jou could observe the interest with which we
ol'tte South await your Northern elections, and
the zest with which we exult in your Republican
triumphs, vou would be stimulated, I am sure.
to even greater exertion in the promotion ot the
success of vour good tickets. Remember that
you are tiehnng lur interests beyond the bounds
"or vour own State. Vour strokes tell lor your
brethren of the South. The people ot tbe isjMli
need your toste.ring care, and improvement,
and encouragement, if you would develop
their erowlb. ifou must drag the fincer of
Rebel menace from our lips. It there are any
soldiers here to-nigbt I want to bear tbeir
voices. I conclude there are som. but they are
diBident, like myself. Those soldiers who have
worn their country's livery, and did honor to
her and to them.selves, should dwell upon this
matter, now that they have dotted their uniforms
and returned to civil lite. The very arms that
Mr. Johnson is now wJng, and betray ine to the
Rebel cause, were once wielded by these sol
diers acatnst those very iteoeis. to the Rebels
of Missouri Mr. Johnson says, "I will insure you
military interference on your day of election."
To the Rebels ot Louisiana be says, ''General
Sheridan will oreak up that loyai convention,
assisted by the military authorities" the
civil authorities being Mayor Monroe. Is there
a soldier in this country who can assent to this,
cither as a soldier or a citizen 1 We must have
no mole totten planks in our platform: we must
start with Lew timbers from the bottom up.
The speaker then gave an acooKnt of the fire at
the Union League House, ot which he was an
eve-witness. He portrayed in vivid language
the rescue of the flags from tho dry element, and
as it was more than probable that this would be
the last time he should have the honor of ao-
pearing In Philadelphia, he desired to pay his
tribute to the Fire iwpartmenl of this city, and
to its noble representatives on that night who
saved tne nags. ,
in conclusion, permit me to say mere is a
voice appealing to you now. It comes from tho
silent top ot Lookout Mountain. It is the voice
of the man whose sword once flashed in
Mexican suns, and beneath those of Oeorina and
the Carolinas. and who has matched triumph
antly irom the mountains down to the sea.
Thut man is John W. Geary. (Very loud ap
plause, waving oi nanakercniets, bats, stamping
of feet. etc.. one individual proposed three cheers
for Gen. Geary, which were responded to with a
wilt.) One and all, let us in our aearts resolve
lo-mght and henceforth to do nothing but that
will assist the interest of law and constitu
tional liberty. (Applause.)
He then related the accident which happened
to Mr. Johnson Ht Schenectady, th particulars
of which are familiar to our readers. He ba'd,
iuhtead of coming ia contact with aldermanic
bowels. A. J. would meet uitb something harder.
The speaker then retired, being loudly ap-
Colonel Jordan.' of tho Sate Central Commit
ter, made a lew remarks, after which Ihe vast
auelcnce departed to tbeir homes.
Mojor-General Pope, commandine the De
partment ot the Missouri, has ordered the com
manding General of the District of New Mexico
to establish a post in the reelon of Abiqu't aud
the San Juan liver, to be garrisoned by two
companies of intantry and two of cavalry, or
four of cavalry, the post to be called Fort Plum
uier; also, a poht in the vicinity ot Finos Altis,
to bo garrisoned by oue company of inluutr?
and two of cavalry, or bv three companies of
cavaiTf , ana to oe aosigjateui r oil Hayard.
The Secretary of War has given authority
(or one of the new cavalry rcarimeuts, autho
rized by the reoent army bill, to be raised on
the Pacific coast. Brevet Brieadier-Genoral W,
Seawell has been detailed as Superintendent of
recruiting lor tuts regiment, in tbe Department
of California, and Colonel 0. A. II. Maker. 1st
United States Cavalry, lor the Department of
..a 1 (PI ll r- 1
the uoiumoia. me rresmio, Han tf-anciaco,
California, and Fort Vancouver, W. T., are to
be the general recruiting rendezvous tor re
emits.
THE SOUTHERN LOYALISTS
.
An i. Xhnsiastic Reception Given.Them in Boston
Faniuil and Tremont Halls Crowdsd to Hear
Them Bpeak.
Boston, September 12. The Republican Com
mittee met tne Koutiern delegates at tho
Wo- ;er Railroad Depot, and escorted them in
j Oaioucbes to the hotel. As no one build-
in? could accommodate the largo number who
desire to welcome mese nre-trtcd patriots ana
ai champions of equal right, it had been ar
.rtnged that both Fanenil Hall and Tremont
Temple should be opened.
At Faneull Hall.
The Southern delegates were enlhrtslasticallv
chectod as they made their appearance on tho
piatiorm oi raneuu nail this evening. They
were introduced by Governor Bullock, who was
loudly cheered when he fald that they repre
sented every loyal State except one. South
Carolina, ana that he regretted that there was
not one from that State with whom ho could
walk arra-in-nrm into this Hall. His theory
was that South Carolina fraternity was ex
hausted in another Philadelphia Convention, in
which, thank God, he bad ao part. This sally
occasioned loars of laughter. When, in the
name of tbe people of Massachusetts, he wel
comed the Southern patriots to Faneull Hall,
tbe cheering and applause were d?aicuing and
pioionscd agsin. When he welcomed them to
tl.e presence of the ereat heroes whose portraits
adorned these walls, ending tbe list with the
significant emphasis, ''And those Adamses," the
cheering and laughter acrnm broke out. It was
not complimentary to Minister Adams and bis
sou, w ho presided at a Democratic meeting here
the previous evening.
Sir. Maynnrd'a Speech.
Th first speaker, Mr. Maynard, was received
with tremei.dous cheers. By this tune there
was not even standing room iu the ball. His
speech has been well received, especially those
passages iu which be refuted the Blunders ol tbe
Democratic orators of the previous evening, and
claimed that there was a South, 8,000,000 strong,
which did not belong toJellerson Davis, aud
that "treason must be made odious." "If you
ask,"' he snld, "what vou can do lor us," I point
to the example of Maine, and say iro and do
1 kevuse. (Cheers.) The question Is not whether
wearetohavc thirty-six or twenty-six States.
The glorious army ot tbo Uniou decided that no
star should be obliterated.
Neither is tho insue whether these States are
in or out of the Union, but shall tho saviors ol
ttie country or traitors and their allie3 lule it?
(Miouts.) No compromise with traitors ! It is.
shall Grani and h.s bovs In blue, or Lee aud his
Rebel hordes govern us ? Let no miuor or other
issue disircct ou. The question ot reconstruc
tion ia whi ther tho ten States shall be recon
structed, or whether they shall reconstruct you?
("That's it," and cheers ) It you decide in favor
of loyal men, out situation in the South will be
I (leasing trason will be odious. But it these
ssues are not setlled it would have been butter
lor us it tbe Somhern Confederacy had suc
ceeded. On fimshir.g his speech he was very
much applauded.
Governor Ttrownlow'n Sjirvcli.
Governor Brownloiv fallowed, and made one
ol bis usual speeches, full ot sharp biis. His
assertion that as he was Governor ot tbe great
reconstructed State of Tennessee and not a mere
accidental President, who wished to maintain
tiie dignity of ihe oliice, was drowned in a tumult
ol deatcnlng cheerr. He kept tbe audience in a
lonr. An allusion to lieecber's bogus charity
brought down tho house. He mid that of tbe
delegation from Tennessee which put Johnson
in nomination at uaitiraore lu 184, not one
stood by him now. All were with Congress.
(Cheers.) He contrasted the President's con
duct towards Tennessee bctore and since '-Sly
Policy" was inauouratcd, and showed that he
was now tbe author, aider, aud abettor of the
Rfbel policy In that State.
He said tbo President had encouraged the
Rebels to call a Convention, which would meet
to morrow to overthrow the State government.
Seward had already shown his determination to
refuse to recognize the present loyal Legisla
ture. Tbe Governor said he had already made
arrangements for a loan of 10,000 muskets, and
with these in tbe bands of the Tennessee loyal
ists, he would go back and try issues with the
President's friends. He uiged the Northern
people to come out in all their strength at the
fall elections, aud if there were two candidates,
to vote for the most radical. (Deafening cheers.)
Address of Colonel Pope and Judge Wax
moil til.
Colonel Pope, of Missouri, made a legal poli
tical argument, and was followed by Judge
Warmouth, who was introduced as true to tne
"sentiments of universal liberty," and was en
thusiastically cheered. His assertion that Mas
sachusetts was not half as radical as loyal
Louisiana was applauded warmlv. Tbe Presi
dent's plan of reconstruction and the Contres
sioi.al plan were both wrong, for the Rebels
were neither entitled now, as Johnson hold, nor
after ratifying the amendment, as Congress said,
to rule the South. (Cheers.) They were dead
Siares. Both territory and people are subject
to tho sovereign will of their conquerors. (Loud
Cheers.)
He bravely fought In the Union army for the
territory and the loyal men ot the South, and he
didn't care a blank what became of tne li?ocls.
(Loud cheers.) The nation had the right to
hang, banish, or pardon any Rebel, and blot out
all State lines if necessary. (Cheers). There
fore, he desired your Senators and Representa
tives to pass Sumner's reconstruction bill.
(Deafening cheers.) To send down to the non
constrncted States a military Governor (cries of
Butler and cheers for Butler), and he wanted
Butler to have full authority to act for the
North. Then Louisiana would be made loyal.
(Deafening cheers.)
All loval men in Louisiana believed in tbe ter
ritorial doctrine. The Constitutional Amendment
was good in iU way, but it was a poor way. It
reduced representation, but did not enfranchise
lovalists, nor protect them, pr give the n tho
power there. Ho had seen 300 loval men mur
dered in New Orleans. None had been called to
account. It would be the same under the
Amendment. His reference to the millions of
al ner "CS was enthusiastically cheered, and
bis appeal for help to give the loyalists of
Louisiana the protection of negro suffrage, was
received with equal tavor.
Address of Mr. Griffin, of Mobile.
Senator Wilson introduced Mr. Griffin, of
Mooile, as an impartial suffrage mm. (Loud
cheers.) Mr. Griffin said that the leaders of the
Rebellion insult our flag on every occasion.
Jinny of them are aa resolved as ever to obtain
independence. No steamer in the Gulf States
files the Stars and Stripes, because the people
would not patronize them if they did. In hre
mcu's processions the Rebel banner is carried
draped In black. These leadi ;rs are cultivating
a spirit ol violence. Loval men. for Instance,
ate leaving Mobile; they are insulted, ostracized,
expelled, or murdered. Soon there will be no
lovslty left.
He mentioned many facts to show the fiendish
sp'uit of tbe beaten traitors in Alabama. His
avowals of radical antl-plavery doctrines were
warmly applauded. The loyal people of the
South as a class are In favor ot impartial suf
frage. (Loud cheers.) If there had been no
election pending in tbe Northern 6tates, two
thirds or even tbree iourths of even the B irder
States would bave voted for impartial suffrage
at the Philadelphia Con ventiou. (Cheers.) He
scathed the Northern politicians who tore down
the Philadelphia piatiorm, some of whom were
sitting near him.
Address of Mr. Paachall, of Texas.
Mr. Paschal), of Texas, spoke next. His radi
cal utterances were, as all radical sentiments
were, warmly applauded.
Both Meetings In Session All Night.
A message was now read Irom Tremont Tem
ple, sajlng that thirty-five hundred men and
women were assembled there, aud would remain
till morning. Every indication is that this
audience ( Fanenil Hall) will remain the same
length of time.
Mr. Randolph, ot Louisiana, then addressed
the audience. He began bv s-tjg that became
as an auctioneer. Andy Jol . .n had put down
bis name for $200 for a freedmen's school in
Louisiana, but although often dunned he would
not pay it. "Who bids 60 cents?" Nobody did.
TIIK TKt SSKLL TUAGKDY.
Unfounded Rumor of "MollieV Attempted SuL
cide Her Demeanor in Jail
A rumor was circulated throughout Chicago
on Saturday, which turnlshed the material for
"sensation" articles lu more than one oi the
daily papers, to the effect that Mollle Ttiism'II,
the woman who shot her paramour on Randolph
street, on Tuesday night, had attempted to com
mit suicide by hanging herself in the County
Jail. There was no loundation whatever for
such a report. The unhappy young woman has
manifested no desire to aod auotoer crime to
the murder of George Trusscll, and she is too
carefally guarded to admit of her being able to
carry out such an intention, It she ever che
rished it.
The wild, hysterical grief of Mollle on the
night of Ihe assassination might have excited
the apprehension that she would do some vio
lence to herself, and if left alone atthat moment
thue is no saying what might have been tbe
remit. She was lull of remorse and fml of
liquor, and these, combined with the natural
impetuosity ot her nature, might have urged
ber to commit another despeiato act. But
matters assumed a different aspect on the fol
lowing day. Friends expressed sympathy
lor her; counsel, perhaps, held out hop'38 of
escape from the consequences of her guilt, and
Mollie herself subsided. Persons of ber Impul
sive nature do not always retain these vivid
ft a -lies ot feeling tor any lenuth ot time, and so
it has been with her. Since her removal to tho
County Jail she has displayed a singular calm
ness ol demeanor. Whatever maybe tho real
state of her mind with regard to the dreadlal
event, she exhibits no outard slrn of emotion
bevoud a depressed, melancholy look, and she
re'uins her good looks remarkably wen.
The prisoner is locited in a well-lighted, com
modioiis apartment, in the eust pi le of the
Court House building, m company with several
oiber female prisoners, so that any such attempt
as ihat attributed to h-r on Saturday would be
ouicklv frustrated Dv ner companions in misery
She is not disposed to be verv communicative to
visitors, very tew ot whom, it may be remarked,
arc admitted to her celL
On Saturday Mollie expressed her rccret that
such a report bad got abroad concerning nor,
and said that such a thing never once entered
her mind. "I am more comfortable here," she
sa'it. "than I deserve to he. What good would
it do to kill myseli ? The thing is done, and
that would not undo It. 1 am willing to sutler
whatever comes to me, and will meet my pun-
n tin ent as 1 can."
lu the same cell with Mollle wai a young girl
whose mother, an Irishwoman, came to visit
her. On learning that ber daushter occupied
tho same apartment with the woman who shot
Trusscll. tho old lady became extremely nervous.
and rushing al ter one tue officials, conhded ber
lears and apprehensions. "Will it be sate, sor,
d'ye think, to lavo mv girl in the same plnco wld
bur? wid the woman that shot the man?" The
officer assured the matron that Molhe was uot
at all dangerous, and Indeed there is little fear
that she will take up aruis'now either against, a
sei of troubles, herseit, or anjoody else. (Jin-
var.o 'Jrioune. Tueeaay,
VI NANCE AMD U0MMEU0E
OFflCK OF THK EVENING TELEGRAPH, (
Thursday, September 13, 1866. f
Tbe Stock Market opened very dull this moru-
mu. and prices were unsettled and drooping.
Government bonds were inactive. New 6-20s
sold at 108. a decline of 4; and 7-,10s at 105L a
slight decline; 111 was bid tor (is of 1881; 97
for 10-40s ; and 110 for old 6-20s. City loans were
in fair demand; the new issue sold atQ'Ji&iVJl,
a decline ot 4.
Railroad shares were (he most active on the
list. Pennsylvania sold at 5G4r6, the former
rate a decline or 4; Heading at oij, a sugat de
cline; Lehigh Valley at 6jJ, an advance of j;
Northern Central at 46. no change; and Phila
delphia aud Erie at 334, no change. 60 was
bid for Norristown; 39J lor North Pennsylvania;
3d for Elmira common, 42 tor preferred do.;
and 334 lor Catawissa preferred.
City Passenger Railroad shares were un
changed. Spruce and Piue sold at 38. 18 was bid
for Hestonvttle; 87 for Second and Third; ana
46 for fifth and Sixth.
In Canal shares there was very little move
ment. Schuylkill Navigation preterrcd sold at
3iij. 28 was bid for Schuylkill Navigation
common; 120 for Morris Canal preferred; 13
for Susquehanna Canal; and 66 for Delaware
D vision.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices,
but we bear of no sales. 226 was bid for North
America; 147 lor Philadelphia; 132 lor Farmers'
and Mechanics'; 65 for Commercial; 32 for
Mechanics'; 64 for Penn Township; 68 lor
Girard: 00 for Western; C7 for City ; 61 lor Union;
and 123 for Central.
Quotations of Gold 10J A. M., 146J; 11 A. M.,
1464; 12 M-, 1451; 1 P. M., 145L
I'lllLAKKLFlllA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TOOAi
((ported byDeHavenfc bro., No. 40 8.1 hlrd street
FIRST jOARD
2060 TJSr-2)s 65coupl08 luO sh Ocean 4i
1 It! 0 City x.n lots. 91 lUOshhctiN pi 6tff
JflUOO PitUb'B 6s 76
100 sh Heading. n6wn 674
80 oh Lea Val 66j
21 sh N Central.... 46
6 eh hpr & fine . . 88
lOOshl'h ft E...D10 831
100 sh do b60 33
100 sh . do 06 83
flUOJ AUec JO bs... 70
66 h Pal lots 6-l
KKish do.. i80al0 66i
lash do 5(!i
1(0 sh do bSi
100 sh do 830 Hi
Messrs. lX'Uaveu & Brother, No. 40 south
Third street, make the following quotations ol
the rates of exchange to-day at 1 P. M.
uuyma Bel tnd
American Gold 146 j
American Silver, i and b ...136
(Jouipound Interest Notes:
" Jure, 1864.... 16f
14oi
" July, 1804.... 14
" August, 1864.... 14.
- October, 18t4.... la,
" Deo., 1st.... 12,
" " May, 1806.... 10
" August, 186 j.... 8
L " Sept.. 1K85.... 8
" October. 1816.... 7J
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Tucbsdat, September 13. 1 bete was a lair busi
ness doing In Flour to-day, andfprloes were firmly
maintained. Thnre was mora inquiry from the
home consumers, who purchased to the extent of
81)00 bbls., vis. Supeiflne, in nasli lots, at t7-60raj
8V6; 200 bbls. Ohio extra at M10. Inoiuding 100
bbis. low grade lamdy at 910; 2400 bbls. North
western extra lamlly, part at 1212 76. and part on
pnvsio terms; Pennsylvania and Ooio do at 911 60
iu 18 76, Ihe l tier tor new wheat; and fancy brands
at Hal(j, aooojd ng to quality. Rye Flour is soil
ing in a small way at C6 76. Prices ot Corn Meal
are nominal.
1 here in a moderate demand lor Whet, and prices
are limber; ales 01 1000 bunh. fair and choice red
al C2 76 2 85; wbite ranges from 92 W8 K?e is
quiet, with sales ot 1800 bush. Western at 90c (a 1
l orn is btter, with sales ot 1600 busn. yellow at
B2o., and 2600 buxh. Wetrn mixed at WO 1KU0 Oats
are in lair request at sn advance; sales of 6000 bush,
new Southern at 60'61o. No sales of Hurley or
At alt have been roported.
CloverseedraDKs from 98 60S 7 60 V C4 lbs. 700
bunh. riiiiothv sold at 94 u 4 20. flaxseed is steady
at 93'803 80.
W hinky i quiet, with small islet of Pennsylvania
at ta-87 and Ohio M 92 40
THIRD EDITION
AFTERNOON TELEGRAMS.
The Maine Election. .
A r oust a, Me., September 13. Special returns
from 318 cities, towns and plantations, eWe
Chamberlain, 61.216; Pillsbury 35,922. Cham
berlain's malorlty thus far, 26,293. Net Unloa
jraln, 6485. Total Increased vote, 23,31.
The remaining towns gave Oony (Union), last
year, 7643 vote, and Ward (Democrat), 4630,
General Chamberlain has received the largest
vote ever polled for any man in Maine.
Military Preparations In Canada.
Tokonto, c. W., September 13. A complete
armament of Armstrong held guns to equip two
batteries of voluutecr militia, are on their way
from Englaud. Tbe Government will purchase
a thousand horses immediately, for the use of
the hussars and artillery.
Massachusetts Politics.
Bostok, September 13. Dr. George B. Lorlng
declbies tho candidacy for Congress in tbe Essex
District. General Renlatnln F. Butler will there-
re be probably nominated.
A nival ot the "Bosphorns."
Boston, September 13. The steamer 2fc8-
AoittK, fiom Liverpool August 27, arrived to
day.
Markets by Telegraph.
Hew York, boptember IS. Stocks steady. Chi
cago and .nock Island, lOHj; Curauerlaud pre
lerrt.d, 46; Michigan Southern, 82J; Now York
Central, 10u; Reading, U4J; Hudson Kiver,
Canton Oompanv, biy, Virginia bs, 70; Atissouri 6s,
774; F.rie, 71; Western Union telegraph company,
68i; U. S Coupons 1862. llOJido. 1864, 108; Teu
tonics, 98; lreasury 7 810, 106f; Gold, 145J.
Nkw York, September 18 Cotton firm. Floor
advanced 10 "25c. 8a es of 7000 bbls. S ate at 9616
(a 12; Ohio, 9 4'?18 25; W estern, 96 1611 Houtbern
unchanged; market arm, wtrh sales or 8000 bbls.
W beat tcarce and advanced 1 o 2c ; I'ora unchanged ;
sales of 8000 bush, at 82.3iK3o. (or mixed. Rye
steady, l'ork heavy at i 12J. Lard dull at 17j S
20.-0. Whisky 0 all.
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
Supreme Court J no go Read. Judie Read
held court this morning, but desiring to attend Mr.
Randall's fnnerall, be adjourned th Court till
to-morrow at 10 o'clock, l'hcre were no argu
ments, lie approved of a decree reported by tbe
Muctor In the easo of Tbe Buck Mountain Coal
Company vs. Foil, directing th trustees to satisfy
two curiam mortgages recited in the bill ot com
plaint. lie adjourued tbe Court out of lespeet to II r.
Raudall'B memory, aud directed tbe proceedings of
yesterday's bar meeting to be entered upon the
minutes.
Court of Quarter Sessions Judge Ludlow.
W iliam Scoit was charged wuhlal-e pretences.
It was alleged tbat defendant obtained IPJOO from
Lyman Hopkins, by falselv rspresonting to him that
bo would give over the good-will, fixtures, and lease
ot two years lor the saloon No. 1542 Baoe s'reet,
wbereas be bad no lease, and was hlinselt an uuao
copteo, tenant.
Ibe landlord of the property gave to a Mr.
M'Ouire a lease of it tor three yeurs, dating from
June, 186, and this lease was not to be transferred.
M'Ouiie getting tired ol t'e business, turned it over
tot-oott. Tbe laDdlord leonuug tai", commenced
proceedings against Scott, and then Scott made
these representations.
Tbe deienae umueil that he thoagbt ho was acting
only a an agent, and did not say that be would
five a lease. Iio toltt Hopkins to soe tbe landlord.
But Hopkins did not do this He hastily and
thoughtlessly made the tsrgaln. Tbe jury rendered
a verdict ot guilty.
James Dougherty, oonvictod of a charge of ma
licious nilfcliief, was Hi ed $6 and cents.
Hugh DuSuv was charged with assault and battery
upon James lainer, and assault snd battery with
Intent to kill. Trainer keeps a grog-shop on Ann
street, in Richmond. On tbe 8th ot June. Trainer
snd a man named McCafljrty were lighting vio
lently, when Dnfl'ey came in and soparated them,
and did no more. The Jury rendorod a verdioi ol
not guilty, and Imposed the co-ts upon Trainer.
Alargaret Kelly was acquitted 01 a charge ot keep
ing a disorderly house, ihe bill ws submitted
without evidence.
Kute bruit h was cbarged with assault and bat.
tery on ouon Harcaret Hildebrant. It'oeiuatbat
tte prosecuirix had struck Mrs. Uidebraat s child,
and fhe dctendd it, but by sinking tbe prosecutrix
in the bead with a boot-jack. The jury rendered a
verdict ot guilty. She was finedSl and costs.
James McD. Carrlngton, of Charlottesville,
Ya., proposes to publish a statement of tbe ex
perience of the gallant Confederate officers who
were sent, on the 20th of September, 1864.
from Port Delaware to Morris Island, S. C, to
remain at the latter place subject to the com
mands of Major-General Foster. United States
Army, and who were by the Federal commander
exposed to the fire of the Confederate guns from
Charleston.
The Minister of Education in Italy reports
that there are in the kingdom 2C0 private
schools, 208 of which are elementary. There
are 13.174 pupils, 8726 of whom are boarders,,
and 8420 are dressed in ecclesiastical costume..
During the lost five years 82 seminaries have
been closed. Tbe Government now purposes-to
take all tbe revenues of thee establishments
into its own hands, and reduce the number of
seminaries to that of the dioceses.
Mr. William Ctflbrd Palgrave, author of the
"Narrative ot Travel in Coutral and Eastern
Arabia," has been appointed British consul at
Ihe ports of Saukhoum Kale and Redout Kale
iu the Rusbiau government of Trans Caucasia'
on tbo eastern coast of the Black Sea. '
General Grant has not only given arms to
the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute,
but has also restored to them the old "Cadet
battery." He remarked in doing so that 4,the
rising generation mu;t be educated, and the
means for that porpxse must not be withheld."
The other day M'me Drcroix. of St. Omer
France, celebrated the hundredth anulversary
or her birthday. She went to the Cdurch of
Saint Sepulchre in a chair ou wheels, and by her
side walked an acquaintance, M. Ohrdon, ninety
seven years old.
The famine in India is .dreadful. Immense
numbers of sick and starving people from the
districts of Bengal are flocking into Calcutta for
relief. Tbe Government has opened a tempo
rary hospital, and the natives are raising sub
scriptions. General Hood, when in Austin, Texas, the
other day, was waited upon by a Committee of
the Legislature, and escorted to a seat of honor
lu that body. AH the members rose as the crip
pled soldier entered.
Brevet Brigadier General J. A. Campbell
has been relieved from duty as Assistant Adjutant-General
of the military command of North
Carolina, be having been mustered oat ot
service. ,
Lover's Logic Edwin You see, dearest, a
fellow can't exist without his heart and as you -happen
to have mine, of course I can't exist
withoutyou. Angelina O, you absurd creature I
-Secretary Browning has appointed John C.
Cox, of Ohio, Chief Clerk ot the Interior Department,