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The Point of the ft via Trial Why Mr.
Davis Has IV ot It ecu Tried.
From the Jribune. ,
Mr, Johnson repeatedly declared, in his receut
tour, that he had no power over tho trial of Jef
fereon Davis, and vaguely lntlmuled tbat the
deltiT was the fault of the Chief . Justice of the
United States. That this arcuBaiion was utterly
without foundation we propose to show: .
First. The Chief Justice has no more to do
with the trial of Jeff. Davis than any other jus
tire, except that it happens that the . Chief Jus
tice was allotted or assigned to the circuit lu
which Virginia is, to accommodate Jude
Rwayne, who desired to be allotted the circuit iu
which Ohio 1".
Second. The Chief Justice, when he holds a
court; trios what cases he happens to find on tho
docket, If they are ready for trial. It makes no
diilereuce to him who the parties are; his duty
Is to administer the law.
Third. The Chief Justice has never inquired,
and probably never will inquire, what cases are
to come beiorc film, except in the regular course
and way. He neither seeks nor bhuns the re
upouslbility of trying JellersiOti Davis, or any
other a an.
Fourth. The Chief Justice has held three
ti iuisof the Circuit Court for the District of
Maryland since his appointment, nearly two
yeurs apo. Tuese were indictments lor treason
i'cuding at the first term, and, except in certain
en en where the accused individualfv have been
pardoned, they are penJintr. yet. The Govern
ment has not thought proper to proceed to trial
in any of these cases. It the Government had
ilesiri'd a judicial exposition of the law of trea
son, it Uiigbt have been had from the Chief.
Justice at either of those terms, in April and
November. 1805, or in April, 18G6. '
Fifth. Eaily last spring, Bradley T. Johnson
a double traitor, if treason consists in levying
war against his own Stale as well as against the
United States was arrested in Maryland for
treason, and was held to bail by the District
Judge. General Grant requested to have him
discharged without bail, on the ground that he
was not liable to arrest or trial, because he had
been paroled at the time of the surrender of
LCp or Johnston; and the President thereupon
ordered the discharge through the Attorney
General, and, on motion of the District Attor
ney, under direction of the Attorney-General,
the District Judge directed the discharge. Upon
the propriety ot this interference by the Execu
tive with the course of regular judicial proceed
ings, it is unnecessary to eicpress an opinion,
thouirb it atl'ords abundant ground for the re
flection of tbouehtful men. It prevented the
expression of a judicial opinion as to the effect
of military paroles upon liabilities to punish
ment lor treason and other crimes.
Sixth. The Chief Justice held no Court in
Virgicia in 1S65, because the the writ of habeas
corpus was suspended, ahdmartial law enforced
wirniu its territory; in his judgment all Courts
in a region under martial law must be quasi
military courts, and it was neither right nor
proper tbat the Chief Justice, or any associate
Justice of the Supreme Court ot the United
fStatea the highest tribunal of the nation, and
hoad of one of tho co-ordinate departments of
the Government should hold a Court subject
to the control or supervision of the Executive
Department, exercising the military power. In
tnis judgment, all lawyers of respectability, of
whatever political opinions, will concur.
Seventh. Soon after the adjournment of the
Supreme Court in April last, tho President
issued a proclamation, the effect of which
seemed to the Chief Justice to be the abroga
tion ot martial law and military government,
aud i the restoration of the writ ot habeas
corpus in all the States except Texas; and we
tinderstand ho determined thereupon to hold a
Circuit Court at the ensuing May Terra in Vir
ginia; but various Executive orders, incon
sistent with the conclusion that military gov
ernment had ceased, soon iollowoJ tho procla
mation, and led to an apprehension that the
construction put upon it wa9 not intended by
tho President. The Chief Justice, it is, there
lore, to be presumed, reconsidered his purpose
to hold a Circuit Court. . -
Eisrhth. Desirous, however, to omit no duty,
tho Chief Justice, it is reported, called on the
President in April or May last, and requested
him to issue a proclamation (of which the Chief
Justice submitted a dratt) declaring, in equivo
cal terms, that martial law was abrogated and
the writ ot habeas corpus restored In all cases
of .which the courts of the United States had
jurisdiction, and in respect to all process Issuing
lroiu such courts. This was not done.
Ninth.? Subsequently, however, another pro
clamation was itibued, affirming the restoration
of peaee throughout the whole country,, which
ha, as vet.Jbeeu lollowed by uo order asserting
the continuance ol inilitriry government. Under
the proclamation, therefore, it seems, fair to
conclude mat tnaitial law and military govern
ment are permanently abrogated, ,und the writ
of habeas corpus lull? restored; and this con
clusion warrants the holding of courts by the
Chlct Justice and Associate Justices as the law
may direct.
Tenth. There Is no act act of Congress,' how
ever, which authorizes the holding ot any Cir
cuit Court In Virginia until the November term
beginning the fourth Monday in November
unless the Chief Justice shall order a special
term, as he i authorized to do by an act of the
last session. The Chief Justice would, no doubt,
order a special term if the District Attorney and
the Attorney-General "should represent to him
iuai sucn a proceeding is neeacu ior tne admin
istration of public justice . , .,. r
Eleventh. An act of the last session of Con
gruss changes all the circuits (except the first
aud second, which Include the districts in New
England and New fork), and reduces the num
ber from ten to nine; but it neither makes nor
authorises any allotment of the Chief Justice or
Associate Justices to these new circuits; and it
seems doubtful whether the old allotment gives
any jurisdiction to hold courts iu the district
whioh happen to remain in the same circuits
numerically as at the time of that allotment:
while it is quite certain that neither the Chief
Justice nor any Associate Justice can exercise
jurisdiction 1n any circuit except by allotment
or assignment under an act of Congress. It is
a matter of extreme doubt, therefore, whether
the Chief Justice can, after all, hold any oourt
in Virginia uutit alter seme further legislation
by Congress making or authorizing allotment
vo new cirtuiiB. , . .
Twelfth. The absence of the Chief Justice or a
Justice of the Supreme Court from any Circuit
does not, however, prevent the holding of Cir
cuit Courts; for the law provides expteb&ly that,
in' the absence of a Justice of the Supreme
Court, a Circuit Court may he held by the Dis
trict Judge. Circuit Courts have, accordingly,
been held In all the Circuits within the Rebel
States by the District Judges ever since the
establishment of the authority of the, United
States and the appointment o( such Judges.
These courts, during military government, were
hold, ot course, subject to military, coutiol and
supervision, to which, under the circumstances,
District Judees might, perhaps, more properly
submit than the Justices of the Supreme Court.
Of ennma. anv trial which might have taken
place, the Chief Justice or an Associate Justice
being present, nugni navu, uumn piace, with
equal jurisdiction and equal effect, the Chief
justice or an Associate 4 usuce iuu$ Dgent.r
The Administration and the New
York Utniocrkcy-The Constitutional
from (lie Aerated '.'
President Johnson's anticipations of the form
ation of a new sand powerful conservative
Northern party, based upon the '.Philadelphia
August .National Convention,, have been (scat
tered to the winds. It appears, too, from the
very interesting and Important ltittcf from1 oh
THE DAIfA VENING TELEQRAPn.ProjADELPnTnUI?gDAr SEPTEMBER , 27. 18G6.
of Our Watthtngtoa correspondents, published In
Mondaj's Herald, that the President in a recent
conversation with a member oi his Cabinet,
attributed the failure ot this Philadelphia
movement mainly to "the failure of tie Demo
cratic and conservative politicians to put tueir
best men In nomination, and not to any un
soundness in his doctrine." "Then," he a i led,
almost petulantly, "take New York. Hud they
(the Democrat and conservatives) at the late
Albany Canventlon, nominated Dix, or Wool,
or Slocum, or one of several others who rush ou
try mind, for Governor, success .would have
been certain; but becsuso a paok of reckless
politicians ceo tit to put forth against the pre
sent popular Incumbent n candidate of local
reputation (Mr. Hoffman), because, forsooth, a
good man, a rood Mayor of a city. 1 asd my
national policy must be measured by his
bushel. Still we must not despair."
, It luifher appears, however, that .the Prel
deut bad hnrdly expressed his hopes of the suc
cess of his late favorite restoration plan nsruinst
the plan of Congress "ftheif' unfavorable Indi
cations came pouring In from all parts ot the
country premonishuig htm of his danger, and
ot the lurther danger of delay, and deciding him
to take time by the forelock." We are next in
formed that ''correspondence was accordingly
opened with the Governors of the lately Rebel
lious States as to the propriety," in view of the
Miccensot the Congressional plan in the North,
"of ratifying the Constitutional Amendment,"
and that ""the Governors ot South Carolina and
Alabama have already replied, signifying a
readiness (o assemble the Legislatures oi their
States and recommend the adoption of the
amendment it the President adjudges it expe
dient to do -o, or to co-operate witn him iu any
course he may deem it advisable to pursue."
Regarding the President as their best friend in
behalf of their earliest possible restoration to
their proper constitutional relations with the
Government, they are prepared to aid him in
any course which he may advise to that end.
Here we have two or three important points
gained iu behalf of a speedy restoration of the
South on the basis of the constitutional compact
proposed by Congress. First, in the stupidity of
the .New York Democracy, whose leaders are
indeed those old foolish "Dourbons who never
learn anything and never rorget anything," it Is
settled that the experiment inauzuraled at Phila
delphia for tho formation of a new national
conservative party has collapsed, and tbat the
Northern elections of this fall are to be fought
between the old Democratic pence party of the
war and the Union war party which, by force of
aims, put down the late gigantic Southern Re
bellion. As an active leader ol tnis Union war
party, President Johnson saw, Ironi the beglu
ning of his war with the 'radicals, that In turn
ing over his cause to the parly and leaders of
the Chicago chent-per-sheiit Convention he
would be rushing to a certain aud disastrous
defeat. Hence his efforts to bring about a new
party organization, involving the burhil of the
old Democratic pany, aud the fusion,of its dis
banded elements on a new platform, with a new
name and new leaders, irom all the old party
materials thus recast in a new form.
The New York Democracy, In adhering to
their old broken and dir-jomted idols, have de
feated this new national party movement. The
President thus has no alternative left himjbtit to
fall in with the reconstruction plan of Congress;
but the points thus gained, we are sure, from
the fact recited as to the present inclinations of
Mr. Jobuson, will immensely facilitate the work
of Southern restoration. Had the new party
ben organized as contemplated, the coutlict
between" the President and the radicals might
have delayed for several years to come the re
admissiou of the excluded'Srates into Congress.
Now we see no obsracle to their admission which
may not be overcome befoie the 4th ot March,
i86!r.
Next, in fulling In with the general movement
of the North in support of the Congressional
plaa of Southern restoration, and in thus bring
ing the excludeo Southern States to a ratifica
tion which will open at once to them the doors
ot Congress, the President will gain the import
ant advantage ol a decisive balance ot power in
Congress against the ladicnls. It is just the
ditlerence in his favor ot twenty members added
to the senate, any how, aud from forty to sixty
in the House, as the States concerned, each for
itself, may determine ou the question of suffrage
or no suffrage to their black population.
We congratulate th Presinent on the good
prospect before hiiu, resulting from the stu
pidity of the Northern, and especially the New
York Democracy. Tho Union party ot the war,
wiih the plan of Congress, will carry him
through the task of Southern restoration ou a
6olid and satisfactory basis. A word from him
to the several Stales directly concerned, aud
the work is done, . Then, with a full Congress
ot all the States in council, the radicals will
become a powerless faction, and the Administra
tion will become the master of the situation and
the succession. ' ' .
The Objections to the Constitutional
'. i . Amendment. . ,
From the Times. '
One 6trong argument, urged for factious pur
poses by the Democrats, is that the Southern
States will never accept the third section of the
Constitutional amendment.
: This section, it will be remembered, excludes
from the Senate or the House, or from any
United Stales or State office, civil or military,
any person who had previously taken an oath
to support the Constitution as a member of
Congress, or an officer oi the United States, or a
member of any State Legislature, or as a judi
cial or executive State officer, and has engaged
in or envon aid to the Rebellion. It 1 ureed bv
Democratic, journals tbat this exclusion will
atd that We cannot expect of the Rebel States-
r
indeed, tbat it would te the height of baseness
that , they should gain all the benefits of
amnesty and leave their leaders to punishment;
They claim that In the view of toe South at'
tteir btatesraen and generate and officers were
engaged iu a righteous cause which has been
unsuccessful, aud that, now to : deliberately
abandon, these trusted servants after defeat to
political exile, Is what could not be expected
or demanded of the insurgent Slates.; If tnis
exc'iiHon were a law forced upon them by their
conquerors, it would be diU'ereut , and might oe
borne; but to enact it themselves, and to make
it a part of the orgunic law of the nation
when without their adoption the amendment
might never be passed, it is too much to ask
irom any population. The Rebel Htates,: it Is
said, wiil stay out lor years rather than accept
it, and tLerefore it becomes an impracticable
proportion of settlement..
we aamittnat mere is some iuc m -jectlon;
fcut there are also very strong counter-
vauing considerations. . i iuu.n wm
mind that this disability can be., removed y a
two-thivds ote of each .House in any muivmum
case, so that persons presenting- tnemseives irom
the insurgent State who had not beer paiticu-
)ur . nl.i.v nni in tna KPIIP. lion mmuuuH IIUUIO-
UH1J VVUVAWIID . " , .
diately received, even though thev werereaqhed
i Then agai, in all probability, a large number
of "i ew men'' will now come lo, the surface at
c' .., -,h haw never been in anv Federal
me ouoio, - - . ... j-,i, 1
or State otilce, wno are amuiuuun, u n
Stuta or Nnttonal Govern-
ment. These men win jittiuiauj bi-v. mu
over their communities to accept the , amend
X.V.V if adnnted. thev will be the Brst to
present tnemscive w vyueoi,w w -
: Republicstoo, aie.U3graterul; the Southern
Btates will be ho eiception: they will gradually
..t ftmwt their leaders. It may be
that' they will see that it waa especially the
unbridled ambition of a few desperate and able
-,i,i,.K i nrofinttHted war.' and then' ' oh-
atructed peace, and finally overthrew all lu a
common ruin. " ' ' ,u ,'A ''
; n..viii h.ritw hn wllliD9 to sacrifice all the
kreat adyantapes of sharing in tbe oernnaeut
rtf 4rin nAiiliTTI n.u sake of these few leader.
mill rr.minr tn otp thetll U0i! Or tO let
fhem take, their cbatioe of admission to Cnn-
krreus raiiipr i than for theBiwlves o . remain
f'out of ;he Union,'' or under. ttw direct Govern
It Is claimed, too; by the obicctors. that they
will never accept neirro suffrage. They are not
obliged to.' If tbeypreler to be represented by
fewer members, no to preserve the ballot for
the white race, they are at liberty to do so.
Rut this need not prevent their acceptance of
the amendment. W ithout the additional repre
sentation of the black population, they will
still possess the same power In the Senate as of
old and a powhrful compact body in the Ilpuse.
They will still command a large electoral vote,
and they will be anxious to throw if for the next
President . They may, not improbably, hope to
keep the nrgro out lor many years If thoy de
sire it, and still wield a powerful ln8urnce in
national politici-to be increased by the crea
tion of new States in Texat.
We do not kuow what there is in this feature
of the amendment which should prevent the
Southern States lrom accepting it. Their peo
ple are ambitious- They desire to be delivered
from military control and Ereed men's Bureaus,
ana to till the Federal and State offices airain,
aud shine in the great arena of national affairs,
and be fully conscious that they are parts of
this great republic. To obtain these important
ends they may well be willing to accept a di
minished representation and an exclusion of
their mpst obnoxious leaders. We believe they
will be so, and that befoie the next Presidential
election.. poslbly within the year, the amend
ment may be a part ol the Constitution.
To any Northern man of the least power of
weighing future results there can be no doubt
of the immense benefits which will result to the
nation from (he acceptance of the amendment.
We have repeatedly staled them. But some ot
them are included in the very objections which
we have been answering, aud' deserve attention
The Free States ought to be able to exclude cer
tain persons from the South from taking seats
in our National Legislature. It would b a
mockery to the patriotic dead, and an insult to
the host of living who have sacrificed so much
to put down this Rebellion, to see such men as
JeUcrson Davis, or Mr. Benjamin, or numbers
of others, some stained with the blood of the
Innocent, and all promoters and leaders of tho
insurrection, taking their seats again in the
halls of the Capitol. We have always urged
that It is very desirable to break up the old
leaders of secession at the South, and the third
section of the amendment lias a tendency to ac
complish this. We believe that all conservative
and patriotic men at the North will soon ac
knowledge the great importance of th? Conti
tutioual Amendment, and we have great hopes
that in time the South will accept It.
" Shall the South Gain by the lltbcllioul"
From the World.
The head and front ot the radical argument
ior torcing tne uonstitutional omendmeut on
the South is comprised in this question. If the
Constitution remains unaltered, the radicals
say, the South, since emancipation, will have
reprepculativts for five-fifths instead of three
tilths ol its colored population. The four mil
lions ot slaves counted, before the war, for only ft
. .. . . . 11! 1 1 i J . 1 , 1 I il
iwu iuiiiiou iuui uuuiiifu iuuuhuuii in me repre
sentative basis; and if tbey now count for four
millions, the South v. ill have earned what is
equivalent to a representative population ot one
milliou bix hundred thousand by their treason
against the Government. It is contended by
the radicals that this gain iu Southern repre
sentation would be a reward conierreti, where a
punishment ought to be iutlictee on the enemies
ot the Union. It is ou this ground chiefly that
the raoicals demand a surrender, by the South,
oi a portion of its constitutional representation.
This reasoning, which is the main argumenta
tive leliance of the rndicals, seems plausible
only while it is not examined. It is like arguing
that if you enter a farmer's orchard and cut
down his fruit trees, jou have conierred on him
nbenetil because he will then have less trouble
in gathenng his fruit. The Southern gain, about
which the radicals make such an outcry, could
easily be prevented by restoring to the South Its
lornier property iu its slaves. If a balance were
stinck between their prodigious lo'-s of pro
perty and their slight increase in representation,
the South would say that this advantage had
beeu pui chased at an exorbitant price. To
rcpiescut the South as bavin? gained by its
altered relation to the black race, In consequence
of the war, is a gross ailront to common sense;
There could be no more striking proof of tho
eilfct ot political fanaticism in unsettling
n.en's Judgments, than the pretense that, if
the Constitution remains unamended, the
Southern people arc gainers by the Rebellion.
To say nothing of the tenible sulle'riugs of
those lonr bloody years, ot the lives lost, the
property destrojed, the business interrupted,
the banks, savings institutions, aud insurance
companies ruined, tac towns sacked and
burned, the cotton crops reduced more than
one half, the homes made desolate, the mortifi
cation oi defeat to Bay nothing on these neads,
which alone suffice to show that tne South
made a terrible, a calamitous blunder, we can
f no ve that the Rebellion brought its own pun-shmt-nt,
if we confine our view merely to tne
changes effected by the war In the relative con
dition ot the black and white races. If the
gain in representation is so great an advuntage
to the South, it is a gain which could have been
purchand at any time within the last seventy
jears by the simple emancipation of tbeir
slave. The staves were not emancipated, be
cause, iu t-outhern estimation, a few more
representatives in Congress would have been
thus purchased at infinitely too dear a price.
It is a curious commeuiary on the boated
philanthropy ot the radicals, that they eruoae
the boon which has been conferred upon the
nevrces. it it is to be attended with any inci
dental advantage to the white population of the
South. While the South has been compelled to
sacrifice an anount f property equal to our
whole national debt, tnise wondoiiui pnilan
J thrcpisw can look with no complacency on the
1 iruclvni nf ihu iifliiinaa It) that iVAArinm iacji u
freedom of the negroes, it that freedom costs
the Morth tbe diminution of a dozen votes from
their majority in Congress, although the North
ern majority is so ereat that the loss makes no
practical ditlerence. What hotter is tne south
for its rain, so long as, w ith i's additional repre
sentatives, it still remains In a hopeless minority?
Jbut tbe benevolent ana philanthropic radicals
are sore at seeing lreedom bestowed upon lour
millions ol human beings, it we. are to pay so
unsubstantial a price as a slitrht diminution oi
the superfluously large Northern majority in
Congress, a marvelous exmtutiou or disiute-
rested love or tne oiacKSi
liv the equitable ariautremenis or the Consti
tution, taxation and repre.eulation are adjusted
bv the same rule. The Conatituhon deducts
two-tut ns irom lue stave population as a Dams or
reoieeeutadon. and it at the same time deducts
two-tilths from the vlave population as a basis of
direct taxutiou. The taxduuuctiou was regarded
as an tnuitable onset lo tne reprejeutative de-
ductOD. it tne wnoio nmve puuuiiiuon uaa
heen excluded from the basis ot rpprebentation.
it would likewise have been excluded from the
basis of taxation. But it it had all boon included
lu one. It would havo been equally included in
ih other, in uursuauce of tue treat vrinciDle
for which our torotathers fought in the Kevolu-
tion, that taxation and representation must go
liana in nana. -' -
This eouitable principle will continue to pre
vail in the unamended Constitution. All that
tbe tiouth gains by emancipation on the repre
sentative side ot the account, is Daianoea dv an
eauivalent lows on the taxation side. Five-tilths
instead of three-fifths of tbe negroes will be
counted in tbe representative oasis; nut to
halnnce this, there wl'l be a corresponding in
crease in the burdens imposed on the South by
direct taxation. Ihls view alone Buulces to ex
pose the deeeittul hollowuess of the radical out
rrv about tbe Southern gain fey the Rebellion.
The proposed amendment violates a fundamen
tal principle of the Coutitution, by IncreasinR
the baBisof taxation no the lull limit ot the
whole population, while reducing i epreseuiu
tioo to the white basis. . Jt is not satisfied with
idebtroyiug the balance by taking weights out of
one scalci it ai( tne same nine puu aauiuouai
iWelgUlS 1UIO i,ncoiiii;i, , , .. , . ... .
.Annther fatal object to the amendment as a
hveasure to be forced upon the fiuuth, is, that it
Kiem uo faith with the loyal popilatiou of the
boutheru Btatea. Of thejlive States, Maryliuid,
Delaware, Keutuckv.; and Misiouri never. seT
ceded. Why ljhpuld Iheybe tj)uubdied tor Uio
Rebellion of the others? A maiorU M (he
people ot the Southern State did not originally
tpprove; of the" Rebellion. They were forced
into it 'against! their better Judgment They
were consortpted Into the Rebel annlo; worth
less Confederate paper was forced upon them as
a aurrency; they were subjected to enormous
taxes, to forced loans, and to the tyranny
of tho Confederate Government. Is it Just Is
it not rather an outrage upon Justice for the
Federal Government to punish them for Its own
failure to proteot them from such tyranny ?
Readeis w ill perceive that we have here been
arguing rather from tbe principles of equity
that underlie the Constitution, than from the
Constitution itself. As the Constitution Ptauds,
the right ot all the States to full representation
is incontrovertible. The right la confessed in
the very proposal to amend: it. the riuht did
'not exist the proposed amendment would be
superfluous. T.ut the Utates whose repreenta
tion it is proposed to curtail have a perfect
lieht to determine ior themselves whether they
will rstity;. if they decline, the, Constitution
must remain as It is.
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tUAll'AAX. . .
rniLADFi.rni.. Peptembcr In, 18fi6.
Tbe Board otManayorH liave this day doolarcd a Divi
dend of FIVE 1'l.K ( EM I . or the Capnai Stock, pay
able, clear ut taxes, on and alter tbe 1st of October neat
Ibe transfer books ol tbe Company will be closed on
tbe Oth lust, and remain closed until the 1st of October.
9 1:ith:it A. F. DOUGHERTY. Treasurer.
EST,
THU. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of the CRESCENT CITY OIL
OMFAN Y will be beld at their ollice. Mo 25HS. TIUKU
ftireet. on It'iMiAt, October U, at 12 o'clock, noon,
or tbe election of officers.
9 21) Hi M. BUZBY, Secretary.
BATCH ELOR'S HAIR DYE
THE 11 EST IN 1 HE WOULD.
Harmlpfs reliable instantaneous. i be only pertect
dye. No lisaiiolntm iit. uo ridiculous tints, but true
to nature, black or brown.
GEMj11E la 61GM.D WILLIAM A. BATCHELOR.
ALSO
Iteseeerating Extract oiillllefleursrestores.preservea,
and li nutilics the hair, prevents baldness, .olit by all
Druggists. Facton bo til BARCLAY at., N. Y. 33$
JUST PUBLISHED
By tbe I'hyslrians oi the
the SIneUetU Edition oi their
FOLK LECTURES.
entitled
FHILUHUI Ul Or MAKK1AO&,
To be bad nee. ior four stamps, bv uadrcssinir Secre
te iy Ivew York Aluseuiu ot Ana omy,
bti', ISO. bio 1 UOADWAY, new York.
QIEN ECHO MILLS,
GERM AN TOWN.
QZcCALLlIUS, CREASE & SLOAN,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF
CABPETINGS.
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT,
No. 509 CHESNUT Street.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
No. 519 CHESNUT Street,
OPrOSITE 1KDEPEKDENCE BALL. 9 U im
MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETC.
MKS. 11. i) I L LO iN,
Nos. 323 and 331 SOUTH Street.
Data hacdaome aiiRortment of MILLISEBY j M(ae
and lnlanti' Uata and Caps, Bilks, Velvets Ctapea
Ullbona. l eathers, Flowera, f ratnee. eto. . 7 18S
QPIiKNWD OPENING OF
FALL AND WIN
U 1IK OT 1 LiEH. 11RS. M.
A ItUllt-U htn laUl
Cflhl;'l Mreet, lliilade phla 1 M FORT KB OlT
Humo jr.nr UL,Unlt I Kl.U Mi xOS Also
n eienaai stoca; ot luiuorted I'npur 1'a.ierns for
l.iiaH'B mm i.umireti rarlslau Drens aud OloE
Sluklng in all Ha viirletlns. l.adiea lurnlablna their
rlcliasd oosuy materlai mav re.v on bemu artiiiiualiv
titteil, anu meir workllulBUed In the moat , prompt and
viiijw.. , . in.Bi iiunsiuia priueH ai twenty
TUUruuuis nviiue. tjuniiiK UU DUStlnir. P.l'liriii in
or oj iua single piece, ior tneruhauU ami dress-
CiTtKiLEDER, TROUT, V01GxT&"Co!
beg most ic8iectlull to call the attcntioaot the
puunu aft laiBv iu iueirvewiyinvemo(t rateoc
' lUll I'MVHiflAI, AIAHMIkT
wblch by ds(JkaraitiK a percussion eap, made expresslv
nuu ol liumlarif B, to.
, '1 he loliov. Injf aie some of Its treat advantages i
1 Jut. Hmiillcliy ol eoDHtruotlon clieaimess and ease to
iiinn..i.u.i, mu vuai a servant or enna anai aet it.
' 'ill. 1 rueiloiu Irom dmiuftr in tk-nutus or Drniwrtv
' 3d. Tuiversallty oi aopllcaiicn to anv part of a Door,
niuuun, unuug. Dputier, uate, uaraeo, rresetve,
tlsul'ond etc. ..... t
4th. It siyea a check to burglars bj alarming the la
u.aiea. Deluhhra. and Dnlli-..
fttll 1 he mind Is iIiaviI rnm m'nnh halfiful anvlAtv
In temala loneilnansorold sue. especially wbea articles
VI Kiva .auuv rv a IS pi m U16 OOUse. '
i 6th. It Is a universal protection to travellers to fasten
on rbaniter doors.
1th 1 ts cousuuotlon ti dimple and not liable to get oaf
ui oraer. ' , .
JJlfcfcCTlOKS FOB CE ACCOMPAKT EVEBY IN.
I STHITUlfKT
We have pot oar article at tha low price of ONE
TXjLLAU, Inclusive ot U eapa and It cannot OS got
,cn. sper eitnor uuiu s or irom oar ageou, jrorturtuer
particulars inquire vi ur air as.
' BltioLEDKH. 1KOCT. VOIOT CO,,
" . v Boom No in.
We wMI send ths ALARMIST to. any part ol tlis
country oa receipt oi piles, aud P veals txtr ih
lumlabe.
j Cwautry Agea'i wanted.
t3u
GOVERNMLNT SALES.
MALE OF PUBLIC'PBOPPKTY.
Ofvicc 07 Army Clotrino atro EquiPABa, I
ABW 1'onn. Mintnmhor 'r. IkjUI I
'Will be sold at Public AnoUnn at the Depot of
Washington streets, Isew York oltf , on the 2d day
nf 4W.tf.lmr I iti.l mmmi.Iinlnf At 1 1 nilAAt. A u
certain quantities of uon re,(Ulou tnd oondmmd
clothing sod equipage, consisting of nr about
1.000 poonrtg, mote or lew, of Tuuts, Uo,iuU, Wall,
i omtnon, ana sioiey.
i 279 flonnitnl 1'enU.
11 Hospital Tent Kilos.
i fi2 Wail Tenia. , .. ,,
i0 C'ommoa leuU. , .
PRO IrfiaUicr Gaitera.
807 HoKskin Oaltcrs. ,
C80 Forave Caps,
20, (KK) Cap Cover ' ' ' '
88 8 bley lent titovef
2,700 latber
311 Wall lent t Ue.
1.H0U Unapsaoks. ..,
' 8ii0 vautecue.
60Ao.
49 Axe tandloa.
; ir8 Pickaxts.
4,USade. '
6'l.liovpla.
140 Aioaouito Pars.
l,li ureat Coat blinva
oi jnuMciana
rock Ioi of Uraaa articles. .
Casta,
iair.
75 pairs 1 routers I Old irou.
Etc. Eto Ktft.
And various small articles of clothing and equlptgo.
1,780 feet of Patent Tieather, aotmd and new.
2,8t;6 feet of tioat Morocco, sound and new.
27 varus of Skv-lluio Facinv (Vnlh iirw.
iSamples ot I he above mav be seen at the depot,
anil lurihor imoriuation obtalmd.
Terror Cash, In itovernniout funds, ton oar cont.
down, and the balance be'orotho sooda are talton
Irom th depot, which must be within three davs of
sale, under lorteitnre of purchase and ten per cm.
' Bt. Brlsradler-UentTal H. U VINTON,
8 246t lit, (juartermaater Oenaral, H.8. Army.
A DBON. THOMAS k CO. AUCTION EE aS.
XX Will rell at l ut!i Auction, without reserve,
on 1IICKSOAY, October 4, 136, at 11 o'clock A.
Jf.. on the premliiea, in trie citv ot Baltimore, the
UUIL1IKU, FIX I U !. AK1 APPTJR1E-
NANCES.
known 'as Hicks United btates General Uoxpital,
tosctuer wun me
PICKET FENCE
enclosirjff the same.
All pavnients to be made on the dar of sale in
current lunds ol the United 8tates.
For dratt of buildings and other information
BPi-ly to the Auctioneer, Ko. 13 8. CiiAKLES
(street.
Bv order ot the Quarteroiaster-ticiierai.
A. S. KIMBALL,
9 24 110 S Brevet Major aud A. O M.
s
ALE OF NAVY POWDERS.
BcRFAtr o Ordnance, Navy Dbpabtmekt, )
WA8HIJNOTOK CITY. bCDtOIUOOr W. 18t. ' I
There will be sold at Public Auction to the highest
bidders, at noon, on I HUKSUA1, the eighteenth
(18thldavof October. ltS6o'. at the oflico ol the In
spector of Ordnance, at ti.e avv iard. urookiyn.
New Tork. about iwentv-eivht hundred barrels
(2810) ot Lowder, composed ot caunun and mortar
powuers.
... . .... . .
i ne powaers will oe soia 07 sample, anu in iuis 10
suit purcbRseia.
lerms Cash, in Governments tuods, one-half to
be deposited on the codo' union ot the .-alo, and the
remainder within ten davs afterwards, during
which time the powders must bo removed Irom tho
magazine, otuorwiso thoy will revert to the Uovorn-
ment.
Purchasers will bo if quired to furnisti tueir own
paskaees where the powder is not in barrels.
11 A. W 1.? C,
9 25 tilths tlO 13 Chlct of Buteao.
B
UUEAU OF OKDNANCE.
Navy Peparthest.
Wasbisoton City, September 20, 1868
KALIS OS M A VY l'O UKRd
There will be sold at public auction, to the highest
biduers. at noon, THl'KsUaY. the eighteenth 1 18 1
day 01 October, WX, at tbe ollice ot the Inspictor
ot Ordnance, at the IS aw lard, Brooklyn. JNew
York, about tweutv-eiirht hundred (2800) barrels of
Bonder, composed ol Cannon aud Mortar Powders.
1 ne rowueis win oe soia uy sample, ana in 101s to
suit pui chasers
lerms Cash, in Government funds: one-halft o be
dt'iiobitod on the conclusion of the sale and the re
mainder ten oars ai erwarti", auring wuicn time tuo
Fowders must bereiuoved iroiutue Jiagaziuo,;otner
wiro thev will revert to the Government.
Purchasers will be required to furnish their own
packbges where lue rowuoi is not in oarrei.
- H.A.WISE.
9 22atatbllt Chief of Bureau.
INSTRUCTION.
TjAltUKE SCIENTIFIC COURSE
LAFAYEl'l'K COLLEGE.
In eildltlon to ihe ctreial Coutse of Inftrncttnn In
II ix l cDurtuicnt. oeslmied to lev a snheUintlal basis of
luionltuea .! subolarly cultuie, studeuis can pursue
tU.se LiuncLis vthlch ars esttuUnllv practical and
Itctinirai. viz. :
KtiGlNtEKLSO Civil. Toooeraphlcal. and Mecha
nical) M1MQ and HKTAl 1 t'ltUY AliCHlTtC-
'1 1 HE, anatLe apnlicatiou ot Chemistry to AUU1CUL
1 1 Hi mm tho AliTS.
Theie is aieo af:orded an opportunity torpecial study
nt qi ADi. and ot . DiODr.KN LA
fVAGh- and 1H1LOLOUY, and of the K1S TOBY and
lNSHTUH'iKH ol our couutiy.
: lup i hculars aoolv to l iesident CAT1 ELL, or to
' , . ,- , I iol. U. B. VOUNUMaN.
. . , . t erkoi the Faculty
1 Eaptok rennivlvanla, April i.lbui. 511
TJ A MILTON INSTITUTE
1 OR YOUNG IiADIES.
1 THTLIV A. CKFOAK. ! '
1'eing about to relinquish hu position In the publlo
triioois wun wuicn oe uaa oeen conaecieu ior we iasi
lv ut -llirpM vaia.
WILL ortii A DAY AND BOARDING bCHOOL
FOB
YOTJSO LADIES.
AT
No, 3810 CHESNUT STEEET,
1 ON MONDAY. HKPTKMUEH 10.
This Institution ts designed to rival the best setnl-
umits m ihe country.
- ; '' ' f'TRl'lIT.ABS ' r',,!' '
l ontalning particulars and other Information In relation
.... . .... . .....II . 1 .. . .C Ua
to iuis iiiauiuuuu, vau ue uuu uiilu is. v.
uuibtr.at K m y yWELFrH 8faeei g27
IV I ONSlEUIt ALEXANDUB VVOLOWSKI'S
,. CLASSES FOR PIANQ AND SIEGING,
Fy his entirely new simplified aj stem, are now open.
1'hoie wishing to read music at sight, keep time per-
lettli by a newly invented mauuer, aocouipauy uu?
Hint or piece by a new inarch 01 baruiouy. siiuc or per
ioral In concern, enmr, or private, can can at
ko.7U4 8. WAbUli,GrcH Square.
1 rh I drpn admitted.
' Ladies' fceiuuiuries attended to. 8 24 tmrp
T AW DEPARTMENT,
CNIVERSITY OF
JJ Mili.NSlLVSMA.
a linn mii.l nnininencd on MOKDAY. October 1. The
tntioduetorv lecture will be delivered on the evening of
that day, at 8 o'clock, at the aosth um,lm
MMU t. near Market, by Frof. MOllUlS. Sll tustit
DELAVrABE LAWN ACADEMY. ENGLISH
Classical, Matheniatlcal B oardlng- School lor Hot
li.lnniui. n. A. . twelve miles above clt liounv socessl-
hie. Lircu nrs obtained at Mo. 21 South tia.Vsll'U
r.treet,o. iaa4Hll!CUl' 8treet,orol , , .
8 im Kev. JOJUSI UcHtLWAV, A. M., Ftlnclpal
! 1 LEGAL NOTICES.
THE .ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE
I CITY AND COUNTY OF I llllAlCLrlll A.
L.t.tn nf Km SHKPPAKD M. ilui.LOCK. deceased,
ilhe Auditor appointed by tbe court to audit, settle,
and adjust the account ot JOHN M. KoLl.OUK. Ad
Iiiiiilntrator of the Estate of Kev. BHKPfABD M.. KOL
LOCK. deceased and to report distribution ot the
bulunee tn the hands et the aoconntant, will meet tbe
parties Inteiested. ior he purposes oi his appointment,
on Wl'.DiJflY, October 3, at 4 o'clock F. M , at
his elite 0. so.
Fhlladclpbla.
MK H, FOUBTU Street, la th cltj of
J08UDA SPEBIKO.
I llOthstuM
i Auditor.
TN TflE COlUiT OF COMMON PLEAS FOB
A the Citv ano uouniv ot rniiaueipnia-
I 'i,,in la h-rrh uiven tn Uia creditors ot OEOKOK
II Lt VIH. that be baa pre-ented his petitlou the
rniirtoi Common l'lina lor the Oltv ana County of
Fbiludeiplua lor the beneili ol the Insolvent Lawa ot
ill is fommonweslih. and tost a hearin. thereon will be
had beiorr ihs said Court oa the sth dav or oetooer.
16. at lil o'clock in tha moraine. M U ti 6 H7
J-h-
STARIN'S CDNDIIICN POWDERS
l . it... . ' ill . j i.
. t t ii i . i 9B i : ..v ;
lipKSES AND CATTLE.
)t cores Worm llotts, and Ce'to, , ( v . ,.
)t cures ;Qld, .Cough, and UldsrBonpd. , .
It ii the .hps alterative for Horses and Cattle now
Lisa, having a reputation of 30 years standing .(
It is a sura preventive for Uia piach dreaded Binder-
beat.' . i t i. .1. v ; ....
Ko Faimeror Dauyman aboald be without It.
For sis in Fhlladelphla by DTOTr A CO.. No 833
'orth BtCOKl) Ktre.li JriH0N. HQLLOWAY A
lOwiis.N, no. gl Korih SltTIl street, nud by Dni-.
Ui Kit tliionffhout the euiintrv. I Addtuss al. onlura sa
B r- .
t6m No. JWDUASBStselt; Forts.':
WATCHE8, JEWELRY ETC,
ULYWI3 IsADOiirja
DIAMOND DCttER & JEWi:LER,U
wATntn, jEwrirr siiTrn ware,
TIT A n T7 T "1 1 Tnrrr nTn --. .
v vi omuiiO sua itj v utii.L Allien, i
Hiegtnat St-.TMU-
Owing to the decline; oi Gold, has nad a great re-
auction In price or hlilase aad well asaorte stook
UiiAinondfia
Watcriesi.
Jewelry,
hiilverwar, Eto
The public art rtstc,iiT invited ta call an4 eaamki
eur Hock before purchasing el,Wbere. IH
BOWMAN & LEOMttD.
MAKTJFA CTtjhe p,S OF
AND
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER A
IN
Silver and Silvcr-Plaled Goods.
No. 704 ARCH STREET,,
rni.DELPuiA.
Thniln In want nl fitTlriru arirn hr w,
WAS.r'T"'mul 11 mucn 10 her advantage U visit
ourHIOKB beiote making their purchases Onr lona:
goods ensblrs us to delv competition. amoa
W r nn nn tinrui a I.,,. . 1. . . ...... . - . n .
CiuASH.all ol our offu make, and will he sold at reduc4
Pii tmn
VIM GOLD WATCHES.
w ovjourners in our citv.
Wo rntl anrrlsl ih.nllnn .r . i. - i . ..
to the ....... v, u V, i ne cvjuurwni ut oar cisr
FINK WATCH AND Sir.VFinw a n tsi
KSTARLISIIMKNT OF
W. V. CASSIOY,
Ko. 1!4 South SECOND Street.
Who has on hand one of tho finest assortments oi Jew.
e i.v, etc.. of any in the city. A splendid assortment
61LVEEWARE AtWAY8 OS HAND, Ketnsoiber
W. W. OAS8IDY,
816 Ko. 12 Houtb SECOND Street.
G. RUSSELL & CO ,
No. J2 North SIXTH St.,
Having increased their facilities (or
FINE WATCH REPAIRING),
Invite the attention of the pablio.
All wotk w arranted for one rear. M
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
MUSICAL BOXES.
A full fioanrtntpnt nf m ttva niuut. AAnA.-n.i. a.
hand at mode) ate prices tho llnoalBexus plariM
trom 2 to 10 beautiful Airs. r
FAEB & BROTHER, Importer!, "
Ko. 824CI1SNUT STREKT,
11 llsmthSrp Below VoortU,
TI V. Tvr Tf V irinnnn w
?. xv
No. 5SO ARCII STREET
Idanulactu aud Dealer is
M'atcheH
r'iwe Jewelry,
Silver-Plated Ware,
AKD
81
Solid Silver-War
KIC H JEWELKY
JIIN BRENNAN,
DEALER IN
DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, JEffELRT,
Etc. Etc. Eta.
2i) If o. 18 S. EIGHTH 811iAT, PhiUvIa.
SILVER-PLATED WARE. SAMUEL K.
, ..NMYJ.Hrac,lc1 Fanner of the late Arm of
MEA1 & SMYili, would Inform the trade that he has
removed to Ho. 33 8. ' lilUD Street, where he will con
tinue the niaaurncture of SUi'EttlOK SlLVtK
l'LATEO WAKI. ol ouble and trlp.e p.ato, uuder tba
name ol the Him of 6MY1U &aUaIU. V U lui
THE EYE AND EAR.
TjEAFNESS, BLINDNESS.
1HE0AT, LUKG, AND CHEST DISEASES,
j CATARRH AND ASTHMA,
i Disordered Funotlons ol
b-lili! " DIGESTIVE OllQANS,
j HOKblD AFFLCT10K8 OF II1E LIVER,
WEAKNESS OF NERVES. AND GENERAL
. DEEILITY OF, THE WHOLE SYSTEM,
Treated with unprecedented success by
:; 1)R. VON MOSCUZISKER,
No.1031 WALNUT Street.
i
, Ihe following GENTLEMEN, who have lately bees
cured under Ihe treatment of lr. VON MOncHZl.-i-KLh.
have kiuoh peiuilncd him to teier to ihem and
tl.ey would giau.y hoar le.tiiuouv to the amount ot
.LLAEHi derived lrom his XHKATMtN i i
t l.H. AicClitAUY.i tq.,Jlo. i() Walnut street.
- ellOEM AKI hlliS4.,.o. 'MX Walnut sueet.
tv ui 'ju, r. , rsq , jnu. oi:t Artil street
C. ti, Chi- r , Esq., to. 26 Aorlh .-eventh street.
C. J. LOLLOW A, Ksy. Ko. M6 Market street.
J. COOFEK. Enq.iNo g Konh Front stroet.
Dr. DAVIDSON. N. W. Coiner of .Ninth and rha.nut
aueets
, Uuueral KILBURN. U. fl. A., Glrard stroer-
1 W.tWEtAil , Esq., U. b. Asoessor oi the Mecoud
IliUlrlct.
'i. HA -BY, Esq., Piesldcnt ot the Nineteenth War
ll'ubllohchools. ,
i licv. H. G.11ARK, Philadelphia Conference.
Hundreds ol otlicr nsiues, a.l persons who would be
.curuiuin conscientious to whom Ihey would permit the
li.ilorHeisent ol their names tau be axauilned at his
OrFJ.C,So 1031 WALNUT Street.
i n ti A T O 11 Z E R .
En' XOS MOSl'bZIyKEH aaiuirla with h. ntmoat .
cciifldeuce tnat his svs em ot treailuu LUNG.
j'iHllOAT, CHE8T Dlseafes, CATAKKH, A91HMA,
nU all malauies of the ulgcsiive organs, by the nse of
'tbe A'l OJa LcEU. is ibe oiily reliable one. allnua tha
'introduction ot ihis avattm cases have boeu briiuitbt
'to his olloo, No 11 31 WALNUT Street in whleai
leveiy other possible nieaas have oeen irulUeesly etu
ip.oyed. nut reudl'y j wideu to his treaiment.
ihe AiO&UZEK isau All AU Vili eonttrnotad oa
sclvotlhc prlni'ipies, which, by a mechanical arrantte
iinent, ailhsr bv atmoapherlR presnure or steam, cau
vttls sn.r nifdia ue into a fine eFKAY, and readl sr
kniiin.vi It into ihe ltl.Ot.CUlA J, UiiiSot LU.US,
wun uie ttceriKAiuKi i trail ni. ira uieaicinea
submitted to the action oi this AfPAllAi'US loa '
nuihlua (ot Uioir t llEslc'AL VALL'E. as in othr
iprtnuratif'ns, but are received Into the HE8P1BA
ToRY ' OKOA-NB hi their full MEDICUHAL
aSlKENO'lH.
r i. ji i v. -i i. ui r u a iiu.'n vb. inn jl i r. .
AI L 8LHU1CAL OHEUA'HONH on the Eyea. each ss
Caturafli, Art 111c lal Fupll, Cross Eyes, etc, sklliuily
iKitomied. ' . . - 1 tsrp
rtTOR SALE STATE AND COUNTT BIGHTti
O-' of C'apeweu ta. a raieui wma Uaard ana Air
Ileaiwr lor Coal ul Laumsi U prevents Uw Ohiuineva
froui break fniij. Tills we will wairant also saves u.
third the oil Call and see th in they cost but leu cents.
IN. Ml UAOK Htie(. 1'hl adelphia. Haiuple sent to aim
vaitvilhitVul'eil&tateaiuareuaiptoiguu ju . ,
3
i