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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, "I860.
VOL. VI. No. 132.
DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS.
NATIONAL BUDGET.
Opinions of the Public Press on llie
Message and Documents.
Editorial Comments of Philadelphia
and New Yoik Journals.
Etc
i Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
The Message and Document.
From the Worth American and U. 8. Gazette, Radi
cal Republican.
At present we shall consider these documents
together, as forming par's of the one general pre
sentation of the state of affairs and of the view
and policy f the government. The first thing
that occurs to the reader of these documents Is tba
their whole tone, especially that of the President'
met sage, Is very decidedly moderated from th
b gti and Insolent bearing which so Incensed both
Congrers and the nation. There is really nothing
to complain of in the langnage or temper of any
of these documents. It is apparent even to th
most superficial observer that they are all ex
tremely guarded, and that an effort has been mad
to assume an air of courtesy and deference to th
Seople's representatives, tor which the election
ave prcbably afforded the hint. We may diOe
from the sentiments advanced, bat no one can .
deny that the opinions held by the writers of th ,
ftocurcenla are stated in very moderate terms .
Looking at the sentiments themselves, we flnd
them to be identical with those advanced in the
documents of last year, and the policy advocated
by the President does not differ a hair's breadth
from that he has rendered so offensive; so that all
the professions in favor of Impartial suffrage mast
have been Intended to deceive those who under
took to deal with him. Not a step is taken in the
direction of any conciliation with Congress, nor
is any plan of agreement even hinted at. Just as
the plan of admitting the rebel States uncondition
ally was submitted last year, it is repeated in the .
present message.
The statement made by this doenment Is so
smooth, plausible and Insinuating, that many per
sons will probably overloolrtbe misrepresentations
it contains. The President, lor example, says that
the enforcement of the laws is no longer obstructed
in any State by combinations too powerful to be
suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial pro
ceedings, which certainly Is not the fact. All over
the south bands ot regulators oppress the Union
men and the freedmen, burn their houses, flog and
even kill them, and no judicial proceedings can
reach the outlaws. No attempt has been made to
enforce the Civil Rights act, and the combinations
at tbe sontb have rendered it a dead letter. It is
carious that the President wholly Ignores that
statute in his messnge. Tbe Freed men's Bureau
receives the coM shoulder in about the same style.
Tbe message sa, fc that "the animosities engendered
by the war are l ipld ly yielding to tbe beneficent in-
fluenceaof onr free institutions, and to the kindly
effects of unrest Meted social and commercial inter
course." "We 1 llsh it were so, but It is not. The
frightful outrn ft that darkened the early history
of Kansas have l-en transcended in magnitude and
Iniquity all ovf I tbe south. The reign of terror is
everywhere south full" established, and there is
really no protection there for northern men or
loyalists or freedmen. .. .
Tte President rehearses his reconstruction ef
forts, for the purpose ot again meddling with a
matter of which Congress alone has constitutional
jurisdiction the admission of members; from the
rebel States. The triumphant manner in which
the people have sustained Congress is coolly dis
regarded by this message. It is not necessary to
traverse this portion of the document, and we
notice it now only to call attention to the fact that
all the attempts at a new basis of arrangement
have failed, and that the President yields nothing
whatever to publlo opinion as declared in tbe
elections. The President does not even attempt
to present a reasonable excuse for interfering with
tbe rolls of members of Congress, and it is not
likely that either House will pay any attention to
what be says on the subject. It is plain that it
was written for the public and not for Congress,
and hence the moderate language used. The Sec
retary of the Treasury goes out ot his way In his
report to meddle with the same matter, and to
give it as one of the measures indispensable to the
proper regulations of our finances. He makes the
attempt to induce people to believe that the policy
of Congress on reconstruction impairs the value of
our public securities. Of course this argument
is intended only to create opinion among the people
hostile to Congress
'' The President's Message.
From the Inquirer, Moderate' Republican.
The AioasHge of the President of the Unit ed
States to Congress Has this merit about it, t hat
although tlio views of the Executive are de
cided as to the policy which should be adopted
in regard to Hiatus lutely iu rebellion, the t tio
is moderate. In loo kin it over it we oauuot dis
cover anything that is absolutely new. The
President recites the story of the measures
wliicli lie had adopted prior to the last session
of Congress in relation to the ineaus of recon
struction, and argues as he then argued, that
those Hlutes should be admitted to Congress
upon their presentation of "loyal men" as
Senators and Representatives. " In denomi
nating the persons who have been elected to
ihose positions "loyal." the President assumes
the whole question. Congress, durliiii tho war,
determined the test of loyally, and prescribed
the oath which should be taken by ail otiicers
who were chosen to discharge duties under the
Government. It is notorious that a verv large
proportion of the individuals who have beon
chosen in the Houtheru Htates, to represent
them In Confess, caunottake that oath, unless
they are willing to perjure themselves, and that
they were elected iu defiance of the law upon
the subjoiit. It is, therefore, a fact, that no
Htate lately in rebellion lias commissioned
"loyal" men, and if Congress, without further
-guaranties, were willing to admit Representa
tives from those (States, there would be very
few who are competent. But throughout his
Message the President begs the question, and
proceeds with his arguments as if it were ad
mitted that there Is no controversy upon the
subject. i . '
There Is much force in the plea of the Presi
dent that it will be Judicious to admit Represen
tatives from the late insurgeut htatos as soon
as it can be done without injury to the Govern
ment. But the delect In the "Message Is, that
lie does not refer to the obstacle which undoubt
edly exist, and which must be entirely removed
before Congress would be Justified In relaxing its
position. The Constitutional Amendments pre
scribe nothing more than is absolutely neces
sary, unless we are so foolish as to allow the
Southern (States to comeback in to Congress with
no jdedges lor future good behavior. If nolhliig
bad ever happened lo breuk oil" ihe connection
of the (Southern States with the Government
if they had not withdrawn violently and con
temptuously irom Congress aud endeavored to
overthrow the Government, every argument of
the President would be unanswerable. But its
, weakness is, that it does not recognize the fact
that, past misdeeds need punlslimeut aud the
necessity of material guaranties for future loy
alty and obedience to the laws. Ucuce, when
he argues that by the Constitution each Mtiuo
ahull have at least one Hopreseututlve. and that
no felate shull without its consent be deprived of
equal suilrage In the KoiiuUj, he lull to notice
that the Htales for which lie pleads f consent
to be deprived of such rights, aud declared t hut
lliey would have no Representatives either In
ihe House or fcennte, and solemnly washed t heir
bunds of all participation In the Government.
The President argues that they have a rlu'lit
to piny fust and loose, and that the Congress of
tbe United Slates bus no alternative but to sub
mit io their whims when they withdraw, en
dure their treason while attempting to keep
out, and to admit them with humble uladuess,
when, having tailed In their object, they choose
to come bock. This course Is not one which a
high spirited nation will adopt, aud when it is
asserted, us it is in effect by the President, that
certaiu States have a right to trlile w ith aud
outrage their obligations, and then to resume
them at their pleasure, he makes a suggestion
which Is coulrary to human nature. Consider
ing Dial the Constitutional Amendments were
proposed by (uugres, representing yie loyal
J icj.Jt tj ihv UnUvd lutos, and that they Uave
been supported by nmnsong majorities on tbe
ropulnr vote, nnd upon Hie direct Issue whether
he policy of the President should be ratified. It
would have been decent at loast In the Pienl
dent to pay some attention to that subject, and
to point out, if he could, In what particulars
those propositions were harsh, burdensome or
wrong. But be argues ns if nothing had ever
existed which militated against his own planH,
and he asksCongiess to adopt argument which
ran only be sanctioned by perfect forgetfulness
of all that has passed. We do not imiiKine that
the President will have the least Influence upon
Congress. The tilLimntuin of the people it the
adoption of the Constitutional Amendments by
the Hon t hern States, If they will not do so, His
not likely thnt anything more mild and conci
liatory will bo proposed, and something much
more severe will be advocated.
The Message. '
From the Public Ledger, "independent Johnson
Jh mo era t."
The anxiety to see the annual message of tbe Pre
sident ol the United states was gratified yesterday,
by the prompt sending of that document to Con
gress, and ft equally prompt publication by the
newspapers in a popular form. It is a plain and
ciear statement of tbe principal topics in our na
tional affairs now pressing upon the attention ot ttio
country. It is moderate and statesmanlike in- its
tone, and, as vas said in these columns yesterday,
iscatculated rather to soothe than to exoite appre
hensions in the public mind. Its two principal mlo
lects are the question of reconstruction aud our re
lation with France and Mexico.
Reconstruction is substantially committed to the
Judgment and action oi Congress, the only point re
maining to be acted upon nunieiy, the readmislon
ct the Kepresontativea lrom the ten unrepresented
Mates be onging exclusively to that body. The
PreMdent recommends, as a matter ot sound policy .
and commercial interest, as well as of justice, that
the Itepieson tali ves lrom these States shall be ad.
, mitted, as was done in the case of Tennessee at tio
last session.. I'his recommendation is summoned by '
a verv lull argument, but beyond this the President
does not go k .his Message. So tar as our complica
tions with Fr Mce on the Moxican question are eon
cerned, the su Licet star' almost identically as we
stated it yesteraay. '
i Tbe French tr ops are to be removed from Mdxloo
in accordance with an understanding with the
French Government, but whether they are to be
removed in separate detachments at intetva s of two
or thioe months, or in one body, at a period some
what later than the time fixed for tbe withdrawal
ot the first detachment, is the matter now in con
troversy. Tbe two Governments seem just now to
be In conflict npon this point, b it there Is reason o
believe that their opDOsing views will be adjusted
without much tioubie.
Ihe other tonics of tbe Message are. in the main,
brief references to subjects more fully set forth in
the reports ot the heads of Departments which we
publish cither in lull or in a condensed shape in
othoi places, in this morning's issue. l
The Message.
From the Daily News, Johnson Organ. , , .
The President deems it "a tuhject lor profound re
gret that Congress has thus far tailed to admit to
seats loyal Senators and Kepresentativts from the
other states, whose inhabitants, with those of fen.
nessee, bad eugaued in the Rebellion." "Thclr ad
mission," tlie President believes," would have accom
plished much' towards the renewal and s'rengi hon
ing of our relation as one people, and removed
serious cause for discon ent on the part of the in
habitants ol those States "
'It would have accorded," says tbe President,
"with tbe great principle enunciated in the Declara
tion ot American Independence, that no people
ouvht to bear tbe burden ot taxation, and yet be
denied tbe tight of representation," He refers to
the fact ti at all the btates whose people were in'
insurrection were included in the apportionment oi
tbe direct tax of t venty millions of dollars annually
laid upon tbe Uuitcd States by the act of August,
1861. "Ten jears hence, if ttie-e States reraf in as
they are, the right of representation will e po
stronger, tbe -'lit of exo u ion will be no weaker."
The argument ol the President on this subject is
unamwerablo, and, as comoared with the disunion
twaddle of radical orators and jourualisU, it is
refreshing. .
Tbe Message Is, beyond question, an admirable
doctimont ; and, as we ta) k It lor granted taat each
of our rraders will perui I it at length, we forbear
further comment at this lime. The President awaits
now tho aolion of Cong ws, and with its mambers
are the ls.-ues of peaco f id harmony throughout the
countrj, or disoord am etrfe. . .. , ,, , .
"Occasional" on the Messnpje.
'My Dear Mr. Secretary," the Hon. John W,
Forney, is not to be caught dirtying his fingers by
handling the President's Message editorially. Ihe
Press ignores the document in its sanctum, and lays
it on the shell to dry, In this letter dated at WcJj
ington and signed 'Occasional ,
The first day of the second session of the Thirty,
ninth Congress has just closed, and. all the indica
tions are auspicious, the President's Message nas,
product d little more in,nression than a s.eepy edi
torial in the National iVefi enoer. It is the old'
story ot treachery disguised in aomeot Mr. Seward's
faded rhctorio, and touched off with the cheap logio
ol an obsequious Attorney-iacncral. So far Iroji an,
original Idea, it Is the dismal iteration of rejected
heresies and threadbare falsehoods so wear? that
it n as listened to wixtioutan aonaront emotion, and
L at tbe end, and befoie its reading was finish-Mi, the
galleries were aimuer cleared.
Even the adherents ot the President, in every ca'e
his o d opponents, held to him by ttie ties of- office,
or tbe expectation of office, have no word to say in
its vindication.! fn? f reut majorities in Congress
; treatea it witu open couteaipt sua lauguea at it as
i .an argument a thousand times refuted, aud as the
. lat-t feeble enuncia ion of a recreant woo, a thoufli
universally repudiated by his oousltuenW, is still,
I weak enough to adhere to his "policy," aod vain ,
! enough to believe that any class ot the people con
, tinue siucorely to favor it. Ihe indiffroaco with
T, 1 ' . v . ,uv WGnHIIV " IVVUIVV nT UV1 tUO
bignillcant event ol the day.
Tbe passage ot the bill repealing that section of
the act of Congress, July IT, 1SG2, authorizing the
President to extend amnesty to the Rebels, by an
overwhelming vote in tbe House, is only the begin,
ning of outative aud retributive lugislat'on. bo, too,
ot Judge Keiiey's proposition to dismantle and re
model the wbole Internal revenue system, which, on
a suspension of the rules was reierred to the proper
committee, lhts measure removes the whola pa
tronage, under that tremendous system, lrom the
President and tbe Secretary of the Treasury, and
gives it to the Supreme Court of the United States,
Another great lemcdv is the bid ot Hon. Thomas
Williams, of tho Pit sbTg or Alleghany (Ta ) Dis
trict, soon to be reported, substantially prov diug
iortl:e suspension of the functions of any officer
while he is on trial for crimes and misdemeanors
before tho United States teoate., Ihe passage ot
such a s atutr closes the legal gap in the impetch
nient argument, and crystallizes the full power In
Congress. Ihe discussion ot Andrew Johnson's
outrages upon solemn law and executive honor has
established the necessity ol such legislation, and
you tnsy lest assured that neither his own mtrigu-s
nor toe threats of his parasites, ino'uding the recent
traitors, will deter Congrers from discharging all
tnoir duties, even if among tjem'ishis own iuo.
peachmekt.,
The message.
From the Age, Undival fitmocral.
The idea that the States were ettr out'oi the
Union is combated with entire, success by the Pre
sident, He shows that nlr Lluoolu, in his procla
mation of September 22, 1802. spoke of the constitu
tional relations between the United stales and each
ol the States as being "suspended or disturbed,"
not broken or destroyed, and declared that the ob
J -ct ol tho war was to remove tb disturbing' causes,
.and allow tbe States to resume their old practical
reJations with the national Government.
I The President etablsnes the fact that tho States
'were never out ot the Union, aud having done tbis,
it follows that when armed resistance to law and
constitutional authority cease i, the- praotical re a
tions between the Slates and (be na'ional Uovern
ment should be restored, aud representation should
be accorded to South Carolina and Georgia uoon
ihe same principle that it is given to Pennsylvania
and Maine.
The position of the President upon this quoation
of reconstruction and representation will be eiiu.
neatly satisfactory to the true frb nds of republicau
hbertv in the natjon. It is in lull harmony with
tho theory of our Government and the teaohings of
the men who Iramed it, and also has the sanction el
succession of acts and d-o arations jrorn the very
liarty which is now agitating in favor ol consolida
tion and despotism. The hue lormer v drawn by
(tlie President between himself and ihe radical party
upon this vital isue has been again marked oat
with unmistakable distinctness, and the contest Is
now. State right and ooneUtutlonal representation,
on tbe one baud i ami on the other, Congressional
usurpation and national consolidation. Tbe bttio
upon fcoso imuvd Wll nvw be opened, in Co..
TUB NEW YORK PRESS.
From the Timts.
It will be seen that tbe President offer, nothing
new. His statement oi the case is a reiteration of
the statement heard many times within tbe lust nine
months) his arguments have all been used before;
and bis recommendation w chiefly noticeable a evi
dence that be has learned nothing from the emo
tions, ana forgotten nothing in connection with his
struggle with Congress. In no reseet does the
Piesident attempt to n eet, or even indirectly to re
cognize, the recent manifestations ot pubho opinion
throughout the Mates wbich elevated him to ofllee.
On the contrary, be explicitly declares that hi
''convictions, heretofore expressed, bave;undcrgne
no change," and that "tin ir correctness hat boon
eonfiimeo by reflection and time,".
Ibis exhibition of unieiir.g purpose on the
part of the President may not occasion surprise to
those who know the firmness of will which marks
bis character. We cannot but consider it, however,
a serious error of judgment, and a source of dim.
culty wbich we would gladly have seen averted in
the session now opened. It has suited the Demo
cratic press to belittle tbe significance of the recent
elections; but only something a little short ol Judi
cial blindness can have led Mr. Johnson to rely
upon the Democratic rendering of popular opinion,
Me, of ail men, should be able to estimate correctly
the import of the verdict pronounced at the poll.
When they d c ded agafnvt him, therefore when
they repudiated bis policy and ranged them
selves on thn side of Congres it became bis duty,
not indeed to abandon bis convictions, but to accept
tbe will oi the people as the law of his Administra
tion, and either to withdraw all opposition to the
t'onerofsioual plan, or to propose some new basis of
adjustment, liy nogieoting to pursue one or the
oilier ol these courses he has lost the last oppor
tunity of cilecting a reconciliation with tbe great
majority ot tbe party that elected htm, and has fur
nished a weapon to nis adversaries which tiiey will
wield to his detriment.
We deem it probaolo that the foreign portion of
the Message will, as a whole, prove uupalataole to
tbose whom it directly concerns. Neiiuer Frano
nor Great Diitain will indulge in ecstaoles on the
occasion, ivut that nothing very alarming is teared
in Wall street mav be inferred from the remarkable
steadiness of the market lor gold and national secu
rities yesterday after the couteuta or the Message
had bCcme known.
From the Herald. .
Tbe President's Message is before our rcadors.
Tbey will find it, as an exhibit of the working of
tbe several Executive Departments during tbe last
year, an mtenmiug, imtiuctive, and atislac:ory
Slate paper, while upon the great issue of Southern
reconstruction, it reads like a cuapter from "ihe
World belore the Deluge." Mr. Johnson devotes
two tedious newspaper columns to a defense of bis
last year's measures and general Ideas of Southern
restoration, including some beautiful extracts from
Washington's Farewell Address, and IromJoffer
son and Jackson, in support of his theory ot state
riyhts and the poweisot Congress, and tben ue
drop the sul ject. It is an argument to tho court
after the jury had rendered their verdict. Itmiy
be compared to a history of Fiance, omitting the
revolution which overthrow tho Bouruons, as a
trivial matter, not worth mentioning ,n pleading
i tholr claims to the throne.
. It is, indeed, remarkable that after deliberately
submitting bis Soumorn policy against tho p an of
Congress to the people in the fate eleo ions, the Pre
sident should not have a word to say of the will of :
the people, asirade manifest In these elections. He
talks of 'tbe ancient laud marks," as if none of
them bad been swept away . bv tho late Southern
itciuge of fire and blood, a if the war had changed
nothing, and as if the reoont eleotions had decided
notning. In a word, Mr. Johnson forgets that we
have passed throngb the fiery ordeal of a nvguty
revolution, and that tbe pre-existing order of things
i gone and can return no more- that a great woric
of reconstruction is before us, and that we cannot '
escape it.
indeed, tbe gist ol the Message may be suramel up
in the simple remark that it turns over to Cougress
tbe settlement of our domestic and our foreign
troubles, and we can only hope that the two Houses
will use fo the demands of tho crisis, and prove equal
to tho task asrigctd them.
From the World. ,
' It is probable that the Republican members of
Conguss knew Ot the Piesideut's inflexibility
when they he.d their intubated caucus, on Satur
day evening. But this is a point ot no conse
quence. "What is certain, and what tho oountry is
most concerned (o know, is, that the Presidont r
mains immovable, and Congress belligerent. Tho
elections have not awed him in o any dogr:e of
subml siveues", and lie restates his position with a
masculine, convincing clearness, which must pro
duce a favorable impression upon all candid men. .
He does not deigu to pay the Constitutional '
Amendment even the coin compliment of a pass
ing adusion; nor is there any reason why he
should.
If, when the Legislatures have all acted upon the
amendment, the rejections are more than one-fourth
ol tbe whole number, the amendment will be ju-t
. as dead as if it had laded to get a two-thirds vote in
Congress. That this is to be the result no intelli
gent man doubts; and why should the Pie-idont
have occupied space with a measure wh'ch long
S'nce passeit beyond tbe control of Congress, and is
far on its way towards the limbo of lost or abortive
tbings?
Both the tone and the arguments of the Message,
011 this leading topic, are excellent. In aignity,
aecorum, and ohaste simplicity of language, few
messages ever sent to Congress have been more cre
iitulile. It is entirely tree lrom the asperity some
times too Irei ly exhibited to Mr. Johnson's popular
speeches. In his reasoning thee is uothiug wire
diawn; tliero are no letches of ingenuity; but a
straiglulorward presentation oi the so id grounds of
his policy. It the exclusion oi part of tne Slates
lrom Congress is jutfcttiable now, it wi.l be equally
Justitiuble ten, twenty, liltv years heuoe,
Ihe loirical consequence is a perpetual disso'ution
of the Union. Tne reasons lor tho adm.ssion of
the States are as strong now as they will over be.
1 be mete lapse oi time can add nothing to the force
ot a constitu' tonal obligation. Th re is no argu
ment tor excluding them now which i not equally
good for excluding them forever. But if the result
ot tbe war i tbe final dismemberment of the Union,
it is something very diflerent fiom what the Kcpub
lttau. promised while the war was in progress.
From the Iribune.
It is not so much what the President says as what
he declines to say. The first impression ot the Mes
sage is that his luxcelloucy is ohas'oned. . He make
no allusions to Congress hanging on the verge ot
the Uovernmeut. I'his is something from an Execu-
i five wuo has been in the most unreasonable humor
lor to many mouths. Mr. Pierce could not have
) v.rilfl?u a weaker manage, Congress wou'd as.
; readily bave heard an esay upon the cause of
. thunder as this tame and harmless disquisition .
! I here is much that the President regrets. Ibere
: aie some good words from Waciington and Jeifer
I ton, likewise Jackson. Wo marvel that his Excel
lency neglected the other fathers of tholr country.
For any living tact, for any suggestion, for any
lie pful thought, we might as well turn to the last
novel of Mr. Irollope as to this Message. Ephraiui
seems irrevocably Joined to bis Idols.
There is much that Mr. Johnson might have done
lie baa missed many golden opportunities but none
so glorious a this. Congress came from the people
magnanimous ana kind. There was no disposition
to renierrber anything that had beon done not evon
lie shameless antagoui-m to the people in tho reoeut
election". All good men trusted that one word
might be said which would shoa a disposition on
i lie part of the President to resch a solution ot the
many difficulties surrounding tho oountry. All that
his Excel. enov has done was no longer remembered
vthen we saw the peace he might bring to a harassed
nation , loving kindness and lest.
We believe that there was no feeling of resent
nient to the Piesident, not even in the hearts of
kIio most radlcai members ot Congress, that would
i.ot have given away before the slightest tendonoy
'ot tbe President to harmonise the country. In but
Message he shows no such tendency, tie clings 10
his . dogmas with as much . tenacity . as
wben he hoped to carry the country in the late
; elections. There is not one word for the neoro not
! iuo word foi tlie loyal in the South not one sen
tence which might not as well have been written a
, bundled years ago as to-day, for all the comlort aud
' ti nth it brings.
i we have no heart to awou upon this dreary, liru
less document. There is nothing that any loval man
cue read with comfort or hope - Andrew Johnson is
as much an enemy as when he monaced the nation
lrom bis White House stops ten mouths ao. He
does not mean to aid v in the wore of reconstruc
tion. The duty devolving up m Congress becomes
more solemn and responsible, and we look to Con
gress witn infinite votmdug. Let there be, kindness
aud patience, charity towards a 1, malice towards
none, firmness aud devotion; but, above alt, a sin-rlo-beartcd
determination, come well or ill, despite
Piesldenta or Cabinet, to labor without ceaslug,
until over this land ihoe shall be peace anl re-t,
hbcity and protection, mjd ml ltUt for all.
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ceived from Berlin, Frankfort, and Hamburg,
quote United States bonds firm.
Failnre of a London Banking Firm.
London, December 4 Noon. The acceptances
of Abraham Trovel & Sons have been protested.
Immense Reform Demonstration In Lon
don Huge Procesalon of the Trade
1 Socletles-The "Stars and Stripe" Car.
rled to the "Wearing of the Green."
London, Deoember 4 The demonstration made
yesterda by all the trade societies of London, in
aid and approval ot the Parliamentary reform
movement, cooutitu ed the mot important political
event which has ever taken place or been witnessed
in this country. .'
As John Brivht anticipated, In his speech at Man
chester a tew days since, fully fifty thousand me
varaded atd formed In thn procession, and there
would bave been many thousands more presontb.it
lor the lain which loll dnrinir the day.
There were lorty-seven trade societies, with many
branches of the Kotorm League organization. Tne
i), embers were lormcd by tholr oflloers into four divi
sions, each div 1100 being- accompanied by a band or
bands ol musie, snd having appropriate dovioos on
fine battier., quite in the American style
This fcnte procession was formed in St. James'
Park at noon, and started at a g vuu word, marchintr
along Tail Mall, Plecadillj and other prominent
thoroughfares to Iioaulort House grounds, in the
; suburbs of i he city.
- An Immense meeting- took p'ace here In the even.
Ing. Tbcte were seven plaiorm, occupied by fifty
ponu'ar speakers and leaders ot the people.
During the march of the procession all the stores
or shopB alone tbe route were closed and kept shut.
The streets Wfro crowded, perfectly "alive" with
people. Ihe windows were filled with spectators,
there was pieat enthusiasm exhibited on all sides.
The men b haved in a very orderly manner.
Among the flagr borne prominontly in ihe proces
sion was tl.at of "tbe Mars and Stripes," aud
among tbe airs p'aved by almost every hand, was
' l'he Wearing of the Green."
MB. BBIOBT PRESENT,
I London, December 4. John Bright was presont
nt tbe great relorm demonstration which took place
iu London yesterday. Thore were probably litty
thousand people in the procession, in spite of a'
heavy rain, only a portion of whom could enter
tho grounds where the meeting was held.
Jtenolutions were passed amid great enthusiasm.
At tbe conclusion the people dispersed peaceaoiy.
Mr. Bright addiessed an immense audienco last.
i Kht.
JOHN K. Sl'HUATT.
Ills Arrest In the Ranks of the Papal
Army Ills Escape.
Florence Nov. 14j Correipondence of London Post.
It is stated that J. E. feurratt(ono of the persons
i charged with complio'iv in the asassination of the
lute President ot the United feta'es, At) rati am Lin
i colnl has ben serving lor some time past in the
. la pal Zouaves, his company being quartered at
Yi roil, one oi the trontitr towns ol the Appenines,
. near Crosmone.
, , lie had assumed and was known in his resritnont
j b tbe name oi John Watson. Information of this
i (net having been communicated to General Uufus
! hm?, the iiiuipter of the UnPed Btates at Kouio,
: no time wa lost by him in tran-mitting tie news to
; Ins Government, wbich straightway iuet-ucted the
dcneral to take such measures as might load to the
1 ercuriUR ot Surratt, alias Watson.
1 In ocmplianoe with bis instructions, General King
I r paiied to the Vatican, requested an audienoe of
Cardinal Antonelii, and asked his eminence w aethor,
in the event ot htspioving the identity of Surratt,
the Papal Government would baud him ovor to that
I ot the United States. 'Ihe Cardinal Secretary pro
! liiisvd tho Genera) ad the laoilitioi in his power. A
. tew days after, on reluming to i be Vatican, Guneral
I King was made acquainted by Cardinal Antonolli
, with the measures bo had taken, lhese we:e con.
1 lamed in a series of tolecraphio Instructions sent
irom Borne, with the corietponding reiexraphio
repii's lrom tbe local authorities of VeroU aud
i Vvletri.
j They recorded tbe order to arrest Surratt, alias
i Watson: the successive steps taken in oonip;itioe
tvith the order; the aotual arrest; tbe conveyance to
t rison; tbe removal Irom prison, under a guard of
lire soldiers ot his company; but the series closed
with tbe announcement that when thus led out,
burratt, alias Watron, made a sudden dash from
his guards, jumped over a precipice more than
one hundred leel high, and, though hotly pursued
ty fitly Zouave, was enabled, irons tbe loot ot their
P'olerrmg a more circuitous routo, to get oloar
across the Irontier into the Italian territory. -
Ihe (xist'ng relations between tbe Italian and
Pupal Courts on all, and lespecially extradition mat.
tors, are notoriously of suou a charaoter that
it is not l kcly thai Cardinal Antonelii has addressed
gny very urgent communication to the Government
ol F.orence, to assist in capturing the Individual
iwho evaded the vigilance of his own Zouaves; but
of couree. General King lost no tune in oommuni
I'Sting the faots to his oolleaituo at Florence whole
the American Government is most houorably aud
most tflicicntly reprecuted bv Mr. Geore P.
Marsh, the philologist, to whom the present gene
ration of Engiiah youth owe a huge debt of grati
tude. Io consequence of the representations just made
by Mr. Marsh to tbe Italian Government, tele
crapbio instructions have bten loiwardsd to the
towns on the Papal frontier, and to all the seaports
?i Italy, to recapture Watson, a'ias Surratt; bnt, it
am not exceedingly misinformed, the Ita tan Gov.
v i nient In declaring its readiness to forward tbe
t reat ends of International justice, has intimated
that, even in the event ol its giving up Sunatt, anas
Watson, it will stipulate that his life bv spared.
Terrible Accident at Zanesville, Ohio
Giving Hay of a Iliidge, Carrying- with
It a Whole Passenger Train, v
Jly the United States Associated Press. '
1 CiNciNHATt, December 4. A trrible accirleut
douurred at Zanesvllle, .Ohio, about 9 o'ctork
this morning. The large Iron bridge across the
Muskingum, at that place, broke down, carrying
with It the morning passenger train bound East.
Ihe purtieular have not yet been received, but
tt is niippoiwd h luiee number of Jivi fcavj bu
FROM .WASHINGTON.
Proceedings of Congresa-Rpeal of the
Amnesty Act Two Millions of Gold to
be Buld Every Monday . ..
Waphinotoh, December 3 The Ilouse has
Just repealed the 13th section of the Amnesty
act, authorizing the President to grant pardons,
by a vote of 111 yeas to 29 nay. This vote is a
fair indication of the tone aud strength of the
parties in the present Congress. .
A Irll has been introduced In the TJ uG, by
Mr. Doutwell. G reeting tbe sale of two millions
in gold on every Monday, and another, by Mr.
Hchenck, providing for a meeting of the next
Congress on the 4th of March next.
Do.h will pass by large majorities.
liter.
A b'll has jnst been Introduced, taking from
the President all appointments of revenue
otlictrs, and giving the . appointing powet to
Chief Justice Chase.
From Louisville.
To the Ntw York Associated Preis.
Louisville, December 3. 0. B. Dnnte, tho
notorious Kentucky guerilla, captured by the
military, was turned over to the civil authorities
to-day.
Oneral Von Schorder,' of General Thomas'
staff, leaves for the South to-night on a mission
not made public.
Seventv five bales of cotton was sold at auction
to-day. The .receipts are steadily Increasing,
, and large quantities of cotton in White river are
awaiting shipment. The cro.i in that spction of
Arkansas is tbe largest ever gro vn. Business is
very dull.
Disastets'at Sea. '
New Yore, December 3. The steamship Scot
land, heretolore reported ashore on the Middle
Ground, has sunk. The brig Wtlheimine is
ashore on the Uomer shoals. She is rolling
heavily, with no one, on board or near her. ,
Arrivals. ;.
' Augusta, December 3.--The steamships Gene
ral names, from New York, Famine, from Balti
more, liritt h barque John W. Harris and Ma
tnnxas, and the John E'.hs, from New York, have
arrived here. ANo, tho American ship Ne Plus
L ira, from New York. i
Financial Tltxvn.
, liy the United States Asociated Press. i
New Xork, December 4. The following are
tie quotations for United States securities at
ine lu au o ctocn can mis morning:
Bid
. Asked
' 113
... 10&:
106;
r " 107
United States 6s, 1881
i " 620s, 1802
' 6-20s, 1854
' 6-20, 1666....,,..,..
1040s
" ' 7 80s, fiist series
' " ' 7 30s, second series: .
" 7 30', third sories....
...118
;.,108
,..106;
, . .107
...100
...105
,..105;
...106i
, , 100
106
105
105
, .Markets by .Telegraph i . (
i Raltimork December 4. Wheat heavy; red at
tit 7Ga2-80 Flour inactive and heavy. , 0ts dull
at 6&66o. Rye du 1 at 91105 Soeda quiet.
(Mover declined 12jc. Provisions dull and nominal.
Groceries inactive, with a downward tendjney.
, Whisky yery dull. ', t . ..
'Rumored Return of .Maximilian to
' Mexico. '
' New Orleans, December 3. There are rumors
here that Maximilian has acceded to tin wishes
;)i the conservative party, .and te turned to
Mexico for . the purpose oi carrying on the
empire, , . " ' .
Special instructions have been issued to the
commander ot onr troops on. the Rio Grande
with reference lo Mexican affairs; t,he purport of
which is said to be that he is to abstain from
any interference whatever in the alfalrs of that
country, unless , ordered from, headquarters to
do so. . : " i t . . , ..
FINANCE AN D COMMERCE.
.
' " r ' Of ice or thb Ktbnh3 Telegraph, , '
. Tuesday, December 4, 18Q8. .
The Stock Market opeued very dull this morn
ing, but prices were rather firmer. , In Gov
ernment bonds there was very little movement.
185 6-20s sold at 108 j, a slight advance; and
10-40s at 100i(100J, an advance of . 112 j was
bid for 6s ot .1881; and 106 J1054 lor June and
August 7306.. City Loans were in (air demand;
the new issue sold at aud old do. at 96, in
terest ff. i . . : :
Kailroad shares continue the most active on
the list. Oatawissa preferred sold at 28V, a slight
advance; Pennsylvania 'Railroad at" 54, no
change; and Reading at 6ti((Cjo'3, no change;
1294 was bid lor Camden and Am boy.
In City Passenger Railway shares there was
nothing doing.
Bank shares were firmly held at full prices,
but we hear of no sales. 101 was bid for Sixth
National; 148 for Philadelphia: 06 tor Nortaern
Liberties; 31 for Mechanics; 67 (or Girard; 90 for
Western; 314 ,or Manufacturers'; 100 for Tradew
Wn's; 40 for Consolidation; and G2f. for Union..
CimaJ shares, were unchanged... Lehiah
Navigation sold at 5GJ; 20 was bid tor Schuyl
kill Navigation common; 34J for preferred do.;
86 for Morris Canal; 124 for preferred do.; and
14i for Susquehanna Canal
yuotations of Gold 10j A. M., 140J; 11 A. M.,
1403; 12 M., 141J; 1 P.M., 1414, an 'advance of
I on the closing price last evening.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO-DA!
ii ' ported by Ue Haven & 11 ro , No. 40 d. Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
i 100 sh Reading Railroad.. GGj
i " FIRST BOARD.
, t600 5-20s.G6cpJy.lo8, 60 sh Lehlah Nav... 61
Sioi o u e iu-o. region;
: lO0Leh (is. 84.... 02
; $1000 th tt, 6s., ... m
1 1(10 sh Cata pt....80 281
4 1 sh do. ...scrip 62
20 sh W Branch Cu US
1 sh Ua & A sorlp. 60
12 sh fab..,. iota.. t)2
. 100 sh . do . .eaOwn 284
; lienors. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex
chanse to-day at 1 P. M.: American gold, 141
di Ulh Silver is and J. 135; Compound Interest
.Notes, June, 1864, 15?; do.. July, 1864, 154; do.,
August, 1864, 14$; do., October. lHfal, 13 J; do.,
December. 1864, 125; do., May, 1865, ll; do;,
A ugust, 1865, 104; do., September, 18C5, 9j; do.
October, 1865, 94. .
1 Messrs. William Painter & Co., bankers, No,
So South Third street, report the following rates
of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock! U.S. 63, 1881,
coupon, 112J113i; V.. 5-20, coupon, 1862, 10HJ
W108J;' do., 1864, -106i(3!l075 do.. 1865, 107
1074; do., new, 1865, 108il08-, LT. 8. 10-40s,
roupou, 89J5l00i; .U, 8. 7-30s, 1st series, 105
1061; do., 2d series, 1054l05i; 3d series, 105
t,106i ; Compounds. December, 1864, 13134.
i " ''
, Philadelphia Tiade Report. -
Tuesday, Docembcr 4 Ihere is no Improvement
to notice in the Flour Market, but prices retnaiu
Ithoot quotable cbn?e. There is no demand tor
shipment, and only 400 a" 500 barre's wore taken, in
ots, by the homo consumers, at 8r8'60 O barrel tor
lupeilino; 9i&10 tor extras; 811 J:12 26 for Nortn
western extra family; tU2.il3'60 lot I'ennsylvauia
and Ohio do do t anil at bieher ra'es for ftuoy
brands, according- to quality. 160 barrels Rye Flour
sold at $7 26Ca7 60, an advauoe. 600 barrels Com
Meal sold on private terms, ' '
i lhere is ioiroely any demand for Wheat, and the
only sale reported was 1000 bushels New York amber
t $2 87 : white lantres lrom 83 20 to $3-80. A small
lot ot FeunByLania It ye sold at 1 U6, a deoiiue.
Corn is du I at lesterdaf ' fivuresi sales of old yel
low at fl)2114 and nev do. at l Oats are
guiet. with sales otluOO bushels Pennsylvania at 69a.
JNotnlnc dolnir in Barley or Mlt.
Cloverseod is quiet, with small sales at f9n0$
04 lbs. tor new, Timothy sellB at 83 26, aud r lax
ioedat8 20. ' ' T ' '
No. 1 Quero'tron riaik is held at S33 V ton, bnt
there is not bins' doing.
Weiskyh) unchaiiiredt 'en ct l' rjof ylvaula at
t2 8eV2 HI, aud Ohio ui t'i 43.
JOHN WESLEY.
HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.
Mr. Henry Vincent's lectnre at Union
M. E. Church Last Evening.
SPECIAt PBOMOORAPHIO BEPOBT 0R THE IVIN
IKO TKLIOBAPH.
Quite a largo aud intelligent audience assem
bled last evening in the Union Methodist Epis
copal Church, to listen to the lecture by Mr.
Henry Vincent, the English Reformer, on the
'Life, Character, and Actions of John Wesley,"
the founder oi Methodism. This waa Mr. Vin
cent's third appearance before a Philadelphia
audience, and by this time we are able to judge
of him as an orator .and thinker. A week ago
we published a detailed sketch of his life,
dwelling particularly upon his somewhat re
markable career as a public speaker. In per
sonal appearance he has but little of the
Englishman about him at least, but little of
the typical Englishman except a burly form,
:tnd a bland, smiling countenance. For the
rest, he is rather bald, wearing his hair,
which is ; quite grey, pushed back
in long locks upon his shoulders. His beard,
which is of almost silvery whiteness is worn
full and long, giving him almost a patri
archal appearance. 1 As a speaker, Mr. Vincent,
is peculiar and forcible, but not at all times
pleasing. His' voice has a. hoarse rattle, which,
in his long sentences and to long sentences he
is much given almost destroys too effect of his
well-rounded periods. In the uia.ter of gesticu
lation he is extremely profuse, nnd many of the
movements of his bands and arms tend rather
to detract from than to add to the force of his
sentiments. Yet, despite thece many peculiari
ties, the wonderful success which, has attended
Mr. Vincent as a public lecturer, and the flatter-.
Ing reception which he has met with in this
' country, clearly establish his clalrii, to . rank
as one of the first orators of the day. It is need-,
less for us to discuss his rhetorical style, as that.
. can be clearly perceived in. the verbatim' report.
i of his lecture last evcpinj, which we gtvebclovy.
The speaker was Introduced by the Rev. Dr.
Carrow, and on comlDg. forari, addressed
his audience as follows:--
1 1 assure yon, Ladies and Gentemen, that it is with
intense gratification thai I lind uiysell standing here
in tbe presence of thl audience; and yet this grati
fication is great v dimmed by the memory that I am
in the pre. enceof thoiewho.arefurbe ler acquainted
with the theme that I shall have the donor to dis
cuss, than 1 can profess to be myselt. Yet there comes
to me on this piattorm, iu-p. ration that i cannot
express; lor lam reminded by. he kindness of a
lriend.that on th s .pot, soon century ao, there '
stooo that illustrious compcor of Joim Wealey whose
eloquence shook the chuiohes aud eonvuNed tue
land that preal pulpit orator wuo combined not
merely all the requisites ot tho era'or, but all tne
earnestness ot the Son of ood 1 mean Mr. Wu it
held. .(Applauso.)
I do say, that it anything could insplro me, nect
to conception ot the inuruty and hallowed truths
of which he and the great Johu Wesloy were the
standard-bearers, it would seem to mo that I stand '
on a spot which, by the. grace ot a meroiiut uod,
has been dedicated to the conversion ot souls and
th building up of mir.il aal spiritual tile.
1 come then, to-nirht, to speak to you a few pas
sages on tho lite, teachings, aud actions ot Jonn
Wesley; and Iain compelled in the outset to re
mind you that there is something couneced with
the birth ot W esley that calhs to mind that singular
action and reaction which, like the mighty wind
wbioh passed through tbe natiou ttselt, ttiU in.
uuences whole natiois and aflcts tue woild.
ji or England passed through a series of great
commotions ari.iug out of that mighty conlliot
between foperj and Piotestantt'm, and wh en pro- -duced
io va-t a change in all Christian States.
England had been, for a long time, bearing the
burdens of papal misrule, and her in'elloct and
conscientiousness wtt ol iuded by priestly darkness
and prieatiy devices, England, Iro u ihe great days
ot John VViukllll'o, which .nawned. upon it, the
morning ptar of ihe Reformation England ontered
ui on an intellectual and spiritual conflict, launched
out into social and political ba tie; lor it must be
iemi inhered that the old papacy curbed tie truth
ol Ooa ; it ucanie mimics', to a very great ex-ent,
to intellectual and moral progos to mankind, and .
fatal to the existence ol Independent otvii govern
unit, luplai d led tlie war, unuer great reformers,
to reeibt the dogmas and teachings and the poll. ioil "
Ufiiiri ations of that mighty Cliurcn. i ,
Ibis controversy did not tnl when Henry VIII
ooi threw the politic e and ecclesiastical power of
the papacv ; it did not eu i with the natural Church
comprom'se, to some extent,' bet we -n Methodism,
l'otiery, and 1'rtestautifm a conflict thai did not -end
on the rise of various i untanioal sects of tbe
popu ar Indopcndouts,' I'let-bytcriuni, and Low
Church Puritans; a conflict which d.d not end in tne
days of the btuarts, but extended into a greater
conflict ol civil war in the times of Charles i a
conflict which continued through the brief protec
torate of Oliver Croinwoll, and broke out aneyin
the two reigns of the Second Caailes and tbe Second
James, ana which was Una ly brought to a close in
the great revolution of 1088.
, And alter the .evolution of 1688 apooared to be '
exhausted, you again witui ss a renmrkable change '
in tue Eng'ih Churoii. You witness the rise ot that
Hub Church tiarty thit. uuderui ned the
1'rotestantism of tbe C'liu-ch of England ; yon wit
ness a sad decline of spiritual file; yon witness all
those loim of social disorder so detrimental to the
C'huroh.and a aiming to Hla cs; and verily we may
ay,in the preeeuce of such a state ot things in Eng
land from the year 1700 to 1730, that there could be no
greater proof of continuous latth. continuous prater,
and earnest devotion to (iod, ol li e in tbe churches,
ot earnestness In the schools no greater proof of
this than in the advance of K.n;ll li society, in (he '
midst oi which 'John Wes'ev, the great founder ot
your own churches, was born. -,
On the 17lh of Juno, 1708, in that little t)wnshlp
of Epworth, in L'noolnshiro, witn which lam per
sonally familiar, and on its soil I barelooted trod,
wdb reverence for his moinory, was born this lilus- ,
tiious man.
His father was one of those quiet, pains-ta'rlng,
earnest Eug ish clergymen, who do tneir duty ou
small salaries in tho midst ot Daiinhioners ab e to
compensate them well, woo devote themselves wlti '
Christian zeal to tbeir service.
ilis mother was one of tbose noble women, an
exceedingly beautiiul woman, whose services were .
'many, aud who is the choicest gilt of od to man; -tor
it must be s'atod without flut'err, in the pres
et ce ol men and women, that tliero Is nothing on
i nod's ear h that exeroUes a riiore sanoiilyiug in
fluence upon the welfare of the human race than
'the presence ol lively, lovinjr, rraceiul, virtuous, '
and modest women, who accent tlie great trust that
God imposes onthom. a"d endeavor iu His tear and
love to earneotly and giaoelully discharge it.
(Applause.) , , , ,
Mrs. Wesley .was a mother of strong affections,
iA woman of rare excellence of charaoter, a tender
regard, wise dlsorettou.a mother of thioe noble boys,
harouel, John, and Charles a gioriou trio to build
up aod strengthen any honse. Ihis noble mother,
.an example to ber sex did not require a life of -luxurious
ease; tbe wife of a poor mihlner. she ,
placed before her, next to the importance of tne -koul'a
education, tho wollareof her family t and bet "
great pride was to live frugally, aod work hard, and
gain inesi In every direction, that her bovs might
be able to gain the eduoatlon a scholarship would,
,give them; while she, bv her quiet, modest life,
moulded their conduct and bound their atl'ections.
i John Wesley appears la early life to have
,ben a beautiful boy, and wa should be extremely
thaukiul to iod for it. - John was cast In a tender
and lovely mould, and his discipline was that of
maternal love. -
Continued on IU Jitijhth Fagt.y
t