THE NEW YORK PRESS. JDITOKUL OPINIONS OF TUB I.FAP1NO JOURNALS ITON CURRENT TOriC COWPILKD KVKttT PAT FOB THB EVENING TKLKOBAPH. Eqnal Rum-age Universal. From the XiUion. (iovornor Orr has given frequent rroofs, pince the close of the Rebellion, of a degree of yoil seuae rarely to be found among Southern rloliticians. Naturally enough, he has desired f 0 secure the best attaiuable terms for himself nd his white neighbors; but he has had wis lom enough to comprehend the situation of lis section of the country, and the folly of useless resistance to the will of the victorious Js'orth. Ui3 efforts to secure Justice for the colored people in the court3 of his State have leen earnest, though fruitless before the pas sage of the "Sherman bill." He discerned -very clearly that the constant denial of simple justice under the existing law was certain to lead to chnnges iu the mode of government unpalatable to his people. But he could not jnnke them see it; and now that their own folly andperverseness have brought upon them the evil (as they deem it) of universal suf frage, Uovernor Orr sensibly advises them, to make the best of it. He accepts the law it good faith, declines to Join in any at tempt to overthrow it iu the courts, and urges the w hole people to act under it. Further evidence of the Governor's common Sense is contained in his anticipations of the tendency of the colored vote. He puts no faith in the prediction that the new electors will be controlled by personal influences (in other words, by their masters), and expresses Jiis belief that, like other men, they will be guided by what they believe to be their in terest. Their real interests, he justly says, are identical with those of their white neigh bors. How strange that one wise enough to flee this now should not have seen at an earlier day that the converse of the proposition was always equally true I On the very day that the Provisional Gov ernor of South Carolina thus avowed his sub mission to universal suffrage, the news had leached him that Connecticut had voted against it. The- impression produced upon Jiim may be inferred from his sarcastic com juents upon the refusal of New Jersey, Ohio, and Michigan to admit colored men to the light of suffrage. The Legislature of Ohio has reversed its action; but of this Governor Orr "was not aware. The people of Michigan have just elected a convention which will undoubt edly correct the error of that State. Hut the main point of the criticism is unaf&jcted by these circumstances, since the fact remains that in a majority of the Northern State3 negroes are still excluded from the polls. South Carolina, though sorely against the will of her white population, is henceforth tinder a more equal system of government than Connecticut. The inconsistency of the North in excluding the negro from its own ballot-boxes while forcing his vote upon the South, i3 not quite So glaring as its critics assume, and, in any case, is imputable only to a small portion of 5ts people. A large majority of the Republi cans in every State favor equal suffrage every where, while the whole Democratic party is as much opposed to enacting it for the South as for the North. The only inconsistent per sons are the one or two hundred thousand Jlepublicans who have helped to impose Universal suffrage upon the South, while op posing it in their own States. This inconsis tency is more apparent than real, Bince there are obvious reasons for deeming equal suffrage jnore essential to a republican government "Where the majority would without it be ex cluded from political influence, than in States where the exclusion does not affect one per cent, of the population. So it is easy to see that universal suffrage may be necessary to ieep South Carolina in the Union, while Scarcely any restriction of the suffrage would affect the loyalty of New York or Indiana. We do not care, however, to dwell upon this argument, since we are fully convinced that it amounts to nothing more than an excuse for a policy essentially unwise. As an answer to the complaints of Southern men, it is suffi cient; but we should be ashamed to use it a3 an answer to the demands of the disfranchised lace, or as a vindication of Northern justice towards them. It is far worse to deny justice to half the people of a State than to do so to one-tenth of them; but, after all, the exclusion of even one man in a thousand from his na tural rights is inexcusable. . lne logical ana inevitable result ot the change at the South is to extend the same jule of equality over the whole country, and the sooner it is done the better it will be for all classes, sections, and races. Whenever the Southern States are reorganized upon the new basis, they will be perfectly willing to join in making equal suffrage universal throughout the Union. If they are controlled by those Who approve of the principles upon which they have been reorganized, they would of course vote for an extension of the same rule to other States; and if they are controlled by the opposite class of politicians, they would vote in the same way from motives of revenue. We look, therefore, with couTnleuue for an early amendment of the national Constitution prohibiting discriminations against color in re hpect of political rights. The opinion of some Senators that the last amendment includes such a prohibition, is entitled to consideration but in view of the unquestionable fact that it was not so understood by the people when it Was submitted to them, stands in the way of uch a construction. The controversy should lie settled beyond all doubt, and the existing Legislatures of the North, with those to be elected at the South, will readily endorse any amendment on this subject that may be pro posed by Congress. The fatuity of the Democratic party is so in tense that we cannot reasonably expect it to Join In this the only possible final adjustment of our national troubles, although it would evidently open the way to new political issues, and thus give that party a better chance for success. If by any means of resistance left to thein the Democrats could prevent the esta blishment of equal suffrage at the South, it jnight be worth their while to resist it at the Uorth; but when they cannot save Mississippi Irom the votes of 50,000 negroes, it becomes Judicious to see their strenuous opposition to the admission of 2000 in Ohio. It certainly pcciua uuj.rinni5 iu expeci any good Irom a party so weuaea to obsolete theories of op pression. lly making equal suffrage the universal kv. we should remove all ground for complaint of invidious distinctions between the North and the South. Y e should be able to prove to the world that the conquerors in this great civil war had imposed no other terms upon the eouquered than they submitted to them selves. We should demonstrate that .the war Jiad bei one of liberation, and not in any Sense one of subjugation. Such, we, are con fident, was the wish of the Northern people, and although we cannot expect the present THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, -SATURDAY, generation of Southern whites to comprehend or believe it, wo- do not doubt that the fart , will be recognized by their posterity as well as by our own. Without waiting for the action of Congress, we will not permit ourselves to doubt that the people of New York, Ohio, Miohigan, and Iowa, who will be required to pass upon this question in their respective States this fall, will decide to adopt the principle of equality. The. struggle may be hard, especially iu New York, but the prize of a clear reword is worth all it may cost. We must at all hazards vindi cate our good faith, and be able to look every Southern man in the face, with the assurance that we liave required vothing of him which we were not ready to submit to ourselves. Political Reconstruction. From the Trxtiune. The time ha3 come to open the next Presi dential campaign. It is too soon for the nomi nations or for personal preferenoes, but organi zation should be made now. The problem is to reconstruct the South so that its electoral votes shall be cast for progress. While the Sonth is being recon.slructed into States, we should reconstruct the politics of the States. , To do this, two lines of policy should bo -adopted. What we impose on the South by virtue of success in war, we should accept ! ourselves. We are not prepared to discuss ' questions of interference with the suffrage, I lor such questions are not practical. Congress, j we think, has too much confidence in the loyal I people of the Northern States to suppose thoy ! will hesitate to remove every law that make3 ' distinctions in suffrage. We believe the Repub- j lican party is warm for this work. Politicians in Pennsylvania, the large minority in Con- j necticut a few facing-both-ways individuals ! in New York, under the mieasy leadership of the Times may have retarded the enthusiasm of the mass of the party; but wo feol that their influence is dead, and that, in view of Con- J necticut, and of the great work now ripening in the South, there is not a sincere Republican j who is not willing to remove every restriction , of caste, color, or race, and proclaim, in its i most absolute sense, impartial sutlrage and universal liberty. Where is our work to be done ? In Con necticut we must have the law of disfrau chisement repealed. Upon that subject, our friends must continue to agitate until they are successful. In New York, if it is well that the negro should be worth $250 before he can vote, then it is well that the white man should be worth the same amount of money. We do not discuss suffrage-tests of education, pro perty, and naturalization; but we iusiht that every test shall alike apply to black and white. We trust to have this made right in the new Constitution. But whether now, or twenty years from now, the party must labor without ceasing, and again and again advance to the contest, until it is successful. In Maryland, universal liberty does not exist. It required the authority of the national Government to prevent men from being sold into perpetual slavery for petty crimes. So long as village justices of the peace can put up human beings on the auction-block, and reduce them to slavery, there is no liberty. In the Carolinas, General Sickles was compelled to suppress the lash and whipping-post with his sword, notwith standing the Constitutional amendment. While that amendment abolished ths legal fact of slavery, it did not abolish the conse quences of causes or that fact. The men who prospered by slavery; the reverend gentlemen who preached about Onesimus; the dema gogues wlio trafficked in prejudice; the Simon Legrees who revelled in atrocity and crime, were not abolished. Thoy had votes, and j constituencies, and strength; and, so long as j their votes had power to re-establish the pil- ' lory, and the slave shambles, there was no liberty in the South. In the Southern States 1 these wrongs were permitted only because a j disloyal minority possessed the power to make laws, and a loyal majority was disfranchised ' because of a difference in color. Our immediate work is with the South. There, by the law of Congress, the negro is permitted to vote. This negro vote is a fact. ; Under proper influences, it may be induced to , act with the Union party. There is a large ! white element, especially in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Louisiana, which ! was consistently Union, even in the presence j of successful Rebellion. This vote is in full i sympathy with the Union party. There is a j healthy German element in Texas, which is : as radical as in Wisconsin. Wo have no I doubt the Union party iu the South, not counting the negro vote, is as strong as the ; Free Soil party in the North before the Kansas- ; Nebraska excitement. It needs encourage- j ment, and that must come from us. It needs organization. It must see that we in the North are fighting the same battle. It should feel j that an election in Connecticut and New York i represents the same issues as an election in Alabama. The negro should be encouraged j and enlightened. He should be made to feel . that the ballot means liberty, and home, and ! education for his children, the possession of ( his farm, absolute equality before the law. By j 41, talisman liu )iuinirt.4i nn Amnrirnri citiznn politically, our fellow, lie will soon find prejudices disappear. The negro without the baliot was a chattel; with it he is a man, with ollices to give, and as much power for good or evil in law-making as General Lee or Mr. Davis. It is feared that the old masters may coax the negroes to the ballot-box, as in other days they drove them to their quarters.' We take that risk ! The' mere fact that he is in a position to be coaxed that he is an object of interest and power, ana not ot tyranny shows that emancipation has, even now, given him blessings of inestimable value. We take the chance of his voting with his masters, just as we take the chance of the Irishman voting with his Saxon oppressors. 1'ar be it from us to advise a campaign of bitterness. We do not propose to iniluence the negro by exciting in his mind a hatred of las former masters. Nor should we advise any organization antagonistic to those masters. Agitators like Mr. Hunnicntt in Virginia may mean well, but their zeal is bitter and offensive. To organize a campaign on the Hunnicutt plan is to abandon any hope of a permanent l.'nion partv in the South. We cannot afford to array "the white against the black, or the black against the white. ; White men's tickets" and "Black men's tickets" any ticket, indeed, which repre sents a prejudice, or a grievance, or the re membrance of any wrong, any party ' of vengeance and wrath, wt shall oppose. We desire to see a Republican party in the South irrespective of color or condition. We count the negro as an aocession an integral part of the constituency an element to be enrolled ; but we also count the white, whether Democrat or not. We build up our party by converting members of other par ties; and we trust to be as successful with Secessionists , in the South as we have been with the Democrats in the North. We assume that men are Democrats because thy have not had light enough to be Republicans be cause their paths have been dark and narrow. Let it be our work to give them light to show them the right way to make them feel that the interests of the Republic are the interests of the Republican parly. In this spirit, let us orpanize (lie South.- We are glad to know that Senator Wilson is about to go into the South to speak to the people and impress upon them their duty. We can commend him to all men as a prudent counsellor. Let other Senators and Congressmen follow his example. If twenty men like Senator Wilson wore to go into the South, and travel from town to town, 'speaking to the people, organizing the party, forming clubs and societies,, seeing that educa tion is not neglected that kindness and good feeling are cultivated, that Northern news papers are read we should have the Southern States side by side with their Republican brethren in the next Presidential election. This is our present duty, and if we perform it now we shall choose the next President against any opposition, and elect an overwhelming majority to Congress. Let us go to work in earnest, and see what we can do. Probable Vote of the South. From the World. The political activity in the ten Southern States which come within the provisions of the Military Reconstruction bill, anticipatory of the election of delegates to the several State conventions, has awakened in the country at large an interest in Southern politics which has not been paralleled since the war broke out, just six years ago this very week. It seems to be taken for granted, and with very good reason, that afargo majority of the white electors will vote for candidates whose politi cal sentiments accord with those of the con servative portion of the Northern people. The contest, therefore, is for the vote of the negroes, w hicJi, in some of the States, will outnumber that of the whites. Hence it is a matter of great interest, to ascertain, if possible, the number of voters, white and negro, in the Southern States, whence it may be deduced with some approach to accuracy how the elec tions will result. As no census of the Southern States has been taken since 18G0, and during the inter vening seven years a devastating war ha3 occurred, it is impossible to state with accuracy the population of the South at the present time. It may be accepted, however, that in every one of these States but Texas, the population has decreased since 1801, and assumed that probably this decrease will amount to ten per cent, in the case of the white males, and twenty or twenty-five per cent, in the case of the negro males. Upou this assumption, the male population of the Southern States, as compared with that returned by the census of 18G0, is as stated in the subjoined table. It should be premised, however, that the figures given below represent the number of males, and not' that of the total population irrespective of sex ; and the apparently large allowance made for the decrease of the negro population is based upon concurrent reports from all quar ters that the colored people suffered not merely from the ordinary ravages of war, but by dis ease during and especially subsequent to the war. Texas, according to all accounts, has a larger population to-day than it had in 18G4, and the statement is corroborated by the fact that, while the vote of the other Southern States in 1805 varitd from one-third to two thirds of that cast by them in 1800, the votes of Texas in those years were very nearly equal. With these explanations, we give the following table of the male population of the ten Southern States excluded from represen tation ill Congress: -18(50.- -1887.- Xtaru. WlUtr. Sraro. Alabama 270,111 Arkansas 17U.15.S J-'loritlu 41,128 Georgia 301.04.5 Louisiana 31(1,5-25 Mississippi 18(1,273 North Carolina 81.l,le, KoutU Carolina 140,133 Texas 2-.S,3y4 Virginia 3ol,'J5u 21'J,01' 50,240 3102 230.KU-J 182,345 21S,(!73 181,31!) 201,119 111,370 2ti7.37 211,100 151.713 37,010 270,911 281,873 107,010 281,709 131.020 250,000 316,701 101,205 42,18 ) 23,852 173,140 130,759 101,755 130,012 150,839 110,000 19S.12S Total 2,320,132 1,581,023 2,138,309 1.299,911 The voting population of the Southern States might bo estimated on the same basis of calculation as that assumed above, but for the disqualifications made by the Military Re construction bill. These disqualifications may be ascertained from the following extract from the oath required to be taken by every person before voting for delegutes to a State Conven tion in any of these States: "1 do solemnly swear that I have not been disfranchised lor parlicipntion in any Rebellion or civil wnr iiuttinst tne Uniteil States; mat I have never taken an oath as a member of Con gress of the Untied State jorus an otlicer of the United Slates, or us a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or Judicial oitl cer of any Stute, to support the Coudtltutlon of the United States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion uuulnst Hie United States, or given aid und comfort to the enemies thereof." We have, however, compiled a table, show ing the number of votes cast by each South ern State at the Presidential election of 1S0O, and the estimated number of voters at the present time, white and black, based upon the calculation that the proportion of voters to the male population remains the same as it was iu IM'jO. By voters in this connection are meant all males over twenty-one years of age: , 181)7 1SS7. uil Sit. 1 'iiti r. 135.78S 05,033 20.291) 148,029 70,292 114,134 139,270 91.119 115.0U0 171,027 1 i'K Vtilti-s. ... K0,:i57 .. 51,053 .. 14,317 .. 100.305 ... 50,510 White. Seuro mult. Alabama .. Aikuusim.., Florida , Georgia Louisiana.. 'utl IX. Hi, 1 132 51,571 12,339 90,314 47,479 55,82 9,;,!).J3 13,810 SO, 000 105,583 Vuti rs, 51,75 i 14,003 7,031 57,715 22.793 58,252 45,337 50,279 35.000 110,013 Mississippi..., 09,120 Noi tli Carolina 90,230 buumC'aroliua 50.829 Texas (iJ.UMi Virginia, 117,02 Total 717,679 001,971 112,lb7 1,071,101 As stated before, there are no reliable data from which to derive the probable vote of each State at the coming elections. In the lirst place, it is very doubtful whether all will vote who can, some whites staying away from the polls from disgust with the whole recon struction policy, and others, as in tlie case of the recent election in Georgetown, D. C, from a repugnance to vote with the negroes. And, in the second place, there are no statistics showing the number of whites who are dis franchised by the Reconstruction bill. The belief that the white vote will bo light is fur ther strengthened by the returns of the eleo tions in 1SU5, which were as follows: . Vote. fitaU. Alabama 44.8.50 Mississippi ArkunsuH 34,497 Nortb Cai-ollnu. Vole. ...41,010 ...58,551 .. .18,885 ...00,082 ...49,213 Georgia , Louisiuna... i.um nnii . i i ti mit , 37.200 Thvhb- 27,808' Virginia. Total. ,.380,514 Nor is it probable that all the negroes upon whom the elective franchise is conferred will avail themselves of their newly acquired ri In the cities and centres of population ti of them will be likelv tn vnu j....- Ight. tiiiHt likely to voUj, binir ursred thereto by the whites; but in the en,,,?-., mid sparsely settled districts, where the polls will necessarily le at some distance apart, it is hardly to be expected that more than a bare majority of the negro electors will go to the trouble of voting. . Ah important fact to le tonaidered in this connection Is that a largo number of the negroes will not be able to vote at the coram" elections Ay reason of their, not having ac quired a legal residence in the place wliere they may chance to be at the time that such elections may held. The Reconstruction bill provides that all male citizens of each State, twenty-one years tf age and upwards, may vote ''who have leen rsident in said Statu for one year previous to the day of such elec tion." This provision will exclude from thn polls a largo proportion of the negroes, for since the war very many of them have wan dered about from State to State. The general jli ift of this emigration has been southward, so that while Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, have lost many thou sands of their negro population, that" of Ala bama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and par ticularly Texas, has materially inereased. Such being the uncertainties of the number of votes to be polled, it is easy to see that the uncertainty of the results of the sevWal elec tions is still greater. How large a portion of the qualified white -electors adhere to the views of the Northern , Radicals, it is impossi ble to forecast ; and the same is true, iu groat measure, of the negroes, who, for the lirst time, will exercise the highest privilege of freemen. Doubtless many of them, cajoled by pretended friends who are Radicals, will vote for Radical candidates, but it is not im probable that more will listen to tho counsels of their true friends, and vote for men of conservative political sentiments. To tho importance of directing their votes aright, the whites in most of the Southern States are awake, and, if judicious efforts are made by them, the negro vote may be made to tell in favor of the very principles .which, it was de signed that it should tell against by those who engrafted negro suffrage upon the Reconstruc tion bill. This, therefore, is1 the great ques tion pending in the present canvas3 at the South, ami upon its decision hang most momentous issues. Highly Important News from Europe A or til Utimauy on the Point of War with France. From the Herald. The cable news from Europe is of the very highest importance, indicating, as it does, that North Germany, as represented by Prussia, is on tho point of war with France, if the usual premonitory symptoms of such a great convulsion aro to be relied upon iu this instance as heralding its near approach. Count Bismark has given tone and shape to the rather indistinct mutterings which pro duced the war panic, as it has been termed, which prevailed in the financial and commer cial circles of the Old World during the past few days. Acting with his usual energy and prompitude, the Prussian Premier has des patched a note to Paris repuesting reasons for the warlike preparations which have been going on for some time past in that country, demanding their "immediate cessation," and stating that France, and consequently her ruler, will be held "answerable for the con sequences" if this demand is not complied with. 1 This plain speaking method of coming at once to a point of issue is Count Bismark's routine diplomatic habit. There can be little doubt, however, but that, previous to putting it iu practice on such a momentous occasion, and with such a ruler as the Emperor Napo leon, the Premier had been well assured of an approaching danger, and .made equally con fident of the complete support of North Ger many as reconstructed by the late war and universal suffrage. He also looked southward, and has already acted under the secret treaties so "irritating" to France just concluded with Baden and Wiirtemburg. Orders have been issued from Berlin to the prcipal railroad stations in both countries, directing cars to be sent to certain points for the transportation of cavalry horses. As the essential point of the treaties is that Prussia shall have command both in Baden and Wiirtemberg ,in time of war, the issue of these orders simultaneously with the reclamations made on France goes far to show as if Germany were voluntarily going, not "drifting" into war. Rastadt, a thoroughly fortified town ' of Baden, has had its garrison reinforced by two Prussian regiments, a most significant confir mation of unity with South Germany under the secret treaties. The iniportantquestion remains, What will Napoleon do i Is he prepared for war f Will he explain or cease his armaments t Or will he, to the surprise of mankind, close the great door of the Exhibition building and lead France to the field, disappointed, angered, and determined to triumph on new fields to be pointed out by the Imperial finger I Russian America A Grand Exploring Expedition Wanted, From the Herald. When a man has bought a pig in a bag his first desire is to have a look at the animal. The great treaty involving the purchase of Russian America has been ratified by the almost unanimous vote of the Senate. There were only two members voting against it Messrs. Fessenden and Ferry. The only earnest argument in opposition, as it appears, was from Mr. Fessenden, and his objections may be readily answered. His constituents are interested in the Northeastern codllsheries, and he is therefore naturally jealous of the competition threatened in the Northwestern lodlisheries of Russian America,. "Hopping with fish." But the papers have been signed and sealed, and we are to pay ten million two hundred thousand dollars in American gold for about four hundred and fifty thousand square miles of Russian territory, mainland, islands, and inlets included. So much we know. We perceive, too, from the map before us, that, excepting a narrow selvaee of islands and mlets and a ncige of t basaltic mountains, running along tne sea , the whole of this purchase lies above the sixtieth degree of north latitude, or within the lati tudes of Greenland. The soil of Greenland . .., MtMi(i. has never, since tlie .noj fwmi I flv.lnnr tnrTV D lO BlilTi W exposed to the sun They How is it, then, with uussu umv- . w it climate s as dinerem y Gcniand as is that of the British huos from the pitiless frown JJ?"?. lvinc in the same latitudes. And why r ue ca se as the wonderful Gulf btream, which, Cnlrontfrom the Carribean -and Ue 3..n- Mexico ueiweou , a. !.,(. l.ii.miil v and envelones ETwnrS tl BHtih islands, so Russian iirK similarly affected from the Pacific tZ Nor is tliis all a theory; for we know ,,' Oregon, as far north as Newfoundland, fwmters are softer than in New 'York city. North of the equator the prevailing winds frnrn the west have much to do with the mat-' t r of climate. Here they Btrike us always cold and dry from the snowyovered Rocky Mountains, while to the Pacifio slope and to Western Europe they come soft and warm from the ocean. .APKIJj 13, 1867. i Hie climate, then, of Russian America is rather that of Norway and Sleden than that of Greenland., i l!ut we want to'know some thing more of this new purchase.- .What sort of a new country is It, and what are its pro ducts and resources ? Its seacoast swarms w ith walruses, sea lions, and various ' other species of tho seal family; its inlets, bays, and rivers abound with codfisJi and salmon, and the neighboring ocean is a famous whaling ground. Tho prodacta of this new country are the hardy timber trees of the frozen north, fur-bearing animals, white, ; bine, And bl.-tck foxes, white bears, musk oxen, reindeer, Es quimaux; and Indians. Furthermore, it has been recently discovered that on the Kvlchpak Russian America is watered by oue of the largest rivers of North America, only exoocded in length by the Mississippi, including the Missouri, and by the Mackenzie, with, the sources of which those of the Kvi. hpak are interlocked among the Rocky Mountains. This Kvichpak, they say, can be navigated by steamers for at least a thousand miles, which indicates a champaign country to that extent. Vancouver's Island (British) is rich in coal, and so are said to bo our new batch of islands lving above Vancouver along the coast up to Mount St. Elias; and why should they not be? This is all we can tell ot tins new empire, in area moro than twice the size of France. It is a scanty exhibit, the merest thread of a skele ton outline; but it is-all that we have. What, then, is first wanted and demanded concerning this purchase r A grand exploring expedition bv land and water, and right away. The Kvii hpak breaks up about the middle of May, and is sealed again with ice early in Novem ber. Between May and September, in that region, they have aunshino nearly all the time, and then comes a corresponding interval of prevailing night and aurora borealia. There is no time to be lost if the Administration de sires to have Congress thoroughly informed in December of the real chararter and resources of this new country. An exploring expedition should be organized to start from San Fran cisco early in May, with alight draught steamer or two, and an efficient body of scientific men and intelligent newspaper correspondents. Such men as Professor Agassiz, to look after the fossil elephants and glaciers of our Arctio coast; Dr. Hayes, the Arctic explorer; Gene ral Fremont, "the Pathfinder," and a compe tent botanist, mineralogist, and astronomer or two, ought to be mustered at once and equipped for this expedition. As an astrono mer we cannot recommend Professor Loomis, but he would doubtless learft much of the mysteries of meteors and electric lights on such a cruise. Du Chaillu, the creat African explorer, is here, and ought to go, if for no other purpose, to describe the difference be tween the gorilla of the equator and the gorilla of the Arctic Circle; for we dare say that some sort of gorillas can be found on the Kvich pak, or Anthropophagi, Whore heads do grow beneath tbclr shoulders. Seriously, however, President Johnson, on the contingent fund of the State Department, should at once instruct the Secretary of State to organize, equip, and despatch the expedi tion suggested. The enterprise would be acceptable to the country and would be thank fully approved by Congress. We can do nothing for or with this new country until we know what it is ; and if this summer is lost Congress must remain in ignorance for nearly two 'years to Come. ' We would ear nestly, therefore, invoke the immediate atten tion of the Administration to this important subject. i- The South as a Field for Missionary Labor. From the Timet. The proselytizing process is not to be con fined to legislation. The Reconstruction law provides for the governmental reorganization of the" Southern States according to a method which is deemed essential to the future safety of the Union. Who shall vote and who shall not who shall be eligible to office and who excluded Irom it are points for which Con gress has adequately provided. How the voters shall exercise their privilege for whom they shall vote and with what party they shall affiliate are matters not so readily reached by law. The means by which opinion may be moulded and managed, therefore, require con sideration, and Congress has not overlooked them. Besides availing itself of the wide range of office and emolument as a motive power, it has created machinery for the special purpose of manufacturing public opinion. It has devised a new method of instruction an altogether novel plan of dif fusing radical ideas, for the advantage of the radical party, without troubling the radical pocket. It has called into existence a class of newspapers having no commercial basis, and no legitimate expectation of success, but which are to be subsidized to the paying pomt from sources designated by Congress. Successive Administrations have had succes sive "organs" at the Federal capital journals w hich have faithfully, and often profitably, served the Executive of the day, and have quietly dropped into the grave on the retire ment of their patron to private life. The exact value of "organs" we have never been able to comprehend. In this country, however, they seem to be considered a sort of neces sary appendage to high office, just as in Eng land the test of gentility is the running of a gig. So, in its turn, Congress haVing decided to indulge in the luxury of organs at the South, has provided a munificent larges3 for the support of newspapers which the people among whom they are printed will not re spect, will not even read, but which will earn their money. by a persistent promulgation of the extreme radical doctrine. These news papers, in fact, are a part of the radical s.heme of missionary effort at the South, with this pleasant proviso that their conductors , shall run none of the risks of person or purse which usually mark the missionary career and make it honorable. . Still there is anxiety abou the freedmen's vote. Tho law may fail to squeeze thincs imto the pi oper shape; and though Congress may easily furnish newspapers, neither by resolu tion nor enactment can it compel the people to read or believe them. Something more is requisite; something that shall without fail secure tho freedmen at the polla to "our party. ' More missionaries are to be called into requisition. Oral' instruction is to be provided for that large crowd who cannot read; oral appeals are to be employed to reach the growing multitude who have no faith in "orgr.ns;" Senator Wilson is to lead the way and others are to follow. We had hoped that Mr. Wilson's comparative moderation would open to him a wide field of usefulness In the South, but his experimental beginning in Vir ginia dissipatus the expectation. It is plain, judging of him by his reported addresses, that he goes to do the extreme radical work.. He Starts in no catlMio or national spirit, but simply as a partisan; and as he is, so will be his brethren in tlie work ; . Now a missionary scheme iu the interest of the whole Union might be serviceable iu 1 . many respects. ( A visit to tin. South of moderate and enseiitially national Kepublioau , would be 'calculated to remove minapprehen sions, to soften asperities, to allay much hit, terness, and to pneonrngo the -masses of -the South in their disposition to comply promptly with the requirements of tlie law, . Such man might materially hasten the reconciliation of " the sections., and tho obliteration of feelings ' and piejudices engendered by the war. With out donning the livery of partisanship, they might vindicate tho motives and purposes of the North in regard to reconstruction. They might strengthen an impression favorable to the temper and policy of the North, and might thus prepare the way for the future discussion of iUstions by the "South on other grounds than those of sectional jealousy and animosity. This would be the work of genuine mission- aries; this the gosintl of national unity and peace, as distinguished from tho narrow , creeds and harsh dogmas of party. But Senator Wilson does not appear to have caught this spirit. And herein we see the failure the inevitable and - not unmerited failure of the radical plan of proselytism. . For it commences with denouncing tho South-' em eople as miserable political sinners, and cnd.4 by claiming their votes as an evidence of gratitude for the Ixiunty and mercy of Con gress. The whole programme is predicated upon a conception worthy of the Pharisee, who thanks God that he is not as are other men not of the patriot, who, having achieved the objects of patriotism, Is anxious to obliterate traces of quarrel and difference. That seems to us a sorry method of winning the votes of Southern , whites .which starts with ft declaration that they might be stripped of tha last vestige of property and hanged, if Con-, gross were to judge them according to their , merits. We should travel by quite a different road if we desired to commend a cause to thoir respect and confidence. Nor should we hope to secure the freedmen's votes merely by tell ing them that they owe their freedom to "our party." Gratitude is not a safe element in political calculations. It is enough that the negroes are free, and that their rights are amply cared for in the new order of things. For all else they may themselves provide. The part they will hereafter play in the do termination of Southern questions is a guar-. antee against a war of races, and, indeed, against all the issues upon which alone the radical missionaries build their appeals. SPECIAL NOTICES. EST AN ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING of the ISlorkljoUliTS of thel'AKKKK FKTKO- i.y.VM COMPANY will beheld Bl No. 4 2D WALNUT Ktreet (second story), on WK1..NEs1jaY'. April 17, lntu. nt 2 o'clock, ut which uu election lor directors will he held. W. MUOSKY, 4 ii lit Hooretary. &5T NATIOKALBANK OF THE REPUBLIC. PniLADKLFHiA. March 11. 1S67. In accordance with the provlxioiia ot the National Currency act, and the Articles of Association or this Hunk, It has been determined to Increase the Capital Stock of this Uauk to one million dollars (l,uou,ouo. Subscriptions from Stockholders for the shares allotted to them iu the proooHed Increase will be payable ou the Becoud day ol Muy next, and will be received at any time prior to that date. A number of shares will remain to be sold, ullcatlous for which will be re ceived irom persous desirous of becoming (Stock holders. Hy order of the Board of Directors. a is 7w joskph P. MUM FORD, Cashler. Hrjaf" KOTICK. TDK STOCK IIOLUEB9 OP a2-? the PENNSYLVANIA KA1LHUA1 COM PANY, (pursuant to adjournment had at their annual meeting) will meet at Concert Hall, No. liltl (Jll KS NUT (street. In the City ot Philadelphia, on TUKH 1) AY , tlie 80th day oi April, A. U. 1IW7, at 10 o'clock A. M., and notice is hereby given that at said meeting the Act of Assembly, approved March Wd, 18U7. en titled "An Act to repeal an act entitled 'A further supplement to the act lncoiporuting tne Pennsylvania Kuilroad Company authorizing an Increase of capital stock and to borrow money,' approved the twenty lirnt day of March, A. 1). oue thousand eight hundred and slxty.slx; and ulu to authorize the Peuusylvaula Kailroad Company by this act to Increase its capital stock, to Issue bonus and secure the same by mort gage:" approved the tweuty-eecoud day of March, A. I). lht7; a proposed increase thereunder ot the caoital stock of this Company by 8uU.ouo shares, and i tne Issue of the same Irom time to time by the Board ot .Directors, ana me proposed exercise by me said Board of .Directors of the powers granted by the said act ol Issuing bonds and securing the same by mort gages for the purposes iu the suid act mentioned ami within the limits therein prescribed, will be subiniufel to the btockholdera lor their net ion In the premises. By order bl the 1-uuid ol lJirecu is. iii-UMUND SMITH. ' 4 6t i becretary. CAMDEN AND AMLOY RAILROAD JS"" AN1 XKA NsSPOKTATlON COMPANY, 0 kick, Bokokntown, N. J., March 27, 1S67. NOT1CK. The Annual Meeting of the btockholdera Ot the Camden auu Am boy Ballroad and Transporta tion Company will he held at the Company's Olllce, la Bordeutown, on bATL'itUA Y'. the 27th or April, 1S67, at 12 o clock M., lor me eleclion of seven Diroctors, to serve fur the ensuing year. SAMUEL J. BAYARD, 8 29 Secretary C. and A. it. and T. Co. OFF1CK CATAVVISSA KAILROAD COMPANY . No. 1-24 WALK UT btreel. ' PHlLAHKl.l'HIA, April 9, 1S67. The Board of Directors have this day declared on account of the Livuieuds due the Preferred Stock holders, THRKE A Nl A HALF PKH CKNT. ou the pur value thereof, payable ou and alter the ttolh. The Traiisler Books for the Preferred block will be cloyed ou the iutb. and remain so until the '20th. 4 ID tuthstml Il. P. HUTCHINSON. Treasurer. OFFICE OP THB TIOWA IMPROVE MENT COM V AN Y. No. lti PHILADELPHIA XCIIANOK, Apr:l i, lSi;7. 'ilie nnuual meet ng ot the Rtockboldere of the T1UCIA IMPROVEMENT COMPANY lor election ot President Director, .secretary, and Treasurer, will be held at No. IS PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE, OU 'l CEcDA Y , the seventh uay oi way, is7. 4 11 th s tu Jet liKU. ri. I . COLKET, hiecretary. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO OAKDALE a-1 PAItiK. Persons desiring to subscribe to the stock ot this great institution cau make their returus to the Oi-iTCE. No. M MINOR btreet, until 111 o clock 21., on MO.N UAY', loth lust. Personal appli catiou uiav be mado til the olllce, between the houM ot in and 12 o clock, .Tom muapa i , the stu, to MON DAY', 15lh lust.. Inclusive. Shares Jlu each. , 4 311t CHAKLKS C. WILSON, special Agent for Proprietor of Oakdale Park. KSif CAMBRIA IKON COMPANY. A SPE sa clal Meellnn ol the Stockholders of the CAM BRIA IRON COMPANY will be held ou TUESDAY the "id oi April tit xi. at 4 o'clock jr. jvi ., at the Olllce ot the Company, No. -ti.u CHESNUT Street, Philadel phia, to accept omject au amendment to tlie Charter approved .February ul. uOT. By order of the Board. 8 19 81t JOHN T. KILLK, Becretary. rj?" BEAUTiV UL. HAIR. 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