THE NEW YORK PRESS. EDITORIAL OFT1HON8 OF THIS LKAIMNO JOURNALS OTOH CURBXHT TOPICS COM PI LKD KVBRI DAT FOB THB BVBHINO TBLKORAPH. Probable Revelation of Burratt. FVom the IleraUi. The trial of JoLn II. Surratt ban developed a jood deal of evidence which, subjected to the inalysis of a competent Jar y, may warrant the juppoBition that Lin conviction as an accessory to the murder f Mr. Lincoln is not an impro bable result of the legal investigation. In say ing ibis much we do not, of course, mean to prejudge the case, but simply to bint at proba bilities as indicated by the facts sworn to. Testimony yet to be produced by the defense may change the whole phase of the case, which, In its present bearing, would appear to tell hard against the prisoner. Hints have been thrown out that in case Surratt should be con Tlcted and condemned, a chance for life will be offered to him on consideration of his reveal ing the whole story of the assassination plot and the complicity of all those oonnected with It.- Bhould these anticipations be realized, we may expect Borne very curious, startling, and highly important revelations. Immediately subsequent to the murder of Mr. Lincoln it will be remembered that a great many per sons, more or less conspicuous, were charged with being connected directly or indirectly with the bloody transaction. Indeed, the charge was officially made by a proclamation of President Andrew Johnson on the 2d of May, 1SG5, in the following terms: A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STAT IL3 OF AM JCK1CA. Whereas It appeam from evidence In tbe Bureau of Military Justice, that tue atrocious murder of tbe late PreHlilout, Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assmisluaUon of the Hon. W. Seward, fcecretary of State, were lnjlted, concerted, and procured ry and between Jell'or son Davis, late of Kicnmonti, Va., and Jacob Thompson, Clement c. Clay, Beverly Tucker, George N, Sanders, W. (,'. Cleary, aud oilier llebnls and traitors agHinst the Uovernment of tbe United States, hurbored In Canada: Mow, therefore, to the end Uitt justice may be doDe, J, Andrew Johnson, President of tbe United States, do oiler and promise for the arrest of said perHoos, or either ot them, within the limits ot the United Slates, so that they can be brought to trUl, the following rewards: One hundred thousand dollars tor the arrest of Jell'erson Davis. Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Clement C. Clav. Tweuty.flve thousand dollars for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, lale of Mississippi. Twenty-rive thousand dollars lor the arrest of Ueoree N. Sanders. Twenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Beverly Tucker, and Ten thousand dollars for thearrestof William C. Cleary, lale clerk of Clement U. Clay. The Provost MarBtial-Ueueral of trie United States Is directed lo cause a description of said persons, with notice of the above rewards, to be Jubllsbed. n testimony whereof I have hereunto sot my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be a filled. Done In the City of Washington, the 2d day of May, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred aud sixty-tlve, and of the independence of tbe United States of America the eighty-ninth. By the President : Andrew Johnson. W. Hunter, ActlDg Secretary of State. Now, aa it has been shown by the evidence that Surratt had repeatedly gone back and forth between Canada and Washington pre vious to the assassination, while many of the parties mentioned in this proclamation were resident in Canada, it is fair to presume that he is fully acquainted with whatever know ledge Jake"Tb.ompson, George N. Sanders, Beverly Tucker, Clement C. Clay, and William C. Cleary possessed of the plot to abduct or assassinate President Lincoln. Surratt, acting as the medium of communication between the conspirators in Washington and the self-exiled chiefs in her Britannio Majesty's North Ameri can possessions, where the schemes for hotel burnings in New York and bank robberies in St. Albans were securely concocted, can pro bably tell when the plan of abducting Mr. Lincoln was changed into the dernier ressort of his assassination. Nobody, surely, knows better than Surratt when this change of pro gramme took place. It is a curious, well known fact, that the abduction of Lincoln was projected and discussed in the Southern papers two or three years before his death. Such a plan was regarded at that time a3 fair game. It was not very vehemently discou raged, and there was little blame attached to the idea, even in the North. A reward was ofl'ered by a gentleman of Alabama made no torious by the fact for the capture of Presi dent Linooln, and that gentleman has since received the pardon of President Johnson. It is quite evident that, through the instru mentality of somebody, the plan of abduction, with a view to hold Mr. Lincoln as a hostage, was abandoned for the more terrible result of the plottings which culminated at Ford's theatre, and it is reasonable to suppose that Surratt is better acquainted with the circum stances than any other man who is now inte rested in making the revelation, aud may, per haps, assist in sounding the mystery to the very bottom. It is fresh in the memory of every ono that when the collapse of the Rebellion was almost inevitable, Jake Thompson, Sanders, and the other refugees in Canada got, hold of Greeley, through the instrumentality of Colorado Jewett. and set on foot the memorable negotia tions with Mr. Lincoln in which Greeley and Jewett attempted to lead him into an absurd compromise with Rebellion. It was imme diately after these negotiations failed that the assassination of Lincoln appears to have been decided upon. It is presumed that Surratt can tell the whole story, aud no doubt he oan. It is suggested that he may supply the testi mony as to the complicity of parties other than those who have already suffered, which was so positively announced to be in the pos session of the Bureau of Military Justice, but Which, singularly enough, was not produced upon the trial of the conspirators who have already expiated their crime. It may be that Surratt's confession, if he makes any, will furnish this mysterious testimony which has not yet seen the light, and which it is desira ble for the furtherance of the ends of justice and the vindication of the accused, both living and dead, should be produoed, if it has any existence either on the records of the Bureau of Military Justice or in the breast of Surratt. A Summer Seaaion of Congress. From the Independent. The hope so fondly cherished by many loyal citizens, that the President would do nothing jo make a summer session of Congress neces sary or even desirable, has been disappointed. For a time it really seemed to be his purpose to exeoute the Reconstruction law in good iaith, or, at least, to throw no obstruction in the way Of the military commanders at the South, who have all evinced an earnest Intention to give full effect to the will of congress, ur late, how ever, we have had rumors that he was de vising a scheme by which, under pretense ot executing the law, he could practically THE DAILY nullify its most important provisions. That scheme is now disclosed in the promulgation of an opinion, carefully framed by Attorney General Stanbery, and intended to show that the military commanders are only a police force, with no power to remove or Control the civil officers created by the operation of Andww Johnson's own project of reconstruction I The appearance of such an opinion at the present time shows clearly enough that the President is bent on mischief; and henoe it becomes im portant that a nuorum of Congress should meet on the 3d of July, and either remove him by Impeachment or promply enact a ' supplemental law strong enough in its pro- visions to battle his evil designs. It is true that tbe President is not bound to act upon the fidvice of the Attorney-General; but j that he will not do so it would not be safe, from what we know of his character, to pre sume. There is every reason to believe, on the contrary, that the said advice was fur nished by his own instigation, as an excuse for measures which he fully intends to adopt, if Congress shall fail of coming together upon the day to which it stands adjourned. It will be a great and inexcusable blunder to give him five months in which to work his malign will npon the question of reconstruction, with no restraint save that which Mr. Stanbery's pre posterous construction of the law has not re moved. We presume that, in view of the dangers which now menace the country, there will be a general and hearty concurrence of sentiment among all loyal men in favor of a meeting of CoDgn ss on the 3d of July. Each conservative Republican must, we should think, recognize the necessity for such a meeting. Labor and Capital Sir. Wade's "Jump Forward." From the Timet, We imagined that the despatch published the other day, from Lawrenoe, did Senator Wade injustice. It seemed scarcely credible that any man occupying his position would arraign the inequality of wealth as a wrong to be remedied by legislation. We were not willing to believe that the doctrine of dividing property, and adding to the rewards of labor by a legislative inroad upon the hoard of the capitalist, is to be imported into our politics and made the groundwork of future agitation. It is now apparent, however, that the Senator has not been misrepresented. The telegraph did not pervert his words. The letter we pub lished yesterday, from our special correspon dent who was of the Senatorial party, more than confirms the original statement. Nor can Mr. Wade s declarations be con founded with demands growing out of the war, or the uses to which the war is put by extremist agitators. When Mr. Stevens in sists npon confiscation, it is a result of the war and a punishment of its promoters. lie pro poses to make the property of Rebels pay for the Rebellion and for the reward of Southern loyalists, so-called, without in any manner touching the general right3 of property. So Is it also with Wendell Phillips. He contends that the freedmen Bhould be made sharers of lands reclaimed and rendered valuable by their enforced and unrewarded toil. Both propositions are at variance with the usages of modern war and the instincts of civilization, and the adoption of either would imperil the foundation in which all property rests. But they are not presented by their authors in this light, or, perhaps, with any definite con ception of their certain tendency. Mr. Wade occupies altogether different ground. He does not speak of the Rebellion; he considers that disposed of. He does not dwell upon reconstruction and its penalties; these are, in his opinion, settled, lie pro claims himself a radical of the breed that is always far ahead. The war has brought the country up to his standard in respect of slavery and the slaves. And, not content with being in advance on the subject of female suffrage, he proclaims that he is "now ready to take another jump forward, it neces sary." We suppose ho means "neoessary" to justify his title as an ultra radical. For conservatism in all its phases constitutional, governmental, financial, social he has no thing but contempt; it is all hypocrisy and cowardice." This time, Mr. Wade's "jump forward" is into chaos. He passes over the heads of Stevens and Phillips at a single leap. He springs from the domain of American repub licanism to the region of French socialism. He does not in specilio terms indorse Proud hon and assert that "property is theft," but he assails the whole industrial and business fabric of the country, and sends forth proposi tions involving a general division of lands and goods, the limitation of capital, and the more ample recompense of labor all by the acts of Ctngress. " The terrible distinction which exists " be tween the laborer and the capitalist is not a discovery of which Mr. Wade can claim the credit. It is a fact which has long engaged the attention of thoughtful men, aud sometimes of philanthropists by no means profound in thought. Visionaries have proposed to re move it by laws and combinations, and more often by revolution; but in vain. The fact re mains and grows in its proportions. The folly of attempting to destroy it by legislation is, however, conceded even in quarters where the most insane forms of agrarianism and social ism once found favor. Instead of invading the sanctity of property, and so uprooting the great incentive to thrift and persevering industry, the philosophy of to-day addresses itself to the power possessed by orgauized labor to advance from a condition of depen dence and insufficient wages to one of com fort and independence, i The cooperative prin ciple is doing for labor what violence or legis lation never yet accomplished. The laborers themselves begin to comprehend the power which is in their own keeping, and they are manifold indications of a movement in this country towards a state of things which has already yielded wonders in England, i ranoe, and Germany. i he cooperative movement, however, is essen tially a conservative movement. ' It recognizes the rights and sanctity of property, to begin with. It places no reliance upon acts of Par liament or Congress, or upon the threats and promises of demagogues. It aims at the eleva tion and enrichment of labor by a wise use of the-strength and means which are at its com mand. It has no need of agitation or agita tors. It disclaims dependence on politicians. And it works gradually, patiently, and withal peacefully, with & very proper contempt for the men who would pervert it to the purposes of a reckless partisanship. The President of the Senate, with all his advanced radicalism, is a long way behind the cooperative workers in his political economy and his sagacity. Compared with their prac tical wisdom, his talk at Lawrence is as the empty declamation of a demagogue, who, con sciously or unconsciously, is endeavoring to raise a spirit which will not lie down at his bidding. He calls for Congressional legisla tion that shall shorten the hours of labor and, at the same time, Inorease its pay. He de clares that "a more equal distribution of capi tal must be wrought out," and that upon EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, Congress devolves tbe duty of doing it. He contends that the society which allots ease to some and bard labor to others is fundamentally unjust, and must be overthrown by Con greH'lonal enactment. These are the tasks which Mr. Wade assigns to the body of which he is a conspicuous member. These are the destructive, levelling, and utterly anarchical propositions by which he hopes to commend himself to the favor of the American people. We have too much confidence in their good sense to believe that they will witness this "jump forward" with any other feelings than thote of astonishment and disgust. Nowhere in the world is property so universally diffused as in this country, and nowhere, therefore, will the protest against every scheme for vio lating its rights be uttered with such hearti ness and effect. But Mr. Wade cannot be allowed to promulgate a policy which imperils the safeguards of society, and at the same time arrogate to himself authority as a radical Republican. The views we have reproduced from his Lawrence speech are the views, not of a radical Republican, but of a leveller and revolutionist. To these even the radicals of the North cannot be indifferent. Every capi talist, every farmer, every manufacturer, every Sober, honest, and skilful workman, is inte rested in crushing them as speedily as they are uttered. The question Mr. Wade has raised is not one of politics, but of order and peace. It is not one of party, but one that concerns the whole people. And it is incum bent upon the Senators and others who are ordinarily supposed to act with Mr. Wade, to disclaim sympathy with his hostility to capi tal, and to show that they have no disposition to follow the "jump forward" which he has taken. Diplomatic Mismanagement. Frr.tn the Tribune. Mr. Seward's action in recalling Minister Campbell, who represents the Mexican inte- rests of the United States in New Orleans, is, to use a homely proverb, like closing the stable-door after the horse has fled. It is now many months since Mr. Campbell was sent to the Juarez Government, and yet, during these mouths, he has not been within a week's jour ney of Juarez. We presume, or rather we are bound to presume, that when he was appointed and given an outfit, his instructions were to go to Mexico. His mission was ostentatiously begun. He embarked on an American vessel General Sherman accompanied him, and there were many protestations as to what our Gov ernment would do with France and Austria. ror at least lorty -eight nours we were threatened with a "vigorous" foreign policy. We remember that we feared, at the time, that it was nothing more than show an attempt to make capital abroad for what had been lost at home. So it proved. Sherman returned and went out West after the Indians. Campbell proceeded to isew urieans. I he agents ot Juarez came to the frontier to meet him. We know by the sarcastic letter of the Mexican Minister that the Republican Government was anxious to receive him. It is folly to suppose that he could not reach Juarez. We found no difficulty in sending a correspondent to the Juarez headquarters nor those of Maxi milian; and what may be done in the way of business may certainly be done by a great Government. We have lost sadly by the absence of a Minister from the seat of the Juarez Govern ment. We have never had such an oppor tunity to make our influence felt in the coun cils of a sister Republic. We entirely sympa thized with Mexico, and especially when we found the Emperor Napoleon practically making common cause with the South by planting a standing army on the borders of the Confederacy. Mexico was our danger in more ways than one; and when we triumphed, the national sentiment was clamorous that the foreign army should be driven from Mexican soil. That sentiment, more than any agency outside of the Liberal army, was instrumental in the overthrow of the empire. We fear that with this overthrow the Juarez Government has committed mistakes which tarnish the glory of its persistent and gallant struggle. Already we hear of execution succeeding exe cution. Men identified with the history of Mexico are shot daily, and it is very possible a similar fate has befallen Maximilian. If these men had been taken in open war if they had been overpowered and compelled to surrender we might see some reason for this absolute cruelty. But when we remember that the triumph was that of treachery, that Maxi milian was purchased from a traitor, we can see no virtue in the sternness which has been show n by Juarez, and nothing but barbarism in the popular demand for blood which now prevails in Mexico. We say this as an earnest iiiend of republicanism in Mexico, and as a well-wisher of tho Juarez Government. Much of this might have been prevented had the United States sent a resolute, saga cious Minister to Mexico. His counsel would have been felt in the Juarez Cabinet. His appeals for moderation would have been heard with attention, and respected. He would have protected American interests, and advanced them. We have never had such an opportu nity to mould the Mexican nation, to induce magnanimity and liberality in its statesman ship, to aid in the work of reconstruction. Why was this opportunity lost 1 We ask the Secretary of State. Why was Mr. Campbell not ordered peremptorily to Mexico months ago f If he was ordered, why was he not re moved for disobedience f Could the Secretary find nobody to enter Mexico t Even at the best, Mr. Campbell was among the last men that should have been selected for this mission. The only claim he could possibly have on the Administration was that he was a renegade Republican. And yet at a time when America demanded wisdom and statosmauship in a sorely oppressed nation, her Minister, who was not a statesman, but a mere sixpenny politi cian, was idling around New Orleans. Now, when it is too late, we find the Secretary tele graphing over the country to find some one to go to Mexico without "unnecessary delay." liut why has there been "unnecessary delay?" We desire to know more. Why has Mr. Seward not been able to send a statesman to San Luis Potosi f Tbe Gibbet In Government. From the Tribune, I ho most shameful pages in history are those which record the execution of rebels against political governments. Ecclesiastical cruelties are not less revolting, but they have at least the miserable excuse of a diseased conscience, to.which St. Paul alluded in his speech to Agrippa: "I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things; many of the saints did I shut up in prison; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them." Despotic governments, taking no painB to be right, but avowedly disclaiming all disinterestedness, act upon the principle that men come saddled and bridled into the world for kings to ride. They aooept the Satauio aspiration, "Evil, be thou my good I" and all who decline to be plnndored or to be tortured, to be silenoed or to lie enslaved, and who strike for freedom aud for Justice, are, as a matter of course, to be crushed like beetles, that the terror of their death may extinguish manhood and make creeping and cringing subjects of all survivors. This was royal phi losophy in the days of tho Roman Emperors, and the question for this age to answer is whether enlightened governments can afford to act upon a similar nolicv. It was presented to us Just now in the diffusions concerning the fate of the Fenian prisoners; and it elicited wise and benevolent remonstrance from men like Mr. Stuart Mill and M. Victor Hugo. It is mainly a question of the time of day. Fifty years ago, in a like case, when an intellectual eunuch like Castle reagh could "dabble his sleek white hands in Ireland's gore," there wouldh have been no doubt and no disoussion. Irish peasants would have been the sport of an insolent boI diery, and Irish priests have been hung by law military, or without any law, in the bar racks. We insist, in dealing what is called Justice to the discomfited Fenians, that this former page of Ireland's history shall not be forgotten. The extenuating circumstances, we know, are very old, but then they wers very terrible to begin with, and in no other country does tradition so linger and so ex cite. It is feeble to say that the cruelties of tbe English Government, scare, out of all pity . t . i . i . . , . ny iuw rrcuuu revolution, were inaeiensibie A generous man, even now, cannot read of them without fire in his heart and water in his eyes. It is not that the old Irish re leinon was put aown, lor uiat was a simple matter of course; it is the coarse, rude, bloody way in which it was put down by murder, by rape, by arson, by farcical and summary trials and executions speedily loiiowing it is the cruelty practised by majors and by captains, and by justices of the peace, in these dark and sanguinary days, which rankles at this hour in the heart of Ireland, and which, in common equity, it is impossible to forget. After all, it was only yesterday; for what is half a century in the history of a nation ? We insist that in adz ing the Ireland of the present, the Ireland of the past shall not be forgotten. Fenianism may be foolish we do not say that it is wise but the craze is not of to-day, and began under extemporized scaffolds and by the light of burning villages. It has been nursed by the gnawing? of hunger; it has been stimu lated by ecclesiastical insult; it is the legiti mate result of bad measures executed by worse men, and of blunders and villames stretching from the days of Elizabeth to tho .1 r Ti . I TTV . a w . t nays oi v iciona. y nai a record i in l uag ing Ireland, In common charity, let it be always kept in mind. The poor country has its history, and it has had its people; and if a feeble remnant of the finest peasantry in the world sometimes does things which seem to us unwise, we will not be bullied into forgetting the savage policy which has driven the race I almost to extinction. Tliia Twiliov ia a mat ter of history. Nobody dares to defend it now but it did not lack defenders even in the days of Dean Swift, who hated it in his rough and cynical Heart, and ventured to sav what smaller men would have been hung for sayiDg. Nobody is fitted to judge the case who is not familiar with Irish history, and nobody who is not so familiar can wonder at anything which happens in Ireland. The penal code which the English Church applied to its Irish sister, the very invention and handiwork of the devil, wbuld not be believed in by historical students if it were a little older, and if fragments of it did not to this day'exist. Here is a people purposely kept ignorant, and purposely kept poor, and not assimilating itself with the conquering party, simply because assimnlation was forbidden by statutes, many and ingenious; and when a race so oppressed plays now and then fantastic tricks, men wonder if Ireland will ever be quiet, and they make little jokes about Donny bi ook Fair. We do not know how much hope there may be for Ireland; but to Joke over the contortions of a dying man, to mock his bitter memories, and to kill him because, like Charles II, he is "such an unconscionable time in dying," is at least uncivil, and possi bly may be considered unchristian. "There is anguish in Dublin," says M. Victor Hugo. Alas ! when was there ever anything else there? It may be said it is difficult to decide what shall be done with an unreasonable and rest less people. We know that it is; but we hap pn also to know that this is a difficulty of England's own creation. There is tho histery; and foreign children know it by heart. The modern Englishman may not be responsible for the sins of his fathers; but in dealing with Ireland he has no right to ignore them; while he shares the plunder, with what justice Would be be fiercely Draconian in judging those w hose ancestors were robbed ? The letter of the law says hang, behead, and disembowel; but the spirit of the age says, "Pity and for give 1" There may be no executions; but w by should there not be a moderate and care fully guarded amnesty ? Let modern Britons expiate the crimes of the Tndors by the exer cise of a little charity, however distasteful. MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETC. flflO U R N I NC MILLINERY. ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF MOURNING BONNETS, AT NO. WALM'T ST BEET. 827 6m MAD'LLE KEOCH. 31 US. K. DILLOV, DOS. a AMD BSl MOUTH STBEET, Hu a btndoome aeeortment of SPRING HILLI NKKY. indies', Ml-tnee', aud Children's straw and. .Fancy bonutut and Unit of the lua atylm. Also. Bilks, Velvets, Kiuboua, Crapea, Feather, flower". N'ramea. vac. 7 lt HOOP SKIRTS. 028 HOOP SKIRTS, HOPKINS' "OWN MAKK" 628 PRICK KttUUUfcLI!!! It r fiords us uiuib pleasure to announce to our i. umerous pacroiia and u.e public, ibl lu cona ;ueiiceof a stiui decline lu Jl-oop Bkirl material, logeltier with our lucieuaed luctliues or innuuluo I tiring, aud a Uriel adherence to BUYING) aud frrXklNU lor CAbli, we aie enabled lo otIVrallour JL'blXY IKLMKATtU HOOf KKlRTet at HE MIC 1 I'lUCKS. Aud our bklrts will always, as i.treiolore, belound lu every respect mere desirable, aud really cheaper than auy klimle or double spring I loop bkirt lathe market, while our assortment Is uuequalled. . Also, constantly receiving from New York and tue I'asleru Htatt s lull lu.es ollow priced hk Iris, at very low prices; anionic which Is u lot of l'lalu bklrts at iliefollowliiit rates; 15 springs, 6oc.i Wl springs, (tee.; (prions, 7S;. Do sprluks. Hoc.; aa springs, Hoc; aud prniKH, l (Kt. , . .... , bkins mude to order, altered, and repaired Whol till and leiail, atll e Philadelphia Hoop bkirt h.a porlum, Mo. A1U. U btreet. ' tt 10 tui rp WILLIAM T. HOPKINS " REMOVAL. a E M 0 V A L. A. Sc II. LEJAMBltE, Late Ko. IMS Cbesuut street, have removed tbelr FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTER! WAREROQMS XJPbTAlRa 20 3u JUNE 21, 1867. QldRye Wliislcies. a HE .lAEOEST AKD BEST STOUK OF FINE OLD RYE WHISKIES IK THE LAND IS NOW TOSSESSED BY HENRY S, HANNIS tt CO., Nos. 218 and 220 SOUTH FHOHT STREET, nno eiTfBTIlE SAHIB to the tkaoe, iw lots, on teby advantageous TERMS. Tbelr Stock of fty Wltlsklee, lit DO WD, comprises all the favorite bran, extant, evd inn tbievgh ttoe various months of 100706, and of this year. snt. in nt date. ! Liberal rsatinrli mad for lot to arrive at Pennsylvania Railroad Dnn( Ert lesson Line Mbst(,er at Bonded Warehouses, aa partlea may elect. v H Carpetings, Canton Mattings, Oil Cloths. Great Variety, Lowest Cash Prices. BEEVE L. KNIGHT & SON". NO. 807 CUES NUT STREET, (Below the Olrard House), SPECIAL NOTICES. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION HABBioBTTite, April 18, 1887. The "Republican Htatr Convention" will meet at the "Herdlo House," lu W'llllamsport, on W KDK KSilA Y, the 2fth day of June next, at 10 o'clock A. to nominate a candi date lor Judge of the bupreme Court, and to Initiate proper measures for the ensuing Hiate canvass. Aa herelolore, the Convention will be com pound of Representative and Senatorial Delegates, chosen In the usual way, and equal lu number to the whole ot tbe Senators and Kepreeeniallves in the Oeeral Assembly. By order of the State Central Committee. l JOKDAN, Chalrmt n. J. Rom.by Iwmglihon. PecretariBS. gap git rjgVm DEPARTMENT OP PUBLIC HIGH-WAYS-OFr'lCK, No. 104 & F11TU btreet Philadelphia. June 12. l7. NlA'lCK TO CONTRACTORS, healed Proposals will be received at the Office of the Chief 1'omuiissloner oi Highways until 12 o'clock M., on MONDAY, 20th Inst., for tbe construction of a bewer on the line of Walnut street, to commence at aud Intersect the Sewer now laid In said Walnut lit reei, wist of Twentieth street, aud extend eastward lofMinttemh street, theuce alonir .Nineteenth street to LccuhI street, with such Inlets and manholes as may be directed by the Chief Kniflueer and Har veyor. 'I he understanding to be that the Contractor shall ttike bills prepared iiKalnst tbe property fronting on said sewer to the amount of onedollar and twenty-five cents lor each lineal foot of front on each side of the street as so much cash paid: the balance, as limited by Ordinance, to be paid by the city; aud the Con nector will be required to keep the street and sewer lo good repair lor three years after tbe sewer Is tluished. V hen tbe street Is occupied by a City Passenger Kailroad track, the fewer shall be constructed along side of said track in such manner as not to obstruct or I uterfere with the Bale passage of cars thereon; and no claim for remuneration shall be paid the contractor by the compauy using said track, aa specified lu Act of Assembly approved May 8, 1H68. A II Bidders are Invited to be present at the time and pluce of opening tbe said Proposals. Kach proposal will be accompanied by a certllicate that a Bond baa been tiled In the Law Department as directed by Ordi nance of May 25, I860. If the Lowest Bidder shall not execute a con tract within five days after the work Is awarded, he will be deemed as declining, and will beheld liable on his bond for the dillerence between bis bid and the next highest bid. S peciUcatlons may be had at the Department of Surveys, which will be strictly adhered to. W. W. BMKDLKY, 6 20 St Chief Commissioner of Highways. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. THB F AltMKltH' AMD MKL'HANICS' NATIONAL BANK. FRitADELPHiA, May 2S, 187. A General Meeting or the Mock holders of The Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bank of Pu Ha de phia will beheld at the BANK1JSU HOUHK, on bArl CRDAY, the Wth day of June next, at twelve o'clotk, noon, tor the purpose of taking Into consider ation and deciding upon amendments ot the Third and i lllh of the Articles of Association of the said Bank. By order of the Board of Directors. 28 tJ29 W. ruhhton. JR.. Cashier. OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA " tfuAt. tour. Propoxals will be received at this olllce. No. aiR. niy uiiitva , ... , ,aM BtVltHTH Street, until noon of the 1st day ot July, for tbe sale to the Trustees ot tbe Philadelphia Gas Works of the Block In the tiermantown, Richmond, Manyunk, aud bouthwailc aud Moyamenslng Uaa Companies, to be used as lnveslmeuls ioi IhetSluk li g k uud ol said Companies, tllm BK1NJAAIIN 8. RILEY, Cashier. GEORGE W. FORD, DOCK STREET, ' one doer below Third, collects Bounty, Pen sion; Jim ion juoney, ana an Claims against me uov eriinieut. i'or a speedy settlement, call on Mr. b lilt, who is well versed with all the details of the business. 6 121m BATCHELOR'S IIAIR DYE. THIS splendid 11 air Dye Is tbe beat In the world. Tbe only fttte aud perfect Dye Harmless, Reliable, In stantaneous. No dlHaiipolulmnut. No ridiculous tiriLs. Natural Black or Brown. Remedies the 111 erlects of Mil jiyet. invigorates the hair, leaving it son and beautiful. The genuine Is signed WILLIAM A. BA'ICHKLOK. All others are mere lmltttllous, and should be avoided, bold by all Druggists and Per fumers. Factory, No. 81 BARCLAY foireel, New York; 4 6fmw Mo. 1101 CHEHNOT Street. E. M. NEEDLES & CO., K, YV. Cor. Kleventb and Chfinut, OFFER AT A GREAT SAOItlFIOE i WHITE FRENCH BRILLIANTES. Ladles who have used THKSK GOODS will not fail to appreciate them at the prices, S, 30, 35 Coiits. toe-riB JJIKETTHO toil -ojj QAM tlTOVKs FOR (OOUINti AND HalAT INtt BY OAS AND AIR CO 3111181 ED, ; T H E J A RI The Best, tbe Cheapest, the Surest, the most Reliable, the most easily cleaned, the self-sealing, elf-testlng, Flexible Cap CARLIBLE JJ A R. THE REPEATING LI OUT. PRICK, 78 OKKTa. PATENT ICE CREAM FREEZERS. 11IARLF II CRN II A 91 ft CO., NO. 119 SOITH TENTH STREET, Mlm Corner ot Sansom. yESTCOTT fic CEORCC, SUOCK880BS TO PHILIP wimo3 co 1MPOBTERS AND PKAT.KBS CM GUNK, PINTO L RIFLES, CRICKET, AND SAME BALL IMPLEMENTS, FIBBING TACKLE, BBATE3, CROQUET ARCHERY, ETC. NO. 400 CUFJkNUT fcTBEET 411UU PlilLADKLPniA REMOVED. OUR BEDDING STORE IS REMOTED FB09I THE OLD STAND TO No. 11 South NINTH Street. 8 27 B. L. KNIGHT A SON. BILLIARD ROOMS. IBIX BIRD. BIRD! After several months' preparation, Mr.O. BIRD has opened his new and spacious establishment for the entertainment of his friends, and the publlo la general, at Nos. 6(6 nd 007 ARCH Htreet. The Urst and secnud floors are fitted up as Billiard Rooms.and furnished with twelve Hrst-class tables, wbl. e the appurtenances and adornments comprise everything which can conduce to the comfort and convenience of tbe players. In the basement are four new aud splendid Bowling Allevs, for those who wish to develope their muscle In anticipation of the base-ball season. A Restaurant Is attached, where everything In the edible line can be had of the best quality, and at the shortest notice. The following well-known gentlemen have been secured aa Assist, ants, and will preside over the various departments: PRKS8. O. WOODNUTT, SAMUEL UOUOLAbS, JOHN HOOD, WILLIAM K. OILLMORK, HENRY W. DUNCAN, PHILIP GHUMBRECHT. Restaurateur. While Mr. B1K1) will hold a careful supervision over all. He ventures to say that, taken all In all, there has nothing ever been started in Philadelphia approaching this establishment In completeness of arrangemeut and attention to the comtort of the public. 61lm C. BIRD, Proprietor. NtW PUBLICATIONS. " W7 OMAN'S WORK IN TH E CIVIL WAR."- VV No 1 tber work can compare with this In the extent and completeness of Its sketches, or tbe accu racy ot lis statements. It la prepared under the sanction and approval of the rJanitary and Christian Commissions, and is, tberefoie, tbe standard work on tbe subject. The variety of lis sketches gives It a charm that causes every reader to be interested and delighted with It. Our terms are liberal, aud the demand for tbe work is so great that energetic agenta easily make from H50 10 t'&H) per month. The work la just issued and the Held Is new. Energetic men and ladles wanted to canvass the city of Philadelphia, and other towns. Address or call on JttEGLER, McCUltDY 4 CO., No. 8U1CHKSNUT Htreet, Mlra Philadelphia, Pa, LECTURES. A NEW COURSE OF LEC lures is being delivered at the NEW YOHK AlUBEUM OF ANAIOMY, embracing the subjects: "How to Live and whet to Live for. Youth, Maturity, aud Old Age. Manhood generally Re viewed. The Causes 01 .Indigestion. Flaiuleuce. aud Nervous Iilseasea accounted lor. Marriage philoso phically considered," etc Pocket volumes containing these lectures will be forv. arded to parlies, unable to attend, on receipt of four stamps, by addressing "(SECRETARY, NEW York Mubkum or anatouyand Bciknok, No. fiia Bkoapway.NEW YORK." 6 211mw 3m FURNISHING GOODS, SHIRTS.&C, 1Q5 H. A FLEISKER & CO., 105 Successors to Bamberger Brothers, DEALERS IN Hosiery and Staple Trimmings, GLOYES. EMBROIDERIES, LADIES', GENTS', AND CHILDREN'S UND.JttSMlUT, ETC., jo. 105 North EIGHTH Street, 6 15wfm21t THREE BOORS ABOVE ARCH. 105 mir.AnKi.i-iirA. 105 Pb HOFFMANN, JR.. NO. 83B ARCH STREET, FUBNI8HIHG GOODS, (Late CI. A. HoUuiau, formerly W. W. Knight,) FINE SHIRTS AND WRAPPERS. J1U1ERY AND CJLOTES SILK, LAMBS' WOOL AN D MERINO 8fmwm . PNPEKCLOTHINO. J W. BOOTT & oo., SHIRT MANUFACTURERS, Lmu ni.na I MEN'S FUUNIBIIINQ GOODS, rv mj aij iifcil!'r 1THEKT. FOJPR DOORS JBELOW TMit "CONT1N KNT AL.I P A TP N T BI10ULLER-SEAM ; OHLRT MANUFACTORY, AND ENLEMEN'S ECRNaMSTORR PERFECT FITTING BHIR'IW AND DRAWERS GOOD in rullXrlety.wlNt,HESTEB A HI He. tim CHEHNOT Btreefc PATENT VviOSQUITO DAR. JTJST BSSTJED, EVERY FAMILY BnV71-0 HAVE K Ifnrtrm. t K .rto . .,.V BUtO. CU and iU , oneol them. fin l, ni ...-.. w UTATE RIGHTS FOR BLB BT DOLL AN D IIIDR. STREET. 1 10 Ira NO. 10S 1 I HOW JOHN CHUMP, OAHPENTEUAND BUItjDEI SUOPSi NO. S13 LO DOE STREET, LNDN 17a CHEMNCT S1HEET,. 8 24f A t If (
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