SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
EDITORIAL OPINIOKa OF TF1R IBADIHO JOURNALS
tPOH COBRKNT TOPICft COMPILKD ETBBT
DAT FOB THE EVEN'INO TKLBQRAPH.
Utncral Grant ami CouRrm,
From the N. Y. tribune.
The Times, which is now one of the most
conservative-radical, Copperhead Republican,
Democratic- papers we have, and manages to
oppose and support all inuii aud measures with
marvellous consistency, says of . General
Grant's acceptance ot the War Office:
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iTXrsof Mr. Johnson will derive no succor
from General Oraul."
' Here are certain statements of fact which
iwe challenge In the kindest spirit:
I. When has General Oraut ever departed
from what is called "his habitual rettcenoe" to
sustain Congress, or in any way to critioize
the President ?
II. When the President began his attack
upon the policy of Congress, did he not send
General Grant down South to make a report
which could be used to neutralize the effect of
the exhaustive and able report of General
Bchurzt Was not the report of General
Grant effectively used against the polioy of
Congress f
HI. Did not President Johnson state In a
letter recently printed in these columns, and
written by a trustworthy gentleman, that he
had never doubted that General Grant was a
supporter of his policy f
IV. In the very crisis of the Presidential
Struggle with Congress, did not Grant aoooin
pany the President on his electioneering trip f
Some of his apologists have said, whisperingly,
he did it by official command. Has anybody
ever seen the order f If the order oompelled
him to make the trip, did it also compel him
to visit the White House and stand at the side
of the President while he cried over the Phila
delphia Convention ?
V. And now, when Mr. Stanton, rightly con
struing a law of Congress to mean that his
office is not in the hands of the President, dis
tinctly states that he will make an issue with
the President and fall back upon Congress, do
we not see General Grant step in, "accept" the
office, and by this "acceptance" so completely
disarm Mr. Stanton that he retires ? Does not
every reasonable person know that had Gene
ral Grant declined the appointment which
being a civil office, he had a right to decline
the President would not have succeeded in
removing the War Secretary ? Is it not well
understood that General Grant is keeping
warm this place until some conservative may
be found to take it f
We are not complaining of General Grant.
He has a right to his opinions. He may
honestly sustain the President just as other
people honestly oppose him. It is a difference
of opinion which does not in the least detract
from his renown as a soldier nor from his pa
triotism and fidelity as a citizen. But we do
most decidedly object to the attempt of the
Times to make him a radical when there is
no written or spoken word that we have ever
seen or heard to justify the assertion, and
while all his acts, and the acts of his loudest
friends, lead to a contrary inference. The
friends of Grant are not so dishonest. The
-Herald, until last week extremely radi
cal, hoists the name of Grant as Pre
sident, with Lee of Virginia as Vice-Presi
dent, and is now furious in its assaults upon
Congress and its howls over what it pleasantly
oalls "nigger supremacy" in the South. This
we understand. It is logical. The Herald is
probably as well informed as the Times, and
it openly claims General Grant as its ally.
The World writes a Jong article to show that,
in entering the War Office, General Grant
'acted of his own free choice, and was not
!coeroed by the compulsive stringency of mili
tary discipline." Grant himself notiued Stan
ton of his "acceptance." The word is plain
enough to all men.
As we have said, we are not blaming Gene
ral Grant. We are really defending him. If
he means to be considered a supporter of Con
gress, he is great enough, and frank enough,
aud he has ink and paper enough to make
that support apparent. We are bound to con
sider him not a supporter until better in
formed. We shall be happy to find we are
mistaken, but we do not waut to be cheated
by the Times, nor to assent to the proposition
that two and two make five when we know
they make four. If General Grant thinks
enough of the votes of the radicals to permit
his friends to support him as a radical candi
date, he will certainly pay us the compliment
of telling ua what we are to vote for. We
honor him enough to feel that if he comes
upon our platform he means to stay there and to
abide by it faithfully. His New York friends
are not upon that platform. They are as far
away as they were last summer when they ar
ranged the Philadelphia Convention. It is
suspicious that the men who arranged that
Convention are now the busiest in "arranging"
Grant. The lima and the 1 'out are as loud
-now as they were then, and they follow the
ame taotios. They claimed to be Republican,
to act in the interest of the Republican party,
and above all to represent the majority of that
party as distinct from a fragment of seditious
radicals. Their Philadelphia Convention was
a success, the party was a success, the ad
dress was a success, the resolutions were
"wonderfully successful, the tears of John
eon were the most successful demonstra
tion In history, if we except a kiss once
bestowed by a conservative apostle; but when
the election came, the fragment of radicals
6wept the country, and these successful and
ambitious partisans were glad enough to be
allowed to return to line without being shot as
deserters. Shakespeare tells us that treason
iis but trusted like 'the fox; and so we trust
these people. They are inherently treache
rous, bad, anti-Republican. They tried to
destroy us last year by the patronage and
strength of Andrew Johnston's administration.
They are trying the same game now with the
dazzling and illustrious name of Orant. We
bow before that name so far as it represents
valor and patriotism, skill in the field, mode
ration in oounoil, and genius triumphant in
a .oirnr two since we bowed to the
name of Andrew Johnson as the representa
tive of self-denying loyalty, war against
treason, and clamorous devotion to radlcal
iam But far above these names, as high as
the stars, aud to us guiding stars, we see cer
tain principles, whose life is eternal, and whose
sacoesa ia more important to this people than
Srof mere men We follow them am who-
must lead the way.
11 consideration, of availability, of personal
i t i.W ucr tli interest or
that, are
temptations to desert, and mean mischief.
iaiu.V. . ,imH- record is not as cle
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THE DAILY" EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,
tell us Which way he Intends to travel. Above
all things, we have as a party been too terri
bly iucgled to run the risk again.
Therefore we challenge the btatement of the
that General Grant supports Congress,
and demand the evidence.
Th, Tables Tnru.d-Who the Conorer
Conspirators Heally Are.
Iromthetf. Y. Time. L ..... . ,
The effort recently attempted in the interest
of the President, to crush the radioal advo-
cates Of lmpeacnnieni, auu uivtirv uiwuuuu
from the crusade he has inaugurated against j
the promoters of reconstruction, has proved '
worse than a failure. The ridiculous aspect of
the affair became apparent when the garbled i
nature of the statement prepared by the As- i
pistant Attorney-General was brought to light.
The point of that statement was, that radical j
members of Congress were in iutiinate relations i
with the convicted perjurer, Conover, whom it j
was alleged they proposed to use against the ,
President. That was the story sent to the
country under the direct sanotion of Mr. John
son. Few, probably, attached credenco to un
supported assertions on such a subject from
such a source. The dishonesty of the docu
ment was realized when it beoame known that
while concocting charges against opponents
of the President, other documents on file
In the offices of the Government implicating
certain of his Democratic friends in a move
ment to obtain the pardon of Conover, had
been passed over. The exposure not only
convicted the Assistant Attorney-General of
gross unfairness in the compilation of what
purported to be a semi-official statement, but
fixed upon Messrs. Rogers, Radford, Niblaok,
Eldridge, Le Blond, Latham, notable Demo
crats, the odium originally intended for
Messrs. Ashley and Butler.
The matter has not' ended here. The motive
of Mr. Rodgers and his Democratio associates
in seeking the pardon of Conover was more
than suspected to be a desire to strengthen a
movement then and still in progress for ob
taining the removal of Judge Holt from his
Josition as chief of the Bureau of Military
ustice. Next to Mr. Stanton, Judge Holt
enjoys the distinction of being the man best
hated by the enemies of the Union; and Cono
ver was relied upon as a witness available for
damaging Judge Holt's official character, and
justifying the President in taking the Bureau
into his own care. That done, certain records
involving the loyal standing of prominent
Democrats would pass under the control of
some one less likely to be troublesome than
J udge Holt.
Much is done towards revealing the history
and mystery of this movement by the series of
extraordinary affidavits which we published
yesterday. We commend them to the careful
study of all who would comprehend the in
famy of intrigues, promoted by supporters of
the President, with the four-fold purpose of
serving him, damaging Judge Holt, helping
Jeff. Davis, and securing the pardon ot Cono
ver. It will be seen that Messrs. Ben. Wood
and Roger A. Pryor, in active conjunction
with Conover, last summer undertook the
manufacture of affidavits designed to fasten
upon Judge Holt the charge of suborning
witnesses. Individuals were asked, for pe
cuniary considerations, to commit per
jury for the furtherance of these ends.
They were hired, or were invited to be
come hired, to state on oath a succession of
acknowledged lies, on the ground that by
perjury alone could the Bureau of Military
Justice be overcome. With these hired per
jurers as witnesses, Messrs. Wood and Pryor,
acting apparently for others as well as for
themselves, proposed to beat down Judge Holt
and hasten the liberation of Jeff. Davis and
the pardon of Conover. In one instanoe,
money was paid and reoeived in this connec
tion; in omer instances, ior reasons assignea,
the overtures failed. But the essential fact of
the conspiracy, with false swearing as it
weapon, is apparently placed beyond dispute
by the affidavits now published. Others of a
similar character are on record in more than
one department of the Government. These
are enough, however, to explain the reckless
criminality with whioh war is waged upon
prominent officers of the Government whose
bnbending loyalty has marked them out for
attack and removal. Had the plot now ex
posed succeeded, Judge Holt would have been
suspended, on pretexts acquired by perjury.
The American Fleet In Chinese Water
-Avenging National Insults.
From the N. Y. Timet.
There is always difficulty in dealing with
weak Governments, whether the issues in
volved are of a commercial or political char
acter. We have found this true in treating with
the Nicaraguan Government; still oftener true
in trying to keep the Mexican authorities to
their word. We shall probably gain yet fur
ther experience, and perhaps experience of an
equally unpleasant kind, in the East. We have
thought ourselves exceedingly fortunate in
former years that England and France had a
monopoly of the business of declaring periodi
cally a war against the Imperial or the Pro
vincial authorities of China and Japan for a
violation of solemn treaty obligations for
harboring pirates and for permitting such
subordinates as Commissioner Veh (of famous
renown) to insult their flags. It was possible
in those days for us to hear with complacency
of the stolidity of a Chinese Governor, who
confounded the bombardment of some mise
rable fishing hamlet with a salute fired in his
own honor, and who laughed at the expense
to which the "foreign devils" had put them
Belves in the performance of the ceremony.
But this is now all changed, or certainly
will be changed. When the exigencies of the
war rendered it impossible for us to be repre
sented by a naval force in the Chinese seas,
we had the opportunity of seeing how readily
that fact was taken advantage of to insult our
flag. Now that we have a strong fleet in
Chinese waters, we shall probably find use for
it; or at least we ahall have as legitimate oc
casion for using it as ever France or England
had.
The news from the East, by way of London,
announces the oommencment of a job the
completion of which is very likely to lie in the
remote future. Shanghae advices say that a
portion of our squadron is at work off the
Island of Formosa, that the authorities there
refuge either satisfaction or apology for the
murder of the erew of the barque Rover by
the pirates that are harbored in the place.
Two men-of-war are eneaced the Hartford
and the Wyoming. The demand made by
the officer in command, for the surrender of
the murderers, appears to have been treated
with contempt. On the appearanon of the
attacking foroe, the people of the island put
themselves in attitude of defense. As a pre
liminary to the fight the shore was shelled for
a considerable distance.
Subsequently a landing was effected, and a
fight ensued, said to have been of five hours
duration. Our men fought well, and fought
evidently under the disadvantage of extreme
and overpowering heat. One ortioer, lieute
nant Elide!! Mackenzie, was Bhot, ami died of
his wonuus, ana tit nigui the remount) ef tue
force was withdrawn. The success of the
operation is not very clearly established,
although the necessity for the demonstration
is not likely to be questioned. The trouble is
that piracy in Chiimse waturs is wiuked at, if
not directly encouraged, by the local authori
ties both on the islands aud on the mainland.
There is never any responsibility admitted
for whatever crimes are committed, and it will
take time to remedy this, evun if our fleet
should be quadrupled to-morrow. ;
The advantage of makiug a hostile demon
tration such as tbis Formosa affair lies chielly,,
if not exclusively, in the fact, that it conveys
to the, more responsible of the Chinese and
Japanese authorities the only sort of intima
tion they are likely, for some time at least,'
to understand, that we do not mean to be
trifled with in the matter of harboring pirates,
or anything else. Our commerce with the
East is growing at a pace which demands all
the protection that ran be afforded to it. The
cost will not be a trille. But it must be borne,
or we must be content to step back and take
a second commercial position. Gradually, as
regular intercourse is opened up by our great
Pacific mail line, we shall be able to measure
the nature of the risks to which our commerce
may be subjected. We shall know whether
the enforcement of treaty obligations will in
volve us in any other than the ordinary ex
penditures of maintaining conventions else
where. There seems to be a fair ohanoe for a
fair commercial reciprocity with both Japan
and China. With the Japanese authorities we
have already made as much progress, con
jointly with England, France, and the Govern
ment of the Netherlands, as we could have
reasonably anticipated. But we have to be
prepared for an occasional warlike demonstra
tion like that reported from Formosa.
Irregularities In the Treasury Depart
mcut.
From the 2V. Y. Herald.
We have had in our hands for several days
astounding statements of gross irregularities,
to use the mildest term, in the Treasury De
partment, as well as various extraots from
.evidence confirmatory of these, which has been
suppressed. These statements and extraots
are of such a character that we have hesitated
to publish them, though we fear there is too
much reason to believe they are true in whole
or pact. It appears that some of these irregu
larities' and believed deficiencies in the Trea
sury have existed for some time. It is re
ported that Mr. Chase left the Department in
a very unsatisfactory conditton; that Mr. Fes-
senden, his successor, made investigations and
took testimony as to the reported deliciencies
and frauds, and that investigations have been
made since. All this evidence has been sup
pressed. What has become of it? Why was
it covered up so silently and mysteriously? It
is asserted, and documents before us go to
show, that the amount involved in these
irregularities swells up to the enormous sum
of several hundred millions.
One portion of the evidence shows between
two and three hundred millions, and another
over fifty millions; and it is believed these
sums fall far short of the total amount. This
is a part of the secret history of the Treasury
Department during the last few years; but it
has been made known lately that the frauds
upon the Government in whisky, petroleum,
and tobacco fall little short of a hundred mil
lions. This is an alarming state of things.
Why does not the President look into these
matters and bring out the evidence 1 Why
does not Mr. MuCulloch, who is a member of
the Church, a saint, a great financier, and in
favor of resuming specie payment, probe these
frauds to the bottom, aud spread the facts
before the public ? We fear there is too much
truth in the startling extracts of suppressed
evidence to which we have referred. Let us
have more light. The bondholders will be
nervous and the people will not be satisfied
until we know the facts.
Thi Issue of the Pay Are we to be Gov
erned by a Negro IJalance of Power t
rrom the N. Y. Herald.
The unprofitable conflict between the Presi
dent and Congress has at last brought before
the American people one of the most extraor
dinary and momentous issues ever presented
as a governmental measure in any country
since the Goddess of Reason was set up in
Paris in the place of the Christian religion.
This issue is presented in the radical pro
gramme of Southern reconstruction, and it is
simply this shall the country be governed
hereafter at Washington through a negro
political balance of power ? For seventy years
with a lucid interval here and there, we were
governed by an impious and insolent Southern
oligarchy of three hundred thousand negro
slaveholders. Finding, at length, that their
balance of power .had slipped through their
fingers, those three hundred thousand slave
holders plunged the late so-called Confederate
States headlong into a bloody rebellion, from
which they emerged, after four years of tena
cious and desperate fighting, utterly shorn of
slavery aud all its political advantages. This
old Southern oligarchy has thus ceased to
exist, and the places which knew it shall
know it no more forever. But here the ques
tion arises, Is the great North prepared for
another Southern balance of power, which it
is proposed shall be tiven to five hundred
thousand negro voters, just released from the
moral darkness and degradations of Southern
slavery ?
This is the great issue of the day; and how
are we to meet it ? After General Grant, at
the head of eleven hundred and fifty thousand
Union soldiers in the field, had given the deci
sive blow to the Slaveholders' Rebellion at Ap
pomattox Court House, the work of Southern
reconstruction might have been satisfactorily
accemplithed within six months had our Fede-
. ral t authorities, President and Congress, been
governed uy purely patriotic, considerations.
But with the collapse of the Rebellion Andrew
Johnson, of Tennessee, through Abraham Lin
coln's assassination, became President of the
United States; and unfortunately, from the
very first day of his promotion, Mr. Johnson
proved himself unequal and fearfully incom
petent to grasp the duties and the advantages
of his position. Otherwise, his first aot after
taking his oath of office would have been a
proclamation calling Congress together. This
done, an agreement between President and
Congress, with the meeting of the two Houses,
upon a plan of Southern reconstruction and
restoration, including a qualified negro suf
frage, would have been easy and it would have
been conclusive. '
But, unduly inflated with foolish notions of
his own wisdom aud capabilities, Mr. Johnson
began by assuming the functions of the law
making power, and so with the first regular
meeting of Congress after his promotion to
the White House the ourtain was lifted on the
old conflict between King and Parliament
revived, with all our modern improvements.
Bo far in this conflict Mr. Johnson has been
ballled and heated from point to point, until
his polioy has been reduced to the issue
between a rigid and a liberal execution of the
laws of Congress "only this and nothing
more." He wants a liberal application of the
laws; and to this end his late Secretary or War
baa been suspended, and we havt been given
to understand that eome other Cabinet chaoses
and the removal of several, if not all, of the live
military commanders iu the South will proba
Wy fol ow, and before the larme of many days.
But what will this signify f At first we were
inclined to the opinion that the radioal pro
gramme might In this way be flanked and
I i r ; i. '""King a nttitj deeper into the
uiiucuiiy.we una tuut it can be reached only by
the people through Congress. The difficulty
really lies in this reconstruction programme of
CongrpFS, the inevitable tendencies f( which
are to negro supremacy in the ten Southern
States concerned, and to a 'negro balauce of
power in our national affairs. "
In this reconstruction programme the Re
publican party, as represented by Congress,
has been faithless to its professions and its
pledges, and it has betrayed the confidence
and disappointed the just expectations of the
loyal States. No such dangerous and despe
rate party experiment as this of Southern
reconstruction on the basis of Southern negro
supremacy was ever demanded by the popular
voice of the North, before or since the sur
render of Lre. But unless these existing re
construction laws of Congress are reached
through Congress itself, we tear that the Presi
dent cannot divert them from negro supremacy
without bringing upon himself the fate of
Staiiton. What we want, then, is such a pre 9
sure fioni the people of the North upon Con
gret-s, in our coming tall elections, as will
C( nipel the two Houses to reconstruct their
uieasuies of reconstruction, so far. at least, as
to give ttie .southern whites fair play, as
against the blacks, in this important business
of rebuilding the political and social State
institutions of these ten excluded Southern
States. Surely, at least upun this issue of the
supremacy of negro minorities over white
majorities in the South, the puhlio pulse may
be effectively touched in the North, and upon
this question even the present radical Congress
may, through our approaching fall elections
Negro Government In the South.
From the If. Y. World.
The fact that many even of the whites who
would be permitted do not register, while the
blacks all register and are all radioals, deter
mines in advance the character of the recon
struoted State Governments. They will , be
completely under the control of the negroes
Whether their officers are black or white will
make little difference, since they will be an
swerable to black constituencies; but probably
the greater portion of them will be black. That
such governments will run into great abuses is
as certain as it is that they will be formed; and
their abuses will inevitably lead to a great
political reaction.
Ihe natural disgust of the proscribed whites
at upstart negro domination would prevent
the success of such governments, even if they
nemetrated no bad legislation. It is not in
human nature that the white population of
the .south should patiently submit to be gov
erned by their former slaves, even if the freed
mey could govern well. Negro equality would
be distasteful enough; but negro superiority
wui not re tolerated except by compulsion
The impossibility of the negroes eoverninc
well does not result merely from the pride of
race, or prejudice of race, which will cause
their ascendancy to be detested, but also from
the relative situation of the two races in
respect to the property of the South.
, When the Government, that Is, the taxing
power, represents the poverty of the com
munity, and not its property, there will be a
constant tendency to rob property of its rights.
As taxes will not be felt by the negroes who
impoFe them, they will be voted liberally; and
as the property-holders will not be repre
sented, they will have no power to call reck
less and wasteful legislators to aocount.
Heavy taxation and a full treasury leads natu
rally to squandering prodigality; and surely
the negroes have had no training which will
preserve them from the corruption into
w hich white rulers so easily fall when beset
by temptation and opportunity. It is probable,
therefore, that the negro governments, being
under none of the restraints exerted by tax
paying constituencies, will be among the most
wasteful and corrupt that ever existed. This
will not result from the fact that the rulers are
negroes, but from the fact that they are men.
No race of men could be trusted under similar
circumstances, When the government which
lays taxes is not elected by nor responsible
to that part of the community which pays
taxes, those who tax will be corrupt, aud
they who are taxed will be oppressed. It
would not be otherwise if both belonged to
the same race; and the evil will probably be
aggravated by the insolent contempt of the
negroes for those whom they lately served as
staves, hut now govern as rulers.
As the negroes will have full power to rob
and oppress their late masters uuder the forms
of law, it is easy to foresee the pretexts under
which their extortions will be practised. The
predominant idea of negro legislation in the
South will be, that the property of the South
has been created by uncompensated negro
labor, and belongs of right to those by whose
sweat it was produced. The negroes will uni
versally entertain this idea, and will urge it
in justification of every attempt to perpetrate
robbery under the name of taxation. The
negroes will not only exercise all the powers
and shirk all the burdens of government, but
they will make extravagant expenditures for
their schools, their churches, their hospitals,
and for all kinds of charitable institutions;
and they will moreover change the tenure of
real estate so as to render it worthless to its
white owners, and make it the easy prey of
negro rapacity.
That things will take this course is as cer
tain as it is that there is human nature in
man. And equally certain it is, that this kind
of oppression will provoke resistance aud re
taliation, and that nothing but military intimi
dation can prevent the outbreak of a bloody
and exterminating war of races.
The Last Fautasttc Trick,
fYom th N, T. Independent.
The political situation is interesting. Any
conjuncture of affairs whioh revives the hope of
the President's Impeachment is welcome. The
suspension of Mr. Stanton and the removal of
General Sheridan are two contingencies which
we have great hope will prove sufficient to
incite an easy-going and amiable Congress to
the stern duty of deposing the traitor of the
White House.
The American people and their representa
tives in Congress sometimes do a great publio
aot from the highest motives; but not often
certainly not always. All the great measures
of liberty which have made illustrious our
political history of the last few years were
prompted more by time-serving expediency
than by moral duty. The Rebellion was con
quered not 80 much through the great virtue
of the North as through the over-iiendishness
of the South. The Federal cause needed to be
goaded to victory by the plottlngs of Jefferson
Davis; by the disaster of Bull Run; by the
slaughter of Fort Pillow; and by the horrors
of Auderf onville. How wonderful is that con.
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prolongation of that chief of Its calamities, An
drew Johnson. Sweet are the uses of adver-
7 , BtiU need Mr Johnson in the Pre
ndential chair for the purpose of educating
'he American Congress up to the high duty of
impeaching him next December. A few more
tricks, a little more treason, an added spioe of
f atanio malice in the President, and the thing
will be done I So we reutter Mrs. Browning's
l rayer, "Give more madness, Lord 1"
The impeachment ought to have been ao-
omplished long ago. The President has held
Lis office a year too long already. Shall he be
i ermitted to hold it to the end of his term f
From the time of the first plain proof of his
surrender to the Rebels, we have demanded.
and shall continue to demand, that this Aaron
Burr, this Benedict Arnold, this Andrew
Johnson shall be put out of the way of
injuring a Government which he first dis
graced, then betrayed, and would willingly
destroy.
The most hopeful sign of the time3 now on
everybody's lips is that if the President uses
the bowstring upon Mr. Stanton and General
Sheridan, he shall himself be strangled with
it. But was not the President's measure of
iniquity long ago full, pressed down, and
shaken together? Must the ereat reneeade
add new outrages to the old in order to earn
his title to decaiitationf What has hereto
fore been and what is now the one and only
obstacle to a peaceiui ana speedy reconstruo
tion of the Union? Nothing under heaven
but the treachery, malignity, and baseness of
Andrew Johnson. He has been long the chief
enemy oi ine repuDno. vvny, tnen, la ha suf
fered to remain its Chief Magistrate ?
If anybody is to be removed, let it not be
Mr. Stanton; let it not be General Sheridan;
let it be Andrew Johnson
Cencrress oueht not to have adiourned.
leaving the field clear for this brigand to carry
on war against the Kepublic. Mr. Johnson is
a bold, bad man, and needs to be watched
not only with eyes, but with votes, and with
arms, it is only because he nas so miserable
a minority of accomplices that he has not
already overthrown the Republic We ask
again for a general utterance of the popular
voice in a spontaneous demand for the Presi
dent's impeachment and deposition from
office. ' 1 '
FURNISHING GOODS, SH1RTS,&C.
pm HOFFMANN, J R..
NO. 8S5 ABCTI STREET,
FURNISHING GOODS,
(lit te G. A. Hoffman, formerly W. W. Knight,) i
FIKE SHIRTS AND WRAPPERS.
HOMIER Y AND OXOVES
SILK, LAMBS' WOOL AND MERINO
SSfmwum ' VNDEBCLOTIimrfi.
J.
W. SCOTT Ac CO.,
SHIRT MANUFACTURERS,
AND 1KLKK8 IN
MEN'S FVBKUUIXO flOODi
NO. 814 CI1E!N(JT Ml BEET.
FOUR DOOKS B1XOW TOE "COWTLNENTAIV
t 271 TP ' PHILADELPHIA.
p A T E 1NT T SMOULDER - SEAM
SIIIBT MANUFACTORY,
ANDGENTLEMEM'S FUBKIMHIN& STORE
PKRFKCT FITTING BHJRT8 AND DRAWERS
nideiruui meaeurmient til very abort notice.
All other articles ol UJbJSTI.K.M K.N 'B DRKS8
GOO-Lfc in lull variety.
. , WINCHESTER A CO.,
U1 No. 708 CHEteNUT Street
HOOP SKIRTS.
t'OQ HOOP
SKIRTS,
"OWN MAKE."
628
JiJ HOPKINS'
1 sffords og niucli plewture to announce to our
numerous patrons aud U.e publio, ibttt In conn
qtitJiK-e if a slight decline In lioop Skirt material
together with our lnuteaned facilities for manufac
turing, and a strict adherence to BUY1NU aud
biLLiINU for GAbli, we are enabled to Oder all our
JLiblXY CJlXKi-MATJO) OOP bKlRTS at RJC
DICKD 1'KltKH. Aud our bklrU will alwayij, as
heretutore, be found lu every respect more demrahle,
and really cheaper than any siugle or double spring
iloop bklrt In tfie market, while our assurlmeut hi
unequalled.
AIbo, constantly receiving from New York and the
Earner n States lull lien ol low priced bkiris, at very
low prices; among which Is a lot of flaiu Skirts at
the following rales; 15 springs, 65c.; 20 spring, 6jc; 25
springs, 75c.; bu springs, bac.; US springs, 96c; aud 40
springs, luii,
Skirts made to order, altered, and repaired. 'Whole
sale aud retail, at tte Philadelphia Hoop bklrt Kill
porlum, No. b2h ARCH Street, below Seventh.
a iu 8m rp whILiam t. Hopkins.
FKll ftH ft h. 1 J I J( 1 1' 1 J ! I!
GAS FIXTURES.
CALL AND BCY YOUB GA9 FIXTURES
Uuiu the mumifucturcrs.
VANKiRK A MARSHA IX,
No. 812 A KCU btreet.
VAN KIRK & MARSHALL, No. 912 ARGH
street, manufacture and keep all styles or Uai
Fix lures and Chandeliers; also relinlsli olu fixtures.
VANKIRK & MARSHALL HAVE A COM
plete stock of Chandeliers, Brackets, Portable
Planda, and Bronzes, at No. Wi ARCH Street.
VANKIRK & MARSHALL, No. 012 ARCH
Street, give esneclal attention to tilting up
Churches, Publio Halls, aud lJwelllugs. Ptfic hum at
IHlCI,OWI KUTHH.
GOLD, GILT, AND ELECTRO SILVB
plated Gas Fixtures, at VANKIRK dt MA
bll A l.L S, No. 012 ARCH Street.
All work ituaranteed to give satlsfaci Ion. Xono1)!
first-class workmen employed. 8 VMiw mwl3U
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
QULVER'S NEW PATENT
PEEP SAND-JOINT
HOT-AIIt FURNACE.
BANtiES OF All SUES. ;
Also, PhllsKar's New Low Pressure Steam HeaUnc
Apparatus. Fur saia by . i ,
CHARLES WILLIAMS, '
U No, 11H MAKKKT Htreei,
COAL.
B.
MIUDI.FTON" & CO., PRALERS IN"
71 A It I. H Hill I.I.HICill and KAiil li' iti jm
(OAT. Kept dry under cover. Prepared exnre-tslv
fur family . Yard, No. 1Z.'S WAHUAKOTON
Aveuue. . OtUvs, No. Oil WALK Street, J tl ,
7- - -
"13E&T-- KTOJK- OFJ-
E V il I S K I E G
NOW POSSESSED Br
LEGAL NOTICES.
REGISTER'S, NOTICE. TO ALL CREDI
tors, Legatees, and other persons Interested:
r0llce is nereny given iuhi wie loiiuwinir nameq
persons did. on the dales sillied to their names, file
the accounts ot their Administration to the eniatos of
those poisons deceased, aud Ouardlans' and Trustee'
hc nnntx whose names are undermentioned. In the
olttot' of the BeglHter for the Probate ot Wills and
Oraiiilne Letters of Administration, In and for the
lily and County of Philadelphia; and tbattnestine
will ne presented to ine uriiusus uuuri vi saia ciif
and county tor conllrinaiiou and allowance, on the
third B1IAY Iu August next, at 10 o'clock la the
niornlug, at the Couuu Court House In said city,
June 18, Ji'ieph it. Fisher, Executor of ELIZA
COPK, deceased.
" , 28, Cliai les N. Brigs and Thomas C. Lott, Kxe
Ctilors ol UhOKUK W . JAiT, deceased.
. " IS, George W. Meever et al. Rxecutors and Trus
tees of KOBKKT S. JOHNSON, deceased.
, 29, Henry IMaule and Joseph K Kay, lutecutor
.. , ol HANNAH D. KAY. deceased.
29, John B. Sievensou, Kxecutor and Trustee of
, AUOtJSTiNJi; , kTJCV&NBON, , Jr., de
ceased ,
July 2, Joseph mock and Henry Kramer, xecutert
" E, ThoDias Neilsun and Constant (Julllou. Kxe
. . cutors ol UuBAjtT NKliON. deceased.
" 6, Francis B. Bliuuk and Inaac H. Dletrlcn. Kxe.
culors of Its A AC BHUNK,deoeaed.
" 8, Edward Wartmau and Thomas O. Jones.
Guardians ot MAR LYNCH, late MAR V
DKUM. late mini rs. ' 1
9. W illiam L. Boyer, kxecutor of WILLIAM!
BO V Kit, deceased.
" 9, Caroline L. tilentz (late Scherer), Admlnlo.
tratrlx of JOHN SCHEKKK, aeceased.
" 10, Ann QiiIod, (late Bird), Administratrix of
BBIUUKT KKK, deceaeed.
' 10, Sarah H. Alherion, Guardian of JAMES
LOOAN IIS UK ft (laiea minor).
" 10, Sarah H. Alherion. Guardian ot MAUD
1SHKB (late a minor).
" 11, Samuel J. Buney, Ouardlan of WALTER
KCK KL,. a minor.
" 11, 8. J. Gather etal., Executor of ANN OAR
1SKK, deceased.
" 11, William Sin ng, Administrator of OAKRICK
MALLKBV, d eceased,
" 11, Catherine s. Wonderly, Executrix of ED
MUND S1IOTW KI.L, deceased.
" 11, Edward B. shotwell and Joseph Bcattergood,
Executors ol CATHERINE SUEPPAJUK
deceased.
" 12, Thomas T. Mason and William K. Hemphill.
. Kxecuuirs of ALKX ANUKit 11. J ULIAN.
deceased.
" IS. John U. Curtis, Administrator of ELIZA-
BETH V. CURTIS, deceased.
" 13, Kobm Thomas, Administrator of JACOB
' JONES, deceased.
' 13, C. Willing Llttell, Executor of MART L.
Wr ATT H. deceased
" 18, James 1. Kalston, Administrator ot JAMES
L. WILLIAMS, deceased.
11 13, John H. Campbell. Executor of JOSEPH 8.
MEOABA, deceased.
" 16, Rebecca W. and Joseph Bancroft, Executors
Of WILLIAM BANCROFT, deceased.
" IB, Arundlus Tiers, Administrator of AKUNGIU8
TIERS, Jr., deceased.
, " 16, Joseph King. Administrator of CATHARINE
WALSH, deceased. ...
H 17, Joseph N. Piersol, Administrator d. b. n.C. La.
, ol WILLIAM P. DEWKES, deceased.
' 18, Alexander Januey, Administrator of LYDIA
O. JANNEY, deceased.
" SO, John Clare, Jr.. Administrator Of WILLIAM
CLAKK, deceased.
" 20, James Campbell et al,, Executors and Trustees
of HUGH 0'IXNNELL,deceased. .
" 20, John Blehlo et al Executors in accoont fas
Trustees for M. M. COCK, ELIZABETH
BKOWN and SUSAN DILL Kit), under
the will of WILLIAM RIEHLE, deceased.
" 22, George 8. Schively, Administrator d.b. n.c, t.
a. of ANN 8UU1VELY, deceased.
" 22, George B. Sbively. Administrator d. b. n. O. t.
a. ot JOHN bCHIVELY, deceased.
" 22, George b. Wchlvely, Administrator d. b. n. o. t.
a. of WILLIAM SCHIVELY. deceased.
" 22, Georse S. Schlvely, Trustee of JULYANN
SCHIVELY, under the wlllsof WILLIAM.
JOHN, aud ANN SCHIVELY, deceased.
" 22, Georges. Schlvely, Executor of JULYANN
SOHIVKL. deceased.
" 22, Sarah Crawford et al., Kxecutors of SAMUEL
H. CRA WKOBD. deceased. "iuu
" iS, Edward E. Warner, Administrator d. b. n. o.
t. a. of LYDIA PICKFORD, deceased.
" 23, Thomas Seabrook, Kxecutor of HARRIET
POLLA RD, deceased.
" 23. Jacob Good, Executor of WILLIAM and
JACOB RITTENHOUSE, deceased.
" 23, Ellau Carver and Stephen Parsons, Admlnls-
trators of JOHN E. CARVER, deceased.
" 24, Robert Kwlne, etal., Executors ot JOHN V.
CO WALL, deceased.
24, Gideon and Nauman Keyser, Executors of
SAMUEL KEVSER, deceased.
" 24, Daniel Curiislou, Administrator of JOHN
McNA HB, deceased,
". 21, Thomas H Powers, Guardian of CAROLINE
PARK, lute a minor.
" 24, Wililnm (4. Smith, Guardian of ANNA U.
o .n ESTHER COLTR1N, late minors.
23, Still we'l K filslu p. Executor of WILLIAM
WATSON, deceased.
H 26, Joseph B. Andrews, Executor of REBECCA
ANDREWS, deceased.
" 25, Ebenezer Maxwell, Executor of HUGH
SMITH, deceased.
" 25, A. E, .and Henry P. Borle, Trustees of ELIZA
KEATiNG, deceased.
" 25, Frederick and Chsrlotie A. Brown, Executors
of FREDERICK BROWN, deceased,
" 25, Deborah Holden, Administratrix of ELI
HOLDVN, deceased.
7 26f4t FREDERICK. M. ADAMS, Register.
s
ALE OF
RAILROAD PROPERTY
ADD FBANCUISES.
Notice hereby given that by virtue of a decree of
the Supreme Court ot Pennsylvania, we will expose
to sale at Publio A uctlon,
AT THE PHILADELPHIA EXCUASGE,
In the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania
on the
- 1STII DAY OF OCTOBEB,
A. D. 1867, t 12 o'clock, noon, of that day, all and
Singular the RAILROADS AND RAILWAYS.
LANDS. TRACKS. LIN Kg, RAILS, CROSSTI toj.
CHAIRS, SPIKES, FROGS, SWITCHES, and other
INTERESTS, and all and every other property aud
estate, real, personal, aud mixed, of, belonging or
appertaining to the RENO OIL CREEK AND
PI11IOLK RAILWAY COMPANY, and bll the cor
porate rights, franrhines, and privileges of, or belong
lug u the saU Company, together with all and singu
lar the Locomotives aud other Engines, Tenders
Cars, Machinery, Tools, Materiuls, aud Implements!
as well as materials lor constructing, repairing re
plaining, using aud operating said Railroad aud Rail
way. All of which said properly is situate In Ve
nango County, in ihesiateof Pennsylvania, and beltie
the same property, rights, privileges, and franchises
which said Company, by ludeuliire ot niortaave dated
the 2d day of May, A. D. lauo, and duly recorded la
the olllce of the Recorder ot Deeds of Venanva
County aforesaid, lu Mortgage Book No. 2. nairefria
6ic.. on the 4th i day of June, A. D. im, srauied and
couveyed to the undersigned John s. Sauxade ir
truct. to secure certain bonds iherelu mentioned.
And which the said Compauy ey Indenture ot morfc
"J" 1 1 k 'I '1 , ' . u ul"y recorded In theolliol
tinned. This sale wlllbe made undS, eudli "pESS
fi - VikfL . ,y lue aM supreme liouri d.
T. .uri teo' Pennsylvania, ou the lid day of July, A.
."hm 'i nlS C i U8e. jeuJI," ' uulty in said court, ftpou
a
SK
: ,,, .'.V " u '""n a. fcauzade, Trustee,
..Hf ?u m Company, and the said Morris K.
jessup ana William j Urr ,ii..,.,i...... . -..TZ
Inter alia, for a a-nil ,.?.'" '"N
ua
ionSwsfi' ' ,eru,B ud confli'OM of ale will bias
nil'ti' nr,t'Wt'l premises will be sold In one
tidderlor cash """Ck- oU to the highest aud best
Second. Flve'per cent, of tbe purchase money shall
De paid to tte uuderslgued at the time of the sale by
the purchaser, and he muse also sign tbe terms and
4'oudltlons of sale, otherwise, the said premises will
he Immediately resold.
Third. T he balance ot tbe purchase money shall be
Paid to the undersigned, at tjiu Banking House ot
Drexel & Co., No. H S. T hird street, Philadel
phia, wlihlu thuvy days from aud after the day of
sale.
' WILLIAM J BARR. Trustee
i. ;
Juiiiv is. SAL'iiADK, Truaiee.
' PBlT.Ar.TI VHIA. JulV S. 1KH7.
7 Sturtnl
itturt. n iw in 'jlp, v a i r nun rtiuni? ur WAY.
MATERIA 1S. HOUSES, BUILDINGS, SHOPS.
PIERS, WHARVES, ERKt TIONS, FENCES.
WALLS, F1X1UKK3. DEPOTS. RIGHTS A Nil
Baldwin MongVge"Book"No. Teia'ou th(
9lb W of AprlF. A. D. im, grailled and conveyed W
Morns K. Jesnup. aud the undersigned William J,
Barr. in trust ui secnm ...n-,.. vr, .u " . '
H
I
hi, Thomas dte-o.ss. Auctioneers.
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