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VOL. VIII-No 56.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 18G7.
DOUBLE SHEET-THREE CENTS.
FIRST EDITION
SOE POLITICAL WORLD.
THE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO.
(SrcatBpcccb or lion. J. A. Bingham
BteM KHc, Kte., Etc., Etc., Kte.
Speech of the Hon.' John A. Bingham.
At Cincinnati, on Saturday night, the Hon.
John A. Bingham, Representative from the Six
teenth Ohio District, and Frederick Uassaurek,
ditor oi the Voiksblalt, addressed a large assem
bly on the political issue ol the day. Judge
Bingham vent over the history of the Demo
eraUc party under Pierce and Buchanan and
during the war, especially the course and teach
ing of its leader on slavery and secession. He
showed conclusively that Judge Thurman (the
Democratic candidate for Governor) was in full
karmony with the Vallandigham school of non
ooercionists. We quote largoly from the latter
kail of Mr. Bingham's eloquent address:
THE UNITED STATES A NATION.
Th'19 is a proposition so clear that it never
should have been questioned by any party or
the people of any btate. It is admitted that
before the Constitution, under the Confedera
tion, the several States of the then Union were
sovereign and independent. The Articles of
Confederation expressly declared "a union
between the States," a confederacy of States,
and by its second act declared that each Slate
retains its sovereignty, ireedom, and indepen
dence. Tbe Constitution declares that "the
people of the United States do ordain and esta
blish this Constitution." Under the Confedera
tion, in Congress, each State had one vote;
under the Constitution, the people of each State
and ot tbe whole union have as many votes as
there are Senators and Representatives in Con
gress. By the Conlederation it was declared
that no alteration of the articles of union
should at any time be made without the con
firmation ot the Legislature of every State.
Under the Constitution, amendments may be
proposed by Congress and ratified either
by the Conventions of the people or
the Legislatures of three fourths of the States,
as Congress may decide. What becomes of the
boasted sovereignty and independence of the
States of this Urnon when, by amendment, the
people of three-tourths of the States, without
the consent and against the protest of the
people of one-fourth of tbe States, amend the
Constitution ? That, it would seem, is a sove
reignty liable to material and vital limitations
by another sovereignty, and even against the
expressed will of all its inhabitant". Surely,
Washington was right when he declared that
this constitution of government "made us one
people," and "that the right of the people to
make and to alter their constitution of govern
ment is the basis of our political system." The
war has affirmed the words ot Washington. We
are one people or nation, and not a confedera
tion oi "allied independent States." The triumph
of the armies of the people was the triumph of
the nation, and the vindication ot the national
Constitmtion as the supreme law of the laud.
BEOBGANIZATION OF STATES.
When the Rebellion was crushed and the
armed battalions in rebellion had surrendered,
that vast sectlou of the Union so long the
theatre of conflict was found disorganized,
without a constitutional State Government, and
therefore subject, for the time being, to the ex
clusive legislation ot Congress, and to such ad
ditional constitutioual limitations as the nation
composed of organized States might in the
meantime adopt. The Congress elected by the
people of the organized Stales proposed for rati
fication two amendments of the' Constitution,
both ot which have been ratified by the requisite
number of States, and have therefore become,
to all Intents and purposes, part of the Consti
tution of the United States. The Congress, by
law, has made the acceptance by the several
States lately in insurrection ot these two amend
ments a condition pi ecedent to their reorgani
zation and restoration to political Dower in the
Union. During the war tor the Union it was
resolved by the Democratic party, in conven
tion at Chicago, that the war was a failure, and
had failed to restore tbe Union. After the Re
bellion was crushed it was resolved by the
Democratic party, in convention at Columbus,
that the Union did not need restoration; that
the several States lately in insurrection were all
the time, and still are, States in the Union, and
could not constitutionally be excluded from
equal representation in the Congress of the
United States. In war this Democratic party
declared the Union dissolved, and opposed its
restoration by arms; in peace it oppose the
restoration of the Union by law. In the pre
sence ot a great, armed rebellion, resulting in
the ntter disorganization ot the Governments of
the eleven insurrectionary States, this party
declares it unconstitutional to raise armies by
conscription or otherwise, or to appropriate
money to prosecute the war against the armies
of the Insurgent States; and atter the Rebellion
is put down, that it is unconstitutional for the
nation to take new security tor the safety of tbe
republic and the protectiou of the people. This
is the real issue between the party of tue Uuiou
and the Rebellion.
PRESENT DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
No man can doubt this who reads either the
declared principles of the opposing parties or
the utterances of the representatives of each.
The Democratic platform is very creditable to
tbe very astute and confessedly able gentleman
who reported it, Mr. Vallandigham I It was
framed undoubtedly upou tbe rule that the true
use of language is to dt3guise men's thoughts.
The thoughts of that party are now what they
were when they entered into the conspiracy in
1854, that there is no Americau people or Ameri
can nationality, but, as ex-President Pierce ex
prested it, a confederation ot "allied indepen
dent States." or as Mr. Pendleton, by a rheto
rical flourish, has recently expressed it, a
"republic of republics." Look through that
wonderful and remarkable Democratic plat
form of 1867, upou which Judaie Thurman stands,
or attempts to stand, and vou will look in
yam for any denunciation bt that atrocious
Rebellion which for four years shook the con
inenlvcov,er50,ur ueaveus with darkness, aud
filled the habitations of the people with death;
made the friends 0f liberty in every land
tremble with fear let this last etTort of repre
sentative government, this labt refuge of civil
and reliMous liberty, should perish from the
earth, and embolden ite advocates of European
oppression and Kuropeantjranny to shout with
fiendish loy, "The republic is dead! therenubl'c
Is dead 1" Look agafn through that' rZaTkabie
Democ ratic platform, and you find no words of
gratitude to the ret urning or the unretumtng
braves, to the living and the dead detenders of
the republic, who stood as a wall of flre between
us aud war's desolation, wno hurled back the
legions of avowed Rebellion, nod protected from
pollution your homes and your hearths; 300,000
nf whom lmeu meir nanus lor me lanttima
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their divine forms to the dust and darkness of
the grave that their country might live: thereby
teaching the world that death itself is beautiful
whtn ewjiea vj virtue,
LiWFUl SPATES OF TBI UNION.
The issue involves, as I have stated it, the
right ol the organized people of the United
States who remained faithful to the Union aud
Constitution, to take new securities for their
future safety, and require their acceptance by
the insurgent States as a condition of restora
tion. That is a cheap logic which declares that
in tbe nature of th case the people of a State
not admitted to representation by reason of Its
disorganization and treason, cannot ratify and
accept a constitutional amendment as a condi
tion of restoration. Who does not know that
the people of the Territories, before admission
to representation, have elected Senators by
their Legislatures and elected Representatives
to Congress by ballot bclore Congress had
declared them entitled to representation,
and before they were, in fact, admitted
as States of the Union? The subsequent
admission by Congress of such State
by relation gave legal efTect to their
act. Who does not know that the Constitution
of the United States, in 1789. when the Congress
first met nnder it and legislated for the nation
there represented, had not been ratified by
Rhode Island or North Carolina, and th,U the
same was ratified by each of those States, when
lu lact they were not in the Union nor repre
sented in Congress, and that, after their admis
sion in 1790, by a special law, the Judiciary act
passed in 1781) was extended over them ? Iu de
manding this condition to representation in the
Union the nation in 18C7 does precisely, and
with more justification, what the nation did in
1789 declares that only the States faithful to
tbe Union and the Constiiution should be re
presented in Congress, and exercise the powers
of States in the Union. It must not be for
gotten that, as we have seen, this act of the
people In 17x9 was forbidden by the Arti
cles of Confederation, which declared that
they should not be altered without
the assent of the Legislature of every State.
They were not only altered, but utterly swept
away by the eleven States which ratified the
Constitution, and organized the Government
nnder it When the right to do this great act,
essential to the safety of the people, was chal
lenged, the answer was given by the father of
the Constitution, "This is the people's right,
derived from the transcendent law of nature
and of nature's God." Happily there is no such
limitation in tbe Constitution, and by every
intendment every State which secedes and re
volts ceases to be a Constitutional State of tbe
Union or a part of the organized nation, and,
therefore, whatever States maintain their legal
State Government, and abide by the Constitu
tion of the United States, hold tbe political
power of the nation, and may rightfully and
constitutionally assert all the powers of the na
tion in peace and war.
In support of this position I ask your atten
tion to the words of Burke:
"When men, therefore, break up the original com
pact or agreement wlilcb given its corporate form and
capacity to a Slate, tbey ars no longer a people; they
bave no longer a corporate existence; tbey bave no
longer a legal coacllve force to bind within, nor a
claim to be recognized abroad. Tbey are a number of
ngue, loose individuals, and nothing more. With
tbem all Is to begin again, Alas! they little know
bow many a weary step la to be taken before tbey can
form themselves Into a mans which has a true politi
cal personality." Burke's Works, vol. Hi. p. 82.
I will not argue it further. The question is
closed it was settled when the broken bat
talions of Lee surrendered to Grant, and those
of Johnson to Sherman,
DISFRANCHISEMENT OF WHITE HEN.
Judge Thurman utterly misstates the fact
when he says that the proposition is to make
"non-voters out of a majority of the white men
South." Let him remember that his party in
Congress voted for disfranchising white men to
the extent that they are disfranchised by the Re
construction act. And let him remember that
not more than thirty thousand Rebels out of
two and a quarter million voters are prevented
from voting, and this only in the preliminary
organization ot the 8tate. When the State is
organized the restriction is terminated. The
people of tbe South had the opportunity to or
ganize without any suffrage disfranchisement
bv Congress, upon the adoption of the amend
ment, as did Tenueesee. They refused. Now
they can organize wnn only a temporary ais-
rrancmsement. 11 they still reiuse, let tne in
corrigible traitors be disfranchised forever!
REGENERATION OF THE SOOTH.
The people of the nation will not consent that
the vast territory of the ten disorganized States,
aisorgamzea Dy a gigantic treason, snail remain
subject to the control of a mob. Those ten
States, extending from the Potomac to the Rio
Urande. emoniee an area ot 600,000 square
miles; aie equal In resources to the vast terri
tories of France, Prussia, and Austria; capable
ol furnishing homes to 100,000,000 freemen; and,
it under mst ana stable local government,
would yield to the national treasury, annually,
$100,000,000. Without local government, the
sense of security is wanting in those States; and,
as a result, enterprise and capital shun tbem.
This must not be. Tbe local governments must
be established aud maintained. It is the pre
sent great want of the nation; and it is the
nation's will that it shall be done, and done
speedily. If the present population refjise,
another will take its place, and do what the pre
cent population oucht to do lor themselves, and
for those who are to come after them. Let no
man for a moment suppose that I, or the
party with which I have the honor to act, desire
to impair or change that admirable structure of
general and local, national and State govern
ment, which was framed bv those great fathers
of the Republic. There is nothing in the amend
ment proposed, or in the measures advocated by
the Union Republican party, which tends to
take from any Mate ot tne union any power
which by right belongs to it. We stand upon
the imperishable words of the Declaration that
these States may do, subject to the constitution
of the United States, whatever free States may
of rieht do: that their governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the governed;
that to protect tne ngnts oi an wituin tneir
jurisdiction tbey were instituted; and that when
they oecome suDversive oi misena ot tneir crea
tion, they should be altered in the mode pre
scribed lor their amendment.
THE P0WER3 OF STATES.
I accent in all its force the words of that
profouudest of all the European thlukers who
has come hither to study our institutions, and
as expressive ot the philosophy ot our dual sys
tem of government: "Centralized power, de
centralized administration." While I would
maintain intact the powers of the national aud
State Governments the one lor general defense
and protection, the other for local administra
tion and personal eecuritv I would not forget
nor have others forget that both are for the
maintenance of nationality, the establishment
of justice, the promotion of the general weltare,
and the security ot noeity to an, aui mieuaea
to present to the world an example of represen
tative government, which like the Divine gov
ernment of the God of nations. Is no respecter of
persons so just that no one, however humble,
who obeys its laws is beDeatli its protecting
care, and so strong that none, however power
ful, who defy its authority are above its aveng
ing or restraining power.
THEORY OF FREE GOVERNMENT.
The day is coming, I trust, when this diverse
theory of our Institutions will be enforced In
Rctual administration, wnen mat aay comes
the world cannot fail to know that government,
at least, is made by man and for roan, and not
man lor the government. How fit and true the
words ot that profound man (Collard), whose
thoughts indelibly impressed themselves where
ever they tell "Surely the citizen is superior
to the State. States perish upon the earth.
Here they fulfil their destiny; but alter the citi
zen has discharged every duty which he owes
to the State, there abides with him the nobler
part of big being, his immortal ftf-ltles, by
which he ascend to (Jo4 laid the rtai.os ( a
better life." Fully acknowledging the rights and
dignity of the citizen, the people demand that
lie insnrgent States be reorganized on the bash
Of eqnal rights to all and special privileges to
none. Let Ohio set the noble example, and
thus contribute to the last grand act by which
the people will crown the republic with the
greatness of justice.
Thi Duty of the Country Thi Prel
dent's Power Mast De Broken.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
We trust tbe friends of the country will not
be lulled Into false hopes in reference to the
President. A careful study of bis character and
of the principles governing bis Administration
makes ns feel that as a ruler he Is not to be
trusted, and that he must be watched with sus
picion and anxiety. We do not say a word in
derogation of t he dignity of the Presidential
office. That office Is so exalted, and Its powers
so vast and fnr-reacblng, that we owe it to our
children that it snould not be wantonly de
graded. Tbe President has degraded it. He
has made his Administration a shameful page
in our history. The country must not penult
tbe page to close without a proper recompense.
Out rulers may dishonor their office. We must
not dishonor oui selves.
Andrew Johnson stands forth among public
men as tbe gigantic demagogue of America.
This Is saying a good deal when we consider
the manner of men the nation has at times
Inouuceri. Aaron Burr, Calhoun, Van Buren,
'lerce, Douglas, and Buchanan are enough for
one century. They had redeeming qualities
Mr. Johnson has shown none. Ills devotion to
the Homestead law, as Beaator, was noticeable.
Men did not fail to see, however, that while
this devotion was forced upon him by his class,
he sustained in John C. Breckinridge a party
that aimed to reduce his class below the level
of the negro slave. While he professed to give
labor a home, be voted to have it sold on the
aui tion-block. When tbe war came, be gave
the Union cause a mild and incoherent sup
port. Jn this, alHo.he followed his class, and
we presume be was not slow to follow it by rea
son nf thn inriicrnit lea he received from the
men who created the Southern Confederacy. )
newnsmaue Military uovernor oi xeunessee, i
and was a roaring radical. He ruled his Htate
with more sternness than any of our military
eommandeis. He raved about the Union and
the negro, proclaiming himself the Moses
of the colored race, its friend, leader, and
champion. The people made him Vice-President.
Peace came; and in the first sunny,
healing hours of peace this demagogue roared
for war. The sword bad doue its work; he
shrieked for the scalTold. He wanted a new
Jeffries In the South, aud Blood yAssi.es in every
Htate. The spirit of vengeance hud no more in
satiate disciple. If his advice had been taken,
our victories would have been as inhuman as
those of Kscobedo and Diaz. God's Inscrutable
Providence made him President, and the
demagogue who urged Mr. Lincoln to play the
part which has been so eminently illustrated
by Jnarez, himself sought to repeat the trea.
sons of Charles the Second and tbe obstiuate
cruelties of James. Power transformed him
from tbe demagogue of radicalism to the dema
gogue of slavery. His purblind, narrow vision
saw only in the South so many electoral votes
that might be "conciliated," and in the North
a Democratic party that might renew the
alliance that gave us Nebraska, Lecomp
ton, and the Rebellion. We had no
more of the Moses leading a down
trodden race to tbe Promised Land, no more
cries for vengeance, no more clamorous appeal
ing for blood. The demagogue saw political
conventions in the future, with Rebel delega
tions holding the balance of power. Unable to
answer the high commands of Justice, he
thought that the nation had a similar inability.
Imbued with a prejudice which had come to
him with his birtn and condition, he Bought to
make it a principle. He had used the negro for
bis ambition, he bowed to the Rebel that he
might retain power. Never in earnest himself
about emancipation, he could not foel that the
country was terribly in earnest. A demagogue
in his soul, be saw only in bis fellow-citizens a
nation of wire-pulling and wire-pulled dema
gogues. Men may be false, but nations never. The
people saw what their Chief Magistrate could
not see. Every American gentleman bad
blushed over tbe exhibition he made as Vice
President, taking an oath he was scarcely sober
enough to understand. This, with still later
exhibitions of the kind, was generally forgiven.
But forgiveness does not always produce re
pentance, and the man who reeled into tbe
Presidency speedily illustrated the sentiment
that strong drink is a devil. A dema
gogue, sober or drunk, is a demagogue
still; and the President was not slow to
show that the spirit had not left him.
This humiliation was dreadful; but what vas
the inaugural address to tweuty acta that fol
io wed; 4o his February speech, and his swing
ing around the circle? These were personal
deeds seen of all men, and subject to the rulea
that govern the personal habits of gentlemen.
Hut we had a President to whom no moral test
could apply. Here was a man conspicuously
illustrating those very faults which every good
father warns his children against. Here was a
Chief Magistrate the first citizen of the re
publicfor whom all Christians taught their
children to Implore God's special blessing; com
mander of our armies and navies, and wielding
an authority as great as that of the Cresars.
Yet we blushed for him, and mourned for our
country, as men in ancient days blushed for
Commodus and mourned for Rome,
The stream cannot rise higher than its foun
tain. Sweet waters never come from a bitter
spring. If tbe woof Is straw, we cannot weave
the wb into silk. We may sow tbe field with
tares, and cultivate them aocordlng to the
most constitutional methods, but they will
never grow into wheat. The plain fact, known
to all men, sorrowfully felt and mourned over
even to tears, is this, that a most unworthy
citizen sits in the chair of Washington that
the best interests of the country have no more
malignant enemy than tbe President, and that,
unlets the people save the country in spite of
their rulers, then, indeed, there la no salvation.
Pitiful pitiful, and yet sadly true. We are
to-a ay surrendered over to an Administration
which began with bar-room capering, and
which seeks to rule the country very much
as the Pewter Mug politicians of Tammany
Hall rule New York, congress believed that
yea meant yea, and adjourned under the in
fluence of pledges which always govern the
cor duct of gentlemen; Scarcely sixty days
nave passeu, ana every pieage nas Deen broken.
We leaned on Grant, and Grant is neutralized,
overruled, eliminated reduced ;to a cypher.
He can protest and plead, but bit protests are
scorned, and his entreaties sigh around the
President's ears like the winds that come up
from the Potomac. Grant is too ingenious, too
frank, too honest, too slucere and simple
minded to deal with the gigantlo demagogue
that rules him. He pleads for Stanton Stan
ton Is driven from the Cabinet. He begs for
bis trusted Sheridan the finest soldier of his
time is sent out to haggle with Indian chiefs
and thieves of the Indian Bureau. lie de
mands the right to execute the law Congress
specially ooutided to him. He is practically
told that the President will execute the law
himself, that he had better write no political
essays, und that he may devote his great
genius to quartermasters and Commis
saries, and mustering idle Brigadiers
out of tbe service. Congress Is away.Orant is
Sowerless, a Tammany brother reigns in New
rleaus, and the President merely pauses to
feel his ground before he takes another step,
and, still overriding the expressed law of con
gress, call into power the elements of the
Southern Confederacy. Where will he stop?
lie proclaims himself on the war-path, lie
tells his followers that he has put his foot down.
He means to "overthrow military despotism
and re establish the Constitution." We do not
mlbtake those menaces, for this man is capable
of anything to hold power. His fate is lixed.
Ills political fall is as certain as any event
governed bv the laws of national policy. He
has betrayed his party, broken bis pledges, dis
honored himself, dlsuraced the oouutry. Feel
ing this, his policy is desperation, and there is
nothing be may not dare. .......
Let us show blm that be dare not; that while
be has neither the respect of the people nor the
confidence of any party, there is a power above
blm, heretofore patient and magnanimous, but
which will not allow patienoe and magnani
mity to become cowardice. This hour requires
plain speaking, and we bave Bought to speak
plainly of Andrew Johnson. In the like spirit
we Implore our friends to organize, to enterlnto
this new political campaign with the spirit that
uovd lout fathers wnu they drew sword
against Fnrland, and which sent a million of
our irother into I ho heart of the proud and
haughty Rebellion. Let the Republican party
organise in every county North and Bonth,
Unk all minor issues in tbe one great daty of
driving from power this dlshored Adtrainlstra
tlon. That is the duty of every patriot. We
bave spent too much money, we have shed too
much blood in the cause of freedom, to suffer it
to be betrayed through suplneness and timi
dity. We have many things to do President
making finances reconstruction tariffs for
eign re'atlons. First we must destroy the
power of this Administration, and thus save the
country. After that, peace.
OBITUARY.
James A. McDeaf all.
James A. McDougall, late a United States
Senator from the State of California, died lu
Albany yesterday. Mr. McDougall was a native
of Vew York. He was born in Bethlehem,
Albany county, November 19, 1817; was edu
cated at the Albany Grammar School; studied
law, aud commenced the practice of his profes
sion in Pike county, Illinois, to vhich place he
removed in 1837. He was doled Attorney
General of that State in 1842, ant was re-elected
in 1844. He had some skill as a civil engineer,
and assisted in the survey of the first railroad
built in this country, the Albany and Schenec
tady Road, while he was still very young. In
pursuance of these taste, be originated, in
1849, an exploring expedition to the Rio
del Norte, the Gila, and the Colorado,
which he accompanied, and, as the gold held
of California had just been discovered, and
emicration was tending that way, he was in
duced to make San Krancisco his home, where
he reumed the practice of his profession. The
only cilice he held in California, besides United
Slates Senator, was the same he had filled in
Illinois Attorney-General to which position
he was elected in 1863, dccliuing a nomination
in 1855. In 1861 he was elected to the United
States Senate. His term expired on the 4th ot
March, and he was succeeded by Cornelius cole.
in tne senate he served on the committees on
Finance and Naval Affairs, and was Chairman
of the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Iu
tbe early part of the Rebellion he took strong
crounds in favor of a vigorous prosecution of
the war, and was for a time identified with the
War Democrats, of whom the late Senator
Douglas was the cruet, but he never severed his
connection with the Democratic party, and was
a delegate to the Chicago Convention which
nominated General McClellan for President in
1864, supporting that hero along with his col
leaeues from California.
The Albany Evening Journal of yesterday
88V8 -
In this city, to-day, at No. 11 Park street,
died James A. McDougall, formerly Senator of
the United States from the State of California,
and in bis time one of the most brilliant and
honored of the galaxy of American politicians
whose talents gave bright promise of future
eminence and usefulness. A few days since one
of our moBt respected physicians, while visiting
a patient in the vicinity, was called to enter the
dwelling in question and see a sick man. He
did so, and found a poor, broken wreck of
humanity, totterine upon the verge of the grave,
in the last stages of a dreadful disease. Despite
the ruin, physical and mental, which this un
fortunate presented, there were, at occasional
moments, glimmerings of intelligence which
showed that the wretched being had
been something more than an ordinary
man. When tbe physician left, he was
informed that he had Been what was left of Sena
tor McDoueall. To-day the mournful drama Is
ended, and the curtain has dropped. Senator
McDougall was born in this city, and educated as
a lawyer. At an early period in the history of
California, he emigrated thither, and soon at
tained a high position by virtue of his remarka
ble talents and great entryy. He was a member
of the Legislature, and took a prominent part
in the organization of the State. Afterwards he
served in the Federal House of Representatives,
with great acceptance to his party and his con
stituency. In 1860 he was elected to the United
States Senate. In that body he took a foremost
rank. Tbe same fervid eloquence which had
made him a lion of the masses in California,
rendered him powerful in the deliberative body;
and some of bis speeches will be long remem
bered as masterpieces of oratory. But a pas
sion for strong drink proved his bane and the
cause oi his ruin. Long beiore the close of his
terra, he became an object ot shame to those
with whom he was associated, and his super
session would have been a matter of course,
even were his party in the ascendant in the
California Legislature. Since his retirement,
his only public appearance was at a Democratic
meeting in New York, where he was shockingly
incapacitated. His subsequent steps have been
rapid and certain towards the fatal end. Tlio
story is one too sad to dwell upon. Let us re
member the unfortunate only with pity for his
sad fate. Himself the worst sufferer by the vice
which destroyed him, his mournful death fur
nishes a sad warning to others against the fol
lies by which he was destroyed.
Convention of Spiritualist.
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 3. The routiue busi
ness of the Convention of Spiritualists, which
met here to-day in Bralnard Hall, was disposed
ot in the afternoon. All the delegates have not
yet arrived. John Pierpont's memory was the
chief topic of discussion, and a unanimous sen
timent of reverence was expressed for the char
acter of that illustrious spiritualist. The Bloom
ers have taken no part as yet in the proceed
ings, and the advocates of free-loveism have
failed so far to broach their peculiar doctrines.
A Jersey captain declared himself a delegate
from tbe other world, and brought a chart
along, but his speech being curtailed he had no
chance to exhibit the article. Several of the
mediums spoke this evening on spiritual life to
a large and attentive audience, weituer Judge
Edmunds nor Andrew Jackson Davis has turned
up. Mr. Isaac Rehor, of Philadelphia, Is per
manent President of the Convention.
Philadelphia Trade Report.
Wednesday, Sept. 4 There is no sulpplug
demand for Flour, and with no disposition on
the part of the home consumers to purohs.se
beyond immediate necessities, prices are droop
ing. Small sales of superline at 877-50 per
barrel; old stock extra at 1S8 50; fresh ground
new wheat do, at$99'50; do. do. Pennsylvania
and Ohio extra family at $U12; and fancy at
$12'60(S14. Rye Flour la weak aud cannot be
quoted over 58 50. Prices of Corn Moal are
nominal.
The receipts of Wheat are moderate, but there
is scarcely any demaud except for small lots
for the supply of the local millers, and prices
are quotably lower. Small sales of fair and
oliolce red at $2'o0fa2 o7, and some very poor at
8180. White may be quoted at tl o5170. In
Rye there is more doing, and 3000 bushels sold
at 81'6)('Jl'5r Corn Is less active. Sales of 'M)
bushels at 1-27(U'28 for yellow and l'21(Jil 27
for Western mixed. Cats are steady, with sales
of 3000 bushels at 5Uc. to 60 cts, for common and
prime.
In Groceries and Provisions but little doing,
and no change in prices.
There is not m uoh quercitron Baric offering,
and No. 1 is Arm ut $45 ton.
Whisky Prices are nominal.
Markets by Telegraph.
Nbw York, reept. 4. -Btooks steady. Chicago
mil Hock island, l(Hj Reading, 104; Canton Com
nanv 47; Krle, 70,; Cievelund and Toledo, 127;
i'lHve'laud and PHUinurg, 68; Htuburg and Fort
Ten-furiies. WS: Seven-thirties, 107S: sterling e.
Changs, iv; vut7t,vi'w vvi m.ti
houtlierri, KlM: New York Central, 106. Illinois Cen
tral UlMi Cumberland preferred, 3; Vtrvlnik blxes,
5r MlHHOurl Slim, ion': Hudson River. Us.S: U. a.
.m m. 1MJZ. 114'..: UU. IWrt. lilf'fe; uu. inoa. 111:
SECOND EDITION
THE LATEST NEWS.
Death of the Chief Clerk of the
Interior Department.
WIFE MURDER IN NEW YORK.
Legal, Loral, and Financial Intelligence.
Etc., KteM KtcM Kte., Etc., Kte.
Death of George C. Whiting.
Washikoton, Sept. 4. George C. Whiting
died here last night, after a short illness, at;o I
about fifty years. He had been connected with
the Eepartmcnt of the Interior ever since its
organization, and was in its employ at the time
of his decease as chief clerk. He had often
acted as Secretary of the Interior ai interim,
and was formerly Commissioner of Pensions.
He was a prominent Mason, and at the time of
his death occupied the position of Grand Master
of the District ot Columbia.
From Cape Island To-day.
Cape Island, Sept. 4. A colored excursion,
two hundred strong, with a band of musio on
board, arrived here to-day at noon.
Tbe thermometer stands at 80. Bathing re
markably fine. Abont fifteen hundred persons
remain on the island, mostly cottagers.
Murder In New York.
New York, Sept. 4. Crispin Decardine, in a
fit of jealousy, murdered his wife by a stab this
morning, in East F.leventh street.
leqaL intelligence.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COTJRT Judge Cad
walader Charles Gilpin and John K. Valentine,
XJ tilled States DlHlrlct Attorneys. In the case of The
United Btntes vs. One Steam Engine and Boiler, etc.
John J. Phillips, c'almant, beiore reported, verdict
for claimant, Cuyler and HuADdles tor claimant.
John H. bteeple, who some time since pleaded guilty
to a charge of stealing letters from tbe Post Office,
was sentenced to one year's Imprisonment.
Xba United Btate vs. Oneellll and II x Hires, Patrick
Otes, claimant. Verdict by consent tor United Stales
foi everything except one barrel ot whisky.
The United Btaies vs. William Brown and Bernard
Biofel. In tbls cane the defendants were charged with
passing counterfeit United H tales Treasury notes of
the denomination or twenty-five cents. Tbe evidence
on tbe part of the United States was that ou July 2
tbe defendant. H to tel. passed counterfeit twenty-five
cent notes upon one Frederhca Burkbart, wno kept a
lager-beer saloon. These notes were marked by Mrs.
Bnrkbart, were produced la court, and were proven
counterfeit,
Tbls was only as to Brown. Stofel not having any
thing to do with it. Hut the defendants boarded
together at No. IIS Callowhlll street, and money like
tbat paused bv Stofel, was tound upon Brown, and he
attempted to pass it upon his landlord, stating that he
bad received it from a man who bad gone to Ger
many. When he was arrested, though, he said he
found It. But these defendants were Jointly Indicted
for committing tbe same ollense.
But even admitting that Stofel, who had by tbe
TJniifd States witnesses proven an excellent char
acter, bad committed a wrong, there was not a word
of evidence to prove nuity between tbe defendants la
any nne action. "Therefore case could not be prose
cuted with the defendants joined, when tbe evidence
brought nut tbls state of facts; and under the Instruc
tions of the Court tbe jury acquitted stofel, and tbe
case proceeded as to Brown alone. On trial. Rich
for defendants.
COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS Judge Pierce.
Prison cases were taken np to-day.
Murphy WllllaniB pleaded guilty to a charge of the
larceny of a pair of pants, valned at f3, belonging to
Eva Bentire. Tbe prisoner one day went Into Mrs.
Bentire's clothing house In Second street, and asked
to look at a coat.
A very old lady waited on him, and when she turned
to get a coat for blm he look a pair of pants under bis
arm, and ran away. Again, the same day, he was
seen to pass the store, with tbe pants on, and when he
was asked to give them up he refused to do so. Mrs.
Bentire then called a policeman and had him
arrested.
John Dougherty was charged with keeping a dis
orderly house. Mr. Long, a Bedfordstreet missionary,
testified tbat be was superintendent of tbe Missionary
Behofcl for Children In Bedford street, and assuuu
had the care of about two hundred children; In July a
woman came to him, and asked If there could not be
bodj means by which her two little daughters could
be kept iromlwltnesslng the most outrageous conduct
tbat was dally and nlgbtly to be seen lu the defen
dant's cellar, No. 626 Bedford street.
He visited tbe defendant's place and saw what the
woman had complained ef, tbe very vilest of sins
there committed openly and publicly, and when he
remonstrated with him tbe reply was, "My place Is
no worBe than the others around here, but It you'll
say nothing about what he bad seen. I will not allow
such a thing to be repeated." He tbea went away,
hoping the uulsanee would be abated.
But he soon beard more complaints of the same
place, und upon calling there saw exactly the same
Bight that so shocked blm apon bis first visit. Then,
to protect tbe little children under his charge, ne bad
tbe man arrested. Verdict Guilty of asaaultrand
battery.
Thomas Ward, dressed out In tbe navy uniform,
was charged with the larceny of 1 In silver pieces,
belonging to Adam Fleut. Tbe evidence was that the
defendant entered Fleut's saloon one night when
nobody was in, and robbed the money-drawer. Just
as be bad But the money into his pocket, Mrs. Fleut
entered, and he rushed against her, knocking her
down, lumped out ot the window, and made oft. Ver
dict guilty.
William Bamlcle was charged with the larceny of
money aud clothing, together amounting to S2U0'50.
belonging to August PolluskL Tbe prosecutor testi
fied that about two weeks ago tbe defendant ran away
with bis wife, and at that time he missed his goods
and money.
Afterwards the defendant when arrested told him
where bis goods were. But there was no evidence to
prove tbat the prosecutor's wife did not take tbe
articles or to prove tbat the defendant did. Verdict,
uot gtrilty.
James Smith, colored, wag charged with an assault
and battery with Intent to kill Emetine Ridgwav,
colored. Tbe prosecutrix testified that on last Sunday
two weeks ago sbe had a ditliculiy with tbe defen
dant's wife, during which tbe defendant rushed uuon
her. Inflicted several wounds upon her face with a
knife, and one with a hammer. Verdict, guilty.
Mary Taylor, alias Philips, was charged with the
larceny of pocket-book aud $15, belonging to Nancy
H Metier! i, Mrs. Hsggerty tealiued that In tbe after
noon of Tnonday, August 26th, as she was walking
along Eighth street, between Arch and Market, this
defeudaut brushed against her, put her band luto her,
(the witness') pocket and took her pocket-boot.
She bad the defeudant arrested Immediately, and Bbe
was asked by her to say nothing aWout it, because she
would settle It. She afterwards gave the witness tin
On trial. 1
Lord Brougham will be ninety years old
on the 19th inBtant.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Orricx OF THK Eveniks Tki,bsrafh,
Wednesday, Sept, 4, ltsff.
There is no material chance to notice iu the
Money Market. Call loans arb ottered at 6 per
cent, on Government collaterals. First-class
mercantile paper ranges at from 6J8 percent,
per annum.
The Stock Market opened very dull this
morning, but prices were without any material
change. Government bonds continue in steady
demand. 10-40s sold at 99, a slight advance;
111 was bid for 6s of 1881: 107J for June and
August 7-306; 111 for '62 6-20s; 109J for '64
6-208; 111 for '65 6-20s; and 108 for July, '65,
620s. City loans were unchanged; the new
issue sold at 101J, and old do. at 98.
Railroad shares were inactive. Philadelphia
and Erie sold at 284, no change; Camden and
Amboy at 125i, a slight decline; and Pennsyl
vania Railroad at 63, no change; 65 was bid for
Norristown; 674 for Minehlll; 56 for Lehigh
Valley; 29forElmira common; 40 for preferred
do.; 28J for Catawiesa preferred; aud 43 for
Kortberu Central,
City Passenger Railroad shares were firmly
held. 191 was bid for Thirteenth and Fifteenth:
28b for Spruce and Pine; 46 for Cbesnnt
and Walnut; 13 for Hestonville; 30 for Green
and Coates; 27 "for Glrard College; and 96 tor
Union.
Bank shares, as we have noticed for some
time nast. continue in good demaud for invest
ment 140 was bid for first National; 142J for
Farmers' and Mechanics'; 67 for uommerciai;
108 for Kensinerton: 60 for Perm Township; 70
for City; 64 for Commonwealth; 70 for Corn Ex
cbauee; and 64J for Union.
In Canal snares there whs very nttie move
ment. Schuylkill Navigation preferred sold at
28: and Susauebnnua t;anai at l54M)i&t. no
change. 464 was bid for Lehigh Navigation,
ana 67 for Delaware uivision.
Quotations of Gold 10 A. M., 1411; 11 A. M.,
142: 12 M., 141; 1 P. M., 142, an advance of
on tlie closing price last evening.
The New York Tribune this morning says:
"Money on call contlnnea In tnl snprly at the re
cent low rate. Some loans are still made at 8. buMMS
are tbe more common rates. The legal tender In bank
next week promises to show a further small gain, bnt
they are being steadily depleted of tlielr leitol tenders,
as will be seen by an examination ol their reports.
"During tbe month or August tbe Secretary of the
Treasury spent his entire receipts, and reduced hla
balance thirty millions of dollars an operation cal
culated to till tbe rollers of the banks; but such has
not been the ease. While tbe sub-Treasury has been
lightened, and the balance reduced to the smallest
limit consistent with Its comfortable administration,
the bauksof New York have reduced their legal ten
ders (7,106, 101, the amounts standing as follows:
I KOAL TF.NDIllS IW MEW YORK CITT HANKS.
Aueost l. August 81. Decrease.
I7B.0U8.76Z. 167. 1132,571. t7,ltJ,l9L
A Washington despatch says;
"The public debt statement for September 1 will be
ready on Thursday. It will show very material
change In several featnres ot the debt, as the large
cash balances In the Treasury bave been freely used
In paying currency interest and In redeeming com
pound interest notes Tbe statement will ibnw the
amount ot the August Issue of tbe latter which la
still outstanding. The Treasury has disbursed daring
August tbe large sum of 25,K)0,noo for tbe public ser
vice, mostly on account ol the War and Interior De
partments. '"the receipts of Internal Revenue to-day were
1 1.500.8891)8. For the month of August they reached
(17.848 osi -29, against $38,O43,840'8i for the month, of
Angust last year. The total receipts for tbe fiscal
year commencing July 1 to date, are ftl.OUO.OOo, against
fi5,ooo.ouo for the same time last year a decrease ot
I2l.ooo.oo for two months, caused by tbe fact that the
Inceme tax this year fell due In May and June, while
last year It was collected chiefly in August and Sep
tember. The statistics for the fiscal year ending Jnne
30 1867, show that tbe aggregate receipts from whisky
and tobacco combined largely exceed tbe receipts
from the same sources for the previous fiscal year."
pHiLAimrim stock exchange salf.s to-day
Reported by Debaven & Bro., No. to 8. Third street
FIRST BOARD.
(1600 City 8s, New lOltf
12500 do. New 101
imxi do-New ioi4
(1800 do. New...loi'14
(600 TJ 8 KHOS.CP mi
(100C& Antes, '88.... SS'ii
(1000 dO...'R9 BBJi
(1000 WAl'rank 7s.... 79
100 sh Fhll A E...JB60.
SO) do... .sl0
100 sh Scb NT Yt.hm. U
loo do....M.b6u. 28
lOOshSasq Onl 16.V
100 do...s0wn. 1SS'
(shC A Am K.........1S6 "
2 sh Penna K.. ........
Messrs. William Painter A Co.. bankers.
No. 36 S. Third street, report the follew
ing rates of exchange to-day at 12 o'clock :
V. S. 6s, 1881, llljU2; U. 8. 6-20s, 18S2,
114H44 ; do., 1864, 109$110 ; do., 1866,
110J3111J; do. new, 108 108j; 6s, lfMOs, 99
99j; U. 8. 7-308, 1st series, 107j107; do.,
2d series, 107107j; Sd series, 1071107);
Compound Interest Notes, December, 1864, 1171;
May, 1865. 117; August, 1865, 116; September,
1865, 1154; October, 1865, 115. Gold, 141J1411,.
Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co. quote Govern
ment securities, etc.. as follows: U. 8. 6s of
1881, 11UOU2; old 6-20s, 1141144; 5-20s,
1864. 109110; do., 1865, 110I111J; do., July,
1084108j; do., 1867, 10841084; 10-40e, 99J
99J; 7-30s, Aug., 1074107i; do., fJane. 1074
107J: do., July, 1074107i. Gold, 141J141.
Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 Bouth
Third street, report the following rates of ex
change to-day at 1 P. M. : U. 8. 6s of 1881, 1111
112: do. 1862, 1141144; do.. 1864, 109J(3
110; do., 1865, 110101111; do., 1865, new, 1083
108; do., 18G7, new, 108 j 108; do. 6s, KMOs.
99499; do. 7-30s, Aug., 10741074; do.,
June.1074 107 J do., J uly, 1074 1074 ! Compound
Interest Notes, June, 1864, 119-40; do., July,
1864, 119-40; do. August. 1864, 119-40; ao..
October, 1864, 118119; do., December, 1864.
117118; do., May. 1865, 116J1174; do., Ang7
1865, 116j116J; do., September, 1865, 115J
116; do. October. 1865. 1145115: Gold, 141i
1414. Silver, 1344136.
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Fbr additional Marine New gee ThirA Pag.
POKT OF PHILADELPHIA 8EPTEMBER 4.
BTATK OF T HI R MOM KTE St AT'THB ZVKNIKe TIL-
eura orrion.
TA. MM 7411 A. M 180JP. M g?
CLEAKED THIS -MORNI1TO.
Barque Beethoven, Kara ted, Bahla, L. Wet lergaard A
Barque Phllena. Davis. Portland. B. A. Bonder A Oo.
Br g Hubla, Pours trom. London, Workman A Oo.
GregA Morrlsam' McI1Ull,d' Portland, Warren,
Bchr Might, Cro well, Providence, Biakiaton, OraeS A
Scbr I. O. Herts, Grey, Salem, Letnnex A Bargees.
obM &iahm'
8cbr Trade Wind, Corson. Salem, ao,
Scbr Morning star, Lynch, Baltimore, Penn Gas Coal
Schr Governor, Freethy, New London, R. H. PowelL
Scbr R. Davidson, Jeffers, Portsmouth, iKivey, Bulk-
loy Oo
Scbr Beading BR. No, 44, Tralnor, Norfolk, Tyler A-
Scbr Grace Clifton, Otis, Boston, do,
Scbr HA. Wicks, Hickman, Boston, Mammoth Vein
Fcbr R. Seaman, Seaman, Boston, Day, Hnddell A Co.
Schr Mary blandish. Rich, Boston, Blaklston, Jraa
A CO.
Schr Maggie P. Smith, Grace, Providence, Rommel A
Hunter. "
Schr J. P. McCarthy, Simpson, Boston. da
Scbr E. B. Wheatou, Boosall, New Haven, W. H.
Johns A Bro.
Schr John H, Perry, Kelly, Mew Bedford, Captain.
, ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
tOBK!BA?sSuPder 4 Um WeW Yot " bU"
horA"mourSe?AIci(). d'y' frm C,ft' Wltn
Scbr L. Batchelder, English, 7 days from Charles,
ton, with nifise. to D. 8. stetaou A Co.
Schr Morning Star. Lynch, from Georgetown.
Schr E, B. Vvheaton, Ronsall. from Lelpslo.
Schr R. Davidson, JeOers, from Lyon.
Schr Governor, Freelhey, from New Haven.
Schr Northern Light, Ireland, from Providence.
Schr A. Magee. Kelchum. fiom East Cambridge.
Schr H. A. Wicks, Hlckmau, from Boston. '
Schr J. D, McCarthy, Simpson, from Boston.
Schr J. Wilson, Connelly, from Boston.
Schr Grace Clifton, Otis, from Boston.
Schr J, Ponder. Hudson, from Boston.
Schr Percy, Mahlman, from Wilmington. DoL
Sloop Lucy, Townsend. 25 hours from Brandywlne
with corn meal to R. M. Lea A Co.
Steamer F. Franklin. MeKalg, 13 hours from Balti
more, with mdse. to A. Groves, Jr.
c, . . MEMORANDA.
vaiiaih uft w Ud Httivea' tfo'mes. hence, at H-T,B?-r,m,,e
Oriental, Dunham, hence, at Chatham. N.
B., tfttl Ult.
Barque White Wing, Pike, from Porto Caoello, at
New ork yesterday.
Barque G. Scott, for Philadelphia next day.at Trial
dad de Cuba about 17th ulU
Brig Harry Vlrdeu, Collins, henoe, at Mataazaa 24th
ultimo.
Schr Joseph Hay, Hathaway, from Oohassett Nar
rows for Philadelphia, at New Bedford id lust.
Scbrs H. Simmons, Godfrey, and M ary P. Hudson,
Smtlh.lfor Philadelphia, sailed from Salem td lu.it.
Scbr Sarah, Cobb, for Philadelphia, sailed from New
Bedford lid Inst.
Scbr Albert Mason, Ross, hence, at Providence 2d
Instant.
ScbrO. Bearse, Parker, for Philadelphia, cleared at
Bostou 2d lust.
Schr A. M. Aldrldge, Robinson, for Philadelphia,
sailed from Providence 2d lust,
fBT TCXneBAPR.l
Fobtbkss Monro k. Sept 4. Arrived, brig Benjamin
Delano, from St. Johns. N. B , for Havana, wltn turn- '
ber. She is waterlogged, and goes to Norfolk fur
repairs.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
NlW Tobk. Sept. .-Arrlved, sutamshlp GulUjBf
Star, Van sit e, from Havre. . -..,.
Steamship Itapldati, Katon. from New Orleans,
Skip Alexandra, 1'ronby. Iron) Newport.
Basque atmlora. Reed, from W ewP"".
fcrlg hvu NvYls, JUwimiml. liwdesui.