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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1867.
oei the Kemlt of the Late Elections
' imply the Abandonment of the Con
grrteional IMan of Keconstructlont
Thb World maintains that since the late eleo
tlona Congress ia bound to abandon its pre
sent plan of reconstruction. It assumes that
the people have decided against negro suf
frage not only in the North, but also in the
South. Us argument is that, if the people of
Ohio, Kansas, etc., vote against granting the
suffrage to colored citizens in their respective
States, it would be very inconsistent for them
through their representatives to force It upon
the unreconstructed States. Its claim is that
eaoh State shall decide the question of suffrage
for itself.
We shall attempt to show that negro suf
frage in the States that are in the Union, and
negro suffrage in the Southern districts, under
the Reconstruction laws, stand upon an en
tirely different footing; and that the Congres
sional plan of reconstruction is thoroughly
consistent with leaving each State to deter
mine the question of suffrage for itself. For
the convenience of the argument, we shall
commence with the proposition last enun
ciated. The Republican theory is that there are no
States, in the sense of legally organized politi
cal corporations, in the South, but merely
Unorganized, or provisionally organized, com
ftumties, waiting to be organized into States.
The entire work of reconstruction rests upon
this assumption. If it be not correct, then
We give up the whole contest. If there has been
no break in the chain of legal continuity, so that
the people of South Carolina, under the provi
sional organization of which Governor Orr is the
head, are, in the contemplation of the Consti"
tution and' of the law, as truly a State of this
Union as are the people of Pennsylvania, then
We wash our hands of all schemes of ''recon
struction." They are unconstitutional and
bsurd. But we do not so believe. We hold
that the acts of secession, together with the
aots of war which constituted the Rebellion,
destroyed the State organizations of the
Seoeding States, so that they were no longer
States of the Union, but were merely commu
nities of rebellions citizens inhabiting the soil
of certain portions of the United States. The
Reconstruction acts are but the carrying out of
that clause of the Constitution whioh provides
that the United States shall guarantee to each
of the States a republican form of government.
The people of a State that has lost its corpo
rate existence cannot, under our system, reor
ganize themselves. The initiatory proceedings
must originate with a higher power.
But we are doubly fortified in our theory;
for if any should deny that the acts of seces
sion and war destroyed the constitutional char
acter of the State organizations of the seceding
States, as States in the Union, then the conclu
sion irresistibly follows that Mr. Johnson, in
overthrowing these Rebel State Governments
t the close of the war, was guilty of revolu
tionary violence, and the organizations he
assumed to erect in their stead were mere
usurpations, destitute of all constitutional
validity. And thus we are brought to the
same conclusion as before, that there are no
States in the South, but merely communities
waiting to be organized into States.
Now, we lay down the broad proposition
that, in organizing a community into a State,
Congress has no moral or legal right to
discriminate among its citizens except for
crime. Least of all has it the right to
Introduce the absurd idea of color as a
basis of disfranchisement. The Constitu
tion knows neither white nor black it knows
only citizens. So Congress, in organizing the
Southern communities into States, knows the
people of these communities only ai citizens
of the United States. It has no more right to
disfranchise the blacks than it would have to
disfranchise the whites. Were it to constitute
the State of only a portion of the citizens, it
Would be creating an oligarchical rather than
republican form of government. There is,
then, in the Congressional form'of reconstruc
tion, no forcing of negro suffrage upon
."States," nor upon anybody. There is no
forcing of negro suffrage, more than there is
tt white suffrage. There is no organized State
npon which anything may be foroed. Con
gress simply finds, as a result of the Re
bellion, that in a certain portion of the Union
the people have lost their State organizations,
and are in a dissolved and disorganized condi
tion. They cannot of their own motion reor
ganize themselves, for there is no legal autho
rity ia their midst to prescribe the first steps
to be taken. Congr, by necessity, as the
paramount authority in the nation, and in
accordance with the constitutional require
ment to guarantee a republican form of gov-
crnment to each State, steps in and prescribes
tlie rules ana regulations under which the
people may proceed to reorganize themselves
Into States. In doing so it treats the citizens
as possessed of equal rights. It can do notU
lig else without violating the fundamental
principles of equity and of American consti
tutional law. After these communities have
! n organized into States, and are admitted
into the Union, then their power over the
question of suffrage will be the same as that
possessed by the other States. If they then
choose to disfranchise a portion of their citi
zens, whether on grounds of color, eduoation,
property, or what not, it will be their own
affair.
We hare thus demonstrated that the Con
gressional plan of reconstruction is not incon
sistent with allowing eaoh State to regulate
the elective franohise for itself; and we now
proceed briefly to show that negro suffrage in
the Rebel communities, and in the loyal States
of the Union, stands upon essentially different
grounds. In the North, it ia a mere question
of justice to a few colored citizens who are de
prived of a right; in the South, it is not only a
question of justice to millions of citizens, but
it is a question of national safety and of the
perpetuity of the Union.- There must be a
loyal element at the South to balanoe the dis
loyal element, or there is no sufficient guar
antee of the fnture safety and peace of the
country. To reorganize the Rebel communi
ties upon an exclusively white baais, is to re
organize them upon an exclusively Rebel
basiB. To confer the vast powers of States in
the Union upon Rebels, intensely hostile as
the mass of them are, and ever will be, to the
Union, is deliberately to Invoke another war
and to pave the way for national disaster and
possible overthrow. Such a step involves the
giving to the 291,300 Rebels of South Carolina
an equal power in the Senate of the United
States with the three and a half millions of
loyal citizens of Pennsylvania 1 It puts the
78,000 Ethels of Florida on a par with the four
and a half millions of loyal citizens of New
York! It gives the 357, 45 (J Rebels of Louis
iana as much power as the two and a half mil
lions of loyal citizens of Ohio ! Now, there is
no escaping this result except in balancing the
disloyal element at the South by the loyal
element, and that element is the colored citi
zens. The blacks are attached to the Union
by the strongest of all possible ties. It is to
them the synonym of freedom, of education, of
moral and physical elevation, of enfranchised
and ennobled manhood. They are loyal by
an instinctive necessity, as strong as life
itself. They are the only loyal element at the
South upon which the nation can rely. Hence,
we say that negro suffrage iu the South stands
upon an altogether different footing from
negro suffrage in the North. The exclusion of
the negro from" the ballot-box in Ohio may be
unjust, but it involves no national peril,
except in that wide sense in which all injus
tice is perilous. But the exclusion of the
negro from the ballot-box in South Carolina
involves a national danger of the gravest
character. It means the creation of a disloyal
Slate, to cast an equal vote in the Senate with
any other State, and to wield the vast and
uncontrollable powers of a State in opposition
to the peace and life of the nation. Negro
suffrage in Minnesota, which has just adopted
that measure, means justice to perhaps five
hundred citizens, but it doos not change the
essential character of the State. Negro suf
frage iu Louisiana means justice to fifty
thousand citizens, and a loyal Slate true to
the Union. Negro suffrage at the North is
justice; at the South, it is justice plus national
safety.
Hence, we maintain that it would require
vastly more than the result of the recent elec
tions to justify Congress in abandoning the
present plan of reconstruction. We refuse to
recognize the vote of Ohio or of Kansas against
negro suffrage in those States as a vote in
favor of Rebel supremacy in South Carolina and
Mississippi. We have not the slightest doubt
that upon the naked question of the Congres
sional plan of reconstruction, as opposed to
the Johnsonian or Democratic plan, every
Northern State would go for the Congressional
plan by overwhelming majorities. The true
question is not negro suffrage at the North,
or negro exclusion at the South, but negro
suffrage or Rebel supremacy in the South; and
upon that question a vast majority of the loyal
people of the North are in favor of negro suf
frage at the South.
That Broad Street Job.
The contractors for the Nicolson pavement
and their friend the Mayor seem to be likely
to reenaet the old story of killing the goose
that laid the golden eggs. Their course in
attempting to mutilate the beauty of Broad
street, by forcing the pavement on the people,
in opposition to the wish of the masses and in
total disregard to the symmetry of the street, is
likely to arouse so much popular indignation
that every contract that they may make here
after will have to be forced through Councils by
main strength, if, indeed, it can be got through
at all. The oonduot of the contractors is of a
character to excite the utmost opposition, and,
if persisted in, will, while it gives them a few
more thousands for Broad street, effectually
preclude a general adoption of the improve
ment. The total disregard of the 'beauty of
the street, and the grasping avarice, and even
greed, which they display, will cause them
to encounter a host of enemies, whioh
a little discretion could have avoided.
Because the Nicolson pavement is a tolerably
good thing is no reason why we should be
charged two prices for it, and have twice as
much of it laid as is needed. Yet we under
stand that the contractors are charging those
who opposed the job four dollars per foot, and
those who favored it twq dollars and twenty
five cents per foot, while in Chicago it was
laid for much less ; and the cost of laying it
here, making liberal estimates for all expenses,
will not reach one dollar and seventy-five
cents per foot. The profits derived from such
a little job can be easily estimated.' We are
told that a property,holder, having twenty
feet front, has to pay from three hundred to
four hundred dollars as his share of the ex
pense. This is certainly a very heavy charge
on the holders of property, but if it was
needed, neither they nor we would object to
it, but when it is increased in order to enrich
the contractors, and a vet heavier burden is
laid on their over-taxed shoulders, we think
it time mat some one should Interfere.
We have already adverted to the fact that
tne accommoaations above Master street are
ample for carriages, and that south of it
they are insufficient, for pedestrians. A
careful calculation by an engineer approxi
mates towards the accommodations for car
riages of whioh the fifty-seven feet above
Master street are capable, and it shows that
twelve thousand carriages can conveniently
pass there every day, and that from six to
eight carriages can with ease drive abreast,
while the unsightly width south of Master
street is capable for twelve carriages abreast,
a preposterous number. We leave it to any
of our readers, so far as the beauty of the
street is concerned, whether north of Master,
with its double rows of trees and its oorreot
proportion of sidewalk and street, it is not
much more beautiful than south of that
street.
IieBides all this, it must be remembered that
the Nicolson pavement, although better than
what we have had, is not the acmo of perfec
tion. With the advance of science and im
provement, it is possible that a still better in
vention will, within the course of a few years,
be discovered, when this will have to be r
moved. Shall we, then, tax so enormously
for what will probably be but comparatively
temporary ? The plank roads, within ten years
deemed the roads par exc.ellaece, have all been
discarded to-day. Why, then, should the
Nicolson be perpetual? Again, it must be
remembered that in laying the gas pipes, water
pipes, etc, whole sections will have to be
taken up, and defects must exist in laying it
down again. All these ciroumstanoes should be
taken into account, in the lavish expenditure
in favor of tne improvement, in iaot, we
hope that Councils will on Thursday reverse
its action, and act as the good of the masses
demands by passing the bill over the veto of
the Mayor.
Commissioner llollins and the Whisky
Kings.
It is said, and we have no doubt truly, that
the whisky "rings" of New York, Philadel
phia, and other cities are making a combined
effoit for the removal of Hon. E. A. Rollins.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Their
success in this etlort would be a public
calamity. As long as Mr. Rollins stays at the
bead of the Department, there will be some ob
stacle to the complete despoliation of the reve
nue by these conscienceless violators of law.
Even he cannot do a great deal, for his hands
are tied by the absurd vagaries of Secretary
McCulloch, with his humbug revenue
"Boards," which are of about as much prac
tical use as the fifth wheel to a coach.
If the whole management of the Revenue
Department were confided to Mr. Rollins, as it
ought to be, we have not the slightest doubt
that he would instantly carry the revenue
upon distilim spirits up to three or four times
its present amount. He has become pretty
thoroughly familiarized with the operations of
the whisky men, and with the devices they
resort totodefraUd the revenue. He is also well
posted as to the real character of the collec
tors, assessors, agents, and inspectors who
constitute the local officers of the Revenue
Department throughout the country. He
knows who are faithful, and who are in league
with the frauds. But his hands are tied.
Secretary McCulloch, at the command of the
President, foists upon the service, for political
ends, the most outrageous characters, swin
dlers and shoulder-hitters, drunkards and
criminals men whom no business man would
trust in his counting-room alone for a single
minute. This is no exaggeration. It is the
subj ect of universal comment among respecta
ble men of all parties.
The best evidence of the character of these
Revenue Agents is furnished by a comparison
of the returns of 18G7, under Mr. Johnson's
officers, and 18G5, under Mr. Lincoln's appoint
ments. The figures speak most eloquently:
Tax Collected on Dis
Tax Collected oi Dis
tilled Bplrlts Corres
ponding Months In
tilled Spirits from
Msy, 1806, to Oct. 30,
1807:
Dist.
Put.
32
eeot (jib. on -io
$1,197,398-64
284,802-98
6
88,238 3(11 6.
7 61,(179-60
9 130,229 78
2 7,556'58
8 23,20110
1 . 93.409 04
14,140 44
7 . 140.109 20
9.... 132,535 44
2 .... 882,250 9
3 283 006 29
. 1 136,268 72
4 15,412-88
8944,129 08! 12,571,8 15 09
Mr. Johnson is utterly indifferent to the
interests of the revenue. Political con
siderations are first and last with him.
The Revenue Department is only a conve
nient instrument for furthering his own par
tisan or personal ends. Secretary MoCullooh
is the faoile accomplice of this wretched policy.
His general theory of the finances may be a
very good one. His impulses are doubtless
right; but he has not a particle of back,
bone to protect the Treasury against the
raids of the political plunderers who monopo
lize the favors of the President. So far as the
revenue is concerned, he would doubtless be
glad to see it collected; but he is not sufficiently
anxious therefor to set his face resolutely
against the appointment of bad men for parti
san ends. With Buch influences controlling
the action of his superiors, with his hands
thus tied, Mr. Rollins can do but little. Still,
he manages to give the whisky thieves a good
deal of trouble, and to prevent them from
having things entirely their own way. Hence
their desire to have him removed. We trust,
for the sake of the plundered tax-payers of
the country, that they may not suoceed.
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MR. CHARI.KS I'AUHAM S ITATBMRNT,
I reached tne around shIpckh! to burn cue salVe at
al'cut a A. M.. on the flih ol November: I found a
siiltahl hrlck furnace partly erected, dnslxned to
do ru two .hjos. one of them aliendy placed by Hauler,
who li:M.Hi"d that the safe should be burned In a
furnace; ins & Wutson were there alio, out re
ftiked p. Mtively to nut lliHr safe (not ui with extra
nils across the door, made exnremilv lor the tet)
nto the liiriiace. but Itmmtrd thai the nlaclna of the
huksi hoiiln be leit entirely to a commli'ee. Had'er
wen willing to have a committee to-eee that the test
was a lair one in all respect; that tne bales were
laced eoually exooted to heat In the furnace, but
misled tnat they niust be burned In the furnace. As
he Dailies could not auree on this uoint. two sets of
Safes were burnfd. 1 examined very minutely the
two tSa'as bi rned by Hauler Iu the furnace. The
breadth ot Lllile's Safe was aH Inch, and thewldtu
e loch nr. aler only thai vns A Watsons out
side. The oompohlllon walls In LiIIIh'r were Just six
nches, and about the same Iu l.vans fe WIhou's,
iicludlnic the waier lanks or ainAiu Detent. I found
Kvan Watson' Sale In oerfect order: no partot
ll disiuroed In the lekst. Mr. Llilie was charged with
borliia a hole aud lamnerlnR with the sale. He ad
mitted he bored a almblel-hole through tue wooden
cane the en us rest upon, simply to see If the struc
ture back was a filled cbsmber, as had beeu repre
sented, aud found It was. I found Hie iront aud rear
chambers both Meuui chambers, and inn wood sepa
rate ll em, and that the makers haa oorea any
number of holes through the same caie, to
allow the nttaui te pass from one chamber to the
o ner, wiunn proves limit lie noie was not mjurioui,
but Mr, Llllle at once plugged Hup, The bate was
then placed In lue furnace, on a line wlih Lllile's,
about two feet from the ground, both fare up, renllnii
on brick columns. The furnace was well arranged
and finished, and the lire started about hall pail 12
1. M . inn n re was mauu w nu ury pine woou, ami
fur the Hist halt hour the draft was stronger ou the
north side, aud kindled lirst unuer Kvaus & Wat
son's. Alter the Are was well kiudled. lb wind
diove the tire hardest under inline a, and for the lait
half hour before ihe fire waM stopped, the wood waa
raked from under kvaniifc Watsou's, while the beat
was Intense under Ll lie's, to make up lor the excess
under Evans 6c Watson's the first half hour, rioon
alter 6 o'clock the water was put upon tne (Ire and
sales, by the earnest request of myseif and ethers, as
1 Mipposea bum Bales must ue uestroyeu, as tue beat
waahointeuse. ......
AnmiLU a.m. the next morning the safes were
opened, Kvans A Watson first. 1 he outelde of the
sate was luerally uied up, the Book case charred In
front, but not cnarreu insiue. ua mriner examination
I lound the wood cade agaluttl which the cans rest
badly charred, and the water In the cans quite two
thlrdx gone, and ihe moisture ail nut of the outer
chamber, and the wholo appearance I u, Heated that
the Hale must soon have succumbed in that intense
heal.
Lllile's f-ale was next opened, and the Book-cate-was
found swelled with su am, and the wooden door
bad lobe broken to get to the Hoor-case, but no part
ot the case w.s charred or scorched In the leait, aud
had not even the snie! I of lire. The paper were not
li lurd Id any respect: were both dry a. id bright, ex
cept a small port on that were at the bottom as the
Hale aas placed, and they were saturated with water
thrown u,on tueBaretocoo' It, and which ran through
the edge of tue door, the f-ice being upwards, aud
having remalued so all night. There was Borne steam
Inside the bate, caused by the water, but no smoke
whatever. From a very close examlua.lon ot the
sale hl the time and since. I am lullv aaMsfled th
tame safe may b put back Into a similar furnace and
Biand the same test wiiiinut in)ury.
CHABLJ3 wi'.uam, juecuaLic, liUtttansom st.
CITIZENS' REPORT.
We. the nndersigued. citizens of 1'hlladelnhla and
vicinity, having been requested by M. O, Sadler to lu-
veallgateana repot t me leming oi Dates on tnesiuor
November, ana tne resuii, wouiu mage tne ioiiowiuk
r m.ri: That we were severally on the ground, ami
saw the Sates la the fire; that we consider the lest a
very thorough and lair one: that we could not see that
one Sale bad any advantage over the other, except
llai liie winu urove a larger amount oi neat on
I.llilo's Pale the latter i art ol the time, and, until the
lire was well kindled, had the cameelloct on the Steam
Patent Bale.
VA e have made at oil examination of the two Safes
bun ed in the furnace by i-adler, and ilnd Lllile's Hfo
entirely sound and not lu the least aliecied bv heat.
so far as we can cliacover, ou mile or Insiue, We find
the Kvaus wataon raie, wiia ine sieem patent,
lu a very dilapidated stale the outer or iron Hirud
in r burnt, twialed. broken, and literally used uiv
iha n nnd case back of Hie water cans much charrait?
and It Is our opinion, from Its appearance, that ll
could not have stood a severe heal much longer.
W illie Xjlllie a nom, iu mi. i'tpi .uuto, nuuiu StaUU
the aame test again without li Jury.
I llAiu.Kn tan li am iso, ivin nansom street.
ll.l;. HKOWN.Ko HID Ctit nuul alreel.
K. WITH KKILL, No 8-9 Arch street.
C L. W AISKR. No. 4'4 Race street.
M L VAMiKHsl.icE, No. nig t-t. juniper street.
JAMES CI KM SON, UlUgham Hot. He.
II. A. HA K'l LETT. No. 117 N. Front street.
WM. SIMl'SON, Twenty-first and Filbert streets,
J.N. WII.FONu, mechanic. No. 217 N. Teutn street.
C. UASCOYN. merchant. Mo. 6i IV, Third street.
THE ORKAT BURGLAR SAFE TEST.
LIILIE'3 CHILLED IRON BABE 1MPENKTR4
BLE THK MUST SCIENTIFIC DRILLS NON-PLCSSKD-TIIK
WE DOE AND TUE
SL1-DGK SICCUMB BUKGLABJS
STAND HACK ABASHED
COM r ET1 lOHS DARE
NOT MEET If.
The following certificates aud statements speak for
themselves:
Philadelphia, Nov. 12. 187.
We herebT certify that at Mr. Sadler' reouest we
had prepared the best mercury-tetnpered and the
most approved shaped drills tor drilling chilled Iron
we could make; that two of our best workmen, with
abont lour ions pressure, operated uoon the safe aoout
six hours; that they succeeded lo get a Utile over ball
through the door, ana struck a metal so hard as to
destroy the edge of the drill at once, and no further
progress could be made. We are entirely satisfied
mat no nurgiar can penetrate tue sate witn a arm,
in any lime lie may have to work, If at ail.
ROBERT O. WOKEHOUSK A CO.,
Exchange, below Cneaunt street, Machinist.
Pbii.adex.phia. Nov. 12, 1867.
This may oertlly that, for the purpose of testing one
ot Lllile's Burglar-Proof Sale, I first prepared a good
number ot liue steel wedges, and drove ibem.wliu
hammer and sledge, until I destroyed the wedge. I
next trltd the sledge with all my power lor some
time upon the Sate with no success, and I am per
fectly satisfied that neither the wedge nor the sludge
has any power to open the Safe la any way the bur
glar can use them.
WM. JONES, Wheelwright, No. 2129 Filbert st.
The undersigned, btlng present, saw the opera
tion of the drill, and of tne wedging and sledging of
the Llllle safe referred to in the certificates of
Mtssrs. Morehouse & Co. and William Jones, and
f ora the duality of the tool, the Immense power ap
plied, and the time employed, I can scarcely con
ceive thai It would be possible lor burglars to accom
plish as much towards; entering the safe In any
time Ihey have te operate, even If not disturbed by
the noise from the sledge. CHARLES PAliUAM.
THR RESULT.
In review of the above statements and certifi
cates (the truth ol which Is beyond cavil), the fol
lowing facts are demonstrated beyond a quostlou:
Flint. Thai Lllile's Chilled Iron Safe will burn up
twoot the Steam Patent Safes, one alter the other,
the composition wall both being equal, and fctlll be fit
for use. ...
Second. That Llllle' Safe Is thoroughly flre-proot
beyond a doubt.
'J bird. That Llllle' Safe, as now made, Is proof
gainst the drill, wedge, and even sledge the ouly
praolical Implements lu the bunds of burglars, and
the evidence of Us superiority over all other burglar
prool safe Is, that no other maker bad the confidence
to eveu operate on Lhiie's, or place their own iu com
petition, the test having been publicly announced lor
along lime, aud free to all to operate upon It, and
without response. ... .
The object of the lire proof test was not to show that
Lllile's safe was fire prool. That has been proved
In hundreds ot canes In liresthe most Intense even
in great conflagrations but to ascertain what advan
tages the Boston Steam patent has over the common
method of filling Sale, and the result shows most
cle.riylhat its only advantage Is the extra thick
uessof the walls. If the .tent is fairly, made. As to
the thickueas ofwalls.lt cosib no more to make
the cimpoaltion walls six Inches than three
Inches, bul theslx-lncn wall in a full-slEd Hafe con
tractu the room Inside about one half and the buyer
nav 260 lor th i-amerooui with a slx ln' h wail that
he would gel lor sua with a three-Inch wall; and If a
three-Inch wall will stand any fire required, as Lllile's
SaiewlH then the extra tuickneH is uless. But ll
is no test' to plice a three-Inch agaiust a slx-lucb wall,
a- the latter would stand a louger fire than two of
the olbers, bilh Sale made just alike.
The kind of Hale wanted Is a stilllotent fire-proof to
., '. j .... h..t renulred.aud still more a thorough
hiirular proof. 1 he statistic hoat least ito ooo loss
by hiirglaiy from sales lo l by tire, and Llllle' Is the
oJlv nracilcal fire aud burglar proof Safe made at any
Erica the majority can atlord lo pay.
i
hiniBell as 10 their meiits.
H. C. SADLEB, Agent, No. (S39 ARCH Street,
F B it will be understood that the above state
ments are made by disinterested clilxens, and not
uiaile by lacked, seif-couatltuted, or subsidised
nmmltiee, wlih a leed lawyer at its head. It will
be also t'nderstood that lu a future anioe I shall
fully analyse Ihe report of Kvans A Watsou's dis
interested committee ol tie Bogus Sale Burning;
also 11 false charges mad In connection there
with, and giv short history of the Profuss'oual
Safe Burning iu thla vicinity in connection with this
bleeiu Patent, LU IHuiluiUirp ti. C. b Agent.
The iwo bales unmra ...
! and the nale tested as a burglar-proof, are now
in niv store. No. : rch street. Just as the fire and
ibef.peraiorf left them; aud every man Interested Is
nv invllea to examine iuv dsivo auu juukv tor
UJN TUB HOURS OP OUR HAPFLNRS9
and prosperity, let us remember the nntonunate aud
disabled soldier wbo saved ns country aud nation-alUy."-LLNCOLN.
CIBAND POI'l'HB MOVEMENT
TO KRKCT THK
GETTYSBURG ASYLUM
FOB
INVALID SOLDIERS.
UNDER A SPECIAL
Charter from the State of Panasylvamla
rAHNED Bf ARCH 6, 1S7.
AN APPEAL TO THK AMERICAN PR 1FLR.
The object of this Association Is to provide, by pub
lic exertion, a Na'ioual Louie lor our disaiiled sut
lers, to erect sn asylum for those who, In their patri
otism, have served their count'' at the expen.sof
their healtn and bappina; who In the battle for th -nation'
H e were maimed, and are now Incapahl of
working for their own nalnlenance. France baa
her Ho'ol des lnvalit ee. where rem the asbe of tue
great Napoleon; El gland, her Greenwich and Chel
sea Hospitals, Ihe lurmer being one of the llneat
architectural ftructnrofl ever deviled to charily.
KiiBhla, frueela, and In fact nearly all European
countries have magnificent retreats for the un
ion mi ale soldiers. Monarchies provide for the
ailev latlon of the softer lug caused hy war, but free,
piosperous Republican America has no place for her
crippiea ana su a soldiers nui tne country noor-uousa
or the Bldew nlksol her crow ded cities. 'I lme noble
patriots lelt happy homes to save our common coun
try In the hour ol her deep distress. We pledged to
them our larllng gratitude, and now those who are
dependent look to us lu their utter need to redeem
thoee pledges. They have performed their part. We
enjoy the reaoltot their sacrilicts. We inuxt not he
recreant to our obligations. Let us each devote but
a Miigle dollar to this purpose, and the Oettysburg
Asylum will atlord the (.oldlers a home, and our
country will be honored by the noble innlltnllou,
'IHE LAND HAS BEEN PURCHASED
By this Association, and Teu Thousand Dollars have
already been paid towards the preservation of the
battle-ground about thirty acres (adjoining the si to
ot General Meade's Headquarters) have been set
apart for ihe uses of the Asylum.
Lkxinoton A vknitic. Nbw Vork, Oot. 2S,1RST.
Having labored lor three years to erect a Home
lor eti r oi H pied veterans, and having passed a biH
lor that purpose lu the New York Legislature, In
cor orating some one hundred of our bent citizens as
Directors nut under which bill no action has been
had, from that time to this and knowing the great
and crjlng necessity ol the ca-e, the shame of leav
ing our disabled veterans to starve or beg, I hereby
must cordially Indorse your enterprise, and It shall
have all the aid ol'my tongue, peu, and influence.
Vety truly yours, CHARLcS U. 11 ALl'lNK.
CFrom the Posimaster-Oeueral of the United Slates.)
In commend to all Postmasters that they shall aid.
thla truly benevolent aud patriotic enterprise.
, , A. W. HAND ALL.
Being satisfied with the Integrity of your enterprise,
we cheerfully consent to display your diamonds at
our establishment. BItOWNE SPA LDI MO,
October 26, ltM!7. Nob. 6C8 aud 670 Broadway.
We hereby certify tnat we have examined the
Diamond Ouods, Pearls. Emeralds, Ruble., and other
precious Stones, as described In the lint, and find them
all genuine.
HEJSLE BROS., Dlajmond Importers, No. 23
Maiden Lane, New York.
J. H RhM ANN, Diamond Setter, No. 894 Broome
Street, New Yt rk.
In order to promote mbllcconftdenceln the highest
depiee, and for the lurtheruuce or thin great ohject,
the Association has decided to place the iVijn.m o worib
ot diamonds on public exhlullloii at tne large Jewelry
Establishment of MesBrs. Browne A Hpauldlug, n tutor
the Metropolitan Hotel, in Ihe ciiy of New Yoik.
The world-ierownedyaclit "Henrietta" has also been
purchased. The Farm ot ft)U acre Is located la Sulli
van county. N. Y., and Is one ot the Bneit stock farms
In the State; baa a splendid mansion, and Is coapleM
lo every r articular. . .
There will be I.2C0 '00 tickets Issued at one dollar
each, admitting the holders to bolu of the
GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVALS.
ONE AT
IRVING HALL.NEW YORK. SATURDAY EVEN
INO, FEBRUARY 8, 1868,
ANI ONH AT
HORTICULTURAL HALL. PHILADELPHIA,
SATURDAY KVENIFO, FF.BHUARY 22, ions.
On which latter occasion a committee of prominent
cliiteus will be selected to as'oclate with the manage
ment lu making the distribution, to commence oa
Monday. February 21, at 10 o'clock A. M., at Horucul
tuial Hall. in VA1UABLB. PRESENTS
Will be distributed BUiOng tu ticket holder, In ao
coidance with the Charter and the following
SCHEDULE OF AWARDS.
ll 1 Grand Cash Award - f 100,000
2. I Splendid t arm to0 acres) Bo.miu
8. 1 V acht, the lamou Henrietta" w.ono
. i T.u,.,.,n,i iMef-iciucn. 4S Brilliants KO.non
S. i Diamond Brooch and Earrings (all large
Diamonds) 25,000
8. 1 Diamond Brooch and Earrings (all large
Diamonds) .. 21,000
7. 1 Diamond Brooch and Earrlugs 15.OU0
8. 1 Diamond Necklace, lUi Bruliauts, Star
fcu.ntr,f s onn
9. 1 Dlumond Necklace, 2 Brilliants 7,000
10. I DlamonU Croas, Bet in Silver, (large
Diamonds. 7,000
ll.l Diamond Slide, 15 Hi UllauUt 6 twi)
12. 1 Dlumond Cluster Brooch 6.000
lu. 1 Diamond Cluster Brooch 6ttjo0
14. I XJ amoua auu i-eari ihiuim .Bracelet
Br cb and Earrings.............. .-v.....
15. 1 Diamond Single Stone Ring
la. 1 Diamond Custer Bracelet
17. 1 Diamond Cluster ltroocn. ........ -
18. 1 Dlumond Cluster Bracelet.
19. 1 lilamond Cluster Brooch aud Earrings....
20. 1 Diamond Cluster Bracelet
21. 1 Diamond Cluster Brooch
!2. 1 Diamond Single Stone Scarf l'lu...........
24. 1 Diamond Cluster Brooch...... ...........
24. 1 D aiiiond Cluster Bracelet
25. Diamoud Single Stone Ring
16. 1 Diamond Emerald Cluster Brooch
97. 1 Pearl Necklace ..-
5,000
4 000
4.000
4,000
4,oua
4,0 H)
4 000
4. IK)
4.000
4,000
4.100
8.500
8, oof)
8,')A)
8&uQ
28. 1 Pair Diamond Single oloue Earrlugi.,
2a. 1 Diamond Cross, 8,0i0
80. 1 Diamond Sing Stone baud
8,nuo
8.000
.0(O
8 U00
8.000
8.0OO
8,000
8,000
80U0
I OuO
t.fiotf
26U0
2,500
2,600
2. TOO
2600
2,400
t.AuO
2.000
2.000
l.tsoo
1600
1,000
1600
1.5IX)
1.5O0
1,600
L600
liftOO
1,500
1.600
1.6IIO
1.600
LMiO
1.5 0
800
800
800
V.. 1 Diamond blngle Hione pin ....
32. 1 Pair Diamoud Single Stone Jiarriuga.....
Jul 1 Diamond Single Htoue PIn...
iu 1 Diamond Sinale Stone Stud..
86. 1 Pair Diamond Single Stone btud...
86. 1 Diamond uroccu tin oiivw;.,.....,,.,
37. 1 Diamond Cluster Brooch. ..,
88. 1 Diamond Single Stone Pin.. .........
8i. 1 Diamond Single Stone biud............,...
40. 1 laniond Cluster Hrooch .....M,
tl. 1 Diamoud Single Stone King...
42. 1 Diamond and Emerald Hrooca........
43. 1 Diamond hlngle bloue Plu. ...
44. 1 Pearl Breaaipln. Earring aud Head
linamflDt. ..w. ...m... ....
45. 1 Diamond Single SlOue Pin.
46. 1 Diamoud Cross m.
47. 1 Diamoud and Emerald Druameut-
48. 1 Diamond Single Stone Pln..
4. 1 Diamond Single Stone Itlng...-...
6U. 1 lilamond Cluster Stem Ring.........
61. 1 Single stone Diamond RU ........
(2 I Diamond Cross
ti. 1 Pair Diamond Cluster Earring..
64. 1 Diamond Single s-ioue Ring. ,
66, Diamond Single Stone Stud
66. 1 Diamond Bracelet.....
67. 1 Diamond Single Stone Ring...
68. 1 Diamond uiuaier xviun
I. 1 Camel' Hair hhawl...
60. 1 Choice Emerald Stud -
61. 1 Single Stone King..............
62. 1 Single bloue Pin.....
63. Cluster Brooch
64, 1 lUanioliu rungie nioue i in M
66 1 Pair Diamond hlngle btone .Earrings......
66. I Diamond blngleriione Ring
67 l Diamoud and Emerald Cluster hlug.
68 l Diamond Clu-ter Bracelet, Earrings,
ana Pin
69. 1 Camel'M Hair Shawl......w
70 1 IMumond and Ruby Three Htoue Rlng...
- 71. 1 Diamond and Emerald Cluster Ring
7"' 1 Diamond Cluster Brooch. .
73 1 Pair Dlumond ( luster bludu
hi. 1 Oentieman's Oold Watch and Heavy
Cham .
75 1 Diamond blugle Htoue Ring, blar belting,
7fli 1 Diamond and Oarnet Cluster Rmg......
77. 1 Diamond hlngle bloue Plu......
7gl 1 Emerald Knob - ....
79 1 Pair Diamond and Ruby Earrlugs
so! 1 Diamond Cluster Ring
81 i diamond and Emerald stem Plu. ....... ......
82 1 Lady's Diamond bel Watch
ss. l Diamond single Stone Ring
84. llio.d Watch .
Kf,. l Diamond aud Opal Ring
86 1 Diamond and blugle btonebtud. M
87. 1 Diamond Single Oloue King....
8s. 1 liamond Three Stone Ring
8. 1 Diamond bingle blone blud.
90. 1 Heurl bcarf P.n .... ..m
91. 1 Diamond Cluster Riug
92. 1 Diamond Single Stone Ring.
U3. 1 centleman's Diamond aud Amethyst
Rl llg M-M
M. 1 Diamond Cluster Pin
95. 1 Cameo and Pearl Brooch aud Eairings....
90. K ameo Broocli... ............rt...:.
97. 1 Diamond Single bloue Riug
9H. 1 Diamond Cluster Ring ..
99. 1 Lady's Oold Watch
lui, 1 Coral Brooch and Earrings
)ol. 1 pair Garnet bleeve Button....M
)ii2. 1 Cold and Peail Scarf Pin...
lew. 1 merald Scarf Pin.. ...........'..'.
lo4. 1 Emerald Scarf Pin
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didly Illustrated Presentation work en
titled the "Tribute B mk," al 420 each.
1106 to 211 4. 1000 Photograph Album at ti, each
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