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The rcacc Question in Europe Franco
mid Spain.
From theN.Y. Herald.
By one of our latest cMa dispatches wo are
made aware that a prominent member of the
reigning Louse in Spain lias been Bent to
Paris on a most important mission. Tlie
l'rince Oirgenti, by "birth and by hit recent
marriage a prominent member of the house of
Bourbon, has arriTed in Paris. His mission,
It is said, is to assure the Emperor . Napoleon
that in the event of his engaging in a war
against Prussia Spain would undertake the
guardianship of Rome and the . Holy Father,
on condition that the Kmperor will bind him
self to protect Queen Isabella and her throne.
If true, it is a funny proposal. From one
point of view it is ridiculous; from another
point of view it is full of meaning. Qaeen
Isabella cannot maintain her own position;
therefore her promise of assistance to Frauoe
is absurd. But Queen Isabella, matntaiued on
lier throne, will lend all her help to F ration.
Therefore her proposal to France is deeply
BOCRestive.
what is the lesson f It is neither more nor
less than this: that Europe does not believe
in the peace intention of the French Govern
ment. Spain, the tnoat helpless and the most
needy of all the European nations, has not
been able to keep sileuce any longer. Trem
bling for the immediate future, it seeks in
advance and, therefore, betrays the situation
to make the best terms possible with
France. It is no business of ours what Franoe
may do with Spain. We have again and again
tola Napoleon what he should do with that
country; but the present movement of the
Spanish Government is proof sufficient that,
eo far as Spain is judge, Europe is on the eve
of a great war.
We have no hesitation in repeating what we
Lave said before that the necessity of Franoe
and the welfare of Europe equally point
to an early and terrible war. Franoe, which
periodically must let off a certain amount
of blood, has reached that stage once again
In her history when she must either have
civil war or a fierce struggle with one or more
of her neighbors. Miohelet, in his excellent
history of France, says that his country needs
periodical bloodletting, and that if it has it not
in one way it must have it in another. The
time for such bloodletting seems again to have
arrived, and it is not dillicult to see which of
the two ways is more to the advantage of the
present ruler of Franoe. A foreign war, if a
civil war is to be avoided, has become an abso
lute necessity to Franoe a necessity felt
equally by the people and by the Government.
The welfare of Europe is equally concerned
In this matter. War burdens are being borne
ty;&U the nations. The fear of war is felt to
he a heavier tax on industry and capital than
war itself. Matters have reaobed a point at
which there must be either war or general dis
armament.' Of the two war is inliuitely the
more probable. .Whether we shall have or
shall not have war will depend very much on
the course which the eleotions now in progress
Shall take in France. If the early symptoms
are-unfavorable foreign war must be con
sidered oertain. Napoleon is bent above every
thing else on establishing his dynasty. Rather
than fail without effort he is prepared for any
struggle and for any result. We leave it to
Napoleon to do what he may with Spain. He
Is already master of the south of Europ. His
difficulty and the difficulty is not a slight one
Is with the North.
The Legal Tender Act.
Pi-cm the N. X. Evening I'ost.
There are strong reasons for believing that
the act making United States notes a lawful
tender for the payment of debts, is legally in
consistent with the Constitution. While the
Constitution expressly forbids any State to
make anything a legal tender except gold
and silver, it does not conier the power to do
BO upon Congress. Nor does such power seem
to be incident to any of the other powers ex
pressly conferred upon Congress. If, then,
Congress has no powers except tho3e enu
merated in the Constitution, and those which
are necessarily incident to these, will it not
follow that it cannot pass a Legal-tender act ?
A case directly involving it is now pending
in the Snpreme Court of the United States.
The argument was postponed at the last term,
for some reason not publicly announced; but
the case must probably be heard and decided
next winter, If the decision be that the act is
void, what will be the effect of it upon the
rights and obligations of debtors and cre
ditors ?
It is a mistake to suppose that such a deci
sion will suddenly unsettle the business of the
country. Some have supposed that it would
destroy oar banks, drive all debtors into
bankruptcy, put a stop to trade for want of a
metallic ourrenoy, and imperil the ultimate
solvency of the Government. But there is no
reason to apprehend such evils from it.
In Great Britain specie payments were sus
pended during nearly the whole of the first
quarter of this century. The suspension was
an act of the Bank of England, sustained by
an "Order in Council, " which had none of the
force of law, and followed by all the binkj of
the kingdom. Parliament at various times
recognized the state of suspension by law; but
passed no legal tender aot. The ourrency waa
depredated at times almost as much a our
money is now; but the force of publlo opinion
was found strong enough to regulate trade,
and the notes of the Bink of England were
everywhere paid and received as the money of
the nation, until the resumption of specie
payments.
Were the Legal-tender act repealed by Con
gress to-day, there is no doubt that trade aal
business, the borrowing and lending of money,
and the payment of debts would go on as now.
Custom and publio opinion would regulate the
currency practically, and quite as well as law
regulates it now. The chief change would be
In this, that contraota made for ooin oould
then be enforced aocording to the intention of
the parties. Borrows js of gold, or purchasers
of goods for gold, or bankers with whom gold
deposits are made,or trustees into whose haudy
gold assets fall, would no longer be legally
encouraged and protected in cheating the true
owners of one-third of their money. Why
Should a decision that the law is unconstitu
tional do more harm than its repeal ?
Such a decision will necessarily be limited
In its practical effects to debts contracted
before the passage of the Legal-tender act, and
to debts since contracted which were under
stood by the parties to be payable in coin.
The old debts of the State Governments, and
the old mortgages upon railroads and upon
real estates in private hands, make up the
largest part of the debts where value would
be changed. The currency in common use
wonld continue to be United States notes.
and bank notes exchangeable for these; but
careful debtors would insert a saving clause in
their obligations specifying that they should
be payable only In the promissory noies oi tua
nation. Doubtless the effect on publio opinion
of such a decision from an authority so hi,h
as the Supreme Court would be greatly to
increase the . anxiety for a r&tura to spade
payments. Businr ss would be conducted with
greater rrudence, expenditure made more
rcorjoiukal, and instead ol quoting goii ai a
pirminm we thould thennaforth honestly quote
No change would be wrought, save in the
direoiion ol justice. Where all baainasa has
Wen transacted for years in a currency daily
fluctuating iu value, no equitable adjustment
ia possible; and until we finally return to
pppci a gambling element must pervade it all.
lint with respect to debts oontraoted before
18(52, there is no doubt nor difficulty. They
are due in gold c in, and it ia simply making
roldieiy lawful to coutiuue the law which
makes them pnyable in pnper. The return to
koneat principle iu this matter cannot be long
delayed.
One curiena result will be the effeot upon
railway flock. Many railroads owe mortgages
contracted many years ago; aud as the cur
rency has depreciated, the amount of the in
debtedness has diminish!, so that thir
Stocks have advanced rapidly. For example,
suppose a railway worth in all $20,000,000
had, in 1SC1, a mortgage debt of $15,000,000,
and a stock of $10,000,000. This stock was
then obviously worth 50 per cent. But gold
advancing to 200, the mortgage debt was then
worth but $7,500,000 in gold, under the Lgal
tender act. The rest of the property, or
$12,500,000 in gold, was then represented by
the stock, which became apparently worth 125
in gold or 250 in currency.
Something like this happened to many rail
ways. What did the directors do? AlrmBt
uniformly they issued new stock; doubling, at
leant, the capital. Our supposed stock of
$10,000,000 ihus becomes $20,000,000, still
worth $125 curieucy per share. But let the
Legal-tender act disappear. The mortgage
again becomes $15,000,000 in gold. The re
maining $5,000,000 in gold of the value of the
road is represented by $20,000,000 of stock,
the shares being, therefore, worth twenty-five
per cen. in gold, or say thirty-five in cur
rency. This, or something like this, must be
the experience of our now inilated market for
many railway Btocks. at some future day.
As for the State Governments, which bor
rowed gold and have taken advantage of the
Lgal-tender act to pay their interest in depre
ciated paper, they cau well afford to return to
gold payments, aud ought not to wait for the
Supreme Court to tell them so. It is a duty
which New York owes to her own honor and
integrity to follow the example of Massachu
setts in this matter, and to pay all arrears of
interest in coin.
The South Carolina Address.
From the Washington National Intelligencer.
We publish to-day the address of the Demo"
cratio Association of Charleston, South Caro
lina, to the negroes. It will commend itself
alike to the white people and to the colored
people North aud South. It is dignified, calm,
temperate, dispassionate, full of practical com
mon sense, and of practical suggestions. It
differs from the ordinary appeals of the radi
cal revolutionists in the fact that it contains
nothing to etir up passion. It is purely suoh
a talk as the old masters of the deluded
negroes in the South are duily in the habit of
addressing to them, showing them what ia for
their own good, and advising them against
those who would simply play upon their igno
rance to use them for the worst purposes.
Suoh appeals, free from passion or menaoej
are intelligible even to these negroes. They
are already beginning to understand that the
carpet-bag fraternity that has swarmed in the
track of the Freedmen'a Bureau are almost
invariably cheats and swindlers. Under the
pious garb of religion or the specious cloak of
radicalism, these gentlemen have approached
the freedmen of the South with abundant pro
mises, never intended to be fulfilled, and
have cheated them not only out of their votes,
but also of their substauoe. They have lived,
and fatted, and climbed into office by the aid
of the negroes they were pretending to serve.
They have been found out. The excitement
and passion of the first exuberant feelings of
freedom have passed away, and the negroes
have been compelled, by stern necessity, to
ask themselves, "How are we to subsist?"
The unavoidable answer has decided their
course. The earpet-bae adventurers are of no
use to them, except to make their broad
shoulders and empty stomach the stepping-
stones to places of pront ana political power,
The negroes themselves have not been slow
to make this discovery, and they are already,
tbrongh6ut the whole South, turning away by
thousands from .the support ot the radicals.
who assume to be their new masters, aud
adopting the counsels of - their old masters,
whom they know to be tried and true friends
In prosperity, and in adversity as well.
This address will do good. It will not only
show to the deluded negro victims of radical
ism in the South what is the temper of the
white people of that section towards them, but
It will show also to the equally deoeived vio-
tims of radical falsehood in the North what is
the real position ot the white people of that
section towards the freedmen, and convince
them that there is in this class more genuine
Kindness and benevolence than can be ex
tracted fronva whole army of carpet-baggers,
or a baker's dozen of Freedmen'a Bureaus.
Which is the Way to Peace
From the JV. T. Tribune.
Should General Grant be chosen President,
every one knows that the land will have rest
for at least four years from the 4th of March
next. There will be no more rebellion, no
more civil war, within that period. Every
acre oi our sou, tmt especially at the boucu,
will be enhanced in value by that result
Stocks will be higher (in gold), but only in
sympathy with immovable property. No State
government will be subverted. No existing
rights will be menaced, reaoe win be wlthm
our borders, Industry will be enoouraged, and
Prosperity will be all but universal. Let Grant
be President for the next four years, and our
national debt will be lightened at least 25 per
cent, by tlie mere inorease of our population,
production, ana weaun.
Should Seymour and Blair bo elected, we
inevitably enter upon the first phase of a
counter-revolution. Tne white Kepublicans
must run from the South, and be happy to
escape with their lives. Outrage and murder
will be rifer than ever. Four millions of
American-born people must first be paralyzed
by terror, In order that they may next be dis
franchised. Eight State Governments (in
cluding that of Tennessee) will be subverted.
Anarchy and strife, terrorism and assassina
tion, will pervade that section where the fires
of the Rebellion still smolder. Hundreds of
thousands who went down with that Rebel
lion understand that they rise again with
Seymour and Blair that their hour of ven
geance has struck. Negro school-houses will
be extra risks for fire insurance from the hour
that it is supposed at the South that Seymour
and Blair are to rule for the next four years.
Do you harbor a doubt of this f Then read
again, we pray you, and read thoughtfully,
the programme of General Frauk P. Blair, as
communicated by him to the World, and first
printed in that journal:
Fium the World of July '6.
G11N1CUAL I'UAKK X'. HLAIU DEFINES) Illd 1-03I
TIO.N.
"Washington,' JuiiO SO. Colonel James O.
BroiuWieuJ Dot Uolouel. I a niilv.to your
I'.CiiiiileH, I big leuve id miy th il I hi ive to you
to l ermuine, ou consultation with my frleu Js
from Missouri, wbethr my name ahull b pre
sented to the Democratic Convention, an 1 to
lotimlt the following, as what I conil'lor thn
leal and only Issue la lulu ooulest: l'ue reoou
Mrnotlon po'loy ol the radical will be c uplt
ueiore me next election; I ne wtittea, eo imw ex
cluded, will have been admitted; neuro siiirrnue
established, and the carpet- baggers mUiUI iu
toeir Beam in ooio urauones or uongrea-i. in'ire
is no noNMlhlllly of cUauiilmc the noil'I'sal c'l'ir-
acler ot the Saualfl. even If tua Ddiuocr.tW
should elect t heir l'reHldenl and a unij irltv o'
me pnpniar c-ranou oi uonnrens. vve oaua'n
therefore, unrto the radical plan of recniHtra '
Hon by (Jotigreottlounl hrIIod; the Harmte will
contlune a bar to its repeal. Must v buomkt
lull? How ctn It ho overthrown? Item o ily
be ovei thrown by the allium it y of MiuEieju
live, who In sworn to lualntalu the diusi.ti u
linn, and who will Mil tj do his duty lr n
allows the UoiiHtll ulloti to berlsu nnder u ' le
df CohK'ef-sloual eu:ioirnt!U(8 which are in pni
puo'e violation oi iu ruuua aoatai pnuo p:e.
"If the President eleoiei by the Dohiooi-a.iv
eniorc a. or nermtia olliern to euloroa. the r.?
coijki rnciton (tutu, the radicals, by tne mem
Dion or twenty dpurionnsenntorHnni ncy ite,tr
seiiiHtlvec, will pont rol both brxuohen of lion
ties, and bin a J ministration will be as nower-
lei h an the present one of Mr. J Jhnsou.
J here is but oue way to restore toe uovern
mrntaiid the UoiiHlltull in; and that Ik for the
l'n Hiilent elect to declare these riots null and
void, compel the army to undo It muroat.'ou-t
at the South, disperse tho carpet-bag (State G .v-
rrniiiei-iiH, miow tne white people to reor tuissi
their own governments and eleol. Hnnaloi and
itriireHeniEtives. rue nouxe of lt-turewni-liven
will contain a majority of Imo5i,UM fro'n
tli 'i Noilh, and l hey will admit the Hepresunt v
lives elected by tho white poiiole of tua S una.
and, with Ike co-operation ol tne I'rexl leal, U
will not be dilticuit to compel the Heuateto
submit once more to thn obligations ot tue Con
stitution, it win not bsAble to wl'hsiaiid tne
nubile Jiutement. if diHtlncIly inVolto I and
clearly expressed, on this fundnrnnntal.imiie;
and it is the sure way to avoid all future sUllo
to put this ltfciie plainly to the couniry.
"I repeat that this f the real aud ouly ques
tion which we should allow to control u: sitiall
we Mibmlt to the usurpations by whlcU tue lio
verrment has been overthrown ? or hh'ill we
exert ourselves for lis full and complete rent.orn-
uou y it in mie to lain or oonus, greno oks,
cold, the public faith, and the ptihllo cie lil.
wnat can a uem icratio president do iu rerd
to any of these with a Congress la both branches
rontiolled by the carpei-bugKera and their
allies? He will be powerless to stop the sup-
piles oy wmcn ia le negroes are organized into
political clubs by which an army is matntaiued
to protect these vagabonds In their outrages
upon the ballot. These, and thin 21 llSe these.
eat up the revenues anl resources of the Go
vernment aud destroy iw credit, make tho dif
ference between gold aud Kreonbiolss. We
must restore the t'oiiBtiintlon before we can
restore the ttnuuees, and to do this we must
have h President who u-lll execute the will of
the people by trampling into dust the usurpa
tions ol Congress, ku-iwu as the ltcooustruotlou
acts. 1 wish to fctnud btloie the Conventiou
upon thin issue, but 11 is one which embraces
everything else that is of value In its large aud
comprehensive results. Il is ;he oue thiog
UiHt includes all that is worth a ooutest, and
without it there Is nothing that gives dignity,
honor, or value to the 8trii''.;le.
"louririeua, h-rank r. blair."
The author of this manifesto ia not merely
the DemOcratio candidate for Vice-President
he was made such by writing as above. Be
fore his letter appeared, he had not a chance
ot nomination. But it was put forth just as
the delegates were coming together, and Wade
Hampton, Cobb, Forrest, Smmes & Co., at
once saw that here was their man. So they
had ouly to get into the Democratic platform
a declaration that the reconstruction aots are
"unconstitutional, revolutionary and void,"
ana nominate Biair, and they had the whole
party in their toils. General Wade Hamptou
has told ns how he worked to get that declara
tion into their platform, and succeeded. Here
His: . , .
-"We do declare end resolve, that ever slnoe
the pi-onlo of toe United States threw oft all
BubJectloM to the lirltlsU crown the privilege
and trust ot (iiitl'rate have belonged to the seve
ral mates, ana nave unon gvaulea, Teguiateu,
aud controlled exclusively by tho political
power of each Btate respectively, and that any
attempt by Congress, on auy pretext whatever.
10 uepiive an y Miaie ol tnis riKOl. or interfere
with its exercise, Is a flttgraut usurpation ot
nnwer, wtiiciicin 11ml no warrant in the con
stitution; and, if nsnetlouod by tho peoplo, will
subvert our form of covemment. and can only
end in a fduglo renirnllzed and consolidated
government, In which the separate exlgtenoe 01
tne suites win te entirety absorbed, and an
ii' qiiHlilled despotism be established in place
of h Federal Union of coequal Hiatus: and thaf.
we regard the Reconstruct ion aot) (so called) of
lyoiigress, as sunn usurpat lout, and uuoonstitu
uonai, revolutionary, and void."
Here is the Rebel programme, more fully
elaborated in General Ulatr's letter above. The
election of Seymour and Blair commits them
to that programme, and they will be required
to execute it. Blair will do it joyfully; Sey
mour haltingly; but, after swallowing the
greenback s win lie. he can stick at nothing.
bee how he exposed the true character and
necessary elleots of this swindle in his speech
iu our city a few weeks before the meeting of
tue Democratic convention:
"All the funds of savings banks and life lnsu
rntice companies are not put lu (iovernmeut
norms, but tney bold an amount which would
cripple or ruin them if the bonds were not pild,
or 11 tney are paid in ueoased paper, xt wo add
t he trusts of widows and orphans, we find that
2, fiOu.OUO persons are Interested lu Government
bonds who are not capitalists, and who are com-
puisory owners at present prices under tue ope
ration of our laws."
Men and brethren 1 think of these things 1
Seymour and Grant.
From the N. T. World.
We wish the Republican stump orators
would consent to learn a lesson of candor from
the speakers on the Democratic side. Hardly
a Republican gpeeoh is made in which Gover
nor Seymour is not represented as a traitor
and an abettor of the New iorK riots. Hut,
on the other band, the Democratic speakers
treat General Grant with marked courtesy and
forbearance. Mr. Pendleton in his speeches
in Maine, and Mr. Church in his recent
speech in this State, are conspicuous examples
of the practice generally followed by those
who have addressed publio meetings ou the
Democratic side. Even General Blair, who
has been the target for so much Republican
abuse, has not been provoked into retaliation,
and has sever Bpoken of Grant in a tone of
unkindness. But so universal is the outpour
ing of calumny on the other side, that even
Mr. Beecher, clergyman as he is, and bound
by his profession to be a pattern of that
charity which thinketh no evil, wantonly
accuses the Bemooratio oandidate of being not
only a traitor, but bo cowardly a traitor that
he durst not expose himself to the proper con
sequences of his treason. .
This mode of conducting the canvass tends
to belittle it into a oontest of personal vitupe
ration, in which the great questions to ba
decided are obscured. It ia for the interest of
the Republicans to keep them out of view, for
the naked policy of their party will not bear
disenssion. For them, it is perhaps a good
mode of electioneering to keep up a personal
warfare, with a view to provoke personal re
torts upon tneir own cauaiaate, ana tuus
maintain a wrangle which diverts attention
from the proper issues of the canvass. But
for us, it is of vital consequenoe to concen
trate the attention of the country upon the
issues. Aside from the great questions of
policy involved In this election, nobody would
consider General Grant as - a fitter man for
President than Governor Seymour. On the
simple question of personal qualifications, the
superiority of Mr. fceymour is so manifest that
the thing is not worth discussing. We might
concede that Grant is as great a general as the
most Bycophantio of his admirers claim that
lie is, and tne gratuitous concession would
not help them at all. It would be rather au
argument that he ought to Tenia! u in his pre
Beiit place, for which he is fitted, than trans
ferred to another for whose duties he has no
qualifications. t ,
If Grant is elected, the Government will be
administered in the interest Of the Republican
part;; if Seymour is elected it will be ad
mlnibtered in the interest of the whole coun
try. It is a question between expensive
government by force and cheap government
by law; between the centralized despotism of
the Europeau system? aud the local freedom
which we inherited from our fathers; batsveu
enthroning bat barium and ignorance 'in the
Southern Slates or permitting intelligent aui
civilization to have fair play. Whether we
are to have a more or a less capable man for
1'ie-ideDt is a bagatelle in Comparison with
the great issues. The ablest statesman in the
World could not make a cheap government
and a contented people on the radical plan.
Any man of honesty and good intentions
could easily restore tranquility and revive our
shattered jronperity on the Demooratio plan.
It is proper enough that iu the beginning of a
can vacs, the characters of the candidates
Bhonld be keenly scrutinized but it is a topi 3
which is very soon exhausted. It lakes but a
little while to find out about any public man
all that is worth knowing in his past history;
aLd as deoorum keeps Presidential candidates
in retirement during the canvass, they furnish
no new materials 'or discussion. We suppose
nothing can be said which would materially
change anybody's opinion of the personal
character of either candidate until after he
has been tried in some new position and fur
nishes fresh materials for judgment.
But the rival policies open questions of the
largest extent, which cannot bo soon bs ex
hausted. They penetrate to the very founda
tions of our politioal system. They raise the
question whether we shall restore or finally
subvert the work of our forefathers which
made this country, for seventy years, the hap
piest and most propperous on earth the won
der and the tuvy of other nations. The man
agement of the publio debt, the lightening of
our oppressive taxes, .the reduction of our
expensive and mischievous standing army, the
resuscitation of our ruined shipping and com
merce, the restoration of the Union by some
better means than pinning one-half of it to
the other by bayonets these, and questions
like these, are wide enough in their scope to
bear constant discussion; and if the publio
judgment can be properly enlightened in res
pect to any considerable portion of them, a
great Demooratio triumph is certain. Personal
discussion was very well in the beginning of
the canvass; but now, when the hetvywork
of the campaign is about to open, we need
every day of the two remaining monthj for
diffusing correct Information ou the vital
issues. -
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the Asacoiatluu all mouy puid. Md tii Aooiiton
ouppllts a new member to Ail tlie place ol me retiring
lie.
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t ol 2l ana 23 ymrr: lu Clans (J, all persou be
tween ibe axes of 23 aud 30 years- lu U a-s D. all par
sons between tlie a.esof 30 ami H3 years- in class E ail
peri-oiiB between the ages or .15 aud 4(1 yearn; lu Uuss
i', all persons between tho ages ot 4U aud 44 years; In
l.las U, all pemons between tbe as of 45 and 60
y-ar; In class H, all persons between ihe ages of to)
and 66 years; lu l labs 1 all persons between the ay an
of 65 aud 60 yours; lu Ulass K, all persons betweeu me
at$ts ol 60 and 05 years. The daises fur women are
tlie same as tbove. iscli class Is limited to 5nuo
numbers. Each persju pa. a six dollars upon be
copilig a n ember aud one dollar aud ten cents
ei'ih lime a member dies belonging to the same
ciasB he or she is a member or. One dollar
goes direct to the liflrs, ten cents to pay for
collecting. A member orune cIhs cannot be asiessad
Hi s Oul ar If a member oi another class dies. Each
class Is Independent, uavlut; 110 connection with any
oilier. To become a member it Is necessary To py
t-lx Dollars Into the trensury at the time ot making
the application; to pay One Dollar and Ten Cents
Into tne treasury upon the death of each and any
member or lbeciaa to which he or she belouxs,
witbln thirty days alter date ol notice of such death;
to gtvo your Name, Town.Couuty, btate, Occupation,
etc.: aibo a rutdkal certui :ato. Every minister Is
anked to act as agent, and will be paid tegular rates.
t V Ml!.-Circulars will explain fully In regard to
lunds aud Investment!,. Circulars giving full expla
nation and blank torma ol application will be Bent,
on requestor upon a personal application at the oillje
of the Association.
'I HUNTERS AND OFFICERS.
E. WcMURDV, Pie.iile t.
K. T. WH1UHT U'resldeut Btar Metal Cj.) Vice
President, v
V. B. CA km AN (President Stuyveaant Bank). Trea-
siirei-. .
LEWIS BANDERS, SecreUry.
D. It. aGaIV (President National Trust Co.)
1). B, DUNCOMB, ft o. 8 Pine street.
The trum funds will be held In trust by the
NATIONAL TKUBT COMPANY.
No. 83 Broadway, Kew York.
Agents wanted for this city.
Address
WILLI LIPPINOOTT. Gmral Agent,
Manhattan Co-operative Relief Association,
9 21m No 432 WALNUT Btreet, Puilada,
FURNISHING GOODS, SH1RTS,6V0
Ha & Ka Ga
Harris' Seamless Kid Gloves.
ETEBT FAIB WABIfAHTED.
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOB GENTS' GLOVES.
J. W. SCOTT A CO.,
627jtp
HO. 811 CUESMUT KTBEET.
p ATENI BUOULDEfi-SEAll
BIIIltT II All 17 FACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISSINGr STOBE.
PEBFECT FITTING BHIRTS AND DRAVvEHd
niade iroui measurement at Very short nonce.
All other articles 01 UENTLEMKNB DRE38
uoujb lu fall variety.
WINCHESTER & CO.,
Ill No. 700 UliKSNUT Btreet.
WOOD HANGINGS.
rpUE MAGNIFICENT NEW RvOJIS
PF TOR
WOOD HANGING C03IPANY,
Ko. 1111 CHESSUT STREET,
Are now open, where they are prepare! to respond
to all orders at Ihe shortest notice The publio are
luvited to call aud examine the beautiful effects of
WOOD HANGING in
WALL DECOKATIOS,
And get correot and reliable information la reference
to Its adaptation, cost, and all particulars respecting
H eeBma. 8 8 mwl-imrp
TRUSSES.
"BKELEY'S HARD BDBBER TBUS3,
No. li7 tT.EHNUT Btreet. This Truss cor.
r c tly ai piled will cure and retain with ease the inosl
dillicult rupture; always clean, llifht, easy, sa.e. aud
iX'lulorlable, used tit bathing, tliu-d to form, never
vi, . htekks. soils, becoiut Umber, or tuovea from
plaoe. No strapping. Hard Rubber Abdominal 4Siip.
porter, by which the ii others, Cotpulenl, aud Ladiet
sulltrlnii with Female weakness, will hnd reilei and
periei t support; very light, neat, and en'ctual, pile
ii'Mri.ii-i ni HhouMer Braces, Fla-.llo Hlonklugs fo
nutk llxi I-. But pea -loiss, etc. Ainu, lnrgu stock be
LuhU-ti Triiiit , UftJi usuai prlca. Lauy In atirwt.
a'Jixl. ... llWw&a
218 & 220
S. FRONT ST.
- 218 & 220
S. FRONT ST.
OFFER TO TUB TRADE, IN LOTS,.
FIRE RYE AKD BOURBON WHISKIES, I E0.YD,
a- .
Of 1805, 1800, 18C7, mid I8O8.
AlEe, FKEE HUE EYE AND EOIEEGN WHISKIES,
Of GREAT AGE, ranging from 1C4 to
Liberal contracts will be entered Into for lots, irt bond at Distillery, of ta'A yetuV raaaufiitmf ,
t
SEWING MACHINES.
p H C GREAT
ADIEBIt-AN COJiniXATION
BUTT0X-1I0LE 0YERSEA3ILNU
aND
SEWING MAOHIHE.
Us wonderful Popularity Conclusive l'rool
or its Urcat HcriU
The Increase In the demand for this ralarbta
Machine has been TENFOLD during the last seven
months of Its Brat year before the public
Ihli grand and surprising success la unprecedented
In the history ol Hewing Machines, aud we feel fully
warranted In claiming that
IT II AN HO EIUAI,,
Eclug absolutely the best
FAMILY MACHINE
IN THE WOBLD,
And Intrinsically tbe cheapest, far It Is reilly two
Machines combined In one. bold at the
1 '
S. W. Cor. or ELEVEMII and CHESS US
PHILADELPHIA SSOltatblf
FLAGS, BANNERS, ETC.
WINES, ETC.
1888.
PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
FLAGS, BMXERS, TEASSPAREXCIES,
AND LASTEKAS,
Campaign Dadges, Medals, and Pius,
or BOTH CANDIDATES.
Ten different styles sent on receipt of Oue Dollar
and Fifty Centa.
Aa-euta wantd rywbar.
Class In Mnslui, Banting, and Bilk, all Bliee, whole
sale and retail.
Political Clubs fitted out with everything they m
require.
CALL ON OB ADDBESS
W. F. SCHEIOLE,
Ko. 49 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
113 tfrp PHILADELPHIA.
GROCERIES, ETC.
EXTRA FINE
NEW MESS MAOKKBE'L
lis kitts.
ALBEBI C. BUBEBIS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
H7Jrp ELEVENTH and VINE Streets,
4f CENTS. TUB BEST ROASTED COF.
1J ever sold In Philadelphia, at WILSUN'N
old established Tea Warehouse, Ho, 238 (JiiJijiiiU'r
Btreet.
30
(KWIWr-VOUll NTUONtt ROANTED
. No. 236 OHKaiN UT Wtreet,
80
frc CENTS. JAVA COFFEE, IN LAUUB
OO Government sacks at WILMHI'n,
J7KULISII ClIItKOKV, FOB MAKINCI
!i (JoUee ricn and strong. For sale at tVIMO.'N
old established Tea Waiehouae, bo. im UiilwaWUT
street.
CKNTM Pt ll rOVND.-dOODMTKONU
VliACK IDA. WILSON'N,
No. 2 CITlu-tN i r Btreet.
OKANUE 1'IIHOK AN O KNULISII RItKAK
FAfeT TEt, at WILSON ' Tea Warehouse,
Ko. -m CHKtiND r btreet.
1IFTIN US FROM THE REST TEAS IN TUB
tITV, tor sale to-day at WIUSON'S.ll8thstusl
CARRIAGES.
Eutnbllshed for tho sale ot
PI KE CALIFORNIA WISE.
Tills Company oiler lor sale pure California Wines'
Wl'lIE. CLAHtCT,
CATAWBA, OltP,
bUthltV, AUXMTKL,
Mi&LlCA, CUAM.PAONK,
TTJHK GBAPK BRANDY,
wholerale and retail, ail of their own ernwlr anit
Wrla"e"Ud Coni"luI10'lllu bot the pore J nice ol the
Depot, No. 2 BANK Ftreet, Philadelphia.
HaHN A QOAIN, Agents ga imrp
J AHEa CAR3TAIRS, JR.,
Sos. 12G WALNUT and 21 URAJVITE Sts.,
IMPOBTEB OF
Draiidics, Wines, UI11, Olive Oil, Etc Etc.,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
IOB THE BALK OF
PURE OLD RYE, WHEAT, AND B0UR-HO-X
WHISKIES. fU
GARDNER & FLEMING
CARRIAGE BUILDKR8,
Ko. 214 SOUTH FIFTH STREET,
BELOW WAXNTJT.
An MDOrtment of NEW AND SECOND-HAND
CARRIAGES Always on hand at REABONABLB
PK1UKA t5 fmwSm
PAINTED PHOTOS.
NEW THING IN AR T.
BERLIN PAINTED PHOTO.
A. S. ROBINSON,
No 910 CHE8NTJT Street,
lias Just received a superb collection of
B EH LIN PAINTED PHOTOQBAPHtJ OF
FLOWERS.
They are eiqnlslte gems of art, rivalling In beauty,
naturalness of tint, and perfeotlon o( form a great
variety of tbe choicest exotic flowering plants. They
are mounted on boards of three sizes, and sold from
2S cents to 13 and ft each.
For framing and tbe album they are Incomparably
beautiful; 8 M
J I R E GUARDS,
FOB STOBB FRONTS, ASYLUMS, FAQ.
TORIES, ETC
fatdiit Wire Railing, Iron .Bedsteads, Ornaments
Wire Work, Fnpcr Makers' Wires, and every Tarleiy
Of Wire Work, manufactured by
H. WALKER A SON
(2mwf Mo 11 Ilorih BLXTH bUeat,
WILLIAM 8. GRANT,
tXIJVl M I fcSION M URC H A NT,
, jsr. 8 8. DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia,
AOBNT FOR
Dnpont's Onnpowrier, Rellntd Nitre, Charcoal, EtO.
V, Riiker A (Hi.'i chocolate U i;o. a"J Hroui.
Crocker, bros, 4 Co.'s Yellow Motal bueMhlnd
bolls and Nails.
LUMBER.
F. v " L L I. A M 8,
SEVENTEENTH AM iMh'G GARDEN
OF FEB FOB SALE
PATTERN LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
EATRA 6EASOJSED PANEL PLANK,
BUILDING XUilBEU OF EVERY DESCRIP.
TICN.
CAROLINA 4-4 and 6-4 FLOORING.
HEMLOCK JOIBT8, ALL SIZES. ... ' .
, CEDAB SHINGLES, CTPREfcS BTJNCH SHIN
GLES, PLASTERIKG LATH, POSra, t.
" . ' .' 1 , also, ;. ;.
, A FULL LINE OF
WALNUT MD OTHER HARD WOODS.
LUMBER WORKED TO ORDER AT SHORT
NOTICE. 7Bmwf2m
1868.
BPKUCB JOIHT
fctflttCUi JUioT."
HAJJLUCK.
1868.
1 ft Q ISKASONED CLEAR Pink, t n
lOOO. bKAhOJNJi.DCLJtASl'jSiS: 'IRfift
186a ESKSStSSSSSS,- 1868
' DELAW ARE PLOORIJWJI
ABU i'LOUKlNti. 1
WAJxNUT iLOORLNG.
FLORIDA KTEP HOAuJe.
RAIL PLANK. '
jQi-O WALNUT BBS. AND PLiNK 1 nir
WALxNUT JIUARDt, AWJC. AOUO.
.WALNUT PLAKK.
l&tiR tNDERTAKERH' LUMBER. 1 or
lOOO. LiSDERiAiiiuts' lumZSil lonft
Hf.D CEDAR, AUUU"
WALNUT AND PINE,
I Rt'P, REASONED POPLAR. 1 0r
lOOO. bEAttONED CHERRY, lo68
WHITE QAKL Ajp BOARDS,
I kR CIGAR BOX MAKERS' "l rnn
iOtO. CIGAR XOX fHAKARS' ISnfi
iTOR BALE LOW.
lf'W - CAROLINA 80ANTLINU. lonn
lOOO. CAROLINA H. T. blLLa 1868-
OKWAY bCAN tlingT
lPftW CEDAR BHINGLES. 1 0c
, MAULE, BHu I'HER Cxif
111 No. itooOboiiTH street.
Kos. 24, 20, aud 28 S. FIFTEENTH St.,
PHILADELPHIA.
EG Lai R & BROTHER,
MAMUFACTUBKBS 0
WOCD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR BALUS
TERS, NEWELL POSTd, GENERAL TURN-
ING AND SCROLL WORK. Era
The largest assortment of WOOD SIQ0LDING9 la
this city constantly on hand 9 2 2m
T. P. GALYIN & CO..
LUMBER CCtY.MISSiON MERCHANTS,
SUACKAMAXOA STREET WILLRF,
BELOW SLOA2S MILLS,
(BO-CAU.KD), PHILADELPHIA,
AGENTS fORSOUTUERN AND EASTERN Maun,
lecturers of VELa-OVV PiNE aud bPKUCHiTlMJBKU
ikbARDM, tto., final I be hai py to lurulsh orders at
wnolewle rates, deliverable at auy accessible port.
iu.u,ij iriT.u, nuu uu uwiu at our wnarr
telllW-
SOUTHERN il.OOJNU. SCAN i i,ixh.
gle, aa&tern laths, pickets, b kd-sl at.
bPRUCE, HKMI.OCK, sJiLEUT MICHIGAN ASO
CANADA PLAMi AND UOARDd, AND II AO
WATCC bHLf-KNEltb. I 31 atuthj
A 1.1. OF IV II CI WILE, RE DELIVEHKD
AT AN V PAUTUFI11X C1TX PROJ1FT1.T,
GAS FIXTURES.
G
AS FIXTDRF, B.
KIBKfiY, MERRILL THJCJLUU,
No. lib rm-hiVUT btreet.
manafactnrers of Gas fixtures, Lamps, eic., stc .
would call the attention of the public to their larua au4
Menant aascrtmeut oi Gas I immlnlluia, PouUauui,
Rinckeu, etc. Tney also lutroduo gas.pl)m luto
owtillus ana punuu uuiiuiuks, anu aiw.uo toeiteufci
Ing, atrerlng. and repairing gas-plpea.
All worK warrauwu.
IU
COTTON AND Fi.AX,"
SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS,
Of all numbers and brands,
Tent, Awnliiff, Trunk, aud Wution Cover Duok
Alt o Pev-r Maiaitacuuers' lrlir Eelis from one to
several Icel wide; l'a ill' v. Rt'lilnK. ball Twine, etc.
lei no, iu lour:' Aiiuy