THE DAVL EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1868. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF TUB LRADISQ JOURNALS VPoS CU11RKNT TDI'ICS COMPILED RVBBT DAT FOR TUB aVEMKU TSLKUBAI'II. France nnil Prussia Tic War Prospect From the If. Y. Uera'd. Our latest newa Ironi Europe is to the effact that the war fever ha-t not subsided. Klug William of Pmseia was ou a military inspec tion tour throughout tlm Northern Confedera tion, the Emperor Napoleon was at the camp of Chalons, and a report of a war speech (afterward contradicted with salutary results) made te the army sent the Rentes down alarmingly. Military iuFpctlon made by the chief of North Gertuauy throughout the Con federation and protracted visits to the head quarters of the French army made by the , chief of the State do, at the present moment, say the peacemkera what they may, mean something serious. Supposing, however, that onr belief in the peace prospect of Europe was much stronger than it is, and that we could atlord to explain away the King of Prussia's vibit to Saxony and tbe Emperor Napoleon's Tisit to the camp at Chalons, we should still feel perplexed by the extraordinary sensitive nees of the l'aria Hourse. If French capital ists have faith in the peace intentions of the Emperor wherefore this fearfulness at the Bourse, this extraordinary trembling of the monetary Valance ? The excitement at the Bourse on Tuesday is explicable only on the principle that French capitalists, whatever laith they may have in the empire, do not believe in peace. We have already, ou Feveral occasions of late, stated our reasons for believing in the probability of an early war between France and l'rnasia. For the present, therefore, we do not deem it necessary to repeat them. In yesterday's Lliralrf we gave it as our opinion that war was avoidable only on one condi tion, viz., that Prussia relinquish her hold on the Rhine province. As there is little likeli hood of Prussia doing this, and as there is just , as little likelihood of France being contented With anything short of this, the question be comes of paramount importance, lu tue event ot war breaking out between France and Prussia on which side lie the chaucsa of suc cess? The question is nice perhaps too nice, in the opinion of some persons, to be definitely answered. Still, it is the ques tion par crcelltnec of the moment, and deserves attention. If France is in every respect stronger in herself, batter pre pared to begin, and better prepared to carry on war, thre are few who will hesi tate to say that France must be the victor. If, on the other hand, Prussia is in every respect stronger, better prepared to begin and better prepared to carry on war, there are just as few who will hesitate to say that Prussia Ttmst be the victor. Which, then, is in most favorable oircumstauoes for such a struggle France or Prussia? Of the two we hesitate pot to say and we say it not because we are influenced by any pro-French sympathy, but from a simple regard to truth, after a careful examination of all the facts of the case France is unquestionably in the most hopeful condition. In the first place France is a homo geneous and compact nation, while Prussia in Ler new conditions is a heterogeneous and ill organized confederation. So far, therefore, as union is strength, the chances are in favor of . France. In the second place France has a larger population, a larger army and in every respeot larger resources than the North German Con federation. The area of North Germany is less by a iith than that of Frauoe. In lSu'ti the population of North Germany was little over thirty millions, while that of France was thirty-eight millions. The standing armies in the two countries are perhaps very much the same; but while France has always six hun dred thousand in reserve, the reserve of North Germany does not exceed three hundred thousand. It is difficult to conceive hoar King William could get together at once, and without placing society in peril, the nine hun dred thousand men on whom Napoleon oan count with the utmost confidence. Much has been made by the too enthusiasts friends ef Prussia of her superior chances at sea; but the truth is that here Prussia com pares even less favorably than France. Her tonnage when the free towns are included is greater than that of France; but she has only three iron-clads and some five hundred and forty-nine guns with which to confront the greatly more powerful navy of Napoleon. Bo far, therefore, as immediate resources go, the chances must be regarded as in favor of France. In connection with this part of the subject it is always to be borne in mind that for rapidity of execution the F'renoh have no rivals on the face of the earth. It took Prus sia twenty years to turn out her one million needle guns. France has manufactured her one million two hundred thousand Chassepots in a couple of years. Iu a protracted btruggle Prussia might prove herself the most enduring; but as a protracted struggle is impossible, as the fight, if it takes place now, must be short, sharp and decisive, the chances are infinitely in favor ot France. There is but one consideration that can in duce ns to modiiy this judgment, which is that Russia and Austria may be dragged into the contest. The neutrality of Italy, of Spain, of Portugal, of Switzerland, of Belgium, of Hol land may be taken for granted. It is not so easy to deoide on the probable course of either iussia or Austria. That there is a good understanding between King William and the Czar Alexander ia an opinion which has been generally enteitained since their late meeting at Schwalbach. It ia doubtful, however, whether this good understanding amouuts to an alliance oiieuuive and defensive. It is our opinion, as we have said before, that if Napoleon asks no more than that France shall have the Rhine for her northern "and north eastern frontier Russia will not interfere. Russia is not in a position, financially or otherwise, to court war. Austria, if she does interfere, will take the side of France; but Austrian interference can only follow that of Russia, and Austria has even stronger rea30us than 1 hose of her powerful rival to desire the continuance of p -ace. Russia and Austria out of the field the content would be brief, brilliant, and conclusive. Russia and Austria iu the field it is impossible to say where, when, or bow the struggle might eud. Great Britain ' has a deep national interest in Belgium. It is a kingdom of her own creating. To her absorp tion by France bhe uauuot be indifferent; but as she diil not fight for II mover, the ancient throne of la r pvtsent royal race, and uutil recently a virtual part of the empire, the pre sumption io that she will not fight for Bg'uoi. lu this struggle the probable course of irou'.U Germany must not be taken into account. What Say the People of Maine? from the Boston J'ost. The people of Maine cannot forget that they have great local interests at stake upen the mult of their election, and that these inte rests are now at the mercy of a party, whose leaders ia the national councils ard deaf to their appeals for relief, and have ever been ready to slaughter them for the accomplish ment of their own selfish aims. What care the Republicans of other States, or even the radical Congressmen of Maine, for the resto ration of her prostrate industry her great ship building and navigation interests the former mainepring of her growth and enter prise f What though her shipyards are de serted, ber tonnage reduced to a bsggarly array of coasters, and their earnings, as well as that of her foreign carrying trade, repre sented by zero has the radical party in Con gress ever offered to lift a finger to change this condition of things ? Has it not, in its finan cial legislation, persistently discriminated against the industry and business interests of Maine, for the benefit of other sections, and voted down every proposition brought forward to give them an equal chance with those of other pet Republican States ? As if thy were not already depressed and dead enough, when It was proposed at the close of the last session to give them the coup de grace, by putting an additional du'y on copper, we find the radical Representatives of Ma'ne, under the crack of the party whip, voting to inflict this deliberate injury npon their constituents. This inflexi ble party discipline is what the Republican leaders now rtly upon to enable thein to carry the State of Maine, in the faoe of her own mauifest interests aud her duty of self-preservation. They openly aud shamelessly sacri fice her to propitiate other interests in Massa chusetts and Pennsylvania, and to retain their hold on power as a mtional party. But when her people come to vote, they rely upon their stump orators and whippers ia to make them swallow these intuits and help to keep their betrayers in office. In a like manner they propose to keep the farmers and small traders of Maine quiet, while they continue to bleed them from every pore, and perpetuate the immunity of a fa vored class from local burdens. The people of Maine are oppressed with an immense war debt, State aud municipal, which has to be carried, and the interest paid, by that portion of them who are least able to bear the burden. The bulk of Federal taxes falls npon the yeo manry of Maine, who are the prinoipal con sumers of dutiable foreign goods which come under the head of necessaries of life, and other taxed products. But will not the radioal party, who manage the national finances, do gemiething for the relief of the hardy backwoodsmen and farmers of Maine by abating the Federal taxes ? No, not to save them from the lowest depth3 of poverty. An immense Federal revenue as the spoil and plunder of those who now enjoy the plucking of the natioual goose, and have their arms up to the elbows in the public treasury is one of the adjuncts of national power which the Republicans will never wil lingly surrender. Bleeding the people for their own private benefit is one of the perqui sites which naturally fell to theua in the finan cial management of the war; aud they would rather have war over again war now and war forever than to give up the pickings and Stealings of an overflowing Treasury. The people of Maine may b9wail the damag ing effects of a high tariff on their commerce and industry forever, but they will get no relief from it until they come boldly forward and repudiate the radical party which made that tariff in the interest of its cotton-spinning and iron and copper mining allies, and whose traditional policy is to restrict commerce to a mere exchange of home products. If our Maine fellow-citizens ever expect to have commerce liberalized and extended, or taxes equalized and reduced, so that they oan build ships and sell or sail them at a profit, and take a fresh start generally in their career of material progress, they must look to the Democratic party as their true friends and exponents. Parties nud the People. From the iV. Y. Times. , In connection with either the prospeot or the existence of the Rebellion, or with the great question of restoration, we have had three appeala to the people. The first was ia 18(10. Then the question was, shall those who intimidate the country by the threat of war, in the event of their defeat, control the Government ? Even the Democrats were not united, and the Republican party obtained the succession. The advent of this new party to power was marked by moderation. It held out the olive branch of peace. It took the defensive atti. tude. It said: "If you of the South attack the Government, our pledge is recorded to defend it; but we contemplate no aggression npon established institutions." This was no new attitude on the part of the incoming party. It had never been identified with abolitionists. It had opposed slavery in the Territories only and that was a fair field for the antagonism. The result of this territorial conflict was to decide the history of the nation for many generations to come. But the Democratic party in the South had diatinotly threatened disuuion in case this contest ehould result in favor of the free labor system, and it kept its word. It is true that when Fort Sumter was attacked, the whole North was swayed by the patriotio enthusiasm of the momeut. But soon there was a schism amDg Northern Democrats a division upon the very question of maintaining the Union. And what was the result? When the Re publican party again appealed to the people, iu 18b'4, a large portion of the old Democratic party refused to support the Chicago Conven tion which nominated McClellau and Pendle ton. That Convention was an insult to the peopl; it assumed that the republio oould not maintain itself egainbt rebellion ; it coun selled a surrender. That iuvitation came to the people as "an idle wind which they re spected not;" and McClellau gained only twenty-one electoral votes. Two years later, iu lbtib", a third appeal was made. The war was over. The diobaudel soldiers o! the Union army had returned tj peaceful pursuits; the soldiera of the Coufede derate army had returned home with their paroles in their pockets. The question was no longer one of maintaining the war against rebellion, for the nation bad gained a ooin plete victory a victory which was complete, be it remembj-(;d, only because we refused to follow the cowardly advice of those who de precated nothiuj; so much as the consumma tion of such a triumph. The question now was, how best to secure the "submission of a defeated section to honorable and just terms of civil restoration." Here again, the people maintained their old purpose, and decided iu favor of the Fourteenth Amendment. Another and final appeal is now to be made to the same tribunal. Aud under what cir cumstances ? The opposition remains pre cisely the same that it was ou the previous occasions. Why should it have been defeated then, and be sucoo sful now ? Has the Demo cratic party learned auy thing from its former defeats, and duos it now present any more reasonable or more honorable polioy ? What distinction are we to make between either the agents or the motives which respectively con trolled the Democratic Conventions ojf 1SU4 andlSC8? The Democrats contend that though they have the same agents and the same motives iif action, they have a more favorable basis of operations in the present carnpaigu. But have they ? Their claim rests uponau alleged popu lar reaction against the Congressional policy of reconstruction. They cannot gain a single vote except upon this consideration. Now, in the first place, what ia called a reaction was indicated only by the absence from the polls I last year of a number of Republican? and I War Democrats who were dissatisfied with the conduot 'of Congress as regards certain fea tures of the Reconstruction policy. On the part oi me ltepuoitoan party, uowever, tins feeling has been fully met by the notniuition of General Grant in the face of the extremists of their own party. The Democrats, on the other hand, have not changed at all. Th"y persist in their old policy of sympathy with those who fought against the Union, aud propose to revolu tionize the whole history of the nation since 1800. They held the war to be unjust, an I have given the people no reason to believe that their convictions in that respect have altered. They declare the acts of Reconstruc tion unconstitutional, null, and void; aud in the event of success, promise to override the Senate of the United States, and to carry out their policy by war if necessary. Thy hvp, in fact, dived down so deep that they lay thuir hands npon all the issues of the war against rebellion, and propose to nullify and ignore them. "Kecoiistrudion" nt llic Latest tales - A (lairs iu Cleorgia. From the N. Y. World. The expulsion of the negroes from th? Georgia Legislature ia perhaps the most note worthy event since the Chicago Convention congratulated the country on the final success and Bigual triumph of the Reconstruction measures of Congress. It is conducive to publio instruction and to the formation of a sound, judgment, that this "outrage" took place before the inauguration of Seymiur and Blair, before their eleotion, before even the Presidential canvass is yet fully opened. It has occurred while the Rump Congress is yet supreme, while the President is bouud in legislative fetters, and the powers of which he is despoiled are divided between the radical Senate and the radical General of the army. There could be no condition of things at the Federal capital more favorable to the success of the new State governments. And yet the experiment has already virtually broken down in the most important of the recon structed States. Those who have doubted whether the negro governments cau be transformed by peaceful means, need have no further misgivings. The chief step towards such a transformation has been successfully taken in spite of the re straining effect of Congressional influence, while that influence is at its height. Dagon has fallen in his own temple. So invin cible is the repugnauoe of white men to negro equality, when "brought into close contact with it, that a number of white radicals vottd for the expulsion of the negroes, and other white radicals &d-ii the result by their absence. We can safely trust the spirit which pervades the Legislature to make any ehauges which may be deemed desirable. Having braved the frotvua of Congress and taken this step, at a time when Cougress is omnipotent, they will readily go farther aiid complete what they have begun, when they And themselves backed and supported by the publio opinion of the whole comtryaa tvinoed in the Presi dential election. It is demonstrated that the whole thing can be managed without resort ing to any action outside of the new State governments or to insurrection against them, by the easy and peaceful method of controll ing those governments and making them the agents of their own reformation. We have long had full faith in the feasibility of this method of operation, and therefore saw no necessity for concerning ourselves with their direct over throw. Ever eince it became certaiu that these governments would be orgauized, our advice Ins been to get control of them, as the cheapest and shortest way of eliminating the negro element from Southern politics. The fact that the whites aie a majority in most of tue ciates enables tueiu to do what they please, now that Congress has formally sur rendered control by recognizing the State Governments. It has no longer any pretext for interfering except to uphold the new Gov ernments against competitoos, aud if no competing governments are organized, and necessary changes are made by controlling aud remodelling these de facto governments, Con gress is powerless to arrest the reaction, even during the short remaining period of radioal supremacy. Nor can the President bi called uj.on to protect the new governments if they are made the instruments of their own trans formation. If, as the Tribune and its Georgia correspon dents claim, the State Constitution has been violated by the expulsion of the ngroea, the prospect is all the more encouraging. Congress has been, for the last six years, teaohiug the doctrine that a constitution is whatever its in terpreters choose to make it. The Legislature of Georgia are apt pupils. When Congress excluded the Southern Representatives, thre years ago, its strong point was the unquestion able authority of each House to juige of the qualifications of its own members. Whether they decide right or wrong there is no supe rior authority to review their decision. The Georgia Legislature acts upon the same prin ciple. It, as well as Congress, is the sole judge of the election aud qculiGeatious of its members, and its decisions are equally exempt from review. If it exoHdes those whom the State Constitution adm ts there is no mode of redre? s any more than when Con gress excluded members whom tin Constitu tion ot the United States would aduvt. A Stale Constitution, as well as the Federa1 Constitu tion, may be a thing of wax in the htuds of its interpreters; and if it be true, as ths radicals claim, that the expulsion of the negroes is a violation of the Georgia Constitution, they are only made to swallow a small dose of thair own medicine. Let us hope that this exclusion will operate as a salutary check on negro insoh-nje. It is as complete a denial of their political equality, as exclusion from the suffrage. Negro ctll 'e holding is a logical consequenoe of uegro voting. Exclusion from office whils they are permitted to vote, will make them diooon tented and mutinous. The withholding of the one privilege leaves them the disposition, and the conferring of the other gives them the power to be troublesome. Such an inionais teucy cannot long continue; and as the public sentiment of Georgia does not tolerate negro office-holding, it will presently discover that the tranquility of the State requires the sup pression of negro voting. The expelled mem bers will take gcod care to identify the two rights as mutually involving each other. They are the common offspring of the doctriue of negro equality. The pbople of Georgia, to avoid one, will sooner or later extinguish both. It is fortunate thai the negroes will discover that they have Ken humbugged while their pretended friends, the ralicals, are still in power. It will turn their wrath against thwe who have fed them with false hopes. Before the time comes for readjusting the suffrage, they will have ceasel to care a iy thing about it, inasmuch as it is a mere pr'vi lege of electing white men to offije. Th-y will not wish to beat the bu;m for others to catch the bird. The ease with which the whites have gained control of the new Georgia Legislature suuuM be an instructive Ihkhou to the citizens of the United States. It demoubtrutes that the work in which Congress has been engaged for the last three years is as idle aud abortive as au attempt to make the Sjutheru rivers and streams flow back towards their sonroes. All this time baa been wasted and th oountry kept in a turmoil to rear a structure which tumbles into ruins as soon as it leaves the hands of its architects. That the politioal skill of the Southerners Is exhausted by this first experiment, would be an unwarranted conclusion. With their superior numbers, superior intelligence, and great experience In political management,, the Southern whites are oertain to control their own States, when Congress ceases to govern them from Wash ington as military satrapies. If they do not like the new State Constitutions they will will find a way to alter them. Bo long as those Constitutions remain nominally in force, they can interpret them, and a bad constitu tion well interpreted may be a very tolerable instrument while preparing for a better. Under a Democratic administration, the change will be tasy and peaceful; but if the radicals were te retain possession of the Fede ral Government they would keep the South unsettled for another four years. How to Win. From the N. Y. Tribune. An overwhelming majority of the American rople want peace. They desire a mild but a firm, strong, National Government, and such impartial protection of all citizens in their equal rights as can only be obtained by the election of Grant aud Colfax. AU that we need to beat the enemy iu each of the Ojtober elections, and to carry the whole country by storm in November, is to call up onr Republi can r serve. Democrats warn us that, if there is anything doubtful about the result, they will appeal again to the sword. If it shall de pend in any manner on counting, or not, the voles of the ten Southern States, they would decide the question, not in the Electoral Col lege, nor in Congress, nor in the Court3, but by another four years' war. If neither South Carolina nor Virginia are counted, they fight. If both vote radical and are counted, and their votes decide the contest, they fight. If one is counted and the other not, they fight. In either event they will light at the polls to pre vent a fair vote, and fight if an unfair vot- is not counted. They discover that their Rebel Generals surrendered under a misapprehen sion. They supposed that ou giving up the sword they were to resume the sceptre. On laying down their arms they were to run the Goveinmeut. Had they supposed anybody would be so unkind as to oppose or prevent this, they would have fought ou Having sur rendered under a trilling mistake, they want a chance to fight again. If we are to have peace, therefore, our ma jorities must be universal, undoubted, irresist ible. The strength of the nation must assert itself at the polls, if it would not be called again to waste its best blood in battle. We can lose by allowing Republicans to suppose that the Democratic policy of defying the laws of Congress, aud overturning by force the reconstructed State Governments,can be peacefully carried out. The pretense that such a policy is possible without civil war 13 a snare and delusion as fatal and desperate as the supposed peaceful secession of 1SG0. Members of the revolutionary Convention iu South Carolina then pnposed to adopt as their nag doves bearing olive leaves, ou a ground of pure white, as a token that their secession and independence had been aooompliahed peacefully. So now we hear of electing a President who will peacefully defy the laws passed by Congress, and use the army to revolutionize the governments of ten States, under pretense of subjecting the military to the civil power. Every slumbering Democrat and dormant Republican who imagines that such a policy ia not a call to arms, is the un coDsrious tool and ally of a new rebellion. We can lose by allowing Republicans to believe that this campaign is merely or mainly a qaestionof finance, of dollars and cents, and that the tax-payers will be en riched by repudiation. It is the cohorts of the Rebellion, forming again for the capture, not merely of the seat of Government, but of the Government itself. We can win by actively circulating among the people the facts, which are the only suc cessful means of counteracting the errors and lies by which honest men are led to vote for Seymour, Blair, and Rebellion, agaiust Grant, Colfax, and Peace. Circulate the bsst Repub lican local paper of your Congressional Dis trict, it contains, or ought to contain, facts bearing on your local candidates and questions which no metiopolitau journal cau so fully or wisely discuss. If you know of local facts which it ought to publish and does not, for ward them to your local paper, and give others the benefit of your information. The selection of proper and able members of Congress, and of the State Legislatures whioh are to elect our Senators, is of unspeakable importance. It is Congress, after all, which must rule. The President cau only advise aud influence, execute and obey. Nxt to your be3t lool journals, oiroulata far and wide your ablest, most iustruotive National Republican paper. If you j udge it to be the 'Jribune, which has nowau aggregate circulation twice that of any other newspaper in America, and exceeding that of any other in the world, then circulate the Tribune. If, instead of 275,000 Ti Unities, we could within a month announce that we Were printing J00 1 00, none would hedtate to predict by thut sign alone that Graut and Col'ax would cany eveiy doubtful State for Union and l'ei.cw, and make every Democratic Slate doubtful. If you prefer some other Republi can pay-r, then circulate the one you prefer. But the first divine command, "Let there be Lifcht," precedes tbe later gospel, Let there be Peace. Every voter who cannot or does not read is dangerous to a Republic. Every such man exclmled from voting ia still more daa geious. The remedy lies hot in thedisfran cbirtiiieut of men, but in the en'rauchisemeut of mind, in which work the newspaper is the chief ageiicy. The organization of clubs ia the most effi cient means of spreading light and information, ai:d of putting forth the energy and power which result. In mind, as in matter, light, heat, attraction, motion, and power, are all due fVrce, in different stages of its manifesta tion, ilen, moved by a common impulse, will be drawn together in masaes proportionate to tbp end to be at ained. We f8v to you, then, Republicans, through out the North and booth, not one of you can do jour whole duty by staying at home until election day, and thm going to the polls aud voting. By this apathy you may defoat your ticket in some of the States. We need, your power end personal cooperation from this time forth until the day ot election. If you are a returned soldier, organize with your comrades, and make your presence felt where ever lal men and true gather. If you are an tble bodied man, and prefer peace to war, honest labor und industry to riot and revolu tion, law and order to rebellion, turn out in procession with those who believe as you do, and ktep step to the music of the Union. Your piesenco ia power.' Your absenos is weakness. Raise the pole. Unfurl the flag. Carry the torch. March.. Be one of the great hosts of fieedoni and truth, and you have done your duty. Hold back, and, despite your vote, the' Mame of our defeat may rest iu part upon ou. During the approaching two months the watcvord of Republicans must bd action, action, action ! The time for discussion is 213 & 220 S. FRONT ST. 213 S 220 j S. FROM ST. I & GO WINES, ETC. OFFER TO THB TRACE, IN LOTS, ' F1M KYE AM) B0URB0X WHISKIES, I BOXD, Of 1BGS, 1800, 1807, unci 188. AIS, FIFE FIXE' ME AXD EOtBEOX WHISKIES, Of GREAT AGE, ranging from to 184S. Liberal oontraota will be entered Into for lots, in bond at UlsUUery.ofthls years' rnanufa'-trn.' rapidly prsslrg. Thonged for it is le33 impera tive than the demand for energy on the part of those who are fully with U3. Let us have from these publio demonstrations of our nu merical strength on a grand scale. Let Re publicans attend our meetings, aud take part in every publio demonstration, not merely from curiosity to hear the speeches, but as an act of patiiotio duty. Then these monster gatherings will have a power like the recent glorious news from Vermont, and the coming news from Maine, to guide as well as to iali cate the popular current. See, fiuolly, that your town aud school dis trict clubs have full aud accurate lists of all voters and how they stand. Visit the doubt ful voters yourself. Find out on what grounds they propose to stay at home on election day. Answer their objections kindly, squarely, and fully, if you can, or see that others do. Re member we are fighting the last great battle of the war for the Union aud freedom. Our success depends upon bringing up our entire reserve. j JAMES CARSTAIRS. JR.f I Kos. 12G WALMT aud 21 (il.'AMTE Sis., j IM FOSTER OF UrnnCies, Wiiics, Uiii, Olive Oil, E (c. 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C, will include all Fresh and Corned Bt-t aud Muuou required for ltues, and lor Bales to ouioers end l otherh authorized to purchase at this donot. .'J 'ie. e8n required for Bales to olhcera sup plied to he or the fluesi quality, of select parts, made uy the oilicer lu charge, front Hie hlud quartors aud lbs ot the- fore quarle rs. That required ioi the troops to be ot equal proportions of fore aud hindquarters; necks, Rhuiiks, and kidney tallow not received. All the meat will be suojuot to rigid luBpectlon; io be of exci-lieut marketable quality, and lu unexceptionable coiiuiilon. In all ousos, ir the meai is notsailMfautory, purchhses In the open market will be made at the expend of the con tractor. 'liie contractor will be required to deliver tbe meat at Hie storehouses, at the places named, whore he will distribute it lu such quantities, and at such limes, as au ollicer ot the Subsistence Department may direct. teparate proposals will be received for supplying the troops at Eons Foots or Washington, Md.. with fresh aud Corued Beef, and with Corned Be.ef aud Mutton, in Washington, LK C, but no proposition will heret uided lor lurnlsulng the Fresh Beet In VVasii. ington. D.C., without It includes both sa'es aud issues. In accepting the last bid the lowest average price on the quantity required lor both rurposei will be cou entered. Bidders must be present at the opening of the bids. Pa nient to be made at this Otlloe monthly for ail meat purchased, or when lu tuuds for the pur pose. All questions respecting quality and condition will be settled by the Ulicer or the Subsistence Depart ui ni receiving t ho meat. '1 he contracts will he made for six months from the 1st day ot October. 18H8, or such period as the Com u Ihtbry -Otneial may lieiermlue. The proposals for supplying a l connected with the Department of WashiiiKtou Is made by direction oi Brevet Major -Geueral Kti. H. S. Caaby, commanding. 9 8 6t Depot and Cuiel C. 3. PROPOSALS FOR CORN" AND OAT3. liK 1 Qt'KTKHH DlHTRlLT OF THE InI)IM 'ltBKlIUJiX I'HIkJi' Ql.'AaTKbM ASTEa'8 f O-Kfica, Pout Uibbon, U. N. f . . . . . August ii. I'.3. ) retilrd Proposals In duplicate will Oe reoWeu at tl.ls mine until iwou on AluNUAV, the s:n dayol iieieb-r, lbCK, for lurulnhlug the Quartermaster's itw'iv nieul' wltU 8ul'P'll'', '0 be delivered as ful f'M GIBSON, Cherokee Nation, lo.too busheliof FORT ATt BUCKLE, Chickasaw Nation, 20.000 tjUHi.els ot Ciirn. i OUT AltliUCKLE Chickasaw Na' Ion, 6000 bushels ot Ullib. aii bl is to furnish the above must be for sound n.ercliuinahlc Coru or Oa.n. subject to the lusrection (jtit.eolUceior Btjeutot the United Stales receiving .lie i ame. Proponuls must lu all c?ss specify the kind and quanti y ol torn or Oats the bidder desires to lurulah, li etiiei In lacks or bulk. acii bid must be accompanied by a good and laffl c'enifcuarauiee from two responsible parties setting to. in mat lu Ihe event of us a' cepiunoe, they will give ample security for the lalthlul performance of l)je same. Tne right to reject any or all bids that may be offered Is r tervtd. Proposals must be plainly Indorsed "ProposaU for Cum," or JJro),usala lor OiiM,"as the case may be, sua auoretstu to the uuutrulguad at Fort Uibsuu, Payment to be made In Government funds on de llveiyot U. Corn or Oats, or as Boon thereafter as lurds hhali have been received for that purpose. Delivery to commence on or before Nov. t is , and to continue at a rate of not less than Dtwu b ashels oer month until thecoutract Is tilled. 'i'w By order of Brevet Major-Gmeral B. H. GRIERSON. A. F. Rock Win. I., Brevet Lieut. -Col,, A. tl. M. li e A Ch'il Q. M. District Indian Territory. 0 t O 3 ' DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., K.E. Corner of F0UET1I and RACE Sts., PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURER, Ojf Viliilc Lead and Colored Taints, Tultj, Yariiialies, Etc. AUE.NT4 FOR THE CELEBRATED EKEMll ZLNC TALMS. I'K I.KK8 AND CONSUMERS SUPPLIED AT LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH. ,101 BOA' WHISKIES. LUMBER. F H. WILLIAMS, S EVENT EI aTli FU 8P.S.N 1868. BPRUCE JOIST. fePKUCE Joiax. HEMLOCK. hemlock:. 1868. 1 RUU. kehosed clear fi njc lOUO. bEAtSOJS ED CLE 4.R PINK RttR CHOICE FATTJDRN PlSw' -L00. 1868. 186 a CAROLINA FLGORIiNO AUUO. VIKOIMA ELOOiONu DEL AW ARK EIXJOIUA-HJ ASH Jb'LOORIJNU. ' WALWUT elooring. FLORIDA bThlP BOARDS. RAIL PLANK7 I k( '.R WA-V-NUTBDh. AMD PLANK 1 . w-rT lOUO. WAX-ACT BD. AND ptiisjr ' 18fiH Walnut plank. 1.868. uIaS fciasjg; 1868" Red cedar. auuo v'alnijt ajd pinr. M E 'A HON ED POPLA R. 1 nW bEAbONED CHERRY, A068 VHITE OAKmAKI) BOARDS. I 9AR KWAR BOX MAKKW J.C03. IO. ll.'A It Hi iv vi a t- ....r,. btfANliiti CKDAR BOX BOARDS k'nll WAIT.' rrttiT '"kx"sl CAROLINA eOANTLlSO, 1 0O CAROLINA H. T. blLlS 18nH NCR WAY eCANTLINoT HI CEDAR KHINULEH. -I 0m MAULE BROTHER & CO. fro. HOOTH Street "TJ KITED BTAT1S BUILIEP.S' MILL," AOS. 24, 2G, and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St., PHILADELPHIA. E&LER & BROTHER, MAKUFACIUBEBS OF WOCD V OULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR BALUS TEl;S, NEWELL TOSTd, GENERAL TURN- IN AND BC ROLL WORK. ETC. The largest afportment of WOOD MOULDINGS la :hlu city constantly on hai:d 9 2 2m WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC. -EWIS LADOMUS & CQ TTATCUES, JEnEl.ttY A 81LVKB WAItk. JWAT0HE3 and JEWELRY EEPAIEED. -jpgCheBtnnt St., FbAljL Wonld Invite particular at ten Hon to their lame and eleaH assortment of LADIES' AND GENTS' WATCHES of Amerlran and Foreign Makers of tteQnest quality lu Gold and bllver Cases. . timlnf?rlely 0t IuaePendent Second, for horse r Jjw'and Gents' CHAINS of latest styles. Ia 14 BTTTON AND EYELET STUDS In great variety newest patterns. HOLID SILVERWARE for Bridal presents; Plated -ware, etc. Repairing dons In the best manner, and war. tnteU- UHp QPCCIAL NOTICE. UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1, 1868, I WILL CLOSE DAILY AT 5 P. SI. U. W. RUSSELL, Importer and Pealer In French Clocks, Watchei 1'lue Jewtlry, ana Bllver Ware, Ko. 22 aorta SIXTH Street, B 26J PHILADELPHIA, FIRE AND EURGLAR PROOFSAFES C, . L. MAISTCTt UlVIIVif'Tltniru nn WIRE AND JSUlUiLAU-l'HonF Htfrtfa LOCKeMlTJT, II KM.-TI ANGER, AND DEALER IN BtiLDlMJ HARDWAKb'. fu. 1 RACK Street. OFIEB9 FOR filAI.fi PATTERN LUMBER OF ALL KINDS. EXTRA bEABONED PANEL PLANK. BCILDINQ LUMBER OF EVERY DEycRLP. CAROLINA 4-4 and 5 4 FLOORING. J HEMLOCK JOISTS, ALL SIZES. f CEDAR SHINOLE8. CYPREfcB BUNCH 8 HIV ' GLES, PLASTERING LATH, POsrs, " I ALSO, A FULL LINE OF WALNUT AND OTHER HARD WOODS. LUMBER WORKED TO ORDER AT SHORT 7 27mwr2rn QEORCE PLOWMAN. CARPENTEtt AND BUILDUP, REMOVED To No. 131 DOCK Ktreet, , Vli ILADKLPUIA.
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