THE VtelaY ?v EN1NG TFJ,EGRArnmiLADELPmA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15r 1&68; SPIRIT OF THE 'MESS. EDITORIAL OPIIOBS OF THB LBADtlfft JOUB!Al DPorT CUKI11NT TOPICS COMI'IXBD HVBBT SAT FOR TUB BVENIHO TELBOBATH. general Grant's ropulsrifr and How lie Wis imu Ina tod. From the 2V. y. Herald. Since the nomination of General Grant as the Republican standard-bearer, the Demo cratic Journals and etutnpera, to a great ex tent, bare been laboring to create the impres sion that be ia not a popular candidate; that he if a oold and austere man, wh has no thing of the elements of personal popularity about him; that he possesses neither the civil experience nor the qualities of statesmanship neoessary for the Presidency; that as a mili tary leader his record is that of a bntoher and blunderer; that his success against the armies of the Rebellion may be credited to his over Whelming forces, the exhaustion of Rebeldom, and the chapter of accidents, and, worse than all, that he has no policy of his own, but is a voiceless automaton, subject to be moved and managed by the radioal powers behind the scene. Under all these drawbaoks his politi cal adversaries contend that his name and military fame give no strength to the Republi can party, but that against Seymour he stands somewhat in the relation of General Scott to poor Tierce in 1852. Now, we think that to establish the popu larity of Ueneral Grant it is only necessary to recite the popular movements and influences which brought about his unanimous nomina tion on the first ballot in the Chicago Conven tion. At this time last year he was not by any means a favorite with the Republioan mana gers and leaders. They, Greeley and all, dis trusted him and leaned decidedly towards Chief Justice Chase. In fact, in the last Octo ber election in Ohio, the Republioan managers made their fight upon the merits of Chase and his negro sullrage policy, and Mr. Chase him self, as if his political fortunes depended upon the result, took an active hand in that canvass. The result was the defeat of universal negro suffrage in Ohio by a very decisive majority, a Democratic Legislature, and a narrow esoape of the Republican Governor. So much for Ohio. In the last November State canvass in New York Governor Fenton, Greeley, Bpenoer, and others of the radical clique of managers undertook a little more emphatically than it was done in Ohio to make the election a test of the availability of Mr. Chase as the pre ordained Republioan candidate for the next Presidency, and the result was overwhelm ingly against him. The conservative Grant Republicans largely contributed to this result and lager beer did the rest. All this time the radical leaders, managers and newspapers, labored zealously against the Republioan organs and movements in favor of Grant. Their reasons for this course very Strong as party reasons were, they said, that Grant had not shown his hand; that his posi tion on the great part issues of the day was Tery uncertain; that of his antecedents as a politician little or nothing was known, and that in accepting the position of Seoretary of War ad interim iroin Andrew Johnson, espe cially when it involved the displacement of Stanton, the General placed himself to some extent on the side of Johnson and the De mocracy. Nor was this construction of this incident limited . to . the radicals; for the Democraoy were so well pleased with it that iu General Grant they began to think they would have the very man they were searching for the man required to beat the radicals with Chase as their candi date. Nor was this discussion of the chances and probabilities of the Presidential fight brought to an end till about the 22d of Febru ary last. Meantime, upon the heels of the Pennsylvania and Ohio elections, and more aotively after the New York election, with its forty-seven thousand Democratic majority, spontaneous outbreaks of the Republioan rank and file, here, there, and everywhere, in favor of Grant began to be the order of the day. Thus the popular tide had already set in very Strongly in this direction when au event oc curred at Washington which instantly Bettled all doubts upon the subject in favor of Grant. The event we refer to was the surrender of the War Department by General Grant back again to Seoretary Stanton, with the refusal of the Senate to concur in the suspension by the President. From this event, and the corre spondence between Mr. Johnson and General Grant resulting from it, the stone whloh the radical builders had rejected was made at once the head of the corner. In defining his posi tion on this business Grant ,had done it so effectually that immediately he beoame the favorite of the radical leaders against all comers, and immediately all the batteries of the administration and the Demooratlo party were turned against him. Ilad Grant preferred it he could just as easily have made himself the anointed champion of the administration and the Democraoy, so manifest on all sides was his strength among the people. This change of base on the part of the Re publioan leaders, following in the wake of the masses of the party, Bettled the question for the Chicago Convention, and resulted, too, iu a change of base on the part of the Chief Jas tioe. This was developed on the impeaohment trial, and soon after the President's aoqulttal Mr. Chase, as the defender of the Constitution, began to loom up as the most available man fo the administration, the Demooratlo party, and the conservative Republicans. Bat this immense stride forward was too long for the short legs of the Bourbonized managers of the National Tammany Convention, and so we have Seymour, another poor Pieroe. against Grant, who, in a quieter and more amiable way, is another General Jackson, and a man of far more than Jackson's olalmB to the oar tiality and confidence of the people. They know it, and from the first teBt election on his merits in New Hampshire last spring down to this day they have expressed their oonfidnnoe In this quiet, sensible, cool, and practioal man in a voice which cannot be misunderstood. And so, from all the signs and facts before us, it will be to the end of the battle; for the masses of the people, even against the radioal leaders, have an abiding faith in the sound conservatism of General Grant. The War Question Iu Europe. From the iV. T. Tribune. A disarmament of Prussia, as annonnoed by a cable, despatch in our issue of Saturday, weuld be an event of great importance. For many years the reduction of the war budget, and consequently of the army, has been a Standing demand of the majority of the Prus sian Legislature, and as the Government de clared it Impossible to accede to the demand, it has been a oonstant cause of quarrel between it and the people. After the establishment of the North German Confederation, the enemies of Prussia in the South German States found oone of their arguments against a union with PrnSBia so effective as that of the heavy war budget of Prussia. Formerly, the Prussian Government justified the maintenance rt the large standing army by pointing to its powerful neighbors, who greatly exoeeded her In point of population, and made it necessary for her to defend her position as one of the great powers of Hurope by keeping up the most efflolent possible military eauTllshmeut., The most na tural explanation ot a disarmament oi Prussia, whenever it may take plane, would be that I great mass of the neorle. and the eonseouent Prussia now feels herself sufficiently strong and I strength and stability of the nation, rather vun vne inauigenoe of perbonal ambition or the gratification of a restless, theorizing mind. safe to dispense with a portion ef the army, to graury the wishes of a majority of the Prussian people, and to court the applause of ail the progressive minds of Europe by assuming th-i initiative in the question of a general disarma ment, which the Progressive party have begun to agitate . in every country. The military power of Prussia during the last two years has vactly increased. From being a nation of 18,000,000 of people, she has at present under her immediate command the forces of a Con federation numbering 29,000,000, and as, in case of a foreign war, the South Germau States would undoubtedly adhere to the stipulation of the treaties which places their armies nnder the chief command of Prussia, she re presents in suoh a case a nation with nearly 39,000,0000 of people. As. the army of the North German States has been wholly consoli dated with the Prussian, and that of the Southern States has been reorganized after the Prussian model, the army of whloh the King of Prussia, in time of war, assumes the su preme command, ia double the strength of the Prussian army prior to 1S66. So powerful, indeed, was Prussia after the reconstruction of Germany in 186G that the French Government admitted the superiority, in point of numbers and of readiness for a great war, of the German to the French army. A reorganization of the latter, though it was extremely unpopular and alienated some of the staunohest friends of the empire, was forced through the legislative body, on the plea of its absolute necessity for the safety of France. The reorganization having been car ried through, the French Government de clared that now it was prepared for any emer gency. Ever since there has been a wide spread opinion that Napoleon, believing France to be possessed of a military force superior to that of Prussia, was desirous of bringing on a war and conquering all of Germany that lies west of the Rhine. The opinion has gained strength in spite of (perhaps in consequence of) the many semi-oihcial pacific declarations on the part of the French Government. It has been supposed that, after secretly com pleting all the preparations for a great war, Louis Napoleon might, as a pretext, spring apon Prussia a peremptory demand for the reduction of her army. Such a demand would, of course, be refused. Prussia has shown that she can muster courage to refuse improper demands of Napoleon, and that she will not and cannot disarm at his bidding. Whenever Prussia may disarm, she will do so because she thinks herself sufficiently strong to risk suoh a step, and probably with a view to the effect upon home policy in allaying the o ppoBltion of the South German Liberals The moneyed men of France do not believe in the pacifio intention of the Emperor, and the Bourse continues to be greatly agitated. Everybody believes that the Emperor, not withstanding his pacifio assurances, would not hesitate an hour to declare war, if he were en tirely sure of the issue. If he refrains from war, it is becanee he regards the prospeots of success as anything but sure. We adhere to the opinion that Prussia will avoid as much as possible to give Napoleon a just cause of offense, and that Napoleon will not dare to precipitate a war. General (Jrant and a Democratic "Peace." From the N. Y. Time. . The organs of the Demooratlo party insist that "peace" caDnot be Beouted to the country by the election of General Grant. Precisely bo in 18U4 they insisted that peaoe demanded the election of McClellan and the defeat of Lincoln. Then war was flagrant, and the Democratic mode of seouring peaoe was by stopping the war by proclaiming a truce between the contending armies, and making that the occasion and the basis for a peruia-. nent adjustment of conflicting olalois. The people did not sanction this programme. They preferred to "fight it out," and in that way to settle the issues that had been male. They re-elected Lincoln, and thus proclaimed their fixed and unalterable determination to make peace byl overcoming and conquering the rebellion which had disturbed it. The Democratic plan would have euded the war, undoubtedly, and would thus have given ns peace; but it would have been a peaoe lacking all sanction a peace that would have settled nothing that would have left all the original elements of the rebellion in full vigor and force, and that would have been speedily dispelled by a renewal of the contest under circumstances infinitely more favorable to the rebellion. . , Time has thoroughly vindicated the wisdom of the decision in 18u'4. Peace came the war closed the moment that decision was pro nounoed. And so will it be now. The elec tion of General Grant will have the same effect on the political passions and conflicts that now disturb the publio mind, which the election of Lincoln in 1864 had upon the con test waged in the battle-field. It will declare the fixed purpose of the people; and that of itself will go far towards seouring the objeot sought. For, in Bpite of the elamor and con fusion that always accompany a political can vass, the will of the people, when onoe de clared, always challenges and commands re spect. All parties, all sections, all interests and all clauses respect it. It is the natural tendency of popular sentiment to deier to and obey it. The history of the nation affords only, one instance ol an effort to disregard and resist it and the result of that was so disastrous bo utterly fatal to those by whom it was made that there ii but little danger of its being renewed, during the present genera tion at all events. The Democratic party is dealing largely in threats of resistance to the public will, if that will shall be prouounced iu favor of the eleo tion of General Graut and of reconstruction on the basis of universal suffrage laid down by Congress. There is neither terror nor strength in these threats. Indeed, a portion of the Demooratlo press is already learning that they only damage the cause they are designed to Berve. Theie may be diflereuoes of opinion as to the wisdom of the Congressional plan of reconstruction, but there will be none as to the necessity of not allowing that plan, or any other that may be embodied in the law of the land, to be overthrown by for a. Democrats may threaten Buuh resistance now as they did in i860; and the South may trust to hopes of party aid in resisting it now, as they did then. But it will fail them still more signally and disastrously now. The national sentiment the sentiment of loyalty to the law the senti ment which reinforces and sustains the will of the nation as embodied in law, and which will maintain and enforce that will against hostility from any and from every quarter, is stronger n ow than it ever was before. In the personal character and temper of General Grant, moreover, the whole oountry feels a profound assurance that under his ad ministration peaoe will be sought and scoured in the spirit of peaoe. Die has held himself aloof steadily from the Very beginning from everything like party rancor and sectional passion, lie has taken part in none of the poiitioal or party oonfliota of the day. lie has neither shown nor felt anything like hostility or distrust of any portion of the people, in any section or at any time, lie is no theorist no scheming or epeonlating politician. His states manship is purely prauttcal seeking praotioal euds solely by practicable nieaus aud aiming to secure the highest permanent good of the j Lie Will maintain the Afloflniiancv and mino rity of the law, first, because the obligations of his official duty and oath will require him to do it, and, furthermore, because it is only, through the agency and authority of the law that peace can be preserved, and the welfare of the nation can be seoured. The Demooratlo party has proclaimed the great aim and objeot of its contest to be the forcible nullification of the law, and the over throw by force of the authority of the Govern ment which seeks to maintain it. Frank Blair's letter, which is everywhere accepted by the party as its real platform the key note of the canvass proclaims this in lan guage so clear that it cannot be mistaken, and so emphatio that it cannot be disregarded. The paramount objeot whloh the Demoorats have in view in electing a Democratic Presi dent, is to seoure through him, by means of the army that will be under his command, the overthrow and dispersion of the State Govern ments newly established in the Southern States, and to compel by the bayonet the Senate and, if necessary, the House of Repre sentatives, to obey the dictation of the Execu tive alone. This is the Demooratlo programme for the government of this Republic It cor responds preolsely with the programme by which Louis Napoleon, in 1852, converted the Republio of Frauoe, of which he had been elected President, into an Empire, and made himself Emperor. It differs only in this, that Napoleon did the act in the darkness of mid night, and then asked the people to sanction it, while our Demooratlo party has the frank ness and the assurance to ask the people to sanction their coup d'etat in advanoe. Napo leon told the French that his Empire was "peace." The Demoorats tell our people the same thing; bnt as their Exeoative Empire is not yet established, and they have not yet the command of the army, the people will probably look for "peace" in some other direction. "Repudiation." From the If. T. World. One of the chief sections of the Republioan platform adopted at Chicago, is a bull against louunura, luiuiiwueu iu iiiese worus. "We denounce all forms of reoudlation national crime; and the national nouorrequires llje pnynieut oitbe publio luUebteduess lu the nttermoHi good falili lo all creditors, at home and abroad, not only according lo llie letter but me tpirn, ui uie ias UQQer wiiicu it was con tracltd." Now we undertake to say, and shall find no diliioulty in proving, that this resolution con dooms the whole aotion of the Republican party in relation to the payment of publlo ueuis up o mis vime. first, we win meet mem on tnelr own ground, and, using their own boastful pre tences as the foundation ot our argument, will show that the Republicans are admitted and self-proclaimed repudiators, if the publio debt is due, as they contend it ia, iu gold. The chief point of the recent speooh of Mr. Atkin son, indorsed by all the Republican papers, is, that since the close of the war the Govern ment has paid off more than eight hundred millions of the publio debt, or one-fourth of its whole amount in 1865. Just for the nonce, merely for argument's sake, let us admit this preposterous claim. One-fourth, then, of the whole publio debt has been paid by the Republioan party. But paid in what cur rency f Is theie a Republioan who will stand up aud say that that great amount, or any portion of it, baa been paid in gold f Ia good truth, not a dollar of the debt has been paid iq gold not a dollar of the floating debt, nor a dollar of the funded debt. Now (still rea soning oh the absurd claim of Mr. Atkinson and his indorsers) if one-fourth of the debt has been paid without using: a dollar of gold for that purpose, why may not still more of it be paid iu the same way ? What oonsistenoy is there in contending that the publio debt is honestly payable in gold, and claiming oredit in the same breath for having paid off eight hundred millions of it in greenbacks f For certain it is, that all whloh has been paid, thus far, be it much or little, has been paid in lawful money. Reasoning on the false assumptions of adver saries is not, however, very satisfactory. Dis missing these assumptions, we prooeed to deal with unquestionable facts. ' The Republican party has had possession of nearly all the State Governments since the Legal-tender act was passed. Those States had debts contracted previous to the passage of that aot; debts contracted on a gold basis; debts due for gold actually borrowed, and for the payment of whitb, principal and Interest, the States had issued their bonds. Now here were existing contraots respecting the "letter" and "spirit" of which there could be no pos sible question. The money borrowed by the States previous to the war was real money, either gold or notes convertible into gold at the pleasure of the holder. The understanding on both sides was that the faith of the States was pledged to pay those debts in a currency ol the same value. With what faoe can a party which has repudiated nearly every one of those contraots put on airs of indignant vir tue and denounce repudiation f It is the very same party whioh has had control of the Fede ral Government and the State Governments; and Laving repudiated oontraots about which there can be no question, it only exposes itself to derision when it affects to be so very tender about other loans made after the legal tender act was passed, aud iaoluded iu its terms. In this State, Governor Seymour insisted on ntaintaining the faith of contracts inviolate; but he was overruled by the Republican Legis lature. , Again, at the extra session oalled in the summer of 18ll Congress passed an aot au thorizing a large issue of Treasury notes to run thiee years, bearing seven and three tenths per cent, in'erest, and receivable for duties on imports. A large amount of those notes was issued one hundred and fifty mil lions in all. Be it observed that this loan preceded the pannage of the legal-tender aot; in the contemplation of both borrower and lenders it was a gold contraot. It could not have been otherwise, because no other money than coin was then recogulzed in the laws of the United States. Yet - this con tract was repudiated by the Republioan party, and repudiated in every conceivable form. It was repudiated in theory by the passage of the legal-tender aot, which made the greenbacks a medium for discharging all demands and claims against the United States of every kind exoept interest. It was repu diated in practioe by Seoretary Fessenden, who refused to reoelve the notes of 1861 in payment of duties, although they were ex pressly made so by the terms of the law. The contract was again repudiated in praotloe by actual payment in greenbacks at maturity, although the debt had-been incurred in gold. When the debt was oontraoted, the Govern ment received dollar for dollar; when it was paid, at the expiration of three years, the lender got back only forty oents in gold value for the hundred oents in gold value whioh ha had loaned to the Government. And a party which treated the public creditors in this shabby manner has the assnranoe to denounce as repudiation -the patnent of the publio bonds in strict aooordance with their terms l What Hay tbe Tcoplo of Maine! from the Button loH. On Monday next the voters of our sister State of Maine will be oalled upon to decide, not merely a question of local administration, but indirectly to pass upon the merits of great national parties and Issues. As they will par ticipate in the first State election which may be considered to have any poiitioal slgnifloanoe, since the naming of candidates for the Presi dential contest, their aotion upon this oocaiion must be regarded as of the highest importance. We trust they realize the weight of responsi bility which rests upon them, both as oitizens of the State and nation, in exercising the right of suffrage, and the far-reaohing oonsequeuoes, either for good or evil, whioh may hang upon their popular verdiot. They have lately heard the great poiitioal and finanoial issues of the day discussed by able men of both parties, and, if they are not blinded by prejudice or enslaved by party ties, they will have no diffi culty in discriminating between the true aud the false, or deoiding what is their present duty to themselves and the oeuntry at large. They will bear in mind that, notwithstand ing the artful appeals of demagogues who would keep alive the dying embers of sec tional strife, the war for the Union is over, and that the political issues settled by it are dead beyond the power or hope of resurreo tion; and, moreover, that there is no party or clique, representing public sentiment in any part of the oountry, which professes or desires to revive these issues.' If there is any spirit of disunion or disloyalty to the Constitution remaining, it is represented mainly by those Northern radioals who did their best (or worst) to precipitate the country into civil war, who urged its proseontion for the sake of plunder and party gain rather than national unity, and who now refuse to acquiesoe in any restoration of that Union that does not subvert the very foundations of republican government and guarantee them a perpetual lease of power. If there are any remnants of rebellion and secession still extant and needing to be sub dued, this is the prinoipal form in which the loyal people of the North have got to meet it at the ballot-box. With the dead past buried out of sight, the business in hand relates to the restoration of political harmony and friendship, to the res cue of the nation from ruinous debt and taxa tion, to the renewed eo-operation of those commercial and industrial forces, which in the past have given us plenty and prosperity, and to the building up of those great mate rial interests in all sections of the country, which are mutually sustaining and contribute to the general welfare. The3e are the living, paramount issues of the day the matters which vitally affect the finances, commerce, and industry of every State in the Union, and come home to the business, the pockets, and the families of each and every one of their people. 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A member of one ol8i cannot be astassed this dollar If a member of another class dies. Kacb cIhbs Is independent, having no conneotlou with any other. To become a member it Is necusaary To pay teix Dollars Into the treasury at tbe time of making the application; to pay One Dollar and Ten Cents Into the treasury upou the death of each and any member of tneclats to which be or she UwIooks, within thirty days alter date ol notice of such death; to give your ftanie. 'lowu,Uoubly,fciale,OcciiDailou, etc.: alto a mtdlcal certificate. Kvery minister is axked to act as agmil, and will be paid regular rates U-DC. Circulars will explalu lolly in regard to lunds and mvtaiiueuis. Circulars giving full expla nation and blank lorms ol application will be seat, on request or u pun a personal application at the 0111 ;e Of the Association. ThUbTEEH AND OFFICERS. E JfcMORDY, PjeMdent. E. T. WHIOHT (President Star Metal Co,) Vice President. W. B. C a KM. AN (President Btuy vesant Bank), Trea surer. LEWIS BANDERS, Secretsry. D. K. IwAfNtiAM (President National Trust Co,) D. 8. DUNOOMB, tio. 8 Pine street. The trust f uuUs will be held In truit by the JNA1IONAL TKUHT COMPANY. Ho. 8 Broadway, Dew York. Agents wanted for this city. Address WILLIAM LIPPINOOTT. General Agent, Manhattan Co-operative Belief Association, m No 432 WALNUT Btreet, Phllada. GROCERIES, ETC. EXTRA FINE NEW MESS MACKEREL IN KITT8. ' ' 1 . ALBERT C. HOBEBTS. "7rp.f. , ' Dealer In Fine Groceries, ELEVENTH and VINE Streets Af I MTS.-T1IH BEST BOIITED COF rty lUf. ever r.olu in Philadelphia, at WIUtON'N old established Tea Warehouse, Ko. 23 Cnoanai 30 55 CK"T600D S Tit ON 43 ROASTED JOF at WILMIM M, No. 2H6 CHKaUN u j- tjlreet. CKJiTN.-JAVA COFFEE, IK Government sacks, at WlL.oal'M. J?NI,IMH (IIHHOKY, FOB M.4KIMG J Coflee ncn anu stroug For sale at WlL,4M'r oid established Tea Warehouse, ISO. UM UU-EdNUT ftft JirT?,1? POCND.-GOODSTROXe OU lllaiH TEA. WILMON'g, No. 88SCHHMJSUT Btreet. PEKOE ANU KNULINII BBEAK. SIFTTKOK FROM THE BENT TEAM IJT TIT 41 T If. lor sale to-day at W liVsOM 'M.6 ttthatuavt GOVERNMENT SALES. SALE OP CONDEMNED OBDNANCB AND ORDNANCE BlOKKB.and other articles ami Louis Arsenal, St Louis. Mo. Will be oirered , shIm, at public auction, commencing at 10 o'clock a il.. October 6, 1S6S, a large quantity of Condemned crdnauce Stores, and other articles, oouslsllug of Iron cannon, artillery carriages, ai.d cannon blla. artillery irr plemeots and equli ments. Carbines, mussels, rilles. nl.L.la. hnt irnii aud sabres. li.fuhtry and cavalry accoutrements. ' " orne equipments, consisting ot laddies, bridles haltera. etc. Arili.ery harness and parts of hsrness. Leather, brans, copper, and Iron scrap. Cannon, mortar, musket, aud rlflo powder, and mls ceilai.eous articles. " An opportunity will be offered by this sale for towns anu other associations, or individuals, to Dur chnse truns and carrlases which may be usedor saluLa purposes. A - .uw A catalogue of the articles to be sold will be far nlhlied upon application at this Arsenal, or at tha Crdnance OlHse. Washington, D, Q. , 1 m Terms caah; ten percent, on the day of the sale aid the remainder when the property is delivered Thirty days will be allowed for the removal ot hiay ordnance. All other stores will be re quired to be removed within ten days from close oi sale. Puking bexea to be paid for at the stated price, to be deteriniued by tbe commanding officer. iking thesale reserves the rli The ofltoer nial In and suspend the sale whenever tbe Ight to bid tllflfllnir Anam mil ci me uu to the limit that mav ba Hxad hi mmu. authority on some of the artloles, or whenever the Imerests of ibe United States, lu his opinion, may ba subserved by so doing, ' : '-p. CALLENDKB, , Brevet Brlgadler-Ueneral U. 8. A , : Lieul. Col. of Ordnance, commanding ArsenaL Et. Louis Arsenal. Mo., Ang. 21), 186H. 9 2lt ' PUBLIC SALE OF CONDEMNED ORD uauoe and Ordnance Stores. A large amount of condemned Ordnance and Ord nance Btoies will be oflered or sale, at Public Aim! lion, at tbe Bock Island Arseoair Illinois on WRn NiLMiAY. the Htb day of Octobe'r, im, at 10 o'clock A. M. The lollowiDg lint oompruiea soma at ttfi principal articles Wbe sold, viaj-: Of the i Its lrun guts, various calibres. , Mho pounus shot, shell, eto. it . HM held carriages, I t"6 lots of artl lery harness, s 6V8 carblut, various models. : 8273 niuskela aud rifles, various ratdels. 246 revolvers, various models. 4i',0M lots of infantry accoutrements. -1 2owi McClellan saddles. : Soiio curb bridles, eiioo watering bridles. Persons wishing complete lists 0 the stores to be sold can obtain them by application to the Chief of Ordnance, at Washington, D. C , of Brevet Colonel Crispin, United state Army Parchaslng OtHoer, cor ner tf Houtlou and ureen sireels, New York city, or by direct application to thla ArsenaL . . T. J. BODMAN, Lleotenant-Colonel Ordnance, and Brevet Brlsadier-Ueueral U. S. A. lOuiuiaudluff Beck island Arsenal. Wept. 4. 1868 a ( fa GAS FIXTURES. G A B F I X T II 11 . MDiKCT, MKKRILL 4 T11ACKARA. do. 718 CHliWOT btreet, manufacturers of dm Fixtures, Lainus. etc., etc, would call the attntirnof the public to their large and eiegant aauorUueut of Gas Chandeliers, Pendants, Brackets, eto. They also Introduce gas-pipes Into dwelling aud publlo building, and attend I o extendi lug, Hiuirlog, and repairing gas pipes. All work warranted. , I UI WINES, ETC. i JAMES CARSTAIR8. JR.. Kos. 12G TTAXKUT and 21 URASITE Sts., " IMPOBTES OF ' Uraiidlcg, Wines, Gin, Olive Oil, Etc Etc, inn COMMISSION MEltOHANT VOB THB BALE UP rURE OLD RYE, WHEAT, AND BOUE BOyWinSKlES. 4 , LUM3ER. 186a PPBTJCK JOIST. PBUCJJ01eir. Hk.il LOtC. ism: 1 Rf JQ Bit A (SON KD CjLKAB PJjb ir , . " lOUO. BlAbONEDCLAAKPlSlL 1 ftf ft CliOICK PATXKKN PINK AO W. BPAHIttJi CKDAK, POR PAITKRNf ujs.it ckdakT gRWS 1 ftftft JTLOKIDA XlAJOtilKU lOOO. FLOIUDA PLOOBlSo CAKOL11SA FLOOKINO. VIBOIjNIA plookAvu DiCLAWAKi. HXX)HIl5ui , ABU ILOOIUKW. ' WALMCT FLOOBINO. JTXOBIDA 8TKP BOAJuk KAIL PLANlir i86a 186a B,Dtisi8f3a WALNUT BOAH PS" AOUO. 1868. Ul A 1 k'TTm ... . - DKDKKTAKKkM' T.rru r, .. UMliUAKiUW EuMifT INKS Bill) I klllu WALJSUT AMD PINK. IfifcR 8KABOMKD POPLAR. WHITE OAK P LA IN K AJTD BOARDS ' H ICKOH YT D8- i86a lRfift CIGAR BOX MARV.K8' TTTTTT J.OUO. CIGAR BOX MAKKkS- I Kfifi ' ' FOR BALK LOW. 1 RRR CA ROLIN A BCA NTLINQ lODO. CABOLIJSA H. T. VllS' CAROLINA H. f WLiS: . J HM NORWAY BCAMTLLNQ. ' lRfift Ck'DAR SHINGLES. 1 nin lOOO. CYPRKH8 HHLNULKa, 186ft , MAULE.BROTHimAbon0, 111 o. i BOOTH t"i T. P. GALVIN & CO.. LUMBER COMMISSION MERCHANTS S1IACKAMAX0S STREET WHARF, BELOW SLOArs MILLS, lee-CALUu.), PHILADELPHIA; AGENTS FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTrrnm fw'turersof Yi-LOOvV Pj K rid SPKIKDTI BOARDH, etc., shall be ha. oi f,Sh"f le rates, deliverable at any ac.T ."Z'.' wholena ixinntantly recelrlnir SOUTHERN FLOODING and on hand at . UllA M', T T . t , . V " tU MILL," HH IK. bPB UCKThEM LOCK. "eLKCT MlSmo A NA n?S CANADA PLANK A lSn uiVl u ri".1 AND MATCO BHlP KNEltH. ij"..0 All. OF WHICH WIU BE DEUTEBED ATANY PiBTOrrilE CJTT PBOJIPtl " Tj BTATiS BUILDERS' Nos. 24, 26, and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St., PHILADELPHIA. HOLER & BROTHER, MAKUTACTUKKaa Ojf WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR BALTJS. TEKS, NEWELL POSTd, GENER AL TURN. IHQ AND SCROLL WORK. Era,' v The largest aftortment of WOOD MOULDINGS la this city constantly on hand g 1 2m WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC. XtWlS LADOMUsTcJ5 'DIAMOND DEALERS A JEWELERS.' WATCHES, JZWKLRY A BILVKB WiHS. sVATOHES and JEWELET BEPAIEED. Chegtnnt Stil Would Invite particular attention to their large and' elegant assortment of - , , ; " a LADIEH' AND GENTS' WATCHES .. ? tiSSliS? r?,relKn Makers of theUncst quality In Gold and Silver Cases. " tlrnlnr,Blr 0 lnCePeaieB X Bocond, for horse anTu uu.4 G"U' CHAINa 01 uu M BTTTON AND EYELET 8TCD8 In great variety newest patterns. ' ! f SOLID SILVER WARS 1 for Bridal presents; Platnd-ware. etc jiepauring none in the best manner, end rauteu. war. 114P g P E C I A L N OTIC E. UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1, 18C8, j I WILL CLOSE DAILX AT 5 F. .31. ; fc). IV. RUSSELL, Importer and Dealer In French Clocks. Watches Fine Jewelry, and Silver Ware, No. 22 ortJi I Its! SLXin Street, PHILA DELPHIA. LEGAL NOTICES. TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR TUB CITY JL AND COUNTY OB" PHILADELPHIA. usiaieof JAM KM T. CALLENDKR, deceased. The Auditor aunoluted tv tlm iv.i.ri m ...n and adjust the account of BLIZA P. BARTUAN, Ao ?Jlni"U?l'x i tne tL" Ot JAMKS T. Gs.LLK.V I'lLR, deceased, and lo report distribution of tha balance In the hands nf tha .iwuinl.nl twill niMlt ll.a )ri!i'?.',1,e,'e,,le, for tn Purpones of his appointment, tm 1 CfcttDAY, Md pepiember, iss. at 11 A. M., at his (jUlce.No.624 W A LN u T Street, Fbiladeluula. ,. . WILLIAM KNIUUT SRRYOCK, . 9 lothstnst Auditor. C O B N dXOHANB BAG MANUFACTORY. JOHN T. BAILEY k CO., StVOTlD TO ' V, B. owner of MAKKKT and WATER Street. ' Phliauoiphia. DEALERS IN BAGS AND BAGGING Of every descrlotlon. fur Grain, Flour, Bait, Super-phospbale of Lime. Bone Lrr. and small GTJNN Y BAGS constantly on'hand iL, .A1i WOOL SAC W" ' "'''r JAMS lltHOADBK. OTTON AND FlAX, ' : SAIL LUCK AND CANVAS, . . Of all numbers and brands.' Tent, Awning-. Trunk, aud Wason Cover Duck A Iso Paper Msnufafiturera' Drlor Fell, from one to . teveral leet wide; Patill (. Brltlng. Hail Twine, eto. John w. kvh-rman a 00., No,iui joneu Alley L