THE DAlLy EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1868. I SriRIT OF TJIE PRESS. Xditorial oriwnHS or tub lkaiuno journali BPoM CUKKBNT TOPICS COMPIUKU KVKrtT DAT FOB TUB F.VKMNO TEf.KHUAI'H. 'AMIullKun Tanlc-Tlio Tarty Tress. From tht N. V. Herai. According to onr l vires from Washington, llie panioftriukf n -,h)U of i-mocratio plot ters there ara making iresJi etforU to bring about the withdrawal of 'ovriior Seymour aud (Jt ii-rftl Uluir from the l'ler-Miitial oau vaes. The la' election vki to have oreatul & regular Bull linn pauio, or th cnufudion of a mutiny on boani Biip jhiii-K' l1'! terrifl-d Democracy. We liavi- ut-vvr hid iuivtlniig to comjmre with it in all tin' np. aul doer in of onr political partes. It is all owi-jg to a littlj cliqtiM in iS'ew Voile, a little oliijue iu Wash ington, niid a little cliijno id "iuctunati, Feize l with the idea thut Futuk Illair is tlm JouhIi who has brought the Detuooratlo ll.tsliip jiinorg tlie biei.kritt, aud tbat, lilair throvu overboard, the veJ-el uiiUt btill be Siived. Heine ' through tlie teli-raph these cli pies tindntf.ke the de.-jiera'e experiment, nut so siinultiuieously inm Washiutou aud N-iW York the proportion is throvvu out. li it Messrs. Tilden, Deliuont, and Augustus S,:hU, cf the Kew York luaid of uirlf rw riter., say "No. This thing, fiitlun- n, will Uf ver do. A charge of iront u impobSihle. It would be f qwivfilent to dishci dii ;g our forces. We iu It-w Yoilc aie not i.;tuio-siikkru." This Etttles the (luestiou. It would have leen the Btupidity oi au idiot on the pun of jMr. Jlelmont to h:ive given a mouieut's rustn'jt Jul attention to this pioposi'.ion for a reire'it of the l'eiiioiratio anuy by a llai-k movem-ii. 3U the iace of the enemy, iia rightly siys, "It Would be equivalent to dishaudiug our forces." The. game opinion is expressed iu terms of fiery indignation not only by the red hot Demo cracy, but by the rank au 1 file generally. Nor Io they heMtate to charge tlie tieicherous proposition for a change of front to the weak jtess and the crime which placed poor Maximi lian in the hands or Ktcobi-do, and gave to everlasting infamy the name of Lenelict .Arnold. Among the conjectures afloat it il said that the most ac'.ive parties behind the scenes in this movement for the dropping of fcieymour anil JJlair were curiam coteries of f porting gentlemen who had made heavy bets upon Seymour and were anxious to save their jnoney, and hence this shrewd device of with drawing him. from the course. If this is true, then, in addition to the bank ring, the whisky iingp, the tobacco, petroleum, and other specu lating and peculaung rings iu this cauvass, inubt he added the taro bank aud sporting jings, heretofore omitted iu the general sum ming up. We incline to think, however, that the cliques we have indicated in New York, "Washington, aud elsewhere really thought that, in dropping Seymour and Blair and tiding up Chae and Hancock, or Chase and 3I ndricks, or Chase and John Quinoy Adams, the Democracy might still carry the residen tial eleotion, and that a pronunciamiento at the f a-ae time from two or three prominent Demo cratic organs would bring about through Mr. Jie1 jiont and his committee the change de ar: nded. The party organs thus involved in this busi ness, instead ot striking oil, have been sold, aid their assets, we fear, will hardly meet lh i. it liabilities. But party journals and the chri aes depending upon them are very often pushed to the desperate expedient of staking eve thing they have of cash or credit upon tK; turn of a single card. They are nothing 1) at gamblers in politics, and are utterly unscru pn ous in their tricks of the game. The time It us been when they were a power in the land, lint, that time has forever passed away. Some i ai- '-y odd years ago a chance of base, sug- ge- led simultaneously by a recognized party o'gi.u in Albany or New York and another in "Washington, would have been promptly made; tut we see that such an experiment at this day 01 the telegraph and the independent press ex cits only derision, indignation, and contempt in the party camp. The people of this oountry of all parties, rauk and tile, have advauoad far leyond the debasing instructions and selfish Schemes of the party press. But, meantime, a world of misohief has been done, not only to the Democratic ticket, but to the morale of the party. The Manhattan Club organ here and the Johnson organ at Washington having sounded a defeat and a jetreat, the alarm has gone forth upon the wings of the lightning, and from all points of the compass we hear the echoes of a spreading panic, from the centre to both wings of the amy. A Democratic despatch from Washing ton says that the regular old Democrats will sot swallow Chase, and that they "bitterly denounce the Tammany politicians, whose in trigues secured the nomination of Seymour end Blair in the first place, and who (the Tam many politicians) are the first to desert the ticket." Another Washington des patch says that the President is in Javor of a change, and that Montgomery lilair thinks it would have been all right if Frank had been put first and Seymour Second. Another despatch says that there was an unusually protracted session of the Cabinet on Friday, and that some suppose it was all about this proposition to "swap liorsts." A Democratic organ at New Orleans says that if Blair is to be cast overboard, Sey mour must go with him, and that this is the way to out the gordian knot. The Philadel phia Democracy, in view of a probable change, are reported to be in favor of Chase and Han cock. From the West we' have the informa tion that Frank Blair is ready to stand fast or letire, as the party may demand. A Demo cratic organ at Augusta, Georgia, charges Belmont and the World with lukewarmuess and with having made an effort to sell out to the bondholders, and calls for a ohange in the liead of the National Executive Committee. That fellow was a little too fa.it. Mr. Balmout does not retreat. From these perturbations among the Da mocracy, however, it will be Been that this proposition for a change of the party ticket lias had a terrible eil'ect throughout the party camps, equal to that of an exploding bomb shell in the midst of a picuio. Five hundred thousand dollais expeuded upon Republican campaign documents aul s'.uiup speaker Would have been but a bagatelle in bdhalf of the Hepublicau cnuire, compared with this blast from the Democratic trumpeters of Washing ton and New Y'ork that the Democratic patty cannot survive uuless they immediately ca3t over Frnk Blair into the depths of the sea, and Seymour too, because of his association With Blair. Here comes iu, for the instruc tion of Horatio, that trite old nnx,mi that "cheating luck never thrives." Jl woid from him at the critical mo ment in the Tammany Convention would Jiave secured the nomination of Chase, which would have Inaugurated a substantial politloal revolution at once throughout the country. Jtut Seymour, as in 18G2, when he was elected (iovernor on his war platform, was not equal to this crisis. In announcing his nomination of July last we pronounoed It a fiasco, but fuch a fiasco as it now appears to bs we little dreamed of. Blair and the Brodhead letter jpfcd the Wad Hampton platform were only the price whioh Seymour had to pay for his nomination. Surely the Pendleton escort ara bad an ample equivalent for all their sufferings in Tammany llatl. The two thirls I rule was the salvation of Andy Johnson, but I it has been fruitful only of miserable patch work compromises and disastrous defeats aud convulsions to the Demooratia party, from the time of Van Buren down to Seymour. What State, besides the state of despair, is now cer tain for Seymour f Who can tell ? Wlinl Is 'pp(lctl to be Done. From (he Wushhuiton Nulionnl Intel iicnrer. The recent contest was the fiercest and most hotly contested the country has ever witunssed. It called out the utiro.it energies of both con tending parties. Now that the smoke of th battle.has li fte t, it is the duty of prudent and patriotio champions of the Cou-rtitiUiou an 1 the Union' to make a careful .survey of the field, and to frankly recogui.e aud aiinit wh.'itever errors iu?.y have been pommittei, Mid endeavor promptly to repair them, so ai to mis it r a romplnta triumph in tlm final MrugrJe to whii h the conllijt of last Tuesday was only preliminary. It is apparent at once that, notTithstanltng the intensity of tdl'ort on both sides, naitlier nn justly il.'iim a deci led victory. Tin hiu hopes of the radicals have not been realize I, but, at the siiuie time, the noble eiT'rts of tht Democratic masses have failed to ome up to what van expected from them. Iu ask'ng f jr a reasonable explanation of the situation, we need not po far to discover a correct one. Iu Indiana the Democrats hava overcome a heavy radical majority. In Pennsylvania the coiitt .- t has again hem to close that the re s tit 'in 1 h de idtd only by tuo ollij'.al return j. Iu ( 'bio there was no pt-ueval Slate ticket t'l In voted for, but the re.-t;!t in the various Cu-greri-ionr.l dii.tiicts i.-; lull of giguiliuauce, cud ( -nveys ft lalutury len.-on. The defeat of Ar-hley, llio represent ativo of the ultra rali cal faction; the narrow escape of IJinli.un, lo filluWtd himself to be male cou ppieuouB as au advocate of the outrageous usurpations of a reckless radical faction in Congress; the probable defeat of Julian of Icdiaua, who, although lses con fpicnou, was no less completely identified with the radical extremists; the giiiu of seve ral Dtniocratio members of Congress in each of thefie three great State.', aud tlie reduction of the majorities of nearly all the Republican candidates for Congre.:s in all of th jiu, areuu mihtakable indications Hint the opposition to the revolutionary aud ex' remi? measures of the radical leaders is not eonfiued to the Demo cratic party proper, but that there are thou sands upon thousands still acting reluctantly with the Republican party, who would gladly avail themselves of au opportunity to mani fest their disapprobation of tlie obnoxious course of the radical leaders If they could do bo without being compelled to adopt and indorse the doctrines and purposes attributed to the Democratic party, hardly less objec tionable to the would-be Republican recruits than the measures of . the radical leaders which they cOLdemn. The State elections just held demonstrate clearly that a majority of the people of the North are disguattd with and opposed to the revolutionary measures which have been made dhtinctive features of the policy of the Republican party. It is also manifest that this majority has not yet been entirely and practically consolidated against the radical candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency. If such a consolidation can be effected before the 13d of November the doom of radical ism will be sealed, the whole country will be relieved from the serious apprehensions as to the future by which it is now oppressed, the people everywhere will breathe more frbely, and, confident of a speedy restoration of peace, Union, constitutional government, and publio economy, will address themselves heartily to a restoration of the prosperity which, until the deplorable outrages of the radical party in Congress, had blessed our whole nation. The spectacle just now presented is anoma lous. A majority of the people are unques tionably opposed honestly to the radical party, and anxious to check its ruinous domination in our publio affairs. A portion of that majo rity are deterred from active, hearty, and suc cessful cooperation with the rest only because of the misrepresentations of the doctrines and purposes of the Demoa ratio leaders, persist ently dinned into their ears by unscrupulous radical presses and speakers. They utter the falsehoods, but they never allow their readers or hearers to see or hear the oft-repeated cor rections. Something more than ordinary means must be devised to reach the minds of the conserva tive men still lingering reluctantly in the Re publican ranks, and following, with heavy hearts and anxious fears, the men who have usurped their leadership. They must be dis abused of the belief instilled into them, that the Democratic party intends or proposes to resort to any violent or revolutionary means to remedy existing evils, or to go one step beyond the Constitution and the laws, in seek ing to restore the integrity and peaoe of our dissevered and distracted Union. They must be made to understand and confidently believe that the party that is now organized in oppo sition to the radical factionists and their can didates is sincerely seeking only the restora tion of real peace, constitutional government, a perfect Union, and that publio economy which is indispensable to the maintenance of the public credit and the aversion of universal ruin. This conviction in the publio mind of what is absolutely true is alone needed to insure the overwhelming defeat of revolutionary radicalism in the coming Presidential eleotion. We know that the Democratic party in this contest is earnestly and sincerely animated only by the purest patriotio motives; that its sole purpose is to rescue the Government from revolution, the country from absolute ruin, and the people from a tyranny more griuding and degrading than the A'rioau slavery that has recently beu abolished. We know that it seeks honestly only a restoration of the Union, the Constitution, aud national pros perity. We believe that its leaders are able to rise to the full measure of the greatness of the occasion, ami to do whatever may be necessary to effect all that remains to be done to attract the coufiJeucs of the people, and iusuie the success of the conservative nia- joiiiy in the election now near at hand. Wade la vs. Wain Out. Ft cm the If. y. Tribune. The Soatuwrn chivalry who ran th late Democratic National Convention and are ruu niLg the Seymour and Blair party are hard to pleate. Hearing that Howell Cobb, Toombs, etc., were to speak at a Seymour Ratification in Atlanta, we sent down one of the best Ste nographers In America to report their speeches vtrbaiim, which he did, and we published them exactly as they reached us. Word was directly sent hence to Georgia that suoh speeches would not answer, and from that hour systematic but dastardly efforts have been made to impugn the accuracy of our re portl No man has direotly, openly im- Eeached it; but all manner of tricky, under and devices have been employed to induce a general belief that no such speeches were made, or that they were not uttered as we printed them! General Wade Hampton we regret to see on the same traok. lie fought well in the late struggle, though on the wrong side, and bis military standing should preclude Lis playing the part of an "Artful Dodger" bat It doesn't. General Hampton was a member of the lata Democratic National Convention and of its Plat'orm Committee. Returning direotly to Charleston, he there made a speech (July - I) toaSejmour and BUir ratification metiu, which was duly reported in that chlvalrlo organ, the Charleston Mercury. In that speech be claimed the credit of having engrafted iu the Democratic platform the mo!nntons decla ration that the Reuon-truc'ion acts of Congress are"nuconstituti(ual,revolutiouai,v,aud voi 1." W reprinted fully the ihrmn's report of that portion of his speech in our last, so we will here reproduce only the gist of it, as fol low : "I jntist Fny that onr fn'low-clllzens of thu N'ii Hi loci oh in l Hal com n It lee, us mvry w i : n !-, v Itli thu oirivwi cur lUllly and (j inl ivl 1 'J In y ext'ies-M d tueir willlnuu"ss u nil ir I us nil Unit e mtlit ilcKlre In restoring n irSU'm to too Ui Ion. (Uiieors ) As we wore met jr. such kinill spirit, I coulil not. txit reelproivite, an! ki'cw thut 1 repii seuled llio feeilns of my )'i ople by so (IoIuk; nud, wlion t .lie rescir 1 ids olli led Ijy tlm Sen 'tor from Muryl ind. wbleii (ircliiicil I lint llji' iihl, it Mi!I-:ue Oolong d to I lie iiiiiilic.tl (Min ers of u Scile, Wi:M In-lng o n Mdcieil, 1 h( :;rd to add a lew simple vor.l-. Tiicy itixi ci il, mill I t ioIc i Uu rts lu! ions, wulc'i i n v i i I Hud eniU'iiiie.l in t lin pi, ti inn, an I ik'iIc el to them, 'unci wo rteelo.rn t li it t un rt ( n M i net Ion non of iu ingress me uocoun i ir io nil, revolutionary, hint void.' ( :lieam.) Tlnil w,ts my p.'iin k i li I lie pUt ioi'iii. 1 wnulel iioiblm; else; for, when t .lie fi'"''l Democratic puiy Inn pleftecd I iK'THM'lven to lliu' wiwil iheylm i (leclire'd lint llie'-o it el s we in 'uui-ons' l'.uH Tin I, )e(lllll loll.il V, Hint Vui'l' I whs vliliu low, ill In pat iei:ce uiitii tl) it pi1'- ' i ell I li i I. flu n p i- ' mi'-, mid apply the, remedy tu tliuir uwn cu.l tliuc." This is plair, fiink, anl C we doubt not) true. General lLtuiptou thought he h i 1 d)im n pood tliii g iu foisting thefH onvnotn woris into the platform, aud claimed t a. credit fioin his Rebel fiieuds. But, as it is now plain that this "revolutionary" issue will not go down, ileneral Hampton sees lit to change his tune, lie "roars you as gently aa a sucking dove as it were a nightingale." Here is his version of the same transaction, given at au ovation to John Qnincy Adams at Columbia, S. C, on the 12 h inst., and reported in the Charleston Courier: "A word in relation to myself. I have been tlie viclim of Kieiii., wilful, mid millelt.us mls repii senial.ion. The r'lic il papers nwx lo-jera nave iH-cuseU mo ol disloyalty, and lo esuusuiu linle llieir charges, Hh.'.v have taken up and Kin Dl( d my lUli'cud KliUi in'it t int t he cmuso, "i coiim riftlon acts are revolutionary, nuil, hnd void,' In the Demur-ratio jiUiforiii, wns my plank; that. I dictated it. To this, point I refer t-rau e our (list inanished an l esteemed guest lias referred to it In his very utile address Mow I lu re deny 1h.it I made any biicu statemeut. I did not oiclu'e if. I did hay that il was my iluk In tlie pbii ior.n. and D, Is tho plann of every K,,ut nern Ri-ul Icnian. 1 v is on I lie Com mit lie I o Iiaiiio l hu plat firm, and I he Southern deli Kte.s on that Com miteu fell, themselves us (liiesis cnly, i,n I ri soive 1 to express no prefer ence in tne nominal Ion noln on, and to take no steps In the in'ei-po anon of any plank In the piulloiin. We were willing to leave the enlbe matter in the bauds of Che great Democracy of the No. in, leellnt; assured that, ihey would do us at least full Justice. Tho only resolution I offered In that Committee was one ple-'ciui; Mi, support of the Hcuih to the Judiciary of ihe United States. and proposing to iBve. tu-i mator of the status of the Southern yta'es tu their hands for final ad justment and setllemt-nt. In the nroressof the debute wblcn arose upou this, a Northern dele giiteexpiesHed the hope Mint, we would not press Ire point, upou which every Southern delegate, wi lidrew whatever resolution he might have offered. Agentb-inan from Michigan uttered the assurance that, In the event of success of the Democracy, the Koutti would find relief from her irouhles; that the 'reconstruction acts of Congress .would hs deolared revolutionary, null, aud void.' I then said, 'if those three wouls were inserted in t he platform It would te all wo would ask; we would be sitlsfled.' These word wero Inserted by a distinguished son of that glorious llttlo B'ate, Connecticut, and were unanimously adopted. That was the extent of my revolutionary action In New Yoik." Having thus given in j utaposltion both of General Hampton's versions of the matter iu his own words, we submit that hi3 oharge of garbling is ill-advised. The only authority with regard to his doings in that Platform Committee is Wade Hampton; the only au thority lor the statement that the "revolu tionary" plank ifl that platform was his is that same Wade Hampton; and it is fortunate that his two speeohes were both reported for and printed in South Carolina journals ot his own faith, and, if there has been any "great. wilful, and malioious misrepresentation," its author is still Wade Hampton. We respect fully advise him to think twioe before he speaks again. Tlie War Democrats; From tht JV. T. Timet. A very large number of War Democrats of Democrats who stood by the Government in its contest to crush the Rebellion have called a meeting for Wednesday evening next, for the purpose of proclaiming their prefer ence for General Orant for President ! Among the signers will be found the names of many who have been known, in this city and State, as among the pillars of the Dtmocratio party. Some of them, it is true, lost standing with their party when they stood by their country during the war, and have been targets for the denunciation and abuse of their party organs from that day to this. But they have never abandoned its organization until now. They have hoped and struggled for its reform but reform they find is hopeless. They denouuoe the action of its National Convention repudiate its plat form and resist the revolutionary sentiments and programme of its candidates. They are opposed to repudiation of the publio debt, aud will not consent that the Government shall be surrendered to Southern Rebels who still maintain that the Rebellion was right, and who still ehng with unflinching devotion to the "Lost Cause." So they call upon all of their party who concur iu their sentiments to meet on Wednesday evening at the Cooper I astitute, and take corresponding action. This is a timely movement. It indicates the process that is going on in the bosom of the Demooratio party. The sentiments thus proclaimed are felt by a very large portionof that party .Mho would gldaly escape the wreck which awaits it. This movement oilers an admira ble chance for them to go ashore, and thou sands of the party will avail themselves of it. They have no fancy for going to the bottom with the crazy craft on which they have em barked. As we hive said from the beginning, the name of Grant is far stronger than the party which made him its candidate, aud every day bhows more clearly that he will get, even iu this city, thousands and thousands of Demo cratic votes. And so it will be throughout the country. His election, by an overwneiuiing majority, is already assured. Governor Seymour. From the N. T. World. Governor Seymour's conception of the Pre sidential canvass was, from the beginning, just and sagscions. His discerning judgment was never misled by fanoiful analogies between a political canvass and a military campaign. Buocess in an eleotion is purely a thing of numbers. The largest political army being always 8are 0( victory, the fate of a battle is determined at th,e recruiting stations, gover nor Seymour accordingly saw the supreme importance of so shaping the canvass as to make proselytes, fco far as the oanvass has been put upon a ditferent footing, It was done 1iy intluences by which Governor Seymour's deliberate judgment was overborne. The result of the reoeat elections having vindicated h's sagacity, he owes it to hlnmlf aud the party to assums that position of au thority which belongs to his abilities, au I which th masses of the party crave th it hi should take. A statesman upon whom a no mination is thrust, violates no obltU u of honor in retaining his individuality, anl giving free ntterauo to his independent judg ment especially when th safety of th piny demands such a service. Hiving witnessed thu results of inferior leadership, it is his duty to bring back the oauvass to the moderate au I proselytizing gronud on which it was his original wirdi to plan it. After these defeats, the masses of the Democracy nee 1 words of encouragement from their trusted leiier. The Deuiociatic masses are iievnr so wrong I as by those who underrate their intelligent)-. They s-e through aud scorn the legerdemain by which facts are soltened or colored; but they will listen ttith profound respect to the foler eoui?t'bi of a sincere statesman, who knows no art but robust integrity, a-.i 1 Ins too much respect for popular good sense to fear that Anything would be lost by a faithful exposure of the tdtnation. Nothiu? is so per suasive or so steadying as truth, spoken with honest oour.ige. The Democratic muses yearn for the truth from the lips of the statesman who, besides being their ac cepted candidate, has the clearest heal, the best gifts of utterance, the largest power to command attenttou, the greatest moral weight, of any mau in the party. Tuey do not desire htm to prophecy smooth deceits, but to te-11 tlim. in all honest, tihminms whv tht-y have failed, and how they may yet suc ceed. A party cannot sub.-ist upou vaporing and make-btlieve. L'liless.we, cau chau,;e the aspec t of the cinvass, we .shall hive a repiti tinn in November of a result like that wiiich hits oveitakeu us iu the preliminary contest. If anybody tells thtj people that things look well as they stand, or that nothing which can now be dojjH would better them, ho is iu the first case dishoueot, and iu tho sscoul mis taken. Governor Seymour can now aid us much, but General Bla'r can aid us far. more, iu a diiVerent way, by a chivalrio action superior to all eloquence. The Frosjiect IJeforo Us. Frrm the Petersburg ( Va ) A'jjuyj.v. We are of that sanguine type of individuals who never despair of results until snbh palpa b'e and tangible evidence is presented against their fulfilment as to place thein beyond the ranpe of reasonable probabilities. Hence we are not disposed to unite with those who hope lesfly concede that the late elections iu the Nrrth aud West indicate the absolute discom litu'e of the conservative cause in the approach ing Presidential election. That may or may not, be, as the true friends of the Constitution and the Union actpuit themselves of the solemn obligations that devolve upon them. To sur render now to llee frightened and panlo Etrieken because, forsooth, we have not gainel all that we hoped for, would indicate a want of moral courage unwarranted in the extreme. It fs true, we did not carry the States of Pennsylvania and Indiana, but it is also un doubtedly true that the majorities against us are not so great but that with proper exertion they may be easily overoome. There is one element which we have not yet seen taken into account in balancing the chances against us. Our friends of the Jewish persuasion were doubtless left free to vote as they pleased in the State elections, and many, we pre sume, voted the Republican tioket; but will they, can they be indnced to vote for the man who stigmatized them in a public order. Rather will they not seize the opportunity so favorably presented to show that, as a people, they are not to be insulted with impunity? The vote of these people, where they are so numerous, must necessarily be felt; and should it be, as we nave eveiy reason to suppsse, cast a3 a unit, it is by no means to be despised. But apart from this, we are so fully aware that many causes tend to operate upon State eleotions that cannot be brought to bear in the Presi dential contest, as to be unwilling to allow more than just weight to any election which nas taken place. Let ns take courage, then, and let every true-hearted American do his duty. John Allen lor President. From the It '. T. Tribune. We timidly suggest another oandlda for the considration of the perplexed Demooraoy. It is hard to have a great party go by default for want of a representative, especially when New York furnishes a man with a reputation more extended even than beymour, and of as positive character as General Blair. A friend writes us that intelligent people in Paris ask "who is Seymour," and "was he a general nnaer Leer" New York presents a candidate whose name is familiar to Paris and London. We refer to Mr. John Allen, No. 304 Water street. Mr. Allen earned sudden and dazlling renown as "The Wickedest Man in New York." He was an objeot of penitence. He attended prayer-meeting. He urged his companions in crime to "trust in JeBus" and "prepare to meet their God." He proposed to enter the ministry, and to go over the country as an example of saving graoe. But one thing John would not do. He would not abandon the Democratic party. "Close my bar," he said, "but leave me the Constitution I Hold prayer meetings, but don't compel me to associate with niggers ! Break my gin-bottles, but don't ask me to go back on Seymour I I oau give up the dance business, but I cannot give up my Democraoy I" Of course such a "con version" could have but one result. So long as John clung to the Democracy there could be no repentance, and so we find him before Justice Dowling for "keeplug a disorderly house." His address to that Judge is diplo matic. He talks like Seymour. Thus: Alien If no charge Is made IpromUe to nave hi 'i rung K do wlih politics. Jud-e Dowliog Doyou mean to say that poll tun lud auvtiiliig to do with your arrest ? Alen 1 don't say anything at all about it, yonr Honor. This is just the position that Mr. Seymour held before the Convention'. Seymour had nothing to do with politics, and was nomi nated. Allen would have nothing to do with politics, and he was held to bail. Plainly, such devotion to Democracy needs encourage ment. Here is a man who would rather be a Democrat than a gentleman or a Christian, who is a conspicuous member of the party, and who will probably cast pxore votes than lpy ten Republicans iu the city. His name is known over the world, and his Demooraoy has passed unscathed through the fires of a hundred prayer-meetings. Suoh a man would rally the party, and lead to the grand "up rising for which the World is clamoring. . BOARDING. NO. 1121 G1KAKD fcTHKEr, CEMTBALLV located, within two squares of the '"inliienui and G hard House An nnfurnlahed BECONlXSTOllY if HUNT BOOH, with flrst-clius Board. Vacancies fur Gentlemen and Table Boarders. Reference required. ' U O ottondIfZaxT IU.1L, 111) OK 1KD CAPTVAa, Of all numbani ad brands. Tent, Awnlnt, Trnn, and Wvoa Covt lHiok Alno Pun! MmlOflMlurer, Drlor Felt, from one to teveikl (eel wlui Belling. BU1 Twine, eUj. iOUMYf , KVKRMAN UO.. HO, II MX W. AUftf 213 S 220 S. FRONT ST. 4 2IS & 220 j 5. FBOilT ST. CO OFFER TO TLTB TRADE, IN LOTS, FIXE RYE AM) KGUltBOIV WHISKIES, IX MI) Oi 18GG, 18GO, 18Cr, unci l&ilOS. AIM, HUE FIXE ME AXI) 'BQEKEOX WIlISiUES, Of GREAT AGE, ranging from 18Q4 to 1645. Liberal contracts will be entered Into foi lola, in bond at DlstlUory.of tois years' m -iur!.'o:t!t; $ INSURANCE COMPANIES. f-ILLiraCHAQT Ol HILT',0 laSUKAlNCE BOOKS, WINES, ETC. H No. 409 WALNUT St. A.BI.N1B AND ATTORNEYS FORi Uomerire Insurance Company, NKW HAVE5, OOXS. SiiringEeldFireaijil Slariue Ins. Co., BPRINUFIKLD, HA33. Y linkers and Ken York Insurance Co., HEW YORK Peoples' Fire Insurance Company, WORCKdTKS, MASS, Atlantic Fire and Marine Insurance Co., " FROVIBENCH, B. I. Guardian Fire Insnrance Company, MiiiW YORK Lumberman's Fire Insurance Co., CHICAGO, ILL Innnrsnce effected at LOWEST KATKb, AU losses promptly and liberally adjusted at their Offlcc, Ko. 408 WALNUT Street, IH PHILADELPHIA. DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSTJU A sck COM Pan V , Incorporated by the Loult lure ol Pennsylvania, iBM. tfflce, Southeast cornor THIRD and WAI.WT7T Streets, Philadelphia. u MAKING iNteUKAINtJKIS) On Vessels, Cargo, axdFrelght, to all parts ot the INLAND INtiURANOEa On Goods, by river, canal, lake, and land carriages to On mercnanaise genera"- On btoree, ASSETS OF TUB l'0PiR. JSovemoer 1, lt7. -2110 000 united btates Jb'lve Per Cent. Loan, llMua 01 lioo-flO 120.000 tjnned Btales live Per Ceuu ' Loan, 1881 134.400-00 60,000 United States 7 8-10 PerCeut. Loan. Treasury Notes...;.... 62.662-50 100.000 Btate of Pennsylvania biz Per Cent. Loan 210 070-00 136,000 City of Ptalladt-lpblablz Percent, Loan (exempt from tax) 126,625 00 69,000 State of Mew Jersey Biz Per Cent. Loan ISI.000'00 20 000 Pennsylvania Railroad First Mortgage biz Per Cent, Bonds. 19,800-00 25,0001Pennsyivanla Railroad, becond Mortgage biz Per Oeut. lionds. 23,375-00 26,000 'Western Pennsylvania iiailroad biz Percent. Aouds (Pennsyl vania Railroad guaranteed).... 20,000 00 80,000 State ot Tennessee ffve Per Cent. Loans.... , 18,000-00 7000 State of Tennessse biz Per Cent, Loan. 1270-00 6,000,800 sbares stock of Oeruiantown Gas Company (principal and Interest Kuarauteed by Ibe . ,clty Philadelphia)............... 16,000-00 1,600 lBo Sbares Stock or Pennsylvft- . . n' Railroad Company 7,80000 6,000 10o bhares btock of North Penn , . sylvanla Railroad Company. 8,000-00 20,000 80 Shares btock Philadelphia and southern MaU Steamship 9m owi t Company 16,00000 zui.vuu Lioans on Bonds ano Mortgage. first Uens on City Property 201.90000 11,101,400 par, Market valne. Cmt. SIOtill .7. 2U. Real Estate.................... Bills Receivable for insurance "'' .... . Balances due at Agencies Pre miums on Marine Policies Accrued interest and other ueois aue tbe Company Btock and fccrlp of sundry Insu rance and other Companies Cash m Bant4076'00' e8tlmled vtt&mvta Ch U Draw-V ""tm 11,102,802-60 84,000-0 19,1S6'7 8,384-3 .01700 183,8isa TTORfS. 1607.606 16 Thomas O. Hand. James a Hand, John C.Davis. I Samuel K. ml,,. tainund a. bonder. 1 heophllus Paulding, Hugh Craig, " Edward Darlington John R. Penrose, H. Jones Brooke, Henry bloau. George G. Lelper, Wllliara G. Bonlton, Kdward JjafourcaUe, jaoeo iuegei, I Samuel K. Stokes James Trauualr. ' William C. LuUwte, Jacob P. Junes, Jam... is. m l J -t j. Joshua V. Jiyre, juuu u. ia lor, bpencer Mt'J value, l-lenrv fl llulluit I Ueorae W. Berna'rdou, ij. 1. Ju.oigau.l'Uutburg, J, B. hemple, JOHft C. DAVIS. Vioe-Prealdant. HJTNRY LYLBI.RN. Secretary. vi0,rr)su-ei"' Jii-JVKV BALL. Asslsiant Sucretarv, 12 80 Frauds K Coue. Kuward H, Trotter, Kdward S. Clarke, T. Charlton Ileury, Alfred 1 Jessup, John P. White. Louis U Jtfadelrti JNSUBANCK CO SI PAX NORTH AMERICA, No. 232 WALNUT STREET, PIIILADA. IK CORPORA TD 171)4. CHARTER PERPKTUAI Blarlue, Inland, nnd lire Iusurauce, ASSETS JANUARY 1, 18G8, - 2,001,2G672. $20,000,000 Losses Paid In Cash BinoejU Organization. 3XRECIO Em, Arthur O. Colli n. ftMrerti T.. TTam.nM Samiifil W. Jone. i.--... .... u 1 John A. llrowu, (.harles 'lay lor, Ambrose White, William Welsh, Mchard JJ Wood, S. Morris Wuln, John Mason. mnui( u. vortiat jresiueui CHARtW Platt, Secretary. WILLIAM BUEBLKR, liarrlsburf, Pa-, Central Ageiit for the biaie of Penuslvauia, 1 2u QTRICTLY MUTUAL. PROVIDENT LIFEM) TRUST CO. OF PHILADELPHIA. on-MF, No. in s. roruTii street. Organised to promote LIFE INSURANCE among members Ot tbe SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. Good risk! of any class accepted. Policies issued upon approved plana, at the lowest rales, President, BAMTJKL R. bUIPLKT. Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONOUTRETH. Actuary, ROWLAND PARRY. Tbe advantages oflored by this Couipsuy are excelled til QAR STAIRS & r.icCALL, Ttnc 1"ft 1VA1 M'T nn.l "1 f:tM'ITT-- IMPORTERS OP EraiH'acs, W i:ir sj Uln, Clivc Oil, Ltc. Etc., AND COMMISSION MKIiOII ANTS I t H THE SALE UF JLTTJi OLD KYI:, WHEAT, AXD 1MIX WIMSKIKS. INSURANCE COMPANIES. lb2t)""CiLUilE11 MJamuAi. FraiiLIIiJ lire iKsaraacc Co. OF l'ltll-ABiLl'IlIA. OFFICE: ius. 4C5 and 437 C1IISXUT STEEET. ANOKTS ON JAMTAKT 1. 1888, CAPITAL AlVKVED eSVIML6.... I-ULMIUjIH UNSETTLED CLAIMS. mo.oeo-oo .i'ia.8 "ll,ltf-a INCOME FOR 18 fiiftbtOOO'OU, IASSESi PAID NISit'K 1880 OVEJU (?5C00,000. Perpetual and Temi-oiary Policies on Liberal Terms DlRJ-XJTORa. Charles N. Bancke.-, Ueorge Pales, Tubian Wasuul, Ailreu Filler, bamuel (iiaut, tratcls W. Lewis it n Geori W. Richards. i homas buarits ' luaacLea, tVnliam U. Urant. CHARLffJ H BANCiiER. PresldenL JAS W S.lAltoi5.fliLSH' VlCH-Preiu"uuenl JA8. W. WcAi.i.IsiU.K, becrelary pro leiu. Except at LexiUfctju, Kentucky, uui ComuanT h. no Agencies West of PumDurK. P iiaM FUCEKIX INsLUAKCB COMPAHr nw roiLADELi-xiiA. v f4a P CORPORATE!) lso4 CHARTER PERPFTrrr M y ALA t l b.reet. Oppose the Eioh sSs,, This Company uisuresirom loss or damage by on liberal terms on bulluiu-i.( merchandlsn rnmiin eic. tor limned periods, and permauentiy ou baSd. Ines by deposit of premiums. uuua The Company has been in active operation tor Mn than blA.TY VE.. Rb, during whioa aii lwiiS?" been promptly adjured and paid, " "" Ul KKU'l'UKS. John L. Hodre, uavid Lewis, jn. d. laruiuuv, John T. Lewis, William B. Urant, Robert W. Learning, Lawrence Lewis, Jr, Benlamin Jtttln. Thomas H. Fower. A. R. McUenry, Edmund CastlUon. tamuel Wilcox, ue-viB u. jn orris. JOHN 71 wnnui-Dvu i i Btunrli Wiloox. Hwatary; a3 IjilKE IxNSrjRANt'K XCLUSlVELY-TnB "-N'SYLVAJSIA FIRlli IJSbURANOK COM PA NY Incorporated 1826-Charter Perpetual No 8 l!!.WA-:Le,U'r Bl?et oPI-oslie Independence bquare This Company, favorably known to the communlt? for over tony years, cjuiiuues to Insure against loss or damage y lire on Public or Private Bulldiugs. pither permanently or for a llmlied time. Also on Furnliure Blocks ot Goods, and Merchandise gene, rally, on liberal terms. T heir Caplial, together with large Burplns Fnnd Is Invested In the most ctretul man uer. which enablM them to offer to the Insured an undoubted security in the case ot loss. ' la SHIEOrOBS. Daniel Smith. Jr.. Alexander Benson, iNaao Mszlehurst, Xhomas Rooinu, John T)AVsranY.- Thomas omith, Henry Lewis, nil , n , u.uuoi'i. jr. ,DANin;j, SMITH, JB.,PresWent. WM, g. CBOWELL. Secretary. S30( SEWING MACHINES. THE GR EAT AMERICAN COHBINATIOH UUTTON-HOLE OYEESEAMLVa AND SEWING MACHINE, Its TTondcitul Topnlarlty Concluslre Proot of its Ureat Merit. The Increase In the demand for this valuable Machine nas been TENFOLD during the last seven mouths of lis first year before the public. This grand and surprising success Is unprecedented In the history ot bewlog Machines, aud we teel fully warranted In claiming thut IT HAft NO Ktlt'aL, Being absolutely the beet FAMILY MACHINE I THE WORLD, And Intrinsically t-ie cheapest, for It Is really two Machines combined l.-i one. bold at the S. We Cor. of ELEVEATH and CHESSUr PHILADELPHIA fSKlltuLhtf FURNISH1NU UOODS.SIURTSC H. S. K. C. Harris' Seamless Kid Gloves. EVERT PAIB WABBANTED. EXCLUblYK AQEKTti FOR GENTS' O LOVES. fa V. SCOTT CO., B27jrp JpATENT 8 U O U L D E B-S E A U 1IIBT HIHVFACTOBT, . AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHINa BTOEK. PERFECT PITT T Mi BHIRT8 AND URAWERJS made Irum measurement at very short nonce. All other ariloiHM ot UENTLEM.EJS'b DREdB GOOIiblaluUvarieiy. WINCHESTER & CO., lll No.7u6 CHEbiN UT bureet. QEORCC PLOWMAN, ' CARPENTER AND BUILDER REMOVED To Vo. 134 DOCK Street, ruiLADELFUIA
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