s pi jut of the muss.
EI'ITCVRTATi OPINIONS OF THE LfUmmi JOUHNALS
l"u" i i'"KNT TOriCH COMPILED EVEItT
BAT rtH THE EVENING TKLKltRAl'Q.
THE
ALABAMA CLAIMS AS A PARTY
ISSITK
From the N. '. World.
Tbro hiM l.oen on foot,, for the past two
tliroo WCOkH. All oi-LDiniznil nfVi.rt t,. .11 .V.i
iho Alnimum cluinis the loading party issuo in
llio full elections this your. Kuch cvidonoo of
turn Rttemiit
d, present will 1)0 t.Aon from tho Uo Illllilieoii
journal, in order that
tlmt this is not a partisan imnut.Jinn. in.
Kcniod and Hot alloat bv Dimikkt.iU fur tbn
purpose of tluiuByingtho llep.il.lic.in party:
rrmn the h.eeiung Iit, J,,m g (elitoritl).
' Our W asliliiiflou correspondent lum made public
hi! fact that Hoveral leudlnK Republicans mean to
ittonipt to nuiko the, Alabama claims the loadlr
liicHUun In the next political canvas:'."
From the Trihutf, Jun- 10.
'Washington, June 10. Senator Nye, In the name
I all the people or tlmt portion of the. United stales
nown us tin? 'l'uelllc Nlope,' has lnvitoit Senator
-limner to visit that country during the Huniiner,
iiiil enlighten the neonlo thereof m iho a i,h,..,i..
aim hikI other liuporliiut. political tonic i cr tin.
lay. Sumner tins accented the invitati in. unl will
company Hie Ways ami Moans Committee, which
cave New York next week. Prominent noiuioion
abacli much Kiirnillcanee to this proposed trio of Mr
Nimnor. They say tiu favors nt,rono-lv the hbom
miking the question of the duty of our Governmeu
in tho matter of the Alabama claims a test in to .
oniiim political campaigns in the various states,
ml. If lie should make anv Kiieoehes whin. In tii .
est, It Is not Improbable that he will bo auiioiiuo
, 1 11 1 HI-II.
fVi-wi a Washington telegram, to the Erenini Poit,
J tine. 10. '
Senator Howe writes here froinWisconsin, heartlW
ijiprovliiK thi' scheme to make the Alabama claims
iiiestlon of party issue at the next elections, mnl
fays that prominent men throiiKhoiit the Nonhwesc
. utertaln the same sentiments, and that this inove-
Vnent would meet with the universal approval of all
AU'Piibllcann throughout his section of country.
fiperial itenpatrh to the Conimer.ial Aiteertivr.
Washington, June 10. The expediency of en
rafliiiK the Su.nner Alabama speech unoii the Ite-
mibllcan platform as a means to carry the fall elec
tions is freely canvassed, and Is far from moetlu
with unanimous support.
iniiueniiai Republicans denouneo the wa'-cry
itiainst Kmiland as untenable In point of risrlit, anil
international law, and na certain to lead to repudia-
lon or the entire debt 11 pushed to actual hostilities.
It is certain, however, that a very powerful nauti
cal combination Is beinir organized to make Mr.
Sumner's view of the Alabama question a test Issue
.it the fall elections.
Sumner, Forney, Stanton, and several Western
olltlciuns and Congressmen are at the hea l of the
.ew anti-English movement.
The first qnostion that
qnostion that presents itsolf iu
onncction with this desperato project ro
utes to its motives nnd reasons. AVhence the
icccssify, which is no widely felt by the most
dive leaders nnd managers ot the Hepubh-
m party, of getting up a new and exciting
-isue, in t lie first political canvass after tho
mugnratioii of tho new President 'i This
esperate attempt grows out of tho universal
eling, and almost universal confession, tint
tlhe administration of General Grant is already
in limine; iiiau ue juus ois.ippomieu ami morti
fied his friends, nnd given grounds of deri
sive triumph to his enemies. After tho enor
mous dripping wet blanket which throe
months of General Grant's administration has
laid upon tho flamiug enthusiasm by which
he wus borne into office, the disgusted Repub
lican leaders feel that something must be
done to save the pnrty. The public mind,
they think, must be kindled by a now nnd in
flammatory topic of invective; nnd in casting
about for tho new issue, n quarrel with Eng
land has struck them as the most feasible and
promising. So desperate have they become,
in view of the impending ruin which hangs
over the party in consequenco of President
Gnmt'n imbecility and blunders, that they will
not stick at embroiling tho country in a for
eign war, if they can suecoed in uniting
their party on tho now issue. Iu their
view, the Alabama issuo has two groat
recommendations. In the first place, it is
of that exciting and incendiary character
which is no congenial to the radical love of
agitation; and in tho next place, they count
upon the chance of detaching, by means of it,
apart of our citizens of Irish birth, and espe
cially the zealouH Fenians, from the Demo
1 cratic party. The signs of tho times render
it certain that the negro vote, on which the
ltepublicans have chiefly relied for tho future
success of their pnrty, will be divided, nnd a
lurie portion of it be controlled bv tho
Southern Democrats. To counterbalance this
fatal loss, the reckless political gamesters who
niaiinge the Republican party have decided
to make a desperate effort to divide tho Irish
vote by incendiary appeals to tho burning
hatred of the Fenians for England. Those
are the reasons which lie at tho bottom of
this attempt to niako tho Alabama claims a
party issue.
11ns is. ol course, a looiisn project, wuieu
"will recoil, with damaging effect, against tho
Republican pnrty. Ueing a confession that
the party is in desperate straits that it is in
tho jaws of impending destruction it will
only hasten its downfall and render its ruin
more signal and complete. Nobody can bo
deceived by this suddon and shallow attempt
to occupy Democratic ground, and steal and
exaraerato tho Democratic thunder. "When-
V:ver tins couniry nas oearuea mo iruisii iiou
It has been led by the Democratic party. It
lvas a Democratic Congress that declared, and
a Democratic administration that conducted,
tho last war with England, against the uni-
Fversal opposition of the Federalists. It was
tlio Democrats wno raisou uio party crien, in
the Oregon controversy, "Tho whole
of Oregon or none" Tifty-four-forty-or-Fight.
It was a Democratic administra
tion that demanded an apology for tho
outrage upon the steamer Caroline: and it was
Democratic Senators that vehemently opposed
tho ratification of tho "Webster-Ashburton
treaty, because they thought that treaty
h tmckled to British interests. It was a Demo
cratic administration that sent Mr. Crampton,
the lhitish Minister, out of the country at the
time of tho Russian war. 'When such an
idolizer of England, such a toady of England,
iif Mr. Sumner has always been, turns a sud-
.1 ..1. 1 l.l.., l.,w n.ri.iiict llfiV Willi
Sum somersault- nun inunn.-i ...
his swaggering, incendiary rhetoric, everybody
with half a grain of common senso must see
iv. i i . ;.. ,.;w o ii.t 1 fis wtilted ohrases
umi, mi in in niij
hear the same relation to tho hearty, honest,
geiiuino anti-English feeling which has
tinged the politics of tho Democratic
party from the days of Jefferson down,
ttat tinsel hears io gom. u -publicans
attempt to rival Democrats in
tliis line of politic, they are setting
tip a now business with a small capital or,
rather, on baseless credit against an old, solid
firm of long experience and great skill in that
particular branch. Moreover, u me iumu
crutic party should so far forget its dignity as
to filibuster on such a subject for political
effect i would have the great advantage over
its opponents of conducting an agitation
trithout any responsibility for results. If the
Hi -publicans should carry tho next elections
ith tho extravagant positions of Senator
dinner's speech as an issue, the administra
t... ,.i.)i tbevnro responsible, would
ilher be forced into a war with England, or
U sunk in immeasurable contempt m the eyes
of the deluded l tmaus wUo nave uaum-
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY,
veigled into Toting with tha Republicans by
false pretenses. Tho Kepublicanscannot m ike
incendiary append to the country on this
question, without assuming tho responsibility
of committing the Government to act np to
their party platform.
If tho Democratic party were in power, it
would not thus recklessly experiment npou
the public feeling nnd trifle with great inte
rests. The Democratic party, out of p.wer,
will honestly act in accordance with itspist
chnracter. It will give the administration
such advice as it would itself bo willing to act
"pon if it woro in possession of tho Govern
ment. The Democratic party has alw.iys
stood up for national rights and tho n iliotul
honor; it hns always confronted England, in
all differences between the two countries, with
a bold and vigorous policy; exacting tho full
measure of our rights and never consenting
to take anything less. In tho Alabann con
troversy the party will bo true to its convic
tions and its antecedents, nnd its high senso
of tho national honor.
THE WAR CLOUD IN THE SOI
Tit.
From th X V. IUrahL
Cuba, flanked by Fern and Chili, looms up
in our southern prospect with dark threaten
ings of a war with Spain, to be carried on
wilhin the waters of the Atlantic. The
memory of tho bombardment of Valparaiso
and of the attack on Callao by a Spanish fleet
has not faded from the minds of Spanish
Americans, and the chances for retaliation
which are offered by tho revolutionary move
ment in Cuba are too good to bo readily aban
doned. Negotiations for pence between tho
South American republics and Spain have
been initiated under tho auspices of our Gov
ernment, and tho representatives of tho bol-lige-ents
are to meet iu a few weeks in Wash
ington to consider tho terms. In view of the
recent recognition of the belligerent rights of
the Cuban republic by Fern and Chili we do
not consider tlmt tho chances for a peaco with
ipain are very promising, while it seems evi
dent that both the Spanish-American States
aro ready to admit a dill erent result,
J ins complication ot attairs gives an in
creased importance to tho efforts of the
Cibans to throw off the yoke of Spain, anil a
new element is now brought into tho hold by
tho action of tho armed Spanish mob which
has taken possession of the government in
Havana. AVe give little importance to tho
rumor that the volunteers who have driven
General Dulce from Cuba intend to establish
a separate autonomy in tho island, uuder
triumvirate, or that they contemplate pre
venting the landing ol tho coming Captain
General Rodas, or proclaiming tho ex-Queen
Isabella or her son. or in any way seek to
sever the ties which bind them to tho mother
country. It seems to us more likely that
events in the western portion of Cuba will
tnke a grave domestic aspect, which may
weaken still further tho precarious hold Spain
retains upon her American possessions. The
avowed motive of the usurpation is the cor
ruption of tho officials who havo recently
come from Spain, tho accusation being that
they have sold victory to tho patriots and
robbed tho revenues of the Government,
leaving fhe treasury without means to prose
cute the war.
In this condition of affairs tho temporary
Government of Havana is seeking to inaugu
rate renewed activity by ordering all tho
troops to tho field and garrisoning the towns
with tho volunteers, ns will be seen by our
telegraphic despatches to-day. Such a course
requires more money than tho Government
now possesses, and the volunteers will soon
find that they must split upon tho rock of
poverty in the treasury, or resort to some
new plan to obtain supplies. These cannot bo
found in the exhausted treasury of Spain, nnd
the only possible resort will be impressment
of supplies and forced contributions of money.
"When wo remember the bitterness with which
the volunteers reviled General Dulce on every
occasion when he sought to observe the pub
lic law of nations, either in the delivery to
foreign representatives of parties arrested or
the liberation of others who had been pro
nounced innocent bj' the courts, we cannot
look for nny very nice discrimination in their
seizure of goods or their demands for money;
and wc believe if the Spanish Minister at
Washington to-dny were asked if his govern
ment would respond to ours for the safety of
American lives or tho security of American
interests in Havana, under the present state
of affairs, he would bo forced to acknowledge
that the power of Spain has ceased to be re
spected in Cuba, and could in no wise bo
brought to account for what may occur there.
Thus wo have upon our immediate bonier
the questions of a foreign war and domestic
anarchy. If such a conjunction were to occur
in any country in Europe the Cabinets of con
tiguous nations would not only demand guar
antees irom tho lomenters ot disorder, but
would prepare to interfere in tho interests of
hrmankind. lhe question is a purely Ameri
can one, and we are the controlling power in
America. Should England or France inter
vene, we should at once protest and prepare
to jiroleet our own interests. With such
duties nnd such impulses, it becomes us to in
quire whnt steps has the administration taken
to be prepared for future contingencies.
There is but one answer. Mr. Fish has made
himself active in listening to the complaints
of the Spanish Minister about the shipment of
a few rusty small arms; Secretary Don! well
has busied himself with stopping steamships
engaged in legal trailic, and tho politicians in
the Cabinet nnd around it aro scheming to
raise tho cry of a war with England, in tho
hope to catch the Fenian vote and sway the
fall elections. Such ignoring of great events
nt our own door nnd magnifying distant mole
hills into mountains would be ludicrous if it
were not contemptible.
When the echoes from the guns of the
Spunish and Peruvian iron-chids in American
waters shall awaken our ''Rip Van Winkles
in Washington to a contemplation of tho rude
facts of tho present day, when the gathering
fleets of i ranee nnd r.ngland in tho West In
dies shall show them the estimation in which
European statesmen hold the present gres.t
question of America, then will they come to
a knowledge of tho oimortunitv thev havo
lost, and perhnps recognize the fact that tho
pen of a live statesman might have con
trolled events of the highest importance to
the future of this country. We say again to
our very respectable head of the State De
partment, war is brooding within the echo of
our own shores, anarchy is rampant whero tho
lives of many of our citizens and millions of
their interests are at stake, and it behooves
you to act, and to act with energy and do
decision. Our home squadron must bo aug
mented, our representatives at the scene of
events must be instructed and sustained, and
the Government must be prepared to accept
tho changed relations of Cuba to ourselves
and to Iho world.
KIEV
Frm the X. Y. Tribune.
When tho Czar has a will ho is sure to find
tho most arbitrary of ways. Once tho late
Emperor Nicholas wns presented with a pi m
of a railroad from his capital to a point iu tho
interior of kin domain. Tho pluu respected
what the author of "Wallonstoin" called tho
"valley's fruitful windings," and specially
avoided what ho described ns tho straighter
but loss righteous course of the "cannon ball."
It meandered about every place of calculabla
size, and by a groat circuit camo to its end.
Rut the Emperor designed that his road should
make now cities, instead of taking in old ones;
so ho took up a ruler and drew a straight line
from point to point. "Ruild me that," sail
the Czar, and we presumo that tho road was
built straightway.
Because tho Czar has taken into his heal
that a new capital in the south of Russia
would be a more central and conveniont seat
for his wido and increasing empire, wo aro
disposed to give moro than usual respect to
tho report that the city of Kiev has bsen
chosen for that capital. Kiev is a triniontano
city, situated C.7l)milessouthof St. Petersburg,
and (70 miles southwest of Mospow, and has
at this time above one hundred thousand in
habitants. It is placed nt a junction of the
small river Desna with tho Dnieper, nnd is
within easy reach by water and laud of tho
railroad leading from tho capital to Odessa, on
the Black Sea, from which it is less than two
hundred and fifty miles distant in a direct
line. Kiev would bo as convenient in point of
situation to Moscow as St. Petersburg is n w,
and is hundreds of miles nearer than the latter
to the capital of Poland, whence must nri ;o
any conspiracy formidable enough to thro.iten
the integrity of the Ozardoiu. The new
rumors of conspiracy in Polish and Slavonian
quarters hint an argument for the choice of the
new imperial seat, and tho recent uprising
among the Don Cossacks and in the Khirgiz
country give us another. St. Petersburg
being sufficiently loyal for nil imperial pur
poses, tho new capital would be recommend ul
for its grenter convenience as a baso of sup
plies against the centres of disaffection. Add
to this the important consideration that tho
Emperor will by his change of residence h iva
brought himself nearer by some six hundred
miles to the Austrian dominion, and as mmy
nearer to Asia and to Turkey. Tho tradi
tional policy of tho Czardom with respect to
the possessions of tho Sultanate has not, wo
fear, been abandoned: nnd although tho Gov-ernor-Gencrnl
of Turkestan announces that
tho poriod of Russian conquest in Asia is
ended, we consider it safe to doubt any ex
pressed programme of Imperial policy which
omits the national Russian idea of enoriuoui
absorption. Tho now capital will havo fair
merits of size nnd numbers and defense, and
great merits of position. It has largo cathe
drals and palaces, and numerous churches.
uiitiiufaetoi'ies of lentlier, and pottery, and
confectionery, and holds an annual fair. Tho
best proof of its antiquity nnd importance
exists in fhe fact that its libarry contains
:!."),()()() volumes, that its university had S."
professors and 1 "!! students, and that it was
lor a long time tho capit.d ot the iuissias.
Two countries of tho world take the lion s
shares of its growth, namely. Russia nnl
America. The former grows by a brute, blind
instinct of absorption, fattening its power ou
all sides, from elements of the rudest races
nnd civilisations. Tho same inevitable ten
dency to acquire new properties is true of the
L nited States. But the American people aro
still only an evidence of tho natural power of
attraction, and not, as in the case of Russia,
a conquering and aggressive force. Euro
pean publicists are speculating when it will
be necessary for fhe Emperor of Austria to
change the seat of his dominion to Posth. Ilo
will probably think tho matter well over by
the time the Czar removes to Kiev.
THE CRAIG -SPRAGUE BREACH OF
PROMISE.
i-Vmi the X. '. Time.
The Chicago breach-of-promiso case has
ended by a verdict of loi),o;ii) in favor of
Miss Craig nguinst Spraguo for his breach of
promise to marry her. Her counsel contended
that Siirnguo was so old, so ignorant, so
stupid, and such nn inveterate liar and scoun
drel generally, flint no relianco could be placed
on a word ho said, nor would any decent per
son feel for him anything but the utmost con
tempt. Yet because ho had not married this
woman, who was described as nn angel of
purity, nnd ns highly intellectual, her heart
was so broken that it could not be repaired
for less than U0,ii)0. And the jury forth
with awarded her that amount. The whole
thing is an absurdity. If his character is what
her counsel described it to be, it, would havo
been much better for her to have paid him
$100,000 thnn to have become his wife, and
sho certainly ought to havo been thankful that
he was willing to break such a promise.
There is only one condition on which such
a verdict can be justified. Spraguo was rich
and old; nnd if tho jury was satisfied that
Miss Craig wanted to marry him, with tho
expectation that ho would soon die and leave
her n rich widow, then they may have done
right in awarding her $100,000 to console her
for her disappointment. But the pretense
that her heart was broken, and that this
amount was necessary to heal it, is absurd.
Maidens of thirty, as sharp as this one seems to
have been, do not make such contracts with
such men from purely sentimental considera
tions. Tin y nre generally business arrange
ments, nnd should be judged on tho same
basis as others. If ho had bargained to sell
her a large quantity of pork or lumber, and
to deliver it on a certain day, nnd hud failed
to do so, tho amount of her loss could be com
puted, and he should be compelled to make it
up to her. Tho fact that the article he sold
and was to deliver, but failed to conio to
time, was his hand witli his heart in it, dojs
not change the basis of tho settlement, but
only complicates the estimate of lani ign.
The pretense of love, undying affection, and a
broken heart ts ridiculous.
Probably the real reason for tho enormous
verdict is found in tho fact that Spraguo
attempted to destroy her character by proving
that she was unchaste, ns a reason for not
marrying her. Tho attempt was thought to
have failed, and- was, therefore, very justly
regarded as greatly aggravating tho offense.
We regard the whole business of seeking to
recover damages for tho breach of a promise
of marriage as utterly absurd; in nine cases
out of ten, tho party deceived ought to return
public thanks for tho escape. The worst thing
that could possibly happen would havo been
the fulfilment of the promise. But an attempt
to excuse a breach of promise by assailing
the chnracter of the woman, as was done iu
this case, certainly deserves punishment,
whether the biruch of tho promise to marry
her does or not.
The Irish crops are promising.
Passage from Calais to Dover la I-', but Wales
wua charged f:itu.
The proprietor of the Sadowa farm hold It at a
tremendous price.
Mint julep is known lu Paris as iba prog A merieain
OUXJiiHH her ben.
iinrllngftme'8 two balls lu Paris cost tho Celestial
Kmplro Iw.oc'j.
There are flftionyucht clubs In England, employ
ing ouo thousand persons.
Tho Southern Paclllo ltallroad lias been adver
tising lu Palis to ruihu iiiiiiiey.
American asMliients in Panama aro making ar
rftiigt'iuenlH to celebrate tlm t'ourlll.
A London niechanlo lius Invented a self-regis-tetlnfc'
builot-box, to prevent tampering.
NEW rSCOMMElUIAIi SAMPLES.
Ity t'hnrlrw IHrhrm.
A rLE A FOK TOTAL A I1STIK RNCK.
One day this last Whitsuntide nt precisely 1 J.
o'clock in tho forenoon, thcro suddenly rodo
into the field of view commanded by the win
dowaof my lodging an equestrian phenomenon.
It wns a fellow-cn aturo on horseback, dressed
In the ftbfmrilesl manner. Tho fellow-creature
wore high boots, eonio other (and much
larger) fellow-creature's brcochen, of a slack-
baked doughy color and a nagiry form, abluo,
flilrt, wheicof the skirt o.- tail was pultlly
tucked Into the waistband of ttie said
breeches, no coat, a red shoulder-belt, and a
deinl-scnil-mllitftry scarlet hat with a feathered
ornament in front, which to the uninstructcd
human vision had the appearance of a moulluier
shuttlecock. I laid down the newspaper with
which I hud been occupied, and surveyed the
fellow-man In Question with astonishment.
Whether he had been sitting to anv painter as a
frontispiece fur a new edition of Sartor Kcsar
tus; whether "the husk or shell of him," a.s the
esteemed llcrr Teiifelsdroch might put H, were
founded on a iockev, on a circus, on (iencral
(iarlbaldl, on cheap porcelain, on a toynhop, on
Guy Fawkes, on wax-work, on gold diggimr, on
bedlam, or on all, were doubts tint greatly
exercised my mind. Meanwhile my fellow-man
stumbled aiid glided, excessively" against his
will, on the slippery stones of my Covcnt Gar
den street, nrd elicited shrieks from several
sympathetic females, by convulsively restrain
ing himself from pitching over his horse's head.
Iu the very crisis of these cvolutio is, and in
deed at the trying moment when his charger's
tail was in li tob..c onlst's shop, a 'id his head
my where about town, th'S cavalier was joined
bv two similar portents, who, likewise stum
bling and sliding, caused him to stum
ble and slide the more distress
ingly. At length this Gilpinian trium
virate effected a half, and, looking
northward, waved their right hands a.s com
manding unseen troops to up, guards, and at
'cm. Hereupon a brazen band burst forth,
which caused them to be instantly bolted with
to some remote spot of earth In tho direction of
the Surrey Hills. Judnoig from these appear
ances that a procession was under way, 1 threw
til) mv window, and, craning out, had tlm satis
faction of beholding it advancing along the
street. It was a lc-ctotal procession, a.- 1 learnt
from its banners, and was Ion enough to con
sume 'JO minutes Is passing. There were a great
number ot children Hi it, some ol thein so
very young hi their mothers' arms as to be in
the "act of practically exemplifying their absd
ueuco from fermented liquors," and attachment
to nn uiilntoxicating drink, wl ilo the j'l'o.'ession
defiled. The display was, on the whole, plea
sant to sec, as any good-humored holiday assem
blage of clean. "cheerful, and well-conducted
people should be. It was bright with ribbons,
tinsel, and shoulder-belts, and abounded in
flowors. as if those latter trophies had come up
in profusion i under much waterimr. Tho
day ficlni; breezy, the insubordination of tho
large banners was verv reprehensible. Ive.'U of
these being borne aloft on two po1..--. and
stayed with some half-dozen lines, was c-irried,
as polite books In the lust century us-d to be
written, by "various hands." and" tho anxiety
cxprci-scd in the upturned faces of tlioe officers
something between the anxiety attendant on
the balancing art. and that inseparable tram tho
pastime of kite-ilyiug. wiih u toucli ot the
angler's quality in landing his scaly prey much
impressed me." Suddenly, too, a banner would
shierin the wind, and go about in themost
inconvenient manner. This always h-ippcued
oftenest with such gorireous "standard as
those representing a ".entleniaii in black, corpu
lent with tea and water, iu the laudable act of
summarily reforming a family feeble and pinched
with beer". The gcuilemnii'iu black distended
by wind would then conduct himself with the
utmost unbecoming levity, while the beory
family, growing beerler, would frantically tear
themselves away from his ministration. Some
ol the inscriptions accompanying the banners
were ot a highly determined character, as "We
never, never will give up the temperance c r.:-e,"
wilh similar sound resolutions rather Mijicsiive
to the profane mind of Mrs. Micawbei s ) never
will desert Mr. Mieawber," and of Mr. Micaw
ber's retort, "fleally, my dear, 1 tun not aware
that you were ever required by any human
being" to do anything of the sort.''
At intervals a gloom would lull on the passing
members of the procession, for which was at
first unable to account. lint this I discovered,
after a little observation, to bo occasioned y the
coming on of the Executioners the terrible
olHeial beings who were to make the speech 's
liv-and-by who were distributed in open car
riages at various points of lhe cavalcade. A
dark tloud and a sensation of dampness, us from
many wet blackets. invariably preceded t'ae roll
ing on of the dreadful cars containing these
Headsmen, and I noticed that the wretched
people who closely followed them, and who were
in a manlier forced to contemplate their folded
arms, complacent countenances, nnd threaten
ing lips, were more overshadowed by the cloud
nnd damp than those iu front. Indeed, 1 per
ceived in some of these somoodynn implacability
towards the magnates of the scaffold, and fo
plain a desire to tear them limb from limb, that
I would respectfully sim'cst to the managers
the expediency ot conveying the executioners to
the scene of their dismal labors bv unfrequented
ways and in closely tilted carts next Whit
suntide.
The procession was composed of a series of
smaller processions, which had come to
gether, each from its own metropolitan
district. An infusion of allegory became per
ceptible when patriotic l'cckhaiu advanced.
So 1 judged, from the circumstance of 1'eek
liam's unfurling a silken banner that, tanned
heaven and earth with the words "The Peckliain
Lile-Boot." No boat being in attendance, though
life, in the likeness of "a gallant, gallant craw."
In nautical uniform followed the Hag, 1 was led
to meditate on the fact that I'eckhani is de
scribed by geographers as an inland settlement
with no larger or nearer shore line than the
towing-path of the Surrey Canal, o:i which
etonnv station I had been given to understand
no Life-Moat exists. Thus 1 deduce! an allegori
cal meaning, and came to the conclusion that if
patriotic i'cckhain picked a peck of pickled
poetry, this ims the peck of pickled poetry
vuiien patriotic reckiiam picked.
I have observed that the aggregate procession
was on the whole pleasant to see. I made use
of that qualified expression with a direct iiiean
lntr, which 1 will now explain. It involves the
title of this paper, and a little fair trying of
teetotali.-m by its own tests.
There were many people on foot, and man'
people in vehicles of various kinds. The former
were pleasant to see, ami the latter were not
pleasant to sec; for the reason that I never, on
any occasion or under any circumstances, havo
beheld heavier overloading of horses than in
this public show. Unless the imposition
of a great van laden with from ten to twenty
people on a single horse be a moderate
tasking of the poor creature, then the temperate
use of horses was immoderate and cruel, from
the smallest and lightest horse to the largest
and heaviest, thcro were many Instances iu
which the beast of burden was "so shamefully
overladen that the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals havo" frequently Interposed
iu less gross cases.
Now, I have nl.vays held that there nny be,
nnd tkat there unquestionably is, such a thing
as use without abuse, and that therefore the
total abolitionists are irrational and wrong
headed, lint tho procession completely con
verted me. For so largea number of the" people
using draught-horses lu it were clearly
unable to use them without a'uising them, that
1 perceived total abstinence from horseflesh to
be the only remedy of which the case ad
mitted. As it Is all one to Teetotallers whether
you take half a pint of beer or half u gallon, so
it was all one here whether the beast of burden
were a pony or a cart-horse. Indeed, my case
lnul the special strength that the half-pint quad
ruped underwent as much suffering as the half
gallon quadruped. Moral: Total Abstinence
from Horseflesh through the whole length and
breadth of tho scale. This pledge will bo in
coarse of administration to all Teetotal proces
sionists, not pedestrians, at the publishing oilh-o
of All The 1'mr Hound, ou tho lirst day of
JUNE 12, 18G9.
April, OnoThousand Eight Hundred nnd Seventy.
Observe n point for consideration. This proces
sion comprised many porsons, In their gigs,
broughams, tax-carts, barouches, chaises, nnd
what not, who were merciful to tho dumb beasts
that drew them, nnd did not overcharge tholr
strength. What is to bo dono with those unof
fending persons ? I will not run amuck and
vilify nnd defamo them, as teetotal tracts and
platforms would most assuredly do, If tho ques
tion were one of drinking instead of driving;
I merely ask what is to be dono with them ?
The reply admits of no dispute whatever.
Manifestly, In strict accordance with teetotal
doctrines, they must come In too, and tako the
Total Abstinence from Horseflesh Pledge. It Is
not pretended that those members of tho proces
sion misused certain anxilliarlcs which In most
countries nnd all nges liavo been bestowed upon
man for his use, but it Is undeniable that other
members of tho procession did. Teetotal ma
thematics demonstrate that the less includes tho
crcntcr; that the guilty Include tho innocent, tho
blind the seeing, the (leaf the healing, tho dumb
the speaking, the drunken the sober. If any of
the moderate users of draught-cat lie. In question
should deem that there Is any gentle violence
done to their reason by these clement of logic,
they are Invited to come out of the procession
next Whitsuntide, nnd look at it from my
window.
GAS LIGHT FOR THE "COUNTRY.
LL
Jr"T
SAFE, RELIABLE, AND ECONOMICAL.
PLACED OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS ! !
FERRIS & CO.'S
AUTOMATIC GAS MACHINES
lavo been in miccrwful oprrntinn for olovon yours, lin t in
ml CMH08 Riven porfnet giitmfm-tion. 'I'ho liKhl ih inmih
ni. in lor to tlmt of city yn, nt miicli loss cost. Tho tunny
accidents ariinn from tho use of K KKO.SKN K mm COAL
(JlIi LAMPS nnd worthless pus m.-ii-hines hiioiiM in.
(Im-p iicrsonn to odoi't n Fnt'o, economical, and satifiio
lory lit;lit. Tho simplicity of our m.-u-uum, its alowr mttion,
it superiority over nil ntliera on amount of its KK v'OLV
1X(1 evaporator, which takes np nil the carbon from tha
material, and tho tact that it will run for yo irs without
cop t',r ropairH, reeoinmenri it, nliovo hll otiiern in the
niaiUot. Tho inni liiuo i-n lm s.L'n in operation at our
Ollico, whore onulaimtiono und rofurenenswuM bo hjvuu.
ft 1tnlhan2p1 No. !K7 I'Hl'KVUT St root, PiiiU.ia.
Ileal duality of fJASOI.l.NK al.v.ivi on hand.
PAPER HANGINGS.
E 1' O T
rp.EIICn AND AZIEKICAIJ
PAPEli HANGINGS,
rVow. 11 unci in .MATH Street.
AN ASS01VTMENT OP
French and American "Wall Papers,
Original In PeRlem, Elsibor.ito In Finish, Unsurpassed
lu Quality, and Incomparable in Price.
A force of workmen who combine ta.sto with skill,
cxoi'iitlen vltli promptness.
In .store, ami arriving monthly per Paris steamer,
the richest and most complete assortment of DfX'O
l.'A'i "IONS and EMBLEMATICAL DE.SKiNS, suit
able for Ma'.l, Mansion, or Cottage.
Tie- above now ready for Inspection, and a visit Is
Most earnestly requested bv
3 ?7 mntiinin lll'NHY S. MATLACK.
"3 A P
Lfl HANGINGS
WHOLESALE ASD RETAIL.
HAGLE, COOKE & EWIBG,
LATE WITH
rio.1338 CHESNUT Street,
r thRtnm
PHILADELPHIA.
pAPER HANGINGS,
"WiiidoAv Uncles,
LACE CURTAINS,
AND
UniOISTEIlY GOODS GEIIEHALLY.
The only nouse In Philadelphia combining tho
above branches.
We keep the best PAPER II ANGERS and UPIIOL
STI'JLEItS In the city, and all our work Is tlrst-cla.s.s.
CARSINGTOI, BE ZQUGHE & CO.,
SOUTHEAST CORNER
THIRTEENTH and CHESNUT Streets,
8 IS thstiittn PHILADELPHIA.
E5E AN &. WARD.
TLAIN AND DECOllATIVE
PAPER HANGINGS.
NO. 251 SOUTH TIIIHD ST11KET,
BKTWKKN WALNUT AND RPKUCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
COUNTRY WORK Pl.'tCil I'Tl.T ATTENDED
TO. a 1R
T Ot.K! LOOaH LOOK !!:,, 'ALL 1'APEItS
J and T.-nyn W in low Siia-to '.i-i,itae.tui-ed tha
oheie, i in I hi cii v p,; ,)( ll N.vl i '- In-iv. I, No (C
!''!;' N'.V,vV? 'iV' "' Slr:',"' '!'vt.iuii, liruoli, No.
. t-'l' t, . hit-,.,,.. Ol iiiI,.! .owJemey 9
DYEING AND PRINTING.
-ft H T A B L I S II ED 18 10.
The New York Dyeing and Printing
Establishment,
HTATKN ISLAND,
No. 40 North EIGHTH Street (Went Side), Philadel
phia; No. tM LlAJtS Street, and UUOADWAY,
New York.
This old and well-known Company are prepared, an
nsuiil, with the highest ili-L'ieo of hUU and tho most
apl'loved machinery, TO IYK, CLKANSK mid
KIN 1SII flvcrf variety o' T.A 1I KS' and (1KNT1.E
NKN'H GARMENTS, ami PIECE UOODS, lu their
UhiiiiI KUpflor manner. .,,.,,.
UAHMKNTH CLEANSED WHOLE. T3 11 thstu
NOTii Tills la our ouJy oillco Ui 1'lilladelpUliw
I'M
AUOJ-o N8A LE 8.
M
THOMAS A
8. FOURTH bTRKKT. '
139 AND HI
Administrator'. Rulo on tho I'mmlm. No. KXW M.r.h.ll
. . street.
FMntonf T. Willnrtt !,rK). r1rc.,rt
MODhkN KKMIKN!K ANfi r'U KMl' U R K.
On Monday Morning, '-"",.
.Iiinn 14. lit 10 n'l li.ck, t No. Mr-hll ......
order of attinintHlrnlorn, all that nioitern ttirtte-fltorv briok
letodenee, wilh twu-Htory back buildings Q
ground, wept Fide of Marlmll atrent, contninina In
Iront, 17k feet, and In depth lii. Clear of all Incum.
bin tiro.
Immediately after anlo or realilenen will ha aolrt. h
ciibiloirne, the nalntit parlor. ditiitiK nxiin, and clmmbnr
furniture; ropew 1 ptiitm, iliitui ami (rlaiiHvrurn, itruiila,
IriRtain. and other eatpi-tn ; hiiir inuttreaKuii, lent her bruls.
kill lien uli'iimln, etc. 6 11 lit
Palo No. 121 '2 Snrneo Flreot.
puri'.rtioit i cum n uk. i hk.mii M.A.TK MIR-
KUKN, CIJAM'Kl.lhltN, I'AII IKTa, h.lU.
On Tuesility morning,
itnnolf.. ' In o'eloek. at No. I ! I -i Somen atront. hr
cataloRtie, iho entire hoii.ehold furniture, eotnpriun2 w.u-
iiul imrlor ion!, irai net iiIukIj ; el :ii;ere. wnlnut niniiw-room
fntliil ore. bullet hlilelinjirit, extension taiiin. two l-'retiotl
plate tnanlel inimirM, clnnu. idas. and plated-waro, p;tiitt
lUtfffaml enravitiu'?, walnut ehiiulier iiirnituro, lino
bureau. WHrih-obe, line tout t ivBsea. feather bolstorfl anil
mIIowh. UriiKMM mnl other .-areeta. uhnndelior. rotnire-
ralor, kitchen I urn 1 1 urn, ete. 6 1121.
SAMCOK UK At. UNTATK AND STOCKS.
(In Tuesilay.
.Tune IS. lit 12 o'eloek. noon, at I lie l-'xelinture :
Mi K KAN AVIONIK and ( ' I. A I'l Kit Sin.et.S. K. cor
ner - I- leiratit ( ouDtty Sent, Macinion, Cd.h-Ii homo, and
lie nut moi Kroumis.
PAUUY Koad-T
rwinty-Rovonlh ward Hotel, known i
Kimiiu Sun."
(.HI KN. east of lorlietb-I'welbncs and Iireo Lot.
M A Hi ; A 1 l-.'l T A, No. I in i
B,ike.ioli.t.
bin k liwclling.
1 Kl NT i Nnrtli , .,. IM7
cai i.owini.i., No. l-ji
(At I owilll.l., N... l;
tore.
Hotel.
I'OWKI.TON Avcmio and STATK Ktrnnt Slnbln aorl
lot.
M KRCIIANTVU.LK, New Jersey-Country Seat, 11
aeien.
Ill I.M KSV.r UC, Twenty third ward Country Soat and
I-'fiim of neres adi-'itiMiir "( 'rvnlal .Niirini;.."
TI.NTIl and WHAH'ION, H. W. coiuer-Storo and
llwellit a.
Wn.WlTON, No. 1u12 llrii-k Dwelling.
HOI.MI-.Mil lid, Twenty-third ward, Decatur atrnot
Dwelling nnil I. urge Lot.
TI'N'I II (South). No. hit Modem Dwelling.
1 HOWN. No. 1ll! Hotel.
I'll rKKN'1'11 isoutli), Nos. K2 and 921 -Brick Dwoll
intrp. VV Al LACK, No. 'J1R -Modern Dwelling.
(lOA'I KS, No. i!2IN .Modem Dualling.
M A U K I I'. No. ;i7J!i Store and Dwelling.
Ml If'I'l.N. No. LliW .Modern Dwelling.
VI INTO.N t'onntv. Pa. Trnet oi X'A urn,
SIXTH (South', Nos. 171 J, 1701, 17ii, and 17OT -Modor
PwelbtitfN.
ONTAblO, No. 14'J9-Po?irahln Dwelling.
(ilxK.KN. No. :i:m Modern l!-Mdetico.
CORINTHIAN Avmiuo, No. NVj Modern Dwelling
Crimnd Hunt, if;iii.
STOCKS. LTC.
IfOo.liiKI Schuylkill Navigation loau, 1X72.
fr.V.im Si huyikill Navigation !an, lvJ.
tit niuiroH I'elitif-.i ivnnia Uallrond.
PJ Hharoa bunk North America.
H Hliato8 -M t it 1 1 1 1 1 ami S. Havou Hailinad.
TuMiaroH American l-'iro ltwntunco Co.
1 share Ae.-idemy of I'ino Art.
lUHl'nrea l'"imy!vnnia St-'el Co,
lt'i allnrei 1'nioi Mutual Insurance Oo.
no o per cent. Ibvisterud lian of the State of Poun
p b'auia, act ot I ebniarv '2, I V,7. 'J7i senoa.
loo nliar.'M Klit I'lprise Insurance Co.
1 share Point Jtrczo Park. ft! 11 St
iflmi 7 per et. Second nnd Third Street. Railroad Co.
Jmti iharea Hock ( Id Co. of P.i.
fain pliareM Allegheny and Tiduuuto Oil.
CiiliiloueH now ready.
VXTI'NSIVI-. PKRKMPTOUY SA LK.
STOCK Ol-' UU'.UANT C A HI N' KT IV KNU'UHE.
I n r'rid'iv Mvrnmg,
Juno 1. nt in n';;,,rx, Bf tho luCi"" rootui, Wrt. f.T
a"'' I rl. Fourth ftreot. bv eat.-lli.llii.'. a Sfl""''!'! utrL,
blent ot l'tt-M-ch.5.-' cabinet tiii-niniic, manufactured by
(iei rge .1. Hi nkels, cjpressly for his wnrerooni aides, com
prising rov.;ivood parlor touts, colored with plush and other
line materia).-. : iv. dixit pavlor niiitH, with the Huntit and
leost bisinoiiuble coverings, elegant library suits iu terry
i-.nd leather ; ulcgmtt hall birnitiu-o; very elegant walnut
and ebony chamber Jjrnitiiri); walnut chamber nuils: ele
gant centi-eund botniuet tables: r, sowood and walnut ai Jo
boards, various marl. li s, ot.'igorea, fancy chairs, etc., all
from Mr. Iletikels' warerooms.
This sain will emprise tlio largest ninonnt of first-class
furniture evir otleied at public sain, and will bo held in
our largo sah'-roonis, second stoty. Mr. Honkels having;
determined lu t to carry tlim stock over tlio summer, pur
chasers are assured that every urticlo will he sold without
reserve or limitation. 12 6t
MAltTIN BROTHERS. AUCTIONEERS.,
(lately Salesmen for M. Thouins A Sons.)
No. 3 Ulil-.-iNUT Street, rear entrance from Minor.
Sale at 1 'l 1 S North Sixf h street.
FLFOANT CAliV I'll WALNUT KDRMTlfRR, VTAV.
M'T AND MAHOGANY CHAM UK II SUITS.
SCHOMACKKU 7H OCTAVK HIANOKOUTk!
J-INK 1 Kl-NCII PT.ATK MANTKL AND PI Kit
M IHPOUS. UHON'ZKS, HANDSO.MK VKLVET CAK
l'l'.TS, i: ic.
On Monday Morning.
June U. nt 111 o'clock, at No. I :i I S North Sixth street,
by catalogue, the eutiro lut'iiitiiro, including eleaet
carved walnut parlor suit, covered with tine hair cloth, ID
pieces : carveiliwalnut etuge.ro, cc'.itro and l),m.uet tables
to imitcli ; elt'ant fms'.wiHMl 7l tictave piano-forte, miula
by Schoiniicker: tinel rench plate mantel and pier mir
rors, bronze figures, two l-'reneh mantel clocks, fancy orna.
moots, suit eleiranr walnut chamber furnitnro, elegant
warib-otio to match; handsome suit mahogany chamber
furniture, elegant wardrobe to match; walnut, secretary
bookcase, hair mattresses, lino cut glassware, l-'ronch cliinai
plated ware, liipior case, kitchen furniture and utensils,
jilt in I ings and engravings, handsome velvet, imperial, and
other carpets, etc. 'I ho furniture was made to order b
H. nkels, and is eijuid to new.
May bo ci.iiimied at H o'clock on tha morning ot
tale. ti6 7t
UNT1N(J, DURBOuOW CO., AUCTION
.1 KKHS, Nos. and '2.11 MAKKKT Ktroet, cornel
ol Dank st reet. Successors to John B. Myers A Co.
LARGE SALK OK FRKNOll AND OTHER EURO
PKAN DltY GOODS.
On Monday Morning,
Juno I I, nt lu o'clock, on tour months' credit. 6 8 ot
BALK OF I . CASKS HOOTS, SHOKS. 1IAT3.
CAPS, STUAW GOODS, ETC.,
On Tuesday Morning,
June 15 , at 10 o'clock, on lour mouths' credit. 6 96t
LARCH SAI OV BRITISll. FRKNCH, GERMAN
AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODlj.
1 a Thursday Morning,
Juno 17, at 111 o'clock, ou four months' credit 11 5t
LARGK SAI.F OK OAUPKTINriS, CANTON MAT
TINGS, ol ICl OTUS. K TO.
Ou Kridny Morning,
Juno IS, at It o'clock, on four months' credit, about
20(1 pitcos ingrain, Venetian, list, hemp, oottngo, and
rug i ail tUef a, fcuO roils Canton luattiugs, oil-n'eiUB,
elctc: last
qMIOMAS BIRCH tJ(. AUCTIONEERS
1 AND COMMISSION M KUCHA NTS, No. 1 1 10
CltKbKUT Street; rear entrance No. 110? Siuuom St.
Rale nt the Auction Store, No. 1110 Chosnut street.
KL'PKRIOK HoliSh llOLD KIIUMTCKK, M NTKT
AND PIKR GLASSES, UKt SSI-.I.H AND OTHKIC
CAKPKTS, CO'ITACK 1UUNITCUK. HAIR MAT
T ESSES. HOLSTERS AND Plf.LOWS, OIL
PAINTI NGS A NO E.V( i RA VINOS, CHINA, GLASS-
On Tnes lay Morning,
.Tune 15, nt fi o'clock, at the Aticiiou Store, No. IIIO
CLesinii Blreet,wi!l i n sold I Inrgo assortm-nt ol superior
hcuseliold furniture, compi isiie Parlor, blirury, dining
ri in, i.nil chaini.i-r funnt ure ; o ,k and walnut sidubonrdH.
largo nnd small secret r.ry nnd bookcasta, pJate-;;!ass mantel
and lui r glas.i s, cottage suit, w'(h marble tops; spring
niul linn- inattu-s-cs. 1, Miioxes, e.,y chaii-s, decorated chinil
chnml-or sets, clotiu-s hampers, tin loilet bets, silver-pluted
Wall-, clnna .-mil glassu,ire, :'te.
SKI ONDHAND Fl.'R.VITI'RK, CARPETS, KTO.
A l.,o. an assortment of seci.n.l iian 1 1 ur .lit ur.i anil several
carl i-ts, li-i.m li-.iuilies 11111-1111111 housekeeping. 0 13 -Jt
1). MrCLEKS Jb CO.,
No. Zilli MAKKKT Street.
AUCTIONEERS,
SALK OF 1.500 CASKS ROOTS, SHOES, RROGANS.'
ETC. ETC.
On Monday Morning,
June la, at lo o'clock, including a luia lino of city-mad
gliosis.
N. II.- Sale every Monday and Thursday. C 10 3t
B
V R S f! Ci T 1 T T
SCOTT'S ART O A LLKRT. No, 10J0 OUESNU'i
D'Teet, ruiiaueipnia.
SPIX'IALSAI.K OV MODERN PAINTINGS.
On Tuesday Kveuing,
Juno 1'ith. a Ssott'n Art Gallery, No. lO'-ift f'hesnut
tie'., will be sold, without rosorve, a codecii-iu of inodorti
Piiintiiig l,y celebrated artists, comprising marines, land
scapes, lake, river, and mountain views, all tleg.nlly
iiiimi d in rich Ki'hl-liiif frames. tilJJt
UY I irPIXCOTT, HON "it CO., AUCTION-I-
KUS, ASHHUUST BUILDING. Nn. 'JKI MAR.
KliT Street.
lAMES IIUNT7AUCTI()NKEU, 8. W. COR-
tl ner HFTH and SOUTH Streets.
RK.l'LAH SALES at. tlm Auction Store, every SAT.
UltDAY Morniiijt, of IlousehoM I'lirnituro, ilouaekoep.
ing Articles itto., received iroiu families quitting hoiis.
k jeping. LrL'.U
TEHNAN, ! IV .t CO., AUCTIONEERS, NO
1 I j 'J N. K HONT Street. (1 gl
SOFA GED.
II
O V 13 11 S3 J A T 15 N T
COMBINATION SOFA BHD
1h decidedly the best Sofa Ik'd ever lnvente(t It can
he ejib iided froii' u Solii into a liaiidsoiuo Frenclt
licdstcad, with Imtr Hpi inpr liialtrcsii, In ten second
of tune. It ri'iiinvH no imscrewinij or detaeliini.', has
no tupaniiioii bi lween bark and seat, no cords to
bri-iik, and no hini-d loot uiuu-lii-d to Ihu top of the
back to support It. when down, which is nnsiifo and
liable to jret nut of repair. It has the conveidoneei of
a buii-nu for lioldlnir cluthlnir, is ciwily inauued uuil
11, Is Impossible for It to (ret out of order.
Tlcu ubout Die same an un oi'dlnary nofii.
II. V. 1IOVKU,
OWNER AND SOLK MANL'KAC'TUKliK,
120tut!inCui No. 0 South SKCONU Street.