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'HIE HESULT OF GENERAL Git ANT '8
INTERMEDDLING WITH NEW YOltK
POLITICS,
'row (he A. F. .Vtm.
The Republican party of tLis State will
fall an easy prey to its opponents at the
annual election in November. It is torn by
internal feuds, is utterly demoralized in a
large number of Congressional districts, and
its leading journals aud principal candidates
give Mgns of woe that all is lost. And why
is this thus ?
In the early summer the prospects of a
Republican victory in the State this fall were
cheeiing. The sanguine loaders of that
party were confident of a triumph, while the
Regency at Albany and the Sachems of Tam
many felt at least doubtful of the result.
There were solid grounds for the hopes of
the Republicans and the fears of the Demo
crats. The Democratic ascendancy in the
State Capitol during the previous winter had
exhibited no marked improvement, espe
cially in the matter of venal and corrupt
legislation, over that of the Republicans in
former years. The Democratic administra
tion in this city had rent the party asunder,
and the malcontents, under the load of
O'Brien, Ledwith, and their associates, had
organized such a powerful opposition against
Tammany Hall that the magnates of the
party began to fear that the regular Demo
cratic tickets would fail to receive a majo
rity of the votes in this city in November.
At this critical juncture General Grant got
it into his head that the Hon. Horace Greeley
doubted the expediency of his renomination
to the Presidency, and that Senator Fenton
was plotting to becomo his successor in 1871';'
and so the President fastened a quarrel upon
the wily politician of Chautauqua and turned
the cold shoulder upon the philosopher of
Chappaqua. The President commenced his
war against Fenton by appointing the Hon.
Thomas Murphy Collector of this port against
his etrennous opposition, which Fenton
based upon the ground that Murphy had done
his best to defeat the Republican State ticket
in 18GG, when Fenton was the candidate for
Governor. Grant followed up this attack at
the Saratoga Convention by preventing the
election of Fenton to the chair of that body,
while at the same time he dealt a foul blow
at Greeley by crushing his aspirations for the
nomination to the Governorship, a distinction
upon which the founder of the party that
aiadG Grant 'President, but to which Grant
never belonged, bad set his heart.
This quarrel with Fenton and this insult to
Greeley have produced their legitimate fruits
by carrying discord, acrimony, aud dis
couragement into the Republican ranks in
every county of the State. Their influence
has been felt in at least a dozen of the
strongest Republican Congressional districts,
rendering it almost impossible to nominate
candidates after hundreds of ballotings, and
producing irreconcilable splits and the prob
able loss of Republican Congressmen in two
or three districts. Their baleful effects ara
felt, too, in a score of Assembly districts. and,
unless promptly checked, which the faotionists
Beem not to desire, will surely ctve the
Democrats a majority in that body. They
Lave torn tne Kepuimoan party in this city
into shreds, making each wing of the belli
gerents a good deal more eager to beat its
rival than to reduce the Democratic) majority
on Manhattan Island, and thus doubtless
convincing General Sharpe, the United States
Marshal, that his plans for helping the Re
publicans at the polls will be of no practical
use, and discouraging the Young Democracy
in their fight against Tammany, which they
gallantly keep up, tuougn badly crippled,
their numbers diminished, and their hopes
blighted by the treachery of Littlejohn and
his Kepubiican associates in the .Legislature
last winter.
All this is the result of General Grant's un-
seemly and unskilful interference with the
local elections of this State, and his unpro
voked quarrel with one of its most adroit
politicians, and his ungenerous efforts to
crush the aspirations of one of its oldest and
most distinguished journalists and all to
E-eciuo what he will not obtain, a renomina
tion to the Presidency; for from this hour
forward Reuben E. Fenton aud Horace Gree
ley, backed by a majority of the Republicans
of New lork, will labor to prevent it. And
(Lev will succeed !
A FRENCH PHILOSOPHER ON THE
WAR.
From the X. F. Times.
Whatever may be thought of French
strategy or Jrrencu political skill at the
present time, the intellect of "tne treat na
tion" shines forth as brightly as in her best
dajs. In reading the recent exposition of
the t rench and Uerman question, made in
the lievue de deux Juondet of September 15,
ly the famous philosopher and historian, M.
Renan, one can only say that the race which
produces such minds cannot perish under the
worst calamities. For a scholar warmly
loving his country, working amid the smoke
of battle, and with his beloved land trampled
by hostile armies, and the star of his nation,
so long a guide to modern civilization, setting
in gloom and darkness for sueh a man to
write of the war and its causes, somewhat a
if be were gazing from the interplanetary
spaces on the Borrows and struggles of earth,
with a candor and love for truth which no
prejudice could for a moment dim, is surely
one of the highest victories of the hutnin in
tellect. It elevates human reason to think
that it is canable of suoh triumnhs.
Practically, the statement of this eminent
and candid scholar is of great value, as show
ing the utmost that can be said on the French
aide of the great questions at issue. M. Renan
starts with the proposition that the prosperity
and union or the three great Powers in
Europe are indispensable for the highest pro
gress of civilization for "moulding America
ind directing Russia" and those three
Powers are France, Germany, and England,
They each need the other, and Europe re.
quires them all. undiminished and at peace
with each other. Should disaster or misfor
tune reduce either to a lower position,
European progress would be stayed. In re
viewing the past, the French critic does not
at all share the narrow views of M. Thiers
and other conservative statasman. thnt Ger
man unity , baa been any threat to French
prosperity, or that the support of Italian
unity was a mistake, or that France
can only thrive on the dissensions
of bar neighbors. On the contrary, he evi
dently considers the Intervention in Italy the
one tioble act of the empire, and only regrets
the annexation of Nice and Savoy as giving a
&elfUih and ambitious air to this magnanimous
policy. The unity of Italy, and the unity of
(lermarr, to his mind, are pledges of pac9
and prosperity to France, because with unity
come liberty and industrial progress, and
tinder these France and Germany would ap
proach each other in friendship. The danger
t both is in the deep-seated German suspi
cion that the empire designed conquest
in support of dynastio ambitions. With
Germany united, no single dynasty could
force the people to a war for its own selfish
purposes; and the Germans, he admits, are,
in their natural temperament, peaceful, and
given to indust ry rather than war. France,
be confesses, through the indiscreet claims
of its rulers, justified the constant apprehen
sion of war existing in Germany. So far
from Prussia threatening France by leading
a confederated Germiny, Renan maintains
that Prussia will soon be lost in Germany aj
Piedmont was in Italy. And could the
French Government have only quietly per
mitted the solidification of the Slates north
and Bouth of the Main without arousing the
jealousy of the people, the certain and vital
dissensions which would soon arise between
the Crown and the people, as well as be
tween different interests in the now confede
racy, would have allowed France, probably,
any reasonable "rectifications of the frontier"
she desired.
The pluncins so recklessly into the war,
and the little opposition made to it on the
part of the Senate, the people's chambers, or
the statesmen of the country, are observed
with the deepest regret, yet, in the first view
of this philosopher, were the legitimate
results of personal government. M. Renan
has no defense to offer for the French decla
ration of war. He admits, in fact, the whole
German position, so far as a question of
morals is involved. Even Prussian aggres
sions seem to him the natural ell'octs
of the passion of nationality. He can only
charge the great Prussian statesman with
a want of consideration lor French sus
ceptibilities, when, having ''called the
Emperor into his confidences," ho so coolly
gave him the cold shoulder on his making
the modest request for the possession of
I nxemburg. But in this Renan forgets that
Yon Bismarck, cunning as ho is, has been
boldly consistent As long ago as during
the days of his ambassadorship at St. Peters
burg, when he was known to be very favorable
to Franco, he publicly denied the reports
that he favorod any concessions of provinces
west of the Rhine to the French Emperor,
as a compensation for his non-interference
in Germany. Then, as ever since, he has
taken openly the position that Germany must
reach her unity without favor or help of any
external power. It is, of course, very proba
ble that he hoodwinked and "played"' the
French Emperor; but that surely was no
ground for war.
To this Freneh philosopher, the future of
his country is shrouded in clouds and dark-
ness.
The conquest and separation of Alsace
and Lorraine he regards as absolute ruin to
France though why the loss of a million
and a half of inhabitants and a few fortresses
should ruin a great nation, he does not ex
plain. Apart from nil the national disaster
in which the country is plunged, he sees, no
doubt, the impending political anarchy; the
rise and fall of different political factions, no
one strong enough to hold its position; the
sure and fatal succession of democracv. mo
narchy, and military imperial rule liberty
and morality equally degraded in the end.
It is a dark picture, but one thoroughly justi-
ned by all present appearances.
TIIE EUROPEAN WAR-HOPES OF AN
ARMISTICE.
Prom the IV. T. Herald.
We printed yesterday one most import
ant item of news. Russia, it is said, ten.
ders her offices of mediation, and Austria and
Great Britain are most anxious for peace. In
this connection it is to be noted that stocks
advanced on Tuesday in London and gold fell
in New lork. At the same time we learn
that the demand for a European Congress is
general and somewhat imperious. Russia and
Austria seem determined to prevent, if
possible, Prussia making too much out of
Ibis war.
The spirit of the latest news encourages
tne belief that among all the powers the feel
ing prevails that the war has lasted sufficiently
long; that t ranee has been sumciently humi
liated, and that Prussia is already become
dangerously powerful. The moral sense of
mankind is loud against the continuance of
the war. It is notorious that all over Great
Britain the wprkingmen have begun to be
lieve that the war, in its present shape, is a
war against their order. The feeling has
become so strong in London that the power
cf tne police and toe army alone prevents
violent popular demonstrations. We know
how it is here.
Not unwilling to see French vanity effect
ually snubbed, we have no desire to see
l ranee reduced to tne ranK oi a second or
third-rate power. The German democrats
reveal similar feelings; bo powerful, in faot,
mat King vtriuiam is tnreatened witu an up
rising in his rear. This, however, is not all,
Austria Bees, and sees clearly, that if the
war is not Boon ended her twelve millions of
Germans will kiok at Austrian rule and
exchange the caution of Beust for the dash
and vigor of Bismarck. The Fatherland, an
ancient watchword, powerful in the days of
Goethe and Schiller, dangerously powerful in
the days of the Tugendbund, is now the
mightiest name in Lurope. The iatherland,
through Prussia, has found its strength, and
all Europe feels that a new era, will or
nil, has been entered upon. The North,
through Prussia mainly, has been cultivated,
taught to feel and know its strength; and
the German legions, strong in brain, and
strong also in limb, are no longer to be held
in check by any neighboring power, or by
any combination of powers. A He uerman
people to-day care little about kings or
kaisers, but they care much for Fatherland,
and they are resolved that i at norland shall
never again be divided. The Austrian
Government .feels this and treat
bles. Russia feels it, and soarcely knows
what to do. Russia only knows that a united
Germany will leave her but few chances
in Europe. Belgium, Holland, Denmark,
and even Sweden, know that they must at
no distant day, to save themselves from Bor
row, become tributaries to the great German
nationality. Great Britain even is conviuoed
that the day is past when she could rule
Europe by cunning combinations. Takiag
into account the peculiarly painful situation
of France, and the development of this new
and wonderful force in central Europe, we
cannot wonder that the desire for peace has
become so general and bo strong.
It is our belief that an armistice has be
come almost a necessity, rrance uas no
longer a good reason to prolong the contest.
and Prussia, or rather Germany, has good
reason to wish the campaign ended before the
rough winter season fully sets in. On all
bands the pressure is in favor of a cessation
of hostilities. A cessation of hostilities is
desirable for Frauoe, desirable for Germany,
desirable for Europe, desirable, in fact, for
the world; for commerce whioh lives and
thrives by liberty, has grown impatient of
what it thinks uncalled-for restraint. In
trite of all that we have heard of French
pluck and ftpMt and perseverance, in spite
of uambetta and Jules Favre and M., inters,
cot one of whom has faith in the others, it
Las to be admitted that the prolongation of
this contest is only the prolongation of
misery, of destruction, of the reign of sor
row and death. An armistice we again
say, has become a necessity, nistory will
blame Jules Favre because an armistioe was
cot agreed upon some weeks ago. But better
late tnan never. An armistice, wnicn some
weeks ago would have left Prussia to deal
with France at her own sweet will, now makes
a general European congress indisponsablo.
here the congress may meet we know not.
This, however, we do know the great powers
cannot afford to allow France and Prussia
alone to settle this great question of the future
peace of the world. Russia demands guar
antees as well as Prussia. Austria derutnch,
or defcires to demand, guarantees just as
much as the one or the other. Italy has
something to say, so has Spain, so have the
Scandinavian cations. Great Britain has
many things to say, and what she has to say
must be said. If an armistice can be agreed
to a European congress must follow. The
congress v. ill have much to do. It will be
difficult to reconcile France to a
sacrifice of territory. It will be im
possible to induce Prussia to make peace
unless there be some such sacrifice. That
France must give in we regard as a foregone
conclusion. The question is not whether
France will yield, but what the congress will
do with the ceded provinces of Alsace aud
Lorraine. It is not our opinion that they will
bo annexed to Prussia directly. It is not im
possible that they will be annexed to Bel
gium. It is much more probable, however,
that Alsace, Lorraine, and Luxembourg will
be formed into a new principality, a princi
pality which will be compelled to enter into
the new German confederation. The gain
in that case will be German, not Prussian.
If it is true that Russia is disposed to insist
upon compensation for German guns, we
Lavo to confess that we do not "well see that
the congress will do much good. It rather
seems as if the congress would open up new
questions and lead to new difficulties.
would it be wonderful if an armistice, fol
lowed by a congress, would lead to a war
which would make an end of all past treaties,
unhinge the Euiopean equilibrium, and make
necessary a general contest destructive
beyond all the wars of the First Napoleon, all
the seven years' struggle, and all the thirty
years' confusion and fighting ?
We are not without hopes of peace. Bat
the combustible elements of European society
ere so numerous that we cannot say that any
armistice or any congress will lead to a per
manent peace settlement. If this struggle is
not ended until the United States of Europe
has become a fact, and until the way has been
paved for "the parliament of man, the federa
tion of the world," who will be sorry? Our
age is peculiar; it is the age of popular
power the age of progress; and progress
insists on dash, daring, nnd success.
POLITICAL MISSIONARIES.
From the A". F. Tribune.
In all the petitions and speeches made by
Mrs. Livermore and her coadjutors in Massa
chusetts, we were called on to notice in what
desperate need the politics and politicians
Btood of woman's purifying presence. The
ladies seem to have shifted their mode of
. attack : they do not propose, as heretofore,
to enter the dirty plane of politics as ground
that rightfully belongs to them, but as a
missionary field. Formerly they demanded
suffrage as sheer justice; now they offer
themselves for the purification of the ballot
box, jury-box, judge's beneh, etc, etc., with
the devotion of so many Iphigenias or Jep
tha's daughters en route to the sacrificial altar.
"Corruption and base expediency will cower
out of sight in politics before the approach
ing footsteps of the new Una," says one fair
orator. "When woman brings her purity and
high sense of honor to bear in the Govern
ment, we may hope for its regeneration, but
not before," says another. Now, the physi
cian who goes about extolling his own skill,
or the priest who vaunts his own holiness, is
cot the one we are apt to choose to cure
either bodv or soul. We are not likelv to
accept even lady braggarts at their own valua
tion. Before we hand over the reins of gov
ernment to woman we must have some better
testimony than ber own boasting that she
will introduce into politics stricter principles
of honor and decorum, or higher and more
liberal views of justice.
It occurs to us that Mrs. Litvermore s course
in offering to make over the adherence of her
followers to whichever party would open its
doors to tbem, utterly regardless of the vital
points of difference between Democrats and
Republicans, might be objected to by cynical
lookers-on, 88 a stroke of expediency. The
woman party was virtually by her advice put
up for sale. Their price, a vote. We are
sure the lady, if correctly reported, in her im
petuosity wronged her followers. I hey are
not willing to vote for any measure or doc
trine solely for the dear delight of voting.
But so long as their leaders are liable to make
such mistakes, would it not be safer forwpmen
to demand suffrage as a mere act of justice,
and let the missionary argument remain for
the present quite in the background?
SECRETARY SEWARD UNPLEASANTLY
CRITICIZED.
Frovithe Cincinnati Gazette.
In the QuUixy for November ex-Secretary
Welles, in narrating the facts in relation to
the futile attempt to relieve Fort Sumter in
March, 1861, makes some strong charges
against bis colleague, the lion. W. II.
Seward. The allegations may not be strictly
new, but they have never before been so
formally and specifically set forth. They are
in brief as follows: President Lincoln's plan
to act wholly on the defense, thus throwing
upon the secessionists the responsibility of
opening war, was seen to be futile on the re
ceipt of news from Major Anderson that Fort
Suauter had supplies for only six weeks, and
could vox. resist any attacK. uenerai Scott
thought it would be impossible to relieve the
fort, in consequence of the strong batteries
whioh the Rebels had ereoted at the opening
of the harbor; but several veteran naval offi
cers were of the contrary opinion, and an ex
pedition, carrying relief to the fort, was de
termined on. The Powhatan and other ves
sels were set apart for this service, and, it was
designed, were to reach Charleston about the
11th of April.
The Secretary of State was of oourse made
acquainted with the scheme, but it did not
meet bis approval. He had been negotiating
with the Rebel commissioners. In his anx
iety to induce the South to keep the peace
he bad assured the envoys that Sumter might
be evacuated, and that, at all events, no
attempt should be made to take troops or
provisions thither without notifying the Gov
ernor of South Carolina. When he found
that it was actually resolved to send an expe
dition, he induced the President, on the 8th
of April, to inform Governor Piokeps what
ba bad ordered. He was not oontent with
thin. Having done a large amount of uego
tiatiDg on bis own respvuaibility, he was not
inclined to be overruled. He presented a
cumber of papers to the President, whioh the
latter signed without roading.
, Among these was one placing Captain Bar
ron, soon after an avowed Rebel, at the head
of an 'important naval bureau. Secretary
Welles, who had been one of the prime
movers of the expedition, was cot at all
pleased at having a man foisted upon him
whose integrity be suspected, aud hastened
to make bis complaints to Mr. Lincoln. The
President was bb much surprised as the Sec
retary, and revoked the order at once. He
then looked over the other papers, and found
ne countermanding the assignment of the
Powhatan to the Sumter expedition aud
Bending her to the relief of Fort Pickens, for
which other arrangements had been msde. It
was too late, however, to remedy the matter,
and tho Powhatan sailed off to Pensacola. .
The rest of the expedition went to Charles
ton, bus, as the world now knows, accooi -
piisned nothing.
Mr. Welles does not believe that Mr. Sew
ard was in sympathy with the Rebels, but had
acted thus far on the supposition that he was,
like the English Prime Minister, the virtual
executive of the country. He had instituted
the policy of trying to conciliate the Rebels
by magnanimity, and was determined to test
bis plan to the utmost. Its folly was proved
by the attack on Sumter, in which the men
who "only wanted to be let alone" assumed
the offensive. The snarl in which Mr. Lincoln
had involved himself by his careless signing
of the papers induced greater caution on his
part, and during the remainder of his term of
office be was actually as well as nominally
President, and each head of a department
was warned to attend to his own duties, and
not trespass upon the prerogatives of other
members of the Cabinet.
Mr. Welles claims that Captain, afterward
Admirals Torter and Genoral Montgomery
Meigs were associated with Mr. Seward in
his Fcheme for restoring peace in his own
fashion, and thinks that all of them were
cleverly manipulated by the Rebel commis
sioners with whom they had to deal.
The prominent events of tho Rebellion
have often been described, but there is much
of its inner history that will probably remain
unknown until the present generation has
passed away. The great struggle is yet too
recent for plain speaking on many topics,
and posterity will doubtless be better able
than men of our own times to award to all
the actors tho credit or discredit which is
their due.
HONORS TO TRAITORS.
From the Toledo Vlade.
We have reports from the South that Gov
ernor Walker, of Virginia, and Collector
Robb, of Savannah, Georgia, have taken op
posite views of their personal and official
duty in regard to paying formal and. official
honors to the memory of General Lee. The
former Bent a highly eulogistic message to
the Virginia Legislature, such as might ap
propriately have been written on the occasion
of the death of a patriotio chieftain like Gene
ral George II. Thomas, or Admiral Farragut,
and in such terms as only eminent patriots
are entitled to call forth. Not the slightest
allusion, so far as the telegraph reports Gov
ernor Walker's message, is made to Lee's
treason, nor the slightest implication that he
had ever been guilty of the greatest crime a
soldier could commit against the Govern
ment which he had swonito support.
The message says: "lie died as he lived,
a noble example of sublime principles and
teachings of the Christian religion." Such
language concerning one guilty of drawing
the Bword on the Government which for
thirty years had first educated him, and then
honored him with the most exalted trnsts, is
a bitter libel both on true patriotism and
true Christianity. If a perjured traitor such
as he made himself be "a noble example of
sublime principle and teachings of the Chris
tian religion," then the heroes, patriots, and
Christians who fought in the held and suf
fered imprisonment, wounds, and death to
sustain the Government have suffered and
died in vain. If Robert E. Lee be an exam
ple of "sublime principle" and Christianity
then those who fought for the national cause
deserve not such honor. If their constancy
and devotion to the old flag be worthy of
praise, then General Lee's character and
cause deserve execration and reprobation
rather than such unqualified and unlimited
eulogy.
Private citizens, as such, in the South and
elsewhere, should be free to express their
views as to the course and character of Gen.
Lee and other Rebel leaders, living or dead,
in such terms as may best express their indi
vidual views and feelings in regard to them.
That men who believed as General Lee did,
and who a?ted with and fought under him,
should pay him honor, is to be expected. It
would cot be manly or creditable in them
if tbey did cot. Nor would we interfere
with their liberty so to do. But we protest
against any such formal and offioial honors
and demonstrations being rendered to Rebel
chieftains in the came and by the authority
of a State acknowledging allegiance to the
Federal Government. Governor Walker, as
an officer sworn to support the Constitution
of the United States, has violated the spirit
of his obligation gone aside of the line of
bis duty in a most sycophantio and servile
manner, to pay deference to the strong,
defiant, and still dangerous Rebel sentiment
of the btate be essays to govern. A more
sickening display of servility and sycophancy
to the Rebel sentiment of the South has not
been made before by any official laying the
slightest claim to loyalty to tne union.
General Lee was under greater obligations
to be true to the United States than almost
any other officer of our army. His whole life
bad been spent in its service. He cad no
personal grievance to complain of, for of the
Government be had always received pay and
honors equal to or greater than bis services
merited. Nor bad the State on whose behalf
be committed perjury and treason suffered
anv wrong at the bands of the Government,
The Rebel revolt never represented the views
and feelings of a majority of the people of
Virginia, nor perhaps of any other of the
States in revolt. It was a revolt, not of the
neople. but of a class, who by proscription
and violence suppressed the real voioe and
convictions of the majority. General Lee
well understood this. His plea was that Vir
ginia had gone out of the Union, and he was
fcound by allegiance to her to go along, but
bv no fair vote of ber people did she ever
rtbel against the Union.
General Lee was a slaveholder, aud drew
the sword to establish a government which
fihonld sustain and perpetuate the vilest sy
tern of slavery, the most infamous, damna
ble, and cruel code of oppression, that was
ever organized or perpetrated on earth,
Thus he not only had no grievance to com
nlain of or to redress, but bis cause bad no
merit whatever. It was a bad, cruel, and in
famous cause. It was a cause not only un
christian, but anti-ohristian and inhuman,
He trained his distinction by fighting to di
vide the republio and to establish tjTty on
tirtuer foundations, and for bis devotion to
this criminal cause alone will be be conspica
ous in history. And yet this is the man
wLom Governor Walker would hold up as a
model to the young men of the South, and of
the whole country ! In this Governor Walker
bas shown himself to be unfit and unsafe to
govern a State in the interest of loyalty and
freedem. "
On the other band, how courageous and
noble was the conduct of Collector Robb, of
Savannah, in countermanding the order of
his subordinates which lowered the United
Slates flag in honor of the chief Rebel who
made war upon it. We are glad to know that
there is one man patriotic and brave enough
to redeem the flag from such insult aud dis
honor. At this moment there is no man in
America whom we would so ntuoh desire to
grasp by the hand, to pay him honor, as Col
lector itobb, of bavannah, lor his praise
worthy obedience to the patriotio instinct in
ordering the flag at full mast. Governmental
honors 6hould be paid to those who fought
for the salvation of that flag, and not for
those who did their best to dishonor and de
stroy it.
W look In vain for honors to brave and
patriotic men from the ex-Rebels. We would
not ask it of them, seeing they could not be
sincerely rendered. But a more incongruous
exhibition could not well be made than to
ower the flag of the nation in honor of unre
pentant Rebels. If the Confederate flag were
flying anywhere, it would have been appro
priate to lower it, or better still, to wrap the
defeated and bumbled chieftain in it, and
have them both buried ut of human sight
forever in one common sepulchre.
SPEOIAU NOTICES.
vS NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be ma1e at the next lueettnjr
of the Uenerai Assembly of the Commonwealth of
rennsyivutna inr tne incorporation or a Bank, lu ac
cordance with tho laws of the Commonwealth, to
be entitled THE AMKHICAN FAC1IANOE HANK.
to bo located nt Philadelphia, with a capital of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with the right
to increase me same toone minion nonars.
gt OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND
JKtiMUIN KAlLiaiAUtWU'ASl, 0. 2J1
8. DELAWARE Avenue.
Philadelphia, October s, 1970.
A special meeting of the Stockholders of the
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company will be
held at the office of the said Company, lu tt.e city of
Philadelphia, at 12 o'clock noon of TUESDAY,
October 25, 1370, to take into consideration an ac
ceptance of an act of Assembly of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania entitled "An Act to Entitle
the Stockholders of any Railroad Company Incorpo
rated by this Commonwealth, accepting this act, to
one vote for each share of stock," approved May 20,
1SC5; and also to take Into consideration an accep
tance of an act of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, entitled "An Act authorizing corporations to
increase their bonded obligations aud capital stock,"
approved December 29, iset.
By order of the Board of Directors of the Philadel
phia and Trenton Uallroad Company.
F. II. WHITE,
10 8 16t Assistant Secretary.
y- NOTICE IS HEKKBS GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made at the next Meeting
of the Oeneral Assembly oj the Commonwealth of
rennsrivania lor tne incorporation or a BaaK. la ac
cordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be
entitled THE BULL'S HEAD BANK, to be located
at Philadelphia, with a capital or one hundred thou
sand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to
live hundred thousand dollars.
THE UNION FIRE EXTINGUISHER
COMPANY 07 PHILADELPHIA
Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire
Extinguisher. Always Reliable.
D. T. GAG3,
B 80 tf No. 113 MARKET St., General Agent.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made at the next meeting
of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania lor tne incorporation or a Bank, in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to
be entitled THE NATIONAL BANK, to be located
at Philadelphia, with a capital or one hundred thou
sand dollars, with the right to increase the same to
one niuuon nonary
THE IMPERISHABLE PERFUME US A
rule, the perfumes now In use have no perma
nency. An hour or two after their use there is no
trace of perfeme left. How diiterent is the result
succeeding the use of MURRAY A LANMANS
FLORIDA WATER ! Days after Its application the
nauitKtrcnier exnaies a most aengauui, aencate,
ana agreeaoie rragrance. 8 l turns?
V- NOTICE IS nEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made nt the next meeting
of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
PenBsvlvania for tho Incorporation of a Bank. In
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to
bo entitled THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER BANK, to
be located at Philadelphia, with a capital or one hun
dred thousand dollars, with the right to Increase
the same to rive Hundred thousand dollars.
jgy- TREGO'S TKABERRY TOOTIIWASH.
It is the most pleasant, cheapest and best dentifrice
extant, warranted rree irom injurious ingredients.
xi preserves ana w miens me Teem I
Invigorates aud Soothe the Gums!
Purines and Perfumes the Breath !
Prevents Accumulation ef Tartar 1
Cleanses and Purines Artificial Teeth I
Is a Superior Article for Children I
Sold by all druggists and dentists.
A. M.WILSON. Dmffglst, Proprietor.
8 S 10m Cor. NINTH AND FILBERT 8ta., Phllada,
gy- NOIICE 18 HKRBBY GIVEN TH1T AN
application will be made at the next meeting of
the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a Bank, la
oordaoce with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be
entitled THE BRIDE6BUR4 BANK, to be located
at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thou
sand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to
nve hundred thousand uouara.
frj- HEADQUARTERS FOR EXTRACTING
iHto wttn frMn Nitroo-uziaa uu AMOiataiy
no pain. Dr. F. R. THOMAS, formerly operator tti
OoltoD DBll Room, darotM bia utlr praotio to tb
pain uUaouoo of tooth. Offloo. No. U WALNUT
fctroafc i nt
OOAL.
A NTHRACITE COAL, TON OF 8240 LB8 DE
iVllfered, LEHIGH, Broken and Egg, 17-73;
fctove, $3-00; LOCUBT MOUNTAIN, Broken and
Effg, 7 W), Stove, $7 00 ; 8HAMOKIN and LOU-
UEKJix Nat to carters at low prices.
DlCTU-TPlf L tXtl TJ1 T7" X
Office, No. 828 DOCK Street; Yards, cor. TWENTY-
BECor, pang wabuihutoh av. snurp u
T)OTllilSrlI2Li e JtlANXIfttt,
LEU Km AND SCHUYLKILL. COAL,
Depot N. E. Corner NINTH and MASTER,
rw t South THIRD Street,
T84 SANSOM
10 12 tf
WHI3KY,WINE, ETQ.
QAR8TAIR8 A McCALL,
No. 126 Walnut and 21 Qi mite Cti
IMPORTERS Or
Brandlei, Winei, Gin, Olive Oil, Etc.
WHOLESALE DEALERS I
PURE RYE VVHI1 IBS.
IB BOND AND TAX PAHX H M
ART EXHIBITION.
ON FREE EXHIBITION
AT
CHAS. F. HASELTtNE'S 'GALLERY,
IT o. 1125 CHESNUT STREET,
BRAtTWa FAMOUS PANORAMIC VIEWS of
Berlin, Potadam. Charlottenburg, Coblenti, Hetdel.
berg, Jena, Weimar, Erfurt. Ems, Baden-Balen,
Welabaden, Brussels, Amsterdam, Waterloo, Liege
Yprea, Rotterdam, Utrecht, etc. etc.
a comDlate aetof the Berlin Museums, and In tart if
views of all the rooms in the vanou. royal paauo
oj pruaai.
Particular attention U drawn to the fict that In a
few daft lto views un ma n-uae u i u i 'ruaca
tirma. as never before teen, will be eihioitvd. ic
FOR SAUfe.
FOR BALE A VERY VALUABLE HOtlr
a and LOT at the N. V. corner of Fortv-seco
street and Klnjrsessins; avenue.
House built of brown stone, three stories, conta:
ing ie rooms, sua nnisnca in me iest ana most sh
stantlal manner, with all the modern lmprovemen
one of the most desirable houses la Weal Phi;
dclphla. Property should be seen to be appreciate
Persons vishtns to know the terms and examine t
tropertyean do so by calling on JAMES ftt. 8ld
EPS, until P. M., at No. 144 S. 8IXTH StrM
and lu the evening at No. COO & FORTY-SECON
street. lotr
FOR SALE OR EXCHAVGE FOR r
City Property, one of the finest FARMS lu
the country. TL J. DOBBINS,
8 13 thstu tf tjedner Building
FOR SALE OH TO LET Nos. K106. S10S. 11
ii'ii S127 and 81S3 WALNVT Street. Prices ranel
i rom 122,000 to 56,0i)0, or will be rented. Addrefl
by note, a C. BUNTING, Jr.,
9 so 24t- ,o. 819X Walnut street.
I NO' 1221 WALNUT STHEET CKSTHA t.I
located, will be sold bv THOMAS St SON
on TUKbDAYf November 1. Lot 21 bvl50 feet
UHII. to is si
TO RENT.
RENT THE STORE NO. 722 CHESNU
Street Apply on the premUes between 10 and
o'clock A. M. 8 IT t
WATOHE8, JEWELRY, ETO. 1
TOWER CLOCKS.
V. IV. IllTSSCLL.,
r7o. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET, 1
Agent for STEVENS' PATENT TOWER CLOCIi
both Remoutolr & Graham Esoapemout, strik
hour only, or striking quartets, and repealing lid
on full chime.
Estimates furnUhed on application either pers.
ally or by mail. 5 2
WILLIAM B. WARNS & C CJ
wholesale ueaiers tn
TTT A in pj ivn Ti;u'pr off
K E. corner SEVENTH and CUESNUT Streets
3 211 Second floor, and late of No. S3 S. THIRD
MILLINERY, ETO.
TJRS. R. DILLO
NOS. 323 AND 331 SOUTH STREET.
FANCY AND MOURNING MILLINERY, CRAc
VEILS. 1
Ladles' and Misses' Crape, Felt, Gimp, nair, Satl
Silk, Straw and Velvets, Hats and Bonnets, FrerJ
Flowers, Hat and Bonnet Frames, Capes, La (J
Silks, Satins, Velvets, Ribbons, Sashes, OrnamA
snd all kinds of Millinery Goods. 1 4
CENT.' KURNK3HINO COOOS.
ATE NT SHOULDER - SEA
SniRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE
PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWE J
made from measurement at very short notice.
All other articles of GENTLEMEN'S DRE
GOODS in fall variety. '
11 S No. 70S CHESNUT Street
GROCERIES, ETO.
A
CHOICE NEW BUCKWHEA)
Just Received.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
Dealer In Fiat Grocsrlsi,
11 7
Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Street
PROPOSALS.
1 ENGINEER OFFICE FOR HARBOR DEFENSI
J UNION BANK BUILDING, i
BALTIMORE, M l-, '
Oct, 21), 1SI0
sealed i'hoi'osals, in duplicate, win be
celved at this oftlce nntil 12 o'clock noon of the 3
day of October next etibuliip, for the removal of I
following "OBSTRUCTIONS" from the Channel
James river, Virginia, below Richmond, viz. :
At warm iciv hah. aoout nve nines ueiow Kt
mond. wrecks of three schoouers, fo,Ci), and 80 to
At DRUHY'S BLUFF, about seven miles bol
Rlchmotd. wreck of lrou-clad ram Frederlcksbu
sunk with armor, trims, etc. on board: iron irnnbi
Hnli-li.li. lr.n tons: steamer Jamestown (u-nnilrf
ivio tons, sunk with euns on board: steamer Curt
Peclc, .o tons; scuuoners yme, KoacD.3'J0 81
'i'lb tons; on?, l.o ions; ana a scnooner oi mi or i
tons, name unknown; also IS or 20 cribs of timi
and atone, eacu aooui -it teei, square, averag
is reel oeeo.
At TKENTS, or OR AVE-YARD REACH,
miles below Ricnmond, wreck or uauego,
tons; wreck of pilot-boat "Plume," S7 tons.
Below AlKENS, or VARINA, about tweq
tulles from Richmond, 87 ti io piles, remains of
bridge.
ProDosals will be received for tho removal of
the obstructions named above, or a portion !i
sltiirle o'.Us are preferred for entire removal of J
..hutrupHnr.a nt n.h nnlnt. ah tinmpfl ahnvA nri
give a channel at isrwy biuii iibo.wuie ami it 14
oeep at tow water, uuur rigut oaua. ui river, a
cliiiru reutuat as huuto ut utiici iflmui. m
Each poposal must state time within which n
work will be llulshed. and the method or manuerl
removal proposed, whether by blasting or oth
iae. . I
borne of the wrecks may be of consHerableVal
and the bids will stale what sum of money, If al
in addition to the material removed, will be deniau
for the work done. I
The right is reserved to reject any or ail bids
an rpHHGu deemed suiUcieut by the undersigned,
ProDosa is will be opened at l r. ai. oi me sisi :
of Gttibtr next ensuing, lu presence of s:i
UlnaeiB aa muj iuuubb w aucuu.
Forms or proposal to he nau at hub omce.
SEALED SEPARATE FKOFOSALS. la du
cat-, will also be received at the sauie time, for
excavation of earth required to reopen "Dutch ft
Canal,' according to plans, etc., m tuis omce,
volviog removal or auoui o;,uihi cuoic yaras or eai
Rf nie above and some below water: none to
carried over one-quarter mile. Price per yaf
- .. . , .n .. , . ... .mKnnL-man. .stk
lueusurcu vitucr tub ui cuivuuhiuul,
ffivt'n.
and for ooenli a Dub:h Clip Canal." each accouiH
tocsin lor Itttioviug (jiibuucuous iu jme mvvi
Died by a promd copy of this advertisement, ul
addrefcstdto fl
cou wot., r ;kaiuiiill,
Union Bank Building, f
10 0 Ct Baltimore, M.f
DYE AND PRINT WORKS.
181
Ken York Uyelngr and Priutlirf
Utabllliment,
STAT EN ISLAND,
No. 40 North EIGHTH Streef
West bide, Philadelphia.
93 DUANE St. and 133 bkoaoway, new xc
16 and 1&S PIERBEPONT Bt, Brooklyn. ,
This old and well-known company, now la
tecfd halceiuvry of il existence, la prepared,
uanaL to Dve, CUatue and FinUh every variety
ladles', gentlemen's, and children's garments, a
I'ttu'M (4mx1a In their ritual annei-tor maaner. I
Noti Thtse are our only omcea, 9 to tuthS?
I
SAXON. GBEE
NEVER FADES.
8 16m
A LIIANDIR G. CATTKLL C
V PRODUCE COMMISSION MKKCBJLNTbJ
NO. 84 NOB 1 11 WUAUVm
AUD
No, H NORTH WATKR STREET,
UU 11 ITMrf IiUlt
U llaAiiMwi U fit J
Al MtKHIl Q. CalTKKU SXUAB CaTTC