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W\ JEROME AND J. S. BLACK'S LETTERS. From Progress, last week. There are many deathless days in the American memory ; among them the attack upon the American Hag in Charleston harbor on the 12th of April, 1861; the battle of Gettysburg on the Ist, 2d and 3d days of July, 18G3 ; the fall of Richmond on the kth day of April, 1865, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on the 14th day of April, 1865. No days in human history ever aroused a more agonizing solicitude or closed upon more gigantie transac tions or opened a wider vista of human probabilities. Each of these events had a strange and almost providential mean ing. Each possessed the peculiar quali- conquering in an instant millions of prejudices. The ball fired at the old flag from Charleston consolidated the north and struck down human slavery. The victory of Gettysburg saved the second great city of the Cnion from the flames. The fall of Richmond was the certain rise of the Republic, and the death of Lincoln consecrated his great mission of forgiveness to all. When we come to notice the annals of our civil war, these four events, with the emancipation of the slaves on the Ist of January, 1863, will be to the his torian like so many planets shedding light on all other objects and marshal ing the way to the final lesson and duty of the patriot. Each was a revolution in itself, affecting the remotest interests and leaving all men in a new condition of thought and self examination. Rut none of these tragedies wrought a deeper sensation or gave birth to a more lasting gratitude than the battle of Gettysburg, in 1863. Here at least is one of those occurrences that cannot easily be forgotten. The human race is prone to forget. One philosopher says that ingratitude is the badge of all our tribe ; but like all maxims it is best proved by the exceptions. In this in stance we cannot if we would, and, thank God, would not if we could, blot out what that defeat of the Confeder ates did for the city of Philadelphia. Happily it is not so long ago as to have faded out of our minds. It ig only sev enteen ffcars since, and it was a day of such sharp sgony and such universal terror, and the victory was such an un speakable relief, that even tne children now grown to tnen and women think of it as gratefully as the middle aged and the grandmothers and grandfathers. It was the single instance in which the fiery blast of war came close to a great northern metropolis. The confederates advanced in tremendous force. Led by their beloved General Lee and by bis chosen lieutenants, they seemed resolv ed to make a lost stand in the rich val leys of Franklin and Adams, choosing, as if by instinct, the regions called after two of the most precious names in Am erican history. Grant was engaged at the same moment winding his fatal coils around the southern city of Vicks burg; bus the point most vital to all at thai supreme moment was the field of Gettysburg. What Philadelphian can ever forget the suspense of those July days f There was not a household that did not throb and thrill between hope and fear. There were 100,000 men, thousands of them from Philadelphia and the neigh boring towns, and there was not a fam ily that did not tremble for its loved ones engaged in that fatal strife, or that did not shudder at the advance of the foe who seemed so near, or that did not fancy in that advance the loss of the holy cause of the Union. On the morning of the 4th of July, 1863. I was at the Union League, then on Chestnut street near Eleventh, Phil adalphia, in the massive building now occupied by the family of the beloved Matthew Baldwin. The rooms and gar dens of the lovely mansion were filled to overflowing with pale, anxious men ; the streets were full of a silent, waiting crowd; the sidewalks and windows were crowded with women ; even the chil dren were awed into silence as their elders discussed in whispers the possi bilities of the dreadful fight in the ▼alleys of the Cumberland. Reynolds had been killed on the 2d of July, along with thousands of others, and his brother James L.,came from Lancaster, in this State, bowed down with terror at the sacrifice, and humble women were sobbing over the dispatches already re cording their losses. It was a day of tears and despair. I had been present At other scenes of sorrow, but nothing like this Fourth of July, 1803. The commandant of this department was General J. A. J. Dana, anu his oflice was in Girard street near Twelfth, and I held a position as a consulting member of his staH* About noon of that Satur day 1 saw his tall form crossing Chestnut stroet to the League, and when his eye caught mine I saw that he was in tears. He handed me a dispatch from General Meade just received. I opened and tried to read it, but could not. I saw enough to feel that we wore saved. And soon the good news became univer sal. Then all hearts exploded with joy over the deliverance. It was a wonder ful sight, that sudden chnngo from grief to gratitude. Some shed tears, some shouted in joy, old foes became friends, and even infidels joined in the spontaneous prayers of the preachers. Robert Browning's thrilling poem de scribing the man who carried the " goqgl news to Ghent," which broke the siege and tilled the souls of the Flemish with a deep thanksgiving to God, might have been paraphrased in honor to the mes senger who brought such happiness to oppressed and terrified and despairing Philadelphia. Who won that great fight ? Who saved Philadelphia from fire and spoil ? Who drove back the enemy and saved us from a fate of which the burning of C'hambersburg and Carlisle and the forced contributions upon York were intended to be grim preparations ? A brave array of patriotic citizens, led by three Pennsylvania generals—George Gordon Meade, of Philadelphia, John Fulton Reynolds, of Lancaster, and Winfield IScott Hancock, of Montgom ery. Meade and Reynolds are both gone. Meade died on the Gth of No vember, 1872, in the house presented to his wife by the people of Philadelphia, afterward supplemented by a contribu tion of SIOO,OOO from the same source. Reynolds was killed in battle on the 2d of July, and is buried at Lancaster. Hancock is to-day the Democratic can didate for President of the United States. • ••••• I am only one of the army of Repub licans who will vote for General Han cock for these reasons ; only one of many of the oldest Republicans in this city, who call upon me to say that they would be ashamed of themselves if, after all their words of praise and thanksgiving for the salvation of Phila delphia from fire and Rebel contribu tion in 1863, they should now vote against the man who did the most of the work. General Gartield is a good man, but we owe him nothing compar ed to the debt to Hancock. When told that to vote for Hancock is to vote for a Democrat, I reply that the partition between the two parties is very thin. The only point on which we may be said to differ is protection, and that can not be a very strong one when Hancock conies from the great tariff' county of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, and all his friends are open advocates of protection, while Garfield was elected a member ol the Cobdcn club in l.ondon, the great free-trade headquarters in England, because of his rather bold sympathies with the western enemies of Pennsyl vania interests. JEROME'S LETTER, IXIIN ATINO TIIK DRIFT OF KKSTTLLKNT IN FAVOR OF TIIK DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES. The following letter from a distin guished Republican is published in the New York World of June 29. "25 WEST TWENTY-SIXTH STRKF.T, June 28, 1880— Major (irnrral Hancock MY DEAR GENERAL: I take the earliest opportunity to congratulate you upon your nomination and to assure you, life-long Whig and llnpublican that I am, of tny most hearty *up|>ort. 1 belong to a very numerous and very staunch old silver-gray Republican family. With one solitary exception, there never was one of them known to vote the Democratic ticket, but I venture to say they will to a man vote for you. They cannot consistently do otherwise. " You, sir, embody the views and senti ments in regard to the groat questions of the day that we have entertained since the war closed. They are the same that actu ated General Grant when he laid down those liberal terms of surrender to General l.ee. They are the same that actuated my poor friend Raymond, when he battled so manfully in the committee of Congress against the savage policy of Thad Stevens. 1 believe General Grant would support you to-day, did not the exigencies ol his situation forbid it. And Henry ,J. Ray mond, were he alive, would support yon too, unless the exigencies of the Now York Timcg restrained him. lie was com pelled at an early day to smother the sen timents he had expressed in the address of the Philadelphia convention, to abandon his career in legislative halls and to change the tone of the Times or, as Mr. Jones, our business manager and partner, insisted, the paper would be ruined. (I believe I offered to pay the damages at tho time, but that was considered impracticable.) It was a bitter pill, but it had to he swallow ed. Thad Stevens has succeeded through a Congress which misrepresented the coun try in engrafting his policy upon the Re publican party. And though a majority of the party, as I firmly believe, were disgusted, It was fastened upon them, and there was no way of getting rid of it. Thus for years a vast number of us, good Republicans, have been compelled to be helpless supporters of a policy we believe to bo the very worst that could bo devised. An opportunity is presented us now for the first time with sny show of success to vote in accordance with our convictions, and I am sure we shall do it most joyfully. With great respect and esteem, believe me yours faithfully, LEONARD W. JEROME. HANCOCK'S LOCISIANA ORDER. WHAT J L IMIE BI.ACK THOL'OHT AND SAID OF IT AT TILL TIME. WASIIINOTON, November 30, 1807. Mr DEAR GENERAL: This moment I rend your admirable order. I am much engaged, hut I cannot resist the temptation to steal time enough from my clients to tell you how grateful you have made me by your patriotic and noble behavior. Yours is tne first, most distinct and most emphatic recognition which the principles of American liberty has received at the hands of any high officer in a Southern command. It has the very ring of the Revolutionary metal. Washington never •aid a thing in better taste or better time. It will prove to all men that " Peace hath her victories not less renowned than those of war." I congratulate jrou not because it will make you the most popular man In America, (for I dare say you care nothing for that), but because it will give you through all time the solid reputation of a true patriot and a sincere lover of your [ country, it* laws and its government. This, uddnd to your brilliant achievements as a soldior, will leave you without a rival in the atrections of all whoso good will is worth having, and give you a place In his tory which your children will bo proud of. This acknowledgment from me does not amount to much, but I am expressing only the feelings of millions, and expressing them freely at that. With profound respect, I am yours, Ac., J. 8. BLACK. To Mujor-General HANCOCK. Mr. Coup bos done more to elevate the moral tone of tented amusements than any other manager in the coun try.—Rochester (N. Y.) Chronicle. The receipts of grain in Philadelphia for June closed reached 0,542,700 bush els as compared with 4,5(53,400 bushels for the same period last year, there being of wheat, corn and oats, respect ively, 1,(532,000, 4,574,300 and 330,400 bushels. General Walker comes to the aid of Fourth of July orators. He has made an estimate from the fragmentary re turns received of the population of the United States and he thinks there are in the neighborhood of 48,000,000 peo ple. "Fifty millions 1 my fellow-citizens, fifty millions I! just think of it!" will servo the orators very conveniently. In the United States Court, Pittsburg, in the torpedo cages of K. A. L. Roberts, decrees were entered in thirty cases sustaining the patents sued u j>on. award ing an injunction against the defend ants, nnd ordering defendants to pay damages to the said Roberts. Ne iv A (Ivcrtleem eu fx. • —— • BUSH HOUSE, IIKI.LKYOXTK, PA., IS OPEN. 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A Catalogue of Astounding Wonders, with out it parallel IU any age, introducing to lovers of Tented Exhibitions, for the fir-t time, the following special attractions: THE (MEAT INDIAN SHOW, DITCH EE'S FLYING MACHINE, A FIFTY VOICED OUAND CHORUS, THE CANINE METEORS A $5,000 PAID OF LEAPING, GREYHOUNDS, HEIGHTS COLORED JUBILEE SINGERS, A WONDER MOVING MARVEL IN ZOOLOGY, THE HAPPY FAMILY TWO WHITE POLAR BEARS, ONE RUSSIAN BLACK BEAR. AND A DULL DOG, ALL IS ONE CAGE, THE DOG THEIR MASTER. IN THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM Will be found a captive world of the rarest representative types of (bl Oceans hidden myvtcries, presenting the GT-A-ISTT DEVIL FISH, Hell Benders, Anacondas of the Deep, Banded Proteus, Walking Fish, Sea Devils. Sea Robbers, Climbing Perch, Sea Horses, Sea Lions, Sea Leopards, &c. The above new, novel and exclusive features can be seen with uo other show but mine no matter who advertises them, and all who do so are guilty of the grossest misrepresentation. THESE, WITH MY SIOO,OOO STUD OF Wondrous Broncho Horses, Royal Japanese Circus, Frever's New Pony Cirrus, Melville's Australian Circus, The SIO,OOO Class of Educated DMI, Colviu's Superb Menagerie, Japanese Art Gallery, Wttod's Famous Museum, The Chmpiou I.raping Horse Nettle, form a scries of startling,sensational, and indescribable array of scenic revelations never before Witnessed on the Earth's Surface. The closing Triumph of my ALT. EARTH'S WMM. GREATEST SHOW wilt bo The Free Novelty Parade! Presenting for the first time in America, in it* entirety, the magnificent Oriental and huro- IK N.VTIONS, a representative from every known clime and country costumed in f *'z£ U ( * . ||p their gorgeous Court Dresses, Jewels. Gold, fW JF_ jpLX\ > * jj ft \ .Silver, and Hteei burnished armors, Men i.t 7J<• \ jL Vjg , arms, Indies, Knights, Court Pages, Attend- fi % J\k "■ ' also ap|>ear mounted ujKtn (JEM'INK IN- idßgt- * ■ 1 1 V Cages, Animal Lairs, Camels, Umbrella Kar- M -lb e