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Though the insurgent States had not a ship
in an open harbor, it invested them with all
the rights of a belligerent,even on the ocean;
;laid. this, too, when. the rebellion was
only directed rgainst the'gentlest and most
beneficent government on earth, without a
shadow of justifiable cause, but when the
rebellion was directed against human nature
itself for the 'perpetual enslavement of a
race. And •.the - effects of this re-
Cognition st-as„ that acts in themselves
piratidal foand ishelter in British
courts of law. The resources of British
capitalists, their workshops,their armories,
their private arsenals, their shipya_rds,wera
in league . with the insurgents, and every
British harbor in the wide world became a
safe port) for British ships, manned by
British_ sailors, and armed with British
guns, to prey on our peaceful commerce;
even on- our ships canons- from British
ports; freighted with British products, or
that had carried gifts of grain to the Eng
lish poor. The prime minister in the
House of Commons, sustained by cheers;
scoffed at the thought that their laws could
be amended at our request, so as to pre
serve real`neutrality; and to remonstrances,
now owned to have been just, the secretary
, answered that they could not change their
laws ad in finiturii.
Relations with England.
The people of America then wished, as
they always have wished, as they still wish,
friendly relations with England; and no
man in England or America can desire it
more strongly than L This country has
always yearned for good relations with
England: Thrice only in all its history has
that yearning been fairly met; in the days
of Hampden and Cromwell, again in toe
first ministry al the elder Pitt, and once
again in the ministry of Shelburne. Not
that there have not at all times been just
men among the peers of Britain—like Hali
fax in the days of James the Second, or a
Gra.uville,an Argyll, or a Houghton in oars;
and we cannot b'e indifferent to a country
that prodaces statesmen like Cobden and
Bright; but the" best bower anchor of peace
was the working class of England, who
suffered:ost from our civil war; but who,
while they:broke their diminished bread in
sorrow; always encouraged us to persevere.
France and the Monroe Doctrine.
The act - of recognizing the rebel belli-,
gerents concerted with France; France,
so beloved in Ainerica, on which she had
conferred the greatest benefits that one
people ever conferred on another; France,
which stands friremost on the continent of
Europe for the solidity of her culture, as
well as for the bravery and generous im
pulses of her sons; France, which for centu
ries had been moving steadily in its own
way towards intellectual and political free
dom. The policy regarding further coloni
sation of America by European powers,
known commonly as the doctrine of Monroe
had its origin in France; and if it takes any
Asian's name, should bear the name of
Turgot._ It was adopted by Louis the
Sixteenth, in the cabinet of which Vergen
nes was the most important member. It is
emphatically the policy of France; to which,
with transient deviations, the Bourbons, the
First Napoleon, the House of Orleans have
ever adhered.
The Emperor Napoleon and Mexico.
The late President was perpetually har
• assed by rumors that the Eruperth Napo
leon the Third desired formally to recog
,e,_ pize the-States in rebellion as an indepen
iMl? dent power, and that England held him
back by her reluctance, or France by her
traditions of freedom, or he himself by his
own better judgment and clear perception
of events. But the republic of Mexico, on
our borders, was, like ourselves, distracted
by a rebellion, and from a similar cause.
The monarchy of England had fastened
upon us slavery which did not disappear
with independence; in like manner, the ec
clesiastical policy established by the Spanish
s- council of the Indies, in the days of Charles
the Fifth, and Philip the Second, retained
its vigor in the Mexican republic. The fifty
years of civil war under which she had lan
guished was due to the bigoted system
which was the legacy of monarchy, just as
here the inheritance of slavery kept alive
political strife,' and culminated in civil war.
As with us there could be no quiet but
through the end of slavery, so in
Mexico there could be no proSperity
until the crashing tyranny of intolerance
should cease. The party of slavery in
the United States sent their emissaries to
Europe to solicit aid, and so did the party
of the church in Mexico, as organized by
the old Spanish council of the Indies, but
with a different result. Just as the Repub
lican party had made an end of the rebellion
and was establiahing the best government
ever known in that region, and giving
promise to the nation of order, peace and
prosperity, word was brought us, an the
moment of our deepest affliction chat the
French emperor, moved by a desire to
erect in North America a buttress for im
perialism, would transform the republic of
Mexico ito a secundo- genitor° for the house
. ilapsburgh. America might compldm; she
could not then interpose, and delay Seemed
justifiable. It was seen that Mexicb could
not with all its wealth of land, compete in
cereal products, with our northwest) nor in
tropical products, with Cuba; nor could it,
under a disputed dynasty, attract capital or
create public works, or develop mines, or
borow money; so that the imperial System
of Mexico, which was forced at once to re
cognize the wisdom of the policy lof the
republic by adopting it, could I prove
only an unremunerating drain on the
French treasury for the support of an A.as
than adventurer.
The Perpetuity of Republican Eustitn
lions.
Meantime a new series of moinentons
questions grows up, and force theinselves
on the consideration of the thoughtfal. Re
publicanism has learned how to introduce
into its constitution every element of order,
as well as every element of freeddm; but
thus far the continuity of its goveinment
has seemed to depend on the continuity of
elections. It is now to be cotusidertd how
perpetuity is to be secured against foreign
occupation. The successor of Charles the
First of England dated his reign from the
death of his father; the Bourbons, Coming
back after a long series of revolutions,
claimed that the Louis who becaaie king
was the eighteenth of that name. The pre
sent emperor of the French, disdaining a
title from election alone, is called the third
of his name. Shall a republic have less
power of continuance when invading armies
event a peaceful resort to the ballot-box?
What force shall it attach to intervening
legislation? What validity to debts con
tracted for its overthrow? These momen
tous questions are by the invasion of Mexico
thrown up for solution: A free State once
truly constituted should be as undying as
its people; the republic of Mexico must rise
_ *Salm
The Pope of Rome and the 'Rebellion.
It was the condition of affairs in Mexico
that involved the Pope of Rome in our diffi
culties so far that he alone among temporal
_._sovereigns recognized the chief of the con
federate States as a president, and his sup
porters as a people; and in letters to two
great prelates of the Catholic Church in the
United States gave counsels for peace at a
time when peace meant the victory °faeces
aion. Yet events move as they are ordered.
The blessing of the Pope at Rome on the
head of Duke Maximilian could not revive
in the nineteenth century the ecclesiastical
policy of the osixteenth;• and the result is
only anew proof that there can be no pros
perity in the state without religions freedom.
The People of America. -
When it came home to the consciousness
of the Americans that the war which they
were swaging was a war for the liberty of
all the nations of the world, -for freedom
Itself, they thanked God for the severity of
Ai the trial to which he put their sincerity, and
Zitrirtid themselves for their duty with an
inexorable will. The President was Jed
along by the greatness. of eir self-sacri
ficing example; and as a child, in a dark
night on a rugged way, catches hold of
the hand of its father for guidance and
support, he clung fast, to - -the hand of the
people, and. Moved calmly through the
gloom. While the statesmanship of Europe
was scoffing at the hopeless vanity of their
efforts, they. plit forth such miracles of
energy as the Ifistory of the world had never
known. The navy of the United States
drawing into the public service the willing
militia of the seas, doubled its tonnage in
eight Months and established an actual
blockade from Cape Hatteras to the Rio
Grande; in the course of the war it was in
creased five-fold in men, and In tonnage,
while the inventive genius of the country
devised more effective kinds of ordnance.
and new forms of naval architecture in wood
and'hon. There went Into the field, for va
rious terms of service, about two million
men; and in March last the men in service
exceeded a million; that' is to say, one of
every two able-bodied men took some part
in the war; and at one time every fourth
able-bodied man was in the field. In one
single month, one hundred and sixty-five
thousand were recruited into service. Once,
• within four weeks, Ohio organized and
placed in the field, forty-two regiments of
infantry—nearly thirty-six thousand men;
and Ohio was like other States in
the east and in the west. The well
mounted cavalry numbered eighty-four
thousand; of horses there were bought, first
and last, two-thirds of •a million. In the
movements of troops science came in aid of
patriotisin;so that,to choose a single instance
of of many, an army twenty-three thousand
strong, with its artillery, trains, baggage,
and animals, were moved by rail from the
Potomac to the Tennessee, twelve hundred
Miles in seven days In the long marches,.
wonders of militari construction bridged
the rivers; and_ - whenever an army halted,
ample supplies awaited them at their ever
changing base. The vile thought that life is
the greatest of blessings did not rise up. In
six hundred and twenty-five battles, and
severe skirmishes blood flowed like water.
It streamed over the grassy plains; it stained
the rocks; the undergrowth of the forests
was red . with it; and the armies marched on
With majestic courage from one conflict to
another, knowing that they were fight
ing for God and liberty. The organi
zation of the medical department met
its infinitely multiplied duties with exact
ness and despatch. At the news of a battle,
the best surgeons of our cities hastened to
the field, to offer the zealous aid of the
greatest experience and skill. The gentlest
and most refined of women lefrhomes of
luxury and ease, to build hospital tents near
the armies, and serve as nurses to the sick
and dying. Besides the large supply of re
ligious teachers by the public, the con
gregations spared to their brothers in the
field the ablest ministers. The Chris
tian Commission, which expended five and
a half millions ' sent four thousand clergymen
chosen out of the best, to keep unsoiled the
religious character of the men, and made
gifts of clothes and food and medicine.
The organization of private charity assumed
unheard of dimensions. The Sanitary Com
mission, which had seven thousand socie
ties, distributed, under the direction of an
unpaid board, spontaneous contributions
to the amount of fifteen million ,in supplies
or money—a million and a half in money
from California alone—and dotted the scene
of war from Paducah to Port Royal, from
Belle Plain, Virginia, to Brownsville,
Texas, with homes and lodges.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
The country had for its allies the river Mis
sissippi, which would not be divided, and
the range of mountains which carried the
stronghold of the free through Western Vir
ginia and Kentucky and Tennessee to the
highlands of Alabama. Bnt it invoked the
still higher power of immortal justice. In
ancient Greece, where servitude was the
universal custom, it was held that if a child
were to strike its parent, the slave should
defend the parent,and by that act recover his
freedom. After vain resistance. Lincoln,who
had tried to solve the question by gradual
emancipation, by colonization,
and by com
pensation, at last saw that slavery must be
abolished, or the Republic must die; and on
the first day of January, 1863, he wrote
liberty on the banners of the armies.
When this proclamation, which struck the
fetters from three millions of slave-reached
Europe, Lord Russell, a countrymen of
Milton and Wilberforce,eagerly pat himself
forward to speak of it in the name of man
kind, saying, "It is of a very strange
nature;" "a measure of war of a very ques
tionable kind;" an act "of vengeance on the
slave owner," that does no more than
"profess to emancipate slaves where the
United States authorities cannot
make emancipation a reality." Now
there was no part of the
country embraced in the proclamation
where the United States could not and did
not make emancipation a reality. Those
who saw Lincoln most frequently had never
before heard him speak with bitterness of
any human being ; but he did not conceal
how keenly he felt that he had been wronged
by Lord Russell. And he wrote, in reply to
another caviler: "The emancipation policy,
and the use of colored troops, were the
greatest blows yet dealt to the rebellion.
The job was a great national one ; and let
none be slighted who bore au honorable
part in it. I hope peace will come soon,and
come to stay; then will there be some black
men who ,can remember that they have
helped mankind to this great consumma
tion."
Russia and China.
The proclamation accomplished its end,
for, during- the war, our armies came into
military possession of
e ezery State in rebel
lion. Then, too, was 'Red forth the new
power that comes from the simultaneous
diffusion of thought and feeling among the
nations of mankind. The mysterious sym
pathy of the millions throughout the world
was given spontaneously. The best writers
of Europe waked the conscience of the
thoughtful, till the intelligent moral senti
ment of the Cld World was drawn to
the side of the unlettered statesman
of the West. Russia, whose emperor had
just accomplished one of the grandest acts
in the .course of time by raising twenty
millions of bondmen into free holders, and
thus assuring the growth and culture of a
Russian people, remained our unwaving
friend. From the oldest abode of civiliza
tion, which gave the first example of an
Imperial government with equality among
the people, Prince Rung, the secretary of
state for foreign affairs, remembered the
saying of Confucius, that we should not do
to others what we would not that others
should do to us, and in the name of the
emperor of China closed its ports against
the war ships and privateers of "the sedi
tious."
Continuance of the War.
The war continued, with all the people of
the world for anxious spectators. Its cares
weighed heavily on Lincoln, and his face
was ploughed with the furrows of thought
and sadness. With malice towards none,
free from the spirit of revenge, victory made
him importunate for peace; and his enemies
never doubted his word or despaired of his
abounding clemency. He longed to utter
pardon as the word for all, but not unless
the freedom of the negro should be
assured. The great battles of Mill
Spring which gave TIB Nashville, of
Fort Donelson, Malvern Hill, Antietam,
Gettysburg, the Wilderness of Virginia,
Winchester, Nashville, the capture of New
Orleans, Vicksburg, Mobile Fort Fisher,
the march from Atlanta, anthe capture of
Savannah and Charleston, foretold. the
issue. Still more, the self-regeneration of
Missouri, the heart of the continent; of
Maryland, whose sons never heard the mid
night bells chime so sweetly as when they
rang out to earth and heaven that, by the
voice of her own people she took her place
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among the free; of, Tennessee, which
passed through fire and blood, through sor
rows and the shadow of death, to work - out
her own deliverance, and by the faithful
ness .of her own sons to renew her- yOuth
like the eagle—proved that victory was de
served and would be: orth all that it cost.
If words of mercy uttered as they were by
Lincoln on the waters of Virginia, were de
fiantly repelled, the armies of the country,
moving with one will, went as the arrow to
its mark, and without a feeling of revenge,
struck a death-blow at rebellion.
Where, in the history of nations, had a
Chief Magistrate possessed more sources of
consolation and joy than Lincoln? His
countrymen had shown their love by
choosing him to a second term of service.
The raging war that had divided the coun
try had lulled, and private grief was
hushed by the grandeur of its results. The
nation had its new birth of freedom, soon to
be secured forever by an amendment of the
Constitution. His persistent gentleness had
conquered for him a kindlier feeling on the
part of the South. His scoffers among the
grandees of Europe began to do him honor.
The laboring classes everywhere saw in his
advancement their own. All people sent
him their benedictions. And at the moment
of the height of his fame, to which his
humility and modesty added charms, he fell
by the hand of the assassin: and the only
triumph awarded him was the march to the
grave. . _
This is no time to say that human glory
is but dust and ashes, that we mortals are
no more than shadows in pursuit of sha
dows. How mean a thing were man, if
there were not that within him which is
higher than himself—if he could not master
the illusions of sense, and discern the con
nections of events by a superior light which
comes from God. He so shares the divine
impulses that he has power to subject in
terested passions to love of country, and
personal ambition to the ennoblement of
man. Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for
he has helped to make this Republic an
example of justice, with no caste but the
caste of humanity. The heroes who led our
armies and ships into battle—Lyon, Mc-
Pherson, Reynolds, Sedgwick, Wadsworth,
Foote, Ward, with their compeers—and fell
in the service, did not die in vain; they and
the myriads of nameless martyrs, and he,
the chief martyr, died willingly "that
government of the people, by the people,
shall not perish from-the earth."
The Just Died for the Unjust.
The assassination of Lincoln, who was so
free from malice, has by some mysterious
influence struck the country with solemn
awe, and hushed, instead of exciting, the
passion for revenge. It seems as if the just
had died for the unjust. When I think of
the friends I have lost in this war—and
every one who hears me has, like myself,
lost those whom he most loved—there is no
consolation to be derived from victims on
the scaffold, cr from anything but the es
tablished anion of the regenerated nation.
In his character, Lincoln was through
and through an American. He is the first
native of the region west of the Alleghanies
to attain to the highest station; and how
happy it is that the man who was brought
forward as the natural outgrowth and first
fruits of that region should have been of un
blemished purity in private life, a good son,
a kind husband, a most affectionate father,
and, as a man, so gentle to all. As to in
tegrity, Douglas, his rival, said of him,
"Lincoln is the honestest man I ever
knew."
The habits of his mind were those of med
itation and inward thought, rather than of
action. He excelled in logical statement,
more than in executive ability. He reas
oned clearly, his reflective judgment was
good, and his purposes were fixed; but, like
the Hamlet of his only poet, his will was
tardy in action; and for this reason, and not
from humility or tenderness of feeling, he
isomatimes deplored that the duty which
devolved on him had not fallen to the lot of
another. He was skillful in analysis; dis
cerned with precision the central idea on
which a question turned, and knew how to
disengage it and present it by itself in a few
homely, strong old English words that
would be intelligible to all. He delighted
to express his opinions by apothegm, llus
trate them by a parable or drive them home
by a story. .
Lincoln gained a name by discussing
questions which, of all others, most easily
lead to fanaticism; but he was never carried
away by enthusiastic zeal, never indulged:in
extravagant language; never hurried to
support extreme measures, never allowed
himself to be controlled by sudden im
pulses. During the progress of the election
at which he was chosen President, he ex
pressed no opinion that went beyond the
Jefferson proviso of 1751. Like Jefferson
and Lafayette, he had faith in the intuitions
of the people,aud read those intuitions with
rare sagacity. He knew how to bide
his time, and was less apt to be in ad
vance of public opinion than to lag
behind. He never sought to electrify the
public by taking an advanced position with
a banner of opinion; but rather studied to
move forward compactly, exposing no de
tachment in front or rear; so that the course
of his Administration might have been ex
plained as the calculating policy of a shrewd
and watchful politician, had not there been
seen behind it a fixedness of principle which
from the first determined his purpose and
grew more intense with every year, con
suming his life by its energy. Yet his sen
sibilities were not acute, he had no vivid
ness of imagination to picture to his mind
the horrors of the battle-field or the suffer
ings in hospitals; his conscience was more
tender than his feelings.
Lincoln was one of the most unassuming of
men. In time of success, he gave credit for
it to those whom he employe'', to the people,
and to the providence of God. He did not
know what ostentation is; when he became
President he was rather saddened than
elated, and his conduct and manners showed
more than ever his belief that all men are
born equal. He was no respecter of persons;
and neither rank, nor reputation , nor ser
vices overawed him. In judging of char
acter he failed in discrimination, and his
appointments were sometimes bad; but he
readily deferred to public opinion, and in
appointing the head of the armies he fol
lowed the manifest preference of Congress.
A good President will secure unity to his
administration by his own supervision of
the various departments. Lincoln, who
accepted advice readily,wasnever governed
by any member of his Cabinet, and could
not be moved from a purpose deliberately
formed; but his supervision of affairs was
unsteady and incomplete; and sometimes,
by a sudden interference transcending the
usual forms, he rather confused than ad
vanced the public business. If he ever
fai ed in the scrupulous regard due to the
relative rights of Congress, it was so evi
dently without design that no conflict could
ensue, or evil precedent be established.
Truth he would receive from any one; but,
whenimpressed by others he did notuse their
opinions till by refiectionhe had made them
thoroughly his own.
It was the nature of Lincoln to forgive.
When hostilities ceased, he who had always
sent forth the flag with,Nsvery one of its stars
in the field, was eager to receive back his
returning countrymen, and meditated
"some new announcement for the South."
The amendment of the Constitution • abol
ishing slavery had his most earnest and un
wearied support. During the rage of war
we get a glimpse into his soul from his
privately suggesting to Louisiana that "in
defining the franchise some of the colored
people might be let ih," saying;
"They would probably help, in some
trying time to come, to keep the
jewel of liberty in the family of freedom."
•In 1857 he avowed himself "not in favor of"
what he improperly called , "negro citizen-
Lincoln's Assassination.
The 'Greatness of Man.
Character 44 Lincoln.
ship.", for the Constitution 'discriminates
between citizens , and electors. Three days
before his death he declared his preference
that "the elective franchise were now con
ferred on the very intelligent of the colored --
men ;and on those of them who served our
cause as soldiers;" but he wished it done by
the States - themselves, and he never bar
bored the thought of exacting it from a new
government as a condition of its recognition.
The last day of his life beamed with sun
shine, as he sent by the Speaker of this
Honse his friendly greetings to the men of
the Rocky mountains and the Pacific slope;
as he contemplated the return of hundreds'
of thousands of soldiers to- fruitful indus
try; as he welcomed in advance hundreds of
thousands of emigrants from Europe; as his
eye kindled with enthusiasm at the coming
wealth of the nation. And so, with these
thoughts for his country, he was removed
from the toils and temptations of this life
and was at peace.
Palmerston and Lineoln.
. .
Hardly had the late President been con
signed to the grave, when tie prime Minis
'l ter . df England died, full of years and
honors. Palmerston traced his lineage to
the time of the conqueror; Lincoln went
back only to his grandfather. Palmerston
received his education from the best
scholars of Harrow, Edinburgh and Cam
bridge; Lincoln's {early teachers were the
sitent forest, the prairie, the river, and the.
stdrs. Palmerston was in public life for
sixty years; Lincoln for but a tenth of that
time. Palmerston was a skillful guide of
an established aristocracy; Lincoln a leader
or rather a companion of the people.
Palmerston was exclusively an Englishman
and made his boast in the House of Com
mons that the interest of England was his
Shibboleth; Lincoln thought always of
mankind as well as his own country, and
served human nature itself. Palmerston,
from his narrowness as an Englishman, did
not endear his country to any one court or
to any one people, but rather caused unea
siness and dislike; Lincoln left America
more beloved than ever by all the peoples of
Europe. Palmerston was self-possessed and
adroit in reconciling the conflicting claims
of the factions of the aristocracy. Lincoln
frank and ingenuous, knew how to noise
himself on the conflicting opinions of the
people. Palmerston was capable of inso
lence towards the weak, quick to the sense
of honor, not heedful of right. Lincoln
reje ted counsel given only as a matter of
polity, and was not capable of being wil
iully unjust. Palmerston essentially super
ficial, delighted in banter and knew how
to divert grave opposition by playful levity.
Lincoln was a man of infinite jest on his
lips, with saddest earnestness at his heart.
Palmerston was a fair representative of the
aristocratic liberality of the day, choosing
for his tribunal, not the conscience of hu
manity, but the House of Commons; Lin
coln took to heart the eternal truths of
liberty, obeyed them as the commands of
Providence, and accepted the human
race as the judge of his fidelity.
Palmerston did nothing that will endare ;
his great achievement, the separation of
Belgium, placed that little kingdom where
i t must gravitate to France; Lincoln finished
a work which all time cannot overthrow.
Palmerston is a shining example of the
s blest of a cultivated aristocracy ; Lincoln
wows the genuine fruits of institutions
where the laboring manj shares and assists
i form the great ideas and designs of his
c, , untry. Palmerston was buried in West
inster Abbey by the order of his Queen,
and was followed by the British aristocracy
to his grave, which after a few years will
cudly be noticed by the side of the graves
t Fox and Chatham ; Lincoln was followed
I,y the sorrows of his country across the
continent to his resting-place in the heart of
the Mississippi valley, to be remembered
through all time by his countrymen, and by
nil the peoples of the world.
Conclusion.
As the sum of all, the hand of Lincoln
raised the flag; the American people was
we hero of the war; and therefore the result
is a new era of republicanism. The dis
turbances in the country grew not out of
anything republican, but out of slavery,
which is a part of the tvatem of hereditary
wrong; and the expulsion of this domestic
anomaly opens to the renovated nation a
career of unthought-of dignity and glory.
Henceforth our country has a moral unity
as the land of free labor. The party for
slavery and the party against slavery are
no more, and are merged in the party of
union and freedom. The States which
would have left us are not brought back as
conquered States, for then we should hold
them only so long as that conquest could be
maintained; they come to their rightful
place under the constitution as original, ne
cessary and inseparable members of the
State.
We build monuments to the dead, but no
monuments of victory. We respect the
example of the Romans. who never, even
n conquered lands, raised emblems of
triumph. And our generals are not to be
gassed in the herd of vulgar conquerors,
but are of the school of Timoleon and Wil
liam of Orange and Washington. They
have used the sword only to give peace to
their country and restore her to her place in
the great assembly of the nations. Our
meeting closes in hope] new that a people
begins to live according to the laws of rea
son, and republicanism is intrenched in a
continent.
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INTERESTING EXERCISES AT THE NORTH
ERN HOME. FOB FRIENDLESS CHILDREN.-
A highly interesting interview took place
place yesterday, at the Northern Home for
Eriendless Children, between the inmates
of that institution and twelve little singing
girls from the Home for Little Wanderers
in New York. The visitors were received
by the Superintendent, Mr. Hopkins, who,
ushered them into the school-room of the
institution. The exercises were opened by
the singing of a beautiful hymn, in which
the New York children sang the first part,
and the children of the Home the chorus.
After the singing of several other pretty
hymns, the children were addressed by
Rev. C. W. Van Meter in his usual happy
style, and the visitors left, highly pleased
with what they had seen and heard. The
appearance of the children of the Northern
home was creditable in the extreme. They
were faultlessly clean, and as well-behaved
as the most fastidious could have desired.
Yesterday. afternoon, Rev. Dr. Adams'
Church, Broad and •reen streets, was
crowded to its utmost capacity with children
and adults, who assembled to hear the ad
dress of Mr. Van Meter, and the singing of
the little girls from the "Home for Little
Wanderers, N. Y. The exercises were of
the most interesting character. The chil
dren sang a number of appropriate hymns,
after which they retired, while Mr. Van
Meter addressed the audience upon the sub
ject of the relief of the poor, neglected chil
dren. His descriptions of some of the inci
dents connected with the history of several
of the little singing girls were deeply affecting i
and his appeals n their behalf were power
ful and pathetic.' At the Conclusion of his
remarks ,a note from the Rev. Mr. Simmons
was handed the speaker,informing him that
he had resolved to adopt one lof the little
Wanderers as his own. The announcement
of this fact aroused all -the sympathies of
the audience, and when• the little ;adopted
one was presented to the audience,
their pent up feelings found ex
pressiOn in sobs and tears. A collection
was taken up, which amounted to several
hundred dollars. It will be remembered
that Mr. Van. Meter and his little singers
are to take a prominentpart in the exercises
connected with the inauguration of the
"Home for Little Wanderers," in this city,
at Concert Hall, to-night.
THE LITERARY UNION OF PENNSYL
VANIA' will hold a public meeting at the
Academy - of ,Music on Thursday evening
next. The programme comprises _essays,
recitations and deciamations by prominent
members of , the Literary Societies of this
city, together with readings by Murdoch,
Itachardiort and others. The proceedings
will be opened , by Chas. W. Brooke; Esq.,
who will be followed by John L Rogers.the
President, in asalntatory poem, and closed
by a debate on an interesting question. The
exercises will Jae enlivened by music by the
full Germania Orchestra.
AentrasEs - AND OPERA. SINGERS.—Use
and endorse only exquisite "Email de Paris" for Im
parting to the roughest skin the color, texture and
complexion of polished ivory. L'Email de Paris is
used as a delicate beautifier for theatre, saloon and ball
room. Mlle. Vestvall, Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Lucille
Western, and other ladies recommend it to the profes.
slot) and public for its efficiency and harmlessness.
Sold by druggists and dealers in toilette at titles.
SHEETING AND SHIRTING MIISLINS have
advanced. We are seLing ours at the lowest polat of
the decline. CuOPER & CONARD.
13, E. corner Ninth and Market streets.
MESSRS. J. C. S'rBAWBRIDGE & Co.,Eighth
and Market, streets, announce elsewhere that they
have Just received three cases 4-4 wide American
Chintzes, entirely new and handsome styles, at 28 cents
per yard, the cheapest goods ffered this season. They
also offer live hundred Blankets, fine and medium
qualities, at low prices.in order to make roomfor other
stock. This will etr.rd hotel-keepers and others a good
opportunity to replenish.
FIGURED AND PLAIN-COLORED French
Percales,a large lot. select styles. under price.
COOPER & CON &RD,
S. E. corner Ninth and Market streets.
FOR MALLOW PASTE. MOSS Paste, Soft
Gum Drops, and other efficacious Confections tor
Coughs and Colds, go to E. G. Whitman & Co.'s, 318
Chestnut street. Dealers supplied.
PURE LIBERTY WHITE TARA I).—Preferred
by Dealers, as It always gives aatisfaction to their ma
towers.
COOPER ok CONARD HAVE OPENED severe,
cases new Calicoes. wbicn they propose to sell by the
dress pattern at abont the wholesale price,
b. E, corner Ninth and 3.lArket streets.
HONEY COMB AND LANCASTER QUILTS,
J. C. STRAWBRIDGE & CO.,
Northwest Corner vtghth and 'Market streets.
35-OMITS FOB GOOD YARD-WIDE BLEACHED
1.11-411 n. - COOPER & CONABD,
S. E. corner Ninth and Market streets.
SUPERLATIVELY FINE CONFECTIONS.—
Choice and rare varieties for select presents. Manu
factured by 15TEPHEN N. war.TmAN,
• No. IMO Market street.
MARSEILLES COtlia akaiPAIVES of OUT Own
importation. of new patterns.
J. C. STRAWBRIDGE .3.: CO..
Northwest Corner Eighth and Market.
DEAFNESS, BLEVDICESS AND CATARRH.—
j„ Isaacs, 81. D., Professor of the Eye and Ear, treata all
diseases appertaining to the above memoers with the
utmost success. Testimonials from the most reliable
sources in thecity can be seen at his office, No. 519 Pine
street. The medical faculty are invited to accompany
their Villeins, as he has had no secrets in his practice.
Artificial eyes inserted. Zia charge made tor ee.mbute
lion.
INIIIITAELT FINE CHOCOLATE CONFEO-
T/ON&—A Taff levy of choice kinds.
STEPHEN F. WHITMAN, 'Manufacturer,
I‘.lo. 1210 larket street.
23-CENT FAST-COLORS SPRING Pants.
About tho wholmtle price, _ _
COOPER & CONARD,
S. E. corner Ninth and Market street.
WI.NE OF Tax
syrup.
For Coughs, Colds and Affections of the Lungs.
TL is excellent preparation afforas speedy relief In alt.
cases of a pulmonary character. Put up in bottles at
to cents. Harris & Oliver, Druggists. S. E. corner
Chestnut and Tenth streets. The trade supplied at
reasonable rates.
PILLOW AND SHEETMI LLNERS almost
88 cheap as cotton.
T. C. STRAWBRIDGE & CO.,
Northwest Corner .Kiphtit ea Market.
Pm TABERTy WHITE T.r.An.—Orders
daily nu:rens/mg.
Bonus.
All "forelg - n scents" are bogtu past all doubt,
The pruent tariff shuts the gehuino out!
- - -
Just read the law its clauses are Imperious—
The •ne rsalperfurne Is -1..11gb t Blooming Cereas."
Manufactured by PhalondtSon,N.Y. sold everywhere.
THE FINEST CARAMELS and Roasted Al
mends are those manufactured by E. G. Whitman .
vs Chestnut street. Dealers supplied.
11;compAluums Gtm DsoPs—Ever sol
uble, and deliciously flavored. Manufactured only by
STEPHEN F. WHITMAN,
No. 1210 Market street
How comfortable the ladies look who are
invested with a set of Furs. All the dangers of severe
c. Ids and affections of the lungs are rendered void by
these elegant articles of dress, and it Ls - now in the
power of every lady in the city, no matter how limited
her means, to procure a set of rich Furs at a very small
ekes, at CHAS. OA.K.FORD Oh SONS', under the Conti
nental Hotel
COOPER et. CONARD have, as usual, an im
mense and select assortment of Cassimeres, Cloaking
Cloths, tine Coatings, etc.
S. E, corner Ninth and Market street
HOP.K.LNB' HOOP Smilers are the best
made, and his assortment Is complete. No. e. Arch
street.
FINE BLAN-KRTs reduced 30 to 50 per
cent. J. C. STRAWBRIDGE & CO„
Northwest Corner Eighth & Mark.et.
"AND BwrrY GIVE THIS CHEER A LITTLE
tee it stated that when the body of King
Leopold, of Belgium; wea on exhibition &tier his death
his lace was painted and enameled to improve its
appearance. We have no taste for such artificial deco
rations of the dead. The shroud for those whose souls
have gone to the' spirit land,' and for the living, such
elegant garments as those made at the Brown Stone
C.uthing Ball of Rockhill St Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605
Chestnut street, above Sixth.
Gurvrs' HATS,—Gentlemen desirous of
wearing a line Hat comb! elegance and durability,
wfil tlnd such at the great. Hat Store of this city,
whthisai
CHARLES °AKIMBO & SONS,
Under the Continental HoteL
PURE LIBERTY WHITE TARA 7).—Tryit,and
you will have none other.
SILVER PLAT - En WARE.—Patented, -Au
gust, IS65.—An alr-tight Ice Pitcher. The trade fur
nished vilth plated ware of all description.s.
FRED'S. LF.IBPREID, Manufacturer,
F. C. MEYER, Superintendent,
233 South Fifth street, Phila.
ROASTED ALMONDS.—The Ernest Roasted
Almonds naannthentred,
Are those prepared by
STEPHEN F. WHITMAN,
Ne. 1210 Market street.
J. C. STRAWBRIDGE tt Co. have opened
their figured Jaconets and Percales of entirely new
and rich designs.
J. C. STRAWBRIDGE . CO.,
:Northwest Corner Eighth and Market.
•
BANCROFT ON LINCOLN.—The great topic
of the c ay is the oration In honor of Abraham Lincoln,
to be delivered this afternoon by the Hon. George
Bancroft, of New York, before the magnates of the
nation, in the House of Representatives. It was
doubtless a very brilliant effort of genius. The most
bri,liant effort in a business way we PhiladelpMans
know anything of is the remarkable success of W. W.
Alter, coal dealer, N 0.957 North Ninth street. He has
also a branch office at Sixth and Spring Garden acs.
THOSE WHO LOVE fair dealing and good
Dry Goods go to COOPER & CONARD,
S. E, corner Ninth and Market streets.
J. C. STRAWBRIDGE & Co. are still sell
ing from their immense stock of Cotton Goods favorite
brands 01 Sheeting and Shirting muslins, at the ex
treme low prices.
I. C. STRAWBRIDGE & CO.,
Northwest Corner Eighth and Market.
CHARLES STOHEs & CO., fret-011188
Clothiers, P 10.824 Cnestnut street, under the Continen
tal Hotel.
AIfUSEMENTS.
At the Chestnut this evening we have
"Henry Dunbar," cast to the full strength
of the company. At the Arch Mrs. Waller
as lago in "Othello," with able support. At
the Walnut Clarke in "The Comedy of
Errars" and "Dicky's Wooing," together
with "The Youth Who Never Saw a
Woman." At the American Wallett, the
clown, Zanfretti, the dancer, and other at
tractions. At the large hall in Assembly
Building the Peak Family, and in the other
hall Signor Blitz and the Sphynx.
.IMEAIi ESTATE.
SALE OF
EXECUTOR'S
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Sale of the Personal Property of William H. Squire,
M. D., deceased, Main street, doors above Haines,
Germantown, February lath, [1866,12 o'clock, M., con
sisting of superior' rosewood piano, superior marble
top tables, mahogany sineboard. extension dining -ta
ble superior walnut sofas, lounge, time - pieces; superior
mahogany, walnut and maple bedsteads, superior hair
spring matress, feather bed, bed clothig, x under beds
and matress, superior Brussels, in n and other
carpet, refrigerator, &c., &c. KIT FURNI
TURE. in its variety.
zer Also, 21 Shares Germantown Bank Stock. The
Bank Stock 'oval be sold at S o'clock.
H. J. SQUIRE,
feltnt,rps Executor.
111-164
AITANTED.—A Saleamiva in - a Commission Rouse,
T V where groceries ,wines segarsoitc., are sold. One
acquainted with retaagrocers and druggists preferred.
Address 7.0. P., office Of this - paper, with references
and salary expected. fel2rat'c
b:~~c~;► - fi:Y~ ~h: YY■ • :NrY IT - ii~S~IH :~IdY,» Zu:~..Y :; n. s_~
~:
CHOICE SICATS
To all places 02 amusement slay be bad loP•to OtS
O'clock raw - n 03294,
MEWlt,zl WA& y :4 :iv 41
THE PROGRAMME OFFICE,
481 CTBEBTNUT fared, opposite the Poet for
the ARCH, OMESTNI7T, WALNUT sad AUOfficeLD :"4"
OF MUSIC to 6 o'clock every overarm. nel9ll
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME
Prof. R. E. RODGERS. M. D., of the 'llnlversly of
Pennsylvania, will deliver &second LROTURE for the
benefit of THE soLDTIRRS' AND SAILORS' HOME,
On Monday Evening, Feb. 19th, 1866.
Continuation of Subject,
A Glance at the World We Live In,
Illustrated by new Experiments, Drawings, &o.
Admission to all parts of the House, 50 cents.
Secured Seats without extra change
Tickets for sale at PUGH'S Book Store, Sixth and
Chestnut streets, fe12, 1 6,t7,19-10
Doors open at 7. Lecture to commence ate o'clock.
Grand Concert
BY
MASTER RICHARD COKER,
(Late of Trinity Church, New York-)
MastAr COKER will give his last Concert, previous
to going to Europe, on
THURSDAY EVENING, February 15.
Persons desirous of hearing this celebrated Artist
can procure Tickets and all necessary Information at
the Music Store, No. 1103 CHESTNUT street. fe.12.4t2
FOYER ACADEMY OF MUSH.
CARL WOLFSOHN'S
SEEMS OF
TEN BEETHOVEN MATINEES
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, Feb.l3,
FIFTH MATINEE.
At half-past four o'clock, when Mr. worxsoam
will have the assistance of
Mad. FANNY RAYMOND RITTER, •
fe.944 of New York.
NEW enEsTicurr STREET THEATRE,
CHESTNUT Street, above TWELifTH.
LEONARD GROVER and WM. E. SINN,
Lessees and Managers.
THIS EVENING AND FOR POSITIVELY
SIX NIGHTS ONLY.
Tom 'Taylor's dramatization, In five acts, of Miss
Brandon's celebrated novel,
HENRY DITNBAR
HENRY DUNBAR
IIES BY DU BAR
THE OUTCASTS.
I as OIITCAST.e.
THE OUTCASTS.
With Miss Joslo Orton, Mr. it. Mordannt, Mr. G. H.
Clarke Air. J. T. Ward. Mr. C. Lewis. Mr F. Foster,
Miss Annie Ward, Mrs. E. F. Beach and, others in the
oast.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. Feb. 14,
GRAND EXTRA MATINEE.
GRAND EXTRA MATINEE.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN,
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN,
For the last time this season.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. February 11th,
NINETY-FIRST
GRAND FAMILY MATINEE,
GRe ND FAMILY MATINEE.
The first Day Performance of
HENRY DUNBAR : OR. THE ourcAsTs.
MONDAY EVENING, Feb. 19.
First time of the Gorgeous epectacular Drama,
THE ICE WITCH.
Admission to Matinees, SO cents to all parts of the
Home. Children, 2 5 cents. Doors open at LIS. Car
ted!, rises at 2.15.
Admission to evening performance, 25 cents, SO cents
and IL
Doers open at 6.45. Curtain rises at 7.45.
'WALNUT STREET THEATRE
, N. E. corner NINTH and WALNUT Streets,
FOURTH WEEK
Of the highly successful engagement of
S. CLARKE
CLARKE IN GREAT COMIC CHARACTERS.
DICKY SHARP Mr. J. S, CLARKE
CLARKE as.. ......
THIS ''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''
With appropriate costumes and careful mounting,
Shakspeare's great creation. the
COMEDY OF ERRORS.
(First time mere)
Drornlo of Syracuse.. S. CLARKE
To conclude with the new and h!ghly.succocqfal Co.
medietta called
DICKY'S WOOLNG.
Dicky Sharp.—...- J. S. CLARKE.
o commence with the capital Farce of
THE 10IITH WHO NEVER SAW A WOMAN.
'IVIRS. JOHN DREW 'S NEW ARCH STREET
JAL THEATRE. Begins at o'clock.
LAST WFVE' OF EMMA WA.LLER
AND MR. WALLER
TELLS (Monday) EVENING, February 12, 1868,
OTHELLO.
_EMMA WALLER
.....Mr. WALLER
._MoYee Earadn
Mr. Mackay
Ewen Marlowe
__Vial E. Price
Itodexhiro
Deaden:lona. .-....
After which
AN AMPLE APOLOGY.
Sztooengton Spooner __Stuart Robson
ernshlngton Clasher.. _ ...Owen Marlowe
FRTDAY—BENEFIT OF ESEVA — WAALRII..
hi ONDAY—CELAN FRAL"S "SAM."
NHW AMERICAN THEATRE.
GRAND NATIONAL CIRCUS,
WALNUT street, above Eighth.
EVERY EVENING
AND ON 'WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY A_PTER•
NOOKS,
POW - I:P.M:2 ATTRACTION.
THE CEL.EBRATED W. F. WA WRIT.
TICE CHILD WONDER. - srA F: WRIST,
only six and a half years of tee.
THE SOUTH AMER.! (2. AN BROTHERS.
MONS. SEIGRIST AND HIS TRAINED DOGS.
SPLENDID STUD OF HORSES.
AE9R7'+flaf•Y BUILDINGS,
E W. corner of TENTH and CHESTNUT Streets,
POSITIVELY TEE LAST WEEK
POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK
OF THE
PEAS FAMILY
SWISS BELL RINGERS.
MONDAY, Feb. • 12. AND EVERY EVHNTNG
THROUGH. THE WEP
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME!
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME!
Saturday Last Grand Matinee.
Admission, 35 cents. Secured Seats, 50 cents.
Children, 2.5 cents. No balf-price to secured seats.
Doors open at 7 o'clock. To commence at 8.
Matinee admittance, 35 cents. Children, 15 cents.
Matinee—Doors open at 2 o'clock. Commence at I.
lel2-611 C. C. CHASE, Business Agent.
NITROUS OXIDE MATINEE.
DR. COLTON
- - -
will have the pleasure to give to LADIES (only) a
LE.CIaiRE with an EX_ILLBITION of the tigllghtful
effects of
NITROUS OXIDE, O ONVERT HAR LAUG
L HING GAS,
AT t L,
On THURSDAY AFTERNOON, Feb. 15.
At least twelve ladies will inhale the Gas. At the
clr se teeth s ill be extracted for several ladies without
pain, and the process fully explained.
Doors open at 2. To commence at 3 o'clock.
ADMISSION FREE. fal2•3t*
A ALERIC.'A_N ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
COMBINED EFFORT OF LITERARY SOUtra X.
.PUBLIC MEETING
OP TEE
"LITEBARY UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA,"
On THURSDAY EVENING, Feb. 15, 1886.
Addresses, Recitations, rebate., Reading. &c., by
S K. MURDOCH', N. K. RICHARDSON, CHARLES
W. BBOOKE, and speakers from the different so
cieties. Music by the Germania Orchestra.
Tickets, 50 cents: reserved seats 75 cents. For sale at
T B. Pugh's; S. W. corner of Math and Chestnut
streets. felo-514
FOYER OF ACADEMY
CHAS. H. JARVIS'S
THIRD MATINEE,
At Four o'clock.
THURSDAY, February 15, 1866,
Single Adrals, ion One Dollar
Tickets and Programmes at the Mush; Stores. felo-442
-
►rHs FRENCH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY'S SIX
TEENTH ANNUAL BALL, In aid of their Poor
to be given at the
MUSICAL FUND HALL.
On MONDAY HVBNINGI, the 12th of PebrnarY.
A continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed by the public, Is, on the present occasion,
earnestly solicited. _
COMMITTER OP AREANGEMENTs,
Eng. Roussel, Preaident. N. Petry
A. A idley, H. A. Pintard,
M. Bouvier, H. Perdriaux,
A. B. Imrand, E. H. Roussel,
A. Oardrat, L. Sorlin,
C. Penes. H, Tirel, Secretary. •
Ticketa of admission to be bad from any member of
the above committee. Music—Haasler's Band. fes-4tE
A f3SENBLY BUILDINGS.
THE SPHYNX. THE spsyrzx
t3IGNOE Z
Will introduce every evening this ;eel: the marvel Outs
Illusion of THE SPHYNX, which has created an Im
mense sensation in Europe and In this country. -
Commence, evenings at 73L o'clock. and Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons, at 3 o'clock.
Admission, 23 eta; Children,33 eta.; Reserved seats. 600,
ACADEMY OF FlTenth NE A_R st eel, OBTNUT, above
'
Open from 9 A. M. till e P. M.
Bea West's areat Picture o
CHRIST =MOPED,
Still on exhibition.
GIMUm& OBOHESTREL—PabIie Rehearsals
every Saturday afternoon at the Musical Fund
Hall, at halt-peat three o'clock. Engagements made
by addressing GEORGE HASTERT, agent, RH Mon
trey street, between Bare and Vine. paw
TIPIPPIRIAL 111111N011 PRIM - M.—SO ewes in tin
11 canisters and fai:a boxes imported and for sale
by JOS, Is, _
19u 108 South Delaware
avenue.