Daily evening bulletin. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1856-1870, July 20, 1867, Image 2

Si CA L ET.
MII.LIE cA
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What if I flaunt in the day's broad light,
And feed niffps with Itte - fruit - ortrimel' ---
And what if I haunt the streets at night,
while sorrow and death stalk through the
clime?
The living who loved me revile my name,
And the dearl arc heedless to want and shame.
Jt le easy for men and women who live
Their virtuous lives in a golden ease,
To sneer at the children of sin who give
Their truth for a coin, with Faith on its knees,
To the rioters wasting the bread and meat • -
For which we barter our souls in the street..
Who is to blame for theawful list
Of oar kind which weeping angels date?
And who shall speak for the souls that missed
Relief at the Christian's eloselehnt gate?
Alas! it was only a step and breath,
Thence down to the gates of despair and death
Not my mother, for she was good,
And shaped her life to a saintly prayer,
And died in the truest Christian mood,
Leaving all things to her Maker's care.
Does the dust uneasily stir in her grave
For the child her Saviour has failed to save?
Does the great sad Christ in your churches say,
As of old, "I am forever the same?"
Or is it a different world to day
From that he dragged from its mire of shame
This old, half pagan world, with the stain
Of suicide blood on its hands again?
AXISPrer me, priest,from youfpulplt stairs
Answer me, women, from chapel halls;
You with the grand old Scriptural prayers
Written in rainbow upon your walls.
Did-you-give-a—mite-from-your-hoards-to stay--
eur faltering feet in the downward - way?
—N. Y. Citizen.
LITERARY AND ART ITEMS.
• Cricire of - the Press: .
• Theire - is a certain •mistrust, characterized
by a feeling of soreness '
generally existing be
tween the professional writer for the press
and the printer. It does not amount to much,
and it is somewhat less in the present day
than it was in the last generation, because
printers print better than they did thirty or
forty years ago and writers are less „careless
than they were at • that date, Still, the mu
tual misgiving is entertained, and is kept alive
by the recurrence, more or leg frequent, of
"errors of the press," which the writer inva
riably attributes to the printer, and the printer
does all he - can to lay to the credit of the
writer. There arc faults, however, on both
tides; though; if we were called upon to de
cide where lies the preponderance of blame,
we should feel bound greatly to exonerate
the printer,, who is rarely chargeable with
more than'a tithe - of the_ blunders placed .to
his account—we are speaking, of course, of
printers who are Printers, and not of the
mere proprietors of types and presses, of
'whom, there are too many who have no
adequate notion of the printer's function.
Errors of the preSs occur to a much larger
extent than the reading puolic is generally
aware of, and may even be perpetuated
through one edition after another for centuries,
until the blunder, or the wrong reading, has
altogether displaced the right reading, which;
through lapse of time and changes in the
si gif cation of words, becomes altogether
lost. Commentators - know how true this is,
and how hopeless is the search after truth in
such cases; .Of the wild conjectures sometimes
haiarded in this search, some of the modern
and so-called amended editions of Shakespeare
furnish striking examples.
In noticing the various kinds of errors, we
may begin with these which are merely
verbal, and which, for the most part, are due
to the writers, who are apt not only to write
illegibly, but to read their proofs carelessly,
arid leave errors standing which they ought
to correct. Such verbal . blunders are at
limes ludicrous enough, as when a writer, in
tending to speak of Cato and Brutus, is made
to speak of cats and brUtes; or another, as
happened the other day, announces the pub
lication of a new work"i.n the fOrm of a five
shilling elephant," meanies "a five-shilling
pamphlet."
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A long list of blunders of this kind might
be enumerated, and not. a far of them have
'become stock jokee, or material for jokes, in
the printing office. Some of these are "full
blown noses" instead of "full-blown roses;"
"he arose and shook off his ears," instead of
"shook off his fears;" "horse literature," in
stead, of "Norse literature;" "syllabub," in
stead of "syllabus;" "omelet,' instead of
"amulet," and not a few which, current in
the printing-office, need not circulate beyond
it. Many of the verbal errors are of- a kind
which will escape the ken of the most watch
ful reader; because, though they weaken or
pervert the sense of the author, .tire . y
,do not
* ; ,4t,en:
printed "de4ftikfibiicij vepicwoja_
Ten" is sometimes printed "heaven;" and we
can recall a critique on a picture where the
painter was blamed for his "violet color," in
stead of his "violent color." Again, there are
verbal errors for which accident - alone is -to
blame; thus, in a costly edition of Moore's
poems one of the verses begins, "A sense
makes, the'heart grow fonder," the b in ab
sence having dropped out of the printer's form
between the final reading and the Working off.
A sirriilar accident accounts for "old jowl"
instead of "cold fowl," in the .code. of a
dining-house in the city.
As samples of errors clearly due to bad
writing, we may mention one or two. During
the war with Russia au announcement in a
Government blue-book, stating that "our
' troops had Marched across Belbee and drawn
up in front of the north ports," declared in its
first shape that the troops "had marched
across the Baltic and drawn up in front of the
North Foreland." In another blue-book, a
gentleman who subscribed himself as "solici
tor to the Douse of Commons" was made to
figure as one who jobs about the House of
. — Coninions." A - quotation - of - a rather -racy
kind being = ascribed to Saha', Lucius, the;
printer's reader, doubting its saintly origin,.
and knowing no saint 'of that name, was in
duced to make researches, which resulted in
tle discovery that the words belonged to ,S'ir
Lpcius ,('Trigger, one of the bright stars of
Blieridan's comedy, Thißie(d.l7
Oddly enough, there are instances hi which
verbal errors have a trade value, inasmuch as
they serve to identify first impressions of en- I
gravings or particular editions of books.
llogarth appears to have been a little loose in
his orthography, in which, by the way, he
was not at all singular in his day. When
he first published his print of the "March to
Finehley," he dedicated it to George 11.; but
thttroyal booby took offence at the innocent
_sift 7 aratwould,--had—be-daredi have-visited
the painter with his wrath. Hogarth made
haste 1,6 obliterate the king's name, and insert
that of the King cif,Prussia. In so doing he
spelled Prussia. with one .s .(Prusia), and
worked off some fifty copies from the Plate
before the error was pointed out to. him.
Then he corrected it, and the marks of the
•
correction are traceable on all the subsequent
Impressions. But the first impressions were
of course the best; being taken before the plate
was worn; they have been recognized as such
ever since, and to this day an impression
of that plate on which the word Prussia
is wrongly spelled is worth in the market as
much as half a dozen of the others, however
excellent they may be. Another instance,
well known to bibliopoles, is that of Litti
ton's Latin Dictionary: When the doctor
• wag printing this huge quarto, he WWI ill-
tensely bothered with the Primers, and ha to
be constantly going to the office - to•superint
'ad
their work. One day, when he happened to
be specially badgered, a cpinpositor came to
Iliiil-04-11•12.--WfV,tallattg to the proprietor; and,.
thrusting a slip of copy nailer his nose, liteW—
his attention to the word Condono, to which
no English word had been appended, asking,
at the same time, how lie shotild till the
blank. "Get away with you!" cried the doc
tor, in a pet; "condog you, be. off:" The
compositor went off, and coolly completed
the line thus: "Condon°, V. condog."
.This remarkable performance . .was "never
challenged by the readers of the proOfs, but
went to press without alteration. liver since,
that edition of the dictionary has been known
among collectors as- the "Condos
and for a time bore an extra value, as it was
sought after by the curious.
One fruitful source of errors are proper
names. There are certain names which seem
obstinately determine& not to' get themselves'
properly spelled. The oldest of them, and
therefore the one entitled to precedence, is
Pharaoh, whose last and penultimate vowels
are forever changing places, and that in the
same article and, even in the same page:
Another is Shakespear, who figures as Shaks
pear, Shakspeare, Shakespeare, Shakespere
and Shakspere, and we know not in how
many other forms. Burghley, again, is often
Burleigh, and sometimes Burley, while his
patronymic Cecil has been written variously
Cicil, Cycyl, Syssel, Seise], Seycil, Sicell,
Sitsill, though some of these forms, it'must be
confessed, date fartherhack than the art of
printing or settled systems of spelling.
_One_would_think that GOthe, who As so
much quoted and talked about, to whatever
extent he may be read, would be spelled
correctly, hitt men of mark in, the literarY
world will yet persist in writing and printing
Goethe, and Coale. The most notable of all
names in this, respect, however, is Brobding
nag; which •all the
.London printers - 'have
seemingly conspired to robot the n in the
second syllable; there is ao getting them to
relent in this particular, do what you will.
Spite of Swift "and all his works," they will
have it Brobtlig,nag, and Brohdignag it seems
destined to be to the end of the chapter.
Among Other instances of words in which a
letter is almost invariably dropped are
opthalmie for ophthalmic,and Melancthon fore,
Melanchtlion.
ElTOrg - often occur and pass unnoticed
in head-lines, from causes which
ordinary readers would never suspect.
One cause is the deceptive effect of
capitals on the eye that dwells for any length
of time on them. If the reader will take up
a book in which the same words in capitals
stand at the head of the page throughout and
read them off at his Usual rate he may find
that by the time he tins reached the hundredth
page it does not matter to hiin hoW the words
are spelled,—the letters have in a manner
dropped their function, and he will need to
pause a little to recover an intelligent notion
of what he is about. Another causeis, that
head-lines are apt to get "picked," as the
term is, in the printing-otllce,—that is, the
lettersin one sheet are taken out temporarily
to supply blanks in another, and, when re
stored, occasionally slip into the wrong place.
A curious source ot- error in the printing
office, though it is rarely productive of mis
chief, is one that is purely technical. Some
time back a proof was sent to the writerwith -
a query directing his attention to a note at
the foot of a page, to which note there was no
reference in the text: The proof was a sheet
of a scientific- work of a deceased author,
with annotations and additions by a gentleman
who, since completing them for the publisher,
had sailed. for the East. The words of the
suspected note were "Ferguson ends here."
Now, Ferguson, the astronomer, had been
spoken of m the preceding pages, but what
was meant 17.7 thl. oaa—iin,:tosi to him ..iur
friend had not the remotest idea. To 1151 th e
At, POD w en plain enough; we saw at once that
one of the compositors employed on the
; work was also named Ferguson; that he had
finished his "taking," or portionmf copy that
fell to his share; at the foot of that page, and
had made a brief memorandum to that effect,
in order to show how much of the work was
his. • The 'compositor who had set
the notes and "made up" the mat
ter into pages, had mistaken this
entry for an - editor's note, - and bad
treated it accordingly, and' hence the pub
lisher's perplexity. .. . __...........
x g h as.—Their Looks and
A very common error of the presS, and one
Th e Isle' o Te oa ir ` Leg s.
frequently encountered in the three-volume. ;
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novels with which the reading world' is so ; . For a few days the breakers have been
plenteously pampered just now, is, th e mix-, . estic. Provoked by a constant east wind,
change of • they fine
placement themselves against the rooks in
placement of a line, or the ex
places between two or. more lines, occurring, i frePzY and spray, and keep up a continual
for the mostpart, at the head or the foot of ' roar of defiance. "Pulpit Rock" is tar out on
the page. If the causes of such errors were ' the crags and not approachable by the weak
' investigated, they would invariably be traced nerved, and When you reachit you let your
-1 ,-14,-14.-,..,....--ssrpthc,o44hts, on t h e
, vart ~_ : . elf down,
.41W a pulpit of-stoi!e, over the
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of the author of the pullier'ir, involving Stiiie: -- . 12-1-, ;=: -•'-s---' .- ', --- ''' 'l'7' . 'T. , ,17- 7 ;.74 7 ::Tr.,•:_f'•'•"5' .
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material changes in arrangement, and to the pice of nay or sixty feet into the angry vir---
haste and hurry with which such changes 1 lows, and feel the
,lair of : their assaults upon
had to be made. Voluminous corrections'', the base of the cliff-7os think you do, whit- are a constant source of blundering; and no , is just as well,• so far as the sensation is con
writer who rearranges his matter lifter corned, ' I stopped in the pulpit only 19ng
it has I been once made up should enough to recall .3.l.oore's lines:
think of sending it to press without "My choice shall be the moonlit waves
careful examination, however diligently is Returning homeward to their eaves; ..
has been read before. Owing to the neglect ' And een the music o the sea, • :
of this precaution, one sometimes sees whole Which, more than, speaks of Thoe;-."
paragraphs transposed, the running head- ~ and then I began to feel as if "sli g htli ele
lines on one page referring to the' matter in I vated," and cliMbed out. From the pulpit,
another, notes at the foot of a page or pages to indeed from almost any point on the astern
which they no not belong, and periods in the side of the island, we see the bieakeip dash
text that break oil suddenly without coming ing over Mingo rock, a mile or two oat, and
to a conclusion. exposed on all sides to the long wash of
There was r.time when correctness in-print- waves. The foam-crested billows cl i mb its
ing was held in fir higher estimation than it sides like great white leviathans, and inding
is at the present day. The Elzevirs, it is said, they cannot quite reach the summit, Spout a
affixed their proof-sheets to the doors of the I cloud of spray over it, and slide back again
colleges and universities, and !Wood a golden into the dark abyss. Ever returning!to the
premium fur the discovery of an error, how- charge, bailed but not disheaxtene, they
ever trifling. The Dutch, the French, the Ita- ,„l'ippear in new forms of beauty -conthually.
Bans employed as printers' readers professors 'Sitting on the. highest point of the isladl, I see
and philologers of the highest, standing, amid •,, a 1 lost every rod of it, and the sevensmaller
some of their printers - would - caneela sheet - for - --isAmis , sthitt-oncirele-it.--The neat : view
the sake of the slights:B; flaw, en suppress i ::is,. tinique and pleasant. Gray 0 kroeks
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an entire volume ratheNtiari M"„slVdrrency to e onstitute full half the surface, and 'ou can
inaccurate work. We have altered all that: go m i ll' ova the island, with a little re, and
we have improved our technical processes to not step on the soil. In the dells, here a
a degree of perfection inconceivable by the 'rood or two of soil is kept moist by 4e stone
old printers; but we have thrust the scholar basin in Which it tests; beds of iris iend in
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mit Of the printing office, and have east the violet waves before the gale, and sec as if
responsibility of correctness, in so far as scho- they would be blue or purple like tin sea, if
larship is concerned, upon the author, who, - they were large enough. The miss and
sooth to say, is apt tu be exceedingly remiss grass among the rocks is of more lily hues
-where in justice to himself, he should exec-'than are common l on the. main lariat this
cise - thegreatest care.-- TO Lcisurc liotos I season. Not is other vegetation hissing. I
rested to-day under the shade of a sun aeh that
looked as if it had gone through some hard
experiences. There are plenty of huckle
berry and bayberry bushes. I have eked six
native strawberries, and have set u a stone
to markthe - spot - where`nine - Others re - rip - en=
ing; and I know of one blackberry b h hope
fully blossoming. I have before m a bunch
of yellow clover, very delicate and eautiful,
that you contineutals know nothi r about,
except by the botany books; and here are
quantities of splendid sea-mosses fo hoever
has the industry and patience to pre e them
for preservation. For animated na re, there
is a flock of sheep of spotless white 'ss, such
as are never seen on the main land, xcept in
pastures; and half a dozen cows, 3 o have a
habit of going to the eastern c s, lying
down together, and looking out earnestly
over the sea. Doubtless: they . are • foreign
it.
breed, mail have instinctive .ye ings for
fatherland. Also, I should not for t the one
black horse, who can draw a c , run the
treadmill, and in trotting it witbou a rival. "
If there are hugs on the island
l ay avoid
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The Love of the AlpN.
The July number of.khe Cornhill Maga
zine contains a pleasant article on "The Love
of the Alps," in:Which the fascinations of those
-Mountains are thus discussed - -
What, after all, is the love of the Alps, and
when and where did it .begin? It is easier to
ask these questions than to answer them. The
classic nations hated mountains. Greek and
Roman poets talk of them with disgust and
dread.• Nothing could have been more de
pressing to a courtier of Augustus thati resi
dence at Aosta, even'though he found his the-,
atres and triumphal arches there. Wherever
classical feeling has predoMinated, 'this has
been the case. C'eltini's Memoirs, written
in the height of Pan Renaissance, will ex
press the aversion which& Florentine or Ro
man felt for the inhospitable wilderness of
Switzerland.
Dryden, in his dedication to the , hidiuot
:Emperor, sfqs: "High- objects, it' is true,
extract the sight; but it looks up with pain On
eraggy Tocki, end barren mountains, and con-
THE DAILY EVENING BULLE'tIN.--PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 20,.1867.
thmes not intent on any Abject which is
waffling in shades and greth,to entertain it.':
Addison and Oray had no better epithets
than_ "ragged,' ''horrid" and the: like for
_Alpine landscape, The- claSSic spirit --was .
-- ndverse - to --- enthusiasm --- for - mere . nature.--
Humanity was too protninent, and city life
absorbed all interests-;mot to speak of what
perhaps is the weightiest -reason-that soli
indifferent.accommodation, and imper
fect means of traveling,rendered mountainous
countries peculiarly disagreeable. It is impos-,
Bible to enjoy art or nature while suffering,
from fatigue and cold, dreading the attacks of
robbers, and wondering whether you will find
lbod and shelter at the end of your day's jour
ney. Nor was it different in the Middle
Ages.. Then individuals had either no Jeianre
from War or strife with the elements,_or. else
they devoted themselves to the- • .'2l-;
their souls. But when the ideas of the Middle
Ages had decayed, when improved arts of
life had freed,men from - servile subjection to
daily needs, when the bondage of religious.
tyranny had -been thrown oft, : and political -
liberty allowed the full development of
tastes and instincts,when moreover the clas
sical traditions had lost their power, and
courts and coteries became too narrow for
the activity of man-then suddenly it was ,
discovered that Nature in herself possessed
transcendent charms. It may sewn absurd
to class them all together;yet there is no doubt
that the French Revolution,the criticism ofthe
Bible, Pantheistic forms of worship, landscape
painting, Alpine traveling, and the poetry
of Nature, are all signs of the same move-.
ment-of a new Renaissance. Limitations
of eveiry sort have been shaken off during the
last century, allTormlThave been destroyed,
all questions asked. The classical spirit
loved to arrange; model, preserve traditions,
obey laws. We are intolerant of everything
that is not simple, unbiassed by prescription,
liberal as the wind, and natural as the moun.
Min crawl.. We gole feed this spirit of :free- -
dom among the Alps. What the virgin
forests of America are to Americans the Alps
arc to us. What thple is.. in Allege huge
blocks and walls of granite crowned with ice
that fascinates us it is hard to analyze. Why,
seeing that we find them so 'attractive. they
should have repelled our ancestors of the
fourth generation and all the winid before
Mimi, is another mystery,'" We cannot ex
plain what rapport ,there is between our
human souls and these inequalities in the sot
flue of the earth which we call Alps: Ten
nyson speaks of
" Some vague emotion of delight
In gazing up :in Alpine height,-"
Mid its vagueness eludes detinition. • The in
terest which physical science has created for
natural objects has something to do with it.
Curiosity and the charm of novelty - increases
this interest. No towns, no cultivated tracts
of Europe, howeVer beautiful, form such a
contrast to our London life as Switzerland.
Then there is the health and joy that conies
from exercise in open air; the senses freshened
by good sleep; the blood quickened by .a
lighter and rarer atmosphere. Our modes of
life, the breaking down of class privileges,the
extension of education, which contribute •to
make the individual greater and-society less,
render. the solitude of mountains refreshing.
Facilities of traveling and improved accom
modation leave us free to enjoy the natural
beauty which we seek. Our minds, too,
are prepared to sympathize-with-the:inani
mate world; we have learned to look on the
universe as a whole, and ourselves as a part
Of it, related by close lies of friendship to all
its other members. Shelley's, Wordsworth's,
Gruhe's poetry has taught us this; we are all
more or less Pantheists, worshippers of "God
in nature," convinced of the omnipresence of
the informing mind.
Thus, when•we admire the Alps we are
after all but children of the centirry,. We
follow io.rtroton blindly, and, while we
armir ourselves spontaneva. , 'cestacy,
perform the part for which we have b een
trained from childhood by the atmospo,,m ,
in which we live,. It is this very unconscious
ness and universality of the impulse we obey
which makes it hard to analyze. Contem
porary history is difficult to Write; to define
the spirit of the age in which we live is still
more difficult; to account for impressionS
•-which owe all their force to their identity
with theMselves" is most difficult of all.
We mast be content to feel, and not to an
alyze. .
Observation. Occasionally one cOrnessfroin
the main land, disguised m fashionable, tog-'
,gory, but The air does not agree with them
and they eat one dinner and leave. As long
ago 01647, Richard Cutts, anti. John Cutting
sent,a_sharp remonstrance to the General
Court against the practices of one John Rey
nolds,' who, "contrary to an order of court,
which sayeth: 'No woman shall live on the,
Isles of &oils,' hath not only brought his
wile hither with an intention to live here and
abide; but also lath brought upon llog Island
a great stock of goats and swine, which, by
destrOying much fish, do great damage to
your petitioners and others, and also spoil the
spring of water upon the island,. rendering
it unfit for any manner of use, which at
fords the only relief and supply to all the rest
of the islanilsuronr patitiOners - therefbre pray
i 'ltiithe put in execution
for the removal of all women from
here, and that said Reynolds may be ordered
to - remove his - goats - and - swine -from the
islands tvithout delay." The General Court
ordered ,Reynolds to remove Ids goats and
swine within thirty days, but "as to the re
moval of his wife, it is thought fit by the
court that, if no further complaint' come
against her, she may enjoy the company of ,
her husband." Women have been tolerated
here-ever since; more than tolerated, to speak
truly, and when the daily steamer approaches
the first effort is to cow:it - through the telescope
the number of women on board.
These islands were once agitated by revo
lution. lam not sure that it was not the first
organized rebellion in North America, though
it never got beyond organization. It origink
ted with the clergy. A quarrel between Rev.'
Mr. Gibson and Ite - V - r.IF. -- LTirkh - Cuti — ,
which was wholly personal at first, led to a
revolt of the islanders against the government
of Massachusetts, which then claimed and.
held the islands. The Rev. Gibson, by whom
the revolt was instigated, before it came to
open war, made his own subinlesion and pets- -
suaded the islanders to renew their allegiance.
and there was a general amnesty. by tacit
consent. Gibson and Larkham are not the
only pastors of note and influence in' the his
tory of these islands. Twenty -years after
them flourishecHhe Rev. john Brock, who..
had such power in prayer as to restore chit- •
dren apparently dead, and to . , raise sunken
boats from -the ocean.. The details of his
achievements are preserved in authentic re
cords. It does not appear, however, that he
exercised his faith upon dead adults, or any
craft larger than a fishing smack.
The only houses on this island are the On ,
nected cluster. called the Appledore House;
but there are cellars and walled inclosures of
ten or twelve. During the war of 1812 the
people were driven from the island by the
general government, on suspicion or evidence
that they were selling supplies to the British.
It is also supposed that pirates visited the
Island in former times, and indeed consider
able Spanish money was once Ibund among
the reeks. I have turned over several big
ones without finding any, but other explorers
may be more fortunate. I would not advise
any violent experiments, with crowbars, id
' tro-glycerhie and such things, for the equilib
rium of the islands is already disturbed. and.
either the north end of this one is rising, or
the south end sinking, or the whole of Star
Island is rising; the evidence of which is that
more of the Appledore House is seen from
the:latter—island than a leis' years an,
and indeed the change Is quite rapid, geo
logically speaking; and appreciable to those
now 'living on the islands. Mythologically
it is accounted for by ,an accident which
happened to one of the Titans who helped
heave the rock from the summit of Mount
Washington. Having taken off his coat for
the lift, he was caught by his .suspenders on
a sharp rock and went with the mass, falling
under the south end of Appledore us it
piunged into the sea. As his bones decay and
sink deeper into the sand the rock above
naturally sightlo• . and you will see .
lk JUL' C2koll , .ak. , iltnlll.
the rocks there are steeply inclined, and are
actually sliding into the sea. You may not
perceive the motion without watching a few
centuries, but you will rind abundant evidence
of the facts. Some masses weighing thou=
-sands of tons have slid several rods from
Where they were broken and stand ready to
plunge into the sea at a favorable moment.—
AS ' prinfijidd R(publicalLaAa..ll6
Lord. Byron Setting to Mr. West for his
Portrait.
Now that the Countess Guiccioli Memoirs
are to be published, the foll Owing 'extract
from 'a•letter of Benjamin West will be read
with fresh interest. The letter was written
I) . ont Pisa, Italy, in 1829 :
On the day appointed, I arrived at two
o'clock, and began the picture. 1 found him
a bad sitter. Ile talked all the time, and
asked a multitude of questions about Ame-
T,Mlillthow I likt4,••47''
the Italians, &c. 'When he was srlt nt.fie Wag'
a better sitter than before; for he assumed a
countenance that did not belong to him; as
though he were thinking of a frontispiece for
'
Childe 'Harold: In about an , hour our first
sitting terminated, and I returned to Leghorn,
scarcely able to persuade myself that this was
the haughty misanthrope whose character had
always appeared so enveloped in gloom and
mystery, for. I do not remember ever to have
met with manners more gentle and attractive..
The text day I returned and had another
sitting of an hour, during which he seemed
anxious to know what I should make of my
undertaking. While I was painting, the
window froM which I received my light be
came suddenly darkened, and I heard a voice
exclaim, "e troppo MN:" I turned and dis
covered a beautiful female stooping down to
look in, tit ground on the outside being on a
level with the bottom of the window. Her
long golden hair hung down about her face
and shoulders, her complexion was exquisite,
and her smile completed one of the most ro
mantic-looking heads,, set off, as it was; by
the bright sure_ behind it, which I had ever
beheld. Lord Byron invited her to come iu,
and introduced her to me as the Countess
Guiecieli. He seemed very fond of her, and
1 was glad of her presence, forthe playful
manner which he assumed toward her made
him a much better sitter.
The next day I was pleased to find that the
progress which I had made in his likeness had
given satisfaction, for, when we were alone,
he said that he had a particular -favor to re
quest of me—would I grant it? I said I
should be happy to oblige him, and he en
joined me to the flattering task of painting
the Countess Guiceioli's portrait for him. Oa
the following morning I began it, and after
that they sat alternately. He gave me the
whole history of his connection with her, and
said - that - heiroped - it — Wbukl — fast — forefver; lit
any rate, it should not be his fault if it did
not. His other attachments had been broken
off by no fault of his.
I was by this time sufficiently - intimate
with him to answer his questions as to what
I thought of him before I. had seen him. He
laughed much at the idea which I had formed'
of him ) and said; "Well, you find me like
other people, do you not?" He often after
ward repeated, "And so you thought me a
finer fellow, did you?" I remember once
telling him,that notwithstanding his vivacity,
I thought myself. correct in at least one esti
mate. which I- had made of him, tier I still
conceived that he was not a happy man. He
inquired,earnestly what reason I had for
thinking 30, and asked him if he had,never
Observed little children, after .a paroxysm of
grief, that they had at intervals' a convulsive
or tremulous manner of drawing in a long
breath. Wherever I had observed It in per
eons of whaterir age, I had always found
that it came from sorrow. He .said the
thought was new to him, and that he would
make use of it.
A STORY Of RERANGER.
How Couture Painted Wronger's
POrtralt—flints to Artists.
A charming story of Beranger appears in
the book just published. by Couture.
Couture prefaces the story with some ex
cellent advice to artists. When we remember
the hundreds of expressionless: portraits in
galleries, we cannot be too thankful to
our author for his wise counsel. He says:
"There is in nature a phase full of ocharni.
It is - the physiognomical side; - these - traits;-
the,'7 - • se'r'N:to persens a particular.
eliariierer --- Liiteinust be respected, de- •
veloped even. Take care not to give to your.
portraits - theatrical attitudes,• be simple and
modest, for in the pose, in their expression,
is the truth of the likeness:"
He says that in the first sitting a woman
will display to the artist all the beauty of
her face, all the graces of her mind, to gain
from him the most favorable impression of
her person. .
"The painter should talk with his model,
animate her as much as possible, and guard
well against her immobility. To know how
to converse with his model is one of the
talents of the portrait painter. He must seize
upon that which combines all the most salient
points of person and character, and then with
great rapidity reproduce it upon the canvas."
It is in illustration of this idea that Couture
relates-theincidentrhis-career-whichovhile
exquisite in itself, gives us a sketch of &ran
ger; a - portrait aijo - ple trUtilflll ) which
could only have been drawn by one great
artist of another. With the most unbounded
admiration and enthusiasm for Beranger, it
had Always .beer the desire .of, Couture, to
Make a picture of him from life. - So; One
day, armed with a letter of introduction from
Madame Sand, he started for the Rue d'Enfer.
Arrived at the door, he knocked; an old man
appeared, dressed in a gray robe de oho. mizbee.
:`We will leave M. Couture to tell the story hi
birlin words :
" Beranger,?'
" am be.'
"In answering he held the Cool' but ii.tle
way open,
"'What do you wish?'
"It would have been easy for me to present
my letter of introduction, but I had the stupid
idea of keeping it. It was a precious auto
graph. I murmured some words—showel
my paper and crayon. But alas!" my defeat
was complete, the door began to close.
"No sir,' he said, 'that is disagreeable to
me; they have already made my portrait:
some of them have succeeded perfectly.
Make use of them, and leave me in peace.'
"The doorciosed slowly. All was lost.
"'I have done, wrong, M. Beranger.
should have given yon a letter which I have
kept. My vanity was so great that I thought
I 'could present myself without support. I am
punished; it is just.' -
"I stepped back, ashamed and confused.
The door opened.
6` 'What is your name?'
"I returned,
"'My name is Couture.' •
"'You are not Couture, of the •Doe,,dence
of - the Romans:
`Yes, sir.'
"I felt myself seized .by the coat, drawn
violently; the terrible door was closed—but
this time I- was inside, and pressed against the
w
'You Couture? Is it possible; you so
young! Butwhat was I about to do? Shut
the door in your face?'
" 'But it was already , done, M. Berarger.' -
" 'But you do not know that I adore you.
You do not know that it is one of i the dreams
tta mtufe by
of my old age to have my
_ / am ai t.(1g4 . 0 has. .1.
your service.'
"Then taking me by the.hand, he led me to
another room, pfesented me to his old com
panion, saving:
it is (!buture; and 1 was about to put him ,
out of the house.'
"After a while I told him that I 0 - 011,1
make the picture there, and not disturb him;
but he insisted that he would come to my
studio.
"It isnot an easy thing for an old tnan to
come from the Rue d'Enfer to the Barrire •
Blanche, where I lived. lie was fatigued
when he came, and said to me with an air of
goodness:
"'Dear child ? this must be you. L•3t
us see, where shall I sit? It' I can sli!ap
a little it willlo me gObtl. It is a long walk
here.'
_
gavtthim a fauteuil. lie settled himself
in it andslept. I walked about my atelier so
&awaken him; then I went near so
tint buld see Itim,well While he slept. He.
_had a vast head. By its dimensions, ,Pry its
form, one could comprehend the grandeur of
the mind. The lower part of the thee seemed
to be in discord with the upper. Here th
foree, the majesty; lower down all the bon
11(,nimic of the good man. Beyond this age
had effaced the expressive lines,. and I recog,-
nixed with difficulty the Beranger known m
the portraits. My task had become painful.
To paint the face which I saw before me, to
give to the public the image-of an intelligence
nearly extinct, was not what I wished. But
what could I do ? I was in the midst of these
reflections when he awoke. I lOoked ,at him,
steadily for some time, and I saw that his
upper eyelids continually rose and fell upon
the eyes. What was to be done? If the
flesh had yet retained its force ! But no, as
with old draperies formless by use, so these
always took various forms. In the other
.. partsg the face the same depreSsion, the same
kritss rolled helplessly over each other. I
telt that I was lost. ButthiS would never do.
We must not despair. Let us try, and thin
was the way I did it:
" I3eranger, do you know the air - corn - -
posed for your Vieux Caporal ?'
" `No,' he replied, 'some persons came to
my house to sin , r ° it to me; there were several
of them; they had, they said, a piano in a
carriage. As I had chosen the air myself,
and as I doubt that any one can choose better
than I, I do not wish to encourage these en
croachments upon my work. The fact was I
did not wish to receive.these people.'
" know your way of not receiving peo
ple. But you will permit me to say that you
have done wrong, for the air composed for
the thing itself appears to me to -be much
more dramatic than that you have chosen. As
the circumstances thvor us without disturbing
you, I will sin: the Vieux Caporal,' and I
sang.
" Yes, you are right; it is very good.
Sing me the second couplet. But it is
charming. Sing all of it. i like to hear you
"At the end of the song his features had
changed; the eyelids were him, showing the
eyes full of life; they seemed to be the lights
of that.beautilhl intellect. I held him in this
state while he grew younger and younger.
Leading him back to the past, Lspoke.to him
of Manuel, his friend. Oh, then it was a
real resurrection! We were in 1850; by our
memories wo returned to the struggles of the
Restoration in IB2Q. Thirty years' ditlbrencer
disappeared as if by enchantment. I saw this
great genius born agam. He arose,walked,came
back to his seat.. He spoke to me of the 'two
hundred and twenty-one,' as if they were yet,
there; the attack upon Charles X.; the and
attained; the shouts of applause of the crowd.
It seemed tome that: an which he. deF;Crihed
could - be beard, Ileranger wits before me,.
I had but to copy. I Saw reappearing a
, characteristic expression which for a long
time had-disappeared from the lips of the old
man; VI May express, it in this way, it was a
whistling laugh. Ile had movements like
those of a bird. lie bent his head as if to
to some response—caustic, with rail
lery, yet all enveloped in entire kind-hearted
ness.
"lie said, when he Saw my design, 'That
gives me the look of a worthy fellow;' then,
pushing ine with his elbow, he added, 'An
honest man, in whom you must not expect.
too much.'
Ma. Hoitm GItP.ELEY is, we learn,.tO con
tribute hi& 'autobiography To the New Yo'rk
D'dgcr, in a . silit.ta' - of papers with the title..
"Recollections of a Busy Life." The first of
these papers will appear in a few, weeks,
after the lust series of papers by College Pre
sidents has been printed.
Mr. Greeley's autobiography cannot fail to
be interesting. lle will be able to tell much
of his.; arlier political life, of his long and in
timate intercourse with Mr. Seward; and he
will perhaps reprint for the edification of the
public the letter in which he broke with Mr.
Seward because the latter did not help him to
office. We shall expect to hear also the par
ticulars of his intercourse and correspondence
with rebel agents at different times during the
war; and his own full and particular account
of the bailing of Davis, as well as various
other matters. A history of the early days
of the morning press in New Yerk city from
~ir..Greeley's point of_viewvill n doubt_be
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BECOPiKTRUCTION niLl..
711se Presidential Veto Message,
W A si,isnioN. July 18.-- 7'o the Bromic e,/'
.f.potativee grille 1:;),Ited Seate.Y: I return herewith
the hill entitled "Ali act suirlilemontary to an :ler:
cutitied au act to provide. for the more (Ancient •
guff eminent of the rebel Stites," passed' on the
2 , 1 day of March, Itst;';', and the ActsuppleinentarY'
thereto; passed on the 23d day ,of March, 186,
and will state. as briefly as possible, some of tin!
rt.a:,ons which prevent nic.troui giving.it my ap-
Lam al.
Thih one old series of inertsurcs pasred by Con
„res.: during; the In A fon r months on the subject
or reconstruction. The message returning the
act of the . .!d. of March laSt status at lengla my
objections to the pass,we of that measure; they
iriy equally well to the bill LW W before me, and
I am content merely to refer to them, and to
reiterate my conviction tiea they "are 'sound
and unanswerable. There are some points
peculiar to this bill which I will proceed at 011ee
Iff CeiLlhider. • ”
• The first section purport. .to deelars, the true
latent and meaning, in some particulars, of the
Trior acts Upon this subject. It is declared that
the intent of those acts wag, first,- "That the ex
isting governments in the ten rebel States" were
not legal State governments; and second, "That
thereafter said' governments, if dontinued, were
to be continued subjects in all respects to the
military commanders of the, respective districts
rind to the paramount authority of Congress."
Congress may, by a declaratory act, fix upon an
act a construction altogether at variance with its
apparent meaning,and from the time at least when
such construction Is fixed the original act will be
•construed to mean exactly what it Is stated to
thean by the declarattiry statute.., There will be,
then. tram the time this hill may become a law.
no doubt, no question as to the relation in which
the existing goveruruents lu those States, called
in the original act the "prOvi4onal govern
tuents," stand towards the military authority.
As their' relations stood before the declaratory
•aet, these "governments," It Is
_truewere_matle
bj
, suect to absolute military authority in many
important respects, but trot in all the language
•of the act being `'subject to the military authority
of the United States as hereinafter presented."
by the sixth section of the original act these
governments were made "in all resyeets subject
to the paramount authority of the C tilted States."
Now. he this declaratory act,it appears that Con
gtesa did licit': by the trrightai - act,
the military authority to any particulars or sub
ject.- therein "prescribed, - but meant to make it
uniLersal. Thus, aver all these ten States, this
military government is now declared to have un
limitea authority. It' is. no longer confined to
the preservation of the public peace, the adminis
tration of criminal law. the registration of voters,
and the superintendence of elections, but in all
respe( ts is asserted to be paramount to the ex
isting cii it governments. It ,is itnpossi
ble to conceive , any state Of, society more
intolerable than this, and yet•it is - to thiS
coii
diriou that twilve millions of American citizens
at: reduced by the Congress of the United States.
Over even - foot of the immense territory occu
pied by these American citizens, the Constitution
of imUnited States theoretically is in full opera
tion. It binds all the people there. and should
protect them: yet they.are denied every one of
its sacred guarantees. Of what avail will it be to
any one of these southern people, when seized
by a tile of s oldiers, to ask for the cause of arrest
or for the production of the warrant? Of what
as ail to ask fur the privilege of bail when in
I/Wit:lry custody, which knows no such thing as
Of what avail to demand a trial by jury,
procNs for witnesses, it coov of the indictment,
the privilege of counsel, or that greater privilege,
the wirit of habeas corp,?. , !
The veto of the original bill of the 2.d of March
' , was based or. two.distinct grounds. "the inter,-
'femme Of Congress)n madys stiltaly appertain
ro the reserved powers - o the - States - , - and the
estabiialiment of military tribunals for the trial
of citizens in the time of peace." The iMpartial
reader of that message will understand that all it
.contains with respect to military despotism and
martial law has reference especially to the fearful
)ower conferred on the district commanders to
displace the criminal courts and abd s
diction to try and to punish by military
boards: that potentially the n suspension of
- the habeas corpus was martial law and
Tliiiit:ArV despotism. The act now before me
not only declares that the Intent was to confer
such military authority, but also to confer un
limited military- authority over all the other
=courts of the State. and over all the officers of the
State. legislative, - executive and judicial. Sot
content with the general grant of power. Con
gress In the second section of this bill specifically
gives to end' military commander the power to
—suspend or remove from office. or from the per
fhrm_,ncc of official duties and the exercise of
official power. any oflie , T or person holding or
exercising. or professing to hold or exercise any
civil or military office or duty in such district
under any power, election, appointment or
authority derived from or 'granted by or
claimed under any so-called - State, or
the government thereof. or any municipal
Or utLter division thereol.•' A power •
[Lai hii,.irto all the departments of the lederal
Government, acting iu eonerrt or s.2parately,
hal e not dated to exercise. is here attempted to
(:01;t:1 red on a 611 k traillale Military Onkel%
.v a military officer of the Feleral
4;10.1 11.:111!!:1. t.s :aver the powa.r. supported by
saffieleet military ffirce. - to remove every
civil ode cr of the :State. What next? The dis
trirt cee.nctlider, who has Um , displaced the
civil! r,lt rrr, antlefrized to tiP: the vacancy by
demit el :fa officer or soldier - or the army, ur by
the appointment of sone: other ptrson. This
military appointee, whether an officer, a soldier,
,ufne other per-On, i, to pert;rrm the duties of
1-11 eh 1,11:(11' or person so :upended or removed.
otl.cr words. an officer or soldier of the army
)104",,-4411f4s.ltUterl inwimOell calker.
riClllllcl.32 . (Mal • a If.af islator or a
judg4. However unfit he may deem itinerelf for
such cr it duties. he must obey the order. The
officer of the finny must, if detailed, go upon the
*supreme !midi of the State with the S.:11110 prompt
obediehee as If he were detailed to go upon a
court-martial. The soldier. if detailed to act as a
justice of the peace, amt obey a, quickly as if he
were detailed for picket' duty. What is the
chari:eter of such a military-civil officer? This
bill deelarfo that he shallperform the duties of
the civil office to which he is detailed. It is
clear. however, that he does not lose his posi
tion in the military service. Be is still an officer
Ur soldier of the army. He is still subject to
the rule, and regulations which govern it,
and must yield due deference, respect,
and obedience towards his superiors. The clear
intent of this section is that the officer or soldier
detailed to fill It civil office, must execute. its dit
ties according to the laws of the State. If he is
appointed a Governor of a State he is to execute
the duties as provided by the laws of that State,
and for the time being his military character is to
be f•uspeuded in his new civil capacity. If he is
appointed a State Treasurer he must at once as
sume the custody and disbursethent of the funds
of the State. and must perform these dutifis pre
cisely according to the laws of the State, for
he is entrusted with no other official
duty - or official power. Holding the
office of treasurer, and entrusted with
funds, it happens that he is required by the State
laws to enter into bond with security, and to take
an oath of office: yet from the beginning of the
bill to the end there is no provision for any bond
or oath of office, or for any single qualification
required under the State law, residenqr,
*citizenship or anything else. The only oath is
that provided for in the ninth section, 'by the
terms of which every one detailed or appointed
to any civil office in the State is required "to take
and to subscribe the oath of office prescribed by
law for the officers of the United States." Thus
an officer of the army of the United States, de
tailed to till a civil office in- one of these States,
gives no• official bond and takes no official oath
. tor the performance/of his new duties, but as a
civil officer of a State, only takes the same oath
Which - he - had - already - takernts - althillotry - officer
of the United States. He is at last a military
officer performing civil duties, and the authority
uthier which he acts is Federal authority only,
and the inevitable result is that the Federal gov
.ernment by the agency - of its - own swornoffieers.in
v fleet, assumes the civil governthent of the State.
A singular contradiction is apparent here. Con
gress declares these local State governments to
be illegal governments, and then provides that the
illegal governments are to be carried on by
Federal officers, who are to - perform the very dit
ties imposed on its own officers by this illegal
-State authority. -It would be a novel spectacle If
Congress Shotild atteinp - Ito carry on a legal State
government by the agency of its officers. 'lt, is
yet more strange that Congress attempts to sus
tain and carry on an illegal State government by
.the same :Federal agency.
In this connection, I must call attention to the
tenth and eleventh sections of the bill, which pro
vide .that none of the officers or appointees of
these military commanders "shall be bound in
their action by any opinion of any civil officer of
die United States. and that all the-provisionsof
tile act shall ho ionstruedlllrerally ; :"...to. the end-
Chat ;Ili in:yids thereof 'link - be tUlly• iffid per
icetly cirri out It Kk:CIM Congress sUpposed
that this bill Wight require construction, and they
therefore, the rule to be applied. But where
is the construction to come from ? Certainly no
one C:!1 - 1 be more in want or lIISINIOIOII than a
soldier or officer of the army detailed fora civil
service, perhaps the most important lb a State,
with the ditties of which he is altogether un
familiar. Ilk hin says he shall not be bound in
his action by the opinion of any civil officer of the
United States.
The duties 011ie office arc altogether civil, but
1% hen he asks for an opinion he can only ask the
opinion of another military officer, who perhaps
illderstands as little of his duties as he does him-
Self: and as to his "action." be is answerable -to
the military authority.. and the military autho
ritifone. Strictly. • no opinion of any civil"
officer, other.thsiva judge. has a ,binding force:
but . theike inilitap" appointees would dot be
bound, even judicial opinion: They might
very Well say. even when their action ,s in con
flict with the Supreme Court of the United
States. "that Court is composed of civil
officers of the United States, and , we
are not bound to conform our action
I to any Opinion of any such authority." This bill,
and the acts to which it is supplementary, are all
' founded upon the assumption that these ten
communities are not States", and that their exist
ing governments are not legal. Throughout the
legislation upon this subject, they are called rebel
States. Anti in this particular bill they arc de-;
nominated "so-called States," and the.vice of il
legality is declared to pervade all of them. The
obligations of consistency bind a legislative body
as well as the individuals who compose it. It is
now too late to say that these ten political coin
niunities are not States Of the Union.
Declarations to the contrary in these acts
are—con tradieteAl—again—and—tigalia—bys-r
puted acts of legislation enacted by Congress
irons the year 1861 to the year 1867. During that
period, whilst these States were in actual rebel
lion, and after that rebellion was brought to a
close, they have been again and again recognized
as States of the Union. Representation has been
apportioned to them as States. They have been
divided into judicial districts for the holding of
"distrust and eireuiteoUrti" Of the United States,
and States of the Union can only be districted.
The last act on this subject was passed July
23. 1866, by which every one of "these ten
States was arranged into districts and cir
cuits: they have been called upon by Congress
to act through their Legislatures upon at
least two amendments to the Constitution of the
United States : as States they have ratified one
amendment, which required the vote of twenty
se; en States of the thirty-six composing the
Union. When the requisite twenty-seven votes
were 4iven in tut or of that amendment, seven of
which Votes were given by seven of these ten
States. It was proclaimed to be a part of the Con
stitution of the United States, and slavery .was
declared no longer to exist within the United
States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. •
It these seven States were not legal States of the
Union. it follows, as an inevitable consequence,
that slavery yet exists. It does not exist in these
st:ven Stales, for they have abolished it also in
their own State Constitutions,, but Kentucky not
having donesso, it would still remain in that
State. But, in truth, if this assumption that these
States have noAlegal State governments be true,
then the abolition of slavery by these illegal
governments binds no one, -• for Congress now
denies to these States the power to abolish
slavery by denying to them the power to elect a
legal State Legislature, or to frame a constitution
for any purpose, even for such a purpose as
abolition 0I slavery. . .
As to - the other constitutional amendment;
having reference to suffrage, it happens that
these States have not accepted it. The conse
quence is thatit has never been proclaimed or
understood even by Congress to be a part of the
Constitution of the United States. The Senate
of the United States has repeatedly given its
et4on-to—the-appointment-oLjudges,dis '
attorneys and marshals for every one of these
States, and yet, if: they are not legal States, not
one of these judges is authorized to hold a court.
So, too, both houses of Congress have passed ap
propriation bills to pay all these jai es, attor
neys and officers of the United States'qor exer
cising their functions in these States. Again, in
the machinery of the internal revenue laws all
these States arc districted not as territories, but
as States. So much for continuous legislative
recognition. The instances cited, however, fall
far short of all that might be enumerated. Execu
tive recognition, as is well known, has been frc
.ment and unwavering.
The same may be said as to judicial recognition
through the Supreme Court 01 the United States.
That august tribunal, from first to last, in the
administration of its duties in bane and upon the
circuit, has Dever failed to recognize these
ten communities as legal 'States of the
Union. The cases depending in that court upon
aHwal and writ of error from these States when
the rebellion began, have not been dismissed
upon any idea of the cessation of jurisdiction.'
'1 hey werc l earefully continued from term to term
nritci the rebellion was entirely sul dried and
peace lc-established, and then they were called
'tor argument and consideration. tts if no insur
reetion had intervened. New cases oecurring
since the rebellion have come from these Mates
before that court by writ of error and appeal.and
even by original suit where only a State can bring
stn It a suit. These cases arc entertained by that
tril mnalan the exercise of its aeknov, ledged joris
dietioh, which could not attach to them it they
had come from any political body other than a
State of the Union.
Finally, in the allotment of their circuits made
by the jtidges at the December term, lerti. every
one of these States is put on the same footing of
Irgality with all the, other States of the town.
Vir7inia and North Carolina being a part )1 . the
the fourth circuit. are allotted to the Chief ;Jus
tice. South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama. Mis-ls
sippiandllorida eonstim tingt he fifth eircuitovere
allotted it, the late Mr. Justice Wayne. Louisi
ana, Arkansas and- Texas , are allotted to the
sixth judicial circuit, :as -to which there a
vacancy on the bench. The Chief Justice, in the
exercise of his eireuiLdutieS, has recently held a
Circuit Courtin the State of North Carolina. If
North Carolina is not a State of this UniOn, the
Chief Justice had no authority to hold a court
there, and every order, judgment amt a deeree ren
dered by him in that court were and
.judire.
Another ground on which these reconstruction
atits are attempted to be sustained is this: that
these ten States are conquered territory; that the
constitutional relation in which they stood as
states towards the Federal government prior to
the rebellion, has given place to new relation;
that their territory is a conquered country, and
their citizens (a conquered people, and that in
this new relation Congress can govern them by
military power. A title by conquest stands on
clear ground; it is a new title acquired by war.
It applies only to territory, for goods and move
able things regularly captured in war are called
"MN - Ay," or if taken by individual . soldiers,
"plunder." There is not a foot of the land in any
one of these ten States which the United States
holds by conquest, save only such land as did not
belong to either of these States or to any indi
vidual owner. I mean such lands as did not be
long to the pretended government called the Con
federate States. These lands we may claim to
hold by conquest; as to all other land or territory,
whether belonging to the StaMs or individhals,
the Federal Government has now no More title . or
right to it than it had before the rebellion. Oar
own forts, arsenals, navy-yards, custom-houses
and other Federal property situate in those States
we now bold, not by the title of eon - quest,
but by our old title—acquired by purchase or
condemnation to ptiblic use, with compensation
to former owners. We have not conquered these
_places,but have simply . "repossesscd" them If we
iitirrtAnizire --- sites - Abr — forts; — etiStetrit - -tionses, or
any other public use, we must acquire the title to
them by purchase or appropriation in the regular
mode. At this moment the United States, in the
acquisition of sites for national cemeteries in
these States, acquires , title in the same way. The
Federal courts sit in court-houses owned or
leased by the United States, not in the court
houses of the States. The ' tnitcd States bays
each of these States for. the use of its
jails. Finally, the United States levies its
direct taxes . and its internal revenue
upon the property in these States, includingt the
productions of the lands within their territorial
limits, not by way of levy and contribution in
the character of a conqueror, but in the regular
way of taxation, under the same laws - which
apply to all the other States of the Union. From
first to last, during the rebellion and since, the
title of each of these States to the lands and public
THE DAILY EVENING BULLETIN.-PHILADELPHIA,,SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1867.
buildings owned by them hnit
i never been dis
turbed, nint rot a foot of 't has ever been
acquired f# the United States, t; tut..!c a title
by confacation, awl not a toot of it inn- ever been
. •
laced urider Federal law.
In I must.-tespectfidly ask the a t.
tention - 01Cooim•!-A to Mi. tutiSide•rat!tmi of 0116
more question arising t ndcr this bill: It vests in
the military comthailer, 'subject only to the ap
proval of the General of the Army of the United
States, an unlimited power to remove-from office
any civil or military officer in each of these ted
States, and the further power, subject to the same
approval , to detail orappoint any military officer
or soldier of the United States "to - perform the
duties of the officer so removed. and to fill all
vacat.cies occurring in these States by death, re
signation, or otherwise. The 'military appointee
thus rtiquired to perform the dutieS of a civil of
ficer. according to the laws 'of' the State, and
as such required to take an oath, is for the time
being a civil officer. What is Ida .character
he a civil officer of the State, or a civil officer of
the United States ? If he is a civil officer of the
State, where is therFeddiagiOWerniider OhfC6fl;•7
stittition- which anthoriZes ,his aPpOinttnent by
any Federal officer? If, however, he is to be eon
sidered a civil officer of the United States, as lira
appointment and oath would seem to in dicate, ,
where is the authority for his appointment vestal
by the Constitution?' The power of appointment
of all officers of the United States,-civil or mili
tary, where not provided for in the Constitution,
is vested in the President, by and with
the adviee' and consent of the' Senate,
with this exception: that "Congress may, by law,
vest the appointment of such inferior OttieCt6 as
they think proper, in the President alone, in the
courts of law, or in the heads of departments."
But thia bill, if these are to be considered inferior
officers within the meaning of the Constitution,
does not provide for their appointment by the
President alone, or by the courts of law, or by
the heads of departments, but vests the appoints
went in one subordinate executive officer, sub
jcct to the approval of - another subordinate ex
, eautive officer; so that if we put this question,
--and-fix-thmeharaeter of - thit - military - appolnteed
either way this provision of the bill is equally op
po-,ed to the. Constitution.
Take the case of a soldier or officer apPointed
to perform the office of judge in one of these
States, and as such to administer the proper laws
of the State—where is the authority to be found
in the Constitution for vesting in a military or an
executive officer strict judicial functions to be
exereNtd. tindVir - StitteTaW: It has been again arid
again decided by the Supreme Court of the
'United States that acts of Congress which have
attempted to vest executive power in the judicial
courts or judges of the United States arc not
warranted.by the Constitution.
If Congress cannot clothe a judge with
merely executive duties, how can they clothe au
officer or soldier Mlle army with judicial duties
over citizens of the United States, who are not in
the military or naval services?
So, too, it has been repeatedly decided that
Congress cannot requirtf a State officer, execu
tive or judicial. to perform any duty enjoined
upon him by a law of the United States. Itow.,
then, can Congress confer power upon en execu•
tive officer of the United States to perform such.
duties in a State? If Congress could not vest in
a judge of one of these States any judicial -au-
Monty under the United StateS by direct enact
ment, how can it accomplish the same thing
Indirectly by removing the State judge, and
putting an officer of the United States in his
place
To me these considerations arc conclusive of
the unconstitutionality of the part of the bill now
before me, and I earnestly commend their eon
sideralion to the deliberate judgment of Con-
Within a period less than a year the legislation
of Congress bas attempted to strip the executive
department of the government of some of its es
sential powers.
_ - The Constitution..and the oath provided in it,:
devolves upon the President the power and duty,
to see that the laws are faithfully executed. The
Constitution, in order to carry out this power.
gives him the Choice of the agents, and makes'
tots subject to his control and supervision, but
in the execution of these laws the constitutional
; , -stion upon the Presillent remains.• but the
power to exercise that constitutional duty is ef
lectu'ally taken away. The , military commander
is. as to the power of appointment, in:Melo take
the place of,the President, and the General of the
army the place of the Senate, and any attempt on
the part of the President to- assert his own con
stitutional power may, under pretence of law, be
met by official insubordination,.
it is to be feared that these military offesers,
lo4;sitig to the authority given by these. rather
than to the letter of the Constitution, will reeog-
adze no authority but the commander of the dis
trict and the general of - the army. If there were
no other objeetion than this to this proposed
legislation, it would be sufficient. Whilst I hold
the chief executive authority of the United
States. whilst the obligation rests unPh we to see
that all the laws are faithfully executed. I earl
never willimrly- surrender that trust. Or tin.
powers given for its execution. I can never ‘,..,•,i\e
my assent to I.e made responsible for the faithful.
ext cation of laws.and at the sfune time surrender
Iliat Inlet, and the powers which aecompany it.
to any other cxecutave officer. high or low, or to
tlilV number of executive officers.
If this executive trust, vested by the Courlim
lion in the President, is to be taken from ilium
and inverted in a subordinate officer, the responsi
bility will be with Congress, in clothin4 th
subordinate with unconstitutional power, ;aid
with the officer who assumes it , evercise. The
interference with the constitutional authority of
° lto. Executive Department is an evil that wilt
inevitably -ap the foundations of our federal
but it is not the worst evil of this legislation.
It is a* great public wrong to take front the
pf!werr epnli•lred Oil
ttie onstitution. But the wrong
fliv:rant and more Luterons
when thc - powers -o taken - from the President am
eOldi !yell noon subordinate (!Neellti VC, oilles.rs.
and especially upon military officers. Over nearly
mu -third of the States of the Union military
lower. regulated by no fixed IAW, tekt - 11.. supreme.
Each one Of the five district commanders, though
,not cht,,/,,n by the people or responsible to them,
exercises at this. hour more executive pC.wer,
and civil, than_ the .pcoph! have ever
I•Leit willing to confer upon the head of the Exe
cutive 1/1:pal uncut, though chosen by and re
sponsible to themselves. The remedy must come
from the people themselves. They know what it
how it is to be applied. At the present Liam
they cannot: according to the forms of the Con
tiintion, repeal these laws. They cannot re
mot, e or control this Military despotism. The
remedy is nevertheless in their hands. It is to
iound in the ballot, and is a sure one if mint
coil trolled by.„fraud, overawed by arbitrary power,
or front apathy on their part too long delayed.
With abiding confidence in their Patriotism,
wisdom. and integrity, I ant still hopeful of the
future. and that in the end the rod of despotism
will tae broken, the armed heel of power be lilted •
:rem the necks of the people, and the principles ,
of violated Constitution preserved.
AN DI:ENV J.,11\-,,N.
The t'. U. S. 14overnineat. and
• The President yesterday, 'in reply to a resolu
tion of the Senate. sent to that body vohnninous
documents concerning Maximilian; many of
them have already been published. On the 21st.
of June, Secretary Seward wrote to Mr. Romero,
1 am authorized to inform you that the Aus
trian Emperor-will at once re-establish Prince
Maximilian in allthis rights of succession as Arch
duke of Austri;t •tipow the , Mexiettiasrele;ising
him, mid will renounce forever all proects in
-Mexico. Will you oblige me by conveying thin
message. by telegraph to President Juarez for his
infoimation, with a request that, if compatible,
he will make the cant; known to Prince Maxi
forhis information."
Mr. Romero on the same day informed Mr.
Seward that he transmitted the above note to the
Mexican Minister of Foicign Affairs - having sent
it as - s-4y-teleaapii—in—linte-to
Teach the outgoing steamer. Ile also states that
on the 15th of June he sent Secretary Seward a
memorandum of that date. in which was made
known to him that the Emperor of the French
and the Queen of England had addressed the Go-,
vern - ment of the tjniii:d States ici i ktealug it to in
terpose its kind offices in favor of Maximilian,
Mr. Seward. on the 17th of June, in a note dated
17th of thine, acknowledged. the receipt of Mr.
Romero's notes of the 3d, 7th and 12th Weil., in
relation to the capture and executiem of Prime
Maximilian and Generals Mejia and Miramon.
;kIAD. JUAREZ met with an enthusiastic ptiblie
reception, civil and military, iu Vera Oraz,on the
15th. The, was Illuminated and fireworks
dislayed. Juarez arrived at the capital on the
15th. He declined a r6election, and has ordered
a new election.
CITY BULLETIN,.
Cocsr is.. A special meeting was held
yesterday afternoon to adopt such measured ad
may be necessary to enable the city tO secure the_
2''l ofind of the northern Shore 'of the back eham.
net trootlug League Island. for presentamnr t,,
the Government of the United States for national
uses, and for such other purposes of legislation
as the public emerp, - ency may necessitate.
Settee Ifroarh.—The Chart° presented the b,!-
lowing communication:
or Tor: HOPE Fuse COMI-ANV, P1111..‘
Dia.entA, July 18, 1867._:_ret the preAident and
mr7alarr , of t/ .S'eli , (l and Cowman Council: The
undersigned, representing the !lope Fire Com
pany, respectfully ask, at your hands. the ap
pointthent of a special committee for the purpose
of hearing and determining npott, such evidence
as may be submitted to your consideration
touching. a certain charge or charges brought
by the Hope Fire Company against the Moya
mensthg Hose Company, its members and adher
- cots, for interfering with the Hope Fire Cotn
puny in the discharge of their duties as firemen,
and grossly assaulting the Members:al - the itte 'at'
Seventh and South anTete, on the morning of
Jul. .
This request for a special committee' is made
because in the order and course of business your
petitioners are informed that it mould be referred
• to the Committee of Fire and Trusts.
Firstr--It sbinid not be referred to'. said' com
mittee, because three members of your bodies are
members elf the said Moyamensing Hose Corn
patty, and are at the present time members of the
Committee of Fire and Trusts.
Second—That one of the members of the &aid
committee is an officer of the said Moyamensing
Hose Company, and was an active participant
in the riot an& assault, upon the house of the
Hope Fire Company on the afternoon of July
15, 1867.
Third—Your petitioner respectfully submits
that, as the three members aforesaid are mem
bers of the Moyamensing Hose Company, they
are-in-ettect defendants-in-this-canseand-should
not be allowed to sit as judges on a trial wherein
they are parties.
very respectfully, 'ALFRED BAaiiwr..
President Hope Fire Co.
Edward Payson. Secretary.
The communication was laid aside for the '
present.
The bill from Common Council providing for
the - liling of a:petition -for the - selection of a jury
to secure the ground near League Island, wag .
reud,lll3 d concurred in.
Mr. Pollock offered the following:
itcoleed. by Ike Select Council of ibe City (pr
adelph t'a, That a committee of five members be,
and they are hereby, appointed to act in con
junction with the committee of Common Council
to investigate and report upon the proposed
meNer en the Warreli and Franklin Railroad
with the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad.
After some discussion the resolution was not
agreed to—yeas 7, nays 10, as follows:
YEA`—.lle,rs. Barlow. Marcus, Pollock-, Shall
cress. Shermer, Smith and Stoklev.
NA) , —Messrs. Burma, Yox, fiodgdon, - Hop
kins, JOIIC6, IleCuteheon, Page, Ritchie, ‘Vagner
'and Spering—President.
The reolution frorn the Common Council. re
lative to the attach: on the llope Fire Company,
was read.
Marcus moved the postponement or the
Ratject.
2<o quorum toted on the motion to postpone,
and a call of the home Nvas mide and no quorum
anvcrcd.
Another call was had, and but 18 members
answering ' the president declared the Council
adjr,urned for want of a quorum.
c,ohnori Ilranch.—The following communica
tion from the Mayor was presented :
'Oct lt i. M.ll Ur` THE CITY OF PlithADELi , lll.l.,
July 19, 186 .—To thr Pee.4ident and ifewbetv of
an d com m on CoonciIe—GENTLE3IEN : 11y
an ordinance approved June 28, 1867, the Mayor
of the City of Philadelphia, in conjunction with
the
_loint special committee on League Island,WaS
:111d101" . 17.ed and directed to enter into negotiations
for the purchase, by private agreement with the;
owner or owners thereof, of so much of the
land, situated on the northerly shore of the in
land back — channel — or --- water-way—separating--
League Island from the main laud, as may be re
quired by the 'United -tit.ates Government fora
naval station.
in pursuance of the foregoing resolution I ad
dressed to each and all of the owners Mentioned
a formal inquiry whether they_ would be willing
to Ilkpose of the property indicated to the city
Abr the purposes stated, with a request that they
would furnish me, as soon as practicable, with a
stateMent of the price and teruis of sale. As that
iMittiry has not led to any results which prOmiee
a salts/actor} , conclusion at an early day, I hay,/
felt it to be my ditty to call Councils together,
that they may take such further action in the
premises as their judgment may dictate,
If League Island is to be secured to the nation
great naval depot. it is important; in my
opinion, that the city of Philadelphia should be
placed in a position to eorkey to the United
Statcs the title to League Island and the adjacent
ia•operty, required by the act of Congress. and
the award of the commissioners appointed under
aet, without any delay that may possibly be
vaided. I therefoke recommend that authority
-1, , ,1: at once be given to the City Solicitor to
kc the preliminary steps for the appointment
• ra jury. in accordance with the act of Assembly
Vi.ry respectfully, MluiroN MCM,
-- • , Mayor of Philadelphia
--
Harper presented an ordinance pro
%Wing for au application to the-Court of Coln
:non Plc as , for the appointment of a jury to ass,es,
•. value upon the ground t.n the baCI.. channel,
:Itai may be requisite for the purposes of the
ndvai station. Agreed to.
INIr. Bardsley tiered the followim , ::
In the night of the 1 tii inst. there
nreed n disgraceful riot between two rival tire
south..Tn-•scetion _of our—city ;
Inrein an alderman of the Fourth ward, to
ge:her with a member of Common Council from
tvard, led ou the rioting party: and whereas.
said riot certain officers of the police force
were dangerouslv injured, together with oilier
citiz+;u: Who...were 'trying - to aid said otliners;`and
~ .hereas, the Committee on Fire and Trusts, who
investigate said riot, arc now absent from
the eity; and whereas three members of said
ommittee are members of the said rioting corn
les, and therefore not proper persons to sit in
. 1.102111 ,- 11t of their own act,: or the acts of their
o , s!.ective companies: therefore
d. That a special committee of five from
raci Chamber be :Ippointed to investigate said
ricl. and also to inquire whether- the said alder ,
bno. and memlfer of Connell have not been guilty
of ? .toss official misconduct. and if so found, to
rimut whether articles of impeachment should
not Ile drawn against said alderman and member
of Council.
Agreed to.
A number of Select Council hills were con
sidered and . agreed tc.
A motion requesting Select CounAl to retarn
the preamble and resolutions of Mr. Bardsley
was agreed to.
'r. Littleton off4cd the •
Pcsoln(!, That a special committee of five 'um
bel s be a ppointed to inquire and investigate
whether 'ilium McMullin. one of the Aldermen
in the Fourth Ward, and William IL P. Barnes, a
member of Common Council from the Fourth
Ward, have not been guilty of a gross violation
of the ordinance of Councils and the laws of this
Commonwealth, and to 'report.to Councils
whcrlier their conduct has not been such as to
warrant . , an impeachment by these Councils.
The resolution of Mr. liartNley having arrived,
a motion to reconsider the vote by which it passed
was agreed to. " '
Mr. Littleton moved to lay the resolution
on the table for the.present,which was agreed to.
Mr. littleton's_resolution was passed. and the
ommunication of the President of the hope Fire
company_ was referred to a joint special com
mittee of Ilvefrom each Chamber.
Mr. Palmer offered a resolution dirceline; the
clok to intact the ne6:ssal" fell:ars to the
_ .
Chamber during the vacation. An amendmenc
providing that the expense shall not exceed *1;00,
was agreed to, and the resolution was,,adopted.
Adionrued.
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AT
N. B. BROWNE, ''(; ARLES MACALESTES,
CLARENCE If. CLARK. - EDWARD W. CLARK,
JOHN WELSH, • ALEXANDER HENRY.
J. GILLINGHAM FELL, 8. A. CALDWELL.
HENRY C. GIBSON.
rllir Office in the tiFe-proof building of the Philadelphia
National Bank, 421 Chestnut street.
This Company receives on deposit, and GUARANTEES
Tiff:SAFE KEEPING OF VALUABLES upon the follow.
ing rates a year, viz:
Coupon Bonds . . ... .......... . ........ ........*1 per 1. 0 0 0
Remstered Bonds and Securities SO cis. per 100.
Gold Coin or ....... .......... ...... $1 25 per Looa
Silver Coin or Bullion $2 par LOOM
Gold or Silver . Plate $1 per tom
CASH BOXES or small tin bozo of Bankers, Brokers,
Capitalists, dm. contents unknowil to the Company. sad limited, $25 a year. . _
The Company offers for RENT SAFES INSIDE ITS
VAULTS at $2O, $3O, $4O, $5O and $75 a year, according to
size and location.
Coupons and Interest collected for 1 per cent.
Interest allowed on Money Depodlts.
Trusts of evertokind accepted.
ROBERT PATTERSON,
Secretary and Troaanrer.
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON
AND GLOBE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Capital and Assets, $16,271,676.
Invested United/-`Statesi—sliBoo,ooo,
ALL LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED WITHOD
REFERENCE TO ENGLAND.
ATWOOD SMITH,
General Agent for Pennsylvania.
OFFICE
No, 6 Merchants' Exchange,
PHILADELPHIA.
Inhl4-th ri tu-tim
S.PEUIAL NO atur§.
seir OFFICE OF THE tiAzu:Tax RAILROAD.
Company, So. :A; Walnut street.
My 18, 1867. -•
At a meeting of the Hoard of Directors of the Hazleton
Railroad Company. held thin day. it wan Revolved, That a
dividend of Three l'er Cent, equal to one dollar end a half
a shore. free from State and Unit d Staten tame,' ie
hereby declared payable on and after the Fifth day of
August next. The 'Crowder 80010 of the Company will
be clotted until August 12th.
CHAS. C. LOM:STRETIL
ly11 , 14t: Treammer.
ser.. OFFICE OF THE SPRING MOUNTAIN COAL
Company. 111 Broadway, New York, July 16, 1%77.
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the
Stockholders for the election of Directors wilt be held at
the office of the Company on WEDNESDAY. the 31st
inst. P from 1.. open fro 12 o'clock AL to 1 o'clock. P. M. The
Transfer Books will remain closed from the 2•2 d to the
31st July, both days inclusive.
jyliLdtiy3l§ CHAS. RUNYON, Secretary.
Zir EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY,
SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
Purrsarami., Pa., July I ith, 1867.
The Annual Meeting olthe Stockholders of the Empire
Transportation Company will be held. at the office of the
Secretary, in the city of Pittsburgh, on
WEDNESDAY,
the 55th day of July instant, at 12 AL
W. 11. BARNES,
jyls tl 25'
Secretary.
Zre UNION RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY.
. SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
.
l'irrsummit, }'a.. July 11M,
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Union
Railroad Transportation Company wilt be held , at the
Office of the Secretory, in the city of Pittaburgh, on
WEDNESDAY, the 2411 day of July inotiant, at 10.oiclock,
A. 31.
• jyls 25.
WM. 11. BARES, Secretary.
CORNER OF
THE_ INDUSTRIAL HOhlE,
Broad street and Columbia avenue, is open for the
—admission_of_Wris frnm twAvet tomighteen_yearfi_of_AP,
who are neglected or deserted by their parents, and who
need the shelter and instruction of a Christian home. If
the public will sustain thl Institution, many glrLs may be
kept from evil, and made respectable and useful women ,
Contributions may be sent to JAMES T. BILINN, Treas.
war, Broad and Spruce streets. no2ll-1 rptf
DIVIDEND NIYFICES:
PHILADELPHIA AND READING RMLROAD
.61VIDEN6 11 kj i PI n d 2th. 1'357;
The Transfer Books of this Company will be closed on
SATURDAY. the tith of July next; and bo re-opened on
TUESDAY, July 16th 1867.
A Dividend of Five Per Cent o has been declared ea the
Preferred end Common Stock, chsar of National,
taxes, payable in cash, on and after the 15th of July next,
to the holders thereof .as they stand registered on .the
books of the Company on the 6th of July next. All paya
ble at this office. .... ...
All orders for dividends must ho witnessed and stamped.
jeadaun S. BRADFORD, Treasurer.
Me'' OFFICE OF HIE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
North America, No, 1.12 Walnut street—Philadel
phia, July 8, 1867.
The Directors have this day declared a Semiannual
Dividend of Six Per Cent. met able on demand,free of tax.
IYB 151; . " - s CI [ARLES PLATT, Secretary.
AL LTA 1111; EPt '116•
RISLEY'S CONTINENTAL NEWS EXCHANGE.
CHOICE SEATS
To all places of amusement, may be had up to Of o'clock
any evtumg. tulute.tf
I.)ENII3YLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS.
CIIESTNUT, above TENTH.
Cpen from 9 A. M. to ti P. M.
ten,amin'Wespa great Picture of . CHRIST REJECTED
AM en exhibition. 10441
COAL AND WOOD.
JT M. ROMIIEL, COAL DEALER, HAS REMOVED
. from 957 Delaware avenue, and mecca& Meagre. J.
Walton ch Co., at N. W. corner Eighth and Willow streets
Office 119 S. Second street.
__The beet qualtlitel_of Leblitk-epd ,q - ' n - wid3r-ta ;
ered in'the beet order and tit the &or's:4 tuu...„,
HR. HUTCHINS,
H-
S.E. CORNER GIRARD AVENUE
AND NINTH STREET,
Keeps constantly on hand, at the lowest market rates
all the beet qualities of
•
„ LEHIGH,
EAGLE VEIN,
GREENWOOD, dm., wet,.
Orders by mall promptly attended to. Jol.lyl
MMMM
m; 124DERSIONED INVITE AT'rENTION Tf
T
their stock of
Spring Mountain, Lehigh and Locust Mountain Coal
which, with the preparation given by us, we think cannot
be excelled by any other Coal.
Office, Franklin institute 13uilding, N 0.15 South Seven°
street. BINES do 811EAFF,
Dana Arch street wharf. Sabin ylkill.
INSTRUCTION.'
rhELACOVE INSTITWTE.—ENGLII3II,CLASSIC AND
French Boarding School for Young Ladies.—Thin new
and beautiful institution will receive students Sept. ioth
Accomplished educators, healthy location, magnificent
river-side residence and home-like comfort, are the chief
attractions of De'Reeve. For prospactus, address
RACIIELLE G. HUNT, Principal
myl.4lnos§ Beverly, N. J.
THE PHILADELPHIA RIDING SCHOOL
Fourth street, above Vine, is now open for the Fall
and Winter Seasons. Ladies and Gentlemen will
find every Provision for comfort and safety, eo that a thor
ough knowledge of this beautiful accomplishment may b 4
obtained by the most timid. Saddle hones trained in tilt
beet manner. Saddle horses and vehicles to hire Alec
carriages for funerals, to cars, Ac.
se9s-tf THOMAS cittrar-,t SON.
AGHICULTURAI..
TURNIP SEED! TURNIP SEED! !
NEW CROP.
By mail, at 10 ceuts.per oz., 75 cents per lb.
Grown on our Seed Farm from selected stocknd war
ranted.
. .
Send foe price 110. gratiK. '
STRVIXEN G. COLLINH,/ COLLINS, ALIJEIZSON KCO.
W. thins. Send IV:m.1141mo. to
R0111:11.1! Dow - Ns, ) 1111 dr. 1113 MAHKET•Street,
letl24.w,thiel) P
COPARTNERSHIPS
DISSOLUTION OF PAIITNEI:Suir.-- - niE (JO. partnership heretofore existing tinder the name of
FREDERICK zEiTz & LOUIS lIAPI'EL has been this
day (July Bth, Iwo dissolved by mutual consent. LOUIS
HAJ'PEL will continue to carry on the business at the
MEW place, No. 841 N. Thirdtr eet._
FREDERICK ZEITZ,
LOUIS 'LAPPET,.
841 N. Third affeet.
MASONIC - MARKS.
MARTIN LEANS, NO. MU CHESTNUT
As. STREET.
Irirgt Premium awarded by Franklin Institute
• • to MARTIANNIC Iflalanfacturer of
MASO IMARKS.
PINS, EMBLEMS, &o.,ha New and original designs of. Masonic Marks, Ternolare
Medals; Army Medals and (;orne Badges of every denerip,
tron.. fel3w-th.f.O.tim.3
LOST AND FOUND.
T6:I7.—t,}IVIIKICATES No. 447 B. Fait 60
JJ anti Ao t 3 C. for 100alittreo of Philadelphia and t4ctly'4
Ferry Paibiontreir alltsray 'l3took.' both ih iiiymante. Jinn)
beep loit or nuatald. All perilous. are 14`,'oby cautioned
against neAotiatittir . 6/ad 'Oertiticittod RV application has
'Non wade for thetT rcuqvc:ll.. , . pIOSO FRY.
' 03-u,Vrat • • • • ;AM' I;nfon stroot:
pALIAM I e rEREWELLL- - -100 BO X. ; OS 91TAL
ttb White uttP.lrted aatt. fur k it.ti JU4'. B. 1..1401Er.
411 Vv..106 ligatk UtAtiraxe
N. B. BROWNE, Prestdent
lal9.tl3,l4tu,rply
=M=_l
AVAITION. SALSA
J AMES A. FREEMAN, AUCTIONEER. - •
.N0r4122 WALNUT street,
- ON. WEDNESDAY. JULY 31.
-- At 12 o'clock noon, will bo gold at public male--
11,R)0 , haregof the Drake Petroleum Company, unless
tht a KEw meut ,of two rents -per - sherd - (called Flay 1.0
shall be Hormor paid.
By or der of W. D. COMEGYS,
Secretary and Treasurer.
REAL ESTATE SALE JULY 81, AT .T)IE
EXCHANGE.
This Sale, on 'WEDNESDAY, at 12 o'cloCk noon. strike
Exchange, will include among other 'properties the. fol
lowing—
l'ROPEßTlES NOS. 118,115, 117 AND 119 NORTH
FOURTH ST-.-Stores and Dwelling t,eltat aide of
I u tit
street: Pk fest south of Arch street. So feet fi inches front,
end in depth eastward 99 feet.
IrW" There are erected on the Raid premises Fourthell
ings, three of them having atorei fronting on eta,
and a two-and-a. half story brick workshop on the roar.
Air Sale &' order of the Uerman Lutheran Conoregar
lion, under anthoritu Vat Court of Common Pleas.
Terms at sale. $lOO to he paid when the proportsr is
struck off.
Administrators' Sale No. 602 South Delaware Ave:We._
LEASE,- STOCK AND FIXTURES OF 'A. TAVERN
STAND
ON THURSDAY I6ORNING,
At 10 o'clock, will be sold, without reserve, by order or
the Administrators of the Estate of Charles blurry, deed..
the Lease and Fixtures of the wellknown Tavern Stand,
No-602 South -Defalcate Avenue. Ake.. the Stivet, cow:
prising Whiskies, Gin, Brandy, Wine, de.
Pt - Terms cash.
it 3"" Immediate vomiesdon (liven the 7mrehaser.
- Bale tit Chestrart street Wharf. Schuylkill.
\• CANAL SCHOONER ANN JANE.
s • ,o
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
At 1 o'clock, will be sold, at Chestnut street wharf, on
the river Schuylkill, the canal schooner Ants Jane. built
of Delaware white eak.dortble Umbere& and in perfect
order, with.all the Rigging complete, Cabin Furniture,
La mpa Compass, now aailb. &e. • •
ai Nazi be examined at anti Hine. '
IV" Terms mimic.
AT PRIVATE SALE.-4100 shares stook Locust Gaels&
provement Co. This is a well-known coal estate of stoat
2.000 acres—LOW actin of very valuable steal land and LOOP
of very superior wood land—inNorthumberlandomlnitt e
with "two find-class Collieries , of thireaVacifY of MAW
tons of coal. Full particulars of the Company Mus be
teamed at the Office t 417 Walnut street. The attentims or
capitalists is invited to this stocker, the ve vane
is very egtat. A guaraftee satisfactory tbt lyre • purchaser
will be given that it will yield at least eight per oted. gee
annum (clear of State tan) dividend. . •
M THOMAS .4 SONS. AiUCTIONEEIta,
Nos
T ,13Vand la South FOURTH atrArt et[,. rti
--
-- SALES - OOCKS - AND - REWILSTATEI.
Pehlic Sales at the Philadelphia Exchange every
TUESDAY, at 12 o'clock. • •
IRV Handbills of each property , issued. separately, im
addition to which we publishcory the Saturday previous
to each sale, one thousanctostalogueofin• pamphlet form.
giving full descriptions of alb the property to , be whim
the FOLLOWING TUESDAY. and a List of Real , Eatator
•
at Private Sale.
ir" Our Salem are aloe advertised: in the fallowing
newspapers: NORTH Ammato.ta, Panes, lanciaa, Lachut.
INTELLIKENOER, .INGIIIRER, A. EVENING EICHALSTIN.
EVENING TELEGRAPH. CiERMA.N DEMOORALT, &41.
Cam' Furniture Sales at the Auction Store EVERY'
THURSDAY MORNING.
. STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE,. JULY SW
Will include valuable Store, No. 4Qi Chestnut; Large-
Lot, three acres, Ridge road; Ground Route, '4,60. and, &MP
a year; Brick and Frame Dwellings, Third, above Green , :
valuable Wharf, Gunner's Run Canal; Modern Dwellinc,
No. 223 North Twelfth; large and-valuable Blinding S. E.
corner Broad and_ Wallace; Modern. Dwelling, 414 South
Eleventh; Tavern • and Dwelling, No, 1018 Locust; two.
Dwellings, Nos. 1214 and 1216 Savory, and Frame Dwell
ing, No. fir- Marriott street, large amount. Stocks,
Full uarticularn in handbills at the Auotion.Store.
TO COTTON MANUFACTURERS MID OTHERS.
Sale Tacony Creek..
TWO STEAM ENGINES. TUBULAR BOILERS,,
MULES, HEADING MACHINE, die.
ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
July V, at 8 o'clock. on Tawny Creek, below Orthodox
street Frankford, two Steam, Engines complete ; fifteen
and live horse power Tubular' Carding Machines,
two miller, 309 spindles each; Speeders. Bobbing. Spread
ers. Heading Machine, Heating Pipes, Vises; Tools, &c.
May So aeon en the morning of Bale. 21 . 9 o'elOeln
Sale 258 North , Diinthmtroot.
SUPERIOR FURNITURE. FINE BRUSSELS- OAR
PETS,' he.
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
July 24, at 10 o'clock, at. No. 2iB North Ninth , street the
superior Walnut Parlor ad Dining-room Furniture, neat
Chamber Furniture, Matressea and Beddii i China and
uv
Glat,are. superior extension Table, line rusaela Car
pets, "Kitchen Furniture, Om.
May be seen early on the morning of sale.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
. _
Handsome Brownstone Residence. with. Furniture-
A pply at the Auction. Store.
10 RENT—deveral Offices, Harmony Court.
T IIOSIAS BIRCH' di BON, AUCTIONEERS AND
COMMISSION 3,IERCIIAN'FI/9.
No. 1110 CHESTNUT street.
Rear entrance 1101 Sansom street,
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIP
TION RECEIVED ON CONSIGNMENT.
SAEES EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
Saks of Furniture at Dwellings attendedgo.on , the most
Reasonable Terms.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE. STOCKS, &0., AT THE
EXCHANGE.
THOMAS BIRCH & SON respectfully inform their
friends en& the public that they are prepared to attend to
the Sure - of Real Estate - by auction and - at pnyate sale.
Sale at No. 1229 FURNITURE.
HOUSEHOLD
ON TUESDAY MORNING.
July 2.3 at 10 o'clock. at No. I=l Brown street. will bo
told, the Furniture of a family removing front the city,
comprising—Brussela and Ingrain Carpets, Walnut Parlor
Furniture. covered with hair cloth: Walnut t..thandrer
Suits. Beds and 3latresses, Looking Glasses, Dining-room
Furniture, kc.
Can be ecen on the morning of sale at S o'clock.
SILVER PLATED WARE AND TABLE CUTLERY.
CARD—We have now on hand and offer at private sale
during this week, a general assortment of Brat-class Sher
.tield Plated.. Ware and superior Jvory Handle Table
Cutlery.
Tu ,HONEY PRINCIPAL ONEY ESTABLISHMENT, S. E.
corner of SIXTH and RACE atreeta.
Money advanced on Merchandise generally—Watches,
Jewelry. Diajnonde, Gold and Silver Plate, and , on all
articles of value, for any length of time agreed on.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY AT' PRIVATE SALE.
Fine Gold Hunting Case, Double Bottom and Open Face
English. American and Swiss Patent Lever Witches;
Fine Gold Hunting Case and Open Face Lepine Watches;
Fine Gold Duplex and other Watches; Fine Silver Hunt
ing Case and Open Face English, American and Swiss
Patent Lever and Lepine Watches ; Double Case English
Quartier and other Watches; Ladies' Fancy Watches;
Diamond Breastpins; Finger Rings; Ear Ring's Sruds.
Arc.; Fine Gold Chains; 'Medallions; Bracelets; Scarf
Pins; Breastpins ; Finger Rings ; Pencil Cases and Jewelry
generally.
- FOR SALE.-A large and valuable Fireproof Chest,
imitable for a Jeweler, price $6BO.
Also, several Lots in South Camden, Fif fil i and Chestnut
• streets.
. 13 Y J. M. GUMMY & SONS,
AUCTIONEERS,
lEW - Hold Relar Wee of -
REA L ESTATE, STOCKS AND SEC:MULES AT THE
VW - Handbills of ouch property issued separately.
lir" One thousand catalogues published and circulated,
containing full descriptions of property to be sold, its &ilea
a partial list of property contained in our Real Estatd
Register. and otie ed at private d ale.
. -'7.7'141174M daily-news
• ,
QAMUEL (3, FORD & SONS, AUCTIONEERS,
No. 127 South FOURTH street
. _
Sale, of Real Estate, Stocks, Lonna, Ate.: at PhilitdeliMis.
Exchange, every FRIDAY. at 12 o'clock noon.
Our enles are advertised in all the daily and several of
the weekly newepapers, by separate handbills of each
property,. and by pamphlet catalogues, 0110 thousand of
which will to issued on WEDNESDAY preceding each
sale.
Vir REAL ESTATE, STOCKS, LOANS, &0., AT
PRIVATE SALE.
ON FRIDAY, Augnst 2, • • -
Will be sold, at the Exchange, at 12 o'clock, the follow
ing Stocks and Loans— -
On Account of Whom it may Concern--
2000 shares Lietoula Coal Co.
DAN.I'4 .1(, HARVEY, AUCTIONEERS;
(Late with Thomas & Sons).
Store No. 411 NVALNUT street.
FURNITURE SALES at the Store EVERY TUESDA,Y,
SALES AT RESIDENCES will receive • Particular
nttention.
Sale No. 4M Walnut street.
SUPERIOR FURNITURE. FItENCU PLATE MIR
RORS. ()AItPETS, BEDS,&c.
ON TUESDAY MORNING.
At 10 o'clock. at the auction store, an assortment of
mnior Secondhand liousehold Furniture, tine Pier and
Manta .Mirror, Tapestry Carpets, Fine Feather Beds,,
1 011 N It MYERS &
pfi AUCTIONEERS,
Nos. 232 and 234 MARKET Ftrveti cornor.of BANK
AT PRIVATE SALE.
25 canoe fine PALM LEAF FANS, round- handles.
13Y BARRITT dr 430, AUCTIONEERS.
CASH AUCTION HOUSE.
No. 230 MAKKETstrect, corner of BANK street.
Cnrh advanced on consignments without extra charge.
Putt.tie Foni_k Auctioneer.
MoCLELLAND & CO.,I3UCCESSORS TO .
1 . 1.11L1Y FORD & CO., Auctioneers.
• 606 MARKET street
L. ASHBRI.DGE & C 0.,. AUCTIONEERS,
No. 5115 MARKET k 3 t roe t, above Fifth
LEGAL NOTICES.
I.N,THE,ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY AND!'
1. County of l'hiladelphia.—Estate of GEO. B. EPLER.
deceased.-The Auditor appointed by the Court to audit,
settle end adjuat the first and final account of DANIEL
EPLER and ISAAC EPLER. Executors of the Wet will
and testament of GEORGE R. EPLER, deceased, and to
report distribution of tho Labium in the hands of the ac
countants, will meet the parties interested for tho_pqrposo
of his appointment, on Wednesday, August Ith. 1861, at 4
o'clock, Y. H., at hie office, No. 619 Noble street. in the,
city of Philadelphia. THOS: COCHItAN
iylStu th astl. Aud i tor.
TN THE ORPHANS , COURT FOR THE CITY AND
.1. County of Philadelphia.—Estate of PETER SERI
-FlHElVdenii—The—Auditer_ appointet_b_y_tho Court to
audit, settle and ad account I the accoun._ IrsjC`llYßNEir
Administrator of the Astute of PEITER BELOFRIED.
deed., and to report distribution of : the balance in tho
hands of the accountant. Will meet the parties interested
for the purpose of his appointment, on Monday, July 22d.
Mtn. at 4 ofclock P. AI., at the °Moo of JOHN O'}OYNE,
EN.. No. file 'Walnut 'street s in the city of Philadelphia.
J3.ll.ths tubt. BENJAMIN G. MANN, Auditor.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE CITY
and County of Philadelphia.—E3lM A PINTO $ll. JOHN
PINTO. June Term, 1867. No. al. In Divorce toJOHN
PINTO, respondent.. Take notice • that JOSEPH
PARRISH, Eon., examiner appointed in the above catjo.
address c Interrogatories to witness on WEDNESDAY.
July Mot, at 4 o'clock P. N., at the Office of phellaura
counsel. . - --,•- -
J. DUROBS O'SRYAN, Attorney. for Libellant,
vlO-15t" MS South Sixth street
ULIVER tARcrEe, CAPER.% ac—OtarEs FARM
acquired Olivea), Nonpareil and auportiso Capon§ awl
Fre nett °Lived; f oak goods, hiding ez:Napolecon lll..ftare
and for mat) by JIM. H. BU3BlFia & Ge m , eigults
Dalawazu Avows.
- No. - 508 WALNUT street