Till; INDIAN WAB.
Interesting statement* from Official
Tiic (ollowStiKfr-cfs li.ive been COmpUcd from
official ocuments. Although nht new,, they
torow light on recent transactions in the Indian
c 7)n t Sc I,lth of March last Major-General Han
cock addressed a letter to Colonel Wynkoop,
for the Cheyennes, Apaches, and Arapa-
S at Fort Larncd, Kansas, in which ho says :
“I'liavc the honor to send you this communi
catlon for the purpose of informing you that 1
hTve about completed my arrangements to move
aforce to the plains, and only await a proper
condition of the roads to march.; , ,•
<‘My object in making ah expedition at this
time is to show the Indians within the limits of.
this Department that wo are able to ebaatise any
tribes who may molest people who. are traveling
SrosVtherS. It is not my desire to bring
difficulties with the Indians; but to treat them
with iustlce and according to our treaty stipula
tions and x desire especially in toy dealings with
them to act through their agents as lar as piact.-
Cl 'o l ln reference to the Cheyennes of yonr agency,
- r mav rav that we have just
nfVrievar.cel One is that they have not
delivered up’the murderer of the New Mexican
at /arah. I also believe that 1 have evidence
sufficient to fix upon different bands ot that
tribe wfcotc chie:s are known, several ot-tlie out
rages committed on the Smoky ltd last summer
'•‘i request that you will iniorrn them, m such
a manner as you may think proper, that I ex
pect shortiv to visit their neighborhood, and that
T will be efad to have an interview with their
chiefs: and tell them also, if you please, that I
go fully prepared for peace or war, and that
hereafter I will insist upon their keeping oil the
main lines of travel, where their presence is cal
culated to bring about a collision with the whites.
»lf you can prevail upon the Indians of your
agency to abandon-their habit of intestmg the
country traversed by our overland routes, thieat
ening. robbing and intimidating travelers, we
xill refer that matter to you. II noWi would he
pleased by your presence with me when I visit
the locality of your tribes, to show that the oth
cers of the government are acting in harmony.
Major 11. Douglass, under date ol March 11 tig
writes to Major Henry E. Noyes; ’I have re
ceived from Little Raven, head chief of the
Arap.aboes, a message to the eifcct that no mmc
wood must be cut b'v this command on the 1 a\v
nee Fork, and that the troops must move out
of the country by the time grass grows. Mr.
Jones, the interpreter at this post, brought me a
message from Sutanta, the principal ehiet ol the
Kiowas, to ti:e eli'ect that (ill white men must
move east of Council Grove by the spring; that
he gave mo ten days to move from tins post: that,
he’wanted the mules and cavalry horses iattenert,
as he would have use for them and intended to
appropriate them: that all the Indians-Lad agreed
to slop the railroads ami roads at Council Grove;
Unit no roads or railroads would lie allowed west
of that point. Major J. 11. Page,, fid luiantrv
brori'dit me a message from the, same duel: •loti
the chiefs on’ the road that they must gather
their soldiers and leave; ii they don't, 1 will help
them to leave; no wagons will be allowed on the
road except those that bring presents; if any are
found they will be taken.’ ..
“Subsequently, in council, Satauta stated m
substance the same, but.not in an.insulting man
ner, which lias already been reported to district
headquarters. . , . ,
' “It has been reported to me that eight Arapa
hoes, apparently friendly, stopped on the tenth
inst., at the camp »f a Mr. Gilchrist, a wagon
master for a Mr. Wedcllo, ot Moro, New Mexico,
on the other side of Fort Aubnev (120 miles from
here), Bhot at the herder, and ran off forty head
of mules and one mare.” ■ „
J. H. Leavenworth, Indian agent for the Ca
munches and Kiowas, in a letter dated Fort
Lamed, Kansas, April 9, to the Commis
sioucr of Indian affairs, says ‘ I arrived at
Fort Zarah, Kansas, on the 3d insL Gen.:
Hancock on the sth instant with his
-whole command, consisting of artillery, cavalry
and infantry, about 1,500 strong. I immediately
called uponJiim and requested information as to
the objects of his movements so far as related to’
the Indians ol my ngenev, viz.: the Camanches
and Kiowas. He very kindly and promptly fur
aidhed us with the inclosed papers, marked num
bers 1, 2 and 3. As none of the Indians of my
agency have visited this great line of travel, ex
very few, since they received their annuity
a last October, and. as it was uncertain what
n of his department he might visit with his
command, he expressed a wish that I would ac
company him, and as I believed it to be eminently
-proper, I willingly consented, and should any
thing occur concerning the Indians of my agency,
or the interest Of the Indian Department gene
rally, I shall make full report of the same.”
One of the letters above referred to from Gen.
Hancock acquaints Colonel Wynkoop that ills
object in preparing an expedition to the plains
is to convince the Indians that we are able to
punish any of them who may molest travelers
across the plains, or who may commit, otlujr
hostilities against the whites. "We,” he says,
“desire to avoid “any troubles with-the Indians,
and to treat them with justice and according to
the requirements of treaties witli them, and I
■wish, especially in my dealings with them, to act
through the agents of the Indian Department, as
far as it is possible to do so. Concerning the
Kiowas of your agency, we have grave reasons
for complaint. Among others, it is officially re
ported to these be.ad<imua<uMj4lial that tribe has
been into_Texas,--and
that a war party lias very receutly'reftmlea. to
Fort Dodge from that State, bringing with
them the scalps of seventeen; colored soldiers
and one white man. lam also informed that the
Kiewas have been threatening our posts on the
Arkansas; that they are about entering into n com
pact with the Sioux for hostilities against us, and
that they have robbed and insulted officers of- tire
United States army who have visited them, sup
posing that they were friends. It is well aseer
- tainea that certain members of that tribe (some of
whom are known) are guilty of the murder of Mr.
James Box, a citlzeu of Montaquc county, Texas,
last summer, and of the capture and barbarous
treatment of women of his family. I desire you
particularly to explain to them that one reason
why the government does not at once send troops
against them to redress these outrages aguinßt o’ur
people is that their great father is averse to com
mencing a war upon them, which would certainly
end in destroying them, until all other means of
■'redress fail. _ ,
“I request that you will inform the Indians of
your agency that I will hereafrerlnsist upon their
keeping off’ the main routes of travel across the
plains, where their presence is calculated to bring
on difficulties between themsely® and the whites.
If you, as their agent, can arrange these matters
satisfactorily with them, wo will be pleased to refer
the whole subject to you. In case of your inability
to do so, I would he pleased to have you accom
pany me when I visit the country of your
tribes, to show that the officers of the govern
ment are acting in harmony. I will bo pleased
to talk with , any of the chiefs whom we may
meet.”
A large number of other documents show the
hostile character of the Indians and their massa
cres and depredations.
General Ord, in a communication dated March
5, says: “The wild Cauiunches are bent on mis
chief. From the fact that .they steal from their
frontiers and have supplied themselves with large
coballados; that they supply horses to the north
ern Indians on the K. It. L>. and mail routes, I
think it important to put a stop to their whole
sale plundering. I propose building posts in
their country, as that demoralizes them more than
anything else, except money and whisky.”
Among the documents is a letter from Major-
General Hancock, dated Fort Leavenworth, Kun
eas, July 31, 18C7, addressed to Headquarters of
the Army of the United States, in which he says
he haß the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
certain communications named by him, and con
tinues: “In reply to the letters of Cols. Wynkoop
and Leavenworth, herein referred to, and to a
telegram, dated May 23,1807, from Gen. Grant,
upon the subject of the burning of the Indian vil
lages on Pawnee Fork, April It), 1807, I have the
honor to submit the following statement, first
premising that I huve replied to Gen. Grant's tele
gram of Slay 23 by a telegram of the same date,
and that,in my official report of the operations of
the expedition made last spring to the plains,
undo; my command, forwarded to Gen. Grant by
Lieut.-Gen. Sherman, a full and accurate history
is given of the objects of that expedition, and the
military movements connected with it, together
with nay reasons for destroying the villages of
the Sioux and the Cheyennes on Pawnee Fork,
etc. The report in question touches upon all the
main points mentioned in the copies ol the
from Colonels Wyhkoon and Leavenworth, re
ferred to me by General Grant, May 23,18G7, and
is believed to be sufficiently full in details to
cover the questions mentioned therein; yet there
are a few statements niadc ihjome of them which
are inaccurate. and /which I desire to correct.
Thcy arc as follows „r nnn
Among tholettcrs inclosed is a copy
*om-Oaonel-AVyokOop, dated. March 11, ISbV
statins that “Wilson Graham, the Cheyenne boy
«hn won eantnrcd from that tribe some time
since is now on his way to this post (Fort Riley).
Is soon as he arrives lie will bo sent to you, m
ordci that be may be delivered to bis nearest
relatives Please inform this office of the name
and ba*d of his nearest relatives.’ i
“Vo authority was over given by me tothfj com
manding ollicer of the District ot the Upper Ar
kansas to transfer the child in question to any
nmit of the Indian Department whatever. On
the contrary, I informed the commanding officer
at. Fort 'Lamed (through headquarters District ot
tkc-'Uupor Arkansas); in a. letter dated at these
headquarters 11 th of March, 18(17, (copy inclosed,
marked A,) that the boy in .question (who was
under ray charge at Fort Leavenworth) woulurb.o.
sent to that post (Fort Lamed) for delivery to
bis nearest relatives, and that he had been ob
tained from the persons who had had possession
Of him since his capture through the exernou ot
the military authorities. . This action on my part
being in accordance with the instructions I hod
received on that subject from headquarters Mili
tary District of Missouri, in a special order dated
St. Louis, Mo., February 2::, 18U7, (copy inclosed
marked II.) The bov being too uuwel to travel
as soon as was anticipated, I detained him here
until I started with the expedition to the plains,
(March 2,’>) when he accompamfcd me and was
delivered by me personally to the commanding
ollicer at Fort Lamed, leaving with him the iol
lowiug instructions:
‘HrAnqI'ARTKRS Dm-AP.TMKNT OK Till;. Mrs
snrim.NKAK For.T Larskiv, Kansas, April 12.
y-„ tin Cvmwimdinri tijjkcrof Fort. Lamed, Kamar.
—Sue On leaving'this camp it is the inten
tion of the Major-General commanding
lo jphK-e in your charge the Cheyenne boy
nowin his possession, known by the name ot
Wilson Graham. You will retain him until an
opportunity presents for delivering him to his
nearest relatives. His mother is said to u"
living, believed to belong to the Black Kettle
I,and.' When you deliver him to his relatives,
you will take a receipt lor him.
‘I am. sir. very respectfully,
‘Your obedient servant,
(Signed) ‘W. G. Mnviim.i.,
‘Captain and Acting Ass. Adt.-Genenu.
“In a conversation which I had with Colonel
Wynkoop on the subject, while I was at tort
Lamed, 1 informed him that my instillations re
quired me to deliver the boy to the nearest rein
lives through the military authorities, and not
through the Indian ageuts. ’
copy of a letter from Colonel Leavenworth,
United Stales Indian Agent lor the CatnangUes
and Kiowas. to Hon, N. G. Taylor, Commissioner
of Indian'Affairs, dated April !>, 1887, states tha*.
he (Col. Leavenworth) was directed, by instruc
tions from the Indhiu Bureau, to proceed to St.
bonis to receive from Lieutenant-General bher
mam Wilson Graham, the Cheyenne hoy in ques
tion,' and to deliver him to 1 Col. Wvukoop, at
Fort Lamed. Upon his arrival at St. Louis.
Lieutenant-General Sherman informed him that
the chilli had been sent to me, with instructions
to deliver him to the Cheyennes, in the presence
of tlie agent. These instructions would have
been carried out .while I was present at Fort
Larudd had the band of Cheyennes lo which his
relatives belonged (Black Kettle) been in that
country at that, time. It was reported to be tu
Texas, and 1 left the boy with the commanding
qflicer at Fort Lamed’, jvith the instructions
before referred to. '
“Shortly after that time (April L>) the Chey
ennes commenced the present war against ns,
which has thus far rendpred the, delivery of the
boy to his friends impracticable. • ■
“in the letttr of Colonel-Wynkoop, dated at
my headquarters on Pawnee Fort, April 18,188
addressed to Hon. N. G. Taylor, Commissioner ot
Indian Affairs, he states that a courier .had ar
rived in my camp from General Custer (then in
pursuit of the Sioux and Cheyennes from Pawnee
Fork), with the intimation that, the Cheyennes
had turned and gone toward the Arkansas river,
while the Sioux had continued northward. They
followed the Sioux trail, and the last despatch
from him (General Custer) is to the effect that
the Bioux, upon crossing the Smoky Hill road,
had destroyed a moil station and killed three
men.” x
“Colonel Wvnkoop then goes on to state that
as there was no evidence of the Cheyennes ha v
ini? committed &dv overt act of hostility, he made
nn appeal to me to preserve the village belong
ing to that tribe, as it was distinct from the
Sioux There is no evidence in General Custer s
reports of his pursuit of the Sioux and Chey
ennes from the village of Pawnee Fork which
would go to prove that they had separated, or
that the Cheyennes were not implicated in the
killing and burning of the three men at Lookout
station on the loth of April, and burning of the
station. Oil the contrary, in General Custer s
report to Brevet-Major General A. J. Smith,
commanding District of the Upper Arkansas, ot
April It) (received after the destruction ol the
villa.t, and too late to.be considered in this con
nection), in reference to the outrage at Lookout
station, on the Smoky Hill, he'saysexpressly that
after a careful examination they, himself and the
Delaware scouts, who were with him, it was
.found impracticable to discover the slightest clue
as to what tribe had committed the act; but says
in his report to General Smith of the 17th ot
April, (copv inclosed marked 1),) that the out
rages were certainly committed by the Indians
who abandoned the village on Pawnee Fork..
They were a portion of the same body ol Uidi
anSA about . eight hundred , strong, I hey;
crossed the Smoky HUT road on the
Kith of- April, and reported themselves
to be Sioux, Cheyennes and Vaunces.. They
were all stripped aiul painted for war at that
lime, aud in addition to tdo previous killing and
burning at Lookout Station, they tired iuto
Stormy Hollow mail station, and ran oil stock
from that point belonging to the mail company,
threatened the mail station cast of Stormy Hol
low, and ran off stock belonging to the Union
Pacific Railroad E. D., a few nilles further north.
“My official report of the operations of the ex
pedition of last spring shows conclusively that 1
did not determine to destroy the Indian villages,
until I hud learned officially of the outrage com
mitted on Smoky Hill by the Indians (Sioux and
Cheyennes), who had treacherously left then
camps on Pawnee Fork on the lltli oi April, or
during the previous night.
“In none of the reports which were received
from Gen. Custer of bis pursuit of the Indians
from Pawnee Fork was there any facts going to
show that tlio main body of the Choyonnes had
left the Sioux and gone south. _AU of the infor
mation contained iu the desp,Etches of .General
Custer at that time was to the effect that the In
dians from Pawnee Fork (Sioux and Cheyennes)
remained together (with probably a few excep
tional small bands) until they arrived at the
Smoky Hill, when they committed the murderfl
and depredations on the' mail stations, and then
pursued their tlight‘northwards.’
“In reference to the statement of Col. AVyn
koop that the village of the Cheyennes was dis
tinct from that of the Sioux, I can only say that
the villages stood upon the same ground, aud I
was nnable, after an inspection which 1 made in
person, to distinguish with -imy.-gertaiuty the
lodges of the Choyemies from’tliose of the Sioux,
nor could any of the officers who were with me
say positively where the line of separation be
tween the villages commenced, although it was
understood that the Sioux were on the north side
und the Cheyennes on the southern and eastern
“it is not seen on what grounds the Indians
became fully Impressed with the belief that Gen.
Hancock had come for the purpose of murdering
thl-ir women and children, as had been previously
done at Land Creek (Sec same letter from Col.
Wynkoop to Hon. N. G. Taylor, of April Bth,
18ti7.) Nothing which I said to the Sioux and
Cheyenne chiefs, whom I had met at Lnrned on
the 12th of April, or at the meeting near the vil
lages on the 11th of that month, could have led
the Indians to bucli a conclusion, or have given
them apprehensions of such murderous inclina
tions on my part, for I had certainly assured
them that my intentions were pacific, and that I
had only marched into their country for the pur
pose of having a conference with the different
tribes, so that they might have a full and just un
derstanding of, the views and intentions of the
military authorities in reference !to their future
conduct aud their inteilereuee with the railways
and other routes of travel, emigrants passing
through their country, and the treatment of our
irontiersettlers.
“SuraTvere well known to Colonels Wynkoop
and Leavenworth to be the objects of the expe
dition, and they constantly assured tho Indians,
when in my presence, that my intentions were
peaceful, and it was not until after'the hostilities
on iho Smoky Hill subsequent to their abandon
ment oi the village on Pawnee Fork, which com
pelled me to destroy their village, that the as-
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eertionswcre made that the Indiana had actually
been forced into a war (seo Colonel Wynkoope
letter of April 21, to tho Hon.N. G-. Taylor,Com
missioner of Indian Affairs). Whllo on this sub
ject, it is proper to stato that none know bettor
than Colonels Wynkoop and; toavenworth.
did not march to the plains .lost spring for the
purpose of commencing a war with the Indians,
lor before my departure irom Fort Leavenworth,
I had written to* them iitformiug them of my' in
structions. and of the expedition, and stating
that no Indians would bo arreßted or e«l ed t 0
account by me for past outrages and depreda
tions, unless upon theWppUcntion of tho agents
of A p r p 21 and 21, the first from
Fort Dodge, the latter from Fort Lamed, Colonel
Wynkoop reiterates the statement tnut the
vilhm-c of the Cheyennes, on Pawnee Fork, was
burned without provocation or any overt acts on
the part of that tribe, notwithstanding he must
surely have known when lie was at Fort Dodge
with me, from the reports which I had received
from General Custer, tho con touts of which were
made known to him (and these were the only
possible sources of information at that time),
that the Cheyennes generally'had not gone south
of tho Arkansas when they deserted the village
at Pawnee Fork, hut had lied north of the
Pniokv Hill with! the Sioux, and wore parties
with tho.latter to tho murders and burning at
Lookout Station, and tho other outrages com
mitledon the-Smoky Hill about the same time.
“I consider the evidence ns to the participa
tion of the Cheyennes in the, massacre of Look
out station.and other depredations on tho Smoky
' Hill, after they had abandoned the villugc on
Pawnee Fork, contained in General Custer’s re
ports of his pursuit of the Clieyonnes and Sioux,
conclusive and beyond ipiestiou, their conduct 011
that occasion beiug, in my opinion, only a con
tinuation of the outrages which they hail been
previously committing against the whites in tins
department ever since 1 have assumed the com
mand of it (August, 18(10). '
“To show the temper of the Cheyennes towards
us, and the feelings of hostility wbicli animated
them (before the expedition to the plains of last
Spring). I inclose herewith there ports of former
outrages perpetrated last summer and fall, with
evidence, which it is considered fixes the guilt oi
these outrages upon that tribe beyond any ques
tion or doubt, viz.:
“September lit,180(1. —A party of Indians ran oil
fourteen horses and two mules from Fort Wallace
(see copy of a report from Lieutenant Flood. oth
U S. Volunteers, inclosed, marked K; also an
endorsement on a report' of Lieutenant Joseph
Hale, dated November 10, 1800, inclosed,marked
K 2; also copy of an affidavit of-Hr. H. P. Wyatt,
Oil the same subject marked E 3; copy of atli
davil of .Mr. Win. Comstock, government guide
and interpreter at Ton-Wallace, marked E -I, and
eopV of statement of Mr. .John Smith, L. S. In
dian Interpreter, marked E-i.) ,
“September 20, IstJt;.— I Two employes ol the
Overland Mail Company murdered at Chalk
| lilutl's mail station. As evidence showing that,
] the murders were committed by the Cheyenne:..
I transmit copies of a letter from Mr. D. Street,
agent ol'the Overland Mail Company, marked l
i. dated October 23, ISO'!, of an affidavit from Mr.
William'Comstock, V. S. Guide and Interpreter
at Fort Wallace, marked IC -1, ol an afhduvitjrom
Mr .James Wadsworth, driver on the Overland
Mail Line, marked F 2, of a letter from Captain
W. M. Koogh, Ttb Cavalry, commanding Post
Fort Wallace, dated December 20, lhtiil, marked
F 3, with inclosure of a letter from Lieut. Joseph
Hale, 3d- Infantry, dated December' 19, 1800,
marked FI. , , ..
“October 12,180(1.—A band of Indians burned
the mail station at Chalk Bluils. I invite atten
tion to the following papers, before referred to,
(inclosed herewith,) fixing that outrage upon
the Chevennes: Letter from Lieutenant Joseph
Hale, 3d Infantry, dated November 10, 18(10;
letter of October -,3,- 0800, from Mr. D. Street,
agent Overland Mail Company, and a letter from
Lieutenant Hale, 3d Infantry', dated .December
19,1800. , , . ,
“November 10,1806.—An unprovoked murder
of a New Mexican was committed at Fort Zarh,
by a Cheyenne* Fox Tall, a son of Medicine Ar
row, a prominent man 01 that tribe. (See on this
subject the inclosed copy of a report from Second
Lieutenant J. B. Thompson, 3d Infantry, marked
G. That murder has never been denied by the
Cheyennes. ~ „ , , , ,
“1 also inclose a copy of a statement marked
H, from Mr. John Smith, United States Indian
interpreter, dated July 11, 1807, in reference to
the killing of six white men by the Cheyennes In
the month of June, 1860, on one of the tributaries
of Solomon’s Fork; and a copy of a letter dated
February 22, 1807, from-Mr. F. K. Page, United
States agent for the Kansas Indians (marked I),
stating that, about the Ist day of January, 1807,
a part of the Cheyennes attacked the Kaw chief
Katiaugnh, capturing forty-four horses and
wounding one man, 1... have. also on
record at my headquarters the official
report of various outrages and depredations
committed before the present war by other tribes
belonging to the agencies of Colonels Wynkoop
and Leavenworth. Arapahocs, Kiowas and Ca
inanclies, some of which the Indians themselves,
when in council with me last spring, acknow
legded to have been justly charged to them: The
reports in all such eases were promptly reported
bv me to the Indian Department as soon its they
were received, and though I had constantly in
formed the department through the agents that I
was ready to assist them with the troops under
mv command in arresting the olleudcrs, I have
never in a single instance been called upon to
to render sucli assistnuce, and in all cases (even
in that of the murderer of the New Mexican, at
Zara, when the the culprit was known)
the guilty ones have been -.it.-'- A vu
punished.”
■“Colonel Wynkoop’s letterof April 21 also con
tains the following: „ , ,
‘I have just arrived with General nancock s
column at this post (Fort Dodge), and learn?
since my arrival here a few days ago, that six
Cheyenne Indians, on foot, were attacked by one
hundred and thirty-five cavalry, about twenty
five miles west of this post, and all of them
killed. I also lcani that they had done nothing
to provokc'ah attack, but were oi the party that
had lied before llafleock’s approach.’
“In reply to this passage, I will merely quote
that portion of mv official report which referred
to this matter. It contains the facts which I
drew from the report of the late Maj. W. Cooper,
7th cavalry, who commanded the detachment
which had the encounter at the Cimmeron Cross
ing with the Indians referred to in Colonel
Wynkoop’s letter. On my arrival there (Fort
Dodge), I learned that, on the 19th Inst.
(April), a party of Cheyennes, evidently
runners from the north, had approached
the Cimmeron Crossing, and were dis
covered skulking around the bivouac of a detach
ment of the Ttli cavalry, which was at that point,
under command oi Major VVicklifi' Cooper, 01
that regiment. When the Indians were perceived,
they were endeavoring to steal up to some
herders, who were in charge of the’ cattle .of the
command, and it is supposed they wore not aware
of the presence of the troops. Major Cooper di
rected Lieutenant Berry, of the 7th cavalry, with
twenty men, to advance and demand their sur
render, which was done through an interpreter.
In reply the Indians fired upon the troops. They
were attacked and pursued across the river, and
six of them (all that-were seen) were killed. _ One
of our men was wounded and one horse killed.
I also herewith transmit a copy of Colonel W.
Cooper’s report of tho affair, marked K.
“In concluding this letter it is proper for me
to say again that before the expedition of last
Epring set out I informed agents Wyukoop and
Leavenworth fully of its objects, telling them that
war was not intended against the Indians, and
that it was my earnest desire to act through
them in alt matters eonuectcd-with the tribes
under their agencies. I nltfo invited them to
accompany me on my marqhj from Fort
Lamed to Fort Dodge, so that they might ho
present at my interviews with tho chiefs of
the various tribes, and hear what I had to say to
them.
“During the time they were in my camps they
must have observed that all of my conferences
were with a view of preserving peace on the
plainß, and all of my actions friendly, but the
treachery of the Sioux and Cheyennes at Pawnee
Fork, and the murders and depredations com
mitted by them on the Smoky Ilill route, after
they ran away from tho village, compelled me to
take hostile measures against them. -
“It is worthy of remark in this connection,
that while in my camp Colonol Leavenworth
stated to me in conversation that the tribes of his
agency had been greatly wronged by having been
charged with various offences which had been
committed by the Indians of Colonel Wynkoop’s
agency (Cheyennes, Arapuhoes, and Apaches).
; In the opinion of Colonel Leavenworth, as ex
pressed to me,|tho Indians of Colonel Wynkoop’s
agency, especially the Cheyennes, deserved severe
and summary punishment for their numerous
misdeeds, very rnaDy of which had been laid at
the door of his innocent tribes (the Camanchcs
undKiowas).
"But Colonel Wynkoop informed me, in con
versation, about the same timd, that the Arapa
hoes, Apaches, and especially tho Cheyennes,;
were really peacefully inclined, and rarely com-,
mitted bfleheea against tho'lawsthut moat unfor
tunately, they were charged with crimes which
had been perpetrated by other tribes, and that in
this respect they had suffered most , heavily from
the Jtiowas, of Colonel Leavenworth’s agency,
who were tiie most turbulent Indians- on the
plnins, and deserved punishmont moro than any
others. More recent events have shown that all
the tribes above referred to (savo, probably, a
portion of the. Oninnnclies), including the Sioux
tribe, determined upon a general outbreak this
summer, and that the abandonment of the village
on Pawnee Fork and the murders committed
immediately afterwards on the Smoky Hill were
but the commencement of a war. which had been
threatened to our post commanders on many oc-,
casions during tho winter, and whieh'is now
waged with savage fury on the part ol the In
dians throughout my command and the Depart
'ment of the Platte and Dakotah. ...
“In reference to the threats made last winter by
the Indians, of war against us this summon; I
transmit herewith, marked L 1 and L copies ot
two communications Irom Major ,11. Douglas,
commanding post-of Fort Hodge, which concerns
particularly the Kiowas and Arapahoes. One ol
the letters is addressed to the Assistant Adjutant
General, Department of the Missouri, the other to
the Acting Assistant Adjutant General, District ol
the Upper Arkansas. I also transmit a copy ol a
letter from brevet Major jAsbury, 3d lnlautry,
bearing on this subject, marked L 3.
“Tills reply to the statemeiits of Colonels
Wynkoop and Leavenworth, contained in the
copies ol the letters referred to me by order ot
General Grant, May 23, would have been trans
mitted promptly after the date of their receipt,
but for the fact that since that time, until the loth
inst., I have been cojustautly ou the plains,
marching almost every day, which prevented me
from giving my attention to the matter until the
present moment. , " 0
"Owing to the absence ot Mr: John Smith, L.
S. Indian interpreter, L have withheld two ol bis
affidavits, marked 11, until his-return, believing
that an error was committed by him 111 giving
the name of one of the bands ot Indians at tiie
time of writing them, which can then be cor
rected. They will then be transmitted lor file
with this communication. Herewith 1 return
the originals of tiie papers referred to me by
General-Grant, May “IS, for my remarks.
“I am. Major, very respectfully:,
"Your obedient servant.
“Wixrrm.n e>. 11am im k.
. "Major-General V. S. A.. Commanding.”
(;cs. siciiiifcs’s keiHovai...
Opinion of tlic Acting Atiorney
ffciicraJ.
Acting. Attorney-General Hinckley has ftir
• Shifted the PresidonUi long opi uio»-.;ou U1C...1.C:
moral of General Sickles from eomimitnl ill North
Carolina, on account ot his order eontiictiiig
with the process and judgments of the United
States courts in that Slate. The Acting Attor
nev-Gcncral's opinion is very lengthy and tech
nical. reviewing all the facts in the ease, and
citing Chancellor Kent, Judge Story, the l\A
■ ulist and the Constitution to show the power and,
sphere of die Judiciary. The acts of Congress
creating the various judiehd-eireuits and districts
are also quoted, and the opinion continues ,us
follows: ~ . , „ .
The "judicial power of the l mted States is a
unit. In the constitution it is mentioned in the
singular' number, and the reasoning ol the
Supreme Court in the ca6o of Martin vs. Hunter,
is to tiie effect that so much of it as the .Con
stitution left Congress to vest in inferior courts
was incapable of segregation, and consequently
vested as~ a whole in the judicial establishment.
(1 Wheaton, 380.) As a power, then, it is to be
conceived of as omnipresent within its con
stitutional sphere, nhd consequently, with
respect to the dignity of lawful judicial process,
the source of the same is not of the least signifi
cance, and the laws forbidding obstruction of it
make accordingly no distinction- The contumacy,
therefore, which would be more vulgar if offered
to a writ held in the hand of the Chief Justice of
-the Supreme Court, would, in respect to the
consolidated judicial power and dignity, he of the
same legal quality as if the like writ was despised
in the hands et the humblest servant of a court
of the lowest grade in the system.
► Thus much as to the paramount authority of
the judiciary in all matters to which their power
Is extended by the Constitution, acting through
the courts and officers who arc the organs of the
power. To resist that power anywhere and in
anv manner, within its constitutional sphere,
is to resist the whole of it, and to aspire to an
issue with the judicial department of the govern-
occur to some minds that if this power
over tlie subject matters confided to it by the or
ganic law be supreme over the Legislature and
the Executive, and of course over the military
branch of the Executive, it might, in any given
ease, be misapplied by the error or the crime ot
the judge. But this, like every other evil with
which we may lawfully cope without, in accord
ance with its provisions, amending the Constitu
tion, has been anticipated and provided against
'in that instrument. For misconduct impeach
mentis provided, and tor error the light of and
all necessary facilities for appeal to another
court. The Supreme Court, it is true, cannot be
supervised, but it has no original jurisdiction,
with two exceptions only. Such is tin; character
of the judicial power, as the only and last resort
_ of a class of cases .and contro
-vcii^s-riiifttiarptcd in . the ' Constitution..- . ,(1
Crancli, 177,178.)
But the action of the judiciary would be wholly
ineffectual, and the power would not be co-ordi
nate, unlessithejysuit, in a proper case,was con
clusive and binding upon the. other branches of
the government and the entire people of tliecoun
try; for all the proceedings ol a court are con
ducted for the sake of the result, which is the final
process. A control, then, over the final process is
a control over the whole proceeding. But a con
trol over the whole proceeding is a control over
the court, the judges and the parties. This would
notbccontroling.butabolishiugtheconrt, whether
he Who abolished it did or did not continue to em
ploy its judges and methods of business for the
administration of his will. That ho did so in one
case is the same in effect as if lie had done so in
all cases, for if he did it by permission of the
court, it was the court, and not he, that exerted
the power; if he did it without permission, and
because, in his opinion, it was right for him to
do so in that case; lie may do so in any other
case in which he forms a similar opinion; and as
it cannot be foreseen what opinion a man may
form, it cannot be foreseen in what case he may
think he ought to interfere; and if any case is
liable to interference, no case is certain of reach
ing a judicial result, and, under such circum
stances, there can he no legal adjudication, and,
consequently, no court. This shows the real
necessity of a judicial authority which is securely
fortified against all possible interference while
the state of society admits of judicial sessions.
Such being tho nature of the judicial junction,
and its power in the federal government, it is ob
vious that the territorial field of its operation is
co-extensivc with the national domain, which,
with respect to the judicial power, considered as
a unit, is a single territory; subject to he divided
into places of Jurisdiction as may be most conve
nient for the purpose of administering justice.
But with respect to the subject matters of judicial
cognizance, it is far otherwise. A large propor
tion of them pre-suppose, in their existence, or
ganic geographical divisions, as into States, in
choate States,and tho seat of the general govern
ment, the District of Columbia. These are political
divisions. Judicial divisions exist, but they are
altogether independent of them. These
are adapted solely to the presumed
expediency of administering the ju
dicial power, and may he altered
from time to time by Congress. They may and
usually do coincide in some degree with political
and other divisions of the national domain. But
they are not necessarily coincident with such.
They aro places of jurisdiction. Circuits are com
posed usually of several entire States, and dis
tricts are sometimes composed of parts, only of
diliereut States. This does not affect the causes
oiVaction over which the judiciary shall exercise
exclusive control, for they remain the same as if
each State of tho Union was a district; and only
districts were established, and no circuits. When
a cause of action, or a criminal infraction of a
law of the United States, arises for the action of
the Federal judiciary, the cognizance of tho latter
is forthcoming, and The' only question is, in
which district or circuit shall it bo taken,
Tho common territory of the nation is also
subdivided for other-purposes, as for the purpose
of collecting taxes, duties, &c., by act of Con
gress, directly or through executive agents, em
powered so to do by Congress. Sueli divisions,
llkn the judicial provinces ,referred to,
to chance ut the pleasure of Congress. The re
construction military districts In; the South are,
district for specific and temporary
mu-noses But here arises a moat important
distinction between judieml i ?dograpineal divl
siahs and thosc“of-any other-Wna^wMchhayo
over been created by Congress. U nti u lt ii c ial
September, 17M> (1 Stat. 73 ct eeq.), the j mnc.al
power of the United States was not '
Upon the passage of the celebrated act ol Con
gross of that date, organizing the mfulor
courts of the United States, tho whole j , ,
power, not directly vested in the Supreme C
by the Constitujioii, vested in the lou .
created. This proposition having been bud down
after solemn argument by the greatest ol
judges, and .never since disputed, must be ac
cepted as unquestionable. It. follows irom tin
that the ]iower of the Legislature cannot go be
yond modifying and . changing irom tune to
time, as in their .wisdom may seem expedient,
the organization of the courts and divisions ol
the country into judicial provinces. But having
once vested the judicial power, which, as weave
instructed Congress was bound to do, that body
cannot have the power to vacate a judicial tract.
But it is otherwise 'with the districting lor
revenue or other purposes. The Constitution has
not iuhifiiled their total abolition at the pleasure
of Congress. But there Is another reason why
Congress could not abolish the judicial districts
of die United Slates, though they-may and fre
quently do change their boundaries. The Con
stitution provides: “In all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy ami
publidHrial by an impartial jurv of the Stale and
district wherein the crime shall have been com
mitted, which district shall have been pieviously
ascertained by law.” (Amendment Constitution.
Art. Vi.) A power to abolish all judicial
districts would, therefore, be a power to
abolish all criminal jurisdiction ol
the United States, which . would
defeat the law-making power itsell. Ine judicial
provinces ol the nation are, then, something more
than revenue provinces or reconstruction pro
vinces, employing tlie latter torpUor clearness of
distinction. Though subject to the moiUlication
of their boundaries, as may be expedient, tlie ter-'
ritorv embraced in them cannot be either exone
rated from the power of nor deprived ot the right
to the national machinery of justice, except, in
deed, when violence prevents the operation ol
that machinery, but then only while the interrup
tion continues to prevent the, regular judicial Hil
lings. A violence cannot, of course, come Irom
the legislature itself, least of all, through a mere
const!uetioii id'its acts, passed with objects ex
tremely remote from t-ueli a purpose. ■ .
Vba't, then, is the statu.- of that judicial pro
vince which is designated bylaw the "District ol
North Carolina” with respect to die -ani lity ot
the civil process?
By liie act of Congress ot -fib June, b. o, l
Stat. Igd, it in provided :
"Tiie said Slate .-hull he one di-n ict. -to be„
en'llul the North Carolina Di-triet; and there shall
he a district Court therein,Ac. ' . . ■
ISV the act id'Kdh July; l- ld, /!'.•* tat. it is
provided that "the circuit courts ot the l.mteil
.Statis, l'or the District of North Carolina, shah
tie laid on the first Monday in June, ' *
and all actions, suits, appeals,.recognizance*,
pioce.-is. writs and proceedings whatsoever,
pending, or which may he pending in said cow ts.
of returnable thereto, shall have day therein,
and be beard, tried, proceeded with amide-
'ls ting act repealed? It will not be pretended
that nil act of the Congress of the l nited Stales
has been* repealed by circumstances. If ever
Congress has impaired u eonstitutidi.nl judica
ture. once established by tiie people, it w:ta not
by an implied repeal. Nor could it be done by
any implication, but such as could be reconciled
with uo other reasonable interpretation of the
statute supposed to work such repeal. In tlic
present matter,however, the opposite implication,
from an act which took effect on the-, same day
with the first of the Reconstruction acts,amounts
almost to an express provision for the continu
ance of the North Carolina District, m common
with all the others, as follows:
‘•That the Chief Justice of the Lnited States
and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
shall be allotted among the circuits now existing,
bv order of the court, and whenever a new allot
ment shall be required or found expedient, by
rcaton of alteration of one or xnore circuits, or ot
a Chief JusUce or Associate Justice, or otherwise,
it shall be the duty of the court to make the
same,” dee. (Act of 2d March, 18G7.)
The circuits (and consequently the districts
composing them) ‘‘now existing,” i. e„ existing
on the day the first of the reconstruction meas
ures took effect, were the express basis of the
allotment, to authorize which was the object ot
the above quoted provision. The possible ‘‘al
teration" of said circuits was anticipated, show
ing that until one or more circuits should be al
tered by law, they were not to-be otherwise re
cognized than as heretofore. Accordingly, tile
following is on record in the Supreme Court,
under date of Monday, April 8,1867 :
“Ordered, That the following allotment is
made of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court of the United Suites among
the courts, agreeably to the yet of Congress in
such ease made and provided.”
The assignment of tlic •several justices is sub
joined, among which the Pillowing appears :
“For the Fourth Circuit, • Salmon I’. Chase,
Chief Justice." .
The first section of the act o( Cougress of lath
of July, 1882, passed when rebellion was in. full
headway, thereby showing that the interruption,
of the sessions by rebel violence was ’the only
change which Congress was willing to recognize
in the judicial business, provides: ; ■
. “Hereafter the districts of Maryland. Delaware,
Virginia and North Carolina shall constitute the
Fourth Circuit.” (12 stftt M 576.) ■ '
It is thus'made apparent, not only by earlier,
but by contemporaneous legislation ol the Bame
session, bv the same Individual members, and
almost on the same day, that wheatever,{under
the Constitution of the United States, either of
authority or jurisdiction, attaches to the districts
and circuits as they stand in the statute hook,
was intended to be, and must be deemed and iielu
to be, of full force and virtue now as heretolore.
But we have seen that a tract of country com
posed of States or parts of States, once brought
under the operation of the, judicial power,
cannot without revolutionary violence, lie
deprived of or exonerated lrorn it Vio
lence is the only recognized exception, and that
bv Congress, as we shall hereafter see, is re
cognized only while the violence lasts, and then
as an' unlawful derogation from the judicial
P °lf °R be admitted that the judicial power is in
tact in the district of North Carolina, though the
subject matters of its authority are limited to a
category,kit is certain that upon those subject
matters the courts of the United States for that
district arc the supreme authority of the United
high prerogative of the independent judi
ciary may he well illustrated, in closing a sketch
of the Department of Justice, by a word respect
ing the conclusive and binding character ot a
judgment law. It may be rendered even by an
inferior court; hut if the court is competent, the
judgment inuy he defined to ho the very law of
the land for the particular matter adjudged. (1
Ra'wlo. 28'.).) To ‘‘suspend!’ a judgment in a man
ner not pointed out by law is, therefore, to sus
pend the law. ,
The Supreme Court says:
“There is no principle of law better settled
than that every act of a court of competent juris
diction shull be presumed to bave been rightly
done till the contrary appears. * _ * So long as
a judgment, remains in force, it is in itaell evi
dence of the right of the plaintiff to the thing
adjudged, and gives him a right to process to ex
ecutc. the judgment. Iho errors of
however apparent, can bo examined only bv
appellate power.” (Voorhecs vs. Bk. U.S. lu
, inquire the Legis
lature of the Union has attempted to vest in^pai
but one oflhev'.ry ngn OXOOU t O
perty” which, it the Btrac tiou districts, the
{twftW one oi tBo reconsuu .‘protect” by
commanding officer is ““Construction laws?
C m pl 2 C d >tarcli, 1867, section 3.) It must be
(Actot *ci iviarcu, the authorities and the
beyond dispute, j¥^ 0 been introduced
statutes which ,j o right of litigating in the
are accepted, that the iigm t of tf ein g tried in
ti Ct m r fok vtalatlonß of the criminal code of the
S Itlrea and, Of course, thodue conserva-
Hon offheir authority in overy form, are a part
of the rights to be protected, and the duties to bo
performed try the respective commanders of the
reconstruction 'districts. -In tills view, thoerror
ofUen'erol Sickles reaches Lhc of a
perverslojn of ! authority, which, if persisted in,
■'must immediately acquire the character ot the
crime of levying war against tlie United States—
an undertaking which would not for a moment
JjoJmpvitcdto Be the deliberate Intention of an of
ficer lionoraCly dlatim-itislicd for his gallantry Tn
dciencc of the Constitution.
But, it might be said, may there not hare been
a doubt as to jurisdiction ? Certainly in this, us
in any otliermatter,there may havo liccn a doubt.
But it would insult the intelligence of the com
mander of the Second Beconstruetion District to
inquire whether or not he supposed himself au
thorized by law to forbid the Supreme Court of the
United States from heaving causes allectiug per
sons inhabiting the States of North and South
Carolina, without his consent. Naturally no per
son could hesitate whether he had such a power,
without considering whether it was not his duty
to coerce the-court ,by amis.if it should resist him?
\Ve mtist take it to be certain that it could not
have been in’ the contemplation of (Jen. Sickles,
when issuing his Order No. 10, to dispute with
his sword theauthority of the Supreme Bench.
Yet, it is equally certain, tlmt if he had been dis
posed to ascertain his authority, through au ad
judication by a competent court, a decision
'might have been procured with the greatest fa
cility, A defendant could have raised the ques
tiou’of imisdiction in nearly any ease at the
term. If the judgment was then adverse to the
power of General Sickles, it must have appeared
east to procure a final ami conclusive decision in
the Supreme Court on a writ of error. If that
officer had a doubt on this subject then, lie must
have known the only lawful course for its solu
tion. Where a difference arises between a mili-
tary agent and a court, as to the jurisdiction of
the* latter, and the former presumes to decide it
for himself in liis own favor, the act can bear no
other name than usurpation. . But it may lie
thought he did so only au to the inferior court,
and not to the Supreme Court.
Now, though he may not have suspected the
fact, a moment’s reflection must show'that the
nterfcrerjcc which 1$ under'consideration, war, an
nterferenec by Ueii. Sickk-s with die judiciary,
•ichuling the Supreme Court of the United
Slates, as a whole, and tin; force which, through
liis subordinate, Colonel'Frank, was threatened
against. Hie process of the Circuit Court cannot,
I think, be distinguished in Law from a similar
threat, rudely directed to the Judges of the Su-
preme’Court at Washington. The process which
was in Marshal (iooiiii.i V. hands might, and v
mired for aught, tint appears here, may have
been pi.ocess/i.-sui <1 in pi.-r.-e iiicc of a mandate
from tlie Supreme (emit, remanding a cause
with directions fur furtli, r proceedings in con
formity to litc decision of that court. A control
ovi r ~ii '■ h pi' fv-', ia iniv mm n ki/ti. iji nny
final pioi.md would fot a r<,ulrol over tin- whole
prut-n ilinirt and Ihu com l it.-.cll, it" M’.'VJ ;' jadcc-i
o! Ihcir ju t! if i:il v..ili. .
Mon-o'vtr, ili'inal j>ro!-< •.-•may la.- routrolk-<l»y
the older in i|Ui rli"n, ro tu.-y or
auv Htiji in lUUratimi, tor . Urn uriU-r.t-ii'ivrdy
coimmim!.-- that certain -iiH- be fttlvtal. am! tint
-la' ; ai' not yet inili.u> ‘!.drill not be !;>-Li‘.ltttv.i.
lit..
If the ir.lcifereuic ol pro.-,which is now in
hum! cnld 1.. - jiwtili. d, could mi ideoiual In
terference. at UIIV chute :i!. 1 1 ill .'ill}’ ease," at !iii
ph amre, in■ the Carolina ili.-!rict-. In: m ule .by
General Sickles 1" prevent nil aprc-d to
tin.* istipn. me Court. . This, _ potcutiaby. is
'mi.-ting till- jurisdiction ol tli« Supremo
Court itH-lf. iiliolkliiiiu the Federal courts
as filch in tin separating hi- di-:-
trict iti one vital parthimr -from the national
body politic, anil depriving Congress, thelixeeu
tlvtr'hiid tin- people of all means of enforcing his
subordination to the lulled .States, except by
force of arms. The virtues ol no man may he
permitted to authorize him to umpire, to so danyrr
ous an independence of his fellow-citizens. .So if
there had been adoubt whither the powers of the
Cnited States courts were alfecled by the. re
construction laws, the proper way to solve it was
the very thing which would he totally excluded
bv the violent action which has been taken in
the premises. But is there so much as a doubt?
THK RKCOSSTKCCTION bTATCTUS.
Three acts of Congress puss under the desig
nation Of the Reconstruction laws, viz : Those of
the 2d March, the 23d March, and Oie ft'tb July,
IWJ7. The preamble of the first declares a state
of political and social dissolution to be impend- •
In;- nr nriimlly existing in several States of-the
Union, and that, in consequence of their condi
tion, and for the purpose of effecting their resto
ration, the legislation hu>- become, ne
cesforv. Sup[»osing the conditions to bcas de
dared’iu the preamble of the first act. these
statutes arc to he treated as eminently remedial
and conservative. The States being prostrate, in
the ooinlon of Congress, the object was to re
storetbem. But the legislative and executive
departments of the government partook in no
degree, of the prostration, as would be conceded;
ami liow much did the judicial department par
take ol It? • . ■_ . ■ -
If the object was to reconstruct want hadlallcn
nto ruin, so that it should be restored, in good
order, shall that which is in good order he over
turned ? Obviously; what was left of order was
to tie conserved, and what was in disorder was to
be restored, iu respect to the revenue, the mails,
etc., I have heard of no such destructive iuter
leicuce, but. in respect to me courts, the dispo
sition is exhibited to destroy. Yet the whole se
ries of provisions in the several acts contain
nothing in which I can perceive a‘source tfor uuy
such an astonishing 'misconstruction. On the
contrary, the following act. which, like the act
relating to the allotment of justice, took effect on
tile same day with the cntlicst of the Iteconstrue
iion acts, appears to demonstrate the - opposite
view. ... ....
Aj?>.^t*or' writs of error-- 1"0
the ShpVJnieCotirV. ' '
Ji, it i.nactn/, .jr., That where any appeal or
writ of error has been brought to the supremo
Court from any final judgment or decree of any
interior court of Hit United States, for any judi
cial district in wbicb, subsequently to tbo rendi
tion of such judgment or decree, the regular ses
sions of such court lias been suspended or inter
rupted by insurrection or rebellion, suth appeal
or writ of error shall tie valid and effectual, not
withstanding the time limited by law for bringing
the same may have previously expired; and in
eases where no appeal or writ of error has been
brought from any such judgment or decree, such
appeal or writ of error may be brought within
one year from the passage of this act. The pro
visions of this act shall not apply to any case in
which the right to bring an appeal or writ or .
error had expired before such suspension or in
terruption ot the regular sessions of the court.
(Section 1.. act of March 2, 1867.) .
This act, if regard be had to its special obje.t,
mav be taken to be in pari materia with the re
construction laws, and to the like extent, under
the rule, they are all to be read as one law. U'ke
the three acts above mentioned, the object ot this
was to remedy mischief which had
the rebellion, butWr the purposeoi
the judiciary, and not the district commnnde ,
were to be the instrumentality, ltights of appeal
which had not yet expired Japse of Ume. wero
cut oil' by circumstances, ihesc eircumstaneea
continued until the limitation expired, anti wittx
it the right, after winch they ceased. The object
now was to revive said rights. The cn-eumstaiiLcS
which had intervened, and which had now
cc-a-ed, are denoted in the act. They are thus
defined in it: “The regular sessions ut the court
have been suspended or interrupted by msurrec-
act by unmistakable shows,
on the dav of passing the principal reconstruc
tion statute, that with tile exception of the sus
pension or interruption of the regular sessions of
the Court by rebellion, iVc., the judicial estab
lishment was perfectly intact, as if thebe had
been no rebellion and no oceasiou for restorative
legislation. That this only interruption had, to
tho mind of Congress, wholly passed away, at
least on the second of March, is evident train the
fact that the act was passed granting a thing to-,
be dono now on tho express ground that by such
interruption it could not have been dope for
merly, and requiring that it be done wiUun one
year hence, as otherwise the time which, in the.
absence of interruption, runs against the right,
..shall run in tho districts where the rebel is to
take effect, as It runs Usowliere.
Such, in respect to its dignity, its power, and
tho unimpaired integrity of its machinery, is the
judicial establishment of the United States. To
guard its supremacy in tho administration ol
justice, Congress has.provided stern laws.
■ t-UMSIIMK.NT'I'OR ItESIKTIW JIIMCIAI.. AUTHOItrry.
The following provisions, among others,belong
anv person or persona shall knowingly and
wilfully obstruct, resist or opposo any ollicer ol
tho United States in serving or attempting to
serve or execute'anv mesne process or warrant,
or anv rulo or ordor of any of the courts of tho
United Slates, or any other legal or judicial writ
I or process whatsoever, or shall assault, heat or
wound any officer or other person duly autho-
rlzcd, in serving or executing any writ, rule, or
der or processor warrant aforesaid, overy person
so knowingly and wilfully offending iu the pre
mises shall; on conviction thereof, be imprisoned
not exceeding twelve months, and fined not ex
ceeding three hundred dollars. [Act 30th April,
1790, section 22. J ';.
The offence ,of obstructing process consists;
rays Mr. Justice Washington, in refusing to give
up possession, or in opposing or obstructing the
< xecutiou of the writ by threats of violence,
■which is in the power of the party to enforce.
(United States vs. I.owry, 2 Vvash. 109.) Auy
obstruction to the free action of the officer, or
bis lawful assistants, wilfully placed in his way,
for the purpose of obstructing him, is sufficient.
(2 Curtis, C. C., 03!iiy" And what is “process”
under this act? The ctWrts say it embraces every
legal process whatsoever, whether, issued by a
court in session, or by a.judge, or magistrate or
commissioner, acting in tlie due administration
of any law of tho Unlied fUales. (United States
vs. Lukcris, 3 Wash., 33:"i.)
Again:
“If any. person or. persons shall, corruptiy.or
by threats of force, endeavor to influcuce, in
timidate or impede any juror, witness-or officer
in any court of the United States in the discharge
of his duty, or shall, corruptly or by.threats of
force, obstructor impede the due administration
of justice therein, every person or persons so
offending sliall be liable to prosecution therefor
by indictment, and shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three
months, or both, according to the nature and
aggravation of the offence. (Act of 2d March,
1331. sections 2 r -I, Stat. 48H.)
These laws are in force. If the President could
be supposed to be willing to suspend them, it is
certain that lie, has not the power. He must,
however, execute the laws. Wliat, then, shall be
doDe with these? I shall consider, before con
cluding. the peculiar energy with which the Exe
cutive Department is hound to act where the pre
rogatives of tlie unarmed but majestic judiciary
are insulted. The execution of the criminal law’s
of the United States, and especially all such as
are intended to guanijudiei.il authority, belongs,
under the President, to the supervision of the At
torney-General. Itliappens thus to devolve upon
this office to reflect the indignation which tlie law
encourages Iff . the judicial breast against an in-
Rubordiiiation which, when it refuse’s reverence,
destroys power, unless tin- department to which
l!ie national Bword is confided puts itself in mo
tion for the vindication of the conslltutioual
■ ministers of Justice.
liS,-f«.V-IIIII.ITV Of Ills. KXECUTIVK
It is not without diffidence that the importance
of the occasion evokes a further and final remark
touching tile legal responsibility herein of the
l'residi ul of the United .States.
Whatever becomes a law contemplates for
it.-elf that it shall be executed. It is thus with
the revenue law, the postal law, the criminal
laws, and the military lawn and it is thus with
the 11 et.nsti ueiion ia\v s. which the present Kxecu
tite.feels hound to carry ir.o, effect, in their true
inti-lit and 'meaning, ascertained upon those prin
ciples of interpretation-which arc them selves a
tacit but substantive part of all statutes whatso-
Kut.air.tiiis'lavvs of any country must be pre
sumed to oe m harmony with each other, and,
therefore, should they appear to conflict with
cai.li other, tho reconciliation of them is a judi
cial work, if, under the conditions of tlie case, the
discrepancy is capable of judicial action, if not.,
dill as the’conflicting law.- mu.-t be executed, so
they must lie re-coiniilci). and. conseijUently. in
Hi ell a ease, those who iiiu.-l execute, liiu.-t also
to that extent interpret the laws; If the Consti
tution lie ouc of the law sin ipiestion. the princi
ple is of course the tame, unless, indeed, it tic of.
stronger application. (Chief Justice .Marshal, 1
(.’ranch. 177, 17*.;
For the' purpose of this execution of the laws,
however, there must be an Executive power.
This power must be,vested, or else the country
lias no Constitution. It may be vested as the ju
dicial power of our government is, lu several
persons or departments; or, as in some countries,
in a laigc- assembly; or it may be vested in a sin
gle individual. Wherever ft is vested, there is
the corresponding responsibility. If the courts
of justice are to be protected from degradation,-
it can only be through the Executive power of
tbn State. It cannot he by the law-making power,
because its laws are ineffectual without execution,
and that is impossible against resistance, without
"physical force.
This, then. Is a case for Executive intervention,
■which, considering the transcendent value of an
independent judiciary, is of tlie utmost sanctity
of obligation, unless it shall appear that the in
dependence of the judiciary is not attacked, but
only that the execution of a law by an executive
agent Involves a conflict with the pretensions of
the judiciary. The latter would seem to be the
view of the-'Officer charged with the execution of
the reconstruction of the Carolinas; and he is an
executive officer. But jurisdiction is a judicial
Huestiou, and one which the judiciary' has. in this
iifstaiicc. decided, irad decided against the execu
tive officer. rThe latter, not acquiescing, the case
would resolve itself into a case of a collision be
tween the Executive anil the judicial depart
ments of a common government. That defines a
revolutionary relation between them.
But has that revolutionary relation arisen ? I
think not. If the Executive power of the United
States resists the judicial power of the United
States, there.is, indeed, such a relation. But the
Constitution of the United States provides :
“Tlie Executive power slmll be vested in a
President of tho United States of America."
(Art. 11. -ection I.)
All process of the Federal courts run in the
name of the President of the United States, be
cause the mandates of the court call .hint to. ac
"tion, as they dW till to "sutiinission', and he must
execute them allows of the bhrhest sanctity by
the whole power of the nation it' necessary.
Is your Excellency in a state of collision with
the national judiciary!' If not, since the whole
Executive power is thus vested in you by the
organic law, and can be divested by nothing but
a change of that organic law during your incum
bency, it must follow that the ■‘collision of au
thority" which is tho subject hereof, is the mere
misdemeanor of a contumacious and uufaijhful
executive agent, who, having offended against
the lawful power of the judiciary, has rendered
himself liable to prosecution according to law.
-But the great responsibility which appears to me
to arise on such an occasion, where the physical
power of the offender ,is great, is this; That for
the sole Executive to suffer the judiciary to be
overthrown in any ease would ho potentially to
overthrow it himself,and therefore,lam solemnly
impressed with the belief that unless the Presi
dent promptly represses the contumacy thus
disclosed to him, he will be exposed to the just
imputation of a culpable insensibility to the co
ordinate dignity and paramount sanctity of the
national department ,of justice. Contempt of
luw indulged speedily grasps at thfe heart-strings
of public order. So teaches history.
Verv respectfully, your obedient servant,
John iff. Hinckley, Acting Attorney General.
To Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States.
Be.nma.min' Fuanklin made Ins runaway
journey to New York by water in J Tiffi. lie
had a favorable wind most of the time, and
xvas three days on the water. An incident
occurred on the way which induced him—a
youth of seventeen —to abaridon an exclu
sively vegetable diet, which he had some
time before adopted on the recommendation
of an author named Tryon. They were be
calmed off Block Island, and the crew em
ployed themselves in. catching cod, of which
they “hauled up a great number.” Till then
he “had stuck to the resolution of eating
nothing that had had life." Following the
doctrine of Tryon, he considered “the taking
of every fish a kind of unprovoked murder,”
since uoue of them had been or could be
guilty of any injury “that might justify the
massacre." He had, however, unfortunately
for the Tryonie theory and Benjamin’s prac
tice under it, been formerly a great lover of
fish. It is the weak side of people, especially
of hungry apprentices, in a certain part of the
country that shall bo nameless. “When it
came from the ftying-pan,” says young Ben
jamin, “it shieit remarkably well.” What
was the dead letter of Tryon's treatise com
pared with a treat like that? “I balanced for
some time between principle and inclination,
till, recollecting that when the fish were
opened I saw smaller fish taken out of • their
stomachs, then thought I, ‘if you eat one an
other, I don’t see why we may not eat you,’
so I diued upon'cod very heartily. —Edward
Everett.
1 "Bulletin.
I.TVKnPOOL—Bark Amle, Reeil-25 tons pig iron^B
&\V Welsh; 411 cks soda ash Jessup Sc Moore; 138 do
Ynrnnll & Trimble; 10,400 loose bath bricks A R Mc-
Henry & Co; 17.000 fire brlcks TO do 130 do 110 bags
cement 3 S Ilnrfee; 900 bxs tin plates 408 do N & Cl
Taylor Co; 80drams caustic soda Krencn, Kichards Sc
Co; B 1 do Varnali* Trimble; M bar tin plates £ H
Billies; 25 cirs rotten stone R Sceger; 4 cks lutw Hftfi-
Hinger & Brittain; 05 cks soda ash Yaruall & Trimble;
Bdo mdpc Jameß, Kent, Santee & Co; 141 pkgn ethw
13 cks mdse P Wright & Sons; 140 grindstones Jas E
Mitchell; 29 pices lidw Vance Sc Landis; ldoJLec;
250 steel bars 100 bills caustic soda 60 tes blclig pow
ders 155 pigs lead 20# bxs mdse 20 pkgs do 123 casks
soda ash order. i
LIVERPOOL— Ship Wyoming, Burton—ll 33 rails
Brown. Sbiplcy Sc Co; 800 bdls rud iron 120 bars bar
Iron 023 bdls do 921 do hoop do Stcever & Whitaker;
15 crates etbw A Tomkinson; 80 do do Salt, Mcar &
Scbropp; ocs eleel DO bdls do AM F Watsou; 6 cases
mdse W F Read; 1 case do J Mastin & Sons; 145 tidin'
rod iron 57 bdls boon do 115 bars bar do 40 bdls do do
'4l bills scroll do order; 1 ease mdse Davis. Poner &
Coates; 1 cape do Chas Campbell; Idoll G Freeman;
0 bales matting W J P Ingraham; 21 crates ethw
Brown, Shipley Sc Co; 847 bills hoop iron A Outhbert
Itobei Is; 35 cs 'machinery H Gnreed * Bros; 88 drums
caustic soda order: 339 bills rod iron WP Potts; 237
phgs ethw 250 bxs Lantivi: tin plates 250 bxs old castle
tin plates 600 lixfi R G ternc plains order; 17 rollß floor
cloth 18 bales matting Brown, Shipley & Co; 143 casks
soda ash 50 tes blchg powder Ynrnall Sc Trimble; 70
bdls bar Iron 382 do hoop do J .l et G Gillingham; 139
bills bar Iron 120 do hoop do 173 do rod do W F Potts;
2 lihds ethw 11P &W O Taylor; 3 crates 1 cask do W
Stratton; 2 cks hdw 8S hags nails Lamg A Magindis;
1 cr.sk haw Wagner Sc Stuart; 1 do N& G Taylor Co;
2 hdw 5 do chains 4 loose do Nowlln/Fcruley & Co; 14
anvils 1 cask hdw sdo chains Latham, Lewis & Co; 20
anvils 3 cks hdw Lloyd, Supplee Sc Walton; 7 casks
ethw Marxscn & Witte; 23 cs coarse mdse Stuart Sc
Bro; 3 kbls oatmeal wm Brocltie; 12 anvils 2 casks
hardware WH& G W Allen; 4 bills fry pans 2 anvils
Shields Sc Bro.
NASSAU via Cotinary Cay—Brig LaCriolla—l27
logo mahogany 51 do cedar 20 ions Brazilian wood 24
lons old iron 2 cs indse Budd & Comly.
IdOVkinEHTh OF OCEAN STEA3IEBB,
TO ARRIVE.
Kami. raoM Ton can,
Atlanta London. .New York Ang. 17
Uansa. Southampton. .New York Aug. 20
Manhattan’ Liverpool.. New York -...Aug. 20
Worcester.....,. .Liverpool. .Baltimore Aug. 21
City of Boston... .Liverpool. .New Y0rk.......Aug. 21
Virginia. Liverpool. .Now York Aug. 21
Guiding Star Havre. .New York.. Aug. 21
Moravian .Liverpool. .Quebec Aug. 22
Persia.. Liverpool.. New York. Aug. 24
Edinburgh Liverpool. .New York. Aug. 24
Malta Liverpool. .New York Aug. 27
City of Baltimore. Liverpool. .New York Aug. 23
TO DEPART.
Arizona New York. .Asptmvall Sept. 1
II Hudson... . .Philadelphia. .Havana Sept. 3
Semin New Yorkv.Liverpool Sept. 4
Tripoli .New York. .Liverpool Sept. 4
Pioneer aiiadclphia..Wilmmgt’n.NC...Sept. .6
.inniata hiladelphia..New Orleans.... Sept.
.1 W Jvverrnan . uiladelpliin. .Charleston Sept.
Wyoming hfiadelphia. .Savannah Sept. 5
Tioga. l’hi] aha. .New Orleans... .Sept. 7
Villc lie Ihiri.-.. .New York. .Havre Sept. 7
Penns', haiha New York. - Liverpool .Sept. 7
United Kingdom.. N York. .Ginsgow Sept. 7
City ol Boston. .New York. .Liverpool Sept. 7
Get mania...... .New York. .Hamburg Sept. 7
Cor,ecu New York. .No ,SlU,v:t:i:i ....Sept. 7
Manhattan New Ye-k. .Liverpool ...Sept. 11
Elba New York. .Liverpool Sepr. 11
Aleppo New York,-.Liverpool Sept. 11
Columbia New Sept. 14
WM. C. KENT, I
TIIOS E. ASHMEAD, - Monthly Comhittxi.
CHARLES SPENCER. J
MARINE BULLETIN.
T
Sm». Kiseh, 5 S 3 j Sun Setb, G 27 J Hion Watxb, 4 '54
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Bark Amie, Heed, 6$ days from Liverpool, with
indie t'» Peter Wright &, Bone.
Brig La Criolla (Br), Jordan, 23 (lavs.from XaseatP
via Culinary Cav.whb logwood,&c. to Rudd <fc Comly.
Brig Fanny, 'l'unier, 3 days irom New York, ia bal
last to 1) S Stebori & Co.
ARRIVED.ON SATURDAY.
Ship Wyoming, Burton, US days from Liverpool,with
indM? and 65 passengers to Cope Bros. 17th alt. lat 45,
lon G 2 22, epoke chip titad&coua, from St John, NB. for
Londonderry.
.Steamer Norfolk, Vance, from Richmond, with mdse
to \V P Clyde & Co.
Steamer Philadelphia, Foltz, from Washington, with
mdiic to W P .Clyde & Co.
Steamer Mayflower, Robinson, from New York,with
mdse to W P Clyde & Co.
Brig b V Merrick, Monday, 12 days from Trinidad de
Cuba, in ballast to S & W Welsh.
BrigJ Bickmore, Graffum, 7 days from Portland,
with mdae'io Warren, Gregg <fc Morris.
Schr J Ponder. Hudson, 4 days from Boston,
Schr D S Siner, Huntley, Boston.
Schr K B Shaw, Shaw, Salem.
Bchr M A Tyler, Tyler, Providence.
Schr M Hand, Brooks, Greenport.
Tug Clyde, Dancan, from Chester River, Md, with
peaches to W P Clyde & Co.
Tug Tbos Jefferson, Allen, from Baltimore, with a
tow of barge* to W P Clyde & Co.
CLEARED ON’ SATURDAY.
Ship R H Tncker, Clark, Wisca&*eu, Peter Wright &
Sons.
Steamer Tonawanda, Jennings, Savannah, Philadel
phia ami Southern Jliiii Steamship. Co.
Steamer New York, Marshall, Washington, W P Clyde
& Co.
Steamer H L Gaw, Her, Baltimore, A Groves, Jr.
Steamer Ann Eliza, Kichards,N York,W P Clyde & Co,
Steamer Geo H Stout, Ford, Richmond, Wm P Clyde
& Co.. , ■ '
Bark Thos Dallett, Duncan, Richmond, John Dallctt
& Co.
Bark Halfdan, Sorby (having repaired), Rotterdam,
Workman & Co.
Brig Ortolan, Thoms?, Genoa, Warren,Greffg&Morris.
Schr Wm John, Street, Annapolis, L Audenrierl & Co.
Schr J Waples,*Robin6on, Lynn, Rommel <fc Ilnuter.
.Schr M Tyler, Washington, Caldwell, Gordon
& Co. .
Schr Acorn, Ilay, AlJoway'a Creek, Harris & Bro.
Schr Marietta Hand, Brook*, GreenporD, Costner,
Stickucy & Wellington. ...
Sckr R Peterson, Englieh. Snco. captain.
Schr M Hunter, Orr, Portland. Hammett & Neill;
Tug Clyde, Humean, Cheater River, Md. Wm P Clyde
A Co,
Tag Thomas Jefferson, Allen, for. Baltimore, with a
tow or barges, W P Clyde & Co.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Foreign nnd coastwise arrivals tor the month of
Amiiist, Iml7, as compared with the same period in’
IjiCC:
„ . 1867. IS6G.
, For. Coast. Total. For. Coast. Total.
Ship? 4 .. 4 4 .. 4
Steamship- 2 .. 2 4 .. 4
Parks 13 2 15 15 3 IS
Brig? 21 19 40 22 39 61
5ch00ner5........ 10 927 937 13 915 925
Sloop* ...
Steamers
Barges..
546 546
192 192
364 804
1594 1594
50 9554 ; 3934 5$ 4321 4379
MEMORANDA.
Ship Reynard, Emery, cleared at New York Dtst ult.
for San Francisco.
Steamer Wm Penn, Billinge, cleared at New York
31et ult. for London.
Steamer Saxonia, Haack, cleared at New York 31st
ult for Hamburg.
Steamer Hibernia, Munroe,cleared at New York 31st
ult. for Glasgow via Moville.
Steamer Arizona, Maury, cleared at New York Slst
ult. for Aepimvall.
Steamers Erin, Hall, and City of Antwerp, Mire
honse, cleared at New York 31st nit. for Liverpool..
Bark P C Warwick, Chichester, cleared at Richmond
;»otb ult. for Rio Janeiro and a market.
Bark Janet (Br), Parker, cleared at New York Slst
ult. for Montevideo and a market.
SchrT 1) Wilder, Heather, kence for Galyestou,
sailed from Norfolk 29th ult.
MARINE MISCELLANY. "
The New York Commercial Advertiser says there
were 27 American mercantile sea-going craft and 10
foreigner? (bound to or from American ports) reported
during tke last month ns*cither totally lost or missiug.
This is an nnnsuallv large list for the month of Aligust.
They comprise 1 steamer, 3 ships, 2 barks, 6 brigs,and
2ft schooner^—total 37. Of these 20 were wrecked, 3
foundered, 2 abandoned, 3 run down, and 3
are missing. The total value of the domestic craft
(exclusive of cargoes) is estimated at $250,000 in specie.
Partial losses are not included in the statement.
CLOTHS, CASSIHEBES, AC,
JAMES & LEE ARE NOW CLOSING OUT, AT
greatly reduced prices, their large and well-assorted
Summer stock of part
Super Black Trench Cloth?.
Super Colored Freuch Clothe.
Black and Colored Habit Cloths.
Black aud Colored Cashmaretts.
. Super Silk-mixed Coatings.
Black and Colored Tricot Coatings,
Twoeds, nil shades and qualities,
PANTALOON STUFFS. .
Black French Doeskins.
Black French Caseimereß.
New stylos Single Milled Capplmeree.L
Striped and Mixed Casßhuerea.
Mixed Doeskins, ail shades. _
Striped* and Fancy Linon Drills.
Plain and Fancy Wliito Drills.
Canvasa Drillingß, of every variety,
White Velvet Cord.
With a large assortment of Goods for Boys* wear, to
which we invite the attention of our friends and others.
JAMES 6 LEEfNo. 11 North Second street,
1 Sign of the Golden Lamb,
BOND'S BOSTON BISCUTT.-BOND’S BOSTON BUT
ter and Milk Biscuit landing from steamer Norman
Md for sale by JOS. B, BUBBEER 6 CO., Agents foe Burt
198 South Delaware Avenue.
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iADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1867.
ACOTIOfI SALES.
M thomas a Sons, auctioneers,
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SALES OE/BTOCKS AND REAL ESTATE. -
he Sales at the Philadelphia Exchange every
TUESDAY, at 12 o’clock.
Iff' Handbill* of each property issued separately, In
addition to which wo pubusli, on tho Baturday previous
to each■ sale, cue thousand catalogues* in pampnfet form,
giving full deficrintiona.-cf. all the-properiy to be sold on
tbeFOLLOWING TUESDAY, and a fiat of Beal Estate
at Private Sale.
Our Sales are also advertised in the following
North Amkbioait, Pnxas, Ledorb, Lroal
iNTKLJ.iOKtiOKii, Inquirer, Aok, Evrntng Bulletin,
tyKNi-Na /Felpoimpu, GrumanDemoobat, Sin. ,
fir* Fuhiitaro Sales at tho Auction Store EVERY
THURSDAY MORNING.
/ _ m STOCKS, Arc.
.. J. . , , ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 3.
At 12 o’clock noon, at tho Philadelphia Exchange—
of Whom it may Concern, wsihout reserve—
sU/fclmrt fi 1 hiladelphia and Gray’s Ferry (Spruce and
1 . 1 ihiß.-ouger Railway Co.
166 eharcH Shamokin Coal Co.
'V„” , • -a,. . For other ncoonnta— •
/3 riharea Third National Bank. *'
/30 share?* Central National Bank. ' - .
-100 aharea Mechanics* Bank.
/ ICO shares North Pennsylvania-Railroad.
-IbO allures Dels ware Mutual Insurance Co.
/ f-purefl 1* iitli mid Sixth streets Passenger Railway Co
/ bO fiharca Union Mutual JiiFumnco Co.
Lphnrt* Capo May and Mtllvillo Railroad.
600 eiiarf a Cambria Iron Co.
107 shares Empire Trannportatlon Co.
52 ahares Union Transportation Co.
100 f hares Central 'i ransportation Co.
*IO,OUOI nion Canal Six Per Cent. Bond-*.
ft’so Delaware Mutual Insurance Scrip.
Lot No. 1%7. Sec. K, Plilladelphla Cemetery.
4 shares Mercantile Library Co b
16 shares Green and Coates StreoAPasaenger Railway
Company; b
$6OO Union Bond. \
n , REAL ESTATE SALE. SEPT. 3. -
Orrhnus* Court Sale—Estate of Brower minora.—DWElj-
IJN G, Richmond street, between the I/aukford road and
bJiackamoxon Ht. S
BUSINESS LOCATION—Large valuable building
and large lot, known as the "Ninth United Pfcabytcriau
Church,” Nop. 2UU7 and2o(J9 North Second street, 64
feet front, 109 feet deep to i»olethon> at—TWO FRONL3.
Immediate poaaesaion.
' HOTEL and large lot, known as
the * ABBLY,” Township Liue Rood, near the Wieaa
hickon. $l,OOO may remain.
Perembton* Sale—For account of whom it may con
cern—OlL LANDS, 2,000 acies, Western Virginia, Salo
absolute.
BrsiNKßfl Lohati on- FOUR-STORY BRICK DWELL
ING. No. 265 Soutli Fifth etreet. north of Spruce at.
THREE-STORY BRICK STORE and DWELLING,
No 1726 Caliowhill Htreet, east of Fifteenth. Immediate
poBw*fif*ion.
COUNTRY PLACE, 8# acrea, Ilaiumonton, Atlantic
counuvNew J«-raey.
TIlftEE-STOKY BRICK DWELLINGS. No. 1706 Vaaey
Btrecr. between Srruce and Pirn* 8t«.
THREESTOKY BRICK DWELLING. No. 1664 Shippcn
pfreet. writ of Sixteenth.
BUILDING LOT. Dauphin street, went of Coral fit,
TRACT 100 ACRES Coal and Timber Lands, Jay town*
ship, Elk county. Pa.
ALU ABLE BUSINESS STAND-Store No. 186 South
Liehth street below Cliefttnut street, feet front.
Cutaloguen. noiv ready.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
Handsome Brown-stone Residence, with Furniture.
Apply at the Auction Store.
TO RENT—Several Oflicea, Harmony Court.
TCHN B. MYERS & CO.,
O AUCTIONEERS,
„ Nob. 232 and 234 MARKET street corner of BANK.
LARGE PEREMPTORY SALE OF BOOTS, SHOES,
BROGANS. TRAVELING BAGS, &c.
. ON TUESDAY MORNING,
Sept. 2, at lo o'clock, will be sold, by catalogue, on
FOLR MONTHS’ CREDIT, about 2JOO packages Boot/,
Shoes, Brogan?, &c-, of city and Eaaterm manufacture.
Open for examination, with catalogues, curb* on morn
ing of Hale.
LARGE PEREMPTORY^SALE OF BOOT 3, SHOES,
TRAVELING BAGS, <fcc.
NOTICE-Induded in our Large Sele of Boots, Shoe",
&c., . ... -ON.TUESDAY MORNING.
Sept. 3. will lk*i found in part the following fresh and
desirable assortment, viz—
Men’s, boys’ aud youths* calf, double pole, and half welt
drees boots; men’s, boj’s 1 and youths’kip and'buff leather
boots; men’s fine grain long leg catialry and Napoleon
boots j men’s and boys* calf, buff leather buckle and
plain Congress boots and Balmorals; men’s, boys’ and
• youths’super kip, buff and polished grain half welt and
heavy double role brogans; ladies‘*fine kid, goat morocco
and enameled patent sewed buckle and plain Balmorals
and Congees* gaiters: women’s, misses' and children’s
calf and buff' leather Balmorals and lace boots; children’s
fine kid, sewed, citj~made lace hosts: fancy sewed Bal
morals and ankle ties: ladies’ fine black and colored
lasting Congress and side lace gaiters; women’s, misses’
and children's goat and morocco copper-nailed lace
boot-; ladies’- fine kid slippers; metallic overshoe* and
sandals; carpet slippers; carpet, and enamelled leather
traveling bags, &c. -
LARGE 'POSITIVE SALE OF BRITISH; FRENCH.
GERMAN AND DOME3TIC DKY GOODS.
We will hold a Large Shle of Foreign and Domestic
Dry Goods, by catalogue, on FOUR MONTHS* CREDIT,
ON THURSDAY MORNING.
September 5, at 10 o’clock, embracing about 900 package*
and lots of staple and fancy articles.
N.‘B.—Catalogues ready and goods arranged for exami
nation early on the morning of sale.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF CARPETINGS, *O,
ON FRIDAY MORNING.
Sept 6, at 11 o’clock. Will be sold, by catalogue, on
FOLK MONTHS* CREDIT, about 200 Pieces of Wain,
Venetian, List Hemp, Cottage and Rag Carpetings,
which may be examined early on themormng of sale
AT PRIVATE SALE.
25 case* fine PALM LEAF FANS round handle*.
PIAYIS & HARVEY, AUCTIONEERS,
JLS (Late with M. Thomas & Sons).
• Btore No. 421 WALNUT street
FURNITURE SALES at the Store EVERY TUESDAY.
SALES AT RESIDENCES will receive particular
attention.
- Sale at the Aaction Store.
SUPERIOR FURNITURE, FRENCH PLATBvjdANTEL
AND PIER MIRRORS, FINE TAPESTRY, VELVET
AND BRUSSELS CARPETS, BOOKCASES, FINE
FEATHER BEDS. Arc., Ac.
ON TUESDAY MORNING,
At 10 o’clock, by catalogue, at No. 421 Walnut street,
superior Furniture, French Mate Mantle and Pier Mir
rorr, fine Tapestry, Velvet and Brutaoh Carpets, maho
gany Secretary and Bookcases, fine Feather Beds,
Crockery, &c.
Sale on the Premire?, 532 Pine street. >
RESIDENCE AND FURNITURE. v
• • . ON FIUDAY MORNING.
September 13, at 10 o’clock. Three-story Brick Residence
with three-atory back building, No. 632 Pine street, 19 feet
by 135 ieetplparlor42 feet deep; large dining-room and
kitchen on first floor, large chambers, eight marble man
ti ls, cooking range, heaters, »fcc., being a substantially
built and commodious residence.
May be examined any time previ na to eale.
SUPERIOR FURNITURE, CHANDELIERS, FIXE
TAJPEST K V'CARPETS,
Immediately after the Residence will be sold by cata
logue. the superior Parlor, Diniug-room and Chamber
Furniture,.Bronze Chandeliers, fine Tapestry Carpets in
allot the rooms, very superior Extension Table, Plated
V are. Kitchen Furniture, d?c.
THE PRINCIPAL MONEY ESTABLISHMET. N. E
corner,of SIXTH and RACE streets.
Money advanced on Merchandise generally—Watches.
Jewelry. Diamonds, Gold and Silver Plate, and on all
articles of value, for any leugth of timo agreed on.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY AT PRIVATE SALE.
Fine Gold Hunting Case. Double Bottom and Open Face
English, American and Swiss Patent Lever Watches;
Line Gold Hunting Case and Open Face Lupine Watches;
Fine Gold Duplex nnd other Watches; Fine Silver Hunt
ing Case and Open Face English, American and Swiss
Latent Lever and Lepine Watches; Double Case English
Quartier and other Watches; Ladles' Fansy Watches;
Diamond Breastpins; Finger Rings; Ear Kings. Brads.
&c,\-Fine Gold Chains: Medallions; Bracelets: Scan.
I 'ins; Breastpins; Finger Rings; Poncll Cases and Jewelry
generally.
FOR SALE,—A large and valuable Fireproof Cheat,
suitable for a Jeweler, price 8650.
Also, several Lots in South Camden* Fifth and Chestnut
streets.
TL. ASHBRIDGE & CO.. AUCTIONEERS,
• No. 605 MARKET street, above Fifth.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF FOOTS AND SHOES.
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Sept 4, at 10 o’clock, we will sell by catalogue, about
"latXTpackngefl of Boots aud Shoes, of City and Eastern
manufacture, to which the attention of the trade is
called.
Open early on the morning of sale for examination.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF CARPETS, &c.
ON THURSDAY MORNING.
Sept. 5, at 11 o’clock, we will sell by catalogue, about 150
pieces lugruin, Venetian. Cottage and Rag Carpets, to
which the attention of City and Country buyers is called.
Open early on morning of sale for examination.
p J. WOLBERT, AUCTIONEER,
\J. 16 Booth SIXTH street.
TO PRIVATE GENTLEMEN.
CHOICE IMPORTED CHAMPAGNE! SPARKLING
HOCKS, MOSELLES, BRANDIES, WINES, WHIB
- KIES, GIN, RUM. <fcc.
ON TUESDAY MORNING,
Sept. 3. at 11 o'clock, at No. 16 South Sixth street, a
large, selected and choice lot of pure and unadulterated
Liquors, in cases, demijohns and bottles; all warranted
strictly pure as imported, and direct from bonded ware
house. Also, & private stock of Champagnes.
tw~ Catalogues now ready. »u3O 3t*
BY BARRITT <b CO, AUCTIONEERS.
CASH AUCTION HOUSE,
No. 230 MARKET street, corner of BANK street.
Cash advanced on consignments without extra charge.
SIXTH LARGE SALE OF FALL AND WINTER DRY
GOODS.
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Sept. 4. commencing at 10 o'clock
Also, 2000 DOZEN SHIRTS AND DUAWERB, KNIT
JACKETS, Woolen, Hose aud Half Hose, suo dozen
Belknap, Fancy and White Shirts, 1000 dozen Balmoral
and Hoop Skins, die.
BY J. M. GUMMEY & SONS,
AUCTIONEERS,!
• . „ , No. 508 WALNUT street
I WT Hold Regular Sales of
REAL ESTATE STOCKS AND SECURITIES AT THE
PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE.
837~ Handbills of ench property issued separately.
t3T Ono thousand catalogues published and circulated,
containing full descriptions of property to be sold, as also
a partial lifit of property contained In our Real Estate
Register, and offo ed at private sale.
tar* Sales advertised DAILY in &U the daily news
papers. '
v , ' _ . Philip Fobd, Auctioneer,
McClelland & co., successors to
PHILIP FORD & CO.. Auctioneers,
606 MARKET street '
SALE OF 1900 CASES BOOTS, SHOES. BROGANS, Ac.
- -ON .THURSDAY MORNING,
•Sept. 5, commencing at IQ o'clock, vee will cell br
catalogue, for cash, about 1900 cases Men's, Boys' ana
Youths’ Boots, Shoes, Brogans, Balmorals ho.
Also, a dtail able assortment of Women's, Misses' and
Children's wear.
To which the early attention pf tho trade is called.
rpHOMAS. BIRCH * SON,. AUCTIONEERS AND
1 COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
' NoJIUO CHESTNUT street:
-Rear entrance UWBanaom street
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIP
. TION RECErVED ON CONSIGNMENT. ■’>
SAEE3 EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. m
Bates of Furniture At Dwellings attended to off the most
Reasonable Terms. >-.eU . 'v
AUCTION 9ALES
OAMUEL C. FORD A 80NB, AUCTIONEERS;
D 127 Strath FOURTH .treat
) tST Real Estate, Stocks, Loans, Ac,, at Private Sale,
JAAIE6 A. FREEMAN, AU^XONEE^^
Jbt/AUBEJK*
F. H. WILLIAMS,
Seventeenth and Spring Garden Streets.
100,000 FEET
WALNUT LUMBER
Jyl6-tu th e toi
“United States Builder’s Mill,”
No. 24,26 and 28 S. FifleonthSl.,
FH ILAIjEIiPXII A.
ESLER & BROTHER,
kantjfaotcreus or
WOOD BODLDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR BAIUSIERS, NBWHI
POSTS, GENERAL TDRNIN9AND SCROLL WORK, it
The largest assortment of Wood Mouldings in this city
constantly on hand. je&-3m5
—a ELEOT _ wTn , :
IOD 4 • BOARDS AND PLANK.
~. d-4, B-4, 6-4,2, 2M. 3 and 4-tneh,
CHOICE PANEL AND FIRST COMMON, 18 foot IOU
4-4, B-4, 64, 2, 2 Vf. 3 and 4-inch.
MAULB, BROTHER * CO.,
No. 2600 SOUTH Street
1 Q£7 -BUILDING! BUILDING! BIULDING!
100 4 . LUMBER l LUMBER l LUMBER!
44 CAROLINA FLOORING.
M CAROLINA FLOORING,
44 DELAWARE FLOORING^,
14 DELAWARE FLOORING^
ASH FLOORING,
WALNUT FLOORING,
SPRUCE FLOORING,
STEP BOAKDS,
RAIL PLANK.
PLASTERING LATH.
MAUIaE. BROTHER* CO.,
No. 2500 SOUTH Street
1 Q£7 —CEDAR AND CYPRESS SHINGLES,
100 4 • CEDAR AND CYPRESS SHINGLES/
COOPER SHINGLES,
No. 1 CEDAR LOGS AND P6STB,
No. 1 CEDAR LOGS AND POSTS.
MAULE, BROTHER * CO,
IQAT -LUMBER FOR UNDERTAKERS!
100 4 • LUMBER FOR UNDERTAKERS!
CEDAR, WALNUT, MAHOGANY,
CEDAIt WALNUT, MAHOGANY.
_ ■ MAULE, BROTHER * CO.
ICA7 -ALBANY LUMBER OF ALL KIND&
iOOj • ALBANY LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
SEASONED WALNUT.
SEASONED WALNUT.
DRY POPLAR, CHERRY' AND ASH.
OAK PLANK AND BOARDS.
HICKORY.
ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT VENEERS.
- * MAULE, BROTHER*CO,
1 Rfi7 -CIGAR BOX MANUFACTURERS. .
100 4 « CIGAR BOX MANUFACTURF.RS.
SPANISH CEDAR BOX-BOARDS.
• No. 2600 SOUTTH Street
1867 ” S q]^' e JOIST-SPRUCE JOIST-SPRUCE
U FROM 14 TO 32 FEET LONC.
FROM 14 TO 32 FEET LONG.
SUPERIOR NORWAY' SCANTLING.
MAtXE, BROTHER * CO.,
: my 13 tf} No. 2600 SOUTH Street
LUMBER— THE UNDERSIGNED ARE : PREPARED
to furnish any description of Pitch Pino Lumber, from
St Mary’s Mill, Georgia, on favorable terms. Also, Spruce
Joist &c., from Maine. EDMUND A. SOUDER * (Xb,
Dock Street Wharf. my29*tffl
OPRUCE LUMBER AFLOAT.--SCANTLING AND
O Joist of length from 14 to 28 feet long, assorted sizes,
Bx 4 to 3x14, about 160 M. feet For sole byWORKMAN *
CO.,'No. 123 Walnut street
ÜBlKliKlliil, I.KjUUIU, dtc.
WHITE PRESERVING BRANDY,
PURE CIDER AND WINE VINEGAR,
GREEN GINGER, BUSTARD SEED, SPICES, ic„ Sc,
All the requisites for Preserving and Pickling purposes.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
Dealer is Fine Groceries, /
Corner Eleventh and Vine Streets.
SUPERIOR VINEGARS.
French White Wine, and Pare Old Cider Vinegars. For
sale by
JAMES R. WEBB,
lass WALNUT and EIGHTH STKEEIB.
EW 31 ESS MACKEREL. PICKLED SALMON, MESS
Shad, and Tongues and Sotiuds in kitts, just received
and for Bale at C'UUSTY’S East-End Grocery* No. 118
South Second street.
ATEW CROP TEAS—FINEST QUALITY OF CHINA
Li and Japanese Teas in store ana tor sale at COUSTY’S
East-End Grocery, No. 118 South Second street.
PURE OLD JAMAICA RUM, HOLLAND GIN,’
Medicinal AVines and Brandies, Speer's Port Wine
and California Wines, in store and for sale at COUSTY’S
East-End Grocery, No. J 118 South Second street.
\TEW GREEN GINGER. —2OO LBS. JUST RECEIVED,
it in prime order. Forsale at COUSTV’S East End Gro
cery, No. 118 South Second street.
WHITE PRESERVING BRANDY, PURE CIDER
Vinegar, Pure Spices, Mustard Seed, <fcc., always on
hand at COUSTY’S East End Grocery* No. 118 South
Second Htreet.
UTRENCB WINE VINEGAR. - VERY SUPERIOR
JE 1 French White Wine Vinegar, in store and (for sale by
M. F. SPILLIN.
GRENOBLE WALNUTS.—6 BALES OF GRENOBLB
Paper Shell Walnuts, and Princess Paper Shell AL
monds. for. sale by .M. F.SPILLIN, N, W* Cor. Arch and
Eighth street*.
TV/TACCARONI AND VERMICELLI.-100 BOXES OF
IVA choice Leghorn Macc&roni and VermiceULof the lat«
importation, in store and for Bale by M. F. SPILLIN N,
W. Cor. Arch and Eighth streets. ■
JDIVOKCE NOTICES.
/~IJTY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, hh. THE
UcoMMONWEALTIfrOF PENNSYLVANIA, TO THE
SH EIUFF OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, GREETING:
We command you, that by publication once a week for
four weeks, in two auily newspapers published in your
bailiwick, you notify SARAH JANE WILSON, late of
your County, thatshe be and appear in our Court of Com
mon Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia, on
the third MONDAY of September next, then and thero
show cause, if any she Inin, why her husband, ROBERT
WILSON, should not bo divorced from tho bonds of
matrimony entered into with her according ,to the prayer
of hi* petition, hied inlaid Court. At which time have
you there this order, aud make youl* return how you have
executed the mune. . . „
Witness tho Honorable, Joseph Alliaon, President of our
said Court, at Philadelphia, the Twenty-third day of
August, in tho year of our Lord one thou Hand eight hun
dred and sixty-seven. T. O, WEBB, •
au2«Ma\v4ts Pro Prothouotary.
( IITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, hh. THE
V/COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO THE
SHERIFF OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, GREET
ING:
Wo command vou, that by publication oncon week for
four weeks, in two daily newspapers published in your
bailiwick,younotifyTHEODOßEH. McFADDEN, late of
your County,that he be and appear in our Court of Common
Pleas for thq City and County of PliiludclpMa. on the third
MONDAY of September next, then and to show
causedf any he ha«, why his wife, SALIJE D. MtiFADDEN*
should not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony en
tered into with him according to the prayer of her petition,
filed in said*Court. At which time liuvo you there this or
der, and make your return how you have executed tho
same.
Witnees the Honorable Josopli Allison, President of our
said Court, at Philadelphia, the seventeenth day of Au
gust, in tho year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven. T. 0. WEBB,
au24-law4ts Fro Protliouotury.
/IITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. THE
Vj COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO THE
SHERIFF OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY* GREET
INGt ‘ ' . r
We command you, that by publication once a week for
four weeks, in two daily newspapers published in your
bailiwick v(»u notify WILLIAM C. BRYANT, late of your
County, tmit he bo and appear in oitT Coin tof Common
Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia,on the third
MONDAY of September next, then and there to shew
cause, if any ho has,why his wite.M ARTH Al. BU\ AN 1,
shoulinotbedivorced/rom tho bonds of matrimony en
tered into with him, according to the rravpi ?
tlon, tiled In emid Court. At which time lint e > on tl era
tills order, and make your return how >ou have executed
tho Honorable JocorliAllltoon,; rreeident of our
said Court, atPliilude phiu.the fo rtl diij ofJ l "< • iu tho
year of our Lord ono thousand eight bundled and sixty*
B °S-lftW-4tt T,O. WEBB. ProProthonotary. t
boabwivb.
mHE HANDSOME RESIDENCE 801 SOUTH EIGHTH
I rnrner of Spruce, 1b now- open to receive
boarffijf’ Sui tea of room., with prtvato table, if ide
sired. ttllßlm .
tvuoMfi VACANT FOR PERMANENT BOARD-
R IBM tihwhm t Btrcot ltcferonce required. auB7-«t»
I'KKSONAL.
MItS JOHANNE IIENKE, DOCTRES3 AND MID.
Vifo nSTOT Ohatharlno Btroot. -Special attention
given to’tho woTb complaint, ... auilg-iaf
FltUrr JARS.' AIR TIGHT.
No. 16 North Fifth atrept
ttusa-iat*
jpBOWN BRAND IAYEITRiSWa;- WHt
wwewaoo- - •* *-
MJEIIIC4Ij>
AYER’S. CATHARTIC
PILLS, FOR vALL .THE
OFA LAXA
' VE MEOrcrNE.-Pethip*
one medicinal* to unfver* >
llj required by every body
a catnartlc/BtftTfaßever
i y before eo tmiversally
mntry .And., among- ait
Wflou, aa thisniild pqt efn
mt T»A
ivious reason i&thstitifl a.,
ire reliable and. fat morn
tectual reinedy/
ler. Those?'
jem; those wno have »st»
... v .r i>ia<,itxurcß wteir neighbors and frienda f andJdl
know that what it docs once it does always—that itnovgt
Tailn through any fault or neglect of its composition*- .WA,
have thousands upon thousands of ccrtincatesof
nmrkahle cures of the following complaints, hut each
cures are known in every neighborhood, and.we nced'ttofcv,
publish them. Adapted to all ages and conditlons id |dl'-
climates: containing neither calomel or any deleterious -
drug, they may bo taken with safety by anybody,; Their .*
.’sugar coating preserves them ever fresh ana '
pleasant to take, while being purely vegetable no.harm -
can arise from tneir use in any/iuuniity. .
'Jhev operate by their powerful influence on tho inter
nal. viscera to purify the blood and stimulate it into
healthy action—remove the obstrnctions of the stomach* -
bowel*, liver, and other organs of the body, restoring their
irregular action to health, and by correcting, wherever
they oTcist, such derangements as are the first origin of
Mlnr.tr directions are riven in the wrapper'on the boy*
for tin; following complaints, which these Pills rapidly
cure:—
, For Dvsrnr.srA or iNmoKSTfON, LisTi.KHSwr:afl., Lw
and Loss ofAitetite, they should bo taken modcr
atelyto stimulate the etomucb and restore its healthy
tone and action.
lor Livhr (krMrr.AiNT and its variotia symptoma, Brnr-
OI K IiIiADACIIK, Su:K # HkaJ>AOUK, JaPNIMOE .Or .GItF.EW,
Su’knfh.s, Biuotm Chun and Bir.iot?H .Fitters, they
phould bo judiciously taken ior each caHOi to correct the
diseased action or remove the obstructions which cause
it. •.
For Dvbentery or Diariiikka, but one mljd dose la gon
ernllyrequircd. ; .
For Riivtmatism, Gout, Gravel, Palimitation op the
Hkart. Pai.n iktiikSjdk, Baok and Loins, they should
be continuously taken, ns required, to clmng</tho diseased
action of the system. With such change those complaints
disappear,
• for Ditorsv and Dr.oparc.vr. Swin.r.tNOß they should bo
taken in large and frequent doses to produce the effect o£
a drastic purge.
For Si'i’pKEKsioN a largo dose should be taken, as it pro
duces the desired effect bj* sympathy.
As a Dinner Pill, take one or two Pili.B to promote
digestion and relieve the stomach.
. An occasional dose stimulates the- stomach and boweb*
into healthy action, restores the appetito. an A invigorates
the system. Hence it is often advantageous where no se
rious derangement exists? One who feels tolerably well,
often finds that & dose of these Pills makes him feel de
cidedly better, from their cleansing and renovating effect
on the digestive apparatus.
v DR. J. c. AYER * CO., Practical Chemists, Lowell,
Mn«p.,U. S. A.
«h M. MAR 18 A C 0„ Phila., Wholesale Agents. seSmly
OPAL DENTALLINA.-A SUPERIOR ARTICLE FOR
cleaning tho Teeth, destroying animalcula which in*
rest them, giving tone to the gums, and leaving a feoHmr
of fragrance and perfect cleanliness in tho mouth. Jd
maybe used dally, and will be found to strengthen weak
and bleeding guma. while the aroma and detereiveneoc
will recommend it to every one. Doing composed with
the assistance of the Dentist, Physicians and MJcroscopist,
it is confidently offered na a reliable substitute for the us*
certain washes formerly in vogue.
acquainted with tho constituent*
the Dentallina, advocalo ita usojtt contains nothing
provent its unrestrained employment. Made only by
JAMES T. SHINN, Apothecary,
_ . Broad ana Spruce street*.
For sale by Druggists generally, and
Fred. Brown, |D. L. Stackhouse,
Hazard A Co., Robert C. Davis,
C, R. Loony, Geo. C. l’Ower,
lar.ac 11. Kay, Charles Shlvors,
m' H-Neediet*. 3. M. McCollin,
T. J. Husband, S. C. Bunting, ■
Ambrose Snath ■» Charles 11. Hborie,
fc&» ard James N. Marks,
William B. Webb, E. Brhighurst * Co.,
James L. Buspbaihi Dyott*Oo.,
Hughes * Combe, IL C. Blair's Sons,
Henry A. Bower, . Wyeth * Bro.
ENTIRELY RELIABLE—HODGSON’S BRONCHIAL
AJI ablets, for the cure of coughs, colds, hoarseness, broo.
chitia and catarrh of tho head and breast. Public speak
ers, singers and amateurs will be greatly bonefitted by
gglnt these Tablets. Prepared only by LAN CASTER i f
WILLS, Pharmaceutists, N. E. corner Arch and Tenth
streets, Philadelphia. For sale by Johnson, Holloway 4k
Cowdem and Druggists gdperaUy.
FOR SALE.
-tfpa FOR SALE-VALUABLE BUSINESS PROPEB-
Bm>;ties, 'fourth street, above Vine.—One three-story
AkLßuildlng, 42 feet by 180, extending to Dillwvn street
, Has a cellar 14 feet deep, heavily arched. Well adapted
for manufacturing or other heavy business.'
Aloe, large foui-story DwelUug adjoining. For particu
lars apply to J JOHN G. JOHNSON,
auld-tf} • ' No. 708 Walnut street
MFOR BALE-950 FRANKLIN BTREET, 25 x 112.
818 North Beventh street 23 x 140.
1827 East Delancey Place, 20 x 75.
1834 Spruce street 21 x 70.
1914 Pine street 18 x 105,
. 1624 Summer street 28 x 90.
AppIytoCOPPUCK* JORDAN, 433 Walnut street
MFOR SALE OK EXCHANGE-A VALUABLE
Country Residence, near the river Delaware, about
six miles from tho city, on the Philadelphia and
Trenton Railroad. A desirable city property would be
taken in. pan, payment Apply to G. P. KEENE, 31 North
Seventh street at the office oi Jas. Ottenon, Jr„ Esq.
nu29-9t*
MFOR SALE-EIGHTH STREET* ABOVE BROWN
-Three-story Brick Dwelling, double buck buildings*
side entrance. Lot 18x115. Also, a modem three
story Brick Dwelling, on Twelfth street. Lot 19x100.
FETTER, KKXEKBAUM &PURDY,
33 North Fiftli street
4fS> WEST ARCH STREET.—FOR SALE-A HAND-
Bfhjsome four-story brick Residence, with three-story
■■■A double back buildings, Bituate on the south side of
Arch street, near Twentieth. Has every modem conve
nience and improvement. Lot 20x170 feet deep. J. M.
QUMMEY & SONS, 608 Walnut street .
4a FOR SALE.—A HANDSOME BROWN. STONE
UP Residence, 23 feet front built intlie best manner*
and having all the modem improvements, situate
on the south side of Locust street west ef Sixteenth, oppo
site St. Mark’s Church. J. M. GUMMEY & SONS, o(j&
Walnut street
MFOR SALE.-A THREE STORY DWELLING *
No. 260 North Eleventh street, and three story
dwelling923MoyamenHing Avenue; also 2)6 story
brick dwelling, 763 South Front street. Terms easy*
Apply to COPPUCK & JORDAN, 483 Walnut street, i
MFOR SALE.—THE HANDSOME THREE STORY
brick residence, 23 feet front with attics, and three
story back buildings, and famished with every
modem convenience. Situate No. .903 Fine street Lot
116 leet deep. J. M. GUMMEY & SONS, 508 Walnut street
MFOR SALE-THE VALUABLE STORE PROP
ERTY, NO. 413 Commerce street Immediate pos
session given. Is four stories in height, 20 feet front
and lot 76 feet deep. J. M.,GUMMEY, h SONS, 60S
W ft hiut street .
FOR SALE-SPLENDID CEELI
lsj|;j ton avenue, Germantown, containingfit teen rooms—
**~knll modern improvements. Lot 80x236, and hand
somely improved. Several desirable houses to rent—
FETTER, KKICKBAUM & PURDY. aufi
GERMANTOWN-FOR SALE-A HANDSOME
W|u] pointedetone Residence, having every city conve
niencc and improvement, situate on Harvey street,
west of Green. Lot 76 feet front by 255 feet deep. J. M.
GUMMEY & SONS, 508 Walnut street
MFOU SALE-THE VALUABLE PROPERTY
northwest comer of Washington Square and Locust
street, three-atory brick Residence, with every
modem convenience, side olttces, and in perfect order.
J. M. GUMMEY & SONS, 608 Walnut street.
jgA GERMANTOWN.—SEVERAL DESIRABLE BU.
HiiM Durban Cottages for sale. Immediate possession.
•■ML W. H. STOKES,
Insurance Office, Germantown.
Mfor sale-two new houses, walnut
lane, filth and sixth houses, west of . Adame street*
Germantown. Apply to A. W. HAND, 134 North
Blxth street, Pkilada. Je37-tffl
FOR SALE OR TO LET-LOTS ON COLUMBIA AV
IBtb, 20th and 21st at*. Also on Broad. 13th ate., ana
Montgomery avenue. Apply between 10 and 13 o'clock
toM.C. LEA, 430 Walnut. • mW-vr f ml6tt
TO RENT.
M FURNISHED HOUSE FOB KENT.—A HAND
(topic three-story Brick Dwelling, with three-etory
back buildings, and furnished throughout; situate on
‘Broad street, below Pine, immediate possession given. l '
J. »l. G I M.M F.Y & SONS, 608 Walnut Street
r KENT-FEW NO. 68, ST. FHILIF’S EPISCOPAL
Church. Apply at 506 North Sixth st; au3l-2t*
yT. LUKE’S CHURCH.-TO RENT, A PEW IN ST.
O Luke’s Chore)), south aisle. Apply at No. 404 Chestnut
street. au3o-Bt*
/OFFICES—IN GOOD ORDER, NEAR THE STATE
\J lUiisc, &c., to Let— in Olllce Buildings, Nob. 30 and S 3
North Fifth street. au3o-6t*
rpO LET.—TIIE ELEGANT SECOND-STORY ROOM.
J. 8. JO. corner Seventh and Chestnut streets—now occu
pied by J. E. GOULD. ,
Also, from October Ist, the premises now occupied by
EDWAIU) I*. KELLEY, 613 Chestnut street. Address
EPWA RD P. KELLEY, 613 Chestnut street auSS-tT
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