GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor. TQLUME : XXI.-2£,3189. "THE EVENING BULLETIN I Wl!Nl)em, rillM.il>* OVTIIIi BAJI, EVKHY KVBNINO tlash v f. , excepted), '***'' 7 Vi ' AT THE »W minoniY nriI.UING, iWI lf.tcu S *edr enden HOT Chestnut Street, Philadelphia* ' . [l'ro'n the Antl-Hlavory Btimdun).) iiytiik Grant at last has spoken and — blundered. How EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. into the Secretaryship, his friends paoeaiarona boasting bis great power to prevent mischief! EKNEBT C. WALLACE. What mischief lias lie prevented ? None. The TIIOH. J. wiLLIAMSoii. only power he claimed against the President a C £? P £ R BOUHEK, JB.. IUANCIB WELLS. moment s thought obligeshim to renounce This slstless sword was. to mow down the Satan of the fallen host! Instead of that we And that he does not even know how to draw it! 2 T** e , g r Wk,poi!»ltK .leader sinks to bjsonly, the 1 residents Secretary issuing orders he ab hors; sits like “ancient Pistol” bating his leek and grumbling! Was ever boastful promise followed by such miserable failure? The General of the Lnited States is to-day a weed eaugh-tdn the Pre sidential maelstrom, and unless some better brains than his own come to the rescue, sure soon to be swallowed in the vortex. Let no Grant man after this call Johnson a clumsy knave; he has found wit enough to, befool the model leader, whose silence passed for the highest wisdom—the puff ’ of whose cigar was statesmanship. Once before there waa an animal which passed for a lion till he spoke. Grant’s friends excused the shame of his taking Stanton’s bflicc on theground that he got thereby so much power to prevent mischief. What power to prevent mischief has he gained by be coming Secretary? Absolutely none. His re monstrances are wholly disregarded; he is obliged, as Secretary, to issue orders he dislikes and wait till, as General, he can do something to avert their sad results. Evidently then lie lias gained no beneficial power by taking the \\ ar Department. Has he, by such an act! assumed a position which teaches the people? v oat. valuable lessons do the people learn from the sight of their admired and trusted leader befooled into that sorry plight by brains so mud dled that when, as Secretary, Grant remonstrates against a measure, Johnson, forgetting that Grant is unything but a General, charges him with “in subordination.” As if a Cabinet officer could be giiiitv of “insubordination!” We challenge the South to produce a negro as unfit to vote as this man shows himself to preside over a Cabinet. Grant has not, as Secretary, averted any mis chief. Has he by taking the office roused and taught the people? To fasten public attention more thoroughly on this plotted treason, to rouse them to their duty,is worth anything but sacrifice of conscience. Has Grant done thfi great public duty by taking Stanton’s office ? Does chagrin at seeing his ignorance, does disgust at witness ing the President’s paltry triumph ever him, teach (them the needed lesson?. Every thoughtful man sees that so»far as Grant's Intln-: ence is concerned the loyal masses are weaker to day than yesterday. Ii Grant bad indignantly protested against Stanton’s suspension,* and re fused to accept the place, that wonld have ronsed find taught the people and made him President of the United States on a just platform. Instead of thisy the people see to-day that Grant rushed for ward to help oust Stanton, supposing htmat>lf to possess a power of controlling the District com manders which he now confesses he has no title to. He stands before the public convicted at once of ignorance of his own duties and faithlessness to his iriend, As matters 6tand theonly advantage the mnaapg fain from this event is one more hollow idol rokec—one more sham exploded. Grant joins McClellan, to stand forever in history among the ‘‘might have been.” We by no means undervalue this gain. But the present business of the nation is neither to break nor to mend idols. Our pre sent business is to save the loyalty of the South from plunder and death. In this great emergency it appears that neither the (Thirty-ninth nor the Fortieth Congress had sense”enough to draw a statute that would hold water. If Grant be a blunderer, be has scores of comrades in the last and present Congress. ' If 18G1 will stand in oußjhistoryas the year of treason, 1807 will surely bS marked on the same page as the year of dunces. Treason no doubt nourishes to-day in Washington, but incompe tency is the dominant characteristic which dis gusts the nation and amuses the world. If the real government iB shown at Washington, then it is demonstrated that Democracy is a failure. A head of the State who wonld long ago have wrecked it, had not heaven graciously provided that he should be even weaker than he was wicked; a Congress—fit body to fit head—ruled by a conservatism which modestly assumes to represent the calm wisdom of the’natlon, and ; smiles, Malvolio like, on its critics as sendmen- ■ tailsts. The result of this wisdom, a code which, I worse than the old sarcasm, not only lets the big I villains through, but cannot ewar«y -''■wafi ! ones. ■ ■■ : - What can we expect of practical common : sense from a Biinale which follows Fessenden as i a leader; a man of whom it may be truly said that i the nation has taken no one important and criti- ! eal step since 18<!l which his influence or vote ! did not resist, until popular good sense shamed ’ him out of his folly or marched to its purpose ! over his opposition. Yes, Mr. Fessenden’s Sena- i torial record is a record of fruitless opposition ■ to every measure on which the nation’s safety rests to-day. He has never been right, even ! by accident, at the first presentation of any critical measure. He "has either voted ‘ agalnßt it or been felt against it, skulking behind his tools. Events liave always-proved him mistaken! In this face be has neyer.“come to Ume.”. His wiadom has always been what the French caiT“the wisdom of the staircase”—coming to appreciate matters one moment. too late. His statesmanship consists in “proposing nothing and opposing everything.” Yet half the Senate allow him to ao their think ing. Edmundß is his tool and Conkling his par rot. And this mole had power enough, spite of Stanton’s and Grunt's and Sumner’s and Ste vens’s entreaties, to leave the President with the power of removing Sheridan, and to tie the hands of Congress till November 1 Tbe result we sec. Congress tongne-ded and handcuffed till November; obliged to stand silent by and see Johnson trample on its laws. Loyalty hunted and trembling all over the South. A law so clumsily devised that it cannot be exeented without bringing the great powers of govern ment into cbUision. A General selected and left in Washington to represent and protect the nudon, and fonnd, when the emergency occurs, not to know enough to be fit to be left alone! These be our “pracUcal men," my masters' These are the fruits of Fessenden-statemanship ! Behold the wisdom of conservatism i Give us next time a taste of the folly of radicalism—wb cannot be worse off, may be better; at any rate a change would be a reliei. There are yet men so Umid and thonghUess as to insist that those who vote shall first know how to read. Wo commendbnother provision to their nodee, namely—that Generals, Senators and Presidents shall be obliged at least to say their catechism and repeat the mnldplication table be fore assuming office. Phillips. BCHOMACKER ft CO.'S CELEBRATED Acknowledged superior in all respect* 'VO any made in this country, and sold on most liberal 'Mrmj. K%W AND SECOND-HAND PIANOS constantly Op hand for rent. Timing, moving and packing promptly Attended to. Warwoonn. 1103 Cheatnnt street, Jolfl-Bm|S HAKKIEI), SMITH-SPAUKS.-On the evening of the sth lnat„ at Wilmington. Del., by the Hev «. F. Wlnn-ell, aeeluted by the Rev. I>. Shaw, I*, Jen Dyck Smith. Kao.. to Mira .Carrie Hparke, all of Wilmington. No Card*. • AIJ)I'It(iER.~On the 6th in«t., Abralmm 11. A 1 burner, . in the rfih year of hi# nge. The relatives and friends of the family, also the Lo i*£' s ?‘ 7I < A * Y * M * nnd School IMrecforH of the i hirte*nth Section, are respectfully invited to attend hu funeral. from his Into residence, No. 705 Callowhiii XJeet, on Sunday afternoon, fcth Inat., at 2 o’clock. To proceed to Laurel Hill. «• UAKNEB.- On Flfth-day evening. 6th inrtnnt, Eliza Barnes. widow of the late Thomas Barnes, in the 76ta year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her son-in law, Kami. A. Jones, SOS'! Wallace street, on fiecond-duy, th-< Mli Inst., at !U o’clock. • •• iIKiMBKItUEK.—On the 6th Inst., Henrietta. Maria, 'widow of lhe late Kichnrd JlotmbcTger. *• LOMiriTHKTH. -in Germantown, on Sixth-day mor ning, 6th inst., Thomas B. Longstreth, ag«-d iXf years’. Hue notice of the funeral will l»e given. ■ MATT.r*UN.--Ou Fifth-day morning, the sth instant iatharine it, widow of the late Charles 11. Mattson* in the 42d year of her age. Iftu relative* and friends are respectfully invited to •ntfend, herluuerat on Seventh-day. the 7tfi inst, at II o’clock, A. M„ from her late residence, No. 2013 \\ allace street. ' * I'AbSMOKE.—On Fourth diy morning. the 4th instant Mary K. Fiis-morc. in her ,16th year. The relatives and friends' of the family are Invited to / * attend the funeral, from the residence of her father, Mooro*towD, ?*. J., on Seventh-day afternoon, the 7th •it.pt.. at 2 o’clock. Carriages will meet the lo A. M. train Yiom Walnut street w harf, at Kivetton. * STFlNMhrrs.-Un the &th instant, Eliza L. Htelnmoti, fitted .4? yean*. V The relative* and friend* are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, fr6m the residence of her brotber-in law, Win. I*. Way. 17</7 Wallace street, on Monday. Mh iust. at 2 o’clock. • r>TKANLKY.~At New Orleans. August after a short,hut lingering i lines*. Robert Hose, fn the l&Mi yrar of ■his age*: aLo. on the 14th of August. William Francis, In fha«r*t year of hi# age* sona of James T. and Elizabeth Btrfuiley, of Baltimore, Md. EYRE & LANDED!., FOURTH AND ARCH, ARE opening for the Kail Trade of 1 Margot Shawl#, ordered good*. Poplina. new colors, and Rich Plaids. Black Hllkft, superior grades. Plain bilks, of all .qualities. Black all-wool kep& &i a yard. Black Velour Rr-pa, all Black I'opfln Biarritz.- Black Kfnpma Cloth#. Black Ottoman Poplin*. BESSON & SON, Mourning Store, 918 Chestnut street. KPEGIAL (NOTICES. . PAKJDEE BOIENTinC OOL'KSE - IM LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. ITw aext term commence* THUK3DAY, September <-Oth. Cenflhfataii for admliMion may be th*» day &efar* (SepCemberJUh), or on TUESDAY, July 20th, the *y before the Exercises. •Far ebtoUn. apply to Brmlieot CATTELL, or to Prof. K. B. YOL7.GMAN, Clerk of the Faculty. Eamtok, Pctum.. July. 1687. FAMILIES ABOUT CHANGING TIIEIK RESI. deuce or te.rln* the city, can receive the highest caah price tor old newspapers, Doohr, pamphlets, rniti*. etc. W rappers always on hand and for aalo by E. HUNTER, -313 Jayne •treet. Order* will receive prompt attention, by mall or otherwise. _ au27lrarpi HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. I*lB AND I*9) Lombard-Street .Dtopenaary Department—Medical treatment and medicinaa inmlahed gratuitously to the poor. The Soldleif’ Home. The Managers of the Soldiers’ Home, Sixteenth and Filbert streets, have just published an inte resting report of their operations for -the period extending from April 1, 1866, when they first oc cupied their new quarters, up to the com mencement of the present .year. The report sets forth many interesting particulars, and shows that there has been no abatement in the deep in terest which has always been felt in Philadelphia in the wounded heroes of the war. Since the Home was established ih- the early t art of 1865,'.723 soldiers have been its inmates; rep resenting twenty-six States of the Union, and the total number remaining in the Home, Jan. 1, 1 SOT, was l'. 1 ?. During the nine months covered by the present report, -170 were admitted, 320 dis charged, and 13 died. An excellent standard of has been maintained in the institution, and its educational department, under thesuper .intendence of Mr. John K. Baker, has been most . successful in affording the best possible occupa—' tion for the men ,and in preparing them to earn their own livelihood. Forty-three maimed and crippled soldiers are' regularly in attendance at the school, where a good English education is furbished, including the art of telegraphy, for which an outer building has been conveniently : fitted up with the fixtures and apparatus required, including five instruments, (four sounders, one recorder,) and a telegraphic circuit across the building. - ; . ... The finances of the Soldiers' Homo have been admirably managed. The donations of citizens in mouev and supplies, the appropriations from ■ the State, and the proceeds of the Fair which was held in 1865, have enabled the managers to .maintain the Home with great efficiency. A rigid economy is exercised in every department, and the constant and watchful supervision of the ladieajn charge manifests'itsclf in the good order and improved condition of the inmates. As loag as UierJds a helpless soldier to be cared for, .this cxccßSSttlome must be liberally sustained by our citizens. It can be said truly, that no worthy applicant has ever been refused admis sion to the Home, nor is there anything arbitrary ■or narrow in the manner of dispensing its bene fits. No State boundaries, no distinctions of ■ color or nation are recognized. The proper snb jects for toe benefits of this institution are des cribed tmiß: Such persons who, while-in the ser vice of U** 3 United States, have been disabled I through, wounds or sickness, and are thereby ! unable to perform the ordinary avocations of life,’’ and within these liberal limits its hospitali ties are administered. It is an Institution that is ■doing its good work quietly and unobtrusively and deserves the hearty support of all who are interested in the best welfare of onr gallant sol diers. . _ . " The Agricultural Fair —The Inter-State Fair, commencing at Norristown on the 11th inst., will be one of the finest displays of the kind ever mado in this Commonwealth, Eastern Penn sylvania and our neighboring States 'being well represented. Five premiums, of $lOO each, have been offered for trials ofspeed. and the two fast trotters, “Lady Thorn" and “Mountain Maid " are matched for $l,OOO premium. Friendly con tests for meritorlouslmprovementeofdlnerent kinds will take place, and the entertainment promises , to-be an unusually interesting and pleasant one. • DIEI>. TBE CUBA CABLE. Arbitrary Conduct of tbe Captain-Ge neral of Cubu~He Refuses to Permit Despatches to tbe Press to go Over tbe Cable—Unsettled State of Politics the Supposed Cause. Key West, Sept. 1, by wav of New Orleans, SepL 5, 1867 Notwithstanding the Gulf Cable is nearly completed, the Captain-General of Cuba refused to permit press despatches to be sent over the cable. Tour Havana correspondent can therefore send nothing. Senor Arantave is a liberal-minded gentleman and acts as inspector of despatches, but General Monzano Is playing a despot apart He gives as an excusetorMsin tenerence that the une is not yet open for busi ness; but I learn , that political affairs in Cnba are 831 unsettled state,and this Is probably the real, General’s action. So much’ P l^ BB and fcee speech In the shortly to taSfe’ Wh °’ ,“ rtttnatel r- ls . PHILASELPIUA/l SEPTEMBER 6, 1867. WEED’S WIBE*PrLLING, The Struggle for the Removal of OoM> j Tim mlKsianer Rollins—Sharp Letter front' ' * uc manifesto. Colonel Hiliycr to Tliutlow Weed. ’ ! " rom tlie Levant Herald, Aug. 15.] (Washington Correapondenec of the New York Herald.] ; ,{) e Manifesto which the Sultan has addressed The Btrugglu ior the removal of Commissioner t° the Crand Vizier on the occasion of his re- Rollins has Become quite warm and exciting. It ; urn . om Europe is couched in the following is said that the President favors the removal, but , that McCulloch Is opposed to it, and'has strongly ~. -the marks of sympathy and good will which urged the President not to heed the hue and cry J have received, during my journey, from the now Being made against Mr. Rollins. The tussle Sovereigns and the great nations of Europe, have for. the spoils of t)ic office has been attended with , n . BUcll mat I can never forget them. In re some curious developments, not theiezst Interest- rating to the capital of my dominions Iwish to ing of which is a letter of Thurlow Weed to Gen. ?°“ ve >' t 0 m T f “«hful subjecte-the pleasure which Grant pitching into Col. Hiliycr, Revenue Agent f have expenenced, and to make them sharers in at New York, anda reply from the lattercontain- , They know thafetb' of my. fome heavy IMJ-IS* on the veteran lobbyist. is i a danv ™3'oi«he pros- Ihe following is the correspondences perity^And peace of my Empire, and the well- TJiciti.oiv weed to oeneral grant. being ot all my peoples; and their consummation New York, Sept. 1, \m.—Dear General— P ever]- respect. The satisfaction of my heart Public men are responsible for their friends, increases the more when I find' all my subjects There is widespread demoralization among: the l~ e the_ Governments and thf nations whose internal revenue officers. The combination here hospitality I have been enjoying, appreciating is formidable. Among others Colonel Hillyer Is , of “I 7 intentions, alleged to be Implicated. If as is represented he • , re ls no sweeter recompense for a sove is aiding the effort to remove Mr. Rollins, that . r . elKn '“ a ” t 0 Bee his subjects respond by affec ted will confirm suspicions. .It is also alleged „. on - f!evotl °n to bis efforts for the tranquil- Uiat Cojonel Hillycy has paid little to the govern- uty and prosperity of the country. The public ment, while his'predecessorsaved large amounts. marks ot attachment and 1 fidelity which I have There will be Congressional investigations Into received once more on this occasion from the en tbese revenue frauds, and lam unwilling to see llre P°P u T la «on, are, therefore, most agreeable to damaging exposures in the case of any officers me, and I esteem them at the highest price* The for whose integrity General Grant is responsible. B cntiment of duty which renders it incumbent on I have no objection that Colonel Hiliycr should me to insure protection to all interests, and to see this letter. Truly yours, guarantee the general welfare of all my subjects, Hon. U. 8. Grant. -■ . Thurlow Weed. has derived a new strength from this welcome, colour r, mu.vKii to thurlow weed flnd “ nB lw -' c °me invested with the character of a New- .York. Scot. A. 18U7 — Thurlow Weed, delff. r.srj. —Sir-—General Grant has forwarded to m'e, Jiy BOUcitude will,therefore,continue to bede wlthout comment, your letter of the Ist instant, v ? te “ to fostering those elements which' every addreesed to him. The impertinence of the letter ’''here serve to bind commonwealths together; to would tie incomprehensible did it emanate from , advance of public instruction, the extension any other man than yourself. The impertinence ol means of communication, the good organiza of your addressing General Grant on any subject , n °‘ “ e mmtary and navarforces, and the de —the impertinence of your addressing General velopment of public credit; and my firm will is Grant about me—-the impertinence oL your ac- that all my Ministers and all the functionaries of cosing anybody of implication in fraud, is im- me State should devote themselves to that object, pertinence without a parallel. You certainly eaeli witlnn tbe limits of his proper sphere, have loßt your reputed shrewdness, or have I desire that you should make known to all the been smitten with unwonted modcstv. Don’t P ita *ur e which I have experienced from the sin you suppose that General Grant knows your “re • devotion manifested toward me by all reputation and my character? I had supposed masses of my subjects, and the gratification dis tliat you gloried in your reputation as King of the pl»yed by foreign subjects, our guests, on the Lobby and the Prince of Jobbers.'Does Satan re- °!|P 81on of m - T return to the capital of mv Ern liuke sin ? Since I have been in office I have had but one official transaction with which vou were connected. .1 have your special letter"of com mendation to me cf a gentleman who called as the attorney of one B. to interpose in- behalf of his client I was satisfied that B. was guilty of intent to defraud the government. However much I might have desired to accommodate vou and your friend, I could not conscien tiously do otherwise than reeom mend that he be fined $5,000, conscious of his guilt and the justice of the punishment He gave me his check for the amount, .payable to the collector of-the district. lam informed that the amount was afterwards remitted by the Com missioner, by whose influence I do not know. That was the. last . application ever made to me through you. You found you conid not use me, and, with the same chivalry which a man exercises when he attacks another by writ ing to his wife that her husband is untrue to his vow, you write to the puiest of men—and one of my best friends—making insinuations against my integrity. Gen. Grant, as you know, ft neither responsible for my appointment nor my integrity. . I was appointed at the special request of the J President. Yon told me in Washington that I you applied for the appointment for your friend Webster, and the President and the Secretary told you the place was promised to me, and that as soon as yon heard it you said it was a most judicious selection. Your suggestion of the appointment of a Congressional committee is wnat you know I have announced that I would i ask for, and what you least desire. I have re i peatedly and publicly stated that such a com i mittee should be- appointed to make -a thorough Investigation into the corruptions and abuses of the revenue system in this citv. Such an in vestigation wonld doubtless reveal the fact that the morality of the Albany lobby has been trans planted to the city of New York. It is notorious that the corruption of revenue officers in this city is in direct proportion to their intimacy with yon. It is doubtless owing to the fact that , those who are niost under your influence are moeh/aSsweless in their corruption that the world haF dubbed you with the soubriquet of “Fagin.” I have never made any attack on the integrity of Mr. Rollins, but I should think better of him if the ring of which you are , chief did not rally to his defence the moment 'he is in danger. No one who knows you will believe,that yonr champion ship of Mr. Boffins is creditable to him as a man or to his character as an officer. It is not for Mr. Rollins, but for your expected gains, through dishonest means, that you tremble. If access to the Treasury could be obtained more easily through his successor, , Rollins's name would soon be added to the list of friends whom you have used, wheedled, cajoled, ruined and aban- i doned. I have only one word more to say. You I state that I am said to be implicated in frauds. I Your age alone saves you from my branding you as a liar. After an experience of six months in office, I dan proudly say, what I should not have been able to say had I been controlled by you, that my bands are entirely clean. What prouder record can any officer In New York possessing .power and- patronage,- the fact that Thurlow Weed is his enemy ? I tUHtte'. ' WILLI.VM S. 'HILLYttR. - Colonel Hiliycr was formerly a member of General Grant’s staff, and is. a warm friend of both Grant and the President- He has been fore most in the anti-Rollins movement, and recom mended General Steedman for the position. This has earned him the hostility of Rollins, Weed and probably McCnlfbch GENERAL, SHERIDAN. Bli Farewell Order Relinquishing Command, , New Orleans, La., Sept. 5, 1867—General Sheridan Issued the following order this morn ing: GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 31, Headquarters Fifth Military District,New Orleans, La., Sept. 5,1867.—1 n accordance with the directions contained in paragraph one of General Orders No. 81, current series, from the Headquarters of the Army, the undersigned re linquishes command of the Fifth Military Dis trict to Brevet Major-General Charles Griffin. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General, U. S. A. Gen. Sheridan and the members of his personal staff left for Leavenworth this evening by rail road. They were escorted to the depot by the Mayor, the members of the Council ana a number of citizens. Several gentlemen addressed the General in brief but complimentary terms, to which he responded. Besolutions of regret at his leaving the city were read and adopted.. One of the party nominated Sheridan for Andrew Johnson's successor. The Republican, in its evening edition, reviews the administration of Sheridan. It considers the civil administration whs a failure, and regards it as the cause of the July riot. The city currency and the sanitary condition of' New Orleans are severely condemned; bnt.the military rule of Gen., Sheridan is highly extolled. Proposed Reception of Gen. Sheridan in St. Eonitt fixed for Monday Next. Sr. Louis, Sept. 5,1867.—A telegram from New Orleans says General Sheridan will leave there to-night by railroad. He will probably arrive here late on Saturday night, and will be met at the depot by the Committee of Beception and es corted to the Southern Hotel.' The public de monstration will not take place until Monday night, When there will be a torchlight procesalon, embracing the different posts oftfie Grand Army of tbe Republic, civic societies -and the citizens generally. .. , _ ,■ ■ , \ “ —'A- New York clairvoyant lives in a fine house given her by one of her grateful patients. -• OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. Tbe.Sitnalioniu Washington. T **e Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune has the following items : Wasiiixotox, Thursday, September 5,1867 There was a meeting of visiting Democratic poli ticians here to-night. It was secret, and newspa per men were shut out. After the meeting ha£ adjourned, however, a number or tifose who had participated and' remained about hotels late, talked loudly, and told most of the secrets of their meeting. A man named - Sawyer, from Pittsburgh, presided, and represea tatives of the President’s two newspaper organs-, the bXelKgencer and the Union, assisted, in filling the other offices. The principal business done was to. issue a call for funds and pass a. re solution, declaring Andrew Johnson' the purest patriot on earth, a statesman whose only equal m American annals was the immortal Andrew • Jaeksoi, and the next Democratic candidate for President. A change in the Cabinet is demanded, and the President is beings warned to beware of friends who are enemies in disguise. Judging from th, talk of the members of the meeting, this was intended as a hit at Seward, Randall and McCulloch. Sheridan and Sickles, and Howard and Stanton, and all Radicals in general, were denounced and branded as traitors. Speeches were made and a glorious old time had. The lobby that have been working so long to make a change in the Cabinet, having been rein forced, are actively at work. Everv Democratic politician here seeks interviews with the Presi dent, and gives him a punch about his Cabinet. They cry loud for the removal of Seward and- McCulloch. The lobby talk boastiugly. Buts were offered to-day in the lobbies of WilWd’s that McCulloch would be compelled to resign before the Ist of October. \Of coarse there were no takers, as those men who wanted to bet were fresh from the White House, and«sup posed to be well informed. Altogether there is much anxiety and exeiiemcnt among people here about political' matters. Johnson’s intimate friends talk in enigmas, merely stating that if they eould tell all they know of what Johnson says he is going to do, it would-instound the country. ■ ’ w . The proposed amnesty proclamation will be submitted by the President to the Cabinet to morrow, and if agreed upon may be promulgated on Monday next. : . ' Remarks of the Manager, Percy M. Dove, Esq., at the annual meeting held in Liverpool, August Bth, 18U7: I confess it to be a matter of satisfaction that the experience of the last six months ha - been more favorable than for a long time previously. | Cheers.] Yet I mnst still confess that not too much should be attributed to the change until it has lasted somewhat longer. It Is likewise true that a moderate addition has been made in seve ral riskß to the charges for insurance, but in many of those cases it' is as yet problematical whether-increased hazard may not at least run parallel with increased premiums. ("Hear, pear.] • The- exigenoies of commerce require that no unnecessary bar should bo raised against the development of trade by unreasonable charges for insurance. [Hear, hear.] Changes upwards in rates of premium require to be effected with what I may term skilful temperance, so that the per ceatage for extra casualties, expenses, and profit, shall only be provided for on a judi cious and moderate scale. | Hear, hear; | I hold a very strong opinion that an act to be passed in conformity with the recommendations of the “Select Committee on Fire Protection” would have a more' decided tendency, towards the safe reduction of premiums than any other step I can possibly think of. [Hear, hear.] Certainly tho drlft of the evidence I gave before the committee ran strongly -In that direction. ISvWas enabled to show that in some of ’‘the great cities of the Continent the ratio of loss from fireg, in consequence of the surveillance of the governments,and of the several municipalities, was far less than in London, and in Borne of the largecities of.the United Kingdom Lmay recapitulate here the self-evident illustra tion I then gavein evidence. If the normal rates which would cover legitimate fires in. private houses were stated at any imaginary sum it matters not for the argument whether it be right or wrong—l will take It at lOd. per cent—-I think I took it at <Jd. then—this would imply that one house out of every 2,100 would be acci dentally burnt down; but, if one possessor of a house out of this number should wilfully set his house on fire and destroy it, that act alone would, it is clear, double the normal rate and makb it Is Bd. percent, j Hear,hear.J Youaee from this, with out completing myevidence on that point, how incendiarism increases the rates for insurance, and how a judicial investigation would chock tho crime. [Hear, hear.] I know lam uttering the opinion, not of mysolf only, but that of the en tire body of representatives of respectable Fire Insurance Companies of the United Kingdom, when I say that we would desire the rates of pre mium to be as low os was consistent with the ex isting measure of casualties, so that all classes of society might benefit by the sense of seeuritv and comfort which Fire Insurance canaot fail to give. | Cheers.] Hy own observations of the mental constitution of public bodies coincide with those of myiHend; Mr. Bonch. I mean with respect to the stagnancy which, after many years, steals imperceptibly sometimes over the most to linen tial constituencies. They are not so active sometimes as younger, ones. 1 am, however, sensible, from some experiences in former yeare, that it only requires the proper means to be ap plied to reproduce perhaps all their pristine en thusiasm and activity. lam satisfied, however, that thq eharehblden of the Boyel wu not with- KEFOHIU fix TttjlKEY. I hold that assistance which, if given, will benefit Urnir own interests considerably. | Hear, hear. ] Notwithstanding the gloomy experience of the last two or three years, and the very mode- CK J JoCtanc y of, any large profits until I further improvements take place, I have no hesitation in expressing my opinion that the future of the Royal is most promising, although froai the causes dilated on, the probable per centage of profits wiil be veiy considerably re duced in every insurance company in the country I Cheers;] Still it must be remembered that a far less rate of profit on oar present-fire revenue would give the same favorable result to the pro pnetoro-uowy than a much larger one some years since. JtvvopM, in fact, reqiiro.littlii of the per-centage of business ten years since to give the same results to the proprietors now. fHcar, bear. I This will be clear when I add that our premiums in 1856 were little over £150,000, whilst now they are nearly .£450,000, [Cheers.] However, these reduced profits will certainly act, as was stated tJ-k? Chairman and others, in preventing the es tablishment ofnow companies, with wild expecta tions of the profits to be derived from low pre [Hear.-hear.] Not only will they not be established here, but as you have heard'in the State of New York alone, where new fire companies used to be numbered by twenties a*d thirties in a year, in the laot year not a single coni puny struggled into existence. [Hear, hear. I Nob withstanding, therefore, the general adverse ex perience of most companies during the last two or three years; I never had less fears than I en tertain now of the continued and increased suc cess of the Royal Insurance Company. [Cheers.] This terminated the proceedings. FROM NEW FORK. Neiv Yore, Sept. 6.— Coroner Wilder held' an inquest yesterday over the body of Matilda- Ca dena, the colored woman, who was killed on Wednesday by her husband, Crispin, at their abode in the basement of No. 15 East Eleventh street. Several witnesses- were examined. On Wednesday morning C’adena quarreled with his wife, and finally she told him that she could not live peaceably with him, and asked him to leave the house. He replied thathe would do so, but desired to have a.few wordswith her before doing so. lie then caught her and attempted to throw her down. Bhe resisted, and he then struck her in the head with a knife, and plunged the blade into her back near the left shoulder blade. As the bleeding woman staggered into the hall the mur derer struck her head with a smoothing iron She then fell into the area and died. Nearly ail of the witnesses examined sow the assault com mitted. A verdict against the husband was ren dered, and he was committed. He is a of Havana, aged 19 years. Wm. Tucker, of No. 10 Roosevelt street, was arrested yesterday on a warrant issued by Justice Dowling, charging him with forgeiy. Mr. Wm. 8.. Henson, one of the officer* of the Atlantic Savings Bank, made an- affidavit that, on the 26th of December last, Tucker called at the bank and presented a voucher calling for $75, purporting to be signed by Peter Nolan, o depositor. Be lieving the voucher to be correct, and the signa ture genuine, Mr. Heuson gave Tucker the money; but he subsequently ascertained that the signature of Nolan to the document was a forgery, and he therefore caused iris arrest. Jus tice Dowling committed him for trial, in default of bail. Tucker is a seaman, 50 years of age, and a native of Massachusetts. About two hundred publishers, from different parts of the countiy, were present at the formal opening yesterday, of the new Trade Sales Booms, in the Mercantile Library. At 1 o'clock the company gathered around a table in one .of the large halls, and did justice to an excellent dinner. Toasts, compliments, and speeches were plenty. At about 2p. M., the sale commenced in the auction room, when the books first on the catalogue brought good prices. Gov. Fenton yesterday visited the State Emi grant Hospital and the kindred institutions oh Ward's Island, at the invitation of the Commis sioners of Emigration. The Democratic Republican General Com mittee of Tamnyiny Hall met last evening at Masonic Hall. A Committee of seven was appointed to prepare an address to the Demo cracy. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday, Mr. Samuel B. Buggies stated a few tacts connected with his mission as delegate from the United States to the Coinage Congress in Europe. Appropriate resolutions, referring to the death of Ex-Governor John A. Ring, were passed. Tlie Assaults on Judge Wiliams. To thttSditoro/llie Philadelphia Evening JJullelin: iSd 1 ..* 8 u notable:fact that the political idfeas which control parties In Pennsylvania are seldom indi genous. They have originated either in Now England or the South. The Democratic party has, lor the most part, followed a Southern, the opposition a New England lead. The misfortune is that the men who now seek to control the Democratic party in Pennsylvania, are more ac tuated In their political conduct by Southern prejudices, real or assumed, than by the political principles which are the basis of that organiza tion. Here in Philadelphia the -small coterie, who inflicted grievous wounds on the Democratic party by their. open and flagrant sympathy-with the Sofith In Arras againflf the government—the men oLcold.hearts and narrow intellects,' whe never fenrtrgLTierOus aspiration, and are Inclina ble to perionn a generous deed—fancy that it is mighty genteel, and a proof of their title to the character of gentlemen, to sneer at Judge Williams as a "Yankee”, candidate, a representa tive of the “nutmeg” State, and a radical. from, “Connecticut.” Instead of attacking his . principles} instead of attempting to demonstrate to the people the-su periority of Judge Sharswood in point of abili ties, experience and fitness, they disgust every manly, honorable member of,'the party by this obtrusion, of vulgar prejudice and, reproduction of Southcmjfiang. Judge Williams has been a citizen of Pennsylvania nearly a quarter of a century; he has gained a high character forcapa city, integrity and learning; yet. the rancorous crew who indite paragraphs for.the Aye talk of ■ him as a foreigner, as an,intruder among the he terogeneous. population of Pennsylvania! • The Germans, the Irish, the Scotch, the ScotchTlrish and., their descendants are to be aroused and inflamed against this native-born citizen of the country, because, forsooth, he has.passed the boundary fines of a sister State and taken up his residence in Penn sylvania. I am a member of the Democratic party, and intend at the coming election to vote for Judge Sharswood; and nothing, is likely to shake that intention but the illiberal,the unmanly and narrow course of the Age and the fragment of the Democratic party which it represents. It is an insult to every Democrat who was born without the limits of this commonwealth, and if it is persisted) in it will be resented in a manner that will not be misunderstood. t A Jeffersonian Democrat. Philadelphia, Sept, (i, PEJISOIUL. The many friends of Col. John W. Forney, edi tor of the ms, will be gratified to. learn of his safe arrival homo from his European, tour. Rev.E.E. Adams, D.Dt, who baa been spending a few months in Europe, has taken passage in the steamer Manhattan,, for New "York, ana was to have sailed from Liverpool Tuesday, Sept 3d. His health has materially improved, and ne has. so for recovered hie voice that .he spoke without difficulty, and. was heard throughout the great ball, at a mooting in Edinburgh. The family of Dr. Adams, ate uponhisfarm in East 'Concord, N.H. The reverend gentleman will jprobahly reach the United States In the course ofa week. Dr. Adaqu) ha&fcoete of warm friends in this city. Where for a number of years he was esteemed one F. Ji. EETHERSTOff. Pnblisliflr. FRIGE THREE CENTS. naaon abteBt diriDes of tho FjeabyH&Cfli a enomi . By referring to the local columnrof the Borj*. tin of to-day it will be seen that extensive nre paratrons are being made for the resep tion of the Kight Reverend Bishop Wood, onhiadfetnm from FACT* ArtO FANI —Bayard TayO is translating —The OcrmanFcse grtipe seeds Gon^l^ an aS keen pardcncd. WB nts to get up/aw - of the battle Of , -fTreolon little bcydleiV froi ing abut up in a.elosct. co^p&g^tT 18 were ' repres<ari Joseph 6 Sultan 80nt eleven Arab hori whpd onßin wll ? ow brag herneif because her wheat crop waeamall. She wasa, fool lng^hT <«»«" *»* p»i3K=’ , .s,“S‘i%~%S. execute, TeU that to the Hoa'-Mef ' nf”iS!^ oWB^ rlt a .F ole ’ as memorial bust ■ ofArtcmua Ward, and eelia it iii London —The Queen has cone to Abbotsford, to do foe proper thing by- the late Scott, of -whom her Majesty condescends to approve. —The tigers devoured 148 persona last year in Jaia. One tiger destroyed more than that one season at Saratoga. h^?’ h ?, latcst . comb,natiou for the Promotion of Springfield, 0 Mass!* Watonnelcm eMociation at t h-?^r firßt6a “,P leof r ,i K' iron e «r made on ciseo aCIGC coast 18 ou exhibition .In San Fran- u~7 I f! diana Asbmy University admitsiadies to its full course this fall—freshman, sonhomore junior and senior. * ’ —A praying machine is on exhibitionut Paris .warranted to say a hundred and twenty Buddhist prayers a day without getting otlFof ordor. —The grand jwy at Nashville have Indicted Snnda a - 111008:11111 P ersons for drinking beer on —lt is proposed to erect a monument In Berlin Europe™ 11 Wh ° fi ? t . introduced foe potato into —The Grand Duke of Saxo Weimar has been sea-bathing at Ostend—making an “Ostend manifesto" of himsetf—but he has gone back to tus eeven-by-cinc principality. -‘-“Nashy” is looking for a' serial story for. hia - Toledo Mml*. Trowbridge, Edmund Kirke, Hikes, and others have been applied to—aU too busy to write it. ™ —Clingman, formerly United States Senator from North Carolina, was injured in. one of his eyes last week, by the careless cracking of an omeibns-driver’s wnip. —The funny man of the New Bedford Mercurv says ‘it becomes every day more doubtful whether the President is an ’andy thing to have in the House. . . j Bat-shooting is now the favorite Virginia sport. They call it a bird in that country.. It has been observed that in all the reports oi baso ball matches bats and fouls go together. c j —Gov. Chamberlain of Maine has sent an urgent request to the Govemment- that a tranfc port ship may be sent by Admiral Farragntto tiring home the Jaffa Colonists, If they desire It. —Sir Henry Bui wer, whose chief claim to dis tinction is that he is a brother of Edward Lvtton ■ Is making a book of his “Diplomatic. Recollec tions." His books and his brothers are the Bul werks of British literature. —Musical prodigies are frequently heard of. but few so prodigious as a young lady mentioned by a Western paper, who can play two pieces upon the piano, whistle a third and sing a fourth all at the same time. * —One of the Japanese troupe in Portland fell a distance of fifteen feet, and struck upon an or- • chesira chair, .while performing In that city. He was rendered Insensible, but resumod-ma perv formance In a few minutes. r —lt la announced that Charles Reader and Dion Boucicault are writing.An conjunction, .a novel for the Atlantic Monthly, fori which they are to receive a larger sum than has yet been paid by an American periodical to any author except Mr. Dickens. —Base bull talk ~yiagraa fn-5 orV.flte tr. 'ar - *Bl§igfr cutters,’’ “sky-scrapers,” “muffins,” dec., have become acclimated. “Gobbled the huckle berry” is the last version “of taking it on the —The imperial family of France is generally disliked in Anstria. Napoleon is regarded as the evil genius of the house of Hapsburg, The Em press Elizabeth tried hard to avoid on introduc tion to Euge'nie, but the latter insisted—ail in a very polite way, of course, on both sides. —Rarey’s will is just published. He leaves the reclaimed “Cruiser’ to his brother, with the in junction that the horse is not to be sold nor exhibited for money, nor taken away from the stable which the testator- built for Mm. ' Useful, legacy that. —Havana has a new source of revenue. hundred* and twen tyKhonsund dollars are invested, in thq cock-ggbting profession in that highly moral city.'-mere are about twenty-one tnon sand cock-fights a year. The city-proposes to impose a license of one hundred dollars per day. on these amusements. —“Camp Meeting John*’, is credited.with thft, following: A Baptist clergyman objected to the Methodist polity that there was too much. ms chineiy in it. The veteran oft a hundred camp meetings retorted, “Yes, there is a good deal of machinery, but it. dunVtake so.much .water, to, run it as the Baptist does.’’-ifojfon Advertiser. —During last year the postal order system paid, all the expenses, and left a surplus, in'the hands of the Government. Ibis estimated that the busi ness amouifts to $l<kl)00,000. During, the pre-. sent year four hundred more postal offices* wiU be put in operation, making s total of one thou sand two hundred aad thirty-fiva ■■•■*■ —Enormonoamoants of,fossa ivory are brought, from New Siberia. In some cases entire mam moths have been, preserved Ip ice, which not onlyhnve the skin and hair in perfect condition, but tbs fleshy portions also. Dogs and; wild beasts have eaten them, with, avidity, though 1 they must have been frozen to death thousands of years ugo. . *. —A Mormon settlement is- located in Minnts, sota at Battle bake, which is called, the moat* ciiarming place in the State. It consists of eight-, teen families. They occupy a thousand, acres of well fenced and well cultivated land. They ace, disciples of Jo. Smith, and do. not permit; polygamy. The settlement is, quiet and industri ous. —The Chicago Tost has a column, of “Tew- Table Talk"—listen to it: “A. man died Jin New York the other day of yeHow fever.—A child in Minnesota has no hones, in its legs.—A Bostonian walked off the portico of liis house while asleep, dislocating his ankle, breaking bis leg, and other wise injuring himself.” What deteWlni sub jects for the tea-table—the readers of the Tost must have the nightmare horribly. —A London letter contains the following: “F mentionedlongagothatfoe-American Legation in this city hadbeen transferred' to one small room in a common lodging-house in one of the' most disreputable streets of the West End. It is thert still, and the last time I cailed there the door was opened tome by a dirty woman, with an-equally dirty baby in her arms, which was actually engaged in extracting nourishmentfrom tse maternal fount lam tola, that this is hot asu. uncommon Occurrence," '
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