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.
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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," '