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&sr THE
NATIONAL IN lON CLIB
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Bopt. It. IS6T.
At»Bpeti*l Meeting of the Executive Committee of
National Union Club, held thU date, the following re
eolutions were Lnaalmoualy adopted apd ordered to bo
ptibliabed:
That we cordially approve the reeon»tn:cti«n
law* pawed by the Thirtj-nlnth and the. Fortieth Don
•grew, tod that we disapprove and deplore the base
x-wicked -trK-artirev by wbicb President Andrew Jobmoti,—
in violation <*< hi* oath of office, endeavored to prevent
their execution. . .
Hemtred, That the noble «**lf-devotion, the tran-vendent
ability, and tl.i elevated patriotism. »o"eon«tanUj‘ eon.
aplriioii. in the Hon. E. >l. Stanton during the entitle,
bi llion, endeared hint to the heart, ot alt who love their
country, and rtciHljr demand that the Senate .hall tame*
diately, upon reaideinblinn, reatore him to the po'ition ot.
Secretary of War, from which he rvaa ao improperly and
iUrfally removed.
/fr-oitw. That the future peace and well being of our
eountry rvqvirc* that the traitora who originated, who
.aided, or who eviupathized with the great rebellion,
should mi er again be permitted to occupy position- of
power or trurt In the Government.
ltenotred. That we are in favor of a judieloiia tariff for
the protection ot American industry, and rincefely hope
that another newton of (.'ongreea will not para without Ita
enactment,:.:,,-.— ’
That we recommend to our fellow-citi/j-nr to .
eupport. af'tl.e election in October, the candidate- nomi
nated by the Kepublfcan Union Convention# for city,
county, and iitate otiiccr-, believing that tlieelcctlon of
men. of vLd.jubt. il loyalty ia at tin’ present time of ex
ceeding impoitanco.
Iteeoirnl, That the nomination ot the Hon. Ilonry \V.
William*, to: .lodge of the Supreme Court, and of the
Hon. M. lta.-e.'ll Thayer, lor Judge of the Court of Com
mon I'll a*, no; .t meet the approval of all who value high,
pcrroual Char.O ter. great legal acquirement*, and eminent
Jiieim-- ability.
y',„,q h.it a party whom; recognized leader* de
late Iloln't t U. Lee and Stonewall Jarkaon to be of
equal merit with George Wa*hingf.m and Thoma* Jcffer
eon. i* iiDwoTtl.y of the confidence of true men.
t llrtotred. That the honor and prosperity of our country
require that the public faith 1 eboald be preecrved invio
late. and that the intereit and principal of our natioual
debt, inclined for the *ali ation ot the nation, should lie
' punctually paid according to the bond.
Jleeolved. That the pestilent doctrine of Btate Rights,
«« announced by Johu C. Calhoun, and adopted by the
present Democratic leaders, i* iuconalatent with the per
manency of om Union and diet rue till: of all good gov-
ernment.
Jtr.-oleea. That in the present feverish nnd critical con
dition of public affairs it ia extremely desirable that in the
approaching election every citizen should Iny aside ul(
personal preferences and piejudices, and vote not merely
to elect competent and loyal officers, but also to express
unmistakably hi* wishes respecting the general national
policy. , "
By order of the Dxecutivc Committee.
JOHN E.ADDICKB, Chairman.
A. M. W a i.k I a sn.vw. Secretary. 1
gy UNION LEAGUE HOUSE,
BROAD STREET.
PHILADELPHIA, Bept. II), 1867.
A Special Meeting of ths
’UNION LEAGUE
-of Philadelphia wifi he heid at the
LEAGUE HOUSE,
OX SEPTEBBBRIB, AT S O'CLOCK, P. M„
4'or the purpose of takiDgsuck measures as may be deemed
Advisable ia relation to the preaent condition of the conn*
6y order of the Board of Directors.
eell-tlb rp GEORGE H. BOKER, Secretary.
FOURTEENTH WARD RE
PUBLICAN MEETING,
to be held on
nOMDAI EVENING THE ICth ISST.,
at 8 o’clock.
Speakors : Hon 11. D. Moore, L. R. Fletcher. Esc|„ Major
'Jy Dl Buckman, Thoe M. Coleman, Earn, Can. \V. J.
JNlacSey. and othorß.nUl address the meeting.
JolinQ.Ul'inoclo.kßi) Goo-P.-MoLoan,
M. L. Johnson, Committee on Pnbllc Meeting. sel4-2trp*
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At n meeting of the Hoard of Director*, held on 4th
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adopted:
H ta-rea*. Numerous application* have boen made to
thia Company from the holders of the Flint and Second
Mortgage Coupon Honda to convert tint same into the
Iftgfetcred General Mortgage Bond*, dated July 1,1867;
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structed to cause public notice to be given that thin Com
pany is now prepared to exchange its Registered Bonds,
secured by a general mortgage upon the Hue from Phila
delphia to Pittsburgh, of the ' estate, real and personal,’
and corporate franchisee therein mentioned, dated July
1. 1867. for the Flirt and Second Mortgage Coupon .Bqudn.
of said Company, on the road between Harrisburg and
Pittsburgh.
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ncl&itrp* K. B. EsLF.lt, Secretary.
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(lIIITIAKV.
Hliijor-Gii. crti! diaries Gritffii, United
Millies Army.
Major-Gen. 'til Charles Grlllln. whose death, as
having occur ■ d yesterday morning, is elsewhere
announced ii, a' Telegraphic report from Galves
ton. Texas, that ollicer having been’ temporarily
iimi-Ud with the command of the Fifth Military
District upon the removal of General Sheridan,
was horn-in Ohio, graduated at West Point in
18 17, and'was a elatcmate of Generals Burnside
anij Ayres. Entering the artillery service, he was
soon after his graduation ordered to Mexico,
and commanded a company under General
Patterson in. the campaign from Vera
Cruz» Jto Puebla. Soou .after lie
was ordered to Florida (in .January, 1*18), and in
the ensuing December to Old Point Comfort. In
duly. DO'.', lie was promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant, and,.haying been placed in'command
oi a company of cavalry, was ordered to New
Mexico, wnere he remained until 187,1. serving
with distinction in the Navajo campaigns, anil
taking part in other expeditions. Joining a light
buttery at Fort McHenry,tbe.young lieutenant was
ordered to Fort Hamilton early in the spring of
18.77. remaining, however, but a few months, and
afterward being ordered westward to Minnesota in
command of a company. From Minnesota his
command was ordered to Kansas, and thence, in
October of the Tame year,he revisited New Mexico
in command of an escort to the Governor of that
Territory, whence.., returning through Texas, he
joined his own proper command at Fort Leaven
worth. In April following, having been assigned
with his company to form a portion of the com
mand of Colonel Burke at Fort Kiley.hc reported
at that place for duty, remaining tin til 18,7'.', when
he was sent to Fortress Monroe,where soon after
lie received an appointment as instructor of Ar
-lillcry-at- West-Point, ’in which capacity, he
served until the breaking out of the war
in 1801. In January of that memorable year he
received orders to cross the mountains with his
battery (known as'the West Point’"Battery.) to
the railroad, and thence to proceed direct to
Washington. In command of this battery, which
was organized as Battery D of the sth cavalry,
the young officer fought with heroic bravery at
the first hull Hun, remaining until June ‘2O, 1802,
in the capacity of captain of the artillery, when
he was commissioned as a brigadier-general, and
bore an honorable part in the campaign of Mc-
Clellan upon the peninsula, winning especial dis
tinction at the "battle of Gaines’Mill, and com
manding even ■ the admiration of the enemv.
Again, at Malvern Hill, Geueral Griiliu, In
command' of the artillery, supported his
brigade against the impetuous assault
of General Mugruder, hurling back the
masses of the enemy and contributing most sig
nally to the success of the day. The Army of the
Potomac having been ordered to the assistance of
the beleaguered General Pope, General Gritiin's
command relieved a portion of Pope's worn-out
legions at Ely’s Ford, and subsequently at War
renlon Junction. About the Ist of October, hav
ing been promoted to tbocommand of a division,
lie took part with distinguished'success iu the
buttle of Autietum, fought subsequently under
Geueral Burnside at. Fredericksburg, and still
l iter accompanied General Hooker across that
river and bore himself gallantly through the
(icneral’s brief and unfortunate campaign. Under
date of November 1, lsijj, General Griliiu, iu
company with Generals Ayres and Crawford,was
made Brevet Major-General.
Gen. Griffin was present at the battle of Gettys
burg, but subsequently obtained leave of obsence,
his health having been considerably impaired,
and rejoined the Army'of the Potomac just be
fore the battle of the Wilderness. From that
time forward General Griffin bore a conspicuous
part in every action in whicli the Army of the
Potomac was engaged, and at the battle of Five
Forks so distinguished himself as to be assigned
to the command of the Fifth army corps, which
position he held with honor until the final tri
umph of the Union arms and the subsequent dis
banding of the Army of the Potomac. It was
General Griffin .who superseded the impetuous,
Warren, and the former proved himself
in| every way worthy to wear the mantle of the
latter, having been identified with the corps from
Us Organization, and being in many respects
similar to Warren in the quality of military leader
ship. Both, too, were men of volcanic and
irascible temper, and used oaths and artillery
with equal facility, though the nervousness and
ill nealth of General Griffin, no doubt, contributed
not a little to render his temper of unsteady
poise. In personal courage Warren and Griffin
.were peers, and peers of any in the service; and
noth had an innate dislike of pretension and
hraggudocio, which rendered them men to give
no quarter to either weakness,so common among
men of overweening vanities, or of vanity
transcending their merit.
In the spring of 1865, for gallant and meritori
ous service during the war, Brcvet'MojOr-General
Griffin, of the volunteer Bervice, being in rank, by
virtue of his rank in that service, Brevct-Lleu
tenant-Colonel United States Army, was pro
moted to the rank of Brevet Colonel, and, under
date of August 10,1865, was assigned to the com
mand of the District of Maine, navlng his head
quarters at Portland. In January, 1866 (January
1,1), by an order reducing the military’ forces
of the United Stateß, General Griffin ■ was
among those mustered out of the volunteer ser
vice, being reduced thereby to the rank of cap
tain in the regular army. Subsequently, how
ever, being, re-instated, he was assigned to the
command of the Department of Texas, long under
the command of the gallant Weitzel, which, by
net of Congress, became part of the Fifth mili
tary district. As sub-commander, Gen. Griffin
served under Sheridan, having his headquarters
at Galveston, Texas. -
On tho '26th of August, 1867, General Griffin
superseded General Sheridan in temporary com
mand of the district, pending tho arrival of Sheri
dan's appolntccl successor, still,-nt his own re
quest, retaining his headquarters at Galveston.
General Griffin has always been almost an invalid,
and his career presents a brilliant example of
what may be accomplished by force of will under
adverse physical circumstances. He was Ap
pointed to West Point from Ohio, his native
State, and leaves a military record of which the
State of Vineyards may well be proud,
—Tlic lumber kings will employ one thousand
workmen In the Saginaw valley among the pine
forests this winter. " ' '
\PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1867. /
\ MEXICO.
\
Interesting _Lettcr Written by Maxi-
iliiliUlV JTuMt Before His Bs'ntlw
The following, letter was written by Maxi
milian two days before Ills execution:
Qukuktaiio, Pmso.v or Las Gaimi my as, June
17, 1807.— J)ear fjarim Law, Siinister of Austria
to Mexico: I am done with this world: my very
last wishes are in regard only to my mortal
remains, which will sOpn be freed from all pain,
and in regard to those who must survive me.
My physician. Dr. Bagch, will have my body
brought to Vera Cruz. He will bo accom
panied only by my two servants, Gull and
Ttidos. I have ordered that my body be
transported without any pomp or solemnity to
Vera Cruz, and that on board the vessel that Is
to bring it to Europe no unusual cercmonv take
'p'ace. I bayeawaited death calmly, and f wish
to be left In the same stillness while in my cOlfini
You will take measures, my dear Baron, so that
Dr. Basch and my two servants, who take my
body in care, may accompany it to Europe on
one of the two war vessels. Over there I
wish to be buried besides my poor wife.
If the news of my poor wife’s death should not
prove true, my body should be placed some
where until the Empress rejoin me in death.
Have the goodness to see that the necessary
orders bo lorwarded to Capt. Groeller. Have
also the goodness to take measures so that the
widow of my faithful companion in arms, Mtra
mon, can go to Europe on one of the war vessels.
I reckon the more ou the fulfillment of this re
quest as Ehe is charged by me to remain with my
mother at Vienna. I again thank you from my
heart for the trouble which you hike on my ac
count, and I remain your well-wishing
.Maximilian. ,
The fall for a I,cnerul Election. /
T" l"’j Jeltim-cifizen*: Convening the people'to
exercise their sovereignty in the election of public
officers to whom they may intrust their destinies.
1 have fulfilled my duty. And at the same time i
have discharged another duty, inspired by my
conscience and my convictions, in theSjrroposal
i make to the people for the reform of certain
point? in the Constitution, in order that they
may resolve the question by their free and
sovereign will. My administration never had and
never shall have any other rule of con
duct than faithful respect for the national will.
All the reforms made during my administration
have been to develop and improve the principles
of the constitution of the republic. Those pro
posed in the letter of convocation have and can
have no other aim. The points there discussed
are the sentiments of my profound convictions.
After mature meditation on the past, with the
aid of the experience of some years in govern
ment. and with the' examples before me of our
own history and'' that of other republics, which,
under their wise institutions, enjoy a permanent
guarantee of liberty, a pledge of peace, and a
source of greatness and of prosperity, I have
ventured to propose them to the people.
Nevertheless, there are those who pretend to
censure the conduct of the government; and in
order that mv silence may not he misinterpreted,
I have conceived it my duty to address my fellow
citizens. Now that I am once more in the
capital, I sec, as I have before seen on similar*
occasions, that there are those who assnme to
change the conduct and the policy of the
government; but it is my'duty to stand firmly
by my resolution to do that which is right with
out being swayed by those who represent only
the small minority and not the national will of
the people. It is evident that those who make
these pretensions are the few; it is evident that
they do not represent the opinion oi a numerous
party, even in the capital. I do ‘ not, therefore,
deem it necessary to address myself to, the in
habitants of this city, whose loyalty is already
manifested in these facts. I address myself to
the inhabitants of the States, where, by not being
present to see what passes, public opinion may
possibly be misled. I address myself to the
States in order that they may be able to judge
correctly of the facts, availing themselves of the
lessons they have learned from the experience of
other times. It has been pretended that my
opinions differ from those of the members of my
Cabinet. The older members considered, when
leaving San’Luis for the capital, that their duty
to the country had been fulfilled, and desired to
separate themselves from the government. Now,
again, they have offered their resignations, and
those members of the Cabinet lately appointed
have followed their example; their object has
been to leave me in full liberty of action. But I
liaye not deemed it my duty to accept of their resig
nations, because there has been no discord in our
opinions, and because I have the fullest confi
dence in ihcir-.rectitude and their loyalty. My
sole aspiration is faithfully to serve the interests
of the people, and honestly to respect the national
will. To defend and sustain our institutions has
ever been the application oi the power vested iu
my hands. That "t serve my country faithfully
and that I love liberty is demonstrated by my
public career.
Mexicans—lt is your right to decide freely upon
the reforms' I have proposed to you; and It will
soon he in your power to do so, when you elect
the public officers who shall directyonr’destlnies.
I shall now simply repeat that it has been my
sole object to propose to you that which I deem
beneficial for your dearest interests, and these in
terests are security for ireuce in the future and
consolidation of our institutions. Happy indeed
shall I be if, before my death, I am witness to
their enduring consolidation
Mkxico, August 22,1807
Tlie Trial and Conviction of General
Tlionias O’lloran l'ull Details of liis
Execution.
Mkxu o, Aug. 21, 18(17.— The evidence having
been taken last week at Tlalplan, a neighboring
village, in the case of the Republic of Mexico
against General O’Horan, late Prejecte Politico in
this city, it was soon known here that it was of
such a character and degree as must
result in the conviction of the General, as
his rebutting testimony failed, and his name
had so long been associated with misrule and
bloodshed. He had formerly been Prejecte Po
litico at Tlalplan, and his tyranny and sacrifice of
life there had been so notorious that there seemed
no probability of his escaping punishment. It
was rumored that money or personal influence
had been employed upon members of his court
martial, to effect an escape from justice, and
that these efforts,resulted in the arrest, imprison
ment and probable punishment of a high
officer ol the tribunal. The testimony
having been concluded and recorded on the
Eart of the prosecution and the defence, and
aving been, as it is the law in this country, re
-ferred to the Auditor of War and Marine, and this
officer having leported to the Government that
the case was such an one as called for a court
martial, the prisoner was brought to this city and
confined at the Palace in the barracks of tho bat
talion “Supremes Poderes." Immediately the
Minister of War named a court martini, in ac
cordance with the laws of September loth, 1857
(Comonfo*t), and January 2oth, 1802 (Juarez), as
in tho case of Maximilian and others, of onp
colonel and six captains. **■
The court-martial continued their deliberations
upon the evidence until August 17 th, when they
unanimously agreed on the sentence of death.
General O’Horan was a native of Central Ame
rica, and was forty-five years of age. He camo
to Yucatan in his boyhood and has been distin
guished in military circles since 1830. He leaves
an aged mother,a wife and children. Most strenu
ous efforts have been made during the past few
days to effect a commutation of his sentence,
and the sympathies of President Juarez
have been most severely wrought upou;
but the unsoldierlv inhumanity of General
O’Horan is so 'well known and the
demand so universal for his«execution among the
Mexican people that President Juarez foundhim-
Bclf unable to accede .to the supplications by tho
friends of the prisoner. General O’Horau had
many friends among the American population—
not because of any admiration for his brutality
to the Mexican people, but for the reason that
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
Boston. Sept. 15, The corner-stone of the
new Cathedral of the Holy Cross, destined to be
the second largest liornan Catholic cathedral in
America, was laid with appropriate and imposing
Ceremonies this afternoon, in the presence of a
concourse of sixty or seventy thousand people.
The great structure is being erected on the corner
of-Washington and Malden streets, and for seve
ral hours before and during the progress of the
exercises, all the available thoroughfares and
housetops in the vicinity were a solid mass of
humanity, and nearly all remained until the three
hours' ceremony was concluded.
Some two hundred priests were present, many
of them coming from distant Southern and West
ern States. There were also present Bishops
McCloskey, of Sew York! McFarland, of Hart
ford; Uangblin, of,Br ookly n; Bacon, of Port
land, and Conroy, oTAibany; and Governor Bul
lock, of Massachusetts; Mayor Norcross, the
Judges of the Supreme Court, and many other
prominent citizens and officials..
The ceremonies of laying the stone, conforming
strictly to the ceremonies of the Church of Rome,
were grand and imposing in the extreme. Bishop
'WiUiaihß, of the Boston diocese, acted as cele
brant, and was assisted by the bishops and clergy
above named. The exercises took place in a large
tent, which had been erected over the space
which the edifice is to cover, and were commenced
by Bishop Williams blessing the place upon
which the grand altar of the cathedral is to stand.
He then proceeded to the blessing of the corner
stone, after which the form of depositing it in its
place was carried out in a most imposing
manner. The corner-stone having been thus
laid the Bishop, preceded by the
clergy hi procession, mode the entire circuit of
the walls, sprinkling the foundations with holy
water and reciting appropriate psalms. The
Bishop and the several priests having returned to
the corner stone, the “ Yeni Creator" was sung in
a beautiful manner by a choir composed of up
wards of three hundred of the best singers in and
around Boston, with an orchestral accompani
ment of forty pieces. After the singing the
Bishop kneeled and offered prayers, beseeching
the Lord that His Holy Spirit may come down
upon the house which is about to be built, in or
der that he might sanctify their gifts and the
gifts of the people and purify their hearts.
The prayers having been concluded. Archbishop
McCloskey, of New York, delivered the sermon.
He did not take any text, but discoursed in :
general terms and in a very.eloquent and forcible
manner upon the great work which they had
begun, testifying as it did in a most unmistaka
ble manner, to the spread and growth of the
Catholic religion. He also exhorted the people
to contribute in proportion to their means, the
importance and necessity, of the work and the
zeal which they have for" the honor anil glory of
God.
The response upon the part of the great crowd
was most liberal. Between three and four thou
sand dollars were deposited upon the corner
stone, and, the different priests passed round
among the multitude and also received donations
amounting to several thousand dollars more.
The collections having been taken up,
and the .sermon concluded, the Te Detail
was sung by the choir, and probably
some twenty thousand of the spectators united
their voices, the whole forming a scene highly
grand and impressive. The ceremonies were,
then concluded by the Bishop giving the solemn
pontifical benediction to all present.
Some idea of the extent of the structure may
be gathered from the statement that it will cover
an area of fifty-five thousand square feet of land,
on the corner of Washington and Midden streets,
purchased at a cost of $800,000: It will be built
in the early decorative style of gothic architec
ture, presenting a front of one hundred anil fifty
feet, with a three hundred and fifty feet tower
and spire, and the extreme depth will be three
hundred and sixty-four feet.. The chief mate
rial to be used "is granite,, and the interior,
as well as the whole exterior, will be
finished and decorated in a style of rare
and expensive elegance. The auditorium will
have seats for five thousand persons. There
will be a Sabbath-school room for the accommo
dation of thirty-five hundred scholars, and there
will be upwards of three hundred beautifully
stained windows of various designs in the edi
fice. The total cost, including land, will be a
million and a half of dollars, and when completed
in 1870 it will bo next in size to the great cathe
dral in Brooklyn, but second to none in the coun
try in point oi architectural beauty.—A'eio York
Hertdd-
Benito Juarez.
SPECULATIONS AS TO THE IMPEACHMENT OU THE
Washington is in what may be aptly termed a
speculative mood. The interest in the late poli
tical movements and the excitement occasioned
by their unexpected occurrence had scarcely
abated ; and had not been fully reasoned out to
the point at which subjects are dropped for want
of another position to view them from, when the
last and greatest sensation—the probable course
that will be adopted by the Executive in the
event of impeachment—has started political
gossips afresh. The greal anxiety which
bus been felt hitherto that the President
should act advisedly in the matter of
remodelling his Cabinet and in making judicious
selections of new ministers has now given place
to the all absorbing theme of what will be the
result of Itanoachment. On all sides these ques
tions aro asked : Has Mr. Johnson been really
guilty of any crime or misdomeanor within the
signification of the constitution ? Is it an im
peachable offence to defend and support the
constitution ? Would the President dare to
disperse Congress or order a now election ? If
the President should ordor anything bo desperate,
would not such an order be followed by numer
ous resignations from the army? And thus
query follows query, with few who pretend to
sufficient knowledge or foresight to vouchsafe' a
reply. Many there aro who think they doecry
positive signs of danger to the peace of the coun
try in the turn that affairs is taking; but. by far
the greater number express no unusual alarm,
and say that the serious hitch iu the Work of re
during thu late siege of Mexico be had refused to
carry out an order of Marquez to arrest and im
prison the American residents. Ilia understood
that Mr. Ottorbourg made yesterday an official
communication to the government praying for
leniency.
This morning at six o’clock General O'Horan
was conducted from his prison at the palace to
lhe Plazuela dc Mix Calco in a carriage, accom
panied by two priests and a gnard. A force of
about three thousand soldiery were formed into a
square and the prisoner conducted or marched np
to a wall on one side of the Plazneia. Hero be
stopped, nnd standing on one foot, folded bia
handkerchief over his Knee and adjusted it over
his eyes. He then requested the detail of
soldiers, who were but three or four
yards in his front, to fire at his heart and
not at his face, exclaiming “Viva Mexico! Viva
Mexico! Viwrjndcpendencin!” and feD pierced in
the body ana lungs by a dozen bullets. The
shooting was poorly done, as four different (sin
gle) shots were required afterward to insure bis
death, owing to the soldiers not hitting his heart.
O’Horan refused to turn his back to the muskets,
claiming that he was not a traitor. Accordingly
just before the volley an officer took him gently
by the shoulder and turned him.
The following are the executions since the fall
of Queretaro; Maximilian, Mejia, Miramon, Vi
daurri and O’Horan. It is supposed that Castillo
was shot a day or two since, but as the telegraph
line is down between that city and Mexico the
otlieial notification has not been received. Should
Marquez be captured his name will be added to
the list.
THE BOSTON CATHEDRAE.
Ceremony of I.nying tiie Cornerstone
of (he Cathedral of the Holy Cross at
Boston Seventy Thousand Specta
tors in Attendance-Sermon by Arch
bishop lUccloskey—Dimensions and
Cost of the Edifice.
Tlie Political Situation.
[Wajliington correspondence N. Y. Ilorald. I
PRESIDENT.
construction will be safely and successfully over
come before the adjournment of the next session
of Congress.
The report of the House Judiciary Committee
on the impeachment question is now being
printed at the government printing office. The
pressmen and press-feeders have ail been sworn
to secrecy.
JOHNSON AND r.OSWKI.r,
A Washington despatch to the' Boston Pont
soys; . '
The President’s late proclamations having given
rite to much speculation as to their purpose and
firactical bearing upon the country, it may be
ntercsting to know what the author himself
thinks and says regarding them. In a social con
versation 10-day I ventured to inquire of His Ex
cellency his views of the proclamation declaring
the supremacy of the Constitution, and his
. special object the same. I admitted
that the purpose was patent bn the face of the
document, but that many persons professed not
to be able to comprehend its practical
bearing. He replied that there were now two
parties in the eountry—one acting within consti
tutional limits, the other openly professing to act
outside of the Constitution. Ilia purpose was to
call the attention of each and everv officer and
employe of the Government to this'fact, that lie
might clearly understand his duty, and, under
standing, perform it. Our Constitution, he said,
was the citadel of our freedom, the wall which
environs and protects all. But another purpose
which he had in view was to assnre the country
that the authority of the Federal Judiciary
would be unflinchingly maintained in all the
States. I called tlie President's attention to the
correspondence published • to-day between Gen.
Ord and Col. Gilbert ; in which the latter claims
that Gen. Ord and ins subordinates were not the
servants, but rather tlie masters, of the people.
He replied that it was but one of the legitimate
fruits of the Radical teachings of the day. that
public officers were not bound by their oaths but
might act “outside of the Constitution:" this very
ease, he said, illustrated the necessity for his
proclamation. Col. Gilbert seems to'have lost
sight of the fact that ours was a Constitutional
Government, and that he was bound to re
spect the law. When a military officer could thus
forget that the people were the sovereigns and
could assume that he was one of their masters,
the President said he thought it was high time
that attention should be specially called to the re
quirements of the Constitution and the true prin
ciples of our Government. He spoke in flattering
terms of General Ord, and heartily approved the
noble rebuke which the General administered to
Col. Gilbert. I inquired what he thought would
be the practical .effect of the Amnesty Proclama
tion. He promptly replied, “to restore the pfiHfes
to all their rights—to nlace them precisely
where they were before the war. The suffrage
question was one to be determined by the courts
and not by the executive branch of the Govern
ment.” In alluding to the future, he said he had
no idea of what Congress would do, but that he
believed the people would take care that their
Government was’not subverted and destroyed.
So far as he was concerned, he should exercise
every constitutional power in Us defence, but
that the great controlling power was in the hands
of the people themselves, and his firm convic
tion was that they would use it wisely and effl- -
ciently.
AN INTERVIEW WITH WENDELL
PHILLIPS*
Ckicf Justice Chase’s Position Defined
—Seeretary McCulloch the Finan
cial Obligations oUthe Country— • he
> Amnesty Proclamation The Pro
posed Meeting of the Loyal Gover
nors,
[From to-day’s New York Herald.]
Stirling, Mass., Sept. 10, 1807 Taking up
the recital of the conversation which yonr cor
respondent had with Mr. Phillips, the principal
portion of which has already appeared, I resume
at the point where my previous fetter concluded”.
Mr. Phillips, recurring to Secretary Chase as a
probable candidate for the Presidency, said: I
believe myself that Mr. Chase’s ambition is satis
fied. But it is idle to speculate upon any chances
he (Chase) would have. He has.no support out
side of the national banks, and Hint is an isolated
Influence. I think Jay Cooke and the other
financial kings of the country' are making desper
ate efforts to bring him forward as a candidate.
But one thing his friends have lost for Chase—
that is, the sympathy of the radicals, and Chase
himself is too radical to win the sympathy of the
conservatives, and so between those two stools
lie will fall to the ground. I do not
think these friends of his are able cither to have
him nominated or elected. Chase himself belongs
to the radical section of the republicans, and it is
nothing but the Presidential fever that tempts
his friends to retain him if possible in the con
servative section of that party in the hope of
gaining its support for their man. Chase does
hot belong there. His whole life in the past
would rather rank him with Sumner and Stevens
than with sncli men as Fessenden and Sherman.
As I said before, between these two parties—the
conservative and radical sections of the Republi
can party—Chase must come to the wall.
With regard to tlie outcry from certain quar
ters against Secretary McCulloch, I do not bellevo
there can be an effort to remove him from his
position arising from any honest motive. Ido
not think the Radicals can have a wish to remove
him, and those who desire to remove him are ac
tuated by the hope of getting their hands into
the Treasury.
I have but one thing to say with regard to the
finances of the Government; that is, that the
pledges of the Government, whatever they may
be, must be kept. Any obligations to which the
Government is honorably bound must bo kept at
any cost, and that party must go to tho bottom
that will undertake to skulk trom these obliga
tions under any pretence whatsoever.
I think tho Amnesty proclamation seals John
son’s fate. If wo are ever to impeach a Presi
dent—if any Presidential crime ever justifies
impeachment, this does. The Amnesty procla
mation is nothing more nor lesß than an armed
resistance against Congress. It is just as serious
an offence against the constitution and the laws
of the eountry as if the President sent a regiment
into the Senate chamber. It.is a more cunning
way of assailing Congress, because it is covert,
and not so likely to attract a full measure of pub
lic indignation. But really it docs not differ in
quality from sending armed soldiers to the Capi
tol. And all its sham of constitutional sanction,
or pretence of constitutional sanction, is the hol
iowest of all possible shams.
I see the Herald starts the idea that Johnson
should resign. It is a most astute suggestion.
It would save Johnson from the infamy of his
tory, if anything could save him therefrom.
The only mistake the"" Herald makes in this is,
that it presupposes in Johnson a manliness that
does not belong to his character. If Johnson
was capable at this moment ol the lefty anti
magnanimous statesmanship which, would lead
him to resign, he could never, be the danger
ous nnd treacherous President he shows himself
A meeting of the loyal Governors oi all the
States ought to be convened iorthwith, to take
measures to present the true attitude ot the Pre
sident and Congress before the people. Deeds,
not words, must, however, bo the order of the
dav Should they meet for words it would result
not only ridiculously, but disastrously. They
should meet with the same purpose and object
ttiev had in view when they uiet during tlie war
in order to satisfy all the loyal people of the
country that in caso any madman should attempt
any revolutionary measure, the whole physical
force of tlie country is in the hands of loyal men
and would be used to preserve the Constitution
and the Union in any emergency.
—Dir. i>io Lewis. tlio “liirht weight" man. does
not lose much by the destruction by fire of his
school buildings at Lexingtou. They were well
insured, and lie will build again; Never say die
0 Lewis!
F. L EETHERSTON. Fabli^f,
PRICE THREE CENTS,
FACTS AND FANCIES.
—Cyrui» W. FJeW w quite siefc.
—Secretary Stanton is 52 years of*.
—lJszt, pianist, fallwofcoming to'tbiscouutrv.
—To have cowslips-ia winter—drive your cows
throw o a /^ I|fee 1 |fee , t t in eaOSBtC °’ N ' V '-' has made »
—Mr. T. W. Robertaouy author of “Caote," is
writing a new play. ’
day General hander-goes to BostonWMon-
is writer. Hi be
lieves that the pen is mightier than the sword.
Tra ycl e r» in Austria* complafh that then* k
no metallic money imthe country.
otomfeSfpi;“;fX'nSSsSsSjs2i^ l “'
,10 Wcndeii Holmes is going to nut his
‘Gua dian Angel" between covers! Oetoter.
Anna.* 1 ® Tu3a,l3ask Greeleyto-go bail for Saofa
thatBteat '
the St?L^)S?si»ge! 0t mak^ a S*** success-on
eliFd B ren a a U repig“ ail 18 " bore U is ' B ° ««»•»**
A brnkeman on the Illinois Central Railroad 1
was cut completely asunder by the ears.
wbous .ed Holt so savagely in his
gentleman? 11111611 *’ ““• brotk er-mdfw of that
ln 7lw CC T CBiaBticill commission are determined
to try Mr. Tyng, or at least go through the mo
hops. Stubbs is stubborn. “
—Rev, Dr. Hams, of Hartford, left the neat
expected? ° f S4o ’°° o: considerably more than
—Dickens’s first appearance as a publie reader
was in the sleepy old town of Petcrsborotro-h,
twelve or fourteen years ago.
.. T°tn Taylor is 42 years old, handsome, and
lives in great style at Clapham Junction, four
miles from London.
Gr. Hall says that for the period of a mouth
before marriage, and a month after death, men
regard their wives as angels.
—Mrs. Theresa Yelverton, of divorce-case
notoriety, is coining to this country to give read-
—Pollard has written a new rebel book, and a
Isow 1 ork house has been found foolish enough
to publish It. -
—An English manufacturing firm saves over
two hundred thousand dollars a year bv con
suming its smoke. /
—Disraeli is growing old, but not gray; his
bair is said to be still as black as a raven's wing
and it curls. b '
—Matthew Arnold, Professor of Poetry at Ox
ford, is a son of the still more celebrated Dr
Arnold, of Rugby.
—An enterprising dry goods' clerk in New
Haven has accomplished the feat of eloping with
two women at once.
—Major Yelverton is likely to lose both bis
wives, as the legal one has been so bothered with
all this row she means to get a divorce.
—New Haven thieves show a' commendably
pious turn of mind by stealing prayer-books from
the churches.
—Henry \ ineent, the English orator, and John
B. Gough are to lecture for the Young Mon’s
Christian Association in Philadelphia, this fall
—Ground cork Is now used for man v purposes.
Mixed with India rubber, It adds to Its capacltv
for moulding. It is also used to fill beds and.
pillows.
—Teiritorially, the city of Augusta, Maine, la
one of the largest lu the country, covering more
than fifty-five square miles—&. Philadelphia
eoverß ayer one hundred and thirty. ' ■*
—How ancient i#the game of billiards! -One
of our exchangesepeaks of the time when Chris
topher Columbus first caromed on the American
continent.
—A colored preacher in Savannah closed his
exhortations by flinging the ministerial spittoons,
with which the pulpit was provided, at Ms con
gregation. j -•
—Here Is the wav bigamy Is described in a
trope of Chicago: “Air. fra Y. Munn, in contract
ing himself for future delivery to Miss Samantha
Proctor, sold himself very short, indeed.”
—John Murray, reputed to be the father of
America Univcrsalism, landed on our shores In
September, 1770. The L'niversalist Church pro
poses, therefore, a contcnary celebration in 1870.
—England uses about 220 million pounds of
paper annually. France yearly consumes 10.7
millions, while the Uuited States demands moro
paper than both' these countries combined—llo
million pouuds. •
—A negro named Phillips died in Boston, lash,
week, at the age of 104 years. When eight year||
old he was sold as a slave for $7OO. and an inter- ’
esting estimate might be made of his compound
interest worth when he died.
’ —The banks of the lake of Constance are at
the present moment covered with vast numbers
of dead fish, the result of a malady prevailing
among them. A similar epidemic recently pre
vailedin the waters of the Lake of Geneva.
—The editors of the Paris journals were, on
the 10th ult., summoned to the office of the
Procurer Imperial, and then received an intima
tion that they must not “discuss ’the constitu
tion,” under pain of being prosecuted.
—The Imperial household of Russia appeals
annually in the budget for about 7,000,000 rou
bles, but its aeconnt with the Treasury is inva
riablv overdrawn by 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 of rou
bles, ‘making the total amount derived from the
public revenue about $7,500,000..
—About forty thousand pounds of fossil ivory
—that is to say, the tuskß of at least one hun
dred mammoths—are bartered for every year in
New Siberia. As many as ten tusks have been
found lying together, weighing from one hun
dred and fifty to three hundred pounds each.
—We learn from the Jefferson Jimplecute—ex
£ressive name for a newspaper,—that a fight in
avis county, Texas, between , two families, re
sulted in the death of three Browns. Texas has
been rather notorious lately for a violentjnor
talitv among the Blacks.
—Lizzie Clark, of Chicago, persists in. trying
to kill herself. She has employed befladona,
morphine and laudanum on three cvcaslons,
hanging twice, and the last attempt was with n.
butcher knife. AU were failures. The, good die
first; after repeated attempts, the bad sometimes
don’t.
—The attempt of the Independent to blackmail
the St. Paul and Chicago Railroad: lrns brought
forth an expression of opinioirtroip-a Minnesota,
paper to the efl'cct that Tilton is a “halr-btained
young man of inordinate self-couctut," and; his
associate “a bursted ilry-goods operator of doubt
ful character.”
—A late Honolulu (Sandwislt,, Islands);, paper
contains the following:
“Notice —Know all men, who look upon this.
The undersigned hereby fowids all rumsellers on
liquor-dealers; against pSflripc drink, to my mar
ried husband, Palekalunf,, neither to give him the
means whereby to get d&nk. Whosoever shall
disregard or go contrary IQ this notice, I Shall,
prosecute under the laws of this country, on duo
proof. Those that have ears let theta. hoar—and
those that have eyes let them look- By me,
KAI.ANII.KUIA PAI.EKAf.VHt.
- The Ledger of Saturday contained these tw*
remarkable advertisements:.
LOST— ON THE lorn INST,. A YEIXUW (WAT;
given some milk and a piece <w oqe uarn.
TPOI Ntl. -THI. LAPV WHO NINE MONTHS AtlO
Jb lost a tiold Watch and CHuuu an b, l with street »!•«»«
Lombard,