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nasiiy.
The Decease of Elder .Pcnulbackor—
l hc Parson Indulges in Appropriate
Reflection*,, ■ * ■
Post Ovkis, Coneemhx X Roads (Wien is
in the State uv Kentucky), January 25, 1808.
Wuhby wun we go! - Wun bywun the
tail-oaks wich hev stood, onmoved, the blasts
uv time, totter and fall! We view their pros
trate forms a second, methinks, they sink
into the earth and are lost to site, tho to
meniry dear,, forever. Then around the old
stomp the young sprbuts grow up more
vicorouscr than ever.
I ain’t slingin these moral refleeshuns for
nothin. I never waste the pathetics. When
ever a man is pulled drowndid from the creek
in this visinity, which happens, frekently,
there bein three distilleries onto it, I never
weep until I see whether he belongs to my
congregashun. It requires too much of an
effort to weep, to do it on all okkashuns.
Elder Ahslum Pennibaoker,. to-wunst the
strength and ornament uv the meetin-house
uv wich I hev bin for two years the pastor,
departid this life at 2 P. M. afternoon.
For him I weep, for him the teers is flowin
over the paper onto wich these „ lines is
penned. I am writin qm in the presence uv
the wife and children uv the deceest, and it
does cm good to setbme affectid. When one
kin confer satisfaction: at so little trouble ez
to cany an onion in his pocket handkerchief
he wood be a- broot indeed ef he did not
prove hisself ekal to the Occasion. ,
Elder Pennibaoker wuz horn in the eastern
part uv Pennsylvany, uv real old Democratic
stocki He Wuz horn amid the scenes uv the
war uv Independence, and he growd up with
Revolooshenary metnrics inspirin him. His
father fought in the Revolooshcn, havin
comb all the way across the Atlantic to do ft.
He wpz a Hessian, * and therefore Wuznt
penshund by the Amcrikin Govennent But
at the Fourth of Jooly celebrashens, the old
man wuz invited to sit 6n the stand, the
yomanry uv that seeshun not knowln that it
made any diffrence ez to the side he took in
the struggle.
Young Abslum growd up amid exelent in
flooences. TJher wusnt no skools in thevi
mnity in his infancy, and jist ez he mite hev
bin contaminated by em, his father moved to
Kentucky, wher he wuz safe from all sich.
The old gentleman dyiu, Abslum inherited
the paternal akers ana paternal niggers, and
become a man among men. The genius uv
the man now began to developT~Hntrameled
by the naxrer views uv his paternal ancestor,'
he boldly launcht out for hisself. He early
distinguished hisself by his inventive genius,
wich took the real Kentucky shoot. Twas
him wich conceived the idea uv braidin
small wire into the lashes uv nigger whips;
and not satisfied with that, he,after a month’s
bard study, broiight out the improvement in
the nigger-paddle uv borin holes into it. He
bed a aesprit struggle to git it adoptid. The
blind planters uv the neighborhood hed faith
in the-old paddle, plain, and the Elder wuz
forst to demonstrate, by actooal experiment
on his niggers, its sooperiority. He killed
twoindoin it, but he triumphed, It wuz
found that more chastisement could be in
flicted with it in a given ftime, than by the
old method, and that it lasted longer.
I need not say wat his| politics wuz. He
was never nothin but a Bitnocrat. He com
jnenst his career by votin three, times for Jack
son, and the candidates wich follered In suc
•oesfiion hed no cause to complainuv his zeeL
Under Bookanan his faithfulnis wuz rewar
did. The post offls wich I now hold wuz
given him, and he discharged the dooties
faithfully and to the best uv his ability. Ea
he coedent read, he put wat letters wich arriv
out into a box outside, lettin every one- who
come take one ef they .wantid to. The paper
wich come to the offls for Deekin Pogram he
learned to distribbit in two weeks. The
out-goin mail he dumped into a Looisville
bag, feelin a great load wuz off his mind
when it departid. He held the offls till they
wantid him to make out a quarterly report.
He wuz nonplussed. He either hed to buy a
nigger who cood reed and write, or resign,
and he resigned. A half-starved Yankee wuz
appointid in his stead, who reigned till I' re
leeved him.
The Elder wuz the happy possessor uv
three hundred niggers. They wuz probably
the best lot of niggers, ez they run, in North
western Kentucky. lie hed three shades uv
color. The trader cood find anything in the
line uv nigger, up to these three, that he
wantid, on his plantashen. Ther wuz the
pure Congo, the' agil mulatto, and the come
ly quadroon.
The Elder hed bin in failin health ever ■
sence 1802. In that yeer he embarkt into a
speculashun wich bid fair to make him wun
”uv the wealthiest men in the State,and wood,
hed things bin continyood normal. Ther
wuz niggerß runnin to the Fedral camps from
all parts uv the State, and, the Elder con
ceeved the idea uv goin to the said camps and
claimin uv em. The offiser in command
wuz so anxious to consiliate em that he
wood gladly give em up, without bein per
tikiler about proofs, and the Elder gathered,
in Jthat way, |in two months, over a hun
dred. It required a good deel of ridin, and
that fatigue, combined with the exposure in
cident to L bushwackin Fedral “pickets, wich
wuz guardin his fences and sich, brought’ on
a Bpell uv sickness from wich he never fully
recovered. The'Emancipashen Proelamashen.
nearly fimsht him, and he lingered along, a
brokenman/ontilJohnson’s22duvFebrooary
speech, wich actid ez a tonic onto him. He
revived, but the effeck wuz temporary. Ez
the Conservatives made headway, he came
up, and ez Cpngria. triumphed,he went down,
and thus he lived like a c addle in a tin lan
tern, flickrin or quiet, ez the wind blowd. He
plnckt up ainazinly after the eleckshuns last
fell, but alas, the treachery uv Meade and the
reinstatement uv Stanton w]uz two blows
from wich he cood not hope to recover. And
so, yesterday, at 2 P. M., wich in this case
meansjpost mortem, he died.
“Send in Sairey!” Bed he, and a favorit
mulatto woman uv hizzen who, owin to the
fact uv her havin eight children who wuz
quadroons, hed stayed onto the place, wuz
cent for. She sot on the bed/ and the Elder’s
head wuz placed in her lap. “Give me my
munhey," said he, and a box uv Confederit
scrip Wuz given him. And so. with his head
in Bairey’s lap, fingerin 'Conredrit scrip and
takinlikker but uv a spoon, he passed gently
away, .It wuz a troo Kentucky deparcher.
“Thisisthe cend uv life!” sed I. “May my
eend be like his,” murmured Deekin Pogram,
and all was o’er.
There wuz trouble immejitly. When the
Elder’s will wuz read I wuz disappinted to
find that he bed not remembered me, and
Mrs. Pennibaker wnz also disappinted to
find that the Elder hed left the half uv his es
tate to Sairey, and his wife, Sairey and the
people uv the comers to wich he wuz indebt
ed in small sumSjWUZ disappinted to find that
Bascom hed a mortgage -on everything the
Elder possessed, uv quite its valyoo. Bas
com, I bleeve, hez a mortgage onto every
foot uv ground within ten miles uv here. He
woodheyamortgage onto, my property, I
makejno doubt, ef l bed any. - B ut I aint,
halleloogy! I do wish, however, that some
Ond’ UV-more enlarged views wood start a
grocery here ! Its inconvenient to hev so
sharp a naan supplyin; ybo with tfie absloot
■ necessarief uv/ life. We buried the Elder to
day.’, funeral. In the’front
wp'z hiß chUdreq by his wife, then the entire
corona; and back.uv them more than forty
' yallerniggers, whohed bin hizzen. Wat
\ > THE DAILY .EVENING BULLETIN.-PHILADELPHIA, 5.1868.
. ’■*' l———ik—
drawd em to his tomb ? Wuz it instinck ??
Who kin tell? But a pilier hez faleln-j I ami
too sad to write-more. ';
- Petroleum Vi Nasuv/P. M., > -
(Wich is Postmaster.)
. THE WAR ’ '
Hie Grant-lollnsou Correspondence.
The following is the correspondence between
General Grant, and President Johnson upon tho
reinstatement of Secretary Stanton, presented to
the House of- ltejiresentalives yesterday, and
partly published lnihe Bulletin of last evening:
War Depahtmica-t, Fel). 4, ,1868.— Sir: In an
swer to the resolution of tho House Of Repre
sentatives of the 3d inst., I transmit herewith
copies furnished me by General Grant, of corre
spondence between him and the President relat
ing to the Secretary.,of .War, and which he re
ports to bo all-the correspondence ho had with
the President on the subject.
I- have had no corfespohdence with tho Presi
dent since the 12th' of August last. After the ac
tion of the Senate On his alleged reason for my
suspension from the office of Secretary of War, I
resumed the duties Of that office as required by
the, act of Congress, and have continued to dis
charge them without any personal or written
communication, with the’Presldcnt. No orders
have been issued from this department in the
name of the President; with my knowledge, and
I have received no orders from him. Tho cor
respondence sent herewith embraces all the cor
respondence! known to me on the subject re
ferred to in the resolution of the House of Repre
sentatives..
I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect,
your obedient servant, Edwin M. Stanton,
. 1 Secretary of War.
Hon. Schuyler Coifax, Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
Headquarters Army of the United Btatf.s,
Washington, D. C:, Jan. 28.— 111 s Excellency .4.
Johnsonj President of the United States—am: On
the 24th inst., I requested you to give me in
writing the instructions which yon had previ
ously given, me verbally, not to obey any order
of Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, unless
I knew that it came lfom yourself. To this
written request I received a message that has left
doubt on my mind of your intention. To pre
vent any possible misunderstanding, I therefore
renew the request that you will give me written
Instructions, 1 and till they are received, will sus
pend action on y<rur verbal ones.
I am compelled to ask these Instructions in
writing in, consequence of,the many gross mis
representations, affecting my porsonnl honor,
circulated through the press the last fortnight,
purporting to como from the President, ot con
versations which occurred with the President
privately, in his office or in cabinet meeting.
'What is written admits of no misunderstanding.
In view of the misrepresentations referred to, it
will be well to state the facts in the case. Some
time after I had assumed the duties of Secretary
of War ad interim, the President asked my views
as to the course Mr. Stanton would have to pur
sue, in case the Senate should not concur in his
suspension, to obtain possession of his office.
‘ My reply”was, in Bubstance, that Mr. Stanton
would have to appeal to the Courts to reinstate
him, illustrating -my position by citing the
? rounds I had taken in the case of the Baltimore
olice Commissioners. In that caso I did not
doubt the technical right of Governor Swann to
remove the old commissioners and to appoint
their successors. The old commissioners refused
to give up, however, and contended that no re
source was left but to appeal to the courts.
Finding that the President was desirous of keep
ing Mr. Stanton out of office, whether sustained
in the suspension or not, I stated that I had not
looked particularly into the Tenure of Office bill,
but that what I had stated was a general princi
ple, and if I should change my mind in this par
ticular ease .1 would inform him of the fact.
Subsequently, on reading the Tenure of Office
bill'Closely, I found that I could not, without
violation of the law, refuse to vacate the
office of Secret ary of War the moment Mr. Stan
ton was reinstated by the Senate, even thongh the
President should order me to retain it, which ho
never did. ■ '
Taking this view of the subject, and learning
on Saturday,, the 11th inst., that the Senate had
taken up the subject of Mr. Stanton’s suspension,
after some conversation with Lieutenant-General
Sherman and some members of my t tafl', in which
I stated that the law left me no discretion as to
my action, should Mr. Stanton bo reinstated, and
that I intended to, so inform the President, I
went to the President for the sole purpose of
making this decision known, and did so make it
known. In doing this, I fulfilled the promise
made in onr last preceding conversation on the
subject.
The President, however, instead of accepting
my view of the action of the Tennro of Office bill,
contended that he suspended Mr. Stanton under
tho authority given by the Constitution, and tho
same authority did not preclude him from re
porting, as an act of courtesy, his reason for the
suspension to the Senate; that, having appointed
me under the authority given by the Constitu
tion, and not under any act of Congress, X could
not be governed by the act, I stated that the
law was binding on me, constitutional or not,
until set aside by the proper tribunal.
An hour or more was consumed, each re-
iterating his views on tho subject, until, getting
late, the President said he would see me again.
I did not agree to call again on Monday, or at
any other definite time, nor was I sent for by
the President until the following Tuesday. From
the 11th until the Cabinet meeting on the 14ih
inst., n doubt never entered my mind about tho
President’s fully uudeistanding my position,
namely, that it the Senate refused to concur in
the suspension of Mr. Stanton, my powers as
Secretary of War ad interim would cease, and
Mr. Stanton’s right, to resume at once the func
tions of bis office would, under the law, be indis
putable, and I acted accordingly.
With Mr. Stanton I had no communication,
direct or indirect, on tho subject of his reinstate
ment, during his suspension, and I knew it had
been recommended to tho President, to send in
the name of Governor Cox, of Ohio, for Secretary
of War and thus save all embarrassments—a pro
position that I sincerely hoped he would enter
tain favorably, General Sherman seeing the Presi
dent, at my particular request, to urge this, on
the 13th inst. On Tuesday, the.day Mr. Stanton
re-entered the office of Secretary of War, General
ComBtoek, who had carried my officiai lotter an
nouncing that with Mr. Stanton’s reinstatement
by the Senate I had censed to be Secretary of War
ad interim, and who Baw the President open and
read the communication, brought back to me
from the President a message that he wanted to
see me that day at the Cabinet-meeting.
At this meeting, after opening as though 1
were a member of ids Cabinet, when reminded of
the notification already given him that I was no
longer Secretary of War ad interim, the President
gave a version of the conversation alluded to
already in this statement. It was asserted that
in both conversations I had agreed to hold oh to
the office of Secretary of War until displaced by
tho courts, or resign, so as to place the President
where he would have been, bad I never accepted
the office. After hearing tho President through, I
stated onr conversation, substantially, as given
in this letter. I will add that my conversation
before the Cabinet embraced other matters not
pertinent here, and which are, therefore, left out.
1 in nowise admitted the correctness of tho
President’s statement of our conversation, thongh
to soften the evident contradiction my statement
gave, I said, alluding to our first conversation on
the subject, tho President might have understood
me tho way he said, namely, that I had promised
to resign ill did not resist tho reinstatement. I
made no such promise.
I have, tho honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant,
| Signed] U. 8. Grant, General.
Headijuaiiteks Army of tiik United States,
Washington, Jan. 24, 1868 Uis Excellency A.
Johnson, President of the United Stales— Sip?:— l
have the honor very respectfully to request lo
have in writing the order which the President gave
me verbally on Sunday, tho 19th inst., to disre
gard the orders of the Hon. E. M. Stanton as
Secretary, of War, until I knew from tho Presi
dent himself that they were bis orders.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yonr
obedient servant,
' j Signed ] U. 8. Grant, General.
llie following is the endorsement on tho abovo
note: • • •
' As requested in this communication, General
Grant is instructed in writing ..not' to obey any
order lrom the War Department, assumed to be
issued by the direction of tho President, unless
such order is knov.n liy the General Oommand
idg tiiu Armies of the United States to have boon
Authorized by the Executive,
j 'EBigiicdJ • '‘‘Animitw JoiiNsos.
| "January 29, 18r!8." ' •’
1 IfeA'iwfhAßTKlUt AlisiY XJnitki)' Wash
ington, January '2l), mn.—Uia Excellcnnj, Andreio
eJohnson , President of the United I,
"have the honor to acUnowledgofhe rcturh.Of toy
note of the 24tu inst., with ydur indorsement
/thereon, that I'amnot dpeFfrom
■ tho-War.Department assiiiuca to be’lSßued by
direction of the President, puchlordor is
known by me to havo been-'authorized by
the Executive; and ltf leplyv say
that ‘I am informed by 1, the Secretary
of War that ho has not deceived. from
the Executive any order or instructions limiting
or impairing his authority to issne ordora to the
army, as has heretofore been his practice qnder
the law and tho customs of the,- pepartmeutv
While this authority to tho War Department is
. noteonntermanded, it will be satisfactory evi
dence to me that any orders issued frqm the War
Department by directiofL
authorized by the Executive. I have the honor
to be, very respectfully, your Obedient servant,
[SignedJ U. S.; Grant, General.
Executive Mansion, Jan. 81, lSSB.—(lcneral:
I have icceivcd your commmnTcailon of tho 28th
inst., renewing your request of the 24tli, that I
should repeat in a written form my verbal In
structions oftbe 10th ins(., viz.: /That you obey
no Order from the Hoh./Edwin M. Stanton us
Secretary of War, unless/you have information
that it wap issued by the Presidents direction.
In Bubmlttlnglthis request,;\yith- which I com
plied en the 29 Ui inst., you take occasion to al
lude to recent publications,in reference to tho cir
cumstances connected.' with the,vacation by your
self of the Office .of Secretary of War, ad interim:
and with a view’of eorrcctjng statements which
you term “gross' misVepreseptatiohs,” give at
length your own recolieetidn of thq facts under
which, without the' sanction, of'! the President,
from whom you had received , and accepted tho
appointment you yielded tho Department of War
to the present incumbent. / :
As stated in your communication some time
after you had assumed tho duties ot Secretary of
War ad interim, wo interchanged views respect
ing the course that should be pursued in the
event of non-concurrence by the Senate in the
suspension from office of Mr. Stantou. I sought
that interview, calling myself at the War Depart
ment. My sole object in then bringing the
subject to your attention ' was to ascer
tain definitely what would •bo ' your own
action should , such an attempt be
made for his restoration to the War Depart
ment. That object was accomplished, for the
interview terminated with the distiuct under
standing that if, upon reflection, you should pre
fer not to become a party to the controversy, or
should conclude that it would be your duty to
surrender the Department to Mr. Stanton upon
action in his favor by the Senate, you were to
return the office to me prior to a decision by tho
Senate, in order that if, I desired to do so I
might designate some one to succeed you.
It must have been apparent to you that, bad
not this understanding been reached, it was my
purpose to relieve you from the further discharge
of tie duties of Secretary of War ad interim, and
to appoint some other person in that capacity.
Other conversations upon the subject ensued, all
of them having, on my part, tho same object, anil
leading to the same conclusions* as the first. It
is not necessary, however, to refer to any of them
excepting that of Saturday, the 11th inst., men
tioned in your communication. As it was then
known that tho Senate had proceeded to con
sider the case of of Mr. Stanton, I was anxious
to learn your determination.
After a protracted interview, during which the
provisions of the Tenure of Office bill were fully
discussed, you said that, as had been agreed upon
in our first conference, you would either return
the office to my possession in time to enable me
to appoint a successor before final action by the
Senate upon Mr. Stanton’s suspension, or would
remain at its head awaiting a decision of the
question by judicial proceedings. It was then
understood that there would be a further con
ference on Monday, by which time I supposed
you would be prepared to inform mq of your
final decision.
You failed, however, to fulfill the engagement,
and on Tuesday notified me, in writing, oi the
receipt of your official notification of the action
of the Senate in the case of Mr. Stanton/and at
the same time informed me that according to the
act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices,
yonr functions as Secretary of War. ad interim
ceased from the moment-of tho receipt of the
notice. You thus, in disregard of the under
standing between us, vacated the office without
haviDg me notice of yonr intention'to do
so. It is but just, however, to say that in your
communication you claim that vou did Inform
me of your purpose, and thus fulfilled the pro
mise made in our last preceding conversation on
this siibject.
The fact that such a promise existed is evidence
of an arrangement of the kind I have mentioned.
You bad found in our first conference “that the
President was desirous of keeping Mr. Stanton
out of office, whether sustained in the suspension
or n6t.” Yon knew what reasons had induced
the President to ask from you a promise. You
also knew that in case yonr views of duty did
not accord with his own convictions, it was his
purpose to fill yonr place by another appoint
ment. Even ignoring tho existence of a positive
understanding oetween ns, these conclusions
were plainly dedncible from various conversations.,
It is certain, however, that even under these
circumstances you did not offer to return the
place to my possession, but, according to your
own statement, placed yottrself in a position
where, conld I have anticipated your action, I
would have been compelled to ask of yon, as I
was competed to ask of yonr predecessor in the
War Department, a letter of resignation, or else
to resort to the most disagreeable expedient of
suspending you by a successor. As stated in
your letter, the nomination of Governor Cex, of
Ohio, for the office of Secretary ol' War, was
suggested to roe. This appointment, as Mr.
Stanton’s successor, was urged in your name,
and it was said that his selection would 6avo fur
ther embarrassment.
I did not think that in the selection of a Cabinet
officer I should be trammeled by such considera
tions. I was prepared to take the responsibility
of deciding the question in accordance with my
ideas of constitutional duty, and having deter
mined upon a course which I deemed right and
proper, waß anxious to learn the stops you would
take should the possession of the. War Depart
ment be demanded by Mr. Stanton. Hadyour
action been in conformity with the understand
ing between us, I do not believe that the embar
rassment would have attained its present propor
tione. -or tbat the probablllty of Ks repetition
would have been so great.
I know that with a view to an early termina
tion of a state of affairs so detrimental to the
pfiblic interests, you voluntarily offered both ou
Monday, the 18tu inst., and on the succeeding
Sunday, to coll upon Mr. Stanton and urge upon
him that the good of the service required his re
signation, and I confess that I considered your
proposal as a sort of reparation for the failure on
your part to act. in accordance with an under-,
standing more than once repeated, which I
thought had received your flail assent, and under
which you could have returned to me that office'
which I had conferred upon you, thus saving
yourself froifi embarrassment and leaving the rer
sponslbllity where it properly belonged, with the
President, who is accountable for tho faithful
execution of the law.
1 have not yet been Informed by you whether,
as twice proposed by yourself, you had called
upon Mr. Stanton tad made an effort to induce
h}ni voluntarily to resign from the War Depart
ment. You conclude your communication with
a reference.to our conversation at the meeting of
the Cabinet held on Tuesday, the 14 th inst. In
your account of what then occurred you say that
after the President had given his version of your
previous conversation, you stated them sub
stantially as given in your letter; that you in
nowise admitted the correctness of hisstatements
of them—“though, to soften,the evident contra
dictions in my statement, I said, alluding to our
first communication on the subject, the Preai-,
dent might have understood it iu the way he
paid, viz.: that I promised to resign, if I did not
resist the reinstatement. I made .no such pro
mise.” My recollection of what then transpired
is diametrically the reverse of your narration.
In the presence of the Cabinet I asked you,first;
if, in a conversation which tpok placo shortly
utter your appointment of Secretary of War mi
interim,ij’OU did pot agree either to remain at tilth
bead of.the War Department and abide any ju
dicial proceedings that might follow non-concur
rence by the Senate In Mr. Stanton’s suspension,"
or. should you wish npt to' become involved iii
such a controversy, to put me in the same posi
tion with respect to the office as I' occupied pre-V
vious to your appointment by.returning it to me
in time' to anticipate such gctlon by the Senate,
This you admitted. Second. I then asked you if,'
at the’ conference -on’ preceding Saturday ! 1
jiud not, to 1 avoid; requested’ 1
you, tostiuevyhat you intended to do,,and fur
ther, .if, ,ln reply ta that ipquliy,, you had not re- j
ierred to my former conversation, saying, that !’
understood your position, and that your action
would he consistent with , thc .nndoratkifdlni; |
wbich'/liad been reachZdf'by.t these/ 1 (meA
tionB,®sm iqso fcpafedla thtMtartektive. tntirqUfi
next aSfecdlff at the’cenolniion Moor intemiw
on Saturday sit was no'lSmdfitttopa that we were
> to have 1 ! another cohfi^ncespniMonday, bjDfqrb.
'final action by. the'Bdnate i,
Stanton. You replied thiit sueSnvak tho under
standing, but that you didnotsupposo tho Senate
would act so soon; that on Monday you had boon
engaged in a conference with General Bhorman,
and were occupied with many-little matters, and
asked if General Sherman had not called on that
*&£at relevancy General Sherman’s visit to me
on Monday had: withthe purpose for which ydu
wore to,have called I am at a,io?s to perceive, as
heteeiialnly did not inform'me whether you hud ,
determined to retain possession of tho office or to.
afford me an opportunity to appoint a successor
in advance of any attempted reinstatement of Mr.
Stanton. This account of what passed between
ns at the Cabinet meeting on the 4th inst. widely
differs from that contained In your communica
tion, for if showa>that, instead of having stated
our conversations as given in the letter which has
made this reply necessary, you admitted that my
recital of them was entirely accurate.
Sincerely anxious, however, to be correct in
my statements, I have to-day read this narrative
of what occurred on the 14th instant to the mem
bers of the Cabinet who were then present.
They, without exception, agree in its accuracy.
It is only necessary to add that,- on Wednesday
morning, the 15th, you called pn me, in com
pany With Lieutenant-General Sliorinan, and
after some preliminary conversation, you re
marked that an article in the National Intelligen
cer of that date did you much injustice. Ire-;
plied that 1 had not read the Intelligencer ot that
morning.
You first told me that it waß your intention to !
urgefi Mr. Stanton to resign his office. After ;
you had withdrawn, I carelully read the article
of, which you had spoken, and found that its
statement of the misunderstanding between us
was substantially correct. On the 17th I caused
it to he read to four of the five members of the
Cabinet, who were present at our: conference on
the l4fh. and they concurred in fha general accu
racy, of its statements respecting our conversa
tion upon that occasion/, In reply to your com
mnnication, I have deemed it proper, in order to
prevent further misunderstandings, to make this
simple recital of. facts. . ' .
Very respectfully, yours,
Andrew -Johnson.
General U. S. Grant, Commanding TJ. S. Army.
Headquarters Army of the United States,
Washington. D. C., February 3d, 1868.— TV His
Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the
United Slates— Sin: I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your communication ot the
31st ult, ip answer to mine of -the 28th uIL
After a careful reading and comparison of it with
tho article in the National Intelligencer of the 15th
pit., and the articles, over tho initials J. B. S., in
the New York World of the 27th ult., purporting
to be based upon your statement and that of mem
bers of the Cabinet therein named, I find it
to be but a reiteration, only somewhat more in
detail, of the many and gross misrepresentations
contained in those articles, and which, my state
ment of the facts set forth in my letter of the 28th
ult. was intended to correct. And here I reassert
the correctness of my statement iu that letter,
anything in' your reply to It to tho contraiy not
withstanding. .
I confess my surprise that the Cabihot officers
referred to should "so greatly misapprehend the
facts in the matter of admissions alleged to have
been made by me at the Cabinet meeting of (he
Hth nlt., as to suffer their names to be made the
basis of the charges in the newspaper articles re
ferred to, or agree to the accuracy, as you affirm
they do, of your account of what occurred at
that meeting. . You know that we parted on
Saturday, the ilth nit., without any promise on
my part, either expressed or implied, to the effect
that I would hold on to tho office of Secretary of
War ad interim against the action of the Senate,
or, declining to do so myself, would surrender it
to you before such action was hod, or that I
would see you again at any fixed time on the
subject.
The performance-’of the promises alleged by
you to have been made by me, would have in
volved a resistance of tho law, and an incon
sistency with tho whole history of my connection
with the suspension of Mr. Stanton. From our
conversation, and my written protest of. August
1,1867, against the removal of Hr. Stanton, you
must have known that my greatest objection to
his removal- or suspension wu the fear that
some one would be. appointed in his stead who
would, by opposition to the laws relating to the
restoration of the Southern Btates to their
proper relations to the government, embarrass
the army in tho performance of the
duties especially imposed upon, it by the
laws, and that it was to prevent such an appoint
ment that I accepted the appointment of
Secretary of War ad interim, and not for the pur
pose of enabling you to get rid of Mr. Stantou
by my withholding it from him, in opposition to
the law; or, not doing so myself, surrender to
one who would, as the statements and. assump
tions in your communication plainly' indicate
was sought. And it was to avoidjhls danger, as
wtll as to" relieve you from the personal embar
rassment in which Mr. Stanton’s reinstatement
would place you, that I urged the appointment
of Governor .Cox, believing that it would be
agreeable to you and also to Mr. Stanton, satis
fied as I was that it was the good of the country,
and not the office, the latter desired.
On the 13th.nit., in the presence of General
Sherman, I stated to yon that I thought Mr.
Stanton would resign; but did not say that I
would advise him to do so. On tiic 18th 1 did
agree, with General Sherman, to go and advise
him to that course, and on the 19th I had an in
terview alone with Mr. Stanton, which led me to
the conclusion that any advice to him of the kind
would be useless,and so I informed General Sher
man. Beiore I consented to advise Mr. Btanton
to resign I understood from him, in a conversa
tion on the subject, immediately after his rein
statement, that it was bis opinion that the act of
Congress, entitled “An act to supply vacancies
in the Executive Department in certain cases,”
approved Feb. 20, 1863, Was repealed by subse
quent legislation, which materially influenced my
action.
Previous to this time I had no doubt that the
law of 1863 was still in force, and notwithstanding
my action, a fuller examination of the law leaves
noquettion in .my mind. whether.it is or isnot
repealed. This being the case, I could not now
aavise his resignation, lest the same, charges I
apprehended from his first removal might follow.
The course yon would have it understood I
agreed to pursue was in violation of law, while
the conrse I did pursue, and which I never
doubted you fully understood, was in accord
ance with law,-and not in disobedience to any
orders of my superior. >
And now, Mr. President, when my honor as a
seldicrand integrity as a man have' been so
violently assailed,; pardon me for saying that I
can but regard this whole, matter, from begin
ning to ena, as an attempt to involve me in the;
resistance of law, for which you hesitated to
assume the responsibility in, orders, and thus to
destroy my character before the country.
I am in a measure confirmed in thiß conclusion
by your recent orders directing mo to disobey
orders from the Secretary of War, my superior
and your subordinate, without countermanding
tlie authority I am to disobey
With assurance, Mr. President, that nothing
less than a vindication of my personal honor anil
character conld have induced this correspondence
on my part,
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant.
[Signed] U. S. Grant, General.
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Bufl&lo, Fur and Carriage Holbes.
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j 031 market Street,
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IRABELLA MARIAMO,M.D.,227NORTHTWELFTH
A street. Hours, 9 to 9. Advice free, y jaSMin*
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'
4 • ' « I A T , ’
Dry Goods Commistfon Merchant,
, jf-ft VrA.' S.'T-'I-' 1 •■•!■”...••. ' ,
- 207 Church Alley,
HOOD SIMPSON & SON’S
pmiunF.tPHTA Cl TV ItHI-lS
Shirting; Tweeds,
Plaids and Stripes,
Cheek*. 1
BEUBOSE MIAS Balmoral Skirts.
OTIOWA mius Kentucky Jeam,
Doeskins,
Shirting; Flannels, Arc.
fcHStt ' ■
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NEW FRUIT.
Double and Single Crown, Layer,
. Serfdlesa and Sultana Raisins.
Currants, Citron, Oranges, Frunes,
Figs, Almonds, &c.,&0.
ALBERT a ROBERTS,
Deiler in Fwi fireeerai,
Corner Eleventh and Vine Streets
FRENCH GREEN PEAS,
* . . . Finest quality. , . ,
OLIVE superior quality, of own importation.
\ A FRENCH ANI?BMNISH OLIVES,by the gallon.
For sale by JAMESEiWBBB,
jn26 WALNUT and EIGHTH Streets.
ATEW JERSEY LEAF LAUD OF SUPERIOR QUAD
JN Ity in Barrels and
jail lm} S. E. corner Water and Chestnut Bts.
DAVIB* DIAMOND
clnnatl Ham. first coerfgpment of the season, Just re.
cetved and for sale at COUSTY’3 East End Grocery, No.
118 South Second Street. ■
WEST INDIA HONEY AND 'OLD FASHIONED
Sugar House Molasses by the gallon, at COUSTY’S
East End Grocery, No, 118 South Second Street.
NEW YORK PLUMS, PITTED CHERRIES. VIFt
glnla Pared Peaches, Dried Black berries, in store and
for sale at CO UST VS East End Grocery, No. 118 South
Second Street
NEW BONELESS MACKEREL, YARMOUTH
Bloaterfl,Boiced Salmon, Mess and No. 1 Mackerel
for sale at COUBTY'S East End Grocery, No. 118 South
Second Street
IPItESH PEACHES FOR PIES. IN 81b. CANS AT 20
r cents per can. Green Corn, Tomatoes Pea*, also
French Peas and Mushrooms, in store and for sale at
COUSTY’S East End Grocery, No. U 8 Bouth Second
street
CHOICE OLIVE OIL, 100 doz. OF BUPBRIOR QUALI
ty of Sweet Oil of own importation; just received
and for sale at COUBTY’S East End Grocery, No. 118
South Second ’Street.
A LMERIA GRAPES.—IOO KEGS ALMERIA GRAPES,
il in large clusters and of superior quality, in store
and for sale by M. F. BPILLIN, N. W. comer Eighth and
Archstreets.
T>BINCESB ALMONDS.—NEW CROP PRINCESS PA
ITpersheU Almonds just received and for sale by M. F.
BPILLIN. N. W. cor. Arch and Eighth streets.
OAIBINB! RAISINS I!—300 WHOLE, HALF AND
XV quarter boxes of Double Crown Raisins, the best
fruit In the market, for sale by M. F. BPILLIN, N. W. cor
Arch and Eighth streets.
MEDICAL.
DANIEL H. BROWN'S
CELEBRATED OINTMENT
i Certain Core far
Scalds, Btaniß, Cuts, Wounds, &e.
FmußlLniu. March 18. IM.
Feuotoßbowh: It give* me greet pleasure to w tc
yon, tli at voor Ointment it such an article that there can
be but prance* bestowed upon it, when need and it become!
known. For you well recollect bow dreadfully I wai
icalded in both leg! bv steam and hot water, so much so
that the flesh came on at least one-half inch in thickness;
and by the use of your Ointment, and that alone, in a few
weeks 1 was entirely restored, and am now as well ai
over ; not a muscle or leader contracted, aud hardly a scar
Is left. There is no telling the amount of suffering it
would relieve, If it was freely used in scalds or burns o'
any kind. By referring person* to me, I can (rive then
ample latisfaction of the truthfulness of its qualities.
Hespectfully, your friend, _ . __ .
Joint P. Lnvxr,
OJthe Arm of Beaney, N eafie 6 Co„ 8 team Engine Wore
Kensington. . „
Can show any number of Certificates and References,
DANIEL B. BROWN. Proprietor.
1453 llanover street, 18th Ward, Philada.
M. C. McCluske^,
BOLE AGENT.
109 North Seventh street, Philada.
For visiting patient*, and brewing Bcalda, Burn*, o>
Wounds, an extra charge will be made. oc4-f m wflmf •
AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL FOR DISEASES OF
THE THROAT AND LUNGS. SUCH AS COUGHS,
COLDS. WHOOPING COUGH, KKONCIHTIS,ASTHMA
AND CONSUMPTION. . ,
Probably never before in the whole history of meal cine,
haa anything won so widely and to deeply upon tho confi
dence of mankind* a* tills excellent remedy for pulmo
pary complaint*. Through a long series or yean, and
among most of the races of men it has risen higher and
higher in their estimation, as it has become better known,
Its uniform character and power to euro the various ai
factions of the lungs and throat, have made it known as a
reliable protector against them. While adapted to mildet
forms of disease and to young children, it is at the same
time the moat effectual remedy that can be given for m*
cfpient consumption, and the dangerous affections of the
throat and lungs. As a provision agaliwt sudden attack;
indeed as all are sometimes subject u> colds and cooghs.
all should be provided with this antidote for them.
Although settled Qmaumptum is thought incurable,
still great numbers or cases-where the disease seemed
settled, have been completely cored, and,the, patient re
stored to sound health by the Cherry Pectoral, So com
plete Is its mastery over the disorders of .the Longs ; and
Throat, that the moat obstinate of them yield to it/When
nothing else could reach them, under Hie Cherry Pectoral
find *X»t protection
from It . . ,• - •_ _ ,
Asthma is always relieved ana oftonjnMy eurod byit
' Brencfrttxsii generally cored bytkkJßg the Cherry Pec*,
toral in small and frequent doses. • _ i .
Bo generally are its virtues known that we need not
publigh the certificates of them here, dr do morp tnan
assure the public that its qualities are iully maintained.
AVER'S AGUE'CURE, FOR FEVERED AGUE. IN.
TEKMITTENT FEVER, CHILL FEVEIL REMIT
TENT FEVER, DUMB AGUE, PERIODICAL OB
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FECTIONS WHICH ARISE FROM MALARIOUS.
MARSH, OR MIABMATIC FOIBONB. ' . „ „
As its name Implies, it docs Cure, and docs not falL con
taining neither Arecmc, Quinine, Bismuth, Zinc, nor an;
other mineral or poisonous substance whatever, It in no
tf-iae Injures any patient Tho number and importance
of its cures in the ague districts are literally beyond ac
count, and we believe without a*parallel in the history 01
Ague medicine. Our pride is gratified by the acknowl
edgment* we receive of the radical cures effected in ob
stinate caees,and where other remedies had wholly fauea.
Unacclimated persons, either resident in, or traveling
through miasmatic localities, will be protected by taking
theAGUE CURE daily: ' f ". #
For LIVER COMPLAINTS, arising from, torpidity, of
the Liver, it l&sn excellent remedy, stimulating the
Liver into healthy activity.-. .
For Uiliouß Disorders and Liver Compl&ints, it is an ex
; cellent remedy, hroducintiTmany truly remarkable cures,
■ where other medicines had failed. _ _ . . _ .
Prepared by Dr. j. O. AYER & CO., Practical and Ana
lyticalChemlstsi Lowell, Mb**., ana gold all round the
' v ° Tli Price, ®i,oo per bottle.
J. M. MARIS A CO., Philadelphia, Wholesale Agents.
? au2B w ly “ • - -
' / \PAL DRN TALLIN A—A SUPERIOR ARTICLE FOR
v/ cleaning the Teeth, destroying auimaloula which in
fest thepi, glying tone to tho gums, and leaving' a feeling
of fragrance and perfect cleanliness in the mouth. It may
: ho used daily, and will be found to strengthen weak and
bleeding gyms, while tho aroma and deters!vends■ wifi
reedmmend it to every one. ‘ Being composed with .the
■ of, the Dentist, Physicians and tficroscoplst, it
; is confidently offered as a reliable substitute for the un
certain washes formerly in vogue. ■ ■ t
Eminent Dentists, acquainted with the constituents of
the Dcntullina, advocate its uso; It contains irnthmg to
I prevent its unrestrained employment, Madeoniy oy
:■ lr% r d' , B°r^?, raßKittßgCn<)r,U &;i' n i*«kh o usc,.
i HaatJd&'Co., : RobertC.Pavia,
j T:j. ! lSs&.' o ''H^Eho^o
? Ambrose dmith. Chaa- H- Eherlo,
s .
'* ' B?c.BUir£sons.
Wyctli&Bro.
! GREAT BARGAINS
WHITE GOODS, ETC'
Tfao dinßolutfon of onr firm' on the Ist of January* ft -
quiring for its BettJcrncnt s'heavy reduction of am* Stacks
wo have decided to offer, on and after
Monday Next, Fob. 3.
' OUR ENTIRE ASSORTMENT OF
White Goods,
Linens.
Laces,
House* Furnishing Ariiofes,
Eto., Eto ,
At a Very Heavy Redaction In Price, to
Insure Speedy Sales.
Ladies will find It to their advantage to lay in theis
SPRING SUPPLIES in
WHITE GOODS, ETO., NOW,'
As they will he able to purchase them at about ANTLi
WAR prices:
Extra Inducements will be offered to thoso purchasing:
by the'piece.
E M. NEEDLES & CO.,
Eleventh and Chestnut Sts.’
CiIHARD BOW.
1868.
Ul %.
%
Fourth and Aich._ *
GOOD MUSLINS BY THE PIECE.
GOOD ALLWOOL FLANNEL&
TABLE LINENS AND NAPKINS.
LARGE BLANKETS AND QUILTS.
BLACK SILKS AND PLAIN OGL’D POULT DE BOIES
BROCHE AND WOOLEN SHAWLS, CLOSING LOW. |
delfrmwstf •
T INEN GOODS. _
JU A large awortmentof <Ol kind* on.hand, that I«n»
idling at mtich lea* than they cio bn boughtin any line*
Store In the city. ■■
TABLE DAMASKS.
NAPKINS AND DOYUEB,
PILLOW LINENS AND SHEETINGS,
CRASH AND TOWELLINGS,
And the larceat dock of Klchardeon’* Shirting Linen* la
the city, at U than HADIEBt
fet-St 1013 Market atreet, a bore Tenth.
(“beat LNDCtToiiENTs in WSiSi-i amnow
T ottering, at the very lowed price*, an extra largS
•lock of Cotton Goode. 1 will•«II thembytho piece as
conriderably under thecaae price.
10 4 UTICA. BEST QUALITY.
10 4 WALTHAM.
10 4 PBPPERILL.
William** iVle* New" York kliil«. Wamititta, and every
other good make of Shirting In the market; al/o a fall
line of Pillow Cuing*, and 5-4 Shirting*. Brown Studios
fromttMßtt up*
y GRANVILLE B. HAINES.
1013 Maiketetreet, above Tenth. _ '
MCBLJNB, CALICOES. MUdLtNB^-"BUYYOUR
Cotton Goods before they get any higher." We call
the attention of purchaser* to mu Large Block of Domes
tics purchased before the late advance. 1(M, 94, 64. M
and 44 Sheeting MuaUnr.aii make*, 64.64,44 and 46foch
Pillow Si upline all grades. New York Mills, Wanuutt*
and NVUliamerille Shirting Muslins. Bleached and Brown
Moulin*, ail varieties, aiwayv on band. 1W pieces of Cali
coes, beet makes and style*. 12M cents.
Blankets,. Jaquard Spreads. bTOKJiS 4t WOQv. TPj
Arch Street. Ja2sjß
iD'DWIN HALL A CO, 81 SOUTH SECOND STREET.
XU would invite tbs attention of the Ladle* to mtttfjfin
of Cloths for Sucks and Circulars. ~
Heal Velvet Cloths. Inert wUtr, -
Beautiful Bhide* of Purple*.
Beautiful Bh&des of Browse.
Besutitul Bhkdes of Bucks.
Beautiful Shades of White*.
Chinchilla and Frosted Beaver Cloths. Ac.
T ONG AND SQUARE B ROCHE 8H AWLS FOR SALB
JJ at lest than the recent Auction sals price*.
Black Open Centres.
Scarlet Open Centre*.
BUck Filled Centres.
Bcariet Filled Centre*.
BUck Thibet Shawls.
GAY AND PLAIN STYLE BIjANKET BHAWI*.
EDWIN HALL A CO.
28 South Becond street .
POCKET KOOKS. FOHIEMOffNIES.AO
sEira* rcßitisHiira «o»w«
j. w. SCOTT & CQ-,
SHIRT manufacturers;
and DEALERS IN
Men’s Furnishing Goods,
814 Chestnut Street^
Penrdoorsbelowthe "Conttllental.• ,
PHILADELPHIA; mhUjß.lrjf
PATENT BHOULDEB SEAM SHIRT]
MANUPAOTOBY. *
Orders for these eelebrated Shirts supplied promptlp
brief notice.
Gentlemen’s, Furnishing Goodi,
' Of late styles.fn full variety*
WINCHESTER & CO.,
•roe CHESTNUT.
leg-m.w.t.tt • • • . —■—t
PuRN?BHraG GSODB,
Mmer of NU tlu 6^ he bestKld pipve*
LOQKINK flLtfSjlg AMP PAIOTIMBW
A. S. ROBINSON,
910 CHESTNUT STREET, -
LOOKING GLASSES,
Engravings and Photographs.
Plata and Ohiomental Gilt Fraimea.
Garved Walnut and Ebony Frame*.
ON HAND OR MADE TO ORDER*
Embroideries^
1868.
[cr.OSEOF YESTERDAY'S PItOCKEbrNOS.J
Senate—The following bills were reported!
From tho I Judiciary t Local Coinmlttco—An
°ct to authorize. the appointment of a sur
\ vcyorin the' Twenty-eighth Ward of Philadel
phia.
Also, authorizing the appointment of a Con
troller of Public Schools in the Twenty-eighth
Section of the First District of Philadelphia.
From the Agricultural Commlttoe--An act
limiting the time of snooting partridges to one
month in each year.
Mr. Worthington, of Chester, called up and hod
passed an act relative to a State road, In Dela
ware and Philadelphia counties, the second sec
tion of which was as follows:
“That upon tho failure or neglect of either
Phijndelpbls or tho connty of Dolaware to ioitt
tho other In tho erection of tho bridge provided
for in the fourth sectionof tho act authorizing
the said road, for the space of sixty days after a
written request to that effect from tho Board of
City Commissioners or the Board of County Com
missioners, .to the othbr of said boards, it shall be
lawful for either said city or county (as the case
may be) to crept paid bridge and recover one-half
the whole cost nud expense of erecting the same,
from the one so falling or neglecting. Provided
that the total cost and expense of erecting said
bridge over Darby creek shall not exceed fifteen
thousand dollars.' 1 7
Mr. Beck, of Lycoming,called up an act relative
to Insurance Companies,, as follows: 'fTbat all
the provisions of the law. of April 27,1857 (allow
ing suits to be brought against agents of compa
nies in any county) shall apply to life and acci
dent insurance companies/’ Passed.
Mr. Fisher, of Lancaster, extending the time
for completing the Columbia and Octorara Bail
road to six years. Passed. ; Adjourned.’
House ok BErREsE-vrATivEs.—Tho specie
order was the consideration of various private
sat
pay at $2 per dicta.) Passed. *
An act to authorize the appointment of six ad-
Selphld^pSfed. 110 ’ t 0 rCf>lde to «“■<** of
An acfr»cpdJnajptn fctt 'emnStF^u'KcHo'ln-'
crease the compensation of election officers In
of^riflD.® C 8^ ,k S. ProVed 111610th day
~ An fr° m ibc Senate, relating to the collec
tion of fltato and connty taxes in the county of
Montgomery, making It the duty of the Connty
treasurer to attend one day In each election dis
trict to receive taxes.
An act to incorporate tho Bethesda Presbyte
rian Church of Philadelphia. Passed.
An act to Incorporate the Pennsylvania Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Passed
p. A Ct 16 incorporate, the Madison College.
An act to repeal so much of the provisions of
an act, entitled,“An act to enable police offleers
to enforce Order In licensed houses, and to exter
' nl l i . D . a ‘t the ?nl i cenßcd traflle,”as arc inconsistent
with tho act of May 8,1854, entitled “An act to
protect certain domestic and .private rights, and
prevent abuses in the sale and use of Intoxicating
drinks (This repeals the law of 18G7, and rein”
states the old iaw ot 18CG). Hot considered., ■
Senate billentitled an act to change the name
of PatoesviUe and Ashtabula Bali-
P°aB6ed° mponjr Lakc Ourt.lWfawd Company.
An actio Incorporate the Union Banking and
Trust Company or Pennsylvania. Passed.
An act fo authorize the Commissioners of
Montgomery connty to borrow money for the
erection of a new poor house. Passed,
„ An act to authorize the trustees of the South
western formal College of Pennsylvania to bor
row money for building purptWes/ Passed. '
Souatc blB repealing certain* parts of an act
authorizing the Commissioners of the county of
Delaware to_creata ; a flje per cuntuoi ldafeau
proved February 27, A. D. fgC7. Passed
A g,f ct confirm the title to certain land in
the Twenty-fourth Ward of the city of Philadel
phia. Passed.
An act to provide for the appointment of on in
spector of illuminating gas and gas meters, to
regulate the inspection of the same, ahd to pro
tect consumers and manufacturers of gas. Not
considered. ■ > 6
Evening Serrnm.—The special order for the
evening was the consideration of an act author
izing the free construction i>( railroads. The lob
bies were crowded with strangers and ladles.
The debate opened with aruuhbur discussion as
a free railroad law,during
which the bill under consideration was declared,
by Mr. ..lekman, of Chester, and others, to be
wmfa:rfcct;aud was defended by Mr.,Diese, of Clin
ton. and others.
Mr. \S Usou, of Allegheny, offered an amend
ment that no company formed under the act
shall be allowed to ran their ears without for
nlshmg the road with the best means of safety
known for the security of life, limb and pro
perty of the traveling community, and that anv
neglect shall work a forfeit of their charter. The
amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Mann, of Potter, offered an amendment
limiting the increase of capital stock to wo "P
cent, of the amount of the original capital
Agreed to. . *
Mr. Thom, of Philadelphia, offered an amend
ment, making tho stockholders liable in their In
dividual capacity far debts and contracts made
by their respective companies, to the amount re
maining unpaid on each share of stock held by
them, and Bhalf tie liable lor land, damages ‘
material and labor. Messrs. Thom and Hick
man favored this amendment, while Messrs.
Jenks and Maun said it was unusual and unne
cessary. The amendment was lost, by 20 yeas to
02 nays. ‘ ■ '
Mr. Thorn offered an amendment, confining
free railroads to locomotive roads, and
Ing its use on clly passenger lines. This was lost
by 19 yeas to 60 nays.
Mr. Kase offered an amendment requiring land
damages to be settled before the work of construc
tion was commenced, -
Mr. Jenks said this was already provided for bv
the General Railroad law. • iJ ■-
The amendment was lost- On the final
passage of the bill the yeas were 89, and the nays
none. ■ J ■
L/poim the adjonroment -of the Honse.
when the Speaker descended from the chair, he
made a jocular remark that the business for which
ho hadbeenelectcd, and for which this session of
the Legislature of 1868 had in reality been caUed,
!!, a l l fi^X. b “ n , d ¥ 08ed <)f i' The remark waArel
ceired with applause. ,
■ t The Petroleum Imp«tUon *ui. ■
mSSSSB
laie^ 60 C ° nal ! by eltbel branch pl , the
&n Act. anttorizlßK ,of ill Common
wealth to Appoint an Inspector of Beflned Petro
-1,1 a * d for «*
Biotioh 1. As it enacted, <£«., That noreflned no
:rolenm,’kerosene or burning oils, except oil in bond
3r for export, shall, AOm ana after the paasageof this
lc /’ ft® kept for sale of. on storage iwitfin: the coron
ate limits of the City and County of Philadelphia, tho ’
Ire test of which shall bO less than one hundred And
on degrees, Fahrenheit; said test shall he ’ Beter
“’“'djiyon. Inspector using ; Tagllabne’s or other
veil-defined instiuSents; the saw inspector tohe
’Ppol nt ed. bythe Governor of this Commonwealth;
ud to holdnls office for the term of fonr years: ana
InspeOtorte, and ha la' hereby authorized to
ppoint such clerks or deputies as may bo requisite
5 a mSSSS I ,* ot the business of such inspection
£!} m SnKatr 1 ?:?* of this act: said clerks or depu-’
bfnow?*,? said inspector out of the fees’of
SSISw i” 5B6 * 01 ! ? rior to entering. Upon
SSS^aSwaiK-jB
:al to te provided Id to
ampedor ijnprssßedupon Shh«S n s>iS? lWy
id the said Inspector orhfi deDntv^<fh«»H«P ac “ 8 ® 8 ’
ed to enter any place or buiiaw. «sws SSP?!?'
orcd, except United States bondei *"■
:pt for sale, for tho purposes of Such iuBMrt?nn »,?i
e trying out of t& W int^^a^
Sxc. ; B. Any person or persons who shall vinVe
ovisions of this act, or- ehaU In anyway or mH--®
ll,deliverer cause to be solderdeliveSsifanvrenrwi
troleum, kerosene or burning oUs, except olia ??•
ud or for export, within thefimlts of theCitv ana
untv of Philadelphia, .without having the sambln*
ected, and the seal or mark of the Bald inspector
iced thereon, or shall use any mark, brand or device
r the purpose of ovading the provisions of this act
shall adulterate oils after tho same shall havo bean
inspected, shall, upt)s conviction thereof, be deemed'
Knllty of a mlsdemeturor, and, shall besubject to a One
not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be liable to
an imprisonment not exceeding one year, in the dis
cretion of theconrt, and the.ollg so found with a
' frnudulentbmnd ormarfcof faipectfon%r adulterated
after such Inspection, shall bo subject to seizure by
said Inspector, and, ihestmq shall; after duo Dublie
notice thereof, be sold by said woceeds
of Buch said sale, aftcr deductiij£ the expenses of such
seizure and sale,'shall' bo 'paid by the
into the treasury of the association for tbpreK
disabled flretnendf, tbf City and County <rfSSladc“-
®‘ in thla act shall bo con
strued or held to apply in any manner to any kl nd of'
0 Li^i m in r *? r - e *P ort ’ to \yhalo or laid oils.
wUhV'nnd atffcta&jralsEjnt here
with be, and the same arc hereby, repealed.
nature*
’ TfrasmNtircw, Feb. i, 18G8.
! , THBDDpLOJIATICBKRV'ICK*
; _ DbriB K the debate on Mr. Patterson’s bill, in the
Senate, to-day,Mr. Sumner read 'a letter from the
Secretary of State, which furnishes some Interesting
information In regard to the secret diplomatic service
abroad. Since March 4, 1801, there have been em
ployed by .tlie State Department in foreign
countries, in special emergencies, and for
s ort ■■ periods, - twenty-two special agents, viz:
$* un « D -, Edward h. Plumb, Commander
Walker, Bishop SlcUvacd, Archbishop ifngheSjThur
low Weed, General Garibaldi, Ayoub Trabolskl,
George Harrington, Samuel B. Buggies, A. Azarian,
A. H. Schultz, J. Bancroft Davis, Colonel J. B. Mc-
Kean, Colonel Spaulding, General Sickles, General
Schofield, General Bhnrp, Bev. Charies Hcwley.B. Van
Volkcnburg, H. J. Hastings, and Bev. W. H. Bldwell.
lhesc agents were employed In Canada, Mexico,
Great Britain, the Sandwich Inlands, Holland and Bel
gium, Prance, Borne, - Italy, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, I
Prussia, Colombia, the West Indies, and Syria,at a
total expense lor tbe seven years of $41,19& In re
gard to a limitation of the number of such agents, the J
Secretary says that while not now anticipating an I
emergency calling for them even a single appropriation,
he thinks that emergencies might occur which would
render a limitation inconvenient. Eeferring.tathn J
dark perro?sinB6l, Opinion" that If I
the government could have sent to England and-1
Ersncest thebeglnnlng of the year the same five per
sona sent subsequently, the machinations by which
the rebels obtained Recognition of belligerent rights
might have been defeated. - I
Mr. Seward pays a high tribute to the ability and
unselfishness of the ngents above-named, Baying
that the national life might have been lost but for their
sendees. He states that hlsbeUef Is that tbeamonnts
paid to each of them barely Indemnified them for
actnal incurred.
The list given docs not embrace the names of law
yers employed In forming tribunals in litigations, In
volving the rights of the government, or the rights and
liberties of citizens of the tlnlied State. Otherwise
the Secretary states that the catalogue of expenditures
would be largely Increased. He argues the necessity
for this appointing power by reference to cases where
native bom or naturalized citizens require
protection and redress . in places where we
have no regular diplomatic or consular
agents. Ho’expresses an anxious desire'to see
our citizens everywhere protected, and expresses the
opinion that any abridgment of Executive functions
or authority in foreign countries would now more than
ever be In convenient and injurious fo the public wel
fare.
TUB, CBETAS INgCW.KCTtOH, „ ,
The latest mail advices from Crete areto the 11th of
January. At that, date the Tories themselves ac~
knowledged that the Grand Vizier,All Pasha, had eu
tirtly failed in Ilia mission, and it Was commonly be
lieved that he was about to return to Constantinople,
Many b£ the leading Cretan Turks Were beginning to
express themselves favorably to the subject of an
eventual annexation of the Island to Greece, gabba
Pasha, the newiynamed Turkish Governor of Spharka
was twice attacked by' the people of the province!
while proceeding to take possession of his command,
and was compelled to retrace his steps, after losing
some of his followers. Bcven more provinces had
voted for annexation to Greece. The Crctana have at
this day declared themselves, by 80, COO votes, free
from the Sultan, and forming a part of the dominions
of King George. Two more Turkish battalions had
arrived at the Island,; from Thessaly, but on the other
hand, the Busslan vessels were engaged in saving
women and children from the brutality of the Turkish
soldiers.
Ki,tli CONGRESS,—SECOND SESSION.
CLOSE or yesterday’s fboceedings.
, Senate.'
tookup, as tie special order, the
■“PPiein'intaiy reconstruction bilL
ILLIA *s, of Oregon, took the floor, and said
t po . pu .? r damor ' ,n regard to the constitu
tionality ot the reconstruction acta of Congress
more than did the same sort of clamor
rebellion h oa°tv, tCd fo , r "oppression of the
. t F ad “* e resolution of July l, ism. de
lncal»hle of exercising
tbelrfunctions as each in the Union. Neatly all the
v^« re n ote ! f D < avor , °f that resolution, including
Messrs. Hendricks.and Doolittle. What constitu
tional rights had they at that time ? He would ask
f?,?™ i? 1 ' U £ fr S m I J l < l ' ana (Mr- Hendricks). He quoted
?nr?t^hi? ell fe lckß fJ??™ 11 ash ' 9 explanation in re
nufntathereto.^ 6 0D winter Davis’ bill and amen.l-
Mr. Hendbicks explained, when
v^r~ W n LU f? 8 , 'l nola t another instance in which
Messrs Hendricks and Buckulew voted for the resoiu
tion of February 8,1805, excluding those States from
&™i C i P \ tion T« n .t lecto i: al votea for President and Vice-
President. If those States then had no right to Bnch
reprt sentatlon, what constitutional rights had they ?
filffj forfeited that right in consequence of re
helilon, had they not forfeited other rights under the
on . ? n, Bepnblican party stood upon the
Sim took ° f the (-OMtitution which these Senators
°, f Pennsylvania, said the act In
declaratory one, and he had voted
,k[, i. e ,v aB i fopreaepe order m dongrcßtatelievinc
that In their condition the electoral votes. ot those
State-s ought not to be counted, 8o aa to InnuencO the
result of the Presidential election.
--afc-MoßTpji said the resolution contained a dls-
I& c £j!SX^l t,on of tha t those Stotes were
*l? t entitled to representation in Congress, and asked
Whether they had since obtained that right. '
»f Pennsylvania, said the resolu-
M°P d | d not declare the unqualified absence of that
hut that under the circumstances they could not
i' Mr. Wnajaim said he was not concerned with the
reasons influencing the Senators in voting upon le 'al
£°® 8t f lcl 'ons ofthe Constitution of tie TJnifed
States. He closed iby arguing that it was expe-
Mol . i ? lLL i Of Maine, obtained the floor, When,
. motton > further consideration was postponed
until to-morrow at 1 o’clock, : 1
•in. vn. or Omen Biuri '
10 regulate the tenure of certain officers was
again taken up.
meatimtuL**- •'‘’S??. ( P* hecMatty. for his
amendment? ° f Rhodo u ™d, advocated the
matters between govern
bo conducted on the same principles as
pairs between honostmen, and that secret acts were
CvPA ? -n Ther u waamoro reason for a secret
service in the Poatofflco Department and Treasury
- .OM’Mrinent.hnt he thought them both evil and hurt?
C i^“?fL” ed oiiB B y Btem of espionage upon the
That the government should become a spy
people, he characterized asr
thought such a isrge sum of money
could not be safely entrusted to one in a million
trial 85,000 bad been paid to one law
yer. $8,500 to another, and $3,500 to a reporter. He
read and commented npon the list of names of special
iffsWAiSsiiigyS'iJssS
Bft wajaiy' 1 ■■■
Mr. Sumner— ls Mr. Hadly a Presbyterian? *
MefhotUs? 1 * 11 * 11 Impression is that Mr. Hadly is a
Mr. Thayer, of Nebraska, Inquired what church
McCracken belonged to.
' Mr. Cameron had noverfound outtwho he was If
the Secretary of State had not had the funds to no
1 nto, we would not have heard of McCracken. [Laugh
ter.l
Mr. Bomnor’e amendment Was lost.
. After further debate Mr.. Bamsey moved to strike
out twenty a? the number of authorized.mall agents,
and insert twenty-five, saying that number was necee--
sary for tho business of the Department. A number
of special agents.'Were required on mall steamers cross
ing the Atlantic, and mails from Chicago and else
where were made up .on board of steamers. The
, amendment was adopted,. ,
4 Edmunds, of Vermont, moved to amend by
inserMng in section second an exception of thoseem
■S2S® and . local route agents of the
rostomce. Department and suoh persons may be
appointed by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency lor the examination of banks'
stSm i^UV!. 8 dlacnß^ 0 » ensued in regard to the con
struction of the amendment, during which ; --- ,
1868.
JFBOI k H ASIIIIVG TON.
1 pYprwssd ; the opinion that sneh
' I < ty fi ®! !ro l! e i Instancing ths pjMslblo 5»sS
iofflMre tl «'hSi >8 f» W M «SB»in«-*aomi> obits
i “® ea d ' Die spent would very likely
• b ®w" f £l°l o£ oa P P art y or the other. T
Pototetf out several cases in which
would arise to the (malnees of
'lotmv snilSSi, Wltli gutUOrity to tnako 'these tem
; hSffX fPPpojJ'nente. Ho feared gentlemen might go
'rthat nnnn /£« °S POfer.. They must relysome
:™, a * “P.°o “0 character.Spfthe gcntlemeuln office,
and enable them todd their trainees well.' He depre
n?n d t. a j y 'on the subject of spoils.
They had gone far enough,in that- direction. •
Mr. I*ATTinsON disclaimed any srich desire* He
P ad "jwoly said if there are to be spolle, let them go
.Into the hands of the victors, and not those of the
men who,were-opposing them. :
-'..yVJfrftgk”** **«* spa lll , urging his Opinions,
suggested that the committee take the bill and draft
it so ss to give It more directness.
H impossible to draft a bm
tb .°.'v, ioWBof ,®“ Benatore - The difficulty w"s
that it met the requirements too directly for some
fienafore. He proceeded to defend the bill and de-
Mr. TuAYim said he had been rdtainded when Mr,
that the Senator
I*-J$K? n , on , tb(} , ea <>]ect ot the removal ot Mr, Mot*
ley St the instance of McCracken, jvbo bad been sent
toßihen oat the political opinions of foreign mlnls-
Bn^frdnvfhlf 8 d BeWard had told 1 him IflSt
when the President handed him Mc
hc Had no idea who that person was,
and knew nothing alxmt him, and that since then he
puepan who said he bad seen him. He
hai l ,l l a flonbta whether that man really had
f ® een .him, find thought it was probably some other
person. He believed the State Department had been
Imposed upon, and that they had no relations tSth
I iBiB person.. i.
I rm Mr- J° ll NsoK, °f MarylamLmade a remark to Mr.
low tone, nnderstppd.bv the reporter to
I refer to t he. Motley matter having b6en discussed In
MnTbayers all ns ten to ft. COaße '* a ? nt im propriety of
I v Thayb& thanked the Senator for the reminder.
bat had only referred to the statements of the news
} papers. . ■ , , v .
■„.l r ;„ 8T^ ,A!rt, WO , j lll faTO L r of cutting off all special
I agents. They would soon then ascertain what officers
were necessary, and a law could be passed author
izing such appointments and deflnlng the duties
_ ■ Mr - Hi moved to recommit the bill to the
committee for further consideration.
Mr. Hendbickh, referring to the political aspect the
he dM notielleveone-tenth -
??* b ® ftTa' th « Trea«rrri*'[aitment suppor t
[ ed the Pres dent’s policy. He had been disgusted by
the removal of the only appointee recommended by
him, who had been lieutenant-colonel of an Indiana
regiment, as deserving a young man as his successor,
supporter of Congress, who had been a sutler’s clerk.
He denounced the Idea of Introducing a retrenchment
bill for partisan purposes. .
, “, r ;i J^ T ? EK “S : “- ay,n P at ' liz c d "lth the Senator,but
reminded him that as this, system of removals had
sprung up since the contest for the Presidency had
the candidates ought not to bo aggrieved
in™™ ™®cr In the way. He would make a report
tomorrow, if the bill was recommitted.
The motion to recommit was carried.
.. On motion 0£ Mr. Susuntn, the Senate then, at S-30
adjourned. «, ; • < *
/ House of ftepreaentatlres.
ASEBICAN CITIZENSHIP.
Uo , nee proceeded to the consideration in the
r .?’ r o° the biu reported from the Committee
the riBhte 0£ 4nierican
Na "« Y ?. rk ', e P°ke In support of the
* n criticism its details, and suggested a
declaratory joint resolution that all United States citl
f™ 8 ’ wben ui foreign States, are entitled to and shall
receive from their government adequate protection of
hre, liberty and property.
of Massachusetts, suggested a substi-
J nWto i. 010 * w’ deelaringit to be the settled mle of
iL i that a citizen of any country, not a fuei-
Jii »V?? I * n^ !c ?’ ll ? a ““ indefeasible right to expa
v,Sv. c ft. to ab! °l ve bla allegiance to the country
b " blr f h l that every naturalized American citizen
whton Vn« a l the poteettpn, at home and abroad,
which the government can afford to any citizen there
c!tlzen of ‘be United States
tMI be deprived of- liberty, or despoiled of property
k»? i ’/°f c '®,? , i nt!7 t b 7 the act of the government
bald for trial or convicted of
5 n " a i H t tonnicipai laws of snch conntry for
release, or reparation for the
fP?’L at . io n> Bb al | be demanded by the President, and,
if refused on insnfflcient grounds, all diplomatic and
commercial intercourse between that country and the
United shall thereupon cease, arid the Presi
dent is to communicate all the fbets to COtowess
. jESCKES > °f .Rhode. Island, proposed his sub
stitute, as reported in yesterday's proceedings.
251' of Culifomla. proposed, In view,of the -
£m?l!l? I ai rtanc i of subject, ana of the impossi
bility of. discussing it in the' morning lionr, that the
H S IBC^ hI ?2 W Polo an evening session for debate. !
To this Mr. Judd, of Illinois, objected.
hill « SjSSLw* t IS T . a ,, : h ' 9 vl ews in relation to the
mil aa reported from the Committee on Foreign Af
fairs, and expressed the opinion that the substitute
proposed by Mr. Jcnckes has less defects.
of explained his reasons for ob
/, “ t toß. h? tho .evening session, which was that he
■ 'deemed the question of sufficient importance tocorn
!?„'!?i!3 e .?. tt ? Iltionof 811 “embers, and his experience
th^ t e , vel >tog sessions were generally mere
debating schools. He declared it to be the duty of
i Congress to fix, before it adjourned, the policy of the
Executive on the subject of rights of Americanclti
zens abroad, and to see that the policy was enforced.
hav tog expired before Mr. Judd
had conclndedhis remarks, the bill went over till the
morning hour to-morrow. <
. BAILr.OAD LAND OBANT3.
ttlrSn proceeded to the consideratien of
by , r .. Julian from the Committee
declaring forfeited to the United
States lands granted to aid in the construction of
Florida? in A ’ abams ’ Louisiana and
addressed the House in opposition to
the bill, declaring that it and all kindred measures
bv^tlierMr^ spite, from ill will and revenge produced
by the war. It rested upon no principle of interna
tional or constitutional law, was not warranted by the
! \,- 0r external policy of the nation, and had no
foundation in sound policy or Christian statesman
hri?i „, a ?4, no tendea cy to effect pacification, or to
bring about the avowed objects of the war. bnt it was
calculated to rekindle the fires of war S’ perpetrate
" rnty,b ?. tro< J’? D d bitter animosities engender
ed by the war. Its object was to break down the moral
and material interests of the white race, and subject
ihe race to the dominion of the African. ' Everything
was being done to destroy and nothing to build dm
a)lcnnt « an d embitter; nothing to soften
asperity or to restore amity or fraternity.
arid NiWack aS £arther °PP° Be(I by Messers. Mnngen
Mr. Hopkins supported the bill, not from any feelihe
°. f uosfdity to the people of the States
affected by It, bnt because the lariasln question were
a I.MEK
°f Tmneesee, spoke in favor of the
WU„
the matter west over temporarily. •
„ ‘ • PETITIOHe.
N ?, w ? ork > presented a large number
f rom tbe State of JNew York, asking the
and prodnctions,,ex-
Sfi Referred to the Committee of Ways
Horn, of New York' presented petitions
„ „ UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Mn Washporne, or Wisconsin, offered a resolution
directin'* the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the
Borne whether the Union 1
i?i!> t il e ,i ollie,: companies named In the act of July?’
with the twentieth Section of tJat
act, and made the reports thereby required, and if so
to furnish copies of them. Adopted “
>m,L SXECI-TIVE COMMUNICATIONS., ■
aßfoUow^ iKßßpre6ented Elecutlve communications
From the Secretary of War; with a statement of the
contacts and purchasw made by the Ordnance Do
« to the Quartermaster’s DepStaent.
From the Secretary of the Treasury, withan ofilelll
9°flJJPni 1 i,eae d by President Lincoln
tomben“l«ia onerß ° f South Carolina,™ Sep^
rv‘ ÜBEStoENT AND GElft®AL' SBASt. ' '
.ssssfs'&Tir.ffiia* ”■ *** “
eluded readiDe ° f tlle correspondence having been con-
Keco&uctlom°md
question? and on that hehwvedthe'preVlbus
Mtd be: wished .to appeal to the gen
•SSJS®? » tewa.to add to his motion that the Cam
/ ion be Instructed to takb IS.
Ktuindal Mr. Marshall that whentha
*****
ttmajuoJ 1 ™ ‘ lneeUon was seconded, and the motion;
living to the Erta StSStoS
public lends, to enable
tbs canal by making a ship **»nai
Ado^ OHlver 10 toebarboroTErie, on
at I resumed the consideration of the bill
forfeiting railroad landiln the South.
m^w^t N V of .,, rndlaafl * advocated the bill In the
interest of the landless men of tbe country. ..
of IhdlaCa, elosedthedebate! replying
Wlk l Hcyiddedto Bby - be opponent, or ft a.
-iSfcKS"** 4 **•*( introduced-a table id
Hfss. t S?Vi^K ,^?'a^,P 0 5 ®hPDgh puWlc land tn the
flnd f l?ifiWSn»n ani u’ Louisiana, Arkansas
tbosfsSitesf 80i>1> y hoD,e * tcad ®^ to the landless in
NowJ York, moved" to lay the
S; ldc r :on H P d toW ®-' Negatltta^eaa.
Jff*. jjSgkfc* Was sMondea,' the votore
■'c * * c . .MU Was reconsidered, and the bill •
‘m e More the House.
hv^"^s ( T enne “ a ?.‘ ban .moved to amend,
te& f K,ird v Naah
a*De > desired to offer an qmend-
SimlnJ?£/™£v he Ptoylalona'of the bill to all railroad
hsrion™ 03 ' ° E ° RrantB had become forfeited by llm
offerf/. ~XIA” decliDcd ,0 allow the amendment tobe
flvYo^aTouK^ 01 thebUl ’ thell °M
AUCTION SAI.KS,
ON POUR MONTHS' CREDIT
LARGE PEREfepTORY BAI,E OF POREIGN AND
8 s??s B drsday tr
6, wiR be found in part the ft Rowing, viz T AX ‘ 1 ■ ■
B ,“ lco b' < '. a elicd aud browfahlrthjga »nd Sheetings.
d °- “ 4 “ caaa ‘ Flannels. Dfmots.
do. all wool white Bed BUnkefa.
Oases Fancy Shirtings, Ilf Inert* Flannels. Renellanhi
ft
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dO, T tnfS Sluskeego and Vanderbilt Stripes. Com
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twm“d r ’ nd Wllito “ d hncT flaldTdoeakinMd
Italian Cloths and l | a “ ad «<;bina ! , In bDc and colored.
4tw ao. ' do. Diey do. . dn ■
200 do, '_ do. biotife do. do*
IS 52* R ei ? c S^L^ Btic J ?rovrn Linen Duck and Drills,
2u° do. Omting, Cream Canvas, Burlaps, Bro,vn
pl ?l n Snd twllled Hemp Carpets.
«0 dozen pram and fancy Linen Shirt Fronts!
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lUDbonS d Ac“ k Tnm,Min S“. Velvet Ribbons, Gimps, Belt
. „ .TRAVELING BHIRTS,
V i e d^flin ß chldTlS a B bSv C e h .Ete!? “ d wool Shirts.
FlaO “ 01 *-
ir rw! l /'" nl ?“ 7 tffiintz and Prints.
do. OiJ < olor Green Chintz.
ao. German Fancy Gioghama.
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do. 1 me Drab (Jlotba and black Drap d’Ete.
la Chapelle Black and Colored Tricota
ATn d ?,n t i n iw! ad ? 1 « Rnd Wandkerchlefa
Also, full lino of Housekeeping and Purniflhlug Linens.
FIKBT. LARGE POSTTIVE SALE OF CARPET
iTiGS, <fec.
r.n ,°, N FRIDAY MORNING.
Feb. at 11 o’clock, on FOUR MONTHS’ CREDIT 200
Sottas?*”’ V “ etian ‘ Lfat - ““IP. Cottago and Rag
FEiim^ & g^ o SHOES,
CREDJtT .
and k ßastenfmaiiufarturef° gana ’ &c - of
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OF
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estaloguea, in pamphfet tom,
BtrujcTof!
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1< uo shares DalreU OU Co.
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'AiPoun. IUJUSEHOLI) FURNITURE.
5 a CHINA AND GLABBWABE- PllM’’PßnriP
lt!*c. FINB OTHEIf CARPETO.
.. „ ~ ON THURSDAY MORNING,
o clock, at the auction rooma, by catalogue, very
nSi lor » Dl and Chamber Fu£
ot Ai r^ari^, '^' ( “ B “^^^ l^^H a ß^LEß? a ' * C *'
auction rooms, titoam Engine and
Boiler, irum 12 to 15 horsepower. Maybe ‘•een af Kan
opot,ThirteenthanaMnrket atrueta,oppositeollice.
Sale No. 232 North Elayenth «trpA«
VERY «S«A ffiA PC | M&RE. HA lffi - '.
. ON FRIDAY MORNING'
. Feb i, at 10 o’clock, at No. 232 North Eleventh street
by catjUofije.the entire Furniture, lnchidingiHamdßom«
.Walnut J. R , r lor t Lhamber-and-DiningJOOmriFumitureir
rtpenor- toe bJodSmT
Cteths, cJokfng < lteSl^ a A? oma Brtteeel * C "' petB '
May bo ecen early on tbe morning of eale.
ii a street.
HANDSO.WL FINE BRUB
- M, at
& G Dm!ol^
Mirror, handaomely framed: Rrn«.t?
f ron t s lBfeet, and extending in
J&UI particulars In a “ g I
T H ° MAS COM§Ssfo N ANB
_ No*moOHßSTNUTrtreer
HOUSEHOLD I FTOuSmjKE S OF “eveRY - DE3CRIP
/ T lff? .
V. SALES EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
mStfeMoa^bStoS^ 4 BwoUto *» attended to on ths
L 4?, G £ r SA Kn.o? BBPERIOR SHEFFIELD PLATED
AND IVORY HANDLE TABLE
tluilJDDll CIC, ’ .
ON THURSDAY: MORNING, at IOJd o'clock,
i • and
' .. EVENING, at 7M o’clock.
At No. 1110 Chestmt street, second Story, Will bo sold, a
sood*, received direct from
JOSEPH iIEAKIN dj SONS, Sheffield, consisting In part
of Mont Dishes, Oyster and Soup Tureens,, gold ltnod
Tea Sets, with Urns to match: Cake Baskets, Salvors.
Wine Sets! Dinner dud Breakfast Castors. Cart Re
ceivers, Fickle Bets, Butter Dishes, die.
Also, a laree assortment of Table Cutlery. Also, Forks.
Spoons, Ladles, Ac. ' . ■ "V
Sal® at N°. 1110 ChOitnat street. ;
NEW AND SECONDHAND HOUSEHOLD FURNI
TURE, ROSEWOOD PIANO FORTES, CARPETS.
MIRRORS. OHINA, OLABBWARE. icT -
. ON FRIDAV MORNIffQ, ,
uio Cherfnut
dMUiSng tooSkceping I .'' 100^ o*^ 0 *^
f
IHE PRINCIPAL MONEY EBTATtT.Timiimiu<ir-5-g
-. corner of SIXTH and RACE atreeti: A ■ -
g Fine Gold llttnlingOua,Ooul)lAottom andOwmFaoe
Fice Gold frma •Bilver Hunt^
Jcr and other Watohaai
WngßsPTOdlCiuei andiewelrjF
ypT\ BALE.~-A large and Taloable Fireproof Cheat,
•nltabie for a Jeweler ;coet 66(0.
•tae& “ Ter<J lot “ to " onth Fifth and Cheatnnt
k
JAMES A. FREEMAN,
renoNBEE,
to WAXiNOTrtreet
~:-i -!'■ APCTIOKr MAW.WKi'.-
8I ’ ECl grapli L s?itai,Fan HOT O''
rn^sm
mwrft’ed^^BoM^ieaHramea 6 ™^* 1 ”' fr*dil<ionicfy
order and Guaranteed In every reapcat: ' in porfect
Kefular Bales ol Pornitaro every WEDNEBDAV
tint door sales promptly attended t^ uaaaua -*‘
SPECIAL SALE OF TRIPLE PLATED SILVER.
, ‘ „ 'on Thursday morning;
g .^°d l fn t^y?Ee^thoUt ™ *
H D. MoCLEES * CO.,'
* M^CLELlte S^M ionee „.
large spring ««Po°TS,
r, A - l » o, „ Wo men’«. tdl-BeV anddChildren'e wear, direct
from cityand Eastern manufactrrersT ’ ct
trade W licl> w 8 ' vould csU ox 6 special attention of the
JY J. M/GUMMEY* SONS, 1 ~
" AUCTIONEERS.
Hold Reanlar Bale, of No. 608 WALNUT street
“awwMap™
.IrSgw'aaa.aipja-aia-.^
:°XZ, n A D W U descriptions ol property to be aold.aa alu
of property contained m our Real Estate
Reilstgr, and offered at private aale. «eai notate
paT^f® 10 * advertlße<l DAILY in aU the dally new*
[ Y BARRITT & CO.. AUCTIONEERS.
Nrt m CASH AUCTION HOUBB. :
r.'S?!? 0 MARKET atreet, comer ofBANK street >
Cash advanced on constaunents. without extra char/te,
T)AVIS A HARVEY, AUCTIONEERS.
(Lato with M. Thomas ASoiu.)
|JKNlTUps|£E^ttS^ls^r e WBDAY
at?4 L Uog. AT *EBn>ENCEa will ro&V pStlcdl,
1829 ~ CHARTER PERPETUAL.
franklin
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA,
No#. 435 and 437 Chestnut Street.
Assets on October 1,1867,
$5,589, 563.
.$400,000 00
.1,009,766 00
.1,179,698 00.
Capita 1...........
Accrued Surplus.
Premiums........
UNSETTLED CLAIMS.
sa.GMia. . .
Losses Pafd Since 1829 Over*
5^5,500,000.
Perpetual and Tettperary FoUclea on Liberal Tv-rm'.
DIKECTOBB.
Ch&s. 1?. Bancker,
Tobias Wagner,
Samuel Grant.
Geo. W. Rich arda,
If&ac Lea,
CHARLES
JAB. W. MoALLIstER&
Office. S. E. mj WALNUT Streep
_ „ . „ MARINE INSURANCES
On the wort*
p£ta”me y uSosl calial, laka “ d l “ a ««ri««a to all
_ . , • FIRE INSURANCES
On merchandise generally.
On Stores, Dwellings, Ac.
ABSEre OF THE COMPANY,
*200,000 United S Lom,
120,000 Unl|d SU'& Sli‘¥er"<3«t"£iia:' ®^° 0 ° °°
tO,OOO Unpd’statea' 7 S-'idPor’Cent', ii'anl * B4 *° °°
W BU Per C«n£ * ® 3 ' 1 ? 63 80
126,000 <a^“‘p£iiaddphiiaik- Pot ”0,070 00
ml <wi 0 . 1 (exemptfrom tax). 125.625 00
60,000 Btateof New Jersey Six Per Cent ■“* ■
20,000 Railroad FiratMort 81,00000
SB.OOO 19,800 0
. 88,000 83,87800
Per Cent Bonds (Penna. RR.
I 80,000 Stateof Tennessee Five Per Cent ®°* ooo 00
| 7,000 State* of Tennessee' six' Per' (kit 18,000
16,000 300 shares stock Germantown Gas B^7o 00
Company, Principal and interest '
SeloifS? 664 by the City of Philv .
7,600 150 shares stockPeimßyiyania ,Rait 18,000 00
6,000 , *fio#o#
£4OOO 80 shar°(M ; 'and B,oot ' 09
KI.9OOLOMWSS'-dSi 18,000 00
lleusonCity Properties. 801,900 00
81.10UQ0 Cost *1,069.679 Value *1,104902 80
ReuEstate .i... •’ SA.OOO on
Bills Receivable for Insurances
.... ist. ..... ai . .a. . 818.135 67
Balances due at Agencies—Pro.
crued Interest and other debt*
due the C0mpany...... 1
Stock and Scrip of. sundry Insu
rance and other Companies. -
a®* m
Casuin Drawer ~j ggggg 1
——— lO3JBU 6)
• DIRECTORS: -.j
: ssafWß&i
». p f. E if
?rookß,\ Spencer Mcßv&ne,
'ife^
HHNBY BALL, AwliUnt SecreUir. *• , aeP*
P
ISs^
Thoa.U.Po’ffem;
D^Cllarkwf'SS 11 *’ ' KdmondCMtiSon,
. ta*®
BAm,Bi.WitQp^Ie O S. WUCHKKEJ{ * ***“«*•
JT^|«INBUEAMOB COMPANV,NO. NITJ4O6CHEAT
FISE IN BO«^gi^XCEUBIVELY.
Edward D. Woodruff.
■ SSL- ■ fcW r - ■
, , BPke« ,
ASS^S e JS 1 oompaiiy ' toco*
■Se on Min, »to^ l ?srnit B i^Tditeiffl^ e v^) ‘j;
JoWihf 1 *- &a c a u ’
John P. Wfctherill. ■ •
Anorat C. U'C^wroSSffidw&rP*^.^**^
inaviufluib
INCOME FOR im
8360,0001; .
, Wm, S. Of»nt
; Predaent
EB,VicePrealdent. .
locretarr pro tem. feia
$1*507,606 16
* * ** ’ *•*•*•••■• *51*228,038 8S> <
,* .Mj-ffeg*
JohnCarrow, ..... Je^Sghtfoot.
George 1. Young. R@»W BVfuW*l. a< . ■
®«f^ tor JffjlßiF' ■
WM. T.
ercbS/feK 0 * nien!m,^Jr Kp Of: dam«f»Lyj , fit^
Thta old kaA i ls 1
or for alfinited time, against 166a0t ftJKSKfi,
with the.ab«otafeSj&
despatch -
Oiaa. J. Sutter, Andrew Hi Millar
, , JaiSce MvStone,’
•^•mr.iuSS^BAS!SBK£3S!f*
3£* on°f»lo F a ure ’ M Oood»|tad l&clS:
Wm DIRECTORS. » '!
I*SS ■
SI& - -
|McM ta - ■■ -assfiSSu,
S am«elMmer >BiamD&E
WILLIAM MoDANIEL. Preridanf
Phu-ip a '
f
deoeSdeMo lO Wal “? t Btreet > °M°«R*l£ !
favorably Inaown to toe community f<* ‘
over forty years, continues to insure Msintt lonopauti c
age by on AbUc or RdvatTß^dK^ffi
Sr ' or J *J imi ,k !d tt? e - -Also, omWmltSre,s£32; i
nnv>rt!wh»t™ at ,22 reful J?i®s?5 r ’> , ™ c k. enilt,loß toemtai
Jf'VJolSndgi.ilr., John Doverenx; -
Alexander Benaon, Thomas Smith?
. :• -
Wn.MAM O. CnownM» TH - Jr - *"»* /
M UTuALINBURANCE COMPANY.—
Offleo Farquhar Building, No. 228 Walnut street.
r?ii5 nB .. ttn^§la P4 Inaurancea. Risks taken on VeaarlL
andothorconvoy^^ho^^J^*^
ROBEKTJ. MEE. sSre^V ULLEN ' Vlca Pres Want
Kg“TnnSS ,g * Wm. T. Lowber,
T^hSsrS?fiS n V. J. Johnson Brown.
wnftSSHlSw'L. >. Samuel A. RulottT" ■
.Charlea Conrad.-
. HentyL/Eldei?
‘ ti^( C J^ ardj '* S. Rodman Morgan,
;.; FeiUßOnß ? rriU -^ M
T H PHIISe™HIA WVSANCEBCOMPANY-i.OP
OmCE-8. W. COR. r |OTOTH a#d WALNUT
nRETOSUSANCE EXCLUSIVELY, .
CASH PEKPETUAI'.
CASH ASSETS. “
Vfzlor, Geo. W. FaKealoct,
oca^T 0 O XT^C, i W.Vi3TOR. nJrrt*r
fob sjLidbi'
M., ! '®phßata mountain bphings;>'-for
.delightful summer resort knownastho
SprtDKa Property, comprising tho
fi™A'A 7B acre> *f itrat qualityfarm
>n J-ancaster county, Pennsylvania, on
in perfect order and really for iiumeMlate nee w?ha
* *• m*
fie SAtE.-THE FARM, CONTAININcf
rF 72JiacreB,znflehUiery,_&c., <6c., of “Tlie Sheets
rvooiTnEof Philadelphia,’* on DunJcard
«nS e iw 2™s* c * , * l, »f robjocfc: to a lease of <25 acres
and 63 perches of for tno purpose of boring and
drilling: for oil,'ore.satLor other minerals). : will be sold
without reserve,a£ the Philadelphia Ercbuxa Phllrdef*
jg a, WJ Tueeday, March I££
on™U«^ofd^d.° baPaidat timeo * "Me.ondb’dww:
THOMAS ds SONS. Auctioneers,
Jal6tmh24g 139 and 141 South Fourth street.
M S lALEJ-. WEST PHILADELPHIA.*-AN EC#-
DwelUngHpoae. with Btone r Stable and
80 *tt*P«6dt4Bo3 Spruce street I .' Boiua
p C ]g n b ® ‘eeo between lo o’clock A. M„ and 2 o’clock ‘ ’
For terms and price, jnqalro on the promiaca. fc42t*
M. WEST PHrjLADELP£IIA-FOR SALE— THB ' *
largo double Stono Mansion, situate No. 8905 Spruce
lit , atreot- .Saloon, parlor, library, dining room and two
3, u .“ !** v° r * chambers,with bath-room. tie., •
ambora^on 8d floor; has every moJeraCoa*
SS!?f K?iSf # Improvement, and ia well built ; lot 100 feet:..;..
tr^.P tby37s feet deon. The grounda aro beautifully IS3
?J' t n ,!L d £. I . ttDt . ed ,«ho o shade and fruit trees an* ' ’■
Shrubbery. J. M. QUMMEY & SONS. BPS Walnut street.
ojj s |O® L 'SAXS^Sor _ 8i8 Tr NORTH^ - iiy^ra
'”■* No. 925 Pine street. ■' ‘‘
No. 3495 and 84® Lombard etreeti-
W«“t-Philadelphia.
.&?• ?lp P(ne street. sj; t.- -; ■ ■- - 1
West Arch ktrcet, above Twentieth.,
Firsts !UßS Mansion, West rhiladelohi*
, Apply to COPPUCK & J&tUANj 433 Walnnt street.
Vine atroet, ; Will be sold low if «014 r > j
g|^ eek .
eSkoJ' withfon^bny buiSSsM V
wJtaut“t? n,h ° treet j -. m -gk«mey ... |
MFOR SALE OR TO LET—HAKDRO'vtp bty>hh* i
nut Jim's! Mount Airy, ,n<SM JJ&eat. p. |
- , ALFRED G.BAKBR, t i 5
JalB-B&wl2r , ) 210 Chestnut aireefc .
1868.“ elegant bSB
no. aoao spruce or
-v..
'i • « 8600 South tfewA -
d«18.8n>»
TOBSinr.
M THREK-STOKY
niodist^possesslon^* No sot S."
a’S'ffiW; j^u>AN.4a
OS „.MARKET STREET.—FOR RENT—A VAT.T7ABLH
ass!£r »■ ia ®-
OA n«^?SLS^tS? DBOBMBKR IST. A LABcS
** * °* l * l j?i. l B. e bu&sieh te“ ***
: nl> * *»'■'- ■; -i 108SouthDelaware•renoa
RHSS&s*^ l ®* tA* ®M CHESTNUT- STREETS
XV Apply, fa the Hat Store. , Js39IMS
F°J^ Et i?’-TTW° ADJOINING rooms; s. h. cor. .
Sn'iMtSSTPEiSRfIi Eleventh stroota, second (loot J. U.
HPhIMEY SaONB. M 8 Walnut street > ,?T -
PROPOSALS.
_ , PmiADKiriiiAiPa.,J»nuarygbL{6ffl,..i:■ -
Sealed Proposals will be received at flu*office, until 12 ■
o’clock, M., FIiIDAY, February 7th, 1888,Jfo?TinTilabin* '
i thin iDcpot with Forage for a periodof four month?
commencing March iJhISSS, and endiigiftdySliitlXjir
1 inclusive, vfe: iZST ■
COKN. OATS, HAY AND 6THAW.
For-ibe uao of anhnali, latkowiblißaerrtneigt this .
depot, or any oiheriocallty WltSboauctJ (W) miles of tha
city el Philadolphiik nimrowSat ivf;
Xu grain tope ol fhj qiMdfoi't)«lk « lUnada te.
the bushel; (Jam, 6fl poajidji to the hßahrftWtyaf llio 1
beat quaUty Pennsylvania Timothy; Straw to ho of
of .The beat qualify. laiaabTectfo JiSJStonPprioFtc* ,
at places of conaumpSonin auch quantities, aindat aucla
timet aa may bo ordered. The price te be atatadla'aroida
“thifoife *"*“* WWOlsmoyh
J«illtf7Bl Brt. Colonel andA.Q, M^TOfX.
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