GIBSON PEACOCK. Edit(w. VOLUME X.Xil.-NO. 120. THE EVENING BULLETIN PIUSLin= EVERT E1721=16 (Sundays excepted). AT THE NEW BULLETIN BUILDING, 607 Ilkostutit Street, Philatelphlet, EVENING BULaT I N ASEKKG&TION. reoranero 01.8 1 hy SOUIPro J EMSCAINASTIAN WUJAMOT, • CIO The Burairre is served to enbearib LEL ers in the city atl3 bents • week. ti able to the carriers, or es ennom. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, • of. Philadelphia, 8. E. Corner roar& and Walnut Sta. 'This Institution has no superior is; the United Beaus. • utyntss IFREATIM. BOUIPETS.FOE WED _Wreaths, Crosses. co. for Funerals. FL 16 Fon.E.miorut.7l4Chestout street. saltine WADDING CARDS._ INIFFEATIONS FOR P•C ties avg„, &e. Haw styles. , MASON &CO.. 907 Chestnut street. r : ••• : • .1T 6. it " E rfir: ; 74:. • f."-Li DIED. JOHN BON.—On the morning of thedith instant, at her tate residence, No. 403 Booth "third street, Nancy, wife of Capt. llowlsa, Johnson in the 70th year of her age. Her friends are resjeciftally informed thst her remains 'Will be removed to resden, blaine. for interment. ''" MAMIE/L.—Am the 25tb instant, in Baltimore. John Harker. to the 88th year of hie ago. Alt old defender of the war of 1812. - TWELLB.—On the moraine:of the 27t h instant Henry Watts Trash!. second son of Jno. Steel and Julia EL Twells. aged seven months and two sveets. WELSH.—At Port Henry, New York.on the evening of the 55th instant. Addle, eldest daughter of Charles and Adehne Wont, , Her', relatives and` Metall ‘ - are etpectfollv invited to attend her titneral."from the - residence of her parents. 1617 Mount Vernon Wee. to morrow (Saturday) after noon. at 2 o'clock. rnAGRANT AND PLEASING. COLGATE & CO.'S TOI LE r SOAPS are sold. ly known—fragrant and pleasing -Ahoy have a softenlnig Influence on COO oltia.—Pitt4burgh Christian Advocate. anlo rrl'uf f tf IpF GOOD BLACK AND COLORED BILKS. 81 OCT BLE. CORDED SATIN FACE ORO GRAIN PURPLE AND GILT EDGE. BROWNS AND BLUE GRO GRAIN. MODE CCVD PLAIN BILKS. sulaf EYR& A LANDELL. Fourth sod• Arch. SPECIAL. IIfYLICES. ofir PARDEE SCIMITIPIC(X)DESE LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. o. candidates tor tututheion.may be examined thodaY before teeptember.B or oh TI7BEIDAZ, July 28, the Ly berate, the - Aixanal CmittuUletwies , . ' • -- • •' ' ' For (Umpire. apply to President CADFELL, or to Profeesor fL B YOUNGMAN. Clerk of the Faculty. 3y14 tf Emnfix. Pa., July, 1.64%. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILROAD ••••••• (NOMPANY. OFFIG'S, NO• 2,17 ROUTH FOURTH STREET. Yea. May RI 1808. NOTICE to the holden/ of bonds of the Philutelphla and Reading Railroad Company. an y ptil 1. The Company offer to exchangey of theee bonds of 01.000 each at any time before the Lt day of October next, at par, for a new mortgage bond of aqua sommr,bearihg 7 per cent. We:rest. clear at Drifted Shatell and BtaM taxes, haying M yearato run. The bonds not surrendered on or before the Let of Octo psr next will be paid at maturity, in accordance with their tenor. tat 'At octl B. BRADFORD, Treasurer. OrNOTICE TO TAX.PAYERS.:-A PENALTY OF One per Cent will be added upon all City Taxes re 'rosining unpaid after the Ist of September, Two per Cent. October ist. and Three per Cent December Ist. In accordance with an trdinance of Councils, approved ()antler 4th,, ISO. RICHARD PELTZ, au.%tsel,ro Receiver of Taxes. sers-biTi9PF'I4ZIMBOI,L.VIPCIL-A DI clued. payable on and after September let next, clear of taxes. Bcoka dose 28tb, at S P. 14.1 open September 2. au24 26 28 St ett. DAVID BOYD, Ju, Treasurer. star awy et Ar ri zmarErAL. algt e e nt. AND_ me a troatmen and medicinal tClDiabeG drahmitonab , to the poor. IiEWEIPAPEA BOMB. PARIPIThrr m ASTB arna PaPer. b° 137 Na. Ammo street. A fete Ut Long Branch. A Long Branch correspondent gives the follow ing account of a Pere at the cottage of Dr. Helm bold at that place. He says: It so occurred that Simeon Leland, Esq., the hotel king, was the guest of the doctor, who con ciceveditheihoughkoLizimplimentinghiervisitor *with a serenade. The occasion was seized upon to invite a few gentlemen friends to patticipate in the enjoyment of the music and interchange of sentiment as the occasion might suggest. The splendid band of Beck, of Philadelphia, had been summoned from the Metropolitan, and discoursed mellifluous strains of melody. When the music ceased, from the hospitable 3arders of the Helmbold "Cottage by the Bea," a spread was provided; which'we positively refuse to describe. Every thing was, included which a man could desire ; and a- great many more things - which he would never think of. More viands were -broken into - by the curious, to discover 4 `what it was /Ike," than for practical purposes. Among the gentlemen present we noticed, be side Simeon' Leland, ESQ., the special visitor of the host, Senators Little, Perry and Wall, of New Jersey; Hon. C. Vallandigham, of Ohio; Mr. Hall, of New York; Dr. Stsyre, Col. Harry Coggeshall and S. R. Phillips, Esq., of ThiladelphiavMr. ' King, - of Morristown,' N. J.; Mr. Miller, of the bonded warehouse, N. Y.; John Bnpughatn, --Esq., J. W. Wallaek, Hon. Benjamin Wood of N. Y.; J. H. 33ates Esq., of Pettingill & 'Co., N. Y.; Mr. Henriques, of Wall street fame; C. C Spragne, Esq., mine portly host of the more portly' Con tinental; Mr. Levin, of the Herald staff; Mr. Isaac ,Phillips, of the cottage near by; Dr. Laird, Cyrus G. Clark, Esq., of Now haven. There were dithers & whose names are not recalled, a goodly companie, who with wit and jest and song and wine, made time pass right merrily. Harry San derson was there, and with - • richest strains from the splendid piano in the Doctor's parlor, he en tertained his friends in his ever inimitable style. The badinage, repartee and witticisms would here scarce be in place, losing their effect when transcribed_fromsnehe_scene to paper.-- The bon moci, Jests, toasts, music (at inter willrt and social enjoyments which ruled the hour, not soon be forgotten by the participants. When all had done ample justice to the bountiful things within, the moon shed its last rays upon the con cluding strains, forming the pale to this re markable serenade—when' the members of the Impromptu "stag party': wended their home ward way, with good wishes for their friend, so "bold" at the,"Helml" u a - -. , _ 'A-celebratetintival officer telli the following anecdote: On one of his cruises the sailors saw a comet, and were somewhat surprised and alarmed .st its appearance. The hands met and appointed a committee re wait on the commander and ask 'his opinion of it. They approached him and said, We want you to inquire about that thing up there." "Now, before I answer yon, first let 3ne know: what you. think is." "Well, your honor, we - have talked it`over, and think it is a star spnmg aleak." Little" Tad" Lincoln fell between two cars ofa moving train at Cresson, Fa., last week, but Was caught by a gentleman standing upon the platform. —An ancient Indian mill has been found in one of the mounds in Utah: It is •L - of cOnglomerate ptone and very rude of structure. -:, . . . . _ _ . 2. - . --- - - - . ..... 1 , _. .. _ _ .. , -- 7 - 7 —' • ;.,;..,... t z• ,•.,: e „ 4: • '''•::.:,;.•: - °, - .', - ..i:s . ... ': . • '' --7 -' * . _ .. , . _ :, -, ; 5 0 , ,,. , - . • • • 0 'y . • - . , ~ _ — NI . - _ , . _ - • . '. -LIJIZOPWI AFFAIRS LETTER mow PARIS. ' The Coming Election—The Need of it eform—lnfluence of the Country Vote 7 .lllaterlal of the Corpi Zegis. iCorrespondenee of the Phi:lads. Bally Evening Bulletin l Pants, Aug. 14, 1868—several of the Paris Jour.. nals are beginning to direct attention to the vari ous points connected with the next general elec tions. M. Provost Paradol, in the Debatr, points, out the difference which exists in the case be tween the voting in the towns and the , country districts. , He observes :--"Thelmportance of the approaching elections cannot escape my one. Not only are the gravest questions of foreign and dotaestic pelley weighing upon the Government and en France,but the evidence is becoming more and more apparent that the condition of things created by the decrees of the 24th of November and the letter of the 19th of January cannot be Anal, and that the incomplete and comparative liberty which we now enjoy would rather become a cause of disorder than a' means of progress, if some other _measures be not taken to establish harmony in our political machinery. We need` not again describe them, for fre quently they have been stated auffreeommended in our letters; as far as the laws in Om, would permit. ' Experience, common sense, and even necessity are In their favor, but something else is wanting to recommend them to the good graces of the men In power, and that is an im posing demonstration of public opinion such as the general elections give the occasion for. And for this manifestation the opposition need not be victorious and obtain a majority-in the Chamber —enough will be done either by a fair number of seats gamed or by the increase obtained of the minorities in the' various constituencies. The tendencies of the Government are well enough •known to show that these certain signs of the progress of the Liberal Oppoeition would not be without influence on the resolves and the conduct of the Administra tion. But how show this progress ? How obtain those new seats and bring over those minorities 2 Every fresh election demonstrates in what diffi cultly) our system places an Opposition which, is compelled, above all, to appeal to the intelli . gerce of the country, and to the lofty sentiments of the citizens. The reasoning of the Opposi tion may naturally have some influence '.in the tomtit and cities in which intelligence is spread and 'cisme exists'for intellectual culture, but our electoral system presents this, phenomenon, unlqg no doubt In__the _world-,that with the exception of porp.o great cities, such as Paris, Lyons, and Maisellies- r -the towns invarhdlly_ find the suffrages overwhelmed by'fliose of the ad joining rural districts. The countryparts ought,- undoubtedly, to have - a legitiMate ittlittenee 4 in - every, well-ha atteed electoral system it is in England, 4 where the counties make it counterpoise to ''the t-boseughs, and this is 'right. But a Ivide' differ once exists between this wise; equilibrium and a , system which almost, everywhere annihilates the votes and opinion cd the towns by a premedi lated infusion of> the more numerous rural suffrages. Can any one maintain that the opinion of France is really represented in the chamber when that of the towns is not ? And, as was said formerly, that Greece went hailing when Athens or Lacedemonia lost too much of its influence, may wo not affirm that France also goes lame where we find the influence of the rural population almost solely represented in the Pop ular Assembly? But we do not insist; we shall have too many opportunities of returning to this point. We shall simply observe that the Gov ernment would worthily recognize of its own ac cord the flagrant irregularity of such a state of things, and apply spontaneously a proper rem edy, instead of appearing disposed to maintain and exaggerate so defective a system of national representation. More Democracy in the Paris Schools —The Prince imperial not Permitted to Take His Prize. • From Le Revell we translate the following Etc count of a juvenile democratic demonstration in It was not at the Sorbonne only that protesta tions took place. The Lycee Bonaparte had its own demonstration. It appears that the son of the illustrious head of the St ate figures in the class of the Seventh, and that, although taking private lessons, he competes, but at a respectful distance, with his comrades in partibus. It is easy to conceive then, that in the lottery of re compenses awaiting the studies of the course, the grand-nephew of a hero, born into the world ready decorated with the grand _cordon of the Legion of Honor, cannot possibly come to bad luck. Therefore, for the theme at the end of the year, the Latin translation of little Bonaparte, duly certified by General Frossard, obtained the first prize, as was to be expected. But, as soon as the rumor spread about the college, grand was the tumult. Com positions ought to be written in theftlass, under the eye of the Professor, and witched by the scholars, say these latter; and, except under those ruling conditions, there can be no security or guarantee. The Proviseur heard of the dis satisfaction, and, fearing a demonstration, he Conceived the ingenious idea to make two cere monies of the distribution. By, this arrangement, thought he, there will be only the younger colle gians to consider, and it is hardly 'probable _that these young curly-heads, ranging from eleven to' fourteen years, will conclude to raise a noise when the older lads shall not be there to excite them. Ares 1 the. worthy ,Proviseur reckoned without bia host. The greatday came: the arrival of the young baccalaureate is expected, in company with his mother. 'ln the evening, after return ing, there is to be a festival at the Palace of Fon tainebleau; with fireworks and all the belongings. Unluckily, at this moment, the chief of the in- Surrection, a smart little rascal of twelve, intr6- duces himself - before ProvLseur in the name Of his comrades andiays down their ultimatum. What Tasses in this interview? We do not know exactly', The- distribution 'of prizes, at last, took place without disturbance, and the first prize for Latin thin:flatlet:a was nof given to the first-intended recipient. - • • Will the official Press now goon and stir up old part Y-feelings, and lay the blame on certain families? That would be a fresh piece of awk wardness _ Childhoodlas a profountlecitimimfof justice; it recognizes only loyal competitions. It de mands for everi - one.an equal chance of ground and sunulhatthe Conqueror may' be, like Caesar's. wife, abOve suspicion. It is all for equality; and if the former party feelings have left this instinct PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1868. 217,: of justice to germinate among the - children, we should thank them for it. The babes then are worthier than the fathers. GEUM& Y. Close of the Sebnetzenfest in Vienna— itistribtation of Prizes. VIENNA. August 9th, 1868. Thursday the third German National Schuetzenfest name to an end. The last day was mainly devoted to the distriba - tion of the prizes. The piano, presented .by the committee of the Third Amerleanfichuetzenfeait, was carried off by a 'Bavarian ganmaker, from - Traunstein, named J. Strasberger. The three hundredgolden ducats, the present of the corpo ration, of - Vienna, were won by a cooper from Stutgart, named itneff. . The • second present 'of the same corporallon,-namely„ .ene thou sand thalens—was awarded to Assistant Physician .Hierling. er, from Reiclienatt, in Bavaria; The golden clock presented by the Kaiser was carried home by a Styrian landowner named -Mayerhofer. On the quick Sclielben, the find prize was carried off by . John Brechbutd, from Thtin, in Switzerland. His score was fo ehots, thirty-three hits and seventy-live' poli r 2 with a Peabody arm. The second prize of this kind was" borne away by the Norwegian, Hans Larsen. Ills score was thirty-nine. shots, twenty-nine bite :` and sixty-fly points. .11is arm was a Larsen gun. The third prize - was awarded to a Swiss who need a Martini breach-loader. The fourth by a South German with a Wender breach-loader. 'The fifth by a lieutenant from the arsenal in this city with a Worndt breech-loader. As regards the .swift nets of fire of the various arms, the first place between the Wanzl arm and that of Mr. Morgan stein of New York, whose cartridges did not ar rive in time'to allow of a fair trial of his arm, but who did enough to show that his invention wets' a formidable rival of Mr. Wand's. During the whole "Feet" the number of shoti at the Pad Beheiberi were 336,189, by 2,788 sharp-, shooters: Of this number of shots 119,438 were 'hits and 3,225 were bulls-eye hits. Silver goblet • prizes for one hundred ;and twenty hits were bestowed on seven hundred and thirtY. For sixty bits four;thider prizes were .bestowed.Uport sixty' three Schnetzen. The shootingwent off without a single serious accident. At twelve o'clock on Thursday night took place the "festal exodus," which was very festal, indeed, and resembled a carnival scene. On Wednesday Baron von Benet came from Ganda on purpose to attend the feat, and at the dinner table in the Fest Halle spoke a studied political speech. This visit of Von Beust threw a halo round the last days of the feat. As regards the finances of the feEt it is stated that the deficit will reach about 100,000 florins. The buildings alone coat 260,000 florins. The loss will fall on the guarantors of the lest. Where the - Fourth Schutzen Feat of 1871 will be held is still uncertain. The Central committee bas made the first offer to Lelpsic, but the town council has' declined the honor. ' Spiritualism in America. The London eorrespondentof Vie Tribline_says:... Wilifam Howitt has written to a man who has printed it in a paper in - .Scotland. a letter sillich - • .•••• . .• I "14 .:1111 , 1 II nem I flute ten r • strty-secen ,usay ( cresting, if true." I Sive an extinct : • "In fact.; ,nine hundred and .twelco dollars and seven-seven almost every eminent. man in the American Gii.• • leints. l l • - Ferment" (t he writer means in America) "la a 1 , 'Give the Republican party eight, yetlrs of unin spiritualist. '- GUITIEOI2, 'whom the anti-spiritu-* 'five rule and Itw il llaceomPlish. a tiompara (dist were eo lately snit...enthusiastically fehaing live reduction of the State debtsuch wit received , in England4oxhis•realousServides in the =Linz- 3 Anrlng. the last eight years of its tele rennsyl. tiong of Negro Slavery, is an avowed spiritu- 3 yenta. - t allets. Horace Greeley, the Editor of the Traune, - , a man• whose Masterly political reasoning : has done more than any man to • direct the .ccurse of American ,politics, is a devoted spiritualist Longfel low, the poet ; now in England L is, and has long ;openly bcen_, a spiritualist. Turn to- France. The shrewd rnperor, theillustriou&Vietor Hugo, the sage Guizot, are spiritualists. So is Gari baldi.""lt is," continues Mr. Howitt, 'tend ; den tly-said that &spiritualist sits on the throne, •of these realms, as we know that such do sit on those of the greatest nations of Europe. We know that the members of some of the chief du cal houses of Scotland, and of -the noble houses !of Ireland and England, are a spiritualists." Robert Chambers is an avowed spiritualist And he adds that "some of the ablest writers in The ' Times, Standard, Star, and Daily Telegraph, are 'ot the same faith Foreign Items. From late foreign files we extract the following items of Interest : - —Profiting-by the recent- sensation-eansed -by the publication Lan erne in Paris, a beer saloon proprietor has the following elm "Brewery of the Lantern—Rochefort Beer." The advertisement answers well and fills the place. --The Emperor of Russia has invited the King of Denmark and Prince Albert of Prussia to visit the military manoeuvres of eighty thousand men at the camp of TurltWEielo, he - li'ren - drp - a - pers - reptirt thaTi — vo - buiglars were recently run down "and captured by two amateurs mounted on velocipedes, and suggest that the police might profit by the fact. —Advices from 'Neat announce that in all pro= bability the command of the national army of Hungary will be conferred on General Klapka. —The Prussian army has at present 1,432 generals and staff officers, which includes the following: 6 princes of the royal family, 5 grand dukes, 28 foreign princes, 12 dukes, 12 princes, 45 counts, 80 barons and 1,152 gentlemen. —The inhabitants of Toulouse, France, have subscribed for the purchase of one hundred and fifty Remington rifles as a present to the Pope. Each gun will bear the following Inscription:— " Pio Nono,-Tolosa fiddle." —The rifle that created the greatest attention during the recent Schnetzenfeat at Vienna was a breech-loader made by a Norwegian armorer. In the presence of the Emperor the inventor fired fifty-three shots in the space of three minutes. The great precision was highly commented on. : . %he Funeral of Elliott, the Airtist. The New York Tribune of to-day says: Yes terday, early in the morning, the body of the artist, Charles L. Elliott, arrived in this city escorted by his personal friends, Messrs. E. D., p and Charles • Calverley sculptors • 8. P. Palme r very, Sandford Thayer, of Syracuse ; 'Louis, ilarT, ,Fred. 8. Cozzens, and the painters tOW, and two brothers. The body was aken to the, National Academy of Design, on the northwest corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street, where to-day, , until the nneral procession moves to Greenwood at 2 P. f a the rooms will be.opened_to_allow hisfriends lookc; again upon ' the features and - pay their last tribute of respect. Preparatlons were being made yesterday to accommodate, the expected concourse of artists and others , who will visit the dead and attend the funeral to-day. , The esteem in which Mr. Elliott no held,' both his asso- Mai es, and those; too; Who knew him only by his works, will to-day and expression at the funeral. A correspondent over the signature of "T." sends us the following: I "Riding, a few years since, in the town of Sol- Pio, in company with' Palmer, the he mentioned as a „singular fact , that Elliott, the painter, was born in a saw-mill; We were. at the time, at the point nearest the mill, which the passes. Meeting 'Charlie'. last winter, I learned from him that the place of his birth was even as'l bad been Informed. 'Thad, in my early boyhood, often visited' the mill in question, but was igeorant then of . the distinction to. which it aas entitled . It = It has long since passed. away, nd • not a vestige: , !tacit . to ' -'mark its site. Th9 - eleating PP of the country and Its - drainage by the farmers havellketrlse. - longi since, de- - privet - If_tif 1 wit - at:little - Water. - could have been - afforded. - It matters ilttlewhere a man is born; but, as every particular In Ambition to persons who have acquired distinction is eagerly sought, I thought that the few words`Whittil haws to say Might Interest some of the Many adtairers of an OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. artist who, among all the proud names o w,hich adarn his profession, is generally acknowledged to stand foremost." 'Which Party . flohoved tho People of From 1860, back through a long series of years, the Democratic party held almost,unintsr nipted sway ID the government of Pennsylvania. They had control of the Execndve Department, the Judiciary, Treasury, the Legislature and the , Canal Board; and they are therefore responsible for the , condition• of the Commonwealth at that time. ; Gm. Ourthi. was- the flrst.Repubilean or Whig Governor melected for many years, the Democracy electing and re-electing their ()over-' nom with the exception of. Miter, Johnson and Pollock, fora long period. *ln November, 1860, before Gov. Curtin came into power the State debt was ..87;969,847 50. On the first of August, 1868, net quite eight years of Republican rule, the State debt was re duced to $88,651,637 47, thus by the wisdom and statesmanship of the 14publican party, relieving the people of four million, three hundred and eighteen, thousand two hundred and ten dollars! It must also be borne in mind that daring the same period. the tax on real and personal estate was reduced as follows: The net amount chargeable to the (+aunties annually in 180,1864 and 1865, was ... . . $1,657,311 33 The netSmount chargeable to ihe counties annually in 1865,1866, 1867 and 1868 313 , 22 . 2 19 Annual reduction $1,344,092'f Add the amount of debt reduced, from November 30, 1860, to August ist, 1868 ..... . ... $4,318,215 03 And we show a reduction of tax- • ation and debt in less than eight years, accomplished by the Republican party of $5,664,302 07 Here is a plain reduction of the burdens of the people,. amounting in round figures to fire mil lions tax hundred and sixty-four thousand three hundred and two dollors and seven cents! While this steady reduction of the debt and taxes of the people of. Pennsylvania was being accomplished by the prudence and wise manage ment of Republican Legislators, executive offi cers and financiers, the same men were at the same time meeting the extraordinary expenses of a'war precipitated by the Democratic leaders. These expenses from December 1 - ,1860, to August 1, 1868, for military services, amounted to 85,- 649,702 74. Suppose that the Democratic leaders had not encouraged and assisted in the slaveholder's re 'bellion. In that event these_ extraordinary ex- ;penes would not have been created; and, there: , ford, had the Republican party been in Tower, under its management, adding the Sum paid , for .military; expenses-to theamount of we would have had ndeerease of theindebtedness ` r of_theStateC of ••Pcnnsylvains of not less than Wendell Pltilla-on the Stlttattion. This week's Anti- Slavery Standard, after In dulgingin its =Mai - misrepresentations of the Republican party, hi nevertheless constrained to any that a vote for Grant and-Colfax is a vote for freedeth., :Wendell says: We see,•rts clearly at Any one the shortcomings of the Tae pbilean party. Still a vote for Giant means theiaegro's suffrage recognized; a vote for Seymour means the negro disfranchised and ano ther 'Warr , . .* * * * We look forward, there fore, to the success of • the Republican party in the Coming election as the salvation of the Union and the beet hope for the negro. Its defeat will evidence that the blood and treasure of another generation are needed to establish Liberty and Justice here. * *. Our most serious complaint against Congress is that it has left the whole unchecked, untrammeled power of the nation in the hands of the rebels, to be wielded against the Republi can party in this struggle. The imminent Rail In which we stand today was no muesli.. • _ . - might easily -have beeirtWOlded. - I.flitiymo j a brings back Toombs and Cobb and Davis him self to Washington—and 50,000_ - votes changed -from one side to the other willgive him the power—the men we shall curse and the rebels will bless—the men who will soonest clasp hands with them and wear their collar are the Fessen dens, Trumbulls,Rosses,Hendersons,sustained by the Evening Post, the New York Times and the Boston Advertiser. If such really_represented the country, we should have been betrayed — in 1861, and whipped every year since. It is be cause they.dO not represent the country, are a disease and cancer, because of this that-we exist as a nation. Radicalism can whip such spaniels into its purpose hereafter, as It has done, scores of times, in the past, and thus force the 'party to complete the work upon which It has been forced to enter. Seymour's advent means repudiation, which ties our hands so that we . can never bor row again in order to. put down rebellion—and then rebellion. - -•— - - - - - - A% hat the Government Got for the Bonds. We quote the annexed paragraph from a speech made by Hon. R. B. Carnaham, at Steu benville, Ohio, on Saturday last: "It is said that fall value was not paid for these bonds. What was given was accepted as full value, and, in fact, those sold in 1861 and in 1862 were purchased with coin or its equivalent. The war actually began in April, 1861. Until February, 1862, the paper currency was at par with gold. From that period an til Jnly, 1862, the premium on gold ranged from one to five per cent. From July, 1861, to January, 1863, the average premium was 29 per cent, but prices had not yet become inflated, and the paper currency was practically the equiva lent of coin. During these twenty-one months of the war a large portion of the bonds were sold, including the $250,000,000 authorized by the act of 16th of July, 1861, and the $500,000,000 5-20 s of Feb. 25,1862. All of these were paid for in gold or its practical equivalent. In 1863 the average premium of gold was 4831 per cent., and in' 1864, 102 X. Of pours() the loss in discounts to the Government Was very great — orrather - thelossnf - the - citisen - was - great - But the act of Congress of March 3,'1864, author izing' the issue of $200,000,000 of bonds, called the 10-408,specilically provides for their-payment in coin. You will observe that the bonds issued when the "greenbacks" were at the lowest figure,' are tipressly made pa able in coin. Does not this show that the United. States intended to preclude' any doubt as to how and in what curreneythe bonds should be paid ?" • jrne "union I:cairn() • fsi Worth - , [Froin t the Riatlith Standard, Ausust Saha „ Under the eflicient romMgernent , bf: General Littlefield, Grand President ol.the Union League of America in North Camlina; this order , is bang rapidly Orgaolied in - every county. bOOke, papers and . corieepondence •of the League are in perfect order,— and, we are happY, from a personal. ertemination_ of „ the ME, els' records, be Ole to 'afitlirO. 'oar friends that thenthe operations of the order are conducted tio lOsly ; and without any_ pa rade or displity, , ti•there are about seventy _ thotu 3 saa' alirollektMinitherth-- under- . 4 Terfect system of ergeUlaallon :eztendleg 'from the eastern to tku ir 4e: • b o undaries- of s the State. and frem ?the:ggnthvirouns line. The great seer° , ject of League la to maintain the laWs anti presene the:pease. POLITICAL. [From the State Ciaar4L] reimaylvonta, from Debt'? Rebel Treatment of linlon Prisoners --Mr. OnlWe: statement—Letter from gen. ti. A. illitireettele. , [From the Baird° Commercial Advertiser. Aug. 23.] We are fortunately able to interpose a prompt and absolute denial of all Mr.. Quid's material statement of facts, coming from a source at once disintireated and unquestionable. Brig. Gen. S. A. Meredith, whose military record during the, war stands deservedly high, and , who is now sojourning in ' our city, was for many months on duty near Richmond as United States Commissioner for the exchange of prisoners. He, was in constant communication with Mr. Ould in regard to this very busineas. The official correapondence between them is now • before us, and „fully corroborates what General. Meredith says. Up to the time when he was re lieved •by Gen. Butler, and ordered to another field of service, Gen. Meredith speaks' of his own personal knowledge. Since that time he has had a very natural interest in the subject, and has kept himself thoroughly posted. He volantarily furnishes us . with_ the following statement, which, to our mind, very effectually' demolishes Mr. OEM's "statement, and convicts him of par tisan duplicity, if not of abeolute falsification': ,; Gen. Misirediehts lottiternent. Editor Bugalo Commercial Advertiser Sly at tention has been called to a sensation'story pub fished in the New 'York ' World, entitled "A Ter rible Revelation," Purporting to. be a statement of Robert Onld concerning the exchange of prl- • Boners. 'Were the matter not so`actions, the rea sons given! by this noble 'patriot for 'publishing his romance might be considered the best bike of the season, to wit: "To correct the many mime - presentations of the late Confederate authorities in relation to prisoners," and "that' he feels it due to the train of history te , bring the facts set forth to the , attention of the country." When an unrepentant traitor, like Robert Ould, has the unblushing 'impudence to attempt to impose on Northern freemen, his, vindication of the "truth of history," as connected with the late rebellion, et the treatment of oar soldiers, intentionally starved and slaughtered in' rebel pens; I also feel it incumbent on me (as ho re marks) to "make a statement." The first interruption of the cartel was caused by Jeff. Davis's message to the rebel Congress, Jan. 12, 1863, wherein he announced his deter mination tre•deliver ail officers of the 'United States captured after that date to the State authorities, to be dealt with according to the laws of those States, providing for the punishment of criminals engaged in inciting servile insurrection." That is, our officers captured in battle were to be handed over to the State authorities to be hanged. The second difficulty occurred in relation to negro troops, and the officers commanding them. whom the rebel authorities promised to treat in the same manner, but without taking the trouble to deliver them , to the State authorities. In many instances no quarter was granted tb that ciaea of troops, or to the officers commanding them. Some were executed without trial, though that' mere form would not have benefitted therein the slightest degree. . • When, in August, 1863, I demanded that negro troopa, mud. their- officertr thiard& - be-treated—as other prisoners of war, - and exchanged, this "vindicatoraf_thri truth.'_ueremntorilu claim with this - remark: "We (t • e /*bele) will ilk; in the last ditch before giving up the `44g11t ,., .t45 send eines back to slavery." Another cause of the suspension- of the cartel was its constant violation by -the.rebels, in making illegal declarations of exchange, for the purpose of putting men :into the field; and there is no dou - lot, Whatever, that all prisoners paroled by the United States authorities were immediately turned'taaelre duty kt the rebel army. '•MallY ~officers and men captured at Vieksbwg , Were in the battle of Chickamauga. Thus the rebels were making use of Wm well-con• • ted prisons as re. emitir.g depotslOr their a . ' Another insuperable o• - •to returning ex changes was in the matter of paroles. Mr. Ould bad some eighteen or twenty thousand which he claimed as valid. Most if not all of these paroles were- taken by guerillas, bushwhackers and de tached commands in the West. No possession was ever bad, no delivery wra ever made, and no rolls were ever furnished. On the capture of a town by a rebel cavalry raid, the command re mained long enough to take the paroles of un armed citizens there, and then decamped leaving the paroled men behind, and forwarding the paroles to Richmond. And the rebels had the assurance to require the United States Govern went to exchange prisoners legitimately captured In battle for such paroles as these. On the 25th of November, 1863, I offered to send immediately_to_CityPoint__l2,ooG-or-mor - Confederate prisoners to be exchanged for Uuten soldiers confined in the South. This proposition was distinctly and unequivocally refused by. Mr. Ould. And why? Because the damnable plans of the rebel government in relation to our poor captured soldiers had not then been fully carried out. Let Mr. Ould leave the truth of history to take care of itself, and vindicate, If he can, the intentional, premeditated, and barbarous treat ment llyAturlitorities °four soldiers-in the rebel prison pens. When, ib IS6I, the hellish, plan was almost consummated, and they held as prisoners thousands of loathsome skeletons, let him confess that then his emasculated gov ernment was willing to let the United States au thorities bury its dead, in exchange for a fresh and healthy army of 60,000 men, to be immedi ately put in the field against Gen. Grant. To conclude, Messrs. Editors, these and these alone were the causes which prevented lee ex• change of prisoners, and these causes were in op eration until the elose-of--the war. The difficul ties in the way were inturmountable, and were so looked upon by the United States authorities. Gen. Grant had no more power to overcome them than any officer who preceded him. He took the only means in his power to effect the release of our prisoners, and in 1865 succeeded in accomplishing his purpose , much to the diegust, no doubt, of such patriotic vindicators of the "truth of history" as Mr. Robert Oald. Yours, very truly, S. A. IKEREDI74I, Late Brigadier General and United States Com mis oner for Exchange of Prisoners. BUFFALO, Aug. 25, 1868. Northern Merchants and the Southern Trade. (From the Brooklnk Union, El ug 21.] We are assured, on what seems very good an thority, that a meeting of the leading dry goods firms of New York was held yesterday afternoon, at which it was resolved that they, would sell no more'goods to mere.hants in the Southern States except for cash during the present season. This is very significant action on the part of the per spicacious bAsiness men of the metropolis, and furnishes an example which will undoubtedly be prom_ptly follo_w_ed_by__ all_ merchants dealing in whatever business with the South erners; It shows that the threats of another revolution in which the Damo .eratie leaders have so liberally indulged; the con tinued anarchy In which the rebels have retained Many of the Southern States; the persistent de terinination of President Johnson to prevent the loyal mei froth' governing the South, and the revolutionary speeches of Frank Blair and of Southern fire-eaters, who have taken their cue from him, sre having their effect on loyal mer chants at the North, who consider their eiten sive business intereste, the preirervation of the country and their,financial security, of too great Value to bo hazarded among a people, many of whom still owe largely on goods sold to them . years ago and who have shown that their loyalty to their obligations to the,country cannot be re lied upon any more than their loyalty to their obligations to their felloy merchants. , —Not long ago a piece of Iron ore was dug out pf a mine in Devisti,Exigkuid,,.seventy.foux feet below - Vie surf Ace of the earth,- and on - breaking it a lizard'slx inches long crept - out of =Westoint luta cost "only • eight and a half million d ollars in the sixty-six years of its:exist ence as a military school, and this includes the entire expense of grounds, improvements, appa ratng w?, pay of professorS'anil F. L. ThMRSTON. Publisber. PRICE THREE OMITS. A'AIPIEN AND WASOIES. —There is a hole in , the StUT 5,500 miles lot*. • —"Personal" advertisements in the 4otideil Times are, called "agonies." ---Wilkie Collins oxpects $40,000 from "Ite Moonstone." —Timothy Titcomb says Reribens is "abonthur bly smutty." Of course that settles Renbens. —Six thousand trees are required to build one of the old style seventy-four gun ships of the line. —Bengt has bought the old castle on the Donau where Occur de Lion wag imprisoned, in—Pattiaris made $9,000 by her ante-nuptial , benefit P. Stowe"! next book le to be called 's Old Town Talk." - - —The Chbiese grabasay's liar bill at Wishing ton virile $3,800. - —.A. great Week for the boot:maluire--ttat —Negro footmen in purple stockings are the mode in Paris. Parepa-Rosa returns to the East is October. —Titters is more than forty years old, but is one of the drat lyric artists of the age. —Et light between a sexton and. undertaker afforded amusement •at a funeral-in' Patersoni —lt Is said that/tinnesota has a greater variety of bugs, and Is more interesting to the , entomo logist, than any other State In tbe —The vulgar, herd who, don't look through tel eseopea will have a' chance to see Eneke's cornet in a few weeks. —Stonewall Jackson's widow has liven bis uniform cdat to a Scotchman named Macrae, who proposed to put it in a museum in Glasgow. —After Charles Sumner had closed his epeech ate Chinese banquet in Boston, some amnia m t was caused by, the band striking up "Chan* Vague Charlie'. —An Irisimem ea hing sight of - an adver- Using card got up to resemble a gold piece on ono side, with a sudden rush,seized the tlie, turned, it over, and with the most comical look said to the clerk : "Be gorry, when I saw that I thought Seymour was elected sure." —To show its contempt for all projects for its capture, the lightning wont into the gabbi of the house of a lightning rod seller at Cleveland, and tore it to splinters, despite the nineteen rods which were Intended to protect She building. . —Brigham Young's newspaper strongly urges the use of the "Deseret alphabet," a sort of pho netic affair, but doesn't take one important step to introduce it—print ita Owif issues in that char acter. —The capital of the 'new cable company idols Millions, in shares of $lOO. The concessionaires will transfer their rights - for s,ooo . !paid-np 'shares after the cable is' working, and one-fifth Of the surplus profits yearly. —Those erownless and throneless sovereigne of-Llaplearthe-Duke of Duke of Modena, and the Grand Duke of. ,Tuti-: eany, have concluded a "convention" de 1,141_ Is A•I "• A on 41 ey w no r • the present debt of the Kingdom of Italy. —Eioethe's mother Said" of .herself: corder : int' quiet are my characteristics. I dispatch ,atonce what I have to dci; the most disagreeable always first and I gulp ,down the devil without looking at him., I always seek out what is good in people, and leave what is. bad tofliniwho made mankind, and knows ; how to. , round.; oil. the. angles. 4.--Ilere is a' very Frenchy story. A. wrorlft aurd was offered neat fa the box of al certain French senator, towitness a representation 'of "La Belle fldlene.". Ele.replied to the'offer:;"lt is impossible for me to go. , The ecclesiastical rules prevent me. But if M. le Benateurmlshes me to confess bim, I might . get. strides of the piece in that way!" • —The New York 11.er ald IS atithbrity for this: Mr. T. 8. Booth, the eldest son of the late Junius Brutus Booth, proposes reappearing npon :the• • dramatic boards during the tall and winter sea son. Mr. Booth has not been ontEiFi stage for over twenty years, since which time he Aas re sided in Philadelphia, where he has been rEreog nized as a physician of considerable Skill. Reis in very comfortable , circumstances, but returns to the scenes of his etirly triumphs through:a icivn` fur the drama.- - • • - • • • —lt has created some surprise in Prussia. that (OM" VieteriaLdeelined 'the enTiTitdaughter to7,,yisit her at iteinhardsbrann, where she and her hueband live in retirement With their children and are attended by only two servanta. During Mir - brier iiiiitinnt Pada the Queen looked gloomy. and was ,Oxceedingit taciturn. In driving through the Boulevards;. ft was noticed that she did not: even glance at, the magnificent buildings on those superb av„ , Co nee. —Netiong:agai - nn - nUterPriernri ra Washington, lowa, impressed with the idea that, he musfdo something for the party, got up a liat of subscribers for a Democratic journal, and sent it to the Bt. Loin% Democrat, in the fond belief • that it was a Seymour paper. The subscribers .. were greatly surprised to find that the Dent - cieitif supported Grant. The Democrat confirms .the story, and says that they like the principles of the paper so well that they have concluded to stick to their bargain. -Atone of, he gammg-tablea in the Wiesbaden Kirhaus there eat a few Sundays ago two gentle- Men of rather distinguiebed appearance side:: by. Moe. They were evidently •not acquainted' with one another,htff treated each other ' with - great politeness, and,"whenever they"won any Money, courteously handed the; glittering gold pictes to one another. One of the two gentlemen was the Orleanist, Prince de Joinville, and the other . Gen. Fleury, Napoleon's Aid-de-camp and most • inti mate personal friend. , • _ ' —The celebrated Knaack affair, concerning the earth and sun, is going to lead to claw suiLltev. Mr-`Smack has: brought an, action for libel against the editor of •the Illustrated Family Jouk nal, who proposed, in his paper, that all scientific absurdities and humbugs ehould henceforth be called ••Knaackisme." The Berlin'pastor thinks that this proposition is a vile outrage. The edi-. tor of, the Illustrated Family Journal, however, Is. delighted with the suit, which can not but add to the - derision with which Knaack overwhelmed' • on all Eiden, and at - the same time will be an ex; celient, advertisement for the journal in quedion'" , —The Pope seems determieed to - picks quarrel. • with the Prussian Government, and his function aries take pains to treat Prussian subjects with ' unusual brutality and Impudence. . A young Countess Von Arnim was recently arrested ba- Rome on the charge of having made disrespectful remarks about the Papal , ' government, detailed. , for nearly a whole day in, a filthy cell at;thee police-prison, and finally discharged in the _moat is suiting manner. King' William has for some time past been highly indignanV at the ,"course`.: pursued by, the effete pontifiettigovenimeett,,and-. measures of, retaliation, are- now %token of. French intrigues are said tote at thetottom of the whole affair. • -- • >••••, • • • • is the opinion of the , leading. _banking Douses In Hamburg,Derlin , ,end ,Franictort, that A: d the success of the Democratic party at the Oc- tober elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio; and intll4; diens, should become probable, no leas' than one. hundred, and fifty million dollars' worth., of ftr>... twenties would be sent to New York,and a fail or at least ten 'percent. in' the Value of American weecteritiett in. Europe take plaee. hitherto Etnits-' pean financlerahave deemed the success of the Democratic candidates utterly impound% and consequently no serious decline in 'American sem. curides haft occurred. , 'Plate lti,hOwever,algreat deal of.anxiety and feeling on the sidled, °spa._ daily in Germany, where it is said the Garman Democratic papers published in the... United Mateo. owing to the indignation which tlieir repudiation articles excite, have loet nearixtheir Whole elr ctuatton: _ •
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