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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
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-Ahoy have a softenlnig Influence on
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au24 26 28 St ett. DAVID BOYD, Ju, Treasurer.
star awy et Ar ri zmarErAL. algt e e nt. AND_ me a
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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.
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-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: _ •