••••• p«KHH.
f* 1 ( . S ,-M)AVS kxhkptei)!
‘m» w. rw*»*w.
! | (| 5 ,.,!-H kihiutb street.
1(411.If •*«£*».
fl 11 „ ,- KJi Oul.l.AKs PBE iKSD*. U»
I'un Pkr W«rk, payable to
' i u> enbrrriber* out or tbe cHy,
[; s r, >- v , rM; rnnu Dou,i*s AXB nptt
rva Doi.i,abh Arw Twbutt
’ «*’rs Mosi-HB, tayatiabiy la adTaaoe
i ‘ r
aft’* ,
~^ 8 " inserted at tbe nenal rate*.
wi;rh*sT prbss,
tat 1 r> five Dni.i.iaa Prk ajrvtrK, to
~.*ll. »KV«OODS.
CAMPBELL & 00.,
p lv -
g I L J£ S.
, JAFFBTAS ana POUT.T DB SOJBS In
Also BLaCK CEO OEAINBS,
o! I ’ I ‘ AOK is mat rWl. (r . at
MOHA|RB. ■
I , M oH»ras toe fo anblimaotiitllU*.
Pf SUCK MBKIHOM. '
|sE OtOTHS.
CLOTH GLOVES—kid lalak.
U*M8 AIfU
[ is great VAKIBIX > •
|?0 PUL A R: ,
(jjioß QUALITY' -fT
EbSOCHE shawls, open dud fill si ,*|ntrev
SKET SHAWLS. '^Oi
, ~U C K THIBET SHAWLS. .
ri . i? .SAWI-S fui Mlseee and “
beaver Cloaks." ? t ', '
i Of ijsrlo® *i”4» oT Cloths.
f iS.U. fcKJETS. very rt«l» style*. ,
ttf D WHITS BALMORALS.
|j 4S p WHITE BALMORAL SKIBTISO.
IEI CLOTHS FOR SKIRTS,-’
[)\VIX HALL iXs OO.i
SO South BBOOKD Straat.
DISPLAY.
Hon oontalu a fln» tlitur of proparlr*
jjifiol nimrati. tor fall aad wiatar waar.
fSLOtJB OLOA.ES.
(MS BBAVBB DO.
jl FROSTED BIS AVER DO.
I‘RICOT AND BEAVER DO.
BIAOK GARMENTS.
SR PROOF CLOAKS.
jiffl MADE TO ORDER.
JOOPEB fi CONAED.
DfcbtUhMU* forneT HIJfTH and IIiEHWi
ffll CLOTHS ! CLOTHS I
, I. BMODGBABB'
cloth house,
si South SECOHD Stmt,
113 STRAWBERRY Street.
. wilraJ per latest importations a great atoek
luhuUnfaa extensive assortment of
up 1 CLOAKINGB
gbstlshkn^s 1 COATINGS.
,W Sar f ANB NAVY GOODS,
AS FOLLOWS:
s, ILL SHADES AH D PBtOBS.
3558, TKET BBAOTirOL.
Is, [IKV ABD HIGH FINISH.
< DBY AND HIGH FINISH.
hLkSAL SEDAN. '
liaSs? heavy and soft finish.
AILIAS ALL CiLOBS. FBOH $S TO *l3.
■ cuATiaas. latest stiles.
KB CLOTHS.
: HUR CLOTHS.
;?trs pilots. .
SllL .
sack bkaverb. -
(H iSDIGO BLUB FLANNELS.
Wat BLUB- FLANNELS _ „
a fait of Cloths CassimeKs, and' Vestings,
ap, CistUngs, and all- gooda pertaining to
'Silo, _ dafl-Im
mCE ANrf HEAVY COLORED
ri«4 sails, in wine Colon, Browas, Greens,
tod's Wiiies, &e
r;t anil iaav r Plain Silks,
|i«t Placa CordedSUks,
for Plsin Black Sttks. ■ •
Mm of rariont strlea.
vsKai p Antiques,
Iteit euire.-'
aureola* Dresses.
I«'Much Tate Bilk Velvets for Cloake, real
lin duality Frosted Beaver Glottis.
BDWIH Bala. a Ou.,
20 Sooth SBOOHD Street.
6TIIAB'DRY GOODS.
reduced for Ghrletmaa. -
>,iw& for Ohrlstinfcs.’
Priced for Qhrietiiiai. -
;Hih“iCPd for Christmas,
adduced for
iliTcdowd for Christmas.
»i:s9asiery reduced for Christmas,
reduced for Christmas.
iMfcercblefs reduced for Christina*.
-to^»obottiletort™^o«4 Bd |i
ITo. 703 AEOd Street
’POPLINS.
Jf-'iorß* extra flue quality, for 93.
divrlios of uaruual be»uty,»t 83.
* ; r *ality wide pMi Poplins, SL, 35.
mi reps, Mohairs, andifennoea.
;:k?i newest unique American Delaines, some
iMa choice and neat, others tfery (ay stripe,
American prints, 81,85.88,and 40 cfo,
ftSSohabsautl Alpacas. 65 cts to 81.75.
fresh lot for misses, maids, and -matron*,
•to sna Shawls in Cloak room.
" ua ‘»R ttNBHu
S. B. Cor. HiarTH M»d MABKBT Sta.
AIKS! CLOSING OUT i BAB
filO 8E SOLD BEFORE JANUARY 1,18 M.
SESiT REDUCTION IN PRIORS.
DRESS ROODS,
iur.nr. snit&blefor
~ HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Pwsie Sllkß at low Prices.
[ li ' all kinds at low prices.
/aslLrlnoes and Poplins. _
„ . RICH PLAID POPLINS
s iWis of all kinds at low prices.
SEPOHS AND WOOLEN SHAWLS.
:.«t Bdkft, Lace Collars,
to scd Cambric Laos Veils.
S, STEEL A SON,
- Em. TIB and TIS North TENTH Street
FINANCIAL.
2 iio?,y. ]
USLBS EMORY & 00.,
IAItBZ, BBBBOV* JB.
m EXCHANGE BROKERS,
15 South Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
if titsorrent fond, and Gold and Silver
and Collections made. -
*' Msntton given to the ptuphase and ante
'■!!«>, state, and other Stoekeand Loaneoa
aol«-em
BURNEY, & CO*
BA-NBCEICiS,
AND EXCHANGE BROKERS.
-'ir Attention paid to purchase and **la of Oil
•3 SOUTH THIBD 6TBBET#
PSIhAIJBItPHIA,
“iJcis.—Drone! A Co., Phttadelphla: J, B. Aai-
Sjwt Sonthwark Bank. , novlB-3m
THE AUDITOR GENE-
Ml* as required by the 11th Section of the Act
M Act to enable the Banks of thte'Common
i..'^ 2 -;rQe Assoc ations for the purpose of Baak
aof the United States. 1 ’passed on the
>A«gust. A. D. 1554, has certified to me that
base op philadbl
furnished satisfactory evidence to Mm
requirement# of said Act have been com
i' 1 - 1 7 tbe said Bank, and that it has become an
i *? r purpose of Banking under the laws
States—
cause this notice thereof to be pub-
with the provisions of the said
i'l the raid Act, and do declare that the
i-ve 3 r Bank, hy the tarns of said Act. la deem*
K : i ,■ ! ? he hereupon surrendered* subject to the
* ! the Ist Section of said Act. _
A G. CURTIN,
i>„_ Governor of Pennsylvania,
Chamber, Hajsrisbdsg. 80v,29,1864.
DEPARTMENT,
'H jf A«Hr*(H-ojr. D. 0., December 10,1864.
!**V S , RhkißY GIYSBof the readiness of this
; ‘'* d v eia on presentation, hj payment in
iju» »£ r byconversion.into bonds a-autho
>'v i h ‘ tnree-yeara Treasury Botes beartnr
*'M n! lateI ate ~f seven a*d three* tenths per cent
*i,,tOD3pn6r i-esct of jajj’l7th« 1881, interest
!I , SOt 'h Treasury Ifotesnot ho presented
*’!h* i E v* ff< ’ m this date, at which time.u«der
V,v.“ a T of conversion ceases. Holders will
"Msslvss accordingly
'St W P. FESSENDEN.
S—,„ Secretary of > he Treasury,
PUBLIC.—THANKFUL TO
*!4 j';!? Tic d Hie nubile for the Übatai patronage
w « would leform thom that. having
•hHwi■‘ltaratloea in onr establish raenti"W a are
■'Sii.vS l »e»onto Picture.to thegatleEwttonof
:«i i'o,.,° r 08 with a oall. Earing note at onr
o f.cliiiiea, we take pteasnre la Bo
b' tt i• public to compare tbe execution of
• ! '“s PoiSb S o I,I ! dtttei L?' t “Jinther eatablteh
t cited States. We would also state that
ii„S AI . LSRT IS PEES TO, AM,
ysaßpscimens Notwithstanding
‘ ? Bed and wages of hands em*
re y .^^ TUl *htng Pioturug
Xfi 2 OLD PRIORS,
?“I«. ou * *»« JWA
511 h,i> a 2" *? Crajoa, Oil, and Pastel.
t! rI »«t aao Colored, 18-14,8 10, 44, and 1-2
;„' !V!il!<Ti *ttettßS, full size, 3*4, So., s3.Boper
v‘;?v aj a
*; ■' :m cents upward a.
i'Ssin:’) Wfcuz , So., Sc.
a of Copies of Rare Bn
..kj"™l °i»U tße prominent Generals
**ac., Ac.
.»* 1 b»£ ut short notica.
st RESgzgy &CO • Photographers,
U j --T— Big ABCEf glrfta
*O HOBBY-HORSES
-t; goose-neoa Sleds,
lor sale br_
Ist & BUSTOS,
a? 4 109 SortU THIRD Site?;.
VOL. 8.-NO. 121.
THEHOJLinAYS.
OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE
HOLIDAY PBESI2HTS
AT LOW ERICES.
Haring determined to retire from business, audwish
in»to closeout my entire stock of WATCHES,?JEW-’
BLEY, SILVER WARE and SILVER-PLATED WAR*.
CLOCKS, MUSICAL BOXES. TABLE CUTLERY. Ac.,
within sixty days, lam prepared to offer inducements
to purchasers, and solicit an examination' of these
goods, moel of which are good stylos and of fine Quality.
THOMAS G„ GARRETT,
Yl3 CHESTNUT STREET.
LAD O M U 8,
DIAMOND DEALER AND. JEWELER,
: v ; HO. 803 CHESTSFUT STREET,
His on. hand a large and splendid assortment of
DIAMOND JEWELRY,
SUITABLE FOB HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
_ Also,, a of
Wstctoes, JeweD’L 4?«
HpW**® in great variety, suitable for Bridal and
H&|Pr6«eDts, ■ *. ’• * ‘
yßBsoTtment of Diamond Jewelry is complete, and.,
isfi price than can be found in thlß city,
} ' ; GOLD, SILVER, AND DIAMONDS BOUGHT
- , ; FOR GASH. .' '
■,^oiA.''M-:d- ] sr'D s.-' .
Ferrous haTinjrDiamoncts'Orotber Freoioas Stones to
dispose of, 'will do well by calling on. t V
LEWIS LADOMUS,
DUjKOSD DEAtEB AXO JEWELER,
.So. 80& CHESTNUT BTBJ^SF,
Who Will give tkß.WgliMt’cs?li prices
Also,.
Old Gold and stiver Bought for Cash.
deisnn
ESTABLISHED IN 1812. '•” • .
HOLIDAf PBESENIi :
wm. vyrkjsoip* spjsr*'7
S. W. Cqf. FIFTH and CHEBRT Streets,
' PHILADELPHIA,
Safa on iaid'a farge and general assortment of
i ' r SnjVBB 'WARE, .
Of oar own manufaohrre, of die .finest .finality and
hlxheot standard of Silver.
ALSO, ' " ; r . ,
PLATED WARE,' 1 -
A large and general assortment of-superior Plated
•Warm Ids ■ -•- V • - - ' - - ' ■ A
f - . ~,
OLD SILVER bought and taken In exohange. High
est prices given. del2-18t
H9 LID^PE ? SE^S;
L ..'ft.. ruas e 1,l ;
rS NORTH SIXTH STREET, .
Invite attention to hfcrsfoefc of fine American and
imported- - , ■■
.JW -A. r A' G? LI Xi 3 .SJ o
In Gold and Silver. , ’ -
GOXJO itUbSWJblLißilfir
of the Latest Stylos. ■ . *
HANDSOME SILVER WARE.
warranted pure coin, Ac.,- suitable for HOLIDAY
*?“?**' ■ ::
«M 0 tar V - r SlXTHStreet.-
*
CHBISTIMAS
GOLD SPECTACLES, GOIrD.BZE-GLASSES,;
. JUCKOSCOPgB,^OPEBA-OLASSBS. .. .
‘ BOXES.OFDRAWIITOINSTRUMENTS,
.. . ■ POCKBT
s • • FAN()T-THERMOMETERS,;
. v'gloAss,jAlb;pdicps,;; -
' ELECTRIC MAOHIHIS,
; OALYASltf.aAPpmna '
- SPELLING BOARDS, wlth Movable Letteis'. Ao.,
sob si - . 4
‘ JAIMES W- .QDEE^fGOi \
93* CRMSTNUT STREET. - . I
. Hlnstraied Catatognbe gratis. ’ - delft-12h )
JJDmK HALL & OD., |
■ t J «r I
■■ •-. _ _ ■■ y
36 SOCTH • SECOND* STREET^
Axe notf offering tßel; fine (took# ■ ,
SILKS,
DRESS GOODS, - ' ’
SHAWLS, '
CLOAKS, •, :
v CLOTHS, &C„
At Reduced Prices, to Close Them Out.
A good opportunity now offered gel&ct a nice, nae
fnl CHRISTMAS PRESENT. r>. . delBTtbfiaBt
QHEAP AND USEFUL (SOODS FOR
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
POR THE HELPS ABORT THB<HODgB.
■ ■ ' • - i
MERRtMAC PRINTS, 40 ct«. *>
NEW,STYLES DELaINE, Meta -
AMERICAN PRINTS. 37» Cts.
BRIGHT. PLAID CABHMEBRB. -
BRIGHT-PL AID POPLINS
DRESS GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES,
EDWIN HALL & GO.,
de!s- tbemStr *G Sontb SEOOND Street.
gOLIDAY PRESENTB.
T>. W. CLARK,
003 CHESTNUT STREBT,
Baa now on band a yery large stock of '
WATCHES.
JEWELRY, and < _
SILVER-PLATED WARE,
Selected expressly for tbe coming HOLIDAY TRADE,
which are being sold at extraordinarily low prices.
We have a large stock of the following goods:
. Gold Watches,
Silver Watches, .
Ladies! Watches,
Gents* Watches, .
Boys’ Watches,
. American Wniches* -
English Watches, *
Swiss Watches,
Gold Vest Chains.
Gold Chatelaine Chains*
Gold Neck Chains*
Gold Pencil Cases*
Gold Fens.
Gold Toothpicks,
Gold Thimbles,
Gold Armlets,
Gold Bosom Studs*
Gold Sleeve Buttons*
Gold Watch Keys,
Gold Pins, Gents**
Gold Pina, Ladies**
Gold Pina, Mieses’,
Gold Pins, Chatelaine*
Gold Bar Bings,
Gold Finger Bings, ' _
Gold Scarf Him*
Gold Bracelets*
Gold Lockets*
Gold Charms,
Gold Watch Hooks*
Silver Thimbles,
Silver Napkin Bings*
Silver Fruit Knives*
Silver Fob Chains,
Silver Vest Chains.
4 BILYBK-PLATED WARE*
Plated on genuine Albais metal,
m „ , wad warranted;
Tea Sets*
Cake Baskets*
Fruit Baskets,
Card Receivers*
Sutter Dishes*
f Syrup Pitchers,
agar Disheß,
reakfast Castors*
Dinner Casters* v
Pickle Caetors,
Spoon Holders*
Waiters, •
Druß,
tilt Stands,
oblets*
' SiffhcHc.
Napkin Bings.
Fish Knives*
Pie Knives,
Ice Cream Knives* -
Cake Knives,
Crumb Knives,
Children’s Knives,
Children’s Forks,
Children’s SpoonSj
Oyster Ladles,
Soup Ladies*
Table and Dessert Spoons,
Tea, Sugar* and Salt Spoons*
w J““ 4 ««WELRY. ■ lrff •
We have on hand a large lot of fine plated Jewelry*
which we are closing out at cost prices to make room
for other goods. Those wishing goods in onr line would
do well to call and examine onr stock before purchas
ing, All goods warranted* as recommended.
* D. W. CLaBK,
. GO2 CHESTRTJT Street.
N. B.—Watches and Jewelry carefully Repaired by
experienced workmen, and warranted.
eol9 swtdel7&d7t
pHRISTMAS PRESENTS.—S UIT A
VV BLE PRESENTS to s Deaf friend are the Instru
ments to a»Ut the hearing. Also, superior Razor-
Strops, Pen and Pobket-Knives, Selsaors, Ac Also,
Ladies’Scissor Gases, of the finest QnaUty. atP. MA
DEIRA’S, 118 South TENTH Street, below .Chestnut.
de!2-12t
fine' WATCHES, jewelry,
At* SILVER AND PLATED WAEE,
CORNER ARCH AND TENTH STREETS.
Brooches, Sleeve Buttons, Armlets, Bracelets, Sear)
Pina and Bings, /Tea Bet», Ice Pitcher.,
Waiters, Goblet*, Porks,
Spoons, &e.
A*-Watches repaired and Warranted. Old Gold,
Diamonds, and Silver bought.
noso 8m HABBIBQM JABDBM.
MACKEREL, HERRING, SHAD, *O.
«!- -2AOO bhls. Mass. Nos. L 2, and 8 MaokereL
late-caught fat fish, in assorted packages.
2,000 bbla. New Atstport, Fortune flay, and Hkllfia
a ||roo boxes Lubsc. Bcalea, and No. 1 Herring.
I*o bbls new Mess Shad. .
260 boxes Herkimer county _
Instore and for sale h*
THE HOLIDAYS,
Q.OODS SUITABLE B OB PRESENTS.
E- M... 3NKESIJX.EIS,
1094= CHESTNUT STREET,
Offers for sale
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS,
In all varieties, for
CHRISTMAS AND. HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
At very Low Prices.
Ladies* bem-stitched Handkerchiefs* all linen, 39c.
ana upward*.
Men’s hem*stitched Handkerchiefs, all linen, 70o,and
• .
. CMldrtn r s liem-stitched Handkerchiefs, all linen, 25c
and upwards.
Plain handkercbte's. all lineo» 2tM. and upwards,
Lace Handkerchiefs, $3 f,50
Embroidered Handkerchiefs, $t to SIQ.
Men's, Women's, and Children‘sßandkercMefs, all
kinds, and at prices very much, below the present sold
talus*
ALSO. - ■■•
LACE GOODS, EMBBOIDERrE?, and WHITS GOODS
Of ail kinds, suitable for Presents, at
de!4»l2t ■ **YE&Y LOW FRlcm" - • • ■
ffOLIBA-Y GIFTS.
CLOSING OUT
FALL Al|D WIPER -STOCK,
JOHN W. THOMAS,
*O3 AMD 407 NORTH SECOND STREET,
Would call the attention of the public to his splendid
~ -stoe&of
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS,
Compxißlnf a/nllline ofevery variety
FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS,
''Sbftshle for nacfal 'presants..
JOHN W. THOMAS,
L del4-10t 495 and AO? North BBQOSD Street.
7
•* 3fok <^ijnraSEED«3Ea!f,i
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
SOAEFS,
XJEOVES, - -
TEAUEMiINff SHIRTS,
•' n
..... - .MUFFLERS, „ *
HDKFS.,
And everydeecrlgtloh of'
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS,
SUITABLE FOB PRESENTS, ' .
- ! '■ LINFQRD LUKE NS.
deH-tf N. W. cor. SIXTH and. CHESTNUT.
WOaKiBY HU 9 U MILLER.
- i . .. BS S AYS,
HISTORICAL .AKD : BIOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL
• AHD. SOCIAL, LITBRARZ AHD
, S6IEJSTIPIC.
BY -‘ AITCtH MILLER,
"WlthPreface by Pfera‘BApiE. : Hmb. , , tilK. ~
, .This Will be fonnd one of tho moat, interestlng of .all
H ■.. ~..t
$-'V
; V- '*'■ *fe • I*l
HILEBR’S-COMPLRTB WORKS', 1 In Tmr-Vomnrae*
boimd Ivttnlform style, and pot np in-an elegant, snbl
-stamlal box. cl.tli, 417.. . - ;. - .
The stt embraces the following works: The QM."BeJ
'Bhndsione.'Pootprints bf she Creator,’Cruise of the BSt
sey, Headsbip of Christ, Popnlar Vales and
B.etches. My First Impressions of~Rnglan<i:and.lts Peo*
pie. By Schools and SohoalmasteratanautobiogranhT),
’The Testimony of the -Rockb, and the new volume Es
says, &c., as above.- - -•- 1 . -.-- * r
-f A more valuable or appropriate present for Chrietmae
or Hew Year’eit would bedlfflcpltto find. ......
| GGtJLD .-(& LINCOLN*
■•."-■ publishers;-' a
delg-St' ' "59 WAsiiifGfOH Street', ioskrn.
■VTE’VT BOOEFFOR T&E'HOLIDAYS,;
I e > JtJST BBADY •
OteE POBTICAL-WORKS Of JoHH BHLTOBT, -
■ < -- WITS, Av , ; J
LIPB OP THE AUTHOR, DISSEB.TAtIQ.YS, ON EACH PORH*.
JK3TES CRITICAL Altl3> HXPLAKATORT,* AH IHBEX 4
J 1 TO THE eTraJHof 's OE’ VARAiISE LOST,
- . v A!sro*A«V£RßAZii Atnn • . .
* .Bv CHARLES DEXTER CLEYELATO; ... *
1 volume la>ga soyal 12m0., 688 payee, oil fise mhed
paper, bound in vellum cloth. Price $3.
jHEADY THIS DAY: I ..
. PEABIS FROM HEINK,
. With. Illustrations and vlinettes.by German artists.
4to. > 75 cent?- "
' SCHILLER’S'POEMS. Bnlwor’s translation. Umo.
*A™ *-- YIIM&ATED jnVBNILES. -
t; MOTHER MICHEL AND.HER-OAT. 16mo, #L.
I MOT 4ER BOOSE FROM GERMANY. 4t0.. *l.
-r MOTHER PITCHER’S POEMS for Little People. 4to.
tfieents. ■ • - ■ ■ , '
MOTHER gOQSE IN GERMAN- CVE« popeia’.’).
ST h'6t S HEK GOOBE IN FRENCH ("Mire l’OIe”).
'v’rHIpROOT.PRINCESS. A Christmas Story.' 4to,
APPLY FOR
’ LEyPOLDT’S LIST
- OF '
Including the most vheautiful WQrks published for the
Holiday b in Philadelphia, Hew Pork* Boston, London*
Paris, Leipsfc, etc.
i SALE AT A DISGOOTT, *
og Hnt’poit-xiaid on receipt of stated jric^^by^
; * . PuhUsher.Booksfillenandlmporler,
y ' 1333 Street,
dplfrSt Second Floor.
QHEISTMAS BOOKS I -
c tWe are new prepared to offer our stock of ILLUS
TRATED BOOKS and WORKS, in FINE BINDINGS,
especially adapted to tho HOLIDAY SEASON, at LOW
PRICES. LINDSAY A BtamsfaN,
Publishers and Booksellers*
del4 - Ho. 35 South SIXTH Siftet,.
TSBE.SE N TATI ON BOOKS OF A
VALUABLE CHARACTER.
Appleton’s New American Cyclopedia.
Cyclopedia of Commercial and Business Anecdotes,
2 vote. * f
Rebellion Record. ByFrank Moore.
Washington Irving’s works; fine editions.
Cooper’s Novels; illustrated.
Diciens’WoiksiiUustrated.' '
Bancroft’s Urtifdd (States.
Merivale’s History of the Romans.
Gems from the Dusseldorf Gallery.
Lights and Shadows of New York Picture Galleries.
Martin’s History of France, age of Louis XIV.
Waverly Novels; illustrated.
Shakspeare's Works.
Prescott’B Works.
Bancroft's United States.
Bayard Taylor’s Works.
Hood's Works.
Lord Bacon’s Works; fine edition.
Hallam’s Works, 10 vols. , _
At JAB. K. SIMONS* Book Booms,
delB-12t 33 S n uth SIXTH Street, second'story.
N, B, A liberal discount made on all purchases. ~
BOOKS EOE THE HOLIDAYS.
WINFIBLD, THE LAWYER’S ,8021. A LIFE OF
MAJOR GENERAL HANCOCK. An authentic life of
the boyhood and of Gen. Hancock*
containing a correct portrait and many beautiful-Ulsa
tiationfc One of the most entertaining hoys’ books yet
published. Price $l.OO. ‘
SEASIDE tAND' FIRESIDE FAIRIES. Translated
from the German by A. L Wister. A charming collec -
lion of German Fairy Tslm* linked together with a
prety narrative; beautifully printed and illustrated.
Price sl7fe, < „
ENOCH ARDEN. Elegantly iUustrated.
CLEVER STORIES OFMANY NATIONS. By John
G. Eaxe. Illustrated by W. L. Champsey,
FOLK SONGS. A new edition of that most popular
hook.
A new edition of BITTER SWEET, with additional il
lustrations.
LOOKING TOWARD SUNSET. ByL. Marla Child.
LYRA AMERICANA; or verses of Praise and Faith*
from American Poets. __
LYRA aNGLICANA; or, A Hymnal of SacredP’oetry,
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1864?
%\t .Jress.
MONDAY, DECEMBER-'l9, 1864.
WEDDELL PHILLIPS.
A LECTURE AT TEE ACADEIT OF ffIITSIC.
His Ideas of the Station’s Fntnre,
According to announcement, Wendell Phillips, of
Kiaesachaeetth; delivered a. lecture, on Saturday
evening, at the Academy of Mrialb, on “The Next
Step.” The. audience was large and enthusiastic.
This proceeds of the lecture Are to be applied for the
benefit of the Asylum for Destitute and Aged Co
lored People and Colored Children of the District
ofAlolunobla, abandoned by thelrlatei owners and
masters when they fled to rebeldom. At 8 p’oloolt
Mr. Phillips appeared on the stage, ari<l was Intro
duced by-Mr; Thoirias Webster, Jr.j ae follows:
Lcdikb akd CanTi.!iMKif: Pardon me If, for a
n)im<-iit, I detain you from the enjoyment , a expec
tfttlon ot which,you have gathered here. It»ls but
right that I should oail your attention to the Insti
tution in whose behalf a distinguished .gentleman,
front Boston ha's come to PhUaaelphia to address
yea. _
About two winters ago there were in Washington
and Georgetown over one hundred abandoned
slaves, deorepM, aged mea and' women, as. also
children'of less than Beven-years, most of ; whom
weie sick.and suffering from want." -Through the
exertions of the wives of our Senatohs and others,
-tbongh very little aSsist%riae was rendiered; br the
retlnent population; these glaveb were gathered to
gether, and aubetqaently -’were placed in an asylum
on Georgetown Heights, the property of oha Rich
ard Cdx, now In rdheldom. .'Mr. Stanton gave them
that housm and they-have been kindly nurtured and
taught. The lnstlm'lon la of a oharactw that.ls"
hardly tolerated In .Washington. -It receives little
or no tupport from 'the - resident population there,
-arid theretora appeals, and is now appealing, to this
city and to Boston tor aid; Without further pre
lude'. I have the honor to. introduce Olassaohusetf s
girted son, humanity’s best dhamplon, Wendell
Phillips. ; " ;.V'
BT-WEKDELh PEtitlbS. .
’ The lecturer then came, forwardiand was received
with repeated ronn'ds of applause. Ho epoke as
follows: . ..o. . .. . t-
LAmne ak» Qbhtx,bmb»!.l have been invltad
to crime "here' to-ii!ghtfor tliffobj eb t” whi e h my friend
hasstated, and In the riour wnirithe/Klroß meli
your prei-enee-Thave bargained fffrthe'llo'eHy of
speaking my idea of the Next'.NaiiiShal' SftriJ), Of ,
course 1 loou npon.the Btti ot' November,asevery
American does,'as ant w start!lap^polnt—as some
thit gthat launches ns all on a hew career, arid,
to a certain extent, so lar as.oVafatoh sense allows,
,we are to let bygones be bygones",and dhefish only' ’
the great principles lnvolvedarid triumphant la- t
that canvass. I rejoice in It, especially because T '
think it left alter it ceased neither Conservative nor- ■
Abolitionist, neither Kepuolican nor Democrat, bat; ,
only Americans, all of us purposing One result, thar
Is, thetrlumphand perpetuity ofthenatlon—nothing .
else,nothing less, nothing more.' Now, when I say
that, I say in fact only that we areto kill, the,re
bellion: and every Honorable,-clear. Blghtediand
honest Northerner, It sdems to me, must recognize
that: behind the rebellion there is no foroefui ele
ment of national Hie 1 except ’slavery.- Why, In the
language of .Jefferson, fifty years‘ago, ytWHnow. me ;
said: “We have the woliby the ear; wfefsan neither "
bold him nor lot hlm go.” That was'Jibfeiate fifty
•years ago. To-day, with the evontsitof > tho last
three years behind -ns, we can . hold film, we
ought- to hold him,-and our only life as a na
tion cpnsists in,, holding him., until we crush
him. ' [Great applause.J.: Nhw, Understand iny . ;
stand-point In looking at national affairs and '
speaking to you 'to-night; Four years,ago, at the
•oldseotthe canvass of 1800, speaking'la Boston, I
dlvlded the Northdrito three classes-. First, the de- -
feated minority, ready for anything that would em
.barrarEitsdonquerors; Second, a large and influen
tial section of Republicans, led then by Mr. Seward, '
ready for the sacrifice gf anything, whloh would save
the Union; IMW, an earnestand honest section or >
the Republicans,'ready to. fulfil’in .bffifethb ;prou
mlses madeln the canvass. At the head-of that last
and third-class I placed, Abraham: Lincoln. [Ap
plause..] . .1 thtok.Mr, Xdnoolh earned auddeseryed
’the title of “honest” by the faet o'r.tb’ the t&gi'ee,.
which'l think was oomplete, ln Which he'was will
ing to lulfil the: promises •of the canvass of iB6O,
which meant nothlngmore than that slavery should
be barred, out of the Territories. “Ithlnk Mr. Lin-’
colneritered on hlsPresldentlaloareer fully ‘resolved :
to redeem that, pledge of the canvass. Agatnv to
day, I-ean -safely divide the North Into the same
three classes: the first, the defeated minority, ready
for anythingthat would embarrass thelrqonquerors;
seooholy, a much.larger section than in 1860 of the
Republican party ready for anything, to surrender
anything,that wrihld save the Union; and third, an
earnest seotlon, Tesolved, no matter what our real'
Condition,to fulfil in office the promises made In the -
Canvass. And at the.hoad of thls last section, to
day, as' in-1860, I- think- wn'are bound to place ;
- the name of onr Chief Magistrate, Abraham
Einrioin. , [Great applause;] 11, then, I helleved
that ihereiwas-an’absolute oertalniy that Mr.
Lincoln Interpreted, now and would interpret that
canvahs to mean what-I think it means, and if I
thought that his party would give him the power to
.effectuate what he believesto be the promises of the
f anvassj I should be silent; I should, like many of
on, Bit down at the feet of .the President, a mute
admirer of his .consistency and his statesmanship.
Butifriends, my object is to save the nation. The
objept.of manymen seems to he to save the credit of
.'Abraham Linooln. Now. I know no man of trior' .
ft® praise or forblame. God has given us, and He
has marie it -our duty to save, democratic institu
tions, .Whether. 16 redound to the fame or to the
discredit ;o,f Teaders, you and I are bound to watch
day and night. In season and out of season, to omit
‘ no labor, to give up no, vigilance that will secure the
safety and perpetuity of democratic Institutions on
• this, Continent. I Interpret that canvass of 1861 as
meaning this. The' loyal millions of the North hare
decided that they,will savo at any eott andperil the
nation. That Is'the meaning of . the'canvass. It
does not enumerate jneans r thls, that*ana the other;
it petther contemplates distinctly force norfreedom.
The great primary, crowning, enclosing object of
all loyal workers for the last three months is ex
pressed In one word—nationality, the Hag from the
takes down to the Gulf,' and both ooeafag for a
boundary. [Great applause.]' That Is the meaning
of .the American people, and my duty to-night, and
In ail coming time, Is to do what lies in my hands to
create a strong, prosperous, just nation—one which
needs not Its sons to apologize for any spot or stain
on Its garments, but .whtoh Is strong enough to
etfetoh its right hand to the edge of the globe to
protect an; .American, and righteous enough
to need no defence' except "Its existence—[ap
plause]—a' strong;- prosperous, honest, nation.
Bear -In- mind -In the -hour that I address you the
three adjectives which I have anfiexed as explana
tory of my Idea. Now, friends, I do hot think we
hays had such a nation to-day, or have had it for
the last three years. One proof of It is that neither
our friends' nor our enemies bn the other side of the
water treat us like a nation; and we may see the
true-proportion .of our national existence,in the
grasp of the repute which the.worldholds in re
gard to us. ' Now, I hay our friends abroad, and bur
.enemies abroad, in their -conduct show that tbey
rie cot look upon the American people as a nation
strong, prosperous, and just. Let mo tell you why.
Look lor a moment at the conduct, for Instance, of
England. Lord John .Bussell, at the commence-,
•merit of the war, knows that Mr. Adams has landed
In Liverpool, Six hours will bring him to London,,
with, the proclamation and explanations of your
Government in an unheard-of natlonarcrlsia. But
the Earl does not wait for one word from Mr.
Adams. Acting on his own Ideas, with gratuitous
Insult,'he doubles our difficulty and acknowledges
' the belligerency of the rebellious States. Boland
bad been In lpsnrrectton for years. He never ven
tured such an act towards Russia. Russia was too
near, too solid, too self poised,' tod oapable for self-'
defence, too unbroken. Look again. The Alabama
evades the alleged vigilance of the'Govemmeht, and
goes out on the high seas. The Government waijs.on
Mr. Adams and says, “wears very sorry;we did what
we could, we sent out messengers and examlnectevl
dence; butshe got ahead ofus twelve hours.” Seem
ingly they regretted it. Well, the apology sounded
plausible. But suppose that a murderer Is' cSm
mltted to the custody, of a high sheriff and escapes,
and the community charge that official with neg- ;
ligence. He says, 11 Oh, no; I.had him In double
irons, with double locks on the door, and a jailor sta
tioned ontslde,'but he escaped.” -Well, you may
say he Is excusable. But themext morning the con
victed murderer walks into the sheriff’s house, asks
for a breakfast,, receives it, thanks his enter
tainer, and goes out on the highway again!
As stands the- case of the high sheriff, so
stands that of the Alabama. She goes into port,
'gets.ln coal, and goes oat again to depredate
on Amerioan.eommerce. Do you suppose England
would have treated France Inlthat way 1 Richard
Gobden. John Bright, Stuart Mills, GoldwlriSrillth,
on the other side of the Channel, Gasparin and the
best men on the continent, are on our side, actua
ted by motives of humanity, kindness, and sympa
thy. But how are we treated 1 Why, like children
of a dozen years old; not like a nation of twenty
one, and free! They say In all their letters, In all
their series of letters, Instead of like statesman at a
distance defining the great principles that underlie
success—like pupils they go Into details, pat ub on
the back gently,and say “ Good boyB; vote for Lin- :
coin.” Suppose Bonaparte dead to-morrow,
Victoria in confusion, and William H. Seward
should write a letter to London or Baris, de
fining to the Frenchman and the Briton how
to act in that contingency. Why, he would be
politely bowed out of the door, and told to. mind
his business. The self-conceit of any statesman
four thousand miles off, endeavoring to put his
hand Into the . machinery of a Government and-to
dictate the principles of its policy, needs language
to describe it,, and only an Englishman to exem
plify It.. Why, even Goldwln Smith, In his last
letter, arraigns the course of Mr.. Sumner ill' the
case of the Florida, by saying “ these old precedents
onght not to be quoted againßt England to-day.”
She behaved so well! His eyes are so tightly
closed that, as I said before, the calm impertinence
of England, her cool behavior to-day, needß lan
guage to describe it, and, again, as Englishman to
exhibit it. Now,-therels not the slightest lack- of
good intention in these men. They are magnani
mous, honorable,, sympathetic, and- devoted—no
doubt of that. But things are what they are; add)
Europe looks upon us as a weak, broken, childish,
despicable nationality—as something in baby
jumpers and leading-Btrings. Now, you may be
ion tent with that. 'I am not. I mean, before I die,
if God grants me the ability, to have a nation on
this continent able, to give tone to the politics of
this continent, and to make the other respect It.
Now, then, what .1 have to say to you to night,
whatever side I turn to, has hut one object—the se
curing to thirty millions of 'people what I think tl}e .
last canvass dictates, a nationality, strong; prosper
ous, and just. And I mean to be satisfied with no
thing short of It. Now, allow me to remind you of
the two great principles which, If they are not in
compatibly essential, are, at any rate, indlssolnttly.
allied with all great nations. It they are not essen
tial, they have always attended all great nations.
The first is this: There neyer was a great nation—
there does not.cxlst one to-day—that was not do
minated, governed, Inspired, directed by one idea.
You might as well put two-brains Into one body and
expect health. They tried to put two engines into'
the Great Eaetern,with two engineers trying to sail
it, but failed, and put both engines under one engi
neer. You might as well try to make agreat na
tion with-two Ideas. Man is never suooessml unless
one idea dominates all his other powera. We had
in New England a statesman i|ho would have
thrown Daniel Webster in the shade if his love of
money had not come athwart his political ambition.
So it is with nations. Look at England. Youmaygo
back for centuries to the War of the Roses, which
made her a seoond-ratepower. The wan between the
people and the Stuarts placed her outside of all
European influence, except when for five or ten
years Cromwell placed all the elements of English
strength under Ms heel, and by the pure iriroe of
one will made a nation heretofore powerless as
sume a forte before which the young pride of Louis
and the vigilant craft of Mazarin stood rebuked,
which humbled Spain on the land and Holland on
the sea, and by whose imperial word the victorious
armies of Sweden and the desolating fires of Rome
were both Stopped. But the exception only proves ,
the rule. The moment he died, England, domi
nated by two Ideas, fell second rate, nothing. She
remained so until, onoe more, Chatham, with: an
. autocratic despotism, lifted her into a thus
l detVyli. Tho season England is fcothing^ja
ikie chess-board ui Eurupe&u politicals oeoausetae
Continental Powers know that her arisiooraov and
her democracy are at odds; one is afraid and the
other dare not, (Laughter. 3 Ann the ochSbqueooe
is England counts for nothing on the ohe-g board of.
Europe. Prance, in 1?89, exnibired this same con
trariety. For a moment she seemed falling into
insignificance, so much so that Edmund Burke said
in one of his speeches, “we have heard of Franca,
hut she has vanished j you may roll up the map and
forget hor.” Three years later Jacobinism took
her in its right hand, poured one army into Spam,
another into Italy, another into Germany, kept
another at home, and in ten years completely
changed the aspect of affairs. That same France'
divided, mace second-rate, for pearly twenty years,-
leads this Continent and the other, because one
man bsß gathered into his own grasp literature,
fashion, arms, religion,' and wields the French*
thunderbolt by a single will. Nationality! We
shall never baye one until we too are dominated
by one idea. I do-not care lor my principle
whether Davis stands In Washington and uses the
States In the service of slavery, or whether Lincoln
stands there and uses them in the service'of free
dom; Either, handling them as one will give law
to this continent, ana make the other take Itß own'
place; hut it mast be one or the other. Oar rla
ttonality goes not one atom further than one idea.
. You may tend Sherman's pickets to the Gulf; you
may.send'Grant’s onnnoa to the Mississippi; you
have not sent nationality there. Only when
the school-house -and the ballot-box follow the
cannon and anchor toevor on the shores of the
Golf have you established a nationality 'down to
that: point [applause] Well,.then, the second
principle which has attended ail nations is this.
No nation was ever founded on a single fake. We
have been accustomed to be proud ot our Saxon
blood, though largely of the Anglo-Saxon element;
to the right of the-Saxon blood-to govern. All good,
very good. I have no doubt; aa no wnlte man has,
that the Saxon, blood is number one In tub category;
and there is not the slightest selFoonceit, In that,
and no posslbllity of doupting It,, But that Is not
the question. No nation was ever madeof onerace,
!2?« ever good. Whatever nation baa tried it has
fallen to iherear. Whatever race has tried tostrag
gle toward alone has been submerged. Tha proudest
l ace-in the history of races, che'Bolavohto, is nowhere
to-oAy, because lt was Rotated. England, that so
lonmledsthe nations, and hut for internal division
Mill leads, Is a mosaic of races. France, that does
■ lead.libth continents, has melted a thousand races
into her veins; and; to-day, you Might as wail Cl;-
rupt the granite that holds up France as separate
the constituent elements that go to make up the
Fcenehmatlon. we are ttgadtog in the same step?.
Youttijay eee it illustrated in our material proap--
'rllgw Take-the Yankee—l mean by the-Yankee
the white man, wherever.he goes. , Take him. It is
a 'greufiraoe. ,As-Emerson says, he has mere,
is - always planning. He. jtants v jW ' the'
him. ■tjKitnrainiS'to supersede
bis hand, and he has advanced far in that direction.
Therein no doubt of it. - Why, to-day, the white
• baby six-months old leanß over the side of his cradle
anxiously planning a new model. [Laughter.] But
when this same race wanted to subdue a continent
thbyiatSumoned the patient German;-the Dane, and
SwetWtb stand behind their sowiog- machines and
' reaping-machines, to make the prairies the gra
narles ot the world. We have not done the material
woiAof this continent, sndDnbver ehbtrlcl have dime
it.,ttehave seciffea the labor and drtidgery of half
a deken races to build up the pedestal of oar mate
rial prosperity alone. So' you see exactly where I
amifimlog—tojthe negro. Now, you'know, as
'lSitoirn his city relation wanted to dls
ewjjhiimjfi'.am your cousin, you can’t help it.”
[Lantotfe-.] There is the negro. - -Jc ls not a weak
„ ltog,tkt£iEu^n,,.buti
.-AmeNc'K&.obhfitfeßifc [’Applause] -It ohnnot? be'
TielpEili -There he is. Hells-to ba?u:.pa«'.oWthe.
great morale that will be comprised in the Amerl
can iutiitftjho matter whether you puthlM number
one or oMhnndred on the list of races. Nations are
m a dump of number one races any more than
ktliißVMShie made up of ices. Godhas appointed the
gnegrsafen amorg others. The fastidious fool; may
Shrink from It and say, “ I do not -like.the negro.”
WeftfUkeAlphonßoioiOastlle, four hundred years
agOjOwe'cihonly Answer, “ My deor slr, God did’’
not (fonsitljt yonSN Thereheis. Common sense plays
the gaute with the cards it has. Common sense
Jniwp lothe inevitable and brakes useof it. Itdoeshot
, bhk ahTgiposelble chess-board, but takes the one be
fore if and plays thegaine. So youand lOughtto do;
that, isane. (We-, to expect in our fuiure just such a;:
paztor aKither nations have had, Wharetogptjto
%C ol Acctole,like FranoesOnem ourldeits, having' |
HutodffiKßOd in triumphal procession [with one
l«adeis||TOeß-our race seeks success,twe ihust seek
' Jpbq Hioraa into one element—American, Whan a .!
jSgtseachnMgs man, qy a New Yorker, ora Eennsyl
■ vajiikAorkfciJPl'lmetto arc no more of national ac
. coustthte a'Yorkshire man or a Kent:; when they
silbgtdefsfo.dls'tant perspective, and know nothing
but Anotelca i when they have bat one idea and one
batiahallKj tUen America will take her own place, >
OXert ter own, -influence, and develop her own idea
to’JfegßeJsteWtod' 01 States. Now please bear in
mufo «»t are almost indispensable
aJfcg7eat*nm?|giB, and then let ns look at our
Hfeaißmtto allhumanpEObablUty theneit four years
will SRtfhe war ended, andt&Shnneft statesmanship
ef tips o«»ntry tvlll be eallea-fipon to reap the fihr- ’
veet oEwhich Sherman and Grahfcatoiplantiug the i
Medkj&gtay. [Great applause jo '£ad x-beileve
that Shmmaii, harti g done that unequalled deed in ’
a|l mam&j history—caTeeretl across theDspneinemt
incKMtoJ. and watered his horses In the ASlßhtic ’
appikSSSel—can do anything when he chooses.-fAjJi
lam*.fel believe that Grant will take Richmond.
herttpCpme suits him. [Applause,] And I believe,
r authat, that neither of those events will end the
a strong, tough job behind those still.
?e*me, to me, that with fair military suooess the
leßtSJn, of statesmanship, And reconstruction is
kehgto two upon us aecesiarlly in the course of
woptftreo.dr four years. It is time, therefore, that
?e the elements which go to that
mwok-mv, now, you sayto me at'
pnoe, whatoreed to consider them with such a Pre.
-siflsnt are to have ln"-the future 1 Well,-let
m e &y,:|B-begln wi th, I do not&ecept Mr. Lincoln’s
evplatonbn 01 Ms own plaoe. Ho is Constantly
'delntaßasYpt he does not initiate events; he obeys
. dhemtjjk&cMes not lead; he jofiows: he does not pre-
he obeys pabKj opinion. T do not
ncnebfcßnt an an explanbHon of the office of a
Chlqf SjSfetftrate of this Eopublic. This Goyarn
menttt Nomocracy. But a democracy Is not the
goverhit® lof the mob; neither is It the govern
ment onpqbllc meetings and newspapers. It is the
government of men, carefully selected, placed in
protainenSpboeitions, furnished with alb ths-means
of InionaßK t hemselves lndetall on all subjects, and.
bound thylyhnr e not to wait for public opinion, but to -
moaßt It -jißtto follow, bat to initiate.. Iscomthat
inttltutions; ,th.at Gover
nors ore -hW broomstlcka with our messages In
fcrlbed upon them. It is a libel on the form of
government we have adopted. Antletam and
GeUysburj&were fruitless victories, because, though
tire sonUersffought like the men at Waterloo, there
was nffSeadiln the camp, and civil government will
he a fruitless-campaign when the masses are made
to do all the worfc, vote for Governors, and instruct
them ifesidw, [Applause ] No! democracy is the
governmei&bf appointed intellects, bound to inform
themselvedj'and m inould public opinion. -Again,
I do not acoept Mr. Lincoln’s description of
his owhipoaieion In another respect. It is impoa-
Bible lor the Preaideutof the United States to follow
public oipnion in any proper senee of the word. And
agaiii, standing at the head of a Government like
this, with such unlimited power and patronage, he
cannot bntemould publlo opinion, whatever purpose
he has. Itt must exert an uncontrollable Influence
over hot jiSsly the development, but the expression ]
of public opinion, keeping it back or bringing it for
ward, rlpefflng br retftrdlng it, according to his own
state of madd It is a juggling explanation, that
heats withlh it the seeds of imposition, when a Sena
tor of DtwHmted Skates or a President, holding the
wealtb ofTSp- nattSir and its patronage, its confi
dence, and HHOvk, to his right hand, tells any man
that be docs nbt-mould, he waits for bubllc opinion.
As well mlKhhahe sun at rising say, “l do not enlight
en the wwptf,jfiyalt to light. But although that is
the proper toe So of a chief magistrate, and although
uo,are p> liold our President to that Inevitable re
sponsibility, <gmL as practical men, we 'are to look
at our future hi jne light that a man holding that
opinion is thoi bhicf magistrate, and you and I,
'therefore, aretcpnpplement his deficiency, to sup
■ ply what he sayeto that; to make up our own minds
and see. to itafliat we utter our convictions, ir
truly he is waiting to hear what they - are. .Well,
then, again, leS me,suggest to you, gentlemen,
another thlng aS-a-reascm why we should he espe
clally active-.nnd earnest to-day to maturing
a publio cMfiltfu' as to the elements of recon
struotlon,. .That;, circumstance is this: You
are . all aware,... those of you who have read
national .histofe, tha.t' nations are very much like
individuals. There are certain spasmodic intellec
tjial growths; aaa then a relapse, la the third
place,-taker Engitod—the nearest approach to it
we have to-day outside of ourselves. In all Dee
Governments, an agitation like , this war drags a
nations hand’a-breadth or a vast stride. Whealt
ktbps, the nation, sdttles there for ten or fifteen
years. ThatgefieraSlonhas done its wdrk. Wearied, :
if you please, satis lied, at any rate, with what it
hah done,- It-yefuseelatuze agitation. In England,
after last, .wMdfi .carried the reform bill, you
could not - make' 'bine man . in the nation
. listen to Any prejeSt of reform for ten years. So
-■R will be when jthiß war closes. My friends,
lay It to beart. AH your money, all that your son’s
.Mood ha&.gatopffiv.when Grant’s, cannon comes
Ssgne, is sllYUtr-wiU'Ece for fifteen' or twenty years.
Make a mis take-.now and you stereotype it; the
nation-Witt nbt heaj;otretom nor reformers; it will
want nothing but material prosperity and comfort.
Frasce; after her-convulsion, lapsed into a mere
pedlar to the hands,ofLouls Phinippe, and let him
do What he pleased. She rose again, tore his throne
to pieces. .and f trugglecr to realize an idea. Napo
leon-cbnquerdd it, afifi she lapsed again, a con
tented huckster, giylngup ideas altogether, asking
only, as the Roman dM; jxmem et Cutihsseme, “ bread
and amueenujnt v . Delude not'yourselves with
the Idea tbat if we «gain half, we agitato imme
diately for th,e otb.er,half.‘ Not a bit of it, Neither
you nor 1 shall have an. opportunity of doing that
work. It 1 will he adjourned—how long, we do not
know—until eventspmcipltate it upon us. So much
the more consequence, therefore, that before the
door closes, before-Grant’s-cannon comes home,
betoe the parchment Jg signed and sealed, we make
this nation -comprehend all It needs, and get it, if
possible. '[Appiaufia.] Now, gentlemen, I said
nationality necessitated -one idea. That Idea Is
democratic Institutionsman as man, without
regard to oatte, to color,:to education, to wealth,
or, to nationality. . That Js the primal, central
Idea that haamp.de the North. It is the agitation of
that Ides that made 1831 possible. Now thatidea has
kissed the golf before we have a nation. Tlnder
sthnd me. I dq-not suppose you oan educate five
millions of people to a year. What I claim of this
natton lB that It shall begin the process, that it shall
clear off the grouhd forthe growth. It will take ten
or fifteen years, for the' growth, but I wont the
ground dear to the growth. Now for that, what is
necessary 1 -Now,- Mr. Lincoln’s idea, the idea of
Congress, the Idea, largely pf the Republican party,
isan amendment of the Constitution prohibiting sla» ’
very wherevehthe Dag floats. /Well, that to a great
gain If we can get it. No doubt it is an immense
stride. It makes onr,parchment perfect so far as it
goes. But the question is, will it leave us a nation! ■
What dees it ollmtoatoof fllfflculty from the national
affairs! This—lt eliminates the idea of chattel sla
very., It takes out of tho natlon the disturbing ele-
Mesbthat amaa oan.be sold.fora.thiagZ So far, it is
agreatgsto. But, nfark yon; my object is to make
South .Carolina, and s Pennsyfvania, and Massachu
setts s&iiers. [Applause]. To make them alike, not
an angry leash or-bounds ohained together. Aus
tria Is that; an angry horde of nations chained by.
one throne; and whevever Europo shakes, the em
pire almpst goes to pieoes'. You may shake Europe
with a.voloano that reaches down to the centre, but
you earnot separate France. But every convulsion
threatens to separate Austria, because she never
lnsed her nationality. ' :,
Now. I want New Orleans; Charleston, Savan
nah,* Philadelphia, Boston, one thunderbolt that
will make Earl Rossell tremble. I do hot want it
for that purposmbveause it matters not to me, if I
can have a real Government on this continent, what
those AbolitoniSts do three thousand miles off; but
I want it for certain purposes, whioh I will toll you
in a moment. Now, whimyou have taken out of
South Cardinal pr Louisiana- all the elements, of
chattel slavery, yon have-not made them like us.
Let me show you how. Slavery built-'South Caro
lina and [Louisiana,' as the architect' built this
house, as thearehltectrbuildayour dwellings; and
It built the whole structure with evary room, roof,
entry, exit, serviceable to and destined to serve
slaTerjpf-'&pa tbe whole building was planned
to that purpose. Now, take out that stogie element
of chattel slavery, and the general building re
malm—tho general Dame-work of Louisiana Go
vernment remains. You cahnot cbange that build
ing in a moment; you must work patiently, and
unless you employ in that work those elements that
pill result to changing It, you have not done your
work. Now; the projeot whlchl want to unfold to
you is the planting of seeds which will gradually
model that structure. If yog do not plant them,
ytu leave not chattel but ai&toct&tte te
arituiii>i)8 t 'i»J£ the same. For ingtatMerjrby Is It -
that when, aa Count Secoura eaya. ens(tfrailon al-f
ways flows liWmtbe North to the south (afauaraUlni
role on all thV'&mtlnenM Inall centurtesytfhat oml-
f ration to UiWroountry bos always flowed'North T
M citizens havwtmmo North of Mason and Dixon’s
ace for one teat eVer went South. Whyisfftt Be-
OBUW labor was slwajs discreditable and unprofic
ahla 10 the South.; The'white-man master, with a
thonaaEd slayes, .agßompUsh a certain Wad '
of worh ctoaperttumt f Northern mephanlo ooeM
afford to.perform. .awansr," therefore, as he Co**®
l.e old, and ha stmt oos Northern emigration s coty
feqnently th'6 white" mart’ growing up at htg side’
must grow up. upeless, ignorant, and idle, Be
cause there .is no career of labor open for
him. The emigrant brings- with him his preju
dices, of course, and'at the same time he
leaves behind him his country because it Is
no country to him* Then this same power of op
pressing labor neppssltated another tblog. You
must beep the laboring class ignorant, or you could
not have It; you could not allow Ideas that would
upset, the system,'consequently the competition of
white labor was . shut out, and emigration was
turned the other way. Thus, the citizen of the .South
Impeded the progress of his own State, and at the
ssjne time kept bis own tools Ignorant. A State la
which such a conditio northings existed could never
be tbe-systenref New England- Its interests were
.antagonistic.to ours,and Pennsylvania mid Mas
sachusetts could not afford, properly speak
ing, to trust their Interests to tee vote of
a community like that*. The nation would
V bave been a deorepid nation, "governed by two
ideas. . Up to 1860 this Government was wielded
for tbs preservation or one Idea. In iB6O began to
beftlt the pressure of the anti.slavery agitation,
which divided and convulsed rhS»BS.tion. But up
toitbat moment the South, with its system of labor,
tad thrown the whole force of the nation into her
own channel. We wore a.great people, because
we were a slave holdlng oligarchy. So now, if you
leavp .the Constitution In that state, you take
out nolhtng-but chattellsihr.you do not necessi
tate the Independence either .of the white
laborer or the black, and you have not
such a State as would he a co-worker of the
North. General Banks has reconstructed Lou
isiana. Howl On the Idea that negro property •
cannot tßke care of ltselr. Now, Ido not go Into a
dlscgSßlon of General Banks' theory. He presents
an array of statistics which are all .errors, and an
array ot facts all lies. But lam willing to accept
of all without doubting any of them, and still I say,
as an Abolitionist, he is reconstracUng'Ldulklana on
the basis that a negro cannot take care of himself.
Well. now. either he Is a loci or I have been a fool
for thirty years, for I' have been matntattilng that
a negro could take care offfilmself.s r say that
<as an Abolitionist,; As a. cltitssi-I say thls, that
(f General Banks is right,-the more pity the
' Union; If he Is right, then neither you nor I, men
■ over twenty, will ever see this Union reconstructed.
It there is no black timber to use In that reconstruc
tion, neither you nor I wfll ever see the building.
[Laughter.] -I am not speaking now, mark you,
tor the negro. God has lifted his cause out of your
bonus and mine, and taken it Into his Olfn keeping,
[Applause. ] Whether this nations survives or pee.
lshes is far less matter of anxiety to the negro than
to ns, lor his fate Is as certain as the existence of
the justice of God. [Applause.]' But fbr you and
me It Is ao immensely Important question whether
the negro is capable of terming part of the basis of
democratlo Institutions, whether he oan he trusted
like tbewhite man to make hisown oontraot. Ifhe .
cannot, th» n Loulslai a Is inevitably an aristocracy,
and Davtsdlvlues the continent within. Itlßnot
the negro's anxiety, It Is cure. Nat. P. Banks, la
htAwhole argument, Is a humbug. The man who,
three miles from Port Hudson,.said Jto. the..white
regiments, '<* put that name oh vorfr bhotfers, you
' are lp sight 01 the battle 1” and turdM S-offiatilatik
-regiment that had left six kbhdnNtibua-tn&lttle"
' battle-fled, In sight ot tha ’“’‘‘Bifitelf IHffffMrifT
, allow them to pnt that name o-nJhelFbahnersT'lAno
judge Of such a question. Agaifl trqrrhavenojlaier
to go into that Louisian a ques ttonjithdre Is another
question. We never will reconstruct'this.Union'
nnlesß we have contented labor. In the first place,
we have an Immense debt; we want the whole
nation to help pay It. We shall never haye
the help of the Sonth unless labor and oapttal
agree. Othetwlse it will all rest on our shoulders,
we want labor and capital In Louisiana to agree.
We shall never have them agree .on .the principle
upon which Louisiana Is gSconstrucCeo. The black
angered, denied his right to mdkea contraot, ham
pered, bound In chains, that nowrhite man wonld
submlt to, will never be contented. s They tried that
. system In Jamaica, as ever; Abolitionist knows.
.Jamaica said to the negro jdßtTraatßinks said:
'->j Make’your contract ior'A#® #lfitst ! all,and if
you: do not fulfill It- submit to-'tba., penalty I”
-Now Jamaica .tried it, sand s fbr • ,twenty years
down, down, down She 'wStif; bahkrnptoy
stared her In the face. A shivering beggar
, to the ImpertarGoverttmSHtyShe’VtelfgßiProf’cooließ, -
for Chinese labor, as.well as for all other spades of
labor. Finally she bethought. herself of justice:
amNßie moment she ,thought of the negro she said:
*■ What will you take! what Uirgata will you
make 1” - Her land was Bk% the Bartadoea. The
negro-shared his thrllt and his litellectwiththe
white man, who had tided to pheathtm.. Labor
starved capital in the oommoh,Sense'., [Applause ]
The negro was not-able to talja'care of himself, but
I will tell you there is one man ln thls hatlon whom
he Is able to take care of, and that isNatsF, Banks,
Ten years ol reconstruction In Louisiana, If It does
not teach a negro, will teaoh Nathaniel P. Banks the
problem he does not now understand. Bat again,
that is not my only objection. Oppose you recon
struct-Loolslana as it la to-day. i Suppose you leave
' the black and the white races there and withdraw
yfoun armies—for Louisiana Is a.gtafq, having Sena
btoroaßEßepreseßtailves in Cdttgf sss—and suppose
' , Qf|tSy bttiee the white man brfgln- grinding the ne
gro fq-sowder, by local law. You say he will not.
WeU,ido,not know about that Look at Mary,
land, ffcayland made a oohstltutton, abolishing
slavery of hefjown will. The moment .she dldthat
General IV allaoeVfai-oßltgod'tb issue an order su
perceding every court,to jlary land, because; as he
said, these very -men wluianae voted freedom are
setting to work in their owplßgirts tooheat.the ne
gro out of the Constitution, wkUfeMhlor General of’
onr own troopß was obltgeaqUrWuiercede the
whole jndiolal system of the State’ in order
to' cany out the Constitution. Now,-as that
was the case In- Jamaica and Maryland; It. Is’
more than probable jt will be the ease In Louisiana,
You wlll remembe.r that the moment you have re
constructed a Stale, you cannot interfere. The
white man.and the negro must fight It out together.
The Q.tteeh, by . the Privy Gounoll of the Queen's
Bench, can break the neck of any recreant judge,
even though he be at the And of the globe, (and
would to God she wquld break. Coursal’s neck to mor
row llher hand knows no shortcomings; wherever
the/English flag floats London governs. But
you know well that under our system of separate
States the Federal court does not govern. You wUI
recollect the Georgia missionary case. In 1830.
Georgia put . the missionaries in jail, and
hang the Indian, -while Judge Marshall. was
saying all the time, with uplifted hands,
“It is illegal;” the orthodox seots of the whole
North said, “It is hideous;” but Georgia put
her foot down- and defied the Government: You
eannot carry the United States Federal court over
the fence of a State. A white man In a recon
structed State win find ninety-nine ways of
crushing a negro to death, without justifying your
fnterfeienee and without'violating the amend
ment to the Constitution- prohibiting slavery.
An-amemdment to the Constitution, therefore, does
not abolish the essence of slavery in a
reconstructed State. Governments are not
made, they - grow. You must plant the ele
ments of government in order to make free
dom; and you must plant the .elements of
freedom in a State if you want freedom.
What are the elements of freedom 1 London and
Paris say, “ Education protects the ignorant; wealth
shelters poverty; the well-born take care of the
low-born.” That is aristocracy- Democracy says:
“ Every man shall have In his own right hand the
means to protect himself.” That ls; demooraoy.
[applause.] That Is the seed of freeaom—therefore
you want another amendment of the Constitution
before those States come baok. It is this: No State
shall enact a law'which makes’any distinction
among her citizens on account of race, color,-or
nationality.* [Great applause.] In other words,
that the negro must be equal at the ballot-box, In
the camp, or in the Senate. The man who gave his
knife at Fort Wagner, that his brother should wear
epaulettes, In the coarse hut eloquent language of
Ben. Butler, [great applause,] of but two summers
ago, with on oath that I will not repeat, “Doyoasup
pose I would be-suoh a cussed fool as to ask a man to
fight for me without giving Mm his rights 1” That,
however, is not the point which I wish to present to
you. I, a Massachusetts man, am again about to
trust Louisiana, Sonth Carolina, and Georgia with
the power that will dictate my futnre, my children's
future, the value of my property, and the natnre of
my national life, I want that power to be In the
hands of a prosperous, honest, educated population.
Now, how shall. I secure education 1 Friends, al
though I talk to yon so much about Government, I
would not give that (a snap of a finger) for it.. Ido
not care about Government for Sts office,for Its pow
er. Governmentls to me merely a scaffold. Humboldt
said, “the whole globe, wealth, literature, religion, Is.
only God’s scaffold for building up a man. Govern
ment Is to me a mere material element to forward the
growth of men, lvalue democracy because it, more
; than an; other government, scoures education.
When a rich man In - London, living in St. James,
looks down Into the cradle of apauper, what Mo
tive inspires hlml Why,ir he interferes at all In
behalf or that babe he does it through a Christian
motive or benevolence. To a oertaln extent that Is
a powerful motive, hut It is not sufficiently powerful
to overcome the average of human suffering. But
when Chestnut street and Wall street and Beacon I
street look Into the cradle of poverty In tMs ;
country, what motive Inspires theml They say
that- baby hand Is to wield the- ballot.
My property Is less Bate, my life less valuable, my
child less happy, unless I hasten to put on one side
of those baby footsteps intellect and on the other -re
ligion. [Applause.] The Government which thus
speaks hastens to educate every child that God
commits to the great deaasMp of the nation. I
wonld mortgage the wealth, the strength, and the
Intellect of-the North for the education of the poor
children horn under our flag. Now, to that motive,
and nothing-less strong, ! entrust the education .of
four millions of negroes. The prejudices of two cen
turies have put them from our sympathy. but Iknow
' that If I give them the ballot there shall hover over
their cradles the genius of the wMte man’s strength,
which shall lift Sim to Ms own level. [Applause ]
In order to rescue your Indissoluble Interests, I am
anxious that the negro shall have the suffrage, and
for another reason. When the, army comes homo
from Lonlslana—when we erect a State there—the
. Supreme Court is powerless, the Government Is j
powerless; but If you give the poor wMte man and i
the black man the ballot, the merest demagogue In ]
Louisiana will consult Mm, and will value Ms i
friendship. Like every other democrat, he can pro
tect himself. [Applause.] I deny to any wMte man
between here and St. Louis tho right to the name of
democratwho denies the suffrage to the negro, and I
know of no Northern man, who, within the last twen
ty-four months has denied to me the propriety of negro
suffrage, who has not within half an hour expressed
Ms wish to remit the suffrages of the wMte men.
No man who believes In democratic Institutions
but sees the Inevitable career wMoh leads to the
suffrage of the ndgro. Now lrtends, you will never
build up labor, you will never build up prosperity,
you will neyer build up a sisterhood of sympathy lu
these rebellious States, until you carry demo
cratio Institutions there to shelter the wMte man
and the negro alike. Therefore, this contest Is
never to cease until, as Be TocqnevlUe says,
“We have completed the career of America,
and-covered the continent with democratic Institu
tions.” You may call home Grant’s cannon; you
may adjourn this struggle from' Chattanooga and
Savannah to the Senate house, hut you have not
ended it. The reason that Ido not want you to do
so Is because I believe In Sherman and do not be
lieve in the Senate, because if you do adjourn It to
the Senate house it would go on there for the next
fifteen years. Well, now you say to me, “ Why j
need you be anxious, Mr. Lincoln will guard It 1” 1
lam willing now to take for granted that Mr. Lin- i
coin Is all right, hut you know as well as I do that j
Mr. Lincoln says he obeys, he docs not initiate. |
Well, where does he stand 1 He Is a politician.
What Is a politician 1 Helsamanwhodoeswhathe j
can, not what he ought. It Is Ms function; I do
not find fault with Mm. A reformer Is a dorle
column; pnt aweight on the top of It,you may
crush it, but you cannot bend it. Mr. Lincoln Is
not a reformer. He is a fugitive from Southern
elvllzatlon. He Is.one of the poor white men spewn
out by the aristocratic elements of Southern so
ciety. [Laughter.] All the more honor to Mm, but
Ms place is that of a politician. Now, what Isa
politician! Why, Lord John Bussell says that in
politics as In snakes the tail moves the head. Bid you
ever Investigate the anatomy of a horse’s fore leg and
shoulder 1 There Is not a straight bone In It exoept
two, and they are put crooked. Unless the straight
bones were put crocked and all the rest crooked, the
beast could not move. Justso with the State. If the
politician did not bend the State could not move. I
am not finding fault with the politician for bending.
I'am merely indicating to you that he must bend,
and asking you to look to which side he will proba
bly bend. la not that wise! Ha It not common
sense 1 Mr. Lincoln is a man who thinks that the
policy of Government is to neglect yeur blends and
FOUR €ENm
conciliate yonr enemies. Well, that has been an
XsnpeaD statesmanlike problem for years, .An
eni.cnt European statesman says It Is wise. f. T .°
dottbt It Is. But In times like these it leads t, 1
strange reenlis. Mr. Bineoln neglected Macs* -
chusottf, and she' gave him eighty thousand ma- .
iorltyphe toml.ed Kentucky like a pet lamb in
his bosom, and she went for McClellan. Bat a more
serious consideration Is this: Of What lathe Repub
lican party composed ? Well, yon knowtHe weak
ness of the Republican party. Its numbers,* l»v«ry
strength, fa Its weakness. Whence has 1* been re
ctcited.l Daring tocTeottws years It has kfeen re
cruited from the Way Benioarats and cISo-Balf
; Everett party. Large aosbssteos have beea'made
.] from both Bides, including' Infloantial polittolaos ln
l ai-clal, Intellectual, and otto mercantile life,Men
deserrlngol that Edwards PletTa
-s*mt on one side, Edward Rverett on the other; r -
eeDtct averts—and when I name Edward EvereX'l
derfre to say that I name thcr&ap'.cMefof American
magnanimity for the last three'ySara. I know of foW
mcain any ngeor language whoafnewseventy yearn’
w *S l eoeh a oareer behldd them, had the
j!’”/*®® B of Spirit to stand before-twenty millions off
their countrymen andsay “ I wasfolstsken.’ 1 ’ [Ap
plause,] Such men aro rare tri’nSyswe, andoer- ;
tainly dereive fair credit ror satft>confession.
They are the new converts. Now look a* the sltaa,
tloD of affsits# Tber# la a fiorcer bSittlciHiiaa' ot in
the Confederacy than Sherman Is wciNbgai Savan
nah, or Grant at Petersburg, and that Isa battle
be’wixt Georglaand Davis, betwixt Geverner Brows
and Vice President Stephens and President D&vlsi.
It Is a plot to unseat Davis from his radili’e. Now
that plot Is a division of sentiment In' this wise ;
Brown and 1 Stephens are men who haVoToimtht this
battle bravely, and, you may say, granting their
Idea, e.obly ; but they are willing to acknowledge
failure, to make a bargain to come baoS* Into the
United States-Senate. They are wlllidgp to ac
knowledge American supremacy and toko their
places as citizens. Behind .them feaset-of-menlens
worthy and less honorable, sure that unless some'
such bargain Is made they must skedaddle from
this continent and eat dirty bread In some Italian
town as they deservo. That Is one party. Ano
tber is Davis and Robert E. Bee, men who are
playing no such game, men whose lives have-been
devoted to one purpose, men who are playing for
empire or a grave. Davis wants no seat
in the United States Senate and wants- no
exile In Italy. He wants no Sager pointed
at him In £urope |as a discomfited rebel. Davis
and Bee, have -surrendered" home, family,
wealth, everything for their idea. Davis wants an
empire’on this-continent, or six feet by two. Bee
wants the same. Snoh men will Clean the South ‘
Ilkctbe paHn-ormy hand before they submit. Give
the blacks freedom! Why, Davis would give every,
black man a patent of nobility before lie would
make peace with ‘ the Yankees.” Bike Napoleon;
he knows- that once successful, he can make that
empire to suit himself, and therefore, race, wealth,,
institutions, Blaves, and property, must fill the gulf
to make a pathway to success. He manages his
government as If It were an army: he offers no bar
gain; and If he succeecs m keeplfg the saddle, yon i
will,- every one of you, bo glad to-extond the suf- :
ftoge t° the neg To. • •••-'•*-1 j
: The speaker again referred, In the course of !
Eeveral sentch CCS, to the reconstruction of the State ;
of Louisiana, and the probable'future of events In '
that. State. He then-continued: To-day, the Repub
lican party Is made np of elements more incongru
ous, flowing Into a channel that means nothing but
.union, and the President stands ready to bow to the
strongest of these elements, unless yon make yonr
voice as imperious as justice Itself. It Is a question
which opinion will find the greatest number of votes, -
and the strongest utterance, Now, my advice to
you, to-night, is to make yourselves felt. If you do
not,. the ' conservative element of the Republican
patty yrlllmake itself felt, and yon will haw the re
constructed States, ,-thronghtoe medium .of Con
gress, IBicfiS&Vorftig t&dd'Whattfie NewYnrk” Times
eays fhey would bo glad to have yon do—which Is
toatutonitendltton.oftoefrytoldag»adbml*ron to
the nag they will come bock Into the-..Unloifcaili up,
-the Senate and the House, and. again discuss the
slave question together. Mark you, the moment
such a bargain Is Initiated, the moment Mr.
Lincoln offers termß, the moment he obeys
such advice even as Butler’s, the moment the
chapter Is commenced, you can do nothing after
wards. Bet Mr. Blncoln or Congress make an
offer, and yon cannot change the conditions. We
know what wo are fighting-for; we know what we
have shed our blood for; we know what this war
has cost ns in blood and treasure; and we, the suf
ferers, the men who heve clung to the banner of the
nation and held It up. are to determine what the
obaraoter of that nation shall be without the aid of
a single rebel. [Applause.]
■ I will not detain, you farther. My own opinion
•Is. that when your Chief Magistrate and
our recreant Major General froinri JMsißSaohn-: -
setts adopted that' model; In: BonlslUna
normal symbol for imlt atlon byother Statbsjltwaa
a mast disastrous hour for the Northern cause. It' "
wsb one which *shut toe door when the battle had
opened. The worst foe of the loyal States to-day is
nut Jeff Davis.- We can trample him under our feet.
But It Is toe trusted major general of Massachusetts
who plants a principle that contains In its seed a
deadly poison that will destroy the fruits of our
contest; that Is, perhaps, to remand toe agitation,
of toe slave question back to civil affairs and afflict
another generation with the same struggle that
has exhausted the energies of this. Now, while
Congress' yet deliberates, before It sets its seal
on that-mistake, Is the time for yon to seenre
justice to the negro and prosperity for the
white jman-. Our fate, much more than toe negroes
Is bound up in the coming year. .See to It that the
energies of our people are not rendered abortive at
this moment.- Trust no man’s reputation.' Mr.
Blncoln may be honest; bnt I know that until
Grant and Sherman appeared, the soldiers fought
these battles, and I know that as In civil affairs as
yet toe masses are to save this Government; you
and I, by making our voices heard, are to control
the inevitable timidity. As toe oanqneror of the
Bth of November, radicalism Is destined to be as im
perious as Wall street, and if it is not, woe to the
nation, at least during your day and mine.
THE STATE.
WAR IN 01.8A88181.P COUNT V—NINBTXBN JJB
SBBTBBB , CAPTURED-THE OUTLAW LEADER
' KILLED—A SOLDIER HUSDBBBD.
[Correspondence of The Press. 1
Phillipsbubg, Deo. 16,1864.
Last week three companies of the 16th Regiment
of the Veteran Reserve Corps, inder MajorF. A,
H. Gabel, arrlved at tws place to look after tie
fletorters that Infest Oloarfleld eounty. It trill be
remembered that a large publlo meeting was held
In Clearfield In August last, at whioh ox-Senator
Bigler and Senator Wallace incolcatedreslßtance to
the draft. Its effect was to mate that country a
rendezvous for deserters from.all parts of the
conn try. Tie woratplaco ta’ft wan Knox township,
where, It Is said, they had angular fort prepared,
and kept up a thorough organization. On Tuesday
evening last, Major Gabel received Information
that there.was to be a “deserters’ ball” at the
house of one Tom Adams, the ringleader of the out
laws, In Knox township. He Immediately do spatched
Oapt. J. M. Southworth, with a detachment oi
thirty men, cavalry and Infantry, to arrest them.
They arrived near the house about eleven o’clock.
The captain ordered the cavalry to surround the
house, and with the Infantry advanced towards the
door. As be reached the steps, he heard some one
exclaim, “Here comes the soldiers!” He immedi
ately made a rash with his men, and succeeded in
capturing all the Inmates of the house, sixteen of
whom proved to be deserters, and three others.were
supposed to he their aiders and abettors. Adams,
the leader, rushed up stairs, and find out of one of
the upper windows at the men surrounding the
house. He shot three times, the last Instantly kill
ing a young man named Edgar L. Bead. He then
jumped to the ground and endeavored to escape, but
was killed by a volley from the soldlen. On the
prisoners a number of Interesting letters, showing
the complicity of various parties,wore found, toge
ther with ten revolvers and three guns, and the ne
cessary ammunition. They are now here under
guard, and will be taken to Harrisburg to-morrow.
Edgar 1.. Bead; thesoldlerwhowas murdered, was
a citizen of Claremont, H. H. He was a promising
yoeng man, much beloved -by his comradoß, with
whom he had been but a short time, having only re
cently been transferred to the Veteran Reserve
Corps, after two years’ hard service In the field.
Much credit is due to the officers and men engaged
in this affair for the manner In which it was ma
naged. Captain South worth Is a skilful as well as
. a brave officer, and Is, at the same time, a cultivated
gentleman. Major Gabel is determined to make
thorough work of the “ resistance to the draft ” in
Clearfield county, and will arrest every man con
cerned In it, “without fear, favor, oraflectlon.”
. »»
Xfae Powder-Mill JExplosion.
CAUSE OB TBS DISASTER—THB BTBUCTURK OP THE
[Special Despatch to The Press. 3
Wilmington, Dec. 18.— An occurrence which, In
your city, familiar as it is with excitements, would
have been the most important theme of conversa
tion for at least a week, here, after the first day of
eager inquiry for Its particulars, gives rise to but
little comment, and has already become a thing of
the past. Wilmington has, in fact, grown so accus
tomed to explosions of powder mills, that a new one,
similar as it necessarily Is to Itspredecessors In most
of Its results, .engages but little attention, since I.
telegraphed you on Friday, I have succeeded in
ascertaining the cause of the disaster.
' As I before stated, the explosion originated in the
room where the workmen were engaged In pressing
Government'po'nder. The manner of the process is
this: On a smoothly polished plate about thirty
inches square is laid a layer of powder evenly
spread, and about half an Inch In hetghth. Over
this Is placed a cloth of very fine texture, which, In
Its turn, is covered with half an Inch of 'powder.
Alternate layers of cloth and powder then succeed
eaoh other till the whole mass becomes about six
feet in height A machine-pressure Is theu ap
plied to It, which is so enormous that four stalwart
men are required to turn the lever. While this pres
sure was being exerted, about half-past ten o’clock on
Thursday morning the mass exploded, tearing Into
atoms all who were near. From the press room the
explosion was immediately communicated to the
other mills and buildings. Six distinct reports were
distinguished by many listeners. The names of the
killed you have already published. . There were but
three or four others injured, and these not seriously.
The mills are designedly built of very slight mate
rials. The roofs are very light, and are fastened on
with hinges, so that When an explosion occurs they
are .usually lifted off bodily, and are sometimes
landed upon the other side of the Brandywine.
THE CITY.
JhUTART.
OFFICERS FOB COLORED TROOPS.
Bast week, Robert M. Drinker, olvlUan, of Phila
delphia, and Oliver H. P. Howard, civilian, of Fall
River, students of the United States Military
School In this city, passed a successful examination
at Washington before the board to examine officers
for colored regiments, of which Major General Silas
Casey is president, and were both recommended for
appointment as first lieutenants.
DEATH OF A SOLDIER.
The only death reported at the Medical Director’s
office on Saturday was that of William Walton, a
conscript, who died at the Filbert-street Hospital.
NATAL.
THE MASSACHUSETTS.
The TJ. S. steamer Massachusetts, now thorough
ly refitted and provided with a heavy battery, re
sumed on Saturday her trips supplying the South
Atlantic Squadron. Her. officers are as follows:
Acting volunteer lieutenant commander,' Wtt. H.
west; assistant surgeon,"Thos. V- Penrose; acting
assistant paymaster, Robert ,B. Rodney ; acting
masters, Philemon Dickinson,Chas. Norton; acting
ensigns, A. Jackson, S. S. Hand, W. A. Ordway,
B. fTmottls, J. E. Hurlburt; acting first assistant
engineer, Augustus Klapp; acting second assistant
engineers, 37 B. Safford, J. G. Kennedy; acting
third assistant engineers, T. Sttmson, J. Mulready,
W. F, Mansfield; captain’s clerk, T, M. Budd;
paymaster’s clerk, Wm. S. Underdown,
SALUTE.
At two o’clock yeateiday attenww, h jiaiuW was
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The money mtut always accompany (to orderi amt
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they afford rxru UttU more than the east ef paper.
aW'Postmaetap are requested to apt asansiilßß
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OT- To toe setter-11* of the Club often er twantv, m
extra aopy of the Paper wIU be plven.
fired st the navy yard In honor of the arrival of the
Swedish frigate Verandes, irom New York.
A MODEL PASSENGER RAILWAY STATION.
The new depot of too Spruce and Pine-Btroet
company looks to us like a perfect model of who*
. passenger railway depot ought to be. It Is
i O , rated on the property purchased by the oompany
•b, tut a year ago'of Rlnnard’s estate, between
Spr. nee and Pine streets, extending through from
Twei tty-second to Twenty.third streets. The depot,
stable. B i f fflees, oar-shops, and everything oonneotc*
with It \ Eee ® to be admirably adapted to toe wants
of toe Company. The buildings are neat and sub
stantial. - There appears to be nothing unnecessary
: er extra\ 'to« a nt In too arrangements. The depot
building 1 v* 2lB ,e6t b y 47 loot, and too stables S# toot
! &» 170 feet. V Th®. total cost Is about *25 000, being
- several too. '.wand dollars less. than could have been
icontracted I. ‘“e ouildings
.shews unmla stens or the snggesilons of
men s 4B tee officers of tins company hare
\tor being. From the facliutre ahd
.advmtaaes no Jsessed by the company over their
. old dMiot mere than doable toe loterest on the cost
wfll bl f! tom. The bustoess of tots road If
mno'»“toflm of the
life isqaireasen ts of tbelr travel,
The Alan* of fire on f
o’clock,' war occaetenea ’
toe paper, afcare ol Mr.
too rear portl&a cf the sec ' ® n .t, a 1 00 1' aDd hataeit of
through rife cctong lot® to. ’ thlrd *tory, where they
were, checked. Alargw »to ok of P»P®r that was on
hand BustatostTaoueiaeiable ' damage. Moat of tU
goods upon ’the drat floe*. ,'nslftlng of paper and
baled cotton bi “ reop auatmasd more
or leas damage. . .
The principal lhss to Mr. K *« a, «tof
valuable chonffosJ®which he h l ? thecw*.
lar, and which'werst badly dams *mL b L!T® tor ’ ,
loss, which anfonntw to about $ 9 £??! *5 oovored by
Insurance to the Girerd, Famfc, Phlladelpala, Fire
and Life, and other companies. . .
Mr Knight oCOupled the entire building, with toe,
'exception of tlur third* atory, will, to was rented to
Collins A Fitzpatrick,' 'bonnet bresrera. Chetr
principal roto is by water. Insured In the PrankUn;
- No. 521 Commerce street Is occupl v Br P, w !i H
Calvert, inanutaeturenr’sf artioles , s>r “6 uaitod
States army hospitals, ’They had A quantity of
goods Stored in toe- cellar, which snst atood more off
less damage.-: Insured. _ -
JofephStellvragom rag and paper dealer,ossw
plesNb. 525. The goods on the first fl o, * r to® to th*
cellar suPtalnci some damage from wat or. Insured.
The entire amount of loss resulting fr °m the con-
Uagratlon Is about %r,ao»-.
On Saturday morning Benjamln Oug, employed
to-toe foundry of the National fronArmor a °d Shis
Building Company at Salghn’s Point,* we f oaught
to toe machinery while oUlng ie, ana-nai hu ieft
arm taken ofl at toe shoulder. He was tain -to to ton
hospital. The unfortunate man has a wife. tod fire
children. , . ....
Charles Coward, aged W years, was ran ov toby*
freight train, at Broad and Cherry streets, to Sa
turday afternoon, and had' both legs broken. ’ The
sufferer waß taken to toe Pennsylvania Hosp Itaß
DEATH OF AN WBEROWN MAN.
On Saturday morning arespeetitbly-dfepsea
§;ed about.flfty-five years, wae fsund at Eighth ’ and
ansomstreets. in an exhausted condition, and ;»a«
takehinchargebythapolice. Bytoeaidofth pot
' fleers he-walked a oonpie; of sqaares, but beooa ring
exhausted ne' was carried. Upon arriving at *ho
statlonhouseiie died. He .was dressed: in a lia Mb
gray coat, brown vest, dark-gray pants, gaiters, a «*
had a bevel and rule In his pocket. 1
George Fagan, alias Johnson, who Was arrqsteA'T
by the detectives upon a charge of being a profeu- ™
slonal thief and committed to prison under the : >
ninety-day law, was, after a hearing, on-Saturday. - . -
belore Judge AlUson on habeas corpus, discharged,
toe evidence being Insufficient to establish, too -
charge that he waß a professional thief.
CAUCUS NOMINATIONS.
The National Union portion of the members of
Common Connell held a caucus on Saturday after
noon, and made toe foUowtog nominations: -Far
president, 'Wm. S. Stokly; oh&f clerk, John Eak-
Etpin,: assistant dlerk. Abraham Stewart; mcßsen
gere,:JßS. r2l“ffl«r®*u tod Charles M. Carpenter.
' - '
An Infant three weeks old was.f&and'to the vestf
bnle df 807 North Eighteenth stredt, bn Frldto
night. It was sent to toe almshouse. -
Officer Formosa killed a mad. dbg on Saturday
morning last at Ridge and Girard avenues. He also -
killed a dog that had been bitten by It.
MONROE BOYS’ GRAMMAR SCHOOL.-
The prlnclpalßhip of this institution 1b now va
cant. Applicants for the same -will address Mr.
Stotesbury, 119 South Front street. The salary
is 51,600. '
In-The Quarter Sessions, on Saturday, George
Boaret, a German, convicted during toe week of
assault and battery oiy a woman, was sentenced to
pay a fine of $25 and dosts. ’
THE COURTS.
The business of toe etvil courts on Saturday wag
confined to.the hearfngpf motions and the disposi
tion ofcases on the mottoh llßts. Nothing ol tto
portanoe transpired.
XMtar of George Francis Train.
George Francis Train has been invited to lnaugn*
rate the eeremonies of the grand ball of the young
men of the Republican Invincibles, to come off at
the Academy of Music on January 12th, 1865.; He
has accepted the Invitation in the following charac
teristic letter:
Willard’s Hotel,
■Washington, D. C., December 17, IS 84.
. Gentlemen :Yea! and three cheers for Phila
delphia! Hurrah for Pennsylvania! The Secestt
Bnlwerhlt the Union Quaker‘when he said “ the
Penn was mightier than the sword.” But the Union
Quaker hit the Secesh Bnlwerwhon he told him
that we were all parts of one tremendous whole,
whose body Unlquis, and. Liberty the soul. Three
cheers for Seward’s Saladlu—tafost throngh and
through the aristocratic hide of’the' Britlsh Lord
Whaihcliffe! Down with the Alabama r Bald Wins
low; and down she went. Overboard with the Albe
marle l said Gushing, and the ship sunk. What
sublime audacity! Never! said Morris,and the
last broadside flashed when the guns of the Cum
berland were level with the water. What magnifi
cent heroism! God bless the navy.. America is
mistress-of the sea—when she gets ready. God blew
the army. Here Is to
The red, (he white, and the blue—
Never heed In what color, yon find them,
But he sore they’ll be steeped a blood-red through
and through,
Ere the chain of a traitor shall bind theml
The Union ball is moving, then! All light. Count
me in. Let all participate. The campaign Is over.
Forget and forgive. Let party die, that the Union
may live. Americans abroad once rose and cheered,
no matter where their birth or what their politics,
when the toast went round, “ The President of the
United States'.” The people - spoke In November.
Cutoff all Border States, and all alleged frauds,
and throw In the Electoral College of the South,
and the majority speaks the voice of the people for
men and things as they are. So close up. stand
together. Make your ball wide enough for every
body who cheers for the country. Those who don’t
better cross the line. America for the Americans.
No nonsense now. Put down the insurrection. Be
in earnest. Give ns a thousand ships' and a million
of men. Better all die than lose our nationality.
America hss the best head and quality of brain
in the phrenology of nations. Rome must ooine to
America to paint and cut marble. Paris must
cross the ocean to learn practical surgery. Eng
lishmen must visit our shores to be educated. Lot
Europe come over and learn natural history rrom
Agassiz at his Cambridge Museum. Thanks to
Chase, he has introduced “The Credit Moblller’s’*
system into our finance. The national hanks are It
success. Three cheers for the successor-of Ellison, ,
Joy, Marshall, and Taney! Let the beet man win.
Am off for Kansas to-morrow, but will be with
you on the twelfth, provided the ball covers all
Ameriea except treason. Different from others, I
patronize the Government, instead of the Govern
ment patronizing me. While Mr. Lincoln is Presi
dent Inside, Iwlli be President outside, (In the cold.)
My ambition is to preserve my egotism, and smash
Into abuses. To belong to party or take office would
destroy that. Now, then, If the ball takes in all the
organizations, I’ll come—otherwise, I won’t. Under
stand me. I wish to see, under the ansploes of tba
young man of the Republican Invincibles—to whom
I extend thanks for past and present kindness—tha
Academy of Music filled with the representatives of
all those who had, and still have, country on the
brain. But, in any case,
You are my friends, and I am yours,
Gbobge Francis Train.
A.. Walkinshfilv, Chat. M: Balt, S. Leiiy, John AT.
Butler, and Bmj. Swain, Esgs,, Committee:
Pinal hearing of an alleged thief.
Joseph Jordan, the colored waiter, at the America*
Hotel who was arrested a few days since on the chare*
of steeling a sum of money fiom the bar-room of said
hotel, had a final hearing o» Saturday afternoon. It
wbb in evidencs that he was formerly a waiter in the
Girard House. The spoons found in his trunk were
identified as the property of the proprietor of that pa
latial establishment. It was also testifiedto that on the
night of the robbery at the American Hotel the de
fendant Was leftin possession of the bar-room. He was
committed to default of $l,OOO to anewer.
(Before Mr. Alderman Bottler.]
FELONIOUS APPROPRIATION OF BOUNTY
Emeline Nichols,.a colored woman, was arraigned at
the Central Station on Saturday, on the charge of feloni
ously appropriating to her own use the sum of $225 boun
ty money, belonging to Augustus Stevenson: a discharged
volnnteer. The evidence seta forth that Stevenson en
listed to the 22d Regiment U. S. C. T. in March last.
On the day after Me enlistment he handed to defendant.
$226, which he desired to be planed to his credit in ,a
saving-fond institution. She agreed to do so, and placed
the hook of deposit into Mshands This agreement waa
made to the press nee of-his captain and orderly-ser
geant, but defendant neglected to perform her part.
CompUinant remained In camp for a period of threa.
weehs, during which time he received one pair of pan
taloons, and one pair of chickens from defendant, rig
August last, Stevenßon was discharged from toe areay
in consequence of physical disability, store which time
he has failed to obtainMa money. 3!once the suiThe
defendant avers that she expended toe money.for hi*
benefit while he wee lnearnp- The magistrate enter
tained the opinion that to expend two hundred and
twenty-five dollars on one person In less than three
weeks, was. under all toe circumstances of the cine,
and tie rational regulations of the camp* tn Titter iat-
DosiriMlltT. He remarked that he ‘couidn. t see it.
was required to enter bail in the sum of.
sl*soo to answer at court.
J. c. w.
[Before Mr. Alderman ’Welding.]
A HUSBAND’S INHUMANITY,
On Saturday afternoon a shoemaker, named Charley
JJmmOiN was arraigned on the charge of ill-treating hi*
wife. The facte and ciTcamet&nceaof this case develop
a picture of horror. The parties Hye on Sixth street*
near Spruce. It is alleged that ihe husband has been.
In the habit of whipping or beating Mb wife* Tenge
the language of some of the neighbors, they fight Lilt*
“dog and*cat,!*- the womau* of coarse* on the, de
fensive. The whole nelghbashood has frequently; bee* ,
annoyed became of the quarrels. It seems that tha
wife 1* made to work on the upper* of bootsi and,shoe*
so steadily and for finch & 2engui of time as to exhaust
nature. Should she happen to do*? oyer he? work at a
late hour in the night or early in the morning, a ©rack
a'engeide of her head would, startle ana awaken her
again to a world of misery. If sickness. should over
come hGT, this would he a Signal for a beating at tha
hendsof . , • , , .
. On Thursday night last* a quarrel ensued, la which,
she attempted self-defence. The husband teotived a blow
alongside of the head, for which he thrust his wife" let*
- a room and tls ere kept her imprisoned until Saturday
morning. The neighbors not i earing any for the
prnyioup forty-eight hours, were suspicious that some
th leg 'unusual had happened j perhaps she had been
hilleCu An *pplic*tion was made to the legal
ms, and Beserve- officer Rawlings in company wit*
pf 'iue of the neighbors, entered the house* which nad.
bean locked up for some time. They *£*£{*,*■£, 1*285*
srned woman almost de*d. she not Marine had
?b!»g toeator drink for moretban forty-eight hours. H«r
ecud itiou extftted theJLirelieet Interest, Jw*J*s?”y*
cfSttidtoief^uo® Vwq J»U So answer a) sowt.
nSCEUABEOm
AOemaBNTS. '
DISCHARgBD;’ : :
MAD .DOS-
SENTENCED.
THE POLICE.
MONEY.