RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Pour lines or less constitute half a square. Ten lines
sr mere than four, constitute a square.
Hair K., one day-- 20 20 ; Om sq.. one day. •*, fd CO
" one week.... I 'lo one week.... 200
" one month.. 200 w one month.. seo
" three months 500 gg three caonthslo 00
" SIX m /Atha.. 800 a eiX months.. 15 00
“ one year... «12 00 " nue Year -- 20 00
sllllillBll2 notices ineerted in the Lomat. COLUMN,
or before marriages and dean's, 155 SPATS PEII KISS for
each insertion. To merch an ts
be off and others advertising
by the year, liberal terms will ered.
Er The number of insertions mast be designated on
he advertisement.
117' Marriages and Deaths will be inserted at the mane
atee as regular advertisements.
,flis[EUancOuB.
PENSIONS, BOUNTIES,IACK PAY,
War Claims and Claims ler Indemnity.
.
TEWART, STEVENS, CLARK dr.
Attorner and Counsellors-at-Law, and Solicitors
for all - kinde of _Military Claims,
450. PENNbYLV 24 INIA. AVNLRE,
_ _ •-
W4SATIV6T9N, D. C -
o:
This ism, having i t llitatitigh'kuowlldineietlie Pen
sion Business, and being familiar with tlabractice in
all the Departments of Government, believe that they
can afford grsnser facilities to pension, Bounty, and
other Claimants, for the prompt and successful &coma
plbslument of boluses entrutsted to them, than any other
arm In Washington. 'They desire to secure such an
amount of this business as will enable them to execute
the baldness for each claimant very cheaply, and on the
basis of their pay contingent upon their *Weems to each
Miss. Per this purpose they will secure the services of
Law Firma in each prominent locality throughout the
States where such business may be had, furnish such
with ell the necessary blank forms of applicatbin and
evidence, requisite printed pamphlet instillations, and
circulars for distribution in their vicinity, with asso
ciates names inserted, and upon the due execution of
the papers and transmission of the • same to them by
their local associates, they will promptly perform the
laisitums hare.
Er Their charges will be ten dollars for officers and
five dollars for privates, for each Pension or Bounty and
Bach Pay obtained, and ten per cent. on amount of
claims for Military Supplies or Cairns for Indemnity.
irr Soldiers enlisted sines the Ist of larch, 1801, in
any kind of service, Military or Naval, who are disabled
by disease or wounds, - are entitled to Pensions. All
soldiers who serve for two years, or during the war,
should it sooner close. will be entitled to $lOO Bounty.
Widows of soldiers who die or are killed, are entitled to
Pensions, and the $lOO Bounty. If there be no widow,
then the minor children. And if no minor children,
then the father, mother, sisters or brothers are enti
_Wl as above to the $lOO Bounty and Back Pay.
JOSEPH B. STEWART,
RESTOS L. STEVENS,
EDWARD CLARK,
OSCAR A. STEVENS,
WILLIS B. GAYLORD.
WASHINGTON, D. 0.011132.
1117' Apply at our office, or to our Amanda. at
Ilaaarsormo, Pa.—JOHN A. BIOME, Attorney and
4:lknsmeller.
Massone, Pa.—ARTEMIS & BIDDIALL, Attor
neyn-at-Law
Perremrs, IL SMITH, Attorney and
, Chrunsellor.
Partansuerra, P.a.-4.4 MINNTOHILD, 46 Alwood
street, WM. M. SMITH, Attorney and oounsellor.
leaumgoroa, Pa.—BOYD ORUSIKINCIA, Attorney
and Counaelkbr.
]7M-dly
TACK BON- & CO.'S
SHOE STORE,
O. 00% MABICAT STE.II.IT,
HARRISBURG, PA.,
Wkere they ntend to devote their entire time to the
matinfacture of
BOOTS AND SHOES
all kinds and varletled, in the neatest and moat belt.
t unable styles, and at satisfactory prima.
Their stock will ambit, in part, of fientionnes liose
fkipteul Patent Leather Boots and Shoes, latest styles;
Ladies' end Kisses' flatters, and otheillikete in peat
variety; and in fact everything connected with the
Me butanes.
OUSTOBERR WO/Urwillbepartlogulyittendedto ;
and in all eases will satisfaction be warranted. Lasts
"Wasp by one of the best makers in the eonntry.
The long praetioal experience of the undersigned, and
their thorough knowledge of the businesS will, they
trust, be sufecient guarantee to the public that they
will do them justice, and famish them an article that
will recommend itself for utility, theorises and dura.
hiiity. llancl] JAMXBON a CO-
iirIIRINGER'S PATENT BEEF TEA,
DLL a solid, conoentritted extract of
DEFY AND ITAIETABLES,
lionvertible immediately into a nourishing and deli
cious soup. Highly approved by a number of eminent
Physicians.
This admirable article condensed into a compact form,
all the substantial and nutritive properties of a large
bu/k.of meat and vegetables. The readiness with which
it dissolves into a rich and palatable Soup, which would
require hours of preparation according to the usual
method, is an advan tage in many samisens of life, too
obtiotta to need urging. Its hig hly nourishing qualizies
combined with its delicacy, renders it invaluabiefor the
sick; while for them in health, it is a perfect substitute
for fresh meat and vegetables. It will keep good in any
Climate.
It 141 posußavly well adapted FOR TRAVILIRS,,by
land or sea, who cantime avoid those acoidenuidepriva
lions of a comfortable Meal, to which they are Boilable.
NOR INVALIDR, whose capricious appetite can thus
so satisfied in a moment.
NOR BPORTIMISN mid EXCURSIONISTS. to whom,
both its oompastness and easy preparation will moon
men/it. lfor sale by
seplii-tf WM. DOCK, Ja., ti Co.
CHARTER OAK
FAMILY. FLOUR!
UNEXCELLED BY ANY IN THE U. STATES
AND SUPERIOR TO LET
W crir B Pit..a. TV" X> OS
OFFERED IN PENNSYLVANIA!
IT IS MADE OP
CHOICE hrEASOITRI WHITE WHEAT.
!Er-Delivered any place in the city free of charge.
Tortas tisk on delivery.
080 WM. DOCK, Ja., & 00.
A. BOOK FOR THE TIMES I
American Annual Cyclopedia and Register
Important Events for the Year 1861. In 1 vol.
8 vo. over 750 pages. Cloth .p 3, Leather $3.50.
Published by D. Appleton 4. Co., New York.
The design of this work is to furnish a record of all
the important knowledge of the year. The events of
the war, owing to their prominence, will, of course, 00-
cap/ z Conspicuous part, but all other branclea—Sel
cnce, lit, Literature, the Mechanic Arts, arc,. will re
ceive due attention. The work will be published ex
clusively by subscription, and ready for delivery 'name
nest. _ .
Also, nos complete :
Benton - s Debates of Congress,l6 volumes, $3 and $3 00
per volume.
Benton's Thirty Years in U. S. Senate,2 volumes, $2.50
and $3 per moi. •
Cyclopedia ef American Eloquence, containing the
Spetekts of most raining Orators of America, 14
steel portraits, 2 vois. $2.50 each.
Parson's Life and 75/nes of Andras Jackson, 3 volumes,
12.50 each.
Address 1.1". BTRABILLI7GH, Harrisburg, Pa.
GansralAgemt for D. APPLICTON & Co.
Per Circulars descriptnreof Asumal Cyclopedia.
aprll3-d&wtf.
DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS,
CARBOYS, DEMIJOHNS,
WINN, PORTIR,NINNRAL WATZR, PIONLI AND
7.N.ESNEVN BOTTINS
OP UM meacrairnoz.
H. B. & G. W .1111.1WRBS,
0019417 21' Beath Front ateret„ Philadelphia.
TAPANESE TEA.—A c'hoice lot of
.0 this celebrated Tea just receive& i t i s of the first
cargo ever imported, and is much superior to the Chi
lton Teas in quality, strength and fragrance, and is also
entirely free of adulteration, coloring or mixture of any
kind.
It lathe natural leaf of the Tapenese Tea Plant.
Tor sale by WM. DOCK, jr., & Co.
3,000 o ß f UdiSliellrettikiS
kinds, State Potatoes )
I ' 4oo Barbels York Pate Apples,
diem tot of York State Butter.
Also, a superior lot of Catawba Grapes, and 80 bushels
sh a nbacis* jwss received and for sale tow by
H. W. BIBLE &
No. 106 Market street.
:A.OKEREL:
M.. -_
EBBILL, Non. 1,"2 and 3, in all Rizsd paoltagoe—
nen, and auk paikago tvairested.. Just readied, and
for ale low by .. . .. 11 TM- 110011, Jr- & CO.
QELF , SEA LI NG FRUIT JARS 1-
Beat and Cheapest in the markets: Call mid
examine
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Business dabs.
WM. H., MILLER,
AND
-11 • E. FERGUSON, .
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE IN
•
SHOEMAKER'S BUILDINGS
SECOND STREET, .
BETWEEN WALNUt and MARKET SQUARE,
ap2944kw Nearly opposite the Buehler House.
T HOS. C. MAODOWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MILITARY CLAIM AND PATENT AGENT.
Ojice in Burke's Row, Third street,. (Up Stairs.)
Haying formed a connection with parties in Wash
ington City, wan are reliable business men, any bud
nem conneeted with any of the Departments will meet
with immediate and careful attention. me-y
R.
C. WEICHEL,
BURGEON AND °GUIST,
RESIDENCE THIRD NAAR NORTH RTBAIIT.
He is now folly prepared to attend promptly to the
duties of profession in all its branches.
LONG &3D VENT BIIOONIB3III, NNDIOAL .1112311310)
justifies him in promiting fall and ample satiefaetion to
all who may favor him with a call, be thedisease Ohgonit
or any other 'nature. mlB-d&wly
F RED. SCIIAIDER,
MEADOW LANE,
A PRACTICAL DYER FROM GERNINY,
Takes this mode to inform the public and his numer
ous Mends that he hes fitted up a DYBING . ROOM,
in Meadow Lane, in the city of Harrisburg, Pa.
Where he is prepared to do anything in dyeing, as
Silk, Woolen, Cotton, ate., warranted for good.
ap2B.darni
TAILORING.
carEo. .4%.. Er. Ma 11:7 adr.
The subscriber is ready at RO. 94, MARKET BT.,
four doors below Fourth street, to make
MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING
In any deeired style, and with skill Mid prosityktnese.
Persons wishing cutting 'done can have it done at the
shOrtest =Ens.ap27-dly
: :
CHARLES F. VOLLMER 9
UPHOLSTERER,
Chestnut street, four doors above Second,
(OPIPCRIITE WASIIINGTON HOIN House,)
Is prepared to furnish to order, in the very best style of
workmanship. Spring and Hair Mattresses, Window Cur
tains, Lounges, and all other articles of Surniture in his
line, on short notice and moderate terms. Having ex
perience in the business, lmfeels warranted in asking a
share of public patronage, conlidentof his ability to give
satisfaction. jaurf-dtf
•
SILAS WA.R De
NO. 11, NORTH THIRD ST., HARRISBURG.
STEINWAY'S PIANOS,
MILLODEONB, TIOLIN8; (WITABIi
Banjos, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, Accordeone,
STRINGS, SHEET AND BOOK MUSIC, &G., &R.,
HQTQ GRAPH FRAMES. ALBUMS,
Large Pier and mantle Mirrors, Square Ina Oval Fraser
of every description made to order. Beguilding done.
Agency for Howe , ' Sewing Machines.
11r Sheet Music sent by Mail. octl-1
JOHN W. GLOVER,
lIIERCHAOTT „TAILOR!
Has jest received from Now work ; an assort•
ment of
-SEASONABLE GOODS, -
which he offers to hie customers and the public st
nov22) kODRR4TE PRICES. dtt'
HARRY WILLIAMS,
IDELACLINE
402 WALNUT STRUT,
PHILADELPHIA.
General Claims for Soldiers promptly collected, State
Claims adjusted, &e., &c . mar2o-dim
& E WING,
AT T ORNEYS-AT'-L AW,
THIRD STREET, Harrisburg,
Practice in the several Courts of Dauphin county. Col.
lectionemade promptly. A. 0.
BWING WITH,
J. B. .
r COOK, Merchant Tailor,
s 27 CIELISNUT ST., between Second and Prost,
Haa just returned from the city with an assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMBRES AND VESTINOS,
Which will be sold at moderate prices and =Ode up to
order ; and, also, an assortment of BRADY MAHN
Clothing and Gentlemen's Tarnishing Goods•
nov2l-Iyd
DENTISTRY.
D. M. GILDER, D. D. S.,
N 0 . 119 MARKET STREET S
EBY & KUNKEL'S BUILDING, UP STAIRS.
janB-tf
RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE,
'TRACT AND SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPOSITORY,
E. S. GEXIMAN,
IF SOUTH BEIOND MOOT, ABOTI .0111113 NUT,
RA1111131171.0, PA.
Depot for the isle of Stereosoopes,Stereoseopielfiews,
Music and Musical Dustrnments. •AlSo, enbeoriptions
taken for religions pnbliostiens. noW-dy
JOHN G. W. MARTIN,
FASHIONABLE
CARD WRITER,
MOM'S HOTEL,PIARRISBUItIa, PA.
Allmanner of VISITING, WEDDING AND BM
NRSS CARDS exeented in the moat artintiC Wes and
most reasonable terms. fleo/4-dtf
UNION HOTEL,
Ridge Avenue, corner of Broad street,
HARRISBURG, PA.
The undersigned informs the pnblic that he . has re
cently renovated and refitted his well-known " Union
Hotel" on Ridge avenue, near the Round House, and is
prepared to accommodate citizens, strangersandtravel
era in the beet style, at moderate rates.
Ilia table will be supplied with the best the muskets
Word., and at his bar wi.l be found superior brands of
liquors and matt. everages. The very beat accommo
dations for railroaders' employed at the shops in this
raid dal ' HENRY BOSTGEN.
FRANKLIN HOUSE ;
DALTIMORT, MD.
roughly
This pleasant and commodions Hotel has been tho
re-atted. slid re , terniehhi. It is gauntly
situated on North-West corner of Howard and Franklin
streets, a few doors west of the Northern Central Rail
way Depot. itrery attention paid to the comfort of his
guests. G. LRISINRING, Proprietor,
jettif (Late of Selina Grove, Pa.)
T HEO. F. 8011EFFER,
BOOK, CARD AND JOB PRINTER,
No. 18 MARKET STRENT, HARRISBURG.
MP' Particular attentio*Paid to printing, ruling end
binding of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, Insurance Poll
°i cilaslie,Rlll-Heads, acci
Wedding, visiting and Ballinall Cards printed at Ter)
low prices and in the best idyls. jan9l
MUSIC STORE'
NO.BB MA:DART STRUT, HAILNIBNURei PA.
SHEETMUSIC, PIANOS,
MELODEONS, GUITARS,
VIOLINS, BANJO STRINGS,
Of eery deaokiition.
nits, !LUTES, 4.IOOOEDBONA, ate-, at
the lerlet..olTir PRIORS, at
W. KNOORWB 1813810 RITONN,
No. 88 Dia9kai9Fiespre.
HARRLSBUKG, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1868'
T H
Weekly "Patriot & Union,"
THE CHEAPEST PAPER PUBLISHED IN
PENNSYLVANIA I
AND
TUN ONLY DNMOORATIO PAPER PUBLISHED AT
THE BEAT OF GOVERNMENT
FORTY-FOUR COLUMNS OF READING MAT
. TER EACH WEEK I
AT THE LOW PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR
AND FIFTY CENTS t
WHEN
SUBSCRIBED FOR IN CLUBS OF NOT LESS
THAN TEN COPIES TO ONE ADDRESS!
We have been compelled to raise the club subscription
price to one dollar and fifty cents in order to save our
selves from actual loss. Paper has risen, including
taxes, about twenty-five per cent., and is still rising;
and when we tell our Democratic friends, candidly, that
we can no longer afford to sell the Weekly Pante': min
Union st one dollar a year. and must add fifty cents or
stop the publication, we trust they will appreciate our
position, said, instead of withdrawing their subscrip
tions, go to work with a will to increase our list in every
county in the State. We have endeavored, and shall
continue our efforts, to make the paper useful as a party
organ, and welcome as a news messenger to every fam
ily. We flatter ourselves that it has not been without
some influence in producing the glorious revolution in
the politics of the State achieved at the late election;
and if fearlessness in the discharge of duty, fidelity to
the principles of the party, and an anxious desire to pro
mote its interests, with some experience and a moderate
degree of ability, can be made serviceable hereafter, the
Weekly PATN/OT AND USIOSI will not be less useful to
the party or less welcome to the family circle in the fu
ture than it has been In the past. We confidently look
for increased encouragement in this great enterprise,
and appeal to every influential Democrat In the State to
lend us his aid in running our Beipscription list up to
twenty or thirty thousand. The expense to each bidi
vidual is trifling, the benefit to the party may be great.
Delleving that the Deumeraeff of the State feel the ne•
iseseity of sustaining a fearless central organ, we make
this appeal to them for assistance with the fullest confi
dence of success.
The same reasons which induce us to raise the price
of the Weekly, operate in regard to the Daily paper, the
price of which is also increased. The additional cost to
each subscriber will be but tridingi and, while we can
not persuade ourselves that the change necessarily made
will result in any diminrition of our daily circulation,
yet, were we certain that such would be the conse
quence, we should still be compelled to make it, pr suf
fer a ruinous loss. tinder these circumstances we must
throw ourselves upon the generoelty, or, rather, the
justice of the public, and abide their verdict, whatever
it may be.
Tile period for whitil Many of our subscribers have
paid for their paper being on the eve of expiring, we
take the liberty of issuing this notice, reminding them
of .tie, same, in order that they may
RENEW THEIR Clatfßa.
We shall also take it as an especial favor if our present
subscribers will urge upon their neighbors the fact that
the PATRIOT AND ttiioa is the only Deruocratle paper
printed in Harrfelburg, and considering the large amount
of reading matter, embracing all the current news of
the day, and
TELF.G.ELAPHIC DISPATCREB
Prom everywhere up to the moment the paper goes to
press, political, miscellaneous, general and local news
market reports, is decidedly the
cErzarzsr NEWSPAPER PUBLISIZED IN
THE STATE!
There is scarcely a village or town in the State in
which a club cannot be raised if the proper exertion be
made, and surely there are few place. in which one or
more energetic men cannot be found who are in favor of
the dissemination of sound Democratic doctrines, who
Would be willing t 9 make the effort to raise a club.
DEMOCRATS OP THE INTERIOR !
Let us hear from you. The existing war, and the ap•
preaching sessions of Congress and the State Legisla.•
ture, are invested with unusual interest, and every man
should have the news.
TERMS.
DAILY PATRIOT An. lINION
Single copy for one year, in advance 20 00
Single copyduring the session of the Legislature.. 2 00
pity subscribers ten cents per week.
Copies supplied to agents at the rate Of p. oo per hun
dred.
WBRILLY PATRIOT AND UNION,
Published every, Plarrade y.
Tingle copy one year, in advance .12 00
Ten copies to one address lb 00
Subscriptions may commence at any time. PAY AL.
WAYS IN ADYAbON. We are obliged to make this
imperative. In every if atetikee sash mist accompany
subscription. Anyperson sending us a slab of twenty
subscribers to the Weekly will be entitled to a copy for
his services. The pries, even at the od4anced rate is
so lon that we cannot offer greater inducements than
this. Additions maybe made at any time to a club of
subscribers by remitting one dollar and fifty cents
for each additional name. It is not necessaryto send
im the names of those constituting a chib, as we cannel
undertake to address each paper to club subscribers
separately. Speeimenoopies of the Weekly will be sent
to all who desire it.
O. BAJIREITT &00 iltarrieburg, PAL
N. B.—The following law, passed by Congress inlB6o,
defines the duty of Postmasters in relation to the de
livery of newspapers to club imbseribers :
(See Little, Sedans 4 Q p?s edition of the Laws of 1860 ,
page 38, chapter 131, section 1.)
"Provided, however, that where packages of new pa
pers orperiodicals are received at any post office directed
to dido address, and the names of the club aubeeribers to
which they belong, with the postage for is quarter in ad
vance, shall be handed to the postmaster, he shall de
liver the same to their respective owners."
To enable the Postmaster to comply with this regula
tion; it will be necessary that he be furnished with the
list of names composing the club, and paid a quarter's
(or year's) postage in advance. The uniform courtesy
Of Postmasters, affords the aSSlliante that t h ey wit/
cheerfully accommoaate club subscribers, and the latter
Should take care that the postage, which is.but a trifle•
in each case, be paid in advance. Send on the clubs.
SOLDIER'S CAMP COMPANION.-
A. very eOnvenient Writing Desk; also, Portfolios,
Memorandum Books, Portzeorate4•3o, ace., at.
soaxmatai BooitATORI
NOTIONS.—Quite a variety of useful
and entertaining articles—cheap—et
1301111111E11 , 8 BOOSI3TOR.
FRENCH MUSTARD, ENGLISH and
Domestic Pickles, (by the dozen or hundred,) Su
perior Salad Oil, Ketchup, Sauces and condiments of
every description, for sale by
my2b WM. DOCK, Ji., & Co
[AJAR WAR !.—BRADY, No.
.62
Market street, below Third, has received a We
assortment of SwoaDa, Sesame and nwuts, which he
will min very low. s eso4l,tf
ITAMS, DRIED BEEF, BOLOGNA
BAITBAGN, TONC+ITIS, key for sale low by
Wee. bocz,
ADIES YOU KNOW WERE YOU
A am get fine Note Paper, _Envelopes, Visiting and
Waddin ! Cards ? At BOHN/YAWS BOOKSTORN.
_ _
VOR RENT— Two desirable • OFFICE
1 ROOMS, femme story Rent Of Wyeth's Building,
isomer of . Market Square ail Market street. Apply at
lie office sepWdsf
HERMETICALLY. SEALED
Peaches, Tomatoes, Lobster,Salmon, Oyrters,
Spiced Oysters, • for sale by WM. w; & CO.
NEW ORLEANS SUGAR; !=-FzligT .
11111 Mown ! 7 . 7 l'oeisabs by . •
jyl2 • Wld. DI,X3C 75., &
Ctt Vatrint tt# anIUL
THURSDAY MORNING}, MAY 21, 186
HYMN.
FRAM THE PREICH OP VICTOR HUGO.
Around the tombs of those that fell
Their country's rights to save,
The Songs of crowds admiiing swell,
To eulogize the brave!
The patriot's fame will never die;
The land for which he bled
Shall cradle it eteroallyi
And venerate the dead.
'Tie thus'that those whose . bones are laid
Within the tuneral fane ;
'TIN thee is glorious garb arrayed,
Their memories remain.
Each day with them will rise more bright,
Each day their deeds are told;
Their names amid the clouds of night
Can never be enrolled.
LETTER. FROM LONDON.
THREATENED P i VROPEAN WAR-TESTI.
MONY OF THE KINGS-THE PROMISE OF
SPRING.•*AMERICANS IN ENGL4ND-.-
ALEXANIpIILA, ETC., ETC.
Correspondence of the Patriot and Union
The signs of the times portend trouble for
Europe. Authorities agree in the belief that
a great war, involving the energies of all the
powers, is close at hand. A little ill may brew
a terrible collision, and the cloud that was no'
bigger than a man's hand has already grown
black, swollen and lowering, till it sits gloom
ily over every tenon Of this hemisphere. That
cloud was Poland; it is Europe now. A few
mutinous fellows of a prond race appeared on
the borders of the Sarmatian forests, armed
with scythes and spears. The great despot
who had aroused their rage thought to crush
'them in a night; but, 101 from all lands and
races, came the cry of " Aid for Poland !"
And encouraged by such sympathy, the rebel
lion still gasps on, holding the sword in one
hand, stretching out the other for help. The
revolutionary elements bf loreign kingdoms
are clamorous for the support of their respec
tive Governments. The crowned heads of said
Governments oars nothing for the rights or
wrongs of the Poles, but they hate and fear
the insatiate ambition of Russia. That colos
sus, like its celestial type, the great soar of
the constellation, strides the world from the
pole to the tropics, and it has wrested , from
more civilised powers the fairest acres of Eu..
rope. It has laid its paw upon the best half
of Poland, upon many populous provinces Of
Sweden, and its. present design is to 'clutch
some of the western seaports, •that it may rule'
the. ocean as it has conquered the land, and
make itself terrible to the older nationalities,
with which it has already measured strength.
The kings combine to resist this monster, and
they have paused tremulously ere they strike;
for the contest may change the fortunes of
mankind and pluck sceptres from many a
gripe.
This is the pause—and it is an ominous one.
All Eur Ope is still, save the cries that thrill us,
from the land of Kosciusko ; . and few care to
look across the Atlantic, when the ravens-are
singing at their own eves, and the storm
threatens to tumble their own idols. Now, in
this coming war, two or three principles are
plainly seen to have influence—the caution of
rulers, the ambition of races, and the hope of
freedom among the poor. Many of the crowns
sit precariously upon the craniums of the
great ; and while these would be glad to have
more territory, they are decidedly opposed to
lasing what they now possess. In their own
domains dwells a factious and oppressed ma
jority, which it is pretty hard to control in
time of peace, and which may avail itself of
foreign war as a means of deliverance. There
is only one idea which men love better than
freedom—glory—and the mass of mankind had
rather see a conquest on the part of their own
race than a triumph of the bond of any other
race. Take the attitude of Prussia in the Po
lish question, for example. The people of
Prussia are brave and liberal. They know the
sorrows of the Poles and the righteousness of
the Polish struggle. But Prussia once filched
a province from Poland, and rather than give
up that price of blood, the best of the Germans
will assist to strike down the revolutionists.—
Take England, also, where every class toss up
their hats for Lao giewice and shake 'cudgels at
the Czar; but here is Ireland, bound and half
famished at their own doors, and their enlarged
sympathies can do nothing for the poor Celts.
Take Sweden—the country of a pure, patriotic
race, and study its treatment of the Schleswig
Holstein question. Here is a little German
State, whose ruler happens for the time being
to be also ruler of Denmark. The Danes and
said ruler are endeavoring to crush out the
nationality of Holstein and amalgamate it with
Denmark forever. The Swedes know that this
is wrong, but then they are Scandinavians,
like the Danes, and they favor a contemptible
not of conquest rather than a great and good
sympathy with the opposite race. Denmark,
I may say incidentally, is a despicable land,
' inhabited by a paltry-minded people. It has
produced but two or three great men, has none
at present, and its commerce is now confined
to breeding brides for the monarchs of the rest
of Europe. Sweden is anxious to have a war
with Russia, and is holding out proposals for
that purpose to France--not for the good of
the Poles, but to recover Finland and certain
other regions lost by rash Charles the Twelfth:
France, restless, deceitful, ambitious, hopes to
Use the war for the humiliation of Prussia and
the extension of its own borders to the Rhine.
England dare not act without a signal from
Napoleon, and that astute parvenue has the
wholesome example of his 'mole to avoid con
tinental war. Austria is playing the shuttle
cock pail, between dread of Prance on one side,
of Rtidebt e t a the other and of . certain mutinous
elenaents‘froni within. .Italy is looking out for
LONDON, May 6th, 1863.
PRICE Two CAN T 6.
a chance to abolish the Pope's temporal power
and to add Venice to its mushroom kingdom.
Prussia will be anything that France is not,
and the ally of anybody but the Gaul, although
just now the Republican element is so uncom
monly bold and noisy that the head successor
of " Old Fritz" may have to abdicatt,,and the
little seven-by-nine continental states are effer
vescing between the hope of gobbling up their
smaller neighbOrs and the.dread of Tieing gob
bled up themselves. Above all, these, with a
third of the globe in. its lug and the fire of
oonquest in its cold, icy eye, towers Russia—
its face westward ; -and thousands of fierce
Cossacks bearing behind its gospel of the sword.
It threatens, like. the Hun of old times, to be
the Scour& of the.world.. It moves slowly and
ponderously, menacing with its lances-alike the
repose of the Moslem and the progress of the
Saxon. There is no spot of-the earth's surface
which Russia does not covet, and there is no
forlorn hope which she dares not essay.. The
enemy of kings and of freedom alike, crunch
ing the slave beneath her paw, and glaring
upon the Emperor, she presents a sublimely
anomalous spectacle in this practical age.
I think there oan be no doubt es to the par
ties in this warfare which America must prefer.
There are some amonfrus whO would hail the
humbling of these pAild' !loiters by the bar
barian autocrat, that we might laugh.at their
calamity as they have mocked at ours. Some
of ns believe that Russia is our natural ally,
and we have a superstition that the Czar em-'
ploys nobody to lay his railways and raise his
ships but Yankee speculators. Prejudice' of
this kind may impel us to sympathy with the
Polar despot ; but we have a different gospel
from hie. We are the apostles of liberty. Our
cause is that of the struggling and the enslaved.
We cannot afford. to forsake this high position
for the gratification of any national spleen,
Oar cause is with the Countrymen of Pulaski
and Poniatoweki. And we will hail the eman
cipation of these dowu-trodden people, even
though some interest or prejudice of our own
may impel us to the. contrary. Let us hail
this grand European war as an opportunity
for the relief of the tied and trampled. Every
part" of Europe has its handful of enthusiasts,
who have lit their torches from the American
revolution, and, in God's name, let them burn
thrones and dominions, palaces and powers !
A considerable term in Europe has satisfied
me that the happiest nationalities contain
thousands of wronged and• mutinous people.
Here in England there is widespread disaffec
tion, which will not be satisfied till `privilege"
and labor are equal. The seeds of revolution
exist even here, and let the Czar's letter of
instructions to his Minister in Paris tell the
oonditioa-of 'Europe:la this respect!
10. , . The evil under which Poland really labors is
not confined to it ; all Europe suffer, with the
tame. The revolutionary spirit, the scourge of our
time, concentres in this country (Poland) only
because itfinds. there combustibles enough to give it
the hope of kindling a conflagration from this centre
which &101 l woad over the whole continent."
I recommend this document, made public to
day, to those of your readers who would learn
the present policy of kings towards their sub
jects.
This theme is an interminable one, and it
has taken up almost the whole of nip letter.
I can only add that here in England Spring bas
opened beautifully, after the mildest descrip
tion of winter, and that the Parks are crowded
every day. Remote places begin to be fre
quented by pleasure. parties, and the first of
May was celebrated at the Crystal Palace by a
concert in which there were two thousand per
formers. Ramsgate, Hastings, Brighton, and
the seaside towns, are filling up, but there are
many sad homes in England, without fire on.
their hearths or bread on their tables. Lan
cashire is a place of wailing, and Ireland is
said to be visited with the old curse of
famine. There , are few Americans here now,
though many are in Paris, and I see a great
many blatant Southerners who have received
passports from the State Department. All are
tired of the war, loyalists and rebels, and the
rest of the world refer all our battles to the
fable of the Kilkenny oats. The 'Southerners
here are surprised to find that they get little
personal sympathy from John Bull. He hates
both parties, intensifying his envy when he
regards the North, and though he is a Member
of a great race, I think hiM the most Opinion
ated, arrogant and egotistical old brute in the
family of nations. His vanity has been tickled
recently by the marriage of his Prince to a
little Princess from the land or the-Vikings.
They are living together at Marlborough House,
and I see her in. Hyde Park nearly every af
ternoon, All hats go off when she approaches,
and the mob dare not speak above a whisper.
Oh ! the servility of these worshippers of "708.•
W"—itis both ludicrous and pitiable. All the
talent of this island has been set to work to
celebrate the wedding of the young addle-pate
who hid the fortune to be the son of his mo
ther. Artists, novelists, poets and sculptors
have commemorated it, and they are going to
build a collossal memorial to the late Prince
Consort. who was a meek but certainly not a
clever person, and whose excellence appears to
have been mainly a disposition to be henpecked
by his. royal half. Yours, faithfully,
How U. GRANT STARTED ON MS PRESENT
CANTAIGN.—The Chicago rribune learns from
a gentleman who participated in 4 the recent
campaign of General Grant, up to the time the
enemy crossed the Big Black in the retreat to
wards Vicksburg, that in starting on the move
ment the General disencumbered himself. of
everything, setting an example to his officers
and men He took neither a horse nor a ser
vant, overcoat nor blanket, nor tent, nor camp
chest, not even a clean shirt. His only bag
gage consisted of a tooth-brush. ; . . He shared
all the hardships of the private soldier, de e pi ug
in the front and in the open airs and, ea ti ng
bard tack and , salt pork, He wore no Sword,
had on a low crowned citizen's lat, and the
only thing about, him, to mark him as tk military
man was his two stars on his andress military
coat. On the battlefield he wakomnipresent,
riding every where,, generally aline, into the
very thickest of the fight, inspiring the troops
by fils Imperturbable coolness and bravery.
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?.LOX/4L EIPAGOM OP WOMAN. ,
Miss Susan l3, , Anthony, as President of the
Business Committee, took the ohair, and, at 3
TilledAtemiceling to, order.
Mrs. Elisabethliodylitanton rose teedeeline
accepting the, norpiantion•phelad received on
Thursday, as President of the „League.... She
could not pledge herself unconditional loy
alty to the governmentarittifili not, if
government took any rttridgroisslk , e, atop/ As
President of a National!Lengueumanyt might
object to her.
Miss Anthony thought there are rears of
the government retrogressing in the Wise' of
freedom. The question is every day behtg dis
cussed in the papers, on - llrbat terms shall the
South be received back again . ? She could not
be Secretary to a League g pledged to iineondi
tional loyalty to the government, Miss An.
thony then read the &Honing pledge and'reso
lutions, which had on Thursday been partially
agreed to :
THE PLEDGE.
We the Loyal Women of —, do hereby
pledge ourselves to justice and humanity,' and
to the government in so far as it makes the
war—a war for freedom.
RESOLUTIONS
Resolved, That we rejoin in the local Wo
men's Leagues already formed, and earnestly
recommend their organization throughout the
country; and that we urge the women every
where to take the higheit ground of-loyalty to
our country—righti not wrong. • is f
Resolved, That we hail the Conscription Act
as necessary for the salvation of the country,
and cheerfully resign to it our husbande, boy
ere, brothers and sone. • . ;
Miss Williard, of Penn's, said the. pledge
was conditional to the extent of requiring a
war for freedoni. She nelleyed in syitaming
the government; though, if Vallandigham
should be erected President, she really didn't
know what she should do.
Ineredulity . was very generally manifeeted
as - to the possibility of Vallandigham ever
being elected President, but Miss Anthony ex
claimed that "the next President would be
something, like him." `
~
Miss Williard seemed to think that the pledge
would do under the existing.admististration.—
When there is a change they oan have .another
League.
The first resolution was unanimously pas
sed.
The resolution in regard to conseriptler. Into
then taken up. -
Mies Williard, while believing in certain
oases of exemption, liked the conseriptic4 be
cause it would take in the Copperheids. CAp..
plause.]
The Lady—What kind of soldiers would vop
`)erbeada make ?
pea _
Mrs. Lenland—Good spellers t Bien who
bad the courage they had, id brave public qpin
ion would make good, soldiers If put into'the
ranks with bayonets behind them.' [Applause.]
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Upon these proceedings a correspendent of
the Philadelphia Evening Journal remarks:
Here, Messrs. Editors, we have a " Loyal
League," only "loyal" to the government so
far as it carries on an Abolition war. How
many other "Loyal Leagues" have adopted
similar pledges and resolutions,. We do not
kiwi, because their proceedings are sedret.—
Yet these are the individuals and organizations
who stigmatise Democrats as Copperheads, be
cause they uphold the ~goveruipent, ,no mat
ter what administration is in power, abide by
the Constitution; which gives the government
its existence, and hold that. the athninistratiou
is transient, but that the government BEALL,
with the blessing of God upon their labors, be
eternal.
Yet these fanatics reproach us with "condi
tional loyalty," while openly or ettertitry sever
ing that the only condition of their own 4, 10y 7
alty" is Abolition. They declare that they
will support the government so far, and no
further, and for the government, they rejoice
at conscription, and devote to it their "hue
bands, lovers, eons and brothers." •
By the way, hew many husbands, lovers and
sons have Miss Anthony, Miss Williard, Mrs.
Stanton and their colleagues ?
Are these the objects of "Loyal Leagues ?"
Where. are Generals Burnside, Henan and
Schenck ?
Mr. Vallandigham never said half so much
in dispraise of the the administration.
When the Abolitionists were "bringmg pres
sure" to bear upon the President, and denoun
cing him for delaying his Emancipation Procla
mation, they were accused of being only
"conditionally loyal." The charge, then but
faintly denied, is there openly avowed. How
often is the avowal made in secret.
PENNSYLVANIA.
A POLITE LIBUTENAPT MISIMPPSUCIATXD.—
A Camp Blies, Mo., correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat relates the following amusing
incident:
"Quite an amusing incident happened to a
Lieutenant of the division a few days ago.
The said Lieut. is well educated and of im
mense politeness, especially to ladies; and in
his , present banished situation, not having ma
ny opportunities of paying his devoi6 to the
fair sex, is, of course, more attentive when an
opportunity does, occur.,
This much by way of preface ; no* to the
story :
An officer stopped at a house where the
Lieut. referred to had taken dinner .the dOy
before, and the lady of the house inquired if
he knew Lieut. T. "Yes, madam ; why do you
ae ?"
"What kind of a man is he 4" asked the wo
man.
"One of the politest men in the array, madam
—a perfect gentleman," Was the admirer.
“Well, I think he puts on a heap of style."
“Madam, I am - surprised to hear that you do
not like Lieut. T. ; he is very popular with the
ladies,tt general faVorite, in fact,"
"Well I don't like the way he talked to me."
~ There must be a mistake somewhere, mad
am ;-what did he say ?" -
"Why, I believe he tried to blackguard me."
"Impossible ! ,Madaa I can't believe for a
moment that Lieut. T. "would do 'anything of
that: - kind; he is the' pink of poiiteness."
don't care if he is; he tried to blackguard
me."
"What did he say ?"
Here a pert miss
.'of sixteeaL-thostly feet and
alkles--put in: ' -
• "harm, tell him what the man said ; I don't
believe he was a tryin' to blackguard.; but
marm'a 814 a, fooL" •
"Well in must tell; after going (Wet' Aliths3
big words he could think on, be asked me,
What was•thii State of nay nativity Piand if that
ain't blackgnardin' I don't know when I hear
it." . ,
It will be a tong time before the Lie r bt. for-
l ets the gtate of his nativity:
TEE NEw Your. PoiicE ComEnsxoEwa.—
The New York Police COMmiiisiouers, it is
said, will *be formally arriiiried fOr trial is
the course' of a. few) days, Oil- obargei to be
preferred against - the& by. Gov.-Seymour,
. 5 .