VOLUME 4. £eltct foclrj. WHO 18 MY NEIGHBOR ? Thr neighbor t It 1* whom thou Han power to aid and bless ; WLoie achin/ head or burning brow Thy soothing band nmj preta. Thy neighbor ? Tls th* fainting poor Whosw eye with want it dim, When hangar vends from door— Uo thou and succor him I Thy neighbor ? 'Tis that weary man, Whose years are at their brim. Bent low with sickness, care and pains— Go thou and comfort him ! Thy neighbor J 'Tis th* heart bereft of every eartbiy gem ; Widow and orphan, helpless left— Uo tboa and shelter thsml Thy neighbor 1 Yonder toiling slave, retter'd in thought nod limb, Whose hopes are all beyend the grate— Go thou and ransom him! Whene'r thou meet'st a human form Less favored than thine own, Remember tis thy neighbor worm, Then go and comfort him. PHILADELPHIA'S WELCOME To General Phil. Sheridan. [From the Philadelphia North American.] On his way through this city Wednes day, Major General Sheridan rccieved that particular kind of reception at the hands of our people that is given only to itx most houore I guests. When the Ja|ienese Embassy oauic here, some years ago, the emir* population poured itself into the streets. We have seen vast masses of people gathered on many an occasion ; but It is on very rare oecanions that we tiud our populatiou leaving their domiciles and sallying lorth upou the highways as they did eduesday alter buou, thousonds upon thousands. 'I he imfiort of a great gathering like this is not always to be judged hy its bumerical extent ; a quick eje can tell from the spirit and temper ot ti g.i tier ing of the people i«e .limn) < tli.ii liritig* it together. Curiosity iha potent in ig net. and there are many others ot equal power i>! attraction ; out since the day that the bouy oi me *1 irtji I.inc. In la) instate in l'riepe ne? 11 nil. there has tie*n no stirh iieu.on- ritive gathering in Pmladei t mi ■« tin wnijd 1 si ni< id display. To name all the companies in the line would be impossible. Those whose names we bare omitted, if any, will understand that to write in the midst of a throng packed like figs in a ilrum is a task that verges closely upon the impossible. The Chief Marshal, Charles Darragh; was assisted by aids, as follows: Charles B. Mullen, Good Will Engine; Samuel Henderson, Fame Hose; J. H. Dallas, Shiffler Hose. The Divis ion Marshals were as follows : First- Chief, Daniel Stokes, Fame Hose. Aids, John W. Garvey, Good Intent Hose; Lewis Sheets, Northern Liberty Engine. Steond—Chief, R. N. Nichuals, West Philadelphia Hose. Aids, James Pol lock, Harmony Engine; Abraham Jacobs Independence Hose. Third—Chief,Chas. C Overbeck, Good Will Engine. Aids, l'". Reutschler, Lalayette IIosc; W. Wuolmau, Union Hose. Fourth—Chief F. Everett, Decatur Engine. Aids,Geo. Bluukley, West Philadelphia Hose ; E. Nickel, Taykr llose. We not ec the Good Will Kngine, Shiffor Lafayette Hose, William Penu lloso, Iranktin Engine, Reliance Engine, West Philadelphia Hose, Feb lownbip Engiue of Germantown, Lincoln Hose, Washington Engine, Hibernia En gine. Harmony Engine, Northern Liber ty Engine,America Engine, Taylor Hose, SuUiliwaik Engine and Liuiuii Hoe,e,and missed tnauy o hers whose names we could not possibly sit down. A .ong cavalcade of citizens came af' tct the tire men, and by them the proces sion wus extended to a much greater leu^th. otcpheu T. Soudcr, Esq., Robert R Corson, Esq ; Heury .. . Gray, Esq.; Lieuteuani Galloway C. Morris, Colonel Georye L Wagner and Major Clayton MDCU'iiohard oiU eikeient duty as aids to Hie Marsiiai. 1 lie pr./eos.-iou moved up Broad street to Arch. dOwu Arch to iw.llih, d-ivvn i weiiib to Chestnut, down Chestnut lo ilie UuDliiaiutiil iiotel, una iheie dis missed. Bunting, in red, white and blue, was displayed profusely along the eutire rou;e Many of the private residences were illuminated from ground floor to root peak. Horticultural Hall, at which a splendid annual exhibition was in pro gress, flashed with light from every win dow as the line moved by. The flag of the Society, in red, white and greeu,liad been displaced in the afternoon by the patriotic hands of Dr. Rodney King, E*q., President of the Pennsylvanfa Horticultural Society, to give place, in especial honor to General Sheridan, to the red, white and blue. The Union League House was literal ly ablate with gas jets, forming words of welcome to the honored soldier sent from New Orleans to Kansas by President Johnson. The procession moved with sotne difficulty, in consequence of the pressure of the crowd, but it reached at last the Continental, and by the Ninth street entranco General Sberidan was es corted up its ample staircase. Of course he was compelled to show himself upon the balcony. There was no light there, and a dozen members of the Harmony Hose Company with their torches did duty as link-bearers. Gen eral Sheridan, General Cameron and the Mayor,each carrying a booquct,stood by the window. General Sheridan looked out in some amnzement upon the dense multitude of people. "You have a great crowd here, Mr. Mayor," he said to Mr. McMichael.— here do they all come from ?" "Ah !" was the reply, ! 'they oaly had twenty-four hours' notice that you were coming. If they had known it forty eight hours ago, you would have seen something like a crowd. General Sheridan stepped upon the balcony, and then the welkin rang. The checriug was that particular kind that couics from the liea-t— the cheering that when a man knows he is its object, tells him that a people love and honor him But no speech did he make,though cheer followed upon like billow upon billow, when a great tide mils in upon the strand. "Gmid niyht, good night, good night, gentlemen." I lus w.-s General Sheridan's speech Having made it he retired, and whatev er else he said was said in tlie privacy of a banquet given to h in by h.s Philadel phia frie..ds when all outside of it was completed ' LITTLE I'HII. SHERIDAN" AT INDE TENHKNCE HALL. —A dense sonC'ufse of people Kwelled around the State House Thursday UIB.II, eager to get at least a gliuipse i■*' the gallant hero of the im. mortal "Riile, It was iiudf rslood that the hero would be formally r.eicetl by the Mayor and Councils of ibe eity, at the hour Of twelve and a half o'clock So great was the pressure that strong cordons of pi)ltc«? wore necessary to keep open a way through which the honored guest could pass. Some time before the hour appointed for the reception the way was made clear, and all save those authorized to be present were politely invited to retiro.— The task was by no nicabs an easy one, for the multitude was great, and the cu riosity to look upon the honest face < 112 the brave Sheridan was something akin to irrepressible. But a space was ulti mately cleared, and a few minutes before one o'clock the two branches of City Councils were called to order in their re spective chambers. President Spering of Select Council, and Mareer, of Com mon Council, were promptly in their plaoee. The Mayor heading, the two "Let trs-have Faith that Right makes Might j and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A - Lincoln BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PENN'A, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1867- bodies then moved to the rear of the Hall flanked by the two Presidents of Coun cils, and took up a position at the rear of the Hall, the members of Councils form ing a close line on either side, reaching to the door of entrance, A vociferous and reverbfating salve of shouts outside soon afterwards announced the approach of "Cavalry Phil," the honored guest of the occasion. He was resplendent in his foil uniform, looking ns he is, every inch the fighting soldier He alighted from his carriage, with his staff, amid cheers that resounded far and wide from the gathered multitude.— Brigadier General Forsyth, Colonel For syth and Lieutenant Colonel J. S. Cros by, of his personal staff, also fully uni formed, alighted with him. But that the police, stern and inexorable, kept off all approach, the General would have been subjected to as annoying a hand-shaking as he was obliged to endure the night before, when he came in at the Baltimore depot. The visitor qioved briskly through the lines of poli -c,atM thence into Independ ence Hall, where renewed cheeis greet ed their coming. Mayor McMichael advanced from his position half way to the .door, and thus said : General • Here, in the birth place of the republic—here, where the Declara tion of Independence was adopted and proclaimed, tbe city of Philadelphia, through its constituted authorities, bids you vfrelcoiue; you, who have fought so gallantly in guarding the life of the re public ; you, who have acted so wisely in maintaining the principles of the Dec laration. It is not possible for me to put into adequate speech ihe feelings that prompt this welcome, and I shall not attempt it. Intensely loyal as this community was during the war to crush the rebellion, it delights to honor those who marshalled our armies and led them to victory—iu tensely national as this eomnjunity now is, it delights to h.oior those who arc earnest in the pun so that the triumph ot Jaw shall equal I lie tiiuuiph of the battlefield, iu both these respects it rec ognizes in you one wh • is pre-eminently deserving. Three years ago the whole country rung with your exploits in Vir ginia; to-day the whole couutry ring* with your exploits in Louisiana. The fiery courage which hurled back the legioas who sought, to destroy the national flag finds its fitting counterpart in the stead last devotiou that resists all efforts to im pair the national supremacy. General : For you and such as you eulogiutns are needless. Your own true heart faithfully interprets to you the sympathies of the nation you have seiv ed and are still serving ro well. But while this is so, my fellow-citizens, in whose behalf I am now speaking, would not forgive me if I did not at least say that among tbe heroes whose deeds were most inspiring, none stands higher in their affections than Cavalry Sheridan ; among the martyrs who have suffered in their cause none fills them with more profound respect than the deposed com mander of the fifth military district. General: I have now the honor to in troduce to you the Councils of Philadel phia, and in their name, and the name of the people of the city, again I bid you welcome. General Sheridan thus responded : "I regret very much that I am una ble to express my appreciation of the high honor which you have conferred upon me. I can only say that it will highly gratify me if you will convey to the Councils of the city of Philadelphia and to its citizens my heartfelt thanks fur this kind reception. I regret very much that I am not able to more appro priately express my appreciation." This was all that the honored visitor coustituto the army of his supporters, by the i'c-.v weak minded or corrupt recreaut Republican? and camp followerswho left the great loyal orgauizatiou for the sake of the loaves and fishes of official patronage, and by such extreme Radicals as wish to drive the party iuto ultra measures at whlah the majority revolt. But, by whomsoever, urged, this charge is wicked and most deleterious to all the best in terests of the Republic. No political organization our history has ever escaped charges of this kind, so that it can hard ly be a matter of wonder in the present lease, But againstthe reconstruction acts or Congress the allegations have been most violoutly urged, because the Presi dent has desired that excuse for no t en forcing them. General Sickles has briefly roplied to these charges by referring to the decis ion of the Supreme Court in the New Mexico ease, IU which it was distinctly affirmed that the irilitary occupation of the territory of un enemy supersedes ill civil government existing there, and furthermore, that the orders, ordinances and regulation'! made by the military commander remained in force until su* perseded by Congress, or by a looal civil government created by Congress. It cannot reasonably be disputed that the conquered territory occupied by our armies at the olose of the war was aud had been that held by an enemy for four years (or, although constituting a portion of our national domain, it was beyond our control entirely during all that poriod in consequence of being forcibly seized and held by a rebellion of the inhabit ants thereof. That the body of thorebels constituted an "enemy" in the eye of tho law is clear. That this was the "enemy's territory" contemplated by the decision in question is not less clear. They had lived there all their lives, they had ruled it civilly during all that tisio, aud though belong ing to the national empire, it was their territory also. Until the rebellion was orushed that condition of things retrain ed. We had not lost our torritory. It was forcibly held by tho other portion of the national partnership, and when the suit at arms was decided in our favor, tho forcible detainer was ended, and the property passed into the absolute control of the common sovereignty for the pur poses ot the final adjustment. This is as much good sound law as it is common sense. We had not lost any portion of our sovereign rights over this territory because it happened lo have passed out of our possession into that of an enemy in arms against us. Our rights were only in obeyance, and awaiting tho drbitr*- ment of war- Hut it 19 contended that, admitting this, the conquest decided nothing than the permanent sovereignty, and thai under the Constitution the right* of the subjugated States then became valid again on their sab'nissiou to the laws. The decision in tho New Mexico oase does not admit of this construction ; for if it did, we coiild not continue the mil itary occupation for the purpose of sc curing the fruits of dur conquest or pro tecting loyal citizens against outrage, and had tl at been the case, the tebel armies might all have been immediately reorgan ized, and, taking their stand by their State governments, have contented them selves with protecting their rebei author ities in nullifying our laws. So eminent was this danger that it led to the adop tion of President Johnson's reconstruc tion measures, whereby the rebel State governments were swept aside and new ones substituted. As it would have been impossible to govern these States by the military au thority alone without the aid of civil or ganization, these measures of the Presi dent were useful as transition stages in the work of reconstruction, and answer ed well an far as they went. They had no other authority than what was deriv ed from the decision of tho Supreme Court in the New Mexico case. But the subsequent recreant course of the Presi dent revived the rebel spirit, and renders it impossible for Congress to be content with so imperlect a result of so great a struggle. It was then perfectly compe tent for Congress, in the exercise of the power to be vested in it by the language of the New Mexico decision, to restore the military occupation, which was done in a mild form ; to subject the new State governments to it, and provide new ma chinery of reconstruction, under requires nicnts specifically set down, and not in any sense unconstitutional, because the power of Congress in this conqurred ter ritory had became as«supreme and abso lute as in auy of the other unorganized national territories. This was, indeed, in point offset, the condition into which tho conquered States had upset by the protracted civil war. All the civil organization being involved in the crime or rebellion, had ceased to have a legal existence in the eye of the national laws. President Johnson virtually so declared when he removed all their power, subverted their authority and set up new governments of his own. They were unorganized ter ritories, and, like all such, subjects to the military authority. Unorganised territories can never obtain any legal or- NUMBER 4St ganization in this republic in anjf other way than such a. may be pointed oat by Congress. What the President did wu to establish provisional governments. But until Congress should formally reo ognise them they were not legal Stati organizations. All this is as maej the law under the view of the Supreme Courtas nnythlhg over adjudioated by that high tribunal.— Philadelphia North American. i HAIL TO THE CHtEFi Major General Philip H. Sheridsrf has been honored with a reeeptien It f Philadelphia by the oitizens and puhjio authorities commensurate' with his em inent services The event reflect! honor upon our people, who have thus shown their sense of appreciation of the high deserts of ono of the most chivalrous sol* ■ diers of the age, whose name and fame have flown abroad to the ends of the earth, and are discussed in the pages of the Paris Revue det Deux Mundcs as readily as in the journals of our own lair land. General Sheridan comes hither from the capital of the nation, to which he was summoned from a post of duty where he was rendering the tnqst devoted and essential | service to his country, and to the great cause of tepab lican liberty, with all that combination of energy and shrewdness for which bis career was so remarkable, and where, bad he been allowed to remain, he would have finishod tip his work' in the same brilliant style that characterized his remarkablo military campaigns daring the civil war. This is no holiday, soldier, who has worn his rcputaticfti threadbare in ffta ding it through home service; no am bitious civilian, seeking elevation through military rank ; no beaten general, claim ing credit for masterly retreats or Won drous stratogy that ended in nothing. It is a beau tabrcur as famous as Murat —a soldier whose, very name hasVbeen a tower of Btrength to his army, and from whose headquarters in tho saddle trinmph waved her starry emblem over every, field to which he rodo with the rush of the whirlwind, bearing electric fury to his nwn men and terror to his foes' It is such a man as this, so honorod by his own troops, so loved by his count rymen, so admired by the civilized world, and of whom the Gencral-in\Cbief sai