The New York Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1868, Page 6

“iers on the French Budget ant Financial Policy of the Empire. M. The Mexican and Abyssinian Wars Contrasted. Napoleon the First Pronounced a Ruler for “ Evil.” The Papal Bull Convoking a Gene- ral Council. The Inman steamship City of Antwerp, Captain chouse, from Liverpool the 8th and Queenstown the vth of July, arrived at this port yesterday morn- 22, bring! a@ mail report in detail of our cable se\erams dated to her day of sailing from Ireland. ihe Moscow Gazette goes to show, ina long ar- cig, the necessity and utllity of a Franco-Russian al- uamce, The writer say a sincere and durable alllance between the two hatious is possible, but on condition that the French peopie couscientiously aud sincerely renounce the a .!rutful chimera of her sympathies for Poland. Be- sides, France must indispensably abanaon,the pet'y | superapnuated policy of religious propagandism ad a’ length understand that her interests and her neipies jinpose on her the obligation of favoring ep ranchisemeut of the Eastern Christians by tye aid of the hearty and itelligent application of ‘principles of self-government and non iaterven- ue A letter from Berlin of July 6, in the Northeastern vespondence, says:—Count Bismarck is in full scence, The news received this day from |. In Pomerania, where he possesses a magnifl- emi estate, purchased last year, is excellent. All ous affections have disappeared and the Minister is already able to make short excursions on foot and in lis carriage. The Paris Constitutionnel of July 6 has the fol- iowing:— ‘ae administration of telegraphic lines came to a sion ou Monday relative to the establishment of ‘marine cable between France and the United tas. The conces which is for twenty years, Las been obtained conjoitiy by Baron Emile’ d’Er- auger, of Paris, an Mr. Jullus Reuter, of London, A belgrade letter of July 4 contains the subjoined:— he governor of the prison of Topchidere, Svetoras adovitch, has mnade a new aud terrible reveia- fle has informed the authorities that the pian ie couspirators was to arm with muskets the seven or eight uwundred prisouers at that place and hrow them into Belgrade, which they were to sack, vir and destroy. : FRANCE, - mrp Unbinet and Diplomatic Changes a Necessity— Pransatiaetic Trade and TravelSteamship Subsidy Ochate—The Budget Discussion— Expenditures and Resources of the Empire— Censorship of the PreseA New Way of Ex- Unguishing a Newspaper—The Editor of La tantcrneNapoleon’s Retarn from Camp— Marvest Prospects—General Hoche’s Mes mory. Pants, July 7, 1868. \hatever did ocenr at the important ministerial council of Fontainebleau before the departare of the kvaperor for Chalons has been hushed up and will get probably be made public until this session ts ov From the events which are taking place, how- and from the close inquiry which has been in- etivated by ali for whom politics are second uature, (cis pretty generally known that the Emperor was © aware that Cabinet changes must be made. If uber does neither agree with M. Pinard nor Versigny the latter must be sent to till a diplo- giatic post somewhere; if M. de Moustier sends in his resignation he, too, must be provided for; and as to M. Pinard, he will find his sstisfaction in the postponement of the general elec- tions. M. Kouher cannot be done without; conse- quently the present statu quo will be preserved as ioug as possible, We are prepared for diplomatic changes every day, but schism tn the council cannot be countenanced under existing circumstances, The Transatlantic Company's Subsidy bill was carried through at the close of most stormy oppost- ton on the part of M. Pouger-Guertier, by a major. ity of one hundred and seventy-five votes to twenty- five, The general impression was unsatisfactory besore the final debate, and even then the public were fa ly aware that they had not been sufficiently en- ™ M. de Ugitened on the real financial situation of the company; but when it became known that some of M. Pouger-Guertier's @aiements were erroneous, that he had advanced information which was either incomplete or inunature, thus exposing himself to Gat contradic- tion, it was not thought improbable that his attacks were {ill-founded all through, and his cause, which was a good one, lost ground instantly. This exaz- geration and incorrectness on the part of orators ortyinated in an inkling to produce sensational argu- ments, and have led M. Pouger-Guertier's antagonists to jeer at him with an old adage on their lips—‘He who will prove too much proves nothing at all.” #ad the bold and vehement champion of his coun- try malntwined the nignt to rise against abuses, dis- trusted his temper and been guarded against reckless ardor to catch persons in fault, he would have been the most formidable opponent the majority could well meet With, I mast state, as it 18, that he has lost somewhat of hs popularty. But the small minority of twenty- five voices Wainst one hundred and seventy-five tust prove tat the Chamber of Deputies had made up its mind to accede, come what may, for there was one day contradiction in M. Rouher's speech 1 -o—contradiction that might have shaken less will- The eminent orator, on one hand, de- company Ought to be supported be- nod because the rupture with unications to cease almost ne; and yet amoment after did achievemen's daily per- its admirable condition and ate on the budget is now the great ques- It is te greatest grievance of the oppo. The financial situation of France is mtinual dise The deficit and forty millions, which ry a new le is, in their opint: jou. crying shame, . ded view of the tion, Which the government will not i id the fawa of which M. Rouver Will soon detect, Not big figures alone, but the wants of France mu 40 be cons dered, France Was very low wien Louis Philippe left her to have her puise felt by an eminent statesman in the poraon of Napoleon IIL. We are tac ecormplished jacis, and the causes which have so considerably in- creased pullic expenses ia the coarse of fitteen yea sure wal known. Great expeditions, immense public Works, some superfluous certainly, but most vey fi 14, foundations, railroads, cane pulse given to industry by mach nery—Uiee transformations have necessarily gu stripped prescribed lutte. Great werlinony 1 if the question were to take & from a higher position. For tnstance, expenses and great outlays indispen- if so, a8 tue nation, like the human mind, ipust eitier progmss or r trorade, no standstill Wing "either loans, duties or taxes must be a The treasure must be found which is to work out these improvements, and every inilt- Vidual must put his shoulder to the whee Nation's sweat should be spared When auch effort is = merely for ornamental purposes, Dot useful, and the mist was in the vote for the new orgeuiz A the army some three months ago. “A g@/amme for further outlay is drawn out, moreover, wi'lich it Js too late to disavow. A great mA tht thus be taught the oxtion by the incap of \he Chamber to undo what uas been dove son to be acquired before next election. The loan Will wsauredly take its course, but the formation of * puch» legislative body at the Palais Bourbon as this should be energetically opposed. The New payer, 'Lleciewr, by Messra, Favre and Picard, eppearea’ on the 20th June and is already in trouble. The prowrietars are prosecuted for exciting to hatred @nd con RB The Orst number im which your correspondent invested cost Afteen centines and is now sold by « veculative readers fur twe irauce da balf. St is gou ¥ tts rounde from hand to hana and will fetch five :.tuncs s00n, Twenty thousand copies had been circula td before Anastasie (the sor) pounced down on We five thousand remaining, ‘The next number will cy Tusiuly draw fAfty thousaad copies. The success of Roche.‘ort'e Lanterne is suck that the government | ‘thougut it worth while to make inguir about its sale in Paris and in the «‘eparimepts. Ar port has actually been bro Wet up abeut the solemn matter, and alter a ve. V stave concave it has been settled that the sale si Wed BE | lined to continue, on the groynd tla! ‘ f writing cannot last long, aud that Mr. Roch write bimseif out—thus daimiugi a %/5 "epu n Wituout assistance frou lug quart. “w v italiana ds tt dees hefart 10teeem 12) 2 pemphieteer lead him to y that he d'@ not depend on eaua of existence, Ue Meda tant noel » thie Innate love he ever 'ad for indep taught cim that be could not keep that position and the integrity of his rata prinetples, hoped the Hterary career would seeure Lim free mediocrity and he baa found a pien- Perovally he ta handsome, his fea- his’ skin ex- ale: he is modest to a fault and dishkes e expression of his features is rather mel- Tis ‘avorite phrase of admiration ‘8 “It ts excessively queer,” whieh words he separates and repeats very slow'y. He is agreat collector and possesses a rare museum of paintings, bronzes and other artisitval obycets of great price. His intimate friends are Barrére, ‘iraudin, Blum and 8 few others, One great fault he has. which is absence of mind, He ts sure to get in the bal Rei get ont at the wrong depot, leave his things behind him and find it ali “excessively queer.” His bravery as a fighter is a rec gnized fact. He 1s not y thirty. The new pamphlets which have come out in the style of the Lanterne, have chosen titles in the same order of ideas. Thus we now have a Fae a “Candle,” an “Extinguisher’? and a “Night Lamp.” I need not add it they flicker wretchedly, ‘The Emperor has left Chalons and is at. Fontaine- biean, He is expected to leave for Plombitres on the T2th and return to, Grand Mourmelon for the fete of the 15th of August. The court will probably finis) the season at Biarritz. It is said that-his Majesty cou'd not refrain from a very warlike spre h on taking Jeave of the troops; but with the largest magnifying glasses in the world there is nothing like @ war discernible in anything he sald, He was ac- companied by Marshal Niel and Generals Fleury and Donay. The camp is to be raised on the 1st of July, and on the 15th a new series of troops. under the command of General Leboeuf, will be installed on ee lain of Grand Mourmelon until the 15th of Sep- mber. the crops in the departments of Seine and Otse tif Parvest. tures are delicate, his hair very blac! ces-tvely are greatiy suffering for want of water. In some districts the heat has caused such dryness that the husks are empty or contain a small parched grain no bigger than the head of a needie. A continued series of hot winds, carrying gusts of sand, hi aimicted some places around Chateau Thierr; Picordy the cereal crops are in good condition; ertheless the wheat has been whitening, without any grain in them, even there. The harvest has com- menced in the neighborhood of Marseilles, and bar- ley is being cut around Paris, The hay crop has been scanty, but good in quality; beetroot sadly wants water, Altogether it is feared that wine alone will not be folly up to the average. The great failure of all has been the cele- bration of the great republican General Hoche’s hundredth anniversary at Versailles. Hoche is said to be the son of a stable boy, but became great General Hoche. He pacified Brittany, was Com- mander-in-Chief of the Moselle, had all the funds of the army at his disposal and died poor. These are his titles of nobility. A splendid statute is erected to his memory on the Place Hoche, at Versailles, and here a gre: meter manifestation was to take place on the 2/th. Tliuminations were to be general, a band of music to play, and the theatres to be opened gratis. All this was intended and announced, but nothing of the kind took place, and the whole fete was as solemn as the police and the ‘administra- tion” could make tt. ie humble Mayor did not have the Town Honse tlluminated, but he had the follow- ing phrase stuck out of the cantate:—“Hoche’s re- ublican heart never wavered.” Of course it would ave been the height of insolence to say Hoche’s heart. a heart of 1793, was republican—it might have offended some one. ‘On looking over the memoirs of the past I find that when Hoche was buried, “the whole town grieved,’ the ‘Marseillaise” was played; and when the mighty cry rose “aur armes citovens,” all the Directory rose too, and uncovered their heads, the cannon roared and long processions of young girls in white threw crowns on his tomb. ‘Thus was Hoche loved a hundred years ago; ban- ners waved from the windows of his dweiling house, 22 Rue de Satory whither, this century, few but for- eigners went to take along, grateful look, The an- thorities feared a democratic manifestation, and files of policemen were on watch where a jubilant army should have rent the air with joyful shouts, Meetings weré so much feared last Thursday that it was with the greatest trouble Parisians could obtain permis- sion to dine in company at a@ restaurant. When the authorization was granted the Mayor insisted that a commissaire de police should preside, The different tables were laid and the commissaire came. He was dlucted to a Lion sytan seat, and being the first arrival waited; he did nothing but wait, tn fact, for half an hour, then he began vo wat again for anoteer quarter, and at last dined alone Nobody came to be presided over. It was spitefui of tie Parisians, but itserved the Mayor right. The latter worthy has this week sent in his resignation because he does not approve of the Municipal Council of Versailles, that body having voted 300f, for the encouragement of Universitarian masters in those classes followed by young women who go through a course of secondary instruction. Mr. Durny would rather like all the Mayors to jeave public instruction in his hands and young women would acquire more universal knowl- edge. M. Thiers on the Budget and Fin ial Cone dition—Loans and War Expenditure—The Great Napoleon’s Policy Condemned—The Mexican and Abyssinian Expeditions Con- trasted. The legislative body of France met in session July 6, M. Schneider in the chair, A bill was presented relative to the guarantee of a loan to be contracted by the European Committee of the Danube; also an additional provision tothe pose of 1869, relativeto military I ege g (art. 24, credit of 600,000f.) The order of the day was the adjourned discussion on the budget. I thank the Chamber for giving M. THIERS 6: ‘me permission to reply, which in these discussions is essential to eliciting the trutn. The honorable Minister of Finance, while approving of the maxim of neither extenuating nor ex rating, seemed to conclude that I hi one the latter. He also said that I had proposed no practical remedy for the amicting state of our finances, But in the opening of my speech I said that Idid not believe that the committee nor any other authority could propose any sources of revenue which would not press on the taxpayers, nor any retrenchments which would not disarrange the public service; and a task which 1 do not impose upon others I desire should not be placed upon me. When the state of things has come to be—I do not say embrarassed — M. Ernest Picakp—Embarrassing! (Laughter.) M. Tasrrs—What I repeat is, that in the present state of our finances what ts wanted ts a long con- tinued and strictly observed prudence on the part of the government. Now, as to principle in the matter, the honorable Minister has described one of the five budgets as @ saperfetation—that is, the rectificative one. Here, then, is one which is condemned. 1 also thank him for conceding that the extraordinary one ought to be reduced to what is really extraordinary. But lask more. I say that we should have only a single budget, according to the principle which has controlled all governments since 1789, except the | hover for then we shall Know our true position. ‘apoleon L, who covered France with glory, who one on her many benefits and inflicted much evtl—_— M. GARNIER Pages—More ert! than good! (Excla- mations of disseut from many benches.) The Pre-ipeNnt—That may be your opinion, but pubdtic feeling coatradicts it. (fear, hear.) M. THIEKS. hat cannot contested is that Napoleon had a clear mind, and was distinct in his purposes, He was methodical, and constantly kept notes of the expense and state of his armies, such a iD a good example for ail, But if the ‘actice at present prevailing be pursued, as I fear it will, we shall hate str, seven, J cannot say how many budgets. M. GressigR—There is one which will not last long. M. Tatens—No doubt the loan will be swallowed up next year, and & is not for nothing that the budgets ‘are’ thus divided. By thus acting the overnment knew that confusion would be pro- uced; that was the tnotive and the object. (Loud dissent from a great number of benches.) If the separation Was made in an innocent intention, why not have recourse to a single budget? (Fresh inter- ruptions.) Formerly there was no desire to dis- simulate, (Interruptions.) All | ask is that the de- partmental and communal budgets should be incor- orated with that of the #tate, leaving @ control to ‘he latter to be exercised through its agents, the pie ects, who give directions to the Mayors, M. GRANIER DB CA83AGNAC—Many here and also in the country oy rove of what has been done, M. THiens—Well, I term that a regretabie state of feeling. The government and the Chamber have undertaken engagements which without doubt must be observed, but votes of money have been given which will canse regret hereafter. (Sensation.) Is it or is it not the fact, and I have made the computa- tion and placed tt before the Chamber, that the united bungets amount to @ total of 2,173,000,000? The retificative budget of 1868 was originally 174,000,000, and if those had been regularly counted the total ‘ainount would have been 2,203,000,090. Look at the budyet of 1867, M, Fould, whose finan- ciai Opinions | did not share, but who certainly was endowed with a certain virtue which will call ferocity—(iaughter)}—made @ sacrifice of @ certain quantity of expenses to get hia equill- brinm; an the figure after ail? That ‘of 23 And can you then be surprised I calculate that of 1863 at that 2,200,000,000% I believe that instead of exaggerating | have understated the case, M. Magne has re- proached me with having left out of the account 22,000,000 of receipta in the extraordinary and 22,000,000 more in the rectificative budget, im all 44,000,000. I did #o because I found that 22,000,000 out of the 44,000,000 were only fictitious receipts, such a# Che sums derived from the Algerian com- pany. which are but a loan, the Cochin-china In- | demnity, the Mount ae Mian, 4c, and I left out the | remaining 22,000,000 because thay are only provi- sions of receipt, for probabilities ahould not net off against real expen But even supposing that 1 made a blunder of about 20,000,000, the budget Would atill be in deliclt 150,000,000 instead of 200,- 0,000, aud it has been the same ip past years, | have taken the budge from 1.6 to ixey and have shown that you have liad to borrow 1,11 about 290/000,000 @ year. Does the ‘Mi nauce @wpute this caicplation? M. Kocwen—You are fight; the figure is 009,000, but including the present joan. ; Utue first in of 20,000,000 was ranted; it waa deine! to diminish rabie upponen te » won wht hefort Is hy birth 2 nobleman. |} NEW repty and others which it is indis- “ul not, however, anawer bis ®, for ageinst his fears [ micht express contrary expectations, and then who Hear, hear.) M. Thiers could judge between us? | always reverts 'o (ha point, that we fave increased tue number of budgets to. aveh a manner that there is DO possibilty of toderstanding them, chat we hove @ daiielt of 200,000,) in 1888 and 250,909,000 in 186%. » respect to the former question I should not waste toe time of the Chsnber in discussing a matter of pure form if M. Thiers had not intimated that the object of this separa'on was to conceal secrets of & nature to deceive prbuc opinion, To hear him one ight suppose tnat ihe ordinary, extraerdina! pecial and sinking fund budgets were placed at such @ distance ‘rom each other that it is impossible to verify and tolaile them, But they are to be found, not only in the same volume, in the same re- port and in thé same ol, but in the same page. He tells you that our budvets have alwavs a deficit and that ‘ten years of the regular increase of income will be necessary to re-establish an equilibrium. Is that true? Js it certain that the budget of 1868 has deficit of two hundred millions, Where are any traces of it to be found? Is it in the ordinary budget, which has! a surplus of 104,000,000? In the spscial, which shows a balance of receipts and expenditure? In that of the sinking fund. which gives a surplus of 23,000,000 in 1867 and of 25,000,009 in 1988? Is it In the extraordinary budget? Here M. Thiers leads me to make some re- trospective observations. He hag said that formerly there were no extraordinary ‘eattinates, yet from 18:0 down to 1847 all the casnal expenditure which we are now endeavoring to meet by the ordinary means was supported by extraordinary resources, savinis banks. loans, sale of woods, &c., and which ampunted to 1,050,000,000; even then the ordinary budget did not show an equilibrium, and from 1840 down to 1847 the devicits amounted to not less than $84,000,000—(movement)—the budvet of the last year alone, in spite of a loan, showed an excess of expen- diture over receipts to the amonut of 257,000,000, I have shown that at present there is no deficit in the ordinary, special or sinking fund budgets; ts it then in the extraordinary? The portion of ‘these last named estimates not covered by the surplus of ordi- nary receipts consists entirely of new works, of ports to be improved or constructed, of military or naval war material to be created or modified, Weare bor- rowing for expenses which cannot be avoided, and we only engage the future to the amount of 134,000,000 in 1468 and 143,000,000 in 1369. We have done everything counselled by prudence and by wise financial rules, and the budget of M. Thiers, com- pared with our own, does not appear to have any advantage in trustworthiness, exactitude and good political and financial principles. (Loud applause.) The discussion was then adjourned, The debate was resumed on the 7th of July. M, JULES FAVRE said—Gentiemen, the observations ofthe honorable Minister tend to demonstrate that since 1852 the receipts and the expenses have both gone on increasing in such a way as that the former have exceeded the outlay by about 200,000,000 If this is the case, how are we 0 explain the necessity of so many loans, amounting in all to nearly 5,000,000,000? In my opinion the oniy possible explanation of these contradictions is to be found in the solutions ob- tained by dividing the budgets. (Murmurs.) By the side of those which show a surplus, there are others which exhibit a deficit; and these iast devour the first. All these ailusions would not exist were the receipts and expenses concentrated in the same chap- ter. As the matter stands, you have been unable to provide for the execution of the public works, not- withstanding your 4,500,000,000 of extraordinary receipts, and the past may teach us what to expect in the future. If we do not take energetic measures, If we do not, by our prudence, courage and patriotism, find means to arrest the government in its career of extravagance it will bring France to ruin, (Applause on the left and general murmurs.) M. MagNe—The comparison I have drawn would evidently be false if any loan had been contracted from 1854 to 1866 for ordinary expenses. Let us, therefore, examine the employment of the sum raised by appeal to public credit. First, 1,500,000,000 were applied to the Crimean war, and few will dis- pute the necessity of that demonstration. Secondly, 500,000,000 for the Italian campaign, and I do not think even M. Jules Favre will blame that expedi- tion. Thirdly, 292,000,000 for the wars of China and Cochin China. Were this the proper time I could easily convince you of the great advantages obtained for commerce by those measures. The fourth loan was for the Syrian expedition, which I have no need to justity. (Applause.) M. EvG@ne PetcetaNn—And Mexico? (Nolse.) M. Maane—One word more, gentlemen. Ihave no intention to enter upon politics, but in my opinion the expedition to Mexico is characterized by the phrase an enterprise legitimately commenced. (Ex; clamations on some benches of the left.) Vorwes—“Yes, yes, that is evident; that is indis- putable.”” M. JcLes Favre—It was a monarchical and for- pod intrigue that cost the country 300,000,000, Noise.) ‘ M. MacNne—I give you, gentlemen, the humble ap- recitation of one who does not make politics his pro feasion and who jurges facts by the simple light of justice and his individual common sense. M. GRANIER DE CaSSAGNAC—And also of patriot- ism. M. MaGne—I repeat, that it was an expedition le- gitimately commenced, Blortously prosecuted, unfor- tunately terminated. (Great applause.) The exam- ple of England is continually cited, but there are cases where I should like well to see it imitated. England ts a very great nation in m: respects, and one of the most remarkable of them is the common feeling which she establishes between herself and the meanest of her children, 1h! hear.) The protection of England follows all her citizens wher- ever they are found, and whoever insults an Eng- lighman or wounds nis interests, person or property offends tae whole Bagiiat nation. (Great applause.) M. GLaIs Brzo1In—Did England set up an empire in peace? (Exclamations and murmars. “We pro» it.) a PRESIDENT—Do mot protest im listening to uc! M. MaGnr—As the example of England ts eo often quoted I will say that I often put to myself the fol lowing question. I suppose fora moment that the Abyassipian expedition, commenced with the unant- mous assent of the public powers tn England and for motives analogous to those which determined the Mexican, had not succeeded. (Interruptions on the left.) Task myself, I repeat, this question:—In presence of a national and public misfortune, what would have been the attitude, what the language of the Parliament? (Renewed approbation.) M. Gals Bizorn—There is no comparison what- éver to be drawn between the two expeditions. M. Picanp—We shall have a better opportunity of discussing the Mexican affair at @ later period. I shall now merely inquire whether the country has Teason to co! ulate itself on finding that, a financial direction of sixteen years, the last three peed show 4 large deficit, to be met by a loan; and, ‘ides all this, a floating debt promising another loan for next year. This Inst is the sixth, and, if account is taken of those made indirectly, the tenth. Facts speak loud enough, and comment is superfiu- ous, The hour is come for the country to pronounce @ solemn ent. What we demand above all is jud iight—a ton ification of the facts presented to the public. (Applause near the speaker.) Articles one, two, three and four were then agreed to, oy = bill In its aggregate was adopted by 218 votes to Ll. The Pope’s Ball—Call for a General Council. Rome, July 1, 1868, ‘The publication of the Pontifical Bull convoking an Ecumenical Council of the Bishops of the Catho- lie Church on the sth of December, 1869 (festival of the Immaculate Conception), took place yesterday morning inithe atrium of the Vatican Basilica, The College of Apostolic Protonotartes, accompanied by @ Pontifical Chamberlain and the apostolic messen- gers, were present at this ceremony. One of the Protonotaries ascended a pulpit erected near the great gate of the Basilica, bis colleagues sitting within, and after a fanfare of trumpets read aloud the Pontifical Bull of Convocation, two copies of which were afterwards affixed by the messengers to the columns of the principal entrance, The same ceremony attended the publication of the Bull at the Lateran Church, the Liberian Basilica, the Palace of the Curia Innocenziana, the Apostolic Chancery and the Campo 4i Fiork ‘The text of the Pontifical Bul: is as follows:— Pivs, Bisttor, SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD, for future memory :— r Son of the Fternal Father, out of the great love which he bore unto us, descended from his celestial throne in order to redeem, tn the fulness of time, the whole human race from the yoke of sin and from bondage to satan and the dark- ness of error, into which, by the fault of their first parents, they had long since miserably fallen, And ie not declining from the paternal glory, was born of the immaculate and most holy Virgin Mary, and manifested his doctrine aud the rule of life brought from Heaven, attesting it with so many excellent works and giving himself up, as an offering for u and as a victim, to God in the odor of sanctity, An having vanquished death He, before ascending into heaven to sit upon the right hand of the Father, sont His apostles into the world to preach the gospel to every creature, and gave to them the power of ruling the Chureh purchased by his own blood, and thus constituted what is the column and firma- ment of truth, and enriched by celestial treasures shows the certain cen of salvation and the light of true doctrine to all people. In order, then, that the ‘overnment of the Church should be ever maintained @ right and well ordered course, and that the whole Christian world should uplold one faith, doc- trine, charity and communion, He promised His aid unto the end of time, and chose Peter, whom He had deciared to be prince of the apostles, His vicar on earth and head, foundation and centre of the Church, ‘#0 that, invested with iis rauk and honor and with saya of chief and full authority, power and jurisdiction, he should teed the sueep and the lamba, ce rm the brethren, rule the waiversal Churth and be the gatekeeper of ileaven and arbier to bind and to loose—the effect of his judgments remaining anal tered in heaven. (S. Leo, serin i.) And that the unity end integrity of the Church and wer government might reiwain peryetually Im mutable, thereiore the Roman pontits” successors of St. Peter, sitting in this same oman chair of it and possess in fuil vority, jorediction a wren, Hence the goman Ponti, using the ant autthity over the whole fo fe Lord, ee, ste N heh Wy Ui rist b in wie Peter, inti igor the very same 1 primacy of Peter pastoral ca YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1868. from the to the setting sun, all and al Senet esd posing ils var ar Ca te Ly wi Justice attain eternal rd por it is Known to ali with what unwearying care Roman Pontitis @ gougiit to preserve the dey bid of the faith, the discipline of the clergy, and their holy and learned teachings, and the sanctity and dignity of matrimony, and to promote and extend the cacation of the youth of boli sexes, to foster the religion and ety of the peopi¢ and virtuous manners, to defend justice, and asvure the tranquillity, order, pros- perity and rights of civil society. Nor have the Pon- tiffs omitted, when they have deemed it useful, cially in times of gicat perturbation and calamity, for our most holy religion and civil society to con- voke councils, to the ends that by consulting with ail the bishops of the Catholic world, whom the Holy Ghost has aupctnled to rule the Lord’s Church, they might by their united strength providentially and wisely ordain all those things that would chiefly merre to define the do; leet bs ie Sith, a errors readypropagated or that thenceforwal ed, illustrate and elucidate dvctrine, uphol ‘and reform ecclesiastical discipline aud correct the cor- rupt manners of people. It is already known and manifest to all how horrible a tempest now agitates the Church and what grievous ills aMict civil society, The Catholic Church, her salutary doctrine, her vene- rated power and the supreme authority of this Ea tolic See are opposed and set at naught by tue bitter enemies of God and man. All sacred things are con- temed, ‘ecclesiastical Log ogg is plundered, bishops and honored men attached to the divine ministry and meu distinguished for their Catholic sentiments are troubled in every way and religious families suppressed. Impious books of every kind. pestilent journals and muititadinous and most pernicious sects: ure spread abroad on all sides, The education of the unhappy young is nearly everywhere withdrawn from the clergy, and, what is worse, is in many laces confided to masters of impiety and error. us to our poignant grief and that of all good men, and with mischief to souls that can never be suiii- ciently deplored, impiety and corruption of manners have everywhere propagated themselves, and there prevails an unbridled license and a contagion of de- praved opinions of all kinds and of all vices and im- moralities,#and so great a violation of divine and duman laws that not only our most holy religion but human society also is thereby miserably disturbed and afflicted. In the heavy accumulation of calamities whereby our ‘heart is thus oppressed, the supreme pastoral charge con- fided to us requires that we should ever increasingly exert our strength to repair the ruin of the Church, to heal the souls of the Lord's flock and to repel the assaults and fatal attempts of those who strive to uproot from their foundations, if that were possible, both the Church and civil society. And truly, by the help of God, from the commencement of our Pontificate, we, conscious of our solem obliga- tion, have never ceased to raise our voice in our con- sisterial allocutions and apostolic letters, and to de- fend ¢ instantly, by every efort, the cause of God and His Holy Church confided unto us by the Lord Christ, to uphold the rights of this Apostolic See, and o! justice and truth, and to unmask the insidious de- vices of its enemies, to condemn errors and false doctrines; to proscribe impious sects and to watch over and provide for the salvation of all the Lord' tock. And following the practice of our illustrious predecessors, we have deemed it opportune to assemble a General Council, which we have already long desired, of all our venerable brethren, the bishops of the whole Catholic world, who are now called to take part in our solicitude, These, our venerable brothren, prompted by the warmest love for the Catholic Church and re- markable for eminent. piety and for rever- ence toward us and this Apostolic See, anxious also for the salvation of souls and excellent in wis- dom, in doctrine and erudition, and greatly lament- ing with us the grievous condition of sacred and profane things, they will hold nothing more precious than to communicate to us their judgment and con- fer with us in order to provide salutary remedies for so many calamities, All these things have to be most carefully examy ined and regulated in this Kcumenical Council, more parslenlesly with regard to all that in these evil times concerns the greater glory of God, the integrity of the faith, the respect for divine worship, and the eternal salvation of men, the discipline of the orders of the clergy. and their solid and salu- tary training, the observance of ecclesiastical laws, the amelioration of manners, the education of Christian youth and the peace and concord of all. ‘And further, the council must seek by anxious study that by the help of God all ills may be removed from civil society, that erring wanderers may be led back into the right way of truth and that vice and error may be eliminated, our august religion and her salutary doctrine may everywhere be quickened by fresh Ilfe and may still further extend their in- fluénce, and thus piety, honesty, probity, justice, charity and all the Christian virtues may gather strength and flourish to the great benefit of human society. None ever deny that the strength of the Catholic Church and her doctrine does not alone regard the eternal salvation of men, but is essential also to the temporal welfare of peo- ples and to their real prosperity, order and tran- quillity and even to the progiess and solidity of hu- man science, as tae annals of sacred and profane history clearly prove by a series of splendid facts and still constantly demonstrate, And since Chi the Lord 80 greatly consoles and comforts us with these words:—“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them’? (St. Matthew, chap. 18, verse 20), we cannot doubt that in the abundance of His divine mercy he would vouchsafe to be present at this council, in which we shail be able to establish those things that in any way regard the welfare of His Holy Church. Therefore, after most fervent prayer offered up day and night in the humility of our heart to God the Father of light, we have judged it to be expedient that this council should be assembled, For this cause, strong in the authority of God the Father Almighty, the Son and the Holy Ghost, and of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, which authority ‘we represent on earth, we, with the counsel and con- sent of our venerable brethren the Cardinals of the holy Roman Church, by these present letters an- nounce, convoke and ordain the sacred Ecumenical and General Councii to be holden in this our city of Rome, in the coming year, 1869, in the Vatican I- lica, commencing upon the 8th day of December, sacred to the immaculate conception of the V! Mary, and to be prosecuted and conducted to its termination, by the help of God, to his glory and to the salvation of all Christian peoples. We therefore desire and command that our venera- biejbrethren, the patriarchs, archbishops, bishops, a8 also our beloved sons the abbots, and all others who by right or privilege are entitled to sit in general councils and to manifest their opinions to the same, should from all parts repair to this Ecumenical Council convoked by us; and to this effect we invite, exhort and admonish them, both in virtue the oath that they have taken tous and thia Holy See and of holy obedience, and under the penaities by the law or custom decreed against those who fall to appear at the Councti. We rigorous ly ordaim and prescribe that they shall be bound to attend this sacred Council unless witheld by some just impede- ment, which, however, must in all cases be proved to the Synod by the intermediary of legitimate proxies. We cherish the hope that God, in whose hand are the hearts of ‘nen, showing himself favorable to our desire, may grant that by His ineffable mercy and grace all the supreme princes and governors, more especially Catholics of all nations, growing daily more conscious of the iimense benefits which hu- man society derives from the Cathone Church, and knowing that the Church is the most stable founda- tion of empires and kingdoms, not only will not im- le our venerable brethren, the bishops and others om attending thie Council, bat will rather aid and favor this object and co-operate zealously as becomes Catholic princes in ail that may result to the gretter glory of Boa and the benefit of this Council, To the end that these our letters and the things therein contained may come to the knowlege of all whom it may concern, and that no person may be able to plead ignorance of the same, and as possibly they might not securely reach all those to whom they may be personally addressed, we desire and coromand that the present letters be read publicly and audibly by the messengers of our curia or some jablic notary In the Lateran, Vatican and Liberian silicas. After having been read they shall be affixed to the doors of the said churches, the gates of the apostolic chancery, {n the usual place in the Campo di Fiori, and in other p a ¢ places, where they will remain for some time for the informatton of ail, When the origina’s shall be removed they will be replaced by copies in tue same places. In view of such lecture, publication and exhibition, we ordain that two months from the date of publication and posting of our letters all and each of those whom they may concern will be bound thereby a iy Aa if they had been read and communicated them raonally. We further order and decree that copies of these letters, written or signed by a public notary dd bearing the seal of some ecclesiastical dignitary, may be accepted as “chen. au hentic, No man will be at liberty to oppose or rashiy contravene this our indicyon, announce- ment, convocation, statute, decree, command, precept and Invitation; and if any shall presume to attempt this, let him kuow that. he will incur the wrath of Almighty God and of His blessed Apostics Peter and Paul. Given at Kome, at St. Peter's, in the year of the in- carnation of our Lord 1868, on the 20th of June, in the twenty-third year of our Pontificate. J. PLCS, ishop of the Cathoite Church, L. t 8. (Here follow the siynatures of the cardinals.) AUSTRIA. Baron Reuss Bull to the Pop The Hamburg News giv summary of the note addressed by Baron Beust to the Holy See in these words:—The document is not a mere protest, as it repels distinctly the in nowise warranted pretension of the Court of Rome Ww inierfere tn the civil legis- lation of the Austrian Empire, Much more than that: the Chancellor declares the Vatican responsi- ble for whatever conflicts may arise from the excite- ment of parties in Austria; and this observation is not without reason, because public feeling in that empire is exasperated to xuch a degree that the moet trifling assemblage Is transformed into nti-clert- cal demonstration. The eplaco party irs to have become sensible of th a, whch it has thus imprudently brought npon itself, as we now ob- serve In the language of ite organs shades of differ. ence whi nounce, If not # complete division, at Jeast a divergency of views as to the course to be pursued with respect to the new legisiation. ENGLAND. Birth of Another PrincessThe Trouste The rincess of Wales was aafaly delivered Jnty 6, at heigant four, of a danghter-eher fourth child, Telegraph The bulletin issned st Marlborough House on the morning of 7th July, by Dre. Parre and Steveking, says that the Princess of Wales is progress'ng a8 fa- vorably as possible, and that tne tnfaut princess is "Neveral’ English proprietors and edi jetora and edi- tors were examined Jul Pr petore the Telegraphs Committee ; am: them were Mr, Taylor, of the Manchester mn; Mr. Saunders, Western Morning News; Dr. Cameron, North British Daily ‘Mati, and Mr, Finlay, of the Northern Whig, Ireiand. All these itlemen expressed themselves anxious for the of the tel phs to the Post office. the mem! of the Birmt A meeting of rs Ingham Liberal Association was held July 7, the object being to select three liberal candidates, Mr. ht, M. P., and Mr. Di: position. For the thi mae , Including Mr. Beales; but they were all withdrawn, and the vote of the committee showed 284 in favor of Mr. Philip Henry Muntz, A crowd outside awaited the result with great interest. Mr, Miles, brother of the member unseated for Bris- tol, who was brought forward as the conservative candidate ror the seat thus vacant, has issued an ad- dress in which he says that the House of Commons having prareenny decided that no new writ shall {s- sne for Bristol for the few Lae 8 days of the Present Parliament, the necessity for his appearing 8 a candidate has therefore ceaxed. He Jooks hope- fully to an appeal to an en constituency, on yiom the conservative party place the greatest con- The London Times says that the movement in favor of the return of Mr. Gladstone for Greenwich, with- out his personal co-operation and at the expense of the electors, is rapidly assuming an importance which promises complete success. Mr. James Howard, manufacturer, has consented to stand as a liberal candidate for Bedford, with Mr. Whitebread, Mr. Howard picdges himself to sup. ir. in ort the general policy of adstone. Captal i111 comes for» ard as the conservative candidate, The conservatives of Edinburg have resolved to in- vite Lord Stanley to be a candidate for the represen- tation of that city. The election addresses of Sir J. Lubbock and Mr. Angerstein, the liberal candidates for East Kent, are published, Mr. Walter and the Hon. A. Herbert addressed the electors of Berkshire at Wokingham. The Lord Mayor will entertain Lord and Lady Napier at a grand banquet on the 21st of July in Lon- don. The Duke of Cambridge will be present. The freedom of the city will be presented to Napier. ‘The London Telegraph says there can be no doubt that the government will feel it to be their duty to Paced steadily with the Bribery bill, and wili be ithful to the main principles embodied in the mea- sure. ~The London Standard observes that the revival of Urangales has furnished a text for some of the usval homilies on the bigotry and arrogance of Protestant Irishmen, and in @ leading article it defends the Orange party. THE NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON CONFLAGRATION. One Wing of the Building Destroyed—Exciting Scenes Within the Prison—Desperate Strug- gle with a Wife Murderer—Several Con- victs Escape. At half-past seven o’clock on Saturday evening, as ‘Was announced by a special telegram in yesterday's HERALD, the fire bells rang out on the placid evening air, and the intelligence that the State Prison was on fire circulated rapidly through the citizens, Ere many minutes had elapsed the busy tread of fremen and inquisitive people was heard hastening to the scene of the conflagration, Before the fire engines could be arranged for work the flames burst through the roof of the chain shop and in quick time the lurid glare of the atmosphere in that vicinity told too plainly the whereabouts and intensity of the fire. The evening was still, the air balmy with & gentle breeze from the South, and those who were disposed to take their accustomed walk after sundown and those who were not con- gregated in serried groups about the outer walls. The flames rose higher and higher, every moment attaining fresh vigor, and as they glided along the shingled roof assumed such brilliancy that, reflected from the sea of upturned faces, made them distiactly recognizable and enabled one to take notes with facility on the way side, The spectators relished the blazing spectacle, the sexes coqnetted, the more sedate talked fire and po itics, the more tired reposed on the commons to enjoy with ease the terrific gran- deur of the scence, and, in short, the outside pre- sented one general view of sprightliness and uncon- cern. When the fire engines and hose carriages ar- rived the authorities hesitated in allowing them to operate through the main entrance. The firemen expostulated, the fire was increasing in rage, and at length, when the directors of the prison came to comprehend the peril, they permit the hose to be Introduced in front. Four of the engines were along the canal side, about three hundred ran, yards from the prison walls, but after inning to work, several sections of the hose bu and the water escaped along the foor of the hall. Bi way, some of the hose is about fifteen besides the quantity was quite insu: messengers had to be des} @ necessary supply. the ars old, and icient, so’ that patched to the city to ob- tain With this delay and the distance of the water 8! great confusion ensued, and before the fire e1 ‘de iy es could be got into er gear the conflagration had assumed Ermidavle pro: ions. In the inside one had to wade to his knees th: the water on the floor; the smoke was almost sui cating, and what with the vociferating tongues of operatives and the cries of the prisoners, the interior was hideous in the extreme. By nine o'clock the chain shop in the southwest hich was con- structed entirely of wood, was entirely consumed and the south wing beginning to burn vigorously. Several streams of water were directed to this wing, but without any pare advantage. The inmates, ee in the cells of bear corridor, began feel the heat and manif their apprehensive danger by the most piteous wails imaginable. The fire on, the cella became more hi and when ‘unfortunate convicts could withstand the heat no longer they prostrated themselves on their faces to keep it away if possible from the more senst- ee, of tee vere a this a of the conflagration it was found indispens: necessary to remove the convicts from the Durning wing. Com- of the Rifle Cor under the command of ‘pt Beiviile, was called on, and with their assist- ance and that of the police officers they were deliv- ered from their torrid confines and some stowed away in other apartments and others allowed to re- = = halls under the guardianship of the National uards. While the convicts were being transferred one of them, named Rooney, imprisoned for life for mur- dering his wife, refused to leave hiacell. Two of the keepers essayed to force him, but he repelled their efforts with fury, and it was not until four men entered his cell that he could be constrained to leave. He remarked he was tired of living and wished to die and form a part of the general wreck of matter. It has not yet been ascertained how many escaped. Some have certainly decamped, but in the general chaos inside no definite account of the number could be given at this writing. One outsider was confined there yesterday for having given his clothes to a convict wio succeeded in getting away. Up to midnight the same surging crowd, ringing laughter and promenading still continued without, and it was not until Sabbath morning dawned and droway sleep began to fall with cambrous weight upon the eyelids of the spectators that the crowd commenced to disperse. At four o'clock yesterday morning the fire engines ceased playing, after an un- Interrupted aye of nine hours’ ration. The State certainly owes a debt of gratitude to the Fire Department of Trenton for their untiring exertions to overcome the flames and preserve the establish- ment, Company A remained under arms through- out the night and special wa'chmen were also pro- cured for the occasior Yesterday morning at six o'clock some of the conv were en: din ne ing and drying the halls and others in removing the débris from the cells that escaped demolition in the southern wing. The roof of the hall of the southern wing, the chain shop and, with the exception of a fow cells the wing Itself, are utterly consumed. ‘The damage to the institution cannot be less than $30,000, The keeper has not been able to leave bis room for the last two weeks and the disaster that has befalien the prison preys heavily on. him. The physicians administered opium to him on Saturday night, but yesterday morning he was very enervated. apprehensions were entertained yesterday of a ge eral stampede mg the convicts, and additional supervision waa employed. DRSCRIPTION OF THE PRISON. The New Jersey State Prison is situated on the bor- ders of the city, in the district known as South Tren- ton. It was a massive sione structure, embracing in extent almost a block, detached from all other batidin: nd far removed from the bustle of busy fe. The original building was erected in 18%4. Since that time additional wings were added; but, (withstanding this enlargement, the prison for many years was totally inadequate to accommodate the rapidly increasing number of convicts, To such ,an extent was this observable that in many ins ces two, and even three, prisoners occupied the same ceil. To the stranger, as he approached the sombre walls that surrounded the main building, aa ie of sad. ness Would naturally come Welling up in his heart, as they were desolaie enough in their appearance, made more so, perhaps, by their isolated nature, Passing the solid trom wicket at the principal entrance, one was ushered into a broad, high ball, part of the space lined by two ranges of massive stone columns, supporting rallery, @ portion of which niany of the cells ope into, the other ex- tremity being the residence of the keeper of the prigon and lis family. This hall opened into the outer portion of the building, where there were the greater number of cells, Workshops culinary depart- ments, &c. ‘The humber of inmates at the time of the fire wage about 450, forty only being females. The extreme of ages was recorded among them and they had com: mi ted crimes of all possible character. ‘The youngest | convict was about fifteen, while che eldest bore the | venty years upon his head. ie industrial Occupations of the piace were those of sloemaking, leather cutting and chair meking. The most improved me han cal appliances were | brought into requisition, and the amount of work turned out in the various branches was astonishing, yet with ail this the mstitution waa oniy self-sup- porting tu tie extent of twenty-five per cent, . POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Pennsytvania Democrats in the Field—Ad- dress of the Democratic State Committee. DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ROOMS, } CLEARPIELD, Pa., July 14, 1868. { To THE PROPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA:— The political contest just entered into is laden with» grave results to your business and to yourselves. ‘The radical party asks @ renewal of its power and % continuance of its misrule. Defeated in every recefit election, it now disznises its principles, and trusts for success to the military prestige of an available candidate, It offers to Grant the shadow of power as a price for securing the reality to Congress, Its success will bring you continued misgovern ment by a radical Congress, the control of every de- partment of the government by radical domination and the perpetuation of its iniquittes, its extrava- gance, its elevation of the negro and its prostration of your business interests, Tt came into existence ¢o benefit the negro: its devotion to his interests gave us four years of war, grinding texation and three thousand millions of debt; its determination to place the negro over the white man has for More than three years kept society shattered, commerce paralyzed, industry prostrated, the nattona! e?dit below par and the Unton divided. It has governed us for near eight years; the history. of ita first administration is written in four years of blood and recorded in ean enormons national debt; the history of its second administration is near four years of peace, with absolute power, and & Union not restored, a rovernment of the sword, business de- stroyed, taxation crnshing the energies of the peopie and the negro vested with the balance of power. Its end and aim is the preservation of rade! ver throurh the votes of negroes, and to this wili e sacrificed your material interesta, and, If aeces: sary, your persnal rights and your form of gover ment. Military rule oppresses the nation and eats out tle substance of the peonle. It is ft that Grant should lead the party that maintains that rule, for his laure! were gathored by the sword alone. The demoeratic party, placing itself upon the con- stitution, pledges itself to strict obedience thercio, to the maintenance of the rov-rnment created there by, tothe supremacy of law, to areform of aluses, to economy in administration, to equal taxation and’ to instice to all. Tt antagonizes and denonnees that infamons policy which, during more than three years of peace, has overtaxed the people, has governed by the sword and has destroyed the credit of the nation. Ita policv is one of thonghtful foresight, of can- tons statesmanship: it seeks no new path, but by ‘ho line of the written law, in the light of experience it will enide the republic back to the highway of progress and prosperity, and will restore to it na- tional credit and fame. It presents to you with pride its candidate for the Presidency—Horatio Seymour, of New York, @ sta‘eamman and an honest man. Capable and pure, possessed of large experience and gifted with the rarest qualities of the head and of the heart, strong in intellect, sound in judgment and prompt in action, none more competent to lead us back to the haven of law and order. Pennsvivania owes him a debt of gratitude for his Prompt aid when her border was attacked. The 1asnes are before you. They are— The statesman against the soldier—intellect against force—the law agatnst the sword. Tt is for you to determine which of these will best suit our present unhappy condition. By order of the Democratic State Committee. WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Chairman. Speech of General Wade Hampton in Bal- timore. At a democratic gathering at headquarters in Bal- timore, Thursday night, General Wade Hampton, among other things, referred to. the arrest of four- teen respectable citizens of his own county by the military authorities upon the: charge of tnurder, and who are now undergoing a tria! before a military, tri- bunal at Charleston, when their tnnocence could have been easily established at their homes. As an- other instance of the tyranny and brutal treatment of the military he referred to the arrest of twenty- six young men at Atlanta upon the suspicion of mur- dering a man, who were each imprisoned in a cell eight feet long and two and a half feet wide, with but one plank between them and the tropic sun. They must have died had they not prevailed upon the sentinel to dash buckets of water over them. (Loud cries of “Shame!” “Shame!’’) There is, fellow democrats, nothing we can call our own. Life, lib- erty and property are at the beck of irresponsible omcials, and we look for relief in the election in No- vember, (Applause.) It may be a matter of surprise that men who fought as men never fought before should so quietly submit to such great wrongs. They have submitted be- cause they believed to create trouble or ratse riot would injure the democratic party. fi yplause.) They have been patient in the hope that the great heart of the American people would be stirred at the sight of their woes and calamities. In their ashes their wonted fires burn, but they look forward w the election in November as their relief from the curses that now afMict them. Théy might hqve made good terms with the radical party, but they scorned to go over to those who oppressed their coun:ry. I am glad to state that the, demacracy of the North and the East and the West ‘met us with the heartiest cordiality, and promised ue never to Cease their effo rte until the ‘South was free. I am going home now with a great load lifted off my heart, Bul pe i of alter gs | these noble declarations, anxiety, with assurances of safety. 1 believe we shall near! carry ‘ly. renee all, the Southern States if we havea fair election If they will only count our votes we will carry them in spite of all the carpet-! rs they have. (Applause.) Maryland can do much in the coming campaign. You are free to Le and work. You have no shackles on your limbs or tongue. You can come and see us, and ing, tell the story of our wro! You can materially help us in every way. When I return to South Carolina I shall tell my beloved people they Will again hear the bugle of the old eit line, and see her sons fighting shoulder to 6! der under the constitution for liberty. then, return! Political Notes. Some of the new Southern Senators will find it dimicult to identify themselves if the newspapers keep on mangling their names as they do. General Abbott, Senator from North Carolina, has been called John, James, Joseph, and we don't know «hat else. His true name is Joseph C. Abbott, once a tolerably respectable lawyer and editor in New Hampshire. He went to the wars and has been going on until he ia now nothing but a United States Senator. How much further he will continue to decline since he has abandoned the editorial quill we will not ven- ture to guess. He may even have yet to endure the horrible infliction of a Presidential nomination. The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution considers the New York platform “the epitome of democratic princi- ples.” The radicals consider it better resembles the bottomless pit. a A radical paper says:—‘The mode of Governor Seymour's nomination for the Presidency, after hav- ing pledged himself not to be a candidate, reminds us of the story of O’Mulligan and his wife:—‘It's a bad cowld ye have, A drap of the crayther ud do no haarrum.’ ‘Och, hone,’ said Biddy, ‘I've taken the plidge, but yu can mix a drink, Teddy, and force me to swally it?" The Connecticut democrats talk of nominating Congressman W. H. Barnum for Governor, to suc- ceed English, and James Gallagher, of New Haven, for Lieutenant Governor, ‘The democrate have nomfhated Bryan G. Stout for Congress in the Second Michigan district. Some democratic politicians are endeavoring to make it appear that Seymour is an Irishman, a blood relation of the celebrated Rory 0’More. Blair takes whiskey for medicinal corns. Grant takes whiskey for So say the party paper: ‘The radicals call Blair a revoiutionist. One would think so, judging from the way the rebels “revoluted” before him during the war, A radical paper says the democrats are so defi cient in arithmetic that in adding up the Northerr States they don’t know how to “carry one.”” Who stuffed the Mayor's hat? Ord fs for Grant, but where is Grant's order ‘The eight hour gasmen in Philadelphia struck out the lights the other night, but the merchants and hewspaper men “struck tle,’? During the Erebusian darkness the other night in Philadeiphia a number of curious things occurrea. Acopperhead clasped a nigger by the hand and called him a Mann and a brother. A radical embraced a democrat and wanted him to take Mann's place on the radical ticket for Dis- trict Attorney. The editor of the Press and the editor of the Age met near the Girard House, and each invited the other to take a julip, The mistake was not dis- covered until Forney began to sing “The light—hic—of other—hic—days."* The author of “Bits of Biarney’ undertook to dance the Cancan with a hydrant on the soutuwest corner of Seventh and Chestnut, but the water was too much for him. He chasaé’d for a milk can, which @ milkman was watering up ander cover of the dark- hess, discovered he was laboring under symptome of hydrophobia, betook himself to his attic, where he was last seen getting up @ splendid can-canard for purposes— ‘unutterable” reasons, | his radical sheet. iiton says the democrats are ready to vote for the devil, Pray, Master Theodore, don’t join the demo woe party. You may become a candidate,