The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1868, Page 6

6 — GOVERNOR FENTON. Be Takes the Stump in His Native County. . pect to tutions and a disi of the tion, It will be in vain that our to divert the discussion by charg! which their present allies mad their own course has done opponents attem| = us with debt le necessary and which Sit, ee See inw * en ered with they ave helped t ‘and to which all parties in power are sub- Fe..ow O:TizeNs—I cannot conceal from you the Jeon it it was true that our yey could be justly embarrassment | feel, on personal grounds, in com- ued And Speaks to His Fellow Citizens of Jamestown, N. ig in the manner and to the extent they wouid have the people believe It 1s still of img from the capital of the State to speak to you on | importance dompared with the great principles on ‘he political issues of this canvass. The meeting of | which the canvass Beets and which are essential to neighbors and friends brings up associations and re- ee a ee nies wees a Trane tave Bections that could best find expression in social in- | js probable, but after all, to the everlasting honor of tercourse and visit with you, and which contend She eR Dee ae Ry eg ie deli m against the more rugged duties relating to a political | 804 pided honor and perpetuity of the republic, @iscussion. In a short time, however, almost con- Let me repeat that the question amano sports eurrent with the close of this canvass, I am to lay no meaty ote Cs axe a mimongh nt s o con- aside the cares of public position and return to Your | thie to form interesting and important themes for midst, and then I shall not hesitate to express the ican we So AE that the debt is no ebligation I am tn the friendship and | larger 0 it out t taxation is most ac poh pee to you and equitably distributed, and that the revenue 1a, in @ . Yitical every respect, honestly and economically gathered. The principles involved in the political con- | jt may be asked, however,. and the inquiry is signiti- ‘Micts which are incident to organized society are cant he ee J and piles Polley ee, ae : . | ear! period, reduce an fe the debt an few and not hard to be unde lipsiee oe eae conduct the finances with the least derangement to asm, excitement and acrimony of party ng the industry, credit and prosperity of the country? earried to agreater extreme under a form of gov- | The public debt has been created, and while the ernment like ours than in those where there is less | Cause which led to it must add largely to the Weight of odium resting upon the demo- freedom of public opinion and @ more restricted | Wratlo’ party. the question” of "immediate elective franchise. After all, this free, popular oOut- | and practical importance relates not so burst and discussion in which our people indulge mach to the responsibilities of the past as to the dis- onght to tend to greater intelligence upon contro- Position for the future. How shall we meet the ublic debt? What tem) shall we bring to the verted questions and therefore to greater security for | treatment of the natlo: expenses? These are the our rights and our liberties, In the case before us |} Vital considerations pow out of this subject, and upon which we are called to decide at the ballot | thou the presesation of the public faith, The maintenance of credit is dey phen these box in Novemberg it seems to me that no one not | days, when great emergencies freqnently arise, sud- misied by prejudice or ignorant of facts; need be in ey one ee KE ae ery § CF oa @oubt as to what is correct in principle or due from | made wars so formidable and pal Rim in the discharge of duty. I do not mean by this | credit is the right arm of the national safety. It is €hat the acts of one party are all right and of the | hardly less essential than a sturdy and patriotic ‘ther all wrong, for there is, doubtless, something to | Population, for while we have olvil commotions and gondemn in both; but that the purpose and general | Wars the munitions and means to support war are €tfect of the conduct of one party in @ great trial | Almost as indispensable as the stout and willing period such as that through which we are pasaing arms to direct them. An irreproachable credit is are right and beneficial to the country aud of the | #l8o @ gure key to therellef of burdens. We borrow other wrong and dangerous. money during a period of war at a higher rate of In other times the policies of parties are not apt | interest than we want to pay in time of peace. But to resultin civil disorder, whatever the varying for- | 8Sound credit would enable us to negotiate new tunes of political organizations. It is a struggle | loans in exchange for the old at a lower rate of in- within the forms of established government, and | terest. England formerly paid six and eight per each party alike devoted to the Union and ‘alike | Cent for all the money she borrowed, but now three Jovers of liberty, But in the present contest we are | Or four per cent will bring whatever amount is de- not free to mdulge the hope that the safety of public | sired to supply her wants. A scrupulous mainten- ance of the public faith, zane the public credit as good as the purest gold, 1s the key to financial ease, security and stability. ‘e would put our credit on this firm foundation, and therefore the Chicago plat- ailairs would be equally protected andsecured by the accession to power of either of the contestants. i bag ed Ley the patriotic sot eminent men con- ected with the democratic pai nor generally the members of that party, meditate Saarieeet form declares in the highest spirit of statesmanship and dishonor to the government, but that the plat- | for the payment of the public indebtedness in the form of the party, the declarations of many of its | Uttermost good falth, not only according to the let- representative men, and thespirit which seems to | ter but the spirit of the laws. control them and to animate the canvass on their | _ Nor does this involve any special hardship, even Part, tend strongly to this result, when judged by the narrow standard of immediate Yon do not expect me to undertake a review of | interest. Much has been said as to whether the pariles with reference to their adherence to or de- | debt should be paid in gold or in greenbacks. It rture from the spirit and power of the constitu- | Seems to me, howcver, that this question need not at ion. The events of our history and the views of | ny time assume a high degree of importance; or Yeading statesmen indicate an interpretation which | Father, that we may so conduct the finances as to the majority of the people willingly accept. Mr, | ©qualize at no distant day these two classes of Pendieton, in his Bangor speech dwells upon what | Money, and thus to render the one almost as desira- he is pleased to term the philosophy of our system of | ble as the other for daily transactions. While we in- fovernment. He says it is a union and nota unity, | sist upon the observance of the strictest good faith and he refers to the danger from centralization of | We do not propose to pay any considerable portion wet. He did not teil ys that the natural deduction | Of the debt atonce. In the language of the Chicago om his theory was that upon which secession was | Platform, it is our policy to extend it over a fair pe- attempted to be justified. tis better to have de- | Tiod of redemption. Meanwhile is is to be hoped we clared that, while our government is built up, main- | Shall be gradually and steadily approaching to a tained, conducted and defended by ourselves, there | $0und specie basis. Men the truth that, fs no power within ourselves, less than a majority | @3_ it was the exigency of war which of afi the people, that can change it, and the at- | Compelled us to depart from the accustomed fempt to do it’ outside of the forms prescribed | Channel, so with the return of peace we should 3e treason and forfeiture of political privileges. Of | again scek that ition which 18 indispensable to fourse I do not touch the pont of successful revolu- | healthful prosperity. It should not be so precipitate fon. After the fall of the confederacy the States | &3 to derange seen tes by careful and Bradens ‘which composed it were disorganized communities, | 2dvances, consulting all interests and guarding all and while they failed to escape from their obliga- | Mdustries, and thus gradually proceed toward the tions by destroying the Union they succeeded in re- | Necessaryend. And wher we have arrived at that mouncing their political rights under the constita- | Point there will no longer be much question as to the tion and in destroyiug their local State organiza- | Mode of paying the debt. Greenbacks will then be tions. is plain that on the dissoiution of the | equivalent to gold, and whether the creditor be paid armies, in 1865, there was no lawful local govern- in the one or the other will be a matter of little prac- = i any of the insurgent States, nor waa there Mt n tical cor juence either to him or the nation, ince authority in the people of those States to | the close of the war two hundred and sixty-seven regain their lost power. Having thus lost the func- | millions have been paid on the nape of the public tions of government in the States, what power wes | debt. With the reduction of taxation this rapid competent to restore their lost condition? It was | liquidation cannot be continued, but the simple Rot in the States themselves, independent of Con- | statement refutes the charges of infidelity to its trust ssional action and recognition, There was no | frequently made against the in power. I need wiul local Executive to cail an election, and there | NOt say that the statements of expenditure which was no lawful local authority to evoive an | have been made in the high quarters of those Executive. The President was competent to pro- | Who are advocating the election of a de- elaim peace, and he doubtless had authority to hold | mocratic administration are U1 over- these States under military rule until provision could | Stated, and made to convey an érroneous A careful research into the be made for their reorganization under the authority of public law; but he could not institute civii gov- ernments, for, under the constitution, Congress alone could guarantee a republican form of govern- ment to the states. He had no power to enact or to Fepeal an act of Congress. Clearly these were ques- tions for the law making power of the government, and to be determined not by his will, but by the will ef the nation, expressed in the form prescribed by the constitution. The policy of President Johnson, as @isclosed, was to assume the prerogatives of Con- ress, and to exercise in those States Lue powers re- nguished by the Confederate leaders. He uot ouly roposed Lis own terms to them but also to the na- ton and by reinstating the rebel authovity with in- @reused political power to confer upon them the fruits of victory. His pian embraced uo iess than Smmediate representation at Washington. It was oposed by him to restore those who had been de- ied in War to the position of a goveraing class, Fuling those whom they bad recently held in bonds and making laws for the nation which they had tried and failed to destroy. {nstead of a “union and not @ unity” their docirine plainly leads to a unton and @ unity, under the direction of the President, and a centralization of power tn the Executive not author- ized by the constitution and dangerous to the right- ful authority of the law making department of the government. It is a policy revoiting to the general gense of national justice and manhood and hostile to the genius and practical requirements of our insti- tations. The manner in which the authority of recon- structing or restoring these States should be exe- cuted by Congress is another thing, aud to that I shall have occasion to refer before 1 conclude wy re- marks. _ have said that the tendency of the democratic party was dangerous to the quiet of the country nd that the conurfued power of the republican party and unjust impression. will show that while the be pemepap srs inei- dent to the unsettled period immediately following @ great war are necessarily large, the cost of the gov- ernment, outsiie of the interest on the public debt and the pensions and bounties which @ grateful na- tion has justly decreed, exceeds very little the cost of the government in the average eight years preceding the war, under democratic rule, if we consider the inflation of prices and the Increase of population. AS We approach a more settled period this cost can and should be reduced. For the next year the na- tional appropriations are but a little over one hun- dred milhons. Taxes have been abated in the sum of more than ope hundred and fifty miilions within the last three years; so it is apparent that the repub- lican party tends toward retrenchment of expenses and a reduction of burdens. To no one could the cause of economy and rigid accountability be more safely intrusted than to General Grant, who, while temporarily in charge of the War Department, as at the uead of the army, has shown the firm purpose to lighten the burdeus of the people by systematic and wise retrenchment, Nor is it even a question whether the reconstruc- tion measures are wholly right in every provision, but whether in their scope and general character they were not necessary and wise acts, to the end that loyal men should be protected and loyal govern- ments established. It 18 to be regretted that Con- gress has at any time been compelled to exercise ‘unusual powers, even in the work of binding up and endeavoring to heal the bruises of our assaulted Uniou. But so it was during the war, because the exigency had not been anticipated and amply pro- vided for in our constitution and laws; and so it has been since, because the mild measures which the loyal nation proffered were again and again rejected, and thus, driven from point to point, resort was had to the military acts as the least that could be done Would strengthen social order and civil liberty. . . Rardly need say that the candidates of the two | £0 compel peace snd prevent vicleace Gnd aparchy. ries embody ylews of our present condition and | You can = oo mind the conciliatory he true mode of settlement under the constitutio: rg a te Lge ne cane ae and of future progress almost as opposite ab peace ment, “and how the rebel element of the South ‘and war—as irreconcileable as prosperity aud versity, It is fortunate, at least, to a correct under- standing of the matter that each party in this re- wpect is faithful to the leading ideas which marked Ms carcer from the first gun fired at Fort Sumter to ‘Whe close of the late session of Congress. It will not be found easy to divert fhe attention of the people from the true state of tion. One party strove to maintain the na- tionality, to assert the integrity of the Union and to supply the means adequate to this end; the ether seemed willing to impair it by unworthy con- cessions, disheartening the peopie by magnifying its difficulties, multiplying its dangers, belittling its Successes, destroying its necessary regulations and by repeated deciara tons of the utter impossibility Of attaining the end sought and of the wickedness ef the means employed. The one had faith and courage throughout the long dark night of war; the ether deemed the war a anda failure. These ‘Will be recognized as some of the well known views Of the parvec which lived through the war and that continue With positions very little changed by the Jexsons Which it taught, or by the entreaties of peace. The nomination of General Grant by the republi- cans was alike the natural expression of their prin ciples and a sigual m of gratitude and honor to the great captain who led our cause through the diMcuities and perils of war hag ggg 3 triumph, and the democratic party North denounced it and spurned it, Moderate yet frm in our Dae pore, consistent and uniform m the work of re- storing the Union, we had urged this measure for their acceptance. To our disappointment the ruling element in the South continued not only to manifest a opine of dostility, but also @ purpose to oppress those who in honor and justice we were bound to Mager We warned them asa re- sult that it would be the duty of Congress by more stringent measures to give effect to the popular will, ‘Thus it was that the advance movement was in some measure owing to the obstinacy of our opponents and areal necessity to suppress the defiant spirit and the cruel purpose of the rebel portion of the Southern population. Has not this schen® of reconstruction made good inder it @ majorily of the late insurgent ized and resumed practical re- lations to the Cnion, and why now attempt to de- stroy or disturb it? Is it the easiest and quickest way out of our difficulties, and is it just’ It is well known that the opposition of the President to the Congress has encouraged the pro-sinvery class and emboldened them tn more and more extreme, and more and wore unreasonable, if not revotutionary doctrines. Can this state of things be remedied by the election of @ President who Will continue the course Mr, Johnson has pursued? iq seems to me ‘that on this ground alone it is clearly our duty and rogress ? tates have Ii should be remarked, too, that his course “4 Yhroughout the war was’ hardly more gallant and | Pur Interest to Ce ‘mee. W i fai(iiful than it has since been true to the principles | In entire | accord hearty scquiesceice of involved io the struggle and wise tn their applica- = sounert ple, tong peters this, tion, Equal to great emergencies and exhibiting @ | 11° se propost fons a . fingleness of purpose and dev tion to principle rarely equatied, his ability to administer the affairs chews bp gpg Be A rat Td of the government with usefulness and houor | Prevent their execul 1 be like the pres. peered ‘to be generally conceded, and long | B¢Xt House of Representatives will, he ike the pice Defore the Convention he became’ the almost | Mt one, and it comes to ee Gee Daas orer on @nanimons choice of our party. No one, can | Som that the aifficulty which now Bangs over ts, doubt his honesty, but few even of the oppo- | Mreatening our repose and impeding our Promperty, etc party question bis ability, and none | Will hag oa wen tall tee iste it 19 probable we should hesitate to give hin their confidence aud | Graut If we should. il iyut it we enceeed, ax 1 eupport who prefer the peacefal consummation of | MAY have continued troubles of our the great work which the war, in the mysterious | fttmly belteve we shall, I look upon the future of our Sens ol Praviience, bas pinoed before us. In like | Country as presenting no hiatas in the course to- Mabner and with equal consistency with their his. | Ward increasing quiet, prosperity and Gs tory and objects the democratic party, after a tull | telligent suifrage im the South will then = comparison of views and mature deltverat gave | general as it is equal with all classes, and @ comm @he Homination for President to Horatt nour, | interest in the welfare of the government will spring: It is hardiy worth while to amplify; in a word, ita | UP Wad Anaily embrace those who to-day are 64 As well AS tuose who are friendly. I do not mean to express a doubt as to the result of this election. ‘Fhose who have taken careful note of the evyeuts of our history, and our progress in | passing from one to another, cannot fail to have ob- euMicient to state that trom the beginning the demo- cratic party Was opposed to the war, opposed to the means of sustaining i! aad op he measures | Which have been deemed nec © restore the country since the war. Witt the party character. ary q f oy have not the parivtian and cour. | served the steady growth of public sentiment upon = Ake 2 a if Por Seymour ha ‘been through | all great fundamental questions of government and out in entire sand hearty accord And so. it | Of Man. Let no one think that the current wil tarn fe that no man © 1 represent nin the | backward, It Is true there is danger at intervals canvass for the Presidency wit venerai | that the people, weary of the strain of active politi- as both trne to them in | cal warfare, surfelted with suecess and losing sight ing their most dangerous tender for the hour of the vaiue of tmmedtate enforcement With no purpose to question the motives | Of the principtes My h underlie the contest, may of n, it 1@ not too much to say that bat other | ®ve Way of seem ihdifferent to the result of the en could have be placed at the head of their | battle. Even if this was our case we should soon roe eae aay eg und opinions, in public and poile | Fecover the lost position, and our cause would only {ear knurs would have kiudied the spirit uf rebel. | Suffer oy the delay in ite triumph. ‘The foundations eal attuits, wowdgnd repudiation, both North and | %f republican goverment would indeed be shaken | When we can no longer rely upon the patriotism of 6 aiccessfully. ‘The issue, then, is plain. | ‘ In party accept the Southern States | "te people wreaent government’ as members of the | Let us look back for @ moment and review this and in good faith would gave them ali the | #olid advance of public sentiment ia demanding in «of the constitution, and 1 fartnfatly matin. | our governinent & more perfect embodiment of the ed immortal principies enunciated in our Declaration he r haracter of the public debt crea | in de‘on rat ihe democratic party de | of imiependence. The tessons of a century are sig- Bouowees (oese governments and is committed to | wivcant, oud uy OUe Cam read thowe this country bas without feeling the firmest' reliance in the wis- and the jom. Thus its condition of incom- both nume- the adoption into the and citizenship of naturalized to American significant that every marked from some blow Car it the ental ea that our ernment governed, little more than cue hundred years’ ago the friends of self- mt met at Albany and attempted 9 gene American Union, in ion to the exact Se, Meprossions of 8 In 1787, work being main of the new repub- iom. In 1820 the same [Fi process was repeated, in the enactment of the issouri compromise, and about a third of a century after, following the rude assaults this national : i i rinciple, the American people proclaimed to the ‘world, speaking through triumph of free labor in California and Kansas, unalterable de- votion to free popular government, Should | not say that from the territorial aggrandizement sought by the slave power came the free States of the West, and from a rebellion against the ernment of those who would have made an iniquitous system of labor the corner stone of the repul has come the emancipation of four million slaves and the enfran- chisement of a race? No better illustration of the growth of public sen- timent on these porn can be afforded than that of our more recent history. Again and again the na- tion paused that the insurgent States might return. The Emancipation proclaination, the Constitutional amendment, the Civil Rights bill, the inter- vals between these measures reveal a high sense of consideration, they also show,the direction and the firmness of the growth of public sentiment when stimulated by opposition to the application of those which underlie our political fabric, Against this rising tide the democratic party has striven, Its present appeals to the worst passsions and the worst prejudices will be as unavailing, I doubt not, as its previous efforts at any time during the last period of whe pation's Lia eh sete jo not share in the apprehension some profess to feel, that the vital conditions of our lonal life give evidence of premature dissolution. Neither our Political nor our civil strifes partake of the character of those which blacken the page of history of former republics, Theirs was a contest for territorial ag- grandizement, for governmental splendor, for ex- ery of power and personal ambition and re- jigious fanaticism; each in turn offered an excuse for the aggression of power upon weakness; it was a triple index, point to a bloody @ fitful resent and an unhaliowed future, been, the main, a steady pull for the broader rights of man, for still more lberal sentiments, to be fai embodied in the constitu: tion and laws. With us it has been a confict be- tween the great truths uj which our political system rests and a misl copoaiee sometimes lied to an odious and discarded despotism. The flerce eens of our ancestors with the Indians for a foothoid on this Continent, their colonia wars with the French, their iin contest for independ- ence, the war of 1812 and the recent gigantic struggle with rebellion illustrate the popular and tenacious idea of liberty and union. Following well the doc- trine of the fathera we have reason to congratulate ourselves, my friends, upon the progress and stability of the principles we have sought to maintain, « In the pend contest the national character is more deeply involved than in any previous one; all classes are implicated, and I suppose in the presence of 80 many yo men I may be pardoned for saying that no portion havea greater interest in the result than they have. The men at the head of affairs must, in the nature of things, soon give up the places they occupy to those who now in early manhood enter upon the duties of our busy national career. To them will be committed the duty to promote the future common welfare, to develop with fostering care the vast and diversified, but, toa great extent, the still latent resources of the Continent; to spread cultiva- tion and civilization over its unoccupied districts; to give higher development to every form of industry, and to prevail in the benefits to be derived from tue commerce of the world, It is all-important to us and to them, to thelr future prospects and our com- mon fame, that they become identified at once with the party of equal rights, feeling that duties are con- stant and that justice is born of heaven aud must prevail, Beginn! right men grow strong as they row old, The value of government consists in the eedom it affords and the rights and civil order; but it can have only what the people who compose the government give to it. It Tequires constant vigilance as well as constant tidelity. Thefyoung men have more of the spirit and enterprise that liberty inspires, ag well as more years, and their reward for having engaged in this cause of ours will be corr ut ly great. There 1s no hope, in my opinion, for a long and success. ful career to the democratic party. deflance of the iessons that a genuine progress has written upon every leaf of our histury, they have become the party of reaction. Herodotus tells us of a graminiv- orous animal that had long projecting horns, which when it would graze struck into the ground and pre- vented it from movitig forward, 80 that it was com- pelled to move backward. Laying aside the com- parison, which, however, will not be regarded as wholly inapplicable, it may well be said that the democratic party is opposed to facts, to the logic of events, and must become unenviabie in the distinc- tion which history will give to it for its course dur ing the past few eventful years, no leas for opposi- tion ety = and necessary legislation for peace than to rapid triumphs in war. IT hope | do not weary you, but you will expect me to say something about the affairs of our State. There 18, indeed, occasion for solicitude here. The debt is large; our system of internal improvements requires the most careful supervision and manage- meat; the scheme of education, prison discipline and our numerous charitable and public tustitutions shouki receive thoughtful consideration and such generous support as our already maid burdens will vermit. Have we anything to gain in this respect I know something of the dim- om & Change? culties attending the administration of our State ws. 1 know how dificult it is to satisfy all the members, even of our own party; but I have learned aiso that a firm endeavor to protect the pubiic interests will in the end always meet the approval of the people. My observation does not lead me to believe that the interests of the State and the welfare of the people would be .en- hanced by being placed in democratic keeping. "The party which controls in the city of New Vork, and which has grossiy mismanaged its affairs and fear- fully Increased its burdens, would rule triumph in the State, A review of the journals of the Legio- lature alone will satisfy any one, it seems to me, that we take a large risk in giving over to the Tam- mary democracy. the seal of State. Perhaps no State in the Union has a deeper interest in the result of the nationai canvass than ours—the canvass for President, Vice President and members of Congress—aud we will not fail in united earnest effort, which ought to give us the victory. The wealth of New York is large beyond that of any other State, and in an equal ratio the people are concerned in the credit of the State and the certain and honest payment of the national debt. Our im- meuse industries are involved; the dally laborer, the capitalist, the men in the various trades and the professions, all are alike interested. Who of these men do not feel a conscious pride in the credit of New York, and who would not blush with indig- nation to tarnish the honor of their growing nation by wronging its creditors? We have alike labored to keep down the debt of tie State and pay off the debt of the nation. In less than three years since the war we have paid off one-tenth of the principal of what we owed, be- sides the extraordinary demands upon us in the way of bounties, pensions, increase of expense of our In- dian service, the high prices resultit from the de- preciation of paper money and the ordinary expenses of the government. Every widow who has a small sum deposited in the savings bank; every laborer ‘who works by the day, month or year; the soldier who receives @ small allowance from the government in ition of his valor and his sacrifices on the battle field, aud the property of all is equally con- cerned in the maintenance of the policy of our ve the debt and currency question. The s' ity of the latter is almost a necessity to tne faithful dis charge of the former, and tn every aapect it is an ob- ject of vital importance, [tis the representative of produce and of industry, and every act which dis- credits {t or impairs the national ability to support it ie acrime inst the people. With pradence tn all matters pertaining to the ad- ministration of government we need not shi our shoulders at the weight of our burdens. In this re- spect we have nothing to gain, but much to fear in allowing the democratic party to attain the ascend- . Our debt ts leas upon population than that at Britain and hardly more than that of seve- ral countries of the Old World which have far less ability for payment than our own. We have vast material wealth, resources and varied inctastry that surpass any other country. Our popu. lation i# estimated at one hundred millions in 1900. So if we should only support the ordinary ex- penses of government and pay the interest on the puolie debt during the intervening period the amount to each person would be fees than half what it is now: yet the republican party, acting upon the principle that each generati ae far as it is possible, should reduce the general bur- dens, has entered upon & moderate course for the extinguishment of the debt, which will resuit in auire payment within a third of a century. The great future of our country is beyond the most san- quine hopes, if we are faithfal in the discharge of the trusts committed to our hands, Never with any other people were privileges so great or yespomsii- bilities so sacred, It is a waste of time to recur at length to the con- duct of the democratic party, running back throu the last twenty years—conduct which has brought al! our troubles tipon {tis presumed that a col- jection of events so essential to be known by every American citizen has not been neglected by you. f cannot, however, forbear to mention the so-called compromise measures of 1860, and how the demo- cratic party toid us, at the Baltimore Convention in 1862, that they would thereafter resist all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question under whatever shape oF color the attempt be made; and yet how, In 1854, they destroyed the Missouri restriction in the inter est of slavery; the violence they instigated and the blood they shed in Kansas for its establishment, and how they attempted to enforce the Lecompton com stitution with its sanction of human vondage, upon that young and liberty-devoted State. It is no time for passion; I make no attempt at exaggeration, and, therefore, speak calmly of the ast and appeal to you in sober seriousness of the ature. Im the nature of things there can be no dis- franchised class in this cael Even the late rebels, af @ class, are not excluded from the ballot box, ‘Those Who are disqualified by the fourteenth ib Wii Gry Jong Ve Feetored by the gene protection it gives to civil | rosity of QGongress; but I warn my friends, — placing power very soon in of men who have so recently assailed the government they had sworn to sa) and those who, because they did not then @ them as rebels, now have their almost undivided support; against ue wer in the Roancial good faith and honor of the nation, THE EARTHQUAKES. The Losses in Ecuador, Peru and Chile— Report of the Earthquakes at Sea. The Shocks in Ecnador—Losses by Fire—Con- sternation of the People. At Guayaquil on the nights of August 10 and 11 there were several large fires, some of which are said to have been incendiary. Among the latter are the loss of the stores belonging to Messrs, Pedro Pablo, Garcia Morena and thirty others. On this account an edict was published forbidding any one to travel by night without a lantern. At Quito, August 16, a very violent and disastrous shock was felt, Nearly every house in the capital suffered from it. Nine dead bodies were taken from the ruins in the capital, and six in Cotocallas and San Antonio. The whole population rushed to the country, and those who had no means to leave town gathered in the squares in open spaces of the city. ‘The Convulsion in Peru—The Shocks Felt at Sea—People Get Seasick—The Shocks Felt on the Way to Bolivia. At Ica the shocks lasted over five minutes and either ruined or seriously damaged every building in{town, During the shocks the warehouse of Messrs. Erqui- aga & Co., with three stores adjoining, took fire and the loss is estimated at $500,000. At Pisco most of the damage was done by the sea bore, which at one time receded so as to leave the beach dry a distance of 600 feet. At midnight on August 13 the town of Chincha Baja was washed away. The distress was enormous and afflicting. ‘The Central American bark Governor Pozzi report- ed on arriving at Callao that in latitude 15 degrees and 45 minutes and longitude 75 degrees 44 minuteg, on August 13, at 4:43 P. M., a violent shock was felt which endangered the vessel and put the compass out of order. At 6:40, when in latitude 15 coger “4 munutes, another shock quite as violent was felt, At the Chincha Islands the shaking of the earth was such that the people became seasick. Several such shocks were felt on the islands during the even- ing. At about half-past nine P. M.a horrid noise was heard, as if heavy wagons were rus! through the streets, and it was no! that the sea risen to an immense height along the mole, washing all the buildings along the shore. The lighter comeeny have lost most. the vessels in port met witl more or less damage. A man, his wife and their daughter were carried out to but the two former ‘were cast ashore again uninjured. At Tacna, for several days before August 13, shocks snd underground noises were noticed after evening. But the great shock was felt August 13, at about five P. M., lasting for over five minutes. Ail the build- ings have suffered more or less, and over forty houses are in complete ruin. The day was overcast, and just after the shock it began torain. Up to August 6 over sixty-four shocks were felt. At Sama and Locumba the shocks were more powerful. Not a gnge house remains in either one. The vine crop is jtroyed. At Hula the same holds, On the road to Bolivia, near Palca and La Portada, the shocks were felt most violently. Immense boul- ders were thrown from the heights, and in some cases the hills were burst open with tremendous noise and the population fled in dismay. Moquegua is a mass of ruins. Houses, churches, hospitals—all came to the und, The number of dead is incalculable. In a few hours over @ hundred were tdken out of the ruins, From the ruins of a school in charge of a Mrs. Perez the bodies of seve- ral children were taken. At Tozata over six hundred shocks were felt. Nearly all the buildings were de- stroyed, but no lives. Besides Arequipa, where over two thousand lives were lost, Chala, Conary Quicacha, La Cabecera, &c., several others are said to have been Ca peared ruined. Chumpe, Cozacura and Charpa ytelded over one hundred and twenty victims; Chaparras and Quicacha about tive. Four persons were killed at Chacavento. At Cerro Azul Messrs, Suares and Ruaine lost all their stock. The Earthquake in Chile=The Shocks Felt as Far South as Concepcion—The Time of the Shocks at Different Points. The earthquake which made so much damage in Ecuador and Pi was felt quite severely in Chile. ‘Three most powerful shock were felt in Talcahuano about nine P. M., August 13, The most violent of all was the second shock. The ebb tide was ex- traordinarily strong, and the return tide swept away all the docks and the most populous portion of the town. All the citizens were obliged to take refuge in the country. Still we have no loss of life to chronicle. At Penco the same scenes were enacted. We fear that Coronel and Lota fared as ill as both Talcahuano and Penco. At Tomé the only damage we know of is the wreck of some lighters and small vessels, the destruction of the Beila Vista bridge and the wash- ing. out of two blocks that bordered the water. ‘ne Governor of Talcuhuano was carried out by the sea bore and afterwards washed ashore on two spars. ‘The only injury he sustained was the breaking of one of his legs. At Copiapo the shock was first felt at 5:30 P. M. on August |, but it was so weak that few noticed it. This shock was neither preceded, accompanied nor followed by any noise. og the night the shock was felt aguin, and at 4:30 A. M., August 14. another more violent shock was felt. The only distinguish- ing feature about this latter was the great under- ground noise and a slight movement of the ground. At Caidera, about 8:50 P. M., August 13, the sea began to retire. There was not even a breath of wind, At about half-past ten, after the beach had been for some distance left bare, a formidable wave arose, which rushed on the reefs, where it broke with great noise, and rushed over ground that had never been covered with tidal water. The wave rushed past the seutineis’ and was fully three yards higher high water mark was e ‘This wave covered the railroad bridge, reached the fresh water reservoir of the railway company back of the station and overthrew the pile of lumber that surrounded the station. One of the vessels In port War cast against the buildings at the station and badiy damaged. Most of the remaining vessels were broken loose only after the third or fourth wave. A couple of lighters were left high and dry. Most of people rushed for the heights above the light- we. Some started for Copiapo with all their valuables in hand. Finally the sea went down; but all Caldera sat up and watched that night. ‘The losses at Constitucion and Talcahuano are es- timated at about $300,000 each. The steamer Inde- — at Constitucion, was carried ten blocks up Ore. = g 2 & z THE WILL OF THE LATE EDWIN A. STEVENS, On Thursday afternoon the will of the late Edwin A. Stevens was opened and read In presence of bis family. Two public school houses in Hoboken, built by Mr. Stevens, are bequeathed to the city in perpetuity provided they be not diverted from edu- cational purposes. He bequeaths $150,000 for the erection of an educational establishment on the block at Hudson and Sixth streets and $500,000 for the maintenance thereof when established. The Steven's Battery is to be completed at a cost not ex- ceeding $1,000,000, and when completed to be pre- sented to the State of New Jersey. In the event of the State not a it the vessel will be sold and the proceeds will ded to the estate, ith the exception of the foregoing bequests the entire property fallato the widow and children of deceased. ‘The executors are Mrs. Martha B. Stevens dag of deceased), Samuel B. Dodd (brother of irs. Stevens) and W. W. Shippen. The latter gentle- man wil! continue to transact the busmess of the Stevens property and becomes chief agent of the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company. For the last few years he has had aimost absolute con- trol of Mr. Stevens’ business. The total value of the Pert, bequeathed, in- capital and real estate, amounts to nearly $20,000,000, This does not include the water front from the Hoboken ferry to the Elysian Fields, which at the lowest value would realize $15,000,000. Within a few years, when piers aud docks will be in & demand up the river, this water front will bring double the amount set down, espe- cially a8 the biysian Fields will sooner or later come a great ratlroad depot from the West. Even now the West Shore Hudson River Railroad, in process of construction, terminates there. Mr. Stevens certainly found himself, on attaining his majority, the heir to ahandsome fortune, but un- like many Unfortunate speculators, spendthrifie or lazy men of his time, he invested ail in what eventu- ally brought lim coloseal wealth, His mind was an active one, and was ever engaged in the prosecution of some scientific plan or business enterprise. Slow- ly, but steadily, the resources of the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company doubled and trebied, till Mr. Stevens found himself monarch of @ territory larger than the principality of Monaco. His genius was not natural, but was the product of activity, perseverance and inflexible determination. DESTAUCTIVE FIRE IN BERGEN, K. J. Seven frame houses recently built on Rergen avenue were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. ‘The loss reaches $22,000, insured for $10,000. How the fire originated is not known, but when it was first seen bursting through the window of one of the dwellings it had gained such a hekl of the flooring within that nothing save the immediate attendance ofa fire engine could nave saved it. By the time the fire companies arrived, bowever, from the vicinity, ag well as from Jersey City, three of the buildings were on fire. The fire was the most ter- rife while it Jasted ever ecen in this quarter. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1868. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. SuNDAY, Sept. 20, 1868, The market for government securities was on the whole firm during the week under an improving de- mand for home investment and a steady absorption of five-twenties by the: bankers for shipment. ‘The speculative business among the dealers was not very active, however; but the borrowing demand on nearly all the issnes continued large, the “short” in- terest outstanding being still heavy. twenties of 1867 are the favorite security both for shipment and on home account, ang the transactions in these have been larger of late thanin any other stock, while the difference in price between these bonds and those of 1862 is prompting European holders to exchange the latter for the former. The five- Pub- lic confidence in the national credit is grow- ing; and the supply of bonds haying reached its maximum, while the demand not only continues unabated but goes on increasing, and is likely to do so from year to year, the market value of our se- curities cannot fail to steadily appreciate until five- twenties are at least ona par with three per cent consols in London. At present they are cheaper than any others in the country for the rate of in- terest they bear, although the people are not fully aware of the fact. There is, consequently, no in- ducement to buy speculative stocks at the current high quotations while governments can be got at prices which will appear very low two or three years hence. Those who anticipate Congressional action upon the question whether five-twenties are redeemable in gold or greenbacks are more than likely to be disappointed, although the subject will probably continue the theme of political speeches for some time longer. The question will be practically solved when we resume specie payments, and not until then, and both the government and the bondholders will have reason to be satisfled with the result. » The market closed very strong, with creased activity this week. indications of in- The stock market was on the whole strong and ac- tive, and at intervals considerable excitement at- tended the dealings, especially those in New York Central, Erle and Pacific Mail, in which the transac- tions were particularly heavy. The annual election of the Erie Company will take place on the 13th prox., and the transfer books will reopen on the 14th. The advance in New York Cen- tral was attributed to the prospect of the long talked of stock dividend being declared, and it is said that the matter will be brought up for consideration at a meeting to be held on Saturday next. Itis hard to see, however, how a stock dividend will ultimately improve the fortunes of the stockholders, and its speculative effect has been largely discounted. The great and to all but a few the unexpegted abun- dance and cheapness of money was the main cause of this brisk speculation for a rise following the bearish feeling which prevailed a fortnight ago, and the bulls made capital out of the rather heavy ‘short’? interest outstanding, Several weak houses on the bear side were reported to have failed on Thursday and Friday, and stocks were bought in under the rule for their account, There is no doubt that, with very few exceptions, prices are far above the range of real values and almost entirely under the control of cliques, and therefore the outside public should avoid these inflated speculative stocks as they would so many arrows. tive borrowing demand. Erie continues scarce and in ac- The gold market was without any marked specu- lative feature during the week, although at one time rumors of impending political trouble between France and Prussia were circulated, and the extreme fluctuations were limited to 14 per cent—namely, from 143% to 14474, and at the close the drift of spec- ulation was in favor of a lower premium, the latest quotations on the street on Saturday having been 14434 81444, with the sgles at 1443. There was a good borrowing demand for coin from the bears and loans were generally made ‘flat.’ demand at the port aggregated $2, customs 514 and the exports were $640,390, while the Sub-Treasury dis- bursed $328,388 in payment of interest on the public debt. The loss of nearly a million and a half in specie by the city banks is almost entirely attributa- ble to withdrawals for the payment of customs duties, The daily range of the market was as under- stated: — Monday, Tuesday. Wedneadi Lowest. 143% Money was abundant at tnree per cent to the prin- cipal dealers in government securities and at four per cent to borrowers on mixed collaterals, with ex- ceptional transactions at five, some lenders asking this rate for small and moderate amounts on the pledge of speculative stocks. ‘The supply of commer- cial paper was about equal to the average of late, and the best grade passed freely at 6% a7 per cent, and in a few instances at 6. The dratn of currency westward was light, and this feature of monetary affairs is reflected in the statement of the associated banks of this city for the week ending yesterday; for although the deposits shiow a decrease of $2,664,487, the loss in currency deposits is only $1,179,287, the decrease in specie being $1,485,200, changes are unimportant, but they, alike with the other figures already quoted, favor continued ease at this centre. The other There is a decrease in the loans of $803,594 and in the circulation of $96,233, while in the legal tenders, which includes three per cent cer- tificates, there is an tncrease of $343,372—a result not improbably due to the return flow of currency from the West, which, according to some estimates, was nearly equal to the amount remitted to that section. The totals of the last two statements are as sub- jomed:— Loans Specie Circulation. Sept. 19, $271, 252,096 ‘The gencral trade of the city was moderately ac- tive for the season, but prices were not in all cases fully supported. The drooping tendency of cotton imparted heaviness to cotton fabrics in the dry goods trade, and domestics declined from a half to one cent per yard. The decline was assisted in seme in- stances by jobbers anxious to replenish their stocks at the reduced quotations. The auction sales were less numerous than tn the previous week and not #0 well attended, while the bidding was comparatively spiritless except for fine foreign goods and woollens, which were comparative'y firm. ‘The foreign exchange market was dull and droop- ing, especially towards the close, owing to an en- larged supply of bills drawn against shipments of produce and five-twenties and the absence of a corresponding demand from importers and others for remittances. Prime bankers’ sterling at sixty days declined to 108% on Saturday, and at the close bankers’ bills on England at sixty days were quoted at 108% & 108%; at three days, 10874 & 10934; com- mercial bills, 108 a 108%. Bankers’ bills on Paris at sixty days, 5.20 a 5. » On Berlin—Bankers’, 71% a 71%; commercial, 71a 711%. On Bremen—Bankers’, 19% @ 70%; commercial, 78% a 79%. On Frankfort— Bankers’, 405; a 40%; commercial, 4096 @ 40%. Annexed is a comparative statement showing the shipments of specie from this port last week and during the year to date, together with those for he corresponding periods in 1866 and 1867:— 18 Thirty-eighth week. $112,500 1867. $179,222 1868. $646,390 Previously reported 53,540,758 42,315,260 65,352,066 Total a eevee seo $53,063,258 $42,404,472 $65,908,946 ‘The exports of specie from this port to date tn the previous fourteen years compare as follows:— $21,727,702 34,676, 107 31,105,416 41,846,247 3,268, 108 38,462,074 2 56,444,871 1869... | this port and thrown on the 1858. 1862 Subjoined is the total valuation at the port of New York for the week ending Sep- tember 18 compared with those of the two preced i 5 Iso the value of dry goods entered | this port and thr arket for the corre- sponding period in 1866, and 1867 Week ending Sept. Sept. 1. Dry woods....... 362,700 $1,807,313 Gen’! merchandise... 2,222,071 6,94 Total for week... . $4,584,771 $4,222,256 ‘The imports of dry goods fer the week January | compare as follows: — For the Week 1866. 1867. Entered at port. . $2,462,663 $1,546,197 ‘Thrown on market, 2,625,781 2,327,506 Since Jan le Entered at port. .100,08%998 69,982,313 Thrown on market.v7,447,006 76,114,534 of foreign imports | «610,875,202 19,918,128 . 18, beer (96,013,205 Sed since 1868, $2,208,040 2,000,247 61,871,290 63,905,877 eaaamocheaeneee SATURDAY, Sept. 19-6 P.M. an wy while pearl were quiet at former prices— viz., $10» $10 45. . Corrzx.—The market for Rio was dull and unchanged, Other kinds were also dull and unchanged. -* Corgow.—Receipts 28 bales, The market was moderately active, the demand being principally from spinners, and prices were firm, closing, however, rather heavy at our quo for spinning, $35 on speculation and 900 for export, We Uplandaand Mobile and Orleans Florida. ‘Memsnes Mond Sess, 2136 ‘2 a] B . 35 35 28g ay 2855 2936 OUR AND GRaty.—Receipts, 15,663 bbls. flour, 1,629 do. corn meal, 88,588 bushels wheat, 125,95 do. corn, 163,561 do. oats, 15,800 do. has, The only noteworth rye and 19,596 bar.ey. chatige in the muarket for Siate and ‘Western tlour was a fal ing olf in the export inquiry. ‘The demand for the local tra was likewise less active than yesterday, but the market re- duained steady: and sellers generally realized full prices for all grades, California tour was ‘at yesterday's figures. ‘The sales were about 10,000 bbis. Southern tour was dull and in buyers? favor; sales 375 bbls, Corn meal was quiet, but steady in value, ‘The sales were about 200 bola.” We quote :— Sai EES Sowa sem. ZSSSanssessssessessse PPR DPCP PEPER EEE EE ES anuusesscteseasy $ concessions. Dusheln at Bi 70 for fait No- 8 aprio, to choice No. 2 do., closin; 3 No. 1 do. a $2 60 for white Mich! i diana, @2 for amber Stals, 83.35 a $8.85 for ‘am! igan, the latter price for prime old and No. 1 Detroit, on pri; vate terms. California was nominal at $2 60 for superior and 82 72% for prime. Corn was more active and firmer. The sales were about 150,000 bushels at $1 190 1, 30 for prime Rew mized, closing at the outelde price @1 25 for white, gl 15 a Sl for unsound mixed, @1 for ime, in store. Onis were in good’ demand an je. m 20. higher. 000 bushels, at 720, a 780. for new afloat Rye was steady, with sales of 1, tern at 182. Barley con- Moued io fair ‘demand and firm, and sales were made o 18,500 bushels prime Canada West at $1 8901 9. Barle; malt remained dull and nominal, FREIGHTS wero decidedly more active and a moderate ad- in rates was establi The engagements were: Toun 71000 bushels wheat at Gd. a 7d. 100 tone ol cake at H0s., $00 bbis. rosin at 2s. and per steams '. 2s. pans adat at Tara figds_ and 90 Sola, Fonts at dee Ga. Glasgow, per steamer, £0,000 bushels wheat at 9d. and 600 bbls, flour at 8. The wore :—a Norwegian bark, ith 3,200 quarters, grain, to for orders, at 7s,, and = Russian vessel, with 5,000 bbls. petroleum, to London, at ba. 3d. GUNNIES.—Bags were dull and nominal at 180. a 19\¢¢. Cloth was dull and unc! at disc. a Hors.—All kinds were dull, and prices favored the buyer. Titans Ber exon fe @ 20c., 1868 do, loc. a 2ic., and foreign fizwr.-Manila was firmly held at 12c., gold, at which there were a few 1 sales. Jute was firm at bic. a 60.4 old, CHAR cortaned in fair demand and | firm 9 Toc. 2 Bie. for a oF retail lote, 75c. for al e atraw tnd boot tor tong do. ‘The receipts continued lights” MoLasse£8.—The market was tolerably Coy ae ‘ices were very firm. The sales were 250 hhds. Porto Rico at b5c.», 60 do. clayed at 42c., 191 hhds. 20 tierces Trinidad at 43c. ans and 275 bhds. Cuba muscovado on private terms, * NAVAL STORES.—For spirits turpentine the market wap: quiet and prices were a trifle easier and Meh ae Sales were le of 60 bbls, at 46c. and 8) do. New York bbls. at 47e,, closing at 460. a 47%. "for merchantable and shipping lots. There wi done in rosin, prices of which, yesterday's quotations, viz. :—#2 straint $2 13. We heard of no other sal quiet at #4 for Wilmington. 0118.—Lard oll was quiet, but firm, at #1 65a $165. Line seed remained steady at 81 04 a $107, in casks and bbis. Other Kinds were dull, but steady, at fornier pri PROVISIONS.—Receipta, 60 b! ork, 185 pkgs. cut meats, 824 do. and 250 lard, ‘The market for pork wa8 very Prices there was no change of moment. The sales were about 650 bbls. at 828 8734 a #20 25 for new mess the latter price for smail lots, closing at about $29 for los—#94 35 a #94 60 for prime and extra prime and 496 for prime mess. Live bogs. were in fair demand a! ic. & sn price favored head. Lp ee ag re any business as scarcel; » however, were steady ab & 82°70 for commoy lo an demand snd prices favored the purchaser, The sales w 70 bbis, at 613 a $20 for plain mess and ¥30 a $24 for extra do. Of tierce beef there were no sales, and prices were entirely nominal. Beef im- proved demand), but prices | were, lower, The sales comprised 180 bbis. at B26 a For cut the market was quiet, but without change of moment. The sales were only about 50 pacl 12ig0. e ages at .13\e. for dry salted and pickled shoulders, 13)9c. » 19. for ‘Western and city pickled hams and ic. a 213gc. for smoke: and bagged do. ‘In bacon the transactions were few, com rising only about 50 boxes, at 14%%c. for Cumberiand cut.’ Lard was quiet on the spot, but fn moderate demand for future delivery. prices were inchanged. The sales were 450 . for No. 1 to prime steam ; also iivery and 250 tlerces for October de- ‘fon on private TETKOLEUM.—-Receipts 1,613 bole, retined and 96 do. For the latter the market was rather qulet, and prices wore heavy, at 6c. We heard of no sales of conse- quence. The market for refined was tolerably active, and a advance in prices of fufly 3c. was established, standa white not bein; below 30ie. The sales were bIs. at Suc. a 803¢e.—almost all at the latter price—I10 do, at 31c., 1,000 do. for November at 203gc. do. for December at b4}gc., and 1,000 do. for October at In Philadelphia the market was quiet. Sales 500 bbis. n: for the first half October. at ISie.y sellers’ option; 1,000 do. for the first half October at 293gc., abd 2,500 do, for Septem- ber at 29:40. a 29) SEEDS. --Of Calcutta linseed there were further sales of 1,000 bags to arrive on private ternm, Grass were dull at our moderate demand, last quotations, STEARINE was firm with The sale it ige. in hhds. and tierces, in fair demand and firm, the sales being were 25,000 Ibs. c, a 2h TALLOW Wi 150.000 Iba. at [3 3ge. a Lose, WHISKEY, —Receipis, 293 bbls, The market, thongh quiet, was firm. Small lots were sold at 8c. a *5e., in bond. af The market was dull, but prices were steady at 9c, a dine. Rangoon and 9c. a 10¢c. for Carolina. SvGaR.—-For raw there was an active demand from refiners ‘and some inquiry from the trade, and th fair to good a Sales 1,900 hhds. part at 10%. a il ige. for 13'sc. for Porto Rico and 14}9c. a 14\e. for 800 boxes mainly at Ilc., and reported 5,000 Ke Pernambuco on private terms. ined was moderately active at 1o5gc. for hard, 14ssc. a 14740. for soft white and 1335¢~ & Ide. for yellow. Mr. 5. W. Allis, the well known landlord in New Haven, died in that city on the Isth inst., aged 67. He was successively landlord of the Tontine, Framk- lin House, Pavilion and New Haven House, and was. one of the oldest landiords in the extent. Prices were very firm at lOc, & al Mi refining U MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. HARRts—DAKIN.—In New York, on Tuesday even- ing, September Ls, by the Rev. 3, H. Meeker, Jamas Hanes, of Brooklyn, BE. D., to SUSAN A. 'DAKIN, younzest daughter of the late Harvey Dakin, Esq., of ba nas 1 Ae At N N.Y. INB—NEVILLE.—. jewburg, N. Y., on Saturday, August 22, by the Rev. W. 'T. sprole, Dr. 0. 8, PINB to CLawa Lovtsa, eldest daughter of the late Thos. H. Neville, Esq., both of the city of New York. Died. Bakex.—At Tarrytown, on Friday, September 18, ALIcR, daughter of W. H. and M. A. White, and wife of Lewis H. Baker, aged 27 years. ‘The friends and reiatives are invited to atiend the funeral, from the residence of her parents, at Tarry- town, on Tuesday morning, at half-past eleven o'clock. Cars leave Thirtieth street, New York, at ten A. M. Baker.—On Friday, ber 18, at the resi. deuce of her nephew, Charles Thwing, 503 West ‘Twenty-third strect, Mrs. MARY Baker, in the 61st year of her age. ‘The relatives and friends of the family and ot her son, F. T. Baker, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the Universalist church, corner of Bleecker and Downing streets, this (Monday) after- noon, at one o'clock, OvuMING.—On Sunday morning, September 20, after @ short filness, FRaNcts COMING, in the 27th year of his age, son of the late Thomas B. Cuming, of this city. Notice of faneral hereafter. DONNSLLY.—On Saturday, September 19, Joun DONNELLY, in the 37th year of his age. The relatives aud friends of the family are respect fully invited to attend the funerai, from his late resi- dence, 305 East Twenty-ninth street, this (Monday) afternoon, at one o'clock, DICKINSON.—At Lake Tahoe, Cal., on Tuesday, Aus gust 18 (hie 10th birthday), CHARLES M. DIOKINSON. ‘The tuneral services will be heid at the residence of his father, J. B. Dickinson, No. 68 Madison avenue, on Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock. The friends of the family are invited to attend. DURAND.—At Irvington, N. J., on Friday, Septem- ber i8, Cyrus Dvaanp, in the 82d year of his age. Relatives and friends of the family are respectfuily invited to attend the funeral, from his \ate residence, Irvington, this (Monday) afternoon, at one o'clock. Interment in the Irvifigton Cemetery, —Suddeniy, on Saturday, September '. NALLY, beloved wife of Kichard 4 years and 6 months, tier remains will be conveyed to Calvary Come- tery for interment this (Monday) afternoon, Septem- ber 21, at two o'clock, The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from No. 227 Lewis street. Vaax.—On Saturday evening, September 19, | at eight o'clock, CATHARINE, the beloved wife of "en S. Egan, afte: and aevere sickness. The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the faneral, from her late resi- | dence, No. 144 We street, this (Monday) after- noon, at two o'clock. Her remains will be interred in Greenwood Cemetery. Long Island papers ase soy. Goopnve.—in flighiand Fails, on Wednesday, September 16, after u lingering tines, Hunny Goops HUB, aged 68 years, 10 months and 27 days. GIRSHAM.—THOMASIN A, youngest daughter of An- drew and Thomasina Girsham, aged 17 years and 6 months. | _ The funeral will take place from the residence of | her brother-in-law, Jolin M. Kenza, No. 6 Fiushing avenue, corner of Oxford street, Brooklyn, &. 1)., this (Monday) afternoon, at two o'clock. HALB.—On Sunday, September 20, of ulceration of the bowels, Lesten HALe, only child of Charkes M. and Rosannah Hale, aged 9 months and 9 days. Their friends are invited to attend the funeral,