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Among the many reasons in favor Of im-
partial, II not universal, suffrage, one Of the
strongest may be found In the history Of the
South. Tint section had, by the schemihg
and working Of its slavcholdlng days, seen
all political power pass awa5 from The peo-
plc and iuto the nanda of an ar1stoctatic
caste. This caste, as has always been the
catc, was never content with such power as
It had, but was always grnsp'ng for more,
and in this attempt set on foot rebellion,
ard made desperate effort to seize
all the power OF The Union. Had the
people Of the South been permitted to con.
trol matters there wonld have been neither
secession nor war. The States were carried
out OF the Union by the management and
fsnud or the rebel chiefs, against the will O
the Southern people, and in spite OF their CT
forts to resist it. These Southern leader,
had accustomed the people, By their high
handed and arrogant course, to submit u
such policy and sustain euch measures a
the ruling class sennd necessary to confirm
or to extend their power. Il Is q fact tina
e.nnot we'll be disputed that ali the polttlca
measures and the whole lcgialatlon Of th
Snntb. since the beginnins, have bccl
tanned and passed, solely in the interest an,
Tor t,c ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of ths slayeholdln;
r.,ss. From want Of wealth, Of education
of social position, and of all the other I'D
vaptsres and privileges which were en
crossed BY the .layeholders, the rest Of th
PEOPLE In the South had neither thc meau
nor The I'll, neither the disposition nos u
, 1866-11-27

Balance On hand ........ St,sss.43
The repairs Of the Grand Hall, which ha.
added 70 much to the beauty and value of
the building, and 1t the same time IN orna-
ment to our city, have cost the sum of
44,5lG.7S. The asaeta Of the Grnn3 lodge
amount to so3, ,4U7 .63, Of which nearly five
thousand dollars arc Government securities.
The hearing Of these reports and the ap-
pointmcnt OF a few committees, took up the
whole Of the first days session. On yester-
day the business of the conyocation WAS con-
timed, and among other things an election
Of officers for the ensuing year was had, with
the following result !:
n. ". Grand MAster-1oseph a. Funk. Warsaw.
Il. ". Deputy Grand Aastcs-John Caldwell,
i. ". Grand warden-utram Nelson, Evans
i: v. Grand secretary-E, a. Barry, Indiana
Il. ". Grand Tteasu.er-T. P. Haughcy, INDIAN
| Gfana Representative to G. L. u. s--Thomas
B. McCatty, Indianapolis.
Ar Great Grand Representative To G. L. q. s.
| --Iancs D. Riggs, Evansville. ~
| Worthy Grand Chapla!n-L- Nebeker. cssw-
Worthy Grand Massbal-J. N. McQuiddy, New
nWotthy Grand couductor-B. ". S. Caldwell,
Worthy Grand uc1ald-L. r. Creasey, Green,
Worthy Grand GuaraIan-christophet Tolez,
The Grand Encampmeut OF the order also
met on Tuesday, 1t being the tEentieth
semi.annual Communication. F. ]: Blair
Esq, GRIND Patriarch presiding The re-
! ~ c,1ic-i.. L1's
, 1866-11-27
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
Meeting Of Prince Charles and the
Sn1tnn.

Sultnn.
Turkish Correspondence Of the N. 7. T1ibnne.1
In the midst Of one Of the most terrible
and long-continued storms which has occur
red in Constantinople for twenty years, the
Porte was informed that Prince. Charles
this city. One Of the Sultan's steamers was
sent at once to Varua to meet him. It
was driven back into the Bosphorus, aud
awaited there, day., but finally re-
Storm or not. Tie order was obeyed and
the steamer met the Prince at midnight Us
not this omlnous y al Warm. He embarked
at once and arrived here yesterday morning
He gent at once to the beautiful little
he Is to be entertained at the Sultan's
expense.
An hour was allowed him to make his
toilet, and he was then taken to the Sultan's
palace, where ho was received by the Grand
The Sultan was In full costume. aud the
Prince wore the uniform Of Prussian
| General.
The Prince informed tho Sultan that he had
| come to tender homage to him as Suzerain-
The reply of the Sultan, as reported In the
papers Today, Is too rich to be lost. He as
surcd the Prince that he was highly delighted
that the RouHa nIans had shown such good
| sense In the choice Of a Hospodar- He COM
| pllmented the King Of Prussia saying that
| he knew him 10 be very much like hitnsclf,
act,lated by equally high motives, and lie ex-
horted the Prince to take him and the King
| ofI'1usfIa Us hts models, to rule Ills people
as they did thcirs-with bencyolence, and
unsei6sh solicitude for their interests. After
the conclusion Of these ceremonies, the
Prince and bis suite were invited into q back
room and treated to lunch.
They then visited the Porte, where they
were received with carefully measured ont
honor. When the Pasha OF Egypt made d
similar visit. tho Grand vix'er met him al
the door; but Prince Charles Was met BY
this official dozen steps inside the door,
etc. NIL these things having been formally
discussed aud decided upon beforehand, a
part Of the treaty. lie remained there TO re
celye the Ministers until evening, when hi
was treated to pipes and coffee, aud SEM
back to his palace. Thus ends the Rou
manian difficulty. which bid fair few
months ago to cause war, and which wou1i
have ended very differently If there had beer
| peace instead Of war In Europe.
No doubt Bismark planned this little cpl
sode, and 1t has thus far succeeded Els well q
his more important gamo in Germany. ]
hns been hard pill for the Turks to swa1
low, and Russia seems to be as little pleased
with il Us Turkey.
, 1866-11-27
sz,r4t OF thc t:ernan.Ames1e.n Pree..

spirit OF tho t:erman-.AmcF1can Press.
Tie following t1.t appeared In the Cincinnati
Tt}.ttlctt, and has bec; copied hy number OF
Cur German contemporaries:
."Tte day before bis ASSASSINATION, President
Lincoln wa. about taking 4 ride With his family.
WHEN johnson was announced. Alter an inter
view OF two hours, lincoln made the following
renHk: The miserable m&n! Hhnt dinc7lties
will he not throw In uy way, during my seeond
term Of otee.''' -......-.
Tbs Guei1 matt ro.zsblett, Of the a4th, contains
the following vigorous article, entitled "So uni-
ve,stl Aunez1ys"
ave asc most decidedly opposed to any rucn
proceeding. We may be ~ magnAntmous and
generous t,wa1ds the nass of The ex-1ebals u &c
plesse, bat the interests Of the eonnt1y, and espe
ci,I1y the Southern portion Of the country, dc
rands that the third section Of the Ameudmtnt
which disqualiaes those from holding Office who
pcrJused themselves n violating the oath they lad
taken to support the Constitution OF the United
states, should bc carried Out to the letter. When
Lee and johnson surrendered their armies. the
rere!s stood trembling expecting, conAtcatior
md banf.hmcnr, not death Itself. and ready "a
cure The men who hsd plunged iasrn into rebel
Hon. a1d brought them to disgrace snd ruin
The so3thezue1s well knew what the fite Of Tx
Southern VnionIsts would tsse been had hell
arms been successful They would have dc
| ptiytd them forever Of the right Of suffrage. l
they h.a not banished them from tho coniedera
e.; hcrce. they were ready to submit to sin.lla
fate themselves. At this juncturo johnson cam
to TIT helm, a.d when tho rehea SAW thAt' II
, 1866-11-27
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Total Destruction OF a nIe1odcon Fac.
turT-Flge Hundred me1odeons De.
61rQyc4.


tory-Flvc Hundred Melodeons De.
stroyed.
from the New Haven tct.} Palladium, Nov. ~. ]
At about halE-p past eleven o'clock last night
fire broke out in B. Schoninser's Melodeon
Company Factory, In Kimberly avenue. It
was first discovered by the watchman, who
aroused the engineer. The heat was so in
tense that they were unable to attempt to
e1tinEu1sh the fire, so they endeayored to
remove as much Of the property rs was pos
aible. They only succeeded In saving three
or four of the instruments and the safe and
books All the workmen's tools were
destroyed. A large amount Of lumber
In m adjacent ynvd, was also con-
sumEd. The building was entirely Of wood,
no brick being used il its construction, and
consequently burned with great rapidity.
The fEemen were quickly on hand, but their
efforts were In vain. The fire originated in
the kiln, where the wood used 10 the con-
structitn of the instruments WIS dried The
loss Is heavy. The building nnd its contents
were insured In seyegn1 companies. There
was no water within half mile of the fac
torv. Steamer No. endearored to force
water through their hose-pipe from the by
dtant at the corner Of Howard avenue and
Putnam street, = distance Of three Thousand
feet, hut the weight Of the stream burst the
hoEe. They finally succeeded In getting wa
ter through the hose the greatest distance
that water was ever forced By q fire engine.
The loss Is estimated to be between 40. 900
and 5000. Insured for $50 0U0.
, 1866-11-27

power to oppose or to modify the policy Of
tho ruling class. The people submitted
humbly to the dictation Of the
shareholders, and took both pride
and pleasure in following their
lead. and obcyiug and making others obey
their bchests. THIS aristocratic class found
thus In the South no party TO dispute its
claims, nor resist its cncroachmcnts II
went on Increasing in arrogance. and even
Strengthening It's position, and rising In its
demands until 1t thought itself strong enough
to provoke the North and defy the power of
the whole Union. Such M arlstoctacy by
its very nature Is impclled 10 unccasing ag-
g7cssfon- It could not stop until II made
the attempt to seize tue whole power
of the nation, and In so doing 1t only
followed out the law Of its ex-
isteDce. Its history is the history Of
every such privileged class. Give any claas
superior power and advantage. aud its very
nature drives It to get more power and
greater advantage, and 1t will never cease its
Efforts, and the country never be free from
Its encroachments and aggression, until It
has brought the whole into subsection to It,
OF has itself been oyerthroWn ind destroyed.
Had there been an intelligent and iudepen-
with free speech, q free press, and the right
uf suffrage, VIC should have lad no secession
and no war. To make people independent
and intelligent, 1t Is only necessary to give
them free speech and free press, and then,
| that they can resist all encroachmcnts of
| privilege or caste, secure to them the ballot.
In other words, to prevent rebel
| lion, to resist disunlon, and to secure
I t1rFtT mi ma II 3c %Sn1
simply, that the immunities aud privileges
which belong by the Constitution to every
citizen Of the Republic, should be at all
times secured to him in every portion Of the
country. The only method by which pop.
u1ar government eau be maint aimed ia by
having the ballot in every nah's hands.
Other governments may be upheld By physl-
cal force, but the only foundation and
strength Of republic is to be found in free
suffrage. This is 80 plain truth that the
wonder is that men are sti1l to be seen who
claim that free Institutions can rest on soms
other basis. With the ballot In few hand.
ycu bnve only Il more or less aristocratit
government, aud If : you would
have popular government then ths
power, which Is the ballot, must be In tht
hands Of NIL the people.
privileged class In the South managed
hy its boldness and cunning to gathsr intt
lis own hands all political power. It AFRO
gated to it=cu the right TO determine It's In
etitutloas, TO prescribe Its policy, and tt
shape its destiny in conformity with its ow,
lust of power. This clnss drove the soutl
into colli>ion with the Government of th
Union. and did It solely to build up ant
a"grandizc itself. The whole people Q
, 1866-11-27
/ TERRIBLE TRAGEDY,
bloody Work in Clay and Platte
CountYcs-TTo BROTHERS Fatally shot
The Pursuit and Revenge.
IElpM the LcayeuNortb Bulletin, e1at iustl

From A{r. Moran, Of Platte City, we hare
learned a few particulars Of a most bloody
affair that has recently trunspfred in Clay
and Platte counties. 1t appears that a
quarrel had long existed between q man
naucd Eigin. keeper of m inn at Missouri
Cit{, and the Titus brothers, five In num-
ber, residing near Platte City. The Titus
brothers were In Missouri City on Monday
last, when violent alteration took place
between them and Elgtu, in which the lat
ter shot and killed two Of the brothers, and
succeeded IN making his escape. and in
reaching the house OF his fathcr-in-law, Mr.
Vim. Tatuan, q few miles from Plata City
But the avengers were on the trail. aud
during the following night traced him to
his hiding place, and surrounded the
house. Elgin broke from the house and
attempted to evade his pursuers, but they
were too many and 400 good hhots to per-
NIT that. He WIS killed By ball In the
back while fleeing, and about two hundred
yards from the house.
The surviving Titus brothers surrendered
themselves to the hands Of the law, and are
now in the custody Of the Sheriff at Platte
CITY. It is inserted that the pursuers Of
Elein had writ Tor him, Issued in Clay and
renewed in Platte County.
It Is difficult to say who were the aggres-
sors in the atJray at Missouri City, the friends
Of both parties laying the blame upon the
nthfr.
, 1866-11-27
; Phroled 80
! No."
{ tPardoned 81
/ ~ ~
PERSONAL.

A decidedly interesting game OF base ball was
expected 10 come Oft yesterday At Brooklyn, y.
T., when ntnc Free and Accepted Masoos of New
YoE1, we.c 10 play IN equal number OF N7sons
from Brooklyn for The benefit OF the Masonic Hal!
and Asylum Fund OF she st7te Of Scw York. The
fun Of the thing consists In the fac. that not ont
Of the eighteen know anything whatever Of tht
game. Some Of ibem 1tr very old. some very fat
some very lazy md all very green but al eu:hu
sthss!c Nasons. 4 fee Of tweDtJ-dye ceIts Wit
charged spectatora-
The will Of the late Senator W1ieh', who diet
at bis residence IN Newark, New Jersey. On the
1et inst, has been admitted 10 probate In the Sur
rogote'e Office OF Essex County. The eu1Ite vslae
Of the estate was soru to At 81 600 900, OF which
500 COO are in real estate and t0O t01 in personal
property One thousand dpllars arc devised Il
the "Uousc OF Prayer" aud the balance to the
family Of deceased The Homestead and adjoin-
ing property on Pa1k-p1acc Is given to the u1d1H
for her nse during her lifetime, and sf1er he.
death goeeNto her children The eun Of $i5, ,0N
isegtyep to his grandson. md Stu 900 to Ills grand
daughter, children Of his daughter in Russia. Ma
GaVere. and 4 like e1m respectively TO the son ant
daughter Of Co1o1el E H. Wight, hls only sod
The balance Of the property Is to be equa1ly dlsl
ed between the widow, con and dzaGhtcr-sh3
portion Of the latter being secured to her for III
sole usc. Provision Is made, in case OF the destl
NJ 00y tA- ~ 4@O tEE4EtSS %A~AA 7A%
among the survivors of the legal representative
The will is dated February II, 1856, and aitachs l
to It, when admitted 10 probate, 1erc Goyerlmn4
stamps to tho value Of E5Q0.
Robinson, The circus riIer, being tumble
his friends propose TO G1re him pitcher.
HI1lIard, Of Worcester has commission ,
paint the lata Auented LinccIut for the M3ssachs
eetts State House.
Rev. Ifaae Craw, Of Ee1loggsyf.le, Cayu1
County, New fosk, has celebrated his one hug.
drtdth birthday. He voted for Washington Il
President, and has been q baptist preacher I'll
more than eighty years.
1t Is s1id that drama. founded On the 4tMafd1
Tragedy" Of Beaumont aud Fletcher, has beel
written for Matilda Heron.
Madame ARIA Bishop ls giving concerts In Hon
Kong She atucs tho ballads OF the country d
broken China.
Blot's pupils in Cincinnati have asked him Il
give aunther coaEsc in cooking This movement
IL clearly trstlgated BY the beass in The port
MARKET
4 dislo5al sheet in v1rgtpia farors the seratos.
tal aspirations Of Il. G.. because he was an tn
Gueutia1 original seeessionlst.'"
One OF tho objects which excited the mot cur1.
osity In Tie recent exhibition Ut Toledo wss !
complete edition Of Don Quixote,' = printed IN
microscopic characters, On ff1y-four cle.zes.c
papers.
At the Baltimore Masonic celebration the Graul
Master wore the Masonic apron embroidered b.
the hdtes Of General 1-afsyst,e'u tamfIy for Gem
, 1866-11-27
THE COTTON TAX

Some Two or thrcf years ago lax OF tWo
cents pound Vas laid on cotton ; but 1t was
rather tndiHcrently collected. At the Inst
session Of Congress the tax was raised to
three cents per pound, payable on Its re-
rnoval from the collection district in which
II is grown. It Is found to bc difficult to
cyade the payment Of this excise, and con-
sequcntly the 8outherners complain bitterly
Of the tar and demand Its ahroEntton. But
they should comfort themselves With the re-
f1ectiou that the tar was caused by their acts,
and that the proceeds is being applied in
liquidation of the war debt incurred In put
ting down their rebellion.
The New York Chamber Of Commerce has
come to the assistance Of the cx-rebcls, and
calls on Congress to repeal the tax, present.
Ing various arguments therefor. One ia,
that the cxcise Is unconstitutional, In their
opinion and another, that it Is calculated
To promote foreign competition. On this
head they say in their manifesto:
ITO continue t.x upon cotton Il only to dis.
the world as ours are, and to encourage It in tie
wotee lncds Of India. Egypt ard Brazil. where
they would be ready enough to devote much Of
1e e g1G n % Gs 6aes
on the markets Of Europe, at the lowered prices
which would naturally ensue.
tory leason IN fayos Of tbis tax. As aqucstiou Of
revenue it may Yield eighteen o. twenty millions,
hSns Tor The Injury doae to na
As TO the constitutionality Of the tax, It
will puzzle Philadelphia lawyer to show
wherein tax on cotton Ia more unconsti-
| tutlonal than tax on petroleum, or coal, or
/ lishwlncs, or slaughtered animals, or fan
| nels, or cotton fabrics, or any other Ameri-
can product which may he exported to other
countries. The three cent tax On cotton Is
not confined to the cotton shipped abroad,
but Is levied on the entire crop produced.
| If cotton can not be taxed constitutionally,
then the whole internal tax law IL nnconsti-
tutfona1. The New York Chamber Of Com
mrrce will hardly assert that proposition,
but if they did, the Supreme Court would
make short work Of 1t, II the question were
brought before TINT tribunal.
As TO tho effect Of the tax on the produc
lion of cotton, that is legitimate question
for consideration. It remains to be seer
However, whether q ta1 OF three cents u pound
on American cotton will gire foreign grow
crs such an advantage as to destroy or 1mpail
the market for all the surplus cotton tht
South could produce for several years t
come. ALI the arguments that c1n be ad
duccd aguinst taxing cotton Will apply nlst
against taxing any other American product
Wlnt excise can be laid without doing som.
Injury to "national prosperity" As fas
as Congress dare abatc taxation, the yariou
cxciscs will be reduced or repealed. We hop
that the ensuing session will take at 1eas
one hundred millions Of the present burden
from the shoulders Of the people. The las
scss'on rcpealed excfses to the amount O
- ~
, 1866-11-27

How Tobacco IL Consumed In Euroux
In the city Of Hamburg, Germany, tt
manufacture Of tobacco gives em, loymer
to more than 10000 persons, who turn o.
15o, ,ooo eco cigars year, valued at g., Ooo, 90,
From Havana and MANILA, Hamburg In
ports Is, ,ooo, 90 cigars gear, making an
eresate, including its own production, /
les.ooo, coo cigars, 15S, ,oo0, 600 Of which ~
exported, leaving Ii, coz, 600 for home CO..
s1mption-allowing 4, 600 cigars day to II
adult male population Of Is 600.
In England, with population Of q ,0oo, OF
IN IS2l. the consumption Of tobacco -.
l5,5S.153 pounds, an average Of txel.'
esEees per head for the entire population;
Il 1S31, with population Of "a lit, ,4S9, tn
consumption reached Il. Sc, ,s41 pounds, I
thirteen ounces per head; In 1871, popuL
ton N,N0.6te, consumption :e,303, ,1
pounds, or thirteen and a halt ounces Dc
consumption WIS = be- 81 pounds, or se1 q,
enteen ounces OF tobacco Per head, shown
steady increase.
In France the consumption Of tobacco
eighteen and half ounces per head, rearl
half Of which Is snnf1ed; In Denmark,
1s4s, 1t Was seventy ounces per head; and
Belgium 1t aFerages about seycnty-ttrea IN
half ounces per head.
, 1866-11-27

T. ChArles. John Love, C. A. Elliott. and
Lnfe Devcltn, all being Of the Copperhead
rersuasioa, The price rMd wu $3.50.
Mr. Dev.lin Is to be tho managing editor,
mentioned above represent a good deal Of
capital, but appzchrnd they'll and that
Copperhead newspaper Is mighty poor In
vettment Ibis [ar North. They'd better
move the concern across the Ohio River, If
they want - make it Pay expenses.
ST. DExls.
, 1866-11-27

4 letter rom Aeon, Gole Coast, West Ante.!
relates that the death OF Quow Daddy. KIng d
AquspIin, about the end Of 1una, WAS the sIgra
for the s2crlfce OF thIry-dvc or forty men I'D
women connected with bis household The Bril-
LIB authorities who govern the county *es'
warned by the Basle missionaries thai such saei
does would be made unless they lntespossl, ba
their warnings were upheeded. Several Of tie 10
tended victims det to the residences Of the uis
stonsriea and were protested; otheys, who wrs
enuxclsd 10 Aecta Tor he,lcs protection, wecs da
| covered and killed.
, 1866-11-27
FROM FOND DU LAC,
Democracy morIbuDd-CoNApse Of n
democratic Organ.


Correspondence Of the Chicago Triouna.1
Fohn Du LAC, Via, November u, 1865.
Democracy in this Egypt Of Wisconsin is
decidly on the decline. The leaders Of the
rotten concern evidently think their craft
unseaworthy, and that 1t will bc unable to
breast the rough seas Of another Congress
sional campaign. Already they have begun
to desert the ships pumps, and the evident
intention Is to let the thing sink. Since cleo
tlon the Fond du Lac Pres, the special Or
gan Of the "Great objector," has ceased to
exist. It expired covered with mora. mort
gagcs than glory. A. 7. Swlncford, the for.
mer editor-in.chief, has left for parts un-
known. The Sheriff Is the present propFi-
etor Of the establishment, but runs the thing
with closed doors. Thls Is but one Of many
indications that the Copperheads of this re-
glon have fought their last effective battle.
, 1866-11-27

Tcnncase Judge has decided ,b,t :, ~
reeentative body of that S,s.e a.. a:
L., ts!aturc." whose en,ctEept, .. n
and not binding. Judge L.us. of + =. L;-,!l
a charge 10 the Grard Jury, s47s ~
the time is not far distant uLcr j.. ~
Of America viii prefer tn sv g.5y"s s.s ~
chief with gIltterins tiara oa H. ~ =
rather than BY the authors Of - =, ~ =
Rights Bill" - ,:,|
These and other indications Of Tia ,.,.
ing spirit 10 not strengthen tue psir: rr'e.
those Who claim that our erTIas c.aa.T,ss s : :
arc @ thoroughly reconstructed, and sss.i !.
suffering any puuishments o. ciy,, =,
guarantees for the future. \!