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SPECIAL. NOTICES.
pw UNION LEAGUE HOUSE
MAY Is. 1867.

At q meeting of the Board of Directors of the
UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, held
March ~, 1867, the following Preamble and Resolu
uons were adopted
Whereas, In a republican form OF government It Is
of the highest Importance that the deli gates Of the
people, to whom the sovereign power Is entrusted
should be so selected to truly represent the body
polite, and there being no provision OF law whereby
the people may be organized for the purpose of such
selection and all parties having recognized the neces
sity ofsuch organization by the formation Of voun-
tary associations for this purpose, and
Whereas, There grave defects existing under
the present system Of voluntary organization which
1t believed may be corrected by suitable provisions
oflaw; now, therefore, be It
Resolved BY the Board Of Directors of the UNION
LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, that the Secretary
be and hereby directed to offer eleven hundred dol
lars in prizes for essays the legal organization of
the people to select candidates for Office the prizes to
be as follows, wiz
The of five hundred dollars for that essay
which, in the judgment of the Board, shall be first In
the order of merit;
Three hundred dollars for the second;
Two hundred for the third, and
One hundred for the fourth.
The conditions upon which these prizes offered
as follows, wiz
First. All essays competing for these prizes must be
addressed to GEORGE II. BOXER, Secretary OF the
Union League of Philadelphia, and must be received
by him before the FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1868.
and no communication having the authors name at
tched, with any other indication OF origin will be
considered.
Second. Accompanying every competing essay the
author must enclose his name and address within a
sealed envelope, addressed to the Secretary of the
Union League. Amer the awards have been made the
envelopes accompanying the successful essays shall
be opened and the authors notified of the result
Third All competing essays shall become the pro-
perty of the Union League; but no publication OF
rejected essays, the OF their authors shall
be made without consent of the authors In writing.
By order OF the Board OF Directors.
GEORGE HI. BOXER,
SIGH SECRETARY
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be considered as thenceforward constituting, at
least for atime two separate bodies. two dis
tinct societies Though one of the parties
may have been TO blame i'm breaking the unity
of the Stale aud resisting the lawful authority,
they are not the less divided in fact Besides
whosball Judge them? They stand, therefore,
In precisely the same predicament as two ma
tlons who engage in contest, and, being un-
able to come 10 an agreement, nave recourse to
arms This being the case, IL is very evident
that the common laws of war ought to be OBJ
served by both parties In every civil war, For
the same reasons which render the observance
OF those maXins q matter Of obligation between
State and Slate It becomes equally, and even
more necessary in the unhappy circumstances
of two incensed parties lacerating their com
mon country" "Thus there exist In the State
two separate bodies, who pretend to absolute
independence, and between whom there is no
judge. They decide their quarrel by arms mot
courts Of civil law, and as two different nations
would do The obligation TO observe the com
mon laws Of war towards each other is there
fore ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS binding on both
parties, and the same which the law of nature
Imposes on all nations in transactions between
State and State.n
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THE NEW YORK PRESS.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING JOURNALS
UPON CURRENT ToPICs-CoMPILBD EVERY
DAY FOR THE EVENING TELEGRAPH.

Peace Prospects In Europe-A Congress
of sOverelgnss
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ShmPts TEeasOn-The Issue Between
~Eeeley and the Republicans.
From the Herald
Greeley justihes the release of Jeff. Davis on
straw bail, because he has been lying in iail
for two years 'unindicted for anything but
simple treason" This "simple treason ,, in
the eyes of Greeley, is nothing but yenal
transgression, for which two years. imprison-
ment is sufficient atonement. If complioitv
in the assassination of President Lincoln-one
single victim out of the hundreds of thou-
sands sacrificed to the Rebellion-oould have
been established against jeff. Davis, or if he
could have been held Sin any manner respon-
sible for the murder of our captured soldiers, -
that would have been altogether adiiferent affair;
but as he was ''not even indicted" for those
offenses, and only stood charged with ''simple
treason,n Greeley considers himself fully JUS
titled in aiding TO set him free on straw bail,
and proclaiming to the world his innocence OF
any serious crime.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT.
Booths DiaIy--Testimon y of Judge
Holt.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Rebuilt
can press very generally call upon the
Administration to publish the Booth
diary referred to in the controversy
between Messrs. Bingham and Butler l
am enabled to say, upon good authority,
that this diary will be given to the public
in few days.
The witness who took the book from
the person of Booth and delivered it to
Judge Holt has been sent for to identify
the volume, and make affidavit of such
facts as are within his knowledge relative
to the matter, especially to state whether
or not the eighteen leaves cut out of the
diary were in it when it was taken from
Booth.
learn from the same source that Sec
rotary Stanton and Judge Holt have been
before the Judiciary Committee and tes-
tilted relative to the contents of the hook,
which was also exhibited to the Commit
tee; that Judge Holt testified that the
book was given to him, together with
other articles, found upon Booth imme-
diately upon the arrival of the captors
of the assassin in this city; that the book
mas DeeU III tue sue cuslOuy anu COulTOl
of Judge Holt from that time to the pres.
ent moment; that it has not been altered
in any particular; not an al" dotted
nor at" crossed that when the book
was handed to Judge Holt the eighteen
leaves were cut out of it; that the diary
commenced with the date of April l4th,
the date of the assassination, and the
first entry in it states that he BOOTH
had prepared communication, and sent
it to the National Intelkgencer, giving
an account of the purposes of himself
and confederates; that the balance of
the diary consists OF glorifcation of
himself BOOTH, whom he likened to
Brutus, and denunciation Of his victim,
whom he called tyrant, etc.
Judge Holt further testified that in his
Judgment the comments ofthe diary shed
no light upon the case, and therefore, even
if that character of evidence Git being a
statement after the fact )were admissible,
he did not deem it proper to offer it, and
the only evidence on the subject offered
on the trial of the assassins, was that of
the publisher of the Intelligencer, who
proved that he had not received the com
munication which Booth pretended he
had sent to that paper
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
by TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES
FROM NEW YORK.

New YoRK, April 4.-The Chairman
Of the House Committee on expendi.
lures publishes a card in reply to Col.
lector Smythe, showing that he desired
no further hearing by counsel or other
wise, just prior to introduce resolutions
requesting his removal.
A Little Rock special says that the
Rad cal Convention adopted resolutions
ultra radical, approving of the Con-
gressional reconstruction plan. Resolu-
tons condemning the President and
opposing con6scstion, and recommend
ing conciliatory course towards the
ex.Confederates, was tabled. A Central
State Committee was appointed with in
structions to establish State organiza-
ton, and wait on Gen. Ord with the
reported and approved constitution. A
large freedmen's meeting was held in the
State House square, and several colored
speakers and delegates addressed them.
There Was great enthusiasm and no
disturbance.
Twelve hundred and fifty emigrants
arrived at Castle Garden during the last
month.
Escobedo writes, on the 9th ult., that
he had closed his lines upon Queretaro.
Carrano was occupying the west and
southwest along the line of elevation
which commanded the city, and Frivino,
with the Army of the North, was occupy
ing the western and northwestern out
skirts, and that the plans were all ready
for an assault.
He believes that it will not require
more than three or four days to finish up
the work at that point. There is the
greatest discord among the Imperial
officers inside and their army is almost
A Washington special says petition
has been drawn up to test the constitu-
.ionality of the Reconstruction act. The |
petition argues that Congress has usurped !
authority by setting aside the late State
Governments. Another section claims
hat the provisional governments formed
BY the President were unconstitutional.
Appointments under the Bankrupt
,ill are not to be made for some time.
Sheridan has telegraphed for further
Instructions before making further re-
noyals.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
PUBLIC LEDGER.
TEARsl TEARsl

The Jacobin papers of this country are
shedding many tears over Hungary, Ire
land, Poland and Canada. For the first
of these, especial drops of grief are flow
ing. What is all this numbering for 7
What has been done to Hungary Have
five military satraps been crowned in her
borders-satraps with power over the
lives and fortunes ofthe people? What2
At the request of the Hungarians them
selves, Francis Joseph of Austria, has
been crowned King of Hungary. He
has given to that people all they fought
for twenty years ago, the old constitu-
ton, parliament and ministry. Be
yond this, there is no evidence that they
desire anything more. Now, we cannot
perceive anything in their condition to
blubber over. Jacobin tears are impul-
sive things, and flow about as freely for
one cause as another We have no
doubt that they would be shed in torrents
over the fate of Maximilian's empire if
the interests of the party could be sub
served by it.
Jamaica had recently an inundation
of American brine, because some black
murderers were executed by Governor
Eyre. This tender.heartedness is beau
tiful. We love to see it. We are never
so happy as when we see these innocents
wiping their eyes and blowing their
noses over other peoples misfortunes.
Singularly enough, they are so blinded
with tears that fall for foreigners, that
they can not see the South at all. There
is more sorrow and suffering and tyranny
in one single county in Georgia than
there is in Hungary, Poland, ireland
and Canada, all put together. And yet
we see no signs of grief, and hear NO
deliberations in the North In the
South is real slavery, unpolluted despot-
ism. Ireland is represented in Parlia-
ment, Canada will have her confedera-
ton, Hungary has her own government,
Poland is pardoned, but the South, en-
bracing ten great States, is under the
heels of FIVE Brigadier Generals, from
whose orders there is no.appeal. he is
an unprincipled, unwashed, unredeemed
bypocrite, who can look upon the South
with stony eyes, and then dissolve them
in tears over the fancied wrongs of Euro.
peans.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
AN EXAMPLE.

Austria, one oft the meanest despotisms
of the earth, is setting an example for
the "best government the world ever
saw" After twenty years of obstinate
resistance, the Emperor has conceded to
Hungary nearly all that her gallant PEG.
pie fought for in ls4s. He has given
them their ancient constitution, recog-
nized their right to their own independent
Parliament, given them a ministry of
their own, and conceded that he can only
be King of Hungary by coronation at the
hands Of the Parliament He has also
admitted TO high place in the council Of
the nation some Of those who were fore
most in fighting her battles in 1913, aud
who have since passed long years in ex-
lie therefor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
PRINCE AND PRINCESS.

The Princess of Wales, although she
safely passed the crisis of the "rheu-
matte" attack some weeks ago, is still
in precarious condition, being threat.
ened with abscess of the knee joint, and
her general health is such as to cause
great uneasiness to the Royal family.
The London Post, with keen sarcasm,
says: 1.-THE only circustance which
would lead us to doubt the report of Her
Royal Highness' condition is that the
Prince is constant in his attendance
upon the hunt and at theatrical per
formances.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
BAYARn TAYLnR

A late London letter says: Mr.
Bayard Taylor seems to have enjoyed
very much his visit 10 London, which
closes TO morrow, when he starts for
Gotha. he was at the HAymarket last
night with bis family, enjoying Lord
Dundreary," in the company Of various
representatives Of the Tribune He has
been besieged by literary dinners and
breakfasts, one Of the most pleasant Of
these being at the residence Of Lord
HouEhton, at which the Duke Of Argyll,
Lord Wentworth descendant Of Byronl,
Sir W. Stirling, Maxwell, Anthony,
FrOude, and others we're present
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
THE BOOTH DIARY.

The question, why was not the diary
of Booth introduced at the trial of Mrs
Surratt? is propounded rapidly by the
press, but ELECTS no response. The
Chicago Tribune says, on this subject:
There ought to be one man who can
throw light on the point, and that man is
Lieutenant Colonel Conger, who took
this diary from the person Of Booth,
together with knife, pair Of pistols,
belt, holster, file, pocket compass, spur,
carbine, cartridges, and bills Of exchange.
With the exception of the diary, all these
articles were shown to Lieut.. Col.
Conger at the time when he was on the
witness stand, and by him identified as
having been taken from the body Of
Booth. The diary, however, was not
shown to him.
Now, the question arises, says the Chi
cago Times why was the diary which the
witness Conger took from the person of
Booth withheld from his sight? Why
was no question put to him concerning
it2 Was a written diary in which the
principal conspirator had made record
of some kind, both before and after the
assassination-a record which had an
intelligent story to tell-was this of less
importance than pistol, pocket com
pass, or a jack-knife ? Is it at all likely
that document of this sort would have
been withheld from the witness had it not
contained something which the politi
clans whose party policy demanded the
life of an innocent woman desired that
the court and the country should not
know
What that something was which the
Jacobin conspirators of murder thought
fit to conceal, is to be surmised from
their prompt refusal in the House of Rep
resentatives to appoint a committee to
investigate the alarming charges Of Ben.
Butler. Such a committee, had it been
appointed, would doubtless have brought
Lieutenant Colonel Conger before them,
and would have put to him questions
touching the Booth diary which the ex-
scutioners Of Mary Ann Surratt omitted
to ask. Is this why the proposed inves-
tigaiion was 50 promptly suppressed
The startling declaration OF Mr. But
Ter has excited in the public mind a de-
gree OF curiosity and interest concern
ing the two assassinaiions in Washing
ton which will not rest until the dark
and bloody mystery Is probed to the very
bottom. The blood Of an innocent
woman crying from the ground against
the canning horror Of murder as the
policy Of q political party, is a cry
which cannot easily be smoihered BY
protests and ref8sals to investigate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
Desperate RADICALS.

. The Norfolk Day Book learns from
various quarters that certain Radical
parties in that city, and perhaps else
where in District No /, dissatisfied with
General Scho6eld as Brigaoier com
handing, and circulating for signatures
among "loyal people sO-called, pc
tition to Congress, praying for his reno
val, and the substitution of some other
Brigadier in his stead. The manner in
which the military commanders have
announced their determination to dis
charge the duties Of their respective po-
sitions has taken the Radicals all aback.
We apprehend they are doomed to still
greater disappointments.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
RuTLER,s SYMPATHY.

Butler may, possibly, think that Mrs.
Surratt was innocent, but it is not sup
posed that be really cares whether she
was, or was not. He is one Of the
coarsest of men, and, we infer from his
history, is incapable of sympathizing
with the victims of calamity. The
Louisville Journal says that at New
Orleans he arrested woman, Mrs. T.,
upon a charge of laughing upon her
balcony as Federal funeral procession
was passing by, and banished her to
Ship island. Shortly afterwards he ar
rested gentleman, the respectable
husband and father OF respectable
family, upon some charge of disloy-
atty. and banished him to Ship
Island, with a positive order forbidding
him to speak to any one on the island
except Mrs. T., but allowing the two to
talk together as much as they pleased.
As a husband the gentleman felt out
ragged, and asked that the order, so far
as regarded his permission to talk to
Mrs. T., with whom he was not at all &C
quainted, should be rescinded. But
Butler was inexorable; he insisted on
forcing upon his victim the privilege of
intercourse with Mrs. T., and with
nobody else.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
Reconstruction Bills to be Tested.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-It is in con.
temptation by several prominent South
ern men now in Washington, assisted by
eminent legal advisers, to test the con-
stitutionality of the Military Reconstruc-
ton Act by bringing an issue directly
before the Supreme Conrt. The proper
documents have already been drawn up
and have been duly signed by the petit
TONERS, praying an injunction against
Major General Pope, commanding
one Of the Southern military dis
tricts, and against Andrew johnson,
as a citizen of Tennessee, the President
of the United States, restraining them
from enforcing said act on the ground
that it is unconstitutional, azd there
fore void and of no effect 1t is not inn
probable that on Friday next, which is
known as motion day in the Supreme
Court, the application for this injunction
will be made, though the counsel who
have been applied to have not even yet
given their opinion as to the feasibility
Of the step.
Reverdy johnson maintains that the
motion for an injunction will be denied
at once, on the ground that the Supreme
Court has no jurisdiction in such case.
In his opinion thecs will have to come
up from a low tribunal on appeal before
the highest court on the Lind can take
cognizance Of IL
Other legal authority consulted to-day
assumes the ground that the injunction
is asked for b. citizens Of the State Gov
eminent. and therefore original jurisdic-
ton in the case does not lie under sec
ton ID, article 30, Of the Constitu-
ton. Should there be q concurrence
Of opinion among the constitutional
lawyers against the question Of jurisdic-
ton, the gentlemen praying for the in
junction may not present Il 70 the Su b
preme Court, but will await a case now
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
NEW YORK RADICALS.

The scoundrelism Of the New York
Radicals, has found new illustration
On Thursday, says the Philadelphia
LEDGER, the Republican State Central
Com mittee Of New York held meeting
at Albany to consider the present state
Of political affairs, and also the attitude
the party should assume with regard 10
extending suffrage to negroes by the
terms Of the new Constitution to be
framed by the approaching New York
constitutional Convention. Mr.. Charles
S. Spencer moved series Of resolutions
which were supported by Horace
Greeley, aud which declared one OF the
cardinal doctrines Of the Republican
party to be, the right Of every citizen to
equality before the law; that all male
citizens over twenty-one years OF age
not under disability by reason oftreason
or other crime or insanity, should have
q vote and that they profoundly re-
GREETED the action Of those Republican
members Of the New York Legislature
who, by recent votes in that body, have
been found ITO coalesce with all the
Democrats of that body, except one, in
Reputation of universal suffrage and
consequent denial to the black man OF
right to vote for delegates to The Con-
stitutional Convention" These reso'
lutions were discussed at length, and
when vote was taken, it was found
that eight of the members present were
in favor of them and ten opposed, so
that they were not adopted, The gen.
eral argument of their opponents was,
that it was impolitic and dangerous for
the Republican party 10 commit itself
TO universal suffrage at this time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
JOHN c. BRECKENRIDGE.

The Atlanta Era, of the 26th, says /:
This distinguished General and renowned
statesman has advised his friends to
accept in good faith the Sherman Re-
construction bill, as the surest and only
mode of restoring the country to peace
and quiet. Gen. Breckenridge ranks
among the greatest Of living statesmen,
and the South will not fail to heed his
voice On the most important question Of
the day. Let the column move forward
till all complications are overcome and
forever put to rest The prospect for the
future is now more hopeful than it has
been at any time within the last two
years, and it is earnestly to be hoped
that nothing will occur to prevent the
contamination of an early and complete
settlement Of national difficulties.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
COMPLICATION,

The Chicago Tribune, one of the most
vigorous and unyielding of Radical jour.
nails, has taken strong ground against
Thad. Stevens confscation bill, declar-
ing that it is entitled to no encourage
ment, and that the Western people do
not desire and will not tolerate it. The
same tone pervades the comments of
nearly the entire Republican press on
the subject. The idea of vindictiveness
and spoliation is repudiated as at vari-
ance with the policy and repugnant to
the feelings OF the North.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
NO OCCASION FOR DIFFERENCE.

The Selma Messenger pertinently asks :
"Shall we who have SO long been united,
and united under such circumstances,
now be disturbed by discussions, and
turn upon and rend each other for the
qualification of our common enemies ?
Shall we sunder the ties that bind us to-
gether and forfeit the admiration of the
world, because with our eyes still fixed
upon single object, we cannot at once
agree which of the two or three roads is
the nearest to IT'D"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-04-04
GENERAL POPE.

An Alabama paper says Gen. Pope,
the commander appointed for Georgia
and Alabama, was born in Illinois about
1922, but appointed cadet from Ken
lucky; graduated at West Point in the
corps of Typographical Engineers bre-
veted First Lieutenant and Captain for
gallant conduct at Monterey and Buena
Vista Captain in 1885, Colonel in June,
1861 ; commanded in Missouri in Febru-
airy, 1852; captured New Madrid, and
aided in the capture of Island 10; COM
manded the advance at Corinth; placed
in command in Virginia; and conducted
the campaign against the Indians. The
Montgomery Mail says: " General Pope
has always borne the reputation of a
clever gentleman of conservative views,
and we believe that his appointment to
the military command of this District
will be a source of great relief to the peo-
nile -