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The Necessity of an Attempt to Suppress
Gambling.

Vne necessary VI du ANtCmpl W suppress
Gambling.
Our sister city of New York has recently added
to her useful societies one the avowed object
of which is to suppress gambling. 1t is enti-
tied 'The Society for the Prevention of Gam
bling, and has taken an Office and commenced
work. II enters upon a field heretofore un.
occupied by reformers. 1t has vast work
before it, scope for its widest energies, and
the amount of good it may accomplish is meal
culable. Whether it will gain the good for
which it was organized, and bring the dice and
betting cards into such disrepute as to save
thousands who may be lost if it does not inter-
pose, depends in very great degree on the
manner in which it is conducted. But the
effort is certainly most praiseworthy one,
and we hope to see its example followed in our
own city. We have philanthropic citizens
willing to do all they can to promote reforms
and suppress evils, and here is field unex-
plOred, filed with great opportunities for good,
and promising great results. We want to see
it occupied.
There are two ways in which such a society
can operate. The first, and the one on which
We would have them chiefly rely, is giving
publicity to the gambling hells, the location,
exact number Of their houses, the names of
their keepers, and the names of all ,oho fire.
quent them. By this means we will accom-
plish the same end as though we had de-
Olared these particular houses in state of
blockade. All respectable men will be afraid
and ashamed to visit them, dreading, with
good cause, that their names will be published,
and their standing forever ruined. By this
means the best part of the gamblers, those
who are most worth saving, would be kept
away. There is nothing appeals so strongly
20 man as the dread of social ostracism ant
all that would be necessary to send the bes
merchant Of our city out of the circles in which
he moves, would be the publication of the fac
that he risked his money in one of these dem
of infamy.
The number of respectable" citizens win
frequent these places is not known to every one
but we have good reason, the best of reason
70 believe that they are many. Gentlemel
who would never visit such a place again,
tbav dreamed that it would be known, are tn
ha6itu[s and all that is necessary to save then
would be a threatened exposure. But 7
accomplish this would require powerful Oh
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06
The People Watching.

THE Grand Jury is now in session, and we
shall soon see whether Mr.. William B. Mann
intends to do his duty in the cases of Bill
McMullin, Councilman Barnes, etc. The people
are watching this matter with careful interest
1t is the topic of conversation among the
masses. They wish to see whether the law is
one thing for little rogues and another for big
ones--whether its meshes are small enough
and tight enough to hold Aldermen and Coun-
cilmen as well as lesser violators of its man
dates; whether, in short, we have any laU, in
the proper and noble sense of that term. 1t is
easy to make or break reputation just now,
as Mr.. Mann will find.
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The Registration of Republican Voters.

Ihe registration OF Republican voters.
WE observe that in most, and we presume
the case is so in all, of the wards of the city,
the registration of voters under the newly
adopted rules of the Republican party is now
going on. This registration is to determine
the right of persons to vote at the primary
meetings, and is intended as a check upon the
fraudulent proceedings which have hitherto
been too frequently characteristic of those
gatherings. We would therefore urge upon
every Republican the duty of having his
name enrolled.
Our understanding of the new rules is that
they preclude all except regularly registered
voters from participating in the primary meet
ings. The object is to oonfne voting at these
meetings to the bona tfde members of the
party. Every member of the party ought,
therefore, to see to it that his name is regis
tered. We do not know that it will ever be
possible to induce the better classes of our
citizens generally to attend and take part in
primary meetings. They acknowledge the duty,
but they rarely or never perform it. The
result is that the machinery of our political
organizations, in both parties, is left too much
to the management of the professional politi-
clans and their retainers. The character of
our nominations, as whole, is declining year
by year, until the community generally has
become thoroughly disgusted with the entire
machinery of party politics. The registration
of party voters is an important step towards
reform. If honestly and thoroughly carried
out, it will go far towards making nomina-
tions conform more closely to the will of the
people, and will help to break up the little
eli ques and rings that have hitherto exerted
so much influence in primary meetings.
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Secretary stanton.

WE do not think that Mr.. Stanton will go out
of the Cabinet. The President cannot turn
him out without the consent of the Senate,
and Mr.. Stanton has the good of the country
too much at heart to voluntarily abandon his
post. During all the dark and perilous hours
through which we have passed. when Andrew
Johnson was denouncing the Congress of the
United States as body hanging on the verge
of the Government, and was being bounded
on by his wretched partsans to assume dicta-
torial powers the country has been reassured
by the fact that Edwin M. Stanton was Secre-
tary of War. He cannot yet be spared. 1t
would doubtless be gratifying to his own
feelings to retire from his burdensome
post of duty to private life; but the country
demands that he should stay where he is. Not
until Andrew Johnson has ceased to be Presi-
dent, either by impeachment and removal, or
by the expiration of his term of Office, will the
people consent that Edwin M. Stanton shall
leave his post.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06

Coal AND IRON IN EUROPE The imports of
Prussian and English coal into Belgium appear
TO have considerably increased this year; thus
the deliveries OF English coal attained a total
Of $4,000 tons to April 30, as compared with
5000 tons in the corresponding period of 1865.
The Belgian iron trade does not present any
material change; prices have, upon the whole,
chanped somewhat for the worse. The export
of rails from Belgium in The ftst four months Of
this year amounted to ,405 TONS showing an
increase of 1880 tons as compared with the
corresponding period oil 1866. The in crease
here disclosed was, however, attributable to the
exceptionally large demand on Russian ac-
count; the general demand for Belgian rails ap-
pears 10 have fallen off this year. The East of
France Railway Company is said to have given
an important order for rails. The working OF
the iron minerals in the department OF the Ille
et-Vilaine is increasing; considerable quantities
are shipped as return freights to England. rhe
stock of pig 10 the Moselle district is large, but
tits not thought that it is increasing
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ganization. No such society could stand
against the influence and the threats of the
powerful band of gamblers-men who are
possessed of wealth, which, as it is easily got,
is readily spent, and who WELD a political
power which can only be over come by the
determined action of body OF influential citi-
zens. If such men will use the pow
erful weapon Of popular opinion, we can
gain salutary hold on. the community of
gamblers.
We mention this as the first method.
The second, although powerful is, we
fear, beyond our reach. We refer to
the legal prosecution of such as keep
gambling houses. The difficulty of using this
means does not consist in securing evidence.
We can prove without an hours delay that
certain men keep gambling hells, that they
have kept them for months; and this can be
shown by the concurrent testimony of any
number of witnesses. But there is hitch in
the legal proceedings, so that we cannot get
case up for trial. This difficulty is not pecu-
liar to our own city, but is encountered also in
New York. The report of the New York
Society contains the following paragraph
"From the report of the counsel, Mr.. Nathan
| Nesblt, It appears that nineteen complaints
have been made, chiefly against policy offices,
| and that he had prepared the necessary af1da-
Wits upon which to have warrants issued. Mr..
| Nesbit also stated that the political influence
| OF the gambling fraternity was so powerful that
| I'm some cases he feared that police justices
| would not do their duty in the matter aud issue
| the necessary warrants, and stated that any ap.
parent remissness on his part was to be as.
| cribed rather to that fact than TO any lack of
energy In prosecuting cases after they passed
! N ia a hA ha "a
| piled during the past week for several warrants
TO q certain police Justice, who, after an eXami-
nation of the papers, declined issuing warrant,
| upon some trivial pretense."
The case is the same here as there. OF the
dozens of cases before aldermen in which the
defendants are held to answer, dove ever hear
of one getting into court 1t does not happen
twice year that case is called for trial, and
when it is called the accused gets off on some
technical ground. A few weeks since a most
atrocious instance was brought before the Court
of man named Miller, and just as the con-
viction was certain, after a delay of nearly
two years, the limitation by statute being on
the eve of expiring, it was found he had not
been named properly in the indictment, and the
case fell. Why the day for trial was thus de-
layed until literally the eleventh hour, and
why dozens of cases are never called up by
the District Attorney, is something to us un-
known. But without this weapon such
society, at reformatory work in our city, would
be fully able to do much good and strike terror
to evil-doers.
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Crime i'm Fatrt1eId. onto,

CINCINNATI August 5.-About five weeks ago.
the little daughter of Joseph Kreisley, of Fair
field, Ohio, was - by an unknown party,
then strangled to death, and theibody left in the
stable of Arthur johnson, of the same place.
Last week a son OF Mr.. johnson confessed that
he was the perpetratOr of the crime, but denied
anv intention of numbering the little creature.
The citizens of Fairfield were about to lynch the
culprit, when his friends gave bail and spirited
him away,
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SARCASM IN MoNTANA.-SOme would.be wit in
Montana who wants to be severe on the Lieu
tenant-General, has posted the following notice
in the streets of Virginia City:-"Wanted, 80 900
grasshoppers, to enter the service of the United
States, under General Sherman"
He would probably be a fitting agent to re-
cruit such a corps, and if then appointed to lts
immediate command, could, no doubt, do more
rapid leg service, especially in cases of retreat
than any of his own recruits. General Sherman
should give him trial
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06
Prospect of Another Fight Between I'D !.
Seward and Dan. FOgerty.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, August ED. Seward, the
young pugIlist, who was defeated by DAN
Fogerty on the 9th of July through foul blow,
but who was in fair way of whipping his
6eRt, hearing that FogeTty claims % that he # fairly
whipped him, has challenged him (Fogerty) TO
another battle, offering to bet $1,000 to $500 Inat
he (SeWard) can defeat him,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06

THE SULTAN IN ANOTHER SHowER.-We do not
remember reading of fete day in England for
years when it did not rain. Rain seems to be
the normal condition of things in that unhappy
isle. Lately they have been feting the Sultan.
1t rained all day at the naval review, and the
next week, when the volunteer review was
Given, 1t rained again, just as the boys in red
began to move. This volunteer review consisted
OF $4,000 eoldiers, and of these 5000 we're "regu-
lars" The Sultan looked on with composure
and gravity, and made but one remark during
the two hours of rain. He asked the Prince of
Wales if they were volunteers, and when told
that they were not, he looked as if he thought
he had been rained on without sufficient cause.
The Sultan has set an example of sobrety to his
entertainers. He drinks no liquor or wine He
eats sparingly, and goes to bed early.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06

CoNsDERATE BIsMARK !-One of the Berlin
papers asserts that Count Bismark refused to
treat with the Prince OF Waldeck for the pUr-
chase of that State, purely out OF regard for
the susceptiblities of France. If the bargain
had been completed, it would have added six
hundred and eighty-six men to the Prussan
army.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06

AN UNPOPULAR PRNoF.-Prince Charles of
Roumania cannot have enjoyed his Moldavian
tour very much. At Jassy the boyars declined
to offer him a suitable residence, so that he
was obliged to put up with very plebeian lodg-
ings in the house of the Prefect; and as he
passed through the villages the only cry that
greeted him was that of Mttrin de foansen
eve are dying of hunger). An even more
significant demonstration of public feeling was
made at Resi-, where a memorial signed by six
thousand Moldavians was presented to the
Prince, begging that the union at present exist
ing between the principalitles of Moldayia and
Wallacha might be dissolved. Nor is the popu'
lar discomfort confined to Moldavia. The Prince
has lost much of his popularity at Bucharest
and even the German population of that town.
who last year were his most enthusiastic sup
porters, are complaining bitterly of the refusal
Of the Government to grant them certain ex-
ceptiOnal privileges they had hoped to obtain
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06

SOUTHERN EMIGRATION. - The Polish colony
which, Hnder General Tochman's auspices, emil
grated TO this country and settled in spottsyi-
Vania county, Va, is represented as being IN
says the Fredericksburg Herald has rendered
them independent, so far as mere living Is con-
cerned with a good season and the smiles
of Providence, they will commence laying up
next year, and from full supply of necessarieS
VIII go on acquiring home comforts" a con
siderable body of southerners living nea-
Natchitoches, La, are preparing to migrate 70
Honduras. The misiortunes attending 'ne
Mexican and Brazilian colonists would one
might think, deter others from leaving tne
South.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06
Rebel Triumph in Kentucky.

The Rebels carried Kentucky yesterday, as
was expected The proceedings, of course, are
a farce. The masses of the true Union citi-
zens of that State are disfranchised, and have
no voice in its affairs. In such a condition of
.iingS' the Rebels sweep the State. Kentucky
Is good example of what calls itself Demo-
0l"oy IN this country. That State is the helOt
Oi our country, drunken with prejudice,
nasteu that Oh the Union, of liberty, and of all
oe o,nSe makes america free and great. She is at
once an example and warning
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06

a ouooEsTloN.-It is stated that the Presi-
dent has asked Secretary Stanton to resign
we think 1t weuld be much more appropriate
for the President to resign. We know Of no
event that would be hailed with mora gansral
delight by good men of all parties than the
retirement Of Andrew Johnsen 10 tba sbadss
Of private life. -'' '--''''''
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06
SPECIAL NOTICES,

a@a$@ NINTH WARD.-AT A MEETING OF
- the UNION REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION
OF THE NINTH WARD, held at their hail. MER.
RICK and EFT Streets, on August s, 1867, the
Association adopted the supplementary rules
the following places were selected for conducting the
enrolment:-
First DIVISIONS. e. corner OF Eighth and Fnbert
streets.
Second Observation-Disclosures, No. 52N. Ninth street.
Third Divisions. w. corner Of Eleventh and Fill
bert streets.
Fourth Divison-No. 1928 Market street.
Filth DivisiOn-No. l8 s, Broad street.
sixth DiVision-No. 1919 Market street.
Seventh Division-NO. 1911 Market street
Eighth Divison-No. 2l29 Market street.
The enrolling officers will be in attendance at the
above places between the hours of and o'clock
p. NJ, on the 9Th, 9TH, and sth days OF August,
BY order of the Association
WILLIAM s. SToKLEY, President.
JOHN +. HILL, (Saorotor,os
DAVID BEITLER, Secretarles' S63tS
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COURT MARTIAL IN BUFFALO,.
Trial of Artillery men for Parading with
EenIans - Reported Punishment or
Eighteen Months ImprIsOnment AL


BUFFALO, N. Y, August 5.-The court martial
convened at Fort Porter Tor trying seventeen Of
the privates OF Battery NJ, 4th Artillery, for
paradlDg with the Feuians at their late picnic
was concluded to-day. 1 learn that fifteen Of
the prisoners have been found guilty and SEN
fenced to eighteen months at the Albany Jail (;
the others are to receive a reprimand from the
commanding officer. The findings of the Court
were forwarded to Washington to-day by Gene
War.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06

hIy@ THIRTEENTH SEVENTH
~ PRECINCT.-The Republican voters of the
Seventh Election Division of Thirteenth Ward, are
notified that the books for registering under the New
Rules will be open from TO o'clock p. M on the
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth OF August,
at the southwest corner OF Sixth and Poplar
streets. 855t%
h95g NINTH DIVISION, FIFTEENTH
80 WARD.-The officers TO conduct the regi5tra-
On OF the Republican voters Will sit for that purpose
At the usual place OF voting NORTH Street. west OF
Eighteenth, between the hours of and o'clock, on
the evenings OF The 9Th, u n, and sth inst.
Every Republican voter in the Division IS required
to have his registered be debarred the pilvi
lege Of voting at the Delegate election S6t
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-06
>1g@ PARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE.

The next term commences on THURSDAY Sep
tember l2. Candidates or admission may be exam
ned the day before (september III, or on Tuesday
July 3d. the day before the annual commencement
Fer circulars apply to President CATTELL, or to
Professor R. B. YoUNGMAN,
Clerk Of the Faculty.
Easton, Pa, July. 1867. 72O4 4ptt
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DIVIDEND NOTICE

TlN Transfer Books OF this Company will be closed
on SATURDAY, the 9th OF july next ana Do re-
opened on TUESDAY, July 10, lb6 .,.
A Dividend of FIVE PER GENT has been declared
the Preferred and Common Stock clear OF NaIonal
and State Taxes, payable In cash on and aIter the
10Th of July next 10 the holders thereon as they sha
9Th Of July next.
atamped. s. BRADFORD,
626BW Treasurer.
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Rag- THE DIRECTORS OF THE WALLACE
OIL G0MPANY i & 5Sye this day ~ declared =.
the Office OF the Company, No. Sl9 WALNUT Street,
Philadelphia, l1tHl f. II. STEEL, Secretary.
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RG8@ PHILADELPHIA AND READING
BSS RAILROAD COMPANY-OFFICE, No. 227
p ~ PHILADELPHIA, June 26, 1867.
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p FARE 10 WILMINGTON,

cents; Chester or Hook ~ cents.
On uDd after MONDAY, July s, the steamer A Ell
will leave CHESNUT Street wharf at 94E A. NJ. aud
345 p NJ Returning, leaves Wilmington at 6@S A. NJ
and l245 Z. If.
Fare TO Wilmington. Is cents; excursion tickets sS
cents Fare TO Chester or Hook 10 cents, 68G
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SKh TAKE THE FAMILY TO
uk1Sis5fi{asssssiiS GLOUCESTER POINT GAKDENR
Lhe most delightful place for recreation and enjoy
In the vicinity OF the city. Boats leave foot Of
SOUTH street daily every tbree-quarters OF an
hour 81 8m1pP
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No. DAILY EXCURSIONS TO WI.
pnc~sn EXCURSIONS UPTHE RIVER

- .GTeA SPLENDID MUSIC IN THE
~ GLOUCESTER POINT GARDENS,
LI hIsY AFTERNOON. commencing MONDAY,
July %. 25 l5t%r
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EXCURSIONS.

FARE for the round Trip, 9i25.
Children over five. and under twelve, 65 cents
Tickets for sale st Vine Street wharf aud Cooper
Point on the morning of the Excursion, on the csrs
and of the Agents ~ the abnve-named stations
The subscriber respectfully solics your patronage
So aA WILLIAM PLUM
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-21
WHITE PINE COAPO UND.

WHITE PINE CONPO UND,
GEORGE w. SWEET, VI. h.,
PROPRIETOR.
Prepared at the
NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL DEPOT,
1O6 Hanover Street. Boston.
Under the supervision of Rev. j. w. Po-
land.
Cloud & Akin, Wholesale Agents.
For sale by Keller & White, VIM H. P
Stoddard, T. @. b idwell, H. J. Schlaepfer
and by Druggists generally,
feb9 div, Witt
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STEELE 4 TRIPLE.

Second Street. between Chestnut and
Cherry, Evansville. Indiana.
SASH, DOoKS, WIN now BLINDS, DRESSED
LUMBFR, BOARDS, LATH, &C., of every de-
scription constantly on hand. Packing
Boxes of all kinds made to order. saving
of every kind done on the shortest notice.
july20 ly
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RELIGIOUS MATTBRs.--The Sunday SGhoo
Teachers Institute, which was inaugural ,'eC
last evening, will continue its sessions to-da.N
and tomorrow, in the West Arch Street Pres
byterian Church. at Eighteenth and Arch
Streets This afternoon, at 3 o'clock, there Will
be q great gathering of the children at the
church, and at 80 this evening there will be a
training and instruction meeting.
Tomorrow afternoon at O'Clock, the corner
stone of the new Baptist Church, at Fox Chase,
Twenty. third Ward, will be laid, with appro-
pirate services. Interesting addresses will be
delivered by prominent divines on this occa-
sion.
During the summer vacation. the Tabernacle
Methodist Church, on Eleventh street, near
Jefferson, has been thoroughly renovated and
handsomely repainted. This good work was
achieved by the congregation without any as
sistance from outside parties. The Rev. r. H.
Pattison is the present pastor OF the church.
The dedication of the Lutherbaum Chapel,
Twelfth and oxford streets, will take place on
tomorrow evening, Sept. 10, at ~ O'Clock.
The services will be conducted by Rev. e. w.
Hutter, ID. D., Rev. Theo. Stork, D. D., Rev.
Luther f. Albert. d. D., Rev. John Chambers,
and others.
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RETRBUTOY. Y.-Several days ago we noticed
the case OF Peter Boen, who was up for the
sixty fifth time for beating his wife. 1t tappears
that the tables have been turned at last, and
Peter hauls his wife Ann up on the charge of
assaulting him. It is alleged that Peter. chas-
tened Dy his last confinement in the shades Of
Moyamensing. wended his steps homeward to
Front and Huntington streets. He attempted
to enter his own house, but his much-beaten
wife, like Oliver Twist, picked up spirit and
ahat-trOn at one and the same moment, and
expressed an intention to make the latter better
acquainted with Peters head, and perhaps give
IT an introduction If he did not clear out. Peter
did so, thinking discretion the better part of
valor, and had his wife arrested She had a
hearing before Alderman Sinex, and was held
in 5000 bail.