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whatever name, in this country, have been in
troduced In the General Synod Of the Re
formed Presbyterian Church, now in session
in New York; and the same question is being
agitated by the Cumberland Presbyterian
Assembly, now in session in Memphis.
We confess that we look upon this tendency
to union among the different branches of this
great Church family with the deepest interest
1t is a movement in the right direction. The
whole consolidated body will be broader, more
liberal, more truly catholic, than either of
its component parts could be alone. It's re-
sources will be more economically employed,
and more effectual in accomplishing Christian
work. Instead of the machinery Of three or
four separate organizations to accomplish
given end, that OF only one will now be required.
By concentrating its energies and simplifying
its action, the United Presbyterian Church will
vastly increase its influence and its power of
doing good.
We hope to see the time when still wider
tendency to union shall prevail-when non
essentials, whether of dogma or ofpohty, shall
WELD less and less power over mems minds
and the great essentials of Christianity shall
bind the whole Church in closer and more
enduring compact.
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SECRETARY STANTON AND THE Presidency
The st. Louis Democrat, in discussing the Pre-
sidential question, utters the following Ian
guage:-"There is statesman who has been
the military superior of all our generals, and
whose part in the war has been not less
deserving of honor than that of the bravest
hero that ever slept on hard-fought field.
There is one such man, and but one-the
Secretary of War, Edwin NJ. Stanton" 1t also
favors the selection of the Vice-President from
Missouri, and says:-"Of all the former slave
States no other so well deserves the honor, and
no other can more justly claim for her leaders
in this struggle the confidence and the graft
tude of the nation"
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Mhere Rnnth is Rnried.

THE following melo-dramatic account Of
where and how JohnWilBes Booth was buried,
we take from Detective Bakers book on the
adventures of the "Secret Service" 1t sets
at rest the dispute as to the final disposition
of the body
In order TO establish the identity of the body
OF the assassin beyond all question, the Secre-
tary of War directed me to summon number
OF witnesses residing In the city of Washing
ton, who had previously known the murderer.
Some two years previous to the assassination of
the President, Booth had had a Cumor or car
bunole cut from his neck by surgeon On in
quiry, ascertained that DR.. May, "a well-known
and very skilful surgeon OF twenty five years
practice in Washington, had performed the
operation.
Accordingly, 1 called on Dr. May, who, before
seeing the body, mInutely described the exact
locality of the tumor, the nature and date OF
the operation, etc After being sworn he pointed
10 The scar in the neck, which was then plainly
visible. Five other witnesses were examined,
all OF whom had known the assassin intimately
for years The various newspaper accounts,
referring to the mutilation of Booths body, are
equally absurd. General Barnes, Surgeon
General U. S. A, was on board the gunboat
where the post mortem examination was held,
with his assistants General Barnes cut from
Booths neck about two inches of the spinal
column through which the ball had passed;
this piece OF bone, which is now on exhibition
in the Government Medical Museum in Wash
tngton, is the only relic of the assassin's body
above ground, and this Is the only mutilation
of the remains that ever occurred. Immediately
aIler Ine conclusion Oh Jne examination, the
Secre tary of Wargave orders to the disposition
OF The body, which had become very offensive,
owing TO the condition in which it had re-
mained after death the leg broken In jumping
from the box to the stage, was much dtscolored
and swollen, the blood from the wound having
saturated his under clothing. With the assist
ance of Lieutenant L. B. Baker, took the body
from the gunboat direct TO the old Penitentary,
adjoining the old Arsenal grounds. The build
ing had not been used as prison for some years
previously. The Ordnance Department had
filled the ground floor cells with fixed ammuni-
tion-oDe of the largest of these cells was
selected as the burial place OF Booth-the
ammunition was removed, large fiat stone
lifted from Its place, and a rude grave dug; the
body was dropped In, the grave filled up, the
that remained of John Wilkes Booth.
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SPECIAL NOTICES,
az UNION LEAGUE HOUSE,
MAY is. 1857.

At meeting OF the Board Of Directors of the
UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, held
March IL, 1867 the following Preamble and Resolu.
tions were Adopted
OF the highest Importance that the delegates OF the
people, TO whom the sovereign power is entrusted,
should be selected as TO truly represent the body
Iotlc, 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
sty OF such organization by the formation OF voun
tary associations for this purpose, and
Whereas, There are grave defects existing under
tie present system of voluntary organization, which
1t is believed may be corrected by suitable provisions
OF law; now, therefore, be 1t
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 legal organization Of
the people select candidates for Office the prizes to
be as follows, vlz.:-
The of five hundred dollars for that essay
which, IN the judgment of the Board shall be first Ia
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 are offered
are as follows, VIII
First. All essays competing for these prizes must be
addressed TO GEORGE II. BOX Err, 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.
tlched, with any other indication Of origin, will be
considered.
Second. Accompanying every competing essay. the
author must enclose his name and address within
sealed envelope, addressed to the Secretary of the
Union League After 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 names Of their authors shall
be made without consent of the authors Ia writing.
BY order of the Board of Directors.
GEORGE H. BOXER,
516lm SECRETARY.
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NOE NATIONAL BANK OF THE REPUB.
LIC PHILADELPHIA, May q, 1867.
Applications for the unallotted shares In the In
crease ofthe Capital Stock OF this Bank are now being
received and the stock delivered
58u JOSEPH P. MUMFoRD, Cashier
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Rys THE PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH OF
s-1s,., The AN ERIyAN FREhDMENs UNION
COMMISSION appeals 70 the public for aid 10 sup
sixty-thIee teachers In the Held who supported
entirely ~ voluntary contributions et coet o. over
Of the work give liberal aid many Of the schools must
gers think the schools ought 70 be Kept en until the
states are prepared 70 AXE % Closing dS
any Of them without making known TO the public
their need: and appealing for aid.
E. w. CLARK, Treasurer,
6l6@ No. rs s. THIRD Street.
R1gs PITTsBURG, FORT WAYNE, AND
OF THE PRtcSIDENT
Pursuant to resolution adopted at n meeting of the
Shareholders and Bondholders OF this Company, held
at Pitsburg, March 90 ulmO, notice IA hereby given
be held at PlTISBURG, May 25. proximo, at 10 NJ,
70 @ t sugh uetheI III , aS y 9e SUI
ment and permanent improvements 10 be made TO
m am % aV 20 ~ snn 1b se Iresslon
raising the necessary means for paying tor such
equipment and improven.en ,,rs r,,,,,, .
Chairman Of Sto1kholders' Meeting.
5lo1t @. w. OAss, President.
h~Saye NOTICE-sT. LOUIS, ALTON, AND
- TERRE HAUTB RAILROAD COMPANY.
The Annual Meeting OF the Bondholders and stock
holders Of this Company win be held st their office
of June next at O'Clock In the afternoon that
for the ELECTION of THIRTEEN DIRECTORS Tor
the ensuing year and for the transaction OF any other
The Transfer Books Of the Company will be closed
on SAT ne 4Lh day day Of May next and VIII be
10 IIsi;' ISts . p BY " order. nc BRYANT. secy
r1ge THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TIE
49, Stockholders of the CLARION RIVER ND
No. "a North FRONT Street, on WEDNESDAY,
May 20, at u O'Clock NJ 6l5 ITS
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tag@ TO THE FRIENDS OF UNION AND
r159p REPUBLICAN STATE CoNvENrIoS.

~ -
HARRISBURG, April l6, 1857. - The Republican
State Convention will meet at the 'Herdic House."
in Williamsport, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of
June next, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, to nominate cand-
date Tor Judge of the Supreme Court and to initiate
proper measures for the ensuing State canvass.
As heretofore, the Convention will be composed of
Representative and Senatorial Delegates, chosen in
the usual way and equal in number to the whole of
the Senators and Representatives In the General
Assembly.
BY order OF the State Central Committee
+. JORDAN, Chairman.
GEORGE w. HAMERSLEY, | c aoroto,ias
J. ROBLEY DUNGLIsoN, secretaries $50 Slt
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G-9s3 NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.-JUY,
CoE co. Agents for the "TELEsRAPH"
and Newspaper Press OF the whole country, have RE
MOVED from FIFTH and CHESNUT Streets 70 No
l44 s. SIXTH Street second door above WALNUT.
OFFICEs:-No. IA s. SIXTH Street, Philadelphia;
TRIBUNE BUILDINGS, New York. 7SOAp
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T AIDES, SAVE YOUR CLOTH AND YOUR
IL money, by calling at Mrs. GoBLEs, no. N.sia5 iaS
MARK Ell street. and learn to cut your own dIsssesi
also learn her new style of Raised Worstea WORK :
Dresses, BaBques, ETC., In one hour, -, ,,a.D
Agenls wanted. . 20 inliP
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TOUND, LAST K-GOLDBEARING u.
ID s. Coupons. Owner will please address ~ y
Coupons, Evening Telegraph O"S"p
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h9y@ NOTlCE-THE NEW ORLEANS RE.
~ PUBLICAN solicits the patronage of all loyal
men in the North who have business interests la the
South. Having been selected by the Clerk of the
House of Representatives under the law OF Congress
passed March 1867, the paper for printing All the
Laws and Treaties, and all the Federal advertise
ments within the State OF Louisiana, it will be the
best advertising medium in the Southwest, reaching
a larger number of business than any other
paper. Address MATHEWS d. HAMILTON, Con-
veyancers. No. 707 SAMSON Street, or s. l.. BROWN
q CO., New Orleans. Louisiana. 429 I'm
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SPECIAL NOTICES,

f9B REFRIGERATOR BAZAAR. B. s.
~ HARRIS q co. have, in addition TO a fine
assortment OF Rerigerators Of best quality three
patents, vz.-Harrls Patent, Rees & Tevis' Patent,
and WTights Patent Ice Water refrigerator; ali
warranted TO preserve meat, etc etc, dry and
sweet, and to be more economical In ice than any
other Refrgerators
B. 8. HARRIS & CO.,
5l63m4p No. li9 North Ninth street, near Race
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hS95s The ANNUAL MEETING OF TIE
80 - stockholdeTs Of the CLAEi0N n RIVER AND
No. "a North FRONT Street, on WEDN NESDAY,
May 20, at ~ o'clock NJ. SIS Hts
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duty consisted Of drawing their pay. Quarter
masters, commssaries and other epauletted
idlers felt the effect of his pruning knife. But
a political pressure was brought to bear upon
Stanton and Lincoln, and the work of retrenoh-
ment was stopped As soon as Grant obtained
possession of the War Department it was re-
sumed, and the result has been an immediate
saving of nearly sixteen million dollars from
Stanton's estimates for single year, and the
curtailment of expenditures in every direction
in equal proportion.
These practical results will satisfy the people
that there is sound sense in Grants views in
relation to the union of the two offices of Gene
raj of the Army and Secretary of War. The
former, as the head of the military of the
United States, subject only to the Commander
in Chief, should not have political power ex-
ercised over him to cripple his plans and in
terfere with his administration. The General
is the proper adviser of the President on all
army matters, and should be a member of the
Cabinet. Now that such an office has been
created, a Secretary of War is no longer ne
cessary. General Grants course has entirely
disposed of all partisan agitation over Stan
toms removal, and the best thing Congress can
do is to provide for the abolition of the Office
of Secretary of War, and turn over all the
duties of the Department to the General of the
Army.
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General Hanoools.a Order.

From The N. Y. Tribune.
General Hancock commander OF the MILL
AIRY District embracing Louisiana auu ieASo,
las revoked the order issued IN August ~
General Sheridan, allowing all les'S'ei0U
voters Irrespective of color, TO oe plaoeo on
the iurv list. provided they possess the requl-
s,to Qualifications of property and Intelligence
General Hancock's order purports to be made
with the view of conforming to the "Constitu-
t;onr of the State of Louisiana, thing
which, If it had any existence, would super
sede General Hancoek's authority altogether.
Il is only because the President has proclaimed
that Louisiana has no civil government, and,
therefore, no Constitution, and Congress has
reiterated the same statement, that General
Hancock is not a usurper and despot. II he
wishes to issue an order that no negroes shall
sit on iuries, he ought to have the manliness
and honesty to do it openly. No State Con-
stitution of Louisiana has any more authority
over General Hancock than have the laws Of
France to which the territory of Louisiana
once belonged. Just as the President, while
trampling under foot the Constitutions of all
the Southern States, pretended to obey them
in the single point of excluding black men
from voting, so General Hancock, while holding
his very Office under a law which declares that
the Southern States have no civil governments,
and therefore no constitutions, yet appeals to
the ghost of Louisiana's dead Constitution as
if it were a living law.
The fact that many of the colored citizens
OF Louisiana have not sufficient intelligence to
sit on juries forms no justification for General
Hancock's order. Color is not even an ave-
rage test. Many of the white citizens Of
Louisiana are incompetent from want Of intel
Hgence, while many of the colored citizens
are thoroughly competent. In New Orleans,
there are large numbers of rich and intelligent
oolored men. Prior to the Rebellion, the free
colored population of New Orleans averaged
greater wealth in proportion to their numbers
than the white. On the other hand, there are
secluded parishes in Louisiana where the
heathenism brought by the imported Africans
centuries ago. and forgotten by their descend
ants, has spread to the ignorant whites. Had
General Hancock based his order on a qualif-
cation either of property or intelligence, it
might have been sustained. As it is, it looks
as If he had entered the lists as a competitor
with Andrew Johnson, Horatio Seymour, John
T. Hoffman, and George B. Mcclellan for the
next Presidential nomination.
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Popular Education In Politics.

from Lhe N 7. I1dependenI.
Ignorance and knowledge, when predicated
of the masses, are comparative. Every
rational being has some knowledge; no one has
all few have enough. He who from year to
year attends, through good part of election
oay' the poll of his district, may we'll stand
appalled, at the aggregate of ignorance and vice
which enters into the composition of that popu-
lar Verdict which should always be rendered
under the guidance Of intelligence and virtue.
well-being Of this people was but sle9derlv.
remotely affected by political action, that time
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A WORD More About IMPEACHMENT.

FTOOl Ule ", T. NuttuH
One meets constantly, both in literature,
and philosophy, and politics, with men who
are addicted to cramming into their heads ideas
which are too big for their brains, and which,
quently, produce acute mental inhamma-
tion, showing itself in rant and bombast. Mr..
Williams, if we may Judge from the ''report"
on the impeachment of President Johnson
which he has appended to the evidence col
lecttd by the Judiciary Committee, is one of
these, and not the least remarkable His
symptoms are certainly as grave as those of
any case which has recently come under our
notice. Mr.. Boutwell, and the rest OF the
majority seem, too, to have been fully con-
scious Of the unfortunate gentleman's condi-
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General Grant and ths War Department.


From 2,e ~. Y. Herald.
The radical Congressman at Washington,
according to the statement of their organ in
this city, are extremely anxious to get General
Grant out of the War Department, and are
busily employed in hunting up all manner of
laws which they hope may have a tendency to
cut short his term of office. One act passed in
1868, providing that any head of a bureau
appointed by the President in an emergency
shall not serve for longer period than six
months, is regarded as applicable to the acting
Secretary Of War. If this should be found
imperative in his case, then an act of 1867,
providing that no detail shall be made by the
President, as Commander-in-C Chief, that shall
extend beyond the space of six months, is
relied upon as terminating General Grants
term of Office in the War Department in Feb
ruary next. In the meantime, while the radi-
Gals are displaying all their restlessness,
jealousy, and annoyance, the army estimates
are cut Down under Grants admirable admin
istration nearly sixteen million dollars. This
amount is saved to the country in single
year by the acting Seoretarys system of re-
trenchment while the efficiency of the army is
increased instead of diminished.
The fact is, General Grant has long been
satisfied that the Offices of General of the Army
and Secretary of War should be united in one
person. When he commenced his work of
army retrenchment, Immediately after Lees
surrender, he found himself suddenly checked
by u authority Of Stanton, backed by the
approval of President Lincoln. 1t had been
the desire of Grant TO put the army without
any loss of time as nearly upon peace loHs, ZOO,
ing as the then condition of the country Wo91 Wo9iI11
warrant. To this end he proceeded rapidly wiz WIN
the work of mastering out the yoiun'esr 90 issl-
ments cutting down and disposing OF army
sunrlles and Getting rid Of host of volunteer
ofieers who had no Commands and whose only
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

EDIFoRIAL oPINIoNs OF THK LEADING JOURNALS
UPON CURRENT ToPICs-CoMPILED EVERY
DAY PoB TBB EVENING TELEGRAPH.
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4 am endeavoring 10 have some important
work executed inIthe cemetery of our city,
by which very considerable Improvement
will be effected therein, and before proceed
ing TO complete the same | earnestly call
upon every person who has lot or grave in
the cemetery to no out there at once and re-
pair their fences, trim up their trees and
shrubs, and then throw out the weeds, cut
ting, &c, into the avenues in order that they
may DO removed py tne sexton, anu tna'
oho avenues may nerGI'er me- 10 u Hopo neas
uIoah anu - Boou vIuvi o nso oo,
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me of what has been done, and attend
to the Campos and Miramon affairs
The following is the Lares letter re-
ferred to by Macmillan;
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 10, 1857.
"MY DEAR Don TEoDosIo LAREs.7-
II have detailed information from
Miramon, in which he says that the
aid of Campos, Who'll believe is com.
missary of the army, has arrived; and
brought but three thousand dollars
instead of forty eight thousand, as was
assured in the full council. You shall
verify this statement in the most
scrupulous and energetic manner,that 1
NAV know who cheats and where the
money went to. If Campos has told
us lie you shall with your accustomed
firmness, and make salutary exam
pie ofhim. In any case expect inn
mediately, by safe courier, report
from you.
"Miramon threw all the blame OF his
mishap upon his lack of resources. l,
for my part, will scrutinize the trans
actions this side of Quereato
+ ( The first day of our departure from
Mexico, as you know, we passed
about five hours continuously Skin
mishing with the dissidents, who are
under the command Of Fragoso. Our
young troops behave with much
bravery and enthusiasm. Thanks be
to God, we lost but two men killed
and six wounded, one of whom fell
about two yards from my horse.
sin the afternoon we dislodged the
dissidents from Clrantitlan, where we
slept, and yesterday we did not en-
counter single one in all the rich
district of Tepeji, which we find very
tranquil, as well as its excellent pop
ulation, which received me with much
affection. To-day, from Tepeji to San
Francisco we have had no encounter.
''Saluting you, / am your very
afectionate
"MAXIMILIAN.o
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From the N. Y. Herald.
The Progress of Reconstruction

From the N. Y. Herald.
The Progress of Reconstruction.
From all parts of the South, except
perhaps, in few remote places like
the Rio Grande border of Texas, where
the inhabitants know or care little
about government, the people are earn
estly at work to bring about recon
struction. The most intellectual and
popular men of the South, such as
General Robert Lee, Wade Hampton,
General Longstreet, A. G. Brown, Of
Mississippi, General Beauregard, and
number Of others ofthe same class,
advise the people not only to acquiesce
in the Congressional plan of recon
struction, but urge them to take an
active part in it. The newspapers
generally, which lately were hostile,
are now wheeling round in support of
the measure. OF course they speak of
it being forced upon them, by way Of
saving themselves from the charge of
inconsistency; but they support it
nevertheless. In fact, they perceive
that the public voice is loud in favor of
restoration under the plan prescribed,
and they are compelled to follow the
current. Our correspondent in Geor-
gia says he knows not of single pub
lie journal in that State that advises
the people to vote "no convention"
The same state Of feeling and purpose
among the whites is found generally
in the other Southern States as thus
spoken of in Georgia.
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RECoNsTRUcTIoN- do not pro.
pose to enter upon the discussion Of
the all-absorbing question of recon
struction as yet, but will content our
selves with giving the views of the
prominent statesmen and military
leaders as they appear. We will pub
fish next week, the letter of the Hon.
A. G. Brown favoring the policy of
yielding to the terms of the military
bill, and to-day, to the exclusion of
editorial matter, we publish the fol
lowing letter from Gen Beuregard on
the same subject. 1t is quite evident
that the great military leaders of the
Southern armies are for reconstruction
under the bill, believing that the soon
er we get into Congress the surer we
will be of eventually getting all our
rights.-Port Gibson Standard.