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REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING N NORFOLK. VA.
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, June IA,

FORTRESS MONROE, Va, June a. 1867.
republican meeting held in Norfolk last
evening" and owing to the fact that 1t announced 10
be the last meeting to be held prior TO the registration
the house crowded the colored element largely pre-
pondentng. Shortly before the meeting opened . largo
transparency. bearing the incrptons Hurah for Tho
twenty three who endorsed Anthony Collins, the Union
soldier who lost leg while defending his country"
Equal rights to all y Sustain your county, Union
Republican Club" was placed upon the platform under
the escort OF drum corps The Rev. 4. w. Williams
opened the meeting with prayer, and Mr. G. W. Butty
nd dressed the audience at times INDUCING In severe
denuncission OF President johnson. He followed
by General H A. Pierce, who 10 about starting
out q stumping tour through the southern
counties His remarks were calculated 10 act
favoraby upon his audience being devoted 70 explaining
the manner whereby the coorsd be improved
and placed In the condition which their rights de-
mand In freedom, he said, IL necessary TO work
harder than when In bondage and that pride we'll
pccuniary results should force all 70 labor There
one party he cautioned his party against and that
those who were for tho sStars and Bars while
supposed TO DO the dominant side, but when later
the cause OF the confedcracy waned equally ready
10 sing tho 'sstar Spangled Banner tApplause.D
General Pierce spoke in a favorable manner OF
Generals Joseph Johnston and James Longsrect. aud
deemed them worthy Of taking part IN the rcconstuc
ton Of the country II not the blood color which
was destined govern this country II was the brain
and positions hereafter under the government were open
10 I'll, irrespective OF color.
Mr. Charles X. Potter then addressed the audience
after which Il broke up amid great enthusiasm.
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DANGER Of F,revorI. In the city.

BY a lucky chance the explosion Of IRE
works in Maiden lane on Saturday did no In
slant destruction to human life, nor to any
great extent to property. This, however,
is no reason why fireworks should be
permitted to be stored in large quantities in
crowded parts OF the city. 1t is not long
since similar accident resulted much more
disastrously in almost the same vicinity. We
believe there Is law or an ordinance against
wholesale dealing In explosive material with
in the city limits. nso II should be vigorously
enforced While We cannot forego our Fourth
Of July decorating enjoyments, there Is no
reason why people should be blown to pieces
by an awkvsra stroke OF . hammer on The
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Rxyps an Independent KIusAou.

Isman Pacha visits Paris az King Of Egypt
Success has crowned his efforts at last.
It Is we'll known that since 1868, when Ismail
Pacha succeeded to the viceregal throne. the
point now gained has been the steady object
OF his ambition. Neither labor nor money has
been spared. The first indications Of success
became apparent towards the close Of the last
year, when the order of succession was changed
by consent Of the Sultan In favor of the family
OF the present ruler. To understand this Alright
1t is necessary TO bear in mind that in 184l the
government Of Egypt was confirmed, by con-
sent Of the great Powers of Europe, in the
person Of Mohammed Ali, and made hereditary
in the then living members of his family. The
law Of succession was after the manner Of the
East and such as prevails generally through
out the Turkish empire. According to this
law il was not the eldest son OF the last occu-
pant Of the throne, but the oldest living male
of tho family OF Mohammed Ali that succeeded
to the position and honors OF chief ruler.
Ismai Pacha was the FIRST to set his face against
this law. His sons, he saw, would sink at his
death into the condition Of dependent princes,
while his brother, Mustapna FAIL Pa:ha, Of
late become 80 we'll known as the
leader Of young Turkey, would inherit
bis place and power. Money and skilful
diplomacy got over that difficulty; and the
right Of succession, by frman Of the Sultan,
was accorded to the heirs male Of the present
viceroy in the direct line. Ismail Pacha's am
bition, however, was not yet satisfied. Egypt
must be an independent kingdom, and he must
be it, independent sovereign. Bribery and
diplomacy, which had done so much in tho
other case, were again resorted to. Nubar
Pacha, an Armenian by descent, and a Christian,
one Of the ablest. certainly, but also one OF the
most INSCRIPTIONS public servants Of the Egyp-
tian government, was forthwith despatched to
Cons.antinople. His mission has been crowned
with success What the actual terms OF the
arrangement are we have yet to learn. IsmAil
Pacha, on condition that bis wishes in regard
TO independency were complied with, was not
unwilling, we know, to continue TO pay q GER
tain yearly subsidy, and even In an emergency
to strengthen the sultan's forces by contri-
buting an Egyptian contingent. A few days
more will put us in possession Of the facts.
Meanwhile we take 1t for granted that, -
King Of Egypt, Ismai Pacha Is at liberty to
make and unmake pachas, to remove and set
up governors, and otherwise to regulate the
affairs Of his kingdom without consulting the
feelings or interests Of his former sovereign
lord at Constantinople. One inevitable conse-
quence Of this change will be that Egypt will
come more completely than ever under tho
influence Of European ideas. It's one step more
In that inevitable march Of progress which will
advance, not over Egypt alone, but over the
whole East OF Europe, and which will not halt
until the entire continent Of Asia yields 70 its
Transforming power.
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The Calcutta correspondent Of the London
Times few days since made some
startling remarks about the rapid ac-
QUESTION Of territory by the Russians
Il appears from this that they are fast
advancing towards the East India borders, and
threaten, before many years have passed. TO
overrun the whole of Hindostan and meet the
United States in China. There are already
amalgamated in the Russian empire more than
one hundred different nations and tribes,
speaking forty different languages, and, at he
present rate Of march, these figures will ere
long be doubled. Says the correspondence 70
which wo refcr:-"The advance OF Russia
towards Bokhara and Cabul Is discussed with
no little eagerness; they" tthc people, swell
come the approach Of Russia just a. we know
the mass Of the people do 10 Central ASIA
This is strange admission, and shows how
rapidly the power Of England Is declining
upon the border Of her great colonial strong
holds. Already IL appears that Russia Ia
stirring up discord on the northwestern from
tier Of the English East India possessions, and
this IL done so well that in almost every case
the people, II lefs TO choice Of rulers, would
prefer the Russian 10 the old crushing despos-
ism which the East India Company inau-
gurased. and which succeeding rulers have con-
tinued In the oocnsry. The Russian Governors
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The Practical Argument for tho Ansexasioa
or Canada.
telegram from Quebec in last Wednes-
days HERALD announced that out Of seventeen
hundred emIgrants arriving at that port
nom the Old World during the past
week only thirty remained in Canada,
while the rest proceeded to the Western
States Of the Union. This is the real prac-
teal argument for the annexation Of Canada
to the United States. The descendants Of John
Bull may bluster as much as they please about
the glories of the British constitution the
ONCE holders and the home government may
get up schemes Of confederation and send out
young sprigs Of royalty to rule over the do
minion; Pointe Levi may be fortified and ship
loads Of breech-loading rifles may be sent out
from England to enable the "Queen's Own
militia to re-enact the gallant scenes of Ridge
way and Of Pigeon Hill; but nothing can avert
the inevitable destiny foreshadowed by this
Quebec despatch.
The contrast between the United States and
Canada Is too marked to admit OF doubt In
the mind of the emigrant as to which to
choose It IL the difference between vigor and
feebleness- between . healthy prime and
puny infancy. In the States enterprise
b ever active and unsleeping, and the nation
strides onward with the tread Of giant. The
people who settle upon our soil grow with the
growth and prosper with the prosperity OF
the country. The Western Sta ties, as yet
scarcely started on their career, have before
them q future Of wealth and power such as the
most sanguine in the present day can barely
realize The government of the United States
is now one Of the strongest and most stable in
the world, and its free institutions secure the
liberty, safety and happiness Of every citizen
upon its soil. The condition Of Canada is that
OF all colonies leaning upon distant govern
ment for support. The people have neither
enterprise nor self-reliance. The country is
unprogressive, and there is nothing 10 attract
capital or labor to its SOIL Its very existence
and the lives Of its citizens are dependent
upon the actions Of others I; for in the event Of
war between the United States and Eng
land Canada, without any voice in the matter,
would be overrun by our armies and held
under the terrors Of war. 1t is quite natural,
under these circumstances, that out Of seven
teen hundred emigrants arriving in Quebec
only thirty should remain in Canada, while the
rest make their way to the Western States. It
is natural, too, that the young men of Canada
should all be annexationists, and should at the
present moment be quietly working out the
practical result Of annexation, by shaking the
AI,c:-e oct 4 khnsr
fortunes under the Stars and Stripes.
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TIE LOUISIANA REPUDLIsas CONVENTION.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TINE HERALD.


The Platform Endorsed By tho Convensioa-
An Equal Division Of Onices Demanded be-
tween White and Black.
NEW ORLEANS, June 10, 1867.
Tho Radical Republican State Convention adjourned
die last night after endorsing the following plat
form
We advocate and win enforce perfect equality under
the OF the Thirty ninth and Forteth Con.
gresses will reconstruct Louisiana upon the Congressional
Nominations for Office TO be made only Of those whs
will enforce perfect equality and the right to hold office.
sousy without distinction Of race or color in the Right
and the jury box, without any educational
property qualifications being required also on the right
ained into any all civil contracts We Will
advocate the granting OF immediate assistance BY the
general government for rebuilding the levess We vim
Also advocate emigration and division Of lands Of The
State AZ far a. practicable into small farms in order
that the masses Of people may be enabled to become
andholde We will advocate tho repeal OF the cotton
tax BY Congress-; u mot granted we will demand a.
night that class legislation be abolished and LAID
Of agriculture, mines and manufactures b equally and
fairly taxed We will advocate equality in schools and
the % Of the eight hour =
revision OF the laws OF Louisiana that they may guar
antee equal justice 70 black and white alike We pledge
ourselves to AID the IN paying the Lass del.
lar Of the public debt
The platform further condemns Johnsons amnesty
e Be- the Sshss. dasy Of the a.
the maintenance OF an adequate military force In
Louisiana SEQ the laws enforced and life and pro-
perty protected; declares that man Is TO b sup
ported for Office who will not boldly and openly pledge
himself TO make equal distribution among white and
ooIored alike Of all offices TO which he may have the
power OF appointment A. the newly enfranchised o.
consue majority Of The party, ct least one-half
Of the nonations for elective oAces shall b takea
from that class, distinction TO be made, wheshse
nominees appointees were born free not provided
they arc loyal capable and honest Tho party viii -
ways dscosntenance any attempt on the part Of any
OF the TO the EXCLUSION Of any other saoe
rfna
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Telegraphic Messages Made Pablo Property.
In q case tried in the United States
District Court at Charleston recently, Judge
Bryan made an order compelling the local
agent OF the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany to deliver to the Court, to be used
for the purpose of evidence, copies Of certain
dispatches that had been entrusted to the
wires In full faith, no doubt, Of the inviolable
secrecy Of that means OF communication. This
ID an important order. It affects every public
and private interest, and II must qualify seri-
ously the value Of the telegraph as part Of
modern mercantile and social machinery. With
all Difference to the wisdom Of Judge who
must be supposed to have weighed all the
bearings Of the case, we lean to the view that
Judge Bryan's decision Of this point Is not
good law !; but II it be good law, then there is
one more very stringent reason why Congress
should take up the question of the telegraph
and reorganize the whole system on broad
national basis. II there il one good reason why
government should hold and manage the
postal system Of the country, there are ffty why
the telegraph should be on the same footing.
6uCu y wow Will NO hOA0Ou OA bAO RCOpAO W
what must be the immediate effect of this
Charleston order. Business and social secrets
Of every character will be brought into court
on all sorts Of trivial pretexts, since Il s ruled
that they are thus available. Judge Bryan
could not see that kilograms under the letter
of the definition were entitled to privilege. He
remarked that the case was ono that compelled
him TO legislate Since he had to legislate he
should have gone deeper than the letter Of
definitions. He should have weighed the real
nature Of the origin of privileged communica-
tons. He would have seen that In such COM
municatons an exemption from the rigor of the
law Is made out of regard to rights more So
cred than those that commonly require security
in court; and with such view he could hardly
have determined that, in case involving per-
haps merely money, he would lay before the
public messages and statements that might
imperil reputation, honor, perhaps life. His
sole reason was that telegraphic secrecy might
be the means Of giving immunity to criminals
but the same reason, based on quite as good
a perhaps, can be advanced against all
those privileged communications that are actu-
ally respected by courts. This order needs re-
vision, or we need some new law on this i'm
portant subject
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NEW JERSEY MrtLllstNce
BulI,. Ferry.

EXPLOSION IN A KEROSENE FAeroRr. Tho Kerosene
factory OF wicks Co caught Gre on Saturday After
noon and about three hundred barrels Of oil we're
sumed entang loss OF So 900 on the propretors 10
appears that the oil overlooked 10 the absence OF tho
engineer and reaching the furnace caught 6re causing
an explosion and the above damage
Newark.
DwptcAroRy ASxrvxRsARv 90 ST JAWS RosAs CArHo-
nc CHuRcH.--The anniversary Of the dedication OF y.
James Roman Catholic church celebrated last
ing with imposing musical services. large chorus and
orchestra rendered selections from Haydns Imperial
Mass Mozart's Twelfth and Rossnfs "stabst Mater.
The exercises were Of very interesting nature.
Orange.
AnRxsr FOR MASsAuGHrn- The engineer who was
on the train when Augustus Nsvbrenner was killed
the Morris Essex Railroad al Orange, account OF
which published IN Fridays HnALp, was arrested
for manssuRhter and subsequently, baled the jury on
the inqueu rendering verdict that The deceased came
his death by the csrressnee Of the engineer In tails
ina 70 give the proper. signa
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defeat III Evidently that d just where we
stand. This 10 the evident purpose now, and
1t Is clear that we are on tho eve Of new
troubles. Above all, it Is clear that recon
struction cannot 60 forward until we have
another Executive. How long shall that be
This Is now the great question for the country
to consider. We have the Presidents platform
In the two opinions-we know what to expect
from him-and we ought to determine at once
what shall be done.
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cover Of box of torpedoea There Is plenty
of room around the suburbs for fireworks
dealers to store their stock Of goods, and they
should not be allowed to keep them in thickiy
populated business portions of the city. like
Maiden lane, John street or Broadway. II
the unfortunate man so badly wounded on
Saturday should perish the owners Of the
store ought to be held responsible for negli-
gence or violation Of the law.
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appear to assimilate with the people, attend
their feasts and make thorn their equals, which.
for thu Heterogeneous Russian nationality, Ii
. simple matter, while TO the aristocratic
element which has heretofore controlled the
Indies 1t Is almost impossible.
Il appears that Russia Il as Unsuitable in her
absorption Of territory - the United States,
which is kept in Q good humor by cold bite
that Is thrown to her and II outside the line Of
the Russian march. Already the great shadow
b spreading over Northern China, which has
Of late come much under Russian influence and
parted with some Of Its territory to feed tho
Russian bear. Some Of the japanese islands are
also counted In the same great empire. Schsmyi
and his brave Circassians having disappeared
from the line Of march, the road ID now quits
free TO the treasure house Of England; and,
although the attempt to revolutionise Hindos-
tan in favor Of Russia in 1857 was failure,
the game will be better prepared for the next
effort. The sixty thousand British troops now
In the East Indies win scarcely handle the next
outbreak 90 easily a. the last Thus we march
to meet each othsr-the Old World towards the
New, Russia towards the east, America
towards the west Both countries carry civili-
sation In their track and march together
towards glorious future.
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NOME, Ala, ,

M0bftE Ma, June TO, 1907.
The steamer Nyausa hence for Montgomery, sunk On
tho Alabama river eighty miles above this city Friday
evening The boat was valued at s25 900. and NOS
insured The cargo consisted OF supplies for tho poor
people in the interior. which we're two thousand
sacks Of The cargo Is worth $4,000, and % par
insuIAd
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c 4 N A D A.
Of tho Steamer Secret

Kxplesioa of tho Steamer 6ecret-DEatcA
Game 81 Billiards.
QUsssc, Juno IL. 1861.
The steamer Secret when three miles from Dalhouste
Thursday, air pump and condsnser causing
serious damage TO her engnes ghe passenger aa4
cargo are all safe The steamer Napoleon LEFT night
70 bring up the Secret
The grist mill Of n O. NORM at g. Pie, destroyed
by hre, and threo men lost their lives
The match for the billiard championship or Canada
resulted In victory for Dioo the at the CLOSE
being-Don. $500; Crown, 500 Tho playing was very
bad on both sides.
The Excessive Council In Observation-Disclosures
or Rises for the SaiAer Brecch.Iloader.
OTTAWA, Juno Is, 1897
The Executive Council met to-day. Il 10 undesstosa
that the government wil bsssrs the expiration Of thsiR
time Of Once apportoa The sst apart for the open
ing Of the road 10 the Red river settlement
The exchange Of rides In possession Of the volsn-
teer for the Snder- Enfield brooch leaders win b made
immediately Depots for distributing the same will b.
formed at Quebec, Montreal Preston, Kingston, ~
roDto and London.
Tho disc American continues q % -
cent
Fire In BeIleville.
BnIxvnLx, c. w., June Is, 1867.
x. Harrson's bookstore and bndssy, George Rtchs's
dry goods store Boyces photograph gallery ana A. r
Dougad's law Office were destroyed BY Gre this
nearly sunocated and Is still in critical condition.
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BROADWAY THEATRE Broadway near Broom,
streeI-THK FLowERs or THE FoRxsr.
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woRRELL SISTERS NEW YORK THEATRE, oppo.
site New York Hotel-FAUsr, THE DEMON. THE DocroR
AND THE DEVILS DRAuGur-A kiss IN THx DARk.
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The report BY the Atlantic cable Is dated yes
terday evening, June To-
Tue King Of Egypt arrived In Paris yesterday and
joyed most enthusiastic reception The Shah Of Per.
sia detained at home BY Affairs Of state and forced IL
ID said 70 decline Napoleon's invitation. Tho royal
cabinet Hungary preparing 70 smancipate the Jews
A fresh batch Of Fenian 'traitors" have been con-
vcted In Ireland.
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THEATRE FRANcAIs. Fourteenth street. and Sixth
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TERRACE GARDEN, Third Avenue and Fifty eighth and
Fifty ninth streets-THxoDoRE THoxAs PoruLAR GARDEN
OoNCRRrs, at o'clock 7. NJ
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BANvARD'S NEW YORK MUSEUM. Broadway and
Thirtieh street-ilusBAsD or An HouR-JKNNY LIND.
Afternoon and Evening.
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was to be supreme II occasion should require.
others might discharge their functions, and 10
long as they adhered strictly to their duties,
acting in good faith for the civil interests OF
society, without attempting to control the
political future, they were TO be left
alone; but the moment they stepped aside
attempts to excite the passions Of the people,
to cheat the conqueror Of the legitimate results
OF his triumph, to stop or prevent the opera
tons OF the law that provided for the formation
Of q new government, just so soon the military
commander was TO exercise his power and
rebuke or remove the iactious functionary.
And Congress, to show clearly that 1t had more
confidence in the army that had saved the
nation than in those State governments that
had opposed II, made the country's defenders,
and not its foes, the judges Of the occasions
when interference should be necessary.
No man disposed TO accept and act upon this
law in good faith can see In II any other than
the clear intent and purpose thus set forth.
But we do not say that any lawyer may not
argue around II, or that legal acuteness, exer-
cised for the specific purpose, may not find in
IL places large enough for many small men to
creep through. Richelieu could condemn o
man upon any three lines he had ever written
and no doubt the right sort Of lawyer can nullify
and defeat the most distinct and positive
statute that ever declared the viii Of ruling
power. 1t, indeed, requires only very moderate
ability to make bubbles Of any sort Is the
Reconstruction law 10 be acted upon in thin
spirit Are legal arguments TO deprive II
Of iss VITALITY Does the President, under pre-
tencs Of telling the commanders how TO exc
cute the law, intend 10 tell them only how "a
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SAN FRANCISCO MlNsrRELS, SIS Broadway, opposite
Me Metropolitan hote-IE TxEIR ETHIOPIAN kNrERrAIE.
sxNTs SrsoisG DANCING BuRLssouxs.-THK WALRUs
HuNrsRs rRon RUSSIAN AMxRIcA.
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BowERY THEATRE. Bowery.-rHK MARBLE HxARr-
Fool
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The Piatform Endorsed by tho Conventions
An Equal Divisi0n Of Omces Demanded be-
tween White and Black.