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LARGE lines of Jaconets. Naiusooks,
Swisses, Elysians for waists, ladies and
children's Skirtings, from New York auc-
tions, at great bargains. NJ. kRAUS a.
CO, Corner Main and Adams.
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LOOK at our Bleached ~ten-quarter Sheet
ings, soc per yard. NJ. kraus q Co., cor
ner Main and Adams.
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IMPoRTAST TO GENTLEMEN.-Au Linen
Handkerchief, 81 per dozen, worth Sc.
British Half Hose, 81 SO per dozen, worth
Sc. Pulled Bosom Shirts, 81, worth So.
Gauze and Isle Thread Undershirts at
great bargains. n KRAUS d CO..
a Corner Main and Adams.
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EMOTIONS AT AUCTION this TUESDAY
morning, Juue 9Th, at 10 o'clock by
GOTTLIEB & EZEKIEL.
Cor. Second and Adams streets.
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LADIES Corsets 81, worth 81 30. NJ
Kraus & Co, Cor. Main and Adams.
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JUST RECEIvED-MOre of those Irish
Linens, CSC per yard. NJ. Kraus & Go.
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DIE MoDENwELT, for Junc, al Joe
Locke's, 23G1z Main street.
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LADIES Fancy Goods at half price on
our cheap tables. N. KRAUS & CO,
Corner Main and Adams.
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REMNANTS Of White Goods, cheap. J,
H. Loewenstine & Bros, 81 Main street.
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JUsr RECEIvED.-Ladies' White Hose,
81 p per dozen, 10 be sold by the dozen
only. NJ. KrauS & Co.
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BEAUTIFUL styles Plain and Striped
Grenadines, sc. per yard. NJ. kraus q Co.
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WHITE and Pink Mosquito Netting
from New York auctions. N. Kraus &Co.
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For Mound City, Ark.

@ TEANER BEN CAMPBELL @
- will make three trips everyrA-a
day to Mound City, leaving Memphis at -
and IL am. and 3 pm. The fishing near
Mound City Is exeellent. les
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BUY +. Y. Shirts, furnishinggoods,etc.
f Wiggans & Thorn, Manufacturers, 2&3
Main street, Clay Building.
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attention, Planters and Tradera

HAt0nnoh3 toAitO4S anu ~ q
r WILL trade q new, fresh and desirable
Il Stock OF Clothing for a No. L Plantation,
now being worked with stock. implements,
etc. having good dwelHngand quarters. The
goods viii be sold at NY. invoice, and the
plantation must be priced on cash basis.
9 Address j. N. REAMERr -
my2l No. 90 Jefferson st. louisville. Ky
In the District Court of the United States, for
the District of West Tennessee. In the mat
ter of John Rosser, individually, and as
one OF the firm OF ROsser. Brother Z Co,
Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy, District OF West
TenneSSee-sS. ~
To whom Ii may concern:
The undersigned hereby gives notice Of lis
apDofufufenG as assignee Of J0hn hosser,
OF in he countyrof shelby and
state OF Tennessee, within said District, who
has b~eensadfudged a Bankrupt upon his own
petition. by the District Court of said District
Memphis, Tennessee the 18th day OF MAYA
D. 1859. 1sue WILLIAM Y. ClRODE,
my3l7H Assignee, Etc
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LOOK at our Bleached Domestics, Toe per
ward. NJ. KRAUS x co.
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RnERs- WEATHER AND BUSINESS


ST. LOUIS, June 7.-Arrived-NIarble
City and City of Cairo. Departed-Belle
of St. Louis.
The weather is clear aud warm. The
river is falling slowly at this point.
CAIRO, June 7.-Up-City of Cairo, four
am, and Dexter six am; Shark, one
pm. DOWN.. E. Lee, eight pm.
The river rose four inches. The weather
is clear and cool.
CINCINNATI, June Observation-Disclosures
ola.
The river is falling with twenty-five feet
in the channel.
LOUISVILLE, June THE river is fall
ing with eight feet ten inches in the canal.
MEMPHIS GAS WORKS, June Z.
River rose l foot l inch in past 24hours.
Below the high water mark of city Q feet
10 inches. Below high water mark Of 1867
10 ieet 10 inches.
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COUNTRY merchants that buy dry goods
will do well to examine our stock. NJ.
KRAUS eco, Corner Main and Adams.
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OUR entire stock OF ParasOls at greatly
reduced prices. NJ. Kraus Il Co, oTn
Main and Adams.
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LARGE lot all Linen Towels, $50 per
dozen. NJ. Kraus & Co, corner Main and
Adams.
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THE firm of +. ROBBINS n BRADLEY1of
il Memphis and New York, is this day dis
will be signed by either party In liquidation.
The entire stock of goods and the good will
of the business has been sold and conveyed to
Messrs. BARBOUR, WILDER & SIMPSON,
who Will conduct in Memphis the business,
on their own account, and in whose behalf
the confidence Of the public is respectfully So
ELISHA RoBBfKs,J
IS Warren street, New York City.
~ EDWARD BRADLEY,
t 25 Second street, Memphis, Tenn.R.
Dated az empnIs, AprIl30, 1859 ~ III
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that hsn9gtiSS. loSk6seaa I qyP in the S SSseg
tIISt er and more active ;-mtddlings
Nhlsr 22aac" Eggs lsal9c Cattle
fails ep Sah,
N ST. LOUIS.
Mindne s.-Flour 81 50a5 %. Wheat,
n,orA6Ja66c. Oats 64a67c. Rye 95c.
-, Groceries dull and unchanged.
iidNlI 2ja3l 80. Bulk rib sides, loose,
Builders IL s4c; sides II l&al7sfc.
WITH
Il CHICAGO.
ordele S.-FIour 81 75aG 90. Wheat
ishiIrn Csc. Oats $3.50. Rye CSC.
aeon 81. Highwines g4a95c. Pork
TyLI.S &c. Hams l6Aal6hc. Short rib
lhSIE Rough sides l5al6c. Bulk
to-dae, l2Lal2lzc.
HUNTSVILLE.
Mitcn lime S.-Flour 81 10. Corn 68c.
ING. sfies unchanged. Tobacco act
MI dis at from So TO sI3 SO. Pork
lady houlders E5te; sides Ehsl754c.
nouTSfl .. Choice cattle Sc. Hogs
-heeP 81. Eggs lbc. Butter ljc.
daylASIe'
OrIeIEW ORLEANS.
@enck, June S.-Cotton advanced
81 9e; sales 1850 bales; receipts
4 &c" ls 267 bales. Gold 3SbS. Ster-
ne lsew York sight z discount.
and if6a6 so. Corn scarce at 81 10.
Nan 81 %. Prime hay s26aH.
u -. Bacon, shoulders HEc; sides
~ 1t tierces, l91zc; kegs na201aa
Moot enting, 45a6Oc. Whisky AID
AL |NH .H "
tica NEW YORK.
readane s.-Cotton firmer and more
DO bales; upiands 3lc, Flour
Sky 961.a9Sc. Wheat 81 42al 43.
is inise quiet; Carolina 8a9c. Coffee
trict Sugar firm Cuba l0ai3L9c; Ha-
asses dull.
drayTIS9 the entire daYi sier,ing
was ny. Gold opened at 3SsS and
-TSs. The advance in exchange
eason for the increase in gold.
SCI ttes were 2a7 per cent. Gov
illaIlqhll but firm. State bonds are
case dnessees 621S.
istrashe market Is very quiet to-
1sy land firm for most descriptions
Trowbridge Al fine brown
-Alvanced from 9 TO &c, while
dent A stripes are reduced by fob
we'll b 2lZc. HIS, Masonvi1e and
NJ iehed muslins are advanced by
W. Ill both ofthe former have not
inentbbers' hands, but VIII soon.
the nue. depressed and dull, as
''the g as low as 75a621zc, and beav-
preset
-TL,s Conso1e oiosaa a, oN 10
hub-lnties at sGs<.
ing bhne s.-Cotton closed a shade
front lls4d; Orleans llTdi sales
nuisapune s.-United States ave-
its als3saS654.
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VISITORS TO the celebrated Hot Springs. of
' Arkansas, will find this a very pleasant
route. The boats are new, the tables good and
staterOoms clean. Passengers are landed at
Little Rock in time to take the stages for Hot
Springs on the third morning from Memphis.
The elegant passenger boats of this line
leave Memphis for Little Rock as follows:
Steamer THOMAS II. ALLEN,
REESE Master
Tuesdays, at 5 O'Clock pm.
Steamer w A. CALDWELL,
Thursdays, ats O'clock PIN.
Steamer OZARK,
SATURDAYS al 5 O'clock pm.
Making direct connection at LITTLE ROCK
for FORT SMITH, with the following boats
that leave Little Rock Tuesdays, Fridays and
Sundays, at 10 O'Clock am:
FORT IBSON4M..--Joh WOODBURY., Master
AMERlCAN=-~~~"-..Levi Chapman, Master
VAN BUREN. -.--.--Jam Bowlin, Master
Thus making three trips a week from LITTLE
ROCK to FORT SMITH, and connecting at
Fort Smith with the steamer
FORT H....-....-.Ed. Rowland, Master
For Fort Gibson.
,n Idh TS . S SllIs o. 9rI ladlng g given b for freight TO
Louisville and Cincinnati.
Freights delivered at destination, at all
stages of the river, without storing or other
Any persons desiring to ship by this line
from the North, East or West to any point on
the Arkansas river, should have their goods
consigned to "MEMPHIs III ARKANSAS RIy-
Err PACKET COMPANY" at Memphis office 3i
Front street, MoSDy block.) Those shippfn
from New Orleans should consign TO Mem
phis and Arkan4s River Packet Company"
ut Napoleon. JAHN ID. ADAMS, President.
TIA. KENDIG, Agent,
myI Office 904 Front street. MOsby Block.
Memphis and st. Francis River Tues
day Packet.
For Helena, Mariana, Madison N Wittsburg.
The new and elegant Sidewheel Passenger
Packet,
SAINT FRANCIS,
Capt. T. r. Bowman-...-,.Sam c.. Paine, Clerk
WILL leave Memphis for Hell IT,
w ENA, LANGU1LLE and s. .yG@
FRANCIS RIVERS every TUESDAY, az )
o'clock PM.
LARRY HARMSTAD, Agent.
febl9 HH Madison street.
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CHEAP White Marseilles.
HERZOG q BRO.
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BEAUTIFUL Dress Goods at thirty cents.
HERZOG q BRO
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PETERSON, for July, at Joe Locke's,
226H Main Street.
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YARD wide Bleached Domestics, l2Kc.
per yard. NJ. KRAUS & co.
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SEA Island yard wide Domestic. l2]zc.
per yard. NJ. Kraus & Co.
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FOR FRIAR's POINT.

Regular Memphis and Friar's Point Tri-
weekly Packet-For Helena and Friar's Point
GEORGE w. CHEEK.--..-.-..Lee,m master
This elegant passenger packet .eH8A
will leave as above every M0N-E
DAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at 5 pm.
ELLIOTT & MILLER, Agents,
mys Promenade street, foot Jefferson.
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REMNANTS of Calicos, cheap. J.. IT,.
L~oewenstine & Bros, 23l Main street.
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BOOTS AND SHOES At AUCTION
this Tuesday morning, june 18th, at 10
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BARGAINS in Lace Points.
HERZOG Il BRO.
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FUN

GRETTER-T
GRE TIER, of RI
at the residence
street, this Wee
The friends and
attend.
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GOTTLIFB & EZEKIEL.
Cos. Second and Adams streets.
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Masonic ELECTIOS.-At the annual
Communication of Angerona Lodge, No.
l6s +. and a. M, held at their hall on last
evening, the following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing twelve months: John
Gent, W. NJ; Gus Reder, s. w; D. b.
Forster, J. w; Y. =. Wiggin, Treasurer;
Jno. Beamish, Secretary; j.. ]. Suter,
Tyler, and the following officers were APP
pointed for the same period: --
s. D.;J. w. Byrne, J. D.; f, G. House,
steward J. r. Dunn, Steward.
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ANOTHER lot all Linen Handkcrchiefs,
81 % per dozen. NJ. Kraus & CO.
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STEAMBOATS,.
FOR ST. LOUIS. 02
Memphis and St. Louis U. S. Mail Line

FOR CAIRO AND ST. LOUIS.
BELLE MEMPHIS.~---.....-..Crane, master
This elegant and swift steamer A
VIII leave as above <@E
HIS DAY, Sth inst, at 5 pm.
Tickets for all points, via Memphis and st.
Louis Packets, North, East and West. Apply
to General Railroad Ticket Office, 28 Main
street. FLEM. CALVERT, SUI
SAM C. WEAVER, Ticket Agent. ieS
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RENfNANTs of Pants Stuff, cheap. J..
H. Loewenstine d Bros, 23l Main st.
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LARGE size Huck Towels, - 30 and s.
per doz. NJ. KRAUS & GO.
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pAnnTGON

PADDISON-1
the sth inst, b,
EnwARD WILM
C. BAREETT, bot
f
yesterday Tues
the Rev. DIR. Hi
CHAs. w. GRAY
daughter of Ger
The APPEAL Il
lations to the hf
liant Captain u,
Cause, there wal
may the brighte
captiYe be his q,
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ARHEsr lor A srprosFD MeRDEnHR.
Officer Jones, Of the Second District Po-
lice force, yesterday afternoon, arrested a
negro named Hill on suspicion OF being
the murderer of Mr.. Ferdinand Priestle.
A preliminary examination will be had
to-day. and il is confidently expected 70
identity Hill as the negro who was seen
lurking in the vicinity short time before
the BODY ofthe murdered man wasdis-
covered.
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Table Linen, 81 per yard, worth 81 50;
warranted all linen. NJ. Kraus & Co.
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THE PARLoR Music HALL.-The an
nouncement that the Mile Aline La
Favre, would 1e-iugurate the Can-Can,
filed this place of amusement 10 reple-
ton last night. Remember-admission
free, at the only original Can-Can every
evening.
Wholesale LIQUoRs.-On our first
pagsis Reimbursement of I. Hoffheimer
& Bro, rectifer and wholesale dealers III
Brandies, Rye and Bourbon Whistles,
etc. st Louis, Mo. Mr.. Nathan Hofiaei-
mer, a member or the above firm, was en-
gagged in business for several years in Our
city, and was one Of the first organizers
and directors of the German National
Bank. His large circle of friends in this
section Of the country, who may be en-
gagged IN business in his line, wiH consult
Their interests by bearing in mind and
giving him a call when they visit the
{" Mound City"
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FOR WHITE RIVER.

Memphis and White River US. Mail Packet Co
DIES Elliott, master
This elegant passenger steamer e KIN
will leave as above E
TUESDAY, Sth inst, at , pm.
For freight OF passage apply to
ELLIOTT & MILLER, Agents.
je6 Promenade street, foot Jefferson.
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HemOrrhoids or Piles.
EXTERNAL APPLICATION

No internal ~adluvants being required In any
case, only to regulate the bowels, ff c0nstipa-
ted. or in Dfarrhea or D~ysentery.
The PILES, While astOnishingly prevalent
in their various forms amOngs all classes OF
both sexes, are, at the same time, the most
distressing, frequently dangerous, and hith-
ertO most dfnicult of cure.
Persons who suffer any length Of time with
the Piles generally try everything they can
learn of purporting 10 cure the disease, yet
realize no permanent advantage therefrOm.
They have been told professionally, perhaps,
there was :. no permanent cure for Piles" and
consequently have despaired of any future
cessation from pain and suffering
To all such Il SPECIFIC is offered for their
relief. The
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FOR NEW ORLEANS.
FOR RIVER.

Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Co.
United States Mail Line.
THOS. H. ALLEN II Reese Pritehard, master
This splendid passenger steamer T~
will leave for the above on -
TUESDAY. Sth inst, 3 pm.
I. A. KENDIG, Agent.
je6 Si Front St, Mosby Block.
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RIVER NEWS.


BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.
BELLE MEMPHIS. ......St. Louis, 5 pm
Dies Arc. ............ White river, D pm
THOS. II. ALLEN. Arkansas river, 5 pm
ST. FRANCIS......St. Francis river, 3 pm
IL. ARRIVALS.
Steamer Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
" Julia,> g"
Lizzie Gill,
Mary Houston, Louisville.
" Leonidas, Pittsburg.
/" II. II. Allen, Arkansas river.
Des Arc, White river.
" RubicOn, Nicksburg.
" Grey Eagle, New Orleans.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Rubic0n, St. Louis.
" Grey Eagle, Louisville.
" G.. w. Cheek. Friar's Point.
Julia, Nicksburg.
" Lizzie Gill, New Orleans.
- LeOnidas,
Mary Houston, 4"
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JOE LOCKE, 1861 Main street. has re-
ceived last night, the Now York Ledger.
Nos. IA and Is, May 10Th and june 5th,
1869. Come early and get them before
they are al gone. lie has also the New
York Weekly, No. %, Courier Des Etats-
Unis, Round Table, Rural New Yorker,
Country Gentleman, Phunny Pkellow for
July, Harper's Weekly, Chimney Corner,
Banner Of the South, A%ppleton's Railway
Guide for June, and all the magazines are
in for June now. Dailies from every
where. Joe wishes TO see all his friends.
1.-THE GREAT RED SroRE.n go Main
street, has just received a large invoice OF
the following Goods, which viii be sold at
the appended low prices
Irish Linens, % cents; %
French Lawns, Is to 20 cents;
Fine Swisses and Jaconets, 25 to 30cts;
Ladies' Fine White Hose, l2% cents;
Superior Corsets, 81;
Hoopskirts, rs cents.
Jouvin's celebrated Kid Gloves, light
~colors, 81 25. WILLIAM FRANK,
go Main street.
WHITE MarseiIles Crib Quilts. 81 so,
. m and . "a on our choan fahIac- n
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BUCKEYE SALvE

Is a strictly scientific combination OF well
known remedial agents, aud the prOprietors
have no hesitation In saying the
SALN /. Il the
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WETTE Marseilles Crib Quilts, 81 so,
2 90 and 2 so. on our cheap tables NJ.
Kraus & Co., corner Main aud Adams.
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Lizzie Gill passed down and the
up. The latter goes to Cincin-
she will have her cabin trans
10 q naW hflH
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-14
THE sO-CALLED FOURTEENTH AMEND
MENT

THE SO-CALLED FOURTEENTH AMEND
From the N. Y. World.
Chief Justice Chase has very righteously
upset that absurd decision of Judge Under
wood, under which general Jail delivery of
all the felons in Virginia was threatened. 1t
appears that this fellow Underwood took the
ground that, on the proclamation of the So
called fourteenth amendment being valid to
all intents and purposes as part Of the Fede-
raj Constitution, such judges in Virginia as
were disqualified hereunder became at once
ousted, and their judicial action thereafter was
db initfo null and void. Hence it came to
pass, as these judges kept on administering the
law, that the sage Underwood granted the
habeas corpus to all criminals as fast as con-
victed before them, and 30 left the
good people of the State without
remedy against crime. At this stage
of the game the Chief Justice holds court in
Richmond, revises the decision of the worthy
Underwood In the premises, reverses that de-
cisiop, and declares the convictions before the
Virginia judges good convictions and of right
to be followed by the punishment adjudged
thereon. One view of the Chief Justice in
this decision of reversal is, that the fourteenth
amendment-the so-called amendment, we
would say, by no means admitting that that
patch is q part Of the Constitutien-"is not
self-entoreiDg;" and to justify this view there
is certainly the fact that there is second
section OF II which declares that 'the Con-
gress shall have power to enforce, by appro-
pirate legislation, the provisions of this
article" There is no imperative demand
that Congress shall enforce this amend
ment but merely that it may if it
will. To-day there may be a Congress in
favor of enforcing it, aud that, in fact, toiW
enforce IT. tomorrow there may be another
Congress which is not in favor of the amend
ment, and not only will not enforce the article
itself, but even repeal the enforcing acts of
the prior Congress, as ii indubitably may.
This, then, leaves the so-called fourteenth
amendment kdestitue of what the lawyers call
a sanCtion-that is, an enforcing pewer-of
any higher validity than the will of the Con-
gress for the time being. We had the honor
some time since to observe to the brethren
that there were magnificent openings in their
ramshacke legislation wherethrough to drive
coaches snd-tOur, and now invite their atten-
tion to this particular aperture which is evil
dent in the statement that the So called four
teenth amendment sis not self enforcing"
| OF course, while radicaism pollutes the high
places of the Republic, these points of law are
perhaps matter of laughter rather than the
| bases OF sober action; but the cream OF the
| joke is, that on the accession of the Democratic
! party to p0wer-and such accession Is, sooner
| or later, sure-it will be fully made evident
that that organization can address itself to
the good of the people unfettered by what the
| loyal mean, but do not know how to make,
'irreversible guarantees.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-14
THE SITUATION IN SPAIN.

From the NJ Y. Times
The tenor of all recent dispatches from Spain
shows that the idea of monarchy has virtu-
ally been abandoned for the present. As we
anticipated, the search for monarch among
the members of the existing royal families OF
Europe has long been given up as fruitless,
the only man who was likely to be able to
benefit the country-Don Fernando, of. .Portu-
gal-having promptly declined the throne,
while there seems no prospect whatever of
attaining anything like unanimity either in
the Cortes or in the country in Offering the
crown to any one else. In the mean time the
probability is that Serrano is to be made
Regent, and Prim President of the Council
and Minister at War until king can be
found. And we do not know that the Span
iards can do much better. Prim, who has
been accused of personal ambition, and de-
sire to acquire supreme power, has disclaimed
all such designs and announced his steadfast
adherence to the motto of "Honor and
Liberty" And even if he were desirous of
making his present position stepping stone
to absolute power, we doubt the possibility of
a successful coup d'etat against the will of the
nation on his part. II, Of course, the people
manent President, Dictator, or Emperor, or
whatever they may choose to call it, they can
but there is no real danger to Spanish
liberty from his present position or his con-
troll over the army. Neither is Serrano likely
to aim at converting his Regency into per-
manenoy. His personal character stands
high, and he has probably been selected for
the temporary chief magistracy on the ground
ofhis freedom from designs of personal ambi-
tion.
Both Serrano and Prim, as we'll as all con-
cerned in the administration of affairs in Spain
during the interregnum have vast opportu-
mites for benetting the country before them.
The finances are in deplorable state, q loan
can only be raised at discount Of seventy
per cent, and large deficit is anticipated in
the budget for the current year. If, as seems
to be the case, the idea OF monarchy is SO
congenial to the traditions and feelings of
the Spanish people that they will persevere
in their demand for hereditary ruler chosen
from a royal house, their only way of secu-
ring one is by giving proof of some capacity
for self government, and Offering evidences OF
material progress already accomplished.
Then, indeed, they may hope to induce some
one who would be OF service to the nation and
do credit to the throne, to accept it. 1t is true
that, up to the present time, neither Serrano
nor Prim has exhibited any very marked
administrative ability but neither has any
one else connected with the Provisional Gov.
erpment. They will at least, we may hope
carry on the Government respectfully, main
tain law and order, and give the Cortes the
chance OF legislatiug for the best interests Of
the country i'll peace and quiet.