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CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA,
To All Whom it May Conc rn.
OFYICE OF THE NATIONAL LABOR UEIiN,
DEfRoIr, Mich, June !, 1870.

At the Philadelphia session Of the National
Labor Union, it was decided that the fext SEES
zion should be held in Cincinnati, 0hib
Due notice is hereby given, that the fourth
annual session IF the National LattOr Union
will BE- held in the city Of Cincinnati,lSta of
Ohio, On the third ordsy, being the 9th day
of August, 1870, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
All Trades Unions, al Cooperative Associa-
tions, all Labor Organizations of e4ery kind
will be entitled to represI htation-
for We believe, that all department4of indus
try should have a common cause aIk interest
in all our efforts to elevate and imE rove the
condition Of the toliug masses. We, therefore,
invite 70 our ranks. al who by physical or in
tcllectual labor, contribute to the Rubstantial
wealth of the nation be they male female,
white or black, for this is a struggle foI liberty
ana Justice We have waited pa emily for
promised reforms, but waited in Jain; we,
therefore, have no hope 10 all party Politicians
We must think and set Tor ourselves, and put =
stop to this thieving process ofiwholesal'
grants of our public lands to monoJ blsts and
souless corporations, and this syste1 # class
legislation Of robbing the people ot burdreds
Of millions Of dollars annually in building up q
monied aristocrOcv, a. d crushing Ia 1or to the
dust.
Labor organizations are enttled to repre-
seutation as prescribed in the constitution, as
follows:
SEcrIoy Every International n national
organization, shall be entitled TO three repre-
senta,ves State organizations to Two +; trades
unions, and all other labor organizations to one
representative in the National Labor Union
Provided, that reprts atives shall SERVE thei
election from the organization thsy claim tC
represent Each International Organization
represented, is required to pay the SHIN of $l5
and each National organization, $lp each 10
cal union or labor organization OK any kind
represented 10y delegate, is requrred to pa,
one cent upon each member belonging to sucl
organization.
The coming Convention will be,a very i'm
portsnt event il COM ection witR this grea
movement Of labor reform, there iOre, l make
an urgent appeal to every labor organization t
tend = delegate, that We may council together
FOR the good ard Welfare Of our cobmon coun
try, that equal rights and justice may prevail
in the sane Il. F. TREvEI:LICK,
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NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS.
IMPORTANT TO DELEGATES.

The following from the Chairman Of
the Cincinnati Committee Of Arrange
ments, explains itself
CINCINNATI. ONO, Aug. A, 1870.
To the Editor of the woRKIxGNAN's ADVOCATE.
AS the time for holding the National
Labor Congress is approaching, you
ought to know what Cincinnati is do
ing toward that great event. Some
time ago we formed labor assembly
in this city, anl that body has APP
pointed committees to make the neces-
sary arrangements. We have hired
Workingman's Hall (Arbeiter HalD
which is large, airy and has ample
facilities for committee rooms; and the
committee have engaged lodgings in
the St. James House, one of the finest
hotels in the city, and at reasonable
prices. They appointed committee
Of reception for the different railroad
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money bond into gold and to make up
the difference between six per cent.
interest and four and a half and
five per cent. gold interest paying bond,
a hllf Of one per cent. il to be paid
for the conversion, and two and half
per cent interest on gold, which cannot
be used must be paid, and a gold Ger
tificate furnished on such terms as will
enable the holder to draw his interest
by taxation out of the people, while lie
is enabled to draw a profit on the sale
of the certificate greater than could be
realized from the possession OF the gold
itself
2. The next feature of the fuAding
bill which should be duly considered
by the people, is the propriety Of en-
aiding the home and foreign bondhold-
ers to obtain a hundred dollars worth
Of the peoples property, and six per
cent. interest with the cost Of collect
ing, for having furnished forty dollars
worth of property to the government
There is little tall figuring in this
transaction of bonds, contained in the
governmental financier's arithmetic,
which the people who have it to pay
would do well TO understand, or in
other words, the difference between
getting one hundred dollars with six
per cent. interest for forty and earning
and paying one hundred dollars and six
per cent. interest for forty with labor,
is difference which the people would
do well to translate from the capitalist :
into their own financial arithmetic.
8. The currency act destroys S45,-
600, 900 Of 3 per cent. certificates e
give place to q higher order Of gold
interest and gold principal securities,
while it withdraws the same amount Of
the greenbacks from the people and
puts it under the control Of the banks
to furnish a reserve fund-the safety
valve Cor the bankers currency, and
the peoples specie basis and specie re
demption fund.
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Official Evasion of the Law.

The State Department has officially
declared that it is not aware that any
coolies are being imported into the
United States, in the sense in which
" COOLIES" appears to be used in the
Statute passed by Congress in 1862,
prohibiting that traffic. On the con-
trary it is alleged that all who come
here are voluntary emigrants, not only
" willing but anxious" to come. This
is in effect, a willful distortion of the
truth, as every man Of common sense
and Of binary honesty, knows, though
the assertion may be specifically true.
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afford to do 70, for the profits of their
system to them in q few years equals
the amount of the national debt. Now
that the Labor Party is assuming or
CARNATIONS and manifesting power ev-
srywhere in the country, we must ex-
pect tremenduous struggle for our
monetary system. Let the Congress
of Cincinnati stand fast to it; add the
emphasis of its sanction to the Chicago
New York, and Philadelphia Conven-
tons and the doom of monopoly is
forever sealed.
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PROM ILLISOIS.
ST. JOINS, July -r

1T. JOINS, July -''
70 tie Enter " TIE woEgysSis's A''''''
/ take the liberty IF onc. .
troubling You fer Che insertion o /.
few lines. Since Hast vro.c!0- =.
sorry 70 gay IVY have hal 70 IVY
last resource left thc laJJTA5 '-'
to obtain Justice, viz. IN com' NH
strike. The cause il lhs;
onc time th, miners here bav' .. w.
work under a grievance OIL -'.i
est u thu miner, VIII the ToTl.'
places so far ahead Of ar Nm, N
places Il Is next u impossiD-el.. ".
to live IN them for IN hour " I.,,-
s,cad of from twelve to foaf'e'
and even sixteen honrs Z.
Tbe men have several times, Y
boss, to trv and remedy il. I. !
could gtt ~ satisfaction, any, Wy
t6ey Resolved upon having
course for air il the shape %. ~. "A
from room " room. This Y.
have refused to 10. Another .--.
is is that M to the present iIl..
"bosscs. J" lot content with ll'-;
rc oJS9 o61 i Blood if the miner,
employ. seemed determined 2 Mn
he bones as well, in the sp ~ wv
versing NV laws Of nata. 7. Y 3r,7
cars from the entries Into ' 5goir
distance varying from one AVN Y, 4
two 7S'i hundred yards a ae 4, /, h, ,..eI
n min aP8 - III I ~ 'uI ratnr. b,
them wv, ana they, .o. . \. Easg
willing to dig the coal II vOst-.sj n
roinr. This was also TJ'4 NJ. "
men could not and Wo-- ar,.ggs
this any longer, anl ths ' %1ys n i
a turn out and f They J.. ll o5,s.,
|, for 4 twelve month ~! y MN IVY |
s Y A M bnt necessary justice, d. 4
Determined to do %, eye Nv
man ana last mouthlul. ,,oetips hg1
one Of the largest ana gran Iioos
ever known in southern aad abIe ".
IVY had some talented wv L'oartlsr
crs. Itdil one Y. so o,d9 4 Nj *. i
| i3 E,pr i'o Th ,.r' hearts WI 5a
{ no 0a['i Icrore them, and nos q, M d
perform NJ their duty ,, ! ~ for tioFi
5aIing al The proceeding bsnI ~.
ind Lope To have them 2"
=" ''' Yours obedienu!bi DIV,
Cor. Sec'y St. Jonn
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the \. absence en-. Of many Of Tie EMU
9 the Illinois Central RaiIr ,,as''l'
nave gone visiting Is tie ~. u
closed for one week N ror.: n =
lHonary, the attendance T MI 'he
large as i would have been ~ ~ not !
still the audience compose, " Jolae+',
and gentlemen was sufHciortt n ALL
considerable interest il tai , \. pfoof&
Dor : movement 1Ir. TreveIl;,l1l 'as
i2r about two hours, during, T ,,iyA 'fc
Tbs speaker elected repc,io SSllcat@
from his bearers. Among W. aPpSa.|
tant issues now agitati6ac' MI NJ Iaic
mind, the currency questior ue Phi
ed with much ability. Mr. T ~ ~
denounced The national banks ], ,T.'
tons forced upon the people !, 4, II MA
nous expense, whereas the gora ~ M
as the Constitution IF IN y'7T I.
states expressly states that, IN at
should provide tie circuI9ti,.O' nsrs
This should We done without NJ, -n Y y
cost 70 The reoplc, cycept.tbe sr laii
connected with the manu Ii,c, rAp \
Of; farther, gIeenbacks shorII le ! 'le'
clared legal tenders ana N III ~. Y
for all public and private ami ivy'l'
ports not excepted" ~ 4
After the close Of the scct,r.l \
lowing resolutions were un,r; ,u'
adopted "''''ne'
WHERsAs, We, Tie workiupnor "
mass meeting assembled, c5nsss. A@'a
a. citizens Of the United States " i L wa
express orr rmpa,hirs with AN i Ilsa
ment, and a. We iad,rse The No., .eu.'
Labor Corgtcss, therefore be "
Resolved, That We will sp,r,..
or aspirant ID Office, w mater vl,,. ''l.
IT'S he may profess, unless he win .5 Tr
platform aud We Ecuers llv rysr,A. w \
Dor movement
Resolved, That We tender orr Il ,,,..,
Richard Treyelhck, President N Mi ,'I H. v
ional Labor Congress Tor bis u,ti,i,. '' la,
In advocating TIE rights u EorLin.a. ,-'l
exposing the corruption Of legsllto1. M /,
and sold by capital a. pleasure Y
Be il farther resolv q, That Ma ,r.-t
that at the meet 2 of tie Ipterp,5o..,
Congress, a candidate fur Tie Presl ..- IN III
United states be proposed and sun
the working men Of this country.
Meeting then adjourned.
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THE LABOR PLATFORM AND ITS
CRITICS.

In our issue of 23rd July last, we
published a letter from a correspondent
at St. Louis, in defence of be resoIu-
tons offered by him at the recent meet
ing at Belleville, and containing also
some structures upon thd financial
principles Of the National Labor Union.
We can not avoid thinkinE that the
objection Of our corresponds BIT, to what
is known as the Cary Bill, arises from
a misrepresentation of the principles Of
the financial resolutions in he Work
ingman's platform, adoptdl at the
Chicago Congress in 1861 AMI re-
affirmed at New York in l 8S8, and at
Philadelphia in 1860, to emI.ody which
in Statutory provisions was the object
Of the Cary Bill.
The objection is, that tie govern
ment having stipulated, BY i e terms Of
the law authorizing lie issudof the 20
bonds, to pay off those bonds in
Treasury notes, it is unfair, to the tax
payers to give the bond hold ers SO paid
the privilege of reconvertind the Treas
ury notes into interest bearing bonds.
He insists that the bond be, de rs, avail
ing themselves Of this privilege, would
combine together and take their whole
claims in interest bearing certificates
whereby there would be no currency
left with which to do the Business of
the country" In other worlds the CAPT
talists could produce a ;corner on
"greenbacks," just as theyldo in gold
and money issued upon a igold basis,
whenever it pleases them. Now, as it
is the object Of the Labar Unions
monetary system, to destroy this con-
troll Of capitalists over the: volume Of
currency, this would be a serious OBJ
lection if it had any foundation in fact,
or possibility. 1t is not retended that
the Cary Bill is complete il all its de-
tails, but it very fairly in!bodies the
monetary system Of the National Labor
Union. We can only give Ian abstract
Of few Of its provisions, {mple, how
ever, 70 show that the anticipated re-
suits and possible CONTINGENCIES can
never happen.
The LIST section provides tor the issue
Of Treasury notes, made absolutely
money for all purposes whal ever, by the
sovereign power of the nat N, the only
power that can make gold r any other
substance money.
The 2nd section provides that the
holders Of these Treasury. notes NAV
convert them into bonds, or reconvert
the bonds into notes at wiI
The 3rd section provide5 that the in
terest upon such, and all OF per national
securities, shall not exceed three per
cent, with the right reserved to Con
gress to reduce such rate to any lower
rate and the 4th section plovides that
all claims against the Government shall
be paid in such lawful mobev excant
when i 1 positively ilulatcd that
payment shall be made in Coin
1t will be seen therefore If ! oIono
that should the contingency occur
which our correspondent thinks is nos.
sible, or which he may apprehend, viz:
a combination Of the bond holders r.
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FROM ILLINOIS.
AMBoY, August Q, 1870.

NMBOl, -NW-WN- ~ T0IV'
III, tie Fiitor Or the WoHztSG1AS's AnyocArE-
A meeting Of the workingmeu Of Am
boz was held in Rciling's ball, on Tues
day evening, August 2, 1870. Hand
bills announced that lecture would BE-
delivered BY Mr Richard Il. Trcvetlick,
President Of the National Labor Union.
Subiect-'Importation of Chinese la-
Dor, Land monopoly" SC.
The meeting was called To order at
fifteen minutes to eight o'clock r. NJ.
Owing to extreme warm weather, and
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Official Proceedings.

We have received from w. J. Jes-
sup the Official proceedings Of the sixth
annual session Of the Workingmcn's
Assembly of the State Of New York,
for which he will please accept our
thanks.
Also the proceedings of the Iron
Moulders International Union, recently
held at Philadelphia. We shall refer
to them in future.
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depots and steamboat landing for the
accommodation of the arriving dele
gates. They will wear badge of red
white and blue, with the letters IL.
A." on it, and I have no doubt Gin
cinnati will give good account of it
self. Yours truly for the committee,
G.. II. LUCKER.
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To Subscribers.

Our patrons, who's terms Of. sub
scription expires with the present issue
the last of the Sixth -Volume-will
please remember, we shall be glad to re-
ceive a renewal of their favors.
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Several interesting and important
communications. AS we propose to
add four columns to our paper, we hope
to be able to accommodate our friends
in uture
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PREs'T. TREvELLcK passed through
Chicago last Mo nday en- route for home
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FROM LONG ISLAND.

I'VE do not hold ourselves responsible for any opn
ion expressed by our Correspondents.
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CORRESPONDENCE.

TO BIZ CONTINUED.
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The Report # he Committee was en- motion,
adopted
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-21

The horses attached to a carriage driven
nv Mr.. Peter Rchings, father of Caroline
Richings Bernard, took fright on Monday
at Media. Pa, and running suddenly, upset
fine carriage, throwing Mr.. Richings out,
breaking his collar bone and otherwise In
turing him, though it is thought not dan
gerously.
The King of Greece received General
Sheridan with the eXhilarating remark that
he was glad to take by the hand country
man of George Francis Train. Was this
sarcasm
The police Of Altoona supply bar-rooms
with official lists OF persons to Whom hquor
NAV not be safely sold. Such list In tnls
CITY would be rather formidable.
Tn the House of Representatives on Mon.
day, MIR. Mines presented the petltlon OF
Jed. Hotchkiss for the removal OF MS po-
litical disabilities.
The Charleston West Virginia) Herald
announces that after January that Journal
will be under editorial control OF General
ID. IT. Strother porte Crayon.)
Brick Pomeroy and Mr.. q. B. Chandler,
,ote financial manager of the Chicago
Times. have purchased the milwaukee,
Ne,ps, and took possession on the LIST inst.
There are two hundred convicts making
cigars in the Joliet (Illinois) penite ntiary.
They make about 200, 900 weekly.
Governor Holdenis reported among the
converts In Raleigh under Rev. me-. Earie 81
ministrations. 81 49,
The failures ia Cincinnati within four
months have amounted to %, guy, Vto.
John II Smith 10 The businesa manager q
{ Lima Edwip.s glsbsatse, New York.
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EQUATION PAYMENTS. Some one has sent
to usa copy Of the New York Globe contain
Ing the following paragraph, possibly be-
cause In reply to a query In the Religious
Herald we imputed an unworthy motive to
Professor WARE. We give it for what 1t Is
worth:
Equation Of Pdy7n ents.-P Professor Wares
offer for the best rule for equation of pay
ments will be positively awarded on Tues
day, December 9th, at the Astor House.
or as soon thereafter rs the judges can de-
eide the matter. The Professor has with.
drawn his original offer, and substitutes as
the amount % 900, which Is now deposited
In the BROOKLYN Savings Bank for that pur-
pose. 1t viii be remembered that at q
meeting of the competitors and interested
parties on December 1st, Professor Ware
stated that the money was in promissory
notes, which caused considerable hard
feelings among the competitors. The meet
ing at that time was unanimously adj
journed over to the 10Th instant, at which
time the Professor promised to have the
amount in available funds. he not being
able so to do, was promptly at the Aston
House on that day to notify interested par
ties of the time and place Of meeting. All
communications can be addressed to Pro-
,fessor Ware, 142 east 10th street, New
York. He showed representative of the
press the bank book containing the entry
of the deposit, which effectually settles all
suspicious of the integrity of his motives.
The editor OF the Globe has seen the money
deposited by Professor Ware to the amount
of two thousand dollars. 1t is now held sub
ject to the award of the chairman of the
committee, aud will be applied in fair and
equitable way to the purpose for which it
is deposited. Professor Ware is acting in
entire good faith and is entitled to implicit
confidence.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-12-21

AN EXECUTION IN DELAwARE.-The negro
Benjamin johnson, under sentence of death
for the crime Of rape on the person of a
white woman, was executed at Georgetown,
Del, on Friday of last week, within the
prison enclosure, at o'clock P. H., in the
presence of hundred or more spectators,
to say nothing of those who crowded the
windows and trees overlooking the scene.
He was attended upon the gallows by Rev.
Mr.. Miller, of the NJ. e. Church, who had
been his spiritual adviser during his con-
fnement. Upon being asked by Sheriff
Marvel if he had anything to say, he adj
vanced with firm step, and spoke in loud
voice, confessing the crime for which he
had been condemned, and also that he was
guilty of several others of similar nature,
and hoped his end would be warning to
others. He considered that he died at the
right time, and, nay, otherwise he might
have died without the opportunity of pre-
paration he had enjoyed. The moose was
placed around his neck, his head was cover
ed, ana the sheriff, with much more emotion
than was manifested by the prisoner, with
drew the prop, and he was launched into
eternity.
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FROM wAsHrNaroN.
A DnIl Season Progressive Radicals at She End /
OF their Tcsher--Reconsrnctio Talk Thing
Z Of the Past, ETC., etc.

A Dull Season Progressive n adicais at she End
OF their Tesher--R econssrnction Talk q Thing
Of the Past, etc., etc., =
WAsnrSaroN, Dec. 10,
| Congress Is very dull and promises to be
for SOME time; at least until after the hoii-
days. Not only Is there disposition to ac-
complish the smallest amount of business
consistent with the requirements Of patriot
ism until then, but there Is n very small
show OF progressive Radicalism to stir up
sensations, as there was before the advent
of the present Administration. All this
proves the truth Of what Senator Carl
schurz and other Republicans have as.
serted, that the mission of the Radical
party is over.S They have reached the end Of
record for energy and enthusiasm, get I'M a
fight in their party. This will not, of
course, saue the party, but It will Keep
some of the members from dying Of ennui.
There 10 no talk now of reconstruction.
That has given place almost entirely to gem
eIal amnesty, which gathers strength from
among the opponents Of restoration In con-
tradiSinction to reconstruction, who now,
finding the completion almost of recon-
stuction, have forsaken the progressive men
OF the party, and confess themselves in-
cllned to middle or more conservative
course.
One Of the most interesting subjects to
scrutinize In connection with the outlook
Of their party division is the St. Domingo
hobby of the President. Notwithstanding
the Executive recommendations, and the
active support they have from some of the
personal friends Of the President, there has
not yet been any movement looking to O
disposition by the Senate to adopt the sug-
gestion contained in the annual message.
This will be topic which will excite in.
tense interest after the new year opens. It
remains to be seen who has the greater in
tluence with the Senate in this matter, the
President or Sumner, chairman Of the For
eign Relations Committee.
Senator Fenton, of New York, has not
forgotten the style of treatment he received
during the recess, and will, if the signs are
not vastly incorrect, be somewhat of q
thorn in the side Of the Administration
when work commences. He will inyesti-
gate searchingly and report promptly any
irregularities that can be found in the Gus
tom-house and warehousing systems in
New York, both of which are in control Of
Administration Republicans. TIMoN.