THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPII PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1870. srznzT or txxd rnx.33. lidltnrlRl Oplnlona of Ihe "Lor-dln JnurnaU Vwt l!rrpnt Tpln l'millpl KvurT lay lor the KvMiln Telfwrnph. ALAS! ALASKA ! From the S. Y. Trilune. 'Ihe lant vcstigo of liopo 1ms clopiirtoil, ami Ihe night of cold ilesnir h-M lo:i over a damp, Bnowy, scrubby, taufjl.nl-tip, uncomfortable country. AlanUa, figuratively ppnikin, ia no more. Two Hpecial ngonlu of tlio Treasury Dei-nrtment, sent out to niako a thorough in vent ignli on of the condition and resources of this wretched region, have returned aud re ported, and to au iiKjuiring Senate has the Secretary transmitted two dolorous docu ments detailing the dreary discomforts of our hyperborean territory. Keluctantly, then, do v reach the conclusion that Kussio, when nhe sold Alaska, Bold also the Unitod States. For some time we have anpposod this to be the case, yet there has been all alonp; a dim hope that something might be roalized out of wal-skins; that the deposits of coal, which if dug up and sold at highest market rates would more than pay the national dobt, might not turn out all slate and bitumen: that the codfish might prove numerous enough to bringdown restaurant prices to the poetical standard of "Twelve and a half cents for two fishballH;-' and that possibly the Alaskan cranborry crop could be made to favorably attect the pie market. Hut those last hopes now seem doomed to disappointment. The estimated cost of Alaska, present and future, within a period of twenty-rive years, is put at somewhat more than forty-three mil lions of dollars. In return for this expendi ture the special reporters of the Treasury De partment say that we may hope to got, with good luck, $100,000 a year out of seal skins, and five or ten thousand for customs. As for the fisheries, which next to the sealeries were the most promising source of profit, their only drawback is that better fish can be caught nearer market in the waters of Oregon, Washington Territory, and British Colum bia. There is coal, to be 6ure, in Alaska, on Admiralty Island, but it abounds in resinous matters and ends in smoke. It is not adapted to generate steam, but might be used in the production of illuminating gas. Inasmuch, however, as the demand for street lamps, chandeliers, and burners is not lively in that region, it is safe to say that the carboniferous deposits of Alaska will sleep undisturbed while the much better and ap parently inexhaustible coal fields of Colum bia, Washington, and California hold out. There is much good lumber in Alaska, bnt, like the coal and codfish, it is too far off; and when you get there it is almost unat tainable, being eHher in impassable swamps or far up the mountain slopes, with no faci lities for bringing it down. It is thought that a little cold comfort might be gotten out of an ice crop at Kadiak," "sufficient to supply the whole Pacific coast;" but a year ago the amount obtainable was so insignifi cant as to hardly pay the cost of shipping, as it was a notable fact that at Sitka there was not ice enough last year to freeze cream for a public feeitival in midwinter, and shades of Maillard cud Fussell! the cream was served unfrozen. The report also says that tso long as the cost of bringing ice to the Pacific market raises the retail price there to ten cents jer pound, it will not be used by the masses. Now, if Alaska is not cold enough to produce ice, it ought certainly to he wirm enough to raise vegetables. Here again our modest hopes are dashed. Listen to the melancholy plaint of the special: 'DuriE the last summer, although I tra versed the most desirable and fertile portion of the territory, and was entertained by the most hospitable residents, my total supply of iresh vegetables up to the time of my leaving the countrv, in tne latter part of August, comprised two small radishes and an onion obtained in Kaai&ic, ana ot tnese it siiouid be added that the growth was forecd in hot houses, and that without such special care the tsnpply would have been even les than it was. " In relation to the growth of cereals, 'a practical agriculturist,"' says the report, "would naturally inquire how grain could be better cured than hay in a country where such wet weather prevails, with so brief intervals of clear sky; ' and though "having had many years experience as a farmer," the agent grimly confesses his inability to answer the question. The white inhabitants of Alaska number about three hundred, of whom perhaps a hun dred and twenty-five are voters. The natives amount to indefinite thousands. Those of Eastern Alaska come under the general ap pellation of Koloshians, though not related, bo far as we know, to the people whom Tanl apostolically addressed. The missionary efforts of the Greek Church among them have not been eminently successful. A church was built for these unappreciative Koloshians at Sitka, and their head chief baptized, ordained, given a robe, aud made a priest of so far as possible, but ho never made any conversions in that character, and just before his death, which occurred since the transfer of the Ter ritory, he designated a slave for sacrifice at his funeral ceremonies, a procedure not recognized by the Greek Church, and one which throws considerable doubt upon the character of hi3 "evidences." lie would seem to have fallen from grace, to say the least, and his people novel having had any to fall from, wove about to accommodate his humane wishes, and would have done so but for the interference of the newly constituted autho rities. Wo are unable, in the inspired strains of liishop lleber, to u.iy of Alu-ska, us of other pagan lauds, "And every prospect pleases, Aud only man la vtle."' The whole thing is vile; and as for scenery, if there is any it cannot bo seen on account of the foes and general mngginess of that forlorn region. If there be one thing more definitely settled than another in regard to Alaska it is this: that our Government can make nothing out of it. The ouestion is, how much shall wo lose ? One hundred and twenty-five voters are not worth sotting up a territorial government for. Customs of five to ten thousand dollars per annum will, if not more "honored," be considerably cheaper in the "breach than in the observance. The special agent suggests an abandonment of the territory as the most economical course, or if that be not deemed politically expedient, the mere establishment of a small garrinon at one point, who shall everlastingly vegetate in a locality where vegetables cannot, and keep guard over dirty natives with the assistance of a solitary revenue ship. We have only one suggestion to make in roference to the disposition of Alaska which seems preferable to the above. It is Uaa give it to James Fink. If that gentleman could be brought to see in Alaska an unlimited field for railroad enternrinan. and his friend Barnard could be induced to go out with him and carry on the injunction business at the same time, we feel that the money sunk in that territory would not have been snnnt in vain. Meanwhilo, let the would-be Alaskan dolopate to Congress wait. THE WAR ON OUll COMMON SCHOOLS. From the A'. P. Timtt, From all parts of the State remonstrances are pouring into the Legislature against giv- ing public money to woetanan sciiooim uuuer the provision smuggled into the cit v tax levy of I si;). We nay "smuggled in, ' because this is a proper description of the way the obnoxious enactment was foisted upon the people. The last Legislature adjourned at midnight of the 10th of May, lt;!, after a prolonged and desperate struggle over the January tax levies. The Senate and Assem bly disagreeing on many points, the tax levy was put into the hands of conference com mittees towards the close of the session, and thence it emorgod with a soction providing that "hereafter an annual amount, equal to twenty per cent.on the excise money received for said city (New York) in 1KGH," should be distributed "for the support of schools, edu cating children gratuitously in said city, who are not provided for in the common schools thereof, excepting therefrom schools receiv ing contributions for their support from the City Treasury." Mr. Morgan, Mr. Van rat ten, and others in the State Senate at once indignantly opposed this appropriation of public funds to private uses. Hut it was too late the last day of the sossion had come; Mr. Humphreys "protested against any dis cussion of the school question at this time;" and the opponents of the measure were help less. In this ivay sectarian schools were set up against common schools, and our whole system of public education, the pride and the glory of the city, was put in peril. The question now is, shall this vicious and destructive legislation be repealed? Is the party that rules at Albany prepared to meet the storm of public indignation which will surely break upon them if they fail to repeal this law ? Mr. Bergen was right in declaring on Monday that "the importance of the sub ject demands that it be quickly disposed of." We can assure the Legislature that though a log-rolling trick may be pardoned, a deliberate refusal to listen to the public voioe will rouse a resentment it may now little suspect. The subject, indeed, surpasses any partisan bounds, and we record it to the credit of the leading Democratic organs of the city and State, that so many of them have also pro tested against the war on our school system. The remonstrance of the Union League Club is a non-partisan document, as are many of the protests now before the Legislature signed by people of opposite political faiths. It must bo understood that this is only the climax of a series of measures to rob the pub lic schools and endow private ones. For years there have been deftly introduced, on philan thropic pretenses, items in the tax levy for the support of sectarian charities, which turned out to be mainly schemes of nuti common-school education; but last year the mask was thrown off, and open war declared. In the twelvemonth just closed there was diverted to sectarian purposes a total of SOUS, 74 'J. This sum was divided among churches, schools, asylums, and other institu tions specially devoted to the Koman Catho lic, Frotestant Episcopal. Hebrew, Dutch lie- formed, Fresbytcnan, Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, and German Evangelical Churches. How the money was distributed is not the main point. Had Baptists secured the largest sum and Catholics the smallest, the principle would have been equally vicious. No public money should be given to private schools, and, above all, to sectarian schools. We have thus far had no union of Church and State; let us not commit the worse folly of uniting State and sects ! The cunning phrase of the tax levy spoke of "children not provided for in the common schools," as if this great number of sectarian schools was designed to fill out a deficiency in this respect. But no such deficiency ex isted then, and none such exists now. On the contrary, the Board of Education reports that "the average number of vacant seals in the common sehools is I'.t.ooo;" and our schools, as the Union League well says, fur nish gratis to the children of the city, with out distinction of sect, everything that sec tarian schools furnish, except sectarian reli gious instruction. The question oomes up whether the people shall be taxed to furnish the latter item, or whether the sects shall not pay for it thomselves. e nave at lengtn made our common schools as perfect as they can well be. By what right, then,. are we now taxed to sup port rival establishments, wnen nign upon 10,000 seats remain vacant in our own 'i Were there no other objection to sectarian legislation, it woidd be enough to know that it, like subsidy legislation, points straight to nnancial ruin. Once take money from tlio public purse for sectarian uses, and there is no end to similar calls. We have pronounced this sectarian onset a move to rob and ruin our public schools. It robs them, because whatever educational fund is given to rivals is taken from them. It will ruin them, unless resisted, because private schools will make continual inroads on com mon schools until the latter die out. To other incentives, the former will add the powerful one of religious enthusinsm aud sectarian zeal; and, wliile eacu strives to surpass its neighbor in subsidies, all wiU join in war on the public schools. That will be an evil day wnen our cuildren Kiiuli ue ouered the di lemma of ignorance or sectarian instruction Our pride has been hitherto that publio edu cation here is unsoctarian, aud bigotry nn Known; out we snau ue niiciy to lose lor our children the ad vantages we have enjoyed. unless the present retrograde movement is resisted with spirit and determination. Memo rials, and, if need be, public meetings, must show the Legislature that the citizens of New York will not stand by with indifference and see their public school system destroyed. with purely looal institutions, for the admin istration of whioh the local authorities and the people are quite competent. "By the same reasoning, says tue uovernor, rising l . - ' M,A.,iA mrtA a a 41m nlitnf ... I ... Willi H1B kUUIHii v.,.ii. luriinbiubc of a State, going out of his way to hurl the gage of defiance to Fedoral exorbitance "by the same reasoning, Congress pos senses like power to legislate for the dif ferent States, enact a grand metropolitan police bill, and secure plenary executive, legislative, and judicial powors in the hands of a few persons, and thus exclude tho masses of the peoplo from all participa tion in the government of themselves. I must confess that I am entirely miprepnrod to sano tion any legislation so mischievous in its ton donties and ho anti-republican in its charac ter, and which is calculated to uproot and destroy the dearest principles and privileges of the people which underlio the institutions of our well-regulated commonwealth. Jus tice and the dictates of sound publio policy require that the citizens ol every political and corporate division, however jjreat or small, should be pormittod, as an inherent right of Rclf-governmont, without 'officious in termeddling' from any quarter, to manage their own local affairs in their owu way through officers selected at tho ballot-box by themselves." This seems to us perfectly sound State right doctrine as it used to bo taught in that school where Governor Geary was educated, and which, after its long eclipse, ho now un veils again. Are his many scars but flosh wounds, and is his Democratic bone unhurt? Even the Governor's military sympathies seem to be aroused, though in rather an odd way; for, says he: "The polino foroe is also to bo put on a war footing. Every applicant is to be submitted to an examination by 'a properly qualified physician,' and if not found entirely competent, and undor 45 years of age, he must be rejected. Why should trusty, able-bodied men and experienced police offi cers be exoluded from the force, without re gard to post service or present elliciancy, merely because they are over 4." years of age t It is probably the first time in the history of the State that a man in civil life, who is oth erwise suitable in every respect, shall be proscribed when he may have served his country faithfully in her armies aud attained the age of 4. " years. This is monstrous in justice and ostracism, which I trust will never meet tho sanction of, or be tolerated by, a brave and generous people." In the meantime radical Fonnsylvauia, and especially radical, loyal Philadelphia, is stirred to its centre by this apostacy. If the Arch bishop of Westinint-tor woro to go over bodily to Dupanloup, or llochcfort to Napoleon, it would not astonish the old gentlemen of tho Vatican and tho Tuilories more than does the defection of Geary the antique loyalty aud warlike zeal of Philadelphia. All is confusiwn and dismay. A writer in the l'res, signing himself "Public Honor, "charges the Governor with being bribed by a fund formed out of $77'.0 a month's pay subscribed by each of tho present police. Cheap, ono would think, for a Governor ! Nor is this all. In tho legislative proceedings on the veto, wo read that in the House of Representatives: "Mr. Davit, Republican, ot 1'lillaUelptilu. said that to-day there liad betm more done to durnu the morals of rlillaili-liilnn. than (or ten years past. .ewis t'uAStdy, Alderman MoMullln, und others had anined the city aud defeated u hill the Mntrocoll- tan Police bill which would have brought harmony aud decency. The tluic was comini; when Phila delphia would be a sea of blood, unless some higher xeculive senna troops to Keep cue peace. " We are not acquainted with the gentlemen who are charged with being engaged in this (not to speak profanely) "d.imning " business, or who are planning tho bloody deluge thus foretold; but we implore them to pause. Philadelphia has, in its day, burned abolition halls and negro orphan houses (as, wo are sorry to say, New York once did), and three or four Catholic churches, and would, in emulation of Boston, have sot fire to a con vent had there been ono at hand; but never yet has she indnlged in tho horror of a sea of lood. lA.l us hopo tlmt tue uavis vaticina tion may be frustrated, Mayor Fox continue to administer his polico forou efficiently and peacefully, and Governor Guary roiuain true to his resumed Democracy. GOVERNOR GEARY'S VETO. From the X. T. World. Every now and then there crops out a vein of sound, wholesome, constitutional doctrine from soil where we do not expect to find it. Of such are the views attributed to ex-Senator Frelinghnysen in his Commnnipaw speech before the Congressional Committee, in which he denies, with an emphasis which shows that his Jersoy blood is up at last, the power of the Federal Legislature, under the pretext of regulating commerce between the States, to meddle with the piers aud docks which on its own territory any one State chooses to erect. What the Senator loyal and Federal, intelligent and patriotic, as wo believe him to be will do when Congress, with its air line railroads and other schemes, bridgos the creeks and rivers and scores the territory of New Jersey, .it is not difficult to conjecture. His heart is not "so brazed'' with past radicalism that it will not be found to beat strongly when the hand of usurpat ion is rudely laid on the true sovereignty of his native State. . The son and grandson of a Freling hnysen must be true to New Jersey. But we are cheered in other quarters. Governor Geary has vetoed the Philadelphia Police bill, on the ground mainly that tho State Legislature hm uo rijht to iuterfuid THE DA MEN SHIP CAN AL. From the l'all Nail UazeMr. The practicability of a water communica tion between the Atlantic and the l'acific has been under discussion, wc might almost say, ever since the "Isthmus of America" (to give it its old name) has been known to Euro peans. A rlance at a "Moreutor's Projec tion, joined witu the knowledge linn a cut ting forty or fifty miles in length is all that is wanted, will sulliciently explain why the idea was ever entertained; and as trade and colo nics have increased it is evident that the arguments in favor of it must have gone on increasing at the rate or compound interest. The same glanco will show tho ditUcultins, or at least tho main difficulty, that stands in tho way of its accomplishment. The main dilii culty is, of courso, tho natural foatnro to which tho isthmus itself owes its existence -tho oordillera which unites the Andes with tho Rocky Mountains and preserves tho conti nuity of tho dorsal ridgo of tho entire Ameri can co.tincnt. As water refuses to run up a hill, a ship canal, to cross a mountain chain, must be cither cut through it at ocean level, or made to ascend one side and descend the other by an artificial stuircaso composed of locks : and hero again the habits of water interfere. Locks imply a sufficient supply of water to fill thorn, and that water mast como from some higher level still. Another matter to be considered in connection with a ship cnnal is the neeos bily for a harbor at each end. A ship cannot sail right into the mouth of a canal as she can into the estuary of a navigable river, and, therefore, safe and commodious harbors at each end are essential. In tho case wo are considering the obvious desiderata aro, a short line, a low summit level to be crossed, as email an amount as powiblo of matter, earth, rock, etc., roqniring to be removing by excavation, and good harbors; to which may be added one or two minor ones, such as a climate . reasonably hoalthy for Euro peans, a soil offering no extraordinary obsta cle to the progress of the work, or to ils per manence when completed. The route which possesses these advantages in tho highest degree, or presents mo nest possible com bination of them, is no doubt the best route for a ship canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific. The isthmus is a long one, and the routes which have been proposed and explored for the purpose aro numerous. A century ago a canal was pro jected from the Bay of Campeaehy in the Gulf of Mexico to Tehuantepeo on the Pacific, and the line has since been several times sur veyed. But although there is a depression, a table land some 700 feet above the sea level, and Cr miles wide, would have to be crossed; the entire distance would be over 200 miles; about ir0 locks would be required; thore is not enough water supply to fill them when made; and, furthermore, the ooasts are sub ject to storms. A line from the Bay of Hon duras to Fouseea Bay on the Pacific has been tried. Here there arc good harbors, but the length of the line would bo over 200 miles, the summit levol to be crossed is about IIOOO feet above tho sea, and the water supply is insufficient. Troceoding southwards, the Nicarogua Lake naturally suggests itself as a feature in the geography which might be utilized, and several explorations have been made with that view, but in all coses the obstacles, into tho dotails of which we have not space to go, have been found to bo insurmountable, or practically so. A lino across to the Gulf of Dulce has also been considered, but here again the height of the mountains precludes the idea of a canal. This brings us to the isthmus froper, comprising Panama and Darion, the )ow-shnped neck of land lying between the Gulf of Panama on the south and the Carib bean Soa on the north. Between Panama and the i.outh of the Chagres river tho eleva tion of the central ridge is trilling, falling as low, it appears, in one place as 150 feet, but from the broken and hilly character of the conntry a canal here would be a work of enor mous difllcnlty and practically useloss, as about :t: miles of tunnel and some .'10 locks would lie required. But what, above all, has led to the abandonment of the idea is the in security of the anchorage on either coast, aud the impossibility of constructing proper harbors. East of Panama, at about the cen tre of tho bend formed by the isthmus, is the shortest line from sea to sea. Hero the harbors on both sides are good and safe, and the Chepo river ilowing into the Pacifio is navigable for a considerable distance, but unfortunately the cordillera on tho Atlantic side is lofty, tho lowest po ssiblo summit lovol is 1 500 f cot, and a tunnel of seven miles would be re quired. The most southerly and oastorly lino is that by which it was proposed to take ad vantneo of the Atrato river, flowinp; north into tho Gulf of Darion. Soveral plans have been suggested for opening a communication between its waters and the Pacific. It still appears to be an open question whether the difficulties are actually insurmountable, but in any case tho line would be a very long one. and its cost very great. It only remains to notice the route proposed by Dr. Cullon, upoM which tho attention of all who are into rested in tho project is now fixed. It crosses tho Darion portion of tho isthmus from Cale donia Harbor, near the mouth of the Gulf of Daricn, to the Gulf of San Miguel, a branch of the Gulf of Panama. Its most important advantage lies in the depres sion, or rattier break, in the cordillera, produced iiy a short lateral valley running from tho Atlantic up to tho watershed of the two oceans, which gives a summit level esti mated at 1H0 feet. On tho other side are tho head waters of the Sucubti river, a tributary of tho Savana, a large navigable river flowing into tho Gulf of San Miguel. The harbors on both sides are good. On the Atlantic there is shelter, deep water, and socure anchorage in Caledonia Harbor, and in the Sassardi Channel adjoining it, and on the l'aeilio side the natural advantages are even greater. Tho Gulf of San Miimcl is wide. deep, and runs fur inland, and the navigation from it up tho Savauu river, as far as the con fluence of the Lara, is perfectly practicable lor ships ol any draught of water. Jt is at this point that it is proposed to open the l'acific mouth of the canal. The advantages claimed for this route aro a short line, some forty miles in length, and possibly only thirty-live; a comparatively low summit level to bo cros:-od, a smaller amount of excava tion and fewer locks than any other route re quires, and safe and commodious harbors at each end: but besides these there are others by no means unimportant. In tho first place, as to climate, the Darien district appears, from the testimony of persons who are familiar with it, to be on the whole remarkably healthy. It is also remarkably free from the visitation of earthquakes, which are frequent in many other parts of tho ist hmus, and would in nil probabiht y seriously imperil the porma- nence of such a work as a ship canal; and, lastly, thore is that rreat essential for a canal with locks, nn nbuudant water supply at all seasons. Tho work to bo dono would consist of a rannl of about twelvo miles from Calodo- nin Harbor to tho Sucubti rivor, taking ad' vantnuo of tho valley aud break in tho chain above mentioned. For tho next twolve miles the Sucubti river may be canal ized, and then fifteen and a half miles of ca nal would be required to effect a junction with the Savana. This is tho sum total of the actual ouual work necessary. The collateral works would bo trilling, consisting merely of the removal of a few small shoals and rocks, tho erection of one or two lighthouses, and, possibly, the drodrin of a nnlo or so of the Savana river. Such, in outline, is the Darien shin canal scheme as pvoposcd by Dr. Cullen and approved of by tho Colombian Govern incut. There certainly docs not appear to be ni'y difficulty in tho way from which modern ciij;incerinj"sciciKo need shrink, nor would tho' cost of 'tho work be disproportioned to tho cain to commerce. Tho estimated cost of n ship canal with locks is between six and H(w n millions sterling, aud it seems possible that with tin outlay of two or three millions more, a canal entirely without locks might be foimttucted; in which case, we iniugino, the npplici.tkmof the proverb about "penny wise mid pound fooli.-.h" will have to be seriously considered. look npon the whole movement as an effort to obtain extra dividonds out of thoir funds to others than policy holders; but if honestly and fairly pursued, it ought to provo of benefit to all sound and wcll-condnctod com panies; and if there be any that are not such, the sooner they are exposed the hotter. The committee will make a serious mistake if they do not allow their proceedings to be opnn. and a full report to be made by the press of ot au the testimony taken; for rumors are already freely circulated in regard to nego tiations having been carried on to securo fa vorable reports for all contributing to a fund of .t'10,000, which, it is alleged, was to be raised for that purpose. SPECIAL. NOTIOE8. ItuT II ELM HOLD'S EXTRACT HUCHtl AND ImI'Hovkd Hour Wanh enmt nil dellot diordr In all tlinir tugnm at little axpnnan, little or nochnnife In dipt, and nn inconTonienne. It ia iiloaaant in tact and exior. imtneclmto in 1U action, and free (rum all injurtmia proporti(a. 1 30 jfe- OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND m 11 ' 1 IFI.i .rx.jia. .... . .... TlllCAHItnT "T)ltPATfr.lfT. ) .. rnu.AliK.l.i-HiA, Januanr 1, lHTU.f UftrtinoatM of th M ... t....rn l...n ,.t t . !,- itn. M.Mh 1 1U7U .! H 1 ....l.l . I. .. 1 .1 .v. ... ... 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All payable at thi office. AU order for dividend mrul be witnewiod and atampod. 8. BRADFORD, U SCi tjOt Treaenrer, itejT HATCH ELOK'S HAIR DYE. THIS niiimiuiu iiair Lya in inn nent in mewoJia. Iiann' lewi. rftimble. inatiintaneona. doee not centain load, nor any vitiitir coition to proriuue DaralyeiH or death. Avuid the vaunted and doinuve preparation HoaHt'nK virtuea tuny no not poHaena. me gumune w. a. natonnior's Hair Jive tiaa Had tuirtv Tear untnriiiehea rmiur&tion to nu. nold Ha integrity aa tha only l'ertnct Hair lyo manic or Applied at no. in iiomu lirown. Sold liv all Drnsirliita. Htmet. New York. 4 lirawfi By- II ELM HOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU Rlvna health and visor to the frame and bloom to the pallid cheek. Debility ia accompanied by many alarming nyraptoma, and, u no treatment laauumittea to, sonMiiiiplion, insanity, or epiioptio ma entrae. 1 18 itSY- THE PARIIAM SEWING MACHINE Company' New Family Bewinc Maohino are moat empnnttoaily pronounced to ue tuat great aoniueratum ao long and nniionniy looKoa inr. in wiucu au ui easeniiaia of a perfect machine are columned. lii Wo. 704 UHffgNUT Street, gr ENFEEBLED AND DELICATE CON- atitntiona. of lith apioa. Bie HKI.M HOLD'S KX' TPA( 'I HI I 110. It will Rive brink aud energetic foel. HiKM, and Kiialilo ou to sleep well. 1 31 g&r ULEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AjVaii niti in r,ii. jvu OA PITA I,. jC2,(XI0,li0tl. 8AB1KU, Al.lKN A DUIXF8, AirenU, HHU and WALNUT htreete. THE GLORY OF MAN 18 STRENGTH Therefore tho nervous and dcliilitnted abouM lm mediately tine IIki.mhoi.ii'h Kxtuact lici'iiu. 1 24 tray- COLD WEATHER DOK NOT CHAf nr nniKiiriu i.nn nit in iivr utmiik n muni o alt OONATKD ULVCK.R1NK TAULKT OH NOLID1K1K.D Gl.YCI RINK. Itsduilruie make the akin delicately toll and beanural. feoul by u urungisia. K. a u. A. wKium, 14; No. ttM OH KSNUT Street. MANHOOD AND YOUTHFUL VIGOR are regained by UlXMliOLU'a KiTKAur 870 nrrtuoB joist. 81'KllCIC JOIST. I! KM KM 'K. ukmuk;k. 1870 870 KKAHONni) CLKAK ILNit 'AH I'lNHL KKAriONKD CI.K UIOICK PATTKHN PINK 8PANIHU CKDAIt, FOR PATTERNS. RKD CUPAR, 1670 1870 PIXlRIDA FLOORING. KlAMdDA FLOORING. CAROLINA FM'OKINM. VIHU1NIA FLOORINO. DELAWAHK FliOOKINO. AHH FLOORING. WALNUT KLOOKINO. FIAJltlOA 8TEP HOARDS. RAIL PLAN K 1870 1 7fi WALNTTT HOARDS AND PLAfjfCi QTfl 10 i U WAJUTUOAKlWANDPLAJ''i-I07U WALNUT PLANK. 1870 1870 irNDKRTAKF.KS I.DMRRR, UNDltRTAK KHS' LUMliEH. HUD CEDAR. WALNUT AND PINK. 1870 BKAhONKD PoriiAR. OTA SBAJSONIil) CllimY. lOlU Anil. wnrnt oak plank and boards. HICKORY. iQrrn cioak box makers- iota 10 I U CIOAH HOX MAKKKS' 10 1 U SPANISH t'KDAK HOX UOAPJJS, FOR HALS LOW. 1870 CAROLINA SCANTLING. CAROLINA II. T. 8 ILLS. NORWAY SCANTLING, 1870 1870 in CEDAR BIirNOLKS. -f QnA CYPHKH8 SHINGLES. lOlU MAULK, BROTHER CO., No. 8X) SOUTH Street "I) AN EL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES. JL 1 COMMON PLANK, ALL Til IOKNHJjSKti, 1 COMMON HOARDS. landJHlDK FKNt'K HOARDS. . "WU1TK PINK FLOORING HOARDS. YFLT.OW ANDSAP PINK FLOORING ti. IM and 4 kf. BPKUCK JOIST. ALL BI.K.S. 'vaJMKMO' " HKMTOCK JOIST, AtX BIZPH. PLASTKRING LATH A BPF.UIALTT. Together with a general aaeortment of Hnildina Inmbea for an la low for eaah. T. W. SMALT'S. 11 H4 tiro FIFTHBNTH and 8TILKS Ht-reec LUMBER UNDER ,0 V B R ALWAYS DRY. Walnut, White Pine, Yellow Fine, Sprooe, Hera lock, Shingles, etc, always on hand at low rate WATSON ft QHJJNGHAM, W No. 9?4 RICHMOND Street, ISth wanL ftSS- IJELMBOLD a F LUID EXTRACT RUOQU ia pleasant In taste and odor, free from all injurious properties, and immediate in ite action. 1 15 jEay DR. F. K. THOMAS, THE LATE OPE-' rator of the Colton Dental Association, I now the only on in Philadelphia who devote hi entire time and Fni tire to extreciuiK teetn, auaoimeiy wunont pain, ny reah nitron oxide jta. Office. HU WALN UT BL 1 f- TAKE NO MORE UNPLEASANT AND annate remedies for unpleasant and daneerons dia- pnC1 1 1 HO IlKLMUOlA) It JtATUACl' BUCHU AND LHP Kohk W ash. t&" "A l lEKliO JUJNB111U11UJNS BOVKD RE- WINES AND LIQUORS. U E S T Y TIIUI.HT- INSrilANCi: INVESTIGATION. '"io thf A. 1". Sun. Nome timo in tlio early part of last year, a policy holder in ouu or tlio l.ir;;a life iusur unco companies of thin city commem-ed a unit fit law uf'uinKt tlio company. The com plaint charged tho company with runiu'vous notn of iiiisuiannf,'omciit, and among thoui that Iho vice prc-udent had almsed Ina trust ly Hecurin;; to nu ngeut of tho company, who vr.s floacly'conucctcJ with him by marriage, uii tli j couuuiosioDS which ha was not entitled to, and that such a.iotit had thus realized lni.'0 sums to which ho had no ri'i-ht. Also, that the companv, in addition to lavge sala rics, had allowed its officers a commission or allowr.nco on tho dividends made, amounting in tho aggregate to a very large mm. Also, that the company agreed to pay a considerable-Mini, to the estate of a tlecca-sod kou of the president on policies which had been cancelled by purchase more than two years LtfoTO his decease. Uy Bonio meaua unknown to the public, the matur wan hushed up, a1"! tue oosh f plain titl'fi attorney for a round sum were paid by i-onie one not tho plaintiff ami it in said that few if any of the trustees of the corn pan v other (bun its lawyers have any clear knowledge of what tho charges were. The nttrnirv8of the company objected to allow the matter to come before thoir board, and succeeded in hiippressing all Lnowledgo of it. Thuso facta have loaked out, and the last named having excited tmspicion that the sub iect required an investigation, a member of the present Rtanding Committee of tho As sembly on Insurance Companies decidod that one nhould be made. His motives we bhall be able to judge of more closely after the committee report; but as he determined to includo all the life insurance companies in tho investigation, he cannot yet be accused of anv partiality. The companies, we learn, R MAJE CHAMPAGNE. ; DUriTOIJ & LUSSOX7. 215 SOUTH FKONT STREET. j T'DE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE 13 Bollcilod to the following very Choice Wine. eto for alt by S!i SOUTH FKONT BTRKKT. OHA1HPAGNK8. Aent for her Majesty, Due de Montobello, Carte Bleue, Carte Blanche, aud Oharle Kerre's Grand Yin Kugeuie, and Vin imperial, M. Klee mun A Co., of Mayence, bparkUnc Uoaelie and BULNB vi;;i:s. M Al f''rRAR. Old Island, Bonth Bide Reserve, bllr KUIKS. K Ktidoipbe, Amontillado, Topaz, Val letta i'aleund Oolden liar, down, eto. I'Ok'i S. Vintio Vellio ileal. Valletta, and Grown. (JLAKIlTH. Fiomia Aine & Cie., AlonUerrand and Bor- doiiu:, Clmeta and riuuteroe Wine CIN "Mwlnr Kan." 1KA NDLLB. Hennessey, Otaxd, Dupny A Oo.'l virions vintages. pAKSTAIllS & file OtA. Ii L, Koa. U0 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE Street. Importer of BKANDIKS, WINKS, GIN, OLIVE OIL,' ETC., AND COMMISSION MKRTQANTS l or the sale of I'URK OLD RYI WliK AT, AND BOURBON WHI3- KIKS. 6-Pi r' AH STAIRS' OLIVE OIL AN INVOICE V.-' oi the aLove lor aale by OARSTA1R8 MrOATiI 6 rpl No. liH WA LNU'i' uud -11 O it AM TK Eta. 11 ..'ILL! AM ANDKKEON & CO., DEALERS in l'U4i - 0. 6 North SOOOND 8treet. I'hfl.uloh.li QFPICE OF THE CUMBERLAND COAL AND IRON COUP ANT. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. A special meeting of the Stockholders of the Cum berland Coal and Iron Company has been called by the Treat-lent and Directors or said Company, to be held at its office, Mo. 90 BROADWAY, corner Wail street, In the city of New York, on the 19tn. day of February, 1S70, at 19 o'clock M. The objects of said meeting are: To accept, as aa Increase of the powers of the Company, and aa aa amendment to Us charter, the provision contained the charter of the Consolidation Coal Company of Maryland, which renders it lawful for all bodies cor porate to become subscribers for and owners of tha capital stock of the last-named company; also, to consider and act upon the question of a cooaulidi tion with the last-named company and other com panies having coal lands In Allegheny county, Md. ; to arrange the terms or such consolidation and tha manner or carrying the some Into edct, and to authorize the Directors to effect the same ; to autho rize the Board of Directors or this Company to sub scribe In Its behalf for $5,000,000 of the capital stock of said Consolidation Coal Company of Maryland, and to agree with that compmy upon th terms and conditions npon which such sabscrtptlon shall be mado, and to convey and transfer to the lat-named Company In free payment for the amount of stock which may be so subscribed for, such portion of the lands and other properties of this Company, includ ing Its railroad, as may be agreed npon. And gene rally, to pans upon all questions which may arise touching such proposed consolidation, or transfer of property, or subscription for stocks, and the dispo sition to be made of the stock subscribed for, and If deemed expedient, to authorize a lease of the pro perties of this Company or any part thereof, and to make all alteratlonsln the by-laws which said meet ing may deem necessary or proper. Notice Is hereby given that, for the purpose of bolding a stockholders' meeting of the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company on the 13th day of February next, the transfer books will close on SATURDAY, Jan. 29, 1S70, at 8 o'clock P. M. By order of the Board or Directors. J. RICHARDS, Secretary. New York, Jan. IS, 1870. 1 to tFIi LOS I I T CEIlTlI'lt'ATES. NOTIUK IS A J hereby given tliat. application U heou nimlo for now CVrtitiratex ol the (,oau ol tlio Oraiul Lniluoot r. ami A,Mai oof Pemibylvaniii. in pluoe of Noa. hi au I KJ, for two liiniitrt-u ilollara mi ll. ii-Mied to the rtnsteeof 1-runk-lin IxIk No. 114 A. Y. M . the aaiue tuvinf been loit or tlolrn. and kui U nw l.'rtincat will b uaued ualoaa auo he aliovu on or before March, lBiO- 2 Wth3t VvilKliEAS, A CERTIFICATE, NO. 71), y Imiut-d lelirr.uryH, 1K40, iu the name of JOHN U PASSMtlKK, for Tun Shares of th OupitaJ htoi k of tlni M.'u'lmnta' Jlotol Company, has been hibt ormialaid. all prrtonaai e herr.hy vnutioiied asainst negotiating and aa application uaa tuia uuj utieu maun iw ccruiit'ate. iaauinK a now oue. 1 10 tha 1 Jf PERSONAL. "Vo'tICK APPLICATION WILL HE MADE ll in IBe City Treaaurer for new cei tilicatea for tue fol lowing City am per omt. loans, tree from all taxes: Ceitiiicate No. lit.lAU, Loan No. Si, Uattd Novembers, t.'ertilionte No. 2818, New Loan, dated November 22, t.Vrtifirate No. lP.SBl, Liabilities, dated November 8, IVrtitii-atA No. 19,333, Municipal Loan, datod November h?3i?!' i w..-t. mmii.mm. eimxi. , n-i.Mnmu ...i. .., "" ---- ;.,. Zi.Mti. I'mK iioaii, outeu i"".f. . Cm tilioute No. $UKKI. 1 17 th liu LEGAL. NOTICES. T KTTEKS OF ADMINISTJUTION UPON lJ the Estate of CATUAK1NK M. li"WAKKR, de e. aed. havinu been aranted to the nn.ler.?nod. all per- ei'aaea, naving ooen arao v "A r,uw i.n. iml-lilml to saul ealateare reineatd to make pay. 7. . .7. "" j , r " .,m. aaainal ine.aauiB.ui pre- ,,,.i.wi. -"'"' liAUAU WKAVKU, "wte10 NoaOMNSeet. PAPER HANOINC8. ne at OOK 1 LOOK I ! LOOK 1 1 l-WALL PAPERS Bhadna Manntao tared, the and Linen Window IU7 UDKB AL iktreet, Uaan. w tienv el.eape.t7 In th clty.at ?"VFP?X: bVKJNH UAK1 i,""V2 " T" "IT " rj0 ALL WANTING FARMS IN A LOCAL lty Exempt from Fevers and Lung Comp'.aiats. To Farmers, Horticulturists, Mechanics, Capitalists, Gentlemen of Leisure, Invalids, and all wanting a homestead in a ciimate of unsurpassed salubrity, exempt from the rigors or a Northern winter, and In close connection with the commercial centres of the South. Few if any sections otter Buch a combi nation of inducements as the town or Aiken, S. C, and Its vicinity for a desirable and permanent home. A pamphlet of SJ pages now ready, containing a description of the climate, soil!', and the nature of the products in the vicinity of Aiken, especially fruit, cereals, cotton, corn, vegetables, eW., In cluding extracts from letters of distinguished visi tors, corrcBpondents, action or town councils In viting emigrants, etc., to which is added a descrip tive list or property ror sale, including Improved farms, orchards, vineyards, water power , kaolin deposits, unimproved lands, and town residences. ' For sale by E. J. C. WOOD, Real Estate Agent, Aiken, S. C. The book will be sent by mall on receipt or price, 60 cents. Address J. O. DERBY, Publisher, P. O. Box No. 1439, New York, until 1st or February, after tliatdate' at Aiken, a. C. 1 II Sin KKB1CK A BOMS BOUTHWARK FOUNDRY, So, 430 WASHINGTON AVKNTJB, Philadelphia. WILLIAM WRIGHT'S PATENT VARIABLE CUT-OFF 8TEAM ENGINE, Regulated by the Governor. MERRICK'S SAFETY HOISTING MACHINE, Patented June, lies. i DAVID JOY'S PATENT VALVELKSS STEAM HAMMER D. M. WESTON'S PATENT SELF-CKNTEKING, 8 ELF-BALANCING CENTRIFUGAL SUGAR-DRAINING MACHINE, AMD HYDRO EXTRACTOR, For Cotton or Woolen Manufacturers, 1 10 mwf JL VADQHjlJI MKBBICK. WTI.I.Ulf M. BLBMIOS. M nun k. cora. TOHN FARNTJM & CO., COMMISSION MERj 91 chant and Mannfaotnrer of Ooneatota Tidrina-jet, Ho. SXXCIHKHNUT HtnMt. Philadelphia. 41 JET GOODS, NEWEST STYLES. DIXON'S, No. UB.muUTll Street UlUtej
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