THE DAILF EVENINO TELEGRAPH -PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCn G. 1871. spirit or tub run as. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals upon Current Topios -C9trt;ii1 Eve-y Day for the Evening Telegraph. ALL LOVELY 1 From the Httuburg Cam nitri ial. 1 We call for a report of progress on the : proposition to rule riiiUdelphilt and renuayl vania by means of a joint commission, rue longer we consider it the more forcibly are we impressed with its nuuomuion originality and adaptation of means to ends propose 1. , It wa an absolute inspiration, and, like ' every work of true genius, is so exoeedingly . simple that "a wayfaring man, though a foil," oanaot fail to detect tUe beautiful uietuiiigs which it seeks to convey, and the beuetioiut objects at which it aims. In N v York city, for instance, Messrs. Tweed, Sweeny, and Connolly constitute the municipal govern ment, control all its financial operations, and disburse all its expenditures, while Mr. Peter Cooper and a few of his fellow-fossils remnants of a pre-historio age certify tht the management of the city is in good hands, and that the Tammany chiefs are to be thoroughly trusted; and there is an end of it. There is no tronble, no worry, no annoyanoe of any kind. No books are Bhon, no vouohers exhibited, no aoconnts inspected, no reports made; there is no f hss, no durry, no fidget, no precipitation, no drngery, no ' faggiDg, no slavery but instead thereof ' peace, leisure, spare hours, holiday, vacation, ' relaxation, and downy repose. Mr. Cooper certifies Tammany nobody is required to oerttfy Cooper, which answers every pur- - pose, and naves an immense deal of vexation, irritation, and chagrin. By all means, let ns have the commission. That the plan is an admirable one, and answers every purpose which its most eutb.ii eiastio advocates could desire is sufficiently proven by the New York Timet, whioh states that the sun-shades on the New York Court House bave cost, on an average, nnder the eoonomio administration of the Tauiuxioy patriots, only the ridiculously sintll sum of eight hundred thousand dollars each, and that twelve millions of dollars would not cover the amount whioh has been "squan dered" by the ring within the past year or two; while that this is no mere vague asser tion unwarranted by facts is indioated in the challenge which it extends to Controller Con nolly to produce his books and permit the Timet to prove it. We confess our disbelief in the justice of that clause in the Timet' bill of indictment which recuses the commission of "squander ing" the publio funds. There is no evidence to substantiate the charge. On the oo.itrary, we believe that Messrs. Tweed, Sweeny, and Connolly bave taken suoh remarkably good care of the sum mentioned that they could, if they ohose, acoount for every dollar of it. And now that we think of it, we may as well admit that the Tweed and Cooper method has sanction and semblanoe in a very high quarter. There is a Hindoo theory that the earth is poised on the baok of an elephant, which in its turn rests on a turtle, while below it all is spaoe. We are inclined to believe that this is the sonrce whence Tammany derived its idea; at all events, if the former be possible, why also may not Cooper be able in a like manner to bear up Tammany ? Even in so exact a soienoe as mathematics something has to be taken for granted. Why, then., subject Atlas to any impertinent inquiries as to the firmness of his foothold or the solidity of his base ? Give ns the commission, gentle men. What are a few millions more or less, when contrasted with the development of a splendid principle ? nOW TO LIGHTEN TAXATION. From the X. I Timet. We referred the other day to the burdens and inequalities of taxation in New York State, and to their fatal effects on our pros- perity. The great question for the whole people is, "What shall be the remedies ?" - Shall we allow the present system to oontinne, 1 and finally thus drain the life-blood from our ' community, seeing our capital and popula ' tion emigrate where there are no such bur ! dens and clogs, or shall we inaugurate a new . and better system ? These are the questions ' whioh Mr. Wells undertakes to answer in his ' recent very able report to the Legislature, ' and which the Legislature itself must soon : consider. Evidently the first thing in an efficient sys ' tern of taxation should be equality and cer , tainty in assessments and collection. If this be not secured, the burden of taxation falls ' on a few interests, and on the honest who do not conceal or misrepresent their property. No doubt the present universal nnder-valua-tion of real estate might be checked by the appointment of a "Board of Assessment," which should be required to enforoe the laws. ' Such a board in Philadelphia advanced the ' valuation the first year from $ ICO, 000,000 to ' $445,000,000, and reduced the rate of taxa tion from $4 to $1 '40. The matter of the valuation of personal property is much more difficult. Nearly all nations bave abandoned the effort in despair. The attempt by officials results in a general depravation of popular morals in reporting property, or in the removal of personal effects from the looality. Thus in Philadelphia an annual tax was laid on watches, and the asses sors could find only 12,871 watches. In Boston the decrease in personal valuation the past year has been $0,452,000; a large num ber of wealthy citizens leaving to esoape taxa tion. The experience in the New York cities is that a rich man never pays a tax on the fall . valuation of his personal property but onoe; be then sells his property and changes his residence. The Hootch custom is to make the rental of occupied premises an index of "means and substance." The French tax law is based on this name prinoiple, no effort being made to get at precisely the personal property of each citizen, but to fix the tax at the twentieth part of the rent paid. This is also the principle in Belgium and Holland, and was the one substantially advocated by the greatest financier of this country, Alex ander Hamilton. Mr. Wells proposes to get over the difficul ties, both in the valuation of real estate . and personal property, by an ingenious de vice. Ileal estate Bhall be assessed by the board of assessment at one-half lis market value. Then, on the principle that the market value of real estate is always proportioned to the personal or productive property upon it, the buildings are to be taxed also on fifty per cent, of their market value. Th is taxatiocn would be highest where there is the moat capital in cities, and lowest in the sparsely-settled agricultural districts. Taou the personal property cf the owner or ton ant, whether householder or uianufastarer, is supposed to be three timei his rental or rental value, and is taxed accordingly. Tu n, if the property is situated in Rochester, aud . the full value U $U00, the regular rate of taxation (at four per cent.) would be $100; but on a valuation of fifty per cent., as pro posed, it would be $80. "But, under the pro posed reforms of taxation, it is not believed that the rate will be more than two per cent, on a fifty per cent, valuation, which in this case would be $10, divided between house and land. The personal property of the tenant would be supposed to be three times his rental, which last, at ten per cent., would be $100, making bis estimated personal estate at $1200, the tax on which, at two per cent., would be $24; so that the total taxation in this case would be $04, instead of f 1, plus the taxes on mortgages and personal property, according to the present law. ' By this device, real es tate throughout our State would pay less, while personal property would pay more. Under this system the valuation of personal property In New York oity would be raised from $2f 1,000,000 to $504,000,000; and throughout the State, over a thousand mil lions. Taxes thus would fall heaviest on those best able to bear them, and no temptation to dishonesty would be cfl'ered. Mr. Wells also strongly recommends the taxation of all corporations which are in the nature of monopolies such as gas compa nies, national banks, State banks, railroad corporations, omnibuses, ferries, and bridges. The commissioners believe that on a true valuation of these, a revenue might be ob tained by the State equivalent to that now re ceived from the whole valuation of the per sonal property of ths State. We trust that these carefully-considered recommendations of the commission will be closely considered, and, if approved, intelligently adopted. STEALING MADE EASY. From the A'. V. Tribune. The report of the Committee on Appro priations, which was directed by the House of Representatives to make an investigation into Indian affairs, is in the main a sensible, just, and practical document; but it involves a statement of unpunished iniquity and of official impotence which it is hard to read with patience. A part of the duties devolved upon the committee by the resolution of De cember 12, 1S70, was to inqnire whether any portion of the sum of $90,000, appropriated tor the Quapaw Indians by the act of July 15, 1870, had been paid to other parties, or diverted from its intended use. By that aot the sum mentioned was appropriated to fulfil the stipulations of the treaty made with those Indians, by which pro rata payments were to be made personally to each claimant or his heir, according to the usages of the tribe. To insure the exact and honest execution of these provisions a clerk was detailed from the office of the Secretary of the Interior to make the payments in accordance with his special orders. That was done last Ootober, in a manner which would scarcely appear satisfac tory to the least prudish conscience. We are indebted to a Mr. Earle, of Worces ter, for some account of the way in which this extraordinary operation was managed. He was one of a committee "appointed from New England," as the report informs us, "to take a general interest in behalf of the In dians." He heard of this occasion, and went to the room where the worthy gentlemen were assembled who were to carry out the intentions of the Government, and men tioned that he was interested in seeing jus tice done to the Indians, and asked if he might assist, "if there was spaoe in the room." The room seemed sufficiently ca pacious, and he took his seat and ob served with Massachusetts clearness of spirit the payment of the Indians' claims. It was as simple as good morning. "For instance," says Mr. Earlo, "No. 75 came in. His claim was $338 '21. Wil liamson (the clerk from the Interior Depart ment) sung out the amount and handed the money to the Indian." The Indian, in the presence of Mr. Williamson and of Mr. Mit chell, the United States agent, then gave the storekeeper whatever he said his debt was, and to General James G. Blunt, to whom he owed nothing whatever, one-third of the Mhole amount. It had all been arranged be forehand, and there was no delay. The scene is too cynical. These cowardly officials, evidently afraid to insist upon justice, though tney claim to nave made a formal protest, stood by and permitted this shameless rob bery of the poor and ignorant savages by one of the leading men of Kansas. It was elearly the result of a conspiracy between Blunt and Mitchell. These two knaves had persuaded the Indians that Blunt had induced the President to make the treaty and Con gress to make the appropriation, and that therefore 33 per centum of the sum coming to them was due to Blunt. This soonndrel, in his own testimony before the committee, admits that in addition to this robbery of the Quapaws, he bad taken 40 per centum from the Choctaws, and 50 from the Chickasaws. He was so thoroughly steeped in the corrup tion and demoralization which seem insepa rable from the conduct of Indian affairs on the border, that he related these dis graceful facts with the greatest can dor and unconcern, evidently regarding the transaction as a laudable stroke of busi nessunconscious as a gorilla of his naked ugliness. It must be confessed that the amount he bad stolen was sufficient to stifle the voice of conscience in any naturally vicious mind. Out of the payment of $125,000 to the Chickasaws, Blunt reoeived $ii2,500; out of $84,000 to the Choctaws, he received $33,;00; and out of $90,000 to the Quapaws, $30,000; in all $126,100, out of pavmenta amounting to $29!,000. This is, for Kansas, a handsome fortune onough to cause jour nalism to speak with respect of the General, and to make him an object of interest to venal legislators. If he is permitted to keep this booty, it will not be difficult to foresee the taint of rottenness he will bring into the poli tics of his State by his restless rascalities and more pernioious example. Is there no remedy, no redress, for this open robbery ? The committee languidly say there is not. "Your committee are not aware that anything can be done to punish those who bave heretofore extorted money from the Indians, or aided others in 6o doing, except to cause strict inquiry to be made into the conduct of such of these persons as are still in the employ of the Government, and dis miss from the service all who have knowingly violated the law." This they reoommeud, and also additional legislation to prevent and punish these robberies in future. But all this seems futile. What do these rogues, with their pockets bursting with pluuder, care for dismissal ? If puuishment be escaped this time, a way will bo found to cir cumvent the laws of prevention. The impu nity of Blunt and Mitchell is a fact more powerful in influence than any statute tuit con be framI iu Washington. Their rauUy prosperity will make thieves of handrail. Let thf m be compelled to disgorge, and the work of prevention will be vastly siuipliliel THE MIAZEN MONOPOLIST. From the A. Y. World. Tie Grant administration must baar the Miguia of interpreting and enforcing the t trill' laws in the interest, not of the whole body of the people, but of a small class of manufac turing monopolists. The few friends of Grnnt who do not sympathize with protec tionists of the Greeley class have heretofore insisted that Congress was alone to blame for the monstrous rate of duty collected on im ported merchandise, and that Grant wan irre sponsible both in law ancijfact. This defense can, after the recent exposure in court, avail them no longer, since it is proven that a large part of these cruel rates are levied by execu tive construction, whioh not only the law for bids, but Grant can and should prevent, and would prevent were he not a supple agent of protective plunderers. He is not ignorant of the monopolist extortions prac tised by the Treasury Department in the name of law, for his attention has been re peatedly called thereto, and to the 'significant fact that his subordinate in that department has intimated in writing to a committee of Congress the necessity of altogether depriving importers of the right to maintain suit3 at law against collectors of customs to test the true rates of duty and recover baok money illegally exacted. We know that Grant, when remon strated with lBt spring for Bout well's absurd regulations in respect to the luggage of pas sengers arriving in the United States, replied that he "did not believe in our people buying things abroad, anyhow," the ignoramus! This remark furnishes the key to his own polioy and that of his administration respecting im ported goods. The full force of the extraordinary con duct of the Grant administration in constru ing the copper act of 18G9 must be felt in order to realize how thoroughly it is prosti tuted to the clique of protective swindlers, and also to appreciate the tricks of the after. If it had been proposod in Congress at that date to increase the rates of duty on Dntoh metal by 35 per centum, on bronze powders by 25 per centum, on bronzes by 10 per cen tum, and on all manufactures of brass by 10 per centum, the scheme would have provoked fierce opposition, and possibly a successful resistance. Hence deceit was resorted to. While pretending only to levy increased duties on copper ore and articles visibly made of copper, or of which copper was palpably a component of chief value, like a copper ket tle with an iron handle, the monopolists oun sisgly inserted in the bill this clause: "On mi iiiuuuiuciures oi wuiou copper is compo nent of chief value, not otherwise herein pro vided for, 45 per centum of chief value." On this clause Bout well issues this cir cular: "All articles made of the composition usually known as brass copper being trie component of enter value In the Roods imported ns above should be subject to the duty or 45 per centum ad valorem. The tact that brass, aud many other articles or which copper fermB the principal part, have other distinc tive names, never known as manufactures of copper In commerce, does not affect the question or the duty imposed by this act." Now, every man's common sense, except that of the Grant administration and the mo nopolists, to say nothing of his legal sense, revolts at such au interpretation of the clause of the act referred to. But yet this decision was enforced by all of the collectors for two years, and is to-day enforced, deBpito the re cent judgment of the court. The defendant's counsel asked the judge to instruct the jury that 'L Brass Is an article well known to coinm erco and the revenue laws, and ir the jury staall Uni that Dutch metal Is manufactured therefrom as a distinct article, then it Is not liable to duty under the copper act or February, 1869." And the court so ruled, and added: "This aet or 1809 most be read In connection with the prior acts or 1801 and 1862, wherein Congress had placed a duty or as per cent, upon copper, brass, and other metals, and had recogul.ed brass as a metal, although it must contain copper, and although copper Is necessarily the component material or chier value therein. Then Congress, by tUe act or istso, look out copper alone rroin the operation or the acta or lsoi and 1802, Congress took out no other metal. -They did not take out brass. Tbey left brass to be subject to 85 per cent. duty. They took out every article which 'Is a manufacture or copper, or of.whlch copper shall be a component or chier value, not otherwise herein provided for.' Under the acts or 1P1, 1842, and 1869, Dutch metal is not a manufacture or which copper is the compo nent ot chief value, 1 It la a manufacture or which brass la the component or chier value ; that is. If the copper and the elno which enter Into the composi tion or Dutch metal do assume, In the judgment or the Jury open the evidence, in the progress towards Dutch metal from the raw copper and the raw ztno, the condition of brass. In the sense or the brass or commerce, and as 'brass' la used In the acts or 1801 and 1803, then the Dutch metal is a manufacture or braBS, and being thui a manufacture or brass It is not a manufacture or copper within the meaning ot the act or 1869. ' The record of the trial of the case disclosed that the administration, in increasing the rate of duty on Dutch metal by 35 per centum, consulted with a person in this city, and with him alone, who was endeavoring to prodaoe the article in this country and could not, owing to the high price of labor. The enor mous increase of , duty was made to enable him and other experimenters to keep out cheap Dutch metal for room paper and gene ral ornamentation. But this is not all. It has repeatedly been laid down as the true rule of statute con struction in this country and England that tariff laws and tax laws are in cases of am biguity to be interpreted in favor of the citi zen. The reason is that taking the money of a citizen is a tremendous exercise of sove reignty, and the legislative warrant therefor must be clear and explicit. The lawmakers are bound to leave no ambiguity in that re spect on the statute book. Judge Blatohford quoted the words of his judicial superior, Judge Nelson, with great force: "Duties are never imposed upon a citizen in oases of serious ambiguity in the language of an aot, or doubtful classification of articles, or vague or doubtful interpretation, and that in all these cases the construction must be in favor of tba importer." . But the Treasury Department every day runs in the face of this sound rule of inter, pretation. Its construction is constantly in favor of the government, not the importer and cod sum er. Everything is made to give way to the monopolists, under the passionate falsehood of a desire to reduce the publio debt. How long, and yet how long, shall these things be? SPECIAL NOTICES. fQT" TREASURER'S OFFICE, ST. JOSEPH and Denver City Railroad Company. St. Josbph, Mo., Jan. t 18T1. The interest and coupons due Feb. 16, 1311, on the first mortgage eight per cent. (3 per cent) gold bonds or the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company will be paid at tlio ofttceof the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, In the city or New Yort, upon presentation and application, ou and after that date, free or Government tax. 8 7 ttt Thomas E. TOOTLE, Treasurer TDK ANNUAL MRKtTnG- OF THE Stockholders of the "EXCELSIOR PRESd BRICK MANUFACTURING' COMPANY" will be belli at their Oillce, No. s ilt WALNUT Street, Phila delphia, ou MONDAY, march 13 (-wound Monday), li 1, at U o'clock noon. W. D. COMEGYS, 3fw2t Secretary. TflURSTON'S IVORY PEARL TOOTH POWDIIR la the beat article for cleansing aud prer.trvms tne teeth. For sale by all Druggists. Price gs and 60 cent oer bottle, 11 86 stuthly tLXVR. V. 1L THOMASNo. 811 WALNUT8T, formerly operator at tiie Coltou Dental Roouw, dt 'Votes Lis entire practice to extracting teeth with out pain, with fresh nitrous oxiaa gas, 11 IT pi- DISPENSARY FOR SultTDlttliASifiS, NO. Siltf S. KLKVKVJ'R Street. I'atiLiiU i.vuted, gratuitously at this Institution duUyatll o'clock. 114 SPECIAL. NOTIONS. NOTICE. OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF DELINQUENT TAXES, No. 11 STATE HJUSK I O V. The EEGISTIR OF UNPAID TAXES FJR 1ST0 AND PRICK YEARS hiving been ccmple ed, no tice Is hereby given that the books are NOW OPE for tne pay w ent of said TAX ES. Under the provisions of the ACT OF ASSEMBLY OF MARCH S3, t870, proceedings will IMMEDI ATELY be commenced for the COLLE TT'.O'i OF SAID TAX, either out cf the PERSONAL PRO PERTY OR REAL ESTATE. Parties desiring to pay In the office, and escape further trouble and annoyance, can do so by calling between 9 A. M. and 8 P. M. dally. JOHN L. HILL, Collector of Delinquent Taxes, No. 1 1 STATE HOUSR ROW, 39 (Second Story). !Sy POSTPONEMENT OF TOE NEXT STATE CONVENTION. Tle following resolutions were passed yesterday by the State Central Committee : iikadq.caktkk8 republican Stats central Committrb, Philadelphia, Feb. 84, 187L Resolved, That the time for the meeting of the Republican State Convention be and the same is hereby postponed until WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of May next, and that the delegates who may be elected thereto be and they are hereby requested to assemble at the Hall of the House or Representa tives, Harrlsburg, at 12 o'clock noon on said day. Resolved, That Malilon H. Dickinson, Esq., of Philadelphia, be appointed chairman or the State Central Committee, in place of the Hon. John Covode, deceased. Resolved, That the Republican State Central Com mittee heartily endorses the action of the Republi can members of the Legislature in supporting the bill providing for the call or a convention to revise and amend the Constitution or the State. Resolved, By the Republican State Central Com mittee, that we endorse the action or the Phila delphia members of the committee in opposing the passage of bills to govern the city of Philadel phia by commissioners to be named by the Legisla ture. 8 25 MAHLON H. DICKINSON Chatrman. W- HEADQUARTERS UNION REPUBLICAN w CITY EXECUTIVE CO MM ITT KK. No. 1105 OHrSNlA" Street In accordance with ihe rules of the Union Kepub llcan party, the Republican Board or Keglsteriug Officers will meet in their respective divisions on niiilumv .. ,htiBt t ......... r. n . . . . and 8 o'clock P. M., for the purpose or correcting tne registry oi itepuoucan voters And on TUoSDA the 14tn Hint, between the noois oi 4 ana o ciock r. m., tne itepuoucan citi zens will meet in their respective divlHinns, and elect one Senatorial and one Representative IMI. rate, to meet In Convention on WD.MSSDAY. Match 15, at 10 o'clock A M., for the purpose of electing ueiegatrs to tne &tate convention to nomi nate an auditor and snrveior-Genera". Std elec tions shall be conducted ns provideu for under the new rules of the Union Republican party, viz. : 'By a Board compowed of the present Repubiionn Election Officers and the Divisi u Executive C om mittee, and all credentials shall be signed by a rat- joriiy oi emu uoHra.' The election nftlcers to conduct the next anna il primary election shall bo elecd at the s.trai time as provided for under new rule No. 8: -Each Re publican citizen shall be entitled to vote lor one election officer, and the one having the hifftixst numoer ot votes snnu act as .iuue, tne secomi m number shall act as Inspector to keep the r-gUtry, and the third In number bhall be the Inspector to take the tickets." By order or the Union Republican City Executive uotnmiuee. juiim l.. iiilu, President. John McCfi.i.ovon,) c.oi M.C.HOWG, ( Secretaries. 8M jfgy REDEMPTION OF CIVIL BONDS OF lbliU. Stats or California, 4 T,j TasAsuar Dkpatmbnt, Sacbambnto, February 1. 187L Whereas, There is en this day la the State Trea sury the sum of twenty-elght thousand (miKX)) dol lars which, under the provisions of an act of the Legislature or said State entitled ."An act to pro vide for the paying certain equitable claims against the state or California, and to contract a funded debt for that purpose," approved April 80, i860, is set apart for the redemption or Civil Bonds ;of said State, is&ued under the provisions of Bald act, notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for the surrender of said Bonds will be received at this Department for the amount above specified until the 10th DAY OF APRIL, 1871, at 11 o'clock A. M. No bid will be entertained at more than par value, and a responsible guarantee must acoorapmy each proposal, which must be indorsed "aea'ed Proposals for the surrender of Civil Bonds of I860." Said bonds will be redeemed and Interest paid In gold and silver coin of the United states, and must be surrendered within ten days after the acceptance of the proposal for their redemption. A. F. CORONEL, leod t4 10 State Treasurer. REDEMPTION OF STATE BONDS. State or California, ia, 1 hnt, y 71. j Tkkabuky Dkpaktmknt, SCKAMB(.TO, Feb. I, 137 Whereas, there Is oa this day in the State Treasury the sum of two hundred aud fifty thousand (tiso.ooo) dollars, which, under the provisions of an act of the Legislature of said S'.ate, entitled "An Act to pro v'de for pajlng certatn equitable claims against the State of California, and to contract a funded debt for that purpose," approved April 83, 1887; and a'o under the provisions of an act amendatory or said act, approved April 87, i860, Is set apart for the re demption of Civil Bonds of said State, Issued nnder the provisions of aald first mentioned act, notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for the surrender of said Bonds will be received at this Department for the amount above apeeiaed, until the IOtf DAY CF APRIL, A. D. 1871, at 11 o'clock A. M. No bids will be entertained at more than par value, and a responsible guarantee must accompany each proposal, which must be marked "Sealel Pro posals for the Redemption of Civil Bonds of 1357." Said bonds must be surrendered within tea dava after the acceptance or the proposals for their re demption. A. F. COKOXKL. 8 14 eod t 10 State Treasurer. fliir THE UNION FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Firs Extinguisher. Always Reliable. D. T. UAGS, BBOtf No. 118 MARKET St., General A genu GROCERIES, ETC. JONDON UKOWN BTOUT AND SCOTCH ALE, In glass and stone, by the cask or dozen. ALBERT C. KOUKKTS, Dealer In Fine Groceries, 11 1 Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Sta. SHIPPINU. tfff NATIONAL STEAMSHIP Tlath'&i, LlNB.-6teara to and from '!'-f NkW YORK, LIVERPOOL, AND QUEENSTv VY N. Steamers sail WKDNKSDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY. Cabin, I7B and 160; Steerage, tig. Exoursloa ticket, good for one jear, liberal, y reduced. Ker eons sending for their friends can obtain tickets tsteerage) for las. Tickets to and from Londonderry nr) OioHgow by thin lavorite route at the same low currency rate. Passengers booked to an fram London, Paris, Hamburg, Havre, Bremen, etc., at lowest rates. Notb. The niHgultlueut Ocean Steamships of tnls line are among the largest in the world, and in celebrated fr peed, safety, and eomlort. Owing to reduction, rates are now $10 in Cabin and Is in suerage cheaper than other 0 rut-elm's lines. For passsge, or bank draft for any amount, paya ble at sight In all parta of Ureat Britain, Ireland, and tn prlnclpnl cities of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, and Italy, apr ly to WALLEli A CO., Agents, 1 16 Ko. 804 WALSUT St., just above Second. THE REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON THE PHI LADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM HH1P LINE are ALONE authorized to issue throng! trills of ladlr g to interior points South and West lr connection with South Carolina Railroad Company. ALFRED L. TYLER, Vice-President So. C RR. Co. PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN uUMAIL STKAMSUIP COMPANY'S KK. ULLAR SEMI-MONTHLY LINK TO NEW OR. LEN8, La The AZOO will Ball for New Orleans, via Havana, on FriOHV. , at 8 A. M. The UfcRCULKS will sail rrora New Orleans, via Havana, on Match . THROUGH BILLS OF LADING at as low rates as by any other route given to MOBILE, GALVES TON, 1ND1ANOLA, ROCKPOKT, LAVAlXJA, and BRAZOS, and to all points on the Mississippi river between New Orleans and St. Louis. Red river freights reshlpped at New Orleans without charge of commissions. WEEKLY LINE TO SAVANNAn, GA. The TONAWANDA win sail for Savannah on Sat urday, March 11, at 8 A. M. The WYOMING will sail from Savannah on Sat urday. March 11. THROUGH BILLS OT LADING given to all the principal towns in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, aud Tennessee In con nection with the Central Railroad of Oeorgia, At .aetlc and Gnlf Hallroad, and Florida steamers, at aslow rates as by competing lines. SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO WILMINGTON, N. C. The PIONEKR will sail for Wilmington on Mon day, M arch 13, at 6 A. M. Returning, will leave W llnnugton Saturday, March 18. Connects with the Gspe Fear River Steamboat Company, the Wilmington and Weldon and North Carolina Railroads, and the Wilmington and Man chester Railroad to all interior points. Freights for Columbia, s. c, and Augusta, Ga., taken via Wilmington at as low rates as by any other route. Insurance effected when requested by shippers. Bills of lading signed at 0,ucen street wharfon or before day of sailing. WILLIAM L. JAMES, General Agent, IS No. 130 S. THIRD Street. CLYDE'S STEAM LINES Office. No 12 South WHARVES. HiiLA DhLPHlA. RICHMOND AND NORFOLK STKAMSHIP LINE, THK'-UGH FRE1QUT AIR LINK TO '1 HE SOI TH ANN WET. Steamers leave every WEDNESDAY and 8ATU1 DY "at noon," from FIRST WHARF above MAR KET Street. it o bills or lading signed after 12 o'clock on sailing dav. THROUGH RATES to all points in North and South Carolina, via "Seaboard Alr-llne Railroad, con necting at Portsmouth, and at Lyuchburg, Va., Tn iiefM e, and the West via Virginia and Tennessee Air-llne, and Rlcnmond and Danville Railroads. reiRhts H MH KD BUT uNOK anu taken at LOWEK H TES than by any other line. No charge for comuiNsion", dray ue, or any ex pense ot transfer. Steamships lusure at I j west ra es. rREIMlTS RK"BlVrD DAILY. Mate-ro, ui accommodations tor pasugers. WM. P. POKIKI, Agnt, UlTimond and Cl'-y Point, t. P. CROWELL & CO., Agents, Norfolk. am PniT.ADM.PlllA A Nn lirr A ui i?a rvrvr 2STKAMSHIP L1K. IHIRSDAY LINE FOR CHARLESTON, and all interior points or South Carolina, (ieorgla, Honda, etc. The tlrbt-clBBS steamship VIRGINIA, Captain Hunter, will sail on Thursday, March 9, at li o'clock , noon, rrom Pier 8, North W'rurves, aijove Atch street. Through bills or lading to all principal points In tenth Carolina, Georgia, Florida, etc., etc. Rates of freight as 1w as by any other route, tor freight or parage apply ou the Pier, as above. WM. A. COURTNUV, Agent in Charleston. FOR NEW YORK DAILY VIA DELAWARE AND RAKITAN )ANAL K X f ST K A 1U HO AT COM PAN Y. The CH KAPEST and QUICKEST water commu nication between Philadelphia and New York. SU timers of this Line will commence loading on or aiiout March 10, leaving daily as usual, from first wharf above MARKET Street, Philadelphia, and footer WALL Str tt. New Yora. Ooods forwarded by all the lines going out or New York North. East, and West, free of commission. Freight forwarded on accommodating terms. .1 AM B8 HAND, Agent, No. 119 WALL Street, New York. NEW EXPRESS LINE TO ALEX ANDRIA, GEO KGB TOWN and Wash- lnvtoii. I). O... ChpftnneAkA Anil llAlavam CuLttl, connecting with Orange and Alexandria Kaiiroaa. Steamers leave regularly every SATURDAY at noon, from Fust Wharf above MARKET Street. Fr Ighta received daily. HYDK & TYLER, Agents, Georgetown, D. C. M. JtLDRIDGE fc CO., Agents, Alexandria, Va. mm w DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE JVvr TOW-B'AT COMPANY, r - Barges towed between Philadelphia, Baltimore, Havre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and intermediate points. CAPTAIN JOHN LAUOIILIN, Superintendent. OFFICE, No. 18 South WHARVES, PHILADELPHIA. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.. AGENTS For all the above lines. No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia, where further Information may be obtained. 8 83 FOR NEW YORK; VIA DELAWARJ and R art tan Canal. OJ SWIFT BUKJt TRANSPORTATION. IXJHrAnii DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURB LINES, Leaving dally at 13 M. and 5 P. M. The steam propellers of this company will com Bience loading on the 8th of March. Through in twenty-tonr hours. Ooodb forwarded to any point free of commission Fretgha taken on accommodating terms. Apply to WILLIAM M. BAIRD bt CO., Agents. No. 188 South DELAWARE Avenue. F OR SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THE FLORIDA PORTS, AND TUE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. GREAT SOUTHERN FREIGHT AND PASSEN GER LINE. CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA AND AT LANTIC AN. GULF RAILROAD. FOUR STEAM KitS A WEEK, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SATURDAYS. THE STEAMSHIPS BAN SALVADOR, Captain NlckersoB, from Pier No. 8 North River. WM. R. GARhlSON, Agent, No. 6 Bow lit g Green. MONTGOMERY, Captain Falreloth, from Pier No. 13 North River, R. LOWDKN, Agent, No, 93 West street. LEO, Captain Dearborn, from Pier No. is East River. MURRAY, FERRIS A CO., Agents, No. 61 aud 6 Souili street. GENERAL BARNES, Captain Mallory, from Pier No. !J North River. LIVINGSTON, FOX A CO., Agents, Mo. 88 Liberty street. Insurance by this llne"oNEHALF PER CENT. Sup. nor accommodation" for pasieupr. Throuvh rle aud iilUf l'H tu connection Td''v AcVnt A G.K-R-. Agent C. It. R., fcj5o.W9 Broadway. No. 4o Broadway. MIPPINU. ' rHVt T A t?T QP0a M atTTll fVua a m SAlIiEfa TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SAT URDAYS AT NOON, are now receiving freight at winter rates, com mencing December 88. All goods shipped on an after this date will be charged as agroad upon by the agents of this company. INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT. No bill of lading or receipt signed for less thai fifty cents, and no Insurance effected for less than one dollar premium. For further particulars and rates apply at Com pany's office. Pier 83 East river, New York, or to JOHN F. OUL, PIER 19 NOKTH WHARVES. N. a, Extra rates on small packages Iron, metals etc 89t FOR LIVERPOOL AND OTTttKNS .TOWN. The lmnan Line of Rural MaU Steamers are appointed to sail as follows: I City of London, Saturday. March II. at 9 A. H City Of Brussels, Saturday. Mart h 18. at 8 P. M. Cltv of Limerick, via Halifax, Tuesday, March 811 at l P. M. City of Washington, Saturday, March 85. at 8 A. M. and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tues day, from pier No. 4A North river. RATES O" PASSAGE , By Mall Steamer Sailing every Saturday. Payaue Id gold. Payable lu currency. First Cabin f To, Steerage 30 To Londn 80 To Umdon i5 To Halifax 8nl To Halifax 15 Passengers also forwarded to Antwerp, Rotter dam, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, etc., at reduced rates. Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by persona wishing to send for their friends. For further information apply at the company's office. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No, 15 Broadway, N. Y. I Or to O'DONN KlL & FA ULK, Agonta, SB No. 409 CHESNIIT Street. Philadelphia. I7OR ST. THOMAS AND BRAZIL, ' UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL STEAM SHIP COMPANY. REGULAR MAIL STEAMERS sailing on the 88d of every month. MbRRlMA K, Captain Wler. SOUTH AM RICA, Captain B. L. Tlnklepaugh. NOKTH AMERICA, Captain G. B. Slocuru. These splendid steHiuern na'l on schedule tlrae.and call at St.. Thomas, Pura, Pernatnbuco, Bahla, aud Rio de Janeiro, going and returulng. For engage meats of freight or passage, apply to WM. R. GARRISON, Agent, 18 lot No. 6 Bowling-green, New York. w H I T E STAR LINE OCEANIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S LINK OF NEW STEAMERS BKTWEKN NEW YCRK AND LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK, IRELAND. The company's fleet comprises the rollowlng mag nificent full-powered ocean steamships, the six largest in the world : ( 'CKANIC, Captain Murray. A RCTIC ATLANTIC, Captain Thompson. BaLTIC PACIFIC, Captain Perry. ADRIATIC. These new vessels have been designed specially for the transatlantic trade, and combine speed, safety, aud comfort. l'SMHeuger accommodations unrivalled. Parties tending for their friends in the Old coun try can now obtain prepaid tickets. Steerage, J32. currency. Other rates as low as any flrst-closB lino. For further particulars apply to is MAY, IMRTB h CO., No. 10 WATEK btreet, Liverpool, and No. I EAST INDIA Avenue, LEADEnHALL Street, London; or at the company's otllces, No. 19 BROADWAY, New York. ltt .T li. SPARKS, Agent. TIIE ANCHOR LINK STEAMERS Sail every Saturday aud alternate Wednesday to and from Glasgow and Derry. Passengers booked and forwarded to and from all railway stations in Great Britain. Ireland, Ger many, Norway, Sweden, nr Denmark and America as safely, speeOily, comfortably, and cheaply as by any oincr rou'e or nue. 'BXPKRSS" 8TEAHEK8, "BXTRA" 8TBAVBR3. IOWA, TYKIAN, BRITANNIA, IOVV K, TVRIAN, ANGLIA, AUSTRALIA, BRITANNIA, INDIA, COLUMBIA, .lJltOPA. 13K1 1'ANNIA. From Pier 20 Nerth river, New York, at noon. Rates of Passage, Payable In Currency, to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Derry: First cabins, 66 aud t75, according to location. Cabin excursion tickets (good for tivelve moutas), securing best accommodations, $130. Intermediate, 13S; steerage, $'Z8, Certificates, at reduced rates, can bo bought here by those wishing to send for their friends. Drafts issued, payab.e on presentation. Apply at the company's onion to HENDERSON BROTHERS, 18 8Tt No. T BOWLING GREEN. OORDAOE, ETC. - CORDAGE. Manilla, Blial and Tarred Cordage at LowMt Haw York PrioM and Praigkta. EDWIN H. K1TL.KK fc CO rtetory, TENTH 81. and HRMAJNTOWa Avanos. tor. No. U . WATBM St. and 83 H DKLAWAS Avon a. is um PHILADELPHIA JOHN S. LEK k CO., ROPE AND TWIN MANCFACTUREhS. DKALEhS IN NAVAL STORES, ANCHORS AND CHAINS, SHIP CHANDLERY (JOODS, ETC., -1 Nos. 46 and 48 NORTH WHAKViS. WHISKY, WINE, ETQ. QAR8TAIR8 A McCALL. No. 128 Walnut and 21 Granite Kte IMPORTERS OF Brandies, Wines, Gin, OUtc Oil, Eta.; WHOLKSALB OKAUUM IN PURE RYE WHISKIES,' U BOHD ABD TAX PAID. Mtpf PATENT. TJNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Wasbikuton, D. C, Jan. 81, 18M. On the petition of DANIEL S. NIPPEs, of Upper Merlon Township, Pennsylvania, administrator of Albert S. Nippea, deceased, praying for the exten sion of a patent granted to the said Albert S. Nippea, on the SUt day of AprU, IsST, tar au Improvement la 4a rinding Saws: It is ordered that the testbony In the case be closed on the 8lBt day cf March next, that the time for tiling argumeuts and the Examiner's report be limited to the 81st day of March next, and that said petitlonJe heard on the Bth day of AprU next. Any person may oppose this extension. SAMUEL A. DUNCAN, 1 10 got Acting Commissioner of Patent. QLD OAKS fc'EMETERY COMPANY OF PHILADEL'.IIIA. This Company Is prepared to sell lou, iar of all encumbrances, on reasonable term. Purchasers eaj see plans at the office of the Company, NO. 618 WALNUT STREET, Or at the Cemetery, where all Information neede will be cheerfully given. By giving notice at be office, carriages will meet persons desirous of purchasing lota at Tioga Station on the Gentian town Railroad, and convey them to the Cemetery and return, free of charge. ALFRED C. UARMER, President, MARTIN LANDENBERGER, Treas. MICHAEL NI8BET, Seg'y. lOBwfiuSm Corn Exchange Bag jiufactorY. JOHN T. DA LEY, V. X. Cor. WATER an( MARKET Bta. ROPK AND TWIN, BAGS And BAGGING, fat Grain, Klour, Salt, Super-Phospiiata of lima. hoj Dual, Etc Large and mall GUNNY BAGS constantly on kand. Alao. WOOL BACKR w Torn farnum a co.Tcom mission meri J ahAcM and Munfaotarara of irlnT TWklB
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