THE DAILY. EVENING lELEGIUril. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 18GC. THE NEW YORK PRESS. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals Upon the Most Import ant Topics of the Hour. mni.E EVERY DAT IVR EVENING YLLEGRAPn. The Regnlnr Army. Jrom the Tribune. I Congress is about to consider the propriety of permanently enlarging the togular armj. The Mil of Mr. Senator Wilcon has been reported, and when it conies up before Congress we .shall yrobably enter into its merits. The general sub ject of a regular army is one ot great interest. ' There are many who believe that we cannot get along without a permanent regular army of at least 2(10,000 men, and Congress will be asked to arrange a system embracing this number. We are asked to look at the great European nations, and assured that there can be no greatness of nation ality unless we have military Strength. Franca has 404,192 men to support her omplre and keep Europe on good behavior, at a cost of over $HO,(M,0,000 annually. Russia keeps her million ol soldiers at a cost of about $100,000,000, while England has a standing army of 150,000 men to watch thp Fenians and Sepoys and butcher the blacks in Jamaica, at a eowt ol $75,000,0(10. Rus ia gives one man in 67, France one in 93, Eng land one ru 195, to torm an army. Proportionately the Netherlands have the largest Portugal the smallest arnile3. Europe "has, combined nearly 3,000,000 men under arms, at an annual expense of more than $.r00,000,000. This military organization is little more than pageantry, and rcprusents.the pride and ambition of royal houses, Russia wants Turkey and the Bcandanavlan countries. PniFsitt desires to gob ble up Deniiiark. Austria must keep Venice and Jlnngary. . Belgium must preserve her nation ality. France must occupy the Rhine and med dle with Mexico and Crcuiu-China and Aluiw", and make herself generally busy with the attain f the world.. Spain must repress liberalism and sustain' the Pope when his eldest son, the beautiful Ludovician Napoleon, takes away his bajonets iroiii ncder the pontifical throne. England must have soldiers lor her German princes to play with and tor lazy young lords to command at large pensions. To accomplii-h this fanfaronade, the labcr of 3,000,000 ot men is ab sorbed, and $500,001,000 spent every year ! What shall wo do in America? Laying-'aside the suggestion that stsnding armies aie the curse .ot Iree governments, let us look at the thing practicallv. . Whati do we want of am army T The pacification of the Southern States is the only purpose now before the Government. We see that even General Grant is of the opinion that the time has not come to remove the armies lrom the South, or even to permit the Southern militia to possess arms. It Mr. Senator Trum bull's bill tor the enlaigement oi the Frecdmen's liureau passes, we must have an army to carry out its provisions. The-question ariseB, How many men will it require to do tbis? A military force in the South must have a moral effect. We cannot occupy the Southern country in fact without having a million men. Morally, one regiment is as good as a corps, and at the very highest estimute twenty thousand men are enough to pacify the South. The military force on the Rio Grande is unnecessary, and only in vites a collision between the belligerents in Mex ico. Maximilion is not going to hurt Texas. When thee men ot war get within the sound of guns and the smell of powder, they become ram pant, and may at any time get us into trouble. An armed neutrality is a menace of war. We desire to make no such menace now. We want some regiments to keep the plains open and make communication sale with the golden coun tries. Even this may be partially avoided by doing the Indian justice and dealing liberally with him. A regular army of twenty-five thousand men is, we think, enough for the United States. Lei us learn a lesaon lrom the last war. The regular army did as much to help the South a the North. Even that part of it that remained loyal was a drag on the moral progress of the war. The old regular army came as near being an aristocracy as any institution America ever pos sessed. All its tnj-tinets, its education, its tra ditions, were aristocratic. To be educated at the eipense of the Government, to hold fancy positions and clamor for additioual pay, was the sole business of the old array oiticer. When the war came, he did not want to fight, but, if he was put in the line, let the fight be perfectly gen tle.manly. McCiellan and Bucll and Porter em bodied this West Point regular army spirit. The fault was" not mer' ly with the men, . . but the system. If we give a young man of twenty a sword and bid him go and rule a hundred others old enough to be his father, with the mot peremptory ant oppressive discipline, he will soon believe that all the world w his command, and acquire tyrannical, bigoted habits. Y hen the nation arose in its majesty and sent its sons lrom plough, anvil, and loom to battle for national rights, this little knot of lazy pensioners sneered at the volun teers as cattle and plough-Doys, The cattle and the plough-boys won the victory. We tru?t there will be an end of this tailitary policy, or, if it is a necessary evil, let it beconliued to the smallest number. We want West Pointers enough to manage adjutant-general and inspector-general's offices; to represent the dignity of our country at dress parades; . to drill and teach recruits. We do not want a military class. In time of peace it Is unnecessary in time of war the fight ing men will come lrom tarm and workshop. We trust that Congress will legislate on the theory mat a regular army is a rare luxury, and that a very little ol it will go a great way. Thaddcus Stevens Proposed Tax on Cotton. From the World. In the days of Augustus Civsar a decree went forth that ''all the world should bo taxed." Com m en t a tors explain to us that the swelling phrase included only the people of his emphe. In the year 18G6 ot the Christian era ideas are more mag mncent. A modern autocrat, Thaddeus, of the House ot Representatives, intends not only to tax not only "all the world," in the narrow sense of the term as used by Cottar, but also "the rest of . mankind;" not only, as the French say, all the world and his wife; not only the Parisian belle, in all the completeness of her daintv toilet: the tropical ravage in his picturesque costume of a pair oi spurb, some paint, aud a solitary slurt collar; out tue dead as well as the living, all, from the new-born lniant. in its cotton swad dling clothes, to the pale corpse in its cotton snrouu. In advocating an exnort tax iinon cotton. Mr. Stevens was met at the threshold by a serious impediment, ine tounaers oi republican govern' ment on this continent foresaw the iuture d s cussion of such questions by men of his tpninera. ment and calibre; they saw that cupidity of one section of the Union might lead to unjust taxa tion of the products of other sections; they thought the tiller of the soil should always have the legal as well as the natural right to sell to t he best advantage the productions Nature has given as the reward of his honorable toil ; and in 1 he cool deliberations of their unbiassed and unexcited minds thev made this right a Dart of the high contract or mutual agreement by which tax or duty," says the Constitution, "shall be laid on articles exported trom any state." This obstacle Mr. Stevens di onuses to over come by giving universal en tirade to the negro ircedrnen in the Southern States. He imagines they will vote in favor ot his tax. He pays a poor compliment to their intelligence, and kIiows how much ho really despises them and their mother wit. For nis proposal is to tax cotton, the chief product of their labor, ten or twelve cents a pound, although under the old system of laoor it was prontaoiy raiseu at six to twelve rents, and the common price at which it was sold was ten or twelve cents. Any whose pas sions permitted him to reason luBtly could per ceive at once that a fair tri;il o the prescut new system of labor requires that no burden shall bo p'accd upon It, At least the labor f toe frecd men photild bo free. Mr. Stevens seeks a system ot monopoly ior pcclal interests in the North, but pioropcs taxation upon, capital and lattor at the South. II the freedmen would, as Mr. Stc vens Mipposcs, vote for such an inlury tipon themselves, we should need no limber proof that thry are nnworthy of suffrag". Mr. Ste vens' suspicion is a damaging imputation. The piinciplehe proposes, changing iti app'lcatlon only, would Justify a Southern maloiity in tax rng'flonr, pork, bef, and all the product of the North to the lull amount of their value when they are f.xported. . , It would have been more lust to propose a special benefit or bounty on every bale ot cotton railed than to check the enterprise aud Increase the dillicnlties of those who are engaged In its cultivation. The farm of the South are laid waste, their fences in many regions are de stroyed, the resources of their people wasted, a large proportion of their laboring men has fierlshcd, and very many others are crippled or n infirm health; an immenpe numtier of their women and children are destitute of their natural supporters and protectors; the whole system of their labor Is disorganized; both laborers and employers have ditlicuky in changing' their habits and sentiments so as to meet the change. Many Northern men have gone South to Invest their capital, skill, and ettme in the production ot this great staple; they are inexperienced, and the negroes whom thev employ have been accus tomed to work with little intelligence. At this crisis Mr. Stevens urge an unconstitutional tax which will ncarlv crush all their effort react ing, also, upon the North, and depriving it ot those extensive and profitable markets which the early and animating renewal of prosperity at the South would give to the products bf every dher eection of the Union. Mr. Stevens has yet full faith in the delusion which cost the Cotton States so dearly, and led them into Rebellion; he thinks, as they did, that "Cotton is King." The South has found out the fallacy by an expcrlance which Is lost upon Mr. Heven. The production of cotton iu other countries has so far increased that a prosperity very nearly approaching that existing before the war pervades the manufacturing districts of Europe. Much of their machinery has been adapted to a shorter staple than our own. India, stimulated by Our suspension, has already completed a large portion of the enormous system of railroads and ' internal improvements she had projected, and which will add much to her production and exports. When Mr. Morrill, lrom his seat in Con gress, was refusing to permit lor one year ihe importation ot team-ploughs Iree ot duty by agricultural societies, tor purpones of experi ment, and to use as model, if successful, the wiser Pacha of Egypt was importing hundreds of them to prepare the ground, and seize the op portunity ior tne extended cultivation ot ine indispensable fibre which probably has now be come lorevcr a permanent source ot weaitn to his country. Other nations, also, contribute their increased quota to the general stock. In the midst of all this new competition with set tled torms of society, where labor Is cheap, and receives only paltry remuneration, Mr. Stevens endeavors to double by a tax the old cost of production of the chief crop on w hich we rely tor foreign exchanges, and a return to a specie basis. We need say little of the effect this oppression would produce upon the minds of the South erners. In time, they may be led to regard their personal sutl'erings and the deaths of their friends, as sacrifices in support ot an error. Mr. Stevens would arrest the progress of this seuli ment. He would edueate vheir young and rising generation in a belief that the cause for which their fathers had suffered and died wad a holy resistance to injustice. His proposed tax would be an expensive experiment, and in the end would cost us more than the revenue it would yield. Mr. Morehead's proposal In Congress to raise the internal revenue tax on Southern cotton liom two to twelve cents per pound is little more than an evasive method of effecting the same lesult as was proposed by Mr. Stevens, and is in euect name to ait tne objections we urge. Unwearied hatred and the malicious opinion that communities profit most by injuring others have led Mr. Stevens to propose thu unconstitu tional wrong. He would load the South with special taxes as an indirect method of the confis cation he desired, but which his country will not permit. President Johnson and the Negro Suffrage Hill in Congress. From the Ilerald. The bill sti iking out the word "white" from the election laws of the District of Columbia, aod thus, in effect, conferring the right of suf frage upon all the negroes in the District, without distinction, limit, or qualification, has passed the House of Representatives by a two thirds vote. This bill may be designed merely to frighten the President from the position which ho has taken upon the reconstruction question, and the fact that Mr. Raymond, of New York, has moved a reconsideration, gives some slight plausibility to the idea. If such be the design of the radicals it will prove a failure. The President is not to be frightened and coerced. On the other hand, if the bill is to be seriously pressed to its final passage by the Senate, in our view oi the Constitution, its adoption will be net- lectly legal under the recent Constitutional amendment. That amendment places the freed negroes in the position ot foreign immigrants, so lar as the right of suffrage is concerned. Con gress has .always had charge of the subject of naturalization, which confers the privilege of voting upon a class of people who cannot pos sess it except at the option of Congreas. In the same way the recent Constitutional amendment authoiiy.es Congress to pass laws securing to the freed negroes the benefits of freedom, aui if Congress sees fit to pass a negro-eunrage law, embracing all the States as well as the District of Columbia, we lebeve that no legal objection can be raited which the Supreme Court will not overrule. The question ol neero suffrage is, thcreloie, net one ot legality, but of expedi ency. As such the President and the country will doubtless consider it Whether a two-thirds vote for the House bill can be relied upon in the Senate is a disputed point. Should that vote be cast it will, of course, be usele lor the President to veto the bill, since the same vote can pass it over his veto at any time. In that case he will proba bly return the bill without his signature, thus throwing the whole responsibility upon Con gress, and leaving the members to explain their action to their constituent as they best can. But if the bill Bhould pass the Senate without a two-thirds vote we predict that the President will veto it. In his veto message he will state his position in regard to negro suf frage, and as ho understands the whole subject very thoroughly,' having been born and edu cated among the non-slaveholdlog wnites of the South, the country will await this exposition with the greatest interest. Tha President may be orposed to negro suffrage upon the ground of inexpediency; he may be in lavor of granting the light of suffrage to (the negroes under a property qualification, as in New York; he may suggest an educational limitation, or he n.ay hold that only those negroes who served in our army duriny the recent Rebellion should be admitted Be partners with the whites in the government of the republic. We do not pre tend to define his exact views upon the sub jecj but still we venture the prediction that his veto wi'.l promptly follow the passage of the 110U6C bill by the Senate, unless that pussagfi be effected by a two-thirds vote. The .issue be tween the Pi'esuTcur tmd the radicals will then be clearly and unmistakably marked, and the people wi.l nave to decde bctweeu them. We believe that the t eople are with the President, and that the thousands who are clalmexl by the rudici.lo as ardent supporters of a negro sul trac law, unconditional aud unm-rsul, are just as mythical u those tlioiibauils of aboli tion solaiers ho, according to Governors Andrew aud Yuus, were to crowd the highways and Ltui.ys as soon as tne eman cipation proclau ct.i'n was issued, but who raiuhl lieviT hp iIamvoio1 hv Hit Knvprtm.tmt J ven r..'t?r repealed traits, We Are quite ready! therefore, to have the isue made, because we believe tlint tho President will be sustained. In deed, lor mar y'raons we deem it better that Ihe matter should be forced at once to a conclu sion. The Government is now disorganized ard divided against ltclf; the progress of re construction Is impeded, and the country is dis graced by these squabbles, and suffering from the unoettl d condition of affair;. Let us have some definite nettlcnent of the netiro question, and let the Union be restored without further delay. A New rictnie f the French Invasion. From the Time. The XonUeur, in commenting on the Presi dent's message, has taken occasion recently, under the guise of a New York correspondence, to prepare the French mind for a change ot tho Mexican policy in the following manner: . "This declaration ti. e . of the President' policy) contains nothing Irreconcliab e with the poller pur ord b? France in Mexico. When the French tiov. ernmcnt presented umlt in that country, its objoct was soely and wholly to enloroe, as the United Btatet thcmMlvn had previously oone, a whole tones of Oalms which bad been treated witn lusolont dUreirard. Cironnutanrei which it was not in the power of Napolrou III to prnvent, obthrM him to declare war Sftaint tne (xOTernmAnt wnicn men nnia powr in Mexico, lhat Government fell; another bat inccewlod it, pmng from unteertat suffrage. I ranee u iminraiiy ounvea 10 oeiosa kh.i msur rettlonal attacks the adniiutm ration which alone conld secaro the reparation of ber Jim grievances. Ihe French Cabinet bt shown by all ita aols, as by all Its ooolrtion, what were the objects It pursued. It hss 110 aims at coDquent, and it lias taken nothing, accepted nothing; it desires to rtaln Bothm of the vsst ppaee occupied by its troop. 1: occupation, as everyone 11 now fully aware in the United Mates, is a pnrely temporary one, and will cease with the caunea that created it. Affaln. at to the form of government bicb the Mexicans have at linyth freely hoten, it bas been frequently rucojrnizcd by the i'edoral Government iiseit." : ' We submit that this is highly Ingenious, and must be pre-eminently satisiactory to MM. Uhevaiicr, ljamartine, and other entnusiastic advocate, of the "Imperial system." For years we "have been hearing ol the "Napoleonic ideas" one of them being the spread of the Latin races over tho Southern portion of the Western continent, to counterbalance the over whelming progress ot the Anglo Saxon family in the North. The Latin religion and Latin or French civilization was to elevate the degraded population of those semi-tropical countries, and to make the Mexican plateaus bloom anew with more brilliancy than they did under Aztec rule. That grand current of trade which prophetic economists eee a century hence flowing from China and Japan and India over the Pacific towards America and Europe, was to find its rich channels in the new French Empire of Central America. ' Fiench Mexico was to become the Venice or Antwerp of a new Oriental comii'crce. The surplus of French population was to pour over those lettue plains, ana the impoverished treasury of the Imperial Govern ment was to be filled from the inexhaustible nilncB of Central America. With two clashing republics on the North Ame rican continent, nothing was to be feared in in tervention or invasion from the North, and it was not improbable that the expected aristo cratic and slave confederacy would be glad to sirei'gthen itself by an alliance offensive and de- tensive with J-rench Mexico. In this golden piC' ture ot a happy a?e coming to a Napoleonic Mexico, no mention was ever made ot such low considerations as Mexican debts and Jecker bonds. - All these were forgotten in the harvest of glory ana goia w nicn tne empire was aoout to reap on the historic plateaus of Mexico. But now. alas ! How subdued Is the picture ! The "Latin race" are no longer seen in the fore ground: "Oriental trade" is lorgotten; coloniza tion, mining, strengthening of imperial power, the vast and brilliant future to French occupa tion are all laid aside. The object of this grand invasion was simply a kind of sheriffs execu tionto collect debts and redeem the poor Jecker ponus. "uircumstances out ot his power to con trol, etc. etc.," compelled his Imperial Majesty to invade Mexico. In the unhappy collision the Mexican Government unfortunately perished, ana anotner was iormea Dy universal suffrage, Naturally, then. France felt it necessary to pro tect the officials who would collect its dents. The Emperor, of course, inheriting the moderate disposition of bis family, "has no ambition," "wants nothing," will take nothing, and only de sires a peacetui departure with the results in his treasury ot his sheriffs levy. The occupation, is but temporary, and must soon cease, and the French Cabinet does not desire to retain the vast spaces which it now "occupies." Yoita toutl Ibat's all. Here is the whole storv of this grand and glorious French invasion of wexico. wiry should we be disturbed at such a simple and reasonable narrative ? Even if we should obiect to this new demo cratio monarchy, chosen by universal suffrage, we must remember our previous course towards other monarchical Governments, and not dis turb this any more than we have others. How tame aud flat must poor Lamartine and Chevalier, and other poetic defenders of Impe riulifm, feel after this cruel letting down of the "Napoleonic ideas !" Millions spent and thou sands ot lives sacrificed to collect a few debts, to enncn a lew dcuhttul speculators and backers ! Ihe "destiny of the Latin" race in America cul minating in the grand Sherllf s execution of the nineteenth century and payment of Mexican doi us : If these word of the Moniieur foreshadow the position of lh Imperial Government towards our own, there seems no great qbslacle to set tling speedily the Mexican question. Mr. Sewaid will have no difficulty in accepting this highly imaginative explanation of the French invasion. He will give the Impeiial Government credit for the moBt philosophical moderation and the most philanthropical purposes in America provided only they withdraw their bayonets. All that he asks, all that the people ask, is the withdrawal of the French the theory of the occupation, the Napoleonic idea at the "bottom, may be what it vt ill. When ouce the French ate gone, the juexicans may govern themselves by monarchy. empire, republic, or democracy, just as they see nt. we only claim a tree choice lor the people, SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, &o T W. SCOTT & C O., SHIHT MANUFACTURERS, AND DEALERS IN MEN'S FURJJISIIINCr GOODS No. 814 Chesnut Street, KOCK DOORS BELOW THE 'CONTINENTAL," 8 281vrp PHILADELPHIA. PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM SlilllT MANUFACTORY AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE, PERFECT FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWEES made from meaanrement at very abort notice. , All otbtr anlclfci ol GENXLJCJaJCtt'tl DKL88 GOODS in tun variety. WINCIIKSTKR & CO., 8241y His CHKfcNl'T STkEKT q'O SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWN ERS. T II E 1 UTiiiiTKigned having leased the KENSINGTON hC'K W Dot. K.begs toiuionu his rrienda and thepatrona 01 the Iock Ilia lie la t rupared with iucreaaea faculties to accommodate those having vease to be rained or repaired and being practical ablp-carpntur and rauiaer. hi 1 Hive personal attention to uie reaaeii e truffled to hiiu mr r. ni.ini i t'aptulns or Atenta Milt) Carpea'ers, and Uachio'ata saving vest-els 10 rc ijr, are solicited u can. Ilavlnir the a l' enc v for he uia of "VVetterstedt' Patent Metallic ( nmiaiilnn" law I nmier Paint lor tha picrervatlon ot vesfei' bottoms, for tbis cltj, I aui pre- paieu to 1 urn lan ine same on lavorntre icrnm. JOUN IL HAM WITT. Kens nglon screw Dock, t'l PiFXAWAKB Avenue above LA UKKL Ktreef GEORGE PLOWMA N, CARPENTER AKD BUILDER, No. Q6'2 O A It T K It STREET And No. 141 DOCK ttTBEET. Machine Work and JUjliwrifrjt!n(r promptly tbUtnl to, i 1 tia PROPOSALS. ri itKAPURr DF.rARrAiENr, office Ltour- X AlCtJsL POAHD. Wasbihotoh CITY, Jannary 6, I8IW. Prated rronoonn win be received at this office until 1 o'o oclt V. M., o FRIDAY, ,theih day of r misery, iwn, ior supplying ine upiivnouse Kta Dliahment wttn sixty motjnand ntlions of tho txwt quality par Winter ht rained Oil, eithor lurd or bpeim, to la dlvioed into tour low, and to be do liveied At the timet uodeimonticnco, alongside of tha) (Mvernmrnt supply vessels, or at tho warononse or other plao of deposit, to bo designated 07 the inspexnina: umcer, or otner am onwn agent 01 tne JJght-houre Board, In atrong. tight, iron-bound, we l-made osgs, inltablo for shipping. In good ordor, ol a capaoli? eaon t from nlty to eighty rations not to exceed the latter. The O l may be do'iyered at Boston or New York, at the option ol tbe bidders. lheaceof dolivtry in each case must be dis tinct y stated in the bios, and will be embraced in tbe contracts. The four lots win be delivered as follows, via. t Lot No. 1. Fifteen thousand UVmsn aralmna on the So day ol April, 1800, or as soon thereafter as tbe proper tels and gauging can i completed. Lot No. 2.-Filtocn thousand (15,hO0) gallons on tbe ICth day et April. 18G6, or as soon thereafter ai the proper tests and ganging can be completed. Lot No. 8. Fitteea thousanu (15.000) gallons on the 1st day of Jane, I860, or as soon thereafter as the pro- Kr wan ana ra aging can on comnie en. Lot No. 4.-F11 teen thousand (16 0001 gallons on the let day of Aarvt, 18ti0, or aa toon tneieaiter aa toe pro) er ten ana gauging can na oompietnd. Separate proposal! will be received at the tune time lor 60CO gallons of Colza or Lard iL to be de livered as above siipniated, at Detroit, Uichigan, en tne mi nay 01 may. jtv.) No bid will be considered unless from a manufac turer of the article. . - No part of the Oil proposed for and to be embraced in the eohtraca under this advertisement will be accepted, rtocived, or paid tor, until it shall bave bocu proved, to the entire sat.stacuon ot the person or icrrona charged with its examination, test, and inspection, to t e of tho boit quality pure Winter 8 ruined Chi. and free from mixture with other or interior us and adulterations. ' J he nsnal meaLS lot determining the character and quality of the operm.Oi will be employed, viz : spe cilio gtavity, burning, the amount of residuum, and any other proper tests to arrive at correct conclu sions mat may De aecmea ncoessary. 1 ne una ui win dc tuujccica to special tests, ana ill bo rejected unless ioitnd to be. in regard to burn ing and fluidity undtr reduction of temperature, and in every other respect equal to that of tne standard aaopieo oy ine uoata, ot wnicn a sample win do lur mslied on application to the Light-bouse Enineor at HtMon, HaHfachusotts. -Tbe casks must be giiaged. nndor the direction and pet sol ai supervision of tho luspectiug Otfioer, by a custom bouse or other legally authorized and sworn gaucer, accoiding to tho united Mates standard, and. must do marked aud accepted be lore they are re moved trom tbe cellar or warehouse of tho contrac tor. The temuerature of the Oil will bo accurate. r noted, and the measurements reduced to the standard teu.pcrature ot 00 deg. Fahrenheit, by tables pro. parea ior me purpose. 1 roposals will be received and considered for each lot separately, or Ior all ot the los, at tho option of tne bidder; but no bid will be considered tor a less Quantity than that specified as one ot. to be de livered at one time and piaoo. uacn Did must sato explicitly, written out in run, uie Kind 01 ou onered, n :i oci iu, u, VI vuiuii un lam la.iuu, the number of the lot or lots bid tor, and the place of delivery, coniorming to this advertisement. cidb subn itted by dimirent members ot the same firm er copartnership will not be considered. Tbe Liuht-house Board, nnder the authority of the Department, reserves tbe right to reject any bid, al- tnougn it may De the lowest, tor other considera tions tnnn tne price. ', No bid will be considered for any other kind or description ot oil than those specially called ior iu this advertisement. A bond, with security to tbe satisfaction of the Depart ment. in penalty equal to one-fourth of the amount of each contiact made under these pro posals, will be required of each contractor, con oitioied lor the iaithlul performance ot the contract, to De executed wtoun ten days alter the acceptance ot tne Did. Each ofibr must be accompanied by a written guar, aDtee. signed bv one or mote responsible persons, and known to tne Depannient as such, or cerulied by a United States district ludge, attorney, navy agent,or collector ot tbe customs, to tho effect that, if the bid be accepted, the bidder will duly execute a contract in rood faith, according to the pi o visions and teims of this advertisement, within ten days after accept ance; and that in case the said party offering shall tail to enter into the contract as aforesaid, he or they guarantee to make good the difference between the offer of the said i arty and the next lowest bidder. All bids must be sealed and endorsed ' Proposals tor oil lor L,ight-bouses," aud then placed in another envelope, ai d directed, prepaid, to the Secretary ot the Light-bouse Board. Washington City. All bids will be opened, publicly, at the hour and on the dav specified. Payments will be made for the several lots of oil within thirty days alter they shall have been re ceived by the united estates. By order of the Light-house Board 1 11 2Ct ANDREW A. IIARWOOD, Secretary, f FFXCK OF THE DEPOT QUARTERMASTEU y XQHTl JLEA VENWORTn, JVANSAS, I December 19, 18C5. J PROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANSPORTATION, Sealed Proposals will be received at this oiliee until 12 o'clock on the 81st day of January, 1800, ior tin '.transportation ot Military Supplies during the yea! l(;t, on tne following routes: X' 1 L r.T..-AnWMll, T ...min iiuuiailiii x A' iuiu x una ixaTcuwunu, and Kiley , and other depots that may be enab.ishcd during the above year on the west bam of the Mis souri river, north ot Fort Leavenworth and south of latitude 42 degrees north, to any posts or stations that are oi may be established in the Temtories of Rebraeka, JJacotan, in a no, ano utan, souin oi iati, tnde 44 degrees north, and east oi longitude 114 do srees west: and m the Territory of Colorado north ot 40 degrees north, Biddors to state the rato per 100 pounds per 100 miles at which they will trans port said noi eh in eacn oi uie mourns iromapruio si ntrm her ine nsive. of the vear 1806. RouTit No. 2 Ficm torts Leavenworth and Kilev, in the btate of Kantas, and the town of Kan sas, in the State of .Missouri, to anv posts or stations that are or mav be established in the State ot Kan fas, er in tbe Territory ot Colorado, south of lati tude 40 degrees north, drawing supplies trom Fort Leavenworth; and to Fort Union, N. M., or other depot that may be designated in that Territory, to Fort (iar.aad, and to any other point or points on the route. Bidders to state the rate per 100 pounds per 100 mnes at which they will transport said stores in eacn of the mouths tiom April to September in clusive, ot the year 11:00. Routs No 8 From Fort Union or such other depot as may be established in the Territory of New Mexico, to any posts or stations that are or may be established in that Territory, and to such pots or stations as may be designated in the Territory of Arizona and State of Texas, west of longitude 105 degree west. Bidders to state the rate per 100 pounds per 100 miles at which they wi'l transport said stores in each of the mouths irom June to No vember inclusive, of the year 1800. The weight to be transported each year will not exceed 10,000,000 pounds on Route No. 1, 15,000,000 pounds on Route No. 2, and 0,000,000 pouuds on Route No. 8. No additional percentage will, be paid for the transportation ot baoon, lard, bread, pine lumber, shingles, or any other stores. Bidders should give their names In full, as well as their places of reudenoe, and each proposal should l,e accompanied by a bond in tho sum of ten thou sand debars, signed by two or more responsible persons, guaranteeing that, in case a contract is awarued lor the route mention d in the proposal to tbe parties proposing, the cmitraot will be accepted and entered into, and good and sufficient security furnished by said parties, in accordance with the terms oi this advertisement. The amount of bonds icqulred from the contrac tor will be as follows! 0 Route No. 1 $100,000 2 200,000 8 00,000 Satisfactory evidenco of the loyalty aud solvency of euch biduer aud person ollerod as security will bo equiied. Proposals must be Indorsed : -Proposals for Army Transportation on Route No. 1, -2 or '8 ' " as tho case may be, aud none will be entertained unless they fullv comply with all the re quirements of ibis adveitlHOincut. Parties to yi hem awards aro made must be pre paren to execttto contraots at onco and to give the required bouds for the laithiui perlormance ol the same. . . . , Contracts will be mad" subject to tne approval or the Ouartei mater-Cieneral ; but the right i reserved to leject any or all bids that may be offered. Conductors must lie iu readiaes tor service by the ldayof April, 1KC6 and they will be required to bave a plate oi ijubiuohs or ageno at or iu the y ici mtv of Horts lavenworth uud Union, and otliet depots that may be esiablished. at which they may b communicated vith promptly ard readily. By order of the Quarterwaeter " 12 22 3 Colonel and Chief yuartermaste.-. THE STAMP AfiENCY, NO. 304 CHESNUT B'l R ET, A OVli TUIJtU, WILL BJS CONTINL'EU KTiiSot'vPRY PFBCRIPTtOV CONSTANTLY ON BAN i AND IN AN Y AMOUNT. 11 19 FIFE AND BURGLAR PfOOF 5.AFES rf HE 1 IKE JN CHESNUT STREET Letter frcm Wells, Tareo & Co. $10,000 SAVED IN HERRING'S TATEJJT SAFE. PniLAPRLrniA. January 1, 1W. Missus. Fisril, Uibbiko A Co. Gentlemen t We bave J net opened onrKafa, ane of your manufacture. wblcb passed through tbe destructive tire m Chesnut street 'last night. Tbe Safe was In our oaice, Mo. (07, which building was entirely destroyed. The Has was In a warm place, ss yon mav well suppose, and was red Aef when taken oat of the embers. We are well satisfied with the result of this tual, and find our books, papers, and some ten thousand dollars In mi ney almost a per fect as when pat in the Cafe. .Nothing la Injured, It we except tl e leather bindings of tbe books, .which an steamed ; the money and papers are as good as ever. Truly yours, WELLS, FARGO & GO., Per J. II. COOK. Agent T he abeve Safe can he scan at ear store, FAMIEL, mUElITQ & CO., 11 Ho, Kit CHESfcTJT STREET. gEVERE TJJST OF MARVIN'S SAFE At Charleston lire, October 18, 1865. "After removing my sat (one of Marvin Co.'s Patent i from the ruins, wbeie It bad lain ior virrT tvbkb Ar tifctrd 10 mienee heat, I oond my books In a perfte: state of preservation I express my dollvht and entire satisfaction with the result, aud heartily ad vise ah to purchase Marvin & Co.'s t-.afes. - (Signed) m H. CHAF&E." A fall assortment of the above BAFK3, the only per fectly dry, as well aa thoroughly flre-proot ones In the market, for sale by MAllVIN & CO., No. 721 CHESNUT STREET, (Masonic Hall), rhlla, No. 2!5 BROADWAY, N. Y. Dwelling llonse Sales, ornamental t tries. Safes ol other makes taken in exchange. Bend lor descriptive circular. 1201m ANOTHER TEST BEBBTKG'S FIBL-FECOF BAFEB. TBE FIEEY ORDEAL PA8BED THIGIIFHAHTLIJ The Hernf Cafe ased ra the office of our warehouses, destroyed by the disastieos fire ol the ntaht of tbe 8th Instant, was subjected to aa Intense heat aa probably any sale will ever be sabeetcd hi any Are so Intense thit the hrafs knobs and mountings of the exterior ot same v. era melted off and the w bole surface sealed and blistered as If it had bees In a furnace, and yet when opened ihe eonten is- books and papers weie found to e entire ana untnjurea This Hale Is now on exhibition to oar varehouseon Bcveotb s reet, wl b the books and papers attn remain big In It luff as it was when taken from Ihe rums. Mer chants. Bankets, snd others Interested In the BrutecUu ot their books and sapers are Invited to call and) amine it J. P. BA i THOLO W, A gent tor Herring's Ha es, 11 No 5M RF.VTNTH St. Washington. 1. O. WEATHER STRIPS. JJ II O W N E ' S METALLIC WEATHER STRIPS ARC WINDOW BANDS PRETEXT KATIXING OF SASH, And totally exclude TJust, Noise, and Odor In summer, as well as Cold, 'Wind, and Bain In winter, from doors and windows of every description, without interfering with their free use at all times. WARRANTED GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS, . For Circulars, with Trice List, Befctences, Etc., address the Metallic Weather Strip Company. DAVID IT. LOSEY, Solb Agent, 11 23thstn2m No S8 S. riFTH 8TREET, Philatla. PERSONAL. IREAT "REDUCTION IN COFFEE. AT J WILSON'S Tea Warehouse, No. 236 CliKSNUT street,. , 30 CENTS. ROASTED RIO COFFEE. AT W1LSOJ. '8 'lea Warehouse, No. m CUESNOT Street. CENTS. BEST BOASTED RIO COFFEE, yts at wii.nu.ri h, r.o. utj uiiebm ut nireet. 40 CENTS FINEST OLD JAVA, ROASTED, at w ilkus n, no. tm i iit-nn n cireec rvi CENT8. BLACK AND GREEN TEA SIFT I t I KGB, in quantities not less than one pound, at W1IJ1UJN O. G OOD DOLLAR TEA, BLACK AND GREEN, at wiLSO-trs, o. use cukbwut Htreet. TEAS AND COFFEES AT WHOLESALE I prices, at WILSON 8 Tea Warehouse, No. 210 Urii!.r, ut ritreet. una TIT It TSJFT3 V FRAME MANUFACTURER, AND DEALER IN jjhofojgraph grunts, BOOKS, BIBLES. PRAYERS. Magazines, Novels, and all the New Publications. CARD, MEDIUM, AND IMPERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Views. Pictures of tH kiodi Framed to order. 'If II i!.i.J In r; . 4 808 CHESTNUT ST. 808 JJ II O W N & , MA GEE, MANUFACTURERS OF TRUNKS, VALISKS BAGS, RETICULES, And all styles ol goo&i suUalilo for Travellers and Excursionists. A large stock ot MOB.OCCO TRAVELLING BAGS ANO RKTICULE8, FOR CENTS AND LADIES, Of oar own Manufacture, suitable for HOLIDAY PRESENTS. 1128 No. 708 CHEsKUT 8TKK.nr, J C. P E It K I N LUMBER MERCHANT, Successor to R. Clark, Jr., No. 824 CHRISTIAN STREET. s, Constantly on hand a large a"d varied assortment of Biulointr Lumber. 6 V4 ly VKW MUSIC STORE. WILLIAM H XI BON1B A CO , Ho. 1102 THFSNUT Htteet Tlealen In Airerinn and Foreiun Mimic t Pianos. MelO' cYoBH.and Mualeal Iimtvuu enlaol a I klnJ alao. aaupe- llor suaiiif i BUin.s couaiaiiu; vs naiMi- u i u FINANCIAL. H 31 O "V T I TO NKW OFFICE. On MONDAY. fHh lim., we ihnll rn,re from j temporary Office, ho. 309 CHESNUT street, to oar liu.ii ttWk wajrvM( .r No. 114 S. THIRD STREETj Wltb greatly enlarged laeiutlos for tne rtmCIIASE AND SAIIC OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SECURITIE And tne transaction of a general Banking bunlneas. JAY COOKE & C COJ nit! Pnlladelphla, January 1. 1BG& COPARTNERS FIIP NOTICE. FROM TTlf date, BXVRT D. COOKE. HARRIS O. FAHK BTOCK, PITT COOKE, JOHN W. BEXTON. M GhOBUE C. THOMAS are partners with as In rumor Jjnr CUOKE a CO., Plillanelnhla. JAT COOKK. WM. O. MOOniIEAX! Philadelphia, Jannary 1, IMS. 1 1 nf XJ. S. SEC U KIT I A SPECIALTY. SMITH, RANDOLPH & C( BANKERS & BROKERS, 16 S. THIRD ST. PHILADELPHIA. 3 NASSAU ST NEW TOKK. STOCKS AND GOLI BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. 1 2J : 9HAL K STOCK BROKER, Vj KT 0O a mf TTT T om-n-riTim " I (ROOM No. ). Government, State, and Other Loan? and Stocks Bought and Sold on Commission. SPECIAL ATTENTION CITES TO 1 GOVERNMENT SEOlJRITIEH JJARTER, DUMBY & CO BANKERS, STOCK AND EXOEANQE BROKER, No. 55 S. THntD STREET, rHIUDELNIIA. , Stocks and Loans bought and sold on Commtsslo Lncunent Banlc Notes, Coin, Etc., bought and sola Special attention paid to tho puaohaae and sale 4 Oil Stocks. Deposits received, and Interest allowec as per agreement. , 121 8m 5 20s- 7'308, WANTED. IE HAVEN k BROTHER No. 40 S. THIKD STREET. l-T HAIR ESTABLISHMENTS. "DAKER'S POPULAR ITAlTt KSTART.IRI If JdKM The assortment ol UraiHn . In Tnnnoe Bandeaux. Xaplllons, Kouloaux, Tonaues, Frisej Crimpses. Ctrl, Iiluelve Beams ior ladle, cannot ll rquaneu vy any otner nouse in tne uulteu Dlaws, i prices loverthun elsewhere. II 8 3m So teat UEhtiTJT Street. Philadelphia. STOVES RAftGES. &o. CULVER' New Patent Deej Sand-Joint 1 HOT-AIR FURNACE. a RANGES OF ALL SIZES Also, Phlegar's New Low Pressure! Steam Heating Apparatus. X)K BALM BT 5 4 IT CHARLES WILLIAMS, No. 1182 MARKET 8TBEKT. LIQUORS. CUES NUT GROVE WHISKY MEKIT ALWAYS ITS OWH EEWAED. An article possessing Merit. will always conquer preja alee, abuse, vilification, and auirht that envj, hatred, or malice can Impose nponi t CHESNUT GROVE WHISKYi Is a strong evidence or the fact Decried by numbenf for what ilmply if Its merits were known and apprel elated it could not tall to become popular other tnlnRff less so In proportion. There la no stimulant giving evt dense of so much purity as to produoe certificates from such highly respectable parties as Messrs. Booth, Gar ret, snd Camao, of Philadelphia; L. B. Chilton, Sew York t and Dr. A. L. B ayes, Uoston. For Nervous Debility , aud all diseases requiring a pure. mild stimulant, there Is nothing like It. For sale by bottle, demijohn, or barrel, at 11 NO. Kti5 N. TIIIHD STREET. T NATHANS ' & SONS, IMPORTERS OF or BRANDIES, WINJTS. GINS, Etc. No. 19 N. FRONT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. MOSES NATHANS, HORACK A. NATHANS. OK LAN DO P.NATHANS 1 1 (tan TBIDESBURO MACHINE WORKS J 0. 63 SHOST PTREET, rniLiunpHiA. W are prepared to till orders to any extent for Our wall known UA( HIKEHT FOB TOTTOK ADD WOOLLEW MILLS, ine Hiding all recent Improvementa In Caraliia. BuuininZ and weaviDR. ' Ws Invite tbe attention of manufacturers to our extea- I ALTBED JZSM B03.
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