THE DAILY EVENING TELEGIUrn. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 18GG.
THE NEW YOBK PRESS.
Editorial Opinion of the Leading
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ant Topics of the Hour.
OOMFILKD EVERY DAT FOB KVKNIICO TltEORiflt.
Practical
Legislation The Dankrnptcr
Kill.
From the Timet.
A certain amount of optimum Is as essential In
politics as in the common ethics of everyday life.
The evils' and annoyances of the present hour
are Incidental and transitory; the goo J we hope
for, though unseen and undefined, is sure, and
will bo enduring.
Prolonged debate3 about reconduction , and
he seemingly Interminable manufacture of con
stitutional amendments, may therefore be sub
mitted to patiently, if not with indifference.
After theorizing will come practice. Beyond a
fathomless ocean of words lies a solid land of
work. The era of discussion ended, we may
confidently expect a rolgn of action, and the
adjustment of matters into which partisanship
does not properly enter.
The revision of the revenue system cannot b3
long delayed, now thutthe report of the special
commission has been presented to Congress
The careful consideration and rearrangement o
our flrcal burdens is a task to which the states
manship of either House will not be more tha
equal. It is a labor to be performed conour
rently with the adoption of judicious Gnancla
measures, which will be hindered or helped by
the manner of its performance.
When this legislation shall have been accom
plished, another question closely alfectin? the
interests of trade and the well-being ot the
country will challenge attention. Scattered
through the commercial world are snags and
wrecks which should be cleared -away, if we
would give to our people fair play in the arduous
career that is before them. Acknowledging the
necessity of so arranging internal taxes that
labor and capital shall have the freest possible
cope. let it not be forgotten that both continue
to sutler from the consequences of former tinan
cial disasters. There are tens of thousands ot
honest men whose energies are crippled and
whose u.-etulneps is impaired by a legal inability
to pscape from the results of byerone misfortune.
Whether thene enibarransmenta have proceeded
from businens inaptitude or a want of fair busi
ness strength, or Irom the crash which shook
the land in 1867, and azuin in 18G0. is really of
minor importance. The great fact, is indisputa
ble. And the only metbod of averting the em
barrassment it produces, and destroying the evil
of which it is the cause, is the enactment of a
judicious bankruptcy law.
The business community of this countrv are
not generally chargeable wiih short-sighted sel
tishnesii. They discern their true interest with
more readiness than mont people, and their
keenness is usually tinged with an honorable
liberality!' ' The maiortty ot them are rarely un
willing to make due allowance for misfortune,
aii(l'arraiiee with their debtors on a basis of
mutual sacrifice. To this general feature may
in some degree be attributed the elasticity which
is associated with the prevalent idea of the Ame
rican business character. Down to-day,' the
American is resolved to be up to-morrow. A tum
ble does not impress him a otherwise than tem
porary. He sees in misfortune an incentive to
renewed exertion; in difficulty, a motive to
bolder effort and more ambitious aim. Hence,
commercial panics and crises are less terrible to
us than to any other people under the sun. We
emerge from them with a spirit unimpaired,
with hof e undimmed, and with a faculty for
adapting ourselves to circumstances, which Is
one of the secrets of our marvellous progress
and prosperity.
But the breed of Shvlock has multiplied in the
land, and now thwarts the liberal purposes of
the business maionty. An unfortunate trader
who proposes honestly to settle with his credit
ors by giving up all he has, and as us in retirn
exoneration from further liability, too often
finds his plan frustrated by the greed and obiti
nucv of come individual, who resists compromise
under an expectation of thereby securing his
full claim. There are merchants to whom this
course is a settled nile of trade. They never
release a debtor except on his payment of every
dollar in full. The willingncs of other creditors
to accept a part in full settlement of the whole
has no influence upon them. They stand upon
the bond and demand the pound of flesh. Wbat
the effect may be upon the condition and future
of the debtor is of no concern to them. Whether
their obduracy operate as a perpetual impedi
ment to his resumption of business, in their
judgment matters not. They will keep the
screw upon him continually, although the effect
be to ruin hint utterly, and render his business
salvation virtually impossible.
How this state of tbincrs operates every man
knows. There is hardly one among us who
cannot place his finger upon cases which illus
trate the mischief and cruelty occasioned by the
inability of bankrupt traders to escape from a
long-borne load of misfortune. On all sides
business persons may be seen whose integrity is
untarnished, whose qualifications are excellent,
and whose willingness to work none can gain
say, but who are nevertheless debarred from the
use of their opportunities by the constant pres
sure of an old Indebtedness. What follows? In
too many cases an evasion of legal liability most
'detrimental to commercial morals. Shylock is
circumvented, and trickery becomes a part of
trade. Business is carried on under false but
specious pretexts. They who cannot buy and
sell under their own names, do both under the
names of others. lroperty which rightfully
belongs to creditors is transferred to relatives.
Thus the moral force ot business obligations is
weakened, the standard of business integrity is
impaired, and a blow is inflicted upon the con
fidence which should subsist between man and
man. And for much of this mischief Bnylock is
unquestionably responsible.
The insufficiency of State legislation is not
less obvious. To the extent that it is operative,
it is of course useful: but being limited in Its
application, and lacking in uniformity, it is not
suited to the wants ol the time. Only the
action of Congress can dispose of an evil which
is of national magnitude, and provide means of
reiiet which snail oe national in tneir operation
The constitutional right of Congress to legis
late on the subject may be taken tor granted
The sturdiest stickler for "strict constitution"
will find it difficult to persuade the country that
a power which has already at different times
been exercised, and which the Supreme Court
has pronounced constitutional, should now be
regulated by any other consideration than expe
diency. And the expediency ot a bankruptcy
law appears to us as evident as that of a law re-
guluti.ig the national currency,or determining
''the obligation of contracts" upon citizens of
the several states, instead ot treating it as
exceptional, and limited in its duration to a spe
clal set of circumstances, we would have It per
maneut and universal as commerce itself. It
can hardly be more necessary at all times to
provide for the enforcement of contracts than to
provide for the adjustment of the relations of
debtor ana creditor, irrespective of the peculiar
cause of disaster which at this moment render
It ot urgent importance.
Abuses were wrought under former bank
ruptcylaws. At one time the debtor enloyei
uuiair aavauiageg; at another the creditor,
What then These are reasons, not against a
new law, but tor so carefully considering its
, . .. 1 .i r, V, . . J -
attained.
For anything like a general whitewashing
law there can be no excuse. Indeed, the most
sincere advocates ot a pankruplry bill are they
who would most stringently provide for the
Srevention and punishment of fraud. They
esire legislation, not to ratify the title uf
knaves to plunder, nor to shield knaves from
the consequence of their misdoing, but on one
hand to assist the honext unfortunate to regain
commercial freedom, and on the other to aid
the patient creditor in redeeming some portion
oi uis loss.
The Finances. .
From the Tribune. s
Congress has now been two months In session,
yet no bill has yet boen reported looking to a
resumption of specie pay menu, or to financial
solvency in any way. Meantime, every influ
ence Is brought to bear by tha speculators and
Inflationists to prevent any earnest effort for
rcsumption,and keep the currency as Inflated and
rickety aa possible, bo that gamblers in the
nccessarioslof Ufo may grow rich at the expense
of honest labor.
No eflort, no device is snared to defeat any
attempt at resumption outright, or, if a Pill
must be parsed, to load it with conditions that
will render it inoperative. Thus clamor is
raised agatnet allowing the "Secretary of" the
Treasury to negotiate, a loan abroad, to sell
stocks, under par,, to fund his short tune indeht
edness otherwise than in a prescribed ordor,
etc. etc., the oblect of all this being to prevrnt
tlifi funding of Hit greenXmck at all. This last
is the aim and obfect of all these dodrcs. Keep
seven hundred million of greenbacks afloat,
and high prices must rule; fund thc-m, and wo
come down to hardpan Inevitably. We trust
the people are looking on.
White Labor at the South.
From the Tribune. '
"Liberty," says a high authority, "Is liberty
to work." That Is the sort we have mainly en
joyed; and yet we cannot regard the definition
as exhaustive. Liberty to ply occasionally
say a day or two every ten years strikes us as
not necessarily a bad thing; though, like all
good things, it may be susceptible of abuse.
We have a Freedroen's Bureau, which is very
good in its way. Its main object la to get the
recently emancipated blacks to work for wages
at the earliest practicable moment, meantime
preserving them from starvation; and in both
aspects it has done nobly. It ts easy to say, "Let
every one look out lor himself;' but wheu the
neighboring possessors of property, power, and
intelligence are nearly all hostile, how are the
destitute and lgnoiant to get a start f The
Chinese are a most ingenious, efficient, indus
trious race; yet if lour millions of Chinese were
to bo wrecked on our coast next week, we fear
many of them would perish, though abundantly
able and willing to work for a living. They
would die before they could get a chance to live.
Akin to tnis is the peril of the blacks; and we
have no doubt that the Freedmen's Bureau has
already saved many thousands of them tro
Hpnth nr lflriv r
thousands of them- from
But who is dolne or devising anything for 'the
Southern poor whitear Who tells them that
"Liberty ii liberty to work ?" Notoriously, tbey
ore vcrv needy; undeniably, they are less haoit
uated to labor than the blacks. Formerly, they
contrived to pick up a few dollars now and tnen
by hunting a runaway slave lor this or tbat
Elanter, or by selliuer whisky clandestinely to
is negroes and getting paid i n stolen meal or
bacon. Mean ways these; yet they eked out tire
meagre subsistence of many a poor white.
The old false pretense that whites can't work
at the South is now discarded nobodv affects
to doubt that they can work there at least as
ellcctively as the blacks. Germany and Ireland
are entreated to send laborers to the South;
even Coolies from the East Indies have been
talked of; but there seems to be no sort of re-
Itanco on the labor of Southern whites. "Will
be negroes contract V "Will the negroes work ?"
were asked till the Questions became too Dalna-
bly absurd: but no out, has a iked whether the
whites would work.. It has been quietly taken
for granted that they would not. We non-concur
in this assumption. , .
Why not give them a fair trial? There must
behalf a million men and boys, say between
sixteen and sixty, in the ex-slave States who can
only live honestly by manual labor. Tbey need
food, clothes, and nearly every comtort ot mo.
They own no land; tbey have no skill in lawyer-
era It or other head worn ; they are oo Droud to
beg, and must work or steal. Yen few of them
are at woik this day; not many expect to work:
steady through the ensuing genial season. Were
seven-eighths ot them set to wofk alvanta-.
geously, they count not lau to add at least one
hundred and fifty millions per annum to the
wealth of our country equal to the burden ot
our national debt. How long shall this mine
of wealth remain unproductive?
We pray the statesmen and thinkers ot the
South to look to it. It is not possible to go
back; we must go forward. The poor whites
are the strength and glory ot their country. It
tbey work, the South must rapidly increase in
wealth and comtort; if they remain idle, the
South must remain impoverished, ignorant, ira-
Eotent. And now is the time when old things
ave forever passed away to imbue them with
wholesome conceptions of the nobility of labor
aud the manliness ot living by your own honest
and useful exertion.
We hop? soon to hear that thousands of cotton
and other manufactories ara springing up beside
Southern rlveis and among the gleni ot South
ern mountains the cheap food, ready cotton,
infinite water-power, and abundant children of
the Southern hill country rendering that a most
favorable region for manufactures. But the im
mediate want of labor iu agriculture cannot be
supplied by blacks alone. We shall not grow
halt the cotton and food that should be grown
this year unless whites are extensively employed
inerein.
And why should they not be? If any planter
finds negroes scarce or indolent, let him resolve
to do without them and employ whites instead.
We are confident that tens ot 'thousands would
gladly hire out to work by the month for la' r
wages and good treatment generally. They
would probably refuse to work with blacks; and
there Is no need that they should. Let those
planters who are tired of negro labor, or cannot
rely on it, give wnue laDor a iair mai. L,ei tnem
advertise that they want it that tney will have
no other and they will be surprised at, its abun
dance and efficiency. And he who gives white
labor a fair cbunce and lair wages soon rind
it as eut-lly at the South as at the North.
Idaho.
From the World.
The message of Governor Lyon to the Legisla
ture of Idaho contains some point" of interest to
Eastern people. During the past year it seeing
over seventeen millions dollars' worth of gold
and t ilver has been produced in that Territory,
and the yield is rapidly increasing. The follow
ing paragraphs from the message read like an
extract from the "Arabian Nighta:"
AbuU's-eve view of the accumulating discoveries
in our minora! resources reveal that we have no
Urns than throe thousand gold and silver-bearing
quartz ledges, graded in their value as in their rich
ness, anu new uiscoTenea ana new loo&uous ara
being made almost daily. The width of these lodes,
or leads, vanes from three to thirty luet, and they
prospect from twenty to five hundred dollars per
ton. Located usually where water-power and tim
ber are in abundance, they onor the higueat induce
ments to the enterprising capitalist, whose invest
ment csn rarely tail of being ot tha most remunera
tive character. .
Among the other useful ores which have boon dis
covered withn tbe last year, tin, cinnabar, copper,
load, and iron in many forms, are of the first va'u ;
yet- plutlua, antimony, mcket, bismuth, indium,
and ibodiuin. simple, or compounded with otuer
minerals, are found in various looa'itiesi but this ia
not all : beds oi the best oi eoal, both anthracite aud
bituminous, with rock salt, sulphur, and gypsum
(belter known as the fertilizing plaster of com
merce), while the most pr cfoua ot gems, the dia
mond, has been discovered in our gulches, all give
you a feeling foretaste of the admirable extent oi
Idaho's varied mineral wealth whoa tha hand of
man sbali have unbosomed her hidden treasures.
The wide extent of our auriferous placers, only a
nioietv of wbico have been veil prospected, check
ered as thoy are by auriferous quartz lodes and
leads, are rivalled only bv argentiferous mountain
ltdpos, striated, laminated, and loliated with silver
in chlorides sulpburots arsenical, autimoutal, and
ii gin. This presents a fabulous array of marvellous
deposits, which will require the indu.try ot axes to
aevelop aud exhaust.
In view of these facts and of the increasing
E reduction of the precious metals, Governor
,yon thinks that Congress ought to give them
a mint and assay otlice iu the Territory. Several
will be needed if the above statements are
orrect.
Theflovernor also call the attention of the
legislature to another important matter tha
necessity for a railroad! from Bait Lake to tna
Columbia liver.) He says j
AI.er a caieful tends otsonnrtlnn t low water, ft
lias I eon .ound that the Bnakeor kbonhone uver can
be made navigable at a nominal e.pcn.e, Irom O.a'i
Fen? to t-sliuun tails, a distance ot two hundred
and City ml in, thus making an important line in he
ol am oi rai toad communication Irom the north nl
.ot Gieat Halt Lake to Wailula v a .arud Hondo
Va lev and Walla Walla, over the lowest pans in the
1 ne Mountain " With about one nnadred miles ol
navicatlon on Great Salt Lake, we have less-man
lour Hundred miles of rsi'road to build to r ndor a
branch 1'aeillo Kullroad a success, whose entre ot
will be Portland, and It turm mm u?eat Salt Lake
ciIt-1 Tim route la dome fire hundred miles nearer
China and Japan than tile trunk route through
Nevada and California and by v our endorsement of
tl.e state ot lacts id a propei war, bv memorial, it
cannot fail to attract farorab T the attention oi Con
nies', that we may liare the, same' chartered rights
and Government bounty to induce its construction
that has been riven to othi-r measures af a aimilar
cbnrac'er. 1 bus ibe Columbia river, the natural
avenne ol eommeres. wouln attract the trade of the
orient as we'l as the Occident, and form the last
grand link in thin truly not orial highway. Oregon,
as well as the Territories of inontaua and Washing
ton, will be largely the gainers by its progress and
completion.
This road will be a necessity some lime not
far in the future, but the Pacific roads now
under way aie first ia order.
The New Revenue rian W hisky and Sugar
From the lit raid.
While the general features of the recommenda
tions in the report of the Revenue Commission
are quite acceptable, there is one point which
wo think is open to some objection. For in
stance, the Commissioners propose to reduce the
tax on distilled spirits from two dollars a gallon
to one dollar, while they Increase the tax on
sugar half a cent a pound. Whisky is an article
which the people can live without, but sugar is
an indispensable commodity. Of all taxable
articles which come within the category of luxu
ries, whisky is perhaps the ono which should be
mado to bear the heaviest taxation, not merely
in a commercial, but in a moial point ot view.
It is probable that the Commissioners have
arrived at the conclusion that a larger
revenue can be derived from this article
by imposing a lighter tax upon it, inas
much as theie will be less temptation to
fraud: and they certainly have a pretty good
basis lor the idea in the fact that the largest
frauds committed upon the Government in the
whole scale of internal revenue operations
hitherto have been in the manulacture of whisky.
The article can be produced at aVory low figure
bv the manufacturers, and the increase in its
value by the addition of a tax of two dollars a gal
lon leaves a tempting margin ot prolit tor the dis
honest manu'acturer. Several seizures of whisky
have been made, to the amount, in some cases, we
believe, of over a million of dollar. This, of
course, bos been confiscated, and sold at auction,
and bought up at greatly reduced rates, often by
the original owner. In this way frauds have
been committed with comparatively little lobs
to the petpetratorc. it may he that the Com
missioners looked at the matter in this light
when they recommended a reduction in the duty.
However, we dare say that th" whisky clause
will be made the subject of extensive lobbing
beiore the bdl gets through Congress, and we
hardly expect to see it come out in its present
shape. There win, aouotiess, be conflicting in
terests brought to bear upon it. Those who
hold or have contracted tor large stocks of
whisky will manipulate to retain the present
duty, and those who want to buy will advocate
the reduction. It t) said that when the present
Internal revenue law was before Congress, and
the tax ot two dollars a gallon was imposed on
whisky, several largo holders of the article
formed a leugue to get the clause inserted
exempting irom duty the stock on hand. For
this purpose they raised a fund of a million dol
lars, which was so cflictently used in Washinsr-
ton that the clause was got Into the bill, and the
adroit confederates made some live or six mil
lions by the operation, realizing a clear profit of
some eignty aouurs a narrei upon tue several
thousand barrels which they had in store, and
which they bought up with the security that
their investment In Washington would result
precisely as it did.
The proposition to reduce the tax on whisky,
fhoTplore. mav bo eneeted to lend to sundrv
jobs and speculations beiore the bill goes through
Congress.
FLAGS, FIREWORKS, &o.
J. M c O U I G A N,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
FA3CY GOODS, K0TI0B8, ETC,
FIREWORKS, FLAGS. Etc
MATCHES AND BLACKING,
NO. Q STKAWltEHHY STRF.ET,
First Street above t-ecoud between Murketand Chesnut
81 Philadelphia
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ONE OF J. B. CAPE WELL & CO.'i
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FOR COAL OIL LAMPS,
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Ci PEW ELL S CO.'d Wind Guard and Alr-Ueater for
Oil Law ia.
Use the Patent 'Wind-Guard and Air-Heater for Oil
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Tkm Cijits onlv Fob CaPEWELL CO '8 Patent
Wind-Guard and Air beater lor Oil Lumpi.
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and Air Beater, lor Oil Lamp".
Ureat Having in Glasa Chimney. Tee CAPEWELL
A C'O.'B Patent W ind Guard and Air-Heater, as it keeps
them Irom breaking
t APEWtLL &. CO.'S ratent Wind-Guard and Air
Heater laves one-third more oil than any otber lamp.
Trv one they Coat but ten cents.
Great inducement offuied to agents.
bold wboltaale inly by . .
3. B. CAPSWELL A CO..
Flint Glass Manufacturer!). Wrotvllle. N. J.
Office, nortbwest corner ol bECOSD and BALE
StreeU, Philadelphia.
CAP SWELL'S PATENT WIND-GUARD AND
AIR HEATER FOR COAL OIL LAMPS
Sent to any part of the United States, post paid, on Ihe
receiptor 'iwtntv Ave ceiits. Ibey une one-third lens
oil tban any other Lams now In use. 'I hev prevent the
lass irom tireaalna or Ihe lamp Irom smoking.
J. B. CAPEWEuL t CO. . Patentees,
122 lm tio. 'HI MACE street Phliad'a,
TO HOUSEKEETE II S.
I have a large stock of every variety of Furniture
which I will sell at reduced prices, consisting of
PLAIN ASD MARBLE TOP COTTAGE HTJITB
WALNUT CHAMBER SUlTd.
PARLOK SUIT8 IN VtLVET PLUSH.
PARLOR 8PIT8 IN HA1B CLOTH.
PARLOR BU1TS IN REPS.
Kldeboarda, Extension Tables, Wardrobes, Book-cases,
llattiesses. Lounges, Etc Jttc.
P. P. GUSTINE,
1 it 3m' N. F. Cor. SECOND AND RACE BT8.
MONUMENTS, TOMBS,
GRAVE-STONES, Etc.
Just completed, a beantiiol variety ot
ITALIAN MARBLE MONUMENTS,
TOMBS, AND Q B AYE-STOKES.
Will be sold eheap for cash.
Work sent to any part of the United States.
UENRY H. TARR,
MARBLE WORKS,
1 24wrm Ho. 710 GREEK Street, Philadelphia.
"ORIDESBURO MACHINE WORKS,
JL urriuE
BO. 64 N. FBOMT STREET,
ralLADKLFHlA.
We are prepared to nil orders ta any extent for em
wen mown
MACHINERY FOR COTTON AJTD WOOLLEV MILLS.
Including all recent improvement In earning. Bpluning.
and Weavlna.
We invite the attention of manufacturers to our eztea
alve works
I I ALFRED JENKS BON.
KJEW MUSIC STORE. WILLIAM II
XI BOKKR CO..
Xo. 1102 CHESNUT fttieet.
Dealers In American and Foreign Music ; Piano, Melo
ii (.iiK.aiKi MiiHical liibtruineniaoi a i kiiiiM) auo. a supe
rior quaui) oi BUlugs cousiauuy on uauu it i dm
LADIES' FANCY FURS.
LADIES' FANCY FURS.
J OUH FAREIRA,
No. 718 ARCH STREET,
," i ABOVE SEVENTH STREET
At his old-established store,
1MP0BTER, MANUFACTURER, AND
: DEALER jy
FANG Y FURS
FOR
LADIES AND CIHLDllEN.
My assortment of Fancy Fura for Ladios and C hil
ar en ta now complete, embracing every variety tha
will be worn during the coming season.
Remember the name and number.
JOHN FAREIRA,
No. 718 ABCH feTEEET, above Seventk.
I bave no partner or connection with any other
t tore in thia city. lOiUmip
FINANCIAL.
R E 1I O Ar A. L
TO
NEW OFFICE.
On MONDAY, 8th lnnt. , we ohall remove from our
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.ocatlon,
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With greatly enlarged facilities lor the
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OP
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SESURITIES,
And the transaction of a general Banking business.
JAY C00KE & CO.
Philadelphia, January 1, 1866. 1 1 lm
POPARTNERSIIIP NOTICE. FROM THIS
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HOCK. PITT COOKE, JOHN W. SEXTON, and
GKORliE C. THOMAS ara partners with us In the
Fum of JAY COOKE & CO., Philadelphia.
JAY COOKE,
WM. O. UOORHEAD.
Philadelphia, January I, I860.
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XT. S. SECURITIES.
A SPECIALTY.
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BANKERS & BROKERS,
16 S. THIRD ST.
PHILADELPHIA.
3 NASSAU ST.
NEW YORK.
STOCKS AND GOLD
BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION.
IKIEBEST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. 1 2
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No. 225 DOCK STREET,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
BUT AMP SELL
UNITED STATES BOSDS, 1881i, IWiOs, 10 40s
TJMTED STATES 1 S-lOs, ALL ISSUES.
CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
Mercantile Paper and Loans on Co laterals negotiated.
Stocks Bought and Sold on Commission. I 31 ly
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BANKERS,
STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKERS,
No. 55 S. THIRD STREET, FIIlTAIfELPtllA.
Stock and Loans bousrht and sold on Commission
L'ncunent HanK Notes, Coin, Etc., bought and sold
Special attention raid to tbo purchase and sale oi
Oil S'ocki. Deposita received, and interest allowed,
as per agreement. 12 1 3m
5 20s
7'30s,
WANTED.
IDE HAVEN k BROTHER'
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pATENT W 1 11 E W O II K,
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UCARDS. PARTITIONS, ETC
IRON BEDSTEADS AND WIRE WORK
In variety, manufactured by
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. H. W. Cor. EIUU1H auu viAL.mi i Biruu.
We offer the finest Havana Cigars at prices from 30 to
30 per ef nt below the regular rales.
Alao, the oelebiate'1 . .
LONK JACK'1 SMOKING TOBACCO,
wblch la far superior to any yat brought before the
public.
t otto of Lone Jack t
"SEEK NO FURTHER, KOH iO BETTER CAN BE
SOUND." 1 15 3m
J C. PERKINS,
LUMBER MERCHANT.
Successor to R. Clark, Jr.,
No. 824 CHRISTIAN STREET.
Constantly on band a large d railed aasortmen
of Building lumber. . 6 M ly
DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS, AND CATARRH.
J. ISAACS, M. V., Profeaeor of the Eye and Ear
treats all dt.ea.ea aipertalnlna to the above membeo
with Ihe utmost suocru. TextlmonU. from tlieuio.l
reliable sources In tin oil eau be aeeu at his office. No
lllll'INE Htreet Tna Medloal Faculty are invited to
accompany their palienta, as be has uo seorets In his
lattice 10
WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
DIAMOND DEALER A JEWEtElU
wTmts,jwEi,iiTah!i.vrnwrii, il
v T, A V uj nu. w aj n UMLrn JL aiifciji. ,
802 Chflgtnut 3f...TV,'V.,-
WATCHES AND CORAL GOODS.
A targe Inrotce of Ladles' and Gents' Watches of the
best makers and
FINE CORAL SETS,
To which the attention of those aboat purchasing Is In
vited. Just received by
LEWIS LADOMUS,
DlAMOKD DaALRB AKD JaWBIXBB,
li t Ko.' 801 CHESNUT STREET.
RIGGS & BROTHER,
Chronometer,
Clock, and
' Watchmakers,
No. 244 S. FRONT STREET,
Have constantly on hand a complete assortment of
Clocks, etc, for Railroads, Banks, and Counting
Booms, which they offer at reasonable ratea.
N. h. Particular attention paid to the repairing of
fine Watches and Clocks. 1 6 lm
PIIOICE HOLIDAY GOODS.
Large and handsome aasortmont of
COLD AND SILVER WATCHES
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE
CLOCKS, BRONZES, ElC.
CLARK & BIDDLE,
Successors to Ihomaa C. Garrett,
6 12 lyrp No. 712 CHESNUT STREET.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o.
MUSICAL BOXES.
A full assortment ot above
hand at modoiate prices tha 1
Irom 2 to 10 bcanufut A ira.
roods constantly on
lusical Boxes playing
FAEE & BROTHER, Importers.
No, 824 CHEtNUl' hTEEKT,
11 lltmthlrrp Below Fourth.
II I C II JEWELRY.
JOHN BRENNAN,
DEALER nr
DIAMONDS, TINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Etc. Etc. Etc.
9 20 ly Ko. 18 8. EIGHTH 81 BEET. Philada.
HENRY HARPER,
No. 520 ARCH STRISKT
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Watches,
fine Jewelry,
Silver-Plated. Ware,
AUO
8 801y Solid Silver-ware.
SHIRTS. FURNISHING ROODS Aa
'
J.
W. SCOT T & C O.,
SHIHT MANUFACTURERS,
AND DEALERS IN
MEN S FURNISHING- GOODS,
No. 814 Chesnut Street,
FOUR DOORS BELOW THE "CONTINENTAL,"
8 26 lyrp PHILADELPHIA.
PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE.
PERFECT FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWERS
made from measurement st very short notice.
All otber articles ol GENTLEMEN'S DRL8S GOODS
In full variety.
WINCHESTKR & CO.,
8 24 ly 70 CHESNUT STREET
COAL.
(OAL! C O JZ
BEST QUALITIES OF COAL
AT LOWEST MARKET RATES,
AT
ALTER'S
COAL YARD,
NINTH STKEET,
EE LOW CIRARD AVENUE.
BRANCH OFFICE CORSE OF SIXTH AND
fi THING GARDEN bIBkETS. Ill
J A M E S O ' B 11 I E N,
DEALER, LS
LEUIUH AND SCHUYLKILL
COAL,
BY IHE CARGO OR SINGLE TON.
Yard, Broad Street, below Fitzwater.
Has constantly on hand a competent supply ot tha
abore superior Coal, suitable lor family use, to
which he calls tha attention of hia Irion di and tha
public aonertilly.
Oidora lelt af no. 206 S. Fi'th street, No. 82 8
(Seventeenth atreet, or through Despatch or foat
Office, promptly attended to
A SLI'tlllUK QUALITY OF BLACKSMITHS
COAL. 7 Sly
WILLIAMS. G R'A N T,
COMMISSION MERCHANT, s
No. 13 6. DELAWARC Av.nue, Philadelphia,
AoimrvoH
Duprnt'a Gunpowder, Refined Mtr, Chareeal, Eto.
W. llaker A Co 'a Chocolate, ('000., and tirvuia
Crocker Uroa. & Co. 'a Yeilow Mtt'U Shealblng, Holts,
and Nail. I'U
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES,
pll FIRE IN CHESNUT STREET
tetter irom 7ells, Tarco & Co.
810,000 SAVED IN HERRING'S PATENT SAFE.
rniLAOKLrm.. January 1,
MbmrS rABRKL, IliBimo A Co. Gentlemen : w"e
bare Just opened oorHafo, one of your manuiaetara,
which passed through the destructive lire laChespat
street last night. The Rale was in our office, No. aT.
which building was entirely destroyed. The Bat was la
a warm place, as you msrwell suppose, and was r4
hot wben taken ot of the embers. We are well satisfied
with the result of tbl. tnal and find our books, papers,
and some ten thousand dollars In money almost as fr
feet aa when put In the Fafe. Kotblng is lojarad, U wa
except tl e leather binding of the books, wbloh ar
.teamed; the money and papers are as food as eTr.
Truly yours,
WELLS, FARGO & CO.,
Per J. II. COOK, Agent.
Theabore Safe can be seen at our store.
FARHEL, HEREINO & CO.,-
II So. 62 CHE9MJT TBEET.
gEVERE TBST OF MARVIN'S SAFE
At Charleston Fire, October IS, 1885.
"After rfmoTtne mr seC tone of Marvin A Co 'a
Talent) from the ruins, wheie It bad lain lor fittt-
Ti'BKB ftnars rrff'rf 10 m'rnie Ural. 1 'ound mr books
in a prrito siaie 01 prenervation 1 rxprexs mydn lnt
and tatlr sa (action with the result, and heartily ail
vIm ali to purchase Marvin A Co.'s farm.
(BlgDBd) "W. H. CHAFER.
A full assortment of the above SAFES, the only pur- .
fectlv dry, as well as thoroughly flre-proot ones tn the
market, for sale by
MARVIN CO.,
No. 721 CHESNUT STREET,
(Masonio Uall), Phlla.
No. 2C5 BROADWAY, N. Y.
Dwelling House Hates, ornamental styles.
Pates 01 other makes taken In exchange. Rend tor
descriptive circular. I W lm
A N O T
H
E R T H 8 T
or
IIF.BBINO'8 FIRK-PBCOr SAFES.
THH FrEBT ORDEAL PASSED TRIUMPHABTLTf,
The Herrlna Rale used In the office of oar warehouses.
destroyed bv the dlsastious Are ol tha niabt of the Mtk
Instant, was subjected to as intense heat as probably.
any saie wui ever do UDecieu in any ore so inteoaa
tbt the braa knobs and mountings of the exterior ot
same were melted off. aid the wholo surface scaled and
blistered as ll it bad been In a iarnaoe. and vet wheat
onenrd the contentshooka and nature weia fonaa ta
be entire and uninjnred
1 his fate is now on ezniDttton in onr ware Dae
Seventh street, with the books and naDer. still remain
ing In It Just aa It was wben taken from the ruins. Met
chants. Bankets, and others Interested in the proteotiaar
ot their book ana papers are invited to call aad)fc-
amine It. J. P. HA 1 THOLOW,
Agent-tor Herring s a es,
11 No KH PF.VENTH St. Washington. IX O.
PERSONAL.
iMREAT
REDUCTION IN COFFER. AT
WILSOK'S Tea Warehouse. No. 236 CHESNUT
Street
Jfl CENTS. ROASTED RIO COFFEE. AT
) t WILSON'S 'J ca Warehouse, No. V36 CUESNUT
Street
JK CENTS. BEST ROASTED RIO COFFEE,
i)Q at WILSON'S, No. 836 CHEBNUT Street
A( CENTS FINEST OLD JAVA, ROASTED,
4U at WILSON'S, No. 236 CMKBKUT Street
7f CENTS. 15LACK AND GREEN TEA SIFT-
' " ING8, In quantities not loss than one pound, at
W1LBOM '8.
GOOD DOLLAR TEA, BLACK AND GliEISN,
at WILSON'S. No. 236 CBfcBNUT wtreet
TEAS AND COFFEES AT WHOLESALE
I prices, at WILSONS Tea Warehouse. No. 2J
CUESMJT Street
lSIm
TEAS, &o.
TEAS REDUCED TO $1, AT INGRAM'S
JL Tea Warehouse. No. 41 8. SECOND Street
"ROASTED COFFEE REDUCED TO 30 CTS,
A at OBAM'S lea Warehouse, No. 43 8. SECOND
Street.
AfC. BEST MILD COFFER, AT ING RAWS
iU Tea Warehouse, No. 43 8. SECOND Stroet. '
rTEAS AND COFFEES
AT WHOLESALE
Warehouse, No. 41 8.
I .-inm Tvru aua ta
SECOND Street.' Try them,
iREEN COFFKE9 FROM 22 TO 28 CT3. A
VJT pound, at INGRAM'S Tea Warehouse, No. 41 8.
SEC
1 Street try thorn.
14
JAPANESE
T E A.
EXTRA FIN DU JAPON,
THE FINEST EVER IMPORTED,
Put up orlglnallv for the French Markot
For sale by
JAMKS E. WliBB,
1 13 lm WALNUT AND EIGHTH STREETS.
!
MAN U FACTU RER,
AND DEALER IN
ghctatjraph Albums,
BOOKS, BIBLES, PRAYERS,
Uagazines, Novel., and all the
Now Publications.
CARD, MEDIUM, AND IMPERIAL
PHOTOCRAPHS.
Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Views.
Pictures of all Lis Ja Framfd to order.
808 CHESTNUT 8T. 808
pOWN A M A Q E E,
MANUFACTURERS OP
TRUNKS.
VALISES' (
BAGS,
RETICULES.
And all atylea ol (roodi aaltabla for
Travellers and Excursionists.
A larjre stock of .
UO&OCCO TRAVELLING BAG8
AND BKTICULK3,
FOR GENTS AND LADIES,
Ol our own Manufacture, suitable for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
112fi ' Ko. 708 CHEbNUr STKKKr.
I , , , : .
THE STAMP AfiEN'CT, NO. 804 CHESNUT
S I RKET, A HOVE THIRD, WILL BE COHTllXUED
AM HEUK'IOFORM
KTAWI'Sol EVERY DK8CRIPTTQN CONSTANTLY
ON UAKD AKD IN AS Y AMOUNT. U II
iii'i''
vjfj 808 CHESTNUT 8T. 808 M'a