1$ puUulrd cxrry afcrncon (Sundays excepted)
ot No. 108 5. 7hird street, Price, Three Vent
Per Copy (Double Merf). or Eighteen Cents Per
Wcct, jayable to the Carrier, and mailed to
Fuberriliers out of (he city at Nine Dollars Per
Anttvm i One DdUar and Fifty Cents for Two
Months, invariably in advance for the period
ordered.
To itmire the lnrertion of Advertisements in all
of tmr Editions, tliey mini be forwarded to our
office not later titan 10 o'clock each Morning.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1SG0.
Hie Valuation ol I'ropertr nt Landing
A venue.
Tiik member of Sik-ct Council who recent
laid before that body a statement relative Co
the valuation of the property at Lauding
avenue, had, we are assured, no Intention to
impeach the integrity nor interfere unn
ceesarily with the private interests of any of
the owner. He honestly believed that the
awtrd made by the jury appointed to as9C3
the damans sustained by the owners of the
ground by reason of its being selected and
nppropilated by the City Government tor pub
lic use, is, in the aggregate, excessive; ami
so bclieviug.it was cleirly his duly to take
such steps as might be required to protect
the people of Philadelphia against paying for
the land in question more than it wai really
worth. Ills action in the premises don not
of itself sit aside the award, but only suojects
it to a re view, of which the legitimate effect
will be to couflrm the award if right, or to
disaffirm it if wrong." None caa prwiibly bo
iniured by this proceed'nc, provided it be
conducted, as we have no doubt it will bo,
with no other purpose than to ascertain the 1
truth and to do justice to all concerned.
The inquiry, of course, is, whether the jury
in flxino the price to be paid for n by tha
city, and (or which the citizens are to be
taxed to raise the amount, did or d'd not
overestimate the value of the property? VFe
have previously remarked that the a'sesfsmont
of leal estate for taxation is, generally seik
Ing, below, and in soma nstaaces very much
below, its real value; and that, accoidinf!y, it
should not be relied upon as a criteriou of
valuation when anv particular piece of real
estate is taken tor public use. Nevertheless,
when, as in the present case, a smill strip of
land that has paid taxes on a basis of fifty
thousand dollars is suddraly app aisjJ at
four hundred and elgbty-six thousand om
hundred and n ncty-nino dollars, after the
city hasproposod to appropriate it tar munici
pal purposes, the discrepancy in the two
valuations Is surely great enough to demand
judicial inquisition.
There are some facts touching this matter
that have come to our knowledge, and which
we deem it but riirht and proper to camm int
cate to the public. In valuing private pro
perty taken for public use, the juries to assess
the damage to be paid by the city should be
selected with special cure. Ihey should con
sist of men whoso honesty is not only incor
tuptible, but who arc eminently qualified by
cxpciicnce nud into licence to dLscharze the
duty for which they are eliosen. Now it hap
pens that the jury appointed to valua the pro
perty at Landing avenue was composed of
one drupg'st, one carpenter, three clerks, and
one gardener. It would seem that such par
sons, ludging from their vocations merely. were
certainly not the most competent judges taat
might have been employed to appraiso real
estate. It is true that they held llfty-Ova
meetings, attended by counsel for tho owners
of the property and the city; that they visited
the ground in the presence of the owners and
their counsel; that witnesses on bshalf of each
owner and the city were examined before
them; and that finally, aft2r tha case was
argued on both sides by the legal gentlemen
engaged, the award was made. Yet all this
investigation and discussion would not be
sufficif nt to insure an entirely just decision,
if the jury were not intelligent enough to
judgo of the iacts for themselves, indepen
dently of any information or advice derived
from those interested either to overrate or
underrate the property. That the jury in '
question were so qualified Is mora than dsubt- '
ful, and it is therefore right and important to
revise their conclusions.
Mt reover, we ore informed that the trround
which the city was required to take, at a cost
of nearly hall a million of dollars, is not, ia
fact, woi th much, if any more than the s lm
at which it was assessed for taxes. It is not
of great extent ; it is not susceptible, by rea
son ol its peculiar position and surroundi igs,
of any improvement bkely to enhance its
value to its owners, now or hereafter, to any
considerable degree a State law, indeed, re
stricts Its improvement or employment in
any manner likely to contaminate the water
supplied to the city from Fairmount ; and it
has been sat sfactorily ascertained that the
rental of the property did not very much ex
ceed the legal interest that would ba paid on
a capital ol fifty thousand dollars, which Is
the sum at which it was assessed for taxation.
It is also said, by those who havo taken the
trouble to lulorm themselves upon the subject,
t'jat the amount, or very lit'le mire than the
amount which the city is required
to pay lor tiiis contracted, unimproved, and
practically unimprovable strip of river bank
lying between Fairmount Park and the Fa'r.
mount Wtter Work?, with the Reading Rail
road Immediately in tho rear, would purchase
the ent re east eld j of the Shujlkill river, ex
tending an equal or greater distance batfk
from the river line, from Fairmount Paik up
to Lau rel 1111 11 If this be so, thou jne people
will naturally ask why they shall be taxed to
pay I alf a million of dollars for a property
that will be comparatively valueless to them,
ivben, for the same, or nearly the same money
THE DAILY KYEKiKG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 18CG.
they can secure a stretch of country of not
only far greater area, but which would, if
added to Fairmount Park, form one of the
most magnificent and beautiful public plea
sure grounds to be found anywhere in tho
world.
It is not our provinca, nor are we disposed,
to particularly criticize the award of the Jury
in this case. The court having jurisdiction of
the matter, and the City Solicitor, will, no
doubt, periorm that duty very effectually.
Hut we may say, since the facts are within
our knowledge, that while the awards made
by the ju-y are nearly correct and fair
In some instances, they are enormously
unlair in others. There Is ductal
warrant for saying that one award for
70,023 should not exceed $29,003; that
another for $38,37708 chouid not exceed
$14X00; and that a third for $92,000 should
not exceed $fi0.000 1 The report of tho jury
ia open to many similar exceptions ot less
magnitude!
It Is not our business to explain why cer
tain pieces of property are estimated far
above their real value, and others not. ' The
jury cho-en to assess them all must answer
that question, and they will probably b8 com
pelled to give an account of their stewardship.
In tho meanwhile we I ave thought it our duty
to call public attention to the subject; to
ascertain and publish such facts regarding it
us the press may properly disclose; and to let
it be understood, generally, that in a case of
so much consequence to the tax-payers of
Philadelphia we shall not. if we caa help it,
allow injustice to be done them without
timely exposure and protest.
A Uniform Militia System.
Tiik experience of the late civil war has
taught our people and statesmen many lm
portant lessons, and not the least importaut
of them is, the imperfectness of our present
militia system, and the necessity for a butter
one. This matter has hitherto boca left with
the several States, aud th? consequence has
been, as might naturally have been expected,
a etncral neglect ot the etitject. In somj of
the (states the laws respecting military service
were much moio stringent than in others,
though in none was any complete me
thod of organization aud practice d -vised or
enforced. The fine for non compliance with
all statute provisions touching the matter was
so trifling, that most persons preferred to
incur and pay it rather, than attend a militia
muster ; and the result was, that what but
few citizens thought worth attention fell into
universal disregard and coutempt.
This was altogether wroug, especially in
a republic whose policy has ever been op
posed to the maintenance of a large standing
army. It has been our boast that the United
Stales can safely rely for defense on its militia,
against either domestic insurrection or foreign
invasion; and we have, thus far, managed
prftty well to pass successfully through
the few contests that have tried that theory
since the Revolution to tho present time. But
it must be confessed that our different wars
would probably have been less expensive and
of shorter duration, if we had been better pre
pared for them in respect of a competent body
of v. dl-drillcd soldiers, ready to take tho field
at the first call to duty, and to perform that
duty with tho eflkiency of regulars.
There can be no doubt that, with
our superior resources both of men
and muuitions, we can hold out longest
in any conflict which the world may wage
against us, and that, in the end, we shall tri
umph by sheer dint of endurance. But this
is not sufficient. There should be economy
in war as in everything else. It is the obvious
interest of every nation to save money and
life, and it is unquestionably true that the best
security against a war, foreign or domestic,
is to be fully prepared for it at all times. They
meet this requisition of sound defensive policy
in Europe by enormous bodies of regular
trcops, kept perpetually in garrison, in camp,
and on foreign service, at an oppressive cost
to the people who ate required to main
tain such establishments; and besides
the onerous tax imposed on the community
for that purpose, and the loss suffered by the
withdrawal from useful industrial pursuits of
hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men, it
not unfrequcntly happens that the Govern
ments which keep up such huge military
organizations are obliged to invent wars for
their employment in order to prevent insur
rection at home. We are wiser than the
European monarchies ia avoiding a military
system which is a constant and severe drain
on the treasury of a nation, and which, at the
same time, tends to cultivate a belligerent
spirit.
Yet it cannot be denied that we are not
caret ul enough to make our militia equal io
practical efficiency to the emergencies that
may at any moment demand their service.
This fact was strikingly exemplified in the
beginning of tho recent Rebellion. When
volunteers were suddenly called for by the
loyal State Governments and the Federal
Goveiument, there were but few men who
were fully prepared to take the field. The
majority of those brave and patriotic citizens
who enlisted in defense of the Union were
totally uneducated in the manual of the sol
dier, and weeks and even months were lost iu
training raw recruits for the exercise and
duties of actual martial conflict. It was too
late to remedy the defect ttien, though none
failed to realize and deplore it. Let u, there
fore, reap benefit in the future from tiie dis
advantages suffered in the past.
Our own State militia law is so radically
and entirely defective as to be practically
worthless, ihe Inspector-General, Mr. Todd,
has recently exposed numerous and serious
imperfections, and advised some adequate
relorm. But Governor Cucns.ln his messago
to the present Legislature, says he is not pre
pared to make any recommendation on the
subject, us he observes with great pleasure
that ''Congress is proposing to establish a
uniform system throughout the United states.'
lie Is wire in preferring one general, uniform,
national militia system to many various, con
fllctlrg, and severally inefficient systems. 4nd
it is to be hoped that Congress will carefully
consider this subject, and meet its require
ments with all that pcrfectness of detail and
harmony of general plan which the exigency
so urgently demands.
President Jackson, who was a man of
largo military talent aud experience, said, la
his fhst Inaugural address, "that he bulwark
of our defense is tho national militia, -vhlch,
in the prosent state of our intelligence and
population, must render us invincible. As
long as our Government is adminhterad for
the gool ol the people, anils regulated by
their will ; as long as it secures to us the rights
of person and property; and so long as it i3
worth defending a patriotic mill ,1a will cover
it with an impenetrable cgls. Partial inju
ries and occasional mortifications we may ba
sulji cted to; but a million of armed freemen,
possessed of the means of war, can never ba
conquered by a foreign foe. In any just
system, therefore, calculated to strengthen
this national safeguard ol the country, I shall
cheerfully leul all the aid ia my power."
These were the sentiments of a soldier and
statesman who fully understood the great
value of an efficient national milit'a system;
and the present Congress hould not adjourn
without supplying that part of our political
f-ccnemv which the opinions of enlightened
lub'.ic'bts and the letsons of experlance con
cur in persuading ua to regacJ as of vital
importance.
The Conduct and Tone ol ibe Repentant
South.
"Ity all ibe ploiy aiitJ nil tiie sorrow of our
pant;" by the almost infinite resources which
chum oc.r utlmiuis'ratiou; by ever.ytlii'jg oi' a
mow), pjliUcul. and Intellectual nature wlueli
weliojie ior in tlic lut.ire, let us throw ii'i io
lurloJt'i.cc and prejudice uu.1 iIi'jkmiJ -a ie upon
tlie inn?Lnm unity of tne North, uud ijo ttwifk
w-ith t'lCHfHcd purpose of attaining a portion ia
the Union enabling us to (lemnid the ririiH
which, its nil eijienciii-e hu? ii)ii, we cu.iot
secure ticnn that cplrit ol HHtio.iK.lit y wiin ii iln
ISoitli ha alvvsyj boasted aitu iter lio and
alw ays truni ph. d raider her feet. L"t the vloxe of
ihe ii(,r bit J u' ihe Leqinniwi of our e'forls ia tie
hwfof Soutitrn indriei.dvnce,vGaloc,Jton News.
Ct KSKKVATiva journals, not only in oiu
c'ty, but m almost all of the leading towns of
the country, have seen flr to comment, in no
chosen terms, upon what they are pleased to
style our radicalism. A Baltimore paper, a
few days since, saw tit to announce, "that in
virulence and hatred of the South, the Phila
delphia Evening Tki.eobapii had fewsupe
riors in Northern journalism." We hail such
testimony as a complin .em. to or?r devotion to
our national uaity and unserving adherence
to those doctrines which must save and per
petuate the Union. Thoee of our contempo
raries, who continually prate about the re
newed loyalty of the South, of the repentance
and devotion io the nation in tl.e late Rebel
States, do so in direct opposition to the facts
displayed day by dav, by those of whose re
generation they are assuring us. The article
from the Galveston News, from which we
make an extract, is but the utterance of a sen
timent which exists in all portions of the
South the open declaration of an opinion
which is supported by each and every com
munity from the Potom to to the Rio Grande.
Beaten at the bayonet, they seek to win by
deceptive policy what they failed, to achiave
on the field of battle. ''With the end of the
war their strugcle for Southern independence
has but j jst commenced."
By such a course as that displayed ia the
Southern States was Charles V induced to
oven un tho Netherlands; by such a spirit of
intollerant insolence, ot audacity evea in
defeat, was Rome provoked almost to the
extermination of the Visigoths; yet what
could not be tamely brooked by one man, tha
fcouthein Rebels expect will be meekly re
ceived by a great people a people from whose
midst a million fellow-citizens have been
dragged and sacrificed on the worse than
Druid altar of Southern ambition.
The appearance of such an article as tho
cne from which we quote, and its republica
tion in other journals in the Cotton States,
displays an arrogant, rebellious spirit, which
lo pass by unrebuked would be both degrad
ing and dangerous. We therefore are re
joiced that a sub-coram'tteo on reconstruc
tion is ubout to visit the South, and see for
itself the condition of Southern sentiment.
We will have in its report an official and
circumstantial account of the contiuuance ot
that evilt spirit which the defeated cannot
exorcise. It is only through the fire that his
presence can bo removed, and through tho
fire the South must go. Tho extract given is
tut a 6amplo of the general tone of tho South
ern press, and in itself answers all the argu
ments against us on the score of personal
animosity or intemperate hatred.
In 1737 Feanklin wrott-: "f now began to
turn my attention to public affairs, beginning,
however, with small matters The city watch
was one of the first things that I conceived to
want regulation. It was managud by the
constables of tho respective wards In turn.
The constablo summoned a number of house
keepers to attend him for the night. Those
who chose never to come paid him six shil
lings a year to be excused, wh'u h was sup
posed to go to b'rlng substitutes, but was In
reality much more than necessary for that
purpose, and made tho constableship a place
of profit, .dnd the constable, for a Utile
drink, often got such ragamiijjlns about Mm
as a watch, that respectable housekeepers did
not choose to mix with. Walking the rounds,
too, was often neglected, and most of the
night vpent in tippling."
We do not know whether the position of
constable has a degenerating effect, or
whither degenerate citizens have always been
selected for the office; but true it Is, that the
same popular eccentricities that characterized
the constabulary foice in 1737 can be
remarked among the policemen of 1830. It
is not our desire to montion localities, but at
tho corner of two of our loading thoroush
fare s can bo seen the guardians of the public
peace surrounded continually by a band of
blacklegs, gamblers, swindlers, and thieves,
who, although exquisitely dressed, are as
objectionable to "resprctablo housekeepers"
as weie tho "ragamuffins" that accompanied
Ihe constables more than a century ajo.
From such associations pood pooplj ara
afraid to trust the officer who has such
men for bis companions, and the rumor
is current that an appefil to any of theso pollcs
tnen ngainet the crimes of their boon bar
fellows is worse than useless. No less than
three Instances have recently come under our
notice, in which a brawl took placa at an
early hour of tho evening, at the corner of a
street where a spec'al policeman is detailed
to constantly stand, nnd Innocent ignorant
parties have been robbed within sight of the
principal hotels of our city. It is with no de
sire to interfere with tho duties of our muni
cipal authorities that we complain and protest,
but as public servants we are compelled by
duty to do what we can to protect the peace
able and punish tho guilty. Upon the next
occ&s'on of a disturbance similar to ihS3 of
which wo have recently heard, we shall pub
lish in full the names, the I. culity, gambling
bouse, and drinking ce'lar, and let ail our
waders know not only ol the extent of the
evil, but of all those who are guilty of con
nivance at, or a participation in, ths crimes.
The Changes that a Day may Bhing
Foeih. Sidxky Smith, In 1S13, presented
to English readers, through the Edinburgh
HerAcw, a table showing the increase ot papu
lation in Philadelphia. lie sail:
In lifS tuire were in tbc city.. 600 luhibltant'.
In V7(0 ' " .. 6.C0)
Ju 17 0 " " 16 )0 "
In IMC " .. JO000
In 1838 " " .. laOOUO "
If. we continue tho table, we find that the
population in 'ISCo would be nearly on3 mil
lion. 'Ihe size of New York, at that time,
was the same as the Quaker City, and the
total shipping of toe metropolis was 300,000
tons a year. Then Philadelphia va3 the repre
sentative city of America.
Would it not be an instructive to son for
our City Fathers to examine into the causei
wh oh have led to the decline if not the fall of
cr municipality? What domestic geni has
favored New York an 1 slighted us? Would
it not be better for as to cease following a
phantom of past renown, and secure the
bedily agency which accompanies energy
and well-directed eaterprs"? It U a
melancholy fact that we havu been so long
accustomed to sitting at our hearthstone
and gloating over the shadow of past renown,
that wo have gradually become accustomed
to living on the possession of Fkankia's
memoiy and the titate House; that we have
almost sunk info the position of imbecile do
tards, who live only in their youthful days
and totally isuore tlu present. Let us allow
the conqueror of el. ctileity to take care ot his
own fame with posterity, and so act ourslvps
that our children will not have to pass over
this generation in order to find some emblem
on which to exercls.; local pride. By energy
and liberalicy we can secure for our c'ty the lost
power she once possessed. But while we are
waiting other towns are acting, and unless we
come speedily to a conclusion, we will find,
when our resolution Is taken, that the field Is
no longer open, and tbat our rivals have se
cured the position and merited the wealth
v hich nature has designed to be justly ours.
Tho Cattle disease has bro'epn out at Left
tinphe, near (intend, among a llock of ous hun
dred au'i twelve sheep. This is the first case of
the kind in HelRiuui. The oxen on the farm
wiic attacked by the disease three weeks pro
viontlv, nnd t be entire herd, consl'ting of thirty
two, weie slauputered; but it appears to have
teen too late, as tie disease has attacked th"
sleep on the farm. Eifrht of the latter were
slaughtered, aud all rorumunication was cut o f
w,th the remainder, but it is feared ttia entire
flock must be sacrificed.
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11 Y Oi:DMC OK UNDKUWHIl'KnS.
C. C HAi Kl'.Y, auctioneer, will iiurlly ieli b? nno
tlnn. the liol oi the exiousive stock (Insured lof
eiiO.t'fl' ). r Djuliilnn Irom the hr.e tlieut lleusm li!Ua:es'
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B vui'Kf-uieiit mid lu.l panlculiim luriimlied In printed
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S -1 Btore. No. 37 nd3 North 8K' O.NJJ H'reelP It
llh- 'uinit and lmndHoiuesi furniture More in the
city. Wc umli rutund that Unuld'H puriiote Is to I at
ul out com li.r tho Urht vor. so now Is Ihe iline lbrthoe
purcliuxlnii Furniture. Tory have a Hplendtd stock of
the best tiiske irom thp lov.est to tho honest once, and
w I I bo uurn to Bell oa WON DA . February 6Ui.
COt I.I) A CO 'S I'liion Furniture Depot, Nos. 37 aim
UHMirih tiii' OSD Street aud ooruor o' N1N I'll and
.Mil.KfcT Hirects. whioii bus long been known aj 1 le
cLeanmt and bet p'nee to buy i urutture. i2 3c
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BOCIKTY. The Second Concert of the
PcMon will utke piaoe on FBI DAY EVENING,
February 9, at MUSICAL FUND HALL. Hub
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Doors ( pen at 1 o'clock to com nence at 2 o'oIock
I rocit-eijr. All mcinbrs or the hoc lot 7 will bo punc
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be open on Friday evr-ninir at 6) t'oloeic, and Con
cert to commence at 7 As the Coticort will be oyer
belnre 10 o'oh o , it ia r UPstod that tho audicnoe
will icmain acatod uettl the cloje Librettos of the
0. alcr.o, coutainmir the Lilo of iloudo'sfoha and
explanatory inmiirks, will 1 0 on ea at the Mu.Mc
Stores and at the I1U Competent ushorj will bo in
attendance to scat the anilicnco.
Adrr.iMion to the l.beun-u' 50 opnti
Concert W-tW
A llin.tod number of Tiulcds will be on sale at C.
W. A. 1 KUMFLEIt'3, ?cyetith and cb saut strceU;
1. EE & WALKF.li'sM tiesnnt, above Soyenth street t
and at W. U. BONLU'tf, Chrannt stroet, above
Eleventh.
By on!er of Ihe 14 u io Committee. 2 5 3tn
fr (trticvKTJiii FAiKMoasr pa km
"- AND DILAWAHU KIViCR FAS-CStlB J
KAII.WaY COill'ANT.
I'll TLAT1RLPHI A, Fcbrilll.V 1, 1"0.
TO THL frOCKHoLDUtrt Notice Is lereiv Klven
tl at a nieeiii.g oi tlie tit cktiold.'f of litis Campniiy
I'l o-hld at ibe Ollice, .S. V.. corner o. TH IRK an J
DO( K Miff is tpoonii sioiy. on TUCK -II VY, sviirutrr
K'. (w, be w en ti e hours or U o clock M. and 2 o'clock
1'. Jl , 10 IhKo ltit j canslderiilon the agreement ttia e
il.ls day hoi w pen the Direc or and Ai ivihoi' tua
' ttbinintitown 1'ssuuer HnV.vrmv ( ora lany " and ih i
Dlreviots snd k anaupr ct tne 'Fairmount Tartan I
I'oiuvnre Hlver Fs enj;er Rsl war i oinpanv " ior
metier and consolidation of tn corporne rights,
power. prlvi:ris iranclilses and prfpsrty of the Fair
mount I'ark and Delaware River riiminiji'r Killwa
onipnny Into end wlin the Ocrmitiitown TdhsnnKer
llni ti y Compsi.T and to vo ior the adoption or re
lectlon ot ihe san.e. H- on'er of the Hoard.
a.tniwtIS JOHN T. LANUK pecretary.
f3f" OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA BAIL
ROAD COU PA'S Y
rmi.AnntpniA January 30, 1861
NOTICE TO nTOlK.U0LDF.H8.
The Annual Meetlni; of the Siorkhnlilers o this Corn
pan) will beheld on I FKSUal , the 2ith dtr oi Fbru
an. Ihl6. at 10 o'clock A. M . at the 4AN.-40M blUKiir
HALL.
The Annual Flection tor Throetors wl'l b held on
UION Da Y. the ftib daroI'MTch. l'A;6. at tceOinceof
tfee CoDipary, No. i'M 6. TUIKi) 8t eet.
iD.VlUN'1) KAItm
1 30 25t Seurrtary.
irS'f" OFFICE OF THE VOLCANIC OIL
and COAL COMPANY. No. 11 Merchant Bx
(bsnio. Piiii.AiKi.rniA, Jaiiiiiry 2i 1M:,
The .Mnmnl Meet ng m the stookholden will he hold
cu 'I I Kl-DA Y, the 13th February net. nt41. M.
1 20 tS 1 A. L. ll.8sr. Y . .'-ecretary.
P.t tl.tt 1hVHtpiu,ift f.l lh
NpW YOitK SJLpKCM,
tne Im-tieth Kdltlon o tl.clr
FOUR LKCT0RF.B,
eutlt ed-
FlirXOSOPHT OF MARRlAOTi
Io br bad tree, .or lour stim-ps, by addressing Secretary
Nev Y orW Uuneurji ot Apatomr,
ini No. tilH HitOAPM'AY. Hew York.
rSf-' DLN 1 N G-ROOM . F. LAKEIKYEB,
-s- CAUl'rR'H .l ey, would renpectml y Ini'orm tbe
1 ub lc Beneia''y ibnt be has icitn thins; undone to make
th s plme lointotuitde m every respect lor the acoj.n
Diooatlon oi guests. Ue hue oencd a large and com
n.oiiioi" 111. I .T-Room in the second s or.y. Ills HIDU-1-.OAKI)
is iurnlHhod with F.I1AND1ES, WISK8,
WHIhKY, F.tC. 1 tc otfUPKRIOK BRAND S 11
THE CHEAT NEW ENGLAND RE-MIDYI-
IR. J. VT. POLAND'S
WilH'K PIHE COMPOUND
Is now o (Tired to the oHllct?d throocbout tho coun'ry.
altor having been prove 1 by tbe test of eleven years, lu
tbe New iifclunl States, where Its meri.s have becorao
as ell known as the tree irom which, In part, it dorlres
its vlitues.
TnE TV BITE PINE COMPOUSD CUBES
rore ll'rroat. Co ds, Coaxhs, Diptaorlo, Bronchitis. Spit
. ting of Blood, and l ulmon iry Affections generally.
It is a r.emai'ksDie Remedy for Khmer Coin
plaluts, Diabetes, D 1111c u ty ot Voiding
Urine, Bleeding from the Kllno.vn
ard Bladder, Gravel, and
other complaints.
Ctve it a trial If you would learn tho value oi a good
and tried medicine. It Is p easant, safe, and sure.
Bold by druggists and dealers in mediclno generally.
GEORGE W. SWEXT, M D., Proprietor,
122mwl3m BOSTON, Mass.
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Are tic-know lid.w the best lunrumeiits made in
a merle v
They have been awarded tbe highest Premiums at
:11 the pr.nclpat exhibitions ever lio'd in his country
m lib numerous leptimouiius in m iLe first artiais til
Aunrica ai d Kurope.
The. are now the eadlng Pianos, and are gold to all
puns of the world and ure offend on inoro liberal tenns
than any others In tlie lt, tor tie reason that the
iMslruii'Out.H can be ohialne t oinctty loiii us, the manu
laiturers Our extensive lacilltles enaDle us to olioi
great Ind jcements ever others.
Waeronrrs o UK I Cli hNT'T Street, opposite St.
1 nwreece Hotel. KCUCMACK Lit Piano lorie M mu
lecturing Coirpany. I 2i Ira
MAGAZINES FOR FEURUAItY.
All the Mairazlnos at low prices.
HARPER'S and ATLANTIC MONTHLY. 25 cent
each.
GODFY''S,50ccuts
LADY'S FKIKJiD 15 eetus.
YOPKG FOLKS. IS cents.
LONDON (SOCIETY. 45 cents.
Other Figllsh Ferlodleals at net price.
EVERY SATURDAY" (Tlcknor 4 Field's new
w eekly), price 7 cents.
Onlv so d from our couuter at these prlee.
ASIIMEAD & EVANS,
U K2 CUESSUT Street,
lfO OAS C ON & U ME US.
WeweulJ call yjur ad tattoo (
NEW GAS KEOULATOJi,
1NVF.NXBV BY-
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DR. CI IAS. M. CItESSON.
(Tate Manavlng Engineer of the PhlladefpWa Oar
V oiks', posMSPlng GREAT DK.LiVCAiY o silJuMmeat
by the are ct a peculiar form of va ve nd vs beldsr
oTtrnlng accurately a slrutle lisrb'. wfh a 0pa3itf t
pas gi.s enough tor the full number ot llahs.aad th
ability within tbe Instrument Its If, to t or ease lb
pi em ure, when Die greater quantity ot gai la reqalred.
Among the peculiar aJ vantages of this Begalatra
that make It preferable to instruments of mora cei
treotedaise which require the nse of .'ItfiCURT. er
FLtXlULE DIAITiKAGMS, the following deaorye
t'peclal notice i
FIB T-The tree motion ot tbe Rcgnlallng Yalva
through considerable space, gives it grea er de Is toy 4
ai Juftrrcnt, and a wider tange cf eonnumpina la a
elrrle Instrument, than Is possible wltbethet forme
PFtOKD The fluid seal ot GLYCt RINK used la this
r.ELU LATOIt, avoids the dangers rasaiting la e her
foims, irom the unwholesome vaporr of aloroarr.
wllcb raising off wlih the Oas, era dlssemloatet
ttirouihout tbe rooms la which it is burned, subjecting
ti e crcupanis TO ALL THE DKLtlEKIOUS EFFcT4
OF ItkRCURY upon tbe human svstem and especlalf
upen the LUNG and AKI., when It is thus dlltuiedas
vapor, ibe accidental overflow of Mercury Irani bete
meicurlal Eeals hu4 often injured valuab e Gas Mo era,
tlie cost ol which bos necessarily bee a charged to the
oon."nnitr.
Wbeie the nse o.' MFRCURT In regu atnrs Is avoided
by the substitution of a FLEXIBLE DIAFIIK vOM. the
resulting dlfl cul-.lrs are aluo numoromi one Is tne lia
bility to L.'AK CE and EXPL03IO.N OF GAS as
other, tbe lossol Flexibility and consequent Inefllolenot'
by are and exposure to cold, aud thitdly, tbe Inherent
vice of want oi delicacy of adjaitmea:, and range of
action.
To renicdr these faults, the "CRESSON RE ("JUL i
TOR" was Invented, and wherever Introduced U hat
given the grratett sailsfaciion, always producing a
steady light ana regular consumption, wlib a saving at
irom 1WFN1 Y toTUirTlY Per Cent in amount of gas
conrcmed.
LKllLItS PATI NT have bren gran'ed for this Re
lator, both in the UNITED STATES and In ENGLAND,
It is manufactured by the
"AMERICAN METER COMPANY."
Of NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, and B03I'OV,flr
us alone, and tor sale, Wholesale and Retail, at our war
louses in Ibis city, where all ordeis and letters shauli ba
aedresred.
Ihe following Ia an extract from tbe Journa' of the
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, dated October 18, 186)1 -Aa
experimental trial was then made as to tbe q-ian Ity of
gas consumed by tho burners when under regu atlon to
tbeir maximum economy, and a so tne amount consume!
br the same burners when subjected to the ordinary
variations of stnet pressure.
"Ibe refult showed that with the Regulator, there
was unlforn ly 78 cublo feet oi gaa per hour consumed,
being an aerai.-e of S 7-10 oublc feet per burner Whilst
without the Regulator the same burner consamed
irom 106 lo 140 cubic feet per hour, the average bolag 1M
cubic feet, or 6 foot per hour to each burner '
The test apparatus which was sot up la tha FRANK
LIN IN STI'l L'l K con be seen at our
SCALE WAREHOUSE
In th's citr, wbero tbe puhllo are Invited to call and
examine ior thriii elves, the amount of saving effected
by tlie use of the
CHEfssoN rinani.ATOit.
FAIRBANKS & EWIffO.
MASONIC HALL,
1 4 mwflrx No. 71fi CHESNTjr STREET.
Q R IE H T S A C R I F I C B.
IS1MENSE BARGAINS.
ISO TIME TO 1513
LOST
IN SECUPJNO A GREAT BARGAIN IN
GENTLEMEN'S
AND
YOUTHS' CLOTTIING,
RESCUED FR03I TIIE LATE FIRE.
THE LOW PRICES
OFFERED AT WILL
ASTONISH YOU.
CALL AT THE STORE OF
ROCK HILL & WILSON,
PP.OPBIElOnS OF THE
Brown Stone Clothing Hall,
Nob. 603 ana G05 CIIESNUT ST.,
WHO AUE PREPARING THEIR
SPRING STOCK.
TIIE CUSTOMER DEPARTMENT
IS NOW UNDER WAV
. ON THE SECOND FLOOR,
1 81 Otlp EKIRAKCB ON QnESSLT ST.