THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAFH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 18GG.
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
Editorial Opinions of the Leading
. Journals Upon the Most Import
ant Topics of the Hour.
COMPILED BTEBT DAT FOB EVENING TKLEORArH.
The Trcsident and tho Mother of Presi
dents. JYorn Iht Tribune.
Elpht members of the Lepisliituro of Virginia
waited on resident Johnson, on Saturday, to
present certain resolutions unanimously adopted
by their respective Houses, endorsing his views
and pledging thrlr support to his policy of
restoration.
Tucso gentlemen are set forth In the report as
ropreeentlng every soction of the State, and
"every shade ot lier past and present politics;"
yet we cannot rccopnizo one of them as having
been a Unionist In the struggle that so recently
convulsed our country. Unionists there were In
Virginia vhilt Unionists good and true, if not
many and some of these are members (elected
when Rebels scorned to vote) of the present
J-cghilatiiic; but we recognize none rf tbse ns
haying been deemed worthy to convev tt the
I'rebiilent the satisfaction with which his policy
is regarded by the other sort. llio conclusion
eeems significant and notnblo.
Then theie are halt' a million of native Vir
ginians who were heartily loyal as a class who
w eic Unionists by instinct and from Iho outset
and most of whom owe their personal liberty to
the triumph t the Union over the utnio.-tt efforts
of those who elected tbu gentlemen who repre
nniitcd Virginia In the commence on Saturday.
This halt million are not quite halt the surviving
inhabitants ot old Virginia: but, ndd tho white's
who were also Unionists throuebout, and they
constitute a lull moiety of too Virginhius of to
day. Is it quite luir that all these should bo
suppressed and excluded where tho loyalty of
Virginia is to be certified and guaranteed !
The deputed eight make no pretense of reprc
Bcnting or tpeating lor "niggers" they would
scorn the idea. But they would voucii for tbo
good intentions and kindly feelings of thoo
they personate towards their colored neighbors;
to let us hear them on this point:
"The condition oft lie trued men anion? and the
policy to bo adopted witli nuii'd to tlim, will be re
coymzed bv )ou as calling for the exercirw of the
liiyhest faculties of the statesman and tho l est feel
iupS of the Christian philanthropist Tho Geneial
Atscinblv ol Virginia is cuiraved earnestly in the
conmdciation of the o subjects; and In anticipation
ol the results ol their labors, we can only say that
whatever policy may be adopted will bo adopted in
good faith, and with le nd leclinir to tho improve
ment of the physics', intellectual, and moral condi
tion of our lreedmen. You cau understand and
readily bolieve thai tbo feelinus ot our people toward
thct-e frecdmcn are those ol kindnees, sympathy, and
good wil; and that to treat then with hanliness
and injustice is opoosed as much to our fueling as
it is to our inteiesU and our House of right."
Fair words, certainly; but they compel us to
remember wht the "interests" and the ."sense
ot right" of- the6e geiiHemen and their consti
tuents have prompted them to do aud to forbear
towards these, tbeir humble neighbors and
former dependents, up to this time. Not only
has Virmnia the Virginia of Messrs. llnlchvm
and Co. never jetjinacle any provision whatever
for the education and intellectual development
of lier blacks, but she has made it a lelony to
teach them even to read the bible, while she
has systematically bold their children icto even
a harsher bouduge than their own, until it has
been carefully computed that all the property
in old Virginia at the outset of the Rebellion
was not worth so much as the had realized since
1800 tor her own human llesh and blood, sold to
subdue and till tiio cotton-Ecld, rice-swamps,
and cane-brakes of the further South.
Ai.d that this boirible traiiic is now ended for
ever, and a legal possibility of education and in
tellectual progress opened to the Virginia blacks
is solely due to the defeat and overthrow of
ttaote on whose behalf Messrs. Baldwin and Co.
scout the suggestion tbat they could regard and
treat the lreedmen otherwise than humanely
and Justly. Would not their assurance ou this
point have been strensthoned had they been able
truly to say, "Mr. President, we, the legislators
ot Virtrinia, have abolished ull our laws which
subjected any class or race to leual or civil dis
abilities; and Ms is our answer to those who
question or distrust our disposition to deal lairly
with the treedmeu "?
The President, in his reply to the delegation,
forcibly save:
"I feel that the day is not distant, I spoak confi
dently in reioieuce to the preat mass of iho American
people, when iV y will determine that this Union
uliuli to niauo w hole, and iho (treat riifht ot represen
tation in the councils of the nation beacknow edirod.
Gentlemen thut fundamental principle 'No taxation
without lepicsontatiou' was one of tho principles
-which cariied us throuarh the Kevolution. Tlin
grout principle will hold eood ct ; and 11 wa but per
Jorin our' tlut, it wo bul comply with the spirit of
the resolutions presented to mo to-day, the American
people will maintuiu aud sustain the creut doctilne
upon which the bovernmunt was luaujruratod. It
can hi- done and it will be done; and 1 think that it
the effort be lairiy end fully m.ulo. with forbear
ance and witli prudence, aud with discretion aud
wisdom, the end is not very Jar distant."
Truer words were never spoken; and they
indicate the truo and tirml solution of all our
remaining troubles. Lot Virginia adopt for her
self the great principle" here enunciatoJ by the
1'iesidcnt, mid no power on earth can prevent
her complete restoration, not merely to repre
sentation in Congress, but to fraternity with her
eteadioptly lojal sister States. 1S0 matter what
a lew prominent men may say, the North U
eager to shake hands with' the South and forget
all that ever divided them. Tho chiei obstacle
to thia is the determination evinced by those
who monopolize power 111 the South to keep tho
blacks forever in vassalage, aud thus proscribe
aud 1 1 ample on thoc whites who have been
always lor the Union.
We cluim that tho South was never heartily
Rebel that it only seemed to because the aris
tocratic caste so used their monopoly of power
as to crush out or etille ihe Union sentiment
that nevertheless eusted, and thus plunge the
country into a eaneuinary and destructive war,
for w hich there was never any need or reason.
And now we ask to be secured asrainst a recur
rence of this desolating horror by a universal
recognition of the principle so tersely embodied
in the maxim, "1Y0 taxation without represent!
i!Gw." Establish hi nestly and lairly the rulo
that all men who poss.-ss the requisite intel
lectual and moral qualifications shall thereupon
be recognized members ot the body politic, and
the restoration will icrihwbh be complete. Say,
if you choose, that a mau inn-t read, or read and
write, before he can volf; say that he must have
paid a tax, or even that he must be the owner
of real propeit.y and we are content, so long
as you interpose no barriers to the acquisition
ot whatever you require, even though its instant
'fleet should be nn exclusion of uiucty-nine of
every hundred Macks trout the electoral body.
(Jive them a lair chance; aid it the great
mass prove vacruuis, idlers, and prodi
gals, we are content ttat they be, fur thai
reason, debarred from voting, lint a restora
tion based on caste on tho principle tbat only
whites are lit to bo intrusted with power
that representation shall be arbitrarily divorced
from taxation will give us no creuuinu lating
peace, but new and ever-reenrring feuds and
contentions. The "irrepressible conflict'' be
tween Demociaey and Aristocracy tho rights
of man and Uie privileges of color cannot bo
Jugcled nor mesmerized into any other than a
superficial, momentary, fallacious truce. In re
building our nut onal edifice, the rock of princi
ple, not U.o sends ot compromise, should bu
Insisted on as a foundation; and there is neither
fieace nor sa'ety in any basis less ainpj than
hat of all right3 tor all.
The Commercial Itclntions of Canada and
tliu United Mates.
Frvm the Times.
When it was stated, a few weeks ago, tint
members of the Canadian Government were on
their way to Washington to negotiate for a re
newal of the existing Reciprocity treaty, we en
deavored to show the inexpediency on the part
of this country of consenting to such an arrange
ment. In general terms we pointed out the facts
upon which the American people rested the con.
elusion tbat the spirit which alone Imparted
vitality to the convention has been in some re
spects disregarded, and that the operation of
tbo treaty has consequently boon less reciprocal
In its advantages than its promoters designed It
to be. These points established, the wisdom of
Congress in abroeating tho tr?aty became appa
rent. And we contended that in any new ar
raneement as between this country and the
British Provinces, due regard should be had, not
only to the enforcement of a genuine reciprocity,
but to the peculiarity of our position in vie of
the indebtedness Bnd taxation resulting) irom
the war.
Whatever expectations the Provincial dele
gates may have cherished touching the expiring
treaty, a brief period ot observation at Wash
ington appears to have convinced them of tho
hopelessness of any effort to seoure its renewal
on the old basis, or with anything like a strict
adherence to tho old form. It is creiitabie to
their Judgment and candor that, instead of
wasting tuno and strength aud temper in a vain
attempt to controvert the general conviction ox
presbed by the Secretary of tho Treasury in his
report, or to induce a reversal by Congress of
its action hi the premises, they at once acqui
esced in the Judgment that had been pronounced,
aud addressed themselves to the question in its
practical relations to the future. Wisely allow
ng the present treaty to go by detault, and
passing over tho many vexatious issues which
nave entered iuto the controversy in reference
to past intercourse, they applied themselves to
this single problem Ou what plan mav the
commercial intercourse between the United
States and the Provinces be hereafter conducted
with the greatest advautaire to all parties ?
Had Messrs. Ualt, llowlund, and their co
delegates pursued a d'll'erent course, their
mis-ion would have been a signal Jailure. They
would have been brought into immediate colli
sion h well with the ultra protectionist, con
tending for nn abstract principle, as witli the
great body ot moderate men, who6eo in protec
tion mainly an incident generated by financial
necessity, and whose aim is to cultivate ex
tended trade, with no other restrictions than
those which may bo necessary to shield trom
unequal competition our heavily burdened in
dustry. By adapting themselves promptly to
the situation by recocuizing tho logic ot ne
cessity at the very outset of their negotiations
the delegates averted no inconsiderable
amount of hostility, and secured for their pro
positions a degree ot favor that would other
wise have been denied them.
What are those propositi ins? They come to
us in au otlicial rhapo in the memorandum sub
mitted by the delegates to the House Committee
of Ways and Mean, after a series of lengthened
conferences with that body. Here is the docu
ment, brief and suggestive:
"Tho trade between tho United Statos and tho
P.ritish Provinces should, it is believed, under ordi
nary circumstances, bo free in re ereucj to their
natural productions; but as intern il taxes excep
tionally exist in the United StuP-a, it is now proposed
that tho articles embraced in tiio free list of iho Reci
procity treaty should coiumuo to bo exchanged,
subject only to such du.irs as may he oquivuleut tu
thai internal taxation. It is siifrgustc-u tout hoin
parlies may add certain nr'.icios to ihoso uotvia iho
said list.
"With reference to tho Fisheries, and ttio naviga
tion of 1 lie internal waters of tho continent, tiio
liritish Provinces are williuit Unit 'bo ex stiug repl
iant ns should continue in tlteo ; 'but Canada Is
ready to enter into cnuac nun is, with the view or
improving tho moans of huccss to iho ocean, provided
tho assurance bo Riven thai tho irado oi tiio Western
btatt'S wid not be uiyertn'i from its natural c'lunuoi
by lephiat.on. And il tbo United .-states are not
pieparedto consider, at piosent, the ton .ral opon
imr of their coastinir trade, it wou d appear desirable
that, a regards the internal w iters cu the continent,
no dMmction "hou'd ho mauo bet weou tho vessels
ol the two counmes.
"If the loieuoitiic oints ho BalUfactori'y arranged,
Canada i" Wi lms to uujust her exciso duiios uoon
Binrits, beer, and toi acco, upon the best roveuuo
standard which may bo mutoally adopted alter lull
consideration oi ihe subject, and if it be desired to
treat any other articles in the same way, tho dispo
sition of iho Canadian Covernmout is to givo ovory
facility m their power to prevent i hcit trado.
"With regard to the transit trado, it is suggested
that 'he eanio regulations should exist on both sides
and he di lined by law.
"Canada is aiso prepared to makehor Patent Laws
similar to those of tho United stales."
It is understood that the Canadian representa
tives are prepared upon one or two other points
to make concessions designed to obviate objec
tions bribing out of the present Fystem. This
memorandum seems to have been intended
simply as the ba.-qa ot negotiation; and con
sidered in'this light, we must confess that its
liberality and its appreciation of our national
position invite a friendly response. The treaty
and all attendant considerations are thrown
aside; there is neither need nor room tor further
disctiEslcn concerning thetu. We start afresh
aud unincumbered, with an evident disposition
on the pin t ot the provinces to meet us on the
ground ot genuine reciprocity.
Cl nee again at the details ot tho above memo
randum, and they will be found in many par
ticulars to harmonize with requirements which
have lor mouths past been urged bv tho.se who,
like ourselves, were dissatisfied witli the work
ing of the treaty.
It has been contended that the taxation to
which, since tho war, every branch of industry
aud trado is subjected renders necessary the
exiiclion of duties in some measure correspond
ing to the burdens borno by our own products,
whether ot the farm, tho forest, the mine, or tho
workshop. Free competition, howsoever admi
rable in theory, presupposes a certain equality
in the conditions of production: and this cer
tainly does not exist as between Canada and
this country in our present circumstances.
Therefore it has been suggested that tho arti
cles now admitted iree Irom the provinces
should be subject to duties not correspon Jing to
the internal taxation which falls upon tbe same
articles when produced by our own people. The
suggestion has been indorsed by our boards of
trade and others opposed to the treaty as it is;
and really It teems to meet the equity of the
case.
Well, that for which our people have con
tended is unreservedly conceded by the provin
cial delegates. "It is now proposed," they say.
"that the articles embraced in the free list of
the Reciprocity treaty should continue to bo ex
changed, subject only to sticli duties as may be
equivalent to that internul taxation which ex
ceptionally exists in this country." What more
could be desired on thia head? What more is
needed, 1n tact, to prevent a recurrence of the
haidship and injustice ot which our lumberers,
wool-growers, and others have with more or less
I reason complained, aud to secure aconiinuance,
on lair terms, oi me jitige trado whlclitue treaty
has undoubtedly developed?
In one particular, and one only, mav more bo
sought, ana even this, we think, is covered by
another sentence in tho memorandum. The free
list, eo called, ought to be so extended that it
shall open the provincial markets to certain of
our manufactures; a change not ditlicult ot ac
complishment, If we interpret aright the sugges
tion of the delegatus, "that both parties may a Id
certain articles 10 those now ia tho said list."
The precise articles to be embraced in this ex
tension of the list are a proper subject of nego
tiation. lln.iini'Mi ii -n ti it r f'Vii'fi j ! a,,,li n .1 I
... v. . w , it wi.l,v v, n .11 ttuiusuueuip
of the Canadian excise duties upon spirits, beer,
tobacco, and other articles, as shall serve in a
large degree to prevent the illicit trade now ex
tensively conducted on our northern frontier.
By acsepting the proposition, and so securing
the co-operation ot thd provincial authorities
for the repression ot smuggling, our honest
tradeis would be protected, and our revenue
Ocnetlted to the cxtout of millions annually.
To neither of these objects can we nll'ord t'j be
inditlercnt.
The pioposed amendment ot the Canadian
patent law is a matter of no small concern to vet
another class. Hitherto this law has operaiod
most unjustly to our inventors, who have seen
the results ol their labor, ingenuity, and enter
prise appropriated by tho Provincials, without
lonslderation or even acknowledgment For
years past tbe grievance has been a subject of
complaint; and tno adoption of a more equitable
sytteni has been again aud again insisted upon
as a condit'on of reciprocal trade. Hence, the
rieclaied willingness ot Canada "to make her
patent laws similar to those of the United Statss,"
is a noticeablo leature of the overtures submit
ted to the Congressional Committee.
With icgard to tbo fisheries and the nav'ga
tlon of the internal waters, no chanee is pro
posed. The general tenor of tho memorandum,
however, affords ground for the hope that in the
adjustment ct the canal tolls, the virtual dis
crimination of late years employed against our
lake shipping will be abandoned. At any rate,
this is a point to be remembered, and it is not
one on which we are likely to encounter for
midable difficulties.
To the great West, with its rapidly growing
population and trade, and its varied and !ncx
haustiblo resources, the readiness of the pro
vince to undertake the enlargement of its canals,
with the view ot aflorolng more perlect access
to tbe ocean, is of the very highest importance.
The recent utterances of the citizen of 8t. Paul,
and the opinions expressed by tho merchants
and influential lournals ot Ch'icaio, invest this
proposition of tbe delegates with unusual in
terest. Altogether, then, tho memorandum is calcu
lated to impress most favorably the minds of
our people. It evinces fairness and a breadth of
view tor which, in the beginning, we were not
inclined to givo the delegates creait It is proof
of an anxiety to establish trade on a satisfactory
foundation. And we apprehend that in its gene
ral scope it will command the approval of the
great majority of our liberal politician. The
ultra protectionist who would a build a Chinese
wall of prohibitory duties around the country
w ill of course oppose thia or any similar scheme.
To him ever thing is obnoxious which clashes
with the piotcctionist theory. He desires pro
hibitory duties lor tho beuelit of special inte
rests, and has no liking lor reciprocity oa equal
terms.
it is to be regretted that the strength of the
protectionist Interest in the Committee ol Wave
and Means has tor the time put an end to these
negotiations. Of the counter plan ptesented by
the Committee, wo shall speak more critically
on unothcr day. For the present we will but
ren nrk that it wears the appearance of having
been intended to render negotiation imposstblo,
and ibat to this extent it is unquestionably a
Tbe Tatty of the Future
Frcm the World.
Wbilo the waves of our political 9ea are strewn
with the wrecks of tho Republican and Union
pnriics, one barque alone tho Democratic party
keeps stendily on its way, with rigging taut,
timbers staunch, sails well set, Its compasses
nnseduccd by tho loadstones of office, and its
wheel in tried and steady hands. There is ono
piratical cock-boat sculling about, changing its
Hag daily, and constant in nothing but its vain
attempts to seduco the crew out of the only
sound raft afloat. Of couioe we mean the
luraid, wnose daily advice to Democrats is to
abandon the Democratic party; which daily
denounces tho Democrats lu Congress for voting
as their principles bind them to vote; and which
puddles uboiiv industriously cn the political
waters among tho swimming or drowning frag-
iiu-ntK, trying to pick up and organize the "party
ol tho iutur'."
Inspired by Seward, to whom it is grateful
for the otier ot a foreign mission and the g'ftof
n consulate, the lleraid. is blowing its horn in
dustiiously, and doing its best to assemble a
convention at Washington of the Kcpublicau
llotsam and Democratic ittsam. All possible,
success to its diligence. Ttia future party has a
worthy herald.
Theie is a party of ihe past which will bs tho
party oi the lutiire. Its time-honored legend
and creed is "Democracy." The future will
honor its standards, (or the fast ha3 covered
them with g'.ory. It knows its watchwords; it
id compact; it is uuterritied.
Opposing the conduct oi a domestic war, en
countering armies of ollice-holders and the pro
iiigutf expenditures w hich in lour years have
neaped up a debt as hugo as that imposed on
Lnglaud by a ceutuiy of wars, deprived of its
lornier Southern majorities, and lighting also
the secret frauds ot a corrupt administration,
the Democratic party, nevertheless, came within
lees than 33.0U0 votes ot winning the last Presi
dential election. The change of that num
ber ot votes in the States ot New Ilainpsnire,
Connecticut, New Yoik, Pennsylvania, Mary
laud, Indiana, Oregon, and Nevada wouid
have given their 90 electoral votes to McCIl
lnn, which, with the 21 ho received, would
have made 117 a majority of the total num
ber, Wt. Connecticut and New Hampshire
werecairied lor Lincoln by soldiers' votes
some fraudulent, some not Democratic docu
ments and Democratic ballots being excluded
irom tho army. Indiana was carried by whole
sale aud lraudujent importations ot soldiers'
vt.tcs; Pennsylvania by money, aud New York
by as shatneiul a swindle as political villany
ever concocted. Maryland, also, was under the
heel of military despots, and her votes camo
hitered through the martial law of Fiskes and
Schencks und Butlers, i'et, in spite ot these
enormous odds, w hich should have seemel to
make any contest at all utterly hopeless, tho
Di niocratic party only asked 206,01)0 more votes
to carry a majority ol the popular vote in a poll
of over 4,C00,010; and, distributed a? above,
'SiJ CO votes w culd have saved the election.
We devoutly trust that President Johnson will
be able to restore the South to its normal rela
tions in tho Union before the expiration of his
tcim of ohice. He will have the cordial assist
ance of every Democrat ii. the land to that end.
He has had it Irora the first hour his iutentions
in that regard were declared. Thene columns
have aesurca him of it, emphatically and authen
tically. tx-President Pierce uttered the same
opinion.--, and with equally good reason and
wcigul, In his late speech to the New Hampshire
Democratic Convention. We repeat, President
Johnson may teclton and rly upon the unlad
ing, cordial, and united support of every
Democrat in the United States in every measuro
of his tending to restore and reunite tho sun
dered Union. And it is tho most earnest wish
ot every true Democrat that he may succeed in
this patriotic purpose beiore the expiration of
his own term oi cilice.
But w hether ho succeeds or not, the figur?s
above given of tae strength of the Party ot the
Past fchovs that tho same party, which is also
the Faity of the Future, is able without assist
ance Irom the South or tho President, and in
spite of-any possible opposition whatever, to
tiuish the tusk and restore the Union.
Tbe Speculations of Cuircncy Doctors.
From the JJtiald.
There aro certain classes of diseases of the
body physical for which there are more doctors,
move quacks, and more advertised ' nostrums
than lor others, such as those of consumption
aud scrofula, for example, because they are
more difficult to cure, and because pretenders
can more effectually humbug tho ignorant. So
it is with regard to tho currency and national
finances. When the body politic is auiioted with
a discaso of this kind, as at the present time,
from the fact that currency bears the relation to
gold as one hundred to oiid-hundred and forty,
every tyro, newspaper para,'raphist, or bank
clerk advertises his nostrum. Just at this time
the press is unusually exercised uponthe subject.
The burden of tho theme is, lot us return to
specie pajments let us equalize gold and paper
w itiiout delay.
This sounds very agreeably and tho Ignorant
may be deceived by such currency doctors, lust
as they are by the quacks in medicine, it is a
beautiful theori ; but, unfortunately, those who
advocate it give us no satufactor.v argumeut or
roaou to show that it is practicable. It is easy
to say let us return to specie payment?, that gold
is prelerable to papcr'money, and that it is a
saier and founder currency. Who does not
prefer gold if W ho dees not wish to return to
specie puMnents at tho earliest practicable
peiiod? We all do. But the question is, How
and when cau this be done saiely aud pru
dently ? Upon this very necessary preliminary
question these currency doctors do not under
take to throw any light.
Tho matter Is governed by an Imperative law,
which can no more bo suspended or violated
without injury to the violator than any oilier
law ol nature. We might as well get up at mid
night and expect the sun to rise to relieve us
from the embarrassment in which we are in
volved by tho darkness Of night, as expect to
find Jrhef in the financial condition tbe war has
brought upon ns by any untimely or sudden
eflort. The return to specie payments should
be left to the operation of natural laws, and the
least legislation possible there may bo upon the
subject tbe better. History affords many exam
ples to warn ns against a suddon disturbance of
established values and the relations of trade,
however abnormal they may be, for tho time
being. The brilliant theorists of France, durinn
the revolutionary period, at tho end of the last
and bep inning of tho present century, and
ol Fcgmnd during the long European
war, and after its close in 1815 tip to
1KJ0, brought Indescribablo sufferings upon those
countries. In such cares it is not the commer
cial or wealthy classes that MiiTer most, but the
laboring peopfe. Those who tell tho farmers
pnd others who live by tho labor of their hands
that it is for their benetit that we should return
immediately or snddfnly to specie payments
know rot what they say know not the teach
ings of history. To disturb untimely or violently
existing values, tho relations of trade and the
obheations of debtors to their creditors, and
consequently to cause universal bankruptcy and
a paralysis of business, would bo felt severely
by the mercantile and wealthy clases, but tbe
laboicrs would sullcr far more. The mere stu
dent in political economy is aware of this tact.
Yet thia mn st be tho inevitable consoquonce of
a sudden or an undue contraction of the cur
rency. It, us these cuircncy theorists maintain, the
(Oovtrniiient can regulate the relative value of
paper and gold at will, independent ot the laws
of nature and trade, why not bring them to par
at once by decreeing that the gold dollar is
worth only seventy cents that is to say. bring
gold down to paper, instead of attempting to
force paper to tho standard of gold? One is
about as easy to be don as tho other, and if this
can be donp it would be a very simple solution
of the difliculty. Wo believe the British pound
stcriuig nas been mde wcrth more than specie.
Suppose our currency doctors bo allowed to try
their hands at a similar extraordinary operation:
they might make the greenback worth more
tnan gon. xne only trouoio in that case would
be that there would then boa demand for a con
traction of tbe specie circulation to make it
correspond with paper.
Seriously, there is a great deal of shallow non
sense in the clumors about returning impromptu
to specie payments. We shall reioico as much
as any one when we can reach that, desirable
period when the gold and paper dollar will be
exchangeable at par, as beiore the war, and we
do not think it, w ill take many years in the natu
ral course of things to bring' this about. If the
politicians in Congress do not obstruct the resto
ration ot harmony between the South and North,
and the country be permitted to go on in its
wonderful career of progress and prosperity, wo
shnll soon grow up to the present amount of
currency, or to an approximate amount.
We do net pretend to calculate exactly what
amount of currency the trade of the country;
may demand one ye ar, two years, five years, or
ten yefsra hence; but we do know that the
demand will increase greatly, and that, as a
consequence, our paper curreucy will gradually
and healthlully approach the value 'of gold.
And should the Government bo wise enough to
lollow the advice we have oil'ererl heretofore, to
brer k up the so called national banks and iss le
legal tenders only upon its own ctPdit, as the
national currency, the period of specie payments
will not be far off, and that w ithout disturbing
the trade, credits, or values of tho country.
FURNITURE.
13UY FURNITURE
At
GOULD A; C O.'S
TJSION DEPOTS,
Nos. 37 and 39 N. SECOND Street,
(Opposite Christ Church),
And Cornerof NIKTH and MARKET.
Tbe largest, cheapest, and best stock of
FURNITURE
Of every fleicrlptlon in the wor'.d. 2 10 ly
TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
I have a largestock ot every vnrfoty of Furniture
which 1 will Bull at reduced prices, consisting of
IUIIN .A2.D 51 A I'll LF. TOP COTTAGE (SUITS
WAUtl ClI A.Ml'.l.lt BlHTrf.
PAliLOR SOTS IS VtLVKT PIXSH.
PAELOB BCIT8 I.N HAJB CLOTH.
PABLO B hUUS IN KFJP8.
Mdeboordt, txtcLcion Tables, Wardrobes, Book-cosos,
lluttietses. Lounges, tic, .tc.
V. P. GUSTINE,
1 15 3m N. E. Cor. SaCOSD AND RACE BTS.
"jj U R E K A!
THE INFALLIBLE HAIR RESTORATIVE.
THIS IS NO HAIR DYE. ,
TFF. IAIMKKSK SUCCESS with which this prepara
tion ban met duiini' tliethurt nine It liai been beior.i
the public, it a M inuuceil the thousands aud tens ol thou
sands who have uid imu attested lis virtues, to pro
nounce n the ONLY and I hUU Hair Beslotatlve 'I he
Eureka has been Juiroduced into all the principal cities
loih r.ast and Wes'. and having laltululiy oeriormed all
that is claimed lor It, hax uu re Hod all nhr Hair fre
puratlons 'I he f uroka rv Mores Qrev Hair to Its original
coiori prevent the Imir iroiu failing oui, by i-aunlng a
bt-nitliy condition ot tbe scalp, imparting to tho uiura
soilness, mid i n aud ye uthlul appearance thut no
other Ilulr preparation can produce. '1 he fcurcka Is iree
from all imuurltirs or poisououa drugs ana can be used
without sailing tcnlp or Iiandv
Manulaciurcd and sold, v.holesalo and retail, by
ROBERT FISHER, Sole Agerd,
So.ii N. FIFTH Street St Louis, Mo.
Agents tor Pennsylvania, DYOTT t CO., No 2H2 '.
SECOND htreut, Philadelphia. 12isinw3tu
MX) SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWNERS. TJIE
X unuerslgned having leased the KKN8INGT0.N
t UHkW 1jc K.beg lo linorin his frienfls and the patrons
ol the Dot k that be l rrepared with iucreusau facl.ltles
to nceiimmodate those having venue s to be raised oi
repaired Hid being a prau.lcal sbip-carpeuter and
caulker, wi I give personal attention to the vessels en
trtihtio to him lor repairs. ... ...
Cn"tiiliis or Agents. NhlD Camen'ers, and Machinists
having vestelslo repair, are solicited to oali.
Having ih agency lor the sa e of 'Wetterstedi's
Patent .Metnllic Composition" for Copper Paint, for the
pie.ervation of vessels' bottoms, for this city, 1 am pre
pared to lurnkh the same on tHvorsble ''yi
Kens ngton hcrew Dock,
I U DELAWARE Avenue, above LA UliKL (Street.
ri'IIE STAMP AUENCY, NO. SOi CHESXm
J fcTltr KT. A P.OVE XUllilJ, WILL hZ COSTlKUKi
A lil PEIOFOKK.
HI AMI 8 of k.VJfi T DFSCWPTIOSCONSTANTLl
Ok UAND.AJJ A&Y AOU .1 UU
to a
P 11 O S P E C T U S
OF TBE
CARSON
GOLD MIXING COMPANY.
CAPITAL. STOCK---.$500,000
If UMBER OF SHARES, 60,000.
Par Value and Subscription Price, $10.
W ORKING CAPITAL, $50,000.
OFFICE 11 S:
TBESIDENT,
COLONEL WILLIAM B. THOMAS.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER, pro tem,
J. HOPKINS TARR.
SOLICITOR,
WILLIAM L. HIRST, Esq.
DIRECTORS,
COLONEL WILLIAM B. THOMAS,
CHARLES 8. OUDfciN,
EDWIN MIDDLETOK,
ALEXANDER J. HARPER,
WILLIAM LERGER.
The Land of thia Company con-Ms of about 120
Acres. In kecklcnburg county. North Carolina, about
th miles Irom the town oi Charlotte.
On this property flOrn shafts or pits hare been onor.oil
and sunk to various debtbB. irom lu toh loet. demon
strating the existence ol three parallel veins ot ore ol'
about i ltd in width ana about 16 teet apart, converging
to a common centre ui the deDih oi about l.Oi) nt. uirin-
ing one Immense mass or vein ot ore, extending In
length through the property more titan halt ainlh-.
Iheie are also on this property otner veins ot ore unex
plored A II these ores are known as the Brown ores,
aud are verv rich, yielding an average ot about. eiUO pur
ton in gold, the above results having been demon
Stratca by tho rude working of the mines for several
years past, tho rhk oi luvextment hi anil"veioned pro
perty Is not incurred, and by the application of modern
mining and reducing machinery iho onipimv anticipate
au ttnsnediate aud large return for their money.
Fnvlngan ore that readily yields 8200 per ton, somo
estimate cun be made of iPe value ot - his property, with
t lie present imperirct system oi mining, ten tons of this
ore cun be ti:ken out and reduced daliv troui every ehait
opened, at an expense not exceeding 2 ner ton. leav
ing a net dally profit of 81750 for each shaft worked by
the Company.
The lame working capital reserved will enable the
Comraoyat once to procure and erect the best inodmu
nmchineiy tor manipulating the ores, by mei.ns of which
the yield will be la gely increased.
These mines, whilst they produce ores richer than
those of Colorado or Iettclu, have niuny advantages
over them, particularly in uu abunoanco .f ial aud
cheap lnticr. and Iho Ir.cility with which they ean be
worked during ihe rntiie year, whilst tose ot Colorado
end Nevada cau only bo worked during the warm
weather.
A lest assay of an average specimen of tho ore from
the Carson Mines was muilo as lule as the 2Tlh o(
January ot the present year, ns will apocar from the fol
lowing ccrtltli ate ot pio essors llooth and Garrett, the
Assaycrsot the Philadelphia Mint:
, rHiLADELrniA, January 27, 18C3
Dear8lr: We have carefully assayed the sample of
ore Horn "Carson Mine." North Carolina, and flnu It to
yield tin ounces nine Dennyv. eights ot pure gold to the
ton of ore. 'lie coin value Is therefore il(ib2 per ton
oi ore. Yours, rospectlully.
P.OOTH GARRETT.
Dr. M. B. Tatlob, So. 404 Walnut street, Philad.
Subscriptions to the Capital Stock will bo rccoived at
the Office of Ihe Company. o. 4u7 WALNUT Street,
where samples ot tho ore may be seen, and lull lulorma
tion given. 3 1
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
IIAH ItfcN, ilKlt.lu:T MM YfAtil-:, Il
. mriT'r-n-i i ttittttt- -r, -rr - 'a
Chestnut St.PV.U. ,
FINE DIAMOND WORK.
WATCHES,
Of the most celebrated makers..
SIIVEll-WAHE,
FOB WEDDING PEESENTm, In great varloty.
REPAIRING DONE IN 1I1E BEST
MANNER.
Old Cold, Silver, and Procious Stones bought for
Cash. 1220
(jllOlCE HOLIDAY GOODS.
Large and handsome assortment of
COLD AND SILVER WATCHES
DIAMONDS, JEWELRY,
&IL.VEH AND PLATED WARE
CLOCKS, BKOSZES, ETC.
CLARK & BIDDLE,
Snccessors to Ihoinas C. Garrett,
6 2 lyrp No. 732 CHESKUT 8TI5EET.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
MUSICAL BOXES.
A full assort mont ot above cooes constantly on
baud at niodei ate pricos the Musical Boxus playing
trom 2 to lu beautiful Airs.
FARE, & BROTHER, Importers.
No. 824CUEtNUl bTHEET,
11 lli-mtMyrp Below Komth.
j 11 I O II JEWELKY.
JOHN BItENNAN,
SEALER IN
DIAMONDS, riXE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Etc. Etc. Etc.
8 20 ly
No. 18 S. EIGHTH 81 KEET. Philada.
JCs II E N Ii Y II A II PER.
Hi: I jsr..
No. 520 AliCII STREET
li anulacturer aud Dealer la
Watoriee,
lin Jewelry,
tiUvex-l'lated Ware,
ABO
8 801y Solid Silver-ware.
MONUMENTS, TOMB S,
GI1AVE-STONES, Eto.
Just completed, a beautilul variety of
ITAXIXH MAHBLE MONUMENTS,
TOMBS, AND BATE-STONES
TV Ul be sold cheap for easn.
Work seiit to any part of the United States.
UENltY H. TAItR,
MAKBLK WORKS,
1 2wln Ho. 710 GBEE& Street, ruiladelpal.
SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, &o
J W. .SCOTT & VC O.,
SHIRT MANUFACTURERS,
AKD DKALEBS IM
MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
Ho. 814 Chesnut Street,
roCB doobb below tub "CONTINENTAL,"
8 20 lyrp PH ILADELPHIA.
pATUNT SHOULDER-SEAM
SHIltT MANUFACTORY
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING 8T0RB.
PEEKECT FITTIKG BHIETB AND DBA WEBS
mad frotn measurement t very short notion.
Alt othrr articles ol ClvNTLKMlvVB GOODS
in full variety.
WINCHERTKR ft CO.,
8 241 7U6 CHKSSUT BTkEKT
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF g-AFEV
gEVERE TST OF MARVIN'S SAFE
At Charleston lire, October 18, 1865.
"After remoTlna: my safe (one of Harrtn A Co
Teienti from tho ruins, whete It bad lain tor fiftt
Ti'iiKic A. ut i w. s. d io miene hi at, I 'ound mr books
in a perfeo-state ot preservation 1 eiprein my'deilpht
and entire sa'inactlnn with the result, and heartily ad
vlte all to purchane Marvin & Co.'? mi:o.
(Signed) "W. IL CHAFE E."
A full assortment of tbe aboro SAFES, tbe only per
fectly dry, as well as thoroughly flro-proot ones In tha
market, lor sale by
MARVIN & CO.,
No. T21 CDESNUT STREET,
(MasonioUall).rhUa,
No. 2fi5 BROADWAY, N. Y.
Dwelling House Rates, ornamental styles.
R fifes oi other makes taken In exchange. Bend tor
descriptive circular. 20 lim
, TEAS, &o.
' EAS RFPfJCED TO $1, AT INGRAM'S
X Tea Warehouse. No. 43 8. PKCONI) Strnnt.
TJOASTFI) COFFEE REDUCED TO M CT3.
Jk at INGHAM'S lea Warrhouso, So. 43 8. SECOSl
btrct t.
A(C. CFST MILD COFFEE, AT INGRAM'S
1" Tea Warehouse, No. 43 8. NKC'OND Street.
rr.EAS AND COFFEES AT WHOLESALE
Aoprt?"'. Bt IXGKAM'8 Tea Waiehouse, So. 41 b.
BKCuMi Street Try them.
GREEN COFFKF.9 FROM 22 TO 28 CT3. A
c,,P0.u.D'.'l, I KG HAM'S Tea Warehouse, No. 43 8.
6LCOMJ btrcct irv thciu.
JAPANESE T E A.
EXTRA FIN DU JAPON,
THE FIKEhT Eyfcn IMPOHTED,
Put up originally for the French Market
For sal by
JAMES It. WEHH,
1 13 lm WALKTJT AND EIGHTH STBEETS.
DENTISTRY.
TSAIAII PRICE, DENTIST, GRADUATE OF
X Philadelphia College of Dental Burjrery, class 1HA3-4,
lonncrly 01 West Chester, Pa., having slTicq three years
In the Arwv, lias tei-uuied the practice of hi" profession
at No 241 N. ELEVENTH Street. Philadelphia, where
be wl'l endeavor to dive satis aoiory atieutlun to all who
ma; requite his pioltusional services. 11 8 ly
STOVES. RANGES, &o.
CULVER'S NEW PATENT
DEEP SAKD-JOIKT
HOT-AIR F U 11 N A C E.
RANGES OF ALL, SIZES.
ALSO, PHIEGAR'3 EW LOW PRESSURE
STEAM IlEAHSd APPABAl'US.
TOR BALE BY
6 41y
CHARLES WILLIA3IS,
o, 1182 MaBKEI STREET.
MANUFACTURER,
AND DEALER IN
BOOKS, DIDLES, PRAYERS,
IdacasluM, Novels, and all the
New Publications.
CARD, MEDIUM, AND IMFERIAL
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Stereoscopes ani Stereoscopic Vieivs.
Tictures of all kinds Framed to orJcr.
803 CHZ3TIIUT BT. 808 '
. "v :
V. '
'..V'?
3 11 O W N & MA OB E,
MANUFACTURERS OP
TRUNKS.
VALISES'
BAGS-
ItETICULES,
And all stylos of (roods suitable for ,
Travellers end Ezcursionists.
A large stock of
MOROCCO TKAVIXLIAQ BA(j9
ANO RKT1CULES,
FOR GENTS AND LADIES,
Of our own Manu'aciurc, suitable for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
1126 Ao. 7J8 CIIEsfcUr STUG.ET.
BRIDESB UBO MAC1IIJJ 12 WOKK8 .
orriCK,
KO. 6J . VUOS1 HTKKET.
VSII.MKIJH14.
v e are prepared W nil order to any extent for our
wei) inovta
M A( HI KRT FOR I'OTTOK AM) WOOLLEN MILLS,
Including li recent luiprovemcnM In Canilu HplnuLmr,
and V eavinK-
We Invite the attention ot manufacturers 10 our exten
sive works,
1 1 ALKBED JENKA U BON.
EEVENUE STAMPS, REVENUE STAMPS,
Br.VKMJU STAiiri,
Of all descriptions,
Ol all Uosciip.lons,
A 'wart on hard,
Alwavs on ha:id.
At EV4VR, Ko. WO CHPtS ; y sut.
At VANK. Ko. M HI'.SNP r Street,
Ono door bs ow Keviit'th stiei t.
re dour l -eveuih stieeL
The ItH'St Ilhenil o'sotuui a'lnweil.
'Ihe u.ost llUoia. d'.'ouut alloweu. 1 6