THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 186G.
THE NEW YORK PHESS.
Editorial Opinions of the Leariln
Journals Upon the Most Import
ant Topics of the Hour.
COMPILED JTKBT EAT FOR BYEN1NO TELKOBAPn.
The Cattle riagne The PolblIity of tae
Pestilence Comlnir Iloie.
Fmm th Time.
The murrain among cattlp in Great Britain has
reached an alarming; extent. Slnoo July last,
130,000 head have been attacked, of which only
15,000 have recovered. The pecuniary loas la
estimated at about $7,000,000 in our present cur
rency. llwtory shows us that some of the jrreat mur-'
rains of the past have carried off millions ot cat
tie In some countries, leaving almost a dsola
tion behind. In England now. it is said that
many farms are nearly abandoned, and poverty
has followed this fearful pestilence where com
fort used to dwell. The poor rate are Increas
ing, rents cannot be pai1, and a panic has
sn.ed the whale country. Parliament ha found
it necessary to di&cuag the Cattle planus before it
took up Fe'ulamsin, or the American.quostlon, or
re'orm. ....
The great landed class find themselves struck
in one of the important sources or their wealth
the lietda oi their tenants the loss of which
threatens both their rents ana their freedom
from poor;rates. Ths towns and cities dread
what to an Enprllfhrnan aould be as bad as a
pestilence a meat f amine. Prices of beef have
nse i immensely, and it Is expected that rood
beet will soon be sixty-two cents. In gold, a
pound in the London market. The business
community look uneasily to this disease as a
piecursor, in its ellecta, of a tlnanolal panic, and
the conservatives tear its influence on the labor
lrjr classes. It is no doubt a tremendous ca
lamity to Great Britain, nor have as yet any
m jans been discovered for lessening It.
Those cattle seem to do the best which are
kept entirely alone. When the dlseasu has
lairly discovered itself in a held the only
court e seen. s to be to slaughter all not yet
attacked, so as to be able to make use of the
carcasses; and as a general thing those that are
sick should be immediately killed, and all
Temnants of the body be carefully buried or
burned, so as not to convey the intention to
others. A strict quaranline and separation are
attempted to be entTeed. but wltn little suc
cess (in man? cases. The experiment of vaccl
nation, which for a time seemed to promise
well, is now. w believe, considrred a failure.
Nothing as yet has been discovered which
unnears likelv to check the Dlasne.
The feeiinc aeainst the Government is bitter
and excited, lor not having organized some
common means toroutrh the countrv of allevlat
ing or remedying the disease, and tor not having
appointed a scientific commission to experiment
on its cure.
No doubt the meat (amine will be met In Eng
laud by immediate imports from every country
which can export beet with profit to the United
Kingdom. The freedom from the restrictions on
trade has put Great Britain in a wonderful con
dition to bear any such loss, and to receive 1m
portations from the whole world. Salted meats
too will come in, and especially those canned
and oreiorved meats which are now so economi
cal a means ot condensing the cheap produot of
the savannabs or uoutn America.
But tbe question for us in America will soon
be Will the cattle plague come here? What
hall we do to avert it ?
A murrain over a pastural and agricultural
countrv like ours would be an immeasurable
calamity, and no means should be spared to pre-
-vent it. or to ascertain methods or curing u.
The early Dassa?e ot the law meventuz all Im
vortation of animals from abroad was a wise
measure. Still the malady may creep in through
the importation of hides or skins, or by ships'
cows, or In some unexnlalnable mode.
We trust that our agricultural societies and
wealthy farmers will early take me matter up,
and appoint committees of investigation to
obtain all the latest results of science in the
treatment and the means ot averting the pesti
lence. The State Legislatures should do the
earn,', and even tne formation of a Congressional
committee would not be an unwise movement
lor an oblect so vitally affecting tha Interests of
tne wnoie nation.
It Is asserted that the French methol of treat
ment has been far more sucoesstul than the
English. This claim should be examined, and
the facts ascertained. We hope and trust thit
we shall escape tre cattle plague; bat It we do
not, let us be all forewarned and forearmed.
Decimal Currency, Weights, and Measures
From tlie World.
By tbe adoption of a decimal currency,
America has brought her financial computa
tions within the four fuudamental processes of
arithmetic, lightening the labors of the account
ant to a degree which, though imperceptible on
a small scale, on the large one, throughout the
country and the year, doubtless amounts to
saving in time and money which would astound
us it it could be tabulated tn figures. It remains
for us to banish "Reduction" i'roa the arithme
tics altogether, and the only wonder is that we
did not complete the work when we invented
dollars and cents.
The labor and time-economizing Yankee foels
a soi t of contempt for bis landlord in Liverpool
when he sees bun footing up the items ot his1
bill under the three heads of s. d., dividing the
amount of the first column ' by twelve, and the
second by twenty. What Consistency, tben, is
there in the patience with which, atter chiming
olf.the. number ot rods between a hundred sepa
rate pflirs ot field-stake, he divides .the sum of
a'l the measurements by three hundred and
, twenty to set the total perimeter df his tract in
miles f How can he rest contented with a sys
tem under which the odd ounces on tbe tail end
of tilty different invoices of butter must be footed
up and tUvidi-d by sixteen before he knows how
many pounds he has even the poor attempt
at . something like decimal . ease and com
pactness breaking down entirely under the
pressure of that arithmetical bull by which
a hundred weight becomes a hundred and
twelve weight, and twenty hundred is made
to mean twenty-two hundred and tortv f Why
should he laugh at the Cockney's ''bobV and
"iocs'' and "mnners," or the "plcuh" and
'iaels" of the Japanese, when he continues to
bu h s sherry in barrels, whose capacity for
gallons he must arrive at by multiplying them
into thirty one and a half, or his double X In
receptacles similarly named, but requiring an
other multiplier or thirty-six for the same re
ducion; whan bis wife's dresses are measured
bv yards, eighths, and quarters at the shop on
her fingers at home; when tbe pipe that brings
his Croton runs sixteen ounces, and tlie silver
musr irom which his child drinks that Croton,
twelve ounces to the pound; when, in
tine, everything about bim, save the
money in his pocket, must be put
through a course of arithmet cal gymnastics,
Involving all the four fundamental processes,
if it ever becomes desirable to get an ultimate
expression of Its quantity? Can he be aware
tht there Is no need of all this bother; that his
unwieldy fractional divisors, ponderous multi
pliers, and several successive reckonings are
demanded by no rational law; that the whole'
chapter of denominate tables is baBed upon'
rat os purely arbitrary, or such as, possessing'
convenience in a rude and unDhilosopblo an-
tluulty, have lost all claim to it in a are when
mathematical precudon not onlv lies in reach ot
ine uiiujuii-si bcuooioo.v, out is n sine qua non in
overv hrtnrlv nrnfoan nf nradlr-ul HtoV I
When a blacksmith forged the smalt change of
tbe Kr.gn.rn reaim with lets uniformity tban ms
successors now give te their horse-shoes, thirty
two average kernels of kilq-4ried wheat closely'
enough approacna tne average weight or a
penny to represent as manv equal subdivisions
of it. Later, when the penny had more soil
Trended on its manutacture. there became n is
Bible a more unttorm division ef its weight. For
thirty-two Irregular kernels of wheat were sub
stituted twenty-four regular discs of moral, re
taining the eld familiar name of grains. Tne
prnny weight null remained the -Dost available
milt, 'being the nearest approach to a standard
weight witain roach oi a vast majority ot ms
English people.
Both science and foreign commerce, then
sleeping in tbe womb ot time, have come into
the world since Hnglnnd iramed her table of
Trov weight. Tbe ecstacies of the alchemist
and the blind guesses of the astrologer are
superseded by a stern analysis which accohnts
for the lu visible breath ol the expiring
taper, and weighs the turthst star of the per
ceptlblo universe. The huckster of 1300,
A. D., coming, as old Stowe tells ns, to es
timate his wares at the "weighing machine"
which Edward II caused to be Bet up, and
wrangling with the city weighmaster who
stood "to - do - Justice between buyer and
seller." has been swept into history's limbo
patriiM by the Titanic moderns who built the
docks or London ana Liverpool. . lno little
cock-boats and droghers which crept along
the Indentations of thi English coast, and
crossed either strait to Ireland or Fiance with
a timidity more piteous than the veriest lands
man among their children feels in selling out
to circumnavigate the world these are suc
ceeded by a commercial marine which carries a
ton ol varied and costly foreign merchandise a
thousand leagues for every pennyweight ef
crude domestic produce which the ancient
craft transported the distance or a mile. The
variation and inaccuracy of weights which was
an unnotlceable auantitv in the tonnage of a
smack, becomes a serious mistake in the lading
ot a clipper. Pennyweight commmce went out
with the Spanish Armada; ponny weight science
gave Its last gasp in the laboratory of Lavoi
sier; pennyweight computation and penny
weight nomenclature alone survivethe
opprobrium and the obstacle alike of
learning and of trade. Nor can the in
consistent boaster of a decimal currency
find any more comfort in the considera
tion oi his measures than of his weights; for
let him know that, in common with the con
servative cockney, be is buying every yard of
cloth, every cord ot wood, every acre of land,
according to measurements decreed by the edict
of Henry I, and based upon the exact length of
that despot's arm I We cheerfully await the ver
dict of tbe American people upon the question
whether the entire machinery of denominate
numbers, as now taught and practised, shall not
oe lorever swept away irom tne arenas ot me
and science, into which it introduces only hin
drance and confusion, to be replaced bv a sys
tem whese notation, subdivisions, and processes.
an ceing decimal, snail De operated as simply as
any calculation oi abstract Quantities, and show
at a glance the relation between less and greater
we gets or measures, as it is now made mtnilest
between units, tens, and hundreds bv the mere
agency of places and points.
The Phases Developing About the Mexi
can uucbtlon.
From tho Herald.
The address of the French Senate, In response
to the Emperor's Message to the Legislature, is
remarkable for its phraseology and tone upon the
Mexican question and towards the Uni.ed States.
It seems as though the Senate felt it necessary
to speak in a manner to soothe the woundad
pride of his Majesty and the French nation,
under the disagreeable situation thay are placed
in with regard to Mexico. It declares its gratifi
cation that the Emperor has announced "to
atisneo France that the protection of her com
mercial interests is assured in a vast and wealthy
market, now restored to security." To this the
United States can have no objection. Nor are
we disposed to question whether France had
ever a vast and wealthy market in Mexico or has
acquired one now. The French people may
know if this be so; and we heartily wish them
all the commercial advantages they can acquire
in the legitimate race of trade there or elsewhere.
It there were nothing else to complain of we
should not complain at all.
But tho address exhibits a bad feeling towards
this country, which shows the French Govern
ment had another object in view and has been
defeated in it, notwithstanding all the assevera
tions to the contrary, it says: "Tho firm toue
ot the communications made by your Majesty's
Government (to ta United 8tats) has demon
strated that haughty and menaolng language
will not decide us to withdraw. France is ac
customed to move only at her own time; but
she, nevertheless, wishes to remember the an
cient friendship between herself and the United
States." Ia spite ol the conciliating tone of these
last words of the sentence, the remainder is very
imperious, and anything but courteous to this
country. Our Government has not been either
haughty or menacing to France. It has, in a
arm and dignified manner, as became a great
country, asserted its fixed and long cherished
pol cy with lejraid to European Interference
with the republics of America.
trance could not expect us to swerve from this.
Were ws to do so we should merit the contempt
of the world. The French Government has only
iiseif to blame. It miscalculated the result of
what was transpiring in the United States. The
war terminated diOerentlv to what it expected.
It has made a mistake, and now it would show
its wisdom much more by retHng out of the
difficulty with as little noise as possible than by
exhibiting irritation and an unfriendly tone.
The Emperor Napoleon and his Senate. m
deem it necessary to use such language to hide
the fault committed and to auia't the nuhiin
mind, but we think their object would hp Wtar
attained by a different course. As to ourselves,
we can afford to maintain the dignified position
we have taken without misrepresentation or a
display of bad temper.
In connection with this we see by our Wash
ington despatches that Secretary Seord nas
written to Mr. Bigelow commenting npon that
pait of the fcmperor's niess.ige relating to
Mexico, and that this despatch also is very firm
aud decided. Mr. Sewaro dwells with particular
severity, the correspondent soys, ou that part of
the Emperor's message in which he speaks ot
inviting the United States to ioin tbe European
intervention in Mexico. Tnls was evidently
done by Napoleon to make it appear that hu
purpose originally was not to "ilaut"a monarchy
on the ruins of the Mexican republic Tbe Em
peror must have known when he invited us that
we could not enter into any such scheme, that
it was contrary to the established p licy or this
countiy to enter into any Euiopean alliance
whatever, and especially as regards the atUirs
of the American continent. The proposition
was a trick-, and tbe assertion that it was made
is a trick to blind the world as to the real issue
in the case. Mr. Seward can very well treat
this with severity. We reeret, and the people
oi mis country regret, that anything thould
have occurred to create bad feeling or diplo
matic controversy upon this matter; but we have
only one course to pursue, whatever may be the
consequences.
We are intoimed bv the news from Europe
that Austria is about to take the place of France
m Mexico; (hat Maximilian w.ll be sustained bv
Austrian troops as the French withdraw. We
can scaicoly believe this statement; lor, how
ever much tbe Austrian Government may wish
to save a member of the roval lamily from the
humiliation of being forced out of MpxIco, such
an act would be suicidal. Th'S is a game the
astute Napoleod would ltke io plav undoubtedly,
lor it would be carrying oi't bl policy in Mexico,
and would weaken Austria at home, so that he
could more easilv sever Venetia from that
Empire, or make war on her lor any other pur
pose whenever he miRht think prooer. We
have no doubt he would gladlv afford trans
ports, or money if needed, to end half tha Aus
trian army to Mexico. But this would not serve
the purpose as to the maintenance of an emp re
in Mexico or as to allaying tho opposition ofthr
United Stales to it. On the contrarv, the people
of Ibis country would be exasperated at tuch a
trick and sum double dealing. We are opposed
to a'l European intervention on this contfneut.i
In short, there Is no way possible of settling this
Mexico difficulty but by returning to the utatu
quo anterior to our civil war. and of leaving the
Mexican people t govern themselves without
tne intervention ot trench, Austrian, BcUlan,
or any other foreign troops.
The National Peril.
From the Tribune.
On Friday morning last, the country was as
tounded by advices that the President ef the
United States had, in the course of a harangue
to a crowd who waited On him thd preceding
night, spoke as follows:
"I bavs toufht traitors and treason la the South.
I opposed tbe Daviee., and ioornbs-s, end Sltdeus,
ana a long list of fillers whom name I need not re
j,at j and now, when I turn round at. the other end
ol tlie line, I And Jnoo, I ears not br what name
im Mil them IA Voice. 'Call them traitors'), who
still staad oppose to the restoration ol the Union of
these btates ; and I m free to say to yeu, that I sra
mil for toe preservation of Oil oompaot, 1 am still
or the restoration ot this Union) I am silll m
lavor of this great Government of oars going
oo and following oat its ae iny, (A voice, 'Give
ns the' names ') ' A gei tleman calls for their
names. Well. 1 suppose I should give thorn. ' (A.
voice, 'We know them ') 1 loek upon (horn, I repoat
It. as President or citizen, as much opooeed to tbe
lundsmenial principles of this uovernmout and
ielieve tbey are as ranch laboring to prevent or
drsiroy them, ss were tbe men who foueht arainst
ns. (A voice, Wbat ate tbe names ?') I say Tbad.
do Hievens ot Pennsylvania. (1'remendoas ap-
f'atue.l I say Cbanes bnmuer. (tireat applause.)
say Wendell Pbillips and ethers ol tb same stripe
are among them. (A voice, 'Oiive it to i'orner.'l
hose gentleman in the crowd savs. 'Uivs it to
Fornev.' 1 bave only Just to say that 1 do not waste
my ammunition npon dead ducks. (Laughter and
applause.)
Although but three persons are hre de
nounced uy name, it is nowise disputable that in
spirit and scope this denunciation is levelled
at a very large majority of the members of Con
gress all ot them elected by the same party
and on tbe same ticket with the President
elected expressly to legislate, and not fortui
tously enabled to do so by the crime of an
assas'ein. And we but state what every one
does know, when we affirm that consldorate,
reflecting citizens of all olnsscs were at once
an azed and pained by tbe tidings. They were
not njlsled, nor led at all , by editorial strictures
and glosses; for the speech was received
at so late en hour of the preceding night
that scarcely one journal made any comment
whatever; yet nearly every thoughtful person,
as he glanced over nil morning paper, was at
once appalled and mortified that such a speech
could have emanated Irom such a source. The
Evening JPosi which had been the most de
voted, unquestioning advocate of what is
called "the President's policy," and had eulo
gized nearly every previous act and utterance
ol Mr. Johnson gave expression, in the atter
noon, to the common sentiment ef the Ameri
can neoDle. in utterly reprobating the speech
and the spirit which inspired it. And yet, the
inaloiity of our city journals have felt con
strained to commend and bolster it up by the
roost extraordinary plaudits, which we place on
record as follows:-
The folio wins despatch has been received in
Washington from Secretary Seward:
New York. Foor.iarv 23. 1853.
"It is all right and safe. The Union is restored,
and the country afe. I he t resident's speech is
triumphant, and the country wil' be happy.
(Signed) W. U. HtWAKD."
From the New Tork Timet.
The Fiesideni's speech in its general torn, fn the
letdinx thought and pnnoipls which it asserts Is
one which will arrest the ai tent Ion and command
the assent of 'he rreat body ol the American peotiie.
Its language is strong, direct, manly, an l such as no
man can mistake or misinterpret. i ''0 President
lavs aside all tbe factitious dignity wito wbiob his
high office invests him. and talks directly, frankly,
and with tbe powerful emphasis of unmistakable
Hncenty to tbe people, of tbe dangers which menace
the ci ontry, and of the duty which devolves npon
them to avert them.
From the 2fe Tork Herald. ' '
1 be "man at the other end ol the avenue" has
shown li appreciation ot Tbad. etcvens and his
radical clique by tbe bold and uncompromising man
ner in which he denounced them by name, in nis
speech in Washington on the 22d, as traitors and
i evolutionists.' He took plain issue with th-m in
honest ann homeh words. Be stands for tbe Consti
tution and i he Union. His enemies, he declares, are
working out another rebellion. Tbe country, we
opine, will sustain the Pr. ildent In this view. - On
tbe who o, President Johnaon'n speech is bsld, manly,
and on sponen. More bold than anything which
Mr. Lincoln ev.rpronounoed, it is not less r.dMent
ot wit It is not as classical as Sninner, as ornate as
Phillips, nor as evenly balanced in its sentences as
Reward; but it possesses the sterling qualities of
frankness, courage, and truth. It is, in lact, a
f y etch suited to tne man and to the times,
Fiom the Daily Ktw$. ' ,
The name of Andrew Johnson Is npon the Hps of
the people in accents of delight and edmlrakion.
Revei. perhaps, in the history of our country have
the words of any one man sent inch a thrill of hope
and iaiisiaeilon tbrough the popmar heart, as did
i how biave words of detianoe that the President
en Thursday flung In the teeth of the Iiadioai con
spirators. The masses are quick to appreci .te the
merits ot an act of great political sisuitloanoe; and
they bave, a if by luttmot, measured the value of
tbe told and determined speech ot their Chief Magis
trate. 1'hey recognize in it a promise ot redemption
irom the tyranny of faction and lanaticiam. It has
in it the ring of a popa'ar leader's voice, " Inviting
b.s countrymen to doiend their birthright of self
government. An appeal oomiug from snob a souroe
could not fall unbseded on the publie ear; and it
will set as an Inspiration to a nopu ar nnnmng in
behalf of the principles of republicanism that have
been outraged and ignored by tbe demagogues who
misrepresent their constituents in .the Federal
Lesifclature.
From th World.
We do not t-ntei into the feelln.s of tho fastidious
heopie wao complain that the Prssideat's spee. h on
the 22d wanted oignitv be was not speaking as
fieaident. but as a private citizen. Mr.
Johnson baa ben indebted lor much of his sucoess
in publie ilte to his honest appeals io the plain peo
ple, rinding t'ougresa aoamst him, be now asked
tbe people to deeiae in hi lavor, and addresses them
in the manner on whiob bis long personal expe
rience has tot tbe seal of success. In addressing
Congress be always ntus fit and dignlfiod language;
in appealing to tbe people against Congress,
be uses langunse whioh the people understand and
remagogues cannot explain away Votsrs of the
' rudest u telliaenoe eanuot bereatier be deoi-ived into
tne beuef that It is possible to support the President
and Congress at tbe same time, as the itepublioan
party have been pietending to do, .
' Let us consider what it is that has provoked
ihis ferocious denunciation of Congress and
awakened these servile echoes:
A great majority of the member were elected
during tbe war lor the Union elected as un
qualified, uncompromising foes of the Rebellion.
Others were chosen as Democrats we leave
them to dedne what they were choaen lor but
their case is not now in point, Toese Var
Unionists find, when they assemble' in Congress,
that the Rebellion baa collapsed, and that quite
a number ol its co'inpicuous military and civil
magnates are now claimants of seats in this very
bod) are proffered as ptllais ol that very na
tional edifice which they so recently shed rivers
ol blood to subvert and destroy. Is It surpris
ing is it not perfectly natural that those wno
have been fighting for the Uuion many of
them still smarting from wounds Inflicted by Rebel
bullets aud mourning their brothers aiid sons
slain by Rebel shells and bayonets should pause
and inquire be I ore admitting these red-handed
foes ot yesterday to the inner sanctuary of tae
national life? It is not yet six years since men
sat in Congress plotting day by day, in conjunc
tion with Cabinet Ministers, Foreign Embassa
dors, and Governors ot States, the disruption and
downfall of the American Union: some of these,
with their humbler co-conspirators. now demand
admission as a right to seats In either House; is
it not reasonable that Congress should cause and
inquire in what spirit, with what feelings and
purpose, they come 1 Even in his extraordinary
speech, the President says:
W ben these Siati s com pi v with tbe Const tution ;
wben tbey bave given autllclont evidence ot their
loaitv.ano that t'ie eau be trotted when tbey
yield oled enee to (be law, I sav, extend to them tbe
right hand of lellownhip, and let poses and union be
lettered." (Loud cheers )
Very well: "evidence" to whom? Is not Con
gress now seeking such evidence? The Joint
Committee ou Reconstruction has no other
object or purpose out the collection and diges
tion of socb "evidence." And that it seeks it
ftom all side Is known by the fact that General
Ie, Governor Aiken, the leading spirits ot tbe
Virginia Legislature, etc. eto have been called
and heard as well as Union Generals, special
agents, etc., familiar with the condition of tbe
South. If there be one more whom the claim,
ants of seats wish summoned, thev have only to
name him, and be will be called and beard.
What, then, is the fault of the majority in
Congress, that it should be likened to Slidell and
Toomb and Jeff. Davl", and nooused pi kindred
treason? Is it not clearly assumed that Con
gress has no right to pause, to consider, to inos
titate, but is bound to admit or reject deloga
trons as the President shall dictate to "extend
to them the right hard of fellowship" at what
ever moment he shad indicate to receive his
word as law, and defer to him as the sole auto
crat ef jcconBtnictlon ?
Surely it must be obvious that Congress can
,not So act without abdicating its functions and
Stultifying its past record. For there is a law
on the statute-book which expressly excludes
from either House any and every person who
has voluntarily aided the Rebellion, and extcts
of each a solemn adluration that he has never
done so. This must be tepealcd if ex-KebeU are
to be admitted; and It 1s absurd to talk ol ad
mitting the hall dozen consistent Unionists as
ev-n a beginning of ''restoration.' . To admit
these, while excluding others, will nowise pacify,
nor satl&ly, no placate "the South;" on the con
trary, it will Intensify her discontent. The vital
question concerns tbe admission of ex-Rebels;
this she demands, and this she will have, or all
goes lor nothing or worse.
And, nrtt only does law stand in its way,
but the Constitution which those who lately
renounced now profess to adore seems to ua to
present an embrrassment, ll not a positive ol-
stacle. we are quite aware that Art. xm
(Amendment), though adopted by two-thirds of
noin nouses or congress, ana prinrea in many
editions ol the Constitution, was rati tied by
incur oiuko uujj, ni m luuo nuu tt u uau
eighteen, and therefore ia not, in words, a part
of the fundamental I aw. If i' were, the case
....,!- C.tn. Aria nl i.ma ti.llAn nan V n il
would be decided, since it provides that
"If any citizen ot the United Slates shall acoopt,
claim, receive or retain any title of noblilty or honor,
or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept
and retatn any presi nt, pension, offlct, or emolument
of any kind tchitever, from any emperor king,
prlrce, or forvijn paver, such person shall cease to
be a citizen ot tbeUnittd otates. and shall be inca
pable of holding ant office of trustor profit under
inom, or euiier oi tnem."
We sav this Is not in terms the fundamental
law, but its spirit is there. Article I, section 2,
prescribes that "Ho person shall be a represen
lative wbo shall cot have been " " " seven
years a citizen of the United States;" and section
3, "No person shall be a Senator who shall not
have been for nine years a citizen of
the United States." Now, we will assent that a
liberal, generous construotion may allow those
who have been for years fighting to divide and
overthrow the United States to have been "citi
zen" all the time; but all this is matter of in
quiry and adjudication; ani ne is not necessa
rily a tiaitor or dbimiomst who holds thit thoso
wbo like Judge Monroe, of Kentucky, or (Jus
tavus W. Smitn. of this city renounced their
country, and became voluntary subjects ol a
foreign, hostile power, should undergo sume
sort ot probation, it no purgation, to qualify
them to sit In Congress, and vot j to pay or repu
diate tne national war debt.
We reprobate, therefore, as the whole country
has already reprobated, the terms wherein tho
Pieident saw fit to characterize leading mem
bers of Congress, who derive their main import
ance from the tact that they are in substantial
accord with a large majority of either House.
The public press, with scarcely a whisper of
disseDt, reproved Mr. Sumner when he spoke
of a decorous message from the President us a
"whitewashing" document. Such was not fit
language wherein to characterize a respectful
communication from the National Executive.
In the eanw spirit, the country deplores and
condemns the terms wherein the President spoke
last Thursday of eminent memoers of Congress.
'Whoever is right, whoever is wrong, on the
main points at issue, Congress is an integral
and very important portion of tbe Government,
and is acting within its proper sphere In care
fully investigating the condition of the States
lately in revolt beiore admitting their represen
tatives to seats.
We shall be very g!nd to chronicle an early
conclusion of the scrutiny and an early admis
sion of loyal members to seats, provided always
that satisiactory guarantees are given tor the
treatment ot the freedmen as citizens, entitled
to all the rights of manhood. On this point, the
nation's lalth is pledged and it must not be
broken. To Uave the blacks at the mercy of
those who hate them because they were Union
ists, and were victorious, would be treachery
and base ingratitude. We cannot afford to trust
tbe vague cromWes of those wbo deny them even
the undualified richt to testify in courts of
.luftice, and who scout every suggestion that
blacks as well as whites are entitled to the bene
fit of the principle, "No taxation without repre
sentation." General amnesty, impartial suffrage
such are tbe true, equable bases of a beneti
cert, enduring State restoration and national
reconstruction.
P'DE'S
AROMA &A,IKC
PATENT
ASD CONDENSING
COFFEE BROWNER,
FOR HOTELS, GROCERS, HOSPITALS,
Ullllary Barracks, and all other establishments using
quantities of CoCee
By this Machine the Coffee ts SWEATED brown.
Instead of being BTJKNKD brown, thereby savins ftom
til to 60 per cent more AROMA than when done In the
ntosl way.
A PATENT TESTER Is attached, wblob enables
tbe operator to see wben tbe Coflee is done Brown. '
CAN BE CHANGED IN A MOMENT INTO
A FBANKLIN OR AIR-TIGHT
STOVE FOR HEATING
, PURPOSES.
Tbey wcrs 1U a charm, ALWAYS giving entire
SATISFACTION.
.' For partloulsrs call or send ftr a circular, which con
tains testimonials uom many ot tne
Cnlted States Hospitals.
. ' i , FlitUclass Hotels,
' and Grocers
Sow having them In use. Also,
HYDE'S PATENT
AROMA SAVLG AND CONDEXSIXU
FAMILY COFFEE BEOWNER, 1
On the same principle, being In the termor a STOVK
COVER. Will suit any STOVE or HASOK.
, The Coffee la browned VKRVBCTUY UNI
FORM In a FEW MINUTES' TIME.
ONE POUND BROWNED In this Maohlne has
about the SAME STRENGTH as two roasied In th
usual way. BESIDES giving the Coffee In AI.JL ITS
PURITY and FRAGRANCE.
For sale by
HARDWARE, HO UHE-FURXISHING, AND
STOVE STORES GENERALLY. j
MANUFACTURED SOLELY BY, j
HYDE & TIMLEY,
No. 1505 Pennsylvania Avenue, ;
JJ 13 Jmo. LUI?ELP-,A
BETENUK STAMPS, REVENUE STAMPS,
KKVEKUB STAMPS,
(V all descriptions,
Ol .11 descriptions. A,wyj on '
Alwavs os band,
ATFIOHFVCB BEWIKO H A.CHI K CO. '8 OFF ICK,
AI t LOBEkCE BAWI NO W CHINE CO.'!! OrriCJS,
Ho. WOOHMMOT Street,
6ue door below 8eventn street i
One doer beiow Seventh street. ' ,
The most liberal disoount allowed. I
1 he moat liberal discount allowed. it
THE STAMP AGENCY, ISO. 30 CHKSNU'l
J BTRf KT. ABOV I'BIRD, WILL BE COiiTiNOJII
A HKHKlOKOKK.
Sl'Aalf H Of hm
Oh HAND, AN
T INSCRIPTION 008TANTL1
AMI AMOU . . , Ul"
P K O S I? EOT 17 S
or 1UB
C A. Tt S O IV
GOLD MINING COMPANY. -
V I.
CAPITAL STOCK... .$500,000
NUMBER OFBnAtlEi, 60,000.
Par Value and Subscription 'Price, $10.
WORKING CAPITAL, $50,0O.
OFFIOEItS:
rKB8tKNT,
COLONEL WILLIAM B. THOMAS.
SECRETARY AMD TREASURER, pro tODJ,
J. 130FKIN3 TARR.
SOLICITOR,
WILLIAM L. HIRST, Esq.
DIRECTORS,
COLONEL WILLI A.M I). TI10MAS,
CllARLEa a OUDLN.
EDWIN MIDDLKTON,
ALEXANDER J. HARPER,
WILLIAM BERGER.
The Land of this Comnuir constat ol ahnnt MO
Acre. In ecklenuura county oith (JaroUua. about
71 nines uuw inn iuwu vi i;unriuie.
On this property nTeen nhaltsorplts hare been opened
ana aunk to various Oti.tba, irom In to ts6 leet, uumou
atrailDii the exlnteuce or itree parallel vetnaoi oreol
shout i feel In wluih and about lb leet apart, converging
io a coniUion centre al the deDth o about 150 teet. form
ing one JtnmeDae mats or vein ol ore, extending la
ii-n ii u inroum .ne DroneriT more tnaa nail amuv.
lueie are alio on this property oiner veins or ore unex-
Diorca aii mere ors are cnown as ine Brown urea.
and are Trrv nch, yleidmg an average ol about SilOQ per
ton in lold. tbe above rrsuitu bavins been rtcuion-
stratea br tne ruae Vforkinit or tne mines for several
years pant, tbe' rim oi investment in undeveloped pro-
Dert v Is not incurred, and bv the ano.lcatlon of modern
Dilrjlrg and reuuclng machinery 'be ompanv anticipate
an imn.eaiate ana large ieiurn ror tneir money.
Bavins an ore that readily vls'fls S200 per ton. somo
estiuiate cun be made of ibe value oi this property. With
tlie urearni miDerlect svstem oi mlntns. ten tons of this
ore ean be taken out and reduced dally irom every stiait
opened, at an expenxe not exceeding mio per ton. leav
ing a net dally profit ol S176U lor eaca shall worked b
ine lompunr
Ihe large working eapltol reserved will enable the
Company at once to procure ano erect tbe best mode.n
lmctiinerv lor maninulatlng tbe ores, by means ot whluh
tbe yield win ne ia geiy increased.
Ibese mines, whilst they produce ores richer than
those of Coloiado or Kevada, have many advantages
over tbem. rjarticniariv in an aounaanoe .r iul aud
cheap labor, and the facility with which they ean be
woraeo auring ine eniue year: wuiisi voe oi Colorado
and Nevada can only b worked during th warm
weather
A test assay of an average specimen of the ore from
tbe Carson Minos was made as laie as tne xltn ol
January ot tbe present year, as will a p Dear flora the fol
lowing cerniitaie oi i-ioiesrura cooui ana uarreit, ue
Aesayersoi tne rmiaaeipnia Mint: , , .
' ' ' ' Philadelphia, January 27, 1963
Dear Sir: We have carefully assayed the sample of
ore irom' "Carson- mine," norm varoiina, ana nna it to
yield ten ounces nlno nenny weights oi pure gold to the
ton of ore.
ine coin vaiue is uieiuiore wnv v per ton
ot or.
. Tours, reap
nnctfullv.
BOOTH A GARRETT.
Dr. 31. B. Tatlob, So. 40 Walnut street, FhUad. ,
Subscriptions to the Capital Stock will be received at
the Office or the Company, o. 407 W ALMJT htreet,
where samples ot the or map beea, aiul lull lniortna-
tion aiven. ia
LIQUORS.
T W. II A M M A It,
' ' b Importer and Wholesale Dealer in Foreign
BttANDJES,' WINES,
u a. i ! k ' 'AND,
HUE OLD WHISKIES,
No. Gao MARKET- Sl.REET,
1 5Sm
PHILADELPHIA.'
JJ NATHAN S
IMPORTERS
, - , OF
& SONS,
OF
BRANDIES, WINES, GINS, Etc.
i Ho.-19 H. FRONT STREET,
' ' . ' ' PHILADELPHIA.
M08E8 NATHAWS,
HdTiArK A NATHANS. , .
' OK LAN DO D. NATHANS. '119m
, , TEAS, Ao.
TEAS EEDCJCED TO $1, AT INGRAM'S
JL Tea Warehouse. No. 43 8. SECOND Street.
T OA8TED COFFEE REDUCED TO 30 CT9.
XX at lUBAM'd lea Warehouse, No. 48 S. SECOND
Street. . . .. , . -
inC. BEST MILD COFFEE, AT INGRAM'S
4-J lea Warehouse, No. 43 8. SECOND Street.-
TEAS AUD ' COr FKEo - AT WHULKAU-
1 prices, at INGRAM'S Tea Warehouse, No. 4 J
BECuMj Street. Try them..
1
REEN COFFEES FROM " 22 TO 28 CTS. A
VJ pound, at INGRAM'S Tea Warehouse, No. 43 8.
frC0M' Street try them.
Ill
, STOVES, RAhGtS. Ao.
: t - i.i i
rULVEIl'S NEW PATENT,
' f EEP SaSD-JOINT
HOT .'A I R. F U It N A 0 E.
RANOES OF ALL. SIZES.
ALSO. FHIEGAE't JSEW JLOV7 PRESSURE
STEAM UEA1LN APPARATUS.
FOB 8ALB BV
CHARLES WILLIAMS,
615
Ko 1132 MsKKEl STRKEr,
ULYHMjE STAMPS,' REVENUE STAMPS,
t . ...... . rt. a i . ,i '
Of all desorlotlons, ....
til All rii.fti.r Imlulis.
,, Arwaya on band,
ntfinivwi arwiKfl MACHlNV. i ii'Hnn'irE.
AT FLOBKNCK SKWIKO MACHINE CO. '8 OFFICE,
, No. 830 i niHi'i street,
,. Sc. U0 CUKSNUT Street
One door bf-low Seventh street.
1 One eoor below Seventh street,
f ia mnat TlhwrMl rllsuouat alliiWMd.
Ihe roUBt liberal dlacount allowed. UL
TTALIAN MACCAltONI,
VERMICELLI,'
PARMASAX CHEESE,
, FRESH IMPORTED. 1
Forsalaby ' '
'.;' JAMES n. wicnB, ,
18 ,m WAL?l?T.AK.p EIQHT? BTB1EETa-
riilB STAMP AGENCY, NO. 3()i CHESNDT
1 STRF.KT. ABOVK1U1KD, WIXXBH CONUNUKD
AS HIRKTOFOKK. , '
STAklfS of FVERT PISCRTPTIOit C0N3TAKTLT
ON UAliD, ASO ANY AMOUUT,.. 1UI
FINANCIAL.
J A X' COOKE A' OO,
TSo. Ill S. THIItD STREET,
'bankers,
AND
dealers in govement securities
V. 8. 6s Or 1881,
6 20s, OLD AUD NEW,
10-40e i CEKIIFICA1K OF IH DHBTEDNE8S,
7 80 BOTES, 1st, 2d, and 8d berles, . ; '
COMPOUND INTERES1 NOTES WANTED.
IfilEBRST ALLOWE Of DEPOSITS.
Collections
made) ftooks Bonght and So'd on
Commission. .
hpeolal bnsinoss
aooommodatlona
reserved
f
for
LAD1XS.
FBTLAVKLrBtA, February, 1888.
J 7 8m
XJ. S. SECUUITFES.
A SPECIALTY.
SMITH, RANDOLPH & CO..
BARKERS & BROKERS,
10 S. THIRD ST.
3 NASSAU ST.
FH1LADF.LTHIA.
NEW TOUE.
STOCKS AND GOLD
BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION.
IHKBEST AIXOWKD OS DEPOSITS. 81
JJAVIES UKOTlIISllS,
WO. 225 DOCK STREET, .
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
BUT AltD SBU, ,
tMTET) STATES BONDS. 1881s, 6-20s, IS MS.
rMTED STATES f t-10s. ALL ISSUES.
CVBTiriCATEB OF INDEBTEDNESS
Mercantile Paper and Loans on Co laterals negotiated.
Stocss Bought and gold on Commission. llll
JJARPER, DURNEY & 0O.,t
BANKERS,
STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKERS,
No. 55 8. THIRD STREET, riffl.ADELrtTIA.
Stocks and Loans boneht and sold on Commissi
Uncut-rent Bank Kotos, Coin, Etc., bought and sold.
Special attention paid to the purchase and sals of
Oil 8'ocks. Deposits received, and interest allowed.
as per agreement. 121 8aa
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HAS REMOVED
During tbe erettion ol the new Bank
building,
117 ip
TO
No. 305 CHEHNUT
STREET-
yoitK, Mccoucn &
CO.,
STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKERS,
No. 36 S. THIRD STREET
GOVERNMENT SECCB1HE8 Bought and Sold.
STOCKS Bought and Sold an Commission. , . ,
INTEREST allowed on Deposit.
ISllsasp
5 20s-
7308,
WANTED.
IDE HAYEN & BROTHER'
Ho. 40 S. THIHD BTBJaET.
IT
SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, &o
Q T E N ING
W. SCOTT & rOO.,
WIM. OFBM, . ; i
THURSDAY, MARCH 1 ,
A NEW LINE OF 'it C3 2612t
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
No. 814 CHESNU.T Street.
PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM
H-fcilRi. JVJAJNUX' A J J.tJ.lt X
AND GENTLEMEN'S FUBNISUINQ STORE.
tT.fiFEOT FITTING BBIBTS AJCD BBAvTBBS
made from measurement at rery short node.
Ail other artloles oi OtlXJtMiC'a DKSB GOODS
In lull variety. '
; W'lNCUKSTF.R & CO.,
SMS : . 7ut cmtSNUT BTHKKT
R8ILBERMAN A CO.,
to a klfiV eOfif'iTiU
IMPORTERS
OP
Kj, Sr.".;-V mnrywn
: r I ,
PorteaieHnales, Pocset books Parses'. Travel' trig Baps,
rnrLADBU-niA
h Satohaia Dressing as Ladles'. Couipamone, Writing
.Desks, Forttoilos, Work Hoses. Jewel noxna, rnoio-
?rath Aleuaia, Opera U anees, Meia uiasses npeciaoieB,
ard Casea China aud Olit Ornamenu. Hooket Cuderr,
Razors. Combe, brusiiee. Perfumerv, Coars. Fans Hair
Nets. Bear Ornamrnta Bteel Jewerry. jei uooos. i or-
peUan Oooas. Bracelets, Neck aeea. Be t Clasps. Htuds,
hlseve Jtattens Dearr rma, atoan ninia. eua " in
euards, Leather Guama Iteel and Plated i halns Watoh
Kera. Sbawl Pros Violin Striaus. Beads oi all kinds,
Dolls. Bobber Balls, bemlnoes, Tlloe t. bowmen Chena
Boards, tsaekgaminoD oaro, riayiaa
riaxas. Drinking caps, Tooaceo ripes, iodk wjmi,
Tobacco Poaches. MateU Boaee. Pipe ntetna, um
Tubes, Clear Cases t Uly
TO SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWAER3.-THE
1 undersigned bavmg leased the KENSINGTON
6CRKW DOCK.bes. tolurorm his frieurts and Uiepatrun
ol the Deck that bo ia I rerared with rncreasea fapliltiea
to accommodate those having vasse a to be railed or
repaired, anu neina prauusai ai.ii-urinuii
caulker, wl lglvs personal attention to the vessel ea
trusted to hint lor repairs.
Cavtalns er Agents 6b rs Carpmnera, and M achlnlati
having vessel to repair, are soUoiysd to . ....
Having the agency for ihe sa.a o f 'Wettersteat a
Patent Juetallio t'oninosltlon" for Copper Paint, lb' the
pieservation ol vessels' bottoms, for ibis olty, I am fre
naied to lurnlah the same on favorable terms.
v . JOHN a HA si WITT, ,
Kensington Sorew Dock, i
til DEJAWARE Avenue, above LA DBKLBtreeA
. ,
TEVENUE
IREVKNCK iTAilPS,
Ji mil rwcppiiuui,
i t all kknr4ntlinsi
, , , , , jwavf on band,
. . i ... u .... .i
AT FLORENCE SFWINO MC5I,E CO.'S OFr lCE,
ATFLOBBNC SEWING MACllBBCO S OFFICE,
, Jio. 630 CIIKSNUT treet,
n o. eMi i nronui psrees
One door below Seventh street, .
I One deor below Seventh street.
The moat liberal discount allowed. '
The moat taberal discount allowed. i
QREEN PEAS,
GB1KK CORN, '.
'.' FBE8U PKACHE9, .
' - FRtSH TOM Al OKU, PLUU3 KTO.
ALBERT G. RODE UTS.
IiKM.HK U FIXE tIROOKRIES
S22B COR kXEVBNTHAXD VINE 8Jb.