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Tb Keistem tiiiestlon.
From the Times.
RIt In quite possible tbat affairs In tho oust of
Europe may quickly assume such an Importance
as to draw nil Europe Into its vortex. Napoleon,
In bin rouch-talked-of circular despatch, wisely
foresaw this, and refrained from making any
allusion to it, preferring not to commit himself,
and to keep himself frpo and unincumbered to
exert the power of France In any direction that
clrcflmstahcf'g may require. Count Dismar'f , in
a speech delivered recently in the Prusjtan
Chamber on the Government Loan bill, was
less reticent, and openly asserted that tho com
plications in the Efist might demand the active
interference of Prussia, and that the Govern
ment ought, therefore, bo i'ortihed with the no
ccwary means and credit. The revolutionary
spirit among the Greek subjects of Turkey is
spreading. The Greek Government itself has
insucd a lenethy and elaborate memorandum to
the three protecting powers. Franco, Russia,
and England, recounting in detail all the hard
ships the Greeks have to endure under Mussul
man rule.
As we stated, when the news came Beveral
weeks aso throtiph the cable of a battle lost by
the Cretans acaiut the Turks, that this fact
would not end the struerele, but would probably
prolontr it, bo the tact appears to be. Other
sanguinary conllicts havo taken place since,
with vaning results, should the numerous
Greek inuubitants in Tbes-aly; Macedonia,
and Albania, incited, no doubt, by Ru-t-gian
emiesaries, and rclytmr upon the pro
mises of aid Irom Russia loin the incipient
movement of a union of all Greeks in one com
pact nationality, the "sick man" on the Bus
phorus may we'll consider bims"lf in a state of
collapse, and may see his davs draw to a close,
unlets his two iornier physicians, France and
Enpland, come attain to hs rescue with their
etleclivo pills of shrapnel and cauliter.
ihe 8tranpet ot all in this connection K how
ever, that we can hardly open a continental
Saper that speaks of this matter without Hndina;
le United States drugqed in as nu important
factor in the eventual solution of this question.
The fact that the Mtantonomah. and her com
panion ships have been ordered to the Mediter
ranean is commented on. The attitude of our
Minister at .Constantinople, Mr. E. Joy Morris,
in claiming satisfaction for a pretended breach
of consular privileges bv a mudir of Eplrus. is
taken as another indication, which, coupled
with the reported desire of the American Gov
ernment to acquire an island in the Esean Sea,
gives to continental writers clear proof of our
detcmined attempt to interfere, in alliance with
Russia, is this Eastern question. But we be
lieve we can assure all those sensitive journal
ists of the rixed. and unalterable conviction of
the American people to let European aifairs be
settled by Europeans themselves, to theirown
likinp, or as their power and success, or even
non-success, may enublc to. All that we claim
is that American affairs shall be settled by
An er icons, and that on this continent the pco-
6
)ic snail do leit as severely atone as we propose
o let Europe.
The Public Fluauccs.
From the Nation.
The reduction of the principal of the public
debt, which was commenced a year, or rather
fourteen months ano, progresses steadily Bnd in
geometrical ratio. At the beginning of the
fiscal year 18G5-6 the United States owed
$2,G82,593,000. At that time the Government
waB busily engaged in disbanding and paying
off troops, settling claims for damages, and
liquidating disputed accounts; these sources of
expenditure neutralized the Secretary's attempts
to reduce the debt, and on the first of April,
1806, the aggregate was $2,705,640,000. By that
time all the large claims had been adjusted, and
the troops and sailors paid off; the surplus of
revenue over expenditure was availuble for the
reduction of the principal of the debt. It was
vigorously applied to that purpose. Reductions
were successively repoited in June, July,
August, and September; and now In October
the fiecietary reports tbat the aggregate had
been brought down to $2,573,330,000, being a
reduction in six months of no less a sum than
$138,308,574. A further reduction of $22,500,000
(being the temporary deposits of four per
cent.) will be made on the 25th of this month;
the money is on hand for the purpose; so that
on 1st November the public debt will be at
least $100,809,574 less than It was on 1st April
Inst.
At this rate we are reducineour debt by a
snm ot $275,000,000 annually. Should we con
tinue to do so, the entire debt will be paid off
)L about eight years and a half. Should we be
enabled. to curtail our expenditures by a reduc
tion of the army and navy to a thoroughly
peace standard, and should our revenues in
crease, as they would do were the revenue sys
tem and customs tariff simplified and Improved,
this period mieht be shortened by one or two
years. It is quite within the ranue of possibi
lity that before the Five-twenties of 1805 mature,
they, theklonplsixes, and the Ten-forties may be
tbe only outstanding obligations of thu United
States Government. .
These are astounding predictions. But not
more astounding than the luc'.s. When tho war
ended, the most judicious financiers were of
opinion that the aggregate debt would foot up
$3,000,000,000, and would not fall below that
figure during the present generation. It is
already down to nearly $2,500,000,000, and is
being reduced at the rate of $22,000,000 a month.
The aggregate public revenue this year will not
be less than $000,000,000; the expenditure, in
cluding Interest on the public debt, will hardly
exceed, It It amounts to, $350,000,000.
In view of the?e facts, it is amusing to read
the European quotations of our bonds. Five
twenties are selline in London 15 and 16 per cent,
helow the British consols, which only yield 3i
per cent, per annum. ' J
Secretary .McCulloch, in his famous Fort
Wayne speech, and subsequently in his renort
to Congress, In December last, expressed a
desire to begin the reduction of the national
debt by a curtailment ot the greenback cur
rency. He has not done so. He began by
Saying off the debt certificates, and pursued
is policy by discharging his obligations on
call. This was not only in accordance with
the legislation of Coneress. which, under the
lead of the high-tariff men, set its face stead-
iaatiy against an contraction of the currency.
but wan an Imperative practical nece6sitv. So
long an he owed over $100,000,000 on ctll or
within brief periods, the Secretary could not
afford to pursue a policy which would have
embarrassed the money market, and led to a
withdrawal of his deposits. This dauger Is
now passed. He has paid off all the debt
certificates. By November 1 he will have paid
off the last of the temporary loan. From that
day he will be free to pursue the policy which
lite public interests require without fear of
its tecoillne unon himself.
fi We are not, however, led to believe that he
will, at least at present, attempt any material
curtailment of the greenbacklcurrency. There
are ttill afloat $155,000,000 ot compound legal
tenders; and though these, by reason of the
Interest which has accumulate! upon them,
Lave long since ceased to circulate as money,
thfiv are still a disturbing element, betas a
legal tender for their face, and it may bo wise
to get rid of them by buying them up. It is
llkelv that for the next four or five months
the Treasury surplus may be employed in this
war. Kext year the tint series of the Seven
thirties mature.. Holders have the right to
convert their notes Itit 6 20 bonds or to de
mand the currency, as they please. An active
business Is being done by the agents of tho
Treasury in converting these notes into Five
twenties of 1WG5, and it may be that all ot tfiem
will be so converted beforo maturity. But it
is well to provide for all contingencies. The
Department must Bland prepared, in the event
of a decline in its securities, to pay off In cur
rency such of the maturing 7.30 notes m may
not have been previously converted. This is
another barrier to currency curtailment.
All this is very hard on traders, whose busi
ness is rendered insecure and precarious by
rcaon of the. fluctuations in the value of the
cunency. John Brown, lor instance, Imports a
cargo of tea or dry goods. Gold Is 150 on the
day he receives it. He offers it for sale at a
price in currency which will cover its cost at
150 in gold. It does not sell at once, and he
stores it awav. Ho now becomes, without In
tending it, a "bull" in gold at 150. For if gold
falls, his eoodn fall in proportion, and the only
way in which he can secure himself asrainst loss
is by selling gold "short" to an amount equal to
the value of his goods. When ho4ias done this,
he is iudiflcreut to. the fluctuations m gold. If
it rises, his goods rise with it; if it falls, he
makes enoueh on his short sales of gold to pay
his loss on his merchandise.
But now a new element disturbs the calcula
tion. The speculators of the gold room reckon
the amount ol floating gold in market, band
themselves together, and buy it all up; then,
turning to John Brown, they refuse to lend him
gold except nl k or J or 1 percent, a day. On
tho 8th inst., gold was lent at 24 per cent, for
one day. He must now choose between piylng
so usurious a rate for the use of gold as will
certainly ruin him in the course of time, or he
muBt take the chances of the market, and run
the risk of a panic in gold which may reduce
the value ol his merchandise twenty-five per
cent, in a week. Such are the tribulations of
merchants in an era of paper money. To such
straits will the foreign commerce of the country
be reduced so long as no substantial curtail
nient of our legal-lender currency is effected.
The Mexican Uucstlou Agalri.
From the Timet.
The Tribune objects to our interference in the
affairs of Mexican because it would sauction that
of Napoleon being urged by the same argu
ments and upon substantially the same ground.
It is true that the absolute necessity of a stable
government for Mexico, and the impossibility of
securing it iu any other w ay, may be urged in
support of French intervention as well as Auie
ilcun. But the Tribune can scarcely fail, never
theless, to see a very broad difference between
the two cases. If Mexico had been ou the other
side of the Atlantic, French intervention in her
affairs would not have affected us in any way(
and we should never have thought of protesting
against it. Ntpoleon could have planted au
empire there, and maintained it by lorce, with
out in the least affecting our Interests or our
safety.
It was the fact that Mex'co is an immediate
neighbor that institutions upon her soil hos
tile to ours must disturb our ncaee that a
strong foreign pover established there would
menace our safety, and that the principles, in
terests, and trndiiions of our Government a "ike
require us not to tolerate such an enternrise,
which led our people to protest, with complete
unanimity, against French intervejtion in
Mexico. In the bauds of a strong po er like
France, Mexico effectually controls the deve
loDruentTand destiny of the United states. Hav
ing epleudid senportj on both the Atlantic and
Pacific seas, with possession of some of the best
routes connecting the two, our naval ascend
ancy onthe western continent would be open
.to constant dmpiite. Every consideration of
safety and interest required us to guard ugainst
this danger.
The Commercial urges further against inter
vention that it is not required:
"For years wo have had this 'putrid corpse' by
our side, aud we have cultivated with it just such
amicable and diplomat to relations as we nave had
with the nations supposed to be 'alive' and not in
decay. We can continue to do so for years. It is
to matter ol our ooncorn whether Mexico is Re
publican or Imp rial, or whether her people live In
amity with each other or are at blows. I'lio specta
o'o is sad, and our prospect of prolltuble trade is in
terrupted, but the case calls for no intervention.
We may have our wishes and our hopes, but the
experiment ot war is not to be thought ot so long as
our rights are not infringed upon."
This Is not a very elevated view of our inter
national relations. Neither the interests nor
the rights of any country can be limited by such
petty considerations as are here put forward.
We have an interest in the peace, order, and
prosperity of Mexico, and so lias every other
civilized power that has commercial dealings
with her. To some foreian powers she owes
luige sums of money, and these powers have a
riirht to insist that her inteinal condition shall
be Mich as will enable her to pay them. To all
other nations she is under obligations which
cannot be discharged in the ruil ft of anarchy
and di.-ordcr. Mauy of our citizens have In
terests there commercial, mineral, and indus
trial which they have a iit;ht to be protected
in cherishing. And it the people of Mexico cau
riot establish and malnt;t! a government capa
ble ot giving this protection and of discharging
these obligations, they have a right to ask our
aid , and it is our duty to allord it.
We believe our people and our Government
will recognize this duty, and m case ot necessity
win oe prepared to pertorui it.
The "KvtuluK Star."
From the Tribune.
Tbe loss of the Evenina Star oecnrrcl nniW
circumstances which justly cause doubts of her
stiength; and public opinion, recovered from
the shock of so nppalliner a calamity, will insist
upon a thorough investigation. The qualities '
of the vessel have been highly praised by her
owners, and we shall be glad if they can show
that the wreck wa3 one of those which neither
the skill of tho shipwright nor the experience of
the mariner can prevent. But, unquestionably,
the gales aloug our coast in September were not
HIlllRimll V HP VPVf and tVtn ilamarru in nnnrtlw. -.
. - - )" . " .......i.i w iwtiaiiiu ves
sels by no means exceeded that of former vears.
nn .1. .... i. .. . i. ... - . . -
vu iuc icij uujr iu iiiu jcvvntiHj Mar sailed
rrom p.e.w ions (.September 29), the Moro
Castle sailed from Havana, jet the latter arrived
at this port on Tuesday, uninjared. Heavy
weather she met, undoubtedly, but none that a
staunch steamer with lair sea-room should uot
be able to outride. Another fact which seems
to indicate that the loss was not due to ihe extra
ordinary violence of the storm, but to the weak
ness of the vessel, is the escape of a number of
nic tcw iu nu vpvu uuuu Again, tUOUgU BOIU6
of the oflicers of the Eoenina Stnr r.rwhnri
Savannah in safety, and havo telegraphed to
the owners, their despatches make no allusion
Tfl Inn nunun rf 1. 1 nr- i ...
T ...r V . " Vl0 are simpiv loia
K .hSllBlT.,01ay occur- machinery may
bo dUabled, and these are bat excootional dL
asters; but when a steamship foundirV w om
sea, in a storm ot no unusual fury, it will ot
do to place the blame upon the etemeati or the
captain, and thus end the investigation
Tbe Evening Mar was a large vessel, and
should have been a strong one. Her enirines
were upright, and here is one mistake which
endaneers the reputation of all our coastwise
steamers. -The upright enelne is notoriously
until for the ocean, and may only be safely used
In river steamboats. It is not improbable that
tbe power of this engine, laboring in a heavy
gale, was too much for the frame. The screw
steamship Is alone fit for ocean navigatloa.
That the Evening 8tar Is claimed to have been
built with great care In makiuc; her seaworthy,
is an additional reason for questioning the
principles of her construction; for If a vessel
with which tbe owners were satisfied could
tnus founder witnoui any sumcient reason
thpra la anrplv CAllse to doubt the BHti'tv rtt nl
ntlia noaania nf similar character. If .
Evening Star had struck a sunken reef.ifthe
captain had lost bis reckoning, the accident
would have had no special hibihuubuco; dui
foundering as she did, her loss suggests a pro-
f ef Inquiry Into the seaworthiness of all other
tesmsulps of the same construction.
Until Americans build steamships equal in
strength to those of tbe Cunard line, they can
not hope to control any share of the stony! com
munication with Europe, and ven on our own
coasts mysterious losses like those of the San
Franaseo, the Daniel Webster, thu North
America, the Ventral America, and the Evening
blar, must happen. Deep in tho silent wnter3.
a thousand fathoms low. lie those ill-fated
ships, and the anguish of those who ant with
ihem never can bo revealed. To those who
trust themselves to the sea an-1 the storm, a
lew narrow planks are all the world; Into that
vast and wandering grave which sweeps around
them they may suddenly bo consigned by the
openlrg of a scam. We must have steamships
that are safe againM all foes but tire or collision;
strpng vessels like tho Atlantic of the old Collins
line, which stood, for eighty days, gales of tre
mendous force, in one week drifted from near
Sandy Hook to the coast of Spain, and 1 ng
after she had been given up as lost returned
with no material injury to port.
Something for Nothlug.
From the Tribune.
We published a few days ago the affecting
story ol a young man in this city who has hud
the misfortune to lose $50,000 in gambling. We
trust that this youth is duly repentant, and has
both the disposition and ability to go to work.
The passion tor becoming suddenly rich which
afflicts this country (and several others). If you
examine it closely, is8nly an Intense desire to
get something for nothing, to ravish fortune, to
extort luck from tbe destinies, and to make indo
ence serve us tho turn ol genuine labor. We do
not dure to compute tbe number of needy men
who at ibis moment are asking, or mean to ask,
Mr. Andrew Johnson to give them an office.
Now; we admit, to begin with, that there must
be oinces, ana that men must be lound to bold
them. But why is it that there is such a rush
for these precious places? for the little ones,
especially, which have but meagre stipends
attached to lhcmr Are all honest tra les smit
ten by a palsy ? Is there no earth lelt to dis in ?
Is there nothing remunerative to be done at
sea or on shore? Why this especial easrerness
to serve tbe Government and to haudlo toe
Government paper money? The answer to
this question will not be creditable to the high
nnd mighty business 01 onice-seeking
Places are spoken of as "lat," as "suug," as
"comfortable:" aud these adjectives mean that
in drawing their salaries tho holders gel paid
lur worn wnicn tney ao not periorm, wnicn
other men would be very glad to do for a
creat deal less money, which la more honora
ble, or respectable, or easy than ordinary
avocations. There may be exceptions to the
rule. There are, we believe, ofhees so small
that it Is not worth while for any but a real
patriot to hold them, though even as to such
tbe contaclou Is predominant, and hungry
suppliants' will take these if they can get
nothing better. But just so far as the emoli
U-
merits of a place are disproportionate to its
labors, it is a piize in the lottery of politics, a
stake lor which camblers deal and shiitllu and
cut. Tbe sciiimbliuf; show brings us back to
th-' old formula sou cthiDK lor nothing!
Eut the season reminds us that perhaps this
rvhi-mo is unt ovnr.l 1 v nrcuratP! several imnor-
taut elections are closely at hand; tbe extraor-
dinuiv aud wilful impolicy ot the President is
to be passed upon, and thus it happens that men
have a chance ot earning political rewards, and
of establishing a personal claim upon the np
jioiutinx power. It is an opportunity, we may
be pure, which will, by no meioB, be neglected.
Ten men will engage iu doing what one could
do much more effectually, and will be noisily
prominent in bailing their chief, who, in
triumph, will not aavance; they will give their
time, wind, muscles, eudurance, pndo, dignity,
nnd conscience, to a cause which it would puzzle
them to define, and puzzle them still more to
defend; and they will Co this in the lorlorn hope
of turning out a neiehbor, and of crawling com
fortably into l is nest. To effect this they will
attend thin caucunep, aud, maybe, make thinner
speeches; tbey will subsctibe their money (if
tbey have any); they will travel to conventions
and help to otticcr them, ind, generally, they
will do what they can to earn recognition and
reward. But it is all of a piece. Morally, their
labors are of no value; they aid their party In
most places will be excruciatingly beaten, aod.
although they may win the salve of ollice, it is
perfectly cltar that they will not deserve it. So,
in the end, it they get a place, it will be some
thing for nothing !
But the chances are that, after all, the some
thing will slip through their fingers. There is
but one pluce for the ten, and they are all
equally hungry. Nine, therefore, must weep and
wail and gnash those teeth for which they have
no other ui-e. The doctrine of chance is dead
agi.mst them. A man may be struck by light
uing, but he would hardly like to rest his
chances of salvation upon dying in that way.
Si a man may get an ollice. No. 1 may be ap
pointed, but ail the rest, from No. 2 to No. 10,
will have bomired themselves in vain. Their
hopes will be blasted. Their expectations will
be dif-appointed. Their hearts will be broken.
Their status as respectable members of the body
politic will be lost. Thtir wives and children
(poor creatures!) will be mortified and grieved.
Their sycophantic speeches about Andrew John
sou will never be forgotten; and they will be cut
oil from ail decent chances, in the future, of
making something from nothing 1
There is no game so desperate but somebody
will be found out-at-thu-clDows enough to ad
venture it. It is very fortunate for this country
that the vast majority of voters do not waut
cflice. aud could not be bribed to take it. A9
Central l'arnworth said, in his speech a few
evenings since: ''The loyal people , of this
country are not to be bought up by petty post
ollices," and if they were, there are not post
otlices enough to carry on the trade. The can
vassing will be very fast and furious for some
time to come, aud when an honest voter is
asked to so cast his ballot that his neighbor may
be made postmaster, his best answer, perhaps,
w ill be that he is not in the habit of giving
tometbii g for nothing.
Vox Popull, Vox Del.
From the World.
Among the other shams and falsehoods of the
Republican party Is their assumption of repre
senting a majority of the citizens of the United
States. They have never been anything but a
minority, and are so to this very day. Claim
ing tbat the principle of our sjstem is the num
ber of noses, not a written Constitution, They
havo never bad tho noses for them any more
than the facts or the law. A party which gets
the relus of power simply through the State
sovereignty principle, and then terms that prin
ciple a heresy, will naturally enough claim the
supremacy of the Constitution over others, and
deuy that supremacy over itself.
H a vote of citizeuB could have been taken at
any time in the last ten years in the United
States irrespective of States-lhat is, the vote
o the people as one people, not the vo.e as Ihe
vote of emirate peoples-we should never have
heard oV the martyr Lincoln, or the asserted
Take11 ffe ' Coi.btltutioual amendment, now
claimed as'a panacea. There is a clear half
million majority against it in the United
Mates if we are one peon e and vote as u t
o.,o r n ,,ot nn! Dlil U WC urn
of it. Our system is a very cood svstem tr
men are honest about it-if Jhej tner take
it as it is, and practise upon that theory, or u
they take it as it is not, aud practice upon thai
theorv; but the jugele and the swindle or the
Republ can party u taking it waen n suns iuc.
purposes as it I, and when It suits their pur
pose as it is not.
There ia no wonder that the Republican party
rolls up such majorities in the l astern Stales,
and Is no dear to Mr. Raymond, tor- tt is simply
a "Yankee trick," with halt a continent for its
exhibition, aud fifteen millions of a.tieeus of tbe
United States lor it victims, via., all the citizens
of the Southern States and all the citizens ot the
other States who are not Republican". It took
the nineteenth century to exhibit to the world
the astonishing fact, that In democratic America
little more than one-third ot tho citizens could
violate the Constitution at pleasnre. force a
great war, hold power elvht years, and brag all
the time about equality, loyalty, patriotism, and
the Vox J'oprdt.
ANTIQUITY OF THE APPLE.
IT Mr?. Bajlc Bernard, author of "Our Common
Fruits," a deecitptive account of the fruits ordi
narily cultivated or consumed in England, brings
a careful study of antiquarian lore to tho discus
sion of her subject. The following Is a pleasant
etory about apples:
"As the tree grows wild throughout almost
the whideof Britain, and as the name, apple
(in Celt c .lWicrt), Is considered by the best
authorities to bedenved lwni the pure Celtic
bnll, signifying a round body, it is more proba
ble that it is indigenous to this country than
that It was introduced, as some havo thought,
by the Unmans. From time immemorial It has
been ihe badge of the Highland clan Lamont
and In the earliest times a branch of apple was
the mark of distinction conterred on the Welsh
bards who most excelled in mlnotrelsy.
, "In Saxon times we find William of Malmes
bury distinguishing that it was under a wild
apple tree that Kincr hdsaronce. m the ir 7i
lay down to sleep, which would seem to Imply
the existence ot a domesticated kind also; and
alter the Conquest traces of its culture soon ap
pear, lor a bull of Pope Alexander, bearing tbe
date ol 1175. confirms to themonsatervof Winch
combe, in Gloucestershire, their claims on tbe
town of Twining, "with all its land and
orchards." In the course of time varieties were
probably introduced from Normandy and other
parts of tbe Continent, thouirh little informa
tion ou the subject is to be gathered from early
writers on fruit cultivation; but the oldest exist
inir variety on record in England is that which
Phillips apostrophizes as
" 'The fair Tcar-malne,
Tempered, like oomolietymph,witli white and red,'
a tenure in the county of Norfolk dated A. D.
1200, having been held by the yearly payments
of 'two hundred Pear-maines and lour hogs
heads of Pear-maine cyder.' The derivation of
this name, according to Hopg, is similar to that
ol Charlemagne (sometimes written Charle
maine), meaning, therefore, Pyrua magnus, or
the great pear apple, tho shape bearing some
resemblance to that of a pear. By the time of
Henry III, Worcester had become lamous for its
fruit treis, and cider orchards in Herefordshire
date from the days of Henry VIII; when, also,
as Fuller informs us, one Leonard Maschal
brought 'pippins' lrom over sea, and planted
them at Plumstead in Sussex; while so Import
ant had their culture become, that in tbe
thirty-seventh j ear of tho same kins the barking
of apple trees was declared to be felony.
I , . " "un l'"l "uwevur, uu iuc nine 01 uanes
h I that 'orcharding,' as it was called, became
-it was not, however, till tne time ol Charles
i luiuufiuuui bum luuuiij , auu hjc 3C Veil"
tcenth cectury may be looked on as the golden
ace oi nppies. Evelyn published an appendix
to his Sjlva, under the title of 'Pomona,' which
did much to bring the subject under public
attention; and by the exertions of the first Lord
Scudamore, Herefordshire in particular became,
J as It Had DCC1
s ii nuu ueeu expressed, one entire orcnard.'
Tuis gentleman, bpiner iu the company of the
Duke of Buckingham when be was asfassinated
nj reiton, received such a shock from witness
ing this catastrophe, that he retired into pri
vate life and devoted all his energies to the
culture of fruit. That kind to which he gave
most attention was a variety believed to nave
originated during the seventeenth century, and
which! was at first called 'Scudamore's crab,'
but altcrwards the 'redstreak.' It was Eve
ljn's favorite, also; and, indeed, so much was
said and written about it during that century
that a modern author, leaving out of view evi
dently the fatal gilt of Paris, and all that grew
tberelrt m, ventures the bold remark concerning
it that 'peihaps there is no apple which at any
period created such a sensation.' Phillips, of
'Splendid Shilling' celebrity, who wrote an entire
pceni in Virgilian. measure upon 'Cyder,' which
had also the honor of being translated into
Italian, in thi? very apotheosis of apples, thus
exalts this idol ot tbe day:
' 'Let cveiy tice tu every garden own
Tbe Kcdstieak as suprt mp, whoso pnlpous fruit
With gold irradialo, and virmilion shines,
Tempting, not fatal, as tbo birth ot thut
rrimeval interdicted plant that won
Fond Eve in hapless hour to tate and die.
This, oi more bounteous influence inspiies
Poetic raptures , and tbe lowly muse
KniQles io loftier strains; even I porco;vo
Her sacred virtue, bee! the numbers flow
Easy, whilst cheered with her mctareous juice,
Heis and my couutry's pianos I exalt.'
"Alus for the power of fashion, even in tbe
matter of apples! The Redstreak is now held
but in slight esteem."
An alliance for the promotion of art has
been entered Into between the International
Society of Fine Arts, lately Instituted In Lon
don, and the Artistic and Literary Circle of
Brussels. A journal In tbe interests of this
compact has been started at the latter city,
under tbe title of The International Chronicle of
Fine Arts.
INSTRUCTION.
TJ AMI
LTON INSTITUTE
bO 11 YOUNG
JiADIES.
PHILIP A. CUIGAH,
Peing about to reilmiuisU bu position In tbe pnbllo
tcLooIs. with which he has been connected lor the laat
twtnlv-thrte yeais,
MLL" OPfci A UAT AND BOAEDINO SCIIOOh
YOU0SblES.
AT
No. 3810 CHtBMTT STKKET,
ON MOMMY, SKPTES1BKR 10.
This Institution ia designed to rival the heat aeml
nuries la the country.
,'CIRCULAKS
CoLtainlng nartlculara and othei Information in relation
(o linn Jnnlltuuon, can be had
untU toe 1st of Hep-
ttuiber. at
No. 640 N. T WELF1H Stiee. 8 ?T
MONSIEUR ALEXANDRE WOLOWSKI
would luionu bla iriends and the public general I r
that be Is now ready to give instruction iu Sinuiug and on
the Piano. According to his own svatem which hereto
fore baa proved so auccesstul in rendering the voice
Doweriul and melodious, and at the same time Impart
ing tbat ii clilty to enable ibe accu atu reading of tbe
most ditTcult pasfeites. Ms system tor tbe Piano ena
bles his pupl a to execute operatic and classical music
w lib ease, leeiing, and brilliancy.
those wl'bmg to avaU themselves of his long expe
rience can do so by culling at bla residence,
t) 24 uirp 0. 7C4 8. WAUUINUION Bquare.
n 11 E
OARAY INSTITUTE.
KS.UL1HU Aril) FKKNCH.
noardliiR and day pupils, hoa. 1527 and 151!) SPRUCE
Street, will reopen on J 11 UUBDAV , September 20.
French la tho lanxeage ot the iainily, and ia constantly
snoken In tbe Institute.
Prluiarv 1 epartiuent. &) per ounum.
liav Scholi.ts pi;r annum B1W).
ii.v Hoarding Pupi l 1200.
Day woaroiug . up MADAME D UEBVIIXT,
g5Jftnw4m Principal,
ELAWARE l.AWN ACAOEM ENGLISH
Classical. Mathematical lioarUlug Kchool larliois
i. Innco. f. J., twe.ve utiles above oit liour v acccs'l
hii tircuars obtained at No. 21 South. 8i.VfcC.lU
Mrect. ho. 1M4 t UrhMJT Street, er of
is tw Kev.JOUN MclttLWAY A. M., Principal
TV R it.
PERELLI HAVING RETURNED FHOM
IV 1 Kuroue, bas resumed bis lessons.
I7u.wliu
No. 122S (JHESSPT btret.
BOARDING.
0. 1121 GUI AUD ST11EET
Velog neatly fitted up, will open tor
HKbT-CLASS HOARDERS
OS THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.
Tao lane ( oo n untcatlng Rooms on tbe second flooi
ell adapted lor tatnlly 8 ti
VT EDBALGIA CURED BY A SINGLE APPLT
l aton ofUPBAM'6 MAONKTIG OIL" Hold
liruggisut (0 ceuu Lot SI a bottle
. i . a. m I I ... t , I a I I a u
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
DELAWARE MUTUAL S A FETT INSUIUNCH
COMPANY. ,
lNCORrOHATE! BV H1F LKOtSLATUHB OF
rENNfTLVANIA.lSIB.
OrriCE, H. E. ('ORNMt I11IK1 AND WALNUT
B1RKF.TS, rilIT.AIM,PHIA
MARINE INSUKANC
C'fchCiO. V To ll partt ofth world.
INLAND INSURANCES!
JnGoodibf Bivoi, canal, Lk. and Lani Carrlana to
all parts of the Union
F1IIK INHUUAHCKii
on Mrrrnanflmr generally.
On Stores, Dwelling iiounoa, etc
ASSETS OF THE COM PANT
November 1, I.),
tjno.nofi United Statea 6 per cent oan ir...rc OA) m
120,000 8 'l ..li8 1W-fl(;
m 000 " 7 1 10 per cent loan
Treanurr Kotna 94.375-aa
100. COO State ol Pcnnny Iranla Ffre Ter Cent w
1-oan QQ 5jj j,)
M.OOO Slate ol l ennaylraula Him Per Cent.
Loan 53 MO 00
M OtOUty ot Philadelphia 8U Per Cent. ao,ovvv
Loan U2 i gn
20,000 Penney 0nia Railroad Tlret Mort-
. .BoneSIx Per Pent. Honda 80,00000
25,000 Pennsylvania HhI road Second Mori-
pane Si Per Cent. Honda 21.750 00
25,000 Weatern PennnylvanlaltallroadMon-
.' , age Six Percent. Honda 23,75000
15.C0J 3(o Shares Stork Oennantown On
Company, principal and Interest
Guaranteed Ijv ihe Cltr of 1'hliadnl.
' ,. phla 13,637 no
7,160 143 Nliares Slock Pennsylvania Hall-
rnnd rnmn.nv a inn.Aa
6,000 100 Shares stock Koitn Pennsylvania
.. Railroad Company '. 3,250 00
000 D posit wl'h I'njted States Govern
on "1,,rt, subject to ten days' call 40,000 00
10 ,000 State Ol Tennessee Five ler Cent.
i,n.Ioan 18.100 00
170,700 Loans on Bonds and Mortgage tlrst
ileus on City Property 170,000 00
1,036,830 Tar.
Heal Estate
Market value.
wo.wn-oo
Hi la receivable for Inatirance made..! 2101137
Balance due at Agencies: Premiums
on uarine roucics,. Accrued Inte
rest and other debts aue tbe Com
pany.....
Scrip and Stock of sundry Insurance
40,511 44
uu oiuer companies, finj. tsti-
matetl vnlne
ai,hln Banks a m 89
2,910 00
niiuuier 618 w
. 56,634 1 .'
1.243 630 16
DIRECTORS. '
j Samuel E. Stokes,
Thomas C. Hand,
.vim ., irnvia,
r.dmtind A. Kouder
Theophilua Paulding,
John It Penrose,
James Traquair,
Henry C. Daliett, Jr.,
James (J. Hand.
William C Ludwtg,
Joseph II. Seal,
Ocorte V. Leiper,
Hugh Craig,
Knhalt Hut-Inn .
Henry ttloan,
William O. Honlton,
r-dward Harllmtton.i
11 Jones Brooks,
l.dward Lafourcado.
Jacob P. Junes,
.Tnmf.sH 4 , I.' . I .1
Joshua P. Kvre,
Spencer Mcflvntn,
J. B. Hetnnle. Plttsbnrir.
A. B. Beruer. Plttsbaru.
John D. Taj lor,
I T. Morgan, Pittsburg.
nw. r las. c' DA V18, Vice-President.
Henht Ltlbcbn, Secretary. m
NORTH AMERICAN TRANSIT
INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 133 South FOURTH Street
PIllLAUsM.PlllA.
Annual Policies issued against Uenrral Accidents
all di (criptlons at exceedinglr low rates.
. 1"1ur'lle elected lor one year, in any snm from $1(0
to flu 000, at a premium of only onc-balf per cent.,
fecutlnp the lull amount insured In case 01 death, and
a compensation each week equal to tbe whole pre
mium paid
Khort time Tickets for 1, ?. 3,5,7, or 10 days, or 1, 3, ot
6 months, at IU cents a dav, Insuring in tho sum 01
or giving tit per week It disable.!, to be had at tne
General Ollice, He. 133 S. rOt'B'l'II Street, Philadel
phia, or at the various Ballioad 'llcket ollices. He sum
to purchase tbe tickets of tbe liorth American Transit
Insurance Company.
For circulars and further Information apply at the
General Omce, or of any ol tbe authoiizad Agents of the
r'onipaay.
v LEW 18 L. HorPT, President
J A MEM M. CONRAD, Treasurer
11KNBY C. BKOWN, Secretary.
JOJBLN C. BULLITT, Solicitor.
MKECiORa.
t L. L. Houpt, late ol Pennsylvania Bailroad Comoanv
J. E, Klngslcy, Continental Hotel. '
bamuel C. Palmer, ( asbier ot Com. National Bank.
H. U. Lelsenring, Nos. 237 and 239 Dock street.
ernes M. Conrad, firm of Conrad & Walton, No. 623
Maiket street
Enocb Ecwls, late Oen. Sup't Penna It. B.
Andrew Mehsney, H. W. corner ol Third and Walnut
streea.
ti. c. Franclseus Gen. Agent Penna. R B. Co.
1 nomas K Peterson, No. 30116 Market street.
W. W. Kurtz, firm of Kuitz & Howard, No 25 8.
Third street 1 3 10m
QIRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
OFFICE, No. 415 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA
CAPITAL PAID IS, IN CASH, 20O,U0O.
litis com pat y continues to write on Ve fluti mf
Its capital, witb a good surplu(. is saiely invested.
701
Lotses by Ore oave been promptly paid, and moro than
$500,000
Disbursed on t Ms account within the past few years.
t or tbe present the ofl.ee of this company will
remain at
No. 415 WALNUT STREET,
But itbin few months will remove to its OWN
lUlLDING
N. E. CORNER SEVENTH AND CHE8NBT STREETS.
Then as now, we shall be happy to insure oar patrons a
such rates as are consistent with soiety.
DlUtCTOHS
THOMAS CRAVEN,
ALFRED 8. GILLETZ
J C It MAN OH fcrl A KU,
B. B. UWKiUICIS,
CHABLK.S I. DVVOSr
11ENRY F. KKNNEY,
JOSEPH KLAPP.M.D
Tl.OS. l At KELLAK,
JOHN M,'rPi.r-K.
JOHN W. CLAGUORN,
KII.AR VF.kKW.jR..
inumao titarn, rreaiuenu
ALFRED 8. OILLETT. V. President and Treasurer.
JAMES B. ALVOKD, Secretary. 1 IS S
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON
AUD
GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Capital and Assets, $16,000,000.
Invested in United States, $l,500;O00.
Total l'reiTiiuins Received, by the
Company in 18U5, HP 1,9 17,175.
Total losses Paid in 1865, $4,013,250.
All Lrssca promptly sdjusted without reteience to
Eniiland.
ATWOOD SMITH.
General Agent for Pennsylvania,
OFFICE,
No- b Merchants' lixcliantse
ftllLADKLl'HIA 18 11 6m
PEOVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA
No. Ill South FOURTH Street.
IKCOKPORA'l ti) 3 MUM 11. 'id., 18J5.
CAPITAL. 1M Ootl, PAID IN.
Insurarce on Lives, by Yearly Premiums; or by S, 10,
or Jl vear Premiums, Non-lorielture.
Endowments, payab'e at a uture age, or on prior
deceate, by Yearly Premiums, or It) year Premiums
both c a ses Non forfeiture.
Annuities gi anted on favorable terms.
Term Po K lea. Children's Kndowinents
Ibis Company, while giving the insured the security
of a paid up Ca, Hal, will divide the entire profits tjftli
Li e business among Its Poller holders.
Moneys received at Interest, and paid on demand.
Authorized br charter to execute Trusts, aud toaotn
Executor or Aamiulntrator, Assignee or Guardian, ai
in other fiduciary capacities under appointment o' any
Court of this Commonwealth or of any person or er
gons, or bodies polltio or corporate.
SAMUEL R. SHI PL. Y,
JLP.I-M1A11 HaCKKK,
JOHHUA H. MORRIS,
. I. T. ll V W .
DUtttUTUKB.
KIOHABT) CADBUBY.
HENRY HAINKi.
T W I ST A It B KO WS.
WM. C. LONG9TBETH,
HARLES If cnvviH.
bAMUEL B SHIPLEY. ROWLAND PARRY,
President. Actuary
THOMAS WIBTAR.M. D., J. B. TO WN8K I,
111 Medea Examiner. Legal Adviser.
PHCENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OP PHI
LADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1804 CHARTER PERPETUAL,
No. Ml WALNUT Ptreet, opposite the Exchange.
In addition to MARINE aud INLAND INSURANCE
this Company Insures ftomlossor datoaseby FIRE, on
liberal erms on buildings, merchandise, lamlture, eU.,
lor limited periods, and permanently on buildings, by
deposit ot premium. ... .
Ihe Company Las been tn ac'lve operation for more
than HIXTY YEA RS, during which ail losses bar be j
piorupUy adjusted and paid.
Jol'B L. Hodge.
Lawrence Lswls, Jr
M. B. Mabouey,
John T. Lew la,
William H. Grant.
Robert W. Learning.
D. Clark Wharton,
Hamas IWllcox .
lDjtmln Etting,
Ihouui, II. Powers,
A. K. McHearr.
F.diaoud Caitiuosi,
I.ouia 0. Nerrta.
vTOoiUlEEU, PresUsat
Ha nt WacOt.Hecietaxr.
ilk
INSURANCE COMPANIES
1829-C1IAUTEU PERPETUAL,
' in? atctW.ttst
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
or
rUILADKLPIITA.
Assets on Januarvl, 1800,
Capital tm.MOl
Arcincu nuipius , V4I mj l
Premiums ' 1 1W,3M1
1B8ETTLED CLAIMS, INCOMB FOE IMC
11.467 M. 000.
LOSSES PAID STNCE 18D OVER
5555,000,000.
Perpetual and Tern porary Policies on Liberal Term.
CharlM w n.-.v..
DlBJttJTOTtK
ToblM Wagner, '
i, a ird n ni
Oeorge Fales,
Aiirtu i nier,
Francis W. Lewis, flf. B.
CnART.FB
N. BAHCKER, ProsMent
1 . . T . ,.i . . , , .
Jin w ,," V"",u 1'AI.K, Vloe-Prea dent.
JAB. W. MoALUHTEB. Becrelary protem. I til
F1RK INSUUANCE EXCLUSIVELY. THt3
PENNNYLVAMA FIRE InViraR nil is
WALNV.' Htret. opposite Inrtepeodcnceiure
This Company, favorably known to the oommunitr
for over forty years, continue to insure against Io." or
damage by tire on Public or Private Buiidinm either
permanently or lor a limited time. Also on Furnitu
lMk ot Uoods, and Merchandise gsnerally, on liberal
Tbelr Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund la
Invested In the most careful manner, which ensblea
them to oflerto the Insured an undoubted security In tbo
,... DIBECTOIS.
Tanlel Pmlth. Jr., t John Devereox
Alexander Ilenson, I Thomas Smith '
Isaac llarlehursi, Henry Lewis
Thomas Bobbins. I J, Ollllagham Fell
Daniel Haddock Jr. 1 e"'
1 N 1 1 L SM ITH. Je.. President.
William Q. Cowai.L.Seoretary. r"jfc
MEDICAL. "
Q L AD NEWS
FOB THE UNFORTUNATE.
BELL'S SPECIFIC REMEDIES
Are warranted In all cases, for the Sprkdt aad Phrsm
NhKT CtihB of all diseases arising lrom excesses in milk
Physical and Nervous Debllltetc. etc lce8i m J"tW
NO CHAKOE OF DIET Is NEt!ES8ABY.
Tbey can oe used without detecilon, and never fall to
eEect a Cure, If used according to Instructions.
BELL'S SPKCIFIC PILLS,
Trice One Dollar per Box, or Six Boxes for Five Dot
larsi aiso, Large boxes, containing Four Small.
Price Ibree Dollars,
rrr ra four to six boxes are generally required to cure
ordmsrcases though benefit Is derived irom. using
rSdhS'sear,WlereNerVUi Pr8t"a
BELL'S TONIC PILLS
A re recommended as the most FfMcaclona. Rejurenatina
and Invigorating Remedy in the world.
A Package Pi ice Five DoUars, will last a month, and
is gi-ncrai.y sulllcieut.
In extreme cases of Debility,
BiuLL'S EXTEUNAL REMEDY,
Price Two Dollars, eullxleut for a monlb, can be bm
to good advantage.
I t gives .Strcogtj to the system, and, with the PHU,
will eflcct a complete Kestoiatlon
A Pamphlet oi 100 page s, on the ERRORS OF YOUTH,
designed as a Lecturo and Cau Ion to Young Men, seal
tree, Ten Cents requited to pay postage.
It you cannot purchase Brll's Ppxcimc Remkdius
of your Diugglst, take no other, but send the monof
direct to
DR. JAMES BRYAN, Consultinc Phvsiclan,
, No. 810 BROADWAY. Now York,
And you will receive them by return of mail peat paid,
and lice Irom observation.
For sale by DYOTX & Co., o. 233 N. SECOND
tree t s 11
yox PoruLi.
VV RIGHT'S TAR SYRUP,
PRINCIPAL DEPOT,
No. 771 SoJtH THIRD Street,
Trice, $1-00 per Bottle;$5-00 for half-a-dozen.
The undersigned citizens take pleasure in cheerrar.r
recommending the use of Wright's Tar Syrup for
coughs, colds, consumption, whooping-cough, spotted,
lever, ilver complaint, pains In the breast, bronchi ci.
lut.aniniation, and restriction of air vetwe s in the lungs,
etc. 1 be remedy should be in every family
Charles C. Wi son, Form-v's Preti ofllce.
Cbar.es H. Graflen, Sunday Mercury otltce.
James Nolen, Jtiqmrer otiice.
William F. t orbit. Associated Press.
William H. Carpenter, Fire Alarm and Polios Tele
graph. Filth and ( hesnut streets.
A Randolph, Front aud I oinbard streets.
James W. Perrlne No. 1129 Charles street.
11. A. Davis. No. .123 Uaskbl street
John Woodside No. l&il Franklin street.
Robert Thompson, No. 1008 Walter street,
R. ti. Marco, No. 62tiFiauklin street.
J (iebloti. No. 131 B. Second street.
Join hevmour. No. S13 tt. k root street.
E. W. Howard, No. 1 Dock street
H. ('. Partlett. No. S27 S. -econd street
L. Bates No. 60S Arch street
Albert Martin, No. 417 S. Second street.
Mary Caldvvelh No. IVt'l Sansom street.
W. 'ihemas. No. 2U N. Fourth strett
T. M. t arthy. No. lufl Eitreth'a alley,
tleorge WI son. No. 236 Race street.
V . F. Krooks, No.69 North Second street
M. J. Hassett, No. 119 Canal street
H. Seymour Roee Busiieton.
Char es Rogers, No. Wl South street
11. T. We.iington, Second and Quarry stree
F. E. Ihontas, No. 136 South Mxtii atreet
Wlllium ltarns.No. 615 South Fronts. reet.
S. P. Saulonl, Opera Manager.
John Maglnnls, rear of No. 134 North Bocond strest.
Erf, B. K. Cboate, Newark, De'.
Mr. William 6. Trriaht:
Siri We take pleasnre In recommending four Til
SYliUPiol which we have already sold considerable
quuntitiesj as a most excellent and efficacious remedy
lor tie complaints set lorth In your printed bill already
submitted lo the public. Asa vrutllylng act to sullerlni
buu enlcy we will clierrm lv recommend jour prepara
tion to a I ii illicit d with dlaessos wulcb It is desigaed to
cure. Vvurs, etc.,
DILK8 A SON, Druggists,
N, . cornir Pine and Sixth streets
For ia'e alto at
JOUNeON, HOLLOW AY It COWDEN 8.
DYOIT at CO , !
And ail principal Druggists and Dealers.
The ul scriber wou d beg leave lur her to say tkit
r.e is rrepared to fl.l ordera etd forward tbe Syrup to
any pint ol .he coun ry. Persona des'rlng other Inior
u.ui it u by r;;all will inclose a posiage stamp.and answer i
wi.l beieturmd as soon aa tbe exigencies of business
ft I i admit Address
mnrtiu n n. ..v
HQ
TT I LI.1A Ol O, ,T KIUIIT.
N 0 111 B. THIRD Street Pbiladelpbia, Pa.
g A M A 11 I T A N ' S GIFT!
SAMARITAN'S GIFT I
THE MOST CERTAIN REMEDY EVER USED.
"YES, A POSITIVE CUB"
fOU ALL DISEASES AltlSIKG FROM INDIH
CKEHON8. Contains no Mineral, no lialsam, no Mercury,
Only Ten Pit's to be. Taken to Effect a Oure.
They are entirely vegetable, having no smell nor any
unp easaut taste, and wll not iu any way Injure the
touiach or bowels oi the mot delicate.
Cuies In irom two to lour das,auii recent cases la
twent-lour hours."
bent by mail. Price, Male packages, S2. Fema'a tt
SAMARITAN'S ROOT AND HERB JUIOE9,
The ureat Blood Purifier, and Remedy tor
Scrofula, TJxers, Soi-es, Upots, Tetter Scales,
Boils, Mo.
For the above complaints the Samaritan's Boot and
Herb Juices Is the most potent aud efleotual remedy
ever piesorlbed It reaches aud eradicates every par
tic e oi the venereal pouon. W ill remove every vestige
of Impurities Irom the system as well as all the bad
effects oi meicury. Price, Al-23 per bott e.
SAMARITAN'S WASH
Is used In conjunctly with the Boot and Herb Jolces
lull dliections. price, U cents.
1 be O'd sickening aud disgusting drugs have to gie
way to lemedies purely vegetab.e, pleasant to the taste,
am. A POM'l VE t l RK
Sold by DEM AH BARNES ft (. O., No. 81 PA BK ROW
Pd by Iiiug.lsta
DESMOND & CO..Proprielora No. 815KACE htreot
I biladeiphla. 16
ALEXANDER O. C ATT ELL 4 CO.
PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NO. 28 NORTH WHARVES,
AND
NO KOHTH WATF". STREET,
Pbll.VDELPUlA. tf
ALSIAIDBU 0. OATTKLL. L!JA Q. OATTSI Li