2 THE HEW YOUK rilESS. IBITORIAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING JOtiKKALB UPON CURRENT TOPICS. OOXPILBD TBT PAT FOB EVKNINO TKLEOKAPH, .rhinrat- I"rn re tea Uonn rt'K.tat .. . 1 .. I... 1 . . 1. . JVom Ac Herald. "When the cky falls wc shall catch the larks.' There has roccntly bocn a remarkable gathering f Southern Governors and politicians at Wash ington in consultation with President Johnson. The result is noised abroad as the adoption of a new line of policy on bis part, to be submitted to f the now Congress on the 4th of March, a policy which, it is said, will embrace impartial suffrage to whites and blacks in the Rebel States, with the general condition of a reading and writing and a two hundred and fifty dollars property qualification, to be adopted by said States as tho basis of restoration., This is Bumres'teJ an a compromise with Congress; but unfortunately h, this lierht It sinlties nothing suJ will come to nothing. Like the proposi tion with tho flight ot Louis Philippe Irom his lb roue, to substitute the young Count de Paris asJuepcnt, this overture is "too late," and, moreover, it does not beerin to meet the necessi ties ol the ca.-e. Iu trutn, however, it is not intended as a compromise. It is only a bit of utrateay, a feint, a mere diversion to draw off the enemy. What, then, is the real purpose of Mr. John eon f What is the secret of this lato gathering of his bouthern Governors and Southern man aging politicians in the private audience cham ber ol the VV'Dite House t What is the explana tion of this 'happy accord" between Southern Rebels', Northern Copperheads, and the Admin istration f What are they driving at f Out Bide ot the Whito House there is no mystery about the matter. Southern Rebel and Northern Copperhead journals are getting up the scare crow ot a coup d'etat. If driven to the wall, lhf?y warn us, Johnson tue First will repeat tae Fame ot Napoleon the Thud in dispersing the Sational Asbembly of the Republic in 1851 at the point of tne bajouet. This is in accord ance with Mr. Seward's hint of last September, en route to Chicago, thai if we will not have .Andrew Jobnsou'as President, we must have Jiiraas King. He will not interfere with the adoption ot impeachment resolutions by the lioUse, nor will he resist the motion to bring Sim to a trial before the Senate; but if they attempt to suspend h'tn in the functions of his ollice while on trial, his reserved power as Coifjniauder in-Chiet of the army and navy is to be brought to bear in the dispersion of Conjrress slier the style of Louts Napoleon or Oliver Crom well, and iu a call upon the militia of the several S'-ates to put down any popular demonstration that may be attempted iu support of Congress. Those Southern Governors and leading Rebel politicians who have lately had him by the button-hole have probably been giving him promises of "aid and comfort" in any emer gency. They have perhaps fallen again under the'delusion that "the Yankees won't fight." As for our Norihern Copperheads, if we may believe them, they are eager tor the fray. The Hon. James Brooks, in the crisis indicated, has publicly promised a million ot men in support of Mr. Johnson, which is a hundred thousand better than the promise of the Hon. Horace Greeley in support of Abraham Lincoln's eman cipation proclamation. The Hon. Fernando "Wood would rernaps head another million, if able to take the field, and the Hon. Ben wo tld unquestionably volunteer in the same fieht if not preoccupied in his more genial game of iiehting the tiger. But, following in the wake of Lieutenani-Gofieral Brooks, all the Sey mours and little "Jack Rogers," of New Jersey: the puissant "Jerry Blacic ' and "Old Buck," of Pennsylvania; poor Pierce, of New Hampshire; the grat Vallan'ligbam and Pendleton, of Ohio; "Voorhees and Milligan.of Indiana, and all the 'Sons ot Liberty" ot the West will bring up their reserves by millions. Thus, supported in arms by three or four mil lions of the Northern Peace Democracy this lime, the Southern Rebel States, with President Johnson as their champion, will make short work ot Congress, the abolition of slavery, the national debt, and all such appendages of the first war for Southern rights. And what then ? Why, then, does any one supposethat the mighty coalition would be satisfied with "Andy John fon?" No. Thpy would send him adriit, and Jeff. Davis would be released and reinstated iu Btanter, in obedience to the Calhoun doctrine of State rights, aud African slavery wouid be re-established in accordance with the'Dred Scott decision and "the Constitution as it was." Herein lies our salety asraiust a coup d'etat from Mr. Johnson. It would not pay him his expenses in any event, and it might bring him face to fare with that famous "sour apple tree." Besides, he is a stickler lor the Constitution, and that instru ment is so clear upon the matter of impeach ment, and with the power, the modus operandi, of Congress over him is so broadly laid down that there is no getting round it, or under it, or over it. Having challenged the test, he must submit to be broiled upon bis own gridiron, and he must abide the consequences; for it is an axiom of Blackstone or Touchstone that "when two ride a horse one must ride behind." As tor the million ot men to oe led by Field Marshal James Brooks, be will have to enlarge his spectacles to find them. They are "Fal EtafTs" men In buckram. It Is the old story of insurrection in the North that we had before the war, and during the war so much that it has ceased to frienten even the old women who have a Government boud or two. It is sheer nonsense to speak of a coup d'etat by Mr. Jonn- eon, : aunougn nis present treacherous sup porters are urgiug him to try it. lie cm .place no faith in them, for they seek to use hini only to betray him, and he knows it. He knows. too, that Congress is backed by all the Northern States, including three thousand millions ot money involved in our national securities, and a million of veteran Union soldiers; and ha knows that the ultimatum ofihe North is that of Congress. More than this he knows, as we know, that all this hue and cry of civil war from bis impeachment is all gammon and clap trap, and that the public peace will no more be disturbed by his suspension or removal than it would be by his death or resignation. There was an unfortunate King of Prussia soma time asro who sot into the habit of wash ing his face at the dinner table in bis plate of eoup. It was irom this circumstance louna necessary to supersede him In the duties ot his otlice. How, then, can the two Houses of Con gress be denied the right to impeach, suspend, aud remove President Johnson for trespassing on their soup, and washing his hands in it ? .And by what authority can he be made to fill the office of President and the oltice of a crimi nal at the bar nHnstica at the same time ? The case is plain. Wbn brought up tor trial before the bar of the Senate, as before a criminal court, he will be suspended in his functions as President, and. when convicted, he will be removed, and the response of the country will oe amen i Ana that will be the last oi .nr. Johnson. Tin National Bank and the Treasury Alora lunation. From the Times. Perhaps the strongest objection to Mr. Ran ball's bill for the withdrawal of the notes of the National Banks, and the substitution of legal tender paper to be issued by the Government, 8i that it is a measure of inflation. The pnn ciple involved might. admit of plausible defense, And we apprehend that were the question opened ab initio, with an alternative of green tacks or Rational Bank paper, the prtponde jance of opinion would be on the side of the former. But the question Is too complicated to admit of this line of reasoning. The State banks Jiftve been legislated out of existence, and the National Banks have been lenislsted into their place; vested interests have grown up which (Jnncresa is bound to repcct; and tn antici pated fdvlnc to th Treasury would be Mile more than mythical. ? These considerations should be eonrlusive aeainst the Ranonll FChenie, werfe nothing rnoie iu it than appears upon the suriace. HiitoUier consideration re hidden below, - And of these that which should be decisive against the mea sure is ll certain, unmistakable tenancy to produce a large inflation oi (he currency, aud to postpone forjeiirs the return to specie pay ments. The scheme, indeed, divested of dis guise, is neither more, nor less than a device by false pretenses to neutralize tho policy of con traction and set afloat an amount ot Govern rnent paper lor which the bu"inen of the coun try has no need whatever. This concealed but positivo tendency acoount, We suspect, for the support Mr. Randall's bill has received, and warrants the satisfaction which has bocn ex pressed in regard to the probability ofilsdeteat. Delivered from this evil, the country is called to face another. Defeating Mr. Randall's bill uv the interest of the national banks and a healthy contraction of the currency, we are now re quired to meet a measure of inflation projected by the national banks, conceived for their con venience, and enjoying the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, although at variance with the doctrine of his Foit Wayne speech,, and in utter antaeonlsm to the policy of mode rate but ersistent contraction with which his name has been honorably allied. Loaa certifi cates, bearing interest and payable on demand, nie to bo issued to take the place of the com pound interest notes now held by th bam:, and which mature during the proscnt year, -Not only are the loundations of national banks to be weakened, so far-as th reserve of legal currency is concerned, but the Treasury is to be burilned with the payment of largely aug mented interest to the banks. The embarrass ment incident to demand loans is to be incurred a'resh. and instead ot contraction the country is to be treated to Inflation. In a word, the lreasury poliry in the matter of contraction Is to be practically reversed, aud the resumption of specie payments is to be rendered more remote than at any period since the termina tion of the war. Where shall we look for an explanation of the causes of 'this extraordinary and, as we think, disastrous chanee? The business of the country does not require inflation, siuce the state of the money market has tor some time indicated an abundance of currency for all legi timate purposes. "Tbe money market is easy," in tbe Wall street vernacular, iu relation to the nealthy borutiiUe wants ol industry and trade. The amount ol currency in circulation is dis proportionate! v larse. estimated according to every sound rule ol bunking and trale: it is in excess of the wants of the countrv, and might be contracted steadily, bnt gently, not only without Injury, but with positive benefit to every industrial and indiug interest of the country. Why, then, this further inflation? Why this issue of what will be In euect more currency, when the country already nas more than it can advantaseou3iv use? mere can De but one answer. This mensure, got.ten up by National Bunks, with Mr. McCulloch's published endorsement, is wholly in the interest of specu lators. It is a renewal ot the system Which Mr. McCulloch has denounced as fraught with bank ruptcy, and out of which, in the language of Mr. Wells, have grown "speculation, idle ness, extravaeance of living, discontent with moderate and slow gains, hate to get rich, and the spirit ot trading as distinguished from the spirit of production." Admit, u you win, mat tne witnnoiaing ot this measure, or something akin to it, would produce temporary inconvenience in the money market. The (act remains that that inconve nience need not of necesfity bo ruinous to any industrial or commercial interest, however much it might interlere with speculation. Another fact confronts us that sooner or later the inconvenience raut be met and overcome; the reign of inflated and depreciated paper can not endure forever; and, come when it may, re sumption will dissipate many bubbles, and provoke an unpleasant acquaintance with the hard realities of nnaLcial lite. Is it wise to postpone what must come at last, and whit will come more terribly the longer it he delayed? On the contrary, Is it not the part of prudence to allow the contraction policy now at work to continue, under the conviction that the result to which it points is inevitable, and will be worth all it costs? The currency inflationist and the tariff pro hibitionist belong to the same category. One seeks to surmount dull times by the continuous manufacture of an inconvertible currency, which, according to all experience, will make matters worse rather than better. The other would improve trade by multiplying its fetters, and diminishing the ability of the people to btiy. Both labor under delusions so gross that they do not admit of sober argument. Secret Political History. J'Vom the JVibune. The World has a letter dated Washington, which says: "I was much gratified with your review of Mr. Greeley's article attacking the Democratic party. If Mr. Greeley did not know that It was a base slander, there might be some excuse lor it. I regret that -you did not carry the review further, and disclaim for the Democratic party any responsibility for the course of the New York Ifews during the Presidential campaign. Doubtless. Mr. Greeley knows how much was paid by the Loyal League or the Republican State Committee, weekly, towards the support of that sheet; if he does not know the fact, he is more ienoTant of the movements of his party than 1 take him to be; perhaps he refused to be informed, for the same reason his friend T. W. declined to read Governor Young's letter pro mining to pardon the anti-renters if he were elected ! and that was, that he might deny it in his name. "1 am credibly informed bv one who was in the ring, that a large sum was paid for this pur pose; uaa certainly tne course oi tne paper is ood evidence of its truth. "Historv will vet do iustice to the le&dinir Democrats who were made to bear the odium of the course of the Sews, the WpoiIs. Vailan- digham. General Singleton, and others of the same kidney. Facts are already leaking out that these men were In secret alliance with the Administration, and worked at the Chicago ( onveniion to render the resolutions as odious to the true Union men as possible, so as to work the defeat ot McClellan. "The sooner the Democratic nartv snurn these men from their ranks, and break off any affilia tions with Seward, Stanton, Weed 4 Co., the sooner will they rally to their standard the honest and true men of the country. I am clear In my opinion that Seward's Butlalo speech, and the nan-way lnaorspmcni ot xiouman oy Mr. Weed, were two of the most prominent causes of his defeat. The Democratic element ot the Kcpublicau party couta not reconcile themselves to a seeming association with them. For poor Raymond nobody cares." COMMENTS BY THE TRIBUNE. We assure the writer of the above, the World, the Democratic party, and mankind in general, that we do no know "how much was paid by the Loyal League, or by the Republican Btate Com mittee, weekly," or otherwise, towards the sup port of the Hon. Ben. Wood's Daily News "during the Presidential campaigB," or at auy other time. If any one does know, we will thank him to out with it. We did hear of a check or draft for $25,000 in gold which Mr. Wood received in 1864 from the Hon. Jacob Thompson (.Rebel) in Canada; but we never heard that the Republicans supplied Jake with tbe funds. Still, there are so many dark holes and corners in political management so many wheels within wheels whereof we know noth ing, and are rather proud of our ignorance, that all this might be, and we in blissful ignorance ot tbe wholo matter. We will thank any one who dofsknow to tell the public all about it. But we do not see bow anything that can be said will help the Democratic party, since it is Impeached for lis own acts, not Wood's. The Daily JV'ete waa well known to be, from first to last, an organ of doadly hostility to the war for the Union, and an unqualified champion and mouthpiece ol the Southern Confederacy. It violently opposed volunteering aa well as draft ing to fill the ranks of the Union armies and In every way did Its utmost to insure the triumph Of soTf-ssion. Yet. in full view of all this its editor and pioprietor. lienlamln Wood was in tho middle of that war, nominated, supported nrt elected, on th amrr ticket with Governor Heynour, to represent the lower part or our city la (.ongrefs. of w hicb he was already a member, n!LTh?re ..w"VIea2,,I,7ot,, Rnrt ft,,,ln preclpely as though he bad been sent tn.ther by Jeller'on Davis as his attordeyv i . The Tammany branch of the Democracy talked of sustaining the war; yet Wood wis their nominee, and owed to them his election. .And iince tbe war was over, they have c hoseu him vki me (ic cumin-, wut-rein dp no w fiis, , i I Now then,' supposing all the above farrago about the Loyal League, Seward, Stanton. T. w., Kajmona. etc. etc., were true, how would it help the Democratic party? It seems to us like trying to help ona who has been proved a knave by proving Mm a fool as well -Do let j ns hear how it bears on the main question. Famine tm Europe. j I'ntm the ll'orW. ' - I The mails from Europe, which reached this I city on Monday by the Afrioa, are filled with ( accounts of suffering for lack of food, not only In Great Britain, but on the Continent as well. Accounts had been previously received of broad ; riots in London, Liverpool, and Madrid, and j yesterday we published a despatch irom i Tans annouueing a formidable popular out I break m Marchlenne?, a manufacturing town in I the northern part of France. Yet thee do not tell half the story. Italy shares to such an extent In this general suffering that the state t ment is wrung from a Roman Catholic journal, thather people, trom the Alps to the Appeulncs' are hungry; aud so ectrce is food that in some' portions oi that country the people are actually ' i-ubsisting upon roots, which the fear of starva tion compels them to dig and eat. Throughout the manufacturing districts of Great Britain the ' distress is appalling. Relief committees have j been oreanlzed in many cities and towns in the United Kinpdora.and so general is the dearth of lood, that the London limes calls for the pp. 1 polntmeut of a general relief committee for to ( whole of England. The same steamer which brought these tidings' also brought letters from Knglisn grain lactors expressing great appre hension about the supply ot wheat, and orders troui Antwerp for rye til pr.ces which will make the cost of it delivered there one dollar a bushel in gold, while, heretofoie, lis averase price in tbnt.market has beenbnt three-fifrhsof that sum. In uword, facts at hund warrant tbe statement ! that burope, irom the Jorth bca to. the (Vledl i terraneau, is crj ing for bread. ine queftiou at once an-es, wncuce are to come the supplies tomeetthl pressing demand ? The w heat crop o. Great Britain in 18(16, like that in 18G5. was short, aud, aecoraing to the latest calculation, C4,00'.l,000 bu.-hels will have to be imported 10 supply the average consump tion until the harvest of 18U7. This would naturally cjme from tbe Continent and the United States, but from the latter little cau be expected save from California, and ot the whole Continent none has any surplus but Russia. The stock of wheat now In store in the princi pal markets in this cosntry is, in round num bers. 4.000.000 buchels, which is about two thirds of the quantity iu store at this time last year, and it is not accumulating. It is further estimated that the total supply of wheat at the grain markets ol the world (taking into account the reduced quantity remaining from 1865 and the short crop of 18G6) is but two thirds of the average supply of previous years. As regards other graiiis, the I nited States can iurnish lor exportation a moderate quantity of corn, rye, and oats, and at moderate prices; and as an indei of the stock of grain now in store, we append a table of the stock in this market on Saturday last; Flour, Lnrrels.... 550,000 Onts, bushels 2,700,(100 Wheat, bush 2,200,000 Hye, " ttOO.000 Corn, " a,!00,000 Barley, l.Uuo.OOO Total grain, bushels 11,300,000 As before hinted, it is mainly to Russia and California that Lurope must look for relief, and were the lormer to withhold supplies, a general famine would be the Tesult. Herein may lie the reason for the apparent apathy of France and England towards the action of Russia in reference to the Eastern question, siuce tbey are in no condition to go to war if that course should be rendered necessary by the conduct of the Czar; and it is among the possibilit es that the Emperor of all the Russias, conscious ol his opportunity, may avail himself of it to feize tlx. long-coveted pnze of the key to the Bosphorus. A Medley of Miscellanies. JCditorial Correspondence of the Independent. I have seen the model town of the West. Of course, I shall not here mention its name, for the reasou that I do not wish to imperil my life in rival towns; but perhaps I can describe the happy place accurately enough to enable the after-coming traveller to steal into it without alarming the sensitive citizens of other commu nities, and to see it for himself. First of all, owing to so many bewildering railroads, no one can accurately direct your way to the model town, except one of its own inhabitants. I do not myself pretend to tell you how to reach it, for I am yet dependent on the inhabitants to be informed when I come to it. But, imme diately on reaching it, you will bo cheered to learn that it has never had lever and ague, although this scourge has seiiously afflicted the next village. TI12 population of tbe model town is divided into two clashes: first the real inhabitants, and second the imaginary and the latter are tbe majority. This imaginary class are a peculiar people. They never associate with the rest of the population, but are of inestimuble value in giving il fc racier and importance to the towu. For instance, they are the silent p. rtneis of the principal merchants, and help greatly to main tain the credit of the mercantile class. Moie over, they are constantly projecting new rail roads chiefly 1 believe, because they have found it altogether impossible, as yet.to pay the debts of the old. Accordingly, tbeo imaginary people aio laying outimaginary tracks, ruuniu'g imaginary trains, earryiug imaginary freights, and dividing imaginary profits. Then, again, the model town is young-several months younger than iu rival; but has grown more rapidly, owing to its greater inherent vitality. It happens to be favored with a beautiful climate the year round -the thermometer in winter having never been induced r r rrn I r n or i,2 ViV'ty'tlirP? de2ri!eB 'low zero; nor have rfru lVUw?d8 eI'?r uen known actually to Lb r,d .n,1,d wtatbr the wagon-roads leading to market are soft, mellow ad nlinble and the sloughs rich and rank Thevi. ini v contains an abundance of oS" which waits the W""8,Rnd of caDl,a Moreover, the coal beds are deemed Inexhaustible since as 13 supply remains undimEed by -thS neighboring timber iafW 7 "T, UJ5 iiuuvni ui auy coal irom tho 1. 1 m.rt coal) will be amply abundani TfoP domP.He ftiel iue noieis are unlike anything in the Fnl-as I shall cheerfully tetltwhen I reach bom" To crown all an intellient community ranport a coarse ot Wtures-as vou will 111 I hJr , I mention that I have been lectuHnl in u, mndel Ss.f ,heWeSt M?"Wlt fertf!JSS .. -.t,,"t..ln.0Wwu from .town to country. The one interminable plain make th picture which amoWus,CBoyf B.uU W WMt9 Ior and coring SS ? owuPl. horn at the nttnek a aland m rnen. n.. , . " "lur?7 CouessmaD bitinVta twain a K, V 11? The W dictatoria'l pla'sVaos ITrtl ' '"ft - . " 1 ib vavawaujyuuujr chawed up." Why, therefore, will not Andrew Johnson take warning? Kaotern farmers cut and stark their stalks as winter fo .l lor their csttle' but Western (arinen Viwl their cnttlo hito the wintry corn Oehta. and soy, "Now shut lor yourselves."- Mill, like weli-bchaved dogs that sometimes earn th.-ir' way into the master's pajjor, the herds are allowed to chov ILtir end un ler a roof cm very cold days. But tbe wild prairies, rathor than the stalk-fields, seem to nte to be petitioners tor the companion ship of the cattle, sayluQ, on every green tuft, "Come and eat inc. Accordingly, a blade, of gra"s that does uot sooner or later get into a cow's maw seems to be looked upon with dis respect by the Western tanner. But I confess to a tender feeling for the wild grass, unbrowsed Ol cattle ann unwounaen oy piongn. 1 no ye seen hundred' of miles of fertile lauds, grass, clad, that never yet bore a crop to human hand. And yet, Bince toe lotinnauon 01 tne world, every spring has mantled them with green, and every summer spangled ' them wita flowers. Has such a piairie been ot no use in a barren world? I like it a thousand times better thsn I like the swine that nose and grunt in it. These un-Jewish and un-Chrlstlan creatures are like the shallow kind of radicals of whom Thndricus Pteveus complains: they seek lor roots that He just under the surface, not deep in the ground. A tew days ago I was a fellow passenger on a train of twenty-six car-loads of these brtstled-bncked gentry, squealing at the prospect of throat-cutting in Chicago. What a noble unny of martvrs have baptized that ancient city with blood ! "On what meat doth this our Ca sarleed that he has grown so great?'1 Chicago fattens on hnm. You are aware, my Eastern iriends, that prairie chickens go by car-load to the seaboaid at this season of the year. The reaon ot which is that the Western people don't think prairie chickens worth, eating in winter, and accordingly are glad to sell them to Eastern appetites that know no better. On the other hand, the oystermen ot Fulton Market seiie" oysters westward across the Mississipoi; and in doing it smile in the seeret chambers of their soul to think that anybody is foolish enough to like the vapid, languishing bivalves nfter their pulp has been lolled a thousand miles away lroiu salt water. On the whole, sharp practice usually cuts both ways. "hhnlll not take mine ease in mine inn?" inquired plr John Falsiaff. No, not if he had been in the habit of stopping at these Western taverns. 1 have found Western landlords so sociuble, so lontl of company, so abundant In hospitality, as to Insist on putting another man in the auie bed w 1th you to keep you in coun tenance. A friend of mine m Kansas told me that he once asked for a room at a Missouri hotel, and tbe landlord replied, "Yes; but a train arrives alter midnight, and there may be another passenger to sleep iu your bed," "Very well," replied my friend, resignedly. Shortly alter midnight h.s door was opened, aad in stepped a tall, gaunt, grim bushwhacker, who in a tew minutes got into bed w1ti his trowsers on. "Stranger," exclaimed tho unprepossessing personage to the first occupant, "did vou hear about that murder in thp buyou?" "Yes," was the reply. "Well, I'm the man what did the killinv' Kind reader, please lancy my triend's feelings, and console yourself with the Incident when next you are the room-mate of a back woodsmnii In a Wehtern hotel! I believe a man never conies to the truest eniovmentof human life till ho is a grandfather. An old gentleman came into tbe car this morn ing with a bevy of grandchildren, ot bright eyes an 1 mischievocs, merry laces. But the hap piest youngster of the party was the venerable man himself. So pleased a countenance I have not seen under wrinkles lor many a day. I atked him if he now loved his grandchildren belter than he had once loved bis own children; and he said frankly, "les, 1 do." It was an honest confession ! And when the third score 01 human years can lock back to the first, and make grey bairs the chosen companions of chil dren, human life has attained to royalty, and wears the cr wn of reverence. But grandfathers are curiosities in the far West. Almost every man yon meet west of tho Mi-sourl is under middle life. And I sat at a hotel table in a town in Iowa in accidental companionship with twenty-lwo merchants, ull ot whom were perma nent boarders at the house, not one among thorn married, and not 11 lady present to lend manners to the table. It was as near to heathendom as I wish to travel. The young men of the great West ate in fcanul want 01 sisters and wives. And it is idle to ask tor grandfathers uutil this prelimi nary want is supplied. My lriend Mr. Greeley ln'.ely made great fun for one of his Western audiences by beginning his lecture in this way: "Ladies and gentle men, 1 believe it is now universally acknow ledged that 1 am the wont public speaker in the United States." I dislike to accept this view af the case, and yet I have not the heart to disa gree with so excellent a man. 1 congratulate him on two pieces of extraordinary good for tune: first, that be has ended his winter lectures; and, second, that he is not a Unjled States benator. Mr. Greeley's recent views are strongly and deservedly coudemned in the West; but Mrl Greeley's personal character, great ser vices, beautilul unselfishness, and unspotted integrity won for him a welcome ot love wherever ho went. He Is, on the whole, the most famous American citizen now living. May he live long I Two years ago, in my lirst journey through thete regions, I could buy the New York daily papers on all the chief railways. Now they are sold, apparently, on none. One reason of this change is the absence of the excitement pro duced by the war. But another ana the chief reason is the wonderful growth of the Western press, ano tne consequent reiaxea grip 01 xue metropolitan dailies on distant socuous. 1 couia name American newspapers published outside ot New York that are well-nigh as good as auy published in it. And now that tho civil war on tbe Associated Press is happily concluded, it would be interestirg, if only lor novelty's sake, to tee tho Western and Eastern journals dt'6ist from the strife of the white and the red rose. and no longer pierce each oihcr with mutual thorns. O' happy Independent I Be thankful that jou are a weekly paper, and don't belong to the Associated Press ! STOVES, RANGES, ETC. QU L VER'S NEW PAT E 2i T Deep Sand-Joint HOT-AIR URNACE. liANGES OF ALL, HILJiS. Alao, PhllcKair'a , Kevr Lovr Preaaure Steam Ileatliig Apparatus iOK SALE BY CJiAltLliS 6IJ3 No. WILLIAMS, 1182 MAKKtT Btroet. 1I10MP80VS LOJSDON KITCHEN till, Ol; t I Kl l'EAN RA1SGE, lor Families, Hotels or i ubllo lustltutions. In l WhAiy 1I 1'Cui. mi' tirku a to. l'bl adeiDbla RaiiKeS l,ot-Alr It maces, Portable neuters, Lowdown orates Flrei;oara r loves, hath Bo""" h ,L at . i, . - tL. u a u Imietuil vbolettalu auu retail, oy .1. nt.niilxitnrvn mmiw jb 1117 kin ili bar No. 209 rJK No 2U9 X- hKC'tWM KUeei. CUTLERY, ETC. O U T JL J-t A fine assornt ol POCKET and TABLK CL.IXKKV, BAOM. A. UTHflVM. LAU1 aITta1LOK.s -wr.ABh.icaDB ! More. So. 1S5 ebnti. TENTH Htreot, L.m.' "J Tb ree doors above W alu nt 181 . jOBERT "SHOEMAKER A CO. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. iMrV AJiD VEALEH8 IS mints, Tarnishes, and Oils, 201 NORTH VOURTII STREET, No, COfNEB OF BACB. in INSURANCE COMPANIES. DfLAWAItK MUTUAL RAFKTY IN5U ,K4N( v. 1 OMiaNY. Incorporated brthaLeg li isturt ol I'lnimrlTania, VMS. t y , Offlee, 8. )E. Corner Tllllin and .WALHUT Ptree U ' FbllM'lolnhia . T m A FIN JNtHJKANCF.S on vf twin, caruo and IrrlKh'. o U purls of th worl t LAND 1 .-.HTTP h Kl 'h a On Bond bv fiver. OMltl. Ik unA lnH ,ml,m n A pru ol the Union. .. . IWBtJRAHOKS on nirrchsndtee prn. ml r. OuBlorcs. Dwelling bonne", Eto. ahsetU OF th"e COMPAHT. hovemberl, lswi. $l(0,00ti Tutted Sitei 6 rer Cent. Loan, ,i ii."..."" M",v U4,000' I IZuUW l main g ror trui. k.uau, 1HKI 136.500 '.00 0CS United Htates 1 1 10 for cent. Loan. Trenturr Nolo 211,60 I Ko.0OM:lioi I'hilaoe pblarlx Per ent. Loan (eiiMimioi 128,001 ft M 000 Mate oi I'onnsj ivania six l et Cent. Loan 64,700 it',00 Plate of Pennsylvania Five for . rent Loan 44,620-00 : M,P0O State of ae Jersey Mx Per Cent Loan M,T5M 20 000 I'ennnylvanla Jial road, 1st Mori- faae, Hlx fer Cent. Bonds 90,600 Of 25,CuO 1 ennsylvaula lUi road 2d Moit- ae Hik 1 it Cent. Konas 24.250 00 2 5.0CO Western Pennsy: vnninj Railroad fclx l er Cent ilonds ( lenna. U.K. guarantee) ZO.TSO'OO 10 00!) btaie of I rnneaaee Five Per Cent. Loan 18.000 00 7,0t0 -ta e of Tennessee fix reticent. loan 5.040 00 15,000 3W febana Hock ot Germsntown I. as Company (principal and Inte : roat .uarameed by the ony of' 1 l'bllmleloiia) -j 15 000W 7 160 14,1 Sbare Mock ot f euniylvanla Hailtoad Companv 8,258 25 5 0CllHt-hi,reseUoi'aoi Kortb l'eun- m. sjlvame Killroad Company J,950n)9 20,000 HI ftbaiea Mock oi I b'ladnlidila and eoutbeia Mall Meunablp ompanv O.OWOO 115,900 Loans on Bord and Mortgage. 1st Liens, on City Property 106,90000 1 045,CJ0par. Market vlue, t,070 Coat, 91 Kju,mj & Real Estate S6 000 0 Bills receivable for Inauranoea tuade 27,6172 Balance due at nenol8.-r re miuma on Marine l'oltclea. Ac crued Interest, and otber debts doe the Companv 38,923'D a Scrip and eilock ot sundry Insu rance anl nh.v .1 'nmimnlAfl. tb m s'lmated value 3,930-00 -aHb in Hank 41, 10296 Caah In Drawer 447 14 41.M 1,407,321 06 Ttala belni a new enterprise the far is assumed as 'j homas C. Hand, Jobu K . Davis, KQniund a r-ouder. 1 beophl'us 1-uulding, Jolm i i enrose, James Traqualr, henry C. J, a lie it, Jr. James C. Hand, Wliilam C. udwlg, Joseob H. Seal C.eorue O. i eiper, Hugh Craig, Jobn b Tavlor, Samuel K.Stokes, henry Moan, W II i lam U. Boulton, dward DarilUKton, 11. Jones brooke, Kdward Laiourcade, Jacob 1' i Jones. James B. Mor arland, Josbua y. tyre, Speuoer Mollvalne. J. 11 Hemple, I'UtsburK A.B. Uerxer, , D. T. Morgan, CenrizeW Hprnsrdnn. Jacob Ktetiel, i nyj uAn v. iiaimi, riesiaent. JOHN C. DAVIS, Vloe President. Uenut LTtBCEM.r-ecretarr 18 ( TT1A 1 D f 1 . . . ' . . , . ' 1829CUARTER -PERPETUAL. Franklin- Fire Insurance Co, or piiiiJAirci,piiiA. Assets on Januarv 1, 1806, Capitnl ' s0,uoo Acciueu surplus 944 643 U Premiums 1,1W,3iih-ijj UW8KTTLKD CLAIMS. LH CO it IE FOB 164a, 11,407 .IS. auv.ouu. LOtisXS PAID SINCE lt5l OVEB $0,000,000. I'erpeioal and Tern porary Policies on Liberal Terms DIKK0TOH8. Charles M Bancker, idwiud J. Dale. jouias n auer, Samuel Uruni, Ueoriio W.Hicbard. tieortie falea, '-.iireu riyer, Francis W Lewis. If. D. IsaaeLea. feter AloCall. CHARLES H. HASCKKR. Prnnlrf.nt EDWAK1) C. DALE, Vloe-l'relUeuU JAB. W. McALLlSTEK. Secretary pro tern. 1U TKOVllKM' lAb'ld ANL THU&T COMPANY XT OK 1-HlLADELI'tllA : Ho. Ill bouib FOUh'lU Street. ISCOKl-OHA 1 LD SJ Uuh'l U, wd.. 1864; 1 tAHTlL, 160 m, VAW 11. ' Insurance on Lives by 1 early I'remlumst or by J ,19. or M year Premiuma. on-l'oneiture. tnuoT,n.eiii8, payable at a uture age, or on prior deceate. by Yearly f renuums, or 10 year ITemluius bulb c.a ses iion lor'eliure. Annuities blunted on luvoiable terms. Term I'o Kles Cbib'rvn's t.ndowmenta Ibis Company, wblie giving tbe Insured the secartt? ol a paid-up Capita , win divice the entire pronia ol lin Lt e business among its I'olicr boldera. Aiotie) 8 reveivea at Interest, ano paid on demand. Authorized bv cbar.er to execute Irusta. and loaotn Executor or Aamliilsirator, Assignee or lluardtan.aa In oiber tlouclury capacities unuei appointment oi any Court ol tbis Cbuiinouvteaiih or of an r person ora er Bon;, or bodies pontic or corporate. DlkEOTOHS. 8AJUUEL K. SHIl'LEY, ,HEJSRY IIAIKE8, JOM1UA H. AiOUttiH. r u.' i mT a u u Li i aria Kl HA Rl WOOD, KlCIlAKD (JibbUBI CHARLES WM. C. LONOMTRBTH, JERKMI AU HAGKEU, F. COFFIN. SAJliUKL R SU1F1 KY. ROWLAND fAHKr, President. Actuar THOMAS WlrTAK, . D., J. B. TOWN SEW D, 727 Meilical Examiner. LeaaJ Adviser, "KJORTH AMERICAN TRANSIT INSURANCE COUP ANY, No. 33 South FOURTH Street rUlLADstLJVhiA. ' Ani. aal I oiIcicb lsroed atialnsl Oenerai ACCWenuol all dt tcripilons at eJtceedb.gl.v iow rates . Insurance tflecied lor one year, to any anra trom 100 to aiu.UuU, at a premium ol oulv oue-oalf per cenu, seCiirinn tbe lull amount Insured In case ot deatb, aud a compensation eacb week euual to tbe wboie pre mium paid bbun uuiit llciets for 1, 3, 3, S, 7, or Id days, or 1, 3, oi o mouths, at lb veil, a Uuy, insuriuK in tbe sum ol :iulo, OT a'vUK vm uir nvr&il .iisawiou . iu up uaa at toe Uenuraj CU.ce, JNo. Ib'i M. t OL' BTH Street, rbliadel pb a, or at tlie various Hallioad Ulcket otllces. Be sura to purchase tne tickeu ol tbe Kortb A murkian Tranat lDHuraiice Cutupuny. For circulars aud tnrtber lniormation appiyat th, Cam ral Ort.ce, or ol any ol ibe autbuiizd Agents ol tb Company. LKWJ8 flyvPt, president. JAMKii M CONRAD, '.treasurer UhbttY C. HKOWK, Secretary JOUM C. BL LL1T1. Solicitor. DIKECIOKS. L. . Houpi. late ol renusylvaula Bauroad Company i. E. Kiutislev, ConUncutal hotel tiauiue. k.. falmer i asbler Ol Com. National Bank. IU.. l.elsenriiiK, Son. HI and 239 Dock street. Jau.es &i. l ourad. firm of Courad & W a, ton. Ho. 62 Moiket street, l uctu l ew Is, late Oen. Sup't Penna R. R. Andrew at ebklley, b. W, corner oi Third and Walnut reels. ;. C. Francia, ua, Gen. Agent Tenna K. R. Co. 1 hemaa K 1 eterson, No. 'MM ill at ket atreet VV. V. Kurtz, firm ot Kuiu A Howaru, 0 26 & Third street I 3 ly llitL.MX 1N.SUHANCK CUM PAN y OF X ' BILADELI'UIA. IN COIil ORATED 1864-CHAltTER PERPETUAL. No. 224 V aLMJ I Sneet. opposite tue Kxcheiite. In auUlUon to MARINE ana I SLaN D INSURANCE tli if Company insures Irom loss or damage bv 4'IRE or libtia, lerma on bulidiuva. merchandise, furniture etc., lor tmlted period,, nd permanently on buildings, by deposit ot premium. Tbe companv bas been Inactive operation for more than SIX T YEaRm. during vtblcb ail losses have been promptly adjusted and paid. John L. Iiodue. DUtKUTOKa. Lawrence Lewis, Jr. Davlu Lewis. Benjamin Ettlne; Tbomaa H. Powers, , K. JdcUenrv, Edmund castillon, Inia ('. Noirls. h h. Mabouy, Jobn T. Lewis. M il'Uim S. tirant, BobertW. Learning, J. C'ark W barton, Samuel Wilcox. WUCUEBER, 1'rssldent. Sanci 'Wilcox. Seoretary. JOUJN 41 -LiUhB 1MSUKANCE EXCLU8IVELY. TIU Jj PENNSYLVANIA FIRE IN8UHANCB OOAJ. V A HY Incorporated 1825 Charter Perietual No. 610 WALtiUT Street, opriosile Independence Square. Ibis Company 'avorably known to tbe community for over lorty j ears, continue to Insure aualnst loan or 'tu ane bv tire on 1 ubllo or Private Buildings, either permanently oi for a limited time. Also on Furniture, Mick of Ooous, and Merchandise (feueraliy, ou llbentl terms. . 1 ketr Capital, together with a arge Sarnlus Fund. Invested In the most careiul manner. wliUb enables them to otter to the insured an undoubted security liUhs ease otiose. . , Daniel Smith. 3t . I i Deverenx, Alexander Benson, I Thomas Smith. . Isaao Harlehurst, I Henry Lewis, M 1TH, Fresldent. WatiAJ O. Cbowill Secretary laVf INSURANCE COMPANIES LIVERPOOL AND ; LONDON ( ' ' AND - t GLOBE INSURANCE CGKFY Capital and Assets, $16,C00,G0Q. Invested in United State, (1,500,000. Total Premium ltoeivecl, by. tt Company in 18(10, $4,047,175. ' Total Losses Paid in 1C35, Sl.til8.259 All Loaaea promptly adjusted wlUiont reference I England. , v ATWOOD SMITH. General Agent for Pennjyrranl. OFFICIO, No. 6 Merchants' ExoharutA INSURANCE COM PAN Y NORTH. AMERICA. OFFICE, KO. M WALNUT ST., rniLADELrHTA. INCORPORATED 1794. CH ARTER FEEPETUAL. CATITAL, (500 000 Astets, Januarv 8, 1867, $1,763,267 33. ' 1NSUEE8 MARLHE, ' IMAND THAN bPOKTAl ION and FIRE BISKS Arthur G. Coffla, Samuel W. Joi.es, John A. Brovm, Coar ea i ayior. A mbro e Vi bite, Richard D V ooi, William Welsh, H Men la Wain, John Vason, DIRECTORS. Oeorire L. Rartiaon, r I nuuis n. ope, Edward H. 1 rotter. Edward S. Olane, Wll lam Cnmmmga, T. Cbarlton Henry. Ulrd O. Jeaaap,, . John P. White. Louiac Madeira ARTHUR Q. COFFIN, President. , Cdaki.ks Platt, Secretary. , WILLIAM BLEHLEK, Harrtsburir, P., Central Agent for the State of Pennsylvania. LEGAL NOTICES. TN TUB ORPHANS' COUKT FOR THE CJTY JL A N ND COUN'IY OF PHILADELPHIA. tslate ol PATRICK. AlcN ALLY, doceased. The Auditor appointed to audit, settle, and aiffuat the account of JOHN UoVENAUIM and JAM EH NjCBRaY, executors ol tbe esta'e of PATRICK. :. WcN aLLT. deceased, and te report dlsirlbutton oi tbe balance in the hands of tbe occountants will meet tae part lis Interested lor the purpose ot his appointment, on i U 1 Rl) AV, February 12, 1ho7. at 4 o'clock P. M. at his nfllCA. No. 139 H. KIM I'll Kft'At't in Ihn (lt. nf Phlla- delphio. WILLIAM A. HUsBANI), , i llmwtt " ; ,. Auditor. ' ESTATR OP CHARLES WORRELL, SEN., lieceased. Letters lestamentarr in this estate having' been granted to the undersigned, notice la hereby given that all persona lnuebted to this estate wilt make pay ment, and tnose having Claims' will present tbetu lor settlement. B.MOKOAN HuMser, 1 30 wtw No. 829 DOCK Street. 1 WHISKY, BRANDY, WINE, ETC. JpREDERICK BALTZ & CO 'S ILBST IMPOBTATIOS i An fiAT.T.nw PAnirAripci nrnr Just arrived and In bond, 50 Packages 40 Gallon EX. CELRIOB 8UEDAM GLN, whioh we are now seUl the lowest figure. We claim to be the FIXST IKIP0KTBS OF FORTY GALLON PACKAGES SHERRY AND PORT WIVE. , !, ft Sole Agents also tor KIVIERK OABDRAT A CO. COONAC. ' , ' ' , : i , " .- ' No. 110 WALNUT Street, 1 12 lm PHILADELPHIA. (JALIFOMIA vm COMPANY WINES, From the Vineyards of Sonoma, Los Angeloa, and Wapa Counties, California, conaiat. ing- of the following ; WIN E EITTEKB, ANOKL1CA, SUKRUV, HOCK. MUSCATEL, CATAWBA, CLARET, FO-tT, . BltANDVJ ' CUAlmPAONE. These WINES are warranted to be the pure juice o prape, unsurpassed by any lu the market, and are h rtcomiiitnuca lor Meaiciuai ana family purposes. FOB BALE BY, E. L. CAU FF MAN, AGENT, No. ill North FOURTH Street 1 3 thstu'Jm PHILADELPHIA (jj- 14 HJ A T K tu V U L U T 1 U W IN TBE VINE TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES Pure California Champagne, Msdeana prepared as 111 done In Franoe, from pure Caliiornia Wine, and taklta the place of Imported Champagne. The underilgned wonld call tbe attention o. trine Dealers and Bote) Keepers to the following letter, which may give correct idea of the quality ot the! AVlue "Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, Oct. 25, 1866. "llkSHKo. bOl'CHKH . co. : '-Oenuen.en : bavmg alven your California Cham pagne a tboiouah test . we tase pleasure In saying tba we think it the biat American Wluewe have ever used We shU at once place it ou out bill ol lure. "Y ours truly, J. E. KiNCibLET 4 CO. ' CALL and IKY OCR CAL1FOKN1A CUAilPAON BOUCHER & CO., , 11 ilu tnthsSnij Sa 3e bET Street, Hew fork. A. MAYER. Agent. 710 SASSOM 8t.. PhUdelphla. AMERICAN LEAD PEftCIL C0MPAHY NEW YOliK. FACTORY, HUDSON C1TT, Jf. J. This Company Is now tully prepared to turnlsh LEAD PENCILS. Equal In tiuallty to th Beat Brands. Tbe Company haa taken great paina and nveated arte capna. in flulim up ibelr lactory, ana now ask the Amt'Jlcan public to give tbeir peuvtla lair trial. All fityles And Grades are Munuiac cured. ' t.rcat care has been. bestowed to the manufacturing o BL l'iKlOK UEXAUON 1RA K ING PENCILS, spe cially prepared lor the use oi Engineers, Architects, a complete assortment, constantlv oa hand, is ottered at lair terms to the trade at their Wholesale Salesroom No. 34 JOHN Street, New York. The Pencils are to be had ot all principal Stationers and Notion Licaiers Ask forAmerlcan LeadPenoU. 101 rmwtim -sjana ' PHILADELPHIA SUB OEON 8 CT& BANOAO INSTITUTE. No. H M. 2f NINTH btreet, above Market. H. O. tTTttKlT, a i.itbirty yeara" nraoUoai enperlenee, fnarautees tbt akiiiul adiustment ot hla Premiuir atent iiraduatlng pressuie Truss, and a variety ot Others. Supporters, Elaatio Stock lugs, Sboulaer Braces, Crutches, Suspensories, ate. Lsdlua' apartmeuts coa ueteo nv a iji,i. . . rr, r , . i uCTTL'Mntl nm . . - - - U ' Piinolpal Depot. No m OHESNDT Street. Revenue Stamps of every description constantly on hand In aay amount . , Outers Vf Wall or Express promptly attended to United States Notes. Dralta on Philadelphia or SmW York or current funds received In payment. Partlcul' attention paid to small orders. , Tbe alsious of the Commission can be eonsolt!. and any IniormaUou regarding the law cheenuilr given- i 4 1 um - . -it , '. i . ,: t : I'" .1
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