TIIE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1867.
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
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DAT FOB TUB EVENING TELEGHAPU.
At It Again.
From the Tribune.
France and England, in their modern dis
putes about moral and material precedency,
Ivaged with solemn self-complacency upon oue
ide of the channel and vivacious vanity upon
the other, remind us of nothing more forcibly
than of a pair of old bruisers who, having
liecouie through service or senility unfit for
the practical encounters of the ring, fight
wordy battles over their boor, and make
tap-rooms resonant with their theoretical
defiances. From the day of Aginoourt to the
day of Waterloo these rival powers settled
their differences by unmistakable and un
adorned fighting; but since the 17th of June,
1815, they have done nothing but scold each,
other like fish-wives, anxious, indeed, to have
the last word, but equally fearful of losing
time and their market in the delay of au
actual fistic, duel.
When the putative son of Hortense gave his
leprosied cheek to the granddaughter of old
(leorge, a sharp ear might have heard the
pilver clinking in the purses of either monarch.
It was a stock operation, and it was so under
stood; and from that moment, powers which
Lad lived in dread either of English insolence
or of English equity, knew that bills of ex
change had taken the place of protocols and
treaties, and that the balance of power had
lieen superseded by the balances of the ledger.
The old traditional hate, it is true, remained;
but it was modified by the same self-interest
which keeps brokers from wrestling bodily in
Wall street, and breaking each others' heads at
the sacred board. There is an eternal squab
ble, and an armistice without peace and with
out an end. This one criticizes the other, as
ancient virgin No. 1 tears to tatters the virtue
of ancient virgin No. 2, who, at the very
moment, over her own Bohea, is engaged in a
like acidulous chatter. It would not be easy
to discover the use of this ceaseless crimina
tion and recrimination; but, at any rate, it is,
to parties not in interest, Sufficiently diverting.
This' chronic wrangle lias recently been
Unusually lively. The faithful M. de Persigny,
true to the Imperial subterfuges and succeda
Sioums, has discovered and declared that there
5s no good in "reponsilOe Ministers," and
that France is, as England would have been, .
"better without them." Of course, at such
& piece of Gallic impudence, the London
Times is awake and bristling in an instant. The
right and the duty of a free-born Englishman
to kick out Ministers and to kick them in,
and to save his country by guzzling beer at a
general election, is among the most holy of
Tights and the most responsible of duties.
The two nations are not, of course, to be
compared. England is real, and France is
Ideal. England is the land of common sense,
and France is the land of poetical and political
abstractions. England has been governed
hj the great Walpole, the remarkable
Chatham, the Pitts and the Peels, by the
aristocracy, hearty and ignorant, of the Tories,
and by the aristocracy, grasping and factious,
of the Whigs. Meanwhile and here we must
quote the language of the Times France "has
Leen governed by cardinals, by queens, by
mistresses, by intriguers, by theorists, by
every class that disdains responsibility and
pushes a right, or a sentiment, or a creed, or
a schism to its fatal conclusion without check
or remorse." A Frenchman's knowledge of
Jinglish history is usually so limited that M.
de Persigny may be quite incapable of strik
ing back with the fine old plea of "You're
another;" but, poor as it is under ordinary
circumstances, this, we think, would be the
best possible retort for the French Imperial
ist. At any rate, it would have the merit of
literal truth. England has certainly had her
Bhare of priestly rulers, from Wolsey to
Laud ; and if her bishops.have not now the
power of the Comptons and the Atterburys,
it is because religion of a certain sort has lost
its hold upon the English mind, and English
men are no longer to be swayed by the in
fluence of the establishment.
If France has been governed by queens and
by mistresses, so the first English Charles
was swayed to his destruction by his wife, the
Becoud by his harlots; so James II divided his
devotion between priests and petticoats; so
the first two Georges shared what little power
the Whig aristocracy had yielded to . the
throne, each with a harem more remarkable
for numbers than for beauty. The diaries of
Walpole and of Dodington are certainly not
deficient in the scandal of "intrigue," and
hardly record anything save the eternal
manoeuvring of the great Whig families. If
there ever was a Minister strong in pur
chased Parliamentary majorities, it was Mr.
Pitt, who all his life was contending for
"a theory," and making war for the
sake of "a sentiment," which was poetry
in Burke but policy in his disciples a policy
80 wasteful, so absurd, and so impracticable,
that it has been abandoned forever by Eng
lish statesmen. At no time have English politics
enjoyed that delightful immunity from "theo
ries" which their eulogists claim for them.
Theories cost Charles I his head and James II
his crown; theories brought over William and
Mary; and theories fixed the succession in the
Hanoverian line. England has been fortu
nate enough to secure the advantages of
freedom without the horrors of revolution;
the "damnable work of government" was
accomplished long ago within her borders;
the has been fortunate in a people slow to
anger, and with no natural relish for blood.
She has good reason for being distrustful of
Icings, for she has had but one able sovereign
pince the days of the Tudors, and he was of
foreign extraction and married the crown.
Much as she may scorn theories and abstract
doctrines and natural notions of government,
there Is no man too blind to see that she is at
this moment at the mercy of all these, with
fcuch a work of reform to accomplish, that it
Beems by a special blessing of God to have
presented itself at a moment when the ten
dencies and the preferences of mankind are
pacific. For so much she has reason to be
grateful and to be modest. ,
Contraction of the Currency Merchants
against Speculator.
fVowi the Timet.
The Chamber of Commerce, in its action on
the ourrency question, reflects the solid and
solvent opinion of the country. Its resolU'
tions, adopted on Thursday, affirm the duty
and expediency on the part of the Treasury of
persisting cautiously but steadily in the policy
of contraction, and deprecate the efforts by
which speculative interests would perpetuat
the depreciation of greenbacks. The only dif
ference manifested relates to the velocity with
which the contraction policy shall be pushed
Tim point which engaged the attention of the
Chamber involved the single matter of degree.
None denied thn necessity of preparing for the
resumption of specie payments; none essayed
a defense of the doctrine of inconvertibility, or
of the propositions that have boon propounded
in and out of Congress to remedy the disasters
of inflation by swelling its volume. On tho
contrary, the dangers and evils of the present
system were admitted on all hands, and if the
moderate view, taking into account the re
quirements of trade, prevailed, it was against
the plan of precipitating resumption regard
less of its effect upon business and industrial
interests.
It is not too much to say that the view thus
expressed by the Chamber is in harmonv with
the view entertained by the mercantile and
manufacturing interests of the older States.
In the West the case may be different. The
lack of capital, tho fondness for high
pressure in everything, the speculative
aspects which even trade assumes, and the
habit of anticipating always "big chances" in
the future, predispose Western communities
to resist any diminution of the quantity of
circulating paper. There, nobody over com
plains of over-issues of currency. All is
ballooning, kite-flying, and a go-aheadism
which to the more cautious people of the East
looks like gambling in the guise of trade. If 1
the financier demonstrates that the amount j
of currency afloat is in excess of legitimate '
wants, and that the alternative is contraction j
with all its inconveniences or continued infla-
tion resulting in national bankruptcy, the j
genuine Western man insists that time will j
make all things right by bringing the volume
ol trade up to the volume of currency. The !
idea will not endure investigation, but it is
essentially a Western idea, and is at the
bottom of the movement adverse to contrac
tion, which derives its chief strenirth from
that section.
The only support it receives In New York,
or Boston, or Philadelphia, is rendered by tho
speculators, whose vocation is sadly marred by
every real effort to get back to the hard-pan of
specie payments. Speculators of every grade
in gold and stocks, in grain and pork, in
cotton and petroleum are all against contrac
tion. Every turn of the treasury screw elicits
from them a protest against reducing the cur
rency. There is not one greenback too many
for their purposes. Multiply them a hundred
fold blow the bubble to any size not necessa
rily entailing a crack and they would be in
ecstades. The process that embarasses indus
try, jeopardizes honest trade, and enhances
the prioe of every article worn or consumed to
a degree that entails suffering upon thousands,
renders the speculator supremely happy, lie
would have the days of 18li4-.r, when gold
was out of sight and keen operators waxed
rich between the rising and the setting of the
sun, prolonged to eternity. The atmosphere
of thost days was a veritable elixir of life to
the whole race of gamblers and speculators.
The sharp, bright air of resumption, which
nerves the arm of industry and infuses health
into the bodv nolitic. is to them noculiarlv
obnoxious. And the outcry they raise as regu- j
larly as the gentle whiff comes from the Trea- j
sury appears to mislead both the public and
the becretary. '.because speculation is at a
standstill, we are told that contraction, even
at the modest rate of four millions a month, is
operating disastrously. Because speculators
complain of stringency, we are asked to assume
that business interests generally are suffering
from the Secretary's adherence to the policy
of Congress. In both instances, the allegation
is fallacious. It is the very opposite of the
truth. Whatever stringency speculators ex
perience, it is undeniable that money enough,
and more than enough, is obtainable for legi
timate purposes. If, with all this currency
outstanding, Wall street witnesses almost
constant stagnation, it is because the bona Jide
men of money have lost faith in stocks, which
are at the mercy of unscrupulous combina
tions, and have no longer relish for games in
which outsiders are invariably the losers.
Meanwhile, they who have their eye fixed on
resumption as the goal of their hopes and the
aim of their labors, discern in the decline of
speculation merely a necessary consequence of
the policy which alone can redeem the credit
of the country.
The voice of the Chamber of Commerce
should embolden the Secretary of the Trea
sury to adhere steadfastly to the path leading
to resumption. His reported desire to listen
to the wail that goes up from the haunts of
speculators, looks sometimes like a forgetful
Bess of the higher obligation which the Gov
ernment owes to industry and trade. It is
meet, as the Chamber avers, that the calling
in of greenbacks should be pursued so judi
ciously that no sudden or superfluous injury
shall happen to any class. But there ought
to be no looking back, no hesitancy, no mis
placed anxiety for special interests to the
detriment of the community. The power
vested in the Secretary is, at best, narrow;
and the mischief produced by the refusal of
Congress to sanction bolder measures is aggra
vated when the discretion vested in him is
exercised for the convenience of a few rather
than tho benefit of the many.
Napoleon aud Blmntrk.
fYom the Herald.
Our most recent cable and mail intelligence
relating to the aft'airs of Fiance and Germany
has been full of importance, 'ilie game be
tween the two arch diplomatists of modern
times loses none of its interest, and the results
become lu.su and less doubtful. The debates
in the French Chambers and the sentiments
expressed by Count l'.isniark in the North
German Parliament, reveal the anxiety of
France on the one hand, and the vigor, deter
mination, and hopefulness of Germany on the
other. Count Bismitrk's schemes for the present
are all successful ; Napoleon's schemes, all
or nearly all, are failures. The Northern gains
upon the Southern rival step by step. Every
move on the political chess-board points to the
triumph of Prussia and the humiliation of
l ranee. At the commencement ot the late
German war the twenty-nine millions of
Prussia were too small to allow her to be
named as even a possible rival to France.
Now, however, Count Bismark, or rather his
royal master, finds himself at tho head, not of
twenty-nine millions, but of forty millions of
a high-spirited and hopeful people, and knows
he has but to wait to see the forty millions
swollen to fifty millions, and to find himself at
the head of a united Germany. The late war,
which promised France so much, has resulted
only in favor of Prussia, and the unity of the
Fatherland. The letter from our special cor
respondent, which we printed in Saturday's
jieraia, lmucaies the abandonment by Napo
leon of his ambitious schemes on the Rhine,
and a disposition to encourage the unity of the
Iberian peninsula. Whether this new project
shall actually be entered upon, and whether
it shall be fruitful, or the reverse, of glory
to Napoleon and France, remains to be seen.
Meanwhile, with the crowing strength of his
most prominent rival abroad, with the keeu-
ness of the opposition, the resignation bf
iavorite jhuubwib, uu umor increasing trou
bles at home, the Napoleonio star does not
appear to brighten as time advauces.
Treasury Financial Statement.
From the Herald.
The April statement of tho public debt
and finances, taken from the reports soi the
Secretary of the Treasury, ia, on the whole,
encouraging. The debt has been reduced over
two hundred and nine millions the past year
that is, in April, lHtiii, it was t2,8U7,7'A8!.r,
and now it is $2,ji,m,372. But the Trea
sury has on hand 10.r,!).ri5,477 in gold and
t34,328,82(i in currency, making the debt, less
cash, 2,r)23,42H,07.
Flattering as we admit this statement to be,
wo must not forget that there are a great
many demands upon the Treasury still unset
tled, and many more growing out of the ex
travagant legislation of the last Congress, for
bounties and other thing, which may swell
the debt above the amount named. We must
see what will be the amount required to meet
the reckless appropriations of Congress, and
how much the revenue may be diminished
under the late modification of the tariff and
revenue laws, before we can decide as to the
exact sum of our indebtedness. We shall
know more about it by the time Congress gets
to work next winter. We hope that Congress,
by practising greater economy, will then be
able to lighten the burden of taxation and
provide for the gradual extinguishment of
the debt.
The portion of tho debt not bearing interest
is $417,225,3:54, leaving the debt on which we
pay interest $2, 100,202, 73U. This non-interest-iVaiing
debt is the legal tender and fractional
currency. Now, the interest-bearing debt could
be decreased three hundred millions more,
leaving it little over $1,KO(),OUO,000, by simply
withdrawing the national bank currency and
substituting in its place legal tenders. Those
legal tenders would buy up and cancel the
three hundred millions of bonds now deposited
by the banks as security for their circulation,
and would not add a dollar to the whole
volume of currency now afloat.
With regard to the specie reserve in the
Treasury, we recommend tho Secretary to let
it accumulate. Two hundred millions there,
instead of one hundred millions, would have
the happiest effect in bringing about specie
payments. It would give a sense of security
and of confidence in the ability of tho Govern
ment and country to return to specie pay
ments, just as the reserve in the Bank of Eng
land has the effect of giving confidence. It
would certainly have the effect of bringing
down the premium on gold. Let Mr. McCul-
loch, then, husband his gold on the Treasury,
instead of putting it on Wall street for gam
bling operations and to accommodate foreign
bullion traders. If lie lia-t tlm nhilitv nnri nets
wisely he may, by the time Congress meets in (I
December, lo a great deal towards raising the
credit of the Government and bringing about
specie payments.
Is the Tide Turning X
Vom the World.
A month since, when the town elections
were holding in this State, we ventured to
suggest that the tide was turning, and that
there were signs that the race of radicalism
was nearly run. The idea was derided by
the radical journals. When the returns of
the New Hampshire election were received,
showing a reduction of the radical majority
405(i in 18GG to 2930 in 1807, and an increase
in the Democratic vote of 2352 to 618 in the
Republican vote, these journals affected to
smile at the figures, and the Albany Evening
Journal went so far as to say that the Republi
cans could afford to lose a few hundred votes
in New Hampshire so long as they did not
lose the election. But the tide moved on,
and on the 1st of April the Democrats of
Connecticut elected their candidates for State
' officers, and three out of the four Congress
men, and materially reduced the Republican
majority in both branohes of the Legislature.
Forthwith the Republican papers which, pre
vious to this election, had urged the import
ance of a Republican victory, suddenly de
clared that the defeat of their party was not
much of a shower after all, and began to
prate of the political issues to be made in the
luture. Since the receipt of the good news
from Connecticut, intelligence has been re
ceived of a general election in Michigan, and
of several charter elections in the West, which,
to say the least, is not calculated to afford
any great quantity of comfort to the radicals.
The Republicans carried Michigan, of course.
They obtained 29,000 majority at the election
for Governor last fall, and nobody supposed
that they would lose much of that at an elec
tion for the minor State ollicers just chosen,
in which no distinct political issues were in
volved. The vote was light, and the Republi
can majority, as might be expected, was'
preatly reduced. The real test of strength,'
however, was shown in the election for local
officers throughout the State, and here the
Democrats made large gains. It would be
pleasant to quote entire the despatches printed
in the Detroit papers of Wednesday, but
they would occupy too much room. We
therefore condense the results in tabular
form as given in the Detroit Free J'ress and
the Advertiser, selecting them at random, and
giving only the majorities obtained by either
party m 107 and IMjO :
1S07
mo.
Dent,
Bt. Johns 40
Warren MS
Westphalia 155
liohton 5S
Keene J5
Lulngsburg 7
Mies 4U
Adrian
Superior 3
fcliaron 5
Jlip.
Dew. Jir.
131
70
J
43
210
15
155
1.10
The above towns are mentioned as showing
Democratic gains, and inasmuch as the Detroit
Advertiser makes no mention of any Repub
lican gains, it is but fair to infer that the Free
yVess is right in saying:
"It Is evident that a reaction lias set in in the
old reulUMular Btate thut will eru long einible
uh once iit-'iiin, us lu the case of 1 lie gallant Htate
of Connecticut, to chronicle a complete victory.
Everywhere the prospect brluhlcus. Large
galiiH huve been made throughout the Btate,
and Iheofliclal returns will nIiow a very large
reduction of the heavy Republican majority of
lust fall."
Local elections were held in Ohio on Tues
day, the result of which appear to be favora
ble to the J leniocracy. The radical papers lay
great stress on the election in Cincinnati of the
Republican candidate for Mayor by a majority
of 4400 wiiii-h la ft rmlienl cain of about ltKJO;
but the total vote polled was only four-lifths of
that cast at the last election. They, nowy,
are particular not to call attention to the fact
that the Democrats elected fifteen Councilmen,
whil the Ri)ublicans elected but fourteen,
which plainly shows that the large majority
obtained by the candidate for Mayor was due
to Hom other cause than merely 'his party
connection. In Columbus, Ohio, the Demo
crats re-elected their candidate for Mayor by a
majority of 5057, aud also twelve of the
iiri.n Councilmen chosen. Other places
fr, i.i, li returns have oome to hand are
Circleville, Toledo, and Dayton, in each of
which the Republicans retained their suprem
acy, though in Dayton the Democrats gained
two Councilmen. , But what is still of greater
cir!flnnoa is the fact that lu Clevelaud the
Democratio candidate for Mayor was elected
by f00 majority, and the Democrats gained j
two iHoinlwrs of the City Councils. This is
the first time in six years that Cleveland has
had a Democratic Mayor, and the increase in
tho Democratic vote as compared with that of
last year reached the handsome figure of
1300.
Besides the elections mentioned above, we
have returns of a number of local elections
held this week, nearly every oue of which
ppeaks well for the Democracy. Rome, in
this State, which gave 391 majority for Hoff
man last November, has JuRt elected a Demo
cratic President by 500 majority, and six out
of nine town trustees. Iu Madison, Wiscon
sin, the Democrats elected their candidate for
Mayor by 240 majority, and nine out of the
twelve Aldermen chosen. Milwaukee also
was carried by the Democrats by a majority of
1500, concerning which a despatch to the
Chicago Times says:
"The vote polled was a heavy one, and every
where lurpe Democratic khIiis are noilooil. The
Democrats are rejoicing, and the Radicals are
aespondent."
The Republicans carried Indianapolis by
424 majority, which is a Democratic gain over
the election last spring of 783, and, the des
patch adds, "The returns are meagre, but
indicate Democratic gains in all the localities
heard from." St. Paul, according to a brief
despatch, was carried by the Democrats by a
majority of about 1000, but we have not the
figures at hand to show to which party a gain
is to be attributed. But the unkiudest cut of
all to the radical party is the result of the
election in the home and final resting-place of
that great and good man who, according to
the Tribune, could never feel grateful enough
to General Rosecraus for "throwing all the
weight of his name and fame against the
Copperheads ;" in this same Springfield,
Illinois, on Tuesday last, the Democrats
elected their entire ticket by a handsome
majority, and this in the face of the fact that
the city was carried by the Radicals last
fall by a majority of 130.
We see not how any unprejudiced person
can peruse these returns and not see in them
the turning of the tide against radicalism.
Not that the Democrats have swept every
thing before them, not that we have given
returns Irom every ptace in which elections
have been held during last week, but that
many cities and towns which previously gave
large radical majorities have either reduced
those majorities or wiped them out altogether
The movement in New Hampshire was but a
ripple, perhaps, but it proves to have presaged
the tide which subsequently swept over Con
necticut, and Is slowly but surely moving
across the country.
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Sealed Piouosals will be received at Die Oillce of the
Chlei Coriimls.iioner of Highways until 12 o'clock M.,
on MONDAY, Bill luslant, for the construction of the
following -i leel B inon uncle sewers:
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boring t.arueu street. Irom Eighteenth to Nine
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Ann and Elehteentb streets, from Eighteenth and
Spiuce to Nineteenth and Dobbins.
And one of three leet diameter, on Poweltoo avenue,
from the Pennsylvania KaU'oad to Thirty-tilth street.
With such inkis and manholes as may be directed by
nie cniei r.UKinetr auu surveyor.
The utidemlaiidinu to be thut the contractor shall
take bills prepared against the property fronting on
said sewers to tbe amount of oue dollar and twenty
tlve cents lor each lineal foot ot in nit on each side
of the street as so much cash paid; the balance, as
limited by Ordinance, to be paid by the city, and the
contractor is hereby required to keep the street and
newer iu good order for three years alter the sewer is
finished.
when the street is occupied by a City Passeneer
Railroad track, the sewer shall be constructed alunir
side of said truck In such manner as not to obstruct or
interfere with the sale passuge ol the cars thereon;
and no claim tor remuneration shall be paid tbe con
tractor by the company using suld track, as specified
in act ot Assembly approved May 8, lstitf.
All Bidders are Invited to be present at the time and
place of opening tbe said proposals. Each proposal
will be accompuniea ny a certuicaie inula iionu lias
been tiled In the Law Deoartmeut as directed bv Or
dinance ot May M, 1H60. If tbe lowest bidder shall not
execute a contract within five days alter the work Is
awurded. be will oe deemed as declining, and will be
held liable on hlB bond for the dill Bronco between his
bid and the next blKbest bid.
Specifications may be bad at the Department of
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W. W. SMEDLEV,
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NOTICE. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
01 the Camden and A in hoy Railroad and Transporta
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Jiordenlown. ou SATURDAY, the 27th of April, 1SI7,
at 12 o'clock M., lor the election of seven Directors, to
serve for the ensuing year.
SAMUEL J. BAYARD,
S 29 Secretary C. und A. R. and T. Co.
Kr OFFICE OF TIIE COAL RIDGE IM-
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iii) WALNUT Street, ....
PlIILADHXPIIIA, April 1, 1H7.
A Special Meeting of the Stockholders ot theCoul
RldKe Improvement and Coal Company will be held
at theOhice of the Company, on 'IHUltsDAV, the
lllb insiuiit.ut la o'clock M., to lake action with re
h' it nee to the creation ol a LOAN, to be secured by a
moi tuuge ou tbe real estate of the Company.
4 1 io EDWARD SWAIN, Secretary.
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the 23d of April next, at 4 o'clock P. M., at the Oillce
ol the Company, No. 400 CI1F.SN UT Street. Philadel
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approved February HI, lti7.
By order of the Board.
8 i ait JOHN T. KILLS, Secretary.
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PHILADELPHIA will be held at 22S WALNU1
Street, (Room No. 11.) ou TUESDAY , the lh instant
at li o'clock. By order of the President,
WM. NEILSON, Secretary.
April 4th, 1SB7. iiL
rt5T NOTICE. TIIE ANNUAL MEETING
iry of the Stockholders of tberi'loNESTA OIL.
j,, AND M1N1NU COMPANY will be held at Uie
tilllce of said Company. No. 80 WALN U I Street,
third tloor, ou WEDNESDAY, the loth of , April,
r IV M. JAMES M. fWtSIUS,
8 30 lot Secretary.
lr-ST AN ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING
VSJ 0f tue (stockholders of the PARKER PETRO
LEUM COMPANY will beheld at No. WALNUT
btreet (Hecond atory), on WEDNESUA. April 17,
1B67, t VI o'clock, at which an election for directors
will be held. W. MOONEY.
4 m Becretary.
BATCHELOU'S HAIR DIE. THIS
tilendid Hair Dye Is tbe best In the world.
I he only true and t'rfirt JMti Harmless. Reliable, Iu-
HiantaueoiiB. n a.w .u.-uiuub iiuis.
Natural Black or Brown. Remedies the ill effects of
Jluii V'Jn. Invigorates the balr, leaving it sotl and
heaniitul. The geuuiue 1b signed WILLIAM A.
BATCHELOR. All others are mere Imitations, and
thould be avoided. Sold by all Druggists aud Per
miners, factory, No. 61 BARCLAY Street, New
York. 4 6fniw
rrsf- HOLLOWArS PILLS. "A DEED
IkC' without a naDne." Parents desirous ot behold
jug their oftxprlug reach a vigorous manhood, with
mind untainted aud faculties undiminished or 0f pre
serving them Irom a mine of hidden destruction a
worse tbau living deatn, will iiud au able coadjutor
In these celebrated remedies,
bold by all Druggists. 4 t atufstt
SPECIAL NOTICES.
nr Til if m.mii.Dii nuiur owiIva-riTNT)
I j o. pu . ii V i. l. r n in i. n. . . i - w
K3 The enhscribsr anknowledno lbs receipt of
wit tonoini iudib lor tbe aboT fuud since Marcn .t:
JohnKairri. . . . . . Q ion m
Ir, John Burton. . - ,
Wro.iisnds Piesbjterisn Obnrcb, West Phils-
dolrbia, y 7s
Mnitrsof Philadelphia Bar.br W. A.Porter, 7o m
I-1. i nks' Church, Lebanon, Pa., additional. I
Hrry Fsnnls 4 Co.. . - M M
1'hiliD Powell. ...... 1 ni)
W.I!., . . . . . . 40 m
M . Thrrnss Fon, - M'
John B. M)ers A Co., -
n u. i lor oiner parties, wi
Mrs. John Kndllh, .... lu On
ft ed'cul Proles ion, by fir. J. L. Lndlow.- 4Q9
Cli'lst Church, Uermantown, - - 625 M
Friedman, - - Ji
Mrs M. B. Stuart, ino i
John Unlme, - l'
Btepben olwell, - - - VWOi
Jnmes Birtdle, 60 no
W . O.Pirter, n
Mifs Alice Ilnlme, .... 20 00
Thomr s W. Vsum, .... 2 i
A brarsn' Baker, - - - - - MOO
J K. Wt ite A Hon, .... 6i 0
Jo n ZebleyAOo., - - - loo IW
J. A 11. V. McKlbben, .... iohW
Burnett A Ilicketl, , 10D 09
A D Carroll A Co., - - ' - H 01
Adnmson A retier, .... )i0 on
A.artin A Wolf, 60 0)
J. A A. Kemper, ..... 26 Ut
Morris, Clothier A Lewis, ... "ion
IHossnlman A Kirk, - MOO
W. Msnn, - - . - - 16 i0
Conway Bros., - . - m no
han uol White, - ' w 00
J.M. McUlll.Faiiqnler county, Va., 5
O C. Ksrles, V illianisport. Pa , - t tK)
Church of Epiphany, Philadelphia, 492 Si
Po do do. special, l'i 00
Pt. Mark's iKnlarnr.il) Ghnrch. Philadelphia. 7J1I
Bt. Lnke's do. do.
Germntown. 14 00
St. Peter's do. do.
Ht nitlt,w rln do.
Philadelphia, 372 8 4
Francisviiie, It w
Bt. James' do. do. Ringsesslng, 4)16
Ciarreit A Martin. .... Hki on
A. Urocer, i"" "''
Jsnney A Andrews, .... 60 )
W. H. Woodward, .... Mot
Benson, Campbell A Co., - - 01
UeoreeJ Waterman, ... M On
Klnrluir A Trlmhln. - - - - ft DO
Breves ft Psrvin. - - 25 on
trsrnnii A tmilh. - - 26 00
White Bros. A Co.. .... 26 00
H. Uelser A Co.. - - 'it 00
Robert Toland. J5
Uanlle. Heed . Co . . - MCI
8. A Coyleft. Co., - - - 26 HQ
Tbomss M. Kerr, .... 26 fO
Deruy ft, Hubbard, 20 On
MilWr Johi son. .... 2500
John B. Love. t
W. J. McCahn ft Co., .... l 00
J. M. Wetnerill, .... 00
Lipplncott ft Trotter, 26 00
Stewart ft. Marks, .... 2n 0
Burns ft Bniuoker. - - 25 uo
H. H. Hlrlmn. ..... 60 00
Paris Ualdemau, - - W "0
The Board of Brokers, ... 6 m 00
Master Carpenters' Association, - 200 CO
Kunrirv nnltHnrintlnnN from one to ten dOl
lars. fcy Jchn Crump. - 81 Of
Friends in Hartsville, by Dr. H, A. Boardman, IS 00
Koopfthibbe, ----- loo on
Hoi,. Onllli.n ..... 6010
K.C.Pratt ft Co., .... BO 00
W. A. Bmethnrst, - - 0
John B. Btryke'i Co., - 2 W
Walter A Boston, .... S5 00
Thalheimer, Hirah ft Adne, - - 16 0
M.ta.t A Hrr. 10 00
LtatsACo.. I) ;;o
Mseurel A Zenner, - - - - 2- 01
W. A. Drown A Co. 6'''0
Ueo. H. Oberteufler. .... 28 HO
IKterhpimnr A Woodward. ... 260)
M , lialeigb A Co., - - 60 ou
WernwagACo., - - - W
J Benswanger A Co., - 60 0i
Paik, Hie A Co.. -. - 200
C. B. Williams A Co.. .... 26 00
Jacob Biegel A Co., .... 2W W)
DkvIs, Ktmpton A Co , - - - 100 W
Jones, Warner A Co.. - - 0 to
l,n. l,MlJtl!a. - . - . 60 00
CI. tts Vzin A Co.. .... 100 on
Gearshoter, Loewl ft Co., - - - 28 00
J. A M. Saunders, .... 2 00
J.H.Harman, W
L. P. Wiuebrenner, 60 oo
X-.lal.rA Button, - - - JJ
Biker ft Bro.. 00
L Dlckerman A Co., .... 60 UO
Cyrus fhilip. JS
A. A. Bhnmway ft Co., - - - 26 00
K.F. Partridge Co., ... - 20 00
W. Smelling, ?0 00
t-utton ft Miller, M oo
T. Miles ft Bon. ... - 100 0t
An-brose White ' 60 00
Kershaw ft Bnnt, - - t, . 26 00
Church of tbe Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, 1,201 1
Mrs. K. L. B. Wagner, - - - 10 00
Mrs O.B. Asbniead, ... - 10 oo
B Berens.M.D., .... 3 W
r. K. Boerlcke, W.D., - - Wl
B. .DacoB.M. D., .... 1000
t-eaton ft Denckla, .... loo 00
Cuss M. Ghriskey, - - - - 00
BeBjarain Bowland, - 26 on
J suits US. Terry, - - - - - 26 00
James C. Hand ft Co., .... 100 0.
JewittftOo., WOO
A. B. Shipley ft Bon, .... 20 00
Wm Rowland ft Co., - w l0" S,
bnndry subscription, in sums of 81 tot 10 each, 221 00
1 hree of 320 each, - - - 0 JjJ
One of - - - - 26 00
Bt. Matthew's (Episcopal) Church, Fran- . .
"cisytlle MM
M.D B.. - - 6DO0
Coffin ft Altemus. - 2S0 00
Hood, Bonbrlabt ft Co., 260 00
1 e is, M barton A Co., - - - 260 00
M.Cresswellft Co., .... J0U 00
Dale, Ross ft On., - - - - 100 00
bnyder, Harris ft Bassett, ... 60 00
Lumen. Csterbaut ft llerron, 60 oo
A. Cppeuueiiuer, - - 10 00
U.H.R., .. 2o00
912.468 19
ia,2j7 61
Amcunt preTlonsly acknowledged,
3D ,706 70
Also, from Mr, H. J. Sweeny, eight barrel of family
flour" JAMES M. AKBT8BN, Treasurer.
B. B. corner Dock aud Walnut sts.,Phila.
A pril 6. 1867- U
tCSy NATI0NALBANK OF TIIE REPUBLIC.
ls3S' Philadelphia. March 12, 18t7.
In accordance with tbe provisions of the National
Currency act, and the Articles of Association of this
Bank, H has been determined to Increase the Capital
stock of this Bank to one million dollars (il.OOu.Oou).
Subscriptions from Stockholders for the shares allotted
to them In the proposed Increase will be payable on
the second day ot May next, and will be received at
any time prior to tbat date. A number of shares will
remain to be sold, applications for which will be re
ceived from persona desirous of DecomiuK Block
holders.
By order of tbe Board of Directors.
8 15 7w JOSEPH P. MUMFORD, Cashier.
AMONG THE MANY RESTORATIVES
which nature has supplied to relieve tho afflictions
of humanity, there is do more favorite one for a certain
class of diseases than the "medicinal gum" of the Wild
Cherry tree but however valuable It Is, its power to heal
to sooths, to relieve, and to core is enhanced tenfold by
clentifls and jidicious combination with other ingre
dients, In themselves of eiiual worth. This happy min
gling exists to a remarkable degree in
DR. WJ8TAIT8 BALSAM OK WILD CIIERRY,
whose value in curing Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis , Wlioop
irg Cough, Croup, Asthma, Pulmonary Affections, aud
Incipient Consumption U Inestimable.
STRONO TESTIMONY.
Prom Benjamin Wheeler, Esq-. Depot Master at South
Royalston, Mass.
"In the spring of 1868 I was moat severely afflicted wth
a hard, dry cough, with Its usual accompaniments of
niiiht sweats, completely prostrating say Hereon, system,
and producing such a debilitated state of health that, alter
trying medical aid to no purpose, I had giren up all hopes
ol ever recovering, as had also my friends. At this stage
of matters I was prevailed upon, through the Influence of a
neighbor, to try Wl.tar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, and, be
fore uxiiig two bottles, the atfect was almost magical. My
cough entirely leit me, tlie ulght sweats deserted me, hope
once more elated my depressed spirits, and seen 1 had
attained my wenled strength and vigor. Thus has this
BalBsm, as has often been remarked by persons conver
sant with the above facts. Morally snatched me from tho
yawning grave You are at liberty to Us this fortlie
benefit of tbe allllrted.
Prepared by SKTH W. FOWXE & SON, No. 18 TRB
MOV1 Bt., Boston, and for sale by Druggists generally.
The best known remedy for
SCltOFTJIjA
In all its manifold forms, Including Ulcers, Cancers,
Syphilis, Salt Jtheum, etc., etc., is Dr. ANDKB8' lODlMK
W ATJ5K, a pure solution of Iodine without a solveat, dis
covered after many years of scientific resuareh and
experiment. Por eradicating humors from the system It
lias no equal.
Ciieulurs sent free.
Bold by Druggists generally. J. P. DTNSMORE,
1 7 4 8it iio.aiiDKY Btreet, JCew York.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
TAILOR,
No. DS1 OI1ESNUT STREET.
(Formerly of Ho. 132 8. FOURTH Btreet), '
HAS JUBT OPENED WITU AN KNTIRH KSW
STOCK OP ' '
' CLOinS, CASSIMEEES AND VESTING
. i. .. , . , i . i i - .hA ara
desirous l procuring a tlrsl-olaas fashionable kar-
lueul.
SPECIAL NOTICE3.
KOTICK.-THB STOCK HOLDKaa OP
the PENNSYLVANIA ItAii iin.i,
J'ANYKpiirsunnt to adjournment bad at their annual
meetiiiK) will lunpt at Coucert Hall, No. l'ilK CM K.-.
ND'l Street, In the City ol Philadelphia, on TUEH
DA Y. the Roth day of April, A. D. iwi7, at 1 o olork
A. M., and notice Is hereby given that at said meeting
the At-I of Assembly, approved March fid, 1SH7. ea-
iiueu"An Acl to repeal an ac-t entitled "A further
supplement to the acl Incorporating the Pennsylvania
jwtnronu vouii-iwiy, niiinori.iug an increase orcapitai
stork and to borrow money,' approved the twenty,
first dny of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred
and slxtylx: and lo to authorize the Pennnylvanla
ltulirond Company by this act to Increase Its capital
slock, to Issue bonds and secure the ssme Oy mort
gage;" approved tbe twenty-second day of Marou
j. ii. ifi.; a proposed increase tneretinder ol the
capital stock of this Company hy .nm.ooo shares, and
the issue of the sume Irom time to time by the Board
of Directors, and the proposed exercise by the said
minru in Directors oi uie powers grantee ny the sal 4
act of Issuing bonds and securing the same by inort
gsges for the purposes In tliessld acl mentioned and
wliiiln the llnillNthereln prescribed, will be submitted
to the IStoekholders lor llielr art Inn lu the premises.
By order ot the Board ut Jurectois.
EDMUND rWiTlt.
4 fit ' becretary.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC.
4S si vO
ii.iiS
JEWELERS.
S. E. Corner TFNTII and CHESNIJT.
CHEAT BEDl'CTION IS PntCF.1.
DIAMONBS, WATC'IIEA,
JEWELRY, SIK.VEn.WARK,
BBONZEA,
ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY CAREFULLY RB
PAIRED.
Particular attention paid to Manofacturlug all artt.
clt'B iu our line.
n. nn.ojr
Having engaged with Kitchen A Co., will be much
pleased to see bis friends and customers. 821thstu
f3 E A D & CO.,
No. 910 CHESNUT STREET
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
SEW STY I.E. OF
TEA SETS AND ICE PITCHERS,
Very Beautiful In Design and Finish.
ALL PLATED W.4BE AT REDUCED
PRICES.
CALL AND SEE.
MEAD & GO.,
4 4 3rarp NO. 910 1 HEN M'T STREET,
MANUFACTURERS OF SILVER PLATED-WARH.
' aliMOND DEALERS & JEWELERS.
TVATIilES, JaWsWIjSILYgH WAKE.
.WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED.
jpgCheatntit St, Phj.
Have on hand alarge and splendid assortment
PIAHONDft,'
WATCHES.
JEWELBT, AND
HLVEfiVWARI
OF ALL KINDS AND PRICES.
Particular attention is reqnested to our large itock
of DIAMONDS, and tbe extremely low prlcea,
BRIDAL PRESENTS made Of Sterling and BU
dard bllver. A large assortment to select from.
WATCHES repaired in the best manner, and m
ranted. l4p
Diamonds and all precious stones bought for caaU.
JOHN BOWMANi
No. 704 ARCH Street,
rHIULDEXPHIA,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
SILVEB AND PLATE DWABE.
Our GOODS are decidedly the cheapest in the city
for
TRIPLE PLATE, A NO. 1. tl
WATCHES, JEWELUY.
W. W. CASSIDY,
No. IS SOUTH SECOND STREET,
Offers an entirely new and most carefully select 4
stock of
AMERICAN AND GENEVA WATCHES,
4 JEWELRY,
SILVER-WARE, AND FANCY ARTICLES 0
EVERY DESCRIPTION, suitable for
BRIDAL OB HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
An examination will show my stock to be nnsnr.
Dassed la aualliy and cheapness.
Particular attention paid to repairing,
Ml
C. RUSSELL & CO..
NO. S3 NORTH SIXTH STREET, .
Have Just received an Invoice of
FRENCH MANTEL CLOCKS,
Manufactured to their order In Paris.
Also, a few INFERNAL ORCHESTRA CLOCJ
with side pieces; which they offer lower than tbe same
goods can be purchased In the city. 5 Mi
C. & A. PEQUIGNOT,
Manufacturers of
Gold ami Silver Watch Cases,
And Wholesale Dealers lu
AMERICAN WATCH CO. -8,
. HuWAlti) & CO. Si
And TREMONT
ASIIUIIIOAIN" WATCHES
4 8 NO. 2 KOI TII FIFTH STREET.
HENRY HARPER,
No. 590 ARCH Street,
Manufacturer and Dealer la
WATCHES,
FINE JEWELRY,
SILVEB-PLATED WARE, AND
81 SOLID SILVER-WASH
"3
-O i
Large and small Isea, playing- from I to If airs, and
costluK from fa to taxi Our aas'trtiueut coiupriMN
tucb choice melodies as
"Coming Thro' the hye."
Koblo Adair."
"Itock me to Slepp. Mother."
"The Last Rush ol buuiuier."
"WoiiaMlery lllla," tto, sto., . .
Besides beautiful selections from the rarlous Opera.
Imported direct, aud for sale at moderate price), b,
FA Rn A BROTHER,
Importers of Watches, et&,
II llsmtlijrp No. ft" CHESNUT St., below Fourt