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The Frobabliltlea of War In Europe.
Front Vie Nation.
It will make a good dal of difference to the
commercial world, at least, in this countrj
whether a great war breaks out in Europe
during the coming summer or not. A struggle
letween France and Germany would raine the
price of our produce, lower the price of our
bonds, and raise the premium on gold, geiid
home the great mass of our tourists, and pro
duco divers othor consequences, social, finan
cial, and even political, too numerous to men
tion. The chances of the speedy outbreak of
Buch a conflict are, therefore, a very interest
ing subject of discussion. Hut when it rests
largely with either of two reticent men, both
of dark and tortuous counsel, and each wield
ing the forces of a great empire with but very
feeble control or supervision fiom public
opinion, to say when the fight shall begin,
or whether it shall begin at all, all
efforts to calculate probabilities are, of course,
attended with great difficulty, and, what is of
more consequence, a boundless Held of mis
chief is opened up to stock-jobbers and sen
sational reporters and correspondents. We
indicated very briefly last week our reasons
for thinking that there is, at present, no
danger of an outbreak of hostilities between
France and Prussia, and that the present
tendency to panic on this subject is due to an
unscrupulous or reckless use of the cable by
speculators, and "enterprising" and itmigi na
tive news collectors. Nothing has since oc
curred to induce us to modify our opinion,
and there can be no harm in stating the
grounds of it fully, as we are satisiied they
will be found sufficient to justify us, even if
we should prove hereafter to be mistaken.
It is stated on very good authority that the
idea of taking Luxembourg as a counterpoise
to possible Prussian expansion in Germany,
was first suggested to Napoleon by Uisiuark
himself at that early interview at Biarritz
before the late war, when liismark was to the
Emperor little better than a troublesome
visionary. The probabilities are that the hint
made at the time very little impression on tlie
imperial mind, and that, judging from the
calm manner in which the refusal of the Rhine
provinces has since been received, we should
not now witness the revival of the idea if
Napoleon were not goaded into action ot some
kind by the late assaults of the opposition in
the Corps LCgislatif. There is feeling enough
in France about Prussian aggrandizement
to make it necessary that the Government
should do something, or appear to be doing
something; and the opposition to the new
scheme of army organization is so strong that
hardly anything but the prospect of a great war
at no distant period will carry it through. For
the left bank of the Rhine there is no use in ask
ing. It has been refused decidedly and peremp
torily; and there is no Frenchman who does
not know that an attempt to seize it would be
met by the whole of Germany in arms, and
resisted to the last man and the last thaler.
Of protracted negotiation about that there is
no chance, liismark would not talk about it,
and dare not if he would. But about the ces
sion of the Duchy of Luxembourg there is
use in talking. This is a small bit of territory,
valuable only for its fortress. It has belonged
to the house of Nassau since 1815; and although
it is thoroughly German, and has furnished
more than one wearer of the old imperial crown,
and was a member of the Germanio Confede
ration, the dissolution of the Confederation by
the battle of Sadowa has left it more under the
control of Holland, stricti juris, than ever it
has been before. Moreover, Holland is just
now in mortal terror of Prussia. Bismark
is the bngbear of both the Dutch king and
ministers, who, whatever the material ad
vantages of absorption into the North German
Confederation might be, naturally shrink
from what would unquestionably be the vir
tual termination of the Dutch national exist
ence, proud and illustrious as it is. There
fore, it is not at all unreasonable for France
to hope that Holland may be induced to pur
chase, by the cession of a patch of land
which has for her no earthly value, the
protection and alliance of Prussia's great
enemy. True, the Dachy is already occupied
by Prussian troops; the population is almost
exclusively German, and it is only amongst
the upper classes that French leanings are
found; and amongst the mass of German Libe
rals there would be strong opposition to its
transfer to France. The speech of Herr Ben
ningsen, an able and sensible man, in the
North German Parliament, of which we re
ceived the report last week, reveals this clearly
enough. On the other hand, the reply of
Count Bismark showed plainly that the Prus
sian Government does not deny the sovereign
rights of the King of Holland over the duahy,
does not deny the unwillingness of the
inhabitants to enter the German Con
federation, and admits that if Prussia inter
feres at all with the discretion of the Dutch
Government in the matter, it should only be
after taking counsel of the four other great
powers which concurred in the treaty of 1839,
by which the duchy was, at the partition of
Holland and Belgium, annexed to the former.
In short, it is abundantly clear that, however
much German sentiment may be opposed to
the cession, Prussia does not claim the right
of peremptory prohibition; and the whole
question is, for the present at least, a debata
1 ble one. It affords plenty of ground for any
quantity of negotiation; and this we make
bold to say is the very thing which at the
present moment France needs.
It must be remembered that France has no
material advantage to hope for through war
with Germany. Jena and Austerlitz cannot
be repeated; no Frenchman dreams of it.
"What France would fight lor would be the re
tention of the leadership in European politics
which she has lost by the events of the past
year. To fight for this, without having made
the victory as sure as organization, arms,
numbers, and leaders can make it, would be a
piece of folly Frenchmen, with all their im
petuosity, are not likely to eommit. A defeat
in the field now would fix France irretrievably
in a second or third-rate position. Whenever,
therefore, she challenges Prussia to a struggle
for the ascendancy, we believe it will le when
she is able to put all her resources into the
hands of her generals. That hot-headed
counsels do not prevail at the Tuileries is,
we think, clearly proved both by M. Rouher's
reply to M. Thiers and by the recent article in
the MoniUur. In fact, it would be very hard
to discover the "wild thirst for instant war"
anywhere but in the London telegraph offices.
Of course, the expeetatios of a speedy
beginning of the contest 1b partly based on the
supposition that Prussia, knowing it had to
come sooner or later, would not wait French
convenience, but would at once avail herself of
her present superiority of strength to put
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a France horn dc. combat Ixifore she got her army
reorganized or rearmed. 1 hose who hold tins
theory are generally possessed with the idea
that Prussia is a military monarchy like
Austria, and that Bismark has been so elated
with his late success in the field that he now
stands ready to engage all comers. The fact
is, however, that there is no country in
Europe to which war, and, above all,
a war of even moderate length, such as a
war with France would be sure to be, would
prove so burdensome as to Prussia, because in
none would so little of the fighting be done by
piofessional soldiers, and so much by men
drawn suddenly from all the trades and pro
tessions. Other nations biro men to fight; in
Prussia the whole community may be said to
lay down its tools and go to the field; and no
statesman who has to arrest the social ma
chine whenever he mobilizes the army, would
ever think of doing so with the recklessness or
alacrity with which the Emperor Napoleon or
the Austrian Kaiser pours his forces into
foreign territory to light for a province or an
idea. Prussia, though one of the most war
like of the great European .States, has had a
more peaceful history than any of them. In
fact, Irom the foundation of the monarchy
to the present day, a period of one hun
dred and fifty years, including the reign of the
gn at Frederick and the wars of the French
Revolution, she has enjoyed one hundred and
twenty-five years of peace. Of which other of
the great powers could this story be told?
The last great war, too, cannot in any sense of
the phra?e be called a war of ambition or of
apgiesBion. It was but the expression in
action of the desire of the German people for
unity; and yet, tempting as the prospect
seemed which it opened up to them, the hard
ships and sacrifices which the struggle
seemed likely to entail were such that the
popular opposition to it up to the moment
when the army took the field was exceedingly
fierce and bitter. And as to the prospect of a
war of aggression, a war of pride or suspicion
r of ambition, or, in fact, a war of any kind
except a defensive and a strictly defensive
war, we cannot do better than quote the
words of a distinguished Prussian Liberal,
Professor Sybel, now a member of the German
Parliament, addressed last September to M.
Korgade, and to which subsequent events have
lent every month fresh force:
'With such an army (i be l'russlan) tnoredl
l.le things may ul any nlven moment be
erroinpllBhed; hut, what cannot be reached
through It at any pri -e U a state of prolonged
nr, tuch at. a il.vunKtio piiHslou for conqueHt
nnlii ci erne. NY llh us the mobilization ol the
hi my is ii calamity which strikes every farm,
very counting-house, every ll'estde; there is
not a single branch of the public service or of
ii dnr tiy which the calling out of 1 be laud we1 r
i'ocs not touch. Tue country, you may be
will assured, cannot Impose such sacrifices
upon ithelf except lu supreme crises; our mill
inry organization is Incomparable for strong
nefi-nse or for energollo offense of short dura
tion, but it is utterly incapable of serving
i lie purposes of a policy of war und durable
conquest. You recommend to the French
tio eminent the adoption of our rnllltury
i- stem I can assure you that such a measure
would be received by all Germany with the
grt atest Joy, as a pledire of peaoe and security."
A Beam to be Plucked from Our Own
Kyes.
AVom the Independent,
Do you own a copy of the census ? If not,
gentle reader, have the kindness to borrow
ours to-day. True, statistics are rather for
midable reading in languid spring weather.
But do not be deterred from reading this article
by any apprehension of dryness in our figures.
We mean to be very interesting on a dull
subject.
The census of 1800 gave us what we shall
never get again totals of population marked
tree and slave, lliank God, the slave popu
lation of the United States is blotted out for
ever I The Southern slaves are now not only
freemen, but citizens and voters. Neverthe
less, the Northern negroes still are kept in a
secondary slavery marked by the law witn a
stigma on account ot their complexion aemea
their political rights excluded from the bal
lot-box. The JNoithern people, in tneir ancient
and long-continued subserviency to slavery,
framed constitutions which (with five excep
tions in New England) were, and are, hostile
to the negro's enfranchisement. These old
Constitutions must now give place to new.
We make this demand, first because it is
right, and next because the chief argument
against negro suffrage for the South is, that
negro suffrage is denied in the North.
This reasoning carries great weight; but its
weight is not against giving the negro his
ballot in the South; it is simply against re
fusing the negro his ballot in the North.
In round numbers, the South has four
million blacks, the North half a million.
Now shall the North, by opposing the politi
cal rights of her meagre halt a million, give a
pretext to the South tor opposing the political
rights of her populous lour millions r
Let us exhibit the exact proportion of whites
and blacks in all the States except the unre
constructed ten and the New England five:
lhliO. Whites. Black.
Connecticut : 451,501 8.U27,
or 43 to 1.
New York 3,831,5110 40,005,
77 10 I.
New Jersey CIG.OK) 5,318,
25 to 1.
Ohio ; 2,302,808 3U.U73,
tt,1 to 1.
Maryland 518.018 171,131,
3tol.
Delaware 90,5M 21,027,
4 lol.
Pennsylvania 2,840,150 50,010,
50 tol.
Indiana 1,327,710 11,428,
116 to 1.
Illinois 1,70-1.290 7.02S.
233 to 1.
Kentucky 919.484 210.107,
4 to 1.
Tcunebbee 820.722 7,300,
115 lol.
Allchignn 736,142 0.709,
1U8 to 1.
Minnesota 109,395 259,
732 to 1.
Wisconsin 773,093 1,721,
445 to 1.
Iowa 073,709 1,002,
034 to 1.
lvansus 100,390 025,
, 152 tol.
Missouri 1,003,489 118,503,
ONStol.
Oregon uz,l(iO 428,
. 47 to 1.
Xvebraska 28,090 82,
319 to 1.
Nevada 68i2 45i
,, ... . 151 to 1.
California 358.110 4,066,
43 to 1.
Now, we desire thoughtful men in the
iNorth to ponder this evidence of the almost
incredible majority of whites over blacks in
the loyal States; and, after scanning the table
well, we desire them to ask themselves the
question, If black men can now be allowed to
vote in South Carolina and other Southern
States, where they actually outnumber the
whites, why, then, cannot black men be
allowed to vote also in the Northern States,
where they constitute only one-fiftieth part of
1... ... l.i A . . i , ! V 1 .1 . . r.ii.s.
wic yupuiauon t II Ills ngui niuoaw n hlyo
the negro the franchise in South Carolina, is
it anything but wrong and mean to deny him
the same nrivileca in Connecticut f
The Slates that now need reconstruction are the
Northern.
There are two methods of doing this needful
work: one w, by asking each State, in turn, to j
amend its own Constitution; the other is, by
amending the Federal Constitution itself,
which thereby amends all the State Constitu
tions at once. We prefer the swifter process
and safer result of changing by one beneficent
touch the supreme law of the whole laud to
the alternative of making a beggar's pilgrim
age from State to State asking for justice by
piecemeal. - '
The Constitutional amendment proposed by
Congress, and already adopted by a large pro
portion of the States, is a half-way measure,
inadequate to the situation, unjust to the
negro, and unworthy of the Republic.
We respectfully move, in its stead, a new
amendment, which, with even-haHded Justice,
hall establish the negro's political rights
throughout the North as wU as throughout
the South.
Fellow-countrymen, it ought to bring a
blush to every white cheek in - the loyal
North to reflect that the political equality of
American citizens is likely to be sooner
achieved in Mississippi than in Illinois
sooner on the plantation of Jefferson Davis
than around the grave of Abraham Lincoln.
Conservative Organization In the South.
From the 7imrs.
The views we have expressed in regard to
the future of parties at the South, and tho
probable formation of an organization iude
pendent of existing parties, and embracing
offshoots from all, receive timely confiuiation
in the following remarks of the Times of New
Orleans:
"We ft rvently hope that in the various move
ments for the organization of a conservative,
M ti-nid cal parly In this (State, care will be
ml; en to exclude extremists and politicians
who have figured conspicuously lu the pawl und
recent contests, and to unite and combine all
good and honest citizens lu one p iwerlul orga
nization, regiirdlessol old parly ground of divi
sion. The great mass ot the Union parly pro
per (leMre to join in this combination, and all
of i he recent Confederate or Secession imity are
hound to the same organization. Neither must
r- pel or discourage t lie other by any attempt to
'evlveold issues and distinctions. There must
lie a lull and liank oblivion of old disputes and
conliovoiMt s. The votes aud eil'orts of all are
ucedt d, and are due to the cause. Hut those
who are put forward prominently, to lead
and direct such organization, whose names are
I uliilshed Hsolllcersauit committeemen, should
us lar us possible be choseu indiscriminately
Horn nil the various parlies. Union, secession,
conservative, or radical, who are willing to
work lor the common object of all, to wit. the
escue of our 8tate ana city Irom political
narpies who have descended upon us to plunder
i,ui substance and conspire against our freedom
itini right -i. Above all, those who compose the
majority of this great conservative partv should
he cerelul not to give prominent positions lu
this contest to those who have heretofore been
conspicuous in their opposition to the Union
cause. Let the champions of that c.iuse take
the front ranks in a contest against tneir bkter
enemies, und the enemies of the peace, order,
and weliure of the country ! Let their lead and
direction be followed and supported by all
others of all the various piirties who, however
divided on other subjects und occasions, are at
itiif-t utiitetl on the common desire aud effort
lo have our State and country."
As we understand the movement proposed,
it is not intended to be partisan in any sense,
or to compete with the advocates of another
policy on mere party grounds. The private
letter we published the other day from Gal
veston correctly indicated, we think, both
what is. probable and what is prudent. In
their present position the Southern people
cannot oenent memseives, wnue iney mignt
complicate their embarrassments, by entering
uiion the old style ot party wartare. .tor all
immediate political purposes they are power
less, and they are most likely to promote their
material interests, and hasten the restoration
of national harmony, by limiting their efforts
to a full and faithful compliance with the let
ter and spirit of the law. More than this
could not be expected at their hands; aud be-
ond this, we presume, the words ot our rtew
rleans namesake are not designed to apply.
They indicate simply an alliance for the pur
pose of giving ellect to the law in a manner
most conducive to the luture weiiare ana Hap
piness of the Southern people.
It is eminently proper that rational, mode
rate men, whatever their past party affilia
tions, should combine to prevent the success
f the demagogues and firebrands who would
alienate class from clas3, and, under the pre
tense of extreme loyalty, would lay the foun
dations of future trouble. What men have
been is of infinitely less moment than what
thev are. That point which concerns the
country relates to the pr;?ent purposes of the
people ot the South, lo heap upon the
masses disabilities because of the Rebellion,
were to render ceitain future discontent and
difficulty. To make sure that they are for the
Union now that they recognize the supreme
authority of the Federal Government now
that they accept the conditions dictated by
Congress now and that they are prepared in
good faith to do all that the law enjoins, is the
one essential thing. And this is precisely
what the proposed organization in Louisiana
will accomplish. If carried out in the spirit of
the article we have cited, it will insure the
development of a healthy loyal sentiment,
will lrustrate the plans ot partisan incendia
ries, aud will inspire conlidence in the mind
of the North.
What is talked of in Louisiana will, we
trust, be acted upon in other States. In every
one of them, and especially in Mississippi,
Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia, inllu
ences are at work which prove the existence
of an element that is constantly acquiring
compactness and strength. It is impossible
to note the accessions daily made to the mends
of the law, as opposed to the malcontents who
centre their expectations in the Supreme
Court, without feeling that the better portion
of the South is on the side of those who. counsel
immediate and friendly action. Among these
may be found persons who are best qualified
to extend the movement for the common
benefit of the South. From party combina
tions they would naturally stand nloof. That
w hich needs their help is a movement superior
to parties. It is a movement towards local
union as well as the return of reconstructed
States to the Union; and its progress will be
watched anxiously yet hopefully.
New Pheee of Reconstruction In the
South Fun, Fire, and Fury.
From the Herald.
When a barrel of new beer is exposed to the
sun there must be ventages for the escape of
the gas, or the hoops must be very strong, or
there will be an explosion, scattering beer,
froth, hoops, and staves in every direction.
So when a great revolution has turned the old
political institutions and ideas of a great com
munity topsy-turvy and its social system in
side out, there must be a fermentation among
the elements of the body politic, mor,e or less
alarming, before we can have a settled condi
tion of things. This fermentation is now
going on throughout the five military districts
into which the ten outside Rebel Southern States
are divided. Here and there, too, we haye fre
quent and increasing explosions of gas, with
occasional damages to life and limb, although
not often of a serious character. Bellicose
editors and politicians, known in the South as
"bomb-proofs" during the war, have been of j
late getting up some gunpowder excitements
in Memphis, Vicksburg, and elsewhere, and
generally they are furious and fiery, as noisy ,
lellows are apt to be when lighting is over.
A South Carolina correspondent, for example,
informs us that among tho combustibles of
that thoroughly subjugated State there are
Some half dozen duels on the carpet on points
of honor and ancient chivalry. This, too,
while the real fighting leaders of the. Rebel
lion, such as Lee, Longstreet, Hampton, Hoau
rcgard, and all others, are all for peace, sub
mission, and reconstruction.
' Under this state of things we are not sur
prised that Mr. John Minor ?otts, of Virginia,'
thould turn up iu a somewhat bellicrerent atti
tude. The record of Mr. Potts during tho war,
though not that of a fighting man, is the
record of a Southern Unionist who could not
be shaken from his faith, even in Castle Thun
der. It is natural, perhaps, that from his treat
ment under the Government of Jell Davis he
should come out of the war a flaming radical ;
but for all that he should not permit his zeal to
outrun his discretion. He complains to us of a
certain letter from a Richmond correspondent,
which, through an oversight, was admitted into
our columns. Mr. Botts.touching this objection
able letter, opens a correspondence with Gen
eral Scholield which settles the case completely
in favor of the complainant. 'Thus amply vin
dicated, the submission of General Schotiold'a
testimony to this journal, iu behalf of the com
plainant, would have been enough. Hut Mr.
Bolts goes out of his way to inform General
Scholield that "as the systematic effort at
defamation and detraction seems about to be
resumed by the Hi raid, whose editor I had
the misfortune, some twelve or fifteen years
ngo, unwittingly to offend, I have determined
to try conclusions" with him "bv a resort to
legal remedies."
Having resolved upon this mode of redress,
Mr. Botts should have stopped just there;
but he spoils his case as complainant and
lawyer, not in saying, "Now, Mr. Bennett,
there is no necessity for any words between
us," for we agree in that, but in adding these
words of bad temper and bad taste, to wit:
"lour paper has been at the service ot every
blackguard, of high or low degree, who, from
motives ol personal or political malignity,
desired to defame me for the last eighteen
years," and then, in a towering passion, he
talks of "the licentiousness of the press,
"defamation and detraction," "shameless
mendacity," and "mendacity and malignity"
terms unworthy a schoolboy in such a case,
but wholly Inexcusable and incomprehen
sible in a man of the age and experience of Mr.
Botts.
Let him be assured that we have no recol
lection of any offense committed by him
against us, except his offense of making war
upon John Tyler and resolving to "head him
or die," after having been his travelling com
panion on the same journey, after having
shared with him the same supper of com
bread and bacon, and after having, like a
brother, slept with him under the same blan
ket. There has been no wicked design in any
of our subsequent collisions with Mr. Botts
from time to time. They have been only the
accidents of the whirligig of politics. Under
the rule of John Randolph, of Roanoke, to
"pay as we co," we have no outstanding
balance against Mr. Botts, nothing against him
of "mendacity, malignity," or any such non
sense. Cheerfully placing him right upon tho
record in regard to his conference with General
Scholield, we leave it to Mr. Botts himself to
determine whether the tone and temper of his
letter in the premises are entitled to or un
worthy the consideration we have given it.
France and Prussia.
From the Tribune.
A week ago we received a cable despatch
stating that Count Bismark had sent an ener
getic note to France demanding of the Empe
ror Napoleon his reasons for arming, and ask
ing the immediate cessation of warlike prepa
rations. Such a note, one would think, must
have produced throughout Europe the most
profound excitement, and it has therefore been
a cause ef general surprise that, during the
week since elapsed, so little has been heard of
the effects of the Prussian note. It has since
been stated that the people of Luxembourg
generally were opposed to being sold to France;
that a proposition was under consideration to
declare Luxembourg neutral territory; that, in
case of war, Bavaria and Baden would aid
Prussia; but not a word of what the official and
unofficial press of Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg,
and Vienna Jiad to say ol a note ol so extraor
dinary a character. This strange silence of the
cable could not fail to make the impression
that either the report of Count Bismark's note
was a gross exaggeration, or that tho informa
tion sent to us concerning ono of the most im
portant events of the present year has been
most gianugiy uencieni.
Yesterday morning we had another alarming
despatch. The negotiations between France
and Prussia are said to have been broken
off'. The prominence which the entire press
of Europe has for several weeks been giving
to the Luxembourg question, ought certainly
to have furnished material enough for a fuller
and more intelligible despatch. Wo have
thus far had no intelligence of any
direct negotiations between France and Prus
sia. By the Scotia we received the news that
the Government of Holland has informed
1'iussia that Luxembourg would never
lin sold without the previous consent
of Prussia. Bismark had taken the
rvound that, although Germany could
not claim the entrance of Luxembourg
iui the Confederation, she had a right to
oimose the sale to France of a fortress which
hits been completed by the money of the old
Inderal Diet, and which, in the hands of
Frame, would constitute a permanent danger
tniieriuany. He had also insisted that the
consent of all the powers which had guaram
tfed the Treaty of 1S39 was requisite tor such
n Kide. It was further stated that Russia
lind protested against the sale, and that the
English Ministry uati omciaiiy ueciareu iiiai
the sale could not take place, because the con
tent of Prussia would never be given.
This is all the authentic information we
have thus far received about the relations of
Fiance and I'russia to the Luxembourg ques
tion. Supposing me intelligence given iu me
table despatch yesterday morning to be correct,
it-? meaning seems to be that the efforts of
Prussia to prevail upon France to abandon the
claimed right of purchasing Luxembourg have
failed. But intelligence fuller and more dis
tinct than the despatches thus far received, is
needed to explain the present situation. The
latest articles in the semi-official papers of
Prussia indicate, however, that the relations
between France and Prussia were not of a
friendly nature.
Alter writing the above, we received a
despatch from Berlin stating that Napoleon is
reported to be strengthening his forces and
military posts on the frontier, putting hia ar
tillery on a war footing, purchasing ambu
lances, and that the reserves of 1808 would
be called out on the first of May. Rrussia is
also reported to be making active military
preparytioua.
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THE NEW SIX PER CENT.
STATE LOAN,
Free from all State, County,
and Municipal Taxation,
Will be furnished lu sums to suit, on applica
tion to either of the undersigned:
ALEX. BENSON CO.
JOHN E. FOX A CO.
tUAKLU EMORY A CO.
FREDERICK STEER.
DE HAVEN A BBO.
GEEN DEN NINO A DATES.
lil'ltl'Z A HOWARD.
UIOREN A CO.
EDWARD ROBINS dc CO,
UEOBUE J. BO YD.
BARKER, BROS. A CO.
HSIGIIT A UBAFF.
ISAAC C. JONES, JR.
IllLL dc NORTH.
4 31m S. HARVEY THOMAS.
E W PENNSYLVANIA
6 PEIt CENT. LOAN.
FOR SALE IN BUMS TO SUIT t
DE HAVEN & BROTHER,
4 21m4p
NO. 40 H. TIIIKD STBEET.
EW STATE LOAN
For Sale, Without Commission,
BY
J. E. RIDGWAY
BANKER,
KO. 87 SOUTH T111KI STRfcET.
lm
JEW
STATE LOAN.
THE nr.XV 6 FER CENT. STATE LOAN,
FREE FROM ALL 1AA.ATION,
Will lie furulhhed In sains 10 cult, by
COCHRAN & GOWEII,
BANKERS ANJJ BROKERS.
4 3 lml KO. HI MH'TIl YIIIKI1NTKKET.
j VAX $"i3,UO.(j00 LOAK
OF THE
8TATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
For sale In amounts to suit purchasers.
C. T. 1ERKES, Jr., & CO,,
43 lml
KO. to MrTHTlllWlSTWEKT.
SEVENTH NATIONAL BANK
OF PHILADELPHIA,
KOBIIIWKNT CO It NEK Of IOCHT1I AND
JUKUtX STKEKIS,
UEOUUE W. HILL, 1 RESIDENT,
E. B. H.iH,tAWIIEK,
OJFEBS EVERY ADVANTAGE TO DErOSITOitS
Bankers', Merchants', and Manufacturers' Accounts
-tert. 4 18 UiatU3in
((THE NOVELTY."
THIS KPLKNDID CLOTHES WRIXCiEU
HAS FOUR COO-WHEELS, two on each end, and la
in reality the ONLY RELIABLE ONE ever made.
Pon'l buy beiore teeing thla. "WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL.
S. MAOFEURAN,
BOLE AGENT,
IJlmrpl KO, 781 CUINSBT STREET.
LEGAL NOTICES.
7SJOTICE.-COUKT OK COMMON PLRA
X KUK THK CITY AND COUNTY UP FIIILA
lit It'll lA.cl Jtmt Tprin, rm. No. M. In Dlvoraa
' AM A IjI A VOK1.KKK VII. 'H I I.I PP VOKI.k Kk.
k f. "ii ","v',,""e-i UitttillKol tlieulMcrlbfr
Li.f 2A.NJ1JU,Ki M,",,l'l'h"',l9liil. on IheWt
day of April, a. l. iw, hi 4 o'clock i. m7
...... KKKIj. DITTMANN,
. 4 '"' Attorney tor Libelinut.
Ft.
TI1K COUKT OK COMMON Pi .w a si vr
'UK CITY AMK'IMINTV,,!' uim ............
.nj-i.-rv 1. uniiiim oy hit next frieuil u v
bAMl KL HAK8IIAW ' "l0,,V"
December Term, MM. No. m. In Divorc
'lobmntiel It rnhw, Despondent. Tnke notice of ft
Utile in the itnove ciue returnable KATUKDA Y Aunt
27, lK(i7, Hi 10 o'clock A. M.. to show caime wny i
invoice a vinculo matrimonii Hlioiild not bt ducreyi
Kit 'II A HI) LUDLOW
i 1H41 Attoriit-y for Llbwllnnt.
TN THE COUKT OF COMMON PLEA8KOtt
J. HlJi CITY AND COUNTY OF l'lilLADKLr
fill A.
ASi-lUNKDl'STATROFWAltnra F. FEROUSOH.
1 lie A nil nor Hiii'Oinien t inr i;niin 10 auun, netua.
mitl BtlliiRi II. e account ot 1 HUM AM t.KKKN-
JtANK, Axatgiirn ol Ibt) J-.stnte ol WAKItKN r.
Hvltl.LbON, und to report tllMrliiullon of Hie balHiii
In tlie IibiiiIh of tlie Atcouninnt, will nievl Lie par
tlt'K InterPNletl for tlie purpoNttt ol bis aniitniiunent,
D MONDAY, April ai, lwi at bulfp 8t 8 o'clock P.
ii.. at lim cilice. No. 32 Soutlj 1 11 11U1 Street. In th
city or 1'lillitUoljililu. K. II. Til A III",
1 n ItlKlU.-il' rtuuiwr.
1 N I'll K ORPHANS' COUKT FOR THE CUT
L AND COUNTY lr 1'lilLA DKLl'lilA
J'.sTA 1 K OF jamkmc. w u u it h.ll, aeeeascti.
Tl.e Auullor at pointed by tlie Court to audit, nettl
and aiijum the account ot KMILY b. WtlkHKLU
A (1 11 Ii IMrutrlx. c. t. ft. ot tliu Kxiale of JA.MKiU,
W UKKl'.l.L. deceased, and to report ll.il nbuiiou of
tl.e biilance In tlie hand or tlie accountant, will
11, pet tlie parlies Interested for tlie purpose of hi ap
pointment on 'i HL'itHDAY, the 2.1 day Of May, IH7,
at 4 o'clock 1'. M.. at No. 123 S. FIFTH street. In ma
cilv nt I'lilladrilplila, AMOS ItHIIJtiH.
4 17 immuri Auditor.
SHIPPING.
THK 1'IIIEAIKI.III1A A VA
OL'lllKHN MAIL bllAMalllP ixi.tf.
lajiV b UhtltUH I.hh
ftOK SAVANNAH, UA,
TONA WAMiA, ;u tons. Caputiu V ui. Jennings,
W YOM1NU. bSu tons. Cutilain Jacob Teal.
lhe ateauiHlilp WYuMlNO, will leave for
the
r!,g purl uu tSatuiday, April 20, nt 8 o'clock .
Irom tlit Hfcuiitl wuan UmIuw hiiruce street.
1 tirtiueb DHHHave lickcUi Btilu and 1 rei lit taken nw
all poiuut In connection Willi tlie tieorula Central Kail-
roao. YVl.L1.L1l. am L. jAMf.a. ueuurai Ageui,
ri. S14 n. Delaware avenue.
Agenta at Savannah, Hunter fc Uauiuiull. I4j
THE PIIILADEIiI'IIIA AND
: SOlTlliEKM MAIL MKAMsllIPUOM.
I'AiM'ti KKOLLAH fcKM l-MUN'l UL Y LINE.
Oil NEW 4tRL.l-.ANS, LA.,
VIA HAVANA.
BTA R OFTH K UN lON.iae tuna. Caiit. T. N. Cookaey .
j uiMA iA 11:10 tuna, captain f. L iioxie,
W ill leave HiIh torl every two week" alternately.
touching at Havana lor paaoeLgeru guiug auii
turning.
T11E STAR Ot THE UNION will leave tor Ne
Oiieaun A(.n '1, at 8 o'clock A.M., iruui the second
YWiuil 1 v HpruceHtreet.
Tlie JUMA'iA wji leave " leans for this
poll A pi II 27.
Iniouith t i tin of ladiiiK KlKtivd for freight to jiof. ,
Oalvt'Klouatciiex, Vlckahurg, MeuiuuiH, iiaauva.i ,
Calio,bt. l.otiiH. l.onlsville, unu t. liiulunali.
W UL1AJU 1m jAJir.o, ueneral Agent,
4 1J Io. HI4 H. Delaware avenue.
Agents at New Orleans, Creevy, Klckeison A (Jo.
THE PHILADELPHIA AND
SOL llliiKJ. MAIL fo'l'hiAMSillIP COM
l AiiVb KKUL'UK HK11 1-MOJS 1 11L LlJSJli
4R ILJIllNtiilOA, A. C
The Bteanibhlu 1'lo.Mvh.n, u ii ua. Camalu J. Ben.
nett. will leave lor the above port on bainruuy. April
VI. at ft o'clock A.M., from the tecond wharl below
fcjiriice street,
uiiisoi lauing eigneu at .uruugu ana reaucea rate
to all principal points id JNortii Carolina.
.Agents at w nuni,
iglou. WuruiA Daniel.
WILLIAM L. JAUKta, Ueueral Agent,
ISo. 814 b. Delaware avenue.
41J
RTF.AM Til 1 ,1V kkPflflT PAT. 1.1 VIA
UueeuHtowu. 'lhe luiuau Line, aallinv
aeuji-u eekly. carrying the L ulled btatea Mails.
ich.lU.KN TICKK'IU TO PARIS AI BACK.
h i UbT C LASS, fMj UOLD.
CITY OF BOISTOJS.. baturday, April M
ELllNBL'HUH v.euueeday,Apmil
CITY OJr BALTIMORE . Saturday . A prll XT
Cl'lY OF tuHK Wednesday. May i
CITY O 'WAblllKUTOM Saturday. May 4
and each succeeding baturday and Wednesday. M
noon, Irom Pier ISo. 45, .North River.
RATES OF PASbAOE
By the mail steamer sailing every Saturday
. Payable iu Oold.l Payable In Currency.
FirBtCabln- .....llti Steerage
To Lonuou...... 116 To Londou........ g
To Pans l To Paris 4f
Passuge by the W ednesday ateamers: First Cabin.
110; bleerage, A;0. Payable in United States curreucV
Passengers also lorwarded to Havre. Hainburir Bri.
men, etc. at moderate rates. '
Steerage passage from Liverpool or Queens town, tat 1
currency. Tickets can be bought here by persona aeutb
lug lor their Iriends. "
tor lurUier lnlormatlon apply at the ComDaav '
Ollices. JciHi, O. DALE, Agent.
7t No. Ul WALK UT Btreet. Phliade phla.
yffjv PASSAGE TO AND FROM
Ul bTEAMhAlP AMD BA1L1.NG PACKJiT.
Al UtllUttDUA'ltB.
DBAFTS AVAUALLt lhHtiCGIiOl'T ENGLA
1KLLAM), CtOILAf,D,AKD WALJSB.
For paititulari apply to
, I4P8COTT BROTHERS & CO.,
Ho. S6r-0U'IP. Kireet tnd ISo. Ti LKUADYVAY 1
11 Or to THUS. K. bEAULK.Hn WALHUT Bt
FOR NEW YORK.-SWIFTSURB
Transportation Company Despatch
and bwlliaure Liumh. via Imiui..m
ana Kartian Canal, on aud aaer the 15th of March,
leaving daily at 12 M. and 5 P. M., connecting with
all Northern aud Eastern lines.
For lreight, which will be taken upon accommoda
ting terms, apply to
WILLIAM M. BAIRD & CO.,
II o,182 s. DELAWARE Aveune.
NEW PUBLICATIONS. t
pilANG'S SUPERB CHROMOS,
IF.41EAL, TO OIL IAINTINCiS.
Consisting of the Group ot Quails, Little Chickens.
Duckling's, Victory, W inter Crowned Wren. Ruby
reu, Pl er and Jsut-Crackers, the Awakening, tha
bisters, American Gem Landscapes, )t kinds- bono,
ture Texts. Mottoes, etc; Album aud bunday School
Cards. Sea and Wood Mosses. Butlerlilcs. Auturna
Leaves, Roses, etc. etc. A splendid assortment for
sale by
G. W. PITCHER,
Dealer in Albums, Photographs, Pictures,
And Manulacturer of Frames of all styles,
829 1m NO. fcOS CHESNUT STREET,
All the New Books on hand ss soon as Issued.
QALIFORNIA WINE CO.
WINES,
From the Vineyards of Sonoma, Los Angelos, and
Wapa Counties, California, consisting of tha
following:
WINE BITTERS,
AN4; t.1.14 A,
SHERRY,
U4M K,
All SCATKL,
CAT A W II A,
CLA K El,
A'tmi,
DM ANDY,
CHAMPAGNE.
These WINES are warranted to he the pure Juice ot
the grape, unsurpassed oy any in the market, and are,
highly recommended lor Medicinal aud Family pur
posoa. For sale by ,
E. L. CAUFFMAN,
AGENT,
NO. 21 NORTH FOURTH STREET,
3 13wsl4t PHILADELPHIA.
T.STEWART BROWN,
S.E. Comer of
FOURTH and CHESTNUT STJ
MANUFACTURER Or
TRUNKS, VALISES. BAGS, RETICULES, and evei
deaeription of Traveling Ooous.
THINKS tad BAua EepAlred.
FOSTER'S RESTAURANT,
KO. IS1 SOUTH TVIIIRD STREET,
OPPOSITE GIBAPD BANK, P1ILADKLPHIA
Oy erindWci.inif)ifctu:r. 4 Ilea
L? 0 I ..'.'"'I'P Voelker, me klive-nttme1 renpouUHiit-"
r r-iiie iiepoHUioiis of widiewiti lor libelliint in lh
liove cHe will i,e luken b -lore K. K. NICHOI
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