THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY C, 18GT. THE NEW YORK PRESS. . EPITOBIAI. OPINIONS OF THR LEADING JOURNALS CroN CCRBKNT TOPICH COMPILKD KVBBt DAT FOB TBB EVENING TELEOBAFH. Tha lltuatlon In Mexico. From ihe Tribune. . There baa been no difficulty for the last two yoara in predicting, except as to the exact jme, what would be the ultimate issue of ffairs in Mexico. In the first place, those who ' k'ere well acquainted with the intentions of ur Government, to say nothing of the temper f our people, knew that it was not among jossilIo things that an Austrian l'rince, foisted upon Mexico by force of French arms, assum ing to be an Emperor in despite of the will of Mexican people, who had long ago chosen a xepublio as their form of government, should le recognized as Emperor of Mexico by the "United States. We should have deserved the contempt of the world had we recognized him. In the second place, Maximilian himself, partly hy the great wrong he committed, and partly Jjy an excellent thing which he did, lost the support of both the great parties in Mexico, and was, in consequence, absolutely without support, except by French bayonets. The two great parties in Mexico, for the last generation each in turn in the ascendancy, iave been the party of the J'uros (Liberals) and the party of the Church. Maximilian incurred the life-long hatred of the first when lie accepted Napoleon's invitation to become an Emperor on American soil. He had but the Church to fall back upon. When he first arrived that party was jubilant. A scion of a loyal house, usually considered as devoted to the interests of Kome as any other in Europe, the general expectation was that he would jestore to the Mexican Church what she deemed her outraged rights the same to recover which she had waged, under the leadership of Miramon, a three-years' war. The dignitaries of that Church, especially after Maximilian's visit to the Pope, made on the eve of his departure for Mexico, liad made sure that one of his first im perial acts would be the rescinding of those famous "Laws of Reform" passed under Juarez's rule, in 1850, by which nearly $300,000, 000 of landed property that liad been accumulating for centuries in ecclesi astical hands, including half the City of Mexico, "was, to use the Mexican phrase, secularized; that is, confiscated and sold for the benefit and "behoof of the Government. They were doomed to a bitter disappointment. Maximilian, in ftpite of their remonstrances, formally ratified Juarez's action in the premises, and they lost all they had hoped fcr from the new comer. Thenceforth Maximilian had no longer a party in Mexico. lie was placed in the same situa tion that John Tyler once occupied, with Scarcely a "corporal's guard" left. His fate is Sealed now. By this time, doubtless, he is a prisoner, a fugitive, or a corpse. We hope it is not the latter. His death, in cold blood, as a Mexican prisoner, would be, as Fouche said of the Duke d'Enghein, "worse thorn a crime; it would be a political blunder." Alive and Spared, the dethroned usurper would excite little interest, and less sympathy; shot or lianged, the murdered Emperor would become a martyr. But what is to be the result when he passes from the scene 1 wise reconstruction, peaceful consolidation, or chronic anarchy 1 Many pro phesy the latter; we are very much given, we .Anglo-Saxons, to looking down somewhat Superciliously on all races but our own; and it is an easy and convenient cross-cut to the future to predict that it will be but a repeti tion of the past. Why, when the foreigners are gone, and the Mexicans once more posses sors of their country, should they not fall to quarrelling again among themselves, with the old exhibition of partisan rivalries, civil fcrawls, plans (as they call their political plat forms) iy the dozen, and pronunciamentos appearing as regularly as a quarterly maga zine, but often at shorter intervals 1 There is an old legal maxim that with the cessation of the cause for a law, the law itself should cease. We admit that the general rule in MBfrico throughout the past has been anarchy and civil strife. But what was the chief cause of this T An answer, which we believe to be a true one, came up at the time j Maximilian disappointed the last hopes of the j Church, in a curious way. When, in 18G4, the imperial decrea ratifying Juarez's confis cation of the .Church lands appeared, the i Archbishops and Bishops of Mexico met in j council, and issued a solemn protest against ' the measure, denying that the Emperor had I any right in the premises, and stigmatizing liis action in this matter as nothing better I than high-handed plunder. The better to j enforce their argument, and to show that this ' ratification was as much opposed to the public sentiment of the nation us to law and reli gion, and that the hearts of the people were with them, they declared that all the wars of the country, for the last j quarter of a century, had originated in defense I of ecclesiastical rights. The annual income of the Church, from the lands confiscated in lo.r( was from $20,000,000 to 2.rj,o00,000 a year! that was more than double the annual reve nues of the Mexican Government a revenue amply sullicient to carry on war, and em ployed, as their own incautious admission hows, for that very purpose. This ill-used Wealth is gone. The property so stubbornly fought for is lost forever. The cause having ceased, may we not expect that what used to le the rule in this matter will cease also ? Let us wait and see, refraining from sinister pro phecies of evil. These people have fought ntubbornly, not only for their independence, Imt for a radical platform of principles, of tyhich. no nation need be ashamed. Here are the items which compose the creed of the Juarez or Liberal party: 1. A Constitutional tjovernnwnt. 52. Freedom of religion and of the press. 3. Nationalization of the surplus church property. 4. Jne abolition ot t ueros, that is, of military and ecclesiastical tribunals, as they existed under the old system, accord- ine to which military men and ecclesiastics were amenable to their own tribunals only C. Reduction of the tariff. 0. Free immigra lion. 7. Popular education. When Juarez was Governor of the State of Oalaca. one of his first acts was to establish nublio schools in every district of the State .All this looks well. It gives promise of better things in the future. That promise may not "be fulfilled. If we speak encouragingly, and liopefully, we may aid in its fulfilment. But if we persist in declaring that no good thing will Avar come out of Mexico; if we cast con tempt on the efforts of these people because 41. . nr Htill behind us in the race of civiliza tion, we are doing what in us lies to chill their courage ana rexaru uieir piugicoa. The Code of Honor Down South. F, om the Herald. v-,.t n,.variiftlie Rebellion is over. i U VT bunk i-.v " " - s . il . 1 ..111.. and tho best generals oi me uuuu v- f.-deracy, Lee, Wade Hampton, jwaurg:r Joe Johnston, and others, have quietly set U down some teaching young gentlemen moral philosophy, some cultivating sweet potatoes, and some managing railroads, and all appa rently very glad to be at peace and very will ing to be reconstructed we find the old fire eating and piBtol-shooting spirit that prevailed among a certain class of Southerners in th good old days when a colored man had no rights under the Constitution again breaking out. Every day we hear of duels in some of the Southern States, chiefly among editors which probably acoounts for so many of them being bloodless. It might be supposed that the South had enjoyed enough fighting to satisfy one generation, and we suppose some of them have; for we notice that the principals in these duels were never heard of during the late war. But we recommend these belligerent Southern editors to keep cool, and take pat tern by the North. Here we have our con troversies in the press freely enough; but never a duel. In some cases the political editors go so far as to call each other liars and cheats and forgers, which is in very bad taste; but in the end they all manage to get along easily and quietly without burning pow der. If the Southern editors had taken part in their own war, and shared in the hard knocks of the Rebellion, they would be less eager now to show their valor by standing opposite to each other at "a gentlemanly dis tance, not too near," and firing pistols with their eyes shut. More Vague Reports on the Enropttu AMUlculty. From the Times, It was not unreasonable to hope that we had got some degrees outside the realm of speculation in estimating the bearings of the European difficulty. A late cable telegram would seem to dis appoint whatever expectations of that sort may have been formed. Four days ago there came the distinct assurance that the assent of the rival powers had not only been ob tained to the proposition for a Conference, but that the essential points which were to form the basis of a settlement had been formally outlined and definitely agreed to. France was not to enlarge her present boundaries; the fortress of Luxembourg was to be dis mantled; the political condition of the Duchy was to be ascertained and settled by the assembled representatives; and the powers represented were to charge themselves with the task of giving effect to the provisions of the treaty, and maintaining these provisions inviolate. This view of the progress made towards a pacifio adjustment was amply confirmed by a dispatch from London which reached New York early last Tuesday morning. On the previous day Lord Stanley made the official statement, in the House of Commons, that the proposal for a peace conference had been accepted by both France ana Prussia, let i immediately on the back of this came the bewildering announcement that the silence of King William of Prussia, in presence of the Diet, was causing uneasiness throughout Europe; and yet another telegram the same day repeating, in effect, the statement as to the ominousness of the King's silence. Next there comes, in spite of the foreboding charac ter of these despatches, the news that the day for the meeting of the Conference had been fixed, followed almost instantly by the tele gram, published on Friday, giving the 7th instead of the 12th of the present month as the opening day an assurance, one would sup pose, sufficient to dispel any doubts as to the bona Jides of either of the contestants in sub mitting their case to a European council. Not so, however. Those not entirely hardened in their indifference to any and all kinds of political news reported by the cable, can hardly help being more or less confounded to read again this morning that an uneasy financial feeling has once more broken out, both in London and on the European continent, as to the prospeets of the Conference; and that no less authority than Lord Derby throws dis credit on the reported basis of settlement, while struggling to uphold hi3 faith in the possibility of the Conference being able to reach a pacific solution of the difficulty. Where these vague despatches about an "uneasy financial feeling" a phrase stereo typed till it has become peculiarly offensive originate, it is impossible to say. What we know is that their very vagueness tends more or less to excite the money market here. That was at least the temporary effect on Friday. And as long as the public mind can be kept confused by throwing everything bearing upon the European problem into the region of con jecture, financial uneasiness will continue to be felt. If that is the real object aimed at in dubious despatches, they serve to some extent the purpose intended. Parliamentary Triumph of the Knglluh 11 dormer. JYom the Herald. The Atlantic cable reports that a division took place in the English House of Commons on the Reform bill last Thursday night, on the question of an amendment proposed by the Liberals, when the Government was defeated by a majority of eighty-one votes. This result, encouraging as it is to the advocates of the popular cause, is not vital as involving the official existence of the Derby Cabinet; and the Premier has exhibited his usual official tact in accepting the amendment, and thus avoiding an embarrassment perhaps unforeseen, and, consequently, unprovided for. The test vote on the measure was taken on the occasion of the second reading, when Mr. Disraeli's pro positions were sustained against the argu ments of the Gladstone-Bright phalanx by twenty-one votes. The effect ot the Liberal triumph in the House has induced a movement on the part of the Government towards a compromise with the people; for we learn by another telegram that the outdoor demonstration or the leaguers which is to take, place in London to-day will not lie interfered with, although the Home Secretary had previously "warned" the people against it. The Political Sltutttlen, From the World. The country is on the edge of the great quadrennial maelstrom of the Presidential elec tion, and our politics will presently be drawn into the whirl which sweeps everything towards that vortex. It bids fair to be a very different canvass from that in 1864. For many reasons, the activity of the Republican party will be soonest developed; and the Democratic party, if wise, will await the action of its oppo nents before disclosing its plans or deploying its forces. We have, as yet, no Presidential candidates in training; the Republicans have several. We do not, as yet, know whether the Southern States will be permitted to take part in the election; it is iu the power of the Republicans to allow or to prohibit them, since the present Republican party will run one candidate or ,two. and the taotics proper for u'a'to pursue" mignt be essentially varied by a schism in that party. It is our policy to take the utmost advantage of their mistakes, rivalries, and intestine quarrels & 1 policy which requireBUSto praotice for a long time to como a "wise and masterly inactivity,' accompanied with great vigilance and wari ness. ' The Republican party must confront two difficulties, both of which tend to bring it early into the field. The first of these is, that the march of events is depriving the party of available issues; the second, that the scramble of competing candidates and their eagerness to head one another off, are unfavorable to post ponement. The war, as a politioal issue, is dead; negro Bufl'rage, as soon as the Southern States have reorganized, will be either dead or a source of disintegration, since no question will then remain but its extension by Federal authority into the loyal States. The Republi can party, when called upon to toll what they intend to do for the ensuing four years, will have no ready answer, because there is no policy on which they are agreed. To go into the Presidential election seated on a dead horse, with their face turned towards the crupper, is a kind of campaign which no party would uinli in court. It ia only bv an early begin ning that the Republicans can succeed in con structing a platform that does not look merely to the past. The tact mat Lhase, oteveus, Sumner, and other conspicuous leaders are trying to put the party in advance of the Congressional policy, betokens a consciousness that the ground is rapidly sliding from under them, and that Southern acceptance of the Reconstruction acts will otherwise leave it without any livine issues. When the party meets in a National Con vention it will encounter this dilemma either it must construct a tdatform consisting of dead issues, or it is liable to be split asunder by an abortive attempt to make Sumner's policy the party creea. ii mere were toiera ble unanimity in favor of any candidate, this difficulty might be got over; but rival and conflicting ambitions will rather magnify than belittle differences, inasmuch as the adoption of the old or the new platform will determine the fate of particular candidates. The situation is entirely different from what it was in 1804, when Mr. Lincoln was able to dictate his own nomination. The reluctance of the country to make a change of adminis tration in the very crisis of the war, cut the sinews of all other candidates. It insured the unity of the party, and made the Convention a mere registering body to authenticate I nomination demanded by the party sentiment But since the death of Mr. Lincoln the Repub lican party has had no recognized head. Air. Chase has lost his ascendancy over the bank ing and commercial interests by going into the Supreme Court. Mr. Colfax has appa rently as good a chance for the nomination as the Chief Justice. Simon Cameron, between whom and Chase there is an invete rate feud, has recovered his political status, and if any intrigues of his can pre vent Chase's nomination, they will not be wanting. Cameron will try hard for the nomination himself, and his triumphant skill in circumventing Stevens and Forney in the contest for the Pennsylvania Senatorship, proves that his hopes are not absurd. He is at least powerful enough to prevent the vote of Pennsylvania being given for any other Republican candidate, and his chance for the nomination is perhaps as good as that of either Chase or Colfax. Wilson, Butler, Stanton, Banks, and several others are longing, and will soon be intriguing, for the nomination. Their rivalries are likely enough to set the party by the ears, more especially since its vital issues will presently be obsolete, and the contest be a squabble among the heirs of a dying party for the distribution of its assets. Poor Old Spain. From the Hera Id, We have an ominous whisper through the Atlantic Cable that there has been a rising among the republicans at Catalonia, in poor old Spain. We are disposed to believe the report, and that it means something much more serious than is conveyed in the cloudy allusions to these rising republicans. No Government in Europe, not even that of "the sick man of Turkey," has so completely gone to seed and dried up as the effete monarchy of Spain. During the last half century, and for a longer period, but especially since her American colonies, from Peru to Mexico, began to set up for themselves, Spain has experienced all the changes, from the magnificent De Soto, equipping fleets and armies under her standard, to the gallant, proud, reckless, vagabondizing Don Ciesar de Bazan, flaunting in his rags, and astonishing friends and enemies with his rash adventures and his narrow escapes. A re publican conspiracy in Spain ! Oh, how can such a thing exist in that country, where the spies, soldiers, inquisitors, jailors, and execu tioners of Church and State have watched the footsteps of man, woman, and child, day and night, for hundreds of years ! The question is suggestive; but that "poor old Spain" is on the verge of a radical revolution, Church and State, we have abundant evidence. Unless specially provided for in the approaching London Conference of the great powers, the revolutionary elements of Spain, in some ter rible and contagious outbreak, will be apt, liefore the end of the year, to render another conference necessary to avert the disasters and dangers of a Continental war. SPECIAL NOTICES. fc&F OERMANTOWN HAL L. ff JOHN H. UOUUH will deliver a Lecture at the above Hall, on J'ltl DAY EVENING. Mav IU. Subject "PECULIA H FEUFLK." under the auspices of the YOUNU MEN'S CHRIS -ASSOCIATION. A portion of the proceeds will be given to aid the Industrial Home forUtrls. Admission, 60c, Beserved seuts, 76c, Tickets for sale ftjJl" Book ritore, and at EbMly's lirug Wr. tgr THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCK hold.rs ot tbe BUlL CKEEK OIIj COM i,A.MT .Will be held on TUESDAY. Mav 7. t 12 uciucK.M., at No. 23Sbouth blXTU Street. 4 18 20 27 M 4 8 Bt rp J. MTJLFORU, Secretary. PHILADELPHIA, MAY 3, of thB 'w.T'""' 0,J "T"B Coloration ?wV.?...'aw1 K"d Children ol Clerg 187 THE fr the Belief ffiFlSr f i'V9 1-rot.sTanrESChuVoh in to "'"'''utiwealib of Fei-usylvunVu.'' .re requested i?..,'"1. ' the Vestry-room f' a r PldTEH'S o'clock TUESDAY, the 8th day of Muy.aKi secretary; tw.Al1??.1.0. .ANTI-INCRUSTATION , no, ii, b. t'ouKTH Street. Vim in,, .. i i uttT Jt. o. LElsKNitmn. Secretary. irT- HOLLOWAY'8 OINTMENTS-BOILS, r- l'IMFLES. TUMORS nostrums advertised as Lh,m,tin 1 ire' corrosive ral and vegetable e tracts, w hie no? ou.lv c the skin but lay the basis of Innumerable facl ETC. The pernicious e, uituo destroy orders and even purllul paralysis r me nerves. Wlih- X. , T i , . ' . " r"!,l"'!uce, MOI.I.OWAY S OI NT MEN 1 will perforin all the cures which the others uubau 1,11. iuij iu viie.Ti hold by all Druggists, 5 4 smfsJt SPECIAL NOTICES. irsr DEPARTMENT OP P?BUa HIGH- -2-' WAlH-Oltt'ICK. No. N S. ClhTH HlrmL - l'"".AnKi,piirA, May i,187. NOTICE TO OONilucioiW. Realeri Proposals will he rwaivcwi at ni.timu et tha Chief ('omniiTOliiiifcr ol Highways until 11 o'clock M., on MONDAY, the h Inst., fur the ootiHtrucHlon of a hewer on th fine of Jetterson street, from Kandnlph to Lawreiicewtreota, to De built ol brick, circular In form, and with a clear Inside fllameter of two feet sIk Inches and with Mich In leu and manhole a may be directed by the Chief Knglueer and Hurvoyor. Tl Ue linuermniiMiiig w uw limb tun Luiitmutur nnaii take hills prepared against the property Irontlng on 8nd newer to the amount of onedollar and twenty-live cent lor each lineal foot of front on each Ride of the street as so much cash paid: the balance, aa limited by Ordinance, to be paid by the city; and the Con tractor will be required to keep the street and Hewer In good order lor two yean after the newer la Onl bed. . , . When the street Is occupied by City Passenger Railroad track, the Bewer shall be constructed along side ol ald truck In such manner as not to obstruct or merlere with the sale passage of curs thereon; and no cleiui lor remuneration shall be paid the Contractor by the company lining said track, M specified iu Act or Asnenihly approved May 8th, IHM. A II Didders are Invited to be present at the time and place of opening the said Proposals. Kach proposal will be accompanied by a cerlllicate that a Bond has been filed In the Law Department as directed by Ordi nance of May 26th, iftfio. If the Lowest Kidder shall not execute a contract within Ave days after the work Is awarded, be will be deemed as declining, and will be held liable on bis bond lor the dltl'erence between his bid and the next highest bid. hpecilicatlons may be bad at tbe Department ot surveys, wuiuu win ue strictly aunerea to. W. W. 8MKDLKT, 5 3 8t Chief Commissioner of Highways, HEALTH OFFICE I'HILA.nKPIIIA. UtV 1. 1RH7. In accordance with a resolution of the Hoard ol Health, adopted April 2, lsti7, prpmnls will be re ceived ut the Health Olllce until 12 o'clock M., the Hull Inxtnnl, lor me removal ofsuch nuisances as may neoirecieu ur mm jtoaru oi xieattu within tuelre sneclive districts, to wit: Klrst District, comprising the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, and Uiith Wards. Hecond District, com prising the Sib, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, l:tlb, Hth, and l.'.th Wards. Third District, comprising the 20th, 21st, 22d, 24th auu i lu w nrun. Fourth District, comprising tbe 16th, 17th, 18th. 19th, 23d. and 2filh Wards. bald proposals to specify the price per cubic foot for cleanldg I'rlvles. the price per day for use ot horse ami cart, wun ariver, auu tue price per day for each jaoorer empioyea. Said contract to continue until December 81.1847. Bids for tbe cleauing ot Privy Wells will be re- ceivea iron nceuseu cleaners only. Address UOKAilO O. BICKEL, 5 1 lot Health Oillcer. gggp AMERICAN ACADEEMY OF MUSIC. JOnN B. GOUGH will deliver Two Lectures, under the auspices of the YOUNO WEN'S CHKIST1AN ASSOCIATION. TUU1UJDAY EVENING, MAY t, CUKIOSITY. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 1J, HABIT. The Hale of Tickets lor the First Lecture will begin on Tuesday Morning, the 7tn Instant, at Ash- ISO Tickets will be sold or enemved helnrs that time. A portion of the proceeds will be given to aid the Aliuuntrmi jiuuiB lur Ulris. l'rlce of tickets same as at previous lectures. S 4 4t frj5? NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN' THAT an application will be made by the under Bigueu fco iue for a contract to pave Hancock street, from Norrls to j Berks streets; and all persons Interested will present any oojectionB they may nave to sucu improvement, on or before 12 o'clock MONDAY. Mav 20. Tbe following-named persons have signed an agree ment lor tne paving oi tne street aioresuia: Joseph Uoates. Hugh O'Donnell. J. H. Blbben Co.. Warner Justice, J. M. Hmltb. J. N. Moore, Li. HalDes, I'ooley Howard, E, Marks, MarK lievlne. 5 4 3t 8. A. MILLER. NOTICE THE NEW ORLEANS RE PUBLICAN solicits the natronage of all loval men in the North who have business Interests lu the South. Having been selected by the Clerk of the House of Bepresenlatlves under tne law of Congress iiassed March 2, 1867, as tbe paper lor printing ail tha ,ow and Treaties, and all the Federal advertise ments within the State ot Louisiana, It will be the bent advertising medium in the Southwest, reaching a larger number ot business men than any other paper. Address MATHEWS te HAMILTON, Con veyances. No. 707 SANSOM Street, or H. L. BKOWN & CO., New Orleans, Louisiana. 4 2 1m OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. Phii.adkli'HIa, May 4, 18(17. The Board of Directors have this day declared a scml-Bunual Dividend of TH It EE FEB CENT, on the Capital Stock ol the Company, clear of National and State Taxes, payable In Casti on and alter May 80. They have also declared an EXTKA DIVIDEND of E1VE PEll CENT., based upon prollts earued prior to January 1, 1807, clear ol National and State Taxes, payable in Stock on and alter May 3li, at Its par value of Fifty Dollars per share the shares for Stock Dividend to be dated May 1, 1067. Scrip Certificates will be issued tor fractional parts ol Shares: said Sci Id will not be entitled to any Inte rest or Dividend, but will be convertible Into Stock when presented in turns or Eltty Dollars. Powers of attorney for collection ot Dividends can be bad on application at tbe Olllce of the Company, Ko. Ii38 S. THIRD Street. 5 4 but THOMAS 1. tl mi 1 , Treasurer. OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA An FRANKFORD PASSENGER RAIL WAY COMPANY. No. 2458 FKANKFORO ROAD. Philadklpuia, April 1, 18U7. All tersons wbo are subscribers to or holders of the capital stocK of this Company, and who have not yet paia tue stxtn instalment or j; ive jjouars per sumo l hereon, urn hereby notified that the said sixth ill- kalmeni has been called In, and that they are re quired to pay tbe same at tne above emce on tue ivtu cay ol May next, 1807, By resolution of the Board of Directors. 4 2a 12t JACOB BINDER, President. BrGSr" OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COM AN Y. Phii.auki.puia, April 20.1887. Tbe stated Annual Meeting of the Stockholders ol this Company will be held at the BOARD OF TRADE KOOMS. north side or CHESNUT Street, aoove vi vi' M m. TiTvstiAV M( ihN'ING. the 7th day of May next, at hall-past 10 o'clock, after which an Elec tion will be held at the same place lor Ollicers ol the Company lor tbe ensuing year. The Election to close at i f. Moi the same day. D.M,. OFFICE OF THE WARREN AND FRANKLIN RAILWAY COMPANY. No. 2ou; WALN UT bireet. X IlIi.AOH.i.rii i A, aiiii luu,. The Counons of the Wanen and Franklin Railway Company, due May 1. will be paid at tbe Bunking House ol JAY COOKJS & CO.. Philadelphia. 5 i 11. r. l.J i ij.iv, iruiwurBr. tS3- NATIONALBANK OF THE REPUBLIC. fc-'t-V PiilLAPKLPKIA. March 12, IM7. In accordance with the provisions ol the National Currency act, and the Articles of Association of this Bank, It has been determined to Increase the Capital siock of this Bank to one million dollars l,uou,0no). Subscriptions from Stockholders for theshares allotted to them In the proposed Increase will be payable on the second day ol May next, and will be received at any time prior to that date. A number of shares will remain to be sold, applications for which will be re ceived lroin persons desirous of becoming Block k'ilv'order of the Board of Directors. 8 IS 7W JOSEPH P. MUM FORD, Cashier. NATIONAL BANK OF THE REPL'B- Lit', riULAUBLrHiA, may , iooi. Applications for the unallotted Bhares In the in crease of the Capital Stock of this Bauk are now being received and the stock delivered. tatf JOSEPn P. M UMFORD. Cashier. r-cw, XI ATI ON AT. BANK OF THE RE- I-fry i... . nk'i wuia. m.iv 1. 18.) iT? demUd- aMEtfffS MFORD, Cashier . . m.i i tf 1 TIT n XT A T BANK. Pn,APKi.l-HtA.May2. 18H7. The Directors have declared a Divideud of SEVEN PER CENT, for the last six mouths, clear of taxes. "i.,',.H''J OU dtum,'a' . B. F. COMEGYS. Cashier. Pgrf- WEST JERSEY RAILROAD COM- WX? PANl. TBKASt'KER'8 Ofkicb, 1 Camdkn, N. J. April 3a, 1SB7. The Board or Directors have this duy declared .eu annual Dividend of FOUR PER CEN 1. on the Coital stock of the Company, clear of national tax, ..viable at the Olllce of theCompuny, In Camden, ou f,a alter the fourteenth day of May prox. ti GEORGE J. ROBhLNS, Treasurer. "W3T' NOTICE. THE TIME FOR RECKIV- dky ng answers from holders of Gas Loan who ore wiping o exchauKH tlieiu for City Six pur Cent. i nun tree from tax. Is extended to the 'Mh mat. Respectfully, R. 1'. GILLINtiH AM. Chairman, , (,'t No. 87113 CU ESN UT Street, Z5p BATCHELOH'S HAIR DYE. -THIS lxJ splendid Hair Dye Is the best in the world. The only true and twrtrti, Xje Harmless. Reliable, In stantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints. Natural Black or Brown. Remedies the 111 ellucts or Jiuil Jyft. Invigorates the hair, leaving It soft and beaulllnl. The geuuiue Is signed WILLIAM A. iia'I CHELOlt. All others are mere Imitations, and should be avoided. Sold by all Druggists aud Per- lu niers. York. factory, ISO. ot UAutbAi mreei, new 4Minw DRY GOODS. 229 FAR1ES & WARNER, 229 , NORTH NINTH STREET; VTt ABOVE BACK, . BARGAINS f BARGAIN! All-wool Tweeds, Boys' wear, 75 cents. Meltons, for Boys' Wear and Ladles' Racnwes. 88 cents. iouDie-wimn ciotn, au-wooi, ji. Spring Shawls, from auction, tx Double-width All wnol Delaines, 68, worth 75 cents. Spring Balmorals, 11-24. 'I able Linens, Napkins, Towels, etc. ; Apron Bird-eye, Nursery Diaper, etc. DOMESTICS t lOMErSTIt-Sl Blenched Muslins, best makns, lowest prices. W illlnmsvllle, Wamsutta, Bay Mills, etc etc Best Unbleached Muslin, yard wide, it and 20 els. Yard-wide Domet Flannel, H7i cents. Super A ll-wool Flannel, 60 cents. Ballard vale Flannels. CaPcoes, war ran tea fast colors, 12, 16, 18, and 20c, Ginghams, 'it and tft cents. Yard-wide Spring Calicoes, 25 cents. Bargains In Huckaback Linen Towels, tft cents. WHITE GOODS WHITE UOODfti Port finish Jaconets, M, JT.. and 50 cents. Victoria Lawns, 81, 87X, 46 60, and 60 cents. Nainsooks. Undressed Cambrics, Swiss, etc, M.lned Muslins, flue white Brilllauts, etc Plaid Nainsooks, 25,81, S;,, 60, 65, 80, and &5 cents. White Piques, from anollon, &" cents. Fine Corded Piques. 6iX and 76 cents. Ladles' and Gents' Linen Hdkis., from auction. Hosiery and Gloves, at reduced prices. Linen Hhlrt Fronts, no, 7H. 45. 50. 58, 6i;, and 750, Three-piy Linen CHffs, H cents Marseilles Quilts from auction, cheap, etc FAMES & WARNER, 129 NO. t NORTH NINTn STREET, PRICE & WOOD, N. W. Cor. EIGIIT1I and FILBERT, HAVE JUST OPENED 6ooo Linen Fans, ans, at leu than Importers' prices. Children's Berlin Thread and Hi Ladies' and Gloves. Hlllc Ladies' and Children's Buff and White Gloves. Ladles' K Id Gloves. Ladies' and Gents' Linen Cambric Hdkfs. Ladles' and Gents' Hemstitch Hdkls. Misses' Lluen Hdkfs. 7. 8, 10, and 12 cento. Worked Edgings and Inserting. A good assortment ot Bonnet BibboDS. Black Velvet Kibbona. Ladles' and Misses' Hoop Skirts, best quality steel. Choice shades Alpacas. Fine quality all-wool Delaines. Black all-wool Delaines and Black Alpacas, Black bilks, very Cheap. Plaid bilk Poplins. bcolch and American Gingham, fast colors. American Calicoes, last colors, 12H 15, and lS'ic WHITE 6001IH WHITE UOODMl White Plqnes, from 50c up to (112 yard. White Urgandy Lawns aud figured bwlss Muslins, bolt finish Cambrics. Jaconets, and Nainsooks. Victoria Lawns and Swiss Muslins. Plaid Nainsook Muslins, very cheap, h tripe Nainsook Muslins. Hair-cord, btrlpe, and Plaid Muslins. Marseilles aud Honeycomb Quilts. 1,1 N EM eOODS I LINEN OOODSt Best makes Shirting Linens. Bleached Table Linens, 75, 00, 1'12K, $125, f 15 up to t-b per yard. Power Loom Table Linens, 8, 73, 90, and tL Colored Table Llnens,87H, 60. 65, and 75c Napkins, Doylies, and Towels. PRICE & WOOD. N. W. Corner EIGHTH and FILBERT Street. N. B. Just opened, one case wide Bleached Muslin, 12)ic Cue case nearly yard wide, 16c The above are belter goods than have been sold a those prices since IBtil. 10 24 frT THORNLEY'S ! ! ! NEW CIOODS, BEAUTIEITL GOODS, FASHIONABLE UOODS, DECIDEDLY CHEAP GOOD SILK eOODS, IIBEHN CIOODS. LINEN CIOODS. DOMESTIC GOODS WHITE CIOODS. GOODS FOR MEN, GOODS FOR ROTS GOODS FOB CHILDREN LN FACT, THORNLEY'S, K, E. CORNER EIGHTH AND SPRING GARDEN STREETS, Is a good place to buy DBY GOODS, because yon are sure to get the worth of your money, and alway a large block to select from. "ONE PRICE CASH STORE.' THE FIVE STORY WHITE BUILDING. Established In 1868. f 1 8mBp RE-OPENING OP MYERS' "New Mourning Store." This Store has Just been opened with a well-selecte STOCK OF MOURNING GOODS, AT POPULAR PRICES. Also, the largest and handsomest assortment of MOURNING MILLINERY", Ever offered in this city, manufacturedezpressly lor this establishment. NO. CHESNI'T STREET, GIRA1U) ROW.' A. MYERS, Lately of New York S 22 fmw2m I NDIA SHAWLS. GEORGE FRYER, No. 916 CHESNUT STREET, HAVING A LARGE STOCK OF I 1ST I A. S II A W U S On band, will offer them for the next three weeks at greatly reduced prices, less than ever offered before. 4 is 8m Ladies In want of this article will do well to pur. chase now, as great Inducements will be offered. O P Q N I N C . IN K V CLOAK STOltE,' NO. 818 ARCH STREET, Between Eighth and Ninth Streets, South Side. The latest Spring Styles, In every quality of Cloth, at very low prices. Ladles In search of NEW SPRING SACQUE8 should nspect our designs and assortment before purchasing elsewhere. DAVIS' NEW STORE, THE ARCH STREET CLOAK EMPORIUM, 18mwf2m Ko. 818 ARCH Street. CHEAP DKY GOO l8, CARPETS, MATTINGS, OIL CLOTHS, AND WINDOW SHADlta. V. K. ARCH AMBAULT, Di N. E. Corner ELEVENTH and MARKET Streets, opened this morning, from auction Innraln Carpets, all wool, at 76c, 87c, II, il 2S, ft 87. md trwi. Ingrain Carpets, wool filling, 40c., boo., , and aa. JCugllsh Tapestry Brussels Carpets, only il-75. tntryandbtalr Carpets, Bsc to 75c. Rag CJaruets, 45c. ... nt n.., I'.rnui. .j. i,. tan. Fluor Oil Cloths. doc. Window Shades, Il to t P''" Window Hoi laud, boc. White Matting. 87c, to boo. Red Matting, 4ipc. loboe. Woollen DruKKols, 1 to 1K0. felalr O Cloths, 'Ac Spring ChlnlKes, m to loc. DeLalnes tlx. Muslins, lie Wit.se. . CHKAP STORE, t 19Brn N. E. Corner ELKVfcNTU aud MARKET Streets. DRY GOODS. JAMEO M' MULLAH. ' ' v. A ,WOf SUCCESSOR TO J..'V. GO WELL. & SpiST, HAS IN STOCK AND RECEIVING , DAILY A LARGE SUPPLY OF , . HOUSE-FURNISHING DRY GOODS. Tha facilities be has for supplying bis ens torn era with tha BEST GOODS at the LOWEST RATE.ar unsurpassed. He has now a full line ot LINEN 8HEETIN34, at reduced prices. Also, PILLOW-CASE LINENS. ' ;" TABLE CLOTHS AND NAPKINS. .' TABLE DAMASK by tbe yard. TOWELS AND TOWELLING by the yard. MARSEILLES, LANCASTER, HONEYCOMB and ALLENDALE QUILTS. FLANNELS, greatly reduced In price. SHEETING AND SHIRTING MUSLINS, FURNITURE CHINTZES AND DIMITIES. PIANO AND TABLE COVERS. TOILANET by the yard. WHITE GOODS BELLING OFF CHEAP. RICHARDSON'S LINENS always a specialty. All goods warranted to be what tbey are sold for, at the 4 to smthlm S. W. COR. SEVEKTH AND CHESITUT. No. 1101 CRKbNUT Street. E. M. NEEDLES & CO., AT THEIR NEW STORE, N. W. Corner KlYnthand Chesnut WILL OPEN ON WEDNESDAY HAT I, BLACK THREAD LACE SHAWLS, BLACK LLAMA LACE 8HAWL3, WHITE LLAMA LACE SHAWLS, O entirely new designs, at LOW PRICES. SM1H XOKH3H3 I0II OM & law 6 8. W. Corner ot Fourth and Arok Sts HAVE THEIR SECOND OPENING OF SPRING GOODS TO-DAY. NEW (HKHB IREft SII.HS. NEW PEA I lb ANJD MTRIPM NIY.KS , WM.KCT 4 0I.OKM HI, A IN MII.KW. WINMARK ANl AMHKK 011NIXK. MAGNIFICENT NEW OK4VANOIEM. PLAIN FAHKICS, FOR LAItlKM' N 17 ITS. LEAH A EAC'E ANDPUMIIEH POINT. WHITE LLAMA AKU ORENAIIME SHAWU. ' PI KE WHITE BAREGE SHAWM. SPRINtt SHAWLS. OUR OROERINO. N. R.-RROCHE 4(JA RE SHAWLS WITH THE 1'KINjIK ON ALL EOITR SIOKM, M'AKI.KT AND RLA4JR. VESilRES, INOIA STY LES. S Wlm6ia WHISKY, BRANDY, WINE, ETC. QHAMPAGNES, HOCUS. CLARETS, SAUTEBNEM, FAVORITE RRANDS. LOWER TnABT AMY OTHER HOUSE IN THE TRADE. BT RECENT ARRIVALS FROM LONDON, PORT WINES, SHERRY WINES, NADEIBA WINES, VERT OLD BRANDIES, THE FINEST SELECTION. OLD WHISKIES, OLD WniSKIES, ,SOME EXCEEDINGLY CHOICE LOTS. H. & A. C. VAN BEIL, WINK MERCHANTS, 1 19 mwffimrp NO. lllO CHESNUT ST. HENRY S. HANNIS & CO., Nos. 218 and 220 S. FRONT Street, OFFER TO TBS Tit ALE, IS ZOTS TO SUTt Two Thousand (2000) Barrels Free OLD RYE WHISKIES' Ranging from THREE to TEN years of age. ALSO, Six Thousand (6000) Barrel in Bond, DISTILLED IN 1608 AND 1S68.J Liberal contracts made for lots to xbkivh, of thw year's manufacture. I SmwHmlp JB1 LOU, I S T AND Preserver of Natural Flowcri, A. H. POWELL, No. 725 AECH Street. Below Eiehtt Botifuets,:Wreatlis, Baskets, Pyramids of Cut Flow era furnished to order at all seasons. j m if HARD RUBBER ARTIFICIAL x.ijunn. Aruis, i-eg. Appliances for xriuiuiitj, ei mu. lueseijimbsarel traiiHierrMI from Ufa 1,t f.,r... 'are the lightest, most (Inrahle, com-l aunauiv, jjcuci.., uu ariistio substi tutes let invented. TIihv ru ... - A u w, . i . -.... . r . . States Government and our principal Nbkw. Patented August 18,1 Uuy lsJ; May IlS' Address K1WBAT T A Pamphlets free. v , lis A
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