THE KEW YORK PRESS. DiTOEiAt onsions of tub lradiho jouhxalb TPOS CBRRKNT TONCR COMPILED EVKRT DAT FOB TKK KVKNKO TBLEGBAPH. . Rcslgtinllnn of ntnirtl sickle Progress of tit Obstructive Plan. From the neratd. General Sickles Lns asked to be relieved of Lis very injportant command ; and this request is natural, in view of recent events ; for, since the President and the law are distinctly and widely at variance, he clearly cannot obey both. Mr. Johnson, by placing before the country a legal argument from his official ad viser, palpably accepts the argument riS a basis of action, and thus compels commanders to clioose between a distorted interpretation of the law and the more obvious one they have themselves made. Indeed, the publication is a harsh rebuke to which the commanders ought not to have been exposed when thoy had once been left to their own judgments. It is a re buke, also, accompanied with offensive phrases. " No legal State governments now exist in the Relnd States," says the Reconstruction law in its very first sentence ; and lest this ebould not be sufficiently positive, it is added that "all interference, under color of State au thority, with the exercise of military authority, under this act, shall be null and void." Here are sentences as broad and clear as they can be made ; and the Generals, seeing that those words made them absoluto, acted boldly and confidently in the exeoution of the law. Now they are told that they have been guilty of a usurpation of power, aud that their "educa tions" have not been such as to enable them to understand the law. In a case where a commander has been bred to the law this is an insulting sneer, and this sneer is permitted to be made on the authority of a man who is himself either not pure in his motives or no great lawyer ; lor it comes from one who, in face of the words "no legal State governments now exist in the Rebel States," has declared that the law "recognizes" the existing govern ments as legal and sufficient, and makes the military a mere police power. We are assured by the quasi organ of the Executive in Washington that the remedy against the Generals is to be "sternly applied," by instructions that they shall conform their acts to Mr. Stanbery's opinion. Thus they will all bo forced to resign, doubtless, and thus the way will be opened for the President to put more convenient men in their places. Such is perhaps to be the process of prevent ing a satisfactory settlement of the national difficulties. The Logic of Murder. From the Independent. Curran, or somebody, said that the great end of the British Constitution the chief object for which king, lords, and Commons existed was to get twelve honest men into a jury-box. His meaning was that, whatever might be the government of a country, no man could suffer wrong, if sure of being tried by a jury of his peers. Where no such trial can be obtained, there every man must take his rights by his own hand. But it is plain that, whether such a trial can be obtained or not, there is no substitute for it so poor as murder. Trial by jury protects a man against his enemy, and even, if need be, against his judge. In the trial of murder, judge and jury are one, and that one is also the enemy. Under trial by jury, the judgment is made by per fectly impartial men; while, in case of murder, it is made by the very person to whom impar tiality is impossible. Before a jury, each man is assumed innocent until proved guilty, while the mjjrderer assumes his victim guilty, and leaves his children to vindicate his innocence, if they can. Indeed, under trial by jury, investigation comes first, and sentence after wards;. while murder kills first, and then per mits the publio to investigate, if it will. All this is clarinsrlv illustrated br the late Startling occurrence at Albany. Mr. Ilisoock, a member of the Constitutional Convention, was instantly killed by General Cole, lately an officer of the volunteer service, for alleged wrong to the wife of the latter. Publio sym pathy is always excited in favor of a man who avenges one crime by another,- especially where the virtue of woman is in any way involved. But publio sympathy should rememberthat usually in such cases certainly in this case suoh a tragedy establishes no fact beyond the frenzy of the assassin. To be sure, the publio will assume that a man must have had some adequate provoca tion for suoh a deed. But this is not necessa rily true. A man must undoubtedly think he has had provocation. But how many blameless women have been killed, like "Des demona," from unreasonable jealousy; how many innocent men, from Insane suspicion! In this case the only important statement made ia that of General Cole himself; and when he made it he was, in the words of a policeman, apparently frenzied." Certainly, it is im possible to ascertain from these confused words what is the precise offense which he charges on his victim. Sometimes he speaks as if de ceased had committed violence on an inno cent woman, and again as if he had seduced a guilty one. He says that the sinful purpose never was accomplished, and yet speaks of his wife as being "betrayed" and 'defiled." Of course, at such a time, perfect clearness of statement is not to be expected. But if Mr. HiBoock's reputation, as well as life, are to be destroyed, it is right to test rigidly the evi dence on which it is done. We have no personal knowledge of the man tha Btruck down, and unhappily his public prominence does not demonstrate his private VirlUe. 'A leglSittlAJl M,uaj w 5'."V but, on the other hand, a man may be inno cent and yet be murdered. The charges against him may exist only in the brain of an insane man; or the alleged facts may have lv tb hallucinations of a diseased woman. For such things have been; and we protest, in the name of justice, against the readiness shown to condemn a man unheard. The murdered man haa no opportunity to bring forward evidence; and there may be many facts which he could have explained, which will now remain unexplained forever. If he died innocently, his murderer has secured a great advantage over him; for who can indicate a man's innocence like himself f The only Person (except the injured woman) who knew the precise facts of the case has been removed from the investigation. Suoh is the logio of murder-a thing more unjust than even the ancient "ordeal by battle;", for to that, at least, there were two sides. It is possible that Mr. Hisoock may yet be moved innocent; and it is also possible that Ee may be found deeply, gud y. Iu the latter case, the whole series of events will simply add another to the tragedies of real K more profound and fearful than those of French and linglish novels, and showing the Perils of misguided passion and the stem retribution it brings. Be this as it way, the truth remains that in a land THE DAILY E V EiVING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, of law ninn (should not take the law into hia own linnds. If the wife in this case was guilty, her reducer's death will not restore hT innocence; if fhe is innocent, it will not give her peace; while the children and the children's children of twe households will find a shadow forever resting on their inno cent lives. However we may regard it, a bad thing is made worse by this deed of vio lence. Pity and regret, with stern disappro val, should meet all such attempts to unravel the threads of human misfortune by the logio of murder. Another Muddle In lite Reconstruction Process. From the Aaion. Some of the Generals commanding at the South being in doubt either as to the extent of their powers under the Reconstruction act, or as to the mode in which they should exerolse them, have solicited advice from Washington, and the President we may be sure nothing loath has called on Mr. Stanbery, the Attorney-General, to furnish an "opinion" on the subject. The opinion was laid before the pub lio in the morning papers on Monday last. A few people, probably, will read it; but for the benefit of those who will not read it, its tenor and effect may be described sufficiently by saying that it denies to all Military Com manders at the South the right to do any thing beyond "protecting porsons in their lights of person and property, suppressing insurrection, disorder, and violence, and pun ishing or causing to be puniahed all dis turbcrs of the publio peace or criminals.' Consequently, according to Mr. Stanbery, no commanding officer has any right to remove any Judge or Mayor or Governor, or interfere with the process of any civil or criminal court, or with the operation of any laws actually on the statute-book, or with the obligation of any existing and lawful contract, or, in fact, to meddle in any way with the working of the State Governments at the South any more than at the North, except in so far as may be plainly nesessary to repress violence or insurrection or disorder. All these things, however, Generals Sickles, Pope, and Sheri dan have done; and should the President act on Mr. Stanbery's opinion, Mayor Monroe, Judge Abell, and Governor Wells would be put back in their places; the military com manders would thus bo humiliated, besides being shorn of nearly all their authority, in the eyes of the Southern population;, every obnoxious act of theirs, however just or neces sary, would be met by an appeal to the Presi dent, and the appeal would be supported by clouds of political intriguers, and by the time a decision was reached it would have lost all its value. In fact, during this most important period, when the new State organization is preparing and the negro population being called into political life, the States lately in revolt would, as long as acts of physical violence or outrage did not occur in such numbers as to furnish fair ground for military interference, remain as completely in the hands of the old government as if the Reconstruction act had never been passed. Now, everybody knows that, whatever the act may say, this is not what Congress in tended, and nobody was better satisfied of it than Mr. Johnson himself. In his message vetoing the bill he claimed for the military commanders all the powers under it which they have been lately exercising, and which Mr. Stanbery now denies them a ciroum stance which has set many people asking who wrote the message, or, at all events, who sup plied the law for it. When it appeared, the popular impression was that the rough out line, at least, of the scene of horrors which Mr. Johnson predicted in it as likely to be wit nessed under the operation of the new law was supplied by Mr. Stanbery, the some gentleman who now snows that it wa3 one of the most harmless acts that Congress has ever passed. Then, it was neither more nor less than the establishment at the South of military despot- Ism pure ana simple, without a single mitigat ing feature. Now, it appears it is simply an authorization to military men to act as police in aid of the local authorities, and to try men for criminal offenses in the absurdly impro bable contingency that the local courts should refuse to exercise or make any show of exer oising their authority. Certainly, if Mr. Stan bery's present construction of the law he cor rect, somebody cut a very ridiculous figure last spring when the act was vetoed; but whether it was Mr. Johnson or his advisers, of course we have do means of knowing. The question now is, What is to be done or will be done ? It is but just to Mr. Johnson to say that he did not call for the opinion for his own guidance, and, therefore, its appearance is no indication that he wishes to put any con struction on the law different from the one he Sut on it last spring. Bat then there is some anger that, now that it has appeared, he may act on it. He is under no obligation to do so. The opinion of the Attorney-General is no more binding on him or on anybody than the opinion of any other lawyer off the "bench. It expresses Mr. Stanbery's own views, ably and clearly stated, no doubt, and very likely quite correct; but it in no way alters the President's duties or responsibilities. He lias already de clared, as solemnly as a man can, that he con siders the law unconstitutional. We have little doubt that Mr. Stanbery also thinks it unconstitutional utterly, wildly unconstitu tional. Upon that point not a shadow of doubt, we venture to say, has ever crossed the minds of either of them. They have both accepted it not as a measure which Con gress had a right to pass, or which it was well for it to pass, but as an evil for which there was no earthly remedy. Mr. Johnson well understood that its faithful exeoution was not expected or required of him; that it was the intention of Congress that this should be left to generals selected by General Grant; and in fact, it was well known when the ses sion closed that the President's meddling in any matter not purely one of routine would be the signal for his impeachment. The two Houses went home leaving this penalty hang ing over his head in terrorem. Therefore, he Is under no moral obligation to interfere with the actions of the generals in the South in any way, unless they should commit violations of substantial justice. He does not owe it to his own dignity to do. so, nor yet to the interests of society. Nothing, everybody will confess, would be gained by the reversal of the action of Generals Pope and Sheridan, except a triumph for one of the local factions, while the passions of the North would be once more roused by it, to suosiae neaven Knows wuen. Is he under any legal obligation to interfere, even supposing the Attorney-General's inter pretation be the true one, and the President accepts it in its full extent f None whatever. Mr. Stanbery Bhows by a citation from the judgment of the Supreme Court in dismissing the Mississippi bill,' that the duty imposed on the President by the Reconstruction act and the supplemental act, as regards the super vision of the military commanders at the South, "is in no just sense ministerial. It is purely executive and political." Now, when the President fulls or refuses to perform "an executive or political act," there is only one remedy. Congress can impeach him, but no other power on earth can call him to acoount. Therefore, if he should put Mr. Stanbery's opinion iu his pigeon-hole, and let the military commanders alone, so long as their action leally hastens the end which everybody lm now in view the speedy and satisfactory restoration of the Southern States to thoir old places in the Union he would have nothing to fear from any quarter. Of the wisdom of silence and self-control there is apparently not much in his composition; but. if there be one particle, he has now such a chance of J V 1 MA , ... . (, F himwiugii as nas never oeiore ouerea useir. We shall probably hear a great deal of the danger to constitutional liberty of allowing eve n an unconstitutional law to be disregarded by military officers; ImJ. the fact is that it is to the Vfe of arguments of this kind by persona of influence and authority that we owe most of the violations of constitutional forms which have taken place during the last six years. What is dangerous and what is not dangerous as a precedent is something on which no two men will agree, and about which nobody's opinion is worth much. What is certaio is that the majority of the Northern people are determined to have justice done at the South, find to prevent all secessionists of high degree, and all knaves and charlatans of whatever degree, from in any way guiding or controlling the process of reconstruction; that it does not particularly care whether this be done with or without the forms Of law; aud that the Iojh this determination is checked or resisted, the fooner will that abnormal stale of things which is now exciting alarm pass away aud be forgotten. The real enemies of constitu tional government are those who, with their "quiddits, their quillets, and their cases," tire trying to stay the execution of the national will. We cannot conclude without calling atten tion to Mr. Thaddeus Stevens'letter, in which he cries out for an extra session of Congress to mend what he admits to be the defects in the Reconstruction act exposed by Mr. Stanbery. There is a lesson in what has happened which Mr. Stevens, old and experienced as he is, we think might very well learn, and that i3 the mischievousness of the habit, in wliich he more than anybody else indulges, of chocking and stifling debate on important measures. If the Reconstruction act had been fully dis cussed, nobody would have been the worse of it; more time would have been given for con sideration, the objections of its enemies would have brought out its defects, and its friends would have had an opportunity of perfecting it before it passed from their hands. But in order that an enormous majority might enjoy the paltry pleasure of crushing a feeble and insignificant opposition, the bill was hurried through, and when passed it was found that it had provided no machinery for its own exe cution. A supplemental bill was then passed, and now both together, on being taken to pieces by an acute lawyer, are found to confer in terms no more authority on commanding officers in conquered territory than a com manding officer in Massachusetts might very safely and becomingly be permitted to exer cise. The "previous question" has here car ried its friends almost to the last ditch of ab surdity and confusion. A Premium on Vice. From the Tribune. When Bishop Colenso attempted to coax the fetich-worshipping natives of Southern Africa into the Episcopal Church, he found himself obliged to choose between two evils either to entirely abandon the work of regene ration or to tolerate polygamy. Believing that half a loaf wa3 better than no bread, the Bishop laid his ruonogamistio scruples aside, and received bis black sheep, together with their very peculiar institutions, into the Christian fold. Now, if Mrs. Frances D. Gage is to be credited and we see no reason for doubting the statements of so clear-headed and conscientious a woman a difficulty dis tently akin to that which Bishop Colenso over came is likely to be encountered by Christian teachers among the ireedmen of America. Our difficulty consists in the endeavor to regulate marriage according to law. illegitimate in itself, slavery knew that legitimacy in any loi m was to be dreaded, and hence brought all its immoral strength to bear against an institution that was well enough for white lolks, but not at all necessary for "niggers." The latter did not go into society; therefore, why defer to the prejudices of Mrs. Grundy t Now, however, we have changed all that 'JMeeers" nave been tranangured by the war into colored people, are even considered as men and brothers, and in course of time will be allowed to vote for their former kind and in dulgent niTsters. . Society being in some little danger of coming in contact with the former chattel, Mrs. uiundy is beooming interested in the question of marriage, and throws up her hands in holy horror when told by Mrs. Gage that the black women of the Sea Islands very persistently object to legal ties, whereas the men are strongly in favor of them. Is it because the women are more depraved than the men t Not at all. Are they more fickle in their affections, and are they opposed to mar riage because of its imposing the cleaving unto one man for life ? No, again. Thousands of black couples in the South have known no other marriage ceremony than the acknow ledgment made in their own hearts before God, and yet have lived as faithfully as though law had made the compact. Why, then, this objection on the part of the women, who ought to desire, beyond all else, that their children should be honored in the eyes of the world f Let them speak for them. selves. '"We don't want to be married m the church," said one woman to Mrs. Gage, "be cause, if we are married in the church, our husbands have a right to all our wages, and can do just what they please with us I" The question is not one of morality to the freed w omen. According to the reasoning of their untutored minds, nothing but mischief can accrue from the performance of a ceremony to which they have never been accustomed. Of what avail to send teachers down South for the purpose of preaching the holiness of mar riage, when tho taught can prove that it en tails the most outrageous injustice ? Men ad vocate it for the very reason that it gives them a tremendous power, which, having been reared under the benign influences of slavery, they will be likely to exert with unexampled tyranny. "Nancy is a likely hand, and ought to be working in the field instead of nursing her own child," was the grumbling complaint made by a colored man to Mrs. Gage because she insisted that Nancy should remain at home and perform the duties of a mother, rather than be converted into a money-making beast of burden. Is it matter of surprise if Nancy sets her face against a law that places her at the meroy of a stronger party r At present, then, so far the ii-eeawomen are concerned, there is a premium upon vice. If the marriage law, which is alike for both white and black races, does not meet with equal op position from the former, it ia because women see in it the only avenue to respectability, and men are enlightened and manly enough in the majority of cases not to take undue advantage of the broad margin accorded to them. Black w men are ignorant of the meaning of social ref pectability ; black men at least those of the Sea Inlands are not sufficiently humanized to discriminate between justice and license. What remedy, then, is to be applied to so dangerous a disease f IMncatlon will do much; but would Christians go the shortest way to work and labor for the greatest good of the greatest number, they will see to it that the marriMge laws are so modified as to fall alike on both of the contracting parties. There is a society for the prevention of cruelty to ani mals. Are women less worthy of protection from abuse t The Bummer Session. From the Times. A July session of Congress, we suppose, may now be deemed a certainty. The alleged necessity for it predicated upon the proba bility of a rendering of the Reconstruction law in a sense adverse to the intentions of its authors, is but one of several causes of the meeting. The advocates of impeachment are the prime movers behind the curtain. Foiled in the Judiciary Committee, they are eager to try anew their strength in the House, with the advantage of such auxiliary help as may be derived from tho expected course of the Presi dent in regard to the District Commanders and their acts. The ciicumstances which lend plausibility to a summer session are circum stances on which the Ashleys and Butlors of the House rely for fresh accusations against the President. The livening Post adds the high tariff men to the list of those who are uaderhandedly at work for a meeting on the third. This is Lardly probable. That they chafe under the defeat of the last session is undeniable, and that they are prepared to combine with any body, in any way, for the furtherance of thoir sinister policy is at least probable. But thoir greed has not quite deprived them of their senses. They cannot be acquainted with the temper of the people touching taxation, and they will find the judgment of all but a narrow party inimical to any tinkering with revenue until the whole question be ready for discus sion. If anything would excuse a meddling with fiscal matters, it would be the scandalous whisky frauds of which the press affords abun dant illustration. But it is not expedient, even in this case, to attempt legislation, ex cept with an assurance of greater thorough ness than is possible just now. Infinitely more probable is it that an effort w ill be made by the speculators to raise the question of the currency,with the view of pre venting any further contraction. These are the inflationists the jobbers and gamblers who would sacrifice industry and trade in a desperate endeavor to bring back the balloon ing days of 18G4. The process of restoring currency and business to a healthy standard does not accord with their plans. They would like more paper issues, if they could get them; and failing to obtain these, they desire it to be understood that by no possibility can the Secretary of the Treasury interfere with their movements. There is but one term applica ble to this scheme. It is a conspiracy to sacri fice the interests of the many for the benefit of a class whose operations come within the cate gory of gold and stock gambling. The inflationists and speculators are in triguing with the clamorers for impeachment to secure not simply a summer session, but a session that shall take cognizance of their re spective projects. If they succeed, the imme diate effect will be most disastrous. Business matters are bad enough now, but they will be immeasurably worse if they are to be exposed to the tricks and dangers and demagoguism of a long session at the present season. Insta bility will be infused into everything, and a want of confidence which no prudent man would knowingly increase. A session limited to the object which has been proclaimed the perfecting of the Recon struction law in the light ot the Attorney General's criticism may well be defended. If not necessary, it is not inexcusable, perhaps not inexpedient. But a meeting with this purrose before it ought not to be an occasion for reopening questions which have no special urgency, and the end whereof no one can foretell. It is right that obstacles to recon struction should be removed, promptly and effectually. But there can be no defense for intrigues which, to serve party purposes, would expose the country to the turmoil and uncertainties which seem now to be hovering around the halls ot the (. apitoL EXCURSIONS. EXCURSIONS UPTIIE RIVER. The splendid steamboat JOHN A. ttAKM'.ii makes dally Afternoon Kxcuroions to BurlioLlon and Bristol. stooping at Rivertou, Torres- dale. AudalUHla, and Heverly, eseli way. 'these excursions leave CHKSNUT STREET WlIAKKnt 2 o clock In the Aiteruoon. returning, reave jsristo at 4 o'clock, arriving In the city at 6 o'clock P. M. FAIIK Kxcnrslon, 40 eta. Kacu way,2Ac 6 ii 8m m xWTTj EXCURSIONS ON THE JSS'-tiTG 6C11UYLKILU steamers leave Falr- iuuUlit rXlt tioofc ui cuuiCT obbv;, fcVhKY HALF HOUR, I rOlt LAL'KEL BILL CEMETERY. ' AND T1ITT. FAT.T.S CiV hOH DYLKILL. First boat leaving Falrmount at 7-20 A. M.: la-it boat at 6 .15 P. M Last boat leaving Falls of bcbuylktll at 6-K6 f. M omm LEGAL NOTICES. TN THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS FOR A. THE CITY AKD COUHTY UV LaWHENCM H. THOMPSON vs. MARY C. lllOMPrtON. December Term, MM. No. 5. To W A1Y C. THOMPSON. Respondent. You will rleatelake notice of a rule this day vrauted ou you ;..i,iv runnn wiiv a divorce a vinculo mitlrlnioull should not be decreed. Returnable Ualurduv, June 1&67, 6i HI o'clock A. M. personal service of uolicd iu vou Having laueu on bwuuih ui jui .watiu. HAULK.S W.BHOOKK, TUOMaS MULLEN, atlMi-ICTU Attorneys lor Libellunt "TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CIO l and icufll i yJH rniiiAUJiijruia, . VkLiu of NANCY K. RISK, deceased. The Auditor anuoiuted by the Court to audit, settle, lid adjust the account of A. K. COLMOUN, Executor i n,u i.,ut tviii nf NANCY K. ULSK. deceased, aud to report distribution ol the balance tu the bands of the Miriiote ot bis appointment, on MONDAY, June 24. IhnT. it 3 o'clock P. M.. at Ills otllce, No. -133 WAL NUT blieet, In tne cut oi i-iiimoeipnm. (i 13 timmet TI1UM AH J. WOKRELL. Auditor, -TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY L ANU COUNTY UP riiiLAUfLt-uiA, i-Hiuianf PHILIP REAP, deceased. Ti.o AndiLor uiiuolnted bv tbe Court to audit, settle, and adjust the account ol J OS li I'll LAME aud ui .n v u i' fiKKHT.L. Kiecutnrsof the last will and liMlumeut of PHILIP REAP, deceased, and to report dlKtribullon ot the uuibiicb iu uicuuiiua ui luontuuuui ant. will meet the parlies Interested for tbe purpose ot blu appointment, on MONDAY, July 8. 1H7. at 4 o'clock P. M at bis olllce, No. 433 WALNUT btreet, MS ' l mmUB'TUOMAS J. WORRELL. C 22 stutbRt Auditor, "IT STATE OF PASTEL LACK, DECEASED. titoeaHttl httViDg boeii gran led to the underulgned. all ,u liijiiiliiA.il tit aulil mIhIm will Inula iiuviiiant UtrCVBHfU II B V I tig uncu nui w nio u itucroi((UCU, mil i)t-rnoiia liHit'liied to aid etUHlewiU luuke ituyuieiH, f. u,.,.a t.ui'lnv rlnlniH aitki tint t ha unm a 11 1 1 1 iiruattnt ill pruieut Hi fm tu UKOlUiK rihIKFKK, Jh., Kxeuuior No, (111) C'llESN UT Street. Or to bis Attorney, iMlAVlim A. iiAir, Uo. VlX H. FOURTH ritreet. JOHN CRUMP, OAltPENTER AND BUILDERy KUVI'li KO. SIS LOIXJK kTDEKTi AND tii 1733 t HE SIT H1KEKT, 5 2l,J fHILADKLPUIA JUNE 22, 18G7. OldBm WJiislcics. THE LAEGEST AND BEST STOCK OF FINE OLD RYE WHISK I EG IN THE LAND IS NOW TOSSESSED BY (HENRY S. HAR1NIS tt CO., Nos. 218 and 220 SOUTH FRONT STREET, WHO OFFEB THE SAME TO TOE TltADE, IH LOTS, OH VEBT ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS. .8t..0'k "."I' WMrtlfi, 1W BOND, comprises all the favorite braadM piesfnt rtsitr,1 tl,,OM1 'low monthi of lh05,'6O, and of tbla jmmr, up t . i,,ti "de J"T ,ot t Pennsylvania. Railroad Depot. ErrlcssoM Lin barf, or at Bonded Warehouses, as psitlu may elect. Carpetings, Canton Mattings, Oil Cloths. Great Variety, Lowest Cash Prices. EEEVE L. KNIGHT & SON, ISO. 807 CTIEMNUT STREET, (Below the dlrard House). FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOFSAFES IYJORE ABOUT LILLIE'S CHILLED-IRON SAFES IMPORTANT FACTS WHICH THE PEOPLE bHOGLU iA xl XL JLU V AN J Hi KJ 1? . Fact I. I.TT.I,TFH nTTT.l.Ktv-Tuniw aivru have been largely Intrrcliiceu fur Hie lent twelve j eers, and sold to iliose having tbe largest amount ol vuluublt s, ns the best and n.ost itaoroughly JUtirglar Proof tale: and, up tu tbe last three years, it lias Ea BR rare to bear ol cue ol I,IUl's Sales having been ruuuru uy uurtjinrs, as io nee or near ol a white blatkblrd or a white elepbnok Fact II. It Is notorious that the Drofesslon of the burglar has advanced at a rai.id pace wlthlo the la-it eight years, and what was thoroughly burglar-proof mrii i. uw bu iiuir, wmuu mvuuout ior ine lact that within the last three years verv few of i.iliia'a Bates have been robbed, aud the secret anonymous circulars distributed by other safe-ruakers lat terly, show ing a very few esses only, Is the strongest evidence turn, u v a very suiaii uunioer nave ueeo robbed to this time, notwithstanding the large Dum ber In use, end the amount at stake 11 successful. Fact III. Thire are two, and only two, general and leading princldles upou which all burglar-proof saleB are coi.hii neted. The one Is pouring liquid iron between and around bars of wrought ireu, hard ened streel, or any proper combination of metals. This principle Is a cloud by Llille, In the Chilled Iron bale, and covered and controlled by his letter patent. The other Is made op ot layers of plates, of different metals, held together by bulls or rlveis, or both. To this principle there are various objections: The cost Is double. The wrought Iron plates, which are the strength of the sale, are outside, and are operated upon by the whore catalogue ol burglars' tools. The bolts or rivets are easily forced by suitable tools, with or without powder, and cannot be sustained. the former principle, adopted by .Little, avoids all these oljectious, can be made any thickness, and w itbstand any amount of resistance required; avoids the rivets, bolts, etc.: haa Do wrought Iron outside to be operated upon by burglars' Implements. Fact IV. Sir. Llille, the PateDtee. so soon as he learned that, it was fustible wlUi the mndttm Im- -roved toola lor burglars to grind through chilled ion or hardened steel, began experimenting tn vni,i the dlil cully, aud alter much labor aud expense be hub i vficLieu - rj'o.cux l wi 1 1 iu k iron nuu GUIUDin Ing oietals that Is entirely pioor against theburglar's drill, or uny other ot his tools, even the wedge, war ranted to stanu we uaruest lest practicable lor any burglar to make. As a rroof of ills success, the fol lowing erilhcuie Is now ollered Iroiu the Novelty W orks, New York: ClrriCB Novki.ty Iron Works. r tj, KKtw Yuli 1Mb Aiecember, 186&. Gkktlkmkm: We have subjected the sample of Chilled Iron yon furnished us to the niost severe teste (as regards drilling through It) that we could bring to bear upon It. and without succeos. It Is our opinion that It can only be penetrated by the use of a large number of drills, and the expendi ture ot much power, with days of time. Aud we think it Impossible lor a burglar, with his time aud power, to penetrate it at ulL y ours truly, Isaac V. Holmks. Superintendent. I,VMAN U. Hail, Foreman. And the following extensive lion manufacturers la Philadelphia, Koston, and Chicago, alter the moxt thorough tests, liud the result to be substantially the eame. And their principal Iron Workers so certify: Messrs. .Merrick fc Hod, bouthaork Foundry, Phila delphia. '1 he Flnkley 4 Williams Works, Ilonton, Mass, The Union Foundry and the Northwestern Foun dry, Chicago, 111, Fact V. The proposition made the public hereto fore Is now renewed: 1 will furnish Sales or Vault Ioors, of same Bize and capacity of other beat makers, and at one-third less price; aud the same may be listed when finished, and I will furnish me man to teht the work of any other maker, aud he shall fur nish the man to test my work ; and the party so order lug may accept tbe work which stunds the most re slstance.ln any wavot manner practicable for a burglar to work. Fact VI. I would now say to any of tbe owners of 1,11 lie's bales, that, in view of the preceding facta, If they leel the need of additional security, I will ex change with them, on lair terms, givlnic Uiein all the late improvements, and the Increased security .which Is claimed to be beyond tbe reach of liurglars, until some new system shall be developed in the working oi Iron, which would now seem haidly possible. Fact Vii. Ills true that the Sheet-Iron or common Puie, as bow made, under ordinary circumstances (and when not crushed by the lull ol walls or timbers) usually saves the written matter, but If the lire Is se vere it has to be copied, lor the Ink will soon lade out; besides, the safe is twisted up and useless. It is equally true that the Chilled-Iron Bafe saves the written matter In a pt ilect stale, that It does not lade out or require copying, and that the sale Itself Is reauy lor further use. Any number of trials In tires, certified to, prove these facts, aud If any of the sale euders who are distributing secret, anonymous circulars to injure the reputation ol XiiLLlK'd SAFii aie not t-alislled with these slatemeu is, they can have the opportunity of testing by lire oue of their own bares with J.1LI.1 K'fc), on equal terms, whenever they so decide. act VIII. In answer to the story circulated by Interested parties, that Lil lie's bale had gone up, and had ruined l,lllie, etc., 1 would Buy that at no time In the last two years could Llllie&bon half supply the demand lot biles, aud were uuuer the necessity uf loimiiig a large slock company, with a very large cupltai, tonieei ibe demand; and Mr. Lewis Lillie.br., is now the president ol that coujpauy, which ts located on the lelaware, in Pennsylvania, Hear Kaslou, aud la Ibe largest bale Works probubly Iu existence, aud will be able to supply all demands for bales, Locks, Chilled-Iron Vaults, etc. In conclusion, I beg to call the attention of my pu irons and friends, aud the public, to the facts hore pieseniea, and to say that I am very thunkiul fur past lavors, and that I am prepared to furnish LIL Llfc'B BCKOLAH AND f 1 UK AND UCKULAlt PllOOF bAFfcb, VAULT DUOUB, CHILLKU IKON VAULTH and COMB1NAT1MN LOCKS, aliatshorl notice, warranted to be the best and cheapest In market. I also keep coubtanily a large assortment of second-baud Fire Prools, titkeu In exchange for Utile's liurglar Proofs, of the best-known makers, all put iu good order, aud ollered at below usual auc tion prices. I M. O. SADLER, AGENT FOR LILLIE'S SAFE AND IRON COMPANY, IMo. G30 ARCH Street, Btutha2m PHILADELPHIA. H C. L. MA1SER. VAMCFACTCBKB Of FIRE AND BCBOUH PBOOF SAFES. LOrKkBtlTlT, BEtW4KB. AND EALKU IN MOI" U4B1MVAME, 51 HO.M1 BAIGMBEET, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP FIliE and Burglar-proof BAFKS on band, with Inside iSluW. llAMJiEMt'OKDliit, x-rlces WW. vtNJii bufjett 7 REMOVED. OUR BEDDING STORE IS BEHOVED FKOM THE OLD STAND TO No. 11 South NINTH Street. 6 27 JR. JL. KNIGHT A SOW. MILLINER Y, TRIMMINGS. ETC SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS Of BOKNEIS HATS, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, BIBBOSa EBIDAIi WREATHS, EACES, OBNAHEHiTS, FRAMES ETC ETC. KT NOW OPEN, THE ABOVE SPJLENDID STOCK OF MILLINERY GOODS, AT THE ESTABLISHMENT OP MAD'LLE KEOGH, IS a. 004 WALNUT St., WHOSE ELEGANT BBOW BOOMS have already been visited by numerous purchasers: aud aherespeot. fully anno unces that she is constantly receiving NEW bTYLEB, nd selling always at LOW PIUCEa, MOlBmC MILLINERY RECEIVES AT II I: ESTABUSUJtlEJfT MOST MF-EOIAIi ATTENTION, ASD TI1EBEFOJUE HUE OFFERS TUB BEST STOCK OF MOTJIilNIlNGr BONNETS IN THE CITY. MAD'LLE KEOGH, 4 11 tbstuam ISO. 004 WALNUT STREET. fJJO U R N I NC MILLINERY. ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE A6SOBTMENT OF MOURNING BONMET8, AT KO. 004 WAIM'T STREET. 827 6m MAD'LLE KEOCH. MHS. B. DILL OX, HOS. ItS AID 81 SOUTH STREET, Has a handsome assortment of BPBINO MILLS- LadU', Mlssee", and Children'! Straw and Fancy Bonnets and iiaui of the latest styles. Also, fciliss, Velvets, iutibons, Crapes, Feathers, Flowers, trainee, etc. 7Ht f)Q7 LADIES ABOUT LEAVING TUB Xi) f . city lor the Hummer can lind a large anil nainlsome aHHortmeut of Velvet and Cord Kige Dress) Trimming ltibiions, la all the desirable sbadvs lor bummer I)ress 1 rlmnilun. We soil these ribbons by tbe piece at less than Jobbers' prices. a llisiu 111 A KK LAND, No. 237 BOUT II Bt. O ?V7 8TB AW GOODS! STRAW GOODS! ZOI We have received from leceut auetloa sales a large aud tine assortment of ilats aud lioa iiels, for Ladies, M'.sces, and Children, which we ara selilnn at a greater reduction than ever befora olleieU, wholesale aud relail. . 6 thbtu Lit M A ltK LAND, K o.237BOUTII Bt REMOVAL. EJ E M O V A L, . Sc II.LKJAMBK13, Late Ko. 1012 Chesnut street, have removed thebr FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY WAREROOHJ Mo. 1103 CHKSBiU BTUICKT, CPbTALEa. iJOJna
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