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The payment of twenty-one millions of cur
rency from the treasury yesterday is relied upon
a fresli asauranoe of Bpeoulative activity
The plethorio condition ot the city banks has
already driven up the prices of all securities,
and with the increased ease which the Trea
sury disbursements will occasion will probably
came more buoyancy or ballooning of stock.
"Wall street, In fact, appears to be in the midst
f one of its periods of felicity, and those who
are thoughtless enough to regard its prosperity
as a Bign of national well-doing may possibly
congratulate themselves upou the advent of a
new era of riches.
It is hardly necessary to put on reoord a
Warning against a delusion so palpable as that
on which Wall street builds its happiness. So
Jar from being a matter of exultation, the ex
traordinary ease which distinguishes the
jnoney market is one of the worst symptoms of
our financial position and of the stagnation
under which the industry of the country suf
fers. The primary cause of the abundance of
currency is the inability of its owners to find
profitable use for It in the legitimate channels
of industry and business. Manufacturing en
terprise i3 at a stand-still. Trade is dull. And
4hnnih ereat expectations rtreva.il in rfYrnr.o
to the harvest, it must be remembered that the I
labor of the bouthern Southern States is dis
organized, and that the failure to reconstruct
their levees involves great injury to some of
their most important crops. These circum
stances explain the flow of capital to Wall
Street. But for tbem it would have beneficial
employment in the direction of material pro
ductiveness. Its idleness is a sign of evil
days, and no amount of speculation in stocks
can make it otherwise.
The case is rendered worse by the connec
tion that exists between the over-abundance of
currency and the recent modification of Mr.
McCulloch's financial policy. The announce
ment that the progress of reducing the publio
debt is likely to be stayed, and that for a time
at least the contraction of the currency is to
he suspended, operated like a charm upon the
Speculative fraternity. To them it was a
pledge of renewed vitality. To all besides it
was equivalent to a confession that the de
pressed state of the country forbids the pro
secution of measures that are essential to its
Safety. Not to reduce the debt is to proclaim
a diminution of revenue, which again is a cer
tain indication that business is unprosperous.
.And a pause in the contraction of the currency
implies as well the diseased condition of na
tional finance a3 the prolonged suffering which
attends inflation. It is clear that were we
marching steadily towards the resumption of
Specie payments, currency would not accumu
late in bank vaults at the present rate. From
which it follows that the renewed speculation
in stocks is the result of national misfortune,
not of national wealth.
On what tenable ground, then, can it be con
tended that the recent rise in the prices of
stocks is in any manner connected with im
proved values? The railroads, for example,
can only prosper when the country is prosper
ous. When trade and industry are active,
xailroads thrive; when both are depressed,
xailroads must suffer. The causes which con
tribute to ease in the money market are, pro
perly speaking, reasons for a decline in stocks,
so that the advances we are called to chronicle
are the product of speculation merely, not of
aDy bona fide appreciation of value.
fraud! on the Government Necessity of
Immediate Action by Congress.
From the Herald.
The amazing and lately discovered frauds on
the Government, through the evasion or non
collection of the tax on whisky and other arti
cles, cannot fail to arouse the attention of the
people to the utter inefficiency of the Secre
tary of the Treasury. The evil has reached
Such a magnitude that Congress will be guilty
of gross neglect of duty if it should not imme
diately demand the removal of Mr. McCulloch,
and a thorough investigation into the ruinous
mismanagement of the Treasury Department
His incapacity is costing the country some
thing like two hundred millions a year, and is
fast bringing the republio to a state of bank
ruptcy. Should Congress be so unmindful of
this startling fact and adjourn without de
manding histnnmediate removal, we shall pro
bably lose another hundred millions betweep
this time and the meeting of that body iu De
cember. ' We shall find ourselves having a de
ficiency in the revenue and unable to meet the
expenditures of the Government, at the same
time the people are taxed to the limit of for
bearance, and at a time when there ought to
le a superabundant income.
The facts are bo astounding that even the
friends of the Secretary cannot itrnore them.
One of our trimming contemporaries of this
city, while attempting to expose some of the
frauds in whisky, tobacco, and petroleum, en
deavors to whitewash Mr. McCulloch. Iu the
face of these revelations it speaks of his skill
and wisdom in managing the financial affairs
of the nation, and tries to shift the responsi
bility on his subordinates and on President
Johnson. .,, But no forced apology or labored
misrepresentation can deceive the people as to
the really responsible party. Mr. McCulloch
la to blame. To blame, we say, but that word
Is too mild; guilty is not too strong a word for
Such gross neglect of duty. Suppose a man
at the head of any large business establish
ment should permit fraudulent agents and
outside rascals to steal more than a third of
his employers' income, and bring them to the
brink of bankruptcy, how should we charac
terize his conduct f We should say it was
little short of being criminal, if at all, though
the delinquent might not be reached by the
laws. What is the difference between the case
of Buch a person and that of the man at the
bead of the Treasury 1 None, exoept in the
offense being magnified in proportion to the
amount ot the loss. The guilty manager of a
business firm may lose his employers ten,
fifty, or a hundred thousand dollars; Mr.
McCulloch has lost the people and Govern
mnt, whose servant he is, hundreds of mil
licES. Let us repeat the facts which we have stated
bv 'ore, in order that the publio may not lose
Si,, ht of them. Sixty or seventy millions of
g;. ;lons of wbiaky a year are manufactured in
tJ U country. This must be regarded as a low
ef 'mate when we consider that ninety millions
a A ear were produced before the war. The
ta'-. is two dollars a gallon. The revenue from
tb article alone should be from a hundred
and twenty millions to a hundred and forty
jni .'Hons; yet according to present returns the
an unt will not reach twenty or thirty mil
lien?. In plain terms, Mr. McCulloch has
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY,
su ffered the Government to be defrauded about
a hundred millions a year on whisky alone.
Jake the losses from other spirits, to'ofln,
petroleum, and from all the rest of the frauds
on the Treasury, for which the Secretary is
directly renpow.ible, and we shall find that bis
management costs the nation about two hun
dred millions a year. We confine ourselves
here simply to losses in the revenue; but if we
look at the evils of his administration in sus
taining the infamous national bank swindle,
by which the people are defrauded of over
twenty millions a year, and the industry of the
country swallowed up by a monstrous moneyed
monopoly, with all the other evils arising from
his utter incompetency, he will appear to be
the most costly administrator of the Treasury
that this or anr other country ever had.
But his weak apologists attempt to lay the
blame on the President, on the Treasury
agents, and on the rascals who practise the
frauds. The President will be to blame if he
does not remove the Secretary, now that the
fnnta are known f.n lilm flmf tj tt v.- t
.. - .u. .tiny lOj i 11 T bUU
power. At all events it is his dutv to lav tl.
matter before Congress, and to do what he can
to Stop BUch Wholesale robberv of the Unvam.
ment. The Secretary, and not the President,
administers the affairs of the Treasury. We
hold him responsible for the conduct of his
agents or subordinates; for he selects them in
the first place, can remove for cause, and it 1
his duty to keep a vigilant eye over all. He
is inexcusable. Then, as to Bmueelers. Der-
jurers, and robbers of the revenue in every
way, mere are laws to punisu tuem, and if lie
did his duty in brincrine them to raunishment
he would soon stop the frauds. It is all bosh
talking about the hich tax on articles beintr
the cause of evading the Revenue laws. In
other countries taxes on some of such luxuries
are higher than with us, and yet thev are col
lected. Why not here ?
It seems to us that Mr. McCulloch is more
intent on managing the patronage of the Gov
ernment in this vast Internal Revenue depart
ment, as well as the national bank system, as
a political machine, than he is for the interests
of the Treasury or the good ot the country.
He acted with Chief Justice Chase in the
organization of both, and while his political
and financial chief has been on the bench he
has worked the machine upon the same prin
ciple and for the same object. From beginning
to end Ihese men have shown a surprising
combination of stupidity about financial mat
ters, with a great deal of political cunning.
We have now, however, reached a point in the
ruinous mismanagement of our national
finances beyond which endurance cannot go.
Congress, as we said, ought not to adjourn
without seeing thnt Secretary McCulloch be re
moved, and that a thorough investigation be
made into the frauds upon the revenue and
the management of the Treasury Department.
The country will now hold that body responsi
ble, and a fearful responsibility will rest upon
it if it neglects its duty in such an important
matter.
Crueltlea to Prisoners.
Yrom the Ti-ibune.
Mr. Fernando Wood is reported by tele
graph as having stated in the House, ou Satur
day, that
"The New York Tribune had distinctly
charged that cruelties had been perpetrated ou
Kvbel prisontrs,"
Mr. Wood can find no warrant in our
columns for this assertion, which he has
caused to be flashed all over the country, so
that it will be read and believed by thousands
who will never see this contradiction. We have
so often requested that those who see fit to
cite the Tribune as their authority for any
statement should quote our precise words, in
stead of putting forth a3 ours what they may
find it convenient to attribute to ns, that it
seems useless to renew the demand. Fair
minds do not need it; the other sort wilfully
refuse to heed it.
We do not know that Rebel soldiers were
ever starved or otherwise maltreated 'while
prisoners of war. As, however, the number
of such prisoners, from first to last, probably
exceeded two hundred thousand, and they
were from time to time under the complete
control of many hundreds of our officers re
spectively, it would be all but a miracle if
none of them were ever misused. Still, we
do not know that they were, and have not
asserted it.
What we do know in the premises is, that
the Rebel authorities long since charged our
Government or its agents with unjustifiable
inhumanity to their soldiers whom we held as
prisoners, and that this charge was put forth
so circumstantially and responsibly that it is
likely to glide into history if not met and re
futed. v
In the winter of 18G4-5, a Joint Committee
of the two Houses was raised by the Confede
rate Congress sitting at Richmond, and
charged with the duty of investigating the
alleged cruelties in the treatment of prisoners
by either party to the war. That Committee
proceeded to take testimony (which we have
not Been in detail) and to make a report
thereon, from which (omitting the defensive
portions) we quote as follows:
"in exchange, a nnmhi.r nf Cnnfnito .ui.
and wounded prisoners have been at various
t lines delivered ut Kicumoud aud at Savannah.
The mortalitv among these on the passune
and their condition wheu delivered, were so
cleplomble as to Justify the charge that they
had been treated with inhuman neglect by the
Northern authorities.
'Assistant Burgeon Tlnsley testifies 'I have
Been many of our prisoners returned from the
North, who were nothing but sklo. and bouea.
I hey were as emaciated us a man could be to
retain life, and the photographs (appended to
Keport No. 7) would not be exaugentted repre
sentation of our returned prisoners to whom.
I thus allude. 1 saw 250 of our alon brought la
on litterg from the ateamer at Kockett's. Thir
teen dead bodies were brought oir the steamer
the same night. At least thirty died la one
nttrht after they were received.'
"Surgeon Spence testifies: I was at Havan
nah.aud saw ralherover 3000 prisoners received
The Hat showed that a large number had died
on the pHssage from Baltimore to Savannah.
b-I1? nu,"ber sent from the Federal prisons was
Boot), and out of that number they delivered
only anas, to uie ie8t 0f lny reoolleoiion. Cap
tain Hatch can give you the exaot number.
Du" aVout W u'ed on the passage. I was told
that b7 dead bodies had been taken from one
a?. ?f.cars between Elralra and Baltimore.
CJJfr. reclvd at Savannah they had the
S, , f Hton possible, yet many died Jn a few
abWi iJ "yK out the exchange or dls
vnnk' an? wounded men. we delivered at
mtaonew an V18,rle,4tott about , federal
nared most iLU've r Phylcl condition eom
exchange a ?hnaVly 7Uu tho8e we received In
afnonc thk ronfi'f h' course. e worst oases
5tttn been removed by
wounded have been aoknoViedin,8.8, tUe
federate and NortuernSifttniato'i."
cerulng our sick and wouCed 'toldiet. at
fciavanuah returned from NoTthem DrUoaa
and hospitals: I have never seen a get ot men
In worse condition. inev wta , Jr, ,
and emaciated that We iirTthem like imie
children. Many of th.m we" m"i"S
Bkeletons. Indeed thera waa one now bov
about 17 year old, who presented the moat
distressing and deploiabl ai.pearau " ,
aaw. He waa nothing but akin and iu and
besides this, he was literally fcttieu uu'wlth
vermin. lie died In the hospital In a
fw day after being removed thither, not
withstanding the kindest tre..tmetH ami "the
ue of the most Judicious nourishing,,,
men were In o reduced a condition that,
on more than one irlp up ou tne short
pnxsHiienf ten miles from thf) transports to the
elly, n mnny bh five died. The clothing of the
filth. 1 he mortality on thepaHMa-r from Mary
land wan very great, ns well as that on the r.M
?Hefr..n the prisons to the port from ' ffi
wiry Biiw-.tni. a cannot ftiate then-,,, ,,mhr
not hesitate to declare that srai8U7!;.rJ'
were woise cases of nmnclntlon and sickness
than any represented la theso photoaranhs
i J he testimony of Mr. Dlbrell 1, confirmed
by that of Andrew Johnston. m.A.
pt ltichmond.and a member of the 'Ambulance
Com mil tee.'
"Thus it appears that the sick and wounded
Federal prisoners at Annapolis, whose condi
tion has been made a subject of outcry and of
widespread complaint by the Northern Con
gres, were not In a worse state than wero the
Confederate prisoners returned from Northern
hospitals and prisons, of which the humanity
and supplier management are made sublects of
spi elal boasting by the United Htates Hanllary
Commission."
After some commendation of the treatment
of sick Union prisoners in Metr hospitals, the
Confederate Committee proceeds:
"This humane and considerate usnge was not
adopted in the United dimes hospital on John,
son a inland, where Confederate sick and
wounded officers were treated. Colonel J. II.
Jlolmau thus testifies: 'The Federal authori
ties did not furnish to the sic It prisoners the
nutriment and other articles which were pre
scribed by their owu surgeons. All they would
do was to permit the prisoners to buy the nu
triment or stimulants needed; aud, if they hud
no money, they could not get them. I know
this, for I was in the hospital sick myself, and I
had to buy, myself, such articles as ejus, milk,
Hour, chickens, and butter, afier their doctors
hail prescribed them. And i know this was
generally the case, for we had to get up a fund
among ourselves for this purpose, to aid those
who were not well supplied with money.' Thl J
statement la confirmed bv the testimony of
Acllnx Assistant Hurgeon John J. Miller, who
was at Johnson's Island for more than elirht
months. When it Is remembered that such arti
cles as eggs, milk, and butter were very scarce
and high-priced in Richmond, and plentiful
and cheap at the North, the contrast thus pre
sented may well put to shame the 'Sanitary
Commission,' and dissipate the self-complacency
with wh eh they have boasted of the
superior humanity in the Northern prisons aud
hospitals."
After some further defensive testimony and
logic, the Committee proceeds:
"Your Committee gladly acknowledge that In
mny cases our prisoners experienced Kind and
considerate treatment; but we nre enuilly
assured that iu nearly all the prison stations of
the North at Point Lookout, Fort ftlc Henry.
Fort Delaware, Johnsoo's Island. Elmlra,
Camp Chase, Camp Douglas, Alton, Camp Mor
ton, the Ohio Penitentiary, aud the prisons of
St. Louis, Missouri our men have suffered
from insufficient food, aud have been subjected
to ignominious, cruel, and barbarous prac
tices, of which thero is no parallel in any
tblna thnt has occurred in the .South. The wit
nebses who were at Point Lookout, Fort Dela
ware, Camp ftlorton, and Camp Douglas, testlfv
that they have often seen our men picking up
the FCibps and refu.se thrown out from the
kitchens, with which to appwaae their hunger
Dr. Ilerrlugtou proves that at Fort Delaware
unwholesome bread and water produced diar
rhoea in numberless cases among our prisoners,
aud that 'their fullering were greatly aggra
vated by the regulation of the camp, which for.
bade more than twenty men at a time at night
to go to the sinks. I have seen as many as five
hundred men in a row waiting thoir turn. The
consequence was that they wero obliged to use
the places where they were. This produced
great want of cleanliness, aud aggravated the
disease.' Our men wero compiled to labor in
unlcading Federal vessels and iu putting up
buildings fot Federal officers, and, if they re
fused, were driven to the work with clubs.
"Tte treatment of Brigadier-General J. H.
Morgan and his officers was brutal and Igno
minious in the extreme. It will be round stated
in the depositions of Captain M. D. Logan,
Lieutenant W. P. Crow, Lieutenant James it.
McCreary, and Captain B. A Tracey, that they
were put in the Ohio Penitentiary and com
pelled to submit to the treatment of felons.
Their beards were shaved, and their hair was
rut close to the head. They were confined in
convicts' cells, and forbidden to speak to each
other. For attempting to escape, aud for other
offenses of a very light character, they were
subjected to the horrible punishment of the
dungeon. In mid-winter, with the atmosphere
many degrees below zero, without blanket or
overcoat, they were confined in a cell, without
fire or light, with a fcetid and poisonous air to
Dreatne, ana nere they were kept until
life was nearly extinct. Their condition on
coming out was so deplorable as to draw tears
Irom their comrades.
"The blood was oozing from their hands and
faces. The treatment la the tit. Louis prisons
was equally barbarous. Captala William H.
Bebring testifies: "Two of us, A. C. Grimes aud
myself, were carried out into the opeu air in
the prison yard, oa the 2oth of December, 18G4.
and hand-cufled to a post. Here we were kept
all night in sleet, snow, and cold. We were re
lieved in the day time, but again brought to
the post and handcuffed to It iu the evening
and thus we were kept all night until the se
cond of January, lSlii. I was badly frost-bitten
and my health was much impaired. This oruel
infliction was done by order of Captala Byrnes,
Commander of Prisons In 8t. Louis, lie was
barbarous and insulting to the last degree.'
"But even a greater inhumanity than any we
have mentioned waa perpetrated upou our pri
soners at Camp Douglas and Camp Chase. It is
proved by the testimony of Thomas P. Hollo
way, John P. Fennell, II. H. Barlow, II. C. Bar
ton, C. D. Bracken, and J. 8. Barlow, that our
prisoners in large numbers were put into 'con
demned camps, "where small-pox was prevail
ing, and speedily contracted this loathsome
disease, and that as many as forty new oases
often appeared dally among them. Even the
Federal officers who guarded tbem to the camp
protested against this unnatural atrocity yet
Itwasdone. The men who contracted thedis.
ease were removed to a hospital a mile oir, but
the plague was already Introduced, and con
tinued to prevail. For a period of more than
twelve months the disease was constantly in
the camp, yet our prisoners during all this time
were continually brought to it. and subjected
to certain Infection. Neither do we find evl
dencesotaroeudmeiitou the part of our enemies,
notwithstanding the boasts of the 'Sanitary
Commission.' At Nashville, prisouers recently
captured from General Hood's army, eveu when
sick and wounded, have been cruely deprived of
all nourishment suited to their condition; aud
other prisoners from the same army have beeu
carried into the Infected Camps Douglas and
Chase. Many of the soldiers of General Hood's
army were frostbitten by being kept day and
night in an exposed condltiou before they were
put into Camp Douglas. Their sufferings are
truthfully depicted Iu the evidence. At Alton
and Camp Morton, the same inhuman practice
of putting our prisoners Into camps infected by
small-pox prevailed. It was equivalent to mur
dering many of them by the torture of a con
tagious disease. The Insufficient rations at
Camp Morton forced our men to appease their
hunger by pounding up and boiling bones,
pieking up scraps of meat and cabbage from
the hospital slop-tubs, aud even eating rats and
dogs. The depositions of William Avres aud
J. Chambers Brent prove these privations.
'1 he punishments otten Inflicted on our men
for slight otlenses have been shameful and bar
barous. They have been compelled to ride a
piUL-k only four inches wldo, called 'Morgan's
horse;' to sit down with their nuked bodies in
thoiiuow for ten or fllleen minutes, and have
been hubjected to the ignominy of stripes from
the bells of their guards."
These Inculpations, we have seen, were
publicly made, more than two years ago, in
the report of a joint committee; they are
professedly based on aworn testimony, in good
part quoted therein ; and they have thus far
received no epecitto contradiction. We trust
that they can be refuted or very materially
softened by counter-testimony, and we are
anxious that Buch testimony shall be taken
before those able to give it shall be mainly
dead or scattered to the four winds of heaven.
We ask Congress, since it has too tardily
resolved to investigate the treatment of our
men while prisoners, to make the inquiry gen
eral and thorough to demonstrate our readi
ness to face the whole truth. Yet the House
refuses to do this, and on motion of Gen. Wasu
burne,;of Wisconsin, adopts the following :
" M'hei eas. Irresponsible statements have beeu
made by persons iu sympathy with the late He
belhon, Implying that the Goverumeut of the
we only received about aw. iZvelooked at
t he .holographs appended to Itepo?t N , 7 of
the Committee of the Kndorat " . J,"
1111 I I II I ri la I nQril tHnt J ni.
States has Inhumanly treatPd Its prl
dnrltiK the late ItelielM,,,,. n,i whlrrru
MfiifrM
. . . . "- IT'XMIOPH lo shn 1h.lt.
nr.
-General Washbunie we have esteemed a
wise and able man; but this performance is
not among those on which that Judgment is
ionuded. There is not a sympathizer with
"The Lost Cause" on earth who will not
triumphantly read and cite it as evidence that
the Republicans dare, not make a full aud fair
investigation of the treatment of prisoners by
each party in our late civil war not even lw
fore a committee of their own choosing and
the impartial world will be likely to agree with
tht'in. Suppose a European historian writing
the history of our great struggle, with the
Confederate report aforesaid before him and
only General Washburne's preamble and
resolve to weigh against it can there be any
doubt as to his conclusion ?
The United States and Mexico.
From the World.
It is to be hoped that no premature light
ning will result from the present clash of two
extremes of public sentiment in regard to
Mexican affairs. The ingenious schemes of
radicals in Congress to entangle this country
in a league with the Juarez Government, and
the ell'orts of parties elsewhere to organize a
filibustering expedition across the Mexican
border, are alike unnecessary and injudicious.
The end to be attained for the benefit of the
United States, and individual American inte
rests in Mexico, will be best subserved, now,
by a little dignified reserve.
In the first place, the so-called Juarez or
Liberal Government of Mexico is, and has been
ever since the year 1805, acting by the merely
nominal consent of the people, to supply an
emergency that existed during the war. It
has never been ratified by a popular vote; and
there are too many rival aspirants for the
Presidential office in the Liberal party alone
setting aside the pretensions of the leaders of
several thousands of Mexicans who are still
bearing arms against the sham Liberal Govern
ment as to render it questionable whether it
will be so ratified. The house of Mexico is
still divided, aud sub-divided against itself.
There is, in its present anarchical condition,
no definite assurance that a stable government,
recognized and obeyed by the people, and
authorized to treat for the people as a united
nation, exists in Mexico.
In the second place, the passions of the ma
jority in the country, who have opposed the
attempted empire and the Church party, are
at present so aroused against all foreign inter
vention, or even sympathy, as to have already
sanctioned the most opprobrious measures to
wards Americans, and the most contemptuous
expressions towards the United States Govern
ment. At this moment of triumph the recol
lection of the previous course of Secretary
Seward touches at once an affected Castilian
pride, and provokes a savage and unreasoning
animosity in the hearts of a rabble which,
having safely bid defiance to the European
monarchies by spilling the blood of prince,
believes itself quite able to defy a republio
whose boasted power and prestige the history
of the last three years ha3 naturally taught it
to distrust.
To express sympathy with a Government of
such uncertain and illegal tenure, or with a
people whose purposes are so iuoonstant that
no one can know whether they have escaped
the rule of a foreigner to obtain consolidated
liberty, or to plunge anew into useless war-
lare among themselves, would be a gratui
tous mockery. To hasten an offer of assist
ance to, or a hint of alliance with, Mexico
under these circumstances, would be to de
grade us as a power and a people. To emigrate
in a hostile manner into the territory of a
population which has shown itself to be so bar
barous and unmanageable, would be, for
those who should attempt it, to court inces
sant turmoil, defeat, disgrace, or a death as
ignoble as that dealt to Lopez, Clay, and Maxi
milian. The ultimate fact is that we can well afford,
for the present, to let Mexico entirely aloue.
Charity and hnmanitarianism begin at home.
The United States Government will be more
imposing as' a missionary abroad when it has
shown itself capable of ministering to and
healing existing evils within its own bounda
ries. The Mexicans disdain our influence; let
us see how long they can do without it. They
talk independently at this crisis, but they are
bankrupt and needy. Where are they to get
aid? Not from Europe, certainly, after what
has occurred, and surely not from any
South American State. They are threatened,
too, with further complications with Euro
pean powers. Difficulties are certain to
thicken around them, and the blind.
insulting course which they have always
pursued in their diplomacy will probably
hasten another crisis. We have thus a pros
pect of being sued for the very sympathy and
assistance that, if offered now, might be thrust
back in our teeth with scorn. We shall then
have an opportunity to intervene in Mexican
affairs to some purpose. We shall then be in
a position to demand rights for the United
StatesXIovernment, and security for American
citizens , and their interests in Mexico, in
exchange for loans and an alliance that the
Mexican people will at last be forced to accept.
We shall then have taken, in a manner befit
ting our dignity as a nation, the first inevita
ble step towards the establishment of a pro
tectorate, which, by enabling us to infuse a
leaven of American industry and enterprise
into a country whose soil hungers and thirsts
for both, will finally give us the control of that
country unquestioned and entire.
INSTRUCTION.
BUSINESS COLLEGE,
K. E. COBHEB FIFin AMI CHE8N17T
Established Kov. t, 1881. Chartered March M, lbii.
BOOK-HEEJPINU.
Course of Instruction unequalled, consisting of prao.
tkal ninbods actually employed la lesdiu Uouhbs I
tills nu other cities, as Illustrated in Fairbanks'
B!keepliig. which Is the text-book ol till. IubUio-
UU THKKBBAKCIIES.
TeleKraphlug, Cammercial Calculations, Baslne
and OruaL.ei.Ul Wrlliug. the Higher M a. hematic
IXirresnoudeube. Forws.t'oaiinercuMLaw, ec.
TOVNU MKJt
invited to visit the Institution aud Judge or them-
i i)j k:wi.ii - ' & a
United States
n1 whrrrn, the loyal i,eo,i r the ! i
Stales are Wi ll KatiMU-ii that, in in., .
its prisoners trea.-d otherwise than wTtn kTnd'
dim and humanity: lh..i, ior- wu" "1-
JULY 16, 1867.
"TV '"Ik
THE LARGEST AND BEiT STOCK OF
FINE OLD RYE 7 H I 6 K I E 8
IN THE L-AND IS NOW TOSSES? KD BY
HENRY S. IIANN1S & CO.,
Nos. 218 and 220 SOUTH FRONT STREET,
wno orrr.BTiiE sins to tjie tride, ih lot, ok tebt advantageous)
TEKJIS.
!ll.r -8tJck of Hr Whiskies, IN BORD, comprise mil the favorite braada
Ir7nt Vete'" throMU h varloue mouths or 1S60,'66, and of thU jm.r, wp tm
Ki,.r.V S';,,tri.' ?d for ,ot tn " Fennsylvaul Railroad Depot,
lcMm: Lin W barf, or at Bonded Warehouses, as parties mar elect.
AMUSEMENTS.
GMND COMPLIMENTARY HOP
AT TUB
SURF HOUSE,
ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY,
ON SAIl'BDAY EVKNI.a, Jl'LY 0, H07.
MU6IC BY CARNCK033 4 DIXKT'S FULL
ORCHK8TRA. 7,t
GRAND (JALA NIflHT
AT THK CKNTRAL PARK
FIFThEiNTH ASU WALI.ACh, WRKKT9
cuTeStoSv?'01 f"10' Jon live been se-
A.R.AK.D PYRIC EXHIBITION.
On Wnlnesday KvemiiK, July 17.
Comprising the IiiIIowIdk pieces"
B1ULL1AKT ILLUMINATION WITII BKXQ0LA
t-. , EIGHTS OF HIUNA'r. ROCKETS.
r Jfi . ro! Colunta. ooi.imencl.iK witli a centre
ver'foMUge? exp,ludl, w trte U-ron'ir-W'iy"!
Knoi-cnimenclnr with a revolving
Kua Pule ui gold euiwiolng into a Lovers'
ki'S' 4erl's Gem- commencing with a roue ot
and emerHlSs.U',f0la'UB to B Kcm rubloU8 !
IBVIS; 1 "5 Bu9e. commencing with a deep crim
son, fringed with green and gold, expanding to a
bouquet of Flora's choicest treasures,
wfth' " iolkB 'lbls beautiful figure opeus
Circles of crimson, circles of gold,
- t- ."' cl"1-'8 of every color untold,
llg. 7. Fairy Journals, commencing with Jets of
Hie whole to conclude with a beantlful figure, ar
roi'Ked and dedicated esueclally for the
1KKTH GRAND NATIONAL S.KNOERFEST.
1 he SA1 1 KKLEE BAND will perform a choice se
lection ot national and operatic uirs during the exht.
Dillon. j 13 B tu wit
Adiulnslon 80 cents. Children half-price. Doors
open at 7; performance to commence at 8,'t o'clock.
BIERSTADl'S LAST GREAT PAINTING
THK DOMES OJf TJtLE GREAT YO-SJEMITE.
now on exhibition. '
. ... c DA ANr EVENING,
In the Southeast Gallery or the
ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS. rgstf
HO! FOR MiITIi'8 ISLAND I FRESH AIR
c.,rVbAET1,' VLl SCENERY-HEALTHFUL
S5.KJftBATH--TTALNMEJSTOF
ixi.h. iiiisi KIND.
MRS. MARY LAKEMEYER
respectfully iutorms her lrieuds and the public gene
rally, that she will open the beautiful Island Pleasure
Ground known as
HMITH'8 ISLAND,
on BUNDAY next. Mays, bhe Invites all to come
and enjoy with her the delights of this favorite iuiu
pier resort. 4 8011
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOFSAFES
FARRELL & HERRING'S SAFES
SIOBE, NO. 6SS CUESXtJT STREET.
ANOTHER TBIU9IP1I.
MORE TESTIMONY OF TnEIR BALAMANDEI
VIRTUES.
Nok jroLK, Va., May 27, 1867.
Messrs. FARREL, HERRINH & CO.. Philadelphia:
Gentlemen On the 6th iustant the large Four-storf
Iron-lro.it Warehouse, then occupied by U9 asa first
class Liquor btore, was entirely destroyed by lire, am
although the heat was Intense, all our Papers, Books
and Accounts were preserved In good order In one o7
your Hates.
The Bale, however, Is not fit for use again; therefor,
we desire to get another Irom you, provided you wil
allow us something fur the one we now have. Non
ol the iron work Is broken from the Bate, but th
sides are pulled out, knob broken oir, and It is steamed
inside; otherwise we believe it all right. We have
had an experienced mechanic lo examine It, and he
gave It as his opinion that the Bare, as U now is, will
not be reliable In another lire; but that, under the
hands ot bale inanulacturers, it can be made good
again; and he suggested the idea to us that you might
allow uh something tor It, In our purchase of a new one.
The bale Is a small one, and was purchased from you
by Air. William Johnson, formerly liminr iluilar in
this city, from whom we purchased ft. The key la
nimhuMul wnn 1 ... I If ... . J
Very respectfully, your obedient servants,
DOIMOH A BAINKR,
W IwtlfaMMla I .In ii 1 1 r I lukl ura
8. W-corner ROANOKE bquare aud W. WIDE
N. B.-W iorgot to mention the fact that when the
t-aie was taken from the nre it was uulocked
wui.out uimcuHv by its own key.
7 loot D. A R
C. L. MAISER.
MANUFACTUBKB OF
FIBS AND BUBLAB-PBOOP
SAFES.
LOCKSMITH, BELL-HANGER, AND
LEAUBIH UCILIIA IIAHIMVAKE,
6 NO. 484 RACE BIT BEET.
P-j A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP FIKE
tJi and Burglar-proof HA FES on band, with Inside
doors, lnveillug-house bale, free Irom dampness.
Prices low. C. HANSEN POKUEU,
ib Ho. Ml VLNki Btreet.
MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETC.
ERINO GAUZE UNDERWEAR
OP CABTWBIOIIT AND WABNEB'
CELEBRATE! W ANCEACTUBE.
MERINO GAUZE UNDERWEAR in every var.ety
of size aud style, for Ladle.', Gents', and Children'.
Wear.
HOSIERY.
A large assortment of HOSIERY ot English and
German manufacture, In socks, three-quarter socks,
and long hose.
GLOVES,
In White, Buff, and Mode Color. For sale at
HOFMANN'S Hosiery Store,
IStutCf K4. NORTH EIUUTH WTBEKT.
fVJO U R N I NC MILLINERY.
ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT 01
PIOTJXTINING BONNETS,
AT NO. 04 WALNUT BTBEET.
827 6m MAD'LLE KEOCH.
MliS. tt. DILLON,
YH. 1 AND SSI MOUTH HTBEET
11 a a handsome aaaortmenl of faPKXNG MILL!
Nh.R
Ladle.', Misses', and Children'. Straw and Fancy
Booutla and Hats of the latm styles.
Also, bilks, Vlvet, Kibboua. Crapes, yeatbera,
Flower., trauies. etc. 7 W
PEIVY WEI.LS-bwNEIs'6yPK0PEKTr
The only place to get Privy Wells cleauad aul
dlalntected at very low prlcea,
A.PKYMON,
i Maiinfaciorerof Poudrette,
10J GOLDSMITH'S HALL. LIBBARY Street
i f r I I.
SUMMER RESORTS.
SURF HOUSE.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
The above House was opened on the 1st of JUNK.
For particulars, etc, addresa
WM. T. CALEB PBOPBIETOB,
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
88 tf
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
ATLANTIC OIT1T;
The iabscrlber, gratelut tor past favors, tender
thanks to his patrons and the publio for the generous
custom given him, and begs leav. to say that his
house Is now open for the season, and ready to re
ceive boarders, permaaeut and transient, on the most
with the choicest of wines, liquor and cigars, and
superior old ale. The table, will be set with the best
the market affords.
Fishing line, and tackle always on hand.
Stable room on the premises.
All the comfort ot a home can always be found a
the Exchange,
GEORGE HAYDAY.
628tuths2m
PROPRIETOR.
QONCRE&S HALL.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,
18 NOW OPEN.
This House has been repainted and renovated, with
all modern improvemeu.s added, and in consequence
ot the high tides, It has made the bathing grounds
superior to any in the city, being four hundred feet
nearer than last season.
G. W. HINKLE.
Johnston's celebrated Band la engaged, ( 27 im
UNITED STATES HOTEL,
ATLAKTIO CITY, N. J.(
IS NOW OPEN.
FOR PARTICULAR. ADDRESS
BROWN k WOELPPEB,
ATLANTIC CITY,
Or No. 82? RICHMOND Htreet,
Philadelphia.
102m
MERCHANTS' HOTEL,
' CAPE ISLAND, S. J.
This beautiful and commodious Hotel Is now opeu
for the reception of guests.
It Is on the m aln avenue to the Beach, and less than
one square from the ocean.
WILLIAM NASOH,
PROPRIETOR.
7
IJiIIE NATIONAL HOTEL
EXCURSION HOUSE,
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.,
Is now open for permanent guests, and lor thereoep.
tlon and eutertainn.eni of the various excursions ta
the Island, The only hotel in the place on the Euro
pean plan, and a hill ol tare of the best and moat
varied character.
. . CON LEY A HOUCK,
27 lm Proprietors.
CEA BATIIING-NATIONAL HALL, CAPE
: h xbijabiv, is. J.-111.1 large ana commodious
Hotel, known as the National liall, Is now recelviug
I visitors. Term, moderate. Children and servauta
I halt price. AARON GARRKTUON.
1 O U f-"1
Proprietor.
FURNISHING GOODS, SHIRTS,&C
J. w- COTT & CO.,
SIHBT 91ANUPACTUBEB.1t,
AND SK4LKRS IN
MEN'S FUBNIMHINO OOODS
NO. 811 CIlE&N UT M l BEET.
FOUR DOORS BELOW THE "CONTINENTAL,'
b 27rp rHii.ADKi.rBiA.
PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM
BJIIIBT MANUFACTORY,
ANDGENTLEM ta' EURNIMII1NU HTOBB
PERFECT JTT1ING BUI HIS AND DRAWERS
made Iron, measun meut at verr short notloe.
All other articles of GENTLKMJN'tt DRESS
GOODS in lull variety.
WINCIIEMTER A CO.,
1 Il No. 7u CHEbNUT Street.
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
CULVER'S NEW PATENT
DEEP SAND-JTOINT
HOT-AIR FURNACE.
BAHOEI F ALL SIS SOU
Also, Pbllegar-. New Low Pressor. Steam HoatlnJt
Apparatus. Ji'or aaie by
C II A BI. Ed WILLUIU,
No. 1181 MARKET B treat,'
Bins
TlinHf TAV!Q T.nVTlflM VtTfinrvFD.
tels, or Publm Institutions, In TWENTY Dlb'
FKRKNT blZKS. Also. Philadelphia Kuk.
Hot-Atr Furnaces, Portable ii eaters, LowdowaOrates,
Fireboard Stoves, Bath Rollers. Stewhole Plates.
Boilers, Cooking Stoves, etc., wholesale and retail, by
the manufacturers. - SHARPK A THOMHON.
S27Bluth6ui No. SUV N. SECOND Street.
jB G. RODINGO rj,
No. 910 CimSNUT STREET,
Is In receipt to-day of an Invoice of
FINE CHEOMOS, ENGBAVINGS,
ETC. ETC.,
Which are now open for examination.
"Peace and War.' bv G. Dnraa it ... t .
Sommer." "Cromwell and Jfamlly," "Romeo and
Juliet." "Star ot Helhlebem." axe well worthy the
attention of the adm1rr. of art 1
OHO ARCH fcTRKET. GAS FIXTURES
FU-VANilKK;1 STATUAK y!
S v . ku; Co. would rwipectfully dlteot
ILnlVw wV,?,Lltlw UKNAMEN't'AL
n.imH.u. ,,7.; J, J.iuae wiamng huu.laouie and
wllTml l?l!l .iU ( .t""'' l vr' reasouaole price.
..i14;""0'1'"1 or tarnished fixtures refiulshed with
J c'lr,, ud l reasonable prices.
i "4 VANKIRK t CO