TUB DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1807.
PMILISHID EVER! IFTEMOOJI,
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"MOHDAy NOVEMBER 11, 1867. '
Tbaddcni Stevens on the Finances.
T BVKxmo Tbubobaph of Saturday we
wbVshed In full the long letter from Mr.
Iterena on the oondition of the national
flmnoeB, and the true policy which should
jnark our conduct of them in the future. Mr.
Stereos holds views on the subject whioh, to
cor mind, do not materially differ from those
expressed by Mr. Pendleton or General Buller.
Although both these gentlemen deny the
identity of the policy, yet it takes too refined
an iutelleot to detect wherein they substan
tially differ. The whole of Mr. Stevens' plan
appears to be expressed in a single paragraph,
when he says: .
After tbe establishment of these banks, and
their palpable Injury to tbe country, I brnugbt
In, til have Already said, two or throe billH at
different sesHlous of Congress to borrow a suffi
cient quantity of money in greenbacks, and as
last as tbe Five-twenties fell due to redeem
those bonds whose Interest was payable in coin
and principal in money. That day has now
Arrived, and bad that law been enacted the out
standing Five-twenties would have been paid,
not purahased, at tbe rate of their lowest figure,
and might have been bought. I have no doubt,
at a much less sum some time back. Here,
then, would have been the payment of the na
tional debt at the rate of JluO for what la now
Worth 1143."
In other words, the writer favors the pay
ment of the national debt in currency, not in
Specie, and the redemption of it by flooding
the oouutry with non-interest bearing notes,
Wtioh were Intended only as a circulating
medium, and which would be utterly worth
less as an investment. Now this may be
Bound policy in a political point of view,
although we doubt if even in that sense it can
stand examination, but as a moral expedient,
if it was done by any one . but a Government,
in plain language we would call it theft. If an
individual was to raise gold by giving a mort
gage on his lands, and when that mortgage
fell due was to compel the lender to surrender
it to him, and receive in return his due-bills,
whioh would not bear interest, and whioh were
worth but 70 cents on the dollar, would we
not oall him a swindler t He might indeed
gay, like Mr. Stevens, that he saved 30 cents on
every hundred, or, as the writer puts it, $43 on
every $143, but what he saved would be really
Only what he cheated his creditors out of. This
is the way in whioh we look at it. The United
States Government, in an extremely critical
condition, tried to borrow money upon se
curities which were contingent on our suooess
On a doubtful struggle. The risk was great;
and certain capitalists, foreign and native, ac
cepted the chance of payment, and, like an in
surer of a ship, got a larger rate of interest
for the money than if they had invested in a
perfeotly secure undertaking. They bought
$100 worth of Fnited States bonds for $72.
This was due to the risk they ran. It now
turns out that their confidence was
Shrewd, and that their ship will come
through a perilous voyage safely. Is
it just for the owners of the vessel to
Bay that they will not let the insurers make
this profit, and that they will only pay the
legal rate of interest on the sum advanced ?
Clearly not. The holders of the United States
bonds ran a risk in advancing their money,
and as lucky speculators they are entitled to
all their fair gains. We are, therefore, opposed
to this violation of the spirit of the national
honor. It is taking advantage of a legal quib
ble to cheat our debtors; and if we play what,
on moral grounds, would be called "a sharp
game," we deserve to lose all the confidence
and respect of both our own citizens and
foreign capitalists.
Mr. Stevens waxes very wroth over what he
calls a "monstrous proposition." lie ex
claims: "This is what they call honor, eonsolence,
justice, through the custom of tbe country, and
tell the farmers of America that they were
pound to pay the money-dealers of Europe
this enormous rate to save their property from
uuwuu, uu iu moral men oi xsew xork
flenonno you and me and others as dishonor.
uMom ana swindlers if
we do not in
tuny years
quadruple tbe capital of the Roths-
enuuB, uoiusmltus. and other larsa
dealers,'
money
, .
It may be, as Mr. Stevens says, a hard
situation, but it is unavoidable without dis
honor. It is hard for a merchant to have to
surrender all his goods to pay the creditors
Of one for whom he has endorsed, yet unless
he does so, he must stoop to dishonor. It is
clear to us that even if we have to have more
taxes and larger than if we repudiated a
part of our debt, it is better for us to bear the
burden than to consent to hold ourselves up
to the eyes of Europe as a nation which does
ot honor its obligations. "Let justice be
done though the heavens fall" is a hard
VVUnk the ePle of America
would rather obey it than save the taxes by
honoring the fai, fame of the country of
WbJon we are all so proud.
Tmb Rocky Mountains RbacuedI Tii tt:
Paoiflo Railroad has Just touched the foot nf
vuu gnR uuui wmcu aiviaes our oonuneut
It has reaohed the base of the Rooky Mom.
tains. For a distance of over 617 miie8 it ta
been laid, and now is in running order, with
Its ears and locomotives in active operation
lor over 500 miles west of Omaha. It is the
purpose of the company to complete 30 miles
more before the season renders further pro
cress during the winter impossible. Thus
the great enterprise progresses day by day,
Sack hear brings the wished-for oonsumma
tioa nearer. If the present rate of progress be
continued, of which we hare no doubt, the
spring of 11870 will seethe trains leave the
Mississippi, and without a change of oars carr
their passengers to the Taoifis. The effect
of the grand oonneotlon on oommeroe will be
great, and the amount of oarriags whioh
the road will afford will be the only criterion
as to the amount of business it will do.
We learn from the bankers of the Company
in this oity, Messrs. De Haven & Brother and
William Tainter & Co., that the Union Paolflo
Railroad bonds are rapidly becoming popular
as securities, and that they are already taken
with avidity by persons desiring to make per
manent investments.
Mr. Johnson's Assault Upon the Right
of the People to Bear Arms.
President JontfsoN has Issued a very strange
order, "disbanding and suppressing" the
volunteer militaiy organizations in the Dis
trict of Columbia. This order is directed to
General Grant, and is as follows :
"I am reliably advised that there are within
tbe District of Columbia a number of armed
organizations, formed without authority 0 trw,
and for purpose which have not been communi
cated to the Government. Heing at the present
time unnecessary for the preservation of order
or the protection ot the civil authority, they
have excited serious apprehensions as to their
real design. You will, therefore, take offlolal
steps for promptly disbanding and suppressing
all such illegal organizations."
This order is dated last Monday, the 4th
instant, and applies to all armed military
organizations, whether oomposed of negroes
or white men. General Grant reports that
besides the companies oomposed of colored
men, there are four companies of white citi
zens whose organizations are likewise un
authorized. The order was transmitted, it seems, by
General Grant to General Emory, the officer
immediately in command in Washington, and
he at once called attention to the faot that, the
District being no longer under martial law, he
did not see by what authority such an order could
be carried into effect. This endorsement of
General Emory was referred to the President,
and there, for the present, the matter rests.
It is surely somewhat of a strange spectaole,
yet a hopeful one, in this country, when a
subordinate military officer hesitates to exe
cute an order of the President, on the avowed
ground of its commanding him to do an unlaw
ful act. Yet General Emory is undoubtedly
right. The President has no more authority
to "disband and suppress" a volunteer mili
tary organization in the District of Columbia,
than he would have to do so in the btate of
Pennsylvania. Such organizations require no
sanction of law. They have existed all over
this country ever since the formation of the
Government. They are guaranteed by the
express language of the Constitution, whioh
provides that "the right of the people to keep
and bear arms shall not be infringed." Ihe peo
ple have thus an irreversible guarantee of the
Constitution that they may keep and bear
arms. That their voluntary organization as
companies is illegal is absurd. People have
as good a right to organize military companies
as they have to organize base-ball olubs, or
cricket clubs, or chess clubs, or any other
kind of voluntary organizations. The Presi
dent has just as muoh right to command Gene
ral Grant to "disband and suppress" the base
ball clubs of this city, as he has to command
him to disband and suppress the volunteer
military companies in Washington.
The language of this order smacks too muoh
of French or Austrian absolutism to be tole
rated by American citizens. It says these
military organizations in the Distriot of Co
lumbia have been formed "for purposes which
have not been communicated to the Government'"
as though oitizens could not exeroise their
common constitutional rights without nrst
communicating their "purposes" to the Gov
ernment ! This might do for France; it will
not answer for the United States.
General Emory has done well to hesitate in
executing this unlawful order. No oommand
of a superior can authorize a military oflioer to
commit an illegal act. Officers of the army
are citizens, and are amenable to the laws as
are other citizens. The peaceful meeting of a
volunteer military company for purposes of
drill, recreation, exercise, or what not, is a
lawful assemblage, and the officer who should
attempt to disperse it would himself be guilty
of a breach of the peace, and responsible for
whatever might occur.
We trust that none of the Washington com.
panics will pay the least attention to this
order. It is a totally unlawful one. The
President has no more right to issue it than
has the humblest citizen in the country.
This order is only one of too many instances
in which the President has attempted to exer
cise unlawful powers. Ever since he oame to
the Presidential chair he has not been satisfied
to be simply and merely what the Constitution
makes him the Executive but has been con
stantly exercising powers outside of his offioe.
His own will not the laws of the land
has been his rule of action. This latest mani
festation of his habitual purpose refers, it is
true, only to a few obscure military companies
in the District of Columbia, but it is as fla
grant a breach of the Constitution as would
be an order to General Meade to disband and
suppress the Legislature of the State of Penn
sylvania. And it is one of the alarming fea
tures of the times, that these illegal and usurp
ing acts of the President make apparently so
little imnrflHsion on the tmblio mind. None
of our earlier Presidents would have dared to
venture on them.
1892 YARDS OF THE FINEST FRENCH
ali,wool poplins, reduced from i2s to
n CENTS PER YARD.
BROWN FRENCH POPLIN3. 87'i CENTS.
WIn.R?SND CENTS.
AMBKS BLU1. CENTS.
ROT AL PUttPLlC AND BTBKLS.87 CENTS.
EDWIN HALL & CO.,
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1ST REV. NEWMAN HALL, D. D.f
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"The Relations of Great Britain and
Amsrlcu, In Connection with tbe
Late War,"
AT HORTICULTURAL HALL,
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER II.
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rpnE GREAT SAFE TESTS.
Mile's Cliillea-Iron Safes Master
or (lie Situation.
Impenetrable to the Klemsnts of Fire or
tbe Burglar's Implements.
Neither five bouis of the most Intense heat in a fiery
furnace, nor six hours ot the most scleotillo drilling
yet known In this country, nor tbe thorough use of
the best stoel wedgeit aud Ihe sledge lor a long time
could avail against It. Tim two Hales which stood the
above teste are now on exhibition In uiv store. No.
t-':9 Arch street. Also, the Eians & Watson Safe,
with the Boston Steam Patent, hurnel in tbe saue
furnace, with Its back broken aud btHBt.llsstdei caved
in and twisted, much of the wood badly scorched In
side: Indeed, to every appearance, on Its last legs, only
requiring a little longer time to have dnlshea It en
tirely; and I simply ask any and all candid and intel
ligent men, having any interest In a Flre-Proor or a
Rurglar-Proof Bafe. to call aud examine thoe three
Safes for themselves, and form tutir own opinion as
to their rej-Dectlve meriLs.
A lull report will be made, as early as practicable,
Ot the above -afe Tests, and signed by both citizens
aud operators. M. C. 8 4. DLER. Agent,
v No, 639 ARC a Btreet.
P. notice In aBunday newspaper Evans A Wat
son's charges and statements, and their self consti
tuted committee's report, all of which will be properly
answered In due time, and in their order. But I sny
now, here and everywhere, that every base and slan
derous allegation made therein against Mr. Llllle or
myself is absolutely utitrue, and that neither Mr.
Lime nor myseii require any nuuu uuuniuoa w oiw
tain the merits of Lillie's Chilled Iron Bafes.
H XI 3( U. U. B&JJL,n.n, agent.
Q R E A T
SALE!
BARGAINS
IN
DRESS COO
D S,
And Evsry Description of
DRY GOODS.
MUST BE CLOSED OUT
EDWIN HALL & CO.,
NO. 28 S0UTII SECOND STREET,
Invito
tbe attention of Ladles to their
IMMENSE STOCK OF
Silks, Shawls, Cloths,
Dress Goods,
and
Wticn will be offered at SUCH PRICES as will
INSURE RAPID BALE 9.
STORE OPEN and READY FOR BUSINESS
at EIGHT O'CLOCK A. M. llll6Up
SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY.
Tbe Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe
Deposit Company, for tbe Safe
Keeping of Bonds, Stocks, and
Other Valuables.
CAPITAL 500,000
nRvrrroRA.
W. B. BROWNE.
tUWAKU W. UI'AKK,
AIJUANDKR HEMKY,
t'LAKKNCK H. CLARK,
JOHN WELSH,
I fJI r.f.INA H A M FBLI,.
8. A. I'AUUWEIiL,
HENRY O. GIBbON,
v . . . . ..w .... . . j . . . i St I." f ,
Office In tbe Fire-proof Holldiug of the Philadelphia
National Bank, CUIiCHNUT street, above ouriu.
This Company receives on deposit,
.4 I 111 1 U 1 J
Ok VALUABLE
TON THE HAf c, K .n.t-l.tjt
.1.0 r.,ilnwlnir ratex a vear. viz.:
Coupon Bonds. - -H per 11000
RpirVtitrred Bonds and fctecurlllea..6u cents per lluuo
Oofd (Join or Bullion per iiouo
Hllver Coin or Bullion-.. . .. ff per liuO
Gold or Hllver l'late .............! per Siou
Cash Boxes or small tlu boxes of Bankers, Brokers,
Capitalists, etc.. outnW nukuown W the Company,
"Ttatonffi llNT (renter exclusively
houfn ibe kSy) BAFKS INBIdA ITS VAULT ai
. ?. fto, Soof and V year, according to size and
t?.uilon. and Interest Collected for one per cent.
Interest allowed on Money Ileposluj.
This Company is authorized to receive and execute
Trusts of every description.
iSVlniwfrp N. B. BHOWNW. President,
HKBT Pattbbson, Secretary and Treasurer.
JONES, TEMPLB & CO.,
FABHIONABL B H A T T K B 8,
No, 26 H. NINTH bueet,
yirst (More above Chestnut .treet. MW
WRITTEN AND VERBAL DESCBlP
tlous of Character, with advice on Business,
llesJth, Education, etc, given d1j,EN.
I wsm5p St Ho. 7a CttittHVT fereeU
Q.REAT TRIAL OF SAFES.
Tairairni thiumphi triumph t
TWO VICTORIES
FOR THE STFAM FIRE-PROOF SAFE.
EVANS & WATSON'S SAFE,
WITH
Sanborn's Patent Steam Improvement.
The Only Really Firs-Proof Safe.
Messrs. Lillie and Sadler Reuse to Submit
2'rial to the Control of a Disinterested
Committee.
the
THEY
admit tampering with evans &
watson's steam safe.
THEIR PROCEEDINGS " DENOUNCED AS UN
FAIR, AND THEIR TRIAL OF NO ACCOUNT.
EVANS A WATSON MAKE A 8EPAR ATE TRIAL,
FAIR AND OPEN TO ALL,
LILLIE'S SAFE CRACKED OPEN IN FORTY
FIVE MINUTES.
i
CONTENTS OF THE LILLIE SAFE TOTALLY
DESTROYED IN LES3 THAN FOUR HOUH-i.
CONTENT8 OK THE STEAM SAFE PERFECTLY
PRESERVED.
Read the following Report of the Committee ap
pointed to superintend the burning of the Safes:
COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The underslKned havini; consented to aot on the
Couiruluee to he ppolnted towltnesand report upon
the Fire Proof Test o Lillie's Chilled Inn Safe uud
the Evens & Watson Mute, with Sanborn's Patent
htam Improvement as per the challenge of M. U.
Snoler, men. of Lillie's Hales in Philadelphia, met on
the vacaui lot at 'Twenty llrst aud Arch streets, on
the morning of the 22d ultimo the day designated In
said cha lenge for said test at 8 o'uluck A. M., and
there found Messrs. Evans A Watsou, with two of
Ibelr Sales of the eir.e and make in said cuallonire
meulioQi d, and with several piles of wood, ready aud
fully prepared lor the lest; and after walllnir until
nearly 9 o'clock, and the challenging pat ty failing to
apparor to send a bale to be tested, the Committee
retind.
The said coormltteo again repslrcd to theground
(Twenly-lirst aud Arch streets) on the morulog of the
Sib Inst., aud there found said Sadler and Mr. Lillie,
with one of Lillie's bafes. 85 Inches lu width, with
S-inch wall said to have been made for tue ezprens
purpose ol suid test aud one of Evans te Wataon's,
SIS inches lu width, with S-lncU wall sold by said
Kvsns Watson to a stranger about two weeks ago
buiidins a furnace in whlcn tn burn said Wslesj and
they also louud ibere the said Evans it Watson, with
one ot their own Site?, such as they make for sale to
any person wishing to purchase, and one ot LillU'n,
bought at Mr. SHdier's i toro on the4ih sunt. . by a puny
who letnlned possession of it from the time or pur
chase to the time of delivering the same ou Ihe ground
said Sales being as nearly eiiual In sl7.aud thickness
of wills as the respective makers usually makeltiem,
ready for any test, or manner of lest, which a commit
tee, n uiuai-y chosen, mlghi aitreeupon,
Tbe committee making this report appointed by
the said Evam A Watson, severally wailed upon ths
said fcad.er. and informed him llial tin y were ready
to cooler with any committee then appointed by h:m.
or wnicn ne m'gut appoint. 10 couuuei ma test lu ac
cordance with the terms of hlsclia leuge His reply
to each or said committee was tlixt h had no com
mittee, and that he would not submit to ine dictation
ot any committee as to how he should buru hlssaffs,
or place wieni iu iioniuou kit uuruiug. air. Littiie
was then appealid to by one of this committee to
submit Ihe test to the judgment of a commitleo, to
bejoimly appointed, wueu n? answered mu "we."
meanlug himse't and the agent Mr. Sadlor, "will
try tills thing in our own way." And when Interro
gated as to wbether he thought the public would be
satisfied with such a test as ha wan preparing for.
replied that bedld not cars for the public.
Fulling to etlect aoy arraugoment for a test which
the Jud ment of any committee might agree upon,
the undersigned reported to the snid Kvans Watson
that the Baid Sadler and Llllle. notwithstanding said
challenge lor a fair test of the lire-proof qualities of
tneir respective aiO", aeeiineu 10 Buomit to any sucn
tpnr. 1 1 wia claimed that the Llllle ttafa hroutfllt bv
Mr. Padler to the grouuds for burning had been made
for that express purpose, aud thul the Kvans A Wat
son safe had been foully dealt with. Air. Llllle and
Mr. Sadler admitted that they bored holes In the
bottom. And the proposition was niada by one of
Mr. Sadler's friends to form a Joint committee to go
to the respective stores of said Sadler aud Evans &
Watson, and select a Safe from each, to be burned
niiiler direction of said committee.
Evuns fe Watson agreed tosaid proposition, but Mr.
Sadler positively diclined it. With this the duties ot
their appointment ended, But, as Messrs. Evans &
Watsou bad anticipated a ho, .-willingness on the part
of Mr. Sadler to submit to the terms which he himself
proposed for a fair test, and so that the public, which
had gathered to witness the trial, should not be disap
pointed, they determined to test, In an open manner,
the fire proof qualities of the Sales, cf equal slzos,
brought on the grounds as above mentioned, and re
quested the undersigned to act as a committee to
superintend the burning thereof, and to raport the
condition or each Sale alter burning. As such com
lultlee, the undersigned report:
That said Safes were placed at an equal height rrom
the ground, and about two feet apart, and pine and
oak wood placed equal y around them, and a are
lighted to both at the same time 80 A. M., and was
kept up at an equal heat, as nearly as the same could
be, until i 80 P.M. That at 10'IS A. M, Llllle 8 Safe
cracked, and at 146 P. M. flam, was seen tolaaue from
several cracks to the Safe. Water was turned on at
P. M.. and by 1 P. M. the Safes were cooled ou,
when Lime's Safe was opened and everything In it
fonnd to be totally desiroyed. ......
Evans & Watson's Safe was also opsned, and Its
contents found to be In as good a state of preserva
tion as when put In before the fire nothing scorched
or the sign of Are about them. Note paper, which
had been loosely placed In tbe pigeon boles, came out
as perlect as it went In. The water lubes, which
constituted the Sanborn Improvement in Evans
Watson's Sale, were fonnd to contain about two
thirds of the water originally placed in them, showing
that the Bale would have stond twice as much more
fire as It bad been subjected to. ..... . ,
The committee bad nothing to do with the burning
In the furnace erected by M.C. Sadler and Llllle, ex
cept as spectators. They nolloed that on account of
the Ineouallly In the size of the two Safes placed
therein ly Sadler and Llllle (being the first two aoove
mentioned), one 34 Inches, and the other 8tS), and
the furnsce being of the same w dtb, about57 Inohes,
Fvans A Walsou's Safe was subjected to much more
fire than was that ot Lillie's. Besides this, a roannj
fire ws made around Evans fc Watson's Safe, and
keDtup for three-quarters of an hpur before the Are
it ibat endoflnTiurnace In which LUlle's Bale was
Vl&S ,ftlrly ,tWleH. N. FITZGERALD,
(s'gDea' N. 218 N. Third street, 4
JOHN O.KERSHAW,
No. 112 S. F.urth street,
JOSEPH WOOD,
No. 41 S. Fourth street,
Committee,
GREAT VICTORY I
THE STEAM F1HK PROOF SAFE
WITH
HOLES BORED IN IT
BY
LILLIE AND SADLER.
PERFECTLY PRESERVES ITU CONTENTS
LILLIE'S 'FURNACE.
LILLIE AND SADLER
UNABLE TO DESTROY
THE STEAM FIRE PROOF SAFE.
(The Llllle Safe 8 Inches Thick,
The Steam Safe Indies Thick.)
EVEN TAMPERED WITH IT I
It Preserves lis Contents lu Perfect Condition, while
the Llllle Safe, Made Expressly for the Trial "The
Bett He Could Muke" has lis Contents Damaged
' and Scorched! Papers saturated In Alum Water
Folded and Packed lu the Lillie Sale Previous to
the Trial I , , M
'5ad tbe following report of a Committee appointed
hJv- .'-uiih & Watsou to superintend the opeulug ol the
Sales on the morulng of November 7:
COMMITTEES REPORT.
The undersigned witnessed the openiug of the Safes
burned In the furnace above-mentioned, Evans &
Watson's being first otiened, and the uoulents found
perfectly preserved from the tiery ordeal; aud the
water tubes were found to be about half full, sbowlug
that the Sale would have stood as much more tire as
that to which it bad been subjected. Lillie's was
then opened and found to be parked with printed
paper, some of which was wet. discolored, and smon
tug, seme dry and singed with lire, and some dry aud
pot slutted. That which was wet, discolored, aud
smoking, was taken from tbe back of the Safe, which
would be as though 11 was taken from. the bottom, as
aid Sales were placed upon their backs lu said fur-
""(Signed) JOHN G. KERSHAW,
v B No. 112 s. Fourth streeti
HENRY A. BARBER,
No lloBCoates-street:
JOSEPH WOOD,
No. il b. Fourth street.
Commutes.
S We Invite th public to call and examine the Steam
Flrt ll'roof Safe and the Lillie Safe, tested In tbe
late trial, to compare their oondition, and to examine
tbe contents ot the Steam Bale perfectly preserved.
Also, to examine the condition of the wood fixtures
aud contents of the Steam Safe tested In Lillie's fur
nsce, both of which were perfectly preserved.
We also Invite the public to call and examine the
papers which were saturated wlth alum water and
then folded aud packed in the L'llle Safe, tested by
him In his furnace. We shall deem It a pleasure at
any and all times to tt oroughly exp.'ain the ooustruo.
liyu of the Steam Safe. '
EVANS A WATSON.
U 11 It IP NO, M Buutn SEVENTH blrtwt.
THE AMERICAN DUTTOfl
HOLE,OVERSEAMmC, AND
SEWING MACHINE COM
PANY aro now gottlng ready
their splendid combination
FAMILY MACHINES, for
Christmas Presents. Nothing
could be more appropriate for
n gift to a Lady friend than ono
of these magnificent Ma
chines. Deauty and utility
combined, it would prove a
constant, daily souvenirof tho
giver.
For sate at S. W. Corner of
ELEVENTH and CHESNUT
Streets. littrrp
BARGAINS! BARGAINS! !
Nearly Three Hundred Thousand Dollar
Worth of Elegant Imported
DRY GOODS,
That Must be Sold Iiumedlutelj.
Silks, Shawls, Cloths, and
Dress Goods
IK EVEBT VAKIETT,
EDWIN HALL & CO.,
NO. 28 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
Invite the attent ion of ladles to tbelr Immense
STOCK OF OOOD9 now selling at suou prices
as cannot fall to give entire satisfaction to pur
chasers. This large stock MUST be closed out, and tbe
public can depend on bargains In new and fash
ionable goods. 11 1 if
JpOR THE INFORMATION OP
HOLDERS OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,
who may wish to convert them Into the
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THK
Dnion Pacifio Railroad Co.,
We publish below the terms upon wblch they may
now be exchanged t the office of the Agents oft he
Company In this city,
WM. PAINTLB C.,
HO. 88 SOUTH TUIBD TBT.
We mske the exchange today (November 7), and
pay a difference as follows; 11 1 tsoip
On 11000 of Five-Twenties, ot 182-. ..tl5S'7S
" 1864 181-00
" " 1865 139-25
" " 1886 and i8a7.Jo.iy- 15V50
" Ten-Forties 8975
' 1 b8lB. ..... HIHUMHHHIIIWIIIIHtHim 19725
" Jane Seven-Thirties. ........ lfll'25
" July . 156-33
yyiLLIAM WIT.TFELD.
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
CABINET FURNITURE,
KOS. Qf 66 AND 6S NOBTH SECOND ST.,
Below Arch, West Bide, Philadelphia
Calls attention to bis extensive assortment of FIRST.
CLABS FURNITURE comprising-
BOLID ROSEWOOD
BO LID WALNUT
PARLOR 8TJIT8 0 PLUSH,
TERRY, REPS, AND HAIB CLOTH,
ELEGANT CHAMBER AND
OOTTAQE SUITS
BEST DINING BOOM AND
KITCHEN FURNITURE.
ALSO.
WRITING DESKS, MARBLE-TOP STANDS ETC.,
All ot whioh are manufactured by ourselves, of the
beat materials, and will be sold for cash only, t
much lower rates than are offered elsewhere.
N. B. Goods packed and (hipped to all parts of the
country. 8158m
THE MECHANICAL
LAVNIIKY OMPANT,
IMtOStfOItATKD 1NA7.
CAPITAL Ml OO.OOO.
KITH KIPTION I'HM C OS" SIUBIS, 810.
Orders leil at tbe following pluneawlll met with
prompt attention, vli.: KtaieD lsluud Fancy Dyelag
Company, 47 N. Eighth atreet; Atktimon'a Oents' Fur
niHlilug btore, 621 C'uexnut etreel; Atkinson's Geota'
Furulsiiliig Kiore, 620 CUes'iul street; Laiug'a Hat and
UenLt' 1 uriilHhliig More, N. ICcor. Hlnh aud Clieauut
atteels; Winchester's Oents' Furnishing Hlore,
t'hesnut street; Grant's Gents' Furnishing Htore, lUrS
C'beauut street; Levi's Oenl's Furnishing Htore, 8. K,
cor. Kiiihib and Race streets: Hnclise A Bou's Hhlrt
htore, H. K. c.'r. Eighth aud Vlue atieels; Butler's
Gents' Furuiklilng btore, 1418. KIkIUIi street; Bt-oti's
Gents' Furnishing Btore, ai5 8. Tenth sireet; Jones'
Hoop Skirt and I.silles' Furulshlug Store. 82! Arch
sireet; Hooper & Parker's Genls' Furuishliig Store,
N. K. cor. Arch and Ninth strneUt; TaKgart A Farr's
Sewing Machine Htore, 51 N. Ninth streol; AtkMnson's
Dry Goods Store, Ridge avenue, and at the
Laundry, Ninth sireet, b'w DKkerson.
Washing done at 80 -e ts per dozen. All articles
called for and delivered 1 , e of charge, and all cloth
ing lost will be paid for.
No t-hemicals used. AH work performed In the best
possible mauuer, under the superintendence of expe
rienced aud raretul leniale operatives. Genu' Socks
mended and Buttons replaced without extra charge.
The public are Invited to Inspect the Laundry.
Holders of four shares of stoek will have their oua
rendered monthly, with a discount ol ) per ceo.
block may be subscribed for at the Gllli'e or
....... , . . . . . , . , , ir rpruiuiurer.
1012KrnSmrp
QK BEWARD WIIX VBhZAeu my
0 Memorandum fffi l$UtZSbZ 'wSJ
full addrens upon It (io '';""
some letters and BWlfflu HART CARIt,
U3t, He. wo Walnut street,
COO
12 S
Of TBI
union pacific cailroad
Kiiniilng West from Oraah
Across tlio Ooutlnont.
ARE NOW COMPLETED.
Tbe Union Psclflc Railroad Company have built a
longer Hue of railroad la th last eighteen mentru
than was ersr built by any other company la the
same time, and they will continue the work with the
srme energy onlll completed. The Western Division
Is being pushed rapidly eastward from Haoramente
by tbeCential Pacific Company ol California, and It
Is ex; ectcd that
THE ENTIRE GRAND LINE
to the Paclflo will be open for business In in. MORK
TITAN ONE-TI1IRD OF TDK WORK 1IA8
ALREADY BKKN DONK, MORE THAN ONK
THIRD OF THIS WHOLK LINK IS NOW IN
RUNNING Oil D Kit, AND MORE LAHORMR3
ARE NOW EMPLOYED UPON IT THAN KVER
BEFORE. More than
Forty Million Dollars in Money
Have already bees expended by tbe twe powerful
companies that have undertaken the enterprise, and
there Is no lack of funds for lis most vigorous prose
cation. The Union raclflo Company therefore oflTor tbelr
First Mortgage Bonds to tbe rub le with the assu
rance that they represent one or the largest and matt
valuable corporate pioperttes in tbe world. The Unit
quentlon asked by an Investor Is, "Are the bonds
safer Tbe second, "Are they proii table" To
answer. In brien
1. The easly completion of the whole Hue is ascer
tain as any future business event can be.
I. The Union Pacific Railroad bonds are issued upon
what promises to be one of the most profitable hues
or railroad in the country. For many ytare It mu.it
be the only line connecting the Atlantic and FaciUc;
and being without com petition, It can maintain re
munerative rates.
s. The net earnings el the sections already finished
are lewral (rmri greater than tbe gold Interest upon
the First Mortgage Bonds upon such sections, and If
not another mile of the road were built, the part
already completed would not only pay interest and
expenses, but be profitable to tbe Company.
4. Tbe Union Pacifio Railroad Bonds can be Issued
only as tbe road progresses, and therefore can never
be in the market unless they represent bovt fi-U pro
perty.
5. Their amount is strictly limited by law to asutu
equal to what is granted by the U. S. Government
and lor which it takes a t'cmij Ilea as Its security'
This amount upon tho first 517 miles west rrom Omaha
Is oi ly $16,000 per mile.
6. Tbe fact that the U. S. Government oonslders a
second lien upon tbe road a good Investment, and that
some of the shrewdest railroad builders of the coun
try have already paid In Ave million dollars upon
the stock (which Is to them a third lieu), may well
Inspire confidence la a first lien.
7. Although It la not claimed that there can be any
better securitle t than Goveruments, there are parties
who consider a llrst mortgage upon such a property
as this the very best security In the world, and who
sell their Governments to re-invest In these bauds-.
tL ua securing a greater Interest.
8, AslheUnlou Pacific Railroad bonds are offered
for the preset.t at ninety cents on the dollar, and
accrued Interest, they are the cheapest security In
the market, belug more than fllteen per cent, lee
than United Sta-es stoeks. .
V. At theourrent rate of premium on geld, they pay
OVER KIKE PER CENT. INTEREST.
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS whose principal Use
amDlv provided for. and whnu intnrui i. .
- - " iu av iiiu,.
oushiy aecurea. must ba nIoAHA.1 amnnv ti.a ...
vestments. They pay
SIX PER GENT. IN GOLD,
AndareofTered for the present at NINETY: CEMTft
ON TEE DOLLAR, and accrued intercut at .ai u.
Cent, In Currency from Jnly 1.
tttabtcrlpllons will be received In Philadelphia by
WILLIAM PAINTER A CO , No. 30 S. Third at
DK HAVEN A B KOTHFR, No, 4u S. Third street.
J. E. LEWARS A CO., 8. Third street.
THE TRADESMEN'S NATIONAL BANE.
In Wilmington, Delaware, by
R. B. ROBINSON A CO.
And In New York at the Company's Office, No. i
NASSAU Street, and by
CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK, 7 Nassau St.
CLABK, DODGE s CO., Bankers. No. 51 Wall at,
JOHN J. CISCO A BON, Bankers, No. U Wall at.,
And by the Company's advertised Agents throughout
the United States Remittances ahould be made In
dralta or other funds par In New York, and the bond
will be sent free of charge by return express. A N8 W
PAMPHLET AND MAP, ehowlnt the progress or
the work, and resources for construction, eta. may be
obtained of the Company's advertised Agents, or will
be sent tree on application.
. JOHN J. CISCO, TREAVUBEB,
NEW YORK,
1170kwt
October 28, 187.
R0CKH1LL & WILSON,
CLOTHING HO.USE,
Nos. 603 and 605 CHESNUT St.
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING.
We offer to the public the
largest and best selected
Stock of Ready-made Cloth
ing; In the City, for Men's and
Doys' Wear.
Also, an elegant assortment
of Piece Goods, which we will
make to order for Men and
Doys, at reasonable prices,
and in the most approved
styles.
Always on hand a full assort
ment of Fall and Winter Over
coats and Business Coats,
Coachmen's Coats, Hunting:
Coats, New Stylo Walking
Coats, Pants and Vests, of all
descriptions.
Doys Ready-made Clothing
In great variety.
ROCKHILL & WILSON,
KOS. oot AKD 603 C'ttXtMlTT ST BEET
ISOtn PHILADELPHIA.' '