PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON, (BIT WD AYS KXCKPTBD) AT THK EVENINO TELEORAPH BUILDING, . no. its oirTH Tinnn - seet. Price, Three Cents per Copy (Double Sheet), or XSlgh.een Oenu per Week, payable U tbe Carrier, ana mailed to Bnbscrlbers out of tbe city at Nine Dollars per Annnai; One Dollar and Fifty Cent for Two months. Invariably In advance for the period ordered TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1867. Practical Questions for Congress. Tdb reooiiBtrnotion question inay, for the time, be ooneidered aa settled. The present law will Bot be altered, at least until the action of the Southern people under it shall have shown tome modification to be necessary. Daring the progress of the experiment, therefore, Congres may profitably devote its whole attention to those practical questions of taxa tion, revenue, and the currency, which come lome so olosely to the pooket3 of the people. That our laws upon theBe subjects are crude nd unsatisfactory is acknowledged on all kinds. The taxes are too high, are unequally Imposed, and are not properly collected. From Some branohes of the revenue which ought to yield the largeBt returns, a mere pittance only Id received. This is partly the fault of the law, and partly that of its administration; but, from whatever cause, it is rery distasteful to the people. The tariff, too, needs revision, and Should be adjusted to the rate of internal taxation. Many of oar branches of manufac turing industry are depressed, not merely from the want of protection agaiust, but from It positive discrimination in favor of, the foreign produoer. A fundamental provision in the tariff should be that all foreign goods what ever shall, in the first instance, pay an impost duty equal in amount to the internal tax levied upon the same articles of home pro duction; and then suoh additional duty might ln imposed as the circumstances of the case Should seem to justify. Some definite financial policy should be set tled upon and carried out. If it is determined to hasten on to specie payments 3 soon as possible, then the different varieties of Govern ment Indebtedness should be funded into a long loan at low rates of interest, and the rate Of taxation Bhould be materially reduced. If ft long period of suspension is contemplated, then the surplus revenues should at once be applied to the purchase and cancellation of the Interest-bearing debt. There is no sense in the Treasury's carrying such enormous balanoes, while at the same time we are pay ing seven and three-tenths per cent, interest On so muoh of our public debt. The ofllcia statement of Secretary McCulloch for Novem ber 1st shows the enormous amount of one hundred and thirty-three millions of dollars in the Treasury, of which one hundred and eleven millions are in gold. One hundred millions of gold would, at the present rates, buy up about one hundred and thirty millions of seven and three-tenths notes, on which the Interest is nearly nine and a half millions per year. Unless specie payments are to be re sumed at an early day, it is folly for the Gov ernment to be accumulating such a hoard of gold. It makes it scarce in the market, and keeps up the price. Either reduce the taxes to as to raise a revenue just sufficient to meet the ourrent expenses of the Government, or apply the surplus to the purchase of the interest-bearing debt. The national banking system needs per fecting. Experience has pointed out some of its defeots. These should be remedied, and, so far as the olamors against the system have a foundation in justice, the proper modifications Bhould be made. As a system, we believe it to be by far the best that this country has ever had; and, in its essential features, it is doubtless destined to permanence. Hence it Bhould be perfected and popularized as far as possible. The limit set to the organization of banks under it is, in our opinion, unwise. The South and the West need more currency, and the system should be expanded to meet the wants of all parts of the country. If Congress will at once take up these great questions and treat them in a broad and states manlike manner, it will do much to reassure the publio mind and to win baok the confidence of the people. Gen. Grant and the Republican Party. It seems to us that a great deal of the discus sion concerning General Grant's political status is irrelevant. We think nobody has oooasion to doubt that he endorses those positive acts Of the Republican party whioh constitute its polioy of reconstruction. Beyond those mea sures the party itself has taken no authorita tive position, and there is a wide margin for difference of opinion. Some members of the party favor the impeachment of the President, but the party, as a party, has never committed Ifself to that measure. Some members of the party have advocated a general law regulating the elective franchise in the States; but the party In Congress refused to pass such a law. The party, in some of the States, has made the issue of negro suffrage a local Issue for their respective States; the party in Others of the States has refused to make this an issue. Bo of other questions that have been raised. Upon all of these no man is authorized to say what u the position of the JRepublioan party, beoause the party has taken HO position. They are open questions. The party is no more committed to Mr. Sumner's bill for aeouring impartial suffrage in the Btatea than it is to Mr. Butler's proposition tt) pay the bonds in greenbacks. It is no more committed to Wendell Phillips' idea of sus pending the President during his trial on im peaohment than it is to Iloraoe Greeley's notions on the liquor question. On the question of reconstruction, which is Jhe vital and fundamental Issue of the hour, THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 18G7. i -T ' mm " .. i .1... ... ..hii ii the party has taken its position, definitely and authoritatively; and, as we have before said, we have no doubt whatever that General Grant endorses that position. He supports the Con gressional plan of reconstruction. More than this It is not proper or fair at present to ask. When the Republican Nominating Convention shall assemble, it will doubless lay down the platform of principles upon which the party proposes to conduct the campaign of 1868. If General Grant shall be the nominee, he will, of course, place himself squarely upon that platform. What that platform will be it is impossible as yet fully to predict. Doubt less it will hold to the essential apd vital idea of equality in civil and political rights between all the citizens of the Rebel communities, ex cept so far as limitation for ciiine is concerned. But it is not at all impossible that the prac tical workings of the present plan of recon struction may point out some modifications that ought to be made. Should those who have secured the controlling influence in the Constitutional Conventions whioh are now in session, or about to assemble, in the Southern districts, use their power in an unfair or op pressive manner, Congress will doubtless in terfere to secure essential justice, even at the expense of extensive modifications of the pre sent law. " There are other issues which may beoome of sufficient importance between now and the assembling of the Convention to demand an authoritative statement by the party. If so, such a statement will be made. But until the party, through its appropriate organ, shall have finally settled its definite platform of principles for the eampaign of ISO'8, it is not incumbent upon its possible candidates to go further than a hearty endorsement of the pre sent national position of the party, as taken in the reconstruction policy of Congress. That we accept as authoritati ve. In our own opinion, it would have been far better for the Republican party had its leaders generally confined themselves strictly to the elucidation and defense of this one great and vital position, and left all outside questions for settlement hereafter. Let reconstruction be once achieved according to the principles of the Republican party, and these other questions will settle themselves iu harmony therewith. Impartial suffrage at the South, where it is not merely a matter of justice, but a vital requisite of republican government, and a controlling element in political dynamics, will soon seoure its adoption at the North, where it is rather a question of abstract right than one of prac tical importance. When once the key-point of the enemy's position is carried, his outworks will be abandoned without a contest. It is in view of such considerations as these that we think much of the discussion iu rela tion to General Grant's opinions is premature and irrelevant. If ho becomes the candidate of the Republican party, we assume that he will accept the platform of prinoiploa laid down by the party, and will fight it through "on that line" to a triumphant issue. The Development of Our Resources The Vnrioue .Line to the 1'acilic. Tnjj sponsors of the various railroads how in process or erection to the Pacific coast have been unfortunate in their choice of names. Id stead of each route having an expressive title, so that all could understand at once to which reference is made, they are all called the "Union Pacific Railroad," and the addition of "EaBtern Division," "Kansas Branch," and the like, tends to confuse the general reader. In order to appreciate tho exact position of the various roads, it Is necessary to impress on the reader the fact that there are two start ing points on this side of the plains, and that the two roads converge until tbey meet the Central Pacific at or near fort Ilalleck, which is about one hundred miles this side of Salt Lake City. One of the roads the "Union Pacific" starts lrom Omubu, and runs in a nearly direct line across tbe plains to the Great fcalt Luke. Of this road, 617 miles have been completed. This road runs through the level country in the south of Nebraska. The other route, which starts from tbe east, commences at Kansas City, and is known as the "Kansas branch." It runs through an extremely fertile country, and will undoubtedly have an Immense way freightage. It unites with the northern route at Fort Halleck, and they run on one road until they Join the Central Pacific, which 6tarts from California, and is steadily pro gressing eastward. This is the Immediate object of the Kansas branch, but its ultimate aim Is to continue Its main route through Colorado and Arizona until it reaches the Pacific at Ban Diego, where by a route along the coast it will be connected with San Francisco. This road is completed about three hundred miles. Having thus spoken of the lines which run towards the West, we will look at the Central Pacific, which starts towards the East. Of this road less than one hundred and fifty miles are completed, but it has the ad vantage of knowing that the hardest portion of its tufck Is ended. It has succoo Jed in piercing the mountains, and has now a straight and level road from six hundred aud fifty miles to Great Salt lake. W hUe the Eastern branches have been doing their easiest work, the Western com pany have been overcoming their most difficult. So that each will probably by the year 1870 have completed Its share in the great undertaking of tho century. Tbe minds ot our people can hardly form a conception of the magnitude of the great task, except by comparison. When tbe Reading Road, with its 100 miles, was undertaken, it was considered a tremendous affair; when the Central Pennsylvania, with its 400 miles, was projected, capitalists hesitated to go into a movement which involved such expense. But here we havo a road, or rather two road6, each of which is over 2000 miles in length. Tho tunnels and grading of the road are in like Magnitude to its length. Tbe Central Pacific has succeeded in crossing the Sierra Madre, and La tunnelled in it for months. This tunnel Is 1G68 feet long, while all of its tunnclllngs have amounted to the enormous distance of 0252 feet of underground travel, or over a mile and a quarter in which the traveller does not see the light of day. 01 course, the immenso labor ejpended in such an undertaking cannot be Justly compared, so (ar as length of rail is oonocrnod, with any road whioh hat Its build ing on a level plain. Tho report of Its opera tion gives some curious data. At tbe auraoiit of tbe Siena Nevada the railroad is 7000 feet above tbe level ot the sea, the riso being steady from the base to tbe top. The highest grade Is 116 loot to the mile, of which there will bo but three-and-a half miles on the roal, the average grade tor the mountain dlvidon being seventy five feet to the mile. The bulk of tbe heavy grades are 105 feet to the mile, with numerous level interval. Only thirty per cent, of the dintance is occupied by curves, nono of which have a THdius of less than 573 feet. These figures convey but an imperfect idea of tho enterprise. By comparing it with othor roads we can only estimate the result. Thus tbe grade may seem large and dntureious, but lu reality it is the reverse. The HBcent is gradual when coinpnrcd with some of our old-established lines. Thup, the Baltimore and Ohio Riilroad has two stretches of road, making together 17 miles, of 116 feet gTade, with curves of 400 feet radius, and the Virginia Central has for years woiked, with the unaided locomotives, grades of 205 feet to the mile, and curves whose radii were 300 feet. Thus it would seem that each company is working with zeal towards the completion of the common end. By the t)il of men, tbe inge nuity of the b:ain, and tbe improved mechanism of the niopt recent scientific discoveries, tbe obstacles which of old were esteemed insur mountable have gradually given way before the irresistible determination of a great people. Iu the days of Alexander the idea of erecting a nionumcut to bis tame out of a mountain, with a city on one side and a river ou tbe other, was deemed the Lciyht of arrogance. But what a monument are we erecting to the enter prise and public spirit of our coun try when we bul'.d cities along a road for thousands of miles, pierce not one mountain but the great chains of mountains, and spun rivets as though they wcretho streams over which a man can leap; and when from ocean to ocean shall extend one unbroken Hue of iron rail?, over which the passenger can go without leaving his car, we will have achieved a triumph to whicli all the other undertakings of n.en can bear no comparison. Yet the day is near when this herculean enterprise will be completed. THE POLITICAL WOULD. MASSACHUSETTS. Tlie Governov'a Council. duly one Democrat is chosen to Governor Bullock's Council for next year, and he, Peter llnrvey, of tbe old Webster-Whig school. Mr. Welch, chosen in the Third District over Mr. It ice, tue present Councillor, is just as good a Republican as a P. L. L. can be. and In no sense an ''Adams aud Libeity" Democrat. He is the head of the University Printing House of Welch, Bigelow & Co., at Cambridge, and posi tively refused to run aeaiust Mr. Rice; but hU declination was ignored, and he was voted in. The new Council is, therefore, made up as fol lows: I. John S. Brayton, ot Fall River (Re publican.) II. Charles Endicott, of C'anlou (Republican.) III. A. K. P. Welch, of Cam bridge (Democrat.) IV. Peter Harvey, of Bos ton (Democrat.) V. Rowland G. Usher, of Lmhi (Republican.) VI. Thomas Talbot, of Billerlca (Kepubllcan.) VII. Charles Adams, Jr., of North Rrooktield (Republican.) VIII. Hoi ucc U. Kuight, of EnslQttmptou (ttepub-lU-uu.) SOUTH CAROLINA. Nomination of Judge Chaea In Charles ton. Charleston, 8. C, Nov. C. Tho heads of the various Union Leagues met this eveniD? in Liberty Hall, 'and took into consideration the question as to the Republican candidate for tbe next Presidency. When the vote was put by the President of the State Council as to whether Jude Chase or Geueral Grant would be their choice, the unanimous vole was for Judge Chase. The question has assumed importance with the Republicans of this city to such an ex tent that already a large hall, known as tho "Chase Hall and Reading-room," has been fitted up, and was appropriately dedicated. IOWA. How They Work Out on the Prairie. The Dubuque Times, in a review of the late Waterloo campaigu, has the following: "In the West we do those things different, aud we can point our Eastern brethren to Iowa as a bright example, and one that will do them good to copy after. Here, instead of running behind, we gave a laiger majority for Colonel Merrill, the Republican candidate for Governor, than was ever before given to any man for that ollice. Large meetings and stirring addresses are all very well in their place; but one quiet, per severing man, working prudently among his neighbors, will accomplish more towards uxlnir the minds of men than would one-half of the popular speakers of the nation. The fact is, tt is not among1 the noisy demonstrations of public gatherings and set speeches that men's minds ore most susceptible to the force of reason; but, on the contrary, most persons are either drawn to such places by previously formed opinions, or go with prejudices whi :h ward off the effect of any truth they may hear. One trouble with the Republicans, as already suggested, is that tbey have depended too much upon demonstra tion and oratory, and too little upon work. oHio. The Ohio Senatorshlp. The race between Vallandigham and Juice Thurmau for Ben. Wade's seat becomes quite exciting. Both claim to be ahead, but we must wait a long time for tbe decision. The London Globe says a man named Charlier thinks the notiou that horses need shoes entirely wrong. He himself does not cut a horse's hoof. He merely pootects it against violent blows and accidents, and against the wear and tear of the Paris pave ment, by inclosing it in a thin circle of iron, which wards it from danger without compress ing it. In this way the horse stands upon a healthy member instead of upon one which is being constantly wounded by the iron and knife of the smith. Besides the eoonomy of this reform, it is expected to make hoof diseases infrequent. The London Mining Journal says Mr. J. Livesy has invented a new method of treating cast-iron in the solid state for the removal of sukh impurities as can be volatilized at a tem perature below the melting point of the metal. The metal is placed in a suitable chamber, to be heated to the required degree. The iron is isolated from contact with the fuel and its resultant gases, by plaoing it in a close chamber, and letting the heat circulate in flues outside its walls, as is done in cementing. When the iron has been raised to a red heat, a current of pure air heated in its passage to the chamber is admitted beneath, and allowed to escape above, so that a ourrent is con tinuously passing through and among the mass of Iron. wlT7Z CHANCE OF HOUR FOR WIL- iiiE3TMlNliTON. On and efier Wednesday, N.,v. inl.. r is. ike Steamer 8. M. FELTON will leave Clll-HNUTbtr.et Wharf for Chester, Hook, aud Wil mington at li o'clock. Kara to Chester or Uook, 10 cetiw, Wlluilugtoa, l&owuu. It SPECIAL NOTICES. Ftor tuUlfUrmnl H)nl Nation m Uttt BwM Pnc fTT TnE TWO STANDARDS. LIBERTY'S Vl.i"n.',r? H,iwt' "tr spanKll banner, and America s a andard perfume, Phalon'e -Night-Bloom-IngCereus." Wherever tne one floaU Intne air io does theutber.-iVei.. Jfaim JHHrtrfiumT it 55?" CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THE L4RT visitors if the Children's Hospital, won are enll led to great p a'ie for their rtev ted iV tai lo make an arnnn appeal to the liberality or ot the mercbanta of our city. T. e InnreM-d expen diture Consequent upon the removal to a larger bu Icllng has lor the prof out xhaust1 the treuiury and aa winter a'p.roiu hps, supplies of every kind a'e much needed. Ouroltiz.ns ought to take a pride lu thla Insiliutlnn. the only one of thok'ndln Amntloa, and It la to b deetred. now that It In In an acoeeMbla locality, that every one should eee it for himself. Aa et little liaa ben ulipn bernime lnne ha been nitkfd. Public eppesla have tarely been made, aod the- elore Ita want have not been k nerally known. Sheeilng, c tin tei pane, towelling, etc., are most netced at preeei t w hile doimilonn elthr In money, provlxtora, or procprli a, wul he mont aocep'a'i.e, and may he aent to the Hoepltal Building, on T W K N T Y MKCOX1) Ktree , b-iow Walnut. 11 12 2t KC- THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY YOlNd M ION'S ClIltlHTIAN AHSODIA- TioN.at iioiiricn.TuiiAr. ham,, on Thurs day KVFNINU, Nov. 14. Kxcrclioi to commence nt 7'30 o'clock. Aridtpaitpa by lin. JOHN 1 1 A 1,1,. I. D.. of New York (la'eor Dublin); Hev. KDWAUI) I. CI, ARK, of New llvpn: Hev. PHILLIPS JIUOOKB, and othprs. Ticket mny hn had Rratitl toulv at the American Tract Hoclety'a I-tore. No. I'iM C 11 KSNUT street, after 10 o'clock. A. M., ou Wednej oay. Hill hint. 11 12 2t THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK. PlIII.ADBI.l'HIA, NOV. 11. Ili7. Tbe Stockholder of this IWnk are herein' h ml lied that the SU'e lax on their aharoa, now payable ao cor'llng to the recent Advertisement of the Receiver of Tuxes, has been assumed and will he pil 1 hy tlio ltank. 11. 11. CUilK'lYH II 11 6t Cashier. DR. J. M. HOLE, OK OHIO, PKESI dent of the National lledlcal Association of the T'rili'd Hintes ot America, treaU apecinlly Oun aiimp'lon, BroncliKH, and other dlseaiea of the I-unifi, al.io Jm niulo Jjihchhps gpnerally and Herolnul Weak ness, will) entirely new rpmedlei, with great snoce-M. Persona stiller I tK with those diseases should n it fall to call at bla ollice, No. 933 AHU11 Htreet, Pitlladel ph'li. Charges liionerutn. 10 -24 lm4p fTp HOLI-OWAY'S PILLS. E PILE Pa If ' or l ulllrg ttlckness Aa preventive from n recurrence or In establishing a permanent cure of tlx ee r-eriodlcal Ills, wuether urlslnir from a plethoric or enfpeb'ed ccnsll'utlou, Holloway'e Pills have been eminently anccesaful In everv Instance, They not only purify hut equalize the circulation or the vital llulda, stimulate the torpid action of the fu notions, and Invigorate the aystem. For apoplexy and rush of blood to the brain, tboy are the ouly antidote. Hold by all DrugglaiB; II l'Jtuths3t "A LL CAN HAVE BEAUTIFUL nAIR." LONDON ITA in COLOR. LONDON 11 A 1 K COLOR. LONDON 1IAIK COLOR. LONDON HAIR COLOR. LONDON HAIR COLOR. LONDON li AIR COLOR. NOT A DYK, NOT A DYK. LONDON II A.IR COLOR LONDON II AIR COLOR LONDON HAIR COLOR LONDON HAIR COLOR PfTOUKR AND DttKSMlNO, RKs'l'OKKR AND DRKSSINO. P.KHTORKR AND DRKKI NN, ltKSTORKR AND DRKSBINU, The only known Restorer of Color aud Perfect Hair Dressing comhlred. no more baldness no mork baulks no mork baldnkss no mork haldnkss OU OB OB OB (4REY HAIR. ORE Y HAIR. GKKY HAIR. ORKY HAIR. It never falls to Impart life, growth, and vigor to the weakest hair, fustpul) and atoos Ita failing, and Is sure to produce a new growth of liulr, causing it to grow thick and strong. Only 75 cents a bottle; half a dozen. SI. bold at DR. b WAYNE'S, No. 330 N. SIXTH atreot, above Vine, And all Droggibls and Vurlety Htorea. 8 t tutu la j ffFvf UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, I'ABIK, 1867. BTFTNWAY A SONS Triumphant, having been awarded tne Flint Grand Hold Medal f ir Amcrlcau Plauoa. In all three atylea exhibited, this M1CDAL being distinctly classified lirst In orderof merit by tne unuuiuioub verdirt of the International Jury. FOR SALE ONLY BY OLASIUS BROS., 8 20tuthatt NO. 1006 1'III.NNIJT HT. JpOR THE INFORMATION OP HOLDERS OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, who may wish to convert them luto the FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS OF THE Union Tacifio Railroad Co,, We publish below the terms npon which tbey ruay new be exchanged at the ollice of the Agent oh he Company In this city, KH. PAINT tit ACO., NO, 80 SOUTU T1IIBU 8TBEET, We make tho exchange to-day (November 7), aud pay a difference aa follows; LU 6 t304p On f 1000 of Five-Twenties, oi 18S2.. .169'7B " " 1864 131-W " " 1863 189'25 M " 1885 and 1867,July- 154'50 " Ten-Forties 8875 " 188IS 19725 " Jnne Seven-Thirties. .,. 16125 " July ' 155-25 yHITE ALMCRIA CRAPES CHOICE ALMER1A CRAPES, Fifty Cents Per Pound. S13I0N C0LT0N & CL1KKK, B. W. COB. BBOAD AND WALNUT STS., 10 22 tutha PHILADELPHIA. 1897. CHRISTMAS. 1867. B E N N E T T'S, No. 20 North EIGHTH Stroot, (HKST SIDE, "ABOVE" M1KKET ST.), FANCY BAZAIt, AN E3IPOIIIUM OP NOVELTY, PLEASURE, and Ill2wfm8lrp FASHION. J REWAHI) WILL BK PAID FOR A Of J Memorandum Hook with blaa cover aud my ItiMaddieHA upnn it float or mislaid), together with bome lettets aud luumorandnma. WILLIAM HART CAItR. U3l H. 4(A) WaluutlrM. THE AMERICAN BUTTON HOLE, O VERSE AM INC, AND SEWING MACHINE COM PANY are now getting ready their splendid combination FAMILY MACHINES, for Christmas Presents. Nothing could bo more appropriate for a gift to a Ladyfriend than one of these magnificent Ma chines. Deauty and utility combined, It would prove a constant, daily souvenir of tho ?iver. For sale at S. W. Corner of ELEVENTH and CHESNUT Streets. uttrrp rpiIE GREAT SA.FE TESTS. Llllic's Chilled-Iron Safes Master of the Situation. Impenetrable to tbe Elements of Fire or the Burglar' Implement. Neither five hours of the moat Intense heat In a flery furnnce, nor aix lioura ot the moat aclentltlo drlllip yet known In thla couutry, nor the thorough use of t lie beat ateel wedge j! and the alert so lor a long time could avail agalnnt It. Tlie two Hales which stood the above teHta are now on exhibition In mv atom No. Ml) Arch street Alao. toe Knn & Wataou Safe, with tlie B'mton Rteam Patent, burned in tin Ha ne ftirnare, with Ita back brow en and burat. Ita aides caved In and twlxted, much of tlie wood badly acorchod In aide: Indeed, to every appearance, on Its laat lega, only requiring a little longer time to have finished It en tlrvlr; and I dimply aik any and all candid and Intel llgent men, having auy ln'ereat In a Fire-Proof or a Burglar-Proof Hale, to call and examine tlioia three Hafes for tlieinaelvea, and form their owu opinion as to their ret-pectlve merits. A lull report will be made, as enrly aa practicable, of the above -ale Teats, and algned by both cuizeus and operators. M. U HtDLFR. Agent, No. 031 ARCH Street. P. 8. I notice In a Sunday newspaper K vans A Wat son'a charges and atatementa, and tbelr aelf consti tuted committee's report, nil of which will be properly answered In due time, and la their order. But C a:ty now, here and everywhere, that every base and slan derous allegation made thei etn against Mr. Llllle or myself la absolutely untrue, and tht neither Mr. i.lllle nor tnyaelf reouireany such 8ubtnrrues to sus tain the merits of Llllle's chilled Iron Bates, 11 11 3t M. C. HAULER. Agent. R E A T SALE! BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS, And Every description of DRY GOODS. MUST BJB2 CLOSED OUT EDWIN HALL & CO., No. 28 SOUTH SECOND STREET, Invite tbe attention of Ladles to tbelr IMMENSE STOCK OF Silks, Shawls, Cloths, Dress Goods, and Wb'ob will be offered at SUOH PKICK3 aa will INSURE RAPID SALES. STORE OPEN and READY FOR BUSINESS at EIGHT O'CLOCK A. M. It 11 6t4p QILK VELVETS. GROS GRAINS, TAFFETAS, ETC. W. 8. STEWART & CO., No. 305 MARKET STREET. Invite the attention of the Trade to their Stock: of LYONS AND GERMAN VKLVKr8,;from 24 to 48 Inches, QHOS GRAINS, TAFFETAS, U II 3t4p GROS DU It H INKS, ETC. EDWIN HALL & CO.. No. 28 SOUTH SECOND STREET, Would Invite tbe attention of Ladles to their stock of Clothe for gacqu.a and Circulars. EEAL VELVET CLOTlie. FINEST QUALITY. Beautiful shades of. PURPLEi Beautiful shades of.... BROWNS Eesutttul ahades oi ......BLACKS Beautiful shades of WHITES CniKCBILLA AND FROSTED BEAVEIt CLOlfJP, ETC. iup lf2. SHOEMAKER & CO., NO, ltll CJU13JVT STREET, Are now opening an eJeuant assortment of MISSES' AND CIIILDREN'S MILLINEKT ALSO, A FULL LINE OF CHILDREN'S OL.OTIIINO, For Boys, Girtai Infants, and Misses, in the latest ; style flO ia tbatn!2Mp COPARTNERSHIP NOTICB. i O 8 ii A II N feKLYb.a this day ben admitted to become a la oiiro. A po Auctioneers, , LlPPlNCOi 'iD N(Ji alAMKHil' Wtreet. .ruiladeipUia, Nov. . IMr- a 11 " QUE AT TRIAL OP SAFUS. TRIUMPH I TRIUMPH I TRIUMPH! TWO VICTORIES FOR THE KTEAM FIRB-PROOP SAFE. EVANS & WATSON'S SAFE, WITU Sanborn's Patent St. ana Improvement. The Only Real jr Fire-Proof Safe. Messrs. Lillie and Sadler Refuse to Suhmit th Trial to the Control of a DiiinterrMed Committee. TlfEV ADMIT TAIVirEIUNO WITH EVANS A WATSON'S 9TEAM SAFE. THE1K PltOCKEDINOS DENOUNCED A8 ON FAIR. AND THEIH TRIAL OF NO ACCOUNT. EVANS 4 WATrtON MAKE A HEPARATR TRIAL, FAIR AND OPEN TO ALL, LILLIE'S SAFE CRACKED OPEN IN FORTY FIVE MINUTE 3. CONTENTS OF TnE LILLIE SAFE TOTALLY DESTROYED IN LESS THAN FOUR HOUR CONTENTS OF THE HT E a At SAFE PERFECTLY PRESERVED. Read the foil wing Report of the Committee e lioUited to superintend the burning of lha Males: COMMITTER'S REPORT. The undcralitued having coimented to act on the Committee to be nppolnled lo witness aud report unon the Fire Front Teat oi Llllle'a Chilled iron Hjleatid the Evens A Walinn Hate, with Sanborn's Patent Mi am Improvement aa per the challenge or M. U. Sadler, agon t of Llllle's Haiea In PluiadnlpDIo. melon the vacant lot at Twenty-11 rat aud Aron aireew. on the morning of the 22d ultltuo-the dy designated In auid cha'le riite for said test-at 8 o'clock A M., and ,reof0,,n1. Meaars. Evana Wutaon. with two or their Sales of tbe alr.e and luuke In aald onallenee nienllnmd, and with aeveral plies or wood, ready and fully prepared lor the lent, and afttr walling null! uearly 9 o'clock, and tbe challeuKlns: party fsllln to appear or to seud a Bale to be tested, the CoinuvUlee reilred. Tbe aald committee again repaired to the ground (Twenty-Ural and Arcn atreela) on the morning of the th inat., aud there found aald Hitdler and Mr. Llllle, with oue of Llllle'a bafi a, 3$ luches In width, with 8-inch wall Bld to have been made for tne express purpose ot aald test and one of Evans A Waiion'a, SIS Inches In width, with B-luou walU sold by said j-,vbii8 v vraiaou 10 a stranger anon two weeks ago bul.dlnir a rtiruHca in wnicu to burn snld Uairs; and tbey oIko found there Hie said Evaua & W'ataon, with one ol their own tit'w, audi as they make for anle to any person wishing to purcliHan, and one ot Lllllw'a, bouulit at Mr. burner's lore on thellh mat., bra party w ho tetnlned poHteosion ot it lrom the time ol pur chase to the time ol delivering tbe aameou the ground aald bales being aa nearly equal in si." and thiukueas of wfelU as the respective mukers usually make them, ready lor anv lev, or manner of test, which a commit tee, n u nal y crimen, might agreeupon, Tbe tommlitee making tbia report appointed by the aald Evana & Watson, severally waited upon the Said hudier. ana Informed him that thy were ready to comer with any com m It lee then appointed by him, or which ha might appoint, to conduct the txai la ac cordance with the terms of hiacha lenge Hla reply to each of said rommlttee waatbnt he bad no com mittee, and that he would not anbinit lo toe dictation ot any committee as lo how lie should burn hU safes, or place them In posl'lon for burning. Mr. Llllle was then appeal, d lo by one of ibis committee to submit the test to the Judgment of a committee, to be join. ly appoluled. wnen he answered that "we." meaning huuae I and the agent Mr. Midler, "will try thla thing m our own way." Anl when Interro gated as to whether he thought the publio would be eatWied with tuoh a test us be wi preparing for, replied thai he did hoi earn for the public. I'Ullliigto et)eci any arrangement for a teat which the judgment of any committee mteht agree upon, the undera'gned reported lo the said Evans A Watson Hint the aald ISadlerand Llllle, notwithstanding said challenge for a fair teat ol the lire-proof qualities of their rpc,lve Hale', declined to submit to any such Iini. It wan claimed that the Lillie Bale brought by Mr. Fadlor lo the grounds for burning had been made lor tliu- express purpose, and that the Kuans A Wat aou sale bad been loulll dealt with. Mr. Llllle and Mr. Budler admitted that they bored holes In the bottom. Aud the proportion was made by one of Mr. Hauler's friends to form a Joint committee lo go to the respective stores of s.UO fcnuiler and Evana fe W Hibou, oiid aeloni a Ha fa lrom each, to be burned Ui ler direction of emd committee. Kvana & Wataou agreed losaid proposition, but Mr. FadWr positively d. dined It, Wilblhls tbe duties ot their appointment ended. Rut, aa Messrs. Evans & Watson bad anticipated a noL-williugmws on the part ol Mr. Hi.dler to suhmit to the terms which he himself Lroposed for a lair lest, aud so thai the public, which ad gathered to w linens the trial, should not be dlsan 1 l il ted, they deteriiunid to tost, in an open manner, tho lire proof qualities of the huloi, of equal sixes, brought ou ihegiounds as above mentioned, aud re quested tbe undersigned to act cs a committee to Htiperlnteiid the burning thereof, aud to retort the condition of each bale alter burning. As Such coin n illce, the undersigned report: That said Bales were placed at an equal height from the ground, aud about two leet apart, and l ine and oak wood placed equal y nround them, aud a lire lighted to both at tbe same time 9 80 A. M and was kept up at an equal beat, as nearly as the same oould be, until P. M. Tnat at 10-15 A. M. Llllle's Bare cracked, and al 146 P.M. flame wsaaeen toissue lrom several cracka In tho Male. Water was turned on at 2-20 P. M., aud by 8 P. M. tbe Hafes were cooled oil', when Llllle's Safe waa opened and everything In It fo ud (o be totally destroyed. Evens A Watson's bare was also opened, and Ita contents found to be In as good a statoof preserva tion aa when put In belore the Ore nothing acorohed orthealgn of lire about them. Note paper, which bad been loosely plaetd u the pigeon holes, came out a perlecl as It went In. The water lubes, which constituted the banborn Improvement In Evana A W atson's Cafe, were found to contain about two thirds ol tbe water originally placed In them, showing Hun the Hale would have Blond twice as much more fire aa it had been subjected to. The committee bad nothing to do with the burning In the furnace erected by M.C.tsadler aud Llllle, ex cept as spectators. They noticed that on account of the inequality In the su.e ot the two Hales placed therein hy Budler and Lillie (being the first two aoove mentioned), one 35 Inches, and Iht other SIS), and tlm furnace belug of tbe same width, about 67 Indies, Kvana fc Watson's hale was subjected to much more tire than was that ot Llllle'a. Lesides thla, a roaring tire was made around Evans A Watson's Bafe, and kept up for three-quarters of an hour belore the lire al that end of tbe furnace In which Llllle's Sale was placid was talrly started. . . (.Signed) II. N. FITZGERALD, 1 " ' N. 219 N. Third atreet, JOIINO. KERHIIAW, No. 112 H. Fourth street, JOSKPH WOOD, No, 41 B. Fourth street, Committee. OREAT V ICTORY I THE 6TEAM FIRM! PROOF SAFE WITH HOLES HO RED IN IT nv III LIE AND BADGER. PtRFECTLY PRESERVES ITU CONTENTS LILLIE'S FURNACE. LILLIK AND HAULER UNAHLE TO DESTROY THE bi'EAM FIRK PKOOF SAFE. (The I.lllle Bale 8 Inches Thick. The Steam Bale Inchea Thick.) EVEN TAMPERED WITH IT I It Preserves lisCouleuls I u Perfect Condition, while the Llllle Bale, Made Expressly lor the Trial "The lied He Could Make" has Its Contents Damaged and Bcorched! Papers saturated In Alum Water Folded aud Packed In the Lillie Sale Previous to the '1 rial I . . . - head the following report oraCommlttee appointed by Kvans A Walson to superintend the opoulug of the Suits ou the morning of November 7: COMMITTEES REPORT. The undersigned wltneased the opening of the Bares burned In the turn ace above-mentioned, Evans A Watson', belug Urnl opened, and the cunteuts found perfectly preserved from Ihe tiery ordeal: and me water lubes were lound to be about half lull, showing that tbe Bale would nave avoou as niucu II, ut to which it bud beeu subjected. Lll.le s wa. then opened and found lo be packed wlm primed jHper, some oi wniuu w l - ' ug, somedry aud singed with tiro, and some dry aud 301 al-ged. Thai which was wet. discolored, and amoklKK waa taken lrom the back of the Bre, which nold i be as" ouKh it was taken lrom the boitom. aa law saiea wiit .plsced upon tbelr backs lu said fur- r .. r ' eM (blgned) JOHN O. KERSHAW, No. IU B. Fourth street: HENRY A. 11ARHKU, No no Coalee-atreel; JOSEPH WOOD, No. il U. Fourth street. Vouiiuillee, a We Invite th public to call aud examine the Bteana i ire; Proof Bare aud the Llllle Bafe, tested iu the late trial, lo compare tbelr condition, and to examine theconlculaof the bieam Sale perfectly preserved. Also, lo examine the condition of the wood llslurea and conteuta or Ihe Blcam Bale lested iu Llllle'a fur uece, both of which were perfectly preserved. Wf also invite the publio to call aud examine tho ropers which were saturated wlth alum water and lien folded and packed In the L ille bate, teaied by tilni iu hla furiiaia. Wa shall deem t a nlanaora nt aiy and all times to t oroughly exp.'aln the coustruo tlon of the bteaiu Safe. KVAWS r WATSON. llUSttp No. 28 ttoulu SEVENTH Street. ; r v i
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