4 feting Mtppli PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON, SCNOAYS EXCKPTKO) AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING. IfO. 108 S. THIRD STREET. Prlea, Three Onto per Cop (Double Sheet), or Eighteen Onto par Week, payable to the Carrier, and Vailed to Subeerlbem oat of the city at Nine Dollar pr Annum; On Dollar and Fifty Cento lor Two Month. Invariably In advance for the period ordered SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1867. Which Is It T . Tab accounts given of Fatagonta by Captain Cook, and of the land of the Lilliputians by that distinguished nobleman, Baron Munchau sen, strongly resemble the, tales which come to ns of the wealth or worthlessness, the mias mas or the salubrity, of our recently purchased or about to be purchased possessions. Any disinterested citizen who would read both Bides of the various reports of the condition of Alaska would be in great doubt whether it Was an iceberg or a rich alluvial State, Whether it was as cold as the North Pole or as mild as Maine, whether any shrubs can grow there or whether it boasts of timber as gigantio 3 that of the Yo-Semite Valley. So when that W come to purchase the island of St. Thomas, an equal diversity of opinion is visible. Ac cording to several accounts, it is little better than a volcano. It is liable to be flooded by the sea, or burned up by the lire. It is un healthy in the extreme, is comparatively poorly fitted for a naval station, and, alto gether, is not worth having. Just as this becomes the prevalent idea, the State Depart ment publishes the report of Rear Admiral David D. Torter. We will briefly sum np the advantages as given by the Admiral: "There Is no harbor in tbe United States bet ter tilted than Ht. Thomas for a naval station. Its barbor and that or San Juan, and tbe har bors formed by Water Island, would contain all tbe vessels of tbe largest navy in tbe world, wbere tbey would be protected at all times from bad tveatber and be secure against an enemy." "If It even should be intended to make a 5reat naval depot in the West Indies, St. 'human oilers all tbe advantages and faculties for making dry docks, coal stations, and arsenals, all under complete protection." ''Tbe whole area of the Island is only forty five square miles, tbe surface rugged and ele vated, and almost devoid ol trees, whloh, hav ing been cnt down unsparingly, have lain the island open to the sun. and ca lined a scarcity in tbe supply of water. Tbe deflcleucy is, how ever, supplied by tanks which are kept filled at all seasons by tbe rains. No doubt water could be obtained by sinking artesian wells." "8U Thomas has hitherto been considered one Of tbe safest ports of refuge against those dreadful hurricane, which, however, are so erratic In their course tbat one island and then another feels the effects oi tuelr fury." "All tbe officers of tbe Island, except the Gov ernor and one or two others, are appointed by tbe borne Government. It may be well to men tion (bat the inhabitants are mostly coiored, but tbey are extremely well educated. Nearly all of tbe clerks in the stores are colored," "On tbe whole, however, St. Thomas Is as healthy as any of tbe other Islands, and with proper quarantine regulations would bo con sidered quite a salubrious place. I know that Americans and Europeans, invalids, seek 11 In Wiuter; and there, or at tbe little Island of Santa Cruz, are soon restored to health." ''In fine, I think Ht. Thomas is the keystone to tbe arch of tbe West Indies. It commands tbem all. It is of more importance to us than to any one else, and if Europe was at leisure, and its attention was not distracted by its own complications, we would not be allowed to get the Island on any terms.''. If what the Admiral says be true and not exaggerated, which we Bee no reason for be. lieving that it is, then the island of St. Thomas la worth having. But we have equally reliable acoountg of earthquakes, volcanoes, hurri canes, and epidemics, which are certainly enough to terrify the most eager purchaser. It is well for the people, however, to become as well acquainted with our proposed pur chase as possible; we therefore give the points of Admiral Porter's report. But, with all the conflicting accounts, it is impossible for ua to deoide whether it is an Eden or a crater. Mr. Woodward's Speech. Thb Ilouse was startled yesterday by the able legal argument of ex-Chief Justice Woodward, Who boldly deolared in favor of that rule of the law which allows Congress to prefer arti cles of impeachment against the President or any officer for an offense which is not indicta ble. Judge Woodward spoke purely as a law yer, and laid down what he considered the true interpretation of the legal rights of the Ilouse. While opposed to impeachment he boldly deolared it lawful for it to be done, without any epeciflo crime being charged. This view is one held by a large number of our ablest statesmen, and is only notioeable as coming at this time from a bitter Democrat. The effect of the speech, we are told, was to greatly surprise the Ilouse. We are glad to Bee this tone among members. They desire to rise above mere considerations of the pre sent, and to declare what, in their view of the law, is right. We hope to see suoh a spirit prevail much more generally among our members thaa it does. One of the "Ilelics." Thb Mormon question ha8 loomed up in the politioal horizon at varioua time8, but in the pressure of more momentous affairs, and through the utter incompetency of those who have been charged by the Federal Government With attending to the matter, nothing has come of the agitation so far. The time is fast approaching, however, when Brigham Younj Will begin to figure more largely than ever ia politics, and when a definite settlement f hia chronio disagreement with the rest of the world will be foroed upon us. The rapid progress of the Paoifio Railroad will soon open np the fertile valley surrounding Great Bait Lake, and its natural attractions, augmented as they have been by the studied thrift of the Saints, will be irresistible to tens of thousands of Bturdy pioneers In search of permanent homes. Then will ensue a social, and it may be a hand-to-hand, struggle between the fol. lowers of the Prophet and the Gentiles, the result of which no one can reasonably doubt. Mormonlsm, with all its attendant eccentricities, will certainly go down in the euoounter, especially if it come to blows. And THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1807, It will receive no sympathy from the outside world. As far as mere vagaries in religious doctrines are concerned, the Saints are entitled to the privilege of stultifying themselves by professing to believe in the ohloanery of Joe Smith, prophet and martyr, and by submitting to the Jugglery of hjs by-no-means unworthy successor, the nxorious Brigham Young. If the saintly adherents of the latter will aban don the demoralizing praotioe of a plurality of wives, there are none who will dare or care to molest them or make them afraid. But if it be their intention to continue it, their sum mary suppression is inevitable, and it be hooves "the quorum of twelve" to be on the lookout for a more eligible and less accessible retreat than Utah, with the great highway of the nation fairly cutting it in two. It may be that Mr. Secretary Seward oan furnish them with a desolate island in the South Sea from among his recent purchases. Let them make the application without further delay. An Ombh of thb Futcrb. Let Mrs. Eliza beth Cady Stanton, and Mrs. Susan B. An thony, and Mrs. ' George Francis Train, take courage. Notwithstanding the miserable failure which attended their recent effort to place the ballot in the hands of their sex in Kansas, a voice of encouragement comes to them from beyond the seas. One Liby Max well, whether Tjedded wife or melancholy spinster, we are not informed, ia a rate-payer in the city of Manchester, England, and for this reason her name waa necessarily put upon the register. At the recent election, when Jacob Bright, the brother of John, was returned to Parliament by an overwhelming majority, the vote of Liby Maxwell contributed its due share to his triumph. She was escorted to the polls by a guard of honor, which, it ia safe to say, was made np of fair ladies alone, and at their head marched the Presidentess of the Female Suf frage Society. The jeers of a portion of the crowd of masculine monsters which was drawn together by the unusual spectaole were more than counteracted by the cheers of those who enjoyed the affair, either as a joke or a reality; and, contrary to the cus toms which have prevailed in Manchester of late, there was no interference by the police. The only circumstance which tenia to dampen the rejoicings of Mesdames Stanton, Anthony, and Train, in consequence of this ominous event, is the well-Tinown fact that Manchester is some thousands of miles distant from Kansas. Thb Brdtal Tragedy enacted in New York a day or two ago teache3 a lesson which the authorities of every large city in the country would do well to aot upon. In the fatal en counter between the rival minstrels, the fact was developed that two of them at lea3t were armed with revolvers, in consequence of whioh defiance of the law punishing as a crime the carrying of concealed deadly weapons, one life waa sacrificed and another ia despaired of. This practice has become almost fashionable with a certain class of men, who lay claim to Borne respectability, but who are nevertheless subject to violent fits of passion, as well as other mortals. If the police of this city and New York should arrest without further delay every man whom they have good reason to suspect of a violation of the law in this way, the calendars of the criminal courts would be materially decreased. Perverted Genips. Weston, the peripateti cian, has taken to lecturing, like his illustrious predecessor; and Adah Isaacs Menken an nounces a volume of poems as soon to be forthcoming, with a dedication to Algernon Charles Swinburne. The former, we regret to say, is not as well received by the newspaper critics as Charles Dickens one of them who ha3 actually listened to hia platitudes declaring that "all his genius runs to legs, and hia leo tures are wishy-washy affairs." The first part of this curt critique might be applied to the Menken with propriety, and we opine that when her rhymes are made publio they will be found quite aa "wishy-washy" as are the literary performances of the man who failed to walk one hundred miles in twenty-four hours. - The Marquis of Hastings, who deserves to rank aa the Prince of Horse Jockeys, haa come to grief. At the last Derby hia losses footed np the Bum of 80,000, and these comprised but a moiety of the ill luok whioh he haa en countered of late. He has, therefore, been obliged to put his racing stud under the ham mer. It comprised twenty-one yearlings, twenty two-year-old nags, and eleven horses in training, all of which netted 37,000. The poor man has probably not a dozen horsea left to console him. SPECIAL NOTICES. tiir additional Special Notice see the Ituldt PaK3. TO THE HISTORY OF PERFUMES. published mini iliue bko In EnKlaDd may be added the appendix that I'll ALON'd "KIOIIT BLOOMING CKKfcUB" lias attained a salt) tiiat was never befora reached by any ex trail-, for the handkerchief lu auy part of the civilised world. iYtfXirt Jomtmi It A FAIR FOR THE SALE OF USEFUL AND FANCY ARTICLES, will tie held in the Lec ture Itoom of the . . . i TIH8T PRESBYTERIAN CHCRCH, 1 OEHMAN BTHEET, BELOW THlttD, llev. A. CULVER, Pastor, commenolng on TUESDAY, December 17, and con tinuing for ONE WEEK, Proceed to be devoted to accessary repairs and alteration! to the Church build lug and the payment of outstanding liabilities. 11 14 71 rjgT" COMMONWEALTH NATIONAL BANK, .. . Philadklphi Heo. 14, IHH7. ..'"".Annual Flection for lMrootors will be held at !. li. K,NO HOUSK on TUESDAY, the Mtli day ii .,.h . T1,' oetweeu the hours oi 10 o'oiocg a, )i 1J UiVAllJH flashier. rPT". ITALIAN Ol'KRA-ClIOICB 8EAT$ NENTAL HOTEL. 12 H 2t rT" REDUCTION IN 1'UICKOF STUCK A Tmu0','8 f"d " Iro.'a 1'lAJNOr). MKW. DEONB, tc, ( iui tht tUM4 U VI liu RELIGIOUS NOTICES. Wtwa THBl IKCOXD PRKSRTTKRIA.Fr CHUltliFf will Kir th. urrit wcirnnlp in JiOKTKlULI'URALHal.L, HROADHtml. btwea Ixicust and Hpruce. 1'rpachlng To-morrow at in A. M and ?X p. M by th Psntor. Roy. K. K. HBADf.K. Commiirtlon Rcrvlr-n In th Afternoon at o'clock, at l0 Church, TWELFTH and WAIr NUT Hireeln. Vry MKMHIiK'a LKNMM .' II T . . rnu''"' of the YmiiiK Men's Cttrls ln Asso ciation. Prorpftftorft. II. MATHER, of Am burnt )ol ege, will preach to ynung men on in above suhleot, J" '" PKKHBYl KHIAN CHURCH. HROAIjand GHERN Hirerfs. To morrow (Sunday) evenln. ai7 Q clock, A II are Inviifd mun i m'n oananMHv. HKV. J. r. H tMiLMNI) WILL i?T.Tri,.R".'l u,e of tbe wortny pjor. In TRINITY M. K CH UKCH, EI'H I H Htreei. army Kacn, to-morrow nio-nlng at 10H o'clock, when a collection will be taken lor th "Home Missionary Boelety." THOM4ST.MA.HOM, Chairman Commute on Pnh'lo Meetings. WT-cn li II T II K R It A II H C! II A K ,. kW TWELFTH and OXROKn Hti Raw. NOAH M. PRICK. I'antor. At 10V (by si.ec'al rea'iest). Rev. 1. A t I.HKLKY. PnsUir or N. r.rLh M K f'hi.r..h 7? Tastor'a third aermon to tha niiii.E,irmaii i-asior or rrtn hi K their death and lie lemons. I'pws fre. tyyr" bkt. a.a. wiiMm, n. i wiiii " prexch the Anniversary ermm of the Phila delphia Blbla Hoclety In the WENT ARCH HTRBKT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. To-morrow, at Hi P.M. Morning Service at 10X o'clock. The publio are Invited. ja-o. OLD NIRT K MTHKKT CHURCH, Rl'KCCK Bireet. below Filth, R v. J. WH EATON HMITH, l. 1)., Pastor.-Morning aer vlceli A. M. Kubjecl. 'Forgiveness the Beginning of a Retter Life." Evening, at7X o'clock, sermon to young ladles. (II 1M V ar a n var v w v . w r . k w ' " - - m i m i m rm mr w . F - . .. . . , . 1 iui ir Biwir. ijanfc nprmnn or me present irn. jiot, ir, ah r . , 1 1 win rrncn,nn in s Bunjefjt To-morrow (Hnnrtav) Evening, at Hi o'olonk. In the CLINTON fcTHEET CHURCH, TEN I'll (Street, below Hprnce. The public Is Invited. IIIILAIKLIIUA III It I. F, SOCIETY. The Annlvereary H rmon will bo preached by the Rev. Dr. WILLI! T1, In the WEST A HUH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, at7,'i o'clonk, on Babbath evening, tbe 15th of December. pfrt, THE SIXTH OFTIIR SERIES OP uW Sermons to Medloul Htuilents by the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Cnurch. will be Idellvered by tbe Rev! Dr. RUDDKK, at BT. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, TENTH Street, below Maikei, on Sunday Evening next, at 7'i o'clock. 1 be Beau In the middle aisle will be reserved lor student. -j NT. t'LESIKHT'S CillTRCII- TWSX TIETH and CHMRRY Hreeis. Ia conse qnence of the broken windows, and not to iotertere with tbe work of those restoring them, this cnurch will be oloteci to-morrow, It wl'l be reopened on Sunday, the Md Inst. ItKUKJin W. R THE POOR.-KEV. T. M. ORI FF1TU will plead their cause. In the ARCH STREET M. E. CHURCH. To-morrow morning at lu o'clock. Collection for the Home MlPBlon." THOMAS T. MASON, Chairman Committee on Public Metlngs. V-xt. FBFSEZKB M. E. CH CKCII.-RKV. f&XiJ 3. B. McCULLoUUH will preach on Sunday next nt lo; A. M. and 7 P. M. Experience Meet ng at 8 P. M. -i-rt. REV. K. L. HI AJOON, I. I , OF AL- ltw bany. New York, wnl preach la the HHOAD HTRFET BAPTIST JF UltCil, corner or BROAD end BROWN Streets, To-morrow at 1U,',' A. M. aud 7 P. M. ITKIOUT JW. E. CHURCH. RE V . II. At? 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It is th roioe Jt your Iok mother, your dying father, or periling ohildron; their boiie aro Buffering the burning hell-fires of poisonous doses. Calomel, Antimony, Copper, Zlno, Arsenio, Arsenioua Aoid, Btramonium, Fox glove, Morphia, BoUaaonna, Henbane, Opium, Nux Vomioa, and Narcot'ne. See the dim lamp of life as It fliokera. Nature stands up to the fight at a tried warrior, and commands his sol diers to oome up to the strtrg&le. The Stomach answers, I Lave received a ball t arsenio from the doctor's gun; It was his last shot; it has dissolved itself within me; it fee! like liquid fire; every avenue througk which gatrio Juioe would flow is obstructed by inflamcaaA ion from the dreadful charge. "Come, Liver, I can depend on you to send life, and btootl, and vitality to every part of the system." The Liver answers, "I know the victory of tbe cT&y depended upon my effort, although I waa ver.y siok, and salivated by the last dose I received, yet when I saw my kindred the nerves that I had fed for years, trembling and f&iuting for the want of pure food, I rallied myself to un lock the storehouse of pure blood, and just at that moment I reoelved a bombshell from death's gun. It was charged with a dose of Calomel, and my rich blood was turned to burning water. I oan give no assistance, for I am myself slaughtered by poison." "O t LuDgs, do not thou fail in this day of battle, or a great man will perish, and go down to the grave. Do you not see him t He is gasping he is gasping for breath. Come t oh oome quickly, or all is lost." The Lungs answer, "I dan do nothing, for I have been contracted for the last five days. Every air passage within me has been poisoned, and the mucous lining taken off, leaving me no vitality to act upou. I am chained to the car of death by that dread enemy, Antimony." At this critical moment the doctor arrived. The weeping wife and helpless children gather around him, with bitter tears and cries. They ask, "Can there not be a change of medicine f We woull like to try Doctor 'Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cor dial; we have heard of its great popularity to oure when all hope seemed to be gone, in oases of Consumption, Liver Complaint, and Dyspep sia; and, doctor, we have thought if you would give your consent, we would send for the Pine Tree Tar Cordial at once; it may save the life of my husband." "No," says the dootor, "I am not willing to give the case up yet. I will give one more dose it shall be Belladonna." And it was given. The fort was stormed, aud it yielded all was lost by the poisonous dose. Lie made his last call, and he attempted to comfort and quiet the broken-hearted widow and fatherless and helpless children by telling them of the shortness of human life, and re minding them of the faot that all men must die. And thus the work of death goes on. Parents are bereft of their children, children are left orphans, families are destroyed, so ciety deprived of her noblest citizens, and the earth filled with misery and poverty, in con sequence of poisonous medication. Oh 1 fathers and mothers of the millions of families of America, stand for one hour upon the summit of Intelligence, unshackled from the chain of prejudice of the self-styled regu lar practitioner, and see the destruction of human life, of men and women of robust con stitution, of youths with the fires of health shining through their beaming cheeks, and of the little babe laughing and danoing, full of life, upon its mother's knee. They are attacked with the most simple disease, but for fear of some danger lurking within, the dootor ia sent for, the dose is given, and in the short space of one week a funeral procession Is seen moving from your doors. We ask, is there not something wrong ? is there not something wanting f some change in the practice of me dicine f There has been a great advancement in all other soienoes; why not in medicine f The old stage has been given up for the quick travel of the railway car. The tiresome work of sewing by hand for the rapid sewing machine. From the Blow soythe to cut the gTass to the wonderful mowing-machine. From waiting the arrival of the slow mail to the quick lightning speed of the telegraph mes sage. From the small row-beat to the pow erful steamer. From the hand printing-press to the great steam printing-press. But in medicine there has been no advancement for the last two hundred years. But the doctor of tbat period was a hard-working man; he went out in the forests, and pasture-grounds of nature's garden, once cursed and blighted by sin, to bring forth the destruction of man, but now redeemed and blessed by the Son of God, that every tree and herb and spear of grass and all things that grow out of the ground, from which man was made, should be filled with curative properties for the heal iug of man. Out of those trees and herbs he prepared his remedies for the oure of diseases. The work was done iu his own laboratory, and when the medicine was ready for use, he waa not afraid to taste of it himself, lest he should be poisoned by its destructive properties. It waa a cordial to the sick man and a balm to heal his disease. But what Is the history of to-day, of the year 18G7, in the solenoe of medicine I We say it has retrograded and gone baok faster than all other sciences hav advanoed. The doctor of to-day has turned his back upon the great store of the forest, and said your 'tealing virtue requires too much labor for me to perform, nig prescrip tion is given, and remedies prepared from the destructive magazines of poisons. Such is the prejudice of a certain fraternity of doctors, that if one of their number was to prepare a great remedy for the cure of a cer tain diseaee, and offer it for sale to the needy sufferer, he would be kicked out of their midst, and they would refuse to hold counsel with him. We say shame on such wicked oonduot. God will weigh you in the balance, in His great day of reckoning, and reward you acoording to your evil deeds. We say to the siok, hope in God, that you may be restored to health by the use of Dr. WISHART'S PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL and GREAT AMERICAN DYS Ph'PSIA PILLS. THE INE TREE TAK CORDIAL 13 PURELY VEGETABLE. It is the vital prin ciple of the Pine Tree obtained by a peculiar process In the distillation of the tar, by which its h'ghest medicinal' properties are obtained. '( It is the only safe and reliable reraedr whlnTi. ' has ever been prepared from the juioe- of the Pine Tree. It invigorates the digestive organs-and re stores the appetite. It strengthens the debilitated system It purines and enriches the blood, and expels from the system the corruption which scrofula breeds on the lungs. It dissolves the mucus or phlegm whioh stops the air passages of the lungs. Its healing prinoiple acts upon the irritated surface of the lungs and throat, penetrating to each diseased part, relieving pain, and sub duing inflammation. 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ALSO, A BBILLIANT HPOBIA1 ION OF BEAUTIFUL BOXES, TOtiEIDCB rORBIINd A DISPLAY VH PARALLELED IN HOLIDAY GIFTS. STEPHEN F. WHITMAN, No. J 210 MARKET St. IUPFERDERC'S - Sparkling Moselle and Hock Wines. Bparkllng Moselle. Botiarsberger. Imperial. Johannlbberg. Pearl of the Rhine. Lao, Hocks. Johaanlsbergtr. feielnberger. llockbelmer. Lelbfrau mulch. Budesbeloier. Ularatelner. We would recommend these Wines to the favorable notice ot the public as dullclous and pure. For sale lu large or small uuauUtlesat the lowest cash prices. mm COLTON &.CL1UKE, M. W. COB. BBOAD AND WALNUT STB. 10 22 raiLACSLTEIA.
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