TUE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPI1 PHILADELPHIA, THUKSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1868, PU BUSHED EVERT AFTERNOON (RWDATa bxcbftid), AT THH BVENINd TELEGRAPH BTJILDlNd, SO. 1)S & TH1SD STBS a r, price, Tbree Oenta per Cspy (Doable Sheet), or ' Eighteen Cents pee Week, p7bl to the Carrier' fend Mailed to Subscribers oat of the city at Nla Dollars per Assam. One Dollar and Fifty Cents toT two Month, Invariably In advance for the period Tderea, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1868. The ficticious Viewi of Statesmen. Thrbb hu taken place, in connection with the late Parliamentary election! In Cheat Britain, oorrespondenoe between Mr. Gladstone and hit constituents, which is of a character to jnerlt more than a passing notice. Its im portance is enhanced bj the fact that it hag also been the fate of Mr. John Stuart Mill to undergo a similar discussion. We refer to the letters written to each of these gentlemen by some of the electors of the districts whioh they represented, aoking them to state expli. eitly their religious riews. The tone of these letters was rather dogmatical, and the same answer was returned by eaoh of the statesmen Interrogated, viz.: That their religious senti ments were matters ezclasirely personal, and not sukjeot to the examination of their consti tuents. The attention of our readers may kave been o ailed to the letters when published a few days sinae. As this is a new feature In politioal contests, and not unlikely to be con sidered a precedent to be followed in the future, it is well to look at the question of the right of the people to Investigate their rulers' faith. We think that Mr. Mill, whose letter la by far the most sweeping, earries his asser tion of the freedom of conscience too far for popular privilege. lie denies to the oonstitu nceis under any circumstances the right to eateohise the candidates for their suffrage as to their faith. We ean see sireumBtauces in Which suoh questions as those put to Mr. Mill would be eminently proper, and when he would hare been bound in honor to give to them explicit answers. If the government of a oountry is peculiar in its character, and so Situated as to rule over a people of any pecu liar faith, and if the control of the Church is confided to the State, our reason must assent to suoh questions as those put to Mr. Mill. For instanoe, if Spain, under the old dynasty, now happily overthrown, had had occasion to leot a Certes, we see that it would have been proper for the inhabitants to ask a candidate if he belonged to the Catholio or Protestant faith. There the Church is a department of the government, and one whioh the govern ment is bound, by the custom of the land, to guide. Hence it would be a judicious plan for the people to see if their candidate was a member ot the Church. In such a oase as this suoh a question would be appropriate. England, however, is not suoh a land. The State but nominally governs the Churoh. There are more dissenters than there are ohurchmen, and Catholio, Protes tant, and Jew are alike entitled to a voioe in the government. Therefore, when Mr. Qial tone was asked if he leaned towards the Churoh of Rome, he very properly refused to answer. Had he been in Spain, however, we an see the propriety of the questioa. Mr. Mill was, however, asked on a different point. He was said to be deistioal in his be lief, and he was interrogated as to the truth of suoh an assertion. Had his constituents a right to put that question ? We must answer yes. We believe in the fullest possible tole ranoe of religious difference. It should not matter, and it is not a proper subject for in quiry, whether a candidate is a Catholio or Protestant, Jew or Gentile, Baptist, Presbyte rian, Episcopalian, or Quaker. Eaoh for his faith is answerable to socman, and to exclude a man from oflioe on aooount of his belonging to any particular churoh, or belonging to no huroh, Is a gross wrong, and an in vasion of one of the cardinal principles of true liberty. But when a ma n denies the existence of a God, and declares his disbelief in a Su preme Being, then we say he is disqualified from holding an office, and if the people be lieve he does entertain such dootrines they have a right to ask and receive an answer. No man oan reasonably deny a reply to bo vital a question; for should it be that he does deny a God, then he cannot be a publio officer. He does not reoogniie the validity or foroe of an oath. What to hiia do the solemn words, "So help me Gcd," amount toT They are but idle sound. And as no one oan enter in office until he has sworn to defend the laws of the land, it follows that he who cannot swear or affirm, and who denies the very foundation of the whole moral struc ture, should not reoeive the votes of peo pie who differ front him so utterly, and to Whom he can give no safeguard as to hie con duct. The oase stands the same as in that of a witness in a oourt of justiee. You cannot aek him his religious views, you cannot ask him if he la aMethodist or Reformed. But you an ask him if he believes In a God and in a hereafter, and it he does net, his evidenoe eases to be admissible. The same test oan be applied to official. If they have a belief in a Deity, then what may be their peculiar belief la not amenable to publio criticism, if tney deny that foundation of all religion and mo rality, the people have a right to ask if it be so and to demand an answer. While, there- fore we esteem Mr. uiaasione rigut m xemn " , in 'to be examined as to his peculiar faith, ''tw deem the people acted properly in aski-tir Mr. Mill If h was a Deist, and to that .tueatton h should have made a reply. When h' a 'slmil -MM tould '- -- tli90t the water, w hope the line of reasoning indl taU4 will govern alikt representative and the repreMUted. The Citf Finance. Trig Fin-roe Committee of the City Counolls held a meeting last night, at which they in dulged In a rambling discussion whioh resulted in fixing the tax-rate for 18G9 at 1'80, an in crease of forty cents on the rate for the pre sent year. At this rate for the property whioh is subject by law to the full rate, $7,971,4(14 will be realised, falling short of the estimate submitted by the Controller fully $797,263. To meet this startling drfioit, it is proposed to authorise a loan of $310,000 for the Water Department, the argument being that the im provements in this department were for the benefit of posterity, and that posterity should therefore bear the greater share of the burden. Moreover, it was confidently predicted that the whole amount would ultimately be re funded by the profits of the department, ami posterity, as well as the present age, thus re lieved of the burden a prediction whioh, we trust, has some prospeot of fulfilment. But there has been heretofore one great obstacle in the way of suoh a loan, and that is the ciroumatanoe of the Republican majority in Counoils falling short of the two-third vote required to authorize a loan. When this amount of $810,000 was appropriated by Coun cils for the benefit of the Water Department, it was expressly understood that the full amount as well as $035,000 in addition for League Island awards and the new City Ioe Boat, all for the benefit of posterity, like the improvements at Fairmount would be sub seqnently raised by loans, the appropriation bills containing a proviso to that effect. The Democratic members made no objection, un'il an attempt was made to saddle posterity with the burdens whioh legitimately belong to it; and then the Democracy, for the sake of embarrassing the Republican party and adding to our present burdens, refused to vote for the loans whioh they were in houor and common decenoy hound to support. As the Republican strength in Counoils was not increased at the late eleotion, the only manner in which the contemplated loan can be secured is by a legislative enactment permitting Coun. cils to borrow money by a bare majority vote. This course lies open to the grave objection that a loan authorized by a mere majority may not be so eagerly sought after as one which has the sanotion of a two-third vote. It is said that the Demo, cratio members of Select Council are willing to vote for the water loan by itself, and henoe there is a prospect of this aotion not being ren dered necessary. Yet it may still be neoessary to secure legislative aid to authorize loans to meet the outstanding warrants and the alleged half million deficit in the funds required to meet the January interest on the city debt. Revenue Frauds and Their Remedy. It is announced from Washington that Attornty-Ceneral Evarts has at last coma to a conclusion on the praotioe of compromising revenue frauds in which all honest men can concur. It is said tbat the AUorner-Ucuerai regards this practice as entirely without legal warrant, in consequence of which Com mis eioner Rollins is to be notified that in future all such cases must be submitted to the Snore tary of the Treasury and the Attorney-General. Why they should bs submitted to these officials we are not informed, nor can we imagine anything to be gained by snck a course, except a knowledge by those offhers of the extent of the frauds upou the revenue whioh are being attempted. If Mr. Kvarts means that Commissioner Rollins has no legal right to compromise suoh cases, but that the Secretary and the Attorney-General have, no good will be accomplished, the present repre hensible practice will be continued, and the only change in it will consist in transferring the temptation to collusion from one Govern ment official to another. The tiue remedy for the whole enormous evil is a summary termi nation to the system of compromise. A man who defrauds the revenue of the nation is no better than any ether defrauder. In truth, the crime in connection with the Govern ment is of a much more heinous character than when it affeots a private individual only. The Government js the representative of the whole people, and when it is cheated every tax-payer in the land is cheated. By the losg standing and unoheoked system ef publio plunder whioh prevails in this country, the national treasury has come to be regaided as the legitimate spoil of every xran who can lay his thievish hands npon it. Publio officers and private citizens will rob the nation, without the slightest compunotion of conscience, in an open and defiant way that they would never dream of in their transac tions with their fUlow-citizens. These reve nue frauds, and their repeated compromise, are of this class of proceedings. But little attempt is made to rcreen such frauds from the publio gas, although they are branded, in the eyes ef all honest men, with the mark of lelcDy, and their compromise by the officers of the Government is nothing more nor less than the compounding of felony a crime which is, or should be, punched as severely as the original offense. The summary prosecution of all persons who are guilty of withholding from the Gov eminent its just dues should follow so natu rally, that we are at a loss to conceive of any justification ef the system of compromise which.has.se generally prevailed. In the transactions of the great world of commerce suoh a thing is never heard of, partly because it would be entirely destructive of eonfldenoe, and partly because the loose code of morals which has come to prevail in offiolal elrolea has as yet obtained no footing among business men in their dealinjrs with eaoh other; Although a great reform can doubtless be In augnrated by the discontinuance of the com promise system, the true remedy for the enormous frauds perpetrated upon the people through the Government lies deeper. Our entire system of offiolal appointment is radi cally wrong. The qualifications requisite for I the discharge of the duties inoumbent npon revenue offloers are of no moment whatever, and oven when a person receiv ing an appointment has previously enjoyed a reputation for honesty, as a general rule he appears to regard his ap pointment as a dispensation from all the rules whioh have been binding upon his private business. To sweep away the whole system, with all its defeots, should engage the early attention of Congress, and this can be accom plished in but ona way by the adoption of a Civil Service syetem, suoh as prevails in the nations of the Old World. Mr. Jenokes, of Rhode Island, has repeatedly urged Congress to give some attention to this subject, a yet with poor suooess. The bill providing for the establishment of a Civil Service whioh he in troduced last winter has been printed, and that is about all that has been done with it. We trust, however, that at the coming session it will be brought to the attention of the members of Congress in such a way that they will no longer be able to dodge the question, as they have done in the past. But if Congress should be so dereliot as to adjourn on the 4th of next March with out listening to the imperative demand of the country for a Civil Service, the people have much to hope for from General Grant's Ad ministration. So far he has persistently snubbed the ofUoe-eeekers, and if he should continue to do so we may yvt be enabled to' reap all the practical benefits of an honest and effective Civil Servioe, even before it is regu larly established by law. Camdeu is rapidly increasing in wealth as well as in population. A recent statement presented to the City Counoils shows the total valuation of real estate to be $5,433,1G9, aud of personal property, $3,503,655. As the ratio of assessment is quite low, these figures do not represent more than one-half of the aotual value of property in the city. The amount of taxes raised for the present year is $183,711. Carpet-bag Mendacity. a. writer In the Delaware Qutrtle la displeased at what he calls the "crusade against the whipping post," aud deolares tbat the statements of "eye witnesses" are unexceptionable except lu one respect namely, tbat tbey lack truthfulness. Tbe lack of truthfulness Is declared to ba somehow In this faBhlor: "That among 'the victim' (as It characteris tically styles thoru) was au old man over seventy years, and a boy of twelve, this, la a deliberate. pieuieUliateU faUelioixJ. Ttoesavent.y. year-old anil-over man beiDg nnder sixty years of age, huu tbe twelve-year old boy a ue:r lad of islxteeu. We are informed iroai reliable sources tbat tbe man ia question Is a notorious individual of tbat Meclt just ona decree higher In tbe socihI scale titan carpet-baggers familiarly known as 'oummeis,' and au lnor ilgttile tnlef, who hag wintered lu New (Jostle Jil for tbe past ten year?. Tue negro was c iu vlcttd o: larceny, and very properly punlsneil." The argument, then, In favor of the Delaware civlllzer is that Ibe sevoiry year; old bummer was a hearty young man of sixty; and that the twelve year old boy was not a boy at all, but a negro lad. and incteai of being of the tender (igt) of twelve, he had arrived at the maturity of "bwcet Blxteen." We are to unJeralnad, then, that Doluwate does not apply tbe "cat" to people who are under Hixteea or over sixty, but that between these ages transgressors of ths law may be subjected to the civilizing Influences of the "Invaluable judicial woupim" of tho DU nond Stale. We are reminded by tbU lame epology of tbe Delaware man of tbe ease of the Indiana clergyman who beat his little boy to death for not Haying his prayers. The reverend gentleman waa accused of having tbiashed tho child for two hours continuously. He pleaded, In extenuation of the outrage, that he did not thrash him for two hours, but only for au hour and a half. The Delaware man proposes to extend the blesulugs of his whip ping-post and 1U accessory furniture to the "impudent carpet-bag revllsrs of the State aud ter institutions." llaaeltlne's Art CJallerles. Mr. Charles K. HaseUlne, who Is well known In Philadelphia aa an amateur and connoisseur of taste and experlenoe, Is about to open a Vine -Art Gallery at Mo. 1135 Cnesnat street. It is his ic tent ion to make tbis a first-class establish ment, where everything conneoted with the fine arts ean be prooared. Mr. Haseltlne will offer the beat works of American and foreigu artists, and he has now on hand a large number of choice specimens ol the best living painters, together with flna sculptures, bronaee, fine Illustrated works, engravings, eto. Attention will be paid to looking-glasses and picture- frames, and samples of all the newest designs will be oonstantly kept on band. A full atook of artiste' materials of all klnde and ot the best quality will be kept on hand, and It la Mr Haselllne's design to make bis establishment an art centre, where everything oonneoted with tbe fine arts can be procured and where the luleut art Intelligence can bo obtained CONFISCATION. Important Opinion bjr Chief Jrtatlee t'liaae. Correspondence from Klohmond (Va.) on Tuedny last Bays: Cnlel Justice Chae has Just delivered an Im portant opinion In the ease of confiscation of real estate under tba act ot July 7, ItiUi that of Hen, pie va. The United mates before the Ulr. cuit Court ot tbe UuUeUtilaiea In uuaelty. It w-s as follow: Tbla oase comes before na upon a writ of error to the District Court for tue District of Virginia. The proceedings In tbat Court were by helzore and libel of information for ibe oon dt lunation, under the act of July 7, ltkta, of cer tain real eaiateof tbe plaintiff lu error, situated lu illabeth City ooouly, within the duurlcj, of Virginia. Tbe aelaure and libel were followed by hu order fixing an mtly dty for trial, and d reeling the Issue of monulonaud pubUoatton if notice according to the ordinary course of admiralty. There waa no KDpearance, and tbe decree ot eonflaeatlon or forfeiture, after ex amination ot wltneaties, waa made upon de lault, and tbe property was sold under a writ Of vendition txponu. Two points were made In argument for the l.lutltr In error. Tbe first lu that tbe aet under wbich the proceedings for condemnation were bad la unconstitutional. Beverai ea8 arlttlog under tbla aet and that of Angust, 1861, of like tenor, bave been considered by the Hupreme Court. Union Iasuranoe Company vs. the United Biatca, 0 Wall, 7M, and other eases In tiie aame volume. In neither of these eases waa tbli point made, either by coo uiel or by the Court; and It Is a fair conclusion, tbat neither at tbe bar nor npon the benou was tbe constitu tionality of the act doubted. We. at least, unless clearly satisfied tbat the act la unoon Lituilonai. and satisfied, also, that the point passed without observation In tbe Uupreme Court, are bound here by tbe action of that Court. We shall hold, therefore, ior tbe pre sent, that the aet la warrauted by the Consu ltation, but shall be gratified If the question Is again submitted lo the Hupreme Court, and a Judged upon direct argument and oonsldeia lion. The other folat made for the plain nfl in en or la tbat the auit in the Dlstrlot Court was in admiralty; whereas, being tor condemnation ot ateliure of laud, the remedy sliould have been sought on the ootnmon law side ot the Court. Hut lu the Union Iasuranoe Company vs. rue uunea mates n was neia mat a pro. oeediug lor oondemnatiou might well be ao coi 01 1 r to foims used in admiralty, although 11 must be oonformed to tbe course vf tbe common law In reaped to the trll of Issues of fact and except ions to evidence: and, regularly, cruld only oe reviewed afier final jrcgmentor decree, upon writof error. In mat case there had been an appearance and clal-n, but no trial by Jury and no exceptions to evi dence; and tbe oamo was brought lulo tbe Supreme Cnort by appeal. Thecnurt touk Juris diction of the cnii'e upon the nppral ouiy for the purpose of r vei-nlti the decree as ii re il r, ai d remanding the cause for further proceed lrg". In ibis eHe tbe cause Is brought cte'ore us l.y writ of error, not by appeal; and tnis mode of I n volt I n:r tho appellate Jurisdiction Is p(OiiJIr to civil aoitouftnsdlAilniiUlHhed from cnu'e- of admiralty aud murium Jurisdic tion. It loevlilpnt, tljorcforc, that the plain tiff In erior did not regard tho proceed ing btlow as a o une in admiralty: and he whs rigbt, for tbougu lu the lornisof admiralty, It wan. in substance, a proceeding at onmtnou law. If it sppearrd fiom tbe record thit aa IsBoe bad been made aud tried hy tbe Court without a Jury and without. nnbmlSHinu by ttie part leu, it would be our duty to re Verne the Judgment or decree lu ootifoi mlty with tho principle settled in the Union lnsurnnao Com pany vs. The United Hlnten; but nothing of this sort nppeara. Thecansn wan ftuit'ered to go by doinuli, and there onn he no direction ot trial by Jury where no Ihkus Is innde and do suoh trial demanded. On tbe contrary, It Is the constant practice to rer.dr Jndumout of for feiture la ku'h cases by default, without the In tervention of a Jury (Unuktlun' l'raol., WIS). We see, therefore, no error in the Judgment or decree of tbe District Court, and it must be aillriucd. GEORGIA Tlio State Far from belnar Reronfltnietett o Loy iil jrlan Nnle Wllliiu Its Minim. An olliccr writes from a couaty (of (Jeiriria), tho name ot which is withheld lrom prudential reasons: As a etvll officer. I feci that it Is mjr duly to slate tacts to you tnat are of great importance to the law-abiding people in our section ot country, tomcthicj near half tbe leal votcri in tbe district did not go to tbo poll at the preciuct, and I apprehend not elsewhere in the county. The claw that staid away weto the colored men; enly nix of them voted, aud some oi tneni voted the DemotxaMc ticket tnroah fear. What called tbe Kt-Klux bad been ctu vafcfclnfj the district fcr soaictitue.wliippiasomb, breakius- others' guns, aud threatening others that they could not hud tbat the; would bnl them, and whip or kill them. On tbe utetit previous to the election, the? canvMss-d, whip ping several, and thieatcuiog otbert it they voted tbey would kill ibeni the next night. Be'.cre the polls were opeied tbis uew had become general anionz the colored men, and tbey took the alarm. A little over two weeks before the election, these law breaker shot au aged ncro woman in the day time, in her own boupe, woundicg her severely. Une month ago, a colored man ws killed, and another died of woundu iutiiced by therame secret mot) in this CMinty. Proof is uot wanting to establish th-.-se ksinus tbey are eu-cepttlile of proot by while oud colored eviilcnce. What I say ol this dis trict is only a patuple of what has ocourred in the adjoining counties. As a civil oiHoer, 1 Lave uot the power to Slav these outrages iu my distiict. The colored people are a'ravl to report, and do not dare to prosecute when they are beaten In tbe light ot day. White Kepubiicana do not feel seotire oy auy mans; they are in sulted, tneir characters availed, and, iudirectly. their persons and ltve are threatened. I have hoped that all would become quiet, nnl peace, return alter the election, being fully satlstlctt fiom all tbe information 1 have that ttioe out rage cre committed tor political purposes. I f hall wait with as much p-itience as 1 can com njRcd lor a return of better times. Hero U a specimen of tbe way the peaceful Democracy tieat Kt publican olliclals: HEAPQC ARTEKS OP THIS KBUULATOKS, LoUIS- villk, JeUerson county, G. Uev. Sherman: Vic have this day heard of the coiuio ssion received by jou. ehtitliug you to tbe ofll'-e of the Justice ol tbe Peace. Now, as iriend, wo advise you to rend tho commission back to tho (lovernor, ai you know jou arc not competent lor the ollice, and sen 1 them by the next mail. If jou do not take our advice you will be salty disHppoiuttd. If the K. K. K.'s visit you some night when you least expect it, you are well awure of our mission, therefore comply. Wo are tot disposed to thrtaten, but will certainly carry this promise into etlect it you do not return the commission. Our motto is to punish the wicked and protect the Innocent. If you accept the cuiuuiueion, we clas. you with the wicked. KuKlui. LouiVil1, Ga., Oct. 20, 18Q8. Tbe Post Office clerks in Cleveland are all females. SPECIAL NOTICES. JKg?- TOUNO MEN Practically eduoated for Dullness at CHITTENDEN'S COMMEnCIAL COLLEQB, No. 637 CUKmNUT Btreei. corner of s-evemn. BUOK-KKKPINU IN ALL ITS U&ANCUES. rKNMAHBlIIP. CALCULATIONS). BUelNKa PRACTICE, FOHMH, Kl'O. DAY AND EVENINU SEUjlONS. Students received at any lime. Iseparate Instructions. Circulars famished on ap plication. Tbe Crittenden Commercial Arithmetic and Bust nets Manual for sale at tbe College, fries. rsu. TIIE MEHOHANTB' MONTHLY, an elght-psged paper, well printed on good paper, devoted to tbe lnteiests of youDg Business Men. It contains articles on practical business subjects, busi ness dealings, operations, means et success, ete lommerclal Law, Political Economy, Sketches ot Mercantile Life and Character, Items of Builaes Intelligence, etc, etc. Also Stories, Poetry, Essay on Boclsl Topics, and a Miscellany ef entertaining and Instructive mattar. ONLY FIJTT CENTS oer year. Published by 8. H. CBITTENOEN A CO., No 137 CI1ESNTJT btreet, Office Crittenden's Conimeroial College. li 1 ti4p arsj CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE, KS? PuiLAOaxruiA, Deo. 1, 18(W. NOTICE. Tbe Hemi-annual interest on the five and six per eent. loans ot the City of Pnliu delpblu due January 1, lbOtt, will be paid ou and alter tbat date. Loans maturing January, 1909, will be paid ou presentation, Interest cttusiug from date of maturity. The ordinance of Connclta approved May 9, ISOct, directing that "all certificates of etty loans shall be rendered previous to the puyuieutof tbe Interest," will be strictly adhered to at tue payment of the Interest due January, 1869, to both resident and nou-resldeut loau-hulders, JOSKfll N. PKUWOU 12 3 27t City Treaaurer.Q -rry puulio motick department i OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, OKtfUJK OF CHIEF COMMl.smo.NLU, FlFfU tilreet twesl side), below Chesnut. Philabslphia, Nov. 18, 18G1 All persona Interested In tue construction of the Hewer on the line of Washington avenue from Broad street to Seventeenth etreet, and ou Eleventh and Twelfth streets, will lasie notice that tbe bills on the final estimate are about to be made oat la favor of the coatractor; aud all fiersona having claims against the aame for aboror material will present them for pay ment at this office. MAHLON II. DICKINSON, 12 3 th3t Chief Commissioner of High ways. t5& GRAND OBOAV AND VOCAL COM-I-' Ci.it 1', la the TIRST 1NI)EP.N1KMT CBTJKOtl, BUOAD and BAN'Oil bueets. (ttv. John Chambers, Pas lor), MONDAY KVUNING. lember 7, io8 la ai rf the 'NATIONAL PKINT. 1NU AbbOClATION A OH THS BuIND." The lol lew loc artists have volunteered: Mtssrs I). O. WOoI). II. U. THUNDER, J. PKAKCK. A. K. TAY LOR, and tbe "ABr fclNUINU bOuIEi Y." Tickets, one aoliar. for sale by Tiumpler, No. t28 Chesnut ureal; Andre. No 11(X Ohvsuut street; Bouer, No. 1 lot ttteanni eireei; Oonld, No. MS Chesuul street: Hl Ky's.f. ntlin.Dt-l Uoul; ana, by H. L. BaU, No. 116 Nonh Twenty-flrst street. Concert at S o'clock. It I St 1ST L H ' C T ' I BEV. WILLIAM B. CULLIS9, (fcubjeot- 'OTJU YOCNa MEN"), IBT CONCERT HALL, THTJKSDAY KYENINU NEXT, December I, at S o'clock. Tickets, 76 oeuu; Beeerved Heals. So cents. To be bad at uonld's munlo store, No. m CUeanut street, and at the Rooms of the Young afeu'a Christian Association. u so ft SPECIAL NOTICES. the sklti rom:dr,D and wrlnlM., ft'uiJ Jom durmi degree of aoftnMM and Vlhwr , ZjS??Z. pieslon, and whiteness to the klr t u u, J dertt trice, sratelul to the tasto and l'tv. JJJr month and khois t Impart swoetnw-r . i, breath, and renders theteeth bnaultmiir wtl, sele b all druiutlAM. B. O. A. WBJimT, JA UHKMNUT Blreet. gCgr' PENNSYLVANIA BAIL V COM PANY, TREASUim'3 DEPARTMENT. FiiiLAOKi.puiA, Pa., December 3, 1803. NOTICR TO STOCK HOLDKR3. . The second Instalment on the new s too It sub scribed for under resolution of tbe Hoard of Directors of May, 1808, la now due. Unless paid on or before tbe 15th Instant the Instalment will not draw Its proportion or dividend dne May, 1F69, and those paying up ALL the remaining Instalments will receive lull dlvldei d lu May next. THOMAS T. FIRTH, H 8 lit Tjreasu rer, PENNSYLVANIA BAILKOAl COM.. PANY. Ta-SAaoABR'a Dbpabtmbht, Philadelphia. Nov. I, iw, J NOTICR TQ BTOOKHOLUKRS. The Board of Directors have this dav declared a Bml-annuil Dividend of II VK f KR CENT, on tbe capital stock of the Companj , dear ot National and Btate taxes, payable ta cash, oa and after November 80, IMS, Blank Powers of Attorney for oollectln-; Dividends can be obtained at the Office of the Company, No. 118 8, Th IBD (Street. The Office whl be opened at I A. M. and closed at 4 P. M, from "Ut. m to Deo 5, for the payment of Dividends, and after that date from t A. M. to I I'. M. THOMAS T. FIBl'H. 11 sot Treasurer. PIANOS PI ANOS PI ANO!. GREAT saIjK.ok ki.euant rush wo jd pianos, AT AN XVKAOKDlNAKY BEDUOTION Otf PRICKS. VHOM. DtLUh.tilib.ki I, lMi"., 'il JANU ARY I. 1HS. have madn a rf.iiuctUm of ftrirtt on oitr exmttvn itm kvf tvpet tor urut beauliut Keutood I'Mnui, at fuiluun, tut: No lCiats tA rnrf2. No. 1 Class 1 125, ror27. NclClass,!', rurUio. No. 4 Ja., $i;a. for ii6. No, t Class, t'Hio, tor 'tli No. SCians, t-V)0, (or tl u. No. 7 Claes, 7, fur tJS. No. 8 Olasa. i0. for No. SC'lass, '60. fortes. No, la C'ass, ;u0, rurfi.A t-'duare Uraud, lor (Oue. Concert Urajd. tiAm. for S078. We offer tbe above gral loduaements to those wishing to purchaae at bargains lOetore the holidays We have the Urges; asorimeut ef Instruments on bDd ttst has ever been ottered In this ity. and are determined to clus out our present largt stock at "Manvacturri' flrii rout pricrt." Uvery lottrument Uwtriauttd to give saklslaetloa, and at these low prices we place within the reach of erery one, ths oppnrianltv ef obtalalag one of lhmeuty celebrated unit highly inrwi 1'iann: Call and examine mem at onr new and beautifal ware room, No. llosCUKSNDT Btreat. KCHOMACKKH. PIi.NO Sf P'O CO., 11 lStuthstUSl No. 1US CHKdNUT Street. MARSHALL'S ELIXIR. Any person habitually eostlve eannot be in the enjoyment of health. If not relieved oos tiveness will result in confirmed cases of Rheumatism, Piles, Inflammation of the Bowels, Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, aud surrounding organs. When oostiveness is radically cured, all the machinery of the sys tem moves in harmony. Marshall's Elixir permanently cures costiveness, and so pre vents diseases more painful and dangerous. Headache quickly yields to its curative powers. Being entirely vegetable, it may be safely taken by all persons at any time, with perfect safety. Headache, besides being a very painful complaint, is also weakening to the nervous system, and may lead to palsy in its various forms if not soon relieved. Mar shall's Elixir so strengthens the nerves that they perform their duties without pain or un easiness. By supplying the stomaoh with the medici nal principle, the want of whioh causes Dys pepsia, this distressing and common disease is quickly cured by its use. It not only supplies this to the stomach, but imparts strength and vigor to the whole digestive apparatus, so that health, with cheerful spirits and a ruddy coun tenance, is fully established. Kead the fol lowing certificate: Chester, Delaware county. Dear Sirs I have had sick bendaouesat times for many years. When aflllcted with It I was unfit to attend to my household alTitlra. Your Klixlr partially cuied me the first time I tried It. The second lime It cured me almost imme diately. Hlnce then, by Its occasional use, I have been entirely free from it. Mas. Matilda Hats. Depot, No. 1301 MARKET Street, rhilada. M. MARSHALL & CO., It 2 IhstaU PROPRIETORS IJ0CKI1ILL Si WILSON RESPECT F CLLY present their regards to an ap. preclatlve publio, aad set font: TBAT tbey bave on hand an Immense stock of tha most elegant CLOTHING ever offered to the gentle men of Philsdelpbla. THAT the materials of which their CLOTHING Is made are selected with tbe greatest cars, fiom the finest fabrics In tbe world. THAT none but tha best Cutters are employed In cnttluf out this CLOTHINU. T1IAT nose but the best workmen are employtd In patting It together. THAT none but the most courteous and gentle manly talesman are employed la selling it tV ths great army ot easterners continually pressing for It. THAT no pains are scared to eusore entire satisfac tion and peifeol fit to each cuslcmet, THAT If yon do aoi hnd on hand exactly ths rai ment yon tancj.yoa can have your ololbes made according to yonr meanare, with incredible celerity aad with perfect accuracy ef adaptation to yonr else, shape, aad general style. THAT every prov slon Is made foi the comfort and bapalnsssol everybody whe desires to examine the goods. THAT oat prices are delightfully suited to tha most t coaesulcaldesUes of those who deal with as. Vl 111 MtllBMIlllt HOI It IU DMIllUilUll Come And see tor jeurself. ROCKHILL eft WILSON, CBKAT BKGWN-tiTON CLOT n I NO HALL, Nob. 03 b4 60ft I'HUSNUT 8TKEET, 4 11 4P PHILADXLPHIA. REMOVAL. MOV C. J. PRICE L. lias Removed to Ho, 723 S1AS0M Street, DIrtetly opposite his Old Stand, where he will eoa tloue tbe lmpot tatlon of Englibh, French, and German Books, Pe riodicals, Etc., to orders A large and entirely new stock ef the best Bogllsh Plandard Literature Jest reo-ived. Arohlueturat, Mecben'cal aad boleutlOa Bojks always on haod. The choicest new publications reo-ived ae issued, Vtrtign Books, Periodicals, ew., imparted to order, a eek )y, by steamer, 11 it LOST. LOST CBRTIFI0ATB OP OLD CITY LOIN No, ISIS, for one hundred dollars, lu tbe name of ai ary V. Heevea. Application will he made for the lueofaaeve(tUioaie, UltuDm WATCHFS.JEWn.RV, ETC J BAILEY & CO. WIH, KEEP OPE I THEIR NEW 6TOIIB EYlT-RY EYENIN JifiJ 0 o'clock, DUIIING IXECEMBElj CHESNUT and TWELFTH StJ tathst P1IIL ADRL PHI A. 7STADLI8HED IN I 040. MEAD & ROBBING Successors to John O. Mead & Snj Manufacturers of Finest Qradoa of SILVER PLATED WARES.! We make our own goods, deposit tbeailver accurately by weight, and warrant eacb artlole by oar trade-mark on tbe base, and by written guarantee If preferred. Tliev are equal to the finest gradea of English and French Wanes, are arlUllo In design, and elegantly ornamented. CUTLER Y. PRARL, IVORT. and RUBBER OTJT1.EIIY In great variety, Plated and Unplated, In quan titlea aa required. K. E. Corner MM II and CHESNUT Sts., 11 19lhst05w PniLADBLPItTA. C. k A. PE(JU10N0Tr MiM UP AOI VEERS OF WV rV C IX CASE And Dealers In American and Imported WATCHES, IVo. 13 South SIXTH Street Ultfrp Manufactory. No. 23 8. FIJiTUSL HOLIDAY PRESENTS. JACOB H A R L E Y, JEWELLKB, 121 ltnrp tio. 022 MARKET Street. OhOCERIES, ETC. ' p I K E PRUNES rOK THE TABLE. lust la Store, a new Invoice of FINE LAKGE FRENCH PRUNES,. Imported direct from James Violett 4 Co.. Bordeaux, In Small and Large Glass Jars, or by the Single Found SOU CQLTCN & CLARKE, S. IV. Corner 1I0AD and WALKUT Sis,, Umi PgJLADELPHIA. FLOUR. " JpIUbT PREMIUM AWARDED FOB BEST FAMILY FLOUR. Oboloe Brands Pen r sylvan la. Ohio, Kt. Lonls. and Jacues t. Welcb'a tlkMT PWKA1IUM. UKUULili 1UWN ML.OVH, Also. "KTIiKtlNa'S" "MOUNTAIN" BUCK WhUAT M k. A L, iu bags ana nair baiieis, warrautad supeilur to any utiier lu Ibe n.araei. H. B. fersofis lu waol ol '-Mouuialn" llnck wheat Ileal aboula always akk for "deniug " wluou In in only gt uulue at ountaia Buckwtet Aleal, and only to be bad tbrovgb me. GEOUQK F. ZEIINDBIt, Ilitamtfrp Ir-OVMTH AKP VIWK HTH, fEW BCOKWUKAT JE'LOUR 1 1 At ax or Tim huahox, AX.BEBT C BOBEBT9, Dealer In Fine Qrooerles, 11 Tjrp Oct. JCLgVKHTH and VISBtreeta. p A M I L Y p L O U R. In lots to tnlt tJIIOCLlLS, or by the Single ltarrel, Tor sale hj J. EDWARD ADDICKS, Ko. U-M MAKKET Street, 10 1 mp PHILA UKLPJIIA. PIANOS. CZZZtm STEIN VAf & SONS' GRAND II I I square aud uprlgbl PlauuS, alBLAblUb iinUB,' tio. iUuS OUlfclM Ut btreet. l if fjfwf BUCK & CO.'a & HAINES UE0S'. li VI II piano ouiics, AMD MAfcON A HtMLI.-'S OABtSET AND MATHOPOLli AN OitUAMi, with tbe aew an a beaniion VOX HUMANA. Every Udnessssnt ett-rsd to uurchasera. J. K. UO0LD, B 1 totbs tm Ko. Mt C U N o T a tree t. OniCEBRING Osand, Fqaars and Upright 1-IAKU8. DT7TTON8, Vo. HCHlfiaNu l Street. 11 gti COPARTNERSHIPS. - PBILADILPOIA, NOVEMBEU 30,' 1868. t be UopsrtnttnDlD harntofu-e ells ln( under Ibe nsmeand siyleof uLEM rjXJNNiNU JtUAVtelM dlssolvsd by lustual consent. R. OL-tNDii-Jfisra, J a. JQim u. da via. TIIS UNDERSlGHiD HAVE THI3 DAY Itemed a tuailnerblp, undsr tbe name and serle ot Oi,ICMtNIr.J, UAVH & Nt. it H, THIRD H. reel. Pnliadalpbla, and OLKNOlIf dtlNa, DAV1H A AalOaY. Ho. t NaHHAW Mtreat, New York, lor tie ir.nsastloa or a gfn.ral Baukmg aud -Hlvk ComruUslun biMlntss. Tlia Business o' tan Ui tlini will be .etilmi and coutluued by Ibe sabsurllisra at ISo. is b VUlliO btreet. . OLlNDINNINa, Jb JOHN H. DAVI8. lit ft JUIIN U. AMOrtV,
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