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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.
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females.
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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
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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,