TIIE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY G 18G9.
spirit OF THE ritESS.
HDITOSlAIi OPINIONS OP TH1 LFA.D1K9 JOCRHAI.9
UPON CDBRKNT TOPICS COHPILED KVBai
PAT FOB THI KVKNINO TKtEORAPS.
Tlic Eastern Question.
rrwn the If. Y. Tribune.
A conference of representative ot the great
powers of Knrope, wltU tlio--e of Turkey aui of
Oreece, will assemble at Parla ou Saturday,
tbe 9th Inst., to consider and settle the East
ern question, to called. No gift of prophecy
ia needed to warrant the con 11 lent prediction
that no real settlement can thus be elfdoted
that such Eettleinent will only be postponed
by this meeting. The flrat deolsive step to
wards a real settlement of the Kiatern question
will have been taken when tbe Turkish power
Is dr ven from Europe, and not before.
The Ottoman or Turkish dominion nomi
nally covers about 200,000 square miles of
liuiope, 600 000 of Asia, and a rather larger
area of Afrioa nearly 1,500,000 in all muoh
of it among the fairest and iloest portions of
the temperate zone. If we estimate that one
third ot this vact ex'ent is absorbed by Ara
bian and African deserts, where the Ottoman
sway L but nominal, and a source of weakness
rather than of Btrength, there will still remain
nearly or quite one million square miles of
generally excellent Boil, lying under the most
benignant skies, and more eligibly situated,
whether for a seat of industry, of oommeroe,
or of power, than of any other region on earth;
while its population though far less than it
had one, two, or three thousand Tears ago, and
still declining ranges from thirty-five to forty
iLillions.
But its government is an absolute despot
ism, and its ruling race bigoted devotees of the
faith first propouuded by the Arabian impos
tor, Mahomet, wherein unbridled sexual lust
is hallowed by an irrational and intolerant fa
naticUm. The "twin relics of barbarism" are
here still cherished ; and, while slavery seems
to be slowly wearing out, polygamy is appa
rently as vital as ever. The Mahometans are
obstinate fatalists ; like all slaveholders, they
shun work; while, like most Asiatics and
polygamists, they are intensely nnprogresslve
and slow to adopt the improvements made by
Others. Inhabiting the very cradle of Euro
pean civilization, the Turk is essentially and
inveterately a barbarian.
All this is beyond tbe control of other peo
ples, so far as the Asiatic and African divisions
of the empire are concerned; for they are pre
ponderantly Turkish and essentially Mahome
tan. 15ut Turkey in Europe embracing the
countries recently known as Macedonia and
Thraoe, with Camiia (or Crete), and most of
the islands of the Archipelago is essentially,
unchangeably Occidental and Christian. It is
presumed to contain about sixteen millions of
inhabitants, whereof eleven millions are
Christian?, mainly of the Greek rite, leaving
less than live millions of devotees of the Koran.
Between these diverse races and creeds
fraternity is impossible and mutual regard
unknown.
The Turks broke into Europe, over the
wreok of the decaying Roman-Grtek Empire
of the East, nearly six centuries ago, and com
pleted the ruiu of that empire by storming
the ramparts of Constantinople (callel by
them Stamboul) in 1453. The last Christian
emperor perished in the assault, and the
Turkifh sultaus have ever since made his
capital their own. They soon afterwards sub
jected Greeoe and Albania to their sway, and
in the next century extended that sway so far
northward as llnngary, the more important
portion of whioh was possessed and ruled by
them for nearly a century. Under Solymaa
the Magnificent they laid siege to Vienna in
1529, but were compelled to raise it with
the loss of 80,000 men. In 16S3, during the
reign of Mahomet IV, the Grand Vizier Kara
Mustapha again laid siege to the Austrian
capital, but was driven out of his trenches
and headlong down the Danube by a hastily
mustered Christian host, led by John So-
bieski, King of f oland, with fearful losses
In men. arms, and munitions. From that
hoar to the present the Turkish star has
steadily declined; and the rapid rise of Russia
from obscurity and impotenoe to the rank of a
first-class power long since threatened the
expulsion of "the Osmanli" (as they call
themselves) from Europe. The Russians
being Christians of the Greek rite, as are a
majority of the people of European Turkey,
the sympathy between the two peoples rests
on grounds quite intelligible, and were long
ago proclaimed. Russian victories have driven
the Turks successively out of Pedalia, the
Crimea, and Bessarabia in Earope, as also out
of Georgia and other Asiatlo provinoes. But '
for the jealousy of Russian aggrandizement
evinced by Great Britain and France, espeoially
the former, the Turks would have already
been driven aoross the Bosphorous, as they
Inevitably must be. Though bo long resident,
it is notorious that they are merely "en
camped" in Europe. They do not belong to
it; and the fairest quarter of it cannot much
longer be held by them.
Intense corruption in the government and
ruling caste has produced impotence; impo
tenoe Is rapidly producing disintegration.
Wallaohia and Moldavia, the only two pro
vinoes still nominally retained by the Sublime
Porte north of the Danube, have been united
as Roumania, and are now ruled by Prince
Charles, of the Pru8ian royal family, who
yields but a nominal allegiance to the Sultan.
Greece achieved complete independence, after
a heroic struggle, between the years 1821 and
1S27, though the new kingdom covers but a
portion of ancient Greece, and includes but few
of her islands. Servia, Bosnia, and Herzego
vina, in the northwest corner of the empire,
accord but the merest figment of sovereignty
to the Porte. There can be little doubt that
a deoided majority of the Chris ians of these,
and of Bulgaria and Macedonia also, await
bat the opportunity and the signal to unite
in a vigorous effort to drive the Turks out of
Europe.
Greece, being absolutely independent, is the
natural focus of anti-Turkish aspirations;
Russia, as the big brother of Greeoe, will
always be suspected and accused ot fomenting
hostility to Turkish rule. These charges
often false, always exaggerated cannot blind
a clear vision to the truth that the progress of
events, the rapid growth of Christian civiliza
tion, have rendered the permanence of the
existing regime simply impossible. The Turks
nave overstaid their welcome (it they ever
bad one) and must go. Had Russia no exist
ence, this would have been as true as it now
is. Nay, it is quite possible that Russian
aspiration, by provoking British jealousy,
has prolonged the sojourn of the Turks in
Europe.
The prese nce of the Turkish and Oreek
envoys at the proposed conference is a blun
der, whioh precludes the hope of a good
result. Were they both absent, the great
powers might possibly arrive at the rational
conclusion that the Turks must be served
with notice to quit, and that a federal repub
lio or constitutional monarchy should nov
be established on the downfall of their bale
ful dominion, huropeau Turkey, unitea
with Greece in a federal republic as large as
France, and as populous as Spain and Portu
gal united, would afford a firm bulwaik
Ogatost Etesian greed, whereas its present
state invites aggression and oompela intervenes
tlon. The conference will, doabtlet, prove a I
failure; bnt the expulsion of the Turk from
Eurone." while ' it tnvy be noalDOned. oinnot
thereby be prevented.
. Libels and Libel Suits,
From the If. T. Herald.
A Chicago psper some time ago published a
rencrt of a police case in which a situation
flagrante ddicto Was alleged against certain
parties. Tbe latter brougui suit lot noei, nu
the case has just been brought to a close in a
verdict of seven thousand five hundred dollars
damages against the defendants. The editors
and proprietors of the paper showed that the
publication was made against their express
direoiions; that it appeared through tlie negli
gence of the reporter and foreman of the ofllj,
and that every retraction possible was made
after its publication. These pleas ought to
have had some effect upon a jury, aud no
doubt they would had the paper in question
exhibited a little better taste in its manner ot
reporting the trial. It was there motive was
shown, if not in the original publication. But
the whole thing shows that the law or libel is
wrong in manv particulars. In some oases it
is too stringent, in others too lenient. The
proprietor of a newspaper should not in jm-
tice 8Dd equity be held responsible for every
line that appears in his paper. He has to
trust to the vigilance and fidelity of suborli-
na'es; and where it is clear no malice Is sho wu,
and, in fact, where it is proven that an al
leged libellous report has appeared against his
express orders, it certainly seems that com
mon sense should exonerate him from blamt.
The Chicago case, we see, is to be oarried to a
higher court, and we suggest that the pro
pritors of tbe paper allow it to be tested upon
its merits alone, without bringing extraneous
influences to bear one way or the other, right
or wrong, npon the judgment of the jury.
While on the subject of libels and libel suits,
we may state that we understood a dozen or
more suits have been brought against those
Bohemians who have recently been busily
engaged in this city in oalaiuinating the char
acter of some of our most worthy grocers and
dealers. The developments on these trials
will be curious and interesting. And, further
more, we understand that Hon. Keiiban K.
Fenton, late Governor of this Sta'e, will bring
suit aga'nst Thurlow Weed for the publica
tion in his paper, in this city, of one of the
most atrocious libels that the soured brain of
a disappointed lobby manager ever conceive!.
The disclosures in this case when brought to
trial will be highly refreshing, and no doubt
illuminate the entire tricks, lies, intrigues,
backbiting, double dealings, aud the myriads
of other ra?calitus which have won for the
Albany lobby an uuenvi&V.e notoriety all over
the country.
Capital and Labor The Lf.'tMIour Luff.
From the N. T. Timet.
The eight-hour law proves to be a failure,
and its enactment is widely regarded as a
farce. It was intended by those who asked for
it to give ten hours' pay for eight hours'
work, but is framed so as not to do anything
of the sort. It simply declared that a day
shonld mean eight hours in estimating the
duration of labor, but at what rate it should
be paid for was left an open question.
The bill was parsed on the eve of an eleo
tion; and, like all bills passed under such
circumstances, the men who passed it were
anxious, not so much to make it of practioal
advantage to workingmen, as to secure their
votes by making them believe that it was so
intended. Its enactment was a political
trick not prompted by a sincere regard for
the working classes, nor framed with the
primary motive of promoting their interests.
It ought either to be repealed or revised. It
should either say what it means, or it should
eay nothing at all. As it stands, it simply
misleads both parties employers and em
ployed and benefits neither. And in its ap
plication to persons employed by the Govern
ment, it baa led to controversy, different
action on the part of different departments,
and general confusion and discontent.
It has generally been deemed, and has
always been found, a perilous undertaking for
Government to fix the prices or control the
sale of food, clothing, labor, or any of the
other necessaries of life. The general princi
ple that all these things will be beat regulated
when they are left to be freely regulated by
the parties conoerned, has been conceded by
nearly all who believe in freedom at all. The
attempt ' of governments to control these
things has always failed, and we see no reason
to believe that it will not always fail hereafter.
Capital has advantages over labor which
labor will always deem unfair and unjust. It
is much more manageable; its holders can
much more easily combine; its power to hold
ont in a contest between the two is much
greater; and, as a necessary result, its chances
of success are the best. It is quite as neoes
sary, too. to the prosperity of a oommunitv as
labor is. The South to-day has plenty of
labor, but its lack or capital renders its labor
useless. As a general rnle, capital can alwavs
command labor, while it is but rarely, aud
under very exceptional circumstances, that
labor can impose its own laws upon capital.
Capital, moreover, has this great advantage
that, if treated unjustly in any oountry, it oan
go eisewnere. ine smau returns capital oan
command in England send millions of English
capital to this country every year; and an ef
fective eight-hour law in England would send
the great bulK of tbe free oapital or the king
dom elsewhere. An effective eight-hour law
here would have a similar effect. The large
capitalists who Invest their incomes in erect
ing dwellings, for example, will look to
other quarters when building becomes so
expensive as to be without prout. And then
workmen who live by building, as well as all
who hire dwellings to live in, must suffer by
the ohange.
Capital and labor are dependent npon each
other, and each profits and prospers only in
connection with the other. But there is very
clearly a general feeling on the part of the
laboring classes thronghout the world, that
labor should have a larger share of the profits
of tbe joint operation than it gets at present.
Capital certainly gets the most. The capital
ists of the world get richer; they live more
sumptuously; they absorb, more and more,
the cnlture, the grandeur, the enjoyments,
and the power of the world; while the
laborers the active partners in the whole
concern do not share in these advantages in
a corresponding degree. These are strong
points, and, in the main, they are true. An l
labor has an unquestioned right to change the
terms of the partnership if it can, and to exact
for itself a larger, while it imposes ou capital
a smaller, share of the advantages of their
joint exertions.
But we doubt the possibility of making any
very great changes in the relations between
the two. Those relations are fixed and main
tained by laws more potent than the enact
ments of any legislature. They do not de
pend on votes, and are uot in the least atteoted
by universal suffrage, nor disturbed or checked
in their operation by eloquent stump speeches
or able editorials. A fundamental condition
of free society is that all its elements, and all
tbe foices that give it power, shall be free iu
their development; and any action of the Gov
errmont that interferes with this rotaria the
growth and Injures the prosperity of the
society itself.
If labor oripplei capital, it will drive it
away1 and go deprive ttaelf of I'm oaly meaus
wEeieT' K lives. If capital opprtme labor,
it degrades society, and aap Uit fouuiulou
of its Btrength7 And if Government inter
feres with either,' or attempts to regulate and
oontrol their mutual relation, it takes from
loth that freedom of aoti n under natural
and indefeasible laws, which is their ouly
guarantee of growth aud prosperity. Any law
which deprives a laboring inau of the right to
get the most he oan for his work, or of the
right to woikas uimh as he fiads to hla ad
vantage, or Which compels an employer to
pay as much for little work as for muoh, or for
poor work as for good, iufllots a gross Injustice
on the parties conoeruel, aud oanuo, pjsjib'y
promote the general good.
(Jenerai Oram's Cabiuet.
From the If. T. WorUl.
The interesting Washington letter which
we printed on Monday supplies better grounds
for conjecturing the composition of the new
Cabinet than were previously possessed by
the pnblio. We now know General Gram's
estimate of quite a number of prominent men
wbo might be suppose! to have Cabinet aspi
rations. We may safely assume that Mr.
Sumner has no poi'ible ohauoe to be Secre
tary of State; that Mr. Seward has no possible
chance of a temporary ooutinuanoe in tb.it
office; that none of the politicians who are
affiliated with the Seward and Weed clique, or
with the Morgau ring, are likely to flad graoe
in tbeejes of the new President.
Hy far the most important position in the
Cabinet is that of Seoretary of the Treasury,
and it is clear enough from General Grant's es
timate ot Senator Morton that that gentletntn
is not destined to fill it. The dislike wuioh
the President elect expresses for pjlttioiim
for that responsible station may perhaps be
considered as squinting towards Commissi uer
Wells. It cannot ba denied that Mr. Wells
has some important qualifications for that
office. His integrity is above Btupiaiou, and
Le is quite free.froui all entanglements or affilia
tions with rogues who wish to rob the Trea
sury, in making appointments to suuirdi
nate places, he would look 8 olely to honesty
and capacity. Mr. Wells would bring to the
cilice another important qtiahllca'ion which no
man in the country au rival. LU
has been engaged, for the last
three or four jears, in th diligent
study of our revenue system, with a iniud
unencumbered by the aduiiuistra'ive details
which engross the time and exhaust the
strength of executive officers. Ilj probably
understands the present fiscal cou'iitiou of the
country better than auy other inau iu it;
his mind being stored with th most receu,
facts, and all the freshest results of
financial investigation in other countries
as well as our ovtu. The drawback to such
an appointment would be tha1. Mr. Wells uai
never been in a pofition to test either his
strength of will or his exe.ui'ive talents.
The thief duties of the Secretary of the Trea
sury are administrative; he his a vast
and complex machine to superintend,
and netds to be a n;an of indomitable energy,
quick perceptions, rea'ly insight into charac
ter, prompt decisiou, aud gieat aptitude for
the despatch of business. The daily routine
of the Treasury Department is a kin! of em
ployment in which Mr. Wells has had no
training or experience; aud if General Grant
appoints him he will take a great deal upon
trust. IUH in all qualifications except execu
tive energy, he is perhaps as fit a man as
General Grant can find in the Republican
parly. If General Butler had Mr. Wells'
probity and financial knowledge, or Mr. Wells
had Butler's activity, penetration, and know
ledge of men, either would make an admirable
Secretary of the Treasury. As between the
two, with their actual qualifications, Mr. Wells
is clearly entitled to carry the day.
The language of strong praise in whioh
General Grant speaks of Senator Fessenleu
may perhaps authorize tbe expectation that
he will offer him one of the most important
portions in the Cabinet. The administrative
feebleness (f artly, we may suppose, the con
sequence of infirm health) which Mr. Fessen
den exhibited as Secretary of the Treasury
would be no solid objection to making him
Secretary of State, an office which does not
make such constant drain upon nervous
energy. Mr. Fessenden has never been cre
dited with a very extensive knowledge of
foreign affairs; but Seward and Sumner, being
quite out of the range of choice, Mr. Fessenden
is as good an appointment as General Grant
can make, if he makes the mistake of passing
over Charles Francis Adams, by all odds
the fittest, ablest, and best equipped states
man in the oountry to be intrusted with onr
foreign relations.
Until these two capital places the Trea
sury and State Departments are disposed of,
the country will feel comparatively little in
terest in the other Cabinet appointments. If
the War Department should be bestowed upon
some distinguished soldier, and the Navy
Department npon an emiuent officer in that
branch of the public service, the people would
recognize the fitness of such selections and
give them their approval.
Disobedience to Hud Laws a Virtue.
From "Er.ck" l'omeroy't N. T. Democrat.
A paper calling itself Democratic has a sen
tence ot this supreme foolishness: "Laws,
whether good or bad, ought to be implicitly
obeyed nntil repealed."
What stuff I A bad law ought to be resisted
by the whole people, with as much decision as
an individual resists an assassin or a thief.
The violation of a bad law is a virtue, while
the obeying of a bad law is a crime. The
essence of right aud wrong does not depend
upon words and clauses inserted in a code or
statute book, but upon reason and the nature
of things, antecedent to all laws. It is said
that eut mission to, tyrants ia disobedience to
God. Submission to bad laws is disobedience
to virtue and justice. The Northern people
who condemn the so-called reconstruction acta
as violation of all just law and of civilization,
and who have not risen up in their wrath
against them, and helped the Southern people
defend the right, are either criminals or cow
ards. No man who attempts to administer
such laws should be allowed to live either in
the South cr North. He ought to be regarded
and treated as tbe common enemy ot man
kind. Wherever he appears in the public
streets the dogs should be set upon him, aud
he should be allowed to pass nowhere except
under the general hiss and scon of the
people.
Cicero laid down this fundamental maxim:
"It is a maxim of the law, that whatever
we do in the way aud for the ends of self-
defense, we law'ully do." By this eternal
maxim of law, have not the Southern people
tbe clear rigni 10 naug wane, or any other
tyrant commander sent by the Jluino to rule
over them f To hang them, or to pwison them
like dogsr it we may, uere m .New York,
poison a dog which endangers the health and
life of our family, why may not a mau iu an
other State serve a human dog iu the same
manner r
All that a man must do to preserve his nro
perty, his life, his liberty, aud the lifo aud
liberty of his lamiiy, be lias a rluht to do:
i)y, he ought to do It. Whatever the rights
of a man are tgainst a kighwayman, he ho'd
gainst a tyrsnt, or the tooia of a tyrant.
Whatever the r'glita of a man are against ra a
or poisonous vermin, he nnle-ntably holda
2aiu8t his oppressors. Th rlUt of auy
people to liberty or self-g verninut oa-ie
w.th, it the sacred, the eternal right to remove
every obstacle to their freedom, whether it te
a king, a congress, a ireu-ral, or an assass n.
uib buimb 10 genuine liberty live by no
other tenure bnt that of the cowardice or
wtaknesa tf tbe oppressed. If there was one
thiuK that God impressed upon his au lent
peop eof Israel, it win the riicht au! the duty
to slay all U rants. To alay thni, either by
war or by the dancer. Perhaps a nobler
tyrant nver lived thanJO ar, and yet the
whole world hav adored the virtue of the
hands that slew him. liwn the famous old
divine, Beza, says: "No man can justly re
prehend Bmtna, Cassias, and the rest who'
killed Cirsar." Sttnes of brass were ereoUd
to their honor at Athens. Aud ever ince all
enlightened mankind have consecrated the
name of Brutus to virtue and liberty.
Twenty centuries have oovred him with
glory for killing a tyrant. Time nsver failed
to cover any man with glory who slew a
tyrant. Time never failed to reward with
immortal honor any people who resisted and
destroyed oppressive laws.
Then let the taxed and oppressed people of
America prepare to treat uujast laws or tyran
nical law-makers as brave aud virtuous men
have, in every age of the world, treated the in
to fire and halters. Until the scoundrels of
Congress see this spirit bursting up like flame
out of tbe bosoms of the people, th-iy will still
drive on their accursed Juggernaut.
BRANDY, WHISKY, WINE, ETC.
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Y. P. M.
Y. P.
YOVSO'W PURE MAXT WHHKr,
YOI7NWS PUKE Hf ilT TOHIMKT,
TOUNUM 1'VBI! HALT WHINKT,
'Ihf r is no question relative to the merits of fie
tricbrat t Y V M. Hla the i nrtBi quality of WUi-fcy
ntufa"tured from tbe Uonl grHln ll'.(1e1 bv (ue
f-tillndepbla market and It I bo id at tbe low ra e u
$ i per gallou, or (1 25 r quart, at tbe salerooms,
So. 700 rASSfUMC KOA.1),
11 2vj PHILA 1'Kl.i'HrA.
QAR STAIRS & McCALL
Njs. 126 WLUT aurt 21 URAMTESta.
IMPOK i KRiS OF
BrauUM-s, Wines, Hid, Olive VH, tier Etc...
AND
(JOM.VUBUlON MKItOHAiV'l :
VOli I Hi, SALE OF
t'UUt OLD KYE, W HEAT, AS I) UOUL
KO.N WHISKIES. , Ui
QCRQMA WINE COMPANY
Ksiabltnbed for the sale of
Pure California Wines.
Tbls Company oiler lor sale pure California Wlne
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ftl i.iki: t ri-i..
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AND
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a jkn.ta to Co n lam noiliii)-i,ut lue uurjjui oi tin
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Drpot. No. 2! BaNK Mtr"t, Philadelphia.
II t Ut'Ai. Agi-nta. 1211.1
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
4Q5 CHESNUT STREET.
OLD KYK HOTEL.
LUNCH OF VKSIMJN, and other ame In
Kt-son, every duy from 10', to 12 M.
12 9 Im ROBERT BLACK.
RIDDLE TEMPLE
iioiii, am) i:i:sr.vritA.T,
Ko. 110 South SIXTH Street.
12 9 lm H. REIN H A RD, Proprietor.
G
E O K G h' Z I K L L E Y,
Formerly Fit, water & Zielley.
Filbert street, above Eighth street,
has opened the old stand,
N. W. I 'OK. TlIIltD AND WOOD 8TS.,
where ho will be glud to see lila friends.
1211 lm OEOKUE ZIELLEY.
AIt. Vernon Hotel,
8 i Monument street, Baltimore.
Elegantly Furnished, with unsurpassed Cuisine.
On the European rian, t
D. P. MORGAN.
GENT.'S FURNISHING GOODS.
E G H L E lYl A N
BROTHERS
WILL OPEN A NEW STOCK OF
Men's Furnishing Goods,
AT
No. 1004 CHESNUT Street-
OX UECEHllKK 15.
Belling off Old Stock at U U lmrp
SEVENTH AND CUESNUT STREETS.
Ha 8a Ka Ga
Harris' Seamless Kid Gloves.
ETEBI PAIB WABHANTED.
JCXOLTJBIVK AGENTS YOU GENTS' (i LOVES
J. VV. SCOTT & CO.,
MO. 814 UUKMKUT RlUtn,
JJATENT SHOULDER. SEAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE.
PJ-.l'.FKCT FITTING ISHIKTS AND DRAWJCK8
mailt! Hum lut-aurt-uiULi at very hhurt notice.
Ail olinr artlcir. uf UivN i'LfcMKN'ti DRESS
GOODS In full variety.
WINCHESTER & CO.,
112 Nu. 7im CH KSN U r Street
DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC.
TOBiniT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
N, E. Corner of I OL'KTII aud llAl'L Sl.,
PUILADKLPUIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS.
lSll'OKTKKS AMD MAN Uf AUTUItEH-) OJ
White Lcad aud Colored 1'ahits, I'uti
Vui'uiuucij, Etc.
4.UIUST3 FOtt THK OKLUHBATJCD
tKLSCil mC PALMS.
i;iLPIUl AMI COls'.UIUKIta bupplijed At
LOWWST l ltlOKti Folt UAsSH. ti
LIFE INSURANCE.
TUB NATIONAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPAMY
or mi
United States of America,
1YASHLNUT03, 0. C
Chartered bj JSpocIal Act of Congress,
Approved July 25, 18G3.
CASH CAPITAL, SI. 000,000
BKANL'H OKKNJE:
HHtsT NATIONAL BANE UllLIHNU,
PHILADRLl-HIA,
Wbere tuo lnniimsa ol the Company U trans
acted, aud to wblcu all ge'iural correspoudeuoe
sumilil te dlii!,c.'U.
DIRKOTO.K8.
CLARKMCK H. I LAHK,
K. A. Kul.LINS,
Hknkv D. Cooks,
YVm. K. CHANoL.ua,
lOHN L. DkFKKIW,
Wdward Doiiua,
i, O. KAHNJUtiOUK.
K. Katchkobd Htauk,
W. O. MOOKHKAO,
GKOKGK K. TY1.F.R,
J. ilCKLFY (JLAKK,
OFFIOISKS.
Ci'AitKMCE il. Ci.AkK, Philadelphia, Presl-jBnt,
Jay Cuok, ctiHlruiuu Kiaauue ana Hixeoiulve
Comuiiuee,
Hknuy D.i ookk, Washington, Vloe-President.
EaifcKNON W. pKEr, Punuitelpuia, -xjoroury
hucI Actutiry,
K 8. 'lCkNKR, WBShlnatou, Ansl8tarit o'y.
h'kA K(!1M (i. KVI'l il. 11 Ik M.'.ll.ii! ii ...
J. Kwino MKAUh, M. 1 Assistant MWioal
virvvwn,
MEDICAL ADVISOir ilOAKi).
J. K. tiAKNKa, oumu-Ufcuetl U. d. x., vVaaa
lLKion,
P. j. Uorwitb, Chief Modlual Doparluien
U.S. ., WHbMtigioii.
D. W. BLlos, M. L Washington.
SOLICITOUS AM II ATTORNEY'S.
Holi. WM. K. Uhamm.kk, Wuliini-)U, D, (J.
UicuuftK Uakui.nl, i'miudeipuia, Pa,
TH2 ADVANTAGES
OtTertd by this Company ares
It Is a Isr.tlouHl Com pans', oLmrtere J by spe
cial ho l ot Congress, lfttiS,
It tias a palu-up capital of SI.iKW.wO.
Il uUoiu tow laics ol premium,
i Ii t in ntMies larger luxurauce lima other oom
ijHLiieblor ihi BH'ue uiouey.
It i at Utile aiiii tv-i tulu in Its terms.
H is a lioine company in every locality,
lis pollch'Hait eicima dom 'il t icinne.ii.
'11h ? aie no '.touretstwy rvi rubious 14 ibt
WHlClfrg.
Kwy policy is non-f orfei'ulde.
Policies u, Hy on urn u whiou pay 10 the In
slued I li lr mil auiouul aud return all the pra
in Hi 11 ih, so UW U-o insurance ois;s only tue In
wiinl oi, the AtiEual ta m- nls.
Pi.lU 1ih iai y be l iKt-u Inat will pay to the
insured, auer a cerium .ni:i;Drol yeirs, during
nits hu 11 uuum itiui'iuo 11 uiie-MeuiiU Lite auiouui
named la tue policy.
No exlra rat la charged for risks npon the
lives of Iiimaies. ati wsrp
It lnsurta not to pay dividends, but at so low
u cot, I turn dividend will ue liupouMolo.
CLOTHS, CASSIMEP.ES, ETC.
PAN TALC Ofi 5TUFFSI
JAMES & LES,
NO. 11 KOI1TH miCONII STREET,
Sisrn of the Golden Lamb,
Have now on hand a very large and choice assort,
meut ot all tbe new styles of
Fall aud Winter Faucj Cassi uteres
IN THK MARKET,
To which they Invite the Attention of the trade and
others. 123 w
AT WHOLESALE ARD RETAIIm
CLOAKS.
C1LOAKS CLOAKS. The crowd or cm.
J tomers who dally visit onr store mast
convince every one that It Is tbe place to
secure tbe newest styles. Tbe finest
qualities and tbe best work at tbe most
reasonable prices. JIK.KYIVEXS,
No. 23 South SIXTH Street.
(1I.OAKS-CI.OAIiS.-Vt bat every one
J says must be true, and they all say
you can buy the most fashionable, the
bvst aud cheapest Clonks In (he city, at
lir.MCY IVK.W,
li-.awwr2m No. :i N.MXIII Street.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
AZARD'S ENGLISH BOOK3IOUR.
Heifcrd'i Bookstore is Oecuiuing synonymous
with good booag, line boons, el-team.. y lilnitr.tud
bookr, cbolce editions of mandtrd books, books la
rich and taty bladings, children's books, toy books
( a linen and paper, oooks lor all traiira ana people.
TbeMock being alwosi entirely of London editions
bere will be f Mind at all times Kngliab Books which
catiDOt be bad elBewbere In Ibis city.
Prices asobeap as American edition, and ranglnc
from the lowest sum to two hundred dollars the
volume, 10 uf No. bAjs.suM ik mar
GROCERIES, ETC.
Tfltlifrll FUUITS & niESERVEa.
Bunch, Layer, Seedless, and Knltaua Ha'slns; Cur
junt. Citron, UrauK s, Trunin, Finn, etc. Eve y de
scrli'lion ot Groceries, suitable for the Holidays.
ALBCBT C. KOBEBTS,
11 72rp ikis. ELUVKNTH and VIKB Streets.
JOX'S PHILADELPHIA a T A K C II.
O. J. FELL & BRO.. AgenU.
piiE-STOX'S BREA Kt ASr CtCOA.
C. J. FKLL t BRO., Agt nta.
A
Z U U EN H .
V. J. FELL A BRO,, A ;enta,
JpKAMvLIN BULLS fetl.F.ttAlSINU FLOUR,
V. J. FELL BMO., Manufacturers,
1212 wsln. No. MuJttoiNT 611 eel.
CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS.
PICTURES F 0 R PRESENTS.
A. 8. 11 ii IS I AT S O IV,
No. 91U CllEi-jMJf Birctt,
Hub Just recHed exquisite specimens ot ART
Sfll'AiiLK i'UK UUL11JAV Uli fVst.
FIKK HRKSDEiM -KXAMKLH" UN POKt KLAIN
in great Vuiic-iy,
bil.fcKDIU PsIXTnU l'lKH'OCmAPHi,
li.cli:aiD a number 01 cliuice euis
A bUJPKKB LINK OK ClfUOaf04.
A inri;eiir,sorlni('lit ol LMUt VI Nil -', Klo.
AIM', Rlv.il hrLii, i'llAiiLd. o oitfiut nt,v
i tlln lis, : 1 jj
TRUEa.
"BrEf-KY'S HARD KUOUFR IBUWi
v IT.o. liii' r;". tvNl.'T fctroct. late 'irtisi oor
.- !i:uy alleo a III ouie ai4 i iln with eaee tlic mos
J.i'jicult mptuie-a!w' lf u, lltlit easy, sale, sue
.omioiit.bii, uhciI in Ontliliit. Iiuh4 to form, uevn
ruHin, brc-ak. sol!., bcoomt llmlwr, or tniivu. from
pihi, Iso si rivi.i.l ue, iinru Rui.UHr Abdouiiu) ti,,,
purMir, b Vililcn tuo .uotLiti.'u, C'ui piilnnt, aud l-i;Uc
auiicrli t Willi IVnihle m tak 1 i, will llnd reiliifauil
ii'ihcl sKt'unr'; vry ll'-'bt, i al, and sKlwwl, fits
Iu.'run Ui u.mld'-r Kmcu, K'a IIP Mlocklnji) fo
Wrt-k in,,i. SiuijH-ii.lO'm, Mr. Alt", lat'icf nor br
J. i..!))i 'liu.us, tiJul u.l' ki Prlci. I'. ? It i'f v4
"FINANCIAL.
Union Pacific Railroad.
WE ARE KOW SELLIKU
The First Llortgago Gold In
terest Bonds
OK aiLIS COMPANY AT
PAR ftD INTBRS3T,
At which rate the holder or UOYERX
MENT SECLKITIES ran make a proQt
able oxcliaup.
I'OUrONStlne Jannarj 1 CASHED, or
bought at Tall rates for Uold.
WM. FiLIIITEE CO.,
UANKEKS AA'D DEALERS IX GOVEILN
MOT 8EUUUITIES,
Ho. 33 South THIRD Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
u
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OF
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
5-2Cs and 1881s,
Dl E JANUARY 1,
AUD GOLD,
W ANTED.
Dealers In Government Securities,
No. 10 SOUTH TJUUD STKEET,
ess
PHILADELPHIA.
STERLING & WILDMAN,
BANKKK8 AND BROKERS,
No. 110 Sooth THIRD Street,
At KNTS FOR BALB OP
First Mortsase Uouds of Gockford, Roc'
Island, and St. Louis Railroad,
iDtereet RVN PER CENT., clear ot a-1 tax(
payable In GOLD August and February, foraale
7J4 and accruea lutur,l In currency. Also
Firbt Mortgage Ronds of the Danrille
llazleton, and Hilkesbarre Railroad.
Jntereet SKVKN PER CENT., CLEAR OF ALL
TAXES, payablti April anJ October, for Bale at SO
and accrued Interest
Pamphlets wli maps, reports, and fill Information
oftnete roads alwas on hand for dla'rtbu'lon.
DEALILrib In Uovernnieut Bunds, "-old, Silver
Ccniions. eta
t-'i'OCKS of ali kinds bought and sold on commit
ion In JSew Yoi k and Pbilauel pula. 11 it tutus
RA N K I N G H O U S B
OP
Aos. 112 aua 114 South THIRD street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Dealers In all Uorerumcut Securities.
Old 6.20s Wanted in Exchange for Mew.
A Liberal Difference aliowca.
Compound Interest Notes Wanted.
Interest Allowed on Ifeposits.
COLLECTIOJNH MADE. BToCKS bougbl and (Old
on Commliwlon,
ladles.
special biulneaa accommodations reserved for
We will recelv triplication fir Policies of Life
Insnranci. In the National Life InnuratiCe Oompaay
of tbe United States, Full information given at oar
otUcck 1 1 8m
Dealers in United States Ronds, and Mem
bers of Stock ami Wold ilxchanre,
receive Accounts of Hanks and Rankers on
Liberal Terms
ISSUE BILLS OF KXCHANWEOX
C. J. IIAMfckO & SON, LONDON,
B. MKTZLElt. 8. 8i)HN & Co., FRANKFORT
JAMKS W. TUCKEK & CO.. PARIS,
And Other frUclpal Cities, and Letters of
Credit Available Tlmmghout Europe.
GLEMMIKG, DAYbTcDL
No. 18 South THIRD Street,
PH1LADKLPHIA.
GLENBINHIKG DAVIS & ABORT
ft. 2 NASSAU St., New Yurie,
mXKKP.S AM) UROKEKM.
Direct 1ek';;ra;;lilc cominuulcation with
the Kew York Stock Km-u from tlie
l lilluilt lphia onice. u tf
rpHE 8AFE DE TOS I T COUPANT,
lor Safe Keepiv:) of Valuable; Sacuritiet, etc.
and Rmlmu ot Sat'ct. '
DtRlfi.l,ORJ
N. B. Browne, IJ UUiltikbawi Fell.lAlex. Henry
l . Jl.i ihrke If Macati-nifr, b A Caldel
JiiliDWVNb. f. w. Ciurlr, F Tyler '
OKilCE, No. il t-'HMrtNUT BfKElflf
W. B. UivoW.NK, t'tthiUi-ut