THE DMLV EVENING . TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 18G9. SPIRIT OF TBE PRESS. BDITOBIAIi OPINIONS OF THS LEADING JOCRSALB PPOH CUBBBNT TOPICS COMPILED KVKBT DAT FOE TH1 IVENMO TELBGRAPH. The Whltky Kuslness. From"rick" Pomeroy'i N. Y. Democrat. Mr. Greeley Las a queer way with him, more than sometimes, or eveu occasionally. reoently La asked as innocently-like as a well-fed lamb: "Why cau not a single whisky case D9 brought to trial r" How, Horace, you know as well, perhaps even better, than we do, the story about that peculiar party who was always the first to cry "stop thief;" not that he wanted to have auybody stopped, for he really wanted to run himself, but dared not, and so yelped and pointed to a pieoe of imagination up the street just to amusingly divert publio attention, lie suooeeded for a remarkably long time, Horace, and so have you; but they did nip him at last. We don't think whisky an article likely to be patented in the work of reform, Horace, and we therefore advise you to stop it right away. We have contradicted the voluminous rumor that you drink that is, to excess often, and shall oontinue to do so lor your own good and to keep np the respectability of the press. But when we talk for you now, the only answer we get is, "If Horace don't drink, all I have to say is, some of his articles do smell awful strong of the cask." So you see it is leaking out" in spite ef all we can do for you, and, probably, it gets on to your coat and trousers without your being aware of it. We knew another old ohap onoe who died of delirinm tremens, in the belief that not a single member of his congregation knew he ever touched a drop. When you go round the barrels, Horace, just to test if they are proof, and if not, to add your usual logwood and tannin, roil your trousers well np, and be sure your boots don't leak. It would be dreadful for the press if it should be known. Horace, do be more careful. More State Dividing. SYomthe N. Y. World. The State-dividing mania whtoh first pro posed to cut New York up into the State of New York and the State of Manhattan, and then took a turn at Pennsylvania, whioh it wished to bisect into Pennsylvania and Tran sylvania, and then wished to lop olf peninsu lar Michigan so as to have Michigan proper and Ontonagon or Superior, gave Tennessee a touch of its quality in a move to erect East Tennessee into a State, and is now very heavy on Texas and Florida. In the Texts Conven tion are divers propositions, some looking to a Texas and an Kast Texas, others to both these and a Middle Texas, and others again to Kast Texas, Middle Texas, Texas, and the Terri tory of Montezuma, to be in time a State, to boot. In Florida the move is to cut off all west of the Chattahoochee river aad annex it to Alabama, where, by geo graphical position, it beyond all doubt belongs. Pensacola being in West Florida, and, as is olaimed, not cared for by the rest of the State as her merit? deserve, it is argued that annexation to Alabama will give the wealth of that large State to aid her develop ment. Per contra, if West Florida is to go to Alabama, why should not the rest of the State go to Georgia f The question of boundary line has been mooted with that State for years, has put the contestants to the expense of three several surveys, divers commissions, and any amount of legislative bunoombe, and is even now on the docket of the United States Supreme Court, and if nothing el3e resulted from the move, this source of irritation and expense would disappear with annexation. Moreover, Georgia is a wealthy State, far ahead even of .Alabama, and could do as well for Middle, East, and South Florida as Alabama oould for the Western division. So muoh for speculation; as to facts, it is not likely that in either Texas or Florida will any of the mooted changes be made, or at least for years to come. "Fly-HobMIng Clodhoppers." From the N. Y. World. The Tribune rushes to the defense of its rural readers. It insists upon knowing what the World means by calling those benighted souls "Uy-gobbling clodhoppers." Eyes are we to the blind, and, to the appeal ef the ig norant for light, never, never may we turn a deaf ear. A "clodhopper," then, is, properly speaking, a "clown," a rustic person, that is, who is so absorbed in his own narrow notions, interests, and passions that he neither cares for the feelings nor concerns himself about the rights of his neighbors. He lives in theooun try, as a farmer lives in the country, but he differs from a farmer as a "rough" in the city differs from a "laborer" in the city. The "farmer" in the country and the "laborer" in the city may very possibly laok that fastidious elegance of manners which the Tribune, oalliDg itself, as it dees, the "gentleman's organ," may think an indis pensable prerequisite for membership in the "Union League Club." But either of them, being an honest and humane person, will be very apt to be considerate of other people's feelings and respectful of other people's rights, and therefore both or them will proba bly be Democrats. The "clodhopper" and the "rough," on the other hand, being neither considerate of other people's feelings nor re spectful of other people's rights, will naturally be radicals. So the "roughs" make them selves the allies (as ia the case of (ieoghegan) of wealthy radical leaders to defraud Demo cratic "laborers" of their just majority in the city; and the "clodhoppers" make themselves the tools (by their representatives at Albany) of wealthy radical cliques to fix upon the l.mpire State the soandal of suoh a Senator at Washington as Morgan or Fenton. So muoh for the "olodhoppers." Now for the "ny-gobblers." A fly-gobbler in KngliBh, like a gobe mouche in French, is a gull," a "triller," a "person who has no opinion of his own." Such a person natu ra ly goes with the radicals, because the radi cals have made the right of private opinion a mocktry, and perver ed the rule of majorities into a mere depotism of numbers. Suoh per sons, the Tribune ordering them so to do, will believe Yates, of Illinois, to be a model of sobriety, and Chandler, of Michigan, to be "a tried statesman," and Sickles to be a great moral leader, and Kilpatriok to be the soul of honor, and Morgan, or Fenton, or Roberts to be such an Lnnnt man na a. nonntrv bent on honesty in its publio affairs may well expeot New York to tk1 to the Federal Senate. Wherefore, in "fly-gobbling clodhoppers" is tne nope of the Tribune rorevermore. The Ocean Telegraph Imbroglio. From the N. Y. Herald. The Franoo-Amerioan Telegraph Company has. aa ia alreadv known, an ocean oable nearly ready, and the steamship Great Eastern W beu chartered to comraeuoe laying it on 0r Vout the 1st of June, starting from Havre 0r Burnt, md landing at some point on the ' lUe United Slates probably Sandy irYfy managers that any one would one end Election to their lauding tb ?Mntrui 00 our B,10reH; but'n tue contraiy, the, ,vl(l6Iltl KnBf,td hearty welcome, ihey proUWy Oppose they have the same right to land their oable as they have to land their steamer. The American end of the cable would, of course, be wholly tubjeot to our State ana national laws, and no one has dreamed of questioning their right to land wherever the oompany oould lease or buy a piece of land large enough for an office and landing-place. It is alleged, however, by friends of the Franoo-Amerioan Company that the Western Union and Atlantic Telegraph Companies are now intriguing and lobbying to prevent the landing of the new cable on our coast. Sana tor Norton has introduced a resolution de claring that no foreign telegraph oompany has the right to land a oable on the ooaBt or the United States without the oonsent of Con cress. The passage of this resolution, It w thought, will kill the new enterprise. The Great Eastern is preparing to Start during the month of April or May next. It is clflnied hat if the monopolists can muster strength, enough to pass the Norton resolution they oan delay the passage of a law granting the Frauco AmeTioanCompany the , required privl leee during the remainder of the present Con sress and through the two or three weeks' ses sion of the Forty-first Congress in March, or until adjournment, which would carry it over until the Deoeinber session, too late to move gain in the matter before the spring of 1870. Ten weeks' delay now postpones the enterprise a whole year and doubtless breaks up the oompany. It is not likely now that the managers of the company will lay one end of their cable on our shores, their right to do so having been questioned, without express per mission of Congress. Can the monopolists stave off the matter twelve weeks or sor That is a question for the press and business men of the United States and Europe to con sider. The most foolish objections are raised by lobby jobbers against the new enterprise. They say that certain members of the new company sympathized with a rebellion that was subdued some years since in several of our Southern States. Senator Nye introduced a biU a few days since subsidizing a telegraph oompany with some eight million dollars of bonds from our national Treasury. The Franco-Amerioau Telegraph Company offers to lay a cable and put one end wholly under our control without subsidy or expense to our people. Shall the lobby jobbers prevent it f That is a question foi the press and business men of the United States and Europe to answer. Senator Conkling made a move in the right direction on the 5th instant, by introducing a bill granting a Newfoundland company the privilege of landing one end of its cable on the coast of the United States. Now let him add another provision, giving any company that chooses to exeroise it the same privilege, with out further legislation, and pair it without delay. Senator Conkling has here an oppor tunity of rendering the business community not only of the United States, but the whole civilized world, a valuable service, which we are inolined to believe he will not let pass un improved. The Fastern (Question The First Session 01 i lie louicrcnce. From the N. Y. Times. The Paris Conference has met, and has held a long deliberation, lasting, as we learn by the cable, from 4 o'clock in the afternoon to 11 o'clock at night. The representatives of both Turkey and Greece, we are told, manifested a conciliatory disposition, and confidence is ex pressed in the pacific issue of the negotiations. We hope these anticipations may prove well founded, and that while Greece is compelled to retreat from her untenable position with regard to the Cretan insurrection, and oomply with the plain dictates of international law, Turkey may be forced, by the moral pressure of the great powers, to remove the more out rageous grievances under whioh not only the Cretans, but the general body of Christians under Ottoman rule, have hitherto suffered. Until this is done it will be useless for Turkey to appeal to the peoples of Europe, even though it be the interest of certain governments to do all they can in her behalf. Even England, whose traditional policy has been to uphold the in tegrity of Turkey at all risks, cannot do so any longer, unless the lair promises of the Sultan, with regard to the better government of his Christian subjeots, are carried out. No government in England, Tory or Liberal, could go before the country with a cry of war on the Eastern question, as in 1854, unless the inter nal policy of Turkey be materially modified. The Sultan, there is every reason to believe, has adopted of late more enlightened views on the subject of religious toleration and equita able government than any of his predecessors on the throne ever entertained, but he has, always been hindered, and still will be, in giving effect to them, by the obstinate bigotry and fanaticism of his ministers, and by the selfish interest which nearly all the great officials of tne empire nave in Keeping np the present syBtem of tyrannioal extortion in all the departments of the administration. It is quite possible that the Ottoman Gov ernment may give assurances during the Con ference that will enable the two Western powers to hold out promises of support with some prospect of enlisting popular opinion on the same side. The day has gone by when the Governments of nations like France and England can even threaten war unless sure of a cause that will arouse popular enthusiasm. On the other hand, Kuseia being notori ously unprepared for war, aud probably not desirous of it in any case, ureece is scarcely likely to persist in any step which may bring down upon her the far superior strength of Tur key. Aud yet, if Russia declines to interfere, Greece would assuredly have to bear the brunt of a war with Turkey by herself, and the Government at Athens must surely teel the risk of utter ruin to the kingdom which they would incur by precipitating a war under the circumstances. As a rule conferences are sources of danger, rather than agenoies for peace, but in the present case, where the in terests of both the powers primarily conoerned are so strongly on the side of peace, we must hope that the reassuring anticipations with regard to the opening session of the Confer ence may be fully borne out by its termi na tion. The Man Named Washburne. From Die N. Y. Tribune. There is a man in Washington, named Washburne, whom we advise to go back to Illinois in the very next train. This man is making himself very disagreeable. Presum ing upon his long career in Congress, he is all the time insisting that the Government ought to be proteoted that officials should be honest; and he is making the word economy as odious as Shakespeare said Pistol made the word occupy. There is not a gentleman in the lobby excuse us; this sentence is not finished, and the first part of it must not be taken as a positive assertion there is not a gentleman in the lobby, we repeat, whom this man Wash burne has not grievously offended, aud who doeB not desire that be should clear out of Congress. He is one of those fellows who interfere with the lobby, and who are so far behind the times as to think that the lobby members are not the real representatives of the people. These gentlemen want him to go home, and we mourn their misery in lindiug that he won't. The other day this WasLburue jnmp up in the House, and what does he say f That for ever shall float that standard attest, where falls the foe that flies before us, with freedom's soil beneath our feet and freedom's banner waving o'er us f Nothing of the kind. Des be say that when his eyes shall be raised for the last time to the sun in heaven, may it not shine upon a broken and dissevered Union, and a land, it may be, drenched in fraternal blood f Not at all. Does he say, lives there a man, with roul so dead, who never to him self bath said this is my own, my native land; whose heart bath not within him burned, when borne his footiteps he hath turned from wandering on a foreign strand ? He doe not. Does he say it Is sweet to die for one's coun try f No, he don't. This man says nothing about our glorious eagle. That noble bird pines under his base negleot. He has even been known to omit the name of Washington, the Cinoinnatus of the West and the Father of his Country, from his speeches. In short, this man Washburne is all the time talking about saving pennies and dollars, and being economical, and paying our debts, aud doing nasty, industrious things, and all that. It's mean; that's what it is mean. The other day, as we were sayinr, he jumps np in the House, and makes a long speeoh about the duty of Congress. It must give its attention to the material and vital interests of the country. It must turn to questions of finance, ot taxes, of eoonomy, of decreased ex penditure", and tariffs, and ad valorem?, whatever they may be. And this is all that Washburne wants Congress to do f Oh no 1 You have no idea of his wants. Just as if these things were not enough for twenty Congresses, he must say that it must attend to "questions of railroad, telegraph, and express monopo lies, which are sucking the very life-blood of the people" (he actually uces this vulgar ex pression), "to the administration of the reve nue laws, and to the robberies and pluuderings of the Treasury by dishonest office-holders." But the Star Spangled banner he deliberately and with premeditated contempt omits en tirely t Great Heaven 1 are we to neglect the flag of our country in this way ? Shall the name of our Washington e'er be forgot ? Shall we cease to pour our hot tears of grati tude on the urns aud ashes of our immortal forefathers ? Bear in mind that the vindictive Washburne says we must. According to him, we are to turn our attention to speculation, extravaganoe, profligacy, and corruption. Yes, fellow-citizens, we are to look after the vast army of the base, the venal, and to go for "the lobbyists and gamblers who have gone to Washington to make a raid on the Treasury." Now, we advise this Washburne to stop all this kind of talk, or be will get himself into trouble. As they say in Albany, somebody will go for his ear. You don't know what that means, do you, Washburne f Very well, you will find out if you meddle with any of our bills, which are just as good as anybody's, if not better. What a great and glorious thing is an en lightened people ! Of what value is a govern ment that is not founded upon popular virtue? Crushing this man Washburne as unworthy of notice, we appeal to Congress, and ask it to diffuse enlightenment aud virtue throughout this favored land. What is enlightenment? Knowledge. Knowledge is the cognition of facts. Faots are found in "The Tribune Alma nac" for 18(19, just issued; extended to 88 pages, and, though very compaot, the fullest annual compilation of election statistics yet published. Congress could do no wiser thing than to ciroulate this valuable work, franked, of course; and therefore we shall introduce into the House, by way of the lobby, "a bill to provide for the encouragement of publio virtue," with an appropriation of $500,000 tacked on. Stuff and nonsense I but this is a mere trifle, gentlemen. Wby, the bill for the construction of a railroad in Alaska will cost millions, and the railroad is not half as useful as the almanao. Balloons are also an important invention, and aerial navigation is still in its infanoy. Ah 1 Mr. Speaker, what a beautiful thing it is to ride through the air and survey the world below. We foresee the time when the atmo sphere will be filled with balloons, bearing the commerce and the wealth of nations. "Like those trim boats unknown of yore, W la ion move against the wind and tide," these majestio vessels will defy the whirlwind and despise the storm. Now, when all the civilized nations of the world are rivals in the aid they give to science and art, shall we alone lag behind ? No, no I The tumultuous voice of a mighty people replies, "By no means." They demand balloons. Balloons will add to our material prosperity. Balloons will so rapidly develop our resources that in a few years we can put the whole debt in one, and Bend it kiting to the moon. Balloons will save the Government mileage. It is, there fore, true eoonomy to pass one little "bill for the encouragement of the balloon trade;" and as Mr. Nye wants a few millions of dollars for his oceanic telegraph to Asia, we want as much for our aerial ships. Nor has shoemaker's wax ever reoeived that profound attention whioh it should com mand from a great government. An appro priation to develop its manufacture is, there lore, as they say in Washington, demanded by the exigencies of the publio welfare. We have prepared a bill for this purpose, and think it deserves as much favor as a bill to aid the construction of a telegraph in China, or any one of those multitudinous railroads that are laid out on the paper maps of the West. But so long as this man Washburne stioks in Washington, we expeot trouble with these grand national projects. He who is so base as to say that "puollo land enough to make em n voted to wivate railway cor porations, subsidies of untold millions of bonds, for the same purposes, have become a charge upon the people, while the fetters of vast monopolies have been fastened Still closer acd closer upon the publio," is mean enough to attack our almanacs and balloons. We give him fair warning, though, that if he de teats our noble schemes in Congress we shall appeal to that higher legislative body, the lobby, and its superior power will make it all right. In the meanwhile, we tell Washburne he bad letter go home. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. G EORGE ZFELLEY, Formerly Fit.water A Zlellev. Filbert street, above Klgblb street, )ibh () eiH(l lite old Bland, N. W. COlt. T1IIKD AND WOOD ST3., Where he will bo glad to see tils lYlc-uild. 12 11 lm OEOHOE ZIKLLKY. Mt. Vernon Hotel, 8 i Monument street, Baltimore. Elegantly Furninbed, with unturpaased Cuisine On the European l'lan. D. P. MORGAN. Q EORGE PLOWMAN, CARrENTER AND BUILDER, REMOVED 10 Ko. 181 DOCK Street, PHILADELPHIA. BRANDY, WHISKY, WINE, ETC. V P. M. Y. P. M. Y. P. Mi YOCna'S PITRB MALT WI1ISKT. YOtTHU'S PIIB.E MALT WIIISKY. TOIKO S PtRB MALT WU 1.1 ICY. There u no question relative to the merits of the oelebrattd Y. P. M, It It) the tnrtiu quality of Whiakr. nmnufattiured from tbe bpm (rain attorded bv ibe Phlliule.plila market, end It Is told at tbe low rata of 15 per gallon, or 11 U ptrqnart, at tne salesrooms, 0. 700 FASSIUSK 110 AD, ll2pl PHILADELPHIA. QA It STAIR 8 & McCALL. Nos. 126 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE Sts IMPORTERS OF Brandies, Wines, Win, Olire Oil, Etc Etc, AND COMMISSION MEROHANTB SOB. THE BALE OP PUKE OLD RYE, WHEAT, AND HOUR. RON WHISKIES. 411 SONOMA WINE COMPANY Established for tbe sale of Pure California Wines. This Company oflor lor sale pure California Wine. Will I K. CI.AIIET, CATAHKA. MII.KHY, AftUUlCA C'lIAJli'AUAE, AND PURE URAFK RRAMir, Wholesale and retail, all of ibelr own growing, ant wananted to contain nothing uul tbe pure Juloo ot lh Dfiot. No. J BANK Street, Philadelphia. HAHN & QUAI, Agents. u"UBll,am' n ltf JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1823. noi.lDlv viirirvTa WATCHES, JJCWKLKY, CLUCKS, BiLVKRWARK, and FANCY GOOD. a. W. RUSSELL, No. 22 NOKTII SIXTH STREET, S 2l PHI LADELPHI A Tbe finest assortment In ibe city. A fresh lnrolct Just received direct Irom Oeueya with benuillul Bel; kccompanimer.ta. Onr selections comprise the choicest Operatic aud Home Melodies. FA It 11 & BROTHER, IMPORTERS, IVo. 321 CWESXUT 61 reel, llllWfn.2rP BEL.OW FOURTH, LUMBER. 189. fcl'KUCE JOldT. bfUUU Jul Hi'. HKMLUCK., iiil.Mt.OCK. 1369. 1 QrtQ SEASONED CLEAR PINK. -i ori. lOOJ SEAOONl!.l VL.KA.tt, PiNK. I0OS7 CMUiUE PA.i'1'KRjrt PUSJi. BPAKlttli CKDAH, K(JK PATIKKNa. Kl LKDAlt, I OfiO FLORIDA FLOORING. 1 onn 10U J IXOK1.DA FLOORING. lot) J CAROLINA FLOORING. VIRGINIA PLOORlftU. CfcLLAWARU FiAXJRiNG. ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING. FLORIDA HTEP BOARDS. RAIL PLANK. 1 KM WALNUT BD8 AND PLANK. 1 AO lOOy WALNUT BDS.Ai.iD PLUNK. lOOy WALNUT BOARDS. WALNUT PLAMK. 18f)9 UNDERTAKERS LUMBER. 1 OftO i-OO; CNDiSiRTAKlLRS' LUMBJUL AoOJ R&D CADAR. WALNUT AND PINK. IKfif) SEASONED POPLAR. 1 QftO AOOt7 Bli.AtoON.kD CHJtRRY. XOVJ ASH. WHITE OAK PLaNK AND BOARDS. HICKORY. 10!Q CIGAR BOX MAKERS' IftflQ XOOv CIGAR BOX MAKERS' JLOOy SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS, FOR HALE LOW. 1 Q(q CAROLINA SCANTLING, 1 QftQ XOVJ CAROLINA H. T. SILLS, lOOy NORWAY SCANTLING. IfifiQ CEDAR SHINGLES, 1 B0 ACV CYFRABrtbHINGLKS, 100 J MAULE, BROTHER A CO., No. ittuo MOUTH Street. T. P. GALVIN & CO.. LUMBER COMMISSION MERCHANTS S11ACKA1UX03 STREET WlIAJiF, BELOW SLOA1S MILLS, (UCAIX1D), PHIL DELPHIA. AGENTS FOR BOUTH1RN AND EASTERN Man fkcturera of YELLOW PINE aud SPKUC'E T1MBR BWARDH. etc., shall be ha, py to lurulHb order wtiolele ratea, deliverable at any accessible port, OoiiMtiiutlT receiving and on bund at our whar HOU'l HERN FLOODING, SCANTLING. SHIN GLEfa, tASTERN LATHS, PICKETS. BKD-8LATS SPRUCE, HEMLOCK, SELECT MICHIGAN ANI CANADA PLANK AND BOARDS, AND H AC MAI CO SHIP-KNEES. 1 81 stulhi ALL OF WH1C11 WILI. KB IE14 VVIiEB AT AH Y FAItT OF Tilt CITY PltOJHPTIiY LEGAL NOTICES. TN TIIK DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED J HTaTEB FOR THE EaSIERN DlaTBllsT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN BANKRUPTCY. To the Creditors 01 lb Bankrupt: Tbe underfilled hereby gives notice nf bl appoint ment as Assignee or WILLI tM IS. liA HUH IT. of the city aud county of Philadeipulu, and the Slate of pennHylVfeila. within sulci DUtrlut, who bas been adjudged a baiikrnut upou his own petition by the IMotriut Court ol said Dlntrtct. ALEX. P. COLtf BEltRY, As lgnee. 1 12 tuat Np. K07 CHUSNUT alrcet. LETTFR3 TESTAMENTARY UPON TUB 1 slate of 1KANC1S J. 1HOUBAT, deceased, bavlDg been granted to Ibe undurnlguml, all peisuns Indebted to tbe suld eniute ate r.jueat'd tu ruake payment, and those hav tig claims or demands "to make known the some wltuout delay, to R. TROUHA I, M. I).. Amlnlstrator, 12 8 tu at No. l(iil WALLACE street. jJ- EBB IC K & SONS BOUTHWARK FOUNDRY, No. ISO WASHINGTON AVENUE. PbtladelpbU, WILLIAM WRIGHT'S PATENT VARIABLi CUT OFF STEAM-ENOINK, Regulated by the Governor, MERRICK'S BAFETY HOISTING MA.OHINK, Patented June, im. DAVID JOY'S PATENT VALVELKatt STEAM HAMMER. D. M. WESTON'S PATENT B ELF-CENTERING, BELF-BA LA NOINfa CENTRIFUGAL SUGAR-DRAINING MACHIN B AMD HYDRO EXTRACTOR. J For Cotton or Woollen M.anufctum, rioiaw FINANCIAL. TUB UNION PACIFIC ItAILUOAD COMPANY OFFER A LIMITED AMOUNT OF THEIR First Mortgage Bonds AT PAR. Miic Hundred aud Sixty Miles Of tbe line West from Omaha are now completed, ftnd the work Is going on through tbe Wlntr. As the dis tance between tbe finished portion of the Union and Central Paclflo Railroads Is now less than 4u0 utiles, and both Companies are pushing lorward tbe work with great energy, amuloylng over 30.UU) nieu, there can be no doubt that the whole tirand Llue to the 1'aclflc Will be Open for Ilmluesn In the Summer Of 1S0D. Tbe regular Qovernment Commissioners have pro nounced the Union Pacific Railroad to be FIRST CLASS la every respect, and the Special Ooaiinlstlon appointed by the President saysi k' T.kenasa whule.TBE UNION PAOIFIO RAIL ROAD HAS BEEN WELL CONSTRUCTED. AND THE GENERAL ROUTE FjU THE LINE EX CEEDINGLY WELL SELECTED. Theeuergyand perseverance with wblca the work has beeu urged rorward and tbe raplilty wl h whioh it bat been execuud are without parallel In history, and la gran deur and magnitude ot undertaking It bas never been equalled," The report concludes by saying that "tbe country bas reason to oon. gratnlate Itself that this great work of national Im portance Is so rapidly approaching o imple lun uuder such favorable auspices." The Company now have In use la7 locomotives aud marly tuoo cats of all descrip tions. A large additional rqulpmeut Is ordered to be ready In the Spring. The grading Is nearly completed, and lies .distributed lor lit) luilei la advauce of the western end of the track. Fully 120 miles of Iron for new tiack are now delivered west of tbe Missouri River, aud 90 milts mr re are en route. The total ex penditures for coiiat uc'.lou purpoies In advance ; tbe completed portion of the toid U not ieas ttiau eight million dollars Btsldes adonatljn from tbe Government of 12,800 acres of land i er mile, tbe Comoauy la en'ltledto a subsidy In U. S. Bonds on l.s line at completed and accepted, at the average ralo of about $2',O0J per mile, according to lue dilllcultles encounteied, for which the Governmeut taken a secoud lieu aa security. Tu Company bas already received J-2I.U78.0.U of this subtildy, being In "ulou the 910 miles that have beeu examined by tbe United fc tales CommlssloueM. Government Aid Secnrily or the Bouds. By Its charter, the Company Is permitted to Issue Its own FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS to the same amount as the Government Bonds, and no more. These Bonds are a First Mortgage upon the whole road and all Its (qnlpments. Such a mortgage npon what, for a long time, will bathe only railroad con uectlLg tbe Atlantic and Paclflo States, takes the highest rauk as a safe security, The earnings from the way or local business for ttie year ending June 3u, 1868, on ill average of 472 miles, weie over FOUR MILLION LOLL ARS, which, after paying all ex penses, were much more than suuiolent to cover al interest liability upon that dlstanoe. and the earn lugs lor tbe last five months have boon t2.336.870. They would have beeu greater If the road had not beeu taxed to lis utmost capacity to transport Its own material for construction. The Income from tbe great passenger travel, the China freights, and the supplies lor the sew Rocky Mountain States and Ter ritories, must be ample for all interest and other tla bllltlts. No political action oan reduce tbe irate of Interest. It most remain for thirty years tlx per cent, per annum in gold, now equal to between eight and nine per cent. In currency. Tlie principal it then payable in gold. If a bond with sucb guarantees were Issued by tbe Government, Its market price would not be less than from 20 to 25 per cent, premium. As these bondstare Issued under Government authority aud supervision, upon what Is very largely a Gov ernment work, they must ultimately approach Gov ernment prices. The price for tbe present It PAR. Subscriptions will be received in Philadelphia by DE HAVEN & BRO., No. 40 S. THIRD Street. WM. PAINTER & CO., No. 86 S. THIRD Street, And In New York AT THE COMPANY'S OFFICE, No. 20 NASSAU street, AND SY JOHN J, CISCO SON, BAKKEB9. . No, 6 WALL street, And by the Company's advertised Agents through oat the United Slates. Bonds sent free, but partita subscribing through local agents will look to tuem for tholr safe delivery A NW PAMPHLET AND MAP WAS IS-JUED OCTOBER 1, containing a repjrt of tbe progress of the work to that date, and a mere comt lete state ment In relation to the value of the bouds than oan be given In an advertisement, wbieh will be mat free on app lcatlou at the Company's unices, or to auy of tbe advertised ageuts. JOHN J. C IStt'O, TKKASITKKU, NEW YORK". 12 17 thMtlllm Jan. 1. Venters in United States Kondg, and MeiK hers of Stock and Gold Lxcliaiue, Keceire Accounts or ltnuks mid liaukera on Liberal Terms, ISSUE BIL1JS OF EXCHANGE OJi C. J. HAMBSO & SON, LONDON, B. METZLER, 8. SOHN & CO., FRANKFOUT JAMKS W. TUCKER & CO., PARIS, And Other Principal Cities, aud Letters of Credit Available Throughout Europe. DAVIS & CO, No. IS South T1TIR1 Street, PHILADELPHIA. GUMMING DAVIS & AMORT No. 2 NASSAU St., New York, UAKKEBS AND IWOKEKS. Direct telegraphic coroniun.'catlou with the Kew yrk Stock Boards from the l'iiiludtli'hlrt Ofilce. ij u FINANCIAL. Union Pacific Railroad, j WE ABE KOW SELL1NU The First Mortgage Gold In terest Bonds OK THIS COMPANY AT PAR ARD INTEREST, aa aa a a aa. . SW a "Y T a m.r ax irmctt rate me noiaer oi uuvtua 31E3T SECURITIES can make a profit- able exchange, COUPONS due Jaunarj 1 CASHED, or bought at full rates for Gold. WH. FAINTER & CO., BANKERS AND DEALEKS IN UOVERN KENT SECURITIES, Ho. 30 South THIRD Stroot, t PHILADELPHIA. V bankers; No. 35 South Third Street, PHILADELPHIA.. DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, STOCK, GOLD AND NOTE BROKERS. .Woiiiit of Hank, l irina, and ludividuaU received, .ubjsd Co c)t!ok ut aiftht. INTKKEST ALLOWED ON BALANCES. xeneralT ents, FOR . PENNSYLVANIA r OF THE .CV1 .4 flFEhtti UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Till" XTrONAt. T.IFK iNsnitANf'K COMPANY Is 8 iirporntlon riiurtcnKl by sixvinl Act of Congress, un (roved July istis, with a CASH CAPITAL, $1,000,000, FULL PAID. 4. I.lbi rHl forms oCTi-r! to Aironts mill Solicitors, wlis ii " inviiwl t apply at onr ollice. rull loirticulars to Iih hiul on application ntonrofflre, lot'iitiMl In tlie HiToml story of our Hanking House, ivliert' (Mronliirx anil Piunplilutn, fully ltwrll)iii( tlia . ulvantaKOs olVt'ied by tho ( 'ompany, may be bail. i:. W. 1I.AKK dc CO., A'o. 35 South Tliird C o u n a OF UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD 5-20s and 1681s DUE JANUARY 1, AND GOLD, WANTED. Dealers In GoreiuuiCHt Securities, No. 40 SOUTH THIRD STREET, 6 28 PHILADELPHIA. STERLING & WILDHAN, BANKERS AND BROKERS, No. 110 South THIRD Street, A KNTS FOR SALE OF First Mortgage Bonds of Rockford, Koc' lsiauu, nnu St. Louis Railroad, Interest PI. il t'vxi-r. . - psysbla GOLD Augutt na FebruJy, Jto" ...... c. ,u curreucy, a.lso First Mortgage Domls of the Dauyille Hazleton, and WHkesbarro Railroad. Interest BEVKN PER C'FNT., CLEAR OP ALL TAXES, psysbls April uU October, lor sale at wit unit annvll.d IntTVlkNt 9U uphlets win. rusps, roporla. Had lull Information of loose roads on nna tot distribution DEALERS In Government Bunds, old ' Sltvor Coupons, eia b'lOCKS Of Sll klodN bought tndinld nni.nmm . slon Hi Jew Yo.k and fuiUuU ioli "i0' BANKING HOUSE OK jAsrCooKE&fp. Aos. 112 and 114 South TIIIKD Street, PHILADELPHIA. of.? Www1 0Ier?Jent Securities. i "201 V antcd ,n Exchange for Keir. A Liberal Difference allowed, tompound Interest Rotes Wauted. Interest Allowed ou Deposits. tadftE11 uelne ooonnodatlous reserved tot We will rcn!vn appMc&i ions for Poiinioa'nr tim Insurance. In Nan.'.nal Llf I n! oVaneem Da"'? 11111 PlgYIM&BflO.
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