SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
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ditoriaIi opinions or thi leading JonawAUi
rroH OOBRBNt TOriOfl OOMPILRD VIST
DAT roa THl STININil TBLKORAFO.
looking info Futurity.
from iM If. T. Tribune.
The propHiiPity of uieu (aud sometimes of
women) to lo?k into lututiiy aud to hazard
prophetical guee for tun umre chanoe of
being able to eoy, "I told yon bo," is har JileBS
enoogh when it is nnuilnnd to the weather,
bat we bare noticed that it U 80iutimes o tpa
ble of doing a great deal of 'mischief whea it
exhibits itself in poliUo.-t. Oar own Rebellion
was specially fruitful vatbiinaibm at home.
Abroad, and efpeotatlv iu Rutland, we have
the authority of Mr. C.b ieu tor iht faot that
nobody had faith in ns except the intelligent
middle and lower cla-sei. The Pall Mall
(Jazeltt lately male tbe remarkable state
ment that "every prdiotlou it had yet seen
on the coarse of American alMra had tamed
ont to be wrong." If we refer to these pre
dictions again, it Is in no spirit of self-suffl-oienoy,
but to own that during the war
we sometimes attaohrd too much import
tance to foreign crl'kusui, and especially to
l'lDglish criticism. Bat, on the other hand, it
should be remembered tliat we were disap
pointed in the very beginning of oar troable.
We were unwise enough to expect English
sympathy. We supposed that those
anti-slavery profession with which we wre
so familiar really meant eoinetbiog. We dii
not comprehend how a cotton famine oould
alter tbe moral aspect of a tjrave social ques
tion. We were loth to believe that even
arlBtooracy Itself could bear a mortal gradge
against our democratlo forms. We were
working with such oonsoiHUtioas earnestness
that it palnd us to be distrusted. We had
Buch perfect confidence in the restoration of
the Union, that doubts of the result which we
had so much at heart seemed to na not only
unkind, but absurd. Yet it must be claimed
upon our part that loug beture the close of the
war the public mind ha 1 thrown off this ner
vous and irritable feeling. Gradual suocess
restored Belf-confideuoe, nutil at last we
reached precisely the point whioh we should
have occupied from the bngiouing. We did
as a nation what every individual must do
we worked out our own salvation, and deter
mined, if weoould not t-atify others, at least
to satisfy ourselves. We learned that the
future is always bright for those who strive
well and for worthy ends
The abolition of slavery u such an immense
and predominant ad?anHge that we are in
danger of overlooking other and excellent re
sults of the trinmph of tbe Union. Next in
value to honesty itself is a lively faith that it
is the best policy; yet, fco far as public affairs
are concerned, this is a truth which no nation
seems ever fully to have comprehended. "My
country, right or wrong" it urn been always
supposed that a man who could say this, with
out blushing or stuttering, had reached the
summit of patriotism. Lou bafore the Re
bellion .broke out, we were continually told
that the first thlntr to be secured was the per
petuity of the Union, without any thought
of the morality of the means a fallacy which
confused even the masonline in
tellect of Mr. Webster, and made mere
dotards of scores of able palitioiana. For
more than a dozen yearn the Capitol resounded
with inrediotionB of tbe dissolution of the
Union. It was takeu for granted that we were
powerless to preserve it should it be seriously
assailed. It was the fa-Uiou to assume that
after dissolution must come tbe deluge,
During several succeeding administrations the
country was controlled and directed mainly
by its fears and forebodings, from the press,
the pulpit, and the for n in, there was a con
tinual recurrence of warnings, the only result
of whioh was fresh concession, as fresh de
manda were made upon us. It is a remarka
ble faot that the oivil war came at last with
out any speoilio legislative provocation. Certain
laws might Lave been considered by jthe South
as injuries without improariety, from the slave
holder's point of view; but the eleotion of Mr.
Lincoln was not an injary, and could not have
been bo regarded by reasonable men. After all
the pathetio predictions of the professiona
Union-saviors had little enough to do with the
event. ' We quote for the encouragement of
the public the acknowledgment or our HDgllsu
contemporary, became the race of the pro
phets ia still busy, and the voice of the oreaker
la still heard In the land. We are to ba rained
by a return to specie payments. We are to be
ruined by negro suffrage. We are to be rained
by a moneyed aristocracy. We are to be
ruined by taxes. We are to ba rained by a
new Rebellion at the South. We are to be
ruined by an entirely fresh Rebellion at the
West. We are to be ruined by Jones' little
bill now before the House ruined if it passefl,
and ruined if It does not pass. Our reoent
history is good for nothing if it faila to teaoh
that we may calmly trust the future's hidden
season, while we continue to recognize and to
do the duty of the passing hour.
Much Ado About Nothing.
Fi-om tMN.Y. Herald.
There baa been a misunderstanding between
the United States Minister to Brazil, James
Watson Webb, and liear-Admiral Davis, of
our South Atlantlo squadron, whioh has re
sulted in adding to the archives of the State
Department another heavy volume of corres
pondence. Tke Minister last fall, as a matter
gf paramount publio duty, urged the Admiral
to go with his whole squadron to the resoaeof
two members of our late Minister Washburn's
legation in Paraguay, held under, arrest by
Lope after Washburn's release, which wai
due to Webb's persistent demands. Webb had
a talk with Davis on the subject of the two
detained oflljiala by Lopea, and then wrote
Davia (Ootober li, 1808) a long letter,. enclos
ing a still longer one from Wmhb lrn, on the
state of things in Paraguay. Davis responds
(Ootober 8): "Since your opinion Is formed
without a knowledge of all the circumstances
Of the case, I may not possibly attach bo muoh
Talue to it as you seem to expect;" and that's
all he has to say. Webb is fired up by this,
and (Ootober SJ) writes to Davis a regular leo
ture, hot and sharp, but full of dignity, at the
opening of which he says: "On returning from
the United States Connulate yesterday after
noon, when passing a Portuguese oorner gro
cery known as 'Portuguehe Joe's,' the propri
etor stopped my carnage and placed in my
hands jour official letter dated yesterday."
The lecture closes with this reprimand:
"HhnnM t his nrrtsoondence be continued, I
request that you will send your official notes to
me In tbe sarue manner thai you have hereto
fore forwarded yoor private correspondence
thui ta tv a. tmn.1. from the Ouctrriere direct to
the delegation. Or If that should be Inconve
nient, please lend yoor lelteia to our consulate,
Whlctn 1. In nlruta lroxluillv to tbe Heel lauding.
it li not seemlv that an official correspondence
t"twen the United B ales Minister and tbe
vai officer In command tot a atatlou, no
fatter how exalted or humble his rank, should
'"'lata oorner grecery to beforwarded when.
Li5'??iitor of sucu groRery llnda lloiu
t..?5V nd Inrd and izroeerles the Mlntl-
,.i7 A''ta. One tmictealun ol that nature U
turn nti,z;"x luciiouiB iur bjukuiui i...
be Derui!iia''M,aMed, even If not Intended to
IT t , u,,lve ",0 yat Minlsier."
atvfc laW.?1" "Plle (October 13) that th
gtjle, language, andlraputaUoni of the Minis-
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THE DAUji EVENING TELEGRAPII PHILADELPHIA; MONDAY, FEBRUARY- 1, 1809.
tt' letter forbid, to the Admiral, t eon-1
tinuano of the oorrepondenoe. Minister 1
Webb then, after another letter to Davis,
transmits the whole correspondence to Boo ro
tary Seward, with a long letter reciting the
facts and oiroamstanoes, and suggesting that
either the Admiral or the MinUter should be
censured or reoalled. So far as the subsequent
facts appear, however, Webb's advice was not
followed; but a new minister (Oeneral
MoMabon) was sent up to Paraguay, with the
squadron ef Davis to back him, aud on his
appearanoe the way was opened by the Bra
zilians, and the two members of Washburn's
legation left by him under arrest were deliv
ered up by Lepei. Meantime Webb, having
made a visit to Washington, has probably left
a rod in piokle for Davis.
In the Webb-Davis oorrespondeno a it appears
that the British Minister to Brazil, tl. Buuk
ley Matthew, was very aotlve in pushing
Webb up to his work. For instanoe (Ojtober
9), Matthew writes to Webb: "Is your flet
going down to the river (La Plata) and up f
I hope bo. I declare to you I think we should
have a general raid npon the wretch (Lopez),
who, with Buch a foe as Caxlas (the Brazilian
commander), will go on for months." Webb
gives two or three other notes from Matthew,
showing that the lives of those two secretaries
of Washburn (Bliss and Masterman) were in
great danger, that BUqs had baen writing as
if under torture, and that there was no time
to be lost. Now, this Matthew (formerly II.
B. M. Consul at Charleston) is a dtftouiat of
the eame school as Webb, lie is fon t of a good
dinner, lively company, gay dresses, pomp
and ceremony, and '. fuss and feathers." Lie
stands to the ninth point of a hair on his
official dignity, and instead of seekiug to
avoid an entanglement, has a decided liking
for diplomatic hot water. It shows that he is
wideawake and doing something. With two
Buch heads together against Admiral Davis,
his only resource was to stop the correspond
ence, uinerwiee mey migm nave Kept it up
to this day, and swelled their Brazilian budget
iu the State Department to the magnitude of
that of Seward himself on the Mexican ques
tion.
We all know the peculiar weakness of Webb
on a point of honor, aud his reaiinesiu get
ting into a scrape, even though it be the
ecrapo of other parties. The Duff Green ma
hogany ' stocKea pistol aumr, the tragical
Oraves-Cilley affair, the "serio-oomico" Tom
Marshall -lloboken affair, winding up with
Oovernor Seward's pardon, were only sharper
illustrations of this cropping out in Brazil. Ia
one of hU letters to Davis Webb refers to
still another case. Lie says (Ootober 10):
General Qultronu.a Mormera nitta and a
clpssraate ol mine, brought nie u cballonge
from Brooks afiorhi.s brutal assault up iu Mini
ner and royaccouulor t hai Infamous affair;
bnd.lu juslllicatlou of bis bringing tnu cbal
lenge, he informed mo UitUno Northern man
couid live quietly la tbe South uulett he pro
claimed himself uiore ultra upon the queMtioa
of ttluvery than tbe hlavenoluern tueiuselvts.
Mey not ibis no me condition i our country
men In tbe employ of brazil? Be this as It
irmy, the only purpose for which tbe Uolti d
mates squadron Is slatioutd on this cuaitt, at
enormous com to our Treasury, Is to give pro
tection to American commerce and American
citizens, and to defend and vindicate the na
tional honor, no matter by whom assailed
Here, with Brooks, was an opportunity to
be shot at which was wisely avoided; ana jus
tice to our Minister requires us to Bay that in
all this oorrespondonce with Davis he speaks
more in sorrow than iu anger. We presume
too, that there would have been no serious
difficulty between Webb and Davis had not
the Admiral left that letter to his Ministry for
delivery at "Portuguese Joe's" corner gro
eery. As it is, let us hope that this tempest
in a teapot between Webb and Davis is all
over, and that his Excellency will be never
again insulted by the delivery of a letter to
him in his carriage from 'Tortuguese Joe s"
coiner grocery.
Ucorgla Iu Cougress.
From the N. Y. Timet.
The status of Georgia in relation to repre
sentation in Congress is a subject that promises
not a little vexation and embarrasmeut. The
conviction is general among Republicans that
some step is necessary to vindicate the in
tegrity of reconstruction in the State; but
what shape this vindication shall assume is a
question about whioh both houses are evi
dently in doubt.
The Senate Judiciary Committee recom
mends the exclusion of Mr. LUU for reasons
affecting the validity of an aot whioh, under
the law, 13 essential to restoration. The rati
fication of the Fourteenth Amendment is de
clared by the committee to have been simply
"pretended:" and subsequent "acts ot usurpa
tion and outrage" are cited as having placed
the State "in a oonamon unni to be repre
sented in Congress." But these averments
are not made the groundwork of any practi
cal proposition. No remedy for the evils
referred to no mode or reotirying the wrong
incident to fraudulent admission is suggested.
The Senators whom the State has sent are not
to be admitted; that 1b all.
The resolution reported from the House
Committee on Reconstruction goes farther.
It embodies a series of allegations aimed at the
right of the Representatives already admitted
to seats, and designed to reopen the whole
question of reconstruction in the State. It
indicates the possibility of expelling members
whose individual eligibility has been con
ceded, but whom it is proposed to make re
sponsible for the unlawful and unjust pro
ceedings of the Georgia Legislature. The in
terference of Congress with the view of un
doing what that body has done, and starting
afresh from the initial point of reconstruction,
is clearly contemplated.
As thus presented, the position of Congress
is incongruous and indefensible. Kaoh house
is undertaking to act for itself in a matter in
which joint action would seem to be essential.
The question no longer affects the standing of
Senators and members, concerning whose
qualifications each house is the exclusive
judge. It has gradually expanded until now
it covers the right of the State to membership
in the Union; Involving considerations of a
difficult and delicate sharauter, in comparison
with which partisan gains or losses are of
trivial importance.
If anything is to be done, the Senate and
House should move in concert. The exclusion
of Senators or the expulsion of members will
not meet the requirements of the case. That
etep resolved upon, ulterior and much graver
measures will be unavoidable; and these can
not be pondered too seriously or prooeeded
with too cautiously. Universal suffrage, it
must be rera nibered, exists in Georgia, audit
may be possible- for the Republicans of the
fctata to assert th"ir rights and puiishthe
wrongdoers without further help than that
which may Ve desirable to securd lair play at
the polls.
Virginia.
from the y. T. World.
The situation in Virginia grows in interest.
By the proposed new constitution, no "lUbel"
who ever held a State office, from governor to
constable, is to Vote, nor is any one to hold
office who cannot take the test oath, or "Iron
clad" provisions which would substantially
erect the negroes and carpet-baggers into the
sole constituent and official bodies of the
State; and now, by late discussions, another
proscriptive feature of the instrument is
brought in view. Singularly enough, it is of
a reltKiom natnM, jmii, as affrtoting a very
large and Influential oolesiastioal body, merit
sp cial mention. . It ia this. In the oourse of
those poiemto neata engenaeren oy aisoussions
as to tbe sin of slavery, the Methodist Epis
copal Cburoh divided into two branches,
called respectively tne m. i1,. Uhuroh North,
and the M. K. Churoh South. Saooeeding
tbis schism, a controversy arose as to the
ownership of property beld in tbe name of the
Metbodlot Church, tbe branch North olaimine
by fee-simple in all suoh property, aud the
branch South contending that ownership was
to lollow possession, or that, the Northern
oommunion should hold that portion of the
original church property in tbe free States,
and the Southern communion that part lying
South. With this point indeterminate, the
war came, and when at its olose a civil
government became operative in Virginia,
the I pcldlature thereof, at its- session of
18C(!-7, pasced an aot vesting "all church
property in the several congregations." By
this act, wbre the congregation was ia oom
munion with the M. K. Churob North, the
propei ty went virtually to that body, an I
where tbe communion was with tbe M. K.
Church South, went there. Almost immedi
ately after the passage of this aot, oivil gov
ernment was Bwrpt away in Virginia by the
initiation of the soheme of military recon
struction, and, on tbe framing of a new con
stitution by the persons employed by Cou
gress to that end, there was Inserted in the
iubtrument a prorislou intended to entirely
do away with the settlement arrived at by
the Vircinia Legislature in the premises.
The provision reads:
"Tbe rtRlits of ecclesiastic holies in and to
etiurch properly conveyed to them bv roeul'T
deri of cuvevtiuce, ebnll not be.Hliected by
tbe late civil war, nor by any antecedent or
subsequent event, nor by any aot of thq fieglH-
iHiuru purporting to uovrrn tbe samp; bui, all
encli proiieity mmll puss to and bo bold by tbe
partli-s eel forth iu tbe original deeds of con
veyance, or the lenal atalicuees of hucu original
purlieu holding t brooch or by oonvt vauce; and
any act or nets of tbe I.eglHlature la opposition
mereiu bunii uc uuu uuu voiu."
Or, in two words, the M. E. Church North
is to have all the property of the M. K. Church
South, and this though ninety-five per
cent, of the Virginia congregations are ia the
latter commun.on. W hen, on the -Jth inst..
this matter was before the lleconstraction
Committee, Mr. ?ch, of Kentucky, asked the
solicitor of the M. r.. Church North whether
that body "had any congregations to take
possession of these churches," and received
the response that "they had no congregations
at present, but if they could get possession of
the churches, they had strong hopes of being
able to puna up congregations." touch is the
church issue as presented bv the proposed
ieuonstructed constitution of Virginia.
The "new movement" in this State like
wise assumes a startling interest. We have
beietofore stated this to be an effort on the
part of a few prominent Virgiuians to procure
tbe ratification oi tbe proposed constitution on
condition that the restrictions on suffrage and
office-holding be stricken out; but, in the
light of fuller information, are reluctantly in
clined to believe that, while this was at first
tbe animus of the "movement," it has now
degenerated into something very like a "ring"
to build up a radical party within the State of
bbtter material than has cone to the formation
of that organization heretofore. The editor of
tbe Richmond Whin, which sustains the
"movement" as originally meant, writes to
hia paper from Washington that it is vitally
necessary to its success that General Grant and
the Republican leaders be oonvinoed that the
people ol Virginia win not use their enfran
chisement for purposes of proscription whioh
is all very well "or to build up a party to
antagonize General Grant's administration, or
to fill tbe publio cilices with men offensive to
the Washington authorities," whioh is not so
well, being iu fact a plain matter of bargain
and sale to the effect that Virginia may come
in on guarantee that she sustains Grant, right
er wrong, and puts none but radical protoges
in power. It is proper to say that the editor
of the Whig does not indorse this, writing
only for information; but the facts narrated
by him Bhow very conclusively that, however
honest and patriotlo the intentions of those
gentlemen favoring the "movement," it is not
the purpose of the rogue Congress to even
consider it save at the price of a direot ad
hesion to the radical party. That there will be
this abasement, or that, if consented to, the
people ef Virginia will ratify it, are things we
do not believe.
As another matter of interest in the Old
Dominion, it appearj that the 55G4 oflioes of
the State are Boon to be shared out among
each loll aspirants as shall have certified their
eligibility by joining the radioal party. Out
side of this attempt to build up a branoh of
that organization within tbe State, there is no
reason for thus subverting the whole fabrio of
State, munioipal, and county organization; but,
there being that reason, the most skilful and
experienced publio servants, from the judges
of tbe Supreme Court down to tobacco in
spectors, are forthwith to give place to inter
loping vagabonds or domestic sneaks. The
government of cities, condaot of courts, pro
bate of wihs, collection of taxes, in one word,
the entire domestic economy of the state, Is to
be forthwith put up as the pay ef the partisan
and price of tbe apostate. Such is a brief
view of Virginia. There is no need to moral
ize on it. The land will never know peace
till radicalism ran.
What Shall wo do with the Mormons !
'Vom U e jy. Y. Journal of Commerce.
The plan to crush out Mormonism by cut
ting up Utah and distributing the pieces to
btateB and lerritories adjoining, is indireot,
tricky, unworthy of a great aud powerful
nation, and will not work. The only public,
general objection to Mormon sm is to its
polygamy. That ia an offense against Chris
tianity and morality, which civilization must
cope with and overthrow. It is no defense of
polygamy to say that it is better thau the free
love associations which flourish unchecked ia
tbis and other Northern States, or than the
unrestrained licentiousness. of great American
cities, but the fact, undisputed, that poly..
gamy is no worse, if not less pernioious in its
general effect, than those other varieties of
immorality, may fairly be cited by the MorT
mens as a reason why they should not be
warred against and exterminated because
of that cffVuEe, while oiler and more enliiht
ened communities are allowed to be as immoral
as they pleafo. To punish the Mormons
for polygamy while viler t-racticea are tole
rated almost unrebuked in old States ia to dis
eliminate nt just'y, and to give to Mormonism
tberantsge ground of martyrdom. Surely,
history Las examples enough of the fructify
ing iidlutnce ol persecution npon religious
sects to warn us. from making that mistake.
This crime of polygamy is a tenet of tbe Mor
mon faith, as much so as any of the cherished
creeos ol any religion whatever. Tons this
may seem very strange. We may fin I it too
Laid to believe that human beings, in this
age of the world, can stand up and justify it
and go to the stake for it, if need be. But
babit is everything, aud the custom which
made polygamy a respectable institution i
patriarcblal times, and glveB it the sauctioa
of religion and protection of la w in Turkey
makes it appear regular and proper to the
Mormons ot Utah. We must not only con
sider Low we look at it from our stanloiiiu
of observation, but how the Mormons look at
it too. Different ways may be suggested by
which Mormonism may be peacefully extirpa
ted in the oourse of time, but there is one way
by which tbe number of its adherents can
be vastly multiplied, and Us. existence inlefi
nitely prolonged, and that is by giving the Mor
mons cause to say justly that they are the
subjects of Invidious legislation ia other
words, are persecuted.
The method proposed id Mr. Ashley's bill
is, perhaps, the most offensive that could be
devised. Instead of passing a law to punish
polygamy severely, whioh would have been a
direct step to the end desired, however ineffi
cacious to attain it, Congress is asked to give
up the Mormons and their large and valuable
possessions to the tueroy of adjoining Territo
ries and States. The adjacent populations do
not like the Mormons (nor the Mormons
them), and their cupidity and love of power
would be gratified by having those fanatics iu
their grasp. The persecution whioh the Gene
ral Government is unwilling to engage in di
rectly would be cheerfully undertaken by the
neighbors of the Mormons, when the reward of
such a policy would be the enrichment of indi
viduals and of the coff ers of the State. The effect
of this wonld probably be one of two things.
Kither the Mormons would adopt the cau
ning policy of abandoning the open practioe
of polygamy, while they secretly would keep
it np, and by virtue of that secrecy attract to
themselves converts more rapidly than ever:
or else they would leave Salt Lake City as they
left Nauvoo, and go to New Mexico, or Orngon,
or Washington Territory to found a new settle
ment or settlements.. The same causes which
have led to their numerical strength and
material prosperity in Utah would have the
eame effect wherever they go; aud if they
should think fit to break up into half a dozen
camps, as they might, eaoh one of these would
be the nucleus for the formation of more Salt
Lake cities, as large and rich as the origual
one.
Of the two evils it is probably better for
civilization that the Mormons should be a sect
alone by themselves, set apart and distinct,
as they now are in their Salt Lake home,
than that they should put on hypooritioal airs
and profess to yield to publio opinion, while
they gradually sap and debauch it. Sects
may nourish tne most in reality while the
practices by which they play upon human
passions are concealed beneath a veil of de
cency. There may be many persona in all
parts of the country who would not object to
being Mormons ou the ely, but who would
not consent, in tbe prestnt state of publio
Sentiment, to join them before the world.
When Mormonism puts on the cloak and
months protestations of virtue, then it will
become a very powerful and dangerous
agency to undermine Christian institutions.
How ilien shall Mormonism and polygamy
be put down? Precisely as any other false
religion is put down by the peaceful dissemi
nation of Christianity by the spread of Chris
tian civilization. Killing Mormons, banishing
them, confiscating their property, will do no
good, as we have shown, to say nothing of the
inhumanity ot enok modes of procedure. In
the light of Christian civilization, which will
fast close all about L tab, Mormonism cannot
exist. While the circumjacent regionB are the
homes of new settlers, who do not represent
the highest development of morality and re 11
gion, Womonism has a lease of apparently
vigorous life, for there is no striking contrast
to exhibit its hideous fallacy to its deluded
followers. But let the neighboring lands be
filbd up with, a Christian population, and
Utah itself be gradually settled by the same
class, as it surely win be in the course of time,
and Mormonism will disappear, as all other
heathenish religions do, by mere contact and
comparison with Christianity. This is the
slower way, but the only pure one. The com
pletion of the Pacifio Railroad may hasten
this auspicious result much faster than any of
ub imagine.
Believing, therefore, as fully as Mr. Ashley
does, that Mormonism and Its corner-stone,
polygamy, ought to be effaced from the land,
we have suggested the policy which we think
will most quickly and effectually accomplish
that good.
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Nos. 126 WALNUT and 21 URAA'ITE 8ts
IMPOB fKBli OP
liraiidies, Wines, Win, OUre Oil, Etc Lie..
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
PUKE IlYE WHISKIES
IN BOND A KD D UTY PAID. 4 11
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
Mt. Vernon Hotel,
8 i Monument street, Baltimore.
Elegantly. Furnished, with unsurpassed Cuisine.
On the European 1'lan.
73, P. MORGAN.
GENT.'S FURNISHING GOODS.
H. 8. K. Q.
Harris' Seamless Kid Gloves
" ETEBT FAIK WABBAITED,
KXULUSIVB AGiUNTS FOR GENTS' OLOVHH
Jim W. SCOTT ft CO..
rrp
JNO. S14 ClIUsHCT MTBJKaCX.
PATENT SHOULDER. SEAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AMD GENTLKMKN'S FURNISMNCr STORB.
PKBFKCT FITTING BHIUTli AND DRAW8HS
niaae uoui uietf-urt iutuil at very short notice.
All olht-r artlole. ol UiOi l'Li.Mb,N'a DUKSti
OOUL3 la rull VHxlolSk
WINCIIE3TER & CO.,
11 1 JNo.7iiCJH:imjr Street.
QCORCC PLOWMAN,
CAKl'KNTKR AND HDILDER,
UL, MOVED 10 .No. 131 DOCK Street,
i ... PHILAPKLPtUA.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
I5T.
COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP
fir ronuhpn theiiKIn rtpr tmintr WRI'JHTO
ALCONA KUUL.YAK1N TABIiKTUf 60L1DI lIKD
HLVCJUUN. Ha elly une nitkMi tbe akiu (1ml
clel aolt nd brnutiful. Jt Is oeilghtfiiily rrgrnt,
triiBiarpnt, and Incomparable a a 'loll) Hnno. For
all DiuggUl, K A W. A WKlulIT,
1 4 No. H C1IKQNUT Btreet.
r NOTICE. -I AM NO LONGER EX.
tmotlna Tph without ntln f ir tn. ii iiiiin
mini Association. Pernuna winhlnv taaih ax.
racid k.iioli)lly without rain by trmh Nit mm
ixldc U. will Unl me st No. 1027 WALNUT ttireet.
.'DTkrll oult an.
I Mini DR. F. R, THOMAS.
-CONCERT II A L
L.
TUB KVKHT 0 THJB SEASON.
WIT, HVMOR, AVD HATIRU,
lilt. DE CORDOVA
Will tive TlfRKK or !! mnnt HUM0R0TJ8 and
'OTLXAK Lectures In tbla clij Iu ilia loilowiug or
It-ri
V2i 'IHUKSDAY KVKNINCJ. Vb. 4
MISS JOiNUN' Wl'.UDlKQ-SO CMdl.
ON THDR8DA fcVKNliSO, tVI. 1 1.
MIW. UHUNDY.
ON THURSDAY I.VF,NIN rrb. 1H,
TliJli UPKATIS AT SA11ATOU JU
ADMISSION 111 1 CENTS,
Ko r-xtrachnrgn fnr rmeivtd teats.
Tickets lor lb cuurre (rtsvrvedt. fl'oO.
1 ue -.alo of reserved scats win ctttiimnnne at ft
n'clios ou MOiSUAY S'OUNINU. Keu. 1, HI WoulU S
SPECIAL NOITC1C.
To Insnrn the comfort of all. and to avoid over
Cfowdltig. six stats will be sold on earn spilee. lu-
steaa oi seven, as ciuien lor on ine diagram. Ainu,
to avoid Interruption, tbe audience are uiosi earnest
ly and ii'spfctfuily r. qutmoil to be neaieU befurs 8
o'clock. Diora open at 7 o'clock. t -utr
V-SJ A8-OCIA llON, Olllce, No. u WALNUT
Bireet, Pnilndelphla. AOonvenllon of vnselOners
aud Cantumn oi me several nates. under the auspices
of I Lie Yrstiel Owot-rh' and Captains' Assoolailon ol
the Mates ol Pennsylvania. rew Ji-rsny. ana 11
wfP.wlll bo held at tbe PHILADELPHIA OOKN
KXUIANUK KUOM8, on Fehraaty I. 1B1 aUU-80
o'omrlc. All persons luieieated la vessels are Invited
to be present.
KB OiUer OI tUtJ unaru ui inn-uitiriti
joun W. KVKHMAN, President.
CH4Rl.lts It. feTBKi.MSN, Secretary. ' 1 Z4t -
NOT1CU.-WEST JEK'SEY RAILROAD
COMPANY. '
Camdkn, W.J. Jfti'tiary IB, ltttw.
Tha Tinarrl nf ijlreiiuira have this dity anclareo. a
Beml-aumiat Dividend ofFlVK I'KR CKNT., clear of
national tax, pajebie to the BiocKtioiaers or tins
ante on and alter WAJjNKSUAY the aa dayot F.o
ruary. 1-fiW, at the Treasurer Oilice Iu Camden. Tha
block IruuMer Hoons will b liohco from the dale
hereof, until the 4th Jay ot Ft bnmrv, lw;9.
1 19 Mt Treasurer W. J. K. K Co, ,
S OTIC F.. At.L ' PERSOSS ARE
he-eby citutlontd ncio't trusting auv of tbe
CRI'.W of tbe schooner IsA AC OLIVK . Pannell,
Muster, as do debt of their contractu K wl.l be paid
by either caplaia or uouslguee.
j-iALirjr.il cc ova,
1 80 2t No. lSSSouth FBONTStreet.
l'HILADELl'IIIA AND EHIR RAII
LOAD tOMPANK, Office NO. 23U WALNUT
btieet.
rHiLADKi.pnii. Jannarv ID. 1869.
Th Annual Weetlng or the etocklioiders ol the
PlilLALKLPHIA AND KH1K RAILROAD UOK
PANV will be held at the ottice on MONDAY, tha
8th of February next, at iu o'clock A. M. At this
meeting an election wni be held for ten managers
ol the company, to serve forgone year. The polls to
close at 12 o'cloclr. roon
1 iMsmwtn ft .tirxiKUi'; f. uttlk, eeoretary.
KOT- OFFICE OF THE NORTH PENN6YL-
VANIA KAILKOAD COMPANY, '
PBiz.AUKi.riii, Ko. 7 Walnut s'.rett, Jan, 6, 1309.
DIVIDKND KOTICJC.
The Transfer Books ot this Company will be closed
on SATURDAY, the tta inst, at .'clock; P. AL, and.
be leopened on BATUBDAY, ihe I6tn Inst. - - -
A dividend has this day been declared of FIVK
PEK CENT clear ot taxes, payable In scrip, bearing
no Interest, and convertible into Seven Per CeuW
Uongage Bonds of the Company, In sums of not loo.
than Uve hundred dollars, on and arter Hay bt nex'.
The said dividend will bo credited to the stock
holders as they shall Htand reglsiorod on ths books of
the Company on bATUKDAY, the 9th lust.
lSlruwlm WILLIAM WISTEH. Treasurer.
OFFICE OF THE DELAWARK
DIVISION CANAL COMPANY OF fKSN-
bYLVANIA.No. 30J WALNUT Street.
Philadkli-hi, Jan. 21, 1869,
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company will be held at their office on TUU3DAY,
KcbrSAry 2d, 1869. at 12 o'clock M., when an election
will be beld for Managers for the ensuing year.
1 SI 101 K. O. OILEH, Secretary.
5?r OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL
ROAD COM PAN r.
PHiLaDKLrHF. January 27, 1839.
NOTICR TU Bl-OCKUOLDICKS.
The Annual Ueetlrg of the Stockboldsrs of this
Curupany will be held on TUHHDAY, the ltiih da; of
Pebruary, 18f9, at 10 o'clock A-M., at Concert Hall,
Nr. 1219 Cht sent .tret t, Philadelphia.
Tbe Annual Kucilon for Directors will be held on
MONDAY, the ilrst dayot March, 1869, at the office
oi tht Cjmpany. No 238 south THClll) s-.reet.'i
I2717t EDMUND SMITH, twretary.
EST
OFFICE OF THE ST. NICHOLAS COAL
COMPANY, No. 2ofcX WALNUT Sl'HEKT.
I'niLADKl.PHIA, januarjr jv, ronv.
The Annual Meeting ot the stockholders will be
beld at the cflic ot the Company on MONDAY,
February l, 1869, at 11 o'clock M.. when ao election
will be held lo r aeveu Directors to serve the ensuing
J ear. R. JOHNWrON,
1 19 lit Seoreury. '
tg- BARLOW'S INDIUO
cheapest and best article
BLUE 13 THE
in the market tor
bluing clothe. - . . - .
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ART ACID.
IT WILL NOT INJUBB THE FINEST FABRIC.
Il Is put up at W I LTlt KBQERM DRUG BTOBE,
N0.2S3 N. SECOND Street, Philadelphia,
and for sale by most of the grocrs and druggists.
Tbe genuine has both B A BLOWS and WILT
BKF.QEB'S names on the label: a'.l others are
COUNTERFEIT.
BABLO W'S BLUB will color more water than four
tines th. same weight of Indigo 1 27wf3m
BATCHELOR'9 HAIR DYE. THIS
splendid Hair Dye Is the best la the srerld:
the only true and perfect Dye; haraaloas, reliable.
Instantaneous; no disappointment: no rldloulous
tint: remedies the 111 etlucts of bad dyes; Invigorates
and leaves the lialr soft and boamilul. Maek or braum,
boid by all Druttletn and Perfumers; and properly
appltbdat Bachelor's Wig IT ac lory, No. 1 BOJD
btreet. New York. 7fflwR
NOTHING BUT ACTUAL TRIAL
can siveauv Just Idea of the dellclou. alrv'
elastic softness oi a bed raadeot th. Klastlo aipong..
Its yurlvsllfd cleanliness aud durability commend Ik
Its universal adoption seems a certainty. Utnlw
CLOTHS, CASSIMEBES, ETC.
QCATiNCO I COATINGS I
J A M C 8 & L C C ,
mo. ii HouiH stEcuaii htuei:t,
Sign of the Golden Lamb; i ,
i - .
AUK MOW KEVKIVINO MEW ITTllil OF
! FALL AM) WJKTER C0ATLJS,
TO WHICH THEY INTITB TUB ATTEN
TION OV TUB TltAUB AMD OTIIKItM,
' AT WIIOLESA1.K AK1 BBTAIEi. fSMni
FLOUR.
QHOICE FAMILY FLOUR,
For the Tratjo fir at Ketaf I. ' t
BVIUV HAHHRh WABRANH'.D.
K F 1 S T 0y E F L OUR. Mt L L S,
Mtk.19.Aftl 1 IBllt AV KXITK,
111) turp
. kaatol rrout s j-t,
I . 1 I li q P
FOR PENT.
n 1 R i. BS
Wt . T.
I'UKXIKIK, AO. K09 t'lUSXUX SL, .t .
I VDH b'lOR OR OKS idgl. V
Ol'FK'rH AND LA RUB KOONs) kuJUb!,
t,n aii)n,Uiti0ialO0in-s. apniyai
. . 11 . A' 17 1
UANK O THE BSrUBUU
MEDICAL.
RHEUMATISM,
m m u b a. J- o
Warranted Permanently Cured.
Warranted Permanent! Cured.
Without Iijury to the Sjslenu
A Iff. 4Anhfls. AM iTlA1
II IIUVHI lVU 1U11 M. V vak W
lij Using Inwardlj UiUj
DR. FITLER'8
niir m viiiT-ryM i nnn Tipwrnv
Ulti-tlA AillXiV JUU1.J.AV
For Rheumaliim and Neuralgia in all tie form.
Ih. only stai.d!vrd, reliable, positive, Infalllbl per.
man.nl cur ever discovered. It Is WMrauted to oon
tain DOlMnc bnrvful or Injurlons to tha system.
WAHRAFTKDIOCUBK OHMONKY KKFUSDB.D
WAKKABTKUTOCUKKOK MOMtr BJCfUND&D
Thousand ot Philadelphia reference of cares, Pr.
paced M
Ho,
2'J SOClll rOUETH STREET,
IMstuthtt
BELOW MAUKKT.
FIRE-PROOF SAFES.
gTRGftl THE GREAT FIRE
IN MAHKKT STREET.
MEHIIIN"S l'ATEXT SAFES
Again tlio. ClinuipionX
THK ONLY SAFE THAT PRESERVES ITfl CON
TENT8 UNCUABBED.
LETTER PROMT MORRIS PEROT CO.
Philaikle it I, Twelfth Month 8th,I8.
Messrs. Parrel, ri err lug & Co., No. OA Chesnut
street wents: it Is with (treat pleasure that we add
our tettimouy to the value of your Patent Champion
bale. At tne destructive lire on Marketstreet, ou the
eveulng of the ad lust.our store was the ceutre or th.
conlUgrniloti, aud, being fllieti with a large stock of
drugs, oils, lorpcutine, paluts, varnish, aicohoi, eto ,
maue a severe and trying test. Your bate stood In an
exi osed situation, aud fell with the burning Hours
Into the cellar among a quantity ot combustible ma
terlals. We opened it next day and round our Hoks,
papers, bank potts bills receivable, and. entire .
co litems all safe. It is especially gratifying to uatnat
your Safe came out all right as we had entrusted our
most valuable b ok to It, We snail want another of
ycur bales iu a w days, as they have out eutlie oon.
Udence,
Yours, respectfully,
' T. MORRIS PEROT 4 CO.
nVRRINU'S 1 ATENT CHAMPION SAFES, the
Victors m more than 6' it) accidental lires. Awarded
the Prl.e HrdVi at the World's Fair, London;
World's Pair, New York; and Exposition Cnlvtrseue,
Paris
Manufactured and for sale by
FAK11EL, UERK1NG & CO.,
Ko. 6U9 CllENXUT HTIIEET,
12 9wfm3mrp PHILADELPHIA.
o
i . m i i a v r
"'r" ; . ' MAKtrFACTUEKK OV
FIRh &M BDRGLAR-rROOF SAPE,
LOCKoMiTH, BELL-HANGER. AND DEALES
IN BULLDiNU HABDWABK,
ttt Na 134 BACK Btreet
JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, ETO.
ESTABLISHED 1828.
nOI IDAT TRESEXH.
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
. CLOCKS, S1LVEBWABK, and
FANCY QOOD3.
a, W. RUSSELL,
RO.
22 MM11 SLXTI1 81KF.LT,
PHILADELPHIA.
PATENTS.
OFFICE FOR PROCURING PATENTS,
. FOEREST BUILDINUS, ,
So. 119 South FOURTH St, PMladelpIiIa,
: AND MABBLE BUILDINGS,
No. WO SEVENTH Street, opposite U. 8. Patent
Oilice. Waahlcgtou. D. CL
H. HOWruN. So lunorol Patents.
C. HOWbOM, Attorney at La.
Coremnnlcatlons to be addrcastd to its yrlrcln
Olllce. Philadelphia, 1 1, lui
REMOVAL.
T3EMOYAL. TI1K OFFICK OF THK
IV PHILADELPHIA AND BOUTHjlKM MAIL
b'1 AMbXUP COMPAN k has been removed to
No. 130 f oath THIRD Street,
At which place tbe Company's bnMnets will here
after be transacted, freight encasemenui made, and
passage tickets sold.
Freights receivd and
QTJEEN Btieet Wharf,
bills of lading slfinetl at
' W. L. JAMES,
"l
General Agent,
No. ISOJtonth THIRD Street.
ltset
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN TUB ORPHANH' COURT FOB THB CITV
AND COUNTY OP PHILADELPHIA.
. . Estate oi U OB bTITEi.
The Auditor appointed bv the Court to audit, ss'tle,
and adjust tbe account or ELIZABETH A. STI Titi
?1.SLBa M- If KKsg, admtnlfltraiors of
J ALOB ST1TJ-M. dtceased, and to reportfMtrlb jtlon
cjf the balauoe In tbe bands of the aocoaoia.nl will ,
meet the parties Interested, for the purpose o hti
appointment, on WEDNESDAY, Februarys, PHI. at
4 o'clock, P. M., at bis olllce. No, at WALKOl'
1 U Iinw5l
rBOMAb J. WORRELL Auditor.
Ij; THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR TI1E CITY"
AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.'
Estate of CHAKLErl LkLAND. deceased.
Tbe Auditor apielutcd by the Court to au nt, set
tle, and adjust tbe account of ALBERT a JtltiKi'.
Jr., Administrator of the rstatapt said decedeou, and
to report distribution or tbe balance in tbe hands or
th Accountant, will meet th patnles lnteres-.et. for
the porpote of his appointment, on TUKlOiY,
Ftbruary D. ltit9, at 8 o'clock P, M , at his utile t. Ko.
IIS S, SIXTH Btrefit, In the CRy ot Phliadelpri'
H mwltt THOMAS K. ELOOCK. Aud tor.
13217.
REMOVED TO
13217
BULOW THE UNITED STATES MIST.
MARSH A CO. S
NKW MUHiO 8TORK,
KO. 1317 0HKI4 N TIT BT.. bove TUIHTEE N"T
PHILADELPHIA.
Muslo Publishers, and Dualerg In Masloal Mer
. . .. clientllBe of every Description.
JOHN MARHH.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AGENT
FOR THB 8ADH OF
THE BEST OLD AND SILVER WATCHE3 '
f . DIRKCU FROM EUROPE.
CHEAPK8T IN THE WORLD., ,
; Ho. 1317 CHESNUT STREET. r
I28tnths2m IN THE UUHIO BTORE,
M
E B R I C K & BONB
flnflTHWiPir vnTTwnvv
Eto. 40 WASHINGTON AVENUE, Philadelphl;
WILLIAM WBIQHTS PATENT VABIABL '
r CUT OFP bTEAM-ENOINK,
Begnlated by the Qoveruor,
J MMUUCJK'8 BAPETY HOMTUTQ MACHIN, "
patented Jtint, 1888. ' .
DAVID JOY'S . '
PATENT VALVELKSS STEAM HAMMXB, :
I D. kL WESTON'B '
PATENT BELP-CEN't EBINCi, BELP-BALANCXN9
I CKNTBIFDOAX BPQAB-DBAININQ MACHINE
'A.
HYDRO EXTRACTOR, .
, War Cotton or Woollen MannaMiwrcte. f lomw
;PKL5lE?AjIKl,. IN ROYAL HAVANA,
ii rKJ vS"1". u. , ,ni man.n clveu JmoKPH .
;Smx1LV,''WUAlWA-v Votk. PoT,