I Cotlnmt from th W$t Pagt. Thi (rnntlemnn Tom Ohio t M us tbat bosrjn .) m i.teiidod attack ho bal aiked information f'mttro source in order to test th correctu if me Commissioner's position . That was an lti'S vastA ol timn. Had he apont tt In examining Mr Wolis' flirures n( would have Jlo vered from thoirowti mmiite-t inoonirrtitty that no to or two hundred authorities could Rive them acliar ictcr for rcjpvtibillljr or tno welgbt of autborltj. The g.mkman la n sritameUcliiu and rnojts that l"-?02 ra Dot twentj-oD"! and forty-nine h,nirdtn per ceut. of $5.164,M0. and that Si; 000 are tiot seven and tweuty-six hundredths Sercent. of .'.0jj,600. Vit the Commissioner tells us tucv are, and so impairs the value of llic'imDOitant table on rape 111 of tlie report. 1 Invite the Bi D'-lemnn' attention to the two elaborVc tables to op found on paprc 18 of tho Tcnort tb first purportlnB to show m parallel columlis the "average weekly expenditures for niovlaiorm, I'ouco rer.t." Ac: the second, "ave f Tekiy earning." and the third, "surplus forclotblne, housekeeping Roods," Ac, of fami lies In 18C7; the other in corresponding columns purporting to show "averase weekly expend! lure of fainilies of varyitig numbers in the ma Bufacturiug towns of the United SUtea for the vpats lW'.O and 1807 reprctlvcly." Mote remarkable tables than these never were rprea bj statistician. I had supposed that $lr? 1elinar, late chief of the Bureau of btaUttlca. was a paraaon In his way i but he must It. jk out for his honors, for toM Ibe Special Coram Us lom-r of Revenue has "atenb im roundly in his own department, tnhappj Delmarl Haopy Commissioner Wells! For Weimar's report Contresa had oothlne; but an InrtlRuaut vote requlrinir its suppression, thouph it lay ready primed and bound ; but for Wells' budget ot more enrei?lous bluuders it has euch admiration and approval that no love of economy could reetralu.it from voting to print Jt for the widest possible circulation. The tables to which I refer must speak lor them 6olvei, lor no man can describe or characterize tbum. As evidence of the want of care with. Which Ibe report has been eent to the country, I rail attention to the fact that one column ot tfffurea which ought to be In the latter table has been omitted and that another appears twlee. It is so in both editions. The tables are as lollops: SB p V9 SSf E & - D C P D C 3 0 tt. 3 Si ! 5? Et2 is: ro.i- : w : : . pi : p 3 : I i sill 3 5 M-3 v3i-i-t,-t-t i S3cit4cntoOpo a S &. S Q n !r w 5 $3 So So S 3 3 09 3 ob oio v if t 9 OOOBD04P g e e o! 32 If Is ?2 0 a 9. oMtraP I'D 2 S"" P o IN i Hi 1 1 I I f f I Si 21 if -5- ct S a s 2? UHMUMUHH C 1 ns. CCS II J I hone the eentleman from Ohio will cive these tablet a reasonable amount of considera tion, and if he still thinks tney may no correct, reler them to another authority the ancient jnatrous of his district. But before making this reterence I beir hlra to advise the ladles of the fact that he draws his question from an official document; for ii he tails to take thl firecautlon they will hold him guilty of perpe rating a praclicul joke at their expense by ttabniitting to their judgment so absurd a mropofiltion. They will doubtless bo able to tell him that parents with two children cannot live o wel 1 on the came money as parents with but one, and as a jrencral rule it costs more to maintain parents and three children than is required for the support of those with but two or one, and that tbe same Is true with reference to parents and four children; but they will prouabiy doubt hia sincerity in asking whether parents with five children can live just as well on less money than h required to sup port ia the same communities parents with but two, and will laujh at the proposition thut Iiarents with six children can live as well on ess money than parents with but two: and I think 1 hear them crying out, "Why, sir, what do you mean by asking us whether purents with sii children can live for less than parents with two, and yet in the same breath telling us tbat if thev happen to have a seventh, be it boy or fflrl, it will more than double the ex penses of thej; whole family?" Unwelcome seventh child I Accordintr to Wells, you come Into the family of every laboring mau to daublo the household expenses, though all your six predecessors be still sheltered by the paternal roof I Lucky children numbers five and kix ! bence'ortb. you will be welcomed everywhere, for the Special Commissioner of Beveuuo h proved that in all instances your aoiuinjr re duces the expenses of tbe family to les than they were when tbe household flock conalbted ot but two I According to the CommUsiouer, this law of social life, hitherto undiscovered, is absolute, and prevsiled alike In 18fi0 and 1XG7. To invite attention to these tables Is to subejt thetn to tidiculet and yet, Mr. Chairman, they are the foundation-stone and the keystone of Mr. Wells' entire structure; upon them be rests all bis argument, and from them he deduced hw conclusion, so disparaging to the Republican aartv In Conpreoa. tnd n damaorincr to the in terests of the country, that, as a result of ss wise legislation, marriage is a luxury the IttWoting people ot America cannot safely eujoy. J3sp'J lor the country, they are so flrautlj a l r THE DAlln EVENING TELEGRAFII PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 18G9. and aburdly fal tbat Mr. We dedue'lons and conclusions will be reestvd but as tho vain I Imnplnings ot a arenTiiT ana mnoient tneorisr. In view of the surprising loot I have brouehl to the stteution of toe committee, and the urgency of the Commi'tioner tor a return to tue revenue tariff and cntratd currency of 18W, I am forced to tbe couelusion that he regards poverty and idU'nn?s as supreme blesjines to the inbotiiig peoplo ot a country, and I tejoloo that I succeeded in obtaining tbe floor i:p-ii tbe motion to print hii repot t, ant soanded an alarm to the masses of my countrymen that it is an insidious plea for 1h'ir Impoverishment. In my judgment, the tirstduiyof an Amertctn Matesuian is to watch and pu:iru the rights of the laboring clases of the country. They pro duce its wealth, they fieut its bUles, and in their bauds is lis destiny; for at every election they cat n majority of the ballols, and upon their intelligence, lntcerlty, and manly inde pendence refits the welfare of the country. To make republican eovernment an etidutintr suc cess, wc must guard the productions of our laborers aqalnst competition with those of the ill-paid and oppressed laborers of Enrope, tbat each bead of a family may by the wastes he can earn maintain a home nud bo able to support bis children during the years required to give them the advantages of our common school system. If the Commissioner's report provej anything to those who are ablo to detect its fallacies', and test tho fulluess and accuracy of its comparative tables, it proves that under tho influence of the cheap and abundant cjr rency we now have, and tho system of pro tection which the war forced as to ado.ot, the American people are consuming mora of the necessaries and comforts of life than they were ever before able to consume; ar pro ducing more of what they consume than ever before, and in Rpile of the taxes imposed by the national debt and other incidents ot the i war, are rapidly coming to ba commercially independent of other natlous. Yes, sir, uuder tbe influence of a tariff which, thoueh it levies duties on raw materials and commodities which we do not and cannot produce, is still in a mea sure protective, and an adequate amount ot currency, we are slowly emercina; from our commercial dependence upon Knglaud, as Is shown by the fact tbat our imports have tdeadily diminished since 1866. Thus in 1808, 18G7, and letiH, respectively, tue amounts or lorcign merchandise Imported into the country were as loiiows: Year ending 30th of June, 1860 SI23.470.8I6 Year ending .win oi June, ina anw.i.ari Year ending SUta of June, 1668 iMl.873,-133 Thus it appears tbat notwithstanding tho facts that the increase of our wealth is unpa ralleled, and the natural increase of our popu lation is very rapid, and that "from the 1st of July, 1865, to the 1st of December, 1868, about one minion natives oi ioreizu countries nave sought a permanent home in the United 8tates," our purcnases ot ioreign commodities are steadily diminishing. The sapient deduction ot the sneoai commissioner oi tne Kevenue from these facts is tbat we are unable to trade with forc'gn nations, and that to stimulate foreign trade we must reduce the wages of our laborers and diminish the amount of curreucy now profitably emplojed in tbe development ot our productive power. His theory is that "all commerce i in the nature of barter or ex change," and his eoiuplaiut is that: "We have so raised tbe cost of all domestlo products that exchange In kiud with all foreign nations is almost lmpussiuie. i ne majoriiy oi wtiat ioreicn nations uave to sen us. as aireaav shown, we must or will have (?) Wnal foreicn nations want ana we prouuce, cotton ana a law other articles excepted, t hey ean buy elsewhere cneaper. we ave, mereioro, oonirea to pay la no small part tor sucu roreigu promotions as we neea or win nave, euner in tne Drecious metals or, what is worse, in unduly depreciated promises of national payment." The ComraisPioner'a exception of "cotton and a lew other articles" leaves Hamlet out of the play and surrenders his whole case, for we can raiec enough of the article he excepts, and of which, we have a natural monopoly, to pay for every foreign production "we must or will have." The beneficent results of free labor in the former slave States are an a '.Tec able surprise to its most sanguine friend. Trie South is abundantly rich In mineral and special agri cultural retourcess. but she is .suffering for the want of cuirencv to develop them. Were she adequately supplied with currency, aud the season should be a favorable one, her pro duction ot cotton, aud tho few other articles excepted by the Commissioner, would more than double that of 1868, and as other nations must have her cotton, tobacco, rice, and other semi-tropical productions which tlicy cannot procure elsewhere. It peems to mc that the true way to stop the flow of precious metals and Government bonds is to stimulate production by protecting the wages of labor and avoiding any contraction of the currency. In support of this view, let me call attention to the fact that we 6end from eighty to one hundred million dollars abrcad annually for sugar. If capital ists will lend tbe planters of Florida, Louisiana, and Texas the means to cultivate their sugar fields, they will produce crops that will save a large percentage of this vast sum to tbe country. As I sbowed in the former discussion of this subject, we bought about forty-live per cent, of the entire amount ot railroad iron exported by Great Britain during the first ten months of 1868. The Commissioner makes no note of such facts as this, but finding some fortunately situ ated manufacturers of pig iron guilty of making profits almost equal to those merchants' and bankers' average, he holds them up to con tempt and ridicule, and wonders yes, In an official report, sneeringly expresses his surprise tbat they have cot petitioned Congress to legislate for the reduction of their profits! He probably does not know that the high rate a: which tig iron is now selling is stimu lating the production of that primary article to an extent that promises an early home supply and such competition among our own people as must Inevitably cheapen the price of iron and reduce the profits of thote whose product Is now in unusual request. In proof of this assertion I not only point tbe Commissioner to the rapid increase of tbe means of pro-lucin pig iron lu l'etinsylvaniu, but appeal to all the gentlemen on this floor from districts iu or near which coal, iron ore, und limestone are found. Dis tricts hitherto unknown to thu iron trade are r.ow producing iarfe quantities of pig-irou: and 1 ask griitleuien from New York, New Jersey, Ohio. Indiana. South tin Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, (jeorcla. Maryland, West Virginia. Kentucky, Teuue-see. North Carolina, and Oieeon, whether there tro not more furnaces erecting iri their Stttcs respectively than ever wore in process of erectiou at one time before, and whether those already existing are not in full operation? Virginia has no voice on this floor with which to ro-poud to my ap peal, but It i : withiii Djy knowledge that I'eun- Hince my reiriaia were delivered I have received irorn Mttsrs. ll.-tVrliin. Kiralglit & Co., coinm:KKio' men-awni of New .ians, ttitlr trade i lr. ultr ol i'tu 1, from which I ex tract the tolji.wlbu corroboration of my views "Hecfcipts of tne Louisiana snuar crop this season 10 UOlti ultimo, inclusive, foot up 47,41a hoKbbeads m-.iiar i.nd HW 518 barrels, halt' barrels, and 17 Quarter barrels molasses. Llut for lack ot 'Oiuptiitbi in commencing grind lug early aud ol iutiuaie preparation on the part of tne producers ';! securing a large yield, and the tHr'v severe frosts euoottded by Hoods of isiu, tne Louisiana sugnr crop ot 1808 would piobabiy iii.vf reached ll.j.Ouo hogsheads at lfsst, or about, fi.ree tiuifew tue product of 18ii7, The yield ol lUt- uinst Lave been reduced by mere was'e, caused by lark of wood, lateness iu bcginnii.i:. to Kt-lnd, and the unfavorable weuluer dnrtni; the lavtt-r part of tue grinding season, sav 2-0oO bogNheads or uiire, leaving perhaps UO.OiiO Iiocsheads lo be realized. This crrat W48te froru a bouutful crop is greatly to be retretted, and we may hope It will not ba repealed. "ibe prodo-tion of domestic cane-sweets f roptrly protected and encouraged, might be Dcieased far beyond tbe Ideas of many who are directly interested. We believe the sugar lands of this State and Texas mlieht ba made to nrodacs the entire 000,000 tons of siigr said to be required annually by the people of the United mates", saving the $100,000,000 of speoie paid yearly for foreigrs sweets, including ebbr-fes and Import duty, or perhaps fifty to sixty millions actually paid to foreign pro ducers. W's bave spaoe only to alc the genuine financier to consider this important lustra nieuialliy m aid of a return to the speoie basis." sylvsnla iron men have constrnctcd a .id are constructing furnaces, forges and r lling mills in various parts of tht Stale. If we would 1 turn the balance or trade In Otir favor, and put our bonds at par and stop the outflowing ot pold interest by receiving them in the hands of immigrants, or lu pay for our cotiou, rice, tobacco, provisions, etc.. ws must av id the Commissioner's nostrums, free trade and hard money, and promote tbe development of tho boundless natural resources of the country. Uy no other means can we airest tho ex not t ot specie and bonds in exchange for foreign roiu in ouuiei". There are many points in the Commlslooer's report tbat I would gladly review, but having addressed myself to a slnels one I will leave them for the consideration ot others. Mean while I congratulate the country that it is so strong, and the currents ot its prosperity arc fo broad, aud moving with such increasing volume, that no oiflclal report or tbe vnearles ot no theorist can impair or arrest its progress. THE IMNANA. This fruit, though s native of Guinea, wbenoe it was brought to Amirloa by way of the Canary Islands, is now not only domesti cated, but grows wild all over the tropical parts of tbia continent, and is found in abun dance in all the South Sea Islands. The two species of the fruit found in onr markets, aad called the larger (and coarser kind) Plantains. and the smaller (of whluh there are several varieties), liananas, are mostly brought from the West India Islands. In SoAuish-speaking countries they are all known by one name, l'latanos, and in many parts of Central and South America constitute nearly the entire subsistence of tne poorer classes. The larger ana coarser sorts are cultivated in preference to the small, tender kinds, as the plant is mucn more naray, ana the fruit, when cooked, more nutritions and less cloying to the palate. It ia hardly proper, however, to use the term cultivation in connection with this plant, for the amouBt of labor required in Central or Northern South America te provide a family a fair subsistence on plantains is not equal to mat wnicn goes to tue raising of a single bushel of potatoes in JNew England, in fact. it may be questioned whether the existence of the plantain tree, like that of tbe bread-fruit or the taro of the Sandwich Islands, may not be reckoned a curse rather than a blessing to mankind, fostering, as it does, habits of sloth and idleness to which the inhabitants of warm latitudes are only too prone. The tree ia raised from a shoot or sucker, of which nve or six generally put out from the base of the trunk of the parent tree after it has attained maturity. The shrubs and bushes in some part of the tropical jungle not too much shaded are cut away, and the yonng plant set out. it will take care of itself, and, when once firmly rooted, grows with great rapidity, attaining sometimes a height of twenty-five feet within night or ten months. While still yonng, at about the time of nower ing, it is a beautiful objeot to the eye; its long leaves of brilliant green wave gracefully in the breeze, and at a little distance its nodding, purple-tipped blossom has a pleasing appear ance. Later, as the older leaves die down, and the still, heavy cluster of bananas in creases in size, it has a siokly, miasmatic look. Tbe leaves are frequently above three yards in length, and from a foot to a foot and a balf in width. i rom their somewhat apron- like shape, some of the oil commentators on Genesis have oonoluded that our first parenU, after their disgrace, had recourse to this tree for their first garments, aud its botauioal name, Jausa paradimaca, is derived from this tradition. The plantain is an annual, dying soon after the ripening of its fruit; and as a number of young shoots or suckers, in various stages of growth, bave already started about its roots, it is immediately replaced without any inter ference on the part of the cultivator, ana a constant succession of fruit' ensues. The leaves of the plant are used to some extent for thatch, though not well adapted to the pur pose. The fibres of its thiok trunk, often ten or twelve inches in diameter, are wrought into a very inferior kind of cordage. It grows best in very warm ana humta climates, as it re quires a very large supply of moisture. At New Orleans the plant thrives, but the season is rarely long enough to admit of maturing the fruit. The most luxuriant and heaviest growths of plantain the writer has ever seen were upon the banks of the Guavaouil river, in Ecuador, and on the low shores of the Central American Republics. Along the ooast of Ecuador, and far oat to sea, rafts or balsas are- frequently met with, loaded entirely with plantains of enormous size, each separate fruit from fifteen to eighteen inches long, and a bunch weighing nearly a hundred pounds. This cargo is the sole food of the crew of the raft daring voyages of several weeks' dura tion. On oofiee plantations the plantain-tree is ireqaentiy cultivated in very large quanti ties, merely for the purpose of shading the coftee-trees daring the first two or three years alter transplanting. Many readers may be unaware that a Terr excellent dessert dish is made from bananas by frying them in a batter like apple-fritters. In fact, in the countries where plantains and bananas grow they are rarely eaten raw, and hardly considered as a fruit. The coarser plantains are roasted with their jackets on in the ashes, and the finer kinds cut in halves lengthwise, and fried. The idea is universal in all tropical . countries that wine cr spirits should never be taken immediately after eating bananas, under penalty of a severe fit of colic. A common way of serving thi3 fruit in the bandwich Jslaml is by cutting it In slices like a cucumber, and eating with milk or cream. Among the lower orders in Catholic coun tries, there is a superstitious aversion to cut ting with a knife the fruit of the plantain, owiDgto the fancied existence within it of the emblems of the Lord's passion. If the fruit be cut at right angles to its longer axis, some resemblance to a cross and other sacred em blems may be seen in the section. The small red varieties seen in our markets are only cultivated largely in those countries which have ready access to northern ports. I have rarely seen them in South or Central America or the racifij Islands. They grow on smaller and less hardv trees, croduue less abundantly, and, when cooked, have uo finer flavor than the coarser kinds. Bananas will ripen perfectly on the tree, but as the whole bunch would ripen at the same time, it is always cut oil and hung up in the shade when the upper layers of fruit have reached their full sue. In buying this fruit, it should be remembered that the upper layers have attained greater maturity before separation from the tree, and they will therefore have a finer flavor than the small, imperfectly developed fruit at the lower jittn ui me Duncn. They will ripen much more slowly in the shade than when exposed to tho heat and light of the sun, but lose in delicacy of flavor. Edward King, of Newport, It. I., has pre sented to the Kedwood llbrarv same fine pieoes of marble statuary, consisting of the "Dying Gladiator," life sine, the Imst of Adrladne, Venua of . Mil, Cloero, Demos thenes, and Marcellus, sculptured by Paul Akers, in Italy; and the "Schoolboy,'' sculp tured by J. Mpzler; Home, 1857. WORKS OF ART. CHURCH'S NE W Ml AC A R A," Bis last Important P.etors, nd lbs best and ul comprehensive view of ths GREAT F A L Ou Exhibition for a Snort Time. Admission, 25 Cents. CARLES' GALLERIES AND L0OKISU ULASS iVAUEEOOHS, No. 016 CHE8IMUT Street, 12 SI Ibatnftnsp PHIIiA DKLPHIA. BRANDY, WHISKY, WINE, ETC. QAR8TAIR8 & KlcOALL, Kos. 126 WALNUT aud 21 UlllNITE Sta., XMFOJtTSRS OF Brandies, Wine?, in, OUre Oil, Etc Etr, W ROLES AM DEALERS IK PUKE ltYE -WHISKIES, IN BOND AND DUTY PAID. 4 11 hotels and restaurants. Mt. Vernon Hotel, 8 1 Monument street Baltimore. Elegantly Furnished, with unsurpassed Cuisine. On the European rian D. P. MORGAN. FIRE-PROOF SAFES. pROM THE GREAT FIRES IN MARKET STREET. HERRING'S PATENT SAFES Again the Champion! IBE OHLY SAFE THAT PRESERVES ITU CON TENTS UNCHARRKD, LETTER FROM T. MORRIS PEROT A CO. Philadelphia, Twelfth Month 8th,188. Messrs. larrel. Herring & Co.. No. '9 Cbetmut street Weals: It Is with great pleMure mat n add oar lemmony to me value oi Four -teni unamDion bate. At tbe destructive tire on Market street, on the evening of tbe 8d Inst. Jour store was tbe centre of the conflagration, and, being blied with a large stock ol oiugB, ons, turpentine, paints, varnian, aiconoi. etc , made a severe and trrlnic lest, i oar eaie stood lu an exposed situation, and tell with tbe burning floor Into the cellar among a Quantity of combustible ma terial. We opened it next day and round oar books, papers, bank notes bills receivable, and. entire contents all safe. It Is especially gratifying lo ns tintt our bale came out all rlunt aa we had entrusted our most valuable book, to It, We shall want another of yew bales In a few days, as they have our entire con uueuce. Yours, respectfully, T. MORRI8 PEROT 4 CO. HERRING'S PATENT CHAMPION BAFE9, the Victor, in more than 600 accidental lire.. Awarded the Prize Mfdl. at tbe World's Fair, Loudon; World's Fair, New York; aud Exposition Cnlverseile, j-aris Manufactured and for sale by FARREI, HElllMNG & CO., Ko. 629 t lltSM'T STREET, 12 S wfm:;mrp PHILADELPHIA. C . L . il A I 8 E R M AWCrACTCBKB OV FlRb AND EUKGLAR-PE00F SAFES, LOCKSMITH, BELL-HANGER, AND DEALEA lit AUiXaJliNU ALA-ttJJ W AU1C, . M Ko. 13 RACE Street GOVERNMENT SALES. gALE CF GOVERNMENT VESSEL, XlkPCIY tl VABTMBMASTKB-OKNERAI.'fl OFF1CB. The Cnited States steamer OULONEL RUUKER will be offered at public sule at the port of Baltimore at 12 o'clock, noon, on WJINKSIAY, February lo' lb0. This vessel la a lu' PROPELLER, Of Z41 66-95 tons: leneth. IMS tuff, breadth. ?- in JPth ol bold, 8 5-10 feet; urait, light, sleet; loaded, a' She has on direct-acting low-pressure engine (2ix 2 Inches) of to ho.se power, aud one boiler. 1 Ibe bull is of troo, covrd with SS-lnch white oak and pine plank. Tbe hull and boiler were .. . ' tcpnueu at an expense oi mree tbouaaud dollars. All the property on board that rightly belonm to her on tilt will be sold with the vetsel. Hhe Is well lomid in every respect and ready tor immediate The right la reserved to reject any and all bids for cause deemed sufllcient by the undersigned. Tbe vessel Is now lying at the head of SPEAR'S WHARF (foot of Gay street), where the sule will take Place, and Is open lo Inspection by those desiring to Terms Cash In Government funds on day orsale STEWART VAN VLIET. . Deputy uuariermasutr-Gener.I, t tnd Brevet Major-Oenert V. n. Army. PUBL1C SALE nance Stores. OF CONDEMNED ORD- A lane quantity of Condemned Ordnance and Orl nance ctorr. witiB oimreu lor sale aiPabilcAuo. tlon. at BOCK ISLAND AKSKNAL, Illinolsfon m-t at f ' i imio, v JV U ClUUK A.M. Tlie foUuwiiig comprUesHOUie ol liie iiiucijJ rtl- i-. Iron Cannon, various calibres. 1 1(4 Field Carrl.gr i and Limbers. 1W setiof rtlllery Harness. Iu.iiai pounds Shot and Shell. 41. (0u bus of Infantry Accoutrements. 2.100 McClellnn Saddles. 700 A rtlilerr Saddle.. 2i UU Halters. 7w saddle Blanket. mt it Watering Bridles. HOC Cavalry Curb BriUlrs. 22w Ai tlllery 1 raets and names. rereons wishing calaloguts ot the More4 to be sold can obtain l hem oy application to tuemei or lira iurn at "Wlilu''!oii. 11. C. or Brevet Colonel m riiirtPIN. TT 111 ted staiea Army. Parcoaslos Ulllr foruer of HOUSTON and GHKKN Streets, New Vork city, or npon application at tus rwnai. T. J xttlAlAlAW, Lieutenant-Colonel Ordnance. . Brevet Brigadler-Geoer.l U. S. A , Cduiinanilirifr. Reck Island Arsenal, January a, bt I to tA7 PROVISIONS, ETC. 31I0HAEL MEAGHER & CO. So. 223 Soutli SIXTEENTH Street, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DE1LER3 IN ruovisioK, OVSJTEUS, AHD HAND CLAMS, t ou r i july est; TERBAPIHN 916 PER DOZEN. 282 TK. KIKKKLIN, AFTER A RESIDENC1 XJ nd practice of thirty years at the Northwest mrnw of Third and union atreeia. baa lately re moved to South ELEVENTH blreet, between MAJi- KXT nd CHKBNUT. viimunerlorltv in the prompt and perfect core of 11 recent, chronic, local, mud constitutional aileo-Uor-s of a special nature, la proverbial, rt nt th .kin. aucearlne In hundred dif ferent forms, totally eradicated; mental and physical weakness, ana an nervous raiii iumuiit and succeasXDAly Ueuv omoe future from I A. M lo sp.M ( UNITED 8TATES REVENUE STAMPS. principal Depot, o. SM CHE8NUT Street, Central Depot, No.ls3 8. ripi Street ons door below Ch.Miat Established lD6i. ReTenoe Btamps ot every description coostautlj n baud la any amount Order by Mall or Ksnress promptly attended to. tutted Mate. Note., Dr.lt. on Philao.lphla or SS Turk, or current luads reeelv.d In p.Tuient. Particular attention paid to small order. lbs daoision. ol the OouiiuUalon can ba eonsaltef and auy lwraatloa rstulug tbe Uw ubMrialK gltaa. FINANCIAL. 1000 MILES OP TRI mmn pacific 11 A I L R 0 A D ARE NOW COMPLETED. A 600 tulles of the Wes em portion of the llns, be ginning at Sacramento, are e'so done, but 2G7 MILES REMAIN To be finished lo open the Grand Throngh Line to the Pacific. This opening will certain 1 take place early this season. Besides a donation from the Government of 12 800 aoresof land per mile, the Company la entitled to a subsidy In United States Bonda on Its line as com. pleted ard accepted, at the average rate ot about l.'SRW) per mile, according to the dllllcultlea enoouu- tered, for which the Government takes a eeooad Ilea aa security. .Whether subsidies are given to any other companies ot not, the Government will comply with ell Its contracts with the Union Peciflo Railroad Company. Nearly the whole amount of bonds to which the Company will be entitled bave already been delivered. FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS AT PAR, By Its charter, the Company la permitted to Issue Itaown FIRST MORTUA9K BONDS te the same amount as the Government Bonds, AND NO MORE Thete Bonds are a First Mortgage upon the entire road and all Ita eqntpmeuts. THRY HAVE THIRTY YEARS TO RUN, AT BIX PER CENT., and both PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ire PAYABLE IN GOLD. Buch securities are generally valuable in proportion to the length of time they bave to run. Tbe longest six per cent, gold Interest bonds ot the United States (tbe 'Sis) will be due in 12 years, end they are worib 112. If they had 80 yea' s to run, they would stand at not less than 126. A perfectly safe First Mortgage Bond like the Union Paolflo should approach this rate The demand for European Investment la already considerable, and on the completion of the work will doubtless carry the price to a large premium. SECURITY OF THE BONDS. It needa no argument to show that a First Mortgage of 2S,C00 per mile upon what for a long time must be the only railroad connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Btates is I'BBFECTLY BKCUBB. The entire amount of tbe mortgage will' be about W.OOO.COO, and the Interest $1,800,000 per annum In gold. The present currency cost of this interest Is less than 12,500,000 per ant urn, while the grosa earnings of the year 1SC3 FROM WAY BUSINESS only, on AN AVERAGE! OF LESS THAN TOO MILES OF ROAD IN OPERA TION, WERE MORE THAN FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, The details of which are as follows; From Passengers..- . ,.! ( Zl.fOB-OT - 2.04 ',2.1 -19 prelum.... " Express .......... M Malia KIlKiwllaneoiiH . Ifc)2i5 5 Ul.hM 27 . 10 1 077-77 bevernment troops " freight " Contractors' men " material 4 19.4 10-33 S0l,W9l VMM, 32 Total $5,006 651-61 This Urge amount Is only an Indication of tbe Im met se tralllo.that must go over the through line In a few months, when tue great tide of Paciflo coast travel and trade will begin. It Is estimated that this business must make the earnings of the road from FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MILLIONS A YEAR. Aa the supply of these Bonda will aoen cease, par ties who desire to invest In them will find It for their Interest to do so at once. Tbe price tor the present Is par and accrued Interest from Jan. 1, In currency, Subscriptions will be received la Philadelphia by DE HAVEN & DRO., No. 40 B. THIRD Btreet, YVLV.. PAINTER & CO., Ho. M B. THIRD Street, And lu New York ,AI TUB COM PANT'S OFFICE, No. 20 NASSAU afreet. AND BY JOHN J. CISCO SOS, HANKERS. No. M WALL Street, And by the Company's advertlaed A genu through, oat the United States. Bonds sent free, but parlies subscribing through local agents will look to them for their safe delivery A RAW PAMPHLET AND MAP WAS I49UED OCTOBER 1, containing a rep jr of tbe progress of the work to that date, and a more complete state ment In relation to the value of the bonds than uan be given In an advertisement, whleh will be sent free on app'lcatlon at tbe Company's otlices, or to any of the advertised agents. JOHN J. CISCO, TKEASUBEB, NEW YORK. Jan. 20. 1869. 1 1 thatu DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., N. K. Comer ori OUIITU and KICK Sts., PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OV Whit Lead and Colored Faints, Potty Varnishes, Etc. A8KNTS FOB TH.S CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. DEALERS AND CONSUMERS SUPPLIED AT lOWEST PRICKSFOB CASH. It IS CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, ETC. QOATING8 I COATINGS I JAMES & L E C , O. II ROBTH SECOND STKEET, Sign of thejolde Lamb, ABE NOW BECEIVINU NEW STYLES or FALL AND WLNTElt C04TLNUS, TO WHICH THET INVITE TUB ATTEST. TION OF THE TBADE ANO OTI1EUS, ' 'AT WHOLESALE AUD UETAIL. mot MEDICAL. illllSTJItlVTISai, IS K U U A. ZjGtIA. Warranted Fernmncntlj Cored Warranted rermancntlj Cored Without Injury to the System. Without Iodide FotasslA or Colchlcnm l?y Using lnnaxaiy Vnif DR. FITLER'O GIIEAT RIIEUMATIC BEHEDI. For Rheumatism and Neuralgia in all iti form. The only standard, reliable, positive, Inralllbl per. manent cure ever discovered. It la warranted to ooa. tain nothing hurtful or Injurious to the system. WARRANTED TO CUBE OR MONEY REFUNDED WARRANTED TO CURE OR MONEY REFUNDED Thousands ot Philadelphia retbrenees of cores. Pre pared at Ko. 20 S0UTU FOUHTH STREET, IrZrtuthtl BELOW MARKET. GENT.'S FURNISHINQ GOODS," H. 8. K. C. Harris' Seamless Kid Glovos. ETEBX P Alls WABBARTEB. BXOLUBIYB AGENTS FOR GENTB' GLOVBU J. VJ. SCOTT & CO., I27bp 0. B14 CHKMNUT STBEET, "p A T E N T BUOULDSR.BBAIK SHIRT MANUFACTORY, AN GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE. PKRFECT PllllNG 8HIK1B AND DRAWERS made fiom measurement at very short notice. All other articles of UENTLEMEN'S DRESS GOODS in roll variety. WINCHESTER & CO.. No. ?ne CUE4NUT Btreet. ill SHIPPING. LORILLARD'S STEAMSHIP LINE FOR NEW YORK. Bailing Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at noon. The winter rates at which t freight is no. taken la 20 centa per 100 pounds, grosa, 8 cents per foot, or 2 centa per gallon, ahlp's option The Line la now prepared to contract for spring rates lower than by any other ronte, commencing on Match 16, i860. Advance charge cashed at ollloe on Pier, freight -tecelved at all times on covered wharf. JOHN F. OHL, 28 6m Pier it North Wharves. N, B.'Kxtra rates on small packages Iron, metals, etc. TOWN.-lnman Line of MaU hlWers aie appointed to aall as tollowa: 11 1 k Off' BALTIMURE, Saturday, February . CITY OF COJtK, Tueeday. February s. CITY UF PARIS, baturday, February IS, CITY OF AMI WEKP, Saturday, Feoruary SO. MNA. Tueaday, February W. CITY OF LONlON. uaturday, January SO. and ach auoceeUlng Baturday and alternate Tneadajr. at 1 P, M., from Pier 46, North Klver. RATEd OF PAbSAOE BT THS MAJx, XBAMAa UlUMS MVJUIT ATUBJ)AY, Payable la Uold. payable In Currency, FIRbT OABlN.mm...(100IBTEERAUEN.MM.MM.43S to I.ondon.M...,M. led I to Londou.. so to Paria Ub to Pari. ..... 47 raesatmi by tuk Tuns da y btjcam via H tou, JTIliBT CABIN, aTSUCaAU. . Payable In Uold. Payable in Uturenoy. Llve-pool.. 40 1 Li verpool................ .41 liailliix.................... ailttallia. ...., 1 ttt. John'a, N. P.. t 1 Jt. Joun'a. N. F. by Branch Steadier. ... 1 I y Branr.li Hteamer.. Passeugera also furwardea to Havre, Hamburg, g,Br. mfn , etc., ab reuuueu nm Ticketa can be bought here by persona aendlng for thblr irienda, at moderate rates. For further Information apply at the Company's Ofiicea. JOHN G. DALB, Agent, No. IB BROADWAY, N. Y, Or to O'DOiNNKAI A FAULK. AgeuW. No. ill OHEaNUT Strett. Phllauelphla. f5 ONLY DIliKCr LINE.TO FB1N0S. lis. uniNERAL TRANSA 1'LaNTIO COMPANY'S UA1L bTKAotblllPiS HETWEHI NEW CORK AND liAVKK. CALLING A'f BttKST. The splendid new vessels ou this l.vonte route for the Continent wUl sail Xrom Pier No. ou North river, as follows: ST. LAURENT Brocande.......Saturday,Oot. S V1LLEDE PAR1A .Surmont SuturJay, Out. 17 PiUUBJB..MM.......iDucbesuu......baturaay, oot. It PRICE OF PASSAGE In (Old (Including v, lue), TO BRErOR HAVRE, FUst Cabin .ssaaaeeee.aeee... $14U becoud Cabin., IU PARIS. ' 35 (Including railway tickets, lurnlahed on board) First cabm... ........ fHo Secuod cubla.. ..J These steamers do iiot carry steeiage passeugere. Jatedlcal attendance Lee oi charge, American travellers gulng to or returning from the continent of JLuropr. by taklug the aieimera of th'a Uue avoid nnnecessary risks from trausit ay English railways and crosaiog tue channel, beside, Saving jue, trouble, aud exponas. UlkORUE MACKENZIE, Agent, No. 6S11HUAL WAV, New York. . For passage fa Philadelphia, apply at Adams' Expreaa Company, to II. L. LEAF. 1 r,j No. W0 CHKaNU 1' tttreet, ymuf nml AND NoRiOIJi. STEAM ISHXP LINK. 'iAiAtULtoli VH&mHT AIR JLiNJfi TOtSs bOO 1H AND WEST, laM EVatY SATUitDAY, At uoon. from FIRST WHARF above MARKET THROUGH BATES and THROUGH RECEIPT to all points in Norm ana South CaroUuaYvia 22 board Air Lino lt"lroa, couiiecUag at PoitamouS and ut Lyuohbnrg, Va.,Tenneee, aid the Weit v2 Virginia and Teuneaaee Air Llue and Richmond JJ Iauvllle Railroad. uluuoad 4 Freight HANDLED BUT ONUE, and takan LOW uU RATiUS THAN ANY OPHkR LIN The regularity, baieiy, and cheapuetw of tliii miiu commend It to the puoliu aa tne most desirabl. mi dlom lor carry big every deacripuon oi freight. No charge for oommiaaiou, Oiayage, or wilr axnaiia. ol trausler. WMM Hteauuihlpa Insured at loweat rate. Freight received dan. W1LOJAM P. CLYDK as CO., o. 14 North and Csuuiu WHARVES. ir.P. PORTER, Agent at Riohmoud and Uty T. P. CROWELL dt CO., Agenta at Norfolk. u NEW JfiAPKKSS LINE TO ALEXi H tirriin n.audrla. ueurgetowu, and Waahlnnon it. c., via Cheaapvake and Delaware Uaual. with oon necUona at Alexandria from the moat direct rout, lor Linohburg, Bristot, iiuoxvUie, NaahvUle, Dai tou aud the bouthwest. mmim bteamera leave regularly every Saturday at Bona from the hnt whan au'. alarel atreet, Freight reoelved daily. Wat. P. CLYbK A OO.. No. it North and bouth W bar ram. 1. R. DA VIDbON, Agent at Georgetown. M. ELDRlLUE at kju., Agenta at Alexandria, VI. Kinla. g fPtt N011CK.-FOK NEW YOJUK. VIA jgl.K,y D ELA WAKE ANDRA RITAN iSnVi " iiPRitaa b'lKAMiwjATMpTNY Aj4 Tbe bteam Propeller, of ihia llue lean li A rr -r from llrat wharf beluw Mar.et Btreet. "AILT THROUGH lis M HOURS. Goods Airw-arded by all the llue going outof Y.rM! orth, itast. aud West, free ofcouTialaslon. Frelghu rbceived at our uaual low rat. No. iis WALL biiwt. corner of Beith.New York FOit &KW YOhK-SWlFtiuM aflsniiB' iii A. Transportation Oomnanv ii.n.u.k a..u bwiii-sure Lluva, via Delaware and Rarliaai St"1, 5 f "J1 tR,'r lhu ""i11 ' Mkn;. Vlug dally Eter1.lne.M00,lae0llU"WlU, l2 ai.u bwiit-uure Lines, via Delawarn inn u..Z: For freight, which will be taken on acoommodatlsa terma, apply to WILUAM H. BAlKlT lix Wo. 1MK DK.LAWAUK A van lie. . nRME CUTrd S7 COB STORE rilONTM, AWTLVMS, no lUHlKS, KTU, Parent Wire Railing -Iron Bedaieada, Oraameaia Wire Work. Paper Bakere' Wlrwi, and every vertel Of Wire Work, manufaclnrtd by ., , - u WALura a sons Bw1 U liociA SIXTH Street, i i 3
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