THE Data pVENINQ TELERATII PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCn T 0, 1869. spirit or THE PRMSS. nrauoM Of THl LBADIHa CrjBRIJTf TOPrO COMPIUD IT1BT AT FOB TBS STB1H1IO TKI.KOR1PB. The Politician) aiul We Uablntt. from U, elf. Y. Tune. The conpitWraiiotH which lai partisans to view with impatience tue oowpoatt ion or the new Cabinet are precisely the oondderatlona whioh make it satinfacturv to the matu bodr of the people. The politicians regard coldl, if rot with dialike," tue application of a pria olple which exat capacity, integrity, eifl clenojr, instead of mere party prominence and zeal. But In this principle the people see a guarantee of the purity and eco'aony, the redaction of expenditures oonourrently with an inoreased productiveness of the revenue, which, above all things, the country seeds. Whether the personnel of the Cabinet re main unchanged or not, nothing is more oer tain than the completeness with which it re flects the purpose of the President. la this light, the person selected are less suggestive than the qualities which obviously governed their selection. There may be deoMnationa amoT g them from one cause or another, but the faut is established that General Grant will have for his ohief assistants only those who are untainted with the triokery and corrup tion which are the bane of contemporary politics. The speoial fitness of this member of the Cabinet or that for the position as signed him, is a matter about which opinions honestly differ. Hut the trustworthiness and general ability of every member even the politicians have not ventured to deny. They doubt the partisan profitableness of theooarse pursued, but the keenest-eyed critic has failed to detect a flaw in the individual char acters which should abate the confidence felt by the people in the aotion of the President. The nominations for the Treasury and the Interior Department especially indfoate the soundness of the judgment he has formed in regard to publio requirements. These are the departments whose organization and management most directly oonoern domestio interests. In practical importanoe the opera tions of the Treasury and the polioy by whioh they are regulated exceed those of all the other departments. There, if any where, the sagacity of General Grant's choice will be tested. For, in existing oir lumatanoes, the head of the Treasury has other duties than those of ordinary adminis trations. Be must have the courage and dexterity of a reformer as well as the skill and industry of a mere administrator. The department passes under his control reeking with corruption. It has a host of servants whose mingled incompetency and rasoality entail the loss of more than a hundred mil lions annually. So far as the law will admit of it, this rottenness must be removed, and a capable acd faithful servioe organized in its place. The advantage gained is equally strong when'we approaoh controverted topics of tax ation and finance. One set of fault-finders oomplaln that the inaugural message pro pounJs no theory of resumption, and fore shadows no plan for paying the na tional debt. The country does not desire theorizing or legislation of the kind whioh those who ride hobbies always advocate. It wants just what General Grant suggests th application of common sense and business tact to affairs whioh, thus aided, time will gradually adjust with a certainty whioh no legislation oould attain. Industry and commerce are sensitive npon these subjeots. They have suffered seriously since the close of the war from the meddling of the Treasury ana the vacillation of Con Kress. Attempts to hurry back specie par ments have been productive only of disaster; haste to pay the debt before its maturity has necessitated oppressive taxation. There has been nothing like fixedness or intelligent effort in the matter; and from continual uncertainty everybody has suffered. The course indioated by the President will obviate these difficulties ana eo create a feeling oi conaaenoe by whioh all will be benefited. It establishes two points a firm resolve to de nothing injurious to the publio oredit, and a disposition so to foster trade and develop the resources of the country that the ourrenoy shall be gradually appre ciated without resorting to contraction. Gen. Grant means that the finances and trade of the oountry shall be cared for by one whose oharaoter lifts him, head and shoulders, above the crowd of noisy politicians, and whose practioal knowledge enables him to uphold the publio credit while averting the folly of hasty resumption. The seleotion of General Cox for the Interior department reVeals in a smaller degree a pur pose to purge the administration of the Gov ernment of the impuritieB whioh have grown around it. The control of Indian affairs will enable the Secretary to inaugurate reforms that will have the double recommendation of retrenchment and humanity. II is politioal allianoe, are perhaps stronger than those of any other member of the Cabinet, with the exoeption of Mr. Creswell or Mr. Washburne; but the fact that he was not the nominee of politicians, in conjunction with his high char acter, justifies the belief that partisan reasons will not greatly influence his conduot. The stern estimate of duty which has gov erned General Grant's choice, and has dic tated the. rule by which' any other nomination will doubtless be regulated, may not be with out occasional disan vantages. The partisan ship whioh chafes under indifference may ba expected to assert itself when opportunity offers. The unwillingness of the Senate to repeal the Tenure-of-UlIioe act Is not destitute of significance in this connection. Mr. Sum ner's objection to immediate compliance with the reoommendatiou in Mr. Stewart's favor should Boarcely be imputed to the same motive, for the importanoe of the piinciple involved may well excuse the referenoe to a committee; but It is not probable that partisan feelins will show itself in the final decision As against these drawbaoks, the President miv vlaoe the confidence which the principle he proceeds upon will Avaken in the national mind, and the more than partisan strength whioh that confidence will confer. Queries for Washburne. from the if. r. World. There seems to be throughout the country a noimlar superficial emotion in favor of the plan, copied by Mr. Jenckes from the admin fatrative systems of certain foreign govern ments. which requires candidates for govern ment employment to undergo an examination to test the fitness of the aspirant for the office he seeks. We see no good reason why the system should not apply to heads of the da nartments as well as the bands and feet. I wonlt be an entertaining spectacle to see and hear our new Secretary of State undergoing examination at the hands of a master of inter national law like Mr. Caleb CUBhlng or evu Mr. Sumner. They would probably begin something like this: la a consular certificate evidence of a foreign wiit are the immunities of a foreign min ister in this oountry f Are they given by statute or the law of nations f i;u.ir what oiioamstanoes U a domestio servant in a foreign legation entitled to pro- I teotlon against civil or orlmlnal process of our 1 eonrta? If n!t(in unlit a foralffO minister, not knowing the official oharaoter of the latter, U it an offense different from an assault on any one 1m r If it i", what Is the difforenoe T Have belligerents a right to sell prizes la a central port f If the United States, In a war with Spain, captured, ooonpled, and held Cuba, would the island become a part of the United States so far as our revenue laws are oouoerued f At what period does the right of inviola bility of an embassy begta, over what perioi does it extend, and how is it affooted by war between the oouDtry sending and receiving an ambatBador T What is the origin of the consulate system? Are consuls furnished with credentials f Are they liable to pay taxes in a foreign oountry f What are the ohief duties imposed by statate on American consuls abroad 1 What is postliminium f What are re prisals f What is a general legal distinc tion between general reprisals and aotual war f Is tar a contraband of warf Snob inquiries as these only ton oh the rudi ments of the knowledge required of a Seoretrry of State if he is te be a chef naturel in the de partment; but it would be fanny to see Wash burne endeavor to answer them. At It A grain. from the N. Y. Tribune. The old definition of an ambassador would seem to need revisal; for if the example of Mr. Beverdy Johnson is to pass into a preoedent, our diplomatic servants must be considered as gen tit men sent abroad to digest in behalf of their country. If we had the requisite leisure we should, to show our sense of Mr. Reverdy JohnEon's services, compile and publish a complete oatalogue of all the banquets In Eng land at which be has assisted, adding thereto, possibly, a compend of the bills oi fare. Ao coTding to the latest intelligence reoeived, Mr. Reverdy Johnson has been dining In Glasgow, where his powers of digestion were probably tried by that well-known Sooteh dish, cele brated by Burns as the "Great chieftain of the puddln' race." The poet deolares that he who feeds upon haggis becomes exceedingly valiant and war like: "Clap In bis walie nleve a blade, Hb'U make It whissle," It is well that Mr. R. Johnson partook of this stimulating, valor-provoking, and fight-producing esculent at the end instead of the beginning of his diplomatio oareer, tor other wise we might at this moment nave been breaking Mr. Bull's bead, as he might have been breaking ours. Mr. Laird wasn't "reck less" enough to feed Mr. R. Johnson on suoh a terrible dish before the signing or. ine treaty. Upon the whole, we fancy that our full-fed Plenipotentiary win be giaa to come nome. He has eaten the dinners pluokily, but there is a limit to the powers of the human stomach, and there is also a dreadful complaint called dyspepsia, which causes, as we have been In formed, the most intense agony of whioh the abdominal regions are susceptible. Mr. R. Johnson may not have had it yet, bat if he escapes after "the haggis" in Glasgow, it will be by a special interposition of Divine Provi dence, whioh he has no good reason for count ing upon. From the report of Mr. Reverdy Johnson's speech at Glasgow, It is evident that the haggis or something else must have got into his Kx- cellenoy's head. We trust that we do him no injustice, but our opinion is, when he talked his last talk to Scotchmen, that the mountain dew, the hot water, and the tumblers must have' been for some time npon the festive board. We think so because there was in Mr. R. Johnson's oration what the North British Mail styles "a strong infusion of balderdash," although we have never heard it called by that name before. Moreover, Mr. R.Johnson (in this respeot resembling Mr. A. Johnson) indulged on this occasion in rather strong theological expressions, such, for instance, as "God knows what England would be without Scotland;" "Heaven knows what would be- oome of you." Our deduotion from the repe tition of these pious phrases is that the whisky was uncommonly potent. No wonder the Scot oh newspaper speaks of "the gushing oharaoter of the discourse." But this diplomatio old gentleman, doubt less having a reoolleotion of Anaoreon in his mind, did not forget in his cups to pay a proper compliment to the bonny Hootch lassies "women to be proud of," as Mr. R. Johnson gallantly observed, thus reminding ns of Miss Snevellicoi'B papa at the bridal banquet, when he deolared that he "loved em every one, including the married laaies," to the intense disgust of Mr. Lulyviok. 'Scotchman," said Mr. R. Johnson, "without ScoU-h women, what a poor, miserable set you would bet" . If there had been any of these estimable female creatures piesent at the moment, we have reason to believe that Mr. K. Johnson would have winked at them "winked openly and nndisgnisedly; winked with his right eye." "They are not here,". said Air. ti. Johnson; "iwish they were." Oh, the gallant Plenipotentiary ! How this "joound gentleman" (for so he is styled in the journals) will ever be able to go through with the melancholy business of bid dmg his convivial friends In Great Britain farewell passes our comprehension, especially if a bevy of beautiful BiitUh Amazons should be on guard at the pier to prevent his em barkation, lie will have to oome away in me mgm. ne will be lorced to leave incog nito. When he lands in this serious and rather desolate land, which he has been so convivlally representing abroad, we must make sure to have a bauquet ready and wait ing for him. Compared with British proven der, we shall har.ily have anything better than funeral baked meats to offer, 4at Mr. R. Johnson semis to be of such facetious power that doubtless be can impart a relish even to a dinner of herbs. Genual Grant ami IUh Administration in a KrligiiMis View. - Prom the Jf, 1". Herald. The various religons denominations of the United States, and especially the members of the powerful Methodist lipisoopal Church, have great faith in General Grant and in the prosperity of the Gospel under his adminis tration. The General's father is a Meihodiat, his mother is a Methodist, his wife is a Metho dist, and through these channels the General Llmeelf is well rea-oned with wholesome reli gious convictions. We believe he has not been converted aooordlng to the Methodist ritual he hat not passed through the ordeal of mourning for his sins and that joyooj sense of forgiveness and that ohange of heart thtongh the Holy Ghost which casts off the old man Adam and makes the believer happy in the faith; but he la 'still in the way of sal vation, and that's a great deal in these days of skepticism, materialism, and unbelief. Thus, although the General likes to ride be hind Bonner's fast horses and goes to balls, and although in "swinging round the circle" of our institutions he may drop in for an hour or so at the Black Crook, the opera and the opr'ra louje, he still likes mother'a church and all the ohurohes, and Bets a good example as an honorary member by availing himself of every opportunity to go to ohuroh. He attended the other day the consecration in Washington of a new Mtthodlst ohuroh, and his presence was hailed at a good sign for the prosperity of that church and all tbe ohurohes under his administration. Seoondly. This idea has been and will be strengthened in every praying household olr ole in the nation, by the oloaiDg request of the General's inangnral, in whioh he asks the efforts of every citizen in the work of "cement ing a happy Union," and "the prayers of the nation to Almighty God in behalf of this happy consummation." General Grant is a believer in prayer. He reoails an incident said te be connected with aoritioal period in the conven tion of the fathers engaged in framing the Con stitution. We think it was on the everlast ing nigger question that the convention was bronght to a deadlock. They knew not what to do, when good old Ben Franklin, as the tradition goes, proposed the last resort of prayer. It was tried, and the convention re turned to its work and a compromise was efleoted, including the oontlnuanoe of the African flave trade for twenty years, which restored peace in the convention and esta blished the Union. As we look at it now, that compromise was an awful mistake; but union was the first essential, and as they were situated an adjustment oasting the deadweight of slavery npon Sambo, including the African slave trade a New England plum was the best that could be done by the fathers. They did not think slavery would last long, and they would have gone, no doubt, for speedy abolition bad they dreamed of Whitney's cotton gin, Calhoun, and Jeff. Davis. Jeffer son, however, bad his misgivings, and they have all come true. But now, with slavery abolished and equal rights provided for, ex cept in the matter of the spoils, to reds, yl lows, black b, and whites, General Grant with a clear conscience may ask the prayers of the nation for "a oemrnted Union" with the cement of liberty, equality, a ad fraternity;" for is he not to all oi us now "a man ana a brother ?" The third branch of our disoourse is the presentation to General Grant from the Ame rican Bible Society, on the 4th of March, of a splendid copy of the Holy Bible. The com mittee consisted of Chief Justice Chase, Sen ator Frelinghuyten, and George U. Stuart, of Philadelphia, the very man the identical Scotch-Irish Presbyterian who poor McClure was afraid had been singled out as the Penn sylvania man for the new Cabinet. The Chief Justice presented the Bible (magnlfioently bound in Turkey morooco), and in the name of the soolety be expressed the hope that the new administration would be guided by its teachings. The General accepted the gift with thaLkfulness, and promised to preserve it and hand it down to his children in comme moration of the day. Nor have we the shadow of a doubt that, when puzzled and worried out of his lite by clamorous politicians and hungry office-seekers, he will turn to its pages for enlightenment, and will be greatly strengthened thereby. He will find in the faith of Abraham and Ifaao, in the great mis fortune of Eaa and in the treachery of Jaoob, in the trials and triumphs of Moses, the great leader of Israel to the Promised Land, in the violssitudes of Saul and David, in the gor geoue reign of King Solomon, in the revolt of the ten tribes, and so on, and in the wisdom of the Provtrba and in the warnings of the Prophets an invaluable fund of instruction; but, best of all, in the teachings of the meek and lowly Nizarene, and in His power of heal ing the sick, restoring the blind and oasting out devils, will the President find comfort and encouragement. We speak to a congregation greater than that whioh Moses led dry shod aoross the Red Sea; and we would warn them that, in advo cating the payment of the five twenties in gold. General Grant does not, like the High Priest Aaron, when Moses was up in the mountain. intend to set up a golden oalf as the god of Israel. That calf already is the god of Wall street, but it will be knocked In the head when we oome to speoie payments, uar new Presi dent, to Bum up, will give a great impulse to the cause of religion, from the living principles thereof which are fixed in his charaoter and from his outward manifestations as a believer. He may not oome up to the mark of the Massa obneetts puritan, but be is weioome as a brother in Plymouth Churoh. Most of our Presidents have been Episcopalians or Presby teriana. Jefferson was a philosopher, Van Buren was a Dutoh Reformer, and old Zaok Taylor, we believe, was a hard-shell Baptist The Methodists, with General Grant as their champion, have now something over whioh to shout halleluiah; but, as the President repre sents all the people, so he represents all the Churohes. He comes in, too, with the sublime idea proclaimed with the star of Bethlehem, which was "Peaoe and good will to men;" for is not his motto the same "Let us have peace?" Mexico Her Condition and Our Policy, from the If. Y. Htrald. Mexico stands in our way stands in the way of the civilized world. Were she at the southern extremity of our continent the tide of progress would sweep by her and give her an opportunity, by centuries oi siow upward movement, to reaoh a comparative civiliza tion. As it is, the world cannot wait for this long process of national regeneration, and consequently the Mexican problem to us be comes of great political interest. No one can deny that she has made great strides onward since the days of the Spauish viceroys; but it has been an advance from the most abjeot to comparative misery. She has had one long and desperate struggle for nearly half a cen tury to rid herself of the civil, religious, and military fueros whioh clung to her after her independence. She has tried three oonstitu tiocs, her theoretical liberal efforts cnlmina ting in that of 1857, which is in many respects supejior to our own as a fundamental code. the has been placed by the desperate retro grade effort of the Imperialists back where she was in 1801, when she finished her grand final battle with the clergy for the support of libe ral as opposed to ecclesiastical principles. We find her to-day with no two elements of taual strength whioh oau meet eaob other lor a great internal struggle. The liberal theories are triumphant; the church party dead after a tremendous conflict; the constitution of 1857 restored, and an attempt being made to gather well in band her moral and religious wreoic, her political and social degradation, and her financial dishonesty and ruin. But there are still many elements left in Mexico pregnant with local trouble. In the north she has a vast and desolate territory in ereat part overrun by savage Apaohe and Camanohe Indians, who have swept off the herds from every estate far into Central Durango and Narthern Zacateoas. The minlnr machinery has been dtstroyed by the raiders and the mining towns are in ruins. a nair-Btarved, miserable, nd ignorant popula tion is Bhtverinir under adobe wall. iamu- lipas is a stronshold of bandits, and is alter naUly In the hands of Canales or Cortina. Sonora and Sinaloa are slven over to rival feudal families. Co&hniU belooes almost en tirely to the two brothers Sanchez. San Luis Potosl contains sincle estates of the size of Delaware, where one-half of the Inhabitants are In rags, the other half naked, and the whole of them living more like beasts than bkv huiuau beluga, fcyuth western alexloo is held by Loaaao, an loaiau cuw, who does more or less as suits bis Ideas of government. He controls some ten thouaaud brave war riors, and forms an Integral part of the repub lic Guerrero la the seat of power of the Alvares family, who obey and disobey the central authority and oolleot taxes as best sniu their fiaanoial condition and Ideas. Yucatan, a vast Indian county, Is a constant aouroe of trouble, and ever a frulttul point of local pre nunciumientoi. In Mexloo we find oeriain points held, like those of the middle ages in Europe, by soma robber chieftain, who laughs at the general government.' As an instance, we cite the Laguneron, under uomaies ur rera, who have often desolated Southeast Chi huahua, Southwest Coabuila, and even threat ened, in It-67, the populous city of Saltillo. Throughout the oountry we find that bad gov ernment has absolutely driven a naturally honest people to wholesale plunder and devo lution, i he one-stxteentu part opauisn nioon of Mexico is a mixture productive of the most undesirable results, and has In reality been a barrier to the civilization of the naturally talented Mexican Indian. We have sp"ken ot the Constitution of 1857 as an admirable document. Praotioe, how ever, proves that it is not adapted to the oou ditiou of the Mexican poople a.j we find them. it does not tit tbem, and as a mass they oannot understand what it means. Even the acknow ledged rulers direotly disobey its provisions, as witness the Vera Cruz and Mexico Rillivay coDcest-lon lately given, the unalienated peon 8 j stein that praclioally exists on all great estates, and the intense State rights rule whioh marks every provincial government. The Cunstltntiou abolishes internal custom houses, and yet that system is still continued to the entire ignoring of its effeots on trade and the tendency te crush out every effort at Internal improvement. Mexico should export the products of her magmlioent sou, and yet her exports are scarcely an ounce. She depends entirely npon her silver mines. These are suffering terribly under the weight of a taxation that almost pro hibits their working. In the time oi the viceroys be mines paid a royal fifth; to-day. before the silver reaches a market, it has paid in numerous classified taxes from twenty-three to twenty-five per cent, on the gross prod act of a mine. The result is plain. If capitalists invest one hundred thousand dollars la a mine and take out one hundred and twenty thoa sand, they pay thirty thousand dollars taxes, and therefore lose ten thousand in the invest ment. In any other oountry the same mine would pay well. This is an example of the way Mexico crushes the only industry she chioses to rely npon. Still another misfor tune for that land whose geograph'oal position is the finest on the globe she Is as yet in tensely feudal. This is the element that most prominently stands in the way of her progress and civilization. The lands of Mexloo are in the hands of a few great holders who have their baronial residences and, to all intents and purposes, their feudal retainers They pay no direct taxes npon their estates, and therefore can constantly add to their own landed wealth, while at the same time they lnorease the poverty and misery or the poor people who are forced to live on these estates. Ttese feudal lords generally have little stomach for the eduoatlon and improvement of the masses. When some olear-headed and philanthropic individual makes an attempt to better the condition of these serfs, a raid of a few hundred desperadoes breaks up the establishment and the effort disappears, while he who makes it is consigned to poverty, as instance the fate of General Miguel Blanoo, m Tamauiipas, in isob. J he exterior nuances or Mexloo are soaroely better than the interior, without mention' ire her ninety five millions of European in debtedness, she has never made a reasonable eflort to reimburse those citizens of the United States who, from pure sympathy for ner cause, mrnishea her munitions of war during the struggle against the empire and took her bonds in full payment. These bonds are now icaroely worth ten oents on the dollar, and the coupons due are not yet paid. This is one among the many cases of what may be teimea aiexioan gratitude. Thus we have pictured in part the condition of Mexico. 'Tis a sad one, but it is an im provement over the days when. Spain ruled there, improved however much it may be. it is undoubted that it will take many, very- many years lor the oountry to move in that unison with us whioh the times imperatively demand. Does she populate her frontier f Does she move under the same impulse that we do f Does she, as contiguous territory, help the development of Texas, New Mexloo, and Arizona f One-third part of United States territory may be said to depend for its pro gress spon the development of Mexico; there fore we repeat that Mexloo stands in our way. We cannot give her time to join after her own fashion in the great march; for the law of Jirogrets is inexorable, and the weaker and eeser civilization must go down before the greater. We sympathize with her, for her up ward struggle has been noble, and she has accomplished very muoh, and more in the same time than most ot the European na tions; but she cannot advance with sufficient rapidity now to meet the demands of her geo eraphical position, and must give way to the people that are better able to prepare her for her future. The world and modern progress demand that we should take control of her, and we must do it. With her we must com mence a military colonial system, gradually eradicating the existing evils, and finally, when properly prepared, admit her to the benefits of the Union. CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS. P1 CTURES FOR PRESENTS A. S. ROBINSON, No. B10 CHESJNDT Blreet, Hasjust reoeived exquisite specimens of ART, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS, FINE DRESDEN l'ENAMEL3" ON PORCE LAIN, IN GREAT VARIETY. BPLENDID PAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS, Including a Number of Choice Gema. A BUPERB LINE OF CHK05108. A large assortment of NEW ENGRAVINGS, ETC. 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SOHN & CO., FRANKFORT JAMKS W. TUCKER & CO.. PARIS. And Other frlncipal Cities, and Letters of irean Available iiironghout Europe. p O R 8 LEIIIGU TALLEV KAILKOAD CO.'S SIXPER GENT. MORTtiAUE B03DS. Also Pennsylvania and New York Caaal and Rail road Company's BEVKN PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS, guaranteed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. THE LEHIGH VALLEY OLD BONDS, SUBJECT TO TAX, EXCHANGED JO ft NEW ISSUE FREE FROM TAX. m CHARLES C LOSOSTRETH, 1 1 mi Tremurer. pm 8. PBTEROON & CO., Stock and Exchange Brokers, No. 30 South THIRD Street, Members of the New York and FhlladeN -phla Stock and Hold Boards. STOCKS, BONDS, Eta., bought and sold on eoioutUaiou only at either city. 1262 BKJamisok&Co. mmm FINANCIAL. Union Pacific Railroad. 1040 ji iie: NOW COMPLETED. The First Mortgage Bonds, 1IA1MJ 30 IEAKS TO KUN, Principal and Interest Payable ia Gold, WE ARE ROW KELLtttt AT PAR ATS D INTEREST, Or exchanging for GOVERNMENT SECURI TIES on the following terms: For tlOOO 1881s, we pay a difference of (13117 $1000 1862s, we pay a difference of........ 1(1-62 $1000 lBGls, we pay a difference of 107-92 $1000 1805s, Nov., we pay a dlff. of 121-68 $1000 i0-10s, we pay a difference of. 90 42 $1000 1806s, July, we pay a difference of 10012 $1000 1807s, July, wenay adlfferenceof ltM'lT , $1000 lboSs, July, we pay adlfiereuoe of 101-17 Or in proportion, as the market for Govern ment Beouiltles may fluctuate. WII. PAINTER & CO,, BANKERS AND DEALERS IS 90YEIU. HEM'S, GOLD, ETC., No. 30 South THIRD Street, 119 PHILADELPHIA. No. 35 South Third Street, PHILADELPHIA. DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, STOCK, COLO AND NOTE BROKERS. Ai-tonut. of Banks, Firm., od Individu.li reoeived, lulyrt to check at light. INTEREST ALLOWED ON BALANCES. (xENERArACENTS, FOR Sn, PENNSYLVANIA .orT,HE 3 OF THE MH,tXQt UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The National Lifk Inhurancp. Company Is a sorporation chartered by special Act of Congress, ap proved July 2o, iHiiH, with a CASH CAPITAL, $1,000,000, FULL PAID. I.ltx-rnl termH offered to Agents and Solicitors, who are invited to apply ut our ofllee. Full particulars to he bad on application atotiroffire, located hi the second story of our Banking House, where Circulars and I'amphletH, fully describing the. MivunUigea ollered by the Company, may be had. E. W. CI. ARK A CO., Jfo.SH South TfiirdSC. QA N KING HOUSE OF JayCoqke&G). Nos. 112 and 114 South THIRD Stree rJUULuauriuAi Dealers Id all Gorernment Securities. Old 520a Wanted In Exchange for New A Liberal Difference allowed. Compound Interest Notes Wanted. Interest Allowed on Deposits. COLLECTIONS UADB. BTOCKS bought ni 1014 on Oommlaaloa. Bpeclal bntletM accomnoaatlont reaerrad ladlea. ' W wUl nmiti application-, fur J-oUolea of L Inrarano in Ui National Lire in.uranaa Company Of Ut Coiled BtM. Vnll Information given ai oa cffloM Hum BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY. JAMBS B. SMITH ft CC. BL A N It BOOK MAKCJACTCBiCKB, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.. Ho. 27 South btVENTJMStreet, U It fDiwSm) PHILADELPHIA, BT vTI O IV IS I H, GROCERIES, ETC. JpltESH I'ltDIT IN CANS. PKACHK8, FINKAPPLtB, BTO., (JRaKJi OJ, TOMATOES. t-BJUtCa PKAB, MCBHbOOMd. AttPABAQCH. KTG. Bl'O ' ALHEBTV.BOUKBTM, ' tMMtler la Flo. Uroceriw,