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The War Cloud Over Huropc.
From the X Y. Herald.
It li only few daja since w oalled th at
tention of our reader to tbe probability of n
trly and elgaotio war on tbe Continent of
Europe. Theto were not a few who thonght
that wo wrote with too mneh oonfldano, and
that our coBolneioni wero not warrantod by
taoU. , Not a day bat passed alnco bot news
from, the different Koropeau centres has Justi
fied our view of tbo situation. War rumors
fill the air. War preparations on the moat
extensive soale are erery where being hurried
forward. Tbe preparations are more particu
larly notioeable in Prussia and Franoe. The
Attention of tbe French Government seems
" to be direoted ohlrfly to the equipment of the
army, while Prneia multiplies aud strengthens
her fortresses. It is stated on what seems
good authority, at we reoently mentioned in
our news columns, that the Frenoh Govern
ment has actually asked explanations from the
Government of King William regarding the
concentration of troops in Ilanorer, Frankfort,
and generally on the Frenoh frontier. Austria,
We are also told, impressed with the daoge
rous oharaoter of a war in whloh It might be
Impossible for her to refuse to take part, has
expressed a desire that any difficulty likely to
lead to hostilities should first ba submitted to
a eonference of the powers before It is regarded
m a caiu$ belli. It is olroumstanoe calcu
lated to exoite euspiolon that, In view of the
pprosohing elections, the Emperor by abolish
ing the UvreiB has made a bold bid for the
suffrages of the wokringmen. The most im
portant item of news bearing upon the general
question is that contained in one of our latest
- cable despatches, to the effect that, in spite
of the bitterness of the opposition, the Senate
ttas approved the so-called defensive measures
of the Government. The oonoluding words
of the speeoh of M. de la Valette, "It is the
policy of Franoe to maintain resolutely a dig
nified peace," mean that Franoe is now ready
for war.
It, thus beoomes more and more apparent
that,' muoh as conferences have in the last two
ears accomplished, they hare not given
Europe the hope of a permanent peaoe. The
London Conference on the Luxemburg ques
tion, and the Paris Conference on the Eastern
question staved off war for the time, but they
settled do great question they removed none
of the great outstanding difficulties. The
Eastern question is as unsettled as ever, al
though in abeyance for the present ; and the
demolition of the fortress of Luxemburg has
sot put an end to the Jealousy whloh has so
long existed between Franoe and Prussia.
The two nations seem less willing to shake
hands than ever. The truth is, conferences
oven do bnt little se long as suoh enormous
armaments are maintained. It will not be
wonderful, however, if, in the event of any
aotual cause of war presenting itself,
. an attempt is made to preserve peace
t , by means of another oonferenoe. It is not
. for the. interest of Austria that war should
'. break out between two suoh powerful neigh
; bors as Prussia and Franoe. England has no
, desire to see the Continent in flames. Both
these powers, it may be taken for granted,
will, go in for a oonferenoe, aid among the
lesser powers they will find no lack of support.'-
We have no idea, however, that Na
poleon will be Influenced in the least degree
by any suoh proposal. No oonferenoe oan
bend Prussia to his wishes. No conferences
can gives him what he wants. We know that
it was the imperfect condition of the Frenoh
army whloh prevented Napoleon from going
to war with Prussia when Bismark,after the
battle ef Badowa, snubbed him so effeotnally
for asking the Rhine provinces as Frenoh com
pensation for Prussian gain. It was the same
cause; we know, whioh prevented him from at
tacking Prussia when Bismark refused to yield
In the Luxemburg difficulty. But that otuse
exists no longer. The two years and a half whioh
have since elapsed have brought up the Frenoh
army to a high standard of perfection. Mar
shal Niel has exerted himself to the utmost,
and Marshal Niel Is now satisfied that Franoe
need fear no foe. In other words, the Em
peror Is ready to try the genius of Bismark on
other fields than that of diplomacy. No oon
ferenoe could have prevented him from taking
the field against Austria in 1859. Should any
reasonable pretext be found, no oonferenoe will
prevent him taking the field against Prussia
In 1868, He is ready; France is ready; and if
oooaslon offers he must fight or lose his throne.
Under him Franoe will have no more Mexican
blunders, no more Sadowa miscalculations, no
more Bismark snubbing. He knows well the
oharaoter of the. people whom he governs. He
knows that no further compromise would be
tolerated, and now, and on this great question,
he and his people are of one mind.
The peculiarity of the present situation is
that there is no immediate intelligible oause
of war. It is diffloult to believe that Napo
leon, for the sake of any unoertaln gain that
might result, for the mere sake of flattering
Frenoh vanity, wonld rush into open hostili
ties -without some satisfactory reason. It
might be dangerous to bring down upon his
head, the indignation of Europe; and we may
feel well assured he will run no suoh risk.
Whence, then, is oause of war likely to
emerge f - There ia the Belgian difficulty, for
the settlement of whioh a mixed commission
has been appointed. How this commission
- will decide we know not. It is diffloult to be
lieve that the Belgian representatives will be
pluoky -enough to separate the interests of
Belgium from those of France. But it is not im
possible. It ia tbe objeot of the commission "to
give mutual proof of friendship and confi
dence. ' Its result, will be "to develop the
commercial and industrial relations of the two
countries." and hence it will "examine the
divers. - industrial questions arising from the
existing relations, and from the treaties re
oently proposed for the cession and working
of the Bttlsian railways." It is not diffloult to
see hew a cau belli might be manufactured
I by this ootnmisslon. The Belgians, as we have
said, may , not prove sufficiently yielding.
What then f Will Napoleon use foroe f If he
does, Will not Bismark imitate his example f
A French army in Belgium, the English people
would foroe the Government to Interfere. Sup
posing, however, that some treaty is signed
whloh meets the wishes without wounding the
pride of either party, it is not oonoeivable that
trouble will not grow out of It. Whatever the
treatr mar be. Franoe Is oertain to obtain suoh
m footing - in Belgium as shall be found
ultimately to Jeopardise the life of the
little kingdom. The Great Luxemburg Railway
in the hands of Franoe, Prussia wonld be more
In danger ' a surprise than ever. On the
HninTi of this commission Bismark will keep
fixed a Jealous ere. ' It will not be wonderful if
before the commission has concluded its labors
the voice of Bismark Is heard, and if this Grat
Luxemburg Railway beoomes another great
Lnmnbajro uestion. on the solution ef
biAh , will, deoend the destinies of Karope,
TM la nn ef the irons whioh Napoleon has in
the fire, and It will serve his purpose as well
as aoy&herV whether war shall spring from
thla iahma. or whether It shall not, it eannot
laocfc longer be d)74t The cloud, alreaijr
heavy and portentous, grows denser and
dtneer. Men begin to hold their breath, for
they feel that tbe dread explosion U at hind.
The I.nte Henmlon of Conre.
Fim the N. Y. Tribun.
Tbe thirty-three days to whloh the Forty
first Congrevs limited Its first session were,
on the whole, well spent. We are grateful
for some excellent legislation completed, for
some very bad legislation prevented, and for
tbe early adjournment. One or two measures
that ooght to have passed were lost between
tbe booses; but on tbe other hand some ex
teedingly worthless ones shared the same
fate.
The act by whloh the session will bo longest
remembered is one for whose prompt passage
We have to thank the eagaoiou statesmanship
of General Grant. We mean the law that
elopes the series of reoonstruotion measures,
and provides for "the crowning of the ediQoe."
No timelier, wiser enaotment has, in these Ut
ter years, marked our progress towards resto
ration. We hail it as the end of the polioy of
hatred and revenge; the end of irritating aud
useless disfranchisements; and the means of
bringing to the next session of this Congress a
full representation onoe more for the first
time since 1860 of every State in the Union. It
has another and not less grateful sigulfloauoe.
It is the first movement of the new adminis
tration in matters of national polioy.
N xt to this we reckon the aot to strengthen
the publio credit, a measure whloh this Con
giess only gained the honor of passing bsoao.se
of Mr. Johnson's perversity in depriving the
last one of it through his pooket veto. Its
excellent effeot was immediately peroeptible;
if now we oan only reinforce it by nsing our
surplus gold to buy np oar bonds in the mar
ket, and by a relentless and thorough collec
tion of our eustoms aid internal revenue, we
shall soon be on the highway to an era of
sounder finances. The bill to enlarge the
Judicial system by the addition of one Justice
to the 8upreme Court, and by the appoint
ment of cironit judges who shall relieve the
Supreme Judges or a part of their present
onerous dutjes, is a measure the necessity of
whioh the court dockets have long demon
strated, and the good results of whioh may
soon be seen in the more rapid disposal of
causes throughout the various oirouits. The
conclusion of the Ten are-of-Office dluoussions
we can hardly commend so highly. It
retains the principle whioh we hold to be Im
portant, but does it in a blind, bungling way
that was only accepted with satisfaction be
cause it seemed under the circumstances to ba
the best thing then attainable. The loog-dis-puted
Indian Appropriation bill, whloh was
finally cut down to six and a quarter millions,
ought, we fear, to have been reduced yet
lower. The experiment of giving two millions
of this amount into the hands of a commis
sion of Friends, to be disposed of aooording to
their best Judgment among the Indians, pro
mises well, but, after all, it is one of those
measures which can only be Judged by the
result. We have the consolation that, in any
event, they oan hardly make things worse
than at present. The grant of further time
to the liquor dealers for taking spirits out of
bond is one of those unfortunate pieces of
legislation which now and then become a law
in some mysterious and doubtful manner.
We have ennmeratod the main features of
this short session's work. The Memphis and
El Paso bill, offering a chance to a oompany
whioh proposed to build a Pacific railway
without a subsidy, failed; and so did the
Census bill; but, on the other hand, three or
four objeotionable measures that onoe seemed
likely to pass, the national bank tinkering, the
West India bunoombe, and the beggarly "dis
ability" peddling, met the same end. Alto
gether, these thirty-three days of the Forty
first Congress have given ns seme valuable
legislation and nothing very bad. It is not
always that we are able to signalize the olose.
of a session by a verdiot so complimentary.
The Fifteenth Amendment.
From the JT. Y. Times.
The new Reoonstruotion bill, allowing Vir
ginia, Mississippi, and Texas to return to the
Union on condition that their legislatures
ratify the fifteenth amendment to the Consti
tution, has become a law, and will undoubt
edly aeoomplish its objeots. There oan be no
doubt those States will ratify the amendment,
for it simply imposes on the Northern States
negro suffrage, which the Northern States have
already imposed on tnem. wnne, inereiore,
it doeB not in the least aneot tneir own pomioai
condition, It gives them an exoellent opportu
nity to pay on the JNortnern estates for what
they deem an aot of gross oppression, in their
own coin. Unman nature, and especially
Southern human nature, must have greatly
changed, li they do not eagerly embraoe it.
But we confess we do not like this method
either of admitting these States or of amend
ing the Constitution. It ia a departure both
from the original aot of reoonstruotion, and
from the fundamental principles of our Gov
ernment. The Reoonstruotion law laid down
certain aots and principles as conditions of re-
admisBion for all tbe States that had engaged
in me Keoeiuon. a requirement to vote for
this amendment was not among them. It is
now added as a new condition. Senatsrs
Trumbull and Conkline; both iustlv denounced
it as a violation of good laith, and a departure
... w -
from the original principles of the whole policy
of reoonstruotion.
But as a means of amending the Constitution
it is open to still graver objections. We say
nothing of the oharaoter of the constitutional
amendment Itself, whloh certainly is not
beyond oritioism. But it is to be passed, if
passed at all, by the vote of the people, in
theory at least. But this new measnre leaves
the people no voloe in the matter, no freedom
of aotlon whatever, and without such freedom
of aotlon all pretense of a vote is sheer
mockery. They are to be coerced into voting
r me amendment, by aot of congress. They
are to be excluded from the union, not beoause
they are not loyal, not beoause they have
failed to do any act indicating their fitness to
return, or to comply with any of the condi
tions originally prescribed, but because they
fail to join in forcing negro suffrage upon the
iiuriuera Diaiet. it me constitution is thus
amended, it will be the sheerest folly to talk of
its having been done by the will of the people
or by the aotlon ot the several States. It will
have been obanged by aot of Congress nothing
more and nothing less.
This amendment to the Reoonstruotion aot
will add greatly to the difficulties which sur
round the peaoeful settlement of the whole
question, and eventually Involve the country
in embarrassments quite as great as any from
whioh it has escaped. It is the work of Mr.
Morton, one of the Senators from Indiana, ancf
is another illustration of the reokless and un
scrupulous temper with whioh he pursues his
political ends. It is very generally understood
that in his own State, Indiana, as well as in
Ohio, New York, and porhaps some others of
the larger and more powerful of the old States,
the sentiment of the people is opposed to the
amendment. In neither of them would its
friends venture to submit it to the popular
vote. The object of Mr. Morton's amendment,
therefore, was to dispense entirely with the
votes of these States by coercing the Southern
States whioh are seeking readmtsstoa to the
' Union to vote in Its favor, and thus render
the votes of the others needless. By this de
rice the ameodmaat mi b adopted, fiat It
I will not commend the respect of the pnop'e,
and will contribute eventually to weaken, and
ppSHibly overthrow, the party whloh wk"g
-, itteif responsible ior it.
lflr. Blotter.
1 Vmf tht X. J". World.
If there is any one of onr foreign missions
that ought (especially at this time, with tbe
Alabama difficulty still pendlog) to be Ailed
by a statesman, it is the nilssfoa to Louiioo.
But Mr. Motley is a mere littruteur. It would
be irrelevant to discuss his pretenebns as a
man of letters, for a man of letters is not th
oharaoter that is wanted for that poaltioo. II
may be an accomplished linguist; but of all
our mtfsions, that to London is tbe one where
skill in other tongues is of the least vlue.
Mr. Motley is accredited with au intimate
knowledge of the former history of one ot tbe
smallest countries of Karope, tbe Netherlands;
but he will have no use for that speo'es of in
formation in dealing with questions between
onr Government and that ef Great Britain.
Ills literary style is luxuriant and targtd,
with a tiDge of swagger the worst possible
style for dealing with questions of busioess, or
as a vehicle for cogent argument. We have
gone through the list of Mr. Motley's intel
lectual aooomplishmeiits, suoh as they are
and find none whioh fit him for the position to
whloh he has been assigned. It would be
ridiculous to consider whether he is a great
statesman, a mediocre statesman, or a small
statesman; whether he is a bold and vigorous
or a prudent and oautious statesman; he hm
not tbe slightest claim or title to be regarded
as a statesman at all. He has none of the
solidity of faonlties or reach of penetration
which lie at the basis of that oharaoter.
Having reviewed the aooompllshments
whloh Mr. Motley possesses, but whloh do not
qualify him for the London mission
accomplishments whloh, though no
great helps, are not fatal impedi
mentslet ns now attend to some of his posi
tive disqualifications Among these the most
to be regretted is his lack of genuine Ameri
can feeling and pride of country. He belongs
to that snobbish Boston coterie whioh servilely
apes European culture and habits of thought,
whioh takes pride in corresponding with for
eigners of distinction, which oatob.es the
newest mode in pronunciation and phrase, as
our fashionable ladies do the newest mode in
attire; whloh turns np its nose at the rude-'
ness of all Amerioan life out of its own
fastidious oirole. Mr. Motley is a perfect type
of this intellectual and social snobbish
ness. He completed hisleduoation in Earope,
and affects to scorn snoh oulture as oan be
acquired in this country. He has devoted
his life to European studies, and employed
his pen only on European subjeots. All hts
pride of association is in European oiroles, and
suoh American soolety as bestows its admira
tion on people who are saturated with Euro
pean sentiments. Mr. Motley would never
willingly reside in Amerioa if he could live
abroad with advantages for social Intercourse.
Even his abolitionism is not of indigenous
growth. He adopted it as a reflex of Euro
pean opinion, regarding slavery as a stain
upon his country more beoause it was the
fashionable topio of reproach in foreign soolety
than from any deep moral repugnanoe to the
institution.
Such a minister is not made of the stuff to
stand np resolutely for the rights of his coun
try. His strongest sympathies are with its
cultivated foreign critics; it being more essen
tial to bis personal oomrort to be well es
teemed in soolety abroad thau to have the ap
probation of his oountrymen at borne, lie oan
never be expeoted to make a vigorous asser
tion of our rights against the general tone of
Earopean sentiment. He has, in full measure,
the morbid and ridloulous vanity which sati
rists like Swift, and writers of oomedy like
Moliore, are fond of holding up to derision as
obaraoterlstio of a oertain type of literary char
acter. The volumes of the Diplomatic Corres-
Sondenoe fnrnish curious specimens of Mr.
lotley's foibles and a pretty fair measure of
his oapaoity. We will city a few samples; but
to show the extent of this man's weakness we
should have to oopy a great share of his con
tributions to that prolix collection. The
despatoh giving an aooount of his re
ception at Vienna, his first interview
with Connt Rechberg, and his presen
tation to the Emperor, is an uncon
scious satire on the writer. "He repeated
with emphasis," wrote Mr. Motley to the Sec
retary of State, "that the news of my appoint
ment had been received with especial satisfac
tion by the Emperor and his government,
and that I was already well known to them by
reputation. He added other observations per
sonally complimentary, whioh I do not repeat;
but 1 think it necessary to inform you, even
at the risk of being charged with egotism,
that my reception by the minister was ex
tremely flattering. I con
sider it important that the administration
should be informed that its representative
here has thus far met with as muoh courtesy
and consideration as eould bs extended to the
minister of any foreign power."
"I took pains, says Mr. Motley, further on.
"to go very fully into these matters, beoause I
doubt if he has ever before heard any suoh
exposition of our polioy." Still further on,
he reoounted to Mr. Seward his modest
boasts to Count Reohberg of being on a fa
miliar footing with the leading publio charac
ters ol Europe, "x told bim that i bad re
cently had very long and full conversations
with Lord John Russell en the subjeot, and
that I was perfectly sure, from a long and in
timate acquaintance with that statesman, that
be was sinoere when be assured me, a3 be baa
done with earnestness, that there was no dis
position on the part of the English Govern
men I," etc. ."I told him that I had received
similar assurances from other members of the
British Cabinet, and that I was confident so
lorg as the present administration held their
places," etc "He asked me what I
thought of the attitude of France, aod I told
him that M. Thouvenel had assured me, in
a recent interview, as strongly as words
"Lord Bloom field, the English ambassa
dor, gave a dinner to Mrs. Motley
and myself, at whioh the new f renoh ambas
sador, i)rjo de urammont, the JtMgian minis
ter, the Bavarian minister, the Swedish min
ister, the Danish minister, the Saxon minuter,
and others, were present." Could anything be
more in the spirit of a parvenu, whose head
was turned with vanitV at being lifted into
eoolalimportancef Mr. Motley's aooount of
his presentation to the Emoeror is even more
lidlcnlous. as he makes it the ocoasion of
boastinir to Mr. Seward of hit marvellous per
fection in the Oerman language. "As I made
rev address to him in German, he bad re-
SDondad In that language. and thus
continued the . conversation. Ilia first
question was. Are jou a German f I
told him, so; but that I bad been muoh
in Germany in my youth, when I bad acquired
the language. Ue thenjaddeci, is at you are ox
German birth and varentase. I aaia no.
Asain I bava to observe that I do not State this
from egotism." These frequentdisolaimera of
egotism may remind one of Bwlfra saunoai
accumulation in the "Tale of a Tab" of the
disolaimicff nbrasea bv whioh aelf-oommena
iojr authors nrefaoe their euloeiea of their own
merits. What ether motive than vanity oould
Lave prompted tbe introdaotion by Mr. MoUey
of suoh irrelevant trash into grave publio do
cuments, j
Tbe egntlm aud inn pertinence of other parts
of Mr. Motley's oorrepf,udrinu With the
Seoretary of State are amazing. He sveuied
tobeejnder an impression that he was the
American ambassador for every Important
country in Karope as well as Austria; and he
rrgnlarly instrneUd Mr. Seward in what was
transpiring in England and Franoe, as if Mr.
Adams and Mr. Dayton were inoompetent for
tbetr places. The quality of these superser
viceable comments falls far short of their on
rlousness. They abound in frothy rhetoric
(nt contain not one ssgaolons observation.
We have no space for further quotations at
present. ' .
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DUNTON 4 LUSSON,
315 SOUTH FRONT STRKKT.
tebelln, Carte bleue. Carte liUnche, and t'hjw.FfcrrtBUntnd
Yin Eugenie and Vin Imperii!. M. Kleeman fc Co., of
an a ur,inio. uiu isiaiiu, uuutu dsiih KMWitirvii.
a. 1 h .1 j a u TTl.i 1 1 1 kJ u u: j i
KHKHKim F. Kudolt.be. Amontillado. Toun. VaL
1 . . II.. 1 t '.A... Umm i . ..
,CllVt . .i. wait. " 1 v.unu.
CLARKT8. Promi Aiue A (!le.. Montfurrand and Bar.
I'fiK'in. viuuo veuioiiai. Valletta ana inrown.
deaui, uiaretaana aauiurne ninoa.
1 . 1 r -mm m nvu."
BKANDlKtt. 'IlvniiMiaey, Otard, Dupnj 4 Co., varimw
vtntaftoa. 4 ft
QEORCE PLOWMAN,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
No. 134 DOCK Street, Philadelphia.
r O B N EXCHANGE
v JOHN T. BAULKY,
N. E. comer of If AKKKT aud WATKR StroeU.
Philadelphia,
DKALKR8 IN BAUH AND BAOG1NC1
Of every deacriution. ior
Grain, tloor, bait, buDer-i'huaphaW of Lima, Boa.
iniai, mo.
T ODGERS' ANDWOSTENnOLM-B POCKET
I 1 v f IV pAavrt and HU Wunll1 . a 1 a. . 1
HOIHJKKH' and V A UK A BUTCH KK'S KAZOI18. and
th. colebratwt Wtwi uii HaZOtt hUltibOiU ul Wu
niiedt QuallMr.
lUnun, Kuie. Bclwtora, and Tabla flutlftrr Oronnd and
FuUhwl, at 1'. a4 AX.Ul4.m, Ho. 1 13 (j. Tf.N l tl blrwrt
FINANOIAL.
jj 4 , 5 0 0 . 0 0 0 1
SEVEN PER CENT. GOLD BONDS,
THIUTY YKAltS TO HUN,
. ISHUKD BY THB
JaiJcp- Superior and Mississippi
Kivcr Mail road Company.
T11K.Y AUK A FlTtHT MOKTOAGE SINKING FUND
BOND, FliEK OP UNITED STATES TAX, 8K
CUUED BT ONE MILLION SIX IIUNDKRU
ANDTHIKTY -TWO THOUSAND ACKK.H
OF CHOICE LANDS,
And by the Railroad, Itfl Boiling Stock, and the Fran
chises of the Company.
A DOUBLE SECURITY AND FIRST-CLASS IN
VESTMENT IN EVERY RESPECT,
Yielding In Currency nearly
Ten Por Cont. Per Annum.
Gold, Government Bonds and other Stocks received
In payment at their highest market price.
I'amphleUi and full Information given on applica
tion to
JAY COOKE & CO.,
NO. 114 S. THIRD STKEKT,
E. W. CLARK & CO.,
NO. 35 S. THIRD STREET,
Fiscal Agents of the Lake Superior and Mississippi
River Railroad Company. 8 10 eot ip
Union Pacific Railroad
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
llouglit and Sold nt Il-t Murlcct
lrl-e.
These nondH nay SIX l'KK CKNT. IXTKItKST IN
GOU). I'KINCIPAL also payable in GOLD.
Full Information cheerfully furnished.
TUe road will be comletel In THIRTY (30) DAYS,
una train run tlirouRh in 1 OltTY-l'lVK (40 DAYS,
DE HAVEN & DRO.,
OralcrN hi IJoTernmciit KvouHiIch, j will, Ktc,
NO. 40 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
4 Mm HirLADKUmiA.
B
AN KINO HOUSE
or
jArCoaKE&Gx
Ncs. 112 and 114 South THIRD Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Dealers tn all Government Securities.
Old 5-20a Wanted In Exchange for New.
A Liberal Difference allowed.
Compound Intercut Notes Wanted.
Interest Allowed on Deposits.
COLLECTIONS MADE. STOCKS bongtat and sold
on CommlHwion.
Special bUBluesa accommodations reserved for
ladles. .
We will receive applications for Policies of Life
Insurance In the National Life Insurance Company
of the UnlUsd Htatcs. Full Information given at our
ofllce. 4 1 tin
Q R E X E L & CO,,
NO. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET.
Aiiiorioiin tiiM.1 Iorelji-ia
Immiip Oralis and Letters of Crrtlil Available
- Throughout Europe.
DEEXEL, WINTHKOP & CO., N. Y.
DREXEL, HARJES & CO., Paris.
8 10 tuths
gTERLING & WILDMAN,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
HO H. T1IIIID St., riilla.,
Speclul Agents for the 8aIo of
unvlllet Ilnzleton, mid lVIlkes.
bar re Itullroad
FIRST iKHtT(JA(iR BONDS,
Dated 180T, due In 188T. Interest Seven Per Cent,
pnyable half yearly, on the Hint of April and flrnt of
October, clear of Htate and I'nlted H kites Taxes. At
present Hivae bonds are offerod at the low price of 80
and accrued intereut, Tlicy are In denominations of
IjCO, fovO, and f luou.
J'anipliieUi containing Maps, Reports, and full In
formation on hand for distribution, and will bo sent
by mail on application.
Uoveniiueut Bonds and other Securities token In
exchange ut market rates. "
Dealers in Stocks, Bond, Loons, Gold, etc. 8 20 lin
pm 8. PETERSON & CO.,
": x
Stock and Exchange Brokers,
No. 39 South THIRD Street.
i
Members of the New York and Philadelphia Stock
' and Gold Boards.
STOCKS, BONDS, Etc., bought and sold on com
miHHlon only at either city.
CrT YW A 11 RANTS
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
C. T. YERKE8, Jr.r & CO.,
Ko. 20 South THIRD Street,
PUILADKLPillA.
FINANCIAL.
No. 35 South Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
DrTAlERS IN
GOYERNMKNT SECUUITIES,
STOCK, COLD
AND NOTE BROKERS.
A'(viintt at n.akn, Hi-in, and ludiridtial. rewrhed, tulijiM
t elu'i-k at light.
INTKIIB3T ALLOW KD ON DALAXCEfl.
en eralT Agents,
FOR
G, PENNSYLVANIA
j&Zj OF THE l5v
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Thu National I.ik Inhhiianc k Comi'akv la
rorporntlon clmrU red lj' Kpeclal Act of Congress, ftp
proved July ', lmit, with a
CASH CAPITAL, $1,000,000, FULL PAID.
I.tlw rftl terms offered to Agents and Solicitors, whs
arp InvltPd to apply nt onr otTle.
Kiill particular! to be luiit on application at onr office,
located In the sei'oiid Hlory of our BankiriR Houso,
where Clrculnrs mid l'Hinplilebt, fully dPMcribtng Uis
advuatttgus ollured by the Company, may be had.
No. 85 South Third SL
GLEHDIMIHG, DAVIS & CO
NO. 48 SOUTH THIRD STKEET,
rillLADKLPIIIA.
GLMDMNG. DAVIS & AMORT
NO. 2 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
Direct telegraphic communication with the New
York Stock Hoards from the Philadelphia
Office. U
BKJamisoit&Co.
SUCCESSORS TO
X JP. KELLY te CO.,
BANKKKS AND DEALERS IN
Gold. Silver, and Gcvemem Bonis,
AT CLOSEST MARKET RATES.
N.W. Corner THIRD and CHESNUT Sts
Special attention given to COMMISSION ORDERS
In New York and and l'hlladelplda Stock Boards, eto.
etc til 8m
DEALERS IN UNITED STATES BONDS, and MEM
BERS OP STOCK AND GOLD EXCIIANOK,
Receive Accounts of Banks and Bankers on Liberal
Terms.
ISSUE BILLS OV EXCHANGE ON
C. J. HAMBRO & SON, London,
B. METZLER, 8. SOIIN A CO., Frankfort.
JAMES VT. TUCKER & CO., Paris.
And Other Principal Cities, and Lettora of Credit
Available Throughout Europe.
L E p Y A R D l BAR LOW
. HAVE REMOVED TUED3
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
TO
No. 10 South THIRD Street.
PHILADELPHIA,
And will couainne to give careful attention to collect
ing and securing CLAIMS throughout the United
States, British Provinces, and Europe. ,
Sight Drufta aud Uutui-ing Papur collected at
Bankers' Rates. 1 23 6m
PROPOSALS.
OFFICE OK A SMUT ANT COMMISSARY SUB
SISTENCE. FlUNKFOl'I) Aksknat., April T, 1369.
BealPd proposals. In Uupllcati', will be received bf
the undersigned ai ihUorileo until Vi M., April W,
1B69, for fiiruitfhiun Uie troops stiioned at Frauk
ford Arsenal with l iiFslf UKRF, of a good mar
ketable quality, in rrjiml prc)ortlonsof fore aud hind
quarters, excludinje' n- '.-k-. sliunkn, mid kidney tal
low ; tho beef to l- delivered free of cost to the
troops in such quiiititl h oimI on such days as may be
from time to time rcquliid bv tho pnMtr autliority,
and to continue la force six montbM, or such loss
time as the Con n Issury-tJeneral shall direct, and
subject to his api ioul, eoinuieuclug ou the 1st day
qf May, 1869. . . ,
Upon acceptanee of the orrer security aud bond In
the sum of six hundred dollars will required for
the fuithful performtiiee of the contract.
Bids to bo eudoi scd 'l'ropoyitls for Fresh Beef."
WILLIAM PK1NCK,
4 8 6t First Ll nt. ord., F.vt. Capt. V. 8. A., 0. 8.
LEGAL NOTICES.
TN THE ORPHANS' COL'HT FOR THE CITY
X AND COUNTY or PHILA !r.LI'tWA.
j,"tateof JOK HA.l'NJl'K,S, Jr., dHoeaasd.
The auditor appointed b thnmrt t audit, aettla, and
artiunt tli aoroun"' .lOHX, THOMAS 1I and
CJ1AK1.KS HAITNKKI'.S, Kietiiitotu of ths laxt will of
JOUN BAUNOlCHh. J'-. dBoaad, and to report distribu
tion of the balance In the hands of the accountant, will
meet the pnriitw iiitorentud, lor tlie pmiHiM) of hia auiwlnt
meiitonTllKSJA V. A. i I 37, W, t 4 oV,lwk P. M., a
hiaOmoe. MiKaaWALMV Ktrext, in th eityof FUila
dlilii. THOMAS J. WOHRKIJ,
4iatnthfc5t Auriitur.
IN ' THE DISTlilCT COl ItT OF THK
TK1CT Oi' PKWNHY1.VANIA. wio
IN BANKRUPTCY.
The iidderslijned liMebjr kitm untie of hia mointinant
as AnniKneo pf C1I A H LKK P. 15AHNAr.I, of th oity aud
county of Philadelphia, HtaU of I'eiin-ylvaniii. win, haa
been djudKd a txukrupt by the Uiatrlut Court of tii
United btaH'H, upon Inn own uotition.
To the cieditorn of auid bankrupt.
. ALKXAN'Ill U V. COLKSBRRRV, Awlanee,
6tu3t No. aO ( HKbMJT Utreet.
I.TTERU 1 EHTAMESTABY TO TUB E
TATlt OF KL1 H. JUUkNKTT. deoMued. hav
ing tees fisnted to lh noderalgued, all persona hav
Ujfrialii aaaaUat Hie eaiaiMwlll iirwui inem for
alt'euit)t. and ml persona luduu'-adto tUa anait will
pUti Biak na) rrent to
JOHN W. BKXTOH. 1
o. 114 K. a HIKllHiree. lExMOton.
HANNAH K. BUKOKfT,
1 9 tut ruliftdaipnia.
nil Hi.