THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1869. SPIRIT OF THE FIIESS. EDITORIAL OPiniORS OF THB I.RADINO JOURNAL! UPON CURRBHT TOPICS. COMFILKD BTERT DAT FOR TBI BTKNISO TELBORAPH. MR. ROUTWKLL AND SrEClE PAYMENTS. From the X. Y. World. rn-nUkMit (irnnt, In his iiiiitiifiirul ullrens, mcntionod nn early return to ppcclc I'Mymcnt u one of the foremost object to '"' "iniL'il nt in the policy of the (iovorninont. 'I his inuy not have beeii u very diiiruciim observation, but It was certainly n very correct nnd xotitid one. It required no wurneity to nmke it: it whs u mere echo of w hat had been a thousand tunc repeated by men of m'mc and rellection in every jiart ol the connlry. It i" as obviously true as it is that linaneiul liealtli is preferable to financial disease. AxHUiiilntC. as a position too evident for con troversy, that an early return to a sound cur rency in desirable, it Is natural to ask whether the policy of Secretary lioutwcll promises to bo conducive to that end. Is the course on which lie has entered calculated to render the resump tion of specie payments more easy or more dilli otilt? It is clear enough that the Secretary of the Treasury has lost siicht of that object en tirely; that he is inanairir as if no such thinic was "in his present contemplation, or could ever be in the contemplation ot t'onirress. Of course, we can never return to specie pay ments without a considerable uanttty of specie in the country. The banks cannot safely ven ture to resume without nn amount of specie in their vaults eUal to a fourth or a third of their circulation that is to say, seventy-five or a hun dred id 11 lion dollars in uold. Bui where are the hunks to procure it? Obviously from the Trea sury or nowhere. Their preparation for resump tion, whenever they do resume, will consist in the substitution of reserves of gold for their present reserves of greenbacks. This exchange can he made only at the Treasury. The fjreen back reserves arc a debt due by the Government to the banks. When the Government is pre pared to pay this debt, and not before, the banks tan fret ready to resume. The preparation will consist in the transfer of seventy-live millions of gold, more or less, from the Treasury to the Vaults of the banks. Such a transfer presup poses that the Treasury will be in possession of at least that amount of gold. Mr. BoutwelTs policy of emptying the Treasury of its gold must disablo it lor supplying the banks with the means of resumption. It caunot transfer to them what it does not possess Itself. It is evident that specie payments cannot he resumed by the banks until they have been pre viously resumed by the Treasury. The Govern ment "will probably attempt to keep a ltirtre iimount of its own notes in circulation after re sumption. But it will be indispensable fcr it to maintain a gold reserve to support the credit of the notes and fulfil its promise to redeem them on demand. It will need about the same propor tion of gold to notes that is requisite for sustain ing the circulation of specie-paying banks. But when the Government has parted with all Us irold in pursuance of the policy of Secretary Jloutwell, it must, by some process, get it back, und even increase the amount, before it will be 5n a condition to resume. If there is any cheap nnd intelligible method by which this can be done, is not yet apparent. Mr. Boutwell seems blind to the fact that the exportation of bouds to meet adverse foreign balances must come to an end, and that lie is hastening the end by his purchases. When the exportation of bonds falls off or ceases, one of two consequences must follow: cither we must import fewer goods and stop the adverse foreign balances, or we must settle the balances by the exportation of specie. Whichever of the two is done, the Treasury canuot replenish its dimin ished supply of gold preparatory to resumption. If importations are stopped, the customs revenue will fall off, and the Treasury cannot collect srold enough to pay the interest on the public debt, much less accumulate a surplus for resuming specie payments. If. on the other hand, the ' imports should continue to be in excess of the exports after bonds are no longer available to discharge the balance, a steady stream of gold must flow out of the country until our supply of gold is exhausted. Mr. Boutwell's contemplated pales will furnish facilities for the large drain and rapid exhaustion. And when the gold is gone, how will the Secretary get it back? Neither he nor anybody can tell. Nobody is able to see how the" Treasury is then to be re plenished and the banks supplied witli a sulli cicnt amount of gold for the early resumption of specie payments. President Grant, who is responsible for the management of the Treasury by his Secretary, has already forfeited t lie promise, made in his inaugural, that his administration would aim at the earliest practicable resumption of specie paymeuts. To tell out the gold in the Trea sury is a public advertisement that this admin istration does not intend or expect to restore the currency to soundness; that it does not even look far enough ahead to see that we must cease 10 export ooiuis m large quantities; that our email supply of gold will then be sent abroad; that importations must afterwards fall off by lack of means to pay for them; and that the in evitable consequence will be, that the Govern ment cannot collect gold enough to meet the in terest on the public debt. This chain of se quences consists of such obvious truisms that it is amazing that a Secretary of the Treasury tliould Ignore or disregard them. THE NEWS FROM CUBA AND THE NEU TRALITY OF OUR GOVERNMENT. IVom the X. Y. Herald. The war in Cuba srathers intensity and charac ter. There appears to be more formality in the military operations of the patriots, and the re ports of Spanish victories come with less fre quency and less bombast from Havana. Our special telegram on Monday advised us of the lauding of a small expedition near the port of Gibara, und that lighting of a serious character has taken place in the jurisdiction of Cienfuegos and Trinidad, in which the Spaniards do not claim to have obtained their usually asserted triumph, with utter annihilation, to their enemy. These are pregnant sins. The expedition re ported to have landed is probably one of two ' which have left this country recently. The lirst of these was under the direction of General Jordan, who was chief of staff to Gene ral Beauregard during the siege of Charleston, and left here about three weeks nifo. It com prised an assorted cargo of munitions of war. with a good prcportion of small arms and artil lery, and carried something less than two hun dred and llfty men. Its destination was Port 1'adre, on the northern shore of the island, about ten leagues west of Gihuru, thirty leagues east of Nuevitas, which is the base of present Spanish operations in the Central I'epartment, ana thirty leagues distant from iuaimaro, the present re sidence of President Cespedes. The other expe dition was u small one, organized at Key West by a number of students of tiie Havana Univer sity, und which was ready to leave Nassau on the evening of the 10th instant, on the steamer Salvador. It comprised a small cargo of arms and ammunition, w ith about, one hundred and thirty young Cubans. Whichever of these two expeditions be the one that has lauded in Cuba, its material of war will be a welcome supply to the patriot forces. The rciiorts of serious fighting in the lurlsdic tion of Cienfuegos and Triuidid are the morcie markahle ill view of the fact that the Spanish Minister at Washington, a few days since, i'or- umllv announced to Secretary Fisli that the revolution was ctleetiially suppressed in that reirion. and would soon be extinguished through' out the island. This locality is the extrenu wsterii limit of the revolutionary movement to-duv, and is contiguous to the Western Depart ment of the island, where the Spaniards claim i,. lmvr. twenty thousand organi.eu, disciplined and enthusiastic volunteers under arms. Auy portion of these who are willing to take the field could be thrown in thirty hours by rail and steamer into Cieufucgos. The fact that a Jew lit.,.rni,.fl cmiiitrv bauds should be able to give ii... :,wi.rtmient. (rouble in this region, would Becm to prove cither that they were not us ellee tuallv put down as the Spanish olllcials recently claimed they were, or that the thousands of mad volunteers in Havana are not so ready to tak.0 It seems to us, n c.thn observers of the con- I diet, thnt while the proceedings of the Cubans I are exhibiting more signs of organization and of operations customary in regular warfare, the ctlorts of the Spaniards exhibit less vigor and resource than they did at first. In their stress they arc placing greater reliance on tho action of our Government to deprive the Cubans of the material of war. Tims we see the strange anomaly that, while the Spanish olllcers are pushing undisturbed the construction of thirty gunboat in fuir shipyards, the Cabinet at Wash ington details a United States armed cutter to watch one little steamer in New York harbor, because the Spanish otlh ials suspect that she is preparing to go t Cuba. The ground for th'n action is the asserted requirement of the neu trality laws. It will be well if the cold-blooded and cow ardly Secretary of the State Department at Washington does not involve the administration of President Grunt In a general burst of obloquy from our own people and subject it to tho con tempt of every Cabinet in the civilized world. The idea that seems to animate him Is that tie' so-called neutrality laws of this country really bind the Government of the United Stales to ail alliance offensive and defensive with Spain to preserve the outrageous tyranny she exercises in Cuba, nnd that, too, at the very time when the Spanish people have, by a glorious revolution, overthrown it at home, 'in this policy Secretary Fish goes as far beyond the true policy which should animate the Government, and the true feeling of the people of the United States, as lie did when he so timorously stated that he wished to wait and see what England said about Sena tor Sumner's speech before he wrote the instruc tions of our new Minister to London. The neutrality laws, properly interpreted, aim to restrain enthusiasts from getting up expedi tions in our midst to introduce war in the peace ful dominions of our neighbors; but when do mestic tyranny has forced nu entire people to overthrow a despotism and establish a living and free government by the side of the shrink ing form of misrule, no past diplomatic cour tesies can ever be interpreted by a live or great statesman as obligating him to be false to the true interests of his own country and to the freedom-loving impulses of all mankind. Com pared with a Canning, a Cavour, a Bisinark. or a Louis Napoleon. Secretary Fish shrinks to the dimensions of a pigmy in the presence of Titans. President Grant owes it to the dignity of this nation and to the reputation and honor of his administration to recognize the true law of our neutrality in this crisis, and to require that a petty and cowardly adherence to an illogi cal interpretation of forms shall not demean us in our own esteem and in the appreciation of the world by making us the effective ally of a hateful, despised, and waning despotism. A NEW ECCLESIASTICAL SCHISM. From the X. Y. Fhiu Close upon the announcement that the Rev. Mr. Tate lias been presented for trial in Ohio for uoiiconlorinity with the doctrines and wor ship of the Protestant Episcopal Church, comes a call Iroiu Illinois for a general meeting of the "Evangelical Clergy and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church" in Chicago next month, to discuss certain vital questions which have been "forced upon our consideration by the situation and perils of our time-honored nnd hrloyed communion." In other words, the controversy between High and Low Churchmen, which has been perceptibly increasing in intensity, until thu two parties are separated by a wide breech, is about to be brought to a" head. The Low Churchmen are to have a convention, in order to put their opinion olliciaily on record, and determine upon some definite plan of action. Hitherto they have acted for the most part indi vidually, but henceforth it is expected they will form a compact and cllicieiit body, prepared to enforce their peculiar iews of doctrine, disci pline, and ritual, or to secede and organize an independent branch of the Church iu the United Slates. The call does not state the latter alternative in so many words, but its general drift indicates clearly that the signer.- arc prepared for and indeed anticipate such a result. "No hope of reform," they say, "or release from unwarranted ecclesiastical thraldom can be expected iu the future ollieial acts of our General Convention. It would be premature in this call to specify what action ought to be taken by those to whom their Protestant heritage is unspeakably preci ous, or to debate the questions that are involved in this alarming crisis. Those, however, who imagine that tho best course is silence and sub mission, have little comprehension of the dan gers that threaten what is most vital iu our Church, and the rapid and insidious growth of error, the leaven is widespread and powerful To continue inactive is to deliver our Church over to innovations, doctrines, and a policy that are destructive of its Protestant character. Are evangelical churchmen prepared for tills?" A project similar to that undoubtedly contemplated by this call was broached previous to the meet ing of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in this city last October, but failed to be put into practical operation. It was said that the seecders could not count upon a sutllcient number of bishops to go with them to const!' tute a valid episcopate. More likely they hesi tated to take so decisive a step, and have since braced themselves for tho eltort. The call in question is based upon a protest signed by a number of clergymen und laymen of Illinois, "against ail teachings, innovations, ma chinations, aud devices that are employed for unprotestanizing this Protestant Episcopal Church, corrupiug her aoetrine, ueuasing uer worship, and overturning her long-established rites, ceremonies, ana usages, unu aiso agauisi certain doctrines aud teachings embodied iu the last Convention sermon of Bishop Whitehouse of Illinois, and in manuals of Instruction for candidates for continuation by the Rev. Drs. Dix undDeKovcnof this State, the objectionable passages refer principally to the doctrine of Bap- tismal degeneration, una 01 tue lieai rresoucc in tho Sacrament of the Lord s Supper points upon which High and Low Churchmen have dillered from time immemorial. Dr. De Koveu seems also to have Incurred the displeasure of the siguers of the protest by calling the Virgin Mary the 'Brinj;cr-lortii of God" ami the '"Ever Virgin Man'." It is possible, and many perhaps will think it probable, that the contemplated convention will tail ot its object, ise mat as it may, the tone and language f both protest and call show that the signers ure In no mood tor concession or re conciliation, but arc golug Into the contest against the High Churchmen with the determi nation to make up In energetic action w hat they lack in numbers. '1 hey will make a strong fight, and it will require ull "tho prudence and forbear ance of theconservathe member of the Church, who constitute the greater part of it, to prevent a rupture. That this should occur at a time when the Episcopalian communion, In both its branches, is unprcceden'.e.lly prosperous, Is unfor tunate. The present aggressive movement of the Evangelicals is also iu curious contrast with thu efforts making among Presbyterians and Methodists tor u reunion oi the opposing ele ments iu their respective bodies. WORK FOR THE WAYS AND MEANS COM MITTEE. From the X. Y. Tim?. The gentlemen of the Ways and Means Com mittee will not utilize their plea-ant summer trip unless they so enlarge tlic area ot their in vestigation that tho commercial and Industrial bearings of the tariff shall be considered as well us its mere formal operation. The resolution under which they act authorizes them "to make an examination und revision of Tariff laws aud regulations relating to Custom-houses und bonded warehouses." The terms are susceptible of a broad interpretation, and one that niaybo made to yield some practical good. They cover inquiry Into the policy of customs duties not less than into their technical adjustment, und thu manner of their cnlorcemeut by the olllcers of the Government; and under this construction Mr. Schenck and his colleagues may profitably take the testimony of merchants und others us to the elici t of high duties upon the revenue, upon Ihe interests of trade and the pockets of consumer. The opportunity Is a convenient one lor revising the statement and opinions which during the session are thrust upon the committee hv monopolist and their agent. The people are not represented In the lobby. Tho trading classes have neither time nor In clination to visit Washington, to counteract the inano'iivrcs of paid adversaries. The hundred imiiisincit wnicu nave no need of nrninctioiv nd which share tho common loss nmdm-i-d hv the present system, are unfamiliar with the by-ways of the Capitol. All these stay at home, minding their honest business. When however Mr. Schenck visits city after citv. urof..ss,.,lly In search of information, these are tliu very neiinlo to whom he should grant a hearln .r ill. ;,,.,i- the monopolists' version of tarilt 'matter very well. Jle might ascertain the views of the Cus tom functionaries w ithout the toil and eo-t of long journey. But It is not every div th.it he conies within reach of those' who of all men. are best iialilied to tell ' the, e fleet of the existing tarill upon the receints of the Treasury, the welfare of industry, and thi- ondition of the people. In the uroscentim. ,.r an inquiry thus enlarged, he may expect to hear an nlmo-t unanimous condemnation of the pre sent tariff system, aud of the policy which sin gles out certain favored interest for enrichment it the expense of the country. But we must suppose the committee to be really desirous of icquiring miorinalion on the subject of trade Hid taxation. The ten thousand dollars assigned out of the contingencies fund for the expenses of the journey should be made to yield a reasona ble equivalent: and we know of none more rea sonable than the accumulation of fuels relating to the abuses of taxation, and the wrongs n- ineleduiidcrthegul.se of protection. Will Mr. henek be good enough to hear what the neonle have to say '( WAR WITH ENGLAND. Frm tht .V. )'. Times. General Butler, though no fool himself, evi dently thinks t he bulk of his countrymen to b" such: and this would be a very moderate and haritable judgment on his part did thev for a moment listen to his new Alabama claims jioliev. "The United Slates," he is inclined to think, would have more to gain than to lose hv a war with England." We cannot say w hat aiid how much they would lose, but we can easily see what they would gain -namely, financial ruin. But perhaps General Butler, being a teacher of 'repudiation, would reckon any sort of rcpiuii- ition of Government money obligations to be a uiu." "Dissatisfaction nnd dissension." thinks the General, "exist in every part of the British dominions, which need only a little fanning to make a devouring flame." lint have rr no "dis satisfaction and dissension" in our dominions no smothered ember which adroit fanning may uuse to burst into Maine ? General Butler pinions regarding the present condition of the South, as one requiring the interposition of 'martial law" a policy lie is said to be at tht moment urging on the President would seem to show that our people are not so harmonious is they might be. We shall be answered that a foreign war would unite, us again." Why then, should not u foreign war unite England ilso, and stop icr complaints 'i What is there in this sovereign panacea of war that we alone can ct balm from it for national wound 'i The truth is that all this kind of reasoning is of the sort which North and South u.-ed in lStil, when each was going to give all the bruise and get ill the protits of war. It is in this spirit, also. that, while Mr. Chandler tells us "thu Michigan veterans alone" could take Canada. General Butler boasts that ''the Irish of New England alone" could perform the same operation ju a we were told in 18U1 that the, "firemen of New 1 ork would "put out the rebellion, not even consenting to let their brethren of Phila delphia or Chicago help them. Is impossible that, alter so recent and bitter an experience of what bragging comes to, we shall now begin it all over again ': But the most astounding argument in favor of war attributed to (iciicral Butler is t.iat it will stop importations, and do more for the en couragement ol our home manufactures than all the legislation that could lie lramcd in a quarter ol a century. this is truly a persuasive argu mcnt, and must make the "free trade" part of .unerica enthusiastic lor war. Such an argu mcnt may give lresn vigor to tue Jriinmc in supporting lis proposition to "i:iko Xanadu in pavmont;' but ''protection would be considered a pretty costly luxury, we fancy, should it tils mean military protection by monitors and a mil lion men. I," says General Butler in coming out with his plan for the General is nothing if not tacti cal "I would make them settle tins question In a short tune. And Iiowy "Jn six months or so," he would. In default of settlement, "issue a proclamation of non-intercourse." What would lollow.' "Then, deprived of a market for her manufactures her artisans und shopkeepers, thrown out of emiilnv mcnt und out of business, would institute bread riots, und rise in insurrection ull over the kingdom. That would settle the Alabama dlltlculty." Such is said by our Washington correspondent to be Gen. Butler s plan. 1 he war Is "not to cost much" the chief weapon being "bread riots." And what proportion would "bread riots" bear to the rest of un international war between Eng land and the United States? About as much as did the "slave insurrections, which we used to figure in IStil, to the whole military power called out to maintain or suppress the rebellion. CONCERNING MASSACRE. Frrnn the X. Y. Tribune. Early in February the Cuban leader Cespedes addressed the Government of tho United States, manifesting, among other things, that in the hope of speedy recognition lie had not adopted the policy of reprisals against the constant atrocities of his foe. The Cuban Junta answer the charge that the late decree of murder by Vulmaseda was anticipated by one from Ces pedes equally merciless. They show indirectly that Cespedes had paused, as ho himself said, before determining upon any measure of general retaliation. His proclamation to this effect, of which we published a translation, bears date of the 18th February, and is the one upon which the Spanish agents rest their defense of Valma seda's bloody decree of April. After recounting the cruelties t'ommitted on his captured soldiers, and instancing his own forbearance, Cespedes feels provoked to decree "reprisal against the enemy in its most ample terms; blood for blood: execution for execution; extermination for ex termination." These are desperate words, and uttered by a man of will. We are Inclined to believe the Junta when they say that Count Vnlmaseila's order was not immediately excited by this decree. With or without a code, lie had, in all probability, been previously exercising his talent of assassination In the neighborhoods which he had overawed. Yuliuuscda is said to possess a fat head aud a cruel heart, and, like many other provincial veterans of Spain, is not troubled with piteous scruples. Hi; must have practiced a great deal in the art of killing before he could find in his heart to decree the deaih of all males over fif teen years of ago found absent from home with out proper cause, together with the destruction of houses, und something like violence of a sus picious sort to defenseless women. The order of Cespedes following Ids proclamation is more considerate, since it grants pardon to the Spa nish soldier and punishes the native traitor according to circumstances. Cespedes, it here appears, lias shrewdly availed himself of what he considers a fierce necessity to direct a deadly threat against such natives us fight in the Soa- nish ranks. He may have aimed at the mobi- li zed negroes ana mtiluttoes of whom wo have lat.dy heard. Ihe Junta have not referred to the Spanish proclamations of massacre antecedent to the decree ol tespedes, and we shall here endeavor to rclresh their ana tho general memory. Tin. first proclamation of Vulmaseda, issued at Vcr tientes, was a decree of death. On the 18th of iictoner, iionerai .iena, in l'uerto Principe, offl chilly directed all insurgents to be shot, and pre scriuca tho same lute to their instigators and concealers, un the J'tu ot October, at Mun.a nillo, Colonel Keguora proclaimed that all resi dents who aid not show themselves in forty eight hours should be shot. On tho 17th of October ticnenu ituvcnet, at Santiago de Cuba, oruercu an insurgents to Do tried by court- martiul and snot. orse still, at Munzuiiillo, on IhelUtuot iocinuer, Vulmaseda attained the climax ot military barbarism and despotism. 4ie orucreu mat uuer unto lusurgcuts or con spirators, those who will edit, print, or cir culate subversive writings or tiers, those who mav interrupt or destroy telegraphic coinmunl- atlon, and those generally who may aiu or anei the enemy, should bo shot. Wo have good reason to suspect that orders such as these were subsc- incntly issued by the Spaniards In other parts of the country. Who doubts that hundreds fell victims to these butcherly and cowardly decrees General Cespedes has at least the plea In his favor of having been most intensely and nivugclv provoked to reprisal. That his decree is not an indiscriminate license to slaughter makes it compur ilKclv inoih ra'e, nut even its moderation mu.-t shock a public unused to the spectacle of a war fought out on both sid.M with all the tragedy of an ineradicable hatred. It is plain that wc have not yet begun to realize the savage earnest ol the war in i una. for the sake of civilization aud of the future, we wish that we could successfully plead or protest igainst its horrors. REFRIGERATORS. s CMOOLKY'S M1W PATENT SELF. YKXTll.A J7.VH A HEItlCA .V REFRIGERATOR IS THE REST AND ONLY rEKKKCT SELF- VENTILATINO I'RESEIIVEK Iu the WORLD ! 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WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Importers and Manufacturers of White lead and Colored Paints, Putty Varnishes, Etc. AGENTS FOR TIIE CELEBRATED FRENOH ZINO PAINTS Dealers and consumers supplied at lowest prices for cash. 13 4; WINES. HER MAJESTY CHAMPAGNE. DUNTON & LUSSON, 215 SOUTH FE0HT 8T. rpilE ATTENTION OF THE TKAL;E IS -a. solicited to the following very Uuoio Wine, Ao., lor aale by DUNTON A LUSSON, . 315 SOUTH FRONT 6TRKKT. OH AMPAGNKS. Agents for Her Majeaty, Dno d Mon. f.helle.Oarte lileue.Garto Blanche, andtJhaa.V.irrn'a'irund Vin Kuueoie and Vin Imperial, M. Kleninnn t Co., oi MnyencB. Sparkbne Moaelle and RllIMC WINKS. MADKIK AS. Old Inland, South Side Reserve. bllKKKlKS.-F. Rudi.lphe, Amontillado, Topal, Vl letie. Pule and Golden Bar, Grown, ftu. PORTS.- Vinho Velho Real, Valleite and Crown. GI.ARKTH. Pmmis Aine 4 Die., Montferrand and Bor dea n. Claret and Sautera Wluei. GIN. "Meder Swan." BKAND11UJ. Hennessey, Otard, Dupuy 4 Co.'s virion, intaea. 46 STOVES, RANGES, ETO. JtM NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGNED r-ifl would call the attention of the puhlie to his NKW GOI.UKN KAGLK FUR.NAGK. This is an entirelv nuw heater. It is so constructed as to onee ci nimend itsulf to general favor, being a coinhi nation oi wiouRht and cast iron. It is very simple in it ennntrut'tion, aud is perfectly airtight . self -cleaning, hav. inn uo pit" s or drums to he taken out and oleaned. It ia so aiTHiivid with upright Hues as to pmduue a larger ainouut of beat from llie same weight of coal than any fur mice now iu use. 1 he hygronietrio condition of the air ai produced by iny now arrungeiueut of evaporation will at once demonstrate thut it la the only Hot Air i'uruaoe thai will produce a perfectly healthy atmosphere. Those in want of a complete lleuting Apparatus would do well to oall and examine the Golden H.i'.-lo. a" CHAKI.KS WIl.I.IAMH. No. 1 iM and IL.U MARK KT Street, . Philadelphia, A large assortment of Cooking Ranires, fire-Hoard Rtoves, Low lown Grates, Ventilators, etc., always oo NB.-Jobbing of all kinds promptly don. 610j THOMSON'S LONDON KITCHENER or K.UROl'KAN RANG H, for families, hotels, or put. ho institutions, in TVVKNTV 1)1 b't'KKKNT MZKS. Alan, Philadelphia, Ranges, liot-Air Fur. nsces Portable Healers, mw down Urate, tirehoara Stoves, Bath Boilers, Stew-hole Plates, Boilers, Cookiuf Suivua eu).. whole! and retal, by the manufacturers, DW ' SIIARI'K A THOMSON, 11 S5wfmtin No. OH N. SKUOND Street. DR. KINKEL1N CAN JE CONSULTED ON all diseases ot a certain specialty. OCice hour, H to B. No. SUtt. fcWVKNTJl Street. it V.f".i l. .,.. ! ft I y 4''3rsseBsrs!3 li,niLm mm iw , 3 "I:.-- 1 "I INSURANOt. DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY A NCR COMPANY. Uoorpormtd bf INSL'K th Legit- inturv oi t'snnsyivanu, ln3 Office, 8. K. corner of THIRD sod WALNUT Street. Phlladnlphia. MARIN K 1.NNU11ANOK8 On Vessele, Oartro, and Kroiht to all pnrts of the world. , t INLAND lNSUHANUKS On ftoili by rWer, oannl, lake and land carriage to all pnrta of tlio llnlnn. Fluit I nki T a a v. urn On Merchandise (teaerallr; on btore. lwolliQ)!i, Houses, aftftKT. OF TIIR COMPART, Niivrmlmr 1. Iskh. $2'0,0 United Stales (T l'ur (Jent. Loan, lUiUM) Unit.'d Htatos "tiiV Per' Clent.' 'ixxan, $IS,5iWTW ii 60,01)0 United Stales Six Per Cent. Loan (for l'acilic Railroad ) HI,OU0 Btat e ot Pennsylvania SU Per Cent. lioan 125.U00 City ol l'llilaIliliia Six Per Clent. lioun (e(!in()t lnnn tax) 60,IXX) State of Saw Jet-soy biz Percent. IOHD 9U,0e0 Tenti. Hnil. First, Mortgage Six Per Ont. Itnnds 86,000 Penn. Itiiil. Second Mortgage Six Per t'ent. Itnnds SS.0U0 Westorn Penn. Rail. Mortgage Nix Percent, lionds (Penn. Railroad guarnnteo) 80,000 State of Tennessee Yiy Por Centl loan 7,000 State of Tennossee Six Per Cent. lxan 15,000 Gerniantown tias Company, prin cipal and Interest guaranteed by City of Philadelphia, 800 all a res StXK'lf 10,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, '3M shares Stoek 6,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 100 shares Stock 90,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mail Steamship Co., SO Shares Stock ilOT.HOO Ixians on Bond and Mortgage, Ural Liana on City Properties 13d,JUW t0,iKXI'tW 21t,375W tiW.WlOO SUsUDU 9u,so'ou SM.utM-ao 9D,ti2a1N 31,U0U'IM 6,031 '26 lo.OOO'OO U,3U0'UU 8,600 00 15,000-00 9D7.IHIO-0O ei.luH.iTiO Par. Market value, 91.iau,3as a6 Real Kstat . .V?.".' Bills receivable for insurance miido .' Balances due at agencies, premiums on marina fW.oun-00 poucien, accrued interest, and other debts do Ihn ivminin. 40,178-88 1,813-00 Stock and scrip of sundry' 'corporations, ialuo" Cash in hank. . oi iinhiu value Cash in drawer... $UtS,lsnns 41365 llo.5378 fl.ftl7.3nr Thomas O. Hand, Uincr-TOM. Kdmuod A. Sonder, Samnel K. htokes, Henry Moan, William C. I.udwig, George H. I.eiper, Henry C. Dallott, Jr., John U. Taylor, (ioorne W. liernadou, William . Koulton, Jacoh Kietrol, uotia yj. I'avis, James C. Hand, Thenphilus 1'auldinff, ontTi.u ii. nuai, iiuKU Craia. John H. l'enrose, uacou 1'. it ones. James 1 rauuair, Kdward lhirlinjtton. H. Jones Hrooke.' James H. McKarland, rpeucer Mcllvaine, I. T. Moriran, Pittsburg, r-.uwara ijalourcade. uoiin n. hem pie, A. K. Merger. " THOMAS c linn praaiHnnf doanua tr. ryre. HFNHY I.YT.BUR'reC;'a5AV1S' ' 11 1'.. HY MA LL, Assistant .Secretary. lo tf 1ft')Cl CHAlwTEli 1'EIU'ETUAL. Franffin Fire IusracB Coiapanj OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St. Assets on Jan. 1,1869, $2,677,37213 CAPITAL ACCHUK1) SURPLUS... P11KA1IUMS UNSF.TTI.Kn CLAIMS. 'J3,!S!!iM!i. 81 00,00000 1.0N.-1..V.J : t,io;i,si:i4:j INCOME FOR ISU9, cvv,uuu. Losses paid since 1829,over$5,500,000 Pemetnal and Temnorart Policie on Liberal Tnmn The Company also issuo Policies on Rent of Building Ol ail siaiu, urvuuu nouis, iu uLuriaxe. DIRECTOR 8. Alfred G. Raker, A If red Fitler. Samuel (irnnt, Thomas Sparks, (ieorge W. Richards, William S. Grant, Isaac 1-ea, Thomas S. Kills, George Kales, Oustavus S. Benson. ALFRKD Cr. KAKKH. Prei.lent. OKORUK FALKS, Vioa-President. JAS. W. McALLlS'l'ICR. Secretary. THKODOKK M. KKOKR. Assistant Secretary. 89 J N S U E AT HOME. IN TUB Penn Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY. NO. 921 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. ASSETS 8'.,000,000. CHARTERED BV OUR OWN STATE. MAN At; ED BY OUR OWN CITIZENS. LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID. POLICIES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS. Application may be made at the Home Office, and at tue Agenoica throughout the State. 2 18 JAMES TH AQUA III PRESIDKNT SAMUEL E. STOKES VICK-PRKSIDKNT JOHN W. UOllNOR A. V. P. and ACTUARY IIOKATIO S. STEPHENS SKCRKTARY A S B U R Y LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, No. Sfl BROADWAY Cor. RRADE St., New York. ChmIi ( niiitnl 1.,U00 $U6,U0u Deposited with the State of New York a Security for Policy Holders. LEMUKL BANC1S, President. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vioe-Presidont and Secretary. EMORY McCLINTOCK Aotuary. A. E. M. PCRDY, M. D Medical Examiner. KKKkHKNCKB BY PKRM1HHION. Thomas T. Taaker, John M. Maris, William Divine, S. Morris Wain, John B.McCrearr. J. B. Liooinnoif unarlee rponcer, John A. Wright, Arthur O. Collin, James Ing, James Hunter, In the character of ita Director, economy of man. n.. n. rvorne. mont, reasonableness of rates, PARTNERSHIP PLAN OK DKCLAR1NU DIVIDENDS, no restriction in female lives, and absolute non forfeiture of all policies, and no re striction of travel after the Brat year, the ASBURY pre sent a combination of advantages ottered by no other compauy. Policies issued in every form, and a loan of one third made when desired. SrKi'iAL advantaum Okvered to Clergymen. For all further information, adres JAMES M. LONOAORK, Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware Oflh5e, No. ri WA LNUT Street, Philadelphia. FOKMAN P. HOLL1NSUEAD Special Agent. 4 16 piHKXIX IXSl'UANCE 1 PHILADELPHIA. C'OMPAXY OF INCOKI'OKATKD Iku-J-CHARTFR PKRPKTUAL. No. M WALNUT Street, opposite the Kxchanife. This Company insures from loss or damage by KIRK, on liberal terms, nn huildings, merchandise, furniture, etc., tor limited periods, aud permanently on huildintta by deposit of premiums. 'I he t 'umpaiiv has been in active operation for more than SIXTY YKARS, during which all losses have been promptly adjusted aud paid. John L. Hodge, David T,Awi. M. K. Maliony, John T. Lewis, William S. Crant, Robert W. learning, 1). Clark Wharton, Menjamin Kiting, Thomas 11. Power. A. H. Ale Henry, Kdiuund Castillou, Maiutiel Wilcox, Lewis ( Norris. liwrenco Lewis, Jr. JOHN R. WlilMlh Ul. u !.., Samvi- i, WlU'OX, Secretary. 4 35 MIE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated ltJ6cbartr Pematnsl No. 310 WALK : U 1 street, opposite Independence Sanara. 1 his t;ompauy favorably known to the community for over forty year, continues to insure against loss or damage by tire on Public or Private Muildings, either permanently or for a limited time. Also on Kurniture, Stocks of Uood. and Merchandise generally, on liberal term. Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, ia in Tested in the most careful manner, which enable them to otter lo Lh insured an undoubted acurity in Ui om of losa. sutECTona. Daniel Smith, Jr., 1 John Ilevereni. Alexander lienson, Isaac Hazlehurst, Thomas Smith, Henry ltwis, .1 ii. 11. 1r.11 'luouiaa ttoorna, jauiei nsiiuoca lr DANIKL &MITU. Ja.. President ' WM. G. OROWKLL, Seuretar ' Ui rpilF. KXTEIlPniSE IXSUUNCK t'OMPANV 1 OK PHILADKLPHIA. Ctfce 8. W. Comer l-'OI'KTIT and WALNUT Streeta KIRK INSI'KAM'K KXCLBSIVKI.Y. PKRPKTUAL AND JKHM 1'OLICIKK ISSPKD. . Cufk I'npital iCAKi.iininitl Ciish Assets, Mi.y, !;, OVKR HALF A MILLION ll-.l.l T ... V.. I M H I. A lt.1. DIHKCTOHS V. Pnt. hford Starr, J. LiviiiKstnn Ki ringer, juioro rrn.ier. John M. Atwoml, lieujiiinin T. Tredick, ;eolge It Stuart, Janitis L. Ctiighoru, William C. Iloultim, t 'harles Whe'der, Thomas H. Moiitgomury, Jiilues Aertseu. 1111 11. iir Hii. 1 ins ompany insure oiuy m-si-rias nsas, fatting no specially luuarduua risk wliatever, euch as lactones, mills, etc. K. RATCHKORD STARR, President. THOMAS H. MONTCOMKRV. Vice President ALKXAMiKlt W. Wutkh, Heti-etary. INSURANCE. OFFICE OK Tl'K. IN3UKANCH (WvlPANT OK NORTH AMUUIKl Si. a.. 1 . t tiT u . 'hilsdelplna. lncorK.rated I7M Ohsrter Perpetual. OauitAl. .'rfll itBi Assets........ iM..i.vi..ni MAUINf., IN I. An D, AND r IKK lNHl'HANCK. OVKR $20,000,000 I.O.W.H PAID SINCK ITS O ltd AN i a a rum, DtnFi:TOlm. i I' nncis R . (Wis. Arthur G. Coffin Samuel W. done'., .lolin A. ltrown, Charles Taylor. AllilmiSfl White, V, illiam Welsh, h. Morris VI aln, John Mason, Gourire I.- Harrison. Pdward H. 'I'mlter, F.itward N. Clarke, T t;liarltnn Henry, Alfred I), dessiip, lolin P. White, Iiiiis C. M.vlnira, Charlea W. Cushman. A ti l III'R G. CII MU.KH I COI'KIN. Prnsnlnnt. I.A'l T, V ice President. t It MATTIttAd Maihs. .Secretary. MPEIUAL FI11E INSURANCE CO. LONDON. ESTAlll.IMII I) INO.'I. raid-up Capital and Accumulated Funds, 88,000,000 IN GOL I. PIIEVOST & irERRIHO, Agents, No. 107 S. THIRD Street, Philadelphia. CHAS. M. PREVOST. CHAS. P. TIKRRTNrt STRICTLY MUTUAL. Provident Life and Trust Co. OF PHILADELPHIA, OFFICE, No. Ills. FOIRTH STREET. Organized to promote LIFE INSURANCK amnnir niemlH-rg of the Society of Krieuds. noon riHKn or any euuts are'epted. l'ollelea humed ou approved dUus. at the iowent rates. President. SAMUEL R. STTIPLEY, Vice-President, W I I.J.I A M C. I.ONUNTKETII, Actuary, ROWLAND PARKY. The advantaces ouered by tula Couiminv nrp ii n. excelled. 8 1 27J ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETO. PEXN STEAM EXOINS. avi I BOILKR WORKS, NKAKIK t LKVY. ERAUTICAL AND T H K.O R KT 10 At A1AKKKS. BLACKSMITHS, and FOUNDKW, navinj for many year been in successful operation, and been pi cluaively engaged in building and repairing Marine and River Knginea, high and low-pressure, Iron Boilers, Water 1'anks, Propellers, etc. etc., respectfully offer their services to the public as being fully prepared to contract for en. giaeapf all sues. Marine, River, and Stationary: havinir sets of patterns or dittercnt i7.e are nrenamd tn order with quick despatch. Kvory de"J'riiition of Pattern. making made at the shortest notice. High and Low pres sure r ine Tubular and Cylinder Hollers of tlie best Penn sylvania Charcoal Imn. Korgingsof all sizes and kind. Iron and Mraaa Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning Screw Cutting, and all other work connected with to aliove business. Drawings and specifications for all work done at tha eat. blisliment free of charge, and work guaranteed. 1 he subscribers have ample wharf -dock room for repair! of boats, where they can lie in perfect safety, and are pro vided wit'i shear, blocks, falls, etc etc., for raising hear or light weight. J At 'OB O. NSAFIH, JOHN P. LKVY, BKACH and PALMKK fitreeta. M ERUICK & SO SOL'THWARK FOVNDRY, N S' No. 430 WASHINGTON AVENUE, Philadelphia. WILLIAM WRIGHT'S PATENT VARIABLE" CUT-OFF STEAM ENGINE, Regulated by the Governor. MERRICK'S SAFETY HOISTING MACHINE, Patented Juuo, ISttS. DAVID JOY'S TATEXT VALVELESS STEAM IIAMMER. D. M. WESTOX S PATENT fiEI.F-CENTIfING, SELP-RALAVPrVrt CENTULFLGAL SL'GAR-UltAINING MACHINE. AND IIYDRO EXTRACTOR. For Cotton or Woollen Manufacturers. T 10 mwf t. VAUGHN MERRICK. WILLIAM H. MEuniflK. "OHN E. OOPE. COUTHWARK FOUNDRY, FIFTH AND O WASHINGTON Streets. ' PHILADELPHIA. . MERRICK A SONS, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS, manufacture High and Low Pressure Steam Engine for Land. River, and Marine Service. Boiler, Gasometer, Tank, Iron Boat, eto. Castings of all kinds, either Iron or Bras. Iron Frame Roof for Gaa Works, Workshop, and Rail, road Stations, eto. Retort and Gaa Machinery of the la teat and most im proved construction. Every description of Plantation Machinery, also, Sugar, Saw, aud Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Oil Steam Trains, De fecators, Kilter, Pumping K.ugines, eto. Sole Agents for N. BiUeux's Patent Sugar Boiling Appa ratus, Neamyth' Patent Steam Hammer, and Aspinwall A Woohtey'a Patent Centrifugal Sugar Draining Ma chine. lam QIRARD TUBE WORKS. JOHN H. MURPHY & BROS. Manufacturer of Wrought Iron Pipe, Etc. PHILADELPHIA, PA. WORKS, TWNTYTII1R1) and FILBEKT Ntreota. OFFICE, U I No. 4'2 North FIFTH .Street. LUMBER. 18G9 SPRUCE JOIST. SPRUCE JOIST. HEMLOCK. HEMLOCK.) 1869 1869 SEASONED CLEAR PINE. SEASONED CLEAR PINE. 1869 UMUIUK rriKKH fllVK. SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS. KJ-:D CEDAR. 1809 FLORIDA FLOORING. FLORIDA FLOORING. CAROLINA FLOORING.! VIRGINIA FLOORING. DELAWARE FLOORING. ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING. ' FLORIDA STEP BOARDSJ RAIL PLANK.. 1869 1 ftfiQ WALNUT BDS. AND PLANK. 1 Q(0 lOUt WALNUT BDS. AND PLANK. lOOtJ WALNUT BOARDS. WALNUT PLAjiK. 1 "IftttQ UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. IQm lOUiJ UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. lOUt RKD CEDAR. WALNUT AND PINE. 1869 SEASONED POPLAR. SEASONED CHERRY. 1869 ASH. WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS. HICKORY, 1869 CIGAR BOX MAKERS' CIGAR BOX MAKKRS' 1869 SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS. run oaLr. iiun. 1869 CAROLINA SCANTLING CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. NORWAY SCANTHNU. CEDAR SHINGLES. 1869 1869 18(i) CYPRESS SHINGLES. MAL'LK, BROTHER OO . No. J0 SOUTH Street JTSLER & BROTHER'S U. S. BUILDERS' MILL, Nos. 24, 26 and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St. We offer this sea ton to the trade a larger aud mora su perior stock of Wood Mouldings, Brackets, Balusters, Newell Posts, Etc. The stock 1 made from a careful selection of Michigan Lumber, from the mills direct, and we invite builder anil contractor to examine it before purchasing elsewhere. Turninc andScroll Work in all it varieties, fgtra JUMBEIl UNDER COVER. ALWAYS DRY. WATSON & GILLIfJCMAr.V 1 No. m RICHMOND Street, 8 29 1 A N E L PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES 1 OOMMON PLANK. AI L THIOKMiaSiS , 1 COMMoW BOARDS. -.'"J ? HIDE FENCE BOARD8. w-wrvrWiE 1',-NK FLOORING BOARDS. J JFK5,W,1iU, SAP ,INK FlXORLSUti, IU ..j k. bPKUCK joist all sizes. i ut li km look joist, all sizes. p .PtASTKKINU LATH A SPECIALTY. Together with a geueral assortment of Building Iiraha for ale luw tw oaL T. W. s V! A LTA I ia out FIFTEENTH anil STILES htreiu
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