srzn.iT or the muss.
Bdltrin.l Opinion of the I,cnIln Journal
Upon Current Topic Compiled Kverj
la.v for the Evening Telmraph.
CLEAN THOROUGIIFAUES.
From they. Y. li-ibune.
There ia nothing, in its way, more curious
nnd at the sawn tune more mortifying than
the chronic wail which is raised by the news
pnpers over the condition of the streets of
Home of our principal c ities. Of our own great
metropolis we say little. The cry for cleanli
ness here is ancient and enduring, and it
promises, with good reason, to endure for an
indefinite period to come. We are hardened
to unhealthiness; we are . matriculated
in mud; and a stranger might suppose
that, like the denizens of some African
village, wo actually gloried in garbage.
New York ia like Ephraim; but who is
there that did not think that in
Quaker Thiladelphia the fine and intimate re
lation between cleanliness and godliness, so
generally recognized by Quaker practice,
would be sacredly regarded? Alas! that it
should not be so ! A newspaper of that city
emits loudly the old familiar complaint. "It
Is a fact," says this journal, "that in our best
and most aristocratic quarters, as well as in
the poorest and meanest portions of our city,
these sidewalk gutters are to be found with all
their nasty accompaniments." Shade of
William Feun 1 We, the descendants of the
hard-scouring Dutch, begin to feel that not
we alone are degenerate.
Municipal uncleanliness, however, is the rule
all over the world. In Taria and London the
evil man be banished to holes and by-ways, as
an untidy housewife sweeps her dust into a
corner, but the evil still exists. The bad
smells of Cologne have been rhymed of by
no loss a poet than Coleridge. In Borne the
Btreet-dirt has been often described in a way
which showed the reader that it fairly beggared
description. The domain which still bows to
the name of Mohammed contents itself with
washing its hands. The horrible condition of
the highways of Madrid and Lisbon need not
be descanted upon. It is probable that, in
comparison with those of most other parts of
the world, the streets of our cities are remark
ably clean.
This, however, is not enough. What is
wanted is not comparative but positive clean
liness. This is what may be justly demanded
of us, partly because, unlike foreign cities,
we have a very small dirt-making, pauper
population: partly because every inhabitant
understands certain simple sanitary laws: and
lastly, because we cheerfully pay for highway
cleanliness, and are defrauded when we do
not obtain it. An Eastern prince who by ex
orbitant taxation wrings the last piastre
from the pockets of his miserable slaves, may
care little through what reeking lanes and
high-smelling alleys they crawl to their labors.
He at least has broad and stately pleasure
grounds; lie has gardens "bright with sinuous
rills,
"Where blossoms many an lncense-bearlng tree."
His sacred foot presses not, his nice nose
smells not, his august eye sees not, the abomi
nations of the streets. But here, where all
alike, be they rich or poor, are princes, the
streets are the out-door domain of the people.
They must use them for business, and very
often they must seek them for recreation. If
they aoquiesoe in uncleanliness, so much the
worse for them and so much the worse for
all of us ! Apart from fear of the stalking
pestilence and a thousand wasting forms of
endemic and epidemic disease, we may an
ticipate a general coarseness of character and
an habitual stolidity of understanding. The
want of neatness without will inevitably be
followed by want of neatness within, and in
side untidiness will emulate the great outside
, sluttishness.
Again, who can say how great may be the
danger of solecistic streets ? We may line
1 our thoroughfares with stately buildings, ex
hibiting, if not the graces of architecture, at
least the charm of costliness; richly orna
mented walls may rise upon either side; over
the dubious pavement walkers in princely
raiment may pick their way, while below all
this pretentious magnificence reeks the f ever
. fostering corruption. This is the platter
once more made clean upon the outside.
This is the sepulchre once more whitened.
This is to teach men and women that show
is better than . substance, that nrfit.finsinn
is of greater price than performance,
that to seem is nobler than to be, and that in
congruity is the best symmetry. A city which
builds palaces and leaves its thoroughfares
. nnswept and ungarnished by tidiness, is like
one of those wretched women who hawk
. their favors up and down the pavement in all
. the glory of rainbow haberdashery. Those
who think that there is no latent but still
poisonous immorality in this perpetually ob
trusive incongruity, have not well considered
by what subtle influences that which we call
the public mind is either well or ill educated.
It is ill to teach the people that display is of
the first consequence, and that show and sham
, are better than the weightier matter of truth
ful consistency.
These speculations may seem somewhat
abstract, but there is no abstraction in the
- fact that filthy streets are the outward and
visible sign of an immensely larger amount
of uncleanliness which is hidden from the
publio eye. If the municipality will not set
the people a good example upon its own
dunghill, if we may say so, thousands of
householders, or half, or quarter, or eighth,
. or sixteenth householders, will continue to
maintain domiciles which are mere breeding
nests of typhoid and of dysentery. The chil
dren will continue to dio like rot-stricken
sheep victims of our ignorance, our avarice
or recklessness! Neglected streets swell the
bills of mortality in more wava than on a
Something we might add by way of appeal
to civic pride. 1 Tbere is a little village in;
Holland, remarkable neither for ita magnificent
buildings, nor its great wealth, nor for any
historic associations, which has made itself
famous throughout the world, but simply for
its cleanliness, of which, indeed, travellers
have told almost fabulous stories, with others
which are extremely amusing. There is no
danger of our lapsing into any excess of lus
tration; but it would or shonkl be gratifying,
if travellers, while they recorded our wealth,
our taste, our magnifioence, our noble public
institutions, could also conscientiously char
acterize New York as one of the cleanest
cities in the world. ' . . . .,.,,
MR. 6UMNEU
AND THE
ALABAMA
TltEATY.
a!" From the H. YrNation. ' - . .. ' . ;
.'i h It may save two or three papers from
, good .deal .of future embarrassment about
''' 'what V fortnight ago of Mr. Suamer'a
AO Jrorrespetvdence with Mr. , Bright to mention.
uTf that -wie have taken much more effective
r, , -measures than they show any sign of taking
' to secure the exposure ' of any errors there
'"'may be in our asserting J respecting the con
tents OI lue leuer, uiiumuuuu us we uuto
nsed. and are using, due diligence to
obtain the letters for publication. We shall
present them to out riders nt tuo earliest
THE DAlLif EVENING TELEG11APII PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, lSW
tioBHible inomnnt. The two iournala which I
Lave timlertakoti to contradict what we have '
said confoss they know absolutely nothing
about the matter, and have nothing better to
contribute to the controversy than the an
nouncement that they do not bolieve our
story a fact which, for our present purpose,
is of no importance whatever. As the caie
stands, we allege that there are twolettera in Mr.
Pright's possession from the Chairman of
the Senate Committee of Foreign Affairs,
which Mr. Bright has shown to Americans,
with strong expressions of indignation, as
proofs that Mr. Sumner, in delivering his
speech on the treaty, was guilty of bad faith.
Mr. Sumner ought not to allow this to go on.
If the letters are not his, or if Mr. Bright is
putting a false construction on them, ho
ought to set himself right before the public.
If we are not misinformed, his attention has
already been called to Mr. Bright's feeling
and language about the matter. If, on the
other hand, thesa letters are genuine, and
justify Mr. Bright's language, which, we re
peat, is very strong, American taxpayers
ought to know in what spirit politicians in
high places have been dealing with one of the
most momentous questions ever brought be
fore the country.
As regards the letter of recommendation
(not of "introduction" perish the thought!)
of which the Springfield licjrubUcan, so ingen
uously tried to conceal the existence, we hap
pen now to have before us Mr. Bright's ac
count of it in his note to Mr. Iteverdy John
son. He says he has a letter "from his (uiy)
friend, Mr. Charles Sumner, speaking in very
high terms of (you) Mr. Johnson, and of the
general satisfaction with which his (your) ap
pointment was regarded by men of all parties
in the States." There is nothing remurkable
about this, but there is something very re
markable in Mr. Sumner's afterwards express
ing to the correspondent of the New York
Herald his surprise that the British Govern
ment should not have known better than to
negotiate with the ambassador of a retiring
administration, and adding that he "thought
of saying this to Mr. Thornton, but
concluded it would not be right for him to do
so." The Springfield Republican tries to dis
pose of this difficulty by suggesting that Mr. ;
Sumner "donbted the wisdom of the British
Cabinet," but "had too much delicacy to say
so to Mr. Thornton." Now, why should the
Chairman of the Senate Committee on For
eign Affairs doubt the wisdom of a foreign
government which negotiates with an Ame
rican ambassador, possessing regular creden
tials, and unanimonsly . nominated by the
Senate and warmly commended by him (not
'introduced") to a member of that govern
went as a man of high qualifications for his
post, whose appointment had been viewed
with favor "by men of all parties?" And
what about Mr. Sumner's "delicacy" in saying
to a Herald reporter for publication all that it
would have been "indelicate to say to Mr.
Thornton, and a great deal more ?
We have thus far only parole evidence of
the contents of the letters, but it is the evi
dence of a person who has read them, and
who has listened to Mr. liright s remarks on
them, and felt some mortification on the oc
casion; but we have always felt the letters
themselves were also needed, and have lost
no time in applying lor tnem. it is very
pertinent to the matter in hand that, accord
ing to Mr. Eeverdy Johnson, Mr. Sumner
"advised with him several times in relation
to the negotiation after Mr Johnson's ap
pointment, and exhibited an apparently sin
cere desire that he (Mr. Johnson) should
bring the negotiations to an early and suc
cessful termination. In none of these inter
views did he mention the peculiar views set
forth in his subsequent speech. It is hardly
to be supposed that as Chairman of the Senate
Committee of I oreign Affairs, and in con
stant intercouser with Mr. Seward, he did not
know what Mr. Johnson s instructions were.
He certainly knew what Mr. Adams' were,
and these were precisely the same as Mr.'
Johnson's." According to the speech, how
ever, both Mr. Adams' and Mr. Johnson's in
structions were simply folly, not far removed
trom crime.
We need hardly say that we shall take good
care to point out any inaccuracies into which
we may liave tallen in describing the corres
pondence, when we succeed in seourinc it for
publication. In the meantime, let us modestly
sucraest to those mends oi Mr. summer who
doubt its existence, that a much more effect
ual way of bringing his detractors to justice
phemies. will be to get Mr. Sumner or Mr,
Bright to deny the existence of the letters.
There is the mail and the telegraph both at
their Bervice. Mr. Bright, owing to the
achievements of modern science, is within
easy reach; and should he feel reluotant to
place the correspondence at our disposal, he
cannot in decency refuse to publish it at Mr.
Sumner's request. The accuracy of the Nation's
version of it is, after all, a matter of compara
tively small consequence, and we shall take care
not to allow the matter to go off on that issue
We must also remark that the badness of Mr.
Eeverdy Johnson's speeches has nothing to do
with the question, it may nave been well to
reject the treaty because it was negotiated by
an unpopular agent, or because it was defec
tive; but the real question before us is, did
Mr. Sumner's speech against it contain the
deliberate views of a statesman on important
points oi international law ana public policy,
or were tney simpiy an attertnought, sug
gestea Dy the popular exasperation and excite
a a i v t i
mew prouucea oy an. o onnson s course in
England? Everybody whom the settlement
of the Alabama matter may affect in mind.
bedy, or estate, has a right to have this quos-
iion answered.
WOMEN IN THE JUKY-BOX..
From the If. Y. Times.
'A he arguments in lavor or givinc women
the right of suffrage are sometimes met bv
me tiuery wnemer wnen women vote thev
are also to be called on to do military duty
and to sit npon juries, and bear all the other
burdens of citizenship. One writer in behalf
of women has met this query squarely, at
least as far as the jury question is concerned.
He announces boldly that if the petit jury
shall continue it must owe its perpetuity to
the advent of women as jurors. They can
redeem it. They alone can do so in this busy
age. For they would be willing to assume
the nigh and noble offices now impatiently
relegated by our educated classes to the court
loafers and a swarm of illiterate teamsters
and laborers." i
We are quite willing to agree with this
writer that our juries are not what they
should be, but we shoal i have liked it better
if he had given us some f oun'dation for his
statement that admitting women to , the
jury-box either can or will reform it. , On
what ground are we to assume that, if women
were admitted to the Jury-box, the influences
which now work upon i educated . men and
10 ft tbum inpatient of Jury duty, would
not then work upon eduoated women ? ., We
suppose ft t not bq th0UgUt of tlat the
giving to women of the right to vote and to
bear arms and do jury duty, is not to give
them the right to be "teamsters and
laborers," and eyea to bo "court loafers."
to sea the
fihghtest prospect
of improving juries coiu-
posed of
those classos by merely changing
their sex.
This writer, however, seems to think that
this would be an improvement. "Woman,"
he says, "in her verdicts would temper jus
tice with mercy. It is a brutal cruelty to ex
pose women in the prisoner's box, before a
jury, rourt, and bar of men only. It is
enough to harden the erring and to cause the
innocent to err. Woman s presence in the
jury-box would bo a consolation and a gua
rantee ol justice to her if she were innocent;
a protection against a needless and indeoont
exposure of her crime if she were guilty."
This again is mere assertion without founda
tion, ihe lacts, as we believe, are noto
riously otherwise. Men are not ho harsh
in their judgments of women as women are.
But if it were not so. we deny that in
criminal cases where women are concerned.
which are all that this writer seems to have in
mind, there is any need of tempering justice
still further with mercy. It has always been
a difficult matter to got a verdict against a
woman from the days of I'hryne down to
those of Mary Ann Burroughs as for "caus
ing the innocent to err ' we have nevor heard
of any woman that committed a crime for the
sake of being tried bofore a court and jury of
men, but we have no doubt that instances
could be found in which women committed
crime, relying on their sex to shield them
from the verdict which if they were men they
could not escape.
Baron Brain well, an English Judge of largo
experience, was recently called upon to give
his opinion as to jury trials before a com
mission. He was asked whether he thought
that a trial before a jury or before a judge
was to be preferred in the majority of cases,
and though he gave his opinion with hesita
tion, it was that if he wanted the truth to
be ascertained in the particular case, he
should prefer "an intelligent man who had
been in the habit of exercising his faculties
all his life on such questions, to twelve men
who had not been in the habit ot exercising
theirs, and who might not be so intelligent
men. We apprehend that if the question
had been put as to a jury of women, the
Judge's hesitation would have quite vanished.
What changes may be wrought in the iemi-;
nine mind by throwing down ull the barriers
which divide the duties of the two sexes, no
one can tell. It may be that another genera
tion of women, brought up to know that they
were to be called upon to perform all the
duties of citizenship, might be better able to
perform them than the present race of women,
whose lives have not been pervaded by that
idea; but as to the present race, wo have no
doubt that the entry of women into the jury
box would aggravate all the evils there which
now need retorming, and that nothing would
tend more powerfully to the destruction of
the present jury system and the giving our
trials exclusively into the hands of single
judges.
PROPOSAL TO KILL LUNATICS.
Frew, the X. Y. Sun.
It is proposed in England to kill lunatics.
The proposition is limited, at first, to cri
minal lunatics: but the reasoning by which it
is supported would naturally lead to a more
comprehensive and sweeping execution, in
cluding all lunatics; for all lunatics are liable
at any moment to become criminals, and they
are not amenable to the criminal law tor their
acts.
The ground upon which the recommenda
tion to kill lunatics is based is that of mercy.
The project is brought forward in the leading
and most aristocratic journals oi England, it
is asked: "Is it, or is it not, a false senti
ment of mercy to persist in keeping them
alive, when we are compelled in self-defense
to deprive them of everything which makes
life valuable, or even endurable ? Since they
can be cured neither of their wickedness nor
of their disease, and exist as centres of moral
infection and causes of crime, violence,
misery, and danger to all around, would it
not be better and wiser to put tnem out oi
the way altogether ?"
It has been customary in this country, es
pecially in Massachusetts and some other
New England States, to point to the con
stantly increasing provisions tor the mainte
nance and care of lunatics, as a proof, of
which they are most proud, of their advanced
state of civilization. Large and costly edi
fices, constructed on the most approved scien
tific plans for the promotion of comfort and
health, have been erected for the occupancy
of unfortunate persons of disordered intel
lects. But now, in London, the very centre
of civilization, it is gravely recommended
that all such of these poor creatures as have
committed an act which would have been
criminal if they had been sane shall be
knocked in the head, or in some other way
exterminated.
This doctrine, to lay aside the discussion of
its inhumanity, would be attended with con
siderable danger to wealthy people. The
records of our courts abound with instances
in which rich persons are placed in insane
asylums by eaer relatives, in order to got
rid of them. Now, if by adding to the
charge of insanity that of the commission of
a crime, the relatlvet could cause the alleged
lunatic to be executed, it would be a more
effectual method for removing him out of
their way to the permanent possession of his
property.
The bare fact that the proposition to kill
criminal lunatics is made and entertained at
this day in the most highly cultivated sooiety
oi England makes one shudder with horror
It reminds us that arts have been lost, that
nations as well as individuals have relapsed
from civilization into barbarism, and that, m
some respects, the cultivated man and the
savace are not so far removed from each
other as we are in the habit of thinking.
BUTLER ON LABOE.
From the A. Y. World.
It was to be expected that if Oeneral Butler
delivered an address at a county fair it would
not be like the agricultural addresses of other
men. For it is the ambition of General Butler
to attract attention to himself by behaving
unlike all other men in whatever situation he
may happen to be. His address was sure,
therefore, to be sensational. But we own to
a pleasing surprise at finding it sensible as
well. .. .. I
General Butler begins by differencing the
agriculture of the -AHnt dav from other in
dustries by pointing out that its profits are
still small while theirs are large already, and
yearly growing larger. But these large profits
are unjustly divided. The capitalist gets tne
lion B share nf th lnraa fortunes are
crowinor laronr. th lnhnrer's lot is very
little lighter than it was before the introduc
tion of the machinery which has so greatly
multiplied-, the profits of his labor, ihe
strikes which have been so rife of lata - years
are revolts m ilia riart of the workineuien,
against the unjust distribution of the fruits
of their toil. But the profits of farming are
still small, alike to the farmer and the lartu
laborer, for the machinery which has so sim
plified other industries has not yet, to any
thing like the same degree, increased the pro
And for oursolves, we are wnalle
ductive power of this, nnd the farm-laborer
lias no excuses for revolt, when his employer
is so little belter off than himself .
e believe this to be tine, so far as it eroes.
but it is by no means a complete account of
the matter, nor will it remain true Ion J. The
inventiveness which brought necessity to bed
of a power-loom is equal to the production of
Iiciicni sieaiu piouuu when the time is
ripe. And that time cannot bo far oil'.
As !
the II (,r!F set forth some time since, the ten
dency of things is the same in agriculture as
in other pursuits, and the farms of the future
are to be to the farms of the nrespiit as tho
colossal factories of to-day are to the hovels
in which Uax was spun and wool woven a cen-
tuiyngo. When that time comes, farm la
borers will be us subservient to the land
owners who employ them ns operatives are
now to nianufaciuier.4, nnd the necessity for
combinations and "trades-unions" among
them will bo quite as urgent.
This is the tendency of things, and, whether
we deplore it or exult in it, is equally inevit
able. But we quite agree with General But
ler in thinking that there is no need at all of
an artificial acceleration of it. Such accelera
tion is undoubtedly furnished by the special
legislation in favor of individual or corporate
capitalists, which General Butler justly
deprecates. In fact, the statute-books of
New York as well as of the New England
States give evidence that our legislators do
little else than to aggrandize interests which
least of all need aggrandizing, seeing that they
are already predominant and sure to attain a
still more exclusive predominance in the
future. But it is as useless to try to check
the course of events by statute as it is unwise
to hasten it by the same device. And tho
suggestion of General Butler, that there
ought to be some way of lopping such over
shadowing fortunes aa that of Commodore
Vanderbilt, is a bid for the enactment of such
a law, agrarian or sumptuary, as history shows
to be precisely most destructive of its own
end.
We do not know either on what ground
General Butler is entitled to pronounce that
agriculture can never be "the most lucrative
employment of men." In certain states of
society it unquestionably has been, and there
is no reason why the conditions which made
it so may not recur. In the South before the
war, cotton-planting was the source of the
largest fortunes, and may be again when the
place of the patriarchal planter is filled by the
plutocratic planter. The splendid and daz
zling fortunes made by speculation are to be
excepted, to be sure. But if such fortunes
swell like bubbles, they burst like bubbles
too. And among the "legitimate" businesses
which seeic to supply the real wants of men,
as agriculture is sure to be always the fore
most in importance, so it will remain, on the
whole, the most gainful in results. And as
farming is carried on more and more on the
great scale, it may probably become the most
profitable to the individuals concerned in it,
General Butler's address is well worth
evervbodv's readme. We are havtv to have
the opportunity of saying so, inasmuch as
there is seldom anything of his that we can
conscientiously commend. His change of
topics is at least praiseworthy. And if, during
the coming session of Congress, the Doctor
feels especially "cut up by the castigations
it will doubtless be our duty to administer to
him
"Let him come back, and cut a smoother reed,
And blow a strain the W orld at lust shall heed."
SPECIAL NOTICES.
GRAND MASS MEETING.
Eiilclcnt and Patriotic.
Learned and Impartial.
The Republican Citizens of Philadelphia favorable
to the present National and State Administrations,
friends of GRANT and GEARY, who, la war, fought
for Ot'R COUNTRY'S SALVATION, and, In peace,
labor for her PROSPERITY and PERMANENCE,
and friends of WILLIAMS, THE UPRIGHT JUDCE,
will meet in
GRAND MASS MEETING
ON MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27,
AT 7)tf O'CLOCK,
At BROAD and CHESNTJT STREETS,.
To take measures to promote the
Success of the Whole Republican Ticket
In the present political campaign, by proclaiming the
PRINCIPLES OF THE PARTY, and laboring to se
cure A PAIR AND FREE ELECTION. The candi
dates are unexceptionable, and the unbiased CHOICE
OF HONEST CONVENTIONS elected by the people,
Let the people show by A GRAND RALLY that they
will support their own nominees. Let all come that
value A FREEMAN'S FRANCHISES, all who will
support them, all who would REBUKE TEE DKfi
PERATE FRAUDS which, last year, assailed them.
Friends of PUBLIC ECONOMY, FRIENDS OF PUB
LIC PURITY, come together and STRENGTHEN
ONE ANOTHER. Let ua rally for the PROTECTION
OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY, for the INVIOLA
BILITY OF THE PUBLIC FAITH, for the honest
PAYMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT, for the encou
ragement of EVERY PEOPLE STRUGGLING FOR
FREEDOM, and for tho DOWNFALL OF TYRANTS
of every nation and of every race.
. Let our wealthy and enlightened MERCHANTS,
our honest and sturdy LABORERS, our skilled and
worthy MECHANICS, our busy and enterprising
MANUFACTURERS, our learned ana distinguished
PROFESSIONAL MEN let all our citizens, NA
TIVE AND ADOPTED, whatever their circum
stances or their occupations, join In this grand
demonstration FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL, FOR
THE FREEDOM. FOR THE HAPPINESS, AND
FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL. !
WHILE FREEMEN WATCH, FREEDOM THRIVES !
The Republican Invlnclbles and other Campaign
Clubs are cordially Invited to attend. ,
!
The following distinguished speakers will address
the meeting : '
HON. HENRY WILSON, j
United States Beniitor from Massachusetts, (
GENERAL Ji)HN M. THAYER, .
United States Senator from Nebraska, I
HON. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, j
Member of Congress from Indiana,
HON. WASHINGTON TOWNSEND, M. C
HON. O. J. DICKEY, M. C, (
HON. JOHN W. FORNEY, ;
; HON. JAMES 11. CAMPBELL, . ,
, DON. JOHN OOVODE, , ' .
WAYNE MCVEIGH, Esq., i
-. 'AND OTUKKS. .. , -, . j
By order of the Union Republican City Executive
Committee. ' ' - t
' ' JOHN L. RILL, President. ; '
John McCcii.ocoh,) Kfl(,PetarilJa
Kohkkt T. Gill, becrctanes
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follows, Tim.:- ,...--
T ncntr- Hon. D. !lnno.
MouongulielaCity ionmal Hurry White.
IT l-'.SKA V, (Snptomlier flu,
Wm. theater - Hon. I J. Ui-lnno.
Mirlillelmm-K. 11. Knm-ti. Kcj.
Urdiord--Tb.imus J. Uiithmu, r.c). ,
TiuncMa.
V'a9liinKtn-irniirl Harry WnltP.
Wr DNKSDA V, September S,
CloarHold.
Atiullo, Arnistrnrir county.
THURSDAY, September SO, .
NorrlMown. Montuomory cuuuiy-Uon. (J. Dolano. Hon-
jaimn Haywood, . j
Mauch ('hunk. . n-, tt
.'ittHlmr-B Hon. John Roott, Hon. O. A. I.row, II.
Bucbci lswoo, hq. ,
JWer-Ilon. John 8cott, lion. O. A. Urow, H. Buolier
awope, i'.. -t,., n a ;mw.
H.
Builier Bwcpe, Kw. o
' 'ui'iWVcniV Oi.tnh.rfi.
I'W liriJinWTIllOn. UOUU rn.m, ....... .
New Caatle-Hon. .lohn Scntt, 11. Hu. lior Bwope, l-.sq.
THVJKliDAY, October 7,
Went UrMnvilla-Hon. John fccott. U. Buchor Swope,
1'I . ..
KittnnninR-Hon. U. A. urow.
liutler. t L
FRIDAY, Ofrobpr 9,
Meadville-Hon. John Scott,-i. 11. bwope, Fsq.
IMarion.
Tvrune.
SATrRDAV, October?,
Erie- Hon. John Scott, Hon. O. A. Urow, H. Bucher
Bwope, Kq. ,, ,.,
0-o. W. Hamersly,
W.J.Whitk. Secretaries
IS. F. OWINNHt, J W
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETINGS
will be addressed by
JAMES M. SCOVEL
AND
CHARLES J. HOLLIS.
at the following places:
TUESDAY EVENING, September 3S, 7 r. M.
WATERFORD,
The ladiet are invited to attend.
219t FRIDAY, Ootoborl.
SATURDAY, OctoborS,
AT MASS CONVENTION, CHEW'S LANDING.
jgfcy- FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT,
ROBERT KNOX MILLER.9 23 lit"
IKW OFFICE
OF THE LEHIGH
VALLEY
WALNUT
RAILROAD
COMPANY, NO. 803
tree ' Philadelphia. Soot. IS. lfWS.
The Stockholder of this Coimmny are horohy notified
that they will lie ortitled to anlim-ribe, at par, for one
share of now stock for each night shares or fraction of
eight shares of stock that may he staniling in their reapeo
t.ivn nainna at the closinir of the books on the 30th mat.
Subscription will be payable in caah, either in full at
the time of subscribing or in instalments of twenty-Ave
St cent, each, payable in tnn
anuary, April, and July, 1X70.
Stock paid for in full by N"
r cent, each, payable in the months oi October, lsb, ana
November 1.1869. will be en
tit led to participate in all dividends that may be declared
atter mat ante.
On stock not, rmid for in full hv November 1 next, in
tnrest will be allowed in instalments from date of pay
mpnt.
Subscript ion books will be opened October 1, and closed
November 1, next.
CHARLES 0. LONGSTRETH,
! Treasurer.
Philadf.lphia, Sept. 18. 1869.
Tho Lchich Valley Railroad Company has declared i
nnitrtnrlv dividend of TWO AND A HALF PER CENT.
pajable at their office. No. 303 WALNUT Street, on and
alter friaay, uutooer in, iiwh.
CHAHLKS C LONGSTRETH,
9 21 lot Treasurer.
jggy- COUPONS. THE COUPONS OF 'IHE
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS of the
WILMINGTON AND RKADING RAILROAD CO.,
maturing October 1, will be paid, free of taxes, on; and
after that date, at the Banking-house of
WILLIAM PAINTER A CO..
No. 36 S. THIRD Street, Philadelphia.
WILLIAM S. HILLKS,
9 -23 tf Secretary and Treasurer.
jjgy- UNITED
STATES TREASURY,
Philadelphia, Sept. 84, 1869.
Coupons due November 1, 1869, will be paid at this office
od presentation, with a rebate of 6 per cent, per annum in
gold from the face vulne of the coupons.
GEORGE EYSTER,
9 24 St Assistant Treasurer United States.
r-vsr DUTTON'S PIANO R00M8. FIRST-
CLASS PIANOS AT FIXED PRICES.
Mafiniticent stock of the best Pianos of various manu
facturers at lowest prices. Kstablishment of the One
price bvstein, and Immense Reduction ia Prices. The
Finest Pianos in the market. ..,.
CH1CKEKING 4 SONS' PIANOS.
MARSOHALL A MITTAUKR S PIANOS.
IHNE 4 SON'S PIANOS. NEW PIANOS TO RENT.
WILLIAM H. DUTTON,
9 71m No. 1136 and 1128 OHESNUT Street.
wgr J- E. GOULD, NO. 933 CI1ESNUT
Streot, is selling Steck A Co.'s and Haines Bros'.
Pianos and Mason A Haiulin's Cabinet Organs nearly as
low an at any former time. 8 26
new- LAW DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY
"" OF PENNSYLVANIA. A term will oommence on
MONDAY. October 4. Introductory Lecture by Pro
feseor MORRIS at 8 o'cloc k P. M. 9 211:3
kw. OFFICE ST. NICHOLAS COAL COM-
PANY, No. 806M WAI.NUi' Street.
Notice is hereby (riven that certilicste No. 303, for ONE
niiMinitn kHaKKN OF THE CAPITAL HTOOK OF
THE ST. NICHOLAS COAL COMPANY, issued to
Clinton G. Stees, dated July 18, 1866, has been
transferred on the books of the Company, but the cortiii
cate baa not been surrendered. All persons are hereby
cautioned against buying the same, aa the certilioate be
longs to the company. K, ouunniun, oecreuiry.
, Philadelphia, bopt. 84, 1869. ai tf
wcw- OFFICE OF THE FRANKLIN FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Phii.adf.i.i'HIA. Sent. 20. 1849
An Election fcr TEN DIRECTORS fur the eunuing
year will be held, aereobly to charter, at the Office of the
4 ompany. on aiuiiA x , vjcujuer new uvbwwuua.
M. and 2 P.M.
9 2ul4t J. W. Mf A LUSTER, Secretary.
fcSy QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
"" LONDON AND LIVERPOOL.
SABINE, ALLEN A DULLES. Agents, !
FIFTH and WALNUT (Street.
92?
1r DR. F. R. THOMAS, THE LATE OPE-
rator or too isoiion uentai Association, now to
only one in Philadelphia who devote bit ectirotim and
pructiue to extract, uk teeth, absolutely without pain, by
IrebJJ D1LTOUB U11UB KOI, VSLUUO. HALIU i Ok 1 W9
fur..
BATCHELOR'S HAIR
DYE. THIS
snlendid Hair Dye is the best in the world : the enl
true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instantaneous; DO
disappointment; no ridiculous tints; remedies the ill
effect a of bad dyes: invigorates and leaves the Hair soft
and boaut it ul, blue or In own. Bold by all Druggiata and
Perfumers; and properly applied at Katubslor's Wig Fao-
tory. fro, to liUf otreet, new torn. avmwt
jgy- JOSE POEY,
Medico-Ciiujano de la Universidad de la Banana,
recibe consultat de 9 a 11 da la tnanana y ds 8M a 6 de la
tarde en su oflcina call Nueve (sud) No. 735. Reaideucia
en la calle de Green, No. Ihl7.
DR. JOSEPH POEY,
Graduate of the University of Habana (Cuba), has re
moved his office to No. 736 S. Ninth street. Residence,
No. 1817 Green street.
Offioejlours-otoll AJM. 8tjo6JM. lPLi
HOOP SKIRTS, ETO.
1115. -h o
P K I
N S'
HOOP-SKIRT AND , COKSKT MAHU-
FACTORY AND SALESKOOMS, (
No. 1115 CBESNUT STREET.
Onr CHAMPION 6KIRT8better and cheaper than
all others. 19 to 60 springs, 96o. to $a i. Our Keystone
Kkirts, 80 to 69 springs. 60s. to $140; New York .made
Skirts, from 20 to 40 springs, 44 to 760.
R. Werley Corsots, 42 W, a fcl, 4'6d. .
Reckel Corsets, from 1 to 7. j
.Thomson's "Glove-fitting" Corsets, from tS'20 to 85. ! .
Mrs. Moody'i otnt self -ad justing abdominal support
log Corsets, from 3 to 7-highly recommended by phy
loans, and should be examined by every lady.
Over 40 other varieties of Corsets, from 75o. to 99 'SO. '
' ' Skirt and Corsets made to order, altered and repaired.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 7 23 Sot
WILLIAM T. HOPKINS.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETO.
tVlS LADOMUSfCO.
'DIAMOXU DEALERS & JEVKI.KKS.
WATCHKS, JKWKI.rtV ABll.TfcIt TfAKK.
wWAT0HE3 and JEWELET REPAIRED,
C2 CheRtnnt St., Phil
Ladies' and Gents' "Watches.
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED,
OI the most celebrated makera. s-
FINE VEST CHAINS AND LEONT1NE3,
In 14 and IS karat. . ..
DIAMOND an other Jewelry or the latent designs.
Engagement and Wedding Rings, In 18-karnt and
Coin.
Sold Sliver-ware lor Bridal Presents, Table CnU
lery, Plated Warn, etc. 8 SU
ESTABLISHED 1828.
WATCHES, JRWELItY,
CLOCKS, bILVERWARS, and
FANCY GOODS.
O. W. RUSSELL,
NO. m N. SIXTH STRSET, PHILADELPHIA.
WILLIAM B. WARNE & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers in
WATCH EH AND JEWELRY,
corner SEVENTH and CHESNLT Street,
hecond floor, and late of No. 86 S. THIRD St.
b. K.
3'J.J
CLOTHS, OASSIMERES. ETO.
NEW
CENTRAL OLOTII HOUSE.
TRIES, MAISEED & HAWKINS
HAVE OPENED
A BHANCII CLOTH HOTJ3T3,
AT TUB
S. E. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET,
With an entire new stock of
CLOTITS AND CASSIMERKS for Men and Boys,
CLOaKINGS lor Ladles ami Children,
VELVETEENS, ASTRACUANS, AND CHIN
CHILLAS, SCOTCn PLAID CLOAKINGS, every style, ;
SATINETS, KENTUCKY JEANS AND COR.
DUROYS,
WATERPROOFS. PLAIDS AND MIXTURES,
TAILORS' TRIMMINGS, ETC. ETC.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
FRIES, MALSEED & HAWKINS,
221m S. E. Corner EIGHTH and MARKET Sts.
c
LOTH
H O U S E ,
J IM E S sSc LEE,
No. 11 NORTH SECOND STREET, .
SIGX OF THE Q0LDEX LAMB,
Are now receiving a SPLENDID LINE of '
t
Spring Fancy Casslmeres,
Comprising all the best makes In the market,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 13 asm
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONST
yyHITE PRESERVING BRANDY,
Pure Cider and White Wine Vinegar, Green Olnger,
Mustard Seed, Spices, etc. etc. All the requisites for
Preserving and Pickling purposes.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
11 T5 Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Streets.
M
IOHAEL MEAGHER A 00.
No. S23 South SIXTEENTH street,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers la -
PROVISIONS,
OYSTERS, AND SAND CLAMS,
FOR FAMILY U8I
TERRAPLN8 11 PER DOZEN. ttti
PERSONAL.
ALL
PERSONS ITAVINO
GOODS
DEPO-
a. a. siiea at aimnwa wtn urauil, formerly
northeast oorner fifteenth and Market streets, whinli
sited at RETTKW'S LOAN
OFFICE,
formerly
have remained over the legal time, are hereby notiiied to
pay charges on the same at No. 28 N. ELEVENTH Street,
or they will be sold at puWIicsale on MONDAY, Septem
ber 27, instant. 16 lot
EXCURSIONS.
DAILY EXCURSIONS TO BE-
vorly, Burlington, and Bristol, by the steam
boat JOHN A. WARNER, Leaves Philadel-
fiuia, Chesnut street wharf, at 3 and 6 o'clock P. M. Re
timing, leaves Bristol at d'5U o'clock A.M. and 4 o'clock
P. M. Stopping each way at Rlverten, Torresdale, Anda
lusia, Beverly, and Burlington. Far 36 cent. Excur
sion, 40 cents, 1 g 3m
ROOFING.
E
EADT- ROOFIN
o.-
This Roofing is adapted to all bandings. It can
applied to - -
STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS
at one-half the expense of tin. It Is readily pat oa oi
Shingle Roofs wit
ngle Koors without removing the shingles, thus avoid.
ing the damaging oi oeiungs ana lumiture while under
PRESERVE YOUR TIN ROOFS WITH WELTON1
ing repairs, yno gravel used.)
.I,KTin PAINT.
I am always prepa red to Repair and Paint Roofs at shori
notice. Also, PAINT FOR SALE by the barrel or gallon,
the hest and cheapest in the market. 'WELTON
8 17 Wo. 711 N. NINTH Street, abovejjoatea
TO OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS.
AND HOOFERS. Roofs! Yes.yes.- Every site and
kind, old or new. At No. 643 N. THIRD Street, the AME
RIUAN CONCRETE PAINT AND ROOF COMPANY
are selling their celebrated paint for TIN ROOFS, and
for preserving all wood and metals. Also, their solid oou
plez roof covering, the best ever offered to the public, with
brushes, cana, buckets, etc., lor tho work. Anti rermia.
Fire, and Water-proof ; Liuht, Tight, Durable. NocraciT
Ing, pealing, or shrinking. No paper, gravei, or heat. Good
for all clunates. Directions given for work, or flood work
men supplied. Care, promptness, certainty! One pnsel
Call! Juaniine! Judge! ,
Agents wanted 'or Interior counties.
iiul t JOSEPH. LEEDS. Principal.
DRUGS, PAINTS, ETO.
JOBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.
N. E Corner FOURTH and EACE SU,
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS
Importers and Manufacturer ot
White Lead and Colored Palnti, Patty'
Varnishes, Etc.
AGENTS FOR TUB CELEBRATED l!
FRENOM ZINO PAINTS,'
Dealen and consumers gnppUed at lowest prloei
for cash. ; - vtvi
t. T. TON.
17 ANTON
cMAH on,
AX Sffirrriva
No. 8
No. 1
I OOENTIKH BLIP, NeW York"
8 hOL'TH WHARtf EH, PhiUd.lnhla.
TWi?7tpttBbip,T,!r'd,,or'P'on of Freight to
t'1?ii6l?E'' Mew. Yo'k. Wilmington; and Intermediate
TTJR. KINKELIN CAN BE CONSULTED ON
"I OHN FARNUM A CO., COMMISSION MERJ
V v!1."!? ;ni,f,n.Vfotur"r of Oonostoga Ticking, eto,
No. waOHEbNliT blreet, Philadelphia. !L"fu,
I? M PI RE BLATE MANTEL WORKS J. B
J K-IMta, Me, glaoOlibbNUT btreeU lUwbuft