SriXlIT OF TXZ23 PRESS. Rdliortnl Onlnln f thn Iicnriin? Jonraiila lon Current Tsrtcs)--.!einilleU Kverv Dnjrfor tk fcvcmtns; Telegraph. THE BROKEN-DOWN GOLD SPECULA TION. From the X. T. World. The friends of Secretary Boutwell must Hot be permitted to ruirileail the country into believing that the blaitio of the lute gigantic gold-gambling operation belongs wholly to the speculators who were its immedinte au- ; thors, and that he and the party whose flnan ' cial policy he administers are not responsible for it. The Republicans cannot thus make a ecape-goat of the gold gamblers. If the f cashier of a bank should go home at night ' without locking the safe, and the porter should leave the street door open and sink into the stupefaction of a drunken Bleep, the bank would be robbed, of course; but the fact that there are burglars always ready to take . advantage of such a chance would not be ao cepted by the bank directors as an extenua tion of the guilt of their servants. If these unfaithful servants should inveigh against the wickedness of the robbers, they would be met with derisive indignation. It is beemwe society is infested with uurglars that safes, and locks, and strict vigilance are needed; and it is becaus every commercial community abounds with bold, sanguine speculators that the Government should not place its own credit and the business of the jcountry in their power. If the financial sys tem of the Republican party were not funda mentally wrong and rotten, a band of specula tors could not thus strike the legitimate busi ness of the country with sudden paralysis and stagnation, and send distraction and panio through all the walks of commerce. A bad system may be administered with Varying degrees of skill. The power of the speculators has never been so great nor their operations so unsettling and mischievous as nnder Mr. Boutwell. None of his Repub lican predecessors have had so few ob stacles to contend against as he has. During the war the price of gold was subject to perpetual fluctuations by the result of fcattles and rumors of foreign interven tion; but at no time during the war Were there any such scenes in Wall Street as were witnessed last Friday. During the four years after the close of the war, the Secretary of the Treasury had a vast, un wieldy, enormous mass of floating debt to fund; but during thone four years commerce and the public credit never reeled and stag gered as they did in consequence of the recent operations. Mr. Boutwell has no difficulties to contend with, except such as inhere in the false system which was the same under his predecessors as under him. lie found the Treasury full to overflowing, and has had a redundant revenue during the whole time he has been in olnce. It has been B period of peace; he has had the advantage of showing a monthly reduction of the public debt; he has been subject to no strain from any quarter, either by events or the pressure of deferred obligations; he has had a hundred millions of gold in the Treasury, and has been in a position to dictate and control (if he had known how to use his power); and he has been exempt from any othor con straint than that which skill exerts over imbecility. But with all his vast re sources, and all the strength and the advan tages of his position, he has been out witted and overruled, and the fluctuations in gold have been more sudden and violent, and the convulsions in business more ruinous, than at any time during the war, or during the settlement and liquidation of the enor mous outstanding accounts which the war be queathed to the following administration, it is tor tne interest ot trade mat tne cur rency Bhould have some steadiness of value; hut under Mr. Boutwell it has undergone the most jerking fluctuations without any dis turbing causes either in the amount of the circulation, the state of the foreign exchanges, the movements of trade, or the turn of poli tics. The system which puts such dangerous power in the hands of speculators is of course bad; but Mr. Boutwell's predecessors had to administer the same system under disadvan tages from which he is free, and yet unset tling speculation never ran so wild as it does when he is sailing in perfectly smooth water. If Mr. Boutwell were a competent officer, the credit of the Government should have Steadily improved under his administration, and the improvement have been manifested in a steady and gradual decline in the price of gold. The resolution passed by Congress, at its last session, declaring the debt payable in coin, was favorable to his aims, as it re moved one of the chief causes alleged by the Republicans for the low state of the public credit. The constant laudations bestowed by the Republican press, from month to month, on his success in diminishing the public debt, were propitious. The great and increasing amount of gold in the Treasury gave an im posing appearance of strength. And yet the price of gold, which was only 131 at the time f his accession to office, was carried up to 102 after seven months of his boasted reduc tions of the public debt. Without any spe cial activity of the speculators, gold ranged constantly higher than he found it; and when they put forth their strength to create a 'corner," the price went up like an unbal lasted balloon. With all his advantages and all his abounding resources, the public credit, under his management, has constantly dete riorated. Nothing could have been more maladroit and clumsy than his course during the recent excitement. If he had been going to inter- lere, ms lnienerence Htiould nave been ear lier, and have saved the business of the coun try from disaster. The avowed object was to Jbrina down tne price or gold, and keen it at a reasonable figure. But if it was allowable for him to use the resources of the Treasury to lower the price, it was equally allowable for him to adopt the same means to prevent its rise. By interfering on Wednesday, he could have prevented .the extreme and vio- m . r A 1 l ? 1- lent uuctuauons wmcn innicieu ho mucn mis chief. By doing nothing till Friday after noon, and then giving sudden notice of his new-born intention, he added to the violence of the fluctuations. If he had stood aloof. and allowed gold to be run up with a view to take advantage ot tne high price as a seller, his motives would have been at least intelligible. If he had sold the Govern ment gold at prices ranging from 150 to Kit) when those prices were ruling, that might be assigned as a reason why he permitted the gigantic speculation to proceed without -liar If TW. instead of rrotitinc by the state of the market and selling gold when it was highest, he first brought down the price to a lower noint than it had reached in along whilej and then he made a large salo. Ilis object was not to get the best price for the told. but simply to regulate the market;' but if it is his business to regulate the tnarkot, ha ought to have begun earlier and liave preyented the disasters to which he FpUea a too' tardy., remedy, la this busy THE PAIL if EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1609. BcnFon of the fall trade, when merchants have millions of dollars' worth of goods in the warehouses which thay are daily with drawing to supply their customers, a sudden rise in the price of gold, ftttonded by feirs that it will go higher, compels them to buy in advance for future use in the payment of duties. Mr. Boutwell was Rn unmoved spec tator while they wore paying for gold which they may not have occasion to use in two or three weeks; and as soon as thoy had got this heavy load on their hands he imme diately breaks down the market, and causes gold to be sold for 132. He cannot expect to be popular with the mercantile public! after causing them this needless, vexation loss. If he had persisted in his non-interference thoir rivals would have had to pay duties at the same rate with themselves, and they could have made up their loss from their customers. As it is, they feel that they have been shamofully swindled in consequence of the Secretary of the Treasury not Knowing his own mind, and changing it with a suddenness which baffled calculation. By standing aloof until alter tne speculation culminated, lie com pelled thoso who had duties to pay within the ensuing three weeks to buy gold at ex travagant prices; and by interfering then he enabled rival importers to monopolize all the profits. The effect of Mr. Boutwell's manage ment is, that some merchants have to pay tmrty per cent, nignor duties than others. .lie cannot snut tne blame trom his own shoulders by laying it to tho speculators; for ho permitted the speculation to go on, stub bornly rei using to give any intimation that he would check it, when nothing was easier than for him to have nipped it in tho bud. SENATOR SUMNER AND CUBA. From the N. Y. Time. Mr. Senator Sumner thinks the Cubans are in no sense entitled to be treated as bellige rents, and that in reference to Spain "tho true rule for us is non-intervention, except in the way of good offices." We are not pre pared to contest the soundness of this conclu sion, which, like every deliberate expression of that statesman, is entitled to groat respect. Assuming his view to be correct, it would have been a sourco of great satisfaction to the many thousands who perused his speech if he had helped thom over some of tho diffi culties which beset the path of noninterven tion which he indicates. It is true that Cuba has no government nor territory occupied by her armies. And yet it is not disputed that tho entire crcole popula tion is more unanimous in its hostility to tho Madrid Government than the population of the United States is at this moment in thoir loyalty to the Government at Washington. Again, Cuba has precisely the same grounds for revolting against Spain that some- of the other American colonies, Massachusetts Bay being one of them, had for revolting against England taxation without representation. Now does Mr. Sumner think France trans gressed tho line of duty in acknowledging tho independence of the American colonies at a time when they were far less unanimous for emancipation from the Enropean thrall than the people of Cuba are now? Again, the Cubans have had reason to expect before this either their independence or representation in the Government. In resenting its refusal to them, they but follow in the line traced out for them by the loading statesmen of Spain. In a memoir written by General Jose do la Concha, on the political condition and Government of the Island of Cuba, m 1851, he wrote: "lithe Government did not count upon strong conservative elements amonjj th population; If it were bound to consider thu latter entirely hostile and ready to revolt at the llrst favorable moment, far would it bo from mo to recommend tho least effort to uphold Spanish rule there. On tho con- trary, 1 would only rulHo my voice to advise tho Government to Rive its attention at once to procure some settlement which, suvinjr tho national houor. would avoid the Immense sacrifices and tho sad con sequences of a state of things wherein the support oi tne nimnisn mijr woum uepeuci exclusively on the material lorco oi arms." No one pretends that the state of things has not arrived when tho recommendation General Concha promised should be made; and it is notorious that otters of mediation have been made by the United States to Spain by which a settlement of her difficulties with the colonies could have been effected with a due regard for the national honor. To those offers Spain says: "Let the Cubans lay down their arms, and then we will discuss your proposals for a settlement, not before." touch are bpam s notions of the require ments of national honor. But there is higher authority for the hopes wnicn tUDa has been encouraged to enter ...... . tain, and which she is now trying to realize by arms. J. lie present Regent, Serrano, only two short years ago, in a report to his Govern inent about Cuba, of which he was Governor- General, wrote as follows: "It seems to mo that I understand well the actual tendencies of tho Cubans; I endeavored to Rain their friendshlD and to listen with Impartiality to meir comniaints ana aspirations, i uauuui uumuy to tho Government of her Majesty, influenced by the loyalty of mv character and the most sincere con viction tnat the grievances 01 me cuoaus are mai, that their aspirations are lawful, that there Is no reason whv. 8i)Rnlnrdn like ourselves, they should not have a free press, nor a proper representation In Govorament, and all those constitutional guaran tees to which the Spaniards of the Peninsula have a riKlit: that there is no reason why a military and absolute irovernmHiit. from the nienesi to mo low- est giades in the scale, should be the only regime for the Antilles: and that the moment has now pre cisely arrived, let not the Government forget it, to take advantaue of the Internal and external clrcuiu- stances which favor political reform, urgently de manded by the Spaniards of the Antilles, and which it is just and prudent to grant without ueiay." Further on in the same document tho Re gent says: "In the present state of civilization, we cannot conceive ar-y country resigning Itself to bo governed ii j no auBoiuie power, ami sun less can we conceive mat any province should resign iuolf to be arid trarlly and absolutely governed by the represent. lion or tier slater provinces, for here there is not only the want of guarnntees and securities that exisi unuer an uusoiuie rfim, but tho humiliation of being placed under people of the samo country." The man who only two years aco wrote this brief bnt pregnant statement of all-sufficient reasons tor the Cubans declaring themselves free and independent, is the present chief magistrate of Spain. Now, assuming what the highest political authority in Spain concedes, that the Cubans had a right to revolt; that they are praotically unanimous; and that Spain has not of herself tne requisite lorce to reduce them to submis sion, the question which it would have been highly satisiactory to us and the publio to have had treated by Mr. Sumner, if he felt at liberty to treat this subject at all is, what is our duty as Americans ? What is the duty of the Government at Washington in view of the various considerations we have presented? Shall thoy say to the Cubans, "We are sorry for you, but these gunboats are sold at a good price, and we can't interfere with the business of our Bhip-builders. Your cause is just, but yon are loo wean to iiom out against Spain. You had better givo up the contest and make the bftst terms yon can with your oppressors. lrue, a foreign State holpod us to our inde- 1endence, but we have a claim for a few mil ions from England that some people pretend win ue compromised u we treat you as a neu tral power : Or, taking counsel of our neighborly sym pathies, shnll we say to Spain: "The Cubans are denied the rights which belong to a!l men, of being represented in the Govornmont which taxes their property; they are praoti cally unanimous in resisting this oppression; thoy have shown sufficient force as bellige rents to drive you to our ports for vessels and arms with which to crush thmn; they form no integral part of the main body of your ivn- piro. but are separated from it by a thousand leagues of ocean; we will help you by our mediation to effect an honorable arrangouient with them, but you cannot have belligerent privileges in our ports which are not equally i 1 n- i. i 1 , ' enjoyed oy your uisuu eotea coioumis. Ihese are tho issues upon which tne puoiic would havo been glad to hear honaior num. ner: thov are tho issues iinun which the Gov ernment at Washington will be clad to have light. They are practical issues, about which there is a groat deal of deop and anxious feelimr. of conscientious doubt in this country. In their final decision we shall mark an important epoch in the history of the republic. DOWN WIT!! THE GOLD GAMBLERS! from the JV. 1'. Sun. There are laws for tho suppression of com mon gambling houses, which the police and the courts occasionally enforce, n tne civu authorities have the power to shut up the places where faro and roulette lure men to ruin, why should not the same principle ap ply to the Gold Room, where not alone tne fortunes of the participants are staked, but where the peace and prosperity of the com. monwealth are daily imperilled In the gam bling "hell," as the place whore games of hazard are played is very justly termed, the welfare of individuals only is jeoparded, lhe risk is well donned. There are certain chances in favor of the "Bank." and the player stakes his own or somebody else's money with his eyes open. No "respoctable" gambling-house keeper nowadays resorts to marked cards or loaded dice, but, content with tho percentage in his favor, "plays on the square," and, if he loses, pays his money with the same seeming lndinerence with which ho would ruke in his gains. Ordinary gambling may lead John Jones, clerk, to rob his employer, or beggar his family, and blast his own reputation, and there is tho end of it; yet the law denounces the practice as immoral and criminal, and society makes war upon the common game ster, and consigns him to the common jail, But when brokers, bankers, and capitalists, men occupying leading positions in the busi ness community, engage in colossal gambling operations, by which monetary values may be so depreciated as to bring thousands to ruin; when tho nutional securities may fall in price so seriously its to obstruct tho whole course of Government; when the broad of the poor man may be enhanced in cost, and the value of his labor bo lowered; w'.icn all the necessa ries of life are appreciated, nil tho essential elements that make up a well-ordered state of society are disorganized and overturned, and there is no assured taabnity anywhere, are we to be told that there is no remedy to reach the case.-1 Gambling conducted on so gigantic a scale becomes legitimate and respectable, forsooth, no matter how disastrous its con sequences to the community at large ! Uut upon such canting stun : The men who conspire to "corner" gold are no more respectable man the men who play across the green table, lho latter, it they be not utterly destitute of the "honor" that is said to obtain even "among thieves, sco-n to take more than the chances of the game, while the lormer resort to deliberate fraud. Knowing that they hold the game in their own nanus, that nowhere but ol them can the commodity they buy of their dupes be obtained, they go on inveigling men into their toils, and, having secured an artificial scarcity of the article they sell, put up tho prices to any tabulous figures their want of conscience may dictate. This, if it is not gambling, as its votaries assert, is certainly downright swindling. By superior cunning and the power ol combination, they get their victims into a "corner," and then offer them the alternative of being robbed or ruined. e have no sympathy with the bulls or bears. They are alike indifferent to us, as individuals, whether they lost or won in the late encounter; and were the consequences of these transactions visited solely upon them, their practices might perhaps be tolerated. But their machinations are productive of such wide-spread disaster to innocent parties all over the country, that they assume the mag nitude of a publio evil which demands sup- pression. it is a conspiracy against trade ana .t . ... i commerce in which they are engaged, ana our statutes provide for the punishment of such a conspiracy. The law oi conspiracy nas oeen repeatedly invoked against laboring men seeking to uphold the price ot their laoor; why should it not be applied to these conspi rators upon a grander scale f GEARY'S VALOR. From the AT. Y. World. Here is another fact to supplement Genry s record in the Mexican war. The World has heretofore published the opinion his regiment and the community trom Vthlt'll It was recruiieu entertained 01 uis cuar ncter and conduct. Now we have something to ishow how just that opinion was. During the battle of Uontreras, tougnt August l'j, 1847, General Scott sent an order to Cteneral Ouitman for a detachment of two regiments to support the troops engogou. ueuerai Onitmnn'B aide intended to select Barnett's . - . J i 1 K York regiment and Geary's Tennsylva- nia. But no Held omcer oi iuo miter uuuiu tn T villi 1 with the reoiment, and so the - - ,v I .1. 1 4. 1 9 aide was compelled to substitute the Palmetto regiment, aitnougn ill at the time. This Colonel was lulled next dav. as the discreet Geary proDauiy would have been had he not been out rf tv, ,., .in thn order came 10 ms utorv that Geury was undis- WflrnKla i.ia nrit.i.fd m Ollie Lit COl 1101116 tO Alirutad a bitter attack from a Pennsylvania paper. This paper came to Geary's notice when our army was in occupation of the city of Mexico and after General Quitman had returned to Washington, though the aide in question was still at headquarters. Thereupon, Colonel Geary and his lieutenant-colonel, who was equally implicated, sought out this aide, set forth the slanderous report which was current in PennHvlvnnin nrrnlnst them, and asked him, a second-lieutenant fresh from West 1 omt, to give them, two field-officers, a certificate of couraee! TViia tLa oirlA promptly and de cidedly declined to do. on the ground of the glaring impropriety of an ofiicer of his rank certifying the character of officers of theirs, and pointed out to thom that the fiThii.iHr.Ti f anr-Vi a testimonial as they asked for would bring wore discredit upon them than even their allowing the charge of cowardice to fo unanswered. Moreover, he informed them that he would not contra dict the article, for that the statements ol lact in it. as to their invisibility when wanted, were perfectly correct, though the inf ereacos of cowardice drawn from that fact miaht be unwarranted. That aide and second lieutenant of th war of 1H17 was a division comuinnder in tho war of I Kill, and served as such from the first Bull Run to Appomattox Court House. The facts here stated come directly from him, and we are empowered to say that his nauio is quite nt the service of General Geary if General Geary chooses to apply at this office ior it. Of huch (duff are radical military heroes made. SPECIAL NOTICES. KKI'UHLICAN MASS MEETINGS. THE MITT IK hnvo mads amuureinenta for MAHS MKKTINUS an follow, yiz . I I' r.n ija t , noptomnir an. Wnat Wlientor Hon. U. Delano, linn. John Allium. Mulfilolilirtf. Hnvrlnr cmilitv-iiuvernor J. W. GeurT. K. H. Hancii. l(i. Hnlliiril -TUomaB J PiRham, F.aq. Tioncata, foroat ooiioly--Hon. (1. W. Scofleld. Waaliinulf n (ienoral Harry White. (!uilerporf , Totter rounly Hon. .lobn Soott. ViUalmrir Hon. William D. Kolloy. Coat.ill Oaneral John M. Thayer. Koeae Davis, Eaq. Indiana Hon. A. Wilion Honszer. General Joshua T. Owen. WK1PI KMUA Y, nnpiemner e. Roarlinff Hon. Hennr Wilson, United HUttel Sonator from M ansarlmneUa. , Chmiter, Delaware county Hon. O. Delano, Hon. John Allison. .... . . .. Kinothport, McKean eonnt jr lion, joun ocoit. Clnarhld (Jovernor J. W. Geary. Oolnmhia General John M. Thayer, Unitod Statea Sena tor: Heeae Davia, h.m. Norriatown (Kven'nz) ov. J. W. Geary, Hon. O.De lano, Hon. John Alliaon, Benjamin Haywood, hsii., J. M. Yunilnralltie. r.aq. . . . , North YTalea, Aionigomory couniy i.overnor .ionn n. Geary, Hon. V. Deluno, Hon. John Alliaon. Benjamin Jdaywooil, r;aq., fl. vanuermiro, llavertorrt, jjeieware county nra. v. naon nennany. Hiirriiibura -General John M. T'haye', U. S. Senator; ReeHe DaTin, Esq. White Horse, Cheater county Hon. Thomas J. Biphain. .. Allentown Hon. William Williams. Wallace. Chester connty-Hon. W. Townsend. KK1DAY. October 1. New Holland Govornor John W. Geary. Allentown- General John M. Thayer. U. 8. Senator; Reese Davis, Ksq. Alloona lion oonn Allison. SATURDAY, October 2. HerryRbunr, Dauphin comity Governor John W. Geary. Gormantown. Philadelphia (ienoral John At. Tliuyor, U- S. henator; Reese Da via, Ki. Beaver r alia Hon. John Alliaon. Upland, Delaware county -Hon. W. Townsond. AlONDAT, October 4. Fittaburs Hon. John bcutt. Hon. O. A. Grow, II. Biictaer Sv.ope, bai. I'atkor's Lunoinx, Venango county Governor John W. GeMrv. Munch Chunk Hon. A. Wilson Henszoy, General John M . 1 hayer. Northumberland Captain U. w. i;urry. Lancaster Hon. Wiliium D. Kolley. Now Alexandria Hon. William Williams, Colonel A. S Fuller. New Garden, Chester county Hon. W. Townsend. 'I'll KNDA V. Oo.tnlmr B. Braver Hon. John bcott. Hon. G. A. Grow. II. Buchor Swone. Kwi. now iiiiiiinnn ( r.veninjr 1 lion, uonn ocoit, non. u. a. Grow. II. liucner bwcpo, Ka(. Oil City, Venungo county t.overnor J. W. Uoary. Bloom. burn Hon. James Pollock. Wilton I 'aptain G. W. Guivy, Sharon Hon. John AUihou. Went Newton Hun. William Williams, Colonel A. S FuUer. KKUXKSHAY, October . Titusville Governor J. W. Geary. Now Castle Hen. John Scott, H. Bucher Swope, Esq. ISluncy Hon. JameH Pollock. Catawissa Captain G. W. Curry. Newcastle Hon. John Allison. Hiirrison City Hon. W illiam Williams. General William Blakely, Colonel A. . I'uller. 1 iiukisuay, uctoner v. Mercer Hon. John Sc( tt. II. Bucher Swopo, Esq. Kittanning Hon. G. A. Grow. Butler. Ntwton, Delaware county Hon. A. Wilson Henszey. Berwick Caotain G. W. Currv. Irwin's Station Hon. William Williams. Colonel A. S Fuller. Lcwisburg Hon. James Pollock. Gonoral Joshua T. Owen. CUIPAX. uctoDor o. Me.adville Gov. J. W. Geary, lion. John Scott. H. Bucher Swope, Esq. Ephrara. Lancaster county Hon. J. W. Forney. Major I vmna. A. K. Calnoun. - Anllville Captain G. W. Uurry. JSunbury- -Hon. JaraeB Pollock. SAlUBOAl,ucinijeri. Erie "ov. J. W. Geury, Hon. John Soott. Coiry Hon. G. A. Grow. Shamokin Hon. A. Wilson Henszey. I Lebanon Hon. James Pollock. Freebuig, fcuyder county. Albion, Friocounty-H. Bncher Swope, Esq. Jamestown Hon. John Allison. McAllisterville. Latrobe Hon. William Williams. Colonel A. 8. Fullor. Upper Durby, Delaware county Hon. W. Townsend. .MONDAY, October 11. Danville, Montour county Gov. J. W. Goary. Harriabnrg Hon. Jainos Pollook. Mount Pleasant lion. William Williams, Colonel A. S. Fullor. ,., Geo. W. HAMT.nsLY, M. 8. Quay, W. J. P. W hite, 8. F". Gwtnneu, Secretaries. 933 IIEADQUAKTJfiKS KEfUJiLlUAJ VINOIBLES, FIFTH and LIUHAKx Otreois, Septehueb 23, 1369. ORDER No. 4. Members will assemble at Headquarters on TUESDAY EVENING, September 28, 1869, at 7 o'clock, sharp, for Parade, and to attend the Mas Meeting at Broad street and fjirard avenue. Byordorot GEORGE TRUMAN, Jb., Chief Marshal. JORKPH K. MrCAMMON,). A 'r Marshals CALK11 B. KlMllKlt, ASS 1 Mar8na'8, BQ ATTENTION, TANNERS The TANNERS will attend promptly, sharp seven o'olock P. M., TUESDAY, September 28th, at PARSONS' HOTEL, to attend meeting at Court House. By Order of Committee. JAOOB STANUER, Marshal. Calvin T. Lynch, Milton Copehthwabt, S Adjutants. 9 27 2t REPUBLICAN -MASS MEETINGS will be addressed by JAMES M. SCOVEL AND CHARLES J. HOLLI.S. at lhe following places: TUESDAY EVENING, Boptombor 23, P. M. WATERFOItD. The ladies are invited to attend. 9 21t FRIDAY, October 1. SATURDAY, Octobers, AT MASS CONVENTION. CHEW'S LANDING, ritfS- OFFICE OF T1IK LKIIIGII VALLKV Dill till A n COMPANY, NO. a WALNUT St Pnil.AUKf.PKIA, Sept. IH, lftjo. The Stockholders of this Company are hereby n. .titled that they will be er tit led to subscribe, at par, for one share of new stock for each emlit shares or traction of eixht share of stock that may be stamiinK in tboir respec tive names at the closing of the hooks on the liuih uist. Subscriptions will be payable in cash, oither in full at the time of subscribing or in instalments of twenty five i-r cent. each, payable in the months of October, li, and lanuary, April, and July, 1H70. Stock paid for in full by November 1, I8i!, will be en titled to participate in all dividends that muy be declared alter that date. ..,,,. , , . , On stock not paid for in full by November 1 neit, in terest will be allowed in instalments from date of pay subscription books will be opened October 1, and closed November 1, next. quaRLES 0. L0NGSTRET1I. Treasurer. Philadelphia, Sopt. 18. 1869. The Lehi(rh Valley Railroad Company has declared a quarterly dividend of TWO AND A H ALP PER CENT., pujuble at their office, No. WALNUT Street, on and after Friday, October 15. IWH. CHARLES 0. LONGSTRETH. 9 21 lot Treasurer. 'tfjf OFFICE ST. NICHOLAS COAL COM- PA NY, No. m WALNUI' Street. Notice ia hereby given that certificate No. 308, for ONE Plir-DHUD SHARKS OF THK CAPITAL STOOK OK THE ST. NICHOLAS COAL COMPANY, issued to Clinton O. Stees, dated July 18, lxtid, has been transferred on the books of the Company, but the cenul catetaa not been surrendered. All pursous are hereby cautioned axaiuM buying the aame, as the certificate be Turns to the company. R. JOllNbl'ON, Secretary. FuilaaelpUia, bept. 84, 18fi9. W Mi It jj'DR. F. R. THOMAS, THE LATE OPE w rator of the Oolton Dental Association, la now the only on in Philadelphia who devotes his entire time aad Draottcs to extracUuc teeth, absolutely without pain, by ireah nitrous oud gas. Ouiue. lmfi WALNUT St I Mi SPECIAL NOTICES. jjr- KOH TB E SUM M ER.TO PBBVBNT sunburn and all rtisonlorstions and m?5' JV'i kin, bit. s of moduli or other in-eete, n .7" (ilycr-r.ne 1 ablet. IV""1'"'" 't'" i ririii-tfwtn Mic.mlly. R. A U. A. WKlUU'i jgy- FOR REPRESENTATIVE, FOURTEENTH DISTRICT, ROBERT KNOX MILLER.? M t jriPOUPONS.-THE COUPONS OF THE FIK8T MORIGAGK BONDS of the WILMINGTON AND READING RAILROAD CO., maturing October 1. will be paiu, free of taxes, on. and r. . , . J . . . . tl ..11 mm nt aiier lUH UAH, l I "O BIIBlUK - . W ILLIAM PAI.ti ir.a uw.i No 38 8. THIRD Street, Philadelphia. WILLIAM 8. HILLK8, o 23 tf Secretary and Treasurer. .w- .i o a e y v.1 m it . ... z. ,...-- Medlco-CUnjano ae ia univemiuau u uamnn, nnnaultma its a a 11 1 la Dianana da 3V( a ds la tints n an oflclna calls Nueve (and) No. Tib. Residencia en la oalle de Green, No. Ifcl7. ML .fOSK.PH POEY. rimn.ta nt tha University of Ilabana (Cuba), baa re moved bis office to no. iM a. mum street, nosiuence No. 1817 Green street. Office Monra-Ptoll A.M.8!to P. M IrliL WINES. II E R MAJESTY: CHAMPAGNE. DUriTON & Lussorj, 215 SOUTH FRONT ST11EET. rrilE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE 18 X solicited to the following very Choice Wines, etc., for " DITNTON A LUSSON, IIS SOUTH FRONT STREET. CHAMPAGNES. Asents for her Majesty. Due da Montebello, Carte Rleue, Carte Llanche, and Cnar'es Farre's Grand Vin Eugenie, and Vin Imperial, M. Klne man A Co., of Mayenoe, Sparkling Moselle and RLILNE M A I.KIRA8 Old Island. South Hide Reserve. SHERRIES. F. Rudolpbe, Amontillado, Topaz, Val id le, Pule and Golden liar, (Jrowu, etc. fi iU'I'M Vinhn Vplho Real. Vallette. and Grown. CLAKETS Promis Aine 4 Cie., Monti errand and Bor. deaux, Clnretsand batiterna wines. 4. IN " 1 .rl.r KVUI.11 LRANDLKS. Hennessey, Otard, Duptty It Co.'s various vintages. c A K STAIRS & MoO ALL, No. 128 WALNUT and 31 GRANITE Streets, Importers ot BRANDIES, WINES, GIN, OLIVE OIL, ETO., AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Urn tha bUlIa t PURE OLD RYE, WHEAT, AND BOURBON WHI3- u.ii .u. ' .' i-nr pAKSTAlKS' OLIVE OIL AN INVOICE V ot tne arjova xor aaie uy OARSTAIRS MrOALL, 6 28 2p5 Nos. 128 WALNUT and ill GRANITE Sta. HOOP SKIRTS, ETO. 1115. "HO P K I tl 3 UOOP.PKIRT AND CORSET MA.NU FAC'iOllY AND SALESROOMS, No. 1115 CBESNUT STREET. Our CHAMPION SKIRTS Ibetter and cheaper than all others. 19 to 60 springs, P&o. to $22j. Our Keystone Skirts, 3U to 60 springs, 0s. to $140; New iork made Skirts, from 20 to 40 springs, 46 to 7nc. R. Werley Corsets, K3'oO, $3ad0, $4'S0. Deckel Corsets, from $1 to $7. Thomson's "Glovo-fitting" Corset, from $?) to $5. Mrs. Moody's patent self-adjusting abdominal support' ing Corsets, from $3 to $7 highly reoommendod by phy sicans, and should be examined by every lady. Over 40 other varieties of Corsets, from 7&o. to $96). Skirts and Corsets made to order, altered and repaired, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 7M3n WILLIAM T. HOPKINd. WINDOW GLASS. "VXNBOW GLASS." EVANS. SHARP & CO., NO. 613 MARKET STREET, Are dally receiving shipments of Glass from Works, where they are now making 10,000 feet day. They are also receiving shipments of FRENCH WZUDOIV GLASS. Hough Plate and Ribbed Glass, Enamelled Stained, Engraved, and Ground Glass, which they oiler at 19 25 3iu LOWEST MARKET RATES. CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. R R. THOMAS & CO.. SEAXKKB IN Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters WINDOW FRAMES, ETC., N. W. CORK BR OF EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Streets 9 IS 3m PHILADELPHIA. EXCURSIONS. fc DAILY EXCURSIONS TO BK- LfS'"?''''! Burlinjrton. and Bristol, bf the steam-,$- g3A.h,,.r. JOHN A. WA UNER. Leaves Philadel phia, (Jhetnut street wharf, at i and 9 o'olock P. M. He turning, leaves Bristol at 6 it) o'clock A. M. and 4 o'olock P.M. btopping each way at Rivorton, TorremUle, Anda lusia, Beverly, and Burlington, tar 25 oenta. Kiour Siou, 40 cents. 7 8 am LEGAL NOTIOES. "INSTATE OF JOHN W. GRIGO. LETTERS J J tettnmentary havinx been (rnintod by the Register of the city ami county, ot' Phiiuilelphia upon the will of JOHN Y . liKKiti, deceased, ull persons bavins claims ou tbe doceiihed are reiniestea to notily the Kiecutors, and all pcrbuns indebted are requested to m a ko payment to UKOftiiK W. BIUDLK, Wo. S1188. KIKTH Street, Or to (.'HARKS H. DUNN, No. 2a WALNUT Street, W ' Executors. IN THK COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR 1 THK CITY AND COUNTY OK I'HILAUKLPHIA. MAH11-. PHKNOT, by her next friend, etc., v.. 11 KNltl PKF.NO'I'. Wurch Term, lfliS, No. 2H. In Divorce. To IIKNRI PllKfcOT, Kepon(lfnt."hir: Please tuke notice that tbe Ccurt huve Rianted a rule on ynu to show ciumi wiry a divurce a vinculo rnutriuinnii nlioul.l nut be dncr.xid in the above cauxu, returnable on NATU KUAY, Octolier IntiH, at 111 A. M. Pei'Mtnul service of tbi. notice failed on ac count of your absence. K. DAVIS PAtiK, t M 24 27 :SU 10 o' Attorney fur Lihellaut. I R E VV O R K. GALVANIZED and Painted WIRE GUARDS, Store fronts and windows, for factory and warelious. windows, for churches and cellar wiudows. IRON and WIRE RAILINGS, for balconies, offices cemetery and garden fences. Liberal allowance made to Contractors. Builders and Cai penters. All ordora tilled with promptDes and work guaranteed. ROUERT WOOD A CO., T8stiith8rn No. H RIDOH AntiB Phlla. yy ire guard's, FOR STORE FRONTS, AHYLUMS, FAC TORIES, ETC. Patent Wire Railing, Iron Bedsteads, Ornamental Wire Work. Paper-makers' Wires, and every variety of M ire Work, manufactured by M. WALKER A SONS, No. U N. SIXTUSlreeL S Sfruwi WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETO. 'JLVUS LADOMUS & CO. ' HI MOM ll llPtLKKH At 1V.VK !'m W1TCIIEA.JKUjKI.KY HI I, VICrt VI 4IIK sWAT0HE3 and JEWELRY REPAIBXD, 02 ChnatTint St.. Phila Ladies' and Gents' Watches, AMERICAN AND IMPORTED, Of tbe uiom vAlebrated makttra. FINE VEST CHAINS AND LEONTiN KS, in 14 ana is karat DIAMOND an other Jewelry of the luteal designs, En inurement and Wwidino- nino. in ia.k.i ..., ooi tu " ,",8,i'';nYra,5 ,or Brt(llU Presents, Table CuW lery, Plated Ware, etc ivt? REMOVAL. A. Xi. "VVV It 1! 13 IV, importer or Watchds, Bisrcaniis. and Jewelry, Haa Removed from the 8. K. corner of Fifth and Cbi'snut Street to Ko. 1029 CKESNUT Street, PUILADELPIHA. N. B. WATCHES REPAIRED IN TR3 BEST ER 81lth8tU ESTAl'.LISHED 1828. WATCHES, JEWELRY. CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, and FANCr GOOiW. G . W. 1-l.UlSiaJiSL.L,, NO. W N. SIXTH 6TKEET, PHILADKLPillA. QALL SCON TO SECURE BARHAlNd! BARGAINS'. of our entiro stock of WATCHES AND JKWKLKY, partly dnmuRcd by the destructive Fire at Broad anil Coatee streets. J. HERZBERG A BRO., Jewellers, 918Btuth6t No. um RIDUK Avenue. CS WILLIAM B. WARNE & co h'VvV Vholosale Donlcrh in fct.-A WATCHI S AND JKWKLRY. b'..f;-, comer KKVKNTH and CHKSNITT Streets 8 11 hei-ond tlooi-, and late of No. ;ip s. TiUKD St. CLOTHS, OASSIMERES. ETO. JEW CENTRAL CLOTH HOUSE. FRIES, SIALSEED & HAWKINS HAVE OPENED A EHAIJC2I CLOTH UOSU, AT THK S. E. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET, With an entire new stock of CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES for Men and Boys, CLOAKINGS lor Ladies and Children, VELVETEENS, ASTKACBANS, AND CHIN CHILLAS, SCOTCH PLAID CLOAKINGS, every style. SATINETS, KENTUCKY JEANS AND COR. DTJKOYS, WATERPROOFS. PLAIDS AND MIXTURES, TAILORS' TRIMMINGS, ETC. ETC., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. FRIES, MALSEED & HAWKINS, 9 221m S. E. Corner EIGHTH and MARKET Sts. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. BITE PRESERVING BRANDY, Pure Cider and White Wine Vinegar, Green Ginger, Mustard Seed, Spices, etc. etc. All tho requisites for Preserving and Pickling purposes. ALBERT a ROBERTS, Dealer In Fine Groceries, 11 1i Comer ELEVENTH and VINE Streets. jyjIOHAEIi MEAGHER & CO. No. S23 Sonth SIXTEENTH Street, Wholesale and Retail Dealers In PROVISIONS. OYSTERS, AND SAND CLAMS, FOR FAMILY USI TCTRAPIN8 nJPER DOZEN. " ROOFINO. READY ROOFING. Tbis Roofing is adapted to all buildings. It can applied to .. STEEP OR FLAT HOOFS at one-hulf the expeniw o tin. It is rwidiiy put oa oU blunitle Roofs without rowovinjr the sli initios, thus avoid Iuk the damairina of ceilincs and fumiturs while under goin repairs. (No jtravel used.) PRESERVE YOUR TIN HOOFS WITH WELTON1 ELASTIC PAINT. I am always prepared to Repair aud Paint Roofs at shorf notice. A1m, PAIKT i OK bALK by the barrel or gallon tne best and cheapest in tbe market. AV A TVKLTON , Noni N. NINTH Streetabove Coa'tea. ryo OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, AND ROOFKRR.-Roofs! Yes, yes. Everysizeani kind, old or new. At So. 618 N. Till HI) Street, the AM IC R1CAN CONCHET1C PAINT AND HOOF &OM PANY are sellintc their celebrated paint for TIN ROOKS, and for preserving all wood und metals. A I ho, their solid ooiav filex roof covering, tbe bent everotfured to the public, wim ruhes, cans, buckets, et., for the work. Auti vermin. I ire, and Water proof ; Liuht, Tibt, Durable. No crack Ing, poaling, or abrinkintr. No paper, (travel, or heat. Good for all clnnutes. Directions given for work, or good work men supplied. Care, promptness, certainly! One price! Call! r.xannne! Judire! Agents wanted for interior counties. 4 Jtf JOSEPH LEEDS. Principal. DRUGS, PAINTS, ETO. JOBEBT SHOEMAKER & 0 O. N. E Corner FOURTH and EACE Sti. PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS' Importers and Manufacturers of White Lead and Colored Painta, Putty varnisnes, Etc. AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINO PAINT 8; Ueaters and consumers supplied at lowest prices lor rahh. jjj 4j ICE CREAM AND WATER IOE. CELEBRATED NEAPOLITAN ICES, Tllft nursiMt. ttinl hs.f in llm n,.t . . paper without melting, or .out to .uy part of tZ Tioun't lor bulls, parties, eto v lu" country, ICE CREAMS AND WATER ICE3 -a"' x wuaMkui it tj a UflDU. F. J. AIXKORKTTr, No. J3iH WALNli r 8treet. liVL1 tLATR MANTEL WORKS. J. B -J KIMEb, No. SlaAJUiiiN UT Street. lllwfsnt