THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1863.
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spirit or tho vxuass.
Bdltnrlnl Opinion, of the l.endln Journal.
I imiii t'nrrnt Toplon Compiled Kvery
lnr lor the Evening Tles;rali.
POSITION Of.TTIK ADMlNNTK.VriON
ON THE ri;i5AN QyKSTION.
From the X. 1'. IlcrahK
Ah Hie time is niirniu:liin when the policy
of the adiniuiHtratiot) with regard to Cuba
will he wade jiuhlie in the l'rosidenfR iucsnaf,'o
to Congress', there isniit irully some nnxioty to
know, imrlictiliirly anmng the large clasn of
otir eitizeiiH Mho warmly sympathize with the
CuhuiiH. Mhat tho rrcnil.'nt will nay and what
lie will recommend. Wo think the informa
tion mc have received will enable ns to satisfy
the anxiety of the people ou this tmbjoct. The
message of the President will be the direct
expression of his own Belli imcntH and views,
and we shall see none of the red tape stylo or
diplomatic subterfuge of the State Department
iu it. The President, we believe, will first
state the course and action of the Government
on the Cuban question. We shall know, pro
bably, the facts relative to the ofterod media
tion of the United States with Spain for the
independence of Cuba through General
Sickles nnd whether any other agencies have
been employed. We shall learn, no doubt,
what 'the motive was that inspired this ofler,
the manner in which the friendly offer was
received, the state of the case as it stands at
present, and the prospect of any mediation
or negotiation being practicable in future.
Then the President will, we think, vindicate
the action of tho Government, in enforcing
the neutrality laws in the Beizure of Cuban
expeditions and vessels, as well as in tho case
of the Spanish gunboats. lie will also indi
cate, we believe, his own views as to what
the future course of the Government should
bo, and leave tho matter with Congress, either
for special legislation or for an expression of
opinion for the guidance of tho administra
tion. There can be no question as to the sym
pathy of General Grant for the Cubans and
as to' his desire to see the Cuban revolution
successful. He has frequently expressed this.
It accords with his well known republican
sentiments, with his love of republican insti
tutions, with his broad views of American
policy on all American questions, and with
his desire to extend the power and gran
deur of this great republic. We saw in
the case of the Maximilian empire and
Trench occupation of Mexico, when he
would have marched an army across the
Uio Grande and driven the intrudors out,
bow broadly national and bold he was
on a great American question affecting
the stability and progress of republican in
stitutions on this continent. Looking at his
whole public history, his character and ex
1:
pressed views, there is every reason to be
ieve he is heartily in favor of Cuban inde
pendence, lie has strictly enforced the neu
trality laws because it was his duty, as the
Executive of the republic, while he regre ttod
the necessity of thus indirectly favoring
Spanish despotism and hindering the cause of
republican liberty. Nor is he insensible to
the sentiment of the American people which
calls for the recognition of the Cubans.
He has had the hope, too, that the
SSpauish Government would appreciate the
moderation of this ceuntry and would listen to
the advice and overtures he has offered. We
think that had the lamented General Rawlins,
or any other high-toned American patriot,
been at the head of the State Department,
instead of Mr. Fish, belligerent rights would
have been accorded to the Cubans or their
independence acknowledged before now.
Having confidence in the patriotism and wis
dom of his Secretary of State, General Grant
was not willing to act even upon his own
views or wish, though he is firm and bold
enough to do to when a crisis comes or any
question culminates. The Cuban question
has come to a point when we believe the Pre
sident feels it will be proper for the Govern
ment to act decisively in support of the Cuban
cause, and that his forthcoming message to
Congress will show this.
We understand there is a great pressure
made upon the Government, and especially
upon the Secretary of State, by a secret ser
vice of Spanish agents in Washington, to pre
vent the President touching the Cuban ques
tion in his message. But all this, there is
good reason to believe, will prove unavailing.
No doubt a great deal of Spanish money is
being used in this country, poor as the Spanish
Government is. The prize at stake is a
valuable one. The Spanish Regency has re
fused a hundred millions of dollars for Cuba.
Spain has drawn forty millions or more of
revenue a year from the island. An army of
hungry Spanish officials have fed upon the
unfortunate Cubans. Of course Spain would
willingly spend large sums upon agents in this
country corrupt Americans and others to
prevent the United States recognizing the
Cubans and to enable her to hold on to the
island. Of course the Socretary of State
would not be influenced directly or know
ingly bv Snanish cold, but mav he not indi
rectly and unwittingly? It has been ru
mored and a Boston newspaper gives cur
rency to the rumor that Mr. Fish s son-in-law
receives large fees from the Spanish Gov
ernment for some service. As lare a sum as
forty thousand dollars is named. This cen
tleman, when he was Private Secretary to
President Pierce, dabbled in the Nicaragua
land and emigration scheme under Colonel
Kinney, and, therefore, seems to have a taste
for such outside speculations. We do not
charge Mr. Fish's son-in-law with anything.
and he may get forty thousand dollars, or anv
other Bum, for fees from the Spanish Govern
ment in his profession as a lawyer: nor do we
say the Secretary of State has been indirectly
Influenced by him. But we state it as a rumor.
and only remark that it seems to be a curious
circumstance in connection with the persistent
opposition of the State Department to the
recognition of the Cubans. Mr. Fish is a
weak, timid man, and no doubt is easily in
fiueneed by those near to him, though he
may be higuly honorable ana patriotic nimseit,
He is unfit to handle questions of great na
tional policy where comprehensive views and
boldness of aotion are required, as in this one
concerning Cuba. We hope and believe
the President and Congress will take the mat
ter out of his hands. The whole civilized
world outside of Spain looks to the United
States for a solution of the Cuban difficulty.
Any other great power with the interests we
hare in securing the independence of Cuba
would have recognized the Cubans long ago.
OvAr a vear has passed since that people have
struggled Buooessfully against the power of
Spain, and they are stronger to-day thau ever.
They are entitled to recognition, and it would
i. an Averlastiniz disgrace to the American re
public if our Government should not speedily
recognize mem.
. DEMOCRATIC LOGIC.
Some of the Democratio speakers iu the
present canvass have discovered certain wou
derful mares' nests. Unable to deny that tho
present administration reduced the uationul
debt during the first seven months of its I
holding office by the enormous sum of
$.-7,00,(i!0; that it is still continuing to re
duce the debt nt the rate of nearly or quite
100, ()(, 000 per annum: that at this rate the
m hole debt would be extinguished in fifteen
years, while with a decrease of taxes by
Sjt.M),(H !(,)( M) per annum, it would be swejeLir
in twenty-throe years unable, we say, to
deny these facts, the Democratic orators are
finding fault with the pleasant prospects thus
opened to the country, and doing their best
to cloud them.
We are told, for example, that a considera
ble part of the surplus revenue comes from
tho sale of war material by the Government.
Well, supposo for a moment that it does. Is
that any reason for ceasing to sell the old
iiintcriu'l? One of the best features of Stan
ton's administration of the War Bureau was
the promptness with which he mustered out
men and sold off material at the end of tho
rebellion, thus bringing down tho war ex
penses with a run from three millions a day
to less than a tenth of that sum. General
Grant, in succeeding kim, pushed the same
policy still further, as in turn did Secretaries
Sehofield and Rawlins; and the same was
true of tho navy. At that time there was an
outcry that we Mere going too fast in reduc
tion that we might need the material; but
we have not needed it yet, and are not likely
to for some time to come. Had we hold on
to the men and material, we should have lost
both the expense of their keeping and the in
terest on the money received from sales of
goods. We should have totally lost, besides,
many of tho goods themselves, which were
perishable such as commissary stores, cloth
ing, medical stores, and the like; while of
others we should have lost a great part of
their value by better or cheaper articles of
the same nature being introduced, in time,
into the market.
To represent that this war material has
been sold off, simply in order to produco a
lictitious idea ot economy, is absurd. It was
sold, and is now selling, as the propor mode
of getting rid of what will not pay the ex
pense of storing on a mere possibility of fu
ture use. Moreover, the great bulk of these
sales were effected under the lest adminis
tration, not under the present; and yet, with
less current revenue from this source, the
gain in general surplus income of Grant s ad
ministration has been remarkable.
Tho only real force in the argument is, that
this source of income must ono day cease.
This is very true: but that day has not yet
come, and when it does come, and we have
no more war astets to help to defray the-war
expenses, there will be more than enough to
balance the loss from this source in new
ways. If we are asked iu what ways, we will
mention two in illustration.
In the first place, the surplus of last year
(which was ts,ooo.()0()) was reduced by a
payment of !jjIS,Oort,fM')rt on extra bounties,
and one of $ 7, ."00,000 gold (or, .i!i,.-00,0()0
currency) for the purchase of Alaska. Here
we have an amount of s27,."iOO,ooo in these
tM'o items alone, which wo shall gain each
year hereafter; nnd hence these must be
added to our account of probable receipts
and our surplus revenue for each succeeding
fiscal year.
In the second place, the careful calculation
by Mr. Commissioner Wells shows that the
average annual increase of elasticity in the
revenue arising from tho regular growth of
the country is fully $!.", 000, ooo And, in
deed, whoever notes the rapidity with which
both North and South have recovered from
the prostration of the war, the prospects of
the crops, and the growth of population and
'power to pay, will not account this an ex
travagant estimate.
Upon the whole, therefore, wo do not feel
alarmed at Dem6cratio discoveries of the
sources of our surplus revenues, or at their
despairing auguries for the future. We
weathered the war and arrived at honorable
peace, when the Democratic policy was capi
tulation, and we shall weather the financial
storms and come to prosperity, though the
T i ,i 1 - 3 if
juemocrauc policy ue repudiation.
ACCIDENTS ON STEAMERS.
From the Chicago Tiilmnr,
The appalling disaster to the Stonewall, on
the Mississippi, whereby some two hundred
and ten lives have been lost, enforces anew a
lesson we ought by this time to have fully
learned. Congress has entire cuarge ot mat
ters pertaining to commerce and navigation,
and the means whereby such "accidents" as
that wechronicled on Saturday can be pre
vented are wen Known ana easuy proviueu.
In the first place, nothing is better settled
than tnat no Bteamer or otner vessel tor
transporting passengers should be permitted
to make up her cargo of combustibles, such
as oils, hay, high wines, kerosene, petroleum,
terpentine, gunpowder, cotton in bales, quick
lime, or other extra hazardous substances. A
f earful category of such catastrophes occurred
during the war from carrying powder in pas
senger steamers, or passengers in powder
steamers, as the case might be. .three or
four appalling disasters occurred on the
Ohio since that time lrom ttie presence ot
petroleum. And now a few score bales of
hay send two hundred passengers into eternity-
Moreover, the Naval Committee, which sat
two years ago to oonsider the means of saving
life on board ot vessels at sea, or on our
lakes and rivers, during such catastrophes.
reported in favor of ono or two plans, which
were lully tried and tested in New xork har
bor with complete satisfaction. We reinem
ber iu particular the settee-life-boat, con
structed by John Foster, of Sandwich, Mas.
sachusetts, Superintendent of Light-houses
for the Atlantic coast, which, in its ordinary
position, would not be observed to be other
than a very substantial, but plain and inex
pensive, sieamooat sola. Jiul in one minute
it could be turned into a ticht life-boat.
incapable of sinking, warranted to hold
eight persons, with their provisions, and
to carry them any reasonable distance in
moderately still water. Even in a gale, four
persons would bo as safe iu it as" in an ordi
nary yawl. The committee reported unani
mously in favor of this, and one or two other
contrivances, and, had Congress acted upon
their recommendation, by requiring all our
inland passenger steamers to bo provided
with one such settee to every six passengors,
the two hundred and ten passengers by the
Stonewall would have been wholly, or in great
part, saved. The absence of ull provision for
saving life on such steamers lossens the traffic
and profits of tho steamers themselves, by
compelling travellers to prefer railroads to
steamers wherever practicable, though they
are less commodious aud comfortable. The
enforcement of any plan which will insure
the safety of passengers, w ithout encumber
ing a steamer by life-preservers and boats,
w hich are of no use except duriug an acci
dent, but by requiring their seats to be con-
structed in such a manner that every seat on
the steamer can bo metauiorphosod into a life
boat at u moment's notice, would add largely
to the business and profits of the steamers a
will as the safety of the public.
MR. GLADSTONE AND HIS PRISONERS.
from the titfuburg Ccfnmerciol.
The foreign telegraph has brought us a
synopsis oi a letter irom Mr. Gladstone, ad
dressed to the Town Council of Dublin, in
which he returns thanks in his own name and
in that of his colleagues in' the Oblnpt for
the approval given to the couro of the Gov
ernment in regard to Irish affairs. In this
letter the Prime Minister also renders an ac
count of tho reasons which induced them to
roluse amnesty to the Fenian prisouers.
J'-y the same despatch wo limrn that thn
Dublin Amnesty Association are as little
satisfied as ever with the refusal of purdon to
the patriots, nnd that ngitaliou on the subject
is to be kept up. In order to render it more
effective, loenl associations nre to be foinmd
all over tho island. One is thus reminded
that Daniel O'Connell once lived nnd that he.
being dead, his influence is still operative.
Agitation was his secret, and by him and his
coadjutorits arts were wondorfully deve
loped and carried to perfection.
l ew people in this country feel called upon
to champion England, or to take her side in
regard to any question in which we are not
ourselves concerned. Still fewer are con
scious of any temptation to take sides with
England in a case in which Ireland happous
to be her antagonist. American sympathies
almost universally flow out towards the native
island ot so many of our citizens. The eft'eot
is also partly due to the prevalent belief,
surely well founded among us, that the Irish
have been misgoverned aud oppressed by the
X.11UU.
So strongly indeed do those considerations
appeal to us in behalf of the weak against the
strong, that we' sometimes fall into sins of
partiality not very creditable either to our
sense or our sensibility. At one time they
prevent us from seeking correct information
Hi)out the matter in dispute; at another time
they operate like a cargo of iron upon the
ship's compass. In the case of these Fenian
prisoners, for instance, we are afraid the
sympathies and even the prayers of many
good-hearted and rather intelligent people
are misdirected. Happily, we see
no indications at present that
the subject is likely to be a practical
one with us or that anything more tangible
than sympathy or prayers is demanded of
Americans; and it would bo quite gratuitous
cruelty in us to remonstrate against such airy
co-operation. Jiut, it an attempt were made
to convert tliesej ethereal weapons into others
likely to be more effective; if our Government
were again called upon to assume tho charac
ter of intercessor in behalf of the men now
"pining in British dungeons,-' it would be
well, we think, for the citizens to comprehend
the enormity of the crimes of which these
miscreants were found guilty.
It might also tend to mitigate anxiety, ard
to suggest probabilities of justice being done
the prisoners, it we recollected the conspicu
ous facts in the career of the English Premier
whoso letter we referred to above A Tory
und a High-churchman in the beginning and
for several years after he entered public life,
he is now a liberal minister. The changes
which have brought him into his present posi
tion were gradually aud slowly made, and it
has been manifest to all England, even to his
enemies, that he gave up one stronghold of
prejudice aud bigotry alter another in obe
dience to the constraining power of reason
and justice.
Those who can remember a few years back,
know that during tho troubles in Naples,
when all England was agog and indignant
about the horrible prisons in which tlie king
kept his enemies, Mr. Gladstone went to the
place, and by personal inquiry gathered the
facts which warranted his own Governwent
to interfere in behalf of the men confined
and tortured.
The drift of all this is, we think, that when
such a man says that he would gladly release
the incarcerated Fenians if lie thought it
expedient to do so, we on this side of the
Atlantic ought to believe him. W'e may,
without self-reproach, leave him to deal with
the question.
PERILS OF THE SEA.
The Alnrlnn Losnps) tor October and the Pre
vious iiionma oi me i ear.
We give below a table of tho marine losses
during the mouth of October just closed, show
ing an aggregate ot twenty-eight vessels. Of
iui uuuiucr one wua u tauuiuer, iwu uo Buifo,
four were barques, three were brigs, and eigh
teen were schooners. Of the above two were
abandoned, and one is missing, supposed lost.
The total valuo of tho property lost, abandoned,
ana missing is estimated at Nii.ouu.
Mime,
From,
For.
Value.
Sierra Nevada.
KTKAM Kit.
San lruncisco.
'San Luis Obispo $70,000
1 HHIl'l.
l)roalmiUKht...
Alliletae (Br.).
1 1.ivrnotil San Francisco. . a'jO.lVO
rew ork Antwerp uO.OOO
llAltOCKS.
Falcon ( Br. ) Nenulmung ; HUanglue
Jacob llaltield,
( ltr.) New York iQueenatonn, ..
Nuuvn Liverpool
(Ital.J Gheenti (NnwYork
Ktratliepey (Br.) .San 1'ianciaco. . ijueenstown ... .
I niiitiu. I
20,000
20,009
50,000
76.OO0
Two l'rif ndslBJ Port ('ilbrt..
(j. W. KiuK rlaltimor.
Nanclm I'un.a
(ital.) tiirstenti
Boston ! 1O.C00
ifruviuuetonn...! H,uMJ
.Now York
4.",U10
I SCHOONEIIS.
Of Hjiuo
1'ensacola
I. Predim.ro
Maiy ,lane...
Montank Point. !
New York, m. . . , !
ProTitleuue I
4 ,01 HI
l.'.OOO
1,000
4,YI0
iio.itoii :
KiHiiiftmin At jonospoii
Kobe (llr.) Boitou
Who Jacket! llr) New York Jaumvl...
.liininta Pattun. (iardintir, Me... New York....
Kvniine Havers' raw 1
B. N. Vox 'Havenaraw Nbw Yorkv.
.letxin L.J, each New York Obarlosttm. ..
Jim. M. Lane, tislinrman, of (douvesier
K.IHK)
li.OOll
H,00l)
4.000
a, ooo
15,000
H.00J
Fitmnlar (Br.J.Nova Hcotia sosion
7.5O0
h.ldll)
11,000
35,000
ii.ooo
blue Bird
p... il,wl St. John. N. B.
Hudson
l iny W. Alex
ander (lr. 1. ..
(jeoiuetown.s.C New York
Cardenas 'Baltimore
Sun N. Smith, whaler, of Boston.
Susannah (Br.). Ileal ttivciv I. on..
O.UJO
(eo. Oriuerou1
(Br.) Plutou, N. 8 DigUton, .
lYf fc.
Total losses for January "
Total losypH lor February W
Total Iokbch lor March 41
Total losses for April
Total louses for May HI
Total louses for June 0
To' u I Iokkuh for July I
Total Iosbch for Annum II
Total loKses for HeiOemlier W
13,000
Amount.
l,S17,miO
00,0(H)
2,B(H,900
or5,r.oo
HM.OOO
Stlh.MH)
1,440,000
Toltil loHsis for October. M
S3 1,600
Total louses for ten muntliK us
12.942
loo
Same period in 1m;s
Khiiip. rterlod in 1mi;7
12,1170,
i7.m.
ooo
ooo
4!l'2
Same period in lbttti
4U
219.
,h00
Same period In lsoft x.i.ao.i,
b;i:i
2;t,2or,
SOU
ewem wurKeu a, were umru;" , '""-
tn, mtHHlng, Httppimed lost.
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on Philadelphia, and Post Otllce Orders received In
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Any Information rcgai'dinx the decision of tho
Commissioner of Internal ltevemiu cheerfully ami
gratuitously furnished.
Revenue Stamps printed upon Drafts, Checks, Re
ceipts, etc.
The following rates of commission are allowed on
Slumps and Stumped Paper:
OnfS and upwards 2 per cent.
" ioo " ' D '
"BOO " 4 "
Address all orders, etc., to
STAMP AGENCY,
No. 804 CHESNUT BTKEET, PHILADELPHIA.
. T. liHTOW I. WMAHOIf.
I A H 'I' O If DIC9IA11 Oi,
li SmtMNO AND COMMISSION MBUOUANT
Ho. OOKNTIK8 HIJ1, New York.
No. 18 SOUTH WUAKVKH, Philadelphia.
No. 45 W. PRATT Htreet, lialtinior..
W. ar. prepared to aliip every description f Freight to
Philadelphia, New York, Wilmington, and intermediate
point, with proniptoea. nd-despatch. Canal BuaUand
Btaam-tna-. roml.liad at tba huriawt otioa. art
TORN FARNUM & CO., COMMISSIONMERj
ft ohanta and Manufacturer, of OoneatOK.Tickiiut, eto.
No. 13 OUKbMJT bireet, Philadelphia. 41 wfinj
FIN ANOI Ale
A RELIABLE HOME INVESTMENT.
THE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
0P TUB
Wilmington and Reading Railroad,
BEARING INTEREST
At SEVEN PER CENT, in Currency,
rAYADLS ATRIL AND OCTOBER, FREE OF
STATE AND UNITED STATES TAXES.
This road runs through a thickly populated and
rich agricultural and manufacturing district.
For the present, e are oiTcrlng a limited amount
the aoove Bonds at
85 CENTS AND INTEREST.
The connection of this road with the Pennsylvania
and Reading Railroads Insures It a large and remu
nerative trade. We recommend the bonds as the
cheapest Qrst-clasa Investment In the market.
WIS. FAXX0T22R U CO.,
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN GOVERNMENTS,
No. 36 SOUTH THIUD STREET,
4 U2 81 PHILADELPHIA.
UNITED STATES BONDS
BOUGHT, SOLD, AND EXCHANGED ON MOST
LIBERAL TERMS.
C O 1
BOUGHT AND SOLD AT MARKET RATES. COU
PONS CASHED.
PACIFIC RAILROAD BONDS
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
STOCKS
BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION ONLY.
COLLECTIONS
MADE ON ALL ACCESSIBLE POINTS.
DE UAYEN & BRO.,
No. 40 South THIRD Street,
611 PHILADELPHIA.
23. JL. JaAXVIZSOSr & CO.,
SUCCESSORS TO
F. F. KELLY & CO.,
Vankera and lealer in
Goli, Silver, ana Governnt Bonis,
AT CLOSEST ILUtKET RATES,
N.W. Corner THIUD and CHESNUTSts.
Special attention given to COMMISSION ORDERS
in New York and Philadelphia Steck Boards, eto.
etc, 6Dtl2 81
ELLIOTT & DUNN.
BANKERS, 1
NO. 109 SOUTH THIUD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
DRAW BILLS OF EXCHANGE ON THE UNION
BANE.J0F LONDON.
DEALERS IN ALL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,
GOLD, BILLS, Etc
Receive MONEY ON DEPOSIT, allowing Interest.
Execute orders for Stocks In Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, and Baltimore. 4 26
QLENDINNING, DAVIS & CO.,
NO. 48 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
GLENDINNING, DAVIS & AMORY,
NO. 2 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
Direct telcgrapblo communication with the New
York Stock Boards from the Philadelphia Office, rias
3&VIITH, RANDOLPH & CO..
BANKERS,
PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.
DEALERS IN UNITES STATES BOND8, and MEM
BERS OP STOCK AND GOiD EXCHANGE,
Receive Accounts oi Banks and Bankers on Libera
Terms.
ISSUE BILLS OF EXCHANGE ON
O. J. HAMBRO A SON, London.
B. MKTZLER, 8. S01IN A CO., Frankfort.
JAMES W. TUCKER & CO., Paris.
And Other Principal Cities, and Letters of Credit
1 a tf Available Throughout Europe.
JOHN 8. RUSHTON & CO.,
No. 50 SOUTH THIRD STREET.
NOVEMBER COUPONS
AND
CITY WAItllANTS
10 8 Dm BOUGHT AiD SOLD.
QITY WARRANTS
BOUOHT AND SOLD.
C. T. YERKES, Jr., & CO..
NO. 20 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
!
FINANOIAU.
A Seven . Per tot . Goli la
30,500,000
THE KANSAS PAaiFin nA1t.WLV i
fat operation from Kanaaa Oily to Sheridan, propone, to
build an extension to Denver, Oolorado. The (lovemmeot
ha. CT.ntd Three Millions of Acre, of the fluent Und. In
Kanaa. and Oolorado, which ar. mortgaged for the aoaa.
rity of a loan of
56,500,000.
Thia loan la scoured in lh. .mn.r.it..i...i
ropreeante a road in profitable operation, and will open the '
trsdsOl ths Rock, Mnnnt.ln iwinntM,
A, . - " "w J "u vimnout lb WHO.
the great market of the Kant. It i. considered to be on.
mo nam loans in ins market.
KV1CN BETTER IN SOMK RESPKCT3 THAN GOV
ERNMFNT BK.OBRrTfKS.
The loan baa thlrtlr vaara t n.n --j , .
., . , , ' iuvi)Mi.iitiiairHi
payable in (told, aemi-annnalljr, aeven per cent.
. ue coupona win oe payable eemi annually in either
Frankfort. London, or New York, and will be free from
Oovornmont taxation. Th bonds for tbs present are
aold In currency at W5, with accrued interest.
Circulars, maps, and pamphlet sent on application.
IAIIM'V, lOIU.
No. 63 EXCHANGE PLACE, NEW YORK.
if. .n:ii p &; co.,
No. 12 PINE STREET, NEW YORK.
We aro actborlr. ed to sell the bonds In Philadelphia,
offer thcra as a reliable Investment to our Honda.
No. 80 WALNUT Street, 1
PHtf.ADKLPfllA.
lOJTmwf lm1
U A N K I N G II O U 8 K
0?
JAY COOKE & CO.,
Nos. 112 and 114 South THIRD Street.
PHILADELPHIA,
Dealers u all Government Securities.
Old B-sos Wanted in Exchange for New.
A Libel al Difference allowed.
Compound Interest Notes Wanted.
Interest Allowed on Deposits.
COLLECTIONS MADE. STOCKS bought Ad sold
on Commission.
Special business accommodations reserved for
ladles.
We will receive applications for Policies or Lira
Insurance In the National Life Insurance Cra.vK
of the United States. Full Information given at oar
offlc?: T18m
D n e x e l a co.
NO. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET,"
Amorloan ami Foreign
riFi?. DRrF8 AND CIRCULAR LETTERS OF
Europe. uvaUlible on Presentation In any part of
Travellers can make all their financial arramro.
menta through us, and we will collect their Interest
and dividends without charge. .
DBKXKL,WmTnB0P4C0.,!DBt, HlRJBS ft CO.
New York. I Parts. 3 10 1'
P. 8. PETERSON & CO..
Stock and Exchange Brokers,
NO. 39 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
Members of the New York and Philadelphia Stock
ana uoia uoaras.
STOCKS, BONDS, Etc., bought and sold on com
mlBalon only at either city ujej
MILLINERY.
WEYL & KOSi:IIi;iV,
NO. 726 CHESNUT STREET.
OPEN THIS DAY,
M PIE0FS ROMAN STRIPKD SATINS,
at $?, 82'50, and $3 per yard; one dollar per yard below
former prices.
40 PIEOF.S SATINS,
lS-inch. of all desirable ahadoa, $1 k) per yard; reduoed
from tti
16 PIECES BLACK VELVET,
warranted all silk, at $4, $4 60, aud $5 ; one dollar per yard
below the real value.
A lsn, a full stock of all kinds of
R1BUONN.
SILKS,
HATS,
1'RAMES,
i LOWERS,'
i'KATHKRI,
ETO. ETO.,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. .
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. -
WIVYL.& llOSIlIII?IJI,
10 18 Ira NO. 736 CHESNUT STREET.
CENT.'S FURNISHING OOOD8. .
rpilE rOlT OF FAjSIIIOrV.
GENTS' FUHNI8IIINU STORE.
MRS. MINNIE OUHMINGS baa opened the abov..
turned plaoo, at No. 119 South EIGH1U Street, where
f eotlemen can find evervthioc in their line.
Tba beet fitting; SUIBTS in the oity, ready mad. or
male to order.
Purchaaera of twelve article receive the thirteenth ai a
Gift.
UMBRELLAS TO HIRE for 25 centa. ' . , '
Handkerot left hnimt. free of charge.
Polite Baleeladie in attendance, . ,
A call la reapeutlully aoliuited and satisfaction tuar-"-anteed.
98 MINNIE 0UMMIN08.
pATENT SHOULDER-SEAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE.
PERFECTLY FITTING 8B1RTS AND DRAWER
made from measurement at very short notice.
All other articles of GENTLEMEN'S ORES'
GOODS in full variety.
WINCHESTER CO.,
11 NoTOC CHKrfNUT Street
P I N E D R EST" S H I R T S
AKD
GENTS' NOVELTIES.
J. W. 8COTT & CO.,
No. 614 CHESNUT Street, PhlladolpUla,
B87rp Four doors below Continental Hotel.
DRUoirPrViNTS, ETO., "
JOBERT SHOEMAKER A OO.
X. S Corner FOURTH and RACE SU.
PHILADELPHIA.
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Importer and Manufacturers of ' '
White Lead and Colored Faints, Fatty1
Varnishes, Eto.
AGENTS FOR TUB CELEBRATED
FRENOH ZINO PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplied at lowest priest
for cash.
DRUGGIST A WD CHEMIST,
AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
PAINTS, OILS. GLASS. AND
PATENT MEDICINES,
No. 1301 ami 1303 3IAUK11T St.
tiiiU'uluim,