THE DAILY EVKNINQ TKLEORAPIlT PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1869. ' ,
PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON
(SUNDATB EXCEPTED),
AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING,
NO. 108 8. THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
Tut Price is three cents pep copy double theft);
T eighteen cents prr week, payable to the carrier
j tnhjm nerved. The subscription price by mail
l Nine Dollars per annum, or One Dollar and
fifty Cents for tioo months, invariably in ad
Mince for the time ordered.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1809.
RELEASE OF THE SPANISH G UN
BOATS. Ths gnnboats reoontly built at New York and
Mystio for the Spanish Government were re
leaned on Saturday last, on motion of the United
States District Attorney. This action is said
to be based on a withdrawal of the pretext
urged by the Peruvian Minister. They were
originally seized at his instance, because he
alleged that they would probably be used in
the proseoution of Spanish hostilities against
Peru; but he now professes to be perfectly
satisfied that they are not intended for this
purpose, and this acknowledged removal of
the cause of the seizure is speedily followed
by their release, so that they will soon be
on their way to Cuba to render efficient
service in, extinguishing the rebellion. For
a time tae hope was entertained by the Amori
cr Advocates of the Cuban cause that a new
excuse would be found in our neutrality laws
for a continued detention of these effective
adjuncts of Spanish power, but no such effort
was made. This neglect, couplod with the
refusal of the President to recommend, in his
message, the recognition of Cuba, and with
the determination of the Ilouse Committee on
Foreign Affairs to pursue a similar policy of
non-interference and strict neutrality, render
the success of the insurrection more doubtful
than ever; and while Spain will be incited to
renewed exertions by the action of this
country, the rebels will be confronted with
increased and apparently insurmountable
difficulties. The ultra champions of free
Cuba fiercely denounce the indifference mani
fested by our Government, and thoy
are disposed to hold it respon
sible for the failure of the
patriots to overthrow Spanish power. Hut
these denunciations will have little weight
with those who consider how little the Cubans
have accomplished, by their inherent strength,
during their protracted struggle. They have
never gained undisputed possession of a sin
gle recognized seaport, and their leaders seem
to have anticipated that their final triumph
would be won by American aid rather than
through brave and persistent exertions of the
Creoles. Of the latter, thousands who pretend
to be zealous champions of Cuban indepen
dence have voluntarily expatriated them
selves, and when they return to the ever faith
ful isle it is rather to make to Spanish offi
cials false protestations of loyalty to prevent
the confiscation of their estates, than to do
good service in the patriot armies. It is not
Singular that a struggle maintained in this
style should be attended with too little posi
tive success to justify the recognition of
truly neutral nations. Whatever may be our
sympathies, we cannot safely depart from our
traditional policy to play the part of knight
rrant; for in exhausting our energies to
seooro the liberties of foreign countries, we
could scarcely fail to lose our own. And in
considering the propriety of recognition, we
must be governed not by our feelings, but by
the facts, whether they accord or clash with
our wishes. In this instance, even our sym
pathies are to some extent divided by the
vigorous efforts to liberalize the Spanish
Home Government, and the growing disposi
tion to establish in Cuba, as well as other por
tions of the Spanish dominions, many of the
reforms that would have only been attainable
kt past r tiia Jy a revolution. While this
fctlias exerted no little influence in check
ing the vigor of the insurrectionary move
ment, it will do much to assuage the mortifi
tion of its defeat, and to prepare Cuba for
the truly republican government which,
sooner or later, she will establish.
FOTS POLICE.
Ma ton Fox has taken the trouble to prepare a
statement of the arrests made during the
first ten months of the present year, with
the causes assigned for each, which we pub
lish to-day in our local columns, together with
the arrests for the corresponding months of
18fi8. It will be seen that the total for the
ten nonths of 1869 is 32,083, while for the
ten months of 18G8 it reaches but .(),.80.
This is doubtless regarded by Mayor Fox as a
remarkable proof of an increased efficiency
on the part of the polioe, but when we curry
the comparison still further back, the show
ing does not become quite bo flattering, as
witness the following figures:
Arrests during 10 months of 18(i!), 32,0811
14
150,380
1807, S,G(S(i
180G, 30,317
U
It
Thus, while Mayor Fox's police have made,
during the first ten months of their power,
1703 more arrests than were made during the
corresponding period of the previous year,
their work still falls 4483 below the corres
ponding months of 18C7, and 4234 below
1800. It is a notieeable fuot, moreover, that
tho arrests during 1809 on the charge of
drnnkeness and disorderly conduct, or drunk
enness alono, exceed by 1057 the arrests
during 1808 for the same trivial charges, thus
tihowing that the arrests made by tho present
police force on serious charges fall 254 below
the number for the previous year; and when
the exo4s of 583 in tho number of arrests
for comer-lounging is added, the showing for
Mayor Fox's police is by so much the worse,
In the fearfully prevalent crime of laroeny
the arrests during 16G9 fall cdnsiderably
below those of 1808, which is not by any
means a good sign, unless we presume that
the efnoioncy of the present police has be
come so well known among the thieving por-
f iok of the community as to deter them in
some measure from gratifying their plnnder
ing propensities. Altogether, we scaroely
regard Mayor Fox's stalistioal exhibit as calcu
lated to remove the wide-spread opinion on
the part of law-abiding citizen, that our pre
sent police force is tho most inefficient that
we have had sinoe tho consolidation of the
city.
THE RIGHT 8P!MT.
Gk.ni.hai. II. H. Wkmji, the defeated radi
cal candidaW for Governor of Virginia, appears
disposed to accept the situation as he finds it.
Instead of joining Lands with the disap
pointed office-Keekers, who regard their dofeat
as a suffioient excuse for the continuance of
military government, and endeavoring to
account for the suocess of his opponent by
allegations of intimidation and fraud, General
Wells writes a mnnly letter, in which he not
only expresses the hope that Virginia will at
once be restored to her rightful position in
the Union, but also urges the prime necessity
and justice of a universal amnesty, in order,
as he says, to "deprive every man of the
least vestige of excuse for inflicting injustice
upon others in retaliation for wrongs or poli
tical disabilities suffered by himself." This
is the right spirit, and the sooner it becomes
universal among the so-called radicals of the
Southern States, the better for the South and
the country at large. Proscription has
answerod its original purpose that of enforc
ing the Congressional polioy of reconstruc
tion; and it is neither wise nor safe to en
deavor to pervert it to another purpose that
of keeping a certain class of men in office
throughout all the lately rebellious States.
Congress should hold the Southern leaders to
a strict accountability, and where, as has been
the case in Georgia, they appear disposed to
violate their pledges, and attempt to turn the
tide of reconstruction backward, they should,
by some sharp and decisive measure, be made
to realize the fact that the nation is not to be
trifled with. But where, as in Virginia,
entire good faith and hearty co-operation in
the reconstruction movement are manifested,
thore is but little doubt that "a universal act
of notable amnesty," as General Wells calls
it, would be productive of the very host
results.
Thk Commission kk ok Indian Apvaibs has
forbidden delegations from the tribes to visit
Washington for the purpose of laying their
grievances before tho Government, for the
ostensible reason that the money thus ex
pended can be used to better advantage in
purchasing provisions and other nocossaries
of life; while, it is argued, the agent of each
particular tribe can attend to the business of
tho tribe better than its own direct repre
sentatives. If the agents were all
thoroughly honest men, whoso sole object
was the promotion of the welfaro of the
Indians, this argument would hold water;
but everybody who has read anything about
the management of our Indian affairs knows
how far short of this standard foil the greater
number of the agents under the old system.
The appointment of the Quaker agents gave
promise of a change for the better, but the
plan has not yet been upon its trial suffi
ciently long to enable tho country to see how
successful it is destined to prove. In the
meantime, it is not at all improbable that
some of the tribes may have good cause to
complain of their agents, and it is not at all
likely that these officials will oonsent, under
such circumstances, to bear their complaints
to the capital. Moreover, these occasional
visits of delegations of influential chiefs to
the East tend to impress them with the
strength and resources of the country, and
teaoh them how foolish it is for their bravos
to resort to the war path, in the hope of
making any headway against the whites.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
for additional Special tTotint me Ut Iwridr
jgy- FIRST ANNUAL
CLEARING SALE
or
FINES! READY-MADE CLOTHING,
IMPORTED FABRICS
(For Custom Work)
aid
FASHIONABLE GKKTS' FURNISHING UOOD8.
CHK8NLT KTRKRT CLOTHING AT MARKET
HTKKKT PRIUKS!
THE ENTIRE PRESENT STOCK
ov
No. HIS AND 8J0 OHHSNDT STRKKT
to lie sold off. in preparation for the noxt Benson's tradcat
1 OWKK I'Ull 'KM than htve ever before boon marked on
MICH SIIPKRIOK (iAKMKNTS, bringing tueic prises
.down to tli level of the lowext prices ot the more ordiuary
Ready-made (Ilothing. The kind of hunineHs which we do
-dealing only in the UNKNT and MOST i AS11ION
AIH.K styles and materials -necehsitates the clearing of
oar counters at the cIumi of each season, for we are (inter
mined never to offer to the patrons of our bouse auy other
than ths Newest and freshest (inods of nurh now sesson.
Therefore we announoeonr FIRST ((HAND (JUCAiUNU
8AL.K, common 'ed ou Friday, December 10.
WK OFFER
500 OVERCOATS, of ths highest grade, Velvet Col
lared, Silk Impelled, Kutto-faced. and all that,
at prices ranging frjui $lt to tfiiii.
000 8U1T8 for Dress, Business, and Street wear, of
all materials and styles, from $30 to $4i.
400 OOATS-Chesteruelds, Sacks, Swallow tails,
Walking Coats, etc., etc
400 PAIRS PANTS, out in every style, made with
greatest oare, of finsut goods, froin Hie to 15.
:m VESTS -Velvet. Cloth, 8.1k. Csssimore, aud
Plush, from $3 to 410.
Together with the
BEST ASSORTMENT
OF FCRNIWIING GOODS
TO BU FOUND IN TUB CITS'.
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING
OB TUB BEST MANUFACTURE.
Our stock is not enormously large, of course, at the pro
sent time, but every article ot it is warranted "FiNKa T,"
API U 11 ALOi
MUBT BE BOLD
BY OR ABOUT THK
FIRST OF TIIE NE W YEAR.
Every facility will be given customers i.r visitor to In
spect our goods, and to fully satisfy themselves that nuw
BEST OPPORTUNITY
T SKCUKB
BARGAINS IN FINK CLOTHING.
JOHN WANAMAKEB,
Manufacturer of Finest Clothing,
M KUCHA NT TAILOR,
AND DEALER IN GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
At Nos. H1H AND 8J0 CHEHNUT STRKKT. U IS
gST METHODIST MISSIONARY . MASS
Meeting on TUESDAY, Uth inst . oons sting of
Missionary iove Feast in UKKHN HTKKKT umiKim,
lKrlN and TEN Ml blroeU, at It p. M. wbeu Kiohiiu
KIMPhON will rirKHiila iml L....,,., .L UNION
CHURCH, FODHTIl Street, below Arch, at 1 o'otook,
wbeo Bishop HUOTT will jiresidn, and aiklresses be de
livered by ltisbuv JANlCo. be. JKdbll T. PKUK. and Dr.
SPEOIAL NOTIOEB.
tMT HOUTIIWARK NATIONAL BANK.
" , Pmmr hi.phia, December 11, ISiS.
The AniHMl Kksotion fnr Direetnrs will he held at the
Ranking H'we, on TUK.SOA Y..lsnnry 11 1870, between
the hnnrs of 10 o oJoofc A. M. and U o'niook M.
IS IS mwt13t P. LAM It, Cashier.
t&ir TIIR COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
OK PENNSYLVANIA.
Pmt.Ariw.pmA. Dee. II, 1W.
Tlie Annual Flection for Director of this Bsnk will be
held at the Hauking House on WEDNESDAY, the lith
day of Jaaaary, 1HT0, between the hours of II A. M. aad I
KM. 8. O. PALMKR,
1 l;inithH ' Osshier.
rvjY- DKLAWAHK AND UARITAN CANAL
OOMPAfvY. ,
OKriUBOV THfl KNdlMRHH ANn RnprnllTKKnNT,J
Thrntoh. Dee. U. !,
The watof will net be drawn from the level or the
Dolawareand Karitan Canal until the '2Mb inrtsnt-
J. . 8TKVK.Prs,
U mw'3t Engineer and Superintendent.
ear a ruBLic tkmpkranck meeting
will be held at the HALL of the YOUNG MEN'S
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. No. 1910 ClIK.sNUl'
htreet, TO-MORROW (Tuesday) RV K.NING, o'olook.
Address bv THOMAS M. COLEMAN, Ks. hssay by Dr.
J. E. ROBERTS.
Quest ion for discussion "How can we beet Oarry on the
Tempersnon work in onr several churohesl"'
The public are Invited. "
BWr FAIR. A FAIR WILL BE HKLI) THE
14th. 1Mb. and IBth instant, at t&PK.NNA. INDUS
TRIAL HOME FOR BLIND WOMEN, No. mi
IAH)VST Street, West Philadelphia, the proceeds to be
applied to the payment for the "Home." 12 11
OLOTHINQ.
SIZ
BUY
( HX3ASOIJS
GOOD
ruoi'ijii
CLOTUINO
ROCKHILL & WILSON'S
Great Brown Stone XXalL,
Reason number one,
That nnoer the sun.
There's no place like ORE AT BROWN HALL
Reason number two,
The) have clothes nice and new,
For short folks, and stout folks, and talL
Reason nnmber throe.
As folks easily see,
The customers all aro delighted.
And the pahlio aro freely invited.
By selling tho clothes so low
Reason number four,
'l is an elegant store,
Reason nnmber five,
Tley appear to thrive
Reason nnmber six,
They are free from tricks,
As the people who deal there know.
It is the most
Reasonable thing
In the world
That you should
Buy your clothes,
' Fins Winter Clothes,
- At teasonable priues,
AT TUB
GKEAT lUtOWN STONE HALL
OK
ROCKHILL & WILSON,
No. 603 AND G05 CIIESNUT STKEET,
PHILADELPHIA. '
F. A. HOYT & BRO.,
ASSEMBLY BUILDING,
TENTH and CHESNUT Streets,
HAVE NOW READY A LARGE STOCK OF
PINE CLOTHING
FOK
BOYS AND CHILDREN.
Alao, a large assortment of
C1J80 wrmSw-rp
Piece Goods for Gents' Wear.
D U R A B I LITY,
COMFORT, AND ECONOMY
Are combined in our
Scotch. Cheviot Suits,
Which wo are making to measure for
Also, onr
Frieze and Cassimere Suits at $18.
STYLE, FIT, TRIMMINGS, AND WORK EQUAL
TO ANT nOUSE IN TIIE CITY.
Having determined to make s Quiok Bale of oar large
Stock of Ooods, Ready-made and Unout, we have reduoed
prices so low as to render COMPETITION HOPELKSS.
We guarantee satisfaction in every particular, or the sale
annulled and mom y returned.
EVANS A LEECH,
11 27 Imrp No. 6-iS MARKET Htreet.
WESTON & BROTHER,
TAILORS,
V00 ARCH Street, Philadelphia.
GREAT REDUCTION
XftJ riUCE3.
Jb'ATiM- A LTiON GUARANTEED, 9 18 8mfp
.TONES'
t One-Price Clothing House,
No.004MARKET Street.
Onr Garments are well made.
Our Cutten are men of talent.
BUT ONE' PRICE IS ASOD.
Baturactloa Guaranteed Every Purchaser.
GEO. W. NIEMANN, Proprietor,
lBwTm ' No. 604 MARKET St. above Btxta.
DODGERS' AND WOSTENHOLM'8 POCKET
AV KN1VKH. Pearl and 8 tag Handles, of eeautitn!
OJitab, HOIK; r!rU' and WADKj Bim)HKR'8 K.')Kh,
and tlie oallreu4 UCOOLTRU RAZOit BOlbnOlUl 3
the finest unality.
Rasors, Knives, Scissors, and Table Cutlery Ground and
Polished at P. M AUK IliA'h, Mo. Li ft. XiTU Htrssst,
slow CI hsii it U I Isvt
NEW PUBLIOATION8.
BOOKS FOR PRESENTS
At Very Low Prices,
No. 306 Chesnut Street.
CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF ALL KINDS!
lo suit all ags,sU tastes, and all pockets, will be
found for salo at very low prices at
PKTKKON8, m Ohesnut street.
BOOKS FOR PRESENTS! THE LARGEST
assortment to select from, and at lower priues than
anywhere else, will be fnnnd tor Rule at
PKTHRBON8', Ohesnnt street.
CHARLES DICKENS' WORKSI-TWENtYI
one different KdiHons to select from, are now selling
at retell t ad, at publishers' lowest wholesale prioes.
Bome of toe editions ave rive hundred illustrations In.
Hall in and eiamine them, and nuroaase a set of one of
the editions, as they are now within the retoh of all. at
T. I). PKTKKSOI A BROTH Kits'.
No 306 OHKflMUT Mtreet
COLORED PICTURE BOOKS FOR CnilT
DRKN. The largest assnrtmejt in tho oity, and at
tho lowest prioes, will be found for salo at
PHTKKnO.HH', 8 6 Obesnnt street.
Tho largest stock of Books In tho eity, suitable for Pre
sents, to suit all ages and all pockets, aro fer sal at lower
prioes than anywhere else, at
T. C. Peterson & Brothers
No. 306 Chesnut St.,
lUp
PHILADELPHIA..
HOLIDAY GOODS.
pOR HOLIDAY GOODS
GO TO
NEWMAN "H
NEW STORE,
No. 18 N. EIGHTH STREET.
NEW STORE,
NEW GOODS,
, LOW PRICES.
JuHt opened a large lot of
FINE JARDINIERES AND CARD RECEIVER,
Which we sell for LESS THAN GOLD COST ot Im
portation at
NEWMAN'S NEW STORE,
No. 18 N. EiGIITII Street.
BARGAINS IN EMBROIDERED LINE" 8KTS,
COLLARS, CUFFS, LACE HANDKERCHIEFS,
HEMSTITCHED, CORDED, AND TUCKED
LINEN HANDKERCHIEF'S, THREAD,
VAL, AND POINT LACE
COIXARS, AT
NEWMAN'S NEW STORE,
No. 18 N. EIGHTH Street.
writing desks,
work boxes.
satchel poutmonnaies,
in great variety at
NEWMAN'S,
No. 48 N. EIGHTH Street.
It PHILADELPHIA.
UMBRELLAS.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
UMBRELLAS!
UMBRELLAS !
Every Variety
IK
QUALITY A.TXr ir ITS 111.
WILLIAM A. DROWN & CO.,
No. 246 MAKKET STREET,
IS 6 17t4p PHILADELPHIA.
gtJa UMBRELLAS CHEAPEST IN TIIE CITY
J DIXON'S. No. 31 & EIGHTH ptreet. 10 lHmthi
OROOERIES. ETC.
I 8 O 9.
COUSTVS EAST END GROCERY.
WHITE ALMKRIA GRAritS, 40 cents per lb.
NKW RAISINS, CURRANTS, CITRON, ORANGE
AND LEMON PEEL, PUKK SPICES, s
PIE PEACHES In large cany, at ouly IS cents per
can, warranted good, and of this ye-ir'u growth.
OUR TABLE SHERRY,
-tso per gallon by cask, or $t-?6 by live-gallon
demijohn.
COOKING WINES AND BRANDIES. CIDER.
COUSTY'S EAST END GROCERY,
No. 118 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
11 IB mwmtrp BELOW CHESNUT.
FULL NATURAL flAVOK hLlAltitu.
CANS LARGE AND FULL.
The finest In quality and style ever offored.
SOLD BY ALL GROCERS.
Factory and Farms, Cumberland county, N. J.
WHOLESALE AOENCf,
No. 45 NORTH WATER STREET.
11 lTlmrp REEVES & PARVIN.
WANTS.
qfcrCAAA WANTED A MAN WITH THIS
W' v'"" amount, as aollve or silent partner In a me
chanical manuiaoiurlnK busim ss, well estulilisbed, paying
lante pnirita. and only wanting inureaaod oapital to make
it one of Uie best boainieses in Pulls Joluh is. .. .
Address "8TKAM"
H 13 'KTenin TelegrpU OiBoe.
M WANTED TO RENT A FURNISniCD
House, convenient to Kiflith and Arob streets,
i uave moduia oourenieocea, eto.
TitASK A WHITING.
U IS Jtrp Nos. gg aad 41 MoiU K1UU111 ttlreet.
HOMER, COLLADAY h GO.'S
8TOOK OF
DRESS
MiiHt lc told Off
Ilomer, Colladay & Co.
Crape roplin
Only 2.5c,
Wo i tli SO.
Homer, Colladay & Co.
Xloubaix Poplins,
Only 29c.
Worth SO.
Homer, Colladay & Co.
Bouble Fold.
Heavy Corded XtfXohairs in Fashion
able Dark Shades.
37c, Worth 9109.
Homer, Colladay & Co.
Triko Foplins
For Walking Suits,
Only SOc.
Homer, Colladay & Co.
Best Quality Serges
Fo" Walking Suits,
Only ISc.
Homer, Colladay & Co.
Silk Epinglines,
Only 75c,
Worth SI 'SO.
Homer, Colladay & Co.
Fine Empress Cloths in all the
rVew Colors.
56c
Homer, Colladay & Co.
Best Quality Green and Blue
Plaids Imported.
Only87ie
HOMER, COLLADAY $c CO.
CliQ AK DEPARTMENT,
In this department we have made an entire revision of
the Pi lees of our Cloths, Astrachans, Cloaks. Suits, and
Velvets, and the greatest bargains aro now offered to pur
chasers. Nos. 1412 and 1414 CHESNUT STREET,
II 11 btQWlat
DS, S1LS9 ETC.,
ly tho liftcoiith of
Homer. Colladay & Go.
Black Silks,
Best Lyons Make,
$150 worth 3250.
Homer, Colladay & Co.
Black Silks.
Best Lyons Make,
$2 00, worth &275.
Homer. Colladay & Co. f
Black Silks,
Best Lyons Make,
$2'25, worth $3'00.
Homer. Colladay & Co
Black Silks,
Best Lyons ftfake,
$250, worth $3'25.
Homer. Colladay .& Co.
Hosiery of all Kinds, from .
fi 25 to 33 less than before.
Homer. Colladay & Co.
Linen Housekeeping Goods,
An immense Stock,
At 25 to 33i Less.
Homer. Colladay & Co.
Lyons Silk Velvets,
All Widths,
At Large Concessions. '
Homer, Colladay & Co.
Mourning Goods
In Infinite Variety,
Lower than since theWar.
rillLADSU'UU.
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