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THE DAILr EVENING TELEGRAm PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDA5T, JANUARY 12, 1870.
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WHAT IS TO BKGOME OF CUBA ?
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Home time has elapsed nine we submitted
this plain question to the public, and eTents
9 Kino then hare done very little towards
- clearing away the difficulties which surround
it. We. hare used the best opportunities for
gaining information which are open to us,
nd the result of it all is that we can hear of
no facts which prove that the insurrection is
making any progress. ' On the other hand, it
In worthy of note that some of the journals
which have urged the Government to "re-,
cognize" Cuba are now rather ostentatiously
f' proclaiming the total collapse of the struggle
lor independence. They profess to have ob
1 ' lained private information which leaves no
' ' doubt as to the accuracy of their news. Bat
information of an exclusive kind from these,
r partionlar sources is never decisive, and the
' : only curious feature about the present state-
xnenta is that they are made in opposition to
the sentiments of the papers in which they
""appear. "
These Journals appear to be smarting
, Tinder tho sense of failure. But if they have
1 1 failed, it is more, their own fault than that of
.. the Government or the publio. Are they
r. Bure that they have understood exactly what
." ihey wanted? "Belligerent rights for the
-' Btruggling Cubans," some of them would
answer. But that proves that they did not
Understand what they were asking for. If
'.' their demand had been complied with, the
"... Spanish Government would have had the
right to search every American vessel out
' r Bide of an American port for contraband of
' ' trar. . "We exercised the same right towards
. , British vessels after the recognition of the
Bouth, and, as everybody will reoolleot, nn
.'i tnerous captures were made. It would have
n freen quite impossible to have conveyed any
aid to the insurgents in Cuba after bellige
" rent rights had been conceded, for our own
; Government would have been rendered re
l'r pponaible for the depredations of any vessels
l'r which escaped just as we are holding the
'" British Government responsible for the es
cape of the Alabama.
The journals, therefore, which cried out
lor the recognition of Cuba were really doing
nil that lay within their power to injure the
Cuban cause.
. What besides this did they ask for? Cuba
i at any prioe? That would have been a very
' ' intelligible demand. But we do not believe
' that the mass of the people would have ap
i proved of the United States Government set-
- ting out to seize Cuba in defiance of all law,
and s an open act of buccaneering. We
t r should certainly have had to go to war with
. r3pain--possibly have drifted into a foreign
"' contest of even greater magnitude than that.
Ll But let us put this consideration aside and
r come to another point. Are theAmerioan
' people really anxious to have Cuba at all
.' ;j costs and hazards? It would, in the present
position of affairs, bring with it another
slave problem for us to settle. The slave
' , owners are certainly not prepared to give np
their property without a struggle. Cespedes
r baa not been able, even if he is willing, to
l't abolish slavery. . Cuba and slavery would
. ! Dome to us hand in hand. No doubt we could
I deoree the abolition of the institution. But
",: would the planters be satisfied? " Need we be
I (Bager to have another South to ' 'reconstruct?"
. By waiting patiently we believe we shall
: be much more likely to get Cuba to get her
- honestly, and free from the blight of slavery.
..The Spanish Government wants money a
. '. Spanish Government always does. Furchase
1 is one way of obtaining the island. . Bdt
there is still another. ' The intelligent Cubans
are crowing more and more to see taat in
F ' amalgamation with the United States rests
their best hope of a great f utmre. They
.' bave had nearly enough of foreign rule.
4 Hhe tender meroies of the Spanish are cruel,
r,. and Cuba is rapidly gravitating towards this
.Republic But the "filibustering" journals
: v bave frightened her baok. They have suo-
C ceeded ii exoiting a strong patriotic feeling
i . , in Spain, and in stimulating a determination
Jv en the cart of the Cubans not to be "bullied".
even into an advantageous alliance. Their
line of advocacy has, in fact, been at once
i . nhort-meditad and ruinous to their own cause.
' - !IheiT blaster has caused Spain to send out
1 ; more troeps to Cuba than sne would nave
' dreamed of despatching if there had been
leas vaporing and threatenings going -on in
this part of the world. As for the journals
" which prof ess to be "Itepublican," and yet
' which have "dared", to express . an opinion
opposed to that entertained by the Govern
ment, their course is so ' abominable that we
most hold them to be past all forgiveness.
. We have been given to understand lately by
v . the Tribunt that a journal whioh presumes to
- differ with the administration on any point
1 . of publio policy is faithless to Its partya
new code of morality, it is true; bat we nave
rit bad manv new codes from the same source
before now. We only hope that the Tribunt
" Will not circulate any more such statements
." ' as it published on the 27th December to the
v ' ffeot that the "Government will soon accord
'"T the rights of belligerents to the Cubans."
I 'IThat amounts to a clear conspiracy agaiast
the Government. l
' ' r Cuba, as foreign observers besides our
; kelves plainly see, must eventually be an in
( tegral part of the United btates. But we
f 1 can wait. We could not. steal her, and the
r insurrection is and has been too weak to war
: . rant interference of any kind on tho part of
the Government. 1
JPERFIDY TO VUIGINIA AND AN INSULT
TrmtktH.T. World. ' ,
The aotion of the House of Representatives
: on Monday on Mr. Bingham's bill for the im
mediate admission of Virginia, shows that the
' llepubuoans are divided on that question,
but that the chances against admission pre-
. ponderate. There are evidently some lie
'' ' publican members who have not yet made up
their minds, as there was a majority of four-
teen votes against putting the bill unme
diately on its paHaage. The fact that Mr,
Bingham moved the previous question as
Boon as he had introduced his bill, and wished
to press it to an instant vote, would seem to
Indicate his opinion that the chanoes of its
Eassage were more favorable than they are
kelr to be after a further lapse of time. The
postponement shows that its enemies expect
to gain the doubtful members. If they judge
correctly, ine oiaie u not likely to be ad'
mitted..' . , . , . '
The perfidy of Congress in dealing with the
Unrepresented States is as deep aa tke bottom
less pit. Nobody can look forward to the end
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aj una usgraoeiul reconstruction business.
because nobodv can foresee or calculate the
Hew freaks and eaprioes of Congress. That
Iodyhaa .no aenseof honor; it .holds itself
jound by no engagement: when all the condi
tions it prescribed have been fully complied
With, it wantonly sports with its victims and
disappoi&U the expectations, which iUelf had
.uthomeii. t It ia now nearly fir. 7
the clone of the war, and nobody yot known,
or can predict, what Congress means to etact -
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of Virginia previous to her readuiission. She
wss entitled to be told, at an early period, on
what terms she could be restored to her rights
in the Union. Whether those terms were to
be lenient or severe, she was at least entitled
to be informed what they are. AU tyranny is
hateful; but none is so odious and abomina
ble" as that which tempts people into compli
ances under a delusive promise of advantage,
and then haughtily tells them that their
humiliation is bootless. ,
The excuse offered for such perfidy is, that
Virginia is not loyal enough. But have suoh
exasperating indignities any tendency to
foster loyalty ? It is not in human nature
that perfidy and tyranny should not provoke
resentment. A just, considerate, and pater
nal government makes a submissive and loyal
people; but arrozanoe, rancor, and tyranny
are naturally repaid with hatred; and if these
vices are joined with perfidy, hatred deepens
into execration and abhorrence. Congress
must expect to reap what it sews. If it de
sires the respect and attachment of the Vir
ginians, let it demonstrate by its justice and
magnanimity that it deserves a return of
grateful and generous sentiments. 4 It is
absurd to complain of ill-feeling when every
thing is done to provoke and prolong it
The refusal to admit Virginia is an insult
to President Grant, as well as a perfidy to the
t i j . tr. 1 ..-I i ' l I
oiaio. lie naa laaan an active part in pre
paring the State for readmission, and all that
he has done has been done with the express
sanotion of Congress. Near the close of the
extra session, last spring, he sent in a message
calling attention to the desirability of com
pleting the work of reconstruction at the
earliest . period possible, and asking for
authority to submit the Constitution of Vir
ginia to tne vote of its registered citizens, in
such a manner that they could adopt the
main portions of it, and reject some of its
most unpopular features. The authority was
promptly conferred in compliance with the
President's suggestion. Congress thereby
consented to waive disfranchisement, and
gave a virtual pledge to General Grant that
it would admit . the State, if it should be
reorganized in accordance with his views.
Everything has been done whioh he required,
and he is perfectly satisfied with the result.
To reject Virginia now is an indignity to him.
It is. not' treating the President with the
respect which is due to his office to make
him the instrument of futile and bootless
proceedings. He exacted of Virginia all that
Congress required, and neld out a promise
that compliance would be followed by imme
diate admission. To . make him the vehicle
of a perfidious offer and the agent of a hol
low bargain never meant to be kept is an
affront which he ought to resent. If Con
gress could point to any one thing required
of Virginia as a prerequisite to admission
which, the State has neglected or left undone,
that body would not be so wholly without
exouse. But to keep her out now is not only
a violation of the Constitution, but a wanton
and disgraceful breach of faith.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH
STRIKE. , , ,. !
F rvm th X Y. Herald.
The great telegraph monopoly has received
a severe blow in the strike of the operators.
It is in vain for the monopoly in its own in
terest to suppress the news in regard to the
extent oi tne movement; for. tne grains that
sift through its fingers are enough to show
that the strike is not only almost as extensive
as the wires of the oompany, but that it is
bitter and persistent. Those operators who
returned to work in several Southern cities
bave gone to the ranks of the strikers again
on finding that the information on which
they resumed work had been made up by the
monopoly itself. From all parts of the coun
try the Telegraphers' League is reoeiving en
couraging reports. The other great trade
unions have given them hearty support, both
in sympathy and money.
Tne managers or tne western union uom-
Eany have only themselves to blame. They
ave alwavs been dictatorial and overbearing.
The first cause of the strike is not merely the
discharge of a few operators in Han t ranoisoo.
Tne managers or tne company claim so, but
they know better. , It is the culmination or a
long series . of - tyrannies and oppressions
Eractised towards their employes. ' They have
een grinding their, faces too hard. They
have striven to drive the Associated Press as
they please, and they have partly suooeeded.
They have coeroed small country newspapers
by threatening to deprive them, through the
Associated Press, of their news. They have
tried to coerce numbers of influential papers
in the interior by this means, and at one
time they even tried it on the Herald. But
they failed. They have bought out or crushed
outnumbers of rival lines, and are steadily
aiming to get under their own control all the
wires and all the newspapers in tl-e country.
But they nave been too grasping ana avari
cious in view of a little gain, and too blind
and unobservant .of future results. '. They
bave gone the length of , their tether. The
strike of the operators . is their deathblow,
backed as it is by the trade unions, the inde
pendent press, tne sympathy of the , people,
and the power of Congress. - Jb or Congress is
bound to take' the matter in hand. The
people, for whose benefit Congress legislates,
cannot have their business affairs deranged,
their credit impaired, and their ' commercial
transactions stopped at the whim of a dicta
torial monopoly any longer.,: The Government
business itself is not safe. Onr diplomatic
machinery is liable to injury. , The failure to
transmit some important despatch through
the Atlantic or Cuba cable might in
volve us in a diplomatic , muddle or
foreign war. As long as the monopoly holds
this unlimited power, and is so tyrannical and
boorish about using it, the people and the
Government are liable to fatal mishaps at any
mement. 'ibe postal telegraph system in the
hands of Government would be safe from
strikes of this kind, and not until the Govern
ment takes the wire under its own control
can we be wholly independent of the huge
monopoly that now owns them or wholly se
cure from the repetition of the present mad
die. uongress has the remedy in its own
bands, and it is to be hoped it will use it
firmly. General Washburn's bill covers the
ground, and he shows that he understands
the manoeuvres of the monopoly when he
proposes to hear tho testimony of the opera
tors themselves. They can give him the in
formation he wants, and they are not in
terested in giving him the wrong kind of in
formation. By oil means let the bill be
pushed. It is a blow for the people against
monopoly. . .
CONGRESS AND THE ARMY.
fVow they. Y. Sun, . .
We invite the attention of Congress to the
following general order issued from the army
headquarters. Would it not be advisable for
that body to call upon the Secretary of War,
through the President, for the names of the
officers whose fraudulent acts have occasioned
the publication of an official dooumeut that
thus reaeow disgrace upon the whole army r
fX' n&A3ffi.i.
,.,.. No. i.At the ronneM of tho Hocond Audi-
tor of th Treasury, and by direction of the Sw-re-
. - ll'a n aUnnt Inn n nm..AMi i f Ilia arm
trv of War. the attention of oflloeni of the army
U railed to the ittatrnient of the former, 'that the
practice of drawing pay twice for tie same time,
and rcfnndlnK at some RUhwqiiont period, has lately
been of sncb frequent recurrence, and Isperpptrated
under uch circumstances, as to preclude the sup
poHitlon of Inartvi Hence or niiatake, but rather of
deliberate Intention.'
"Every officer's pay account contains the certio
rate that the officer has not already receive pn.rf or
the same period. If, therefore, an' officer signs two
sets oT pay accounts for the aame month, one set
munt be fulne; and if the names and facts reach the
Headquarters of the Armr, an they surely will
throuKh the Peyniastor-Ueneral (aee paragraph 1STK,
General Kcgulationa), the olTlcer will be tried by a
general comt martial nnder the 14th Article of War.
"By command of (General Sherman.- " ;
"(Signed) ii. V. Townsknp, Adjutan-Mcnerv .
Paragraph 137'., revlfled regulations for the
United States army, edition of 1803, reads:
"Whenever the Paymaster-General ahall discover
that an officer baa drawn pay twice for the same
time, he shall report It to the Adjutant-General." ,
And the 14th Article of War reads:
Every officer who shall be eonvlcteJ before, a
general court-martial of having signed a false certi
ficate relating to the ahsnnce or either officer or
Erivate soldier, or relative to his or their pay, shall
a cashiered."
Adjutant-General Townsend, speaking for
the Secretary of War, seems to have no doubt
that the Paymaster-General will comply liere
after with paragraph 1379, General Regula
tions for the Army; and he is equally certain
that the Secretary of , War will in the future
do hit duty as inculcated by the 14 th Article
of War; but would it not be a pertinent in
quiry for Congress to make, why the Paymaster-General
did not, previous to the date
of General Orders No. 01, report the names
of the offending officers as required by para
graph 1379 ? and if he did so, why then did
the Secretary of War not execute the act of
Congress as expressed in the 14th Article of
War, and bring those offioers to trial ? That
Article of War was made a law of the land orr
the 10th of April, 1800; it has remained bind
ing on the Executive ever since, and had its
provisions been rigidly complied with, the
army would not to-day be obliged to bear tho
odium incurred by the publication of such an
order as that above quoted.
When the President shall have furnished
the names, as required, we insist that they
shall, be placed at the head of the list of those
officers that Congress proposes to muster out
this winter; and we insist upon this Ihe more
particularly, as those officers, if the Seoond
Auditor is to be believed, have violated the
contract made between them and the Govern
ment, which contract was only binding upon
the Government during their good behavior..
Moreover, if there is to be amy rule observed
in selecting those who shall remain in the
service, we must, as tax-payers, express our
hearty preference for those gentlemen who
are satisfied with drawing their pay but once
for the same period of service. j
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OUR NORTHWEST COAST.
The Coaat En4 of Pncet (Sound. .
Captain George Vancouver, in May, 1782,
thus pictured the island which bears his name:
"To describe the beauties of this region
will, on some future occasion, be a very
grateful task to the pen of the skilful pane
gyrist. The serenity ot the climate, the in
numerable pleasing landscapes, , and the
abundant fertility that unassisted nature puts
forth, require only to be enriched by the in
dustry of man with villages, mansions, cot
tages, and other buildings, to renaer it tne
most lovely country that can be imagined;
while the labor of the , inhabitants would be
amply rewarded in the bounties which nature
seems ready to bestow on cultivation.", i. i
We recently published a memorial of pro
perty owners and men engaged in business,
residents of Vancouver's Island, addressed to
President Grant, requesting that "in any
negotiations which may be pending or un
dertaken between your Government and that
of Her most gracious Majesty for the settle
ment of territorial or other questions, yon
will endeavor to induce ller Majesty to cen
sent to the transfer of this colony to the
United States." 11
SITUATION AND CLIMATE. , (
Vancouver's Island lies between the paral
lels of 48 deg. 20 min. and 51 deg. north lati
tude, and lttJ deg. and 128 deg. west longi
tude. Its climate, in the succession of its
seasons and general thermal conditions, ap
proximates closely to that of Great Britain.
Aug TVAUW MSUVU v. V.U...J MAO M.V muiQ no
those in the west of England. ' When excep
tional and severe they are like those of the
English midland counties. The temperature
is milder and the seasons are more equable
than on the corresponding area of the oppo
site American main land. . Winter disappears
in March. The autumnal Indian summer ia
very long. .Indeed, the isothermal relations
between Vancouver's Island and Great Britain
are nearly. identioaL The differences are that
in Vancpuver the springs are later and colder
(good for wheat;, the summers., dryer (.better
for wheat and good for man), and the sun
hotter but the average mean temperature in
Great Britain and Vanoou vers island is the
same. Last winter roses bloomed in the open
air in Victoria in January, and ice did not
form thick enough on the fresh water ponds
in the neighborhood to "outfit" a single
uuu&iug iiuuuu iu iua uiij.
AGRICULTURAL. AD MINERAL WEALTH
The average yield of wheat on Vancouver
is l;o bushels to the acre, 04 pounds to the
bushel, of oats 40 bushels of 1 40 pounds, of
potatoes 200 bushels and unapproachably ex
cellent. The established reputation of vege
tables grown in Washington Territory and
Oregon stands high,' though we have heard
more than one American say that the vegeta
bles of Vancouver's Island were better.
Vancouver has inexhaustible wealth in three
seams of the best ooal west of Pennsylvania,
in myriads of salmon, ood, halibut, sturgeon,
herring, Binelt, haddock, whiting and pil
chard, and in the king-timber of the Pacifio
coast, the Oregon red pine. The ooal is ex
tensively mined, and sold all over the Pacifio
coast, and in Japan and China. The fisheries
are, indisputably, in connection with those
of the waters of Pueet's Sound, some of the
richest on earth. Victoria is but 14 days sail,
from the best whaling ground left to the New
Bedford harpooners. The timber of Vancou
ver cannot be surpassed. The Colonial au
thorities have declared that the supply of its
rod pine is inexhaustible. Its growth is enor
mous. It is Often obtained 1"0 feet long.
squaring 45 inohes for DO feet.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
The extraordinary size,' straightness, and
uniform thickness of these wonderful trees.
their strength and flexibility, the Btraightness
and beauty of their grain, their marvellous
durability and freedom from knots and sap
wood, place them bevond all competition in
the masting, sparring, planking, flooring, and
decking of ahips. The French, Spanish,
Sardinian and Dutch Governments are sup
plied with masts and spars by contract with
a company which has saw-mills at the head of
the Alberni Canal in Barolay Sound. , This
timber is the same' which constitutes the
principal item of the wealth of Puget's Sound.
The report upon its qualities made by the
French engineers in the Imperial dook-yard
at Toulon, and the comparative tests of it
wi(h Japnneno and other oaks, made y the
Rhip-buiitler Westervelt in llakodndi, demon
strates that it is unequalled. The porta at
which it is shrpped can be niado at night as
well as in open day, ; The island, wondorful
in its climate and in its wealth of soil, ooal,
timber, ores, and fishes, is wondorful also in
the number and excellence of its harbors. '
The colonial authorities of Vancouver's
Ijtland have officially sanctioned the declara
tion that "her geographical position gives
her commercially, and in a military point of
view strategically, the command of the North
Facific;" and that "to the colden re dons and
fertile plains of British Colv.bia, Vancouver's
Island will be as the slrons man anno! that
i i. it. ,...
eepeia me aoor.
EFFECT OF A NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The people of the United States oncrht to have
that door in their own hands, and the open
ing and shutting thereof. Particularly should
they control this ''command of the North
Pacifio," since it is certain that the North
Pacifio Railroad will soon be built from Lake
Superior to Puget's Sound. The Strait of
San Juan de Fuoa will be the outlet of the
road to the Pacific. Vancouver's Island walls
the strait on the north. , The commerce, the
industry, the manufacturing, the agrioultnre,
that will spring up on Puget Sound and its
shores under the influence of this continental
railway will be amazing. The shore lines
of that inland sea are 1800 miles long. On
the eastern side they are fringed to the
water, and covered back to the mountains,
with forests of pine, fir, and cedar of a height
and diameter, of a clearness, strength, aud
straightness of cleavage that the Atlantio
slope people cannot be made to comprehend
and refuse to believe. So deep are these
waters and so bold their banks, that in most
parts of the Sound a man-of-war may anchor
with twenty fathoms under her stern-post and
have her jib-boom among the trees on the
shore. Twelve huge saw-mills there are
making lumber for the Pacifio ooast, the Sand
wich Islands, Japan, China, and British India.
borne of these out 150,000 feet a day. One
of them owns and constantly employs seven
teen large ships. .1
, . COAL SUPPLIES. . .;.. '
And yet the lumber business of : Puget
Sound is in Its infancy. Its fisheries are un
touched, 'ihe thirty miles otttcrop oi excel
lent bituminous coal on the east side of the
Sound has only been picked at in two or
three places. The lower vein of this ooal is
sixteen feet thick. The upper vein, inter
mittingly worked back of Seattle, is four and
a half - feet thick. The soil all around the
Sound is perfect for wheat and for fruit. ' Its
natural grass is "bunch grass," which cures
to hay on the greund, and in January and
February combines the quality of timothy
and oats. The cattle of Puget bound are not
sheltered in the winter, nor fed at the rack
nor in the stalk They range the year through,
and, reversing the proverb of Atlantic slope
agriculture, come out spring fat. Ice for do
mestic use and saloon-drinking is not to be
got ' around the Sound, save in exceptional
years. : The thickness of window-glass is the
measure of the depth to which the prevailing
climate freezes fresh water . in the : ponds
in the woods east of Olympie two winters out
or three. . '
FUTURE GROWTH. ' .
The North Pacifio Railroad will girt this
vast body of water with towns, villages, and
farms. It will build somewhere on its shores
a vast , terminal city, to which steamships,
trading up and down the Pacifio coast and
with Japan, China, and India, will 'r9gularly
run. ' That city surely will be the depot for
the whaling business of the world. There
will in time be a dense . population , on the
Sound and m Washington. Territory. , Its
lumber, iron, copper, coal, and water-power
win develop a vast system of manufactures.
j. cere win De immense wealth in
Puget Sound and the door to 1 the
Sound is . Vancouver's Island, and a
"strong man armed keepeth it." ' Now the
people of the United States should say to
General Grant, the bead of our Government,
as have said to him the oitizena of Victoria:
."We request that in any negotiations which
may be pending or undertaken between your
Government and that of her most graoious
Majesty for the settlement of territorial or
other questions, you will endeavor to induce
her Majesty to consent to the transfer of this
colony to the United States." It is neoes-
sarvtous. The' interests of Northern Ore
gon, of the future States of Washington and
Montana, and, of the whole country between
Lake Superior and the Pacifio, require that
we should absolutely command the inlet and
outlet to Puget bound. iv. X. Tribune.
WINES AND LIQUORB.
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rpHE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE IS
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tor Bate wy
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815 BOOTH FRONT STREET.
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Not. 136 WALNUT and 91 GRANITE Streets, .
Importers of I
BRANDIES. WINKS, GIN, OLIVE OIL, ETC..
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For the sale of
PURE OLD RYJt, WHEAT, AND BOURBON WHI3-
pAHSTAIRS' OLIVE OIL-AN INVOICE
V of the above lor sale by
OARSTAIRS A MrOALL,
( 28 2p( I Not. 136 WALN UT and 31 tiRANITK Hts.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF 8AFE
J. WATSON & SON,
Of tha late Ann of EVANS ft WATSON.
5J
FIliE AND BURGLAR-PROOF I
A F E STO'ItE,
NO, 63 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
tm
A few doors shore Ohesnnt St., Pbilada
11UI! JUKI'S!! I! ISC IKS!!
What' Is nicer for a Christinas present than fin
SINGING CANARY and a BEAUTIFUL OACiE
Cheaper than any place In the city. f ' ' ' '
, -K 1U North SIXTH Street, ' , ,
IS 16 lm Otid Fellowa' Hall, !
;' ' - W. A. IIIIIV.
jail
6PPOIAL. NOTICES.
fcy- OFFICE OF THE HF.LVIDERE MA.NU-
" 1ACTUK1NO COMPANY.
iim.yiikh, it. j rio. a,
Koline I hereby rlen to h Mmklinlnor of th HKL.
V1DKKK M ANUr AtJTUHINU OO V A N Y r.wi.o.-tivcly
thjit .aimanla .llioi.ntin. to blXTVPKR, OK.NfUM
Of tl capital atouk of Mid company bar bnan niado ami
Sarment or In
ay of Fahraa:
aympnt of the umo called for on or before the etxhla
arr. A. I). IH7H. aari tht payment of auob
l v
proportion of
all atima of mnnn by thorn anbaoHtwd la
called for and demanded from tocm on or before the aaid
time.
P.r order of the Board of Il rector
M28bw 8. tltKKRKRD, BecretaiT
OFFICE OF THE CITT TREASURER,
PvrLADKl.ratA, Ieo. 23, 19. Warrant registered
to No. t9,UfV will be paid on protestation at tlua offloe. In
terest oeaaios from data.
JOS. F. MAROKR,
1238 Ojitj TnaiBarr.
ST OFFICE OF THE UNITED 8ECUIMTY
TIKE rNSURANOK AND TRUST COMPANY
OP PENNSYLVANIA, K. K. corner IflFTU and UliKS
NUT Btroete. , .
FTm,aniiT.rm, imo. hi, iww.
The Annual Flection for Director of this Company will
be held at their Office on W KDNH3DAY, January 13,
1H70, at llo'olock A. At.
II nit yj. r. uhti, nonrotary.
fiy- BIIAMOKIN UOA1 UOMFAISir.
PniKAifRMtrrA, Deo. 81, 1WS9.
The A nnnal Meetlns of the Stockholder, of the swore-
named Company, and an election of Direclfrira to terra for
ensuing year, will bold at their Otnoeon WKDNRSDAY,
the lh dsy of January, A. I. 1870, st 18 o'clock M.
iauit u. it. liinimai, neorerary.
EA8T MAIIANOY RAILROAD COM-
faUlX.VU.UV ill), III D. tw)niiiuinroft
Philadelphia, Deo. B,18t.
Notice la hereby alren to the Btoeknolders of this Com
pany that a Dividend of Three (3) per Cant., free of State
laies, has this day been declared, patable in cash on the
16th day of January, lt)T0. UIUUARU COK,
li ta . Treasurer.
8USQUETIANNA CANAL COMPANX,
VUUn Av. v&i .f .... v nv. ww.
Philaiiklfhia, DeoemberM, lflfiB.
Notice la hereby siren that the semi-annnal interest on
the Preferred Bonds of the HUSUUKHANNA CANAL
COMPANY and the Priority Bonds of the TIDEWATER
UAHAL. UUHrifl K, falling one on tne lator January,
ltfu, will be paid at the office of the Company ia Philadel
phia and Baltimore, on and after the Id proximo, on pre
sentation of tho ooupona thereof, numbered 11.
13 81 2w Treasurer.
Sy 8U8QUEITANNA CANAL COMPANY,
vruioo xiu. til TV a j . DLnm.
- Phii.ajki.phia, December 80, 1869.
Notioe la hereby airen that the semi-annual Interest on
Hie Common Bonds of the SUSQUEHANNA CANAL
COMPANY, falling due on the latof January, 1R70, will
be paid on and after the Sd Drozimo. at the Firat National
Bank of Philadelphia, on presentation of tha ooupona for
tne same, nnmuerea at,
i&U13.r.A XJ. onunn,
12812W ' Treasurer.
t0r THE ANNUAL' MEETING OF THE
HiWMHi'iiitrn ut vim; n u in in 1 1 Ditniivit
ROAD COMPANY will be held at the office of the
PENNSYLVANIA CKNTRAL RAILROAD COM
Di..i.i i.a. m it., urru aVAiri tan a unu but
PANY in Philadelphia, Pa., on the 17th day of January,
1870, at 1 o'clock P. M., to eleot Directors for the ensuing
year, and tranaact suoh other buainess as may be prs
sentea. w" "'11 it- rum.n,
13 38 17t Secretary,
figy .CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY THE
aonuai jnnvuni oi trie DlwuiDiuen OI me
CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY will be held at their
Ortice, No. tl CH KSNUT Street, Philadelphia, ou TUK..4
DAY, the 18th day of January next, at 4 o'clock P. M.,
when an election will be held for Seven Directors, to
serre for tha ensuing year. ..r
ViUi a. n . i u ii. ,
Secretary,
Philadelphia. Deo. 18. 18. ,13 18 iat
gy- COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP
T"
OONATKD OLYCER1NK TABLKTOF SOLIDIFIED
GLYCERINE. Its daily nso makes the akin delloately
ton ann Doaatuui. noia py aii araKKiats. !
. - - a a u. a. nniuni,'
4S , No. 834 CHESNUT Street.
W- ' BATCHELOR 8 HAIR DYE. THIS
aolendid Hair Dye la the best in the world t tho only
true and perfect Dye ; harmless, reliable, Instantaneous ; no
disappointment i no ridiealoasi tints; remedies tho ill
eaecta oi bad ayes : lnrnrorates ana leaves tue nair sort
and naantifuL black or brtfum. Sold bv all Drmista and
Perfumers ; and properly applied at Batoriolor'a Wi Fa.
ory, no. 18 uuo u ttureet, on x on. 1 aimwis
COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION
m Mt..l .V. U .J
NITROUS OXIDE. OR LAUGHING OAS.
And devote their whole time and praotioe to extracting
teem witnont pain.
Ottioe. KlUhim and WAmUT Streets. II 1
tgj-, DR. F. R. THOMAS, THE LATE OPE-
rator of the Oolton Dental Association, is now tha
only on in Philadelphia who devotes his entire time and
practice to extracting tooth, absolutely without pain, by
fresh nitrons oxide gas. Offloe. 811 WALNUT Ba. lap
jot- QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
. CAPITAL. jC3,00u,000.
BABINK, ALLKN A DUIXrTSjAfents,
M " . FIFTH and WALNUT Street.
Bgy IMPORTANT XOTICE. WILL
Buortiy open, a vraacu OI tae n o. tt ivaa Jnu-
BRUM OF ANATOMY. 16f
QENT.'S FURNI8MINQ GOODS.
p AT
E NT SHOULDER-SEAM
' ' " SHIRT MANUFACTORY, . '
AND GKNTLKMEN'S FUSNISEINQ STORB.
PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWER'
made from meaanrement At very abort notioe.
All other article: of GSNTLKMJEN'b DRBS ;
GOODS la fall variety. , -s
U a , . No. m CUiUNOT Street .
fpRY OUR 12 25 SHIRT,
TRY OUR M M SHIRT.
' TRY OUR C37S BHIRT. !
, . ; TRY OUR $8 00 BHIRT.
, ., TRY OOB BOYS' SHIRTS.
They an tha cheapest and best fitting SHIRTS sold.
On trial will make you our customer. .
T. L. JACOBS & CO.,
1117 8mrp ' ' ' '' No. 1236 0HK8NUT Street.
LIWAl PIIEHENTS
OB
; v . GENTLEMEN. '
J. W. SCOTT & CO., ;
No, 814 CHESNUT Street, PliIladolplilA, '
. - " '
6Trp Onr doort below Continental Hotel
HOSIERY, ETO.
now orur? at
- i
UOFMANN'S U0SIE11Y STORE,
No. 9 NORTH EIGHTH STREET,
GENTS' WMTB WOOL SHTRT8, '
GENT8' WufTK WOOL DRAWERS,
GENTtT SCARLET WOOL SHIRTS.
GENTS' SCARLET WOOL DRAWERS, ' """
GENTS' MER1NU SHIRTS AND DRAWERS,
LADIES' MERINO VESTS,.
LADIES' MERINO DRAWERS,
' LADIES' CA8HMERE VESTS. "
i
CHILDREN'S MERINO DNDERWEAR,
GENTS' COTTON 8HIBT8 AND DRAWERS,
LADLES' COTTON VEbTS AND PRAVVERS.
..,'........... , .: .. , I,
Also, a rerv i:ge assortment of - t T wtjIj
COTTON WOOL, AND MERINO nOSIERi,
ROOFING.
T
R
, c m. u i a v j : a r vj. .
M.l.V 11 i f TH T ...
Thia HoounA1 la adapted ta all bnlldlnara. Itau .
applied to ajTKKP OR FLAT HOOFS - ' '
at one-half tha aipenae of tin. It la readily pnt Bm
Shintfle Roofs without removmc the sbiuKlea, thus avoid
inc the dainagtna of oeiUnaa and fornitura while boUar
oinir repairs. INo cravei used.)
BKSWiVJt YOUR TIN ROOFS ITH WKLTOIf"
ItLAf TIO PAINT.
-' I am a 1 wars nrecarsd to Hanair and Paint Koors at eh or
notice. Also, FAINT KO BALK br the barrol or (alloa
tha best and Bhaanaat to tan itt;U i .
W. A. WKLTOIf, 1
tl7t Ho. TH W. BIHTH 8tr i. above Ooataa.
rpo OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS.
A AND KOOKKK8. Hoofs! Yes,ves. Kverraiaeana
kind, old or nw. At No. bt N. Til I RI Htreot, the AM hV
SIOAN OONUKKTK PAINT AND HMV (fOMPANY
are selli thsir oelabraUd paint for TIN ROOFS, and
for prarviii all wood and metals. Also, their solid eon)
plax roof ooring, the beat ever o tie rod to (ha publio, wilh
Droahos, cans, buoksta, etc., lor the work. Anti-vermin,
l' ii-H. an d Vi alar proof : LiKht, Tiht. llurable. No orauk-
lug. uealiiiff, or abriukina. No paper, aravel, or boat. Good
for all climates, Ilirevllons aiten for work, or good work
uien supplied. Vara, promptness, oortainlfl Ua
, eortainlfl Una ncioa'
Calll Kiiiuiioel juuxsi
AKunts wanted lor Ulterior connuo
JOh.PU LEEDS, PriaatpaL
INSURANCE.
1829.nAKt?K
PBKPKTUAL.
Franklin
Fire Insnrance tepaij
nwa K 1 1 1 f at w a T (nw w a
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Not. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Jan. I , '69, $2,677,372" 1 3
CAPITAL..
ACCHUF.I SURPLUS.
l,i)K3,rWT0
l,ll,SiS'i8
INCOMRFOR13o,
rfuuttujaia
UNSETTLED CLAIMS,"
;wi,iju.
Losses paid since 1829,eYer$5,500,000
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Libers! Terms!
The Coninanr also i sunns Polioins on Rents ofUBaildinaa
of all ainda.Uronnd Hants, and Mortcasea, - "
' hrn nnTOM. "
Alfred G. Baker,
rwamaei nnnt,
f ..Mtrira W. Xt.nharda.
Thomas Siiarka.
vinm rTuav,
Iaaaalta. I Thomas H. KMia. 1
'William 8. ttraoi.
Uaorse If ajam. Oostavna H. lSonansL
AI.FRKT) O. VAkKR, President,
v.. w ....SW If ALKU, Vteo-Proodeai.
JAB. W. MoAIJJSTKR, BooreUrr.
TUKOIHlHlt M. KKOKR. Aasislont BaorsUrr. 1 1
T N 8 U K B
A T n O M E,
XH THX
Penn
filutua! Life
Insurance
COMPANY.
NO. 21 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
A88KT8, 83.000,000. .
CHARTERED BY OCR OWN STATK.
MANAGED BY OUR OWN !. CITIZEN
LOSSES PROMPTLY PAIB.
OLICIES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS.
Application may be made at the Homo Offloe, And
At the Agencloa throughout tha State, (i 18
JAMES TRAOUAIR FRESIDKBPT
BAMUEL E. STOKES VICE PBK8IDKNT
JOHN W. IIORNOR. A. V. P. and ACTUARY
HORATIO H. STKPME1NS..... KtlRKTART
-A. S B' XT X?, Y
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. SOS BIlOAmTAY, corner ot
lUeYentla Street, New York.
OA8H CAPITAL. ........:.... t Ill.(W0
(125,000 deposited with tha State af Hew York aa aaoority
for poller holders.
LBMUKb BANCS, President.
' ORORGK KLLIOTT, Vioe-President and 8eoratar.
KMOKY MoCLlNTOCK, Aotoary.
A. X. At. PUBDY, M. 1)., Medioal Kxaminar, .
PHIIADKLfHIA BK7BBXMOBS.
Thomas T. Taaker, John M. Maria, ij. B. UnpfnootL
Charlea 8penoer, William Dlvina, James Lon
Jobn A. Wrurht, B. Morris Wain, James Hunter.
Arthur O. Ooflin, John B. MoCreary. K. U. Worae
Orxantsed April. IMa. 876 Policies issued unit six
months ; over 2M in the twelve months fbllowiui.
All forms of Polioies issned on most favorable I sum
fipeoial advantages offered to Olenamen.
A few good agents wanted in city or oountry. ' A rtplv a
. JAMEg M. LWNUAoAfe.
, Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware).
STRICTLY MUTUAL.
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OF PHILADELP1IIA. ' ' ' '
' OFFICE, N. Ill S. FOURTH STREET.
Organized to promote LIFE INSURANCE amoaz
membera of tho Society of Friends.
Good risks of any class accepted 1 '
Pollclea iuaued on approved plana, at tbe lowest
ratea, .
President, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY,
Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONGSTKETH.
Actuary, ROWLAND PARRY.
The advantages offered by tolA (Jouipaoy are as.
exoelled. . ; 127
OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NORTH AMERICA, No. US WALNUT B treat.
Philadelphia. ....
A In oorpo rated 1794. Ohaxtar Psrpetoal.
. Capital. tWO.OUO.
Aaseta. , ..tSSOJMO
MA BIN K. INLAND, AND FIRB INSURAlllJK
OVER eaOrOUOOO LOBS K 8 PA TO SINCI IT8 OHQAR.
1ZATION. '
PrnxOTORf; ' . " '
Arthnr O. Ooffln,
Bamnel W. Jonea,
John A. Brown,
Char las Taylor,
Ambrose White,
William Welsh, .
B. MorriaWala,
JMward U. TroUa.
Edward t. CUrke. ,
T. Chariton Henry,'
Alfred D. J setup.
John P. WhltoT
Lonis O. Madeira,
Charles W. OoshjoUa.'
uonn maaon.
Ueoaare 1 Ilarrjaoo,
, , , A Kill UK U. UOfFIN, President.
Ma. UJr' ViWpr-id
Cbus. H. Kxxvxa. Asst. Seoretary. fll
p.AMB INSURANCE CQMPANr.
' Wo. 808 CHESNUT Btreet,
INOORPORATKU 1868. OHARTKR PKRPKTUAXh
capital, taoowo.
KIRK INSURANOR KXOLU8IYEL Y. . ,
Insures against Loss or Damage br Fin either br Pat
, , patnal or Temporary Polioiaa, ,
DIKKCfl'ORti:
' Charles Rlohardson. Robert Pearoa.
William H. Khawn - John KeeslerTjr.. '
William M. Heyfart, , , . Edward B. Orns, .
Henry Lewis, . ' Charles Stokes,
Nathan Ilillea, John W. Rvermao. '
. tieoraw A, West, ' Mordeoai UnKbyT
OHARLB8 RICH AHDttON, Preeideni.
WILLIAM H. RHAWN. Vtoa-Prsaadatit.
WniJAani L Blaschabd. Beoretary. ipt
riHE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
X COMPANY.
IrtooTTvorated lttio Charter PerpetoaL
No. DO WALNUT Street, opposite Independence rkraarw.
1 his Comiiany, favorably known to the community for
over forty years, continues to Insure acainst loss or dam
ace by fire on Publio or Private Bui;
nenturorfora limited time. Also on liurnilaa-a.
urs,(eithar Berma-
' a limited time. Also
llUliu
of Coeds, and Merchandise generally, oo liberal tonus.
Btooka
Their Capital, together with a large Surplus irund. la
Invested In the moat oarefnl manner, which anablea thesa
to offer to tha insured aa undoubted secant iu tha vr Tt
of lose.
praxox .
;. Daniel Smith. Jr., i John Devereu;
Alexander Benson, I Thomas Huutu.
Isaao Hailehurst, I Henrv Iwis,
.. Xhomaa Robins, I J. UiUinghaia Fell,
. Daniel Haddock, Jr.
AN1KL SMITH, J a.. President
WM. O. OROWELL. BeoreUry. ttf
PUOZNIX INSURANCE COMPAN1' . Off
PHILADELPHIA.
INOOKPORATKD 1804-OHARTFR PERPETUAL.
No. M WALNUT Ntreet. opposiu the H lohaoe.
This Oompany Ins ores from loss or damvt by
HUE, .
on liberal terms, on buildinjrs. merahandlae, fnrnitnrn.
etc, lor limited periods, and permanently on buildings by
deposit of uremiuma.
'1 lie Uompaiiy liaa Deen in aotive operauon for mora than
SIXTY YKAltN during whioh all losses bare beon
promptly aojustea ana paia.
- . - . - IlRKOTORS.
: John L. Hodge, '
David Levrig,
KeujalBin Kttlag,
liiomas U. Powess,
A. R. Mollenry.
Edmund CaatiUoa.
Samuel Wiloox,
lwi C. Norria.
1 M, A,, wioiiouy,
JohnT. Lewis,
, William S. Crant,
Robert W. Iainlng,
D. Clark Wharton,
WUUHKRUR, President
BAUTJXI, WnxX)X, Secretary.
rrySE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY
A- OF Plill.AliKl.PUIA.
Offloe S. W. Corner rOUUTH and WALNUT Street.
FIHK INSITRANOR F.XCLUM VKLY.
' PF.RPKTUAL AND TKKM POL101H3 IriHITKD.
Oaaa Ciil. tio.JU0'J0
. Cash AaHsts, July I, U6V.
DiatAUiXHS.
W. Ratehford Starr,
J. Livingston Rrringar,
raiur r racier,
1 John M. Atwood, '
lionjaniin T. 1 rediok,
,Ceorge 11. Stuart,
William O. Uoulton. .
Charlee Whaelur,
Thomas H. Montgomery
.l.niu AarljtMA
Thia CoiuDanv insures enlv
Joiin II. lirown.
first olass risks, taking no
specially Laaardoua naka whatever, auob at
UMHAMTtOa,
him f. etc.
Y. RATOHFORD STARW, Prmfleot. .
THOMA8 H. MONTUOMKHr. Vica-Presideot.
AUUIIUU W. Wist IK. buoroUry.
TMPERIAIi FIHE INSURANCE OO.
' LONDON.
EHTABMSIIKIr IS03.
Fald-ap Capital and Aooomulaied Ftiadn,
08,000,000 IN OiOLD.
PREVOST & HTRS.IN0, iLjeat,
Hi No. 1"T S. TUir.I) Streut, PUHnlel)tiU.
CHAS. M. PKSVOST CUA8. F. aSRRINa