THE DJULr ETEKIKG TELEOKAPIl -PHILADELrillA, MONDAY, JANUATIY 17, 1870.
snr.iT or. Tiin runsa.
Editorial Opinion mf the Leading Joaraals
lpon Current Topl--f'mpHed Eerir "'
Day for tlie Krnlner Telegraph.
ADVANTAGES OF 00-OrET.A.TION.'
term the N. Y. Tribune. -Every
commercial and industrial interest
ould "heartily rejoice in the discovery of
mo panacea for tbo Bt.rikns; Timiry, high
nts, low wages, and dear food in short,
r all monopolies which exist, whether of
bor or capital. The happy day of the tini
srsal abolition of usurers uud "middlemen,"
ho make money and marketing dear, when
the capitalist add laborer nbnll go hand in
hand, contented with what they pay and re
ceive, and when landlord and tenants shall
lie down together in mntual satisfaction, ia
probably still a great distance of time re
moved; but there can be no longer a doubt
that co-oporation has done much to hasten,
Bt least in the more intelligent and liberal
communities, the reconciliation of many of
ihop diff erences whioh have brought capital
and labor into false and damaging antagon
ism. After more than twenty-five years of
uccessf nl application, in various parts of Eu
rope and America, it would seem that the vir
tues of co-operation have been clearly csta
blibhed; it is highly important, therefore, that
they Hhonld be vaunted and the publio edu
rated to appreciate them. The Tribune has
lately been actively engaged in this work,
mid published on Baturday several more let
ters of a double serias, giving an accurate, if
not an exhaustive, exposition of practioal co
operation abroad and at home. These letters
Lave embraced accounts of the co-operative
groceries of England, France, and Massachu
setts; the co-operative banks of Germany and
Italy; the co-operative farms of England and
Fraiice; the co-operative kitchens of France
and Switzerland; the co-operative dwellings of
Trance; and, the 'co-operative and industrial
partnerships among iron-moulders, tanners,
printers, weavers, boatmen, bakers, shoe
makers, butchers, comb-makers, tailors, etc,
of both continents. ' The practical efforts of
yo branch of trade have been unnoticed;
Jieir successes have been fully told, but not
xaggerated, and few of the many practioal
aiauufacturers, mechanics, and agriculturists,
Vefore whom the letters have been laid, but
Jiave found therein suggestive facts to reflect
upon. Some of these are well worthy of
recapitulation. .
I. Co-operation has abolished strikes. . It is
the united testimony of our correspondents,
abroad and at home, that co-operative facto
ries have invariably rendered strikes unneces
sary in their immwliate vicinage, simply by
the regulation of wages which the system
produces. Having themselves to pay, the co
operatives are reasonable in their demands,
and the value of wages does not fluctuate.
In vain have the wealthiest and best con
ducted trades unions in this country and
Europe endeavored to establish and regulate
the value of labor by strikes. They have
proved abortive in nine cases' out of ten; at
the best, they have been temporarily success
ful, never decisive; they have merely paralyzed
capital, wnlcn can all or a to be inactive, but
they have exhausted labor, which cannot
indulge in the luxury . of idleness. While
trades unions have been expensive and inde
cisive, as on ensive warfare generally proves,
the defensive measures of co-operation have
been profitable as well as effective. Our cor
respondent at Milan (Oct. 8, 1800) alluded to
a strike of the printers, in which the Union
exhausted its exchequer of 20,000 francs,
when, turning to co-operation as a remedy.
they established a business on 2r,()00 francs
Tvliicu gave employment to all tlie strikers,
and at once regulated tbo rates of composi
tion. The iron-moulders of this country have
Spent $1,500,000 on useless strikes; with less
than one-fifth of that sum ten co-operative
foundries have been put in successful ope
ration, with the additional result of regula
ting wages in their localities. The minor
effects of these industrial partnerships in re
ducing tlie cost of product by decreasing the
wastage, and advancing the value of real
estate by inducing workmen to settle in the
neighborhood of their workshops, have also
been dwelt upon and conclusively shown in
tlie letters alluded to.
II. Co-operation reduces the cost of food.
It is a very great fault of the marketing sys
tem of this country and particularly of this
city that it gives employment and an un
necessary profit to "middlemen. Tnis profit
the producers and consumers are compelled
to pay; the consumers' proportion being muoh
tlie largest. It is observed that a quiok effect
of the establishment of the great co-operative
kitchens at urenoble, France, and lierne,
bwitzerland, was the abolition of the middle
men and the consequent reduction of the
cost of all kinds of food. The producers go
to the kitohens as to a market, and deal
directly with the consumers the cus
tomers to whom the kitchen furnishes
meals at cost. It is a natural result also of
the establishment of co-operative stores. In
Worcester, Biass., a co-operative grocery
there not only controls the country trade in
the county but regulates the prices of all food
to the consumers. The effect on the price of
food is readily seen. Our correspondent
abroad recites that at Berne he bought at the
co-operative kitchen there a better bowl of
soup for 2 cents than he procured at a neigh
boring hotel, which "bought its supplies
through the market or middlemen, for 12
cents. The principle involvod in a bowl of
"wiss soup will apply to a round of American
eef; and in practice the kitchens
ud groceries quoted have made .it
pply to all kinds of food in
te markets of the towns where they are es
ibliihed. . Stockholders in the Massachusetts
ores save from 17 to 83 per cent, on all gro
ceries consumed by them; those in England
and France save even more than one-third of
their expenditures.
III. Uo-operationabolishesusnvy. Usurers,
of course, live off the needy and poor. The
co-operative banks of Italy and Germany are
established for the benefit solely of the poorer
classes. Those of Ituly, to qaote M. Gio
vanni Silvestri, the director of the Banaa
l'opolare of Milan, have been "entirely sub
verhive in principle of the entire craft of
niouey-hncksters and monopolies, from char
tered Btate banks to pawnbrokers' shops."
The older German banks on the system of M.
tu'liulze Delitsch report the same practical
result. ,
IV. Co-operation reduces rnts. The his
tory of the co-operative dwellings at Guise
contains proof of this. . The "I'amilistoro"
at that place, now twenty j'ears old, has not
only furnished better lodgings to 300 persons
of the working class at less rates than the
wretched hovels in which they previously
lived at rents ranging from $ 1 to .f2T0 per
uonth, but has regulated at a low rate rants
a all parts of the town. .
v. 'the greatest enemy ot co-operation is
guoranoe. The system has been most suc
essftd in the more enlightened ocmiinuniUoH.
It is noteworthy, though by no means sin
gular, that these communities have invariubly
been liberal and republican in politics. Roch
dale, Jngland, whore co-operation in trade
Veonn, is John lUii.dit's district. Tho German
bonks nro established in the country whsre
education is most general and German repub
licans are most numerous. In Italy the suo
censes have been chiefly at Milan and Corno,
and the central part ef Northern Italy, wntcn
has always been free from clerioal ond Aus
trian influence. In Jfc ranee, co-operation Has
been most vigorous in Lyons, where exist the
most earnest republicans; and here it has
prospered In spite of the opposition of the
present Napoleon, who made tho suppression
by General Castellane of the republican co
operative associations a principal part of the
programme of the coup d'etat of 181. In this
country the principal successes have boon in
Massachusetts and the rural districts of Cen
tral Now York. -
Aeainst this icnorance. the friends of co
operation ought to wage persistent warfare by
the publication of all practical information
attainable. lhe result would soon oe oo
servable and encouraging, and prodnoe a
practical alliance between producers and con
sumers, laborers and capitalists, which would
better the condition ot all classes, and neip
every branch of industry. -
REDUCTION OF THE ARMY. ,
Ttm the A". Y. Timet.
Promptly on its reassembling, Congress
has taken up the question of another reduc
tion of the army. The problem presented is
the difficult one of diminishing numbers
without impairing efficiency; or that of steer
ing between the Bcylla and Charybdis of crip
pling on the one hand and crowding on the
other. Retrenchment of expenses is the clear
demand of the hour; but wise legislation will
not push the process Jbeyond the military
needs of the country.
The two main bills in ' the House on this
question are the War Department's measure
and General Logan's modification; the load
ing bill in the Senate is - Senator Wilson's in
reference to othcers awaiting orders. It is a
gratifying omen that thus far the various
measures introduced are not so widely op
posed to those of last winter as the bills, for
example, of Uenerals Uarneld and Sutler.
Speaking by way of general criticism, or,
rather, description, the army projocts of
Messrs. Logan, Butler, Schenck, Vindom, and
Congressmen of that school have been, in
years past, marked by a peculiar prejudice
against the Military Academy, which, of
course, is to be taken into account in review.
ing their Bchemes. On the other hand, the
measures originated at tho War Department
look commonly at the otucial estimate of the
needs of the service, rather than the poverty
of tne Treasury at tlie force wo ought to
have under any circumstances lather than at
the force we can artord to have under the
present financial exigencies of the country.
iiut ueuerai urant a publio intorest is
larger than his military interest; his adimnis
tration, pledged to economy, is f ulhlling its
pledges; and his singular feliejjy in reducing
military expenses, as shown during his bnet
occupancy oi tne ar omr.e, now comes in
play in this effort to keep down the cost of
the army. Perhaps this is one source of the
comparative harmony of view existing at tho
present time. That is to say, the President,
the General of the Army, the War Secretary,
the Secretary of tho Interior, the head of the
Indian Uureau, the five division commanders,
and all the department and district command.
ers, are agreed regarding what can and what
cannot be afforded in the matter of army oco
nomy. .
However, there are certain grave differ
ences between the bills of Generals Sher
man, Logan, and Wilson. The former for
the General-in-chief is the reputed author of
the Headquarters bill just laid before the
Military Committee of the House provides.
we believe, for the absorption of some of the
officers now doing nothing, and on "await
ing orders" pay, by adding two companies to
each infantry regiment, thereby giving to
the regiments in this arm the same org an iz a
tion. in this respect, as the cavalry and artil
lery have. The effect would be to furnish
each regiment in the three arms with the
same number of officers, and to provide em
ployment for something above 200 officers
among those now awaiting orders.
We do not regard this feature of tho Head
quarters or War Department bill as one likely
to be sanctioned by (Jongress. it will be
urged, and with truth, that its effect is sini
ply .to increase the army by so many extra
companies, aud that, however desirable such
an increase may be on general grounds, this
is not the time, nor are Congress and the
people in the mood, to authorize any increase
in tlie military establishment. Decrease, not
increase, is the watchword of the hour; eco
nomy, not enlargement, the army policy of
Congress. Now, in the department reports,
and in the division roports, which accompa
nied the late report of General Belknap, and
even in the report of General Sherman himself
there was no call for an increase ef the army,
On the contrary, while all these reports took
Btrong and convincing ground in favor of
maintaining the present strength of rank and
file, leaving all reductions to be made among
officers, they showed that the work of the
army at the South, among the Indians, on
the Pacific, in Alaska, and among the coast
wise garrisons of the Atlantio and the Gulf,
was well performed. With pease now preva
lent, thanks to the temperate policy of the
administration, both at the South and on tho
Plains, and our English and Spanish outlook
by no means stormy, there surely need bo no
increase of the military force, If it be said
that these accretions to the infantry force
only provide places for officers already in em
ploy, it may properly be answered that we
must not create places which are not needed,
and that the true remedy is to relievo, from
service. . .
THE COOKE CASE AGAIN.
from, the N. Y. World. -
The Tribune on Friday, in pursuance of
what appears to be its settled policy of do-
fending bigamists, intriguers, and seducers,
and or reviling tiiose wno denounce or even
who recount their offenses, took occasion to
attack this journal for its course in relation
to the elopement of a married minister with
a school-girl of his congregation, this at
tack makes it neceKary for us to recur to this
unpleasant subject, mid to recapitulate the
facts.
The Reverend Mr. Cooke was found the
other day to have abandoned his .lawful
family and to have fled in the prosecution,
and, as everybody at the time had reason to
Buppose and did suppose, in the fruition, of
a lawless love. Tho letters which the man left
behind biin induced in everybody the bfrjiof
that he was a flagrant and utterly hardened
scoundrel. ' The wonder then - was how such
a roan came to be in the pastoral position
which enabled him to do so much mischief.
To solve the puzzle, so as to enable the pub
lic to know with whom the blame chiefly
lay, the World deapatched a reporter to the
scene of his former pastorate, with instruc
tions to inquire of those there who knew
the Reverend Horace Cooke bent what
his conduct had bceu. The fruits of
(hat inquiry formed the report in the
World of Wednesday. Nothing was sup
pressed, nothing made nmltily prominont.
The same story, with 1 very slight variations,
wa.i hoard from, evory, person inquired of,
and no perpons wore inquired of but those
likeliest to know. This was the story told by
the reporter of the Wy Id. For this truthful
account the l;ev. Horace uooke endeavored
to avenge himself by ftn assault, entirely at
random, upon a member of the staff of this
paper." This truthful account the lriuune- of
Friday, without knowing .anything about
the matter for had it known, it would have
known it to be truthful was not ashamed to
call "fictitious;" and this shameful assault the
Tribvne of Friday was not ashamed to
justify. "Mr. Cooke has been wronged,
whines the Tribune, "by tho publication of a
series of falsehoods respecting his former life."
Let it adduce the evidence on which it calls
the statements it refers to falsehoods, or own
itself the falsifier. "He had no nntat to take
redress into his own hands" oh, liadn't he?
but where was his remedy? How many
would have done the same thing, only done
it with little more vigor?" "Tho Roverond
Horace Cooke could not go into court
with an action for damages in his present
situation." That is to say, he has injured his
ewn character so much that jurors would say,
and say rightly, that it was inoapable of fur
ther damage. And tnerefore, according to
the Tribune, ho is to be justified for the
faint damnation of the Tribune is plainly
justification for entering a newspaper office
and making a random assault upon the
first person pointed out to him, without
knowing his responsibility, his position, or
his name. The 2 ribune hereby gives notice
that it would rather approve the conduct of
any person who might consider himself
ofitrrieved by any articio in it, wno snouid
thereafter enter its editorial rooms and horse
whip ony person he might casually meet
there. In the eyes of the Inbune, the
offense of being an intriguing scoundrel
is trivial compared to the offense of call
ing ' and proving a man to be an in.
tnguing scoundrel. Tho pharisaioal prig
who is revolted by the conduct of the
World sees nothing to be revolted at in the
conduct of Cooke. It insults every decent
man and woman by heading its report of the
outcoire of a crime which has gone far to
break up two families, and has brought
scandal upon a church, "The Flirtation's
Finale." In the last caso of this kind
which occurred, tho 1 ribune distinguished
itself by offensive and indecent apology for
intrigue and bigamy; in this case it distin
guifches itself by oil ensive and indecent apo
logy tor lLtrigue and abduction, and by abuse
of thoso dillerently minded men who call a
spado a spado aiwl a scoundrel a scoundrel,
"flirtation is the worst word it nas for
Cooko's crime; 'lyin gossips," "licentious
press," and "sensation mongers" are the best
words it has for those who expose and
denounce his crime. Tho sympathy with
actual or attempted adultery which, in
the case of Richardson, private friendship
made possible and pardonable, in the case of
Cooke shows itself as tv sympathy with sin of
this sort per se. The World denounces the
vices of an unworthy minister. The Tribune
denounces the World for so denouncing
thein. People who set a value on female
purity and clerical uprightness may choose
between us. ,
'"AN UrSET KETTLE.
From Hit Cincinnati Qaztlte.
St. Louis has not by any means abandoned
the worship of her idol. Still she hankers
after Uapitohne honors, and is striving witb
persevering zeal to accomplish her dreadful
designs against Washington. Local papers
announce that the day of talk is over and
cone, and that "the era of effective action"
has been inaugurated. Still, as the old habits
of gab are yet strong, having not Utterly
loosed their hold of the good poople of the
Mississippi Valley Metropolis by such proud-
sounding title do they designate the city of
their love a meeting was field at tne South
ern Hotel the other night, at wnicn the chief
performances were the reading of sundry
letters benediotive, some small talk, and the
appointment of a committee of five, whose
pleasant duty it was settled should be to go to
Washington and mere secure tne co-operation
of western members of uongress.
Mr. ReaYis bad pleasant news to communi
cate to the meeting. He said a Congressional
organization rati been started, and although
it was begun as late as tne otn ot .December,
it olready numbered nearly eighty members.
At its bead in uenerai liogan, wnom an en
thusiastic reporter styles "a war-horse of
energy and determination. lion. John
Coburn, of Indiana, is secretary. A short
letter was read from him, its sentences being
rather jerky, and evidently written under the
inspiration of deep responsibility. He ven
tures to breathe forth the wish tfiat they, or
he, will overcome all large appropriations
asked for by the wretched Washingtomans,
and concludes by tne announcement, "we are
quiet as we can be."
Another significant letter, this one from the
Hon. S. H. Boyd, member of Congress from
Missouri, was read. This gentleman is more
precise than the excellent secretary. He states
definitely the number of Congressmen who
will vote against appropriations and for re-
moval seventy-four. He then proceeds to
point out artistic merits in the plan, saying,-
"the beauty of the movement is,' wo nave
largo meetings, and no one outside knows
anything about it." We cannot but remark
that Mr. Boyd has most effectually done for
his own dish. The oonspicuous feature of the
movement, he tells us, its beauty, is that they
have large meetings, and no one knows any
thing about it. And hero is the astute man
running into the papers with this
news! Already the Washington people
have found it all out. The terrible
suspicion arises that Mr. Boyd
is a traitor of the deepest dye; that with his
mouth he professes enthusiastic devotion to
the cause so dear to every true citizen of bt.
Louis, while in his heart is black treachery.
It is also to be observed that the silly bt.
Louisans fell into the snare this secret emis
sary of the Washingtoniuns set for them.
lor they not only allowed the letter to be
rad, but they decided, as we have before
stated, to send a committee to Washington to
urge the passage of the bill. Miserable
schemers, thus to kick over the kettle of fish,
just when it was so ne'arly cooked ! For, of
course, all secrecy of action is now out of the
question. They have stupidly shown the
Washington people their game, and the quiet
that Mr. Coburn implicitly enjoins, and the
extreme secrecy.that Mr. Boyd witihes, are no
longer possible.
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THE RED RIVER COUNTRY.
rrtm the -V. 1'. Herald.
We published on Saturday a very full and
interesting description of tho Red River
country and of its inhabitants, together with
an account of the progress of the revolution,
in the territory against the Canadian Govern
ment. The map aocompanying the article
enabled tho reader to perceive at a glance
the geographical situation of the country and
its importance to the United Stales, should
it. be, m now neeum more than probable, an
nexed to thin republic. Our correspondent
reports tlint the agents of the Hudson By
Company are busily engaged misrepresenting
the insurgents and attributing thoir present
belligerent attitude to difficulties arising from
church mnttein. The falsity of these reoorts
roust be apparent to all who aro familiar with
the - causes which have brought about the
insurrection in the Red River territory. It is
not improbable that Governor McDougall's
policy was a conciliatory one; and if the
statement be correct that he Is an advocate of
(he annexation of British America te the
United States,it is evident that he is a man of
sound judgment in some respects. - But
neither conciliation nor advocacy of political
union between our .Government and the
Canadian Dominion can do awav with the
merits; of the revolutionists' cause. Their
interests imperatively demanded that some
steps ie taken to avert the rum that the rule
of Canada would entail upon them. With a
vast amount of pluck they resorted to force
rather than submit to the Canadians. Their
ardent desire to become citizens of this re
public, and the efforts they afe making to
this end, fully attest their sincerity and
earnhtnes8.
That the end of this popular revolutionary
movement on our northwestern frontier must
be tho absorption of the territory by us, any
person conversant witn our History will not
deny. It therefore becomes a matter of more
than ordinary interest to tho American people
to anow mat the climate and agricultural and
mining resources of Rupert's Land, which in
cludes tne lied liiver or Winnipeg country,
are admirably adapted to the wants of man.
it may be true that a great portion of the ter
ritory -is occupied by lakes, forests, and lm
passablo tracts of snow and ice;" but there
are three hundred and fifty thousand square
miles of "prairie or natural meadow land" of
the richest character, and capable of yielding
larger crops than tho land of many of our
otates does. The difficulties attendant upon
transportation are the present great drawback
to tne comfort and prosperity of settlers
There are no railroads there. anc even the
ordinary highways are of he most rugged
description. These disadvantages aro inherent
to all countries sparsely populated. Many
persons are living now wno remember when
Iowa, Michigan. Minnesota, and most of our
other w estern btatos were vast tracts of ter
ritory, uninhabited save by nomadic Indians
and adventuresome hunters. The present
population of the Red River territory is small
in numbers and somewhat motley in national
ity, it comprises mainly American.-!, English.
Scotch, and French, the "half-breeds," or the
offspring of the Caucasian ond Indian, pre
dominating. Of these people our correspond
ent writes at length, and his account of them
will be found especially entertaining. The
trade of the territory is also referred to, en
abling ns to form, some idea of the business
transactions of that tremendous monopoly.
tne Hudson uny uompany. JJefore many
montns can pass away we hope to see the
ardent desire of the people gratified and to
wolcome another star in the galaxy of States.
WHO KILLED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
1- OF NEW YORK? "
From the A'. Y. Svn.
Is the Republican press of this citv to
blume for the bickerings and the impotonoe
of tne Kepubllcan party here? We answer
decidedly that it is not; and we speak with the
more readiness because we do not belong to
tne republican press, and judge of tne lie-
publican party, as of all other parties, from
its character und its acts, and not as if tho
tjitn were one of its organs.
Ihe Boston U ranxcrtm denounces the quar
rels, mumanogement, and weakness of the
party in this city, and avers that "the con
ductors of the New York Republican news
papers aro responsible for this condition of
tnmgs. lhis is nonsense. What Republi
can newspaper is it that has put great offices
Here, that snouid nave controlled and built
up the party, into improper hands ? What
Republican newspaper has Bold the Republi
can organization to Tammany Hall ? What
newspaper has broken the party into three or
lour conflicting factions 7 What newspaper
has employed Democratic repeaters to carry
Republican primary elections ? These are tho
evils that make the party here a byword. They
are connected together, and should have been
cured together. But it has not been done.
and probably cannot be. -
It is not the Republican newspapers that
have broken down Republicanism in this city
and State. It is General Grant. He ia the
assassin oi tne republican party in JNew
York, and he has done his work thoroughly
and well, it was weak bet ore fie took it in
hand; he might have made it strong and suc
cessful; instead of that he has knocked it m
the head.
A PHILADELPHIA FANCY.
From tie X. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Tbere is in Philadelphia a Woman's Society
for the i'reventiou of Cruelty to Animals.
Thia is the newest fashion, and is rapidly
absorbing the energies that heretofore have
gone forth towards tho ordinary objects of
philanthropy. Ihe society boasts no lemale
beroh, who in top-boots contends with cruel
tt ut ls men and merciless car drivers, but it re
ports a coniruenduble now of funds to its
treasury, and a suitable method for expending
such funds. It proposes, womanlike, to begin
with the children, and having first taught
them to be kind to dumb creatures, it expects
to rind in a few years a world full of men and
women who will be governed by the same law
of kindness. The society has therefore pub
lishedfor tie use of children certain small
books called "Early Lessons in Kindness,"
and some verses entitled the "Horse's
Petition" and "Take not the Life you Cannot
Give. To each boy who can recite to his
teacher the "Horse s Petition," and to each
cirl who can do the same by "Take not the
Life,' etc, it propose to present a sweet
photograph of tiray Friar' Lobby, the Scotch
terrier dog who has Blept on his master's
erave for seven years and a half. Such is the
seductive method by which the callow Phil
delphians are to be beguiled from attaching
tintinnabulury burdens to tne caudal appen
dages of friendless dogs, or exploding unex
pected torpedoes upon tne harmonious cats
that make the midnight air vocal with the
sweet concoru oi ineir amorous luya. -With
these lofty obieots in view, a commit
tee of the society waited upon the Board of
Education, to . solicit ' the introduction into
schools of a suitable reading book in behalf
of dumb creatures. After a month's delay
the ladies were informed that the matter was
in the bands of a committoe and would be re
ported upon In time. Attention has also been
paid to the establishment of a tomporary
home for lost and ownerless dogs. The Mayor
wsb visited, and he was so cruel as to express
no faith in dogs, be they poodle, or King
Charles, or mastiff, or curs of low degree.
He would have them all slaughtered, in which
event, of course, there would be no material
for the home referred to. He however inti
mated that doc might be kept at the homo
during the brief period which intervened f
between Ihelr f eptnre Rnd the indiscriminate
nbmghJxr he proposed for them. Here the
matter stands, and Philadelphia dogs hate no
more favorable ftiluro in view than those of
this benighted city. -
6PEOIAL NOTIOE8.
OFFICE OF WELLS, FARGO &.COM-
FANY, Ro. M BROADWAY, NKW rUKU, u-
rmblr , 1H. Notice is hroly gimn, tht tho Tratufor
Hook, of Walla, largo A Company will be Cl.ONRDotl
tliAlmhdny of JANUARY, 1 nil), at S o'olook P. M , to
nnbletba Ompanjr 4o ancartnin mho lira ownors of th
stock of tu old Tan Million Capital. Tho owoftrs of that
atock will baanUtlfd to rartiripato In tho rtistribntlon
of aatcta piovidod for by the agreement with th
raoitto Kxpnaa Company.
The Transfer Books will be opened oa h Kdrtnyof
JAMJABY, at 10 o'clock A. M ; aftarwhloo tima tha
fH.Htfi.Ot 0 new stock will be aoliTorod.
Kotioa is also ariTen that tha Transfer Hooks of this Com
pany will beCl.OSKD on the Klh day of JANUARY,
1870, at 8 o'clock P. M , for the purpose of holding the
annual KLKOTION OF lMRRUTOKHof tbia Company.
The books will be RK OPKNED on tha 7tudayof FEB
RUARY, at 10 o'clock A. M. '
13 81 17 UKOROrc K. OTIS, BecreUry.
gjggr OFFICE OF TUK .IJUAKU OF
TORS OF T1IK AHKKIUIH MKHUIIAH IB'
UNION KXPRKSS COMPANY, No. 113 1JUOAOWAY,
NEW YORK, November 3S, 185. .
Tbo Board of Director of tha American Merchant'
Union Express Company harethia tfa,T deolared a dirldond
ef THREE DOLLARS $3) par share on the outstanding
capital atock of the Company, payable on tha Kith day of
January nixt.
The tranafsr books will be cloaed on the 81st day of De
cember anxt, at 8 o'clock P. M., and reopened at lOo'olock
A. M. on the 18th day of January next.
By order of the Board.
12 81 lot J. N. KNAPP, Secretary.
nf OFFICE OF THE BELVIDERK MAJSU-
virwt.aivn cnUDlNV
1 AVv 1 LXtllU v-"' a' a.
JjKi.vuir.nK. w. J., ueo. B, lw.
Notice Is hiwbr irivMi to the atookholrtnrs of the HK.I.
V1DEKE MANUFACTURING COw PA NY respwotrrely.
that twemmctiU amounting to SIXTY PER CENTUM
of ilia canital atack of aaid comoanv have boon made and
payment or tne same caitRU tor on or nmore ins eiRiitu
day of February. A. I). 1870, and that payment of suoa a
nrttonot all anma or monav DV tlloiu lunscnusu
d for and demanded from them on or before the said
time.
By order of tba Board of Directors.
1'2 2H hw d. bll'B.KKi'.Ki.i, necroxary.
BiW- Ot FlCifi OF Cli.-NTr.Alj fACl 1U UAIli-
ROAD OF CALIFORNIA, No. M WILLIAM
STREET, NEW YORK, December 17, lHfiSl.-The SIX
PKU OKNT. Interest coupona of first mortgage bonds
of the Central Paciflo Railroad of California, due Janu
ary 1. 1870, will bo paid at the banking bonss of Fisk
Hatch, No. 6 NASSAU Street, New York. ;. .
12 31 15t O. P. HUNTINOTt N, Vfoe-President.
fKV- OFFICE OF TIIE IIQU8TON AND
TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY OUMfAWlt, o,
SaVfAfcL STREET. NEW YORK, Deo. 87, 186.-Tue
Coupcna of tha Mortgage Bonds of this Company, duo
Jan. 1, 1870, will ba paid in gold coin on and after that
date, at the National City Bank, New York.
12 31 15t I. II. PAIGE, Vioe Prosidont.
figy I OFFICE OF CALIFORNIA AJNU UKE
CON KAILliOAD, NO. H YU,L1AM BIKKKI',
NF.W YORK, Dec. 17.-The Six Per Cent. Interest Con
Dons of First Mortgage Bonds of the California and
Oregon Railroad, due Jnn. 1, 1870, will be paid st the
Banking House of Flak A Hatch, No. ft Hassan street.
New York. O. P. HUNTINGTON,
12 31 lut - - Vice President.
ftvfW-' CAMBIUA 1K.COI WJirAHI TUB
0 IlllUW i.l noun. v. fiw.uu.uu,. "
rAlWIUdA IRON COMPANY will bo bold at their
Oihcc, No. XJ CHESNUT Street, Philadelphia, ou TUK3
HAV. the loth day o' January next, at 4 o'clock P, M.,
wurn an election win oa neia iur Daren isirevtors, Ml
serve for the ensuing year.
JOHN T.
KILLE,
Secretary.
12182ut
Philadelphia, Deo. 16, 1869.
KOAD uu Office, K. a. J! uuhiu B&reet.
; Philauelpbu, Deo. 23, 10o9.
DIVIDEND NOTICE. . .
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed on
FRIDAY, the Slat instant, and reopened on TUESDAY
January 11, 1870.
A dividend of FIVE PER CENT, has been declared on
the Preferred and Common Stock, clear of National an 4
State taxes, payable in CASH, on and after January 17,
1870, to the holders thereof as tbsy shall stand registered
on the books of the Company on tba Slat instant.- AH
payabU at this ofhoe. ' All orders for dividend mast ba
witnessed and stomped, : - b. BRADFORD,
12 22 60t Treasurer.
AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
f5"M KMUlUCrS .! I'll! ItlltrtaI'jlil nial - A. iw J
READING RAILROAD COMPANY, hel January 10,
170. the followinn sentlomen were unanimously elected
officers for 1870;
PkbRIIJKHT,
FRANKLIN B. GOWEN.
H. Pratt McKean. J. B Llppinoott,
A. P.. Borie, , John Aahhurat, .
R. B. Da been, I Stephen ColweU. .
THE AH ! HKH.
SAMUKL BRADFORD.
HKrilETAHY.
WILLIAM U. WEBB. 1 11 St
OFFICE OF THE CITY TKEASUKER,
Philadelphia, Deo. 23, 1969. Warrants reirutereol
to No. 59,010 will be paid on presentation at this offloe, in
terest ceasing from data. -
1223 . ' ; : ' City Treasurer.
Bgy- 8IIAMOKIN COAL. COMPANY,
.1U. " " - 1111 DC Up
PH1I.ADKLPHTA, DeO. 81, 18t.
The Annual Meeting of tha Stookholdera of the above-
named Company, and an eleotion of Directors to sorve for
ensuing year, will beld at their Orfioe on WKDNKSDaY,
tha iHth day of January, A. D. 1870, at 12 o'olook M.
ia at it o. a., uinoati, aeoretary.
jgy- UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY.
(SOUTHERN BRANCH.)
Coupons of the Six Per Cent. Gold Bonds ef this road
due on 1st prox. will be paid on and after that date, free
from Government tax, by
CLARK, DODGB A CO., .
12 31 lot No. (1 WALL Street, New York. .
COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP
or rvriiK upu iiiy si i u ivoi uqium tiniuii t n nu
CONATKl) liLVOKRINIC TABLET OK hOLIOIFIKD
GLYCKRINK. Its dailv nasi makes the akin delicately
soft and beaaufnL. bold by all drugmuts. ,
it. a li. a. vr nut II i ,
Hi . - . - r .. . .. No. H34CHK8NUT Street. ,
1ST COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION
nTi roiih oxidk. on laughing qas.
And devote thoir whole time and practice lo extracting
teem wimout pain.
Oltico, kighmi and WALWUrBtlWH, iiaa
lay mi- ' K- THOMAS, THE LATE OfE
rator of the Colton Dental Association, is now tba
only one in Philadelphia who devotes his entire time and
practice to extracting teem, aoeoimeiy witnont pain, oy
fresh nitrous oxide gas. Olnce. 811 WALNU T bt. 1 3ti
BATCHELOR'S HAIR- DYE. THIS
splendid Hair Dye is the best in lbs world ; tha only
true snd perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instantaneous; no
disappointment; no ridioulous tints; remodies tha ill
etfactaof bad dyes: invigorates and leaves the Hair soft
snd beautiful, liar or brom. Sold by all Drarent and
l'ert umers ; and properly appueq at rtatousior s wis; (
tory. No. Id BOND Street, New York. 4 87mwfS
Egy QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
i CAPITAL, 2,000,000.
BAB1NU, AI.I.KN AllurXFS, A rents,
K FIFTH and WALNUT St,reeML
HOSIERY, ETO.
now oruLT at
I ' '
llOFMANN'S U0SIERY STORE,
i No. 9 NORTH EIGHTH STREET,
GENTS' WHITK WOOL BMRT8,
GENTS' WHITE WOOL DRAWERS,
GENTS' SCARLET WOOL SHIRTS,
GENTS SCARLET WOOL DRAWERS,
GENTS' MERINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS,
LADIES' MERINO VESTS,
LADIES' MERINO DRAWERS, ..
.LADIES' CASHMERE VESTS, I
CHILDREN'S MERINO UNDERWEAR,
!gents' COTTON SHIRTS AND DRAWERS,
LADIES' COTTON VESTS AND DRAWERS.
. '
Also, a very large assortment of t T waij
I COTTON WOOL, AND MERINO nOBIKfflt .
COPARTNERSHIPS.
Wh
GKOUGE S. STEWART IS ADMITTED
to an interest in uiy business from tins date.
M. Ill WWim - i ll.DIIUJllllilll
i m. iv . -u I I 111. i in t,
Mantiraoturer of UoaWra. tUiicta. etc,
Philadelphia, Ju. 1. lo.u. Mlut
WINES AND LIQUORS.
H E
r Li . a j n a
ciiAmpagije. 0
215 SOUTH FKONT STREET.
rrilE ATTENTION ' OF THE TRADE 13
X eolloltad to the following vary Choice Wines. aU4
for sale by .
, , . mjNTOH A I.UHSON,
' tTB SOUTH FRONT STREET. ' 1 f ' V ' '
HIT AM PA ONES. -Agents fn liar M.irf. tw Am i
MontebelK Carte Bleue, Carte liiancha, and Oharlxs
Farra'aOrand V in Eugenie, and Vin Imperial, M. Klnn- . -ninn
A Co., of Mayence, Sparkling Moaoila and KHINat
WINKS. ' - . ..
MAKK.IRHS. Old Island, Bontn Side Reserr. v Jfc i
riHhRRIF.S. F. Rudolphs. Amontillado- To,... v. I
lotto, Pole and Goldon Bar, Clown, eto.
rOK'l 8. Vinlio Vviuo Real, Valletta, and Drown.'"
ril.Alr.TR Prnmi. A in. A f )U.. Mnnti.rrBn4 .. n
dcaux, Claret and Santera Wines ...:,. s
OlN."MleT Swasu" i ' 1
BRA ND1F.B. UenBsasoyt Otord, Dupoy A Oa'srorlona - ,
Tintaaos. .
c
A It 8 T A I 11 S A McOALL,
Nos. 126 WALNUT and 81 GRANITE Streets.
Importers of
BRANDIES, WINKS, GIN, OLIVE jOIL, ETO., ; ,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS ' ' " ' ' -1
. For the sale of ' ' ' i t.
PTJRK OLD RYE, WHEAT, AND BOURBON WHIS- .,
ivir.o. e ao spy
p All STATUS' OLIVE OIL AN INVOICE
w Oft
the above for sale bv
628M
JA ln A I KM A Men I A ItU. '
Nos. 128 WALNUT and 11 GRAN IT K bts.
DRY QOOOS.
EYRE & LAN DELL,
FOURTH AND ARCH STREETS,
DEALERS IN THE BETTER CLASS
or
DRY GOODS.
. ' . - .
HAVE REDUCED THE PRICES OP ALL .,. -
WIHTER GOOD8,
TO REDUCE STOCK AND PREPARE FOR 1
SPRING SUPPLIES. ?
FINE STOCK OF SHAWLS,
HEAVIEST BLACK SILKS,
BILK VELVETS AND VELVETEENS,
MAGNIFICENT PIANO CJVEKS,
FINE LARGE BLANKETS,
v, DEST TOILET QUILTS, . i - " ...
. DOUBLE DAMASK NAPKINS, ' - i
MOIRE ANTIQUE DAMASKS, J .
1 MUSLINS BY THE PIECE,
VERY BEST PLANNEL8, ' ' :
STOUTEST t OTTON FLANNELS. 10 18 smtr
:.;:!:j'' -: 1870. -l:
SPECIAL DISPLAY OF MUSLINS
i ; : !' ' ' " ,'; ' AND " '' ''' 1 ' '
. ! '' " i l.', r
; Linen ' Goods 7
For Housekeepers to make np for tba Spring and Summer
All the Leading Makes at Low. Prices.'
Also, continuation of our clearing sale of
SHAWLS, 7 ' ' :
; '. .' . SILKS, . , .'
: , DRESS GOODS,
; ! OASSIMERES AND CLOTHS.
We tftke Btock on tb first of FebruAry, and in th ia
terUa bargaini potit.Telr may b expected. . -
JOSEPH H. THORNLEY'S
Centrnllr Located Establishment, .
N.E. Cor. of Eighth and Spring Garden.
1016tf
PHILADELPHIA.
MIL L I KEN'S
LINEN STORES.
OLD STORE. :
No. 823 ARCH STREET. -
NEW STOKE, '
No. 1128 CHESNUT Street.
' HEW DEPARTMENT BED CLOTHING.
BEST BLANKETS, fresh from the mills,
MARSEILLES BED QUILTS.
HONEYCOMB QUILTS, all Blzea. 1 '
ALLENDALE AND LANCASTER QUILTS.
LINEN SHEETINGS, all widths.
COTTON SUEETINOS, all WldtUfl. .
PIXLOW CASINUS. ,. v . i :,
We bid lor a large trade In BED CLOTnTNG, by
selling felluble goods at the lowest prices. - 8 21 mwf
MRS. R. DILLON, NO. 323 AND 831 BOUTH
Street, has s large assortment of iioe Millinery
lor Ladies and Mistiea, Bibbons, hatlns, bilks, Velrets
and Velveteens, Csapes, lroathera, blowers, Frames,
Sash Biboous, Ornaments, Mooxuinc Millinery, Crape
Veils, eto. . : li i
r M rnTTVI'O A XT T . TTT? 1C 4 XT'rTITXT WflAT Q
J Stookins Varna of all kinds t Tidy, Oroohet, and
Mending Cotton, wholesale and retail, at too tory. No,. ,
1IKM IAA1HAKU BUeeU
Ui3Sa
QENT.'S FURNISHING GOODS.
J) AT E N T SHOULDER-SHAM
j SHIRT MANUFACTORY, ' ' ' - !
' 'AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE.
PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWER7 "
made from measurement at very ahort notice.
All other articles Of GENTLEMEN'S DRS3
GOODS In fall variety, ' .. .'
WINCHESTER A (X)., ,
111 No. 706 CJULttdN UT Street.
rUY OUU 2-25 SHIRT, . ' '
TRY OUR H2'W BHIRT. "
! TRY OUR t3 76 SHIRT.
j 1BV OUR $8 0U SHIRT. . '
; , TRY OUE BOV8' SHIIvTS.
I
They ore tba cheapest and best flttinf SHIRTS told.
One trial will make jou onr customer. ' '
! ; T. L. JACOBS A GO., ' '
11 17 8m rp No. UH8 OH F.8NUT Street.
11
LIDAV ! It 13 8 U T
roa
GENTLEMEN.
J. W. SCOTT & CO.,
No. 814 CUESNUT Street, ruiladolpUla, , ,
6T5rp
iur doors below Continental Hotel, j
1? VTIRF. PLATE
MANTKL WORK8.-
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