THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATUllDAY, JANUARY 20, 1870. criniT or tub rzxsss. Editorial Opinion f tha ladtnaT Journals Upon Current Toplne Compiled river Iajr tr Evealac Telearaph. PERPONSIBILITY FOR THE EXECUTION OF SPEARMAN AND WYETU IN CUD A. From the K. T. World. The readers of thin jonrnal will remember the earnestness with which, in the month of April laHt, we urged the administration at Washington to warn ly a proclamation the thoughtless and nnrefleoting, and even the reflecting portion of the country, that Presi dent Grant would not countenance or en courage, but would discountenanoe and pre vent, all movements within the United States of a hoHtile charaoter, in respect to Cuba, on the part of those who, unmindful of their own and their country's fame, presnmed thus to disregard the lawa of the land and our treaty obligations. What we said then suffi ciently displays our motive. We apprehended that the boyish utterances of Grant about "Free Cuba," the extravagant conduct of Rawlins, the witless blundering of Ores well on the same subject, and unmis takable manifestations of sympathy else where, would make many persons think that the administration would wink at piratical schemes against Cuba, the result of which would expose our young men to the terribly quick and severe punishments whioh nations are prone to inflict on all who take insurreotionary part against the govern ment. The administration refused to issue a proclamation, and the official correspondence respecting Cuba, lately transmitted to the Senate, gives the reasons therefor as assigned in a note to the Spanish Minister of April 17, 1809. This note bears, we think, evidence on its face of a reason, not assigned in the writing, which made the issue of smch a pro clamation an impossibility at that time. The reason was the willingness of the President to see aotfl done which the proclamation would tend to prevent. We do not aocuse President Grant of a willingnoss to see the lawB or treaty pledges set at defianoe. His greenness then was such that he probably bad no just perception of such matters, any more than he had of revenue matters when lie made, or attempted to make, Mr. A. T. Stewart Secretary of the Treasury. The xeasons for refusal given in the note are that when President Fillmore acted, in 1851, there were undisturbed peace and quiet on the island, but a threatened piratical movement from this country. In April last the attitude was reversed. There were rebellion and in surrection in the inland, but no impending invasion from outside. Therefore, no need of a proclamation. And yet, in subsequent sentences of the note there is an admission that unlawful enterprises against Cuba, insti gated by those engaged in the insurrection, may be undertaken, since such ventures "always and everywhere occur with the oppor tunity." Now, we submit that to a reflecting and just President the existence of the great first cause of illegal enterprises from our shores to wit, an insurrection in the island would have been sufficient inducement for an effort to discourage the illegal aots on our own soil which were as sure to come as effect to follow cause. And so the result proved; for at about the very time the President was refusing the application of the Spanish Minister, an expe dition was being organized in New York, whioh did set sail from this city, and ended most painfully for certain persons on board the vessel called the Grapeshot. We refer to the execution at Santiago de Cuba, June 17, 18G9, by the Spanish authorities, of Speak man and Wyeth, for which we can but think the administration is in large degree re sponsible. The facts respecting Speakman, as detailed in the offloial correspondence before us, are that he was a native of Aurora, Indiana, aged thirty-three years; that in New York, during the latter port of April, he shipped as sailor on the schooner Orapesnot, bound on an honest voyage (as he tmpposed) for Jamaioa. lie went on board at Hunter's Point, and in the lower harbor of New York the schooner took on board from a steam-tug fifty armed Cubans and munitions of war. He then first suspected a dishonest voyage, protested, and asked the captain to pnt him ashore in the tug; , but the latter refused, insisting the schooner would go direct to Jamaica. When off the eastern end of Cuba, the Cubans took possession of the schooner and of the cap tain, who at last promised to run her to land at Bailiquiri. This was done; and the men and cargo landed. Speakman wished to return to the schooner, but the captain ordered and put him ashore. The men moved inland; soon had an encounter with Spanish troops; their leader,' Smith, was killed; and then the Cubans took to their heels, leaving a few Americans defenseless. Speakman de clared, just before his execution, that when put ashore he had no gun, but picked up one, and. having never fired a shot, gave himself up soon after to two unarmed men he met, He . was taken to Santiago de Cuba, subjected to a private examination be fore tne liscai in presonoe oi an interpreter, declared an enemy of Spain taken witn arms in ms hands, and, in con- f ormitv with the decree of Captain-General Dulce of March 24, lHU'.i, was executed within fourteen hours. In a letter to his wife, written just before his execution, Speakman said the owners of the Granouhot "have taken my life." He bids her find them out; get a "good lawyer; he will prove a contract between the owners and the Cuban Junta to land the Cubans in Cuba, Aud then recover damages of the former. Speakman insisted that he did not embark against Cuba volun tarily, but was tho victim of a collusion liutween the Junta and tho Grnpeshot. On the same schooner was Wyeth, from this city, who was induced by Antonio A. Jimenez, the originator of the expedition under the Cuban Junta, to go to Falmouth. Jamaioa, free of charge, for the benefit of his health, lie was put ashore witn tipoakman, Subsequently taken prisoner and executed. Now. a proclamation of warning from Pre sident Grant would very likely have arrested the attention of Speakman and Wyeth, and doubtless hundreds of other Americans, and thus prevented the Cuban Junta from de sliding them to their terrible death in Cuba In respect to the Grapeshot, it is believed She was subsequently wrecked and became a total loss; but nothing has ever been done by the administration to arraign and punish the captain or the owners, or the members of the Cuban Junta, for getting up and affording the means of a military expedition or enterprise against Cuba; and thin, too, in the face of the dvinff words of Speakman, that they allured him to his fate! ' We hope the Democrats in Congress will not rest till they ascertain how President Grant vindicates himself and his administra tion, if at all. in this matter. The administration, to be sure, directed (leneral Sickles to institute a reclamation in Madrid acaiuBt the Spaniuh Government for "full reparation to the families or representa tives of Charles Speakman and of Albert Wyeth for their murder by the Spanish an-1 tborities, which was done; but the Minister ofroreign Affairs, Mr. Suvela, rejected the reclamation, after obtaining a full report of tho facts from the Captain-General of Cuba. In his note to Mr. Sickles, October 11, 1HC!, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affair says: "The victim himself Indicates where tho resrwn&t- blllty lien, aud adlreMliir lilmnrir at the. lust mo ment to the object of his greatest affection, com pletely exempt the Hpnulnh Government and accuses the (.hipowiicrs and the Cuban Junta, who hare di'privml lilm of his life,, and mentions the oontraot tolandthnao men In Cuba. The shipowners and the Cuban Junta, whose mission Is notorious, reside In the territory of tho United Btatoa, and It is most Just that the Government, following the suggestion of the unfortunate Spctikman, should endenvor to exaet of them the responsibility which the last 111 of the accused throws upon them, and npon them exclusively. A esse Is Impossible, therefore, In which the Irresponsibility of the Spanish authorities ceuia ue more cieany proven." We cannot agree to all the inferences which Mr. Silvela draws from the admitted facts of the case as to the liability of his Government. But this has nothing to do with the duty of President Grant to search out and punish the ship-owners and the members of the Cuban Junta who have deprived two American citi zens of their lives. The Grapeshot must have been a registered vessel. She cleared regu larly at this port for Jamaica. There can be no difficulty in the way of the administration to the ascertaining who are her owners, who her agents, who chartered her to the Cuban Junta, and the names of the Junta and the captain who conspired together to thrust Speakman and Wyeth into the insurrectionary bandits of Cuba, and thenoe into the avenging hand of the Spanish authorities at bantiago. HOW THE TARIFF "PROTECTS" THE WOOLLEN INTEREST. from thr jr. T. Timt. We have recently presented the facts in regard to the deplorable condition of some of our large Industrial branches, such as the boot and shoe manufacture, the woollen in terest, and others. We had expected from the Tribune, as the organ of high taxation, some defense of the unequal taxation on these great industries. The country is groaning under the inequali ty or weight of these burdens, but thus far no word of excuse or explanation from the high tariff organs has been presented to show why Congress should nearly dostroy these impor tant trades by absurd taxation. Now, how ever, a voice comes forth from the very par ties who are so vigorously "protected the manufacturers themselves to disclaim, in the name of all that is reasonable, any more of such wolf -like "protection," and this com plaint the Tribune is obliged to listen to, One, whom that journal describes as widolv known as "a veteran, eminent and success ful manufacturer," Mr. Harris, of Rhode Island, writes to our contemporary that his business woollen manufacture is suffering terribly from "over protection," and he then proceeds to explain his dtflloultieH precisely as we had set them lorth, in regard to the wholo woollen interest, the day previous in the Timet. The simple facts being that we grow very little fine wools in the United States; that fine nap goods cannot be inaderhere without an admixture of fine foreign wools, and in con sequence Mr. Harris or any other manufac turer must either confine himself to coarse woollens, or if he manufacture fine goods, must import fine wools at a duty of some 100 per cent. But fine woollen goods, manufac tured abroad, already pay only fifty per cent, duty; so that, in the epigrammatic words of Mr, Harris, be is, under this tariff, "lifty per cent, worse off than under free trade. More over, as he correctly states the case, the fine wools whioh are exoluded from this country by the tariff enter into manufactures abroad, and make them still oneaper and still more able to compete with our own. Mhe duty acts, too, as a bounty on smug gling, and, as any New England manufactu rer knows, quantities of the foreign wools are now carried in bond over this country to Canada, where they are manufactured, and undoubtedly come back here as smuggled goods. The result is, as this manufacturer states, that the whole business is depressed. and the imports of foreign woollens have increased two millions the past year, while our exports are down to a paltry one hundred and sixty-nine thousand dollars, against one hundred and thirty-nine millions from Eng land during the same period. The consolation which the mount admin inters to its suffering mend is not or an en livening order, and though designed to be practical, is, we are compelled to say, not entirely based on tacts. Thus, Mr. Hams is coolly told that he cannot get protection exactly as he likes it for his own faotory. lie has it at the rate of ntty per oent. on woollen goods; he must not complain if the farmers demand it at one hundred per cent, on fine wools. "The duty," says the Iribune, 'bene fits the Arnerioan wool grower, and incites him to rear more sheep and produce more wool than if it were taken off. And you may talk till you are blind, without convinc ing the farmers that the tact is other wise. "We have more sheep and grow more wool now than we ever aid before, and this we rejoice in." Now, Mr. Harris, if he has the opportunity, will undoubtedly nay that as a patriotic citizen be might re joice, if the depression of his own business promoted the welfare of suoh a large class ef agriculturists as the wool growers; but he is compelled to call the Tribune'! attention to certain stern facts in the statistics of wool growing. The average price of wool the past year was almost the lowest ever reached, being about forty-three cents, currenoy, per pound for medium wools. Ironi 1827 to 18C2, it was 42J cents, gold, or about one third higher. In 1808, the average price of Ohio wools was U.V21 cents, gold. This cer tainly does not look like "protecting" the wool-growing interest. If a tariff of 100 per cent, accomplishes this, and almost ruins the wool-grower, what will the additional - taxa tion, which the Tribune will doubtless urge as a remedy, do towards tho same end r Mr. Harris will probably also call the Tri Ivne't attention to an interesting document issued by the Department of Agriculture, the reports for March and April, 18(il). Some seven pages ore devoted in this publication to the condition of sheep industry lu 171 counties of 21 different States, We have space for but few extracts, but thev are of the cheering oha raoter indicated by the following: Genesee county, New York, "decrease of sheep eighty per cent.;'" Onondaga county, "one-fourth sold;" Butler county, Pennsylvania, "one. third sold;" Ohio county, , Western Virginia, "forty per cent.;" Pennisoot county, Missouri, "forty per . , oent, sold;" Dubuque county, Minnesota, "fifty per cent, slaughtered:" and similar aooounts from other States, so that the Commissioner of Agriculture estimates the decrease of sheep, during 1808, at four millions, and other authorities put it higher. So much for our "having more sheep and growing more wool than ever before," whioh the 'iWbune "rejoices in." We suspect the Western sheep farmers do not share in this hilarity. The connection between the high tariff and the low price of wool is clear, and if the Tribune on it, it can rendilv ob desires information tain it among the manufacturers of New Eng land. A FEDERAL TELEGRAPH SYSTEM. Fromthttr. Y. Bun. All the telegraph lines in Great Britain were transferred on tne 1st oi Jann.iry to the Government. They are honeoforth to be worked on a system analogous to that of the Post Office. For a message of twenty wordi, trannmitted from any one station in the country to any other, the charge will be one shilling equal to about twenty-four cents in specie here. The purchase of the telographs by the Government was not resolved npon without long and careful consideration as to the results whioh would probably follow it. The controlling argument in its favor appears to have been the fact that the rate charged for messages undr the management of in corporated companies was mnoh higher than that at which it was believed they oould be profitably transmitted under Government control. A similar measure, having for its object the purchase of the telegraph lines in the United htates bytnereaerai uto vera mem, is now being urged upon Congress. It is a perni cious scheme, which might do in a monarchy but will not answer in a republio; but sup ported as it is by influential Republicans, it is not impossible the bill may become a law. The policy of the National Government shows each year a growing tendency toward centra lization. The establishment of a postal tele graph will be a very long step in the direction which this policy so strongly favors; and on this account, if on no other, it merits the op position of all who believe that a concentra tion of the governing power In the Federal rulers will prove perilous to the liberty of the people, and Injurious to the publio welfare. The perpetuation of our free institutions de pends very greatly upon the freedom of indi vidual enterprise and the perfection of looal self-government; and as the proposed Federal telegraph system is a decisive movement to smother private enterprise as well as to strengthen and increase the power of the in dividuals who may happen to exercise the na tional authority, we are heartily opposed to it. It must be admitted that the management of our telegraphs, if it should become in any sense a monopoly, would be productive of more or less evil; and the advocates of the postal telegraph argue that it is better to place such a monopoly in the hands of the Government than to leave it under the con troi oi private parties. iut it seems to us that the evil which the proposition involves on account of being a measure of centrauza tion, combined with the corruption which would be inseparably connected with tho management of the telegraphs by Govern ment olhcialH, ailords reasons which far out weigh any urged in support of the bill now before the House of Representatives. Can any one doubt that after the contem plated change the telegraph officials would serve the interest of the purtr and its mana gers npon whose favor their places would depend, rather than that of the publio, when, ever these, through the action of the authori ties, might chance to be difl'erent? How could a more complete and thorough system of espionage be devised ? Every despatch that passed over the wires could be read at Wuhhington, should the 1 resident or any member of the Cabinet so desire; the same opportunity would be open to wirepullers of the governing party in every town; and suoh a power could not exist for any length of time without finding some one to use it and to abuse it. Certainly no Republican would trust a despatch to the telegraph when in the hands of Democrats, nor any Democrat when in the hands of the Republicans. Of course the people would not bear this; and there is no advantage in doing now what inevitably would have to be undone before many years have passed. We want no new staff of officials added to the pay-rolls of the nation, with perhaps a new department or bureau at Washington. The people already enjoy a sufficient number of publio absurd ties not to require the additional absurdity of seeing all the acting telegraph operators in the land removed once in every four years on the incoming of a new administration. If we cannot have cheap telegraphing unless accompanied by all these evils, it is better to go without it. BUTLER ON THE WRONG TACK. From the If. T. Herald. Ever since the death of Thad. Stevens the place of leader of the House has been a con tested point. It has produoed as many dis sensions in the lower house as the votes of the seven Republican Senators for Andy Johnson s acquittal did in the banate. Butler and Schenck last session fought with the vigor of Big Bethel and Vienna oombined over it, but Butler far overlapped Schenok, who was driven to the wall in such utter dis order that he has never attempted again to come up to the soratch. Bingham then ad vanced to claim the honor, but Butler with a single epithet disabled him, and he has of late made only a very slim show of fighting. Garfield and Logan, though both good fighters, have so far shown but little disposi tion to wrestle with the champion of mei. and Banks has prudently refrained. Butler has therefore confirmed his right in some degree to the leadership, and his movement in the Virginia bill shows that he can crack his whip over his followers with as good effect as "Old Thad." himself ever did. This is an excellent success for a man who eleven years a no was a bright light in the Demo- cratio party, reflecting the brilliant rays of fifty-two successive votes on Jeff. Davis for the Presidency, and who less than five years ago was bo securely ensconced in a bottle by the President, whose party representatives he presumes to rule, that it was a wonder he ever came out unsmothered. it is a urmiam showing, and proves that Butler has nerve, ambition, and brains. But his action of late strongly indioatesthat he has not judgment. He undertakes to smooth over the nxures in Mr. Uawes Epeecn, ar raigning the economy of the administration, WUCll, UM kilt) OCM tUi Ui bu HUiUlulDUIIUVU, Mr. Cutler should take just the other tack. General Grant's expressed policy, and that of the Republican party, is eoonomy and re trenchment, and if his officials have failed in carrying out that policy they should be called to acoount. From Mr. Dawes' statement in his reply to Mr. Butler on Thursday, it would seem that the i'resident nimseu aid not dis countenance the extravaganoe of the Depart ments. Then he, too, should be brought back to the terms of his party polioy. It will not t-top the expenditure any sooner to put the responsibility of it on Andy lounsons shoulders, nor will the oountry avoid the effects of ' the dart by having its bead hid in the sand like an' ostrich. Let the estimates be ventilated, and if they are too large, as Mr.1 Dawes shows them to be, let them be out down to agree with President Grant's original policy of retrenchment. As the presumed leader of the House Butler should keep an "eye single" to that one policy of economy. The figures of Grandfather Welles, like G(j'rije Washington, cannot He, nor can they be made to lie by General Butler exoept ana heavy weight on the conscience of Seoretary Robeson. It would be better if Butler would let Welles alone. In addition to the true economy of the matter, Butler would evince more judgment in keeping his friends together than in slash ing right and left among them. At the pre sent rate he is digging out tho foundations of his party in the House like a Dutch Gap, and if he goeson he will probably soon blow them up like the powder boat at r ort t isher. And the two exploits no doubt will have even less effect for harm on his Deinocratio enemy than the Dutch Gap and Fort Fishor exploits had. His way of splitting up his own friends is sport to the Demooratio boys but death to the xtepubiioan frogs, llis leadership is yet to be confirmed by some wise and statesman like stand. At .the nrosent rate, before he comes to that point he will either have no leadership or else no party to lead. DOGS AND WOMEN. Frm tht JT. F. Triiun. Philadelphia is well known as the one snot where charity disports herself with peoufiar zest. Unce a year the spirit of her guardian angel, Penn, descends into and troubles the social waters, and the sick and suffering rush into the upheaval to be cured. This year, however, the healing mountains are open only to dogs. Dogs have suddenly been discovered to be the most preoious heritage and wards of the I'hiladolphia public 'Ine quality of mercy is there being strained for their bene fit to the consistence of Ilymettoan honey. Verses in their honor are freely circulated in the publio schools, and to every ohild who commits them a reward is given of the photo graph of some notable cur. The ladies (God bless them !) who lead this popular movement have petitioned Councils for .125,000 to erect an Asylum, or, more properly speaking, a House of Entertainment for such dogs as may have lost their way while pursuing their daily walks abroad. "ihis establishment, one of the fair ministers of mercy tells us, "is designed to serve as a temporary home, where dogs of the nobler kinds can be com fortably cared for until reclaimed by their maaters." The Mayor, who is reported to be of an amiable and chivalrie nature, lends a favorable ear to the project. Pending its ac ceptance by Councils a messenger has been despatched to London to obtain plans and specifications of a similar building in that city. As it is not expedient, however, that mangy and underbred curs of the street should be re ceived into this establishment, it was resolved by the ladies that, for these dogs of the baser sort, death was tho most benignant fate. They therefore have petitioned that the killing of them should bo confided to their own fair hand, rather than to those of the policemen. Which petition has been granted. Whether they intend to use chloroform or simple anodynes in the operation, we have not yet been lniormed. Mr. Bergh is, we believe, responsible for this gush of sweet emotion in our sister city. llis downright method of preventing oruolty to animals by rendering it a penal offense is too rough and masculine for the female mind to accept. .besides, as we all know, the domi nant sex no sooner get hold of a theory or principle than they be-lrill and be-ruffle it, precisely as they would a dress. Worthy Mr. Bergh himself would no doubt be perplexed, could he witness the fervent zeal with which they pursue this dog mania, and the senti ment, the flowers of poesy, with which they nave embellished it. They will in all probability be suooossf id. A strong effort was made in Councils to draw attention to the condition of ISodiord street, region whose horrors of human destitution exceed those of the Five Points at their worst days, and also to the fact that seventy-six thousand vagrants men and women last year sought shelter in the station-houses for want of a place to sleep. But the dog-bitten ladies, in their sweet enthusiasm, were deaf and blind to all protests. It is probable that their Temporary Home for the nobler breeds of curs, therefore, will be built. WINE8 AND LIQUORS. HER MAJEST CHAMPAGNE. DUNTON & LTJSSOW. 215 SOUTH FRONT STREET. rpBE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE 13 X solicited to tha foliowin rr Oholoa Win ml mjl. lur hui 115 SOUTH FRONT STRKKT. CHAMPAGNK8. AitenU for her Mjetr. Dao d Montebello, Carte Bleue, Carta Ulancha, ana Uharloa arre'B Urand Vin .ugna, and Vin imperial, M inn a Uo., of Mayenee, bparkuns Moselle i KkiNK 1 Wlwho. M A 1 KIR A 8. Old Island. Booth Side Reserve. BHRKKIKS.-P. ttudolpbo, Amontillado, 'fope, Val leue, rate mua voian nar, mowa, oto, 1'OH'1 8. V luho Velho Heal. Vallntte. and Crown (JLAK UTS. l'romis Aiue A Cie., MonUerrand and Bor deaux, llaret and Mauteraa Wines ti IN. "Meder Kwan." KR ANDlKtt. Uennesaer. Otard, Dupur A Oa's rarioaa vintaees. 4 k c A K tf T A I K S fc MoO ALL, Nos. W WALNUT and 81 GRANITIC Street. 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Notic. is hereby given, that the Transfer Hook- of Wells, Ksrgn A Oompsnr will be OLOSKOra -the loth dar of JANUARY, 1M7II. at S o'clock 1 M ,te ' enable tbe Ceropany to ascertain who are owners of tho stock of the old Ten Million Capital. 1 be owaers of that stock will be nMtl.d fo participate in the dlstrtbatiea of aetata piorided for br the agreement with U. t-aoino Kxprt as Company. ' : -jne 'transfer Books will ha nnenad on the Xlddaraf JANUARY, at 10 o'olook A. M, after whioh time Mo o,iA),i new stock will be dnlirrred. Notic. is also girsn that the Tiansfar Book! of ihls Com- r-anrwlll be CIAibKU on the $f,th day of JANUARY, 1870, at 8 o'clock P. M., tor (be narpoee of holding tho annual KLKOTION OF IHRKCTOHfl of this Oorapsny. The books will bo RK-OPKNKD on tha 7th day of VKB" ui' a n 1 . at iu o cioca a. m. M8ltr7 OKOROB K. OTIS, Beoretary. flST OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. PHrtjtnri.rm, Jan. St, 1S7. HOTIOK TO BTOCKHOLDKIta. The Aormal Meeting the Htrokbold.rs of this Corn. pany will be held on TUKSDAY, the 15th day of February. 1H7H, at 10 o'olock A. M., at tbe Hall of tha Assembly Bnildinga, 8. W. corner of TKNTH and OUKfiNUT Streets, Philadelphia. The Annnal Kleotion for Dlreefra will bs held oa MONDAY, tbe 7th day of March, 1870, at tha Offloe of tha Company, No, 138 8. THIRD Btreot. iat?w JOSEPH LESLEY, Beoretary. jpST . OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE DIVI SION CANAL COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, No. 303 WALNUT Street. PHnDRUHtA, Jan. IS, 1B7. Tho Annnal Meeting of the Stockholders of this Cam ps ny will be held at their offloe on TUESDAY, February 1, 1870, at 12 o'olock M., when an election will be bold for Managers for tha ensuing year, K. G. GILES, 1 8t Beoretary. jgy OFFICE OF THE FREEDOM IRON AND STEEL COMPANY, No. 830 South THIRD Btreot. v . rHTTTiRIJ-mA, Jan. 1T,M7. The annnal meetinr of (he Htnrkhnlrlera r th. rumt. POM IKON ANDnTKEL COMPANY will be held aa ine uiran 01 uie uompunr, ro. xju Boutn T111H1) Htraet. Philadelphia, on THUhSDAY, February 8. 1H70, at 11 ' o'clock M., when an Election will be held for Thirteoa uireciors to serve lor tne ensuing rear. 1 he Transfer Books will be oloasd for fifteen days prior to the day of eaid election. 1 in iw uri ami.ii nuaiyj, jr., secretary. jjgy OFFICE OF THE BELVIDERE MANTJ- Hki.vwkME, K. J., Deo. 8, 19ns. Notice Is herebv arivra to the atnnklmlrtAra of tha UKf- . VIDEhE MANUFACTURING CO VI r" A N Y respectively, that aatswmcnU amounting to BIXTY PER CENTUM ' ' of the cspitsl stock of anid company havo been made aad Sayment of the aame oallod for on or before the wight. , ay of February, A. D. 18711, and that payment of such a proportion of all sums of nionpy by them auliscrihed is called for and demanded from them on or before tha said 1 time. Iiy order of toe Board of Directors. laatttw 8. blrKKRKRP. Becretary. OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, Philadelphia, Deo. 38, 1969. Warrants registered to No. W.av will be paid on presentation at this oftioe, in terest ceasing from date. OOO. r. MAKUKK, 1228 OUy Treasurer gT PHILADELPHIA AND READING R&IL- KOAD CO., Office, No. 837 B. FOURTH Street. Ptai.aTiKLPRIA, Poo. 88, lSti. DIVIDEND NOTICE. Tbe Transfer Books of the Company will be oloaad on FRIDAY, the Slat instant, and reopened on TUESDAY January 11, 1870. A dividend of FTVK PER CENT, has been declared on the Preferred and Common Stock, clear of National aal State taxes, payable in CASH, on and after January 17, 1870, to the holders thereof aa tliey shall atand registered on the books of the Company on the 81st instaat. All ' payable at this office. All orders for dividend must bn wituresed and stamped. B. BRADFORD, 18 88 tiut Treasurer. tSF PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON xv ii nuA u uusraii x - vinca, s. ui ovu La. DELAWARE Avenue. Philadklphia, January 19, 1S70. The Directors bare this dnv d vela rod a aemi annual dividend of FIVE PER OKNT. noon thecaoital atook ef the Company, olar of taxes, from the prollta of the aix montba emlina Ileoember Hi, 18tf), payable oa and after '. Febiuury 1 proximo, when the trauaier hooks will bo re cprned. f lau lit j. f akkkk WOKK18, Treasurer. COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP or njaKiion inn sain iimr UHlDJK rr rtu n 1 n Alt. OONATKD tLYCF.RlNK TABLET OF HOLIDIFIUD GLYCERINE. Its daily use makes the akin delioately oft aad beautiful, bold by all druggists. K. A O. A. WRIGHT, 8t No. BjMCHKSNUr Btree. r COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION DnKirjnwu ujd ajzreninmio uttn or NITROUS OX IDE. OR LAUGHING GAR. And dpvnte their whole time and practise) to extracting teet h wit bout pain. Office. KKi II 111 and WA LNUT Htreeta. lift fSf DR. F. R. THOMAS, THE LATE OPE rator of the Colton Deatal Association, la now th only oh in Philadelphia who devotes hie entire tine and practice to extracting teeth, absolutely without pain, b trash nitrons oxide gaa. Office, nil WALNUT Bt. 1868 Ify QUEEN FIRE IN8URANCE COMPANY. A1 fo ati u A-ii v nnrvvisj OA PITAL, jCi,000,ll(IO. BAB INK, ALLEN A DUU.F.H. Agenta, 8t FIFTH and WALNUT hlreeca. HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU AND Imi'bovkd Rohh Wash cures all delioate disorder in all their atages, at little expense, little or no ehange in diet, and no inoonveaienoe. It is pleasant in ta4 and odor, immediate in ita aotion, and free from all injurious properties. 1 88 HELMBOLD'S CONCENTRATED EX TRACT HUOHU la tha (ireat Dinratin. Hr.I.kf. hold's L'oncfntkatkd Extract Sarhapahiixa Is tha Great Blood furiflor. Both are prepared according to rules of Pharmacy and Chemistry, and are tha moat a itivo mat can oe maoe. i as jjgy- FOR NON-RETENTION OR INCON tinenoe of Ui ine, irritation, inflammation, or ulcera tion of the bladder, or kidneys, diueaass of the prostate glands, atone in the bladder, calculus, gravel or briok dust deposits, and all diaaes of tho bladder, kidney, -and drniMical sweUinga, use HELMBOLD'S FLUID KX 1KACTBUOUU. Ill OS?- nELMBOLD S EXTRACT BUCHU " I I 1.1. 1 1 . . t . J U . KITH bmiiumu i i 'i in ,1(0 irmiun .uu nijun w the callid cheek. Debility is aoooinoaniwi br mainr alarming ayniptoma, and, if no treat niaut is submitted to, consumption, insanity, or epiioptio tita ensue. 118 . ENFEEBLED AND DELICATE CON stittitions. of both sexes, one HKLM HOLD'S EX TRACT KUCHU. It will give brisk, aud anargetio feel. in km, and enable you to sleep well. 1 81 gjgy- THE GLORY OF MAN 18 STRENflTn. Therefore the nervous and debilitated stiouH im mediately uaa liELMIIOLlB Kx I jiact Huchii. 1 84 Big- MANHOOD AND YOUTHFUL VIGOR ; n ti i.r ti it. if ii i (a aw f a nn BUCHU IN ftgy- ITKLMBOLD S FLUID EXTRACT llfvllu MM IIIMMIlv 111 lAewJ aIIU HOQ aVAirsan we injurious, propertuw, and .1u11.eU1.vte iu iu autiou. 1 u TAKE NO MORE UNPLEASANT AND a 1 : at 1 a a .s-swaawwiaai Al- ii ii ta in niuvu itsa iu i oiiJiuuav inu uuy us eases Use Hklmuolo' Kxxilact Buohu amu Imi hovkb HumwthH, i sq m , mST SHATTERED CONSTITUTIONS RE stored by Hklmbold's Kxtbact Buuhu. 184 I OURTAIN8 AND SHAPES. Vy. H. CAR R Y l Baa rwmmed tbe Curtain Business with his Sou at . ; No. 723 CHESNUT STREET. Two doors above bin Old Stand, CURTAIN DECORATIONS, of the newest fabric! ELEGANT GILT and BOSK WOOD CORNHSK3. TA881CL8, FRINGES; WINDOW SHADES. LACI CURTAINS, from Uie plalneat to the moat elaborat and expensive. ! RAILROAD SUPPLIES. W. II. CARRYL & SONS i No. 723 CHESNUT BTKEET, 11 S 81 Two door above our Old Stand D EINQ AND SCOURING. T O H 12 II m O 'V T 15 X. 1'RKfTClI STKAM DVK1NU AN1 SOOURINO, On any kind of YVeariug AppaioL for Ladies, Inmts, and t liildirn. I'ateut ai'paiatoa lor btrelobiim fanu from at U live imihea. g mfiTH Street. ' 1 IU ' I'tiiladiluhia. I