4 THE DAILY EVENING TKLKGUAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1870. P URL I SHED EVERY FTERNOON (tMUT K3CEPTKD), AT TUE F.VENINO TELEOUArH BUILDING, NO. 10S 8. TUMID 8TREET, PHILADELPHIA. Ti J"rtcr U three crntt per copy double iheef); or elqUUtn emit per towk, paynbUs to Ux carrier bu iMotn nrrn-d. The lubicription price by nuiil i Kine IHUar$ per annum, or One Dollar ana Fifty Crntt for mo rxontht, invariably in ad vance for tti Ume ordered. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1870. A NEW IRON-CLAD OATH. Tut IIoukc Counmittee on Military AffAira i a endeavoring to ascertain whether there is nuy (nith in tha allegation that cadotships have been solil by members or ex-members of OongreB. No teBtimony suflicientlj positive to ensure conviction appears to have yet boen submitted, but it is reported that a citizen of l'hiladolphia testified that he paid one thou sand dollars, in 1S62, to Hocure a nomination for bis Bon. The money was not paid to a member of Congress, however, but to another party who has been suinmonod to give an account of his proceedings. A charge against an ei-member of Congress from the interior of the State that he had received eight hun dred and fifty dollars for a cadetship was also investigated, and several witnesses appeared to sustain it, but the ex-momber implicated alleges that the money in question was annlied to the payment of party debts, and did not enure to his personal benefit. These cases indicate that a plausible defonso can be Bet up even where money has actually been reooived ky Congressmen, for bribes, when given at all, are given in a corner, or through the aid of go-betweens, and not in the presence of a cloud of wit nesses. The facts already elicited, however, will have at least some influence in strength ening the suspicion that Congressmen and Senators do not always confine their per quisites to the strict limits of their pay and mileage; and if it is the desire of the House to set this suspicion at rest forever, it wonld be well for that body to extend its investiga tions to matters of more importance than the radetahips Assessors and Collectors of In ternal lievenue, for instanco as well as the means by which men who enter official life poor suddenly become rich. It was a saying of Jefferson that the whole art of government consisted in the art of being honest, and in pite of modern progress, many of the publie mon of this country display with each new year an increased ignorance or disregard of ' this fundamental principle. Some yoars ago, after the charge that various national offices bad been sold was tolerably well substan tiated, Congress passed an act requiring that officials of certain grades should append to their receipts for salary an oath that no portion of the moneys they received from the Government was paid as a premium to the persons through whoso influence they had been appointed. But this check is not applicable to all cases, and as corrnption in creases stronger safeguards are required. Perhaps a new iron-clad oath, specially de signed to protect the Treasury and to avert the appointment of unworthy men from cor rupt motives, might prove useful. If Con gressmen and Senators can be induced to take a solemn oath that they will never re ceive, directly or indireotly, for public ser vices, any other compensation than their mileage and salary; that they will not vote for or against any bill on account of promises or gifts of land, bonds, stocks, or greenbacks; and that they will not favor any aspirant for office on account of present or prospective pecuniary considerations, and if these oaths are religiously respected, the nation can afford to double their legal pay, and still save mil lions of money by the transaction. The work of territorial reconstruction is now well-nigh finished, and if the honest men in Congress will perfect a plan of moral reconstruction that will make the public welfare a pnra mont consideration in all the proceedings in the Capitol and the Execntive Departments in Washington, they will do more real good than wiU be accomplished by the fifteenth amendment or the triumph of the general policy of the Republican party. THE FICKEN SHOOTING 0ASE. Kichabd Ficken, whose atrocious attempt on the life of the boy Arthur D. Curran wo re ferred to yesterday, was arrested and held to bail yesterday morning in the sum of $'.()() for a further hearing, to take place on Satur day. In the meantime, the victim of this outrage is in such a precarious condition that the surgeon is unable to search for the ball, which yet remains in his log, and there is a very strong probability that an amputation may be necessary in order to save his life. Under these oircumstances the amount of the bail npon which the perpetrator of the fiend ish act is permitted to go at large is clearly out of all proportion to the magnitude of his crime, and justice demands that he shall be treated in the same manner as other crimi nals, and not be favored because he is man of wealth and influence. The facts of this case have all been sot before the public, and the perpetration of the crime is fastened upon Ficken in such a manner that there oan be no doubt in the matter, and the proper ,csourHe for the officers of justice is perfectly clear. This man deliberately fired a pistol at the boy because he was annoyed at having valentines tnrust under his door. That a murder was not committed was not the fault of Ficken, for he fired with mnrdereus intent, and it is a good fortune be does not deserve that he has kept his neck out of the halter. This whole an air was an outrage that calls for the most emphatic condemnation, and the wealth of the criminal should not be allowed to turn aside the arm of justice or to prevent hia prompt and severe punishment to the full extent of the law. We hope sinoerely that this case will be prosecuted with energy, and that an example will be made of Floken 1 y Licit iU detu ctlisis WAwv Uii , example, and teach savage men that they cannot shoot down with impunity those who may happen to incur their displeasure. The courts have shown a commendable desire lately to check the growti of crime by the severity of their sentences, and this man Ficken will not receive his deserts, nor will the community be satisfied that justice is ad ministered in an impartial manner, unless he is locked up in the Penitentiary for the full term that the law he has outraged will per mit in his caso. a EX. SHERMAN ON STAFF RANK. Vice-Apmiiui. roRTKB is the Marplot of the Navy Department, and ever since bo has occupied bis present position of prompter to the Secretary he has done little but to create trouble and dissatisfaction in the service. In the exertions of tho staff officers to obtain a proper recognition of their services, Porter has continually interfered in an nndorhand way to prevent them from obtaining the rank they ask for, although efforts have been made to represent him as. favoring the claims of tho staff. In the letter acoompanying the bill for the reorganization of the staff corps, which was ostensibly prepared by the Secre tary, stress is laid upon the fact that it is not so liberal in some respects as the suggestions of Forter, by which Secretary ltoboson apparently endoavors to shield his right hand man from censure and to represent him as well disposod towards the staff. There is no doubt, however, that this objectionable bill was Porter's own concoction; and now that tho Navul Committee seems likely to re commend positive rank for the staff, the Vice-Admiral comes out flatfooted against it. A few days ago he wrote a very silly letter to the Naval Committee of the Ilouse, protesting against the granting of positive rank to the staff, and now he tries to bring in General Sherman to support his position. The Gene ral's letter we publish on our third page, and it will be seen that it is very noncom mittal, although ostensibly favoring the views of Porter. General Shorman, however, con futes all the arguments of the Admiral, and furnishes the strongest argument in favor of the staff that could be desired, by stating what the status of the army staff is, and expressing bimsolf as satisfied with it. Now the naval staff officers demand nothing more nor less than that they bhull be placed upon an exact and equal footing with their brethren of the army, exactly as the position of tho army staff is stated by General Sher man. It is certainlv time that this mat ter was settled definitely, and a disgraceful quarrel that is demoralizing the navy brought to an end. This cannot be better done than by taking General Sherman's statement of the status of the staff offljera of the army as a guide, and by giving positive rank to the surgeons, paymasters, and engineers of the navy accordingly. In tins case it appears likelv that Porter will be hoist by his own petard. The Police Coiintrr-Tiox Fund. The Ilouse of Representatives at Harrisbnrg yesterday administered a deserved rebuke to tho com mittee appointed to ascertain whether cor rupt means were used to pass or defeat the Metropolitan Police bill. This committee came down to the city on Saturday last, but adjourned without attempting to do anything, on tho shallow pretense that they could not proceed to business without the assistance of a clerk. If no member of the committee had felt disposed to take notes of the evidence submitted, they would have found a full and reliable report of it in The Evening- Tele giiai'h of tho same afternoon, which would have answered all thoir purposes. The effort to secure authority to employ a clerk failed yesterday, and a resolution discharging the committee was indefinitely postponed by an unusually large vote, so that it is evident the House desires the inquiry to proceed, and will insist that the committee shall flo its own clerking. There is great danger that the investigation will be smothered before anything of importance or interest to the public is elioited, and against this danger the honest members of the House should take every possible precaution. Air. Josephs mounted a high horse yesterday, and denied point-blank every charge of corrup tion that was made or insinuated; but it has become the current rumor on the street that there was a corruption fund raised to influ ence the fate of the bill, and the people have a right to know the truth in the matter. The committee should now enter upon the inves tigation of the case without delay, and give Mr. Josephs an opportunity not only to dis prove the insinuations against the Democratic members, but to sustain his own insinuations against tho opposite side. The lionnun County Claims should be watched with care. Tho State has already been put to an expense of several thousand dollars under the pretense of collecting these claims, to an aggregate already of about $2,000,000, and if the bill now" pending in the Legislature, which provides for their pay. ment, becomes a law, this amount will be in definitely extended. Not one dollar of those pretended claims should be paid out of the pockets or the people. If the State once in augurates such a policy, it will not stop short of bankruptcy. The claims of loyal men in the South for damages inflicted upon their property during the war are just as valid, and every one knows that to liquidate them would be an absolute impossibility. Human blood is of more value than the blood of cows and chickens, and the woman who lost a husband in the war has a better claim to compensation . i il . 1 . i 1 . tnan tne uoruor county larmer wnose pigs and fence rails were earned on by the Rebels, Legislative Justice is sometimes not ano malous. The committee selected, not by the majority of the State Senate, but by dumb luck, to decide npon the merits of the con teat between Messrs. Scull and Findlay over the Beat from the Somerset, Fulton, and Bedford county district, has agreed to report in favor of the claims of Mr. Findlay, the Democratic contestant. In a letter from Mr. was ho much abiiHe of the committee that thoy decided very properly to return it to the writer. The llepublican party can well afford to lose (his seat in the Senate, if it is to bo gained only by unblushing fraud. Tho more the Democratic party is suffered to monopo lize this business, the better for theKopulili. cans and the worse for the Detnooraoy. Despitt: the refusal of Councils to make an appropriation for tho erection of the muni cipal buildings on Independence Square, and despite the efforts made in the Legislature to secure the passage of a law which would give to the people of Philadelphia an opportunity of expressing their wishoH in regard to a site for these htractures, it is rumored that a por tion of the Building Commission nre so Mrongly disposed to "push things" that they contemplate cutting down the trees on Inde pendence Square at night, in the hope that after this mischief is once done all further agitation of this subject will cease. We trust that this outrageous proceeding will not bo seriously attempted, but it behoves the friend of tho Penn Square project to Vie on their guard, and ready to apply au injunction against the first hasty step of the commission, and the commission should bear Crockett's maxim in mind, and be quite sure it is right before it goes ahead. We publish in another portion of to-day's issue an elalwrate opinion of Judge Shars wood, affirming the constitutionality of the law creating a Toard of City Trusts, which is to have exclusive control of the bequests of Girard, Boudinot, Grover, Franklin, aad others. The main ground of tho decision is that tho city, as a corporation, is a mere crea ture of the State, which, through the Legisla ture, possesses supreme control over its official action. If Councils have the power to carry tho matter up to the Supremo Court of the United States, they will probably not laok the disposition to make such an appeal. If no further legal proceedings are resorted to, however, the control of the trusts will pass into the hands of the board appointed by the city and State judges in August last, and henceforth the Girard estate will be under the exclusive control of this body And its successors. JfiiftE Sharswooo, in deciding the City Trusts case to-day, and speaking for the five Judges' of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia, says the Legislature has a perfect right to appoint a Board of Police Commissioner for the government of the police of this city. "Who will care for Geary now?-' Thk Myron HusiNEes. "Amicus Curiie" writes as follows to the Pall Mull Ga zctte: "There maybe st.roug, if not Insuperable, objections to tho produc tion of much valuable documentary evidence relat ing to the separation of Lord and Lady Uyron. It is understood that Lord liroughani left a complete statement of the causes and circumstances, which has hitherto been kept dark, vudcr a doubt whether the publication Is authorized by his will. This state ment would comprise the memorandum signed by him and Mts.Wilmot Hortou, by which Lady Byron's plenipotentiaries disclaimed one by one all tho charges (Including the speciile one) which Lord Byron deemed Injurious to his character. There seems no reason why this memorandum, at least, should not be published at once. Surely the Leigh family have a moral, if not a legal, right to domand its produc tion. Then there is the Taper containing a brier memorandum or the whole, with the dates afllxed,' which Mrs. BeccUer Stowe took away with her aud returned after a careful study. Tho writer lu the (juartrrly says ho has read It ; and he asserts posi tively that 'it contains not a sy'la'ila from which any sane person, without a "prejudicatc opinion," could collect that Lady Byron ever made the ohurge in question, or any charge Involving crime, at any time.' You reasonably object that Mrs. Bcechcr Stowe may have read it by the light of Lady Byron's communications ; and the public must remain la em barrassed uncertainty on this point till the paper Is produced. Why should it not be produced T It Is clearly the 'manuscript in Lady Noel Byrou's hand writing' mentioned by Lord wentworth (la a letter addressed to and printed by you) as found among her papers, and not containing 'any accusation of so grave a nature ai that which Mrs. Stowc asserts was told her.' I can understand complete sUcnoe, but not half-revelations. This document would tend to dlseulpate Lady Byron, 1C the writer In the Quar tnly is right. At all events, much good and no harm could be done by publishing it immediately." Tub Execution ok Tuai itmann has revived the dlhcusslou aa to tho retention of conscious uess in the head of the victim after decapitation by the gull lotlse, and there are some who contend that tho faculties or hearing am) sight remain for nearly an hour afterwards. On this point the Pall Mall Gazrtle says: "Tho public mind Is being stirred up into a curiouHly disagreeable state of excitement touchlug the Immediate effects of the procesa or guillotining, The old story about poor Charlotte Corday's blush la revived ; and before long we may expect to have the Irish saint who took a walk with his head under his arm removed from the realms or pious mythology to those of history. Nevertheless, as blushing depends upon the relaxation of the walls of the small vessels of the ekin, and the consequent rash Into them of the blood, which during life is subjocted to consider ablo pressure by the working or the heart, the cheoks will no more blush when tne jugular veins and carotid arteries arc divided, with the instant effect of removing this pressure, than water will flow out or a tap at the top of a lioiwo when the pipe which leads to It in the basement is cut. As to the exist ence or sensibility in the Uead for hours, or even minutes, after it is cut off, any one who has lalnted can hare no doubt upon tiiut subject. The move ment of the heart suddenly becomes weakened or arrested, and consciousness as suddenly rails. becauae the brain Is Insufll'jiently supplied with blood. And If any stubborn person still doubts whether cutting off the supply of blood to the brain does not Instantly and absolutely arrest 'conscious ness, let him ask a skilful aud judicious medical friend to compress his carotid arteries; he will then kinw what decapitation means much belter than 11 duCaiup." Laei SiTEr.ioR Ikov. The product of thirteen Iron minea lu the Lake Superior region for lstiu was asanas gross tons, 709,;ts net tons, and the value was f4.taB.iuo. The total product of the same mines during the time they have been worked U8,(M4,6TT tons net. The eleven furnaces made BD.504 tons la 1869, valued at fl.602.si5. The mines have been do veloped Into an inexhaustible source of wealth, the neighborhood or the mines improved anu uuiit upan, railroad tracks constructed, extensive docks with trestle works, "shoots," "pockets," and other lin provtd couveulcnces for loading vetsels erected, and Marquette ltacir has expanded trora a faw lonely houses Into a large and flourishing village, with an extensive business, to which tourists come In crowds aa a delightful summer resort. The total shipments of ore irom the two ports of Wurquette aud liscana ba hare increased from 1S09 tons la lsr6 to con slderably over bOO.ooo tons in 1889. aud the product will probably reach 800.000 the present year. Last year it wu iiupoHsible to supply the demand, and . this year the Increased number aud facilities or the minea will be taxed la vulu to meet all the require tuentsof the hundreds of furnaces that rtut almost Sivlublyety ou Lake p-rtor ore. Tnn moral aspect of fox-hunting la now being dig. riiHord with much enpernoMi In England, the aire rales for the sport contending that the amuaemnnt afforded to the human animals la of much greater moment than the trifling; Inconvenience It occasion to the fox. Some, Indeed, contend that the fox rather likes to tie run to death, and all the hnntumcn unite in claiming for the practice of fox-hunting a hour antiquity, and In contending that the atahllliy of the Itrltlah constitution would be endangered lr Ita itlfoontlmiafu. On this point the Pall Mall Ua cttlt hHjt : "The advocates of fox-hunting are apt to claim for their Hport the prcBtlgo or antiquity, and to gar that. If it has no other merit, it should be dear to us as a 'good old KngllHli pastime.' Now It la, In truth, nothing of the sort, and In Its present form poa nefHcs only tho most modern history. Even a cen tury ago It had little poptilurlty except In a few favored localities, and, in spite of royal patronage, the Household has never had a Master of Fox hounds to take rank with the Grand Falconer and the Master of the HucLhoiinds, Ocrvase Markham, writing in the seventeenth century, speaks or the (sport In almost contemptuous terms. 'Btag-htinU Ii.r,' lie says, 'la the most princely and royall chase of nil chases; hurc-htintlng In evory honest man's and good man's chase, and Is indeed the freest, readiest, and most enduring pastime ; but fox and badger hunting (for be couples tho two together) 'aro chases of a groat deal lease use and cuanlngc inaii any of the former, because they aro of a mncli hotter Hccnt, and aa being intituled stinking agents and not sweet scents;' and he farther adds, 'I will not stand much upon them, because they are not so imicn desired as the rest.' If antiquity be a merit, few national sports can compete with cock-Ilghtlng, for the humanity of which there has not lately been found an apologist." Ak I Mr km At. TTKA8K, dllt,.,i u,0 o;,tn of jcovetuber (December 11), 18C9, bas Juit been published, order ing the formation of a KusBlan military railway corps, "for the purpose of placing the railways at tho disposal of the military authorities la time or war." The ukase dlreota that officers, taken cither from the regiments or tho unattached list, shall bo attached to all the lines of railway in the empire. When the length of the line docs not exceed soo versta, one officer only is to be employed upon It; if It is longer, two. All these officers will be regarded as on active aervice, and will be paid and promoted like their comrades In tho regiments. Attheaame time they are to bo allowed to receive salaries from the railway companies to whoso lines they are at- tacneo. After two years or this apprenticeship they may remain in the service of tho companies, but in that case they will cease to draw military pay. In time of war all these officers will be placed at the disposal .of the Minister of War, who will employ them as station-masters, etc. Immigrants for Colokado A German emigrant party of eighty-two families, abont two hundred In dividuals, arrived at SU Louis last week from Chi cago, en route for the Wtt Mountain Valley, Colo rado. The St. Louis Prmorrut says : "The party comprises a co-operative association, formed princi pally of men who have been living, some of them for years, in and about Chicago. Each or thorn has con tributed two hundred and fifty dollars at tho start to the common stock. Their lands and live stock in Colorado are purchased, and they take with them provisions to last them till they can raise a crop. They are a band or intelligent and enterprising aa well aa physically able men, and have among them a physician, a clergyman, several printers, a number of carpenters, besides luncbiuists, blacksmiths, aud other craftsmen. They have also with them two carloads of bloodod stock, a sawmill, it planing mill. a grist mill, and a full assortment of other agricul tural Implements, it thus appears that their object is to form an agricultural colony." Iktbkkationai. Exuibitions London now wants to have a yearly international exhibition of urtloles In the departments of the fine arts and the Industrial arts paintings, sculptures, tissues, fictile forms, books of education, rare plants and flowers, and a variety of other decorative and useful tliiuits. The contributions will only be admitted after selection by Judges, and the spaces allotted will be free tor each season of live months. (Such a regular and dl- vorsillcd museum of beautiful things would greatly bilghten the aspect of old London, ami the example would not be lost on other capitals. SPECIAL NOTICES. far additional Uptciul Aotiotl tttt iliIhldti ituxu. FINES T ti E N T S' ItEADY-MADE ' FUHMSUINQ CLOTHING. GOODS. John AKAMAKKK, NOS. 61S AND m QH1WNUT YOUTHS' KA-SUIONABUJ MERCHANT AND BOYS' CLOTHING. ACADEMY TAILORING, OF M U 8 I C TUE BTAR COUKSK OF LKCTURKS. GKOItUK WILLIAM CURTIS, On THURSDAY KVKKINO, February 21. t ubject "Our National Folly -The Civil Survioe." PROF. HKNTtY MORTON, On MONDAY K F.N1NU, I'ebiuary 2fc, Eubjeot "Solar Kolipsea." HAYARD TAYLOR, March 3. Subject "JUefonn and Art." JOHN O. 8AXR. March 21. t ubject "French Folks at Home." PROF. ROBF.RT K. ROt1F.R8, March24. Subject "Cneinioal Forces in Nature and tiie Arts." ANNA E. DICKINSON, April 7. Bnbjeot "Down brake." Admission to each Lecture, SO cents; Reserved Seat, cenia. Ticketa to any of the Lecture for sale at Gould'a Piano Booms. No. uuuan u 1 oireet, noin va.oi.io of. M Doors open at T. Lecture at 8. i 17 tf Bwy- THE PHILADELPHIA TRUST, SAFE m-.rOSIT AND 1NSU11AWUK t-OMPA.NY. Ann.inl KlMCtinn llBlU On the Hth of k'iJ.Fli. 1b;i, por.UMUl to charter, the following named gentlemen were duly eleiUii'2:,Sif,'ivte Dtulu i uwjina vi i' j I.KWIS R. ASilliriRRT, .1. LIVINGSTON F.RKINGER, K. V. M.:CUM.A(ili, F.DWIN M. LrfWIS, .IAMBS L. CLAliliORN. BF.NJAMIN B. OOMaCGYS, AUGUSTUS H BATON. V. HATCH KOKD STARR, DANIKL HADDOCK, Jm., F.ltWAKD Y. TOWNSKND, JOHN D. TAYLOR, Hon. WM. A. FOUTF.R. And ut il meeting of the Hoard, held Februnrv U, the foliowniK uenilcmcn weie elected oiiioora fur the same PC..H1:- MIMIW.KT. LKWIH M. ASHHTJRST. VH'R-PBFHIDKNT. J. LIVINliSTON KHRINGEn. SKCllKTAlllT AUn TIlKANUItKK. RObkHT P. MoCUIiliAGtt. HOLIOITOH, RICHARD L. ASUBUP.8T. 8 15 3t jfcW- HOME OF TIIE AGED AND INFIRM. THK PILGRIM. With all it (rand Or mbiiiationa, will b exhibited ON FRIDAY NIGHT, , " At o'clock, for the Rnnetit ot tba Home,' AT CONCKHT UAIX. Tickets at No. 1U18 Arvb street. 41 J IL. UllX. fUtiJl. SPEOJAL. J40TtOES. it 6ac e a "r k e i. e x AT TBK ACADEMY OV MUBIO. rVVSDKY KVKNINU. Peo. . Subject -TflR WOMAW QUKSTION." TiokeUat ASH MK AD'S, No. 724 OHKHNUT Street. Unserved Keats, 7J rent. Admission tod Stage Ticket, U cent. Reserved Beat in I'amlly Olrcle. M cent. 1 11 13 14 IT 18 If SI St 8SST ZENANA MISSIONTHE NINT!I Anniversary of the Philadelphia branrli of the ,yoniau's Uuion Miiwinnsry Society" will be hnld oa TliUKoDAY KVKNINU, ITji, at 7 o'rlook. in K. R. A.i5?,",m,",tlhorch.cornarof TWKKliTU and WAI, NUT fctrnou. liawlhH jjrar VROFKSSOU EZRA C ARR, TITR CEI.K. bratl Cti"mt. rscnmnionil MURDOCH'S KRONUHIAI. COMKirS mm a ! aari etliwtual tnnia fr th organ of tlia voioe. For aaia tor all rirng. lata. IT lb,' IT DIVIDEND NOTICE. West Jkbxkt Railroad Compact J THKAMrRKR'M OWKH. Camiihn, February U, 1870. ) Tha Board of Direotora bava thla dar deelarod, from tha earning of ttiepaatatx month, a semi-annual dividend of F1VK PKR OF.NT. on tha capital atook of th com pany, dear of National tat, payable to the etookholrisri of tola dato, at the offio of the company in tha city of Camdun.ON AND AFTKB SATURDAY. February 1. The Stork Traniifrr Book will be cloaad from the data bnreof until the l!Hh instant. OKOROK J. HOimiNS, Treasurer. lfi4t Weak Jersey Railroad Company. ngr OKKICK PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. PHrr.ArrT.PHiA. February 16, KW0. NOTIOK TO BTOOK HOI.DKKS. The Annual ttliwtinn for Dimulom will beheld on MON DAY, Uie 7th day of Mnri-h, 1K70, at the Oihoe of UinOom paojr, No. SB Houth THIRD Street. The poll will be oin from 1(1 o'clock A. M. until it o'olock P. M. No share or aharee trnniilrrred within Hiitydaya pre online the election will entitle the holder or bolder thereof to vole. J08KPII LK.8LRY, 8 ltftMBrp Secretary. fgy- OFFICE RECEIVER OF TAXES. Pmi.AiKt.vmA, Fob. 15, 1S70 NOTIOK In eonsequenoe of tbe oonf oaien Incident to the change in the ariminmtration of this rinpartment, under the decifion of the Hnpreine Oourt in tile contested election case, it baa been determined, with tha indorse ment of tbe Finance Committee of Councils, to open tbe duplicates for the reception nf the City ami State Taxes for the year 187U, oa MONDAY next, February 31. KlUHARD PKJ.rZ. I IS 6t Keceirsr of Taxes. JAMES M. S C O Y I L, OAMDF.N. N. J. FOR OOI.tiKOT10NH-m.AIMR OVF.R fKK HUN. DKF.D DOLLAIIS, FIVE PKR CENT. Haw AUSTRALIAN AND ALASKA DIA MONDS, MOSS AOATK8, and all the latest style of Fashionable Jewelry, at low prires. .v ra' no. o norm kiuu ru tttrooi, weat me. near Arcn. u. u. KVAPta. I Jblm4p OLOTHINQ. SUPERIOR CLOTHING, READY-MADE AND MADE TO ORDKR, ROCKHILL & WILSON, 603 and 605 CHESNUT STREET. BOYS' CLOTHING, NEW STYLES, CBKAT, CHEAPER, CHEAPEST. 3 A R C A I N 8 IN CLOTHING. GOOD BUSINESS SUITS 114, were 118 " $18 fro - u u .....18 " W OVERCOATS l H 18 EVANS & LEACH, No. 628 MARKET STREET, 12 30 Smrp PHILADELPHIA. GROCERIES, ETO. COFF E E. A CHOICE LOT OF MOCHA OOF'IT'JHE:, JUST IN STORE, AT LOW PRICES. E. BRADFORD CLARKE. Successor to Simon Cotton tfi Clarke, S.W. Corner Broad and "Walnut, ft tUtliS PHILADELPHIA. 1809. WARRANTED GENUINE OLD v Government Java Coffee, ICoatel every day. nt 10 cent ytvr pound, at COUSTY'S .East End Grocery, Ho. 11 South SECOND St., SmhaUrf BRI.OW OHE8NUT 8TRKET. LOOKING CLASSES, ETO. gARLES' GALLERIES, No. 816 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Looking Crlasew A very bhsiiie and elbgant assortment ot (til, all en tirely new, aad at vary low prise. Ualleries of Paintings on tbe around floor, very DMuti fully lighted, and easy of aceeea. . JAMES S. EARLE A SONS. HATS AND CAPS. WARBUBTON'B IMPROVED VENTT- la led and eaayflttlng Iraaa list ( patented), ta a , HUWWvtW Cv. ved faabions or ma ssssoa. uuuau i' nareei UUcvv DRV GOODS. QHCPPARD, VAN HARLIMCEN & ARR I SON ARE OFFElUNd Extraordinary Bargains IN Table Cloths, Napkins, Doylies, TabU Linens, Towels, Toweling, Etc. Aiao, French, Belgian, Barnsley, Scotch and Irish Sheeting, and Piliow Case Linens. 4-4 FRENCH AND RICIIAJIDSON'S IRISH LINENS, in line, medium, and heavv nutans nt nil gradca for general family and ladtea' asa. AW6, EMBROIDERED TIANO AND TABLE COVKR9, BLANKETS, FlJtNNELS, QUILTS, AND COUNTERPANES. AIJBO, VERY RICH. NKV7 AND ELEGANT LACB AND NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN), WINDOW SHADES, ETC. ETC. ALSO, NEW WELTS, PIQUES, WHITE GOODS, AND STAPLE EMUIlOIDKIUESOfc" NEW AND BEAU TIFUL 8TYLES, THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT WE HAVE EVER OFFERED; PRINTED PEU CALES, New and Elegant ratteros, Faat Colors. ALL THE BEST MAKES OK DOMESTIC MUS LINS AND SHEETINGS at WHOLESALE PRICKS. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS INVITED TO A NEW MAKE OF HEAVY MUSLIN, WHICH FOR MANY PURPOSES IN TIIE FAMILY WILL BB FOUN VERY VALUABLE. MANUFACTURED EX PRESSLY FOR OUR TRADE. No. 1000 CHESNUT Street, 1! Btuttaiatrp PHILADELPHIA, 1 8 7 0. 8 PE CIALT I ES AT 11 THORE.LEY'8," EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN Sts . PHILADELPHIA. WE OFFER IMMENSE BARGAINS tf BLACK HlLilCH. Good Black Silts for 1 -SO. Rich Gro Grain Black Silks at tlTO. Heavy Gro Grain Black Silks at tl-Tff. Very Rich and Heavy Gro Grain at $i. Magnificent Quality for 12-85, S2-C0, aud S. The very beet for $3 25, aud H. Bluea, Greens, Browns, Modes, Queen's Greya, etc., for $2. Paisley and Broche Shawls, REDUCED TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. A fresh Importation of BAJOU'S KID GLOVES. JOSEPH H. THORNLEY, CORNER OF EIGHTH and SPRING GARDEN Sts., I S thstuS PHILADELPHIA. Js W. PROCTOR & CO. kim: I VI. NOTIC'K. corjTircuATior? or oaltj. Ittlanre of Stork remaining oa hand will ho old nt Ketall. The uiiole ot tba Klerk U now on the first floor. Heal liar. Kalna may be expected. 8 TORE NOW OPEN. Ilimlnesa llorar, Mirror, about 70 Walaat Frame with tUluaaeala lor hamtlng In ll. tela, and inauy articles nuitoble for I'loaJt manufacturer!. Wax Flvnrea. Kco. S fcltf gTEEL-COLORED NEW SPRING POP LINS. PKARL-OOLORKD POPLM3. MODK OOLOKKD POPf.lJfi. NKW URRKN POPLINS., HEW BLUE POPLINS. EYRE A LANPELL, FOURTH AND AttCfl". 'J'HE NEW SHADE OP, BLUE AND GREEN SILKS. NKW SPRING POITLT DK SO IKS. NKW SPRING 8TRIPB HILK8. NEW STOCK OK ULACK BILKS. NKW STOCK PAULEY SHAWLS. EYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND AUOH, , 1 12 etuth 3m PHIBADHLPU1A. MRS. R. DILLON, NO. 823 AND 331 SOUTH Street, ba a large assortment of fine Millinery for Ladiea and Kisses, Bibbnn, Satins, Siika, Velvet and Velveteens, Crapes, 1' withers, r lowers, Vramea. Hash Ribbons, Ornaments, Mourning Millinery, Urapo Veil, etc 1 4 ( ZEPHYRS AND GERMANTOWN WOOLS, 1 Stocking Tarn of all kind; Tidy, Oroohat, aad Mending Cotton, wnoleaaia and retail, at laotory. Mo, lift LGM BAKU Street. U & to MOURNING DRY OOOD9. MOURNING DRY GOODS HOUSE. PERKINS & CO., 9 South rfflKTII Street, HAVI OPENED A FULL LINK OP BAREGE HERNANIES. 9 17 thatu9m4p THE FINE ARTS. Q. Fa HASELTINE'S Galleries of the Arta No. 1125 CHESNUT STREET. THia AUTOTYPES D UlOrpJ HAY ABJtiyatP. TlWRRFf. LAS CHEAPEST! N THE CITT DIXON'9, N. 1 B- aUUU l U Street. It lluufct
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