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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA;-MONDA aVMARCII 21,- 1870.-
8rxs.iT or Tnn mesa.
Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals
upon Current Topics Compiled Every
Day for the Evening Telegraph.
A r.LVEBEAllD IN CONGRESS.
From the Cleveland Leader.
It is greatly to ho regretted that Mr. Rogers
of Arkunsas should ho fnr have niistakon his
duties as a member of Congress as to intro
duce a resolution ordering the discharge of all
female clerks in the departments at Washing
ton, buoh a measure muHt require, for its
proper justification, Home very Htrong argu
ments outside of anything which the worst
enemies of the female clerks have yet been
able to adduce. Prurient and reckless Wash
ington correspondents, hungry for a sensa
tion, have from time to time interlarded their
letters with vague and darkly drawn insinua
tions against the private characters of these
working women. It is mainly alleged that
there are women in the departments whose
appointments have been secured by members
of Congress for reasons which will not bear
open discussion. To the shame of Congress,
it must be admitted that there may be,
in a few cases, somo truth in this, but
should the whole army of hard-working,
poorly-paid clerks be made . to Buffer
tor the faults of a few? Are there not
wicked men and women everywhere, in so
ciety, in all publio movements, and in the
churches? If there is here and there a
scarlet woman among the ranks of the Wash
ington clerks, should her crime be allowed to
take the bread from the mouths of the thou
sand others who are fighting singly and
bravely the hard, doubtful struggle for bread
because the husbands and fathers upon whose
strong arms they once leaned are buried on
some far-away battle-field ? Winning women,
with bright faces and cunning words, have
sometimes won their woy to those Washing
ton clerkships to the exclusion of more needy
and deserving ones a charming woman can
do all but the absolutely impossible in this
world but no one will deny that by far the
greater proportion of tho Government
clerks are the widows and sisters and
daughters of men who were killed or dis
abled during the war. Hard-hearted indeed
must be the man who could stand up
and propose that this legion of pensioners
should be turned into the street. To do so
must require a cortain quality of mind which
we find developed only in the purely political
man. It is one of the characteristics of poli
ticians that they are capable of sacrificing
everything to the expediency of the moment.
They can give glowing promises, and keep
them or not as may afterwards seem best.
Politicians were loudest in promising, eight
years ago, that if the country were saved the
veterans should be the dearest children of the
republic. The minor publio oflices, the post
offices, the various small favors of city,
county, and State patronage should be given
only to those who had risked their lives that
the nation might be saved. The battles
were fought and won, but the politician has
not taken the back Beat that he promised he
would. He yet maintains his place at the
head of things and crowds the soldier from
his promised heritage. He even grudges the
crippled veteran and the orphan of the dead
soldier a homo, but talks eloquently in Con
gress or his State Legislature in favor of rail
way and harbor subsidies, which shall still
further increase the wealth and greatness of
this glorious country. Here and there a
policeman's uniform, a pension agency, or a
cross-road post office is given to a seldier as
one throws a bone to a dog, but the fat and
easy places the politician marks for his own.
Ho it happens that there are men in Congress,
one man at least, who thinks that women
especially war widows and orphans are get
ting on too rapidly in the world, and should
be set back a peg. Turn them all out and
make room for a new and inexperienced corps
of men, says the patriot from Arkansas.
Fortunately, the movement has not been so
favorably recoived as Mr. Sogers had hoped.
It was talked over a few moments and held
for future decision. Before that final vote is
taken, Congress should be made to know how
deep an outrage this wholesale ejectment
would be considered. The movement for the
broader rights of women already carries diffi
culties enough, and, for this additional
reason, the vengeance of Mr. Rogers should
be checked.
OUR ARMY AND NAVY SCHOOLS.
From the X. Y. Times.
If the attention now called to our two
national schools by the disgraceful traffic in
cadetships results in a thorough recasting of
the appointment Bystem, the Whittemores
and Golladays of the House will not have
invited a severe punishment in vain. The
time will come when people will regard the
present method of officering our land and sea
service as absurd in the extreme. That ap
pointments to the two academies should go,
like kissing, by favor; that competitive ex
aminations should be ignored; that political
or family iuOuenco should be supreme; and
that this system of partiality, unworthy in
its best estate of a liopublio which boasts of
furnishing the "career open to talent," has at
length resulted in hawking cadetships to the
highest bidders all this will seem to a wiser
generation the height of folly.
Two necessities aro clear in the case; or,
rather, one, to which the second at auhes it
self as a corollary. The standard of admis
sion must be raised at West Point and An
napolis; and, in order to effect this, the
candidatures must be thrown wider open, and
deserving youth throughout the country
allowed, with certain proper restrictions, to
compete. The board appointed to -examine
the Academy at West Point, last summer, per
formed their duty witn unusual tnorougnness.
As a result, they found that the corps of in
structors was exceedingly well qualified for
its duties; that the cadets were in excellent
discipline, and were attentive to their studies:
and yet that there was room for very great
improvement in the institution itself. The
cardinal difficulty they found was in
the low standard of admission; and
they declared that, as a conse
quence, the cadets were kept employed
for the first year or two mainly in aoquiring
that rudimentary Knowledge which they
should have brought with them to the
school. It is needless for us to rehearso the
particulars which the board cited in proof of
its position. Suffice it to say that the position
itself was well taken. It is useless to reply
that a military institution can afford to
"skip" these elementary branches, because
thev lie at the base of any sound education.
The professional education must bo added to
these, iust as nnai colors are laid upon
ground colors, and as the superstructure of
the buildincr rises from the foundation. And
yet Inspector-General Schriver vigorously
protested aeainst raisinct the standard of aa-
ininBion. as recommended by the board. His
m-nnnd was that, as it is. he finds it difli
cult to get the full number of pupils for the
Academy, although a cadetship is so coveted
as to be bought on the terms recently exposed
in Congress.
In this case, can there be any doubt a to
e immediate and imperative duty of Con-
the
gross? That duty is to withdraw tne present
"close corporation" system of appointments.
Let two, throe, or five times the present num
ber of nominations be made; let them be
made not only by Congressmen, but also by
Buch authorities as presidents of colleges and
certain general officers in the army, or other
eminent official personages who would pre
sent fit candidates; then, out of the nomi
nees, let those wno siana nicuest in me
points of mental, physical, and moral dovolop-
ment and promise, and in obvious aptitude
for the career of arms, be chosen after a com
petitive examination severe enough to elimi
nate all but tne best.
We have accommodation for a Hundred or
two hundred more cadets at West Point and
Annapolis than now receive instruction, and
that without a serious increase in the corps
of instructors. In order to get the full bene
fit of our established schools, as well as to
employ the talents of the aoademio faculties
on tho most promising pupils, we must have
a wider sphere for appointments, and a new
method of selecting the persons upon whom
they are conferred.
THE NATURALIZATION BILL.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
A State election is to be held in Connec
ticut on the first Monday in April; and that
State enjoys the unenviable distinction of
being alone infested by a journal which can
compress more deliberate, wiuiii, wicuea,
villainous lies into a square inch than any
other that is or ever was printed. We need
not name it, since Connecticut people will
know it by the above description, and others
will wisely choose to remain unoonscious of
its existence. This journal, in the hope of
thereby swelling the Democratic minority at
the pending election, keeps calling on the
aliens residing in that State to hurry np their
naturalization, because a bill is before Con
gress, and certain to pass, which will oblige
those who nave already declared their inten
tions to begin afresh and wait five years
before they can be admitted to citizenship.
The reference is of course to Judge Davis'
bill (II. It. W.i'j), as reported by him (March
2, 1870) from the Judiciary Committee to
the House, and, being read twice, recom
mitted by the House to that committee. Now
let us, with the bill before us, state exactly
what it does propose with regard to the con
ditions of naturalization:
Section 1. Any alien, who shall, with intent
to become a citizen, have resided three yean
within the Union, and six months within a
State, and thirty days within the county or
parish, may apply for admission to citizen
ship to the Federal Cirouit or District Court
of his district, for naturalization.
Section 2. If no such court be held in his
county or parish, thon ho may apply to "any
court of competent jurisdiction m each State,
Territory, or District, having a clerk and Beal
thereof, which holds a stated or regular court
for the trial of eivil causes in such county or
parish.
bection 3. Upon due proof that he is en
titled to citizenship as aforesaid, "the said
Court shall thereupon adjudge that he be ad
mitted to all the privileges of citizenship at
the expiration of six months from the date of
such iudtj;ment,
The above are all the provisions of the
bill which affect the probation required of
each alien before he can be admitted to cm
zenship, and, instead of extending his term
of probation, this bill actually reduces it,
Now, a man who first applies for admission
to citizenship must wait two years before he
can receive it; this bill reduces that probation
to six months. Let us suppose that an alien
resident declared his intentions last Novem
ber, he must then have resided three years in
this country; yet he cannot, unless the law be
changed, be admitted to citizenship till one
year from next fall; but if Judge Davis' bill
passes, he may perfect his naturalization at
the next term of the court, and be a legal
voter at the Connecticut State eleotion which
is to be held on the first Monday in April,
1871; whereas, if this bill should not pass, he
will be denied the privilege of voting for
Bepresentative in the next Congress, which its
passage will secure to him.
We might pursue the exposure; but need
we ? We do not know that Judge Davis' bill
will pass; we do not advocate its passage;
but the aim and purpose oi this bill are emi
nently just and righteous, being the proteo
tion of the rights of American citizens,
whether native or naturalized, from the infa
mous frauds, both wholesale and retail,
whereby our State was shingled over, in Oo
tober, 181(8, with bogus naturalization certih
cates, fabricated by the ream, and dealt out
at SP2 singly or ails per dozen, to whomsoever
gave satisfactory assurances that they should
be so used as to help swindle General Grant
out of the votes of New York and New Jer
sey. Is there an honest man of any party
who does not consider it high time that such
frauds were somehow arrested f
GENERAL GRANT IN THE LOBBY OF
THE SENATE.
From, the K. Y. Sun.
The Dominican treaty is a mere job, and
being prospectively a prolific one. the Wash
mgton lobby have taken it in hand.
The visit of the President to the ante-room
of the Senate, to influence its action in favor
of this treaty, establishes a dangerous prece
dent. If it is tolerated in respect to an ob
jeotionable treaty, it will soon be employed
to secure the confirmation of unsuitable
nominees for office, and by-and-by it will be
resorted to to pervert the ordinary legislation
of Congress.
Three centuries ago the Kings of England
used to take a side seat in the House of
Commons to overlook and influence its pro
eeedings by their presence. In process of
time that sturdy body recorded a vote to the
effect that these royal visits were a violation
of its anoient privileges, i'hey were then
discontinued for two or three reigns.
Charles I, after protracted quarrels with
Parliament, finally resorted to the desperate
expedient of going in person to the hall of
his refractory Commons, and arresting Pym
and four other eminent members ol the hbe
ral parly. The spirit of the House rose up
against this unusual attempt to dominate and
obstruct its action in an unwarranted manner,
The progressive and independent sentiment
of the nation supported the Cdmnions, and
within a brief period the head of Charles
rolled from tho Bcaffold into the basket of
the executioner. Though guilty of many
crimes, the turning point in the career of the
unfortunate Charles was his visit to the halls
of Parliament in order to coerce its action
or unduly control its decisions by his royal
Eresence. He was an amiable prince, but be
ad not carefully studied the times in which
he lived.
We repeat, the Dominican treaty is a oor-
nipt, and to the nation an unprofitable and
discreditable iob. By ratifying it we shall
certainly annex to this republic an unoon
senting people, incur large pecuniary
liabilities, and purchase an ud propitious in
terest in the civil convulsions now smoulder
ing in that island.
The rulers of the United Slates carry out
ans. and the people execute their will.
by methods different from those employed in
England during the rule of the btnartn.
Charles went down to the Commons. Grant
went np to the Senate. Charles arrested five
Commoners with his own hand beoause they
would not yield to his arbitrary will. Grant,
with his hands full of favors, only sent for
half-a-dozen Senators in order t persuade
them to yield to his pleasure by ratifying a
treaty reeking with corruption, and which,
at that stage of the proceedings, was solely
within their jurisdiction. Grant might have
sent a message to the benaie, ime nis prede
cessors, expressing his views on the pending
treaty; but he chose to go to the Capitol in
person. Charles might have caused his royal
will to hn ftnnnnnrrl in the Commons bv one
of the retainers of the court; but he preferred
to repair to their hall in person.
Of course, there is no danger of the head of
General Grant rolling by and by from a scaf
fold. In these days, lobbyists, however
distinguished and persistent, are not put to
death. The only penalty inflicted upon the
President for his unprecedented mode of
mixinnr in this unseemly business will be. that
he will be pushed off the platform of the next
national convention of the Republican party
not, as was also the case with Charles, for
this one act alone, but for his incapacity to
catch and keep up with the spirit of the
times.
General Grant's fate in respect to a renomi-
nation is fixed. But for the honor of the
party that elected him, let him keep out of
the lobby of Congress.
EMIGRANTS FOR THE WEST
From the Syracuse Journal.
The one thousand German emigrants who
have decided to accompany Governor Solo
mons to Washington Territory have a pros
perous future before them. I ho ourse which
rests upon the immigrants who land in this
country, is their disposition to hive in the
filthy alleys and slams of the city. Some of
them come from loui nomes in European
cities, or we should say toul stopping-places,
and are quite ready to drop into the first
reeking cellar or tumble-down tenement house
which they can una, just as naturally as swine
go to wallow in the mire, consequently
thev reflect, or rather they continue to live.
the same kind of lives which were begun in
dregs of European immorality. The almost
ineffaceable injury which these people imprint
upon American society is startling. It is seen
in eur criminal calendars, our politics, and
our prisons; and stretching upward, it leaves
its marks upon higher social grades, and
subtly pervades nearly all circles.
One of the most benencial plans which
could be devised, would be that which should
scatter the immigrants all over the almost
illimitable unsettled territory which the Gov
ernment has at its disposal. A largo work is
being conducted now by the Commissioners
of Emigration, but it is not adequate to the
necessities of the case. I ho Irish lrumi
grants are the most intent on settling in cities,
One reason for this is traceable to the squalid
lives which England's land system forces them
to lead before leaving their own country. An
antipathy is engendered in their mind i against
agricultural pursuits by the oppressions of
grinding, avaricious landlords, and the mo
ment they are within the jurisdiction of a
free government they very naturally seek for
a change of employment, disliking to engage
in an occupation which they have always re
garded nearly as distasteful as serfdom. An
irishman b dislike for the life of a farmer can
be definitely traced to the causes which have
been enumerated by those who will take the
trouble to study the reasons which create a
call for reform in Ireland to-day. This coun'
try is reaping many of the tares which Great
Britain has been sowing for generation after
generation. Shall not the people make an
effort to convince men and women who come
into our midst, to escape the oppression of
their mother countries, and then to assume
the responsibilities of naturalized citizens,
that there are splendid probabilities of sue
cess for every person who wishes to grasp
them r
The German immigrants having been born
and bred under a different system of govern
ment, are now ready to apply our vast agri
cultural resources to their own uses. Though
large numbers remain in our cities, still
larger numbers pass on to the great West,
where they are building up substantial settle
ments which, by hardy thrift and persistent
industry, are daily benefiting the new States
and Territories. When the tide of Irish im
migration shall have been turned in the same
direction, there will be far less cause for the
enactment of reformatory laws and for la
menting the demoralization of oar society.
OTIUM CUM DIGNITATE.
i'rom the Chioago Pott.
Mr. Seward reached Auburn loveliest vil
lage of the plain a few days ago, after his
long and lofty journey, if we may bo say, to
California, Alaska, Mexico, and Havana. It
is a noteworthy fact that though the friends
and neighbors of the sage desired to meet him
with enthusiasm and brass bands, he dex-
tronsly avoided the heartiness and noise of
such a reception, and in peace and quiet.
worthy of the philosopher that he is, betook
himself to his beautiful home. And there he
is, enjoying his ease and dignity with a more
pleoBing complacency, we doubt not, than was
the case long ago with the illustrious Roman
orater, Cicero.
It is true that Mr. Seward said, on de
clining the attention of the brass bands, that
he might, on some future occasion, give his
friends and neighbors an account of his
travels. But it is not to be doubted that this
was one of Mr. Seward's diplomatio and most
fascinating ways of putting the brass bands
behind him forever. If it were Beelzebub
himself who should approach Mr. Seward, he
would surely say "Get thee behind me,
Satan," but his courtesy would cause him to
add, "if you will be bo good, or something
of that chivalrio sort. The Sage of Auburn
has retired, we think, for good. Henceforth,
to the end of his life, he will be not only a
private citizen, but quite retired from all
active oontact with the scenes of a world in
which he has borne a conspicuous, oftentimes
a brilliant, and for many years a beneficent
part.
It is true that Mr. Seward, for his wn
bright fame, has liAed too long. He failed
to comprehend the great times in which he
lived. Had he died in 1800, the ideas he had
announced: the brave words be naa spoken,
when to speak brave words required a courage
nobler than that which carries a man to tne
cannon's mouth: the political organization
which, on the broad basis of universal free
dom, he had done the most prominent work
in organizing, would have preserved his
memorv creen in the hearts of his country
men for countless generations. But politioal
blunders are rarely pardoned. Mr. Seward s
blunder was moBt serious, and led to other
blunders, which, had they not speedily been
corrected bv Mr. Lincoln, imbued with the
superior statesmanship of the people, would
unquestionably have resulted in the ruin of
the republic
The i
their pi
If it were possible to eliminate from Mr.
Seward's life the later veors of it. and con
template him, in his retirement at Auburn,
as having been there since the fall of 18G0, it
would be a pleasing thing indeed. In that
case there woutd be no more agreeable, no
more noble associations connected with the
memory of a great statesman, than the asso
ciations which should cluster evermore around
the memory of William II. Seward.
WHEN ?
From the A". 1. Torld.
Will the Tribune. Herald,' or Sun three
conspicuous touters for the Republican party
tell us rcicn Congress will do justice to
Cuba? Decision in the matter does not now
necessarily depend on Grant or his adminis
tration, which, in respect to Cuba, our neigh
bors insist has been controlled by Mr. Fish.
The whole subject was banded over to Con
gress by the President in his annual message,
and Grant has told ns that he will have no
policy in opposition to the will of the people.
The Republican party is now supreme in
Congress. Responsibility of action or or no
action on this important subject belongs,
therefore, exclusively to that party. When,
we repeat, will it do something?
1 or many months the Republican organs
pointed us to Senator Morton as the outrider
and forerunner of the party on the Cuban
question. Wonderful deeds by him were pre
dicted. In time he came with a bill, which
he sent to the committee of the Senate of
which he is a member. It directed the Presi
dent to declare "an armed insurrection" ex
isting in Cuba; it prohibited Spain from buy
ing or our manufacturers irom selling in this
country arms or munitions of war to suppress
the insurrection, or Spain from procuring
vessels here for that purpose. In due time
the bill returned from committee; but how
changed ! Morton was compelled to endure
the humiliation of producing before the
Senate the shrivelled thing permitted to leave
the committee-room. All instruction to the
President about armed insurrection was
eliminated. Nothing was contained in it
prohibiting the purchase here by Spain of
munitions of war. Poor Morton! Poor Cuba!
After that the Republican claqueurs point us
to the lower house. Banks is now the fruit
ful Jone in respect to Cuba. He and his commit
tee are pregnant with a beatifio progeny.
The announcement of so interesting and
critical a condition of both was made many
weeks ago, and no parturition yet! Why
this protracted gestation ? General Quesada,
the accomplished accoucheur, has been, at our
Buggestion, called in oon imitation, and so has
Mr. Robeson. When did labor pains ever
continue so long? Seriously, we ask either
of our Republican neighbors we have named
to tell us when "any good thing" for Cuba
will come out of the present Congress this
Nazareth of the Republican party? Having
Croat 2d bopes in Cuba of aid irom the United
States, will the House of Representatives
new, like Nazareth of old, make effort to
destroy its offspring by casting it out down
the precipice to die r
OPEN LIBRARIES ON SUNDAY.
From the lloxkm Traveller.
The passage, by our Representatives, of
Mr. Woodbury s bill, to open city and town
libraries on Sundays is one of the signs of
the times. It is part and parcel of the great
conspiracy to dethrone uod and banish Chris
tionity from the nation. A work in which
men of very different, and opposing views
' even, are engaged; some unwittingly, having
il 1 1- t.K 5 ii .
iiii'iubtuves uiiiy hull -mens ores m view, liul
the leading spirits, while cunningly enlisting
persons ot every description to do portions
of their work, contemplate nothing less than
the utter overthrow of the institutions of
Christianity in this country, and the introduc
tion of atheistic opinions which made a hell
of France during the first revolution, and
which have cursed Continental Europe ever
since, though hitherto repressed and kept
under by the overwhelming power of publio
opinion and the band of strong government
A few simple souls can be made to believe
that it is a kind and liberal thing to open our
libraries on Sundays to those who have no
hemes, no churches, nor employments, nor
enjoyments for that day. But a moment's
reflection will show them that this is sheer
pretense. This class of people do not ask to
have the libraries opened; and they are not
the people who would visit them if they were
opened; and if they did visit them, they would
not find accommodations not one in a nun
dred. To provide accommodations for the
countless hundreds who lounge in our streets,
or waste their Sundays in vain and vicious
amusements, would require halls which would
hold thousands, instead of a few score, as our
largest reading rooms now do. But everybody
that has given any attention to this subject
knows that this is not the true reason why
the advocates of Sunday opening urge
the measure. It is a dislike to all the re
Btraints of the Lord's day that impels them
to urge this measure. This is only a little
wedge; but perseveringly driven, it will make
room lor a larger one, and yet a larger one,
until this great foundation-stone of the
Christian system the Christian Sabbath
is split and rent asunder. The Sabbath
broken down, and we can have no more
"pi iestcraf t" no more preaching no more
control of the church-going people by the
clergy. And then, no more reading of the
Bible in our public schools: no more religious
teachings of any kind. Instead of sober
Christian men and women to educate our
Youth, we shall have open scoffers at the
divine authority of the Bible, and ribald de
nounoers of the faith and manners and rites
and institutions of Christianity.
This is the end towards which our innova.
tors and "reformers" are tending: not all
with equal directness, but all tending never
theless: and vet some good men can be made
to help them in their destructive work, and
uiuro in me pity.
THE ROW IN RICHMOND.
from the N. Y. Eerald.
The discraoefnl conflict of authority in
Richmond, Va., has thus far resulted in not
and bloodshed and in partly depriving the
city of civil government. On Thursday night
a nartv of neoroes endeavored to break
through tha lino of nolicemen besieging the
station-house, and were resisted. A fight
followed, which ended in the negroes stampe-
ding, after one of their number had been
killed and two others wounded. Yesterday
morning General Canby endeavored to effect
a oompromifse between the rival Mayors;
but Mr. Chahoon. the old official, rejected the
propositions of Mr. Ellyson, the new appoin
tee. Meantime the siege was vigorously kept
up, the citizens congregating in large numbers
aiound the station house, greauy oicitea over
the events that were transpiring. This state
of an airs lasted till half-past two o'clock in
the afternoon, when General Canby summarily
raised the siege by taking possession of the
station house. As the special pohoemen of
Mavor Ellvson formed in line and moved off.
the necroea. whose sympathies appear to be
with Mr. Chahoon, assaulted them with clubs
and other weapons. A not enauau, ana tne
police, aided by the white citizens this time,
again routed the negroes, several of whom
were wounded. Our latest despatches report
the city comparatively tranquil, with the
streets patrolled by Mayor Elly son's police.
It ia evident that Mr. Chahoon has acted
without iudgment in this matter. The law
under which his successor was appointed may
be unconstitutional, but no private citizen
possesses the power of deciding upon the
validity or invalidity of n legal enactment.
Until the regularly constituted courts, having
jurisdiction in the premises, pronounce a law
unconstitutional, it is valid, and is binding
upon all. Now, the case in Richmond is
simply this: Mr. Chahoon believes that the
law enacted by the Virginia Legislature,
vacating ail onices held under military ap
pointments and empowering the Governor of
the btate io appoint new oflicers. is in conflict
with the Constitution, and he has resisted its
enforcement, not by legal process but by
force. There cannot be anything more dan
gerous to the liberties of this republic than
contempt for the laws. We fear that the era
of military government in the ex-Rebel States.
when force was the only law, has dene much
towards causing the deplorable disregard of
civil authority so manifest throughout the
South.
DR. SUSAN SMITH.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
Another Susan has distinguished herself in
the cause of "Woman s Rights, to wit, Dr.
Susan A. Smith, of i'hlladelphia, a medical
gentlewoman, who insisted upon carrying on
the bnsiness of her profession, and upon not
paying the special tax required by the Inter
nal itevenue laws. Wherefore, this learned
lady was persuaded (by a deputy marshal) to
visit a commissioner. Unto this functionary
declared she that, in her opinion, the law was
an unjust one, and that while she was not al
lowed to vote it was gross despotism to oblige
her to pay a special tax as a healer. She an
nounced her intention of refusing to pay while
continuing to prescribe, until she should be
permitted to vote, and be made eligible by
law to office. This was a view of the case
which the Commissioner could by no means
take. Wherefore, the said Susan was held to
bail in the sum of $."00 for her appearance at
Court. Whether her conscience permitted
her to give bail or not, the aoconnt does not
state. Possibly she may even now be the in
mate of a cold and gloomy dungeon. Possi
bly, she has made up her mind to stay there
until (like "lhe rnsoner of Chillon )
"Her hair lBjrrey, but not with years;
Her limbs are bow el, though not with toll."
Bnt, meanwhile, what will become of the
patients ? Who will minister unto them the
cooling salts and the cathartio senna ?
Seriously, we wish that Doctor Susan would
be a little more logical; for if she were, she
would see that paying tax as a physician has
nothing whatever to do with voting. A
young doctor, some fledgling of Esculapius,
and still a minor, might be called upon to
pay it, and yet be refused the suffrnge. A
foreigner not naturalized might be compelled
to pay it, and yet he would thereby acquire
no right to the ballot. The law simply says:
"If you physio and bleed your lellow-
creatures, you must pay If 10 per annum for
the privilege" and so you must. Paying
this sum does not make you a voter, although
failure to pay it may make you a prisoner as
we hope poor Doctor Susan is not.
INSURANCE..
F
RE ASSOCIATION.
INCORPORATED MARCH 27, 1830.
OFFICE,
NO. 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET
INSURE
BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. AND
MERCHANDISE GENERALLY,
From Loss by Fire (in tha City of Philadelphia only).
ASSETS, JANUARY 1, 1S70, 81,572,7;J4'!5.
TRUSTEES.
WM. H. HAMILTON,
JOHN CaRKOW.
OHARLE8 P. BOWER,
JKBKK LIGHTFOOT,
ROBT-. SUOKMAKKR.
GKOKGK I. YOUNG,
JOS. R. LYNDALL,
PttlER ARMBRUSTER,
iw u niniMuunu
LEVI P. COATS,
f . II IT I.T Ll 1TTl TI" TT
FKTKR WILLIAMSON,
DUU&Llj,
WM. H. HAMILTON, Preiident.
SAMUEL SPARHAWK, Vice-President,
WILLIAM T. BUTLEB,
86?
Secretary.
UAME INSURANCE COMPANY.
A.
no. BOS OHESNUT Street.
INCORPORATED 1HM. CHARTER PERPETUAL,
CAPITAL, 8JU0.0U0.
FIRK INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insures against Loss or Damac by Firs either by Far
petnal or Temporary Policies.
DIHK0TOK8:
Charles Riobardson. Robert Pearoe,
William 11. Khawn. John KesalerTjiu
William M. Seylert, Edward U. Orne,
John F. Smith, Charles Stokes,
Nathan liilles, John W. Kvennaa,
Ueorce A. W est, ' Mordeoai Busby.
CHARLES RICHARDSON. President,
WILLIAM H. RUAWN, Vioe-President.
WnxiAMS L Blahchikd, Secretary. 7 )
THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
Office S.W. corner of FOURTH and WALFTDT Streets.
B- f Hll.ALJKI.FHIA.
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
CASH Capital (paid np in full) $200,000-00
Caah Assets, Jan. 1, 1N70 5'44,3i5'13
DIRECTUM B.
P. Ratchford Starr. i J. lavisgston Krrlncer.
Nalljro Imner.
Jamee L. OUtghoro,
John M. A mood,
Bonj. Tredick,
George II. Stuart,
TV Ui. u. DOUJIOQ.
Oharlea Wheeler,
Thomaa 11. Montgomery,
Jnmes M. Aertoea.
JODM M. liruWD
j, nn ivu' viiv ' ' i. I., inmilllfUV.
THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY, Vioo-Proeident
i.' j a it, lUlrnnn ct i T) ii , . j a
fiui'.A, tt, n io i imv, nnumiarj.
JACOB K. FETKRJiOK. AauoUnt Secretary
TJ1E
PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
A
COMPANY,
Inoornnratad IKiii (Jh.rtor PerrjetnaL
No. 610 WALNUT Street, opposite Indepenaenoe 8jnare.
This Company, favorably known to the community tat
ever forty years, continues to Insure against loss or da
ae by hre on Pnblio or Private Buiidin(rs,iiuier perma
nently or tor a limited time. Also on arm tare, blocks
nf finoHt. and K1Apnh.ndi.ia reneraUT. en liberal terms.
ineir jauitai, loireioer wua a uui oarpius runa, st
Invented in the most careful manner, which enables them
to oner to ths Insured an nnaouutea seowitf in sue I
of loss.
Daniel Smith, Jr., John Daverent,
Alexander Benson, Thomas Smith,
Isaae Hasleburst, V8,nr7 Lewie,
Thomas Robins. J Gillingham Fell.
Uwiiivi nwsuwvat. u r,
' DAMEL 8MITU, JB.t FreaidM
' wot. t. unuw r.Liij, oeoreuuTe i
OR EAT WESTERN
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
OF NEW YORK.
I EDWIN E. SIMPSON, MANAGER,
Io. ffia ffALBIJT A-Mwaua.
All the wd. equitable and liberal features oi ths beet
Lite Insuranoa Companies are naranioea to tne pouoy
hnldeia of this Company. uiusiuumn
Uberal arrangements made with competent agents.
0
O R
N HJ 0 H A N G B
BAG yiisuratitJKi,
.lOHNT. BAILEY.
K. eornerof U A RKET end WATEK Streets.
DEALER IN BAGS AND BAGGING
Of every desoriDtum. for
Grain, Flour,
Salt. Super-Phosphate of lima, Boat
Dust. Kirfv
Lareeaa small GUNNY BAGS oenstanUy OS. hand.
Also, WOOL bAUJUi.
INSURANCE.
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY IN8UHANCB
COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legislature
of Pennsylvania, 1936.
Office southeast corner of TTirRD and WALNUT
Btrnpts, ritllnilelnhla.
MARINE INIrHFRAMl'KS
On Vessels, Cargo and Freight to all parts Of the
worm.
INLAND INSURANCES
On goods by river, canal, lake and laud carriage to
mi pnrm ui mo union.
KIKE INSURANCES
On Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings,
Houses, etc
ASSETS OP TUB COMPANY
November 1, lfi.
1200,000 United States Five Per Cent.
Loan, ten-forties I218.000D0
100,000 United btateg Six Per Cent.
- IiOBn 0w'ul nionoy) lOT.TBODO
60,000 United States Six tor Cent.
Loan, lssi eO.000'00
800,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent. Lonn 113,960-00
SOO.OOO City of Philadelphia Six Per
Cent. Loan (exempt from
tax) 800,928 DO
100,000 State of New Jersey Six Per
Cent. Loan 103,006 DO
80,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First
Mortgage Six Per Cent.
Bonds 19,460-00
J8.000 Pennsylvania Railroad Se
cond mortgage SU per Cent,
Bonds 83.638 "09
80,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail-
road Mortgage Hlx Per ,
Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania
Railroad guarantee) 80,0000
80,000 Stat of Tennessee Five Per
Cent Loan 1B.000D0
1,000 Mate of Tennessee Six Per
Cent. Loan 4,870-00
18,500 Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
,pan7 "hares stock 14,000-00
0,000 North Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, loo shares
stock 8.900-00
10,000 Philadelphia and Southern
Mall Steamship Com-
r pHnT 80 ""are" stock T.COO-OO
Mo,00 Loans on Bond and Mort
snge, first liens on city
Properties mj.WO-OO
11,231,400 Tar. Market value. 11,858,270-00
trout- 11 air. A'm-ot
Real Estate M.ooo-oo
uu m Receivable for Inimrances made. . . 833.100-18
Balances due at Agencies:
Premiums on Marine Policies. Accrued
Interest, and other debts due the Com
pany UK nOT-OK
Stoek, Scrip, etc., of Sundry Corpora
tions, 47t6. Estimated value 8.T40-80
Cash in Bauk 1169,818-98
Cash In Drawer isim
WD.jJl-u
11,862,100-04
DIRECTORS.
Samuel B. Stokes.
Thomas C. Hand,
UUIIU I , JJHV1B,
Edmund A. Soudcr,
Theophllus Paulding,
James Tranuair.
William . Boulton,
Edward Darlington,
II. Jones Brooke,
Edward Lafourcade,
Jacob Rlegel,
Jacob P. Jones,
James B. McFarland,
Joshua P. Evre,
Spencer Mcllvatn,
J. B. Semple, Pittsburg,
A. B. Heiger, Pittsburg,
D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg.
Henry Sloan,
Henry C. Itollett, Jr.,
James C. Hand,
W illiam C. Ludwlg,
Joseph II. Seal,
liueh Craler.
John D. Taylor,
ueoree w. jsernaaon.
William C Houston,
TliUMAS
ITAND. Prpairtpnt'.
JOHN C. DAVis, Vice-President.
ITENTtY T.YLBUUN, Secretary. "-"""ueul-
INSTJEANCE COMPANY
OF
NORTH AMERICA.
JiNOABT 1, 1870.
Charter Perpetual.
Incorporated 1704.
CAPITAI, 8500.00O
ASSETS 8,783,5S1
Losses paid since organization... .843,000,000
Kccclpu of Premium. IStif)... .8 1,091,83743
Intercut from Investments, '09. 114,69074
-J.!OH..VM-ia
Losses paid, 1S9 . Sl,0.13,iS-It
Statement of the Assets.
Firt Mortgages on City Property $766,460
United States GoTerument and other Loan
Bonds 1,123,846
Railroad, Bank and Canal Stock. . .
55,708
847,630
83,(68
83I.M4
30,367
86,198
100.900
80,000
Cash in Bank and Uffloe
Loans en Collateral Security
Notes Receivable, mostly Maiine Premiums. ..
A corned Interest ,
Premiums in coarse of transmission
Unsettled Marine Premiums ,
Real Estate, Office of Company, Philadelphia.
DIRECTORS. WMWSl
Arthur O.
Samuel W. To les,
John A. Bros n,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose Vhite,
William Welsh,
B. Morris Walo,
John Mason,
Qeorce I Harrison,
Francis R. Cope,
Edward H. Trotter,
Edward S. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Alired D. Jessup,
Louis O. Madeira,
Charles W. Cushman,
Oloment A. Grisoom.
William B rookie.
ARTHUR O. COFFIN, President,
OHAKLH8 PLATT, Vice President.
Mattihas Mahis, Secretary.
C. H. Reeves, Assistant Secretary. 3 4
1829 CHARTER PERPETUAL. IgTQ
Mlin Fire Insurance Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nob. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Jan. 170, $2,825,73167
,
CAPITAL $KI,000-(M
INCOME FOR 18i0,
LOSSES PAID IN 1889.
esiu.uvu.
Lcssespaidsince 1829 over $5,500,000
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
The Company also issues policies upon the Rents ol All
k'Qdsof HuiluiuKS. Uround Rents, and Mortgages,
the "FRANkldN" hasno DISPUTED CLAIM.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred O. Baker.
Samuel Crsnt,
GeorRO W. Richards,
Isuau Lea.
A mi m r iiisn
Thomas Sparks,
William S. Grant,
Thomas B. Ellis,
rciiH.jivns ft. llenson.
George Fales,
ALFRED to. 11AKHK. President.
GKOKGK FALK8, Vice-President.
, JAMFS W. MrALLINTFR, Secretary.
THEUDORK M. RKUKK. Assistant Secretary. S 19
S B U X Y
LIFE INSURANCE CO,, N. Y.
Number of Policies tuned by the five largest New York
Companies during the first years ef their ezlatenos:
MUTUAL (2S months) 1093
NKW YORK (18 months) 1081
MANHATTAN (i7 months) 003
KNICKERBOCKER. .. CM months) 6A9
EQU1TABLB. (17 months) 8SS
During the SI months ol Its existence the
ASBURY
HAS ISSUED 2600 POLICIES,
INSURING NEARLY $6,000,000.
Reliable Canvassing Agents wanted throughout tha
COlmU' JAMES M. tONOAORB,
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Office, No. ftrlw ALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
6AMUH.L POWERS. Special Agent. 4 165
TMPEBIAL FIRE INSURANCE OO.
LONDON.
ESTABLISHED 1803.
i Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Fonda,'
08,000,000 IN GOLD,
PBEV0ST & HEERING, Agent.
I , Ho. 10T & THIRD Street, Philadelphia.
CHA& H. FRSYOSTi CHAJ3. P. BXRRQKI