THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAFH PHILADELPHIA., TUESDAY, . MAY 24, 1870. criRiT or Tnn rzmss. Editorial Opinion of the Leading Journals upon Current Topic Compiled Every Day for the Evening Telegraph. THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY. From tM A. r. World. i ; We do not remember any State election which bas been 60 widely commented on by the press of the whole country as that whioh resulted in the signal Democratic viotory of s last weex. inere is one poiu uu wuiuu mo Itetmblican journals seem quite tiaanimons. They are all struck with the pitiful weakness .to which their party has dwindled in this 8tate. They all confess that it lacks efficient leaderships that it lacks organization and dia ' cipline; that its former pride, zeal, and arro- I - .,W A .1 1 BJJCO UHTC DUilt LUW UDDUUUOUb npt&liUJT. I ' On the other hand, the Democratic party of the State was never so full of hope, con.fi- Aanra nnrl AnfArnriflA- riAVAr apIaiI with mnro perfect unity; was never , more conscious of indomitable and victorious strength. The wild and stupid cry of election frauds in this city as an explanation of the Solferino defeat of the Republicans is made ridioulous ;, by the fact that the Democratio party has a handsome majority outside the city of New York.' If Manhattan Island had been loosened ' from its foundations, floated oat into the ocean, and sunk, we should still have elected nnf fiotof Tat thA finnrr. rf Annnala r ' The great gains in the interior are of happy augury for the future harmony of the party. . It deprives the city Democracy of the power f dictation which they have heretofore pos i eat any tio&ei wmcn a mate convention : might put in nomination. The Democratio .. organization, of the State is no longer ill balanced and lop-Bided. The Democraoy of the city and of the interior will hereafter meet and consult on equal terms, in that spirit of mutual deference and forbearance which results from a feeling that neither is wholly ' dependent on . the' other. The success of free 1 government requires wise checks and counterooises: all unre- ' strained power, in whatever hands, tending more or less to abuse. Even if the profuse - Republican charges of frauds in the city were true, the recovered strength of the party in the rural districts would work a perfeet core. No Republican can pretend that dishonest voting is necessary to enable the Democratio party to carry elections in this city; and when the party in the interior is strong enough to ' stand alone and outnumber its opponents, . . there can be neither motive nor inclination to poll fraudulent votes. , Oar victory in the spise that obsolete charge. ' ' I " "Leaving,. therefore, the things that are that are before," what are. the prospects of the Democratio party of the Empire State ? First. a rArtninfv IVinr th nort will arf. with unbroken unity in the fall election. There wiu De no elements 01 distraction in our state Convention. The publio sentiment of the party seems settled and unanimous in favor of nominating Governor Hoffman for re-election. The nomination will probably be made without til A fnrmalitvr nf a 1, nil rt. with cmnVi .. . acclamations of applause as have seldom greeted a new expression of confidence, i We " - J -"-I'M , , have men enough in the State who would . awwav vavvuvuv uviviiviD vuv kuv loDUUg At . ; Hoffman deserrfts this continued reoog- i i f lia r. ... n JJ . Y. A. . is the fittest man to consolidate the strength and insure the asoendanoy of the party, that bo rival candidate will contest his claims. , It is fortunate for the party and of good augury to the country that in this great transition period of our politics, when we are in the . dawn of a new era, the statesman who holds t. the most important and oonspionous official :lz - i t . i ; i iwsiuuu ui any nimi iu tus iouiucrauu riw&s " ' - - . . " 1 V. - . 1 ' 1 . ' wise Dolitical leader. He has no crotchets: nions; he has such a comprehensive apprecia- ' 1 Hon of the new eiioencioa nowameroinc aa fitn him, beyond almost any statesman who could ' -occupy ms prominent positien.ior reooneumg ". differences, harmonizing dissensions, and ' -cementing the party into that compact unity - wV iVi 4 a n nm nvaniAA rt onnnaoo in t.liA : a ' tional contest that will soon be close upon us. Aa between the wisdom and statesmanship of our State executive and the national execu tive, the great State of New York has pro nounced its judgment in a manner which is : not complimentary to General Grant. Under bis administration, with the vast patronage of the Federal Government to aid him, the Re publican party of this State has fallen into decrepitude and contempt; while under the , admirable and popular . administration of i Governor Hoffman, the Democratio party of the State has risen to a triumphant position . . -of commanding strength. ; - The Democracy of New York are stronger ill v ua, iu vuiuiiu iuirci auu gcuoiu piov- tige than it has been at any time during the present generation. We have jast carried the btate by a majority which will nearly or quite Teach eighty thousand. We have the Gov rnor, all the State officers, both branches of the Legislature, and the assured possession of , the Court of Appeals for fourteen years, j We ' shall bear our victory in no spirit of assump tion towards the Democracy of other States. We shall be glad to have them emulate our 1 example if they find anything in it worthy of imitation; but when we meet them in a na tional convention we shall cheerfully submit our action and policy to their revision, and be bound by the Joint counsels, ripened judgment, and collective wisdom of the whole party. HIRED WITNESSES. JTem (JU V. r. Sun. It is said that one of the witnesses McFailand trial, an expert, received ' hundred dollars for his testimony. in the fifteen Patent lawyers and suitors in the United States Dis triot and Circuit Courts are familiar with the fact that experts in mechanics and mechani cal and chemical processes, when called as witnesses in patent eases, invariably receive fees, which in part represent the valne of their knowledge, and In part the worth of their time. The customary fee of these ex perts is fifty dollars a day. We do not like the system which makes the payment of compensation to witnesses in a trial at law to depend on arrangement with a party to the suit. It is not possible to wholly avoid the relation of hired to hirer when a witness receives money from prisoner or prosecution, from plaintiff or defendant, to testify to the troth of certain controverted facts. Inevitably he will lean to the side from which he receives pay. He gets a bene fit from that sidej and it is not in human nature to damage it with the whol of the truth that is in him if he has to tetify against it nor is it in human nature to hold between th'fl ormosine sides just and even scalds of The paid witness inevitably is a ISbllluuuy, partisan. The law in this country offers a sufficiently perilous remedy for wrongs to property and persons, without having its methods deterio rated by engrafting upon them the hiring of witnesses. As soon as practicable we should find an escape from this threatening evil by adopting the new English system of allow ences. The masters of the several courts in England are the taxing offioers therein. In their allowance of costs, the masters are in variably guided by the eminence, professional skill, and full employment of the subpoenaed witnesses. For example, the following fees per diem are allowed to the different witnesses who reside in the town in which the case is tried:- 1 Common laborers f lss Better sort of Journeymen l'ST Brokers from fl'TOto 8-TS Hnperlor officers, army or navy 6-2ft Physicians ... B-sa Builders 6-00 Engineers 6-23 And these fees, if the witnesses reside at a distance from the trial: Attorneys tlO0 Apothecaries from5'5to 10-50 Surgeons . ..from $5-25 to 15'TB Physicians i from S.V89 to 1575 Theae'allowances are samples merely of & scale whioh comprehends all callings and all ranks to society, and which, is based on the value of the witness of his time and his ability to earn money. . The spirit of the rule may be fully appreciated from the allowance of extra expenses made to witnesses whose age or infirmities oblige them to take nurses with them to the place of trial, or to travel by private conveyance if they are unable to endure the journey by publio oonveyanoe. So, if a woman having an infant is obliged to take it with her to the place of trial, or if she is obliged to take with her her baby's nurse, the taxing offioers allow her the rea sonable expenses of both child and nurse, and they enter into the costs of the suit. , This rule should be adopted in this coun-. try, in both criminal and civil cases. The allowances . to all witnesses should be large enough to compensate them for the interrup tion of their business; to experts it should bear a reasonable proportion to the cost of their education, or the value of their peculiar knowledge. .Then it should by statute be made a felony to accept money from either side in a trial, as an inducement to testify or as a reward for evidence. ENFORCING THE FIFTEENTH AMEND MENT. , From the A'. T. Timet. Admitting the necessity for legislation to enforce the equality of rights which the fif teenth amendment guarantees, it neverthe less seems desirable . to limit all such legisla tion to the precise point to be attained. Judged by this safe and simple rule, the bill passed by the House, on the reoommendation of its Judiciary Committee, is preferable to that adopted by the Senate after long and acrimonious aeoate. ; The difficulties to be guarded against are possibilities wnicn may grow out of the con dition of society in the Southern States. The Constitution confers equality in respect of all the rights of citizenship; but local enact ments may hereafter be framed to establish arbitrary tests, from the application of which colored citizens would unfairly suffer. Or local functionaries may, by fraudulent or invidious action, deprive - f reedmen of the exercise of the . franchise. Or by force or fraud, by violence or the threat of violence, colored voters may be kept from the polls, or may be made to suffer from the free use of . the ballot, These are, in the mam, the possible evils which legislation is required to prevent; and the merit of the House bill is that it eflects the contemplated purpose, and there stops. Thus, it punishes by fine or imprisonment every officer, municipal, btate, or Federal, who, by any act of omission or commission, on any pretext whatever, denies or abridges the nsht of any citizen to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servi tude." It treats as a misdemeanor the use of force, fraud, or intimidation by any person to prevent the exercise or the iranohise by colored citizens on the same conditions that govern the voting 01 whites. It imposes penalties on those who, in the enforcement of local law in respect of assessment, regis tration, or the like, may neglect or discnmi nate against colored citizens. And it gives Circuit Courts of the United States jurisdic tion of causes of action created by this act, and Circuit and Distriot Courts of the United States jurisdiction of the misdemeanors whioh the aot creates. For more than this, legislation is not required to provide. . Cut the Senate bill does provide much more. It covers with what seems to us need less elaboration all the points presented in the House bill, adding a section perhaps not unnecessarily making it the duty of Federal officers to take cognizance of all offenses against the act. Moreover, it authorizes the President to employ the army or navy to prevent the violation or enforce the due ex ecution of the aot. So far well. Seotions 14 and 15 are, however, completely out of place. They are designed to operate penally against office holders who are ineligible under the disability clause of the fourteenth amend ment an odious provision, which cannot be too Boon abrogated, and the embodiment of whioh in a measure professedly framed to secure an equality of rights, tends to revive animosities whioh wise and generous men are trying to forget. Nor is the nineteenth sec tion a whit more excusable. The time may come when it will be necessary for Congress to take cognizance of repeating and other fraudulent practices at elections; but when it does come, the legislation should be framed tipon a broader basis, with a more definite aim, and in a connection less likely to be misunderstood. CHIVALRY AND SHIRT-STUDS. From (Aa Hi T. Tribune. If it were not absurd for a mere newspaper writer to question the discretion of a live knight, we should be tempted to ask whether the fifteen gentlemen in fancy clothes who have been exhibiting themselves in Brooklyn as amateur circus riders do not copy the rue ful cavalier who crowned his head with a barber's basin rather than the doughty oham- Eions who used to smash skulls with real attle-axes. The sport of tilting at a ring, while it is neither so manly as a hurdle race, nor so useful as a target excursion, is doubtless a very pretty game in its way better in many respects than base-ball, cleaner than quoits, and exempt from emo tional dangers which beset croquet. We do not see the connection uetweeu uoing battle in defense of the innocent, and catching a little iron circlet on the point of a make-believe lance; but the Colonel who presided over the Brooklyn tourney ap- Earently sees it. for he addressed the motley eroes in a strain of high-toned exhortation such as Don Quixote used to employ for the edification of his gallant squire. "Sir KDigbts," said the Colonel, "the institution you propose to revive is over thirteen cen turies ola. It was iifciierea into existence oy tie opprebsious of those dark ages in the pi-it t 1 i in which the light of civilization began to struggle into the portals of the breast, but had not yet reached the temples of the in tellect. Alter which exhibition of elo quence on stilts, and a declaration that the proclivity of tournaments as now conducted is to "augment tne dignity or human nature and the sum of human happiness," the ring was hung up, and the Sir Knights went for it. We regret that the digmtv of human nature did not suggest to the dashing horsemen the propriety of appearing in the ordinary cos tume oi (Jhratian gentlemen, and avoiding the somewhat incongruous mixture of - mas querade tuniCB, white shirts, felt hats, sashes, and base pantaloons which contributed ! so much to render the spectacle showy if not picturesque. It is a small matter, perhaps, but it would also have been a satisfaction , to common minds if Eddie Gallaher, instead ' of calling himself the Knight of Shannondale, had been content with the respectable patro nymic by which he is known in his father's printing office, and if the Knight of the Black Plume had either adopted a lesa romantic title, or concealed the humbler appellation of Jim Walsh, by which he is known at heme. Sir Iirackenbrough sounds well enougn, per haps, but Sir Jarboe wont do at all, and "Sir Dr. U. A. Fox would nave driven i roissari crazy. The first prize or tne lists was a nne mare; the second and third prizes were gold watches; the fourth prize shade of Ivanhoe and Cceur de Lion! was a pair of shirt studs. We should not omit to add that the winner of the mare has also the privilege of plating the crown of beauty upon '.'the head of her whom he esteems beyond all other women.".: Anybody, therefore, who may be curious upon the subject of Sir Eddie Galla her's affections will have an excellent oppor tunity of aoquiring valuable knowledge with out the risk of asking impertinent questions. l'robably tne dignity of human nature will not be materially advanced by the oeremony, but that bir kiddie s choice will illustrate . "the proclivity of tournaments to augment the sum of human happiness," there can be no manner of doubt. THE UNITED ' STATES AS A BENEVO LENT INSTITUTION. From tht A'. T. Evening post, We are not opposed to the annexation of San Domingo this we think it proper once more to state. "Do you mean to say that you refuse to buy my horse?" roared a jockey to a gentleman in searcn of such an animal, "No. replied the centleman. "I do not re fuse I have not Been , your horse, and it would be unfair to the beast to rejeot him before I have looked at him." i . We are not opposed to San Domingo but surely the manner of pressing this small col lection of colored semi-barbarians upon us looks a little like the sharp practice of a horse jockey. We ask what the horse is good for,, and are told, 4 'Buy him!" We inquire, "Why any more horses ?" and the answer comes, "liuy him ! . We suggest that we have already horses enough in the stable, and still we hear only "Buy him, buy him, buy him !" And besides these publio shouts there oome whispered suggestions that if we don't buy the jockey will nave his feelings hurt; that the horse will starve unless he is quickly taken into our stable; that the price is email but the horse seems to be worthless; that to hesitate is to make ourselves disagreeable but why may we not be disagreeable in self- defense 7 is tms government an eleemosy nary institution ? lhe last publio news about the treaty re lates that the millions which the people of the United States are to pay are to be used to redeem the foreign and domestio debt of San Domingo. Now before the Senate agrees to this, Congress and the people have a right to know who holds the bonds whioh we are to pay off; how much did these holders pay for them; and at what rate are we to redeem them? A good many men remember what was called "Texas scrip." When the unfortunate Texan republio found itself, after its esta blishment in 183G, without revenue and with need for a good deal of money, it paid its creditors in bonds or scrip. These evidences of indebtedness bore eight and even ten per cent, interest; but they were not received even by the first holders at par, and they were finally, as Yoakum, the historian of Texas, relates, bought on the streets for from three to five cents on the dollar. Now, when it was thus depreciated this scrip was purcnased in large quantities by speculators, who then appeared in Washing ton, and were the most urgent and voouerous in demanding the annexation of Texas by the United States. Our Government assumed the Texan debt, as it is now proposed we shall assume the Dominican debt; and it was very well known at the time that some pa triotic citizens made handsome fortunes by the annexation of Texas. Who owns the San Domingo scrip? Of course, no one for a moment suspects the President of conniving at a fraud, if there is a fraud; it is very well understood that he has been led into this San Domingo business by blundering emissaries. But as he urges the ratification of the treaty, it is his duty to assist Congress in discovering who are the owners of San Domingo scrip, and on what terms, and under what circumstances, they acquired it. The tseaty, it is said, secures to the United States nothing in return for the money pay ment required. The mines and other valua bles of tne island have already been granted to private individuals, and the treaty, we are told, expressly confirms these grants, we get nothing, therefore; why should we pay anything ? If Ban Domingo desires to become a Diaie in tne union, way suouiu bud uuv, u we see fit to aocept her, pay her own debt, as New York and other States do ? WHISKY, WINE, ETC QAR8TAIR8 & McCALL, No. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite Sti, IMPOBTVBSOF Brandies, Wlnet, Gin, Olive 011, Etc., WHOLES AXE DEALKBS IN PURE RYE WHISKIES. IN BOND AND TAS PAID. I IBM WILLIAM ANDERSON & CO., DEALERS 11 lm KSn- UklM K. 13 Rortb BEOOITD BV. Pbiladelitlita DRUGS, PAINTS, BTO. J01ti:UT SUOEHJLmtElK fc CO., N. E. Corner FOURTH" and RAGE BU., PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS Importers and Manufacturers of WHITE LEAD AND COLORED PAINTS, PUTTY, VARWLsHEd, ETC AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED TRENCH ZINC PAINTS, Dealers and consumer supplied at lowest prtoee or cub. IS 8 BPEOiAL NOTIOEB. ,ry- NOTICE IS HEREBY' GIVEN, IN aoeordatimi with th pmristonsof th nlKtm( tot (if AiMxnbly, tht a maeting of tb emmiMionra nmd n n ot nitlmlMAn Act to InenrnorM th PKOTKU TION riRK IN8IJRANOK COMPANY, to bo loettod In thoeityef Philadelphia," arworod tbo 13th day ol April, D. 1XM. and U autiDlomnnt tbnrpto. aonrorod the H da oi ADiil. A. D. 1870. will ha held at 1 o'elock P. M. WHO thelfrtb -yof Jnno, A. P. 1870, at No. m H. 8KVKMTH on Ptreet, t'hilnneiphia, when tno noon lor aahaonptton to the capital Work will no opened and tbo other aotion taken reqninlto to complete the onranir.ation. IB 1m liar. ; NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN, . IN coordanoo with the proTiaiona of th existing aot of ARftembljr, that a meeting of the commieaioners named in an art entit.lorll "Aa Aot to Incorpo'ate the MOV A. MKN81NU HRK 1NMJ KANUK COMPANY, to be located in the city of Pbiladeluhia." approred the 18tU dajrof April, A. I. 1H.W, and th supplement thereto, ap prored the 2fith day of April, A, D. IK70, will oe held at 19 o'clock M. on th 15th day of Jnne, 1870, At 'No. 131 8. SKVKNT1I Street, Philadelphia, when the books lor anb acription to the capital stock will be opened and the other Action taken reqniaite to complete theorganir.a'lnn. HUlm KSf NOTICE. . . 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CHAS. a CARPENTER, JOHN QLENDESINa JOS. M. TRUMAN, Jr.,' B 7 atuthlm JOHN R. CARPENTER. WM. E. FRAZER DEN N ICE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. InoornorAted 1868k OKF10K8, B. W. Corner FOURTH And LIBRARY, No. 408 North TWENTY-FIRST Street. Shipping Depot, SPRUCE ST REST WHARF, Bohort- kill River. OH AS. J. WOLBERT, President. 8 80 SOtrp OH A 8. B. RE Kit. Superintendent. CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES. r j CABRIAUES. j THE HANDBOM EST, BE8TMADR, AND LOW. ! Kfi'f PRICES IN THE OITV. N. B. Carriage mad to order. Repairing promptly Ion. AWlmrn : don. : no. 331 DOCK STREET. WK DKTY ALL COMPETITION. WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETC WILLIAM B. WARNS CO Wholtmle Dealers In - WATUiiKH AND JKWELRY. ma NKVKNTH . And OHHhNUT Bkraea I HI baoona Door, aa iai. o ne. b. iiuiiu . CLOCKS. rowKR O LOOKS. AXARBLB CLOCKS. BRONZE 0LO0K8. OOUOO0 OLOOKS. VIENNA REGULATORS. AMKBIOAM LOOKS U. W. R188LLL, Ko. 82 WORTH BIXTH STREET. LEOAL NOTIOES. IN TnE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR TUK OITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. OAHOLINK AUHL'BTA OIIPATRIU, bjr her next frieod, JOHN W. SMITH. . MOSES O. OILPA TUO, In Divoroe, of loeiiiber Term, 1(K, No. . To AtOHES U. U1LPATHIO, Respondeat PleASO take aotie that the Ouurt bas (Tam.il a role upon yuei to show cause why a divorce a vinculo matrimonii ataould nut be deoread' In the above oaae. Koturoahla SATURDAY, Juua 4. l7u, at 10 o'clock A. H., personal service haviu fil..H i.n Aiuutunt of four absence. . JAM Kb W. HAUL. fj23tuthJw Altora.l fuc Ltti.llAuU OITY ORDINANCES. R E SOLUTION Of Instruction to the Committee on HLrh- ways Relative to Paving with Cobble-Stones. Kepolved, By the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, That the Com mittee on Highways be and are hereby in structed not to approve of any bills for the pavine or repavinsr of streets with cobble-stones, unless the Chief Commissioner of Highways shall certify that the following provisions of an ordinance apuroved June 13, 1363, have been complied with by contractors for such paving, viz.: "That no stone shall be used exceeding nine Inches or lets than six Inches in depth, or showing a greater length ot face than seven or less than four inches, and wnicn snail in an cares be set close, breaking joint, with their greatest length upright, and vertical as to posi tion, and which snail be rammed until noiurmer Impression can be made upon them with fifty live pounds rammer. 'I i LOUIS WArilll.K, ! President of Common Council, Attest John Eckstein, ' ' ' i Clerk of Common Council. ? SAMUEL XV. CATTELL, President of Select Council. Approved thlstwentv-third dav of Mav. Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy (A. V. I87UL 624 It Mayor ot Philadelphia. R E8OLUT10K To authorize the Grading of Manton, Cros- kev. and Oak ford streets. Resolved, By the Select and Common Coun cils of the City of Philadelphia, That the De partment of Highways be and is hereby autho rized and directed to grade Manton street, irem Seventeenth to Eighteenth streets, at a cost not to exceed Two Hundred and Thirty-five Dol lars; Croskey street, from Columbia avenue to Montgomery street, tne cost not 10 exceed Three Hundred and Forty Dollars: Oak ford street, from Thirtieth to Thirty-fifth street, the cost not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars. All of the said streets to be graded tethe established grade oi the city... , President of Common Council. Attest .. .- , Abraham Stbwart. Assistant Clerk of Common Council, r : SAMUEL W. CATTELL, ' i President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-third day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy (A. il. 1S7U). t . 5 24 It Mayor of Philadelphia R ESOLUTION Of Instruction to the Chief Commissioner of Highways to Open Darby Avenue or Wood land Street. Resolved. By the Select and Common Coun cils of the City of Philadelphia. That the Chief Commissioner of Highways be and Is hereby authorized and directed to notify the owners of property fronting on Darby avenue or wood land street, from Forty-ninth to Seventy first street, In the Twenty-seventh ward, to remove their fences, etc., to the Surveyor's line of said avenue or street, within three months from date of said notice, as the same will be required for public use. I President of Common Council. Attest John Eckstein, ; ' Clerk of Common Council. , SAMUEL W. CATTELL. President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-third day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy (.A. I). 187U;. JJA.miiiL 31. IlA, 5 24 It Mayor of Philadelphia. R ESOLUTION To Authorize the Tramwaying of Ronald- son and Freltasr streets. Resolved, liy the Select ana uommon councils of the city of Philadelphia, That the De partment of Highways be and Is hereby au thorized ana aireciea 10 repave wun tramway stone, in the tracks of the wheels, Ronaldson street, irom uainoriage to mzwaier street, ana i reitae street, irom iiainoriage to Aiasita street, in the Fourth ward; and if the cartway Is wider than necessary for a single track, to reduce it to the proper width by taking an equal quantity from each side. LOUIS WAUNEK, President of Common Council. Attest John Eckstein,' Clerk of Common Council. SAMUEL W. CATTELL, President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-third day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy (A. JJ, low). , , ! JJA.mi!.L 31. JUA, 5 24 It Mayor of Philadelphia. R ESOLUTION ' . i To Authorize the Opening of Manton Street. : i Resolved, By the Select and Common Coun cils of the City of Philadelphia. That the Chief Commissioner of Highways be and is hereby authorized and directed to notify the owners of property through and over which Manton street, from Seventeenth to Eighteenth street, in x the Twenty-Blxth ward, will pass, that at the expi ration oi three montns irom tne aaie ot sain notice, the said street will be required for public use. i LOUIS WAGNER, President of Common Council.' Attest i ' John Eckstein, ' 1 Clerk of Common Council. ' ' ' SAMUEL W. CATTELL, J President of Select Council. ' Approved this twentv-tblrd day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy (A. D. 1870). ! liAillbli 111 . r JA., S24 It Mayor of Philadelphia. R ESOLUTION Of Instruction to the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. Resolved, tsj tne oeiect ana common coun cils at the City of Philadelphia. That the Chief Engineer and Surveyor of the City of Phlladel- Ebia be and he is hereby instructed to cause to e prepared a revision of the grade lines of plans Nos. 156 and 157, as now on the file in bis department. . LOUIS WAGNER, President of Common CounclL -Attest i ' ' John Eckstein. i ! Clerk of Common Council. SAMUEL W. CATTELL, President of Select CounclL Approved this twenty-third day of May. Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy (A. D. 1870). ' ' i 3 v ' DANIEL M. FOX, 5 24 If Mayor of Philadelphia. ESOLUTION Tn r.hany a . the Place of Votlner in the First Division of the Nineteenth Ward. Resolved, By the Select and Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, That hereafter the place of voting In the First division of the Nineteenth ward shall be held at the house of Joseph Lewis, Germantown arenue, opposite tferks street, the former place being no longer available for that purpose. LOUIS WAGNER, President of Common CouuciL Attest John Eckstein, Clerk of Common Council. SAMUEL W. CATTELL, i : President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-third day of May, Anno Domino one thousand eight hundred and seveuty (A. D. 1870). , M ' DANIEL M. FOX, 5 24 It . MAyor of Philadelphia. . ONE DOLLAR GOODS FOR 95 CENT8, Hi Lift!) DUCK a.UfcaUGUTU ttfcrooA, OITY ORDINANCES. T E 8 O L U AV Directinir T I O N Bouvier, Mount Holly, and Bancroft Streets to be placed on the Public Plans. Resolved. By the Select and Common Coun cils of the City of Philadelphia, That the De partment of Surveys be and Is hereby directed to place-the folio wing streets upon the public plans, vi.! uouvier street, torty-nve ieet wiae, 10 extend from .Master to Jefferson (street, at the distance of one hundred and seventy-five feet westward of Seventeenth street, and parallel therewith, - ., . ... - - Alter street, thirty feet wide, betweeen Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets, one hundred and thirty feet southward of Washing ton street ana parauei tnerewitn. - Mount l lolly street, thirty feet wide, between Wharton and Reed streets, one hundred and sixteen feet westward of and parallel with Seventeenth street. . . r . Bancroft street, thirty feet wide, 'between Reed and Dickinson streets, one hundred and five feet westward and parallel with Sixteenth street. . - - All as per deeds of dedication on file: LOUIS WAGNER, , , President ot Common Council. Attest v John Eckstein, Clerk of Common Council. ( ' - SAMUEL W. CATTELL, President of Select Council. Approved this twentv-Chlrd dav of May. Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy (A. D. 1870). - S241t Mayor of Philadelphia. J LUMBER. SPRUCE JOT8T. VOTA , AO I U SPRUCE JOIST. 10 I U . HEMLOCK. ' HEMLOCK. i ' iii . i ii-. 4 OffA SEASONED CLEAR PINK - f; OTA lOlU SEASONED CLEAR PINK. AO I U , , CHOICE PATTEKN PINS. ' ' SPANISH CEDARTFOR PATTERNS. RED CEDAR. 1 OTA 1 FLORIDA FLOORING. 1 0TA 10 lU FLORIDA FLOORING. 10 I U CAROLINA FLOORING. , VIRGINIA FLOORING. ' DELAWARE FLOORING. ' ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING, i FLORIDA STEP BOARDS. ,. . , RAIL PLANK. 1 QTA WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 1 QitA 10 I U WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK.10 f U . i ( : WALNUT BOARDS. ( . , WALNUT PLANK. 1870 UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. 1 UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, RED CEDAR. -WALNUT AND FINE. 1 1870 1870 SEASONED. POPLAR. SEASONED CHERRY. . II TT 1870 Anil, .- WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS. ... - . HICKORY. .- 1 QTA ' ' CIGAR BOX MAKERS' ' : i QTA 10 I U CIGAR BOX MAKERS" v ' 10 I U i i SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS, FOR SALE LOW. 1870 CAROLINA SCANTLING. . CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. NORWAY SCANTLING. 1870 1870 CEDAR SHINGLES. 1 QTA CYPRESS SHINGLES. 10 f U , MAULE, BROTHER CO., No. 8600 SOUTH Street HI PANEL PLANK. ALL THICKNESSES. 1 COMMON PLAIfK. ALL THIOKNWSm 1 OOMMOWT BOARDS, 1 and I SIDE FKNOK BOARDS. W11ITK PINK FLOORING BOARDS. YTT.LLOW AND SAP PINE VLOORXNOS. 1M and SPRUOJS JOIST, LAUi 1 i 6IZK8. HRMT,nnK JOINT. ALL HTZKB. ' : FLA STICKING LATH A SPECIALTY, Toffwtier with A reueral t of Boildinc Lumber rr aMr.T7 for aale low for oaan. 11 1M 6m FIFTEENTH and BTILKS Streets. United States Builders' Mill, FIFTEENTH Street below Market. ESLER & BROTHER, PROPRIETORS. C4 2tm Wood Mouldings, Brackets and General Taming Work, Hacd-raU tsalusters and Newel Posts. A LARGE ASSORTMENT ALWAYS ON HAND. BUILDING MATERIALS. R. R. THOU AS & CO.,; P1AUB8 IK Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters, . , WINDOW FRAMES, ETC., ' 1 ; K. W. CORKKB OF 1 ' EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Street. ' m ' 1 ' '' PHILADELPHIA. ' ' PROPOSALS. " 1 ' i . . m j rpo CONTRACTORS AND .. BUILDERS. -JL SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed "Proposals for Building a Public School-House In the First Ward," will be received by the undersigned, at the offlce, southeast corner of SIXTH and ADELPHI Streets, until TUESDAY, May 81, 1810, at twelve o'oioclc M., for building a public school-house on a lot of ground situate on' the corner of the Seventh and Dickenson streets, In the First ward. 4 Said school-house to be butlt in accordance with the plans of h. H. Esler, Superintendent of School Buildlnfrs, to be seen at the offlce of the Controllers of Public Schools. ,,.. No bids will be considered unless accompanied by a certificate from the City Solicitor that the provi sions of an ordinance approved May 89. issa, have been complied with. The contract will be awarded only to known master builders. ' i ' By order of the Committee on Property. U. H ALU WELL, P18184t881 ' Secretary. TO CONTRACTORS " AND 'l BUILDERS. . fcEALED PROPOSALS, indorsed- Proposals for building a public achooUhouse In the Twenty-first ward," will be received by the undersigned at the office, S. E corner of SIXTH and A DELPHI Streets, nntll TUESDAY, May 81, 18T0, at U o'clock M., for building a publio achooUhouse on a lot of ground Situate In Roxborough, in tne Twenty-first ward, bald echoolrhouse to be built in accordance with the plans of L. u. Esler. Superintendent of fechool HuiiuiuRg, to be seen at he office or the Controllers of Public Schools. No bids will be considered unless accompanied by a ceruncate from the uity solicitor mat tne pro visions of an ordinance approved May ao, I860, have been compiled with. ' ' The contract will be awarded ealy to known mas ter builders. By order of the Committee on Property. ' . U. W. HALL1 WELL. 5 13 81 24 23 81 - Secretary. QENT.'S FURNISHING OOOOS. piTBNT SHOULD SB-SB AM . SHIRT MANUFACTORY AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE. PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWEE 3 made from nieajiureruent at very short notice. All other articles oX GENTLEMEN'S DRESS GOODS la full variety. WINCHESTER A CO., lit ' Nov, toe CHE8NDT BtreeV FIRE ANO BURGLAR PROOF 8 AFK J. WATSON A BON, Of tb UU tlrm f JTVANS A WATSOH 1 r ! a L ..... . .... 1 .. , . FIRB AND BUKQIiAK-pROO 9; A. F 'E T O It 13 SO. (3 SOUTH FOUUTH STREET, IU Alts door, abor Obaanat it, rhll i A