TIIE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY", JULY 2, 1870
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TH COMES AND FACTS ABOUT
THE
CHINESE.
Pram the .V. Y. Tin.
The meeting of workingmon Thursday night
in reference to the importation of coolies will
doubtless receive the attention it deserves.
Tho, preamble to tbe resolutions is not very
temperate in it character, and some things
were said at the meeting which we hope
were not meant. The Mayor very properly
observed that the whole subject was an ex
tremely difficult one, and t hat it was useless
to heap np objurgations in regard to it. Con
gress will undoubtedly htve to deal with the
problem, and in the meantime the opinions
of tho workingnien will necessarily have
great weight more especially when they are
divested of extravagance.
If. however, the "Chinese-American ques
tion" is to be discussed in an intelligent and
useful manner, it is highly tiosirnble to keep
highly -coloicd exaggeration out of it. The
'irikro-e tm. Thursday published a long state
ment designed to prove that, it is the duty of
Congress to regulate or prohibit the importa
tion of Chinese coolies, "just, as it first regu
lated and prohibited the importation of Afri
can slaves." In these few words the whole
question is misrepresented and confused.
The Chinese shoemakers now at North
Adams are not slaves. The I'ribunc's own
correspondence from the village proves that.
The following passage appeared on Thursday,
almost side by side with the statement about
"slaves" in the article referred to:
''These cheerful faces, theso e-ier learners, these
faithful workers, these lavish purchasers of shirts
and stockingR, carefully charged to them by their
own bookkeepers have no suggestion of slavery;
this genemug manufacturer, more bent on making
the strangers feel comfortable aud at home In a
strange land than In getting hack his large invest
ment, is not the man to undertake the business of a
slave master; and there Is nothing in the atmo
sphere or in the laws of Massachusetts to make it
desirable on his part to make sucu a bargain for en
forcement here. The only slaves tn .North A dims
are the men who have sworn fealty and sacrificed
their independence to an arbitrary f'nion, governed
far awav; the manufacturer wo has broken the
bonds of the same is emancipated from a slavery
more humiliating still; and the freest men in the
viltage are the immigrants who have come from
crowdeM China to a land whlco oilerd opportunities
for a:U"
CongTess may doubtless prohibit the intro
duction of slaves into this country, but has
it any right to interpose unnecessary or vexa
tions obstacles to the importation of free
labor ? This question the IStar disposes of
by asserting that the coolies are slaves But
our contemporary does not seem to be in pos
session of any special information with regard
to the terms of Mr. Sampson's contract, or
else it has withheld that information from
the public. "Immigrants are welcome," says
the tier, "slaves are not." Exactly. But
we caunot legislate against the Chinese as
slaves until we have some positive proof
before us that they are slaves.
The writer in the Tribune objects to the
Chinese on account of their race. The argu
ments of tha Tribune itself when such objec
tions were made to the negroes are surely
sufficient to meet this point. The Tribune
has been preaching a good many years in
vain if these "race" prejudices are now to
prevail. But the writer is also afraid that the
"Mongolians will gradually incorporate them
selves with the blood and being of the coun
try," and he goes on in a strain which will be
rather startling to old readers of the Inbune
to insinuate that there will be at once a
wholesale admixture of races. There is a
vast preponderance of the "female element"
in Massachusetts, and "it is a suggestive fact
that the first organized bodies of industrial
Chinamen have been taken to Mtssachusetts."
The writer "leaves others to draw such de
ductions as they please." The deduction wj
should draw from' it is that the argument is
an insult to American women, who would
have as much to say on the particular ques
tion involved aS the "Mongolians." We
think they may be trusted in the same vil
lage or State with the Chinese shoemakers.
The writer of this extraordinary article fur
ther objects to the Chinese on the ground that
they sleep in bunks and not in beds, and eat
queer food. It is a contest, he says, "of the
bnnk against the ' bed, the roast rat against
. the roast beef." This is plainly a view dic
tated by prejudice; Now let us hear what
the Tnbvne correspondent, a practical man,
writing from North Adams, has to say on the
subject:
"The Chinese are hearty eaters, requiring new
supplies of lice and fresh meat for tuelr kitchens In
a way tiiat somewhat encourages the small traders
of North Adams, who had been led to suppose the
new shoemakers would have no demand fur any mer
chandise but rats and puppy dogs. The cigar stores
and whisky shops must suffer, but their wants will
opeu new avenues of profitable trade."
So much for fact against fancy.
The writer goes on to protest against the
Chinese because they are immoral. . Any
body would think from this that immorality
was confined to the Chinese, whereas there
is good reason to suppose that even the
"Japhetio stock" sometimes have "foul and
mortifying vices." All such arguments as
these, if arguments they can be called, only
serve to make the opposition to the intro
duction of Chinese laborers ridiculous. If
the new tide of immigration is to be turned
back, it must be for better reasons than those
advanced iu tha Tribune. Is this, for in
stance, a good and valid reason for drawing a
cordon round the United States to keep out
the Chinese? "When we shall have them
arriving in these Northern States by the ten
thousand and hundred thousand, we will un
doubtedly rind politicians playing for their
votes." Does not the same thing happen
with other naturalized citizens ?
The whole subject ought to be properly
inquired into, but in a fair, impartial, and
business-like spirit. A mere collection of
crotchets and prejudices ought not to be ac
cepted as the basis of a policy. The very
facts about the motive for introducing Chi
nese into Massachusetts seem to have been
misrepresented. We have been told that the
objeet was to beat down the price of the
white man's labor. But the sensible observer
who writes from the spot declares that Mr,
Sampson was forced by the despotism of his
workmen to employ Chinese. Once more let
us hear this correspondent, for he seems to
know what he is talking about:
"The Massachusetts manufacturers do not de
serve to be misrepresented on this Important point.
They have never, as a class, seriously objected to
the uigu wages wnicn tneir mecoanics were earning.
luaiiuiamirerg nave oeeu loromuen to employ uou
Crispin workmen; have been debarred from teach
lnir aoDteutices or giving trivial tank, such as string.
lug shoes, to orphaas whom lliey wished to assist;
nave oeeu preventeu irommemseiyes unving a pe.g
iuto a shoe in their own shops; have had com-
niittees appointed to examine their books; have been
prohibited from making any other than' a
certain low grade of slues: have been
deprived of tneir liberty, and insulted lu
their manliness 1n a hundred ways. Indeed,
the Unal blow which drove Mr. Simpson to seek re
lief in hau Francisco was the mandate of the Crispin
l4xlge thut two dozen clever workmen ( "rUplim,
whom he had procured from the central part of the
State, Khould go home again uud leave his Irish and
Canadian hands to turn out their clumsy workman
ship undisturbed by the sight of anything better,
lie warned these too obedient Crispins as they left
him that they were driving Mm to a stop which
would destroy their order; but they laughed in un
belief. What he sought was not men who would
not work cheaply, but men who would work weil
men, in fact, who would work at all. If In oh
tainlng them he has got men who will work and live
happily on what would not keep a Crispin In to
es ceo, ne at leant is not to oiame."
We are not prepared to say that it may not
become necessary to place the importation of
coolies under proper restrictions. But all
such restrictions must be founded on justice
and common sense, not upon mere prejndioe.
The problem is one which deserves, and
must receive, attentive study. The working-
men, to start with, had better consider
whether they cannot modify their conduct to
ward their employers so ns to reduce the
temptation which now exists for tire importa
tion of Chinese laborers. Prices of labor
cannot be kept up by the clumsy expedient
of shutting competitors out of the market.
COMMISSIONER WELLS' RETIREMENT.
from the X. Y. World. '
The office of Special Commissioner of Re
venue has ceased to exist. It died for want
of renewal.
When this oftice was created, four years
ago. we were not. enthusiastic about its util
ity, supposing it to be but an additional appli
ance for aiding class legislation. It is due to
the distinguished Commissioner who lias
retired to state that he so discharged his du
ties as to cause his office to he looked upon
by all men, without political distinction, who
are not absolutely interested in iron, copper,
woollens, and other monopolies, &i the rally
ing point for truthful iuformation; while his
annual reports have becoire valuable state
papers iu our own country, and are looked
upon iu England, France, and Germany as
among the most valuablo contributions to
political economy iu our time.
It will be as interesting as it is instructive
to give a succinct sketch of the rise and fall
of this oflice.
The lnte Secretary of tho Treasury, Mr.
Mt Culloch, advised with the late Mr. Fessen
den on the necessity of having some one in
the Treasury Department whose sole business
would be to point out to the Secretary, to
Congress, and to the people the beat mo lo of
collecting taxes, the advisability of imposing
new and repealing old taxes, to give truthful
exhibits of the progress of commerce and in
dustry, to collect statistics, both hero and
abroad, on these subjects, and give the whole
result in annual reports. We were not wrong
in supposing at the time that the people's
enemies and oppressors the monopolists
would seize upon this office as a power to
work for their interest. Their design was
only frustrated by the accident of the appoint
ment of JUr. Wells, who, they supposed.
would be thoroughly under their
control. The first duty this all-pow
erful class imposed on him, in IW, was
to make a tariff to suit them. Tnis task was
as happy for the country as for Mr. Wells'
future career. It opened his eyes to the sel
fishness and the shameless robberies of the
monopolists. The tarirt' he drew up in 1SIHJ-7
was a tissue of oppression to the already
oppressed people. It had but one redeeming
point it changed a good many articles in
drugs from an at! valorem to a specific duty.
This tariff bill, as is well known, passed the
Senate, who added still more duties on the
overloaded bill; but it failed in the Ilonse.
From that time Mr. Wells began to be not
the Special Commissioner of Revenue for
Greeley, Carey, Morrell, Caaieron, Kolley,
McCarthy, and men of that ilk, but he be
came the Special Commissioner of Revenue
for the people.
In 1807-3 Mr. Wells in his report began to
tell the truth. He had been during the sum
mer in Europe, where he gathered statistics
and facts which strangely jarred with the
blessings of monopoly. The all-powerfut and
virtuous monopolists became alarmed. They
felt in the position of Balak, who, having
hired Balaam to curse his enemies, found that
he actually blessed them. In vain did Mr.
Wells explain to these enemies of progress
that he was only giving the statistics which
proved all he had said. The answer was ex
actly the same that Balak made to Balaam: -
If you cannot crush the tendency to a reve
nue tariff, then say nothing; if you cannot
abuse iree trade, you can at least not praise
it. But Mr. Wells had the spirit of truth and
fairness upon him, and he felt it his duty to
enlighten Congress and tho people. His re
ports of isi;-y and 180D-70 are fresh in
the people s minds. They have been read as
few state papers of that class were ever read
belore, particularly bis last report. It is to
Mr. Wells credit that he should be abused
by the iron monopolists, Kelley, Morrell.
Dickey, etc., and by the salt monoplist, Mc-
uartny. ihis only shows that he worked for
the people, and was not the hired man of
monopoly. But they were determined . to
smother the formidable Wells, with his office.
Rumors were circulated during the winter
that Mr. Wells was to be got rid of by
not renewing the office, which was to
expire on the 1st of July. About four weeks
ago Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, and Sen
ator Trumbull stated to Mr. Wells that
they were prepared to move the continu
ation of the office in the House and
Senate. But they would like to be sure,
if the office were renewed, whether
Mr. "Wtlls would be reappointed. Mr. Wells
saw the President, and made this statement.
at the same time assuring him that, by a close
canvass, the renewal of the office would be
voted two to one. President Grant frankly
stated to Mr. Wells that Mr. Boutwell had
made up his mind that the office should not
be continued, and, as he (the President) did
not wish to diner with the Secretary of the
Treasury on such a subject, he advised Mr,
Wells not to press the matter, or, indeed,
think of it This conversation determined
Mr. Wells to advise his friends not to move
in the matter.
But why does Mr. Boutwell wish to snuff
out Mr. Wells? The answer is not difficult.
This Secretary of the Treasury, the would-be
converter of our bond and aspirant for the
Presidency, pales in ability before his caoa-
ble subordinate, and is jealous of his great
popularity.
ENGLISH NEGLECT OF EDUCATION.
From the X. Y. Tiibu tie.
If Charles Dickens, instead of winning ap
plause by exposing the ignorance and bru
tality of Yorkshire schoolmasters and by de
nouncing the monstrous neglect or education
by the British Government, had directed his
shafta of satire against the English religious
denominations whose rivalry destroys the
little value of the few schools it creates, his
powerful book would have been quoted us
proof positive that he was no Christian. He
would have told what was undoubtedly un-
popular, but he would have exposed what was
undeniably true; a truth which the English
press and Parliament, and indeed all but
the English pulpit, are now conceding.
There is no doubt that the antagonism
there is no plainer or truer word to de
scribe this religious conflict between the
J'.stablibbed Church and the Dissenters of
England has, of all other pernicious causes,
led most directly to that neglect of education
which makes the common schools of England
inferior Jn every respect to those or Germany,
where the Government makes education com
pulsory, and. those of the United States, where
publio opinion, a more positive though a less
arbitrary agency than the I mssian police,
enforces it. English statesmen,-if not Eng
lish churchmen, -begin to recognize at last that
their common schools compare unfavorably
with those of every nation which we are ac
customed to consider civilized and enlight
ened, and that it is religious disputes, or, as
they mildly put it, "a religious difficulty,"
which first created the fault and which now
makes it next to impossible to eradicate it.
The English common schools are organized
something after the plan of the Americnu
Sabbath-schools, and are very little superior
to them. Like these, they are neither secular
flesh nor religious fowl, and impart thorough
training neither in morals nor mathematics.
Established and sustained in both cases by
rival sects, they are most numerous in edu
cated and moral communities, and do not
exist at all where vice and ignorance most
prevail, unless private philanthropists happen
also to exist there in more than average nuui
bors. The tutors employed under both sys
tems are selected at random, often without
inquiry as to their moral character, and
generally without regard to their qualifica
tions as teachers. It is enough if they beloug
to the right church or the only true sect. The
character of instruction to be given is left,
under both systems, to the selection of the
untrained tutors, and naturally it is seldom
profound or practical, and not always moral.
There is no inspection, no examination, no
supervision maintained by churches or State,
and the direction of the schooh is confided to
parsons too busy to attend them, or todea-.
cons without other qualifications thau reli
gious zeal for the discharge of duties which
under every other school system are rightly
believed of primary importance. Religious
nlture nnd secular instruction avo mingled in
dispropoi tinned quantities, there being of eu
too much shorter catechism mixed with too
little rule of three, resulting in a
compound which nauseates the
youtLful stomach and turns the
bitter-sweets of school-days into gall and
wormwood, that is never forgotten. Tho
system of procuring pupils in each case is as
pernicious as that of employing teachers.
Children sre solicited to attend as a favor to
the school rather thau as hu advantage to
themselves, and too often their oontintied at
tendance depends on tho good conduct of the
tutors In not offending the parents or chil
dren rather than on tho -behavior of the
pupils in not offending the tutors. In both
the "voluntary principle" is carried to excess.
In both the "religious difficulty"' too zealous
sectarianism besides these results, leads
naturally to proselytizing, and the building
up of the influence of oae sect on tho ruins
of another. As a rule, there is more joy over
tne one ungodly uissenter tuat repents and
secedes, and enters into the Established
Church, than in the ninety-nine dirty, little
vagabonds picked up ' by some foolish old
philanthropist groping in dismal, out-of-the-
way districts, and impressed with the idea
that there is certain power and unlimited
loaves of bread in practical knowledge.
I he one point of divergence between the
American Sabbath-schools (with slight secu
lar branches) and the English common
schools (with numerous religious classes), is
mat tne latter receive uovernment aid. But
with that blindness which frequently charac
terizes English philanthropic and reformatory
schemes, the British government has made it
a rule to grant aid only to the established
schools. It does not strive to build up any.
It gives to those districts which have and
denies to those which have not, thus exempli-
iymg a rule ot itoiy writ wnich wo do not
imagine the Master designed should have
such false application. This system of min
gled religious and secular training aad of vo
luntary attendance has resulted, after a long
time of thorough trial in leaving 2,000,000 of
a population of 4,500,000 children without
schools or instruction of any sort, and as ' a
necessary consequence in making one-tenth
of the entire population of England actual
paupers and criminals.
This failure has bad no other notable effect.
It has disgusted the social economists with
the voluntary principle in education, and
from all parts of England and Wales Com
mittees and Leagues and Unions and local
associations of every kind are in Downing
street to urge the compulsory system on the
Government and Parliament. The Educa
tion bill of Mr. For&ter, which is now under
debate in the Commons, contains one clear
and important provision requiring the
parents of children above the age of five
years, and under the age of twelve years to
cause such children (unless there is some
reasonable excuse) to attend school." Ihis
clause will doubtless prevail, and that is all
that can be hoped for. The real trouble, the
"religion difficulty, whioh is the principal
cause of the failure of the school system,
will hardly be touched. Mr. utadstone lately
made a speech in support of an amendment
to the bill which prescribed that in schools
hereafter to be established no catechism or
religious formula which is distinctive of . any
particular denomination shall be taught. This
raised such a storm of opposition as indicates
it cannot be supported, and there remains no
hope that the separation of secular and reli
gious instruction will be at present attained.
The debate has, however, been educational
in character, and will help to awaken the
people of England to a comprehension of the
"religious difficulty," which in making their
schools defective also makes their children
the victims of their own religious disputes
and differences.
DEFEAT OF THE DOMINICAN TREATY.
From the A'. Y. Sun.
The Dominican treaty got its quietus in the
Senate on Thursday. The vote npon its ratifi
cation was 'H to 2b; and it is understood
that if there had been any need of more votes
against it they could have been had from
Senators wbo were absent. This result dis
poses also of General Butler's fantastical idea
of getting St. Domingo annexed by a joint
resolution. This great statesman invented
this plan as a means of evading the necessity
for a two-thirds majority in the Senate; but
as it appears that annexation cannot obtain
the support even of half the Senators, Butler
will have to give it np as it is.
This event is in the interest of morality
and sound policy, and we congratulate the
country upon it. The rejected treaty festers
all over with jobs and swindles. It was con
ceived in fraud and brought forth in dis
honesty and folly; and if General Grant has
any capacity to profit by the rebuke involved
in its rejection, it may turn out a good thing
for him after all. It will teach him that he
must not obstinately insist upon any measure
in opposition to the judgment and. will of
the people; and also that it is dangerous, and
may be fatal, for a President to agree secretly
with a foreign power to seduce or coerce a
co-ordinate branch of the Government.
It would be an error to assume that the re
jection of this treaty indicates that Congress
will never assent to the annexation of any
part of the West Indies. If St. Doming.i hd
come without the intervention of jobbers and
adventurers, without special grants and privi
leges either to the minions of Baez or tho
satellites of Grant, and above all if it had
come by an honest vote of its whole people,
and without the burthen of a civil war, the
conclusion would probably have beeu dif
ferent. There would have been opposition,
but not such as has now been manifested.
The impressive argument that the West
Indies belong by their geographical situation
to the political system of the United S;ates
would have had its full weight, and very
probably would have prevailed.
Doubtless it is bitter and humiliating to
General Grant's mind that the only conspicu
ous measure with which he has identified his
administration should thus come to naught;
but it would have been still more unfrwf u
nate for him if the consummation of the
treaty had involved the country, as it doubt
less would have done, in a bloody aud expen
sive civil war in San Domingo, in that event
he would have been held to a sterner respon
sibility than that of the infamous secret pro
tocol, or than that of connivance in the im
prisonment of Davis Hatch for fear his re
lease might endanger this precious project.
The administration is defeated and tiu
niiliated, but it can recover from the
disaster. Let General Grant turn his eyes from
San Domingo to Cuba, and behold there the
vital .centre of the only West Indian ques
tion that is now worthy of an American Gov
ernment. Let him cease to degrade his
country by supporting Spanish denpotism
and slavery in that island. Let him speak a
word that shall make Cuba free and indepen
dent, that suau arrest the slaughter of her
sons and the violation of her daughters; and
the many sins nnd follies of his short civil
career will be forgotten for the present, if
not permanently forgiven. It will neod but
a word to do the work. If a word- from Wil
liam II. Seward was enough to send out of
Mexico a powerful French army, with a Mar
shal of France at its head, surely a word
from Ulysses S. Grant will suffice to expel
from Cuba the fragments of worn-out Spa
nish battalions that still remain there under
the lying De Rodas.
Upon such an opportunity as this the Pre
sident has turned his back to go dickering
after mines and mill privileges with a scamp
like Bonaventura Baez. Having made his
bargain, he has applied all the resources of
his enormous patronage to carry it through
the Senate, and is foiled. Will he take this
lesson to heart and profit by it ? .Would that
we could hope so.
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A. M. ISnencer.
James J. Nichols,
Jabez M. Tipton,
G. F. Myers,
Henry Adler,
Lewis Scarce,
Samuel B. Plngrey,
Martin Hart,
William Douglas,
Wlltinrn Chamberlin,
Daniel K. Colby,
Walter Smith,
Samuel B. Wilcox,
William F. Willis,
Henry Lovell,
John DockendoriV,
David Lozen,
T. II. Keller,
William Davis,
William Ferry,
Charles Nodine,
A. S. Young,.
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jonn uaner..
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6 27 t
gy- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TIIAT AN
application will be made at the next meeting
of the Cieneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of a Bank, In ac
cord an ce with the laws of the Commonwealth, to lie
entitled THE MANAYl'NK BANKING COMPANY',
to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of one
hundred thousand dollars, with the right to increase
the same to live hundred thousand dollars.
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AND READING RAILROAD CO., Na S27 South
FOURTH Street.
Philadelphia, June 22, 1870.
NOTICE. In accordance with the terms of the lease
and contract between the Kast Pennsylvania Railroad Oo.
and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Oo., dated
May 19, ISti?, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Oo.
will pay at their office. No. 337 South FOURTH at., Phila
delphia, on and aftor the lHth day of JULY, 1870, a divi
dend of $l'60 per Bhure, clear ot all taies, to the stock.
holders of the East Pennsylvania Railroad Co., as they
shall stand registered oo the books of the said Eaat Penn
sylvania Railroad Oo. on the 1st day of July, 1870.
All orders fur dividends must be witnessed and
stamped.
S. BRADFORD.
Treasurer,
Note. The transfer books of tho East Pennsylvania
Railroad Co. vnll.be dosed on July 1 and reopened on
Juyll, 1870.
HENRY O. JONES,
6 221m Treasurer East Pennsylvania Railroad Oo.
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located at Hiiladelphla, with a capital of one huu.
dred thousand dollars, with the right to increase the
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A Dividend of FIVE PER CENT, has been de
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National and State taxes, payable in cash on and
after the $2d of July next to the holders thereof as
they stand registered on the books or tne company
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navable at this oftk-e.
All orders lor dividends must be witnessed ami
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COMPANY, to be located at Philadelphia, with a
capital of one million dollars, with the right to in-
ciease tne same to nve muuon aouars.
ligy- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COII-
Philadclphia, Pa., Hay 8, 1870.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The Board of Directors have this day declared a semi
annual Dividend of FIVE PER CENT, on the Capital
Stack of the Company, clear of National and Stat Taxes,
payable in cash on and after May 80, 1870.
Blank Powers of Attorney for oolleuting Dividends can
be bad at the Office of tha Company, No. 338 South Third
street. '
The Office will be opened at 8 A. M. and olosed at S
P. M. from May 30 to June 8, for the payment of Dividends.
and after thai date Iron) V a, H. to I r. m.
THOMAS T. FIRTH.
64 60t Treasurer,
g- TIIE UNION, FIRE EXTINGUISHER
COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire
ExtlBguisher. Always Reliable.
, . D. T. GAGE,
6 30 tf No. 118 MARKET St., General Agent.
&f- HEADQUARTERS FOR EXTRACTING
Teeth with fresh Kitroua-Oxide lias. Absolutely
no pain. nr. r. iv. iuumsdi lormeiiy operauw at tu
Cultun Dental Rooms, devotes his eulire practice to the
painless extraction of teelh. Oihce, Ho. U WALNUT
envoi. m
SPEOIAl NOTICES.
A SPECIAL MEETING! OF THE MEM-
hersoflh. COMMERCIAL EXOUANOE A8SO
CIATION will ho held at their Rooms, No. 4at WALNUT
Street, ou SAlVRDAV, July S. 1S70, at 12 o'clock M., to
consider and take filial action upon the question of ao
epilog end at proving as act ot Aeaevjrhly pamed April
2H. A. I). 1X70, entitled "A further euppleragnt to an ejt
entitled 'An act to incorporate the Grn Exchange of
Philadelphia, approred twenty-second of January, one.
thousand eight hundred and si ity thiee,' " confirming the
Pj laws adopted bjr the said corporation, now known by
tho name ot the Commercial Exohange of Philadelphia.
NATHAN BROOKE, President.
Washington J. Jacksox, Secretary.
JUine 1 . 1 V70. 63111
notice is iierfmy givkn that an
application wtll he made at the next meeting of
the Iteiipral Assembly of the Comm mwealth. of
Penrsylvaiils lor the incorporation of a Hank, In
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to
be entitled TIIK CIIKSNIT 1IIU. H VINUS AND
LOAN HANK1NU COMPANY, to be located at
Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thou
sand dollars, with the Njrht to Incresse the same to
to hundred and titty thousand dollars.
h;r NOTICE TO HTOCKHOLltF.RS A PlVt-
DKND of TWENTY-!' I VK CENTS per share
will be paid by the Iir.STONVllXE, M A VITA, ami
FAlKMOl Nt PASSKNOKK KA1LKOAD COM'Y,
free of State tax, on ami after .lulv irs nexi, at the
Oflice of tl:e Company, No. J2 Smith Front street.
Tranfer Hooks will he closet! tlulyfv, and reopen
.HUT lo. LllAltLlS r. UAM'IAUK,
6 'i'p s 4t Treasurer.
jpty- 1U II'ENIJ HHtM liiA IEU OIL
COMPANY. Th Directors have dnrlnred tliair
rwirular Ourtrrl Dividend of SIX PER UK NT. on tne
rspitnl stock of tnis Company, payable at their otlice, No.
PiiWAlMIT Street, on anl alter July I, IS70, dear of
Male tan Transtcr If oiks close nn the XtT itiBt , and re
open 2d Jul. HIRAM UK WKR,
6 Ul t t hsi't Treasurer,
OFFICE OF EAST MAHANOY RAILROAD
COMPANY, V!!K boutli FOI RTII Street, Phila
delphia. A Dividend or THiihE PEK CENT, has been de
clared noon .Hie Capital block of this company,pav
ablc in Cash on and after July l.Mh.
JOHN WELCH,
T 1 12t Treasurer.
tSV 81 Sljl EH ANN A I' ANAL COMPANY".
Pini.APKi.riUA, June 3d, lsro.
"Notice Is hereby given to the holders of the Hus-
qut lihluuia Preferred Bonds ami the Tide Water
Canal iTioiity Bonds, that the interest thpreon
tailing one to-morrow, win ue paid nt trie otTlce of
this Company on presentation of the Coupons for
the same.
C iio 3t ROBERT D. BKOVYN, Treasurer.
SI. NO, IE II ANN A CANAL COMPANY",
OtV.ee No. 417 WALNl'T Street, Philadelphia,
June mi, 1870.
Notice is hereby given to the noiders of the Com
mon Coupon BoLds of this Company, that the inte
rest thereon falling due to-morrow, will be paid at
the FIRST NATIONAL BANK, on presentation of
the coupons for the same, numbered M.
BBOiit iiurtii.it i if. ukuwn, Treasurer.
gyp- TREGO'S TEABERRY TOOTH WASH.
It is' the most pleasant, oheapest and best dentifrioa
extant. Warranted free from injurious ingredients.
it Preserves ana w nit ens tne Tooth:
Invigorates and Soothes the Gains!
Parities and Perfumes the Breath!
Prevents Accumulation of Tartar!
Cleanses and Purities Artificial Teeth!
Is a Superior Article for Children! c
Bold by all druggists and dentists.
Aft. Txrn l i T) , .
8 S 10m Oor. NINTH AND KILBKHT bt Philadelphia.
IS?- A TOILET NECESSITY. AFTER
ni-nriy luiny jfnrs uiurnflULa, h is now Konertliy
admitted tbat MURRAY A LANMAN'ts FLORIDA
WATKK is the most refreshing and agreeable ef all
toilet perfumes. - It is entirely different from Cologne
Water, and should never be confounded with it : the per
iume of the Cologne disappearing in a few moments after
its application, whilst that of the Florida Water lasts tor
many oays. 8 1
NOTICE IS 1IF.RKBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made at the next meeting
of the General Assembly oi the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a Rank, in ac
cordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to
be entitled THE JEFFERSON BANK, to be located
at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred
thousand dollars, wun tne right to increase tne same
to five hundred thousand dollars.
gy QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANF.
lOKnilN AMI I.rVRKPOfir. '
OA P1TAL, jEi.lXJOjUOO.
SABINE. ALLRN DUIXKS, Agents,
15 FIFTH and WALNUT Streets.
WARD ALE Q. MCALLISTER,
No.38 BROAl
llirV&Y,
New York.
WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETO.
C. & A. PEQUIGN0T,
MANUFACTURERS OF
WATCH CASE8,
AND DEALERS IN AMERICAN AND FOREIGN
WATCHES,
No. 608 CHESNUT Street.
MANUFACTORY. No. 82 Sonta FIFTH Street,
rS? WILLIAM B. WARNE & CO.,
JS Wholesale Dealers lu
Ik-ii WATCIIK8 AND JEWELRY.
t!. J?, corner SEVENTH and CHESNI'T Streets,
3 5i Second floor, and late of No. 35 S. THIRD at.
CLOCKS.
rOVV KB CLOCKS.
MARBLE CLOCKS.
BRONZB CLOCKS.
COUOOO" CLOCKS.
V1XNNA REGULATORS.
AMERICAN LOOKS
U. . Itl SSIiUL,
No. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
NOTICE.
The firfet volume of Zill's Encyclopedia is
now complete and bound. Subscriptions taken
either for bound volumes or in numbers.
Parties thinking of subscribing had better
send in their names at once, as the price of
the work will unquestionably be advanced to
non-subscribers.
t. r.LMVooi) zi:m.,
6 4 SWlm I PUBLISHER.
Nos. 17 and 19 8. SIXTH Street; Philadelphia.
SHIPPING.
jF ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.
ihki.kNKRAL TRANSATLANTIC COMPANY'8
MAIL 8TEAMMiIPh BKTWKKN NKW YOKK AN)
UAVRK. CALLING AT BRKST.
Tha splendid new vessels on this favorite toate for the
Continent will sail from Pier No. W, North river, every
Saturday. price OF PASSAGE
In .old (tahdij OR HAVRK
First Cabin 1M Second Cabin
TO rAftiD,
(Including- railway tickets, furnished on board),
First Cabin U5 1 Sooond Cabin- $85
Tbese steamers do not carry steerage passengers.
Medical attendance Iree of obare.
American travellers coing to or returning from tne con
tinent of Kurope, by taking tbe atearaere of this line avoid
unnecessary risVs from transit by Knglisa railways and
croasins Lb. channel, besides saviog time, trouble, and
siluae. UEOKliR MACKKNZIK, Agent,
upenee. Ne. 68 BROADWAV. New York.
For passage in Philadelphia apply at Adams Express
ColuDanV. to 1. I.K.Ar,
l ltfi No. 830 CHESNUT btreet.
NEW EXPRESS LINE TO
Aiexanari, ueorsjeiown, man tt eauinKuni,
X. U., via Chesapeake and Delaware CauaJL
ttiili oonuectiona at Alexandria from tbe moat direct
route for Lynchburg, Bristol, KnoxvlUe. NaanviUe, Uei
ton, and tbe bouthwest. ....
arfeaiuers leave regularly .very Saturday at noon from
tbe brat wharf above Market atreet.
Frembtreo,ivldaUynUAM p 0LyDR
No. 14 Nortb and South WllAKVKS.
IIVDK t . TVl.Ht. Agent at Georgetown; M.
xCLUlUDGIC A CO., Ag--Ul Alexandria. til
OORDAOE, ETC
WEAVER & CO.,
KUrU MAM I ACT! KIlllS
AND
SHIP CIIAiVDIiKKfl,
. . . . i
No. 29 North WATER Street and
No. S3 North WHARVES, PhllaJelpH
ROPE AT LOWEST BOSTON JIND NEW "
PrtlCES.
CORDAGE.
Manilla, 8iial and Tarred Cordagt,
At Lowest New York Pricos and Freights.
KDWIN II. FITLKU dc VO
Factory, TRUTH 8t. sad UKRMANTOWfl A venae.
Stora.No. 3 ". WATER St and S N. DEL. WAR
avaone.
SHIPPING. .
ffgS LORILLARD'S STEAMSHIP LINE
roR
IV JU v
are now receiving freight at
V O It I
.1 font. 1 11 .. j
" ' sv " a.w fviiuiisit
'4 cents per toot, r cent per calloa, h(a
option.
INSURANCE , OF 1 PKK CKNT.
Extra rates on small packages iron, metals, eto.
No receipt or bill of lading signed for less than (0 oo ta.
The Line vtoold call attention of merchants generally to
the fact that hereafter the regular shipper by this line
will be charged only 10 cents per I( lb.., or oenta per
foot, during the winter seasons.
t or fnrther particulars apply to
,, JOHN t. OHU
-J rtKR . NORTH HARVK.
rsnTti MfaMAM, KTKAMSIIIP OOMPtNY'M RKOIT
LKAM l MOMTHLlr UK l'O NKVV OR .
Tb.ten'ist.'j01 Kew r,e- -
The YAZOO will sail from New Orient,. u
on .tune
IHRniTOH BILLS OF LADING at low rates a. h,
any other route given to Mobile, Uaiveston, lodiannla. La.
vatca.and Brazos and to all points on the Aliwissippi river
'--- imn non Kiver tretgnta
resbippid at New Orleans without charge of commissions.
WEEKLY LINK TO SAVANNAH OA
dajKVTl "m MU on Satu,
fwho'tiGII BTLL8 OF LA DISG given to all theprin
cipal towns in Georgia, Alabama, rloridn, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee in connection witli
the Central Railroad of Ueorgia, Atlantic and Gulf Rail,
roau. aud londa steamers, at as low rates as by competing
SEMI MONTHLY LINK TO WILMINGTON. N. O
v1." P.UiShiTKwil1 ' Wilmington on Saturday.
July 2. at P. M. Returning, will leave Wilmington Satur
day, July Plh.
Connects with the Oape Fear River Steamboat Oom.
Pany, the Wilmin, ton and Weldon and North Oaroiina
Railroads, and the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
to all in tenor points.
Freights for Columbia, S. O., and Augusta, Ga., take
via Vi ilmingtnn, at aslow rates as by aDy other route.
Insurance effected when reqneated by shippers. Bills
of lading signed at Queen street wharf on or before day
of sailing.
WILLIAM L. JAMKS, General Agent.
Jjjf No. ia South THIRD Street.
THE REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON THK PHI
LADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM
SHIP LINK are ALONE authorized to issue through
bills of ladiwr to interior points South and AVest in
connection with South Carolina Railroad Company
ALEKED L. TYLER.
Vlce-Pretldent So. c. RU. Co.
ytffft PHILADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON
TlfcT.t bTKAMSHIP LINK.
iiiisiiue is row composed of the following first
class Steamships, aallinjr from PIER IT, below
Spruce street, on FRIDAY of each week at 8
A. M. :
ASHLAND, 600 tens, Captain Crowell.
J. W. KVKRMAN, 632 tons. Captalu Hlnckler.
PROMETHEUS, 600 tons, Captain Grav.
JULY, 1870.
Prometheus, Friday, July 1.
J. W. Everman, Friday, July 3.
Prometheus, Frtdav. July lr.
J. V. Everman, Friday, Julys.
Prometneng, Friday, July V9.
Through bills of lading given to Columbia, S. C,
the iDterior of tteorglu, and all points South aad
Southwest.
Freights forwarded with promptness and despatch.
Rates as low as by any other route.
Insurance one-half per cent,, ttlected at the onlce
in first-clans companies.
No freight received nor bills of lading signed after
3 P. M. on day of Bailing.
SOLDER ADAMS, Agents,
No. 8 IHCK Street,
Or WILLIAM. P. CLYDE A CO..
No. 12 8. WHARVES.
WILLIAM A. COURTENAY, Agent in Charles
ton. o 24
mm
FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEENS
B.TOWN. Inman line nf Mail
pointed to atil as follows :
City of Brooklyn, itaturday, Jnly 9, 1 P. M.
Oily of Ualtimore, via Halifax. Tuesday, July II, 1 P. M.
City of lirusan;., Saturday, J uly IM, H A. M.
City of Wasbii gten, Uaturday, July S3, 1 P. M.
And each auooeeding Saturday and aitsrnat. Tusedxy
from Pier is. North River.
RATES OF PA88AGB.
T TBI If STL STEAMU aaU-lfO KVtMX SATtTRUAt.
Payable in Gold. Payable in Uurreuoy.
FIRST CABIN $100 BTKKKAGK ast
To London. lut I To London to
To Paris IU To Paris tt
rassAoa bt th xuiuumt btkamzb. via Huurax.
Payabl. in Gold.
Liverpool. (80
Habfax Ml)
St. John's, N. E., u
rittHT riAYtrM.
Payabl. in Ourr.no.
Uverpoel MSS
Halifax II
St. John's, N. F., i m
BTRKUAftK
Passengers also forwarded to Uavra, Hamburg, Bremen,
etc , at reduced rates.
Tiukets can be bought bar. at moderate rates by persona
wishing to send for their friends.
For Inrtbpanioulars apply QompanyHi Offiosw
JOHN O. DALE, Agent.
dj oranun steamer. . . . t
Of u ran on tteam,.. '
Or to
no. lb riroadway. . y,
CPDOWNEIX A FAULK, AaenU.
Ro. 40S OUESNUT Street. PbJUdeiphia.
Ttlir A nCf Oil T I T) lrTI 1 r . ,"
iAND NORFOLK 8TEAM8HIP LINK.
iiJHOliGH rxtfilGUT AIR LINK TO THK SOUTH
ND WEST.
INCREASED FAOILmESAND REDUCED BATES
Steamers lea v. every W K DN KSD AY and SATURDAY
at 1J o'clock noon, from FIRST WHARF above MAR
KET btreet.
RETURNING, leave RICHMOND MONDAYS and
Til URMIA VS, and NORFOLK TUESDAYS and SA
TURDAYS. ,
No Bills of Lading signed after 12 .'clock on sailing!
IlROUGH RATES to aU points in North and South
Oaroiina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, connecting at
Portsmouth, and to Lynchburg, Va., Tennessee, and tb.
West, via Virginia and Teuneaaee Air Lin. and Rii,h""n4
and Danville Railroad.
Frxigbt UAND1.KD BUTONOE, and taken at LOWER
RATKK THAN ANV OTHER LINK
No charge tor commission, drayaga, or any expense of
transfer.
hteamshlpe insure at lowest rates.
Freight received daily.
kiAi. Room acconiuiodatione for passenger..
Btat.xMouiscewuu.wliajAM ot,yOK 4 oo ,
No. 12 8. WHARVKSand Pier 1 N. WHaUVlU.
W P. FOR I KK, Agent at Richmond and City Point.
T. P. CHuWhLLi CO., Agents at Nurlolk. n U
FOR NEW YORK,
via Delaware and Raritan Oanal.
UKXPKKSS STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
i .... Mum Propellers of ths lin. will oommenoa load-
ins .n the Nth instant, leaving daily as usual.
TlihOUlill IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Good, fomaided by all tb. line, going cut of New York
North, East, or West, free of ooxomission.
Freights received at low rates.
" WILLIAM P. CLYDE Co., Agents.
No. la South DELAWARE Avenue.
JAMKS HAND, Agent.
No. 1U WALL Street, New York. 8
FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELA-
ware and Raritan Oanal. ,,.,
SWIFTSURK TRANSPORTATION OOM-
I1NV
DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURE LINE8.
Leaving daily at 12 M. and a P. M.
Thestetm propellers of this company will oonun.no
oading on the ttlb ot March.
Through in twenty-four hours.
Goods forwarded to any point tr.. of commissions.
Freight taken oa accommodating terms.
Apply to .LUAM M BAIRD A OO., Agents,
4 ( No. laa Sooth DilLAVVARKAvenafc
DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE
STEAM TOWBOAT COMPANY. Barge,
towatl between Philadelphia. Baltunore.
liuvie ae Grace, Delaware Gity, ana intermediate points.
Uavie ue ur vYiLMAM P. CLYDE A OO.. Ageata.
Captain JOHN LAUGULIN, hnperintendent.
Othce. No. liibouttt Wbarvea, Philadelphia
riOTTON
8 ATT. DUCK AND CANVAS.
KJ of all numbers and brsatls. Teat, Awning, Tr.ua
and Waon-oover Duck. AUo, Por Manufacturer.'
Drier relia, from thirty to MVMtrWX toon, WHs)
Paulins. balling, sail ' " J OH W W. EVKRM A If.
Wo. 10 OHCsiUUBuaattOitf blor.v
Jl