THE DAILY KVKXTNG TKLKGRAril PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1870.
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Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals
upon Current Topics Compiled Every
Oayfor the Evening Telegraph.
THE ORIGIN OF RELIGION.
Frorm tke Y. Bun.
The celebrated linaui.st, Professor Max
Muller, delivered last wiuter before the Lrit-
bih HotmI Institution a series of lectures on
the Science of religion, which are now in the
course of publication in various magazines.
The learned Professor treats the subject with
the same breadth and fulness, and the same
richness of illustration, w hich rendered his
lectures on langnage eo interesting; bat' ho
seems to us to proceed, as do many other
scientific men who have undertaken a similar
t9--.k. tipon a radically unsound assumption.
Trofes-or Muller asserts, what is undoubt
edly true, that the various forms of religion
which have prevailed and do prevail upon
the earth may be classified like languages;
and, further, that there are family likenesses
between certain religions and classes of reli
gions and cortain languages and groups of
l.tngiiBgps. Hence be infers that because
laoguage is of human Invention and elabora
tion, religions are also of human origin,
a ad be proceeds to discuss them accordingly.
The theory that there was one primeval reve
lation to the ancestors of the human race,
which has been corrupted and distorted into
many forms he disputes, ns having no better
foundation than that which makes langnage
to have been similarly revealed in a Bingle
primitive form, and afterwards broken up
into the languages of the world. Without
oing so far as Mr. Baring Gould and ascrib
ing religion to the secretive action of the
cerebral glands, he none the less believes it
to have been contrived out of an ingenious
and poetical interpretation of natural pheno
mena. The idea of a supernatural revelation
he sco its as entirely worthless in a scientific
point of view, and more than hints that it
rests only upon fraud and delusion.
It is not demonstrable by actual proof that
without revelation mankind would have no
conception of God, of the life after death,
snd of religious matters in general, because,
ts far back as history extends, and as widely
33 the explorations of modern travellers have
extended, the world has at no time and in no
locality been left without such a revelation
more or lens perfectly preserved. The oldest
authentic records in existence are those
of the lewish nation; and they are known to
embody fragments of still more ancient writ
ings. As to the sacred books of the Asiatics,
they niny or may not possess the antiquity
aligned to them; but admitting them to be
a. much older than the Hebrew Scriptures
a$ it is asserted they are, still they too pro
fessedly embody ideas which have not been
invented by men, but which were transmitted
from a higher source. The heathen who have
no written books have still oral traditions of
a supernatural revelation, and even the
savages of America and Africa point to a
time when their ancestors received instruc
tion from supernatural beings. But so far
a i this universality of a belief in revelation
proves anything, it proves that belief to be
tr.:e. What is so generally credited is not
likely to be the fabrication of interested de
ceivers.
But further than this, observation teaches
that the unassisted faculties of the human
mind do not suggest the theory or the prac
tices of religion. There never was a child
who of himself discovered the existence of
God and his relation to Him. In the few
instances in which children have grown up
like wild animals, away from instruction of
all kinds, they have shown no traces of re
ligious development; and in no case have
savages, without the help of missionaries of
some pr.rer religion, made any improvement
upon their hereditary superstitions. "What
ever changes have occurred in their notions
have bsen for the worse from a more intel
ligent form of belief to one less so.
I'uttin;,' the matter to our own individual
experience, we shall find that nothing in this
world all theorists to the contrary notwith
standingsuggests the existence of any other
world or any other class of beings or state of
existence than those of which our senses
irform ns. We might go on forever learning
the properties of matter and the wonderful
uoe to which natural force can be put; but
no experiments of science or art would ever
prove to us that there is a God. In fact, the
most learned natural philosophers have often
been the sturdiest atheists. No amount of
acquaintance with the wonders of creation
suggests of itself the thought of a creator.
Given the conception, indeed, and science
can abundantly corroborate and illustrate it.
After Columbus had shown how to make the
ejg stand on its end, all who saw the per
formance could repeat it. So, in the light
that revelation gives, the book of nature tells
of God; but without that light its pages are
devoid of any truth higher than their own
phenomena.
It is true that the common notion that ono
single revelation was made to men once for
all, and that all religions have been derived
from that, may be erroneous. It would be
presumptuous in any mortal to undertake to
limit the operations of Providence to so nar
row a method of manifestation. In showing
the nnity of design in the various types of
revelation which have been made to man
kind, Prof. Muller's labors may prove valua
ble. If the same influences of mini and cir
cumstances which have affected the develop
ment of language can be proved to have
a letted that of religion, it will, so far from
destroying our sense of obligation to the
Divine Being, increase it. But to attempt to
make or.t that He has never interposed by
revelation to lift His children out of their
mental darkness, is to impeach His benevo
lence in a manner offensive to the devout
and unsatisfactory to the truly rational in
quirer. It is at once more edifying and more
in accordance with reason to belie" ve that He
who made ns has also communicated to in
information concerning Himself and His rela
tions to ns, than to conjecture that He has
abandoned us to the exercise of our own
feeble powers.
THE COAL STRIKES ONCE MOKE.
From the -V. Y. Time.
The strikes in the Pennsylvania coal re
gions are at length conoluded, and thxs ter
minates a struggle in the course of which
public and private interests have alike been
disregarded. Not that any firm assurance
can be felt that so reckless and mischievous
a contest may not be reopened at any future
day. All that can be said is tha for the
present, miners and operators are agreed
upon a "basis," and that work has recom
menced to be again suspended probably, as
it has been annually for several years, when
it suits miners or operators to "regulate the
trade.'' With the details of the controversy,
an between these parties, the public has
little concern. The elaborate statements put
forth by each are generally incomprehensible.
and the only conclusion that the public can
form is that both Are grossly to blame.
The case may be briefly recapitulated. The
supply of coal t to " New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, and' Now Jersey is a monopoly,
composed of members having minor differ
ences, but who are substantially agreed in
their method of business. They resist the
natural influences v.liich should always con
trol the price of any article of prime neces
sity, by creating artificial conditions for that
purpose. A large production tends, of course,
to lower prices, if it is placed within the
reach of consumers ; at certain periods,
therefore, it is kept out of their reach, and
whatever fall may have taken place is fol
lowed by a rise, to perhaps even a higher
figure than before. The miners watch the
process, and presently demand a share in the
resulting profits. This is refused, and a
strike ensues. The operators are content
that the men should be idle, seeing that the
supply on hand is equal ti any possible de
mand, and that while they are spared for a
time the payment of wages, the market rates
aro sustained and even appreciated by the
"new trouble in the coal regions." When it
is desirable to resume production, the opera
tors give way, a "basis" is agreed upon,
and the miners go to work. The sinister
character of this manoeuvre will strike
every observer. But there is a still worse
feature cf the case, as is broadly asserted by
well-informed persons. These say that the
miners strikes are not the result of sponta
neous action on the part of the men, but are
engineered by the leaders of the trades
unions in the interest of the operators. The
course of these strikes certainly does not
tend to disprove this allegation and. if its
truth be assumed, we see now a mass of igno
rant and hard-worked . men are used as tools
in the hands of greedy and unscrupulous
managers. The public, too, will understand
the repeated panics which are attempted, not
in the coal market, which knows better, but
among consumers, who are expected to rush
for supplies for fear of still higher prices.
Meanwhile, the injury done to trade by
these proceedings is incalculable, and the
poor suffer, also, to an extent little suspected
by the more fortunate classes. There was a
remedy which Congress might have applied
and did not, failing thus in a clear and im
perative duty. Had the tax on bitnmiuous
coal been removed, the monopolists must
have been driven to fair dealing. As it is.
consumers can avoid unnecessary purchases
throughout the year. When once the de
mand i3 thus distributed, as it is distributed
in other countries, no violent fluctuations of
price will be possible, and the ingenious de
vice of "regulating the market "must come to
an end.
GOVERNOR HOFFMAN AND REAL.
From the A. I. World.
Of the unfortunate man who on Friday
suffered the last extremity of the law in this
city it is as needless as it would be repulsive
to speak harshly now. But of a letter pub
lished in his name, and called his "last
appeal," it is needful that some certain words
of truth be briefly and sharply spoken. This
letter, with which Real himself had doubtless
no more to do than with the buildiner of the
gallows upon which he perished, w as pro-
jtjuseuiy u uuui aim solemn recitation ot tne
reasons by which Real believed the Execu
tive of the State to have been induced to
refuse to commute his sentence. This it pro
fessed to be; and if it had been what it pro
fessed to be it would have been a melancholy
and indecent exhibition. But it was not
what it professed to be. It was, in fact, a
bitter and malignant attack upon the per
sonal and political character of Governor
Hoffman. It charged upon the Governor the
incredible cruelty and baseness of sacrificing
a fellow-creature's life and violating his offi
cial oath to punish alleged political derelic
tions against his own ambition.
Had such an assault as this upon the name
and fame of a public man been made in the
heat of a political conflict upon the stump, it
would have been justly regarded as an abom
inable abuse of the freedom of speech. What
shall be said of it when the lips of a dyin"
man are used by its author to utter it on the
very brink of his grave? It cannot be pleaded
that this thing was done with even the faint
est hope of saving Real s life at the eleventh
hour. It was simply a violation of all that is
most sacred in death for the gratification of
all that is meanest in life. It is pleasant,though
we should be ashamed to call it surprising, to
see that this outrage colls forth, even from the
most uncompromising opponents of Governor
Hoff man and of the Democratic party, words
of just and indignant rebuke. The keening
J'oxt utters, we are sure, the sentiments of
all honorable and law-abiding radicals when,
to use its own language, it expresses, "in the
cause of honesty and honorable political dis
cussion, what every fair-minded man must feel,
detestation for such an attempt to convert
the just execution of an assassin into a politi
cal weapon against the officers who have vin
dicated.the law in his case."
This journal did not hesitate, while the
case of Real was under final consideration by
Governor Hoffman, to urge sundry reasons
which, as it seemed to us, might properly
move the Executive not to remit, but to
modify the punishment of that criminal. We
did this because it seemed to us that there
still lingered in his case some faint doubts as
to the real measure of his guilt, and because
it was obviously fair and humane, if such
doubts there were, that he should receive the
benefit of them. But the duty of weighing
these reasons rested, in the last resort, with
Governor Hoffman, as upon him was imposed
by his high office the inexpressibly painful
and trying responsibility of aoting when
those reasons had been fully weighed. His
decision was gravely, patiently, and loyally
made; and, once made, it was carried out
with a courage and steadfastness by which,
once more to quote the well-merited tribute
of the Evening rout, the Governor has
"earned the thanks of every law-respecting
citizen of New York, irrespective of parties.
THE CITY CENSUS.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
We have census returns from 118 enumera
tion districts of this city, showing a popula
tion of i00,800. The average is 2519 to a
district, and there are l'J'J districts yet to
come in. It is not probable that they will
materially vary from the figures already at
band; so we must be content with about the
same population as in 1800 814,000. The
World is crying ont against the census as a
fraud, and intimates that the population is
vastly larger than the returns show.
It may suit the purposes of the World to
insist upon an enormous annual increase of
population, but it is not true, and the editor
of that journal knows, or ought to know it.
There is one statistician who cannot be
fooled with bogus babies or repeating voters,
and that is Death. The death rate is a sure
indication of the number of people. Now
the whole number of deaths in New York in
185.1 was J3,40'.'; in 18tXJ it was 22,710; in
18U.-, 24.8U5, and in ls.jy, 2t,Ml. This is
enough to show that the resident population
of the city has beea comparatively stationary
that the census of 1800 was too high; and"
that the figures, now coming in will greatly
disappoint those who look for a million or
more of people on ManhattanTsland.
' The outcry of the Democrats about the un
fairness of the' census is simply without foun
dation. It is a cardinal doctrine of their party
that nothing can be honestly done exoept by
themselves, and that everything they do must
be right. The one census of this citv most
glaringly incorrect was done under Buoha
nnjr's ndministrntion by the once famous
Captain of the Empire Club. We are sure
that the present officers are honestly trying
to do right. That the final report will show
the notorious double and treble voting done
by the Democracy (to which the editor of the
frorld has borne personal testimony) is as
clear os daylight. Hence the outcry about
radical efforts to show a small aggregate. It
won't do; we shall havo a hotter and more
complete enumeration this year than any one
yet teken.
SMITH AND HIS EAR.
From the S. Y. ifui-M.
Smith, J. V., and Smith, W. T., are too
near of a nome as well as too near of a trade
tonrce. One is a judge and the other a
general ncniatter which is which, for both
are Smiths and both are radicals and they
live in Tennessee. The general is a member
of Congress. The judge thinks he ought to
be a member too. So, not being able to com
pass the end of this laudable Ambition, he
consoled himself by biting off the end of a
member of the member's person. He selected
the right ear, probably as the more useless of
the two ears which we suppose the general to
havo possessed. For it is an ancient super
stition that when one is well spoken of, his
right ear admonishes him of the agreeable
fact by "burning-." and who npon earth
would ever think of speaking well of Smith,
J. V., general, and radical member of Con
gress ?
For all this, the judge who has shown his
teeth in this way has taken a larger bite than
he intended, and may expect to be bitten
badly in his turn. If there be validity in the
precedent of l'orter (renominated now be
cause an Irishman kicked him), Judge Smith
has bitten the ear of the nation, or at least of
"the lojal North.'" He will get off easily if
he be not set up. like Pnritau Pryane, in the
pillory. Hnd have not his ears or a part of his
eais sheared oft close to his head. We hope
they are long enough to bear tho operation.
SOME OF THE CAUSES OF THE WAR.
From the -V. I'. Satioti.
In his "'Idee Napoloonionne," Louis Napo
leon quotes from his favorite history of tho
First Empire. Bignon's, the following.
"One day people w ill ask, Why did Napoleon,
in the last six years of his reign, show him
self so pitiless towards Prussia? The reason
is: Prussia was the power that harmed him
most, for she compelled him to fight and de
stroy her, while his desire was to extend, to
strengthen, and to aggrandize her." We do
not know whether the author of the "Idee
Napoleonienne," who has now with so much
vehemence drawn the sword against Prussia
old, infirm, and generally passionless as he
is has either the desire or the ability to treat
her pitilessly and to destroy her; but, grant
ing Bignon's view to be correct, we cannot
fail to notice the analogy between the Prus
sian wars of tho two imperial reigns arising
from the fact that Nape 1 eon III, too, sees
himself compelled to fight Prussia after some
endeavors "to extend, to strengthen, and to
aggrandize her."
The object of Napoleon I in giving Hanover
to Prussia, after Austerlitz, was, as Bignon
expresses it, "to ensure, by hor aid, the im
mobility of Russia and Austria, to give to the
Continental system an irresistible develop
ment, and thus to force England to make
peace." Besides, Nopoleon received some
territorial compensations for what he took
from the King of England and gave to
Prussia. The object of Napoleon III in
conspiring with Bismarck for the aggrandize
ment of Prussia by the absorption, among
other territories, of the same Hanover, as
chiefly required for her consolidation was
to bring about a final disruption of Ger
many, which would render her powerless to
resist the natural expansion of France as the
French call Cisrhenan conquests whether at
the expense of Belgium or of Prussia herself,
should a protracted war have crippled her
resources equally with those of Austria. And,
low though our opinion be of the unselfish
ness of the living Napoleon, we cannot refrain
from acknowledging that his intentions con
cerning Prussia wore more sincere than those
of the great conqueror. For the latter aimed
at universal empire over Europe, and could
therefore tolerate no respectable power be
sides his own, while the former would be fully
satisfied to be acknowledged mightiest among
the mighty.
Prussia compelled Napoleon I to fight her
by refusing to be his abject slave. She has
compelled Napoleon III to fight her by hor
victory at Sadowa. This victory, by its sud
denness, has frustrated the schemes of French
expansion, and made Prussia almost the equal
of France in, power. It has eclipsed Sevas
topol, Magenta, and Solferlao which were
the clearly-bought compensations in (jloire
for endless sacrifices of liberie and partly
effaced even the remembrances of Jena and
Wagram. It has aroused the vanity of the
French to a degree which makes them both
restless and restive. The trophies of Mil
tiades will not allow Themistocles to sleep;
from the day of Sadowa France has enjoyed
no rest. She has actually begun to doubt
whether she is, after all, la grand e nation.
A great revolution and great victories long ago
procured her that glorious title; she sees it
now rapidly becoming vain-glorious merely.
She must have new victories or else a new re
volution. Napoleon has not been slow in com
prehending the changed situation, the
changed temper of France. And where revo
lution or war is the alternative, he cannot
hesitate in his choice. Whilo playing or
struggling with an incipient revolution, he
has prepared for war and Europe will be
drenched in blood. It is idle to speculate
how far, in throwing down the gauntlet to
the rival of France, he is actuated by motives
of personal interest, looking to the preserva
tion of his dynasty, and how far by feeling
inspired by the interests f the nation whose
ruler he is. Whether equally imperative or
not, regard for the safety of his throne and
regard for "the honor of France" command
him to fight.
Among the personal considerations looking
to the preservation of bwth throne and fame,
we may mention the advantage, so obvious
under the actual circumstances of the Second
Empire, of breaking by a powerful series of
warlike deeds the chain of historical remem
brances now uppermost in the mind of the
French people. The seventeen or eighteen
years of the personal rule of Napoleon, be
ginning with the cvup detat of December 2,
18."1, form a connected period of usurpation
and hypocrisy, preceded by three years of
wire-pulling and presidential betrayal of trust.
Thii period is that which the generation that
knew the leign of Louis Philippe and the
KevcUtioa of istk u constantly coatem-
plating and meditating about as the worst
part of their country's history in this cen
tury; as a long-stretohod inglorious present
to which the. late i imperial Concessions,
crowned by a plobLsoitum of a strangely
dubious character; seem to form a continua
tion rather than a concluding and reconciling
epilogue. Nothing would be more apt to im
press upon the recent constitutional change,
in France the character of. such an epilogue
than the suddenly following opening of a new
series of events, sufficiently dramatic and
heroically tragic to strike the imagination of
the people with the idea of entirely novel,
grand performances, with the impression of a
new era opening in the history of their coun
try. Should speedy victory perch upon the
imperial eagles, the new era would be hailed,
as such, with all the rapture of national va
nity; should a long war with varying success
ensue, the multiplicity and intensity of tho
new impressions would the more easily cast
the late past into comparative oblivion. In
either case, Napoleon would appear in the
new light of a champion of France in a grand
contest with an envied rival.
Nor have the provocations to hostility, on
the part of Prussia, been slight in the eyes of
Napoleon. Not only has she dared to conquer
beyond all measure compatible with "the
honor of France"; not only has she used and
abused her victory exclusively for her own
benefit and without any regard to the claims
and1 remonstrances of the monarch who at
first aided her by his counsel and connivance;
but she has also crossed and baffled some of
his most favorite schemes in nn Almost atro
cious way. It was he who proclaimed him
self the protector and regenerator of tho de
cayed Latin race, from the Pontns to the Pa
cific. It was he who brought about the union
of Moldavia and Wallachia in the shape of an
all but independent Roumaniu. It was he
who worked with Cavour and fought with
Garibaldi for tho freedom of Italy, "from the
Alps to the Adriatic." It was he who encour
aged O'Donnell to revive the ancient glory of
Spain on the soil of the Moors and to restore
her sw ay in tho Antilles. It w as ho who erected
and defended, as a shield of the Latin race
against the Anglo-Saxon, the imperial throne
of Maximilian in Mexico. Surely it was a
great dream, this universal Latin protectorate
of France. And bow has it vanished ? Ex
cepting Mexico, where it ended in a tragedy,
Prussia has turned it into a mockery every
where. She has placed a princo of her royal
house, Charles of Ilohenzollern, on the
throne of Roumania. Sho has conquered
at Sadowa the Italian quadrilateral of fort
resses, which her arming in lS.v.t prevented
Napoleon from assaulting, and has surren
dered it and Venice to Italy through his
own hands. And now she has ariaugod to
set another Hohenzollern prince on the
throne even of Spain. Are not all these pro
vocations, put together, too destructive of
the prestige, too insulting to the pride of a
Napoleon to be submitted to calmly, to be
borne without an attempt at revenge ? We
presume they have weighed heavily in the
scales in which the Emperor of the French
lately weighed peace or war.
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EDWIN II. FJTLKlt At VO
Factory, TRUTH St, and GXRMANTOWN Areaaa.
'Store, Ko. ! WATER Bt and 22 N DELAWARE
Arena.
SHIPPINC.
Tfffj! U'IIIlLaRD -s STK.AMi.Hir (,'OMPANf
rOR NliW YOIIK,
8AH.1NO EVERY TLKSDAV. Till HSIY, ASI
SATlltDAY,
ore now rrrr ivlnjj f iclirlit at
11VE CENTS PEU 100 POl'NItS, TWO CENTS
l'Eit ioot, on half cent pei: gallon,, i
SHIP'S OPTION.
INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OP ONE PER CENT.
Extra rates on small paofcajreu iron, nietalx, etc.
No receipt or 1.111 of la.lmg signed for leastuan
fifty .enta.
NOTICE On and after Septemlw !B rates tv tills
Company will bo lo cents per lou pounds or 4 ieuts
per loot, Milp's option ; and rcprnUtr shippers by tins
line will only be charged the above rate All winter
W inter rates commencing December t3. l or further
particulars apply to John F. our,,
3( PI Eli 1HNOKT11 WJIAUVES.
fffS& PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN
SafeiftftSMAII. STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S RROU.
LK bKMIMOSTULY LINK TO NKV OR.
LK.ANK, 1A.
B1.b,-,J,,iK'IiiT.? 71"! for NOrle4!dircttoa
Th. YAZOO will sail from New Orleans via Hauaa
on VN ednpHilny, Aiu-t ;t
THKOCMi HI ta OK LA DING at as lnr rale m hi
nj other route given to Aloi.iln, Oalvpiton. ImliatioU I
vacca.anri Brar.oe. and to all points on the Mii(.ajppi riyt
between New Orleans and St. lmis. Ilea Hiver treicbte
resbipptd at New Orleans nit boat charge of cauimiaMena,
WKFKLT MNF TO 8AVANNAU.il
Tb. TONA WANDA will aad for Saraunah on Satur
day. AnpnM l:i. at A. M.
Tb. WYOM1KU will aail from Savannaa on Satur
day, AuetiKt
TiiKOl'GH B1I.L8 CI'' I ADINfj riven toa!l the prin
cipal towna in (.leorgia, AluliH.ua, Plnrnhi, INIinsisMppi,
loiiixinua, ArknaaaH, and Tennessee in cottnction witb
tbe Central Hail remit of UeorKia, Atlantic and Uulf Kail
road, and Honda steamers, at as low rates aj by oouiuatin
lines.
5 KM I -MONTHLY LINK TO WII.MlNOTOiY, N O
Tbe PIONKK.R will aad for Wilminictoi on WertnoMtiiy.
Auc.ist 17. at 6 A. M. KctinniuR, will leav. Wilaiiuirton
Wednesday, August 1.
Connects with tne Oape Feiir K'vor Stnaml.oat Com
pany, tbo Wilmington and Welilon and N'cirlb Ourolina
Railroads, and tho WilininRton and Manchester Railroad
to all interior points.
Freight for Columbia, 8. C, and Ancnt-ta, Oa., taken
via Wilmiupton, at as low rates as by any otner route.
Insurance effected when reoriented by shippers. Kills
of laditiR signed at C'uoen street tvbarf on or betot. day
of sailing.
WILLIAM L. JAMES, General AKeut.'
6 15 No. liW Houia THIRD Street.
THE KEGTLAn STEAMSHIPS ONT TOE PHI
LA DELPHI A AND CHARLESTON tT'EA"M.
SHIP LIN E are ALONE authorized to issue through,
bills of lading to interior points Bout U and VesMu
couuection with South Carolina Railroad Company
ALFRK1) L. TYLER,
Vice-President tso. C. RK. Co.
ffirftt. PHILADELPniA AND CHARLESTON
X- tt-Li?- STEAMSHIP LINK. UJ
'iiiuline is now composed of the foUowUiir flrst
class Kteainshlps, sailing; from PIER i;, below
Sspruce street, on FRIDAY, of each weefc ,at 3
ASHLAND, S00 tons, Captain Crotrell.
J. w. KVERMAN, 692 tons, Captain Hinckle
SALVOR, 600 tons, Captain Ashtroft.
AUGUST, 1870.
J. W. Everman, Fridav, August 5.
Salvor, Friday, Auirust 12.
J. V. KvermaD, Frldav, August 19
Salvor, Friday, AugUMt W.
ThronRh bills of lading given to Columbia, S C
the interior of Georgia, and all points South anil
Southwest.
Freights forwarded with promptness and despatch
Rates aa low as by any other route.
Insurance one-half per cent., eil'ected at the office
In firsUchiss companies.
No freight received nor bills of lading signed after
8 P. M. ou day of sailing.
SOLDER ADAMS, Agents,
No. s OoCK. Street.
Or WILLIAM. P. CLYDE A- era.
No. 12 S. WHARVES.
WILLIAM A. COURTENAY, Auent in Charles
ton. e 4
tff PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND
TjUT a.-r NORFOLK STEAMSHIP UnV
TijKOlK.H IHFIOHT AIR LINK TO THE SOUTH
INCREASED FAOILITIFSND REDUCED RATES
Steamers lea,e .very WKDNKSnAYand SATURDAV
at 1J o'clock noou, from FIRST WHARF above MAB-
RETURNING, leave RICHMOND VONDAY8 and
THURSDAYS, and NORFOLK TUESDAYS and SA
TURDAYS. , , . . .
No Bill, of Lading signed after 12 o'clock on aaillnx
"THROUGH RATES to all points in North and Sontta
Carolina, via Seaboard Air Lin. Railroad, connecting t
Portsmouth, and to Lynchburg, Va., Tennessee, and tb.
West, via Viroinia and lenneatee Air Line and Richmond
and Dauvill. Railroad.
Freight HANDLED BUTOrSCK, and taken at LOWER
RATES THAN ANY UTUEK LINK. w"Jl
No charge for commission, drayuge, or any expense of
"teamships insure at lowest rates.
Freight received daily.
fctat. -TilLli'ff KTlTO OO .
No. 12 S. WQARVkSand Pier 1 N. WUafJ VKS.
W. P. POR 1 FR, Agent at Richmond and Uity Point.
T. P. OROWKLLA CO., Agents at Norfolk. tf 15
JKCf. FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEENS
i ft'-Tiiwv -'""" Lino of Royal Mall
bieau.en are uppolnted to sail as follows:
City of Ant tip ivia Ha'aiax;, Tuesday, July 20,
at 1 P. l.
City of P.rooklyn, Saturday, August 13, at T A. M.
City of RrnstiulH, Saturday, August 811, at li M.
City of Baltimore tvia Halifax;, Tuesday, August
23. atl P. M.
City of Washinirtou, Saturday, August 27, at 2 P. M.
and each succeeding Saturday aud alternate Tues
day, from pier 0- !' North river.
Payable In gold. Payable iu currency.
First Cabin 15 Steerage f.10
To London......... wi To Loudon as
To Paris 8 To Paris ss
To Halifax J' To Ilultiax 15
Passengers aiso forwarded to Havre, Hamburg,
Bremen, eUc., at reduced rates.
Tickets ean be bought here at moderate rates by
persons winning to scud for tueir friends.
For further information apply at the company's
oilier.
JOHN G. DALE, Agent. No. 15 Hroadway, N. y. ;
Or to O DONNEI.L & FAULK, Agents.
4 5 No. 42 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia.
F O R NEW Y O R K,
I eJW-Vr vlil IMaware un.l Rarltan Canal.
TA EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANY,
iiie bteain Propeliers of the line will commence
loading on the Mh instant, leaving dully as usual.
THROUGH IN TWENTY-l OUK HOURS.
Goods forwarded by all the lines going out of New
York, North, East, or West, Iree of comiinssiou.
Freights received at low rates.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE CO.. Agents,
No. 12 8. DELAWARE Avenue.
JAMES HAND, Agent,
No. 119 WALL Street, New York. 3 4
' NEW EXPRESS LINE To .vui.v.
fJpJ(Irla, Georgetown, and Washington,
ag -x." C. via Chesapeake aud Delaware
Cuniii, with connections at Alexandria from the
most direct route for Lynchburg, Driatol, Knoxville.
Nashville, Dal ion, and the Southwest.
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noou
from the first wharf above Market street.
Freight received daily.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A- CO..
No. 14 North and South WHARVES.
HYDE fc TYLER, Agents at Georgetown; M.
FLDRIDoE & CO., Agents at Alexandria. tl 1
-9 DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE
fJVtTsTEAM TO WHO AT COMPANY.
si 11 v"-irri- towed between Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Havre-de-Gruce, Delaware City, aud m
ttrmeitiate points.
Will I AM P. CLYDE A CO., Agents.
Ouptftin .IOHN LAUIULIN. Sun 1 .nteni. tit.
Ortke, No. I.' Souiu 4 aivci rlkiii.tdpUia. 4 11J
ron
dtjuciv
i T3S STSAMSHTP iLBHCDLL'S ' '
Wilt aaU On SATURDAY. Anenat 1 at knvinrr a.
M , to be followed by tbe YA ;oo rn August
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING, given to MOBILE,
flAI.VWlTriN TNntlMnT 1 V ll'inpi . -v-tu .
SANTIAGO, VICKBBCRG, MEMPHIS, ftn4 8T."
LOUIS. .x . - .v I v
Freight taken at low rates. Apply to
WILLIAM L. JAMJS3.
General Agent,
6 fit No. l?o Sonth THIRD Street.-
FOR NEW YORK, MA DELAWARE ,
and Rsrrltnn f nna'
S W 1 F T SURE TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY,
DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURE LINES, '
Leaving daily at 12 M. and r. P. M. .
The steam propellers or this company wui com
mence loading on the 6th of March.
Through In twenty-four hours.
Goods forwarded to any point freeof coraruiasloas.
Freights taken en accommodating terras.
Apply to
WILLIAM M. B VTRD fc CO., Agents,
45 No. 1J2 Sonth DELAWARE Avenue.
LUMBER.
1870
MTU'C K JOIST.
SPRUCE JOIST.
II EM IOC K.
HEMLOCK.
1870
iQ-A SEASONED CLEAR PINE. -t Qrj(
104U SEASONED CLEAR LINK. lO II
CHOICE PATTERN" PINK.
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
1870
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLORIDA FLOORING.
C AROLINA FLOORING.
MhOINIA FIAXMUNU.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT I LOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOARDS.
RAIL PLANK.
1870
1 QTAWALNLT BOARDS AND PLANK. 1 QTi.
10 V'WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. lO I U
WALNUT BOARDS
v ALNLT PLANK.
1Q7A UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, i QTA
lO U UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. lOt'U
RKD CEDAR.
"WALNUT AND PINE. .
1870
SEASONED POPLAR.
SEASONED CHERRY.
1870
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS.
HICKORY.
AMI
1ft7A C IGAR BOX MAKERS' rt-A
10 I U CIGAR BOX MAKERS' lOill
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS.
FOB. SALE LOW.
1870
CAROLINA SCANTLING.
CAROLINA H. T. SILLS.
NORWAY SCANTLING.
1870
1870
CEDAR SHINGLES. IOTA
CYPRHSS SHINGLES. 10 11
MAC Li,, BROTHER 81 CO.,
115 JXO. 2000 SOUTH Street
1)ANEL PLANK. ALL THICKNESSES.
1 COMMON FLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
1 COMMON BOARDS.
1 and 2 SI DE FENCE BOARDS.
WHITE PINE FLOORING BOARHS.
YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS, K aal
SPRUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES.
HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES.
PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY,
Together with a general assortment of BulMlac
Lumber for sale low for cash. T. W. SMALTZ,
6 HI 6m No. 1716 RIDGE Avenue, north of Pop'ar St,
BUILDING MATERIALS.
R. E. THOMAS & CO.,
DlaLiai IN
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters
WINDOW FRAMES, ETC.,
N. W. CORK IB OT
EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Street
41912m PHILADELPHIA.'
ROOFING.
PHILADELPHIA
Fainting and Hoofing Co.
TIN r.OOFS REPAIRED.
All leaRnges In Roofs warranted to be made per.
fectly tight.
SrBNCER-8 GUTTA-PERCHA PAINT
Will preserve Tin Roofs from Rusting and Leaking,
and warranted to stand ten years without repaint-,
ing.
iliis is the only Paint that will not crack or peel
on. It la Elastic Paint; It expands and contracts
with the tin, and leaves no cracks or seams open for
water to get through.
IKON FEN CHS PAINTED WITH SPENCER'S
PATENT IRON PAINT, made expressly for iron
worts, warranted not to crack: or peel oil ; will reUla
Its beautiful gloss for nve years.
All work wurranted.
All ordors promptly attended to. Address
PHILADELPHIA PAINTING AND ROOFING
COMPANY,
7 14 3m No. 63 N. SIXTH St., Philadelphia,
I E A D Y It O O F I N G
V This Roofing is adapted to all buildings. It
can be applied to
STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS
at one-half the expense of tin. It is readily pnt on
old Shingle Roofs without removing the shingles,
thus avoiding the damaging of ceilings and furniture
while undergoing repairs. (No gravel used.)
PRESERVE YoUR TIN ROOFS WITH WEL
TON'S ELASTIC PAINT.
I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs
at short notice. Also, PAINT FOR SALE by tha
barrel or gallon; the best and cheapest In the
market.
W. A. WELTON,
8 1 TJ No. Til N. NINTH St.. above Coatea.
PATENTS.
P
N
8.
OFFICES FOB PROOUKINO
Patent in the United States and Fr
reign Countries,
lORRisi BUiLDinoa,
119 g. IOI KTII St., I'hIIadau,
AMD MAKBLB BUILDUIGS,
fli:VL:'I'II Street, above IV,
(Opposite U. 8. Patent Offloe).
WASHINGTON. D. 01
li. HO VTSON. Solicitor of Patent.
O. HOWSON. Attorney at Law.
Oommantcatiota to be addressed to the Principal Offloel
PbUadelpbt.a. in taw
STATE RIG1ITS FOR SALE. STATS
Rights of a valuable Invention just patented, and for
tbe SLIOJNG, CUTTING, aad OUlPPlNUof dried bee,
cabbage, etc, are hereby oiiered for sale. It is an artiole
of great value lo proprietors of hotels and restaurants,
audit, should be introduced into every family. STATS
RIGHTS for sa.e. Sledel oan be seen at TKLKQHAPU
O HOK, t'OOPEB'S POINT. N.J.
Wtf ' MUNDY A HOFFMAN.
USE
CHAMBERS'
STAR
I N K.
EVANS, STODDART t CO.,
140 SANSOM Street.
7 9 fmwlm
ALEXANDER O. CATTELL A CO.
FttOfUUK COMMISSION MKR0UAJIT4.
No. UNOB1U WliAUYJU
AND
Ho. 17 KORTH WATFR STRIIt
PUUAUiLPfllA
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