2 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1870. srxnxT or Tun muss. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals upon Current Topics Compiled Every Day for the Evening Telegraph. VIVE LA REFUItLlQt'12 I Fron the K. Y. World. Amid the mighty events end stupendous changes which have crutubleri the proudest throve of Europe into dust, nnd, to all hntunn seeming, broadened the bane and consolidated the Btrncture of another, there arises in the thronged and tumultuous Htreets of agitated Paris a cry which cannot be heard with indif ference on this side of the Atlantic. In all great uprising for liberty in any part of the world, and especially in every great uprising for liberty in France, our sympathetic citi zens have been almost as ardent and excit able as the impulsive and demonstra tive people of the French capi tal. For Greece, for the South American republics, for Hungary, for Cuba, and especially on two great and memorable occasions for France, oar people and our Government have eagerly outrun the cold dictates of prudence, and proffered their gene rous sympathy to nations Btruggling to be free. There is no part of our national char acter of which we have better reason to be iroud than of thin magnanimous, uncalcu ating sympathy with the cause of freedom in whatever quarter of the world it may lift its banner. When manifested towards France and it is towards France that our manifesta tions have always been the most fervent these exhibitions havo been reinforced and strengthened by a warm sentiment of grati tude tor the assistance which France gtve us in the war by which, with her help, we achieved our independence. France is inseparably associated with our proudest and most patriotio recollections. Khe gave us Lafayette: she was our ally in the war against England; she, of all nations of the world, was the first to catch the contagion of oar example and try the experiment of a repub lic. We are bound to France, as we are to no other European nation, by ties of grati tude, affection, common hatred of England, united exertions in war, and early sympathy in republican sentiments. Nothing could therefore be more natural than the prompt encouragement we have always given to her hitherto unsuccessful attempts to establish a republic. Even the calm, sedate, imperturbable Washington was moved to enthusiasm by the first French republic When, on the 1st of January, 17!(5, Adet, the French minister to this country, presented him with the colors of France, Washington made a speech the warmest he ever made in his life in the fol lowing words: "I receive, sir, with lively sensibility, the symbol of the triumphs and of the enfranchisement of your nation, the colors of France, which you have now pre sented to the United States. The transaction will be announced to Congress, and the colors will be deposited in the archives of the United States, which are at once the evidence and the memorials of their freedom and in- uepeuueuue. iu.y iiua uo perpetual , aua may the friendship of the two republics be . come commensurate with their existence." The congratulatory enthusiasm of the Ameri can people, on that occasion, was restrained within no bounds. When, in 1848, the republic was again de clared in France, our government and people were equally warm, prompt, and alert. Mr. Hush, our minister at Faris, without waiting for instructions, but relying on the steady friendship of our people with France and their irrepressible sympathy with the first -dawning of freedom, made haste to tender his congratulations, and recognize the new government; separating himself from the whole diplomatio body in Paris. The result fully justified the risk he had token in his unauthorized action. As soon as Mr. Rush's despatches were received, President Polk sent them to Congress with a message strongly condemning the action of the Minister, and rivalling his warm expres sions of congratulation. Congress did not fall behind the President. With only two negative votes in the Senate, and no nega tive vote in the House, that body passed resolutions congratulating France on the auspicious change in her government. The resolutions were sent to Paris by the Presi dent, and evoked a response from the repub lican authorities which was transmitted to Congress with another message of felicita tion by President Polk, i To-day, France is entering on another trial of the republic The wonderful suddenness of x the opportunity has fallen like sparks among dry combustibles, and blazing liberty illuminates the thick darkness of military dis asters. The republic has been proclaimed in Paris, in Lyons, in Marseilles, in Bordeaux, and all the great cities of the extinct empire. The Bew Government has been organized by the selection of as strong an executive as can be found among the liberal statesmen of France. It is not made up of rhetoricians, doctrinaires, and enthusiasts, like the Minis try in the abortive republic of 184s, but of able men of affairs who understand the difference between gasconading appeals and practical administration. Gambetta is Minister of the Interior, Jules Favre of For eign Affairs, Magne of Finance, Jules Simon of Public Instruction, Cremieux of Justice, General Lefio of War, Grevy President of the Council of btate, La Vertuion beeretarv General of the Provisional Government, and though last not least, General Trocha is re tained as Military Governor of Paris. The Legislative Cody has been properly deposed. as it was elected daring the defunct reiiimt, nnder the pressure of imperial influence, and is out of relation with the new order of things. Thus far, the leaders of the republic nave evinced admirable coolness, discretion, and informant. TIiav raatti fn Viava vioan pf onoe to the height of this momentous oc casion. The American people would be false to their noblest instincts, they would belie all their generons utterances in the past, and prove recreant to the honored principles of their fathers, if their hearts did not go out in fervent, forward sympathy with a great, heroic nation, their ancient ally, who, in this season of sudden humiliation and sore calamity, courageously holds aloft the banner of free institutions and places itself in the van of a great republican movement in Eu rope. Providence has vouchsafed to France a great opportunity, such as seldom occurs in the history of nations; and she has had the wisdom to recognize and improve it. Out of the nettle, danger, she magnanimously at tempts to pluck the flower, freedom. Every true American heart; every heart whose pul sations were ever quiokened by the spectacle of keroio efforts of patriotism blended with aspirations for liberty, will wish well to France in this hour of trial, of hope, of tran sition, and possibly of renewed conflict with the invader who, after having bestowed upon hi t tbi great opportunity, may interpose to r 11-It ti e cvpanuiDg blossom in llie bud. Tbe whole aspect of this wonderfnl, this terribly destructive war has suddenly changed, as if by the stroke of an en chanter's wand. Hitherto it has been a war against the French empire; if it is oontinued it will be a war Bgninst the French people, prosecuted to interrupt and disable them in erecting the glorious edifice of freedom. The fall of Napoleon is their opportunity, and, unless they are thwarted by Trassia, their triumph. "Even if Prussia chooses to make further war upon them, they have no reason to despair. Perhaps it is in tbe order of Providence that the Frenoh republic shall be consolidated by a united effort to expel tbe invader; by a struggle whi?h will cement tbe new institutions with a uni versal and all-diffusive patriotism, and bind tbem together, in their incipient weakness, by unanimous resistance to a great danger. Hut if the war is to go on, the sympathy of the American people will no longer be on the side of Prussia. No American regrets that Prussia has bumbled and dethroned Napo leon; but if sbe throttles the infant republics and attempts to strangle it in its cradle, she must look for sympathy to some other quarter of the world than the free repnblio of America. Despots and tyrants may keep her in countenance in so unhallowed an under taking, but the liberal public sentiment of the whole world will be agiinst her. WAS NAPOLEON BETRAYED? From the If. T. Times. If the French entered upon the present war with Prussia anything like as well pre pared for the conflict as they were supposed to be, the unbroken series of disasters which they have encountered seems most unac countable. The report of Napoleon's in sanity, which was current after the battle of oerth, was supposed to be continued by the constant utterance of the Emperor of the words, "I am betrayed," "I am be trayed;" and yet there is much to justify the belief that he has been most wofully de ceived. Under the Army Reorganization act of 18(18, the French army was supposed to consist of the "Active Army," the "Army of tho Reserve," and the "National Garde Mobile," so that its total strength on a war footing amounted to nearly eight hundred thousand men. Four hundred thousand of these soldiers were supposed to be always ready for active service, the reserve of four hundred thousand being available at short notice. Despite these figures, however, the French do not seem to have been able to bring together a force of more than the re puted strength of their regular army to check the march of the German invaders. The inference is irresistible that Napoleon was deceived as to his actual military strength by officers whose interest it has been to obtain large appropriations for troops who existed only on paper. If tno French ever had any system of mili tary spies, its management has been most execrable. While tho Prussians seem to have been aware of every contemplated movement of the French, almost as soon as it was con ceived, the latter appear to have been utterly uninformed, not only of the plans, but even of the whereabouts of their adversaries. Without any spies, a well-ordored cavalry should have been able to give information of the near approach of such a large body as surprised tbe forces of Bnzaine at the first battle of Metz. Seventy thousand men the Prussian strength on that occasion could not have been concealed in barns or orchards; and if the French scouts had been deployed as they should have been, it would have been impossible for the Prussian attack to have been a surprise. In the mat ter of arms, also, there must have been much deception, for the supply of Chassepots seems to have been most inadequate. So destitute was Paris of all arms that, we learn recently by the cable, a purchaser of three hundred thousand stand of old muskets was induced to sell thorn back again to the gov ernment, in some cases, also, we are in formed that in many companies there was only one Chassepot to fifteen men. Many stories, too, are told of the part played by the late French Minister of War, General Leboeuf, in securing the adop tion of the Chassepot as the French arm. It is asserted that Lebuuf was directly interested in the award of the con tract, and that it was by his efforts many superior weapons were excluded from com petition. The promptitude shown in accept ing ueneroi iebu uis resignation in the early days of the war undoubtedly sprung from a conviction that he was not to be relied upon, for MacMahon, equally unfortunate, was retained ana trusted. When it is re membered that this Minister of War was second in command to the Emperor, it was indeed base betrayal on his 'part to deceive a master who had loaded him with honors, and who placed implicit reliance in all his reports. The irench commissariat has also been supposed to be one of the best in the world, but the result shows utter inemoiency in its management. At one time the officers and men of MacMahon a array were reported to be half -starved, and that, too, while their line of communication with Fails was uninter rupted. The Prussians, on the other hand. were abundantly supplied with their war sausages of eruoked beef, and their war bread. so that the German troops fared well, even when unable to levy contributions upon the oountry through which they passed. The more we learn of the actual state of affairs with the French, the more evident it becomes that had Napoleon been fully apprised of the condition of his army, he would no more have dared to declare war in 1870 than he did in 18GC, unless he was actually crazy. THE NEW ARBITER OF EUROPE THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION. From theX. Y. UtraUL The power and the glory of the Napoleonio dynasty and of France as tne arbiter f tun- rope are gone. The crowning disaster of Sedan has been as decisive in the displace ment of France as was Stdowa in the humi liation of Austria. The achievements of the great Frederick in building up the power of Prussia are dwarfed by the triumphs of his living Buocessor. In 1S0G, within the short space of six weeks, Austria, with her German allies, was prostrated at hadowa, and the out growth of that astonishing campaign was the expansion oi rrasaia into tne North German Confederation, wunin less tnan six weeks. in 1870, from Saarbruck to Sedan, in the most astonishing military campaign of modern times, France has been beaten as she was never beaten bet ore, and one or tne immedi ate results foreshadowed is the expansion of the North German Confederation into the German empire, embracing all the German family of States, of nearly hfty millions of people, north and south. We cannot doubt, from the astounding de velopments and results of this war, that the union of the German Slates is virtually esta blished under the central government of Prussia; nor do we think that we are over stating the military power thus brought into tbe forKronud in pronouncing it fron Sedan I tbe master of the European continent upon all questions of boundaries, balances, succes sions, and peace or war among the surround ing States. The only continental power left capable of coping with Prussia is Russia, and even Russia is limited in her capabilities t the defensive advantages- of her immense ex panse of territory and her resistless frosts and snows. The only power, however, which Prussia, in a defensive war, may now shrink from grappling, is the naval power of Eng land; tut England can do nothing to prevent it if Prussia resolves to determine for herself the future eastern boundary of France. The naval power of England will command a hear ing in the settlement of the Spanish succes sion and the affairs of the Roman 8tates and tbe Pope, and England, Russia, Austria, and Italy combined may save the territory of France from any very serious confiscation. But the main fact still stands forth in boll relief that France as the arbiter of the Euro pean continent is displaced by Germany, and that, while Europe has no reason to fear a German empire like thst of Charles the Fifth, embracing Spain the offensive as sumptions and aggressions of Louis the Fourteenth and the dictatorial role of the Bonapartes to Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain are no more to be feared from France, nor even tbe dashing crusades in behalf of "liberty, equality and fraternity" which dis tinguished the aggressive fanaticism of the first French republic In short, with Ger many as the arbiter of Europe in the place of France, from the naturally pacific and non- aggressive character of the German people, war will be apt to give way to peace as the prevailing idea of the Continent. THE CRISIS. Frtm the S. Y. Tribune. Never, within the last half century, has a single journal been the messenger of such an immense budget of startling intelligence as the issue of the Tribune which we spread before our readers yesterday. The great results which were secured when Napoleon laid down his sword at the feet of Kinc Wil liam are declaring themselves with a rapidity at which Europe stands bewildered. In France, tbe utter ruin of imperialism has come about with a haste only equalled by the quick campaign in which the Germans have beaten tbe Imperial armies. The defeat at Sedan has been followed in a single day by tbe complete annihilation of the system of military despotism which has been for half a generation the standing menace of the con tinent. Paralyzod at first by the disaster, the Ministry, chosen for its supposed strength, seems to have made one feeble effort to conceal the truth, and then vanished. The people, furious with anger at the Gov ernment which has failed them in the mo ment of danger, yet so far as we have now learned without that headlong passion which in former years lias stained the revolutions of France, have risen and banished Napoleon from France. They have filled the streets with cries of t'ive la JlepuUioue" and 'Dcclieance!" to the empire, invaded the Tuileries, torn down the insignia of Napo leon, disarmed the police, suppressed tho Senate, dissolved the Corps Legislatif, and borne the imprisoned radical Roohefort in triumph from the gaol to the Hotel de Villi-. Soldiers are fraternizing openly with the populace. The National Guard, called out to prevent violence, is unmistakably in sympathy with the popular movement. A revolution bos been accomplished, thus far without bloodshed, almost without disorder, and Paris, so much dreaded in political crises, seems to have been actuated singly by a determination to get rid of an in capable despot, and to expel the Ger mans from the soil of France. We cannot yet ieei certain tnat tne republic, pro claimed with so much enthusiasm, is really established, though for the sake of France and civilization in general we earnestly trust that it may be; but the country has yet to pass through humiliations and perhaps to suffer fresh military disasters, and the party nnder whose rule these misfortunes come must bear the brunt of the popular bitterness. Tho great battles at Beaumont and Sedan. which led to these stupendous changes in France, are the subject of a narrative from our special correspondent more complete than any similar account ever transmitted by ocean telegraph to any newspaper in the world. The same correspondent sends ns an authen tic explanation of the purposes of Count Bis marck in the Hour of victory, and tells for the first time what the Prussians mean to do with their triumph. Alsace and Lorraine are not to be separated from France; Prussia does not covet provinces which would never be satisfied or loyal nnder her domination; but Metz and Strasbourg, the gateways of the empire, are to be held by the victor as pledges of peace. The significance of such a demand we need not point out. With these two fortresses in her hand, Prussia will have France almost at her mercy. And now comes a rumor from Florence, credible but not perfectly authenticated, that Italy has begun to play her part in the great European transformation, and an nounced her intention of taking immediate f ossession of Rome. 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Jamee t Lantcatroth, Uharlaa WeiHa, Joiteph Boucher, tJharlea Mill Josepn Bandnbary, W ilium Asnmeaa, 1. it.. ADram nex, uoarioi n. Btouea. EPKMCKK KOBERT8, President. CHARLES H. STUB EB, Secretary and Treasurer. WM. H.LF11MAN, Assistant Secretary. 6 Ste szswifcn LIFE INSURANCE CO. NEW 7 ORE. LEMUEL BANGS, President. OEtUMiE is LiLilt il l, ice-r res t and Sec v. EMORY Mc CUM TOOK, Actuary. PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGENCY, JAMES M. LONGACRB, Manager. 11. U. VUUl, JK., M. l., Medical Examiner. Office, 302 WALNUT St, Philadelphia. REV. b, POWERS, special Agent. JAMES M. LONGACRtf, General A (rent, S 23 mwfiy No. 80S WALNUT Street, Philadelphia F i A ME INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 809 CHESNUT Street. INCORPORATED 1856. CHARTER PIRPETCli. CAPITAL 1300,000. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire either i'erpetuai or Temporary roiiciea. D1KKITOK8. Charles Richardson, Robert Pearce. wuuam u. itnawn, William M. Sejferu John Kessier, Jr., Edward U. Orne, Charles Stokes. John W. Kvorman, Mordecal Busby. JohuF. Smith, Nathan Utiles, Georsre A. West. JllAlU.rii3 Itlt-M . . J nn wv.W ARDSON. President. J A tl'KT '... T 11 . WILLIAM 11. liHAWN, Viee-PreaiddOt. Williams L Blakcoakd, Secretary. 7 V3i TMPEliLAL FIRS INSURANCE CO., iMnuun. KSTABL1MHED ISO!. Paid -op Capital sad Accumulated Funds. $8,000,000 I IV GOLD. PREV03T & HELUUNO, Agents, 46 Ho. 107 B. THIRD Street, Philadelphia. CHAB. M. PRXVOST GUAR. P. HERBIKQ SHIPPING., . FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEENS 2JLLU2TOWN. Inman Line of Roval Mall btcainers are appointed to sail as iouows: City OIUOrK vu numa.Yi, l ui-nuay, Depuo, si 1 l".SL, City of Antwerp, Thursday, Sept. 8, at I P. M. City Of London, Saturday, September 10, at 8 P. M. Cltv of Brooklyn, Saturday, Sept. IT, at lu A. M. and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tues day, from pier no. s Nortn river. Payable In gold. Payable in currency. First Cabin 75, Steerage $30 To Louden 60 To Paris 0 To London 38 To Paris 83 To Halifax 15 To Halifax 80 Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Uanibunr. Bremen, etc.. at reduced rates. Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by persons wishinir to send for tnelr friends. For further information apply at the company's ofilce. JOHN Q. DALE, Agent, No. IB Broadway, N. Y. : Or to O DONNELL & FAULK, Agents. 6 No. 409 CHiaNUT street. Philadelphia. NEW EXPRESS LINE TO ALEX AN 1 JlyCk9dria. Georgetown, and Washington. " '-1 1 a, via Chesapeske and Delaware Canal, w.th connections at Alexandria from the most direct route for Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxvllle, Xsasuvuic, x'tuivu, eiiu uio ouuiuwoau Hteamers leavo regularly everv Saturday at noon Tom the first wharf above Market street Freight received dally. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., No. 14 North and South WHARVEA nYDE A TYLER, Agents at Georgetown; M. ELLRIDUE A CO., Af euu at Alexandria. 1 DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE 'STEAM TOWBOAT' COMPANY i'.arsea towed between Philadelphia. Baltimore, Havre-de-Gruce, Delaware City, aud In termediate points. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., Agents. Captain JOHN LAI OULIN. t-'iipt'llutondeut OUlte, No. U South V 1 oivcs P'-UiadWpti:, 4 11 8MIPPINC. f$3ffh LORtLLARP STEAMS (IIP COM. PAN for amr york, SAILING EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, ANC SATURDAY, are no' ircelvtug freight at FIVE CENTS PER 100 roUNDS, TWO CENTS TER FOOT, OR HALF CENT PER GALLON, 811 IP'S OPTION. INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OFONE PER CENT Extra rates on small pscknges Iron, metals, etc. No receipt or bill of lading slgued tor lesstuan fifty cppt. NOTICE On and after September IB rates by ttrls Compnny will be 10 cents per too pounds or 4 cents per loot, ship's option ; and reeulsr shippers by this line will only be chaiged the shove rate all winter. Winter rates commencing Dectmber is. For rurihet particulars appiy to joim f. uhu 8t riER H NOrtTH WHARVES. THE REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON THE Pin. LaDKLPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM. fclllP LINK are ALONE authorised to Issue through bills of ladii k to Interior points Houth and West is connection with South Carol 1 11 h Railroad Cora puny. ALirriivu la 1 I l,M(, Vice-President 80. C. RH. Co. rfpra PHILADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON A-U-i-P- bTKAMijlll WLINft. 'una litis Is tow composed of the following first cIsms riteauiships, sailing from PIER 17, bot"W Spruce street, on FRIDAY of each week .at a A.M.: ASHLAND. 800 tons, Captain CrowelL J. W. EVKKMAN, tvi tons, Captain Ulnckter. SALVOR, K) tons. Caput n Aohoroft. . SKPTEMBER, 1870. J. W. Lverman, Friday, Sept. 2. Oolun. D.lila Ci.m. CI J. W. jLverman, Friday, Sept 16. Salvor, Friday, Sept. 83. J. W. Evernian, Frldsv, Sept. M. Through bills of lading Riven to Columbia. S. C. the Interior of Georgia, and all points Houih and Southwest. Freight forwarded imn promptness and despatch. Rates as low as by any other route. Insurance one-half per cent, effected at the offlca in tirttt-cliisa companies. No freight received nor bUs of lading signed on day of sailing. Botuan a aua ma, Agents, No. 8 iK'K Street, Or WILLIAM. P. CLYDE A CO., No. 18 8. WHARVES. WILLIAM A. COURTENAY. Airent In Charles. ton. S 84 Amj-ABb. T.I T r T k TXTT"T T,1IT 1 I n n n n ffifliiairr, 8TK AMSHIP OOitPANV8 REOU. ia i Dnni-nufliuui aiiim i kj ajcw Ola. LKANB, la I ha AOHILLKS will sail for New Orlaaaa Ait Tumday oIltmle 6. at 8 A. M. The YAZOO will sail from New Orleans, ria Harsna, on Tuesday, September 6. 'lllK' Ui.n muiiur bauinuH as low rates as by n nther route ariven to Mobile. OalTeeton. Indiannl. T. vauea.aod liraEoe and to all points on the Mimiseippi rivet betwpea New Orleans and St. IaqIs. Ked Kirer freixbts realupped at new urieana witnoat uBrge of eemmueioos. WF.KKLT MSB TO 8AVANNAH. OA. ThS TONAW AND wilt saU for 8aTannaH on Satnr. day. Sentemlipr IU,at8 A, M. Tbe VVYOM1NO will sail from Barannaa os Satar da, September 10. itihOUOH Blr.lJSOF LADING (riven to all theprin. oipal towns in Oeorxia, Alabama, liorida, Missiesippt, Louisiana, Arnaa8. ana icnnessee in connection witfc the UeBtrnl Railroad of l.eorRia, Atlantio and Uulf Rail mad. and i londa steamers, at as low rates ao by oompeUnc unee. , BEMI-MOSTHLY LINK TO WILMINGTON, If. O. The PIONEKK will sail for Wilmington on 1 riH. 8rv",h('r 1H, at 6 A. M. Ketiuning, will leave Wilminn- tot weaneeaay, cepiemoer . Oonneutswiin tne uape rear mver cteamnoat Oora. psny, the W ilmin, ton and Weldon and North Oarolina rtaifroads, and tbe Wilminrton and Maaoheeter Kailread . n all int.nnpnninfji I riht forOolnmbia. 8. 0 and Anirasta. Ga.. tikua 1 via W ilmingtnu, at as low rates as oy any otner route. Insurance efftwted when reanested br shiunera. Rifla of IndinKSiKned at Queen street wharf on or before da Oi SBllnisT. rif Ttiu V ft iftrH n t . . T- ut'' - u. J amr.o, VTftnentl AJreoC 6 19 No. 1SQ Sooth THLKD btreet. PIIILADELPniA, RICHMOND. THKotoH IKEIUHT AIR LINK TO TUB BOUTtf A N U W fKT INOREABKb FACILITIES AND REDUCED RATES Bt earn ers leave every W r D N K.S t A Y an d 8 ATURDAT at ia o'clock noon, from i lRbT W UAKF above MAU KKT Street. . KETLKMNO, leave RICHMOND MONDAYS and TUURfeUAYb, and NORiOLK. TUESDAYS and 8A TUR1A V8 Ne Bills of Ladinc signed aftsr la o'olook on saiiln dLlROUGH RATES to all points In North aud South Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, oonneoting at Portsmouth, and te Lynchburg, Va., Tennesaoe, and tne) V est, via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line and Richmond and Danville Railroad. FreiRbt HANDLED BUT" NOR. and taken at LOWER BATES TBAN AN OTHER LINK. No charge for commission, drayage, or any expsuse oi 'bteam'ships insure at lowest rates. I'reiHht received daily. Room accommodations for passeners. DUteKOOmauwmuuw lLUAM p OL1)R 4 ffff Mo 19 R. WHARVES and Pier 1 N. W H ARVMLSL W. P. POK I K.K. Asent at Uiclunond and City Point. T. P. PRO WELL A UO.. Agents at Norfolk. 1 FOK NEW YORK- YIA DELAWARS. and Rarltan Canal. SW1FTSURB TRANSPORTATION llllUPI RV. DESPATCH AND 8WIPTSURE LINES, Leaving dally at 12 M. and 5 P. AL The steam propellers of this company will com nience loading on the 8th of March. Through in twenty-four hoars. Goods forwarded to any point free of commissions. Freights taken on accommodating terms. Appiy t0WILLIAM M. BAIRD A CO., Agents, 4; ISo. liii Bonth DELAWARE Avenue. -mm F O R NEW " O R t JTw! via Delaware and Rarltan Canal. JmmAJa EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANY. i ne b team Propellers of the line will commence loading on the 8th instant, leaving dally as usual. THROUGH. IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Goods forvt araed by All the lines going out of Ne York, North, East r West tree of commission. Freights received at low rates. WILLIAM P. CLYDE CO.. Agents, No. 13 ti. DELAWARS Avenue. JAMES nAND, Agent, No. 119 WALL Street New YorK. 8 4 OORDAOE, ETOi WEAVER & CO., ItOPIS HI AN UFAT II It 12 IK 8 AND BIII1 ClIAtII.:8t, No. North WATER Street and No. S3 North WHARVES, Philadelphia. BOPE AT LOWEST BOSTON AND NEW YOR PRICES. 1 CORDAGE. Manilla, Sisal and Tarred Cordage At Lowest New Tork Prices sad Freights. EDWIN IL FITLICK. oV VO gaotory, TENTH Bt and GERMANTOWN A venae. Store, So. S3 U. WATKB Bi, and 33 N DE LAW ABB A venae. GROCERIES, ETO. yHlTK PRESERVING BRANDY, PURS CIDER AND WINE VINEUAR, GREEN GINGER, MUSTARD SEED, SPICES, ETC. All the requisites for preserving and pickling pur poses. ALBERT O. ROBERTS, Dealer ia Fine Groceries. 1 H Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Btreet. MATS AND OAP81 Wf WAR BURTON'S IMPROVED VENTILATED the improved fashions of the season. CHESNUT fetreet, nexi ooor tn ma rmi uimo, rp OTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OP ALL numbers and brands. Tent, Awning, Trunk and Wagon-cover Duck. Also, Paper Manufao. turers Drier Felts, from thirty to seveuty-sU Inches, with Paulina, Belting, bail Twine, etc Na. 10 CHURCH Street (Ctn Storest A.T0T1CE! CAMDEN AND ATLANTIO RAIL 1 ROAD. The 8 P. M. Eipress Train to Atlantic City will bs liri'oiitinucd from this dale, Atiir. V?, 170. a sol 0. 11. MI'NDY, AgtnL
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