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Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals
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THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED
S I'AIES IN THE EAST.
JVom the y. Y. Herald.
The Eastern question, that has boon slum
bering during fonrtoeu years, under the
musty parchment of a treaty, has suddenly
arisen and pnt the statesmen of old Europe
on tho qui vive. Those who wore instrumen
tal in framing tho treaty ia 18"G did not
foresee that they were only patching up tha
old difliculty aud that this traditional carbun
cle of Europe would opeu anew. And yet
they might hare foreseen it. For the last
fourteen years Russia has been smarting ua
der the humiliatiDg conditions which were
then imposed upon her, and nhe njw openly
declares that she will tolerate them no
longer. She will not abate a jot of hor
demands. The second note addressed by
Trince Uortsohakolf to the British Cabinet
may be considered more conciliatory in its
terms, but is in substance ouly the reitera
tion of tho first. The statesmen of England
may cudgel their brains for a peaceful adjust
ment of tnis vexed question, but there are
oaly two ways in which it can be solved by
war or by yielding to the demands of llussia.
j n adopting the latter course England will
' acitly acknowledge that the blood and trea
sure poured out during tho Crimean war were
spent in vain.
In Erjgland tho general aspoct was
more pacific. Thero was an .improved
fecliDg on 'Change, that delicate barometer
of Erilitih sentiment and opinion. Tha Lon
don newspapers treated the subject more or
less pointedly in their morning issues. A
leading city journal, which is supposed to
speak under official inspiration at critical
moments in tho history of
Great Britain, asserted conspicuously
in tha name and behalf of tho English
people, that, "desiring tho maintenance of
peace, we stand on the maintenance of pjacd
guarantees aud the repudiation altogether
of the claim to supersede the obligations of the
treaty of lSoO." The principle involved here,
if it should be adopted by the Cabinet in
Downing street, would restore tho original
cause of difficulty aud danger. This state
of affairs can scarcely occur, however, if we
are to believe another Loudon paper, which
alleged that it had an official statement
to the effect that ".Russia has decided to
withdraw her demand aud submit her propo
sition to the decision of the conference.''
Here we have "the conference" spoken of as
a fixed fact. If this iinportaut meeting
should be held we are to presume that poace
will be preserved, as Russia will either gain
her object or be forced to submit for tha
present, at least to the solemn arbitration
of her national peers, delivered in friendly
council.
From the guarded atatements of the Rus
sian Minister in this country during the in
terview with a Herald reporter we understand
that Russia seeks no territorial aggrandize
ment, but will remain firm in her rejection
of that olauso of the treaty which keeps her
war vessels from entering tho Black Sea; and
she has five hundred thousand good reasons
ready to back her demands. In the face of
these events it is well for us to examine
whether the interests of our country are in
volved in the East. There are American
statesmen who hold that the United
states are not concerned in any
of the political questions that have
set the Old World in commotion. They say
tliat tue Monroe doctrine suouiu be our line
of conduct. The doctrine of complete non
interference was well suited to the time at
which it was proclaimed. The United States
were then a second-rate power. Out of tho
late struggle we have arisen a great, regene
rated nation, and now occupy a commanding
position in the world. 1 or all practioal pur
poses of communication we have been
brought within a few hours of Constanti
nople, and are daily creating new interests
for ourselves in the East. Our immense re
sources, our industry and the late inventions
of science have raised this country to a posi
tion ot grandeur.
There is an old maxim that says'iVb&ieast?
oblige," and it may be affirmed with equal
justioe, Grandeur obliges. Those statesmen
who think that we have uo political interests
m tho Old 'World are behind their age; for
during the last few years tho foreign element
has been steadily flowing to our shores, and
its influence has made itself felt in the framing
of our foreign policy.
Another thought presses itself npon the
attention of onr Government. In case of a
war between this country and England and
Bucn an emergency mar arise if we take into
aooount the late utterances of General But
ler Russia can render us effective assistance,
She can deal a deadly blow to the most che
rished interests of England by barring her
passage to the East.
There is another consideration a moral
one which onr administration will do well
not to forget. Of all the European powers
llussia was tne only one mat evinoed a sin
. oere sympathy for our cause during the lata
war. If the Cabinet of St. Petersburg had
followed the seductive advico of the Emperor
Napoleon, in order to briDg about a formida
ble coalition against this country, the Soutk
might have been able to constitute herself
into an independent State. It is a notorious
fact that the Emperor Alexander repelled
these insidious proposals. He did even
more ; for at the most critical mo
ment of onr struggle he sent a fleet
into onr waters in order to attest, by the
presence of the imperial flag, the sympathies
of his government for the people of this
country. But, say Mauhiavelli and his fol
lowers, gratitude should not be the line of
conduct in political actions. We believe tkat
this doctrine is as false as it is hackneyed
Gratitude in publio and private life is not
only a virtue, but a matter of sound polioy.
and States, as well as individuals, acquire
credit if they stick to their friends. A firm in
Wall street would bring disgrace upon itself
if, in a crilioal moment, it should desert its
business friends. Does not the moral of this
also apply to the firm of Grant it Company in
their political relations to the hroi of Alex, an
der & Co. at the present crisis of affair?
We Ao not think England will declare
war against Russia without the assistance of
a Continental power. ihe author of an arti
ole in the last number of the Edinburgh
Jietiew and who is presumed to be no lass a
person than Mr. Gladstone himself admits
tkat large armies are necessary for carrying
on offensive warfare. We shall quote hi
statement:- "While everything combines to
make us safe, everything also oomblnes to
make us harmless. Xo judge from recent
experience, the relative share of maritime
force ia aggressive warfare is dwindling, and
we are an essentially, incurably, maritime
power. All the sea does for us as Aefenier
of our own shores it would impartially do
against us when we proceed to attaok the
shores of others."
In the Baltio Cronstadt is more inaccessi
ble to hostile fleets than ever. Russia has
fifty iron-cl.ids, and the forts which defend
the entrance of the river Neva are impregna
ble. A British fleet venturing into these
waters would expose itself to destruction. In
tbe Black Sea the English might bombard
Odessa, Kertcb, and a few other ports of
minor importance; but, on the whole, they
would incur a heavier loss than they could
inflict.
The only power which could be the ally of
England is Austria. Is it probable that
Francis Joseph will rink a second Sadowa and
the dismemberment of the Austrian empire?
At (be first demonstration of hostility a
Russian artny of five hundred thousand men
is in readiness to bear down upon Vienna.
On tbe other hand, Russia has repeatedly de
clared that f-he has no designs upon any part
of the Turkish territory. She states that
the liberty of tho Black Sea is vital to her
interests as a first rate p-wer. She
wants nothing moro and will be satisfied
with nothing less. Publio opinion will re
cognize the tHstice of her demands. Mo one
can deny that the treaty of 18"G has been
repeatedly violated, and the clause concern
ing the Black Sea is in contravention ot tne
grand principle of the liberty of the seas. In
view of the foregoing arguments and tacts
the present administration should lend its
moral support to the cause of Russia, and
thus discharge the debt of gratitudo wo owe
that power.
A TATRIOT UNDER A CLOUD.
From the X Y. Time.
Tho world has rarely hal tho good fortune
to possess a great General who was equally
apt with tho pen and with the sword. Still
more rarely has it seen one wno used ms
literary talent in giving to postority a plain,
unvarnished talo of nis own campaigns.
Alexander the Great, Hannibal, and Napo
leon left the records of their triumphs to bo
sifted and arranged by succeeding his
torians. Washington and General Grant
will live chiefly in tho pages of more or
less competent biographers. To this gene
ral rule there is, however, in ancient
times tho very notable exception of Julius
Crcsnr, and in our own day tho equally re
markable one of General John O'Neill. With
the Commentaries of the great Roman will
hereafter rank the "official report on tho at
tempt to invade Canada" by the "President
of the i enian Urotnernood. llie scuooluoy
of tho future may not, improbably, bo as
familiar with the opening phraso, "Since I
last bad tho honor to address you," a3 with
tbe well-known piece of Latinity, "The wholo
of Gaul is divided into three parts."
We leave it to more ingenious chroniclers
to establish a parallel between tho ancient
and the modern military autobiographer,
Theie are, to bo sure, such points of coinci
dence as the following: Ciusar was tho gono
ral of an actual Romau republic; O Neill was
the general of a possible Irish one; C;o3ar had
a good many enemies m tho llornan Senate;
so had O Neiil in the Fenian one; Crcsar
came, saw, and conquered; O Neul went,
saw, and was arrested. Believing, how
ever, that a hypercritical publio might
fail to see the strict appositeness of
such analogies, we commend them to the
attention of the future historian, who will
address a moro impartial audience. General
O Neill shows, it must be confessed, a very
slender amount of respect for the chroniclers
of the passmg time. Lven tho select band
of reporters who comforted the ill-starred
commander with the assurance that his name
would not sustain "one iota of blemish,"
are only approved to the extent of
having furnished narrativos "in the
main correct. " Outside of theso, tha Gene
ral finds nothing save lies and misrepresen
tation. The representative of one New York
journal is credibly stated to have "made
good time to the rear, while another, who
was probably demoralized by being assigned
to investigate the Sunday mysteries of the
"palatial stables, "was so gloriously drunk
that he and his note-book had to be picked
up from the roadside that afternoon, by the
Sheriff of Chittenden county." If he had
been spending the day with Mr. Tweed, he
could not have behaved worse.
Seeing that out of materials so furnished
history is made, we can hardly wonder that
General John u JNeill should, in self-detense,
have taken to the writing of his own com
mentaries. In the calm seclusion of the. jail
at Burlington, Yt., the gallant leader of the
heroic band who fought at Eloles Hill pro
ceeds to narrate the true story of what pro
fane reporters called the great reman
fizzle of May, 180. Like Malvolio,
the General found greatness thrust upon
him. He now believes that the Ma
chiavellian leaders of the Brotherhood
pnt him forward as a soape-goat to
bear the odium of certain failure. When
he undertook the job, ho wever, he felt cer
tain of success. As to its justice or expe
ditney he had no misgivings. His patriotio
creed is comprehensively summed up in the
formula that steel is the certain cure for Irish
grievances. He joined the Fenian organiza
tion because it promised a fight, and he went
to Canada because it was the only opening
that offered for fighting. The direct invasion
of Ireland, while Lngland remained at peaoe.
he believed to be wholly impracticable, but
Canada, "once gained, would serve as
an excellent base of operations against
the enemy." With this lucid and
eminently satisfactory programme, General
U Neul took the field. A plan of campaign
was sketched which eombines in a striking
degree the original and the practicable, Tha
combinations of Yon Moltke were not more
elaborately framed, and their force would
doubtless have been as irresistible if the
men had only come up. Bat what oould the
moBt original military genius do under sno'a
circumstances as tbe following, recorded
more in sorrow than in anger by the nnfor
tnnate commander? The C o'clock train
from the South arrived bringing, instead
of from ten to twelve hun
dred men promised by Massachusetts,
about twenty. five or thirty, "including
Colonel II. Sullivan. He aad most of the
men he hod with him would have better
served the cause by remaining at home. Ia
liea of six hundred men promuad by Ver
mont and northeast xsew York, about eighty
or ninety in charge of Major J. J. Monaghau
arrived on the train.' With such materials
as this General O'Neill resolved to make his
great attempt, fully believing that onoe a
footing was obtained on Canadian soil, thou
sands would noeit to ms standard. It is.
however, the first step that oosts and in this
case tbe step was a backward one.
Second only in ingenuity to General
O'Neill's "plan of campaign" is his relation
of the circumstances attending his arrest.
Many interesting points are raised, bearing
npon the relative speed of horses and ride
balls, the efficacy of barrels ia stopping a
running carriage, and such like, which we
leave to the treatment of profession! cntiiM,
The General prove, to Lis own satisfaction,
that he could not have been resoned 1
from the custody of General Foster.
Whether he has proved it to the satisfaction
of his late comrades or not, is soaroely' a
question of publio importance. The chief
point of interest to his late antagonists, of
whom the General talks very handsomely, is
the "No, emphatically no, with which he
answers the question, "Shall another attempt
be made to invade Canada? On this point,
at least, we can fairly applaud General
O'Neill's good sense, and trust, farther, that
it may be shared to the full by his impetnouts
friends and compatriots. But should another
attempt be made, we hope Mayor Hall will
lead it, arrayed in his well-known green suit.
THE LAW OF RAILWAYS WHAT ARE
THE RIGHTS OF TICKET-HOLDERS?
From the If. Y. Sun.
A case has just been tried in tho English
Court of Exchequer, before Baron Martin and
a jury, which is of much interest to the
very large number of persons who hold sea
son tickets on our railways. The law of rail
ways in England has grown up at the same
time with that in the United States, and
similar questions have arisen ia both coun
tries, 'ihe decisions of the courts of the
State of New York in this branch of the law
are regarded by the British courts with great
reppect, and frequently are referred to and
followed by them. The fact that in these
coses the tribunals of ono country not sel
dom look to the courts of the other for pre
cedents and for guidance, makes the case to
which we refer more interesting and import
ant to us. ,
It is entitled "Buckmaster against tho
Great Eastern Railway Company," and was
tried on November 10. Tho plaintiff was a
miller at Fiamlinghnm, in Suffolk, and the
holder of a season ticket issued by tho com
pany, by which they contracted to convey
him by any of their trains running between
Fi amlingham and London. In the course of
bis business it was necessary for tho plaintiff
frequently to attend the London corn mar
ket. The company advertised an oarly train
to start from Framlingham at W." A. M.,
and one morning last autumn the plaintiff
went down to the station to go to the market
by this train.
But it so happened that on this particular
morning the fireman was lazy. At a quarter
to feven the fire in the engine was so low that
thero was no steam, and of course the train
could not start. Although of apparently
little present consequence to tho oincers of
the read at Framlingham, this delay was no
slight matter to Mr. Buckmaster, and so ho
informed tbem. Nothing was done to for
ward tbe train, however, and the station-
master brusnuely told. Mr. Buckmaster in
acswer to his complaints that if he wanted
to go on ho must pay for a special train.
Ibis he agreed to do, and a special train was
ordered and took him to London at an ex
pense of nearly two hundred dollars. But
he reached the city too late for the market,
and thereby incurred a los3 of fifty dollars.
The suit was brought t: recover these two
amounts that paid for the special train, and
the lofs consequent upon tho delay.
When the plaintiff s case had been proved,
the counsel for the defendant submitted that
no cau.se of action against the company had
been shown. He argued that the contract
between the parties was expressed on the
season ticket, the terms of which were that
it was issued subject to the rules and regu
lations of the company for the time being,
and that the time-tables expressly stated that
while every exertion would be made to secure
punctuality, the arrival and departure of
trains at the time therein stated would not
be guaranteed, nor would the company hold
themselves responsible for any delay er its
consequncea arising out of accident or other
causes, lie argued also that tho company
were not in any event liable for tho damages
caused by loss of market.
On these points the Judge decided against
the railway. In charging the jury, he said
that no action would lia apjainst tho company
for the mere discontinuance of any particular
train. That, however. wa3 not this case.
Here the defendant's servant had been guilty
of the grossest negligence, in consequence of
which there was an entire failure to forward
an advertised train. No accident whatever
had occurred; and it could not even be said
that tbe company had used their best efforts
to send on the train. On the contrary, they
had done nothing of tbe kind. As to the
damages, he thought the plaintiff ought to
recover the pecuniary loss which he suffered
through losing the market, in addition to the
cost of the special train.
ihe jury rendered a verdict for the plain
tiff for both amounts in full. After the ver
dict, Baron Martin said he was surprised that
tne company had not sooner repaid to the
plaintiff the amount which they charged him
lor tne special tram.
GEN. SHERMAN'S REBUKE OF GRANT.
Frtm the X. Y. World.
General Sherman has done well in rebuking,
in his official report, the systematic nsa of the
standing army by the Republican party ia aid
01 tee civil power, or rather its own political
power, but the rule he recommends for the
future is faulty. He says the Federal military
'snorud only be employed as a posse conutatus
duly summoned by the United States Mar
shal, and acting in his personal presence.
Doubtless General Sherman foresees that the
constant use of the army, as Grant has used it,
as an instrument of eoercion in elections
North, South, East, and West, will arouse a
t pirit of aversion towards it which it will not
be easy to allay. Bat the diffioulty with his plan
of reform is that be evidently contemplates the
further use of the military in aid of tbe exe
cutive as contradistinguished from the judi
cial power, for he not only places the force
under charge of the Marshal, but permits him
to call it forth. That is-wrong, as General
Sherman would have seen had he been better
instructed in the British constitutional and
political history of this partioular subject
during the last 150 years. In that country it
has long been settled that it is in aid of tbe
magistrate the judicial, not executive power
that the military can be used. There are
but two British statutes one 14 Car. II
(amended George III), and the other 21 Car.,
II authorizing tha use of soldiers of the
regular ari&y to aid the executive, in the
fonuer case to collect customs and in the latter
to suppress conventicles. If he will tarn to
the opinion given by tbe then Attorney-Gene
ral, Lord Raymond, in 1721, wherein the
legality under tbe common law of using
troops in aid of clvu power was first carefally
considered, General Sherman will see that the
conclusiDn was that the army "should not at
all interpose in any of these things, bat at
such times as they shall be desired by tho
civil magistrate. The form of warrants
issued by Hie King or Hecrotary at War from
1710 to 172."), directed to the troops when call
ing on them for aid, is most instructive. The
orders to the military in nearly al 1 coses were ia
the negative directing them not to repel force
witu force aniess the civil magistrate should
find it necessary and give the orders. Ia
every case tbe magistrate was made responsi
ble for wrongful or mistaken action. I a
Great Britain to this day there is no statutory
ftrovision in respect to using the regular army
n aid of the civil power. The primary re
sponsibility is with the judicial power, and
repeatedly hate the British law officers ad
vised that the judge cannot order the military
or anybody else to assist in the preservation
of the publio peace unless personally present.
And for the military force the request of tbe
magistrate most be passed upon not merely
by a military officer like the commander-in-chief,
but by a minister responsible to Par
liament. General Sherman ought to be fa
miliar with the Queen's regulations of 1808
for the army when aiding the civil power, in
which (article HI 4) it is direoted that no
' officer is to go with troops to aid "in the
suppression of riot, or maintenance of the
publio peace, or the execution of the law,
except upon tbe requisition of a magistrate
in writing," eto. The infinite detail of these
regulations shows political liberty in
England hems in and restrains the standing
army. The underlying idea is that
them 111 Ti lit lio Imminent Annan ( a rint
or insurrection to justify the presenae
of the army, and even then the judicial power
is alone to pass upon the exigency of the situ
ation and direct the troops. It is preserva
tion of tho general peace, not tho victory of
political party, which in England will justify
use of bayonets and bullets in time of peace.
Therefore it is on the advice of a judioial
oflicer supposed to be above tbe clamor of
tbe hour that the British Secretaiy of State
for War would order out the troops. General
Sherman has done well as far as he has gone,
but he needs to drink deeper at the fountain
sourceB of civil and personal liberty.
It is evident, too, that General Sherman is
uninformed or misinformed as to the nature
of the office of marshal. Unlike a sheriff, he
has no common law functions or duties. As
Federal courts have no jurisdiction of com
mon law officers, so Federal marshals have no
common law powers. A marshal is, by sta
tute of ltS'.K to exeoute lawful precepts
directed to him by the court, and in the exe
cution of that duty can command all neces
sary assistance. He is not, however, as is a
sheriff, a preserver of the publio
peace in whose hands should be
placed the Federal army to maintain good
order within jurisdiction of a State. That is
tbe duty of tho authorities of that State.
And if General Sherman will carefully study
the legislation of Congress in 1 !). he will
find that it is the militia of the States and
not the regular army upon which tho Presi
dent is to rely mainly in case of riot or in
surrection. It is a significant fact that it is
in enforcement of the neutrality laws under
tbe act of 1S18, and latteily in controlling
elections under the ant of l-HO, that the
President is empowered to uho tho stand
ing army.
A NEGRO CANDIDATE.
From the IJarihburg rat nut.
The radical list of candidates for State
Senator in the First district has been in
creased by a negro who longs to distinguish
hirustll in the legislative halls of Pennsyl
vania. To the names of Morris, Moran,
Lyndall, Tittermary, andga dozen of others
must bo added that of Octavius V. Cato. If
there be anything in a name, and there is
certainly nothing in his color, that prevents
him from being a radical candidate, be is
just the man for State Senator. The radioals
in that body have great need of a statesman
of the btern Roman virtues of a Cato. Ia
the resolutions presenting Mister Cato, the
colored suffragans of theiirst district inti
mate that they will no longer be hewers of
wood and drawers of water. By this they
do not mean that they will cease to chop
wood, tote water, dump ooal, black boots,
end do other chores for thoir white fellow-
citizens of Philadelphia. It is a figure
of speech by which they convey the hint
that they will not be used merely to voto
tbe radical ticket, but must have thoir full
share of the honors and emoluments of
office. This is Congo gratitudo towards
those who have bestowed the boon of tho
ballot. The glorious privileges of suffrage
conveyed by the ntteeuth amendment are
contemptuously described in the figurative
language of South street as tbe hewing of
wood and drawing of water. The negroes of
the First district basely fly ia tho t'acos of
their white brethren and demand tho nomi
nation for State Senator. If this does not
fill the heart of every radical patriot within
the bounds of that district with disgust we
kave utterly failed to comprehend the nature
of the animal, lhat the negroes of Phila
delphia, to whom the ballot was given that
they might swell the party vote, should insist
on holding the offices into the bargain is
more than the good temper of the politician
of the radical persuasion in that city can bo
expected to bear. But he will soon discover
that he must grin and bear it.
In South Carolina and other portions of the
reconstructed South the negroes have pretty
nigh ceased to hew wood and draw water in
the political camp of their allies. A negro
Secretary of State, three negro members of
Congress, and negroes in numerous other
publio positions, show their understanding of
the fifteenth amendment in South Carolina.
This was not the programme of the carpet
baggers, who expected a life estate in the
offices of that State by means of negro votes.
In their disgust at negro ingratitude aad
white superciliousness, many of them are now
leaving that country for that country s good,
Candor compels the admission that the blaoks
who have been elected to office ia South
Carolina are the superiors of their carpet-bag
rivals, iar be it from us, however, to insti
tute a comparison between Ootavius Yes pa-
si onus Cato and his intelligeat and distin
guished white competitors for the radioal
nomination for Senator in the First district
of Philadelphia.
The eyes of the country are now fixed on
the First district. Here is an opportunity
for the radicals of Philadelphia to give a sig
nal test of the sincerity of their convictions.
If negroes are good enough for voters, let
the radicals show that they are good enough
also to represent Philadelphia in the State
Legislature. There should be no wriggling
in the Loyal League on Broad street. The
members of that political association cla
mored loudly for the ratification of tbe fif
teenth amendment in this State. They sent
representatives to the capital who violated
their offioial oaths and trampled on the Con
stitution cf the Commonwealth by voting
for the ratification. The mutilated Constitu
tion stands to-day with the word white
written all over it, as a monument of the per
fidy and obsequiousness of tbe representa
tives of the people of Pennsylvania. But
that is past. The revolution has been
effected by fraud, but it is none the less a
revolution. It has all the virtue and validity
of tbe solemn bud deliberate deoree of the
people.
Let tbe white radioals or Philadelphia ao
cept the situation with the best grace. A
Kfj ro demands, as proof of their sincerity, a
scut in tbe Senate of Pennsylvania under aa
bmrhdinent which was ratified against the
will cf the people. Tbe claim of the negroes
lor leoccmtion at the hands of the liroal
Btreet Leaguers should be fully met. There
should be no oheaticc rennd the board. Let
I William B. Mann keep his trained repeaters
away from the delegate elections. He should
not be allowed to defraud the poor negro.
One of the radical candidates for the nomina
tion is the grandson of the great and patriotio
financier of the American Revolution. But if
tbe Leaguers are true to their principles they
will set him aside for a candidate of more aa-
cient lineage, and Robert Morris will have to.
stand back for Octavius Yespasianus Cato,
who was probably the descendant of an Abys
sinian captive who was dragged at the chariot
wheels of a Roman consul.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
ffijff- NOTICE 18 II KKKH I GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made at the next meeting
of the Ueneral Assembly ot the Commonwealth of
I'ciinRjlvaula for the Incorporation of a.Bantc, Is ac
cordance with thn lawi of the Commonwealth, to be
entitled THE BULL'S HEAD BANK, to be locate!
at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thou
sand dollars, with the right to Increase the sauio to
five hundred thousand dollars.
tf
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TBEOOS TEABKRRr TOOTHWASIJ.
Sold by all Drnpplfti.
A. M. WILSON, Proprietor,
8 810m NINTH AND FILBERT Sis., Phllada.
NUTIUa 18 HEKEBY OIVEN THAT AN
application will be niado at the next mcctingof
the Wcuerol Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of a Bank, In ac
cordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be
entitled T11K OKHMANIA BANK, to be located at
Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thou
sand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to
one million dollars.
IQT THE 1MFEHISHABLE PERFUME t ASA
rule, the perfumes now in use have no perma
nency. An hour or two after their use tliero Is no
trace or perinme leit. now nitrerent is the result
succeeding the use of MUHItAY LANDMAN'S
FLORIDA WATER ! Days after its application tho
handkerchief exhales a most delightful, delicate.,
and agreeable fragrance. 3 1 tuthsi
fcTy KOI ICE 18 HfcRHBY GIVEN Til KT AN
" application will be made at tho next meeting of
the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Penncylvania for the Incorporation of a Batik, In ac
cordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be
entitled THK BKIDKSill'U 4 BANE, to be located
at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thou
sand dollars, with the right to Increase the samo to
Ave hundred thousand dollars.
5- THE UNION FIRE EXTINGUISHER
COMPANY 07 PHILADELPHIA
Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire
Estlsgiilutier. Always Reliable.
D. T. QAQG,
6 80 tf No. 118 MAT! SET St., General Agont.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made at tho next meeting
of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of a Bank. In
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth,
to be entitled THE SOUTHWAUK BANKING
COMPANY, to be located at Philadelphia, with a
capital of one hundred thousand dollars, with tho
right to increase the same to one million dollars.
flgy- DR. r. . THOMAS, No. 9U WALNUT ST.,
formerly operator at the Coltou Dental Rooms,
devotes his entire practice to extracting tuth with
out pain, with fresh nitrous oxide gas. 11 IT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made at the next meeting
of the General Assembly ol the Commonwealth cf
Pennsylvania for the incorporation or a Bank. In ao
coruanco witn tne laws or tno commoi.weaitn, t.i
be entitled THE JEFFERSON BANK, to ba located
at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred
thousand dollars, with the right to Increase the same
to five hundred thousand dollars.
WATCHEO, JEWELRY, ETC.
TOWSR CLOCKS.
u. w. i:i;::t l,
Wo. 22 NORTTl SIXTH STREET,
Agent for STEVENS' PATENT TOWER CLOCKS,
both Remontolr & Graham Escapement, striking
hour only, or striking quarters, and repeating hour
on full chime-
Estimates furnished on application either person
ally or by mau. 5 25
WILLIAM a WAKNK & CO.,
IFhxUn,.!,. TnAln l
WATCHES. JEWELKV. AND
Salyl SILVER WARE,
Second floor of No. 032 CHENI'T Street,
S. B. corner SEVENTH and CHESNUT Streets.
LOOKING CLASSES, ETO.
LOOKING CLASSES,
strictly our own manufacture, and of warranted
workmanship, at the lowest prices.
ALL THE NEW CHROM08 of Europe and America.
SWISS RUSTIC GOODS, Invoices opened to-day.
Sole Agency for the ROGERS GROUP&
GALLERY OF PAINTINGS, open, free ataU times,
JAMES S. EAR LB & SONS.
No. 816 CHESNUT STREET.
COAL..
ANTHRACITE COAL,
Per Yon of alO L,bs., Iellrertl.
LEHIGH Furnace, 7 60; Stove, fT-75;Nut, $3 50,
SCHUYLKILL Furnace, (6 50; Stove, f(5-T5; Nut,
fV25.
8HAMOKIN Grate, $0 75; Stove, $7; Nut, $3.
EASTWICK & BROTHER,
Yard corner TWENTY-S KCOND Street and WASH
1NQTON Avenue. 8 80 rptf
OIHcc, No. l)OCK Jtret
OTI1 IS It W GL A MANXIiVCj,
I.EUIU1I AND KCIIUYI.KILL, COAL,
Depot N. E. Corner NINTH jnd MASTER,
Offices 43 Soutn THIRD Street,
' 724 SANSOM " 10 12 tf
fl. MfTC FOR A LONG ToN OTf NUT COAL.
dVi: 'lat EASTWICK 4 BROTIIEH'S lal
Yard, TWENT -SECOND Btreet aud WASUINif
TON Avenue. 8 20 rpif
STEAMED OYSTERS!
HALF PECK FOR 23 CENTS.
Large Stews and Panned 25 cents
Padale Koclc Roast &o
The Viuefct Quality of t'aJt aud Fresh Oysters In the
siieiu
TRIPS AND OYSTERS.
KK1KD OY8TERS
Etpeclal attention given to STEAMED OYSl'EKd
J, L. I.LACU,
OTfcTER PLANTS a AND DEALER,
N. E. Corner NINTH and CHESNUT Streets.
Eating bar supplied with all the delicacies of ta
season. 9 ii tbatutf
MATS AND OAP.
Ft WABBUKTON'S IMPROVED VENTILATED
X and easy-Utting DRESS HATS (patented), in a l
the Improved fttsutons of the season. ttHKSNUT
tttxAet, nest door to tha Poat OiQua. ro
UMBRELLAS CHEAPEST INTtii CITT
JtlXOh'S, U 8. UUUTH IMraafc UUM
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOjt LIVB OAK. 4
NsYYY PRrARTMBKT.
BVPKAU CiON8TRi;CTIOK AND KBPAIR,
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ST0.)
XaJ A aniVVlKAW 1 g VrttikK 1 OTA
SEALED PROPOSALS for the delivery of 803.00
cnblo feet of Live-oak Timber, of tho best qual ty, In
iHCh of the Navy.Yards at Charlentown, Mass., and
Urookljn, N. Y., win be necelved at this Uureau
until the lxt& (6th) day or December noxk
These propofials must lie endorsed "Proposals for
Live OaK," that they may be distinguished from
other bofcinesg letters.
The offers may be for one or both yards, but must
ba for tbu whole quantity iu each yard, and, as re
quired by law, must be accompanied by a guar
antee. btiretlea In tho full estimated amount will be re
quired to sign the contract, and. as additional and
collateral security, twenty-five MM ner centum will
be withheld on the amount of each delivery until
the contract Is satisfactorily completed.
a due proportion of tho most difficult and crooiced
.Hw....u....vti'a't wio bill! bllt:io IUUOI vn
puces; otherwise thro will bo withheld such
further amount In addition to thn 25 tier renin m aa
itibj i.e jutigeu expemeDi to secure tue publio la
leresi until men titincnit portions be delivered.
The rcmatnlrtir IB per centum, or other nronortlop
I'ni'ii iii'i, wneu approval in triplicate by tn
. omntaiKiaut oi tne yard, win ue paid by su:
purchasing paymaster as tho contractor may deslg-i
nate within thirty (3u) days after Its presentatloc
VO lillll.
It will be stlpuiateil in the contract that If I af it
oe made by the parties of the first part lnd liverin
an or any oi ttic uiuoit na'iieti, or the quality n
at the time ami place provided, then, and in i q
case, the contractor, and his sureties, will forfeit sji
Pj io me uuiiea siatesa sum or money notexceei
It a twice the total amount therein aareod nnon
the price to be paid In case of the actual deliver?
thereof, which ina.v bo recovered according to tlm
Act of CoiiKrtss in that caso provided, approved
March 3, 1W3.
1 he SU3.000 cnblo feet to be delivered in each vaM
win no in uie JunowinK proportions: SaT 3,1-Oimj
cuiite luev oi pieces suuanie lor Bteinn, Stern pout
deadwoods, aprobs, stercpost knees, keelsous, an
inii.hn, mi Hiding irom n in lnt'liea, ana tne iwo
Billing M and li; Inches. Thcae plec.cn to bo In t!
proportions lti which they enter Into the oonstru
tion or a ship or war: conforming substantially
share, length, and character with tlioso horctofni
received, with frames ol corresponding sldlug, tn
mounts oi which can ue seen hi uar navr vard
IM.COO ublc feet ol tho skliug of I I aud 15 inches, id
about equal quantities of each, and 10,000 cibio feet
of a Siding of 12 Inches; all theso pieces being in
leriilh fn m 13 to 17 feet, with a natural and fairi
curve or notn 12 to ao inches or more In that length.
and one-half the number of p:ec;'S to have from tha
mean to the greatest rronk. Also sn,ooo cubic fee
01 t m ner Bluing 43 anil 10 inches, 111 length from II
10 w leeu
All to be sided straight and fair, and rough-hewe
uie inuuinniK wh.v iu biiiiw a idea 01 not less tn
two-thirds the siding, the wane being deducted
the measurement.
The timber to be cut from trees irrowlnir wlthl
.nil
80 miles of the scb, ol which satlsfactorv evfdenool
will be required, and to bo delivered In the respec-l
live yards at the risk and expense of tho contractor J
uijeci eu lite utiiim iiipuecuun, uii't 10 me enure ap-j
provol of the Commandant of the yard. '
'jnewnoie quantity to 09 oeuvered Within twi
years from the date of the contract.
batisiaetory evidence mut-t be rn sented with cai
prcpoF.n 1 rial the parties either nave the timber
ru acquainted with the subject, and have th
facility to procure It.
In addition to the above, separate "Sealed Pro!
PCfhIs" will be received at the same time, on tin
tr.me terms and conditions and similarly endorsed,
fn.ru persons having the timber on hand already
cut, for the delivery In each of tho navy yards ati
I'liarlrKtown and Brooklyn, of from 8 to BO.Ooe
cubic ftct of Live-oak, the principal pieces stdlna
14 to 17 Inclicp, the remaining portion li aud 13
Inches; the principal pieces Bind crooked tlinbe
beinc in the Bame proportion to the quantity oilerei
88 that specified la the Ilrst case, wita the saiu
lercths and crooks.
The w hole amount contracted for In this caw
must be delivered on or before the 1st February
1S71.
The Department reserves the right to reject any
tird all bids for any timber under this a lvcrtiscment
If considered not to the lnt rest of tho Government
to accept them, aud to require satisfactory evidence
that bids are bmiajide in ail respects, and are made
by responsible persons
FOK5I OF OFFEH.
(WhicJ:, if from ajirm, vtvHt be eigixedby all the mem
I (or we), of , in the State of
hereby apreo to furnish and deliver la the Unite.
States Navy Yard at ,
thousand cubic feet of Llvo-oaK timber. In con
forniity with the advertisement of the Hurcm ol
construction ana uepair 01 the date or November
0, ls.u, viz. :
cubic feet, suitable for principal
pieces, at $ per foot
cubic feet, curved timber, at
8 per foot
cubic feet timber, at $ per ft. ....
Total quantify. Total value
(The total value tn be likewiiie written inulL)
Should mj (or our) oiler be accepted, . f (or we) re-
quilt, to be addressed at , and the cjntrac
sent to the Purchasing Paymaster of tne Naval Sta
tion at for signature and ccrtiucate.
Date .
Signature, A. B.
41 T
v, a
Witness : J
FORM OfTTuARANTEE.
The undersigned , of . Inl
the State ol , and , off
,ln the State of . hereby
guarantee that. In case tho foregoing bid oi
is accepted, he (rt then) will, wlthlri
teu nays aner me receipt or uie contract at the poa
oilke named, or by the Paymaster of the Nava
station desig-atcd, execute the contract for thtj
same with good and suircleLt sureties: and In cast
said shall fall to enter Into contract aft
aforesaid, we guarantee to make good tbe dlirer-J
eitce between the oiler of the said anrti
that which may be accepted,
uate .
Signatures
C. D.
K. F.
WltneEs:
Each of the guarantors must be certified bytuJ
Aseesscr or internal itcvenue lor the district in
which the paitks are assessed. 11 7 lawlw
T)ROroSAI.S FOR THE. ERECTION OF PU1
X LIClillLDlNUS.
Ol'KICE OF TUB COM HISSIONKKS FOR TH
ns
v. s. mo. J
libCT10N OK TUB PUBLIC Bl'll,
Philadelphia. Nov,
Proposals will be received at the Oillce of tht
President of the Commission, No. Ii9 S. SiiVliNTH,
(Street, until December 31, 1S70, for the followlP,
material and labor:
1. For excavations for cellars, drains, ducts, fou
datlons, etc., per cubic yard.
8. For concrete fouudtions, per cubla foot.
3. For foundation stone, several kinds, laid pe
percn 01 iwenty-nve leer, measured in uiu wans.
4. For hard bricks per thousand, delivered at
lsroad aud Market street during the yoar 1971.
6. For undressed granite per cubic foot, specify
ing tne kind.
6. For undressed marble pur cubU foot, specify
luir the kind.
7. For rolled Iron beams (several sizes), per
lineal yard of given weight.
Tbe Commissioners reserve to themselves tbe!
rloht to reiect anv or all of the nroDos ila,
Further Information can be obtained by applying!
to the President of the Hoard, or to the Architect
John McArthur, Jr., at aid oillce, No. 2j5 b. blXTUi
Street.
By order of the Commission.
JOHN RICE. President.
Cbas. R. Robkbts, Secretary. lis
WHISKY, WINE, ETO.
QAR8TAIR8 & rdcCALLrj
3o. 123 Walnut and SI Granite fti
IMPUKTHBS G
Brandies, Winet, Gin, 01iv Cil, ta
WHOLBSALB DXALKBS IN
PURE RYE WI1I8KIB
W BOND AUD TAX PAID. SB I
PROPOSALS.
OFFICE OF TUE COMMISSIONERS O
yJ FAIRMOUNT PARK, NO. Zii &OUIU1
FIFTH BTREET.
PuiLADELi'iiiA. Nevember 2S. 1870,
Proposal?, lu writing, for the exclusive privl-
lege 01 running 1 aiK carriages, aunutrmo yeat
1&71, wilLln the limits ot r airtnonni raric. w
be nceived at this ottlee until DECEMBER
le'0, at 10 A. M fctieciCcatlons may be seen
il.in t like.
ly order of tbe Committee on 8uperlnteu
(Ui:ee ana rouce,
D.VY ID F. FOLLY,
11 29 tulL-3t Secretary I'm k Couimtse