4 THK DAILY KVKNI.NO TKLEGRAI'II PHIIADrcLriHA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 12, 1871. (Evening IMcgtuiJlt ' 1 ' THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1871. (MARY AS A PAR DO If Kit. Gkary has made a greater parade of hi abstinenoe in the exercise of his prerogative of granting pardons than any previous Gov ernor of Pennsylvania, and he has adopted the nnnsnal course of publishing an annual liat of his pardons, thus challenging oritl cisri. lie has kept the nnmber of pardons below the average standard of his predeces sors, and if be has erred in this direction at all, it is rather by an exhibi tion of excessive sternness than of super abundant mercy. Nobody should blauie a Governor for pardoning prisoners who, in justice and equity, ought to be pardoned, and it is n matter of little moment whether the number of deserving cases is restricted to 74 or whether it runs up to 14G. The legiti mate object of complaint is not the proper use of the pardoning power but its abuse, and if Geary's course is subjected to this test, be is aa obnoxious to censure as any of his predecessors. Among the large number of prisoners condemned by the courts of this city there can be little doubt that there were a fair proportion of legitimate objects of mercy, and if Geary had observed the rules he ostentatiously laid down a few years ago, of acting in harmony with judges and district attorneys, he niigat have extended relief in many deserving cases. But for reasons best known to himself he has practically ignored the counsels of the judi ciary of this city, and in nearly every in stance, save that of Dunn, who was re commended for good reasons by the present District Attorney, Geary's pardons are totally destitute of their moral support. Crimi nals charged with the most dangerous or obnoxious offenses are included in the list of Philadelphia pardons. It embraoes pro fessional thieves and burglars, inoendiaries, forgers, a murderer, a lottery-policy dealer, and an obscene book publisher, and the reasons set forth for the pardon of some of these criminals are so manifestly frivolous, insufficient, or absolutely false, that there is scarcely a convict in prison in Pennsylvania to-day who cannot put forward as good a plea for release as some of those which have passed muster with Geary during the past year in his disposal of Philadelphia applica tions. These errors would be condoned by a good-natured public if the Governor made less effort to claim superiority for his pardon record, but as he insists on receiving praise for it the people should give it a searohing investigation. TUB MISSISSIPPI LEVEES. Senator Revels yesterday made an excellont speech in favor of the proposition for the Government to aid in reconstructing and re pairing the levees upon the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Many of the levees in the State of Mississippi were destroyed during the war, and a vast quantity of valuable cot ton land was thus inundated and rendered worthless. Since the conclusion of the war the people of the State have been too much impoverished to attempt to repair these damages themselves, and they have applied to the General Government for assistance on the ground that the promotion of the cotton culture is a matter in which the whole nation i3 interested. Hitherto this subject has not reoeived in Congress the candid and liberal treatment that it deserves, and the recon struction of the Mississippi levees has been bitterly opposed by some of the members, for the reason that the people of Mississippi deserved to be punished for their participa tion in the Rebellion, and that they were not entitled to receive from the Government the costly aid that would be involved in the re construction of the levees. It is certainly time that the bad feelings exoited by the war bad died out buffioiently to permit Congress to deal with such a subject as this in a proper spirit, and Senator Revels was right when he Baid that while cotton was no longer king, its commercial influence upon the material inte rests and prosperity of the country demand that all proper measures should be taken to foster it. There may be excellent roasons why the Government should not extend the assistance asked for the rebuilding of the MissUaippi levees, but if such assistance is refused the refusal should be based upon some better grounds than the participation of the people of the State in the Rebellion. THE SILVER DOLLAR. All legislation appertaining to the manage ment of our national mints, and especially that affecting the coinage of the oountry, should be examined with care by our repre sentatives, and only permitted to become law after searching examination and mature deliberation. But few of our publio men have any of that critical information on the subject that would enable them to form an independent judgment. They must, there fore, depend almost solely upon the j udg xuent of one or more of their legislative brethren who have, or are supposed to have," given the subject special consideration, and may therefore be relied upon as possessing the requisite information upon which to base intelligent legislation. These gentlemen are, however, very often overburdened by other weighty public matters, and cannot give that thorough examination the subject requires; or, on the other band, however well informed, tuay err as to ulterior results arising in a direction they had not anticipated or exa mined. These observations are made in view of a radical change in our system of coinage proposed in the bill which pH8t.ed the Senate on Tuesday last, and which, in a commercial point of view, is of some importance to American merchants engaged in the Chinese and West India island trade. From a copy of the bill, transmitted by our Washington correspondent, we ob fitrve that it is proposed to abolUh the ooin C.e of the silver dollar an American coin faa iliar to almost every one, and oertainly one of the most beautiful coins ever issued by authority of the Government. To those who have taken any interest in numismatics, the old American silver dollar, first ooined in IT'.U, is one of peculiar interest. The device on tbe obverse of the first coinage was a beautiful head of liberty, with classical linoa roents and flowing tresses. From that early day until the discovery of gold in California, it remained as the representative of the American unit in our monetary system. In 181!) an act was passed authorizing the coinage of the gold dollar, and in 1853 the silver dollar became practically obsolete ns a coin for general circulation, for the rea son that whilst the legislation of that year reduced the fractions of the silver dollar to what is equivalent to about seven per cent., the dollar was kept at the old weight. The reasons that influenced this apparently singu lar legislation were perfeotly satisfactory in theory at that time, and have since been fully sustained by practical results. They may be briefly stated as follows: First, convenience to those desiring bullion for manufacturing end mechanical purposes; and, seoondly, ac commodation to our merchants engaged in the trade with China and the West India Islands. In these countries the most accept able coin to the people was and is the Ameri can, Mexican, and Spanish silver dollar, all of about equal weight and fineness. It was feared that any change in the standard weight of our dollar would not only inoonvenienoe our merchants but entail expense upon them, besides driving our coin out of circulation and injuring our trade with those countries. This view of tbe case has been thoroughly vindicated, as far as relates to China, in the simple change of device on the Mexican dol lar after the accession of Maximilian and Bince the Republio has been established. The dollar of the "Empire" and the "Republio" are of equal value with the old dollar, but the Chinese refnse to aocept them in place of the old "pillar dollar" with which they were fami liar. As a result, the Mexican mints are about returning to the old device, after having expended many thousand dollars in preparing the new. Congress would therefore seem to have aoted wisely in 1853 in refusing not only to abolish the issue of the silver dollar, but also in declining to reduce its weight to a confor mity with the half, quarter, etc. , which were reduced for good and sufficient reasons. With one stroke of the legislative pen it is proposed to cut off the dollar from the list of American coins, without perhaps a dozen men in Congress being aware of the faet. This radical re moval of one of the time-honored landmarks of the country is attempted to be justified by two reasons, both theoretical, viz.: First. That it is a ridiculous anomaly to have a coin that purports to be a unit of value in our sys tem, when it is not. In other words, that the silver dollar sets up the pretense of being one hundred cents, equal to two half dollars, four quarters, etc., when in point of fact, taking the half and quarter dollars as representing fifty and twenty-five cents, it is really worth one hundred and eight cents, and is therefore not the unit of its ' fractional parts, but in faot a coin claiming on its face to be of a certain value, which its weight and fineness would contradict when tested by that of the other silver coins issued, in conformity with the law. The second rea son is,- that gold is, or should be, the one standard of value, and that the gold dollar should represent the unit of our monetary system. Against both these reasons perhaps plausible enough in theory, but which were of as much weight in 1853 as now should be set up the practical faot that this American coin is of large commercial value, as may be inferred from the number coined at three of our national mints since 1853, at which time the difference betwoon the relative value of the dollar and its fractions was made by act of Congress. From the report of the Direc tor of the Mint, and by personal application at that institution, we are informed that there was coined at New Orleans, San Francisco, and Philadelphia, between June 30, 1853, and June 30, 1870, $2,778,750, equal to 102,74777 pounds, or over 81 tons of standard silver. The silver dollar has long been recognized as nothing more nor less than silver bullion, of convenient bulk, with beautiful dsvice, and of commercial importance in our trade with the countries named. If we must send bullion instead of other products abroad, why should it not go bearing the name and device of the republio, as a beautiful though silent messenger, announcing to all peoples wherever it circulates that our free institu tions still stand as a refuge to the oppressed of all lands, and that the nation is rich enough to supply the world with silver and gold, although her own people may be denied the coveted blessing? How much better thus to send the eagles of the republio abroad than to send clumsy bars, with weight and fineness stamped thereon, as is proposed! The silver dollar is one of the beautiful shining links that con nect us with the past. Shall it be severed? It is of domestic and commercial value it performs a valuable offioe in our foreign trade let it not be interdicted, unless after mature and intelligent consideration. woitBira itiauTS. A bevy of Women's Rightists yesterday assailed the Judiciary Committee of the Na tional House of Representatives, demanding the right of suffrage for women under the fifteenth amendment. Exactly what line of argument the fair would-be voters adopted we are not informed, but from the previous performances of the same ladies we can imagine that they ask for the right of suffrage lecau6e they think they ought to have it; and because they think they ought to have, therefore the fifteenth amendment savs they have it, or if it des not it ought to. The advocates of the rights of women are generally fain to admit that the sex are weak in the matter of logic, and although they cannot reason out a subject on a basis of fact, they have nevertheless been endowed by heaven with intuitive perceptions that enable them to jump at conclusions with- j outgoing through the laborious proen of thinlung them out. That the Mrs. Wood hulls, Miss Anthonys, Mrs. Cady Stautons, and other distinguished champions of the sex feminine do jump at conclusions we ara all aware, but we are very far from admitting that their conclusions are always, or even often, the right ones; and the Judiciary Com mittee will require something more substan tial than glittering generalities about the rights of women before thoy will feel autho rised to take the action that Mrs. Woodhnll and Miss Anthony desire. The great trouble is that the vast majority of intelligent women, as well as intelligent men, are very strongly convinced that female suffrage will confer very few benefits, if any, upon the women of the country, while it will in all probability prove an evil of the first magnitude, by send ing to the polls a mass of ignorant voters who will aid in making politics more corrupt than they are at present. It will be the intel ligent women of the oountry who will remain away from the polls, while the ignorant and vicious will be sure to cast their votes at every election and in favor of the most ob jectionable candidates. The women who be lieve that the suffrage is their right, and that it will benefit their Bex, are entitled to a re spectful bearing; but the matter is one of considerable importance, and it ought not to be acted upon definitely until it has been thoroughly discussed in all its bearings and its consequences well understood. The San Domingo resolution, as amended by the House, passed the Senate yeaterdny, and a vigorous effort will be made to Bend the Commission off at once , to the sunny shores of our proposed new sable sister, so that a report may speedily be made, and that she may be incorporated in the American family, before the next Congress meets, so that the naughty Democrats and impractica ble Sumnerites may not be too strongly rein forced. It remains to be seen whether the San Domingo project an be run through on time after this fashion. Newspaper prophets predict that it cannot. THE FINE AItT$. MlmmiDi' Bust of President Grant. A colossal bust of President Grant is now on private exhibition at the Union League House, where it has received many warm encomiums from those who have seen it. This fine work was executed in marble In Rome by a young Ameri can sculptor named Franklin Simmons, from a model in clay of the size of life for which the Freeldent gave the artist a number of Bluings. The bust is not only a very beautiful piece f work, but it is an admirable likeness, and we have no hesitation in pronouncing it decidedly the best sculpturesque portrait of the President that has yet been made. Not only are Grant's features modelled with remarkable fidelity, but the peculiar imperturbable expression which is one of the moet marked characteristics of his countenance is most admirably rendered. Mr. Simmons' idea of the President is that of a man who says little, but who revolves deep schemes behind an impassive mask that does not permit the outside world to gather any hints of what the brain is conceiving. The President's reputation as a deep thinker has been somewhat dissipated since he has occupied his present high position; and while he certainly treats the people of the United States and the rest of mankind to occa sional surprises, the results of his thinking are not always of such a remarkable character as to command universal admiration. That (he President has to some extent lost caste among the Sphynxes does not affect the merits of Mr. Simmons' bust, which is really a work of art that its possessor (J. Gillingham Fell, Esq.) may feel proud of. Apropos of the Union League House, it may sot be amies to mention that the arrangements for the next art reception, to be held about the middle of February, are progressing favorably, and the exhibition promises to be superior to the one held last month. All the artists of the United States will be invited to contribute to this reception, and tbe arrangements will be such thiit the visitors will have ample oppor tunities to inspect the various works of art. Only a limited number of tickets will be issued, eo that the rooms will not be liable to be crowded at any time, and other measures will be taken to render the affair a success both as a reception and as an exhibition. OBITUARY. Hon. Alexander Kins. Hon. Alexander King, President Judge of the Sixteenth Judieial district of Pennsylvania, died at his residence in Bedford at noon on Tuesday, after an illness of a few weeks. Judge King was born about the year 1805, received a classical education, and studied law with Wil liam Allison, Esq., of Huntingdon. Soon after being admitted to the bar he removed to St. Louis, Mo., where he practiced law for some years, lie returned irom St. Louis to his native county of Bedford, and speedily took front rank In his profession. He was a close student and grounded in all the great fundamental princi ples of the law. He loved his profession as a science, and did not degrade it into a mere mer cenary pursuit. In 1847 he was elected by the Whig party to the State Senate for the district composed of the counties of Huntingdon and Bedford, and served three years. In the first session he took an active part in the election of ex-Governor William F. Johnston to the Speakership of the Senate, which resulted in the election of Mr. Johnston to the gubernatorial chair on the death of Francis It. Shunk. After the expiration of his term In the Senate he pursued his profession industriously, associating with himself Hon. F. Jordan, the present Secretary of the Common wealth, until he was elected Judge of tin Six teenth Judiciul district in 1801. Perry Fuller. Colonel Perry Fullor, a man widely known throughout the country, died suddenly yester day morning at his residence in Washington, D. U. He was born in Illluois, and was forty four years old at tbe time of his death. In 1854 he moved to Kansas, and took an active and efficient part in the work of maklug Kansas a free State.' His great energy peculiarly fitted him for the resolute work required of the free Boilers in Kansas In its early settlement, and he proved a valuable auxiliary to the cause. He held official positions for several years in the West, as Indian agent, etc., and in 18C8 was ap pointed Collector of tbe port of New Orleans, In which position Le served for some time. NOTICES. IlkSTCaANCI " To But Clotuiko YKT OlTKRHrV MKK'8 At.l -WOrtr, OVPRCOAT. I1, TO t'l.OSK OUT lMKN'S AM.-W OOL Ill-MINBSS COATS, IS. BAI.ANCB Mfn's All-wool Vests, fl, ok Hoys' Overcoats, ft, wintkr stock. Hots' Jack its, 2. Bpnnbtt ft Co., towkr u all, no. ms markkt tstrkrt, Half-WAV bktwbkh Fifth ani sixth Btrfrt. The atore-named, are odd lot. ellina at half their valve to clone them. Orbat Chanck 'for Bargains. H hare in atidiHtn the bent etork of Ready-made Ctofhina in Philadelphia, wade in the beet and mnnt etyli eh manner. Fri t aluaye guaranteed loter t Kan the uef tUewhcre. If Tnts8nouLD mket thb bye of any one suTerlng from Bronchitis, Consumption Asthma, or any Pul monary Affection, we would refer them t3 Dr. Jayno's Expectorant, which will, in all case, aiijrd speedy relief and In most etTect a speedy cure. Sold by all Druggists. OLOTHINQ. MUST AND SHALL. R. & W. The whole of our remaining Winter Stock of Ele gant Raiment for Gentlemen at the GREAT BROWN BALL Of ROCKHILL ' WILSON, must aud shall be sold 603 NOW! 605 In order To make room For the Immense stock Of rich and beautiful Bprlng Goods Now In preparation for Spring Sales. In our to accommodate oar friends, While we are taking stock. We will let them Have Winter Clothes At lower rates Than ever. LOOK! BIG BARGAINS IN BOY'S OLOTHE3 I GREAT REDUCTION IN RICH RAI MENT t i PRODIGIOUS PILES OF PANTA LOONS lit UNHEARD-OF. OPPORTUNITIES ON OVERCOATS 1 ! ! 1 STUPENDOUS SALES OF SEASONABLE STOCK ! 1 ! ! ! W I Ml GREAT BROWN IULI, 603 and 605 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA 'UNDER THE 'PHILADELPHIA: PA, Tailors And Dealers in Heady-made Clothing'. Suits, Suits. $15'09. Suits, Overcoats SIO'OO Overcoats to Overcoats $1500 Overcoats and upwards. LAST GRAND REUNION or TUB "OLD IIIBERNIA" Fire Engine Company, rio. i, ACADEMY OP XVIUSXC, Monday Evening, January 1C, 1871. Cards of Admission, FIVE DOLLARS. 1 10 Ctrp ' GKTTl'jS C'AHl'IiT MTiHlli, NO. 632 ARCH STREET. Having purchased the stock now on hand at a verv low price, I am prepared to offer ' GREAT BARGAINS IN BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY, INGRAIN AND VENETIAN CARPETS. Also, In OIL CLOTHS. Remnants In Brussels at tl per vard : .remnants la Ingrain at M to ft t ents ; remnants of Oil Cioih at S5 to W cents; Lruggets for n, old price $10 and 1A ' . REM KM I Kit THE PLACK, No. 838 ARCH Street, two doors below Ninth, South siUe. ."., i , , IP i k t e; OUOTHINO. A& THE JXIlfST or WANAMAKEE & BROWN S WINTER 8TCCK Must soon bs removed to make way for Wana maker & Brown Spring; Stock, Already being purchased and manufactured. Proposals for the removal of the same, In either Job lots or single garments, will now be received by VV AM A MAKER & DROWN, And no reasonable proposition will be refused. For Instance For f i to 30 Tou may remove one of Wauamafcer & Brown's Fine Overooats, For (MO to 23 Tou may remove one of Wonamaker Brown 's All-wool Suits, Forl2to823 Yon may remove one of Wanamaker & Brown's Frock Coats, For 9 to H You may remove one of Wanamaker A Brown's Skating Jackets, FROM OAK HALL, OAK HALL, OAK HALL. OAK HALL, OAK HALL, OAK HALL, MABKET AND SIXTH STREETS. A VALUABLE BOOK. 130 YOU WANT A COrY OP THE FIRST DIRECTORY Ever published in the city of New York, I3atecl 1780, (The original copy sold for 10O, at auction), containing : The Names or all Citizens, their Occupations and Tlaces of Abode ; The If embers of Congress ; Grand. Department of United States for Adjust ing Public Accounts ; Members In Senate and Assembly; Judges, Aldermen, etc ; Ministers of the Gospel, Physicians, Presidents and Directors of Banks, Professors of Columbia College ; Rates of Postage and Arrivals and Departures of the Malls ;LUt or Members of the Cincinnati So ciety, St. Andrew's Society, and the Peruke Makers, Ualr Dressers, etc. etc. Duy tho Observer Year Dook. PRICU ONE DOLLAR. For sale at PORTER & COATE8', No. 822 CHITS NUT Street, below Ninth. HOLIDAY QOODS, HOLIDAY GOODS. Spring Horses, Rocking Horses, Children's Carriages, BOYS' SLEDS, WAGONS, VEL0CIPEDI3, Etc Etc. H. J. 8HILL, Factory, No. 223 DOCK Steet, H 9 ip BSLOW EXCHANGE. FURS. IMMENSE SACRIFICE IN MD1ES' FANCY FURS ! In order to close out In the shortest possible time my large and elegant assortment of Fashionable Furs, Preparatory to removal, I have decided tomako such A Reduction in tho Prices AS TO UTTEBLY DEFY COMPETITION. C0tfE:0NE! 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MITCHELL & FLETCHER, No. 1204 CHE8NUT Qtroet, Invite examination of their EXTRA VIN E STOCK of Balslns, Figs, Oranges, Lemons. Citron, Orange Peel, Lemon Peel. Currants, Lady Apples. Glace Apricots, Cherries, f Qlace Figs, Pears. Belleflcur Apples, Sweet Cider. Prunes, English Walnuts. 11 10 thstusmrp ' Almonds, Pecans, Filberts, etc. etc, eto. TEW FRENCH GOODS PER LATE IMPORTATION. NEW BORDEAUX PRUNES, to I to. Jars. GUJLLOEX'B SARDINE ij, In X and H boxes. BONELESS SARDINES, In X and v boxes. FRENCH PEAS AND BEANS. FRENCH MUSHROOMS. FRENCH OLIVES. NONPAREIL CAPERS. FRENCH MUSTARD, In glass pots. LATOUR'S OLIVE OIL. 8PAMSII QUEEN OLIVES, In glass jars. WILLIAM KELLEY, N. W. Corner T V7ELFTH Street and GIRARD Avenua, II 10 tDfltni PHILADELPHIA. J5STA13JL.ISIi:ir 1800. Choice White Almeria Grapes, In one-eighth kegs own Importation. CHOIOB QUALITr OF lady APPLES, PRIME HAVANA ORAN9E9, NEW ALMONDS RAISINS, WALNUTS, FIG8, PECAN NOTS, Etc. Etc COUSTY'S East End Grocery, IfO. 118 South COIf D mU9 S IT thstu Below Ohesnnt, West Side. JDO YOU WANT THE AGRICULTURAL 'STATISTICS OF EVERY" STATE IN THE UNION? THE NUMBER OF ACRES UNDER CULTIVA TION, THE PRODUCTS RAISED, AND THE AMOUNT? WHEAT, BARLEY, RK CORN, OATS, HAY, CLOVERSEED, WOOL, CO rTON, TOBACCO, POTATOES, BUTT Kit, GUKUSK. Duy tho Observer Year Dook, AT PORTER & COATE8', No. 828 CHKSNOT Street. PIANOS. STEI'IWAY & SONS' Grand Square and Upright Pianos. Special attention Is called to their ne l'atent Iprlgl Pianos, With Donble Iron Frame, Patent Resonator, Tabular Metal Frame Acticm, etc.. which are matchless in Tone and Tonch, and unrivalled in durability. caiAix.i: It LA SI I TO, WAREROOMS, No. 1006 CHESNUT STREET, 1 13 tfrp PHILADELPHIA. 13 O YOU WANT A COMPLETE LIST OF UNITED STATES PRESIDENT, " REPRESENTATIVES, " CABINUT OITFICEU8, " " FOREIGN MINISTERS, BONDS. " " INTERNA. REV. TAXES, " " POSTAGE, Duy the Observer Year Dook, AT PORTER & COATC8', No. S28 CHHSNUT Street, below Ninth. ISTE PLUS ULTRA Minced Meat. Unequalled for Quality. CAUTION Beware of all Imitations, as there but one WRIGHT In the market. DEPOT, SOUTHWEST CORNER SPRING GARDEN and FR AS KLIN SOLD BY ALL GRO0ERS. 11 15 tfrp BO YOU WANT A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL TflK Colleges, Medical f chools, Law Schools, Theological Sauiinarle WlthPresldeu's, m Date ot Organization, Number of Students, Number of Instructors, Cost of Tuition. Cost of Board, , f i Ko. of Volumes In Libraries. t i j Time of Commencement , Duy the Observer Year Dook,' AT r PORTER & COATES', N. 8S CUSiJNUT Street, below Nluth.
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