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THE DAILr EVENINU TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1871.
srin.iT or inn run a a.
Editorial Opinions of th Leading Journals
upon Current Toplos Compiled Every
Day for the Evening Telegraph.
SPOILING A SENSATION.
From the A". Y. Tribune.
It is rumored though we oannot vouch
for the truth of the report that, when Paris
capitulated, the celebrated Major Goliah
O'Grady Gahagnn, who had been for three
months in hourly expectation of the surrender
of Berlin, wandered off iuto the fields in a fit
of bewilderment and mortitioation, and was
sever heard of afterwards. Some of his fellow-laborers
nearer home are in a still more
painful perplexity. It would not surprise us
to hear that the editor of the Universe has
been sitting all night on the sea-wall of tho
Battery, meditating on the danger of nautical
predictions, and wondering if it can bo true,
after all, that the Tennessee has not gone to
the bottom. To the massive intellect of this
great man it must be incomprehensible that
a vessel which "eminent engineers" have de
clared "unseaworthy,'' and which the Uni
verse has proved, over and over again, ought
to be lying on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean,
should have made a safe and comfortable
passage to her destined port; and that the
two columns of agony and doubt with which
our flesh bus been made to creep every day
for the last two weeks had no foundation
whatever. Upon the assumed loss of this
ship had been based the most damaging
assault npon the present administration which
has ever been devised. It was to establish
the criminal inefficiency of our naval autho
rities, and convince mankind that death by
drowning is the natural and inevitable result
of radioal misgovernment.
If haply the Tennessee had not gone down,
Bhe had certainly gone adrift, whioh might be
almost as bad. We remember that, a little
more than a week ago, the Universe published
a remarkable scientific demonstration of her
probable fate, whereat half the city burst in
continently into tears. The machinery had
given out the firstday or two of the passage;
this was a "self-evident proposition" whioh
required no argument. The frigate was then
reduoed to canvas, which was of no use to
her. She could no more sail than "a drifting
log in a hurricane." In any weather she would
be utterly unmanageable. She had got into
the Horse latitudes, and there a gale had
struck her, and blown her over to the ooast
of Africa. Possibly she might have been
wrecked somewhere in South America say
Terra del Fuego, or the coast of Chili. This
would not have occurred to ordinary minds;
but we recollect that the same authority sug
gested that the City of Boston had been lost
on the Barbary coast, between New York and
Liverpool and has it ever been provod that
she was not?
And then there was another theory. Maybe
the Tennessee had reached Santo Domingo,
and Ben Wade kept the correspondents under
lock and key in their cabins lest they should
tell the truth about annexation. The whole
scheme was a vile radical swindle. No news
should leak out until the commissioners had
presented their report and completed the in
famous bargain. The ruinous expense of send
ing out a special correspondent, whose board
cost $2 a day, was so much money thrown
into the ocean. Admiral Lee had surrounded
the island with a picket of men-of-war for
the express purpose of intercepting letters to
The traverse. The truth would not be told
until it was too late. This oonjeolure, we
are bound to say, was not long entertained.
It was seme relief to feel that our friends
might have saved their lives even at the cost
of their liberty. But the faint ray of hope
was Boon quenched in gloom. "This
here fihip" had certainly " gone
down." By Sunday obituary notices
of all the commissioners were pre
pared, and awful dejection brooded over the
paper. On Monday morning "hope" was
'changing to despair" in Washington, and
"official assurances" of the frigate's safety
were "disregarded." With a prudence, how
ever, highly proper in a writer on nautical
affairs, the editor referred to the exDeoted
arrival of the St. Thomas mails in these cau
tious terms: "It will then be found that the
reasons heretofore given in the columns of
the Universe in regard to the absence of
earlier news were in the main correct." Which
reasons?
Well, the bubble has burst. The sensation
is ruined. We can't read back numbers of
the Universe now with any sort of composure.
The special correspondent does not help his
paper a bit. lie has not found any radioal
mismanagement. He has not been blown from
the Horse latitudes to Senegambia, nor
drifted like a log in a hurricane, nor been
locked op in his bunk. The frigate has made
an ordinary voyage in the ordinary time,
and letters have come home in the ordinary
way, and all the fuss has been about nothing.
Considering how flimsy it was, the sensation
has been kept afloat a pretty good while; but
our esteemed contemporary will not find it so
easy to inflate another.
THE WEAPONS OF THE EUROPEAN
WAll AMERICAN SUPERIORI'lT AND
DEFICIENCY.
Ftoin the N. Y. Herald.
There are some lessons taught us by the
present war in Europe which should be care
fully borne in mind, and one of them relates
to the weapons used by the contending armies.
We have no large standing army, tut our sys
tem ef military defense, defective as it is in
many essential features, enables us to rapidly
raise and organize hundreds of thousands of
men familiar with the use of firearms, and,
more or less, acquainted with the disoipline
of a soldier. In these scientific days, how
ever, much depends upon the weapons used
by an army more, perhaps, than even good
generalship and perfect discipline. We doubt
if the French would have gained any victories
in the present war had they been ai well
drilled as the Germans and remained wanting
in the terrible breech-loading field artillery
used by their adversaries, and which has, on
almost every battle field, done more to defeat
them than the strategy of Yon Moltke and
the imbecility of their own generals. It is,
therefore, of some importance to inquire into
our ability to enter a war upon equal terms
with other great nation;).
One fact developed by the European con
test is the defectiveness of the French and
German systems of small arms. Although
roven at Sadowa superior to the old niuzzle
oader, the needle-gun has been an ordinary
weapon when opposed to the Chassepot. At
Mars le Tour and Gravelotte the superior
range and initial velocity of the rrencu
weapon almost neutralized the advantage pos
sessed by the Germans in artillery, numbers,
and generalship. Never at any time during
' these battles did the Germans succeed iu
breaking the Freueh line. At Gravelotte,
f specially, It was not until the right win of
Buzaine's army had been turned and its roar
threatened that the French retired, in perfect
order, upan, the fortress of Metz.
Nevertheless the Chassepot, which is only
an improvement on the needle-gnn, is also a
defective weapon. Both guns are, in fact,
constructed on a false principle. The breech
mechanism works by means of a bolt, which
moves backward and forward in a channel
in order to open and close the breech. This
oocasions great friction, end as both guns use
paper cartridges there is a general tendency
for the gas to escape, thereby fouliug the
piece and obstructing the operation of the
bolt. In addilioD, t-e channel in which the
bolt acts frequently conducts the gas back to
the face of the BoM'er firing the gun, render
ing it dangerous to handle. But, as we have
said before, the superior range of the Chasse
pot has been a decided benefit to the French,
and accounts in a measure for the desperate
resistance Donsy s brigade at Weissenburg
and MacMahon's corps at Woerth were able to
offer to the immensely superior forces which
attacked them.
It must be borne in mind, however, that
the Chassepot, though superior to the needle
gun, has been proveu inferior t J many Ame
rican and breech-loading rifles. As we re
marked before, the system on which both
the French and German guns are made is
bad. Experience has demonstrated the effec
tiveness of all breech-loading small arms in
which paper cartridges are used, when op
posed to similar arms charged with metallic
cartridges, and simply because it is difficult
to prevent the fouling of the breech appara
tus with the first, and next to impossible for
theie to be any fouling with the second, if
the breeoh piece be constructed on sound
scientific principles.
In the matter of small arms our Govern
ment has displayed much wisdom in selecting
a weapon which is not only superior to the
Chassepot and needle-gun, but also to the
English Snider and any other breech-loader
yet tested. One hundred thonsand Ameri
cans armed with the Remington rifle, which
has been adopted by the United Spates navy,
and officially reported for adoption by the
army, would be more than a match for a simi
lar force of French, Germans, or English armed
with their present weapons, if both armies
were equal in artillery and generalship. The
simplicity of its mechanism, its durability, its
strength in resisting the recoil of the charge,
its facility of execution, rapidity of firing, and
accuracy of range, combine to make it proba
bly the best military arm in the world. Such
is the opinion of many of our army officers,
including Generals Sherman, Sheridan, and
Schofield, and such also is the opinion of the
Spanish, Swedish, Egyptian, Danish, and,
though too late, French Governments, which
have ordered large numbers, while rejecting
native , or European inventions. But if we
even had no Remingtons we should still pos
sess an advantage over the principal Euro
pean nations in the matter of small arms.
The converted Springfield, which is also used
by our Government, the Peabody, the Spen
cer, and Winchester repeating rifles, and half
a dozen others whose names we cannot recall to
mind, are as much superior to the Chassepot,
needle-gun, and Snider as these latter are to
the old muzzle-loader.
But while we are as safe as science can
make ns in jour small arms, we are deficient
in artillery." During the Rebellion the favor
ite field pieces in our armies were the rifled
Parrot t and the Napoleon smooth bore. Both
are undoubtedly good guns, but neither cau
compare with the breeoa-loading cannon used
by the Germans. The correspondents, in
their reports of battles fought between the
French and Germans, have invariably stated
that "before the French . could even catoh a
glimpse of the enemy they were oompellod to
sustain a fearfully effective artillery fire," so
great was the range of the German guns. In
fact, the war in France has been decided by
artillery.
Formidable ns is the French mitrailluse, it
cannot compete with the German rifled
breech-loader. It certainly can fire a great
many balls in an incredibly short space of
time, but it is incapable of spreading the
missiles which it discharges. These follow a
single line and do not diverge; hence, unless
the mitrailleuse be parked on a battlefield,
its effect is scaroely greater than that of can
ister thrown from a twelve-pounder Napoleon
fieldpiece at easy range. At long distances
it is powerless when opposed to the German
gun.
We have in the Gatling cun adopted for
the army a mitrailleuse superior to that used
by tne t rencb, but we have no breech-loading
cannon. Of what avail, then, would be our
superiority in small arms if our army went
into battle supported by rifled Parrotts and
Napoleon smooth-bore guns, if, as has been
the case in France, it was opposed by a force
armed with the same artillery used by the
Germans? Clearly none. At the Springfield
Armory the Government is manufacturing
RemiLgtons and converting the old muzzle
loading rifle on the Allin system; but it is
doing nothing, so far as we are aware, to im
prove our artillery. It Is true that there is no
immediate prospect of our engaging in war
with a foreign power. The Alabama claims
and fisheries question will doubtless be ami
cably settled. But we know not at what time
questions may arise and involve us in war.
It will sot do to wait till the contest is upon
us before preparing to meet it. Our Gov
ernment should at once have our artillery re
cast and made equal to, if not better than, the
German breech-loading cannon. In our
artillery lies our military deficiency and oar
military weakness, which, if not remedied,
may involve us in serious disasters.
THE DRAGON'S FOOTSTOOL.
From the K. Y. World.
Asia latterly, in homely phrase, has had
very much the "go by," and China has been
as little thought of as Terra del Fuego. Why
should any one trouble himself about the
mild massacre of a few Christian men and
wMnen and the burning of churches at the
antipodes last July, and the possible conse
quences, while Western Europe is drenched
with slaughter near at hand and in full view?
Besides, were they not, after all, only French
men and women who were sacrificed to these
heathen fiends, and is not theirs but a drop
in the bucket of blood that has been shed at
home? Though a minute, yet it is to our
minds an impressive .illustration of the misery
of this step among Christian nations that it
prevents them from punishing or redressing
a wrong in whioh Christendom has a common
interest. The blood savagely shed at Tientsin
last summer still cries from the ground. In
the lull now of nearer war we venture to say
a word on this oriental topio, which, in one
sense, is alwajs full of interest. It touches us
practically; for, though we are not relatively
a tea-drinking or a silk manufacturing people,
our consumption of forty millions of poimds
being as naught to Englaud's one hundred
and forty-live, yet still it is a bona 01 connec
tion more involved in our American nature
than we dream of, and China trade and Caina
relations have always been olo.sely cherished.
An absolute failure, actual aud prospective,
of tLe tea crop, would be an agouy reaching
farther than spinstf-ruoort; and wh'it would
the Fourth of July be without cracker? Oar
attention has been called anew to this topio
by a singularly clever article with a grotesque
title, weich we find in the Overland Monthly,
the very creditable California montely. It
is written and signed by onr late Minister
(last but one) to China, Mr. Browne, and has
the merit of telling the truth very plainly.
It of course relates exclusively to what has
occurred in China since the writer's official
functions ceased, for the rule of reserve as to
what is done during a minister's actual ser
vice extends beyond it. The Goveromont
alone can relax the rule and that, in this in
stance, what is called an administration at
Washington does not choose to do. For the
simple reason that Mr. Browne was appointed
by President Johnson, the dominant folks not
only refuse to discharge their pecuniary in
debtedness to him, but deny him the pojr
justice of printing his despatches. Diplomacy
in the East need have no secrets so far as the
Chinese are affected, and few as to other
nations; and every American minister in that
region, good, bad, and indifferent from
him who twenty-seven years ago startled the
silent streets of Macao with the glare of the
nniform and clank of the sabre of a Massa
chusetts major-general, down to the exodus
of Mr. Burlingame and his white-buttoned
mandarins has been in print. The flowers of
this last-named envoy's diplomatio rhetorio
did not, we are aware, bloom by themselves,
and were choked up and overshadowed by
the rank, weedy growth of Sewardism. Still
Mr. Burlingame is in print. Mr. Browne's
despatches (and he is a trained and practised
writer) would have had especial interest in
this, that he immediately succeeded Mr.
Burlingame and reached China when the
occidental experiment was fresh. What
he thought of it then, and what he
thinks of it now, when it hai exploded
with an impotant fizzle, leaving literally no
trace behind it, is very manifest in the essay
which is our text. Wrhat the World has
always said of it, in the very heyday of its
effervescence, our readers are well aware.
Everybody, fcevard duce, went crazy about
it. Who has forgotten the New York and
Boston banquets? Who reads now the gor
geous satin paper report? It was exactly the
sort of glittering imposture which suited Mr.
Seward. Coming from Boston, aside from
touching memories of 1855, it commended
itself naturally to Mr. Sumner. But there
was, one class of discreet men, experts
too, who were ominiously silent. These were,
with one exception, Mr.'Burlingame's prede
cessors in the East, of whom we need only
say that Mr. Sumner himself, in a tremendous
puff of his friend in the Atlantic Monthly
(whither for praise or slander Massachusetts
Senators naturallv cravitate), has pronounced
to have been of the ablest of the land. They4,
ueia meir peace persistently. l lve of them
were within a day s journey two in this very
city when the Burlingame banquet was
given, and no one was invited to attend.
The one exception and we give the Burlin
gameites the full benefit of it was that emi
nent jurist who in 1844 was our first Minister
in China, and who, we Lovo reason to know,
was quite willing in 1S.17 to go again, for
Boston was on hand to urge
him Mr. Cushing. The magnetism of New
England was too much for him. He could
ne t resist Faneuil Hall, and so he wrote a
letter or made a speech, a portion of which
Mr. Browne rather maliciously reproduces, in
which, in his Sinansian enthusiasm, he ex
celled everybody. Governor Fenton and Mr.
Whipple and the poet-surgeon were naught
to him who in 1845 had reported the "fren
zied bigotry," "the brutal ignorance," "the
narrow-minded policy," "the utter impossi
bility of Christian nations holding relations
with them," and who had been as thoroughly
badgered and insulted as any of his suooea
sors. Long bofore this time Mr. Cushing,
who is by no means destitute of discretion
and of that topical sagacity which snuffs
failure and discretion at a distance, must
have given Burliagamism up in despair; and
now it nas literally no advocates or even
apologists.
To Mr. Browne's essay we gladly direct
especial attention, and in his views, even of
the retrogression of the Chinese in anything
like culture fitting them for relations on
terms of equality with Christian nations, so
far as our lights go we fully concur. We are
glad to Bee it is the first of a series, and we
trust that he will not be deterred from con
tinuing it.
HIGH TAXES AND RUINED TRADE.
Viom the N. Y. Sun.
The returns show a great increase in the
number of failures and the liabilities of
bankrupts in 1870 over 18GD. But the fall of
rents, and the increasing number of shops
and tenements to let in all our cities and
large towns, declare even more visibly than
these statistics the increasing decline and
ruin of business.
Is this a time to keep up high taxes in
order to pay off the funded publio debt?
Trade is destroyed because of the various
forms of taxation which oppress it. Income,
license, stamp, and other taxes break it down
by their burdens. Yet the stupid folly is ad
vocated of keeping up these imposts for the
wasteful and useless object of paying a publio
debt not due foi ten years to come.
This is no better policy than it would be
for a Bedouin Aral) to insist on having his
dinner by cutting off a steak from the hind
quarters of his horse.
The business of the country totters and
falls under the weight ef its load. Yet the
cry of the Treasury is, "Let it bear its bur
dens till death comes to relieve it."
This is not only a heartless but a ruinous
policy.
It is not traffio alone that suffers. Internal
taxes of every kind enhance the cost of liv
ing, while they exert no influence whatever
either directly or indirectly in increasing the
wages of labor. Thus their imposition for
unnecessary objects is no better than sheer
robbery of the irdustrious laboring classes.
The vital function of a wise administration
is to conceive policies and frame measures
that will add to the rewards of labor and
stimulate enterprise. Government is the
stronger and the richer in proportion as it
advances the interests of the productive
classes.
Every enhancement of cost goes to restrain
production and abridge trade. The natural
effect of our depreciated currency has ope
rated roost injuriously upon industry, but it
has bad a degree of compensation in the faot
that labor itself has profited by it. But in
crease of price of commodities arising from
the exactions of Government has no compen
sation. These exactions are simply so much
dead weight, crushing the very foundations
of society, and drying up the sources of
revenue.
These are the simplest of truths, and yet
they are wholly ignored by the administration
at Washington.
A Hartford paper, which certainly must
believe in the efficacy of nailing an old horse
shoe over the door to keep away witches, tells
Its readers that if uuy of them have Boiuuambu
lisilc tendencies, a pair of steel scissors placed
under their pillow will ?erta!uly keep them
from iudiiliiiif iu any nocturnal wauriui's.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
fifiS1 REDEMPTION OF CIVIL BONDS OF
1S60.
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STAT Or CALIFORNIA
TnKAsrav Dkfatmknt,
Saoramknto, February 1, 1STL
Whereas, There ts en this day to the 8tate Trea
rury the sum of twenty-eight thousand (fJVXW) dol
lars whii h, under the provisions of an act of. the
Legislature of sefd State entitled "An act to pro
vide for the paying certain equitable claims against
the State of California, and to contract a funded
debt for that purpose," approved April 80, 1SG0, la
set apart for the redemption of Civil Bonds of said
State, Issued under the provisions of suld act, notice
Is hereby jlven that
SEALED PROPOSALS
for the surrender of sai l Bond will be received at
this Department for the amount above specified
until the
10th DAY OF APRIL, 1371,
Ot 11 o'clock A. M.
No bid will be entertained at more than par value,
and a responsible guarantee must accompany each
proposal, which must be indorsed "deaied Proposals
for the surrender of Civil Bonds of 1860. "
Said bonds will be redeemed and interest paid In
gold and silver coin of the United States, and must
be surrendered within ten days after the acceptance
of the proposal for their redemption,
A. F. CORONEL,
S 14eod t4 10 State Treasurer.
t&r REDEMPTION OF STATE BONDS.
Statu ot California
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Tkeasuky Department,
Sacramento, Feb. 1, ISTI
Whereas, there Is on this day in the State Treasury
the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand (J250.000)
dollars, which, under the provisions of an act of the
Legislature of said State, entitled "An Act to pro
vide for pajlng certain equitable claims against the
State of California, and to contract a runded debt
for that purpose," approved April 83, 136T; and a'so
nnder the provisions of an act amendatory of said
act, approved April ST, 1860, ts set apart for the re
demption of Civil Bonds of said State, Issued under
the provisions of said first mentioned act, notice is
hereby given that
SEALED PROPOSALS
for the surrender of said Bonds will be rccelved'at
this Department for tno amount above spcclQel,
until the
' 10Tn DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1971,
at 11 o'clock A. M.
No bids will be entertained at more than par
value, and a responsible guarantee must accompany
each proposal, which must bo marked "Sealed Pro
posals for the Redemption of Civil Bonds of issr."
Said bonds must be surrendered within tea days
after the acceptance of the proposals for their re
demption. A. F. COROXEL,
8 14 cod t 4 10 State Treasurer.
gy- NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. CMC ifJO
AKD ALTON RAILROAD COMPANY.
Skcketaky's Ofiick, Chicawo, Im,., )
February 8, 1871. f
The stockholders of the CHICAGO AND ALTON
RAILROAD COMPANY are hereby notiiled that a,
cash dividend of FIVE PKK CENT., free of Gjvern
iiient tax, has this day been declared on tne Pre
ferred and Common Stock of this Company, out of
the earning ol the last six months, payable at the
olllce of the Company's agents, Messrs. M. K.
Jesup A Co., No. 18 Pine street, In tho city of New
1 ork, on the Ctli day of March next, to holders who
are registered as inch at the close of business hours
on the 16th Inst., at which time tho transfer-books
will be closed, and reopened for transfer on the 7th
clay of March next
8 1513 7 W. M. LARRABEE, Secretary.
jt CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI,
AND INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAY COM
PANY. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1811.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of this
company, for the election of directors and for the
transaction of other business, will be held at the
ofllce of the company. In Cleveland, Ohio, on WED
NESDAY, March 1,1871, between the hours of 11
o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M.
The transfer books will be closed from tho even
ing of February 18 until March 8.
GEORGE a. RUSSELL,
8 9 Sw Secretary.
OLIVER AMES, PRESIDENT.
JOHN M. S. WILLIAMS, Treasurer.
E. Jl. ROLLINS, Secretary.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,)
Sbaks' Building (Post-office Box No. 8377.) -Boston,
Feb. 4, 1671. )
Tho annual meeting ot the stockholders of the
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY will be
held at the olllce of the company In BOSTON, on
WEDNESDAY, the 8th day of March, 1871, at 10
o'clock A. U., to elect oillcers for the ensuing year.
OLIVER AMES.
8 14 t3-8 President Union Pacidc Railroad Oo.
OFFICB OF THE PHILADELPHIA, GER
w MANTOWN, AND NORRI3TOWN RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
Philadelphia, Feb. 13, 1371.
The Board of Managers have declared a dividend
of THREE PER CENT, on tho Capital Stock, pay
able, clear of tax, at the Olllce of tills Company, No.
18 Philadelphia Exchange, on aud after the 13th of
March next. The transfer books will be closed on
the 20th lust., and remain closed until the 14th of
March. A. E. DOUGHERTY,
813 mBt Treasurer.
gy CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE.
Philadelphia, Feb. 8, 1S71.
The premium on Gold Interest on City Loans of
July, 1870, will be paid In currency on and after
February 6, 1871.
JOSEPH F. MARCER,
88
City Treasurer.
fy THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE
STOCKHOLDERS of the CONNELLSVILLE
AND SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA RAILWAY
COMPANY will be Rield at the Oinoe of the Com
pany, No. 838 S. THIRD Street, on WEDNESDAY,
March 1, at 18 o'ciock M., when an election will be
held for a President and twelve Directors to serve
the ensulug year. CHARLES WESTON.
Secretary.
Philadelphia, Feb. 15, 1S71. 8 15 wsVt
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So. 128 Walnut and 21 Oranlto Eti
IMFOHTiCUJI OF
Erandiei, Wine, Gin, 01If Oil, Its.
WHOLKHALB DKALBBH 1M
PURE RYE IV 11 IS Kl EC,
1H BOND ASD TAX PAID. U M
SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANIES
gECURITT FROM LOSS Br BURGLAR!
ROBBERY, FIRE, OR ACCIDENT.
The Fidelity Insurance, Trust n
Safe Deposit Company
OF PHILADELPHIA
IN THKIR
New Marble Fire-proof Building,
Nos. 8M-S81 CHESNUT 8treet
Capital subscribed, II,(hh,ooo; paid, Isoo.ooo.
COUPON BONDS, STOCKS, SECURITIES
FAMILY PLATE, COIN, DEEDS. and VALUABLES
of every description received for safe-keeping, under
guarantee, at very moderate rates.
The Company alHO rent SAFES INSIDE THEIR
BtJROLAR-PROO? VAULTS, at prices varylu from
lis to t'B a year, accordlug to Blue. An extra size
for Corporations and Bankers. Rooms and deaki
adjoining vaults provided for Safe Renters,
DEPOSITS OP MONEY RECEIVED ON INTE
REST at three per cent., payable by check, without
notice, and at four per cent., payable by check, oo
ten days' notice.
TRAVELLERS' LETTERS OF CREDIT furnished
available in all parts of Europe.
INCOME COLLECTED and remitted for one pet
cent.
The Corrpanv act as EXECUTOR8, ADMINIS
TRATORS, and GUARDIANS, and RECEIVE and
EXECUTE TRUSTS of every description, from the
Courts, Corporations, and Individuals.
N. B. BROWNE, President.
C. li CLARK, Vice-President.
ROBERT PATTRBSON, Secretary and Treasurer.
DIRECTORS.
N. B. Brewne, . Alexander Henry.
Clarence H. Clark,
Stephen A. Caldwell,
tionn weisn,
Charles Macalester,
George F. Tyier.
Henry C. Gibson.
jtuwara w . vi&tk,
J. GILIngham Fell.
Henry Pratt McKean.
(S 13 fmwi
T;hb rniLADE p n i a trust,
SAFE DEPOSIT
AND
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OFFICK AND BUKOI.AR-PKOOF VAULTS IN
THE PHILADELPHIA BANK IIUILDINQ,
No. 421 CHESNUT STREET.
CAPITAL, 1500,000.
Fok Safk-kekpino of Govkkkmrnt Honds and
other SKci'RiTisa, Family Plate, Jewklkv, and
other Valuables, under special guarantee, at the
lowest rates.
The Company also offer for Rent, at rates varying
froml8 to $75 per annum, the renter hobUw? thtf
key, SMALL SAFES IN THE BURGLAR-PROOF
VAULTS, aimruing absolute Security against Firb,
Theft, Huhglauy, and Accident.
All fiduciary obligations, snch as Trusts, Guar
dianships, Executorships, etc., will be undertaken
and faithfully discharged.
..411 trust inventmenet are kept Sfparat and apart
from tne Company's anctt.
Circulars, giving full details, forwarded on appli
cation. DIRECTOKS.
Thomas Robins.
Benjamin B Comeirvs.
Lewis R. Ashhurst,
J. Livingston Erriuger,
R. P. JlcCullagh,
Edwin M. Lewis,
James L. Cluchorn.
Augustus Ilea ton,
F. Katchford Starr,
Daniel Haddock, Jr.,
Edward Y. Townsend,
John D. Taylor,
lion, vt imam a. rorter.
OFFICERS.
President LEWIS R. ASHHDRST.
Vlce-Prt'8lden&-J. LIVINGSTON ER LINGER.
Secretary R. P. McCULLAGH.
Treasurer WM. L. DUBOIS. 2 3fmw8
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN TUB COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR TnE
CITY AND COUNT OF PHILADELPHIA.
And now, to wit,;October 82, 1870, .HERBERT
REYNOLDS having 11 led his petition p.a.vln the
court to direct satisfaction to be entered of record
on a certain mortgage, of premises at Brldestmrg,
made and executed by RACHEL DOUGLAS to
RICHARD HAYES and BARBARA his wire, dated
the fth day of February, A. D. 1S04, and recorded
at Philadelphia In Mortgage Book E F, No. 7, page
565, etc , for the sum ot fio.ooo, to secure the pay
ment of an annuity of $536 -61 to the said BARB AKA
HAYES during her lire, and up to the day of her
death ; that said annuitant has been dead for more
than forty years,and that payment of all moneys due
upon said mortgage has been made, that tho mort
gagees are both dead, and their legal representatives
cannot be lound, and that no satisfaction has ever
been entered upon said mortgage.
It Is ordered that publication be made once a week
for four weeks of notice to all parties claimiug any
Interest therein, to appear and make their objection,
if any they have.to the granting of the prayer of said
petition, on or before the EuEViSNTH DAY OF
MARCH, A. D, 1871, at 11 o'clock A. M.
J MS SHALLRSS,
Attorney for Petitioner.
WILLIAM it. LKEDS,
2 9 th4t Slicriir.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENN
SYLVANIA. IN BANKRUPTCY.
In the matter of CHARLES FELDSTEIN, Bank
rupt. EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVA
NIA, SS.:
A warrant in bankruptcy has been Issued by said
Court against the estate of CHARLES Fii LUST EI N.
Philadelphia, of the county of Philadelphia and
State of Pennsylvania, in said district, who has been
duly adjudged bankrupt, upon petition of his credi
tors, and the payment of any debts aud the delivery
of any property belonging to said bankrupt to him
or to bis use, and the transfer or any property by
him, are forbidden by law. A meeting of the credi
tors of said bankrupt to prove their debts and choose
one or more assignees of his estate, will be held at a
Court of Bankruptcy to be holden at No. ti-i South
THIRD Street, Philadelphia, In said district, on the
SEVENTH day of March A. D. 1871, at 4 o'clock: P.
M., at. the oilice of JAMES PARSONS, Esq., oneof
the Reglbters In Bankruptcy in said district.
E. M. GREGORY,
2 14 eod t3T U. 8. Marshal for satd Llstriiit.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
OFFICE OF CHIEF COMMISSIONER,
No. 104 SOUTH FIFTH STREET.
Philadelphia, Feb. 6, 1871.
NOTICE.
In accordance w ith the provisions of an Ordi
nance of Councils, approved April 24, 1S0S, no
tice is hereby given that the flual estimate for
the construction of the feewer on North College
avenue will be paid MARCH 6. 1871. All per
sons having claims for labor done or materials
furuithed for said sewer are requested to pre
sent the same for payment on or before 13
o'clock M. of MARCH 0, 1S71.
MAHLON II. DICKINSON,
2 8 wmfM5 Chief Gom'r ot Highways.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Estate of HORA'JE B1NNKY, Jr., Esq
The Audit jr appointed by the Court to audit, settle,
and adjust the account of WILLIAM J.
B1NNEY, acting executor of HORACB BINNEY,
Jr., Esq., deceased, aud to report distribution or the
balance In the bands or the accountant, will
meet the parties interested for the purpose of his ap
pointment on MONDAY, March 6, 1S71, at
12 o'clock M., at his oulee, No. 131 South FIFTH
Street, In the city of Philadelphia.
GEORGE M. CONARROE,
2 16thBtu8t .Auditor.
CLOTHS, OASSIMERES, ETC.
O T H H O U O B,
JAMES
& M U B C R.
Ho. 11 I or tli WIX'OI) Street,
Sign of tne Golden Lamb,
An w receiving a large and splendid assortment
of new styM of
. FANCY OASSIMEKE3
And standard make of DOESKINS, CJJJTHii an
COATINGS, 3USmwi
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
MACHINERY.
SHEARING, ROLLING AND MEASURING,
Fulling, Napping and Brushing Maohiues for
Carpets, Cloths, and Prints. Shear both si tes at
once, measure accurately, rolls the goods to retain
length, width, and finish. Blades repaired aud
ground, buperlor Loom 'ieinpies, .
2 Uof GEO. C. BOWARD,
No. IT S. EIGHTEENTH Street. Phlla., Pa.
TOHN FARNTJM A CO., COMMISSION MER
t J shut nd MunofMtarM of OonMtau Itskinc. ta
FINANOIALi
Bowles Brothers & Co..
PARIS, LONDON, B0VTO3T.
No. 19 WILLIAM Otroot
N o -v "V o r 1c,
Credits for Travellers
IN EUROPE.
Exchange on Fails and th Unto
Bank of London,
IN SUMS TO SUIT.
IIT3M
Q I T T OF BALTIMORE.
$1,200,000 six per cent. Bonds of the Western
Marjland Railroad Company, endorsed by the City
of Baltimore. The unden Iguod Fluaace Committee
of the Western Marjland Railroad Company oiler
through the American Exchange National Bank
11,200,000 of the Bonds of the Western Maryland
Railroad Company, having 30 years to run, principal
and interest guaranteed by the city of Baltimore.
This endorsement having been authorized by an
act of the Legislature, and by ordinance of the
City Council, was submitted to and ratified by an
almost unanimous vote of the people. As an addi
tional security the city has provided a sinking fund of
1200,000 for the liquidation of this debt at maturity
An exhibit of the financial condition of city
shows Hi at she has available and convertible assets
more than sufficient to pay her entire Indebtedness.
To investors looking for absolute security no loan
offered In this market presents greater inducements.
These bonds are offered at 87X anil accrued Inte
rest, coupons payable January and July.
WILLIAM K.EYSER,
JOHN K. LONtfWELL,
MOSES WIESENFELD,
1 6 cott Finance Committee.
ELLIOTT, COLLINS tWT
No. 109 South THIRD Street,
MEMBERS OF STOCK AND GOLD EX
CHANGES. DEALERS IN MERCANTILE PAPEU,
G O VEKN ME N T SEC U KITIES, Q OLD, Etc.
DRAW BILLS OF EXCHANGE ON THE
1QK BANK OF LONDON. 8 fmwi
REAL. ESTATE AT AUOTION.
I LACK HAWK GOLD MINING COMPANY OF
NEW YORK.
AUCTION SALE BY TRUSTEES.
Notice ts hereby given that we, tha undersigned,
BENJAMIN WHITE and BERIAH WALL, of the
City of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island,
under and In execution or the powers lu us vested
by the deed or trust executed to us by said Black
Hawk Gold Mining Ccmpaiiy, bearing date on the
twenty-eighth day of May. A. D. IStiO, and duly re
corded, will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION at the Ex
change Salesroom, No. lit Broadway, New York,
on the eleventh day or May, 1871, at 12 o'clock
noon, all the estate, lands, quartz lode mining
claims, mines, minerals, mining rights and interests,
lands and premises, shafts, levels, mi ls and mill
sites, stores, storehouses, dwellings, and other
buildings and structures, water, water-powers, runs
and falls or water, water-courses, and water-rights
and privileges, water-wheels, flumes, ditches,- fur
naces, engines, steam-powers, tracts, machinery, re
torts, tools and fixtures, and all other estate and
troperty, real, personal, or mixed, of said Black
Hawk Gold Mining Company, situate In the County
of Gilpin, in the Territory of Colorado, and con
veyed to ns in and by the deed of trust aforesaid,
and all the Interest and title of said Company
therein.
Reference Is hereby made, as a part of this notice,
and for a full description of said estate aud pro
perty, to said deed or trust, which may be examined
at the olllce or W. H. Wulttlnghain, No. 11 Wall
Btreet, New York City.
Terms of sale will be made kr.own at the time and
place of gale. I i la taw ts 10
BENJAMIN WHITE, ) Tru8teea
BERIAH WALL, irustees.
REAL ESTATE THOMAS 4 SONS' SALE
I Two-swry Brick Dwelling, No. 2221 Carnenter
street, went or Twenty-seconu street. On TUES
DAY, February !8, 1S71, at 12 o'clock, noon, will be
sold at public sale, at the Philadelphia Exchange,
all that two-story brick dwelling aud lot ol ground,
situate on the north side of Carpenter street, 190
feet west of Twenty-second Btreet, No. 2221, con
taining in front on Carpenter Btreet 15 feet, aud ex
tending in depth 75 feet to a 8 feet wide alley, with
the privilege thereof. Tho house contains 6 rooms,
Subject to a yearly ground rent of t3.
M. THOMAS A. SONS, Auctioneers,
2 4 83t Nos. 139 and 141 S. FOURTH Street.
FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
THE UNION FIRE EXFINGJISHER.
OVER FIVE MILLIONS (15,000.000) OF DOLLARS
WORH OF PROPERTY IN THE UNITED
STATES HAS ACTUALLY BEEN
SAVED BY THE EXTIN
GUISHER Within the past three years; while in Philadelphia
alone twenty-live fires, eudangerlng property to the
extent of HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOL
LARS, have been extinguished during the past year
by the same means. Qur Machine is tliIVIPKOVED
CARBONIC ACID GAS FIKE EXTINGUISHER,
nd Is indorsed and used by M. Hair a t Co., Henry
DlSbton hi Son, Beniamin Bullock's sous, Morris,
Tanker A Co.,1 Alan V00d & Co., Lacey fc Phillips,
Bromley Brothers, S. J. Solms, Charles Eaeu, Joha
bod & CO., Rtrany & Madeira, Krancm Perot A Sous,
George W. Chllds, Penusvltania Railroad Company,
Philadelphia and Boston Steamship Company, Phila
delphia and Southern Steamship Company, and
many other of our leading business men and corpo-
rttCAUTION.--All parties In this community are
warned against buying or Belling "Extinguishers"
except those purchased from ns or our asreuts, under
penally of immediate prosecution for Infringement
Our prices have beeu reduced, and the Machine la
now wlUiln the reach of every property holder,
N. B. one style made specially for private resi
dences. Union Fire Exticguiiher Compariy
OFFICE, (1 23 Btutfrp
No. 118 MARKET STKEET.
Com Exchange Bag Manufactory.
JOHN T. BAILEY,
K. . Cor. WATER and UAEKET SU
ROPB AND TWINE, BAGS and BAGGING, fot
Grain, Flour, Salt, buper-Photiphate' of Lima, lion
Dust, Etc
Large and small GUNNY BAGS COnataatly on
U4.ua. Alo. WOOL SACKS.
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