THE DAILY rfVENINO tELEGKAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APIUL 5, 1871.
ariniT of the press.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS Or THE LE.VDINO JOURNALS
T.TON Ct'BRENT TOriCS COMPILED EVERT
DAT FOB THE EVENING TELEOBAPH.
FUN ALIVE.
From the K. Y. Sun.
From its very beginning tho San Domingo
commission has been funny. Rough old Ben
"Wade, sensible and profane; Dr. Howe, with
bis dyspepsia, watching hia stomaoh; Trosi
dent Vbite, with his refined, scholarly ideas
and changeable purposes, form as incon
gruous a set of fellows as could be got to
gether. Then around them thoy had a comi
cal crew of buggiats an', shellisls, bent on the
most useless sort of science; while General
iSigel, that brave man of war, wandering
aimlessly about, made the ludicrousness of
tha affair something delicious.
Bat, as if all this was not enough, here was
commission to investigate a Spanish coun
try without a man in it or altaohed to it capa
ble of speaking Spanish. One of the most
peculiar incidents of this inability to talk baa
been described by Mr. Sumner:
"Mr. Wade went to San Domingo determined to
be pleased with everything he saw. No sooner had
tie arrived there than he rowed ashore to visit Kaez,
though he could not speak a word or Spanish, nor
Mr. ISae, a word of English. Se they sat for a
couple of hours with clasped hands, and looking at
each other like a eonple ol lovers. Mr. Wade is
very enthusiastic over lines, though everybody else
knows what sort of a man he la."
While they were in San Domingo onr jolly
old commissioners went out for a ride, ac
cording to the fashion of the country, on
bullbaok. For the history of this excur
sion we refer to the lively columns of the
Capital:
"The bulls of Ban Domingo are a qnlet, Inoffensive
set of animals, and the one ridden by the chairman,
sturdy old Ben Wade, was a specimen animal of
great power. The three rode off, surrounded by na
tives and followed bf correspondents, some walking
and some carried on the back of negroes, so that the
cavalcade presented a very Imposing appearance.
The venerable Howe expressed himself vey much
pleased with his beast. He satd that the slow, un
dulating motion promoted digestion and stimulated
poetic reflections, and he sang aloud our national
anthem, as written by his accomDlished lady, to
the tune of John Brown. Whether it was
this singing to which the beast was unac
customed, never having heard of our great
martyr, alarmed It or not, the specimen bull nnder
sturdy Ben Wade took fright and suddenly ran
away. A bull's running Is not much as to speed, but
it la strong and very Jolting. Our venerable ex
Senator had to hold on to the horns and saddle to
retain his seat, and disappeared from the eyes of his
friends and followers In the deep forests that
abound in that Island. When again seen he was
found sitting upon some rocks scraping the mud
from bis sturdy person. He swore terribly at the
event, and ended by ordering one of the Other com
missioners to dismount, so that the vhalrmau of the
commission could continue his important excur
sion. This the other commissioner flatly refused to
do. In this way the quarrel began."
What became of President White in this
imbroglio is sot clearly stated by the writer;
bat we infer that he must have been the com
missioner who was ordered by Ben Wade to
dismount, and who refused to obey. On that
refusal we tender to Mr. White our hearty
congratulations. It was manly and reason
able. If Ben Wade could not stick on his
own bull, it certainly was not the duty of the
President of Cornell University to go afoot in '
the mud in order to give Ben Wade another
bull to ride on. Ben ought to have ran and
caught his ball for himself; or his friend
Baez, whose band he had clasped like a lover
for two hours at a time, ought to have had a
spare bull at hand, and a well-broken one,
too, for Ben to mount as soon as he had
scraped the rmid off his clothes. But how
ever that may be, it must have taken a good
deal of courage in President White to sit im
movable in the saddle of his own bull after
old Ben had required him to dismount.
In the whole history of the commission that
is perhaps the occasion on which the highest
moral power was manifested. What a tine
subject for a painter! Old Ben in a rage:
n rfnnrd. lift tore, he eurned. lie mwora.
He swore he wouldn't go houiu any more,"
unless President White would get off and
surrender his bull. This is one side of
the picture the tempestuous side. The
other side Bhould represent President White
in perfect calmness, mildly yet firmly refus
ing, as a philosopher should refuse, so no
reasonable a demand to give up his bull. It
is a scene worthy the genius of the greatest
artist.
The commissioners were getting into dis
putes with each other all the time. They dif
fered in judgment and in wishes at every turn.
One of their most diverting squabbles was at
Port-au-Prince, on the question whether they
should go straight to Key West or meander
about with the Tennessee to other parts of
the West Indies. They disputed abomt it in
the cabin till after midnight. Ben Wade was
for Kay West; President White wanted to go
over to Santiago de Cuba; and Dr. Howe
thought some other plaoe would be more
beneficial to the interests of his country and
his bonds. Finally, old Ben could stand it
no longer, and bidding his fellow commis
sioners to go to , he went off to bed. The
upshot was that next day the Tennessee sailed
for Kingston.
And so it went on to the end of the chap
ter. Fighting and disputing, swearing and
scolding, were the order of the day, and ;of
the night too; and through all President
White maintained his temper, though Dr.
Howe could not maintain his digestion. And
now they have been having a fight at Wash
ington to finish with. Ben Wade wrote his
report, bat White and Howe would not sign
it without additions and embellishments that
disgusted Ben. Of coarse, they mast come
to some agreement at last, or they would all
' cover themselves with derision; bat, how
ever they patch up this final controversy,
they are a pleasant and amusing set. John
Gilpin with his ride was nothing to these
1 laughable explorers. The only consolation
about it all is that Grant's scheme of annexa
tion was so ridiculous that nothing but saoh
a ridiculous commission could properly give
it tha finishing stroke.
miLADELPHIA FIREMEN.
J"rt the N. r. World.
The startling statement comes from Phila
delphia that the "Moyamensing Hose Com
pany" has made its final parade in the char
acter of a hose company preparatory to assa
ruing the character ot a literary association,
A hose company and a literary association are
cot commonly convertible terms. And the
Moyamensing Hose Company is an organiza
tion understood to be less addicted to resthe
tio pursuits than almoat any of its kind. For
many years its excuse fox existing has been
inai it uroite me aoiemn uunneas of the nor
mal Philadelphia evening with the soft note
of the pistol and the wild cry of the rioter.
w ii - ; .'1,1:1 i i i
xuven tna viuiuua vuumy vuua im patted was
preferable in the judicious mind to tb vir
toons death which it diversified. Bat tue
sudden subsidence of what was a gang iut
what will be a sodality shows how the powerful
oporino influence of Philadelphia will pre
vail even over the worst intentions. With
the fall and earnest desire to be sprightly
public nuisances, tli6be people have boon
forced by public opinion to become dismal
and decorous ornnments to society. The
conversion of St. Paul is an incident almost
incredible to the modern critic Let the
modern critio bethink him how muoh more
incredible to the future Philadelphian will
be the event which has cow been transacted,
and modestly hold his peaoe. The conver
sion of a single Saul from persecuting the
saints to writing pastoral letters was as
nothing to this conversion by wholesale of
Philadelphia firemen from their former
diversions, of devouring the salient fea
tures of the members of rival companies
and dragging the hose-cart of Jugger
naut over unwary infants, to assuming the
ornament of a meek and quiet spirit and
holding sweet and controversial counsel over
the historical question what song the sirens
sang, or tLe scientific question, "Will mo
lasses explode?" Why they Bhould become a
literary society is not so dear. In Boston we
can understand that the silent influence of
the town would force a party of pugilists to
make at least such a confession to public
opinion as is implied in frequenting tha
Public Library and voting the radical ticket.
But why the rough Philadelphian should be
come literary, when even the smooth Phila
delphian commonly abstains from the perusal
and much more from the discussion or the
production of printed matter, passes under
standing. It may be, indeed, that no other
course was open to them of signalizing their
conversion from the error of their fire-subduing
ways. The path to glory, or at least
to respectability, in Philadelphia is by the
way of radical politics. And as, according to
the satirical invention of some zealous Pro
testant, a South Sea Islander accustomed to a
sensuous and demonstrative worship of his
own handiwork declined the solicitations of
a Catholio missionary on the ground that
from paganism to popery was not enough of a
change, the Philadelphia firemen may have
declined embarking in statesmanship on the
gTound that radical politics as pursued in
Philadelphia consisted mainly of the same
sort of thing they had been doing in their
unregenerate career, and dropped into poetry
oat ot pure desperation.
THE ST. DOMINGO SCHEME GENERAL
GRANT'S JUDICIOUS RETREAT.
From the if. Y. Herald.
We are gratified to record a retreat on the
part of General Grant as honorable to him as
the head of the Government as his crowning
victory of tne war at tne head of the Union
armies. We refer to his judicious retreat on
the St. Domingo annexation scheme. It has
been semi-officially announced from Washing
ton, through ex-Governor Ilawley, of Con
necticut, that with the transmission to Con
gress of tne report of tne St. Domingo in
vestigating commission the President will
send tip an important message on the pro
posed annexation, and that it will be sub
stantially to this effect, that had the ques
tion received fair treatment when the treaty
last before the Senate was debated and
rejected, he would not have asked its
further consideration; but, believing that the
scheme had not been fairly presented to the
country, and the question having become
complicated with charges and insinuations
foreign to its merits, be desired that full in
vestigation at the hands of Congress which
has been made, with results vindicating his
course In the premises. He has, therefore,
no further action to recommend upon
the subject at present, but transmits
the report of the investigating com
missioners for the information of Con
gress and the country, still adhering to his
opinion of the advantages of annexation. He
does cot care to press the measure, because
he is confident that, if the country desires it,
the object can be accomplished, and that the
action of Congress will indicate the desire by
advising a treaty to be made. He does not,
by any means, abandon his own views, but
leaves the responsibility of future aotionupon
Cod cress, and he repeats hia original decla
ration that he has no policy to enforce against
the will of the people.
This, it appears, is tne substance ot tne
President s mesBage,wnicn will acoompany tne
submission to the two houses of tne report of
the St. Domingo "high joint commis
sioners, llieir aeport will candsomeiy cover
the retreat of the administration from its un
tenable position, in view of the discords
created in the Republican party; for it is
understood that the commissioners are not
only unanimously, but enthusiastically in
favor of the proposed annexation. They
have returned, as we are told, enraptured with
the tropical beauties and the amazing fertility,
abounding products ana incalculable re
sources of that splendid island of St. Do-
miEo; they return satisfied that it is the
central wish of tne people 01 tne Dominican
Kepublio to come under the protecting flag of
the United btates, and tney are satisued tnat
the annexation bill of costs will be but a
bagatelle compared with the commercial
profits which from the annexation will be
oars. But if sucn is tne commissioners re-
port, why does the President "baok down?"
Why did he ask of Congress authority to send
down to St. Domingo this exploring expedi
tion if it was not for the purpose of pushing
on the annexation scheme r
The answer is substantially that the express
object of the expedition was the refutation of
certain serious charges and insinuations made
in the Senate against the President in connec
tion with this annexation project. What wqre
these charges and insinuations? They were
the charges and innuendoes advanced by Mr,
Sumner, chairman of the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, against the President
in connection with this Dominican enterprise.
Thus, according to Mr. Sumner's indictment.
rjeneral Grant has been guilty in this business
of a usurpation of the war power of Congress
in his employment of the navy; guilty of the
desion and of the attempt to appropriate the
territory of an independent State upon usurpa
tions and false pretenses, and in opposition to
the wishes of the people conoerned; guilty
of a design to foment a war as a pretext for
the subjugation and seizure of the African
republic of Hajti; guilty of a disgraceful co
partnership with a gang of unscrupulous
speculators in a scheme to divide the spoils
from the annexation of Dominica in certain
appropriated lots and lands, which, under the
Government of the United States, it wad be
lieved, would become exceedingly valuable;
guilty of employing officers of the United
States navy as confederates of this aforesaid
gang of annexation speculators. In short.
according to Mr. Sumner, General Grant, ia
this annexation project, lias played the igno
ble part of the interested tool and copirtner
oi a "ring 01 reciuess aavonturers in a mon
strous job, regardless of the consequences to
Dominica or Ilojti, or to the Treasury or
gooa came oi tLe inicea aiates.
The St. Domingo Commission, after a care-
ful investigation under the instruction em
bodied in the resolutions of Congress, having
vindicated the President against all these
charges, insinuations, and denunciations,
ufeneral urunt is content to turn over the an-
edition scheme te the discretion of Congress
In other words, having spiked the guns of
Air. buiuuer, tho ueneral retires from the
field. He has gained his point. He has the
honest soldier's dense of honor, and he has
made it good. President Johnson, in the
Stanton-War Department imbroglio, acaused
tne ueneral of deception and falsehood, and
we know the consequences that followed to
Johnson. Mr. Sumner, in his turn, has
already felt something of the reaction against
similar charges touching the honesty of Gene
ral Grant; and with all his pompous, ponder
ous, ana munuenug pauippics, we expeet
the Senator, by the simple facts of the St.
Domingo Commissioners' report, will be re
duced to a mere bag of wind "full of sound
and fury, signifying nothing." It is re
markable, too, that after his unbounded ad
miration of the Alaska annexation scheme,
and after carrjing through that delightful
purchase of icebergs and white bears, at an
outlay of seven millions in gold to Russia and
two hundred thousand to the lobby it ia, in
deed, very remarkable that Mr. Sumner
bhould regard the annexation of Dominica, at
less man one-iourtn the cost of Alaska, as a
scheme of war, bankruptcy and all sorts of
national disasters.
The opposition of the Democracy to this
Dominican scheme is not surprising, for
General Grant in this idea is stealing Demo
cratic thunder. Nor are we amazed at the
horror concerning the project of those radi
cal Republicans of the old . Puritan school,
who fought to the last ditch against tho an
nexation of Texas: but Mr. Sumner's hos
tility to General Grant's pet measure, after
all, we fear, is mainly due to his mistaken
estimate of his own importance as the Mag
nus Apollo of the Republican party. At all
events he is silenced upon San Domingo-,
and, with beburz and the other Republican
mutineers against General Grant, Mr. Sum
ner must cow seek some other point of
assault, or give up the light to cat him out
and cut him oil as the Republican candidate
for the succession. "Where there is a will
there is a way," and we apprehend that the
troubles of most of these disaffected and dis
appointed Republican leaders lie deeper or
nearer come tcan ban Domingo.
Ueneral Grant, however, has still the party
organization within his reach, and may still,
with proper management, be master of the
situation. He is learning, but has yet much
to learn of the complications of the political
party machine. The examples furnished by
Ueneral Jackson he may prohtably consult in
reference to intractable bolters; and the con
ciliatory policy of Lincoln with aspiring but
noxible malcontents should not be overlooked.
Jackson ruled Calhoun off the Presidential
track as a declared enemy; but Lincoln con
quered the aspiring Chase, and quietly dis
posed of him as a friend by making him Chief
Justice of the United states. Liet Uen. Grant
call the leading Republicans of Congress
around him for counsel in any doubtful move
ment henceforth, and he may escape a repeti
tion of the troubles he has had to enoounter
upon St. Domingo. Let him propose a gene
ral amnesty in connection with the pending
Bcheme of a bill of pains and penalties on tne
Southern Ku-klux Klans, and he may do
much to secure his loss ground in the South;
let him be cautious in interposing his autho
rity and bis personal punishments in relation
to the local squabbles biuodr his party leaders
in this State, that State, or the other, and let
him seek rather to heal than to widen the
breaks in the party lines, and he may do
much to keep his party together, otherwise
the malcontents may reduce hi in to the hu
miliation and tne hazards ot a scrub race in
1872.
WHO PREVENTS RESUMPTION?
.From the Scranton (Pa.) Arpubti-an.
The leaders of the W. B. A. are being
brought to light in their true attitude. Many
of their transactions during the present sus
pension have been kept carefully concealed,
not only from the country, but from the
miners themselves. We make the assertion
here, boldly, and without fear of being con
tradicted with proof, that the leaders of tha
W. B. A., residing in Schuylkill county, have
designedly prevented the men in this region
from resuming worn. Messrs. Joan biney,
Kealy and Parker, of the Schuylkill
leader?, are the trio whoso interference
has frustrated arbitration, compromise.
and resumption upon satisfactory terms in
this valley. Honest miners in this region
may quail at this assertion, and denounce us
for making it, but we tell them, for their own
Bakes, that they have been sold out by the
men we Lave named, and whatever misery
and suffering may be in store for them in tha
immediate future must be attributed to them.
They have shown themselves, by their ac
tions, that they are the evil geniuses of the
miners, who have brought upon them muoh
of the misery and privations which they have
Buffered in the post, and we have the evidence
to prove it.
when rresident uowen, of the Philadel
phia and Reading Railroad Company, made
his plea before the Senate Judioial Committee
(alter Governor Geary had made an attempt
to settle matters;, he on erect on the part of all
the companies to submit the whole matter to
arbitration on the following conditions: 1st.
That the men bhould resume work without
conditions not upon the terms proposed by
the companies in December but without any
specified terms, and the question of wages
and all other matters in dispute to be
settled by arbitration afterwards. 2d. That
the Judiciary Committee should be discharged
from further consideration of the subject
before them.
As we understand it, Mr. Gowen was au
thorized to make this proposition in behalf
of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western,
Delaware and Hudson, and Pennsylvania
Coal Companies, as well as for other corpo
rations and operators. The offer opened the
Bought-for opportunity to submit the ques
tions at issue to arbitrators composed of ope
rators and miners, with a disinterested third
party as umpire. But without consultation
with the miners, whose interests they hold
in tho hollow of their hands, Messrs. Siney
and Kealj rejected the projwsition, and insisted
that the committee go on and make their
report. In this Messrs. Siney and Kealy
acted upon their own responsibility, not
for the- purpose of serving the
miners, but to show the companies and
the world their power over the thou
sands of poor men who have trusted
themselves to their tender mercies. - Had the
I proposition made by the companies, through
I r A- i i . i . . . i
ait. uuweu, ueeu nucepieo, it would nave
been no dishonorable yielding of the men,
but they would have met the companies upon
common ground, and in the settlement of
their difficulties would have had an equal
voice with their employers in the arbitration.
The leaders of the W. B. A. have had their
way tWy have shown to the world once
more the power they yield; the Senate com
mittee will go on and report, but what will it
profit the poor miner and laboring man upon
whom bears the heavy burden of suspension?
Arbitration is a recognition of the rights and
interests of each party to an unsettled ques
tion. J. he oompames have made the offer,
and the Schuylkill leaders of the W. B. A.,
speaking for the Luzerne miners, have re
jected the oner, if thu action shuts the
door to compromise, and results in yet addi
tional months of suspension, prostration, and
suffering, let the curse rest where it belmgs,
upon the leaders of the W. B. A., Siney,
Keaiy x jo.
W e cave the most positive information that
since the rejection of this offer to arbitrate,
the companies are more than ever determined
not to yield, and we see no hope , for a com
promise in the immediate future. The aotion
of Messrs. Siney &. Co., in rejeoting the com
panies' offer, Bhould only serve as an addi
tional evidence to the miners of this county
that their future well-being demands that they
manage their own affairs, instead of entrust
ing them to the care of men who have shown
nothing but criminal ignorance and incompe
tency in every suspension or strike in which the
miners have become involved. We do not say:
sever your connection with benevolent or pro
tective associations, but we do say that the
Luzerne miners should themselves decide
whether they desire to snbmit their difficul
ties to arbitration or not, and not leave John
Siney or any one else in Schuylkill county to
decide for them, and without consulting them.
But the labor autocrats who oontrol the 30,000
miners and laboring men did not want the
Luzerne miners to pass judgment upon the
proposition of the companies, for they knew
that if they did they would accept the pro
posal with an overwhelming unanimity. Let
our miners act for themselves, and not trans
act their own business through men in an
other county, who have no further interest in
their welfare, except to receive the quota
which pays them their annual salary.
hen we talk to intelligent miners upan
the subject of tho suspension, they tell us that
they are ready to meet the companies half
way, and we have repeatedly been told that
the men are ready to compromise and arbi
trate their difficulties. Do these men not
know that they have given Schuylkill leaders
the power to accept or reject terms for them?
If they hold that Siney & Co. acted without
authority in rejecting the offer made by Mr.
Gowen, let them publicly disown the action,
and renounce it.
The time has come to look at the subject of
the present suspension not as we should like
to have it, or as it might have been, but just
as-we find it, and in this light we ask the
miners to look at it. If the companies were
to offer terns to the men to-day, we presume,
on the same prinoiple on which the proposi
tion at Harrisburg was- rejected, the men
would be compelled to refer the companies to
Messrs. Siney and Kealy,. to ascertain if the
terms offered were acceptable. We are not
surprised that the companies refuse to treat,
through Schuylkill county leaders, in order to
reach the miners in their employ.
In their management of the W. B. A.,
Messrs. Siney, Kealy, and Parker have shown
themselves greater tyrants and autocrats, and
worse enemies to the interests of the laboring
men and miners, than the companies them
selves. And the day is cot far distant when
the miners in Luzerne will assert their man
hood and independence,, and shake off the
leeches that have fastened themselves upon
them, and are Bucking their life-blood.
FRANCE. DRIFTING TO A MONARCHY.
From th Ih T. Times.
The chances of the Versailles Government
seem to improve, but there is little question
that it will find itself, after it takes posses
sion of Paris, in presence of one of the most
disagreeable problems with which any Frenoh
Government has yet had to deal. The Reds
will be disarmed, but they will be still there.
and very hungry and very mutinous, and
they will still continue to publish such pleas
ing and instructive periodicals as The Dry of
the People, The Iron Mouth, The Avenger.
lhese papers are small, dirty sheets, filled
with blasphemy and iBdecency, and attacks
on property and relmton. Ia most countries
they would hardly live a week, or if they did
live, would only be read for amusemeut. But
one of the peculiarities of the Red mind is
tnat it takes all this disgusting trash in sober
earnest, and a weeks reading makes a Belle
ville or La Villette republican ready to shoul
der his musket and "descend into the streets,"
for the purpose of embodying the ideas con
tained in these publications in the political
system of the country. If you ashed him
why he thought it his duty to take this very
violent step, he would be ablo to give
you co better reason than that he 6aw in
print tear it was a good thing to do.
Now, this being the effect of the liberty of
the press on the French mind, it is impossi
ble lor any uovernment in t rance to let the
press alone. No matter how liberal the re
gime that may be set up, it is sure not to be
liberal enough for the radicals, nor would
any regime be tolerated whioh did not ar
range for a fair division of property
every juonaay morning, consequently the
radical press is sure to assail it violently,
and to excite the Reds to active resistance;
the radical papers will, therefore, have to be
suppressed, and, of course, when once the
Government takes upon itself to suppress
newspapers for any reason, there is no tell
ing when to stop, or where to draw the line.
After having put down the BoutJte de Fer
for advocating resistance to all government,
of course official censors will be disposed
to put all criticism of the Government as
hostile to order, and to bring the journals
Let Debate and the Presse, under the same
rule as the dirty sheets of the Faubourg St.
Antoine; and then we have one of the worst
features of the Empire restored, and one of
the most valuable guarantees of liberty and
economy destroyed. J. he enect of such re
strictive measures, too, is of course more
damaging to a republican than a mon
archical government. Every government has
to keep up some show of adhesion to its own
principles; and the liberty of the press is, of
course, one of the chief artioles in the republi
can creed, bo that a republican government
which repudiates it, is in some sort guilty of
Eelf-Btultification.
Take, also, the question of the standing
army. We presume there is nobody now who
shares General Trochu's amiable belief that
the Paiiaians can be governed by "moral
force." It is quite plain that for some time
to come they will have to be governed by
brute force. Paris will have to be garrisoned
by about one hundred thousand men, and the
population will have, as of yore, to be dis
armed, and the Government will have to rely
on this force for police duty to a degree which
must, to a greater or less degree, subordinate
the civil to the military authorities, and make
the General in command of the troops the
mobt important peson in Paris. Now there
has never yet been a republic, or even a con
stitutional monarchy, whioh was able to en
dure the presence of a large military foroe
concentrated in its capital, and for the
avowed purpose of keeping down tha
people. Countries in which constitutional
government is as deeply rooted in the popu
lar affections and habits as the United States,
or England, or Hungary, could hardly stand
this; still less can a country in which the
people are entirely unused to popular govern
ment, and in which democratic assemblies
rule by just the same methods and instru
ments as military dictators. Among the flrt
thiDgs done by all parties ia France which gat
into the ftflcndii&t, is to suppress newspaper
and ehoot defeated opponents; and surti a
thing an a government which had a largi
standing army at its disposal, and did not
use it to crush opposition, is something of
which . few Frenchmen save, as yet, any
idea. A French general in command of a
large armed force, and yet feeling his sub
ordination to the civil power, and respecting
it, is a very rare bird also in faot, if he did
cot appear in General Cavaigaae, it would be
difficult to say when or where he did appear,
or when he will appear again. Any French
general of this or the next generation who
knows that the Legislature is dependent on
Lim for protection against being turned out
of doors, is hardly liltely to respect it.
These two difficulties met, or temporize!
with, as they probably will be, there- would
still remain another, axd this, also, an im
mense one the question of the form of gov
ernment. The Assembly was monarchical
when it met; it is now more monarchical
than ever. The scare caused by Gambetta's
performanhces has been (deepened and in
tensified by the recent events in Paris. Amy
doubts which the country members might
have had about the advisability of es
tablishing a republic will have been dissi
pated by the establishment of "the Univer
sal Republic" in Taris ; and tie melancholy
days they have passed in Versailles, and tho
terror in which all persons having property
are cow living in Paris, have probably deep
ened the horror of democratic government.
Of course there will be much disputing and
intriguing about the choice of a monarch, but
the choice will be, after all, betweea Bourbon
and Orleanist, and the return of either of
these will madden the Republicans, and make
the government of the towns a seriorw task to
the new dynasty. A new dynasty without an
tecedents, absurd as it would be in France of
all countries m the world, would in some ways
promise better than the return of any of the
old ones. But new dynasties are no longer
likely. It wonld take a Napoleon to create
one, and if the present troubles do not throw
a new "Savior of Society to the surface, the
country will probably throw itself baok into
the arms of Henry V or the Count de Paris.
The title "Savior of Society," as applied to
poor Louis Napoleon, by the way, does not
look so ridiculous as it did a year or two ago.
Most men now acknowledge that, bad as the
Empire was, it at least kept off a worse
thing "The Universal Republic."
SPECIAL NOTICES.
REDEMPTION OF STATE BONDS
Htatk 0 California,
Treasury Department,
Sachamknto, Feb. 1, 1ST1
Whereas. taere Is on this day in the State Treasury
the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand (1250,000)
dollars, which, nnder the provisions of an act or the
Legislature of said State, entitled "An Act to pro
vide for paying certain equitable claims against the
State of California, and to contract a funded debt
for that purpose," approved April S3, 1SC7 ; and also
nnder the provisions of an act amendatory of said
act, approved April 81, I860, Is set apart for the re
demption of Civil Bonds of said State, Issued under
the provisions of said nm mentioned act, notice la
hereby given that
SEALED PROPOSALS
for the surrender of said Bonds will be received at
this Department for tne amount above specified,
until the
10T17 DAY O? APRIL, A. D. 1371,
at 11 o'clook A. M.
Nobidawill be entertained at more than par
value, and a responsible guarantee must accompany
each proposal, which must be marked "Sealed Pro
posals for the Redemption of Civil Bonds of 1S5I."
Said bonds must be surrendered within tea days
after the acceptance of the proposals for their re
demption. A. P. CORONEL,
8 14.eod 1 4 10 State Treasurer.
gy REDEMPTION OF CIVIL BONDS Oi'
1SG0.
4
NT,)
8TATO OP CAMFORMA,
Thkascry Dkpathsn
Sacrauknto, February 1, 1871.
Whereas, There is en this day la the State Trea
sury the sum of twenty-eight thousand ($iS,000) dul
lars which, under the provisions of an act ot the
Legislature of said State entitled "An act to pro
vide for the paying certain equitable claims against
the State of California, and to contract a funded
debt lor that purpose," approved April 30, 1SG0, ia-
set apart for tlie redemption of Civil Bonds "of said
State, issued under the provisions of said act, notloe
is hereby given that
SEALED PROPOSALS
for the surrender of said Bonds will be received as
this Department for the amount above specific!
until the
10TH DAY OF APRIL, 1371,
at 11 o'clock A. M,
Ko bid will be entertained at more than par value,
and a responsible guarantee must accompaD; each
proposal, which must be Indorsed "Sealed Proposals
for the surrender of Civil Bonds of 1S60."
Said bonds will be redeemed and laterest 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,
9 14eod t4 10 State Treasurer.
OFFICE OF THE FRANKLIS FIRE IN
SURAUCE COMl'ANY,
l'HILADKI.I'HIA. Atrtil 3. 1S71.
At a me.'tlnir of the Board of Directors, held this
day, a QUARTERLY DIVIDEND of RMI1T D JL
I ARS per 6liare was declared, PAYABLE IN GOLD
to me Biocknoiuera on auu art-r t lie istn instant,
ciear oi ail taxes. j. w. JUCAkLiSTtai,
4 4 lit Secretary,
1- TBE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
LEB.1GII VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY
have declared a quarterly dividend of TWO AND A
HALF PKK CENT., payable at their offlce, No. 803
WALNUT Street, up stairs, on and after SATUlt
DAY, April 16, ls.Il. L. CHAMBERLAIN,
8 31 fmwtAlS . Treasurer.
tSf THE CHEAPEST AND
IN THE WORLD,
BEST II AIR DYE
Harper' Liquid Hair Dye Never Fades or
vaaliea Out
will change gray, red. or frosted hatr, whiskers, or
moustache to a beautiful black or brown as aoon as
applied. Warranted, or money returned. Only 60
cents a box. Sold by all Druggists. 8 83 tuilisom
f- BATCH ELOR'S HAIR DYE. THIS SPLEN-
did Hair Dve ia the beat In the world, the onlv
true and perfect Dye. Harmless Reliable Instan
taneous no disappointment no ridiculous tints
"Does nr toitfain Lead nor any Vitalie PoUon to in-
jurem tiatror timtem." invigorates the lialr and
leaves It soft and beautiful : Black or Brown.
Sold by all Druggists and dealers. Applied at the
Factory, no. m bund street. Mew xork. 4 ST mwf
THE UNION FIRS EXTLNUU13UEK
COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire
KxtlDguamer. Always Reliable
D. T. GAG 3,
I 0 tf No. 118 MARKET St., General Agent.
gy- DR. F. R. THOMAS, No. 911 WALNUT ST,
formerly operator at the Colton Dental Rooms,
aevoies un entire practice to extracting teetn witn-
uui pain, wuu ireau uuroun oxiae gaa. 11 111
Igy- JOUVIN'S KID GLOVE CLEANER
restores soiled gloves equal to new. For aula
by all druggists and fancy goods dealers. Price V3
cents per bottle. 11 HSmwfS
1- THURSTON'S IVORY PEARL TOOTH
preserving the teeth. For sale
by all Drupgiata,
11 86 siuinly
Price S6 and 60 cents per bottle.
CT- DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, NO.
1 8. ELEVENTH Street.
Patients treated .gratuitously at thia Institution
aauy at 11 o cioca. n
riiiv tidnih rn . COMMISSION MER
tJ chants and Manufacturers of Coneatoga Tick-
lug, etc. etc., JNo. IKS iu.n oireei, ruuauci
flu.
BAFC DEPOSIT OOMPANIEV.
fUE FEBJT8YLVANIA
COKPAffT
FOR INSURANCES ON
LIVES AND
GRANTING
annuities
Office So. 304 WALNUT Streel,
INCORPORATED MARC II 10, 1313.
CHARTER PERPETUAL,
CAPITAL 1,000,000.
SUBFIUS UPWARDS OF $750,000.
Receive roney on deposit, returnable on demaa J,
for which IMereat Is allowed.
nd nnder appointment by Individual, corpora
tlntip. and conrrs, act as
EXECUTORS. ADMINISTRATORS. TRUSTERS,
GUARDIANS, AfS()NElN, ro.tf HITTERS,
RLCKIVERfV AOFST8. COLLECTORS, ETC.
And for the fattMol pfrformauce of Itt duties as
such all Us assets are liable.
CHARLES DUTILH, President.
William B. Hill, Actuary.
IVTRSCTORS.
CharleR Dnttlh, Joshua B. I.tpplrtrott,
Henry J. Wllllnms, ICharies II. Hutclrlason.
Willlnm S. Vaux, Llndley Sinvth,
John R. Wucherer, Ocorue A. Wood,
Adolph E. Rorie, Anthony J. Antelo,
Alexander Riddle, Cltnries 8. Lewis,
Henry Lewla.
gECURITT FROM LOSS BY BURG LA IT!
KUSBElii, if IKK, OR ACCIDENT.
7ha Fidelity Inauraaee, Truat, o$
Bafe Deposit Company
OF PHILADELPHIA
IN TUB IB
New Marble Fire-praof Building,
Nos. S'29-331 CHESNUT Btreet.
Capital subscribed. 1 1,000,009 ; paid, 1700,000.
rTTTnT RONDS. NTOPKH HITPiroiTtBO
FAMILY PLATE. COIN, DEED m VALHaBLItA
of every description received for cafe-keeping, under
guarantee, at very moderate rates.
The Company Also rent SAFES
INSIDE TnKTR
BURLAR-I'ROO
F VAULTS, at prices varvln irom
lis to t0 a year, accord I rg to size. An extra alae
for Corporations and Bankers. Rooms and desk
aajoiamg vauita proviaea ror saie Kentera.
VDDII.MhMttl,. ..01, Hn.nhln K.hnw J . i
notloo, and at four per cent., payable by check, 0
nn ilnaal nnttnA
TRUST FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS kenfc
SEPAHATE AND APART Ir im asset of Company.
INCOME COLLECTED and remitted for one DC
cent.
The Cotrpanv act as EXECUTORS. ADMIvt.h.
TBATOWS, and GUARDIANS, and R-SOE1VE and
EXECUTE TRUSTS of every description, from the
Courts, Corporations, and Individual
N. B. BROWNE, President.
C. H CLARK, Vice-President
R0B3HT PATTRBHON, secretary tad Treasurer.
DIRECTORS.
N. B. Brewne, . Alexander Henry,
Clarence H. Clark,
John Welsh,
CUarlea Macalester,
Stephen fa. Caldwell,
Ueorge F. TjHer,
Henry C. Gibson,
Edwara w, uihk,
j. uuungnam reu.
Henry Pratt McKean.
IS 13 fmwl
TH3 PHILADELPHIA' TRUST.
SAFE DEPOSIT
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OVPICK AND BCHGI.AR-PROOR VAPLT IK
THE PHILADELPHIA BANK B'-TILDING,
No. 421 CHESNUT STREilT.
CAPITAL, $.VK).000.
For Safk-keii'ino of Oovkrnmiki Bokds and
other Secuhitibs, Family Pi.atk, Jbwblrv, and
other Valuables, under special guarantee, at the
lowest ratcB.
The Company also offer for Rent, at rates varying
from $19 to Tper annum, the renter holding the'
key, SMALL SAFES IN THE BURGLAR-PROOF
VAULTS, attorning absolute Securitt against Fi&a
TaBfT, Burglary, and Accidknt.
All fiduciary obligations, such as Trusts, Guar,
diansbips, Executorships, etc., will be undertaken
and faithfully discharged.
All trust investments are kept eepxrmte and apart
from the Company's assets.
Circulars, giving fojl details, forwarded on appli
cation. DIRECTORS.
Thomas Robins.
Benjamin B. Comegyi ,
Lewis R. Ashhnrst,
J. LivlngHton Errluger,
B. P. McCullagh,
Edwin M. Lewis,
James L. Clash orn.
nuKUBbU zxea&ou,
F. Ratchford Starr,
Daniel Haddock, Jr.,
Edward Y. Towuseud,
John D. Taylor.j
Hon. William A. Porter.
OFFICERS.
President LEWIS R. ASHHUBST.
Vice-President J. LIVINGSTON ERRINGEh.
Secretary R. P. McCULLAGHi.
Treasurer WM. L. DUBOIS. 8 3fmw
WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETCi
-EWIS LAD0M.OS ACQ
mniOTii DEALERS 4 JEWELEUS.l
WATCHES, JKWKLUT A SiLVKK V, xl'.K III
. WATCHES and JEWEL Y EEP AIRED, JJj
J02 Chestnut St.. Pfitt--
Would Invite attention to their large stock of
Ladles' and Cents' Watches
Ot American and foreign makers.
DIAMONDS In the newest styles of Settings.
LADIES' and GENTS' CHAINS, sets of JEWSLRY
Of the latest styles, BAND AND CHAIN
BRACELETS, Etc. Etc.
SILVER. IVAHI3
of the latest designs in great variety, ror wed it 1
presents.
Repairing dona In the beat manner and guaraa
teed. sil fmwj
GOLD 1IEDAL EEGTJL&T0B3.
U. IV. Ul MNBLL,
Ko. 22 NOllTII SIXTII STREET,
Begs to call the attention of th tratfe and customers
to the annexed letter:
translation.
"I take pleasure to announce that I have given tc
Mr. G. W. RUSSELL, of Philadelphia, the excluslv
sale of all Roods of my manufacture. He wUl be
able to sell them at the very lowest prices.
"GUHTAV BECKER,
"First Manufacturer of Regulators,
Freltmrg, Germany.
GROCERIES, ETO.
JONDON BHOWN STOUT AND
SCOTCH ALE,
In glass and stone, by the cask or dozen.
AJJ3EUT O. ROBERTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
Corner ELEVENTH and VINE sta.
WHISKY, WINE. ETO. v
CAR8TAIR8 A McCALL,
So. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite Sti.,
IMPORTERS OF
Srandiei, 'Wines, Gin, Olive Oil, Etc.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
PURE RYE WHISKIES,
IN BOND AND TAX PAID. 831
A LBXANDBH G. OATTELL 4 CO..
. PRODUCE X)M MISSION MKRCHANTi,
K0, M NORTH WHAKVJUl
AMD
HO. T UORTH WATER 8TB1E3T(
PHILADSLPIUA.
Ajjxanuu a. Cinuu bxuas Cirri l 1