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HIE DAILi fifiNINCi TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAT 8, 1871.
SriRIT OF TUB MESS.
EDrroniAL opinions of thk ikadino journals
upon ouansM topics compiled evebt
DAT TOB THE EVENING TELEOBAPH.
HENRY 0. CAREY AND PIIILADELPIIIA.
From tht Wilmington (Del) Commercial.',
A very pleasantly written article in the May
issue of the Chicago Bureau refers to the oc
casional gathering "of balf-a-dozen, or ten or
twenty, as may happen, of the solid, leisurely,
and leading men of Philadelphia," in the
library of Henry O. Carey, the philosopher,
economist, and author. Seeking those among
his friends and acquaintances who know the
vital and characteristic faots of society, busi
ness, politics, and social scienoe, and yet are
not themselves writers, Mr. Carey keeps
abreast with the practical affairs of the day,
and is never overridden by them. His ob
servations are based on actualities, and not
on theories of what has probably occurred, or
ought to have oocurred.
Such a company as Mr. Carey is thus able
to gather, on almost any afternoon when the
cares of business are not too pressing, is a
cirole of gentlemen whose counterpart are
not at hand in any other city. While Long
fellow, Lowell, Holmes, and Emerson might
be grouped around a Boston table, to dis
oubb literature, poetry, or the arts, Mr. Carey
commands tbe pleased attendance of men not
less excellent in their purity of life and char
acter; not less devoted to the solution of
social and industrial problems; more active
in their efforts for political progress; and yet
again more occupied by pressing and contin
uous labors. Here are the journalists (with
genial and veteran MoMichael worthily at
their head), the iron man,
whose skill and capital are re
ducins the ores and working the metal at
thousands of fires; the other industrial em
ployers, every class, the merchants, the bank
ers, the writers. Among them all, Mr. Carey
is at home, leading the conversation and hand
ling all subjects with equal ability. His solid
attainments and deep and thorough mind do
sot prevent the hearty humor of his Irish
stock from enlivening the occasion, and his
entire good-fellowship is the central influence
of his "vesper" gathering. To quote from
the article in the Bureau, already mentioned,
"the demand for association and interchange
of ideas, which is here gratified on his own
behalf, and that of his friends, is the out
growth of his philosophy."
There is something pleasing to us in the
character of Mr. Carey as it appears under
these circumstances. Philosophy so ac
quired, so digested, so communicated, cannot
be other than the philosophy of humanity. It
must be at once kindly and just. It must be
earnest, practical, and progressive. All these,
to our view, it is, and appropriately finds its
home in a great city where industry earns its
reward, and where prosperity is built upon
the solid and enduring foundation of pro
duced wealth. The metropolis of steady, in
telligent, and well-rewarded labor is, as it
ought to be, a city of contented comfort, and
in it its true and representative mind is euoh
a one as that of Henry C. Carey.
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMISSION.
Frtm the London Saturday Review.
The first report that the Joint High Com
mission at Washington had already com
pleted the most arduous part of its task would
have been gratifying if both parties to the
negotiation could have been supposed to have
been equally conciliatory or equally tenaoious.
Experience shows that modern English diplo
macy confines itself chiefiyto the provision
of more or less plausible pretexts for conces
sion. There was nothing in the telegraphic
statement which appeared a fortnight ago in
the limes to indicate a departure from recant
practice. The surrender of an equal share
in the Canadian fisheries to the people of the
United States appeared only to be
qualified by the payment of a sum of
money to the Government of the
Dominion; but it has since been asserted that
tbe Canadians are to be allowed rsoiprooal
access to the coasts of New England. The
Americans have maintained that the right of
fishing which had been conceded to them in
the treaty of independence was not termi
nated by the war of 1812; yet in 1818 they by
their own act reacquired the right of fishiog
as part of the arrangement continued in the
treaty of ' reciprocity. Having iu 1SG1 volun
tarily denounced the treaty, they assented to
the imposition of licenses by the colonial
authority; and it was only when the lioeuses
were withdrawn, in consequence of the abuse
of the permission by American fishermen,
that the President.at the instigation of Gene
ral Butler, announced in menacing language
his intention of resenting the protective mea
sures which had been adopted by the Canadian
Government. Both England and Canada were
at all times willing to renew the agreement
of 1818, but the Government of the United
States preferred to maintain existing restraints
on commercial intercourse, in the hope that
the inoonvenience suffered by the colonists
might tend to create a feeling in favor of
annexation. The natural order of business
was inverted when the English Government
proposed a Joint Commission to examine the
question of the fisheries. It is for the claim
ant of a privilege to devue the means by
which it is to be conferred and recognized,
and England hud on behalf of (Jaaada
nothing to ask from the Government
of Washington. The President and
the Secretary of State, naturally
inferring from the overture that England was
in a yielding mood, proposed that the same
commission should inquire into a method of
settling the Alabama claims. If the tele
graphio announcement was accurate, the re
sult will have fully justified the calculations
of the American Government. In dealing
with the question of the fisheries it is chiefly
necessary to protect the viglits and interests
of Canada. The colonists would have just
ground for indignation if their property was
sacrificed by the Imperial Government for the
purpose of facilitating the settlement of the
dispute between England and the United
States. It can soaroely be supposed that tbe
majority of the English commissioners would
overrule their Canadian colleagues. ,
The ambiguous report of the proposal of
the Commissioners for settUag the Alabama
question was suspicions, if not alarming.
The claims for compensation were, it was
said, to be determined by another commi.
sion, in accordance with certain agreed prin
ciples of international law. It seemed to
fellow from this statement that the English
Commissioners bad acknowledged the dis
puted liability; and it was not even certain
that they had not given retrospective effect
to a new legal doctrine. It is perfectly com
petent for two maritime powers to determine
between themselves their respective rights
and liabilities as belligerents or neutrals; but
their mutual relations and reciprocal claims
must depend, up to the data of the conven
tion, on the common law of nations. The
English Government, except as far as it is
represented by the Comiuusiouerd,
has not hitherto in contravention of legal
precedents acknowledged its responsibility
for the escape of an unarmed vessel from an
English port; but it has for some years been
willing to refer the issues of law and of faot
to any properly qualified tribunal. The com
missioners have, it seems, not only agreed to
a change in the law, but have given their re
commendations the form of a declaratory
enactment. If the explanations of both Gov
ernments were correot, the commissioners
were instrueted not to settle the
dispute, but to discover some prac
ticable method by which it might
be settled. In coming to an
understanding on the law of the case, the
English Commissioners have anticipated the
functions f any body which might hereafter
be charged with the adjustment of the con
troversy. It may be hoped that they have
not at the same time prejudged the question
of negligence. Even if they had authority
tb alter or deelare the law, it is impossible
that any change in maritime jurisprudence
should affeot the question of faot. For the
present it is but fair to repose in the mem
bers of the commission the confidence which
their characters deserve. If they miscarry
in their difficult enterprise it will be difficult
to find more oapable successors.
If it is true that the commissioners have
agreed on the expediency of modifying the
rules of international law, the professional
caution of American and English jurists will
probibly disappoint eager advocates of in
novation. Before the civil war Amerioan
text-writers and statesmen were habitually
solicitous to vindicate or extend the immuni
ties of neutrals. Successive Presidents, dur
ing the long contest between Spain and the
South American colonies, consistently refusod
to interfere with expeditions undistinguish
able, is charaoter from the escape and cruise of
the Alabama. The municipal law of the
United States, which authoritatively expresses
the American doctrine of international law, is
less stringent than the English Foreign Enlist
ment Act. During the recent controversy
the Americans have shown with demonstra
tive force that no Government can exouse
itself for a breach of international law by
urging its own inability to discharge its duty.
Every independent State must be regarded as
a nnit, and consequently it is fully responsi
ble for its own defective legislation. The
English Government was bound to exercise
all the powers which it ought to have pos
sessed for the strict maintenance of neu
trality; but when the further question arose,
whether the law was in truth defective, the
comparison of the English and American
statutes became in the highest degree
relevant and instructive. At first sight
it might appear that it was safe
and easy to remove all cause
of offense to belligerents by more definite
domestio legislation; but although foreigners
may not be theoretically justified in relying
on the municipal laws of other States, a statu
tory prohibition is in practice considered an
admission of liability. A Government which
declines to enforce its own laws against the
interference of its subjects in foreign quarrels
may be plausibly charged with indifference
or with negligence. In some cases a practical
suspension of the k oreign Enlistment act has
been acoompanied by avowed hostility to one
of two belligerents. The mission of the
Spanish Legion to assist the partisans of
Queen Isabella would have been justly treated
as an act of war if the Carlists had been in a
position to resent the injury. If the Joint
Commission has arrived at any understand
ing, both Governments will probably under
take to adapt their municipal legislation to
the new international code, by enactments
which should be as nearly as possible iden
tical. The reported arrangement carries the dis
pute beyond the stage at which it was left
by Lord Clarendon and Mr. Reverdy John
son. The reference to commissioners or
arbitrators to be appointed by sovereiga
powers is greatly preferable to an inquiry by
a Joint Commission; and perhaps it will be
prudent not to criticize too closely the selec
tion of Russia as an umpire. When the
former treaty was settled in London the
English Government woald have received
without repugnance the assertion by any
ostensibly impartial tribunal of its liability
for the esoape of the Alabama. The rude
ness with which its ample concessions were
received would again, if it were re
peated, render a settlement impossible; but
sanguine believers in the pacific intentions
of the present Government of the United
States may possibly have judged rightly. The
deposition of Mr. Sumner has removed from
power one spiteful enemy of England; and
it is not certain that his triumphant rivals
will adopt bis policy. General Grant has
already secured his nomination as the Repub
lican candidate for the Presidential election
of 1872. Although he was supposed to be
deficient in political adroitness, he judged
accurately that in the approaching contest he
would be indispensable to ms party, ine
Republican managers will not allow any
lingering regard for Mr. Sumner to interfere
with the union which can alone give them
the victory. The President's suggestion that
the Joint Commission should be instructed to
devise a mode of settlement of the Alabama
dispute, although it may have been incon
sistent with the unfriendly tone of his mes
sage to Congress, would be inexplicable if he
was still resolved to keep the quarrel open.
His sincerity was additionally proved by the
selection of some of the most eminent law
yers in the United States as members of the
commission, nor can it be doubted that the
Executive Government will use all its influ
ence to procure the assent of ths
Senate to any arrangement which
may be recommended by the
representatives of the two powers. The
Senate itself must fully understand that a
repetition of the vote against Mr. Reverdy
Johnson's treaty would be a political blunder.
A constitution whioh renders negotiation
difficult or impossible is a source of weakness.
Englishmen will en their side aoquiosoe,
willingly or reluctantly, in the mode of termi
nating the controversy in which Lord da
Grey and his colleagues have concurred; but
(he commissioners cannot have been more
Msoluttly bent on conciliation than Lord
Stanley and Lord Clarendon, and, if they
have provided for a settlement in two or
three weeks, there is reason to fear that their
scheme will be one of which their oou a try
men will be rather glad than proud.
THE COTTON INDUSTRY OF THE SOUTH
From tht A. Y. World.
The cotton crop of last year amounted, ac
cording to the most careful authorities, to
4,185,000 bales, whioh is considerably in ex
cess of the average yearly production before
the civil war. At the present price (15 cents
a pound) the value of this crep would be
$251,000,000. a larger sum than was ever
before received by our cotton-growers in a
tingle year.
Whether the planters will devote as many
seres to coitoa this year as they did last, H a
mooted question which some of the journal
re dincussing, but their data are too conjec
tural lor tLtir reasoning to be of much value.
Tbe disoouraging feature is the great fall in
the price of cotton within the last year from
25 to 15 cents. But 15 cents is considerably
higher than the ante-war prices. The real
question for tbe planters is whether they can
do better by raising other crops.
It is not probable that they can; and even
if they could, it would be a short-sighted
policy to curtail the production of cotton. It
is important for the South to break down the
rivalry in India, Egypt, and other quarters
of the globe whioh was created by the long
blockade of the Southern ports, and sus
tained after the close of the war by the
peverty, prostration, political troubles, and
industrial derangement of the South. This
competition can be destroyed only by lower
prices than have prevailed for several
years. One or two years of low prices will
not drive the foreign competitors oat of the
field, but three or four years would do it in
fallibly. That great result would be worth
almost any temporary sacrifice, as it would
give the South a supremacy, and almost a
monopoly, in all the cotton markets of
the world. Our natural advantages of
soil and climate will enable the South easily
to maintain this supremacy when once it is
re-established. The South should consider
that the same motives which make it hesitate
and doubt whether it would not be better to
partially substitute other crops for cotton,
must operate with double force in India,
Egypt, and Brazil. It is better that the
diminution should take place in those coun
tries than in the United States. If the Ame
rican cotton-growers curtail their production
and thus keep up the price, the effect will be
the tame as a bounty to their rivals ia other
countries. If production must be arrested.
lot it be in other parts of the world. I
The foreign competition would 'have been
extinguished long ago had it not been for the
absurd policy of the I'ederal Government.
Congress, which protects some branches of
American industry by a high tariff, reversed
the protective policy in relation to this great
interest by an excise of three cents a pound
on cotton, equivalent to a bounty of three
cents a pound to the foreign growers of lhat
staple; thus fostering and prolonging a com
petition which the interest of this country
required to be broken down as speedily as
possible. The South, exhausted by a long
war, needed a great influx of capital
to set the wheels of industry in motion
ana revive its prosperity; but the insane
radicals, by their confiscation aad re
construction laws, kept that section so
distnrbed and unsettled that capital
could not flow in with any guarantee of se
curity. The consequence is that it has taken
six years to regain what might easily have
been recovered in two. But the cotton cul
ture having at length revived in its old pro
portions, in spite of Federal oppression, it is
desirable that the falling off in production
should not be in the South, but in rival
countries. The South has a capacity to sup
ply the whole world with this important
staple,of a better quality and at lower prioes
than any other part of the world. Commis
sioner Wells, a competent authority, stated
in a recent letter that not more than three
per cent, of the Southern lands adapted to
cotton had ever been at any one time under
cultivation. We can therefore expand this
great industry thirty-fold and supply all the
markets of the world for centuries, when the
South has crushed its rivals.
The importance of this great branch of
American industry cannot be overrated. Cot
ton is our chief article of export, and the main
foundation of our foreign commerce. We
must export sometlnug to pay for our imports.
Our absurd tariff, which increases the cost of
production, is a fatal bar to the exportation
of manufactures. The exportation of grain
is limited and uncertain, depending on the
uncertain seasons and varying harvests of
Enrore. But cotton is an article of vast con
sumption and permanent demand, being the
cheapest material for clothing the human
race, itussia and Poland can raise grain as
cheaply as we can; but no country of .Europe
can produce cotton at all, and no part of the
world can produce it of so good a quality or
at so cheap a price as our Southern btates.
t or this one commodity we are certain or a
steady, vast, and remunerative market, which
can hardly be said of anything else which we
produce in large quantities. If our cotton
lands were given up to cereals, we should
have a surplus of grain for whioh we could
not find a market, and our whole agriculture
would languish. The extension of cotton
culture in the South is the most important
requisite for the full prosperity of the West,
as it would open a large and stable market for
Western grain of far greater value than the
fluctuating and uncertain markets oi Europe,
Western grain and pork are oonverted, so to
speak, into cotton on the Southern planta
tions; and in this new form they can always
be exported with a certainty of finding pur
chasers, whether European grain harvests are
scant or abundant.
We are under a necessity of making expor
tation of some kind, not only to pay for
the foreign goods we consume, but to meet
our heavy indebtedness to Europe. It is
estimated that the aggregate of our Euro-
pean debt, inclndiag Federal bonds, State
bonds, railroad bonds, and daes from mer
chants, amounts to not less than $1,500,000,
000. on which the annual interest at six per
cent, would be $90,000,000. The part of last
years cotton crop available for expor
tationis sufficient to meet this interest,
and leave a surplus of nearly $100,000,000
towards paying f er our imports. There is no
way in whioh we oould replace this great
resource, ao important to our foreign trade
It is true that we made large importations
during the suspension of cotton exports; but
it was only by heavy exportation of bonds, or
in other words, by running deeply in debt.
It is because we have exported so little cotton
within the last ten years that our indebted
ness to Europe has swelled to such colossal
proportions. The exportation of ootton is
our main relianee for extinguishing this vast
European debt.
It is for the interest of all sections of the
country to promote the prosperity of the
South; but tbe radicals have done, and are
still doing, all they can to blight and retard
it. The partisan ealumnies whioh they are
so industriously disseminating to the effeot
that life and property ere not safe in that
section keep out capital and repel immigra
tion, when there is great scope in the South
for the profitable employment of both. Hat
Southern industry is nevertheless steadily re
viving in spite of radical oalumnies and
malice. Ine increase ot toe Federal reve
nues, which the radicals absurdly attribute to
Grant and Boutwell, is due to the inoreased
Southern consumption ef the articles on
which duties and other taxes are levied. It
is a triumph of re-established industry and
recuperating energies over the benumbing
effects of radical oppiesnon and misrule
TIIE THREE TARTIES IN PARIS.
From tht X. T. UertXd.
During the first days of tbe National As
sembly in Bordeaux it became evident that
dissensions would prevail among those who
were called together to arrange a peace with
the successful Germans. Nothing could be
plainer man this, it was tnongnt by many
of the leading Reds that the time had at
length arrived for them to put in force the
doctrines they so long cherished. Ia the
event of the newly-elected Legislature ait
listening to the measures they bad to propose
for the fntare government of Frauoe it was
resolved that they should quit tbe Assembly,
repair to Paris, proclaim defiance to the Bor
deaux government and raise the flag of the
republie in the streets of the capital.
The republic, as these men understood
it, was the relaxation of all restraint which
law and order impose and which is neoes
sary for good government. The soenes in
the Assembly in Bordeaux, in which Victor
Hugo, Felix Pyat, and Ileori Rochefort
played conspicuous parts, were but the
shadows of coming eveats. Day by day it
became more and more apparent that nothing
short of two distinct and hostile parties
would be the inevitable result. And so it
afterwards proved. ForsakiDg the National
Assembly the Beds returned to Pari, and
the red flag of the Commune was shortly
afterwards raised. The slums of Montmarlre
end Belleville supplied the nucleus of the
army which was subsequently destined to
disturb, distract, and delay the progress of
reconstruction in France. When the govern
ment chosen by the French nation, and
of which M. Thiers was the executive
head, arrived in Versailles, ho found
Paris in arms arrayed against the republic.
More than this, he felt that a spirit of
resistance to tbe rightful government of the
contry existed in many of the large cilia.
Marseilles, Lyons, Lille, Amiens, and Havre
were impregnated with lied Republican senti
ments. No disturbances of any moment,
however, have broken out in these sections.
Paris alone stands defiantly opposed to
France. It were well, indeed, for the French
people had the wild leaders of the Commune
tailed to awaken the spirit of revolution in
the capital. The nation might even now be
on the road to a successful and prosperous
future. While the republican army and the
Commnnnl troops butcher each other out
side me waus oi tne city nnotner party
makes its appearance. This new element is
known by the name of the Republi
can League, and its object is to effect
a compromise between the republio and
the Commune to put an end to the existing
strife, and, by a unity of action on the part
of all three, to resolve to "uphold towards
and against all the republican form of gov
ernment, and give it as an unshakable basis
Communal liberties in their integrity. I his
is all very fine, but wo are of the opinion
that the proper way to restore order in France
is to strengthen the Government at Ver
sailles by every means, and help it to crush
the riot which reduces Paris almost to rnin.
This is not the time for parties. Support of
the Government is now tbe duty of the hour
No matter how wise, praiseworthy, or humane
may be the intentions of associations such as
the Republican League, they are out of place
at the present time, lucre should be no
compromise when traitors are up in arm 4
and when the means to put them down is at
hand.
PROTECTIVE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
From tht A. T. Timet.
'I he laborers in the Pennsylvania coal
mines nave at last thrown on tbe yoke im
posed upon them by a few leaders in the
organization known as the "Laborers' and
Miners' Benevolent Association," and have
reasserted the natural right of every Ameri
can freeman to earn a living for himself and
family, independently of the dictation of any
individual or association of individuals what
soever. This is a very important event in
the history of labor organizations in this
country, and it well becomes tho leaders and
promoters of these organizations to give it
seasonable attention, and to comprehend its
full significance. There is a growing dissatis
faction among the more intelligent and can
did members of the "trades-unions" and
other protective associations against the
tyranny which they have assumed to , exer
cise of late years, and it will require but
a few more arbitrary acts on the part
of tbe leaders to produce a general revolt
It is already a mooted question with many
whether the combined efforts of labor to pro
tect itself against capital have not, thus far,
proved, on the whole, damaging ta labor pe
cuniarily, to say nothing of the sacrifice of
personal independence on tbe part of labor
ers, and the ill feeling engendered between
employers and employed. The loss of time
and wages resulting from the numberless
'strikes" diotated by the leaders of these
organizations will be found to more than
counterbalance any temporary increase of
pay which they may have secured. Tate
these 'Pennsylvania miners, for example;
they have been kept out of employment
more than five months of the past year, dux
ing which time they have been forced to
live on the charity of their associated breth
ren in other parts of the country, have con
tracted habits of idleness and dependence,
frequently been inoited to crime, and finally
have been compelled to resume work on the
same wages they could have reooived all
along, without interruption, if they had been
allowed to make their own terms with their
employers, untrammelled by the association
to which they belonged.
So long as protective associations of labor
ers, mechanics, or artisans connned them
selves to legitimate ground, and had for
their object mutual aid and assistance, and
the protection of tne rictus or smiled as
against unskilled workers, they were entirely
roper, and may have been benefioial; but
when they assumed to dictate both to em
ployers and employed, and to compel, by
threats and istimidation often by personal
violence every man of their oratt to join
their associations against his will, or be re
fused permission to earn a living for himself
and family, they took npon themselves au
thority which neither the law of the land,
the personal rights of individuals, or even
tie sense of common justice, ought for one
moment to toltrate. The whole theory of
tbeir action was contrary to the spirit of
American institutions, and repugnant to
those ideas of personal independence and
freedom which every American citizen is
supposed to entertain. Hence we find that
by far the larger portion of members of these
organizations are persons of foreign birth
But even they are beginning to learn that the
tyranny imposed by these combinations and
associations is oftentimes more odious than
that of the oapital against whioh they see to
protect themselves; and, unless there is a
radical change in their management, we may
look ere long for a general disruption of
their ranks, like that which has just ocourred
in rennsylvania.
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Station, on the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Hul
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pale, without any reserve wnatever, at the Philadel
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au mat vti j eiepani conntry-seai ana rrm, cora-
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of tht; Philadelphia and WUmlrpton turnpike mid on
two private roads, three ironts. aoout tf miles below
Chester. 8 abote Wilmington, 23 from PluUdidptila,
hall mile oi the river Delaware, and about. 3 sq:iirea
from licllevue Station, on the Philadelphia, Wil-
nilnpton and lialilmore Kallroad. The improve
ments are an t legatit acd spacious three-story stonu
mansion, main building 49 by 43 feet, extreme length
til feet and elrcnlar pluzz and portico around three
Sides of it; constructed on Ihti castellated tyieof
architecture, being built in the most sutHUntlnl
manner throughout; has larga hsll lu t ie ceur.re,
PHlMin j.alor. conservatory, dining-room, library,
kitchen, scuilerv, store anrt china room, arid tlrc
proof safe on the tlrst floor; 4 commodious eti mo.-rs
(men navinga uain-room ana marine-top hiuli -iarr
watdiptand, hot and cold water, water-closar,) on
the scioud floor; 4 chambers, 2 bath-rooms, and 2
water-tan. s (which, are auppit'd bv 2 h.dra ibe rnn
( be of the tanks will contain 1K) gallons ol spring
wtter on ihe third floor, nd au observatory above.
Balcoides, with windows opeuing to them from ail
the looms; private stairway, uumero.is closets (ti
cludlng cedur and wlne),staiued glass window mir
tile mantels, walls and cciilnits beuiiiiruiiv frescoed,
handsomely papered and painted. gs (win hud-
some nxturts) ana water throughout, o but n-rooms,
watei-cloete, bell-calls, 2 furnaces, cooking range,
e'C
A penteel KW-story stone farra house, two-story
stoLfc tenant bouse, stone statile a id carr atre house
(Mi man style), stalls Tor ove horses; stnue loe
house, n lied, with a ke plug-room for provisions;
trame tool house, stone and frame barn, gas noasi
bulit of stone, complete arrangement for making
oas, the operation very simple; frame chlcKen
house, o asrt a or wooniana, a rivuiet or Dure spring
vater runs through It, aim collected nv a sm ill (lain.
and csriled m l et through iron pipes into tn ram
box, the surplus flowing luto the pond: also a fish
pond, beautiful stone wall on the turnpike front,
capped with North river Hugging; very elegant
On ire orange hedge, forms a beautiful curve ar nnd
the front lawn ; tne gravel drives ationc na r-mue iu
length, ranulng from 10 to 20 feet wide ; are thar
ougiiiy made, paved with large stones and covered
wi' h tiroken stones ana gravel, ami underground
drainage; large vegetable garden, beautiful laru.
in tie centre of which Is a handsome Iron summer
house, surrounded by beautiful trees ; abundance of
rruit trees, appie orcnara, eto ; also, 4 is beautiful
afcd well-grown forest and evergreen trees on the
Bides of the drives and around the mansion.
This property was built by the late Hanson Robin-
eon, lor his own occupancy, and no expanse has
been spared to make It a very elegant and finished
country seat, all the TaierUU being of the best, and
the grounds beautifully laid out. The mansion is
lucatrn in the centre or au extensive lawn, elevated
oner S(Kt feet above the river Delawnre, and cum
mands a beautiful and extended view up and down
the river and surroundings.
The location is esuec al v healthy. Photographs.
plans and pamphlets, containing more run partiou
jars, may be seen at the Auction Rooms, Pnlladel-
pnia, or at tne oniee or samuei m. Harrington, Esq.,
Attorney lor tne h-xeeutnx, second story, building,
Seventh and Market streets, Wilmington, Delaware,
where any one wishing to view th premises can get
a conveyance. Trains leave l'hlladeiphla at 8 30 and
ii a. jvi , and 2 au, r, ami j r. m. for lieiievue su
tlon. The house and premises will be re idy for In
spection at all times. On Tuesdays and Fridays of
e; ch week a carriage will be at lieiievue Sra'.iou on
the arrival of 11 A. M. and 2 30 P M. trains from
Philadelphia, to convey visitors to the prop-rtv.
Terms or fcaie. Two-tnirda oi tne purchase money
may remain on the premises, to be secured, with
interest, etc., by bond and mortgage, with policy of
fire Insurance transferred as collateral.
Immediate possession. Iiooo to be paid at time
oi sale.
M. THOMAS BONS, Auctioneers,
15 s Bt Nob. 13 and 141 & FOURTH Street.
fS REAL ESTATE THOMAS & SONS' SALE.
LI-ModurnThree-stofy Brick Dwelling No. 1138
buackamaxon street, with 8 Three-story anct Dwell
lngs In the rear, Nob. 1128, 1130, and 1132 Day street,
K ghteenth ward, on Tuesday, May 9, 1871, at 12
o'clock, noon, will be Bold at public sa'e, at the Phl
ladelpbia Exchange, all that lot of ground with tbe
Improvement thereon erected, situate on the north'
east side of IShackauaaxon street, 103 feet 5 Inches,
more or ifbb. southeast or uiraru avenue, no. 1135
containing lu front on Shackaiuaxon street 20 feet,
and exuuding in depth northeast 90 feet, more or
leas. Also, all that lot of ground, beginning at
point SO feet, more or less, northeast of Siiacv
max on street, being 123 feet 6 Inches, mors or less.
soutneMtoi uirara avenue; meuoe extending goa tti
east 40 feet, more or lesa; thence northeast 6i feet 8
Inches, more or less; thence northwest 40 feet, more
or less; thence southwest 69 leet 9 inches to the
place of b ginning. Also, all that let of ground, wltn
the Improvements thereon erected, beginning at a
point 62 feet noitheastof Shackamaxonstreet, oeing
123 feet S inches southeast of Glrard avenue; theuce
extending southeakt 40 feet, more or leas; thence
northeuht 41 feet 9 Inches, more or leas; thence
northwest 40 feet, more or less; thence southwest 89
feet 10 li.ches, more or less, to the place of begin
ning. Tbe Improvements consist of a modern three-
story brick dwelling, with two story back buildings.
having the gas introduced, bath, hot and cold w uer,
v. ater closet, cooiiog-rai ge, etc , rronting on Shack
aiuaxon street, No. 1135. and 3 three-story brick
dwellings, each containing six rooms, fronting on
Day street, Nos UW, 1130 and 1 13 i. They will be
sold together. Clear or an incumbrance, flan at
the auction rooms. Possession 1st of July. Terms:
fsioo cash; bounce may remain for six yearj.
May be examined.
Al. tpumas u.s, Auct.ionorB,
4 80 22 29 Nos. 139 and 141 S. FOURTH Street.
ADMINISTRATRIX'S SALE ESTATE OF
"f Sarah L. Davis, deceased Thomas A Hons,
auctioneers. Very desirable Farm. 90 acres, Nor
ristown turnpike, Lower Providence township, Mont
gomery county, Pennsylvania, miles from Col
li gevuie station, on um rertioiueu turnpike, uu
Tuesday, May 6, 1S71, at 12 o'clock, noou, will be
sold at public saie, at ine rnuaueipnia exchange, au
that valuable farm of 90 acres, situate on the west
tide of the Norrmtown sYirnptke. 5 miles above Ntr
ristown, yi miles from Uollegevllle Station, on the
Ferkiomen Kauroau, aooat 2i nines rrom Philadel
phia. The Improvements are a genteel 2-atory
frame house; has hall lu the centre, 9 rooms, etc:
la'ge stoue barn with accommodations for 23 bead
horn came anu i corses, ice-nouse, spring-nouse,
carriage -bouse, and outbuildings; water in every
Held ; fruit and shade trees ; vegetable garden ; large
Hunt en tne turnpike, witn desirable buuaing sites.
Term Two-thirds cash. Immediate possession.
Dr. Thomas Davis, at Collegeviile, will convey visi
tors to the farm.
By order of Mary A. Davis, administratrix.
M. THOMAS A SONS, Auctioneers,
4 29 Sit Nos. 139 and 141 a FOURTH Street.
REAL ESTATE THOMAS A SONS' BALE.
Modern two and-a-half-story brick dwelling,
u. iWJj Hamilton sireei .'u lunuiu, juaj ,
1871, at 19 o'clock, noon, will be sold at public
fciile, at the Philadelphia Exchange, all that two-and-a-half-atorv
brick dwelling and lot of ground,
surate on the Borth aide of Hamilton street. No.
11K7 1 containing In front on Hamilton street 18 feet,
aud extending iu depth 61 feet, with an outlet. The
house baa parlor, dining-room, and kitchen ou toe
first floor; three rooms, bath and store-r.ioui on the
fcecoud floor, and two atitcfc. Terms -JSoo may re
main on mortgage. Clear of all Incumbrance. Im
lLfeUiate possession
Jl. THOMAS A SONS. AnctionBera,
4 29 b St Nos. lM and 141 a. JfOURTU Street.
REAL ESTATE AT AUOTION.
HEAL R8TATK THOMAS tc SONS' SALE.
On Tuesday. May 16, 18T1, at 19 o'clock, noon.
w in he sold at puM o sale, at t he Philadelphia Ex
charge, the following deacrlbud property, vl,.:
NoT 1. Three valuable building loti, No. 1311,
1H83, and ia?6 North SevcNth street. All those three
contiguous lots of ground situate on ihe east side
of Seventh street, north of Thompson street, Nos.
1 nr. 1, 1AH3, and 1HHS; each lot containing in fronton
hevi nth street 18 feet, and extending in rteptti loe
te et. Nos. 1831 nd 1333 each subject, to a yearly
ground rent of t3, No. 1338 cler of all ibornn
btarcc. They win be sold separately or together.
Terms, cash.
No. 2. Two-story brick building and largelot, Nos.
18 and l:i3S Marshall street. All th.-ir. large and
valuable lot of ground, with the two-story brick
building tt ercon erected, situate on the west aide of
Marshall strett, above Thompson S'reet, Nos. l:iS8
and 1238; containing id front on Mar-h:li street 8S
tttt, and extending in depth 74 feet 10 Inches. Clear
of all incumbrance. Terms, ciS'.
M. TlIoMAS SONS, AnT'oneers,
4S2s3t Nos. 139 and 1418. FOURTH Street
PEAL ESTATE THOMAS A SONS' SALE.
2 Tlme-ston Brick Dwellings, Nos. ion and
1 8. Twelf'h street, below Camilla street. On
Tuesday, May IB. 1871, at 19 o'clock, noon, will be
sMd si .public sale, at tne t'niiadelnhia Jxchauge.
the following described properties, viz.:
No. l. All mat tnree-story tirick tncssuagi. with
two-story back building and lot of ground, situate
cn the tast. side of Twelfth street, 16 fwt south of
Csndlla street, below Carpenter street. No. lolT:
curtaining in trout 16 feet, anil extending In depth
13 feet to a 8-fcet wide alley, with the privilege
thereof.
No. 2. All that thrce-story brick messuage, with
two-at cry back budding and lot cf ground, situate
on the east side of Twelfth street, adjoining the
above, being Na 1019; containing in front on Twelfth
street 15 feet 7 Inch-s, and extending In depth 73
fett to a 8 feet wide alley, with Hie i rlvltege thereof.
m 'i HOAiAS - fu.s, Aden itinera,
4 29 s3t Nos. 139 and 141 S. FOURTH Street.
EXECUTORS' PEREMPTORY SALE
Estate of Abigail Wilson, deceased Thomas
i. M'tis, Auctioneers. on Tucsdav, My9, 1871, at
12 o'clock, noon, will be sold at public sale, wltnout
reserve, ot the Phlladelpi la Exchange, the follow
ing described property, viz.:
no. l j nree-storv nr ck dwelling ivo. 405 snnt.u
Front street, below Pine street. All tht, three-story
brick messtiHge and lot of ground, situate on the
pspt side of Ftont street, below Pine street, Fifth
wrd; eontslnli'g in front 20 feet 8 inches, and la
depth 65 leet. Terms, cash. Immediate possession.
No. 9. Three-story brick dwelling No. 404 Penn
street All that three-story brick inesuHge and lot
f ground, situate on the west side of Penn street.
below Pine street, Fifth ward ; containing In front
on Penn street 22 feet, and In depth 55 feet. The
said lot Includes au alley on the north side thereof,
ifaniig into penn street, sale absolute. Terms,
M. THOMAS A SuNf. Auctioneers.
4 29s2t Nos. 139 and 141 S. FOURTH Street.
!t
PUBLIC SALE THOMAS & SONS, Auc
tioneers. Two and a half-story Frame Oot-
tnie, corner of Washington aud Jak streets, Cape
Island, New Jersey, 81 by 100 feet. OnTifsday, May
16, 1871, at 12 o'clock, noon, will be sold at public;
sale, at the Philadelphia Exchange, all that lay
story frame cottage, with two-story back building
and lot of ground, situate at the cot tier of Washing
ton aud Cake streets, Cupe Island, New Jersey: the
lot containing In front ou Washlugtou s'.reet 31 feet,
and extending iu depth loo feet. Tne house is new
and well built, and conveniently arranged ; excellent
water, ete. Tt-rms Cash. For further particulars
apply to Mrs. Sar;h L. Knyder, on tne premises.
M. 'IHOMAS & SNS. Auctioneers,
4 29 s3t Nos. 139 aud 141 S. FOUR I'll Street.
fB EXECUTORS' SALE-ESTATE OF JAM SS
Ljiij Gaibralth. deceased Thomas k. Sons, Auc
tioneers. Lot of grouud, Lehigh avenue aud
Almond street. On Tuesday, May 9, lu71 at 12
o'clock, noon, will be sold at public sale, at the Phila
delphia Exchange, all that lot of ground, situate on
1he southwest side of Lehigh aveuue and northwest
side of Almond street, in t lie late district of Rich
mond ; containing in front on Lehigh avenue 119
leet,and extending in depth of thai, wi ith southwest
ward 90 feet. Letiigh avenue aud Almond street
are curbed Bbd paved. Subject to a yearly ground
rent or sum of Ills. $oo to bo paid at time of sale.
M. THOMAS A SONS, Auctioneers,
4 2982J Nos. 139 ai d 141 8. FOURTH Street.
MPEAL ESTATE THOMAS & SONS' SALE.
Three-story Brick Residence, No. 717 Locust
sueet, east of Eighth street. On Tuesday, May 9,
1871, at 12 o'clock, noon, will be sold at public sale,
at ihe Philadelphia Exchange, all that three-s'ory
brick messuage and lot of ground, situate on the
north side of Locust street, west of Seventh street.
No. 717 ; containing In front on Locust street 21 feet,
and extending in depth 72 feet to a 8 feet wide alley,
running into Klgnth otreet. May be examined. Keys
Httlieolllce of O. II. Kendal. Esq., No. 6i7 Walnut
street, ("lear of all Incumbrance. Terms: Half
cash. Immediate possession
M. THOMAS A SONS, Auctioneers,
4 29s2t Nob. 139 and 141 S. FOUR I'll Street.
rfWS, REAL ESTATE THOMAS A SONS' SaHIl
Modern Two-story ftone Dwelling, Raoe
street, east of Thirty-sixth street. On 1'uenday,
May 9, 1871, at 12 o'clock, noon, will be sold at pub
lic sale, at the Phlladeipnia Exchange, all that lot
of giousd, with the two-story st ine d "veiling (French
roof) with two-story back buildings thereou erected,
situate on the north side of Race street, 100 feet
esstof Thirty-sixth street; containing In front oa
Pace street 20 feet, and extending In depth 10S feet.
The house has all the modern conveniences, hot
and ccld water, bath, gas. range, etc. Terms $3500
may remain on mortgage Immediate possession.
M. THOMAS ft SONS, Auctioneers,
4 15 29M6 Nos. 139 and 141 B. FOURTH Street.
REAL ESTATE -THoM AS it SONS' SALE.
Business Stafid. Three-storv Brick Store and
Dwelling, No. 1733 8. Fifth street, below Morris
street n Tuesday, May 16, 1871, at 12 o'clock,
noon, will be sold at public sale, at the Philadelphia
Exchange, all that lot of ground, with the three-story
brick mesMiage, with two-storr brick back building
thereon erected, sltnate on the east s'de of Fifth
Street. 816 faet Inches south of MorrU street. First
ward. No. 1733, opposite depot of Kifth and Sixth
Streets tassenger Railway; containing lu f rnt on
Fifth street 16 feet, and extending In depta t feet
9 Inches. Terms I1B0S may remain on mortgage.
M. THOMAS A SONS, Auctioneers.
4 18M6A11 Nos. 139 and 141 f .FOURTH Street.
REAL EST AT K THOMAS A SONS' 8 iL
Three-story brick dwelling. No. 2161 Franklin
hires1, above Diamond atree'. On Tuesday. May 16,
1871, at 12 o'clock, noon, will be sold at public sale,
at. the Philadelphia Kxchsnge, all that tliren story
brick messuage, with Mansard rocf, and two-stry
back building, situate on the west side or FrankPn
street, north of Diamond street, No. 2164: the lot
cor talnlrig in front on Franklin street 14 feet 9
inches, and extending in depth 70 feet to a 4 feet
wide alley, with the free use aud privilege of the
seme. Das the gas Introduced, bath, hot and cold
water, coosltig r -nee. wah-pave, eta Terms, cash.
M. 'HIOMAS A HON", Auctioneers,
4 20 m 13 Nob. 139 and 141 S. FOUR I'll Street.
riBLit rALc-1 hum as a Bona, Auc
tioneers uruau Farm, 10 acres, one mile from
lieverly. New Jersey. On Tuesday, May 9. 1871. at
12 o'clock, noon, will be sold at puhlio sale, at the
Philadelphia Exchange, all that small farm of 19
acres, situate on the turnpike leading from Bur
ling to Camden, 1 mile from Beverlr. New Jersey.
1 he 'niprovementB are a very neat two-story dwell
ing, has 6 rooms; new barn, about 200 peach trees,
and several acres of small fruits. Terms 11000
may remain on mortgage. Will be shown by the
Uuaut, Mr. George Marter.
M. THOMAS A SONS, Auctioneers.
4 90 29m6 Nos. 139 and 141 8. FOURTH Street
PEAL ESTATE THOMAS A SONS' SALS.
Well secured ground rent f 150 a year. On
Tuesday, May 16th, laU, at 19 o'clock, uoon, will be
- . i i . -..Ll,,. aA ar tha PlilluHulnlil.1 1." v .., n .
,1 ' I U hi, puuuu pd - . " .v.jui. wAuuauc,
all that well-secured ground rent of $150 a yar,
Issuing ont of a lot oi ground, on which is a modern
three-story brick dwelling, situate on tne north side
of tt Alban'a place, 271 feet 6 inches west of
Twenty-third street Twenty-sixth ward; 1 feet
front, and In depth tt feet to a 19 feet wide alley.
M. THOMAS A SONS, Auctioneers,
4 29B3t Noa. 139 and 141 S. FOURTH Street
WHISKY, WINE, ETQ.
CARBTAIR8 A IVlcCALL,
1: 0.. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite SU
IMPORTERS OP
UraBdIet, Wlnei, Gin, Olive Oil, Eta,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
PURE RYE WHISKIES,
IN BOND AND TAX PAID. 831 ,
OOAL.
P. OWEN A CO.,
COAL DEALERS,
FILBERT STKEKT W1I
ARE,
HOHUYLKILL.
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NOWTXN A RAU'S OOAL DEPOT, COUNES
D1LLWYN and WILLOW Streets. Lehigh and
Schuylkill COAL, prepared exprwwij (or family use
at the Lowest cuah prices. 1 ia
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