|^M|iiprer.
IllMl Ns VAJBIT, JAS. 8, IbM
WHAT WE IHOI'LP menu BE IN
OV K vmvro STATES SENATOR.
Ability and integrity are essential quali
ties but by DO means the only ones to be re
quired. Radical, unwavering and undoubt
ed Republicanism should be demanded; and
in this the man's antecedents should not be
forgotten, bis Republicanism shouW be orig
inal and thoroughgoing. We want a man
also who ia free from the contamination of
any monopoly or ring whatever. No agents,
atioraies, or in any way representatives of
these pesta of the country should be for a
moment thought of. When aQ these requi
sitions have been answered last but not least,
we want a mao who understands and will
protest I'eooayUaoia interests. Lei our
peopk not forget the pledge and betrayal of
her interests by George M. Dallas, Here
again we waot a man who has never been
contaminated by any connection with the
pernicious, British, free-trade, Democratic
party. We have been bought and sold too
often by men of this else* to ran any risks
at thia critical period. Pennsylvania wants
a maa to represent her in the raited States
Senate, who is and always has been right on
the question of protection to her manufac
tares of every kind. Let no one. whatever
else be his qualifications, be elected, who
cannot stand this last teat Let it be the
final touchstone, and let every one whose
record gives the least shadow of doubt on
thia score, be unceremoniously condemned
as unfit and untrustworthy. We want an
able, brave, honest, thorough going Repub
lican, uotrammeted by connection as attor
ney, agent or officer of any corporation, ring
or monopoly ami one who wilt stand up to
the last for protection to American labor
aud industry. Such is the man we ask our
legislature just assembled to find and send
to the United States Senate to truly repre
sent Pennsylvania and her interests.
NEEDED REFORM!
There is no and to schemes for swindling
and robbing the Government. Whiskey
rings, Railroad rings, POM Office rings and
rings organised for promiscuous robbery,
wherever opportunity lor peculation offers,
swarm in the national capital. Gigantic
schemes for gambling, fraud and speculation
of every kind are daily concocted in the
money centres of the country and the busi
ness and industry of the nation are paralyzed
by their baneful influences. There ia no
greater danger threatens our country to-day
than the hordes of greedy, lazy, dishonest
and oorrupt men of every name and party,
who hope to not only live but grow rich by
government robbery. The corrupt admin
istration of Andy Johnson seems to have
produced inch a horde of greedy cormo
rants that every branch of our civil service
is crowded with them aod the national
1 reasury is made to bleed at every pore from
the Secretary of the Treasury down to the
lowest menial in the service. It may be a
Herculean labor to cleanse these worse than
Augean stables, but it is the labor that the'
people ask of Congress. The work must be
done. The body politic is so beset by these
leeches that its very Ufebiood is almost
drained aod none but the most radical
measures can save it from destruction. Let
there be no half way measures. Let there
be a clean sweep made of the vultures in
every department aa fast as it is in the pow
er of Congress to do it. The Poet Office
wo-r tht Awitfiif prfrflegs are i
already aeecsiuble aod afford Congress an
opportunity to ehow at once that it has the
courage, honesty and will to do what the
people ask let the thousand and one rail
road scheme* asking government aid in
bonds and lands be unceremoniously kicked
out of the national Legislature aud the
lobby, that den of thieves, he purged of its
crowd of corrupt schemers for public pluuder.
Bribery, robbery aod corruption have inva
ded our legislative balk and debased our
judiciary; the kalis of justice are polluted ly
their presence, aod the judicial ermine is
dragged in their filthy slum*. The people
cry aloud for help and the men who disre
gard their ery, will he forced to hearken to
their euraee. Let every men in official po
sition be closely watched and his every act
submitted to a careful scrutiny, aod let
every one on whom even a suspicion rests of
being in league with the common enemy, be
promptly marked and speedily consigned to
the disgrace aod oblivion which he deserves.
Reform, radical, sweeping reform let us
have at once Co in prom me j n , rjy f orln ; 8
only accepting slow torture instead of in
stant death.
ABOLITION or THE THANKING
PKIVILKOK.
<>!*• baa spoken nobly and frankly on
the subject of retrenchment A Republican
Coogreaa began the work lest winter, Ut it
T.goroualy prosecute the task the present j
session. There is no legalized extravagance
eo unwarrantable as tbe Franking privilege.
No law on our statute books, is so openly
and constantly violated both in tetter and
•pint, and with the content of the very
men, and not seldom by themselves, whose
bnainee. and duty it ig to make law. and ace
that tbey „• enforced. The humiliating
fact must be admitted that not only now but
for a long time past a very large proportion
of .he men tent to Ccogrew, of both parties,
have been so notoriously lacking in common
honeety and eowistency that they have con
stantiy and penmteotly, themselves, openly
violated and defied the plainest laws upon i
our statute books. No expression can be
too severe to axprew the grow abuse of this
privilege of franking and the people from
every corner of tbe land, in thunder tones
demand its repeal. Let not our Congm*
mcn disregard their plainly |„ udly
pressed WMheu The manner in whkh this
question is disposed of will be taken as a
foat of the temper of Congress on retrench
ment. Lei the people vrateh and mark
every man who foil* to come up to the work.
The man who votes against its repeal may
safely be set down as untrustworthy, and
ought at tbe very earliest moment, be noti
w that the public will dispense with his
•ervioe. We are in faror of handling these
questions, a wtII M th<! men who m un
Wilh ° Ut loVCI ' Ws toust
lei - ,D "° l W fr dclt& 0"
**', kowwt men into office we
m*t i- I ', ' corruption
liberty ."in °k ° Ur our
the frank n ,
and we .ill ß P " T Promptly abolished
f T" Wl ' W tobc 'ken up
whenthc
GTS-a theW " r#, "" Nd 10 foot
his own bill Of Tfi 9 CIp#MO
publicly pnnuog will, in tbe same way, U
largely reduced. The of transposing
tbousuda of taoe of nonsensical apeeohes,
that awhodp reads, will be saved to the Poet
Office department, and the millions flf po
litical papers and pamphlets, printed in our
large dtlea and scattered broadcast over the
land at die public expense, under some
Hon, member's frank, will have to either 1
pay postage Mid contribute to the support
of the department or remain imprinted and
unread The country will kxe nothing but
gain a great deal by the change. Let us
hate it promptly
THIS LKGIMLATIIIE.
The State Legislature met ou Tuesday
and the vultures from every section have
been flocking to Hartisburg, carpet bag in
band- The Speakership of the House and
the Bute Treasurer teem u, be sit tiled and
the alt absorbing que-ton is the Tasted
States Scoatonhip: General Moore head of
| Pittsburgh still seems to have the best
i prosj-eet, though there is as yet no poss.ibil
! itr of determining or. whom the choice will
fall. The third Tuesday of January Is fixed
for the election and until that time it will
be the chief subject of iuterest. The Gov
ernors message show-the Btate finances to
be in a prosperous condition a very consid
erable reduction ol the State debt having
been made during the past year, without
deriving any revenue whatever from taxes
on real estate.
SOME scribbler for the Qasaette has made
a very important"discovery. Wa published
an article from the Baltimore American in
favor of a reduction of duties on raw mate
rial as a mean* of relieving many of our now
almost stagnating manufactures. The fel
low jumped at tha conclusion, like a frog at
a bit of red flannel, that it was a free trade
article. If he had ever learned the first
principles of political economy or bad the
merest school boy acquaintance with the
Tariff question he would have known that
I the advocates of protection to our infant
| manufacture-, hare never asked, hut always
opposed, dudes on raw material. Duties
on raw matin a] and sueb of the necessaries
of life as we do not produce ourselves have
always been advocated bv British free tra
ders and their Democratic CopperheaJ al
lies, just as they are now.
As we go to press a telegram from Judge
King, at Harririiurg, -ays the nomination
of Hon John Scott of Huntingdon for Uni
ted States Senator is conceded. Mr. Scott
is a good mar. in many ways, but there are
to our mind grave objections to him. We
want no entangling alliances wiih monopo
lies and he Is one of the leading attornies of
the Fenna. Central Railroad. We want a
thorough-going protectionist ate J he has been
a lifelong Democrat and as such a free tra
der; his connection with the lb pub! an
party being brought about by the rebellion.
These are most serious objections and we
hope they wili be carefully considered before
the day arrives for the election. We feel it
our duty to urge these objection gainst
Mr. Scott, notwithstanding cur hish per
sonal esteem for birn.
DEATH OF A MONOPOLY— The exclusive
privileges of the Camden and Am boy Rail
road in the State of New Jersey expired on
Friday feat, January Ist. As the result of
this terminaiioo of an exclusive right, the
Delaware aod Ran tan road recently closed
by the Courts as being in violation of the
Camden and Am boy charter, wiil be re
opened, and travelers to New York by ibis
route can once more enjoy the delightful
rde from Fort Monmouth up the bay to
the city. New Jersey at last may hope to
escape the tyrranny of a railroad monopoly.
PUBLIC sentiment seems to he growing rap
idly in favor of placing the telegraphs of the
country under government control the same
as the Postal department. The Railroad
question will soon go the same way. Rail
roads and Telegraph companies m cease
to impose Upon the travelling and business
pafttfc ff they wish to retain tri-dr franchises.
The complaints against them arc deep seat
ed and chronic aud reform alone can avert
the most dire consequences.
SERVED HIM Knurr —The ease of Col.
Alexander, a former Internal Revenue Col
lector iu the city of Reading, recently con
victed of malfeasance in office, w brought
before the court a few days ago on a motion
for a new trial. The court refused to grant
the petition declaring that there was no
doubt of the prisoners guilt aod sentencing
him to twelve months imprisonment.
ITOTIUKFOAX, editor of the Lanterne
though driven from Franco by Napo
leon ou account of the liberal opinion-, ad
vanced in his paper, has been nominated by
the Parisians to represent them in the wijtt
lerjuladf This is the boldest act of defiance
that the liberal party of France lias yet
committed.
THE Philadelphia M*>rnin<j /bit upp'urcd
on New Year's morning greatly enlarged and
improved. It is now a neat two cent paper
of twenty eight columns,. The Pott is a
lively, outspoken, independent, radical Re
publican paper and deserves the success
that has thus far crowned its efforts. Jxing
may it live and flourish.
THE Hill murder trial iu Philadelphia
closed on Saturday last. The Jury having
been out but thirty-five minute* returned a
verdict finding Twitchell guilty of murder
in the fii >t degree.
Trccinmation of Amnesty.
The i'.csident lias issued the following
proclamation:
"Whereas, The President of the United
•States has heretofore set forth several proc
lamations, offered amnesty and pardon to
persons who had been Or were concerned in
the late rebellion again- 1 the lawful authority
of the government of the United States,
which proclamations were severally
on the Bth day of December, 1863, on the
26th day of March, 1*64, on the 2*. th day
of May, 1865, on the 7th day of September,
1867, and on the 4th day of July in the
present year, and,
"Whereas, The authority of the federal
government having been re established in
all the states and territories within the
jurisdiction of tbe United States, it i* b.
heved that such prudential reservation- ami
exceptions as, at the dates of said several
proclamations were deemed necessary and
proper, may now bo wisely and jnxlly relin
quished, and that an universal amnesty and
pardon lor participation in aaid rebellion,
extended to all who have borne any part
therein, will tend to secure permanent peace,
order and prosperity throughout the land,
and to renew and fully restore confidence and
fratcroal feeling among dbc whole j*eoph?
and their respect for, and attachment to the
national government, designed by its pa
triotic founders for the general pood :
"Now, therefore, be it known that 1.
, Andrew JohnxoD, President of the I, 'oiled
States, by virtue of tbo power and authority
in me vested by the Constitution, and in
the name of the sovereign people of the
Untied States, do hereby proclaim and do
clare, unconditionally and without, rescrva
tion, to all and to every person who directly
or indirectly participated in the late insur
rection or rebellion, a full pardon and am
nesty lor the offence of treason against the
United Stales, or of adhering to their
enemies during the late civil war, with
restoration of ail rights, privileges and im
munities, under the Constitution and the
lawfc which bive been made in pursuance |
thereof.
In testimony whereof I have signed
these presents with mv hand and have caus
ed the seal of tbe United States to be
hereunto affixed
"Done at the City of Washington, the
twenty-fifth day of December, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty eight, and of the independenoQ of the
United States of America the nioety-third.
"ANDREW JOHNSON
By the President:
i,, SEWARD, Acting Secretary of
outc.
THE faruoo- rait mine of Wieliczka, ten
miles from Cracow, which brings a net
revenue to the Austrian Gove ram''tit of up
ward of f.,Dty),oWi florins (M00.OO0), is
threatened with total destruction by a stream
of water which lately made its appearance
while the workmen were digging in one of
the lower shafts in search of potash. The
mine Contains a subterranean population of
about a thousand inhabitants, who are thus
in tuimim nt danger of losing their caiy
source of Living. AH the means hitherto
adopted of preventing the water from Inun
dating the mine have been unsuccessful; it
Sow* at the late of 120 cubic feet a initiate,
and has already almost fi led the lower pas
sages rapidly dis olving the salt with which
it comes in contact. A Government engineer
has arrived from Vienna, end a channel ii
being built under bis direction for confining
the water and leading it out of the mine,
but it is feared that the salt columns which
support the transverse shafts will he un
dermined before the work can l>e completed.
Fbese passaoes are o numerous that it is
'aid their total length is equal to the di
i tanoe from Cracow to Vienna and back, and
I contain extensive -tables and provision tuoe
; azinea, decorated with statues of salt, which
;°® festive occasions are ilkaiwtei The
J u-itie is said to have been discovered hy a
j shepherd named Wieliex in 125 ( J. It came
; into the po-se.--ion of Austria in 1772, at
1 the first partition of Poland.
A NICE SPECULATION. —The Washing
ton correspondent of the New York Herald
charges that when Forts C. F. Smith and
lteno, in Montana Territory, were abandon
id, last year, the foiled States property
there sold at auction was sacrificed lor the
merest pittance, in consequence of the
Quartermaster'- D-partment being in col
lusion with bidders. All the public prop
erty at Fort Smith, climated to be worth
nearly i'2 l wa knocked down to a sia
gta bidder for f.1,500.. This prof-erty eon
,-bted of several buildings, one steam raw
mill, one water-mill, saw and grist; a large
lot of clothing, camp and garrison equipage,
quartermaster's stores, stoves, Ac. The
■-tram mill sold for fifty dollars and other
articles in proportion. The property at
Fort Reno was sacrificed, it is alleged, in
the same manner, and the lucky pnrcba.-er.
notwithstanding the hostility of the Indians
took off his bargains and realised to the
tune of 1100,000.
HOOFEAND'S GERMAN EIITERS. We
intended to hav called a'tentfon to Hoof
land's German Bitters advertised in our
coitiojoa. This Bitters, sis perhaps every
body i, assure, is a- much a staple article
with the dm? s* res sts flour is with the
grLt mill*. and eat! for it where you will,
you cannot go amiss. There is no better
medicine before 'he public, it contains no
alcoholic ingredient, and cotumeads itself to
temperance people, who seek to avoid
tchitrrrrintrrxieat'* or leads to intemperance.
Most people resort to tonics in the sprint: of
the year, stands at the htatf of
them all. and is potent at any time of the
year. Those who would come out in the
spring with a cleansed and invigorated fys
tern, should begin its use now. The aB ve
is the unsolicited stat.ment of the Editor of
the "Patriot. HauAeoaji, Illinois.
Iloofland's German Tonic, combines all
the ingredient* of the Bitters, with pvr>
•Santa Cruz Rum, orange, anise, See. It
■takes a delightfully pleasant preparation,
and is used fur the same diseases as the Bit
ter.-, in cases where some Alcoholic Stimulus
is neoesrary. Principal Office, 631 Arch
Street Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by ail Drug
gists.
THREE rhildren in New Brunswick got
astray. One, a girl, was about six yean- of
age, the others four and three. It was a
wild region, and in'wikl weather, and at the
edge oi" night. From signs it seems that the
six year old girl goon felt sure that there
was no hope of their being found that night,
and so took measures at once for the safe
keeping of hrr little ones. Fatting them in
the most sheltered nook she could find, she
then stripped away most of her own gar
meats to pnt on them, and then set out to
eat her dry sea weed and brush to cover
them up in and defend them. A large
quantity of this had been gathered and piled
about the babes into a sort of nest, and
there they lay wheo the people found them.
Mill alive: but the six year old matron and
tev . *+,. a—J
cold; beside the last pile of brush she Lad
been able to gather, but wa., not able to
bring.
AN IN< IDENTAT ARMY IJ EADQCA&TEBB.
-—A few days ago a lady appeared at army
headquarters and asked General Grant if he
coitld not give her an office, enforcing her
application with the plea that she had two
sou* killed in the late war, and that she was
ia need. General Grant Leaid ln-r state
merit, and then requested General D nt to
further examine into the case, and \" he
found it ohc deserving of aid. to use his
fira/it *) nam* :iti iiii cti<Joretocu£ for post
tion in one i f the Departments. General
It- nt questioned the Lady, anil finally asked
her under what General her soot were fighl
ing when they were killed. The lady bed
fated and finaliy stammered out: "To tell
the truth, sir, one was killed under Kwt-li
and the other under Moaby." It is needless
to say that the interview ended at once, and
that the lady did not get General Grant's
endorsement.
fj it semi-official Paris paper l ! Lave been
instructed to mention Queen Isabella's
name a* little as po-sib'e. Tlie Court and
public fonctionsri-s take no notice of her
whatever. I.abella, however, teems to can:
very liule for the (rigid to an tier iu which
the French Court t rente ber in her advcrsi
ty. Site sleeps sixteen hours out of the
twenty fonr, and pa--<s the remaining eight
irt eating a great deal more than is good for
ber, chatting with her maids and children,
and driving out for an hour or two. She
hits not yet seen much of Paris, and has not
visited any of the art galleries. Theelimatc
doc- not suit her, and she dislikes the fare,
too; but, for some reason or other, she pre
fers remaining in Paris to taking up her
abode in Koine, where a large palace has
been placed at ber disposal by the Pontifical
authorities.
at tho mouth ol Weber
Canon, fifty miles northeast of Salt Lake
City, will be the next terminus of the Union
Pacific railroad. One thou-and men are at
work on the deep cut*. Five hundred work
at night and are relieved by five hundred
during the day. Tho contractors say they
will continue to woik unles- the snow gits
more than fifteen feet deep. Eight large
range stoves do the cooking for the work
men, and the amount of provisions con
•umed per day is as follows: Seven bar
rda of flour, twenty-five bushels of potatoes,
one barrel of ground coffee, one barrel of
sugar, three bet-vet), one half chest of
tea, six kegs of butter, twenty-four gallons
molasses, one and a half bushel lieans, one
barrel pork, three kegs white fi-b, 3<Xl
pounds codfish four cases canned fruit.
A LA w CASE of general interest, in which
the Lorn won wealth is plaintiff and the
I ennsyjvarua Railroad Company, and
1 ennsylvanta Canal Company are defend
art!*, was argued at Harrisbnrg last Mon
day before Judge Pearson of tbe Dauphin
County Court. Ihe Companies are indict
ed fur failure to comply with the notice of
Col. James V\ orrail, the Pish Commission
er, to alter their darns in accordance with
the provisions of a recent law so as to al
low the pa.-sage offish up the Stuquehanna
and tributary streams. The case was ar
gued by Robert L Muench and John W.
Simonton, Ksqs for the Commonwealth,
and L. W. Hall and Francis Jordan, for the
defendants. Judge Pearson's decision will
not be announced until sometime in Jan
uary next.
LACE cotton is now attracting the atten
tion of the Southern agrieulturi.-te. It is
already rat-rt! in Texas, and will probably
be introduced in other parts of the South.
It is reported to be superior to any other
variety for poor soil or uplands, exhibiting
a strong and healthy growth, and yielding
largely. Its strength is equal to a strain or
seven and a bolt pounds to each thread,
while a similar tkread of the beat American
cotton will support a weight of only five
pounds. It is said to resemble Egyptian
cotton, which in England is worth one
fourth more than American.
DON Fiat avers that Washington, next to
New York, is the most immoral and worst
governed city on the Continent, and grow
ing woree every night. There is nothing
like a witness who knows, tind willing to
tell.
Kcniarkable Jumping by a Train of
Car*.
One of the anst fortunate e*capee from a
serious railroad accident occurred on the
Erie Rulwav on the 18th in-taut. The Jay
ex press for Buffalo, when approaching Mid
dletown, and traveling at the rate of twenty
miles an hoar, was thrown from the track
iby a misplaced switch. Dashing along over
| the sleepers for a distauce of two hundred
| feet, the engine finally struck an iron frog,
; and was violently placed once more on the
rails of s ride track, having in this distance
cro-*ed two sets of intervening rails. The
tender and all the ears, fire in number, fol
lowed the eogine, and when the terrified
passengers came rushing out the train was
all prepared to run back to a switch and be
transferred to the main line. Xo iojury
wa# suffered by person or property, and hut
i ten minutes time was lost.
GEN PRIM, by bis delay in summoning
the Spanish Cortes, has given rise to the
snxpieion that he intends to make himself
Dicta'or. To refute this charge, Piim has
recently written a letter, in which he says:
'"1 have no thought of being the master,
dictator ot roy country If I
had any such wretched designs, I could not
do better than follow the advice of those
who think themselves more liberal than I,
and I should then urge Spain to become a
republic. In that case she would certainly
off-r me supreme power in one form or
another."
DtxTrrtmoN IN NEW YORK.—It io esti
mated that DO less than two hundred thou
sand pet>oos are now residing in New York
city who have no work, no real homes, and
no means which insure them a livelihood.
Sorue of them Keg or steal outright: but a
large number eke out & uii.~-rable existence
by running into debt for lodging and board,
or by borrowing front week to week of
wiioui-oever will lend them, or by quartet*
ing themaeWes on reluctant relatives or
ft leads. The reeuit is reported to he an ag
gregate of wast, squalor, misery and degra
dation fearful to conteiy plate.
WHILE Pennsylvania ranks third among
the State.- it the number and tonnage of
her vessel.- afi jat, htr 400,000 tones are more
wide y distributed than those of any other,
-•be the only State reprc-enu *1 upon the
three divisions of 11,-• At untie coast, the
Northern lake- and Westers rivers. New
York i- only repi-- nted upon the coast
and the lake.-, and Ma-.-aehu-etts upon the
aeab ,ard alone. The enterprise and influ
ence of the Keystone State ex'vnd ia every
direction.
THE whiskey ring is again at Washington
trying to force up the t.\- on whiskey for
speculative purposes. It seems to have
been cheaper to evade the high taxes than
to paj' the present low rates. The h.,w rate
of tax it seenis don't pay the expense of
evasion, therefore the scoundrels want it in
creased.
A PACIFIC RAILWAY OFFICIAL recently
strri-d at St. Louis tfa it the Pacific Railroad
would be opened to f>*n Francisco June 4;
that ra; ! - were now teinc laid st the rate of
seven miles per day: that forty-five sleej : ne
cais and eighteen d'nine room cars had al
ready been ordered for the accommodation
of the grand opening excursion party.
THE production ofc>nl in Great Britian
in 1.-67 amounted lo ) ton-, val
mdat. about $130,000,000. The value of
all minerab. as ore. salt, &c., during the
year, was nearly t'Si j.G -O.OOn. The iron
product wis valued at about $60,00i),00".
In 1857. the amount of e al mined wa- only
about 65.000,000 ton*. It is estimated that
the vied of coal in the United States in 1367
was about 25,0< 0,000 tons.
II.LIAM CURTIS, for many vears the
Secretary ol the Grind Lodge I" O. O F.
of Pennsylvania, died suddenly on Sunday
last in Philadelphia.
I S'TELt.TGENrK ha- IK en reoeivod at
M ashington of the perpetration of various
heavy Iraud- in some ot the piinci].al post
offices throughout the country.
THE Cretan insurgents it is reported,
have submitted to the Turkish authorities,
an I a provisional r ,v>.rnuiont has been Cs-
over ilie l^lbikL
ACCORDING to the latr-t news WRZ it
deemed inevitable between Greece and Tur
k.-y,
A GKICULTURALCOLLEGE OF PENN
SYLVANIA.
The next term of this Institution will com
mence on Monday, the 15th of February,
1869, ami continue 24 weeks: Students to re-
port at the College on she Thursday f ree
ding the first day of the Term.
Careful instruction, by Lecture, Examina
tion and Practice, will be given in Agriculture
in all its branches, and in the Mechanic Arts
and Industrial Pursuits. The libera! Arts
Sciences and Literature usua'iy studied in the
Colleges will also be included: The object br
ing to make sound general scholars, while im
parting the Practice, and a knowledge of the
Principles upon which the Practice depends,
of :he particular employments in view.
The studies and exercises of euch Student
shall be specially directed, as the parent may
determine, —1. lo Practical and Scientific
Agriculture and Horticulture; 2. To Civil En
gineering, Architecture and Mining; 8. To
the principles of the Mechanic Arts and of
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NT'S OFFICE,
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PA I L S. FORBES, of Euuli A Ca, Chin*.
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ISAAC LIVERMORE, Treasurer Michigan
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NICHOLAS MICKLES, New Yerk.
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Tie Ci IMK Gtrtrrnmmt htrinj (through ik,
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of teachers and traders; and the latter are ex
ceedingly quick to avail themselves of every
proffered facility for procuring early information.
It is observed in California that the Chinese make
great use ef the telegraph, though it there trans
mits messages in English alone. To day great
numbers of fleet steamers are owned by Chinese
merchants, and used by them exclnsively for the
transmission of early intelligence. If the tele
graph we propose, connecting ati their great sea
ports, were now in existence, it is believed that
its business would pay the cost within the first
two years of its successful operation, and would
steadily increase thereafter.
No enterprise commends itself as a greater de
gree remunerative to capitalists, and to our whole
people. It is of a vast national importance com
morcially, politically, and evangelically.
The stock of this Company has been unquali
fiedly recommended to capitalists and business
men, as a desirable investment by editorial arti
cles in the New York Herald, Tribune, 8 orid,
Times, Post, Express, Independent, and in the
Philadelphia Xorth American, Press, Ledger, In
quirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph.
Shares of this Company, to a limited number,
may bo obtained at SSO each, $lO payable down,
sls on the Ist of November, and $25 payable in
monthly instalments of $2.50 each, commencing
December 1, 1888, on application to
DREXEL A CO.,
34 South Third Street,
Philadelphia.
6bares can be obtained in Bedford by applica
tion to Reed A Schell Bankers, who are authorised
ta reoeiva subscriptions, and oan give all neoes
aary information on the subject.
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