GD3SIN PFACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME M.---NO. 280.
, EVENING BULLETIN.
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING,
(Bundaym excepted) at
WO. 329 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
BY THE
"Evening Bulletin Association."
PROPRLECTOB.E.
GIBSON PEACOCK, I GASPER SOCCER, Jr.,
L. PETHERSTON, ERNEST C. WALLAOE.
THOMAS J. WILLIAMSON.
The Etrtmariac is served, to subscribers in the city at
Its cents per Week, payable to the carriers, or $8 00 per
6►nnnm.
DIED.
F BBECHEiIIbT—On the 12th, Instant, Lewis Breche
cmin,in the 80th year of his age.
The relatives .and male friends of the family, also the
Yrench Benevolent Society. are .tespectfully invited
to ' - attend his foyers] from his late residence, NO:
224 South Second street, on Thursday afternoon, at two
O'clock. se
CROZEB—At his residence in' Upland, Delaware
county ,on Sunday, the, llth Instant, Sohn P. Crozer,
-aged 73 years.
ris relatives and fxlends are invited to attend his
funeral on- Wednesday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, with
out further notice.
NEVIN S—On Sunday morning, March 11th, James
lqevins.
His funeral will take place on Thursday morning, at
'3.0 o'clock. from his late residence, at Admiral Go
-don's, No. 2049 Walnut street. if
SHADE 7 On the 13th inatlyut
- ,'FrancesL., youngest
_— _ _
--- LOB
daughter of George W. and Mary L. Shade.
tics of the funeral will be given.
VALUE—Suddenly on the evening of the 12th inst..
Ann Lane, relict of Victor Value.- Due notice-will be
-given of the funeral. •
_ WATSON—On Monday evening, 12th .instant, A
ara, nn
;41.. Watson,' daughter of the late Charles C. Watson. •
OBITUARY
Departed this life on Sunday morning, March llth
3.1366.7.6 MBAS NEVINS.
The true and active frtendship of this good man will
always live in the memory of his friends. In business.
ada-career was long honorable and successful. His
Xamily, while they deplore his loss will ever have
before them an example of domestic And social vir
tqe. His illness, which was mild in type and of short
, duration, was borne with the greatest fortitude and
=complaining resignation. In the mercy of his Sa-
Vibur he placed his whole trust.
WYRE & LANDELL' FOURTH AND ARCH, ARE
.124 OPENING TO-DAY FOR
SPRING SALES.
FASHIONABLE • NEW SILKS,
NO vELTIES IN DRESS GOODS,
NEW STYL e.S. SPRING S RA WLS.
NEW TR eiVELI NG DRESS GO IDS,
FINE STOCK OF NEW GOODS.
merAutAla Al v 3 IVIES.
W.iIOWA.B.D HOSPITAL. Nos. 1518 and 1=
Lombard street,Dispensary Department. Med
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seithe poor.
I.o ' ;tlSt jMY hrEN' - g'CFitYg'ffiN ASSOCI AMON,
LECTURE',
March REV. HENRY WARD BEE,CHER,
Subj.ct—BECONSTB,UCTION.
- March 26th. JOHN B. GOUGH, Ea q ,
Subject—HAßlT.
March 29th. JOHN B. 'DOUGH, Esq.,
Subject—TEMPERANCE. mhlo-10t.
I[o. HON. WEL D. E.*SIM:FY WILL DELIVER
the Sixth Lecture of the Course before the SO
^CIAL, CIVIL AND STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION.
T.IIURSDAY EVENING, March 15th, at CONCERT
aLL. Subject—" The Dangers and Duties of the
Roar,'
The "BLACK SWAN" will sing before and after the
aieCture,
TicKets 35 cents. to be bad of T. B. Pugh, Sixth and
Chestnut streets, and at the door. Doors open at 7
'begin at S. mhl2-4t
NORTH AMERICAN
MINING COMPANY.
Office. No. 327 WALNUT street, (Second floor.)
I{o,ooo SHARES, CAPITAL STOCK.
par Value - .flo OS
This Company owns in fee simple several valuable
silver Mines in Nevada.
50,000 SHARES FOR WORKING CAPITAL.
25.000 TO BE SOLD IN 25 LOTS AT 15,000 EACH.
Subscriptions received at the office nntll March 14th.
- BY ORDER OF 'IEEE DIRECPORS.
I=,•lBtrp . T. S. EMERY, Treasurer,
tub - A Ar - Fr,RicAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—
p5 . 3 . ).m0.1101m 4 1
Bev. HENRY WARD BEECHER will deliver hls
=eat lecture_ on the- above latetesting subject on
great
EVENING, March lld, under the
of the
:YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
'Tickets, with reaerre-d seats in Parquette, Par
quetle Circle and Balcony 75 cents
...Orchestra Stalls and Stage 75 cents
Yamll' Circle, reserved 50 cents
Amphitheatre 2.5 cents
The sale of Tickets will commence on WEDNES.
.TIAY,I4th inst., at 9 o'clock A. M. The nort Chestnut
the house at ASHMEAD dc EVANS, 724
:ntreet, and the south half nitt J. S. CLAXTON'S, 606
• Chestnut street. nab 19-tf
10.. NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
AND
• GREEN LANE STATION.
The undersigned have on hand- a supply of
T.F.TiTCM COAL, equal to any in the market, which
they prepare with great care and deliver to the
residents of GERDIANTOWN and its vicinity at the
f °Bowing prices, viz:
BROKEN OR 'FURNACE COAL $9 00 per Ton.
.7,G0 OR SMALL FURNACE 900 "
STOVE OR RANGE 900
Ism' A T,T STOVE OR (11.1. Y NUT.....-.... 900 "
XriTT OR CH_ESNUT 8 50 "
A deduction of FIFTY CENTS PER TON will be
ruade when taken from the yard.
Adhering strictly to ONE PRICE, an order by letter
will have the same effect as a visit fII person. and will
promptly attended to.
Address to the Office,
• FRANKLIN INSTITUTE BUILDING.
15 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET,
-Or to the Yard,
BINES & BHEAFF,
Green Lane and North Pennsylvania Railroad.
PEILAD A, Feb. 24, 1866. fe26-Imrpi
Death of Harrison Hall.
The Cincinnati papers contain a notice of
•the death of Mr. Harrison Hall, late of
Philadelphia, who died at the first named
.city, on the ninth instant, in the eightieth
year of his age. Mr. Hall was well known
to most of our older citizens. He was the
,tson of Mr. John H. Hail, who was Marshal
of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
-during the administration of the elder
Adams. He was also a brother of James
Ball, the Westein historian. Mr. Harrison
- Nall was best known in this city from his
.connection with the Port Folio, EiPhiladel-,
labia publication which was the pßdecessor
of the Lady's books and the literary maga
:ines of the present day. The Port Folio
was started in the year 1800 by Mr. Joseph
T.)ennie, a well-known writer of the time.
:It was published first as a weekly and af
-terwards as a monthly magazine. During
- its early days, such men as John Quincy
.A.dams, Francis Hopkinson and the elder
aNteredith contributed to its.pages; fora sea
:son Nicholas Biddle, the :famous financier
- vas its editor, and he enriched its pages
with dome of the most elegant productions
.of his able pen. In the year 1815 Messrs.
•John. E. and ~PfaTrison Hall purchased the
concern, and, with the first named gentle
anan as its publisher, it continued in exist
ence until 1827, its several series filling
-fort Y-seven volumes. Mr. Harrison Hall
51as long been out. Of business, and he con
linned to be a resident of Philadelphia until
-quite recently:, -
Mn. GEORGE HOOD, who is identified
'with the Academy of Music as one of its
oldest and most usefnl officers, announces
.a benefit for next Monday afternoon, at
which Mmes. Rotter and' Johamisen and
'Messrs. Habelmann and Hermans will
.sing, and the principal artists of the Wed
mut, Chestnut and Arch Street theatres:will
also appear. The entertainment will be
very attractive, and we advise people to se-
cure their seats early. See the advertise
oient.
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THE FENIAN FURORE.
The Attack on the British Provinces,
Canada in Convulsions.
Montreal Quaking.
A Blue Look-Out forthe "Blue-Noses."
[Priyate and . Special Correspondence of the - Evening
Bulletin.J
The various accounts of the Fenian de
signs upon the Canadian lines have caused
so great .a hubbub r and the rumors afloat .
are so conflicting that we, some days since, -
deepatclied a corps - Of special indefatigable
correspondents to the scene of expected ac-
tion, and we hasten to lay before our readers
the result of their sagacious inquiries.
NIAGARA FALLS, Mirch 12,186G.—1n obe
dience to instructions from Headquar
ters, No. 329 Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
we have--come - . hither on a tour of ob
servation as to Fenian movements.
Presidents O'Mahony and Roberts,
and Secretaries of War, Sweeny and Kil
lian, gave us the necessary credentials and
also all their plans in advance, as usual,
and we have visited all the Fenian encamp
ments from Passamaquoddy bay to the
head waters of Lake Superior, and have
penetrated the British Provinces to their
inmost core, and learned all that was going
on upon both sides of the lines. In the first
place, the 17th of the present month, the
natal day of the patron saint of Fenianism.
is the time fixed for the grand onslaught
upon , the American whelp of the British
lion. A strong force of Fenian has been
gathered at Eastport, Maine, and when the
signal for the attack is given, due notice
having first been sent to the Canadian au
thorities, the Fenians will at once proceed to
put on green uniforms and to construct rafts
from the lumber "lying around loose" in
that vicinity. Having launched their tem
porary, but gallant and invincible navy,
they will at once proceed to cross the St.
Croix_ river at its mouth, and seizing the
town of St. Andrew, after notifying the
Mayor of their intention to do so, they will
rear the banner of St. Finnegan to the
amazement of all observing Blue-Noses,
All the towns along the lines of the St. Croix,
the . St. John and the St. Lawrence will be
taken in the same way, and on the same day
(ane notice having been given in all cases).
Montreal and Quebec upon being seized,
- will at once be placa!l under - . - contribution;
and the Fenian warriors are particularly
charged not to take any article or any ser
vice from a non-combatant citizen without
paying full value for it, in the new ten-dol
lar counterfeit Fenian bonds.
While these things are in progress in the
eastern portion of Canada,there will be por
tentous, movements along the American
borders of the great lakes. At Detroit one
hundred thousand men will be found mus
tered and ready to be peppered if the occa
sion should demand the sacrifice. At
Cleveland and Sandusky there will be two
or three hundred thousand more to aid
Father Finnegan in the great work in hand.
Buffalo will turn out its half million at
least of the "Boys in (keen"
to convince perfidious Canada that they are
not as green as they look to be, and to
wrest the sole American gem from the
crown of dastard Britain, having first given
the usual notice of their intention to per
form the latter feat.
But the grand attack will be made at or
near the Falls of Niagara. The Suspension
bridge is strongly guarded•, but the myr
midons of base Albion will
.. (after having
been notified) be flanked through Fen
ian skill and bravery. General Sweeny will
seize the bridge over the American Fall to
Goat Island, and he will then proceed to
throw across a pontoon bridge to Table
Rock, in front of tLe Clifton House. After
this is accomplished, the submission of Can
ada to the Fenian arms will be only a ques
tion of time.
Another pontoon bridge will be thrown
across the river at the "Whirlpool," below
the Suspension bridge,and the Fenians who
succeed in crossing the river by the pon
toons at this point, will be able to co-operate
with the flanking party above in routing the
base hirelings who are posted on the Cana
dian end of the suspension bridge. The
specie in the banks at Ottawa, Toronto,
Hamilton, Quebec and Montreal will be
seized at once, (notice of the intention to
seize having first been served upon their
.respective Presidents),and in the event of the
seizers being also seized, they will be taken
at once before Justice Coursal, at Montreal,
and that magistrate will forthwith order the
raiding Fenians to be dismissed, and the
specie to be returned to them as 'a legitimate
prize of war.
Some of the "Reconstructed Chivalry" are
here and they have offered their services to
the Fenian Government. Presidents O'Ma
hony and Roberts.proposed to put the green
upon their backs and muskets in their
hands; but they declared that this was not
their, style of fighting. They then proposed
to form a Fenian chivalric bureau at the
village of Niagara Fall% for the purpose of
sending trunks of infected clothing to the
principal Canadian cities; to arrange with
hired assasins to murder the Governor-
General of the British Provinces; to fire
the hotels of Quebec, poison the reser
voirs of Montreal, throw Canadian railway,
trains off' their tracks, seize lake steamers,
inoculate Canadian cattle with the Binder
pest, and infest Canadian pork-tubs-'with
trichina. This part of the programme was
indignantly scouted by the Fenian chiefs,
who sent the "reconstructed chivalry" off
with fleas in their ears, telling them very
promptly that Iriahmen did not deal in
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, gAII,CH 13, 18n6;
such agencies tis.poison, robbery and whole
sale assassination.
As the day following the seizure of Canada
Will be Sunday, it is not likely that the
Government at Washington will recognize
the Fenian belligerents 'until the next day
(the - 18th). Following the, precedent estab
lished by England,there will be no timelost
however, and Fenian privateers and ships
of war will soon be issuing from every port
in the United States.
We have been thus circumstantial in our
account of what the Fenians are doing, be
cause we are unwilling that the New York
journals should enjoy a Monopoly of, such
intelligence. We, may he slightly incorrect
in some of the particulars we have given,
but we are satisfied that our sources of in
formation are just is reliable as those em
ployed by the New Yorkers and that the
details given are just as truthful.
[For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
PROTEST
Against the attempt now making to Re
move the Railroad Freight Tracks from
Broad street.
There has recently appeared in . our daily papers a
very elaborate rehearsal of reasons for the removal of
?ht railroad tracks from Broad street. With a great
show of fairness, it nevertheless entirely overlooks
two very prominent reasons for the continuance ofsald
tracks on Broad street.. It is the design of this protest
to show what these reasons are, and that any conclu
sions deduced from premises wnich ignore their exist
enct- must be vicious and unsound. The first reason
for the continuance of said track on Broad street is
lhe Immense Amount of Traffic Con
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ducted over them.
In proof of the value and amount of this traffic. we
submit the following statement. It has been carefully
prepared. and is believed to oe saosuiralaily correct.
it recites the number of loaded cars p.ssed by various
railroad companies over me said tracks during No
vex, tier and Decamber, lisreo,and January, 1866.
from Pennsylvania Battrood to points on Broad Street
Ba Ilroaa. 2bn.s.
3,190 Eight-wheel Freight Lars, loaded with
merchandise, weighing. 2.5 5'4
/run. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to puinb on Broad
&reel Rai/rood.
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2.2.5.1 Eight-wheel Freight CBI Et, loaded with
merchandise, weighing.-- 18,0.:i
ram /coding Railrold W pornis on Broad Sfrcel
oad.
2,2:2 Eight-wheel Freight Cars, loaded with
uerchendise, weighing 16 .016
12,667 Four-wheel Cars, loaded with coat. weigh-
-
in g 63,5
Frum North Pennty/vania Railroad to points on Broad
Street Railroad.
9 Four-wheel cars, leaded with coal and iron
weighing 4,61.5
Fl on: rhaade/phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road to points On Ri oad,Street /2aLlroad.
468 Four-wheel Cais, loaded with g.aln,
.Fr out Philadelphia, oerrnanlown and Norristown Bail
. rbad; a/ so West Chester Bailread and other par •
tits to points on Broad .'greet Rat/road
63 Four wheel ears, loaded w•th merchandise.
w eigh in g... 315
For account of ...dams asters Cc7mpany on Broad
&reel trait s.
777 Fight wheel cars, loaded with merchan
dise, weighing 6,216
=,648 Cam, passed over Broad street tracks to
three montns. 138,633
As it is well known that the trade of tUe country' has
been much depressed for many months, this exhibit of
three months' bustrien may be fairly assumed as a
measure for that of the entire year. It follows, there
fore, that not less than 90,5V2 cars, containing .554.=
tone of merchandltie,pess over the Broad. Street freight
tracks annually.
The question here arises, what Is to be done with this
vest amount of care and mer.hanclee when the rail
road tac.Wties on Broad street shall save bean re.
moyeat No one tiropOses to banish the trade they
-epresent from the city. How, then, shall we provide
for it r
In answering this question, we will first, take up the
Case of the Reeding ballroad and her balloon, as that
road seems most to have attracted the atteo Ilan of the
Boulevard pet - pie. This road, as a vast receiver of
coal which finds its way off her rails into every dwell
ing and factory in our great, city, has In the Broad
street tracks a valuable auxiliary to Its cheap distribu
tion among our entrees. The use of those tracks is not
a whit more sconvetdence to that road than to all our
people. For let us for a moment suppose them to be
removed from the street: In that event the entire coal
receipts of our city would be concentrated In a dis
trict whose most southern boundyy line would be
Pennsylvania avenue, and its continuation down
low street. Would nut this concentration or coal ne
cessarily enhance the cost of handling and delivery':
The crowding of all the dealers in that article into one
neighborhood, with a view to be as near the source of
supply as possible, and the cessation of competition
among West in the delivery of coal to their customers,
because the d 'Terence in the location of the yards
which prompted that competition no longer existed,
would evidently bring about this result.
We approach then the inquiry, what will be the In
crease of cost in the carriage of cord under the regime
of the Boulevard people
'I he charge of hauling by wagon, a barrel of flour
from Broad and Priine streets to Broad and Vine is
.ight cents. Ten barrels of flour make an ordinary
agon load, and weigh about one ton. It therefore
costs eighty cents per ton to transport flour over the
epacejust named. As flour is one of the most easily
bant led articles of trade, it costs proportionally less
than ethers tor handling.
Let us then consider what will be the expense per
ton for the transportation of grain over the same dis
tance By wagon. two cents per bushel is charged for
or is, and ;brie cents for corn and wheat. This would
make an average rate of 21. cents per bushel.
N ova oats will ordinarily weigh about 30 pounds to
t..e bushel; corn, 36 pounds, wheat, 60 -pounds. Con
sequently a bushel of the mixture will weigh 4V3
pounds. Then if It costs 271 cents to transport 4il
pounds grain from Broad and Prime streets to Broad
and Vine, it will cost 109 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds
to carry grain over the slime length of the street. Let
us then state the case in term.; the most favorable that
ce 11 be furniehed for the Boulevard people.
Cost of carrying fl our over said distance, 80 eta, pr. ton
do. do. grain do. do 109 cts. do.
Or. in other winos, a low average f,,r the cost of trans
portation by wagon is thus obtaiced, amounting to
54 C. per ton. This must be admitted to be a low rate,
applicable to the carriage of every description of mer
chandise.
It is boasted by the Boulevard people that they do
not feel these 94Ya cents in the price of coal. For this
they owe thanks to the oaa street tracks, which
they revile. Let these be removed, and they will soon
be conscious of this and other charges. IL is the facil
ity which the tracks furnish for the cheap delivery of
coal from one side of the city to the other which has
prevented our citizens from feeling the cost of local
transportation.
Le , us look for a moment at the other side of the
question. As matters are uow arranged, cars coming
to this city over the southern roads are delivered by
them to any point on the i3ortion of Broad street that
has been named, at the merely nominal cost of 25
cents per car of eight tons, or of cents per ton.
This is the charge paid by those to whom the said
freight Ls consigned. 'f he boalevard people propose
to raise the cost per ton from 3„ii, to 945 i cents per ton.
Is ow let us take the most unfavorable case that can
be made against the Broad street tracks. A merchant
on the wharf, whose consignments over the Southern
roads have reached the depot at Broad and Prime
streets desires to sell them without incurring the ex
pense of transportation to his own atore. A. purchaser
at Broad and Vine streets would pay three dollars for
the delivery of the car on his premises. This includes
the cost of sending the car up the street and taking it
back again. if the car should be delivered to Eighth.
and Market streets, the cost would be $3 50 100. Six
hundred bushels oats can be put into a car, which
would make the cost of its delivery to Broad and Vine
streets Just one half cent, per bushel against cents
per bushel by wagon. The delivery to Eighth and
Market streets by car would cost 68-100 of a cent,
against 3 cents per wagon. The case just submitted is,
however, entirely exceptional, and only cited for the
ake of fairness. The great bulk offreight is delivered
directlyto points on the Broad street tracke at3);,' cents
perwhich no one can dispute muse be better for
the general trade of our city and for consumers, than
a rate of 80 cents per ton of flour, and 109 cents per ton
of grain. If this be not an advantage to our city, then
there is no superiority , in railroad machinery for trans
portation over the old wagons which used to creep at a
small% pace upon our turnpike roads.
We have made flour and grain the bask' of our cal
culation of thecost of transportation, because they
answer perfectly .well for this purpose. But these
articles, with coal, are not theonly ones to be affected
by the removal of the tracks. Experienced dealers In
the lumber trade assert that-the large receipts of that
material upon Broad street, from the Pennsylvania
and other roads, Could not be delivered into the yards
at a coat leea than double of what is now paid should
the tracks be removed,
Ills idle to say the public derives no benefit from
these light Charges for transportation. A saving of
943-i cents_per too on 554,732 tons, the amount carried
over
the
ad streetpar annum, is equal in
thegrom ß to r° 4s2l,2274- tr ier each i year, and hatoo large a
SAM to be sneered at or everlooked. The cost of mer
chandise must be affected in a manner! favorable to
the consumer. Its influence upon our country friends
In inducing them to send their produce hither is equal
to the direct expenditure of that large amount fbr teat
Purpose. If we now propose nsignm to increase charges ges civy. need m ;
tessly4wewill divert CA nta
the precise extentto which we do this we wffl paralyze
the right arm of our power. But this is too obvious to
need further remark.
Proposed Substitute ` f or Broad Street
at=
it is, however, asserted that there is no need to incur
additional charges for transportation in consequence
of the removal of the Broad streetizacka,because the
JURCtlen road on the
we tilde of the Gad
OUR WIZOLIE COUNTRY.
be used in their stead, It is said the Reading trains
ould leave their own road at Bellmont Cottage. and
passine.over the Junction to the Market Street Milo,
or to the more southern Pennsylvania Railroad bridge
or to the Gray's Ferry bridge, find in one or all of these
ways access to Broad street. To one who is acquainted
with the' subject, these assertions. cannot even be
allowed to be specious. It is a physical impossibility
that the coal trade of the Reading Railroad could be
ecconimodated by the Junction road, and the lines of
access to the city from it that have Jost been indicated.
is it likely that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
would be willing or able to place their sidings in Pow-
Iton at the disposal of even a small portion of the
business of the Reading road? Their own enormous
trade dematds ivery lash of the ground they occupy.
It would be in the highest degree unreasonable to ex
pect them to sacrifice their own convenience for the
advantage of others. .And if they were willin to do
this, and the Reeling trains could pass into' - Market
Street, what useful purpose would it serve? Where are
the accommoaatioias on that Street for her coal trade?
Let our opponents answer.
But weshall be laid, if that be the case, to keep
moving and push the Reading freight further South
upon the Junction, until we reach the Pennsylvania
Railroad bridge at a point below Woodlands Ceme
tery. We are told to take that bridge, and so find our
way to Broad street. Bat bete again the inexorable
necessities of the Pennsylvania Railroad bar our ac
cess to the city... This bridge r hea bet a single track,
and is onlyfitted, as it was designed, forthe use of the
road that owns it. Moreover, is is plain that no great
relined company would be willing to beg weekly of
another the right Of entrance-litho our city. It could
not consent to have ita betiness wait upon the pleasure
or another, and perhaps a rival road. It neither could
nor ought tamely to submit to the caprices and extor
tions that might be visited upon It. The interests of
the public demand that it sbould not so submit. But
wgrauting that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
ood permit traffic foreign to her road to pass over
this Midge, the removal of the Broad street tracks,
which bad driven the Reading to use said bridge,
week' render the privilege almost valueless. The
Penning company is denied the use of Prime street be
low Broad as a terminus, and Without the use of the
Broad street tracks as a means of distributing her
coal. would have litttle inducement to seek that quar
ter at aIL
The Boulevard people have published a nice little
calculation, showing that It does not cost so much more
to transport a ton of coal over this route than via
Broad street. as had been supposed, They are im
mensely flattered by this discovery, but forgot to add,
us is apparent from the reasoning of the preceding
paragraph, that only a specimen ton or two could be
thus conveyed. This fact postpones sine dir any nuttier
consideration of their arithmetical solution. The
qur.lity of the argument on their side may be addition
ally tested by their assertion "that no consumer pays
tar the delivery of his coal." 'Every business man
knows that the cost at' carriage, when not made a sepa
rate item upon the face of the Dill or sale, is always in
cluded in the price. This applies to every article, as
well as to coaL
The Gray's Ferry bridge now claims attention for a
moment. The incapacity of this bridge to sustain a
great I...crease of trade is as palpable as that of the
ethers. The wants of the Broad street tracl.s would
still have the same evil consequences as have Just been
atatea, even if the bridge were available. As this,
LOP ever, would prove a slightly more practicable mute
Limn the others , let ns consider for a moment the com
parative expense of gettinga four-wheel coal car over
it and over the present Broad street tracks.
ICI JUNCTION RAILROAD TO OILAI"S FERBI, AND HY
Ow LT I MORE RAILROAD TO BROAD AND PRIME
sT 11 ETS,
TLe cost of tolls upon Junction Italroad, on four-
MEIIMMMMUI
MI=MI
~. c
Total 00 . 33
Teaming trom aiding on Penusylv•nla avenue
and Broad atreet,tucludlng elty.and Southwark r..n
hallrosul tolls on four-wheel cars 1 12
Leaving a difference in favor of present Broad
street route al Si
Thus It. apps ass from every point of View that f xist,
lag arrangements are test anti cheapest. This sum of
SI 83 1 :roulette immensely increased If the Reading
Road should attempt to throw a heavy business upon
the bridge. In fact a due regard for the proper man
agement of her owe trade would soon compel the
southern road to raise the rates against the Reading to
the point of absolute prohibition. It is, Indeed, the di
lerSIOD which the Broad street tracks occasion from
that route which makeethe excess of $1 ea charged by
the latter no plater th'n it is.
We now pass to the conslderatlOn of the second Im
portant reason for the court:wince of the tracks in
woad etrtet: This ben been as egrangelyeryetineked
hy-theard-peopleasflteede have3usi cam-
ibe Necessity of Ample naproad Com-
with 11 . 3 . ! West.
, We presume'that no man in this community will
disdute the neCedsity to our commercial Interests or
ample railroad Communication with ,the west. New
Yolk city Ands her way westward over 'hies great
routes; her cheap water line, the arle Canal; t se Cen
tral and the New York and Bee Ballroada. Philadel
phia has but one which am be said to belong to her In
ate seise in which those of New York belong to haat
city. We allude, of conrse, to the Pennsylvania Cen
tral. It co happens that the Baltimore and Ohlo and
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
roads are desirous to supp y our deficiencies in this
particular. with no disposition to speak tbr or against
any railroad corporation, we ask our fedow citizens if
they aradispcssed to assist a project which will pre
vent thohe roads from serving our interests while
seeking their own.
It Is plain that their freight depot should be centrally
situated, ao as to enable them to receive and deliver
got ds for and from the west on as favorable terms as
any other lines within our city limits. any attempt to
dislccate the business of the southern roads by taking
railroad tracks, and furring them to establish their de.
pots tar away from the centre of trade, is virtually to
compel them, to our own disadvantage, to relinquish
their own competition with toe Pennsylvania Central
for the trade of the a est. Were such a dislocation to
tccur from causes which we could not control, we
should regard itas a misfortune. To bring it about by
our own direct agency is suicidal The depot of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is now located at Broad
and Cherry streets. 11 we determine, by removing the
Broad street tracks, to compel that company to take
op a position at Broad and Prime streets, or that vi
cinity, we doin effect discriminate against kin favor of
her rival by the excess of drayage incurred thereby.
This would perhaps be sufficient to banish the south
ern roads from the field of competition. It would de
prive us of a valuable auxiliary to oar southern trade.
ano that at a time when weare doing our best to build
up the commerce of our port. We must be more wise
than this if we wish to prosper. The means of mak
ing at 11 sustaining Boulevards are not to be won end
kept by impairing the sources of our wealth. The
eh met s of Philadelphia should encourage the working
of es cry avenue to the west. The welfare of our pro
posed steamship lines demands this of us.
Cif) , Revenues from Brood Street Prop-
ert7.
Let us briefly consider bow the revenues of the city
yr-- likely to be affected by legal imerference.with the
trade of Broad street. Bad we a Louts Napoleon at
our beau, and were this city another Parts, the arbi
trary process for making Boulevards now advocated
by some would be more tolerable. At any rate pros
pects of this kind would, at the bands of such a man,
possess that symmetry which . attends the workings of
a stogie mind, armed with power to enforce its wilt
As it is, thtre is every reason to fear that Broad street
may be turned into a dreary commons. fringed with
tumbledown edifices for an infinitely long period, if
not for ever, prior to the erection of palaces. Louis
Napoleon would be prepared to put up his line houses
at once upon the site of those removed. He would not
first drive the business men from a street, and then
watt for the vacated buildings to fall down, whilst as
piring citizens were reflecting how nearly next to
nothing the value of the property coned oe reduced
before buying a palace site He would not wait for
vacillating millionaires to decide whether they would
build, now one and then another, or at once and to
g, Cher. lie would not wait until the dilapidated ap
pearance of the street would frighten the millionaires
out of all thoughts of building thereon. He would not
leave it an even chance whether the deserted store
houses should be converted into squalid tenement
houses and fifth rate factories, or Hato a proper Boule
vard, just such Wen should be. With him there might
be injustice, but there would at least be method, dis
patch and thoroughness.
What Is the plan proposed to our City Councils? Its
clearest feature Is the banishment of our business men.
They have already received notice from Counells that
their time is snort, Before, however, the tracks can
be removed, a very large sum of money must be raised
by voluntary contributions from our citizens. This is
intended to defray the loss to be sustained by corpora
tions and others who are interested in the Broad street
tracks.
Whilst the city patiently waits for the collection of
this money and its disbursement in the proper quarter,
the occupants of the Broaa street warehouses and
yards will have gone away, or will linger there in a
spiritless' and declining condition. The buildings will
have fallen In value, because no longer tenanted.
Rents, of course, would decline or wholly cease. No
repairs would be put upon condemned property, and it
would speedily fall into complete dilapidation and
decay. The revenues derived by the duty from the
portion of the street doomed to be a Boulevard would
be suspended, perhaps permanently. The propriety of
the word permanently, thus used, may be inferred
from the fact that the Hefting Railroad will very re inc.
tautly part with her franchises on Broad street fbr the
SUM of 0,500,000. What other parties in interest would
demand we know not, The jury of live freehOlders
appointed by the bill to estimate the value of, these
franchises might agree to disagree; or give %Verdict
that would carry this matter into a court of law.
There it might rest for many weary months.
Without any wish to disparage the enterprise of our
fellow-citizena, we may be permitted to hazard a rea
sonable doubt as to the success of this plan of volute,
tary contributiOns. especially when such large Same
are inveived. Any man who haa canvassed the cora,
tenuity in behalf of a prOject of great public import:
ance, knows how many of limas most deeply interested
refuse to mishit. Nor will the difficulty be lessened be.
Cause all this money Is wanted for "a drive." The end
will probably be that the City will find herself in pos
session of a diamantled and ruined street, which, so far
from yielding revenue, will only disgrace her. Wheat
this condition ot things pounce a
lasted long enough
to: disgust everybody, COuncils will be told hat Inas
much as they apprOVed of the removal of.the tracks,
and seeing tliat the proposed Boulevard, with its Ve
rb:Ms charms, was designed for the general good,there
fore tt Lv, nogoootqw3 tooktaxtkeasoosttle to exPoot w tow
Individuals to Spend their, private means for the era
bellishment of a public thoroughfare. Councils will,
therefore, he - called on to undertake the matter, and a
loan of several millions will need to be negotiated, and
a corresponding tax be Imposed upon the dear people
for the annual tax accruing upon the same. The pub , .
lic certainly would not wish to impose the exnense
upon a few rich men, even if in a moment of un
guarded and generous Impulse they promised to bear it.
Let the city government, then, beware that it does
not, by unwary legislation, pile up additional burdens
upon our already overtaxed community.
It Is but just that we should notice in this place the
interest owned by the City in the' North Pennsylvania
Railroad amounting to $2,500,800. To sever the connec
tion by rail of this road with the south aide of the city,
will deprive - 40a facility it now enjoys. Measures of
this kind •neVer improve the• value of the property
against which they are directed. Whatever advantages
our argument has shown to be cdnferred upon the
Reading Road. in the use of the Broad street tracks,
axe measurably possessed by the North Pennsylvania
Road. It is, therefore, of importance that they should
not be rudely and thoughtlessly cast aside.
The Proper Mode of Developing Broad
Street.
In the developreent of Broad street into a great
Boulevard, no artificial stimulus should In applied.
We can safely leave its improvement to the operations -
of the same naturaihtess which have ,developed other
streets. The work will be, accomplished:flatten-more
genially, quietly and effectively,- than by" arbitrary
legislation. We notice everywhere, as business ad
vances, dwellings disappear, and shops and ware
houses take their pladh. There is no force necessary
to accomplish this result, save the force of dream
stances, and to that alone It should be lett, It is very
anti republican to compel people to abandon thei
property or sell it against their will. if this cans
sometimes be done, it should be only under toe pres
sore of absolute necessity. If ,certain parties covet
Broad street for "a drive," and think the Individuals
now doing business on the street not sufficiently
fashionable to be in keeping with their splendid equine
turn-outs, let them buy the property which harbors
these men at a fair price, and so control the situation.
7 here is no necessity for dragging City Councils Into
the matter.
The Entbellislument. of Our City.
There are no citizens more desirous than ourselves
that our city should be attractive to the eye. It is not,
however, the first object to be aimed at by our people.
We ahonld not sacrifice to it greater and graver inte
rests, for we would thereoy certainty defeat our own
wishes. It might le thought attractive to hare a
grassy walk along our whole river front, embellished
with trees. statuary uud fountains, to which our citizens
night repair on summer afternoons. but there are few
who would advocate such a use of Delaware avenue.
Even an artistic eye might deem its present compara
tive oeformity preferawe to the edeminate luxury and
positive imbecility displayed in supplanting business
oy idle pleasure.
We like our city parks, and approve of such increase
of their number and extension of their size as the
wants of our people and a proper sense of the besot',
nil may demand. We admire Lemon Hlil. and would
like to see it occupy as mach ground on the western
aide of the eclauyill en it now does on the eastern.
We would tot, however, place a park directly on the
path of trade. There is roomenough on the broad
it: ea on which our city is built to accommodate both
palaces and trading houses, without Intruding upon
the latter :surely the Interests of the toiling merchant
at.d laborer are tot to be less tenderly cared for than
those of the retired millionaire
It must never be forgotten that the power to adorn a
city is based upon the successful pr..,secutton of trade.
Lest., it, ar.a that destruction will Involve all art, all
beauty and all civic improvement..
The Per of our City Naturally De
signed for Trade.
To those who h. ve reflected maturely upon the mat
ter. it is evident that so much of our city as Is enclosed
between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, and ex
tends corthward from League Isltuid to Willow street,
oust be mainly surrendered to trade. If ma wholly
now, thee, a little Later. The growth of our city, more
particularly in palaces. has always tended towar4 the
wet ground lying northward an., westward. Some of
our finest =missions are now found on Brolui street,
north of W Mow, and Wen of the xhuylkilL In these
districts the air is salubrious and the building sites
more commanding. South Briad street down to the
junction of the two rivers, is a broad, low fiat, ill
adapted to palatial mansions, but well fitted for manu
factures and trade. all our great docks, shipping and
railroad lutererts will display themselves in that quar
ter. Let us then-yield to the indications which nature
presents, nor seek to oppose a legal ordinance against
her invincabls power.
Retutation of a Mistake made by the
•
Bonlevardists.
In the treatment ofthissunject we itave,contrary to
the example set - us. tmved-away tram the considers
tion,of minuthe. - We mnst, however, correct a. mis
statement of - our opponents. They assert that the
owners ofonly 959 feet fronting on Broad. street. be
tween Spring Garden and Pritee streets, are opposed
to the removal of the tracks.
A. more calefol logo .ry elicits the fact that on
South I.road street the owners of 1,462 feet, and on
Korth
1, 71 feet In all,
tylcg within the limits above waned, are opposed to
the retool - al of the tracks. _
Conelndtu,7,
The Boulevard bill just passed by tXtuncits has been
stmywhat Protean in its character, now -taking this
form, then that. In Ifs first form, the request of ern
Mtn was to be held enflicient to compel Councils to re
move the tracks. This feature Seemed so Intensely ex
clusive and b nstocratic that it was deemed judicious,
upon a sober, second thought, to remodel the bill in
this particular. The ten men thereafter disappeared
from view, though probably acting as vigorously as
«vet% The first bill provides for a future possible re
ying, of the tracks, as if its projectors were haunted
with a certain uneasy conaciaust.sss thot they were
=out to perpetrate a blunder. The second and third
Corms of the bill omit this provision, but introduce a
new feature, In the shape of the Broad Street eassen
tor Railroad.which is discussed with such particularity
as to leave one in doubt which of the two, the Boule
vard or the passenger rat road, was the primary object
of the bill. 'she first two forms undertook ruthlessly
to throw private individuals interested in the Broad
etrtet tracks overboard, to their fate. This crying ins
imuce has been very reluctantly qualified In the tnird
bill. But inasmuch as It very largely increased the
amount to be raised by voluntary contri.tution before
the track can be removed, it leaves the whole matter,
whether for business or pleasure, in a state of Injurious
b1.151.e1:15.. It is not to be inferred from this that Ludi
vidu els should not be protected, but only that the en
tire bill is worthless.
in this conviction we hove all further legislation In
avor of its provisions will be firmly withheld.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
THE SPANISH-CHILEAN WAR.
The Treaty of Alliance Between Ecua
dor, Chile and Peru.
A - Financial Crisis in Lima and Callao.
Steamer New York, from Aspinwall 3d
instant, arrived at New York yesterday,
bringing later dates from Central and South
America.
The steamer Uncle Sam was allowed to
proceed to sea, after being detained for seve
ral days by the Panama authorities, who, as
she was suspected of conveying provisions
for the Spanish fleet, threw every obstacle
in the way of her leaving.
From Costa Rica we learn that diphtheria
and scarlet fever were committing fearful
ravages in San Jose, where upwards of 140
deaths had occurred., among them the
daughter of the President of the Republic.
By the arrival at Callao of a sailing vessel
which left Valparaiso on the 12th, later
news had been received at the former port.
Only the ironclad Numancia and one frigate
remained at Valparaiso; the Vencedora and
Marques de la Victoria were laying about 4
miles outside ; and the rest of the block
ading squadron had left, it was not known
in what direction. Some supposed that they
went south to look after the Peruvian and
Chilean vessels; while another rumor was
widely circulated in Valparaiso,to the effect
that they had gone north, and that the
others would soon follow them. It was
said that the commander in
chief, Mendez Nunez, when the
Italian minister took leave of him, before
returning to Peru, told him that he would
soon see him again "there." The Spaniards
had received supplies by one English and
one American vessel, which had come from
Montevideo, the former with coal and the
latter with provisions. The foreign Con
suls at Valparaiso had had several meet
ings, and ctrawn up a protest against the
Commander's order prohibiting the ex
portation of coal from Chilean ports. t.
The Peruvian frigate A.MaZOLIREt had be
come :a total , wreck. at -Anoud; where she
had grounded, as mentioned, a month ago.
F. I. FETEERSTON. Publisle.
DOUBLE SHEET, THREE CENTS.
The Spaniards occupy Valparaiso waters
as before, and no movement in connection
with the war has yet taken place. A new
Spanish Admiral, to succeed Pareja, is ex
pected by next mail-steamer.
Ecuador.
. .
By this mail we learn tne text of the Pro
tocol by which Ecuador entered into an
offensive and defensive alliance with Chile
and Peru against Spain. It reads thus:
"In the City of Quito, capital of the
,Re
public of Ecuador, on the 30th day' f the
month of January, in the year of our Lord,
1866, his Excellency D. Jose Luis Quinone . s,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleru-:
potentiary of Peru, and the Hon. D. Jest)
Nicolas Hurtado,Charge d'Affaires of Chile,
having met, by invitation of his Excel
-
lump Dr. Manuel Bustamante, ' Minister
of Foreign Relations of the republic at, his
office, with the important object to carry
out the union and alliance of their re
spective governments for the purpose of
war against Spain, His Excellency Sr.
Bustamante, with full authority and suffi
cient instructions, declared at full length;
That the government and people of Ecuidor
considered the cause of Chile as an emi
nently American one; that the commonest
ofinterests did not permit that Chile should
find herself in the struggle without the as
sistance of her sisters, republics of the con
tinent; that as the unjust attack of Spain
against Chile meant a threat against the
honor, dignity and rights of that republic
and of all others in South America, it was
the duty of all of them to unite their forces
and means to defend their sovereignty and
independence, which they knew how to
gain united in the war of their political
emancipation, and that, lastly, he pro
claimed, in the name of his government and
of the Ecuadorian people, the union and
alliance of the republics of Ecuador, Peru
and Chile. His Excellency the Minister of
Peru and the Hon. Charge d'Affaires
of Chile, corresponding with the
noble, patriotic and American senti
ments of his Excellency Minister
Bustamante, expressed theirs in the same
spirit. In consequence of what is set forth
above, their Excellencies the Ministers and
the Honorable Charge d'Affaires resolved
definitively that the republic of Ecuador
forms from this date an offensive and de
fensive alliance with those of Chile and
Peru, and forthwith makes common cause
with the same republics in the war which
they at present wage against Spain. Finally
they resolved to give to this Protocol the
character of a permanent and definitive one
that it might immediately take effect. In
witness whereof the Ministers signed and
sealed with their respective seals three
copies of the same tenor and date, and with
one and the same object, before us, the un
dersigned, Chief of Bureau of the Office of
Foreign Affairs, Secretary of the Peruvian
Legation, and Attache of the Chilean Lega
tion.
[Signed] MANUEL BUSTAIIANTE,
[L. s.l J. L. QUINONES,
S. NICOLAS HURTADO.
Juan Leon Mera, Chief of Bureau, Office
of Foreign Relations.
Jose Manuel Suarez, Secretary of Peru
vian Legation.
Eusebio Larrain, Attache of Chilean - Le - - -
gation.
On the 7th of February two notes were
published by Minister Bustamante, one ad
dressed. to the Charge d'Affaires of her
Catholic Majesty;informing him of the (=-
elusion of the above affiance, and the other
to the Governor of the Province of Guaya
quil, ordering him, in pursuance thereof,
not to allow any Spanish vessels to take in
water or supplies in Ecuadorian ports.'
Peru-
r Callao Correspondence Panama Star and Heralll
In Lima and Callao a monetary crisis
seemed impending. On the 19th, the Bank
of La Providencia suddenly suspended pay
ment, with an immense value in notes in
the hands of the public. This bank was es
tablished about two years and a-half ago,
and without cautiously making its way to a
steady, safe position, all of a sudden, soon
after its establishment, by the issue of its
notes, created a capital which, when motiey
began to be inquired for, with the country
in a state of war, could not be realized.
Added to this, the manager of the concern,
St. Domingo Porras, had been 'falsifying
accounts, had withdrawn cash to, some
say, the extent of a million of dollars, and
invested it on his private account
in stocks here and abroad, abusing confi
dence and hoodwinking directors, and even
the auditors of the company, on whose
monthly reports public confidence has in a
great measure depended; and it was only
last month that at the annual meeting of
the bank a dividend with interest was de
clared payable to shareholders, equal to
thirty-one per cent. It is said that Porras
had 176,000 in bills on England lying beside
him ,in his own name, ready to make use
of. Government has taken up the matter
and appointed two investigators to make,
separately, most minute investigation of
everything in connection with the bank,
and report. So soon aftel : pe sudden and
so unexpected catastrophe, - no real idea can
yet be formed of the exact losses to be sus
tained, but an amount of bommemial em
barrassment has already succeeded in these
two days, that if continued, will be
ruinous.
Facts and Fancies.
Russia seeks a loan of fifteen millions.
Not quite a loan ; Maximilian is seeking
about the same amount.
A retired actress in Newark committed
suicide because her mother scolded her for
being out too late. Now if she was "retired"
bow could her unreasonable mamma say
she was out.
A telegram from Cincinnati says that a
man named Slant was in that city hunting
up his daughter, who had eloped from
Georgetown, Ohio, with a negro. If she was
a-Slant, it was not strange that she should
slope.
A man went into a saloon in Bridgeport,
the other night, called for a few oysters, and.
astonished the natives by eating 165 raw.
He cooly remarked, after his little lunch,
that he liked to be on the outside of a few
raw. In fact furors always excited him.
A. Baynes, a citizen of Caswell county,
North Carolina, tried by a military com
mission for killing a freedman has been
sentenced to ten yearsimprisonment. These
Baynes of Southern Society need a more
effective antidote.
The Heights of impudence—Mrs, Lee aP -
Nying for the restoration of Arlington.
Heights. •
The Saturday . Press has heard of a coup.
teous wag who in the excess of his politeness
never swallowed an oyster without saYirkg.
4Elood bye, 'velvet"
False-ealvinism.—Shakespeare said
,
"Timm's a divinity that shapes our code,"
but the French milliner is taking the place
ofi good old Dame Nature now . .
Shakespeare also had an eye to spindle- -
shanks.when he made Lady Constance cry
' , Haug a csir'sAut ea these roCiehrit Limbs