ADVERTISING RATES.
It. I mo. 3 ar e a. 6 moe. lye.
lue Square . I.NI 1.7.7 3.50 6.50 moo
P.m Squre* . . 3.00 3.50 0.50 9.00 3(11 0
hreo aquae. . . , 0.2.1 9.00 17.01 2340
Six Squares, . . 11.50 17.(0 2.3.00 43. Uri
Quarter Column . 13. 91 2100 4R DO 60.01
Half Column . . Iwo 44100 60.05 110.05
One Coll:L=1j 30.00 0).00 110.0 n 200.00
Professional Cards 91,00 per line per year.
Administrator's and Auditor's Notices, 19.3.10.
City Notice/1, 5.) roots per line lot Insertion. 11 canto nor
se each subsequent insertion.
Ten linen agate constitute a square. •
ROBERT IREDELL, .In., PonmenEn,
ALLENTOWN, PA.
- -
coal anb Lumber..
FROW. JACOBS at 4'0., H. A. STEEL.
•
WIIOI,FRAI.V. 11V.A1.1,114 •
ROUGH & WORKED LUMBER. ,
SASH DOORS AND BLINDS,
WILLIA 31111'011T, PA.
/11.41 . • Orders from the trade solicited asp 1047
Aet etter. It, OTTO. n. 5. OTTO. O. W. MILLER.
FILBERT, OTTO at MILLER,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER
wILLIAMSPORT,. PA.
MILL ON CANAL WEST OF MAYNARD STREET.
OFFICE AT THF. 5111. L.
W. F. CRANE, Aoral AIM (9.19
.
E 41 V A L
2.
A.A.•
SM I. 'l l H& OS M N• 5
COAL AND WOOD YARD !
The above Coal and Wood Yard boa bean removed to the ;
•!ast end of rho Jordan Bridge, SoUTII.9I DE , wit , " will
be roust:only kept tine and full supply of
Egg, Stove Nut nod Chestnut Cont.
...nosed finm the best mines In Die reentry.
o[ll[. COAL
. natter cover-Old it is 10 the interest of every ort to
onrehrtse
DRY AND SCREENED COAL
.011 7 • A large stock of all kinds of good Wood constantly
on baud. and delivered to all Donna Meaty at tiro lowest I
market prices.
'BRANCH YAR D.-A branchyard In kept at the Lehigh
Valley Depot, known an the termer yard of Lents and
Meeker.
•
Sir - THIS lb THE PEOPLE'S COAL YARD. - 6.1111 .
Our Coal in selected from the best mine. In the Lebign
region, and knowing thin to he tile fact rind that It will give
perfect sttlefaction, Morels no use In offering to refund
he , money. All war ask Is a trial. Orders taken at Dear]
er atmist to
FRANKLIN 9MITIL WILLIAM 010/1 , 71
July It th
COAL CONSUMERS.
LOOK TO YOUR LA'lle/MB7' I.
P. H. STELTZ
Hereby Informs the citizens of Allentown, and the pub-
lie In general, that he is prepared to furnish nil kinds of '
(' ) . k I. ,
fret° bin well sleeked Yaid, formerly 11. 0 nth at Co.'s, at
rho Lehigh Basin, in the City of Allentown. whore he will
constantly keep on hand n (111111111 , 1 , 1 y of MI kinds of Cool,
at the very lowest market price. Ills coal is nice and
dean, from the very best mines, and in quality superior
o any offered In Allentown.
Flo will sell Cool by the CAR LOAD, at vory small pro
fits, as he Intends to do business upon the principle of
"Quirk lilac:. and Small !'refits." hive him a call, and
upon comparing prices you can judge for yourselves.
Ile trill deliver Call upon call to any part of the City
'won orders being left at the Yard, or WAllll , llellllCe5 store
mar 314 f P. 11. STELTZ.
- -
R EMOVAL..
TitExLEH C nitoTirmts.. 'fo Prf re
10.11.11011,1 ALL K1N1.4 OV I
I. G M BE 11 •
Hereby announce to their friends and patrons that rimy ,
...se Mut removed from their old stand to 'Wm
NEW YARD
•ran resumed thy
hear the corner of Tenth nud Hamilton stt eels, formerly
occupied by Britons al Miller, an a Lumber Yard, where
they twill eonntantly keep on hand a large and seasoued
stock of
L 31 B E 11,
such no All kir ds of
PINE, IIEMLOCA,A141' : • , 71s 1 1 , 11:4: 11 1 . : , 01 4 '1 , , , A11, 011INIILES,
In Met everything usually kept by the trade..
kinde
rootme cot to tinie oursh notice.
Thankfril for favors, we trust friends, an well
an t h e public in general, will give us it .11 at our New
Tar I, whore tee will use our best endeavors to render sat•
«faction both nn regards quality and prices. feet 173'6941
910 CONTRACTORS AND BUILD
-1- ERS.
The undersigned Is prepared to contract for turnishlng
SASH, BLINDS, WINDOW FRAMES,
DOOR FRAMES: Silt' TT ERS.
And all kind's of building lumber Agent for
HOPE SLATE COMPANY'S SLATE.
WholesaVand remit dealer Ili 1/11,
CELEBRATED CCCU7VIBER IT Ml'.
Orders left at the EAGLE HOTEL will receive prompt
ottention. Post 01114, address,
Wm. 11. BERLIN
,
Q B P
uakertown,
ucks Co., a.
orl.nl 'Ol •O1 , 21..1).
R •
The subscribers baying hosed rite "Old Hope Coal
To
would
r e s pectfullyrs announce to the citisenn of
Allentown and ptibllc in generel, that they (lovelorn
Int
IN
.mprrlor o.. , rtnient of
COAL
Consisting of Stove, Esur s .Cheetnut and Nut frons Rea
BUCK MOUNTAIN MINES.
Orders loft with A. A. Huber. Sieger & Hottenstein, nit
the Engle Hotel, Hope Rolling Mill, or the Yard , will l`"
ntiendmi to In H•RVIiT GILL• 11,
tap.. MT 1164.
BUSINESS
like mutter.
Orders for Cool by t h e ear elled at short 11011CP plot at
the lowest prices.
Always on hand a large stock of
BALED MAN',
is kirk will be sold it the lowest market prices.
L. W. KOONS & CO..
st the" Old Hope Coal Toni,
Hatellien Street, corner of Lehigh Valley list Brood,
ALLENTOWN. PA.
•
LW. Konsa.
It. E. Dos Arouse
OCIl) 2 -1V
KUTZTOWN SAVINGS BANK.
(Organized under State Charter lu 150.11.
MONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT, nod .per reel. In-
...... will lie allowed. For shorter periods serial rates
will be paid.
Also. money
In
out FAVo Artl,o, TEEMS. said
Bunk a located in the Keystone House, 10 the borough 01
Kootown. JoIIN 11. FoHEL, Pre•ldent.
IiPWARI) HOTTVVINTAIN. M. D. Cashier .
Y. J. Slough M. D.. J. D. Wanner, Esq., - •11
David F'ish'es 11. 11. ((Thwart., Esti,
W. 11. Fogey Daniel Clatter 71' •
Richard J. honer, -
Jonas Miller
htylt.lf John H. Fogel, Esq.
SCHOLARS. ATTENTION!
PUPILS', PARENTS AND ALL OTHERS
oct 7.6ut
W11(1 NEED
BOOKS OR STATIONERY
Aro invited to eall at No. 95 West Hamilton Street, (Walk •
you
School Books
•
N
lived Its Ms comity, nt the lowe.t envh
A full 800 of LATIN, GREEK, BERMAN and FitENtill
books for Collegee, Aisidentles nod School, nlwityv on
hand. at the lotreid rote..
A full eseortmeut of Stationery, Blank Books, Memo
reodunte, Pocket Book., Comb,, Anoints, Ster•
sonsopen and w
Viev, npo v.
lir, &, nt the very
lowest ennli Brires•
Englieb ood Germ. and family ltiblee, Ptnyor
IS rod Ilymo Book,
A Inrge nod splendid stork of Mieeellanootiv Bookit of
Prom and Poetry, nod Sunday School Books All the re•
t (wishes for Sunday Sellout. olwuyn on bend at Philadel•
phliv Prieee„
We pre clo.ing out our stork of WA I. L PAPER at en t.
A gen, for the wile of
BRADBURVS CELEBRATED PIANOS
Pieties give me • call when you wleh to Purchase.
E. MOSS,
Hamilton St., below Eighth, Allentown, Pa.
Q. 9 ). /inn A YEAR AND .EXIPEN
to.r N_r a_Ar SES to Avaic to sell the celebrated
WILKoN HEWING MACHIN/i. The treat machine lu
the world. Witch alike en both aides. Oar Maculae
VOL. XXIV
filb 0113 Vial C 5
U PH OLSTERIN (4,
WINDOW SHADE & BEDDING STORE
No. 46 North Ninth Street,
=CI
W I NDOW SHADES,
With tlituree complete, from 42.0 n• pair, up to $l3, Ott,
WHITE HOLLAND SHADES AT ALL PRICES.
SHADES OF ANY STYLE
D AND COLOR MADE TO OR•
ELL
STORE SHADES MADE AND LETTERED.
LACE AND DRAPERY CURTAINS.
ALL KINDS OF WINDOW DRAPERY
PATENT MOSQUITO CANOPIES.
OILT, ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT CORNICES.
CURTAIN BANDS, TASSELS, CORD, Ac.
FURNITURE STRIPS CUT AND MADE.
STAIR AND VESTIBULE RODS. •
FURNITURE. RE•UPHOLSTERED AND VARNISHED.
Cnrpotx nod Muffing., old and new, made, altered and
put down.
UPHOLSTERERS' MATERIALS ' OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION AT WHOLESALE
A NEW THING.
SILK FINISHED WINDOW SHADES.
•013•13 -
L E. WALR.AVEN.
MASONIC BALL'
NO. 719 CHESTNUT STREET,
Is ouw wolv Ins Ids on purls 11011 M, ennslotlog In
Part ,1
RTA IN MATERIALS,
l 0 6114. Mohair, W ,, ,,...111,then and Cotton, ombradog
many noireli.A...
Lace Curtains !
of Parblxn. Ht. thillan and Nottingham mak
CORNICES AND DECORATIONS
.f 1.4 original •lexllrn•
W I N I)0W SHADES,
by OW 11101..111 or mitotic ere nt mounfeetureve'
NI - USW - 7TO ( 'ANOPT ES,
ClneinQ ont a rednred
earpcto anti Oil Cloth
FLOOR OIL 'Lora"
4.4, 5.4 in Ni.vr and ElPgiJny
KRAMER'S -,II.I)coRNER..,
RICII 1) ELEGANT
cAAWET•, OIL CLOTHS, tt,74
S. C. PONAK
('ARPE'I' BUSINESS
AT 119 S. SECOND ST., PIIILADELPIIIA,
(Betweeo Market sod Chestnut BOLO
With n roll almortrnent of VELVET, BRUSSELS, THREE
PLY INGRAIN nd VENETIAN CARPETS. OR Cloth,
Window tihntloe. Ate., at reduced pekoe. 4op 15.1 y
Sire Proof Safes
lIERR,ING•I4
PATEN
FIRE AND BURC4LAR PROOF
SAFES
(WITH DRY FILLING.)
Awarded thn I'r 31ednIs kt. Worltl'A Fair, London
World'. Fair, Sew York, Expowitlon Univeroollo Pork
FA RR EL. HER RING & CO
6 , 29 ( 'll ESTNI"I'
PHILADELPHIA
lIHRRINo. FARREL & SHKIMAN, NHW YORh
I=
HERRING, FARRELL 8 CO., NEN oRI.EAN.
WATNON'S CELEBRATED FIRE.
AND BURGLAR PROOF
'4,7.
ESTABLISHED IX 1898
TIM 01. DES T SAFE HOUSE Jr I'IIIL.IIIIiI,PDI.4
The only Sonia Nelth INstuli Douse.
Uueranteed Free fret.. Dampness.
Alsu priers Odin 15 to Al per retl.• lower than other
took en.. Please send for Circular and
THO Prier Li & st.
T. NV AN bON.
Lute of Ern. & Watson. Manufacturers.
Nu. S. Penni. Philadelphis.
111.1tORINSON dc CO..
=I
I=
MILITARY, cituncii, SOCIETY,
THEATRICAL (:ODDS, FLAGS, BAN
HERS, BADGES, ET(
NO. 131 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
BOOK AGENTS WANTED FOR
STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS or
P. T. BARNUM.
WRITTSO ■T 111/IORLO. IN OMR L•ROO OCTAVO VOLPUX
—lleanLT PAORS — PRINTRD IN ENor.enit /OD ORRIUM
—33 ELEOART Putt. PARR EIIORATINOa:
It embracem FORTY YRARB It6COLLOCTION S of hi• Buoy
Life. as a Merchant, Manager. Banker. Lecturer and
Meows... and g.ves ACCouoto of hi• Imprisoument. hie
Failure, hi. Sure...glut European Tours. and important
Historical and Per Ilemlulerence., replete with 110-
; " lille A lt u edlo ‘A a . c . ce 7 A d oblir:ll l :l i aTte. N . 7l re l 7y 7. oa r w a nt
It. Agent. are selling from Mto IfOn week. r " we :nor
extra term.. Our Illustrated Catalogue and Terms to
'.h ... .. V44i0 . 4.:.... i ., - .._._._ . : ...r./0/..,, . !,.,_!,,,-;._,
Life Enottrancr
102
AMERICAN
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF PHILADELPHIA
ALEX. WIIILLDIN.
Premldont
GROWTH OF THE AMER WAN:
No. of Pullets . ". .mt. tortured. •
99151.0 . 0. ,1 v 1 00
1120 . c. 20 me 0
• l'eri9 118.1112,170 91
10. 1 2.2 42.1,710.4/1 119
Dale
19A Doc. 31
131. Dec. 31
180, Dt 91
13,911e5. 31
The AMERICAN 4.10.4 policies ou ell desirable plane,
al low A
rarer. and for security and promptness In meeting
looses Ir nnserpas.ed by any ComPsni in the United
ROA RD OF TR I'S TEES
iln JA 3IES POLLCOK. I •fov. of Penna., Director U.
S. Mint.
.1. EDGAR THOMSON. Pron. Penna. R. R. 238 S. Sd St.
OEORHE NUGEN'F, Gentleman. reoldonce. Oarmantown.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS. Pre.ident Fourth National Bank
PHILIP 11. MINH LE, Sala! Merchant, 131 Market St.
HON. ALEX. 41. CATTELL, I'. S. Senator. Merchant, 27
North Water Street,
ISAAC HAZLEIIIMIST, Attoruey-at.LOW, 308 Walnut St.
L. M. \F RILL DIN, Mcrehaut, 01 and ?!.. South Front St.
HENRY K BENNET I', Merchant, 745 tionth Fourth St.
OEORGE W. HILL, Prealdent Seventh National Bank.
JAMES 1.. CLAGIIIIHN, Prem. Commercial Nat. Bank.
dolllN W ANA MAKER, OakCluthlng Iluutte, S. E.
Cor. tith & Market no., and RIO&
,docka.dant Street.
W111..1. 1101111 G, I).. Agent,
MEM
Ifinanrial
A LILENTOWN StVINGS
INNTI
TWN,
Organivil ax " Diane, Sating Ingiltilion."
NO. 58 EAST HAMILTON ST.,
(NRATIU.T I , PPOAITE Tim AMERICAN Timm.)
PAYS SIX PER CENT. INTEREST 1,70 R
MONEY' ON DEPOSIT.
This Inntltution, the 6.ldusl Saving Bank in Eastern
Penneylvaula, bag been In contniutoni and surcele-fal
operation for ten year, and runtinuee to pay SIX PER
operation INTEREST ou moue). for one year, and special
rate% of Interest fur shorter Wriml ,
d•lp..iin nuasey will he 5.1,1 otrletly o v,fl.
dentin'. •
Exerviors, Administratorft,Trusters, ARsigneeit,
TreostererB, Tax Collators,
and othor ruxtudiuu. ot poldie or Privet.. moneys, at , of.
hired littoral rates of Interest.
Fartnerg, Merehttnlp. tobnerro, and all who have
money to put on intereot for a bang or abort period will
Dud our Inolitution an agreeable and advantatiiiiiun one In
waicoha r t ot h do ir
b ban do irnioga . We eo W P i c h ially Invite I•titio to
3IAIIIIIED WOMEN and MI :VOHS have operial Priv'.
leg's granted by our charter—having full power to trons•
rot ',mane. willl 11. In their orvu name+.
Money deposited with this institution
IS SAFE AND WELL SECURED
by a Capital clock and toirplus looney security of over
al XTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, aud in addilL a. the
Board of Tritsteett have, us required by the charter, given
bond,. under the sniiery Wen of the Court, ill the runt of
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, which bond.. are reght•
tered In end bold by the Court of Common Plena of thin
county for the security of depealtorn.
Our Iron Vault. are of the roost secure and extensive
kind known in Ode I n vi t e a peraeual Inapectlon will
show, and to which ITOour friend• and customer.
We refer to thin, believing that aide Burglar Drool Vaults
eornelete the tocfety and reliability of a good Saving Bank.
WILLIAM ti AINEY, President,
CllmsTins PRETZ, Vice Dr..-Went.
REUBEN STABLER. Castile,
rfil ., TEMs:
Wllllma IL Ainey, Charlox )4 Bush,
Chrixtima Prinz, Joins 1). Mlles.
F. E. tilmatold, Benj. J. Iltigenlmel.
fieorge Brohnt, Simnel Sell
Not)). l'oter.
MACUNGIE SAVINGS BANK
Hamilton, between 7th and Bth Street.
I=
Money taken on deposit at all lime. and In any am.
from cue dollar upward, fur which
SAX PBR CENT. INTEREST
wl.l ha paid.
Deposits may he withdrawn at any time. Persona de.
oiroun of sending money to any part of the Pulled States
or Canadas, will hare their matter.. promptly attended
to,and without any rink on their part.
Unlit, kilter, Chupons, D lpods and other •eturitiiin
boo hi . 41e s r clIA ['resident.
LtcuraawsLutan
, 11:115trilantpus
. . ...
CANDY AND FRUIT.
GEO. MT • JENKINS,
I=l
Ho oVoof r of
SUGAR, MOLASSES AND COCOANUT
CANDY,
=EI
FRUITS, NUTS,
FIRE WORKS,
CURISTMAS (400 DS
NI NORTH THIRD STREET,
PIIILADELPHIA..
dee 15.1 y ZEPHYR If ORSTED, G ERMANTOWN
WOOL, CASHMERE YARNS, EMBROIDER
-10 MOO t " ANTEE
ED WORSTED WORK, and a full agsorttuent
In that line.
I il;(1( LEAI)ExceIsLEA ' all D
‘Aher
• BY MAIL we mend 11111111/lea of any goods capable 01 be—
ing rent by sample through the mall with 'oleos attached
to each Piece. We find Bata to ben groat convenience to
peril. , enable to peraonally •Init us.
&
SIUMAN TRAEGER.
Ict. For It, Curicaled
2ti. Fur its Unequaled Durability,
3.1. Fur Ito Uusurpacted Covering Proportt
Limtly for ha Economy.
WIT COSTS LESS to paint with Brea LEM) than au
y
otimr White Lead extant. The tkitilitt weight cover+ 310Itli
SURFACE, in morn DURABLE, and maltea ;WHITER
WORK.
BUCK LEAD i.th• ebenraot awl 6.4.
*lO,OOO ULTARANTICE.
BUCK ZINC EVl'..l444',llmh'
EMI
Ist. For it. Unequaled Durability,
21. For it. Uurivaled
3d. For ID UllAnrpamped Covering Property.
Lividly, for It. (Inuit Economy.
C
being the UE PEST. DAN DSO3IF.ST, nod moat DUR A
11LE \White Paint In the w.. 1
BUY ONLY
BUCK LEAD AND BUCK ZINC
TitY IT AND BE CONVINCED.
•NLltftwilttu gilliranteed by Ibn blllnubtrturorm
BUCK COTTAGE COLORS,
Prepared expremaly for ralnflug COTTAGES; OUT BUIL
DINGS of over?' deerriptiot., FENCES, dfc. THIRTY
FIVIL DIFFERENT COLORS, Durable, elseap, Uniform
sad Beautilul ahatlee.
Sample card. tenthy Mall If deeire.l.
Dealers' Oplora will be prom pfly executed bY the matt
ufacturefe
FRENCH, RICHARDS & CO.,
N. W. COM TENTH Az MARKET STS.,
MEM
lAT ALT ER LDN 'il.
LINDEN STREET, ABOVE' RIMINI;
EEO
ALLENTOWN. PA.
PLAIN AND OILVAMEXT'AL
MARBLE & BROWN STONE
WORKS,
MON U.#ENTS, HEA.DY TOVES, MANTRLS, d:t
110179 E WORK DONE TO ORDER.
Alm Depot for tho lode of
TERRA-COTTA DRAIN PIPE,
CIIIIINNY TOPS and 0111.111NR1 FLUES
from the
PRILADELPHIA TERRA-COTTA WORKS
ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 9. 1810
; g g - ,ii ~s!
SEASONABLE sPE(II A Tirn ES
.1. 4. WILSON,
4.4,14rN
BLUE AND CAORED DRESS SILKS,
PLAIDS,
da F.A , T II .011 LTON s T
ME=Ell
WHITE AND COLORED BLANKETS,
Goods at
It will be to your interest to examine my
stock before purchasing elsewhere.
MEE
AND
=1
Dru 45500t0
POPLINS,
REPPS,
PAIBLE'Y AND BROCHA SHAWLS,
BLANKET NHAWi.
Vt"l ER PROOI4'.FOR SUITS
&C.. &C., &(.
Embracing the moat complete Mock of Dry
YPULAR LOW PRE.; ES
Ftel)( - 4Afully
M. J. KRAMER,
01,1) O.)RN Eli
OM
SEAMAN & TRA EGER,
17 SOUTH MAIN STREET,
BETHLEHEM
BLACK Oro* Grain SILKS, BLACK BRAS D'FRANCE
SILKS, BLACK TAFFETA SILKS. The (argent and
cheapfering
est aseorttne
thenILKS we ha re over hurl the pleas
ar P t of Bublir.
SEAMAN TRAEGER.
CHOICE :YETI' STYLES FANCY SILKS.
SEAMAN & TRAEGER
FRENCH SILK POPLIN, MARBLE POP
LING, PLAIN POPLINS.
SEAMAN e.; TRAEGER.
ginde., awn the lowent
SEAMAN & TRAEGER.
,/,/iRRP .1 h P ACAS , very ch.) ,
SEAMAN ,TRAEGER
LIRE6S (11101 n ,, every vtirlety nt Phan :tint nalcy
Stvinn.
SEAMAN A: TRAEGER
BLEACHED and UNBLEACHED EIIEETINDS
SHIRTISGE In very large neeortmeni CHECKS,
TICKINGSnnd DENIMS.
- - -
I=
SHAWLS. Large and estonalve ameortrnent of BLACK
TIIIBET, BROCHE and PAISLEY, BLANKET, CHE•
NIUE, MISSES'. lii great variety of also and color.
SEAMAN at TRAEGER.
SPECIAL ATTENTION le requested to our
elegant and complete line or LA DIES' PRESS Tutu:
MINDS conaleting In p_ art of If /1 L LIPS Mill TASSRI,S,'
FRINGE, REAL G GIME and BR USSR!, LADE,
GIMPS, BRAIDS, /CE smt; FLUTED TRIM
BUTTONS in neveml hundred different
an...
. • SEAMAN & TRAEGER.
HOSIERY, GLOVES, UNDER CLOTH
ING for LADIES', CHILDREN and GEN
TLEMEN. WOOLEN YARNS, &c.
SEAMAN & TRAEGER.
FLANNELS, .11 widths, Red, Whits, /this, .1/(xsd
and Plain. Real Genuine Mang-made Flannel.
SEAMAN & TRAEGER.
SEAMAN & TRAEGER
FAMILY GROCERIES, Staple nod Essex
lesIVISGGE gott up and of thy Semi Clunlitle . LII "Y
I'
Pt
SEAMAN & TRAGER.
CROCKERY, ev or ythlug Irqulred 111 that In tar houaa
kaapWattonolle,
SEAMAN & TRAEGER.
need Tube,
onaek lineketii, end •Il torte el Wooden Ware
in lieering.
SEAMAN & TRAEGER
All klnl Couutry Prmlurelceu la ....hallo tor
ettotht tit a.. hlghttst prtce
SE P.
AMAN ..E• TRAEGER
We are endeavoring to keep a foil line of every article
In thn tray of Dry flood., Solon Irnees, Notions, Gr..
terie,e. Crockery, Wooden Wore. and In fart eVerythlng
(except Co rpot•) to ho Nand Ina vela II •I ore.
SEAMAN & TRAEGER,
Now, I wishto call the attention of Senators
to the evidence which is given in the report
itself, and to contrast it with that which is
given in the answer to my special resolution
•1 inquiry, and if the two contrasted do not
convict the Special Commissioner of the Rev
enue of being the worst kind of a special
pleader, that' kind which gives a part of the
FURNITURE. facts and suppresses the remainder, I shall not
ask the country to call him that. I leave him
JOSEPH . WALTON & CO., where his reports place him on that subject.
CABINET MAKERS, The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator
from Maine consents that it shall be informal-
No. 418 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA.
priced oven Is there objection ?
. .
MAIN STREET
BETHLEHEM
IME
-
Our establishment is ono of the oldest in Philadelphia,
and from long experience end superior facilities we era Mr. TRUMBULL.' Ida not design object
prepared to furnish geed work at mason hie prices. . . :.1g .
to the remarks of the Senator front Penn•
manufacture nl.lofunitnre, large 111P011111u-pr:ced 1.
furniture of superior quality. A stock of furniture i aylvania being concluded ; but I wish to give
el way', unhand.' needs made to order.
Coon tvrs, Dvsk Work n rot O f fice Ft,,,, it. re foe Bank.. : notice that as soon as be is through I shall ask
Where and SiOrrlr, made lo.oreler.
JON. W•TTON. .1. W. LIPPINCOTT. .108. L. Semi.' the-Senate to take up the bill for the recogni:
feb ILly
1 lion of the State of Mississippi.
TIE NFA7OND STREET FURNII.I The VICE .PRESIDENT. If there Is no
TUBE STORE.
387 N. SECOND ST., PHILA. I objection the Senator from Pennsylvania will
The old Stand established twenty years, triumphant I. proceed until a demand be made fot the rept-
PURNITURIL
During the recent depression in business, we laid in for I, tar order.
'eash...cheapent and best assorted stock In the city. which •
we areselling at reasonable prices. New Patent Hera Mr: SCOTT. .T ha first statement is: "in
Bedsteads which makes a good bed at night, suitable for
. . le.
elck room or Aloes. tter under date of Sept. 2, 1869, George T.
. COTTAGE and WALNUT Cil AMBER SUITS. 'Draw, '
Brisk. Revelator and Straw Mattresses. Lewis, of Clarltsville,Tennessee,who Is indons
410',.chVgf 8 "" u v h°l• "" d " " 55 .IYI. to '"" ed as one of the most intelligent and cap , 1.
z,
SPEEN' OF
HON. JOHN S(1)11'
OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Irx thm Milted WWI Simate, F7b. 10fh, 1870
hir. Scott having spoken nt some length ns
to the 'management of the Bureau of gintia
tics, said—
Having now spoken with regard to the mans
ner in which the Bureau of„Statisties has been
Managed, I come to the point which was in
volved in the resolution of inquiry offered by
me. Before doing that, however, permit me
to say that there was enough in the conduct of
the Special Commissioner of the Revenue to
start inquiry in the minds of the manufactu
rers about the special statements made in his
annual reports from 1867 to 1569. In 1887 he
made a report, on pages 04 and 6.1 of which
his views were
,given with reference to the,
theory upon which the Government ought to
be administered in regard to manufactures;
and I quote his words on that occasion, that
I may do him no injustice. Speaking on the
subject of railway iron, one intimately - con
nected with the. subject of pig iron, about
which my constituents inquire, lie said, on
page 6.1 of his report for 1867 ;
"In respect to railroad iron the commissioner
would recommend that. the existing tariff of
seventy cents per one hundred pounds re
main unchanged. Whiic recognizing, as a
cardinal feature of American legislation, the
doctrine of 'protsetion to home industry, it is
' clear that the same doctrine should lie made
subordinate to the great fundanu•ntal Kind
: ple of every democratic form of government,
namely, that legislation should be in , the di
rection of • the greatest good to the greatest
number.'
We have hint in 1867 recognizing a cardinal
doctrine that of protection to home industry.
in 1868 we find that some change has come
over the Impression of tie Special Commis
sioner of the Revenue ; for, according to nty
recollection, he then begins to take the ground
that the theories of protection and of free
trade are entirely indifferent ; that it matters
not which of them may be adopted in regard
to the affairs of the country ; that Its interests
are independent of legislation. After having
recommended the taritl:in 1807, in one short
year he brings himself to this conclusion,
which I read from his report of 1868:
"Then, under the influence of an almost
prohibitory tariff, the business of manufactur
ing mg iron enjoys a high degree of prosper
ity, and furnaces continue to be multiplied;
but if' the community at large has been com
pelled to pay an unnecessary profit of front
seven to ten dollars per ton ou a present an
nual product of one million five hundred
thousand tons, and has therefore been sub
jected during the past year to a tax from ten
to fifteen million dollars, the prosperity of the
pig iron manufacture in qucotion has cost the
country a great deal more than it is worth."
Notice note, that in this report of 1868 he
institutes a comparison between Welsh pig-
iron and American pig•iron, Welsh !pig-iron
! being almost unknown in our market, not
imported into this country to any considera
ble extent. Scotch pig-iron is the largest Im
port, and the one with which it would be
proper to make the comparison . ; but he speaks
in 1868 of this "prohibitory tariff," in the
face of the statistics coming from his own bur
reau. The report of the deputy commissioner
shows that there were imported in 1808, $l,-
778,977 worth of pig-iron; in 18( 1 9, $2,171,-
869 worth ; and that in the very year in which
he :!peaks of it being a prohibitory tariff. In
1868 there were imported of liar iron $2,906,-
231 worth, and in 1809, *6,678,397. In 1868
of rails there were imported $4,791,878, and
in 1809," $7,281,065 ; and all this with the
same tariff in operation that he spoke of in
his report of 1808 as'being prohibitory, and
yet ire find these articles imported to the cx•
tent of millions of dollars in value and the •
import annually increasing.
These figures I have taken from his own
reports. Now, by referring to a report made
to the British House of Commons I find that
in reference to this specific article of pig-iron,
In 1867 Great Britain exported to the United
States 127,984 tons, and in 1868, 96,073 tons,
and in 149, 141,908 tolls. For the eleven
months ending 30th November, they exported
to us of rails in 1867, 176,215 tons ; in 1860,
278,096 tons ; and in 1800, 311,097 tons.
Now, sir, the results of this tariff, called by
the Special Commissioner of the Revenue in
1868 a prohibitory tariff, are beginning to be
apparent. I have on my desk a statement
1 hat - a manufacturer of railway iron at Dan
vine, Pa., one of the largest in the Union, has
stopped for want of orders. I have here a
paper published at Johnstown, Pa., where the
largest manufacture of railway iron in the
United States exists, stating that the rail-mill
of that establishment had Stopped for want of
orders. The effect of this tariff is beginning
ito be apparent. Is it wonderful that the iron
manufacturers of Pennsylvania should begin
to direct an inquiry as to where the statistics
had come from, when they find that the man
I who had recogniZed protection as a cardinal
doctrine in 1867 comes forward and upon page
131 of his report for the present year makes
this stalement,.in which he is his own nem
ser
" And in respect to these investigations,
commenced under the revenue commission in
1865, and continued uninterruptedly to the
present, the Commissioner claims the privilege
to assert that he has endeavored faithfully and
conscientiously to discharge the duties of his
office ; has saught to know only the trnth, and
to speak only that which has seemed to him
to he for the best interests of the country.—
Ile is well aware that in expressing opinions
and recommendations which have been forced
upon hbn by, conviction he has placed himself
in antagonism to many with whom he was
formerly in close am , ement."
T us wJ 1 the Con n I al n er hlusclf
coming forward to vindicate himself to the
country for having assumed a position entirely
antagonistic to that which he occupied when
he first commenced making reports upon the
Department intrusted to him.
Now I come to the statement upon which
the inquiry was based. It is found on page
181 of the Special Commissioner%s report sent
to Congress the present year :
j "The average expenditure requisite to pro :
duce a ton of pig-iron in the United States at!
I the present time, including r ot liberal interest
I upon the capital invested and a fair allowance
for repairs and incidentals, may be fairly es
' timated at from twenty-tom to twenty six dol
' lars currency ; and As confirmatory of this es.
timute the Commissioner submits the follow
ing evidence."
•
the line of the Chattanooga and Nashville rail. ,on the stand by Commissioner Wells. Many
road pig-iron can be made and delivered in of you may rememb - r, in passing through the'
'Nashville nt a cost of nineteen dollars per ton, ! tunnel which cuts through the summit of the
currency.' " I ask any candid man In read- Alleghany mountains near Altoona, that your
I ig . that statement in the report of the Special , attention has been attracted by a brilliant
Commissioner of the Revenue, would he not blaze there upon the right hand of the - toad as
come to the conclusion that that letter of Mr. j you go to the east. A furnace stands near It
Lewis was one addressed to the Special Com- and if I could produce . the prospectus which
missioner of the Revenue in answer to inter- Mr. Sackett gave to the gentlemen who cm
rogatorica sent out by hint in the discharge of I barked in that furnace before they purchased
his duty ? Could anybody come to any other it I have no doubt that the results would be
conclusion ? Could lie suppose that an offiser !as roseate-hued as the blaze of the coke fires
of the Government would give his sanction I that strike your vision as you emerge from the
to any tints which were to affect the interests I darkness. They started out under his pros
of a great industry of the country upon any- pectus, and two yeah ago they sold out at
thing less than his own personal knowledge . fifty per cent. on the cost of putting it there,
of tae truth of them ? But yet sir, when we ! illustrating the difference between the theorist
come to his answer, sent in to the inquiry' and the practical iron maker.
which was made of him, instead of finding i Now, sir, when the Commissioner comes
additional evidence, we find this same letter ; down to the anthracite region, lie says he has
quoted as the first authority upon which his : " encountered peculiar difficulties during the
conclusion was based ; and yet he reports I past year in obtaining such data as would
1 there that the letter is a letter published in the I admit of the formation of an independent
Pottsville, (Pennsylvania) Mining journal, : opinion in respect to the cost of the thanufac•
dated September 2, 1800, and written by Mr. 1 ture of pig-Iron in the United States." Why
George T. Lewis, of Clarksville, Tennessee. has he encountered difficulties? I have given
So much for the candor of the report, a re. the answer, Because the business community
port going out front this officer of the Gov• , found him unworthy of confidence ; because
ernment stating that in a letter written .by this ! his previous reports had closed the ears of
gentleman he hail stated these statistics of business men. I ant authorized by many of
producing iron ; and when, ie is called upon them to say, that when lie first sent out his
interrogatories to them they were answered in
for the specific information it, turns out that 1
what lie quotes is an extraet.from a paper, a I good faith, but when he came to use thCm they
Very respectable one I admit, published in one I were used just as he has used Professor Water
.
oh' the counties of Pennsylvania. And note ! lies pamphlet, quoted what suited hint;
Igo on with the authorities before I come to suppressing what Was against his position,
say how much of authority they are, for 1 , mutilating the very. materials with which lie
have taken some little trouble to inquire into I was supplied. That is the reason why be en
countered this difficulties in obtaining static.
the reliability of the authorities upon which 1
..the Commissioner has based this Conclusion. tics.
The next conclusion that he cites is:
At Carondelt, Missouri, Mr. S. Water
house, of St. Louis, in n letter under date of
February 20, 1869, states the cost of making
pig-iron, including an allowance of $l.llO per
ton for interest, taxes, nod insurance, at 28
dollars currency per ton ; and adds, 'this Is
not an estimate, but an exhibit copied from
the books of the Company." . '
There is a quotation from Professor Water
house ; and would not any one say, '• This is
an answer to a call sent out by the Commis
sioner of the Revenue or Bureau of Statistics
for the purpose of obtaining information on
this head ?" and yet, when We come to the
special answer sent in, we find that instead of
its being an answer to his inquiry it is a quo
tation from n pamphlet published for the pur
pose of attracting capital to St. Louis by
showing that it is a place where iron can be
made cheaply. If it had been correctly quo
ted, then there might have been less to be said
about it ; but I propose to show, before I am
done with this, that instead of correctly quot
ing
Professor Waterhouse, who is not an iron
manufacturer, but a very respectable gentle
man engaged in collecting statistics for the
interests of that city, Commissioner Wells
omits the very vital point of a portion of the
estimate that he makes, and absolutely muti
lates that record and does injustice to Profes
sor Waterhouse:
1 have said that the quotation ceased with
the word " company." Then, after giving
the distance of Carondclet from St. Louis, the
Commissioner propeeds without quoting :
"Au estimate furnished by one of the larg
est iron works at . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
gives $27.98 as the cost per ton when ore of
sixty-six per cent. is used, and an allowance
made of eighty cent per ton for interest and
tweuty-tive rents per ton for repairs and inci
dentals.•'
That is put in us the statement of the Com
missioner. That is a quotation, althoutlh it is
not so marked here, cerbutim from the pam-
Octet of Professor Waterhouse, which I have
on my desk. Although Professor Waterhouse
does say that pig iron can be made for $27.98
at Pittsburgh, ticere are two lines of his esti- ,
mate which are left out, which say that where !
the ore is not sixty-six but fifty-seven per
cent. you have to add what brings it up to
thirty-dollars per ton. And this is from an
officer of the Government seeking to establish
the data upon which the legislation of the
colmtry may Ice founded ! Is he not the spe
cial advocate of somebody, or hostile to the•
interest which he is seeking to affect Is he
dealing in a spirit of candid inquiry when he
gives in his report, as his own estimate, that
which is quoted from the pamphlet of Profes
sor Waterhouse, leaving out one of the vital
portions of the estimate 1!
But I proceed with the quotation in the
original report before hint and to the answer :
" In the valley of the Cumberland, and in
the anthracite districts of Pennsylvania, and
at Scranton, the Commissioner is informed by
those conversant with the business that the
1 average cost of tnanufacture in the case of
lurnsces favorably situated, under good man
agement, and with coal at ordinary prices, is
not in excess of from twentyamr to twenty-six
dollars per ton, and in some instances is much
less than this figure. These estimates, further
more, it should be observed, include a libe
ral interest on the capital invested, which is
turned on an average from two to three times
per annum."
This was the specific subject of inquiry.—
Now, the peculiarity of this special answer is
that before touching the point of inquiry at
all, he first goes to the Cumberland ; he next
goes to St. Louis ; he next quotes from the
regions about Youngstown, in Ohio, Pitts
burg, and Johnstown, in the bituminous re
gions, where they manufactOre iron with raw
coal or coke; and then, alter giving these sta
tistics and mutilating them, he comes down to
the anthracite region of Pennsylvania.
Now, what are hls authorities in regard to
the anthracite region of Peonsylvania.l—
does lie quote p None in the original
report ; but when lie comes to the answer,
NOW do we find ? Before proceeding to that,
However, I desire to state that 'the Conunis
sioner introduces here, for the purpose of rais
ing an outside issue, statements made by
Messrs. Brown, Donnell & Co., and by the
Nimrod Iron Company, of the bituminous re,
gions of Ohio. Although the inquiry asked
him for the data on tile, upon which he makes
his'report in December, 1869, he introduces
these letters bearing date one month after his
report had been sent in to Congress, for the
purpose of raising an outside issue with these
gentlemen, and not discussing at all the actual
data upon which his estimate had been based.
I haul intended to analyze these statements;
but I find I am occupying much more of the
time of the Senate than I intended to do on
this question, and I forbear to do so now.
I now come to the authority which he
quotes for the purpose of establishing the cost
of iron in. the anthracite region of Pennsylva
nia.
The nearest he gets to it is, first, a meeting
of 'the citizens of Albany,lield January 18,
1970, in which he quotes the statement of a
Mr. tint:kelt, who wits endeavoring to induce
a subscription to stock in a company for the
manufacture of iron. Had I not had some
knowledge of Mr. Hackett I might not per
haps have looked with so much suspicion on
many of these statistics. He is theorizing;
Profqsor Waterhouse is theorizing ; Mr.
Lewis is theorizing. I hold in my hand, but
shall not take up 'the time of the Senate in
reading them, letters from Tennessee, stating
that Mr Lewis wig; not engaged in the manu
facture of iron, but that the letter referred to
as an authority upon which this data is based
was a lette . r advertising coal lands to be had
in Tennessee and showing bow cheap Iron
could be made by persons who would .go
there and buy.
At this meeting in Albany, however; Mr.
Sackett stated what could be done In the way
of producing host in Albany. I wish to do to
But, sir, it is remarkable that the authority
upon which he bases the statement made in
his annual report is that of " Abram S. Hewitt,
Esq., the best recognized authority on the sub
ject of the manufacture of iron in the United
States, late Commissioner of the United States
to the Paris Exposition." I have turned to
the quotation which is made front Hewitt's
pamphlet. Mr. Hewitt was making an inquiry
as to the element of labor in producing a ton
of pig-iron in England and in the United
States, and without considering other elements
he arrives at the conclusion that a ton of pig
iron in• England represents about eleven days'
labor, while in America a ton of pig-iron rep
resents thirteen days' labor, showing, by re
ducing it to figures, that the lanorer in Europe
is paid ninety cents a day and the laborer at
pig-iron in America $1.90. Then going on
and showing that it is the element of labor in
pig-iron that makes the difference between its
cost in England and here, he arrives at the
conclusion in that report that the iron laid
down in New York from England will cost
forty dollars while American will cost sixty
dollars. Here, again, is a perversion. Mr.
Hewitt is considering the cost of pig-iron as
regards the element of labor.
I could proceed further, and quote two let
ters published in the New York Tribuns a few
(lays ago, one from Jay Gould to Mr. Hewitt;
and the reply from Mr. Hewitt to him, in which
he reasserts this very fact, that it is the differ
ence between the cost of labor in America and
•the cost of labor in Europe that makes the dif
ference between the two, and that to that ex
tent protection is absolutely necessary : and
taking
- Mr. Hewitt as authority, the difference
between forty dollars and sixty dollars would
he the amount which would be required fur
the purposes of protection.
But, in addition to that, having given 311.
Hewitt as his authority, lie then proceeds to
,state that other authorities have been given to
hint since this inquiry was made, in confidence;
and I wish to call attention to one of them.
There was one of them given with very great
alacrity. The statement is that in less than
twenty-four hours after this resolution was
offered in the Senate, the Commissioner was
called upon by a gentleman "holding high
official position in Washington city,'' who fur
nished him a statement of what he had discov
ered in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania
during a visit there. I ask, under what Gov
ernment does that high official hold his posi
tion? I know that the representatives of her
Britannic Majesty were hospitably' entertained
(And well received during the last summer,
and all the sources of information in regard to
to the cost of pig-iron were thrown open to
them in all the valleys and in all the furnaces
of Pennsylvania that they saw proper to visit,
just as they would be thrown open to any
man in whom they had confidence (hot lie
would use the information fairly and honestly.
Who was it that hurried from this Senate
Chamber in less than twenty-four hours after
this resolution was offered, to communicate to
the Special Commissioner of the Revenue his
data obtained in traveling through the State
of Pennsylvania, when the Commissioner says
that those data are close to hint? I ask again,
is it a high official under the Government of
the United States, or under her Majesty the
Yueen of Great Britain, who wishes to supply
its with pig-iron and put out the fires of our
furnaces, and supply us with the producl of
her laborers at ninety cents a day instead of
employing our own at $1.90
That is information which I should like to
have. If the Bureau of Statisticsis worth any
thing, is it to be sealed bureau, into which the
representatives of other countries may pour
their information in confidence, but when a
resolution comes from the Senate to unlock
this sealed bureau, are we to be told that the
industries of Pennsylvania, the industries of
Ohio, the Industriesof Missouri, the industries
of Tennessee and Alabama are to be stabbed
by confidential and anonymous information
locked up 'n the Bureau of Statistics, and not
to be given to the Senate of the United States
when we ask for it ? It would have been
more consistent with the character olls high
officer, intrusted with high confidence by the
American Government, if there had been
nothing said about confidential communica
tions upon which are to be based the rates of
revenue that are to affect the industries of the
country for years to come.
The Commissioner deprecates the making of
a social or personal issue between the parties
who may have given this information and those
who are. seeking these data and this informa
tion. I fear none such. I have in my drawer
letters front gentlemen -in Tennessee, from
gentlemen in St. Louis, from gentlemen in
Pittsburgh, from gentlemen in Reading, the
naini's of all I will give to the Finance Com
mittee, or to the Special Commissioner of the
Revenue, and I will ask that every man of
them be brought before the Finance Commit
tee and be subjected to a rigorous cross.ex-
Ruination by the Special Commissioner of the
Revenue, if you please, upon this question so
deeply affecting their interests. But while
I do that I protest In the name of my people
and of the industries of this country against
an - officer, clothed with the power and the duty
of collecting the statistics of the country, send
ing to the Senate that ho has what are to UR
anonymous communications, upon which he
asks Congress to base its action. Ile has maths
the issue. The issue is between European
and American labor.
I ask no protection for the iron manufac
turer ; for the proprietors of forges and furn
aces and•rolling-mills. Men who have capital
enough to go Into that business can protect
themselves. But Ido ask protection for the
difference between the laborer at ninety cents
a day, ill-fed, ill-clothed, unable to educate
his children. and the well-fed, well-clothed,
and well-educat - Cd American laborer, who
ROBERT IREDELL, JR„
Main nub gang! 3 b Printer,
No. 45 EAST 11A.MILTONSTREET,
ELEGANT PRINTINGI
LATEDT STY Lila
Bumped Checks, Cords, Circular., Paper Booka,Cooett
•Laws School Catalogues, Bill Read.
" T " ,c u etle d e ß Letter tirade Mlle or Lading. Way
" 1.11111111 . 1i1i anti Balpplea Cards, Porter. of any
sloe, etc., etc., Printed ■1 Short Notice.
NO. 10
zens. It is with this view that I ask for this
information. As I have already said, I have
numerous letters which I Intended to read,
but will not further trespass upon the courtesy
of the Senate. They may probably be of more
service at a future period, when the question
whether these industries are to be brought
down to competition with European labor,
or whether they are to be kept up to the stan
dard of American labor, shall come before the
Senate, and when that time comes I shall seek
to use them if it be then necessary.
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA.
Fait Meth...Mrs of the Loss of the V. S. Steamer
Ooeichr.
SAN FRANCISCO, March I.—Tho ship BeDC•
(actress arrived from Yokohoma, Japan, to
day. She brings full particulars of the loss of
the United States steamer Oneida, which leR
Yokohoma on the 23rd of January, homeward
bound. The steamer left her anchorage about
5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the accident
occurred at 7 the same evening. The United
States Minister visited her in the forenoon and
received the usual salute, and the guns were
reloaded with the expectation of replying to a
salute front a Russian gunboat to Mr. Delong.
The salute, however; was, not given, and the
guns remained loaded. As the Oneida steaM
ed out Df the harbor the crews of the various
vessels, and the men at work in the port, gave
cheers and wished her a happy voyage. On
passing out of the harbor her fires were bank
ed and steam blown off.
While the officers were at dinner, at about
7 o'clock, the lookout man shouted "Steamer
lights ahead !" and a midshipman gave the
order to port helm. Everything seemed quiet
on board the other steamer. 'misleads to the
belief' that she had not observed the Oneida,
although her lights were burning brightly.—
The steamer, which proved to be the Bombay
ot the Peninsular and Oriental line, came
right on and struck the Oneida on. the star
ward, abaft the gangway, about half way be
tween the main and mizzen rigging. A hole
wits cut, through which the whole interior of
the ship was visible. The binnacle, wheel
and rudder were carried away. and two men
standing at the wheel were instantly killed.
The Bombay did not stop alter crushing
through the 'Amide, though the guns of the
latter, which happened to be loaded, were
almost instantly tired to attract her attention
and bring her back.
Orders were given to lower the boats, but
only one 1110 bout was available, the others
having been crush' d. The lite boat was
manned by Dr. Stoffilart, the boatswain and
teen of the crew. Five guns were tired, but
liethre the sixth could be discharged the Onei
da seek, within ten minutes atter she was
su tick.
None of those saved saw a man or heard a
voice on board the Bombay. They report
that win n it became evident that there was no
hope of saving the ship, the officers gathered
around Capt. Williams, and was heard to any
if the ship went down he would go with her.
'the life bout was obliged to leave the sinking
ship to avoid being swamped.
After pulling about for a while the crew of.
the Ihie heat seeing noneof the crew floating,
not one of all the 160 who went down, un
willingly bent their boat's head to landward,
about live miles distant. On landing the na
tives kindly treated them, and they obthiued
the assistance of a guide and started to walk
to Yokoliuma, which they reached at daylight
next morning. The Bombay was immediate
ly ordered to the scene of the wreck, and suc
ceeded in saving 29 men, who had got into a
cutter which floated when the ship went down.
Several other vessels, one with Minister De-
Long on board, proceeded to the scene of the
disaster during the day, but no more lives
were saved.
The Japanese Government sent boats and
apparatus to search for the wreck, and if ne
cessary to buoy the spot. The passengers on
board the Bombay were quite surprised when
they heard.the calamity had befallen the Ves
sel they had struck, but declare they neither
!ward any request from the Oneida to stay by
them, or minute guns tired. A Naval Court
has been demanded by the Captain of the
Bombay.
The officers and men of the Oneida num
bered 170, only 176 of whom, including Dr.
Sto (dart and two junior officers, surviving
the disaster.
Discipline was complete to the last. The
sick were all being put into the boats, the
officers remaining at their posts until the
ship went down. The only United States
Government vessel in Japan being the Mere
ship, Minister Delong was obliged to accept
from the English, k rench, and Russian men
ot-war steamers, steam launches, cutters, &c.:,
and in company with Col. Shepard, Consul at
l'eddo, and Mr. Farrington proceeded to the
scene of the disaster, where all in human
power was and is bull being dune to rescue
the sufferers and recover the bodies of the
lost. •
LATER --The following additional facts,
by investigation, show there is a terrible re
sponsibility somewhere else beside with the
Bombay. The Oneida In a late typhoon lost
all but three of her small boats. One of these
was cut into by the collision, leaving but two
bonds to save 1711 men.
. The last words Capt. Williams said were,
when Lieutenent-Commander Wuldaur re
ported the vessel sinking, "I know it, but
what can Ido Y" I asked for more boats, and
they were not allowed me. Thus through
the negligence of somebody and the inhuman
ity of the Bombay's officers, a battle-scarred
and liktoric crew has been stink, and as brave
a crew of officers and men as ever stood be
tween her ling and their enemies have been
lout to their friends and to their country.
NAT:us Al. lIATREDS.-1 hate a mail in pri
vate life, for I confess to hating some People,
for excellent reasons ; I hate the man at the
club who always engages the particular
newspaper that I want, because he shows a
revolting selfishness ; I hate the man who
abuses me, because he is obviously Insensible
to a high class of nierit ; I hate the man
whose theological or polikeal opinions are op.
posite to my own, because he must plainly
be stupid or insincere. All this may be un
christian, but it is not illogical. But, to hate
(or indeed to love) a nation must, on the face
of it, be foolish. Such a sentiment implies
that the nation is in its nature worse than
our own ; Whereas, as wo have just admitted
one nation Is in the long run pretty much as
good as another. Some very excellent wri
ters whom I could name, think that they dis
play their wisdom by systematically abusing
French principles, and by implication the race
which asserts them. Unless they could
prove what is quite . impossible to prove
that the French are, as a whole, inferior to
ourselves, their virtuous warmth only demon
strates that there are certain good qualities to
which they are invariably blind. It was very
proper some time ago, when nobody read Ger
man books, to impress upon Englishmen gen
erally that the Germans had really some re
markably good qualities both in literature
and practical life. The people who under
took the task naturally grew fond of their
clients, and it became common to contrast, la
all kinds of ways, German simplicity and,
earnestness, and . Imaginative power with
'the supposed defects of Frenchmen la the
same capacities. Now that the balance hati
been redressed, this zeal seems to be out of
place, and to tend to ilia equal exaggeration
of the opposite kind. Whets our writers were
absurdly given to -lOhnsonese and the elabo
rate pomposity of Latinized sentences, it was
as well to point out' the value of the Saxon
vletneWri of our language ;. we may now be
content to admit that a good writer should
show in equal command of all our resources.
When the negative philosophy of Vournintf
; and his school threatened to be in the ascen
: dant It was a good service to set forth, as
! Cots:Rums did, amongst others, that there
was in existence a philosophy of different
tendencies. We May now speak without fear
of the great and most valuable excellencies of
1 the French intellect. It is time that we
I should endeavor to do justice to every one
and abandon the attempt to find exclusive
1
merit in any of the great divisions °fate Hum
pearl races."—Corahiff MegettMe.
linowN came home with a black eye. To
his wife's inquiries, he replied, that, having
asked himself a question, he received such a
saucy answer that he had been obliged to resent
it. Ills wife did not believe him, rd got •
ALLENTOWN, AA
NEW DEBIONS