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The
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StudeBE.

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@Lo GUY R. PHELPS, President.

W. 3. CLasTED, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me-. this the
S0th day O. November, 1858.
GEO. .. GILMAN, Notary Public.
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Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company
Untied States Mai.
BELLE Crane Master
Ihis superb passenger steamer GA
VIII leave as above on 1r
SATURDAY, 0th inst, at 4 pm
js2s FLEM- CALVERT. Sup't
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ProtCctOrate Over Hayti and San
Domingo.

Pr0tCctOrate Over Hayti and San
Domingo.
GENERAL BANKS yesterday reported joint re-
solution in the House of ofRepresentatives to pro-
vide for the United States establishing pro-
tectorate over the islands of Hayh and San
Domingo. The Committee on Foreign Affairs
is said to be opposed to the bill, and Mr.
Seward to be in favor of it. If such measure
is adopted 1t will be a serious innovation on
our traditional policy, and it ought to receive
careful consideration, and not be decided upon
hastily one way or the other. The people of
these islands have shown themselves incom-
petent for self-government, and but for the
fact that such interference is always watched
with jealous eyes by the people OF the United
States, the probabilities are that the islands
would long ago have been seized by France or
England. The protection of the United States
and the probability of their becoming incor-
porated into the Federal Union would be
positive benefit to Hayti and San Domingo,
and it would give US the foothold in the West
Indies that we have for long time been en-
deavOripg to obtain. The Importance of Sc
curing station in that quarter is becoming
more palpable every day, but in the present
condition of our exchequer We cannot afford
to increase our debt by buying up islands. Ii
a proteotorate over Hayti and San Domingo
can be established without expense to the
United States Government, the matter ought
to receive the impartial consideration of Con-
gress, and it would probably turn out to be-
the best thing for us and for the anarchy
ridden people Of those islands.
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voidable. There is no man In the
country who has more profound
contempt for the treachery of Andrew
Johnson than the President elect, and no man
who is less disposed TO initiate the infamous
example Of the Tennessee reoreant.
3. Political parties rarely fail to insert in their
national platforms plank in favor of an eoouo-
mical administration of the Government. suo-
cessful candidates are prone to ignore this doo
trine, or to give IL such liberal interpreta-
Hon as to render it practically meaningless;
but General Grant evinces strong determi
nation to depart from the unfortunate rule
which would be "more honored in the breach
than the observance" He is deeply n
pressed with the necessity of diminishing
the national expenditures, and resolutely OPP
poses all unnecessary appropriations. On
this subject he is thoroughly in earnest, aud
we hazard little in predicting that plunderers
will find in him an implacable foe, who will
fight out the battle of reform and retrenoh-
ment on the line of honesty and economy, if his
whole Presidential term is consumed in this
terrific combat.
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THE CABINET.
The Past Admin Isl ratiOns of the Gov.
ernment, and who Composed Them

The Past Administr ratiOns of the Gov.
ernment, and who Composed Them
Now that the whole country is agitated on
the subject Of General Grants Cabinet, 1t may
not be Improbable 10 our readers to publish O
list Of the Cabinets of the Presidents from the
establishment OF the Government.
The Department OF State was created by the
act OF September 10, 1889. previous to which, by
act of July q, 1889, IL was known as the apart-
ment of Foreign Affairs.
The War Department as created by act OF
Congress of August 7, 1889, had also the super
intendence OF Naval Affairs, but separation
was authorized In April, 1859. when the Navy
Department was established.
From the organization of the Government
down to the year 1929, the Postmasters General
were not recognized ss members OF the Cabinet;
but in that year President Jackson invited Mr.
Barry, his Postmaster-GeneTal, to participate
in the meetings OF the Csblnet, and since that
date this official has rapked as a full Cabinet
Minister.
Below we give the members of each admins.
tratioD, with the date of their appointment
First Adniinistr0tiOn-I7S TO 1897.
prCSident- Geo &c Washington of Virginia.
sets. s''f''''"'"'-'''nh ADAMS OF MaSSaoh0-
Secretaries of 81 te-Thomas jefferson Of VIr.
einia. appointed September 26 1885, Edmund
Randolph OF Virginia, January 2, l79I Timothy
Pickering Of Matsachusetts, December 10. l795.
Secretaries olMe Treasury Alexander Hsmll-
ton of New York. September Al, 1889: oliver
Wo'coit of Connecticut, February 3. l795.
Secretaries Of Var and Of The NoVy-Henrv
Knox or MASSACHUSETTS. September IL, 1889;
Timothy Pickering of Massachusetts. January
1874; James McHeniy Of Maryland, January
~, 1863.
I'oSinloste General Samuel Osgood OF Mas
sachUsetts, september 26. I7S9 Timothy Pick
erinR OF M ssaohusets, November 1871: 10
Attorneys Gtnsrol- Edmund Randolph OF
Virt inia. Septt mber %, 1889 made Secretary of
stale January 2, l794 William Bradford OF
Pepnsylvania, January %, l79t died. Charles
Lee ofYTgiaiR, December ~, IT4.
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Absolute Certainties.

WHILE numerous misrepresentation and fam
ciful descriptions of the views entertained by
General Grant on public questions and public
men have recently been published, enough
has been CLEANED from authentic conversa-
tions In which he participated during his
recent visit to this city, and from other
sources, to justify the following conclusions,
Wiz
/. He has made up his Cabinet. He does
not desire to be interrogated or advised in
regard to it. He does not intend to announce
who are the recipients OF his confidence until
the proper time arrives. While he conversss
with . remarkable degree of freedom on
general subjects, he maintains his habitual
retioenos in reference to the personnel Of the
new administration, and promptly checks ad-
Vauoss on this topic. He oonceals the names
OF his o0unselors as carefully as he would
conceal the plan Of an important military
campaign, and he is proof against all intrigues
or combinations to force upon his acceptance
new aspirants for Cabinet hOnors.
2. He has not forgotten the insult which
Andrew Johnson and his obsequious Cabinet
perpetrated in their attempt to distort his
conversation and demeanOr at the White
House at the time he resigned his position as
Secretary of War. 1t will be remembered
that they combined in an effort to convict him
of falsehood, which was rebuked by the whole
country. General Grants self-respect In
stinotively prompts him to avoid intercourse
with the men capable OF concocting and boil
stering this charge. By the ordinary rules Of
Washington etiquette he would be required
as Commander-in-chie OF the army, to pay his
respeotA TO the President on New Years Day,
but as Andrew Johnson forfeited all claims to
courtesy by his baseness in the controversy
referred TO, General Grant absented himself
from the capital at the holiday period, when
contact with his detrSOtOrs was most una
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The Navy Yard Appropriations.

THE Hon. William D. Kelley and Hon.
Charles O'Neill have done a very proper
thing in having the appropriation of
$4,000 for repairs at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard cut down to one.half that
amount. As long as the Navy Yard remains
in its present location it will be necessary to
expend money in keeping it in repair, AMI in
carrying on the various necessary operations.
AS League Island, however, has been accepted
by the Government, the expenditures at the
old yard should be limited to the smallest
possible amount, and the money that would
be appropriated under ordinary circumstances
should be devoted to the impro vement of
League Island. Messrs. Kelley and O'Neill
both represent the wishes of the citizens of
Philadelphia when they urge the Importance
of an early survey Of League Island, and
transfer of the Navy Yard as soon as possible.
Mr.. Kelley estimates that the ground of the
old yard will probably yield $4,000, 900 when
sold, which will 60 far towards improving the
new site. The Secretary of the Navy asks for
SO, 900 for making survey of League Island,
and if that amount Is granted, and the
work is commenced at once, the Government
will save SIS 600. The whole difference
between what the Philadelphia yard is enti-
tied to and what is absolutely needed to keep
it in condition until League Island is prepared
for the transfer, might be appropriated for
the purpose of facilitating the work on the
new site, and this would be in the end the
most economical po Icy.
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K19J-9 ATLANTIC AND GMEAT WESTERN
RSS RAILWAY COMPANY.
SACkETAhY's OFFICE, No, 40 BroadwHy,l
NEW YoBK 28th December 1868.
Notice is hereby given that a.specla meeting OF the
Stockholders OF The Atlantic aud Great western kall.
the phny, No % Bro .dway IN the CITY and state
OF New York, at " O'Clock noon. on SATURDAY,
the sOlh day of January Lext tJ consider and ap-
prove of or reject certain contracts en- cred Into
with the Erie Railway Company. aud The Columbus,
ChicS go, and II dlar Central Railway Company. and
for oLheI purI oses the transer DOCKS VIII remain
clA sed until after lhe meeting. ,. -
4W Secretary,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

f49@ COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP
~ rougt en- Il e skin after using WRiGnrs
Altoona EDGLYARIN TABLET . F5OLIDI fed
SLYCERIN. Its daily makes the skin deli
caie, soft and beauttu is oeiightfuily fragr ant
transparent, andi par able as Toilet SOAP For
S. by all Druggists. h & q. A WRIGHT
24a No. 624 OHESNUT Street,
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f4yS CHEMISTS STATE TaAT THE PRO.
cess which Ei es to spUng It's superior eIasu
city Is lncapab OF iDjurinR ths snongs but on tina
contrary protects L. f'om decay This is the ndiS.
pu,eo tettmony q the hundreds of thousands nov
usins ths CiaSUc sponge. 83mwft
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AN ALPHABET FOR The PEOPLE.

A For All people: invited to call
49, Ana purchase fine clothes at the GREAT
BROWN HALL.
ID For the brown Stone magnificent stora
- Whose clothing Ia cheaper than ever be.
fore
n For the Cash that the Customers pay
~ For the elegant Clothing they Garry away.
n For our Doors, which stand open all day.
way.
~ For the Elegant raimeut we sell
- so cheap to the public, VINO love 1t SO
well.
II For the Fashion. for Fun. and for Folks =.
VINO FAN into Fills o'er our Foolish old
a. For the Garments which Gentlemen
Enough for each citizen wanting his share.
H Isyour Head. and the Hat that IL init.
- But how funny you'd look If you wore
your wite's bonnet!
T The Immense piles Of clothing we keen.
But we're keeping them movihg by selling
r Forthe Juveniles. jolly with Joy.
When he jumps into trousers. is each lit
x is the knowledge the people enjoy
AA About where To buy clothes for each man
and each boy.
T, The Large size OF our Big Brown Stone
Twill accommodate multitudes on the
ground floor.
MT For the Money, the Men, and the Mills
ANA To furnish Materials and settle the Bills,
NJ Your New clothes such an excellent lt.
Is Are you sorry you got them' No. Not
n For the Overcosts, strong, stout. and
Which Our customers wear to protect
them from storm.
ID For our Prices. so Sleaslngly low,
n AS The Public from happy experience
know.
q Is how queer e felow'd appear
" II he Went without clothing the whole OF
the ear.
D For Rocknill & Wilson, the clothlers we
Who first set up shop in 1S43.
g For the style OF the garments so Splendid
~ For the very best sort OF good people in
tended.
TT For the Trade that we constantly do,
i AS we make and sell clothing SO rich and
TT Upper floors for the Great Brown Hall,
For custom department. and piece goods
" For the Ves,ings of elegant stuff,
Ready.made or TO order. and cheaply
enough.
VIZ Is Widow with boys eight or nine
w she can clothe Them SO cneap for the year
sixty nine.
x Was K ing Xerxes. who never at all
IA Ever wore such good clothes as we sell at
Brown Hall.
" For Youths clothing. and here It Is found
SO cheap ana magnificent all the Year
round
y Is for Zero, when the thermometer goes
q Down near that. yon ought 10 have good
winter clothes
Now come, men Of letters Let us bring our
boys, too, and at prices so low as to make you
open your ey es, ears, and mouths; everybody
who is big enough to say his letters can be
clothed al
THE GREAT BROWN STONE HALL
R0CKHlLL a WILSON,
Nos. COS and COS CHESNUT STREET,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

fAS5 MR.. DAVIS Il. CASSEDAY-
witb sAtsfaoiion your consent 90 Leoture. and
hereby invite ytu dhiiver tue AZ sue q n time
AZ may consist wi your con vei tence,
Respectfully yours.
PETER WILL M SON
VIM. KENT GILBERr, a. D.,
THOMAS II iBIc y
CHAbLES IN0ERSpJL,
DAVID PAUL BROWN,
HAMrEL II. GROSS NJ ID, .-
FERDINAND FEATHEH5rONE,
J. " LIPPINCOpT
WILLIhM W. HARDING,
MOTION MCNIUH NEL,
EDWARD o. RSIGHT,
WILLIAM WEIsH
RlOHA ARD =. SMITH.
ALLEN CUrHBERT,
RICHARD VAUX,
HFNRY RUDD.
PECER McrALI
FRANCIS t4URNEY SMITH, NJ d.
JAMES STEEL.
-, , JANUARY l, 1889.
FEIHR WI LIZA MsoN, Esq, and 9th .rs:-
Sth'tn neh'- IN r~p7 10 your lnvit alton beg leRve
n say whlie thapkioR you for the kiuduess which
diCttteS 10 that accept IT,
Very respectfully ours,
DAVIS b. CASSEDAY.
DAVIS b. AssEDAY
CONCERT HALL,
TRUE WONANHOoD"
u,, MONDAY EV ENINg. January 49,
IlcRtts, rlny Cent? To he h6d ut Truth ers Music
etotp, no S6 ClesDut street or at the 'or. lI26t
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t75Be PHILADELPHIA AND r EADING
kS2 RAILkOAD COAPANY-O Office No. 2H 5.

m II VI
~ RAILkoAD CoAPANY-ofice No. 2H ).
FOUkTH Street - -
PHILADELPHIA December 80, 1868,
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Transfer Books OF this Company will be
closed on he All OF January next, and be reopened
on TUES DAY January ".
A Dividend OF FIVE PER CENT has been de-
clared on the Preferred and Common Stock clear of
National and STATE Taxes. pay Sble Ia common stock
on and after January b. 1860 TO the holders tn sreo
"a they shall stand IeRistt red the books OF the
Company the Attn OF January next All payable
All orc eSs for Dividends must be witnessed and
4 I'm s. BRADFORD. Treasurer.
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h1y@ OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA
RSS AND CR AN TON kAILROAD COMPANY
No. 224 South DELAWARE Avenue.
FHILADELPHIA, Ian. II, 1859,
At the Annual Meeting OF the Stockholders, ned
this day the following gentlemen were unanimOusly
elected Directors tor thJ ensuing year.
LIRKC1ORS.
Vincent L. Bradfo AsAJ. Fish,
William II Hart Joan Stevens,
William H IsatZmer, Bsnj amln Fish.
Charles Manchester, john M Read,
John DorTRpce Ashbet Welch
William IS. Freeman, Albert w. M 4rkley
Ana at a sub equent meeting OF the Board OF d.
rectors, tie following omcers were unanimously re-
elected:-
Prebident-V VINCENT L. BRADFORD.
TIessurer- ]. PARKER NORRIS.
secrelary-JAMES M0RRELL.
iiEst ], AQERELL, Secretary.
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% OFFICE OF Tue NORTH PENNsYL.

PHILADELPHIA, No. 4O7 Walnut street, Jan. 6, 1863
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Transfer Books NJ this Company will be closed
on SATURDAY. the 9Th inst, a. o'clock P. NJ, and
be reopened on SATURDAY The l6tn inst.
A dividend has this day been declared OF FIVE
PER CENT. clear OF taxes payable In scrip, bearing
no interest, and convertible into Seven Per Cent
Morg gaSe Bonds OF the Company, 10 OF not less
than five hundi ed dollars, on and after May 1st next
The said dividend will be credited TO the stock.
holders they shall stand registered the books Of
the Company on SATURDAY. the 9th inst.
1Smwlm WILLIAM WISTEk, Treasurer,
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"BR C.s.Hs ERo.M VIEW SRASHE'

There was an amusing scene on board
the Louisville mail boat the other day.
There was the usual conglomeration Of
passengers in the cabin just before the
boat landed, and, mid the general hub
bub OF conversation, man remarked
incidentally, NOW, in Now Jersey,
where live
Instantly m old man, who had sat
moodily and silently pondering BY tho
stove for some time, sprang to his feet
and exclaimed
Stranger, are you from New Jor-
sey ?"
"Yes."
"And, wiliin' to acknowledge itf"
Eyes sir; proud ont.
"Hurra give as your hand" cried
the old man, fairly dancing with exult-
alton. I'm from New Jersey, too, but
never felt like declaring il afore.
Shakel I'm an old man I've travel
ed long aud far I've been in every ca
ty in this here West -steamboated on
the Ohio and Mississippi been TO Cal
iiornia over the plains and around tho
Horn; took voyage once to Liverpool,
but in all my travels hang me il this
amt the first time ever heerd man
acknowledge that he KUN from New
Jersey. Boys" turning 10 tho whole
assembly, augmented by railroad-run-
ners, hacknen, bootblacks nowsboys
and apple-girls, for tho boat had land
ed, "lets all take a drink 10 New Jer-
sey, .he land Of Frelingbyson, Old Hy-
son, Commodore Stockton and Dan
Rice, Hip Fat Contributor.
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rns cnow-s ..sAUE re rmr F4H.ssn
by THOMAS II. BREWER.

Whatever wrong the Grow commits
against tie cultivator Of the soil may,
by little painstaking, be materially
lessened or wholly prerented. The
benefits he confers are both numerous
and important. During the time he
remains with us he destroys, so says no
less authority than Wilson, "myriads Of
worms, mice, caterpilars, grubs and
beetles" Audubon also aflirms that
the Grow deyours myriads Of grubs ey-
cry day Of tho grubs which wou'd
lay waste the farmers ields--an de-
stroys quadrupeds innumerablc, every
one Of which is an enemy to his poul-
try and bis focks. DIR. Harris, also,
one Of the most faithful aud accurate
observers, in speaking OF the rayages
sometimes wrought in our grass-lands
and gardens by the grub Of the May
beetles, adds his testimony to the great
services rendered by the Grow in keep
ing these pests in check, Yet here in
Massachusetts,, regardless Of such testi-
mony in their favor, ne have nearly ex-
terminated these birds, and the de-
structlye grubs, having no longer this
active enemy to restrict their growth,
are year by year increasing with fear
ful persistence. We hare seen large
farms, within al bour's ride cf Boston,
in which, over entire acres, the grass
was SO completely undermined aud the
roots eaten away, that the lcosened turf
could bo rolled up as easily as II it had
been cut by the turing spade In the
same neighborhood whole fields of corn
and potatoes. aud almost every kind Of
garden vegetable, bad seen eaten al tho
root and destroyed. Oar more intelh-
gent farmers, who have studied out the
cause Of this unusual insect growth,
have satisfied themselves that i is the
legitimate result, the natural and iney-
liable consequence. q our own acts--
Oar sbort-sigltsd aud mnrdsrous war
fare upon the Grow has interrupted tne
harmonies Of nature. disturbed her we'll
adjusted balaBos. aud let loose upon ag-
rieultare its snemie4 with 10 adequate
means " arFeating thslr general IN
crease. .ahalaac MgaEiy
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!. In one Of bis recent lectures. Profess
OF hilhmAn. The younger, alluded 70
the discovery of an enormous lizard,
measuring upwards q eighty feet -
From this fact the professor inferred Is
no living specimen ot such gigantic
magnitude bad been found. that the
species which il represented have great
ly degcnerated, The verify Of his posi-
tion be rather singularly eudoayos to
enforce by an alluaor to The well known
existence of giants in olden times
The following list furnishes the data
On Which the singular hypothesis is
based.
The giant exhibited at Bowen, in
1920 The professor Gays, measured over
rs feet Gorapious saw girl 10 feet
high. The giant Galabra. brought from
Arabia to Rome, ander Claudius Gus.
ar, was near 10 feet high, Tunnum,
who lived in the reign Of Eugene II,
measured II 10 feet high, The Cav.
eler scrog, in his voyage to the Peak oi
Tenerife, found in one of the cayerns
Of that mountain the head Of Gunueb,
which has go teeth, and it was suppos.
ed his body was not less than Is feet
high. The giant Ferragus, slain by
Orlando, nephew Of Charlemango, was
28 feet high
In 1914. near St Gormein, was found
the tomb Of the giant Isoront, VINO was
no less than 20 feet high In 1890.
near Rouen, was found skeleton whose
skull held bushel OF corn, and whose
body must have been Is feet long.
Plstorious saw at Lucre tho human
bones Of a subject 10 feet long The
giant Bacart was % feet high; his thigh
bones we're found in 1903, near tho riy.
er Moderi
In 1913, near the castle in Dauphine
tomb was found 80 feet long, 10 wide
and high, on which was cut on a grey
stone the words "Keutolochus Rex. ~
The skeleton was found entire, 25 IL
feet long, Is feet across the shoulders,
and 5 feet deep from tho breast bone
10 The back Near MaEarino, m Sicily
in 1916, was found the skeleton Of gi,
ant 30 feet high. His head was the
size Of hogshead, and each Of his teeth
weighed ounces Near Paleamo, in
Sicily, in 15Is, was found the skeleton
Of a giant 80 feet long, and 1850, an
other 33 feet long.
We have no doubt that there were
giants in those days, aud the past, per
haps, was more prolific in producing
them than the present But the histo.
ry Of giants in olden times was not
moro remarkable than that OF dwarfs,
several Of whom were even smaller
than tie Thumbs and NutG Of our own
time.