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credit. II is hardly to be supposed that each
of those other countries is blest with Bout
well, or at any rate, it has not been discov-
cred that the prodigal skies have poured down
upon the whole world a deluge of able finau-
ciers. Our credit is no better, aud has un-
dergone no greater improvement, than that
of the slaveholding empire of Brazil, on the
southern part of the continent Indeed. he
credit of Brazil is better than ours, and has
been advancing at a more rapid pace, in
spite of all our foolish boasting. Her five
per cent. bonds are selling at 915, while our
six per cents stand at 80. Within the last
six months her bonds have advanced nine per
cent, while ours have gone up only six per
cent 1t will have SOLDERING effect to mea-
sure our credit by that of the nations who
compete with us in the loan markets of the
world. AS none of them can sell four per
cent, or even five per cent. bond at par, it
would be piece of boastful and ridiculous
self-sssumption for our Congress to pass an
act declaring its foolish opinion that we can
borrow money at a rate at which nobody will
consent to lend it.
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LAWLESSNESS IN NORTH CAROLINA
ITS DEMOCRATIC APOLOGISTS.

From the NJ Y. Times.
The murders and outrages which have
called forth the proclamation of the Cover
nor of North Carolina, are made by the World
pretext for arraigning the policy of recon-
struction. Its censure is directed, not against
the cowardly ruffians who are the authors of
crime, but against the Government whose
authority is exercised to secure their punish
ment. Bands of men, disguised, have
roamed about the State killing and DESTROY
ing property, and perpetrating nameless out
RACES, the victims in every case being loyal
lists, white or black. Yet these crimes the
WOTI6 mildly designates 'vagaries," and
their perpetrators are represented as enioying
the favor of the community, whose sympa1
thies are thus actively enlisted against the
local Government. We quote:-
'This Government naturally has proved poweress
to restrain the excuses OF the bad because IL has
proved powerless to command the sympathies OF the
good in the community. The scandal of the exist
ence of such government has excused in the ewes
of high-spirted and resolute people, the yaSaries
OF those whO under the preteXt OF resisting It's on
pressions choose to band themselves together for
the qualification either OF their political passions or
OF lower and less pardonable appetites"
Nor are we allowed to hope for an improve
ment. The social conditions here indicated
'smust remain unchanged, the World asserts,
$50 long as the system endures under which
they have been generated" "a people for
hidden to make their own laws" our contem-
porary adds, ''will not rally to enforce the
laws which are made for them"
Wendell Phillips, entering upon crusade
against the white people of the South, would
desire no stronger justification than that
which the logic of the World affords The
worst enemy of the South never inflicted
upon it more tiiscredit than is involved in the
pology of its Democratic champion. For
the plea urged in extenuation of crime in
North Carolina is equally applicable to every
other reconstructed State. The social condi-
tions which are the assigned cause of murder
and arson are not peculiar to the State of
which Mr.. Holden is Governor If the rea-
soning of the World is worth anything, we
might expect to find everywhere under recon
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RSSs- OFFICE OF THE SCHUYLKILL
Street, Philadelphia May %, 1870.
Notice is hereby given that Special General Meeting of
the Stockholders and IoanLoders of Company
be held at this office MONDAY the 2Jth day of Juue
1870 at II o'clock A. M for the purpose of considering
proposition to lease the works franchises and property
the Schuykil Navigation Company Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad COMPANY.
BY order of the Managers,
6612t f. FRAUFY
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INCREASE IN TWELVE MONTHS.

The Economist says that these statistics
''show great increase during the year in the
taste for investments of this species and the
taste is rapidly augmenting, for much more
tAan half the increase shown by this table
has taken place within the last six months,
as the following table shows
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WEEKLY LINE TO sAwAN

- WEEKLY LINE TO SAVANNAH GA
day, June II, at 8 A. Nj. w ~
day, June IL. - ~
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING given to all the prip
eipRi towns in Georgia., Alabama Florida, Mississippi
LOUISIANA Arkansas and Tennessee in connection with
the Central Railroad OF Georgia, Atlantic and Gulf Rail
lines NO-pS'i"s
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INCREASE IN SIX MONTHS.

we nope tnese Instructive facts may be
duly pondered by Secretary Boutwell, and his
spread eagle admirers who have entertained
us with SO many boastful fourishes about the
new life he has infused into our national
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NOTICE IS HEREBY G

NOl1CE 6lNEN, In
accordance with the provisions of the existing
of Assembly, that meeting of the commissioners named
in an act entitled An Act to Incorporate the rEO
TlON FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 10 be located
in the oity Of Philadelphia approved the 18th day of April
A. d. 1852 and supplement thereto, approved the 26h
day of April A d. 1870, will be held at o'clock z. NJ
the 10th Gay of June A. D. 1870 at No 1856 s. SEVENTH
Street, Philadelphia, when the books for subscription
the capital stock will be opened and the other action
taken requisite to complete the organization. l3 Inn
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SHIPPlNO.

<ETTS> PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN
- MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S REGTT
LEANS La. "" Oh-
Thursday, June 10, at A. NJ 'N'' "n
The ACHILLES will sail from New Orleans via Havana
- June " "A"i
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING at as low rates as bv
any other route given to Mobile, Galveston Indianoa Ia
yaeca and Bra2os and to all points the Mississippi river
between New Orleans and St Louis RED River reghts
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SPECIAL NOTICES,
K6Syn PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM
PANY, TREAsURER's DEPARTMENT.
PHILADEIPHIA. Pa, May 8. 1870.

NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
The Board of Directors have this day declared semi
annual Dividend of FIVE PER GENT. on the Capital
Stock of the Company clear of National and State Taxes
payable in cash on and after May &c. 1870.
Blank Powers Of Attorney for collecting Dividends
be had at the Office Of the Company No 2S South Third
street.
The Office will be opened at A. NJ. and closed at
p NJ from May 30 to june for the payment Of Dividends
and after that date from A. NJ to 3 p. nj.
THOMAS T. FIRTH,
546Ot Treasurer
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SFMI-MONTHLY LINE TO WILMINGTON N q
The PIONEER will sail forWIlmiugton on Saturday
June 25th. e A''
Connects with the Cape Fear River Steamboat Com
pany, the Wilmns and Weldon and North Caroiina
Railroads, and the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
to all interior points.
Freights for Columbia, S. O., and Augusta Ga taken
via Wilmington. at as low rates as by any other route
insurance effected when requested by shippers Rills
Of ladng signed at Queen street wharf or before ay
OF sailing
WILLIAM L. JAMES, General Agent
6B No. i3O South THIRD Streat
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COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS,
and and WAgon-OOyer Duck; Also Paper Msaufsctaren'
Drler felte from thirty 10 seventysix inches, With
fauHns. Belting. SAil Twins. sts, :.
No. 10 OubRoH Strest (Oits stoFsL
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D. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, /

accordance with the provisions of the existing
OF Assembly, that meeting of the commissioners
IN an act entitled An Act to Incorporate the MOYA.
MRNSlNG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, to be
located in the city Of Philadelphia approved the 18th
proved the 26th day OF April, A. d. 1870 will held IL
o'clock NJ on the 18th day Of June, 1870 NO. 135 5.
SEVENTH Street Philadelphia, when the books
scrpton to the capital stock will be opened the other
action tak requisite complete the I3lm
The sun., 1870-04-19

Mr.. CYRUS w. FIELD has bill before
Congressto incorporate tho Pacific Submarine
Telegraph Company The Company is TO lay
telearaphic cables from California to Japan and
China, either by way of the Sandwich islands or
any other islands Of the Pacific that may be found
advantageous for the purpose. The capital of
tho Company is to be ten millions Of dollars in
gold; and the line Of telegraph is to be completed
within five years. To aid in this great
undertaking, the Government is to give
the Company quantity-not yet speciied-of
public land and on the other hand, the Company
is TO transmit for the Government, without
charge dispatches TO the aggregate amount Of
Eve hundred thousand dollars year.
This is a judieious bill, and we trust it may be
enacted without any unnecessary delay. Such a
line OF telegraph Mr.. FIELD designs would be
ofimmenae benefit to the press and commerce of
the United States and Of the world. That public
aid may properly be given to the enterprise, in
| the form proposed by Mr.. FIELD, no one will dis
| pute; and the service offered in return will be q
| full equivalent for a larger contribution than
| Congress will probably agree upon. The sooner
the Pacific Submarine Cable is laid, the better.
The sun., 1870-04-19
Can This be True Z

A writer from Ottawa declares in the Tri
bune that he learns from good authority that
the Government Of the United States will
allow the steamers of the royal British expo
dition against Winnipeg to pass through the
canal of the Sault 81. Mary. This means Of
course that Mr.. THORNTON, the British Min.
lister at Washington, has received assurances
to that effect from Mr.. HAMILTON FISH.
If we have become bound thus to give our
nid in the British attempt to subdue the re-
yolted people of Winnipeg, it is well that
the citizens Of the United States should
know II beforehand, so that they may have
chance TO express their minds on the subject
before it is too late We can scarcely believe
that it can be true; and yet after Mr.. FIsn's
jealous and active afiliation with the Span.
iards in the work of subjugating Cuba, and
retstablshng slavery and the slave trade,
we do not see why he should not also do
what Lc can for England in the way of put
ting down the insurrection in Winnipeg.
Such assistance should of course be accom-
panied by positive agreement to abandon
the Alabama claims; and Mr. FISH should
At the same time send despatch to Lord
CLARENDoS-Mr. CALEB CUSHING could
write 1t for him-humbly returning thanks
TO England for what che did to us during the
rebellion.
If the British steamers are not allowed TO
pass the st. Mary Canal ON this errand of
war, the difficulties and expense of the expe-
hition will be greatly increased. Indeed,
the writer in the Tribune says that exclusion
from the canal would constitute an "insuper-
able obstacle" Therefore, when Mr.. FISH
gives the consent of our Government to the
passage of the steamers, he removes this
obstacle; and If the expedition is successful,
his cooperation will be entitled to the high
est tokens of British gratitude.
Once more we ask, Can this report be true
And If it is true, would 1t not be well for
Gen. GRANT to pay q little attention to the
business of the Government?
The sun., 1870-04-19
Cruelty in our Navy--A Sew ere itebuke
from the Secretary.

On the 18th of January last, JosRrn KING.
a seaman in the United States Navy, was
tried on ccrtain charges and specifications
befo-e q general court martial. held on
board the United States ship Portsmouth,
then lying in the bay Of Rio de Jane'ro, Brazil.
The findings OF the court and its sentence
are now published in general order Of the
Navy Department; and this order affords us
the FIRST opportunity We have ever had of
approving an official act Of the present Sec
rotary Of the Navy. ..
The prisoner was a sailor on the Ports
mouth. He was accused, first, of having used
disrespectful language to his superior officer,
| in May, 1869. For this offence he was tried
before q summary court martial in the same
month and the second specification Of the
first charge on the present trial was for
using further disrespectful language to the
officers of the ship at the time of this sum.
mary court martial, He was also charged
with having attempted to desert in December
1860, and with brandishing q boat hook al
the officers who then arrested him.
The pleas of the accused in bar Of thes,
charges, and of the trial, present facts whicl
are disgraceful to the officers who inflicted
the tortures they detail On the day follow
ing his first offence, KING was tried. and sen
tonced by the summary court martial to con
Gnement in double irons, on bread and wa
ter for thirty days, loss Of three months pay
and extra duty for three months. In add
ton to the sentence of the court, he was fur
thcr illegally and outragcously punished
He was confined in the launch of the Portl
mouth, his feet ironcd to ring bolt, hi
hands in irons, exposed to the burning ray
Of the sun, and was forced to remain In thl
position from morning until nearly nigh
Then he was taken to the bcrth-deck of III
. vessel, gagged, and confined in u swcat.Lo,
- n close structure about two feet square, wit
some thirty small holes through 1t at IL
height Of n mans face from the groun
= when standing The ventilation was so po,
= that the prisoners health wNsSnuch injure
= and twas found necessary to order medic
treatment for him even while still in co
D. lnement He was afterward fully restor,
to duty without being informed that al
Of charges were pending against him. ~
sa ss cour, however overruled the plea that Il
'u prisoner had thus already been sufficient
q, punished.
10. ! In regard to the charge Of desertion. I
The sun., 1870-04-19

From reports which we believe trust
worthy it appears that for once Spanish report
has a soupeon Of truth in it.
Gen. JORDAN, we believe, has left Cuba on the
road to this country.
1t appears that previous to the mission of Gen.
QrEsADA to this country, tho President of the
Cuban Republic had requested information from
his diplomatic representative here as to the
wisdom of sending hither some authorized
agent who could give, from his personal
knowledge, trustworthy details as to the status
Of the Cuban Republic, and that Mr.. MORALES
LENUs, in reply, warmly urged the mission to
Washington Of Gen. JORDAN, as n person who
was not unknown here, and whose statements
would carry conviction.
Gen. JORDAN will probably arrive here in O few
days, and will disprove by documentary evidence
that he has abandoned the Cuban cause, and
prove that the triumph Of that cause is now SO
certain that he would have been fool to do SO.
Gen. 1GSAcIo AGRAMoyTF, who has been in
command in the Cuban ranks since the outbreak
Of the revolution, whose patriotism is uuques-
toned, and in whom his countrymen place en-
tire reliance, has been appointed to the tempo
rary command-in-chief, during the absence of
Gen. JORDAN. - t'--- -'~-'''.
The sun., 1870-04-19

You know Psscr Eov believes In him, and the
longer he remains with him the intensified will
ms ioeng become, and Of course the longer II VIII
take TO erase It,"
Mrs LU q. CALHOUN, q more fertile letter
writer than Mrs SINCLAIR, also says:
1T is profanation for you to stay with that man
you hdU not"
81 think you could live yourself and PERCY, for
that you can improve, your salary wiz oe incre"seu
al am 80 glad that you have left NJ Do not
beteoch you, return"
My darling, for whom I would die. do not so
wrong your womnnhood Us TO 60 back. iou nlut
not, shaH not"
:" Let Mr. r helpvou ;he u good and strong"
"Do you know what is the panacea for all my woos
Mr. Richardson. Nobody is hdlf 20 Kind and IN
relish as he, and Wien ] am stuck a. the news
,euse aud kind heart always 1nd way into smooth
paths again
And much more Of the same sort. The
whole burden Of the letters is abuse of the
husband, praise Of the adulterous lover, soil.
citations to break the marriage tie, and en-.
couragement to get the children away from
their father with rosy pictures of wealth,
fame, and happiness as the result. Yet Mr..
GREELEY secs nothing in these letters which
the writers should wish TO blot Verify, If such
be their effect on such mind as his, there
must be a corrupting influence in the atmos-
phere Of the Tribune Office, which less intel.
lectul people will do well TO shun.
The sun., 1870-04-19
Mr.. Sweeny and the Twenty-third
Street Railroad.


Mr.. PETER d. SwEENy is credited with
having drafted the city tax levy, now be-
fore the Legislature. In that voluminous
document occurs the following section, which,
oddly enough, is slipped in under the heading
"Public Schools:
SEC. 10 In any case in which any onicer or officers
Of the city OF New York have been or shall he
authorized to sell or dspose Of any property, right,
or privilege, and the highest bidder Is declared by
the said ofcer or officers not TO have complied with
the terms OF such sale II shall bo his their duty
bidder a, such sale Who 'S nav eompy With ,be .sd
terms and In the event Of such award being made
such bidder shall be deemed the highest bidder at
same effect as II made on the first offer proposal
any limitation as TO the time Of making the same to
tie contrary notwithstanding.
Now what this section has 10 do with pub
lie schools, or why 1t is in the tax levy at
all, puzzles a good many honest people to
understand. Mr.. SwEENY Is the only person
who can explain the mystery, and we call
upon him to do SO. We can perhaps aid
him by recalling the following little trans
action which took place about year ago:
The Legislature Of last year had passed
an act directing the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund, of whom Mayor O'HALL is
one, and Mr.. SwEENY in his capacity of
City Chamberlain another, to offer for sale
at public auction the franchise of street rail.
road, to run through Twenty-third street, from
the East to the North River. There was
no restriction as TO the use TO be made Of
the road, whether for freight or passengers.
The sale was duly held, and the franchise
knocked down to Mr.. SIDNEY A. YEoMAN
as the highest bidder, his bid being $150,0OO
gentleman supposed TO represent the Erie
Railway Company was the next bidder to
Mr.. iEoMAN. and Mr.. JAMES FISK, Jr., had
also himself bid about 100000. Mr.. YEo-
MAN assigned his bid TO q stock company
called the Twenty y-thrd Street Railroad Com
pany, composed of himself and others; but
when he came and offered to pay his $780,,
600, the money was refused on frivolous
and technical pretext by the Commissioners,
and the franchise remains still undisposed of.
Now, VIC want to know from Mr. SwEENY
whether this section. hid away in the tax
levy under the head of Public Schools" il
on 's not intended to secure the transfer at
low price OF ..his valuable street railroad
privilege to some party IN tho interest of
the Ring. 1t will he observed that the Com
missioners are to be the sole JUDGES as to
whether the highest bidder has or has not
complied with the terms of sale, and they
are allowed in their discretion TO award the
property TO the next highest bidder who
will, in their opinion, comply with those
terms. without putting it up for 81! again
VIII Mr.. SwEENY kindly enlghten the pub
lie, including many thousands of honest
Democrats, on this interesting topic?
The sun., 1870-04-19
risoner pleaded in bar the insiction of lille.

prisoner pleaded In bar the inAiction of ille-
gal torture upon him by his commanding off,
ccr in addition to the punishment prescribed
by law. II seems that he was confined in
double irons on the ships deck, and his hands,
which were ironed behind him, were attached
to an eye-bolt above and kept up for about
sixty hours. He was gagged for tweve hours,
and was 30 confined for ten days, with the
exception of two intervals of twenty -four
hours each This was all in excess of the
punishment which could be lawfully i'm.
posed but the court ruled against the plea.
The prisoner was found guilty. He was
sentenced to imprisonment for five years,
with loss of pay and at tho expiration Of
his term, to DO dishonorably discharged the
naval service The sentence went TO the
Secretary of the Navy for his action.
We are glad to say that Mr.. RoBEsoN
heartily condemns the verdict Of the court,
and that he has ordered an investigation
into the allegations of cruelty contained in
the pleas on behalf Of the prisoner His
decision is as follows:
at apparent from the record OF or oceedings In
this case that JOSEPH KISo. the nccused, had, he
fore this trial, been severely punished for the
offences set forth in these charges and specifications
The circumstances attending his confinement show
that more was done than merely holding him in
custody TO await the action or q general court mar
ual Whatever was extra to legal confinement
punishment; and though nUfsrtn0s Ders tnyfictef
trere as illegal and cruel as MSv scers vnecesdyy 10
his safe keeping, the fact TINT the punfshmsnt tods
Hsoai dnd ertt does not deprive him Of HE right TO
The Secretry will not hercicomment upon the
nature OF the punishment as set forth In the pleas ot
the accused. This is under investigation, and will
be dealt with hereafter as circumstances may re-
q1ire
approved and set aside for the reason that tho ac
cused had been already punished.
Ordinary Seaman JOSEPH KINe will. on receipt OF
this order, be discharged from confinement and
stored to duty"
We now call upon the Secretary of the
Navy TO bring those officers to trial who in
aicted sufFerings upon this sailor, which, In
Mr.. RoBEsoN's own words, "no sentence
could lawfully impose" Such men disgrace
the uniform Of the United States. 1t reflects
little credit upon the humanity of naval
officers, that q court martial could be or
gained from among them which would,
under the circumstances, impose such a SEN
tence as that in this case. We do not know
the names of all its members the President
was Capt. STEPHEN ID. TRENcnARD.
One of the disrcspectful acts charged
against the accused in this case was that ho
said to the commander of the ship that q GER
tain very warm place would not be full until
he and old RoDERTsoS, the lieutenantcom-
mnnder, got there; but the subsequent treat
ment he received shows TINT some naval off,
GERS do not need to leave the earth in order
to acquire diabolical characters.
The sun., 1870-04-19

United States TO ratf the treaty and pay for the
Island and there 10 no doubt that II the cues
tion were referred TO any suitable umpire, judg-
msnt must be given against us. Such, however,
does not seem to be the view Of the Senate.
They are evidently of the opinion that Denmark
has no rights that the United States are bound
to respect and also that il is Of no importance TO
us what opinion the world at large may entertain
Of our conduct
We regret sincerely that such blow should
have fallen upon man like Gen. RAAsLoTF, a
statesman Of large intelligence, elevated charac-
ter, and the most friendly attachment toward
this country. But we do not doubt that he will
recover from II sooner than the reputation of the
United States.