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PAVING BROAD STREET.

WE do not object to the construction of a
wooden pavement on Broad street at the ex-
pense of the city, but if this point is to be
right to expect and demand that this work
will be completed at the smallest possible
cost. We are therefore panied to hear
rumors that there is great danger that Phila-
delphians are about to be mulcted, not
merely in money enough to construct the
proposed pavement, but in sum
sufficiently large to enrich a ring
of contractors. 1t is alleged
that the proprietors of several antagonistic
pavement patents, who have been loudly de-
claring during the last few years that when
ever the opportunity offered they would take
the contract for paving Broad street at bare
cost, have recently effected a combination
whereby they propose to divide the work of
laying the pavement, and to demand for each
section Of it about twice as much money as it
is intrinsicaly worth. 1t is also said to be
part of this scheme to hasten an appropria-
tion by Councils by the threat that the
Legislature will create a street-paving
commission, and direct or compel
preparation. We scarcely suppose that the
legislative movement will be vigorously or
sincerely pursued, but itwas quoted at meet
ing of the Finance Committee of Councils on
Saturday night last, with evident effect, as
good reason why loan of 100000 should
be created to pave Broad street The point
to which we wish to direct especial attention
is, that if this proposed ap-
preparation is not hedged round
with wise restrictions, large portion of it
will probably be stolen. The alleged pro-
gramme is that one wood pavement company
is to take the upper part of the city, while
another company takes the lower part of the
city, and each charges price per foot twice
as large as should in justice be paid; and we
sincerely hope that Councils, in their wisdom,
patriotism, and disinterestedness, will break
up this arrangement. Why cannot they ap-
point a committee, consisting of citizens of
irreproachable character, to thoroughly inves-
tigate the whole su ject of wood pavements,
and to insert proper restrictions in the pro-
posed contracts!
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ries that have resulted from the false accuss-
tion put upon him. II was certainly a
grievous wrong that DIR. Neville should not
have been allowed to establish his innocence
weeks ago. and it is not to be wondered at
that he should be disposed to blame the Dis
trict Attorney; but no impartial person who
understands the facts of the case, and
the imperfect workings of our system
of criminal jurisprudence, will be able TO
accuse Mr.. Sheppard of having failed in his
duty in the matter. The wrong done to DR..
Neville resulted from the imperfectons Of the
law, and not from any neglect on the part Of
the District Attorney, who, we believe, en-
deavored to bring the case to trial at as early
a day as possible. 1t is of course but poor
consolation to Dr. Neville to know that he
has been the victim of imperfect laws, but
any citizen is liable to suffer as he has done,
and no legal code that could be devised by
human wisdom would be able to prevent in
nooent men from being accused of crime or
of enduring the consequences of such accu-
sation.
In alluding to this case we cannot avoid
mentioning one very remarkable circum-
stance connected with it, and that is the
brutal behavior of the principal witnesses
for the Commonwealth. These women were
willing to swear positively that DR.. Neville
was the man who threw box containing a
living child into Cohocksink creek, and yet
they acknowledged that when the child was
rescued alive from the water they took no
measures whatever to preserve it, but allowed
it to remain exposed in the yard of their
dwelling for several hours while they
went on with their work, as if it
we're thing of no consequence. The con-
duct of all connected with the finding of the
child was most extraordinary, and while DR..
Neville was acquitted, the principal witnesses
against him are convicted before the commu-
nifty by their own testimony of gross brutality,
to say the least that can be said in regard to
them.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that efforts will
still be made to discover who the guilty per-
son or persons were in this affair, and to
bring them to justice. This much at least
the officers of the law owe to an outraged
community and to an innocent man, who has
suffered in pocket and reputation for crime
that he certainly did not commit.
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OK SATURDAY evening a complimentary
banquet was given by the journalists in
Washington to Colonel John w. Forney on
the occasion of his leaving that city for the
purpose of assuming the personal charge of
the Press of this city. The banquet appears
to have been very enjoyable affair, and as
an expression of good feeling towards Colonel
Forney by his brother journalists in Wash
ington, it was undoubtedly well deserved.
Colonel Forney has in many ways been of
essential service to the correspondents and
other newspaper men stationed in Washing
ton, and his many courtesies, as this banquet
testified, are gratefully appreciated by them.
Colonel Forney's personal supervision will
undoubtedly be of material advantage to the
Press, and we cordially extend him a well
come on his return to join permanently the
journ listic corps of this city.
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FINANOIALs
FINANCIAL.
NEW 7'30 GOLD LOAN
OF THE
NORTlERN PACIFIC RlILR0lD CO.,
SECURED BY FIRST MoRTsAGE ON RAIL
ROAD AND LAND GRANT.
ROAD AND LAND GRANT.
SAFE! PRoFETABLEl PERMANENrl
OF THE

We offer for sale at par ana accrued interest the
First Mortgage Land Grant Gold Bonds OF the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company. They are free
from United States tax, and issued of the follow
ing denominations :v-CoupOns, slOo. $500. and $1,000
Registered BOO, $500, $1,000, $4,000, and $4,000.
With the same entire confidence which Jay Cooke
& Co. commended Government bonds to Capitalists
and People, they now, after the fullest Investigation
recommend these Northern Pacific Railroad Seven
Thrties to their friends ana the general public.
GOLD PAYMENT.-BOth principal and interest
aIe payable In god-the principal at the end OF
80 years, and the interest (st the rate OF
Seven and Three-Tenths per cent. per annum) hah-
yearly, first OF January aud July.
PERFECT SAFETY:-The bonds we are now
selling are secured by first and only mortgageps
all the property and rights of the Northern PaciR
Railroad Company, which will embra ie on the
pleton OF the work.
l. Over two thousand miles OF road with
stock, buildings. aud all other eq oipmt ats.
2. Over twenty-five thousand acres OF land
every mile OF finished road. This land, agricau
raj, umbered, and mineral. amounting in allso upe
than hfty million acres, consists OF alternate
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the track, and extending in broad fertile belt from
Wisconsin through the richest portions OF Mime
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ington to Puget Sound
While the Government does not directly guarantee
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their full and prompt payment by an unreseryed
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great national Improvement.
THE MORTGAGE.-The Trustees under the
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and j. Edgar Thomson, President OF the Pennsylya-
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PROFITABLEN ESS.-Unlted States 5-2os at
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terest. Should they be redeemed in I've
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only 3M per cent. as the present premium would
meanwhile be sunk.
sll00 currency invested now In United
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ell00 currency invested now in Northern Pacific
1908 will yield per year in gold $50 80. Here ia
a difference in annual income OF nearly ous-third
besides difference OF to 10 per cent. In prnci-
pal when both classes OF bonds are redeemed
RECEIVABLE FOR LANDS.--These bonds Will
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the COmpanys lands, at their lowest cash price,
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THE FALL OF PARIS.

PAEIs has fallen, and leaving all sentimental
ism out of the question, just men of all
nations will declare that her fate is deserved.
For years this city has been hot-bed of the
most seductive vice and immortality, and the
rank corruption that the imperial system has
fostered, and by which it happily fell, we
hope for yer, has shamed the civilization of the
age until all men and women who have any
respect for decency, not to speak of religion,
feel that nothing but some terrible disaster,
such as has overtaken her. could make her
people feel what their real degradation was
That Paris should make determined resist
anoe was no more than was to be expecteds
for the valor of her citizens none doubted;
but it cannot be said that the siege has been
a remarkable exhibition of heroism on the
part of the people of the city, for many towns
have suffered more and have held out longer
Ii is a matter for congratulation, however,
that the capitulation has taken place before
the work of destruction has been carried to
extreme lengths, and Paris now, although
sadly defaced, still retains intact her most
beautiful public edifces, historical monu-
ments, and noble collections of art. These
we are profoundly thankful that the German
guns have been allowed to spare them The
fall of Paris, even more than any previous
calamity of the war, will be an afiiction that
the French people will find it hard to bear;
and it certainly ought to convince them of the
utter uselessness of further continuing
struggle in which they can gain nothing but
defeat and humiliation. The terms granted
by the Germans are, under all the circum-
stances, not ungenerous; and the
National Assembly which the terms
of capitulation provide for will,
if it is composed of really patriotic men,
effect peace even if it has to surrender the
territory that the Germans demand, and pay
them an indemnity for the sacrifices they
have made in a war forced upon them by
French ambition. The fall of Paris was a
necessary prelude to negotiations for peace,
and now that the great city is PROSTATE at the
feet of the Germans, the last scenes of the
most remarkable conflict of modern times
should be near at hand.
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THE ACQUITTAL or DIR. NEVILLE.
The trial of DIR. w. II. II. Neville, on the
charge of infanticide, which resulted on Sat
urdaY last in the complete vindication of the
accused was certainly one of the most re-
markable that has ever occurred. The testi-
mony brought forward by the prosecution
was so direct and conclusive that it would un-
doustedly have secured the condemnation of
the unlucky physician, if he had not been
able to prove an alibi so clearly that the
District Attorney and the Judges were obliged
to unite in demanding verdict of not guilty.
DIR. Neville, by most fortunate circum-
stance. was able to show his whereabouts for
several hours before and after the time at
which the witnesses for the Commonwealth
said the crime was committed, and to prove,
beyond the shadow of doubt, that it was
impossible that he should have been the guilty
party. He is therefore entitled to
the sincere congratulations of his fellow-citi-
zens upon the emphatic yindication of his
character, and'to their sympathy for the suf
ferings he has endured by long and unde
served imprisonment, and al the other !niu
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MONDAY, JANUARY 80, 1871.

w THE EVENING TELEGRAPH, from
its original establishment, has been in the
receipt of telegraphic news from the New
York Associated Press, which consists OF
the Tribune, Times, Herald, W0'1H,
Sun, 9oH,nal Of Commerce, EVeHing Post,
Commercial AGVc,7iSey, and Evening E.r-
6yess. The success which has attended
our enterprise is, in itself, sufficient evil
dence of the freshness, fullness, and relia-
bility of the news which we have received
from this source. Last March we entered
Into a special contract by which THE
EVENING TELEGRAPH has the exclusive
use of the news furnished in the afternoon
by the Associated Press to its own members,
the North Amerfcan, Inquirer, Ledger,
Press, Age, Record, and German Democrat,
of this city, and the leading journals of the
East, North, West and South; and hereafter
THE TELEGRAPH will be the OnLy evening
babe, bn6lisAed in this city in which the
afternoon dispatches of the Associated
Press will appear
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kT The earliest regular edition of THE
EVENING TELEGRAPH goes to press at l!
o'clock, and the subsequent regular editions
ct %, 81, and 4!. Whenever there is inn
portant news of the progress of the Euro
pean war, extra editions will be issued after
this hour, and before the regular time for the
early edition.
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honor to inform the Senate that have re-
oeiyed a communication from persons purport-
inc tobe citizens of Cleveland County, inform
ing me that Federal troops had entered tne
County of Cleveland from South Carolina and
arrested Allen Belts, and took him beyond the
limits OF this State into said State Of South
Carolina, and the said communication called
upon me as Governor to take steps to have the
said Belts returned to h.s home in Cleveland
County. have also been informed from other
sources that said Allen Bettis is charged WIN
being either principal or accessory to the mur.
der of one Thos. Roundtree, in the seale VI
South Carolina, BY band of disguised men ana
that he was arrested as above desclloeu W
orders from an officer In command VI lhe
Federal troops stationed in SAID s'a'e, anu
that he ia held to answer for the crime alleged
aoainst him before the Circuit Court OF the
Ifnited States for the District Of South caro-
lima In further answer to the resolution OF
the Senate, have to inform your honorable
BODY that forwarded the communication re-
ferred to above to the Pre- esident OF the United
States, and invited his attention to the COM
pIaiut therein contained, as 1t does not appear
to me that the Governor or the civil author;-
ties of South Carolina have anything TO do
with the arrest of said Bettis, either directly
or indirectly, but that 1t was done by the Fed
eral troops. deemit entirely useless to open
any correspondence with the Executive on
the subject, as I feel confident that said ofn-
clal would not be inclined or disposed to take
upon his State our cause of quarrel, If we
have any, with the Government of the United