EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT. ORPICR PRITNEIYI,VANIA RAILROAD 100XPANYI PHILADBLPHIA, February 18, 1866. To the Stockholder* of MR Pennsylvania Railroad Company: The following condensed statements will exhibit the Earnings and Expenses connected with the ope. ?Mien of the Company's works during 1884 : Pennsylvania Railroad and Branches. Banwixem. • From Passengers, First. class $43,289,980 77 14 " Emigrants.. e 1,904,37 $8,334.885 14 " United States Troops 611,773 ss " .1 " Mails 76,830 16 Expreases, under eon• tract - 76,000 00 " Express Freight 1109,511 345,411 22 20,381,989 32 128,148 04 " General Freight " Miscellaneous Sources Total Earnings a 14,759,057 66 BXPINI3BB. The nest of operating the line In 1864, was Conducting Transportation: For ordinary expenditures $2,624,916 68 " Emotion of passenger and freight Stations and extension of ex isting buildings MOTIVE POWER. For ordinary repairs ana renewals, inoluding 19 . new engines, costing $331,845 83, charged to this account to meet de preolatlon, &o , also, erection of machine shops at West Philadel ia Fo p r h additional tools and 52,536;666 79 shop machinery, chiefly ontht of Philadelphia and Erie Railroad 105,693 56 For additional locomo tives purchased for Phi ladelphia and Erie Bail road, ika 613,891 97 -- $3,266,052 32 MAINTINANCII OF OARS. For 'ordinary repairs and renewals, inoluding tree. lion of ear shops at West Philadelphia $853,929 12 For additional freight oars. 928,792 07 For additional passenger 011r5 222,271 86 MAINTBRANO3 OP ROAD. For ordinary repairs of railway and renewal of structures $2,057,1547 85 For additional second track and sidings • GIMOIAL EXPSNSICB Total expenditures connected with the business of the Pennsylvania Rail road, including additions to the fa dillies for transportation on its own road and that of the railroads it ope rates wi 110,693,914 19 usoaritutaertow. Gross earnings 914,759,057 66 Total ordinary expenses-98,226,669 67 Total extraordinary ex penses 2,468,291 62 --------4910,69a,044 19 Leaving balance • 94,066,118 47 The gross revenues of the line for 1884 are equal to $41,226 per mile of main line of roads (368 miles), and exceed in the aggregate those Of 1863 $2,867,- 644.71. Tale increase is $1,059,388 36 upon passengers and emigrants ; $1,231.98 upon United States mails ; $l,- 769,737 86 upon ordinary, and 682,282.30 on express freights. A decrease 000nrs in misoellaneens receipts of $32,046 96, and in United States troops of $2,919.30. The whole number of passengers carried over .the road during the year was 2,866,213, and the average distance travelled by each passenger aLtty two miles. The number of tons of. freight moved (including 179,491 tone of fuel and other materials transported for the Company) was 2,764,876, embracing 1,086,779 tone of Coal. The increase in the coal traffic is 188,580 tons, and the wholo tonnage of the road exceeds that of last year 310,180 tons. The ordinary expenditures for working and Main taining the Company's roads were 113,225,669 67, which is equal to 55 7.10 per oent. of its revenues, or 72 410 percent, including all the expenditures made for work done on its own line, and tho outfit of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad. The earnings of the Company's Canals were: • From Susquehanna Division.. 63,737 67 From Juniata Division 29,533 76 From Western Division 12,174 72 From silsoellaneona souroes Total earnings against $287,166 62 In 1863 The cost of maintaining, enlarging, and operating the Canals was FOr buequehanna Division... $158,794 83 For Juniata Division ./28,660 02 For Western Division 80,200 67 Showing a Ws on the Canals dining 1861 OE $1,9-io OD The lose upon the Canals daring the previous year was $15,217.80. In consequence of the original faulty location and construction, and the neglect of these works by their original proprietor, they have not yielded results equal to our anticipation. It Is believed, however, that they will become eventually a source of con siderable net profit. The Company has expended upon their maintenance and improvement, since they oanie Into their possession (seven years and live months), $1.808,386.22, and received $1,701,811.34 in tolls for their use. The low charges necessarily maintained for coal upon the railway of the Company has prevented the transfer of that commodity—the only one of Ml portion available for its support to any material extent—to its canal, except when shipped to points not reached by the road or its connections. The earnings of the Philadelphia and Erie Rail road in 1884 were : From Passengers 8479,822 44 FrOM Troops 31,389 18 From Fretg,hi a 645,037 46 From Express Matter 18,846 18 From Mails 14,390 03 From Miscellaneous SOB2OBB 44,103 72 Total earnings 841,131,147 98 The operating expenses during the Same tire. were : For Conduoting traniporta- Cori 2217,246 96 For Motive Power 234,698 75 For Maintenance of Way.... 354,163 21 For Maintenance of Cars.... 32,485 91 For thirty per cent. dna on lease to meet interest on Bonds, Taxes, am., &c 835,707 95 1,174,802 76 Showing aWs in Operating the line Of.. $43,154 80 The line was not opened for business until the 17th of October last, the beginning of the inclement season of the mountainous region it traverses and then with an incomplete track, insaffloient sidings and shops to meet the wants of the transportation department ; hence its operations have been oon duoted at much extra cost, and have necessarily been confined to the accommodation or Its local traffic. The results of the year's business is there• fore no evidence of what may be expected hereafter from this great work. The whole line is still in complete, and very little of its superstructure is founded upon ballast, so essential to the main tenance of the track in good condition under a heavy transportation. The whole revenue of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for its several lines is as fellows : Prom the Pennsylvania Railroad and branchev • 13.1,759,057 66 Vrom the Pennsylvania Canal 308,615 23 " " Philadelphia and .Erio Rail road Total 2,131,147 98 Of the net pronto of the Company for the year there has been applied to the payment oftwo semi-annual Ole'. donde of five per cent $1,523,637 00 And dividends to Harrisburg and Lan caster Railroad Company Interest upon its debt, taxes upon di vidends and coupons he 323,600 90 The semi annual dividends, in order to afford time to make up the dividendnbooke, will be paid hereafter on the 30th days of May and November, instead of the 15th, as heretofore. The surplus net profits of the Company mentioned in our lam annual report as applicable to the rail ways, ommenoed under an expectation of receiving Ito financial aid, and considered necessary to the full development of the trahfic of this Company, hale equalled anticipations; but the cost of these works, for reasons that are familiar to all, has largely exceeded the estimate then made. Prom an an alysis of these expenditures it appears that It now requires about three dollars to perform the office of one dollar In 1861. The rate of wages has not Increased In this ratio, but it seems to be a general principle that as the remuneration of labor is increased, its character and product decreases. This state of things could be met by increased charges upon transportation during their continu ance as compensation for the depreciation of the currency, if the legal rates were not limited; but, tinder existing circumstances, the stoppage of all Improvements, that have not progressed to an ex tent, that true economy will justify their early,,com pletion, is the only remedy left, At the present prices for work, the prospective profits for the con etnietion of new railways must be large to induce capital to enter into their construction. The cash capital required to carry on the opera tions of the Company, invested in materials for repairs of its road and machinery, and balances in the bands of Agents and Treasurer, amounted at the close of the year to the large sum of $2 8781847 67 .1,072,638 99 more than at the same time tire pre vious year which is chiefly due to the enhanced cost of everything entering into the construction of rail ways and their equipment. The estimates of the Philadelphia and Erie Rail road Company for the expenditures on construction account in 1804, for reasons already mentioned, have - fallen much below the cost of the work undertaken, while the political condition of the country has pre -Vented the sale of the Sterling Bonds received from that Company for these outlays upon satisfactory terms. AU of the dollar Benda purchased under the contract and lease of that road have been sold. Of the £1500,000 Ster li ng Bonds purchased, £218,800 havebeen placed in the Slaking Fond in exchange for Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company Bonds since sold, ' and £40,200 have been disposed of, leaviog on hand and in London £314,- 009. These Bonds have the guarantee of this Com pany, and in view of the unusually large basis upon which they are founded, constitute as safe an invest intent of capital as can be made. The expenditures required upon the Philadelphia and Erie line to place it in a condition to accommo date a busineta sufficient to meet the expectations of the COMpany are Still very large. The advances for : this work, during the •year, exclusive of rolling stook and shop machinery, have been : For construction Account $1,805,800 29 For Materials; on hand for construction and repairs 468.761 ; 69 $2,275,56t 38 Which is in excess of the seeurities purchased by this Company ander its contract with the Philadel phia and Erie Railroad Company, $889,598 69, ex olueive of material account (108,764,09), a portion of which will be applied to working the road. . To cover these expenditures which are increasing monthly, and complete its line, that Company is asking Of the Legislature the privilege of increas ing its mortgage indebtedness $3,000,000, all of Which will be necessary for the completion Of the requisite additional sidings, shops, wharves, ?pas senger and freight stations to meet the demands of its anticipated traria. Of the securities received from the - Steubenville and Indiana Railroad Company, under its reorgani tation, for aid extended to that Company, and for advances made towards the completfon of the Ilne east of Steubenville, there remains in the hands of the Treasurer ler sale $1,805,000. These Bonds are all flretelaas securities,and will be disposed of,as theniarket absorb them, to meet expenditures' . tow. • The investments made by this Company in Stock and Bondi of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Ohl- Cage Railway Company to insure its Completion have all been sold, except 1,200 shares of its Stook, and $290,000 of Its Zbird Mortgage Bowie, at a oon aiderable advance upon their cost. Tim interest of the Company Sin the Bedford Railroad, and in the. '"New Cutts (Lawrence county) Railroad, received Tor aid extended towards the completion of these write, has also been (Deposed of .upon mattsfactory terms. A shorter and =independent connection between the western terminus of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the metropolis of _Ohio and its capital, has always been deemed to be of the highest importance to UM Company. The several attempts to mare en& Js line have heretofore-failed ; on one route from a misdirection of the means provided for the object, and on the other from'absence of legislation aeries the tongue Of land accidentally thrown Into a State interested in promoting the success of rival loads. These political impediments have finally yielded to ;the independence of Western Virginia, IbUt.too late avail ourselves of )he favorable eon iggellOr the MO market at the Commeeeenient of the existing war to enable the work to be premed with vigor. Its construction has progressed steadily since the eontraota have been recommenced, but at a largely-increased cost upon the estimates tileteto fore submitted. The line will not be ready for use before the ensuing summer. The delay in the progress of the work has also thrown its completion into a period when the nego tiation of the securities applicable to it has become difficult, and the task or supplying the funds re. quired to prevent the work from stopping has neces sarily fallen upon this Company, in addition to the heavy expenditures it had previously voluntarily assumed to secure so important a connection by ex tending its own road to the south Side of the Mo nongahela liver. The financial condition of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad Company, which was orginally involved in embarrassment by a failure to complete the line between Pittsburg and Steubenville, has been successfully reorganized and its line extended from Newark to Columbus, (thirty-three miles.) by the purchase upon reasonable terms of a ono-half undivided interest in the Central Ohio Railroad and its property at and between those places, thus making the lino complete between Steubenville and Columbus, and when the line across the State of West Virginia Is opened it will form a continuous railway, operated under one control, from the latter city to Pittebtn—a distance of one hundred and ninety-Ids miles. Of the securities received from the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad Company for assistance here tofore extended to that Company, , and to effect its reorganization, there remains in the hands of the Treasurer for sale $1,805,000 First Mortgage Bonds, of which 12776,000 bear seven per cent. interest per annum. The Westorn Pennsylvania and the other commutation roads, except the Pittsburg and Steu benville, have been brought into productive use, and it is believed that they will all eventually pay interest upon the amounts contributed to their eon struCtien, which, from reasons given In our last re port, has exceeded more than two-fold the require ments of the law. o The construction of the Connecting Railway, bartered to join the Pennsylvania Railway in West Philadelphia with the Philadelphia and Tren ton road at Frankford, a distanoelof seven miles, has been commenced, and will be pushed to com pletion as rapidly as circumstances will permit. The right of way, ono of the chief elements of its cost, has been mostly secured. This connection will bring the line from New York to Harrisburg and the West via Philadelphia within 12 miles of the same distance as via Allentown,-and will doubt less return to this end of our road much of the travel whioh the delays and obstructions in passing through this city have driven to other channels. It is impossible, in the present conditiotV or the currency and labor market, to estimate with any precision what the demands upon the Treasury may be for completing the lines already in progress un-• der our auspices. The cost in currency has already exceeded the estimates upon which they were un dertaken. 408,614 79 $3,031,931 87 $2,004,093 04 For the Philadelphia and Erie Road there will be required during tide year, to place it in a condi tion to earn an interest upon Its debt, not lees than 1111,2450,C00, In addition to .889,698:89 standing upon our books fegainetthat company on the first of Janu ary last, after exhausting its First Mortgage Bonds. 101,220 28 $2,248,768 13 152,890 33 For the line between Pittsburg and Steubenville the sum of SSOO,OOO, and to extend the Pennsylvania, Railroad to the Delaware river to meetthe demands of the oil trade, which will probably be excluded by law from the present Delaware terminus. the further sum of $260,000, to which must be added for addi tional outfit for the Philadelphia and Erie and our own road $1,200,000, making In all 13,600.000, which may be met, with but a small addition to oar sur plus earnings, if the result of the year's business should equal that of the past:- Notwithstanding our unremitting efforts to impure the best rails that are made, each succeeding year adds Its testimony to those preceding it of the want ors better material than that now need. In addl. Lion to their rapid destruction from ordinary wear, Is added the risk to the trains from their frequent breakage.,To obviate this our new rails have been increasedly depth to an extent (434 Inches) that Will give them thirty per cent. additional vertical strength, which it is believed will, with increased care in the selection of ores and the manufacture of the rails, prevent further damage from this 'source. The steel rails introduced upon the road show no evidence of wear, but their great coat at present precludes their general introduction. The manu facture of rails with a steeled wearing surface, re ferred to in our last annual report, has not proved successful upon a scale that would render it of practical value. The management of your railways for the last two years has been attended with unprecedented difficulties. A continually increasing business had to be met by a decreasing supply of experienced men to work them, to which during the past year, there has been added an ind iscriminate drain upon our forces to fill the armies and man the military railways of the Government. For a time It was im possible to procure for our trains even raw recruits in sufficient numbers. The superintendence of long lines of railways having a large mixed business, involving as It does the safety of the traveller, is i in ordinary times, a trust of great delicacy and responsibility ; but when, added to the usual risks, there is the neeefi eity of introducing into important posts untried Men, and the frequent changes that this involves to secure those that are responsible, the strain upon the endurance of the officers and faithful employees of the Company becomes as harassing and un pleasant as it IS destructive to the machinery of the road. 18,120 18 $308,615 23 To the difficulties mentioned we have had also to encounter accidents arising from the inferior work- - manship and materials that the great demand for locomotives and oars has introduced, which there is no practical means of obviating, when all that could be produced has heretofore been Insufficient to meet the demands of the Government and the Railway Companies. The Board, with a view to prevent the increased capital of the Company from representing pro perty acquired at the present inflated values, have charged the large additions made during 1862,1868, and 1864, to the equipment of the road, to the length of double track, to the warehouses passengerata tions, shops, and engine-houses, slime the suspen sion of specie payments, to the running expenses of the road. • These have amounted in the aggregate to $6,337,865.65—a sum which, It Is believed, will more than preserve the property of the Company repo- Rented upon its books at its spool° value. For information In greater detail In relation to the operations of the Company's works the shareholders are referred to the reports of Enoch Lewis, General Superintendent; W. H. Wilson, Chief Engineer; John P. Laird, Superintendent of Motive Power and Machinery on the Pennsylvania Railroad; Thomas T. Wierman,Chief Engineer of the Canals, and Joseph D. Potts General Manager of the Phila delphia and Erie Railroad. and John A., Wilson, its Chief Engineer. These officers and their assistants, notwithstanding the unusual difficulties attending the operations of their respective Departments during the year, have fulfilled the duties confided to them in a manner entirely satisfactory to the Board of Directors. $BlO 555 81 ONNER.S.L ACCOUNT. DB. To Capital Stook, as authorized by resolu tion of Board $20,000,000 00 Less amount unissued. 130,940 00— $19,969,060 00 To Bond Account, via: First Mortgage 6 per Cent. Dollar Bonds, payable in 1880 4,980,000 00 Second Mortgage 6 per cent. Dollar Bonds, payable in 1875 2,621,000 00 Second Mortgage 6 per cent. Sterling Botls, payable in 1875 2,283,840 00 Bonds due the State of Pennsylvania, bear ing 5 per cent Into. rest 6,500,000 00—516,684,840 00 To amount of Mortgages and Ground Rents on Real Estate 144,284 32 Total Shareholders' Capital and Funded Debt of Company $36,698,184 92 To accounts payable, Including Pay Rolls for Deo., 1864 $1,956,828 91 To Bills payable 408,385 71 To Dividend due to Stockholders unpaid. 28,296 06—52,393,460 62 To Contingent Fund 1,000,000 00 To Balance 3,428,691 39 $10,198,820 87 By Cost of Road, it- CR. eluding Engineering, Land Damages, Fen cing Machine Shops, Engine Houses,Bta tion and Warehouses, Car Sheds Water Stations,Foremen • and Tool Rouses, smd Shop Machinery from Harrisburg to Pittsburg, and Ste,- lion and Warehouses on the Philadelphia Division • $17,841,886 75 Less profile of road, after paying interest to Stockholders up to Nov. Ist,' 185 S, • credited to cost of Construction, as re quired by charter.... 589,185 79—515,752,150 95 By amount paid State of Pennsylvania for - Philadelphia and Co. lambi& 'Railroad. $6,500,000 00 By amount paid. State of Pennsylvania for Canals and Portage Railroad 1,000,000 00 1,113,024 03 The above division being made upon their presumed rela tive valve 7,500,000 00 Lees payment made of debt to State for pur chase of Main Line and charged to profit and loss 700 , 000 00 -46,800,60 00 By equipment of Road, consisting of Locomotives, Freight, Road, and Passenger Oars 3,885,815 15 By cost of Real Estate of 001npallY. 2,769,706 62 By cost of Telegraph Line 45,204 ZS By extension of Pennsylvania Rail road to Steubenville and Pitts , burg Railroad. 686,249 . SS By extension of Pennsylvania Rail road to Delaware river and Gas Works, including Wharves and Grain Elevator 587,205 10 Total coat of Company's Romig, Canals and their appendages... . 681,024,891 38 By amount of First Mortgage Bondi of the Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad Company . 358,000 00 By 1555 Sterling Bonds, of £2OO Ster ling each, of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company, remain ing on hand, exclusive of 1214 Bonds in Sinking Fund, pur chased under the stipulations of the lease of that road. - 1,331,601 11 By 8,939 Shares of Stook of the Sten benville and Indiana Railroad Company 130,096 00 By 530 Bonds of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad Company, 6 per cent " 482,651 52 By 776 Bonds of the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad Company, 7 per cent 775,000 00 By amount of other Bonds and Stooks of Municipal and Railroad F7 l -.11 Corporations 2,881,862 89 By amount of Bills and Accounts Receivable 1,850,976 55 By amount due from other Roads...._ 192,054 62 By amount to debit of Sinking. Fund 1 615, 754 79 By amount of Fnel and IdaterialS on hand for Shope, repairs to La comotivee and Oars, and Meinte rtanoe of Way 1,277,880 52 By amount advanced to purchase Materials and Fuel to Construct and Operate the Philadelphia and Brie Railroad 488,764 OD By balance in hands of Agents 702,075 98 By balance in hands of Treasurer, December 31,1864 870,626 96 WHITE VIRGIN WAS OF ANTLGLES. —.4.11,0W French Cosmetic for beautifying and pie.. serving the oemplexion. It Is the most wonderful Ganz pound of the age. There Is neither sheik, powder, mai , nests, bismuth, nor tale in its oonposition, it being somposed entirely of pure Virgin Wax; hence the ex , traordinamr qualtlise for pre:serving the skin, makingt) soft, smooth, fair. and transparent. It makes the old appear young„theliomely handsome.the handsome more beautiful, and the most beautiful divine Prices SO snid 10 cents. Prepared only by aturr a co.. petal:Lem ti South "EIGHTH Street two doors atm* Chestnut, saded 133 South EISTKINTE Street, ,bore Widrust. Jron JONES ROUBB I _ • Cor. MARIEST STREW and KU M= swum . HAB.P.IBBITRO, Pa The Treeristcr respectfully returns hliidneere thew*. lo Ms friends for the Tory liberal patroneas heleelrei to the House Glace under Me ment; and Wergs reepeetfullT What e sonlinuanee of e O. den. an C. H. MANX.' By order of the Board. J. EDGAR THOMSON, -Freeldea. U 3,5744330 33 THOS. •T. FTRTIt, Treasurer. PILMAMILPIr December 31, 1864. ILITLET. DEPPERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN PRO YOWL% -MARSHALS. PROVOST MARSHA VS OFFIOR, Third District Pennsylvania, Feb. 21, 1885. To the Editor of The Press : Stn:. I desire to oorroot analsapprehension which may arise from the statement I notfoe in your. paper of to-day, in regard to the soldiers arraigned before Alderman Welding for misdemeanor on the occasion of a ball at Franklin Hall, on Thursday night. These soldiers were part of it gnarirwhich bad been recently detailed for special duty at this office from the 186th P. V., known as the Provost Guard Regiment, commanded by 001. H. A. Slink, Military Provost Marshal of Philadelphia. On the evening alluded to they left this office contrary to orders. • 1 would also state that the guard at this office, when off duty, are not allowed to carry any weapons, and when on duty are not permitted to visit any place whatever without spools! orders from me. • JAooa S. STRRTorr, Capt. and Provost Marshal of Third Dist. Penns. ORNERAL ITANCOCR'S FIRST ARMY CORPS. Chief Franklin, of the _detective force of Phila delphia, begins to realize t ee important fact that he has a herculean task before him. His efforts thus far have been attended with entire success, and the men, all of whom are. veterans, feel proud in be longing to a department which, when folly re °rutted, will be the finest military organization is the world. The bounty jumpers, bogus brokers in the substitute business, militar y swindlers gene ' rally, thieves and impostors, who have been fatten ing upon the recruiting business, stand aghast at the success of Mr. _Franklin. Veterans who de sire to "see the war out" have been waiting an opportunity to re-enlist without danger of being swindled. The plan proposed by Mr. Franklin Is founded upon truth, and thoreiore the entire strati tore must tower up in strength and magnifioenee. The official card in another column sets forth the reception and deposal of the second squad of vete rans forwarded to Washington by Chief Franklin. That document speaks for itself. The veterans re turned with handsome uniforms, white gloves, he., so that - their appearance becomes ono of dignity, and commands at once universal approval. It Is Contemplated by Mr. Franklin to have re gistered the names of every one of the re. cruits in a book prepared for the purpose, which of Itself will not only possess historical inte rest, but prove a valuable reference for relatives and friends. The battles, skirmishes, raids, and naval engagements experienced by the recruits Moe the rebellion commenced will be briefly noted. This alone should Induce the veterans to step for ward.. The record will be entered, not alphabeti cally, but In the order of recruiting, so that those who arrive the first will be near the beginning-of the book. The entire volume, - however, will be a very interesting one, Letters are received daily from all parts. of the country. These must neces sarily inerease in a short time. Mr. Franklin will lune a circular in a day or two that will avoid the necessity of personal correspondence. Wealthy corporations and patriotic gentlemen have entered Into the enterprise with most commendable spirit, with the view of recruiting the Barney Brigade, to be attached to the grand army corps oa - the gallant Hancock. Last evening another squad was sent to Washington to IFS mustered In.. ANOTIER 1131R0 FALLEN Killed on the eth trust., at the battle of Hatcher% Run, while bravely leading Ms men into action, (he having been temporarily placed in command,) Lieutenant Chas. W. Frazier, of Company L, 198th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; and thus has fallen another victim to this horrid rebellion. Lieu the threabbold of life, and hie mind, as he gazed tenant Frazier was a young man just standing upon into the dim and distant future, was filled with no ble aspirations and ardent yearnings for a position among the great and good of earth. lie had sailor himself a prize high up in the scale of fame, and fondly hoped t 6 reach and grasp it ere age • had bowed his form or silvered the hairs of his head. But "man proposes and God disposes," and ere Time had set his seal upon his youthful brow, or made one furrow in his cheek, Death, the swift winged messenger, marked him for his own, and laid his ;Along form tow. Thus it is ever. Alas, for the bright promise of our youth ! "How moon the golden °horde of hope are broken. Bow soon we find that drowns we quoted most, Are very shadows. Lieutenant Frazier leaves an affectionate family and a large circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn Ms sad and sudden loss; but the though l / 4 that God In His infinite mercy' " dooth all things well" should console them in the midst of their deep affliction, and ere leaving them to their grief and anguish of spirit, we would say to' them their beloved one fell in a glorious cause, striving, as he was with others, to plant the silken folds of the starry emblem of our nationality upon every moun tain top and fortification throughout this noble Union. is name will live In after years, and be handed down to posterity with those of all the other battlastained heroes whose forms lie resting quietly In warriors' graves. But Is it not sweet to think hereafter, When the spirit leaves this sphere. Love with deathless wings shall waft her To those she long hath mourned for here? Hearts from which 'twaa death to sever, • Byes this world can ne'er restore, There as warm, as bright as ever. Shall meet ns and be lost no more. Yesterday warrants for the payment of the City bounty were issued to 40 men, of whom one was en listed for four years, 13 for three years, and 28 for one year. The credits were : Second w ard, 6 ; Third ward 8; Sixth ward, 1 ; Twelfth ward, 1; Thir teenth ward, 17; Fotuleenth ward, 2; Eeighteenth ward, 2; Twentiethward, ; Twenty-third ward, c ; Twenty.fourth ward 1 and Twenty-fifth ward 1. To-day being a National holiday, the draft In the First district is postponed till to-morrow. The drawing will commence at 9 A. Pd. Now Is the time to enlist. The rebellion Is drawing to a close, and there is every probability that before the new recruits can be placed in the field the war will be at an end, and the armies will be disbanded. Volun teers for ono year now receive $660 bounty, and if the war suddenly terminates this money will be clear gain to those who may now enlist ; and should the war continue, a volunteer for ono year now receives 5742 in cash, besides found in clothing and food. This is certainly better pay than can be made by most men by remaining at; home. Besides the con siderations of profit, the volunteer has the glorious assurance of duty to ,his. country performed, and when victory, soon to be followed by a happy peace, shall perch upon our banners, he will have the glori ous satisfaction of knowing that his hand forwarded the groat work. miscELL.!uns;ous. wAsnixoTox's BraTEDA.Y. Mayor Henry has hinted an order directing proper celebration of the anniversary of the birth. day of Washington, the great victories of our army and navy, and the adoption of the anti-slavery amendment to the Constitution, A salute of one hundred guns wlllbe fired at noon. The bell of Independence Hall will be rung, and It is requested also that the church bells be rung. A general display of the national colors is recom mended during the day. As, by act of Assembly, the 22d of February is now a holiday in Pennsylvania, the banks and pub. lie offices will be closed to-morrow. The Old Sol diers of 1812 will hold their usual meeting in the Supreme Court room. The Board of Brokers will hold no session. The Corn Exchange will be closed, and there will be a general suspenslonof business. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY'—AN-. The "anneal meeting of the SOCkholderS of the Pennsylvania Railroad was held yesterday morn ing, at Sansom-street Hall. Hon. Alexander Henry was called to the chair, and Edw. Smith, Esq., ap pointed secretary. The eleventh annual report was read by the secretary. It will be found in another part of thlopaper. After the reading of the report, Mt. Elkin moved that It be accepted and published for the Information of the stockholders. Col. Page moved to amend the resolution of fdr. Elkin by referring the report to a special commit tee of five stockholders, to be appointed by the ohairman, to examine the accounts of the officers, to Investigate the circumstances attending 30 per cent. stock dividend, made by the company some time since, and to examine the details of the busi ness of the road. In proposing the amendment, Col. Page disclaimed--any Intention of reflecting upon the honor or honesty of the officers or mane gers_of the road. Tne amendment was Carried by a vote of 38 to 31. The resolution as amended was adopted. and the meeting adjonined, . RELIEF FOR TILE SUFFERERS. . $43, 520, 338 33 The committee appointed to receive donations from the several places of amusement, for the benefit of the sufferers by the late fire, report the receipts asfollowe Circus company, $127.28 ; Walnnt•street Theatre, $461.70; Stewart's Apollo Saloon, 00 Cameron At HMV/3 Opera House, $4l ; Arch•street Theatre. $880; Matinee at Academy, $2,391.50; ;Lucille Western's matinee at Academy, $1,167.68. Total, $4,699.13. The receipts at some of these places would have been much heavier had the weather been favorable. As It Is the committee have much cause for congratulation. Mrs. McDonald, residing at Fortieth and. Pratt streets, was knocked down and run over, by a run away horse attached to a wagon; at Thirty. eighth and. Market streets, on Monday, and badly injured abont"the head. She Is not expected to live. Yesterday morning, while some workmen were engaged at a stone quarry . , in the Twenty-fourth ward, near the Falls of bohnylkill, In raising a large stone by means of a crane, the chain parted and the stone fell to the ground. John Hegel had an arm broken, and Timothy Ragan 'was badly bruised about the bOdy. Both men were taken to their homes, in the neighborhood. The Fair at Concert Hall for the benefit of that very meritorious and patriotic institution, the Mi. sena , Volunteer Hospital, has so far been very well attended. The decorations are handsome and the Fair is well arranged with fancy and useful articles. There are two splendid fire horns up for contest, and we learn that - the friends of the several fire companies are contributing quite liberally. An electlot for off:were of the Mercantile Library was held yesterday, with the following result : For President—T. Morris Perot. For Vice President—John L. Watson. For Recording Secretary—John A. REcAllister. - For Corresponding Secretary—Geo. Conies. For Treasurer—Albert S. Letchworth. Far Directors—Joseph 0. Grubb, Richard Wood, 0. IL Wilson, J. Wistar Evans, Olaudius B. Linn, Jos. W . Wilson, John H. Watt, Oliver Evans, Samuel R. Shipley, Philip A, Oregar, S. E. Harlan, Howard Thomas. The number of votes cast for this ticket was nearly 500. The highest vote obtained by any of the oppo. eitiOn candiaates wiwi 136. ORE OF THE BUPFEBERS BY THE RECENT A 'widow with Several children was among the sufferers by the recent conflagration in the Second ward. The house or ropm she occupied was, with its contents, reduced to less than ashes. Her MlS band held a public office for a number of years in the southern section of Philadelphia. .He was highly respected, and died lamented by a large number of friends. The widow received $25 from the Committee on Relief. This sum was considered so trifling that a number.of men, active, thorough going:, and sympathetic, at once engaged the Na tional Circus ; in.other words, bought the establish= went for one evening for the sum of $450, for the purpose of a benefit to the widow in question. The benefit came off last evening, and a sum between $3OO and 8400 was realized. The money will be handed to the widow at once. TUE DOUBLEDAY COURT IfARTLAL. The court met at 11 o'clock, all the members present. General Doubleday announced that he had the pleasure of announcing to the court that the [stars and stripes . again floated over Fort Sumter. The Judge Advocate stated that he bad made a requisition for a large flag to decorate the court room, and to give to it a national air. General Doubleday was associated with Major Anderson In the gallant defence of Fort Sumpter at the breaking out of the rebellion. Lawrence Barry (examination resumed) —The examination of the witness was for some -length (wafted to the dimensions of tents received at the Arsenal from various parties, Corms' tents were short in the ends but not on the ridge ; some of the wedge tents were short la 'both ridge and width; different klifdo of material were found. In some Of the tents; have examined tents made by_W. B. Henry; don't know what kind of tenta.they were; examined some wagen.oovers, but did not know whethey they were Henry's or Cozens' ; supposed that the Cozens and Henry tents came from one party, and did not note them particularly. Orom-examined by Mr. Brewitter.-4 never read the sloes from any written or printed paper; Mr. Timmins, who was tent inspector, gave us the sizes ; committed the sizes to memory by practice, and had them perfect ; had given two statements of what he had stated here, one to 001. Oleott and the other he , had made here; the one he had given to' Col. 01- oott, he had never seen since ; he had heard the ex amination of no other witnesses; Mr. Wolin; had never shown him any paper in connection with this matter . neither had Carlisle ; had seen tents pitch ed at the Arsenal , ; not °seta% as to the number ; the Cozens, Henry Sc. 'Philson tents were generally inspected on their arrival, exoept hen in a hurry ; dcset %kW( tkey - isld tAece 'many weeks ;Ake, wily THE PRESS. - -PHILADELPHIA; *EDNEgiat FEBRUARY 22, 1865: THE CITY. NIIAL MEETING. ACCTDEIiTE. THE ORRAT FAIR. lARBBANTILE LIBRARY. have laid three week's ,• they 'did lay there three weeks ;e name of C never saw any of the contracts. alt t h e Q. Can ou swear or that a single ten t or fly, marked ens, Henry or„Philson. differed from the articles contracted to be delivered Objected to by Judge Advocate, the witness hay.? ing already answered•the question by stating that be bad never seen any of the contracts, Objection sustained. Cross•examination oontinued.-=snew that tents of M. Cozens had been rejeoted ; had never taken an oath at any time to report wrong to Col. Oros man ; was employed by Col. Olcott for eight or ten days; expect no pay from it; was under !salary at the Arsenal.; he pasted the tents and piles he found short; he had never reported it to 001. Crosman, but had to Mr. Neal and his assistant ; was not sworn to report to any one else ; he Was then to re ceive their report ; had seen Mr. Cozens at the Ar. renal and saw him present while they were'examin log tette ; had never told Mr. Cozens thatbis tents were all right; he know of tents being mildewed at the Arsenal ; there wan a good deal of dampness there at that time ; some of the tents were exposed to the weather, but never saw any of them wet ; have seen Col. Clrosman in the tent loft; never in formed him that the tents were all right ; had never told him this eitherilln or out of the Arsenal ; never stated to any one that the Clowns tents were all right; the person who made the Cozens tents bad a reputation for honesty, and of being a practical workman. The court then adjourned till tomorrow, this be. ing Washington's birth-day. THE COURTS. linpreme Court-IPresentr Woodward, C. J., and Thompson, Strong, and Bead, Justices. rEGLAIGILPHIA. LIST—TIIIRD CALLING. Abbott vs. Reeves. Argued by an d Townaend and ffil ff. Price for plaintiff in error, by IL S. Killer for defendant In error. Moe' Appeal. Argued by Edward Trigerao4 for ap peilant, and by 'Edward Waln for appellee. Adjourned till to-morrow (Thunder). Supreme Court at Nisi Fritts—Justice Agnew. Rienim ye. Crabtree. An action in ejectmint. Be fore reported. On aria]. District Court—Judge Shorswood. Prentzel ve. Berry. Before reported. Verdict for plaintiff. $161.94. John W. McHenry vs. Norman E. Kerr. This snit was to recover for a lot of pasteboards sold and de• livered. The purchase and delivery of the goods was not denied by the defendant, but it was set up on his behalf that he bad bought of plaintiff.,who had agreed to deliver the came. twenty- rive tone of pasteboards at RN per ton; that only eight tons of that quantity bad been delivered; that in eonseqdenas of the maintiff's failure so to deliver,,and the greatly-enhanced price of such goods, he (the. defendant) was loser in a larger amount than the whole claim of plaintiff, and the Jury were asked so to find 'and to give a certificate for the amount thus alleged' to be due the defendant Jary out. h. Palethorp and W. L. Marshal for plaintiff; Vail for defendant. Robt. Hallett vs. Chas. CarnelL An action to recover oa book account for bleeketaithing alleged to bay 4 been done for and on amount of defendant.... it was denied for defendant that the work was done for him, but that it was done for hie brother, John Carrell. Jury oat. hbarplese for plaintiff; Aileen for defendant. District Court—Judge Hare. Thompson vs. Flanegan. Before repotted. Verdict for plaintiff. $184.87. Mary Anna Clark ye. Bernhardt, Sprungk, and T. M. Oeeelor, agent. Three action of replevin tried to' Reth , V er. ' Verdict for plaintiff in each, 8 45.55. 1111.66. and $375 Wm. Crosby vs. The Philadelphia and Reading Rail road Company, garnishees of John Ktmea. An attach ment execution.