THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 18GG..
THE HEW YORK FItESS.
Editorial Opinions of the Leading
Journal? Upon the Most Import
ant Topics of the Hour.
COMPILED KVSBY PAT TOU fcVENINQ MLEOItAFH.
Important Irom the raclfic-HpecUs of War.
Trom the Tm-t.
The nows irom tho Pacific tins morning is of
hioro than ordlnnry Importance. While Frnpce,
England, and Spain have been exchunginirnotoi
on the question of a peaceable settlement of the
difficulties between the hut-nanicd power and
Chill, events have transpired, almost within
sight of Valparaiso, which chanpo the situation
from one of passive warfare to active hostilities.
Antlcinatirfj the difficulty which followed
Admiral Varcja's quaricl with the authorities at
Callao, and the subsequent seizure of the
( hincha lhlnnda, the Chilian Government scorn
to have taken stops to render their position less
helpless than that of the Peruvians, in case of a
bloc kado of Valparaiso and other ports. The
Government of C'nili were sdf-consciowi of t-cir
sympathy with the sifter republic. They were
prepared to plead puilty ot having refused to
supply Admiral l'areia's fleet with coals and pro
visioning, while he was directing his operations
aeainst Peru; and ot bavin? thereby niatori
ally Impeded his operations against that State.
The arrival of tb Spanish lilockadhisr. fleet,
therefore, was not likely to take the Chilians by
surprise. The fleet arrived; redress for the iii
diunitv offered lo the Hag ot Castile was refused;
and the principal jiorts of the republic were
sealed against foreign commerce, as far a a
formidable proclamation by the Spanish Ad
miral, and tour or live Spanish men-of-war,
could seal them.
In the meantime a Chilian corvette, well
manned and armed, had quietly sailed out of
the harbor of Valparaiso, and gone no one ex
cept the Government authorities knew whither.
Some supposed she had made for a Peruvian
port; others conjectured that she had set out on
a still longer errand. Tbo truth, however, was
that the mysterious crait had anchored in some
cove or port only a tew miles from Valparaiso.
From the 17th of September the date of her
sailing from the last named port till the 26th of
November, this Clnl.an crait (the Esmeralda by
name) lay prrdn in her port of coucealment. On
the latter day, having, evidently, foreknowledge
Dt the approach of a coasting despatch boat of
Admiial Pareja's floet, the Esmeralda weighed
anchor, ian out directly in the path of the hos
tile vessel, fired on her for twenty odd minutes,
nltimately captured her and made prisoners of
her officers and 121 men, together with Admiral
l'areia's letter-box.
The Chilian victory does not seem to have
ended here. A launch from one of the Spanish
blockading .vessels was almost simultaneously
captured by the Chilians at another point on the
coarit. The launch, which was employed to
-watch blockade-runners, was manned by forty
men, all of whom were made prisoners.
Along -with this news there comes the report
that Admiral 'Pareja had sailed from Valparaiso
in tiie direction of some Peruvian port, and the
scarcely less interesting item that the Esmeralda,
which has thus tellected lustre on the power of
the Chilian Republic, is commanded by an Eng
lishman, who had an American as his first lieu
tenant. Both of these individuals, according to
the decrets ot the Spanish Admiral, are liable to
be dealt with as pirates, and not as belligerents,
it they should happen to be captured.
The dilliculty may thus be compicated lu
various ways, "beyond the power of European
diplomacy to unravel it, before the good offices
of France and Enelancl can be brought into
active play. Probably General Kilpatrick, who
sailed for the scene ot his mission at Santiago on
Saturday, myy be able to render the service of
a peace-maker available sooner than the agents
ot the leading powers of Western Europe. At
all events, we know that our agent goes out
with instructions which will enable him to
take an unbiassed position between the con
tending Powers. While our Government enter
tains the warmest friendship tor the sister
republic, it cherislies also a cordial feeling of
respect and eood-wi'l towards the Government
of hr Catholic Majesty. And between the con
testants the voice' of our representative is as
likely to be listened to with delerence as that of
any other power more eager and forward in
ofleiing remonstrances or tendering advice.
American Finances in Europe.
from the TriOune.
We have received a copy of the remarks made
by Mr. J. F. B. Lanier, banker, of th's city, at a
meeting ot Eur6peari capitalists at Franklort-on-the-Maiv,
In September last, upon the subject
of the debt and resources of the United States.
Mr Lanier was understood to speak in the inte
rest of the Department of the Treasury, and for
this reason what he said has more than ordinary
significance.
The object of Mr. Lanier was to demonstrate
to his auditors tne entire ability ot the country
to meet the burdens imposed by the war to
show that the annual chaive tor the expenses of
Government, and for the interest on its debt, is
not excessive, and that the progress of the coun
try will, in a low years, so lessen the burden as
to render it hardly appreciable.
According to his statement, the wealth of the
loyal States in 18G0 equalled $10,7011,000,000, and
the value ot the yearly product $2,870,000,000.
The ratio of the debt to the capital of those
States consequently w as only 28 per cent., or 21
per cent, to that ot the whole country tbe valu
ation of the Southern States being $:i,4ii7,li00.
000. The total debt of $:i,0()0,000,000 is equal to
i i. i .j .... .j .... i ! i r -
VUiV 4U9 IU LULU 1UUIV1UUM1. Ill UCl'l'UlUg III-
terest estimated at 105,000,000. would be only
1A per cent, on ih capital of the North and less
than six per cent, ot the annual product.
The Ocbt of Groat Britain, which is referred to
by way of illustration, reached, nt the close of
the French war in 1810. the enormous sum of
$1,200,000,000, a sum greater than our own by
more than one-nuarter. It equalled 10 percent.
of the w hole valuation of the kingdom, and $218
tn each individual. The wealth ol mat country,
at the period nimed, coind not have been one
ball as great as that of the United States at the
present ti ne, while the amount of debt resting
upon its population was very considerably
greater. Our financial future is consequently
vastly more favorable than was that of Great
Britain; yet that pawer experienced no difficulty
in meeting all its obligations.
If we can bear the burden this year, Mr. La
nier argues, we certainly can the text, and so
on. The ratio ot annual increase of wealth ot
the States from 1S50 to 1SG0 was Hi, percent. The
same ratio would give an aggregate wealth in
1865 of $10,112,000,0011, and a yearly product of
$4,318,000,000. With such a result , the national
debt, at the present time, equals only 18 per
cent, of the wealth of the loyal States.
At the ratio whi-li obtained from 150 to lsfiO.
the agerresato wealth o the whole country will
be $24,216,000,0110 In 1870. and $18,2:iti,0u(),0J0
in 1880, and $r.l,516.O0O,W)O In 1881. At the last
named period th- ratio of debt to capital will be
reduced to 6 per cent., and that of annual in
terest to annual income to 1J per cent. That the
increase of tno capital of the country will be in
the ratio supposed, there can hardly be a doubt.
The increase in the value of property in theniue
Northwestern States and Territories Irom 1830 to
1800 was at the rat't ot 411 per cent., the
mount going from $452,500,000 to $1,802,000,000.
Th t.n ofiucrease in the new mining Siates
and Territories is still greater. Even in the old
States, the increase was most rapid; that of
Ohio. Connecticut, and New Jersey wai at the
rate ot 120 per cent, Pennsylvania increased at
the rate of w per cent upon a valuation in 18,"0
of ft722.Mm.fMUl.
So f ar, the burden of ibis debt hai been borne
entirely by the North. When peace is restored
at the South, and labor becomes productive, as
it soon will, buvond all lormer precedent, one
third of the loud will be taken from the shoul
ders now bearing the whole.
Hut, In. cane ot necessity, wo can resort lo lm-
poriai:t sources et revenue that have not yet
been touched. Mr. Lanier estimates that from
$c0,O00,C0O to $100,000,000 may be raised by a
tax noon tobaooo aud cotton, without diminish
ing the consumption of those uriicles, or with
out any injur to our comnieroe, or to any do
mestic lutercst. Mr. Clarke, the Comptroller of
the Currency, makes a similar recommendation
in his late report.
The rrmaiks of Mr. Lanier overshadowed tbe
position taken by Mr. McCulloch in his cele
brated Fort Wayne speech. Ho took the ground
that it was the purpose of Government to com
mence, without delay, ton work of contraction,
and follow it p as rapidly as possible, until
specie payment be resumed.
The manner in w hich our public debt is held
Is one of the most powerful arguments la favor
oftho prompt payment both of principal and
interest. It is universally distributed among our
Own people poor as well as rich. Those who
ftro to pay ft are those who voted it, and those
who hold it. It Is not I ke the debt of the Old
World, created lor obiocts in which tlie great
ThaM had no Interest. "Urea, as are the bur
dens," Mr. Lanier very correctly remarks, '"the
people feel perfectly able to bear them, and that
they have an ample equivalent lor them, of a
nature fur transcending mere material advan
tages. They have, for the first time, established
their nationality upon an immutable basis. Thy
have removed the great source of di'oord and
alienation, slavery, and they are Infinitely
stronger than ever belore. Success has given us
a full equivalent for all the qurdens we have
assumed: and no one, who considers our means,
or present portion, or the guarantees of the
pnt, can doubt the payment of our national
debt" Such appears to be the growing convio
tion all over Europe, and Mr. Lanier's mission
seems to have had no small share in producing it.
Tbe Mexican Difficulty The Secretary ol
(state Bound for Vera Cruz What Is in
the Wind f
Frem the Herald.
We have the significant Intelligence from
Washington that "it is ascertained from a relia
ble source that Secretary Seward's destination in
his proposed trip Is Vera Cruz; that the party
were to have sailed in the Be Solo on Saturday,
but were prevented by the forbidding weather."
It had previously been given out that the Secre.
tarj and family were destined for the West Indies,
for the benefit of the climate, and to escape the
rigors of midwinter in Washington. But this
change ot destination to Vera Cruz puts alto
gether a different complexion upon the expedi"
tion. It ceases to be a matter of individual relaxa
tion and recuperation, an! becomes an important
affair of state. Nothing ehe can bo the oblect of
such a trip bv Mr. Seward at this particular time;
lor no individual goes to vera uruz in searcn ot
health a place wto'.ch, at all seasons, is one of the
sickliest on the continent, and whicn now, in ad
dition to its fixed tropical diseases, is blessed with
the presence of the Asiatic cholera.
Mr. Seward, tnen, goes to vera cruz on a
diplomatic mission. Ot course it is not pro
claimed; but it can only bo upon Mexicau affairs.
It is surmised in some quarters that he has been
playing a losing game witn louis Napoleon in
his soothing system of diplomacy, and is actually
slipping on to escape tne delivery to congress ot
his Mexican correspondence. But Cuba, Ber
muda, or Jamaica would serve this purpose,
whereas there can be no satisfactory explanation
for Vera Cruz but that of an expected settlement
of the Mexican difficulty. Perhaps the French
troops that have been pouring into this city ot
late from day to day, at the rate of twelve or
tilteen hundred by every steamer, are designed
to received him as a guard of honor, to escort
him to the Mexican capital; and the nev guns
which they are mounting on the castle of San
Juan d'Uiloa may be intended tor a French
salute on his reception on Mexican soil.
Accepting l be report as authentic that the
Secretary of State is destined for Vera Cruz, and
satisfied that his business in that quarter is with
Louis Napoleon and Maximilian, the question
recurs, what is the settlement which may be
expected? How stands this Mexican problem
to-day? From one quarter we hear that a
treaty, otlensive and detensive, in support of
Maximilian exists between France, Austria,
Italy, and Spam, and that its promulgation from
the city of Mexico may soon be expected. From
another source, and with quite an air ot au
thority, we are informed that the Mexican cor
respondence between our Government and
France, when made public, will disclose an agree
ment embracing the withdrawalof alt the French
troops now in Mexico, and the toleration by the
United States of Maximilian, on his own re
sources, lor a fair trial for the suppression of the
republic. It is said that Mr. Seward has entered
into this compromise, under the belief that if
Maximilian shall be reduced t his Austrian,
Belgian, and Mexican troops he will soon be
driven out by the Liberals. It is possible, in
this view of tie subject, that there may be-some
Mich compromise aloot; tor we doubt not that
Mr. Seward, in reference to Mexico, is much
n.ore a stickler lor non-intervention than he is
in regard to Canada. We incline to the opinion
that, if left to his own decision, ho would rather
relinquish Mexico to Maximilian than bring it
. i i i- i m . if..
within reach of ihe Texas name of annexation
ond a Southern majority in the United States
Senate.
But President Johnson is master of the situa
tion, and knowing, as wo do, his fixed faith in
the Monroe doctrine, we conclude that in this
extraordinary peace mission of Mr. Seward there
is something better in view than a compromise
locking to tlie ultimate recognition of a European
protectorate over Mexico. We are quite sure
that President Johnson entertains not the re
motest iaea of such a solution as this. It will
a i0 be remembered that a day or so after the
announcement of the House Committees by the
Speaker, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
that body and the corresponding commit
tee of the Senate were invited and par
ticipated in a special little supper at the
house ot the Secretary of State, and that
since that duy tticre has been a compara
tive tilcnt'.e in both Houses on Mexican allaics.
The inierence naturally follows Unit on this occa
sion Mr. Seward turnished some satisfactory ex
plaLation ot the actual position and prospects
oi the Mexicau question. Then, airuin, it was
only the other day that one of the newspaper
organs very broadly intimated tnat witn tne
reassembling of Congress the Mexican corres
pondence in the possession ot the State Depart-
that it would establish the fidelity of the Admin
istration to tne aionroe doctrine, we ao not,
therefore, share in the suspicion that Mr. Seward
is about to slip off to avoid the delivery of said
correspondence, because, among other reasons,
the President could not be a p:irty to any such
contemptible evasion of a duty which at '"the
proper time ' ne bus promised to tuitu.
A few days honce, with the reassembling of
Concress, we shall in all probability have consi
derable light thrown upon thiis subiecl. If Mr.
Seward goes to Vera Cruz it must be from some
understanding bet ween the high contracture par
ties, involving some plan of settlement 11 he
Boes not to Vera Cruz tne oblect ot nis expedi
tion may, perhaps, bo developed in a change or
two in the Cabinet In any event, we expect
that with the reassembling ol Gonerress tho l"re
sklent will have something to submit to both
Houses on Mexican affairs. It is evident that
they are coming to a tocus, and we look for a
solution which will not be in conflict, but in har
ruouy, with tho universal expectations aud senti
ments of tlie American people. Wo have not the
highest admiration tor the soothing svsteni ot
Mr. Seward: but we have an abiding faith in the
straightforward policy and resolute character of
Anorew Johnson
Ihe Old Year and the New.
from the WcrU.
The invisible line which divides the Old Year
from the New has been overpassed as silently as
falls the snow; and 1866, with all its passions, its
triumphs, its sorrows, and its sins, is history
now. With its close the perfect century is
rounded which began with the passage of the
Stump Act of the British Pailtanjeut; and so
may be said ' to include the whole life, a one
people, of the American colonics of England,
now become tho foremost of modern republics.
Ot all this century, what year lias been so
marvellous, soterowded with grent events, so
preennnt with momentous possibilities as this
which has now ended f A year ago tills day all
was gloom and uncertainty over our national
position. Reviewing the position of tiiimrs as
they then stood In the light ot subsequent
eveiite, we can fee, Indeed, that the silver splen
dor of April really lined the clouds of January;
that the power of the Confederacy was really
reeling to its fall at tho very moment when the
defiant front of Lee and the ridiculous failures of
liutler made the most sancuine tear lest the pa
tient and persistent Grant might have under
estimated the capacity ol the South for resist
ance. Et port, facto wisdom, like the "repartees
ot the staircase," is within most men's range of
biaio. But on the New Year's Day of lHt5, such
a vague anxiety and doubt as to the luuiro
weighed upon all minds as disposed the nation
to hall with hope of relief tno news which soon
alter came to us that the President of tho United
States was about to discuss terms of accommo
dation aud of f eace with tbo representatives of
the Rebellion.
But a ludicial blindness was come upon the
chief of the Confederacy. The conferences in
Hampton Roads ended by remitting the whole
question at issue between the loyal and the dis
loyal States once more to the arbitrament of the
sword; and ere the spring had fairly burst upon
us in blossom and song, the long agony ended,
as suddenly almost as it had begun, in tbo
capitulations ot Lee Rnd Johnston. Never
beiore in the world's history did a catastrophe
so complete, of a drama so commanding, break
upon mankind so unexpectedly and with such
startling etlect As the great "American Rebel
lion had put tho wisest to shame in its incep
tion, so also did it make all political forecast
mgs and calculations absurd in its consumma
tion. In considering the part which foreign
nations have played tow ards us in the course of
these last tour years, it is simply lust that we
should remember this. Tho civil war has really
revealed America to the Americans, and it is
neither wise nor honest to quarrel with other
people for knowing us no better than, as we now
have learned, we knew ourselves.
It were idle now to attempt any systematic
and comparative analysis of the thrilling twelve
month on w hich we turn our backs to-day. It is
recorded of Daniel Webster that bping asked by
an Englishman, shortly after his tint arrival in
London, what he thought of that colosal capi
tal, herepl.ed, "I do not taink of it at all, sir, yet;
tor I have not yet done wondering 1" We are
still too tear to the tremendous and electrical
story of 1805 to have done woudtriug over it.
Its echoes are still ringing through the heart
and the brain. That strife of giants in Virginia;
that swift and terrible stride of Sherman from
Savannah to str ke hands with Grant in North
Carolina; that paralyzing in a day, almost In an
hour, ol the red right aim ot war throughout a
whole continent; that pistol-shot in Washington
reverberating horror and wrath from the Atlan
tic to tho Pacific, are not these with us still, like
the vivid impressions of some dream more awful
and more real in iis awe than aught of common,
waking lite?
When we reflect upon all that has been crowd
ed into the span of this brief year now dead and
pone, it is possible almost to pardon the passions
which still fume and blaze in the natures of
such men as the Sumners and the Stevouses,
rueu whose capacity has been overtaxed by the
suddenness and magnitude ot the changes thus
brought upon the hind. It is really no easy mat
ter to comprehend this almost instantaneous
transition irom a chaos of civil war, of carnage
and e'espair, into an era of peace aud hope and
new national birth. That the Uiillion of men,
whose weapons, but a year ago, were levelled in
deadly strile against each other's hearts, should
now be rivals only in the regeneration of a com
mon prosperity; that the institution of slavery,
by which a sharp outline ol sectional difference
has been defined across the heart of the Repub
lic ever since its foundation, should have
vanished like an exhalation forever these are
facts so amazing that they well may dazzle all
but the clearest and the soundest eyes.
But lacts they are; and out of tlie movement
and clamor and splendor of the year that is
pust, it becomes us to day to discriminate and
tlx in our minds this dominant truth, that it has
remitted us to a national career entirely new,
under conditions as absolutely ditlererit irom
those which surrounded us during our dark four
years ol civil conflict, as were those in their turn
Irom the conditions of our national lilo before
tbe crash of 1801.
For all practical purposes of statesmanship,
and tor all that concerns the duty of the citizen.
ihe Rebellion of 1801 lies buried in the grave of
lbiie. its neats, its passions, its hatreds, have
no more place in tho New Year upon which we
now enter man tnos oi tlie revolution of 1770,
or the war of 1812. The mun who clincs to them
still is dead as a patriot, even though he still live
as a pnrt'san. Ihe pnitv which still inscribes
them upon its banner belongs not to tho Future,
but to the Past.
May we not, without being over fanciful, deem
it to be something more and better, theu, than
a chauce by which this Old Year rounded to its
close upon the Christian Sabbath of peace and
of rett ? Let us take this at least ns our symbol
of what is past and gone; and, opening a fresh
twelvemonth to-day w ith the busy and working
week, let us remember that the real, the perma
nent value for ue ot all the deliverances and the
triumphs of 1805 depends upon tlie work we shall
do, and the temper in which we shall do it, in
thiB New Year of 1806.
The History ol Reconstruction.
The following, from the Tribune, is one of tho
most perfect records of a great natioual step that
has ever been issued in a popular journal. It is
useful for reference, an 4 most interesting as mark
ing the development of the fallacious doctrine
of oblivion lor crimes aud lorgiveness lor
treason: .
War over, the work of reconstruct ton began!
On April 2!, all restrictions on commerce in tno
South were abolished. In Kentucky, on May 4,
all guerillas were called upon to surrender, or ba
treated as outlaws. On May f), the President
declared alt armed resistance to the Govern
ment's authority at an end, and directed tlie
arret-t of Rebefcrulsers as pirates. On May 27,
all teutences tor a period ''during the war,"
were reniiited. May 20, came the Presiden
tial proclamation of amnesty or pnrdou, omit
ting irom tho act ot grace all who had lett
Congress, resienod irom the Army or Navy, or
leit ludicial stations; all who had cruelly treated
our prisoners, or had been educated at the na
tionul schools, or had been State Governors, or
engaged in raids irom Canada, or on board Rebel
pmateers; and all whose properly was over
$20,000. On tho same day, W. W.'llolden was
made Provisional Governor of Norm Carolina,
with instructions to pre-cribe the rules and
regulations necessary for calling a Convention,
so as to lorm a new Constitution, and reopeuing
courts, post offices, and revenue agencies. On
Juno 13 William L. Sharkey was appointed Gov
ernor of Mississippi. June 10. James Johnson
was made Governor o.' Georsia, and A. J. Ham
ilton Governor of Texas. Ou Juno 21, Lewis K.
Parsons became Governor of Alabama. July 1,
B. F Perry was made Governor of South
Carolina. On June 21, the Virginia Legis
lature began its work of reconstruction
by abolishing the " Alexandria oath"
as a test ot citizenship, and adopting
the United States oath of allegiance. June 24,
tho President aunounced in a conversation witn
certain deleeates irom South Curoliaathat no
reconstruction would be perfect unless slavery
was abolished in pood faith. August 19, Gover
nor Sharkey, of Mississippi, issued an order for
the organization ot the milifia. Tbe order was
couut rmanded by General Slocuin, but permit
ted by the President. General Slocum probably
remembered Stanton's repriuiatd to Sherman,
and wanted to do nothing tow ards "the restora
tion of Rebel authority in their respective
States." September 15, South Carolina repealed
the ordinance of seecbsion, w hile, September 23.
AlabatLaaboliBhed slavery. Other States followed
the example, and, Oct. 12, a proclamation with
drawing martial law from Kentucky was pub
lished. As the Southern States reconstructed
themselves pp the principle.. a( returning to the
Union wita us much power us they could retain,
and makli ff as few conccsi-lous as possible, the
President was constra ued to announce, on Oo
tol.cr IP, "that before any Slate could hopo to
be admitted to the Union every dollar of tho
Rebel war dbt must be repudiated." In con
Fcqurnce ol this opinion the Conv( ntions obeyed
the President aud repudiated the debt, as tho
would bave nbeved blm In any request he hud
80en proper to make. In nil the Southern elec
tions the people took the pains to defeat any can
didate who hod about him the suspicion of a
Presidential preference. Tho President seemed
rather to resent the defeat- of Ilolden in
North Carolina, and (Viected him to hold his
office, but afterwards thought better of it, as, on
December 28, Ilolden was relieved. The close
ol the year finds tho Southern States pretty
generally "reconstructed." Congrcs does not,
how ever, find the Presidential policy acceptable,
for none ot the reconstructed Congressmen have
as yet been admitted to the floor. Tho-e States
now occupy the strangely anomalous position of
being Commonwealths in the eyes of Mr. John
son and Mr. Seward, and territoric?, or peniten
tial Commonwealths, in the eyes of Congrcs.
The forms! announcement that slavery was con
stitutionally abolished wa made on December
18. It created hltle attention. .
IRAKD ESTATE. IN COMPLIANCE WITH
VTthe twenty-rnurth section of tlin W ill of stephim
Olrnrd. thn huprrlntmdont ol the (llrnrd lntt ton
prrpnrtd tho lol' owing condensed statement of tlie
flMrnot the pstaiei
Hiocks and Lonnn appropriated for the tinnrorement
Ot tbe eastern irout of tbo city and Delaware arnnuo.
Par Va'ti".
I'nlted PfntenlMO I) percent. Loan a(,Wfl 00
Hm ot l'ennnvlven'aU per cent. Loan Ab.3TT'n
City of rtil adp pMa 8 percent l.onn 9 4U000
( ity of 1 hllalelplila6percent.Loan,
free Irom lax 8S,200-00
City of Phi adelphia 6 per cent.,
Loan, taxable M.100 00 139,300 00
( 'tty () 6 per cent. Loan 10,000-00
i'i ."hares ol stock In the lnmirance Company
of the state of Ptnnavlvanla 4,401 00
42 shares of Pre'erreJ block Id the Colon
( anal Company 2,100-fil)
Union canal Company of Pennsylvania 6 per
cent Loan 1,900 00
Schuylkill faTlgatlon Company Loan. 1870, 6
per cent 242 TV) S4
flchiiylklli Nay'Hatlon Company Loan. lSi... J,350 (1)
iSctmy kill Navigation Company Loan 1882, re
ceived for Interest 13,040 70
Loan approprtnted to purohaan Kuel lor
"Poor 'White Housekeepers and Roomkeep-
era" In the city of Philadelphia.
One 1 ertlflcale of Loan tfchny ik!U Navigation
company, 8 percent..... ,. 9.089-57
OneCernficateof Lon K( hnv kill Navigation
Compan . 1S82. received for lnterent 272 68
Stockn and Loan oomprlalng tne licsiduarr
Fund. 1HB5:
United Mateaft-M 0 per cent. Loan I vtOfll)
t nlted Sjatea 10-40 per cent Loan lO.TOODO
8clniy!kU HavlsutloD Company Loan, 6 per
cent. 1.M1M
Stata ot PennH.v'vanla It pef cent Loan 88,8-10 OS
Loan to Franklin Institute 099 00
Guardian of the Poor Loan (now
City) 5 per cent fWfl-OO
City of Philadelphia Loan, 6 per
cent 7.800-00- 8,300-00
Cltv of Philadelphia Loan, 6 per
cent . ftee 01 tax (28 700 00
Cltv of t bllade phia Loon, il per
cent., taxable 22,300 00 39,000 00
100 Pharos of Stock Pbl'adelphla Exchanre
omnany ........ . ..... .......... 10,0'H) (W
2200 shares of Stock Schuylkl 1 KavlKatioa
Company 110,000 00
102 sbaiesof Stock Cbciapeake and Delaware
( niml ( omreny ........................... ... 10,200 00
40011 shares o Stock Danville and Pottsvllle
Italiroad Companv 200,000 0t
2 Share of Stock Oermantown and I'erklo-
nien'lurnolke Company 200O0
1 Hi are of Stock Susque hanna and Lehigh
Tumplke Coiunany. lOO-OO
1 P.ond loan to Kltlde Ho d turnpike Co lO.OOODO
1 Bond for Interest on Loan to Kldge lioad
Turnpike Company 90000
1 Tlnnd Sohuvikill "Navigation Co. Loan, 1882,
received ior Inteient. 241 68
Loan and t ain comprising me legacy (in
nrt-i lacelvcd I r oiii the Estate of Lawrence
To.ld. deceased, of I lino's.... 7,58750
mttcd States Loan, o per cent., iooi.
in rtot 47.060-00
Cab to be invested 27 50-. 7,887-50
Interest received .1 778 49
-i he toUowing account current exhibits a condn-icd
tntement of tbe cnch account emhiactng the amount
oi Interest, dividends, rent o- real estate, aud payments
made ior?nmiii-". u.
u nnp in tne Treasury. January 1 ISQi M1.J31-82
Ca-di recclvea for rent of Keul Kstatn Hw.ir,2-i4
lo Interest on Cliv Loan 11,05-", OS
jjo Kcliuv kill Navigation Co.
Loan 15,102 69
Do State of reunxylvauia
lonn 6 907 31
Do cm t. as Loan 670 00
JJO iiniu-it (-'men liUUU, r-zu
t" per cent 219 73
Do I'nlted Ststes Loan, 10 40
5 per cent 1,335-Jl
T)o Dividend PhiNdcluhla
Exchange Co stock 200-00
So oo infturance o....
State of Pennsylvania.... 890 00
Do do Schuylkill "Navi
gation Co. 's Stock 5,940-00
Do from Henl K state Schuylkill
county 227-00
DO irom iuiueriee in c-ctiuyi-
kin coun y 36,710 71
Do for Interest on Lawrence
Todd Lezacv 7.VI-00
Do ior total Income Account.. wi -10
M5S.261-25
Cash paid under a proprlatlons by Councils:
tttiAJE.
For Vote' Kent 1 748 0U
Taxes.... W,1MQ
Salurles 6 00'iiO
Lands out ol the county 14,lJ"-33
l'ernitment Improvements frm-tri
(-eoernl Ketiair 12 4H5 70
In.-lde Painting 1,9 84
Psoeraiin llnnt-lna 2 403 13
Outside Painting.... 4.0S9-H8
Annuities (loO-OO
Jiifceilnneous Expenses 4,0-20-48
Purchase ol'iuol tor "Poor White
Housekeepers" 629 75
LUlitlng Delaware avciiu with
gns 1,205-30
Repairing Pavement De'awaro
Avenue 633 00
'Jo Invent a Certain Amount in
City Lonna 1,663 85
( ach paid noon Wilts ef Manda
mus for ilarrst.es in widening
i Delaware Avenue 10.4n.V12
Itcnau-lng Pier, Delaware Avenue 06-91
94,736-37
COLLED.
Committee on Household.. 1 13,WK-51
" IrtKtltutlon. 16:i25.")7
" Accounts... J 4 1 lr2
" " Library DODO
" Discipline dc
DlHchage, 240-99
" "Manual La
bor BOI.'llO
-133 642 89
-228 379"25
Itnlnnre In the City Treasury.
Wurruuis not takeu
Miim-wi
902 87
Ualunce lutba Treasury (30 881 09
ClIARLF,-! P. SMITlt.
. . Superintendent Olrard Estate.
PI I'adcluhia, December SO, 1865. 1 1 3t
ROBERT SHOEMAKER A CO.,
N. E. Cor. of FOTJKTH and TUCK Si-roeta,
PHILAHELPTjr,
WHOLESALE DUUGOISTS
Importers and Dealers In Foreign and Domostio
Window and Plato Glass,
"MANUFACTURERS OF
White Lead and Zinc Paints,Putty,etc
AGEKTS FOB IBB CELEBKATKD
FRENCH ZINO PAINTS.
Dealers and Consumers rpplifd at 1U20 Sin
VEKY LCAY TRICES FOR CASH.
O li L E A N S HOUS E,
No. 631 CHESNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
J STKPPACIIEll,
Pbopbietor,
Conducted on tlie European o'an. H 25 8m.
1. CPVlRVS HART) RTTBRRR
S Truss KsiublUtiment No. 1347 CHKSMUT
'hahlA struet. nmr Hroad in s jrus. limine an
tULibtnilotheis eure liuptures trees tbe cord from all
truss y procure wil1 never rut. DreaK. -cna'e, or ue.
jr come illthy I nttea to lorui requiiiiig no sirtipi
"" u.ed In liatDlUK t always good aa new Nupport
era, Elustlo Mtoeklnus, MicuWlt r Hrat es, huspensorles,
etc., oi improved styles. Lady attendant. Call and ex
amine, or send for paniphleu lii l(Jlm
DR. JOKIJ'H II. GAIXAOIIEU, formerly
at the Dlspennary, S. Fourth street, may be con
suited bv the l'oor dully, free of charge, at his Oltlee, No.
i45,h. T1IJ1U) t-treet, between the hours of 1 ami 1
o'clock (uuUay excepted; Lntrauve vu Fvviiria
sued. 11 il lit
PIANOS, &o.
r-e-v- INDUCTION IN rUICKSI K&DUC-
1 TION IN run KSt
BOMAKKR I'lANU FORTE M AKOFtCTTJ R
1NQ COWPAfiT,
B.V HWOT . . I V I .1 Cllll,.. 1,'a. ' ". r. v i
Htreet, a anterior assortment of the r L MUVAf.LKu
1 1 At OH, Ii't-li tney Kill se i at (really rencKi nrieea
Persons y.oulo do well lit e-lllns on us be ore purchas
ing elsewhere A ana'antee alyen with ayery I'lano
111. at'hOM ( K Kit PIM FOR I K M'M'FAO.
TURING COVIPAN 0 10il CflFHNUT Btxeet 4 1
U S T E Y'S
COTTAGE ORGANS,
Sot only FK EXCELLED, bnt T NF.QtT ALLF.D la
pnriiy et i on ana lower aeetfmaa especially ior
OlinrchMi and Oi-hools. but ftmnrl to be eauall.y well
aospted to tha Parlor and Druwlug Hmn. For sals
only by K. . BRl'CK,
no. n. niiiV mvi ii r'rvei.
Also aeemrlete assottment of the Perfect Melmleoi
Con'antly on hand. 1 Wm
WALL PAPERS.
N
E W FALL STYLES
PUILADElIIIA
WALL PA V 14 11 S .
HOWELL & B01HKE,
N. E. COR. FOURTH AND MARKET STS.,
MAKTJFACTUBEBS OF
PAPEll HANGINGS
Ann ' 11 Mtutb.
WINDOW SHADES
HAIR ESTABLISHMENTS.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
T. M. GREEN'S
II A I 11 J E W E L R Y
' ESTABLISHMENT,
Ko. 439 AECII STBEET, BF.LOW FIFTH,
rniLADELHHIA,
ORDERS PROMPTLY AST) SATISFACTORILY
executed. 'mem
BAKKRS POPULAR HAIR ESTABLISH
MfcNT The assortment ot rlralds. Wins Toupee,
llandeauz, Bapillous, Houleaus, TonouoS. Frl
Crimpers. Curls, Illusive Seams ior ladles, cannot
eiiuulied ty any other home lu the United State,
prices lower thnn elsewhere
11 31' 3m &o. SOUCllEnM'T Street. Philadelphia.
STANDARD SCALES.
FAIRBANKS
STANDARD SCALES,
Adapted to Every liranch of EBusi
ness Where a Correct and
Duralile Scale is Required.
A uniform standard ot wciRbki, and a correct sys
tern of wciftuinp, are subjects claiming tho attontioi
of every Individual in the community.
FAIRBANKS &. EWING,
MASONIC HALL,
Ko. 715 CHESNUT STREET,
8 21mth6m4p PHIL VDELPUIA.
DENTISTRY.
ISAIAH PRICE, DENTIST, GRADUATE OP
L Philadelphia College of Dental Hurirory, class 1SYM.
lormerly ot w'f at Chester, l'a., having ser ea three years
In the Army, has lextuned tlie practtie of his profession
at No, 241 .LEVKM'1I btreot. Philadelphia, where
he will endeavor to atve satis aotory attention lo all Who
tnayrequlie his pioltsslonaj services. UBly
'i nt , t; v .
SO
MANUFACTURER,
AND DEALER IN
JJIiofotjraph glbums,
BOOKS, BIBLES. PRAYERS,
Magazines, Novels, and, all tho
New Publioationa.
CARD, MEDIUM, AND IMPERIAL
PHOTOCRAPHS.
Siercosr opes and Stercosropir VieAS.
fictiircs of all kinds Framed to order.
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803 CHESTNUT ET. 808
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E W PAINTINGS.
JAMES S. EARLE & SONS
Ilave Just Opened
VERY FINE NEW PAINTINGS,
AT MODERATE PRICES,
TOR CHRISTMAS SALES.
EAIU.ES' GALLEHIKS
AND LOOKING-GLASS WAREROOMS,
12 1 lip 816 CHESSUT STREET. .
PHILADELPHIA AND
READING RAILROAD.
CllltlSTMAH HOLIDAYS.
Excursion Ticket will be issued nt it canoed Faros
between all Stations on Main Hoad and Branohea.
Good from SATURDAY, 28d inst , until WEDAE3
DAY, January 8, m.
122012t
O A. HfCOLLS.
General Superintendent.
fl O SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWNERS. TIIE
J undersigned having leased the KKNS1NQTON
tiC'TltW Dot K.bcga toiutbrm his frienos and the patrons
of tbe Dock Uiat be U prepared with increasea facilities
to accommodate those having vesse a to be raised or
repaired aud belr a practieal ehlp-carpenter and
caulker. Tvltl give personal attention to the vessel! en
trusted to falut ior repaint.
t sit tit I us or A tents Hltlo Carpenters, and Machinists
having vessels to repair, are solicited to call. , ,
Having the agency for ihe aaie of "Wettersteat
Patent Metallic I oiitnosltlon" lor t opper Palut. for tlie
pierervation ot vessels' bottoms, for this city, 1 am pte
psitd to lumUth the same on favorsble terini.
JOHN H. UAMHirr.
Keus agton bcrew Pock,
111 DKLAWABE Avenue, above LA Huet
J
DRY GOODS RETAIL.
H3 PlllOK 6c WOOD, H3
NOltTlI NINTH STltEfST.
ABOVE ARCH.
USEFUL ARTICLES FOR
HOLIDAY PHESENTS.
Ladies' Embroldcrod HdlcfV, loollopod borders.
Lathes' Kmbroldorcd Hdkts., worked with color.
Ladies' Embroidered lldkfs., hemstitched.
1-ao.lcs' Linen Can. brio Hdtfs., laoo borders.
Gcnta' and Boys' colored bordor Hdkla.
Gents' Hemstitched Hdkla.
Ladica' and Misses' Uomstitcliod Hdkfs.
One lot ot Ladies' Linen lldkh, 12) oenta.
A large assortment of I'ortcmonnaies.
Gents' Neck Ties and Sun ponders.
Buffalo II air Brushes, plain and inlaid backs.
Britannia To jrdcr Boxes.
One lot of French Furniture Sots, rery cheap.
A large assortment of Fancy Soaps and Fer
lumcry. A large assortment of Ladles' ana Gents' Gloves.
Boys' and Misses' Gloves.
Ladies' and Gents' Monno Shirts and Drawora.
Ladies' Balmoral Skirts.
Misses' Fancy French Merino Hose.
PIUCE A WOOD.
No. 113 H. NINTH Streot.
N. B. Best makos bleached and unbleached Mus
ics. Wide Canton Flannels, 81 cents a yard.
Heavy Canton Flannels, 86, 40, and 50 oonts.
All-wool and Uomet Flannels.
Heavy all-wool Shaker Flannol.
A new lot of Shirting Flannel. 1
Table Linens, Napkins, and Tow Is.
Best makes Shirting Linens. 12 tl
J)REIFTJSS & BELSINGER,
No. 49 N. EIGHTH STREET.
EAST SIDE,
Have just received a large lot ot
HASD-WA IE VOOLLKK GOODS.
LAMKS' VaRCY UUOUH.
w mi e oouds, laces, embroideries, toils
H.V1H MiTS,
And a full line of
LADIES' AND CH1LDBRM S KID, SILK. AITB
FA-NCY SLOVKd.
Also, a large lot of
CROCHET LACES,
Which we are offering at reduced prloes. 9 11 IT
HOUSE FUItNI SIIINO
DRY GOODS.
BARNSLET DAMASKS.
PILLOW AND SHEETING LINENS.
HONEYCOMB QUILTS.
LANCASTER QUILTS.
300 DOZEN TOWELS AND NAPKINS.
J. C. STRAWBRIDGE & CO.,
1 1 12t N. W. corner EIGHTH snd MARKET STS.
ho. 14 CHKHNCT 8TKKEI.
E. M. NEEDLES.
IH- EVERY VARIETY AND ALL NOVEL-
TIES IN
laces ami Lace Goods,
EMBROIDERIES AND WHITE GOODS,
IIANDKERCIIIEFS, ETC. ETC.,
SUITABLE FOB
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Purcbase early and avoid tlie Crowd.
J.3Ha.8 IHNSaUD HOI 'S
CHEAP GOOD
S.
E. T. QUINLAN,
Ko. 420 fcOUTH STREET.
Now opened Tor salo, a large stock ol rich Imported
Dress Gccds, in
rOPLINS AND MERINOES,
BILK POPLINS AND EPINCLINES,
RICH PLAIDS AND STRIPES,
And a variety of other dtsirable Goods.
CLOAKS AND SHAWLS.
Wc are now oflormi! decidedly the cheapest goods
in this line to bo found in this city.
SUPERB BBOCHE SHAWLS.
EX1RA HEAVY BLANKET SHAWLS.
We will Boll sopenor Cloaks 'at C10, fine Cloth
Sacquos, fiom 58 up, common goods at lower prloes.
F. T. QUINLAN.
12 film No. 429 SOUTH Street.
South street Choap Cloak, Shawl, and Dry Good
Emporium, first Dry Goods Store below Fifth street.
No. 102-1 CHESNUT STREET,
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Vhoiewile aud ketoll.
Oars sortment eiubruuea i the new ami him.
to give SHtls'setion ' u wrrs4it
Hkirts made to order, alterea. and repaired. 1 4 1,
ntirt omititTt iiTtn
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