2 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1800. THE NEW YORK PRESS. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals Upon the Most Import ant Topics of the Hour. COMPII.I'D KVKRV DAY FOIl FVKKING TKLEOItAPil. Confederate Religion. I'rom the Tribnw. 5Iot of the ecclrslustical organizations of the Btnt"3 lately In revolt have chosen not to renew their lormer iralernal relations with the like orirtml nations In the loyal Stales wherewith they formally dissolved connection at tuc outbreak ol the Rebellion. For this decision they are answerable only to God and their own con sciences. It would be a bitter mockery to pro fess to love where they really hnle to cotitido where tbey profoundly district. Still, some of their resumptions and reasonings seem fairly to Invite criticism. For instance: The Southern Presbyterians (Old School) held a General Assembly at Macon, Gcoraia, three weeks since, aud, refusing to reunite with the Presbyterians ot the North, dis-oarrted their do lilnrately chosen designation, "The Presbyterian 'bureu of the Contcderate States," and took in stead that ol "The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States." As that was already the established, recognized title of a much larger body, we think this as sumption uniustitiable; and it is certainly calcu late to breed confusion and mischief. Alter resolving to have no more cordial or Intimate relution9 with Northern Presbyterians than witb other ecclesiastical bod'es whoso creeds are noi specially objectionable, they further Jieso vrit, That our ministers and chu-ohos bo and hereby itre warmd ai-alnst all ministers or other agents who nitty come anions us to ow the scils ot divi-iou and stnf in our cont?ref-utions, or to croatc sclit-m in our beloved Zion; and, owing to tho pecu liar reasons for prutlonco winch now exist, we enjoin it upon our mimstois and sessions to exorcise spociat caution as to whom tliey admit to their pulpits, and in oases of dcuot 10 relcr to tho Judgment of the Presbyteries the wliolo quostion ot tlie nature and extent of the cou rtesy or countenance they may ex tend. ltrtotvtd, That the Assembly would remind ses sions, that id no case is it proper lor thorn to invito ministers oi other denominations Moodily 10 occupy nyof our pulpits witnout tho content ot the Pre lytoilcs, anu the known purpose of such ministers, at the earliest suitable opportunity, to unitu with us in ecolesiasxical relations. Such Is the sanctimonious way of savin? , that any church w hich fdiall ullow a Northern Presbyterian to occupy its pulpit will pet into trouble. We do not think the caution was needed, but its animus is unmistakable. This General Assemly then proceeded to deliver the following testimony coucernina slavery: "Tufa relation is now overthrown suddenly, vio lently) whether Justly or uujustiy, In wrath or in mercy, for woal or tor woo, lot history and the Judtro of all the earth docido. lint thero aro two conside rations oi vital interest which still remain. "One is. that while the existeuco 01 s avery may, in its ctvil aspects, bo regarded as a civil question, an Issue now couo, vet the lawiulni ss of the relation as a question ol social morality and of scriptural truth has lost nothing oi its importance. Wheu we solemnly declare to you, brctiiron, ttiat tho doirina which asserts the inherent sinfulness ot this relation is unscripturnl and lanaiical; that it is condomued not on y by the word of God, but by the voice of the Church in all npos; that it is out) of tho most perni cious heresies ot modern times; that its eounco nance bvan church is a just cuuso of separation from it (1. Tim. 6, 1-5 1, wo have surely said enough to warn you away from the insidious orror as lrom a lata) shore. ' Whatever, therefore, e may hare 'to lamout be fore God, either lorneguct of duty towards our servants, or lor actual wrong while tho relation kstcd, we are not called, now that it has boon abo lished, to bow the head in humiliation before moil, or to admit that the memory ot many ot our do:v kindred is to bo covered wilh sliamo, becausa, like Afrabum, Isaac, and Jacob, they had bouU-nervnt9 born in their own house, or bought with tlieit money, and who now, redoomod by the same procious blood, sit down together in the kingdom of Uo.l." There are several misstatements of fact In this tesiiuiont, the most, material of which (that respecting "the voice of the Church in all agoj") might be refuted by citations lrom the recorded testimony of the "Presbyterian Church alone. But the tact that "Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob" were slaveholders is cited most inconclusively. They were slaveholders alter a sort, no doubt; but w ere not the tirst and the last-named poly jraun'sts as well? Aud will the Southern Old Schools insist that anti-Poivfiumy is "oue ot the most pernicious' heresies of moiteru times," as well us anti-Slavery ? If not, why not? The Richt Rev. John Henry Hopkins, Pro testant Episcopal Bishop of Vermont ('!), has been trying hard to coax his pro-slavery brother, Bishop Wilmer, of Alabama, back into the silken bonds of church fellowship. Wilmer is sweet on the "pood Bishop" of Vermont; but lie won't be coaxed; and here are his reasons: "The Southorn'deputios themselves may very naturaiiy be snppusod to have sum i seuumoiit in this matter. Their sons and brothers ho in bloody graver ; thoir land is deso.ate, aud strangers devour it in their presence; ti.eir emancipated slaves pan ison their cities; they live themselves, as yet, uuder the ban; their representative mm, no guiltier than themselves, is in bonds, and may huvo to die an ik'nomtuious deu'h. The whom .Southern people, tho-elore, are at this moniiiut awaiting trial in Die person of thoir representative head; they are denounced as felons, an1 a shackled press is lorbii den to epouk a word of vindication or romon stiauce. 'Your own heart, pood Bishop, will tell you that men in such a condition are in no mo d to join iu jubilate over a restoration which is sealed bv thoir degradation. Tho peace, lor which le Douuh will be chanted, is purchased bv the loss of their inherit ance, and they are now sitting in tno deep valley Of humiliation. "The men oi tho South have no desire to proton? the hopeless conflict, l'lioy aocont the lailu.o of tbeii ellorta as a tact, and, as Christian men. will render a faithful allet'ianco to 'the powers that he,' lor God's suke; but it is asking too much of them that they shall swell the pugoant wliicu celebrated their subjugation. "Some time, Bishop, must bo given to tho hart to school itse f. Our poop.e aro in no mood for Joyous congratulations. J hey are not yot out of mourning lor their dead. It in easy tor you to come together aud to join heartily in laudaies tor poaco aud re union. Yours is tho victorious section. It is easy iorlinnwho triumphs to forgive; and from your staud-pomt you can thank cod with a lull heart. We are irying to torsive and forget, and biting up our hearts lrom the dust, we are trying to say, 'Thy will be done.' txcuse some of us, Bishop, for proierrinpt just now to stand aloof lrom the discussion ot those subjects. Our wounds are too reoout to bear rough handling. We have no heart lor them. We have 110 wi-h to discuss tbom, for there cau be no tree discussion Nor can we, by our nieut proscueo, be faithless to the memory ot our dead, nor consent to Stand by whilo others inscribe 'traitor' on their gravestones." Supposing this were sound logic, would it not coudemu tbe loyal (that is, Tory) Episcopa lians of our Revolutionary era for unltintr. as they generally did, in oi'trtnizinfr the Protestant Episcopal churches in the United States 1 Thev might nave stood out aud insisted on maintain ing the former state of ecclesiastical dependence on Enelend. By umtiur with "Rebel" Eplscopa linns, like George Washington and John Jay. to form an independent American Church, they may or may not nave consented to "stand D.y while others inscribed 'traitor on tho grave stones" of their deceased compatriots. At all events, thev did precisely what Bishop Wilmer & Co. now refuse to do; aud the world has judged irrevocably that iney aw wisely. But this is not the more essentfal matter or rather, not that in which we take the deeper in teiest. What strike us as offensive and inexcu- sablv arrocaut In the Bishop's letter is his com plcte ipnoriug ot uny Southerners but those who threw themselves headlone into the Rebellion. Now the Southern churches peneraily have for a century had more black than white members, aud have far more to-day; yet these are no more lenorded bv Wilmer than though they were d.c's. "The whole Southern people," he assert "tire at this moment awaiting trial in the person ot ihetr representative head." No, they are not. Bibhop I and you, us a Christian pastor, ought to know it 1 Of the three sml a half millions of 8outh?rn bl( ks, not one Is "awaiting trial" iu the porson of Jeti'crson Davis; not one fee a him self denounced as a ielon; not cue is now "Jit ting in the deep valley of humiliation ;"' not one lecls that his "oimd' are too recent" to al!ow ns rough handling as may be re piir"d for na tional restoration and pciu'c. There are many other hearty Southern Unioniits as white as BUhop Wilmer but he- sees nobody m the South but Confederates, and insist. that other shall use Vis spectacles. We cannot consent. We might ask the Bishop to consider that there arc unhealed wounds North ai well as, South that wo, too. have been called to make saciirices Hint we, too, moiiru oxr dead. Let nil this jinss; mid itic'ee ciilmly nnl Justly whut liarht is thrown by tho' Bishop's letter on the temper of what he considers the "South," and on tho grave problem of reconstruction. . Mr. Seward's Diplomatic Expedition Governor Cox, ot Ohio, on the Monroe Docti me-Probable Partition ot Mexico. From the Htrald. The Secretary of State and his assistant are off in the United States steamship De Soto on au excursion o' a few weeks to warmer latitudes. It is understood ut Washington that the south ern limit ot this voyage of dUcovry will bo Vera Cruz, und that en route Mr. Seward will touch at the little island of St. Thomas for a confidential conference with General Suuta Auuu on Mexican affairs. This is an important fact; for It must be re membered that (ieneral Santa Anna is iu exile at present, mrler the orders of Louis Napoleon and Maximilian, and that the distinguished Mexican r x -President is a zealous supporter of the republic and a believer in the speedy down tall ot the Umpire. It does not lollop, however, that Mr. Seward in this mission contemplates the reinstatement of tho Mexican republic or the removal of Maximilian. On the contrary, we are strongly inclined to the opinion that tha result ot tliis expedition will probably be a divi sion of Mexico between Maximilian and the United States. We have had some hint. of such a propoiel settlement, and that it embraced the cession to the United States of the Northern Mexican pro vinces or States ot Tamaulipas, New Leon, Con bulla, Chihuahua, Sonora, and the loutf peniu stila of Lower California, and the great gull which divides it from lhe mainland, compre hending an area of land equal to eiirln States of the size of New York. This i generally a tim berlcss and waterless region; but it embraces many fertile districts and h rich in the precious metals. Its mineral resources ai.d commercial advantages to us lor overland communications with the Pacific, via the Unit ot California, would be immense; while, (rom tue wild Indians and irrepressible guerillas roaming over this vast section, it can" never be anything but a dead expense to Maximilian. Hence he will be the painer by a bargain whih cedes all this north ern division ot Mcsico to the United States. Why, then, should not such a settlement lie made? It appeurs not only feasible from tho solid advantages it oilers to both parties, but very plattsiole from the Withdrawal by Maxi miliun of his troops lrom sonora. Chihuahua, and other Northern provinces. In this move ment he is probably carrying out a condition of an agreement already entered into, aud which is. pcibnpe, to be consummated in a meeting with jvir. bow arn at vera ltuz. The strenrrtheiuns o the delcnses ot that phce, tmd the almost daily arrival there ot French reinforcements tor Maxi milian, can be reconciled only with some such theory as this of the object of Mr. Seward's expe dition. It is clear that Maximilian is shortening his military lines to strengthen himself, and that wnat ne leaves outside tie is prepared to relin quish; and we think that Mr. Seward is not igno rant ot, and is not opposed to. these movements, from the very tact that ho proposes a visit to v era m-uz. But, in 8iipportot this idea ;ha a partition of Mevico is contemplated and actually in progress we nave other eviaeuce ro oner, it is not di rectly to the purpose, but it is very significant. tJovernor Vox. the new Kepublican Governor of Ohio, and a cordial supporter of President John son's Southern restoration policy, uttered some very no id opinions on tue Mexican question in tes message the other dav to the Ohio Legisla ture. He strongly objected to the detention of the Ohio troops on the Rio Grande to watch those Of Maximilian. He repudiates the Monroe doctrine as n matter of moonshine. He savs that Mexico never cau be a republic uuder the exist ing Mexican people. He contends that self-gov ernment with them and all those Spanish Ameri can republics means nothing but anarchy vio lent, bloody, and incendiary ; that, us a republic. Mexico bus continually injured all nations hav ing any dealings with her, "has ruthlessly ruined and oppressed her own people, and has brought disgrace alike upon the sacred name of republi can liberty and oi human nature." And hrinllv, uovei nor cox is not only opposed to going to war with France, but is o'oposed to the nolicv of bullying her iu behalf oi such a monstiosity as the Mexicaa republic. Now, we believe that Governor Cox. standing as the otlicial head ot the Republican party of the great State of Ohio, would not utter such opinions without some powerful supporters ;to duck mm. lie is not speaking at taudora, but lor a purpose and a new movement with which he has become associated. We think it very likely that Chief Justice Chae and Mr. Seward, strange as rnav seem this conjunction, are in this new movement, and that it comprehends a financial and political scheme agaiust General Grant and the army and navy as elements of political power. General Grant poes for the Monroe doctrine; the urmy Is for it. Let it be enforced to the extent of a war with France. and Grant and the armv may carry off all tho honors of the next Presidential election. No thing more probable. But, with a settlement of this Mexican imbroglio by a partition of Mexico between the United States and Maximilian, tho uungers to our mucinous civuiaus irom a n"w crop of laurels to General G rant and a new batch of available generals lor political purposes may all be avoided. This theory of the politicians against the armv is very suggestive. , It may result in the settle ment indicated, or it may lead to a new organi zation ot parties, with the rmseuibling of Congress on Friday we may have eome interest ing developments beariu? upon this southern. sea excursion ot Mr. sewurd. I- rom all the lucts and evidence before us we conclude that he is charged with the business of a compromise with Maxim iliau ou the basis ot the partition of Mexico. The Cunencv. From the World. Tncre is no question awaiting tha action of Congress of greater urgency than the restoration of the currency to a healthy condition. It mani festly takes precedence of measures looking to the payment of the public debt, Inasmuch as the debt mu6t be paid out of the surplus profits of business and the surplus earnings of Industry, and business and Industry cannot be re-established on a stable foundation until the currency, which U its life-blood, Is reduced and purified. If a man rising from a sick bed is to pay a debt out of his subsequent earnings, his creditor has a greater interest in the recovery of his vigor than in his wages duriug convalescence. This complex question is so hemmed in with dill'ioulnc, that any man would evince more Bclt-suUiciency than Judgment who should be very confident he had discovered its true solu tion. But thU is no reason why any on? having ideas on the sublect should not freely state them. The question needs to be considered in all its aspects; and even imperfect aud one-sided views may have their use as contributions to a complete examination. We shall be better prepared to ludge of the fit ness of the means, If we cun tirst get a clear Idea of the end to be attained. Happily, this branch of the mquiiy is not difficult. Excepting a small number of visionary people who set theiuselve3 up tor a sort ot financial c, w lights, it is agreed that when the currency is restoied to a normal condition, the greenbacks will have been retired, the bunks will redeem their notes in specie, aud only coined money wid be a legal tender for debts. Taking this as the condition which it Is necessary to restore, it is easy to dispose of a ci eat mass of cloudy crudities put lorth bv lea soncrs whose pride of singularity, or Iar of im liiedinte consequences, lead tbr'm to oppose nil measures tor the withdrawal of the legal-tender notes. (Mice grant that these notes are ultimately to 1)0 withdrawn, and that their redemption Is to be one ol the principal evidences of restored health, and thero is only lelt a question ot t.ie most suitable time and the most appropriate means. When it ii said that the wl'hdrnwal oi the greenbacks will reduce prices and inflict l ss, it 1 not ncedfiil to dispute the conclusion, but only to a.ik whether it can evtr be done without causing a decline iu the value of property? If not, why should we be making ry faces at the medicine when, sooner or later, we shall be compelled to take? Assuming, then, as proved that tbe greenbacks nie to be redeemed and retired, tbe question next in order in, whether it shall Jbe done at once or gradually? To this question there are two sides; but it will not be diliicult. we think, to find ou which the reasons prooondcrate. The main argument for the Immediate resumption of specie payments is, that the business of tho countiy cannot be conducted with advantage wbilo it is sliding down a declivity of gradually decreasing prices. The soundness oi this idea cannot well be controverted; tor why should men purchase or produce commodities to be sold in a tailing market ? But tbe exaggeration of a truth may be as misleading as a downright error. There' is not a inroi or a plantation in the country but will be equally cultivated, whether prices advance or decline. The price ot cotton and of other Southern staples will, under any circumstances, be high enough to en courage production. The price of grain, which is our chief staple, is regulated by the foreign demand; its prioe in Liveipool determines its price in New York. As the cost of transportation will go down with the general decline, the farmer will receive for his giuin nearly as much value, though less nomi nal money. Manufacturers could protect, them selves ughinst serious loss by the smallness of their pi oductiou, which would, in sortie degree, correct the mischievous effect of thi tariff winch diverts cupitul and industry from more profitable branches of industry. It" is as certain as any thing in the future, that iu a few years the tariff will be recti lied and reduced, and it is we'd that menn'ime there should be some check to the stimulus ot high duties In drawing capital into oraches ol business not productive enough to be telf-siipportiiig. Having pointed out these mitigations of the undeniable evils of a falling murket, we will stuto some of the objections to an attempt to return immediately to specie psymeuts. We astiime that it caii be dono only by the with drawal of a very considerable proportion of the legal-tender notes. Gold and silver will never circulate side by side with any currency not re deemable in the precious metals. Neither the Goverume.it nor the banks will redeem in coin so long as the currency is redundunt. When the currency is in a norinal state, men wanting gold take bunk notes to the institution which issued them and demand payment. But till the greenbacks nrc. withdrawn, the banks will p;iy in thtrn; and gold can be procured only by pur chasing it at a premium. Kvou the Immediate repeal of the letul-iender net would not re-toie t-peeie payment-, except t creditors making au oppressive use of the legal light-1. Legislation can no more control the natural laws in this lespect than in others; us is cxempliJed by the history ot our New York State bauks. Our Constitution i.f 184 i was so rigorous and stringent as to ordain that no bank should con tinue to do business longer tnau it redeemed iu specie; and it prohibited the Legislature troin directly or md recti y permitting any bank to do so. When the financial crash ol ls57 came, the State banks did suspend; and, by continuing to do business, demonstrate i tue poWerlessness of the legal enactments, even thouah taking tho ioim of Bolcmn constitutional provisions, to maintain a specie currency against the neces sities ot society. The State courts invented subtle and ingenious reasons to explain away the undoubted meaning of the Constitution: and both belore and alter their decision, the notes of tuc suspended bauK3 continued to circulate pre cisely as belore. For similar iousous, the greenbacks and legal tender notes would remain our sole currency, until other changes hud taken place rendering resumption possible. The choice would lie be tween the currency and none; and as it would remain good lor the payment ol taxes, to the amount ot to or three hundred millions a year, it would h-ive tin element of value sullicient to keep it in circulation; i ust as the nasty, sticky posture-stamps supplied the place of small change, till a substitute for silver ws issued by the Treasury. We regard it as clearthough the reader, perhaps, may not think it sullieiently proved that the nitre repeal ol the legal-tender act would not restore spec e pa mcuts. Bui if he will not accept it as a conclusion, let him at lea it. 9 runt it to us as u postulate, and accept the con sequences which must follow irom itsudoiissiou. If the immedial" resumption ol specie payments cannot be compelled by the repeal ot the legal- tenuer act, then no sudden resumption is possi ble, lor the entirely conclusive reason that thcie is no possibility ot w i'udrawing at once a large portion of the legal tender notes. The monev which is paid into the Treasury in taxes is paid oui upiuu in me current cxpcnuit tires nun inter' est on lhe debt. It will thus be kept in circuld tion till the Treasury can borrow other money to use m its stead. Beioto there can be redemption there must be heav loans; loans, in the first place, sullicient to take up aud dispense with the further issue oil certificates ot indebtedness: and loans, in the next pinee, equal to the amount of the green backs redeemed. When the Secretary of tho Treasury comes into the market asking a loan lor this latter purpose, he will theieby produce a stringency which will render the success ot the loan nioie or less slow and diliicult. If he should apply lor enough lor the immediate redemption of all the creeii Clicks, he would nrobablv get nothing. 'Uie thing i not susceptible of being none except bv foinc gradual method. 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IN COMPLIANCE WITH the tvenlv-fnnrth pociIom nf llm Will of iilnnlmn irnnl ihe b it m rlno ni)fnt ot ihn tllrnril l-ntri:, lin i)np:ir d the toliowlnit condensed statement of the all. .Imoi ti c estai e: ' CK anil Limni) appropriated for the Improvement O. the (asicrn irout ol lhe city and Iiclnwurn avenue. . ,. , I'ar Vit n : I ri.trd MnteslMO II per eon' Bonn $tieo(i(I l-'Ol'l I . 1 1 1 n V I V I' I, 1 h o r t ' III. jjimn 0..l(."a ( tlv of I'M ado plila r per rent l.o.in 8.4UU UU t ity of I hlliirtelplila6percent.I,oi)n, tree irom tax SNS .200-00 ( tt.v ol I lit udolnhla G per cent., Bonn, taxable M.100 00-139,300 00 City (las 6 per rent. Bonn 10,000 00 ti Minns ni :tock In the Insurance Company ol tlie-tate of Pennwlvunln 4,40000 42 Mierci of Pre ene.l fctock in the Union anal ( onipan.t J.lOO'Oi) Vnlon ( anal ( oui anv of Pennxvivunln 6 per cent Loan 1,000 00 fclmylklll avleatlon i ompany Loan, 1870, 8 percent 2.W7'iOSi Sohiiyikll 1 fiBv'Kiitlon Company Bonn 1SB.. ii.UjOOl Sell iit k ill Navigation Company Loan rc- l elvrd for Internet 13,010 JO Bosn approprliitcd in purchase Knnl lor "l'oor White lIonekeeper and Roomkcep ern" In the city oi Philadelphia, One I ertlflcnte of Loan Hchuyiklll Mavlgntlon ompany, 8 percent 9.089 57 One Cor iflcateof Bonn Hrlmv kill Navigation Con pan. . 1KH2. receivel for Interest 2T2 68 Stocks and Boaua oouiprimng tne Kemduary Fund lNCS : United Mates V20 Oner cent Bonn tMOOD I nltei1 Fjntes 10-40 H per cent Bonn 10,700-00 Schuylkill NuvljiBtlon Company Boan, 8 per cent l.MrS4 Plate oi Vennv'viinla 5 per cent Loan 8H,Hin 114 Bonn to Frankiin Institute.. 1,000 00 Guardians of lhe Poor Boan (now Chy'ftpercent 500 00 Ittv of Philadelphia Loan, 6 per cent T .800-00- 8,300-00 Citv of Philadelphia Loan, 6 per ( int . Iteco- tax 425 700 00 Cltv ot 1 hllado phla Loan. pir cent., taxable 22.300 00 30,000 00 inn Shares of Rock Fhl'adolphia Exchange ( oninnny 2200 shares of Stock i-chuylkl 1 Mavlpation Company 1G2 Mitiipnol Stock Cnesapcake and Dolawnre ( anal ( nninaay 40410 Miarea o Htock lianvllle and Pottsvllle Knl'rond Company 2 Shares ot Slock flerman'.own and Petklo- iren lumnlke Company 1 Si are ol Stock Susqu. hunua and Behlgh ' T11 nplke omonnv 1 Pond Loan to Kldne Bo. d Turnpike Co 1 Pond lor Interest on Loan to itlde lioad 'lurnplke ( omnany... 1 Pond Schtivkill avigation Co. Loan, 1882, received lor tnteiest Loan and Cah cnmpilchiu the legacy (in port) lecelvi d (rein the Estate ot Lawrence Todd, deceas' d, of 1 Mno s United States l oan. 6 percent., 1881, 008. coat 7 ,500-00 Cash to be Invested.... 27 50- 10,0 0 09 110 .000-00 10,200 00 200,000 00 200 00 irni-oo 10,000-00 900-00 21168 7,587-50 - 7,597-50 Interest received I 778 49 " ho lollowina account, entrant exhibits a condensed statement of the cimh account cmbiaoliiK the amount 01 Intt rest, dividends, rem o real rotate, and pavmonta made lor various objects lor tiio vea 1865 : Ha nncc in the Treasury January 1 163 U. 131-82 'oli received for rent 01 Kenl Kstate liiHJ62 i4 lio Interest on tiv Boan 11,068 05 Bo schuv kill Navigation Co. , Boan 15,102 69 Do State of Pennsylvania Boan. 6 907 3! Po 'lt (las Loan 670 00 Do unitcn 'a,cg Loan, r-m h per cent 219 73 Do United Ststes Boan, 10 40 ft per cent 1,335-21 Do B'lvkteno l'lilliilelputa Exchange Co stock 200-01) Do no insurnnce o.... State of Pennsylvania.... 8S0 00 Do lo BchuvlKill Navl- Katton Co.'s Stock 6,940-00 Do trom Uonl Bstoto Schuylkill county 227-00 DO irom 1 ouinnej ill ftcnuyi- kll conn y 36,710 71 Do lor nuc'cai on iawrenca Todd Bojak-v 75fl-ni Do lor total Incouio Account.. tj-lo 8250,2111 -25 Cash paid under appropriations by Councils : I'.SiAlfc,. ForWnte' Rent $ 1 71800 . Taxes.... 30,71 v(i'2 Salaries fi H00-ni) Blinds out 01 thecountv 14,I3"-83 Pcnni ncnt Improvements 300-7(1 i.enerai licnairs 12 405 70 Inside Pnintim? 1,000 84 I'aperann llsnine 2 403 13 Ou side PnlntluK 4,000-KS Annuities OCO-OO Jlirce lnneonB Expenses 4,02048 . Purchase, ol tuel lor "Poor Whito Housekeepers" 629 75 BHhtinK Delaware venuu with gus 1,205-60 KcpairliiK Puvement Doawaro Avenue 633 00 1o Invest a Certain Amount In City Bcuns 1.G63 85 Cn.'h paid unon Wilts of Manila inns lor dunntfg In widening Delaware Avenue 10 405-12 Itecairing Pier, Delaware Avcuuo 656-01 e4,73U 37 COBBFOP. Committee on Household. ,$li:t,o((8 51 Institution. Hi 3" 57 ' " Accounts... 2 409 (12 " Library DO SO " Discipline A; blschtvt,'e, 240-99 " " Munuul Ba- bor 601-00 -9133 612 89 -$228 379-25 Pnlmco in the City Treasury Warrants not taken 31,"84-H6 002 87 Bnltnce In the Troaiitry 130 881 99 CIlATtLK's S. 8MITII. PiiperlntenUeiU Girard Estate. rM'ndolnhln, December :;0, 1865. 1 3t V. mi 0 1 ' 3 MAN UFACTURER, AND DEALER IN Jjftctotjrnplt Jtftats, BOOKS, CIBLES, PRAYERS, Masozincs, Novels, nnd all tho Now Publications. CA!, MEDIUM, AND IMPERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. Stereoscopes end Stereoscopic Vic-rs. fii'tum of all kinds rmr.cJ to oriL'r. 8C3 CHESTNUT ST. 08 JOI3EI!T SHOEMAKER & CO., H. E. Cor. of FOUBTU and It ACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS Importers end Dealers In Foreipn and Domestio Window and Plato Glass, MANUFACTURERS OF White Lead anjl2inc Paints,Putty,eto AGENTS FOR 1HI C'KLEBIt ATKD FRENCH ZING PAINTS. Dealers and Consumers arpplled at 1020 8m VERY LOW PRICES FOR CSII. O II LEA NS IIOUS E, No. 031 CHESNUT STREET, raiLADELPaiA, J STEPPACIIER, r'BOPIUBX'OB, Ccrducted on tlie European p'an 11 26 8m I. D. SHELBY'S HARD RUBBER T..,u. v.i.i.u.., . Kn 1'liT firkSMITT J DlM.1 rrl.id 1lldU utit kn flit if- miflu - bi"v, iivnr piunu J . , . -- HUBBF.H otheis. euros Buptures irees the oonl lrom all TRUwo'. i)viiir wii never rum. uiw., vuo. u k it. l k.. . ruim llilir )lll llTiilll ued In l.alhliiti alwavs good as new. Huppurt rrs, Elastle Wloekinn. 'shoulder Braci-s, tusneBBorles. etc., oi Improved DtTies Bady attendant. I'a'i an l e. uiniue, or send lor puuiphleu ! In INSURANCE COMPANIES. 1 "WvLAWAllE MUTUAI, ISA I LTV 1 XSUUA NCR I ' COMPANY, INCOItrORATI D BY TllK Lr.dlSLATB'BE l'h n i i v.tNi.i. iia. OFFICE 8 K. (OltMII IIIIRK AND WABKUT 81 HI-BIN. J 1 1 1 1.A 1 U 1,1-1, 1 A. MAKISK 1NVKA.CE ON VI HStBS.) CAKC.o, To all parts of the w FEBHiHT ISBANI) ISMTTlANCFa On Goods by ftlvi r. l anal, Lake, and Land Ca nil p)rn"i mw i num. KIRK INfltJllANCli;! On terrhanrtl se t enerailv. On Stores, Dwo ling Housoi, etc. AS8E1S OF THK COMPANY Novenmer 1, lNiw- 100 poo United 8tatc? 8 per cent, loan, ....HOVOOfl-on IOOIO " 8 81.... US loo 00 200 Ooo " 7 3-10 per cent, loan, Treasury Notes 194 3V500 100 OC0 Stale ot j cnusylvanla Five Per cent. Boan 90 OfiJ- 64,000 State ot Pcnnsylvaiiia hlx Pei Cent. Boan 83 2 50- 128.000 Cltv of Philadelphia Kn Per Cent. Boan 112.812 SO 20 000 Pennsylvania pnliroad First ort- gaie M Per Cent. Bonds 20,000 00 25,000 Pennsylvania Hailroad Second ilort- (rne Klx Per Cent. Honda 23,750 00 25 000 Western Pennsylvania Hal road Mort pace Six Per Cent. Bonds 23,750-00 15.000 SOU Shares Stock Uermantown (las Cimiianv. principal and Interest puaranlced by the City ol Phila delphia 13,537 80 7,150 14ii i-harcs Stock Pcnnsvivaila Hall- ro rt v omnany 8 530-0 8.CC0 1(0 Shan s stock North Pennsylvania Kailroad Companv 3,250-00 40JI00 Deposit with United States Oovern- mcnt. sublect to ten nays' ca 1 40,000-00 30.1 00 State ol Tenuessce Five Per Com. Boan 18,900 00 1,0 700 Loans on Bonds and k ortgnto. fltst liens on City Property 170.700-00 l,03tt,850rar. Market value $99B..WV0fl Peal Estate 30 1 00 00 Hills receivable lor In-urnncna made. 121,013 37 Balances due at Apencles. Premiums on Marine Policies, Accrued lnto ' rest, and othei debts due the Com pany 40 811-44 Scrip and siock of sundry Insurance and other Companies, e 13D. Bstl- nintrd value .' 2.910 00 Cash In Banks 55,9W 89 Cash ui Drawer t78-48 80,635 37 1 2o3 64 "18 DIItKUTOlH. Samuel K. Stokes, Thomas C. Hand. Johu C. Davis. F ilniund A. Sonder, Theophlius Pauldintr, John K. I'enruae, James Trauuair, Henry C. Da le.t, Jr., James C. Hand William C. Ludwlsr, Joscpn IB Seal, Oeorae C. Lelner, Huiih CralK. Koben Burton. ir- r . reuisian, Henry Sloau, William O. lioulton, Bdward Darlington, IB Jones Brooks, Edward LrvourcaJi, Jacob P. Jones James B. McFarland, Joshua P. Fyre. Spencer Mclivaln, J. JB Semolo, Pittbnr(, . It. Kerifer. P'ttbunt. TV T. VftrL'sn Plltstmrij. John D Taylor, inuJiAS ( . IIM, rrnsiocnt, JOHN C.DAVIS, Vice Piesident Henet Iiiiwiin, ccretarv. . 12 13 JfOUTlI AMERICAN TRANSIT INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 133 S. FOURTH Street PHILADELPHIA. Annual Policies Issued against General AccIdonU descriptions at exceedingly low rates, Insurance effected for one year, In anv sum from 8100 to 8Ui 000, ata prftBuum of only onc-hairper cent, secu ring the full amount Insured In case of death, and a com pensation each week equal to the whole premium paid. bhort time Tickets for 1, 2, 3, 8 7, or 10 days, or I, 3, o 6 months, at 10 cent s a day, Insuring In tho sum of 63000 or givlns $18 per wotk ii disabled, to be had at the Gene ral Office, No. 133 8. FOTJUTH Street Phlladelnhhi, or a the various liar road 'I lc';et otllces. Bo sure to purchase the tickets of the North American Transit Iusuiauce Company. i'or ciiculurs and turther Information apply at th General Office, or of any of lhe authorized Aircnts ot th Couiuany. LI.WI.iB HOCPT President. J AAI f S Af. CO.vKAD. Treasurer. HFNHY C. BHOWN, Sccn tnrv. JOHi C. BLBBlTr. Solicitor, DIRFXMOKS. L I.. Houpt, lute ol Pennsylvania Bal'road CoD-nauv. 51. BuJrd. ol SI. W. Baldwin A Vo.'a, ' Snmuo! C Palmer Cashier ol Commercial Bauk Blchard Wood, Nc. 300 Market street. Jnmcs M. Ccniiio, No. 623 Market street. J. I . Kindly, t onlini n al Hotel. II. O. Leij-enrliiK, Nos. 237 ud 2,!0 Dock street. Samuel AV ork. ot Work Met onch & C0. George Alariln, No. 322 Chemut st.cet. 113 ly II E PROVIDE N T ll,ife and Trust Co., Ol PHILADELPHIA. Incorpointcd by the State of PennsvlvanlaThlid Mont 22(1 IW.8. lNljl Ills LI VIS, ALLOW - 1 VfBKKa'i' OS DEPOSITS. AUD tilt - NTS AN M ITIF.S. CAPITA J,, tflSu.OOO. DIBKCXORB. Samuel K. bhlnley, Jen niiah Hackei, Joshua H Motrin, Btchard Cadbury, Henry lluiues, T Wisinr Brown, Vvrllhnm C Bnmstreth. tticnaiu woou. nar es n. t oinn. RAJIUEL B hUll'LEY.rreslient. Eowlakd I'AiiiiV, Actuary. ofkjce. C7 28 ly No. Ill S. 1 OUIITII Street. 182l;. CHARTER PERPETUAL. FiflE IHMJ55AKCE COMPANY OF rHILAUtLl-lllA. ASSETS OH JANUARY 1, 1805, $2,501,297-04. CAF1TAL $400,000 At i ll tD sCKPLU !I07 800 1KB MR Alb 1 103 428 Bnbctt.rd ( lnlms. elV!.74'. Income lorlRli8, 'IOl,0uO BOStt PAID SINCE 1829, OVltHS (MW.tOO. PElirETCAL AND TEMPOBVHY POLICIES BIB. UAL Tl.ltili ON rmtKfiTons : CI1AKL1S N BANCJii.lt, JSAACB'CA, 'I Olll AH WAGNEU, 1 DWABDC. DALE. BA.i vt L. v.a.? r, JACOB li. bill III GBOBGt W. lUCH BDM. I HA t.Bl S GKOliOli FAI.ES, ALFnEI) FITLI-.R. FliAH. W. Lr.WI. M. D. fl.liAMKIB, I'resident. FDWAKI, I D B"; V leu I'resltlem. TAtti'8 W. Sic- i.i.ictk Secretary pro tern. 3 25 12 II(EN1X INSURANCE COMPANY OK I PHILADFBPIIl A. INl OKl'OhATBD 1MI4 CHAItTER PE RPM'PAl, No. 224 WALNUT Street uppoaite the Exchanne Inudditlou to M A lil N E and InLAND IN.-CKANCE this Companv insures rom loss or damage by F1KE, ou liberal inus ou buildings, nierchaodlse fur'nltun. etc., (or lin.liid pt rlnds, and PLruiunenlly on bulirtings. by deposit ot premium The( onipanv lias been In active operation lor more tl uu KlXi V YK lis. during which all losses have been promptly adjusted and paid. WBECT0RS. Ijiwrenoe Lewis, Jr., John L Hodne. ll lani AleKee, M B. Alaboney, Job T llit WiinamH. tirant, Rol'crt W Learning, 1. Clark W barton, uaviu iwu l(i-n lain in ttting, Thomas ii. Powers, A K. Mcllenry Edmond astll on, Hiimuel Wilcox. W ft. UEREH, President. Bamckl Wilcox, be retary. 82U ly l?IRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.-THE iS PENNHYLVAMA PIKE INSURANCE COMPANY Incorporated 1825 Charter Perpetual o. 610 WAL Nl T Htreet. onposite Independence H (iu are 'Ibis Companv, lavorab.y known to the community tor over forty year, continue to Insure against Ion or damage by tire on Pub lo or Private Buildings, eltber Sormunenty or tor a limited time. Also on furniture, oiks of Goods and Merchandise generally, on liberal T'eir Capita!, together wl;h a large Sarplna Fund, If Invested lu the most careful manner, which en tblea tneui to orler to the InaureJ an undoubted seeurltyln the case oi loss. linUtViUBD, Daniel Hmlth Jr., John Deverenx. Alexander Benson, Baao Uaz ehnrst, Thomas Hmltu, Henry Lewis, J. GUllnL'ham FelL Thomas ttonuis Daniel Haddock, Jr. DANIEL dmitu, jr., president. William Q. Ob Secretary. S Silly IJ I It K 1 N H U It A N C . XllE HOME INmTJKANCE COMPANT E, UJt flllljlir LI'llU, No. 15U8. FuURTH Htreet. Charter PerpetuaL Authorized Capital, 500 000 Paid-up Cap! al, KMI IHIa. Insuies against loi-s or damage bv F1HR on buildings either permanent y or lor a LIMIT K 1) period. Also on .iii.ui n iii)i(.ueiiermiy anu nouseuoia rurnltura. city or couutiT DlBKCTOBS. James Brown, 'I nomas Klmher, Jr., Uenry n. WeComb, leumol Collin, ( haii P. Bavard. J. llillborn Junes, Juliii , oodHiile. BliOVt N. President. t liar 6 A. Duy, Win. 1. I cwih. Wiilluiu B. Bo'lock, V m. o. Needles. Johu D 'l avicr. JAM i"N t'!l, A. l.CY Vice Prtwldent 30 Iv H -Oi) AS NEILjON, Secretary. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Jl E M O V A Ii. THE O V F I C M OP WILLIAM W. ALLEN, AtiEM" IOR THE O R1GINA Ij TRAVELLERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, OF HAETKOBD, CONNECTICUT, The Oldest and Mo.'-t Reliable Ar-cldcnl la. Biirutico ( titiipnny In America. AND T KEW ENGLAND HHE INSl'UANCE COMI'ANi OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM No. 404 TO No. 4O0 WAT.NIJT STREET, 1127 mwttfl DIRECTLY OrPOSlTB SHIPPING. tfii, illk lY WlvLiPiAif AND SAVANNAH DIRECT. FIRST CABIN PASSAGE TO NEW ORLEANS FORTY DOLLAHS $40". THE NEW STEAMSHIP MISSOURI, JAMES SHEKMAN, Coniuiondet, Will sail from NEW YORK, SATrRDAY, January 6, carrying passengers at above low rates. The well-known and popular steamship MATANZAS. William Lkjsegakc, Commander, will lollow Janu ary 13. FOR SAVANNAH DIRECT-Weekly Line. The splendid new steamship SAN JACINTO, Captain Loveland, will sail Saturday, Jauuary 6 and be sucoeede-1 by the BAN SALVADOR, Captain Atkins, Saturday, January 1,1. For Tickets apply to II. L. LYEAF, Ko. 3J0 CHESNUT STREET. GARRISON & ALLEN" No. S Bowiiug Green, New Votk. I s HIGHLY IMPORTANT NO- TICK. iuJi BEABOAKD AND ROANCKE RAILROAD OPEN. CHVNGE OF HOT-R. On and after Thursday next (30th November! the steamers ot the OLD BA 1 LIN E w I i leave BAH'IMOUE toi FOKTUEStt 41 ON KOE aud NORFOLK at IS o'clock. P. Al. e now ofTer to the puldlc, hy this route, unurpass-d accommodations, iu having two such steamers M the '1 HOAlAS K tLW aid A DEI AIDE. Pasnonuers leaving Baltimore at 4 H o'clock P.M. will arrive at Norfolk Id tinio to connect with the Vauwd lil ver steamers lor CITY POINT and RICHMOND. The Heaboard and Roanoke Railroad beiug no w open, thin Is the oi.iv line by which connections cau be made with It at Portsmouth for Suffolk. Blackwater. Edontos Plymouth. Wei don Riilelnh. Uoldsboro Newbern. Wii nungton and all point on the great Southern routn. " Passengers golnx to any point south ot Norfolk wii nnd this to be the most trptd'twut and the cheaj.it Fare irom PhUadclphli to Fortress Monroe 7 T5 ' Norfolk 713 " ' I'tty Point 10 23 L Richmond 1025 Ihrougn tickets :Yoai Baltimore to Weldon, N. O., U only. Through Tickets can be obtained at all the depots of the prlnclnal Northern, Fasieiu, and Western cities, aud Washington Cltv. D. C. Be particular to procure tickets by the old established BAY LIN E I Mate Rooms and vieals extra. The Suite Room accommodations are unsurpassed and the table well supplied. Passengers taking tne 8 A.M. trala from Now York Lave ample time to uine in Baltimore. Passengers leaving Philadelphia at 8-15 or 11 50 A. M. wit connect with this Ine at Balt'more. Passengers leaving Washington at 1 HP. M. will con nect wltn this line at Baltimore. l'assencers and their baggage transported free between rullroad depots and steamers. M. N . FAT L President. R. D. JAMAR General Passenger Agent, l'hi.a. November 30 J8W. . ' 1129 TIA"ITI.r.,4 PASSir.),- ri?rr-'p MFOIt LIVERPOOL AND CORK DIRECTV ' 1 ne tlrst-class ml' uowored t ivda hunt imn a. raw 8teain?hlps. o this Line regularly EVERY WEDNESDAY lUItOCOROrTT THE YEAR FIKT CABIN tthrough lrjui Philadelphia) M) K) S'lEEUAGE 1I0 do do 63)00 PAYABLE IN PAPER HONEY, -tor LONDONDERRY, BELFAST, DUBLIN, CLASOOW OU LIVERPOOL. CABIN la cording to location) 890, 8fl, and T 811 ERAGE All payab-e lu paoer monev. aud booked throagU ire, from Philadelphia to any ot the above port. Panics abnut visiting the old countiy will lindith theli advantage to call on the undersigned before en gaging elsewhere, as they can secure choice berths, aiw save their ral.-ond exuouses to Now York. For passage, app y to W. ,t. T1AMILL, No. m WALNUT Ptroet, up stairs. Drafts Ipstif d for any amouut payable In any Dart of Fnglaud, Iruluud, bcotiaiid, atidWa.es, or 011 the Con tinent. 6 il 8 X i. a M iO LiA ViiKPOO L of-- vaiiiug u 1 v - x.n 1 . x :ie inoiftQ cine. kuoing S3- Ml WEI KLY, carrjmg the U. 9. Mall. ETNA, Satnrdav Dci-embe r HO. CITY OK MANCHE-ter, Wednesday, January 3. . EDINBURGH. nluiday. January tj. At noon, from Pier 44 North River. KiilH UP PAbHAGK. First Cabin amino Steerage ?(" First Caoiu to London PMH) steerage to London. ...1100 First t ebln to Pars. ..lf-M) Steerage to Paris 40 00 Passengers also oiwanlcd to Havre, Uauibuxg, Bre men. Ac. tc. at nioderat rates. Passage by the tnal steamers, sailing every SATUR DAY, payuble in go d Passage hy the nil u wee steamers, pnyab e iu I'nitod Mates currency. passage by the YYeiliicdav steauiei : ahl n, 930, steerage 3Si payable in United Hates currency. Meeroge passage irom Liverpool or Oueenstown, t3it . gold, or Its ciiuiva ni. Tickets can be bougbt hereby persons sending tor their triends For lurtuer information apply at the Comnany'sOfllcee . jVilIN d. DAl E, Agent. Ktn III WALNUT Street. Plillaaeiphla. ,JKTs F0t NEVV VORK.-DESPATCH ixiwrrim aud bwlttsure Lines, via Delaware and l.itinuii 1 anal, j he stoaiiifni nl' tiuw linu .r. invino daily at 12 o'clock m . , audi o'clock P. M., lrom third pn-I nuuvci ty o'uin irri'L For lrelght, which will be taken on accommodatlnj teims. apply to WILLIAM M. BAIhD &. CO., No. 1j4 S. DELAWARE Avenue. COAL. J A M I: S . O'BEIEN, DEALKIi IN LELIIUH AND SCHUYLKILL COAL, BY 1EE CARGO OR SINGLE TON. Yard, Broad Street, below Fitzwater. Ban constantly on band a comoetont supply ot the above superior t oul, auitabia lor iunittv use, to which be calls tho atteutioa of hu iriends aud tho public sonernlly Ordota kit at f0 206 8. Finh street. No. S3 6 Seventeenth etreet. or throuirb Despatch or Post Olllce, pron jitly attended to n A Stirt;JR10B UALirY OF fcLACKSMMHS COAL. 7 81r (J R E A T REDUCTION IN GOOD FAMILY COAL. $8 A TON FOB LARGE NDT.COAL. $9 A TON FOR STOVE AND HEATER COAL, AT ALTEIt'S COAL YARD, No. k57 NINTH B1BEET, B ELOW GIRARD AVENUE. Branch Office, comer 61X'IH und SPUING GVRDEN etrceu. 1241m rrriK HTAnlP ACKKCY, NO. 301 THFSNUT I n-nL-.T illOVL-IUllin lVIIT ll U .-.kJ ! fcTIT L' Ik .m HI "l l TTAA.UX'VV. ULI V AH IlKltl'.lUtUKI'. 8TAMFS ol V1.HY DEbCRIPTION CONSTANTLY UN HAND, AND IN ANY AAIuUNT. 11 U
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