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Cpr Criminal Court -Prompt Justica
Administered.
The proceedings in the Court of Oyer and
Tctmincr on Saturday last were of very great
.mportance. Three culprits were charged
with taking the lives of four of their fellow
creatures. It Is a rare circumstance In the
criminal annals of Philadelphia thatmore than
one homicide case is disposed of iu a single
day. Ihp principal offender on Saturday was
young female, whose life is a learf ul com
mentary upon the text that " the ways of the
transgressor are hard. Mart Kidby, at the
tender age ot thirteen, was debauched by a
flend In human shape, and the mother
accepted money in payment for the horrible
act. It is not to be wondered at that a
life' so inausplclously bepun should have
ended as Icarlully as it has. Born and
bred to degradation and disgrace, she has
only bettered the instruction which she
received from maternal lips. Her entire life
has been spent in brothels and groggeries
amid scenes of vice and infamy too shocking
for recital. Iler surroundings led her to every j
vicious practice. Unacquainted with any ro- j
. gious or moral cojrse, Bhe became the sport
of ill-fortune ; an inebriate before she had ar
rived at womanhood, and the assassin of her
destroyer before the bloom of youth had faded
from her cheek. Could one expect to
find an ane, el, in such circumstances? She
would have been nioie than human had she rose
above her position. We do not feel disposed
go into the disgusting details of the trial.
It occupied several days before the Criminal
Court, and despte the cleaiest proof of tho
act of murder, a sympathetic Jury con
sidered the act as comparatively venial.
Murder in the second degree was
certainly a very mild verdict, consider
ing the fearful character of the crime. Upon
a second indictment the wretched girl entered
a plea of guilty, under advice of counsel. The
leniency exhibited by the jury iu this case, as
well as in those of Jonx Conxek and Jkffer
son Span iek, who wore sentenced at the saino
time, is considered by rrauy as reprehensible
in the highest degree. District Attorney
Mann, in the course of his speech in the Uidey
case, referred to the inability of the prosecuting
officers to procure verdicts of conviction in
capital cases; and suggested the idea that if
euch thlncrs continued, the growing belief that
trial by jury was sometimes a farce would
gain larger credence. It is unquestionably in
the power of juries to do much h;inn by making
vice and crime matters not punishable- If every
bully cau cany his slung-shot and billy, and
every inebriated harlot can use her unsheathed
poignard to avenge supposed wrongs, where it
the safety ot human life? There must ba
some stop put to the lawlessness whicu is
rampant in the community, and the officers of
justice can do nothing if their efforts are not
warmly seconded by those whose sworn duty
is to decide upon the tacts. The public
prosecutor may be able and earnest in his
attempts to bring evil-doers to punishment
and the court may desire to do its duty, but
the are boih powerless, if a too lenient jury
box blocks the way by insufficient verdicts
Our city is overrun just now by hordes of
villains, who nightly congregate at our most
prominent corners, and infest the low grog
geries in all parts of the city. The local
columns of our daily papers are crowded with
the particulars ot midnight brawls, and rob
beries. Men are attacked every night in
public places, and manage to escape from the
meshes of the law by adroitness and skill.
Judge TnoMrsoN, in commenting upon the
action of the jury in the Ridcy case, very
distinctly intimated his views in regard to It
by his remark, somewhat ironical, we presume,
that the court would have sustained a verdict
cf murder in the first degree. Judges Thomp
son, Allison, and Ludlow have discharged
their duty with firmness, making the punish
ment as severe as the statute permitted. The
number of jears eiven to the three cilminals
foot up at something like forty years in the
aggregate, and is sufficient to show that the
judges are determined to make examples of
some ot the more prominent disturhers of our
peace. It is to be hoped that when these un
fortunate wrelehes have served out their
term of confinement, they willl enter
society under lmoroved conditions. But
the action of recent Juries in criminal cases
has not tended to decrease the prevalence of
outrage and lawlessness. '1 his is a question
in which every citizen is deeply interested ;
and it becomes every one, in view of his own
6afcty, to urge that a more decided stand bo
taken in the case of bold doners of law and
order.
We are approaching that state of society
' which prevailed in San Francisco some years
seo. when the citizens, unable to trust the
law's delays, resolved theniBt'lvea into a Vigi
lance Committee, and administered Justice to
the iascala and vagabonds who had rendered
life and proi crty totally insecure. We cer
tainly hope that no such s ato of things will
ever occur in our quiet and orderly cby j but
cannot be expected that life and pro
perty are to be jeopardized in order that worth
ed reprobates should live In idleness, or
worse.
TIIK DAILY. .EVENiNG.TELEGltAPH. I'niLADHLrniA,,MONDAYt JANUARY 15, 1806.
Wo wish that extreme cnution would be
exercised In the eekctlon of the Jurymen In
6ur criminal courts. The very best men In
our community should be chosen, for the quos
fons that come betore them for investigation
are of prcater importance than any that are
adjudicated in civil courts. If fearless, In
telligent, and substantial men were always
put In the Jury-box, there would be more
wholesome examples made among the crimi
nals and scoundrels with which our city and
the whole country abounds.
Reorganization ot Oar Military Grades
Tbo Title of Genera'.
Tee bill which has passed one of the branches
of our National Legislature, and ot whose
sanction by the other, as well as the Execu
tive, there is said to be little doubt, will cause
a radical and needed reform in tho presont
system of military grades. The new bill
provides for tho appointment of general offi
cers, with an advancement in their titles In
fact, tor the moving up one step, in naino, of
each of the bor.rers of military commission.
1 he rank of General is created, whose duties
will be similar to those heretofore performed
by the Lleutcnant-Uencral, whHe Major-Generals
will be styled Lieutenants, and Brigadier,
Major-Generals. Dhe type after which this
new organization is moulded is that of
Prussia a kingdom in which for three cen
turies the wlio'o talent of the people and
power ot tho Kinir have been directed to the
lerficting of military science. Situated as
he has been, with liussia eager for her pro
vinces on one side and France and Austria
on the other, she must either have imitated
Poland and sank into the rank ot an interior,
or, like Baden, become a sixth-rate power, or
else cultivate arms as a national prolession.and
keep by scientific valor what could not be
retained by numerical force. That she to-day
ranks high among the powers of the earth is
the best argument in favor ot the advantages
of her military system.
The present system of martial grades is an
amalgamation of the old continental, the
British, and the unique. Our Lieutenaut
Gencrai, a title, not an office, nominally com
mands all the forces ol the country, but in re
ality has led in person a grand army, leav
ing the others to be watched over by Major
Geneiah. A Major-General may command a
corps d'armee, a department, or a ditlsioa;
while a Brigadier leads either a division or a
brigade. The complexity result'ng iroin tho
wabt of definite rank, and tho clashing be
tween officers in regard to tho date ot their
commissions, has led to serious national do
feats, the first attack on Fort F!sbcr having
been, beyond all doubt, caused by the absence
of special provision in regard to who was
in reality the leader of tho expedition.
Uuder the new bill, however, all such con
fusion is remedied. Each officer will have
i
a title, and the precedent of commission will bs
rendeicd unnecessary by the establish
ment of additional ranks. The need of this
refcirn was felt while the war progressed.
Nearly eighteen months ago we suggested a
chunge similar to the one adopted; and a bill
was introduced into Congress by Mr. Ooell,
of New York, to tho same effect as the one
we urged. But it was found to be impossible to
reorganize our system in the face of an enemy,
and the question was postponed until tho pre
sent time. The following are the grades es
tablished under the revised statute :
General Tho commander de facto of al
the armies of the United States, the same as
the President is ex ojficio.
Lieuteuant-General To command a corps
u'armee, or grand army.
Major-General To lead a division.
Bilgadier-Geueral To control a brigade.
The grades here established are exactly
similar to those of tho so-called Confederacy,
and were lound in their case to work much
more systematically than our own. Let us take
all the good we can from the Southern Hebel
lion, as there is but little that can be sec ired.
It is, however, as we have said, trom Prussia
that the organization wa3 originally taken,
although almost all of the European powers
have to-day a system closely allied to that
which America has, or rather is about to
adopt.
In that country the ranks stand : Fiold
Marshal, Geneial, Lieutenant-General, Major
General, corresponding to the same rank in
our own land, when the title of General is
substituted tor that of Marshal.
Under the new system, we will have tho
whole m Iitary force reduced to a state of
almost mechanical perfection. Each wheel
will revolve within its superior, and no kink
jar tho harmony of its operation. The bill
has received the bitier opposition of certain
journals, because they state that the creation
of the rank of General will rahe a military
man almost to a level with the chief civil
Executive, and at some future time motives of
economy may induce the people to combine
the two in one, and thus tend to endanger
popular liberty. . We have no such fear. Our
finances, thanks to the ability of our Secreta
ries of the Treasury, will probably never be
reduced to such an exigency,, that to save
$17,000 per year, a step so at variance with
eternal vigilance will be taken. Again, a
New York journal pronounces the bill de
fective because it does not provide for the
appointment of General Gbant as General.
We can see no good cause for such an in
sertion iu tho body of the bill. The effect of
the movement Is to provide a permanent
renovation of the martial system, and with all
due respect to the gallant captor cf Richmond,
wo do not think that his hfo will be prolonged
as long as the time tor which tbo bill la de
signed to provide. That Lieutenant-General
Gbant menu the pos tlon, and will receive
It, there can bb uo doubt; but to Insert it in
the bill that be should hold the rank oi
General, would be misplaced. Let him be
appointed in the usual way, by a nomination
and confirmation, and tho people will applaud
and hall with joy the action. The effect of
the renovated System cannot but be most
salutary, and all our country needs In the
future is an officer as able as Gbant to fill
the post ol General, to-day to be created. r
Tbe Ilnsinrps Opportunity oi Philadelphia.
Oub whole country, hai begun a new era.
Tbe revolution is more radical than anyone
living In it can appreciate. Not only the
Constitution of the United States, but tho
spirit of its interpretation, lias been changed.
Of the parties that struggled for power In
I860, and even in 1800, there are few vestiges
left, and a new direction has been given to
the State. Chask is seated in the chair of
Taney; a national currency has banished
the notes ot State banks ; formerly the least
of military powers among leading nations,
America has now become the greatest. . Tha
North has been born anew and as for the
South,. the South has been slain, buried, and
is now arising from its grave.
Every village feels this change; but the
great cities are most affected by it ; some, of
course, more than others. To the West new
life will be given by an amazing increase o
emigration in tho next lew years. Chicago.
Detroit, and St. Louis.will profit by this ele
ment. But the seacoast cities will chiefly
gain by the renewal ofcommercial intercourse
with the South. Philadelphia, New York,
Boston, and Baltimore are entered upon a
new rivalry, fraught with great results. The
South Is almost virgin territory ; it is as if
Japan 'were freely opened to trade, and
America and Europo were competing for the
golden prize. The old commercial relations
of the two sections Lave been broken by the
war, and the Southern people must establish
others. Shut out by the blockade and the
war from all ordinary intercourse for four
years, they now want everything. They lack
all the luxuries and many of the necessaries of
life. They want things to eat, and things to
wear ; agricultural implements for the planta
tion, and tools lor the workshop. And thouath
now comparatively poor, they will rapidly
grow in wealth, and must be at once, and in
the future, largo buyers from the North.
Such an opportunity is worth millions of
dollars to Philadelphia ; worth more to her
than to any other city ; for this is the only
great port on the Northern seaboard that
sutlers from tho absence of commercial
lacilitics. New York needs no -such chance,
for her commerce is established ; but ours can
only be revived by the energetic use of this
unsettled condition. If wc neglect it, Phila
delphia is destined to see the vast tides of
Southern trade drained into tho harbors of
New York and Baltimore, while into our
magnificent port will eddy only the minor
streams. If we would encouraga our manu
factures, regain our lost commerce, wo must
act at once, for competition with an established
trade will be almost useless. For those
reasons, we consider tho present movement to
establish lines of steamships from this city
to the principal Southern porta the most
important business enterprise begun in Phihv
delphia ' for years, itfve millions of dollars
would cheaply buy the benefit, yet it is guaran
toed that it can bo secured for less than one.
Yet whatever they may cost, we must have
iliCM steam lines, unless we iniend to glee up
the whole kouthern trade to our rivals, and
be content with what Utile they may leave.
Docs Capital Invested in Mineral Enter
prises Pay?
A late number of the Nation speaks dis
paragingly of the value of the mineral re
sources of California and our Western Terri
tories, and argues against the probability of
their adding mater'ally to the national wealth,
It supports this view by the consideration
"that the profits on the total amount of capi
tal invested in mining are, to say the least, no
greater than our capital invested In other
branctes of industry," adduces the fact that
so few of the incorporated gold and silver
mining companies "have ever paid a dividend
from actual earnings," and expresses a doubt
"whether either a gold or silver dollar is now
added to the currency which does not cost
the nation two or three dollars."
1 he same line of reasoning would go to
show that the railroads have added nothing
to the national wealth. Everybody knows
that the total amount of capital invested in
railroad enterprises In this country has, as
yet, realized nothing like the profits of capital
invested in ordinary branches of ladustry,
but who doubts that the national wealth lias
been vastly augmented thereby ? Tha same
lemark might be made of many branches of
our manufactures yet In tholr infancy.
Tbe truth is, that the whole business of
mining the precious metals in this country is
in its rudest and most experimental state. ' It
lacks capital, experience, and scientific direc
tion. Only a small percentage of tho pure
bullion is extracted ' from the various
ores, the richest parts being lett in the
''tailings" and other reiuse of the rude and
Imperfect machinery wherewith our mining is
prosecuted. , 1
Moreover, in the case of our interior Terrl
tories Colorado, Nevada, Montana, New
Mexico, etc. there has been the almost fatal
embarrassment of immense distances from
civilized communities. Every stamp-mill,
steam engine and boiler, every pickaxe, spado
and crowbar, every pound ot iron, and for the
first two years every pound of provisions, used
in Colorado has had to be hauled by ox-teams
from the Missouri river to the Rocky Moun
tains a distance of trom seven hundred to
nine hundred m'les. So. too, in Nevada,
until within a very short period, if a piece of
Iron gave way In a machine, It had to be sent
to California to be repaired. California her
self is but just escaping from almost complete
dependence upon the East for her machluery
and manufactures. j
It Is In the face of such difficulties as these
that our mining enterprises In tho far West
bave been established and prosecuted. For
tunately these difficulties are not insur
mountable. Every day adds to the minor's
experience; capital is accumulating ; science
is discovering new and more perfect processes
for the reduction of the ores and the saving
of the precious metals; agriculture is becom
ing established In the mining regions; foun
dries and machine shops are being erected in
tne chief mining towns; while, more import
ant than all else, the Pacific Railroad, tint
grandest enterprise ol modern times, is ap
proaching those distant regions both from the
East and the West, bath trom the Missouri
River and the Pacific Ocean, and thus gra
dually but surely removing the moat serious
obstacle which has h therto stood in the way
of the rapid ami profitable development of the
wonderful mineral resources of these distant
and almost unknown portions of our vast
country. It, in the past, in the face of such
difficulties and embarrassments, our gold and
silver mining enterprises have been enabled
to do what they have done, what may wo not
reasonably expect from them when the great
mass of these drawbacks shall no longer exist?
Instead of believing, as the Nation seems to,
that these mines are not to add much to our
national wealth, we believe they are destined
to augment it to a degree hardly anticipated
even by the most sanguine. No parallels
drawn from mining enterprises In other coun
tries, Spain, Mexico, and the like, are of any
relevancy here. The conditions are totally
different. We have a different people, differ
ent laws and customs, ana our industries of
all kinds act under different auspices.
That our mining of the precious metals will
assist In paying off the national debt we have
not tho slightest doubt, although the Nation
has. Whatever adds to the national wealth
increases tbe fund from which the national
debt must be paid, and this we believe our
gold and silver mining is bound to do. It is
evident that our mining operations are in
their merest infancy, and that tholr growth is
to be rapid and unprecedented. If they con
tribute to the well-being of the country in no
other way, they certainly will do so by help
ing to bring about that diversity of industry
which is the indispensable condition of na
tional growth and wealth.
The Stephens Endorsement of O'Ma
hony The letter from James Stephens,
C. E. I. R.t to John O'Mahony, II C. F. B.,
which we published on Saturday, settles the
quarrol which has threatened to sever the
Brotherhood, by a decision in favor of tho
O'Mahony. The issue ot the difficulty 13
as we piedicted several weeks since, aud is a
declaration against factious opposition to the
constituted authorities. It is with the keenest
satisfaction that we seo the quarrel thus de
cided. If tbe American Fenians should dis
agree, the result would be fatal to the pros
pects of Irish freedom. If they stand firm,
united, and immovable, tho cause of right will
prevail. We uigo those of tho Brotherhood
who acted in good faith in their opposition to
Colonel O'Mahony to desist; and now that
the endorsement from the President of the
Republic comes, to yield obedience to his de
puty. If they persist, there can be but one
construction put upon their action, and that
is, that they desire not their country' free-
doom, but their personal advancement. If
they submit, and work with the majority, the
cause will be advanced, and they show them
selves not traitors, but true adherents to their
country's cause. The alternative is submitted
to them. Which road will they walk in?
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4 o'clock P. M.. to take into coiitlderaiiou tlie sale oi the
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Mlno and body, wUhtiie author's I Unot ireniiiieni
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iiZT" SECOND NATIONAL BANK OP
:3 ThlLADKLPHI A.
.nitr jub, January tl, IMS.
A tth Annual Meeting Ol Mockiioldera of tut
Tlenk, held on the sth lnt the following gentlemen
were elected Directors for the enduing year:
BATMAN HlLLKi?,
flKOKOK W- KM AWN,
BK NJA Ml 1 BOWL AND, Jt ,
I.BWAPD H A Y K .
BKNJ A M IN 11. DKCOS,
I.WI. K'lALLf'ROHS.
JOHN COOI'F.R . '
WILLIAM ERVIF.N.
At the mealing of 'lie j oard ot Directors, held thli
day, f A111AM UlLLhS was unanimously re-elected
1'rcMrtent,
1 116t WILLIAM H. BHAWN. Cannier.
rrW THE THIRD NATIONAL DANK OP
PHILADtLPHIA.
PniLAOKtpniA. .Tannery 11, 168.
At the Annan Election lor Director, hold on the 9th
Instant tlie to lowing venilf men were duly el cted to
serve tor uio cunning rear:
IAVI1, It. PAUL
WILLIAM C. ALLISON.
Zol'HAK C HOWF.LL
JOHN B. McPKI'. KY,
J OS K I'll HARRISON' JB .
'lIlOMAt X 1HKR OV,
J. W. "U1TLBB.
At the meeting of the Dlmotois held thu dmrDlVlD
B. PAl'L, Esq , wai unanlmnnalr te elected President.
1 Hit K. ULKnMSMNU, ( iwhler.
EtC?T UN TON NATIONAL BANK.
Philadelphia, January 11. 118S.
At the Annnal Election lor Directors, held on the 9th
instao t, the lolloping gentlemen vera oleotod Dtrootors
or tne ensuing year:
DAVID rAlMT.
W H. POWERS,
B. D. WORK..
M. J. I)OH,lf.
UhOR'th; W. hLABON.
J.blN'WANGfcR.
A. L. BOSNAKON,
Andrat a meet Itm of thA Hoard nt ttlrmtnrm hM this
(J i-fin DP w. IIIIIIVK
diiy. DAVID FAlbT Was unanimous y re-elected Pre
sident and N. J. MUaSELM AN,
i h it Cashier.
rT" BANK OF NORTH AMERICA.
IS Jiam.Tll lad
At an Flection held on the 0th lnnta.it. the fnllowin
named aeutlemen were elected Dlroctma at this Hank
ior me raining year :
THOMAS SMITH.
JAMES C HAND,
ISRAEL MOKHIS I h
Lr.wiS AlJDK.VBIfcD.
JOHN H. IKWIN,
W M. L BEMN,
CHRLK VEZIN.
tln.Rl ,hla rtaw TllrlVlfl
JAM1-H Q. PEASE.
DA VII) SCULL,
JOHN P. Lr VV,
JOHN H BKOYtN,
A. J. LEWIS.
And at a meeting of the
SMITH, tra.. wns unanimous y re-elnoted Presides t;
'v- i , Bni.ri aiwui, 11. n. i I , Assist
ant Cashier, and K. BUNDLE oMIlU, Solicitor.
1 12 3t Cashier.
rW- FARMERS' AND
- TIONAL bank.
MECHANICS' NA-
PiitLAiti.rniA. January 12, 1B88.
At an election held on the 10th of i.lanuarv. lflstl the
following named Stockholders were e eo.ed Directors ot
this Bank :
8. A MERCER. (WILLIAM M. FARR.
EDWIN M. LEWIS.
LINDLKY SMYI H.
WILLIAM H. M KKRTCK,
WM. H. WOODWARD,
KU'IlAPD C. DALE.
ANTHONY J. ANIELO,
BKNJ AMIN A.FARNHAM.
JAlVlfB K. CAi t'liCLLi.
IPEMBEKlON S. HUICH-
FKANt'lH TE1E. INSON.
And at meeting of (he Directors this da v. 8. A. VER
f'ER, V s , vat unanimously re-eleced President, an J
tDWlN M. LEWIS, Esit Vice President ,
1 12 IOt W. BU8HTO M, Jn., Cashier.
KSS SOUTI1WARK NATIONAL BANK.
PniLADKLpniA. January 4. 1866.
1 ho Dlrei-tora have this dav declared an extra lirl-
dendot'FIFTY DOLLARS per share, pavab.e on aud
alter -i nursuay, ibiu lus tan t, tree front tuxes.
18fmn6t F J. al'h.KL, Cas hler.
fr3r OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE
MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE COMP ANY
Piiiladki.I'Kia. Januaiy 10, 1-W.
At the Annual Flection tor Directors helioa the 1st
Inst . the loliowlng eenucuion were dulr eiocieJ:
Thomss ('. Hand,
James Trnaunlr
Joseph II. Seal, .
1 dward Dsrlington,
Fduiund A. Somler.
Iheophi us t'auldUig,
Hii(,'h ( rnlg,
John C Davis,
.lumen C. Hand,
Joint R Penrose,
H. Jones Brooke.
Srencer Mcllvalo,
George G. Lelper,
Ilenr Mor.n.
James M. Mcfarland,
Wt.ilain O. Ludsrlg.
Robert Burton,
J F. PenNton,
Jncnb P Junes.
JoAhiia P. Eyre.
Wll lain G. Ilniilton,
Renrr (I. Dullett, Jr.,
John D Taior.
Edward Lafou'cado,
It. T. Morxan. I'.tttturg
John K. Hninplo, "
Snmuel V. Slokcs.
Al.d at a meeting ot thn Boa d held this iln. THO tf S
A- J iiernor,
C lUMi F.q.. was unan!mou"ly re elected President;
JOHN C. DaVI.-. Esq., Vice-President! anJ HENBK
LYLBUBN, Secretary. 1 11 8t
OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA
AND READING BAILRJaD COMPANY.
.IANIIAHT H l.-U'A.
The fol owing gent'emen have been elected to servo
tor iho ensuing .year:
PRESIDENT
CHARLES E. SMITH.
MANAGUHS
H. P McKEAN, i J. B. LIPPINrOTT,
A K. DOME JOHN ASttUURST,
It. B. CAliEEN, I HIEPHLN CO-WiiLL.
TIIBAStTPKlt
8. Bit A UFOKD.
SECnKTAHY
JJ m WILLIAM 11. WEBB.
OFFICE OF THE KKOTZER FARM
OIL COMPANY.
Philadelphia, Januarys. 13)8.
A Specliil Mco'lng oi tho Htoekl.o dors of tlio Kr.nzor
Furm oil i oinpuny will be held at the olllce of the Com
pany, No. i!b i hesnut street. Phlladelulila. Pa., on
J HlilfSDAY. tho 1st day of Februnry next. H5i. at U
o'clock noon, to act upon a proposition to reduce ti e
( apical Stock of tho ( ouiiiany to one hundred thousand
dollurs. JOHN H. CHAMBERS. President; WILLIAM
Gl I I V. Treasurer: WILLIAM. COLLINS, M. It.
STROUD. Directors. , 113sw5t
trTyT' OFFICE OF THE IIAZLETON RAIL-'
l-2 BOAD COMPANY.
Philadelphia. January IS, ISiiO.
The Annual Meeting ot the Hiockhoiuors oi the
HAZLEION RAiLUOAK COM CANY wl.l be held at
their orlice, No 303 WaLNUI Street on Thursday, thu
15l)i day ot February next at 11 o'clock M., when an
election will be hold lor nine liliectors to serve the
ensuing year. ALEXANDER G. U VW,
1 U 3c j Secretary.
rrf" OFFICE ANTHRACITE INSURANCE
"3ij COMPAKY, No. 311 WALNUT street.
Philadelphia, January 1. 18J6.
The Board of Dlr, ctors have this day declared a Cash
Dlvideno oi 'J WELVE PKK CENT, on tho Capital Slock,
paid In, payable on Demand, free of Taxes.
1 0t WILLIAM M. gMI I H. Secretary.
ITW E. H. T II A R P,
J ATTORNEY-AT-T,AW.
LAW AD COLLECTION OFFICE, , .
No. 12S 8. SIXTH MTR" ET
Debts promptly collected in any City or Town or the
Unfed Mate
I OM 'TENT AND BE LIABLE CORRESPOND
ENTS EVEBY WHERE. 112
IrJ?" PHILADELPHIA FIRE AND INLAND
NAVIGATION INSURANCE COMPANY. An
Election will be held tor Directors on MONDAY next,
at .No. 243 South THIRD Street, between the hours
ol 11 and 1 o'olocK. 1 10 at
tsr- JUST PUBLISHES D
SK' By the Physicians of tbe
NEW YORK. MUSEUM,
toe Mnetleth Edition oi their
OUR LECTURES.
entitled
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.
To be had free, .or lour stamps, by aduresstng Secretary
New York Museum ot Anatomy,
117 1v No. til a BROAD WAT, New York.
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WANAMAKER & BROWN,
IlE LATE GREAT FIHX
IMMENSE BARGAINS OFFERED.
ROCKHILL & WILSON
FEoritiEiona of the
Brown Stone ClolhinffibU.
Nob. 603 and GOG C HESNUT ST
HAVE THEIR STOCK OF GOODS
roa
GENTLEMEN AND YOUTHS
Now Arranged and Ready for Salj
AT J
ASTOUNDINGLY LOW PRICES, I
WITH A VIEW TO CLOSING OU
THE GOODS
Rescued from the Late Conflagration
aud o PBBPABiita TBsnt
SPRING, STOCK.
TT7T7 nTTDITrvACTn TlT?T A rT1T''
IS NOW UNDER WAY
ON THE SECOND FL00S,
112 8t4p ENrEACE ON CllESKUT ST
EDWIN HALL & COJ
No. 2G S. SECOND STREET,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED,
Per Steamer, a case of their own ordoring of
WHITE CAMBRIC SKIRTS
GOFFERED RUFFLING,
AND
OTHER STYLES. 113 2 4p!
Off 10 CENT BLEACHED MUSLIj
tull yard wide and good quality. j
21 cent yard wide good TJnbleaohed Shirting.
. ISUconth for Wllllatnvlll3 and Womsuttaa.
84 centa for New York If Ula. -40
centa for 5-4 good Bleached Sheetinpr-
COOFEB & CONABD,
fl. K. corner NINTH and MARKET!
C)A I cu YARDS MUSLIN, INCLUDIN
1 1 . )Vt an the geod makes.
Bleached and Unbleached. '
Mill tings and Sheeting,
' Wholesale prleea by the piece. '
Buy now before they get higher.
CUOrtB COWARD,
8. E. corner NINTH and MARKET
Af CENT GRAY TWILL FLANNEL
White Twills Ited Twills, Blue Twllla. -Good
White Flannels.
115 for good power-loom Table Damask.
IS for good Napkins. ...
1 tcklngs , best goods In tbe market.
C'OOPtU A CONARD,
U16t4p 8. E. corner NINTU and MA UK Ell
SKATING 8KIRT8.
S4 50 tor best Black and White Skins.
60, 130 and 65 -cent extra good Black Alpacas.
31 and 33 cents for Delaines.
8, 7, 18 and $10 Blankets.
Quilts of every variety.
COOFEB ft CONARD,
1 IS 6t 4p 8. E. corner NIsTIl aud MAHKElf
QUEEN PEAS,
GREN CORN,
FBESU PK ACHES,
FttESU TOMA.TOE8, PLUMS En
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES,
8 22 4p COB. ELEVENTH AKD VINE BTt
P I N E
OPERA GLASSES.
A VERY LARGE VARIETY.
mm W. QUEEN & CO.,
1 1 NO. 921 CUES NUT 6TUEHX
eiXTH AND MARKET STEJEKTS.