THE DAILY EVENINE TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, I860. THE NEW YORK PRESS. HDIIOUIAL OPINION'S OF THE LKADIXG JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOriC3. OMPIU'D tVF.I'.T PAT FI,It tVM'IW lELEOHATH. iat re Ihe True Ilea f He fiovcru mtnt iiud the Outlet of C'ourit. I'rom the Herald. From the steady decline lu gold, H is mnnll'eat that the flnimcial and business cIusbcs of the loyal States Iiuyc th fullest conQdeuce In Con jfress In regard" to .Southern rcconctruction and the general Interests of the country. This Is an Important and encouraging fact, and yet Con. gre.-3, like a ship weathering the perils of an un known coast, appears to have lost Its reckoning and seems to be feeling Its way by sounJings. We are really adrift, and whither are we drift ing? Some say to shipwreck and de.-potism foiue nay to anarchy: and yet we believe, with the great body of the people, that, avoiding the hhoils and bieukers, our national argosy, even tually brought into the true channel, w ill safely rule into port. Our greatest troublo Is iu the prevailing conflict and confusion of Ideas lu ret. renco to the position of the lately Insurgent nnd still rebellious Htntex, aud the powers and dutic ol ContrroH. All tnU has reunited from tii" false directions under which our political parties, sections, and factions have been beat ii ir about, hither and thither, for the last sixty odii ear. The Constitution of the United States was adopted in 177, and shaped according to the r'oikral Ideas of Washington, Hamilton, and the jrreat Union founders of that school. The tioYf.-rnraetit which was thus cslablinhcd was not a loose conlederation of sovereign States, bill a rational (Jovcrnment, in the nitmeof " . the people of the United States;'' that i-, of all the Stales completed under one supreme national Government, by the eeneral voice of tne r people. This was in 1787; but in 17$'J the lurid flumes ot the great French Revolution burst upon the world, and the pernicious demo cratic Accuses of that revolution rallied a new party In this country, with which the Minority of the Constitutional Conveution ot 17S7 came Into the foreground under Jefferson and Burr, and other leading radicals of their K-hool. Popular sympathy with France our active and saving allyinourstrusglolur inde pendence had much to do with the formation ot this new party against the Federal party, held to bo more iii sympathy wit b. the conser vative institutions of England, against which the futilities of the American peopie had become Used and general from the recollections of a seven years' war. Bo it was that Jefferson, a diiciplo of Voifalre, and a bold and cunning demagogue, beaan to aorltate a new Interpreta tion of the Constitution, upou the theory of State sovereianty and fctate rights; and with this departure irom the chart of Washington began that never-ending but still bceinning chapter of troubles which have since befallen thrf country, culminating at In't in civil war. Upon these mischievous State ricrhts dogmas JeJi-ron came into power; but having 'thus iiained his purpose as a politician, he dropped them. As the head of the Government he had no turthcr uc lor them, and so he became a coiihervative statesman. His dogmas, however, still survived, and they were noxt, against the war of 1912, taken up by the Hartford Conven tionbts, who carried the plea of State rights to a denial ot the power in the general Govern ment to protect itself against a foreien enemy. This Hartford movement was promptly sup pressed, and the theories involved were so effectually rebuked that they appeared no more to disturb the country till the Calhoun nullili cat'on movement of 132 and 1933. Jackson ap plied the extinguisher to that, and next the arch agitators of South' Carolina, on thoslavery isue, brought forward the Slate right of secea- So far, too, in a single generation, was this revolutionary doctrine instilled into the blood tnd bones of the anti-Calhouu Democratic party established by Jackson, that when, in 19G0, the work ot Southern secsssion had com menced, Buchanan, a Pinusylvanian, as Presi dent of the United States, could tind no power in the Constitution to coerce or interfere with a f-eceding State. This mon -trous and prcpote rous Lotion, that the Government had no riuht to defend itselt against a treasonable domestic conspiracy, was in perfect keeping with the Hartiord Convention fallacy, that it nai no light to protect itself against a ioreign invasion. In either case the Jeffersouiau anl Calhiun theory of State rights and State sovereignty was oulv pusiied to its logical conclusion. The bones of three bundled thousand Union soldier, scattered about in the soil of the lately armed insuigenc States, form only the main iU m In the bill of costs which the country has run up iu order to put down these State rights heiesies. But here iatlie point gained for a new departure. These he :esies, by that final appeal of ihe sword, have been put down. Not only so, but iu this contest of arms, the uegroen' riihts agit.ition of Massachusetts has been settled with the State rights agitation of South Carolina. We go back, then, to the Constitution of Wash ington, with tins important and comprehensive diUereuce that ilie amendment abolishing slavery carries wlih it all the appendages of slavery, and puts tue biacK race on tne com mon political level ot the "free persons" men tioned in the Constitution; for, slavery cone, there is no distinction of persons left lit the instrument excepting apprentices and"Iniiaus not taxed." But how is any such construction to be an- lied in the South Hrrainst the unanimous voice of ihe ruling white race? Let the pending Con stitutional amendment remain on trial in the intractable Stales until they are ready to accept It. Time works wonders, and necessity is a poweitul teacher. If the States concerned' preler to sacrifice the prent advantages of restoration to their old negto prejudices, tor two, five, or ten or fifteen ears, ivc them their margin, and wuen cured their cure will be complete. Let the amendment take its course, and let Congress turn its attention to the national finances, the currency, and our excessive taxations, Internal aud external, and to the question of a general bankrupt law and other practical measures of relief, retrenchment, and reform, and the two hous. s will be legislating to the general tulvan taui; and satisfaction of tne country, Proicct of Die Poju-. f rom the Tribune. The Pope made a speech Ihe other day to home Fiench officers who had called to bid him good-by. His Holiness was, as usual, des pondent and unhappy. He felt assured that as sooa as his temporal throne toppled over, revo lutions w ould shake Italy to its centre : aud that his temporal throne was going to topple pretty soon, he seemed to entertain no manner of doubt. Iu this latter particular we entirely agree with the Holy Father, though we see no reasou to apprehend the dread results which he predicts when the poutitical kingship shall have pa-ed away. The bad and blundering system of converting bishops iuto civil magistrates, aud prie.sts into politicians aud police officers bad for the btale, and btill worse for the Church has come to an end, we hope, aud all the Chris tum world seem in a fair way of attaining the same blessing which we enjoy, a free Church in a tree State. l&Mauy good people are needlps-ly bolhcrinor their iiead with the question, Where will the Pope go when this cceleiustical millennium ai rives If Some propose that he should set up a new rwtahlithuient at Jerusalem, and there does seem a certain conpruity In tixiuiiUte headquar ters ol a Chrlstiun Church in the very birtnplaee ot the Christum religion. Others would have h'm ao to Malta, where the lliitisu (iov f.iii.enl has oflered li'iii an asylum. Uiit vec nee do reason why th" Pop should leave Rome, and "we do not believe that he will. Archbishop Manning dald, tn his unfortunate address in London a few days aao, that do Christian prince hn ever treated the Popes as subjects, and ho led bis hearer to the lnlerence that the Pope would cease to be pope as soon as be cca.sed to be a king. It is a rash and impious thing, we know, to differ from an archbishop; but l)r. Manning ought to remember that it was not until the latter part of eighth centuiy that the States of the Church became even nominally Independent; that for long year during the middle ages theltoman pontiffs were little better than vassals of France or (Jcrmany; and that dining the present and the last century they have never been really free from foreign dictation. So far as religion Is concerned, we bare little doubt that Pi'us IX will t njoy niorp complete freedom and independence alter the last of his territories has been added to the kingdom of Italy than he ever enjoved before. The dancer that the faithful will ever be denied free access to ldm, when they come on religious business, or that when he tries to speak to them an en vious monarch will stifle bis voice, is too trivial to bo worth considering; is vastly less than the danger that so long as he clings to his double sovereignty, an undue regard forthe exigencies of State may make him timid and inefficient in the discharge of his duty toward the Church. The Italians have no desire to get rid of him; they would bo sorry to lose the grandeur and lustre which hc Popes confer upon Rome; and when the Holy Father no longer stands in the w ay of their material progiess,' wo shall see them bowing down before his spiritual throne with more reverence and docility, and contri buting to his exchequer with more lavlshness, than they have displayed for many a generation. The t'p aud Down of Gold. From the Timet. Gold was yesterday quoted in Wall street at a fraction over 131. A month ago, or on the 27th of November, it was as high as 143, or twelve points higher than at this time. Within the month its fall has been regular and very steady, with but slight upward reactions now and then. Its course in the future i as uncertain as ever. Even during the present year In fact, as re cently as April and May last It was quoted as low as 125; and so far as concerns the special cause that shot it rapidly upward from that point in succeeding months th heavy gold export to Kurope it is a financial Incident that will certainly not be repeated in the future. During the year now clo.-lng, the fluctuations In gold have been very great, notwithstanding the pacific relations of the country, the healthy slate ot the finances, the strength of the public credit, the prosperous condition of the national Industries, and the general prosperity of the population. Standing as gold did at the opening of the year at about ill, the ducliue during the next four months wa very large aud very steady. Early iu April it had got, as low as 125-12ti, or a fall ot eighteen points from what it was at the beginning of January; and it con tinued iu this vicinity, or at least below 130, until the middle of May, when the price began to rise even more rapidly than it had fallen ouring the early months of the year. By tue end of May it was at the verge of Mo, and I during the next twenty days it rose by two or j three sharp turns to 1G0, aud for a single day it J touched even as high as 109. Some ol these j violent, sudden and short-lived twists were un- I questionably the mere results of speculation, or J what arc called corners in the golii-rooiu; but wc must look elsewhere than to speculation for the chief moving ca'ise lu such a heavy rise as ttok place from the low range of April and May. We had few more notable fluctuatious during the most uncertain times of the war itself Than that of thirty points, which occurred between the middle ot' May and the middle of June in the curteni year. It is the opinion ot financiers that the change of the current from the diret tiou it followed in the first part of the year, waa owing to ttie enormous export of gold to Kurope which took place tn May and June, and which was immedi ately followed by the rise in question. In the lusFthree wceks'of the month of May we shipped abroad nearly twenty-five millions ot dollars in gold; and before the outward flow ceaed in the succeeding mouth, wc had exported something like thirty-seven millions of dollars the greater part of which was furnished by the public Treasury. The rise iu the premium here kept pace with the export; aud after the cessation of t lie export, the premium began to decline. It did not at once fall to the point it had reached when the export movement began, for the gold accumulation of the couutry had been largply depleted, uud this simple iiict had a tendency to Keep the rrice up until at least the Treasury and the country stood, a regards this article, in the same position they occupied before the heavj shipments were made. But, nevertheless, if is a fact that, if the course of the premium was downward during tne first third of the year, prior to the export, and upward dining the next third, while the export was accomplished, it has no less cer tainly been downward again during the closing mini ot tue year, wneu rue etiect 01 tue aepte- : tion has disappeared, and the accumulations of j gold iu the Treasury are larger than at any i previous time in our history. If the premium has i ot yet pot as low as it reached iu April and May last, it has been approaching it of j late with a sufficient rapidity. In thirty days, as we have alieady noied, there has been a j decline of twelve points, and a further fall ot but one-half that number will bring gold down to VIS. ! Of course it is impossible to foresee the flue- t nations of the next month, much less of the i next year. The daily demand for cash gold lor custom-duties is at present very small, while the accumulation of a hundred millions in the Trei.sui.v gives the Government a must power ful position In the contingencies of the timc3. Kaiiy next week Secretary McCulloch will dis burse ten millions of gold interest; and this, following upon the large disbursements of last month, will prevent anything like a scarcity of gold lor ordinary purposes. The people cannot be convinced oiherwise than that the fall of gild Is tor the public beue tit. Special classes and special interests may rrceivo advantages, and speculative purposes may be suberved by maintaining gold at a high premium, or rather by keeping the ualional currency and the national credit tar below par, and fluctuating upwards and downwards in a violent manner. But the evils suffered by the entire community from the derangement of values and prices consequent upon such inc il culahle and olten unreasonable fluctuations as we have endured in the ) nst, arc too great and too keenly felt to allowany sophistiy to conceal them. ' A Wi'ttiuR Speaker. J-Vom the Wnrld. Hon. Schujler Colfax, who for several years past has confined himself to the ro'c of a Speaker, has just made his dihut as a writer. On the 10th day of December, Anno Domini lbOC, he sent a letter to the New England Society ot New York, to be read at its anniversary meal last Saturday evening. So it occurred, however, that the members ot this modest association were occupied w ith speeches eulogitic of each other aud of a small poitionof the world, ydh pt New England, and no attention was paid to the letter. The document, theietore, was eeutto the press lor publication; probably in older that every member of th New England Society, and eveiy Yankee as well, might read and pre BorvG iti Positively, the letter Is one of the very finest that we ever have read. Mark how def'.lv the writer we mean the Speaker glides from the announcement that he will not attend the din ner to the Pilgrims. We quote: "Hut for entiagouients elsewhere I could not deny myself the pleasure of partioipatmir with your (Society in the two humlrod and lor y-fixth aumvor uniy of the landinir ot the 1 Human troiu boyond the u, on this now world of liborty and progiess." The mystery that might have linked in the Blmple eipTCssion of "the landing of the Pil grims" is fo neatly explained by theftd iitiou of 'beond the sea," that we commend it to writeis at larte, incluoing Secretary Seward, who more olten writes at length. But we don't understand what Is meant by "this new world of liberty and progress." During the past few years we have heard a great deal about New England, from which we have derived the Itn prcsfiHn that, when the Pilgrims sPttoot upon its soil, it was anything but a "world of liberty and progress." perhan, however, this expres sion Is taken from Bir. Bancroft's ' History of Ihe United Stales," and the marks or quotation omitted, fn which caxe we succumb, and pro ceed with the rest of the letter. Yet we are not quite clear as to the lauding ot the Pilgrims on this new world ot liberty and progress, for, in the very next sentence, the w riting Speaker tells us that " poets have sung," etc., "and stntesnien have spoken," cte., "of the results of that landing midway iu history," a location that might puzzle a geogra pher but for the addendum that It Is between ihe discovery of the continent and the first throbhiugs of that spirit of independence which gave our land the independence we now enjoy." A charming spot that mutt have been ; but why didn't they stay there T Just at this point the author of this eloquent epistle drops the questions of geography and h. story, and emits his opinion of New England. " J o me." he writes, "nor crowning glory is that inflexible maintenance of the Divine principle tne fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man lor which she has always been distin eui hed." This is not poetry, though it reads like it. But that "Divine principle for which she has alvays been distinguished is the nearest approach to poetry thai we ever saw in proe. When we first read it, we thought ot how the people of New England used to burn witches, persecute Ouakers, kidnap negroes in Africa to sell them as slaves, and, In later days, let loose upon the world men like Butler and Bauks and Neal Dow, who have always been d'stmgnished lu the "inflexible maintenance" of the brother hood of man to the extent ot appropriating lor their own Use tLe property of the brotherhood. "W'ien others have faltered," continuesjtne let ter, "she has stood fast," which we Interpret as a delicate compliment to Senator Wilson's adhe sion to the 'Roek of Ages" for now nearly a veur. But listen lo the climax of this missive. The composer lairly gushes as his pen traces these words: 'In that good time which is evidently destined to conie when Irom sea to cea there shail not be one within our limits who cannot look up to tho na'.ioiml Hug as the Rymbol ol the fullest protection, an a Fiidguard tor every rijtht aud a shield sainst eveiy w i onu history will giyy Mtw Knglaiid the chief honor of that glorious consummation." We trust that "that good time is destined to come," but it seems a long way ahead. There are several millions of people south of Washington "ftLo cannot look up to thj national flag as the symbol of tho fullest protec tion," aud the popular impression is toat New hngland is dcteruiiued that they shali not do so for b -nic time to come say not until alter the next Presidential election. This impression may be wrong, wc know; yet, somehow, it pre vails, a no us "to tiiectnel honor ot that glorious consummation'' which history is to award to New England, we will not quarrel about it. Yet, il history lias no objections, we beg to sug gest that Speaker Colfax be selected to make the award, provided that he doit in writing. The letter to which we have called attention, so far as our acquaintance with epistolary litera ture extends, is unequalled; and wc but pay a deserved tribute to toe writor in suggesting that he vacate the Speaker's chair on the 4th of March next, and devote all hi? spare time to inditing letters, if he can always do as well as he has iu the instance noted. A AVoril to the Members of Congress. From the Methodist. Gentlemen: You are nowtherepresenlativcs of the people, and your whole life, so far as it can reach the public eye, is of national concern ment. Especially is this so while you are nssenibled at the capital of the nation in your exalted capacity of legislators. We are happy to believe that the present Congress, 9 a whole, is the very best of our history. 11 contains com paratively few persons of notoriously bad moral character; since thc!retum;of Ceueral Uousscau, but one hero of the shillelah, aud no prize lighter that honor being reserved for the Con gress which is to succeed you. We grate lully acknowledge the general decorum of the gieat body of your individual members. There were many intemperate, many abusive, many petulant words spoken in debate, but ' they were uttered by a small num ber of you. We recall, especially, the most ran corous quarrel between Messrs. Blaiuo aud Cuukling. W e do not bay who was right that is immaterial to our purpose. It is tho tone of luiious auger and the words of virulent abuse to winch we object. These two representatives of the people vied with each other tor excellence iu tirade aud denunciation. They were not car ried away by their feelings, lor through all the liei cenet s oi their maimer it was eay to see the art ol composition. We insist that these gentle men. apart from the questionableuess of their lieliT to abuse tne ears ot tneir leiiow-members, were not justly entitled to make the whole nation blush, and to humiliate it belore all Europe. It is almost a wond'T that such mutual iat;o Old not biing the hostile parties to a Usti cuil, and thus give us two brawls instead of one lor the session. The case of Mesrs. Rousseau and Grinnell, which ended in Rousseau's using the cane on his antagonist, was also a striking instance of towering Congressional abuse. It was only a lntln matter that kindled this fire of tongues. If the soldier went sadly nstray in resorting to blows, and thus making him self an example to bullies, the civilian ani quondam clergyman certainly outberoded Herod in the use oi uu eanonieal words. Mr. Stevens and Mr. Brooks also had a wordy encounter, iu which the shrews ot the fish market might have lound cle kciiiiion, if not improvement. Indeed, Mr. Stevens, with all his immense loice of intellect and will, has an almost equal force of passion, wlii''h hu is at no pains to chasten. He seems to nurse ind pet his rare faculty of sarcasm, and to ch'light iu flaying his opponents alive. No one will deny his grim skill; but doed it become Ihe representative of the people ? Does it promote good nitinneis and good leeling in the balls of congress 'r Wc marked Irequeut instances ot bad breed ing in the lat Congress, which etuii us as Americans and pained us us Chrisiiuir. We rein cm bored with pleasure that the old pistol and howie-knile civilization had seceded from the halls of Congress in 18iil with the insur gent members, but we were saddened to think ol honorable men losing their politeness as toon as the threatening arm of the duellist was let down. A truly brave and eener jus man might be insuluug when it might be supposed that a challenge awaited him, but absolute freedom must impart to him a gentler urbanity. It wo have really entered a ne.v era of civiliza tion, ana nave lisen aoove me ruie or oriue foice, let manners become kindlier instead of rimer, especially in Congress, If we cou Id reach ihe eye oi those who lat session made themselves conspicuous for hard words, we would big them to remember that all civilized countries" are their auditory, and that true dignity is better shown in purieut eeit-iOsse-sion than in the mo?t rhetorical quarrelling. Aiiotuer vice which we know to prevail some what extensively in jour bo ly, gentlemen, and to be quite virulent and iul.n-e in particular cuses, is downright vulgar prolanity. While we w rite, aged Senators who oughi to be venerable, legislators oi long and honorable standing, pass before our vision, hee very u nines and faces are closely allied to profanity. Some of them are persons who uniformly vote anil make speeches cu the bide ot humanity aud right. They curse and swear as thevsit iu their oliicial chairs, iu the faces of their fellow-senators, and even iu the In aring of tne chaplain. They are meu ot fiery temper, and seem to find no com mon words appropriate to tho expression of their heated thoughts. Wc do not positively deny that these persons are gentlemen. On the contrary, when on their guard, they have all the external marks of genflenisuHness. But weearnetlv nslt, whether "gentleman" and "profanity" are not contra dictories r Are not the rieeper refinements w bleu appertain to the character of a true gen tleman necessarily nssocia'ed with reverence lor the divine and srli-itunl j j9 it not a soul of the coarsest lexturo that can kick about, with out a thought, the name of a holy God, and make mere bywords of the Redeemer, or of In-aven and bell? The public servleo wants genth inin who do not comradlct their claims to respect by the cheap and vulgar sm ot pro- faidty. , ...... Do these men in high position eteemprolni swearing a slight oll'enae? Ijira lit'le tning that our young men shall know that the leading statesmen are rccslessly profane tint swear ing is a common thing In the balls of national legislation? Wnat is it that affords foundation tor a nation's virtue? Is it not, above everyJ nuns cise, just.vicws and right feeling In re hpect lo God? Do not just ideas of I lint alone 1 make private and public purify possible ? And shall Congressmen sit In the national oapltol and treat with contempt the sources of the nation's moral power? Will thov profane the holy words fo wluch every God-fearing man in the nation ties his seuse of obligation and his hope of eternal life ? In respect fo peculation, bribery, necrot di"sl pation, gnmbline and the like, we make no charges. We speak onlv of things ol which we ate fully Informed, and by which we kn-w your bom ruble body to be greatly injured in its good name. And if the oilendina parties are past re form, we hand over the nation's reputation to those noble Christian and moral men w ho are examples of the diameter we covet for the country's legislators. The time Is coming when the peace and unity of the country will be such as to allow citizens to vote for characters as well as politics. SPECIAL NOTICES. rSiT l)I- ROLPH LEE HAS ADM IN IS TF.HH) N1TKOL8 OXIDE or LACOII1NU AS to tlioumindH. with P'rtect guccean for Dental, Kurjiical, ami Medical purposes, ami tor amusement. Only lilt' cents per tooth lor extraditing no chaiKe lor extrrctlnR v. lien artltlvlal teeiti are otderecl. Olllce, No 22b Wtsr W'AhlllJTO.N By LAKE, below Locust Direct. hot nth street curs pafs the door. Don't be foolish enough to co elHenlire and vyti and S3 lor ttas. N. B 1 continue to give Uiftructious to the di-ntal proles eln 10 i Iniw.lm fVj?r CORN EXCHANGE NATIONAtTbANK, "" I'liiLADKt.i iiia, October 16, lBW. The Viee-rrechlent ol Hie Laiik. Alt xander Wlabuen, Ern,. bavin in Aiay last, li view ot a proionued uliHcui-e lu Europo. nsanid bis position, tho Hoard of Directors to elected J. V. 'loire. .sq., Vice-Frosident, and 11. V. hclietky, t.rq , fa lilrr. IU 17 Al.KXAMJKU G. CATTELL, President rW- FARMKRS' AND MKCHANICS NA TIONALUANK. riiii.AHFi.riMA, December 7, 1SS6. Tho Annual Flection lor ldrcctorn oi tliis Hank will he hold nt the Hanking House on WK.IiNKs.UAY. the Hi h day ot .lunuury next, between the Hours ol IU o'clock A. Ji. and 3 o'clock r. Jl. llilltibr W RUSHTOM.Jr , Caohier. rrr souTHWARK national rank. I mi.ADi LpiiiA, December 1(1, lstf The Annual F.lectkn lor Director wl.i bo he a at the Itankinx l ong), on ll'Esi.AY V OH.MN'i. January o, lhb7, between the hours ot 10 and 12 o cloek. 1. 1 niwjiat JLAM 11, Cashier KJ- PHILADELPHIA AND R KADI NO It A 1 1 KOAD COiU'ASV, Office 0. 247 8. lOtJUTU tttrcct. FnrLADELPniA, December 13, 1366. S1V1DKM) ftOl'ICE. The Transfer Hooks ot this t oinotiny will be closet on 1 UF.SDAY, December IS, and reopeued on lUS DAY , the lhtli ol Janua'y next. A Dividend ol FIVE rut CENT, has been declared In the i're'errcd and Common stock, clear of National and Btate taxes, payable In cash or common stock at pur, at the opilon of the nobler, on and alter tbe itlst ina,iiiit to tbe bolder! thereof, as ib. y shall stand reentered on ihe books ot the Company, on the IStU mutant. All payable at this office in l'hiladolphla. 'Ihe option as to tnklnti stock fur this divldeud will cense ai the close of business hours oa Saturday, 3Uih &aich next. All orders for dividends must be wttnessed and stumped 12 f4 25t S. BltADFOKD, Trcusurcr. pr?i PHILADELPHIA AND READING BAILKOaD. I.OLIDAY EXl rjKSION TICKETS, Good from December V2, ISbB, to January a, 1867, will bo lnsued at reduced lares between ull nations ou tho UIHHI r. ad muU bnuiuliuw. 4). A. l K'OLIjS, 2 20 Hit Ocneral Hupuriuu'iulont r-T" office of the Philadelphia AMI TKENTON MA11.ROAD COMPANY. 1'lllLADKl I'HIA Deeouibur 21, IHtjtt. The Annual VeoiluK ot the stocklio.dcri, and an Flection lor Directors lor tho ensuinu year, wi 1 be heid at ihe Compnnv's office on MONDAY, tbe 14th day of January. 1SH7. at 1 o'clock P. M. 11 i!4inwi tl 14 J, MORRELL, Secretary. fffSar- MERCANTILE BENEFICIAL ASS0CI A 'HON .'ihe terms of admission arenas fol lows : Lite McnibeiHlilp 62V00 Annual Membership 8 00 Entiauce Fee 100 Applications lor admission to membership may be made to any mauflaei.tr i WILLIAM A. ROr.IN, Secretary, 12 12 wlm 22t .o. 7tl!i MAKKE1 Mrect Sll AMOKIN COAL COMPAN Y. l'niLAi)ELriii4. December 22, 10H Tne Annual Meellmi of the Stockholders of the 8HA.MOKIN COaL COMPANY will be held at their Oflu-e, o, 22H WALNUi Street (Room No. 3). ou WEDN 1 5DAY, January 111, lti7, at i , 11 o clock, to elect Directors lor the ensuing ear. 'I be I lnnsti.r Hooks wti be closed on and alter the 2Mb lntmit. 12 22 201 CHARLES E. LINDSAY. Socretur.V. p-7:.i NEW YORK AND 31IDDLE COAL Uii FIELD RAILROAD AixD COAL COMPANY. 1'iiiLADLf.i'iiiA, December 22, IH.iB. The Annual Meeting ot the stockholders of the above C'ompntiv will be held at their Olllen, No 22li W a L s 1' r Street (boom No. 3J, on TUESDAY, January 8, IsbT, at 11 o'cioek, t' elect Directors tor tho ensuln your. 'Ihe Tninster Books will be closed .on and alter the 2ij'h Instum. 1 12 22 ltfi CHAl'LES R. LIND8AY, Secretay. f"J--: AMONG THE GOOD TIIINOS NOW It being oiiercd to an appreciative public. Is a btautl'ul Dtess Hat forllentleujen's Winter Wear, ore psred t y WaIIIII RION, Ualter, CHEoNUT sticet. next door to l ost On ce. Call and see it. 12 la lit " BATCH EL OR' II A I II DYE THE DEhT IN IHE WOULD. luirmless rtllable. tnsuiiitiiiicous. i he on'y perfect iljc. No (lisaiipoliitniiut, iio riuiculous tlms, but truo to I'liture, b:ack or brown. 1.L.M11.E Is 81UJSED WILLIAM A. HATt IlELOlt. ALhO. lit imrrntlng Fxtract oi Aili:eflciirsrcstorc.preperves, and beuiituiis the huir. prevails biildinss. sold by all Dmnjisis. Factory No. bl J1AHCLAY ml. N. Y. 33$ rST- JUST PUBLISHED V-- Ey the Physicians ot the , SI.W YORK AllbEL' SI, the Ninetieth Edition oi their t OL R LECiTKSS, entit e j,pTl)0sol,, v OF MAItlllAdE, 'fo be had lite, lor four stumps, by afldrcssinic Secre imvNbw Vork Museum o Anatomy, Mis So. UlbLhOADWAY.Ncw York. STOVES, RANGES, ETC. Q U LY KIT S X E W P A T E N T Deep Sand-Joint HOT-AIR F U R N A C E. RANGES OF ALL. SIZKS. AUo, Plilltgai-'s New Low Pressure Mtsm llcutlug Aiaratust lOK SALE BY CI I AllI.ES WILLIAMS, f ! No. 1182 MARKET t-treot. THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER, Oil U Ril'EAN RANUE, lor Families, Hotels, or Public Institutions, In T WEN 1 Y Dl P i fiiiAT m.i.s. Also. Philadelphia Ramies. Iiot-Alr Fi'rnaces, Portable Heaters, l.owduwn wraiea. Fitelioard Moves, Until llolleis, Htewbole Plates. Itollers, Cookii'B Moves, eto wholesale and retail, by the lmiimtui'tiinrs tiHARPEAr THOMSON, 1) 17 stuth lim 20. 2M) N. hECON D KUeot BOARDING. 0. 1121 GIRA11D STilEET 7.'t ioi: cyieit for the accon iwtdt'Oii of F11JST-CLAKS IX AHDEIIS. A p!j catly CARPETIINGS. QAlU'ElTNGS! CARrETINQ??! Hedured to Preseut Gold Prlca. J. T. DELAOllOIX, No 37 S. SECOND Street, ABOVE CUESNTT. Has received per late arrivals, 200 PIECES J. CROSSLF.Y & SONS' . BRUSSELS CARPET I NO S, NEW AND KLEGANT PATTERNS. Also, large line of T11BFE-PLT EXTRA HUPF.R AND MNE 1M.PAIN CAKI'llsi, DAMAWK.AND V EN K1 1 AM KTAIBAND HALL UaRPEUNU.S.COT TAOF. AM) RAO CARrF.TM. OILCLOThS.HH AW , Etc., which frill be sold low in consequence of the isll In Gold. J. T. Pl.LACKOIX, Jo. H 8. HKCOND Htreet, ' 10 2tulh?tn between Chesnut and Market REEVE L. KNIGHT & SON io. S07 C1IESMT Street, HAVE HOW OPKM A W KI.L-ASSOKTKD STUCK OK A .11 E K 1 C A ' AND E N G L 1 J II OIL CLOTHS, COCOA MATTINGS, DRUGGETS, HOGS, ETC in SwfrnJmSp SHIRTS, FURNISHING GOODS, &i QENTS FUKNIS1IING GOODS SHIRTS MVDE OF NFW YORK MILLS WtJHLIN ouiral usual price ' SO. hHIhT-S WADE OF WAMSl'lTA MUSLIN u'7 'H usual price .vw DO 1 8 Ml IK'I M on hand and made to order. A liberal deduction to wholesale triute WELttM.hHAh.EH, AND CANTON FLANNEL TN DEtthlURTM AND DUAWERH. all sires ana qualities. Alco. FANCY SCARFS. I.ECKTIES. CLOVEU IlDKFS.. HliHPEKDERS, etc., in greut axiety, and at leasonaoic prices. iii2in T. L. JACOBS, No. iaS0 OlIKSNUT Street. Jj I C II A II D E A Y R E, (Ten years with J. Burr Moore & John C. Arrlson), HAS Ol'ENtD AT No. 58 N. SIXTH St., below Arch, Philadelphia Wuere he intends to keep a variety of GENTS' Fl'HNISIIINtt GOODS, And to manufacture the Improved SIIOILDEILSEAM SHIRT, Invented by J, Burr toore,whicb tur ease and com lort cannot be surpassed, (til J-L F. BUTLEE, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS Ko. 142 South EIGHTH St. i i J W. SCOTT & C O., SHIRT MANUFACTURERS, MUD l'EALERS IK MEN'S FUKNIfcl-IINO GOODS Ho. 814 CHESNUT Street, FOUR DOORS BELOW '1UE "CONTINENTAL, t trp rillLADEt.PUl A. pATENT SHOULDER-SEAM SSIilllT MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STOKE. PEKFECT FITTING BHIRlS AND DRAWER made irom tncasurement at very short notice. All other aitlcles of OENTLEilEN b DKEsS GOODS in lull variety. WINCHESTER & CO., 111S Ko. 70S CUESKL'T 8:reet! Q-ENTS' I'UKNISIIIXG GOODS r. norrMAN, jr., (Late O. A, H oil man, successor to W. Yi. Knisbt,) FINE SU1RT9, AND WRAFTERS, U081ERV AND OLOVJSS. hill;, Lambs' Wool, a Merino UNDER-CLOTHING. Va A Iff 10 StHths Ho. ri5 ARCH Mreet. SHIPPING. KTI..AM T1 T.lVk!rtPlini.f'AT.I.IVrj Oueenstown Ihe Inman Line, salliuir Li.u-weekly. carryniK tne united states muus. 'C1T OK iih.W KOltK.'' (Saturday. December 29 "Ci'lY OF iiFHl.IN" Wednesday, Janunrr 2 'Cirv Oi'COKE" Saturday, January 6 'CITY OF WAHiilNClTON" Saturilav, Jauuaiy l'j and each succeeding Miturdav aud Wednesday, a t noon, Irom i'ir lno. tf North river. RAlEtS OF PA8SAGE By the mail sieaiuer saillnti everv Saturday t First Cabin. Gold MO (jteeraie, currency 35 I o London bfi 'l o London 41 To Fans boi To Fans 5(J FassaKe by the Wednesdsy steamers : First cabin, steeraae, i-i(l. l'ay able in United dtates euneiu y. FasseiiKeisalso fomurded to uavre, Uauiburg, Bre men, etc., at moderate lates. Meerage passage Irom Liverpool or Qucenstown, tin, currency 1 likeis can be bought here by persons send ing lor their n lends. For luriber lulorniallon apply at the Company's ofllces. JOHN G. DA LE, Agent. 8 1 Ko. Ill WALNIT Street, Fb.tla.da. FOR NEW ORK. PHILAIEL ill. lua btcnm Fropeliei Company De huaieu .sv, insure Lines, via Jieluware aud Rnriutn Cnua: lealug daii.vat 12 M. and 5 l'. il., conuettuig with ai tiorthern and F:astern lines. For Ireight. v hick whl betaken upon accommodating terms, apply to WILLIAM 41. KAIKD&CO., 16 o 1WS.DELAWARSABU rf irf? T SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWNERS. mLii I i rl i 1I" having leased the KEN- is.AOiuN ISCUEW DOC K, begs to inform his II lends and the pattous ol tbe Dock that he Is prepared with lucreascu lacllitles to accommodate those haviutf vossels to be talsed or repair'', and being a maetical ship-carpenter and cauikcr. will give pevsoual aileutlou to tho vessels entrusted to him lor repaint Captains or Aueuts. Kblji-Carpeuters anil Machinists having vessels to repair, Bio solicited to call. DavTug tbe agency for the sale of "Wotterstedt's Patent Meta.lo C oinposlilon" lor Copper paint, tur the preservation of vessels' bottoms, for this el y, 1 am pre pa ted toiuruish the same on lavorable tenns. V JOHN H HAMMITT. Kensington herew Deck, 115 DELAWARE Avenue above Laurel street J) U H II A M'S EESTA VEAXT, N. E. CORNER ELEVENTH and CALLOVTHILL, (l ate of No, !05 Cnesnut street,) PniLAUELPUlA, Tbe undersigned bees leave to inform hii former patrons that he has dtted up a llrst-clads Kciaunuit. at ibeN. E. Corner of ELEVENTU aud CALLOW U1LL Mieets. Having had several vears' expetlonce In the business, he baiters hlmsell tli .t he can accommodate all who mav lavor him with their pairmage. His establishment is provided with roon.s neatly inn iiOierl, fultable lor either large or small Dinuer or Birriar"rIepa'red to tarnish PA1TIKS. WEDMSGH, rii i.iiii.k.Kic. wl h iho liest reirohuionts. and good eonipetent waitets. at tbe shortest notice boned lutkcv, Alauiode Beot, and all oruameutal dishes made to order. S. DUUHAIST, 1213 2trp ELEVENTU AND CALLOWHILL. LANDSCAPE DRAWING CARDS, A B5IAU. titul seilesot views, tuteen in number, d"ineu lur the lustriictiou ot Juvenile artists 1'riee, Is eutss oarage. With tb EVENING TftLEOKVPH, liW VoUK CL1FFEB c, will be tound on sa oat tbe -ill NKVVrt STAND, 8. W, tfrasr SEVEN X'l nd CU.IWSUI trjt; FINANCIAL. JiyCooke&(). 112 and 114 So. THIRD ST. PHILAO" A. Dealers In ai GovDrnareat Sesarifciwi OLD 5 J20a WANTED IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW. A. LIBERAL DIFFERENCE ALLOWED Compound Intre6t Notes Waatel, Hf TESE3T AXL0WEO 05 DEPOSIT;, Collection made. Stocis boBtibt tad sold on 0i Blf-lloQ u Htm HccirI bos:nc afccrrn cOstincs tut rved lor l4 5-20s, 7 3-lOs, 1881s, 1040s, BO LOUT AND S'JLD, DE HAVEN & BROTHER, Ko. 10 50U1II THIRD ST. 02rpl RATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK Capital $300,000, Full Paid, HAS REMOVED TO ITS MEW BANKING HOUSE, Noa.633 and 35CHESNUT3t, A. ItCV I I'tcsident Jiihn Y. Cu nt t ( ii. Cashier. 117 3$eafrU. hi fit A iculitLei rnuznje., and .ncnancX ui Lath cilLe.4. ZfLcccnuilk cifi culs.a anil fansax LcccuieU cut. likzLxl . i TyiLLIAM PAINTER & CO., DANKERSj No. GG South THIRD St. Government Securities Bought and SoliU Ancust 7.30s, Arid Old 5-20.S, CONVERTED INTO FIVE.IWENTLES OF im And tilt; oe UuuJa Uoliyortxi umuciiifir'ily,. CITY LOANS BOUuHT AND SOLD,. . 9V!bSu,- TJAVIES BHOTHKRS. r,o. 25 DOCK Street, BANKElIS AND BROKE LIS I HUY AN" 8KLL UNITED STATES BONDS, ALL 13 f Ed. AL ULT, Jl'M'., and JCLT 7 il-10 OT. COMl'OI M INTElU bT NOTES. ALI.V8T 7 -10 NOILS CUNVEKTE IHIO TO.1 NKW 8-20 BO-Dt. A'.ercamlle Taper and Loans on Collaterals nejjtuu.sl block Bought and bold ouC'Birulssiou. I 'll QOMTOUND INTEREST NOTES, JANUARY COUPONS, BOUGHT AND SOLD. STERLING, LANE & CO , BANKER. Ko, 110 South THIRD Stnwt. e ttfop DYEING, SCOURING, ETC. p.iEMli STEAM StOlTOC ESTABLISHMENT, Ko. 510 RACE Street. We heif leave to draw your partleular attention to ou new trench bteam Htourlnit Kstablistinieut, cue atst anl oulj one oilts kind Ui this citi. We do not dye, bat b a t tun. leal -process restore Ladles', Gentlemen s, anl Chlioren's Garments to their orljilntJ states, wltooat iniurins, them iu the least, while great experience and the Lest macbluerv- irom France enable us to warrant penect satisiactio'n to ail v ho mav lavor us with their patrotiatio. LA 111 H' Jiltr.HbKS, of every descitptiou, with or without 1 rim minus, uru eleaned and tiotshsd without being taken apart, whether the color be genuine "'t''pera Cloaks and Mantillas. Curtain. Table Cover, Carpets. Velvet. Kibbons, Kid (iloves, etc.. cleaned auu rocnlsbed in the best maimer. Ueinlemeu's Nuinmer aud W Inter Clothing- cleaned to tierieciuu without in. Jurv to thestud. Also Kiags aud lianuers Allklmlaot stains rtinoved wllhoutHJitaniUB the whole. All orders are executed under itir Inmieiliate suoen-lslon, am satlstsction tuarauteed in every mstauce. A call and xauuiiii.tion ol our process is reipectiully solicltetf. ALULD1LL & MARX, 3 10 lllW.S No. II" KACE B'-iBi-t g L AT E MANTEL S! bLATE MANTF.I.S are aiiHuryassel for DurainUty, IKauly, Ptretiutu. an J Citapne. bLAlh MANTELS and Uta Work Geuerolly, tui't'f to Otdlit. J. B. KIMKS iV CO.. 0 is N JS illH eti l iUJ CUKSSlIf 8:r.Mt
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