THE "DAILY EVENING JTXEGIlAril. rHTLADEI,rraA, TUESDAY, JANUATIY a, 1867.
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NEW JEI7SEY.
i i
trirat Aftl Meeeaga trV".J
Ward, Unrf o ! BtaU of Hew
Jersey. gTATB of jj,w JmigT, 1
EncttTivi Chamubb,
Tktm, January B, 18C7. )
J th4 gttntiit and General Asscmlly of the Maie
fuvlnftMHMnbl'd for toe peiformance of tbe
tare and responsible duties of leglslatlm? for
ite reneral welfare, it is fitting that we should
invoke the blessing of the Great Ilend and
Hource of all (rood and all knowledge, and ask.
11 is Oiiection In all our deliberations.
By tbe Report of the Treasurer I find that the
receipts and disbursement on th? State account
roper for the current year ending November
5o, 1806, were as follows:
BSOBITTfl.
Transit duties from railroads and canals. t2Jj8,Wl-88
Mate tax . 'u w J w
lnvidead'on stock and interest M 89
iHnimt on private acts, licensos, lees. 17 e.il 10
Tax on capital stock railroads 71
t8U8,202W
lli,726-00
American Dock and Improvement Com-
paey '
n.. I War mind. lia ance
die Mate Y7:
" ' iLDi.ri
Traaereried irom other sourooe.
6, 144 84
Received Irom other accounts. . . .. ....
Valance ia Dank, December 1, 1800. .
Amount received from all sources
4K' ZU
65,678 bi
SU70.102 28
PISBCBSBM1CNTS.
BtaU Militia
Appropriation to Lunatic Asyiuni
Appropriation to N. J. Reform Scnoo'..
.Public ecbools. ....
l'rinlinir
legislature
Appropriation to state Prison . ....
f-aJaritsot Btate Prison
Salaries of Jndieiarr
Transportation ef prisoner and cot...
$72,181-06
67,(K)0 00
U4iS'2U
40,00000
86. 80
82.610 (O
81 .181-1
83 l3-6a
85,108 12
rem dm osi oners oi eiate x.iorary iur new
win ir 18 802 74
Salaries 16,608 79
Disbursements to sundry aciounts , 143 9(56 43
Balance In Bank, December 1, 1806. . . . . 61,125 76
(670,462 28
From the above statement it will be seen
that the receipts of tbe State from all sources
f actual revenue during the year have been
$308,202-09, although oiher payments into
the treasury have been made to tbe amount
of $216,383-66, wbtcb, with the balance in
bank December 1, 1865, make a total of
$ti70,C2'28. The amount received irom all
sources of actual revenue for the fiscal year
should really be stated at $449,42 173, the dis
crepancy being caused by the payment of the
tat on the capital stock of certain railroads of
$61,21964 in November, 1865, In advance of the
time when payable, which was January, 1866.
It properly belonged to the receipts of the last
liscal year, but went into toe account of tbe
year beiore. The actual disbursements of the
year have been $619,336-52; showing an actual
deficiency between the receipts and expendi-
tores on the State account proper of $16!),914-79. i
This hna been met by the payment of certain .
suits to the State, but it is no less a le- '
ciency. Should appropriations of a similar 1
character be made to those of last yeur, tnere i
must and sbould be some plan devised, either j
by taxation or other wise, to meet the liabilities
th us created. j
During the '.aft year tbe transit duties paid in !
by tbe Camden and Amlioy Railroad and Trans
portation Compnny and the New Jersey Rail
road and Transportation Company, in compari- I
son with the fiscal year of 1865, havo de- i
CTeascd, to wit: tbeCwnden and Amboy Rail
road and Transportation Company, $66,752-11,
and tbe New Jersey Railroad and Transporta
tion Company, $20,906-67, which is owing
undoubtedly to the cessation of the war and
the preat diminution of the military and other
travel and transportation on their lines. The
aggregate of this decrease is $87,658-78, whilst
the duties paid in by tbe Delawaie and Hiritan
Canal Company are in excess of the last year
$38,893-05,(which reduces tho aggregate decrease
to $53 76673. From tbe other sources of ordi
nary State revenue there has been a small in
creased receipt.
But for the extraordinary appropriations made
by the last Legislature, tbe'ieceipts from the
ordinal y sources ol revenue would have paid
all the civil expenses of tbe State during the
current year. It is estimated that for the pre
sent year the support of the Executive, Legis
lative, and Judicial branches of the Govern
ment, the public printine. Lunatic Asylum,
State Prison, Geological Survey, Transportation,
criminal costs and other expenses pertaining to
the civil service, with the extraordinary appro
priations before referred to, will require
$600,000, and the estimated revenues of the
State are given at $4"0,000. A State tax of
$50,000 will thus be required to meet the deti
s ckney.
WAR DEBT.
The following table will present In a clear
and concise form the condition of the War
Debt at the close oi the fiscal year, November
30, 1866:
Total amount of bonds issued Deo. 1,
1866 $2,771,800 00
Special loans 247 OuOOO
Amounts due sundry creditor ,,,,,, 128,819-88
Indebtedness of war fund, Dee 1, 1665. . $3,142,119 88
Total amount of bonds issued Dec. 1,
18W 8,896,200 00
Increase or war debt $268,080 67
Jees balance la bank to credit
of same..., . 67,017 -86
- 196,363 81
From the above it will be seen that the
amounts due on special loans and to sundry
creditors, December 1, 1805, have been paid by
the issue of War Bonds, as well as the payments
to lamlllee - of volunteers, discharged and
deceased soldiers. There are still registered in
the offices of the Adjutant-General and Comp
troller the names of 3358 naval recruits and
2616 colored troops, who are in the service of
the United States from New Jersey. The fami
lies of such as are married, and the widowed
or dependent mothers of those that are single,
are entitled to the State bounty of six dollars a
month.
There are still unadjusted accounts as to
bounties and 8tate pay, and it is estimated bv
the Comptroller that it will require $160,000 for
t he current year to pay off the bounties and
State pay, the unexpended appropriations to th3
cemeteries at Antietam aud Gcttynburg, to the
Soldiers' Children's Home, and to the Home for
Disabled Soldiers. To meet this the Treasurer
lias $57,616-36, and it Is believed that the balance
will be met by a payment from the United States
on the large amount due tne State. This sum
ct $777,516-70 is due to New Jersey for advances
made to the United States in arming, equipping,
and transporting the soldiers of tbe State. If
we add this indebtedness to the amount re-
?orted in the hands of the Commissioners of
he Slnkinsr Fund, $373,14-16, the bonded war
debt of the State would be reduced to $2,244,-637-08.
TBE TAX LAWS.
Our existing tax laws are. I think, In a very
complicated condition, and not easy to be un
derstood either by the Courts of Appeal, by the
Assessors, or by the citizens. Some sections in
statutes passed years ago are repealed; other
sections in the same statutes are still lu force;
some statutes repeal all parts of acts incon
sistent with tbe provisions of the repealing
statute, when it is no easy matter to determine
the point ot inconsistency, and the whole sub
ject is tbe more Involved by the necessity of
making our taxation conform to the laws ot the
Federal Government, as to taxing certain kinds
f capital. I therefore recommend that a com
ic Us ion consisting of five persona,to be appointed
by the Supreme Court, be created as soon as
possible, that such commission may prepare the
draft of a proper tax law, and report the same,
if practicable, to the present session of the
Legislature, by loint resolution, requesting that
the draft, when prepared, and before being ap-
roved, might undergo tho supervision of the
oprcme Court,
EDUCATION.
The subject of education has of late attracted
large share cf the aUettfon 1 the people f
cor State, and I regr. th fact as worthy of
rnnttial ongratola'.'ion. There con be no ques
tion hot that we. are stea-tily advancing In the
work of making public instruction one of the
fundament ideas of this Government. The
wealth. &e labor, the enterprise of our people
have ieveloped our material prosperity, and
with H have been developed clearer Ideas as to
our dnty in reference to education. We feel that
republican Institutions require general Intelli
gence, and not simply the culture ot the few.
It Is understood that this general Intelligence
can only be secured by the action ot the State
in establishing a system of public instruction
which shall provide for tne education of all.
Intrusted with the ditcction and control of the
interests of the State, 1 leel confident that we
can take no surer step to advance its permanent
welfare than by sustaining the common schools
in which its children are prepared for lives of
uselulnefs and honor.
By the act of tho la-t session, establishing a
State Board of Education, it was made one of
tbclr duties to submit to the Legislature such
measures as were deemed necessary for perfect
ing the School System of Ibis State In accord
ance therewith it was thought advisable to
codify the various school laws of the State, in
An Act to establih a system of public in
struction, w which will be submitted to j our con
sideration and aporoval. This act contains all
that was essential and useful in our existing
laws, with such additions as experience has
proved advantageous In other States, and which
were necessary to the successful working of our
system. The measure has had the advantage of
careful consideration on the part of the State
Bourd of Education, and it ha been sought to
secure Ihrough it an tbe advantages write
method, oversight, and moderate expenditure
can give.
CHARITIES OF TUB STATU.
Let me commend to your constant care those
objects of State charity, attention to which in
the past affords tho best evidence of the elevated
and Christian character of our people. Atter a
careful personal inspection of our State Lunatic
Asylum in all its departments, it gives me plea
sure to say that the appointments oi the build
ings, the ability of tbe ollicers, the tender regard
for the afflicted inmates, excellent system of
arrangement, together with scrupulous economy
in expenditure, render this an institution which
has no supeiior, and this estimate of our
Asylum, 1 find, is entertained by those who have
carefully examined like institutions In this and
other countries.
1 regret to be obliged to add that, while tho
asjlumis now filled to Its capacity, affording
relief to four hundred and nine patients, there
are in tbe State at least as large a number who
nre now the inmates of county and city poor
houses, who are suffering for want of treatment
which is at once alleviating aud curative, and
which can only be bad in such an institution as
our asvlurn.
It is diflicult to know what recommendation
to make on this subject. I am satisBed that it
Is not advisable to enlarge the rxisting asylum,
as from careful inquiry I learn that a larger
number of inmates thun the present building
accommodates cannot advantagoously be kept
together. The condition of the State Treasury
forbids my recommending at this time another
asvlurn. I cnu only express the desire that tbe
subject be kept uelore the mind of the Leeitla
tuie, and that they look at the reports which
will be submitted by the trnperiutendent and
Managers, and by the State Sanitary Commis
sion, and until such lime as more permanent
relict ciin be given, I think it desirable that the
greatest amount of relief that the poor-houses
can afford should be secured to tbl atllicted
class of our fellow-cieatures.
1 have visited the institutions in onrneish
boring States, wherej by the chanty of New
Jersey tbedetif and dumb and blind children
of parents in indigent circumstances are cared
tor; and I find their coudition is alleviated by
kind care and improved by skilful instruc
tion. One of the children from this State has
recintly died at tbe dcat and dumb asylum In
New York, from a malicniint fever that has
been there prevailing, but tbe health of the
institution Is now ehtabiished.
Those known as "feeble-minded children,"
ent by the State to Institutions for that class,
at Media, Pennsylvania, are doing well, aud
it is both pleasant and wotitieiful to witness
bow, by skillul instruction, an intelligence in
tbete children, at first scarcely perceptible, U
developed, until they become able to read and
write.
Active sympathy with these distressed classes
of our own race is a rraise to our State an 1
au honor to our people.
SANITARY COMMISSION.
Under the law of the lust Legislature autho
rizing me to appoint a Sanitary Commission, to
consist of live physicians, whose duty it should
be to report to the next Legislature such infor
mation as they mieht deem important respect
ing tbe general sanitary condition of the State,
I selected a commission which has performed
its work vith promptness and fidelity. Their
communicatious to tbe public during the last
summer were valuable contributions to the in
formation of the mass of our people, 'and the
ieport which they submit will be lound to con
tain most valuable suggestions pnd recom
mendations. There can be no question but that
the sanitary condition of tbe State is a subject
for thoughtful consideration, careful examina
tion, and wise legislation.
3ituated as our State is, with unequalled ad
vantaqes for business an4 residence, it is most
important thai we should carei'tilly guard the
public health by removing those causes of dis
esse which are apparent to the intelligent phy
sician. As mere local reforms produce only
local advantages, the Sanitary Commission re
commend the enactment of a general health
code, which would define more accurately the
powers of local health authorities, secure dif
fusion of proper information, search out and
remedy the causes of disease, procure accurate
statistics, and generally conserve the public
health. I recommend such action as will ten I
to produce the results aimed at in the recom
mendation ol the Commission, whose members
deserve tbe thanks of our people tor their
efficient and valuable services.
ADJUTANT AND Q V ARTERM 48TEE-GENERAL8.
Tbe war having terminated, and the last New
Jersey regiment in the service ot the United
States baving, on the 2d day of May last, re
turned to tbe State and been mustered out ot
the service, the active business of tbeomceof
tbe Adjutant-General has been much reduced.
He has been engaged, however, with a dimin
ished clerical force, in perfecting the records ot
his office and In attention to the business of
returned volunteers and the militia of tho State.
He urges upon the attention of tbe Legislature
the importance of directing tbe publication of
the corrected records of his office. The reported
Lumber ol active militia in tbe State Is sixteen
hundred and fifty-nine. He is now engaged in
distributing the certificates of thanks, author. zed
by the last Legislature, to the honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors of New Jersey.
NEW JERSEY HOME FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS.
The Commissioners have located the Home on
Mount Pleasant, in the city of Newark, a loca
tion most desirable and eligible, as well lor its
beautiful and healthy situation, as for the
economical reasons which led to its selection.
Instead of purchasing land and erecting build
ings thereon, tbe site adopted, counting of
twenty-three acres of land, was leased for live
years at an expense of $600 per annum. The
Commissioners were fortunate euoutrh to be able
to secure and purchase the buildings erected
upon this land, which had been formerly used
by the United States Government as a hospital,
and wbich were admirably adapted to the pur
poses of the Home.
The comiort and aid already extended to our
suffering soldieie, and tbe prosperity of the In
stitution, are au earnest ot the success of this
nome cnarity ot tne .state.
A Commandant, Superintendent and Chap
Iain, and I'hysictau, all intelligent and experi
enced ouieer-s nave uweu appointed, and on the
4th of July last the Home was fitted up aud
ready for tue reception ot patients.
Additional legislation is asked for hv the
managers to secure the more perlect working of
me jnnuiuwuu.
TBI SOLDIERS' CBILDEEN'B KOMI.
Tbi institution, as will be seen by tbe report
of the Manarer, is in successful operation, and
there Is at tbe present time under its care, forty
rhllorrn, tneirages ranRinn iruui iuur iu iweive
years. (n hundred applicants are said to be
waiting for admission, but tliey cannot bo re
ceived nntll the new Home is completed.
Under the act ettabltsrilng the Home, the
sum Oi thirty thousand dollars wa? apyropri
led by the htale for the purpose of securing a
location, and for the construction of suitable
buildings for said Home. The site selected in
well adapted to the health of the children, ar.d
to the humane object for which the Home wh
Instituted, while it Is easy of access to all. Tbe
buildings will, it is thought, be ready tor occu
pancy abont tne Ifith rmtant. Thus will bo pro
vided a home where wlllbe sustained, educated,
and clothed thoe helpless orphans who, tn ac
knowledgment of tbe priceless seTviee ot their
fathers, bave been adopted as children of tbe
State.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
The condition of our national Affairs attracts
a large share of public attention, and Is a source
of anxiety to the patriotic and loyal people of
the country When tbe Rebellion was sup
pressed by the loyal army ol the republic, it was
believed that an adjustment ot existing diffi
culties would be easily edocted. Wb.le there
was no disposition to press the penalties of
treason upon the people ot the rebellious States,
no intelligent or patriotlo citizen supposed for
a moment that the government and control of
the rebellious States would be suffered to pass
into the bands of tbose who had been promi
nent in the attempt to destroy the life oi the
nation. The South, defeated and conquered,
Mould have gladly accepted the terms which
the honorable and loyal people of the Union
vouchsafed, nnd but for lhe treachery of the
President to the principles of the oartv whie.n
elected him, we should uelore now have been a
united people, under a restored Union.
The consequence of the departure of the
Piesideut irom the line of honor and of prin
cifle bave Occn signally disastrous to the
country. Tnere is to-day scarcely a semblance
ot vital loyalty throughout tbe States recently
in rebellion. Union men are proscribed, aud
tbe rat e which the niHgnxnimity of the nation
raised from slaves to treemen, are without the
protection of those civil rights which alone
frotect the weak from the tjraimyof the strong,
n very many portions of these States lire and
property are insecure, and violations ot the
lights of citizens are as frequent as when the
spirit of caste was most powerful in the land.
The Congress of the nation has done all that
wisdom, prudence, and patriotism could do to
remedy existing evils. The plan of adjustment
which it proposed was eminently liberal and
just. The Constitutional amendment, whatever
may be its fate, must ever be regarded as in the
highest decree honorable to those who framed
it. It b.s been adopted by New Jersey as the
organic law of the land, and that action has
been sanctioned by the popular approval. If it
shall finally be rejected by the rebellious States
In their madness an-i tolly, it will remain tor
Congress to establish in those States Govern
ments republican In form, loyal in action, and
ust towards all classes oi citizens. There need
be no fear but that the wise, prudent, and de
cided measures adop'ed by Congress will be sus
tuined by tbe people ot the loyal States.
Never beiore have they manifesto! so clearly
and decidedly their determination to make their
power felt iu the settlement of those great ques
tions as in the recent eloctioi.s. The loyal
masses of the nation are determined that the
spirit which defiantly dared the power of tbe
Union shall not apain be put in the halls of
Congress and in places of trust or power. Aud
while I am thus clear in my expressions of con
fidence in the people and in Congress, no olc
is more desirous that all existing differences
slould be adjusted, and that we should be once '
more a people united in attachment to the
Union and liberty.. I trust tbe time is not far
dutant when peace, the handmaid of social
older, true ecliehtenmeut, and real progress
mny till the whole land with its blessing".
There is another subject of eieat interest to
tr.e nation in the question of properly orotect-
I ing its capital and industry. We were eLabted
to pass through lour years of a angnlnarv and
costly war, the magnitude of which is now
I scarcely realized, by the simple development ol
our natural resources. Let these resources be
; steadily fostered and protected, and we shall
continue to prosper as a nation and as indivi
! duals. I believe in an American system which
I lecogniycs the duty of protecting our interests
atd our labor against the foreign policy of Free
1 Trade. We ought to have no sympathy with
j those false and pernicious theories which would
! make us tributary lo foreign worhops aud
I foreign labor. True national prosperity consists '
j in well-protected capital, in well educated and
well-requited labor, and In bringing the mati'i
j factory into close proximity to' the farm. In
' our own State there ia no division of opinion
upon this subject,
i The least intelligent farmer knows that his
I close pioximity to the mine, the lorge, and the
i workshop is the secret of his real prosperity.
' He cannot be persuaded that a ly foreign mar
ket for bis grain, his fruit, his catfle, or the
produce of his dairy will supply the demands
1 which these various branches of labor novv
; create at home. Our large and varied interests
' ate all united in the confident expectation that
' the Government will give to our industrial re
! sources the protection which is demanded for
their full development.
At no period in our history nas it Deen so im-
f ortont lor us to adopt the doctrine.of "Protec
ion for tLe sake of Protection," as now. Every
dollartf gold exrorted from our couutry is a re
bnke to the extravagance of our people aud to
the short-sighted policy of our Government.
We are without adequate security that the in
vestments of to-dav will be profitable to-mor
row. We feel that the financial interests of the
country are so largely connected with the
prospemy or our nome inausiry, mat any neg
lect of this industry will worn a sure and last
ing Injury to the tormer.
Permit me in conclusion to express the hope
that our discharge of the duties devolving upon
ub may result to the welfare and honor ot the
State, and that its varied interests may be pro
tected and guarded in our hands. Honored in
its past history, and its present claims fully
responded to, we may look forward to the future
of our State with the utmost confidence. It will
be our highest honor to have lealotisly guarded
its lame, advanced its prospetity, and developed
its resources. Mar jus L. Ward.
Connecticut Democratic Convention.
XTnnr tTinvu Ton.iann Q 'Fits nnmAnraiii
Ma.-s Convention met at Union Hall, In this
city, at 19 o'clock this forenoon. Hon. James
Gallagher, Chairman ot tho Hute Commutee,
called the Convention to order. About three
hundred delegates were present, and the num
ber was afterwards Increased to seven hundred.
Albert Baldwin, of New Mil'or.i, was electei
temporary chairman; John II. Ellirt, of Guil
ford, andLels lierdsey, of Mnulcn, wereelectea
Secrciarle?.
1 atest Markets by Telegraph.
Nkw York, January 8. Stocks steady. Chicago
and Bock Island," S; Read iu if, 1015 ; Canton Coin-
fany, 4HJ; Erie Kailioad, 6(1 j Cleveland and Toledo.
24$; Cleveland and fittehure. 89); littabnrsr, Fort
Wayne, and Chicago 1U8J; ilionaan Centra1. 1074;
Mich lean Southern 81 j; New York Central, 118:
Illinois Central, 120; Cumberland preferred, 93;
Missouri 6s, 06J; United States Five-twenties, 1802,
107; do 18R4. 106; do. 18ti6 108- new do., 104;;
leu-forties, 09; Seven-thirties, 104 J; Exchange, 109;
surut. 110; Gold, 184,.
Nsw York, January 8. Cotton quiet and steady
at 86o. for uplands. Flour firmer; Miles of 0500 bar
rels Slate. 7Ml?-86i Ohio, $12 10 n 14 60: West
era, tO'76(ajn So; toutbtrn, 12u,17 Wheat qatet
and tinner Corn renera lv uncuanred ; sales ot
14100 buahtls mxtd and Western at S1-21A Beof
quiet. Dressed boas steady at 8-u 8j0. for western,
and 8j(ao for City. Pork doprorsod. fia'es ol 1200
barrel nw mess 19 -76V.21. fetid 19o10-12j;
i'rme16-76il7S5 V hiKkj dull. Lard null.
Baltimokb January 8. In Flour there baa heea
no sale for export, but prices continue steady. Of
Wheat i here bave been no receipts, and but a limited
demand. White Corn U scarce; sales at 91 106
and yellow at 01-611 06 Hilts of Oats at 69o. Rye
dull, and no sales. Whisky ia quie and nominal
at tl 80 for C)t and Western. Provisions ar quiet.
Mess For, t21'60; huib shouMura, 9o. City and
Western Lard 12fO. Coffee and rtugar quiet but
firm,
Stork of IJrrads tuffs In New York.
Kw York, January 8 The total stock of Wheat
in store here, Jsnnary 7, was 1,781. f2fl bushels;
total Corn, 2 82,807 boahcls; Oats, 2 451,492 oushols.
I AMTJ8EMENTS.
Acadbmy or Music Next Friday evening tbe
ratYmD-l'repa Troupe wdl give a rand eoncert.
Tickets maybe bad at Iromplcr's, goyemn and
Cbesnnt street, on and after to morro w, Wednesday.
C HVSKUT STRAIT I HCATBK. CoWti BoOQdh; OT,
th Wetunnq of the Orttn, will b presented this
evening. Air. and Mrs. Barney Wll iams and th.i
whole company will appear.
W at mjt STRKE-r Tbxatrh. Mr. John Brougham,
trie preat lavorite, will appear a "Dr. Savare," ia
his own elogatit comedy of Playing with i'trt, to-
nignr. ,
Arch Ptbxft 1hatr. GrimtK OoanJ, since
it has been on tbe bil s ai tbe Arch, it is announced,
has been witnessed by over 20 000 persons. It will
be performed this week, and Mrs. Drew will con
tinue her nightly popular representation ot "Kate
Peyton." Ine new comedy ol UOQ.OCO is in
activo preparation.
Haw AmbricanTheatrk. Kverv evening at the
New American, Th Joe Kiug'$ you and Ltltle
Iteii Hirling Hood will be presented, toctaer with a
fine comedy. They have a matinee on Uaturdav.
' Biokor Blitz, at the Assembly Bultdlnm, has
the dooble-headed fcphynx, the Minstrels, and
many excellent attractions. Ho gives a matinee oa
Wednesday, and also on Saturday.
CARitcnoss ft Dixrr. for the benefit ol their
numerous Iriouds, have converted their stapte into
an impromptu skatmr park. Tuev also present
Madame His toil every evening, In the play oi lhe
Mratigtr.
Back Amain Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tan! will
apt ear at the Assembly Buildings lor a brief season,
ntxt Monday evening.
I'ROrtssoR Blot, the great "cookisi," will do
liver another lecture at the Assembly buildings next
Friday evening.
be Modern Puritan." Hon. J. K G. Pitkin,
the erodlto and eloquent Louisiana loyai jurist, will
lecture on this subject, at National ball, en noxt
lhnrsdav evemnir, beiore the (Social, Civil, and
htstistical Association of the Colored l'eople of
l' nnBvlvanla. Judge 1'itkin has prepared a po vor
iul ana interest, Eg oration, and deserves a largo
and intelligent audieuoe.
CompLimxiiTAry. We are informed that the
friends ot Mr. Gtoree H. Clarke, late ".cading man"
at the t hesnut Street I bca-re, have tond' rod him
a complimentary tenoflt, which will occur at the
Acadtmy of Mu to on to-morrow (Wednesday)
altirnooD, se'nnlgbt.
BiBTORt.- It is leported that Madame Risforl hat
not nceived sufficient encouragement ( f) from the
West to wan ant her visiting any city excopt
Chicago.
Idwin Forrxst. The report that this eminent
actor would appear at the thesnut Stieet Theatre
ibis season is positively denied. Mr. Forrest goes
Wei-tin the spring, and will open the new Louis
ville Opera House, u is said, as soon as that mag
nificent temple is completed.
DRY GOODS.
MUSLIN 8
t heap enough to induce prndent biyers to pur
chase. The greatost dco'ioe is in BLEACHED, o:
wbich we have bought at tie lowest point about
20,000 YAKDS
KV YORK MILL,,
WAMSCTTA,
' WILLlA.MSVILiLE,
semper idem.
a.moski:ag a,
WlllTJIEir, ETC. ETC.
7000 YARDS
UN BLEACHED MUSLINS,
FROM 15 TO 25 CENTS.
1C-4 UTICA SHERTINGS.
104 WAL.THA.M 81IEETIXGS.
11- 4 HUGUENOT SHEETINGS.
12- 4 HUGUENOT SHEETINGS.
PILLOW MUSLINS,
EVERY WIDTH AND WEIGHT,
All at Wholesale Prices
BY THE PIECE.
1 2 tuths.4.)
J)EPOT
FUltXISIIING
FOR
DRY GOODS.
A CARD.
SKEPPaRD,VANHARIINQEN&ARRISQN,
No. 1008 CI1ESNUT Street,
Whose estatlistment for the saleot tag
HOVSE-ITJRJISHtKQ DRY GOODS
Is unequalled in the extent and variety of Its assort,
ment, be to announce to Hoi M-K tKrEKS BEN EW-
I U THEIK BLI'PLY. or petvons about to lurulah,
tuai luvy arv uun nvviTini tuvir
FALL ASSORTMENT OF
Fresh linen, Cotton, and Woollen 0 oof 8
FOB HurBEHOLD USE.
Bl'CH AS
LINEN SHEETINGS,
COTTON 8BEEnG,
PILLOW LINENS,
PILLOW MC8LIS8,
DAMASK TAHLE-i.'LOTHS,
TABLE LIKESd,
I AMA8K NAPKINS,
BOKDERED towels,
TOWELLI SOS,
QU1IT8,
RL UJKET.
Table and Embr ridered Piano and Table Covers,
And every other article suitable tor a well-ordered
household. C9 14 thstulimrp
i miiTn ) i mMmMir
THE GENUINE EAGLE VEIN, THE CELE
brated PBKttTON and tbe tmie bard GH KEN
WOOD COAL. fu9 and Stove, sent to all partaol the
' . n.TVUIlllI
W t -HI Jl OIVS A veuoe.
M A R K E T
( cj
o NINTM. Ty
La
Facb ol tbe aim e articles are warranted to give per
fect satisfaction m every respeot. Order revived at
Nn 114 Mouth THIKD Street; Ktuporium, Ho IN14
sl
FURNITURE, BEDDING, ETC.
JEIIIIY CHRISTMAS
AND
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
could"" CO.,
UNION FUllNlTUltE DEPOT.
C0B5EB NINTH AKD MABXET STREETS.
AND
Kos. 37 and 39 North SECOND Street,
(Opposite Christ Oknrcn,)
invite all thU eld customers, and as many new ones
as will come, to ete their elegant ana large assortment
of F I" RH 1 1 C RX, ulUble tot presents ot otherwise.
110 ftp
i; O HOUSEKEEPERS
I have a large stock ol ever; Trttj of
FURNITURE
Which I will tell at rcAncea prices, consisting ci
PLA1M AND MARHI B TOP COTfAG SLITS
W ALNUT GBAMHKK BUITA.
PARLOR Bt 1T IN VELVET PM78M
PARIiOK 8C1T8 IV HAIRCLOTH.
FAKLOH HITS I'M KK.P8.
Sideboards, Kxtooston Tables, Wardrobes, Bookcases
Mattreases, Lounges, eta tio.
P. P. OUSTINE
S1J N. E. earner SECOND and RACJJ Street.
E
STABLISHED 1,95.
A. S. ROBINSON,
French Plate Looking-Glasses,
F.SGRAVIKGS PMSTISGS DRAWINGS' ErC.
Kasufacrarer oi all kinds ot
LOOKING-GLASS, PORTRAIT, AND PICTURE
FRAMES TO ORDER,
No. OlO OUESNUT STREET.
THIRD DOOR ABOVE TBE CONTINENTAL,
fRILAnELFBIA. i 1M
COPARTNERSHIPS.
rpilR FIRM OP SLIKER, EBERT & HALL
i is tnis aay aissoivoo ny iimitat.on
D B. SLTFIlt,
January 1, 1R61.
C. At ALL.
The nnderslfrntd will sett e the anvttrs of the late firm,
ana continue tbe business in bis own name, at t'se old
stand, No. sal . SiwOM) Streou
D. B. SLIFEB.
JOHN1 FBKRT will continue the manufacture of
Caolnet-ware lor the trade at So li EDWARD Street.
C. H ill will contlnne the manufacture of Windsor
and t ane-seat Chairs, at No. lit fc.DW.UiD Ot CI 7 3i
DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
The coptrtner.-hlp heretotore existing unlor the
tlrm Dime ot DK COL Kf.Y . tl A .MIL I ON & EVANS,
s ttiis day dlsso veil b. limitation.
' t hliadelphia, December 31 1B66.
The nndsrslnned having, with 10BERTL. TAYLOR.
Ksfi.. of New York, as special psrtnef. enteicd Into a
pm tnershlp under the fliuol HAMILTON, EVANS &,
1K OOl'K-'EY, wtl continue the business at No. 305
CUHSNCTStrfet
HUOH HAMILTON'. 1 o-,r.i
CHARLES T. KVAVS. J- pi!?nSl
MARCELIN L. De. C'OUnSF.Y ) manners.
ROBKl.T l . TA r LOU, Special Tanner.
Philadelphia, January 1 , lb67. 1 3tbstul0i
DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.
'lhe copartnership existing under the name ot
I OOPIH A GKAKP is tins day dlsbolved bv mutual
consen . LK WIS COOP1LK retiring, ine business will
be contirued bv the undersigned, nmler the name ot
COOi'KR & GRAFF.
CHAILS H. ORAFF,
WILLI A VI a. 1't.VH.
lecember 31, 186. 1 1 lot
JRUMAN & SHAW,
IE ALtB4 IS
Hardware, Cullcry and Tools
No. IZb (r:Lht Ttirty-five) MARKET Street,
ILrct T-ocrs Eelcw Birth,
Invite attention to tteir assoitment of articles for
HOrSEEIEPEES,
BUILDERS.
X Alt V FACTCREB 8,
ffi:CH&KIC3,
FARMERS, ETC. ETC.
It Inclu.'.es many of the latest patented, Improved and
labor saving tools, implements, and n tens lis, among
which are some articles of
WOODEN AND TIN WARE,
AND ALSO
COG-WHEEL CL0TEES-WRI KG EES,
Which, from the practical experience we have had,
we do nDbealtatiogly recommend as being the most
pcbablb, and theiefore the cheapest, among tbe more
than twenty styles now In the market. Still we keep
other styles lor sale to sued as prefer tliem; and any one
of them we believe will soon be found to pay its first
cost In tbe saving of time, labor, and clotoiog
They also have a very superior assortment of Ladles',
Gentlemen'!, and PABLO R SKATE8. 1 8 3t
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR CONTINUING DELA
WAKE WREAK WATER.
LNITCD OTATKS CjNGINKEB UVHOH,
No. 209 Hotjth mxtu Street,
1nv , . . . 1 ...... m .Cut
Sealed Proposals, in duplicate, with a copy of this
advertisement attached to each, will be received at
tnis ollioe until tbe 21st ot February, 1867, tor stone
to the amount oi suy.uoo (sixty-seven thousand dol
larBl. for the Delaware Break wa'er.
l he atone to be oi tbe hardest and most durable
duality ttlie delivery to oommence on or about tbe
15ib oi May, and to be comp'eied bribe 16tn of
bep enioer, ana ine weekly aeiiverv to be as nearly
as uu-siuio uimurui.
Of the total amount of stone, four fifths are re
quired to be in blocks ot not less thun two tou, and
our-uiui iu uiovks vi upwaras oi oue-iourtn OI
ton.
1 be stones will be subject to rieid inspeo'ion, and
will be received or not, aa the Engineer, or bis
airents sba l fiud tnem to accord, or not, as to
duality and sl2e, with the above description.
Each hid must be guaranteed by two responsible
persons, whose signatures should be appended to
the guarantee, and wbo sbould be certitiod to as
being good aud sufficient securitr, by the United
Htatea District Judge, Attorney, or Collector, or
other pub to omcer
A reservation of ten per centum on partial pay
ments will be made duiing. tbe delivery of the
stone.
Envelopes to be endorsed, "Proposals for Stone
for Delaware Breakwater."
Bids will be opened at 12 o'clock M on THURS
DAY, tbe 21st ot February, 1807, and bidders are
invitea to oe present.
For further tulorumtlon, apply at this office,
C. STANFOUTU STEWART,
1 8 tnths Cw Jduj. Eug. nnd Uvt. Lt.-Col
GROCERIES, ETC.
pATES DE FOJES GRAS
JUST BECEIVED,
AN INVOICE OF FIIDSII
PATES BE FOIES GItAS.
SIMON C0LT0N & CLARKE,
S. AV. Corner WALNUT and BROAD
1 14 mwt4pt
"vrmv ntnp .t a r a vpsp Tin a (
OF WE FINEST QUALITY,
FOB PALE BT
JAMES It. WEBB,
EIGHTH and WALNUT atreets.
14
w
FRUIT. I
Cron, Basket, Lai er, Bunch, Seetlless, and Sqltana
Raisins. Currants, Citron, f runes, Figs, Bavasa
Oranges, etc. etc.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
DEALER IN FINK GROCERIES,
11 'rp Cornel ELEVENTH and VINE SM.
G.
W. WARNEB, No. 1530 AND 1532 RIDGE .
Arenue, below sixteen 'h Street.
KEYSTONE FLOUB HTORE
Choice Brandsof Family and Bak.ra' Flour,
Corn Meal, Oat Meal,
Buckwheat and Bye Floor, .
Corn, Oats, and Mill Feed ot every description,;
sent to all parts of the cltr
Free of Charge. CUMlmrp
RAILROAD LINES.
NAMES SIC ROUTE!'.
THE SHORTEST LIME TO AIL. POINTS
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
PAS8ENGEB1 FOB
Norfolk, Klnssvllle.1
Weldon, e-avannab,
BaltlKh. AuKUKta,
New lit m,' Atlanta,
rhar.'otte, .Maoou,
Wl niingioo, West Point,
Colum la, Montgomery
Charleston, MoMle,
and
SEW OKLKiJIfl,
TO AVOITI DKLnY (THE FrvrOMAO BTMN3
CLOftD BY IcE) SHOULD BUY UUKET3
BT 1H1
NEW AND EHORi k-NAMESSIC ROUTE
Trulns leave Depot,
PHILADELPHIA, W1LVI GTo.N.aND BALTIMOBE
BAILROAO,
BROAD Street and WASHINGTON Avenue, . ,
DAILY (Haturdaj excep-ed). at 11 P.M.
Arrivli.s- in Not folk at t P. M. tbe following dar,
FIVJfi HODIIH Miosis TJS BY ANY OTdEB
LIN Is, and making e oso .connections for all point. .
SOUTH AND SOUTH WEST I " '
'i .
For Tickets and all other Information, ann'v m fh
ollioe ol the company, ho 6t9 'iKSNC l Street, or
at the Ticket Oftlre ot the Vhi'adnlnb a WtlmLnifnn
and Baltimore Railroad, Mo. en CHE-iN CT straeu
8. P. WltVTIlANK,
GENKBALAQKNT.
1 2 tt
JT A S T F It E J O II T LIN E.
ALL KAIL ROUTE T0 THE SOUTH,
Via Orange aud Alexandria Railroad
and Its Connections.
The undersigned would respectfully ask the attention
ot shipper to the ONLY ALL, BAIL BOUfE between
Philadelphia and the 8outh.
Merchants and others desirous of avoiding frequent
changes and water transportation, will please mark
their freight via O. fc A. B H Bail, and send to depot
of Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore BaUroad, .
BBOAD and PRIME Ptieeu
Cats run through from Philadelphia to Lynohburg
without bieaklng bulk
Dray receipts mmlsbed, and BUls of Lading signed at
the through ftelght office ot Philadelphia, Wilmington,
and Baltimore Railroad, No If houtUFIFI'H Street
below Cbesnut.
Bates guaranteed as low at all times as by other lines. .
JAMES C. WILSON,
Agent Orange and Alexandria Railroad,
12 21 rptJ No. 105 South FIFTH Street.
HOSIERY, ETC.
WILLIAM II OEM ANN,..
K o. 8 North EIGHTH Street,
'Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
AIL KINDS OF GOODS APPERTAINING
TO THE
HOSIERY BUSINESS.
A large assortment ofMEBIXOTJXDERSABtfENrs, .
for Ladies', Children's, and Gentlemen's wear.
Medium and Superior Quality of GOOD! of English t
and Ameilcsn manufacture.
Extra Heavy Bibbed All-wool feHIRTB AND DRAW- -EE.
Pis Id and Striped HOSIEBT, for Skating and Fancy
Dresses. 1 1 tntbet
. B. K larpe assortment of UNDERGARMENTS :
suited to sny climate, on band all the year round.
AUCTION SALES.
B.
SCOTT, JR., AUCTIONEER,
Ho. m0 CUK8HLT HTKEET.
special sale of ladik.s' and misses' fobs
SLEIUli KOBE ETO.
On Vt ednesday Mo-nmir,
0th Inst.aUU o'clock, at coifs art.Osllery, No. 10?0
Chesnut sUeet, will be ottered at pub to sale a splendid
assortment ot ladles' and misses furs. In sets coui
urinlng Hudson Bar and ml k sab e royal snulne,
Siberian squirrel Cbinoaila oapes, berthas, inuOs, culls,.
'a)bo ! ladles' and gents' mufflers, caps, gauntlets, ete.
BLUUii KUH.s, .
White wolt, bear, coon, astreuhau lamb, buffalo, an
other rubes. , , , ,
Open for examination enTues lay. 17 at
MODERN OIL PAISTISG8.
On Wednesday and Ibufsdsy Evenmw
th and ICth Inst.. at)7H o'c ock atBoott's Art Gallery.
Do. 1020 Chnsnut street aeolleotloa of aiiout 1M) moduro
oil pal-u'ngs. ai pleating tubjccU, all elvgamly fruuied
iu gold-leaf irsmea 1 '
T AS COi ST ft WARNOCK
Al'CTIOHlEBH,
HlHt i40 MABKaT Btre-