TIIE DAILY KVMNING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9. 18(5. 1 ! FIBUIHRO KVKRY AFTKRNOOM ' retSDATBSXOTTED), AT THE EVRNIHO TKM.OUA.PIl BCILDIKQ, No. lOH S. Third Street. Price, Thre Cents Tit Copy (Ioable Sheet), of Eighteen Cents rer Week, payaole to the Carrier, and mailed to 6u scrloer. out of tbe city at Mine Dollars l-er Aornnit Ore Dollar and Fifty Cent for Two Atcolhs, inrarlao r In advance for the period ordered. WEDNESDAY, JANTARf 9, 19H7. The Province of the Supreme Court. OtB Democratic contemporary counts greatly upon the action of the Supreme Court. It anticipate" a dccMoa that the late Rebe1 communities are States, and entitled to repie eentatlen In Congress, and adds: "This dcc'fion tiuili will place Alnbama by the Bide of IVnnsvlvania ant New York and Maine. She will bp eiitltlfd to representation in the Senate, ai d the absence of such recrcocn tation will Disqualify that body from tr.yinq the President on article ot impeachment. It is tue Senate ot the United States, and no other body, that is authorized by the Constitution to dis charge that dutj. It Alabama is deprived of her repreen'aton, especially aUr a decision that will vindicate and avouch her etatun as a State, the qucotion Is plain that the Senate can not try the resident, and ttuit its action in tnat direction will be a usurpation of pxwer b tu dangerous and despotJC. This is a view of the case not taken in the chucuh of thp rndical party, but still Ihcv may have to consider it as the Impeachment riiovemcut progresses." There never was a more hollow pretense ihan that which Is made by the Democrats of superior devotion to the Constitution. They indorse the President in his assumption of legislative powers, and now they would have the Supremo Court usurp functions which belong alone to the legislative branch ot tb.3 Government. The admission of States into the Union is purely a legislative matter, with which the Supreme Court has nothing whatever to do. These conservatives, in their new-born da light over what they assume the Supreme Court may 3 et decide, seem to think there is no possible limit to the action of that body. But this they will find is a mistake. If the Supreme Court were to decide that Nebraska is already State in the Union, does any body suppose that decision would be binding upon Congress, or that Congress would cease to be a valid body, because it should refuse to admit Senators and .Representatives from Nebraska? Mr. Jefferson did not hesitate to admit that the purchase of Louisiana was unwarranted by the Const'tution, yet he justified it on the ground of public policy. Suppose, now, that the Supreme Court shoald assume to decide that the acquisition of Louisiana was unconstitutional, and that the whole vast territory which was acquired at that time does not belong to the United States, would such a decision as that be worth anything? Would anybody respect it? So, now, the status of the late Rebel States with reference to their participation in the political power of the Union is a mat ter belonging solely to Congress. The Supreme Court has no more power over it than it would have in the cases we have supposed. Should it attempt to go outside of its proper fleM, and attempt -to infringe upon the power of Congress in this matter, it would itself be guilt of usurpation, and those of its members participating lu the act would be plainly liable to impeachment. Nor even if the Supreme Court were to decide that every one of the late Rebel com munities is at this moment a State in the Union, and entitled to representation, does it follow that the exclusion of Senators and Representatives from these States would invalidate Congress. The power of reception or exclusion is sole and ultimate with Con gress. The Supreme Court may say that a certain community is a State in the Union, but it can never decide that A B is entitled to a seat as Senator, or C D is a Representative therefrom. Congress may refuse their admis sion on a thousand different grounds, right or wrong, and there is no higher body to' whom an appeal can be taken, except the people ol the United States. The idea that Congress ceases to be a valid body because it refuses to admit a certain man as member, when somebody else says he Is entitled to be a member, when the Constitution makes Congress'itsell' sole judge of that very ques tion, is a bit of puerility quite worthy of some of our Democratic wiseacres. The act of refusal is, at the most, but an unconstitu tional act, and no more invalidates Congress itseli than any other unconstitutional act would. "The Supreme Court has certain well defined functions a certain field in which it may act. Outside of that it cannot go with- uuv Lmrvimiiug nut; ui luuiativu xu matter of reconstructing the late Rebel com - munities Is one of the things over which the Supreme Court has no power. Its simple duty la to follow the action of the legislative branch of ihe Government. This has been the uniform practice ol the Court itself in times past upon all political questions. Such was 1U doctrine In the Dorr case. Such, we doubt not, will be its doctrine now. But if not, all we have to say is that the American people were never In a mood of less tolera tion towards judicial usurpation than they are now. Congress is not only superior to Presidents, but it is also superior to Judges, and can bring them before its own high bar to answer for any attempt to exercise uncon stitutional powers. Tpm: re80i?t'lon offered in our State Legis- ature, by Mr. Stii7V.. appointing a Joint committee to investigate "charges of improper Influences being used to wcure the election of a United States Senator," c2 no haim, though we iear it will accomplish tut little good. Any one who will condescend to bribe will be shrewd enough to cover up all moccasin traci s of the transaction The System ol Washington Hneclala." Tun Iiouni Table, ppealang on the subject of Washington special despatches to da'Jj new spapors, aptly remarks "Of course, newspaper are prepared for a fallible public, which finds half the interest o l.cws in UlfrCUos.uar 1U iirobubilitj; baity news is necessarily ! in perfect, and the telegraph was always a liar, but one shining source ol llosc rumors oup ti hicu wo do not scruple to call a nuisance In metropolitan newspapers miht be removed with bcucGt to everybody, namely, Waluufrton correspondences per the wires. "home speciHl intelligence from the capitsl is in a sense cocpulpory, and in the form ot regu lar letters by mail, as the provlucisl journals receive theirs, it is deliberate and quite unobjec tionable; but telegraphic specials are quite otherwise. Kven it thry were true, f hey would t-till be so growdy partisan as to be utterly worthless; but they are not true. At beat, they arc slurs at the President a policy, or 'per sonals,' sometimes very personal at that: or the etienpest of predictions; or stock-lobbing rumor; or temps ot statistical information cer tain to tret into print through other channels. The gravest delec t in the dailies of this city today is thai notoriously lb'. give! a partisan bias to their news, and the Washington des patches are nothing i( not partisan. And as for the praln of truth in them, the most careless reader may remember that nearly all the lytn;; rumors which have excited the country and disturbed business during the live years past have been of this sort, Richmond was taken thus times without number, and 'Phila delphia despatch' came to be a species ot by woid. Nor have the public torgotten how, by a blunder 01 by deliberate garblluir boti abjut equally reprehensible the pub. of Sheridan's New Orleans despatch was le.lt out; or how, very recently, one journal dishonorably broke faith by giving an advance abstract ot the annual nicssaec in the form of a special despatch. The instances in which any item oi news has been thus given which proved genuine, worth the cost of the telegraphing, and ot such value that it could not have just as well waited for rettulur ways of transmission, are very few indeed; too inciemticant to be weighed against the misehief of Washington despatches, and the sad fact that this department ot journalism has been so gene rally and shamelessly prostituted to partisan and personal ends." While the manner of putting the case, as set forth by our friend, is more enthusiastic than elegant, yet we do not wonder at harsh words upon so monstrous an abuse as the sys tem condemned. The evil Is a far greater one than the public Imagine, and, In addition to putting a paper under heavy expense In order to keep up with Its contemporaries, places it at the mercy of correspondents, who may sell its reputation in order to enrich themselves. No first-class journal has any guarantee that it is not subjected to a falsehood when It places in its columns a despatch from Washington; for, even granting that the cor respondent is as honorable as a Bayard, yet he is dependent for his items on other parties, who may deceive good faith deceives his him, while he in paper. In fact, the whole plan of little news items being sent from the capital Is a mistake. Washington lias an air ''chameleon crammed" with rumors. Eveiy second man you meet has some secret of Btate to mysteriously communicate, and not once in a hundred times is there any foun dation for the so called news. The fact that correspondents are either utterly regardless of truth, or else completely dependent on unreliable aids, is proved by the despatch about Frederick Seward's mission. lie sailed on the Don and the Gettysburg ; he passed out to sea and hugged closely the coast ot North Carolina ; he put back on the Don to Fortress Monroe, and was sighted on board the Gettysburg in the direction of the Gull of Mexico, on his way to visit the Emperor Napoleon, Such is a consistent idea con veyed to the reader by two special Washing ton correspondents. And this tissue of surmises, gossip, and stock-jobbing Inventions this network of falsehood, fancies, and personal "puffa" is called news I To diau out to the public these delicacies of unfounded rumors, the leading journals of the country support a "Washing ton Bureau." The legitimate province of a newspaper is to furnish Its readers with facts. Speculations may be tolerated, but the publi cation of falsehoods as events is beyond the energy and enterprise expected. To cleanse this Augean stable is impos sible. The whole fabric ought to be torn down. Let a few leading papers do away with their Pandora box of falsehoods, and others will follow. We are compelled because others to maintain the system do, and while recognizing the evil must sub mit to it. Competition may be a good thing, but reform Is better. Here Is an un doubted evil. Let It be abated. Let regular correspondence take the p'ace of these hasty, crude, and generally false despatches, and the public will know as much as it does, and will learn to have reliance on what it heais, and not put every l.em down as a falsehood until It is pro fed, by confirmation, to be other wise. Mb. ScoveiA Address. We publish to day a well-written and eloquent address, delivered by Hon. James M. Scovel in Cam den on the 1st Instant, on "The American Idea ot Liberty." It is unnecessary to say that Mr. Scovel treats his subject from the high standpoint of universal principles, appli cable to all men and to all times. And such is, Indeed, the true American Idea of liberty. "Let It never be forgotten," said the old Con tinental Congress, '-that the rights for which America has contended are the rights of human nature." Mr. Scovel's speech Is well worthy of perusal, and as such we commend It to our readers. The Assembly of the Bab. Yesterday the dinner of the Bar to the Bench came off, at which some two hundred gentlemen sat down. The custom of tendering such hospi tality is no new Idea, and Is commendable because of the pleasant feeling It engenders. The addresses of the Judges were all happy, particularly that of the lion. George Shars wood, whose speech was a model of an after dinner oration sensible, yet anything but heavy. The responses of Mayor McMlchael, Dan. Dougherty, and Hon. Ell K. Price all reflected credit on the good taste ot the speakers, The dinner was voted a fmccess, SPECIAL NOTICES." DR. nOLPH LEE riAA ADMINiH TP.RrD MTHOU8 OXIDE of t.AliOHH.j OAS to U'OUHdnO. Wllh P'rroot shot.. IVi Dental, eurwlral, and Wed'csl purposes, and lor aransemeet. Our flit? cent per 100'h lor extracting no chatge for f utrPCtliiR Kimu artlflolal toeb are oidored. Ofllce, Mo 29 WKbX WABMlMtTuM ByUAKK, below Locust trsft, t-eventh atreot er pa th floor. Don't be fooluh mount) to co nev- h-ta and psy $'i and 14 ior km h. H I continue to give Instructions lo the dental nrotes "K IB 12 fmw.rn IJT ' -UN I V ICRS A L SUFF p,AG E." TUK WfcW I. KOTO U. HI RE7. HOR7 WARD BEECHER, A(JAIEMY Ob1 MUSIC, THl'USBAV, JANUARY 10, TICKETS IfOW ON SALE AT TRUMi'LEB 8 MUSIC 6I0BE, SLVESTa A.KD CUKSNtjr BTEEET8. 1 B St TICKETS rOK RESERVED BEATS, 78 CEST9. T1CK.KTS FOB UNRESERVED 6 EATS, SO CUNTS. IT?" H0N J- R- a- PITKIN, OF NKW OKLEANS.wUl deliver the Third Lecture of lhe Course, under the auftoicen of Ihe SOCIAL OiVIL, AM hTATlSIlt'AL ASSOjIA HON, 00 IhUB'Dtl . VKNI.NO, .ianuaT 10, at NAriuNO. II&LL, MAKKcT Sheet, above lweUih. Subject ' lue Sf oderu Purl an " Tlie Bt.A K aWAN will tarnlnh oeioetlotu. Slnn'e Admlaslon , 35 oents Doom open at 7 o'oiockt to coji mence at 8. 'llckitH mar be bad at T. B. Tngh' Bookntore, No. 607 CHmMT HI recti Methodist Book Depositor, Arch street above Tenth and at the Hall. Season lickoU tor the course (Elulit Ltc urea), aj. WILLI A ta STILu. Chairman, Vo. 12W W A8UIM.10N Avenue ( oal unice), J. O Willi' i 8a.. FOURTH Street below Willow, J II A NKINHOM . GUUKLYIA Stieet, I 7 it Committee ot Arrangement. ARMORY COMPANY D. FIRST REGI- mnnt O. R.. Jannarr a. 1867 Order No I. Members are hereby oidered to report for drill THIS KVfcMftO at s o'clock', preparatory to going to Uar rlftmrir, m obedience to Regimental Order No. J. Miued Ibis da;. J. BOSS CLARK, Captain Conipan I. J. H. BE AVER, Flint Sergeant. it rjTn NOTICE. PUBLIC AND ANNUAL mXJ Meeting or the Home for Aged Colored Peooie will be held on f ixru DAY (Friday) evening, Uth ln.laut.at MBtBTK HALL LOMBARD street, below Eighth, at Ih o'clock. Addieaaea by K. it VO I'Et and Others 1 21 THE AMERICAN UNION COMMIS SION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NlCW JKR- BET one ear since erected and cow own twoaehool houses In the cit of Ailanta Georgia 'iTjese bouses have been so divided as to (tire two comtortable rooms in each, capable of accor. modatlng, In the .tour rooms taus outaiued. tour hnnurea chiUten. Toe schools are undei the charge ol tlve estimable ladies, all, with a slDgie exception, from the otate of Fenn.vivanla. During the past jear tbe commission has had Ave ht.ndred cniloi en under its care In Atlanta, one hundred being taught In a building rented tor tbe purpose. This school It is proposed to abandon, and thus lighten the txpense. Four hundred children can be educated an entire year for the small sum ot tnree thousand dollars, or seven dollars ana nttj cents each. On j thousand aoMars hate been subscribed by ten gntiemen In Philadelphia. Two thousand dollars are yet needed. Should this amount not be oontrlruted tbe present month, the buildings and their furniture will have to be sold, and the pier chil dren scattered over Uieolty. with none to oare (or either body or eoal. When we reflect that tome of these little oni s are the orphan children of men who fought and died In tbe Union armv, and that fthtg Is the only means presented of fcbowlng our appreciation of their father' services, we think It ought not to be disregarded. The children have learned o love tbe commission, and to prny for those who give it tbelr tupport. Pennsy.vanla and New Jersey are ihe only State, so far as we are Iniormed, that have an organization tor the purpose named thus evincing a dlsposlU n to aid the South in elevating the poor white population to their rightful position Should we succeed In prose cuting our labors another year, we oan then retire urder tbe confident assurance that ibe work will be car tied forward bv the city or Htate authorities. The city of Athens have written us that they will as stime the education ot the poor of their town trorn the resent time, and we expect similar toed news iroin aeon. l'hey write ns from Athens, -'-the s-.biot here under your patronage has done real service, and been a bless ing to many, meeting a want and fining a vacuum made by levying no tax In 1403." Atlanta Is destined to be one of the most flourishing cities ot the Boutb. There Is now an . has been ever since tbe war closed, more enterprise In recoveilng irom their great loss bv Ore. and la the establishing ot t'ade. tban In any other part of that oountr. The in habitants have been quiet and orderly; no acts of vio lence occurring but such as a:e Incident to all cities. 'Ibe military ana civil authorities have in ved along In pereot unanimity. Mball Pennsylvania aid NewJetxev, br the additional gilt of three thousand dollars, com plete the good work they have undertaken, and thus asset Atlanta in rising, Phmi.lx-like, troni the ashes, with increased strength and beauty t Abraham Lincoln held in grateful remembrance to the last hour ot life the memory oi tbe men who taught him tbe one only year he had toe privilege oi aitend lnesihool Whl not the hundreds of little ones who bave been clothed partially fed, and instructed men tal y ana moral. y by the kind people ot two Northern btafes, rlso up and call ibem blessed P The Commission must decide the question soon At to the cont'nuanceot the work. Let all remember that Seven dol nrs and fifty can's will educate a child tor an entire year. It Is hoped a large number or persons will be lound re.idy to under take to keep at least one child In these sohocls. contributions onn be sent to . KA'dlTi'L V. tilEHKIt'tt, President, Marifci Street. WILLIAU BlRUlHEUS, Treasurer, No. 1022 Kar Itetcstrfi't JOSEPH PABKfcB, Secretary, Tract Home. o. UV) Cbewnt street. 1 t UNITED STATES TREASURY. ruiL4.DSLpn.iA, 1867. Ho!dr:) of twenty or more 7 U Coupon Bonds, due January 18 tiaa present them at this Ottloe tor count and examination, previous to the IMh mst int. Checks tor the same wul be issued on the lftth Instant O, UoKlBBlN, 1 9 3t Assistant Treasurer In I ted Htates. PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTION FOR THK DEAF AM DUMB. The Annual Meeting of thi contributors to the PENN SYLVANIA INSIllL'MON FOR THK DifiA F AND DUMB w il be he d at (he Institution, corner of BROAD and PIKE tstreeUt, on WEDNESDAY, the Ittth In si., at 4 o'clock P. M. 'l be Annual Report of the Board of Directors will be submitted, and an election lie d for odicers to serve tor tbe onsulnB i ea. JAMES J, B KOL tY, 1 4 ftuwOt Secretary. MERCANTILE BENEFICIAL ASSOCI ATION. Ihe terms of admission are as fol lows I Ltle Membership 2M)0 Annual Membership 3 UO Lntiance Fee 100 Applications tor ailmtssion to membership may be mude to any manager, or to WILLIAM A. ROLIN, Socretarv, 12 12 wfm 22t JS o. m MAiiKK'i' .street. A MEETING OF THE WHARF AND nronertv holders on the He.liuvlkil! river will be beld at the Board oi Trade Hooms No. JO) OIIKSNU f htreet. on WtDNE-D AV AFl'ERNOO X at 4 o'clock, to bear the report of tbe Committee In regard to the obstructions ot the riv. r by the proposed bouth Street Brloge. JOHN PKICK WLT lit RILL,) uvnn J1&JKL1, comnuilce. D PAUltlNH. Pbilnde'phla, January 7, IfsiT I82t THE ANNUAL MBKTINtt OF THE Stockholders of Mhll-H tiotls rv OH, C OM PANY, will be held at tbe tttlce, No. lMi M VRK"T Htreet on MONDAY EVFNI SU January 7 lHBI, at 7 o'clock, ior the choice of officers, and any other busi ness ibat mar come up ior ac.lon. Vi 2ii as6t N. m. k ERNA LP, Secretary. ITS- NOTICE. THE ANNUAL MEETISfi aV-SO' of the Stockholders of the NOR I'll FORK OF HUGH Eh RlVF.il OIL AND MIN INO COMPANY wl l be telriat No. 8"ll AKt. II Htreet Hecond Floor. I'hliadel plua. on TBI' Rb DAY, January 17, 1W7 tK P M t 7 inwi:u E. WARD, Treasurer. grST- BHAMOKIN COAL COMPANY.- tMf I'mtAPELPiiu, December 22, latiit Too Annual Kuetlng of the Stockholder of the 6HAMOK1N COL CoMPAN V will be he'd at their Oillce, Ko. ?J6 WALNL'. Htreet (Room No. 8), on WKDNhftDAY. January 16, lti7, at 11 o'clock, to elect Director) or the eusuing rear. 'J ho Transfer Books wi 1 be closed on and attor the 2 jib lii'laut Vl'l'im CHAV.LFS B LIUDSAY, Heoretary. rZZr BATCH ELOR'S HAIR DYE XHK BEST IN TBB WOKLD. Banulehii rellnble. inetantaneous 'Ihe only per mot dye. Ko dlsatipolntmeut. no ridiculous tints, bat true in mil ure black or brown. OKMJlfcE L B1QNED WILLIAM A. BiTCHELOH. ALHO , IlerftiiPrHtlnB Extract ol ilUloflenrsrestoros.preserves and U atiLlli-s the hair, prevents baldnexs. hold by all DriifftlatH. laclorj No bl U AUG LAY bl.,S. Y .SPECIAL NOTICED. PfTlflT PUESBYTRItlANf fllHTftPFI -MTfT iMWOHl tstreat. h.i i..k t' J. HUF I'll BHD. l. I.. r.Ur.wk efprsysr. Ser vice every evening this week . atop.pt etardT,e irn- wc-BOIng aUH o oiook. All a-e lavited. f777 FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' NA- TIONAL BAKU. Pnir.AfT.1.11lA VW.mk.t f tftdft The AnnnalFlectlon fcr Dlrec or ot this flank wfl bo he'd at tbe Banking tioo on WK ONE-DAY. the (lib day of January next, between the hoars of 10 o'clock A. s. end i o'oiook p. M. H 2'c W RUSBTOH, Jr., Cashier. fKCrt- PHILADE'.PHIA AND READING FRTt'rre. C0". D.V?DK'r,Tf7rmbM,'1M8 TheTransfer Hooks ot this company will be close 1 on 'l UESDA Y, DocAiiiber IK, and reopened on lUcS DAY . tbe lAth ol January next. A Dividend ot I-IV fa. nil cKST. bM been dee'ared In the Pre erred and com mo a Htock char of Natlooal end Bint taxes pavable in cash or common stjck at par, at the opiton of the nolder, on and alter tbe list instant to the holders -hereof, as th-f shall stand registered on tbe books c the Company, on the Irtth lntant All payable at till office In Philadelphia. 'I he option as to takloa stock for ihis dividend "vlll oea at the elose of business hours oa Saturday, IvJi Maicb next. All orders for dtvidonds must be witnessed and stamped 12)42ftt 8. BKADKORD, Treasurer. OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON RAILROAD COPNT. PniLADKi.rHlA Deeemher 21 1S5. Tbe Annual tee Ing ot the Mockho der, and an F lection lor Dime ors lor the enauinc year wi I be held at the Company's ofBoe on MOMlit, the Uth day tf January lb17. at 1 o'clock P. M. U 24mw. tl 14 J MORRfcXL, Secretary 1FICE OF1HE UNION PAMSRnijer 5w Wlf Y W'A' 1 R "1-XIW and r, Ph"-a'"-p"a Janxarys 1W7. Ihe Board of Directors have this day declared a DIvldenu of OnRDjLLARanD MFi i CtJSXci per share (ch ar oi tax), payable at this office on and ait MONDAY, 14th Insiaut. 'Ihe transfer books will be closed on Wednesday, flth Instant and opened, on the "tb W. IX Uul., is it lreasurer. OFFICE OF TIIE KKANKFOltn AMrt PHILADKIPKIA PAKSKN..K1 luiiuir C-MPA JS V, No. FRAKFOKD Road. "" ., . Piiilaxblphia. De -eaatier 27, 1866. Al1 persons who are ubsorlthtra to or ho ders ol tbe Capital etooko' this . ompuif ana whs hvenotyet palo the ''BIRD Instalment of FIVF4 HOLLAR- per share thereon are herein notlfld ibat the said Tnlrd Instalment has been oalled In aad that they are re quired to pay the same at tbe above oftlo j, on or be ore bATUKraV, the 12th day of January next IK07. . By Beeolutivn of the Board of Dlteetors. 12 28 121 JACOB BIND Kg. President. KST OFFICE OF THE NORTH PENN3YL . PmiAPELPni a, December 27, 186 The Ar nnal Meeting of the Stockholders 01 the onh Pennsylvania xailroad Company will be held at .the Office ot the Company, No. 4(i7 WALtUr Street, Phlla detpiiia, on MoNDaY, January 14. 1867. at 12 o'clock M., when an election will be be d ior a President and ten Directors, to serve fur the ensulna year. 12 28 i4t Miff.El) ARW8TKO.J Secretary. OFFICE OF THE HESTONVII.T.R. MANTUA. AND FAIRMOTJNT Pihcaiiik RAILWAY COMPANY . Pn 1 ladrlphi A, December 29 1808. NOTICE TO BTOcKHOLoKRs. The Annual Meet ing ot the stockholders ot this omnanv will be held at tbelr oflice, No 2m (' ALI.O WdiLL Hu'et on MO.S 1ia V, Jannan- I4ih, 1867 at 2 o'olock P. M. An eleotlon tor a President and Five Directors, to serve for the en sulnf year will be he d at the same place, and on the same day, between the hjurs ot 2 o'clock P. M. and 4 o'clock P. M. EDWARD U. FLOOD. m 1 9479 11 12 Secretary. OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND GB.AY'8 FKRKY PA8SENGEH RAIL WAY COMPANY, TWENTY-SECOND Street, below Spruce. Philadelphia December M, 1866. The Stockholders' Annual Meeting and election for i-resioent, uirtctors ana xreaiurer 01 the Company, will be held at this Ofllce on TUESDAY, January IS, ISM, at ll o'ciock A M. JAMES MC FADDEN. J8 . 12 ill ttwrtt tSocretaiy. OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND DABBY RAILROAD COMPANY TWENTY-SECOND fcttreet. below Sprnce. Philadelphia. December 31. 1866. The Annutl Meeting of ibe btockhoideri of this Com pany, and election tor officers for tbo enulog year, will oe neiu at tuis vmce on au.MU x .tianutry it 1867 at 4 p. U. 11. FciCKWIR Secretary. 12 31 mwt7t OFFICE OF THE 9CHULKILL RIVER A8fcEOER RV1LWAY COMPANY. 1 WENT-Si.JOD Htreet beiow Spruce. PitiLMiRLPHiA December 31, 1866. The Annual Meeting ot the Mtnckhoiders 01" this com pany and an eleclon for 1 'resident and Directors will be hell at this Offtct on MONDAY. January '4, 187, at 3 P. M A- W. ADOLtt, 12 almwlT'' becretury. THE WEST PHILADELPHIA PAS 8ENGFB RAILWAY COMPANY. Office N. W. corner 1 Oiil V-riRST and H AVtRFOBD Streets ' PiiiLAUKLruiA, January 8, 1867. Tbe Botri of Directors have U ta day dec ared a divi dend ot FIVE PER CF.VT. on the Capital Stock for the lastlsix months, clear of all taxes, payable on and alter the 18tn instant The Books or the Transfer ot Stock will be closed until tnat date. bamull 11. liUHN, 1 0 wsmth 4t Treasurer, OFFICE OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND MNtTFEFTU STREETS PASSENGER ka il vf a 1 t-unriM. if .. . ..... . T n ion. niLiPBi,rni.t,iiuuni7 nui, Nf tlce Is hereby alven that the Board 01 Directors have this day dec ared a dividend of ONE DOLLAR per share, clear tn an u&9, payaoie on m alter ine ifitn urn. 14 at tslLAS YERKES Ja Treasurer. OFFICE OF THE SECOND AXD THIRD STREETS PA88F.NQER RAILWAY COM. PAN Y, No. li4M FRANKFORD lload. Philapblphi a, January 2, 1867. Tbe Board of Directors bave this day declared a divi dend ot ilVK PKR ('KM I' , clear ot taxes payable on or alter tne mu innrB.ni. js. a. cpbli-. 1. 1 4 9t Treasurer. SEW 1'LLU Ui!E L'Oli THE HASOKEBCUIEl' PliALOK'S 'Ntght Blooming Cereui." PHAILOK'S "Klght Blooinlug Cereus." PliALOM 6 Mght Blooming Cereus." PIIALON'S "Kight Blooming Cercua." PIIALON'S "Night Blooming Cercua." A most esinisi'te, (Jolleate, nt Fragrant Perrama, distilled from the rare acd beautllul flower trom which tt takes Its name. Mil ufactored only by 613w PIIAE.ON SON. Nevr York. BL WARE OF COT7NTERFEIT8. AfrK FOB PHALON 8 TAKE NO OTHER. STFTVWiV - CflV't'l 'fYfi HJAA-Ai. nai txi 00.10 Grand Square and Upright Piano Fortea, t-TEIKWAY A 80N8' direct special attention to their newly invented Uptight" Pianos, wlln their 'Pudnt Jieimiatvr" and double iron trame. talented June 0, TMo. This invention consists in provlulcg the Instrument i:i addition to ibe Iron Irame in rrnni of the soundboaid) wltn an Iron brace 11 time In the rear 01 It bo h irames being casi in if, tticr. thereby impurtlng a solidity of con strmtlct Hid capacity oi standing In tuuo never before altalntd in that clusso instrument T he toundboard is supported beiween the two frames by an apparatus re.u atltig Its tension, so tluit the flteatest potiible devree ot sounl producing capAclty s obtained and regulated to tbe nicest desirable point Hie great volume and exquisite quailtr ot tone, ai w ell as elasticity and piomntness ot action, ot thee new I'prlght Pianos, bave elicited the unqualified ad mlraton of tht musical pioleesion and ad who uave beard Ibem. 1.LAMC8 BROTHERS confidently offer these beau tltul instrunients to the puhlio and invite every lover ot music to call and exam me them 1 very Piano it oous'ructed with their Patent Agrraflu Arrangement applied dnectly to tbe lull Iron Frame torale onl; bv BlASlUh BHOTilKU.S. 12 27 in tp No. lWti Cll telNU X Street F OYER OF THE ACADEMY. CARL WOf.FOHSM TIIIRD f AT1VEJ5 KI DAY A Tt . KNO'lN . January II AT UtLF-PASX FOCR O'CLOCK, third appearance of Vi UKRR J. POLLAK, .rom tue R05SI Opera, Dresden. ( AKI. Itoi-.HK. AcoompaulHt. Tickots One Dollar eocli. To be had At fie mus'o sloios and at the door. . IV It FINANCIAL. BANKING. 110172311. ' j op . . JayCooee'cScIQ). 112 and 111 So. THIRD ST. FITJLAD'A. Dsalers ia a I Governtrnjit Becnritici OLD D-QOs WANTED IN EXCHANGE TOR NEW. A LIBERAL DIFFERENCE ALLOWS. Coaipsuad Interect Uctes Wanted IHrEREST ALLOWED OS DEPOSIT; Colleclcn mult, etoc&s bcualit aud old on Cora mtslon i 3,n Fpecial bDBlnesti accommodations reserved ior ladle. SEVEN-THIRTIES. WE CONTINUE TO CONVERT ALL ISSUE or SEVEN-THIRTIES INTO FIVE-TWENTIES, Aud t thla time holders of 7-30a tun make the exchange at a Profit by taking the January and July Issue of 5-30a. JAY COOKE & CO., No. 114 South THIIID St. 1 5 12t4p 7 3-lOs, ALL SERIES CONYEKTED INTO 5-20s of 1865, January and July, WITHOUT CHARGE. BONDS DELIVEEED IMMEDIATELY. DE HAVEN&BROTHER. 102SrpJ No. 40 SOUTH THIRD St. KATIOXAL EXCHANGE BANK, Capital $300,000, Full Paid, HAS REMOVED TO ITS NEW BANKING HOUSE, Noa. 633 and 635 CflESNUTSt, A. BOD 1'icbicIfiJt John W, Ciluc ifcL.Casliier. 117 Manners. VU. tb gc. 3d m., j SjftUAau anxl IZateLQL xrJuznqe, and nLcmLcU af gftadz aiul &xxLd xcianes in. Lath, cities. , yccaunA af Jcuiki ami t&anltcU. ierruicd an. Hhr,! tctinA. ILLIAM PAINTER & CO., BANKERS? No. 30 South THIRD St. JVNE, JULY, and AUGUST 7Q0s CONVERTED INTO FIVE-TWENTIES, And the Difference in Market Price Allowed. BOBDS DELIVERED IMMEDIATELY. 13 26 3m BACON & WARDER STOCK BROKERS, No, 218S WALNUT STREET. STOCKS AKD LOAK3 Uiusht and gold on Com mission. lklT tUKDa invested lu City, State, or Govern met t Loans. WILLIAM II. MOON, REAL ESTATE BHOKElt, 181mrp No. S18i "WALNUT Street, FINANCIAL. 1 e JUNE, AND AUGVST, . CONVERTED INTO 5-20s AVIthout Charge, aad, Market DltTtre;4 la Price Allowea. O-aOa Delivered at Once. 181flHp DREXEIi 6c CO. RATIONAL BANK OF THE BErUELIG, Ncs. 809 and 811 CHE3NUT Etircetf rUILADELl'IHA. ; . CAPITAL teCO.COO.rTJLL PAID DIRECTOBS. Jos. T. Hallcj-, WDkErrlon, Sara. A. Iil.pbaaf Edw. B. Orne, Osgooa Welsh, rred. A. Hort, K.tta UUlct, Ben.BowlsDo.Jr. V'uuU ItUaa PRESIDENT, WILLIAM II. RI1AWN. OABHIF.K.1 J03F.PH P. MUMFOItD. flMl n J)AVIES mtOTHJJKS. Ko. 225 DOCK Street, BANKEI5S AND BROKEI184 BUT A" BXL TJKITED STATES BOKDS, ALL IB UTH. . AUUUtT, Ji'jSK, and JULT 1 1-10 VOTES. OOMPOVKD IKTEKtbl HOTKd. u AtUl'BT 7 -10 MU1KH COAVCBTE INTO TUB EW (-20 BODH, Il ercaatUe Paper and Loao.onCoUateiala aeietlated Wtock Bonghtanil feolfl onOummlsalon. ' III iGIlTll QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE : v CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK OF PHILADELPHIA. Januaar t,lsT. RESOURCES. Pills rtfcounted 113SOO'69 Vnitf d Bots I ona. cepontcd ' ' at Washington 910.000 M i TJnltca HtaU. liuud and be- ourlile. on band 048,203'M i.SOJ.Tlltl remand I oans iTH 40V 00 Due b National Bani. 241 AM Hi .. ; , i Leval tender oie W6tjti59 . J-ationaiBans. JKotes 23v.ve ' 1.639 M8-U - Expense, and Taxes l.tMHt LIABILITIES. "i"3lTn Capital Stock 75 OM'W Circulation eva.pneoe i Deposits, neti I.Wj,Jv.-u hnrplus ruLd !)5 0oui0 .. I'rotits 1S.S4017 ' f8'TT 4ji.:n THEODORE KlTUUJlN, 10 8t Cashier. OUA1ITEELY REPORT or Tim v 1AT10HAL BANK Or THE BEPDBLIC. PHiLAPP.LPiita, Januaty 7, 188T. ote. and bills discounted .179 810 27 Untied Males lionds donohl ed vlth tbe Tieasurur of tbe United ttes eot.ooooo t iilwd btaics Bonds 011 band llH&U.'-oO I egal-tender Notes $3115 847152 Nktlonal Jbauk botes , Id 510110 Due Irom other banks 215 457 12 Fractional currency and cash items 610924 Baukln't-bouse OH 238 III Fumitnre am. tlx tines 8 271-1 Premiums . 21 27J-JJ Expenses and taxes 17 124 li) Total el.lwW r LIABILITIES. " rapltal Stock, fall ptiu v0.(yitM Deposlta grons jn M 40 Cuculatlon ouisiauaing 40?mu "wtii 11 art m To' Vl,6i IStfM I. , JOSPPH P. VCMFORD, Cashier of the aattonaT natiK ot the Rppub lo do so emnly .wear that the above statement Is true, to tne best of m know.eoao and belief, 18tt4p JOSEPH PUniFQRn,Ca.hler BOOKS. J. 13 . LIPPINCOTT & CO., Ncs. 715 and 717 MARKET Street, THILADELPHIA, HAVE JUST PUBLISHED, IDALIA, A new novel by Onlda." author ot "fitrathmoro." ' l bandos," Giavlileuo VlgLe," etc 12nio, ROBERT SEVERNE. n is Friends and his Enemies. A novel By WUUata A. UktuoibUd. limo. ELEMENTS OP ART-CRITICISM. A Text Book for Schools and Colleges, and hand book ior amateurs and artists. By U VV Bsmson, IK 1.. Fiexlrieut ol Uulumblsa college. Washington. o.C Crownbvo. CAMERON II ALL,. A Story of the CIU War By M. A. C author of 'The Litte Episcopalians," "Bessie Jlelrllio." etc. 12mu. NEARLY READY. OLD BIR DOCOLAS. Bv non Wrs Norton. CNDRH IVt O FLAGS. H "tmlrta " SItJIOlUS OF TH. COIsrrDKHATB WAB FOR INlt.Pfe.MjFACE B HemsVon Borcke, late Cnlel oi HtntT to UenuralJ. t. B. btuart. DA1-S1K DlouErf. J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Noa. 719 aud 717 MARKET Street, lOwlsit PHILADELPHIA. WIT MIL IliM(iVAL.-J(JY. COli & CO.'S ADVKB V 1I8INU A CESCV is removed ftom N. E. corner Filth aud Chrsuut streets lo Ko 144 8. BIX I'U tt ettt, second door tio vo Walnut, about half a square below the new Le.ner" llul dh if. 1 7 tit a THK NEWS-STAND, S. W. COR M KR . BEVENTU and CHKSStuT Bfreets Is open dally until 9 P. M.. tor tbe sale ot the leading Morning, Evening Weei.lv, Sunday, aud Illustrated N'eitspapers of this cltyt togttber with tbe .NetT Vork dai lea weeklies etc. 72 1 NOTICE. ALL PEKSOVS ARE FORBID trusilnamv wife, MAHY Fl TZGEKALD. on mr accouui, in i will pay no debts of her contracting aiter tUd .ta. January a, . F.DMOSD FITZOERiLD. (innn SSIO.OOO, AND $5000. SEVE-O-lclUvAJi rai sum. ef tuese amounts ta la vt upon luongage Appiv to . Fi'i'LttR. 19l! ho. Bl W- B 1 XT U. Htreet. AOKNTLEMAN AND WIPE, i . gentlemen can be aooomir0'latfl; OK SINGLE with Board at iio.. 'HVtLHU btreut. I
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