TIIE DAILY KVMNING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9. 18(5.
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l-er Aornnit Ore Dollar and Fifty Cent for Two
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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.
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Ncs. 715 and 717 MARKET Street,
THILADELPHIA,
HAVE JUST PUBLISHED,
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ELEMENTS OP ART-CRITICISM.
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CAMERON II ALL,.
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'The Litte Episcopalians," "Bessie Jlelrllio." etc.
12mu.
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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.
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