THE DAILY EVENING TELKGKAlir.--PIIILADELPHlAf THUKSDAY, FEBUtTAHY 7, 186T. 5 fcALTINO THE TRACKS. . From Profetior B. Ilowtrd Rial, To the FxiUor of The Evening Telegraph:-' ' The writer is not Interested In any way, directly or Indirectly, in any street railway company; being gifted with a good pair of loss, he docs not use the cars, and may thorefore be at least entitled to hearing as an impartial writer. The hue and cry raised In regard to salted tracirs does not, certainly, reflect much credit on the Judgment or our people. The Grand Jury, under oath, presents the custom as a nuisance; the Legislature unanimomly passes through one branch a bfll making it a penal ofl'eust-; and one brnnch of Council, Willi equal unanimity, forbids it. On what authority is all this 'notion based ? Certainly hot on ttiat of scientific or medical men, tor when such testimony wns taken a fow years hro before a Committee of Councils, it was decidedly in favor of the nso of salt. Let us con sider its advnntnKcs and drawbacks. Salt, by an notion which may bo termed chemical, ihuwg snow during cold weather, and removes In a f w hours that which would not be molted by nnturnl ngencies In ns many clays. Tho snow mvnl melt, and the salt only malc-s It do ho more 'Hiickly. As the result of this action, in a few hour the streets used by cars are open for travel, not only of cars but of vehicles of all kinds. Abolish salt, and travel on thestroet vara would necessarily be suspended after each heavy snow for hours, and sometimes for days, as Is now the ease lu Boston and Now York. The inconvenience to thousands of nil classes, and the loss from suspension of business, would be considerable. Not only would car travel be suspended, but heavy vehicles, ns drays, would have to increase their tennis, and much hauling would have to be put ofT until a thaw. The tiutliof this can easily be seen by comparing altera snow any street having a track in it with a side street not so provided. Supposing It possible to remove the snow by ploughs and brushes, it will only make tho piles on each side of the track higher than ever, and render turuingoutln many of the streets a matter of impossibility. As to the disadvantages of tho custom of Halt ins, the tracks. 11 is alleged that it is injurious to the health of the community. This Is not true, nor will any respectable medical man endorse such an assertion. ( ur city Is as healthy now as It was beiore the use of salt, as is shown by the tables of deaths. A few years ao it was said that salting the tracks caused diptherla, but scarlet fever this year takes the placo of diptherla. "Will they charge the scarlet fever to tho use of salt? as to the destructive effects of salt upon clothing. Bait water does not penetrate leathor so readily as fresh snow water. This has been shown by actual experiment. A light gum sandal, which should be worn by all In slushy or slippery weather, will entirely protect both boot and foot from wet. That a person may be made sick by a wet foot where there is no salt is not denied. Walt is a neutral body; it has no chemical action upon fabrics, it does change some colors, and if women prefer to drag silks printed with aniline dyes through the mud and slush to usiDgamore suitable material for suoh a pur pose, we cannot pity them if their llnery be comes damaged. As before stated. I walk over all parts of our oily, and I can truly say that I have not suffered one-tenth of the inconveni ence lrom salted streets that I have from the iiccumulatious of lee on the sidewalks from our miserable system of surface drainage. B. II. It. Wendell Philips on Impeachment Again. From the Anti-Slavery Standard, The only thing that looks like an argument against impeachment, is that it is a dangerous measure. No doubt it is so. No doubt im peaching the President Is a dangerous measure. But ia letting him stay as he 'u, and where he is, two years longer, auy lees dangerous? If any man can snow us a path to safety which has no danger in it, of course wi will gladly walk therein. But this it a battle. In a battle both sides run risks. it was very dangeron9 for General Grant to set out on the bloody path to Kietimond. But it was more dangerous to lie still in his Wash ington camp; hence Urantlmoved toward sRich nioud. General McClellan is the only com mander we ever heard of who required to have it demonstrated that a certain step incurred no risk belore he would take it. Wo hope Con gress will not fight this battle on McClellan principles. The nt soldier for McClellan to lead was Shakespeare's courtier, whose only objec tion to gunpowder was that it killed people. The opponents of impeachment ns a "danger ous measure" ought to be mustered into the same company. When our lathers put the power to impeach, the President into the Constitution, does any man suppose they did not foresee that its use would always ba dangerous r Did history 6how them anv sovereign priuce quietly submitting to be checked and deposed? They knew well that in Polandleverv noble had the right to veto L every act ot the Sovereign Council. But no noble dared to exercise the right till he had mounted the fleetest norse money wouia ouy, and got to the extreme edge of the Assembly; then, shrieking out the hated word, he put spurs to his horse and fled at bis utmost speed 1 1 iinr imnenehment is a like nower. No man could be President without a party. No sane Vman would ever adopt or persevere in a policy WllUOUl auuereuio. vi vuiu.-, uiciciuic, m every supposable case, impeachment ot a Presi dent mu.it always be the collision of two great parties. This is inevitable in the very nature of our Government. To talk of its danger, there fore, is like talking to a sick man of the bitter ness of his medicine. It is less bitter than his disease, aud therefore he takes it. All the ereat powersyOf Governments are dangerous. We set up the delicate and com plicated machinery of government simply and only that we may safely use dangerous powers. Lancets are dangerous instruments. The use of surgeons is, that when lancets are needed, such men know how to use them safely. So with swordB, and the other high powers of govern ment. It Congress is to avoid the use of any power that may do harm, how many will be left it? In times of danger, wise and bravo men esk not which is the sate path, but which is the safer. In the simple unity of despotism there is but one danger, which is the danger that the despot may task too severely the patience of the victims. Avoid that, and the course of the Government is always smooth. Despotism is like the course of the cannon-ball; direct, obey ing a simile force. The policy of republics is like a billiard ball, bounding and rebounding a: the bidding of many forces. Freedom is the result, not ol simple but complicated govern ments, check and balance. Toe whole merit of uch Governments is their ability to use dan gerous powers with safety. The power of impeachlngl Judges, Presidents, and Senators i one of these. Our fathers gave it to Congress because they saw rt was necessary. No man has shown that the use of it to day against this President wonld incur any danger other thun such as every possible use of it in every possible case would incur. To yield to such a busrbearis to -ay there ought to be no such power in the rnnntitntlnn. The constitution puts such a power in the hands of Congress, and says In o miin. rna use it. Does any man maintain that a case more urgently requiring it can pos sibly occur? it tnis man ougui uoi io ue im- V - .3 tmttrtnA A PftMP Whleik WOlltfl it demand that remedy ? Can you imagine an ntinnai mood in which it could ne . f Deucueu. I'UU YUU 1 - ' . more salely tritd than at this hour ana in mis inooa j . Th roiin ii.cn nntleinaled in t tie const)' u tlon has occurred. Whoever omits to nse the ,.mii nrpwrihari in that instrument is bound to show that any use ot it, at any time, risks the nation's safety to such an extent that, prac tically speakine, the American people nave no of checking a hmior uiice seated in the Presidential chair. They must always ubmlt 1o four years of ruin, and trust their surviving It to the possibility ot a change for the better oft or four tears, and to the reennerative powers of the nation. If, in 18til, Buchanan had had I v.rtn vears instead of three months to rule, we I must nave submitted to be ruined I The risk of nonositlon would have been too ereat I The ftdniiHi of such a principle is the first step to despotism. Whoever maintains it is only the avaftt-courrier 01 auomcr i.ouib iionaparte. Wimdiu, Paiiuri. CITY INTELLIGENCE. H ADDITIONAL LOCAL 1TKHS SHE THIRD PAOB. Cobojteb's Investigation. At 1 o'clock to day Coroner Daniels held an Investigation in the case of John Murray, who died from the eirecis of being shot by a John O'Toole, in Mar ket street, on Christmas night. Dennis Murray sworn I recognized the body of the young man who died al the Pennsyl vania Hospital as my son. James Donnelly sworn On the Monday week before Murray died, I wont to the hospital; I asked him about the shooting affair, aud if he was ever in the house bofore that night; ho sti id he had not been, and never saw O'Toole before; he said ho did not go there with the intention of doing him any bodily injury; ho said they went In for a little amusement; he said he didn't strlite him; ho said he was tho last one going out, and the man went behind the bar and got a revolver and ordered the I arty out; Murray kopt his face towards the man, and Just as ho not on the pavement he pointed the pistol at bis breast, aud llred it when ho was ahout two feet off. William Simpson sworn I saw the fight; It wns somewhere about 11 o'clock: live ot us went into the place and commenced blowing horns; O'Toole was not there when wo went In, but came In about two minutes after. The witness Hiilistiintlateil what the previous witness testi fied to as pnrt of the conversation he had with tho deceased at the hospital, and in addition stated that Murray remarked, after the shot wns tired, "he was shot througu tho heart," and witness went for a druggist; I saw the pistol in O'Toole's hand. James McLaughlin sworn I saw O'Toole poln t the pistol at Murrey; after he was shot he said be would shoot half-a-dozen more of us If we didn't get out. Matthew McGoldrlek sworn We got nothing to drihk there. The rest of the testimony of this witness was simply a substantiation of thu two previous witnesses' testimony, Charles Fa Id man sworn I was in mv nlaee. and heard a shot fired; I ran out and saw O'Toole with a pistol in bis band, and Murray lylug on the pavement. Kdward Conner and Christopher Ilarkins gave their testimony, and It wns only a reitera tion of the testimony of the rest of the party. Dr. Bhaplelgh sworn I made a post-mortem examination at the Pennsylvania Hospital last evening; I found a gunshot wound flvo inches directly under the left arm pit; tho ball entere i above the fifth rib, passed inwards and back wards through the lower lobe of the left lung, through the body of the eleventh dorsal ver tibrne, nnd was lound behind the right kiduey; the deceased came to his death from Inflamma tion caused by the wound described. The jury rendered tho following verdict: That the said John Murray came to his death lrom a gunshot wound nt tho bunds of John O'Toole, on Christmas night, December lHt6. Died at the Pennsylvania Hospital, February 5, 1867. The Jcniata at Akch Street Wharf DKSCltllTIOS OF 11KR VoVAHB-JiKR CAHOO. One of the liveliest scones we ever witnessed was that presented to us yesterday on Arch street wharf. From Delaware avenue to ltsedge.lt presented a spectacle of mercantile enterprise and industry. Threading our way between bales of cotton, barrels of molasses, hogshends of sugar, and other mixed merchandise dis charged the day before, drays, furniture cars, carts, and other vehicles, this way aud that, amid confusion worse confounded, wo ap proached the ocean steamer . Juniata. It was a modern Babel. Here were clerks, receiving bales of cotton, superintending the weight of each several package, and chocking them ns they were placed on the trucks and run off to the drays. On the extreme point were gathered together an assembly of perhaps three or four hundred dealers, while, mounted on a barrel, and overlooking the crowd, stood an auctioneer, cngnged in disposing of the molasses, not in front of him, but behind him and on each side of him. We wondered at his volubility of tongue and his expedition, while we sighed when" we re flected that all this Juice of the cane was shortly to be converted into molasses whisky. Finally we reached the vessel, where we were received by Captain Hoxle, who obligingly ga ve us the particulars of bis voyage. He left New Orleans on the Hlh ultimo, crossing the bar on the 15th, From thenoo to Chester tho passage was made in six days aud ten hours, the shortest on record, ngainst adverse winds all the way "blowing from every point of the compass." At Chester tho lee nrrestod her progress and it was fourteen days before she reached Arch street wharf.after breaking every hawser she bad on board, as well ns thoso of the City Ice Boat hawsers of ten-inch dimensions parting like pncklbread. Her cargo consisted of 900 bales of cotton, u similar number of barrels of molasses, with Oil hogsheads of sugar, 500 hides, and about 200 bales of mixed merchandise. We made a thorough inspection of the vessel nnd its accommodations, the particulars of which are too voluminous for our present notice. She will leave on Ka'nrdnv wo-ninn. A Daring Thikf, and a Good Run. Last nicht. about half-past six. a young fellow. giving his name us r.uwaiu jjuvis, anas uorris, went into a dry goods store on Pino street, above Nineteenth, when there was no one iu attendance but a lady, and snatched a bundle containing three shawls, valued at about 20, which were ready for dollvory, and made oir. The lady attendant immediately ran to the door,) ustll y cry ing,"htop inieir oincers orr and Verden being in the vicinity, started in pur suit. Down one street, up another, through alleys and around corners, they went with great alacrity aud wonderful dexterity. From Nineteenth and Pine they ran to Twenty-first and Locust streets, and would have been then at a good distance from the pursuers, bad It not been that Officer Marshall, hearing the err, and seeing the chose, rushod out upon Uoriis, when passing ny, ana wun a lew taps or nis locust billy laid hlni low. Dorrls, near the com mencement of chase, dropped the shawls and scooted. lie is to havo a bearing this after noon at the Central Station, before Alderman Beltler. Assault and Battery Cases. Daniel Taylor, living at Altoona, Pa., visited this city, nnd yesterday, in a wrangling discussion at Tenth and Callowhlll streets, knocked, hit, punched, and otherwise assaulted bis opponent, lie was arrested, and committed by Alderman Beltler to answer at Court, in default of idxi ball. Mrs. Margaret Meurenner. residing in tho rear court of the building fronting ou No. tii Wayne street, assaulted another female, and wns neiu respousiuiu uy Aiuurmau .uassoy in 8000 bail. William Muncey, a colored individual, aged 27, was yesterday held by Alderman Bottler in 81000 bail, for assaulting an individual ou Hlchmund street; lor whicu no wiilauswer at Court. J. J. Tayior was commiuea uy Alderman Msssey iu default of 8-100 ball, for a pugilistic encounter near leuni mm i uiuuwiiiu streets, in wbieli be sadly uaraageu nis opponent. D18PO6AL of Those Concerned in the Shooting affair. At Alderman Belller s ex- amlnation yesterday, me parties engaged In the disturbance and shooting affair Tuesday evening, on the Port Richmond cars, were, after a hearing, aisposeu 01 us ioiiows: i-itiricK Toner, held to bail in 8.1M); Hubert McClear, S-Hy Matthew Hartmun, WoOO. James Kouuon nnd Cbnrles Donnelly were discharged. Timothv Maira. recognizee, oy nis light cloth ing as the man who was the last of the party who ran through Futaw street, when pur sued by the oftlcer, and who drew a pistol and shot a man named Burrows in the back, was committed for a further hearing. For a maiorlty or tnose engaguu in 6preolng on the occasion of a wedding, it will prove it costly ulluir, The Oyster Supply. Four of the eleven long-lmprlsoued oyster fleet came up yesierdav iutowof the City Ice Boat, leaving seven bo hind. They are. however, all empty, their ear- foes having been sent over League Island to 'hlladelphla, at a cost of $7-50 per load, with an additional IM and a Unuoeitr of 50 cents to the carman or carter. There are but few oysters in market, the principal stock being from Nause inond, near Norfolk, landed at Atlautlo City, and brought thence by railroad prices rangiug fromiltoiK The stock wasl JO0 baskets. Fifty barrels of Tangier came by the Philadelphia And Baltimore Hail road prices. Jo to 810. There was a small lot of Chesi.peakes at Washington street wharf. Asother Casualty. About a quarter East ten o'clock this morning, Third street, elow isouth, experienced a little excitement. A dray, heavily laden, was being driven down Tblrd street, when the driver, sitting in front, unfortnuately fell trout bis scat, when one of the wheels passed over bis feet, crushing it badly. Our Informant states he was carried up Bout n street in search of medical aid. He was 1 not Able to learn his name. Protections to Amijuoan Industry. A meeting of the Amerlean Home Labor League was held this morning at their rooms, o. lit ihouth Third street. After the transnc llon of some preliminary business, and the rending of a brief report by Mr. Clavton Mo Michael, Recording Hecretary, a motion was made that the present officers be requested to continue in their posltlous until their suc cessors be appointed. A resolution was also adopted directing the Fxeoutive Committee to Inquire Into tho expe diency of continuing the association, with instructions to report at an ndjourned meeting to be called by the Committee. Also a resolution instructing the Committee to confer with the various associations re pre seniiug the domestic interests of the country. , , , y'ew to tl,e better carrying out the original intentions of the association. Alter an animated discussion upon the neces sily for vigorous action, participated in bv representatives of the chemical, iron, and other Interests, the association adjourned. 1 he following oiricors retain their positions: 1 resident. l'red'k Fraley, Philadelphia, Pa. ice-Presidents riiomns M. Howe, Pitts burg, l'n.; Benjamin F. Wade, Ohio; Peter Cooper, New York, N. Y.; Benjamin I '. Butler, Lowell, Mass.; F. II. Ward, Detroit, Mich.; Wil liam B. Ogdeii, Chicago, 111.; J. W. Kdiuuncls. Boston, Mass. Kxecutlve Committee. William P. Lewis. Pnmuel J. Reeves, K. Y. Townsend, Jar Cooke. Morton McMiobael, David H. Browni Charles Hpencer, A. D. Jessup. Archibald Campbell, John W. Foruev. John tl. Rconlier. Kaunders Lewis, William Morris Davis, Andrew K. Hay, Philadelphia, Pa.; John I). Caldwell, Cincin nati, Ohio; Hi mon Cameron, Harrlsbttrg, Pa.; Cyrus Markle, Westmoreland countv, V.; James J. Bennett, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mark Wat son, Pittsburg, Pa. Treasurer .lav Cooke, Philadelphia, Pa. Coriesponding Keoietary Hamuel Wllkesou, New York, N. Y. Recording Secretary Clayton McMiobael, Philadelphia. Fa. Before Alderman Delaney, this morn ing, Anna hinith was charged with loving well hut not wisely. Tho fuels of the case ore sub stantially these: Anna lives nt No. WW Brlskin street. A man named Smith, husband of the complainant, Hannah .Smith, has been, accord ing to the evidence, in tho habit of visiting there. Hannah was very much inortllied, anil determined to bring the woman who hud been t he cause of this distress to justice. Hence the suit. It also appears that Anna is iu the habit of using violent and abuslvo language towards the other whenever they happen to meet. The defendant was held in 8-"00 ball, nud fJOO additional ball to keep the peace. Dealing in Furs. Bridget Grant, an old descendant from the "Emerald Isle," was yes terday arrested nt TUi-.-u and cherry ntreutn, for selling furs, consisting of three mink skins, weather-stained nnd rotten, which bad been hung out belore some fur store as signs. Bridget, passing along yesterday, appropriated them to her own use. When asked as to how she ob tained them, she wns sadly "put out," whereat stio wns taken beforo Alderman Toland and held In $000 bailj Horse and Wagon Stolen. About 12 o'clock to-day a horse aud wagon were sloluu from Hixth und Chesiiut streets. The team was standing in front of one of the ofllccs thoro, and the owner, Mr. Lncey, had gone to Seventh and 1 besnut streets, to attend to some business. On his return he saw two men get into the wagon, and drive off. They were onto! sight before he arrived nt the place he loft tho horse and carriage standing. Tho animal is a whito more, und the wagon of (termantown make. Diamond Edition of Dickens. The beuutitul edition of Dickens Issued by Tick nor & Fields is n gem of typography. It Is a complete set of all of the works "of that re nowned novelist, and is of such a si.o and of such perfect execution as to make It peculiarly acceptable. It is ably illustrated, and will doubtless receive that deservedly largo sale which its cheapness and bonuty merit. It is for sole by O. W. Pitcher, No. 808 Chcsmit street. Suspicion of Labceny. TeBterday af ternoon a warrant was issued for tho a 11 est of Patrick Glnuagan, residing in Hansom street, above Thirty-sixth, ou suspicion of his having stolen a watch, money, etc. When urrested at his house, the watch and 815 were found, and were Identified ns belonging to a Mr. Kennedy, doing business in Third street. Alderman Allen committed Glanasan to answer at a future bearing. Burglary. The house of Hugh Wiley, No. ir.'iOCallowhill street, was entered last even ing by means of a ladder placed against a third story back window. The thieves went into the second storv, und from 11 bureau drawer ab stracted Sitou in greenbacks und a number of valuable papers. The rascals mnde their exit the same way they entered. Nothing has been beard of them since. Accident near Bace Street Wharf. Between nine ana ten o'clock this morning, n coal cart, taken down on the wharf for the purpose of delivering coal, was precinltuted iuto the dock. The horse was drowned. Tho driver went over at the same time, but made a spring from tho falling mass, nnd escaped fur ther injury than a cool February bath. The carl was saved. The man hail a narrow escape. Fire. About half-past 11 o'clock to-day, an uutlnished building, owned by Mr. Westcott, at Forty-second and Spruce streets, was dam ntn d bv tire to tho amount of 8800. The origin of the tire was from placing mouldings on the furuuee to ury. Larcjkny. George Ellis was arrested yes terday afternoon upon the charge of purloining several barrels of whisky, the property of tho Camden and Amboy Railroad Company, valued at !Ho0. He will have a bearing before Alder man Boltler to-day. Petty Larceny. Alfred Shoemaker, residing at Front and Oxford streets, was arrested at Front street and Girard avenue tor a supposed larceny, evldonce pointing to hi tuns the perpetrator. Alderman bhoeuiuker com mitted him in default of hall. Casualty. A lad named Barney Guinn, residing iu ri utc rucci, nuuie oceouu, wnue cnrrvlng a rau of milk, accidentally slipped and tell, iraciuriug a ieg. xie wius conveyed nonie, and his leg diessed. Ticking Fockets. Henry Dickerson, eighteen years old, was arrested yesterday 011 ilieir contents. AUlennau Butler held huat .inurr in UMKl hflil. Utinn v v ' ' NO BETTER INVESTMENT CAN BE FOCNO THAN f.LOTHlNO AT OOB PRESENT GREATLY REDUCtD PHICES, WHICH ARE LOWKR THAN THE V POSSIBLY CAN BE NEXT YIITKK. IdALF-WAY BETWEEN ( BENNETT ft CO., Fifth and J Toweb Hall, Sixth Sre. ( 618 Mahkbt Street. I o the Public J. J. Tuit'.e, !J6 Cheenut etreet. Importer of Wines, Teas, Crosse ft Blackwell's Fickles, Sauces, etc, will shortly open a large stoc uf goods. Previous to whicu is off Ted a choice agiortment of genuine Havana Cigart, imported in tbe fteamers "Heutinck Hudsoo'' and "(stars and Stripes. Headache, Languor, and Mblani-iioi.y ge nerally soring irom a disordered stomach, cos t.iveiiess, or a torpid liver. Each may readily oe removed by Lr. l. Jayne's sanative Fills, a ivw doses of which will be found to stimulate the liver and stomach to Healthy iv-'tion. re moving all biliousness, and producing regular t'vnciialious of the bowels. 1'repared only ut No. .4 J Chesnnt street. Ahkricaks not only do their own figbtln nnd voting, but their own perfuming. I'uulou's "Niuht-Bloornlng Cereus has attained celebrity never achieved by any foreign per lnine iu this country, and even Kuropjanx admit that it excels any of the floral extracts made abroad. Muunt iMly JJvroUl, Oysters Fkkkh Cauuht, and not touched with ice. received ironi Cape May, nt the Ex change Beslaurant and Lining isaioon. No. -7 uock street. lkvi cuomwkll. fropnetor. Bhkakino Up. Stokes A Co.. Clothiers, under the Continental, are now, lu view of the beeukr inyupot winter, closing out their tine Winter Clothing regardless of cost. (Jioroe W, Jenkins, No. 1037 Spring Garden itreet, keeps constantly on hand a floe assortment of vanaist ana -tuim. ACttbefor Rheumatism Worth Seeing. S KUpatnck, No. 1714 Oliv street, cured by Dr. jiuor 1 neiBoay. tto cure, no pay. Life: AflnunANOK. The important subject of life assurance is gradually and deservedly gain ing public attention by tbe force of its own merita. The time is not far distant when the death of a man leaving his family unprovided for by a policy of life assurance, will leave the slain of neglected duly upon his char acter. It is a duly which every man owes to his own dependants und to the community, lie who neglects It is not a good husband, father, or citizen. He has no right even to risk the chance of throwing the future sup port of his family, lu caso of his death, on the community at large, or on relations nnd friends, when It Is In tils power so easily nnd surely to provide ngainst such contingen cies. The only question which every mau having others depending upon blm for support should nsk himself is, "In what company shall I assure?-' This question has been well i an swered by one of our mof-t prominent writers, who says iu reply to It: "Just as you know what banks nre good aud what ure bad by in quiring, by using your common sense ; just us you find out n good doctor, a good lawyer, a pood school, u good hotel. Ask questions. Oo to honest men who know. 1 have as sured my own life iu the Kuuitable Llfo Assurance Woolety of the United 8tatesf and have thus been made better ac quainted with its affairs than those of others. I should select it again if I were to choose again.'' On examining the ofliclal records respecting the subject, we find that the Equitable stands in the very front rank ol all the life companies of tbe world. Iu the short space of seven years, It has accumulated a lundot over three millions of dollars, and lias secured an annual Income of more tbau two millions. Liurlng the year 1W alone, it assured by new policies over thirty millions of dollars, Increased Its Income over one million, and added to its fund more thun fourteen hundred thousand dollars. Its progress has, in fact, been almost marvellous, certainly never equalled in this country or iu Europe. Jit is thoroughly established on n solid basis, con ducts Us business on the cash plan, has ample means for security, and its 01 11 tiers and direc tors have proved themselves to bo men ot enlarged, liberal, und sound business ideas. It declares dividends of all Its surplus funds annually, payable to tho pm icy -holders in cash. It Is purely mutual iu principle, nud its ratio of "Total Expenditures" to "'J'otnl Jneome" is much less than that o( any other well-established com pany. Its promptness lu the payment of losses has become proverbial. In fact, it has nevor contested a claim 011 one of its policies. All per sons desirous of securing 11 policy in this ster ling society have only to apply by letter, or otherwise, to the general agents, for the neces sary forms and instructions. It is the urgent duty of every Christian man, who is not unas Muruble by reubou of disease or 01 her disqualify ing causes, to procure, without delay, a policy of ussurnnce in favor of those dependent upon him lor support. All ure liable to become unas surublc ou any day; therefore nothing slxiuld bo permitted to delay this Important duty. A". 1". Express. Messrs. Bells A Register, No. 4'!'J Chesnut street, Philadelphia, nre the general ugents. Who Makes the Bkst and chuapkst Clothing! Wanamakbu ft Baowa, Oak Hall, Popclar Clothirrs, Southeast corner Sixth and Market Streets. MARRIED. CI.ARKSON-KfKLD.-On the Ulh inntntit, by tho Jtev. Iir. Jetlury.GKliItliE Jl. rLAItK.sON, ot New V.. rl.- ilv ti l.'AVTVll.' riitunln..,. . Field, of I'liiladeluliia. M EN fiEN II ALL WATSux. 'nils morning, at the residence of I lie bride's mother, 111 Hiiseliy, ov tlio Lev. Juviili (.affile, J). J.. Mr. I.I TIIEU MKNIi:. II ALL to Mis ELLA It. ATX J.N. ull ol I'liiladel- t'lliU. MXER SMITH. .Tnnnnry 21, Hi;;, by the Itcv. A Mimliii), JOHN SINKU to Mits KLl.A til-. 1 It SMl'l 11. allot tun city. DIED. :i-'TtAML.-On I lie morning of the r,lli Instant, CKOiU-K I' KAMK, the foa of Aiinu Aliirla und the lute John 1 nunc, in the yrtli year of hU uge. Tlie relative and Irieiuls of tlio laiuily. also the Ivory and Hone '1 urner.1 of t he citv. atv reuecilni!y invited to attend Ids funeral, from bis lute rcjidencu. Ko. lia Myrtle street, la-low Poplar, on Sunday ulter noon at 1 o'clock. Hervices at 'twclfili stieot M. K. Church. Funeral to proceed to tiie American Me chunles' Cemetery. JENKINS. On the 5th Instant, at flwynmld, Mont Komery county, 1'u., CUAKLEis F. JKN KISS, lu the 71th year ot Ins uj;e. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully Invited to intend tho funeral, liom hls lata resi dence, ou Seventh-day nioruhij:, February !, at 10 O'clock HKPBUItN. On Wednesday mornUm, tlieGth hi stuul, C1IAIILF.S lIKFTiUUN. in tuo s.ul ur of his age. ills relatives and friends are cordially Invltod to attend his funeral, from lim late residence. No. 407 Carpenter street, on Saturday next, tbo Stu instant, ut 2 o'clock P.M. interment ut st. Peter's, Third and Piue streets. tpr ATA KTATF.D MONTHLY MKKTIXll OP the lioard of Mammers ot THE JtEUFOUD 8TKKKT MISSION, held on the 4lli instant, tliu following Preambleand Resolutions were unanimously adopted, ir..: WUerens.lt has pleased our Heavenly Paiher, In Ills wisdom, to cull liuniM to his reward our hue Mi-i-slonury and dearly beloved J)i nher, Jtev. J. ir UF.CKWITH; Aud whereas. The occasion culls for a tuitable ex prraslon of our teeliDKs: therefore Resolved. Ttiut although thu sudden removal of our dear brotlier from a mot Important field of misMiou ary labor would seem to our unussLsiud vifclon both mysterious aud culaiultous, yet as tlie clearur vision of Christian faith enables us to see only a Father's wie and lovin bund, we would submissively bow Co Hie dispensation, und acknowledge lliwfile ilootii all things well." Resolved. That In the migleness of aim, and the un tlriiic Christian zealot our lute brother, hi the cause of uort and ol sutlerini; Immunity, hit him bequeatliud to us a bright example, wlacu should ever Incline us to luitululness und diligence iu the prosecution ot tho same good wor a. ' lowlived. Ihutwe cherish the memory or our de parted brother: that we strive to enjula'c bis L-otid deeds, and eudeuor so faithfully to purtorin onr al lotted work iu the Lord's vineyard, tbal when tiie lionii Master culls us borne, 11 may be to us, aiso. a vail "from labor to reward." Ke-olved. That Ibis preamble and resolutions he published, and a copy 01 the sume be sent to tbe relu lives ol the deceased. E. S. YARD, President. loHN IL I'll.I t-V. Secretary. )r B' iTead-slicini; MACHINES, bv WHICH tbe slices ol bread may be cut thin or thick;, us you preler. A new article, just received ai TRUMAN & SHAW'S. No. ntj (Fight T hlrtv-flve) Market St.. hwlow Ninth. f pHE PATENT FLAT-IRON HOLDERS HAVE J metal ribs fastened to me under side, whieu ai o Ot-inned to protect them lrom burning and wear For tulebv TRUMAN Js KH 1W .o.V (FJcht Thirty-rive) Market sc., below Ninth No. i (.Light Thirty-five) Market t oelow Ninth. 0 W A R R IT R T I ) FABHJONAeLK H ATTER No. m CHE.SNCT tJ.reet, extdoof to I'At Otttce CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED! THE yJ true remedy at last dl.covered I Upbstn f r'resh Meat cure "prepared from the lormula 01 Proieasor Trouiea, of Pari, ourea :onsumpnoo laine Diseases, Biouohitls. I) spepfcla. Marsamaii, Ueaeral Debility, anl a 1 morbid oondhlons of the avatem dependent on de ficiency pf Vital ot je It 1 pieaaan. to tbe taate, aad a sbigle bottle will convince the most skeptical of its virtue the great heaitn remedy of tbe axe l a bottle, or aix bottiM lor a.S. Hold wholesale and retail by 8. U. l-PHAM, o. IS H. ElonrH Street, and pilnolpalDrugK-ta. Sent by express circulars aent fro. 1 81 tluuu&a P" ITCH PINE TIMBER, 120,000 FEET superior South Carolina Vltch Fine Timber. LarKeaUc.aoasUlpboaid. t or sale by .... - - ,Ml4Ll,ETr SOfT, 16d 1, Ho. 12 8ouui pUOiiT Street. rpHE BUIWLAKIES AND MURDERS NOW J oecurriiii? should induce every housekeeper to proem-en Wntehmun s Rattieus unieuesoi Kiviiie an alarm. For sale, with a variety or Iron and lira,! Holts and Donr-i hanis, and uh-Fusiiiers and av . i:,:,i',1h 10 prevent burglars' ninner i...., ,, .. FOURTH EDITION WASHINGTON. tSrFCIAL DrPATCntiB TO EVENING TELEGRAPH. Washington, February 7. fJrneral Grant's Heceptlo- La at Mght. There wm an immense jam at Geucral (irsnt's reception last uiglit. Tbe guests were received by General Grnnt, Mrs. Grant, and Mls Vlrplhla (rant, a sister of General Grant. Mrs. Grant was dressed in pink silk, dress, cut with low neck and short sleeves, and trim ned with white lace, her hair being ;rimped and dressed with flowers. Mias Virginia Giant wore a brocade silk 'licss, with low nrck, short sleeve, and white lace care, bcr hair b.Mne plain. The General wore a bluck cloth uit and white vest. About half-past 9 o'clock Geucral Phil. Sheridan arrived, Accompanied by Colonel t ro-by, of his stall, and he was the hero of the evening. He ajs he Icltoor.'r after last uhjnt's hand-nakin than alter hi rouohet raids iu the saddle. The father of General Grant was pre;eut. and was made much of by the guest. There was ?uch a greedy scramble by tho crowd for refreshments handed round by waiters, that number of the ladies had costly dresses ruiued by lemonade and cream split upou them. The Tariff Hill. The IIOU52 Committee of Ways and Means will finish the revision of the tariff to-dav. WhLky and other promiuent matters remain unchanged, but penalties for evasiou are made more ptringent. The President aud the Jeiacy Scnatorshlp Hon. James M. SCovel, of New Jersey, has given the House Judiciary Committee informa tion concerning President Johnson's action re uauliug the New Jersey clectiou last year, A Ueconstruttlou Debate. Mr. Stevens has consented to give scope to a general debate upou the Reconstruction bill, aud the House will hold a -essiou to-uighr for specch-niakiug upou it. Mr. Stevens gives notice thut h will call flic previous question on hi Rcroustructioii hill at 2 1'. M. to-morrow. Tbe Inipeachratut of Grant Denied. Mr. Ashley, in a personal explanation to-day, (1. nouueed a3 a stupid falsehood the statement in the Washington correspondence of the Ciucin nati Commercial, that the tmpeachmeut move Dient was levelled asjaiust General Grant as woll asagrinttbe Presldsnl, aud that Ben. Butler and Thad. Stevens instigated the plot ugalnst Grant. Mr. Steve ns made u similar denial of the story. Peraonal. General Fiemout was 111 the Hou-e reporters' gallery to-day. Mr. Pleasants, the Pardon Clerk of the Attorney-General's odice, wns be fore tbe Judiciary Impeachment Conituiitee this morning. Tobacconists' Convention. The Convention ot Tobaccouiats havo reus sembled, and the committee ou organization have made their report, which was: adopted, as follow: For President, F. A. Prague. Ohio: Vice-Presidents, J. D. Kvau-t, New York; W.' Roinebart, Pennsylvania: G. W. Gall, Alpryluud: K. A. Mayo, Virginia; Judge Buckner. Missouri; is. Lowentbal, Illinois; L. .1. Bugby, Michie-an; James B. Casey, Kentucky; D. Brousou, Ohio; C. J. Whitlock, Brooklyn. New York. Secreta ries, A. McDonald, Lynchburg, Virginia; W. A. Nassau, Philadelphia. Tteasurer, D. II. Mil ler, Baltimore. Mr. J. D. Kvans offered a re.-olution, as tbe opinion ol the Association, that tho tax upou manufactured lobacco, whether mauutactured of leat, stems, or imitation of tobacco into plug, cut, smoking, or snuff, should be uniform, all and each of them bearing the same tax. This ii still under discussion. F. W. Seward's Mysterious Mission. Assistant Secretary of State Frederick W. Seward returned to the city on Tuesday night lrom his mission to Hayti, on the gunboat Get tysburg. The object of his visit has not been settled; and the matter is still under considera tion. Various reports are circulated as to the naftireof the visit, but nothing will be divulged until the object of the mission shall have been accomplished. Laud Office Returns. The Commissioner of the General Laud Ollice has just received returns in part for the month of December last from the local officers at San Francisco, Stockton, Marysville, and Bisalia, in California, showing an aggregate disposal of 13,872 acres of the public lands, under the cash und homestead systems, The sales for cash amounted to $15,112. Returns received for the month of January show an aggregate disposal of 18,903 acres at thp following local olHces, viz.: East Saginaw, Michigan, 7552 acres: Taylor's Falls, Minnesota, TWIG acres; Falls of St. Croix, Wisconsin, 22M ncres; at Topeka, Kans.19, 2020 ucres. The greater portion of the laud was taken under the Homestead law for act mil euitivation siuil settlement. The Commissioner during tb. : past month has transmitted for delivery to tne patentees, 1988 P'ktentg tor land sold and loc vted with the mllt 'ur.y bounty land warrants and the Agricultural College serip. The patents were for entries n.inle at Omaha,. Nebra-ka City, Dacolah City, and Brownsville, Nebraska; Vermil lion, Dacutah; Vancouver. Washington Ter-i-i'ory: Denver City, Colorado; Stockton, Call lornia; East Saginaw, Traverse City, and De tioit, Michigan;9t. Peters, St. Cloud's, Taylor's Fails, and Du Lutb, Minnesota; La Crose, and H. Croix Falls, Wisconsin; Huuibold and Topeka, Kansas; and Boonsvillle; Missouri. Tbe Commissioner of the General Lund Office bns transmitted to the Uovernor of Michigan patent No. 22 of the swamp and the overflowed lands in the Iowa district, embracing 131,140 acres. These lands are patented in pursuance of the approval of the same on June 9, 18B6. Patent No. 1, for tbe De Soto District of Min- esota, has been transmitted to the Governor ot mat State. This patent is issued in pursuance of tbe act of June 30, 1866, and embraces 87,788 acres. The CommUsioner of tho General Land Office has Just adjudicated a number of entries under the pre-emption laws for farms In tlio San Fiati- rtoco Land Ihstnct, for the imaicdiatc uwue C titles to the sellers. The District KieetUn.t The Republicans of this District are making very thorough and active campaign In prepara tion for the coming municipal eloc' ions In tbk citj and Georgetown. The colored league art also holding public meetings at variou? point in the two cities. rnccEEDLm of congress. Senate. Washisotow, February 7, Mr. Fowler (Ten 11.) sent to the Chair to ha read u despatch announcing the passage by tlio House of Itcvresentatlvrs of Tennessee tlio bill for tieuro suffrage In that (State. In present inn the despatch Sir. Fowler said it announced lbs greatest victory sinoo the war commenoeil. Mr. Clinnillor (Mich.) reported from tie Com mittee on Commerce, In favor of concurring in the House amend incuts to the acta netulatury of the act to prevent Sim; tilling, etc. Tim anieimmenis woro concurred in, ana llie utll goes to the President. M 1. Williams (t M eiion) called up the resolution Riving twenty icr cent. Increased compensation to the clerks and other civil employes of the (.overnment at lllashlngton, for oue year end ing June 80, It was discussed until 1 o'olook, when Mr, Fessendeu (Me.) called up the bill mitkitifr, appropriations for tho Legislative, Kxeoullva, aud Judicial service. It wns a lengthy bill of appropriatious for tlie next fiscal year, aad was road In foil. House of Tleprrs entatl ves. On motion of Mr. Kaison (Iowa), the Commit tee on Coinage, W eights, and Measures was In structed to attend the annual assay at Ut United States Mint, at I'nlladelphia, next Mon day, to examine the condition, management, and economy thereof, nnd to report to tho House what measures, if any, would tend la greater economy and efllcieucy In the system of United Hi ates mintage, or the Improvement of the coinage. Mr. KteveuB (ra.), from the Commltteeon Ap propriations, reported abillappropriatinidNUina for deficiencies in the expenses of the COuUa gent fund of the House us follows: Miscellaneous items , (tO.OM Koldlnu documents 7.fr Fuel, lights, etc 7,0i Total 7i,W Bead three times and passuil. Mr. l'alne (Wis.), from the Committee 0 Militia, reported a bill for arming and disciplin ing the militia. Koconimitted and ordered Ut printed. Mr. Taylor (N. Y.). from the Committee on In valid Tensions, reported a bill Riving a pension ofl-i) per month to Klizabeih Fletcher, widow of Captain L. W. Fletcher, of the 13th Tennessee Cuvalry. Kend three times and passed. Mr. liavls (N. V.) presented the concurrent resolutions of the New York Legislature i favor of extending:, for two years longer, tiie us of Government vessels for quarantine purposes at the port of Now Vorli. and Introduced ajolnt resolution lor inai purpose, wnicu was read three times and passed. The House then took up the bill reported yes terday from the Keconstruction Committee, t provido for the more eillcieiH govcrntuentof tua insurrectionary States. Mr. Fiuck (Ohio) naked Mr. Stevens what his intentions were iu regard to taking the vote on. the bill. Mr. Stevens (I'll.) replied that he had not earn to any definite conclusion on the subject, except that he desired to have a vole us early as pot sible. Mr. Flnck. referring to the Importance of the bill, proposed that it be postponed till Monday, when the debate could go on for a day or two, and then let the vote tie taken. Mr. Stevens said that, considering the periosf otthe session nnd the difficulties of passing such a measure through the senate, where tuoro was no menus of concluding discussion, ha should not feel justified In poMpouiug it at all. lie trusted the debate would now proceed to the ' end. Ho hoped gentlemen on his side of the House would not interfere In the debate at all. From New Orlenn, NewOrlbans, February C The case of tb Ptate of Louisiana versus the Louisiana Statu Bank, commenced to day. A million of dollar is claimed as remaining to the credit of tbe State ou tbe bonds of the bank, which was Hi fiscal agent duriug the Confederacy. The State alleges that by permission of Generals Butler and Shepley eleven thousand bales of cotton was purchased, brought to the city, and sold, for the benefit of the bank and Slate. Ship News. Boston. February 7. The schooner Coast rilot, from Savannah for New York, was aban doned on tho 31st ultimo in a sinking condition with tbe loss of sails and spars. The crew were taken off by the ship Andrew Jackson, and arrived here to-day. Pbilada. Stock Exchange Sales, Feb. 7 Reported by De Haven & Bro No. 4o a Third street BETWEEN KDA RTlH. awe ci ty es , h u w kmh, i .iixi du looj 1000 U 8 7-a0's...Au...l(to' 7 nil Leh N 64'J 10 do 51s luush Leh V 63'i 17 sn (Sparine. 31 I loo su Read R...........52 1I loo do 800 do bio. bv-i loo . do bsu. hv-l 0 do . i 'nan xaineiiiu.., do. SECOND BOARD. SOshPennaK ,571 SisUCAAicr .49 4 do MSI ' TNDIA RUBBER MACHINE BELTING X HTEAM PACKING IfOSK, ETC. KiimiK-ers and deah-rs will find a full assortment of tlUODYKAlt'S PATKNT VULCANIZED KUHHEK BKLT1NO. PACKING. HOSE, etc., at the aiUQuiac turur lleuuqiiarters, GOOD YEAR'S. No. 0O8 CnESNUT Street, 1. vi- j Wouiu Bide. ..!!. We nave a new and cheap article ofOAK DKS and PAVEMENT HOSE very cheap, to whlci the alleuilou ot the public is called. 1 2 31a JORDAN'S CELEBRATED TONIC ALE. eJ Tins truly Iwaltliful and nutritious beverage now 111 use by thousands Invalids and others lion esta blished a character for quality of material and purity ol maiiulauture which stands unrivalled. It is recoru mended by physicians ol this and other places as a superior tonic, aud requires but a trial to cou Tinea the most skeptical of its great merit. To be hud wholesale aud retail, of P. J. JORDAN, No. 242 PEAR btreei. 11 7J . UNADULTERATED LIQUORS ONLY. liltHAKU PEXiSTAN S bTORK A N I) VA L'LTS. No. 4) CHESNUT Street, Nearly ( ipposite the Post Oillce, FHILAPKI.PH1A. umilies supplied. Oiuers from the country promptly attended to. t31 -- - i PITTSBURG, COLUMBUS. AND CINCIN NATI RAILROAD COMPANT. 1UE Tlt HANDLK ROUlE WESTWARD. Owiny to the great distance iaved by THU R jITTK, the Government bos asaiKned to it the carrying of the I nited States Mali to the principal cities of the Went and sout hwem THKKK BKIVG BCT ONE CHAVGB OF CABS BETWEEN miLAOl-Ll'BIA AD CISiCINHAU AND HUT TWO TO 8T. LOl'IS. PASBltiiGEHd BY THIS ROUTE WILL ARRIVE IN CUM LN-NATI. INDIAVAPOf.lS, CAIRO. ANI ST. LOS Its OUa TRAIN IN ADVANCE OF AHT OTHH UNK Fast line at 12 W) M. Paieentfera by thU train take supper at Altoona; can toke stateroom aieepiug cam. Paeieniiers are not suoiect U cbauite at Pltuburs, but ron turouh to Coshocton, aflordiux an uuorokeu nlMiintlKiDre8i 11 P. Paenger can take sleepln. can ithrooub to l inciiinatl witb hut one caanget by thls'Ine 'ou have the advantage 01 couilur ana plea ure'uarticnUn v I"' iaJie" travelling aione,and lauilllea wlib children, by this rtiut. hetwoen f hlladelphla aud 11 the Drin. I pal points West and South. Bo "nre to purchase tlckeM "VIA BTEUBEN- TlLI'Ep,S8YLVASI RA LBOAD OFFICK, Corner vi THIUII.TU and MAltKKl' streets PhllodAlpuIo. 8. V. bVULL. ieiierul Ticket Agent Hteubenvllie.O. JOaN H. UlLLKlt, General Eastern awtenger Arnt, o. bin Broadway. ew York. JOHN DVRAND. Cenera uperiniendent penniivvania BaJlrt'od Office No Ml heimnt itreet, liid Thirtieth and kiarket utreeU Went Philadelphia, f UNITED STATES REVENDK STAMPS. Principal Dapot, No. Sft4 CHESNUT HUreet. . Central iieuot. No. luJ s. FIFTH Street, on door below Cneanut KatablUhed Istil. Hevcnne 8liupoi avery deauriptloa const"" hand In auy amount. Ordert br Mall or Express promptly attended to.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers