PCPULAR SCIENCE. - i THli .JtOLLUHCA." A'l'Crtnre delivered laat Friday KvnlnK, before the Vonni Men's Clulntlau Aisoclktlou, by the Rev.' K. 1 It. Beadle, D. D. BPCIAl. BBPORT JTOB TBI VBMNO TELEGRAM. (hi Friday evening last the Rev. E. K. Boacllo, X) D delivered an exceedirifrly intprcRtin? and eloquent lecture before the Young Men's Curia tion Association. His subject embraced tlmt liiviHion of the animal kiiwlom known as ttio Mollusca. Our report of the lecture was un avoidably crowded out of Saturday's- Evbnwo TKLKORArn ry the pressure of other matter; but our reader? can rest assured that It ban lost nothing by this short delay. Dr. Beadle ad dreosrdhiB audience as follows: Ladies and (,'cntlemen. Natural History Is now a science. It is no lomjcr the ''harmless nthusiai-t" who wanders through forest and field, or drills into rocky beds, or sinks his dredec Into the sea. The most gifted minda, and the best trained intellects, are earnest workers in these fields. Nor can the pursuit ot Natural History bo regarded any longer as a mere nmnsemcnt or pleasant recreation, or be ed to till up the wastes of time, and Rive dig nity to leisure and idleness; it in ust be reearded as a htudy whiou demauds earnest thought and persitttent purpose. The Stndy of Nature. We are surrounded by facts, by creations, by regions unexplored, by wonders unexplained. A pebble or a plant, an insect or an atom, a drop of water, or the animalculio which And a home and a grave in it, may arrest our atten Jlon and challenge our thought. II we hold rightfully our place in tho scale of beiug, we must be careful observers. We are in this world to see, and to see ariht. We must have an earnest fellowship witn nature in all her works; we must be in accord with the creations around us, and make them our com panions and friends. Wo are searchers for knowledge and truth, and need have no fear to grapple with fact. No shrinking timidity should characterize our investigations. We may walk with brow erect and eye elate where nature opens her fields and swings wide her gates. We are to guard only against pre sumption and self-conceit. The profoundest philosopher will fiud many places where he must walk sofilv with uusandalled foot an 1 un covered head. All true research is but an effort to bring us into closer allinnce with the true, the beautiful, and the good. We study nature, because nature is the utterance of the Creator. The universe itself is but an expression ot God; these material configurations ot the heavens are but the forms in which God has clothed His thought. His speech is creation, and we are to liear and to interpret its voice. Life at the liottom of the Sea Possessed of life, we are surrounded with life. Enrth, air, and sea teem with being. These lives are our contemporaries. They share with us, they are objects of tho Creator's care, and should partake of our thought and sympathy. There is lifa in the Bea, lifo everywhere. If you take up a fragment of the Gulf weed, sargossum vutgare, floating in mid-ocean, it swarma with life. Minute molluics cluster in its cells and cling to its branches. The floating fragment 01 a broken ship, or of a searaeu's chest, or of some cabin-boy's toy thrown overboard, is seized upon and made the home of life. If ou sink your dredge three Lundred fathoms deep, you bring to the surface manifold and beautiful forms of life. If you aend down the deep-sea lead fourteen hundred fathoms, an approximation to two miles, you still find life; and the sea bottom at these amazing depths richly abounds with animated creatures, who gambol and sport as if living in the sunlight of upper day. If you wander along the shore, you will find sheltered in coral lines and spouses, in fvuri and conferva, myriads of bivalve shells whose diameters will not ex ceed that of a mustard seed; and it you will take up a drop of water from some lake, or pond, or stagnant pool, or wayside ditch, and apply your highest magnifying power, you shall be met with the astounding fact that 5(10,000,000 monads may dwell in it safely and not jostle each other. Ocean 1 This great and wide sea ! Emblem of Infinitude 1 with its acres of barrenness on which no cities can be built, no roadways per lccted, no foot of traveller press with its gar xeied wealth, its unmeasured depths, its tombs, Its multitudinous life how shall we compre hend it I By careful observations, made at various points and by different individuals, we lave accumulated a vast array of tacts, and are now enabled, by more extended and more re liable data, to build where others projected, and to demonstrate where the wisest only guessed. Kxperiments extending through years of time and oyer wide ranges of latitude maybe expressed in a single sentence; soundings occu pying many months, and involving vast labor and expense, may be summed up in two or three paragraphs but these paragraohs reveal whole realms ot truth, and settle questions th at have remained unanswered since the beginning of the world. We now know much of the sea. We have explored many of it depths, and can locate, with some degree of certainty, much of its fauna. Much yet remains to be discovered, and the time will doubtless come when, with Improved instruments for dredging and sounding, and with the application of steam to machinery invented for these purposes, we shall be able to explore tho deep-sea bottom and map outits boundaries with as much accu racy ab we now survey and mup out the land above the waters. Two tacts bearing upon our present subject are fully established- First, that the mo6t deli cate and tragile animal can live and thrive, und manliest the greatest activity, at great depths under the sea. From a depth of three hundred lathoms, or eighteen hundred feet, where the pressure of the water is more than eight thou sand pounds to the square inch, more than fifty distinct species of animal life have been, dredged up. And secondly, it has been settled that the absence of liht at great sea depths has no effect in diminishing the color of marine fauna. The animal disturbed in his muddy bed three Iiuudred fathoms down, and brought to the surface, reveals as deep a red as the animal of tho same species captured In the shallow waters near the shore. Then, if the most delicate structures are so fur tiished, or so adjusted to their place that they can survive under the enormous pressure of the watei at three iiuudred fathoms, and if the light is not essentiul to perfect or preserve their color at this great depth, what shall hinder us ''om declaring that animal life may extend to the trJfoundeest dePlbs of tue ocean, and that fverv acre, hay, every rood of the deop sea bottom, swarms with its appropriate life ? The Kingdom of Mollusks. My theme to-night may be announced in a Bingle word Mollusca. These constitute a Bub kingdom in the animal world, and stand second in the four great sub divisions Verta brata, MolluBca, Articulata, and Radiata. In this sub-kingdom are classes differing one from another, lerhaps in equal degree with tho class of the Vertebrata, the highest and noblest forms of animal life. In number of species and Individuals the Mollusca far exceed the Verte brate animals, and through all geological periods, from the earliest dawn of animal life down to the latest development, have played a far more important part in the organization and economy of our globe. Holding such a place, presenting such a vast amount ot material, and opening such a wide ranL'e of observation, he must be a bold and skilful naturalist who shall attempt to jrlye even the most important facts, or a tithe or the necessary details of the subject, within the compass of a single hour. If 1 can but swing open some humble gale, tb.rou.eb which you may pass into these wide Acids, and Inspire you with a desire to walk there as personal ob servers, beholding the glories of the Creator'i handiwork, and gathering rich spoil, I bhall be content. Mollusca is a term applied to soft animals, being derived from the Latin word muUis, or 'soft." It embraces thosejanlmals in which the body is neither supported upon the iutumal J11K D.AILy.rJLVEffiyG-.,lja bony form or (-kcleton, a in the Vertebrate1", nor piotrcU'd by an eitornal coriaceous or leathery tcgumont, an in the Articulates. Irt common language, they are called "hell rish," with little propriety, however, as they are. not Always provided with shells, and differ as much from the fishVs a fish diffets from a man. The science which includes -the s'udy of mollusca is practically called malacology, meaning the study ot soft animals. Oorlclio logy, a word 1 common use, Is objectionable, as it Is opplicable ouly to the shell or homo in which the animal lives; whereas many of tho mollusca are very acttvp, and get on through life very well without tho trouble of house building. , . , Natmatlsle Rive to the mollusca tho second place and rank in the animal kingdom. In doing this, it not intended to convey tho Idea that the vertebrates, which are placed first, are more perlect creatures than the radiates, which are placed last. It has pleased the Creator to represent and multiply life on tho earth under four grand forms or systems. The highest types of each plan ol creation has, however, exhibited the highest possible perfec tion of constitution agreeable to that plan; and the mollusca, tnen, are as absolutely purieci, considering the adaptability ot their structure and functions to their ruodo of life, und have their appointed share in the economy ol nature, as well us the vene orates. The Classification of Molluaka. Comprehended in the great molluscan type of life are live sub-types, or classes, designated as such partly from' the positions of the feet or organs of locomotion, as follows: I. terihaicpoaa. In which thelcet or arms encircle the head. II. GanUroroda. In which the ventral por tion of the bedy lorms a ereeping dik or foot. 1U. t'teropoda. no-called lrom wing-tiKO ex pansions proceeding from the head and used for swlmmmg. IV. hrnchiovoda. these ore characterized by two labial processes, or arms, or cilia, which can be protruded or withdrawn at pleasure, and nro used, for creating currents in the neighbor hood of the mouth, and thus secure food. V. Vonchmra. These are ordinary bivalve mollusca, which have their shells applied one on each side of the body. Characterises of the Claaaea. The first three of these classes are enccpha lous, provided with distinct heads, and gene rally with organs of locomotion. They are provided also with a univalve shell, which is compaiatively email and rudimentary in most ot the cephalopoda, they being swift and power ful creature?, which need no protection of this character. With most ol the gasteropoda, the shell forms a complete armor, into which the animal can entirely withdraw upon the approach of danger. A difference of habit, coincident with tuts structural dissimilarity, might be readily imagined; tor the cepholopods, chang ing their location at pleasure and moving with great celerity, are predatory and mostly yoop haqotis, or flesh-eateis; while many of the gas tropods are plytop'iagus, or vegetable-eaters, thoueh provided with jaws for holding their food and tongues armed with numerous spinous processes which are used in trituration. The last two classes of molluscs (lirachiopods and Conchifera) are acephalous, having no bead, and with but limited powers ot locomo tion when It is present at all. For the most part the species nre sedentary, or attached without the ability to change their location. As they are therefore more liable to the predatory attacks of raiders, they are provided with heavier armaments for defense. The Cephalopoda. I remember that there were wide differences existing between the classes of molluscs. If you will compare the gigantic cephaloid, with its well-formed head, huge eyes, and powerlul arms, 6wift. strong, and affectionate to the last degree, embracing every thing that comes within its reach, and loving unto the death the hero of mythology and romance; the Bend that torments the pearl diver of the Bast and swimmer of the West; the pirate who does not scruple to drag down ships and feed upon the luckless mariners who sail them. If you will compare this fierce caunibal with the soft mass of quivering, jelly-like flesh which lies within the open valve of an oyster, without head, or arm, or foot, and totally incapable ot locomotion or defence, you may gain some idea of the wide range of organiza tion embraced in molluscan life. He who has sailed in the Southern seas, or even in the Carribean or eastern Atlantic, or Mediterranean, and beheld with wonder and awe the huge waves rolling in the darkness of night, crested with flame, or tossing as billows of lire, or the softer and more beautiful phos phoresence w hich breaks under the prow of the Bbip moving upon a gentle sea, or lushes with every dip of the oar in some quiet harbor, will scarcely believe that these miuute wiuged mol luscs hold affinity with the gaudy hued butinii (Gilrinus), which adorn like rich fruit the foliage of the 1'hilipj ine Island breeze, or the Achatenal ot Africa (a reticulate) or the West Indies (a faciata), or who would at first per ceive the family relationship between these last and this terrible bore from whom Brunei took h'a idea of boring the Thames tunnel (which Is itself a bore), and who "cuts up" in such a way that more ship timber is de stroyed by him than by tempest and shipwreck combined, and who has more than once threat ened Holland with an invasion more terrible than that which resulted in the actual posses sion by the Dutch; or, with his fragile and dainty cousin, the Pholas. famous miner and sapper that he is, who, without visible tools and without noise, runs his drifts aud galleries through ramparts of limestone and even piers of granite, whose flesh is as soft as an oyster, and whose shell may be crushed between the thumb and finger. The Cephalopod, whose outstretched arms mea sure fight feet ucross, is truly gigantic compared with the Helixpomatia, a dozen or two of which make a delicious meal tor the Italian or the Oriental. Or to compare land shells alone. Were you travelling lu the dense forests of Brazil, or climbing the Andes, you might choose worse food than the freshly laid eggs 6f the BulmtUB Ohlongus, and yet, if I would pack the egg Helix Minntissinia, a shell common in the extreme Northern (States, it would require an exj ert calculator to tell how many tnousaud would be required tor the purpose. The Octopus, or "Han-Sucker." The lecturer here gave an accouut of the structure and habits of 6ome of the molluscous animals. Hpeaking of the octopi, he said: A ciuelul observer has recently been watching the octopi in the seas that waBh the coast of British Columbia, and as these are the most recent observations, I shall produce them here, premising that the remarks apply to a compara tively high northern latltudo (4930), nearly opposite Newfoundland, instead of tropical seas, where marine life is developed on a much wander scale. The observer v an uugiishmau. lie say: "The octopus as seen on our coasts, although even here calUul a 'mansucker' by the fisher man, is a mere Tom Thumb as compared with the Brogdigoagl proportions he uttaius in the bays and long iulaud canals along the east side of Vancouver' Island. Tho ordinary rest ing place of this animal is in the wide cleft of a rock. Its modes of locomotion are varied and curious. Using eight arms as paddles, and workinglthem alternately, the central disk re presenting a boat, octopi row themselves ulong with an eate und celerity comparable to the many-mined caique of the Bospborus. They can 'ramble at will over the sandy roadways intersecting their submarine parks, and con verting their arms into legs, march on like a huge spider. "Gymnasts of the highest order, they climb the blipper.y ledges as Hies walk up a window pane. Attaching the many suckers that arm the ter rible limbs to the face of the rocks, or the wrack and seaweed, they go about, forward and upward, backward und downward, like massive sloths, or clinging with one arm to the marine alga;, perform a series of trapeze move ments that Scotland might view with envy. "I have often, when on the rocks in Esquimaux harbor, watched their proceedings. The water being clear aud still, it is just like peering into a huge marine aquarium, crowded with endless varieties of curious sea-mousters. - "In nil tb little nook" of the harbor, the great en-wrack Macrocytic) grows wildly, bavlnrf it straight round stem, that comes up from tho byttcm olten with a stalk threo hundred left long. Reaching the surface, it spreads out two long tapering leaves that float upon the water. This sea-forest Is the favorite hunting ground of the octopi. I do not think ' tho octopus oiten catches . prey , on the ground or on the rocks, but. -waits for it bs the spider does. Fastening one arm to a stout sulk, and stiffening out the other seven, one would baldly know it from the wrack in which it Is concealed. Patiently he bides his time, until presently a shoal of fish come gayly on, threading their way through the sea trees, little thinking that this lurking monster is so close at hand. Two or three of them rub against the arms fatal touch I As though a powerful clectrio shock had passed through the fish and stricken it senseless, 60 does the arm of the octopus paralyze its victim; thon winding a sucker-clad cable around the palsied tUh, as an elephant winds bis truuk around anything to be conveyed to the mouth, he draws the dainty morsel to the centre of the disk, where the beaked mouth seizes upon and soon disposes ot the prey. "The Indian regards the octopus as a great delicacy, and Is skilful in capturing him. Padnliiig his canoe cloe to the rocks, and quietly pushing aside the wrack, ho pcora through tho crystal water until his practised eye detects an octopus, with great rope-like arms stiffened, waiting patiently for food, l'nssing his spear, some twelve feet long, care fully through the water until within au inch or two of the centre disk, he plunges it into the mass. Writhing with pain and passion, the octepvs coils Its terrible arms around the haft, and now commences the struggle. "Were the octopufl once to get its thong like feeler over the side ot the canoe, it could as easily haul it over as a child could a basket. Making the side of the canoe a fulcrum, the titheruiau raises the monster to thn surface, keeping him at a good distance. He Is dan gerous now. If ho could get a fast hoi 1 on either savage or canoe, nothing short of chop pire off tho nrms piecemcnl would be of any avail. With a second spear he strikes tho octo pus where the arms join the disk. This seems to break down the nervous gangleons supplying motive power, and the arms lose at once their strength and tenacity. Their suckers, which a moment before held on with a force which ten men could not overcome, now relax, and the entire rag hangs a lifeless mass." The kraken and the colossus, and even the sea-serpent, may yet be seen, perhaps. If the infusorial aniraalculse can aggregate vast stratifications of rock, the molluscs heap up mountain ranges that shall defy the waste and wear of ages. If the polyps can build reefs that shall girdle our continent, or form the basis of islands, surely man, who is endowed With the power of thought and speech, who can plan us well as build and prosecute, should be able to rear in our beautiful city a build ing that shall be adequate to all scientific purposes, and remain a beauty and a joy for many fenerations. The Nautlllus Pomplllug. The lecturer subsequently described the nauti lus pompdvu8 as lollows: Its texture la com posed of two distinct layers, the outer one porceloln-like and opaque, white in color, while the inner layer is pearly. The Chinese and others have availed themselves of this structure to carve a variety ol bas-relief pat terns from the porcelain layer, producing a pleasing effect by using the pearly layer as a background. A similar effect is produced on the cypraea, by the action of acid, thus exhibit ing landscapes, buildings, verses or mottoes, ana tney are mucn prized as lancy articles. The porcelain layer must be altogether re moved by tho action of muriatic acid. The pearly surface may then be rubbed down care lully with pulverized pumice and soft emery paper, until all the inequalities are removed, when an exquisite polish may be almost in stanly given by rubbing the surface with a paste made of 'equal parts of sulphuric acid and rotten stone. Ff The Internal arrangement of the shellia urlous and instructive. At distances increasing ith its growth septa or pearly lavers are thrown across, dividing off theee portions as they suc cessively become too small to accommodate the animal. A syphuncle or membranous tube runs through the centre of these partitions andcham bers, in which the animal is lodged. From thirty to forty of these apartments are formed in the shell, and their use appears to be that of air-chambers, lessening at convenience the specific gravity ot the shell, so as to diminish its retarding influence upon the potions of the molluscs. In the fossil genera, the septa, or divisions, were in many cases highly complicated and ornate in struc ture. These differences in the forms of the septa afford reliable data for the discrimination of the species. The shells of the Tetra-hau-chiates are extremely elongated narrow cones, which are either straight, as in the genus Baccuhtes, hook-shaped as in the Hamites, or spiral and discoidal, as in the Ammonites. The Use Made of Mollusks. After enumerating some of the uses to which the molluscs are put, the lecturer said: To a vast extent do they supply food for man F irst and most, the oyster, iou are familiar with the animal und the fact. The cuttle-fish are considered a delicacy in France, Italy, and the Kast, us thev were bv the fJrPHVs and re, ,,,. Scurcely au inhabited coast in the world where numerous species are not.eaten. "Clam-bakes" are one, aKew England institution, used princi pally in times ot political excitement, for the ui Bccuimg votes, on tne principle, l nui.pyte, inat tue way to a man's political opinions is down his throat. "Winks" and cockles" are staple articles in all the maritime markets of England. The cardium abounds at m,..Teymay fee easily seen at low tide surface. The people call them ,1red noses," and thev uro much nrizeH. Nitrit.. tte? Ptber the constan t u. of these mol: AV,iil. - v ui Ckuy i uu HUM'S UUlUilU tb:,ti8ll,enien of that eoast. '(Laughter. ) and ornUmVnf.i en Bpoke of xlw Diechauical and SK 'K tfffi. "?1 mollusc iiuV i i 'uuuwiuk worus: xue Saat WRtn .iIttd Bometnlng to do with the Thev are tSl hn.?"? ?ondit1on f our globe. 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AN ACT TO CHEATS A L0A.S FOB TBS EEDEMI flOU OF THE OVERDUE B0ND3 OF TUB COMMONWEALTH. Wliereas, The bonds of the Commonwenlth and certain cerilflcftteB of ludahtednewi, amounting to TWENTY-THREE MILLION OF LiOLLAKU, have beon overdue and unpaid for mime time post; And whereas, It Is Uenlrablo that the same should be paid, and withdrawn lrom the market; therefore, Section 1. He if. enacted by the Senate and If mute of Jiejreentalive.i of the Coiinnimweulth of 1'cnn syhxxuia in General Aiuemblu met, and it in hereby enacted bv t.Se vuthwity of Uie tame, That the Governor, Audltor-Genorul, and Htate Trea surer be. and are hereby, authorized and em powered to borrow, on the faith of the Com monwealth, in Buch amounts and with such notice (not less than forty days) us they may deem most expedient for the Interest of the Htate, twenty-three millions of dollars, and Issue certificates of loan or bonds of the Com monwealth for the nme, bearing Interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, on the 1st of February and 1st of August, In tue city of Philadelphia; which certificates of loan or bonds shall not be subject to any taxation whatever, for State, municipal, or local purposes, and shall be paya ble as follows, namely: Five millions of dollars payable at any time after live years, aud within ten years; eight millions of dollars paya ble at any time after ten years, and within fif teen years; and ten millions of dollars at any time after fifteen years, and within twenty-live years; and shall be signed by the Governor and Htate Treasurer, and couuterslicned by the Auditor-General, and registered lu the books of the Auditor-General, and to be transloruble on the books of the Commonwealth, at the Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bunk of Philadelphia; the proceeds of the whole of which; loan, including premiums, etcetera, received on the same, shall be applied to the payment-of the bonds and certificates of In debtedness of the Commonwealth. Hectlon 2. The bids for the said loan shall be opened In the presence of the Governor, Auditor-General, and State Treasurer, and awarded to the highest bidder: Jrovided, That no certifi cate hereby authorized to be Issued shall be negotiated for less than Its par viilue. Hectlon 8. 'J he bonds ot tue State and certifi cates of Indebtedness, now overdue, shall be receivable in payment ol the said loan, under such regulations as the Governor, Auditor General, and Htate Treasurer may prt'scribe; and every bidder for the loan now authorized to be Issued, shall state In his bid whether the same Is payable in cash or in the bonds, or certificates of Indebtedness of the Common wealth. Section 4. That all trustees, exocutors, admin istrators, guardians, agents, treasurers, com mittees, or other persons, holding, In a fidu ciary capacity, bonds or certificates of Indebt edness of the Htate or moneys, are hereby authorised to bid for the loan hereby authorized to be Issued, and to surrender the bonds or certificates of loan held by them at the time of making such bid, and to receive the bonds authorized to be Issued by this act. Hection 6. Any person or persons standing In the fiduciary capacity stated In the fourth sec tion of this act, who may desire to invest money In their hands for the benefit of the trust, may, without any order of court, invest the same in the bonds authorized to be Issued by thin ,act, at a rate of premium not exceed ing twenty per centum. Hectlon 6. That from and after the passage of this act, all the bonds or this commonwealth Shall De paiu on in me oruer n tucir maturity. Hectlon 7. That all loans of this Common- wealth, not yet due, shall be exempt from Htate, municipal, or local taxation, after the interest due February 1st, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, shall have been paid. Hection 8. That all existing laws, or portions thereof, inconsistent herewith, are hereby re- Pealei' JOHN P. GLASS, Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives. Ij. W. HALL, Speaker of the Senate, Approved the second day of February, one tnousana eignt nunureu auu siiiy-Btvsu. JOHN W. GEARY. In accordance with the provisions of the above act of Assembly, sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the State Treasurer in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, until 12 o'clock M., of the 1st day of April, A. 1). lho7, to be endorsed as follows: "Proposals for Penn sylvania Htate Loan," Treasury Department, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United Htates of America Bids will be received for $5,000,000, reimbursa ble in five years and payable in ten years; 08,000,000, reimbursable in ten years, and payable lu fifteen years; and 810,000,000, reimbursable in fifteen years and payable in twenty-five years. The rate of interest to be either five or six per cent, per annum, which must be explicitly stated in the bid. and the bids most advanta geous to the State will be accepted. No bid for less than par will be considered. The bonds will be Issued In sums of 830, and such higher sums as desired by the loaners, to be free from State, local, and municipal taxes. The overdue bonds of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be received at par In pay ment of this loan, but bidders must state whether they intend to pay In cash or la the overdue loans aforesaid. No distinction will be made between bidders paying in cash or overaue loans. JOHN W. GEARY, Governor of Pennsylvania. JOHN F. IIARTUANFT, Auditor-General W.H. KEMBLE, Htate Treasurer. N. B. No newspaper publishing the above, unless authorized, will receive pay. 2 7 7 3-10s, ALL SERIES, CONVKRTK1J INTO Five-Twenties of 1865, JANUARY AND JULY WITHOUT CHARGE. BONDS DELIVEEED .IMMEDIATELY. DE HAVEN & BROTHER, No. 40 SOUTH THIRD St pa S. PETERSON & CO., No. 39 S. THIRD Street. UOVEBKMEHT KECITRITIES OF AU HISDSt, ANO STOCHS BONDS, ETC., SOUGHT ASD SOLD AT THB FtiladelpMa and New York Boardi of Broken, tOUI'Ol'M) IK TEKIAT NOTES WANTED) DHAFTMON NEW YORK : Alwya fur al in tuma to tult purchase, f i ao sn .., FINANCIAL. E W SIX PER CENT. IlKmttTKUF.D LOAN Ll'IIlGll COAL AND NAVIGATION CO., JU'K IN 1N97. JNTF.lt KST PAYAF.LK QUARTERLY, FREE OF UNITED STATK9 AND STATE TAXK3, ' roit SALE AT THE OFFICE OF THE COMPANY, NO. 122 ttOVTH SECOND STREET. This LOAN Is secured by a Flrnt MortpRgeon lh Company's Railroad, constructed, unci to be con structed, extending from the southern boundary of tbeborouKh or JIaucli Clmnlc to the Delaware River t Easton: Including their bridge "cross the said river now In processor construction, together with all the Company's rights, llbortlesand franchises appertain. I to the said Railroad anil Ilrldge. Copies of the mortgago niay be had on application, at the Olllco of the Company. SOLOMON SUEIMIERO, 2IMi TREASURER. JirCooEE&Cp. 112 and 114 So. TIIIRD ST. FHILAD'A." Dealers in all Government Securities OLD 5-20s WANTED IN EXCHANGE FOK NEW. A EIBEKAL DIFFERENCE ALLOWED. CompciiBu Interest Koles Wanted, INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. Collections made. Stocks bought and sold on Commission. Special business accommodations reserved for adies. 1224 3m4p 01ealeU in flL gfeculiiieA cutcl cleian. x.cliaL, anxL memltU af gftaclc. and gfftdd GxcfLanges. ui Lath ritieA. ifLxzcaitniA. af JancS and J&ankeU. irrriited en Hit tclmA. FIRST-CLASS SEVEN PEICENT. BONDS. N or th Hissouri First Mortgage Seven Per Cent Bondi for iale at 8 5. All Inlornatlon cheerfully given. JAY COOKE & CO., BANKERS, No. 114 South THIRD St: 121 2m 4 RATIONAL BANK OF THE KEPUBLIOJ Kos. 800 and 811 CIIESNUX Street, PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL, $500,O0O-FELL PAID. DIRECTORS Jos. T. Bailey, William Ervlen.jSam'l A. Rlspham. fcdw. B. Orue. Osgood Welsh, i'red. A. Hoyt, Kulbaii Hllles.lB. Kuwlaud, Jr., Wiu. H. Rhawn. PRESIDENT, WILLIAM H. RHAWN. CASHIER, JOSEPH P. MUMYORD. 1 31 3m WHISKY, BRANDY. WINE, ETC. c AL1F0MIA WINE COMPANY WINES, From the Vineyard! of Sonoma, Lot Angeloi, and Wapa Counties, California, conaUrU ing of the following: WISE BITTERS, ANoKLlUA. bill. Kit i. AlUBCATEL, CATAWBA, CLAKET, CMT,' liliANDY, CUAMPAGXC These WINES arc warranted to be the pure lulca prape, unaurpsnscd by any lu the market, and are h rcuKiuuienUed for Uedlulu&l aud f aiiiily purpose. . FOB SALE BVi E. L. CAUFFMAN. . AUKNT, No. l North FOURTH Street 1 3th8lu2m I'll ILADELl'HIA pATTERSON & BOULTON, No. 130 WALNUT Street, Sole Agents for the State of Pennsylvania. (Hard, Dupny A Co. Cognac Brandy. Heldsleclc & Co. Champagne Wlneu. Ernest Laueseure Burgundy Wiues. Importers of "Harp" Glu, Jamaica Rum, Sherry Wines, Burgundy Pons, laud London Porter and Ale. a w tuthslm LOST OR DESTROYED A CERTIFICATE OV STOCK OK THK ULI.AWAHK DIVISION CANAL COMPANY, No. MM, In uaiuu of JAY CtiuKK & Co., lor twenty-eluhl shares, dated June 7, UtA having been lost or destroyed, application has been made to the Company tor its reuewal. AU persona are cautioned against, negotiating the lame, 2KUu8t s TOLEN, ON THK 8TH INST.. CERTIFICATE I No. of Delaware Division Canal Company. dated October S5, is, for fitly shares aiovk In name or Annie L. Allee; also, Cert iiloale No. SSI of Maryland (jold Milling Conipeuv, dated August. HI, loo, for 100 shares atock in uaJMOf Jidwiu A. Allae. , KD WIN A. ATI.KK, 2aubi - No. a is. vieru etret 4
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