THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4, 18(57. PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON, (STJUDAYS XXOKPTXD) KT Tan JTVENINQ TELEGRAPH building, ' . 109 KOlITn THIRD KTREET. Price, Thru Cents per Copy (Double Sheet), or Igbteen Cents per Week, payable to the Carrier, ens tailed to Subscribers out ot the city at Klue Dollars Annum; One Dollar endl FJtr Of nte for Two .fcLths, Invariably Id advance for tbeperiol ordered WEDNESDAY, DECEMDBB 4, 1867. e Hc.U of the Now York Citf Electioa. ian reH-.lt of the New York election yesterday Was probably the next beat thing for that city to the choioe of Mr. Darling. By an over Whelming majority Mayor Hoffman was chosen. As we anticipated, the contest was principally between Hoffman and Wood, although, from the figured, we can hardly say It lay between any one, it being decidedly a one-Bided affair. The rote stands: Hoffman....... - 2,fm Wood - 2-2,8(2 Darling 18,405 Total 0i,22& From Uiia it will be seen that the Demo cratic majority . at the election was about 7,000. The total number of votes registered by the Assessors was 135,599; so that there Were over 31,000 citizens who refused to go to the polls. At the recent State election there Were polled 111,802, being about 7(300 more than In the recent mayoralty contest. We do not wonder that twenty-fire per cent, of those entitled to vote stay away from the polls in New York city. The effort to purify is a hopeless one, and they naturally argue that it is a waste of time and energy to attempt a re form. The apparent gain of 8000 votes in the total Democratio majority is due to the refusal Of the 8000 Republicans to vote at all yesterday. In November the Republicans polled, 26,098 votes; yesterday they had but 18,405. The choioe of Mayor Hoffman is an Infinite improvement over the eleotion of Mayor Wood. The reminiscences of the ad ministration of that oflloial are not calculated to induoe the people to reinstate him in the position he so poorly filled in the days before the war. The Currency and the Internal Revenue Not the least important among the volumi nous documents which are inflicted upon the patience of our readers, according to ousto m, at this period in the year, are the reports upon the currenoy by Comptroller Hulburd, and upon the operations of our internal revenue system by Commissioner Rollins. The leading points of these bulky pamphlets, however, can be compressed into much less space. Mr. Hulburd's report starts out with an exhibit of the present condition of our national banks, giving their status in each State and Territory. The following figures show the general totals, together with the specific items for Pennsyl vania: 'Pmn- tjjlvanla. iiuo 198 50 277 9J 44.244 f 19.SA0 l!7l) 3D.8JJ.030 Total. . Bank organized-. 167S Banks In operation - 16 1 Paid-in capital. 8ttl Boudtt on deposit...... ;U'Mi:6 oiiii Currency Issued .....fi"3,HH 971 Currency In circulation f.tUU3 VM A comparison of some of the figures in Mr Ilulburd'fl table shows the great inequality in the distribution of the bank capital of the country under the present Bystem. Thus, the four States of New York, Massachusetts, Con necticut, and Rhode Island have $241,375,901 in bank capital, and $156,073,985 in national currency, or considerably more than one-half of the whole amount, while their population is but one-sixth of that of the Union. That portion of the report which refers to the failure of national banks is given elsewhere. Mc Hulburd thinks that there is, at pre Bentf ''no immediate demand for the redemp tion of national bank notes; but it would be one of the healthiest evidences of returning soundness in our financial affairs, if it Bhonld be inaugurated." As a means of bringing about "this first step towards specie pay ment,1' the Comptroller argues the necessity of causing legal-tenders to "command a small premium." The date of their appreciation in value ''would mark an era in legal-tender notes, and at the same time it would be a healthy reminder to the banks that their cir culation is a liability payable on demand." The total-taxation npon the capital of the banks ranges between four and seven per cent., but the high premium upon the gold reoeived as interest on their bonds, together with the large deposits in consequence of the abundance of paper money, has enabled them to pay this tax without encroaching materially npon their dividends. The Comptroller, after Stating these facts, continues: "Bat It in becoming more and more difficult lorthebauks to pay their taxis and their ex pauses without rtduolug their prottls below the amount tbat would be realized upou an invest meal In Government securities Ttie natural elleotoi tula excest-ive taxation will be an In centive to charge blKher rates of Interest In loaniDg their inou y, uud In tbe end the busi ness community will pay the tax lu the shape Of usury." The inexpediency of contracting the present circulation of the banks is argued at length the Comptroller concluding that ' "ins wiiuorawai of circulation from the wuuiuinin out of tn to wind un. not because uie privilege of oireniatlon i..h lulely essential in order to do u. h.i,i h.,i. 8' .1" i. i?Jt " ?! ""woolatione would -would either reorganize under biale j A"ey t thus get rid ot federal control, or they n. 4 T u , i . iu eutiar event ft Ui Satire amount of leuaMendere now h.:. ? a reseifo would speeuly be released and added to titeeuuwv ui wutuu wuuiu make siabTAal addition of nearly two hundred mil. itii to ti active paper circulation of the (.ntfitfV 'Sie effect of this H would not ba JifUodu rkli. That they would wind up 0 f '"Js U lMKf Um m uoimiiiiiiuu lug 11 1 iX3 wou5lbM5be way of contraction, ijl -x&miiM rifnl(i wispended, accommodatlot rwmilfl eJSKHl Tuercbanls. manufaoluror way oi uuuirtftubiuu. uib Hone irora, be deprived ol A revolution of without MOflOUS $i. contracting the sake of nUrest now M 1 3 ? i I 1 l ' I taan (Our WMneariur : 2 t(ilir-fu!iid'7MdiHtle8. e 1H I HUraj'WIUJIW iviw ..A.jLBAIHOkl.lH 8M. ti. 41, a paid on the bonds deposited, by the. banks, Is I r rem the hotels to some of the depots, aro do .. . . .-. J i K Blm a from hi cause Until they fall to reach thus aiHpoeea oi. .., ft, U'elrsios In season. I saw a aentlemeo Unon the . merely l,hi, I aro. of Sherman Hon.. r, n,.nd Srh.Ku.al-bnl i wo WU-iv "JU 11 HlTiir'. ;v 7 l.i totieOo-inn.enu Tii( the-d niiro into i ncount It ban been wtlb nf i HhI iiieuauK loan the Federal (Jovorumont lO'i.OiiO.OH) at I cm than three-fourth" of one percent, per annum: and allowing Hint mont y ia woi tu to l lie bitnka fix xr conlum per annum, It. U liomonntritted that the Interest on $150 U0 ,fi00 of iexiil-temlore I annually given to the Government, whleh, flddeil to the tnxea pal i, awella the amonnl paid by the bank to tha Government lo f ir,,otX),0t) an exceti of $.r),.r0ti,00i, over the Interest received by them, which la a bonus they pay (or their circulation." The Comptroller maintains at oonHlderable length that it is a fiuanoial impossibility for the Government to act as the general banker of the country; and, after diuoussing the question as to whether the amount of paper money now in circulation is in excess of the demands of the country, says: "Judging of the present volume of paper enr rency by the high prloes of every commodity, estimated in currenoy.lt is evident that it la tnnoh In excess of the actual needs of the country." The Report of Commissioner Rollins on the operations of our Internal Revenue system for the year ending June 30, 1867, starts out with a general h-sumS of the receipts of the department. In the following table, the aggre gate receipts are exclusive of the direot tax npon lands and the duty npon the circulation and deposits of national banks: stmnttnfj JleHiilrti. SI 1.014 ton ,5i2 Yror, Recetplt, IravhnrJc im- aui i.itni.nA fHiM.e.M lhS Hin.,.l,IIH - 7UHH'I7 1MS7 2U5.l.'U,47S 1,804,632 The receipts from several special sources may be summarized as follows: Sources. 1867. 1M8. 1B65. Hanks etc ar,8is.513 7,mi,iW2 t'.92U'l Hal loads 7.507,617 11,076 Kill 9. 'its 7K4 Insurance Cum pan let.... 1,849.4X8 1,9:48 953 l,7'i,lill '1 elrgraph (kimpvnles.... 2.19 0'JS '8.4M 215.0)1 Kxpress Companies........ 6M.3.-.K 646 7M bWtTH Kcvpiiue !-tiun 8 16U"4 7I8 l5.li44.K7i4 11.1S4 8W I.eKacles and Successions ;i,8U.42t 1 1H17B8 545.SM7 lllcone....... m... 67,040,641 60. BUI. 18 20,617 1 10 Articles in Hthedule A... 2,116,406 1.HH2.792 77991 Special Taxes 18,1 616 I8.MI6 7I8 12,-H,iwl Kw Cotton 23.769,079 18.40W,665 i,772,yet Keilmd Petroleuui and Coal Oil ..., 4,on4,7nJ 817,396 8,617 2' J Clars, etc .. 8,661.981 3.476,237 3,087 422 Chewing and buiokliig Tohacco 15 215 478 J2 339 Oil 8 il'7,0l Fermented Liquors BHIU.348 8.115 141 8,617.141 T)l Milled Hpirits 2,29,2ii4 29.UlH.5rs la 93 .7"a Braudy .... 668, 14i 28.1 5H0 12 0U5 The expenses of collecting the revenue in 1867 were $7,712,080, as compared to $7,689,700 in 18C6. The changes in the personnel of the service during the year were greater than in any preceding year. Changes of Collectors were made in 114 districts, in which 369 diffe rent persons were discharging the duties of the office at different periods; while in 116 dis tricts there were changes in the Assessors, 370 persons being on duty at different times. These multitudinous changes are charged to the rejection by the Senate of the nominations of the President. Altogether about 3100 Assistant Assessors were employed during the year. The Commissioner discusses at length the question of the establishment of a oivil ser vice, for the purpose of securing a more faith ful enforcement of the laws than is possible at present. The method of perpetrating frauds npon the revenue are detailed at great length, the Commissioner say ing: "1 believe the adoption of i civil service like that existing in either of several countries abroad, with its care in the selection of officers, and a prompt dismissal for negligence, incompetency, or fraud, would secure a very large part of the tax (on spirits) of twe dollars per gallon." During the year five hundred and seventy-eight cases were compromised by the department, with the fol lowing result: Amount of tax collected $732,011 Penalties, sa fixed by law . 142,811 Specific penalties 4W.4U8 ; Total ........ ..,...;... .'...$1,325,200 The report closes with a recommendation of several changeB in the law as it now stands. iluon General Baebv's.Casb. Senator Wil son is, according to a Washington correspond ent, Investigating the case of Henry W. Barry, late Brevet Major-Geneial United States Army. which will probably result in his oflerin? a oint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to strip him of his brevet honors; It is charged that Barry procured the same through letters purporting to be from Generals Thomas, Paine, Garfield, and others, who deny their authenticity, or that they even have any know ledge ot the person.. Barry lately obtained an appointment in the Freedmen's Bureau in Mis sissippi, but General Howard learning that be was a common swindler, dismissed him. Among the documentary evidence against Harry is an amdavit ot nts attempting an outrage in his boarding house at WafhioRton. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE'. From Chicago to tit. Louis Final Re flections on Chicago-Illinois and , Its Development A Doomed Town Ar rival at St. I.oula, Klc. ST. Lot is, Mo., Nov, 80, 1867. I ran down last night from Chicago on the night express train of tbe Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis Railroud an excellent road, well managed, and, I should judge, doing a very fine business. Ifojud by far tbe best sleeping oar on this line that I have found as yet on the whole route. A gentleman remarked to me, as we left Philadelphia, that we would find that the farther West we went the better the oars were. It has proved to be the case. Such sleeping cars as tome tbat are used on the road from Philadelphia to Washington would not be tolerated on uuy well-oonducted road in the West. The third tier of berths ap pears to be abanooued on all the Western roads. Only an upper and a lower berth, each double are provided. These, on the road I have just mentioned, are furnished with good thick mat tresses and wllh clean linen. The wash-rooms have also a good supply or clean towels. Tbe ventilation was better than ordinary by fur, the car being heated by a furnace beneath the floor, I said nothing in my former letters of the publio improvements tbat are being made In Chloago. Her great lake tunnel, for. supplying the city wllh water from Lake Mlohlgau,has been completed for some time. The chief work In wblcn the city is uow engaged is the digging of a tunnev beneath tbe Chloago river a deep, avl"be stream which divides the city. Thl fJf ,u brlned on all the streets whloh cross it, not the bridge, e obliged to be opened when- frer.ni.ntlV h. 10 through. It thus irecjuently bappeua Lhsi ... , number of vessel, to 7 tf B h J" r6 " ,.ar8e nnen for a lnn . ' ! ?"VU bges re kept aenaeracollMthwur::.."-? . Pa' ag.ln closed. Sometime,, JJ i ... T J . Ing, wl ut una ueeu vuui ieit, lie aaia nearove lo ever- briai. "oroes the river bofore he eould find one that was panaableand tii4-w" late for the train, much to his vexation and dis appointment. The neoesslty for belter means of transit baa become ao great that the oily la attempting to carry a huge tunnel under the river on the line of one of the principal streets. The work Is well under way, and although full or dlfTloultles, promises to be an entire success. The great work of ralstug thu whole business part of the olty to a higher grade Is pretty much O imp'.oted. This consisted, flrit, In filling Up the street, protected by broastworka or timbers on each aide, from Ave to eight feet In height with gravel. As a consequence, the busi ness houses were left below the grade. They were raised bodily by a systom of sorews to th"1 level of the streets. The Tremont House, a large briok structure, was thus elevated five feet, and, I believe, without any suspension of the oidinary buslnoss of the house. The olty Is at present appropriating a large sum of money for the purpose of erecting school buildings The school systems bolh of the olty of Chloago and of the State of Illinois are exoellent. Manufacturing enterprises are also receiving Increased attention. A large watch factory baa been established by Chloago capitalist at Elgin, forty mile west of the olty, where a very fine article of watches and clocks Is made The pork-packing establishments of Chloago are now lhe most extensive in the country. The hogs are killed In the fifth story, anrolled out on the ground floor in the shape of banked and barrelled pork. A good deal is being done in tho manufacturing of Iron, the Lake Supe rior ore being delivered there cheaply an 1 ex peditiously by water transportation. Were coal as easily obtained, the city would have unusual facilities for this branch of manufac tures. Every Chicago citizen Is full of faith in the magnificent, as well as "manifest," destiny of bis city. They expect it to become the greatest Inland city In the world. Real estate Is high for miles and miles out In every direction, and the speculative fever is as active as ever before. They point to the forty threo millions dollars' worth of merchandise shipped last year from New York to San Francisco, via Panama, as an indication of the future business of the Paolflo Bailroad, the great bulk or which trafllo they expect to concentrate and distribute at Chloago. Their ideas may be extravagant, but I tbdnk the olty Is destined to even a more rapid growth in the future than It has bad in the past. I have no doubt people are now living who will see Chicago a city of a million of inhabitants. - The ride to this olty from Chicago is through the very heart of tho State of Illinois. We ar rived at Springfield about daylight in the morning. From there down I could observe tho aspect of the oountry. I notice great changes in the ten years since I first passed over this road. Where there was then the un bounded sweep of vision over broad and un broken prairies, the eye now rests upon splen did farms and fruitful fields. The State has developed with great rapidity, and the high prices of grain for the past fonr or five years are making the farmers rich. The upper two thirds of the State is a great wheat andoorn section, the lower third is a wonderful fruit region. The peach grows to perfection, and is cultivated on an extensive scale. During the fiult season the Illinois Central Railroad runs special trains of refrigerator cars to accommo date this trade. Chloago and St. Louie, each, Wlthiu easy distance, a 11 or d a good market, , At Alton we strike the bank of the Missis sippl. The stream is not as imposing inap peaiance as poetlo fancy has painted It, espe cially In a low stage of water. The people of Alton murdered E. P. Lovejoy thirty years ago for bla opposition to human slavery. Aoarse and blight have rested on the town ever slnoe. A half-hour's ride from Alton, and the smrke which hovers over St.' Louis begins to b seen, and soon after the city Itself appears to view. It has an old and grim appearance. almost as dingy and smoky as Pittsburg. A rush from the cars at East St. Lonls, a scramble into the row of omnibuses, with their splendid horses, a clatter down into the huge ferry-boat, a few fctrokes of tbe great engine and piddle- wheels, a yell of driven, and a Jolt as '.he wheels bounce out of the boat on to the pavement of the 9 levee, un A. we are in St. Louis, the great city the MlssiBslppl Valley. . . . T. D. T. of SPECIAL NOTICES. jbr additional Special Noticet tee the Sixth Page, rtsp THE "PODNCET BOX" THAT SHAKE-it-S-J epeare's lop applied to lila nose, whim iiiautn nioded wllh ibe li.mtw or 'Vil'Hliious Raltnnirx." was out of plage In ibe llwld, but our military heroes re turning irom uitjir viciorit!t ngi ftiy 'emn i nat a liga tion ot PlialoD 8 "Night-Blooming Cereus" on their handkerchiefs, adds a charm to the social reunions wplch welcome the advent of, peace. M-junt Vernon jiaimcr. - - - ....... n BUSINESS EDUCATION. i THE QUKER CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE FIFTH AliD CUESNOT STPEKPS. This institution, Incorporated by thn LniclslAturn, and rst-ernlug ail the powers and privileges of clas . bioai cohttee, oilers to I YOVNU HFN The very highest advautagea fur a tuorntich praotlol roiiciillnn for busiut-s. Hh course of IiinItiioiIju U u noli a t aula that cannot fall to give sallslaciloii, and hundreds of Kiaduates are now holding DronilninL (KiHiuons In this oily who can testily to Its oupoilor value ana ire-pniiiif uuy urauucai uuuracer. KOItH-kKKPIKO. ! 4IM.IIt I All CAlt'XlATIO .., rr.NMiNsiur, ijijikikui, law, UlHIKli l OBMSK, ETC. Circular on appllcntlT. It rp? MUNO 8HAW LOO, OF MAUI, MAI V, - Burniah, having completed a rlathlcol the -logical and medical educallou, is about to returu to niv iiHuve latin. -A FAKEWFLL MKETIJfO will be held1 ON TIIUR-DAY KVKNINO. In-oetnher S. AT THE TA ItEHN CLK BAPTIST UHVACJX. f'H KH-NIJ 1 KireH. west of Eighteenth. Addresses niay be expected lr"in Brethren Shnw Loo, W, I), ilonrdiraan. and J. II. Canlle. 12 4 21 rj?T' COMMONWEALTH NATIONAL BANK m-L J Philadelphia. lieu. a. Inti7. Pnr the convenience ot lis l"ckholUer. mis Hank will ibv to lhe Receiver of Taxes the btate lax of 'lfcree Mills, now due upon their respective share. U 4 ill XL. V. 1UU1.1U, UIUUIW, "THE CIIEAP-BOOKSTORE 10.000 Pictures at a Reduction of 08 . Per Cent. $4 Boohs Selling at 35 Cents. 94 Book Selling a 50 Cents. Sl.SO Booka Selling at 35 Cents. A tew lot of these Ohtap Bioks now ready for la erection. 1000 Chromoi Reduced front 33) i to 75 Per Cent. Kvtrytblng In our Line either at Whole' ale or Less than Cost. OH and look over onr counters, store kept opea until 10 o'clock each evening. JAMES 8. OLAXTON, 12 4 3t4p MO. 'HKHIT STKF.KT, IT TMIiST-Cl.ASS BOARDING Central location. No. ir:i OIRARD Street, west of Itleveuib, above Ciiesout street. A band.ouieseoond etory frout room, uufuxulaued , ngw raoant, li i QnEAP; DRY O00D3, , CARPBT3, OIL ClvOTHO AND Win DOW SHADES. V. 15. AIIGII AM IJAULT, S. V. Cor. Eleventh and Market Streets, Will open this moraine, from Auction,-' Vld wide Electrotype Brussels Carpet tfoiywo. , Ing'kla ('aruets, wuvl Ulilug, u. 4 at,d son. Ingrain Cat pets, all wool, Bio , T, S7, and II. Knglinh Tapestry Bruivels (Jarpnts. only i ei. t-eu cloth Oaip ts, y aid a tut a ball wide. tl-M, eu:p and Kag Carpets, si, m. 40. and Hla. Floor Oil CloihR, all widttis 44. so. i, and 7r,e. Vt lodntr Khadm, lll-hnnitirs, $1, t, and j. elvot Ittig hep kin and Cuooa Mali. Table and Msilr Oil Oiotbs. htalr Uruggeis and Floor Cloths. t'llKAP BLAXHF.TS ANT llOVCRLflTS, Ali-wool BlankeU, , l, $3, t7, and pin. hiiver gry and brown ISlaukeis. l aud ji. -1 ocitoriables. t'l: Coverleis tl and A. Cns lmeres and Batlnele. 60. f2, 7b. aud tl. 1 lannels, all colore, M, 4 aim Aon. Chinchilla and W bitney Cloaking, 2 tn SI. hi IrmkIp and lletall Htore, N. K. corier F.LK Vk M U and M A It K K, I' Htreww U4mwstci fl E M O V A L. CONWAY BROTHERS. IIirOItTEB)! INDJOBnEM OF 4JI.OTaTH, SOTIONS, AUD ' TOT8. Have removed from No. 40 North FOURTH Street, to tbe large and spacious btorerooma MOS.IIAN0t4M, FOUBT1I STBEET, Broth west onrner of Commerce. 12 4 It QRIPPEN & MADDOCK, (Late W. L. Maddock 4 Co.), Ho. 115 South THIRD Street, CHOICE ALMERIA CRAPES 45 Cents Per Pound. nOVMLE CROWH I)EIIEA RAISINS. 4'KOWN DKIlfcMA BAIStNM. LOMDOH I. AY KB AISIS. LUOUE nVSCATEL UAI.NINS. aULIANA BAISINS. HEKIlLEsN BAI1I. HKW LATKU H,PBrjlEMS, FBVNKN, PLIIHS, NEW PAPER IIIELIi ALVeg UN, ' OBHUE), CITBON, CU BB AHTS, And a great variety of Goods suitable lor the Ch ht mas beason.-ai the lowest prloe. . . tl0lsw2ia ALL 4.O0DS WABKAMXEO. .' pRENCH DRIE CHEESE. LOTER OF rilfE inPORTED CHEESE ARK IKTITKD TO CALL AT BROAD AND WALNUT, AND FINDTIIEBB THE riNEMT TARIETT AND QUALITY OT CIIEEME IN TUB CITY. WE ABB IN -RECEIPT Or VERY CHOICE II R I R , CUEENE, CD. BIOUSLY PUT UP IN FRANCE, IN BAMK El S, AND OP TEBf RICH FLAVOR. ALSO, ROqCEFORT, STILTON, CHED DAR. EDA9L, P1KEAPPLE,IHI'I ATION OP DOUBLE GLOUCESTER, - AND RICH cream cnrjsE. - NElFtUAl EL AND CAM EH BERT WILL BE RECEIVED IN A FEW DAYS. SIMON CQLT0N & CL1RKE, , mm miUBi nnuAU au nA.unva aia, 10 S3 PHUjADKLPHfA, POINT BRBKZI1 PARK. Five Mile Race. Til U KM WAY, DECEMBER 8. 1807. . GOOD PAY, AND REGARDLESS OF TRACK. Horses to start at 4i o'c'.ook P. M. precisely. e. KU43ENT NAMES LUCC. LONO, TO IIABNKSS. R. POOL NAMES SHIM ADOBE, TO MAD DIE, Omnibuses will start for the Park at Si o'clock from Library street. it POINT BREEZE PARK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6,. 1807. ,-' , .., ' PURSE AND BfAKE OF 8300. Mile Heals, 8 In 8, to Road Wagons. Good day and iiaua. mree neat roaa uorscs in iue city. ' Horses to start at 8 o'clock P. M. - j i . .. . . ' i '. i i i i J. M. IIAMMILL NAMES D. IT. HAT BOX. OWNER NAMES B. M.4JAZELLE. . .' i OWNER NAMES B. II. STRATUHORE.' The privilege of member Introducing male friend without pay 1b suspended. Omnibuses will start for the Park from' Library street at 2j o'clock P. M.. . '12 3 at H A R D I N G'S EDITIONS ': - op -J ' ' , Tamily, Pulpit, and Photograph , BIBLES, , Prayer, Hymns, Family and Pocket . '' '..Billies, .'ir. 7- . PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. . i '' ' . I 4 ' ' ' . , ' ' ' ' ' ' ' New and Beautiful Styles, Bleu Turkey Morocco, Antique Il.Hef, and Gold rpo TUB LADIES. HAVING, PURCHASED JL the whole of a larxe Importer's stocK of com n enred HOKA CUSBIONS1, CHAIR SKATS, PIANO KTOOLH, AND SLIt-PEItM, we are ollorlun them at Una than coal of Importation. A full assortment Kerlln Zephyr, sold full weight. American Worsted ol st'pfrlor quality. 16 onls peronnne. Woollen Knll tlUK Varn, lhiKie Fringe, liiiKle Uiuipn and Bullous, HAPhoN'HTrlnomlnK and Zeplivr Ktore. 111 fmw2mpj N.W.cor. EIGHTH and CHERRY Sta. ODOEKS'AND VVOSTR-NHOLM'S POCKRT KNIVKb. Feari andBtag Handles, of beautltuj dnlsh. KOIXiKS' aud WADE A BUTCliKUS HA .ORB, aud the celebrated LMJOULTKK UAiOii. bClSSOltH of the Unesl quality. p.azors, Knives, Scissor, and Table Cutlery Ground and follshed at P. M ADlkiitA'S, No. UI TKNTH Street, hplow Cheannt. THANKSGIVING WEEK-TO GB0CER9 AND UKALKKS. Just .received from Roches ter, New York, a superior lot of Sweet Cider; alio somu hue VliKlnla Craa. P. J. JORDAN, No 24) t K. AK street, beUiw Third and Walnut su. 11 7 5p TO OHOCBB8, H0TKL-KEEPER3, FAMILIES, AND OTHERS, The undersigned has Jusl received a tresh supply ol Catawba, Calihir lila, and ChHiiipngne Wines, "Tonic" Ale (for lu valid) constantly on hand. P.J. JORDAN, No. 21 PhAlt Street, below Third and Walnut iu. 11 7j5p EAFNES8. EVEKY IN9TUUMENT THAT sclenqe and skill have Invented to assist tbe bearing In every degree of deafneaa; also, Reaplratora; also, Crandall's Paieiit Crutches, superior lo any others In ase, at P. JCADHX&A'S, o. 116 TKNTB SUeet. below CheannL 8 Sp WARBDRTON'8 IMPROVED, VBNTI ft lated and eaay-UniBg Dresa Hate (patented . in all ibe lni roved laslilons of the season. t)Sfct NTJT Street, next door to the Post Olnce. 11 la ,p JONKfl, TEMPLB 4 CO., TABHIONABLB HATTKBB, NO. U a NINTH Street, ' First store above Chestnut street. f4W PATENTS D. PANTS RCOURED AND tl Hf.l t II I P Irom 1 to f luohea, at Mount re;h Steam 1'yelng and Sooarlug. Ho. i S. ' 'i li bW4 u4 V u. ' ilACK btrewt, 1J4 ? CHEAP, CHEAPER, CHEAPEST CLOTIIINQ IN THE CITY, i ROCKH'LL & WILSON, Nos. 603 and 605 CHESTNUT St. ( Every Carrnont In our Exton sivo Assortment LOWERED In Price to suit tho times. Wo are determined to close out our Stock of Overcoats and Heavy Suits beforo the Holi days, Very Cheap. Prices greatly reduced on Ordered Work. Parents, brine; along your Boys. Wo have all kinds of Boys' Clothing, which, we wiil sell very low. jThe Best Ready-madeCloth-ing in Philadelphia at the low est figures. : 'Perfect satisfaction guaran teed to every purchaser, tsoia i . Q O M PL I ME NT S T II '12 "' .' S'-E A. 8 0, 3V. , HOLIDAY PRESENTS i j . OF ' I VERY GREAT VALUE j . FOB : VEEY LITTLE MONEY, . . i t ,' EDWIN HALL & CO.. NO. 28 80UTII SECOND STREET, ,,. ... ... .... . .., ; Have an extensive assortment of new and ele gant GOODS, BILKS, SHAWLS, VELVETS, CLOAK INQS, and DKE34 GOOD3, whlod wlU be offered ' at n still farther redaction, thus affording to all an opportunity to purchase useful and elegant presents for tbe Holidays, at such prices as cannot Call to give satisfaction. . SPLENDID OTTOMAN SILKS j At $2 50, Reduced from $5. ! MOIRE ANTIQUES - i . At $3-50, Ilcduccd from $3. SILK CORDED POPLINS At $150, Reduced from $2 25, ' .... J-l.l .'.:.., ' ...'A .. , .,; . .; Plain 1 French Silk Popliiis ', At $125, Rcfluced from $1-75. i i All-wool French ; Poplins; at 80 Cents, French All-wool Poplins at 87i Cents.; . i 1 The above are all New and Fashionable Ooods, Choice Shades, and well worthy the attention of the publio. , . ,., lit UWflUMP EDWIN HALL & CO. JpOR TIIE INFORMATION OP JIOLDIKS OF GOVERNMENT 8K0UEITIK3, who may wish to convert them Into the ' ' FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS Onion Pacific Railroad Co., "We publish below the terms npon which they may now be exchMwd at the office of the Agents of the Company in this city, I WM. PAINTLR ril . KO. SOUTH TBIKD MTBKJBT. , would to-day give these bouda and pay a dlOa. recce of f4)6 S3 taking In exchange XJ. 8. S's of 181. tlfifl si do. , do. 6-20's of iAHZ. I1216S do. do, S Ko'a ot lit. (1117 68 , do. do. s-2u's of 1805, Hay A Nov. 115183 do, do. S-20's of 'ss.Jan.dk July, iil-88 do, do. 6-20'S of '67. do. fPS-ba do. do. HH cent. 10 iV. do. IA9 1S do, do. 7S-10Cy. JuaelsMia. tua i do, do. 7 8-i Cy. July Issue. (For every thousand dollars.) We oirer these bonds to the public, with every con flderte In their security. fhlladelpbla, Nov. , 1867. . Uip V CI Tl 1 o a This popiiHrg'U edKd oiiaia ure Vuluine Is r. uleie wivU 1'oatlc muIIiubiiI. fleaalnff Ti , jT. I MilfMlliinv Mjui.sahnlsl M 1(1 n -Meaio- iXIl Im T l'rlc. w rants. Mall. ' , - - -Wl ..... F ... i . I . . X. J .....I.IIW nraiinubl l.u..iui ,,u fi k H .j 10 COOiIIHlK, no, mi uiv air,!, iiuniou, aim aoia ny all huokaeUert. fbUadalphla, J. 0. Uf t'lN(K)TT A OO. 11 525 MIL E B Or TBI - 1 '.'.- ' , . ... et UICIl PACIFIC RAILROAD i Banning West from Oaahi ,.i Across tho Conttnont, . ARB HOW COMPLETED. ,' This brings tbe line to lhe eastern lm.se of the Kooky Mountains, and It la expected tnat the track will be 'aid thirty miles further, to Svans Pass, the hlgheet point on t he road, by January, Tbe maxi mum grade from the loot of the mountains to the summit la but eighty feet to the mile, while that eg many Kantera roads U over ose hnndred. Work in the rock-cuttings on the western slope will con 1 1 Due through tbe winter, and there Is now no reason to donbt that tbe eutlre grand Una to the Pa cific will be open fur business In isto. The means provided for the construction Of this Orat National Work are ample. The United States grants lis Blx Per Cent. Bonds at the rate or from 18,000 to iitjm per mile, for which it -take, a teeond Urn as security, and receives payment tea large If no ' to the lull extent or lis c'alm in scnrloea. These Bonds are Issued as' each twenty-mile section Is aolsbed, and atier It has been examined bv OnKed Btates Commissioners and pronounced to be In all re- -spects a first-class road, thoroughly soppHed with depots, repair-shops, stations, and all the necessary rolling stock, and other equipments. . Tbe United H lutes also makee a donation ol ItSOO, acreaefland to tbe mile, which will be a aonroe of large revenue to tbe Company. Much of this land In tbe riatte Valley is among the most fertile in the world, and other large portions are covered with heavy plue forests and abound in ooal of the beat quality. The Company Is also authorised to issue its own First Mortgage Bonds to an amount equal to the issue of the Government, and bo more. Hon, K. D. Morgan and Hon. Oakes Ames are Trustees tor the Bondholders, and deliver the Bonds to the Company only as the work progresses, so tbat they always re present an actual and productive value. Tbe authorised capital ot the Company IsONK HTJND11KD MLLLI N 10LLA.R3, or whloh over five millions have been paid In upon the work already done. Earnings of tho Company. . At present, the pioUts of the Company are derived only from Its local trathc, bn i this Is already muoh more than sufficient ta pay the Interest on all the Jtends the Company can Issue, If not another mile were built. It Is not doubted that when the road Is completed the through tratlio of the only line con. necllng tbe Atlantic and Faclflo States will be large beyond precedent, and, as there wl 1 be no competi tlon, It can alwajs be done at profitable rates. It will be noticed that tbe Unien PaclHa Ballioad la. In tact, a Government Work, built under the super vision ot Government officers, and to a large extent, wlih Government money, and that Its bonds are Issued nndet Government dlieotloa. It Is believed that no similar security Is so carefally guarded, and' certainly no other la baaed npon a larger or more valuable property. As the Company's ' I First Mort?ae;e Bonds Are offt red tor the present are NINE IT CENTS 0t' THE DOLLAR, they are the cheapest security.in the market, being more than IS per oent. lower than United Btates Stocks. They pay SIX FER CENT. IN GOLD, Or over NINE PUB CENT, npon the investment. SDb.crlptlons will be received In Phlladelphlaby ,' DK HAVEN A B aOTHBlt, No. ell S. Third street, ' WI'LXIAM PAINTER A OO, NO. U S. Third St. J. K. UCWAE8 & CO., No. 2 8. Third street. . TUB TRADESMEN'S NATIONAL BANK. In V tlmlcgton, Delaware, by , j R. R. ROBIN AON A CO. j . JOHN McLliAIt A BON. And In New York at the Company's Office, No. 20 NASSAU Street, and by , CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK, 7 Nassau St. CLARK, DODGK CO , Bankers. No.51 Wallst. ' JOHN J. CISCO fc SON, Bankers, No. M Wall St., And by the Company's advertised Agents throughout the United States. Remittances shenld be made In draila or other funds par In New fork, and the bonds will be tent free of charge by return express. A NEW PAMPHLET AND MAP, showlni the progress of the work, and resources for construction, add value of Bonds, may be obtained at tbe Com-1 pane's Offices, or otits advertised Agents, or will be sent i ree on application. . , JOHN J. CISCO, TREASCJGtEB, V.J. ". KHf YORK. November 23, 18(7. 11 25 mwlst . Q L o D ( e MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ! . ; i NKW YORK. " . - . PLINY FREEMAN. President. . . ORINQ ANDREWP. uid.m... ''" r OUN A. HARDNBICRQH,Vl0"'Plre,,1,,e,,u' f . HENRY a FREEMAN. Secretary. ORGANIZED JUNE, 1864. : 1 1 a f l ' policies non-forfeitable. prit j mi t'ms pa table in cash. losses paid in oll-h. it receives so notes? and gives no:sk.' ;', JJ the provisions of its Charter, the entire surplus beli(igs to Polioy Bolder, and must be paid to them in 1)1 vidends, or reserved for their greater security, pkvldends ars made on tbe contribution plan, aud paid annually, cou menclng two ytars from the date of the Policy. Jl lis already made two Dividends, amouatlngtt $10,000-00, An' l mount never before equalled during the first irt i years of anv company. UEK PERBl ISsION OIVEJf TO TBlrEL IN THE SJNl'lEU MiATtH AMU EDBOPI AT ALl MEA fcSkSM OF THE YEAB. NO POLICY FH REQiriHEn. FKJIALK H1S.HH TAKE AT THE IISIIAL PKIHTEO HA1EN, NO i:TBA PHE5IICM ttEINO lift H ANDED. Applications for a'l kinds or Policies, Life, Ten, Year Lite, Endowment, Term, or Children's Endow ment taken, and all lnforn.atu.in cheerfully afforded at lue BKANCU Oil ICE OF THE COM PANT, No. 408 WALNUT Street, PHILADELPHIA, ' KLMES & Q 111 FFITTB. MANAGERS. - Department or State or Pennsylvania. C'habi.ks K. Elm ks, laleof Puila National Bank. W. J. GairriTTB, Ja. 1074wsatt4p Fire, Marine and Accident Insuranoe euroteV the most rehahle t!. mpanlea ol mis clltr, and intalinaa of New ork. New Kuglaud aud Baltimore WILMINGTON STEAMBOAT j.u ai.U alter 1 11 I RfsDAY, Deoember ih. ARIV L will 01oouuuue her trips. M. VKI TON will run a foil Street Wharf. Phl'sdelphuk. at 1pm a7.S wn uiisiiiTiiN .i m ' ... aud Wile -r , v - w v I w. , tin si CHS? Sfe:?
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