T1IK UAlI.r HVKMNtt TKLKOUAl'lI HIUjADHIjPUIA, TUESDAY, JANUAUT 5, 18C0. (Cutting Metjtfo PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON (SUWDAYS BXOKPTKO), AT THK BVKNINQ TBLKHIAPK BUILDING, HO. 10 A THIRD &TREE1 PHILADELPHIA. Tht Pr-tor it three cent per copy (double theet); or eivhtten eenti ptr week, payable to the carrier by whom e vert. The subtariptwn prtoe by m iU is Sine Dollar per annum, or One Doll'tr and fHfiy rri.fr for two nwntltt, invariably in advance f r the lime ordered. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1869. Printing anil SlaHonery FraiuH. Thb vublio only once in a while get a glimpie of the corruption and wickedness that cling about the Uovernment at Washington, bat the few facts that do come to light are enough to make ns almost despair as to whether a purification is possible. General Urant pro bably intends, and the publlo certainly ex peota it of him, to make a determined effort to break up the rings and lobbies that infest Washington. It is question, however, Whether the cleaning of this Augean stable will not be beyond his powers; bat if he suc ceeds In even partially putting a stop to the outrageous frauds upon the Government which have been perpetrated with impunity daring Andrew Johnson's administration, he will be entitled to the thanks of every gool oltizen. The New York Tribune's Washington cor respondent yesterday made a statement which, If trne In all particulars, pats Seoretary Browning in the position of sustaining most outrageous frauds on the Interior Department I - . . f In the matter or stationery ana printing, i Seems that charges of fraud against persons holding oontraots for supplying the Interior Department with stationery were Investigated by a committee of Congress last session, and a resolution was reported annulling the con tract. Owing, however, to the adjourn ment of Congress, this was not acted upon. Afterwards, on the complaint of the Commissioner of Patents that the stationery famished was of a very inferior quality, a commission was appointed by Secretary Browning, composed, it is said, of the friends of the contractors. The csmmission reported that the contract had been fulfilled in good faith, and that they ought in addition to be paid for 300,000 sheets of bond paper whioh the Aoting Commissioner of Patents had never ordered. Eight cents a sheet was oharged for this paper, when its actual value was not more than one cent and a half a sheet, and at the rate at whioh it is now used the amount furnished would last about a dozen years. Acoording to the record of the Interior De partment, however, not more than $500 worth of this paper was ever received, aad nobody knows what has become of the rest. According to the report of the Printing Committee in July last, the Commissioner of Patents found that six index books had been charged at $25 apiece, whereas the six re ceived were, at the higLeat valuation, not worth mora than 75 cents apiece; 46 caveat books were charged at more than $10 apiece and not more than ten were to be fouud in the office, and they not worth half the price. It was also discovered that the Patent Offlje was paying $40 per 1000 patent cards not worth more than $5, and $22 for card tag3 worth about $3; brown maailla envelope?, whioh, with printing added, were probably worth $1 per 1000, cost the Department 1S per 1000; and that 150,000 were paid for, while only 40,000 were received. These are bat a few items among many showing how the Government was swindled, and between the exorbitant oharges and the difference between the number of article! received and paid for, the profits of the con tractors must average about two or three thousand per cent. Notwithstanding the fact that these things were proved before the com mittee of the House of Representatives, the commissioner appointed by Secretary Brosvn log cleared the contractors, and the Secretary ordered that they should be paid an additional $25,000 for goods that were not in the con traot, and that were never ordered. Facts like these soarcely require oomment, and yet this swindle is probably an insignitl cant affair in comparison with some of the gigantio schemes of rascality that eat up the revenues of the Government. On the 4th of March a new President and a new Congress will assume the control of the Government, and the people of the country, burdened with debt and ground down by taxation, will look to them for the inauguration of a reform 'aad a more eoonomioal administration of affairs. Such swindles as that whioh we have spoken of have been submitted to long enough, and if those who have the power do not put a stop to this svstematio plunder of the public treasury, no considerations of political expediency should prevent them from feeling the juBt indigna tton of the people, without regard to party Oeueral Grant ami the Mississippi Levee. Thb reported conversation of General Grant with an advooate of a national endorsement of Louisiana bonds for the improvement of the leveea on the lower Mississippi, affords a cheering indication of the poliey of the incom ing administration. The President elect li evidently deeply impressed with the necessity of keeping down the national expenditures, and disposed to turn a deaf ear to the advo oates of sohemes for draining the Treasury. The Ingenuity displayed in devising pretexts for fastening additional burdens upon the American people is real'y marvellous, and many Senators and Representatives are en tirely too ready to vote for appropriations which they wculd scarcely dare to approve if the responsibility of extravagance was not abarert by their associates, and if thy di l not talet their consciences with the hope that dome coordinate branoh of the Government would b mora regardful of the publlo In tereeta. From the South, eepeolallj, we fear that the new loyal Senators and Represent tires will present a Lost of olalmg for dam ages inflicted on so-called loyal oitUeni during the war, and an Infinite variety of applications for relief. It Is doubtless true i hat there are cases of great individual hard ship, and it is barelr possible that In soma instances the nation should extend fluanolal relief; but it is evident, on the other hand, that if the door ia now fairly opened for the admission of claims for damages Inflloted by the Union armies In the rebellious States during the war, Congress will speedily be be sieged by applicants for thousands of million of dollars. The only safe rule Is to rejeot all applications of this natnre, and the only true method for restoring Southern prosperity is that pointed oat by General Grant. lie truly declared that Northern men with ample capi tal are willing and able to make a garden of the South, but that the old feelings of Rebel hostility practically exclude Northern men in many seotions from participation in the culti vation of Southern plantations, and that there is "a general.tendency to seoare the services of the negro without prompt and adequate compensation," which prevents the freedtnen from laboring with hearty good-will. In his terse language, "nothing remains but to set the negroes to work and to invite and wel come Northern men." If, by any legislative or executive action, or any sincere change of the prevailing sentiment of the South, loyal citizens could enjoy in the seceding States the same degree of freedom and protection to life and property which is acoorded in all the Northern Commonwealths, the wounds of the war would speedily be healed. The enhance ment of the value of Southern real estate would of itself speedily compensate Southern capitalists for their losses daring and subse quent to the late conflict, and the productive ness of Southern soil, under a properly applied free-labor system, with small farms substi tuted for unwieldy plantations, would be infi nitely increase d. Report 1 tbo N !' in I 4'omiulftioiier of Itevenue. On onr first page will be found the report of lion. David A. Wells, Special Commissioner of Revenue, addressed to the Seoretary of the Treasury, and laid before the House of Repre sentatives to-day. The Commissioner states that he does not present the results of his in vestigations with a view of oomparing any particular theories, bat rather of determining through the collection of data what policy of legislation is likely to produoe the most ad vantageous results. While the oountry is rapidly recovering from the effects of war, there are also agen cies which tend to arrest national develop ment, and which foster speculation, idleness, I and extravagance. With regard to the lead ing elements of national wealth, the Commis- missioner states that from the 1st of July to the 1st of December, 1808, about 1,000,000 natives of foreign countries have sought their home in the United States, and it is estimated that these immigrants bring with them on an average of about $S0 per head. The general increase of the products of domestio industry is also taken into consideration, and this in crease has been greater than the legitimate in crease to be expeoted from the normal In crease of wealth and population. Daring the ten years from 1S53 to 1608 the increase of tonnage on the railroads has been at the rate of sixteen times greater than the increase of population. The Commissioner does not think, with the exception of the liberal policy adopted with regard to the disposition of the publio lands, that legislation has done much to bring about the results he indicates; and that the prosperity of the oountry is due to influences entirely in dependent of the action of Congress. With regard to the retarding influences, Mr. Wells mentions an irredeemable paper currenoy as tending to destroy all profitable commercial relations with foreign countries, and also the varying forms of taxation which now exist in the United States. The Com missioner thinks that the internal revenue system as it now stands Is capable of yielding the maximum of revenue with the minimum of disturbance to the wealth-producing ele ments of the oountry. These and a number of other points are taken up and discussed in detail, and we commend the report to oar readers as containing matter worthy of earnest consideration. Flillonopny on SUntow. During Horace Greeley's recent visit to the Canadians, a tremendous sensation was kicked up by getting that philosophical Individual upon a pair of skates. Great crowds of people flocked to the Montreal Rink to witness the novel spectacle of a race between the Mayor of the city and the great man of the Tribune. "Oat of respect to his distinguished guest," says a writer who describes the scene, "the Mayor jnade a studied effort to fall behind his competitor near the end of each heat. By this rare act of courtesy the Tribune philoso pher won three straight heats, and was de clared the viotor amid shouts of applause and a perfect del nee of bouquets." It seems that hot-house flowers are held at a high figure in Montreal, but so anxious were the people of that city to do honor to Mr. Greeley, and so ignorant of his tastes were they, that they actually invested in three bushels cf nosegays, all of which were hurled at the bead of their illustrious guest. One of the bouquets, we are informed, fell in front of the philosophical skater and became entangled in some of his nndertrapplngs probably In his boot-straps, which, as all the world knows are always kept in full view of the world the consequence being that Mr. Greeley suddenly measured his fall length upon the ioe. Hap pily, the philosopher unstained no bodily In Jar, bat his tuorUuo&Uoa was intense when he discovered, on picking himself up, that the mlehap had knocked all the dents out of that famous old white hat whioh he has worn ever since he made his advent, as a poor and friend less youth, In the streets of New York, a onn tory or two before the dlsoorerv of A marina. We trust that Mr. Greeley will vlall I'iilla. delphia, also, during the skating mianon, and give hie Honor Mayor Fox an opportunity Id display an amount of olllolal courtesy equal Id that of the chief magistrate of Mootrnal. If one of the new rinks could swmre Mr. Ur kv'a skatorlal services for a nuaioti of l nights, the fortune of its proprietors would be made, and the other rink would have to In dismantled. Gknrrai. Siikhioan was not deterred from the prosecution of his campaign agaltmt tint predatory ludian tribes of the Plain by tin approach of winter, and he raaui equally de termined to prevent the dusky warriors from outwitting him by the duplicity for which they are scarcely less famous than their barbarity. He refuses to be deceived by hypoorltloal pro. Cessions of friendship, and will beooutent with nothing less than the surrender of the entire bands engaged in the recent hostilities, so that the guilty may be punished and the innooeut protected. The alternative is such an assault on their camps and villages as was recently made by General Caster. The Government has in many oases protected the women, chil dren, and old men of tribes whose warriors weie waging relentless war against American citi zens. No better mode of encouraging Indian raids could well be devised. General Sheri dan aots on the principle that the savages who go to war mast be made to feel that they stake not only their own existence, bat the welfare of those who are near and dear to them, and that they must either maintain peace In good faith or encounter perils a numerous and painful as those they seek to inflict on frontier settlements. This policy will readily be comprehended by the Indian, and they will speedily learn to fear and respect it. Their rude natures can only be eon trolled by force, applied in the most impres sive and anmistakeable manner, and Sheridan's logic, enforced, when becessary, by broad swords, bayonets, and bullets, will prove more convincing than the arguments or tri butes of a host of peaoe commissioners. Nf.w evidkncih have recently been giveu of the hardships and sufferings of the seces sion emigrants to Brazil. The zealous advo cates of the Confederacy who were so enamored with its ohanns as to "leave their country for their country's good," rather than acknow ledge the supremacy of the banner of the stars and stripes, have all found their proposed new homes infinitely less attractive than their native land, despite the terrors of reconstruc tion, the triumph of the national cause, and the establishment of negro suffrage. They are forced to confess that in the United States they are only "victims of oppression" in a Pick wickian sense, while their residence abroad was embittered with real suffering. The F. F. V.'s are beginning to discover the folly of continued resistance to the reconstruc tion policy of Congress, and they are taking initiatory steps for the readmission of the Old Dominion into the Union on the terms pre scribed by existing laws. Their obstinaoy oan only injure themselves, and they have learned that the business of Congress is less ob structed by the absence of Senators and Re presentatives from Virginia, than the affairs of Virginia by the lack of representation. TEE SUEZ CANAL. Progress of tbe Oreat Work. A letter irom Sues In tbe Parla Moniteur bbj s: ' Tbe greatest activity continue! to reign in the woi kyaid of tbe isthmus. Between tbe J olti of Ootober and the 15th of November 2 OOO.UOO.OOO cnbio metre of carta were removed. TbHt result exoeeded tbe expectation of tbe contractor, wbo did not count on an excava. i ton of nioie tban 3.000,000. There are at present mote tban 17,1X0 laborer employed. Independ ently of tbe work effected by barrows in tbe small Bitter lake and at Berapeum, and by mean of wagon and a railway at Chalouf, tbe contractors uae sixty dredging maohlues, wbicb are never at rent day or nlgbt. Thus of 7o.000.lU) of cublo metre of earth whioh have to be tarried away to form tbe canal, 20,000,000 only remain to be removed; this la less than ten mouths' labor. It appear to be now definitely admitted, In tbe first place, that steamer may pas through from one to tbe other, without aid. at tbe rate of ten kilometre (Hve-eigbtha of a mile) each per hour. That rapidity ia audi, elect, a vessel propelled by steam do not re quire a speed of more than seven kilometre to be easily steered. Balling abipa of more than nfiy lou will be towed, at their own cost, at tbe rate of tlx oraeven kilometre per hour; t bote of a smaller slice may, from tbe breadth of tbe canal and tbe slope of tbe bunk, sail through without impeding the pa-wage of the linger vessel. There will likewise be, every ten or twelve kilometre, basin for facilitating tbe passaice of abip and preventing the channel from being blocked up: tuooeof upwardsof fifty tons w ill also be bound to employ a pilot, whose experience in tbe condition of navigatiou and knowledge of slgnuls by day and night will oiler a complete security. The canal, landing place, and lakes will be lighted by a system now unuer conelilei'allon. A to the mode of towing, nothing 1 yet decided on. Experiments are about to be ma'le, but there Is a probability that In order to utilize the numer ous imei which will return to the company after tbe work of construction, recourse will be had for a certain lime to tbe ordinary method. Auinug the obiiaatiou which the drreut com munication between the two aea Impose on the trade of all countries;! the transformation or sailing vessel Into steamer. Independently of tbe advantage these latter have of effecting the parage in sixteen hours, while the former will require twenty-three or twenty-four, the navigation on the 1 ted Hua will be luconientahly easier. As Is besides Mbown by a recent work on 'Merchant Shipping with Respect to the Cutting Through of the la'.hmua of Suez,' Fiance has entered boldly on the course of re newing ber naval plant; she will not be the last to piotU by the uew market which will be opened by the Huez oauul to her commercial ac tivity." LATEST SU11T1SO 1MLLLIGHMT. Fvr additional Marine A'cwt tee Iiuide Paget, PORT OF PHILADELPHIA JAN UAE Y B. BY AT OF THKRMOIfHTBB AT THI aVBMIMe ML. T . 42111 A. hi. 4l'l P. It.... 48 Oorrmpondrw Qi the Philadelphia Exchange, Lawaa. Del., Jan. t-tt I. M. Tbe following vet tela have arrived nine my last, aud remain lu Cow ld wilb (bone before reported: fUrqit Ubatcn, from Hau Krsnclnco; Himlua from New York; bri H, Blruul. tioui Kli'KHOu. J a ; icbra U. A. ford, Irom 81. John. N. M i u rt- H. Cdy. irom , all forPUlla- .tut. ,i.l w.uliu niadaraLa. Will tblrik fuir. JOSKf U LAVKTBA. P!einiolilp Baxoa, u. 1-i ri-J!iiiU, clii at Soateti id Ui4 SPECIAL NOTICES. tj7 COLD WKATHER DOES NOT CIUP ' r r(iii(jhn tliemtln after nmnft WKirjMr A!.TNA I KDdl.VAUIN 1 A HLKTortOLJ 1)1 71 K 0 l. Vt HIN. Ira daily una niakoa the akin di. calHl mull and beautiful. It U ilnlghlfiillf fraaran, Irananarxtii, and Itirvuibatabla ai a lo'l Mnaj. Fur "1 an UMitfHMl, , A 14, A WKIWIIT, til No. tti (jilkHNUr Hlrnnt, I vT" t m-im AHHOouTioi oif amkhk:, M.a.orxi t, iH.-Maa itiiiM i. t.atil.t, and iitil! MatUli.CMftnt, M 1'IHMl UT L VI''."".'? ,,"l',''r. f Var-jiJ., .la-, 7, at ail. b, lot m tiau.flt at Mia fi.l,Tjl i,nq Miri, I ..),, ,r Mon W, ai l"Mi iM w) tl , lin n rn. pii.iiitt.ft " a tm iiHii,M.i it.m ... w, ti.init, it a n epi, t, aii.f, .,, (.,(, l...t.l l,t l.d.M ( .hf)ma, f,fr,i,H(,flr. Diem llt'0n f .f Ira M'PfC'I tt ciimi .,h T ,: i ff.f Iv3 f tl ft H u M Tj N w p. ft f IMP UfMMti H4f, MtV I"-. Vntitaii M VMitfcf'if'm will ha hnl.l at i,a A M Hiiliu l Afiaft? (F MliaKi Of I Ml linn 4 V .V 'IM'J, M W. 7, !' Hnlmmlpllmi Hi MmlMlt. (at.Mavxf at lay, may hn had at tha Hall nl Ilia U r , N-. Nil and IV I'luirrr arat. at A ii'1r'4 M'.aiii -I'nr- w Hut tlhraiMit airmt, and at Ilia Nl M-mi'l 'if lift (Xntiniiiilal lli..l, rlllujei), Ktra l.adlra' tVsoMi, . Hacialora' Uokwta Ml miila, I I at KSTT- ATLANTIC AM) (.it HAT WKtTKItM -x-' RAILWAY MIMI'ANY. HaoakTAHV'a Ourn a, fo An Itroaivar.i Naw YHK, xatli Iwnaiiinar Ml ( Nntlra la harnny glvn that a.airiai nival Iiik of tha HIiM k holders ol lha Atlanlli; and llraat Wi't.nrn (i. wsy !lu. any will ha hind at Ilia lli.rirl llllli i-i ol tha C'oiuiiauy, Wo. i llrotdwar. Id Ilia t ily and Htai. ol Now York, at 12 o'olouk noon, on HA I'D KIM V . tha ffllli day of January ait ti ii'tntluar mi l ai prove of, or rvji'ot, nnrtaln r.iii'.raola an arml liii. with tha Krlfi Hallway tlit'npany, and tha (l.iliiiiiinii, t lnoK'i, and Indiana Ootral Hallway omiiany. and rorolhorpiiri'iiKea. Tha tianalor hooks will romaiii CKBt'd until allrr ine uiaotint . W. AUUUUALL O'DOMIOItTY. 1 1 4w n ncrnlai y fj$F" PHILADELPHIA AND It K A l I N d It All, ho AD toafAN Y Ullloe Mo. til n. rOUATU ttlreeu l'mi.nT.fiiiA. ItTumlier ft, I'M. UlVIbKNIi MOriCK. Tha Transrer Books of this Company will ha rli'Bcd on ilia 4:h of January neat, and be reopened (in TliKMAY, January li. A Dividend of HVKreit OKHT. has baon d rlard on the Preferred and Common Hiock. claar of ball inal and Hlate Tax, uayabln In common atock on and alter January 2 1, IHiitt to the holdarn tlinroo', as tbi-y filiail stand rvglsU-red on tha books ot tha (Jomosny ou Hie Hh ol January next. All payabla at this c nit. All orders for Dividends must be witnessed and stamnpd. iBau Im H. BRADFORD, Treasurer. VkW TUK PillLADELl'HlA, WILMINt!- Tor, AND BA 11 1 MOHK II AlLRu ID VO it I'iNT. Piiii.abKi.rniA. Deo. 24 1864 Tbe Annual Meeting of mo un .kholders or thli ConipaDy. and an aiacllon ol Directors, will takit p act) at Die (lOlce of the omptny. In VVILMtNU TON, lelaaa e, on the SKCOISD MONDA.Y (lllii) in Jannsry iext. at 1 P. M. U Mi lit A, HORN BR. BecretaT. (KI- TII4 PHILADELPHIA, WILMINO- TON. AND UA LTiMUUK ItAlLKUAD OOM PANV. Philadelphia, Dec. 24, 1S6H. The Directors nave deeiared a Dividend of FOUR P.K t'KJS I'. ou tbe capital Wiorlr. of tha Ojnumuy, clear of tiovernaeul Tax, payaole on and after 7tb of Januarv nexU A. UOKNKR. 12 2tf lit Treasurer. EST BAftK OK NORTH AMEKICA- BANK Ok' N "BTH AURBIOl.l January 4 issd. J Tbe Director have declared a seml-unnusi Divi dend of Jr,VJl.N AND A HALF PiR CENT,, and au extra dividend of KIVK PKH t'K.NT. toicetuer twelve and a half per cent., payable stb met. 14 mwl.tt J. HU(!KLh.Y, Uashlv. NATIONAL BANK OF THE IiH- PHii.4nKi.PRiA, Dec. 81, tin. Ttie Annual Klectl -u for Dlreotors of tals Ksulr. will be he d ai ile iimiklnK House, ou TUKSD VY, Jau. 12, ItaH, batwseu the bours of 11 A. M and 2 P. U. JOSKPU P. UUMFOKD, 1 1 lot Cashier. BW UIItAUD KATIftNAL BANK PUILAUKLPHIA, Dec. 8. 1861. Tbe Annual Meeting or the utuckbolders for tne flection ol Directors and tor other purposes will be held at the Banking Ucush on WIDMiCHUAV, tbe 13lb day of JAN CAKY, 1M9, at 12 oolock M. Tbe election will take place hetveen tne hours ol 10 A. M. and 2 P. M. W. L. UUSAF VK H. 12 8wstJl3 Oas tiler. KB?- FAKMERS1 AND MECHANICS' NA T10.AL BANK, . Philaukt.phia. December It, lea. Tbe Anrnal Election lo' Dlectors ot this Bauk will be beld at tbe Banking Bouse on WKDNKHDa Y. the 14 ft day of Janua-y next, between tbe hour of 11 o'clock a. It. and o'c ocic P M. 12 11 27t W. KUelll fON, Js., Cashier bOUTHWARK NATIONAL BANK, PuiLAiiki.fHia, Deceiuuer 12. i8i. Tbe Annual Election lor Dirac:ors of this Bank will be beld at the Banking House on TUaJSDAY, Jai uary 12. m. betwteu tbe Uouis of lu o'clock A, u, and 12 o'clock M. P.LAMB, 121tfwfmtJ12 Cashier. fr" EIGHTH NATIONAL BAtNK -y Puilaiiulfhi, January 6, Tha Directors bava tbia day declared a semi, annual thy leud of TViii Pha CKHT., clear of ail laxes, psyabU on Ueaiatd. i an m. a. william, cashir. tr- NEW YORK ASD MIDDLE COAL vf TlhLU 11A1LKOAD AND COAL COAl PANY. PUILADU-PHIA. Dec. 22, 186. The Annual Meeting or the (Stockholder of the above-named Oompany will be held at their Ofllca, Nr. 226 WALNUT tdrett. on TUK4DAY, tbe 12th day of Janua-y next, A. D. 18C. at 12 o'clock, wben aa Klectlon will beheld for seven Directors loser vs lor tbe ensuing year. The tracsler book wlil be closed from January 1st to ISth. 12 24tbstn7t C. R. LINDSAY, Secretary. Kt5T- THE FAME INSURANCE COMPANY OK PHILADELPHIA. Olbce No. U CUHis NDT Putet, December 26. 180 NOTICE Tbe annual rr eetlng of tbe Stockholders or the THK PA MH lNdUMANCK COMPANY will be beld on MONDAY, tbe Ulh day of January next, at in o'clock A. M , at the otlice ot the Company, An election tor twelve Directors, to serva tha en suing year, will be beld on tbe same day and at the same place, between lb bours ol 10 o'clock A. M andioo ockp. L BLANCHARD. ' II 28 12t Beoretary. Kgr THB ENTERPRISE INSURANCE i-ZJ COMPANY Ok PHILADELPHIA Odlue JSo. 410 WALmllT t)Uet. December 26, 18ti8. NOTICE. The Annual Meeting or tbe Block holders of THK KN rErll'BiHKi INaOHAMCE COMPANY will be beld Ob MuN DAY, the Ulh day ol January next, at 10 o'olcck A, M,, at tbe Odloe of tbe Company. An Election for Twelve Directors to serve the ensuing year will be beld on ibe same day, at tbe same p ace, heiwten tbe boar ot 10 o'clock A. M. and xu'clrxk P.M. 2iBtuth7t ALEX. W. WiaTElt. Secretary. rTS INSURANCE COMPANY OP THE r BTATE OJf PENNSYLVANIA. PitiLADKLruiA. Dec. 29, 1868. An Flection for thirteen Directors of the Cjinuaoy will he beid at the Office or tbe Company. Nos. 4 aud A EACIlANOK BUILDING, on MONDAY, January 11, ibb, betwevn lue bours of io o'clock A. M and 1 o'clock P. M. WILLIAM. HARPER, 12 2 l2t Becrejtry. B1P- THB ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY Oy PHILADELPHIA, NO. 4 WALNUT oueel. Jamuabv 4. 1800. The Directors have tbts day declared a dividend of FOL it PEK CENT, en the capital stock ol the Co iu paiiy lor ibe last six months, payable oa demand, treenail taxes. w. WMTKBi B.arrtMy- tr5Zfm CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY. THIS B-xJ Annual Meeting or tbe Htockboldor or tbe Cambria Iron Company will be beld at tbelr otlioe, No. W CHEHNUT blreel, Philadelphia, oa TUES DAY, tbe lutb day or JANUAHY uext, at 4 o'clock P, M., when an election will be beld lor seven Du: ac tors to serve lor tbe ensnlut year, tors to sry. ioi joiiN jxLLE, Secretary. Philadelphia. Deo. 17, 18ti8. UlsdtJlO irTJy A MEETING OFTHR STOCKHOLDERS Ot tbe AMERICAN OUM PAINT COM PANY will be beld on WhDXfcBDAY APTErl NOON.Sih Inntant, alS o'clock, at tbe Oltlcsor the Company. H. K. ooraei TWENriLTH aud E1LBERT It tresis. By order of lb Board. DOWNINO.Weoretary. (KTJT Cm TREASURKR'a OFFICE. W3J Phii.aoki.phia, Deo. 2, 1888. NOIICE. Reslstared City Warrants; nuuiberlng from a i' Io'.ihiA wi'l be l'1(1 on nreeenlailoii. Iniar- t'eoaiiig UMii Ua. jiwriA . 1-iuiiauu i 1 1 ct LUy i.easwror. SPECIAL NOTICES. r5ftm OFFIOB OF TUB HRHTyNVlLLW, zxj mam v a and faihmounf pau-lks-oeb Railway company. Pnu,llI.rHf A, DeC. 16. IMS. NOT ICR TO STOCK HOLD KM. Tna Annual h etlng of the Rtoca holders ol this Cntnrany will OS eeld atibelrOfHce. No. wa CA LLO W HI Lb Htreet. ihla day, January II, lasa at t o' click P. M. An KiMH'on for Pfisldent and live Director, to ere for the ensuing yrar wi ba held at the srn ptmim. and on the same day, betweeo lb boar of t and 4 o'clock P M HW'Ill (HAKLCT. HAsnNrn.8acretary. f ir- OKFIf'K OF THB NORTH PESN3YL ' VthU iUILKUiUUoHPiNY, pNif.sbai.PHiA, No 4i7 Wamnt street, lo-mrer JJ, 118,1 Taa A a final M wing of Stockholders of tb North Prn.fianla ltalir,ad (kiinnaof wi be hldailb fifi..a ,f (ha Company. No. 4'" WALNUT H raet. ('hllalairriia. nn MO.KDAY. IMS elsveuth day ol Jf'-n f. I at it o'oiiK.k M. f'r the purp'rse ol ("in l'iiint and Ten Directors to serve for I ha Msning (sil ItUMAhn ARM"TtONr, f4eor-ary. orvtcv. op tub ht.cosn and Tlllklisl U KK.IH iMrtsHNWAMi ft a I I.W a Y (vti f r run iiK.piu,Mi. ?i! knAStk.' F'jntt fi.ri.4. fhllaalphia lii. U. Ins. I hm Annnai Mmuh 'f tha Mrko11es tf this ' mrfif iil ht hM'i i istir rifVsa nn M'lliiAf li'h fti -i it, at 12 n'nlKik M ., at hlit clTia ani f. '- n tiaMI'm vlil ha haM Int a fri4tti4 and trAfa filrf,rt hi itrrt fr,t tr.a ilrie; ynt. Tna iMf Mia will h okrtad from tna MS tt the tr .fannarf, IS UMI'4 J'fftX H. r4 7HSt.mwe.fr. t-iiT" ovvtr.r. ttv tub out? a Asrn fCiA f fK4f ftfrJ.T PM l f.A filKl.fif f A PA 4 ririt Patl'tAT ffMtANt, TWMrf' f'TlfllH andfATM Mtraawt pHil.r. e f. tf). 2A. ISM. flit Annnai Mwl'( i.l tt.n husk tuilrfmr of tal f V.rnpanf tut ti.a p, i..iin ft' Pfairtn arxl IMVifii, lii.fi) lor tna antnlng ynar, will b b Id at tnis onioa tm MON liA V lh ilth y of Januaiy, ISA, lw Ismii II hours or 10 A. M and 12 S4. 1 2 M i st J'-tH IJo O A lnKf), HafTatary. fC5f" IIFM:M i)V THB OHBKN Atl) v' OA I KlthTRh KTH r l 1 1. A Df.LI'M I A PA4 HffsflKh II A I I.W AY tOMPANY, TWstlY irullll Jl ASDUJAIKH HTUK.KIA. Pilii.Aoai.PMf 4 Jan.4,IM. At a maatlnc or the !lrtv:lrs of ihU Cum nan y be d this day, adiTl'li-uit of OSK 1XLLA K per sua re was dc arrd lii ol laxes, pajahia on and allaf taa Uin ins an. Tha books of the Oompany wilt hi closed until the lllh Intta-t. 111 1 JOWI1U A O.VHHED. llZtf OFFKJKOF THK UNION PASSBN'fJER KAli.WAY COMPANY. T WENT Y-llIlUii and IIIUJWN MlreeU. pHii.Ahki.rniA. Dae. ?. IW 1 ha Annual Meeting of the ntockbtudnrs win bs held at this i flir.a on HUMiAY, January lf18A. at loo'ciork A. M , at wtiicu Ham and piace an action will ba halil fora Preslden , Vice-President, and lire Directors, to serf loi the enduing rar. 12 2 Hi a. B. CA at I'lUN, Becretary. irST- OFFICE OF THK PblLADKLPHIA OITY PAH-ENOKK RAILWAY COM PANY, No. 41141 CHKHN UT Mireet. P1I1LAHK1.PBIA Jan.4.18M. At a stated meeting of the Hoard or Directors bald this day, Bdlvldudor ON 8. DOLLAR AND FIVTY CKN'IH per share was declared, free of al taxes, ptyahle io tbe stockholders or tuelr legal representa tive on end alter the 14th inst. Transfer book closed until the 14'h Inst. 1 s )2t wm. W. OOLKkT. Treasnrer. ftjSr OFF1CK OF IHK UNION PASiENfJRR VZX RAILWAY CO.. TWENTY-TH1UD ANii I1ROWN srKEETd. . ,. . Philadclpbia, Js n.l, 169. Tha Hoard of Directors have this ilav declared a Dlvldeuu of ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENT I er Miare (clear or tax) payable a tbls otlice on aad etier MONDAY, lltb lust., until which time tbe ttaisfer books will be clostd. W. 11. EEMIILIC, 1 4 71 Treasurer. fpjSf OFUCE OF THB FAME INSURANCE e COMPANY.No. 408CHESNUT wtreek Puilaoklphia, Jan. 4, 18C9. At a meeting or the Board or Dl.eciors of tbe Fame InHurarce Company beld ibis day, a dividend of THBKK PER CENT, was declared payable on de mand, clear of all taxes. w . , W. I. BLANOHARD, 1 4) 12t Secretary. OFFICE. OF THE UNITED SECURITY I.IPK INSUKANCE AND TIIHB1' COH- PANY.B.E. corner FiFl lI and OHKlNUl' Hires s. PaiLADKLPiriA. Deo. 13, 1888. The Annual Election fur Directors of thlj Company will be held at their otUce on WED-NEsDAY, Janu ary 18, 1ki, at 11 o'clock A. M 12 i lit O. F. BKTT8, Becretary. IKTB- OFFICE OF THE DIAMOND COAL COMPAN Y, No. 800 WALN UT Htreet. NOTICE Tbe annual election for snven nirectors t i erva fcr the ei-suing yesr will be beld at tha omoe or ibe Company on WEDNESDAY, tbe Uta Janu aiy next, betwsen tb bonis of it and l P. M. I67t BP. PEAKOK, President. EST THE ",C L1BEMDO N," NO. 1116 CHE8NUT bTBKET, Having met with the most flaturlng soccens since us opeulng, tbe uuderslgued assure tne publlo that noiblng will be left undone to merit a continuance of tbe fifst-class patronage ot ladles aud gentlemen. All tbe delicacies ol tbe market will be sered at tne falcon or at private residences, with proaip na aud on tbe most reasonable terms. Orders tor dinners, suppers, and general catering attended to, 1 tBlh(8t4p TOMPKINS A CO. COPARTNERSHIPS. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. Tbe nnderslgued have this day formed a o partneishlpi under Ibe name or firm of W. F. 1 OTI C, tOBI A CO., and will continue tbe Iron and tiieel business at the old stand, No. 1225 MARK UT htreet, Philadelphia, btretoiure couduultd by W. F. FOTT8, W. F. POTTS, ttW. POP Pi. . . W. H. HU1BERD. Philadelphia, Jan. 1, IstiO. 11 8v B01Y kUMY THE MEW YEAR CAM E 15! What extra ridiculous sort of weather! Iialn and snow and lea together 1 Frost and ball and sllpry sleet Glazing tb pavemtnt along tbe street. Broad aa a rtver each well-Ailed gaiter, Causing a horrible splush and splutter; Covered with Io the limb of tb tree. Whisking about la the wintry breeze. Icleles tumbling upon yoai bat. Heavy enough to knock you flat, Wasn't It ourlou weather, say, This slnular sort of New-Year' Day ? AU creation was frostily freezing, AU.lhe people were coughing and sneezing; And most of the folks who went out at all Went straightway to tb GREAT BROWN HALL: For Rockhlll & Wilson still manage to keep Clothe for the winter, stroug andekeap; Thick and stout, substantial and warm, For the wintriest sort of a winter storm. And the publlo go there for clothes so flue, For the winter of eighteen sixty-nine. UTTIIU.YlMPOt&IBLEfor mankind to boy mas cuiloe raiment that 1 better, stouter, stronger, more elegant, or that can be bad cheaper than at the GREAT BROWN-STONE HALL OF ROCKHILL A WILSON. NOB. 603 and 60S CHESNUT 8TKEET, PHILADELPHIA, pURC OLIVE OIL, Tito Finest that can bo Imported. Over 1000 Dozen have been Imported and sold by n In tbree yearn, without abottleever;belag returned or complained ot No OU now in tbe market can stand tbls test. It la a perfect guarantee. Sir.lCN COLTON & CLARKE. H. W. Corner BROAD aud WALNUT Sts., 1 1 tntr PHILADELPHIA, CHOICE ARTICLES FOR HOLIDAYS. AT the Illjou Furnishing btwre. Mo, ts N. OIXT1I Htreet, btlow Arch, may lie found a superb awort meut ot fancy ttcarfs, Neckties, Oloves. llanoaer. ih If Is, Hosiery, etc, which are ottered at very low prices. Mr. KICmAUO EaYHK. the proprietor, baa excellent taste In the selection ol his slock. Also, bis Improved bhouldsr Beam Pattern Shirt, v,i.u.uii. I'vuisjiU ujItskmI aaUa&c.iOii cut if Oiaaatueoiaua, USllais BANK REPORTS, IpLKVF.NTIi QUAHTErtLT RHPanr Oir It THK IMATlO.NALi BANK OK TH UK. l'UBLIU. Fnii.Anai.rHiA, Jan. 4. lm, KJ5.SOUIICK8. Tirana and fttaeonnla. Sl,UM,OG102 UDlted Htatr bond ds pralted wilb Treaaurer IT U 5'0,00O J4I IXN)W 132,111 1 Bond on bat)d.... Real eatate (productive)... -41.Sil.175U I cal-tender note, eoln. aud certlacaie ...M S.'M 8t2M National Bank note...-.... 20,901 0 Fractional enrrency aud latnpn M 11412 M Prem I n in - 0 9ii 00 Due from other banks 647,214 07 Expenses and taxes-., 6,8WIS $2,804 S i-tW Total .... I.IABILITIKS. Capital atoek.. ,.1,000.00 M 4I7 6M .. 1.27llJa li H 89 Vt f ;troniatloD luprnVm I'rcfl . aud loss ToUI., JfKPH P. MUMKOttD, Caabler. i ilrilh4t (JKYKZTKr.XTn QtJAUTERLY ItRPORT Dr THE KK.SrsINurON NATION Alt HANK OiT i-J(ILALiLLPHM. MoihAr, Jan. 4, 1S89. fyn and U!scouqIs..............T39.(V;10.1 Overdraft 1,023 0 tiiiiecj malts uouua io secure ciroa lallon..... United Mi a tea Brod and other secu rlilea tn band , Other Htocka. Bonis, and Morlggos. I lue from National Bank M.. line from other Bank aud lUuker... Ileal hUttate Curreul Expenses , KxcbaDg fur Clearlug-tiouse, , Osta Itun illllanf Nttlunal Bank fractional Currency Hpecte Itgal-tender Notes Three per oeni. Uertiaoates. 250,000-00 182.29!! 7.K3331 4 4S9I i-8T 8.01V) 00 .... a v wi .... 157 511 81 6 000 IK) .... 7,000 04) .... X 2!irG l.OI2tt ..... 206.65 1 -00 ..... lS.OOO O f 1,712 OtW 6 MABILITIK1. Capital Btock tiTA O 0 00 Horplos lurid.. nM J.W 00 Oil Undivided Profit 8I.CWI80 National Bank Notes Oaisiandlug . 213,500 00 State Hank Note Out standing ll.OTO'OO Individual Depoalta. 1,050,44 21 Dne to Natlobnl Banks... 95 02 Due to Other Banks 698 4$ J,7I2.980$ WILLIAM McCONNELL, Cashier. " Bworntoand anhsorlljed before rue this 4th day of January, 13U9. O. M . LUKK.f d. 1 6 3t Notary Publlo. s F.VKNTKKNTH QUARTERLY Rrpobt OP THIS UIUAKU NATIONAL BANK 1'n ii.ADEi.rHiA, Jan. i. ism KiaOURCKa ) xn ns and Dlscoan t JJ.Xti.l IS 71 United States Bonoa....... 800,000-00 W.133.U37! Due from National Banks. $109,151 21 Due from other Banks..... 81,948 68 aw.iao 7 Morning Exchanges to Clearing Houae $80S,88l-18 Legal-teniler Notea........... l,2:il,4tl 08 National Bank Notes........ 20,600 00 State Bank Note ttt-00 Specie 20 001-61 Cash Item. 48 8,i15 2.12S,8909 Total., .5,408 1 19 70 LIABILITIES Capital.............. $1,000.000 00 HurplUB 400,000 00 Discount and Interest, Profit and Loss, less Ex- penseB........................... 97,588 83 $1,407,588 83 Circulation 9581.000 00 2,90 1.258-48 Individual Deposit, United State Depohlts, iw.nm ye Dne Bill outstanding 171 092 24 Due to National Banks.... 147.472-07 Due to other Bank , 101,582 b7 3,924.512 20 . 44.018 UT 5,408. 149 70 Unpaid Dividends., Total a i 153t W. L SCHAFFER, Cashier. QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK OF PHILADELPHIA January 4. 1809. RESOURCES. I)an and Discounts... $1,412,920-51 U. 8. Bond deposited at Washing ton to secure circulation and de posit 910,000 OS Expense and lazes. 6,503 Revenue Stamps... 838 28 Due by Banks I1W.105 77 Exchanges for Clearing House 490.650 00 National Bank Noto 16,860 00 I gal-tender Note and Fractional Currency 671,453-02 Sreole , 6.70175 1.H7.771-SS ti,607.121S7 LIABILITIES. " Capital Htook J750.000,00 Surplus Fund J185.000OO Profits 14 002 IS 199 002 18 Deposit n ... 2,062 694-89 (Mroulatlon 6W50UO0O Unpaid Dividend... ... 625 09 3,t,0T,121-6f THEO. KITOHEN. Cashier, 15 St NEW PUBLICATIONS. MRS. SOUThWOaiHS NEW BOOK. FAIR PLAY, BY MRS. EMiYA D. E. V. SOUTHWORTH. JpAlR PLAT, BYMR3. SOUrnwOBTlI. AIB PL IT. Great success of It. Bf Mrs. Km ma D. K. a, fcoutnwortli.ls uubll.utd and for sale tnia day by T, B. PTERI!ON A BOOTHICRS. ...... No. 30S CUKSNOT Htreet. Prloe. 11-75 In clott ; or 11 60 la pajwc ooer. JfAlE PLAY, BY MR?. SOUrHWORTH. AIRPLAY. First edition sold In one day. By Mrs. nmma li. Jfi. N. tioutbwoith, Is published tbls day by T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS. No. sutil CUiLBNUr HLMat. Price f75 In cloth; or II 80 lu paper cover: JpAIE PLAY, BY MRS. BOUTIIWOItTH. FAIR PLAY. Herood Kditlon now ready. By Hn ' Exunia D. ih N. 8 .utnwortn. is pioilhhed tnls dar bw T. B. PJtTKltMON & BKUTMKHH, ' rrlce, tl-7i In cloth: or. 1 6u in PaVe?ouver! , JJAIB PLAY, BY R8. 80UTHVT0BTH. FAIR PT.AT. The Noveof tha day. By Mrs. faTefn's daby" Bjttlhw0't. PhllsUed and lor T. H PKTli ItflftTC Ar nDATUVna ni.ii.j... . Aid I j tor sale oy ail Boose'ls and Nws Ani. f! . "I." . . DBoasB'ieie ana nm ai Price 1'74 In cloth ; or. t su In paper oover. 1 It4 HAZARD'S ENGLISH BOOKSTORE. Uasard' Bookstore 1 beoomloc ynonimusss with good booas, line books, elegantly ulustratad books, choice editions ol standarX books, bookiia rich and laaiy bltdlngs. children' books, toy booaat on linen and paper, books for all trades and people! Tha stock belug almoat entirely of London edui.ma, berewlllbef-uudat all times Kugllsh Book whiuA canuot be had elsewhere lu this city. lo Prices aa cheap as American editions, and ran sin r from iue low- t emu o i- iiif"- .in i,5 Toliuni.4 U No. T ANWM ertussrv,
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