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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
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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.
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at Soateti id Ui4
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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 .
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rOUATU ttlreeu
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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
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