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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1863.
How the Pnhllc leventi In Collected
and How it In impended.
Ons of the most striking anomalies of the
timet la, that althongb. thU ia "ft government
of the people, by the pHople, for the people,"
ft Urge proportion of those who are entrusted
with the administration of pnbllo affairs are
Inoapable of realizing the necessity of retrenoh
tsent. They hear not, or treat with disdain,
the groans of tax payers; and Instead of de
Toting their time and attention to the Inorease
of revenue and dimtuntion of expenditure,
they are ever on the alert for new sohemes by
whioh more money oan be niched from the
Treasury. The corruption of many officials ia
scarcely oonoealed or denied. Publio trials
nd oonviotions of the most glaring offenders
re not uncommon, but prosecutions are only
i stituted in exceptional cases, and for every
m.icial peculator indicted there are dozens
i lo esoape unwhipt of justioe. The striot
.ecution of the internal revenue laws has
n prevented by every imaginable species of
. ception, artifice, and fraud; and one of the
ti. ,st potent agenoiea used in depriving the
o7ernment of its just dues ia the infidelity
. Ita own offloiala. In hundreds of case8 they
re formed corinpt combinations, based on
e understanding that assistance in evading
u laws was to be rewarded by a share of
- profits accruing from their treachery. The
xifijationa of fraud have gradually becomeso
.tensive that strict honesty is popularly re-
,o;.'ad rather as the exception than the rule,
y 1 effioera of almost every grade and rank
') become criminal participators in these
'.onest schemes. It is also well known
c the customs are imperfectly collected,
I that collusion between smugglers and
U m-house officials constantly occurs. Many
I'.ious of dollars in gold are annually lost
' this species of dishonesty alone. The
i. dern smuggler is expo3ed to none of the
i talons adventures which were encountered by
hu daring progenitors. He need not choose a
If ck night to seek an obscure harbor on a
r oky coast, nor store his wares in dusky
c:ives to be transported inland over by-paths,
lie may entrenoh himself in the most publio
streets of New York, and going boldly to the
Custom-llonse, plunder the nation to hU
heart's content, while pretending to obey the
laws, if he will only oil the greasy palms of
the treacherous officials, who are ever ready
to stain their conscience and violate their
oaths.
While the faithful collection of the revenue
la thus thwarted, a thousand channels are
opened for the exit of the money that gets into
the Treasury, despite the tolls, exactions, and
deductions caused by the infidelity of attaches
of the Internal Revenue Bureau and the Cus
toms. Exeoutive departments are constantly
growing more and more extortionate in their
demands. It is scarcely necessary to particu
larize, but the prevailing tendenoy to invent
wants, rather than to restrict them, Is pain
fully apparent. The Department of State
does not, ordinarily, make large expenditures,
but it would not require much encouragement
of Mr. Seward's penchant for the real estate
business to absorb a large portion of the reve.
nues in purohasea of foreign territory. Alaska
has been bought and paid for. The earth
quakes and tornadoes of the Danish West
Indies stand next on the list of the Secretary,
and the advocates of this purchase contend
that the Amerioan people are morally bound
to consummate a bargain they never in
structed or desired their diplomatic servant to
make. Mr. Seward long ago avowed his anx
iety to annex Canada, he ia dabbling actively
In the affairs of Mexico, and he publicly advo
cates government aid to the construction of a
ship oanal in the Isthmus of Darien. If his
official term could be prolonged, he would show
quite as good reasons for expending hundreds
of millions of dollars in support of these pro
jeota as have been given for the purchase of
Alaska or St. Thomas. The Secretary of the
Navy asked from Congress at the last session
nearly aa much money as was needed daring
the war, and he seemed to have entirely for
gotten that the navy beeomes, in time of
peaoe, rather an ornament than a thing of
positive utility. The Postmaster-General has
entirely abandoned the old theory that the
department Bhould be made self-sustaining,and
while an immense deficit must be made op by
the Treasury, there is a constant demand for
unprofitable new mail routes and a coutlnu
anoe of ruinous old contracts. The Interior
Department reeka with corruption. Ita In
dian Bureau habitually connives at the most
glaring fraud, and the reputation of some
of Ms other bureaus ia not much better. There
are also Important bureaus of the War De
partment against which serious imputations
bar been made; and notwithstanding the
rare fidelity with which its affairs have
been administered by Stanton, Grant, and
Sahofield. thev oeuld not always prevent the
xnalfeasanoe of subordinates.
Nor is Congress free from blame. Instil
ously Approached in a hundred ways ftnd per
petually besieged for appropriations, Senators
and Representatives are prone to repeat the
offense of the judge who yielded to importu
nity what strict justice should have denied.
At this moment hundreds of millions of doHars
are asked for various works of internal im
provement; hosts of Southern men of real or
pretended loyalty are demanding a recognition
of their claims for damages caused by the war.
and thousands of ingenious brains are at work
in devising new sohemes ostensibly devoted to
tbe promotion of the publio welfare, but really
based on the one all-absorbing idea of enrioh
ing private Individuals at the publio expense.
The pressure of an enormous publio debt
renders it the highest duty of every good and
disinterested citizen to sustain all sincere and
earnest efforts to ohet k the crying evils to
which we have brleflly averted, and if General
Grant, by applying his mighty energies mainly
to this task, accomplishes it, he will render a
publio service as Important as the capture of
the Rebel armies.
The rnluriMilloi Huslrmaa.
RM'nPfKKTATiVR Homo, of this city, has
introduced in the House at Harrisburg an aot
to regulate the naturalisation of aliens in the
State courts, whioh, if passed, could not fail
to render Impossible mauy of the gross frauds
wLith have of late characterized the business
of manufacturing citizens out of the raw
foreign material. Several of its features are
very commendable. By providing that the
petitions shall be presented only on certain
tpecified days, by stringing these petition days
throughout the year, by preventing the issue
of any certificate of naturalization until three
mouths have elapsed after the filing of the
petition, 'and by forbidding the granting of
any certificate within three months of a gene
ral or Presidential election, a repetition of
the great rush for the privileges of citizen,
ship which was witnessed in this city during
tbe fortnight preceding the recent State elec
tion wonld be rendered impossible; and as a
consequence, one of the most fruitful sources
of fraud, and the most reasonable exouse for
its perpetration, would be done away with.
The additional provisions which impera
tively require an oral and deliberate exami
nation in open court, and the entry in Ibfl
docket of the words "prayer granted" by the
presiding judge, in his own handwriting, would
be equally effective as a preventive of fraud.
It is true that this would render Judge Shara
wood's position as the presiding genius of the
Nisi Piius somewhat less of a comfortable
sinecure than it now is; but he and the other
judges of our courts would have no just cause
for complaint at this extra demand upon their
time and attention. If the right of oitizenship
is worth having at all, it is certainly worth
guarding with all possible care.
While Mr. Hong's proposed bill would work
a great reform in the naturalization business
in our State courts, the subjeot is one which
demands a uniform practice throughout the
country, and this can be aohieved only by th
action of Congress. Until Congress finds time
to provide the legislation so imperatively
needed, a great deal of good wonld be achieved
by the passage of Mr. Hong's bill, or of some
other measure which may be an improvement
upon it.
four Ureal Noiirr of Ntnte Kc-veune.
The great mass of the reading people of Penn
sylvania have of late had their attention di
rected to the fact that the income of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania during the past
year amounted to about five millions of dollars.
Yet the sources from which this revenue was
derived, and how it comes that no one feels
the pressure of its taxation, areprobably known
to lew. It is well to look for a moment at the
four great streams from whioh over one-half of
the total receipts of tbe State are derived; for
from the four species of taxes we shall name
more ia secured than from all the soores of
other taxes combined. All of them are pay
ments extracted from rioh. corporations. Let
us take them in the order of the amounts they
realize. First. The tax on oapital stook, from
which the State received during 18(38 the sum
of 1,0C4,068. This tax was levied by aot
approved 12th April, 1859, which provides for
the imposition of a tax on the capital stock
of every bank, company, or asso oiation, of
one half mill for each one per cent, of divi
dend .declared by the company; and in case
so dividend is declared, the tax is assessed
on the calculation of a dividend of six per
cent, or less. Or, to make this more clear by
an example, a company declares a dividend of
six per cent, on ita capital stook of $105,500.
Its tax would be $316 50. By the law, a
steady and never-failing income is seoured to
the State as the price of the corporate exist
ence of the company, and is always a means
of revenue. How fruitful an engine for
raising revenue it ia can be seen when the tax
paid by the Pennsylvania Railroad alone is
$111,568, by the Reading $116,499, and by the
Lehigh Valley $53,657. The Pennsylvania
Company for the Insurance of Lives under the
law pays $10,500. From it ia seoured nearly
one-fourth of the total receipts of the State.
Second. The next largest channel is that of
taxes on net earnings and income. It la im
posed by act of 30th of April, 1864, and in
cludes in thoee upon whom it falls both pri.
vate bankers and all corporations not paying
a tax upon dividends. By the decision of the
Supreme Court in the case of the Common
wealth vs. Fbconix Iron Company, it does not
exclude from the new tax those whioh pay
taxes on cepital stock. It is three per oeut.
on all the income. Under it, last year tlnre
was collected $422,803. Against it a bitter re
bellion ia raised by the various rioh corpora
tions, and there was for many months a battle
on every possible ground, but in all of tha in
the Commonwealth was successful.
The third rf tha four source to which we
have referred is the tax on gross receipts of
corporations. It is imposed by aot of 29ia
September, 1866, which provides "that in ad
dition to the taxes uovr provided by law,
every railroad, canal, and transportation com
pany, not liable to a tax on income, shall pay
a tax of three-fourths of one per oeut. on its
gross receipts." From this the State received
$384 161. There is at present in litigation a
point as to whether this tax is constitutionally
laid on that portion of gross receipts arising
from inter StaU trafflo. Should it h doidl
in favor of the State, the tnoome from this
sou roe would be next year over $500,000.
Lastly, tbe tax on tonnage. Under thlaheaa
is the commutation of the Pennsylvania Rail
road of $3GO,000 per annum, for the with
drawal of the previous taxes on her tonnage.
This is an item in itself. The other corpora
tions whioh fall under the general law of the
30lh of April, 1804, have the following burden
laid on the receipts from everything they
carr : First, on produotions of mines, eaoh
ton of 2000 pounds, a duty of two cents; se
cond, on products of forests, animal and all
agricultural products, 3 cents, and oa all
other things 5 cents. This netted the State
$307,537. Whether it is illegal in the same
way as is alleged of the tonnage tax, is to be
decided by the Supreme Court. If it is not,
then a hundred thousand a year more will be
added to its contribution to the State. From
these four sources, therefore, tbe Common
wealth, as is shown by the Auditor-General,
annually derives an inoome of $2,500,000.
The t'lre on C'lie-nnat Hired.
Tub intelligence of the destruction of a large
amount of valuable property will always oall
forth the regrets ef right-thinking men, but
this will be particularly the case when build
ings whioh were really ornaments to the city
are reduoed in a few hours to a mass of
blackened ruins. The fire which took plaoe
this morning at Ninth and Chesnut streets
was a real publio calamity. The fine marble
building occupied by Messrs. Howell &
Brothers, J. E. Caldwell & Co., and J. F. & E.
B. Orne, was one of those structures in which
every citizen has an interest. Kvjry suoh
building adds to the attractiveness of the city
and increases its Importance, and the disaster
is not to be measured by the money value
of the property destroyed. In Europe the
adornment of the great cities is for the most
part conducted nnder government auspices,
while in this country private enterprise
must do the work, or it will remain
undone. The real utility of suoh
noble structures aa that whioh fell
a victim to the flames thia morning ia not
in mere ostentatious display, as many ima
gine, but our merchants understand that a dis
play of publio spirit in the architectural adorn
ment of our great thoroughfares ia necessary
for Philadelphia to maintain ita plaoe as a
business . centre. Every citizen is indirectly
benefited by the elegant buildings which line
Chesnut street and other avenues, and the de
struction of any one of them cannot but call
forth more than common regret. The busi
ness firms who occupied the flue stores burned
this morning are entitled to sincere sympathy
for the loss of their valuable property; for,
even if their entire stock of goods Was oovered
by insurance, the interruption of business
and the actual destruction of goods cannot
but entail upon them sertous loss.
A musical Library.
A catalogue of the musical library of Joseph
W. Drexel, Esq., has been prepared, aud a
portion of it printed for private circulation.
Mr. Drexel's library contains many rare and
valuable works, and it is probably superior to
anj thing of the kind in this country, and with
but few rivals among the private collections
of Europe. Tbe musioians, like all artists in
the United States, are under manifold disad
vantages when compared with their European
brethren, and the want of facilities lor con
sulting the writings of the best masters is not
the least of the discouragements they have to
contend with. The collections of musical
works in our publio libraries are bo soanty as
to be of little practical value, and there are few
professional musioians who have the means to
largely increase their stook of works. If the
great desideratum of a publio musical library
is to be supplied, we must look to private en
terprise for it. Unfortunately, the musical
taste of the community is not sufficiently cul
tivated for us to hope for any movement at this
time towards providing suoh a collection as
could be wished for. - i
The musical library of Mr. Drexel contains
2-00 volumea, and it was formed by the union
of the libraries of Mr. H. F. Albrecht, of the
Gei mania Musical Society, and the late Dr. R
La Roche, and largely increased byrequent pur.
chases in Europe. The collection is in charge
of Mr. Albreoht, who haa classified the works
and prepared the oatalogue. Phlladelphlana
are to . be congratulated upon having such a
library in their midst, and the eyes of our en
thusiastic musioians will dance with pleasure
as they read the tables of the works in the
catalogue, and their fingers will itch to get
hold of them. While the possession of this
fine musical library must be a matter of pride
with Mr. Drexel, we cannot but regret that
the collection is not permanently attached to
one of our publio libraries, where all persons
interested in musical subjeots would be able to
consult the works. Such an addition as this
to the Philadelphia Library would add to the
already high reputation of that institution,
and it would do more to advance musical cul
ture in this city than any other measure that
could be adopted.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
aggp noticit. suprosEu to be loit
zv at tbe fire or Caldwell's Jewelry store, on
Cbesnut ttreet, on tbe mornlug of January H )8tu,
tbe following numbered First Mortgaga Atlanllo
Railroad Bonds, tluoo each: Noa. 81, 83, 133 110 161,
170, '7S, 34o, S17, 818. 351, 8i3, lit, 8W US, S7, SW 884. 80 1
3(8, i76, 877. 878. 8 '9, 88). 881, 895, 808,397. 8!J IKS, 409, iJt
403, 4U6. '
All person are notified against negntutiog (be
ame. WILLIAM COFFIN.
No. K)7 CHESNUT Street,
1 14 8t Philadelphia.
i A MATE! UK'S PKAWIVfi.nnOM.
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Hina itwjxjian. iiuuvysi e,K HilYHTK
wllldeiivtr Loturat the above named place.
WJHIjM KttK A Y, January iw
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RltbKRVKD KKATrt. ON K HOLLAR.
To bo had at TRUMl'LKlt'S No. ii Chmniit ires';
l OVkJVTH NKWS feTAN flnutlnenlal Uoll! and
at the dour petwen io ai.q i o'clock. 1 14 tit
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Uail.WAY COM fANY. due January li wlllbeuald
CD una auer mat uaini inn union Ma'loual llaua
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
MK. UAVU 11. 0A8SRDAY
ty I)r Hlf! The nntnralftiM) wonld ...,,4
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trrrhy Invl'nyru to ollvr tbe aame at tuoa a timn
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THOU AH K 'HI-H "'
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KKWARI) V. RNIUflT.
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HNHY IUII.
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JAM BX srHJCL.
,,, . January 1. .
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t.eiillrni-n:-.ln r-pi lo your Invitation t b lave
l"fi, ille tliH.ki.B yu for hB tindnww which
okutre thai I arc-pi U.
Very respectfully mure,
IAVla a CA9KIAY.
. t , AVIS B. l AU8KOAY
W I; I Lrclure at
CONCKRT II ALL,
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... . MONDAY K KNINO, January In.
1 1rkHa, Mity (nli To behid at Truiliimr'a Mitulo
Horn, Mo. ; Cliewput attwt orattheowr. I clili
fcjgT ACADEMY "o"f MUSIC.
MHHASflAK DICKINSON.
IIJJR NEWT LKOrtJRK.
A BTRUUOLK POR LIPK,
ON FRIDAY EVKNINfl, JANUARY 1.1.
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P23 i:H kSNUT Btrent, aud at (be Academy on tbe
Doora open at 7. Lecture precliety at S.
SPECIAL. To avoid Interruption, tbe audience Is
moat earnestly requested io tie seated be lure the
Lecture bee I nr. i is
gp SCIEN T I V IC LKCrUBE.
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CHAKLKS K. I.l.X. Ksq.. will lecture TOMlill.
ROWjPrluayjKVKMNOat 8 o'clock. Buhject--LarguageiliBOrlRlnandbsea"
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JANUARY 2. Prowssor L. J. DEAL. Sublect:
"The Atmuaoherio Air." J
JA N UaF. Y t9. Judge TITUS. Subject:-' Utah and
tlif Mormons."
Tickets lurnlshed at the room. it
K55T- GEO KGB FRANCIS TRAIN
l35 AT CONUKRl1 HALL,
BAT URDAY EVMI.NH, Jan. 18, 18-ia, in the Interest
ol tbe worklrgmen and wooien of America, and of
the Pmlan biotberbocd. Bub). ot: Train v sua
John Bu i ard tils Ki'tr Uii llaitlir. Tlnketi. with re
served nrls,60c.. atCONCKRT UALL. Trumulefi.
Comlncnial and PostOlllco New. Mtaods. 12 5i
ftrW N A Tl o X AL BANK OF THE RE
w -J ILBLIO.
. ., , rnri.Ai.DKPiTtA. Jan. II 1809,
At an election for Dir. dors field TIII-4 DAY the
lollowlni; named gentlemen were duly elected to
seive lor tbensulug year:- "
WILLIAM H. BHAW.V.
ISENJAM1N KOWAjAND, Jr.
BAMUKL A.BIHHM.
PREDKRIO A. HOYT,
JOHN PEKOB,
A LI RED DAY.
HOWARD HINCHMAN.
WILLIAM. M. iEYPltKT
OliARLEct RIC'HAROBUN.
J. BARLOW MOOKKEAD,
WILLIAM IIaCKKR,
CU A RLK H L SHARP T-1S9.S,
WILLIAM H. BKMKNT.
Aprtat a nieellnic or the Board held TIH DAY
WILLIAM H.BIIAW1V was elected PreMdeut.
1 lit Wlu,6t JOBEPU P MCMFOKD. Cashier.
kst "second national bask oTphi.
LADJULPUIA.
Fhankkobd, January IS, IW),
At an election hell on the 11' h Inst., the following
named gentiemen were duly elected Directors of this
Nathan hiilki.
i.aiiK inr me enduing yuai: -
WIlLIAM EUVIEN,
WILLI AH H. RKtWS,
HHN.T. II DKACiON,
(irOROK W. KHAWN,
LEWIS BH ALIA ' ROMS.
ti r, -i j
IEJ ROWLAND, JaV
UN COM'KK,
I
KIIWARII HAVKS.
And tt a mibneqnent meelugof tbe Board. NA
THAN 1ULLKB wai unanimously elected p.est
unu JOaNS. BROWN.
" Casnier.
frrr- THK PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL
,r liaNK.
..... , I'silapklphia, January 13, 18W.
At tbe Animal Election held yesterday te fo'lov
Ing Btocn holders were elected Directors of the ilaok
tv, 'iib riiBun.'K year;
1 HUM AH ltOI'.I NH.
REVJ. O. GODFREY'.
OeOKOK W. MEAliS.
Trill TV U'IIjIII
LEW JH B. ABH HuRST.
1". BHORTR1DUK,
r j. r.iowKSKSl),
FRANK U BOD1NK
UW1HOE WHITNEY,
,J. L. KRKIKUUS.
AUOUSTUM H EATON.
DSN. B. COMEUYd.
lir.tii riUlUi, I
And at the meeting of mo Directors held this day
Mr. THOMAS ROBINS was iinaulmntuly re-eiectcJ
PresldentandB JJ. COMBO Y8 Vice-President.
I 18 6t B. B COMKUVB, Cashier.
OFFICE OP THE NORTH PENN3VL-
VANIA RAILROAD COMPANY,
I'hiudiU'HU, No, 407 Wa'.nut atreit, Jan, 6, 180 -DIVIDEND
NOTICE.
The Transfer Booka of tbls Company will be closed
on BATUHDAY. tbe 8th lnsf,, at 3 a'clock P, M., and
be reopened oa SATURDAY, ibe 16tn Inst.
A dividend hat this day been declared of FIV8
PUR CENT., clear ot taxea. payable In scrip, bearing
no Interest, and convertible Into Seven Per Cent.
Mortgage Bonds of tbe Company, In aums of not leas
than Ave bundled dollars, on and after May 1st nasi.
The said dividend will be credited to the stock
bold eis aa tbey aball stand registered on tha booka of
the Company on SATURDAY', the 9th Inst.
lBlmwIm WILLIAM WDJTEH. Treasurer.
KSST OFFICE OF THK PHILADELPHIA
Z- AND rita.NToN KAILROaD COMPANY.
No. 224 Boutb DELAWARE Avenue. '
pHiLAiat,pui. Jan. II, 1S68.
At tba Annual Meeting ol the Biockboiaers, Held
this day, the following gentlemen were unanimously
elected Directors lor tin ensuing year:
Vincent L. Bradford,
William H Hart,
William H. ualzmer,
C liar.ea Macaleumr,
John Dorraoce
UIKKC1UB9.
Aia J. F sb.
John O H.evens,
Benjamin Pish,
Jobu M. Read,
A'hbet Welch.
William M. freeman,
Albert W. Mrkley.
And at a sub eyient meeting of the Board of Di
rectors, tte following ouicers were unanimous y re
elected: President-VINCENT L. BRADFORD.
Tre.eurur-J. PAKKKK NOHitlt.
Becretaiy-JAMEa MOKREL.L.
I nm J. aiORRELTj, Becretary.
ATLANTIC AND CHEAT WESTERN
KaUWaV company.
biC.KTA.Y'B Orrica, No 40 Broad way,
Naw Yumk, 2sth December. 188.
Notice la hereby given that a;npeclal meeting of the
btcckbolders of the Atlantic aud Or eat Western Rail
way CXiDJi-any will beheld at tbe Oeoeral OOlcej ot
the Company, No. 40 Broadway, In tbe City and Btate
of New York, at 12 o'clock noon, on SATURDAY,
the toth day of Jauuary rext tu comkler and ap
prove of, or reject, certain contracts enrered Into
with the Erie Railway Company, and the Culumbus,
Chicago, and ludlai a Central Railway Company, and
fur other pnri otes. The tratiHter books will remain
cUsed until alter the meeting.
W. ARCUDALL O DOHERTY,
1 1 4w Becretary,
PHILADELPHIA AND READING
RAIt.KOAD COUPAN V-OlUce No. 227 B.
FOUiTH Bueeu
Pwti.adei.phia. December 80, 1S68.
DIVIDEND JNOl'ICE.
The Transfer Books of tbls Company will be
closed on the 4ih of Jauuary next, aud be reopeued
on TUESDAY, January 12.
A Dlvldeud or FIVE PER CEST haa been da
rlnr.d on the Preferred aud Common Block, clear of
National and Biate Taxes, payable In common vlt
ou and alter Junuary 2, 18. to the holders theirior,
as Hit y shail stand registered ou the book of the
Compunyon the 4th of January next. All (.nyable
at litis ouice.
A II ore era for Dividends wuit be witnessed aud
staniped.
It a lm B. BRADFORD. Treasurer.
OFFICE OP THE PHILADELPHIA AND
T It EN ION RAILROAD COMPANY. No. 21
B. DBLAWARK Avenue.
PlilLADKLPHIA, Jan. 18, 169.
Notice Is hen by given that tbe Transfer Hook of
tbls Company will be closed oa tbe Kith lost , and ao
continue until Ftbruar, 1'$ fjORRIS.
1 18 it Treamrer.
rSPf OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA
ISy CITY PAB-KNOEIt RAILWAY COM
fall Y, No. 4180 CIXhBNUT Btreet,
Pu i LAiKtiPBi a Jan. 4.1869.
At a ttated meeting of the Hoard or Directors held
this day, a dividend of ONE DOLLAR AND PIPTY
CKN1H per share as declared, free or all taxes,
payable to the ainrkbolders or their legal representa
tive on aud alter me uth iimt.
TreD'.ler hooka closed until (he 14'h Inst.
I i 121 . W M. W, COLK.KT, Treasurer.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
tj$fm COLD WKATIIER DOlO NOT CHAP
tit nmgfen t eaatn after using WRlOltr'j
ALCONA ' DIM. V A HI N I'A IILET'O eOLl DI I KI
I.ViKIUN. Da dally nee makes the aklu deli,
t atel) soli and beautiliit. It Is ueilghtfu ly fragrant,
riimiarenl, and Inc mi.a'aha a a lo'l' Bnap. For
s.le hy all Dtugglsta. R ', A WRIUHT,
4 Nn m CHESNUT Street
Z7" STATKMVNT tK THE ASSBT9 OP
T' TU ; I-KMNHYLVANIA PlHaj IM4UK
A NOK loMPANi, pt.lii. hea In cotifoimtty wiih toe
lr(ivilou of he Kl tb aeetiun of the act of Aaaeui
ll ai'provrd A or II a, U41:
Hoi.ritanri Mortiag. .... $:ilft87no0
31 1 lw Hm tlvahie r!4 4'V
Philadelphia CP y l la..,. HT.IA .'ln
I'll ixleiolila VMw live. . 4 mi
Peiialvania Biate I. nan 83(i -0(l
f1ncinatl les-.., In tiiwito
PlltKburg slxef h.aia-ui
Dnliet Hiaie. 1, u, a p"r cent , lsi.. 9h,(khimo
Untied Hiates Lan. -ft, mm . M 00 oil
United Blata l.o-n, 6-tW, 1HH7 Uimn
United H a es Lnaa. f-20 pei cni M.OM-fM)
hlladi li hla, Wllmli'cton aud Haiti nore
Ratlrnad iKiumany, M10 ahnrei J'lW.H
Pennsylvania Hallmail C.i. 4 It shares ZA7IA4
Peniiaylvanl Railroad Co. Lan ln.OiHitio
Can. den and Author KhI rod t. L au KZ.lt 8.1
Pbllai It hla and Erie. R I r .art on. Loan i!l tttuMio
nrlh Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Vi.n... I;,rl 5i
Hairlfhii-g, I'ortunouth , etc. It, Ol 1,'n. in aoi (Hi
Brlmylklll Navlgailou Co lai M I.t44 4l
t'hesH.eake and lielawara 'nat Liau I t lit
.hirb Coal and Javlga'1on Co. L iaii....M Sln;uo
l elawa.e Dlvl.lon Canal lMn UIHHO.I
Philadelphia Hank xa4 ahares 21.XH1211
Weaiern Ranlr, 21i Miates.... M ll.otini
Oliard Bank, lit shales (KMi-ou
1'rai kilo Plra iuaurtac Co , xu anaie 8,st7 7X
Manatunk Gn Co.. Wi h1kim.... m'M
ew Eaiate. No 610 Walnut street... Sn.oinon
t-ah 11.752' a
WILLIAM CLCUOWELU6'1
awret.Tr.
1 met
K5- INSURANCK COMPANY Ol-
THE
JiNu.sr i, i(w.
The following gentlemen have been duly ekoted
Dlrtctoia of tl.ia .impany tr I tie year IH6s;
H. D. 6HK.Khl.HIi
K1HP.I-1U1W 1'UK Y EAR ltlH'l.
:'A8. MACA LESTER,
WM.B. SMITH,
OROROK n. WTTTART,
BAM UK L OHANT, Ja.
TUCH. U WATTeON
HENRY O. FREEMAN
CHAS. H. I.HWIS.
OKOKOE O. CAR-OW,
EDWARD C KNIOHT.
JOHN U. AlTwTIN.
('H RIB. J. HOrJIN,
RICHARD V. BENaON.
.'1"' Lh,? Board of Directors, held this
dy, 11KNKY . BHERRKRD. En.t.. was un,.i.
moutly ic-eiec'
ed asPrea;dert of tbeOomnanv.
1 18 .It
WILLIAM UARPK't.
Becretary.
Hlf IHfc PAMK INSURANCE COMPANl".
Olllce. No. 4U6 CH KoNUT 4tree.
a, . M.i . .v PH"-AaxPHiA Jan. 18. 1RM
At a meeting of tbe ttocknoidera of the Company
beta the 11th day or January, Isfis, the followlog (ea-
i. un ''?,e.,f', I'lreot..rs lor the enmlog year.
WM. H. Kh AWN
FhxNoIB N BUCK.
ftfNKY LEWIS,
JOHN KEHLER. J
1i:iUL'lJ'P D . 1 1 J . la
Nathan Hii.i.rx
J-IHN W. EVERM AN
EDWARD B. ORN E,
'HARLMB BTOKE4.
AlOHUEOAI BD.BV.
AlsmlPlinirnf thi. Hnnnt n. 1 1 1 -1 .1 , v. i
SR,':ilf.A.RL!8 BI-'ARDSON was elected Pre.
dent, WILLIAM 11. RH AWN Vlce Prestoent. and
I 13 Rt
Wii.blAJia l. BLANCH 4 RI,
Secretary.
fr" PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COM-
-?f PANY, Nome. FOURTH Street.
. Ar an annual election held 1st month nth, 1889, the
follow tag persons were elected Directors ot the
'"".t ""'" C"nip.any, to serve lo' three years:
7.J.TrAH BROWN, ICHARLEH F COFFIN.
HENRY HAINKr,, R-chmond, Indiana. '
'Ihe fol owing Directors hold over:
SM,kKvfn,I'1KV' WM.O. LONOSTRKTH.
1AJD BBtRV, JOSHUA ll.HOKKC,
RICH ARD WOOD, WILLIAM HACKED!
And at a subsequent meeting of the Board ol D I roc
torn, the following ofUcera were unanimously re
eltctee: BAMUKL R. BHIPLEY, President
. W ILLIAM C LONOaTRETH. Vice Pres'dent.
' 2 8t ROWLAND PARRY. Actuary.
KSp THE ENTERPRISE INSUUAXCG
.,PMS?,SY UB" PHILADELPHIA, 0,11c,
No.40 WALNUl' Btreet. Jan 12 18ti
AtlheAi uual Meeting of tbe Btocaholderi ol ttila
Company, held on tbe 11th day of Jnory tlie fjl
lowli g gentlemen were olacled Directors lor the en
suing year:
P. M. BTARR, ,JOTtN II. RROWN.
NALBRO FRAZIER, J. L. ERRINOliR,
JUHN M. ATWOOD. A'M. W. BOULTO 4,
BENJ. T TREDIOE, CHA KI.E.-t WilERLKR.
JAMrHI, CLAO BURN, V. H. MONTaMKHV,
OEOROE U eTUART J AMPB M. aGBTbK.4.
Atamcetlngor tbe Board uf Directors held thli
day, F. BATCH FORD BTAHR wis re-elected Presl
dn. and THOMAa H. MONTOOMERY re-a ected
Vice-President. ALEX. W. WISTER,
1 I2tutaa t Becretary.
frig' OFFICE OF THE FAME INSURANCE
r- COMPAN Y, No. 4MICHEHNUT Btreet.
PUII.ADKLPHIA, Jan. 4. 1H69.
At a meeting of tbe board of DLecwrs of tho Fame
Insurance Company held this day, a dividend of
THREE PER CENT, waa declared payable on de
mand, clear of all taxes,
W. I. BLANOIIARD,
1 '2 Becretary.
jrT' Office ins. co. north America,
- Piiii.aDUM'HrA Jauuary U lf.
Tbe Dlr'cf rs have tbixday decmrej a B-ml annul
Dividend of HX rmil CE&T , payable on demand,
tree of all taxes. CHaHLES PL ATT,
1 H lit Becretary.
ITJSP THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIOS
w--" FOit THPJ DEAF AND HUM B -The anmtil
meeslngnl the Contributors to tuePENNSYLV ANiA
INSTITUTION FOB THE DEAF AND DUMB will
be held at the Institution. 0 rner of PINK and
BBOADBtaeetH on WEDNESDAY, the 2otb Inst.,
at 4 o'clock P. M.
The annual report of tbe Directors will be submit
ted, and an election bld tor olllcera to serve tor the
cumin rear. JABUiO J. BARCLAY.
1 8fw4t
Becretary.
8H AM OK IN CJAL COUPANf.
-..Tbl Annual Meeting of the Sockholdera
ot the above-named Company win be held
at their Olllce. Mo. ? wiLUUr Btreet Ton
WEDNESDAY fh. )th Instant, at 12 o'clck?whe5
an Election will be held for Ireven Dlrectora to serve
for tbe ensuing year.
Tbe transfe- books will be closed on tha loth and
Opened on tbe 21sl Instant
llfmww C R LTND3AY. Secretary.
TT5p CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY, TH S
' Annual Meeting of tba Btockboldera of tha
Cambria Lron Compauy will be held at their olUce
No. 40 CHEBNUT btreet, Philadelphia, oa TUKi
DAY, tbe 1M da of JANUARY next, at 4 o'clock
P. M., vfben an election will be held tor seven Direc
tors to serve tor the ensnlBg year.
PhlladelphlA. Deo. IT. lm.
juitn 1. Allans. Beeretary.
121sdiJl9
K&T THE JACOBS' CREEK OIL COMPANY.
PU1LADBLFHIA, Deo. 0, W88.
I he Annual Meeting of the Btockboldera ot this
Company, to elect D rectoia to serve for the ensuing
Tear, will be held at tbe Company's Otline, No 224 B.
DELAWARE AVENUE, on WEDNESDAY, the
2uth of January, lti,
9, at 11 o'clock A M.
iz uitiiat
V. D. HOWELL. Becretary.
COMtKM.NU SKAT IN H ANU THE
II INKS.
Kink! Rink!
Wbal d you think?
Bee now the people are waiting !
Why ain't you aoueT
We're ready for fan !
When are we going to have skating?
HfeaieJ Skate!
11 ow rbng must we wait?
The Ice la ao alow In freezing !
Tbe Ice aud tbe anow
Are horribly alow
ThU singular winter season.
Rink! Kink!
Hurely we think
You're a tedloua thing to get open;
Hut when you are done
W e'll have lota of fuu
In that queer old aort of a BUowpeu.
Btrating la good exercise, Hut the exerolss of
patience ia good In lla way; only it hann't a way
of developing the muscles. At HOCIC11ILL &
WIIXON'8 there la not ao much room for the
exercise of patience, allhongU there la room for
firodlitloua pilt a of clothes and no end of ous
omers. Kverythlnn being ready, nobody is
kept waiting, as they are tor tbe skating. If
what la already made up don't suit you, it will
give us pleasure to take vottr measure, aud have
your suit ready la as short a time as anybody
In town.
TRICES STILL MIRACULOUSLY LOW.
ROCKHILL A WILSON,
ORB AT BROWN STONE HALL,
Kos. 603 ana 605 STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
OST-CEKTIFICATK.Ot'OLD CITY LOAN
No. Ism. 'or one hundred dollars. In the name of
Mary F. Reeves. Application will be made lor the
Inane of a new certificate. 12 thliloi
s.
G A R T L A N I), UNDERTAKER,
6t)ouluTUiLtEENTU btroet, ViU Ua
BANK REPORTS.
tf THK NATIONAL BANK OK THH.R14.
PUBLIC. I'iiiladrlphia, Jan. , lil.
RKSOUKCKS. .
T.oansand dlacounta 11,1(,0103
Unilfd Hlalea Itoodg rle-
prwited with Treasurer
uf n. 6 o.onrroo
Rordson hand 141 000 00
Ktaltatate (prouuctlve)... 1S2.1ZI 10
fl.8H.17Mt
Tftnl terdpr noUs, coin,
and rertincRtes 3WRI2 00
National Bank notes 'M,m 00
fc'ructlnna.1 ciirrfncv and
aien.pe UiVin
rremloma 0(
Hue from tb r thanks 547,214 7
Kxpenaes and taxes
957.815 W
6 894 H$
Total
12 801 mi iHI
MAB1MTIK-4.
Capital aroek ll.ftoO.OOD oo
(llictilnllon 417 50)00
reroaliH 1,8-VtOll 5
I rnlH and lost, 8.27v it5
Total ,
.12 8U4 8t) 9
JOMKl'H P. MUM Orti),
Car bier.
16tnthfdt
QUAKTKKjjY IlEPOKr OF TUK UNION
MATlOJiAl. BANK.
Hitn.AiiKi rniA, Jan. i, 18(9.
K11.SOUUCKS.
Loans and Hlauounis, including
United Htatch H,2l3.ir.9'S7
Htocks and Uoiiuh 62,dlS-2i
Due from the Hanks aud Bunkers Ml. 1 7 i
Hud h lng- Ikiuhp .M...... HW.Htil 9 1
.zprnse Accotiut o mi til
Taxes 7ftJ 2ti
t!a Items 12.40115
Kxchangea for olearing-hottHe tula
-,A. M 2;!8 6i'5
National Bank Mnteaaiid Kraclloaal
tjrrrency 32,20415
Balances in A tu.ro vta AmnctHilcna
In New York 180,910 87
Legal-tender Notes and Sptcio 470.1U5 94
2,a 5,509 87
LIABILITIKS.
Capital.
Hnrplus
Profit and Loss
Circulation
l)ue Individuals, Banktuto
. JW.O(M) 00
40.1 W Oi)
10 361 Si
. 2U Hi m
.. 1.932,7104
$2 ,r05,509 T
Sworn fonnd Ktibscrlbed by P. A. KBLLRK
Caohler, hcfuie me, tbls 6ih rty of Jannarv'
l(P. LUW. U. Wir.LlAMsoN.
. 3t NutaryPtthiio.
nevj "pulkTati6ns
UNPAALULED SUCCESS.
THE SUBSClUrilON LIST OK
THE GALAXY
Doubled in One Moulh (Dccembor), ami
Is Still Increasing at an Unprece
dented Rate.
This unuaual increase is owing tu the follow"
lug fuett:
1.
THE GALAXY now atanda at Uio head of
Ameilcun Ldtemry Magazines.
2.
ItotTcrs in each number a greater variety of
entertaining reudluu matier iio Interest eiob.
member ol Ihe family), and, wlm a single ex
ception, a gretUir amount than any otner
Magazine. ' D
3.
At whatever rnat. the GALAXY will contain
articles by the leutilng writers of Ibis country
and Europe. '
4.
The GALAXY Is not only instructive It la
&lto brilliant and entertaining.
5.
Tbe GALAXY has secured for Its pages the
lreat litvrary uuravlion of the year,
CIIAELLS KKADE'S SERIAL STORY.
It will begin In the March Number.
Clubbing Terms.
NOW IS THE TIME.TO &UB30U1BE.
Terms, H per year; 83 cents per number. A
sample copy will be aent on receipt of 15 cents.
We oiler libetal terms for clubbing with other
periodicals. e will send
The Galaxy and Harper's Bazar one year for t:
reanlar price 88
The Galaxy and Harper's Weekly oue year for
ft); regular prlcn J8.
Tbe Galaxy and Hearth and Home ono year for
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Tbe Galaxy aud Our Young Folks one year for
11 60: regular price 0.
The Galaxy and tbe iUverelde Magazine one
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Address
SHELDON Ss COMPANY,
1 14 th2t Nos. -IPS and 500 BROADWAYf N. Y.
REMOVAL.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE
HAVE REMOVED
THEIR COUJiTIXtt HOUSE TO
BAILEI'S OLD BUILDING,
No. 810 CHESNUT Street,
WIIBIII ALL BC8INK98 WILL BK TRANS.
ACTED, M
HOWELL & BROTHERS1
ofiici:
For the Present will be lu Parlor 1,
COM 'LMiATAL HOTEL. nut
PIANOS.
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llsanar ami uurle it Pla.,. ...
HTI?.IMVAV .lr ,xai
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rsafa U 11 I U IS. K H 1 (,
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(j 11 1 11 K R U
Oraud, titiuare ana Upright
. m. w o.
1'l.llnM.n
II MJ
STtt'K A CO.'S A HAINfOROi7
PIANO vnu i K-M B,VU5
iiKTKOPOLlTAN OlWANlt AMD
with the new ana boautiini uiAtt,
. . VOX. II OMAN A.
Every Inducement ottered lo purchasers.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Tke beat and most anltable Present for a friend or
tha needy la a barrel ot ear "J. B. WELCH" FIKst
PREMIUM FLOUR, and a baK or ball barrel Braca
LING'S -MOUHTAIN" BUCKWHEAT 4USAL.W,
rotiffd superior te any In the market,
Coualantly on band Ihe bi-ut assortment ot differ en
oraoda of FLOUR, INDIAN, and RY 11KAJ.
l01"8, etc.
OKOIKIK F. ZKIINDRlt,
UMlm rp tUVUTH AN VIMGHH,