THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 18C9. PUBLISHED EWE RT MFTERNOOK (SUNDATB BXCKPTKD), AT TUB .EVENING TELE9BAPII BU IDINO, A'o. io a thibd btesst, PHILArELMIIA, The Price i three eentt per copy (doub e theel); Or eighteen ccnlt per week, payable to the carrier ty whom tervei. The eubscription price Ly mail U tfine Dollart per annum, or One Dollar and Fily cent ft two month, invariably in advance for the time ordered. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 18G9. TIi Nlftlc IjCgNlKt How l-iirilil? (iin it be Tub proceedings of the State Legislature fur n'.sli little ground (or hoping that it is oom p jsed of better material than Ita predecessors. There are painful indications that the session will be characterized by the usual neglect of the public Interests, the usual subaerriejey to a few influential Individuals, and the usual Ttroatitution of legislative powers to unworthy purposes. It has been no uucuuimou tiling for the members of former legislatures to corn- rare notes with their confidential friends after j the conclusion of their labors somewhat in this . fashion: "YVnat son 01 a session naa you r "Good plenty of paying bills, and Cue chances;" or if the exalted ideas of legis lation which prevail were not realized this doleful answer has been given: "It was a poor session. No thousand-dollar envelopes were handed around this year, and time waj wasted in considering dry bills that had no money in them." The State Capitol is dis graced with the presence of not a few nominal guardians of the honor and welfare of the Commonwealth who measure the value of legislative proceedings by the amount of cash that reaches their individual pockets, and who act upon the bills presented without the slightest reference to their intrinsio merits or their effect npon the general welfare, but with an eye single to pecuniary profit. These legislative bummers go to Harrisburg with a resolute determination to make the acquisition of pennies, dimes, or dollars, as opportunities offer, their main busi ness, subordinating to this primary object eld-fashioned ideas of honesty, and casting aside as a dead weight conscientious scruples and sincere aspirations for the welfare of the State. We do not pretend that the General Assembly is composed exclusively of such elements, but it is painfully evident that it comprises them in sufficient proportions to taint legislation with corruption, to cripple it with inefficiency, and to make the annual ses sions whioh should prove a public blessing little better than a publio curse. We kuow there are number of gentlemens in the lower Loose as well as in the Senate, who are above corruption, who sincerely and honestly desire the welfare of the State. These should have the eyes of Argus, and guard with jealom oare our publio interests. If they do, the in terests of the State can be protected despite the wrong-doers who may creep in and seek to pollute legislation. As year after year passes by, spasmodic attempts are occasionally made to improve the character of the Legislature. Sometimes they are partially or wholly successful in por tions of the Commonwealth, but a thorough reform is never effected, for a residue of the old leaven is always preserved through the error or neglect of some of the multifarious constituencies. It is easier to deplore the evil than to point out a remedy. The pre vailing indifference to the action of the nomi nating conventions facilitates the acquisition of legislative honers by unworthy, unquali fied, and corrupt aspirants. If the people take no pains to seek out proper representa tives, bad men will be sure to force them selves npon the tickets of the respective parties, and to secure a reluctant indorsement at the polls. It is perhaps vain to hope for any thorough reform before public senti ment is so outraged that hosts of intelligent and disinterested men will labor earnestly and continuously to effect it. As an aid to such a movement, It has been proposed to increase the number of members of the Legislature; and this change would perhaps do as much as anything else to impress voters with a sense of their responsibility, and to bring legislators face to faoe with their immediate constituents. It will be remembered that the number o members has not increased with the growth of the State, and that now each Assemblyman represents a population of more than 3 , X i whereas in the earlier and purer days of State legislation each member repre sented but a few thousand people, who exercised great care in their selections, aud held their representatives accountable for every important vote and act. The lower branch of the Massachusetts Legislature con tains two hundred and forty members, and a similar ratio in Pennsylvania would give this State more thau five hundred members. Although such bodie3 may be deemed un wieldy, they possess some great advantages. They thoroughly represent the whole people, and are directly answerable to email and jealous constituencies. They are compelled to act on subjects of general Interest and Import ance, because they have not time to perfect sufficient special legislation to satisfy a ma jority of their members. They cannot be so easily bribed, cajoled, or bullied as small bodies, and they are sure to contain enough honest men to expose any iUgrant wrong. Tns Indiana Legislature, unlike the legis latures of some other States, is not entirely subjeot to caucus tway. A baker's doxan of independent Republicans still hold out agaiust the election 0f Lleutenaut-Oovernor Cumback to the United States Senate. We are not ac quainted wtu ttas merita Xf the ooutest, but we should not be surprised if this baker's dozen monopoly the brains and honesty of the R-jubUSfta ponton. ot tue LegUUture.. The Alleged Frauds mt tho Navy Tard. A raw days ago we gave a statement of a con troversy between Hon. William D. Kelley, of the Naval Commute of the House of Representatives, and Chief Engineer Zeller, of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, with regard to certain alleged frauds oonneoted with the purohase of marine engine building tools. Our Washington correspon dent to-day gives the full statement made on Wednesday in the llouse by Judge Kelley, in a debate on this question with Hon. Samuel J. Randall. In our article a few days ago, we called upon Judge Kelley to produce the evidence whioh he stated would prove conclusively the guilt of Chief Engineer Zeller and hid assistants. Judge Kelley gives as a reason why he does not produce the testimony, that Chief Engi neer Zeller and Mr. Roach, the tool-maker in New York from whom the purchases were made, are occupying the time of the com mittee by arguments of two learned counsel. Judgo Kelley lnsibts on the truth of his statements, and contends that he will be able to prove every charge that he has hitherto made. As we before remarked, we have no intention of taking either side .in this quarrel until we can see all the evidence. . , Ktjlll,ia ftn .bla ftnd Krtr,r. Bentative, and if he is doing his best for the interests of the Government, he should be sustained. At the same time, Chief Engineer Zeller is an officer who has always borne the highest character, and his probity should not lightly be incpugned. If Mr. Zeller is guilty he ought to be driven from the service in disgrace, but if he ha3 been slan dered, Lis slanderers should be visited with the contempt of all honest men. As the matter now stands, Judge Kelley has made a number of very serious charges, but has not as yet produced any evidence to sustain them, and we anxiously await the report of the Naval Committee, which we hope will probe the whole matter to the bottom. Ou the other hand, Chief Engineer Zeller is supported by the individual testimony of members of the following firms: Messrs. Merrick & Sons, Williamson & Brothers, T. Wilbraham & Brothers, I. P. Morris & Co., Urice & Long, and others, all of whom are well-known and respectable engine builders of Philadelphia. Their evidence is corroborated by a number of the principal machinists, engineers, aud engine-builders of New York and other cities. The case as presented for Chief Engineer Zeller is so strong that we cannot do otherwise than hold it in respectful consideration. It is hard to believe that so many of the best known and most respected machinists of Philadelphia would deliberately falsify for any purpose, but more especially in a matter of this kind where they apparently have no interest whatever. Chief Engineer Zeller undoubtedly has a right to make a oomplete statement of the case to the Naval Committee, as upon the report of the committee will almost certainly depend the action of the House. We hope that the committee will make a oomplete and exhaus tive investigation, and we await the publica tion of the report before arriving at any con clusions. As considerable interest has been excited on the subjeot, however, it is desirable that the committee should let the publio see the complete evidence for both sides at as early a day as possible. A gbaphic picture of the Democracy of Louisiana is given in a letter recently ad dressed by General Buchanan to a United Slates Senator. General Buchanan has been accused of undue sympathy for the Rebels, and he is an evident favorite of Andrew John son. His testimony is therefore nninlluenoed by radicalism, and It is given, only inciden tally, to the following effect: 'Mo one Is more fully aware than Governor Warruouth tbui to inyNelf, and the prompt ui ensures taken by rue ou the day after the Rsheniblmg of the legislature at its softslon, was due ou that and several days following the pieservatiou of the lives ot himself aud all the piouinent members of the Republic n party iu the Legislature, and of the new State Govern ment." The people who were only prevented, by military precautions, from destroying a gov ernment created under the authority of Con gress, by cold blooded murder and assassina tion, claim that they are the elite of the South, aud faithful citi.ens of the United States. They clamor for the immediate removal of political disabilities from Rebels, even while they declare by actions that speak louder than word 3 that no Republican can vote or hold office iu their midst except on peril of his life. The lower branch ot the State Legislature gave another evidence of its wisdom on the HOth by reporting, through its Committee on Federal Relations, a joint resolution urging CoDgress not to purchase any telegraph lines. What necessity there was for the interference of the Solons at Harrisburg with the action of the wise men at Washington on this subject, does not appear from the record; but as legis latlon usually goes, like kissing, by favor, we suppose that the resolution was reported at the instance of corporations hostile to the pro posed reform. No Congressman will be so stupid as to imagine that it represents, in the slightest degree, genuine publio opinion. The time of the General Assembly could be spent much more profitably in disoussing its legiti mate business, than in volunteering bad ad vice where it is unasked and unnecessary. Tub Aye this morning talks about "the scheme to vest Bumm & Co. with authority to appoint the police of Philadelphia." we have good reason to believe that several mem bers of this firm were made aware of their con nection with It for the first time when they read in the daily papers the obnoxious bill ?n which they appeared. As far as two of the centlemen are concerned Messrs. Henry Bumm and George Truman, Jr. we feel authorized to Btate that they had no hand in the matter, and uo wish to figure in this way before the publio. Will the Aye make a note Of this f The Public Ilnlldliisra. Tub meeting of the Commissioners of Publio Buildings, held yesterday, indicates that they are about to proceed immediately to the prac tical business of their appointment. A reso lution providing for Committees on Hall, Ar chitectural Plans, Contraots, Buildings, Law and Audits was agreed to, and it was further wisely ordered that the committees should hold during the five years of the Commission, and not be reappointed annually. It requires but little knowledge of the workings of any de liberative body to show the wisdom of this decision. The various gentlemen now ap pointed will have gained at the end of the year an acquaintance with their particular de partments of the task of the Commission. To change them then, and put one thoroughly acquainted with the required law on a commit tee on bridges, about which he knew nothing, would be a blunder of the worst kind. The Commission has a delicate and difliuult task before it, and we hope it will devote all time and attention to its fulfilment. I'rlniOfrcuUnrc In Kiijclitud. JcmnNa from the recent British Journals, it i8 to be presumed that there is a popular feeling arising in England against the law of primo geniture. This would be only a natural link in that chain of events now stretching in un broken sequence through long ages, aud first oatchlng the early light of history on that great day when the barons braved their king at Runemede. The story of the Anglo-Saxon race is a long uninterrupted struggle for individual free dom. There is no grander epio than the his tory of the deeds of personal courage and per sistent heroism by whioh the right of trial by jury was won and held against all encroach" ments. Step by step the people have fought their way from servitude Into liberty a liberty of law but not of license, for they are eminently a law-abiding race. The King, once by a fiction regarded as the Bource of all law, Las by them been accepted merely as an embodiment of it, and as a convenient method by which its administration may be effected and the details regulated. On many a battle field has this been proven, and those kings who Lave insanely followed the letter of the law instead of its spirit have expiated their folly on the scaffold or in exile. Based originally, as a warlike tribe, upon feudalism, whioh regarded the chief as the sole source of property and pewer, this fiction has been preserved in words, while in fact the absolute reverse has grown to be the reality, and power and property proceed alone from the people, who willingly clothe a serviceable executive official in all the gorgeous trappings of royalty, in which they really do homage to the industry, wealth, and success of the English nation itself. The aristocracy acts as a sort of body-guard to this royal fiction, and the London Times takes the position in the present debate of insisting that the British people love this aristocracy with such a sincerity of affection that they can never be induced to abolish the law of primogeniture, because it is the strong est defense of the privileged class; that with them a landed aristocracy is "a passion almost a religion." This seems to be very questionable. It is true that "Johnny dearly loves a lord," but it is not so certain that, when at liberty to decide the matter for him self, he will be found to love so fervently the lordship that absorbs all the land, keeping miles of it in barren forest, while he is com pelled to live in a cellar of a narrow, crowded town street. The spirit of liberalism that has spread throughout Great Britain, and found trium phant utterance in the extension of the fran chise and the Irish Church movement, will most assuredly attack the very groundwork upon which such a relio of feudalism as the law of entail must stand. Our own code, which is but the modern outgrowth of the British law, annuls all suoh restrictions upon personal freedom, merely deciding that in testate estates shall be divided equally among the children. Natural parental affection and public opinion make this rule work most equitably, and any alteration now possible in English legislation could only slowly inau. gurate a movement tending to a similar result. Do not neglect to read the testimony of some of the Democratic "repeaters" in our local columns to-day. The Age people have not perused it yet, and consequently con tinue to prate about Democratic virtue. SPECIAL NOTICES. rri- COLT) WEATHER DOES NuT CHAP or roughen the Bklu alter using WUIHUTh ALC'ONA ' ELULYAltlNTABLETOFSOLlDIifJ Kl ULYL.fc.KIN. Its dally use niakea the skla dell cutely bolt And beautiful. It Is delightfully IrAgrAnt, transparent, and incomparable as m 'lollut Soup. For Sle by all IWUKKlHn. . A WK1UHT, t4l Ko. 624 CHKSNUT btreut, K "TTN'ITF.D SECURITY T.IFK TV-UTR.. ANt'K AND TUUdT COMPANY OV I'KMN- bVLVANIA." OUice. b. K. corner 01 FIFTH, and LJlhtMi l Htreels rhlladelphiiv. A 1 A meeting of the btockbolders of the Company beld ifu the mill Ins' am. tbe tollowinu geii'le-uou were elected Directors lor the eiinulnn year: ;eo. II Hiuan, PUIUUb,, Hon. Aba I'ackvr, I'ailAdA., nun. W. nhllrls Aulbi uy J. Drexel, " Jos. I'ellerson. ViaucIs A. Drexel. " Hou. W. A. Porier. " Wdj. V.ew, HUbirg. Hon. K. Tobey, Boston W. 1'reicottHmllh, lull.. A. K CbAtuberlalii, Cln. I ' Vu.lTinn HI. rtllft Win. V. McKean. " HiauBV J. tto'ins. " Win. O. KouHtou, ' s. 11. HorviuiAU. " .las. M. Morrison, N. Y. Joseph biuart. " L. .. Leller, Chicago, 0. M. Bnillh, " At A n eeiiug oi tue iunru, uem iuo phiiik hh w, flHOMIK H, RTUAKT was e eeted President, THOMAS W. KVANB Vice-President, cud C. F. BKTTV Becretary. 1 2llf ItjT COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE OK iL? PHILADELPHIA. The auiiuuI meeting of theConiUierclAl KrcliauKe wLl tie beld ou Tt'KJ DAY, JamiAiy 2ii, Ikmi 'j lie Auntial recort of the Board of Managers will be read At II1; o'clock A. M. Tbe polls will be cpu from 10 A, M. until P. M. for tbe election ot olliceis to nerve for tbe ensuluj; year. U. IU TI8DALL, 1 2u ct becretury. KJT- BATCH ELOKS HAIU DYE. THIS a-' iplendld Hair Dye I the best In tbe world; the only true and perfect Dye; ItAruilesa, reliable. Instantaneous; uo dlHappolnlruentj no ridiculous tluU; remedies the 111 etlecU ot bad dyes; luvltjorAlos ud leaves tbe H Air soil and beautiful, black or brown, bold by all DrukLbts and Penuuiers; aud properly applied at BaUbelor'l Wig Vacivrv. Mo. is BU .MD frueel, flew 7ujwfi .1 - .' ' -' - " ' SPECIAL NOTICES. NATIONAL BANK OF TUB RE- , ., . ,Pnti.ni)KpniA. Inn. 11 im Attn election for 1)1 ifc tors held THIS DAY lbs follow In named grntiamea were duly elected la serve lor th ensuing ytAr-.- WjLLIaM H. BItiWN, ltKNJAMIN KOWLaND, Jb.. BMU.L A. BIS "Ha i, FRKLKIUU A. 110YT. JOHN i'KAKOE; A LKKRl) 1AY HOWARD HLNCHMAN, WILLIAM M. BKYtfurtT, OUAKLKS RICHARO.-MJN, J. BAKLOW MOOKHHAD, WILLIAM HACK ITU. C'HAKLKN L bHAKPt.KSS, . , WILLIAM H. UKMKNT. And st A meeting of tbe Hoard held TUH D1Y WILLIAM H.BHAW1 was elerteil Prealdnnl. liawfiiiBt JOBKPH 1' MUM FOHU. Cashier, ViT" THR FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' NATIONAL BANK. ... Philaoklphia. January 15, tfiflfl. At n election held on me lHtidyo JAtiury, 18i Ine following named Stockholders were elected H'WIN M. I.KWI4 ion 1 mm u mm iiAnk; JOHN AMI H IjMhT, ANTHONY J AN I K.LO HK J. A. FA kK HAM. FKAM'LS 'l k I K, LJN DLKY BM YT1T, UK HaKD u iiai.k:. J, B TtTrPItNUUr r. J KDWA&D KARNHM. HKOIUIK W. FA hit, Jk 1 wm. H . woninVAKu, O II. HOTCIIINSJN, II BMKY P. BLOAN. Ann ai a meeting of the Dlrecvnm ibis day, 1M WIN M. LEW IB, Ki, was uaaulmously re-elected Preeldent, 1 lr, Kit W. nUfrHTON, Jb., CAihlr. KST OFFICE OF THE NOUTH PKNNdYL- VANIA KAILKOA D COMPANY', Philadelphia, No. 407 Walnut street, Jan. 6, 1R;9. DIVIDKSD NOTICB. The Trsnnfrr Books of this Company will be oloard on SATURDAY, the Hh IubU, at 3 'clock P. M and be reopened oaB A.TUKDA Y , tbe 16tn Inst. A dividend ban this day been declared of FIVJE PEH CENT,, clear ol taxes, payable In scrip, bearing no interest, and convertible Into Seven Per Cent, Mor'gage Bonds of the Company, In sums of not less than five hundied dollars, on and after May 1st next. Tbe said dividend will be credited to tbe stock holders as they shall stand registered on tbe books of tbe Company ou 8ATURDAY, tbe 9th (not. 1 eimwlm WILLIAM WIsTEK. Treasurer. gggF" DIVIDEND NOTICE. PH1LAEKLPHIA AND TltKNTON RAILROAD COMPANY. Ofllce, No. 194 Houlb DELAWARE Avenue. PMii.AOKl.euiA, January Mi, I8'ii). Tbe Directors hare thin day declared a semi-annual dividend of F1VK 16) PEK CENT, upon the Capital Stock of the (Join 1 any, clear of i n r. iroin tbe protlm of the six months ending December 31, lSni, payable on and after Venroary, urst proximo, 10 tbe holders tnertol as tbey stood reentered on the books of me Company on the 16lh Inst. J. PARKER NOItRIS, 1 ?0 nt Treasurer. ATLANTIC AND GKEAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. fcSacaKTABY'B Urjrjcic. No 40 Broadway,! Nkw Yobk, 28n December. 1mm. Notice Is hereoy given that a,speclal meeting of tbe Stockholders of the Atlantic end ureat Western Kali way Company will be held al the Ueneral Olllces ol the Com imny, No. 4(1 Broadway, In the City and Btate of Ptew York, al 12 o'clock noon, on SATURDAY, the tilth day of January iext. tj consider and ap prove of, or reject, certain coniractM entered Into with the Krle Railway Company, aud the Columbus, t'bicsgo, acd lndlara Central Railway ( ompany, and fur other purposes. Tbe irauefer books will retrial u clcsed until alter the meeting. W. AKCUJUALL O DOHERTY. 1 1 4w Secretary. KSST' PHILADhLt'lIIa AND READING A3 RAIL.ROAD COJiPAN Y-Ottlce No. 27 B. FOUBTH tttreeU Pmi.ADKi.rHiA. December 80, 1868. DlVll'END NOlTCK. Tbe Transfer Bonks of this Company will be closed on the 4,li of Jauuary next, aud be reopeued ou TUESDAY , January 12. A Dividend or FIVE PER CE ST. baa been de cland on the Preferred and Common Btcck. clear of National and Btate Taxes, payable In common stock ou aud aitei January 2, ltnitf. to tbe holders tboreor, as they Hhall stand registered on the books ol the Company on the 4th of January next. All payable at this ofllce. All orders lor Dividends must be witnessed and Stamped. i2 3U lm, B. BRADFORD. Treasurer. NOTICE WEST JERSEY; RAILROAD COMPANY. OrPIC'B OF TITK TRFAStTRFB.l Camukn, N. J, Jot uary IB, lstia. Tbe Board of Directors have this diy aclared a Semi-annual Dividend ot FIVE PER CENT., clear of national tax, payable to tbe Stockholders of this oaie on and alter WEDNESDAY', tbe 3d day of Feb ruary, ltd), at Ibu Treasurer's Oltice in Camden. The Stock Tranner booas will ba clotted from tbe date hereof, uutil tbe 4th Jav ol February, ikhd, MEOR'JJO J. RO TBTNS 1 19 lit Treasurer W. J. R. R. Co. fKf OFFICE OP Ttl-S IIAND-IN-HAND l-3 M U'l UAL LIFE INSURANCE: COMPA S Y i'hllAdeiphla, Jan. 20 lt9. At the Annual Flection held on the 11th Ins',, the following Stockholders were elected Directors, to serve lor tue ensuing year, W illiam F. Smith. Robert M. Fount, Jeeeph Collins, Nicholas Rlttenhouse, Joseph Btckbaus. PbllipOUeuger, ; neury uratu, Samuel J..arb?r, lAdaui Wartnman, lOeorge W'Mlcbeuer, iChrlatonher F. Miller. jonn ru. irau. At a meetlns of tbe Directors he.d thl day, WIL LI AM F. SMITH was elected President, JOSEPH COLLI VS Ylue-ProsiAtnt, BENEZKT F, FOU.M' Solicitor, and 1 U :it ROBERT AT. FOUST, Secretary. ITvSp OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE DIVISION CANAL COMPANY OF PENN SYLVANIA, No. :i(3 WALNUT Street. Philadelphia, Jn 21, 1869. Tbe annual meeting or the Stockholders of this Company will be held at their ofllce on TUESDAY, February 2d, lstitf at 13 o'clock M,, when an election will be held for Managers for the enBulng year. 1 21 lot E. G. o ILKH, Secretary. CONTINENTAL HOTEL COMPANY. The Annual Meeting o( the ttUcknoiders of the Continental Hotel Company, for tbe elec.lon of Five Managers and the transaction of other business, will beheld cn SATURDAY, Jauuary 2J, lsoi, at 11 o'clock M., at the Hotel. . J. tER9EANT PRICK. 1 16 7t Secretary. f5v OFFICE INS. CO. NORTH AMERICA, b-j I'HiLiJjKLi iiiA Jauuary 11 Itb'.K The Dirt etc r hAVe thlsday declared a Beml-annuil Dividend or SIX PER CENT , payable on demand, free o all taxes. CHARLES l'LATT, 1 n I2t Secretary, Hrrrf OI'UCE OF THE bT. NICHOLAS COAL CUMPAN Y, No. 2"iS.' WALN UT TREE T. PuiLAiiKi.i iUA, Jauuary 1, 181,9. Tbe Annual Meeting ot the stockholders will be held at tbe ollice ot the Compauy ou MONDAY', February 1, lstii. at 11 o'clock hi., wheu an eleotlou will be beld lot seven Directors to serve the ensuing year. R JOHNS ton, 1 19 Ht secretary. irr- cushions and mattresses BS-S stutled wltu finest liAir or fouthers are sub ject to nun 11 smell, and dirt. Kinetic Sponge is not only a more ecoromlcal substitute, but Is subjoe to uoneot these luconveulences, ii indestructible and I to puriiy almost Immaculate. S mr ""iteady-Miulfc" or MutIe to Order." The publio used to be afraid To pnrcURKe elolblug "ready made;" For "cusloiii goods" outlast, said they, The "ready-niado" gurwouls many a duy. Tl'e custom they had, In times of old, Wus to pay Lard cash., either silver or gold, Any exorbitant sort of a, price, For clothes that lojkcd ueceut and fit them nice. But when HOCK HILL & WILSON'S liall no lirown, The baudsouieat hall In all tbe town, iteRu to sell clothing ready wide, The public, somehow, stopped belug afruld. For they know they can purchase clothing which In honestly made in every stltcb; KinlHheti with cave, as emh man knows, Are KOCKU1LL Sc WlLWN's ready-tnada clothes. But if yon prefer, K will give ns pleasure, in making your clothes, to lake your measure; F or I'ltce (-onds, such as the goods we keep, Were never better, nor ever so cheap. Of every description and every grade, niRde to order or rtady-made, ilOUKUlLL & WIL bON would have you toliuow ihattbo best of all places In town to go, for a suit of clothes for your manly lrame, as we've often told you, It's still tbe same. Letter hurry along and cull aud look ut the goods ol the ORB AT EROWN HALL, nOCKHILL & WILSON, K08. 6U3 nd 60S CUESMJT HTUKET, PHILADELPHIA. JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, ETC. C A 11 D. JANES , CALDWELL & CO,, 810 CHESTNUT ST. The undersigned de-Ire to nmko their simere And grateful acknowledgments for tlio many favors under which tlioy have been placed lu connection with the dlnnstrom calamity by which their establishment was destroyed on the night of the 14th instant, And which involved the ii repnrahle loss of the lives of two of their most esteemed and valuable clerk", an event they feel can linrdly bo sunirieutly deplored: To the nunilierlf ss friends, whose heartfelt expres sions of sympathy have done so much to sustain them under their heavy losses, and to encourage them In the prompt resumption of their business: To tlio t'lllKK ENQINKKKof tho Kiro Pepsi-Intent , his ASSISTANTS and the KMKMKN gonorally, ;for their devoted And daring efforts to subdue the conflagra tion. All that skill, courave and perseverance could do was done by the KIKE DEPARTMENT on this occa sion: To the roLICK, under the able command or the Acting Chief, HARRISON O. CLARK and LIKUT. CONNELLY, ior their vigilance and eflicient aid iu the protection of thevaluahlo property, and iu aiding In the extinguishment of the lire: To JOHN KICK, Esi., for Ills prompt, magnanimous and unconditional offer of their former premises, No. Chestnut street: To BAILKY A CO., for their equally generous and handsome offer of their elegant building, No. 819 Chestnut street, which has boon gratefully Accepted: To the NKWSPAPER PRESS generally, for their many expressions of kindly interest and sympathy. They aro now rapidly reorganizing their businoss, and will we proparod on MONDAYnext to receive their friends at their Now Stole, where they hope to fill their orders as heretofore. J.E.C 0- ALDWELL & 810 CHESTNUT ST. n J. E. CALDWELL & CO. WIl L RESUME BUSINESS On Morday, January 18, AT Tllli STOllK No. 819 CHE8NUT Street, 1 16 tf PHILADELPHIA, NEW PUBLICATIONS. THEN URSERY. if you would see a fcodel Child's Magsztne. got'the February number of THE NURSERY, now ready, and Which conulns no lets ttau BeAutl'ul pictures; among which are SIX ORIGINAL DRAWINGS by OSCAR ILETiCH, now first pub lished, and comprising his new work. "Tho Little Housekeeper." Besides there are throe full-page engravings ot rare beauty, and charming original artloles by Uncle Charles, Emily Carter, Marian Douglas, Matbia Barr, sod other excellent writers. No Juvenile Maga zine equal to this In beauty has yet appeared. See it at a Judge for yourselves. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE. Terms tl to a year In advauce. blugie numbers, 16 coi.t. JOHN li RET, PUBLISHER, No, IS WASHINGTON Strtet, Boston. FOR SALE BY DUll'IELD ASHMEAD, Ulp HO, )I4 I'HESNDTSTIlEET, LEGAL NOTICES. TV 1HE COURT OP COMMOV PLEAS FOB X TUE.CITYAWD COUNTY OV PHILADELPHIA. ELlAliKTH L. MIHK1L, ET'U, Vc. GEORGE B. M1KK1L. Kept. Term 1HU8. tio. W, In dl force. Ol GEORGE B. MIKK1L: Piease take uotic tbat the Court has granted a title upon you to sbotv cause why a divorce a vicula malrtntanii tliould "not be decreed lu the ab'ive cash. relurUAble SATURDAY, January so, 18 S at in o'clock A.M., pe-si ual no I e bavlug falieU on accjuut of iLe AObeuteof the respondeat. .. 1'llOMAs K. FIN LETTER, 1 22 Istnlli-I'. Attorney lor Llbe limit. PERSONAL. JSI tiXICfi IS HKRBBY QJVU.X THAT THE uudcr.ilcned has mud appllcatlou f ir tbe re t.f i'c.-.ificit Nn. to 718 for 1-our fetbarei of tue Mock of tbe Pennsylvania Bullroad Coiupany Usued to Ai'i'Aliaui KuiubaugU, late or Wetttiaorclsiid couuiy. Pa. dfceaod, dated ibe 3d dy of DecumUur, 18j7. tue sauie buvlug beeo lost or diwtr. yed. ' JACOH KDMUAl'OH, Executor of AbrAhAui iluuibAuh de-eabeil. Greensbu'-g, l'A., Jan. lto9 1 21 Is INSTRUCTION. HAMILTON INSTITUTE FOR YOUXO - LADiKH. No. 8.SI0 UUHSNUT Street. West 1'bi lAdclphia. The Hpring t erni ol tbls lustltmlou will roiuuieiicit on MONDAY, February 1, lorljr.ua, etc., apply to the Prlnolpal. l ijbl P. A. CRKOAR, A. M.1 TRUSSES. fi IUl:SES. 1RUS3E3. TRUCKS. LA 1)1 KV TriiHses. Abdominal Supporters, Flastlc Body Belts, bti ckluts aud BaudageSi correctly adjusted oya coui Pbttul I edy. ut ; SKKLEY'S TRUSS KSTABLIHMKNT, ' S 1 V.i Willi? No, 1M7 CUESNUT stree t. LARZCLERC & DUCHEY, Cublom House Brokers aud Notaries Public, Ko, 405 LIBRARY Street. AH Custom House Business transacted. PASSPORTS PROCURED. E A VS E88. K VERY INSTRUMENT TUAl. auieuctt aad sklU have Invented to assist tbe bearing la every degree of deafueas; Also, RepliA. tors: also, Uraudall's Patent Cruuihes. superior to aof oUiers lu nse, at P. MADJLI&A'B, No. Ul tj kij)ltblrt,blQW VhMttftAj . Kta INSURANCE COMPANIES, INSURANCE COMPANY, Ko. 406 CHESSUT STREET. I'HiLADELrHiA, January 18, 1809. This Company, Incorporated la 1836, and doing a FIKK INSURANCE BUSINESS EX CLU8IVEL.Y, In order to enable It to accept a large amount of business constantly declined for want of adequate capital, will. In accord ance with a supplement to Its charter, in. crease lta CAPITAL STOCK FBOM $100,000, lis present amount, to $ 2 0 0,0 0 0, la Shares of Fifty Dollars Each, And for whioh subscription boolrs are now open at this oillco. By order of the Board of Dli eotors. CHARLES RICHARDSON. ntEHlDKNT. WILLIAM H. RIIAWN, V I CK-PRESIDENT. WILLIAMS I. BLANCH ARD, 1 BHptr BECRKTARY. 50 PER CERT . DIVIDEND Declared January I, 18C9, BY THE A31ERIC AN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF l'HILADKriPIIIA, S. E. Corner FOURTH and WALKUT Sis. WHAT DOES Tni9 SIGNIFY TO THOSK IN- STJ&itD AND THOfK ABOUT TO Bui INSURED IN "TBE AMERICAN LIFKT" 1. It shows the PROSPERITY of "Tbs American.' 2. It shows that "The Ameilcau" does a SA.FB business. 8. It shows that "The American" Is WELL MAN AGED, t. It shows that "The American" have placed Just ONE-HALF ot the annual premium to the credit of "Participating Policies," and may be used In the pay ment of future prmlums. 5. It showstbal Philadelphia's and Pennsylvanlana need not go ootslde of their own city aud Ststs to find ALL that Is desirable In any Llle Insurance Company, and to secure all poistble beuettts or being Insured. WHY DIDN'T YOU GO INTO "THE AMERI CAN" LAST YEAR? 8FE lO IT THAT YOU GO IN FOATUE NEXT DIVIDEND. ALEXANDER WHILLDIN, President. GEORGE NUGENT, V.ce President. JOHNS. WILSON, Secretary. JOHN C. BIMS Actuary. 1 15 finv4t BOOTS AND SHOES. 1SEW STYLE SKATING HOOTS, BARTLETT, THE BOOT MAKER., KO. S3 JsOlU SIXTH STREET. Kcw Styles for the Frouicnade. New Styles for the Parlor, New Styles Tor Ueary Weather. Bis Urge stock enables him to famish a good fit at all times. 10 16 fmwj HATS AND CAPS. n JONES, TEMI'LB CO., FA8HIONABLB H A T T K B 8, No, 26 8. NINTH Btreet, First door above Chesnut street. 4 9 OWARBURTON'S IMPROVEB VENTI lated, and easy-ntllng Dress Hats (patented),! a all tbe Improved fashions ot tbe season, CHKtJ NUT btreet, next door te the Post Office. 11 U J5p COAL. yJ I L L I A M W. ALTER, LKIIiail.OOAL, Also, Lorbcrrj and Locust Mountain, Depot, No. 937 North NISTU Street, Below Glrard Avenue. Il6 4ptf Ofllce, Cor. SIXTH and SmiMi QAJEN. PIANOS. STEIN WAY & .t ' square and uprlgbt Pianos. atBLAHIUH 1000 CHKHNUT Htreeu 8 1 U CillOKERl Oraud, Square and Upright N Q rusus, DIITTON'S, No 014CUKaNUl atreet. II 8U COPARTNERSHIPS. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. THE UNDER. Blgued bave tins day foroied a cepartnemulp. nnder the name of B. K .IayihoN b CO., and will v"."lj'.thi nklnir business, at tbe N corner ot Tlllltx and CHKS.N-U1' blroets, lormarly con ducted by P. F. Kelly dt Co. B. K. JAMIrtON, Burvlvlog partner of ibe lu iirtu of P. V, Kelly & Co. t - , WILLIAM M. tAwaHTT I cf the firm ot Button dt fctewart, Bankers, l iuaup Indiana, Pa. LOST. LOST CERTIFICATE OK 01,1) CITY LOAN ISi61l ,or on UUnrPd dollar., In lbs name of Wary F.Keeves. Application will be wado lor thi issue of a ue a- certillcate; u tbtsm FOR SALE. FOR SALE OR TO RENT DESIRABLE llouse at UUXBoKOUflji. lnaBLU 1 19 61 No. U B. Third 'st,iL TjfOR BALE LAR(JB WHARF, NORTH SIDE Cherry Htrtoi LnuXiu .1 It W Uu lKI ir l A AO iu w i ai NpiUil fe. FIFTH btreet B OARDl NO. FIRST-CLASS BOARDING JUUUIHBlreei. ror KKNTLUMUN only, at No. o. u,,nth 1 18 81 171MPIRR SLATE KkKtflTwOKKZjTD. Ill K1MKS, No. 8U8 CHKNUr Btreet. 1 l.lml GARTLAND, UNDERTAKER. . M Bvuth TUUtTttHTtt Bros u It vi
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