THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 18C9. PUBLISHED EVE Rf XFTERNOON (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING, ArO. 10S & THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, The mc$ U three eenU per copy (doub e theet); or eighteen cent per uek, payable to the carrier by whom terved. The tubiariptwn price ty it Wine Dollart per annum, or One Dollar and gfly cent for two month , invariably in advance for the time ordered. MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1869. Tbe NnfTritKe UncNtlon. MfAimoon bcffraob la but another name for simple justice. If any question should be decided without regard to the prejudices of classes or raoes, without regard to the pre sent or past, Jt certainly is that question which touches the highest privilege that a free man oan enjoy the right of partici pating In the choice of the men who are to make and administer the laws to which he is compelled to submit. The fundamental pilnelpleof the American system of govern-' merit, aa enunciated in the Declaration of Independence, is that governments "derive their just powers from the consent of the governed," by the side of which all "glitter ing generalities" about equality, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, so lavishly scattered through that celebrated document, dwindle Into mere rhetorioal flourishes. You may dilate upon these thiDgs to a man until : yeu sucoeed in talking him blind, without : coovincing him of their utility, if you oon- , tinue to deprive him of a vote. They look 1 rery well upon paper, and sound very pretty j on the Fourth of July; but, after all, the j grandest theory proclaimed In the Declaration is thla one which declares that governments "derive their just powers from the consent of the governed." Any community, whether it fib the insignificant State of Delaware, with its 25,000 blacks, or the more pretentious State of Kentuoky, with full ten times that number, whioh studiously denies the right of a man to participate in the formation of the govern ment, simply beoause of his color, is guilty of an unreasonable and unwise violation of the prlnoiple in question, is hostile to the most essential dootrine of our professed govern mental system. If all the instinots of the colored race were necessarily as brutal as are those of "Brick" Fomeroy and some other white men whom we could name; if a white man be, as some quaok savans would have ns believe, merely a highly-developed oyster, and if the negro be, as the Pomeroys profess to believe, an oyster in an inferior stage of the developing process, there would be a show of reason in denying him a participation in all the rights of citizenship until his skin should become bleached by the lapse of time to the Cauoasiau standard of whiteness. On any other grounds the denial of the right of suffrage to the colored race as a race is a defiance of common justice, common sense, and common decency. Yet, holding these views, as we do, we oon f3a that we entertain but little expectation of witnessing the speedy triumph of common justice, oommon sense, and common deoenoy, through the agenoy of a constitutional amendment. The subjeot was brought before the Ilouse of Representatives at Washington on Saturday, and the greater portion of the session consumed by Mr. Boutwell, of Mas sachusetts, with an elaborate argument in its favor. Mr. Boutwell and the other Republi can members of Congress who have enlisted in the cause justly regard their time as short. Thirty-three working days only are left to the Fortieth Congress, in the lower house of whioh the Republican side count3 174 votes to 43 on the Democratic side. Thii gives the two-thirds vote requisite for the recommendation of a constitutional amendment, with a handsome margin for absentees and other contingencies of weak ness. In the next Ilouse, however, when the eleotions yet to be held have transpired, the Republican foroe will muster only 143 votes, while the Democrats will have 82, the Repub licans thus laoking seven votes of two-thirds. Several seats for whioh the Democratic candi dates have received the certificates are being contested, but there is no likelihood of the Republican strength being in this manner swelled to 150 votes; and when the three States not yet readmitted to representation are fully restored to their former relations to the Government, it will be neoessary for the Re publicans to make a clean sweep of them to attain a two-thirds vote. In thU btate of affairs, if a constitutional amendment is to be submitted by Congress to the Legislatures of the several States, prohibit ing any State from abridging or denying the right of a citizen of the United States to the ballot by reason of race, oolor, or previous condition of slavery, it must be done before the fourth of March, or postponed for two years at least. This statement, as a matter of course, assumes that the Democratio party shall adhere during that period to its time honored maxim that "a nigger has no rights whioh a white man Is bound to respect;" and shall have no rights conferred upon him whioh the Democratio party can possibly pre vent. No test vote has yet been taken, so that we are unable to predict positively the aotion of the Ilouse when the Usue is brought be for8 it in such a way that it oannot be dodged; but If we ara to judge of the "present temper of that body from its past reoord, we are justi fied in believing that the measure will re ceive a two-thirds vote, with a possible defec tion in the Republican ranks sufficient to im peril without defeating it. While the different States would thus be given an opportunity to declare their sentiments on the question, no harm conld result frem it, and it is therefore perhaps advisable that Congress should sub mit tks proposed amendment ab4 leave its fate with the Legislatures of the States, whioh, under the Constitution, are its final arbiters. At this stage in the process, the proposed amendment Is certain f defeat. Mr. Boutwell professed to believe that the amendment would certainly be ratified by twenty-five States, leaving but three more necessary to render it a portion of the funda mental law of the land. The result of the recent elections In several States whioh have voted upon the subject would seem to indl. cate that these expectations are not to be realized at present. Connecticut, Ohio, Kansas, and Missouri, each of whioh endorsed the Republican ticket at the November eleo. tion, have within a few years unqualifiedly repudiated negro suffrage for themselves, the vote in Missouri, especially, presenting a striking contrast to that for President. Ia November Oraut's majority was nearly 20,000, while an amendment to the State con stitution striking out the word "white" was on the same day defeated by nearly 1P.000, and if a full vote had been cast on the proposition there is no doubt but that the majority against It would have been swelled to 30,000. We have no need of golDg to Missouri to obtain a test of public sentiment in our own State, in which negro suffrage will undoubtedly be unpopular with a majority of the people for several years to come. Altogether there are at least twelve States which are morally certain to rejeot the proposed amendment, viz. : Conneotiout, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela ware, Maryland, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mis souri, Indiana, California, and Oregon, while but ten adverse votes are required. The prospects at present, therefore, are very slim; but if Congress sees fit to try the experiment, it can do so without retarding its final achieve ment. In due time manhood suffrage will be established as a measure of policy as well as juetice, either by separate State action or by a general amendment to the Federal Consti tution. The Laud to the Xorlli of Vs. Few of our oitizens know or think of the existence to the northwest of the United States of a great expanse of fertile territory, de voted at present to the buffalo and beaver, and owned by the famous Hudson Bay Fur Company. From it all are excluded: emigra tion is not allowed, settlers are driven off, and the wilderness preserved. Hence it is only natural that popular attention should not be generally turned towards it. But the thinking minds of the country, the sagacious statesmen and anticipators of the future necessities of our nation, are already looking at this world of nature, and devising means to secure its annexation to the United States. As the magnitude of the subject is more and more generally appreciated, the eminent pro priety of our securing it will become univer sally evident. The tenure on which the whole of this land is held is a curious one, and is illustrative of how Blight may be the preeent foundation of a great future evil. King Charles II gave to Prince Rupert and a number of noblemen all the land lying north of a certain line of longi tude, on condition that they should give to him or his successors two beaver skins whenever he or they should enter the terri tory. Of course even this rent has never been paid, for it is haidly possible that the King or Queen of rtreat Britain should visit the land in question, unless, indeed, the same fate should be in store for them as the merry Charles had himself previously experienced. British law has decided this grant to be good, and hence this quarter of a continent has for two hundred years been deprived of all the ad vantages of civil! vation and, we may add, of Christianity. Reports, however, which come to ns from time to time, imperfect as they are, testify to the fertility of the region, and the curious as well as valuable fact, to which Mr. Connell has invittd attention, that in tht latitude the deep snow storms which render so dangerous the success of winter travel over the Pacific Railroads, do not exist, and for the entire year the roads are open. This alone is sufficient to make us covet this region, and to envy the bears and beavers their homes. It is a subject worthy of statesmanship whe ther it will not pay the United States to seoure possession of the territory and turn it into a land of civilization. It is not a cold, desolate region. It is fertile, well watered, and healthy, and could be made the residence of millions of happy people. Shall this vast land, so near us, and to which we have a title, be kept dead and torpid because Charles II exhibited his after-dinner jollity by giving it to his boon companions ? We think not. The destiny of the United States is to govern that country, and the present is an opportunity for success. We have claims against England whioh are beiDg eaten up through the cuisine of Lord Stanley's and Mr. Laird's cooks, and which will, we fear, be frittered away in an inter change of elegant compliments. Let the United States offer to assume these claims, and receive as a recompense the lands of the Iludson Bay Fur Company. This la feasible, and, if properly put before the Cabinet of Great Britain by the Cabinet of President Grant, would receive attention arid probable assent. The land to England is a wilderness to ns, with Alaska on one Bide and Oregon on the other, it will complete the connection of all eur possessions and aid the great march of our national improvements. The Woiiihu t"Htiou. This subject is just now enveloped in suoh a wordy froth of fuss and franchise, suffrage and Buffering, talk and tyranny, that the generally befogged and bewildered observer must welcome any point of stability among the chaos of generalities. We hail the prac tical test of a woman's right to hold the posi tion of prinoipal in a grammar sohool to be really of more value to the sex than miles of petitions and oceans of oratory. This simple question, now open for decision in our own city, brings the subjeot down from the obsourtty of generalisation to the plain matter of the legal right of the sex to fill the more remunerative and important educational stations. We do not believe that the juatloe of this claim will be denied, and pabllo opinion will deoide that the fact of a woman having won her way to the olHce, and having suooeas 'ully filled it, proves so inoontestably her right to its possession that she can be dispossessed only by a legal quibble. The inalienable right of the sex either to bloomers or ballots may prudentialiy be post poned for the moment by the most fervent partisan in favor of thla apparently trivial opportunity for Industrial advancement in a case where the circumstanced are bo much in favor of success. In the first plaoe, popular sentiment gives the guidance and education of young children almost exclusively into the hands of women, and from this undisputed vantage ground they have been slowly bnt surely proving their eminent fitness for teaching, and their capacity for assuming the duties of higher grades of instruction, until a majority of female over male instrpctors may be now considered as an almost certain index of the degree of enlight enment of a community, and a glance at the tables of statistics will show that general ignorance and the prejudice in favor of male teachers are pretty surely co-existent. Leaving all other considerations aside, an j excel s of female teachers becomes a matter of j economio value too important to be overlooked. It is an indisputable fact that for a given amount of money the publio can secure better work In this department from women than from men. This ia of course one of the special grounds of complaint from the advooates of woman's rights, and we would not now enter npon the vexed question whether for the same work a woman should be entitled to the same wages as a man, but restrict ourselves to the assertion that she can now afford to do the same work for less salary, and that since the world began success has ever attended the individual who has done whatever his hand has found to do, and defeat has as surely been the inevitable fate of all those who stickle for privilege, or even equality, before they have won it by industry and fitness. Sooial prejudice is the real enemy against which women have now to strive, and as they have themselves done so much towards the formation of it, the duty ia now specially in cumbent upon them to earnestly correct the evil. Although many industrial avocations have been entered by women, the feeling in favor of their domesticity is still so deeply rooted in the heart of the community that we nnconsoiously seek for some cause whenever we see a woman laboring for her bread. In stinctively, we presume that she is the suf ferer from the misfortunes or neglect of father, brother, or husband, and that nothiDg but the pressure of pov erty or domestic uuhapplness could urge her to the step. Here is the very root of the evil, and although it is manifestly tiue that a woman's first and strongest ties ind duties are at the fireside, It is a cruel pr ja dice that puts such obstacles in her way; an I the whole matter will never be established o i a just basis until publio opinion makes It as necessary and as honorable for a womi n to support herself, or at least to be able to do so by some remunerative employment, as it now does for a man. Most fortunately for our com munity, the position of a gentleman of leisure Is universally considered anomalous; publio opinion decides that every man should have some avowed avocation or object in life, and this wholesome rule extended to women would give that persistency and direotlon to their energies whioh are alone wanting to bring their peouliar talents and powers into direot service to the world at large. American and English Oratory. An English journal, in mentioning General Grant's habitual and persistent reticence, de scribes him as a Bort of self-elected Mentor, determined to teach us the folly of a national sin publio oratory, overabundant and defi cient in weight and quotes in proof of its assertions the superiority of Mr. Gladstone's Lancashire canvass, in practical information and instructive detail, over even the most able of our political encounters that of Llnooln and Douglas. In the instanoes chosen for comparison, it should be remembered that there was a very striking and essential differ ence. Mr. Gladstone had the advantage of broader grounds and the defense of general principles, while the question in America was narrowed to a single issue, and that even re stricted to a shade of opinion instead of a broad difference a greater and less degree of radicalism upon the subject of slavery exten sion. Subsequent events have shown the vital importance of the question In debate, and that it was really worthy of the appa rently undue preponderance given to it, but for a display of mere oratory It would have proved but meagre grounds for any men who had not the weight of Douglas or the wit and aoumen of Lincoln. The true Englishman ia bo thoroughly and naturally destitute of all oratorical power, that this self-instituted comparison is almost amnBlng in its freshness. IV '8 one of the stock witticisms of their own huofts to hold np to ridicule the after-dinner eloquence of the true Briton with his "Oh t Ah t" a la Lord Dundreary. When unleavened with the acutenesa and wit of the Sootchman, or the humor and fluency of the Irishman, the En glishman stands mute among the nations. In America, on the contrary, there seems to be a pieponderancee of the "talking ele ment." Ireland, Scotland, and Franoe have each furnished a quota towards an almost superabundant supply of wit, aouteness, vivaoity, and fluency that must find an utter ance, for which the form of government gives ample opportunity. Our whole educational and socletary system tends to fostering the oratorical power, and our youths unintention ally beoome "speakers" at the age when the British lad is cramming the Latin and Greek for which he will never have any use, nnleBS circumstances permit him to startle the Ilouse of Lords with a classic quotation. Our House of Representatives and the House of Commons might be chosen as fair in stances of the respective characteristics of the two nations, and it would be just to say that the British representative body, with twice the numbers, contains about aa many talking members as ours does of silent ones. Our institutions lead inevitably to more stump oratory than do theirs, and, of course, It is a peculiar style that can "hold its own" againBt brass bands and torchlight processions, bnt we seriously doubt whether Gitat Britain can to-day furnish, either in quality or quan tity, a band of lecturers or orators, either on science or politios, capable of competiug with their American compeers. A mfiibkr of the Pennsylvania Senate de. elates that some of the new officers employed by the House have "sold out their places for (300 and gone home." As their duties were merely nominal, it matters little whether they provide substitutes or not, and for all practi cal purposes they might aa well dispense with this formality. A a no real service is to be rendered to the Commonwealth, tax-payers will derive no benefit from the occasional ap pearance of idle loungers among pasters and folders, or the actual attendance of an unne cessary number of doorkeepers and messen gers. The people understand that the publio money is to be squandered among friends and favorites, and the paltry attempts to conceal this fact only add Insult to injury. SPECIAL NOTICES. j v ii liainuu a.'vuo nvi ljIlAr ftr rniivhon tho alrln altip namir VI' U i i . . in ALCONA KDOLYA1UN TABLKTOFSOLlDIyiKD ULYCKKIN. Its dully line wakes the skin dell cntel Hull and beautilul. It Is aultgtilfiiily fragrant trxnnimren t , and I ncumparable as a I ollet boat), i'or sale by all DlUfc-fCisls, h fe O. A WRIGHT. It 4J No. m Q1IK3NUT Btreet, fK5r NATIONAL BANK OF THE RE- PHir.Annx.rniA, Jan. 12 18.;'i. At an election for directors held Tills DAY iha loll(.wliK nsnitd gentlemen were duly elected to serve lor tb ensuing yt-ar:- Wll.LlAM H. RIIAWN, HENJAMIN JIOWL4ND, Jb HaMUJuL A. RIHPHrtM. t'KKDKKIO A. HOYT, JOHN PiCAllOK, ALKRLD 1IA.Y, HOWARD H1NCHMAN, WILLIABl M. KKYFu.KT. CU AKI.KH KIC.'llAKOSUN, J. BARLOW MOOKHHAD, WI',LIAM HACKK.lt. ('HAHLFSL BHAUPr.E8.S, WILLIAM K. BKMENT, And at a met-tlng of tbe Board held THIS DAY WILLIAM H.KHAWfi was elected Preildeut. Iiawln;6t JOHKPII P MUMFOKP. Caviller. g3T THE FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' NATIONAL. BANK. . 1'hilai ki.phia January 15, latift, At n election held on the l'Jtiiday of January, 18i.il, li,e lolloping named Stockholders were elected Directors O' ihls Rank! .I WIN M. LKWH, j. a. iiirriAuurr, J KIIWARU rARSdV. AN1HUNY J.ANTELO. RKI J. A. FA KRU AM. FUAtvCIH TKTIC. LIMlLhV BJI YTFI, RHJ-IARD 11. liALK. UIIOKHK W. FARR, Jk, T ill . n . W JJU V AtllJ. (J H. HOTCHINMON, ILSNBY P. KLOAN. Aurt bt a rjieetmg of i tie Directors this day, ED. 'WIN M. Li. WIS, .80,, was unanimously re-elevied JPrehlai'in. 1 15 Hit W RTJMHTON, Jb Cashier. ' "UNITED SECURITY JA FE INSHR. ANC'K AND TKUdT COMPANY OF L'KNV. SYLVAN I A." Ottic. K K corner 01 FIFTH mid CHHNUT Stree.s I'hliadel.liU. At a uueeMntf of the btocktiolders of the Company held ou the t'h ins au tbe follow. dh gouile'atm wt ro elected uir fetors fur the eusuiDK year: iieo. xi. Muuri, Fhlluda,, Oeo W. OhlMs ABttKiiy J. Drexel, Hun. Ana Tucker. T.iIlaJa.. Wm. V. MoKen. Jj. 1'iil.teriion. Sidney J. Boirus, Wm. C. Koustoa, 8. II. Horsiman. JiiS. M Morriaou N I'jsenh Smart. Paucls A. Drexel " Hon. W. A. Poner, " Wm. F'ew, Pl.iwbnrg. Hon. K. et. Tobey, Bunion W- I'rt'COtt emlih, Bal' A. E Chamberlain, tiln. J. X. Yef tinnn. fl. Louis Y. Ci. Letter, Ch'cftgo, 0. M. Bniith, 11 At a nneeiuiK of the Board, beld tho same di e, GKOHUK H, STUART was e erted President, THOMAS W. KVANO Vlce-Freeldeul. ud O. F. BKTTt Becretary. 1 21tf rjfy OKFICE OF TH S IIAND-IN-HAVD MU'lUAb L1FK INSURANCE COMPANY .Philadelphia, Jan. 20 lKtitf, At tne Annual Kleoiku held on tbe 11th Inst,, tbe following Block holders were elected Directors, to Hervu iur mo huhuiok year, nr..: William F. fcmlth. Robert M. Fount, Jot.pfli Collins, Nicholas Klltenhouse, Joseph Btckhaua. PblllpOilleoKer, neury j, irraiu. Samuel J.Oarb-r, Adam Warttiman, Georue W Mlchner. jonn I'D. 'irau Christopher F. Miller, At a meetlne of the Directors heid thi day. WIL LIAM bMITET was elected President, J".SEPH COLLI iS Vlce-Prosident, BKNitZKT F. FOL'sr Solicitor, and sei I a at BOBEBT M. FOUST, Secretary. a OFFICE OF THE DELA.WAR B DIVISION CANAL COMPANY OF PENN SYLVANIA, No. SOS WALNUT Street. PHILADELPHIA, JiU 21, 1869, The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Company will be held at their office on TOK9DA Y, February Zd, 1869, at 12 o'clock M., when an election will be bold for Managers for the ensuing year. 1 21 lot K. Q. OILKH, Secretary. DIVIDEND NOTICE. PHILADELPHIA AND TRKNTON RAILROAD COMPANY. Onice, No. Houtb DKLA.WARE Avenue. Phji.ahv t.i iiiA, January iM, 186!). The Directors hare thin day declared a semi-annual dlvlueuo of Fl YK (6) PKH OKNT. upon the Capital .stock of Ihe Couj i auy, clear of Uixei, iroui tne proUtB of the six months euong December 31, 1868, payaole on and aiu-r February, nrsi proximo, to the holders thertol ks they stood registered on the books of the LcmiiBuy on the loth iLtK. J. PARKER NOURIS, I 70 lot Treanurer. THE A1I1EN.&UM OF PHILADEL PHIA. Tbe Annual Meeting and Election for Directors of this Institution will beheld ON MONDAY. , , , . tbe first day of February net. at 11 o'clock A. M, Astheie me several hharett on whlon tne Annual PueH rema n unpaid tbeownersol inera ar Uereby uoutled that they will he forfeited, agreeably to tbe Ci antr and Lawn ot Ihe Couipauy, unless tne arrears are paid on o. b.fo.o SVjfS&, (Secretary and Librarian. January 18 1869 1 aiuawsat, rr5T COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE OF PHILADELPHIA. The anuuul meetlnvof theComniercUf JCxchauge whl be held, ou TUKd DAY, January 26, 166U 'lue annual report of Ihe Board of Managers will be read l ll'i o'clock A. M. Tlie po U will beopen Irora 10 A. M. until 8 P. M. for the election ol oUiceis to serve for the ensuing er. U. R. TISDALL, I 20 61 BecreUry. T? C'ICROFTIIEST. NICHOLAS COAL u i oil" p a t ' "o. ma waln ut b rRKK r. Vvjutais I,. phia, January 19, woj. The Annual Mefung of the -ckUoidMo,W)A v6 held at the oflice of the Company. - r "fi..; February l, 1869, at is o'clock M., wb!l fa .?onon will be held for seven Directors to serve tee ensuing year. R, JOiiNM'uN, 1 )9 lit Becretary. rPT" COLT7MBIA MINING COMPANY". iSj" Ihe Annual Meeting of the Stockholders will be beld on 1UFSOAY. ebtuary 9 at a ; P. M at No. w 8 WHAKViid, when au election for ollluers will take place, O. W. MHAKd. It Secretary. POST OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA, h-x P., January 23, 1869. ' Mall for HAVANA, per steamer STARS AND STRIPhH, will close at tli m Office on WKDNKrtDAY January 27, a'. 7 A. M. HENRY II. BINtiHAU, 1 26 a Postmaster. MR. CHARLES F. IUSELTINE'3 ART GALLERIES will be open to the public dally ,ud ertr MONDAY &VNINa. U U SPECIAL NOTICES. tr PKwOLAMAlIUN OF TH (3 MAYOR. - oniceof the Mayor of the Oily ol Philadelphia, January ii. m, Noilc Is hereby given that the following ordinance to prevei t the killing o' Mrds In the city of Phlladai piila win be strictly enfoicea from ana after tbe above date: An Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance ti Prevent the Killing nf Birds In the City of Philadelphia," ap proved January 1, 1HH0. Beotlon I. ThoHelectand Common Oottnnllt of tbe city ot Philadelphia do ordain, '1 bat any porson or persons who shall rupture trap, snare, stone, throw at. shoot, wonnd, or kill any bird or birds within the limns of tbe city of Philadelphia shall Incur a penalty ot five dollars forosoh and every such oIl'enNA. such penalty to be rued for and recovered In lle manner as other penalties arn now recoverable, lhewh leof which penally shall go to tbe Informer or prosecutor, Hiii h informer to be a competent wline: Pr ivlclwl, however, that the provisions of thU ordinance sna'l not apply to the killlog of reed birds, rail tilrdt, par lrlfies, snipe, black birds, or wo jdcock, when these birds are lu season. hec Ion 2. It Im hereby made the duly ol all IheofTl rer and mi mberx of the p jllce ol the city, and tb"s having charge ol the public square, to nee tha. the provisions of this ordinance are carried Into ehVct. DANIKf, M. FOX. 1 3 .It Myorol Phliadeliula. gCgr" OFFICE OF THE R EC FIVER OF TAXKH, 8. E corner of SIXTH and CHKlNUT Streets. -The PubPo Ollke will be closed ler the present, nntll the Roki ror are rcopned by Ihe Board of Revlul.n, of which ttuie Jus notice will bo given. JOHN M. l hXLOY. Rioeiver of Taxe. l,hlla"elphl. Jan. 25 I. I it It OFFICE OF THE NORTH PESNfjYL- VANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, 1'hilai. iH'HiA, No, 407 Walnut atrett, Jan. 6,1369, DIVIDEND NOTICft. The Transfer Hooks nf this Company will be closed on SATURDAY, the Vlh Inst., at 3 s 'clock P, M and be leopened ou SATURDAY, the 16tn lust. A dividend has this day beeu decla'fd of FIVE PER CENT., clear of taxes, payable lu scrip, bearing no Intirtht, and convertible Into Seven Per Cent. Mor gane Bonds of the Company, In sums of not less thau five hundied dollars, oa and after May 1st nezrt, Tbe said dividend will be credited to the stock, holders aa they shall atand registered on the books of the Company ou SATURDAY', the 9th lust. 18lmwlin WILLIAM WISTKU, Treasurer. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COfn PAN Y. bAisrTAity'a OKricn, No 40 Broadway,) Nkw YokK, mb December 1866. Notice Is hereby given that a;speclal meeting of the Stockholders of the Atlantic and Ureal Western Rail way Compauy will beheld at the Weneral Olllces ot the Company, No. 4u Broadway, lu the City and Slate Ol New York, at 12 o'clock noou, ou SATURDAY, the 8(.ih day of January text, to cousliler aud ap prove of, or reject, certain contracts entered Into with the Erie Railway Company, and the Columbus, Chics go, and Itillara Central Railway ompauy, and for other purposes. The transfer books will remain clcsed until after (he meeting. W. ARUUDALL O'DOHERTY. 1 1 4w Secretary. PHILADELPHIA AND READING Railroad com pan Y-uiiice No. 227 s. FOURTH street. Pbiladxi.phia. December to, 1868. DIVIDEND NOCICK. The Transfer Bunks of this Company will be closed ou the 4th of January next, aud be reopened 011 TUESDAY , January 12. A Dividend of FIVE PER CENT, has been de clared on tlm Preferred and Common Stock, clear of National and state Taxes, payable In common Block ou and alter January 2, lSi.e. to the holders thereof, as thiy shall stand registered on the books ol the Company on the 1th of January next. All payable atthlsoitice. All orders lor Dividends must be witnessed and Stamped. 12 80 lm S. BRADFORD. Treasurer. rW" PHILADELPHIA AND EKIE RAIL- JSJ ROAD COM!' AN , Cilice No. 23u WALNUT fctieet. Pim.ADEi.PHiA. January 18, 1869. The Annual Meeting ot tbe btocklio'ders ot the PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAIL O AD COM PANY will be held at Iheolllceou MONDAY, the 8th of February next at lu o'clock A. M. At this nit-etlug au election will beheld for ten managess of the core pnny, to serve forgone year. The polls to close at 12 o'clock noon 1 2:1 smwtn Hi OEOHQE P. LITTLE, Beoretary. irrT' NOTICE. - WEST JERSEY IUILROAD aSy COMPANY, Okfkk or thb Trrardrkb, 1 Camdkn, N. J, J ai uary 16, 1669. j The Hoard of Director have this rt-y declared a f etui anri'Rl Dividend Ol Fl VE I'ER CENT., clear of QatloDnl lax, p)Kble lo the Slockhoiders of this date on and alter WEDNESDAY the 31 day of Feb ruary, 1(69, at ihe Treasurer' Olliue In Camden. Tbe Hot k TraoMir Booss will be closed from the dale hereof, until the Jlh Jay ol February, lw). UEORUK J. R03BINS 1 19 Ut Treasurer W, J. R, R. Co. BATCHELORS HAIR DYE. THIS Buleudld Hair live la tha best lu tha world: the only trne and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, iLBlautaneous; no disappointment: no ridiculous tints; remedies the 111 ellects of bad dyes; Invigorates aud leaves tbe Hair soli aud beautiful, black or brown, bold by all DroigUits and Perfumers; aud properly applied at Batcheloc's Wig Factory, No. 18 BOrfD blreet. New York. 4S7mwft ffJa MESSRS. 8TBWART A CO., Upholsterers, Brooklyn, N.Y., state, in regard to Elastic -Sponge, that they ''furnished several churched with cushions to the entire satisfaction of the parties Interested, after putting it to Ihe thousand aud one tesla of Church committees, 8 i mwf j D U C H A I L L U! LION AND GORILLA HUNTING; OB, TWO YEARS IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. M. PATJLB. DU CHAILLU will give ONE LEC. Tl'HK ou tbe above subject, profusely HluatratHd with paintings, maps, etc, and describing his unique and thrilling adveuiurea In Africa, at CONCERT HALL, CHESS UT STREET, ABOVE TWELFTH, On MONDAY EVENING, Feb. 1. Tickets of Admission no cents Reserved Seais . 75 cents Tbe sale or tickets tor reserved seats will take place ai Trnmpier s, No. 92 Chesntit street, on Wed nesday, Thursday, and Friday of tuis week, where ali o tickets without couponB may be had, and at the Hall on the even'ng 01 the Lecture. 1 25 71 The Uusiness Man's View or the Matter Forth from bis door, on blB way to tbe store, The IniblueHH tuiiu set out, W Hti a huh of bluck. on bin manly liKok, Ar il au overcoat warm aud atoul. "I buve mucb lo puy," tbouut be, ''to-day, lint I've cuhu In bank, I Buppose; Aud 111 tie 1 rare, for folks know I wear Tbe KOCKIIILI. & WILSON oloibog." Said be, "Small thanks to the men at the banks TDut I get so bravely through; For it's kiiouu that those who wear such good clothes Stand well at the banks they do. Tbe dliectors know where their customers go For clothes, for they ask theiu all, Atd they're always kind to tbe men whom they find Buy olothesat the GREAT BUOWN HALL." Poor economy lo go shabby, good friend ( The better your clothes the belter you will get along in your business. The Business Men of Philadelphia are Invited to make It tbelr particular business to come and look at our Business coals, aud splendid piece goods of every description, which we make up to order In tbe shortest time and at the lowest prices. Exactly tbe things, to suit everybody. Winter slock la rapid, motion. ROCKHILL A WILSON, GREAT BROWN STONE HALL, Kos. 603 and COB CILESJiUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. ..." AUCTION SALES. iW additional AuctUmt ire the Srventu Pugg.) 0 D. WcCLF.ES & CO., AUCTIONEERS, No. 00 Strath BALE Of tOO CASES BOOTS, SHOES, BROQAM3, BALMORALS E1C. On Thursday Morning, Jan. 28, commencing at 10 o'clock, we will aell, by catalogue, for ciuh, uoo cases men's, boy', aud youths' boots, shoes, brogaus, balmorals, etc Also, a large line of ladles', misses', and children's city made wer. 1 21 st SWEET C1DEK 1JUKE CIDER. 30 BAR. rels .'or iai lu lota to suit, by THOMAS ALLM AN, 12521 ' BROAD Street, fiboye fUue. INSURANCE COMPANIES. INSURANCE COMPANY, NO. 406 CUS3(UT STREET. FhiladklphiA, nary 15, lm. Tbli Company, Incorporated n 1356, ant doing a FIRE INSURANCE BUSINESS EX CL-U8IVELY, In order to enable It to aooept a large amount of business constantly declined for want of adequate capital, will, In aooord. ance with a supplement to its charter, in. crease lu CAPITAL STOCK FIIOM 9100,000, 1U present amount, to $ 2 0 0,0 0 0, In Shares or Fifty Dollars Each, Ana for which subscription books are now open attbln oflice. lsy order of tbe Board of Directors, CHARLES RICHARDSON. PRESIDENT. WILLIAM H. RHAWN, VICE-FHHSIDENT. WILLIAMS I. BLANCH ARD, 1 20 4ptf SECRETARY. JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, ETC. J. E. CALDWELL & CO. 1VIJ L UESI ME BUSINESS On Monday,. January 18, AT TUIi STORK No. 819 CHE8NUT Street, 1 16 If PHILADELPHIA, COLLARS. THE NEW KEY&TONE COLLAR, DORE, Will be ready ror delivery on MONDAY, January V. The Trade are requested to call or Sample and 8how cards at No. 627 CHESNUT Street. VAN DEUSEN, BOEIIUER & CO. SPECIAL NOTICE CAUTION, We hereby notify tbe public tbat we have adopted tbe word "1 OKK" as a trade-mai k, and secured the I ame by copyr'gbt In tbeUDtieii males Couit tor tbe Eastern District of Penney Wat, la. VAN DEUSEN, BOEIIUER & CO., 1 23 It KKY6TONB COLLAR COMPANY. PIANOS. STEISWAY & SONS' GRAND .(.,' B'l"are aud upright Planus, at BLA.tM.Ud ;H08.' No. 1W6 C1IK8N UT street. g f I', II 1 Ci K K If I U n "fl Orand, bquare and Upright nanus. II 8L1 ntTTTnva No 914CHKteNUT Street HATS AND CAPS. JUNES, TEMPLES 4 CO.. F A 8 it I O IV. A B L Hi H A T T K R ft. ' No. 28 8. NINTH Street, First Honr above Chesnut street. tH IV 41.' lll'K'I'fl V'U lUDDMlrnn 'Lthe!nJl'ro.v;?a 'hlons ol the season, CHKkJ. NDT atreet. next door te the Post OfliceT kw6p WANTS. intcu, siuu cmj-iiiiiuk 1'rail HaU nntan tiin t I WAVTTTn rr. h h " u l n t - - .uwrwu, a. niODJSRATB 81ZKD HOrsJC must contain ail tne modern conve niences, and be lu lood order, fnr ah.. - wu.vu m suoa rnni win be paid, and the best or car .irSn u.w - iur wnicn a good re. will be paid, and the best or care taken of it . A property with COCH iiou-sjc tta'oh anYsUuTuon0- 1M"' term. FOR SALE. i T c a T I7 r.n m i r. m . House at ROXBoiiOUUH. - auL., 16 No. M8.TaiBD feireet. 1' u j j ii a IIOTKL. AND KEsTAUU INT Cor. CAUTKli Htreet ud KXCUANQK Placa Tbe oudetblgued hns the honor to Inform hiJ friends, and tbe pj,.'u!,J?e,rttllJr aat be ba tbeabove wellkiiowu eblabllshment. The Itettnurnut will he under tbe lmmerilata BDuervisiou oi i". 1'ujuij. im ha. K.i.rriai Kvery arian&cmeut ia Ural-class, j reepeoifully boilcitcd. Aspleudld LUNCH will be served DAILV from 10 A. M. lo 12 M. P. PUJOLS U.p OfNo.223Ltl)QKHtVeet. OTrON SAIL DUC K AND CANVAS. OF KJ all numbers and biauda, Tent, Awnlug. and N agon-C'ovtr l-uck. ' " ua Also, ;Paptr Manutacturera' Drier Felts, from tblrLv Innbt. lOtsveni v-six InohA. ori.tA u....i.L Iiik. fsaiiTwiua. etc joun v. kvkhman I fl Np. 103 CHVJILH Street, Ol" rfftW aiTlffrifi The Steamship PKOMKTHEUd la now re cnvinB UolHbt at PlerNo. 17 8UUTH W114KVI? and wTll .alVon THUR8DAY. January 88. 186 ' fprrrelghtarfply lo K. A BOUDEH AOo.. 1 8t No. 8 DOCK BjjTKKTjffiAitV. T'VEAFNESa. EVERT INSTKDMBNT TUAT J sclenoe and skill haye Invented to aaalat ilia Eearlna in every decree ol deainesa; also, liesplra. torsi awo, Craudall'a patent Crushes, superior ib any other In use, at P. M ADJOaA'k TS6. 118 a lltoTH Bbr t. below Ohasnus. JXJfc' DR. P. GltARD, VETERINARY BUR. nodatlocs for hornet, at bib loiirmary. No. j iintiasiji nurp, aUHVB rUpU'" 1 TF YOO WANT A DELIGHTFUL SPRINa J BhD, neat, bealtby, and comfortable, use tbe Belf-faalerjlDB Bod Sprlngo, ftl ii.? per do, batlNfaollon ttuaranteed. tto- 8. ad 8U 1 23 3at IMPIRK SLATE MANTBL WORKS. J. B. li KIMKa, No. 212S CUtoNUT blreet. 1 lswluij SGARTLANP UNDERTAKER, Boum THIK,tBJiNTa btreet, U U u
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