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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 18C9.
Till! LEGISLATIVE JOBS OF 1870.
As thk people of Philadelphia have re-elcctoil
a number of the members of the last LegiHla
ture who wore distinguished for their skill in
earning divvies, and their adroitness in dispos
ing of public questions to their best pecuni
ary adrantago, theso worthies will no doubt
feol fully justified in making bolder and more
desperate strides for plunder at the approach
ing session of IS 70 than at any former pe
riod. They can, indeed, scarcely he blamed
fi.r adopting this ptofitabla policy. It is now ;
a well-nttested fact that disregard of the in- '
te rests of constituents and eagerness to i
earn bribes are not. pruotiottlly, deemed dis- ;
qualifications for legislative positions. Nomi
nating conventions and voters have ceased to
ask or to care whether applicants for
Ilarrisbnrg honors are honest, and since thoy
have nothing to fear from their over-indulgent
supporters, they can devote themselves
without disguise or reserve to the one great
object of making money by the exercise of
their official powers. They will be open for
all manner of propositions from all quarters,
and ready to sell out anything in the shnpo of
votes, laws, and chartors to anybody that is
able to pay for thoir sweet voices. Lot specu
lators, corporations, avaricious office
holders who seek an increase of fees which
are already exorbitant, and chevaliers d'in
dvstrie of every grade, put their wits to work
to deviso plana whereby laws of Pennsylvania
can be framed to enrich the few at the ex
pense of the many. No matter how unjust
or outrageous may be the nature of their
schemes, they will find earnest supporters
among the re-elected members, providod
always they are sufficiently comprehensive to
afford a handsome margin for a corruption
fund. The people have decreed that com
plicity in such phts is no barrier to re-election,
and since they are willing to be sold out
o-ier and over again, why should not their
chosen favorites make the most of the oppor
tunities which have been so freely grantod ?
The control of the State funds will of course
continue to bo a marketable oommodity, and
the only favor we have to ask of the members
is to see that they are sure of their pay, this
time, before they disapprove of it. There
is a project on foot to increase the
pay of all the Representatives and
Senators: this, too, should be adopted
at the earliest possible moment. While they
are making the increase let them not stop at
trifles. In old-fashioned times far better men
were content with three dollars per diem
their present pay is nearer ten but let them
not think of remaining content with such a
paltry sum. Even twenty would not be suffi-.
cient. "Why pot run it up to fifty, or make it
even figuTos, and call it a hundred dollars per
day at once ? As the people are anxious to
be fleeced, their favorites should be ready t j
accommodate them to the top of their boat.
Let them act on the magnanimous principle
that all that they fitil to make or steal now
will only serve to enrich their successors,
and sternly resolve to neglect no available
opportunity for personal aggrandizement.
There is a rumor that a grand scheme
is on foot to involve the Commonwealth
in an internal improvement project which will
entail a largo expenditure. This will
of course not be neglected. Fortunes
have been made before out of appropriation
for similar objects, and why not again ? Let
millions be voted for the nominal object of
deepening and widening canals, but with the
distinct understanding that half of the money
thus disposed of is to go into the pockets of
the legislators. A better excuse for enrich
ing plundering representatives could not well
be devised, and they should make the most of
it. The Metropolitan Police bill may also
prove a good thing. The Democrats are
raising a respectable corruption fund to bribe
Republicans to oppose it, aud this is one
promising source of prospective profits, liut if
our city members can secure the pas
sago of a law that will en
sure the appointment of their
friends upon the new force, and
thus ensure their renomination and re-election
until they are ' f uirly gorged with the
spoils of office, they can afford to spurn the
Democratic bribes, and do even better by
rejecting than by accepting them. Mean
while, measures for the goneral welfare of the
city and State will continue to be neglected.
It would be folly to expect a bribe for the
simple discharge of a duty, and our members
cannot be expected to waste the precious
moments during which currency could bo
earned by the endorsement of schemes of
private or public robbery, in considering use
ful laws. The people did not send them to
llarrkburg for that purpose. They are coin
luwsioued as pet plunderers, and they will
l.z.L:t Annfi.. end ufronnthan tnAli tirsonr
b popularity by plundering on a grand scalo at
tuo coming session or ltfit). uuey nave oiuy
to guard against one thing they mmt not
.. c,ie back poor. Let them increase taxation,
tell out everything salable, and pile outrage
outrage, if they will, but let them put
money plenty of it in their purses, and
licit fall they will be re-elected by perfectly
stouiiding majorities.
MIIS. STOWE S DEFENSE.
It was hoped by Mrs. Stowe's bost friends,
after the emphatic and unanimous con
demnation of her article in the Atlantic,
Monthly of September last, entitled "The
Truo Story of Lord Hyron," and the conclu
sive proofs that wore brought forward of the
groundlessness of her slanders on the dead
poet and his sister, that she would either have
the grace to maintain silence on the subject
forever after, or else present such an apology
as would satisfy outraged public opinion aud
convince the world that her original publica
tion was morely a grave error of judgment
aud not a piece of malicious mischief. A
fondness for apologizing, however, is not a
Heccher trait, but a love for notoriety at any
cost is; and yet Mrs. Stowe might have taken
a hint from her brother, the llov. Mr.
Heecher, who managed lately to make himself
a party to a very scandalous transaction,
and who found it expedient to pay some
deference to outraged public opinion by
making an apology and confessing his error.
Hut women are proverbially more obstinate
than men, especially when it cornea to ac
knowledging themselves in the wrong, and
that a Heecher woman should do anything of
the kind is not within the limits of proba
bility. Mrs. Stowo, therefore, is about to
come before the world with a book in which
sho Mill reiterate her charges against Lord
Hyron and Mrs. Leigh, and in which she
promises to put in the possession of her
readers facts aud incidents that she did not
think proper at first to state.
In order to givo this work all possible pub
licity, Mrs. Stowe's publishers, Fields, Osgood
Co., have taken the pains to forward to the
newspapers the introductory chapter, in
which the originator of the scandul gives her
reasons for her first article and for this de
fense of it. Vie would bo vory glad to avoid
advertising this performance, but the interest
felt in the subj ect is so great that it is im
possible the press of the country can remain
silent upon it; and there is nothing loft for
us to do but to sift Mrs. Stowe's arguments,
and show the shadowy ground upon which
she builds such a gi gun tie superstructure of
loathsome scandal. Of coitrso, if she pro
duces positive proofs of the guilt
of Lord Hyron, we will be
obliged to believe. In such a
caso as this, however, the burden of proof
rests upon the accuser; and Mrs. Stowe will
bo obliged to give tis something more sub
stantial in the way of facts than she has done
heretofore, before her story will bo entitled
to the slightest credoncc. On tho appear
ance of her article in tho Atlanti; the press
of the United States immediately exposed the
incorrectness of its statements of fact and
the utter fallacy of its arguments, and whon
it reached England, evidence was forthcoming
which convinced every dispassionate reader
that the accusation of Mrs. Stowo was a false
and malicious slander.
In the introductory chapter of hor new
book, which we publish on our seventh page,
Mrs. Stowe gives as her reason for making hor
disclosures, that she considered it hor duty
to do so. This may be satisfactory to her,
but it will not be to any one else, and the
criticisms bestowed upon her original effort
indicate what she may expect if her reitera
tion of the slander falls short of absolute
and incontrovertible proof. Mrs. Stowe,
however, claims and says she will prove
"that it was not I who stirred up this contro
versy in the year 180!). I shall show who did
do it, and who is responsible for bringing on
me that hard duty of making theso disclo
sures, which appear to me ought to have
been made by others."
As regards tho disclosures made by Lady
Byron, Mrs. Stowe states that there was no
injunction of secrecy, but that the facts were
given to her to use as she saw fit; and as
regards tho feebleness of her plea, she urges
in excuse the exhausted stato of her health
when the article was writton, ia the following
extraordinary language:
"I have been told that I have no reason to congra
tulate myself on It as a literary etrort. O my brothers
and sisters! Is there then nothing In tlio world to
think of but literary efforts ? 1 ask any man, with a
heart in his bosom, if he had been obliged to tell a
story so cruel, because his mother's Riave gave no
rest lrom slander; 1 auk any woman who had been
forced to such a disclosure to fruo a dead smtor's
name from grossest insults, whether she would have
thought of making this work of bitterness a literary
success ? Are the cries of the oppressed, the gasps
el the dying, the last players of mother are any
words wrung like drops of blood from tho human
heart to be judged as literary eil'orts ?"
When penning these words, did Mrs. Stowe
have no thought of the unhappy children of
tho woiuan whom she branded with infamy ?
Towards the press of America, Mrs.
Stowe adopts a lofty tone of compassion,
stating that she has road none of the attacks
on her which, by the way, we do not believe:
it is not in woman nature aud then puts
in as a plea for a further hearing the reasons
that urged her to take the course she did.
Theso reasons were the old ones of tho publi
cation of the Countess Guiocioli's book and
an article attacking Lady Hyron in Black
wood's Magazine for July, I81JH. These ex
cuses wero declared insufficient before by
the publio of America and Europe, and they
will scarcely be admitted now; and the gush
ingly sontimental style of this introductory
chapter does not promise very well for those
that are to follow. We did hope that the last
had been heard of this unhappy buiinoss, but
as Mrs. Stowe has determined to keep tho
field, she will have to take the consequences.
The Danes seem occasionally to have a queer
way of showing their patriotism. At a public dinner
given the other day at Nitjobing to celebrate the
anniversary of the death of Frederick VII, there were
about fifty peoplo present, some of the highest State
dignitaries among them, and when the gentleman
fixed upon rose to propose a toast to tho memory of
defunct royalty, one of the guests, a "notability,"
suddenly shouted, "No, no!" and by vociferously
repeating this expression of dissent brought tho pro
ceedings to an uncomfortable aud embarrassing
standstill. At last he was asked to explain himself,
to "motlvie" liis opinion, which ho finally did In
these words "lie was a boast." Great confusion
followed, until another guest rose to protest against
this dictum, and further to declare that If anybody
did not agree with the proposed toast ho had better
leave the room, "In good old Danish fashion. " This
brought up a partisan on the other side, who sug
gested that "the gentleman who had just sat down"
had better begin by doing bo himself. Finally, tho
Rtato Councillor Petersen brought order Into the
tumultuous proceedings by telling the awmbly that,
as everybody had tho liberty of hi opinion, so had
the gentleman the rtght to disapprove of the late
monarch. The Danish papers are very angry, chiefly
w ith those many Mate ofllcers who were present,
decorated with the orders of him whom they so III
defended.
A CrRiovs 1'Apf.r Waii has broken out between
the semi-official Journals (if Moscow and Berlin.
Count Ilismark's organ, the Xord-iyruteh A Vgevncin
Zritvng, after several violent attacks upon the
Moscow (imtlt on account of the hostility shown
by the latter towards the policy of Prussia, openly
declared in Its Issue of the 10th of November that
M. Katkoir, the editor of the Russian paper, is "In
spired" by the exiled Court of Hanover at Hletzlnjr.
To this M. Katkoff replies that he doe not "receive
inspirations from lllutzlng any more tlun from
lierlln." "Hut," he adds, "truth obliges us to de
clare, and even to prore" (underlining the word "if
necessary, that It is not from Hletzlnjr, but from
lierlln that an attempt has been made to gain our
advocacy. Our readers know whether this attempt
has been successful." In another part of the same
artlclo M. KalkofT plainly hints that the Prussian
(iovermnent Is endeavoring to undermine Russian
authority In Poland. General Potapoff, the Gover
nor of Lithuania, refuses to carry out the system of
spoliation recommended by the old Russian party,
and M. Katkoff attributes to Prussian Influence the
decision or the Government of St. Petersburg sanc
tioning the general's proceedings In this matter.
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egs- THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TITE
Rtrcktinldiirxof the THIRTEENTH AND FIF.
TKKNTH STKKKT8 PABNKNUKR RAILW V COM.
will lie held at the 8. K. corner of UROAD and
CAH I'KNTKK (Street (entrant e on Onrpont.nr street), oa
MONDA , the 10th day of January, 1470, at II) o'clock A.
JVL, fertile cluctiun of a Presidunt and five Directors to
serve for the ensuing jear, and for the trausautiou of such
other business as niuy bn prosonted.
D. HOYKR BROWN. Bcoretary.
PhiUdolphis., Doc. 12 24 H J I 6 lu6t
KST THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Stockholders of the SUMMIT BRANCH RAIL
ROAD COMPANY will ba held at tho office of the
PKMUKYLVANIA OKNTRAL RAII.KOL COM
PANY ill Philadelphia, Pa., on the 17th day of January,
181(1, at 1 o'clock P. M., to eleot Directors for the onnaintf
year, and transact such other business as may be pre
sented. WILLIAM U- FOVVLK,
lii 28 17t Secretary.
nes- THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Contributors to the PRKHTON RKTRF AT will he
held at the Retreat, HAMILTON and TWK riKTIi
htroetn, on MONDAY AFTKUNOOM, January 10, 1H7U,
at 4 o'olock, for tho purpose of electing twenty-four
Mannpcrii, a Tre asuror, and two Auditors, and of trausaot
intf such other busineK as limy bahmiiiriit forward.
ItOBKRT O. CORNELIUS, Booretary.
Philadelphia, Dee. 21. 18tf. la 2a lit
my THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Rto, -khnldors ef the PHILADELPHIA AND
TRKNTON RAILROAD COMPANY will be held on
MONDAY, Hie 101 h of Jununry, 1HT0, at. 1 o'clock P. M., at
the (iunpany's Office, No. 224 n. DKLAWAKK Avenue, ut
which time an Election for Twelve Directors will iace
place. J. MORRELL, Secretary.
Philadelphia, Doc. 22, 1ftti9. 12 22wf rat J 10
fesr THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
w Stockholders of HORTICULTURAL HALL, for
the Election of Directors and the traiiHaction of other busi
nets, will lie held at the Hall on TUESDAY ICVrONING,
January 11, at7t o'clock. 12 28 tut llstit
tiSf EAST MAIIANOY RAILROAD COM-
PANY, Offica No. 227 8. FOURTH Street.
Phii.aiiki.i-hia, Dec. 22, 1R69.
Notioe ishnroby given to the Stooknohlers of this Com
pany that a Dividend of Three (3) pur Cent., free of State
laxcs. has this day been declared, pn'ahle in cash on the
luth day of January, 1870. RICHARD COK,
12 23 2l)t. Treasurer.
SST EAST MAIIANOY RAILROAD COM-
PANY.- Offlce No. 227 8. FOURTH Street.
Pmi.AUKI.l'HIA. Deo 15, 1869.
The Annual Moetinc of the Stockholders of this Com
pan) and an election for Ot'-ioera to serve for the ensuinu
I car will be bbld st the Ottico of the Company oa MON
)AY, January 10, 1870, at 2 o'clock P. M.
ALBERT FSTKR,
12 14 23t Booretary.
gy- THE MAIIANOY AND BROAD MOUV.
w TAIN RAILROAD COM PAN Y.-OtUce No. 227 8.
FOURTH Street.
Pim.ADKi.rHiA, Deo. 15, 18t.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany and an election lor Officers to serve tor the enxuins:
year, will be held at the Office of the Company on MON
DAY, January 10, 1870, at 1 o'clock r. M.
ALBERT FOSTER,
13 14 2lit Secretary.
DR. F. B. THOMAS, THE LATE OP&-
rator of the Colton Dental Association, is now the
ohtj one ill Philadelphia who devotes his entire tiins and
practice to extrsctniK teeth, absolutely without pain, by
fresh nitrous oxide gas. Office, SHI WALNUT St. 1 2t)
tejy COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION
oririnsted the annrntbetio use of
Mi l ROUS OX1DK. OR I.AUUIUNd OAS.
And devote their whole time and practice to extruding
teeth without pain.
Oltite. KlOHtH
and WALNUT Btreete.
11!
gy- 8TEREOFTIOON AND MAG 10 LAN-
w TERN EXHIBITIONS given to Sunday Schools,
Schools, CoIIckus, aud for private entertainments. W.
M lTCHKLL MCALLISTER, No. 728 UUKSWU 1' Street,
tooond story. 11 3 Sump
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SALESROOM, No. 704 CHESNUT STREET.
fQ" OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY, TRRASURKR'B DKPARTMKNT.
PiiiT.Aor.uiiiA, Penna., Nor. S.
NOTIOK TO BTOCKloLDKKS.
Tbs Board of Directors have this day declared a aeml
jnmial dividend of FlVK PER CKNT.cn the Oapital
Stock of the Comuaoy, clear of National and State taxes,
payable in casn on and after November a.. tBiia.
Blank Powers of Attorney for collecting dividends ea
he had at the offioe of the Company, No. 438 Hevth THIRD
Street.
The office will be opened at 8 A. M., and closed at S P.
M.. from November i to December 4, for the payment of
Dividends, and after that date from S A. M. to 3 P. M at
usual.
" tl 1 THQB. T. FIRTH, Treasurer.
Big?- OFFICE OF UNION MUTUAL INSUR
ANC'E COMPANY, N. E. cerner THIRD and
WALNUT Streets.
PHU.ArtKi.PMA, December SO, 1869.
The Annual Meeting of the Stock and Soripholders of
the Union Mutual Insurance Company of Philadelphia
will be held, at the Office of the Company, at 12 M. MON
DAY, January 10, 1870. At tho same timo eight Direotor
will bs elected, to servo tho ensuing year.
12 22 1 jlO JOHN MOSS, Secretary,
jfcay- OFFICE OF THE BELVIDERE AIANU-
FACTUR1NG COMPANY.
IlKi.vmEnF, N. J., Deo. 8,
Notice if hereby given to the stockholders of the It 10 L
VIDKKK M A Nu FACTURINU CO rA NY respectively,
that tstesrments amounting to SIXTY PUR CKNl'MM
of the eapitol stock of said company have been made and
payment of the same called for on or before the eighth
day of February. A. D. 187(1, and th payment-, of such a
proportion ot all sums of money by them suhscrltisd is
riitlnd for and demanded from them on or boforethe said
time.
Hy order of the Board of Directors
l2 28 w 8. SllKKRKRD.JiecretaiT.
OFFICE OF THE IIESTONVILLE,
MANTUA. AND FAIKMOUNT PAS'UNOICR
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Pmr.ATim.piiiA, Deo. 27, 1889.
NOTIOK TO 8TOUKIK). IiKKS.
Tl e Annual Meeting of the Stockholder of this Com
pany will lio hold at thoir Office, Io. 2662 OAl.LjWHIl.L
Mreet, on MONDAY , January 10, 871), at 2 o'clock P. M.
An Klection tor a President und Five directors to serve
tor enMiing year will be held at the ssino place aud on the
san e any, between tho hours of 2 and 4 o'd iok P. M.
12212t CHAS. PHA8ritfliS,Treasuror.
rn&r OFFICE OF THE FAME INSURANCE
COMPANY, No. 80H C-HKHU I' Street.
I'Oii.AriKi.PHiA, December 38, 13fi9.
The Atnusl Meeting of tho Stockholders of the Kanio
Insurance Company will bo hold nu MONDAY, the 10th
(lay of Jiinuart next, at 1(1 o'olock A. At., at tho oltloo of
the Company.
An Flection for Tweivo Directors, to serve for the en
suing year, will tie bold at the anme time and at the same
place, hutweou the hours of 1.) A. M.anO 2 o'clock P. M.
WILLIAMS I. BLANCH V It D,
12 2811t Secretary,
ass- OFFICE OF THE NORTH PENNSYL-
VANIA RAILROAD CW-MPANY, No 407 WAL
NUT Street.
, . . Philadelphia Deo. 21 1M9.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of tho
NORTH PF.NNSYLVANIA RAII.KOAL) COMPANY,
will he held at the otlice of ths Company, No. 407 WAL
NUT Street. Philadelphia, on MONliA Y, tho Into, day of
January, 1S70, at 12 o'clock M., for the purpose of eleot.inga
President and Ten Dire, tors, tosorvo for the ensuing year.
12 28 lit KDWARD ARMdTROXU, Sccroiary
OFFICE OF THE CREEN AND OOATES
RTRKKTS PHILADELPHIA PASSHNdKIl
RAILWAY COMPANY, TWENTY-FOURTH and
COATIC3 STRKKTS.
u , . . . PuiLAni LriiTA, Doo. 27, 1IW9.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany will be held at tho Office of the Company, on MOM
DAY, January 10, 1870, at 10 o'clock A. M., at which tine
and place an Election will bo held for a President aud
twelve Directors, t serve for the ensuina year.
12 27 29 81 J 8 f, 7 8 10' J . B. M OFF ITT, Socretary.
jjr OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA
GASWORKS, No. 20 S SICYKNTU Street, Deo.
23, 1869.
The holders of the Six per Cent. Oat Loan, No. 7, due
January 1, 1870, are hereby notified thatjlhe Certificates of
aid Lotn will be paid at this office on that day, alter
which time interest on the same will cease.
12 24 6t BENJAMIN S. RILKY, Cashier.
jfjg?- OFFICE OF THIRTEENTH AND FIF-
TFNNTH STREKTS PASSKNOKR RAILWAY
COM r AN i .
, Philadelphia, Deo. 20, 1R69.
The Board of Direotor have this dsydoclarori a Snmi
Annual Dividend of ONK DOLLAR AND TWKXTf
FIVK CKNTS per share, clear of all taxes, payable on
and after the 1st day of January, 1870, at the Oltioe of the
Company No. 1011 South liHOAIJ Streot.
12 22 wl4t D. BOYhR BROWN, Treasurer.
Bfcgr OFFICE OF THE SEVENTEENTH
AND NINKTKFNTH STRKKT P ANSIs UKR
RAILWAY COMPANY, NINHTKENPII and M AST Hit
Streot. Pmilakei phia, Doo. a. l"6Tf.
The Annual Meeting of the Stnekanlders of the Com
pany will bo held at the Ottice, MOMJAY, January la,
1870. at 12 o'clock, at whirh t.ima anrl n nlo ,nn
will be held for President and Five Directors to serve the
ensuing year.
12 W3t
CHARLKS T. YKRKKS, Jn Secretary.
ass- OFFICE 8T. NICHOLAS COAL CO M-
PANY, No. mX WALNUT Mreet.
, Piiimaikli'U1a, Dec. 15, 1869.
Tho Board of Direotor have this day declared a divi
dend of FIVK PKR OiCNT., being lilty cents per
slisre, clear of State tax, paublo on and after Jauuary
a, l7d.
Transfer Books close on the 2'ith Inst.
. , ROBKRT JOHNSTON,
12 ItithstuSt Treasurer.
- OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURE It,
PHH.ADKi.rnLA, Deo. 23, 18H9 Warrants registered
to No. 9,000 will be paid on presentation at this ollice, in
terest ceasing from date.
JOSKPH N PIKRSOL,
1223 City Treasurer.
jfjSSy- CAMBRIA IKON COMPANY THE
Annual Menl.inir nf tho Ktnb hnMni-a .if tit
CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY will be held at their
Ottice, No. 4(HI CHKSNUT Sirtot, PiuUdalphiit, on TUKv
iAV,iiie imu day o' .January next, at 4 o'cincH I. M ,
wbtn an election will be held for Seven Directors, to
aerve for the ensuing year.
JOHN T. KILLIC,
Sroretai'.
Philadelphia, Deo. lt, 1809; 12 18 2ii
NEW YORK AND MIDDLE (X)TL
1IICLD RAI(,R AD AND GOAL COMPANY
Office, No. 228 WALNUT Street.
PlllLADKI.l'MIA, December 27, bit!.).
The Annual Meet It g of the Stockholders of this Com
rfany, and an lUection of Director to serve for the ensuing
year, will be held at their Office on TUHSDAV, tho lUh
day of Junuary, A. D. 1870, at 12 o'cl ock M
12 29 lit O. It. LINDSAY, Secretary.
US?- THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COM
FAN Y, OF PHILADKLP1IIA, O'uuuauy'a build
ing, No 4(J WALNUT Street. Deo. 24, 18(9.
IOTICK -The Annnul Meeting of the Stwkholdnrs of
the ICNTF.RPHISK INSUKANCK COMPANY will bo
held on MCvDAY, the luth day of January next, at 10
o'rlock A. M., at tho Office of the ( louipany.
An election for Twe ve Directors to serve the ensuing
yesr will be held on the sane day, at the same pl;tc., be
tween the hours of 10 c 'clock A. M. and 2 o'clock P. M.
12 1M fmwtJ 10
Al.KX W. W1STKB, Socretary.
AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.Y1-
PANY, WALNUT Street. 8. K. corner of Fourth.
e-HlLADKLi'HIA, December 21. 1809.
NOTICK. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
of this Company, for the election of thirteen Tru.toua to
seive the ensuing year, will be hold at tho oltioe on
MONDAY, January 3, 1870,
between 10 A. M. and 12 o'clock noon.
JOUv B. WILBOV,
12 20 12t Secretary.
THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF Tllli
" STATU OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Phii.auki.i'HIA, Dec. 27, I8!i9.
An election for thirteen Direoto s oi the Company will
beheld at the ottice of tho Company.NoB 4 and & ICX.
CUANCF1 BUILDING, on MONDAY, Jan. 10, 1870, ha
tweeu the hours of 10 , 'olock A. M. and 1 o'clock P. M.
J2 27 12t li HuLLI.VSilK.AD, Secretary.
Bar RA8PII E R R Y M I R I N Q U E 8
FRKM! DAILY, AT
12I615trp MOKSH'S, No. K03 AROH Street.
BATCIIELOR'8 HAIR DYE. THIS
splendid Hair Dye is the bent in the world ; the only
true aud perfect Dye ; harmless, reliable, instantaneous ; no
disappointment i no ridiculous tints; remedies the ill
etfects of bad dyes: invigorates and leaves tile Hair sufl
and beautiful, btwk or bruun. Sold by all DrugKats and
Pertumer ; und properly appliod at Batohelor'i Wig fac
tory. No. lit BOND Street, New York. S7mwf,
SPEOIAL NOTIOES.
tf5T ANNUAL BA
L
OF THE
DELAWARF RNUINK l'IRH COMPANY, No. 4.
toho given at MI7SIOAL FUND HALL, NKW YEAR'S
KVK, FRIDAY, Dec. M, 1HK9.
TICKKTS. ONK DOLLAR. Positively no pass tiokt.
a't DANIKL O. DAVIS. Secretary.
fcaT DERATE NoVvTnG ON EVERY
NIGHT TIII8 WKKK, at the old Rov.
Stocktoa Church, KLRVK NTH and WOOD Streets, at
7 Vo'olock P. M., between Dr. OATHS, of this oity, and
Professor F'ISH, of Massachusetts.
Viifiion. Does the Bible condemn modern spiritualism
Cabs en the affirmative and Fish on the negative.
Admtasloe IQo. Clergymen and Rep n-ters free. 1 12 H
BaJP PHI LA D ELPHIA ANDltE.YDIN'fTll 1 1,-
ROAD 00 OfBoe, No. 827 8. FOUR TH Strent.
Philadelphia, Dec. 22, HW9.
DIVIDKND NOTIOK.
The Transfer Books of the Company wilt heelosad oa
FRIDAY, the P 1st instant, and rjopened en TUESDAY
January 11, 187S.
A dividend of PIVKPRROKNT. has been declared oa
the Preferred and Common Stock, clear of Natioa riant
SUte taxes, payable la CASH, on and after Jannary 17,
1970, te the hot ers thereof as they shall stand registered
on the books of the Company on the 81st Instant. All
payable at this office. All orders for dividend must be
witnessed and stamped. 8. URAtiFORD,
USa. Treasurer.
JCJ8T PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Notice is hereby given to the Stockholder of thiaOim
pany, that the Annual Meeting and Klection for Presi
dent and Right Director will beheld at the Office of the
Company, in the Oity of RKADINU.on MONDAY, the
10tu day ol January, 1870, between 12 M. aud 2 P. M.
HKNRY O. JoNKS,
Pnn.AriBi.PHiA, December Mast. Hooa
tiit WEST CHESTER AND PHILADELPHIA
PuAM KOAWOOMPANV'-Th-et Annial Meet
ing of the Stockholders of this Company will beheld in
thoIIORTIi UL iUKaL H ALL, in the Borough of West
Chester, on MONDAY, the Uth day of January. A. 1.
18iO. at 11 o'clock A. M.. when and where an Kloctioa will
be bold or Officer to serve the ensuitg year.
hi order of the Board.
nu , u- . ' "'"WIS SMITH, Secretary.
Philadelphia, Deo. 13, 1869. 12 28 11
flirtf- N ESQUEI ION N(VVA LLE Y RAILROAD
COMPANY. Office. No. 122 S SHCONO Street.
... Phh.ahflphia, Doc. 23. 1889.
Tho Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com
pany, and an klection for President and Twolve Direct irs
to serve for the ensuing year, will be held at this Office,
butweu the hours of twnlvo and two, on MONDAY, tho
loth dny of January, 1870.
12 28 lit W. B. WHITNKY. Secretary.
JBfSr THE PHILADELPHIA. WILMINGTON,
AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD COMPANY.
, ... Philadelphia, Deo 23. 18i9.
The Arnual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com-
ron and an Klccti on of Directors will take place at the
ithce ot the Company, in WilminjJtou, on MONDAY,
the 1(11 h of January, 1870, at I P. M.
I2 28 11t AHORNF.R, Seoretary.
a- NATIONAL BANK OF THE RE-
FLBIIO.
Philadelphia, Dec. St, ISit.
Tho annual election for Directors of this II ink will bo
hold at the Banking House on TUKkDAY, January 11,
lH'.u. between tbehoorsof 11 A. M. snd 4 l. M.
. 12 W lot .1. P. MUMKORD, Cashier
rrr THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
1'hilapelphia, Dec. 11, 18H9.
The Annual T'lection for Directors of tliis tUnk will be
held at the Banking House on WKDNKaDAY, the 12th
day ol Jauuary, 1870, between tho hours of 11 A. l.nnd2
P.M. 8. O. PALMK.R.
19 13 mth t Cashier.
FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' NA-
TIONAL BANK.
m Philadelphia, Deo. 10, 1389.
The Annual Flection for Directors or this Bank will be
held at the Banking Douse on W1CDNKSDA Y, the 12tb
day of January t ext, between the hours of 11 o'clock A.
M. and 2 o'clock P. M.
12 Ut J 12 W. RUSriTON. Ja., Cashier.
CORN EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK.
Philadelphia, December 11, t8.
The Annual Klection for thirteen Direotorsof this Bank
v. 11 he held at the Banking House on TUK-iDAY. Jauu
ary II, 1870, between the hour of 10 o'olock A. M. and 2
o clock P. M. U. P. SOilE I'lCY,
12 11 alutbl.1t Cashier.
80UTIIWARK NATIONAL BANK.
, ... Philadelphia, December 11, 18ti9.
The Annual Klection for Direotor will be held at the
Barking House, on TUESDAY, .January 11, 187U, batween
the h urs of lu o clock A. M. and 12 o'clook M.
J2 13uiwtl3t P. LAMB, Cashier.
jgy- COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP
or roughen the skin after using WRIGHT'S AL
CONATKD (jLYCF'.RINK. TABLK.T OF SOLIDIFILD
GLYCF.H1NH. Itsdailvuse make the skin delicately
Mitt and boautlful. Bold by all druggist.
R. Ill A. WRIGHT.
S 4 No. 624 UHK8NUT Street.
ajar QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
LONDON AND LIVKRPOOU
CAPITAL, .2.000 000.
BAB1NK. AI.I.KN A DULLFS. AgenU,
K FIFTH and WALNUT Street.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
Rb & C. A. WRIGHT.
No. 624 CHESNUT STKEET,
Davo Just received a large .gsortment of
NKW AND ELEGANT
IP itn c y Articles,
Selected In Europe this season for their
NOVELTY AND BEAUTY, ESPECIALLY FOR
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
also, a large and beautiful assortment of genuine
MEKKSCUAUM PIPES,
V lilcli they offer for Bala 12 14 t4t
AT VERY REDUCED PRICES.
.. 1 A N II 13 IS, J K.,
No. 1302 CHKSNUT STRRKT,
Also, No. 100 FULTON AVKNUK,
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
HOMIIAl' UOODN,
Such as all the
NKW STYLES OP KMBROIDRRIK3,
CHAIKS,
TOWKLRAOK8.
a 1 .on . FOOTRKSTS.
Also, a full line of
PA PKR-KM UROlDKR KD PATTERNS,
WoltSTlCD SILK, BEADS, ETC.
MONOORAMS DRAVNJ1'0 OKDKR. 12 2 thsrawlm
COAL.
Ha T A C C A R T,
COAL DEALER.
GOAL OF THK BEST QUALITY, PREPARED EX
TRKSSLY FOR FAMILY USR.
1208, 1210 and 1212 WASHINGTON AV
12 1 Sui Between Twelfth and Thirteenth street.
p O A - ! t' O A L ! ii O A t7l
-J The p aco to buy is at
1IIIT1 IIKI.I.'S COAI. PRPOT.
Corner of NINTH and U1KARD Avenue.
BEST QUALM Y WHIl'K ASH.
Ksb and Stove $7 por ton.
1 luge Nut 4
Khiile (.in Nut 8 D0 "
Delivered to any part of the city. 12 22 2m
JlE LEIIKiH AM) SCIIUYLKIIJ
FAMlLYt FACTORY, AND BITUMINOUS GOALS.
J Mr go slock ulways on hand.
Southeast corner TI1IRTKICNTH and WILLOWStreet
12 18 4m W. W. A O. D. HAINK8.
rpiIE UNDERSIGNED n.WINQ RELIN
1 quished the Heating of Buildings by Steam 01
Water, it dl be coulmued by
WILLIAM 11. WIST A R,
lately enpeiutending that department of their busi
ness, whom tlioy reoommend to itieir friends.
Nov. lii, IMtitl. MORRIS. TASK.KR A OO.
wiSTiiR aiTboulton
No. 227 SOtTII rU'TII STKEET.
IIL4TINQ BY
STEAM OR HOT WATER.
PLANS OF I'll'E CUT TO ORDER.
LAUNDRIES AND CULINARY APPARATUS
FITTED CP, 10 22 Bmop
erf WARUURTON'8 IMPROVED VENTI-
A latod ana easy-titling Dress HaUi (patented), in a
the improved fashions of the eeuaiM- CuiCtiNUT Street
neat door to the Poet Offioe. Ubirvv
OLOTHINQ.
0! 0! 0! GVEJiCOATSII!
GO! GO! GO! GOING!!
i own wrrn tub overcoats !t
DOWN WITH TIIK
Trices of all Clothes!!
ZLocbhill S Wilson,
T1c Tubllc Benefactors, aud the
FRIENDS OF TUK PBOPLK,
Offer t men of moderate mean,
and t
nori of a'.l slr.cu and weights.
The whole of Ihelr ample stock of
Overcoats I Fouls! Vestal Coats (
Overcoats I rants! Vests! Coats t
Overcoats! Pants! Vests! Coats!
-A.t a. Ifeductioti
OP '
THIRTY MR CENT!
THIRTY FER CENT!!
THIRTY PER OICNT!!!
THIRTY PER CENT!!!!
An Immediate examination of our stock vjju sorva
jour Inn-test, nd will produce a comblnatlod of -toulfhment
and satlrfactlon to every esamincr.
ROCKHILL& WILSON,
MIEAT liKOWN HALL,
003 and 605 CHESNUT Street.
B X if Ta itT's 1 ari
CLOTHING.
GOOD BUSINESS SUITS u, wero l
" tl 2
" lis m
OVERCOATS is lg
EVANS & LEACH.
No. 023 MARKET STREET,
12 80 8mrp PHIL ADBLP EnA.
THE FINE ARTS.
C. F- H A 8 E L T I fJ E'i
Gulloi-Ie ot tlio -Yrts,
No. 1125 CHESNUT STREET.
Tllli, AUTOTVl'Sj,
A.SO
LANDSCAPES
"lOrpl It AVK ARRIVED.
O A R D.
Brown's Colossal Bronze Statu.
Of
LINCOLN, .
To be erected in Union Square, New York, will e oa e
hibition for a f ew das in front of ROBKRT WOOD 1
OO.'B ORNAMENTAL IKON WORKS, tor the impac
tion of the public
ROBERT WOOD & CO.,
No. 1136 RIDGE AVENUE,
iaj0it PHILADKLPHI 4.
OROCER1ES, ETO.
FINE GROCERIES,
Tu Circat Yariely, Always in Store.
ALSO,
Fine Sherries and Madeira Wines.
Perfectly Fure Fort,
Vintages of 1330, 134T, and H6S.
rUKB BEANI)IE9, COKDIATJS; and FINK CIQAI'3,
AT THK LOWEST CAXII I'ltlCES.
SIMON COLTON & CLARKE,
S.W. Corner Broad and Walnut,
11 so
PHILADELPHIA.
CANS LARGE AND FULI,.
Tho Unest In quality and style ever ottered.
SOLD BY ALL GROCERS.
Factory and Farms, Cumberland county, X. J.
WHOLESALE AGENCY,
No. 45 NORTH WATER STREET.
12 80 Btrp BEEVES A PA K VINJ
OARRIACE8.
(JA111UAUES! (AItltlA(JKS !
WJM. D. ROGERS,
Nos. 1009 aud 1011 CHESNUT St.
,
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