TEE DAlLr EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1870. urmiT or Tim rnxss. Editorial. Opinions f the Iftdtn Jeirrnnle Upon Current Toplca-Complled Eerjr Day for the Evening Telegraph. MR. WELLS HIMSELF. Prim th K. T. Xttion. Tho low opinion of American honetity en tertained in various countries of Enropa often excites the indignation of American travel lers, and many of them, knowing how unjust it is, ascribe it to rancorous hostility to our institutions. But, then, those who are most familiar with the way in which opinions are formed in foreign countries are aware that most of whatever disrepute tho national cha racter rests under with regard to all that Class of virtues inoluded under the term bouifdn, is tho handiwork of a portion of the American press. Tho bitterest reviler of America and Americans haa never ventured on such foul charges and foul insinuations as some of our contemporaries hurl nearly every day against men who are put forward by American aoci ety as about as good specimens of tho Ameri can man as it is capable of produoing. Wo we were told the other day by an Ameri can of distinction and his experience has been that of hundreds of the bitterness of the mortification which he endured when in Germany during the impeachment trial, at finding himself an object of daily condolence on the part of his German friends touching the corruption of Senators Trumbull, and Fessenden, and Grimes, three of the foremost statesmen of the party of virtue. And then, there was no use in his denying it or trying to explain it. It was not in a (Southern paper they saw the story, noryet in the foul-mouthed organs of Northern Copperheadism, who make vilification one of their ordinary weapons of party warfare; but in the New York Tribune, the mouthpiece of tho best element in the Northern population, and which had up to the time of impeachment been holding these very men up to the admi ration of mankind. We bid fair, too, in Mr. Wells' case, to far nish Europe with another reason for believ ing in our ntter rottenness. Mr.' Wells has had everything done for him that American society can do. lie has been well born, well bred, and furnished with the best education the country affords. lie has lived with the best men of his day, and has won and enjoys their esteem. He has displayed very remark able powers of analysis and induction in a field of social science which nntil now can hardly be said to have been explored in this country, and has for this reason been selected by the Government to perform the very im portant duty of supplying the data for legis lation on matters of finance and taxation dur ing a period of great publio difficulty and, indeed, peril. If ever man has given the State guarantees for his good behavior, it is he. And yet what do foreigners learn about him from tho organ of the sober, virtuous, religious, reading, writing, and thinking Northern publio J Why, that the minute ho secured an official position, and- through it, influence on publio opinion, he sold his ser vices to a foreign government and to foreign traders, and, in consideration of a certain . sum in "foreign geld," agreed to suppress material facts, manipulate figures, and con struct deluding (arguments for their benefit, and for the deception and impoverishment of his own countrymen. l a 1 1 1 ji course, everyuouy uertt nuuwa uuw ioaho these insinuations are; but then, unfortun ately, their silliness and absurdity prevent people feeling the downright wickedness of them, and visiting the men who invent and propagate them with the indignation they de serve. These slanders do, however, in one way, recoil on the heads of their authors, in asmuch as they excite, first, distrust, and then hostility towards the cause they are intended to help. There is no cause which will bear being lied for. Even the Christian religion, strong as are its claims on the respect of mankind, has suffered, and still suffers' ter ribly, from attempts to spread it by false hood, and slander, and misrepresentation of opponents; and what it cannot bear we may bo sure protection cannot. One marked result of the at tacks on Mr. Wells has been the steady growth of his authority, and the steady in crease of confidence in the statements and conclusions of his reports. Nothing, it is safe to say, has ever appeared on this class of sub jects which has produced such a profound impression on publio opinion. His conclu sions, it is true, have borne hard on the whole theory and practice of protection; but there was only one way of upsotting them or des troying them, and that was, showing either that his facts were not facts or that the rea soning based on them was incorrect. This has not been done; and for this, naked asser tions that Mr. Wells has been bribed, and that he has been guilty of suppression and distortion, are not proper and suffioientjsub titutes. There is talk just now among some of the more rabid high-tariff men about not only suppressing his report as far as Congress is concerned, but "kicking him out" of the Re publican party; but then, we presume, wiser counsels will prevail. The suppression of tho report by the House would, of course, only increase the number of its readers, and Mr. Wells would be followed out of the lle tmblican party by such large numbers of tho ' present members that we doubt whother enough would be left to carry on the business of the concern afterwards with any degree of success. There is a class of men in the party who have always been a little anxious to get rid of its brains, finding the thinking faculty a nuisance, and, almost as soon as a man gives evidence of reaching his conclusions with his head, got up a movement for his ex pulsion. Mr. Trumbull and tho lute Mr. Fes- senden had a narrow escape, but they did escape; and their example nas bad a very enoouraging effect. If the protective system will not bear discussion and from tho dislike of the high-tanff men to permit of Mr. Wells' report, and the circulation the refusal of the Tii'nine to print it, it apparently will not it certainly cannot stand, and there is not the blightest use, as we have more than onco said, in claiming a quasi-sacred character for it, a1? some" of its friends seem disposed to do, and treating people who quotstion its value as bad men, to whom plunder or treason would not be particularly disagreeable. It is a theory of taxation like another, of human origin, and that not a particularly respectable one Larue numbers of some of the best, and, on all other things, at loast, wisest men in the modern world condemn it, and think it a , Btuiubling-block in tne way 01 numan pro cress, and some of the foremost States are gradually abandoning it. Protectionists munt, therefore, be reasonable and patient, take off their . sacerdotal robes, ana lay aside taeir cursing instruments, and come down into tho ' arena among tne rent 01 us, and give and take in the common secular game of political fisti cuffs.' Fair play is all they are entitk'.Vtoj and that they shall certainly haw. The young men, it is true, are mostly on tho there ia no noip. A BLACK RECORD. From the g. r. Tribune. The undisguised appeals to partr spirit in tho addresses of Lieutenant Governor Beach and Bpraker Hitchman in taking tho chairs respectively of the Henato and Assembly of our (State, are novelties in our history, but not necessarily consurablo. Truth is always i preferable to falsehood; and, since the legis lation and government of our Btate are to be moulded and animated by intense devotion to the interest of a party, it is well that the fact should be so bluntly proelaimod. . Theso ad dresses are but echoes of the more elaborate and pretentious partisan malignity of the colossal fraud which usurps the Governorship of our btate. But one passage in Hitchman s harangue is so grossly untruthful as to render its rebuke and exposure an imperative duty. It is that wherein he says: 'The enfranchisement of an enslaved race, which rciultcd from that strnRRle, thejr .(Democrats) not only acoept, but they recognize the'oDllgatlon of ele vating and advancing that race to the highest condi tion til which It is capable." Thus much for the professions of Speaker Hitchman. Now let us consider them in the light of history. By the original Constitution of our State, framed by her Revolutionary patriots during their desperate struggle for independence, no difference was made or recognized between whites and blacks. Slavery then existed in our State, and slaves were conceded no poli tical rights; but every black freeman was al lowed to vote on precisely the same conditions with white freemen. Ho tlrfey did without objection for over forty years, or nntil the Constitutional Convention of 1821 a body overwhelmingly Democratic which at once commenced a foray on the rights of thepoor and powerless handfull of free blacks. A majority of the Democrats would have disfranchised them altogether; but a minority demurred, and, uniting with the twenty or thirty Federalists, secured the rights of suffrage to a fraction of the blacks to all of them who had lived three years in the State, and owned $250 worth of real estato, free and clear of incumbrance or debt. And that has ever since been our fundamental law. Thrioe in 1840, in 1P0O, and in 1BG9 havo deoided efforts been made to change it, so that tho invidious discrimination against blacks should be wiped out; but the Democratic party has rallied all its forces to defeat these appeals for justice and equality. Tho Democrats of this State have just voted their full strength against negro entranohiso ment, after having fought it in our late Con stitutional Convention with inhuman portiua eity. Not less than one hundred distinct propositions wore made by them in that Con vention, and several weeks wasted, with in tent to insult,' defame, and humiliate the blacks, so as to make all possible capital out of the antipathy with which they aro rogardod by the lowest and barest, most ignorant and prejudiced whites. From the beginning to the end of that Convention, as also in the canvass before the pnoplo, no chance of flouting the unhappy African race, or heap ing odium on those who stood up for their rights, was loft unimproved. Mr. Hitchman asserts that his fellow parti sans "accept" the enfranchisement of the four millions of our countrymen who were formerly slaves. Indeed ! When did they begin to accept it ? Certainly, not while there was a prospect, a shadow of hope, that it might bo prevented or defeated. Up to the hour in which the last shacklo fell from their limbs, the Democratio party denounced emancipation as usurping, outrageous, a mea sure of disunion, and at least equally unjusti fiable with secession. "It has united the South and divided tho North," was their stereotyped outcry. Their last two candi dates "for President McClellan and Sey mour were its especial antagonists. Their journals stigmatized Lincoln's proclamation of freedom as an incitement to wholesale arson, rape, and murder. If ever a party was unanimous and vehement in condemning any great publio measure, tho Democrats were thus hostile to emancipation. Mo thanHs to tnat party, slavery is ueaa. Its resurrection is beyond human power. But the blacks are still hated, despised, vilified, and in every way defamed and degraded; and that is the present business of the Democratio party. The civil rights bill was opposed by this party precisely as emancipation had been. So long as it was possible, blacks were ex eluded from street cars, as they 6till are from stages in this Democratio eity. In States like Kentucky, where Democracy bears undivided sway, they are not allowed to give testimony against whites. Wherever it is still possible to imbrute and trample on them, Democracy is now intent on tnat achievement. The fifteenth amendment is simply a barrier to such proscription and degradation, so far as the right to vote and hold olu.ee is concerned, Of course, tne Democrats onnose it every. where, and to the bitter end. No Democratio legislature has ratified or will ratify it. No Democrat has voted for or now sunnorts it. Our Democratic legislature lias made baste to use its fraudulently- acquired power ex pressly to rescind, so far as it can do so, its ratification bv the urecedinar Renublican body. The Democratio leaders insisted on doing this before a committee was appointed or any provision made for preliminary scrutiny of bills or resolutions. Every Democrat but one voted for the repeal. Is it not stupendous effrontery, in view of these well-known facts, for Mr. Hitchman to profess that his party recognizes the obliga tion to elevate and advance the blacks ? Tho negro has borno up manfully against half a century of Democratio hate, cruelty and op pression. Ought he now to be slimed with such barefaced, loathsome hypocrisy ? SHALL WE BUY CUBA ? Prtm the K. T. Sun. Two of our contemporaries reconty pub- 4- lished an erroneous report that negotiations for the sale of Cuba to the United States have for some time past been going on be tween the rulers of Spain and the President of the United States. The JleraUl makes this announcement in the form of a telegram from Washington. It is alleged that '.'our Minis ter in Madrid has sounded both Serrano and Prim as to their willingness to sell Cuba to the United States, and that he has the highest assurances that both those prominent states men are favorable to tho project, and are only waiting a favorable opportunity to con summate it. The information of the 7'iiacn is conveyed in a letter from Havana. "There is hardly any doubt," says the writer, "that the actual Government iu Spain is in treaty with the . insurgents and the Amerioan Gov ennent. ' To mention this fact openly would be the signal of their downfall, uud tho imme diate entrance of Prince Alfonso as f uturo King of the Spaniards, with Lorsundi as Ra gout during his minority." ' '- r That Prim and Serrano are not unwilling to Btll Cuba to the United States is probably true. They are cunning knaves, always short of money, and perfectly oblff to understand that, as Spain i bound to lose tho island, any siim they may get for it will bo so muoU clear gain. It is also true, jio doubt, that they have not dared to act upon their own judgment in the matter. The Spanish pooplo cling to tho possession of Cuba with unreasoning passion. In their eyes that colony is not only a source of boundless wealth, it is the Imt important relic of the epoch whon Spain was an imperial power, bearing sway in every part of the world. This sentiment of the Spauiurds has withheld their rulers from all opeu attempts to replenish their bankrupt treasury by the sale of the island; and we are able positively to affirm that they have not yet made any overtures of sale to General Sickles or Mr. Fifth, and that General Sickles and Mr. Fish have not made any overtures of purchase to inem. And yet it would not be surprising if the Spanish Government Bhould soon find itsolf in a condition to attempt to sell the Island. The tone of discussion upon the Cuban ques tion in the Spanish press has notably varied during the last year, and indicates a rauioat change in the popular feeling. At first the journals of all parties savagely scoutod the idea or allowing Cuba to be separated irotn the mother country: now most of them admit that separation would be advantageous, but they insist that the Cuban insurrection must first be nut down. That event. However, is evidently as far off as ever: and we may ex pect ere long to have an opportunity of saying whether wo will buy Cuba, and now mucn wo will pay for it. No matter who holds power in Madrid whether mm or lopeto, or tne Duke of Montpensier, or tho Prince of Astu- rias. or the remiblio this conclusion is equally probable. MORE MONOPOLY CONSUMMATION OF A GREAT JOB. From the K T. Herald. The report of the purchase of the so-called French Atlantio cable by the other cable com pany and the Western Union Company is very likely to be true. The men went to Jt,urope to endeavor to make that purchase. It was in their interest, as purchasers, that nas been made all the clamor against tho i rencn com pany; and it soems to have been in their inte rest and by their procuring that tne state De partment assumed an attitude hostile to the new enterprise, and even that there was in serted in the President's Message a passage calculated to dishearten tho Luropoan owners. All this was the job of tho would-be buyers. Their purpose was to cheapen the proportyby showing to tho European capitalists that it might eventually tiro v 9 a deud loss in their hands. Now, therefore, if the report be true, we shall hoar no more of the movements to tear up tho French cable because France will not permit an American cable to be landed on her shores; we shull hear no more of all the ridiculous and ingonious clamor aq.iinst this enterprise, for it no longer stands in the way of the gigantic monopoly that controls our telegraphic sj-stem to tho injury and oppres sion of the people. But we shall hear, we trust, a great deal moro of Mr. Washburn s bill, for there : is more need for it now than ever. Our people, we are afraid, scarcely realize the importance of the tek graph in tho, concerns of daily life. or there would be a general irresistible pres sure upon Congress to puss a la v assuming absolute and spcciho control over this great est of the agencies by which the multifarious operations of society are carried on. Before the telegrnphic strike is over, however, it is possible that there may be a change in this regard. Just now the overworked and underpaid agents ol this great machinery are in rebellion. Although tho capital on which the telegraph company ought to pay a divi dend is only fifteen millions they call it forty millions, so as to nine their exorbitant earn ings. They pay a di idead on the forty mil lions, and as the notitious excess of twenty- hve millions takes up a nice slice of the earn ings, theypleacd poverty and cut down tho wages of their subordinates, ihus tho ope- rators are sacrificed to n fiction. Against this sacrifice they are in rebellion, and as the employment is a branch or nigniy smiled labor they may paralyze tho company, and thus the country may to a great degree be left without telegraphic faculties. In that event we are certain that the people wul have forced upon them some adequate sense of the vital importance of this means of communication in all commercial transactions; and it is possible that their perception of this may induce a pressure that will force the tardy legislators at Washington to tako such steps as will no longer leave the telegraph in hands in which it is subject to such abuses as those from which the people suffer in its pre- soct management. MARINE TELEGRAPH. For additional Marine Hews tee Firnt Page, ALMANAC VQR PIIILADKLPHIA-TUI3 DAY. 8rjN Rih8 T2 Moon Srts u-Rs, bus bicra. 4 60 1 lliua Willi 2j PHILADELPHIA BOARD Olf TRADIC V. A. BOUDKR. ) Gsoiioh i.. Buzbt, Committee of the Month. iJftOllUn II. 'UTUAM, ) CLEARED YEBTKRD A V. Steamship Wyoming, Teal, Savannah, Philadelphia and Douuieru inuu oiuauisiiiu Steamship 1'ioneer, Harrutt, Wilmington, N. C. Phila. ueipuia niiu diiuuivtu man oiunuiMuip uu. Steamer I1'. Franklin, Pieraon, lialtimora, A. Groves, Jr. WKNTTO SEA. bhlp Ferdinand, for Antwerp brigs Hermes, for La guu)ra;and iUleu P. Stewart, ior oatfua, womtosaa yes- iviuaj. PA83KNGKU3 8AILKD. Per steamahlp yonung, Capt. Teal, tor Savannah 0. D. Word, Joseph behooley, M. B. Pries' ly, wifo, and in fun!., T. Kducrton, wile, and son, Robert Cameron. U. Cohen, Airs. M.C. Stager and son, II, Moore, D. Ackur- B.an, jniss m. a. ooimu. MKMOIl AKDA. Ship Onttlrto, Wilson, for Philadelphia, sailed from Liv- ari'ool 2'Jd ult. btesmuhip Hunter, Harding, lionoo, at Providenoa 5th instnnu Steanitbip Aiies, Wiley, for Philadelphia, cleared at Bof ton 4th Inst. btunniHbip Volunteer, Jones, for Philadelphia, cloared at ntv l ora oin inst. hi roues Athensis. Buroh. and Grass Bohr Niiudank. and Crass liobr 11 moon, ior nniaaeipuia, entered out at London aim ult. t Londc Uai,ue bli Colin l;aiiipbeu, baven rJd ulL lor Knit land. Murruy, sailed from Unx- Pantile Isaac R. Davis Hand, for Philadelphia, tailed from Messina 1itb nit. Laiqu Sarah Payson, Dakin, hence, at Ilelvoet 22d ult. llrig Samuel Welsh, Darruli, at Oporto 18th nit., from New York. Biig Nuevltaa, Trask, hence for Bath, at Holmes' Hole tin mot. Pi-far M. A. Grler. Grav. henen. at New York 6th inst. Schr Adolia.Traiton, for Philadelphia, cleared at St. John. N. li.. Hist ult. Schr Gov. Burton, Gilmnn, benca for Boston, pasted Hell Gate 6th lust. Schis Fawn, Kelloy, and T. T. Taakor, AUon, henoe, at Boston nth inttt. -m Schr Win, Dement, Ponny, hence, at New Bedford 6th inBtunt. Schr Emma It. Graham, Smith, for Philadelphia, sailed from Salem 4th inst. Schr Mary U. Uickman, White, benoe, at Richmond 5th Hulir Argus Kye, Thomas, for Philadelphia, oleared at Ptusucola 'Jito ult. Schr I.. U. O. W ishart, Mason, went to soa from Charles ton 4th inat. for Ueorueiown, S. C, and New x ork. MIHCKLLrtNY. The Government steim-tender Maria, which acoom psuied Ihe iron olud Aliantonomah iroin New York lor Boston, ran against that vessel near Gay Head, about 8 2) A.M. of the 4tb inst., and was almost instantly sunk. .iMmcs Burns. Ailer : James Cuiiiminss and John Cole, tiro- mcn; and Wm. Jones, cuok, who were bulow at the time of the oollirion, were drowned. 'I he otnoere and the re mainder of the crow, cumbering 11 in all, were aaved, and lia returned to Brooklyn. Tha Maria kept about a uutr. tnriil a mils astoin nt tne Miantunomah unlil about t 3-1 on tbe day of the collision, when bur loed pipe broke, and I alia a lew up to tua aiiautuiioman to cuuuuuiui,e pre viously to making for suiuolh water. It was during this dangerous proximity that the collision oocurred. ONE DOLLAR GOODS FOR 05 CENTS to liitull DIXON'S. No. 21 8. Kit; UTH Street. SPEOIAL notices. Jtr OKFU'K OK THE DIAMOND COAL IiOTICJKr-1 he annual election for K...n tXrinlnri in serve for tho ensuing )ear will lie hold at the office on J!"'V.NKbUAY January 13. between toe hour of IS an J ' !. tO. PKACK, s H IroMJ9L IQT OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, rmi.MiKT.rmA. Doc. 2.1. Hit). Warrant registered to No. ll ), paid on presentation t till! offioe, in terest ceaaing from data. ' ' JOS. r. M1KUKR, 1228 " City Troiiirarer. JIST OFFICE OF THE UNITED 8ECURITY , Tim INHI'KANCK ANi TMTKT COMPANY Cf 'KNNHYLVANIA.S. K. corner IfliTK and CHKS K13T Street. Annnnl ITlfinttnn 1 1 i . . t ' .hi- f1..m..ln. w'.ll hp held lit thoir Rina on WKUNKSDAY. Junu.rT la. mrvti 11UIWK A. JB. - I lt O. F. BUTTS. Secretary. OFFICE OF UNION MUTUAL INSUR ANCK COMPANY, N. K. earner TUIRO and WALNUT Street.. Pim.APKl.rinA. December 90. 1H. The Annual Meeting of the Stoek and Sortnholdera of the Union Mutual Insnranoa Company af Philadelphia will te held, at the Office of tha Company, at U M. MON DAY, January 10, 1870. At tha aaina time elcht Director! will ba eleoted, to eerra the ennnlnjr three years. 12 22U10 JOHN MOSS. Secretary. l&r OFFICE OF THE BELVIDERE MANU- Hn vititnl V -T TtnM a IQrtfl Kotire hereby riTra to the utorkholonra of the KKL VIDEKK MANUFACTURING COi P ANY reepeotively. mat eeMeementa amounting to SIXTY PRK CKNl'UM of the cnnllal stock of anid comuanr have been made and payment of the earne called for on or before tha eighth un? oi renrnary, &. it. imu, ana tnat payment of aucb proportion of all auma of mouey by them anhsorthed ia called for and demanded from them on or before tha said time. JSy order of tha Board of Directors. lH26w H. SlHiltRKTtP. Secrotary fi5T OFFICE OF THE IIESTONVII.LE. Pim.ATiM.pmA, Deo. 67, im. TfnTffllT. Trt fiTlK 'it urn neon ' Tta Annual Meet ina of the Klirlih,,l,lor. of tl,i f'ntr,- pany will be hHrt at their Office, No. 2563 OALLOWHlt.L (Street, on MONDAY. January 10. 870. at 1 o'clock P. M. An Election for a President and Viva Direatom to r tnr onxuing year will be held at tha same nlane and on the uiue nny, ueiween tne unurs of x and 4 o'clock 1". M. Jsui uii ah. p. u a BTINOb, Treasurer. igy- OFFICE OF THE FAME INSURANCE viiiii-ah i, no. ni vii r.niv u 1 street. PntT.AnKT.IniA. TkniumWQfi tQriQ Tha Acnnal Meettnir nf th Kjv..iiiri.tnr ..r v-,nA day of Jimuary next, at lU o'clock A- M., at the oihoe of insurance v.oinnanr mil ho bold on MONDAY, the lill.h lue yonipany. An Kleotmn for Twolve Directors, tn una tnr the en. suing year, will he held at the same time and at the same piace, uetween tne noura oi iu . M. and a o'clock r. ftl. ... WILLIAMS I. bLANOHA.RO, 28 lit Secretary, QS- OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA CITY PASSKNUERRAILWAYCOMPANY.No. PiTTT.ArtF.T.PTTTA. .Tanuarv 9 17fl At a meeting of the Board of Directors held t his day, a Dividend of ONK DOLLAR and VIFTY OK NTS pir snare was declared, free of all taxes, payable to the Stork holders, or their legal representative, on and after the i.iininni. iranaier uooka cumon until ititn mst. 18J2t WW.jCOLKKT, Treasurer. ffiSf OFFICE OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND NINKTK.VNTH KTRKKTrt PASKU.NOKR RAILWAY COMPANY. KINKTKRNTH and MASTHll Directs. 1-H1I,IKCPH.A. Dec. V. VVh. The Annual Meeting of the Stooknolders of thi Com pany will bo bold at tho Crtloe, MONDAY, January 111, 1W70, at 12 o'clock, at which time and place anelettion will be hold for President and Vivo Diruutors to serve the voimiidk year. uyj in Aiti.r.a r. KKK.ua, J n., secretary. tfS OFFICE OF THE GREEN AND COATES RTllKKTS PHILADELPHIA PASSRNGEK RAILWAY COMPANY, TWKNTY-FOURTU and LUAica 0iKe.1t.1a. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com- PHTTjmKr.T-ITTA. lion 97 lfWQ pany win lie noui at tiie omce of tne Company, on sion and place an flection will be held for a jja r , oanoary iu, mii, at iu o ciock a. oi at which time President and twelve Directors. t aerve lor tne ensuing rear. 12 27 29 HI J 8 6 7 8 IU , a. muti'iiT, ecratnry. tgs- OFFICE OF UNION MUTUAL IN SURANOK COMPANY, N. E. Corner THIRD ana vvalwut btreots. l IIIl.ADKI.fHTA, Jan. . 187l. The Directors of the Union .Mutual Inaurancn Comoanv of Philadelphia huve this ditto doulurod a dividend of blA rl'.lt Cr.ivr. on tne stock and outstanding serin. pnynhlo, free of Cnitod States and State tax, on deniiuij. i dm iiutia niusB, secretary. HPS' OFFICE UNION PASSENGER RAIL- ir A v ti ii i r -nuri'iiT nr mir i rr-v .... BKOWrt fit reel a. X lViUt Ail I, J. V JLil J. X -1 11LJ.IL Hail The Bonrd of Directors have ibis day riooKrod a divi j-HiLADFrvHiA. dannary a. ikto. dend of O.NEUOLI.AHASL. FIKTY OK NTS oer share. viciss, if a va AOO isaui'iu av tins uuibc uu uuu callus utuiltlflji the lot li instant, until which time the trunxfor book will be closed. w. 11. KHMBbK, 1 6 tit Treasurer. NEW YOKK AND MIDDLE COAL FIELD RAILROAD AND COAL COMPANY Office, Tio, SSo WALNUT nireel. The Annual Meetirg of the Biockholdera of this Com t mi.APKL.i'iiiA. uecemoerii. iw. pany, and an Klertion of Directors to sorvo for the ensuing year, will bo bold at their Office on TUKSDAY, tho Uth coy oi January, A. u. lBiU, at ia o ciock in. U 33 lit C. K. LINDSAY, Secretary. jgtfj- SIIAMOKIN COAL COMPANY, VUlVH HO. tf-O IT IJ I Direob. Phii.aiiki.phta. Deo. 31. 18)9. The Annual Meeting of tha Stockholders of the above- named Company, and an election of Directors to serve for ensuing year, will held at their Offioe on WKDNKSDAY, tne iinuayoi tianoary, A. f. teiu, at ia o oioca on. va ai lot u. n. iiianaAi, pocretary. 1ST EAST MAIIANOY RAILROAD COM- ran a. uico aii iu.n u oinjau Phii.adei.phi a. Deo 15. 1M9. Tha Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com pany and an election for Onoers to serve for the ensum year, will bo held at the Office of the Company on MOf DAY, January 10, lb7U, at 8 o'clock P.M. ALBERT PSTKR. ia u sot J?oretrJ!i BfS- THE MAIIANOY AND BROAD MOUV. " TAIN KAILKOAD COMPANY. Offioe No. 827 8. fOUHTU street. l-HTT ADKUHTA. Ueo. In. 1HIW. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Com. pany and an election for Officers to aerve for the ennuina year, win be Held at tne umce oi tne uompany on JUOIX- um , January iu, isiu, at i o oioca r. m. 12 14 23t i Secretory. B5W CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY. THE murium mrnuiiR t'f i. no rMK'n.uoi'i'rs 111 i.iio A I u . : . . .i u. l.i i .1 . a CAMBRIA IKON COMPANY will ba held at the r Olhce, No. 4ti! CHK8NUT Street, Ptailadelpbia, on TUK DAV.tne imn day o' January next, at 4 o'olooK Y. Al when an election will ba held for Seven Directors, to serve fur tha snsuing year. JOHN T. KILLK, Secretary. lalH'J.H Philadelphia, Dec. 16, lNjfl. - iSy THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE - u. i . v. . ., . . i unuuin do lunu n i ir BOAIi COMPANY will be held at the offioe of Ihe PENNSYLVANIA GKNTRAL RAILROAD COM ntvciiiirui'iv ui too Duin.nn a t rm- n i i- PANY in Philadelphia, Pa., on tha 171b day of January, 1870, at 1 o clock P. Al.t to elect Directors lor toe ensuing year, and transact such oilier iiuniuoss as may lie pra- sentea. niUiAii i- ruvi.ir., 12 28 lTt Becrotary. res TIIE ANNUAL MEETING OF TIIE Contributors to the PRK.STON RRTKP AT will be held at the Retreat, HAMILTON end TWKNUrTIl Streets, on MONDAY A FTERNOON. January 10, 1H70. at 4 o clock, for the purpoxe of electing twenty four managers, a J reaaurer, anu two Aunuora, anil or tr.uiuct log such other business as may lis Iirouvhr forward. KOBKRT O. CORNELIUS. Socrotary. rniiaauipDia, Deo. i, icoy. u aa hi THE ANNUAL MEETING Or THE rUH KIBUUUIB (J I IUO A lULADlillllllft ALILI TRENTON RAILROAD COMPANY will be held on MO OAY, the ll'ih of .innni.ry, 1K0, at 1 o'clock P. M , at the Ccmpauy's CHice, No. ti. DKLA WAKIC Avenue, at which time an Ulection for Twnlve Dire tors will iaae placp, J. AlOllltitLL. reemtarv. Pbiladelpbla, Doo. 22. 1809. 12 22wjmtJ 10 Ff-TV THE PAR1IAM NEW FAMILY 8EW- Ing Machiiifsaremanul'actured at Not. 221 and 2-M 8. Fir 1 11 Mrci t, and tor rain on terms to suit all, at the saleerocui. No. v in uur.nn u r nuesi, i oi tfW THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF TIIE " STATE OF' PENNSYLVANIA. Piiir ii.vi utlll Tmn V7 IttttO. An election for thVteen Diiecto.s oi the Company will lie held at the ornce ot tue t omjiany, nn 4 ana li it-A.-CHANC10 BUILDING, on MONDAY, Jiin. 10, 1H7I), bo- tueeu t Iiu hours ol 10 o'clock A. M. anil 1 o cloctc 1'. Al. li! -J7 12t .Ljl HuLLlNll K ApKecrelury tr COLD WEATHER DOES NOT CHAP orrnughon tho fkiu after ut-ing WHMII l"S A L CONAT1H tiLYL'KI) INK TAB1.KT OF SOLIDIFIED (iLVt.l lilNlC. lis riailv use uuikes tlia akin delicately lolt aud beautilui. boia py an umxista. - 2 4 No. t&4 CIIKBNU i' StruuL ifw- C0LTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION originated the ansjsthfctio uso of i MlKOUBOXIDK.OU LAUGHING GAS, Anddcvola their whole time and practice ta oxUacting tiM'lh wit i'ont pain. i OHica. V IGII I H and WALNUT Streets. Ul 3! DR. F. K. THOMAS, THE LATEOPE- ratnr of the ColUin Dental Association, is now tha C-py oiis in l'hibulelphis who devotes his entire tune ami practice to extnirtiui? teeth, absirluti.ly witliout pjin, by ft ot.ii uitrous oaiile gas.OIIica. Hll W ALNU1 bt. , 1 i-! j- EVERY ON-E 8IIOUM) CALL I AND cxemlne the Pnrhnin t ewinn i'aoltlflj before pnr chaaing. No. M ClllibSO'l' btreol. .., I 4 Lit SPECIAL. NOTIOE8. jy OFFICE OF WELLS, FARGO A COM PANY, No. M BROADWAY, NKW YORK, De Kmbtr , lHfiS. Notice Is hereby given, that the Trsnufcr Pock, of Wells, Fargo A Company will bo CLDSKDos the th day of JANUARY, 1870, at I o'clock P. M .to enable the Company to ascertain who are owners of tne stock of tha old Ten Million Capital. The owners of that stock will be entitled to participate in tho distribution of aafcts piovidnd for by the agreoniont with tha Pacific Kxprtas Company. The Transfer Books wilt be opened on the 23d day oi JANUARY, at 10 o'clock A. M , after whioU time the (5,000,010 new stock will be delivered. Notice is also given that tba Transfer Rooks of this Com pany will be C'LOSRn on the SMh day of JANUARY, 1870, at 8 o'clock P. M .for the purpose of holding the annual KLKOTION OF DIRECTORS of this Company. The books will ba RR-OPKNKD on the 7th day of I Ktt RUARY, at 10 o'clock A. M. U SI tK7 UKOROE K. OTIS, Booretary. jgy OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF DIREC TORS OK TUB AMERICAN M K HO 1 1 A NTS CNION RXPFKSS COMPANY, No. 113 BROADWAY, N EW YORK, November 29, 146. The Board of Directors of tha American Merchants' Union Ripress Company have this day doolared a dividend af THRKK DOLLARS 2) par share on the outstanding capital stock of tba Company, payable on tha 15th day of January nut. Ihe transfer books will ba closed on the 81st day of De cember next, at 8 o'clock P. M., and reopened at 10 o'clock A. M. on tba 16th day of January next: By order of tha Board. 12 81 15t J. N. KNAPP, Secretary. JJP- OFFIC OF CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD OK CALIFORNIA, No. 51 WILLIAM 8TREF.T, HEW YORK, December 17, lW.-Tbe SIX PER CENT. Interest coupons of first mortgage bonds of the Central Paciflo Railroad of California, dua Janu ary 1, 1870, will be paid at the banking house of Piak A Hatch, No. S NAS8AU Street, New York. 13 31 Ut O. P. HUNTINGTON, VicFresident. 82?- OFFICE OF TIIE H0U8T0N AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, No. S3 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, Deo. 87, 1869.-The Coupons of tha Mortgage Bonds of this Company, dua Jan. 1, 1870, will be paid in gold coin on and after that date, at the National City Bank, New York. 12 81 lot D. H. PAIUR, Vice-President. j5Qf OFFICE OF CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD OF CALIFORNIA, No. M WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK, Doo. 17, 189.-Tho Seven Per Cent. Interest Coupons (Bonds of 188) dne Jua. 1, 1870, ill be paid at the banking house of Eugene Kolly A Co., No. 21 Nassau street, New York. 12 8lI2t CP. HUNTINGTON, VloePresldont. jjg- OFFICE OF CALIFORNIA AND ORE GON RAILROAD, No. M WILLIAM BTKKKT, NEW YORK, Deo. 17. The Six Per Cent. Interest Cou pons of First Mortgage Bonds of the California and Oregon Railroad, due Jan. 1, 1870, will ba paid at tho Banking House of Fisk A Hatch, No. 6 Nassau street. Now York. C. P. HUNT1NUTON, 12 31 15t Vice President. gT- OFFICE OF TIIE NORTH PENNSYL- t. . ti t.. . i. . i.. i. . kiir V .11 w . t NUT Street. vania aailauau vujiraiii, no. vui n au- rHII.ADF.T.PHIA. Deo. 'Jl. IHfiSI. The Annual" Meeting of the Stockholders of the NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY will be held at the office of the Company, No. 4l WAL NUT Stroet. Philadelnhia. on MONDAY, the loth dav of Junuary, lhTO, at 12 o'clock M., for the purpose of elootinga President and len Directors, t o serve ior tne ensuing year, 12 28 lit y.DWAKD AKMSIKO.W, tWcretary PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL ROAD CO., Office, No. 227 S. FOUR I'll Street. Philadelphia, Deo. 22, DIVIDEND NOT10E. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed on FRIDAY, the 31st instant, and rjopenod on TUESDAY January 11, 1870. A dividend of FIVE PER CENT, has been declared on the Preferred and Common Stock, clear of Natioilanl Stato taxes, payubls in CASH, on and after January 17, 1870, to the holders thereof us thay shall stand registered on the books of the Company on tha 81st instant. AH payablaat this office. All orders for dividend mnst ba witnessed aud stamped. S. BRA OVOKD, 12 22 60t Treasurer. EAST PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD in rAii I . Notice is hereby givon to the StockhoMors of this Com pany, that the Annual Meeting and r.lection for Preai- oeiit anu iLigtit Directors win lie neiu at tne umoe oi tne Cicipany.in the City of READING, on MONDAY, the loth day ol January, 1670, between 12 M. and a P. M. Secretary. pHrLAPELrHlA, December 8, 1869. 12 at) It ay- EAST MAIIANOY RAILROAD COM- f Ail M. , UIUI.O Xl U. dJI O. K V I S& QITVVIh Phu.aiikl.vhia, Deo. 32, 1869. Notice isherohv iriven to the Ktncknoldersof this Coin. pany that a Dividend of Tbrne til) porCent., free of State taxes, uas tuis day been aociarea, paaoie incasnontua lot n oay oi January, 1B.U. UlUUAnu vjok. 12 23 iais. Treasurer. h5?- SUSQUEHANNA CANAL COMPANY, vuiw iiu. lit vvni,.Liifi ntmai'. Philadelphia, December SO. 1869. Notice is hereby given that the smni annual interest on the Preferred Bonds of tha SUSOUKHANNA CANAL COMPANY and the Priority Bonds of the TIDKWATKR CANAL UUlnrAn i, falling One on toe 1st oi January, lH',0, will be paid at the offices of the Company in Philadel phia and Bal timore, on and after tha 3d proximo, on pre sentation ol the coupons thereof, numbered II. BUttl If. BKUtlll, 12 81 2w Treasurer. SUSQUEHANNA CANAL COMPANY, Philadki.phia, Deoember 30, 1869. Notice Is hereby given that the aoini-annual interest on the Common Bonds of the SUSQUEHANNA CANAL COMPANY, falling due on tba 1st of January. 1870. will be paid on and alter the 8d proximo, at the First National Hank oi rniiaaoipnia, on presentation or tne coupons ior the same, numbered 34. XI,UJr.xvA u. Divwnn, 12 31 2w Treasurer. flgy TIIE COUPONS DUE JANUARY 1, 1870, of the first mortgage bonds of ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (First Division Branch Line) will ba paid on and after that data upon pre sentation at tha office of DABNEY, MORGAN A CO., No. f3 EXCHANGE Place, New York. 12 31 12t WINES AND LIQUORS. HER MAJESTY! CHAMPAGNE. ; BuriTcn & iiussorj. 215 SOUTH FllONT STREET. j rpiJE ATTENTION OF TIIE TRADE IS l solicited to the following very Choice Wines, etc., for sale by . uim iua a Liosun, 215 SOUT H FRONT STREET. CHAMPAGNES. Agents for her Maiestv. Due da Mnulebeiln, (.'arte Iileue, Carta Blanche, and tliarlua rsrre sorana v in r.ugenie, auu via imperial, uri.txine mun A Co., of Maytnve, bparkling Moselle aud KUUHlC WINKS. MADEIRA S. Old Island, Koutn Hide Heserve. ' SUJ KtUKS. F. Buiiolphe, AmontilUdo. Topai, Val- letto. Pale and Golden Bar, Ciowa, etc. roll I H. Vinno Vellio Konl. v allotte, ana urown. CI.AKE'l 8. Promts Aine A Cie.. Moutierraud aud Bor deaux, Cluruta aud Sauterna Wines I. in. "Mm nrh.in" BHANDHlS. Henneaaey, Otard, Dupuy A Oo.'a various viutagee. c A K STAIRS & MoC ALL, Nos. 126 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE Streets. Importers of BRANDIES, WINKS, GIN, OLIVE OIL, ET0., AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS For the sale of PL' RE OLD KYE, WHEAT, AND BOURBON WHI3. lUKS. I2!12p rARSTAlRS' OLIVE OIL-AN INVOICE KJ of tba above for sale bv CARSTAIRS A McOALL. C 28 2d5 Nos. 126 WALNUT and 21 GRANITE bts. NEW PUBLICATIONS. PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE 1 A New Course of Lectures, as delivered at the New York ftiur.eum of Anatomy, embracing tlio subjuota: nn.,. I i.. ..inri.i I.... V'ttit.h. atntunlv. an lA A. hl.nlinnl i r,nr , 1 1 V Ke'vluWOii 1 TUS CaUSO Ol indigestion ; llalulencs and Norvoua Diseases Aooouuted I'or; Marrloao philosophically Considered, etc eta. t',...L ..lioa nnnttimn. tllpsa LeutUrSS will ba foi. warded, post paid, on receipt of D cents, by Addrwssinr W '. A. l.KAHV, J., 6. 1C Comoro tUTU aud WALNUT St raalA.PbUa4lalpliis.. , ..si. PAPER MANQINOS. 1 OOK ! L04K 1 1 LOOK. 1 1 1 WALL PAPERS I j mnA Window bbsdea Manufactured, th. l,esit in tho eity.at JOHNHTON'H Depot, ho. lis b"hlMl CA:DKN tit reet , below Kleventh. lirauch, No. K7 I LDH bALtitrtet, Cnu.den.Kow Jeisey. t'Jai GOODS FOR THE LADIES. JUII)AL, BIRTHDAT, AND HOLIDAY TKE3ENT3. -A.il Hon Blarcho. Tha One Dollar Department contains large assortment - rinn, jMjti;u uuuus, amrrractng DESKS, WORK, GLOVE, HANDKERCHIEF, AND DKKbSlNO huikd. la great variety. DOLLS, MEOUANICAL TOYS, And TREK TRIM- MINOS. - BILK FANS, LEATHER BAGS, POCKET BOOKS CHINA VASH8 and ORNAMENTS, JEWELRY, KTU From i)l00 to $S000. Call and examine onr Paris Goods. Party and Evening Dresses mads and trimmed from Franoh and English fashion plates. Fancy Costumes for Masquerades, Balls, ate, mads ta order in forty -sight hoars' notice, at KIRS. M. A. CINDER'S LADIES' DRESS TRIMMINGS, PAPER PATTER!. DRESS And CLOAK MAKING ESTABLISHMENT, N. W. Corner Eleventh and Ckesnut, 8stntb PHILADELPHIA. CLOAKS. CLOAKS I CLOAKS I! THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT. THE FINEST QUALITIES. The Most Reasonable Prices, . IVENS & CO., 83 N. Nirvril Street, and N. K. Cor. r.ICil&TH ana WAlxNLTT, Ustuth2m PHILADELPHIA. CLOTHS, OASSIMERES. ETO. QLOTH HOUSE. JAMS 3 & LEU, No. 11 NORTH BECOND 8TREIIT, SIGN OF THE GOLDEN LAMB, Are now receiving new styles of LAD1K3' CL0AKINGS, VELVET CORDS, BEAVJEB CLOTns, VELVETKKNg, And all styles of goods adapted to Moo. 'a and Roys wear. 3 83 s AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, GENT.'S FURNISHING QQQDS. pATENT SHOULDER-SEAM SIIlItT MAJrOTACTORT, AND GENTLEMEN'S FTJON1SHLNQ STORK PERFECTLY FITTINQ SHIRTS AND DRAWER' made from measurement at very short notice. ' All other articles of GENTLKMEN8 DRBS GOODS la full variety. WINCHESTER ft CO., 11 Mo. TOO CHKSNUT Street 'pRY OUR 2 25 SHIRT. TRV OUR 82 B0 SniRT. TRY OL'R t2 76 SHIRT. TRY OITR $3 00 BHIRT. TRV OCR BOYS' SHIRTS. Thoy are tha cheapest and best fitting SHIRTS sold. Ona trial will make yon oar customer. T. L. JACOBS 4ft CO., 11 17 2rnrp . No. 1226 OH KB NUT Street. JJOLIlAlT I It E 8 12 IV T S o GENTLEMEN. J. W. SCOTT & CO.. Mo. 614 CUKSNUT Street, PhlladolpWa, B T8rp our doors below Continental Hotel. HOSIERY, ETO. 170W OPZ2ZX AS IIOFMANN'S UOSIEItY STORE. No. 9 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, GENTS' WHITE WOOL SHIRTS, GENTS' WTTITE WOOL DRAWERS, GENTS' SCARLET WOOL SHIRTS, GENTS SCARLET WOOL DRAWERS, GENTS' MERINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, LADIFS MERINO VESTS, LADIES' MERINO BRAWBRS, LADIES' CA8HMERE VESTS. CHILDREN'S MERINO UNDERWEAR, -CENTS' COTTON SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, LADIES' COTTON VESTS AND DRAWERS. Also, very large assortment of I T wsly COTTON WOOL, AND MERINO HOSIERY. COPARTNERSHIPS. p CrARTNEESIllP.-TllE UNDER3I CKE D composing the firm of DALLKTT A SON, Have this day established a house in New Yuik city, under the title of DALLET, SONS A CO., For the transaction of a Shipping and General Comm. is sion busicess. Philadelphia, January 1, 1870. II. O. DALLKTT. H. O. DALLKTT, Jn., JAMES DALLKTT. . (Late of Dallott A Saserae, Now York). I16t SIMON POKY. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE J. WATSON fc SON, Of tha Uta firm of KVANS WATSON. FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE STORK, NO. 63 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, B815 A few doors above Ohesnnt at., Philada ROOFINQ. TEADT ROOFI IV This Booting Is adapted ta all buildings. N It c a.- aiipuea to BTEKP OR FLAT ROOFS at one-naif tha expense of tin. It is readily pnt oa bhinicle Hoofs without removing the shingles, thus avoid lug the damaging of ceilings aud furniture While under gt.uig repnirs. (No gravel used.) PRKUKKVK YOIJIi TIN KOOFB WITH WELTON1 Hl-AbTHJ PAINT. I am always prepsred to Kepsirand Paint Roofs at short notice. Alho,VAlATl''OUbALK by the barrel or gallon tha best and obeapost in tba market. ... , W. A. WKLTOIt, yn No. 711 N. NUfTH btreet. above Ooatea TO OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS. 1 AND IiOOl' KRS.-Roofs! Yea. yea. Kvery also and kind, old or new. At No. 54a N. THIRD Street. Ihe AM It. MOAN CONURFTK 1'AIAT AND KtH ill (JO il'ANY are avlliug their celebrated pait't ior UN KOvii'S.and for prcst iviug all wood md meu.ls. Alco, thsir si id m plex rool covering, tlie best ever olfered to the public, wittl biuiJ.ee, runs, buckets, ot-c , ior the work. Auttveruiia, I tie, aud W atrr-iriKif ; Lirht, 'iifht, Durable. No vraok. Ing, ptalitig,iirliinliu. No paper, gravel, or beau Uor tor all o!n i.t. e. Duel t'-us bi--u tor work, or g-t wo.k men euti lied. Care, pmniplnaba, oerUintyl Una vrioal O.ll! I' jin..nel Jnda! Agents auuled fw tut c.t' ""-. 1!VJ.H ,.r,i.i 12LLI