THE LUIIT lYEKIKO TILlilGTlArTI rniLABlLPIIIA, FRIDAY, JANUAItT 14. 1S70. srznxT or tuxj filxsss. Editorial Opinion f n Lending Janrnnla 1'nnn Current Topl-a Compiled Eterr Dar Tor the livening Telegraph. TIIF. WESTERN UNION MONOPOLY AND THE TELEGRAPH STRIKERS. )rmtheK. Y. llrrald. Notwithstanding reports to the contrary, it ipoars that the strike nmoug the telegraph Iterators is not at all at un end. Late infor mtion from the West, including Pittsburg, hicngo, and Ht. LouU, and from the South nd houthwoflt, including Memphis, Louis ille, New Orleans, Texas, aud other points, I to the effect that the utriko still continues, Tith no prospect of surrender or compro mise. In Philadelphia it IsaParmed that "tho Btriko is not so near an end as previously Stated iu some quarters." A Philadelphia paper cays the strike "not only con tinues, but grows stronger every day." In New York the strikers remain firm, with no indications of surrendering, their vacan cies being imperfectly supplied by women and "pirates" incompetent operators, who have been dismissed for incompetency or for improper practices. The situation here may le comprehended at a glance by reading the following despatch from the superintendent of the Western Union Company in this city: To nil omcr-s In the City Iti-tu3C business for ail points south of Richmond. J. U. Uincuman, Superintendent. This is conclusive evidence that the trouble South of Richmond still exists, and no doubt the same may be said in regard to other points a matter which the company, of oourso, doos not care to have ventilated. It is important here to state that the labor unions in this city unanimously sustain the Strikers, and have already voted them sup plies of the sinews of strikes as well as of war to enable them to hold out. It is expected that the same action will be taken by the labor unions throughout the country, and in tho end it may be found that the telegraph operators' progressive movement of to-day will assume a degree of importance which frill make itself both felt and respected. Now, what is the cause of all this commo tion and all this disruption in one of the most Important elements of our business and social Relations? It may be explained in a few Words. It is the result of the grasping ra pacity and unbridled tyranny of one of the most gigantio monopolies that ever over shadowed enterprise in the civilized world the Webtern Union Telegraph Company. Lot us for a moment look at the extent of this ponderous machine a machine moved and manipulated by the hands of a few greedy capitalists and millionaires. From the official records we find that of the 4011 publio tele- Eaph offioes in the United States the Western nion numbers 3 Kit), and all the rest, in cluding the Franklin, Atlantic and Pacific, Pacific and Atlantic, and Bankers' and Brokers' lines, the balance, or only five hundred and forty-five offices. The number of miles of line id aotive use is as follows: Western Union Company, 52,01)!); all the others, including- connections, 17,500, giving the Western Union the enormous preponderance Of 3i,5H9 miles of telegraph wire in operation in the United States. And, not Content with this huge Titan-like monopoly, it is now Shuffling around the lobbies of Congress, in the oommittee-rooms, in the cosy private quarters of members, for a new deal with its dready .stocked cards for another little game of exclusive telegraph privileges, even to the Absorption of all the Atlantic cables reaching our snores, in snort, Having checkered the territory of the United States with its tele graph poles and wires, it now seeks to girdle the earth with its galvanic withes. We ask, in all earnestness, is it not time Congress interposed its authority to check the growth of this mammoth monopoly ? We bave seen that it does not hesitato to throw into confusion the entire business of the country by an obstinate adhesion to an arbi trary determination to reduce the salaries of a few poorly paid operators. If it does not stop to do these arbitrary things in its present wealth of money and influence, what may we Dot expect when its powers shall be still fur ther augmented, when it locks not only the land, but oceans within its embrace? Oar readers have remarked that great care has been taken by the company to keep the Wash ington offices well supplied with operators pending the present difficulties. This dodge is transparent. It is tp impress members of Congress with the idea that its affairs are not in disorder, that it is not tyrannical to its employes, that its usefulness to the commu nity is not impaired, and that everything con nected with its internal machinery is moving like clockwork. We admonish members of Congress to keep their eyes open, and not allow themselves to be hoodwinked by this or any other subterfuge of the company's lobbyists in Washington or elsewhere. We urge them to go straight forward in the work of establishing a cheap and comprehensive postal telegraph system under the direction of the Government, thereby relieving . the people of exorbitant telegraph tolls and a worthy class of the community from the op pression of a tyrannical and unscrupulous monopoly. Meanwhile, as everything now Seems to indicate, the strikers' movement will continue to progress, and eventually, we re peat, make itself both felt and respected. UNIVERSITY REFORM. tfrom the A'. T. Tribunt. Our older colleges, stimulated in pait by "Cornell" and "Michigan," are making bold teps toward a true University system. No utile experiment in this direction is at this reciso moment so important as that in pro ress at Harvard College, in respect to "Uni- ersity Lectures." It was among the triumphs of President ..ill's administration to establish, amid many obstacles, a method by which tbe attainments of the college professors could be brought to Jjear on a maturer class or minds tnan under graduates. To his "University Lectures" the present administration has added two "uni versity Courses -of Instruction" the one in ''Philosophy," the other in "Modern Litera ture" these being designed for "graduates, teachers, ana other competent persons, men and women." There is no examination for admission, and residence at Cambridge is not s required. At the end of the year an ex ami' nation for honors will be held, at which at tendance will be voluntary. One course oi instruction eomprises six Courses of lectures, the other seven. Of the thirteen lecturers, seven are non-Professors of Harvard College these Beven being Pro' f e; sors Whitney and Fisher of Yale College, with Meisrs. R. W. Emerson, J. E. Cabot, W. D. Howells, F. Bocher, and J. Fiske, rJ hese courses are now in progress, with en tire success, exoept as to the number of stn ents. which is as yet small. Besides the ratuitous audience of professors and divi it v students a partial modification of the ractice on. toll tmdgus iu Vermont, where dnisters pass free there are thirteen paying pupils. Three young gentlemen attend both courses four pupils (including one lady) the "Philosophy" course and six, all ladies, the I "Modem Literature" course. After all, it is I not Mich a bad beginning; "good to count gains from," as the newspapers of the de feated party are wont to sny efter an election. It seems, however, by tbe statements of tho Harvard Advocate and the Boston Adoertiner, tbnt the whole system is to be remodeled, w ith Homo improvements for next year. Ex rresident Hill's "University Loctures" and President Elliott's "University Courses" are to be thrown into one, and we have some thing w hich really begins to look like the ar rangements of a Gorman University. In lS70-'7t the whole lecturing force is appa rently to be drawn from Cambridge and vici nity; and of the twenty-nine lecturers all but nine are officers of tho College. Those nine are Messrs. G. E. Ellis, F. Bocher, W. I). Howells, A. Thelps, C. C. Terkins, C. Wright, J. Piste, J. E. Oliver, 15. J. Jeffries, and VV. Everett. As to the departments, the courses may be thus classified; Natural Sciences (7); Metaphysics (4); Modern Literature (1); Ancient Litorature ( .1): English Literature (:)), Mathematics and Astronomy (!?); Theology (2); Art (1); History (1); Political Science (1). There are certainly some great gaps here. History, for instance, seems to have very scanty attention, and Philology td be almost wanting. The classics, too, have to put up with rather short rations. Hut, on tne whole, the courses bring us much nearer to a true university than anything whioh America has yet seen, and the names of the lecturers make certainly a respectable, though not perhaps a brilliant list, the names ol 1'eiroo, Agassiz, Wyman, Hedge, Lowell, and Child would do honor to any university. We are sorry to miss the name of Professor Woloott Gibbs. Among the new accessions the most important is doubtless Mr. Charles C. Per kins, whose European laurels have been an honor to his Alma Mater, to whom in turn he gives the fruit of his study of "Ancient Art." Mr. Howells, too, must be always agreeable, though he must remember that "New Italian Literature" is not an inexhaustible theme. Some of the literary subjects appear perhaps a little crude and ambitious, as that of "Modern Classics, assigned to Prof. Cutler. The most difficult theme perhaps in the list, and that re quiring the maturest culture, on "The Study of .Literary Models and on English style, is as signed to a gentleman not a graduate of the College, and whose name is not very familiarly known in literature at least Mr. Austin Phelps. But the principle involved in these lectures is of more value than any details of the new experiment. In time, pupils will inevitably be drawn, and the lecture-rooms be ade quately filled. The proposed rearrangement of prices, fixing $10 as the lee lor each full course, and ." for each shorter course giv ing each pupil his choice of courses will afford the utmost freedom to students, while supplying a sufficient element of competition to lecturers, lhe ultimate result will be to bring round the University a class of learned men, varying in years, pursuits, and opin ions, who, without official connection with its government, will increase its reputation and enlarge its intellectual atmosphere. This is precisely what gives to the German universities their peculiar value. Telching is there not monopolized by the rogular instructors, but they are always stimulated and kept awake by the competition of other minds. At Berlin, for instance, the number oi extra proiessors ana prtcai-uocenis is double that of the regulp? professors, ill against 55, by the last accounts we have at hand. The consequence is an astonishing mental activity and a vast range of instruc tion. At Berlin, in 18G5-C, there were de livered 175 distinct courses of academical lectures on topics in philosophy (including literature;, 110 in medicine, 02 in law, .Hi in theology 283 in all. Compared with this copious array, the Harvard beginnings seem humble; but they lie in the right direction, and the end is sure. In one respect, too, these American "university lectures" are far in advance of any which Germany ever saw: thoy admit no distinction of sex in know ledge. OFFICIAL CORRUPTION. From the LmitviUe Journal. The Philadelphia Evening Teleobaph makes this declaration, which would have seemed a very singular one ton yearn ago: "Mr. Stanton had the handling and disposition of hundreds of millions or dollars at a time when it would have been asy for him to have accumulated immense sums without seriously compromising his reputation." It has become so common an occurrence for officers of the Government to "accumu late largo sums" while handling the people's money that one may now do it "without se riously compromising his reputation." In deed, when one or them dies, and it is louna that he baa failed to make such an accumula tion, the circumstance becomes the nine. days' wonder of his party. His political friends think his honesty was quite too much for his health, and are astonished that he lived as long as he did. That Mr. Stanton might, while Secretary of War, have accumulated, through the oral nary channels ot oincial corruption, immense sums of money that ho might thus have made himself a millionaire without seriously compromising his reputation with his party, cannot be denied. Tbe thing is done every day. The Evening 1 eleqbath, which ftppa rently sees nothing seriously to condemn in it, could point you to a dozen men who went into office poor a few years since, and came out prepared to do a heavy banking business on the capital realized through their brief but earnest devotion to public duty. The Tele graph declares that Mr. Stanton's expenses were far beyond bis Balary as Secretary of War, and that in order to meet them he was forced to draw linon his own resources, uatil he had nearly exhausted the accumulations of a laborious life, leaving little or . nothing more for the support of his family than the sum of ten thousand dollars, for which his life was insured in Philadelphia. Under the circumstances, it is creditable to the memory of Mr. Stanton that he died poor, for he held a high office at a time when official honesty was the exception and official rascality the rule when, as his friends now tell us, he might have pocketed tens of thousands in gold without seriously injuring his reputation; but he would have deserved no credit for this in the purer and better days of the republio, when rascality was the exoeption and honesty tho rule. Then honesty was one of tbe chief tents of a man s fitness for ofiice. Then, the question, "Is he honest is he capable ?" was invariably asked, and answered allirmatively, before an ofiice was bestowed upon any appli cant by the President. Now, "Does he vote the radical ticket '" is tho only question asked of the applicant, and an affirmative answer is all the recommendation required by the Executive. Hence it is no wonder that -the plundering of the people is carried on so extensively and so openly by the offioors tf the (iovernment that the act of stealing nil mense sums by a member of the Cabinet would not, as we are assured, seriously com promise liis character. Under the rule oi the party now In power few men in high official positions die poor. The President himself hiw taken good care to hedge himself around with impregnable bars to the approach of that virtuous cal.imity. The chroniclor of the current events of the last two years can point you to sunn amount ing to not loss tUBn one hundred and tevouty- five thousand dollars which General Grant Las accumulated since his party first deter mined to place him in the Presidential chair, and since he first convinced himself that his occupancy of the White House was a fore gone conclusion, is one oi t his money ne stole, but not one cent oi it suouid ne have re ceived. It was the offerings of men who were known to have axes to grind. Indeed, the result shows that it was offered and received as the advance payment for oxecntivo pa tronage afterward to be delivered. In due time tho axes were ground, ncl ho had the sharpest axe who paid most liberally for tho grinding. with so nigu an example colore tnem, it is little wondor that subordinate officers of the Government shrink affrighted but full-handed from the thought of dying poor, and that there is scarcely virtue enough left among the press of their party, or even in the ranks of that party, to bran a witn iniamy tneir ieiom ous though very profitable fear. . r ...- ...... PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT THE INCOME TAX. From tht y. T. Time. It is very clear that the Tribune does not know what it moans when it treats of finan cial questions. It opens an old bag stuffed with various crotchets, and gets itself so muddled among them that it can scarcely toll one from the other. Is there an intelligent boy in any public school in this country who is incapable of perceiving the fallacy contained in the following definition by the lnoune or its "views:" "The New York Time over and again assorts that we propose the abolition of the income tax. We have already corrected this misstatement. We pro pose tne abolition oi no tax none wnatever. nj me law, as it stands, the income tax is to be assessed and collected once more, aud that Is the end of It. We think it right that it be not rcimposed." How is it possible to treat this sort of ar gument seriously? Is not the extinction of a tax the same thing as its abolition? Or can you do utterly away with anything without abolishing it? The Tribune says, "We don't ask you to abolish the income tax only don't put it on any more." It might in preoisely the came way say to an agent in its employ, "We don t soy that we will not pay you any more solary, only after next Saturday you need not come here again." To recommend that a tax shall not be collected again is pre cisely the same thing as to recommend its abolition; but the Tribune smiles in sweet complacency over its quibble, and thinks that in constructing a ludicrous p:tradox it has solved a financial problem. We never re member to have seen reasoning so absurd put forward on a uuestion of publio interest. It is worthy of tue famous Jack JJirnaby himself, Lot us put the positions taken up by the Tribune in a short form und ono after the other: 1. We do not say abolish the income tax. . 2. Only, never levy tho tax i"nin. a. We are opposed to tho reduction of taxa tion, believing that we ought to pay the debt hrst. 4. But take oil fifty millions of taxation at once. Can any conjurer invent a hotter hocus poous than tuif And yet tho lnoune is sublimely unconscious ot the inconsistencies into which it wanders. It goes running after first one will-o -tte-wisp and then another, and tumbles into bog after bog with as much satisfaction as if it were on the road to Paradise itself. We can understand that the Tribune's legerdemain may confuse a few ignorant or beetle-headed readers. But how can it pretend to tell intelligent men that in demanding the withdrawal of a tax it does not ask for its abolition? It might as well advise us all to say to the (iovernment at once: "We don t ask you to do without revenue but we won't pay any more taxes." The lnoune says the income tax is col lected dishonestly. Then get rid of your dis honest collectors, if the lnoune had a tenant who was dishonest, would it bum its own house down to get rid of him, or adopt the less eocentric method of giving the ten ant notice to quit? Again, our contemporary objects that the tax is unequal in its operation. So' are all taxes when you come to look into them. It is harder for the poor man to pay tax upon coal than for the rich man. we have our selves shown some special inequalities of the income tax which ought to be levelled away, They, however, are not the fault of the im post, but only of the blundering, chaotio manner in which it is levied. Half of our taxes were applied by the rule of thumb. Scarcely anybody knew anything about such subjects. It is very hard as a correspondent in one of our banks truly says that a widow should have to pay five per cent, to the Gov ernment on her dividend of, say, a thousand dollars, without deduction, while those who receive income from other sources may make muny deductions. This hardship is the re sultr of sheer stupidity. A practiced financier would rectify all such injustices in a week. Again, it proves nothing against the merits of any tax to say that some people evade it while others are obliged to pay it. lhe very some thing may be said of all taxes. It may not be possible to ob tain an abso lutely true return of income from every man, lint it is quite possible to prevent a iron man avoiding the tax altogether. One of the nrst duties of a government is to collect its reve nue. If ours has not yet succeeded in regard to the income tax, it must try over again; but until we got men engaged in the worn who understand their business, we shall have to grope about in the darkness. The World appears to think that it has ad duced an unanswerable case against the in come tax when it quotes certain passages from speeches of Mr. Gladstone adverse to it. It seems to us that a short answer dis poses of this line of argument. Although Mr. Gladstone sees many objections to the income tux, he is obliged to keep reimposing it; he did bo a few months ago, and will do so again next March or April. Precisely the same is it with our own Government. It wants a revenue, and to raise that revenue it bas brought into existence an exceed incly elaborate and complex system of taxation. It has taxed articles innumerable: it has heavily taxed the industry of the country, the food we eat, the clothes va wear; it has taxed everything we can buy. make. crow, or import. Among other things it has taxed income. We say now that the time has come for the reduction of this large burden of taxation. The In bvne says "no" and "yes" in the same breath; take off no taxes till the debt is fully funded; take off fifty millions instantly. We cannot reconcile that inconsistency, but what we do contend for is this: If we can lessen tue taxes by fifty millions, do not study the inte rests of only one set of tax-payers, especially when tne set is the very one whion can uest afford to pay taxes. Lower the income tux by all means'. Do not make any man pay so much Uf on earnings as upon r ttalized property. But remember these few points:- 1. lhe Income tax, unlike many other tuxes, docs not restrict trade or crirm'ia commerce. 2. It is not bo burdensome as taxe unon necessaries of life. a. It falh unon the rich rather than upon the poor. 4. It is a tax for the benefit of Government, not of monopo lists, whoreos too many of our imposts fall under tbe latter category. Lastly, it would be unfair to take off the whle of the income tax until yon have reduced the taxes which press heavily and harshly upon the poorer dosses, or which iniurionslv affect the mer. enntilo interests of the rnnntrv no for at. ample, the duties on food and clothing, and upon uio raw matenul of a great variety of manufactures. SPECIAL. NOTICES. y OFFICE OF WELLS, FARGO fc COM PANY, No. 84 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. T. cembcr 38, lfi9.-Notice it hereby Riven, that the Transfor hooka of Wells, Fargo A Company will ba CLOSED en the IMh day of JANUARY, 1870, at 3 o'clock P. M .to enable the Ceinpany to ascertain who are owners of tho stock of the old Ten Million Capitol. Tbe owner of that stock will be entitled to participate In the distribution of assets provided for br the agreement with tha Pacific Kiprtss Company. The Transfer Books will be opened on tho 23d day of JANUARY, at 10 o'clock A. M., after whloh time the 9,ivu,uio now stock will be delivered. Notice is also (riven that the Transfer Books of this Cam. any will be CLOSED on the SSth day of JANUARY, 1870, at S o'clock P. M , for (he purpose of holding the annual jclkutiuh OF DIRECTORS of this Company. The books will be RK. OPENED on the 7th day of 1KB- a k v, at 10 o'clock A. M. "31tr7 GEOROK K. OTI8, Secretary. JST OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF DIREC TORS OF TUB AMERICAN MERCHANTS.' UNION EXPRESS COMPANY, No. 113 BROADWAY, kkw jUaK, November 39, 1869. 'Ibe Hoard of Directors of the American Merchants' Union Express Company have this davdeclared a diridond ef THREE DOLLARS (93) per share on tbe outstanding capital stock of the Company, payable on the 15th day of January nfxt. The transfer books wdl be olosed on the 31at day of De cember next, at 3 o'clock P. M., and reoaoned at 10 o'clock A. at. on the ibth day of January next. By ordor of tbe Board. 12 31 15t J. N. KNAPP, 8eoretry. BSj- OFFICE OF THE BELVIDERE MANU- Hklviukkr. N. J.. Deo. R. IMS. IVnticp Is hprf.bv crlvpn to tho ntorkhnloor nt tlm YiDHKItMANUr A (J TUKIWU CO MrANY rospeetively, that kRiPfUllpnla amount. nir to SIXTY PEIt Cli'lMI'ITM of tbe cnpi.nl stock of aid compnny have been made and payment, or me same cm lea lor on or before tbe eiahta any of February, A. D. 1H70, and tint pnyment of such proportion ot all sums oi money by loom subscribed is culled for and demanded fioin them on or before the said lime. 1( order of the Board of Directors. 12bw SSltKRRERD, Secretary. 2r OFFICE OF CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD OF CALIFORNIA. No. 64 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK, Docembor 17, I8t9.-Th SIX PER CENT, interest coupons of first mortgage bonds of tbe Central Pacific Railroad of California, due Janu ary 1, 1870, will be paid at the banking house of Fisk A Hatch, No. 6 NASSAU Street, New York. Li !tl lilt O. P. HUNTINGTt N. Vioe-Preaidant. rj- OFFICE OF THE IIOU8TON AND TEXAS CENKtAL RAILWAY COMPANY, No. 62 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, Deo. 87, 1H.-The Coupons of the M"''nffe Bonds of tills Company, due Jan. 1, 1870, will be paid in Rold ooin on and after that dkto, at tho National City Bank, New York. 12 31 15t D. II. PAIGE. Vice-President. 5f OFFICE OF CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD OF CALIFORNIA, No. 64 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK, Deo. 17, 18t.-The Soven Per Cent. Interest Coupons (Bonds of 1S84) due Jan. 1, 1870, will be paid at the banking house of Eugene Kelly A Co., No. 21 Nassau street. New York. 12 8U2t CP. HUNTINGTON, Vice Prosidont. fjgy- OFFICE OF CALIFORNIA AND ORE GON RAILROAD, No. 64 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK, Deo. 17. The Six Per Cent. Interest Oou- pona of First Mortgage Bonds of tbe California and Oregon Railroad, due Jan. 1, 1870, will be paid at the Banking House of tisk A Hatch, No. 6 Nassau street, New York. C. P. HUNTINGTON, 12 31 lOt Afice President. y OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER, FBILADFIJ'UIA, Deo. 2o, 1369. Warrants registered to No. 69,0C0 will be paid on presentation at this office, in terest ceasing from date. JUS. X. MAKUliK, 2223 City Treasurer. jjgy- 8IIAMOK1N COAL. COMPANY, rmi.ADKLl'FT. Deo. 81. 1880. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the above- named Company, and an election of Directors to serve for ensuing yesr, will beld at their Office on WEDNESDAY, me i:tn aay oi January, a. u. ibu, at u o cioca ai. la at ift y. K. t.i ub a r , peoretary. IS?- EAST MAHANOY RAILROAD COM- f aii x, vuicv no. 237 d. louni n street. Phiuhklphu. Deo. 32. 1889. Notice isherebv given to tbe Rtnnknoliiarof Una Oom. panv t bat a Dividend of Three lai nir (lent . free af Htiita taxes, has this day been declared, pat able in oash on the iuiu ubt oi January, uvu. itiutxAAu uui, 12 U Hut. Treasurer. 3- SUSQUEHANNA CANAL COMPANY, umts no. U7 w ALiNUT Btreet. PHix.AnRr.PHlA. December 30. Iftfla. Notice ia herebr given that tbe semi-annual interest on the Preferred Bonds of the SUSQUEHANNA CANAL COMPANY and tbe Priority Bonds of the TIDEWATER CANAL COMPANY, fulhuii due on the lat of January. 1870, will be paid at tbe ofHces of tbe Company in Philadel- piua ana Baltimore, on ana alter tne ad proximo, on pre sentation oi tue ouupoos tuereoT, nuniuerea ii. ttUxSttxlT It. jsrtuvrn, 12 Bl 2w Treasurer. BUSQUKHANNA CANAL COMPANY, vuivv no. til pakiiui oireet. Puilauklphia. December 80. 1869. Notice is herebv given tbat the aRmi-nnniiHl intermit on the Common Bocds of the alUSWUEH ANNA CANAL COMPANY, fulling due on tbe lttof January, 1870, will be paid un and alter the 3d proximo, at the First National bunk of Ithiladelpbiu, on presentation of the ooupona for tue state, ntunuerou s. 12 81 2w Treasurer. f- THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 1 13. 1.1 i .1 . . 1 1'ITH .1 T bU i uni, mil nl COMI'AMY will be bold at tha otflueof tbe l'KNNSYLVAMA CENTRAL KAI1.KOAU COM PANY in Philadelphia. Pa . on the 17th dnv of Januarr. 1870, at 1 o'clock P. M.. to eleot Directors for the ensuing leur. and trannuct such other liUKinena aa mnv be uie 12 28 lvt Secretary. US?- CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY. THE jinnaai meeting oi iue motKuoiuera oi tne CAKBR1A IRON COMPANY will be held at their flliice, No. i CHEHNUT Sircot, Pbiladelpbia, ou TUES DAY, the 18th day o January next, ut 4 o'oiook P.M.. whtn an election will be held for Seven Directors, to serve lor tne ensuing year. , JUUn l. tVlL,L,K, Secretary. Philadelphia, Deo. 16, 1W. 13 18 ilat" 1ST UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY (SOUTHERN BRANCH.) Coupons of the Six Per Cent. Gold Bonds of t his road due on 1st prox. will be paid on and after that date, free from Govorsmout tax, by CLARK, DODGE A CO., 12 81 USt No. 61 WALL Street. New York eft- COLD WEATHER J)OE8 NOT CnAP orronabon the ekin after nsing WHIGHT'H Af CON ATI' I) t.LYCKRINK TABLET OF SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE. Its daily ut mukes the skin delicately suit ana ueauium. boia uy an (.rupgisis. R. A U. A. WRIGHT. S 4 No. ta4CUESNUT Street. COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION originnted tbe anaiptbetio use of MIKOUtt UXIl'lt, OK LAUUHIHU UAN, And devote their whole tune and praotioe to exlruoting letMn wiinoui pain. Cilice. KK.ll 1 II and WALNUT Street. 118 urif LR. F. K. THOMAS. THE LATE OPE- ratir of the Col ton Dental Association, is now the only on. in Pbiiaileipliis who devotes his entire tune and uructice to extracting teeth, absolutely without pain, by fresh nitrous oxide gas. Otfloe. HU iV ALW U t tU I BATCH ELOR'8 HAIR DYE. Tllia aiilenrlid Hair Dye is the best in the world : the only true and peiiect Dye; hu nolens, reli.hlo, instantaneous; no rii.ui!iinmiiiittnt : tu. ridiculous tints: remedies tha ill nlfsrij, of bud rivea: invinoratea and leaves tbe Hair soft and bcautil ul, bUurM or brovn. Sold by all Druggists r.nd Perfumers; and properly applied at butobelor'S Wig Kao- tory. No. lfi BOND Street, Now York. 4 x7mwf J -vS- QUEEN FIRE IN8UHANCE COMPANY, LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. , I'll At., jt'J.uuu l"J. SABINE, Al l FN A DULLER, Agents, K Kll 'l'H and WALNUT hLreela DR. M. KLINE CAN CURE CUTANEOt Eruptions, Alarks on Uie Skin, Ulcers in tbe tbrra moutbaad him, aura legs and aoroa of every comeivab el,.r.oi. Otlice. No. BSboubS aUUUViUiTlL betwa Obeauut and nlaxkat bU ll IN8URANOE. 1829.-0,IAKTKK PERPETUAL. Frantlin Firs tarance Company OF PHILADELPHIA. Ofiice, Nob. 435 and 437 CHE3NUT St. AssetsJan.l,,69,$2f677,372,l3 CAPITAL 110,000 no l,riHa,R28'To 1,13,843-4S INCOMB FOR 1800, ACCRUED SURPLUS... PREMIUMS UNSETTLED CLAIMS," l ie. Ki ll, I..(HMKK). Losses paid since 1829,over$5,500,000 Perpetual and Temporary Policies on liberal Terms. The Company also issues Policies on Rents ohJUnildinsf Of ail kinda,Grotud Rents, and Alortcacsav nrowr'TORS. Alfred O. Baker. . Alfred OTHer. isamnol Grant, Thotnaa 8 parka, t.eorae W. Kioharde. I William 8. Grant, Isaao Lea, I Tbomaa S. Elba, George Falsa, . , Oastavus 8. Benson. i.rnnii m. jk a ivb, ft, f reauieni. GKOKUK FAI.KH. Viiu.Pre.iUni. .Taw w arna r T iMTifw . Tlll'ODOKK M. RhUKR, Assistant Beoretary. JN8UBE AT HOME, DC TBM Pena Klutual Life Insurance COMPANY. NO. 831 CILESNTJT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. ASSETS, 83,000,000. CHARTERED BY OUR OWN STATE. ELAN AG ED BY OUR OWN CITIZEN LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID. CILICIES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS. Applications may be made at the Home Offloe, and at the Agencies throughout the State, a 18, JAttlBS TRAQUAIR PRESIDENT SAMUEL E. WTOKES VIOE-PRESIDENT JOHN V. IIOKNOK A. V. P. and ACTUARY IIOKATIO 8. STEPHENS JSEORBTABT J. S B TJ It Y LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 805 IIROAD1TAY, corner of lUeventli street, New York. CASH CAPITAL I5O.00O 11!6,000 deposited wltb tbe State of New York aa security iwi yuuur ij uiuurn. LEMUEL BANGS. President. GEORGE ELLIOTT. Vioe-President and Secretary. EMORY McOLINTOUK, Actuary. A E. M. PURDY, M. D., Medical Examiner. rHnAllKtPnu smnrNrn Thomas T. Taker, John M. Maria, ,J. B. IJppinootL diaries Spencer, William Divine, James Long, John A. Wright, S. Morris Wain. Ijaraea Hunter. Arthur O. Collin, 'John B. MoCreary. E. 11. Worne. Urgaoizea ADnl. 18K8. 87B Policies lumaH Ht .1. wulub, uvur zuuu in tne twelve niontns following. A 11 forms of Polioiee issned on most favorable terma. bpeoial advantages offered to Clergymen. A tew good agents wanted in city or oountry. A pply t JAMKo M. HsNGAOllK. Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware. MULL POW EKS, Speoial Agent. 4 16 SAM STRICTLY MUTUAL. Prevident Life and Trust Co. OF PUlLADKLrniA. OFFICE, Ne. Ill 8. FOURTH STREET. Oriraiilzcd to promote LIFE INSURANCE amnnir n n ....... .... r.t . .. U n . . I . . T7 j . I V Ciooci riNKB or any class accented. Pollutes issued on approved plans, at the lowest raws, President. SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONGSTRETH. Actuary, ROWLAND PARKY. The advantages oilered by tnia JomDanv aro on. excelled. ljjj OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, No. 833 WALNUT Street. Philadelphia. inoorporatea uv. . . vjaartar rarpetaaj. Capital. C500.000. Aaeets. ., 3,3M.00O MARINE, INLAND, AND FIRS LNSURANOK. OVER $31,000,000 LOSSES PAID SINCE ITS ORGAN. iiAiiua, DIlUtOTollf; . Arthur O. Coffin, Samuel W. Jones, John A. Brown, Charles Taylor, Ambrose White, William Welsh, B. Morris Wain, John Mason, (aiun L. Hjarrlsoi franois n. uopa, Edward H. Trotter. Edward S. Clarke. T. Charlton Henry, Alfred D. Jesaup, v x . rvnite, Louis O. Madeira, unaxw vt. v ARTHUR O. COFFIN, President. CHARLES PLAIT. vloe-Preaidant, MATTHIAS Mabih, Secretary. Crab. H. Rxivm, Asst. Secretary. tit JjAME INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 808 OHESNUT Street. INCORPORATED 1868. CHARTER PERPETUAL. CAPITAL, $300,000. FIRE INSURANCE INCLUSIVELY. Ininrea against Low or Damage by Fir either by Per petual or Temporary Pouoiea, MRKUTOUd: Charles Richardson, , Robert Pearoa. William H. Rhswn. uona tLessier, ur4 William M. Seyfart. Henry Lewis. Nathan Hillee. Edward B. Orna. Charles Stokes, John W. Evermaa. Mordeoai Buzbr. George A. West, CHARLES RICHARDSON. President. WILLIAM H. RLLAWN, Vice-President, WnxiAkU L BLAMOH4BD. Beoretary. 1 jb T HE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. "-Ineoroorated 1x25 Charter Parnrnat No. 610 W ALNCXStreet, opposite Independence Sanara. 'ibis Company, favorably known to tha ooinmunity for over forty yoars, oontinues to insure againat loss or dam age by fire on Publio or Private Buildings.leither perma nently or for a limited time. Also on furniture, Stocks of Goods, snd Merchandise generally, on liberal terma. Their Capital, together with large Surplus Fund, la invented in the most careful manner, whioh enables them to otter to the insured an undoubted eeouxitv in tha sua of loss. Daniel Smith, Jr., 1 John Derereng, Alexander Benson, I Thoinae Smith, lHaao Huzleburst, - I Henry Lewia, Tbomaa Robina. I J. Giliingham Fall. l)aniel Haddock. Jr. DANIEL SMITH, Jb.. President. WM. O. CROWELL. Beoretary. ' gijuj -piIOKNIX IN8URANCE COMPANY OF 1 PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1HU4-4JHARTER PERPETUAL. No. 224 WALNUT Street, opposite the V xohanga. This Company insures from lone or damage by FIRIt. on liberal terms, on buildings, merchandise, furniture. etc., tor limited periods, and permanently 0 buildings by deposit of premiums. 'I be Company hss been In active operation for more thaa til A I x I KAKN, aunng wuion I loss as bare beea promptly adjusted and Pa"'v-w-ito John L. Hodge, David Lewis, Benjaimn EtHng, Thomas H. Powers, A. B, Mollenry, Edmund Cnatillon, Samuel Wiloox, 1 .ewi. G. KomiL ai. r.. aianony, JohnT. Lewis, William S. Grant, Robert W. Leaniinf, D. Clark M hart on. wrencw-ur WUCUERKR, President BaaltTEX WHOM, beoretary, MS THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF I PHILADELPHIA. OlBoe B. W. corner of FOURTH and WALNUT Strsots. rlHK IINHIHIAIHUK H.MJI..UIM VK1.Y. PRRPHTUAL AND TltliM POLICIES ISSUED. CASH Capital (paid up in full) t&JU.OOU'OO t'uah Awets, Jan. 1, 1X70 8541,;iU3'l DIRECTORS. F. Ratchford Starr, J. Livingston Erringer, jvalliro trailer, John M. At wood. James L. Claghoru, mm. u. iioullon, Charles Wbeeler, 1 homes II. Mootgoinory, lleui 1. Trod 11k. George H. Stuart, dobn it. urow tl. '.Inine. M Aertsen. F. 11A ItllffOnD RTAHR. Pr,..ll 1 HUMAN H. MON l'liOMICRV. Viua President. A I EX. W. WINTER. Secretary. JACOB K. PhTUKbON, Assistant Secretary l4 JMPE1UAL FIIUS INSUKANK 00. LONDON. " EMTABI-liSHliO 1M03. Paid-up Capital aud Aocumulatod Fund, 08,000,000 I IN GlOLl). IxlEVOST & HEERINO, Agent, 141 NO, 101 8. TU1KU Street, PWUdulplUa. OUAS. II. PRKV08T. CUA8. P. HEU1UNU 8MIPPINO. LOUILLAR1VS STEAMSHIP I.IBK FOR all : Y O IX IC. SAILING ON TtTFRDAVS, THURSDAYS, AND SATURDAYS, AT NOON, n. ...I . r. 1 . 1 . : 1 1 1 at . i.i wviiiiit in, tue, rw. win iw on unon per 100 lbs , 10 ounts dot font, or S cent ner ralluo. aiiin'a option. Advance charges cashed at office on pier. Freight rooelved at all tlmrs on covered wharf. JOHN 9. OIIL, Pier 19 NORTH WHARVH8. N. R.-Fatra rates on small packagoe Iron, metal, ete. etc. KPKC1AI. KOTICR lln..l,... .... ..... .. . -u" " 1 iu, 1 1,11 01 oiari's the rates by this line will be rsdnoed to 10 cents per IN lbs., 4 cents per ft. or 1 cent per gall., ship's option- IKif FOR LIVERPOOL AND :ffc . -p. r "o. nraan i jne or Mail lrr.L4r 1 S w aa aa lot- City of New York, via Halifax, Tuesday, Jan. It, 11 aMa City of Paris, Saturday, January lf, 1 P. M. City of Brooklyn. Saturday, Jan tt, 9 A. M. City of Boston, via Halifax, Tuesday, Jan. 30, U Nooa. City of l-onlio, Snturdsy, January 29, 1 A. M. Anil uih niMi.itin. k.i....i.. I . , j from Pier 46, North River. an 1 iui ur rannAuii. BY THH afAIT. HTKAMKB aAlUNd KVFRT SATTTTtnAT. FmVfcAB lo l,onrlon 106 To Iiondon . . 4 To Paris 116 To Paris . ' raHAi. ut tb tusdai stkamkh, tia rat.ipax. MUST CAHIN. BTHKIIA. . Pavaii U In T l ... T i ' " V . ;i'i in vurrencry. ... . --. rtta... . .. ......,. ...R!1" It. hi.. cm Liverpool , Mm Halifax St. John'a. N. F., 1 nt. .John's, If. F by Branch Steamer a,, '-aj tu,, ," . , nrmnon rsumr... . rftWfliis7fin 1 no fonraVraMl ti. rlM II u u -.... ny nrancn Steamer.. eto .at rtMiucfd ntee. Tirkaat ian Kan Ks.11 It t Ka.m .a 1 WiKhlngTo-aend TVKSt frienda - T ror further particulara apply at the Oomranys OtTicea. JOHN O. DALE, Agent. No. 16 BROADWAY N. y! or to O'DONNKMj A FA1II.K. A..ntV ' No. 403 CHESNUT Street, Philadelphia. 'rjTts ONLY DIRECT LINE to FRANCE THE flENERAT. TRimimtnrn ViTSf--y4 COMPANY'S MAIL STEAMSHIPS BRHST NKW YUK AN UfVRK, OALLINO AT The splendid now vessels on this favorite route for tha Continent will sail from Pier No. W, North river, every Satorday. TRICK OF PASSAGE in gold (including wine), TO HKKSr OR HAVTJIT First Cabin. $1401 Second Cabin TO PARIS, (Inoludlug railway tickets, furnished on board.) First Cabin (14a Second Cabin 1 hese at earners do not carry steerage passengers, Mediral attenrlance free of ohtm. -89 American travellers going to or returning from the con tinentof Europe, by taking the steamers of this line avoid unnecessary risks from transit by English railways and creating the ohaunel, heMiles saving time, trouble, and ex pense. GEORGE MACKENZIE, Agent, No. 58 BROADWAY, New York. For parsage in Philadelphia, apply at Adams Express Crmpuuy, to H. L. LF. AF, lii' No, 820 OHESNUT Street. PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND, i'AM NOMFOI-K STEAMSHIP LINK. THROUGH FREIGHT A 1 R LINK TO ilSa'TUK ROUfU AND WEST, rmitt KtTUKUAV, At noon, from FIRST WHARF above, MARKET HJtrot't. TH ROUGH RATES to all point In North and South Carolina via beaboard Air l ine Railroad, connecting at PortMiiout b, and to Lynchburg, Va., Tennessee, and the W t. via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line and Richmond and Dacvilis Knilroad. Fre-ght HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken at LOWER RATES THAN ANY OTHER LINK. v" " Tbe regularity, safety, snd cheapness of this route oom mend it to tt-e public aa the most desirable medium for carrying every description of freight. No charge for corumitsion, dray age, or any expense of trannfer. Steamships insured at the lowest rates. Freight received daily. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO, No. 13 S. WHARVES and Fieri N. WHARVES. W. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City Point. T. P. CROWKLL A CO.. Agents at Norfolk g 1 NEW EXPRESS LINK Tf H1 ; " ..v .,i-u,.ini iiii:iiKHin, X.. cuouV C.. via Cheaaneaka snd Delawam l.n.l itk ouiiuections at Alexandria from tbe most direct route for Ljncliburg, Bristol, Knoxville, Naahviile, Dai ton, and thai pOQllUVfrlU Steamers leare regularly every Saturday at noon from the first wharf above Market streeL Fl-aiaht received daily. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., . No. 14 North and South wharveg. HYDE A TYLER, Agents, at Georgetown: M. ELDR1DGK A CO., Agenta at Alexandria. . 1 J . ffS? NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK, VTA JriPVTt Delaware and Raritan Canal, BWIFTSURB BmSii-ft TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. Pa'ICH AND SWIFTSURK LINK. w. The business of those lines will be resumed on and after tbe 8th of Murcb. For freighta, whloh will be taken on accommodating terma, apply to W. M. BAIRD A CO., 88 No. 13a South Wbarvee. "dPfy. FROM CHARLESTON TO &? FLORIDA. VIA SAVANNAH TRt. J10.r WEEKLY LINK. fa3SrSA2"X5.? The following steamers will leave CLi.ne.uin tor Horida, via Bavannah, throe times a week, after arrival of the New York steamships and the North eastern Railroad train : PILOT BOY (Inland Route), every SUNDAY MORN ING at 8 o'clock. DICTATOR, every TUESDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. CITY POINT, every FRIDAY EVENING at 8 o'oiook. through tickets to be had of all Charleston and Savan nah Steamship Line Agenoiea in New York. J. D. AIKEN A CO.. Agenta at Charleston. L. J. GU1LM ARTIN A CO., 1 4 Agents at Savannah. FOR 8T. THOMAS AND BRA- ZIL.-UNI TEDSTATES AND BRAZIL MAIL STEAMbHIP COMPANY. Revii l.r M .i I KljMm.M .n i 1 . n n- ,u. Jtl ot every month : M ER K 1 M A OK. CapUin Wier. SOUTH AMERICA, Captain K. L. Tinklepaugh NORl H AMERICA, CapUin O. B. Slooum. These splendid steamers sail on sobodulo time, and call at St. Tbomaa, Para, Pernambuoo, Bahia, and Rio da Janeiro, going and returning. For engagements of freight or passage apply to w . WM. R. GARKIhON, Agent, 1 Ho. 6 BOWLING GRKKN. New York. FOR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT. mill ,ni.a n ... r . . 'iir Steam.bins of this Line will Im... PIm aVASTayra; No. , North River, at a o'oiook P. M. on bAACRDAVS. GEORGE WASHINGTON. Gagar. MARIPOSA, Kenible. Freight taken for St. Louia, Mobile, and Galveston at througb rates. Cabin passage, tfcuO. For passage (urat ami second class) or freight apply to H. B. CROMWELL 1 1)1)., 14 No. 86 WEST Street hTj. u- 8- MAIL TO HAVANA sr2??vS; ATLANTIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.. VU iL,.tJT sailing regularly EVERY TUESDAY at m-ZmSwtll o,olockP.M.,preciaoiy.from Pier No. 4 Aoilh liiver. llimn CASTT.E, CapUin R. Adam. COLUMBIA, Captain K. Van Sice. 1-.AUI.H, captain n. rt. Greene. For freight ur pat sage apply to S. G. Will 14 No. 6 BOWLING UltEEN. New Vork. -1 ROOFINQ. TEADY ROOKI N j. ItJa Roofing U adapted U ail buildings. It apuuea to BTREP OR FLAT ROOFS at one-half the expense of -tin. It is readily nnt oa Shingle Roots without removing the ahingloa, thus avotoV lug the damaging of oeilings and furniture while nndee going repairs. (No gravel used.) PBJOiiatVat YOUR TIN ROOFS WITH WKLTOH1! EIGHTH J PAINT. I am always prepared to Riipair and Paint Roofs at short notice. A Iho, PAINT FOR SALE by the barrel or gaUoa. the beat and cheapest In the market. W. A. WELTOW, 17 No. 711 N. NINTH Btreet. above Ouaten. TO OWNERS. ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, A AND ROOFERS, Roofal Yea, yea. Every eixe ani kind, old or new. At No. 643 N. THIRD Street, the AM K R1CAN CONCRETE PAINT AND ROOF COMPANY are selling their celebrated paint for TIN ROOFS, a4 for preeerviug all wood and metals. Also, their eohd com. plex roof covering, the best ever offered to the publio, wita brushes, cane, bucket, etc, ror the work. Anti vernin. Fire, and Water-proof t Light, Tight, Durable. Nooraoa lug, pealing, or shrinking. No paper, gravel, or beat. Good for all oliiiiatee. Directions given for work, or good work, men supplied. Care, promptness, oerUintyl On) Btieel CttUI Examine! Judgel Airenu wanted for Interior counties. 4itf JOSEPH LEEDS. PrlnoipaL NEW PUBL.IQATION8. T3HILOBOPHY OF MARRIAGE.- X A New Course of Lectures, as delivered at the New York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the subject:-. How lo lave, and What to Live for ; Youth, Maturity, ana1 Old Age; Manhood Generally Reviewed Tbe Cause ot Indigestion ; Flatulence and Nervous Diseases Aoeounte4 . lor: Marriage Philosophically Considered, etc ete. rocket volume containing these lectures will be for. wanted, post paid, bn rcoeipt of k6 oents, by addressing W. A. LEARY, Ja,. S. K. oornerrw FlfcTU and WALNUT btraeta. Philt.Uibiy sUt I. T. CAUTOM. . MMABOM, EAMTOH St VI c Bl A II ! M JBIWW A Kit VOMMltUUUN MICHCHAKVt No.COENTlB 8 SLI l New York. No. 14 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia. No. a W. PR A TT Street, lUlUiuure. W are prepared to sbip every deaonpuoa of Fretchtt riitla.leli.bia. New York, Wiluinatou. aud Intyriuediai ilb iiromptABM and Matan. Cauel t-J as luni lui farauiivd at kenaat eotiae, i
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