2 'niTH'TI"!' I -"'1.' " 1J t 111'1 ! 1 11 i 1 1 eriniT or inn runes. IEdltr1nl Opinion ef the Lending Jonrnnla I'pon Current Topic" !iillcd KTir Day tr the Ertiln Trlmmph. rilESIDENTI.VTj (JOVEUNMENT. Frtm tw 'ail JfoIJ GartH. V liftva receutlv boon invited to study one of tbe elaborate report put forth by tha H American depart uinnlH. home oi mom are rery able, and luoht o( thorn coutuiu nmoh useful information. It i therefore a mibjeot of natural regret that their inflncnee upon the national legislation is no very uncertain. Con crew may, if it pleases, givo thom effoct; or, if it pleases, may throw them aside aa so much wasto paper. An members of adminis tration have no Beats in tho House, they can not be certain of gaining an advocate for their schemes or pressing them with authority upon tha attention of ths Legis lature. This has often boon remarked by theoretical writers as a palpable defeot in the United States Constitution. How could gov ernment be effectually carried on in England, they ask, if Mr. Lowe had not the opportu nity of defending his own financial Bohemes, or Mr. Gladstone could only recommend Par liament to reform the Irish land laws in a kind of official pamphlet? Obviously, our whole theory of government would be upset by a change to the American system, and people sometimes wonder at the blindness which prevents thorn from following our ex amplo by adopting bo obvious, and, as we naturally think, bo indubitably beneficial an alteration. The advantages of the English system are, indeed, palpable; and the first step towards constitutional government in Franoe and other Continental countries consists in tho adoption of our system. It may be worth while to inquire shortly why the United States form an exception to this rule, and whether it is possible to make out any case for their Tery different practice. Constitutions can not be considered piecemeal; and it may be that an apparently trifling change is more vitally connected with the whole system than may be at first sight obvious. The plan was originally adopted in obedience to the pre vailing theory at the time that the executive, legislative, and judicial departments should be as independent as possible; but the instinot which sanctioned that theory may have had deeper grounds than any abstract political speculations, which for the most part have already become obsolete. The real difference between the two systems is, indeed, wide enough. If General Grant were bound to select his ohief ministers from Congress, as Queen Victoria selects hers from the houses of Parliament, he would be simply a consti tutionol ruler. Ilia power and his responsi bility would be enormously diminished, lie must of course take the leaders of the party which had the majority, and must substan tially carry out their policv. He would be nothing more than tho head servant of Con cress; or, indeed, considering the strictness of party organization in America, he would be Little more than an ostensible olhcial, whose name would appear at the foot of State documents, but whose practical influ ence over a flairs would be merely such as his ministers chose to give him or as he uncut cuin by private intrigues. As mat ters stand, the President can really exercise a very great power, even when, as in the case of Mr. Johnson, he is oppored to the majority of Congress and of the country. It backed by public opinion, even with a majority of Congross against him, he would be able, as in the case of Gene ral Jackson, to exercise a groater power than almost any European ruler. Tho change sug gested, then, would amount to reducing tho President from a very powerful Prime Minister to more pageant; and it is plain that such a change, whatever its merits, would be a very serious off air. In an old country we can understand a constitutional sovereign, the limits of whoso power, though not very strictly defined, rest upon long prescription, and are surrounded by a halo of historical associations. But such an institution is ono of the things which, in the common phrase, grow and are not made. A democracy, building up everything afresh and upon first principles, desires that its executive should be the practical working force, and not a great name concealing the real springs and levers of the machinery. Such a democracy as that in America, moreover, is not afraid of entrusting groat powers to its ruler; it knows that his respon sibility to its will is thoroughly established, and that if there is any tyranny, it will not be the tyranny of an emperor, but that of a majority, to which it has no particular ob jection. In our colonies the governors can act as the viceroys of the constitutional monarch, of whoso prestige they more or less partake; but it' the colonies were to bo come independent, they would probably pre fer to have a single ruler responsible imaie diately to them, and not to a body of dele gates, whose responsibility .would be more or loss frittered away by its numbers. Iu ehort, a democracy likes to have vigor and unity in its executive so long us there is no practical danger that it will Locarno inde pendent of tho popular will. Another conclusion is equally plain. Con gress is very far indeed from heiug strictly analogous to the Enuiish Parliament. Iu spite of recent chaugo , it partakes partly of the character of a body of umbaissadors from independent States, with strictly d-jflued powers, as well as of a national legislature. Its functions in the widest interpretation are strictly limited. Mot of tho quostious which stir the English Parliament would lo entirely beyond its competence, buch questions, for example, as educational M-ateui, or the did establishment of churches, or the alt era! ion of land laws, could not possibly coiso before. it. It has not tho luiliameutury attri Lutes of omniscience mil omjuprenenco. It does not meet its constituents at very turn of their daily lives, and settle everything, from the construction of . a metropolitan drain to a cnatigs in constitutional law. It has nothing to do with the great mass of email legislative details, and on the most important matters it has to appeal to the direct intervention of the peo ple. The popular sovereignty, indeed, is no more theoretical dogma, lno wuolo nation appoints its Prime Miuinter by its votes, and appoints him to do work, and not to bo an imposing but generally inert authority. It equally appoints Congress to discharge car tain functions, and does not desire that any of its servants should encroach upon thu Sphere of duty marked out for others, t follows that, even if it were not for other !e creditable causes, Congress would probably in no case attract so large a part of the ad ministrative abilities of the country, and that it would not bo so desirable that the selection of Ministers should be confined to its mem lera. it is Bumcionuy piain, then, that the change of which we speak would rually in volve an alteration in the whole theory of government. Whether that change would be an improvement would be an exceedingly wide and intricate question. We will only I remark, nt present, that the Americans might liixke out a ratiiwr Doner cose man in gwuo relly observed. It is a very intrloote systam which allows Parliament practioally to eleot tho executive and to superintend its aotiou in the most minute details. Now, if we were starting from first principles, and without the nid of traditional sentiments, would its advantages be at once obvious ? It doos not follow that, because a man is a good speaker or even a skilful parliamentary manager, be is therefore good at administration. Nor is it necessarilv an advantage to a minister that his time should be taken up in constant de bates, and his power depend upon iudioious parliamentary manamvres. The elder Fox remarked in a critical period that ltichelieu himself could not have governed tho country if he had been able to spara only two nonrs a day for attending to the business of adminis tration. The parliamentary iystem has many advantages, which have been too frequently pointed out to require mention; but we oan- UOl Bay mai, Willi lreuiug uiiumwts uuiu some of the temptations of a close bureau cracy, it proves in experienco to be favorable to administrative efficiency. Doubtless, oveu in this respect, English ministers would oom pare very favorably with their American nvals; but then America, even more thau Encland, has been a viotiru to the singular superstition that anybody is good enough to do the business ot covernraont. a country which changes its officials summarily every four years cannot possibly have decently good officials; but that is an evil which was imported long after the original I urination of the Constitution, and cannot be desoribed as due to its inherent defects. It i a result of the intensity of party warfare, not of any special political arrangements. If this most palpable evil were reformed tho American machinery of government might sustain a comparison with foreion svstemi more successfully. The other change is of less palpable utility, and though much might be said in its favor, could hardly be carried into effect without a revolution of great importance and many doubtful bearings. 1 ew sensible people would like to see uou cress made omnipotent, in the hope, possibly ill-grounded, that its wisdom would inorease with its power; but substantially that would be the result of permitting or, as must shortly . . . 11; 1 1 T - come to te tno case, oi compelling i resi dent to choose his ministers from its ranks. The disadvantages arising from the want of unity in the present system are unmistaka ble: but the disadvantages of giving the wholo power to a body constituted as Con' gress is at presont ore scarcely le3S conspi cuous. RAIL110ADS STEEL. From tU N. Y. Tribun. In connection with the report of the Com mittee on VtRj and Means, we submit to our readers tho following important memorial Among the signatures are the names of men who have been long and familiarly known in tho railroad history of our country as shrewd far-sichted, and successful engineers and managers, and who are now the official repre Bentatives of more than 13,000 miles of road and nearly 20,000 miles of track. Ono of the companies on tho list will lay more than $1,100,000 worth of steol rails during tho present year. The appeal of such men for the protection of American labor arninst tho deadly assaults of unscrupulous eoiupetitors will command attention, and will doubtless be read with some degree of turpriao by those who aro ordinarily satisned with the super ficial theories of freo trade, and do not trouble themselves to look at important poli tical questions under their practical boanngs. Why should tho l'resiaents of powerful and wealthy railroads ask for an increase of duties upon the rails which involve so largo a por tion of their annual expenditures ? Thoy certainly have no desire to throw money away, or to risk a reduction of dividends which will create dissatisfaction among their stockholders. Undor tho fierco competition and continual pressure to which all our great lines of travel are subjected in ordor to secure reduction of freights and fares, a rigid scrutiny into the details of every important outlay becomes a matter of imperative neces sity, and no excuse would bo accepted from any officer who would favor an unnecessary increase in the running expenses. Eut the management of a railroad is not limited by tho mere interests of tho moment. Tho heavy expenditure of capital in construc tion and operation is made witn a view to an unlimited future of steady and continuous growth and prosperity. It would bo poor policy to buy rails this year at a saving of ten dollars per ton, if tho purchase would entail an annual loss of the like amount for ten j ears to como. And this is precisely the risk Lich tho memorialists seek to avoid. They know that the desire to "crush out" impor tant branches of American manufacture is a chronic failing with John Lull, as has been manifested, Komctimes by direct threats, Fometimes by actions more eloquent than wonts. Ihey know that whea ever the crushing out has been acconx plifched, the foreign monopolists have been more uereikf..H than harpies jn their extortions. Ihoy kuow, from thoir own bit ter experience, that the prices of iron rails were never ro unsatisfactory as when our rolling mills had been compelled to dismiss their Lauds and close their works, leaving the muiket in the undinturbod control of tho European makers. They know that tho en deavor to secure tho luroo trade of the United Slalos has often induced oli'ers of ruils at prices Le.ow tno cost ot iiuinuiacture, aud that tho low prices have led to a correspond ing deterioration of quality. They knovv that the snfety of travellers, and tho liabilities of railroads for hevy damages in c ises of aooi dcut, render it desirable that rails should be made whore the materials used ond tho pro cesses of manufacture can bo readily in spected. They kuow that it was impossible to obtain any reduction ia the price of steel rails until tdeps wore taken to establish American works, and that, since the inaugura tion of home competition, tho foreign makers have reduced the price with ruinous rapidity. '1 Ley know tLat three of tho five American n;j Us have already been forced to suspend operations, and that the others will soon bo obliged to follow their exnmplo if this rapid reduction is not checked; but that, if a rea sonable timo is granted, increasing experience and improved methods will secure cheaper and bettor rails than they could over hope to obtain from an unbridled and irresponsible fcrtign monopoly. And knowing all this, tiny wisely setk for the interposition of Con gress, in order to secure such healthy compe tition as vill give tbem an uninterrupted sup ply of trustworthy rails at reasonable prices. To tbe Finance Committee of the Senate of the Vnitea btatt'S, and the Committee f Ways aud Mean of the House of Representatives, U. S. Gentlemen: Immediately before the construction of the lirst steel rail manufactory lu this country, foreign makers charged f L&u per ton (equal then to $25 csirencj) for steel rails. As American works were built, foreign skilled labor Introduced, home Ubcr Instructed, and domestic iron, clays, nan inter and splcgel (alter many und expensive trials) found to produce excellent rails, the price of the foreign article was irradually lowered on til it now stands at lessiliauftu per tou lu gold (or ourreucy). millions of dollar hn been it r.f, lurrmccp, mid experiment ro obh of iimiiulrt'iiirii In In Is country, m. it inimiiiiis of our own citizens are de pendent upon it inr Hiippor', tne turnings Is tlire'U- iMfi Willi annihilation ny mo presHiira of Kiullsti and 1'ruHninn iiibkpih. We. an liners of atpel rails, anil trutistKirters of tho food und material for American iiiHtiufarliirera and their luiincroii.n em-plovr-s and skilled Inlioicrs, do not denim to lie de jiHuilcnt exclusively upon thu foreign supply, and t herrforo Join In SHklnif that. Instead of thu present ad valorem duty, a apeoiilo duty of two cents per pound lie plmeci upon tins article, brlnff the rate fixed by a Mil whir.a passed the He iato Junuarv 81, 1R(i7, and of a bill which wen reported to the Ilotisa by the Committee of Ways and Menus during the same year; provided that tho steel rail contracted lor iy railroad companies neiore .tatiuary 1, 170, be permitted to enter the country at the present rate of duty for six months after the passage of an act fixing ID unit us itoriu pwiu luucti lur. J. Kdgnr Thomson, 1'res. renn. k. k., etc. etc. TIioiiihs A. Hcott, 1st Vlce-l'res. Point. R. rt., etfl. Hermann .1. l.ombaert. 2.1 Viee-Pre. I'e.nn. K. R. Isaac Hinckley, I'rcs. V. W. A It. K. R., etc. P. M. Kclton. I'res. Del. II. II.. C. C. it. 11.. Tir-.e- I're. I,. 8. A M. R. R. R., etc. etc. Robert II. Lainborn. See. and Treaa. L. 8. .t M rt R. Oo. Gardner Colby, Pres. Rt C. A B. It. R etc. li. al. Hire, Mrc-rre. Nt. c;. a h. H. R. Henry Wood. l're. Halt. Central K. R. Mathsnlel Thayer, floston, Mass. Miocli Trait, Vlce-l'res. P. W. A B. R. R., etc. W. Clark, Pres. benign Coal A Nav. Co., etc. Jay Cooke, Philadelphia. W. Phillip, Pres. A. V. R. R. Win. K. Nlmlck, Vlce-Pre. A. V. R. R. HiiRlt K. Hteele, Pres. W. A R. R. R. KranMIn 1. IJowcn, Pre. Phlla. A R. R. R., etc W. C. l,onR-ntreth, Treas. K. A W. R. K. Thoniii Klmber, Jr., Pres. K. A W. R. R. K A. t ouily, Pres. North Penu. R. R. M. P. Hutchinson, Pres. Catuwlssa H. R, W. I,. Ullrov, Treas. ( atawlssa R. R. H. 8. McCo'inb, Vlee-Pres. Southern R. R. A., etc. W. Wilson Hyrne, Pres. D. D. It It. .), B. Muorhead, Pre. N. V. J. R. Wm. J. Palmer, Manager of Construction, Kansas rae. K. W. .lohn Tucker, Vlce-rrcs. Thtla. A Reading R. R. Wm. L. liannlnjc, Pres. L. H. A M. It. R. John C. i ressou, Prea. M. II. A S. II. R. R. M. H. Hickman, Pres. Phlla. A W. C. R. It. John V. ltlsndv, lYrs. L. H. R. R. 8. s. Merrill, Oen. Man. M. A St. Taul XL W., Mil waukee, Wis. oi. 11. Gatimer, Pre. C. A A. R. R., etc. THE MONAltCII AND TIIE MIANTO- NOMAII. fVom fAd A. Y. World. The Monarch, a model of British nien-of war or, to use tho words of one of our m st anti-Anglican contemporaries, 'a marvel of nnvnl architecture" lies at anchor in tho har bor of Toitland, and alongside of her, in hu miliating contrast, are two dilapidated Ameri can monitorf, which soora to have boen Bent there to illustrate, at Uio expense of the na tional pride, the opiuiou of the Secretary of tho Kuvy that they are good for nothing except for harbor dof onso, and not especially well adapted to that. They do not Bail at all. They steer so badly that one of thorn in a calm sea, from mero awkwardness of movement, the other day, on this very trip, crushed to ruin tbe tug that was towing hor. To use Secretary Hobesons own words: "Thoy can not go to Bea without several vesssls to ac company them. Having no sailing power, they must be towed when their coal is ex hausted. They aro dangerous to health in tropical seas, and with broken and dis ordered machinery they uro helpless in mid-ocean." Two of tho worst aud most clumsy vessels of this description aro sent to meet a crpft which, says the correspondent of tho Tribune, in "sua-going qualities is un surpassed by anything ailoat, und whose won derful steadiness in the heaviest seas gives her immense advantage over any adversary." "hhe steers, adds the snruo writer thinking m-imlj', no doubt, ot tne ALmntonornan like a yacht, and a single man can manago her helm with perfect ease. Tho features which most impress an unprofessional ob server aro tne elaborate provisions lor tno comfoit of tbe officers and men, tho sizo of the cabirTS, the largo and well-aired forecastle, nud tho wonderful abundance of labor-saving appliances, which would do credit to a wholo century of lanKeo inventors, bteain cap stans, steam brakes, steam ventilators, steam pumps for tho hold, steam pumps for wash ing the decks, gas-works, water condonsors these are among the improvements whioh have been combined in this marvel of naval architecture." The moral of this contrast (whether tho Navy Department intended it we do not pre tend now to conjecture; is a very grave one. It is neither more nor less, reasoning from particulars upwards, than this: that tho Monarch and tho Miantonomah aro types of the naval service of Great liritain and the United States as now organized, and Captain Commerrell and his officers when they go home w ill have a right to say bo, however discreet and reticont their duty of obituary courtesy compels them now to be. Nor lot any one attribute this confession of ours to a feeling or impulse connected with wretched party politics here at home. Tho navy has always been an object of pride and sympathy on the Atlantic seaboard, without reference to politics or degrees of latitude. From tho dns when MacLias was burned and New London blockaded, and tho little Vixen escaped from Savannah, in 1813, and the John Adams from the Chesapeake, the navy lias been au object of deep interest iu the whole length of the land. The names of Treble, from JIuiuo, and Tntnall, from Georgia, illustrate tho outer limits of this iiuval renown and national sentiment; and as Mr. SVebbtor onoo finely said, in a speech uLichLi8 politic editor, Evurett, omitted to republish, speaking of tho military opera tions of fifty years ago: ''All our party dif ferences cease at tho water's odjjo;" and we us fervently deplore the decay of this branch of the public scrvico as does the veriest radi cal of the land. In fact a good deal mora so, for tha Inst few dnys have disclosed or de veloped an animosity on tno part of western radicals to the naval service which is truly portentous. "We do not refer to the killing of tho League Inland job, when "loyal" I'hiludclpbia perished at the hands of her especial friends, and tho shrieks of O'Neill and Myers and tho stupendous rhetoric of Kelley availed naught; but wo do refer to the suggestions mado, and apparently favored, of abolishing and consolidating navy yards and building men-of-war by contract. Ye shall not bo surprised to see Mr. Jeffer Bon's anti-naval policy of withdrawing from the ocean, and contenting ourselves with gun boats or torpedoes at home, crop out from tho soil of Mr. Farnaworth's hard economy. But there is another element of weakness in our naval Bervico to which Secretary Koboson acting, as we believe he does, like his prede cessor across tho Delawsre, undor the influ ence of a cavilling, prejudiced adviser does not refer, and as to which we hesitate to speak. But we may as well make a clean breast of it. The education and morale of tho American navy are inferior, aud this every ono with op portunities of observation will admit. Tho day of adventurous seaman sLip is, uiider tho processes of science, pretty neurly over. There are no Hulls, or Docaturs, or Bainbridgee, or Biddies, or Stewarts, for they oro not neoded. Admiral Farragut is almost the sole Burvivor. Let4 any one read on the records of auoient days the narrative of Commodore Biddle's escupo in the Hornet from a British liue-of-battla ship iu tho East Indies, or that of the Constitution olf the cosst of New Jersey in 1&13, and ho will un jt m j . aeisutna wnai --seamuusui uuua m and Now that several JS'cIim S'i what it need not bo now. Who in these days of steam thinks of "club-hauling" a ship ? It Is as much out of fashion as Fetor Simplo or Cnptain Marryat himself. But to the neces sity of mere seamanship has succeeded one of a higher and more intellootunl grade that of complete soientina aeeomplUh niont. If instead of the miserable squabble now in progress between "sUfT" and "line" we could detect some other symptom of vitality, we should bo contont. If the surgeon and the paymaster and the marine ofiicer (the engineer has enough to do, unless the Secretary cuts off all his coals) would on a long cruise read fewer novels, not play so much backgammon, and, quarrelling loss with tho first lieutenant, would 4 study up" some scientific or histori cal subject, so as to make him the fit com panion of accomplished men in other ser vices, it would better entitle him to rank and straps and "sideboys." If the line officers and we do not except commanders of ships and fleets, whose chief duty, except on emergencies, seems to be to write letters of complaint to the clerks in the Navy Depart ment would do somethinor of tha same kind, though in a different direction, they would car less as to the "intolerable inso lence" of the staff. We are far from meaning to intimate that the service of Oreat Britain is free from the blemishes we admit in our own. But no one will doubt, who has soon for himself, that the standard of the profes sion is higher. Where do we find on au Ame rican frigate the front cabin of tho command ing officer turned into a school-room, and the miusuipmeu iiaru at worn at tlieir studies, with the captain and the chaplain (in our service a grotesque nondescript) and somo of the lieutenants superintending the work? This is tho rule on Eng lish ships of war. With us, generally speking for of course there are exceptions education is supposed to end when the boy turns his back on Annapolis and bestows a parting "blessing" on Admiral Forter. What naval man nowadays studies thoroughly and for himself the Bcience of international law, the want of which may present itself at any timet Three cases where this sort of know ledge come into play in an emergency occur to us in our own history. We refer to Com modore Ferry's eminent diplomatic successes in Japan; to Mockton s on tho coast of Call forma in 1840;, and last, not least, to Commodore Biddle's admirable ability, first in tho Brazils, and afterwards when, on tho death of Mr. Everett in China, he was compelled, under circum stances of great delicacy, to act for months as Minister from tho United States. We doubt veiy mucn n ennor v attel or Wneaton or Kent are to be found in any frigate or fleet of ours, or, it they aro, are much studied. Mrs. Henry Wood or Mrs. Stowe aro greater favorites. All thoso serious and solemn tiuths we have felt ourselves under an obll gation to titter, ineyare prompted by an earnest desire to seo things change for tho belter, and aro but an expansion of what the Secretary of tho Navy has felt it his duty to say to tiio wholo world, we are quite pre pared to vindicate them against any cavil, SPECIAL. NOTICES. pi? OFFICE OF "WELLS, FARGO & COM PANY, No. 84 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, De- rcmber W, 18119. Notice is hereby Riven, that the Trnnnfor ISixik. of Wells, l artro & Company will be CLOSED ou theli'thday of JANUARY. 1870, at B o'clock P.M. to ennhlo tho Company to ascertain who are owners of tho stock of tbo old Ten Million Capital. The owners of that stock will be entitled to participate in tbe distribution of ansets piovided for by the agreement with the Pacific Express Company. Tbo Trimeter Books will be opened on the SSddnyof JANUARY, at 10 o'clock A. M , after which time the $5,0CU,0t0 now stock will be delivered. Notico is also Riven that the Transfer Books of this Com pany will be CLOSED on tbo 25tU day of JANUARY, 1870, at 3 o'clock P. M , for the purpose of holding the annual ELECTION OF DIRECTORS of this Company. Tho books will be RE OPENED on the 7th duy of FKU- RIJARY, at 10 o'clock A. M. lasitn GKORGKJC. OTIS, Socretaix ET OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. Philadelphia, Jan. 25, 1370. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. The Annual Meeting of tho Stockholders of this Cora- rany will be bold on TUESDAY, the 15th day ef February, 87i, at 10 o'clock A. M., at the Hall of the Assembly Buildi'ngs, S. W. corner of TENTH and CUES NUT Streets, Philadelphia. The Annual Election for Directors will be held on MONDAY, the 7th dny of March, 1870, at the Office of the Company, No. 238 S. THIRD Btroet. 125 3w JOSEPH LESLEYjJeorotary. EST OFFICE OF TIIE BELVIDEKE MANU- rACTL'lUNO COMPANY. liELVlDKnu. N. J.. Deo. 8. 181. Notice is hereby (riven to the stockholdiirs of the KEL. V 1 DiKK MAN u r ACTUKINU CUM f AW Y respectively. thutasteFFntents amounting to SIXTY PER CENTUM of tbe capital stock of said company have been made and puyniciit of the aame called for on or before the eighth duy of rebruary, A. D. 1870, and that payment of such a proportion of all sums of money by them subscribed is called for and demanded from them on or before the said time. Hv nrdnr of ihn Board nf Directors. lJ2ttew 8. SH-KRRERD, Beoretary. E,v- OFFICE OF ST. NICHOLAS COAL nnMPANV. Nn WALNUT Btroet. Philadkli'HIA. Jan. 38. 1870. Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the St. Nicholas Coal Compauy will be held ut this Oihce on MONDAY, l''eb. 7, at U o'clock M. An Election for a Board ot Diroctors will bo hold at tho same timo ard place. 1 28 St R.JOUNSTON, SooreUry. .-- OFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY. Tl'.EAHl'HY DEl'AItTMIlNT, ) PniT.AHhii.riiiA, JauiMiy HI, l870.i Certificates of tho Mortgago Loan ot this (Juiupauy, rioentuioh 1, 1870, will be paid to bolriure thoieif. or their legal representatives, on presentation at this ottiu in and alter that date, iroiu whioli time interne will S. SIJKt HKKI'. 1 ill mwflat Troiisu'o-. r,t3r PHILADELPHIA AND HEADING KUL- ROAD CO., Olhce, No. 227 S. FOUR Til Streot. - Philadkli'Iiia, Deo. SJ, 18i). DIVIDEND NOTlUii. Tho Transfer Books of the Company will beclosel on FRIDAY, tholllat instant, and rjopened ou TUESDAY Junuary 11, 1870. A dividend of 1IV1C PER CENT, bos boen dec'ared ou tbe Preferred and Common Stock, clear of Natii.aal&al State taxes, payable In CASH, on and after January 1870, to tbe holders tboreof us they shall stand registered on the books of the Company on the 3ltit instant. All payubUat this office. All orders for dividend inuiit be witnessed and stamped. S. liKAl-'01tL, U 23 6Ut TreBarer. ncyr CONN ELLS VILLE GAS COAL COM- PAN Y. Philadklhia. Jnnuarv 84. 1870. The Annual Meeting of the atoi-kbolders of the COX NKLIH IL1.K. OAS i;(IAL CO.MPANY will be hold at thoir otlica. No. 314V; WALNUT Street, on MONDAY. ubruary7, 1870, at 12 o'clock M., to elect live Directors to serve for the ensuing vear. 1 24uiwitit NORTON JOHNSO.V, SecreUry. jgjr NOTICE TO SHIPPERS. THE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL will be closed, for repairs to a lock, on MONDAY MOUS ING, tbe 7th of February, 1870, and opoued for navigation in a few days thereafter, due notice of which will be givon. HKNRY V. LESLEY, Beoretary. Philadelphia. Jan. 27,1870; 1 17 dtlil? tf CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE. PlliLAPKLPHIA, Feb. 1, H70. Warrants registered in lhiiSor 18UJ to No. bO.OC'O will bo paid on preseutalion at this ofnee. interest ceding front date. juf-rii r. MAUUB.it, Sit O ity Treasurer r;,v- THE PARIIAM SEWING MAGIIINE Crniiiany's New Family Hewing Maohinoe are uiit etnubati'ially pronounned to be that Kreat dei.luratuiu so Ti iik and unxiounly looked for, Lie mat . In v ct a perfect machine are combined which ail the essentials 1. 1 - No. 04CHKSNUT Street. liar QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, w LONDON AND LIVK.RPOOL. CAPITAL. je-2.0UU.UiiU. 8AB1KK, Ai n.N A DULLER. Agents, ; F1HTU aud WALNUT LueeU. 6PEOIAL- N9TIOES. cfjLD Weather does not chap nrmirhm th kin nftwt tnln WKPill t"S A I, WOT COTf ATl'l) il,V( KRlNK TAHI.K.T OK H. bl DIKl (. I) (.1 VOH HINK. Its c!iW n nmkM the skm doiioslalf eolt sod botmUoL bo.d bt alUlruwrt WKf(M1T g H No. 1S4 till K'SNU TBtrwot. jbay COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION orffliintd the tO(rthntlo dm of Ni l HIIDH (IXIDK. OR I.AIKJIItNCl GAS. AndriftTote Uinir whole time and praotioa to extracting teotn wit limit naiu. Office, FIOHI H B1 WALWUTBtrMt Brty DR..F. K. THOMAS, TI1K LATK Ut'K rtor of th (Jo I ton Dental Association, Is now the only tm in t'btlndnlphia who derotos his entire time and r iriirtice to extrnctiiiK teeth, absolutnly without psin, bj resh nitrons oxide ass. Office. VII WALNUT 8t- 1 jjgj- hatchelor's hair dye. run vrmt ,n rvtiii uims nub wruinm it-vj .... ..lih', rmisonN to n&riilvzs the STKtnm or uroduua death. It it perfectly hnrmlrM relinhle mutnntanwi. AtohI the vaunted and dolunive preparation! boasting Tinuaa innj do not tofmean, if yon would oaoaiie the danger. The genuine VV. A. Ilatrhelor a Hair Die hat IMrty yrarj' r.pii laii'm to niihold ita integrity. Sold by DratJKUU. Appliod at Ho. lti HOND Street, rf . Y. 4 17 rant) WINES AND LIQUORS II E R MAJESTY CHAMPAGNE. DUNTOK cfc LTJSSOU. 215 SOUTH FBONT STREET. rTBE ATTENTION OF THE TRADE 13 X solicited, to tbe following very Oboioe Wines, sU., I or saie uy UUBIVB LVNBUFI, S15 BOUTH FRONT BTRF.KT. CHAMPAGNK.B. Aaanta for her MainatT. Due da Klontebello, I arte lilsue, Carte Itianobe, and Charles man A (Jo., of Marenoo. SuaildlM Uoaalla and HHINK aire a Urand Vin Kuaenie. and Vin Imperial. M. Kiev- V IK KM. JM A UKI KAH.OId inland. Boutn H de Reserve. KHHRKlKtS.-K. Kudoluhe. Amontillado. Touaz. Val. lene, f aie ana uoitien rjar, mown. eu. I'OKTH. Vinho Vellio Ken I. Valletta, and Crown. Cl.AKKTB. Promia Aine A Cie.. Montiwrand and Rot- aeaux, uiarete and rtautorne Wtnee U N. "Medar Kwan rlRANDiiOi. Ueunessey. OUrd, Dnpny a Oo.'l various vintages. p A It B T A I 11 S & MoO ALL, no, us WAXiUT and 21 ukahitk Btreeu. Import ore of BRANDIES, VflNES, OIN, CLIVK OIL, ETO., AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS For the sale of PURE OLD RYE, WHEAT. AND BOURBON WHI8- nan). sj mi a try pAltSTAIKS' OLIVE OIL AN INVOICE V of the above for sale by CAKOIAIK8 a nlCUA L.L., 6 88 2p, Nos. 136 WALNUT and HI (i RAN IT it f. XVILLIAM ANDERSON & CO.. DEALERS M in i'ia Whiaklna, . JNo. f North BOOOND Street. PhiladelpM HOSIERY, ETO. 1VOW OPEN AT liOFMAM'S IJ0SIEKY STOKE, No. 9 'NORTH EIGHTH STREET, GENTS' WHITE WOOL SHIRTS, GENTS' WHITE WOOL DRAWERS, GENTS' SCAB LET WOOL SHIRTS, GENTS' SCARLET WOOL DRAWERS, GENTS' MERINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, LADIES' MERINO VESTS, LADIES' MERINO DRAWERS, LADIES' CASHMERE VESTS, CHILDREN'S MERINO UNDERWEAR, GENTS' COTTON SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, LADIES' COTTON VESTS AND DRAWERS. Also, a vcrj large assortment of 4 T wslj COTTON WOOL, AND MERINO noSIERI. o e"ntTsfurni s hinqooo d sT" PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM A SHIRT MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORK. PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWER made from measurement at very short notice. Aii outer articles oi bknti.kmkwh dkeb GOODS la fnU variety, WliNCHEMTJiK UU.. 11 S No. 706 CHESNUT Street. II LID AY PBESGNTS FOB GENTLEMEN. J. V. SCOTT & CO., No. 814 CHESNUT Street, Philadelphia, B 27rp our doors below Continental HoteL DRUCS, PAINTS, ETO. JOIIKIl'r SUOE.1IAKER & CO., PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Importers and Manufacturers ol WHITE LEAD;AND COLORED PAINTS, PUTTY, VARNISHES, ETC AGENTS TOR THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at lowest prices lor cuhli. 12 43 M. HIAK8IIALL, DRUGCIST AND CHEMIST, AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN PAINTS, OILS. GLASS. AND PATENT MEDICINES, Nos. 1301 and 1303 MARKET St. ill 81 thstnSm OF TI1U HOLT BIBLE. FAMILY, PULPIT, AND PHOTOGRAPH BIBLES, Frill WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY PRESENTS. ALSO, PRESENTATION BIBLES FOR CHURCHES, CLERGYMEN, SOCIETIES AND TJSACUEKS, ETC. New and superb assortment, bound In Rich Levant Turkey Morocco, Funded and Ornamental Designs, equal to the Loudon aud Oxford edltlous, at less man half their prices. No. 320 CHESNUT Street. STRENGTH, BEAUTY, CHEAPNESS COMBINEDI HARDING'S PATENT CHAIN-BACK rJIOTOGHAPJI ALBUMS. For Wedding, Holiday, or Birthday Presents, these Albums are particularly adapted. The book traao, and dealers in fancy artlclos, wlU Cud the most extentlve assortment of rnotoirraph Albums In the country, and superior to any hereto fore made. For great strength, durability, and cheapness, Harding's Patent Chain-back Albums are unrivalled. Purchasers will nul It greatly to their advantage to examine tucae now linos ot goods be fore making up their orders for stock. Also, a large and pleudia assortment oi new styles of Photograph Albums made In tho usual maauur. No. 3X0 CHESNUr Street, PhiUdulpliU 11T SHIPPINQ. LORILLARD STEAMSUir lv.j-d.t r FOR -. t- . r ia w "v o it ic. RUNNIXO HF.r,ut,A1r,Y KVKRY TURSDAT.THURJI DAT, AND SATURDAY. AT NCOS, would call atUntlon of lib.pom totnia 8PKOIAL NOnoit. rent Itcduction ol IKiiIom. On opnin of Pprine Navigation tbe ateimr of Uiia line will ran DAILY, at leentepar loo Iba, 1 oanta per foot, or )i omit per gallon, alilp'i option. JOHN F. OHL. No. 19 NORTH WUARVRS. N. V. Extra rate on email packages Iron, metals, ete. te. l jm (Til 11 T T VP t! HA A T AMT riSOtJRFNSTOWN.-Inman Line of Mail .'Vt iLh.4 iL'.y"" PPintl to sail as fol- t.ity of Immlnn, natnrnay. Fen. S, at t A. M Una, Tla Halifax, Tnewlay, Feb 8, at 11 A. M. Ctt of W finhillilton. KHturrlnr. Knit II. I P M Cily of Raltiinore, rtatnntay, Feb. 10, at 8 P. M. City of Now York, Tla Habtai, Tuesday, Feb. 22, III A. M. And each aUCCffeiltnff Katunl .nc) ;llnrn.ta 'rnnul.t. from Pier 45, North River. KXI KH ur r AntiAMIC. "V TBX MATT, KTKaMEB SAXXINO r.VKRY SATTTllOAT. Pavabla in (iold. PavhI.I In ( .n.An.- rntbt oa his bioo i stkhrauk ..'. To Umdon 1('5 I To Ixindon 40 To Paria US To Paris 41 PASKAHK 11 TBR TCWDA.X STXAMKU, VTA HALIFAX. H1IKT f-AlUH. HTKKIIAOK. Payable in Gold. Payable in Currency. I.WerpooL fKO Halitax 9U Liverpool $30 Ilalifnx U Bt. John's, N. F M Bt. John's, N. F., I ny rtranon istenmer. .. .1 Paa8nirnrs aiao forwarded to llavra. llimlmtii. Itraman. ny nrnnon Mwiranr.,..) etc., at reduced rates. Tirketa can be bought bore at moderate rates by persons Wishing to send for their friends. For further particulars aptilv at the Oompanv'a Odloes, 4 ( No. 4oa CUKHNUT Street, PbMadeluhis. uiiunri. a rA i.k. an.. LlJ" THK OFNFRAT, TRANR ATLANTIC S?nOiVIPANV'S Mitt. KT If A HI u II 1 1U iCNNKW YORK AND 1IAVRR. (1 A 1. 1. 1 Mil IT BURST. Tha aulendld now vessels nn this favorite route for the Continent will sail from Pier No. to, North rivor, eveiy PRIOB or PASRAOW in gold (including wino), TO BKHST OR HAVRK, First Cabin Beeood Cabin C3S TO PARIS. (Including railway tlcketn, furnished on board.) First Cabin g!46 I Second Cabin fiUt 1 heae stoamers do not carry ateorage passengers. Medical attendance free of charge. American travellera voina to or retnrnins' from tha eon. tinentof Kurope, by taking tha steamers of this line avoid nnneoeaaary rinka from transit by Knglish railways and crossing the channel, besides saving time, trouble, and ex pense. uniKHK, niaujvrnii K, Agent, wo. 6K nttUAUWAi.new York. For passage in Philadelphia, apply at Adams Kinross Company, to H. U LKAP, IU' 0. S3! CHKaNUT Btreot. NORTH GERMAN LLOYD. O 1 . . TRn. ......... ---- ... . J" BRKMKN. VIA SOUTHAMPTON. .nSf THK SCBF.W HTKAMKna n thk Niihtii L.KHMAN Llovd run regularly betwoen New York, Itre men, and Southampton, carrying the United States, Kng. iipii, nnu vuiiiiiiruuu IUWIBi FHOM BRKMKN KVF.T1V RATITPnAV rROM hODTHAMPTON KVKRY TUKSDAY FROM NKW YORK KVKRY SATURDAY lYictnf lMsae Jrom A" l'orfcfo llremrn, London, Uavrt, First Cabin, $120 ; Second Cabin, $72; Steerage, $30, Gold. rrfmi gtrrmrn to retr f ittk:. First Cabin, $11; Second Cabin, $71; Steerage, 940, Gold. These vesHels take Freisht to Londou ami Hull, fur which through bills of lading are signnd. An experienced surgeon is attached to each vesaol. All letters must pas through the Post Office. No Bills of Lading but those of tbe Coinnanv will ha signed. Hills of Lading will positively not bo delivered Detore goods are cleared at the Custom House. Specie taken to Iluvro, Southampton, and Bremon at tbe lowest rates. For freight or piiHssge apply to OKLRICHS A CO., 1 17 1 No. 68 B ROAD Street, N. Y. PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND, AM) NOKFOLK STKAMSU1P LINK. THROUGH FRITKiHT AIR LINK TO THK. SOU I'M AND WKIST. r.Vr,Ki oVlUKDAi, from FIRST WHARF above MARKET TuKOUCH RATES to all points in North and Sonth Carolina via Healmard Air Line Railroad, connecting at i"'"'"; . AjjiienDurg, vn., I ennessee. and the Vtent. via Virginia and 'ronniuiuiA ai. r.in.n.i nMn.H aDd Danville Kailrnad. l reht H A NIJliKI) BUT wNOK, and takon at LOWER RA1KS THAN ANY OTUKR LfNK. Tbe regularity, esfety.end ebeiunesa of this route mm. jnend it to tre public as tho most desirable medium for carrying every description ot freight. No charge lor commiteion, diayage, or any expense of transfer. Steamships lnsnred.at the lowest rates. Freight received daily. ' William p. olydk 4 oo, No. 12 8. WHARV1CS and Pier 1 N. WHARVES. W. P. PORTKH, Agent at Richmond and City Point. T. P. CHOW l.l.L A CO.. Agents at Norfolk 6 1 FROM CHARLESTON TO FLORIDA. VIA SAVANNAU.-TRI- WKKKLY LINK. Tha following steamer will Iarva l.LiumbUiD tor Florida, via Savannnli. three times a week. after arrival of the New York steamships and the North eastern Hnnroaa train : pilot rJUY (inland ivouio, every oubiiai diukw ING at 8 o'clock. DICTA TOH, every TUFSDAY F.VF.NING at 8 o'olock. Oil POINT, every FRIDAY KVKNINU at 8 o'olock. Through tickets to be had of all 'lwrlostou and Savan nah. Steamship Line Ageneies iu New York. J. D. AIKEN A CO., Ageuts nt Charleston. L. J. CC1LMARTIN A CO., 1 4 Agents at bavannao. ir-J fUK BT. THOMAS AND lirtA :zvtfi5m 7ii TTVircnii'P.Ttfd Avi-k itiiAvrr. .J4- WAIL bTKAMMllr COMPANY. Keuuiar Alail HLtum.ri aailinf nn tha gjd ot cvpry month : MMiuiMAua, onptain wier. FOU'lH AMFRK1A, Captain K. L. Tinklepaagh. NOR'l II AMERICA, Captain O. B. Hloouiu. These solondid steamers sail on aohedule time, and call at bt. Thoruaa, Para, Pernumbnco, Bahia, aud Rio da Janeiro, going and returning. tor engagements of In'igiit or passage apply to WM. R. UARHISON, Agent. 14 Wo. 6 BOWL.NO GRKKN. New York. FOR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT. t II G.JJ. Steamships of this Line will leave Pier fa.-iirjrrii; No. H. North River, at a o'olock P. M. on baltlUisVb. lij.UKUK wanuiAbivn, bagor. MARIPOSA, Kcnible. Freight taken for tat. Louis, Mobile, and Ualvoston at tbrnuKh rates. Culiin pubsuge. fM. For passage (first ana second clns or freight apply to U. B. CKO.MWIOI.L A CO., 14 No. fcii WKST Street. k''w.vy Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington, D. - c. via CheaaDeake aud Deluwaro Caual. with connectiona st Aloznndria from the most direct route for Inchburg, Bristol, Ruoxvlllu, Nashville, Da I ton, and tho Kouthwesl. btesmers leave regularly every Saturday at noon from the first w harf above Aiarkot stieot. Freight reeved daILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., No. 14 North aud South wharves. HYDF. A TYLF.R, Agenta, at Georgetown; M, KLDR1DUK CO., Agents at Alexandria. gift sp NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK, VIA .vfiPi Delaware and Raritan Canal. RVVIFTSURH .itTj 'lit A NSI'ORTATION COMPANY. DK I Ml AND SWIF'J'hURK LINK. The buBinoss of those linos wili be rosumed on and after the lth of March. For freights, which will be taken on acuommodatiug terms, apply to. W. M. BAIRD A CO., No. 13 CHiulb Wharves. TT a UfATf Tfl TUVlWi 3 ATLANTIC MAIL STEAMSH IP OO. -!lT 4V ....... l..lu L'L'L'UV illl!lllinitf .4ir.r at 3 o'clock P. M.. urecisoly, from Pier Nu, 4 Nurih River. HOKO CASTLK, Captain R. Adam. COI.I'MlilA, Captniu K. Vuai Sice, KAOLK, Captain M. It. Groone. For freight or pasHage apply to " V K. O. WlfKl-.LER, Jn , President. 14 No. 5 BOWL1NO UltKKN, New York. FURNITURE. RICHMOND & CO., FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE WAR ER G 0 f,lS, No. 45 SOTJT1I SECOND 8TKEET, ' ttABT BIDK. ABOVK CHESNUT. 116U PQILADRLPHIA. T)UY YOUR FURNITURE AND BUY YOUR BEDDING. AHIIiUICA.-V Is without a rival, is without a rival, being the Finest, Cheapest, and Largest stocked furniture and Uedillug Warvliouae in thia u.tr, and its prices beiug wholesale te al). You can save at least in) percent, on any purchase you niy nmke at pur establishment. Aul our pnoea being One rrioa. mukes it tho loading store in the bum- "GREAT AMKRIOAN LARGK NttW BUIJ.DINa, Ho. lik-iMAUlLKT btreot. 117 lux At noon, Btreet gmuWSNWVKATfM A
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