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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
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