THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPniA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1870. - EErORT OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPART. The Board of Managers respectfully labmit their report for the year 1869 m follow: Tbe profit of tbe year from all sources were: Vet profits on railroads, Including car serYice, .... !Xr7,RVl 38 Net profits on Leblgh Canal, - - 1G6,2G0 29 Jiet profits on coal Summit Minos, l3fi,951 M ... Newport Mines, , ,,, 64,824 72 4!1 .778 36 Net profits on teal estate told, 95,06ft 88 Net profits from rents, - 6A.120 86 Miscellaneous receipts, - 80,432 08 1,7 97 ,453 81 Less general expenses, tll6,333 07 Taxes chargeable to Railroad, 36,925 83 Taxes chargeable to Lehigh . " Canal, 8,710 17 Taxes chargeable to Delaware Di- Tision Canal, 6,211 S3 Taxes chargeable - to ooal, 60,1523 68 Taxes on interest, and capital i stock, 104,182 98 Taxes on landed firoperty and mproyements, 6,100 80 218,654 91 Balance of interest account for 1869, ... 984,07 1 48 Lops on Delaware Dlrlsion . Canal, ... 143,692 81 1,462,752 27 Surplus to credit of profit and loss account, .... 334,701 64 The coal tonnage on tbe Lehigh and Susque hanna Railroad and Lehigh Canal, oompared with that of 1808, was as follows: 1869. 1868. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. From the Wyoming Region, - - 841,719 18 619,279 19 from tbe Upper Le . .- high Region, - 77,261 17 141,499 06 From the Hazleton Region, 120,938 02 332,817 06 From tbe Bearer Meadow Region, - 98,113 17 117,086 06 From the Mahanoy Region, - - 2,705 07 4,711 13 From tbe L. C. & N. Coe Lehigh Mines, 450,350 12 427,017 04 Other shippers, - 6,662 02 9,750 19 Total, . - - 1,697,651 15 1,652,163 03 Distributed as follows: , i , 1869. ' 1868. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Delirered east of Mauch Chunk by ' railroad, - - 933,569 06 493,774 05 Delivered e a s t of Mauch Chunk by - canal, - - 605,143 16 989,947 05 Consumed along tbe line nbore Mauch Chunk, - 33,901 02 26,605 03 ' Delivered to connect ing lines in Wyo ming Vallfy, - 25,037 11 41,836 10 Total, - - 1,697,661 15 1,552,163 03 There was an increase on the rail road tonnaee of 430,292 01 384,803 09 45,488 12 There was a decreate on tbe canal tonnage of ... Showing a net increase of The production of the Company's mine was as follows: 1869. 1868. Tons. Tons. Shipped by railroad, - ' 204,872 7,635 Shipped by canal, - 189,079 363,346 Sold at Mauch Chunk, - 6,938 6,273 Sold at Summit Hill, - 1,028 759 Used at planes for engines, &c, 11,692 9,307 Total Irom Summit mines, 412,609 Room Run mines, - 66,401 Newport mines, - - 26,602 Sugar Notch mines, - 65,002 Greenwood inineB, under lease, 3,400 387,220 67,620 22,286 Total,' - - ' - " 663,914 467,126 The details of the business of the year will be found In the accompanying reports of the heads of departments. The set result is Terr gratifying. coMddering tbe extreme irregularity or the business throughout the year. - During the winter the only source of profit was the railroad, as the canal was not in operation and tbe demand for coal light and prices low. Early in May business was almost en tirely suspended by the general strike of the miners, and only partially resumed late In June, and fully when our own and other Lehigh men went to work early In July. A second suspension occurred in the Hazleton, Bearer Meadow and Upper Lehigh regions soon after, and the coal from our own mines and the Wyoming region gare only partial employment to our canal and railroad equipment for several weeks before the freshet of 4th of October, which not only cost the Company largely for repairs to railroad and canal, but interrupted business on the railroad, and almost entirely cut off the revenues of the canal for the season. On tbe 27th of October the coal breaker of the Upper Lehigh Company was de stroyed by fire, which deprived us of the transpor tation of an average of over 3000 tons per week for the remainder of the year. The rates of transportation charged on coal were high during the last four months of the year, but the irregularity of business was so great as to neutralize to a considerable extent the benefit of these rates, and the net result on the railroad was less than a fair profit on the same amount of trade at lower rates, but distributed with more regularity through the year. The business of the canal shows a very unsatisfactory result, instead of the antici pated profit of over 8360.000, based on the average of the twenty years previous of nearly that amount, and the profits on our coal product were no more than we onght to realize in an ordinary season. The aggregate net result of the year's business, while satisfactory under the circumstances, was less by over 9500,000 than tbe estimates made early In September, which would have been realized but for the strikes and flood. RAILROAD. The reports of Income for the year indicate the Increasing importance of the railroad, and that the Company must in the future regard this as its most certain source of revenue. The canal is more liable to injury from freshets, and, while a valuable aux iliary, its entire destruction would still leave the Company the means of transporting to market all 1 of Its own coal and a large amount for other par ties, with ability to Increase only limited by its financial resources for extending track and increas ing equipment and its necessary adjuncts. The stockholders may therefore now, as they could never before, feel that a freshet, no matter how severe, cannot deprive tbe Company of the means of earning interest and dividends. The Wllkesbarre planes were completed and commenced raising coal September 25th, and they promise to meet our expectations fully. Such addi tions have been made to the road and equipment as our means would permit; not sufficient, however, to meet fully the requirements of our customers. The details of these extensions and purchases will be found in the report of the President's assistant. The Railroad Car Trust Association, referred to in the last annual report, has invested its capital of 50,000 in 8 locomotives, 60 flat cars, and 2250 coal cars. The argent demand for more cars and motive power, and the satisfactory working of the first trust association, induced tbe organisation in Octo ber of the Lehigh Equipment Trust, with a capital of one million of dollars. There have been ordered by tbe managers of this trust 10 locomotives, 150 fiat cars and 2000 eoal cars. With this addition, our available equipment will include 70 locomotives and 10,692 6-ton coal cars, beside passenger and freight cars sufficient for present need, being pro bably an aggregate much greater in proportion to length of road than ever before controlled by one company so soon after the opening of its line, and probably sufficient to move ail the coal we can . handle without important additions to our tracks, and shops and other buildings. CANAL. The water was let into the Delaware Division Canal on the 10th March, and into the Lehigh Canal on tbe 24th of the same month, and both canals were in good boating condition until the freshet of 4th October, which Interrupted navigation on the Lehigh nntil November 15, and on the Delaware Division for the remainder of the season, excepting on the upper ten miles and the portion below New Hope. The Lehigh was closed by Ice on December 6. and the Delaware Division December 16. The freshet referred to has, for volume of water and destruction of property, been paralleled in tbe his tory of the Company only by those of 1841 and 1802. Tbe damages to the Lehigh Canal, though extended over a distance of thirty-three miles, were of such as nature that they could all have been repaired within three weeks. Those to the Delaware Divi t'.nn were more serious. On this Canal two aaue- ducts were carried away by the sudden raising of the streams they cross before the flood In the Dela ware river had attained a aangerou ueignt, auu two others were seriously injured by the same cause. To have restored these aqueducts hastily would have lnft them utill. as thev always had been, frail structures, liable to be carried away by the next severe storm of a few hours' duration. It was de cided, therefore, to rebuild them deliberately and substantially during the winter, and when com pleted they ought, with the Increased water-way under tbein and their very substantial masonry and superstructure, to resist future floods. As no through business could be done on this canal dur ing the remainder of the year, economy rather than expedition was consulted In the repairs to the Iebigh Canal, and It was not opened nntll Novem ber 15, at which date the portions of the Delaware Division above and below the aqueducts were also repaired. ' The extraordinary repairs to the Lehigh Canal during the year amounted to about 970,000, and those to the Delaware Division to about 8)50,000. Tbe additional amount required beyond tbe cost of ordinary repairs to restore the Delaware Division will be not far from $75,000, which will properly be chargeable to tbe revenue of 18C9, having boen made necessary by the freshrt of that year. In connection with the subject of the freshet the Board desire to express their obligations to their associate, Mr. John Leisenrlng, for Lis efficient aid during the height of the storm in preserving the dam at Mauch Chunk from destruction. Also, for his assistance and advice thereafter In both rail road and canal repairs. All of the Company's officers and employes labored earnestly in restoring our works, and they derived great benefit from Mr. Leisenring's large experience in the freshets of the previous thirty years. ... A reference to the reports of this Company for the last thirty years will show that the Leblgh Canal was seriously damaged in 1841, 1850 and 1862, and that the injury done by freshets in the intermediate years was trilling. The freshet of October last, while making evident the fact that the encroachments on the river by the iron fur naces, with their cinder banks, Increase from year to year the danger to the canal, by narrowing and increasing tbe depth and rapidity of the river dur ing seasons of high water, also shows that where the greatest damage was done in 1862, a change of location saved the canal at those points from any injury, and that similar changes can be made at other points, which suffered severely in this freshet, with a like result. Much has already been dono to Improve the De laware Division and to protect It from high water by raising tbe banks, building stop-gates and re newing locks, and with the completion of the new aqueducts and other works now In progress, that canal may be regarded as less liable to Injury than at any previous period. The expenditures in thus improving that canal have always been charged to maintenance for the current year. It is proposed to continue these im provements and to strengthen all weak points on the Lehigh Canal developed by the last freshet. - COAL INTERESTS. In tbe supplementary report submitted last year reference was made to indications of an approach ing suspension of labor in the coal regions. Tbe miners demanded that their wages should be gov erned by tbe price of coal, and after a suspension of six weeks thry carried their point in the Schuyl kill and Wyoming regions. After eight weeks'sus pension the Lehigh operators also yielded. The terms of settlement were so unsatisfactory to the operators in tbe latter region that, after a trial of a few weeks, they generally notified the men that they could no longer pay tbe prices, and a second suspension for over two months resulted. This Company having arranged with its men on more favorable terms than others in July, did not join in tbe second suspension, which resulted to those who participated in a considerable saving from their previous contract, snd lower rates than we were paying. Even with this gain tbe prices of labor are very much higher throughout the Lehigh than In either the Schuylkill or Wyoming region, thus taking, to a certain extent, from these operators their advantages of nearness to market and superior quality of coal. . The greater portion of our Lehigh coal was sent to market by the canal until navigation was inter rupted by the freshet. Arrangements for the ship ment of our whole product by rail during the winter were in progress at the time, and were com pleted as speedily as possible, but the production during October, November and December was much less than if no change of mode of transporta tion had been necessary. This cause, added to the strike of eight weeks from May 10 to July 6, pre vented the realization of our expectations of a large increase over 1868. The total increase amounted to but 24,170 tons. During tbe last few months of tbe year coal sold at high prices, but the cost of mining waB increased in a much greater proportion over previous years than the increase of prices at which the coal was sold, so that we made no greater profit for the year than we should have made on the same amount of - In a season of moderate prices but greater gularity. The coal agency established in New York, re ferred to in the last annual report, has worked satisfactorily, and promises to be of ' lcreaslng ad vantage to the Company. There is a considerable demand in this city for our coal for family use, and, not having succeeded In otner ariaugcut tn eiippir .Ji i Board has decided to open a yard from which to sell and deliver the product of our various mines. With this view we have purchased a property on the North Pennsylvania Railroad, between Diamond and Susquehanna streets, and are fitting it up with a capacity to meet a large demand. The 17,144 snares of Wllkesbarre Coal and Iron Company stock purchased In 1867, was sold in June last, and the Company received in exchange a tract of 2000 acres of land near the foot ot our Wllkesbarre planes, and a considerable sum of money in addition. Valuing the land at the very low price of S243 per acre, we realized the par value of our own stock given In exchange for the Wllkesbarre stock In September, 1867. Whatever the land is worth in excess of the 8245 per acre may be regarded as profit on tbo transaction. I'hn mirp.liHRe of stock was made for the purpose of ensuring tonnage tor our railroads and canals, and wmi induced bv the policy of some of the large companies operating in the Wyoming region of con trolling large bodies of coal lands. That policy Is still continued, and at this time all of the railroad and canal companies leading ironi tuat region own and lease extensive tracts of land. It v s not re garded as prudent to dispose or the Company's ln trntin the Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Company stock, possibly resulting In tbe withdrawal of their business, without making other arrangements for trade. " ' The lands received from tne wiiKesoarre uoai and Iron Company in Hanover township adjoin the Biddle lands, and the two tracts amount to over 2800 acres, nearly all within the coal field. The (JOOK tract near wis iouy oi laiiu uas auout imj acres of coal. In addition purchases have been miulfl to thn PYtpTif. of 3580 acres located in Newnort township, five miles distant from the western limit of the Hanover towusnip traci. The reasons that led to the sale of the stock and the purchase of these lands were various. The price ottered was considered higher, relatively, than the lands could be purchased at. Large expenditures would be necessary during tbe next two or three years to continue the coal product of the WUkesDarre coai ana iron compa ny at the rate of I860, and further expenditures were deemed judicious to increase the product and diminish the cost of mining. While we owned a majority of the stock, the remaining stockholders were indisposed to advance any portion of the money necessary for these developments. It was estimated that no larger expenditure during 1869 and the two following years would be necessary, beyond the proceeds of the sale of the Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Company stock, to purchase the large body of land and give us the entire control of and profit on a laTge product of coal, than it would be necessary lor us to advanco to retain the control and half ownership of the property of the Wllkes barre Coal and Iron Company. Tbe only operations on the Hanover lands are those of Messrs. Parrlbh & Thomas, who mine from a portion of tbe property under a lease granted in 18C6, which vields a rental of about 830,000 per an num. A shaft near the middle of the property on tbe line of the Pennsylvania Canal shows the top vein to be unusually tine in quality at that point, and at an early period It will be advisable to build a- breaker and open the mine. On the Newport lands extensive developments were In progrees at the time of purchase, for the details of which see the report of the superin tendent. They contemplate a production of 300,000 to 400.000 tons a year, and further developments are practicable to at least the extent Of doubling that product. Tbe Hanover and Biddle tracts offer on oppor tunity for an equal number of collieries. The interest of the Company in coal lands In the Wyoming region is: Acres. Cost. Hanover tract; from Wilkes barre Coal and Iron Com pany, over, - .' - 2000 $493,001 30 Biddle lands, over, - - 800 109,497 32 Cook lands, portion underlaid with coal, - . 100 45,000 00 Newport township lands, - 3680 1,41376 96 In the aggregate, - 4H $2,121,475 68 Of which 67 oo acres are within the coal held. We have thus nearly as many acres of coal In the Wyoming as in tbe Leblgh region. The develop ments thus far made indicate that the coal is or a very superior quality, and that it can be mined at a much lower cost than at our Lehigh mines. The amount of available coal belonging to us Is about equal In tbe two regions. Carefully pre pared estimates give over 300,000,000 of tons availa ble in the Wyoming lands, after allowing tor faults and waste in mining, against 282,000,000 estimated as available in our Lehigh lands. The Wyoming Valley is well known for the fer tility of lis soil, and a considerable portion of the Company's lands are under a high state of cultiva tion; and portions of the Hanover aud Cook tracts are available as building or town lots, and surface lots on adjoining properties, no better located, are selling at the rato of &2U0O to 30oo per acre. The extent to which wo shall develop the Wy oming lands the coming year depends In a great measure upon the price of coal, and the condition of the labor question. The building o ' a third breaker next fall will give us a capacity f.r 1871 of from 300,000 to 400,000 tons; and these are three other points offering, at least, equally favorable opportunities for the cheap mining of ooal of very superior quality. We sent to market 63.M6 tons from our Summit mines in September, and this may be regarded as nearly the monthly capacity of onr present open ings in Panther Creek Valley. Further develop ments would be unwise before the completion of the Nesquebonlng tunnel, as the gravity road and planes cannot transport any considerable Increase, without expensive additions to the machinery. The tunnel will, no doubt, be completed before the close of 1871; and after that we can readily Increase our production to 80,000 or 90,000 tons per month. VHTAVOBB. - . The floating debt incurred in 1868,ln the purchase of rolling stock and in adding sidings, &c., to the railroad, was increased during 13ti9, by expendi tures of the tame character rendered necessary by the amount of business pressing npon us. The five-year loan issued in 1868 was regardod as a temporary expedient, and was used almost ex clusively as collateral security for loans to the Company. When the sale of the Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Company stock was made It became ne cessary to retire a considerable portion of this loan, and for tbe purpose of funding the floating debt and providing means for permanent improvements on our railroad and ooal lands, it was decided to issue a new loan of two millions of dollars, secured by a first lien on tbe newly acquired coal lands and on real estate in Philadelphia, the value of the properties being at least three millions of dollars. The loan matures In 1894, bears 6 per cent, interest, clear of taxes, payable, principal and interest, In gold. A sinking fund of ten cents for five years, and fifteen cents thereafter, on every ton of coal mined and carried away from the property, is pay able monthly to the Trustees, and will provide for tbe loan before maturity. The payments on this account were, for October, $1414 02: November, $1209 44; December, $1253 92, and will Increase to J3500, or perhaps $4000 a month before the close of 1870. The loan Is convertible into the stock of the Com pany nntil 1879. - Tbe Board entertained the hope that the business of the year would show such satis factory results to the stockholders as to create a demand for tbe new bonds by reason of this privi lege of conversion. The freshet In October not only reduced our receipts, and rendered necessary heavy expenditures in repairs, but delayed the negotiation of the loan. The loss of receipts and Increased expenditures amounted to fully $500,000, which sum and the proceeds of the loan would have relieved the Company of floating liabilities. The Board look forward with confidence to the funding of this indebtedness at an early period. In October, 1867, the stockholders were invited to subscribe to a six per cent, ten-year convertible loan of the Company, to the aggregate amount of 3300,000. The subscriptions received amounted to about $1,200,000. During 1868 a small portion of the remainder was Issued In payment for equipment and for other purposes. A further Issue was made in 1869 in payment for equipment and purchases of coal lands, and there remains of the amount originally authorized about $1,800,000 available for future ufee. SKsqrjKHomito valley railroad. The completion of this road has been delayed be yond the period named In the last report. Work was not pressed vigorously early in the year, and the weather during the fall was very unfavorable, rendering it almost Impossible to make any consid erable progress for weeks at a time. An early period in the spring is named for the connection of tbe main line with the Catawlssa Railroad, and It is hoped in time for spring lumber trade. The road will beyond question earn, as soon as its trade is developed, the dividends of ten per cent, per an num, free from taxation, which this Company has undertaken to pay on Its stock, besides adding largely to the profits of our main line. Sales have been made from time to time of stock at par, and as means beyond the proceeds of these sales have been needed for prosecuting the work, this Company has subscribed and paid For stock to tbe extent of 2140 shares, which form a portion of the contingent fund. It is proposed to sell this when ever purchasers can he found at par and accrued dividends. , Work on tbe tunnel Is progressing satisfactorily. By order of the Board of Managers of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. ' E. w. Clark, President. Philadelphia, January 1, 1870. Supplementary Report. j The annual report refers only to the business of the Company for the year ending December 31, 1869. Tbe repairs to the Delaware Division Canal, at that time In progress, were completed on the 14th of April. .and boats were .passed Into the cni on .the ifh of the same month. The delay In completing the aqueducts was due to the frequent and heavy rains during the fall and winter, which drove as away from work on the piers by raising the streams fourteen times in about as many weeks, and delayed their completion about a month. The contractors for the superstructure did not press their portion of the work with proper vigor, and the two causes lost us about three weeks' business at the opening of the season. The one day of through business on the 16th of April, was followed by a severe freshet In the Lehigh on the 18th of April, with the river at Mauch Chunk within six Inches as high as in Octo ber last. Fortunately but little damage was done to the Leblgh Canal, and none whatever to the Dela ware Division proper. A portion of the guard wall atEaston was, however .carried away, and until the river can be turned to its usual course, we have no means of transfer from the Lehigh Canal to either the Delaware Division or Morris Canal. Unless un expected causes intervene, boats can pass freely on Saturday or Monday next. The total outlay In repairs to both guard wall and canal can hardly amount to so much as $20,000. Our customers have many canal orders which they are anxious to fill, and we have completed arrange ments to run all of our boats, so that when strikes or freshets do not Interfere we shall pass a large amount of coal through the cabal. The loss of tonnage on the canal has been partly made up by a gain on the railroad, and the cash receipts of the fatter have been Increased almost to the extent of the loss on the former. Tbe principal cause of diminished revenue, thus far this year has been the suspension of work at our Summit and Room Run mines. During a long term of years there was a well established relation existing between the wages paid In the Hazleton and Beaver Meadow regions and at our mines. We did not participate in tbe demands of the operators last fall, which resulted in the second suspension, and when work was resumed In November we lost our relative posi tion. Our efforts to regain the lost ground resulted in a suspension of our men, who have done no work since February 12. At the time of the suspension we were paying higher wages than any other opera tor working on the sliding scale or baslB"plan. We have offered our men wages equivalent to those paid in the Beaver Meadow region, and considera bly higher than the rates the Schuylkill county men oiler to resume work at, and which the operators there decline for the reason that they are too high. We cannot yield the point in dispute without esta blishing the precedent of paying much higher wages than any of our neighbors in the Lehigh region, and they now pay excessive rates compared with the Schuylkill and Wyoming regions. Tbe Nesquebonlng Valley Railroad was turned over to us on the 18th of April, and we commenced running freight trains on the 2d of May. We shall find full employment for all the cars we can send to the CatawiBsa road in the lumber, ore and miscel laneous trade, and shall start passenger trains soon, with the promise of a fair and increasing business. We are using the Burleigh drills in the work on the tunnel, and they have already given good results, and promise better when the workmen have ac quired greater skill in the use of them. When we sold our Wilkesbarre Coal and Iron Company's stock we gave that Company the right to terminate the contract binding their tonnage to our line by git lng six months' notice. 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The hotel has been fitted np with marble floors, splendidly frescoed walls and ceilings, massive mirrors, solid walnut bars, counters, and lace and damask hangings to the mir rors, massive silver ware in the dining room, eto. etc., at a cost of over $12,000, and is decidedly the handsomest and most rtcherch establishment of the kind in the ooantry. To save money and avoid delay, plaoe all your orders for upholstery work, such as pntting down carpota, up holstering and covering furniture, furniture slip, bed ding, curtains, shades, eto., in the hands of Alberteon k Oo., Fifteenth and Ohesnut, who make it a main feature of theirs to insure full and entire satisfaction to every customer. Ha William w. oasstdt, the jeweller at no. 8 8. Second street, has on of the largest and moat attractive stacks of all kinds of Jewelry and Silverware in the etty. Be ha also on nana a large asaortmnui. ui une American Western Watches. This enUre valuable stock is now , being sold out below cost, preparatory to removal. Those who purchase at this store at the present time are certain to get the worth of their money. All the Fashion . Tbe Blue Diagonal English Coatings, mads up in first class style by Charles Stokf.s, No. 821 Ohesnut street. Snaxal Faiolt Bxvrcxa Machinxa, . Tea dollars oaab. Balance In monthly Instalment. O. V. Davis, Bo. 810 Ohesnut street. BtTBBEB OvfBtBOM and Boots for Men, Women, and Children, oan bs had at retail at the very lowest prioes. Good year's manufacture, old stand. No. few Ohasnnt Street, lower aid. - ANOTHER GREAT SALE AT OAS II ALL t MORS CLOTHING THAN IS CONTAINED IN ALL THE OTHER RETAIL CLOTHING ' : HOUSES IN PHILADELPHIA . , . ; PUT TOGETHER, TOBS IMMEDIATELY DISPOSED OF I! r : Hindered ' : : by the extenslv building operations jost com- : : pleted at Oak Ball, preventing heretofore the : : full display of our goods and the due accom- : ; modai ion of our crowds of customers, we Had : : ourselves well advanced In the season and : overstocked ' : with . ! . 8PRING CLOTHING, : so we have determined once more to Inaugurate : : a Sale for the Mosses with prices away down : : below the LOWEST MARK EVER YE I' : : REACHED. I ! 1 TENS OP THOUSANDS ! ! ! OF GARMENTS FOR MEN AND BOYS, FILLING OUR ENLARGED OAK H ALL FROM BASEMENT TO ROOF. WANAMAKER k BROWN'S LARGEST CLOTHING HOUSE IN AMBRCJA, ' S. E.JHRNER SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS D1UD. Babton On Tuesday morning, tha Sd Instant, Katb, youngest child of James and Julia li. bartoa. The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the fuueral, from the residence or her parents, at Chester, on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment at Chester Rural Cemetery. . Chatttn. On the 3d Instant, In the 83d year of her age, after a lingering illness, Klizabktu, wife of Rev. bamuel (.'. Chattin, and daughter of William Wright, of lie.erly, N. J., in a glorious hope of im mortality. The relatives and friends are respectfully lavlted to attend tbe funeral, from her husbaud s resMijm-o, at Benin. New Jersey, on Thursday next at 1 o'clock, without further notice. CBnp. At Milwaukee, April so, Kstelle Ci.k mit, wife of Alpha Child, aged US year a:l 0 months. , KlligtT. On the 4th Instant, of soarlst fver, Wuxib i. Kbkdkici, oDly child of George and 1,14 gie l.llioit. aged l years. , Due notice will u given of the funeral. . KID CLOVES. KID GLOVCC. j. aSc J. 33. BARTHOLOMEW, No. 23 North EIGHTH Street. IMPORTERS AND The "Bartlcy" and " La Delle" Drands. Offer of this season's Importation the largest stock, greatest variety of Shades, and most complete assortments ever offered in rhlladelphla. ...... RETAIL PRICE8 . ' Ladle' "Barney," tlo per pair. " "La Belle," II -sb " M Joseph, tiD -' Joavln, l-45 Also, raraaola, Son Umbrellas, Fana, Hoaiery, Gloven, Lace Collars, Thread Collar. Bowa, Corsets, eto. etc etc New styles Fancy Bows and Collars. DBE3S GOODS CLOSING OUT CHEAP. DRESS GOODS CLOSING OUT CHEAP. Xou.Uierj pair Kid Gloves guaranteed. If they rip or tear, another pair 'given in exchange. ' v MERCHANTS 8UPP LIED KID GLOVES. PEREMPTORY SALE OF VALUABLE WORKS OF ART. Previous to sailing for Europe on the 14th of May, Mr. CHARLES F. HASELTINE will sell at auction all his Valuable Collection of Oil Paint ings and Water Colors, WITHOUT RESERVE OR LIMITATION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, on the evenings of THURSDAY and FRIDAY, May 5 and 6. They will be sold at his Galleries No. I 1 25 CHESNUT Street, where they are now on Exhibition Free. The most valuable collection of Paintings per haps ever offered in Philadelphia. 4 mnsmtuw-thst B. SCOTT. Jr., Auctioneer. DRY GOODS. No. 43 North EIGHTH Street, HAS NOVT OPEN THE MARQUISE KID GLOVE, S-buttons, comprising exquisite shades. Also, 800 doeen KID GLOVES at 11. LADIES' FINE GAUZE LISLE AND SILK GLOVES. GENTC SUMMER UNDERWEAR, Cartwright 4 Warner's, at nearly half price. LADIES do. do. LADIES' AND GENTS' FULL REGULAR HOSE. HANDSOME REAL POINTE COLLARS, very cheap. NEW SHAPE POINTE COLLARS. Job lot of BLACK THREAD LACK BARBES. . Another lot elegant New Hamburg Edging i "nWITreSS MOHAIRS for Suits, 25c. JOB LOTS OF DRESS GOODS OPENING DAILY. SS pieces Heavy Mesh BLACK HERNANIE3, cheap. 80 pieces Black and White Silk Stripe Uernani. 81c. 25 pieces Chene Mohairs, 28c, new. . 19 pieces Figured Grenadines, 40 and 43c NEW liLACK 6ILKS. BLACK SILKS. BLACK SILKS, from auction. TUCKED NAINSOOKS for Short Skirts. HEAVY CORDED PIQUE. PARASOLS ! PARASOLS ! PONGE PARASOLS, new styles. SILK PARASOLS, new styles. HANDSOME MOURNING PARASOLS. Linen Parasol and San Umbrellas. 500 dozen LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS. LINEN COLLARS AND CUFFS for Travelling, new. 60 ps. FINE WHITE ORGANDIES, 81 and 8Tc. OPEN ON MONDAY. 800 pieces of MATTING, at Slo. Same goods sell In in carpet stores for coo. M ATT1NG, cheapest ever offered. BLACK MOUAIKS AND ALPACAS. NEW SHAPE hOOP-SKIKTS. PLAID 8UINSES FOR DRESSES. PLAID NAlNhOOKS. 8 4 FRENCH MUSLINS. 4 80 smwrp3t SILKS. SILKS. JOHN W. THOMAS, Nob. 405 and 407 North SECOND St, Invites attention to his elegant stock of SILKS. BLACK SILKS in all qualities. STRIPE AND PLAID SILKS In all colors. PLAIN AND FIGURED SILKS. JAPANESE SILKS of every variety. 8 30 3mrj Jciiami!i:km. mio aucii st iDTites attention to tbe following goods, bought at an immense loss to the importer. HLACK THUS AD LACKS. bi.ACK GUIPUKK LACKS. POINT APPLIQUK LACKrf. VALKNOIKNNK and OTHER LAOES. LLAMA LACK POINTK8. LLAMA LACK 8ACO;UKB. LLAMA LACE FANOHONETTKB. HAMBURG GOODS. KDCINGS, INSKKTIONS, rLOUNOIlnGS. Etc PAVlEKNa NOT TO BE FOUND iCLSE WHFBK. WHIT It OOOD8. PIQUK8 PROM Suo. to SI. rREKCH MU6LINH, TWO YARDS WIDE, Wo. PLAID NAINri K)K8, CAMBRICS. ictoria Lawns, Figured Kwiaa, Blurred and Tucked Muslins lor Waists. 66l CHILDREN'S OARRIAQES. j gllll.L'M CIIILimii.Vtf i CAUKIAUUS. THE UANDKOMK8T, BEST U A OK. AND LOW- j ; KBT PRICKS IN TUK C1TV. ; i N. B. Carriages mad to order. Repairing; promptly ; i done. 4 M Imrp No. m DOCKSTKCKT. j j WB DKKY ALL COMPETITION. : QOLONNADE HOTEL, . FIFTEENTH AND CHESNUT STS., fVl IBKLT SEW AND HANDSOMELY FtTR MBHKD is now ready for permanent or transient (nests SOLE AGENTS OF Misses' "La Belle," fl -off fr pair. Gents' "Barney," fs -M M " "La Belle," lit " AT LOWEST BATES. MSwstfrp KID GLOVES. FOR 8AI.E. ft FOR SALE, ON EASY TERMS, FIRST JfcO. class DWELLING, Race street, ODposit Logan Square. Also, one House Nv 117 IfiBecnantti street, shove Cherry. Inquire of H. WIRKMAN, Wo. 725 WAL NUT Street, or at buildings, ef i 86mwf 6tv J. WIRKMAN. oir. RMiNTnnr Kvnn hate , a '"J ir.j ir:n. . . . rwt . uiuuvr villa, A iwdu niwi i 'rpv. terms easy. UHAHLIUI i. BlVaHSt 8 3 16f No. 4823 MAIN Street, Germantown. TO RENT TO RENT, FURNISHED A DE SIRABLE MEDIUM-SIZED HOUSE; central Iooa lion ; modern convenience. Address "W. H. 0.,n Box 1 Philadelphia Post Office. . satfvp G TO LET THE STORE PROPERTY NO. ia Uhasnat street, twenty fir. feet front, one haa dred and forty-flr. fast deep to Bennett (trees. Bank bolldinca fire stories high. Possession May L 1870. Ad dress THOMAS 8. FLETCHER, MlOtr Delanoo. If. J. FOR RENT. A NEWLY AND V.T.V.. 'l srantlr fitted -qd and famished mdinl. .i.f louse, in tbe most fashionable nartof lh.oi.inM.Uit. tenhous Square), to rent on a tare years' lease, and fur. niture for sal. The furniture, which is perfectly new and complete, will be sold at a great saoriflee. Tbe bouse will be rented without the purchase of furniture, if de sired. Apply to CLARK A KTriNU, 6 8 8f No. 711 WALNUT Street. 8TORE TO LET ON THE FIRST OP lest by 100. Tbe unner rooms. 28 br fiu. eoalil ha altjmwJ to allow a private entrance from Second street, and bf subletting would materially reduce the rent. Address J. B. OKIE, 5 ftf COMMERCIAL ROOMS. PhiUda. TO RENT, NO. 1783 CHESNUT STREET a first-class residence ; 8 baths, water in eaoh room, all other modern conveniences. $0u00'per annum. Apply to JOHN OROMP, 4a9 8t No. 1731 OHK8NUT Btreet. ffjji GERMANTOWN A FURNISHED COT .fcO tage to rent for six month. Within fire minutes ot depot. CHARLES H. STOKES, 6 81t Wo. 4fl9 MAIM Street, Germantown. GERMAN TOW N SEVERAL COT tages to rent and for sal. ..... UH4KLKS U. 8TUK.KS, , 1 3 16f No. 4829 MAIN btreet. German town. REAL ESTATE AOENT. QANICL M. FOX & SON, Conveyancers and Seal Estate Agents, No. 540 N. FIFTH ST., Philadelphia. Principal Agency for Cottages and Lots at OAPK MAY and ATLANTIO PITY. 4 14 n4o FRED. SYLVESTER. REAL, ESTATE BBOKEB, Ifo. 808 South FOURTH Street, 8 rp ' PHILADELPHIA. UMBRELLAS, ETO. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF PONGEE Parasols, all colored lining. Tb latent (tyle of Parasols and bun Umbrellas, at HINCK LEY'S old stand. No. too VINa bt. 4 2812tro REFRIGERATORS. REFRIGERATORS. TOR THE CHEAPEST AND BEST GO TO THIS MANUFACTORY OF P. P. XEARN8, No. 39 NORTH NINTH STREET, 4 23 gmw3mrp BELOW ARCH, BAST 8IDBL pCFRIGCR AT O R S. E. S. FARSON & CO., Self-Ventilating- Refrigerators, Tb cheapest and most reliable in the market, and Will keep MEATS, VEGETABLES, FBUITS, MILK, and BUTTER LONGER, DRIElt,' aud COLDER, WITH LE8M ICE, Than any other Refrif erators In use. Wholesale and Retail, at the Old Stand, 4 SO lmrp N. 330 POCK Htret, Rflsw Walnut. fTX) JEWELLERS MISS B. BREINEINO, 1 formerly with Harry W. Hmith, STRUNO PKAStL AND CORAL JKWLUY AL b qyRn Attn uHiKiru TKHKD AND MitPAlRKD. 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