T11E DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1870. sriRiT or txxtj rzmss.'j Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals upon Current Topios Compiled Every Day for the Evening Telegraph. SAN DOMINGO AND CUBA. From the A'. Y. Sun. The entering wedge to the disruption of the Democratic party nmler the administra tion of Buchanan was the attempt to acquire Cuba by means of a joint resolution, intro duced into the Senate by John Sliilell, appro priating thirty millions of dollars to enable the President to open negotiations for the purchase of that island. It was well understood that this measure was brought forward in the interests of the slavery propagandists, and was to be male a test of fidelity to the Democratic party. Aside from the main object, the resolution of Slidell was intended to drive Stephen A. Douglas Irom the leadership of the party, where he was exhibiting too lofty a spirit of independence, and was inculcating the heresy that a genuine Democracy had a higher mis sion to perform than to enlarge the dominion and perpetuate the sway of negro slavery. Buchanan, Slidell, and their confederates of the old 1 erjimt further determined that if they could not reduce the Ilotspnr of the North west to the ranks, they would, by means of their Cuban annexation scheme, put him under the party ban as a factionist and a heretic The debate in the Senate opened by an effort on the part of Sir. Doolittle to lay aside the Cuban resolution, and take up in its stead the Homestead bill; and it was on this mere question of preference in the order of busi ness that the main debate took place. All the great chiefs bore a part in the conflict, which raged through the day and far into the nieht. Slidell, Toombs, and Mason led the pro-slavery wing of the Democraoy; Douglas, with some assistance from sturdy Charles Stuart, of Michigan, held aloft the indepen dent banner of the old-fashioned Democracy of the school of Jackson and Wright; while Seward, Wade, and other Bepublican Sena tors ever and anon kept thrusting into the controversy the proposition started by Doo little at the opening of the debate, that it,was wiser to give the unoccupied territory we now had to our landless poor than to expend mil lions in the purchase of new territory to be cultivated by blaves. This adroit flank movement, which em bodied just enough of the popular element to give Douglas an opportunity to attack the main question from a Democratic standpoint, greatly annoyed Slidell, and especially Toombs, who bore the brunt of the contest near the close of the debate. Toombs fought shy of Douglas, whom he admired and sometimes feared; but he assailed Seward and Wade, ridiculing them as the advocates of the "sans culotte lacklanders," whom he denounced as mere trespassers who ought to be kicked off the public domain. He shook his fist at Se ward, who happened a that moment to be quietly smoking a cigar in the doorway of the cloak-room, and arraigned him as destitute of all statesmanlike ideas, and only equal to playing the slippery arts of a 3maU dema gogue. Then turning to Wade, whoso seat was right by the Bide of his own, Toombs, his knotted locks bristling with excitement, sneered at Wade, who till then he had always supposed was a man of moderate courage, for being afraid of the lacklanders, and for skulking from the real question at issue. This personal sally brought Wade to his feet, his eye Hashing defiance. Stepping close up to Toombs, and bringing his fist heavily on his desk, he said in tones that made the chamber ring, "Afraid! I am not aware that I ever saw anything or anybody tinder the Almighty's heaven that I was afraid of'!' Toombs drew his chair back a little. "Skulk the issue? No!" thundered Wade; "I am ready to go to the people upon it 'Land for tke landless versus niggers for the niggerless!' " The packed galleries could fctand it no longer, and broke out with loud applause, which, in spite of Vice-President Breckinridge's gavel, rose, as Douglas shook hands with Wade, into three cheers for "Old Ben and the Little Giant." The marrow of the controversy was touched when Mason deolared that no Democrat hold ing the doctrines of the Senator from Illinois could get a single electoral vote from the South in the next Presidential campaign, which Douglas instantly checkmated by the vehement assertion that no Democrat who held the sentiments of the Senator from Vir ginia could carry a single Congressional dis trict in the North. The prophecy of each was fulfilled in lKCO, when Breckinridge and Douglas were the Democratic- candidates of their respective sections. This debate sounded the death-knell of the . Buchanan-Slidell plot for the purchase of Cuba. After lying a while on the table of the Senate, the resolution was quietly withdrawn. But, though the Cuban conspirators were able to strike down Douglas, the blow re coiled, and ruined the Democratic party, thus preparing the way for the aucoess of Lincoln in the next Presidential election. Do General Grant and his backers in the San Domingo job read and inwardly digest political history? If they ever open and ponder its instructive volumes, do they not perceive that they are to-day in this discredi table plot playing the perilous game which Buchanan, Slidell, Toombs, and their asso ciates played in their Cubaa job; while Sum ner, Schuiz, Morrill, and their supporters stand, in respect to the real sentiments of the llepublican party, precisely where Doug las and his friends stood as the representa tives of the time-honored traditions of the Democratic party? Grant may, by means of his patronage, be able to place Sum ner temporarily under the ban of the Executive displeasure; and by the aid of his retainers he may even succeed in consum mating his San Domingo scheme, though this we seriously doubt. In any event, he has already destroyed the Laruiouy of the Repub lican party; and if he persist in driving home this wedge, he will rend it asunder, and leave it to fall an easy prey to its opponents in the Presidential straggla upon which the country is now euteiing. Is General Grant, without any Republican record behind him, so blind, or so vain, or so obstinate as not to see that be cannot win in a contest with men who founded the Repub- hcanpaity, and spent the best years of their lives in iuipre&siug its principles upon the country, while he, throughout thin great epoch, took so little interest in public affairs that be never voted but once, and then for James Buchanan ? What is needed to restore harmony to the Republioan party ? We answer: Let General Grant abandon his San Domingo job and then announce tinder his own hand that he entirely withdraws from the arena as a candidate for a renomination in 1872. TIIE TRUTH ABOUT COAL. From tke A. r. WorUU The tariff of gold a ton on pig-iron pnataea the uou-manuiacturers to charge domestic consumers $H gold more for their iron than they conld have charged without that duty, and largely increased the profits of iron-making. The increased profits of the manufacturers increased largely the value of the lands on which the iron-ore is mined, and it is the value of the lands from which the coal is dug that constitutes one of the prin cipal items in the cost of iron. The increase in the value of the coal-lands especially has been enormous, frequently tenfold and over, so that lands which went begging in l.HliO have since sold for sjr00 and an acre. The largest prolits of the Pennsylvania protec tionist ring have been made out of the in creased value thus given to iron-lands, coal lands, railroads running between the two, and furnaces and rolling mills. In order to main tain these prices and sell more lands at the figure, it was of course necessary to work the lands and take out the coal. In order to sell the coal it was necessary to bring it to mar ket. To bring it to market required more railroads, the railroads more iron, and the iron more coal. So more coal wan mined, and more railroads were built, and more iron was smelted, and more coal was wanted, and the price of coal was kept up pretty well, and the price of coal lands was kept up very well indeed. But it is very evident that the pro cess could not go on forever. And although the ring maintained the duty on coal, which prevented New England from getting it from Nova Scotia, and thereby gave increased coal transportation to the new coal roads; and although the riDg give its whole support with might and main to every corrupt subsidy-jobbing and land grabbing railroad scheme that pro mised the least consumption of iron and coal; and although the ring systematically indorsed every scheme for raising money here or in Europe that would ever so remotely add to the consumption of coal ond iron, without re gard to its merits in anv other respect; yet, in spite of all these ingenious eff orts, the time arrived wheu it became evident that con sumption could not possibly continue to in crease in the same ratio as production, and prices in 18(7 commenced to decline so rapidly and so steadily that in the spring of 1N8 they were as low as they had ever been since lo44, with tne sole exseption of the temporary panic at the outbreak of the war. If the market and the coal-producers had been left to themselves, the inevitable result would have been a further decline in prices, resulting in a compulsory stoppage of works on the mines least favorably situated, and a continuance of work on those whose ex tremely favorable location enabled them to take coal to market at a profit even at the low prices then ruling. The effect of this suspension of work at one of the mines would naturally have been to depreciate the value of the mine itself materially; and as a large proportion of the mines had been within the last few years purchased by the different rail road companies leading to the mining re gions, not, it is said, without some occasional "perquisites" for individual directors, a de cline in mining property would have involved a proportionate decline in many leading rail road stocks, and a stoppage of all further sales by the directors aforesaid or by others of valuable mining property to the railroad companies at $1000 and more an acre. It therefore became the object of all parties interested in this neat little combination to prevent the decline in railroad stocks and mining lands by preventing the suspension of work in individual mines, and hence the manoeuvres to produce general suspensions whenever required. In order to prevent the general publio from finding out how they have been de ceived by these ooal-Iand, iron-land, and rail road and canal companies, all the mines have been kept going, new ones have been opened in quick succession, .and enormous now pur chases of lands have been made quite re cently, in face of the notorious fact that for four years past the production of coal has every year largely exceeded the consumption, and nothing but periodical strikes has saved the entire coal, iron, and railroad ring from hopeless and general bankruptcy. Although last year on a production of thirteen million tons of anthracite there was a surplus, in spite of a suspension averaging from six weeks to over three months, yet in less Mian eleven months of. this year nearly fifteen millions of tons have been mined, producers and dealers everywhere are largely over stocked, and in spite of the suspension now threatening to become general, dealers have been unable to force an advance in prices. The true state of the case then in this: in order to maintain the present high prioes of coal and iron lands and coal and iron rail ways which are the direct result of the ini quities of our present radical tariff, the Pennsylvania protectionist ring are know ingly trying to maintain a production of coal beyond the wants of consumption, and are trjing to throw the' burden of the inevitnble loss resulting from their course upon the laboring men. by foroing them to suspend, and upon the publio by forcing up the price of coal. They have twice before succeeded in the same scheme; but this time they will fail. Their proceedings are too well under stood to deceive a third time. The attempt to force the price has already signally failed. The suspension of work, we are informed, is likelv to Drove no better success. the idea of a general strike being very un favorably considered by a large proportion of the working men. The fate of these schemers will not materially differ from that of thd grain speculators, whisky gamblers, and boot and shoe dealers whose history has recently attracted a slight share of public attention But their fate will meet with a far wider range of publio interebt, owing to the magni tude of the industries involved and the very large amount of suffering which their collapse would entail. But apart from individual suf fering, the publio will gain enormously by the approaching end of this monstrous com bination. Not that we ever hope to see re turned to the people the millions wrung from them under the disguise of a tariff, but that the people may profit by the dear-bought les son: that in "protecting" an industry they are only raising up a greedy and unscrupulous monopoly. Not that we expect to see a uni versal or immediate recognition of sound eco nomic principles, but that the time nifty come before very long when no American journal of respectable pretensions will dare to impose npon its readers such arguments as these: "But meanwhile an enlightened protection for American industry will open new markets for coal, and foster those manufacturing en terprises upon which the prosperity of the miner so intimately depends. When the iron and steel, the cotton and woollen stuffs, which we now bring from across the ocean are made within reach of our own mines, we shall have no moi'e complaint of an excessive supply of coal. PERFORMING PIETY. Frowi tke y. Y. Tribune. It has always been for us a subject of da vout thankfulness that the New York Blither 'waa not published in Judea at that sacra time when suddenly there was with the Augel a multitude of the heavenly host praisipg God and saying "Glorr to God in the highest !" The divine song would have been critically commended by some knowing re porter as "a most successful effort," and after besmearing the performance with com pliments, the enterprising journalist would have printed the names of all the solo artists, and told us who played upon the harp. Bui if this profanation has been spared us, there is still the anniversary of the holy Christmas time, when the song of the heavenly host is repeated in our churches, and heads are bowed in humble reverence at the recollec tion of the great myBtery of Bethlehem, and into the midst of the devout Assemblage comes the impertinent little mau(with his note book, turning the temple of prayer into a public show. To him Christmas is a day when there is much to be seen, and much to be written: piety is a rather picturesque per formance that calls for picturesque language; the church is a bunday theatre, where the quality of the performance and the character of the audience alike demand his most care ful inppection. On Monday he told the world how we all looked at our prayers, and how we sang our praises, and now and then we was kind enough to decide whether we had a biuait man lor our pastor. The Church or All Souls is fortunate in a clergyman who pos sesses "a highly intellectual countenance,, which bespeaks the symnathv of his hearers." and whose "eloquence is of the highest."' Naturally, therefore, "a fashion able congregation gathered at this temple of liberal Christianity, who were bent on hearing a Christmaa ser mon." The younger members of this fash ionable companvof worshippers seem to have amused themselves, according to the BUtth- erh iff, with gallantries at the church door. but as soon as the sermen began they were "riveted by the quiet earnestness and fault less "clociation" of Dr. Bellows. St. Joseph's Church, in the Sixth avenue, is Iors fashion able, its congregation consisting of "the solid middle class," but even these people ware "not wanting in bright happy faces and com fortable, well-to-do exterior." The niusio seems to have been too fine for any but a first-class congregation. Madame Martinez pang a very sweet soprano solo "with telling effect," and there was a "very exquisite ' Sanctus, consisting of "light and almost dance music." St. Theresa's Church, in Rut gers street, was moro successful than St. Joseph's, for it has "one of the most select congregations m the city, and on Christ mas day drew a "highly respectable and fashionable" audience, before which we are happy to say that the Bervice was conducted "with much artistic ability" by the "talented organist of the church," Mr. Gleason, and the Rev. Father 1 lattery, who, being an orator and accom plished scholar, and not at all an "over-estimated" man, "glided into some beautifully pointed remarks as to the Papacy and its temporalities." At the New England Congre gational Church the sermon of the Rev. Mer rill Richardson "was replete with all his ac customed impassioned style and copious energy of argument and illustration; the anthem was "most superbly rendered, and the voluntary was exquisitely played by the accomplished organist. The Church of the jviessiah is now the "favorite resort of the fashionable church-goers of Murray Hill," and was crowded by an audience "apparently as zealous and devout as one could wish for," which was gratifying indeed. The "elegant" Fifth Avenue Baptist Church was "filled by the usual iashionabie congregation, all of whom were "attired in their sober and com fortable winter garments." The reporter is particular to mention that these garments were worn in consequence of "the pinching, cold, frosty wind" a statement from which readers will draw their own conclusions. The choir was "very eff ective;" the prayer was "fervent," and Dr. Armitage, in his masterly sermon,. was aglow with eloquence. The wor shippers at St. Patrick's Cathedral were proba bly not fashionable; but Madame Chome sang with so much expression, and the other vocal ists displayed such "fine musical ability in their respective parts," that the very highest people in the city might have listened to the entertainment with satisfaction. At St. Vin cent Ferrer's the audience was filled with "religious delight," and "for a solemn spec tacle on Christmas morning" the performance "could not have been surpassed. "The mu sical portion of the services reflected much credit upon the organist and his well-trained assistants," the choir being "augmented by additional soloists," and Miss Fissett especially giving a "rendition of Gounod's Ave Maria with all the feeling and expres sion which that beautiful composition re quires." At Plymouth Church the f estiva was celebrated "with anthem and song of ap propriate mental and metrical harmony," and with "latitudinarianism of ritualism;" but an unfortunate faux pat was committed in setting up a Christmas-tree so tall that its branches "hid the face of Miss Morgan, the new contralto, and other feminine members of the choir." Mr. Zundell's anthem, "for operatic effect, could scarcely have been surpassed." "One of the choruses was strongly suggestive of 'The Whisper Chorus' in 'Les Brigands.' " The tenor and soprano "distinguished themselves, and, taking into consideration the zero condition of the atinos- fhere, may be said to be in excellent voioe." assing over briefly the reports of the proceed ings at St. Charles Borromeo's Church, where the music"went" effectively, but the reverend preacher "was frequently inaudible, lowering his voice at the ends of sentences;" at St, Peter's in Barclay street, where Professor Pecher almo&t made the organ speak under his masterly manipulation," and Mrs. Easton 6ang "with genuine pathos and scholarly finish," and the choir generally "gave the grand music of the mass a devotional inter pretation and a truly artistio rendition;" the Baptist Church in Jamaica where "the Rev. A. Stewart Walsh preached a highly orato rical sermon;" and St. Peter's in Jersey City, where "the music was charaoteristio of St. Peter's, which, in this respect, is seo nd to no church in the entire State" we come to the Rev. O. B. Frothingham, who is "logi cal, original, and at times startling," and "attracts to the foot of his rostrum the intel lectual and liberal classes of the people." The exercises conducted by this divine on Christ mas day embraoed "Rich, Rare, and Racy Reminiscences of Religion," and "the beau tiful and thoroughly trained soprano of whom the congregation is so proud" sang Handel's "Come unto Him" so well that "there was an almost irresistible tendency among the hearers to applaud." We have a sincere compassion for any man who can read this vulgar profanation of holy things without anger and disgust. If there is any moment when we ought to be safe from the intrusion of The Blathevukitc reporter it is when we are saying our prayers. If there is any occupation which ought to be exempt from his silly compliments and nonsensical criticism, it is the occupation of singing the divine praises. It is no answer to this to say that church musicians are paid professional artists, for in theory they are not engaged to exhibit their professional abilities in church, and if practically they are performers rather than worshippers, that Is an affair of their own with which we have nothing to do. Re porting sermons is useful; if they can do good to a few hundred listeners, they can do much more good to a hundred thousand readers; but this horrible business of criti cising prayers and praises, and disonssing the dress, behavior, and "fashionable" standing of people engaged in the most solemn actions of their lives, is an evidence of de moralized sentiment in the community. There is no spot where the privacy of the in dividual ought to be more strictly respected than in the church. TnE ITALIAN CAPITAL. From the If. T. Times. There is a sort of glamour inseparable from the popular idea respecting Rome, which, at first blush, seems to justify the selection of that city as the future seat of government for the Kingdom of Italy. The very name calls up a train of recollections and 'associa tions to every mind such as cluster around and cling to no other city in the world. The scholar, the artist, the antiquarian, the tra veller, the enthusiast, each and all alike, has a place in his memory which is, so to speak, a shrine, whereat he almost worships some cherished relio of classio or Christian Rome. And in their choice of a capital it was natural that the eyes of the King and people of Italy should turn toward the seven-hillod city with a fondness no less marked than that which fills the breast of the cosmopolite. But Rome itself has drawbacks which must detraot from its attractiveness as a central seat of govern ing power. in the first place, Rome in notoriously in salubrious as a place of residence. Such has been the reputation of the city for centuries, and no lapse of time appears to have wrought any perceptible change for the better. From the days of Horace, Cicero, and Livy in whose writings may be found allusions to its unhealthiness down to the visits of the most recent traveller, Rome has been uni formly portrayed as a place dangerous alike to native and foreigner, to resident and visitor. The malaria would inevitably prove a disagreeable, if not a dangerous, draw back to all comfort and all enjoyment. in a capital whose political attractions must necessarily soon crowd its streets and houses with persons for the most part strangers to the climate, and thus the more exposed to that terrible fever which even the oldest resident is continually obliged to guard against. It is the custom to say that, were the surrounding country put under cultivation, the malaria would disappear. This is by no means certain, even if the ex periment were tried; and that any systematic, thorough trial is likely to be made, nothing in the history of the country or in the char acter of the population gives us much assur ance. At all events, it may be deemed proba ble that too many other subjects and enter prises will occupy the King and his courtiers for some time to come, to allow of much attention being paid to the vital questions of health and life. The long-continued occupancy and control of Rome by a hybrid power, in which the religious and the secular were in no sense symmetrically combined, has contributed to fasten upon the citizenship ,a general condi tion of demoralization which cannot augur well for the engraftment thereupon of a royal court and the unbridled secularities (not to say corruption), belonging to it. Two or three generations must pass away be fore the old traditions and long-settled conventionalisms of the "Holy City" can be expected to fade sufficiently for the esta blishment there of a homogeneous and har monious capital. The questions of defense, commerce, convenience of access, incite ment to enterprise and progress, and local sentiment also, naturally have a part in de termining the wise selection of a permanent seat of government; and as answered by the choice of Rome, the response cannot seem wholly satisfactory to thoughtful men. SPECIAL. NOTICES. Jay- PHILADELPHIA AND READING KAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 22T S. FOURTH Street. Philadelphia, Nov. so, 1S70. DIVIDEND KOTICh. The Transfer Books of this Company will be clos on Wednesday, the 14th"of December next, and r opened on Tuesday, the 10th of January, 1871. A dividend of FIVE PER CENT, has been de clared on the Preferred and Common Stock, clear of State tax, payable in cash on the 27th of Decern ber.next to the holders thereof, as they shall stan registered on the books of the Company at the close ol business on the 14th of December. All payable at this office. All orders for dividends must be witnessed and stamped. S. BRADFORD, 12 1 6w Treasurer. gw- OFFICE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. Philadklphia, November 1, 1870. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. The Board of Directors have this day declared a semi-annual dividend of FIVE FEB CENT, on the Capital Stock of the Company, clear or National and State taxes, payable In cast, on or after November 30, 1670. Blank powers of attorney for collecting dividends can be bad at the office of the company. The office will be opened at S A. M. and closed at 3 P. M., from November 30 to December 3, for the payment of dividends, and after that date from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. THOMAS T. FIRTH, 11 1 8m Treasurer. g- TBE BNTKRI'RISE INSURANCE COM- PAN Y, OF ".PHILADELPHIA Company a BUlKllng NO. 40U w aljn u i Mreet, DkcEMBIK 23, 1970. NOTICE The Annual Meeting of the Stock holders of the ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COM PA NY will be held on MONDAY, the 9th dav of January next, at 10 o'clock A. M., at the office of the company. An election of Twelve Directors, to serve the en suing year, will be held on the same day at the same i lace, between the hours of 10 A. M. and i o'clock P.M. ALEXANDER W. WISTER, 12 S3 fmw;t secretary. tW OFFICE OF THIRTEENTH AND FIF- " TKBNTH STRETS 1 AsaENSEK RAILWAY COMPANY Philadelphia, December 8n, isto. The annual meeting of the STOCKHOLDER of the. Thirteenth aad Fifteenth Streets Passenger Railway Company will be held at the Southeast cor nerof BROAD and CARPKNTBR streets, (entrance on Carpenter street,) on MONDAY, the ninth day of January, lt71, at 10 o'clock A. M., lor the elec tion of a President and Ave Directors, and for the transaction of aucn otner DiiBines as may tie pre. sented. P. DOVER BROWN, 12 83 fmw6t Beoreatry. OFFICE OF THE FAME INSURANCE COMPAN , NO. bo9 ClltSN L T Street. Philadelphia, December 24, 1870. NOTICE. The annual meeting of the BMckhohl ers of the FAME IN8LRANCE COMPANY will be held on MONDAY, the 9th day of January next, at 10 o'clock A, n., at ine omee or tne company. An election for twelve Directors to serve the en suing year will be held on the same dav, at the same place, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 A. AI. i 1.1.11. H K. 1. EL,.1Jlria.llLI, 12 24 tJ9 Secretary, rip. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. A DLVI DENDOf FIFTY CENTS PER SHARE will be paid by the HESTONVILLE, MANTUA, AND FA1RMOUNT PASSENGER RAILWAY COM PANY, free of State tax, on and after December 27th text, at the office of the Company, No. 112 South FRONT btreet. Transfer books will be closed December 16ta and reopen December is- . CHARLES V, HASTINGS, 12 10 Binwtl Treasurer. BPEOIAL. NOTICES. f- INCOME TAX ON BOND INTERBSfv Protests from bondholders, from whose int?r out the income tax II deducted, tor sale as bolow. rnre o cenu. Parties collecting Interest on Januarv 1 will find it worth their while to serve these protests on cor porations which deduct the Income tax from the interest of coupons due. For sale at F. I. MOORE'S, No. 613 WALNUT Street. 11 23 6t and Leaal Gazrtte Offli-e, No. 007 SANSO.Vt. ruiLAnEi.rniA and reading kail- "w ROAD COMPANY, Office, No. 827 S. FOURTH Street. PniT.ATtHT.rm, Dec. 15. 1970. Notice Is horebv etven to the Stockholders of this Company that the annual meeting and election for iTepment, six Managers, Treasurer, and Secretary will take Dlace on the second MONDAY fBttn of January next, at 12 M. WM. H. WEI1B, i in ijan v secretary. OFFICE ST. NICHOLAS COAL COMPANY, The Board Of Dlrertors of the St- Nicholas Cnnl Company have this day declared a dividend of THIRTY CKNTSper share, clear of State tax, py- criv. vnnuBi j o, i.tii. i ut; uniiBier uwiivs will ue closed from December 24 to Jnuuary 3, 1T1. u. iioitasioa, Treasurer. raiiLADEi.rniA, December 81. 1370. 12 81 9t tgy- AMERICAN MFK INSURANCE COM- 1 ii.i 1 1 (iziLnui oiLccu Huuuieaaii corner 01 Fourth. NOTICE. The Annual Meetlnir of the stork. holders of this Company, for the election of Thirteen Trnptees to serve for the ensuing year, will be held bi me umre on MormiAy, January 2, 1371, between 10 A. M. and 18 o'clock noon. 12 SI lot JOHN S. V1L80N, Secretary. OFFICE UNION MUTUAL INSURANCE w COMPANY, N. E. corner THIRD and WAL NUT Streta. Philadelphia, Dec. 17, lS7u. The Annual Meeting of the Stock and Scrlp holilers of the Company, and the Annual Election for Directors, will be held at the office of the Com pany at 12 O'clock M., on MONDAY, January 9, 171. 1217J9 JOHN MOSS, Secretary. BG? OFFICE PHILADELPHIA AND TRES- TON RAILROAD COMPANY. Philadk lpui a, Dec. 19, 1S70. The annual meeting of the stockholders of, this Company will be held at their office, No. 224 South DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia, on MONDAY, the 9th day of January. 1S71, at 1 o'clock P. M., when an election will be held for twelve Directors to serve lor the ensuing jear. FLOYD H. WHITE, 12 10 t J9 r Assistant Secretary. gy- FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' NA w TIONAL BANK, PuiLADEi.rniA, December 8, 1970. The annual election for Directors of tnts Hank will beheld at the Banking House on WEDNES DAY, the llth day or January next, between the hours of 11 o'clock A. M. and 2 o'clock P. M. 12 s tjU W. RUSHTON, Jr., Cashier, EST SOUTIIWARK NATIONAL BANK. Philadelphia, Dec. 10, hto. The annual election for Directors will be held at the IJi nklug-house on TUESDAY, January 10, 1971' betwe.-n the hours, of 10 o'clock A. M. ami 12 o'clock M. 1818 mwf t j 10 P. LAMB, Cashier. Jig- T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. TREGO'S TEABERRY TOOTHWASH. Sold by all Druggists. A. M. WILSON, Proprietor. 8 2 10m NINTH AND FILBERT Sts., Phliada, y- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the Oeneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of a Bank, la accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE IRON BANK, to be located at Phi ladelphia, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, with the right to increase the same to one minion cionars. Efty TURNER'S UNIVERSAL NEURALGIA PILL is an UNFAILING REMEDY for Neu ralgia Facialis. No form of Nervous Disease falls to yield to its wonderful power. Even In the severest cases of Chronic Neuralgia its use for a few days ailords the most astonishing relief, and rarely tails 10 proauce a complete anu permanent cure, xt con tains no materials In the slightest degree injurious. It has the unqualilied approval or the best physi cians. Thousands,. In every part of the countrv. gratefully acknowledge Its power to soothe the tor- tureu nerves ana restore tnc laiungstrengtn. It Is sold by all dealers in drugs and medicines. TURNER A CO., Proprietors, 9 29 niwfi No. 120 TREMONT St., Boston, Mass. lirif NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meetlHg of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a Bank, in ac cordance witn tne laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK, to be locrted at Philadelphia, with a capital of two hundred rnd fifty thousand dollars, with the right tu lucreaee uie buuic 10 one minion aoiiars. i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of a Bank, In accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to ue euuueu inn ftlliaiUllSTATIS 1JA.NK., 10 be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of two hun dred and lifty thousand dollars, with the right to increase me same to live nunurea thousand dollars. Hy THE UNION FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire ExtlBgulBher. Always Reliable. D. T. GAGS, C 30 U No. 118 MARKET St, General Agent. f NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the General Assemblv of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a Bank, in ac cordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entiuea int. Am uhauj bax &, 10 ue located at Philadelphia, with a capital of five hundred thou sand dollars, with the right to increase the same to two muuon aoiiars. JOUVIN'S KID GLOVE CLEANER restores soiled gloves equal to new. For sale by all druggists and fancy goods dealers. Price 25 cents per uoiue. - 11 vimwfi NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of a Bank, la accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE NATIONAL BANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thou sand dollars, with the right to increase the same to one muuon uoiiars. gy DR. F. R. THOMAS, No. 911 WALNUT ST., formerly operator at the Colton Dental Rooms. t evotes his entire practice to extracting teeth with out pain, wuu iresn nitrous oxiae gas. 11 iti f NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN w application will be made at the next meeting of the General Abseuibly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a Bank, In accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA BANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital Of five hundred thousand dollars, with the right to ncieaae me same yj tea xuiuiiuu aouars. CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, ETC. QLOTH HOUSE. JAMES ft HUBER. mo. 11 North Si:t'0l) Ntreet, Sign of the Golaen Lamb, Are w receiving a large and splendid assortment of new styles of FANCY CASSIMERES And standard makes of DOESKINS, CLOTHS and COATINGS, I mwi AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. J. T. HABTON. M'MAHOH. JATOr & Wc5IAlIOI, SBIPPISQ AXD COMMISSION MERCUASTS, No. 9 COENT1KS SUP, New York, No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia, No. 45 W. PRATT STREET, Baltimore. We are prepared to ship every description 01 r reigui to .rullBdeipma, icvr iuil, w uiuiuguni, u Intermediate points with promptness and despatoh. Cunai Boau and Steam-tugs furnished at the shortest loUob, rET GOODS, NEWEST STYLES, DIXON'S, No. 1 ui Hi juuuau oireew tu imwj IHIPPINU. ffPQW LORILLARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY SAILING TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SAT- LHUilS ai Kuur, are now receiving freight at winter rates, com mencing Dectmber 83. All goods shipped on sn l after this date will be charged as agreed upon by the agents of this comnanv. INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT. Kfl 1)111 Of liullnflp nr rarolnt atfmAA tnr Ims flfty cents, and no insurance effected for less than one uuimr ireuuuiii. For further particulars and rates apply at Com pany's oftlce, Pier 33 East river, New York, or to JonN f. onu PIER 19 NORTH WHARVES. N. B. Extra rates on small packages iron, metaia etc. ihi THE REGULAR 8TEAMSniPS ON THE PHI. LADKLPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM. SHIP LINE are ALONE authorized to issue throngs ollls of lading to Interior points South and Wnat in connection with South Carolina Railroad Comnanv. ALFRED L. TYLER, vice-rreBiaeni bo. V. llli. Co. PHILADELPHIA ANHSmTTni?i Mill. BTV1IIBUID nnuD.nin. . . LAH bKMIMONTULY LXNB TO NKW Oft. A.KAT7S. I A OnTtiMly. Jun.iry :(. at 8 A. M. Ilia J UNIA'I A will tail from New Orleans, via Havana, THROUGH BILLS OF LADING at allow rate as bt anf other roate jtiten to Mobile, (inlvnton, 1.ND1AN. OLA, ROOK PORT, LAVAOOA, and BRAZOS.and to ll pointa on the MiMisaippI riTei between New Orleans and St. 1onia. Red River freight reaoiDDed at K 01-. . without charge oi oonunlaaiona, WFEKLY LINK TO SAVANNAH. OA. Tba TON AWARD a. will sail for BaTannaa oa Bat ur1a, Jnntiuir 7, at 8 A. M. Tbe l'lONi EU will call from. Sarannan oa Saturday. Janonrv7. THROUGH BILLS OF LADING Biyen to all theprin. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee in connection with I the Central Railroad of Georgia, Atlantic and Onlf Rail. f li ea wriua learners, at as lew rata M or oompotiag REM I MONTHLY LINK TO WILMINGTON. W. O. Tba RATTLHSNAKK will sail for wnmiDKtoa Ton Werine?ds December 28. at 8 1 A. M. Retotmni. will lee Wi!raiDton Wedeeydar. Jauuary 4. ,,urn,n' wlu Connects with the Oape Fear Rfver Steamboat Oon. pany, tbe Wilminnton and Weidon and North Otrolina Railroads, and the W ilminstoa and Man oh ester Railroad to all interior points. Freights for Columbia, 8. O., and Aarnta, Ga., taken ia W ilminRton, at as low rates as by any other root. Insurance etfeoted when requested by shippers. Bills of lading signed at Queen street wharf on or before, day of aailina. WILLIAM L. J A MRS, General A rent 918 Ko ta South i UlRD Street FOR LIVERPOOL AND OTTRHVS. .TOWN. Inman Line of Rovai Mali Steamers are appointed to sail as follows: Citv of Brooklyn, Saturday, Dec. 91, at 1 P. M. City of Brussels, Saturday, January T. at T A. M. Citv of Limerick, via Halifax, Tuesday, Jau. 10. at 1P.M. City of Washington. Saturday. .Tan. 94. at 12 nooa. and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Taos day, from pier No. 45 North river. RATES OF PASSAGE. Payable In gold. Payable la currency. First Cabin T8 Steerage IS To London 80 1 To Londoa 35 To Paris 90 To Paris 39 To Halifax 90 1 To Halifax is Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bremen, etc, at reduced rates. Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by persons wishing to send for their XrlcnJs. For further Information apply at the company's office. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 15 Broadway, N. Y.l Or to O'UONNELL & FAULK, Agents, S B No. 409 CHESNUT Street, Philadelphia. cffWw PHILADELPHIA, RICIIMO ND iiftflr Wi AND NORFOLK 8TRAHSHIP LINK. THKOliOH FREIGHT AIR LINK TO TUH SOUTH A NO WKST INCREASED FAOILITIK8 AND REDUCED RATES fOR 1 H7l)t Steamers leare eyery WKDN KSDATand SATURDAY at IJo'olock noon, from FIRST WHARF abora MAItl KKT Street. RKTL'RNING, leayo RICHMOND MONDAYS and THURSDAY, and NORFOLK TUESDAYS and BA. TURD A VS No Bills of Ladlm signed after 13 o'olook oa sailiag YuROUGH RATE8 to all points la North aad South Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, eonneotiag at Portsmouth, and to Lynohbnrg, Va., Tennessee, and tba West, ria Virginia and Tennessee Air Lin and Rinh. and Danyille Railroad. mMmma Freight HANDLED BUTONOE, and taken at LOWKB RATK8 TJU AN ANV OTHER LINE. No charge for oommisaion, drayaga, 01 any oxpaasa el ranafer. ... . . . . bteamshipa Inanro at lowest rate. Freight received daily. tat. "ysFSKEEtiSk 00.1 11 U. 14 O. TV V MXfJ A L1 11 m ivr 1 11 , TV IIAA V IV. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and Oitj Point. C P. OROWELL GO., AgenU at Norfolk. f U NO. Vi a. wuAKVKHand fier 1 N. WUA.RVR3. T. NEW EXPRESS LINE TO ALUXAN idrla, Georgetown, and Wanoisgtoa u. v., via Chesapeake and Delaware, Canal, with connections at Alexandria from the most direct route for Lynchburg, Bristol, KnoxvUle, Nashville, Dalton, and the Southwest Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at nooa torn the first wharf above Market street. Freight received dally. WILLIAM P. CLYDE ft CO., No. 14 North and South WHARVES. HYDE fc TYLER, Agents at Georgetown; IL ELDR1DOE A CO., Agents at Alexandria. 1 wow Kwtur vnnir vu twt ihtidi 9 and Rarltan CanaL SWIFTSUHB TRANSPORTATION uu jar a in x. DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURE LINES, Leaving dally at 19 M. and 5 P. M. The steam propellers of this conipavay will com mence loading on the 8th of Maroh. Through In twenty-four hours. Goods forwarded to any point free of commission' Freights taken on accommodating terms, Appljto WILLIAM M. BAIRD k CO., Agents, 4 No. 139 Booth DELAWARE Avenue. FOR NEW TOR via Delaware and RarlUn Canal ial. EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANY. The is team Propellers of the line will commanna loading on the 8th Instant, leaving dally as usual. THROUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Goods forwarded by all the lines going out of Ne York, North, East, or West, free ol commission. Freights received at low rates. WILLIAM P. CLYDB ft CO., Agents, No. 13 & DELAWARE Avenue JAMES nAND, Agent, No. 119 WALL Street, New York. g 41 DELAWARE AND CHESATEAK STEAM TOWBOAT COMPANY Barges towed between PhUadelnhla. Baltimore, Uavre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and In termediate points. William r. clyde ft co., Agents. Captain JOHN LAUGRLIN, Superintendent. umce. NO. 19 ttontn Wb&rvea uiadelphia. Ill CORDAGE, ETO. WEAVER , & CO., BUPli JlANUrAt'TlRCUl AND Bill I JllAIlIaL.EUSa No. 99 North WATER Street and No. 38 -North WHARVES, Philadelphia, ROPE AT LOWEST BOSTON AND NSW TORS PRICKS. 41 CORDAGE. Manilla, Slial and , Tarred Cordagt At LctiMt Raw York PrioM aad Friht EDWIN IL FITLEJK fc CO r istorr. TKHTH Bt. aad GIKUANTOWH Avaaas,' Btora. No. 93 WATKH 8U aad vanaa, 41912m . H DKLAWAB PHILADELPHIA! SAXON "GREEN NEVER FADEO. 8 16m A LEXANDER G. CATTELL ft OO IX. PRODUCE COMMISSION MB rtOHANTSL No, 94 NORTH WHARVES AND NO, 91 NORTH WATER STREET, PHILADELPHIA. AJJ1AK013 Q, C'AniaU KLU1B CAIT1 t
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