M.JL 2 ... THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA,, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1871. criRiT or Tnn moss. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals upon Current Topics Compiled Every Day for the Evening Telegraph. CANADA ANNEXATION. F omteh'. r. Tribune. More than twenty jeara have elapsed since the qnention of annexation was first openly mooted in the British Troviuoeg of America. In 1849 several able and distin guished men, in various Boctiona of Canada, avowed themselves to be in favor of fmch a ruensnre, as the best mode of dovoloping the resources of the country; and nuoioroas writers BURtained a movement which, at one time in that year, seemed likely to taka a deep hold of the public miud on the north side of the great Americo-Canadian river. A manifesto was issued, nigned by more than a thousand of the mont prominent men in Mon treal then, an nov, tho commercial capital of Canada in f aver of a pencoablo separation from the mother country, with a view to soak ing admission into cur great and prosperous Union. This proceeding alarmed to such a degree the pro-British party that extraordi nary measures were adopted to stop tho spread of principles so obnoxious to their tastes. Several hundred magistrate, militia officers, and others holding comminHions cinder the Provincial Government, were summarily dismissed for having signed this document, or for tpeakiDg in public what were then esteemed words of treason. Those measures were acoouipanied by an assurance from Lord John, now Erl Russell, then Colonial Minister, that her Majesty's Govern ment would exert all its influence to procure reciprocal free trade between the provinces and the United StateB. The severity of the Colonial and the fair promises of the Im perial authorities had the effect of staying ' for a time the growing wish of the Canadians to enter the Union. This assurance was at length realized, through the able diplomacy of Lord Elgin, the Governor-General of Canada, by the consummation of the raci prpoity treaty, which, having run its period of eleven years, was terminated on our part because of its obvious one-sidedness. The reciprocity scheme, as we all know, gave to our fishermen advantages with which thay were content, but which, weighed against the ' quid pro quo given by us in return, were as dust in the balance. The same remark ap plies with equal force to the navigation of the St. Lawrence, which the cunning diplomat threw in, on the part of Canada, as a make weight in the bargain. "What might have happened had our states men rejected the proposals of England on behalf of her colonial protege can only be a matter of conjecture. Many of the earnest advocates of annexation, on both sides the line, are strongly of opinion that, but for the making of this hapless treaty, Canada would ere this have knocked at our door for admis sion. We are of a different opinion. Prior to our great civil war, our statesmen of all parties were too ruuoh engrossed in the great political and social problem of negro slavery to embark in outside questions, however im portant. This extreuiH indifference as to what so much concerned our neighbors' wel fare, and apparently our own, seemed to the Canadian annexationists most unaccount able. Many of these gentlemen, who, not unnaturally, sought sympathy and moral aid at 'Washington, returned home dis gusted with the cold indifference with which they had been received by high offi cials and members of Congress. Since the renewal of the agitation of the question in Canada, consequent upon the termination of the treaty, similar" complaints have been made. The reason for this apparent apathy is readily explained. Having rooted out slavery, and ith it the complicated system : of checks ud balances, compromises and bargainings between theNorthJand the South, the East and the West, something akin to political ohaoB, for a time, ensued. Out of me discordant elements wnicn remained we had to reconstruct the Union. This has occupied five years a period so brief in the history of a nation, and, considering what had to be done, so fraught with danger to constitutional government, that the future historian will marvel that such vast and salu tary results have been accomplished in so brief a time. These mighty ends being now consummated, our Canadian neighbors need no longer complain of indinerence on the part of onr pnblio men or of the press. The large space occupied by President Grant, in his late message, in discussing Canadian questions, affords satisfactory evidence that the time has come for the consideration of the subject, with a view to its early and final solution. Whether the suggestions made by the Presi dent for a quasi suspension of commercial in tercourse between the two oountries (for that is what it amonnts to) in retaliation for wrongs inflicted on a few fishermen are feasi ble or wise, they are certain to be attended with one good result. He has fairly opened the question, and the universal attention thus drawn to it will convince our neighbors that the period of indifference has at length given place to one of careful inquiry the oertain recursor of more decided action. On one point, at least, our publio men of all parties are at present agreed, viz., thai the Canadians must never hope for a renewal of the-defunct Reciprocity treaty. If they are not yet prepared to lay aside old and use less sentimentalities, they must, if they de sire anything short of annexation, come to us with a proposal to adopt our commercial system our tariff, in fact as against all the rest of the world England included. That tariff will afford the Canadians advantages whioh a large party here olaim for it in refer ence to our own national industries. Canada, like this country, has its protectionist party; and this party claims that Canada possesses great facilities, in the shape of cheap labor, inexhaustible v.ater-power, and abundance of raw material, for setting up as a manufac turing country. Only one thing they lack: a market in which to sell their sur plus fabrics. It is absolutely certain that their best market, outside the provisoes, will be our almost illimitable agri cultural States lying south and west of the provinces. In these vast and growing mar kets they will in fact become competitors with our Eastern manufacturers. A proposi tion, therefore, for a new treaty to regulate trade between the two countries, to be accept able to any class in this country, must em brace not only this marked discrimination against transatlantic merchandise and pro duce, but must include a schsiue for the free exchange of every article, tho producu or manufacture of the respective countries. Furthermore, such a scheme must compre hend entire reciprocity in tho fisheries and in the navigable wuters, both natural and artifi cial, of the two countries. Now, as no hujii treaty can be negotiated except by Knglanl, or with ber consent, so long as the Dominion clings to the sLadow of 15ritih connection, it will be impossible for Canada to come to in with such a proposal. However much Great Britain may desire to be rid of the complica tions growing out of the divergont interests of her overgrown North American colonies, it can scarcely be expected that she will abso lutely cut them adrift, so long i" they cling to her with childish pertinacity; or that, on the other hand, nue will consent to their dis criminating, in their legislation or by treaty, in our favor. Canada, in her present undecided and hesi tating potation between oolonial tutelage and national independence, leaves our statesmen in some doubt as to the best policy to be pursued to promote the growing ambition of her people to become part and parcel of this country. Whatever intermediate stages the Canadian question is destined to undergo, we speak the universal sentiment of this country when we express our conviction that the ulti mate goal is annexation. Whether this end is to be reached by direct diplomacy, such as le& to the withdrawal of the French from Mexico, or by the adoption of measures lead ing indirectly thitherward, is a question that we may soon have to determine. We rather like the idea of going directly at the main question, of terminating the reign of British power on ihii continent. Tell England the time kns come for hor to withdraw from Ame rican soil nil pretense of military supremacy, and she will not be long in makiog up her mind to accept what her statesmen have long contemplated as an inevitable conclusion. Canada, left to herself, will rapidly gravitate to our system. We look to the free naviga tion of the St. Lawrence and its canals the latter much enlarged for an additional out let for our enormous and continually increas ing Western products. In arranging the torm3 of annexation, we can afford to throw in seve ral millions of dollars as a set-off ia favor of Canada for surrendering ber customs revenue. This will enable her to enter into a stipulation to enlarge her canals so as to permit ocean steamers, such as now visit Montreal, to extend their voyages to Milwaukee, Chicago, and the head of Lake Superior. What must be the ad vantages of such a never-failing source of trade to Canada, as well as the opening of new routes to market to the States, it is diffi cult to predict. Viewing the question in all its bearings, it is by far the most important before tbe country: and it must be grasped with no faltering hand. President Grant doubtless regards it as the best live issue on which to go to the country for re-eleution. The annexation of Canada, by peaceable means, is tbe problem to be solved; and those who are now struggling in all sections of the Dominion to build up a party to effect that object have no valid cause to complain of coldness or indifference on the part of Ameri can statesmen. THE CAPTURE OF FOKT AVRON. From the Ji. F. Times. Yielding, probably, as much to the pres sure of public opinion in Germany as to con siderations of military necessity, tho first btep in the bombardment of Paris has been completed. It is understood that the great strategical leader of the German forces has, from the first, been opposed to any attempt to reduce Paris by shot and shell. The true master of the .military art is never prodigal of human life. General von Moltke has doubtless a very clear perception of what it will cost to carry Paris by storm, and the magnitude of the task may fairly be guessed at from the length of time he has refrained from attempting it. The decided opinions of Bismarck and Von Boon, both of whom are said to have advocated more active mea sures, he has been able to overrule, but tbe growing discontent of Germany a Ger many that has been giving freely of her very life's blood to have France at her feet has proved too powerful for him. Away in fatherland, he has found his call for levy after levy freely responded to. The Ltad webr caiue gaily to the front, although the defense of Germany was their allotted duty; and now there are drafts from the Land etnrra coming forward, of fathers and heads of families, the bread-winners of a people who at heart love peaoe, and yet there is no murmur heard at the stern requirements of war. Only the people have got it into their heads that their Generals are showing a fool ish clemency in sparing the stubborn and un expectedly heroic populace behind the walls of Paris, and have got tired ef hearing how the ranks of their brethren get thinned, as sortie after sortie comes out behind the still unsilenced forts, and after doing their bloody work retreat safely to the same oovert again. If luxurious and pampered Paris can live for weeks upon horseflesh, how rnuoh longer may it still hold out upon the stores of bre ad and wine that are said to be so am ple? If tbe work is to be done, let it be done quickly, reason the people across the Rhine. The ravages of disease and the in clemency of the weather, between them, will shertly cost as many lives as might have effected a lodgment in the outer circle of the Parisian forts. Fort Avron may serve as a strong offensive position to the Germans, or it may prove more difficult to hold than it has been to take. Its possession will certainly form a check upon sorties from the northeast which have hitherto been so successful If there is heavy enough artillery, as we have every reason to believe to be the case, ready to be mounted upon it, the fall of Rosny, situated on the opposite eminence, about two miles nearer Paris, is only a question of days, and then the suburb of Montreuil will soon be a mass of ruins, and the charmed circle of the outer enceinte will be broken. On the other hand, the Prus sians have occupied a point which they cannot abandon without great loss of prestige, and on whic". the French, moviag as they do round a much smaller circle, and hav ing all tbe facilities of a railroad round the city at their command, can at any time. direct an enormous weight of men and metal. Situ ated not only within easy range of Fort Rosny, but also of Romaiuville and Fonte juay, the redoubt erected in the grouuds of the Chateau Avron may turn out a very costly acquisition. Either way its capture marks a new phase of the siege of Paris, and pro bably forms the prelude to a more sanguin ary struggle than any of those that have yet occurred for the possession of the capital of France. THE SAN DOMINGO SENATORS. From the S. T. World. The votes in the San Domingo debate put in " very strong light the peculiarly mtten composition of the Senate of the United States. There are in a'.l seventy-four seat admitting, to avoid confusion, all the so called States to be States in this body, ami setting aside tbe three vacancies, we find that out of the seventy-one gentlemen who now make up the Senate of the United States there are no lesB than twenty-six of whom it is a mild word to say that they are surrepti tious. Were every member in his seutuul tbe San Domingo or any other treaty to co up, these sum-ptitious Senators would so far bold the balance of power their numbers ex ctediLg oue-tLird of tho Senate that there could be no ratification unions they felt dis- Iiosed to concede one. Their power is ike that possessed by the holder of a casting vote, or, in other words, when they speak the whole body gives its voice. And with this power in a full Senate their strength is even more avail able in the ordinary run of legislation. The genuine Senators are apt to have business off they must visit home, arrange re-eleotions, attend to their banks, mills, fortunes, etc -but the surreptitious Senator is ever in his seat. He cannot be re-elected, for the reign of fraud and force which seated him is draw ing to its close; he has no liking for his home, for the ungodly there would sooff at the ad venturer who left his Northern city to folia w the army, coming back in the pinchbeck mag nificence of a Southern Senator; and as for bnsiness, our friend can fetch his happiest strokes when sitting in his curnle chair. Let the session, therefore, be long as it will, the twenty-six surreptitious Senators are to be found helping to make np the quorum, and ready at all time for bnsiness in the way of a vote. To exemplify this, we find that the hnttest debate cud the most significant vote of this session were rendered possible by the gentry of whom we speak tbe San Domingo debate and vote being, of course, meant. There being seventy-one memberH, thirty-six are needed for a quorum, and on this occasion forty Senators, or four more than enough, were present. Out of this number fourteen, however, were putative Senators; and striking them out in fact, as law and right and truth always strike them ont, it will be seel that there were but twenty-six Senators present, or ten less than a bare quorum. Coming to the vote, fourteen ont of the thirty-one passing the resolution to appoint the roving commission were the fourteen just mentioned, leaving but seven teen genuine Senators acting upon a solemn and important declaration, when, by the Con stitution of the United States, there should have been at least double that number. Sur reptitious members make the quorum; Bur rep itious members make the vote; and a vote and a quorum make a law. Law rules us all; and it is monstrous, shameful, an in tolerable evil, that the Senate of the United States, which has the peculiar prerogative of making a law higher than the Ilohse can make nnd only inferior to the Constitution itself, should be composed as it now is. The evil hns been long existent, but never so fully evidenced perhaps as in this San Domingo case. REFORMED RAKES. l-'rom the Baltimore American. Washington society is at present in great commotion over a scandal in high life, whioh is the subject of very general comment. Less than a year ago a Democratic member of the House of Representatives was married to the daughter of a distinguished Senator. She was a lady of great intelligence and marked personal attractions, surrounded by all the enjoyments that wealth and social position could command. The husband, when sober, is said to be a gentleman of fine deportment and pleasing manners, but, like many young members of Congress, was given to strong drink. Tbe parents of the bride, on this ground, earnestly opposed the marriage, but finally yielded to tbe persistence of the par ties nnd the promises of reformation. She doubtless thought, as many of the sisterhood have confidently believed before her, that she would be able to reform and make a sober man of ber lover when he should become her husband. The marriage finally took place, and the event was the absorbing theme of conversation in fashionable and political cir cles. Tbey had settled down into the quiet routine of married life, and it was hoped that the bright anticipations of the bride had not been disappointed. Some weeks since, how ever, the husband returned to his room at Willard's Hotel in a state of beastly intoxioa vion, and the inmates of the house were aroused by the soreams of the wife, who was bt-ing beaten by him in the most shameful manner. Whether this was but a culmina tion of a series of similar events of less vio 1 Lee is not known, bat it is a sad denoue rue-at of what ought to have been a happy marriage. There is nothing new, however, and nothing strange in the result of this attempt to reform a drunken lover. The sooner the ladies come to the conclusion that a drunkard cannot be permanently reformed, the better it will be for their own happiness and the happiness of all that are near and dear to them. That there are occasional instances of reformation is undoubted, but they are so rare that no hope can be based on reform in any Riven case. Sooner or later there will be a relapse, and as a general thiDg the latter end of such men is worse than the first. Ten years of steady sobriety have given no guarantee of permanent oure of this disease for disease it is, as much aa consumption or insanity. We have heard much of "reformed rakes" and "sowing wild oats in youth," but such terms must be regarded as mere poetioal similes, without sound or meaning. Those who have sowed their wild oats will be sure to harvest them, to the sorrow of wives and children; and as to a "reformed rake, it is a misnomer, having no existence exoept in the fancy and hope of a love-stricken damsel. LOOKING GLASSES, ETC for LOO ICIFJC-C LASS EES, BILLABLE AND CHEAP. JAMES S. EAELE & SONS, No. 816 CHESNUT STREET. STOVES. RANGES, ETO. riMJE AMERICAN STOVE AND HOLLO W WARS A COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, IRON FOUNDERS, (Successors to NDrth. Chase et North, Sharpe A Thomson, ana nagar u inomHou,) Manufasturera of STOVES, HEATEKS, THOM SON'S LONDON KITCHENER, TINNED, SNA MELLED, AND TON 1IOLLOWWARE. FOUNDRY, Secoud and Mifflin Streets. OFFICE, 20 North Second Street. FRANKLIN LAWRENCE, Superintendent. EDMUND B. SMITH, Treasurer. JNO. EDGAR THOMSON, President. JAMES nOEY, SSTmwfSm General Manager, LEQAL NOTICES. 1 Court for the ciltj and County of Philadelphia, iiDcm in Utiou tiled. Iitui irraut'd a rule ou voj re- turiki.l.iM .in t)iu 1.1th iluu ,.f .Ijmiarr 1h7I At. Ill o'clock A. M., to show cause why you should riot te ... ... . . r.i . . . . t t I) i II (llMl lht-tu r. trustee ui me rsiaie "i oinaii fcl 1.A COI LTKU. AMuS BRUKJ", Attorney for petitioner. December 10, 1570. U lKintf INSURANOE. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA JANUARY I, 1070. Incorporated 1791 Charter Perpetual, Capital $500,000 Assets $2,703,50 1 Losses Paid since organiza tion $23,000,000 Receipts of Premiums69, $1,99 1,83745 interest from Invest ments, 1869 114,69374 $2, 106,53 4'19 Losses paid, 1869 $1,035,386 84 STATEMENT OF TH2 ASSETS. First Mortgages on City Property T06,450 United States Government and other Loan Bonds. 1,122,348 Railroad, Bank, and Canal Stocks 55, 709 Cash In Bank and Oftlce 847,020 Loans on Collateral Security 82,553 Notes Receivable, mostly Marine Pre miums 821,944 Accrued Interest 20,357 Premiums In course of transmission. . . 85,199 Unsettled Marine Premiums 103,900 Real Estate, Office of Company, Phila delphia 80,ooc Total Assets Jan. 1, 15? 0 84,78:1,531 DIRECTOR. ARTHUR G. COFFIN, SAMUEL W. JONES, JOHN A. BROWN, FRANCIS R. COPE, EDW. H. TROTTER, EDW. a CLARKE, CHARLES TAYLOR, AMBROSE WHITE, T. CHARLTON HENRY, ALFRED D. JESS UP, LOUIS C. MADEIRA, CHAS. W. CUSUMAN, CLEMENT A. GRISCOM WILLIAM BROCK.IE. WILLIAM WELSH, 8. MORRIS WALN, JOHN MASON, GEORGE L. HARRISON, AUTIU It . COFF1IV, PBESIDENT. C1IAIKL.I2S I'LATT, VICE-PRESIDENT. MATTHIAS MARIS, Secretary. fe10 C II. ItKEVEH, Assistant Secretary. p UK IMIOVIDEI T." 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Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire either Perpetual or Temporary Policies. Charles Richardson, Robert Pearce. William 1U itnawn, William M. Seyfert, John F. Smith, Nathan Ullies. John K easier, Jr., Edward B. Orne, Charles Stokes. John W. Everman, Mordecal Buzbv. George A. West. CHARLES RICHARDSON. President. WILLIAM II. RHAWN, Vice-President. Williams L Blamghako Secretary. T 931 rpilE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF PHILADELPHIA. Omce B. W. cor. FOURTH and WALNWT Streets. FIRE 1NSURANUK EiULUSlVJILY. PERPETUAL AND TEKM POLICIES irSUED. CASH Capital (paid up In full) Suoo.ooo-oo VASU Assets, DcBember 1, iu tou -asa-iu DIRECTORS. F. Ratchford Starr, J. Livingston Errlnsrer. Maabro razier, John M. At wood, ltenj. T. Trcdlck. George 11. Ktuart, James L. Claghorn, Wm. G. Boulton, Charles Wheeler, Thomas 11. Montiromer jonn 11. urown, James M. Aertsen. F. RATUI1FORD STARR. President. THOMA H. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President, ALKX. W. WISTEK. Secretary. JACOB K. PETERSON, Assistant Secretary. TMPEMAIi FIRE INSURANCE CO., LonDon. EMTAHIJMIIKD 1S0S. Plld-up OiiiiUl ui AousmuUtsd If and. tt8.000.000 I TV GOL O. FllKVOST & HEUUING, Agents, S Ho. 107 8. THIRD Blret. PhiltdttlphU. OUAS. U. PBJtVOHT OUAS. P. UKHRINO INSJORANOEJ INSUEANOE COMPANY NORTH AMERICA. JANUABT 1, 18T0. Incorporated 1T94. Charter Perpetual. CAPITAL noo,nno ASSETS 12,783,681 Losses paid since organization. t.ooo.oon Rece!pta..of Premiums, 1969 11,991,837-40 Interest from Investments, 1969 114,69614 12,106,534-19 11,035,386-94 Losses paid, 1869 , STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS. First Mortgages on City Property United States Government and other Loan Bonds Railroad, Bank and Canal Stocks Cash in Bank and Office Loans on Collateral Security Notes Receivable, mostly Marine Premiums Accrued Interest 1766,400 1.18S.946 55,708 947,620 82,558 831,444 80,357 85,1 S 100,900 80,009 Premlums'ln course of transmission Unsettled Marine Premiums Real Estate, office of Company, Pbiladol- piutt... , , 12,793,681 DIRECTORS, Arthur O. Cofnn, Samuel W. Jones, John A. Brown, Charles Tay4nr, Ambrose WMte, William Welsh, 8. Morris Wain, Francis R. Cope, Edward U. Trotter, Edward 8. Clarke, T. Charlton Henry, Alfred 1). Jeans p, Louis C. Madeira, Charles W. Cnsliman, Clement A. Gnscom, George L. Harrison, I William Brockie. jonn mason, ARTHUR G. COFFIN, President. CHARLES PLATT, Vice-President. Matthias Mabih, Secretary. C. IL Rjkvks, Assistant Sect tary. 8 4 1ft9Q CHARTER PERPETUAL. 1870. If I Franilin Fire Insurance Company OF PHILADELPHIA. 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No bill of lading or receipt olgned for less than fifty centF, and no insurance effected for less thaa one dollar premium. For further particulars p.mt rates apply at Com pany's o nice, Pier 83 East river, New York, or to JOHN F. OHU PIER l NOKTH WHARVE9L N. B. Extra rates on small packages Iron, met Ala. 88t THE REGULAR BTt2MSinis ON THR PHI. LaDKLPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM SHIP LINK are ALONE authorized to issue through olils of ladlr.g to interior points Bou'h wnd Westta connection with South Carolina Railroad Coronin ALb'RKD L. TTLSkT Vlce-lTesldent 8 C RR. Co. 4rf&Pp PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN tM fassh M AIL 8TRAMSU1I COMPANY'S RKUUl LA K bK MI-MONTHLY L1MH TO SKW da. LKAN8, I Tbe YAZOO will sail for New Orleans, vU Havaha. OB Friday. .1 unary 6. at H A. M . ' ' ThsJUNIAi'A will sail from New Orleans, vt Havana, on Mommy, Jftnuary 2. lllKoOUM lUl.Lt OF LADING at aa lnl.u h. An-other route jrirea to Mobile, Oalvtmt.cn. INDIAN. OLA, U OUR PORT, LA VAUUA, and BHAZOS.and to all points on th Mtraibaippi riyei between New Orleans and (t. Ixiois. Ke! Kitbt freights reshipped at New Orleans wit hoot obarRSof oammiiouona. WKKKLY LINK TO8ATANNAH. OA Ths WYOMING will sail lor SavannaH on Bator- dar.Janaiiry 7, at 8 A. M. lbs TONAWaftUA wdl sail from BaTaonao on Bator. Am. JarjunrT 7. TLKOUOU BIIX8 OF h A DINO siren to all thsprtn. OipaJ towns In Georgia. Alabama, Morula, MiMHwippl. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee in oonneolion with tbe Central Railroad of Georgia, Atlantio and Onlf Rail. road, and Florida steamers, at as low rate as br oomDsUnAt lines. BKMUMON'I HLY LINK TO WILMINGTON, N O. Tbs PIONKKR will sail for Wilmington on Wednes day January Hat ti A. M. Returning, will leave Wil mington Wedeeydav, January IS. Connects witb tbe Cape rear River Steamboat Oom. pany, tbe Wilmington and Weldon and North Carolina Kkiiroade, and tbe Wilmington and Manoheeter Railroad te all interior points. Freights for Colombia, 8. O., and Aogusta, Ga., taken Via U ilmingtonit as low rates ss by any other route. Insurance effected when requested by shippers. Bills of lading signed at Queen street wharf on or before, du of sailing. WILLIAM L. JAM RS, General Agent. Hi No. UU South TUIKP Street. FOR LIVERPOOL AND OITRRVH. 10WN. Inman Line of Roval Mali bummers are appointed to sail as follows: City of Brussels, Saturday. January 7. at 8 P. M. City of Limerick, via Halifax, Tuesday, Jan. 10. at 1P.M. City of waanington. satnrdav. Jan. 14. at 12 noon. City of Paris, Saturday, Jan. 81, at 8 P. M. and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tues day, from pier No. 40 isorth river. RATES OF PASSAGE. Payable In gold. Payable In currency. First Cabin 176 Steerage n To Louden so( ToiLoudon sa To Par's 90 To Paris 83 To Halifax 80 To Halifax 15 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 tnelr friends. For further information apply at the company'! Office. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 15 Broadway, N. T. I Or to O'DONNeLl & FAVLK, Agents, SB No. 408 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND AND NORFOLK. RTRAMHHIP T.INH! TUUOUOH FREIGHT AIR LINK TO TUB SOUTH INCREASED FAOILrTIKSAND RKDUOKD RATES Steamers leave every WFDNKSOA Vand SATURDAY", at Uo'oleck noon, from FIRST WHARF above MAR! KKT Street. RKTURNINO, leave RICHMOND MONDAYS and THURSDAYS, and NORFOLK TUESDAYS and BA. TUROAY8. , . No Bills of Lading signed after IS o'clook on aalliafl TliKUUun naiiua h an poinia m norto ana IkMtt Carolina, via oeaooara air um tiaitroaa, oonnootiag Portsmouth, and to Lynchburg, Vs., Tennessee, and b West, via Virginia anq 1 ennesseo air Lane and Rio Freight HANDLED BUTONOK, and taksn at LOi RATK.B THAN Ant U' Linn. Liiii c No charse for commission, draraga, or anj BUt. Room AooomjuodattoMfor pae No. 18 S. WHARVES and Pier 1 N W. P. POR'I RR. Agent at Richmond 1 T. P. ORO WELL A CO.. Agents at Nc NEW EXPRESS LINE TO Astern! - - - . .- V ft drift, Georgetown, and Wasumrto D. C, via Chesapeake and Der. Canal, wun connections at Alexandria rromi most direct route for Lynchburg, Bristol. Enoxv Nashville. Palton. and the Southwest. Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at nc Tom me ursi wmui bdovo mariei street. Freto-nt received daily. WILLIAM P. CLTDB A CO.. No. 14 North and South WHARVES. HYDE A TYLER, Agent at Georgetown: K. ELDRIDOB A CO., Agents at Alexandria. S 1 FOR NEW YORE, VIA DELAWARE and Rarltan Canal. SWWTSUttE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. DESPATCH AND 8WIFTSTJRB LINES, LeavlBg dally at 18 M. and BP. M, The steam propellers of this company will oom mence loading on the 8th of March. Through In twenty-four hours. Goods forwarded to any point free of commission Freights taken on accommodating terms. Apply to WILLIAM M. BAIRD A CO., Agents, 43 No. 138 South DELAWARE Avenue. FOR NEW YORK via Delaware and Rarltan CanaL EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANV. '1 no Steam Prorjellera of the Una will mmmenoa loading on the 8th Instant, leaving dally as usual. T11KOUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Goods forwarded by all the lines going out of Ne York, North, East, or West, free of commission. Freights received at low rates. WILLIAM P. CLYDH et CO., Agents, No. 18 S. DELAWARE Avenue JAMES HAND, Agent, No. 118 WALL Street, New York. S if m-m DELAWARE AND CHES APEAK Ij.rrCsSTEAM TOW BO AT COMPANY. rTiawuargen cowea net ween rnuadeipnia. Baltimore, Uavre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and In termediate points. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., Agents, Captain JOHN LA UGH LIN, Superintendent. omVe. No. 18 South Wiarvea 'Miadelphla. ills OORDAOE, ETO. CORDAGE. JtfaniHa, Blial and Tarred Cordagt At Lowest Now York Prloes and Freights, EDWIN II. FITI'Ell 6V CO raotory.TKllT.a8s. and GKRMANTOWH Avmm. Btors, No. S3 . WATER Bk. and 31 B DBLAWAB Avaoaa, 41813m PHILADELPHIA! WHISKY, WINE, ETO QAR8TAIR3 CL EflcCALL. No. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite ttt IMPORTERS OV Brandies, Winea, Gin, 01iv Oil, Etc, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN PURE RYE WHI8KIE0, IS BOND AND TAX PAID. MM SAXON GREEK NEVER FADES. 8 16m i7b YA NT) K G. OAT TELL A OO A PRODUCE COMMISSION MEtiOflANTS, r No. 84 NORTH WHARVES AMD No. BT NORTH WaTKII STKEET, PHILADELPHIA. ALSXANDBI G. CATTIIU EUJAA CATT r V n
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