THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1871. 3 LETTER FROM A. DULUTIIUR. Tfc Nartlitra Pnrlflx Itnllrnnd The I'll male f the (Northwcat. PART II. To the lidilor ttf Th Fwnlnq TeUpraph. tlKOOBArnT CORRECTED. It ia high time that the niis-educatfoa in geography which most Americans now on the utage of action received in their childhood, when Chicago was an Indian village, and Lake Snperior an unknown bob, should be eorreoted. A study of recant maps will serve to disabuse prejudice. They will show that the extreme north shore of Lake Superior is upon the same latitude as Paris, that it is about 200 miles south of the latitude of Lon don, over 400 miles south of the latitude of Edinburgh, and over 700 miles south of the latitude of St. retersburg, in Russia. THE SUMMER ISOTHERMAL LINE. The mean temperature of spring in Minne sota is 45 deg., equal to Chicago; summer, 70 deg., equal to Northern Illinois and Phila delphia; autumn, 45 deg., equal to New Hampshire and Michigan; winter, 10 deg., equal to Central Vermont and New Hamp shire; whole year, 45 deg., equal to Central New York, two degrees farther south. Re membering that Minnesota is the coldest portion of the country tributary to the North ern Pacific, and that the above statistics are gathered from the now more thickly settled parts of that State, which are its coldest parts, let us now consider the "summer isothermal line" of seventy degrees, which in Europe passes through Southern France, Lombardy, and the great wheat growing regions of Southern Russia, striking our Atlantic coast at the east end of Long Island, and passing through Central Pennsylvania, Northern Ohio and Indiana, and skirting the southern shore of Lake Michigan, diverges northwesterly and goes north of St. Paul up into the British Possessions to latitude 52 deg., five degrees farther north than Duluth. From the above, all will see that the North west is not too cold for profitable farming; consequently we read of it the following, which is abundantly corroborated by oinaors of the army and explorers: "It is a region in all whose valleys poaches, apples, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, and sweet potatoes have rapid growth and complete maturity." Professor Hind, in an official statement to the Canaditm Legislature, reported of the Saskatchawan country, which is two hundred miles north of the line of the Northern I'acific Jioi'road crops of wheat of fifty six measured bushels to the acre, and that forty bushels to the acre is a fair return on new land, while the yield of vegetables sur passed in quantity and quality anything he had ever seen before. lie also reported melons growing with the utmost luxuriance, ripening without any artificial aid, and that Indian corn, if an early variety be selected, may always be relied on. The wondrous activity of the vegetative principle in this whole region can hardly be realized by por t sons who have not been convinced by ocular demonstration. THE WINTER CLIMATE. Upon first saying anything about Dulath to Eastern persons, I am invariably met with this remark: "Daluth? ah, that is about a hundred miles north of St. Paul; it must be very cold up there." I tell them the mercury does not fall in winter time as low as at St. Taul by ten degrees, the cause of which is that the winds from off that great inland sea, Lake Superior, which never freezes over, modify the temperature. Qrasping that fdea, they take the first step towards under standing the increased mildness of the climate on a line west and north of Duluth. Going from that point westward, you travel com paratively a short distance till you feel the influence of the Pacific winds and strike the climatic line of Southern Illinois. As you press on the climate steadily modifies, until, in Oregon and Washington Territory, snow is a novelty, and there is almost no winter at all aside from a rainy season, as in California. The winters at Pnget Sound, the western termi nus of the Northern Pacific Railroad, are so mild that summer flowers which in the lati tude of Philadelphia we are obliged to plaoe in the hot-house are there left out in the open garden without being injured. COMPARISONS OP TEMPERATURE. Official records, kept at the various military stations on the upper waters of the Missouri, show that the average annual temperature for a series of years has been warmer in Cen tral Montana than at Chicago or Albany, lieutenant Mullen, of the United States army, who spent four years in the region to be traversed by the Northern Pacifio, Bays: "The temperature of Walla-Walla in 45 deg. is similar to that of Washington city, in 38 deg. latitude, (nearly 500 miles farther south); that of Clark's Fork in 48 deg. to that of St. Joseph, Missouri, in latitude 41 deg.; that of Bitter Root Valley in 46" deg. is similar to that of Philadelphia in latitude 40 deg. Here we find mild winters and vigorous grasses even in midwinter." NOT TOO COLD TO OPERATE RAILROADS. There are great lines of railroad in daily operation over tracts of country even colder than the route from Fort Ronton to the Pacific. Take the unusually cad winter of 1853-54, and the mean tempenture at Montreal, on the Grand Trunk Iliroad, latitude 45 deg. 30 min., was 13 6K. 22 min., while at Fort Benton, on or neai the line of the Northern Pacifio, in latitude 47 deg. 49 min., about 150 miles farther north, it was 25 deg. 38 min. above zero, a difference of 12 deg. 10 min. in favor of the latter place. In faot, the temperature of Fort Denton during that unusually cold winter was 7 deg. 58 min. higher than the average tem perature of Montreal for ten years, and 12 deg. 8 min. higher than that of Quebec. Comparing that winter with the winters of a quarter of a century at Moscow and St. Pe tersburg, and Fort Benton, one of the coldest points on the line of the Northern Pacifio, baa the advantage in temperature over the former city of 10 deg. 18 min., and over the latter city of 7 deg. 28 min. And yet rail- roads are in constant operation in the above regions. COMPARISONS CONTINUED. The greatest cold on this northern route in the winter of 1853-4 was 20 deg. below rero at Camp Stevens. At Qnebeo it was 29 deg., Montreal 34 deg., and at Fort Snelling, near St. Paul, right on the groat lines of railroads traversing Minnesota, 3f deg. During that remarkably cold winter the temperature was below rero twelve days at Fort Benton, ten days at Camp Stevens, eighteen days each at Fort Snelling and Montreal, and twenty-three days at Quebec The warm days at Fort Benton, when the average temperature was above the freezing point, were forty-three out of the ninety days, against only six days at Fort Snelling, five at Quebec, eight at Montreal, and eighteen at Albany all in the winter of 1853-54. The winters at Fort Benton ore about half a degree warmer than those of Chicago, while its average tempera ture for the whole year is two degrees higher, and only one degree lower than that of Dub lin or London; and yet many in their igno rance look upon this as a hyperborean rogion. THE PHILOSOPHY. of this climatic difference is simple, viz., the mountain ranges on the northern route are broken down so low as to give full scope to the rays of the sun, and free ingress to the warm winds from the Pacifio which prevail in winter, and which (aided by the warm ocean currents corresponding to our Atlantio Gulf Stream), produce the genial climate of our Pacific coast, and carry their softening effect hundreds of miles inward; and, at the same time, especially during the growing Reason, convey the rain-clouds satu rated with the evaporation of the tropics east ward over the "fertile belt" stretching from the mountains to the lakes, thus redeeming it from that aridity as well as intenser cold that mnr the development of much of the country tributary to the Central route. TOO DRY TOR HEAVY SNOW FALLS. Two elements must combine in propor pro portions to Booure large deposits of snow-cold and moisture. On our Pacifio const we have abundance of the latter, but the former fail ing, we have rain instead of snow. In the central portions of the northern route, we have sufficient cold for deep snows; but the requisite moisture being lacking, the result is snow falls so light that railroads can be ope rated during the winter with very little em barrassment. This is the case in Minnesota, where, gliding along our roads, we are often amused with reading about our snow bound friends in New York, New England, and Ohio. During the last five years the snow on the ground at St. Paul has not averaged ten inches in depth, and at th'e date of this letter the lumbermen of Minnesota are impeded in their operations by the lack of snow. Blodgett's rain maps show that the total annual fall of snow in that region is only twenty inches, while in Canada the average is fifty inches, and in New England from seventy inches in the interior to, one hundred inches on the seaboard. Betwenn thirty-nine and forty-three degrees north is emphatically the snow latitude of the conti nent, the latitude of conjoined cold and moisture. On the Atlantic coast, where the constantly arising moisture from the ocean meets the intense cold, we find the only ex ception to this rule. We are above that lati tude. CATTLE FORAGE ALL WINTER. Doubtless in the gorges of the Rocky Mountains snow collects to the depth of several feet, yet it is true of this northern route generally that railroads traversing it will meet with muoh less obstruction from the snow than the average of roads not only in the New England but also in the Middle States. The Indians from latitude 45 up to 53 degrees not only hunt the buffalo on horseback all winter, but leave their unused, often stolen, horses to forage for themselves, and they come in in the spring fat, sleek, and strong; and the buffalo, elk, and deer of this region are invariably "spring fat," and never "spring poor." A Mr. T. M. McCoy wintered two hundred head of cattle within a few miles of the summit of the Rocky Mountains, in Washington Territory, without any food whatever, excepting what they had by grazing on the dry but very nutritious "bunch grass," which is a kind of compound of timothy and oats. . EARLY BPRINOB. Lewis and Clarke, among the earliest ex plorers of the Northwest, write: "Nearly the whole of this wide-spread country along the Resky Mountains is oovered with a profusion of grasses which are, at this time (May 17, 1805), as high as the knees." In 1858 spring wheat was sown in Minnesota on the 25th of February, and in 18G0, on the 7th of March. In behalf of the Northwest, allow me to thank you for the use of your columns in adding somewhat to the popular knowledge of its resources, capabilities, and en joy abili ties, n. Philadelphia, Jan. 25, 1871. SUMMARY. City A Hairs. Mrs. Matilda Kelley has been oommitted to prison for killing her husband, Frederick Kelley. The Delaware and Schuylkill rivers were quite full of ice yesterday, the Schuylkill being closed above the dam, and below as far down as Walnut street. The Delaware was full of floating ice, and the trips or the Uam d ferry boats were considerably interfered with. TUre was a fire at the Washington ITouse, Chesnut reet, above Seventh, lost evening, which originated accidentally. The house is not occupied, but is undergoing extensive alterations, preparatory to its being opened by George J. lioltoq. There was a fire in the furnace in the basement, which caught to some wood-work, burnt through the floor into a sitting-room, and rn Up a column to the ceiling, damaging the pW,er cornioe. The loss will not probably exceed one hundred dollars. The Midnight Mission has for Its object the reBcue and elevation of fallen women. There were in the Home December 81, 1809, 17 persons; adiuttted daring the year 1870, 89; Bent to places, 29; restored to their fami lies, 10; sent to other institutions, 8; left of their own accord, 37; discharged, 4: remain ing December 31, 1870, 10. Total number in the Home during 1870, 100. The joint special Committee on the Im provement of the Navigation of the Dela ware and representatives from the Board of Trade, Commercial Exchange, Tort Wardens, etc, accompanied by Mr. Striokland Kneass, Chief Engineer and Surveyor of the city, and a number of invited guests, took an excursion down the Delaware to the Horseshoe, on board the City Ice Boat No. 2, Captain Henry Schellinger, to inspect the state of the chan nel and obtain information as to what steps would be necessary or expedient to improve the navigation of the river at that point. The boat left Arch street wharf at 2 o'clock, and proceeded down the river as far as Chester. Much heavy ice was found in the norseshoe, through which the powerful vessel made her way with little apparent difficulty. Return ing, the party were taken up the Schuylkill as far as the Penrose Ferry bridge, when the boat turned and proceeded down to League Island,' and up the Delaware to Chesnut street wharf. Domestic AITnlra. The impeachment trial of Governor llolden was formally commenced yesterday at Raleigh. A powder factory exploded at Greenville, N. J., yesterday, but fortunately no one was injured. The Legislature of British Columbia has accepted the proposals for confederation with Canada. The Germans of Baltimore colebrated the capitulation of Paris by making a proces sion last night with torches and music. Two hundred pounds of opium have just been seized aboard the steamer Japan, from Hong Kong, now in the port of San Fran cisco. Secretary and Mrs. Delano gave their first card reception last evening, and it was largely attended by many of the most promi nent officials in Washington. By action of the Senate of New Jer.iey last night, some former legislation was re pealed, which now leaves the Air-line Rail road in possession of its charter for a link of several miles in the road which was pre viously disputed. Foreign A If aim. The German Parliament is to meet on the !)th of March. Supplies from several quarters are to ba forwarded immediately to the starving Pari sians. A Bordeaux despatch says that at the end of the armistice France will resume the war with 900, 00() men. An official despatch says that General Bourbaki has entered Switzerland, crossing the border near Bruntrut. A cordon is drawn around Paris, and no one allowed to enter or leave without a permit from the German authorities. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. An Uiica Boat fre-Iotked All Night In I. on Island round. On Saturday night a boat containing two citizens of New Rochelle, who were out duck shooting, was caught in the ice opposite the United States army post at David's Island, and was rapidly carried towards the open Bound. Lieutenant P. II. llsy, of the 8th Infantry, stationed on David's Island, saw the peril in which the duck-hunters were placed, nd started with, a boat's crew of six men to their rescue. He succeeded in rescu ing the two civilians and in getting them into his boat, but then discovered that he too, with his party, was hopelessly caught in the ice, and that return to the island was impos sible. The cold was intense, and although the men endeavored to keep themselves alive by beating one another, they were soon be numbed into utter helplessness. All night long nres were Durned, muBkets discharged, and bugles sounded on David's Island, and early yesterday morning Lieutenant Ray and his party were seen jammed in the ice above City Island. A volunteer crew, consisting of Lieutenants Corlies, Craig, Ernest, and Summerhays, Ser geant Fernald, and five men, started to their rescue, and with axes cut their way through the ice to their nearly frozen comrades. Much excitement existe . on David's Island when the men, who had been exposed to the storm sixteen hours, were carried on shore. Every attention was paid them, and although they are suffering from severe frost bites, they ere all in a fair way to recover. HON. GEORGE T. COBB. MEMORIAL SERVICES IN THE NEW JERSEY LEGIS LATURE SPEECH OP HON. EDWARD SETTLE. The special order of the Senate of New Jersey on Thursday last being the memorial services of the late non. George T. Cobb, Mr. Senator Settle spoke as follows. We take the report from the Trenton State Gazette of Friday: Mr. President: Again the Angel of Death has cast the shadow of his win? over our council chamber, and the place on earth of one of our mobt honored associates shall know him no more forever. Without a moment's warning, as iu the twink ling of an eve, at the close of a long summer day, whose Blow descending sun had made glo rious the mountain tops, and illumined the val leys of the enchanting region through which he wus passing, when the shades of night had covered with a mantle those scenes of earthlv beauty, he was suddenly summoned, we humbly trust, to behold the ineffable glories of the Hea venly Kingacm. While 6wlftly pursulDg his earthly journey, instantly his spirit was disrobed of mortality, and translated beyond the conflues of the visi ble world to that eternity which lieth close by the chores ot time, to enter within the gates of the Heavenly City, which "needeth not the light of the sun or the moon to enlighten it." There, forever released from the trials and anxieties of earth, he rests from his labors, and we who are left a little longer to struggle with the world are again admonished, by the awful suddenness of his death, to heed the injunction so olten repeated, ana jet more olten disre irarded, "Be ye also ready." Although much has been elsewhere so iustlv spoken in commemoration of the many virtues of our late aisunguisneQ colleague, George T. Cobb, yet it is fittina; and proper that we, his brethren of the Senate, who have been so long associated with him, should pause for a brief space in the dally round of active duty, to pay our tribute to his memory and his worth, and endeavor also to let the lesson of that solemn hour bring us to a nearer and more personal sense oi me uncertain tenure oi me, and the inestimable value of a preparation for the last dread summons. Mr. President, in contemplation of the manner of his sudden death, the mind naturally lingers for a moment In sad review of the scene which made memorable that fearful night. Little did the weary travellers who, at the close of that long August day, were preparing to leave the train, and setting, as it were, their house in order for the cud of their journey, imagine that the dark valley over which they were slowly passing would be Indued, to them, the valley of the shadow. The hushed silence was broken only by the muffled thunder of the train, as, sometimes by the light of a struggling moon, but more often in deepening shade, it pursued its winding way raid the dark defiles and along the perilous slope of that Blue Mountain range Emerging from between the frowning rocks piled high on ellber side, the car, with in living freight, pasted In safety over a lofty trestle-work that spanned a dtep ravine. The firm ground was gained, and as the train, with an engine in front and rear, began the slow ascent and climbed the heavy grade of that lid mountain pass, with the end of the long ar.d weary journey almost In view, from some cause for ever shrouded In mystery the car left tbe track, and, poised for one brief moment over the verge or the precipice as It in mute despair, took its horrid plunge to the bottom of the rocky rbatm that yawned beneath, and was his sudden grave. Tberc was much in the character of our dis tinguished associate to endear his memory to vs. lie was a wise counsellor and a faithful friend. We, who for the last four years have mingled with him In these halls of legislation, Know lull won ma devotion to business and bis watchful guardianship over the Interests of the State. lie was a man of strong will, of positive con victions, of great tenacity of purpose, and un wearied in tne rertormance of that which he esteemed to be a duty. His was a nature and a mind trained not in the schools or "the nnvexed silence of the student's cell," but In daily expe rience cf tbe stirring scenes of active life, In a contest with its dilliculties, In a manly endu rance of Its adversities, and by a constantly re newed purpose to attain the end which a laud able nmbition held up before him. Thus were developed those positive virtues which mark the self-made man. steadfastness of purpose, an indomitable perseverance, and strong self- reliance, lie was a man of marked character, rather than of great or brilliant talents, for as tbe master thinker of Germany tells us "Talent forms itself in solitude, Character, in the storms of life." Rarely absent from the sessions of the Senate, no mensure of legislation was suffered to pass from bis notice without careful scrutiny, and bis faithful labor as a member af various impor tant committees will long be remembered by those who served In connection with him. Deeply interested in the cause of education, he nlwajs, by vote and voice, sought to promote its advancement and aid in its success. In tbe creation and endowment of that wise manifestation of the care of the State for its erring children, the reform school, he was espe cially active and zealous, and as a member of the committee charged with its supervision, evinced a watchful care over its management. and endeavored to promote any measure that would enlarge us capacity lor usefulness. In all projects for the internal Improvement ot the Mate, and the development ot its re sauries, be manifested an earnest and intelli gent interest. He was ever desirous that the burdens of tax.-v tion should rest as lightly as possible upon the people, and in the enactment of laws upon this suDicct endeavored to draw the means lor the payment of all legitimate State expenditures from such sources as would prove least onerous to me community at large. Having, by his active energy and untiring industry, changed his position irom the poverty oi early nie to tne possession ot a large estate. be was ever ready to minister to the necessities of his fellow men less favored than himself. Nor were his energies confined alone to the sphere of secular and legislative duties. He was equally devoted in all that appertained to the welfare oi the unurcn. Exemplary in his attendance at the place ap pointed for public worship, he was deeply Im pressed with the importance of performing his religious duties in a manner becoming his pro fession as a Christian believer. An earnest worker in the Sabbath -school of his native town, of which he was for many years a superinten dent, be won a large place in the affections of the children by the kindly interest he always manifested iu their happiness and innocent en joyment. Yet, while we dwell with a pleasure, deeply tinged with sadness, upon the virtue of our brother, gone but a little while before as, we feel that the lesson of this event should be an incentive to us iu the performance of our duties, remembering that by tbe rich legacy of his example, '"he, being dead, yet speaketh." Mr. President There are others in this Senate whose privilege it Is longer to have known the departed, and sustained closer and more per sonal relations with him. Yet I could not for bear thus briefly to add one word to the well earned trlbnte of respect and praise to which his many noble qualities gave so just a claim. As tbe stricken mourners gather round the household hearth, where the vacant chair for ever stands, a mute memorial of their loss, where tbe well-known voice is hushed, and the well-known form forever vanished, who shall comfort them ? To the sorrow of that Church of which he was a loved and honored member, and for whoso welfare and advancement he so zealously labored, who shall avallingly minister? To the poor and needy and afflicted ones, into whose sorrow he so feelingly entered, how sad the be reavementhow sore the loss and on whom can they rely for that generosity which never turned them empty away? To such sorrow and such bereavement may the Angel of God's con solation descend, and give for their mourning tbe "oil of joy," that resignation and that pa tience which "To weary hearts, to mourning homes, As God's meekest angel gently comes." But, Mr. President, I "arrest this argument of eulogy." Beyond all earthly praise or censure, "beyond the smiling or the weeping," he resteth from his labors in that land where pain and sor row never enter; realizing in full fruition, love rest and home. LINE AND STAFF. Tbe t'laliuor the Naval Staff Officer. The following sets forth the claims of naval staff officers in brief language, and is exten sively circulated: Staff officers do not want, as has been un justly charged, "command of ships," nor any authority or command, on shore or afloat, over any persen in the navy, save In their own de partments, and over those under their profes sional control. Staff officers do want: 1. Distinctive grades, with strictly professional titles, indicative of length of service and rank. 2. Positive rank with tbe line, according to date of commission. as in the army and marine corps. 8. The honors, immunities, and privileges of tbelr de facto rank and equality with line officers In every particu lar, save tbe right to quarters In the cabin and military command in the line. 4. The charge and exclusive control of their several departments, under the authority of the eom manding officer or Commander-in-Chief. 5. The restriction of the precedence of "executive" officers to cases iu which the stab! officer is junior in rank or commission, as in the army. 0. The repeal of all legislation which appears to mark Inferiority of profession or office. An act like that reported by General Stevens in tbe House of Representatives, which shall enforce the above claim, will place the naval staff upon an equality with that of the army, in which, to quote the language of General Sherman, "tbe system seems to work well in practice." ftlla NlUaon'a Illaeaa la I.011U ville. Froti the Louisville Courier-Journal Jan. 2T. Max Strakosih, with Mad'llo Nilsson and company, left this city yesterday afternoon en route to Cincinnati, where Mad'lle Nilsson sings to-night. Mad'lle Nilsson, durlag her visit to this city, suffered under severe indisposition, and even ut the date of ber departure was far from being well. She had been constantly under the care of a physician while in Louisville, and it is said tbat she hud not closed her eyes for three nights previous to leaving Louisville. The in clemency of tbe weather prevented the pro jected visit to Mammoth Cave. We are not in formed as to whether Mr. Strakosch will give Immediately another concert in this city, but we are told that he proposes certainly giving one next April, Mad'lle Nilsson still being with hsni. REAL. ESTATE AT AUCTION. NOTICE. BY VIRTUE AND IN EXKOUriOl of the powers contained in a Mortgage exr cntrd by THE CENTRAL PASSENGER RAILWAY COM. FAN I of the city of Philadelphia, bearing date of elgft teenth of April. 1863, and recorded in the office foi recording needs and mortgages for the city am county of Philadelphia, In Mortgage Book A. C. H., No. 66, page 4Cs, etc., the undersigned Trustee named In said Mortgage WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION, at the MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, in the city of Philadelphia, by MESSRS.T1IOMA8 A SONS, AUCTIONEERS, t 18 o'clock M., on TUESDAY, the fourteenth day of February, A. D. 1871, the property described In and conveyed by the said Mortgage, to wit: No. 1. All those two contiguous lots or pieces of ground, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate on the east side or llroal street, in the city of Philadelphia, one of them be gin nl Eg at the distance of nineteen feet seven Inches and live-eights southward from the southeast cor ner of the said Broad and Coates streets ; thence extending eastward at right angles with said Broad Street eighty-eight feet one Inch and a half to ground now or late of Samuel Miller; thence southward along said ground, and at right angles wlUi said Coates street, seventy-two feet to the northeast corner of an alley, two feet six Inches in width, leading southward into Penn street; thence west ward, crossing said alley and along the lot ot ground hereinafter described and at rlght.angles with said Broad street, seventy-nine feet to the east side of the said Broad street: and thence northward along the east line or said Broad Btreet seventy-two feet to the place of beginning. Subject to a ground-rent of last), silver money. No. s. The other of them situate at the northeast corner ot the said Broad street and Penn street, containing In front cr breadth on the said Broad street eighteen feet, and In length or depth eastward along the north line of said Penn street seventy-four feet and two Inches, and on the line or said lot paral lel with said Penn street, seventy-six feet live Inches and three-fourths of an, nchtosaid two feet six Inches wide alley. Subject to ground rent of $72, sil ver money. No. 3. All that certalnl ot or piece of gronnd be ginning at the southeast corner of Coates street and Broad street, thence extending southward along the said Broad street nineteen feet seven Inches and five-eighths of an inch: thence eastward eighty feet one inch and one-half of an inch; thence north ward, at right angles with said Coates street, nine feet to the south side of Coates street, and thence westward along the south side of said Coates street ninety feet to the place of beginning. No. 6. The whole road, plank road and railway of the said The Central Passenger Railway Company of the city of Philadelphia, and all their land (not included in Nos. 1, 3 and 3), roadway, railway, rails, right of way, stations, toll-houses ana other super structures, depots, depot grounds and other real estate, bulldlDgs and Improvements whatsoever, and all and singular the corporate privileges and franchises connected wlta said company and plank road and railway and relating thereto, and all the tolls, income Issues and profits to accrue from the same or any part thereor belonging to said company, and generally all the tenements, hereditaments and franchises of the said company. And also all the cars of every kind (not Included in No. 4), machinery, tools, implements and materials connected with the proper equipment, operating and conducting of said road, plank road and railway; and all the personal property of overy kind and description belonging to the said company. Together with all the streets, ways, alleys, pas sages, waters, water-courses, easements, fran chises, rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments, and appurtenances whatsoever, nnto any of the above-mentioned premises and estates belonging and appertaining, and the reversions and remain ders, rents, Usnes, and profits thereof, and all tho estate, right, title, Interest, property, claim, and de mand of every nature and kind whatsoever of the said company, as wen at law as In equity of, In, and to the same and every part and parcel thereof. TERMS OF SALE. The properties will bo sold in parcels as num bered. On each bid there shall be paid at the time the property lsstruck off On No. 1, 1300; No. a, 200; No. 3, 300; No. 6, fl00, unless tho price, s less than that sum, when the whole Bum bid shall be paid. W. L. SCITAFFBR, Trn8teaf, W. W. LOKOSTKETHJ ira8leea" SI. tiiomas SONS, Auctioneers, 12 6 60t Nos. 139 and 141 S. FOURTH Street. WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETC. TOWER CLOCKS. . W. RUNSULL, 2T0. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET, Agent for STEVENS' PATENT TOWER CLOCKS, both Remontolr fc Graham Escapement, striking hour only, or striking quarters, and repeating hoar on full chime. Estimates furnished on application either person ally or by mail. 5 28 WILLIAM B. WARNS A CO., 3t w uuieBKio j-wtuers iu gglyl SILVER WARE, First floor of No. 638 CUES NUT Street, 8. B. corner SEVENTH and CHESNUT Streets. LOOKINQ CLASSES, ETO. FOR LOOKING-GLASSES, RELIABLE AND CHEAP. 0 JAMES S. EAELE & SONS, No. 8J6 CHESNUT STREET. EDUCATIONAL. TUTASUINQTON COLLEGE, VIRGINIA, GENERAL G. W. CU8TIS LEE, PRESIDENT, WITH FOURTEEN PROFESSORS. The Spring Term of the present season begins on ine FIRST OP FEBRUARY. Tbe rearrangement of classes then made enables students to enter the several schools with advan tage. Students entering at this time pay only half fees. All the ACADEMIC SCHOOLS of tbe College as well as the Professional Schools of LAW and EN GINEERING, are in run operation. For further information, address WILLIAM DOLD, Clerk of Faculty, Lexington, va. January 1, 1871. l it 6w J D G B U I L L SCHOOL MERCHANTVILLE, N. J., Fonr Miles from Philadelphia. Next session begins MONDAY, January 9, 1ST1. For circulars apply to SI ly Rev. T. W. CATTKLIk OCHOOL OF DESIGN FOR WOMEN", N. W. kJ PENN Square, begins its next terra February 1 This school educates young ladles la polite branches or industrial art, so that they will, should circumstances require It, be able to support them selves. Parents will piease lend for circulars. 1 87 6t T. W. BRAIDWOOD, Principal ArOCNG MEN AND BOYS' ENGLISH AND 1 CLASSICAL INSTITUTE, No. lt03 MT. VERNON btreet, Kev. JAMES U. SUINN, A. M, Principal. 18 81 smtu'2m MILLINERY. R 8. R. DILLON NOS. S23 AND 831 SOUTH STREET, FANCY AND MOURNING MILLINERY, CRAPE VEILS. Ladies' and Misses' Crape, Felt, Gimp, Hair, Satin, bilk, Straw and Velvets, Hats and Bonnets, French Flowers, Hat and Bonnet Frames, Capes, Laces, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Ribbons, Sashes, Ornaments ' and all kinds of Millinery Goods. 1 4 BOARDING. -MOI OIRARD 6TRBET, BETWEEN ELE xlil venth and Twelfth and Chesnat and Mar ket streets. Vacancies for Families and Single Gen tlemen. Also, a suit of rooms on the second floor, furnished or nnfuml&hed, with first-class board. Also, table board. 10 utr AMOIEMEN1 . MKRIOAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. RETURN FOR RIX NIGHTS AND ONE M AT1NEE. THE GRAND ENGLISH OPERA COMBINATION DOUBLE COMPANY, UNEQUALLED CUOKUS, GRAND ORCITTtSTRA. C. I. I ins 8 fc co Proprietors and Managers C. IUCU1NGS-BERNARD Operatic Directress Th Oompnn? embracing the following EXTRAORDINARY ARRAY OF TALENT: ,.?Sr"A.r- K- BKRNARO. Miss ROSE HKRSITE, Miss EMMA UOWSON, MISS FANNIE GOODWIN, Sopranos. Mrs. ZKLA 8EGUIN, ANNIB KEMP BOWLER, Contraltos. Messrs. WILLIAM CASTLE, BROOKHOUSE BOWLER, J. H. CIIATTKRSON, Tenors. Messrs. 8. C. CAMPBELL, HENRI DRAYTON, A. HOWELL, Bassos. Mr. EDWARD 8KGUIN, Bafro. GRAND CHORUS OK SOLO VOICES, transported with the Company entire, and the MAGNIFICENT ORCIUSTRA Conducted bv Mr. 8. BKHRENS. OPENING- NIGHT, MONDAY, February . BOHEMIAN GIRL. TUESDAY, BENEFIT of Treasurer ZIMMER MAN and CAMPBELL. MARTHA. MARTHA. WEDNESDAY, BENEFIT OF ZELDA SKGUIN. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. THURSDAY, IL TROVATORE. First appearance of Miss EMMA 1IOVVSON as LEONORA. FRIDAY, BENEFIT OF WILLIAM CASTLE: MHhLlO (Beethoven s only opera first time here in English). fATUKDAY MATIN KB OBERON. SATURDAY NIOUT-DEK FRKIHCIIUTZ. Admission (1. Reserved Seats, mi rpntu ortra Family Circle, 60 cents. Amphitheatre, S6 cents. j lie sHie 01 reserved seais, ror one or more nights, 111 commence at North A Co.'a Music Ntnrn. Nn. love Chesnut street, on Wednesday luomlag, Fwb ruary 1, at 9 o'clock-. LIBRETTOS The authorized and correct edi tions of the operas, as sung by this company, can, only be procured at the above stom and tiwtiie the Academy. Those offered for sale on the sidewalks and at places not here designated are unreli able. 1 s A MERICAN ACADEMY O? MUSIC. MISS CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG respectfully announces 1U WllA;Nl fUBt'BKIX MONDAY AND TUESDAY EVENINGS, .lomiarv Uik anil D1 assisted by the renowned Pianist, MIL JAMES M. WEHLI, and the celebrated Vocalists, PiUM'K vlkosi, Tenor, ul.jvnu . u . wrrT -erf T) -i MR. GEORGE w. COLBY Director AltMiMKiriM mrio nnn in Fain lly Circle. ....... .. ...60 cents flul.lifV nm RESERVED SEATS, 60 cents extra. For sale on J ca ana mier i liLitMJAY, January 26, at the Box Office of the Academy, and at Messrs. North St Co.'a, No. ine Grand Piano used at Miss Kellojrg'g Concert Ifl friiTTl Ihn PfllnKratii4 lnaniiranrni nf U i lk. .......... uwwititvu lunuiiiavin'ij ui JV1 I UVl t Weber, corner of Fifth avenuejand Sixteenth strel. i 24 7t Business Manager. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC THEODOliE THOMAS' UN EQUALLED CONCERT ORGANIZATION OF FIFTY DISTINGUISHED AKTISTS, ON FRIDAY EVENING, Feb. 8; SATURDAY AFTERNOON mid EVKNING, Feb. 4. The public Is respectfully informed that Mr. Theo dore Thomas will give TWO (III AND CONCERTS On Friday and Saturday Evenings, Feb. 8 and 4, and a Grand Matinee on Saturday Afternoon, Feb. 4. First appearance of the celebrated Planlste, MISS ANNA MEHLIO, rronoonced by the press wherever she has appeared the greatest Pianist that has been heard In this country. Together with the UNRIVALLED OK CHESTRA, many of whom are EMINENT SOLO- Admission Tickets One Dollar Reserved Seats Fifty Cents Extra Family Circle Fifty cents Oallery Tweuty-flve Cents Sale of seats at Box Office, Academy of Music, and at F. A. North & Ca'i, No. 1020 Chesnut street- i go ot 1 U DAVENPOUT'8 OUESNUT STREET Aj THEATRIC E. L. DAVENPORT . Lessee and Manager THIS (Tiies.lav) EVENING, Jan. 31. LOVn'ri bACRlFICK. MA1TIIEW ELMORK E. L. DAVENPORT Supported by THE STAR COMPANY. Admission, f 1, 76, 60. and M cents. Commence at 8. Seats secured at Abels Dramailo Reposi tory (Theatre Hnlldlng), No. 1211 CHESNUT Btreet. from 9 A. M. UDtil 5 P. M. ' A new Historical Spectacular Drama.written by J C. Foster, Esq., author of the Naiad Queen, Enchan tress, Black Raven of the Tombs, etc., is in preio ratlom WALNUT STREET THEATR . THIS (Tuesday) EVENING. Jan. 31. LAST NIGHT BUT THREE OF MISS l.EONA CA VENDER. whowUl appear in Brougham's local drama. MINNIES LUCK: OR, THE UPS AND DOWNS OF CITY LIFE. Miss LEON A CAYK.NLER as MINNIE as performed by ht r at WALLACK'H THEATRE, NEW YORK, with fcONGS, DANCES, AND SOLOS. SATURI'AY EVENING, Feb. 4, Farewell Engagement of Mr. JOHN S. CLARKE. MRS. JOHN DREW'S ARCH STREET THEATRE. Begins 1 to 8 o'clock. Engagement for a limited period of MISS LYDIA THOMPSON AND TROUPE MONDAY, AND TILL FURTHER NOTICE. And on SATURDAY AFTERNOON at 2, with new sceuery, costumes, etc., PARIS; OR, THE APPLE OF DISCORD, PARIS Miss LYDIA THOMPSON Aided by her Full Troupe. LYDIA THOMPSON MATINEE SATURDAY. A1 SSEMBLY BUILDINGS, CORNER TENTH ana cut-sn u i streets. THE WONDERFUL TWO-nEADED GIRL COM BINATION, owing to its Immense success the past week, will remain a few days longer. Receptions from 8 till 6 and from T till 10 P. M. AcimiBSlon 35 cents. Children, 26 cents. 1 23 6t IOX'S NEW AMERICAN THEATRE, CHESNUT . Street, above Tenth, AMUSEMENTS OF ALL NATIONS. EVERY EVENING And SATURDAY MATINEE. GREAT CONGRESS OF bTARS. Comprising the best artists in the'eountry, who appear la Grand Ballets, Dutch Comedy, Local (Sketches, Minstrelsy, EthloplanActs, Farce, Comlo Vocallsm, Pantomime, etc. AMERICAN MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE. Northwest corner of NINTH and A RCH Streets, Open dally from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M. 100,000 CURIOSITIES From all parts of the World. THIRTY CAGES OF WILD ANIMALS. Tbe Splendid Dramatic Company appearing in the Lecture Room every Evening at o'clock, and Wed nesday and Saturday afternoons at 2 o'clock. Admission to all the Attractions, 26 cents. 1212 tf ARCH STREET OPERA HOUSB. ARCH Street, above Tenth. TnE PALACE OF MINSTRELSY. SIMMONS A bLOCUM'8 MINSTREL8. THE CHAMPION TROUPE OF AMERICA, IN THKIR SOIREES DETHIOPE, unequalled throughout the world. Box office open from 9 A.M. until 4 P. M. 1 31 6t pOTHERMEL'S PICTURE X OF TH BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, Now on Exhibition at No. 1003 OHESNUT Street, from 10 A. M. to 10 p. M, Admission 26 cenu. 1 21stntn UPREZ & BENEDICT'S OPERA HOUSB SEVENTH Street, below Arch. 1RBLAND AND AMERICA. DfDGING- FOR A WIFE. Profeisor RENO will appear In the great Fair Scene. 1 iO 6t Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory. JOHN T. BAILEY, XT. . Cor. WATER and MARKET St. ROFB AND TWINS, BAGS aad BAGGING, foff Grain, Floor, Salt, Super-Phosphate oX Lime. Boo Dust, Etc Large and small GUNNY BAGS conatanUi t&ud. Also, WOOL
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