THE DaILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, , WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1871.
Onrimwrl from th &rmnti vr.
n tbe Schuylkill region, and representing yearly
tonnage of over fonr million tons, refn-d to send
one ton of coal at. the exorbitant rate of wes de
manded by the Workingmen's Benevolent A-wia-tion?
and did not every operator belonging t-j thut
Board testify that charges upon the lisa ling rail
road had nothing whtever to do with th coition
Of bin hlpnienth? Itt true that one coal operator
tiped the word prohibitory, In speaking of our pre
sent charge?; but, as lie is about the only one who
has kept big collieries constantly at work, It will
readily be seen that the prohibition has In nt m Mi
ner affected fcira: and all the others have testified
that at the ra'.e of wages demanded by the working
men, they would not have started their collieries,
ner sent one ton of coal overtlie railroad, no matser
how low the charges for irsneportation might have
been.
Hut If we have abused or misused our powers, it
must have been to the In.j'iryof some one. Are
the coal operators here tv complain of us? lo the
manufacturers who iim coal say that our course
has Injured theiu? Above and beyond all, is the
great body of consumers of coal represented here
asking you for any relief against us? No! The
coal operators say that our course is a justirUble
one. The Iron manufacturers have sent represen
tative men here to say that we have not, in any
manner, Injured them that our course has their
entire approval. Who then complains? Who Is
our prosecutor? Upon whose information, and
for whose benefit, have these proceedings been
instituted, and the great expense of this In
vestigation Incurred? Why, solely upon the
Information, and for the benefit, of Ctue
"Workingmen's Benevolent Association. And
what injnry have we done to them ? Why,
they tell us that we have prevented them from
adding forever hereafter fifty cents a ton to the
price of all the anthracite coal that will be mined
in Pennsylvania; that we have prevented them
from taking an additional eight or ten millions of
dollars per annum out of the pockets of two mil
lions of people poorer than themselves, and divid
ing it amongst 30,000 members of their association,
in addition to the exorbitant wages they are now
enabled to receive. Well, gentlemen, If this really
has been the result of our action, if, while attempt
ing to save onrselves from ruin, we have also saved
to the customers of coal this enormous tax, equal
at present to the Interest upon f 150,000,000, then wo
thoiild be considered as public benefactors rather
than as criminals. If a man should attempt to
blow up abouse with gunpowder, for the more grati
fication of a taste tor pyrotechnics, he should be
treated either as a criminal or a lunatic; but if,
during a raging conflagration in a large city, the
spread of the flames Is arrested, and millions of
dollars worth of property saved, by a welUdirected
explosion which destroys some intervening house,
then I apprehend that the man who applied the
match to the powder would be entitled to the thanks
and admiration of the community. The miners
must be taught one great lesson, viz., that there are
others who have rights as wall as themselves. And It
would be well for those who profess such profound
sympathy for the Workingmen's Benevolent Asso
ciation to remember, that for every one of Its
members interested In keeping up the price ofcoal,
there are one buudred other people moot of whom
are poorer than, and as much deserving as, the
miner who are deeply Interested in having a regu
lar supply of cheap fuel.
But, lor the sake of the argument, let me assume
that an abuse or misuse of corporate franchise has
been shown to exist. Does It follow that the Legis
lature of Pennsylvania has the power to determine
that question, and, having determined it, to enter
judgment In Its own favor against the company?
Can the legislative branch of the government aot as
judge and jury in its own cause? The charter of a
company is a contrast between the corporation and
the State, in which it is provided that for any abuse
or misuse of power the franchise can be resumed
by the Legislature. But in a dispute as to whether
there has been such abuse ot misuse, can one of the
parties to the contract undertake to decide the case
in Its own favor? The Constitution provides that
the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate;
and the citizen whose property 1b represented by
railroad shares or bonds Is as much entitled to the
protection of the Coustitntion as he whose property
is in bouses or lands.
The question of abuse or misuse can only ba in
vestigated and determined by the Courts, and ac
cording to the settled law of the land; and I shall
say no more upon tbis subject than simply to refer
you to the Connellsville Railroad cases, where, both
in the State and Federal Courts, the doctrine for
which I am now contending was fully sustained bv
all the judges.
It would perhaps not be courteous to my friend
Mr. Brock way, who opened this case for the Work
ingmen's Benevolent Association, it I did not refer
to two or three points made by him during the
course of his argument. He had bsen poring over
the report of the Heading Kailroad Company to the
Auditor General, and be discovered, by some uu
lathoroable process of calculation, that the Kail
road Company, out of about f 8,000,000 of gross re
ceipts upon coal, had earned over 6,000,000 of net
protits. Now we all know how valuable to his
clients are Mr. Brockway'a services as a lawyer;
but if he can succeed in demonstrating to the share
holders of our Company that we made so much mo
ney. I think his services as railroad expert would be
worth at least halt a million of dollars per annum.
I fear, however, that no other demonstration than
the actual distribution of the money would satisfy
those of us who have been accustomed to believe
that net protits are simply tiie difference between
gross receipts and actual expenditures, if this six
millions of dollars or net profits exists, the money
mutt be somewhere. As Mr. Brockaway has dis
covered the existence of the profits, he must be held
responsible lor the production of the money; and,
on behalf of our shareholders, 1 must ask him to
show me where I can lay my hands upon it, for it
belongs to us. Until ho does that, I must continue
to believe that he will remain more celebrated as a
lawyer than as an accountant.
I trust that I will not be considered egotistical
when I say that I believe I know more about this
question of protits than Mr. Brock way does. 1 know
that lai-t year we transported 4,600,000 tons of coal,
and that we made but 31 cents per ton, which is no
more than could have been mado if we had had
tlmply owned our coal cars, and had hired them to
other railroad companies. That is, in consequence
of the long suspension caused by the order of the
WorkiDgmen's Benevolent Association, we did not
make any more money out of a capital ot 20,000,000
invested in railroads, motive power and cars than
we might have made out of 5,000,000 of capital in
vested in cars alone.
When Mr. Brockway speaks of the enormous
protits realized by coal operators, I think he is still
further from the real iacts than he was when he
announced his discovery ot railroad prottu. I do
not believe that the aggregate capital invested iu
coal mining operations since the year 1820 has
realized au average income of 2)f percent, to its
owners. There have been, of course, some for
tunate adventurers; but, taking the good with the
bad, I very much doubt whether even 2t per cent,
per annum has been realized upon all.
But In his examination of that seductive v&lumo
the railroad reports, Mr. Brockway his fouuj an
other mare's uest, aud with great confidence he
announced that lie had ascertained that the 1oU
ware, Lackawanna and Western li-iilroul Com
pany has actually cheated the StattTout of 300,oo0
of tuxes. Now, I know something abjut those two
kinds of persons, natural and artiliol.il something
about men and something atiout corporations. 1 kuow
that all men must die, and that in Pennsylvania,
all corporations must pay their taxes; ami mo ion i
as my friend General Hartmnlt U Auditor General
ot,the State, 1 believe that the doom of tho corpora
tion is as inevitable as the doom of man. and upon
this subject 1 speak from painful experience.
I was somewhat at a loss to know why evidonce
was given to show that a proportion of the stock of
the Beading Kailroad was held abroad; but before
Mr. Brockway got through with his argument I
was enlightened. You know that parol testimony
is frequently given to lay ground for the introduc
tion of some documentary evidence; and this tes
timony, it appears, was offered to lay ground for
the introduction of the rhetorical ilourtaii with
which inv friend closed his argument, viz: "That
British 4 Jd, which had driven his clients from the
homes Oi'thtlr ancestors, still continued to perse
cute them In the land of their adoption."
Now, If my friend's clients were really driven ta
this country by British gold, I don't think th-y have
much cause to complain. I hardly think that my
worthy friend Mr. Williams would have been a
member of Parliament had he remained in Great
liritain; aud 1 teel confident that the average earn
lugs of a blacksmith in Englaud, Ireland, Scotland
or Wales would not have enabled my elegant friend
Mr. iiallmau to array his person in French broad
cloth, and to support the dignity of his appearance
with a gold-headed cane. Certainly fVy have
nothing to complain of. it would be tuvldioug to
ask in what manner Great Britain has been in
jured by their departure; but if this complaint
about tile expatriating influences of British gold is
really true, I fear that the I'm ted States are the
only party who has been injured. If my friend,
however, still persists In his lamentations, 1 will
write in behalf of uis clients to some of the foreign
stockholders of the Heading Kailroad Company,
and, as they are so largely interested iu the pios-
iierity of Aiueiican Industry, I have no doubt that
' jean obtain from them euough britisu gold to tnnd
the leaders ot the Workingmen's Benevolent A fo
ci at lc n bark to the homes of their ancestors. If I
cannot, I feel sure I can get a little American gold
to eke out the sum, and I believe that it would be
greatly to the Interests and agreeable to the incli
nations of the members of the Association for each
to contribute a triite to the same object.
Before I close, I desire to call vour attention to
wtiat X conceive to be the cure for the ills under
which the coal trade has suffered during the last
few years. I feel encouraged to advert to this sub
ject by the preliminary report w IiicU you have ai
f Bad Wjtsjo.
What are th9 proper remedies
First, tor rersonal diflerencea between the em
ployer ami bis workingmeii?
Second, for the evils of overproduction?
1 belirve that the only permanant remedy for
personal differences is arbitration, with an umpire
whom decision shall be tnal. There never ha been
a tine when we were not willing to roort to this
plan. For two years ve have been trying to bring
it about. In the last annual report of the Heading
Kailroad Company !t was suggested as the proper
method of avoiding future troubles; but the Work
ingmen's Benevolent Association has never been
willing to adopt it. Acting entirely upon the prin
ciple that no ono had any rights but taeiu-l ve-, an 1
that vi hat they did not know w.-js not worth kniv
lng, they have persistently refused to accept any
other arbiter than that of t heir own wills. Whoever
we suggested has been considered as the advice of
an enemy; and they have never yet arrived at the
conclusion that tbe interest of the workingiuin and
Ms employer 1b identical, and that both can bs
heft subserved by unity of action.
Kven so late as this afternoon, I seated to the
officers of the association that if they would a$ree
to the postponement of this argument for one w-3ek
I would call a general meeting of the railrovl and
mlnir.g interests for to-morrow, and would hand to
them on the following day (Friday) a proposition ,
that work should be resumed on Monday iu all the
diMricts, without any agreement abeut wages, and
that before the end of ti e month a board of arbi
tration and conciliation, with an umpire who9 de
cision should be final, should me -t 111 each district
to adjust the wages; that wbataver such board
agreed to would be paid, and th 4t the charges for
transportation should be reduced R3 soon as work
was commenced. But this proposition was promptly
rejected, and I was told that the argument ghoul J
be proceeded with to-day.
From this you will see how little we have to ex
pect from tho managers of this association. The
time will come, however, when the workingmon
themselves will discover that (Wr real friends are
those who try to keep them constantly employed,
and have the courage to tell them when they are
wrong, rather than those who, by pandering to their
pi ejudices, seek to enlist their sympathy, while de
priving them of the means of subsistence.
And now a few words about the proper remedy
for overproduction.
You can no more legislate to keep np the price of
coal, than you can to keep down the price of gold.
V e all remember that during the war a very pro
minent member of Congress introduced a bill mak
ing it a criminal otl'flioe to pty more for a gold dollar
than for a paper one. With all his ability as a
lawyer, he was as Ignorantof the laws of finance as
the leaders of the Workingmen's Benevolent
Association are of the laws of trade. The sovereign
panacea for overproduction is to reduce the supply
by the abrupt suspension of mining, though they
thereby deprive themselves of bread, and decrease
the demand as much as they decrease the produc
tion. The result of every suspension has been to
drive so many customers to other fuels that the
demand soon falls behind tbe supply, and the ne
cessity for another suspension, to be followed in turn
by another decrease of consumption becomes more
urgent. Thus, in a few years, the course pursued by
these leaders would destroy the entire trade, and
reduce the workingmen of the coal region to star
vation. We have said to them that the proper remedy
for an overproduction is the increased demand,
which always results from low prices, and that if,
instead of doing nothing for three or tour mouths
out of the year, they would work for moderate
wages, tbe low price of coal would so exten 1 its
use that new markets would be opened to take up
any temporary overproduction. There can be no
doubt that the interests of the miner, the coal
operator, and tbe transporting company are
identical; but the course pursued by the men
has bo injured both of the other iu teres ts that
neither has been able to do much more than
to save itself. For every mon'h a large colliery is
stopped, tbeie is a loss incurred which requires a
profit of from fifteen to twenty-five cents per ton
upon 10,000 tons to make up. If a colliery can ship
100,000 tons of coal a year, and its owner realize a
profit of twenty cents a ton, it would be a fair busi
ness; but if the colliery is stopped for the first six
months of a year, and ships but 50,000 tons the next
six months, It will require a profit of sixty cents
per ton upon the reduced product to enable its
owner to realize at the end of the year the same
amount of money that he would have derived from
a full year's business at a profit of twenty cents per
ton.
Last year, tho suspension of over four months In
volved a loss to the Heading Kailroad Company of
more than $1,000,000; tbe consequence of which was
that, upon the 2,OOO,0(K) tons sent to market after
resumption, it required an additional charge of
fifty cents per ton to yield us the same amount of
money that we would have received at tbe de
creased charges, if we bad been permitted to do a
full year's business. Tbe lower the charges upon
tbe road, tbe better it is for the workingmen; but
by depriving us of business for so many months out
of tbe year, the latter effectually prevent us from
assisting them by low rates.
It tbe workingmen would agree to work during
tbe entire year the cost of their labor might be
reduced twenty-five cents per ton, and each man
would have more money at the end of the year than
he has had during the last two years. It the ope
rator could have eleven or twelve months of unin
terrupted trade, be could take twenty-five cents
per ton off his protits and be riche- at the end of
the season than he lias ever been at the end of any
since tbe war closed. If the railroads could keep
their equipment busy during the whole twelve
months, the cost of transportation could be re
duced '25 cents per ton, and more money could be
mado than has ever been realized with higher rates
during tbe reign of the Workingmen's Benevo
lent Association. Thus, constant employment, at
moderate rates, would reduce the price of coal at
tidewater at least seventy-five cents per ton; and
such a reduction In price would extend the use of
anthracite coal one hundred miles beyond the ter
ritory on which it is now consumed. It is a safe
calculation that one ton of coal will be nsed for
domestic purposes for every Inhabitant of the dis
trict that adopts It for fuel. As the area of coun
try in which anthracite coal is need Is ex
tending in tbe form of a circle, of which
the coal region is the centre, it follows
that every additional 100 miles added to tho
radius of this circle Increases its are very much
mere than the preceding 100 miles; and there can
be no doubt, that if at the end of the present radius
a belt of 100 miles in width was added to ttia circle
the increased consumption of coal would at once
furnish a market lor any overproduction.
A few words more and I have done. Throughout
the whole of this Investigation it seems to have
been assumed by our friends on the other side that
we bad no rights which you were bound to respect,
but that the members of tbe Workingmen's Be
nevolent Association possessed some inherent
charm which gave to them a peculiar claim upon
your favorable consideration. We have been rep
resented as hard taskmasters, seeking to make
slaves of our workingmen; and they liave been
held up to you as a patient, down-trodden and long
suffering class, feebly struggling to emerge from
tbe degradation Into which they bad fallen. It
seems to have been assumed that all your preju
dices would be excited against the rights or pro
perty, and that all your sympathies would be en
listed in favor of the rights of labor.
1 gladly admit, that the man who earns his dally
bread, and decently maintains his family by the
labor of bis own bands, is a tar better citizen than
the miser who hoards his gold through life, only to
relinquish the glittering store when the icy hand
of death has chilled his grasp. As between these
two classes, tbe laborer as much deserves our en
couraging -sympathy as the miser deserves our de--.
estatiou and reproach. But are we in tbe same
category as tbe miser? lias tbe talent given to us
been hidden in a napkin? Or the wealth, for the
protection of which 1 am now a suppliant before
you, been hoarded up and withdrawn from those
uses v hicb make wealth a blessing to the whole com
munity? Without it, where would Pennsyvania be
to-day? What position in the sisterhood of States
would the occupy If the capital here represented
bad been driven from ber borders and invested else
where? Has it not dug our canals and built our
railroads? lias it not bridged our rivers ar.d tun
nelled our mountains? Has it not penetrated into the
bowels of the earth, and wrung from the unwilling
band of nature those inestimable treasures which
are the pride and boast of our great Common
wealth? it this cause is to be won by those most
entitled to your sympathy and respect, I shall have
little cause to tear from ai:y comparison which may
be made. But all that I ask is justice. I neither
fear your prejudices nor invoke your sympathy.
And having discharged the duty which I owe to the
cause, I commit it to your hands, in tbe confident
hope that jour report will do justice to us all.
xxxiCTB sunxraAn.?.
City AlTulrs.
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of
UjlLias met yesterday, admitted delegates,
and read reports showing a large increase ia
the membrhhip of the Order. The Order
Las extended to New liruuswick and Canada,
itnd contained in all, on the 31st of December
last, 015 lodges, with a total membership of
li,57. The expenditures last year amounted
to $378,027, and the cash on hand was
W. II. Lord yesterday waa bound over by
Alderman Smith for swindling A. i. Camp.
Lell by means of a worthless promissory note,
which he induced the latter to discount.
Jtper Cooper, of Bridgeport, N. J., had
his pocket picked of $140 last Dight, in the
vicinity of Fifteenth and Welnnt streets.
Jertmish Pratt, of Newtown, Dela-vnre
county, was robbed of over .?.")0 last night,
mi Market street, near Fourth, by three men
who jolted him on the sidewalk.
Domestic Affairs.
The corner-stone of a now Masonic tem
ple in Norfolk, Va., waa hud yesterday.
At many points throughout the United
States the colored people yesterday celebrated
the anniversary of emancipation.
D. W. Church, City Marshal of Newton,
Iowa, was stabbed so badly while attempting
to arrest a colored man, on Monday night,
that he died soon after.
The President stated to several Senators
yesterday that he thought an extra session of
that body wor.ld be convened about the L'Oth
of next month.
The New York Assembly yesterday passed
to a third rending a bill providing for sepa
rate ballot-boxes at elections for congressmen
and State oflicers, so as to prevent the inter
ference of United States officers.
Daniel Hadden was found dead in a
house of questionable repute in Omaha, Neb.,
from the effects of a pistol ball through the
heart, a few nights ago, and a coroners jury
rendered a verdict of suicide. Since then a
young woman named Flora Clinton accuses
herself of having murdered him.
Foreign Affairs.
Breaches have been made in tho walls of
Fort Vnlerien.
Marshal MacMahon's headquarters are
now at Fontenoy aux-lloses.
A slight Bhock of earthquake was felt in
Scotland yesterday morning.
After a severe battle the Communists re
ocenpied the whole of Nenilly.
An iron-clad railway battery has been
captured from the insurgents at Colombes.
The Prussians have agreed to stop the
revictnalling of Paris by way of St. Denis.
Scarcely a church in Taris remains open,
and already many of them have been pil
laged. The American guns need in the defenses
of Paris are highly praised by the London
7 im(S.
The Commune is discussing questions of
commerce preparatory to a restriction of
trade and credit.
The London Times contains a report that
Trus-sia will intervene in the affairs of France
in case the Commune should be victorious
over the Versailles Government.
Fale of Real Estate and Stocks. The
following sales of real estate and stocks were
made at the Exchange yesterday at noon by M.
Thomas it Sons:
1 share TavoDla Land Association tfo-oo
3 shares Insurance Co. or penna 241) 00
20 shares Union Mining Co us
400 shares Honeycomb Petroleum Co -oo
100 shares Sugar Bale OH Co mo
l(iO shares Oil Basin Petroleum Co 3-6H
I'iOOO Interest in the Dallas Oil Co soo
Lot No. Kii3, Philadelphia Cemetery 4 00
15 shares Fidelity Stafe Deposit Co litt-oo
so " " " iMoo
10 " " " 162 00
a " " " lc-2 00
C1T Honeycomb Oil Co -06
HOtiO Chesnut and Walnut streets R R -87
6 shares Franklin Fire Insurance Co 49100
10 " " " " 48.V00
5 " " " " 482-80
200 shares Philadelphia Slate Co -20
IS00 Ailej-'heny B. K. and Coal Co io
loo BhareB American B. II. Sewing Machiue. 19-ws
16 shares Contioental Hotel Co so-oo
13 shares Reliance Insurance Co 46-00
10 share Entei prise Insurance Co 4d 00
f 1000 Connecting Railroad bonds sjtf
1 share mercantile Library o K
1000 shares McCIiotockvllle Oil Co -go
BtHble and coach-house, Nos. 621 aud 528
Noble street, b8 feet Iront 4 000-00
Store No. 836 N. Third St., -JO ft et front... 11,00000
Mansion, stable, and coacti-tiouse, River
side, Burlington co., N. J. 6,000 00
Store and dwelling, Fifth and Christian
L (streets, 18 feet front 5,200 00
rick dwelling No. Marshall street, 26
leet trout 5,500 00
Ho. 1237 arnoek street, subject to a
ground rent of too 1,050 00
No. 613 Franklin street. 22!tf feet front 8,550-00
Three-story brick residence, No. 225 N.
Twentieth street, 25 feet front 8,000-00
Besidence Mo 1206 Arch street, 25 feet
front, 173 feet deep; 2 fronts 29,200 00
Lot, Second street, between Market and
Edpemout, Chester, Pa 2,800 00
Dwellingi No. 810 Carlisle street, subject
to an irredeemable ground rent of 42... 1,50000
Oronnd rent, jooo a year 9,000-00
Eight building lots, Favoiiia, N. J., 20 feet
Iront, each 15-00
Irredeemable ground rent, J60 a year
(silver) 95000
4 contiguous lots, FprlDg street, north of
Centre, Manayunk, together 80 feet front. 0O0-O0
Dwelling No. 706 Marshall street, 80 feet
front 6,225 00
Lot of ground. Ho ard street, between
I reason ana Towers, Maoayunk, 60 feet
front 308-00
Three lots, Howard street, Manayunk, 60
feet front 600-00
Lot, Howard street, Manayunk 600-00
4 lots, Washington street, Manayunk 645-00
4 lots, Washington street, Manayunk 655-00
SPECIAL NOTICES.
gy PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL
ROAD COMFAMV, Office No. 221 South
FOURTH Street.
PniLADEi.rniA, April 15, 1671.
Aspeclal meeting of the Stockholders of the Phila
delphia and Reading Railroad Company will be held
att be office of the said company, In the city of Phila
delphia, on the eighth day of May, 1871, at 12 o'clock
M., when and where the joint agreement entered
into by the Board o f Managers or the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company and the Board of
Directors of the Lebanon and Tremont Railroad
Company, for the consolidation, of the said com
panies, and the merger of the Lebanon and Tremont
Railroad Company Into the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Company, will be submitted to the said
stockholders, and a vote, by ballot in person, or by
proxy, taken lor the adoption or re lection of the
same. J. W. JOcJES,
4 18 Secretary.
flr-Tf PHILADELPHIA AND READING R AIL-
ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 227 S. FOLK I'U
Street.
Philadelphia, April 15, 1S71.
A Special Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Philadelphia aud Readiug Rallroau Company will be
held at the Office of said Company, in the city of
Philadelphia, on the 6th day of May, 1871, at 12 P.
M., when and where the joint agreepieut entered
Into by the Board of Managers of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company and the Board of
Directors o( the Northern Liberties and Penn Town
ship Railroad Company for the consolidation of the
said companies and the merger of the Northern
Liberties and Penn Township Railroad Company
into the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany will be submitted to the said stocktiol lers, and
a vote by ballot, in person or by proxy, taken for the
adoption or rejection of the same.
J. W. JONES.
1 18 Secretary.
SCHUYLKILL AND SUSQUEH ANNARAIL
w POAD COMPANY, Office, No. 22T Soutn
FOURTH Street.
Philapelphu, April 10, 1871.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company and an Election for President and six
Managers will take place at the Office of the Com
pany on MONDAY, the 1st day of May next, at l'J
o'clock M. ALBERT FOSTEtt,
4 10 3w Secretary.
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tdf MWTHEKN LIBERTIES AND FENN
w TOWNSHIP RAILROAD CO., Office No. 227
S. FOURTH Street.
Pmr.ATtiti.rniA, April It. 1871.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company, and an Election for Officers to servo for
the ensuing year, win be held at the Office of the
Company, on ill ON DAY, the 1st dav of May next, at
11 tf o'clock A. M. ALBERT FOSTER,
4lll7t Socreury.
gy- THE ANNUAL MEET1NO OK THE
w stockholders of the BAKER SILVER MININU
COMPANY, of Colorado, will be held at the otll.;e
of the company on THURSDAY, April 20, 1871, at
12 o'clock, noon, for the election of directors, and
for the transaction of such other business as may
be deemed necessary. JOHN WIE3T,
4 10 lot Secretary.
jay DR. F. R, TnOM AS, No. U WALNUT ST,
w formerly operator at the Colton Dental Rooms,
devotes his entire practice to extracting teeth with
out pain, with fresh nitrons oxide gas. 11 1T
JOUVINS
KID GLOVR CLEANER
cloves eo.ua! to new. For sale
hy nil dtngglsts and fancy goods dealers. Price 85
ceuts per bottle. 11 SSmwtt
gy- DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, NO.
Potlents treated gratuitously at thla
daily t 11 o'clock.
Institution
1 14
WATOHEIi JEWELRY, ETO.
.tW!S LADOHUS & CO
fDUMOXB SEALERS & JEWELERS
41 WATCHES, JKWIU.KY A BILVBR WAKK.
SWITCHES and JEWELRY SEP AIRED,
602 ChMtnut St., Part
Would Invite attention to their large stock of
Ladles' and Cents' Watches
Of American and foreign makers.
DIAMONDS In the newest styles of Settings.
LADIES' and GENT'S' CHAINS, sets of JEWELRY
of the latest styles, BAND AND CHAIN
BRACELETS, Etc. Etc.
SILVER WARS
of the latest designs In great variety, for wedding
presents.
Repairing done hi the best manner and guaran
teed p 11 fmwi
GOLD MEDAL REQUL A.T0RS.
U. IV. RIJSSBL.L.,
No. 22 NOltTII SIXTH STREET,
Begs to call the attention of the trade and customers
to tbe annexed letter:
TRANSLATION.
"I take pleasure to announce that I have given tc
Mr. G. W. Rl SSLL,of Philadelphia, the eicluslve
Bale of all goo'ia of my manufacture. He will be
able to sell them ;.t tTie very lowest prices.
"OUST A V BECKER,
'i -'utit Manufacturer of Regulators,
"Freiburg, Germany.
BOARDING.
s
UMMER BOARDING.
The elegant building known as
TIIE EXCELSIOR NORMAL INSTITUTE,
located at Carversvllle, Bucks county, Fa, two
miles from Bull's Island Station, on the Belvldere
Railroad, will be opened to accommodate CITY
BOARDERS from July 1, 1371, to Septemter 1. For
hcalthfulness of location and beauty of surrounding
scenery this Institution can hardly be surpassed.
Those wishing to bring their own teams Into the
country can be accommodated with stables, sheds,
and feed at reasonable rates.
The proprietor will be found at the Merchants'
Hotel, THIRD Street, above Uallowhlll, on SATUR
DAYS, Aprl! 15 and 22, from 10 o'clock A. M. to 2
o'clock P. M., when an Interview may be had.
For terms, etc., address
S. S. OVERHOLT,
Carversvllle, Bucks County, Pa.
KEVEKBNCK.
B. REIFF, Nos. ISO and 133 South Front street.
AM ASA MAY, ,
Nos. 718 and Tir Market street. 4 T 13t
LOOKING CLA8SE3, ETO.
NEW ROGERS CROUP,
"RIP VAN WINKLE."
NEW CHROMOS.
All Chromes sold at 25 per cent, below regular rates.
All of Piang's, Hoover's, and all others.
Send for catalogue.
LooltiugCji lasses,
ALL NEW STYLES,
At the lowest prices. All of our own manufacture.
JAMES 5. EARLE & SONS.
No. 816 CHE3NUT STREET.
NEW RUBL.IOA1 IONS
II
ooviiii's ivmv CIIUIMIOS.
"The Changed Cross," size 22x23, the finest ever
offered to the public.
"JMary and St. JohD," size 22x29, a most Bubllme
chrorno.
"The Beautiful Snew," size 16x22, a very Impres
sive picture.
"The Holy Family," size 22x23, a real gem.
"Delhi, Del. Co., N. Y.," size 22x23, a beautiful au
tumn scene.
Published and sold, wholesale and retail, by
J. HOOVER, No. 804 MARKET Street,
3 lSsmw3m Philadelphia, second door.
LECAL NOTICES.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE
CITY AND COL'NTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
March Term, 1871. No. 14. In Divorce.
WILLIAM HENRY STEEL VB. JOSEPHINE JANE
STKEL.
To JOSEPHINE JANE STEEL, Respondent:
Please take notice that testimony will be taken In
above entitled cause on behalf of the llbellant on
THURSDAY, May 11, 1871. at 8 o'clock P. M., at
my otllce, No. 6i5 WALNUT Street. Philadelphia,
Pa., before F. CARROLL BREWSTER, Jr.. E34.,
the examiner appointed bv the Court to take and
report the same. HENRY c. TERRY,
4 IS lft Attorney for Llbellant.
SEPT. T.. 1S70, No. 14.-IN DIVORCE-SALLIfi
A. LOWE vs. EDWARD 8. LOWE.
To EDWARD 8. LOWE, Respondent.
Tlease take notice that the Court has granted a
rule on you to show cause why a divorce a vinculo
matrimonii should not be decreed iu the above case,
eturnable on SATURDAY, April 29, A. D. 1871, at 11
o'clock A. M. Personal service having failed on
account of your absence. PHILIP H. L lV,
No. 815 WALNUT Street,
4 17 mw 4t Attorney for Libellan".
EDWARD PONTI & CO.,
IMPORTERS OF FOREIGN PRODUCE,
Wines, Oils, Fruits, Cigars,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
No. 004, HAMI I Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
EDWARD PONTI. 3 871 JAMES W. HAVENS,
Savery's Patent Combined
nuttr Cooler ana
REFRIGERATOR
lias pioved itself ta be superior to
any in tbe market, can ana ex
amine. JACOB F. HAND, Jr.,
Depot, No. 620 MARKET Street
w
I L 8 O N ' S
CARPET CLEANING
ESTABLISHMENT,
413m No. 6! 1 South SEVENTE ENTH 8treeU
0
A K A C A S
C H O C O L A T E,
Imported and for sale by
DALLETT h SON.
41m No. m 8. 1' RONT Street.
l8fi
4 8
PLUMBING, OAS FITTING, ETO.
PANCOAST & MAULE,
TlllllD and TEAR Streets,
Plain and Galvanized
Wrought and Cast Iron Pipes
For Gai, Steam and Water.
FITTINGS, BRASS WORK, TOOLS,
BOILER TUBES.
Pipe of all Sizei Cat and Fitted to Order
CAKI,
Havlne sold nENRY B. PANCOAST anrl FRAN
CIS 1. MAULE (gt ntlemen In our employ for Here
ral years past) the Stock. Goodwill anil fixtures of
our RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT, located at the
corner of THIRD and PEAK Streets, in this city,
that branch or our hnwness, topetner wun tnat 01
IiKATiNt and VENTILATING PI'BLIO and PHI
VATE UUILDINUS, both by STKaM and HOT
WATER, In all Its various svsums, will be oarr'ed
on under Uie firm name of PANCOAST A MaULS,
at the old stand, and we recommend them to the
trade and business public as being entirely compe
tent to perform all work of that character'
ir 1 in 1 mi m l'T- rT . nn
Philadelphia, Jan. 22, 19T0.
EDUOATIONAL.
II
A K YARD UNIVERSITY,
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.,
Comprises the following Departments :
Harvard College, the University Lectures, Divinity
School, Law Sohool, Mellcal School, Dental School,
Lawrence Scientific School, School of Mining and
Practical Geology, Bussey Institution (a School of
Agriculture and Horticulture), Botanle Garden, As
tronomical Observatory, Museum of Comparative
Zoology, Peabody Museum ef Archaeology, Episcopal
'Theological School.
The next academic year begins on September 23,
1871.
The first examination for admission to Harvard
College will begin June 89, at 8 A M. The second
examination for admission to Harvard College, and
the examinations for admission to the Sctentlflo
and Mining Schools,; will begin September 88. The
requisites for admission to the College have been
changed this year. There Is now a mathematical
alternative for a portion of the classics. A circular
describing the new requisites and recent examina
tion papers will be mailed on application.
tNIVERSITY LECTURES Thirty-three courses
In 1870-71, of which twenty begin in the wees Feb.
ruary 12-19. These lectures are Intended for gradu
ates of colleges, teachers, and other competent
adults (men or women). A circular describing them
will be mailed on application.
THE LAW SCHOOL has been reorganized this
year. It has seven instructors, and a library of
16,f 00 volumes. A circular explains the new course
of study, the requisites for the degree, and the cost
of attending the school. The second half of the
year begins February M.
For catalogues, circulars, or information, ad
dress J. W. HARRIS,
S 6 8m Secretary.
E
D G E H I L L
SCHOOL
MERCHANTVILLB, N. J.,
Four Miles from Philadelphia.
The seB&lon commenced MONDAY, April 10,
1871.
For circulars apply to
Rev. T. W. CATTKLL.
CROOERIES, ETO.
BROWN STOUT AND
SCOTCH ALE,
In glass and stone, by the caste or dozen.
ALBERT O.ROBERTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Sta
CLOTHS, OA8SIMERES, ETO.
QLOTH HOU8S.
JAMES ft HUDEft.
rto. 11 Worth SKCOni Htreet,
Sign of the Golden Lamb,
Are w receiving a large and splendid assortmen
of new styles of
FANCY OASSIMERES
And standard makes of DOESKINS, CLOTHS and
COATINGS, 3 88 mwi
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
OORDAOE, ETO.
CORDAGE.
Xlanllla, filial and Tarred (Jordan
At LowMt Hew York PrioM and Vralchta,
DWIIf II. FITLEtt fc CO
raeton , TKIVTH Bi. and GBRMAHTOWB Avaaal
tore. Ho. IS H, WATER Bt and U H DELAWARE
Avanaa,
PHILADELPHIA
JOHN S. LEE l CO., ROPE AND TWINE
MANl'FACTTREkS,
DEALEKS IN NAVAL STORES,
ANCHORS AND CHAINS,
SHIP CHANDLERY GOODS. ETC.,
NOB. 46 and 43 NORTH WHARVES.
OOAL.
R.
P. OWEN A CO.,
COAL DEALERS,
FILBERT STREET WHARF,
SCHUYLKILL.
SlOlyS
SNOWDON A RAU'S COAL DEPOT, CORNER
DILLWYN and WILLOW Streets. Lehigh and
Schuylkill COAL, prepared exuessly for family use
at tbe lowest cash prices. 1 13 .
C0PYINGPRESSES.
Just received, a Large Assort
ment of the Latest Styles
COP YIN (J- PRESSES.
WM. M. CHRISTY,
Stationer and Printer,
No. 12T S. THIRD Street,
Opposite Oirard Bank.
S 22 eod
Galvanized Elastic Cable Fencing
Does not "kink" in warm nor "snap" In cold
weather. Is cheaper than most wood fences ; orna
mental and durable: large quantities erected and
saUafactlon'glven. Send for circulars, or see the
fencing at the manufacturer's, 13 17 fmwlm
PHILIP S. JUSTICE,
No. 14 NortB FIFTH Street, Philadelphia
Shops SEVENTEENTH and COATES. Streets.
2
PRIME II
A
SEED OATS.
COLLINS, WET11EH1LL & CO.,
Seed Growers,
Nos. 1111 and 1113 MARKET Street.
10IW FARNUM & CO., COMMISSION MER
t) chants and Manufacturers of Conestotra Tick
ing, etc, eus., Ko. iSi CUESNUT Street, phllaUel
piila. ;
E WAR BURTON'S IMPROVED VENTILATED
and easy-nulng DRESS HATS (patented), In all
the Improved fashions of tbe season.
Street, next door to the Pout Oince.
IHIESNUT
rpi
AMUSEMENTS,"
JC ADEMY OF M U,,S IC.
FIRST WEEK, April 17,
of the elaborate spectacle, In four acta, by Cnr!cs
M. Barras, entitled
THE BLACK CROOK.
The sole right to its prodoction has been purchased
by John E McDnnongh for this clty.-
THE MOST COMPLETE ORGANIZATION
BOTH IN BALLET AND SCENIC OHANDEL'R,
Introducing fr the first time In Philadelphia
THE WONDERFUL MAOILTON TKOUPB,
THE GREAT LUPO,
TARISIENNE BALLET, AND
VIENNOIS TROUP 23.
TIIE GREAT SKATERS,
MAD'l.l.K PAOANI AND SUaRDT.
TIIE GOLDEN ILLUMINATED TERRACE.
THE BOWER OF FKRNS,
THE CRYSTAL CASCADE,
GRAND TRANSFORMATION" SCENE.
MATINEE EVERY SATURDAY.
Pox Sheet at No. 1102 CHESNUT Street and "at
the Academy of Music. 4 17 6t
WALNVT STREET TH3ATRE
W SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
MONDAY EVENING-, April 24.
the young and accompllthed Tragedienne and
Vocal. Bt-
MISS ELLA BURNS,
will appear tn
TOM TAYLOR S NEW AND THRILLING ,rLAY
OF
TW1XT AXE AND CROWN,
which will be produced for the first time
IN
PHILADELPHIA,
AS
FLAYED IN LONDON UPWARDS OF
400 NIGHTS. 4 19 4t
WALNUT STREET THEATR E
EVERY EVENING AT 8
AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 2.
LAST WEEK OF
the Reconstructed Sppctacular Pantomime entitled
THB THKEE HUNCHBACKS.
The World-renowned TrK'k Cl.iwn,
MR. OHAHLES ABBOTT,
and his celebrated Puutonitme Troupe.
The young, peerless, and beautiful
MAD'LLE MARIE BONKANTr.
SIGNOR NuVISSIMO,
the celebrated Dancer and Maltre de Ballet
Mob AND GOODRICH,
the ORIGINAL SKATERS, from Niblo's Garden.
CHANGE OF TRICKS EVERY NIGHT.
H f RS. JOHN
DREW'S ARCH STREET
BesrinB V to 8 o'clock.
iTA THEATRE
BENEFIT OF MAY 8AVILLE.
TO-NIGHT (Wednesday), April 19,
MEG'S DIVERSION.
Meg MAY SAVILLE
After which, SATAN IN PARIS.
MAY SAVILLE
Aided by the full Company.
TnUR8DAY Double BUI.
FRIDAY' Benefit of Mrs. THAYER.
SATURDAY Benefit of Mr. D. E. R ALTON.
J") A VENPORT'S OH ESN UT STREET TU EATRb!
Admission, 81, 75, 60, and 23 cents. Commence at
8 o'clock.
THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, April 19.
DAMON AND PYTHIAS.
E. L. DAVENPORT as Damon
C. R. Thc.-e as Pythias
Mrs. . L. DAVENPORT.. ..as Uermione
Sopporttl by the star Company.
JJANDEL AND nAYDN SOCIETY.
GRAND
MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT
AT
MUSICAL FUND HALL,
FRIDAY EVENING,
April 21.
TICKETS, FIFTY CENTS.
At Music Stores. 418 4t
8 S E M B L Y
BUILDING.
MARVELLOUS SUCCESS !
Dr. Cory' great Diorama of
IRELAND IN SHADE AND SUNSHINE,
EVERY EVENING and WEDNESDAY and SATUR
DAY AFTERNOONS. 4 17 6t
Accompanied and illustrated by that talented troune
Of IRISH M1NSTHEL8 AND VOCALISTS.
Admission, SB cents; Reserved Seats, 60 venta.
TOOX'S NEW AMERICAN THEATRE, CHESNUT
F Street, above Tenth.
EVERY EVENING and SATURDAY MATINEE.
MISS KATE FISHER
in Lord Byron's great Drama of
MAZEPPA1 MAZEPPA!
with her magnificently trained steed "Wonder."
STAR PANTOA1IME TKOUPB,
with the original Black Crook Ballet, Ethiopian Bur
lesques, Local Sketches, etc
fPlIE ALHAMBRA,
A. below Arch.
SEVENTH STREET,
MONDAY. Anrll IT.
And every evening during the week, the
GREAT CALIFORNIA CONSTELLATION OF
VARIETY ARTISTES,
FIFTY IN NUMBER. '
FIFTY IN NUMBER.
lTtfl FIFTY IN NUMBER.
Don't fall to go to the great Variety Theatre tonight.
AMERICAN MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE,
Northwest corner of NINTH and ARCH Streets.
Onen dally from 9 A. M. till 10 P. M
THE WONDERFUL ALBINO FAMILY.
In the Lecture Room the Comedy of
OLD HEADS AND Y'OUNO HEARTS.
Lewis Baker as Jesse Rural, Mr. G. D. Chaplin,
Wood Benson, Harry Hawk, J. Swlnbum, Miss Min
nie Monk. Ada Monk, Mary Carr. All the Company
Admission, 25 cents to a'.l attractions. is is u
A
GRAND BAZAAR IN AID OF THE SICK
POOR OF ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL ia NO
ui'.N, ana win continue for two weeks at CON
CEhT HALL, CHiiSNUT Street, above Twelfth.
Season tickets, 20 cents. Single admission, 10
cents. 4 18
TOBAOCO.
LEAF TOBACCO.
106 CASES CHOICE CONNECTICUT
WRAPPERS,
CroplS69. For sale by
DAVID L. KETLER,
'Nos. 60 and B2 South FOURTH Street,
4Tlmrp Philadelphia.
WHISKY, WINE, ETO.
CAR8TAIR8 A McCALL,
Ho. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite Sti.,
IMPORTERS OF
Erandiei, Wines, Gin, Olive Oil, Eta,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
PURE RYE WHISKIES,
IN BOND AND TAX PAID. 28$
MIL.L.INERY.
M
KB. R. D I L L O NJ
NOS. 823 AND 331 SOUTH STREET,
FANCY AND MOURNING MILLINERY, CRAPE
VEILS.
Ladles' and Misses' Crape, Felt, Gimp, Hair, SaUa,'
811k, Straw and Velvets, Hats and Bonnets, French,
Flowers, Hat aud Bonnet frames, Crapes, Laces,
Silks, Satins, Velvets, Ribbons, Sashes, Ornaments
and all kinds of Millinery Goods.
MARBLE WORKS.
H. S. TARE & SON'S
MANUFACTORY OP
Carved and Ornamental JTIarbl
Work,
4JSUEIS7I Street, above Seventh,
1 SO 8m
PHILADELPHIA.
SAXON G R EE KM.
Is Brighter, will not Fade, Costs Less than any otner
because It will Paint twice as much surface
. HOLD BY ALL, DEALERS IN
PAINTS.
J. H. WEEKS & CO., Manufacturer
89u N. lit n. rocurii tn , raiu4iwi