8 THE DAILY Ev miN& TELEGRAF11 PHILA DELPHlA, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 181. CITY I It T E I, I, I J It C C A LOSINW IE All. The I.ehlgh Coal fand Navigation Com panyIt Annnal Report Inportant and Interfiling Statement. Thle morning the stockholders of the Lehigh Coal Company held their anoutl meeting at the Board of Trade Kooms. Caleb Cope, Esq., oc cupied tho chair. Mr. E. W. Clark, the President, read tho annnal report, which presented the following facta. The net profits from all sources were: Net prortt on rat roa1s 1319,813-89 Net proflt on railroad, including car ser vice. 177,837 -92 Net profit on Lehigh Canal 526,402 -4 Net proflt on coal (Summit Mlnesl 15,454,80 41,8f6 69 Net profit on real estate sold 82,2 6-S7 Net profit from rents. 57,004 89 Miscellaneous receipts 8l,wiii3 Total 11,200,000-21 Less general expenses 122,245-18 Taxes 194,144-43 Balance of interest account for 170 1,054,8412 Loss on Delaware oansi m.uxu-ei 1,497,7.11-73 Deficit $297,691-52 The coal tonnage on the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad, and Lehigh Canal, compared with that or 1809, was as follows: 1S6U, l,ttf7,65l tons: 1870, 8,143,181 tons. Distributed as follows: Deli vered east of Msuth Chunk, by railroad, In 1870, I,l20,8ti0 tons; delivered east of Mauch Chunk, by canal, 7t9,0T; consumed alone; the line above Mauch Uiunk, 49,4'25 tons; delivered to connecting lines In Wyoming Valley, 184,27 tons; making a total of 2,H3,i:u tons. The production of the company's mines la 1870 WSS 468,272 tons ; in 1869 it was 563,914 tons. The past year has been one of the most unsatis factory In the experience of the company since the disasters of 1S62. our profits are dependent almost entirely on the general condition of the coal trade, which during last year was unremuneratlve to nearly every company and operator etigafltel In ic With low rates on the railroad, frequent breaks in the canal during the spring, ani six months' suspen sion at onr mines, we Ond full reason for the small amount of onr net receipts. BAILKOAI). The amonnt of coal transported by the railroad shows an Increase of 5S5.264 tons over the previous year, or after deducting deliveries to the canal and to points and railroads above Mauch Chunk, the In crease was 186,791 tons. While the gross receipts derived from all of the traillo of the roads were larger by 917-106 per cent, than in 1S69, the ex penses were Increased 18 per cent., and the net earnings, after deducting taxes and half of the general expenses, were 1734,359 85-100, or 83 8-10 per cent, of the gross receipts, against $S12,802 94-luO, or 89 per cent. In 1SU9, which difference is ac counted for by the charge on coal being f 1-65 per ton per mile in 1870, against 2 cents in 1S69, while the number of trains was considerably increased. The low rate was caused by the low prices prevail ing for coal at New York tide, to which point we transported latgely, the charge being based on the prices realized. The auction sales of Scranton coal averaged $4-52 from April 1st to December 1st, ranging bet ween 1414 and 14-77. The coal irom the Wyoming region, while realizing somewhat higher prices, fluctuated to nearly tne same extent CANALS. The Delaware Division Canal was not ready for business nntll the 16th of April, and the freshet two davs later carried away a portion of the guard w:i at 'Easton, and business was not resumed nntll the loth of May. Again, on the lath of May a break in terrupted business for two weeks, so that until after the 27th or May tne company aenvea no considera ble revenue from its canals, and when freshets ceased to trouble ns, the amount of coal offered fell far short of our means of transportation, as our own miners had not then resumed work. No further freshets interrupted business nntll tho 12th of August, and the canals were open again on the 20th of August. The amonnt of coal transported on the canals was 789,111 tons, giving a small amount of net earnings after paying the expenses of repairs, renewals, ope ration of both canals, and rent of the Delaware Divi sion Canal. The items of expense and rent are not materially Increased by a large business over what they are when the tonnage Is small, and the net revenue du ll vert Irom the canals in , ordinary seasons is the amount of tolls collected on the coal transported in excess of 6M),000 or 700,000 tons. As that e-eess was small last year, the net revenue wls also small. With the company's mines at work during an en tire season, and with connections now made with the various coal fields, there should be from l.lOO.oon to 1,200,000 tons transported on the canals, and this can be done without an Increase in the canal equipment. Both canals are in good ' condition, considerable expenditures having been made during the year to strengthen and protect them at various points. COAL. Tbe suspension of labor at our Lehigh mines on February 12th, referred to In the supplementary re port submitted last year, was ionowea oy a suspen sion at our Newport mines, the miners there acting in concert with tuose ai&ummu uiu. worn was re sumed at both places on the 10th of August, the de mands of the company havlug been acceded to. Dnrlng the suspension the amount of money paid out for the necessary laoor ana otuer expenses con- . . . . . I , .. minim. inul.at WAO 1 - AO) whl..H UcCltU W11UUU1 UilUlUg UH' 11 13 U .vita ilW.VJ Tl 11 H li represents but a small portion of the loss to the company resulting from the strike. The position assumed in this contest was not determined noon by the managers nntll after full delib eration, and it bad been ascertained that if the demands of the men were yielded to it would be followed by demands from other branches of the service, and seriously embarrass the future operations of the company, so that, notwith standing the prospect of a serious loss from a long suspension, It was thought better to suspeud opera tions for the year, if necessary, than to fasten a policy npou the company which would subject its nronertv lo the demands of others, and result In the employment of its whole capital solely for the bene fit of hostile organizations, KESyUEUONlNG VALLEY RAILROAD. This road was delivered to us early in Mav. and passenger and freight trains were run in connec tion with the Catawiita Railroad for the remainder of the year. A branch line Into the Beaver Meadow coal field has been constructed, and we expect to transport a large amount of coal from that region during the coming season. Work upon the tunnel is progressing satisfactorily. A supplementary report, explanatory of some portions of the first one, was read. Both were &doDted. The following gentlemen were elected the oflicers to s erve for the ensuing year: President E. W. Clark. Managers Francis K. Cope, Francis C. Yar- nall, Fieher Hazard, Charles rarnsh, lieorge r Tvler. l'hilip C. Ga.-rett, Charles Wheeler, ..J 1 .... . l TJIJJI- Y-t.. T tieorge niniey, Aiexauuer ciume, tiouu lci aenring. and Samuel Thomas. Adjourned. ANbwChkomo. Messrs. James S. Earle & Sons have just received a new chromo, published by Prang of Boston, which will be an attractive ornament to a parlor wall, it H alter a picture by MeCord, entitled "Day's Work Done," and is a poetical twilight effect, in which the fea thery outlines of the trees and the dirk masses of the buildings are relieved against a skv still grliinmerlntr with the hues of sunset, while the foreground It a mass of shadow, the form of the laborer returning home after his day's '.work giving a uumau mierest 10 me scene. The yel lows, reds, and purples of the sky are a trifle too vivid, and the middle distance almost too black, but otherwise tne picture is a very pleas- 1 1 . J . .. V 1 - IDg One, anu 11 ueecnco hj uo j'uyuiar. Alaska Street Thieves A man went Into a tavern at Sixth and Alaska streets last night to take a drink, ana wnue ne was engaged in this undertaking three mea, named Michael Morgan, James Loan, and James Green, hustled him atioui lilt) room uuu uicueu ma wutcn. OUicer Logue attempted to arrest the party, when they turned on mm ana gave aim a lurash- inir. Herceaut wutiieu whu auoiuer oincer ar- rivinff on the spot, the trio were taken m cus tody, and on the person of fcireena blackjack. was found. The men are now in prisoa. The watch was recovered and restored to its owner. A 8wmii.t:u,oA man named Lincoln Cook will b before Alderman Kerr at the Central Station this afternoon on the charge of several swindling operations. The plan of this gentle man. it is allesed, is to rent oianos, raelodeon.. etc., and then i-ell them at auction, fa this way he swindled ilessrs. Le & Walker out 01 a jutlodeou, and the sold it at Davit & Harvey' auction rooms for f &3. In a similar manner he obtained one from James BtlUk and another tiow i. A. UtsUe. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS. New Pry Good Utilises In Process of Krtc (ton on Market Street. One by one, slowly though surely, the large firms of Market street are moving westward on that great thoroughfare. Two large Improve ments are now blng made which promise to adorn that highway and give a tangible evi dence of business prosperity. The first of these is for the accommodation of the firm of John B. Ellison fc Sons, importers of cloths, cassimeres, and vestings, now occu pying No. 839. The new building will occupy the sites of two old structures that, had they not been razed, would have crumbled awar. Their numbers were 723 and 725. Their demo lition was commenced about the middle of last February, and lfthe work continues to progress with its present rapidity, by the 15th of July our citizens will discover a handsome building occupying their place. This structure will have a front of 83 feet and a depth of 130 feet, the rear doors opening upon a court. Its height will be five full stories, the facade being of iron, neat in design and substantial in appear ance. The height of the first story will be 17 feet, and the tipper rooms will be so arranged as to pour down into the main business-room a flood of light. The counting-rooms will extend along one of the walls, a distance of about 60 feet, and will be comfortably arranged. The buildiHg will have nil modern conveniences, and its cost, when completed, will not fall short of $ 80,000. The firm of Ellison fc Sons has been in existence since 1823, and has always been located iu Market btrcct, between Second and Third streets. The new building will be devoted to its sole use. The second improvement is on a much larger scale than this, though there will be a very conspicuous similarity in the two buildings. Its projectors are Messrs. Hood, Bonbright & Co , now doing business at No. Market street, where for many years they have been estab lished. The change to a larger building is a matter of necessity, arising from tho wants of n very extensive and rapidly growing trado which this firm is now enjoying. To make way for this improvement three buildings were toru down, Nos. bll, 813, and 815, formerly occupied by Beltner & Co., forwarding merchants; Metz it Sons, and William A. Drew, dealer in bedding. In the rear of these buildings was a coterie of little manufacturing establishments, which suffered a like fate. The pedestrian on Market street, iu passlug this square, stops to watch 'an army of laborers completing the ex cavation running back to Filbert street a dis tance of 800 feet, and 00 feet in width. On this will rise a five-storied structure which is to har bor the great business of the Messrs. Ilood, Bonbright & Co. Tbo Market street front will be of iron. For 90 feet the building will rise to five ample stories, and for the balance of the distance to Filbert street it will be but three stories For 175 feet the second floor will form a gal lery, leaving an apcrtaro of twenty-two feet in width. This will enhance tho beauty of the buildiDg to a great degree, and not only give it plenty of light and ventilation, but conveni ence in the transaction of business. The roof will be furnished with skylights, and the entire structure will be made as airy, attractive, and comfortable as genius can design and money carry out. The counting-room will run along the 6ide of one of the walls a distance of 140 feet, and have a width of fifteen feet. The par tition will be of oiled walnut and flzured glass, and the exterior 'arrangements sucn as win retlect credit upon the concern, i he building will be furnished with all the accommodations necessary for the com fort of the patrons and clerical lorce, which num bers 90. There will be a parlor for the use of ladies wno may visit tne establishment, operations were commenced on the 1st of April, and tin building will not be finished until the middle of December. The value of the ground on which this improvement is being made is $2000 a foot front. We hear of other large firms between Front and Fourth streets who are prospectiu; for new locations further west. LIVE STOCK. A Public Sale of Flue Imported Cftttle and Ulooucd stock The Prices. This morning, at 10 o'clock, at Ilerkness' Bazaar, Ninth and Sausoni streets, a large sale was held of. imported Jersey and Guernsey cows and heifers, ponies, pigs, and dogs, in variety and excellence exceeding anything which h is been offered in that line in our city for some time, lbe entire selection was imported ex pressly for the sale from Europe, and were selected by Ed. Philip Parsons Fowler, of Jer sey, England, the stock was shipped on the lonawanda lor I'nuadeipnia irem Liverpool, from which port the vessel sailed March 9, 1S71. I he animals were among tne finest of their kind in the world, and they were sold without reserve. Some were from the Prince Consort farm. Sussex, England. The cows and hellers were tne first ottered for sale. No. 1, a fawn grey heiler with black points, was sold for $425 to J. Lewis Krozer. of Chester. No. 2, a solid dun grey heifer, was sold for $335 to John Welsh, of Chestnut Hill. Ihe calf of No. 1, born since the catalogue was printed, aud only about a Week old, was sold for $50 to Barton Hill, ot Philadelphia. No. 8, a solid bronze-colored neiter, brought f;50, and was taken by George M. Helman, of Lancaster. No. 4, a squirrel grey heifer, was bought by William Colden, of Harrisburg, for $350. No. 5, a 8il ver lawn-colored neifor. brought $310, and was purchased by Colemiu' heirs, wno also took a great number ot tuose ex- nored for sale. No. o. a two-vear oia nener, orougnt 6iw. No. 7. also a iwe- year old, brought $440. Several other heifers of rare kind broueht respectively $300, $425, $275, $3'.i!, and 330. No. 11, a three-year old cow, sold lor tM; and No. 14, a three-year old heifer, sold for 300. No. 10, a white aud vellow heifer calf, dropped at sea on board the lonawanda, broueht v'M. No. 17 was another two year old belter ot silver fawn gray color with a little white, and sold for $3!Kl" No. 18, a solid tongue black bmter calf, brought 1175. iso. VJ, a two year lolh, broueht 255. The above were an jereey cattio. me uuern- seys were sold next, of which there were four specimens. Three broueht respectively ioJO, $520, and $rju, ana were brought by uoieman s heirs. The remaluing one sold for $310 to Wiiipor, of Connecticut. On the last two the blddincr was very spirited. The pigs and boars from the Prince Consort Shaw farm, Windsor, England, were sold next. There were six specimens, and they sold at prices ranging Irom $50 to $'JU. other pigs and boars were disposed of at good prices, to th number of ten or more. Several fine poile were then sold, the bidding being spirited, aud at a late hour the sale was concluded with thd disposal of ten fancy dogs of the Clumbsr, Sky, T.i ci i t - v. lJh t l. ...... dance at the sale was very large throughout. Roof of a Counting-house Dauasbu. The roof of the three-story brick counting- house of Messrs. Bruner x Davis, lumber mer chants, on Delaware avenue, above Poplar street, took fire to-day at a quarter before 13 o'clock from the flames of a chluiuey conaected wiiu the boat-buildinirestabllshiueutof CharUs Wood, adioinius to the latt. A fraction of the roof wm f'tilv destroyed, out tne noueenoia enecis ei ir. i-jons, tne iarasier, wuo occupies mm iuira Hory of the couutlng-houso, were considerably , - . I.. . L - .LIJ dunmirtd lv water. Ihe loss iu all will not exceed $100. Sudden Death and Alleged Viol buck This morning at eight o'clock Edward Kelly, living at No. tJ7 Hubbell street,died suddenly in Dougherty a tavern, at the corner of Spafford and Bainhridgn streets. It is alleged that the aeeeacea wa struck in the Uce with a cluo ov a man uumcd Mt-Nlcuol, during a tlht on the 22.1 ultimo. In the tavern of the Utter at Puiisyuu load aud Fitr. water street. The assailant it not yet in custody. Insclting Ladiei. Charles Petkss, for In sulting remarks to some ladies nassiDZ Fifteenth ana Pine streets last evening, was arretted by a policeman of the Fifth dUlct, and hat hues Lfcld ia $500 bail ty Aldeiutau Morrow. Another Succhsb. Last evening an ad journed meeting of the congregation of the West Arch Street Presbyterian ChurchJ was held in the Lecture Room, for the purpose of hearing the report of the Committee on Subscriptions to the Improvement Fund. At the annual meeting of this congregation held In January last, the Board ef Trustees were Instructed to Investigate the amount necessary to repair, Improve, and beautify the church edifice, corner of Eighteenth and Arch streets, and report to a meeting to be held in April- A fornight ago, the board submitted their report, specifying in detail the repairs, alterations, Im- f'rovements, and adornments which In their udgment seemed necessary, and setting forth that twelve thousand dollars would be required to pay for the work. Among the re commendations in the report was the sensible and Important one that the board deemed it in expedient to proceed further until the sum of ten thousand dollars had actually been sub scribed. A subscription paper was started the same evening, aud a committee appointed, and last evening the required sum was raised and the board instructed to go ahead at such time as the trustees and session might determine. Immediately after tne January meeting the ladies of the church decided to do their share of the work, and resolved udou holding a fair. This action was prompt, decisive, and quite effective. The fair was held for four afternoons and evenings, and netted nearly one-sixth of the wnoic sum required. At the meeting last evening, this act of kind ness and devotion on the part of the ladies was duly acknowledged by tne unanimous adoption of the following resolution: rohrd. That tue thanks of the congrcga'ion of the West Arch Street Presbyterian Church be and they are hereby tendered to the ladles of the churci for their noble and generous efforts la behalf of the Improve nieut fund, closed this night. In this grand worn they took the initiative ;their nuremltting U'wri resulied In the accumulation of an amount exceed ing their most sanguine anticipations; and their energies and good works, com Dined with tho Coin-MltN-eon Subscriptions and othert, have Recured to the Trustees a sum sufficient to put Wesr. Ar-.h li such n condition as will enable the congregation to prentthc church In capita", order, a flttlug memo rial to the Lord for Ills great mercies. This is the last expense to the West Arch people. They have done nobly. Including thu tepair fund they have paid, during the paH three years, for debt, inte.-est, Sibbatb. -schools, and improvements upwards of ciguty tuousana dollars. The example set by their working con gregation has done a vast deal of good through out this city; and, like West Arch, some dozen churches have been freed from the terrible in cubus of debt. To effect so grand a result In any church requires only a determined and per sistent effort, nnd all who desire to engage in so praiseworthy an enterprise can get full informa tion from the worthy President of the Board of TrnRteeBof the West Arch Street Presbyterian Church. Another Swindler. This morning a man went to the private residence of a gentleman up town, and presented a fictitious telegram, which he said he had taken to tie store, but was unable to find the gentleman In. He asked and obtained the sum of $4 C5 as charges lor the telegram which he had concocted. No such firm as that mentioned exists. Tho following is a transcript of the document: "Tucker t Davis have failed to the amount of flS.ooo. Davis has gone, and no one knows where. x ou had i) tter seuo on your papers. Tiiey nave on deposit 17000 in good bonds, and they are willing to pay yon 75percu Don t tell your partaer nutu you iieunrom me. wakken, kiiiuek b u j., "Charges, 84-65. 4 Wall St." The man who presented the so-called telegram is a German, wearing a Kossuth hat, of a fair complexion, with sandy moustache, and dressed in black coat and pants, uis eyes appeared to be inflamed, as if he were a drinking man. Another swindle of a similar Character was attempted yesterday, but without success. A man went to tue music eiore oi r. iNorcu iv. Co., and presented a note, asking that the money from the sale of certain concert ticket be given to the bearer, as printer's bills and the like had to be paid. Luckily the firm refused to pay the money to unknown parties. TnE Coal Tonnage of tho Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and branches for the week ending Saturday, April 29, 1S71, was as follows: ! rFV,. , r I Smie walk Increase aud Decrease. Weak. last year Passinir over Main Lins and , Lebanon Vsney nranoii... For BliiDroeut l Canal.. .... 81,31219' dMOI-07 b,oJ5 14 lU.'JMl bliipptil Wei-tward via N. t 'eatral K id 1 road Bhijitied Wwt or Soutn from Pine Urove Consumer! an Laterals 15,2V0ti 1,18!) 19 a.ti'l ' 75 01 53,01711 20.7W17 1.8lo"17 13,428 09 2A.V14 I S.WtlM' 4S.4.V2 111 10,0-S 13 975 05 d22 i W drf,77Hl 7.W417 lU,tT4 04 Total A nth. paying! reight Bitummoui Tatal aU kinds paying frainht 73.74S08 65.ftt3'l7 18.2I.VUl Goal for Company nsa .1 ,0lWi 4.'2m'14 18 07 .1 79.7,'i7'U9 B9,734'U1 SO.OAi'iiS . 107Si:) kri lUMixniS dl'.Hi.&M-li! Total tunnies lor waeu... Prayioael) tMuyo&r Total to data snirPED . 11W1W15 12y.i!n3 dl04,236'lS BT CsKAL. lfrui Kchnylkill Haven... 5.4i.V 1,608 10 8.W08' toswani l.siw-ta SS.mATJ 64;H!M03 61947 12 6u,!5713 8,80tf'10 7.6H11U s.'j'i'.io.i from Fort Ulinton Total tonnage for week. Previouuly thm year Total to Hate LODGER8 AT "PlUTCIIAKD" MANSION. The following statement gives the number of persons who received lodgings at the old statlou-nouse at Eighth and South streets: White males 1,412 White females 1,2!7 Black females 403 Black males 411 Total. .3,613 Strfck witii a Pair of Tongs. John Phe- lan pounded Patrick McDcrmott on tho head with a pair oi tongs yesterday at .Baldwins foundry, at which place the two are workmen. Phelan asserts that Patrick in a dispute threw a bucket oi water In bis face. John was re quired to enter bail in 11000 by Alderman Alaeiey. AlcLU-rniott received some ugly cuts. Knocked Down bt a Horse, A runaway horse, with only a pair of shafts attached, knocked down Mary Wess, ased twenty-five years, this morning, In Leonard street, above Ninth, and injured her severely, she wa car ned to her home, at No. 1205 South highth street. Instlted Policemen Timothy McCarthy has been held in tfOOO ball by Alderman Shoe maker. The offense of Timothy consisted in his having yesterday insulted. bv divers profanely sarcastic remarks, a aqusd of the Tenth district police officers, lie was guilty of this kind of tmsinets several limes netore. Yacitt Race. The small yachts "William MeMullin" aud "Louisa" raced ou the Delaware yesterday for a purse of money. The course sailed over was from the Point Houso to Red Bank andlack again to the point of bUrting, a distance of eight miles. The Mc.Mullcu proved tue victor. Thk Mithothst Ministers' Meeting, of this city, eleeted as their oflicers the following geutlsmeu: rresident. (Jeortre w. .Maciauguliu Y ce-President, tt. K. Post. Scecretary, A. M. YVitfEins. Treasurer, W. B. Wood. Standing (.'oniuiittee, C. li. Payne. P. J. Cox, R. JJ. Humphries. Impolite. Richard Boner was drunk yester dav. aud iu this condition entered a hou?e at Otsego and Washington avenue, and conducted himself in a manner not at all tolerated by polite society. He was arrested, aud Alderman Lutz held him in 1000 hail. (.'lock Thuf. Margaret Lynch went into the house, last night, of Margaret Brauuagen cf Middle alley, and stole a small clock from, the niauicloieee. Alderman Carpenter has placed Mis Lynch in bonds for her appoarance ut (Quarter resrior.s. Boat Found Adiuft. A batteau, picked up on the Si'bUYl&ul, below Cbevluut street wurf, lat-t niht, is awaiting au orvner at tho &chuyl kill ilarUor ruiice Btatlou. PicitrooiET. Williaa M. WaUou has bea tent to r rltoa fw sltemuting to pick the pocke cf a Mr. CainpWall, who Handler oa his sups, at Twelfth ana fiue streets, last night. Bale or Real Estate aid 8tock. The following sales of real estate and stocks were made at the Exchange yesterday at noon by M. Thomas & Sons: 3M Pennsylvania Bute loan, ten-flftoena l-0 8 shares Philadelphia Chamber of Com- nierce B00 87 hares Sonthern Transportation Co. 29-60 64 shares First National Bask of Camden.. 87-00 5 shares Fidelity insurance Safe Deposit Co. 170-59 13000 Camden and Araboy It. R. Co., 1870... -55i I300U caiiHieu ami Amooy it. K. v'o., ioid... -vo i ?j!isfttjiiszz2-&"": ""ss. 100 shares OH Basin Petroleum Co S-7B Mie sr.ares kicCllutock Petroleum Co '69 75 shares Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Co. 19'00 1 share Mercantile Library Co 6-00 1 share Philadelphia Ice Co 10 1 share Philadelphia Museum Co MB 77 shares htismckin t'04l and Iron Co t)3 ts shares Honey Comb Petroleum Co o 20 shares Western Insurance Co -01 g shares New England tsteam Heating Co. -04 SO shares Mill Hall Iron Co -01 43 shnres American Cannel Coal and Iron Co to shares Spanhm Oold and Silver Mining Co () shares Jersey Well Oil Co. in shares United Mining Co too shares Penna. Oil creek Petroleum Co. 100 thares Petroua Oil Co Iits Nos. s?7 and S41 Monument. Cemetery Wailack Stheet, No. 1C11 Modern Hesidenee, Stable, and Coach-house Hcntinuuon Stkket. east of Kepvlva 03 01 01 V 02 1 40-00 IS200 Two Dwellings 11900 each dtknton avenue, ueroiantown Desira ble Residence Ci?tk ry Street, Nos. 1125 and 1127 Valuable Livery Stable Arch !thekt, No. sim Store and Dwelling CiinifTiAN ISTRKKT, No. SO Dwelling, Bakery, and BtaWe Vine Si meet, No. 1013 Modem Residence NiNRTEEhTU and TtOflA streets, N. W. 15900 819, 90 (34,000 12400 19250 corner Two Handsome Stone Resi dences $-ooo and tssoo Front Strkkt (South), No. 407 Three story Urlck Dwelling Tinn Strkktv No. 406 Two story Brick liiillrtiri? Gk'H-kd Kent, $7 a year Frankford Koao, No. 1601 Bakery, Lweliinir. and Stable Vienna stkeet, s. E. of jraon Lot ('AtiniilA Street. N. W. of Jasper Lot .. . SixTY-nrTH street, North of Race Mreet- Dwelling Fifteenth Street (North), No. 141 Modern Hesidenee Amhoy Street, No. 1620 Modern Dwell ing Thirty-secono Street (North), No. 838 lirlck Dwelling FiKTKBNTn and Christian, N. W. cor nerStore aud Dwelilag Fifteenth Street (South), No. 820 Brick Dwelling Mortgage, $300 13700 tI6i!0 $3S5 f000 tsoo f ISO 14250 (945 12100 14150 11975 f,M0 Safe-dlowing in Germantown. Early on Sunday morning a burglary was committed in the omce attached to the coal-yard ot wr. j. u. Jones, near the depot at Chestnut Hill. The burglar or burglars got into the omce by means of keys. They then took the lire-proof safe frm under the counter, laid it upon a bag of cake meal, and cut a hole iu the door with a cold cbisel. The hole made was about half an inch souuro. Having piled several bigs of grain upon the safe to deaden the sound of the explo sion, tbey filled the liolo with powder ana ap plied a fuse, which they had obtained from the tool-house iu the yard. The force of tho explo sion tore open the outside door, and tho inside door was then split down the middle with a cold clmel. 1 be burglars only got SSl'bU and some apers for their trouble. The papers included a lie insurance noiicv, policies ot insurance on the properly of Mr. Joues, and some protested notes, l ne papers leit in tne room were scat tered about in confusion, the deeds for property lying npou the lloor near tneaoor. A Bellicose Coachman Bloody-minded. John Groom, a coachman in the employ of Mr. Henry L. Foster, took offense at the conduct of this gentleman because he naa employed some colored he' p. Yesterday alternoon he armed hirvEelf with a scythe aud proceeded to the sta tion of the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, in the 1 wenty-tblrd ward, near where his em- olOTer lived, to await bis comiuz from the city, and attacked him with the scythe. He declared that he was going to "cut Mr. Foster's head off." In his frenzy he accidentally ran against coloted woman and commenced an attack upon her. but as she declared that she would not stand any fooliug, aud returned his assault by a lounge with a meat-knife, he withdrew from the contest, lie did not have au opportu nity to attack his master, being arrested and sent to prison by Alderman Stearne. Inscltino. J. P. Stewart was arrested at Ninth and Race streets lait night for giving Insulting back talk to the occupant of a dwelling house there, who ordered him from ott his steps. Alderman Jones held the accused in -iou bail. The Militia Tax. To the Editor of The Evening Telegraph. I have read with much pleasure the article on the "Militia Tax." as it is called. The tax is really one in commutation of military duty, and it would be wise to advise your readers to pay the tax under protest in writing after a levy has been made. Suits are now pending against tho collectors to recover damages, and with the cer tainty of success. The acts of Assembly levy ing this "commutation tax" are clearly uncon stitutional, and I betr to refer you to aectlon a, Article vi, of tho Constltition of Pennsylvania. As a citizen, I am ready to "arm, organize, and e disciplined according to law, and domyduty," but Laving no "couscientlous 6cruples" agalust "bearing arniB" 1 cannot be compelled to pay this tax which goes no one knows where, l ours, A FREEMAN. SOUT1IWARK NATIONAL BAHK. The Directors have this day declared a dividend of ft HiUT PKR CENT., payable on demand. DliK r. L.&IUB, UAOtlll.tl. tor. THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF PU1LADEL- PHIA. PHiLADKLPniA, May 2, 1871. The Directors have declared a Dividend of FIVE PElt CENT., payable on demand, clear of taxes. Dim n il, u. r auk.ii, uasnier. BS?- PENNSYLVANIA KAILKOAD CO air AN Y, TREASCBEK'S DEPARTMENT. Philadelphia, May 2, 19"L The Board of Directors have this day declared a seool-annual dividend of F1VS PER CENT, on the capital stock of the Company, clear of National and State taxes, payable iu cash, on aud after May 80, 1871. Blank powers of attorney for collecting dividends can be bad at the ofllce of the company. The office will be open at 8 A. M., and close at 3 P. M., from May 30 to June 8, for the payment of dividends, and after that date from 9 A. M. to 8 P. If. THOMAS T. FIRT1I, 5 ! 2m Treasurer. FINE STATIONERY AND Gsxx'tl Engraving1, Ko. 1033 CUKSNUT STREET, 9 13 taths!8D "V OTK'K CHANGE OF FIRM WE HAVE 1 this duv sold our business to B. F. SIHT. '1ITK, (HOKUK W.MACBItlDB aud F. F. bll AT- TITCK, wiio will continue the manufacture of Pr luuiery, Fauey Soaps, etc., in all their branches, at the old Mauri, No 16 CM L&IN i t Streer, under tho firm Lame of SlUTi U K MAUBKIUs. Philadelphia, May 1, 1811. . GLENN & CO. fTMlE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THIS DAT uudi-r tho iitine aud 1 lonuitu ( opart ucrl)lp firm i.f SI.A1 1 LCK. it toULENN it CO. JUACBUli)E, as successors d. sr. KIIATTU-'K. UEIK W. f ACBKIDB. i. r. bllATl'LUs.. Philadelphia, May 1, 1.T1. A ft s T O C K 8, LOANS, E T C. - BUtMltl AM' BJUU AT Tfiii kuAKi) OF bkoUERS, CI hlUKal j. num. 25 tathsimurB No. 1 g, TUiKD Street. FOURTH EDITION AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL n j... ll I ei - I Condition of National Banks. Schooner Sank by a V, 8. Vessel. New York Police Doard. Awards to Thiladelphiang. F.tc, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. FROM WASHINGTON. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. 1 Exclusively to The Evening Telegraph. Condition of the National Banks. WAsniNOTON, may 8. The Comptroller of the Currency has called upon the national banks to make a report or their condition at the close of busi ness on Saturday, April ii.it h. Cabinet Meeting. There was a Cabinet meeting to-day for the first time in several weeks. Every department was rep resented excepting the War Department. His a ri der stood that routine business only was transacted. Naval Orders. Captain Charles H. B. Caldwell Is ordered to tho New York Navy Yard; Captain William (. Temple is ordered to the Bureau of ordnance: Llcntennnt- Commander Albert 8 Barker Is ordered to the Wa- chnnett; Assistant. Surgeon William 11. McDonald is ordered to the Nor .'oik NavyY'ard; Chief Engi neer unsries n,. uevaun is ordered to tae Alaska: First Assistant Engineer Louts J. Allen to the Rs- saca; Captain M. B. Wolsey is detached from the New Vork Navy Yard and ordered for examination lor promotion: surgeon u. it. liannou rron the Na val Hospital at Pensacola, and placed on waltlne orders; First Assistant Engineer Elijah Laws from tbcKesflca; William II. King from the Alaska and ordered to return to mo Lnuea (states. FROM NEV FORK. Police Hoard Organization. New Y ork. May 8. The Board of Police reor ganizes ttils morning, and elected lienry A. Ktnlth President, and Thomas J. Barr Treasurer. Under the recent act of the l-enlslature. tne Board of Police were made Trustees of the Police Insurance Fund. Murderer Sentenced. Patrick Toomey, pollcenan, who was convicted for clubbing to der.th the boy John Murphy, was to day sentenced, by Recorder llackett. in the Court or uenerai (sessions, to two years imprisonment, Willi nara iauor, in me Mate rnson. Awards to Phllndclpltlans. New Yokk, May 9. Among tho awards to-day by ine inoian commission were me louowing: iilddie Hardware compaur, v Diiadeiptua, Si doz. handsaw tiles; M doz cast steel shears: 1843 doz. butcher knives; leO mink traps; aoo muskrat traps; 2(io fox trans; eso beaver traps; 140 doe. hoe. planters; 101,7 doz. half-axes; 10 doz. spades; irvinir nans. jonn uonson, 01 r nnancipnia, duu pounas inuigo. FROM THE 1KEST. BT ASSOCIATED PR883. Exclusively to The Evening Telegraph, Masonic Celebration. I.OOAK8PORT, ind., May 2. Arrangements are being mare on an extensive scale for laving the cormr-stone of the Smithsiin College, at this place, on may i'in, under ine auspices 01 iuaaonic rues. Mnr.y distinguished gentlemen have been invited and have promised to be present, and a general in vitation is extended an Masonic organizations and irieutiB 01 nnerai eaucatioD. Funeral of Hon. Slinron Tyndalc. Bt. Louis, May 8. The funeral of Hon. Sharon Tyndale, who was murdered at Springiield, 111., on Saturday luorniug, took place at Belleville, 111., yes- leroay aiternoon, unaer aireenon 01 tne sreemagons. unu was very imposing. Tne looaesor juasons irooi the surrounding towns and vaiious societies of Belleville to which Mr. Tyndale belonged were Iu the procession. Ex-Governor Koeraer delivered an address at the grave, after which the Masonic burial service was read. The funeral was very large. Adjournment of the Ohio Legislature. CoLuunrs, Ohio, May 2. The Legislature ad journed at 18 o'clocklto-day, after a session of a hun dred and twenty-one uays. xne bnort-iine Kailrosd bill was lost. FROM NEW ENGLAND. I BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. 1 ExeUusively to The Evening Telegraph. Collision at Sea. Boston. May 8. Arrived, United States corvette Ticcnderoga, from New Y'erk. She reports that on mono ay at a. m., oh cape coa, sne was in colli sion with the schooner Ada A. Andrews, of Provl- dence, from Alexandria, with coal for Boston. The scnooaer was so oaaiy injured tnat sue was ansa dontd, sinking, ard her officers and rew were taken on ooara tne nconaerega ana Drought te this port. The Boston High School. Boston, May 8. The semi-centennial anniversary of the Boston High School is being celebrated to day uy a procession, a levee in Faneuii 11 all, and ap propriate merary exeroiseg in juhbic 11 au. This Evening' Quotations. London, May 24-30 P. M. Consols closed at t3i ior doiq money ana account. American securi ties quiet; 6-26sof 1862, 80,; of 1S65, old, 90f; ef Liverpool, Ai ay 'i4-30 v. m cotton closed dull : uplands, 7d.; Orleans, 7d. Kales to-day 8000 bales, of which 20on wore for speculation and emorL The .Manchester marcet is dull; Bacon, 8a. for Cum- Denanci cut. London, May 8. Sugar on the spot, 86s. w 383. 6d. : auoaj ueciining, at xas. oa. FEMALE CLERKS. The Discharge of Kmploycg of tho Note l'rlutlii liurettu. The Washington Patriot of yesterday has the loliowintc: Ihe much taikea-ot discharge 01 empieves from tho Bureau of Engraving and Frintin as the Treasury Department teok place on Satur day, aud was accompanied by a number of diblresbinK scenes iu aud about the erHce of Superintendent McCartee. About two-thirds of the party dropped from the pay-rolls wera women, many ot them tue widows or orpnau 01 United States soldiers, and all of them depea dent on their Individual labor for their living. A number have largo and helpless families, aiid their demonstrations upon bein notified of their dismissal were painful to witness. In selecting irom so ae.ervmp a use 01 em ployes ior the reduction ot force, Mr. McCartee doubtleks acted npou his best discretion, retain lni; on his rolls thoi-e whoe circumstances called most loudly upon his indulgence. Bat the necessity for dirpanslng with those wko were diK-harped will entail much hardship aua f uttering upon that deserving class, and was a c-curce of painful solicitude with the ttspuriu tei dent in luakinir up his list, his great aerioty being to retain thoeo who ce-ul" least afford to te deprived ti employment. A good many ef the niaies oifchared (plato-printers) ait men who have brought tueir families hero, aiid have b.eu trying to acquire homes by making tnouthlv payments on nouses thsy have purchased. Whatever they have paid will, of course, be sacrificed, as they will be com pelled to seek employ"''1'' la other citio. Etvcrul of them, wo Iarn, have already beo fueled by the Bank-note companies in New Yoik that have succeeded i" uettin the work transferred from tbo Treasury. A few of the Wt female hands dismissed will also, it Is pre table, flud employment la the same dlrectiee; but by fr tho fcrett cumbor will be reduce to dire straits for bread. Their easoa appeal strwugly to the geod offices of the hsuoyeltat In our tuidsi. OARPETINOS, ETO. WEBER, CERtlEA & CO., (Successor, to E. J. Lesttr & Co.). 29 N. SECOND Street, Opposite Clirlat Church. SPIlING IMPORTATIONS. Body Brussels, Tapestry Brussels, With a Tall lino of Domestic CAEPETINGS. JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE INVOICE or CHINA MATTINGS, FIno White and Rod Chocked, All Widths. Moderate Prices. W.v C. & CO., Opposite Christ Church, PHILADELPHIA. 4 25 tuthslnt MATTINGS. FRESH IMPORTATION , MADE FROM NEW GRASS. THE BEST In t li o Countr y, x8o, Low Priced Mattings. R. L. KNIGHT & SON, No. 1222 CHE8NUT Street, 26 tuth 6t PHILADELPHIA. CLOVES. E- N W H 00 m 5 U E O j o X H c MAY 1, 1871. JUST OPENED THIS DAY, ONE CASE Undressed KID GLOVES. One-button, two. Two-button, tl-60. Also, received last week, u CO o TJ a m H W 03 a H a o H H tf O CO THREE CASES OF OUR CELEBRATSO LA BELLE Kid Gloves. Pink, . Blue, Green, brown. Lavender, " Lilac, Pearl, Bteel, , Drab, etc, 4 19 Btuthtf 3 HOSIERY. COOK & BROTHER, No. 63 PJ. EIGHTH Street, TBADI-UAKK. TKADB-MAKK. r HOSIERY GOODS Exclusively of their own Importation. fCARTWRIGHT WAKimrg. I ILKftLNO UOODU, Importers of A I IRBTTLl'S l ENQUSU UOSIKRT, And best makes of FREMCH AND OERMAN HOSIER 7 GOOD. I it tuts Bmro UMCRELLAtJ, PARAfiOLS AND SUN UMBRELLAS. J0SIPH FUESELL Mtauf actum, Pen. I aad t Fsrtb TOl'KTK atroort i tl fmwln IfllLAB JELf 1A i
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